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THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. 19 KING CANUTE WENT DOWN TO THE SEA AND ORDERED THE WAVES TO RECEDE. A QUAINT TOWN Lederer Strolls About the Streets of Southampton. ———— CANUTE AND {HE MAYPLOWER A Fine Assortment of Ruined Castles, Abbeys and Noblemen. ISLE OF WIGHT (Copyright, 1895, by Bacheller, Johnson & Bacheller.) SOUTHAMPTON, September, 24, 1595. If this town could only engage a gvod advertising firm t» toot its horn for it the returns would more than balance the out- lay. When they come to England by way of Southampton, Americans as a general rule make a bee line for London, remaining here only long enough to lie to the customs officers, check their baggage and say, “Ain’t we glad there's a train out of this beastly little seaport town.”” Then when they've been thoroughiy bled by the Dick ‘Turpins of Great Britain and the fellows in the same line of business on the continent they come to Southampton, if they return by any of the trans-Atlantic lines that teuch this port, and count the minutes that intervene between their departure. If they get here the night before the steamer starts they usually put up at the hotel nearest to the docks or railway staticn. Well, we all know what a railway station hotel is, and they're no worse here than in the states, ‘Then there is a numerically small grade of tourist wh> gets here in time to spend a day or two on the Isle of Wight. There is no such thing as an overdose of the Isle of Wight, yet I should not wish to miss seeing So.tkampton thoroughly on that account. If one has only a month's vacation, it couldn't be spent in a more en- joyable way, to my mird, than devoting the necessary two weeks to the ocean trip from New York and the rest of the time in Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. There is no need of running up to London. It's a waste of time, trying to the nerves and causes immediate wasting away of the purse tissues. London is’ a hodge- podge. It is big. Southampton isn’t either. It is old and respectable, even to the wa- ter's edge and the bar maids. The people are docile, and a. steady influx of American visitors would no doubt wean them from their staid old English channel ways. They are trying to do the best they can. If there exists in the Southampton mind only a dim idea of a street car, they do the best they ‘know how by substituting a lot of two- deck Noah's arks on wheels, which they Tun at long, bewhiskered intervals on rails —metals tney call them. They answer the Purpose of street czrs to the inhabitants and to Americans who aren't in the least bit particular as to time. or direction. Then as to koteis—they have acquired some bad habits, have the innkeepers, from their big brothers, the Lupnun hotel pirates; but the Southampton hotel people, like all South- amptoners, evince a sincere desire to do the best they can. The inn I am writing in now is a quaintly cheerful place, overlook- ing Above Bar, an oddly but appropriately named street, centuries old. The rooms and meals @re all that could be desired, when one keeps desire screered, but the prices that prevail show almost, a slavish desire to imitate London again. But, let us for- give, the fare is excellent—and monotonous. However, it is all thousands per cent bet- ter than the accommodations that are to be found in any American seaport town of the same size. Besides being amenable to kind- ness and civilization, the people here are more sensible than tha monkey men ot London. They don’t wear high silk hats all the time, or eat their breakfasts in frock coats out of respect to the Bank of Eng- land. The mail carriers wear the same or- phan asylum uniforms as in London andi carry the same garbage-barrel collectors’ bags, but I suppose that the royal mail car- riers’ is a national ccstume, and not the re- sult of local freakishness in tailoring. The baby carriages are quite as absurd in con- struction as those that abound in the Brit- ish capital As a usual thing they bear a close resemblance to what might be im- ed would be the result of a cross be- tween a wheelbarrow and a railway por- ter's truck. They are awful in construction and appearance. I wonder that infant mor- tality is not greater in Great Britain. Southampton, however, has features that are otherwise than mirth provoking. Its natural surroundings, both by water and by land, are all that the most fastidious tourist could wish for—if he is not too in- fernally experienced and suffering from a chronic attack of blase. Southampton has as fine an assortment of ruined castles, ruined abbeys and noblemen in a ditto con- dition as any town in England. Its collec- tion of antique, intermingled, catercornered, Southampton fairly bulges out with his- tory, and its overflow is found in every road that leads from the town. In the city many of the old places—six or seven hun- dred years old—have signs giving the pass- ers-by a link of history on the fly. The town itself is squeezed in on a tongue of land between the rivers Itchen and Test, and has a land-locked harbor extending for about eight miles along picturesque shores and studded with the shipping of a dozen nations. From the pier, admissicn one pen- ny toll a-going and a penny again a-com- ing, it 1s only about an hour’s ride to the Isle of Wight, while the boat fares fluctuate from one to three shillings. Besides the delightful boat ride, you have an opportunity of paying a few more pen- nies for toll at Ryde on the island, ang then taking a stage coach to the chine, a mur- ky, semi-underground and much befoliaged ravine-like passage, where three pence toll is charged for permission to flounder up and down tne slippery path. One can go to many pretty places on the island—I doubt if there are prettier in the world, but it is ex- asperating to have to cough up coin of the realm at every step. I'm no Jay Gould. In Southampton it’s the same. The tour- ist visiting Netley Abbey must cross a “floating” bridge over the Itchen and pay more toll, over a shilling, if he has a car- riage and driver. In fact, it’s toll every- where. As a general thing one does not mind the demnition expense, but it's the rapidity with which the legal sandbagging occurs that is likely to result in fatalities. If the legal superintendent of the hold-up system of toll brigandage would only drop - a |x ey . 1s Peitira in “King Tohn’s Patctye/ 1 that secured him a name in line with Tom Ochiltree and Chauncey Depew as an after- dinner speaker. He had made a repast of seventeen courses, all of them of a strictly quid and spirituous character, winding up with a pousse cafe, when he had his royal skate and all taken to Southampton beach, and as the advancing waves came onward forbade them to wet his royal feet. ‘Thou comest,” said he, according to Henry of Huntingdon, the court stenographer of that time—“‘thou comest into my net, and belong- est to my two-foot rule, 2nd of the land on which I sit have I a guaranty deed. “It's mine, all mine, nor has there Feen any one to resist with impunity my empire. I com- mand thee, therefore, that thou rise not on my land, nor wet the garments nor feet of thy lord.” But the king wasn’t nine-spot high with the tide, and when he had slept it off and felt that his taste was a Vandyke brown, he acknowledged that he had been talking through his crown. In speaking seriously of this occurrence a local Southampton historian, whose work is emblazored in the archives of the town ays with great seriousness: would fain tell our readers where this took place, that they might with awe and veneration stand on the exact spot and in thelr own imagination re-enact the sol- emn scene. But, alas! we cannot. One tra- dition points to Northam harbor, another to the old beach line now occupied by the docks, and yet a third to the quay near Porters’ lane, at the bottom of the High street, near what are in all probability the remains of Canute’s palace.” THINGS THAT STRIKE THE STRANGER AS ODD AND QUAINT. in early in the morning and courteously ask for tribute in shilling lots for the day, and be done with it, there woutd be a reduction of wholesale profanity, to begin with, and wholesome relief in fie end. It is the sud- den halts by zhe wayside handit- in-charge of the toll gate that aggravates the peace- ful man. It's the dribbling of Wétinies and sixpences and shillings in..tolis-and- tips that makes a letter of credit dissolve like a beautiful dream and ¢rtisé "hideous bank- ruptcy in a strange land to atare the wan- derer grinningly in the face. Beggary! That naturally leads to think of beggars. There are few of them in Southampton, at least that have come under my observa- tion. Perhaps they all start toll gates. Bright idea. If I have to make an assign- ment I'll start a toll gate and settle with my creditors. Speaking of settling, it's a matter of his- tory that the Romans first settled South- ampton. “That settles it,” remarked Aure- lus—I am not sure about the first name— Caesar, a3 he marked off a few acres for building lots, with a public bar at every corner for the sale of Roman punch, “to be drank on the premises,” as the signs here read. There was a Roman fortress here about the year 1 that was called ‘‘Clausen- tum.” They were awfully hard up for names in those days. From the fortress a road ran to Winchester, the cathedral town twelve miles from here. I took the same road, so the driver of the conch told me, when I took a stage coach drive up there. The driver was simply disgusted when I asked him {f the Romans built the cathe- dral, but when I asked him if they took boarders at the cathedral, he sald I could come back to Southampton by train if I wanted to. I never used to disgrace my- self this way before I ran around London with the Devilbug. YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. cut-on-the-bias, and yet-never-lose-yourself streets is unsurpassed, even by Boston. And speaking of Boston, its common would hide its diminished head with envy if it ever took sail and saw Southampton common, with its almost forest-like proportions. Nature and a lot of royal, and ducal, and baronial cutthroats, together with a job lot of monks of the middle ages, did a great deal toward making Southampton one of the most interesting places my inexperi- enced self has ever seen. It is full of nice, decent people, divine, wrath-fearing, police- fearing people. It is safe to go anywhere at any time. There seems to be only an in- finitesimal element of rowdyism, while as for crime, it is almost unknown. An occa- sional drunken brawl among sailors and landlubbers appears to be the most impor- tant sort of case that the police constables have to contend with. The police are a very decent set, too, and by a wise provi- sion of their superiors wear abbreviated lightning rods on their helmets. They have little to do except draw their pay, and that can’t be a very heavy task, considering how low the salaries of minor officials are in Britain. The climate at this time of year ts relax- irg, enervating. That every one acknowl- edges, or rather maintairs. One cares only to loll around and see odd and curious sights, but to even retain an impression is a hardship. There is no hurry perceptible anywhere—not even by the natives to col- lect bills from the stranger almost depart- ing from town. There is another good point about the Southamptoniens; while they do not speak English that is altogether intelligible to the ordinary Yankeeman, they hold on to the “h’s” and don’t drop them except in cases of emergency. But they speak very broad- ly and with an exasperating sing-song voice. “Thark you,” for everything (not “’ank you,” in Southampton, thank good- Bess), is just as much mockery as in other English places, but one gets used to such things at last. I said “Thank you” yester- Gay to a slot machine.when I received a slab of chocolate after dropping a penny in the aperture. Such is habit, Abcut A. D. 411 the native Britons set up a toll gate and the Romans went broke and returned to Georgia. Then some peopie came whose names in the tax list of A. D. 755 read like this: Cy- newulf, Witan, Sigebryht. They named the place ‘‘Hantunscire.” The railway time ta- bles kept niaking misprints of the name un- til the year 837 A. D., when the town was known in the Bradshaws of that period as Hamtone, end a little later the aldermen from the terth ward intreduced an ordi- nance asking that the name of the town be changed to “Suth-ham-tune.” The ordi- Wearing a Frock Cont and Silk Hat at All Hours. nance was referred to the committee on streets and alleys, and was eventually pass- ed. Vote—ayes 7, noes 6. It was at Southampton when one King Canute (he really lived here, it is not en- tirely an historical fake,) made the break Another equally important historical fact in connection with Southampton is that the Mayflower sailed from here 1620 (whether B. C. or A. D. not given in the records) with the Massachusetts people who hi heard of the unlimited opportunities for land speculation and the growing demand for Bible classes at Plymouth, Mass., where the rock is. They really started from Bris- tol, where the board comes from, but the Southamptoners say the Bristol people don’t know where they are talking at. Pretty near all the kings England ever had had their fingers in the Southampton pie and debbled in the adjoining real estate —which mostly belonged to the crown. Tha castle, and the walls and the great gates of the city are all works of the engineers of the monarchs of early England. The men who worked for a living received only a penny a day in those times, and walking delegates received their pay in stocks. There is a pair on exhibition at Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. Many evidences of the grandeur of these edifices and the fact that the rulers of the dark ages had money to burn, even if labor was cheap, are still to be seen, and all within a few minutes’ walk of where these lines are written. The poor people of those cass paid the freight just as they do to- ay. Further down Southampton ts Netley Ab- bey, which was built early in the thirteenth century. It 1s now in ruins, and must have been in that interesting condition for cen- turies, if it is true that the fort at Netley was built from the stones taken from the abbey. And the Netley fort is no young- ster. Nor is Calshot Castle, on the other side of the estuary, which was built in Henry the Eighth’s time, and is, therefore, over three hundred and fifty years old, and never has worn spectacles or rode on a railway train. There is a house here where Henry VIII ard Anne Boleyn are said to have taken apartments together when on a visit—attendance only sixpence extra. In- stead of being ashamed of it, the present proprietor, who rents the same rooms to lodgers—attendance only sixpence extra— has a sign outside the house stating the al- leged facts of Henry and Anne’s visit. Scandalous! Other more or less roval per- sonages have visited Southamptcen since. The Bar Gate marks one of the entrances to the old town, when it was fortified clean around the city limits, and the people in the suburbs had to take chances against raids by the Danes and Norwegians, who, before they commenced to emigrate to America—it was long before, from 837 to 994—were content to ravage England under their leaders Svein and Olaf. It was in the settled time of old King Canute when the town commenced to extend “above the bar.” The Forewater is a pleasant walk along the sea wall, and where the town flirting is done. Back of the Walls is the name of the street; it is full of ancient fishy history and modern fishy smells, but. it is adjacent to the old walls of the city and extremely interesting to the visitor. There aré dead loads of houses dating back to the thirteenth and fourteenth cen- turies, and a job lot of drinking fountains and statues to distinguished people, who couldn’t all get into Westminster Abbey, and have to be contented with a combina- tion of heaven and Southampton. If I had to be buried, I think I would like to be planted in the back yard of Nos. 21 and 22, on the right-hand side of French street, Southampton. There stands Watts House, the birthplace of Doctor Watts. It is a quiet spot in a small paved court. The house is in fair repair, but needs new plumbing in spots. CHARLES LEDERER, ——_—_ The Trojan Horse. From the Detroit Tribune. The fire burned low, and still they sat and talked of the past. “Ulysses,” observed Hector, the son of Priam, ‘‘where did you get that idea of the wooden horse?” The famous traveler smiled. “That?” he rejoined. “Why, that was a Cornecticut idea. Our real design was to sell it to you for porterhouse steak, don’t you know. ——__+e+______ A Kindlier Wa: From Harper's Bazar. “That was very kind of your uncle to pay your debts.” “Humph! I don’t think so. He might have given me the money and let me pay “What difference would that have made?” “It would have re-established my credit,” THEY GO; SOUTH Wandering Willie is “Paying His Annual Visit to: This City, ON HIS WAY FROM THE CHILLY NORTE Police Are on the Lookout for Tramp Visitors. THEY MUST SAW WOOD This is the season of the year that those unwelcome visitors, the tramps, are on the inove in this direction. They are headed for the sunny south, as a rule, where frost- bitten toes and ears are not expected, even in winter, and where a night in the pines will not mean suffering and possible death. In the north the frost and snow have appeared, and the tramps who have been on the road any length of time are hasten- ing southward. Already many of them have appeared. Some have been forced to stop and do a few days’ work for the District, while others have gone on and embraced the opportunity to visit the neighboring settlement known as Jackson City on their way south, That tramps enjoy the races and can make themselves comfortable about the track and stables no one will question, for the average tramp nowadays is nothing more nor less than a man of the stripe of many race- horse followers. ‘They are known in police circles as “bum tramps,” and not a few of them manage to get along by stealing as well as by begging and living at muni- cipal and charitable institutions. It is a rare occurrence to see one of the old-time tramps carrying a pack which contains all his earthy possessions, including bed and cooking utensils, and if such a one is seen he seldoms makes application to any of the local institutions for assistance. With him the weather conditions are not of great importance, for his, bedding is ample and he ean spend a cold, stormy night in the woods. Not Bothered W/th Baggage. But with these so-called “bum tramps” it is different. They carry nothing other than what is on their backs, and, usually, there is very little of that. They beg a garment or two and sell them for liquor and then secure bed and board at some public or private institution free of charge. As there is such a thing as wearing out their welcome, so to speak, they will spend a few cents for lodgings once in a while and deprive themselves of that much liquor. ‘These men the police denounce as the worst of the tramp element and the most dangerous to society. Not only will they beg, but many of them will steal, and be- cause of their nomadic habits it is next to impossible to capture them. Although it is yet early in the season some men of this class haye shown them- selves here, and it is the fntention of the police to arrest as many_of them as pos- sible. Last winter the tratips gave the po- lice considerable troublé.”In addition to preying upon the charitable public and de- priving the city’s poor of a portion of what was contributed for them they kept the workhouse well filled during the severe weather, and at times it appeared as if the present building would not accommodate those sent down by the court. ‘The favorite resorts for the tramps are all in existence this year as last. The Bal- timore and Ohio sand house, where hun- dreds of them found warm resting places, 1s still there, although it is being well guarded. On the Potomac flats will un- doubtedly be constructed the rude shacks such as were built and occupied last win- ter. Then there are the railroad freight yards. But all these pjAces are being Watched, perhaps closer th&n heretofore, so that the travelers will not ¥ind it_an easy task to remain“here tong. aad tind frée ac- commodations. There “aré some honest workingmen on their way to places where they hope to better their condition, and who are obliged to seek temporary homes in public institutions. Such men, as a rule, are singled out and given better ‘treat- ment, and occasionafly they are furnished transportation when they want to leave. They Must Saw Wood. Since the establishment of the municipal lodging house and wood yard the police stations do not accommodate so many tramps, and the tramps are well aware of this fact. Before this tramp house was -opened and a similar place was started in connection with the Central Union Mission the police stations lodged all the temporary visitors. They were not permitted, how- ever, to remain at one station more than three nights. In this way they were cer- tain of twenty-seven nights’ lodging at the stations, and they seldom experienced any trouble getting places to fiH out the month. Now ail applicants at the police stations are referred to Superintendent Dunn of the muricipal lodging house. Upon entering this institution they are required to perform work and comply with certain rules. Posted on the door and in the office are copies of the rules, which are as follows: “First. The house will be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. “Second. Breakfast served from 8 to 9 a.m.; dinner served from 6 to 7 p.m. only. “Third. No person under the influence of liquor will be admitted. “Fourth. No drinking, smoking or swear- ing will be allowed on the premises. “Fifth. All applicants admitted will be re- quired to saw one-sixteenth cord of wood or to do equivalent work for each meal or lodg- ing. “Sixth. All persons having stayed one night and wishing further accommodations are required to be in not later than 4:30 p.m. “Seventh. No person may remain longer than three days. “Eighth. All meals for Sunday must be the new shortening, fife all other things must be rightly used if you wish the best resuits. Never, in any recipe, use nfore than two-thirds as much Cottolene as you used to use of lard. Never put Cottolene in a hot pan. Put it in when cold and heat it with the pan. Be careful not to burn Cottolene. To test it, add a drop of water; if hot enough, it will pop. Cottolene, when rightly used, delights everyone. Get the genuine, sold everywhere in tins, with trade-marks —‘‘Cotto- lene” and steer’s head in cotton- plant wreath—on every tin. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago, and 114 Commerce Street, Baltimore. worked for on Saturday. no meal will be serve A Star reporter called upon Superinten- dent Dunn at the lodging house two days ago and learned from him that the tramps were not coming as early this season as they did last year. The building und yard have been put In excellent condition. Whitewash snd wall paper have been used freely, and the floors are kept as clean as those in most private houses. A colored man called for lodging while The Star reporter was talking to the su- Perintendent. He was the representative of a class of which there are so inany here during the course of the season. He was not a genuine tramp, although he had tramped here from a neighboring town. According to his story he belonged in Baltimore, but nad been working in Vir- giria. There he had contracted chills, and he only wanted to remain over night, as he intended to go to the hospital the next morning. Superintendent Dunn sald he did not ex- pect there would be any great number of tramps here this winter, although last year there was no scarcity of them. They are being better provided for in the north, he said, and the consideration shown them will, in Mr. Dunn's opinion, not ‘hasten their departure for a warmer climate. The Wood Yard an Institution. Baltimore has a first-class wood yard ag well as other cities north of here. In the city of Providence an institution of this kind will be in operation this season, and New Haven will also be better able to accommodate them than heretofore. This system of caring for these way- farers is in vogue in micst of the large cities now, and Superinterdent Dunn thinks it Is a good thing fcr the country. The thousands of mer who are thus cared for are compelled to keep themselves clean, and their clothing is fumigated in a way that makes it almost Impossible for them te carry or spread disease. Most of the tramps now, he said, are men in the prime of life, men who could earn good liviugs if they were at all industrious. In police circles the opinion Is expressed that this winter will bring as many, if not more, tramps to this city than came here last winter. In several of the precincts the officers have already had effperience in this direction, and even in the middle of sum- mer a number of the hoboes had to be a: rested and driven out of the city. Several gangs of alleged tramps have been picked up during the past few weeks; some of them in bex cars, some on the flats, others in railroad yards, and others beating their Way out of the city on railrcad trains. —— Walking Backward Cure for Hend- ache. From the Boston Journal An apostle of physical culture says that an excellent and never-failing cure for ner- vous headache is the simple act of walking backward. Ten minutes is as long as is usually necessary to promenade. It some- times, however, requires more than ten minutes to walk at all, if one is very “nervous.” But it is not understood that it is necessary to walk a chalkline. Any kind of walking will do, provided it is backward. It is well to get in a long, nar- tow room, where the windows are high, and walk very slowly, placing first the ball of the foot on the floor, and then the heel. Gesides curing headache, this exer- cise promotes a graceful carriage. A half hour's walk backward every day will do wonders toward producing a graceful gait. If not so earned A Story of Mystery. Do you know what a “Story of Mystery” is? It is a continued story of which all but the last chapter is printed, and then guesses are made as to the solution, then the final instaliment is printed. On October seventh a most interesting mystery story, “When the War Was Over,” will be started in The Star, and five hundred dollars will be given for the first absolutely correct solution. In case no guess is abso- lutely correct the amount will be divided among those nearest to a correct solution. The guesses will be confined to women read- ers. Fuller particulars elsewhere. ‘The Broom Should Hang. From the Philadelphia Ledger. Some of the daintiest housekeepers neg- lect to enforce the rule that a brush or broom should never be stood brush part down on the floor, where the straws or hairs gather dust or dampness. Every one of these articles should hang from its own hook, and, as this is apt to bring the soiled part against the wall, it is well to stretch a breadth of muslin or calico along the wall from the floor up, so that even the wash- board is protected from stain; the muslin, of course, is washed whenever necessary. As all brooms and brushes are not provided with “hangers,” a-Yankee woman has in- vented a contrivance which can be fitted to any handle. It is a wire loop with a. string attached, and when the spring once grips the handle the loop is ready for use. The invention costs but a few cents and is of real value in hanging troublesome whisks, brooms, brushes, umbrellas and the various impedimenta which were born to be hung. ———+e+_____ A Mental Stimulus, The first installment of the great mys- tery story, “When the War Was Over,” by Frederick R. Burton, will be published next Monday. Five hundred dollars in gold for the first correct solution. Particuiars in another column. +e. A Busy Time. From Harper's Bazar. “Well, my dear, what did you do at the sewing circle today?” “Oh, nothing much. We tore up a few reputations and sowed a few seeds of dis- ccrd in the congregation.” To Regulate, Tone Up, Invigorate STOMACH, LIVER thereby curing constipation, dyspepsia, biliousness, dispo- -MUNYON A Prominent Merchant Cured by His Improved Homoeopathic Remedies. A Severe Case of Catarrh of the Stomach That Baffled the Skill of Physicians Speedily Cured by the Munyon System. 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Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ao- ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug- gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- eure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. AQUISVILLE, KY. WEW YORK, N.Y. OSES SESS Oe STC S SSO OOS 25 & off ENJ Jewelry, &c., ¢For 30 Days. = As we e to add many * * new lines to our stock it will Recessary to make exten- sive alterations. In order to reduce stock prior to making these improvements, we offer pretty much our entire stock at a discount of 25 per cent— % off present marked prices. As _ this reduction means cost and less than cost you should not fail to take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity. Purchases laid aside upon pay- ment of a deposit. The sale is for thirty days only. and mn. Goldsmith son, Jewelers, 911 Pa. Ave. 8e30-3m,28 . . . . JAAD AARDARALAD “The Concord Harness’’ 1S THB BEST AND THE (QEAPEST. ‘That's the simple statement of every one who has ever used it. HORSH CLOTHING and ROPES of all descriptions. LUTZ & BRO., 497 Pa. Ave. oc2-16d Rare Laces Worth $10,000 ‘And over—are frequently left with us to be re- paired or renovated. We make a specialty of Lace Cleaning—particularly Curtains—and. guar- antee our work to be of the cleverest kind. All hand work by expert Lace Cleaners, Co Snecessors to A. ‘T, Whiting, Corson& Hat and Bonnet Bleachers” 518 TENTH ST. N.W., 8 doors trom F. of Sm. Peet < - {FIRST :COMERS ‘GET THESES One Massive Solid Oak Hall Rack—un- usually latge mirror—top elegantly carved— large box receptacle—side arm umbrella racks—a plece of fur- niture- to be proud of—re- duced from $60 to... Another Hall Rack, Also in solid oak—elaborately carved— splendid French bevel plate mirror—large seat—side arm A Few Couches, Upholstered in tapestry—18 and comfortable—the first and last time that we ehall offer a choice of them for.. Pay When You Please! Weekly or monthly—no actes—no interest. It’s time right now to furnish your house for winter—make {t snug and cozy—take your time paying the bill. We make and lsy tho carpet free of cost—no charge for waste In matching figures, GROGAN’S Mammoth Credit House, 819-821-823 7th wt. nw., bet. H and I ste. 9e80-84d Preeti springs—soft $4.50 soedeedondostondoedestoees eg Gray Hair A thing of the past when Nattans’ Crystal Dis- covery is used. Guaranteed to restore gray ot frded bair to sts natural color in 8 to 10° da Positively not a dye. Stops the hair from falling Out, arrests dandruff and makes the nicest dressing for’ the hair one can use. Ni ¥ ment. No steins, Pri KOLB PHARMACY, ST. N.W. Sent, exprees prepaid, to the couutéy on receipt of price. Cold,Bieak Days Will Come. Prepare for them. IN & SON'S Baltimore Latrobes, Fur- naces and Ranges. They Are the Best. For sale by the PRINCIPAL STOVE DEALERS IN om 3 D.C. WASH S.S. SHEDD & BRO, Furnaces—Ranges—Latrobes, Plumbing. Gas and Oil Heaters. 2432 oth St. N. W. Bargains In Long Hair Switches, . Formerly $5.00. 4-50. Formerly $6.50. » rormerly $10.50. ass uttendance in Hair Dressing, re. “Curlette,” for keeping the hair RS bampooing, ‘Try our tm curl. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N.W. fet-204 = E- hal @D =I} DR. EDISQN’S FAMOUS OBESITY PILLS, SALB AND BANDS TAKE OFF A POUND 4 DAY. DE. EDISON'S OBESITY FRUIT SALT TAKES OFF FAT AND IS A DELIGHTFUL, CHAM- PAGNE-LIKB, HEALTHFUL 80M- 4 MER BEVERAGE a If you are fat it will pay ‘well-known people say below: treatment will recece a deshy abdomen, neck, chin or face, or shoulders, or hips, tion where there is no surplus fat, without wrinkles. Woman's World. Mrs. Zelma Thomson Sp: her, residence on F street: “In six son's Obesity Pills and Sait reduced ‘That is what the Edison sister, ine 40 pound: remedies did for me. My, Mrs. Tiltie Vander prague, of George Dr, Beison's: Pitts, Bale sad’ Band lo and was reduced 32 pounds in Eliza Chelton Sterling writes from the Woma: Ciub of Washington: “Dr. Edison's Obesity Pills and Salt reduced ms too fat shoulders and bust, re- Heving me of 26 pounds and making me quite well and graceful appearing in less than a month.” Capt. Henry Caton, long connected with the Post ice Department. writes: “I took Dr. Edi- son's Pills and Salt and they reduced me 38 pounds in month and a half.” ‘Mrs. Col, Stanton, Georgetown, writes: “I took Dr, Edison's Obesity Salt and Pills for six weeks aud they reduced my weight 35 pounds and cleared my complexion.’ Xajor Gathright, one of the best known reinain ing old-time military men, writes: “I had my ab- dominal measurement reduced 9 inches by wearl an Edison Obesity Band four and one-half weeks. Mis. Helen Wandall St i residence on F street, says: ‘Di 21 Band has my weight nds and cu: me of kidney troubles. “Dr. Edison's Pills and Salt have cured my brother, Col. adall of the Department of State, of liver disease and big welght 39 pounds in forty-three days.” ‘Obesity Pills, $1.50 a bottle, or three bottles for }, enough for one treatment. ‘Obesity Fruit Salt is $1 a bottle. Obesity Band, any size up to 36 Inches, ts $2.503 10 cents extra for each additional inch tn length. nd all mail, express or C. 0. D. orders to us Retail drug trade supplied by; otal Grog Se Ee MERTE, 11th and F nw. ©. 0. G, SIMMS, 1346 N. Y. ave. n. Bend for “How to Care Obesity, columns, written by distinguish ous illustrations and 200 testimonials. Mention address exactly as given below: NG & neral RING Agents, United States, Chicago, Dept. ‘No. 19, No. 113 State street. New York celts, Dept. 4, No. 42 W. 220 street. se) Pe eT Better Shoes-- Lower Prices. Rise in leather makes no difference in rice or quality here. Our $2.50 and § Shoes are better this year than ever before. More comfortable. Wear better. All the stylish tocs—narrowest to _ the brosdest. ace and button. Cost $3.50 and $4 up town. Robt. Cohen & Son, 630 Pa. Ave. TOWN AMERICAN SHOE MEN. of-204 e sen ws EA ~ CONNECTICUT AVENUE-—NQ. 1150. Miss Emma E. Hunter, IMPORTER Fine Millinery, a seas patrons, ae and ico of ‘Washington generally —— tavitarion ee vist ber new tablis it. - 1150 CONNECTICUT AVENUE N.W. 8c30-6t ee The grandest water, yet— “Ozonate—Lithia— effervescent."” « Rbcumatism and kidney diseases ee28-140 We'll Send For Blankets ‘That need cleaning, and CLEAN them— cagiiy “properly. Make them as fresh and aud “new” us the day they left the store. Drop postal for wagon io call. Anton Fischer, 906 G St., MATCHLASS PROCESS DYEING AND CLEANING, 04-1 se : Does aot or ‘disea: but it will cure all diseases, in or Indigestion.” All druggist, er

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