Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1896, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON. CROSBY S. NOYES..............-Editor. THE EVENING STAR has a regular aud -permancat Family Cirediation much more than the combined cir- culation ef the other Washington dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no competitor. [7m order to avoid delays, on ac- count of personal absence, letters to HE STAR should not be addressed to any individual connected with the office, but simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorinl or Bysiness Depart- ments, according to tenor or purpose. Corporate Bumptiousness. - Chief Engineer Brown of the Pennsy!- vania Raflroad, if he speaks by authority for the company. puts that corporation In an attitude of arrogant defiance of local nublic sentiment and of the wise plans of the War Department in respect to Long Bridge. TRe bumptious Mr. Brown pro- mewnees the following ultimatum: “You people in Washirgton want a new bridge xcross the Potomac to take the place of the Leng Bridge. Well, the Pennsylvania Com- pany dees not intend to put one there. The present structure suits us, and we will continue te use it, unless the government ‘shall decide to build another bridge for us.” In 1870 the United States granted to the railroad the revocable use of this bridge, which -was buiit entirely at government ex- pense, on conditions which have not been fulfilled. Ard now the beneficiary for all these years of the government's bounty de- tlares that it will not bear its share of re- cing with a bridge the dam through which it now threatens with flood the city ef Washington, and that if a new bridge is desired the government must build it aided end present it as a gratuity to the sailroad, as it did in the case of the old Long Bridge. The law which authorized the railroad company to take possession of and extend its tracks across Long Bridge stipulated the following conditions: Provided, That the said Baltimore and Pctomac Raflread Company will maintatn tz geod condition the said bridge for rail- ‘ay and ordinary travel; and the bridge stall at all times be and remain a free bridge for public use for ordinary travel. * * * That if the said Baltimore and Po- temac Railroad Company shall at any time ceglect to keep said bridge in good repair end free for public use for ordinary tra the government of the United States may enter into possession of the sald bridge; und Congress reserves the right to alter or-amend this law. The bridge is net now “in good condition” and “in good repair’ for ordinary travel. The railroad has rendered the bridge unsaf2 fer erdinary travel by a vast increase of traffic over the tracks in close proximity to the highway, and by largely confining re- pairs affecting the stability of the rickety old structure to the dumping of great quantities of stone about its piers. A shaky, decaying bridge which ts prevented trom sweeping down the river in the spring only by mountains of stone piled about its piers nt the bottom of the river cannot be pronounced in goed condition and repair for ordinary travel, even if the danger to stch travel from proximity of tracks be entirely disregarded. With its solid causeway stretching for a leng @istance across the river; with the Sreat pyramidal piles of stone about the piers that carry the bridge across the main icing, it is officially estimated, ie uvailable room for the passage of water at least a third; with tts low structure across the channel, which with its numer- rs Standing obliquely to the tlood <crrent and stringers close to the surface steps the drift and ice in every freshet and solidifies into a formidable okstruction, the Loag Bridge has ceased to be a bridge iu good condition and repair for public travel and has become a mighty dam blocking the Potomac and at every flood turning the water of the river upon the lower sections ef Washington, including Pennsyivania avenue. As such dam it should be condemned and abated as a public nuisance. Having ceased te bea ge in good condition and repair for ordinary travel. the government acting under the cenditions of the law of 1870 should again ‘enter into possession of the said bridge,” replace it on the War Depart- ment plans prepared by Col. Hains with a safe, modern structure which will aceem- moedate public travel of all sorts, by steam railroad, electric railway, carriage or other- wise, and then impose an equitable share of the burden of reconstruction upon all who ate to use rt. The railroad’s right to cross the Potomac by bridge at this point is based upon a mmtinuation of its right to use the govern- mt property, the Long Bridge, and this right it has under the law forfeited. The sovernment in granting to the railroad.a rew privilege of crossing the Potomac by ige will doubtless bear in mind that the railroad has shamefully misused the pub- lle’s previous gratuitous grant, and ts now, it Mr. Brown speaks for it, playing the part of an insolent ingrate. ——— +2 ___ End of the’ “Dress Parad The chief consolation to be derived from the reeent record of the Serate in passing a free-coinage. bill in the face of practically certain disagreement by the House and a still more certain veto by the President if by any chance the measure should be pre- sented to him is that there was less time wasted In speech-making on that bill than is usuelly the case in free-coinage discus- sions. After all the whole performance was a faree, a “dress parade,” as Senator Stew- art himself confessed, and the practical sulis are yet to be demonstrated. The Dill will now be rejected by the House and sent mito conference, where it ts Hable to hang from week to week, like Mahomet’s coffin. ‘The*President's opposition to the free coin- age of silver at 16 to 1 is one of the few cer- -tainties of present existence, and it is equal- ty well known that he bas all the courage of his convictions, so that there Is no pos- sible prospect of the free coinage proposi- tion-becomirg a lay. It is perhaps a stroke of good luck that the epportunity for this show of strength by the Senate sllverites should have come so early in the session, for now there is no likelihood that*the free silver proposition will come before the houses in serious, tangible form again be- fcre adjournment. This clears the decks for action on some of the more practical meas- ures row pending, which deserve promot treatment. ry I: 5 —_——___~++____ ord Dunraven should make a study of the various ways In which an apology can be expressed, as he really needs them all. —_— 2 Soturday’s Good Werk in the House. If the District appropriation bill should beeome a law in its present shape, carrying Provisions fer cheaper gas, electric light and telephones, there will be a general feel- ing of: satisfaction among the people of the capital, and the inadequacy of the budget ‘will m a mezsure be compensated for. To be sure the amentiments reaching these highly desirable ends are still subject to points of order in the House when the bill shall have been reported from the commit- tee of the whole, and the measure must “then pass through Senate committee, Sen- “ate, and conference, so that, in the old- fashioned phrase, “we are not yet out of “the “woods.” But much has been accom- plished when the ‘House fn its first work on the bill agrees to reduce the price of gas to consumers from $1.25 to 75 cents a thousand. feet, the cost of the public lamps from $20.50 “tomot ‘more than $16 a year for each lamp, €lectric lights to both public and private Patrons by twenty-five per cent, and tele- phones at varying percentages that make “material reductions in the cost. The people are, of course, concerned in the matter of educing ‘the:cost of street illumination; as taxpayers they welcome the prospect of a fall in the rates and, best of all, an improve- ment ‘in the service, which the bill as now amended requires to be continuous and com- plete, andsnot dependent-apon the weather. But the chief interest centers in the pro- vision that the private rates shall come down to a reasonable, modern basis. The bill, however, should be still further amend- ed, so as to require the company to furnish the best quality of gas. The existing law, if untouched, will require the strictest enforce- ment in this regard to prevent the company from seeeking to retrench by supplying gas of Jow illuminating power, filled with adul- terants and impurities. A poor quglity cf gas is-very dear at any price. It affects the sight, the-general health and the temper, as well as the material furnishings ef the Touse. But the best of gas can now be made and delivered at a profit for 75 cents, owing to the general cheapening of materials and the improvement of processes. In the matter of telephone rates there is equal cause for congratulation. The pres- ent charges range from $72 to $115 for a private "phone within a mile from the main Office, according to the kind of circuit, and from $100 to $140 for an instrument in a business house. Beyond’ one mile these rates are proportionately increased. ‘The bill now reduces these rates to a scale tanging from $25 to $50, according to the number of instruments on each wire. Tele- phone users will appreciate the:great value ef these reductions. They can be met by the existing company and should be granted as a partial returr: for the continued favor of occupying the local fiell as a monopoly. In all three cases the amendments to the bill are infinitely better solutions of the Problems than the propositions to open up the field to competition, hazarding uncertain rivalry, inviting black-mailing enterprises, end involving street obstruction and de- struction for many months that would make the citizens heartily sick of the reforms before they began to be consummated. The House reached an agreement on these mat- ters much mere speedily than The Star con- sidered probable on Saturday, but the re- sults are all the more welcome for that rea- son. If the two houses will only come to a realizing sense of the fact that this is an excellent and pessibly the only speedily effected means of accomplishing these public benefits, they will let the bill stand sub- Stantially in its present shape. —_—___ 2 _____. Candiemas. Yesterday, February 2, was Candlemas day, an old holiday of the Church, bat more widely known in these times as an occasion for a weather portent of common acceptance. In this ceuntry it is called “Grourd-hog day,” and the rural belief is that that day the ground-hog, or wood- chuck, awakes from his winter's sleep and comes forth from his hele. Should he see his shadow, cast by the sun, he scuttles back to sleep for six weeks longer, thus giving a sign of a late spring. This bit of folk-lore has its origin in an old belief, hardly to be localized, as it is applicable to all Christendom. In Scotland the following districh has all the force of an inviolate law: “If Candlemas is fair and clear There'll be twa winters in the year.” This contemplates that the day should be bright, the skies free from clouds, the air innocent of a hint of storm. Yesterday the sun that rose over Washington was shy and modest. He hid his face almost as soon as he had given the first tinted rays to the air, and except at rare intervals through the day he sulked behind gray clouds, which thickened until at night the city was drenched with rain. Unfortu- nately the ground-hog has no national headquarters. There is no one place from which he conducts his forecasting opera- tions. He is a creature of the day, the hour, the field, the town, the state. His presages for Maryland may fail in Maine. He has not yet reduced the weather busi- hess to the syndicate basis and hence his gradual falling off in prestige. Locally he was handicapped by an uncertati condi- tion. If an early riser he surely saw his shadow. If he slept late, after the fashion that in some places prevails on Sunday, he walked abroad unfrightencd by his own form. So the whole matter is left in doubt. All that is certain is that as there has been no winter here yet it is a fair hazard that there may be at least six weeks of hard weather to come. The odds are heavy on the side of the ground-hog having his nap out, whether our Candlemas be considered fair or not. ———__ + ee ---___ It is necessarily somewhat discouraging for the German Emperor to tind himself out- done in egotism by a back-number potentate like the Sultan. ———_+ ee The bonds of this government are always in lively demand, but that fact is not to be aceepted as an assurance that their produc- tion is a profitable industry. —__ +2 __ Mr. Potter Palmer is to be congratulated. It is not every man whose wife thinks he is brainy enough to be a good ambassador. ——____ 2. e+ —___ When a statesman contemplates speaking his mind he should first make a study of whether his mind is fit for publication. Like many another man Lord Salisbury carés not who may make a law or a doctrine so long-as he is permitted to construe it. Sa —— SHOOTING STARS. A Heartless Theory. “I wonder,” she said, with a tender look in her blue eyes, “why the sender of a val- entine is not expected to disclose his identi- ty?” “Why,” replied the grossly material per- son, “that’s the plainest thing in the werld. It’s so that he may have a fighting chance tn a breach of promise case.” A Fear. Unless these statesmen bold restrain The ire which boils eternal, The Record canrot, it is plain, Rerrain a family journal. “Dah is too many folks,” said Uncle Eben, “det ain’ willin’ ter share nuffin’ but dah sorrers.” Fo Cuba. ‘When it comes to interfering, All our ardor we must tame. But you’l, hear the grand stand cheering If you ever win the game. His Suggestion. “William,” she said, “you need a new hat.” ‘Do I?” - “Yes. And.a new overccat.” “I have suspected that.” “And your umbrella is shockingly shab- by.” “I know it.” “What are you going to do about it?” “I haven't any idea,” he responded, gicomily. And then, with the animation which comes with a happy thought, he added: “You might give a tea.” A Grievanee. elt’s scun’lous, Mistah Groun’-hog, De way yoh went an’ did; A-prancin’ in de sunshine When yoh shohly sould of hid! Jes when.a dream o’ vi'’lets Done jollified de soul, Yoh-gces an’ sees yer shadder, An’ yer crawls inside yer hoie! De sunshine kep a-flickerin’ Fro «achJerawary dsy, Tell it got us all a-thinkin’ Warr’t-no winter anyway. An’ row, when dese monoplis’— Done riz de price er coal, Yoh goes an’ sees yer shedder, ‘An’ -yer crawis inside -yer hole” Lucky Deal For Washington Shoe Wearers. 15,000 pairs of Ladies’ Finest Rochester-made New Spring Shoes and Oxford Ties were left on a mamufac- turer’s hands. They were ordered by a large western wholesaler to ‘be finished December 15th, but their completion was unavoidably delayed. In short, we bought ’em, and the first installment of this big lot of Shoes were opened this morning—and notwithstanding the rain — they're going out like hot cakes all day. We want to get this lot of Shoes out of the way quickly —before arrival of our regu- lar Spring Stock, soon due —and we're giving our patrons the advantage of our lucky purchase by selling: XEXERER MEK REKERMREERER AEE KES Lailtes’ Regular $3.50 Hard-sewod Welt Faced and Rutton Boots, en the latest spring style, New sharp toe and neat square too, with pretty tips. Any size, A to E width. At $1.90 Tadies’ Regular $2.50 Hand-sewed Turn-sole Spring Style Oxford Ties, on a very nobby shape. All sizes, AA to E whith, At $1.60 [KEE MMEKEKE RARER KRKERRKRERE KRRKRRRERRMMEERERERAE RARER REKERERERERERE RE) tbe eee teeee eK Wm. Hahn & Co.’s RELIABLE SHCE HOUSES, 900.982 7th st. now. 1914-1016 Pa. ave. n.w. 233 Pa. ave. s.e. tt ie) le) \e ie) | | | 5 le| fe 5 le le) < | fe} ie| ie le le | 5 e| le! Vie ee eee <. 1 VICKFORD, +24 La. Ave. GROCERIES LOWER! You mike a saving of from 25 to 33 per cent on your grocery bill by marketing | a nee over this es With these of any groc 3est Butterine, 15¢. Early ‘June Pas 5c. can. —— 4 Ibs. Best Tard. La i N.Y. State Burbank Potatoes, only 36c. bu. § Peaches, in heavy: ——— 3 Ibs. Califor Mocha and Java Liquors Lowest. These “wet goods” are of the very best quality only! No one in the city sells them for such low prices. Good O11 Rye Whisky. S-yrs. Old “Dominion”? i PICKFORD’S, “WHERE PRICES ARE LOWEST,” 924 LA. AVE. :Pick a :Pocket Book : —From among those Ladies’ |+ Pocket Books we offer at 98 3 CENTS, and you can feel as- sured that the “same money | wouldn’t have bought near so ‘ much anywhere you could | go. ‘We made-them ourselves, know what’s in them, know how they'll Jast, and know what they’re worth. Gives yon a -cholce of Mounted C, or Unmounted Pocket Rooks in hand-gratned calf, seal, kid, gmake, Hzard and alligator, wi coin pocket and covered card Sterling aflver -mount- and 7% cents for the best Took the smoney ever bought. Hand- grained calf, with or switheut silver corners. TOPHAWM’S, Headquarters for Travelers’ (Goods, 1231-1233 Pa. Avenue. it FACTORY, 1218-1220 F ST. EXREKEKE REA EREREEREREREE EES eK SSeS eSesssssessssssossstsses Seal 68c, SUM UMUNUN LR LMM ARE Me ee | 5 \e| | | | | an Se ee — ‘Wonder what ‘tis! Arca MaEMENARAMMNNT eM naam suse Vegetables. | * Every variety in season here. Good *¢ many you're not apt to get anywhere * -clse—mor cin you always get our su- iResior @ quality. Only the freshest and EF We get_our hot house delicacies every dey. Especially fine Tomatoes, Cucimbers and’ Mushrooms, Cottage Market, srg 14th St. fe3-m,w,f,20 Os es WE CLEAN Make ate Jost as SOILED —evtvithone “he oatt GOWNS. vagen Calls” °° Anton Fischer, 906 G St. 2-4 XXXEREKEXKEKE REE KEMEREKES Seateateegeet sSoetoeten ee ef Perderdey SeSeetetinting eee ae = segeed sot Setetetetete ef sof =e ee Sortontentent Sentestont sonhensentoeg Seats Sete Seteetetntny a See ‘ eo tesongondonsneseesneseete Setecectedeteeteetetiony : : t “The dast Straw”-- THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, ‘FEBRUARY 8, ~ Some’ extravagant -redue- { tons on Winter Wraps—to- gether with some -apring : openings. PERRY’S. Now we are going to do-it —sure enough. Just 38 $ Wraps stand between us and . a complete clearance of our : winter stock. That is pretty clean sweeping, isn’t it? Twenty-six of these are last season’s garments and the other twelve are of this win- ter’s lot. Every one of these gar- 4 ments have got value to recommend them—and style, too. If it was thirty days ear- lier we wouldn’t think of doing what we have planned to do now. If we had had _ half our usual -allowance of cold weather it would never have been necessary. But this cutting is deeper than we have ever done—deeper than you possibly have ever heard of under any circumstances. We have determined to put the period right here. e-quarter-length Covert Cloth, Melton and plain and mixed weaves—some loose and some close-fitting —fronts—full sleeves, lined half or all through with sik—fir trimming on-some of them. oSeegeete Coats, in Seededondeateasensensegendendonsneseatertenteeseege sesecge Rt $15, $18 Just help yourself to any of them for— brovgh with satin—box frent, 1 mrndetin sleeves. $25—Take wilel- 6 Misses’ Fine Boucle Box Coats— Hired all through with plaid and Striped taffeta slk—big mandolin sleeves, e are regular $23 Coets —but you mi have them for— $8.50. Separate Skirts. This is an introduction to some of the fads that will reign the coming season. They are made just as richly as our designers know how to get them up—and they are strictly correct from a fash- ion standpoint. We think you will see an advantage in our prices, too. Figured Mobair Skirts, made in the 2 adeidetndiaetedutndecedetetetnanadndedntetetntednandedetategupitedatetepetntetetegetee new cireular shape, and dined with z rustling percaline and faced with vel- £ + $2.89 and $3.50. ¢ Plain Mohair Skirts—etrenlar shape <lned with percaline and faced with $4.50. Figured. Mohair and Crepon Skirts, cut In the new shape—six yards Wile—lined with percaline that has fashionable restle, and faced th velveteen— ‘ $5.00. Wide Sass Seeseotent ASerdeaeogordeegecgecggeageg Wale “Diagonal and Plain fall, circular cut six yards around—lined wie per- caline— Sand Mobatr Skirt front, trimmed with fancy ard lined with percaline—six yards buttons $9.00. We have brought out the now style also in Ceopon aud Fancy Silks—$10 and up. Ready-Made ° Suits. li we can get you to take $ a look at our Jine of Spring Costumes we can convert 4 you to the ready-made. No- body can tell the difference. They are modeled after ex- clusive designs—and every stitch—every trimming idea mote reeageateetess —every point of fit and % draping bears out our com- & mendations. $ ’. They are all right—and you couldn’t buy the materials and produce the same ef- fects without nearly doubling our prices. Brown Covert Cloth Tailor-made Suits, with box front, plaited back, stitched seams, large sleeves, full circalar skirt, lined all through and feced with velvetcen— S10. Pa ee ee te a te Be Be Be ts 2 revcrs—new tancove thaped skirt, through— and lined alll atitched senms- Sis. Mixed Tweed Tatlor-made Sults— jacket with box it_and back, xolling collar end lined with Persian ailk, ind fastening with large pearl Vuttons—full ctrewlar skirt, lined all ‘through— $18. Covert Cloth Saft, with tight-fitting jacket, cut double-breasted, trimmed With two rows of pearl buttons, high standing ccllar of velvet, and’ lined ail through with Persian silk. Latest shape skitt— $20. Checked Tweed Suit, with box coat with ‘rolling collur of velvet, big pentl Imttons and lined with tuffeta silk—skirt cut in the very latest shepe— $30. Waists. Suggestions of the com- ing popular conceits are al- ready in the house—and here are some bargains in the - present steck— ney Striped Taffeta Sik Waists, pith olga eee bishop _ sleeves, trimmed with velvet and buttons— $10, $12 ao v4 PERRY'S, Established 1810. ‘Telephone 995. F pores oo ooerereseeteoes fe nth and the Avenue.’ “GRAIG & HARDING, COR. 13TH & F STS. (FURNITURE LOWER THAN ELSE- ‘| WHERE IN AMERICA. Our extensive ‘‘Clearance and Reduction Sale’ of Furniture and the ‘“Haif- Price Sale” of Lace Cur= tains, Portieres, &c., are still in progress. Every ar=| ticle in the house is ata “bargain price.” TheFur- niture which has been cut the deepest is readily dis- tinguished by “Red Tickets.” Being satisfied that we cannot be undersold, we simply ask a fair compari- son.. We leave the rest to you. Below we give a flew “specials.” Tomorrow only— Brass and Iren Beds— At $4.25. ‘Thes? ave best Enameled Iron Teds, With brass-mouated 11-8 Jp. posts. im the attractive “‘flenr de Us” ttern. Only to- monow at this pre... Phe Tomorrow $1 Tables, 75c. For one day, 2t-ineh Solid Oak Card Tables, $1 value, 75c. Curtain Poles, 12%4c. 00 complete Curtain Poles—with all the ‘“lixings,”’ in different finishes. Kegula> price, % 2c. During this sale. 12/2C. $5 to $7.50 | Rockers For $3.35- ‘We sbull offer tomorrow abont 85 — different kinds of Parlor Kockers, all styles, sizes and finishes, which bave been $5, $6, $7 and $7.50. Choice of the lot Dee eeatias 53-35 $30 Suites for $20. Solid Oak Chamber Suites, 3 large fine Guteh, and cannot equaled under $30 any- Shere Spacer qt ete 320 Just cne—a very handsome Solid Cherry Chamber Suite, which has been $100—will be closed cul during thi male for... 250 Other “Red Ticket” Reduc- tions in China Clesets, Side- boards, Combination Book Cases, Hall Stands, &c. Curtains Half Price. Real Point Cortains, full 3% yards long. ats ee oe D250 Heavy Bordered Irieh Pot Lace Curtains. ene 9475 Satin Derby Portieres. War #5. To goatee. Draperies Half Price. Satin Damasks for soft $2.50 draperies. Were &2. To gu at. $1.75 Heavy qualities of Silk- faced Tapestries. Were $5.00. To co $1.90 timates cheerfully furnished for all Kinds of Drapery Work, Furniture Up- holstering, Slip Covers, Window Shades, ete. Lowest posible prices. We are sole Washington agents for the famous “Cut- ler” Office Desks, which are the finest in the world, yet no higher than the ordinary. CRAIG & HARDING, Furniture, &c., izth & F. Eiphouzo Youngs Co. Van Camp's Boston Pork and Beans served FREE-hot cr cold—every day until next Thursday —Drop in and try them. Our annual sale of Freach Peas—our ee pertation—opens today.—These goods are all that care and:skill can produce in the way.of quality— Extra Fins. $2.40 a doz. Fins 2.00 a doz. Moyens . + 1.65 2 doz. Elphonzo Youngs Co., Wholcsale and Retail Grocers, 428 Ninth Street, bet. D and E. There ought to be a good diction- ary in every home. Here is a Web- ster International Dictionary, with index—the latest edition and leather bound—for only $9.25. Plenty Valentines—comic and serious—here. Priced very reasonably. C. C. Pursell, 418 othstreet. fc3-16d 1896—TWELVE PAGES. Woodward *., Lothrop, ‘oth, 11th and F Sts. N.'W. Our business hours, until further notice, are 8:15 to 5:30. Valentines and Favors for Valentine Dancep -etc—First floor. Hubert E. Delorme’s famous painting, “The Blacksmith,” will be on” exhibition for a short time, beginning tomorrow, in our Art Gallery, in connection with our own painting, “Christ and the Adulteress,” by Otto Woli. The Special “Opening” Display Imported and Domestic Wash Dress Fabrics, Begun Today, Will Be Continued All the Week. This exhibit is, in the aggregate, the most extensive and one of the most interesting in these lines that we've ever made, and in- cludes the new season’s novelties, among which are many unique styles and designs that can be seen only here. (st foor—20th #t..... eeeeerre senees + And... sacecececeseees sd Moor—lith st) Trunks, Bags and Other Traveling Equipments. - With the recent arrival of two carloads of Trunks and other Traveling Goods we now have on sale thirty-five styles of Trunks in all sizes, every good kind of Bag, Telescope Cases, Dress Suit Cases, Traveling Rugs, Trunk Straps, Shawl Straps, Shoulder Straps, Hat Boxes for men, Hat Trunks for women, Tourists’ Cups, Name Tags and numerous other things that help to make a complete traveling goods stock. Buying im large quantities direct from the makers enables us to quote prices that would not be possible otherwise. Present prices are the lowest we've ever been able to put on first quality goods. ‘Drees Trunk; canvas cover; steel clamps; hard- Wood slats; sheet fron bottom; brass lock; drep set-up tray with hat-box. 28-4in. 39-4n, Dress Trunks; canvas cover; steel clamps; hard- Wood slats, iran binding; extra binding around ends of slats; heavy strap binges; sheet iron bottom; heavy corner rollers; best “Excelsior” lock; heavy out; malleable iron lock bolts; cloth lining throug! deep tray with hat-box; extra dress tray. B0-in. 28-tn, 32-1n, B4in. $8.00 ; fron aus eatea stecl corner clamps: Teinforee binding around ends of slats; extra hears Strap hinges: steel knecs top and bottom: hard- woad stays; reinforced vatuner; best “Excelsior™ Jock and lock-bolts; full cloth Ining; deep tray | with folding lid; extra dress tray; heavy sole leather handles: lock bolts, hinges, eted 02 wa-hers. loc 32-10. $10.73 Men's Trunks; canvas covey sole leather bi hard-wood es: reinforced val- reinforced strap hinges; stays; fron bottom Excelsior"* cork and Jock bolts; fall ¢ ith compartments for coi } extra tray. 32-in. $9.09 $10.00 $11.00 Steamer Trunks: canvas cover; band-woed stays: mps; strap hinges; sheet fron botton Jock and lock bolts; cloth Ming. 32-in. 26-1n, $6.00 ——: | boits; cloth dined th > Dress Tranks; heavy duck cover: leather binding; Stee] clamps; hard-wocd stays: sheet fron bettom; sole leather ‘bandies; reinforred valance; hearty corner rollers; est Excelsior lock and lock bolts; cloth linings throughout; deep tray with folding ld5 Well riveted. extra dress tray ‘28-40. $9.00 86. Same as above with brass clamps. 30-in. 32-40. ‘Steamer ‘Trunks; canvas cover; brass lock; sheet . fron bottom. 28-in. 8240. B40. 86-10. $2.95 $3.50 $3.75 $4.25 W. & L.'s Special Steamer Tranks; canvas corer; fron binding; steel clamps; extra heavy steel con clamps; heavy strap singes: sheet hard-wood stays; best “Excelsior” maghout ; fran bottom; Jock and look extra tray . 2-in. B44n, $6.50 40-40 - $8.00 $0.00 W. & L's Special “Tray ‘Trunks; canvas cover; steel clamps; hard-wood stays; sbeet tron bottein; four strap Linges; reinforced valance; best “Ex- celstor” Jock and lock bolts: cloth Mning; two sp>- clal dress trays; one extra tray with movable par Ution to use for dresses. 88-in. 40-in., 42-in. $11.00 3.25 $14.00 Leather Dress Suit Cases; lined; brass lock leather corners. 22-1. $3.50 each = 24 aunext) Temorrew—1o00 Dozen Women’s Swiss Ribbed Vests--Low Neck and No Sleeves, 10¢. Each-=3 for 25c. 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