Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1895, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. TUESDAY December 31, 1895. -Editor. THE EVENING STAR hes a regular and permanent Family Circalation much more than the combined cir- eulation of the other Washington dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no competitor. 7In order to avoid delays, on ac- nal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any individeal connected with the omce, but simply to THE STAR, or to | the Editorial or Business Depart- ments, according to tenor or purpose. The Free Public Library. H The bill providing for a free public library in the city of Washington, now pending in | Congress, proposes to give to the capital a} needed municipal institution, sustained at | the municipal expense, h as:six hundr; cities and villages of the United States now | enjoy, and In some cases have enjoyed sin: 1850. The capital is now to be placed upon an equal footing in educational legislation with the little New England town. It !s no fault of local public sentiment that Wash- ington has in recent years suffered this lack. ‘There is no Cissenting voice in the appeal 's legislature to enact the The House and Senate can do no wiser, juster and more popular thing than to take up, consider and pass im- mediately the library measure. The city’s school children and college students, the workingmen and department clerks, in fact the reading elements of the capital's entire population will rise up to call them blessed. One drawback upon persistent effort in be- half of the library project is found in the fact that it involves no special, particular gain to any individual over his fellows, but is entirely in the general interest, and what is everybody's business in securing legisla- tion as in other matters is generally found to be nobody's business. Let every public spirited citizen of Washington shake oft | this excuse fcr inertia and seize and utili the present opportunity to gain a great pub- Ue benefit for the community! Every adult Washingtonian should take thought concerning the most effective man- ner in which he can aid the library move- ment. He may have as a personal friend some member of Congress whom he can in- terest -In the matter. He may have money | or books, or temporary quarters for the library in some suitably located building, which he is ready to place at the library's disposal. In such case he should place him- self in immediate communication with the Board of Trade committee. In the campaign for the library there should be unity of ef- fort. With a strong pull and a pull altogeth- er Washington will attain success not mere- ly in this Cong or in 1896, but early in the prescnt session. —_-- +02 -___ Cheuper Gas. The District committees of Congress will soon be organized and ready to proceed with the local busiress. One of the first proposi- tions to be considered by them is that of cheaper and better gas, a bill on which sub- ject is now belng framed by the District Commissioners. It has been expected on the strength of some half promises made at the close of the last session of Congress that the gas company would voluntarily re- duce its charges, as it has done on several occasions in the past. During the recess of Congress, when a decrease of rates could be obteined only through such voluntary action, The Star has from time to urged the gas company to live up to its semi-agreement. Now Congress is with us again and the struggle for a compulsory reducticn is of course to be renewed. There is no question as to local public sentiment in the matter. The gas consumers are as one man for cheaper and better gus, and from the beginning of the controversy years ago have believed that the company could supply the improved gas at the lower rate with a handsome profit to itself. The prac- tically effective work in this movement will be that which Is leveled directly at Congr and which convinces the national legi that Washington is entitled to its artificial illuminant at as low a price as cther cities similarly situated, and that It is entitled to share with the gas company the benefits of the great cheapening in the modern methods of gas production. Congress must be con- vinced that its duty in the matter ig merely to see that the price of gas is fixed at a rate which will pay a reasonable profit upon all the legitimate items of the cost of making and distributing it, and that no duty rests upon it to assure heavy divide: na gas stock capitalization, which may or may not represent actual expenditures. 2 Whiskers and the Man. A certain great metropolitan newspaper this morning printed a portrait of Justice Brewer in connection with the association of his name with the Venezuelan com sion, presenting that eminent jurist with the complete disguise of a full beard. It has been about four years since Justice Brewer parted with his facial adornment, in order to comply with the custom, some- times disregarded, by virtue of which the Members of the Supreme Court eschew whiskers. Washingtonians have known the genial Kansan as a emooth-faced man for nearly the entire period that he has been a wearer of the black gown, yet here comes that old portrait again, a relic of the days when nis appointment was a news item. This brings to mind the peculiar fate of Gov. Morton, who went through the greater part of his candidacy for the office of Vice President portrayed on campaign banners with flowing Dundrearies, from which he had parted almost immediately after he received the nomination. Few public men ever have the temerity to change the style of their beards or to alter their looks by smoothly shaving, for it is @ hazardous proceeding; but when they take this important step the least that the time ature newspapers can do in recognition of the fact is to make over their cuts. ——_ wen If England should be persistently disa- reeabls about that Venezuelan matt may be necessary to call Mr. Ingalls from his retirement to hurl a few original and artistic sarcasms. — ee - — If the United States Senate desires to do much in 1895 it will have develop a miraculous burst of speed. ——_ + e+ — What Mr. Cleveland wants ts a bond bill that will 4o the most business and do it quickly. —__~ ee Vale, 1895! In a few more hours another year will have joined the past, and one more year will be born from the future, to be known to all Christians as Anno Domini 1 Each race of people has its own marking of time, and so the great holiday to be celebrated on the morrow is not uni- versul. The study of astronomy, how- ever, is now so wide-spread, and the men of earth have come to such a commun understarding of the planets and the sea- sons that the accepted year has become of equal length over nearly all the globe, with differing dates for the commencement and the ending. Tcday the general sentiment is retrospective. The old year as it rolis away carries before the mind a panorama of events, irrevocable yet instructive. There have been many calamities since a year #go, and In some quarters the loss of hu- man Mfe from other than natural \iuses has been appalling. Fanaticism has wielded the sword in China and Armenta, and thousands of men and women have been eacrificed. Nevertheless religious tntoler- ance is surely losing the violence that has marked the pages of history with crimes | mark of enterp: committed in the name of creeds, and in- dividual opinion is today respected more than ever before in the history of the world. Diplomacy has been a marked feature of the year now fading. The great nations have abstained from war and the voice of reason has been heard more than once in behalf of peace. Today in Cuba there rages an insurrection marked by deeds of vio- lence, bloody battles and great suffering. The tedious course of its suppression has dragged itself along for months until the world now stands ready to hear any day of the final victcry of the men who are fighting for the right to conduct their own affairs. England and the United States are at variance over a great international prin- ciple, yet the present course of events points to peace, and to a happy solution of the troublesome question of the hour. This country is passing through a period of busi- ness revival marked, however, by a strain- ing of the nation’s financial supports. But the government is firm and solid as a rock, and its credit as a institution, both at home and abroad, is unshaken. The people have faith in the stability of the nation and they will not lose that faith — +42 Bull Fighting for Charity. A week ago yesterday, being Sunday, two thousand people assembled in the Havana arena to witness a bull fight given under the auspices of the Red Cross Society. Th's anomaly is partially explained by the an- nouncement that the proceeds of the gentle, humanizing exhibition were applied to swell the fund for the purchase of medi- cine used by the Red Cross agents in their work at the seat of war. Such a contra- Gictory spectacle is wholly tmpossible in this country, but-its incongruity probably does not appeal in the least to the Cuban or Spanish mind, accustomed as it Is to the bull ring and {ts attendant horrors. It is by no means extraordinary that so brutal a device should be employed for worthy charitable purposes, for it is common in Spain to give bull fights for the most phil- anthropic objects, and it is regarded as a ise to invoke such a popu- lar means of entertainment for so worthy an end. Nor is it strange that cattle should be slain in order that men might live. But the other peoples of the world will never accept the bull fight as In any way edify- ing, elevating, amusing or valuable, and there will be a war waged against this brutal form of public entertairment until, it is sincerely to be hoped, it will cease to exist even in the lands where now It holds much of the old time popularity. It 1s gratifying to recall that all efforts to es- tablish the buli fight in this country have signelly failed and it speaks well for the good sense and humanity of Americans that this Is the case. —_— 2-2. ___ Individual clergymen have denounced bi- eycle riding, the theater, dancing, and now a Richmond, Va., minister declares that kissing must be stopped. If all these learned men have their wayg, the outlook for 196 will be rather a mournful on + + —___ ye been in business long that there is no use In her y announcements of vic- is able to deliver the Spain skould erouzh to know peblishing ¢ teries unless she gcods. - ee The world had the last of Harry Hayward, unless the horror-vendors insist on not being deprived of s congenial material as his life affords. wee: The Sultan of Turkey will not ‘turn over a new leaf tomorrow. It will be the old leaf th he-has turned over great regu! y for weeks past. ee Lord Salisbury is likety to experience a sense of Joneliness in his Venezuelan att!- tude before oh ri ee ooo If Kentucky does not Jo a little swearing off tomorrow it wil! not be for the lack of an excuse. — ¢ ____ The year closes with eighty men at work on the city post-office building. ——_—__+ e+ SUGOTING STARS. Good-by, You've played us scurvy tricks. We hope to be much better used By 1896. Her Little Sorrow. “Of course, I shouldn’t want to stand in the way of anything that you feel like doing in the way of New Year's reformation,” she said. “But it does seem too bad— “What seems too bad, my dear?” asked her husband. “That you should feel obliged to stop smoking just after I have given you those. lovely Christmas cigars, His Quest. “And so your friend has been to Africa,” she said to Derringer Dan. “That's what he has, ma’am.” “Looking for diamonds?” “Yes, ma’am. Diamonds er clubs er spades er an: thing he happened ter feel the need of at the tim An Interesting Phenomenon. “Dear me,” sald a South American re- public as it looked at Great Britain's map of t is really very astonishing if isrepresented. * inquired a sister country. “The manner in which a country is Hable to shrink in this warm climate.” Envy. “Excuse me,” said Cholly as he looked at the picture of the Old Year on the advertis- ing card; “but are you the same person who was introduced just twelve months ago? “I am," replied the gentleman in, the pic- ture. “At that time, if I remember correctly, you were quite an infant; chubby and smil- ll that sort of thing.” “Dear me! I wish you could tell me how you managed it.’ ianaged what? se all those whiskers in such a short Leap Year, How swiftly Time flies! Yet his efforts fall flat, When engaged jezinse the girl of today; In the dim light they Talked of thi As they watched the old year fade away. The bell pealed its message; and just as it broke The silence, with manner alert, she counted each stroke eath her breath. Then she spoke And left him there stunned and inert. And now, ike a man who has recently dozed, He tries io tell how it was done. Her heart she disclosed, And she promptly proposed At minutes of 1. A Hope. From the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette. When the new woman comes and the new man gets settled down to business maybe we will have a new Christmas, or at least a morning after that will be as pleasant to recall as the day itself. > Rather a Big Strip. From the New York Journal. Those who talk about a “strip of land” in dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain should learn that the strip in ques- ticn is larger than the whole state of New York. — 2 = —____ Not a Busy Day for Him. From the Omaha Bee, In one day recently Emperor William of Germany wrote a song, painted a picture, designed a fort and lost his temper. It was @ dull day with him, tow ge Wish You and Yours 3A Happy iNew Year - —and every other GOCD THING that “the gods” can bestow. At the same time we wish to thank the great multi- tude who use 3 ;Cream Blend ’Flour For their steadfast loyalty—gencrous patron: mage of our product—whese fame MORE than of a local character. We pledge you our best el muintain for this flour the reputation which it now enjoys— BEST AND TI{E MOST ECONOMICAL!” OF Begin the New Year by using it, if you do not glready—and you will use no other. Your grocer will supply you. 5 Bt Ss 9 B. B. Earn haw & Bro FEED DEALERS, AT S.E. <| POOH SOOOSSS SESS SSS WVU CVV VS CE TENE VeN, Watch Repairing by the most expert watchmakers Our watch repafring depart- ment is equipped with every facility, enabling it to tarn out work cf the highest order. GYAN work guarauteed 18 months. . tj . . . . . for ae oe oe oe . . . EVERETT _1225 F St. p d31-28e0 is > ORR AARANAARRAA KARUN ry POPP OEPSPIOO SE SOL T oor: ‘Parties, THING, and fn our hands you can rest assured that every de- teil will be in thorough “‘good form.” E:timates promptly furnished. eT. Jarvis, Caterer, Contectioner. dc gth St. ’Phone 1000. aa1-28d Sesocecaseceoesocessesoes A new Feature! | Watches, Diamonds, ! On Installments! | t any piece of Jewelry, Watch or Din- | in my place and you can pay for it by | | A ALMA R MEM ft, Ps bs ¢ € 4 ECEPTIONS, Bail Suppers, at & Hemes, ete., liberally catered & for. WE PROVIDE EVERY- PPOE DISSES SLVHSOD PPCIC PSO HS Seeve. mond as you choose. I have n of seliing first-class Jewelry i Diamonds at the closest marked i in town the repuiat F. 409 7th St., 9Opp. Baum’s COLE iWe want amateu ios 99 iq \‘photo-takers ; 4 ro know—that we're giving big reductions In * >| very camera In the house! Our 5 4 4 < ant. lower for Develop ee H. Brown, 1010 F St. ‘Rare Old Wiest : jand Champagnes: > ° Eg 3 g 3 2 % e 3 3 ye to delicacies for § $ ng that's sear & ° sonable i < Ps New York Avenue. é 2 GROCERIES, WINES, ETC. Ri |e FE DES SESE T TOES OE SIERO ‘(ast chance 3 {To Buy Furs : ay below what they ake th ‘This week ° cost us to es the end All our BELOW “ If you need s Cape or Muit— you'll just what you wish here— Way below what yoa'd expect It to cost anywhere else. 3 3 Saks Fur Co., 3 Cor. 13th and G Sts. $ @ dedi-28eo0 > BaD AA Atty He Pe iIce Cream ‘For New Year’s 2) 29 flavers. | BRICKS turn and $} wrapped—for quick service. CUT BRICKS +| —20, 24 und 28 to the gallon—makes tt *| easy to serve many guests In the shortest | time. wer, Fruit and |* molds. New Card molds for oe SESHOY VPSECOD Card Parties, Peper Cases and Lace Pa- up. cy cluding Iced Cakes, in colors for all teas. Fussell’s, Ge31-28e0 doz. mall F Cakes, 40c. pound, in- ee eeeees 1427 N.Y.Av IKKE REERS Lz | ¢| ¢ ¢ ? PFO 4S tH 00 20-49 SF te = No Getting {Around Facts. 9 Tes “stubborn things" to ar- ¥ no matter of bow long stand- ing. Hundreds of cases that it $3.50. % doz. gal. MATISM flied togive ert ee Cane, TR 4 “Be \4-gal. Bottles, 5. Ww. Thompson,703 S. PHARMACIST, 1sth de81-28d oo-4e RECEPTION ROLLS —the daintiest you'll find to serve with salads and coffee. Very light and delicious. Baked to @ beautiful brown. Fresn every — da —— “Gran kinds of Cakes. Sent any time. Orders recelved late te tonight and tomorrow morning. one Krafit’s Bakery, Cor. Pa. Ave. and 18th St. 431-200 KANN’S GREAT CLEARING SALB TAKES PLACE JANUARY ‘The event of the New Ycar. Don't fail to attend. it S, Kann, Sous & 10,; STH & MARNET SPACE OPEN! UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK TONIGHT. Gz} <=) 2 a, We Greet Our Patrons With Our. Grand Semis= annual Clearing Sale, Dating From Thursday, January the Second. Read Wednesday’s Star for Items. 5. Kann, Sons 0; STH& MARKET SPACE Kennedy’s Fruit Cake For New Year Receptions. The best in the world And costs but 25¢c. Ib. For sale by all grocers— in 1, 2 and 5-Ib. “Fancy Boxes.” Ask your grocer for it— Orders received till late tonight. $ Our monogram is on every box. We are wholesalers only. ? eetesiseeteseceteeees The New York Biscuit Co., 2 Washington Branch: 616 E St. 2 acsi-ua Seesesocessecseoosesooocees KANN’S GREAT CLEARING SALE TAKES PLACE JANUARY — 2. ‘The event of the New ¥: Don't fail to attend. We Sell COPFORT —On easy payments—with- out notes—and without inter- est — COMFORT — for every room in your house. REAL comfort comes with a well furnished home—and there’s no use of saving up money to pay CASH—when our prices are lower— ON CREDIT! We still persist in making and laying all carpets FREE —no charge for waste in matching figures—that’s a big saving for YOU. Cut prices are helping us to re- duce our stock of Parlor Suites—compare our prices with the lowest you can find down town—it will make our meaning of cut prices clearer to you. Maybe you need a STOVE—we have a complete stock of heating and cooking stoves—all prices. Bed Room Suites, Sideboards, Easy Rockers, Banquet Lamps, And 10,000 other things— cheaper on credit than you can buy elsewhere for cash. Grovgan’s MAMMOTH sa HOUSE, 23s 7TH STREET NW. AND I STREETS. 1t [XXRRRREEREK) [XEREERERERE EERE REREER EME RERAE REE REM EEE ENS new deB1-S4a Hi) Broeressscoosessosavesseaey, ° mie Sh Selanne ee Store Closed Pg New Year’s Day : [oe eee 3 zi" Improved ‘Natural Stone ‘Water Filter —is without an equal. It removes every impurity —every_ disease germ— that water may contain— th > > HITT A AANARMALADAARMARARAAA MAREE S 3 and renders it clear, pure z and wholesome. We ps have them complete — = with stone jar—for filter- —— ed water—as low as $3. w. B id w. Beveridge, e 1218 F & 1214 G St., > 2. POTTERY, PORCELAIN, GLASS, ETC. It 2 SHOCHOSSOSHS SIO. BESHSTESERE DEPP PTOPEGE SE HES STS PS a 2 Open Till Late Tonight. e 3 We buy in = tLarge quantities ¢ | ats sell for cash; $ Perfection || apts, aes of ot > A, Sr eas 4 TE: AT RETAIL $ 3 soc. Ib. hour “NERY = 3 Ty tt 2S, $ $ @ 2 FIVE 3 $ STORES. > @ _ de8-40c0 é C= “no- -profit” ‘Jewelry sale ( —Is a bona fide reduction of \ prices on everything in my store! ** T have been doing business too long in ¢ ¢ W shington (30 years) to associate my ** name with a but —lexitimate * met You can feel absolutely cer- tain—if you call here—of securing any- thing you may elect at exactly the price °° 1 paid for 1 epee: a elon, Mar. /Carl Petersen, “*°""_ de31-24d —~ oo Don’t be deceived | —by your grocer into buying an- eee other brand of soap which he co _con- eeeeee fiders “Just _as good’ as WEAVER, KENGLA&CO’S ‘Laundry & Borax’ mu OS. ECONOMICAL There are none as good as these ¢ soups, and your grocer knows : . = . Insist upon “having Weaver, _Kengla Plant, S$ GREAT CLEA LEARIN . . . . . SALE TAKES PLACE TARY 2. ‘The event not the New Year. Do fail_to attend. Artistic Photos. ‘There is as much difference in the kinds of photographs as thefe is in dress goods. We always aim to give you the best “qual- ity” for the least expenditure, and these artistic “Mezzo ‘Tint Oval Photos which we are making for $4 a dozen represent the $ Dest value for the money possi ble to ob- W. Ti. Stalee, 107 F St., Successor to M. B. Brady. de80-164 . . . . Woodward *. Lothrop, loth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. --— Until further notice, store will open at 8:15 and close at 5:30. Se SS Closed New Year's Day. The New Year Begins a series of daily store events which will concern and interest the shopping portion of Washington and vicinage. January will bea trade epoch--a natural outgrowth of this store and its methods. : It won’t be desirable to miss the announce- ments which will follow each other rapidly in the days just coming. Thursday, Jan. 2.—A special exhibition of the latest models in Trimmed Hats and Bonnets for evening, opera and theater wear. Also Garniture for the hair and the gown, consisting of Flowers and Aigrettes and Ostrich Tips in dainty tints, combined with Rhine- stone and Pearl ornaments. . Thursday, Jan. 2.—Our annual January sale of Table, Bed and Toilet Linens, Sheets, Pillow Cases, Spreads and other Housekeeping Goods. Friday, Jan. 3.—Our semi-annual sale of Men’s and Boys’ Unlaundered Day and Night Shirts, Pa- jamas, etc. Saturday, Jan. 4.—Oursemi-annual sale of Women’s and Children’s Muslin Underwear, Women’s Corsets, Silk Petticoats, etc. The ticketing and marking and arranging are going on now with all possible speed. In Upholstery Department, Thursday, January Second, Our Semi-Annual Special Sale of Manufacturers’ and Importers’ Remnants, ‘Comprising Cotton, Wool and Silk Tapestries, Lace Curtain Ends of Tamboured Muslin, Irish Point, Réal Lace and Brussels Lace. Also Our Own Stock Remnants Of Silks, Cretonnes, Silkalines, Satteens, Scrims, Cotton Plushes, Mad- ras, Curtain Laces, Muslins, ete., all to be sold at Half and Less Than Half Regular Prices. Together with these are several half and one-pair lots of Lace, Mad- ras, Silk and Chenille Curtains, to be sold at Half to Two-Thirds Former Prices. These “Pieces” or “Ends” are the samples used by the manufac- turers’ and importers’ traveling salesmen, and, after serving their pur- pose, they are bunched together and sold at a nominal price in order to make room for the new samples for the succeeding season. They are useful for a hundred and one purposes, including Furniture Coverings, Couch Cushions, Pillow Covers, Tidies, Scarfs, Splashers; Mantel, Piano, Picture, Easel and Window Draperies; Foot Stools, Hassocks, Trans soms, Vestibule Doors, Crib Spreads, Washstand Covers, Bureau Covers, etc. For This Sale We Have Also Secured From a prominent importer several 13-yard lengths of Fine Silk Dam- ‘asks, Brocatelles, Silk Tapestry, Silk and Wool Tapestry and Silk and Wool Tapestry Chair, Divan and Sofa Seats. These goods are particularly desirable for fine furniture coverings, odd chairs, etc., and are worth at retail up to $10.00 per yard. They Will Be Sold for Less Than Half Reg- ular Prices. With these are hundreds of short ends of Cotton, Wool and Silk Tapestry, in suitable lengths, for covering Cushions, Chairs, Stools, Di- vans, etc. To Be Sold at 5, 10, 25, 35 and soc. Also Hundreds of Lace Curtain Corners at Half and Less Than Half Regular Prices. Curtain Corners of Tamboured | Curtain Corners of Heavy Irish Muslin, 1 to 1} yards long and 50 | Point and Swiss Lace, 1} to 2 yards to 60 inches wide. Value 50c.|long and 50 to 60 inches wide. Bach... seseeeees- 25C, | Value $1.50. Each. 75C. Curtain Corners of Tamboured Curtain Corners of Real Lace and Muslin, Irish Point and Real Lace, | Brussels Lace, 14 to 2} yards long 1} to 2 yards long and 40 to 50 inches | and 50 to 60 inches wide. Value wide. Value $1.00. Each. .50€. | $2.00 to $5.00. Each.....$1 to $a Our regular patrons know just what such a sale ‘means, how important it is, what values are offered. To the many newcomers a visit will prove both in- structive and profitable. +-dth floor. . +11th st, building.) ment (Upholstery Dept rae ey In Men’s Department Weare selling our remaining stock of De Joinville, Four-in-Hand, Puff and Teck Scarfs, that were $1.50 and $2.00, at $1.00 A special lot of Men’s Cotton Terry Bath Robes, in "striped effects, atvene . -$3.00 each. A special lot of Men’ s Wi Bal T = Bath Robes, in i striped effects, sigudeeetsceees eee Neat. at -1007 F at.) floor. (Men's Store. Woodward & Lothrop: pe