Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1895, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. 3 SAKS AND COMPANY. SAKS AND COMPANY. There ought to bea horse shoe nailed up over our doors all the time--for one good fortune follows another here incessantly. Once in a while=-like tomorrow--a climax is reached--when worth leses all control over =-when occasion enables us to mark Boys’ Suits and Young Men’s Suits for less than the bare cost of making. One buyer is just back from his harvesting-= and the success of his errand is pronounced in a’ dozen special offerings. single one of these lots was in our stock last night. These are genuine bargains- masquerade. price Not a single suit in a not slow-sellers in Boys’ Suits. We» bought these gults from the clever- est makers in the country. They are strong concerns that when the time comes to close their season—they do it—no matter how great the sacrifice. They're losers on every ‘one of these suits. ee Lot 327. Dark Gray Mixed All-wool Cheviot Double-breasted Short Pants Soits— «ut and made properly. Sizes 5 to 15 years. Worth—and we guarantee it—$4—Yours for $2.50. - Lot 951. Gray Pencil Striped All-wool Cheviot Double-breasted Short Pants Suits—Sixes 5 to 15. As good as any $4 suit in Washington today —Yours for Seseagegensegenteeentetentery onteebedetonteetesneetyapatetpatectoate catered eteteretoeetorretoaetoadetoateteetorretoedeteeeetorietoreetorectoretorste rete etetoerebooostoroetoe re §2.50. Lot 1711. Double-breasted Navy Blue Flan- nel Short Pants Suits—Sizes 5 to 14 years, Wherever you find them, r less than $5—and re worth it—but tomorrow only $3.00. Lot 348. RA Mottled Brown All-wool Cheviot Do reasted Short Pants Suits - ” just the color that always looks : well. to 15. Made to sell a at $5. fal price— & $3.00. Lot Ae Black” and pe 34 ll-wool Cheviot Double-breasted Short Pants Suits. Better value than's in half the suits that are offered at $5— Bizes 5 to 15— $3.00. All-wool Gray Cheviot, with in- distinct plaid—double-breasted Jack- et—pants with double seat and double knees. Sizes 5 to 15. Actual value, $6—for tomorrow, a $3.50. Young Men’s Suits. Here's a’ most extraordinary opportunity. Long Pants Suits—the very “apple of fashion's eye’—offered at prices that bare- ly pay for the material. And they are made and trimmed as well as any man's suit in the house. It’s mighty seldom the “bargain lightning’ strikes such suits as these. They're light and medium, Gray, B-own and Tan mixtures and nov- elty effects—swell patterns, every ‘one—all-wool, chev- fots—Worsted— in Jong 3-button Pi Sacks— per- types of fine tailoring. All sizes, 14 to 19 years. st st ts ts tt st ts ttn tt ts tt tt tt te te te Oe te te te te te en te De ‘Those that are worth $10-go at. Sostedieeteate w i NG} 1S} ‘Those that are worth $12.50—go at... ‘Those that are worth $13.50 -go at ‘Those that are worth $15—go at... rlety—full of value. We've got a Hat Store—for the boys—and a Shoe Store—and Furnishing Store—fall of va- No house im the country caters so copletely to the juvenile wants as we do. sSeeSosdondontondosteeteetesgeetene Don't forget to get a vote-coupon with every purchase you make tomorrow. getting the highest number of votes win a bicycle a plece. The two boys Polls close May 31. / Saks and Penna. Ave. and 7th Street. afeatnatecteatoatneteetontontbetontoatoetentonteeteetententheteey Company, SLEEVES AND THE LAW. Dedham and the Problem More Than 230 Years Ago. From the Boston Evening Transcript. Dedham leaps into popularity, or at least into notoriety, with a mighty bound, springing forward as if on a balloon, and all by ald of big sleeves. It appears, and the press of the land begins to ring with the rews, that long, long ago Dedham set her face mightily against the iniquity of ruffed sleeves and the vain temptations thereof, and, with Puritan fervor and promptness, passed a law prohibiting them. ‘A municipal statute of Dedham of the year of grace 1639 reads, we are informed: ‘And be it further enacted, That here- after no person whatsoever shall make a gorment for women or any other sex with s'eeves more than half an ell wide in the widest part, and so proportionate for big- ger or smaller persons. And for present reformation of immoderate great sleeves and some other superfluities which may easily be redressed without much preju- dice or spoil of garments, it is ordered, &c. “Half an ell” is not a phrase used by Felix or Doucet or any of the rulers of siceves of this era. An ell is sala by anti- quarians and others to be, in old English measurement, about forty-five inches. This would be a yard and nine inches. To de- termine the length of an ell most women weuld swiftly and cautiously measure the distance from the ends of thelr noses to the extremity of their dexter thumbs, stretched as far as possible on a pias line away from thelr right shoulders; they would then add to this exact yard the nine inches which are well known to exist be- tween the middle finger of a woman who is busy sewing back and across over her hand to a spot on the line of her wrist, which she discerns by intuition, as the precise limit of the quarter yard. (Women always drop their scissors from their laps and oftentimes lose their thimbles while making this measurement, ag tt f very ylex and delightfully exciting. “rhe ell width which was forbidden by the old Dedham statute was undoubtedly this Eaglisn standard ell of forty-five inches. The canny Scotch, being thriftier merchants, used legally to sell thirty-seyen inches of cloth for an ell. To be sure, they had to buy it by the same length, but that was a matter of no consequence. Besides, Flemish and Dutch merchants, being thrift- jer still, counted only twenty-seven inches ell. “Tt is very affecting to read in the old Dedham statute that it was not the wear- ers of big sleeves, but the people who made garments “for women or any other sex’ with “immoderate great sleeves,” who were to be offenders in the eyes of the law. Every woman and most men know that it is the dressmakers and the tailors who lead womankind into these extravagances. What boston woman, yea, verily, what Dedham woman of today, or of 1639, would of her own free will, unstimulated by dress- makers’ mandate, so spread her shoulder cloth to the breezes as if about to mount and fly away with wings bigger than a dozen doves to a region where fashions are probably unknown? ‘Angels’ sleev of course, is ‘but a figurative expression for those trailing shoulder garments, which went out of even their limited vogue some time ago; they were the object of much unangelle objurgation, by the way, during thetr brief earthly career. The ‘“immoderate sleeves” of 1895 are big enough, in all conscience, but nobody expects any legislation against them. Ded- ham is herewith warned against trying to revive her ancient statute and put it into practical working use. The “old” ‘woman 9f 250 years ago may have meekly bowed to the ¢ ree of “tyrant man,” and furled ber sleeves at his bidding; but the “new" woman of the present Is firm for her “rights” to be as fashionable as she pleases (or can), and from Dedham to Brookline, from Dorchester to Melrose and all over Boston there would arise a cry of protest if any man-legisiator should try to make a law against big sleev ———— A Rive in the Art Market. From the Pittsburg Chrontele-Telegraph. “Tf you don’t take that oil painting today, mum, at $6, I shall raise the price next week to $8," said the man who had a col- lection of alleged works of art for sale. “Why will you raise the pric “Well, mum, that picture can't be uced for the price I'm asking, si 8 got to be so dear. THE SODA FOUNTAIN. It Has Stimulated the Industry of Ex- tract Making to Vast Proportions. From the Chicago Record. Since soda water became the regular dis- sipation of the modern girl the extract- making industry has assumed enormous proportions. Where ounces of vanilla and lemon were used by housewives and chefs a dozen years ago, gallons are now con- sumed in the corner drug store. To ac- commodate this- great growth in business manufacturing plants have sprung up through the country, and they are yearly adding to their equipment in order to sup- ply the ever-increasing demand. Vanilla comes almost entirely from Mex- ico in the form of long, brown, shiny beans, which are tied up in half-pound bundles and kept in hermetically sealed receptacles, so that the rich odor may not be dissipated in the air. The bean grows on 2 peculiar vine which is said to derive quite as much nourishment from the air as it does from the soil. It is planted in cuttings by the Mexicans, and as it grows up it is trained cn lattices or palm trees. In the third year it begins to bear, and for thirty summers the crops continue good. In @ single month the vanilla bean will grow to its full size—being from six to twelve inches in length—but it requires full six months longer for it to ripen. After the beans are picked—and their value depends largely upon having them neither over ripe nor under ripe—the pecu- liar rich aroma is developed by a compli- cated process of fermentation. They are first stored under cover until they begin to shrivel, and then they are sweated by heating and inclosing them in air-tight boxes over night. In the course of two or three days the beans have obtained a rich brown color and present a moist appear- ance. After being exposed for several months in the sun to dry they are packed in little bundles and shipped to the United States, which Is the greatest extract-mak- ing country in the world. Thousands of Mexicans make their entire living by raie- ing and curing vanilla beans. The cost ranges from $6 to $12 a pound, according to the length and quality of the beans, the prices being now pretty high owing to the large demand and the insufficient supply. For this reason vanilla extract is frequent- ly adulterated with tonka or snuff beans, whicn cost only $2 per pound. They impart a pungent odor and a somewhat sharp and bitter taste to the extract. Extracts from the fruit of the straw- berry, the pineapple, the raspberry, the banana, the pear and the apricot cannot be made, although many experimenters have worked on the problem. These fruits contain so much wéter that Jt {s impossi- ble to get them condensed enough to se- cure the true essence. Artificial extracts with the flavors of these fruits may, how- ever, be made. The process is entirely chemical and the favors prodyced are real- ly stronger than the frults themselves. Many of these extraBts are used in cooking and in soda water fountains;:but they are all more or less injurious to the heaith. The proprietors .f many of the best soda fountains refuse to use them, preferring to keep a supply of the crushed fruits always on hand. Peach extract is made from Peach pits. —____+e+_______ Translated From the French. From Life. It is, that it is that which it is, that boy there? My faith! It is it, him. Parbleu! Is it not true that it is that gamin there, at the house of whose father I remain my- self? Some things amazing!! What is it that his father makes, to al- low to run his boy on the streets so, that little wretch there? Sacre!!! Behold that which the father makes, more cruel than a beast, that man wretched. It is running, those horses there!! One is able not to hold them, and it is that they strike the boy, those ani- mals!! Some of horrors!!! Some of horrors, the most horrible!!! One fs able not to say where they are, all the pieces of that boy. My God! It must be like this—here—that I approach myself to those boys, my broth- ers, all in a minute. Let us go in running to warn them. It will bee that I make a4 moral, and cause her to retire into them, all quick. On, ahead! On, ahead!! To them! To them, those brothers of met! If it can be that they have not ex- perimented already with some hoofs of horses, it is well. Some heavens! I hope it is that it has been well with them. Holy neme of all the devils! One pushes his voice through the air to me. It is not well. I et he myself on the fly to save him. Be- THE GARBAGE CONTRACTOR A Big Price to Be Paid for the Four Months’ Service On a Contract Awarded Without Com- petition—Complaints of Men Who Wanted to Bid. No time is being lost in preparing the new contract for the removal of garbage during the months of July, August, Septem- ber and October, which the Commissioners awarded to the present contractor without inviting proposals. Adverse criticism on the part of would-be contractors seems to have stirred the authorities to action, and an extra effort is being made to get the contract settled as soon as possible. All information regarding this new con- tract is being zealously guarded, and when a reporter of The Star asked Commissioner Truesdell how much money the present contractors would receive for the four months’ contract, he declined to reply, add- ing that when the contract was signed that information would be given out. It is right here that the greatest objec- tion on the part of those who contemplate bidding under the new specifications for the removal of garbage for five years arises. It is claimed that the compensation to be paid for this four months’ contract is so greatly in excess of a pro rata distribution that the District will lose considerable money when bids are invited. Although information as to how much the present contractor was to receive for the tempor- ary contract could not be obtained through official sources, it leaked out that the mu- nificent sum of $28,500 was to be the price paid. Only $40,000 was appropriated by Congress for the collection and removal of garbage per year, and $20,000 additional for its destruction by cremation or reduction. According to the opinion of a gentleman who has studied this matter thoroughly, and fs one of the best informed men on the subject of garbage removal in the city,this is an exorbitant price to pay. “Why, it’s the easiest thing in the world to see through,” he said to a Star reporter. “The contractor is a Maryland man and in touch with Senator Gorman, who, as is well known, worked night and day for this increased appropriation. It’s childish for the Commissioners to claim that this four months’ contract had to be made with the present contractor to get him to abrogate the current contract. Every citizen who read The Star's account of the hearing given by the Commissioners to the garbage contractors—1 mean the one where the press was grac‘ously admitted—knows that Manager Bayly, representing the contrac: tors, stated that they were willing to can- cel their contract on the Ist day of July. The contractors made no secret of the fact that they wanted to get out of the busi- ness, because they were losing money. In fact, the contractors after agreeing to can- cel the contract on the Ist day of July openly stated they would not accept a new contract-for fouremonths under the new specificat: So it would seem that this new contract was forced upon them. Why, as a matter of fact. I would have taken that new contract under the new specifi tions and regulations, which, by the wa; are marvels, at a much lower figure.” Another contractor, who has been study- ing the situation for some time, with a vi@w of bidding for the new contract, called at the District building this morning and expressed himself forcibly on the situa- tion: “This four months’ contract at a compen- sation of $28,500 is an outrage on the tax- payers. One of the Commissioners, I un- derstand, did not favor it. It savors strongly of Senator Gorman’s influence. Now I-am a prospective bidder for this new contract, and I tell you plainly that if the Commissioners had advertised for proposals for a four months’ contract I would have submitted a bid much lower than the price they have agreed to pay, would have erected a crematory and then made money. Another citizen, writing to The Star, calls attention to a statement attributed to Com- missioner Truesdell to the effect that the present contract could not be nullified ex- cept by mutual consent of the contractor and the Commissioners, and says: “If Mr. Truesdell is correctly quoted he is misleading. In the District appropria- tion bil! after the word consent appear the two words ‘or otherwise.’ This little joker has a meaning which will no doubt be ap- parent to Mr. Truesdell if he will study the Paragraph for just a_ moment. In the month of March the Baltimore Sun said that Mr. Warfield would continue to coi- lect the garbage after the Ist of July, at the Increased allowance, for the full five years. People laughed at the statement then, but subsequent events suggest that the Sun was right. The same issue also said that Mr. Warfield came from Howard county, Maryland, and was being warmly supported by some very influential persons from that section of the state.”” The Commissioners’ Statement. Last evening, when the attention of the Commissioners was called to protests of respective bidders against the awarding of the temporary contract to Mr. Warfield without competition, they gave out the fol- Icwing statement: “The appropriation act, which provides for the increase of the service, confers upon the board the authority to make a tem- perary contract, and it has been ordered. It also provides for the annulling of the present contract, and that has been ac- complished by agreement upon terms mutually acceptable. It might have been very different. The period of four months will give prospective bidders ample time to make their preparations, select a site for the proposed reduction works, and in the end the arrangement will prove to be ad- ventageous to the District. There is no doubt of the authority given to the Com- misstoners, and, at the close of the tem- Forary contract, which also closes the daily service for the present year, the new con- tract for the remainder of the five years will be ready. Bids will be advertised for in due time. ._— A PAYING INDUSTRY. Renting Out Bull Dogs to Protect Property in Summer. Bull Dog Douglas is a character in the suburbs of Northwest Washington. But it’s not of B. D. D. so much as of his oc- cupation one wants to speak. This latter is peculiar and altogether a suggestion of Bull Dog Douglas. Be it known that Bull Dog Douglas is the proprietor of a multi- tude of bull dogs, all of whom he dearly loves. Just as a miser might love and hoard money, just so does Douglas go on through life amassing and hoarding bull dcgs. He can’t, to his notion, have too many of these bellicose chattels: At last it would appear as if he had found a use for them. The idea had suggestion to him because of the expense of maintaining his carine standing army. He must find some- thing for them todo. The other day a gen- tleman met Bull Dog Douglas towing a felonious-looking dog at the end of a rope. “Just hired out another dog,” remarked Douglas delightedly, pausing and looking fondly on his vicious pet. “What do you mean by that?” queried the gentleman. Bull Dog Douglas then advanced an ex- planation. Many of the residents of Wash- ington leave town for the summer. As a protection to their houses during their ab- sence Bull Dog Douglas rents them a sav- age dog, warranted to tear the hind leg off a burglar or a tramp at the drop of the hat. Rent, per dog, $3 a month. Bull Dog Douglas stakes out the canine sentry in the back yard with a rope long enough to allow him to patrol the whole rear of the house. Then when the burglar appears the dog mingles with him and the burglar seon afterward hurries away. The inven- tor of this unique patrol for back yards claims great things for his system. During the summer season he puts out some two score of dogs to hire after this fashfon. Bull Dog Douglas makes the rounds once a day and bestows water and rations on the dogs. They do the rest. It’s a novel industry and during the touring months Bull Dog Douglas declares it to be a pay- ing one. —_——__ His Queer Prayer. From the Atlanta Constitution. A Georgia exchange says that at a prayer meeting held in a new church over in Butts county a good man prayed thusly: “Oh, Lord, thou knowest that we are thankful to Thee that our souls are safe from the fire that quencheth not. If a man lose his horse, Thou knowest he can buy another; if he lose his house, Thou knowest that he can build another; if he lose his wife, Thou knowest that he can get anoth- qt, but if bg Josg his squl—good-bye John,” AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. Many Local Notes |@f General Interest to All Classes. A very successful) {presentation of Ga- | briel’s pretty and tuneful operetta, “The Merry Milkmatds,” tbok place last night at Mt. Zion Church. The house was crowded. Mr. R. L. Parrott conducted the affair. This evening, the Sunday school will present “The Jolly Picnic Part: Those who sang the parts of the “Merry Milkmaids” were Miss! Hattie Wright, Miss Annie B. Lee, Miss; Josephine Cole, Mrs. Estelle Harriss, Miss Ella Smith, Miss Ida Jones, Miss Anita Wood, Miss Maggie Washington, Miss Mattie Johnson, Miss Carrie Wheeler, Mr, Jas. Parrott, Mr. R. S. Parrott, Mr. J.T. Beason, Mr. Chas. Lee, Mr. Butler, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Leon Wheeler, Mr. J. Lorraine Fisher and Mr. Harry Cryer. John Heenan and Charles R. Morgan, trustees, yesterday deeded to John W. Chappell, for $450, property in the tract known as “Friendship and Mt. Airy,” Tenleytown. Mary C. Simpson and E. T. Simpson yes- terday sold to Margaret H. Blackman an undivided one-sixth interest in part of lot 81, Threlkeld’s addition. Mrs. Ann Sigmund died suddenly yester- day morning at her home, 3272 Prospect avenue. She was married twice, first_to Henry Rohrer and then to Christian Sig- mund of Virginia. My. Rohre: jvined the John C. Fremont expedition to California and died on the trip, and Mr. Sigmund was Killed in a Washington flouring mill some years ago. Mrs. Sigmund was eighty-two years of age. Rev. Dr. George Howell was buried .yes- terday. Loving parishioners and minis- terial friends attended the funeral largely. ne services were conducted in his iate fharge, Grace Church, Bishop Paret preach- Ing the sermon. Many tributes in floral de- signs were heaped upon the cotlin of the dead. Assistants at the services were Rev. Mr. Buck of St. John’s, Georgetown; Rev. Mr, Williams of Christ Church, Navy Yard, and Rev. T. A. Johnston of St. Philip's, Laurel, Md. The pall bearers were from the church vestry. Thos. Lewis, colored, twenty-eight years of age, while unloading a boat from a lighter yesterday morning at Smith's quar- ries, on the Virginia shore, fell overboard and was drowned. There was much drag- ging for the body before it was recovered. At about 2:30 the police boat force came across it and brought it to the whurf, from whence it was taken to the seventh precinct. Owing to the want of proper morgue facilities for preserving the body, it was later sent to the sixth precinct. De- ceased was a resident of Alexandria county. While painting an immense vat yesterday at the corner of 32d and M streets Henry Weidfelt was overcome with the paint and had to be conveyed to his home, 1006 20th street. —_.--— LIFE IN MISSOURI. Judge Henry and His Two Narrow Escapes From Death. It was only a few days ago when Judge John W. Henry of Missouri was at Wil- lard’s. The old judge, a Kentuckian by birth, has lived in Missouri since the days of Benton. He is one of the best-known men of the state. Among other beliefs which Judge Henry entertains he makes profound subscription to the doctrine of the dliello, and holds that everybody should be personally responsible for his words and acts. He himself is a gamecock, without a white feather on him, His inveterate game- ness showed itself in 18$3 when John Walk- er, then auditor of state, attempted, at Jefferson City, to assasinate Judge Henry, who was at the tinte a member of the su- preme court. It ¥ because of some stricture upon Walker by Henry in decid- ing a case. They met on the street. “I understand you“are’ctrculating rumors about me,” observed Walker to Henry as they met. Walker had-on a cloak overcoat, and under the cloak‘he ‘held a Colt’s pistol ready to fire. t “No, sir;” retorted. Henry, “no rumors, John Walker. I said:you were a thief and a scoundrel; no rumor gbout it.” 4 The bullet “Bang!” went Walkerig pistol. struck Henry on th¢{hand, ploughed along the left arm to/the gihajy, and when strik- ing him on the left breast glanced off. Be- fore he could fire agey Henry felled Walk- er with his heayy capa\ Henry was: then over sixty-five yeaPS, of age. After the shooting Henry-walket to a-drug store and had the wound dressed. Walker had to be picked up by the audience. That closed the incidents. Knowing the old gentleman's mettle The Star reporter asked Judge Henry whether he had ever been frightened: “Frightened?” sald Henry, with such an alr of brisk ferocity it almost made one wish the question hadn’t been put, “fright- ened did you say? My son, I've been scared out of my wits. Once long years ago I was young. I went to practice law in Warrens- burg, Frank Cockrell’s town. There were a lot of squatters about there who didn’t own title to their farms. Among them was a queer old critter named Capt. Moon. Old Moon was a little, weasened man who didn’t wetgh 100 pounds, and who having been shot in the leg in the war of 1812 walked with a limp. He lived some four miles out of Warrensburg on land he'd squatted. One Saturday Moon was in town. He was an ignorant old fellow, and some of the young lawyers were having fun at his expense. They were telling him that some smart Yankees had taken title to his land and would bring a law suit to throw him off. They had made Old Moon pretty hot. Just as I came up one of them sald: “and here comes Mr. Henry, captain. He is the lawyer for these people, and will bring these suits to put you off the land.’ “The old captain looked at me in a sullen, evil way. He didn’t’ know me very well and believed every word that was told him. “Well, sah,’ he said at last, ‘when you come for my farm, sah, you'd better bring your coffin. You will need it, sah.’ “I thought it would be a good thing to scare the old fellow and teach him better manners, so I retorted: ~ “Well, if there's to be any shooting over this business, captain, we'd better do it this afternoon. “Very well, sah,’ rejoined the captain, with much dignity, ‘if I had a weapon, sah, I'd be at you sarvice.’ “I told him I had a brace of pistols at my cffice, and if he'd come down I'd take pleasure In conferring one upon him, and shooting it out then and there. “That's perfectly agreeable to me, sah,’ replied the captain. “I started for my office, and Capt. Moon limped after me. My office opened off the street. It was dark inside, save for a flick- ering log fire. The old captain limped in and took,a chair. I went to a drawer and took out an old brass-barreled pistol, which hadn't smelled powder in the memory of man. Then I turned toward Capt. Moon with this in my hand. “I perceive, captain,’ I said, with a tinge of sternness in my tones, ‘that, now that I’m here, I have but one pistol.’ “Well, sah,’ responded the old captain arising from his chair and limping nervous- ly about, ‘that being the fact what do you propose to do, sah?’ “Well, sir,’ I rejoined, ‘I mean to treat you just as you said you would deal with me if I came out to your farm. I mean to sheot you down like a dog.’ With that I suddenly leveled the pistol squarely at Mcon’s breast. Of course, I expected the old pirate to scream and run. He disap- pointed me. As I clapped the pistol on him the Httle old fellow) ed to shrink to- gether like a cat. With @ move like a flash he reached over his shoulder and took a knife from somewhege, .and as the firelight glinted on the blade,/it Iboked a yard long. He did it like lightning. Just as he drew the knife he gritted through his teeth: “‘Maie a center shot, you villain,” and with that knife in his hand he came straight at my neck like a wild cat. “It was too rapid Yor me. I threw down the brass pistol and) fied, just in time to keep old Moon from gutting my throat. As I fled I expected to get that bowie knife in my back. But Moon, was lame, and I could run twenty feet to His ode. That's all that ved me. It took the whole town two hours to explain to;oldzCapt. Moon that the whole affair was a joke.” ee Strength of a Jumping Mouse. W. T. Hornaday in St. Nicholas. In proportion to its size I believe the jumping mouse is the most active and powerful of all vertebrate animals. This tiny creatures—no larger than a man's thumb—Is from two and one-half to three inches in length, with a tail about twice as long as the head and body. It is there- fore no larger than a house mouse, but it has light forequarters, strong hindquarters, very long hind legs—and it can jump from eight to ten feet! If a mouse weighing two ounces (average) can jump ten feet, how far should a one-hundred-pound boy of equal agility be amble to jump? Figure it out for yourself, and when you have obtained the correct answer you will prop- erly appreciate the hind legs of this won- derful little mite. THE DEPARTMENT PLAYERS A Good Beginning in Playing the League Series. ‘The Interest in the Games and the Improvement in the Character of the Playing. The Departmental Base Ball League has been fairly started on its way, the opening game occurring Saturday last. As a whole the games have been interesting and enjoy- able, and some really good plays have taken place during the time of the con- tests. Although a couple of the teams have had walkovers, it is probably safe to pre- dict that, as the season grows older and the teams have more practice, the games will become more even, and sharper play- ing will be the natural result. Some of the games Wer2 surprises. The City Post Office boys looked like business when théy trotted out on the field Wednesday, but subsequent events proved them easy marks. The Treasury team also expected to show up better against the Army ani Navy club, but they could not overcome the lead in the WSU AMINE. 16 Cems Cauce ican 29 stronger this year than it was iast season, and it has some good men under its con- trol. The team plays very well together, and they also obtained a lead in the first mning of Monday’s gamé that the Post Office Departmeht boys could mever over- come. 3 It seems a pity that the attendance was rot larger during the week, for the games really deserved better patronage. Some of the departments turned out fair representa- tiors to spur their boys on to victory, the city post office furnishing the largest crowd, but as the rule the attendance has been exceedingly slim. So far the umpires have given general satisfuction. Catlin umpired a game during the week, and not one kick was raised agalust any of his decisions. The only criticism that could be passed on Stern was wag that he did not move from his position behind the pitcher, even when a ball was batted to the extreme foul line. Carroll umpired a fair game, and many of the kicks were raised by partisan spectators, who thought he was roasting one side or the other. The arrangements at the grounds are of the best, and everything is done for the comfort and enjoyment of the patrons. Mr. Strasberger furnishes the regulation score card, and it is to be credited to the clubs that there has seldom been a change in the Latting order. Ladies have been enjoying the games quite extensively during the week, and at almost every game the at- terdance hes been about evenly divided be- tween the sexes. They take as much in- terest in it as the men do, and express their satisfaction whenever a good hit is made or a hard ball caught. About the Players, Several of the pleyers on the teams in the league have lots of the professional swing about them. Dolan, the pitcher of the Army and Navy club, is one of these, and he looks and acts a ball player ail over. Maize of the Treasury team is a neat, clean third baseman. He is on the Tommy Dowd order, and his work in Monday’s game was of the gilt-edged style. Gilson of the Army and Navy team made four out of the eight hits made by his side in Monday’s game out of five times at the bat, one of them a home run. They were all clean hits, except one that savored somewhat of the scratch order. He seems to be one of the sure batters of the league. As soon as Eddie Mills, the popular pitch- er of the Treasury Department team, steadies down a little bit he will fool the best of trem. He struck out six men and made two bese hits in Saturday's game, and all this with a nail hole in his foot. Raab of the Pension Office team is a good, steady little catcher. When he missed a fly in Monday's game and seemed quite put out by it, there was a general cry from the grand stand, “There is others.” Brown, who started in to play second base for the Post Office Department in Monday’s game, proved himself to be a good all-around man before he got through, for he played third base, short stop and pitched, all in an excellent manner. Fuller, the pet pitcher of the District Commissioners’ team, added another feath- er tc his cap in Tuesday's game. He made five hits out of five times at the bat and struck out t@& men in six innings. His work is steady, and he keeps his head even in the most trying times. Rebstock played a good game at short for the City Post Office after he had set- tled down in Wednesday's game, and the management of that club would do well to play him there permanently. He made some fine stops, and after he had gauged the distance to first his throwing was as accurate a3 cculd be. All three men in one inning were put out by assists from him to first base. A group of carriers went out to the park Wednesday to root for their team, and they succeeded in making things pretty lively for a time. They imitated every imagina- ble animal and bird, but their efforts were useless to prevent the walloping which their team received. Connor of the C. P. O.’s was the recipient of much arplause every time he came to the bat in Wednesday’s game, and he was speedily dubbed “Roger” by the spectators. He pliyed a good game at third base ail the way throvgh, and his batting brought in many of the runs that the City Post Of- fice boys are credited with. If a team could be picked from all the clubs composing the league it would be a good one. Room at the Top. From Womankind. é A young woman recently found employ- ment in a queensware store. She im- mediately began a course of study in her leisure moments, upon glassware and china. She then read some recent works upon the appointments of the table, and in a short time, by applying herself to her business, lecame the most valued employe in a large store. In a millinery establishment the young woman who found time for reading a book or two on colors and their harmonious com- bination, found her own taste greatly im- proved and her ability to please patrons much greater. She was soon a favorite with the employers and customers. The young woman who, to earn an honor- able living, went into my lady's kitchen, and instead of gossiping every evening fcund time to r a few good books and household papers, was soon too valuable a housekeeper to be kept in a subordinate position in the kitchen. She knew how a table should look for a formal dinner, she knew what dishes were in season, she knew how to serve a meal in its proper courses, and, more than that, she knew something about the food value of different dishes. Of course this sounds like an old-fashion- ed Sunday school book, but the fact re- mains that there is always “room at the top,” and that no unusual amount of intel- ligence is needed to reach the top. A fair average of good sense and a proper amount of application will accomplish everything. oo «His Story Outdoes Munchausen. From the Japan Mail. While storming the first Ine of forts at Port Arthur a soldier belonging to the twenty-fourth regiment raised his rifle to fire at an unusually conspicuous Chinaman. Just as he was about to fire, a bullet from the enemy's side came whizzing on, and, marvelous to relate, entered the barrel of his own gun as smoothly and neatly as if the muzzles had been placed mouth to mouth. Of course, there was an explosion, and the soldier's piece was shattered to the stock, but without his receiving any in- juries whatever. A fractional variation to the right or left would have caused the hostile bullet to enter his head pr face, so that his escape was nothing sXort of mir- aculous. He preserved the stock of the now use- less weapon, and afterward exhibited it to his colonel, who permitted him to keep it as a memento of his narrow escape. It is probably the first instance of the kind on record since Baron Munchausen’s day. No Longer Veal. ‘rom Ram's Horn. ‘An English clergyman was preaching in a country church in Scotland. He had as his subject “The Prodigal Son.” “And the predigal son went away from his poor old father and remained in a far country for years and years. But after years and years he came back to his poor father, and his peor old father said unto his servants, bring forth the fatted calf, which has been kept for my son these years and year: An old farmer in the audience could con. tain himself no longer. “Yer a le’er, it wud hae bin a coo,” he exclaimed. Oona <> o—_—______» | SHOES. | oe Saturday is the Day For Bargains And we won't be behind in offering them. Some odds and ends—some plain reductions — but bargains they are. High-grade Shoes, every pzir of them— shoes with satisfaction right through them. Shoes whose real value is not even fully represented by thelr former prices, hildren’s Shoes. Saturday is the day for children, and We'll give you reason to bring them here for their shoes. Black and Tan Shoes in button and lace: S = = = 8Y%tom’s = = = $1.00 1% to2’s = = = $1.2 Oxfords and Strap Slippers in kid, patent leather and tans. eee see aS 1.6 en lots of 2 at rs 5 $1.6. f Ladies’ Oxfords, In s as : black and = tan—ell Ladies’ Oxfords, Tan and black, and all toes, $1.50 pa and satisfaction giv! 4 1334 F St. N.W. GO OS SS S56" @o dds and Ends Oxfords—and broken lots of $3 Juliets and Prince Alberts, as Edmonston’s Barber & Ross, 2, A splendid assortment of Children’s a 9 In Ladies’ Shoes. $3 Ttussia Calf Bluchers for fine shoes as any woman wants. $3.50 row. Good shoes — pretty, POPULAR SHOE STORE, COR. G AND 11TH STREETS. This being the largest store of its sort in this qty and doing the biggest business you naturally expect us to quote the lowest prices. And we do. For instance, can you buy a “Gas Stove © — ake: this clsewhere? We've looked around and fail to find tt. 8 Full nickcled—and two burners, 75¢. Oil Stoves are everywhere, but these have 2 burners instead of one as in ‘Most stores—and are more sightly. —patent norz’e and couplings com- plete—as good hose as any one Would want. $2 at most stores. [7 We mend hose—send for it and return it. 25c. for our trouble—think of it! @i2-in, Lawn. =Mowers$2. You would hardly think that a Guaranteed Lawn Mower could be sold so low. Here it is, though. Some places you pay $3 and $3.50. So many old mowers only need a little repairing. We only charge a dollar, and we send for and return it. Screen Doors8o0ce —and ours includes a spring hinge, hook and eye and knob. © Adjustable Windows eScreens, 21C8 éWindow Screen S > Frames, 16c. & : @3-qt. “Biizzard” ©Freezers, $1.35. BOSSOS93G9G9GO8999O9909 0000 a 3 @ = S BOODO®D 2 i] 2 2 mM a ““Gem”’ @Freezers, $1.60. & — Poultry Netting, = 45c. SQ. FT—IN FULL ROLLS. @ G0c. SQ. FT—CUT. @ = @ Barber & Ross,® 4 4 G & nth Sts. P=: SOS00S O39 0688 Pe Pee EOS. eer PECPOS SOROS. $All Commendable Quality! SHOES —Shoes that have al- ways sold for much higher BOV9899OS08 = S 338 prices—are the Kinds” you'll find our odds and ends sale to be made up ‘of. Such money- saving prices as these prevail: Ladies’ Stylish Shoes. . - $1 Men's Serviceable Shoes. Children’s Shoes.. oe soeee B00. $TUCKER’S, 1237 32d St.? ¥ myto-2sa z Soesseroooesogooossssscses. “Elephant”? Pencils. DIDI gpuust, fer, fumcmith ruber on end— 9% all colors—an ornament to ai 288% desk—only " 20c. C.C Pursell, 418 oth st. n.w. my10-Sd__ CLARET, : 5oc. Half Gallon Bottle. -80c. ESSE EFOOFSTOED Good To-Kalon Ciaret for Punch, San- gareg, Tem Suc. half gal- lon bottle, deill e vouch for the quality. - To-Kalon Wine Co.,614 EF'Phone 998. West Washt through Manogue & Jones, 32d and M sts. n.w. my10-224 You Know the PALAIS ROYAL. You know the one bridge spanning the gulf between the stores selling trash goods cheap and those wi best goods dear! WILL FIND TRASHY AND Gentlemen 3, ERP masty axp 48e. WE ASK COMPARISON OF THOSE HERE AND ELSEWHERE, AND WHERE THE BEST AT 68, Tie AND $1? THE QUALITY OF fS0e 'T-WEIGHT DERWEAR Is EASILY LEARNED. PLEASE NOTE THE SUPERIORITY OF THAT HERE. SHIR’ 34 TO 48 INCHES. DRAWERS, 28 TO 46 INCHES. SILK STRIPE LISLE UNDERWEAR AT $1, SUCH AS SELLS FOR $1.50 WHERE BEST GOODS ELSEWHERE ARE. Te FOR SIX PAIRS OF SOCKS THAT WILL FAVORABLY COMPARE WITH THE UsuaL 18e HALF HOSE, Angel=-Women. oe A PHILOSOPHICAL FELLOW YESTER- “Women seem more like angels in these spiritual- looking summer costumes than they ever do in the most costly of silks and satins.’” [7The philosophical man was a New York drummer, whose business called him to the Palais Royal's third floor, where a crowd of ladies were making selections from the newly recelved White and Fancy Lawn Walsts. PLEASE OBSERVE THE DIFFERENCE BE- TWEEN THE STYLES OF THESE WAISTS AND THOSE AT ‘YHE TRASHY STORES......BE- TWEEN THE PRICES OF THESE AND THOSE AT THE “EXCLUSIVE” ESTABLISHMENTS. U7 08c, $1.50, $1.75, $1.98, $2.25, $2.75, $3.25 and $3.75 for Waists that cost from $1.35 to $4.98 at the exclusive stores. None such at the trashy stores. WHERE ELSE SUCH A GATHERING OF SILK WAISTS AT PRICES RANGING FORM $2.98 TO $17.50 EACH? EAs a special attraction for tomorrow 20 per cent discount will be allowed on all Waists cost- ing from $10 to $17.50. NOTE THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL PRICES FOR THE “DERBY” WAISTS—THE BEST LAUNDER- ED SHIRTS FOR WOMEN. Regular prices. F $1.35 $1.00 Te other Ladies’ Walsts at 49c, Se and 75e. For boys are the “Champion,” at B5c and 49c, and the “Acme,” at 79 and S89, The last mentioned equal in quality, st¥le and fit to the usual $1 Waist. Sizes 4 to 14 years. But what avails the most fairy -like waist without the proper Corset? OF The Palais Royal has been awarded the sole Washington agency for the ¢Fasso” and “La Premiere’ Corsets, the latter being a new corset ibe maker is willing to advertise at considerable cost. The plar adopted is to temporarily make the price $3 Instead of $5 a pair, Note that the “La Premiere” is bias cut, real whalebone through- out and superior in every respect to any rival French corset at $5 pair. THE LOW PRICED SUMMER CORSETS OF THE TRASHY STORES AND THOSE OF HIGH PRICED RELIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE TWO EXTREMES. THE PALAIS ROYAL BRIDGES THE GULF WITH VENTILATING CORSETS AT 3% PAIR, WITH A GUARANTEE BINDING US TO GIVE A NEW PAIR IF THOSE SELECTED TEAR OR SLIP. 7 With a stock of Corsets thrice as large as in any other establishment In Washington, with ap experienced corsetiere and assistants, with every convenience for your comfort, with the promise to launder and cepair our corsets free of charge, with lowest prices for best, with such advantages can you afford to make selections from lesser Stocks where your body is made to fit the corset rather than the corset the body? Have you seen the Palais Royal’s new Mohair Skirts? Worth $7.50. For only $5.98! OF THE GRAND COLLECTION OF § SKIRTS, RANGING IN PRICES FROM #248 70 $37.50, THESE AT $5.98 SHINE LIKE DIA- MONDS AMONG LESSER GEMS. CFThink of $5.98 for best quality Figured Silk- like Black Mohair Skirts, with 415 yards sweep, velvet bound, lined throughout with gilk finish percaline, hair stiffened godet back! Since Children’s Goods are also on this third floor let us tell of Saturday’s special attractions before pointing to your own Sune day needs. 59C for Te quality White Cambrie Dresses, with dainty embroidery insertion and edge. Sizes 6 months to 4 years. YSC for choice of five new style Gulmpes, worth $1.25 to $1.59. Paris style garments that will be much admired. Sizes 4 to 14 years. $1 for choice of six styles of Paris Caps. None at the trashy stores, and they'll cost you up to $1.68 at other establishments. 25e patr for Stockings for sweet girl graduate or fairy Maypole dancer. Choice of Cotton, Liste and Silk-plated Hose, in white and colors. Sizes 5 to 9. Actual values, 25 to 50c pair. Choice for 25¢ ” Ladies’ Sunday Dress. TOMORROW THE LAST SHOPPING DAY BE- FORE SUNDAY......IF HURRIED, VISIT THE PALAIS ROYAL......EVERY DRESS REQUISIT® UNDER THE ONE ROOF......2VERY CONVEN- IENCE FOR YOUR COMFORT. G7Your finger nails and hair dressed by ex- perts in the parlors Gevoted to the purpos2. Treatment, 50c. SHOES—First floor. $1.47 is Saturday's special price for Ladies’ $1.97 usset and Black Kid Slippers. Only $1.23 for Ladies’ $2 White Canvas Oxfords, which have only to be seen to be longed for. MILLINERY,. SECOND FLOOR. ymed Hats and Bonnets, in which are the of Paris Milliners who’ never touch a hat to retail at less than $10. They are here marked prices ranging from $10 to $25. The one you nay fancy may be yours tomorrow at half ‘the price marked on it. Losing time has come. TRIMMED SAILOR HATS—not the kinds at the trashy stores. Lost, of latest shapes at $1, $1.25, and 3. Jotrimmed Hats made to retail up to 25. Latest styles, lightest weights. PARASOLS. FIRST FLOOR. Combination lot at $2.68 for choice. Beautiful effects in white silk, with ribbon trimmings. White silk, with reffies, and figured silk. English Coach- ~ ing Parasols, with extra cover and jewel handles. Lest Silk Umbrellas in red, greet, brown, blue and blac All at $2.68. Many worth minch more. JEWELRY. FIRST FLOOR. G8c for Sterling Silver Shirt Waist Set, inch sleeve link buttons. Not gt the trashy stores. elsewhere. sae nert for Warranted Sterling Silver Cuff Pins. ‘¢ for importer’s sample Hat Pins of rhine stones, sterling silver black enamel. Worth Ms soe the large Milltaey Belt Buckles, with your 1 artistically engraved. HUNDRERCHIEFS FIRST FLOOR, S for Men's and Women’s 25¢ quality war- ivca pure linen Handkerchicfs. This means that Feviously here at 18¢ are to be reduced—to ote that every thread of the latter is war- i SIiesT FLOOR, sRY—FIRS 3 eee Lisle Thread Vests, as well as Russet, Fast Black and Boot Pattern Hose, are on this bargain table at 2le for choice, ‘Nearer to the G street entrance 1s a small table filied with Rembrandt and Richelieu Ribbed Silic Linke Hose, only 35¢ for 50c quality, White, fast Mack and rnssets, Naturally, the usual 35¢’ Lisle ‘down to 25e pair, CLES—FIRST_ FLOOR. f SOc ounce for Crab Apple Blossom, 42 St the Crown Perfumery Co. of London; for Tied and Seles Lilac, by Girard Preres;” for te House Violet, Lily and Rose, by De Veaux or Jacqueminot fose—the ideal summer merinstead of 10e for bottle of Butts’ Bromo . You know B. B. L. is best for headache, &e. tead of 12¢ for Dr.-Carman's “Dentalaid,” indorsed. by leading dentists of New York and “iia instead of 25¢ for, full pint of est Witeh . aller bottles, a Te He7el ead of ine box for Ronche Tils & Cle Soaps. Three small cakes in each box—Violette, Hellotrope and Rose. s lic for pint bottle of Violet Ammonla—very in- vigorating these warm days, Palais Royal, G and uth Sts. A. Lisner.