Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1896, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. WEDNESDAY............March 11, 1896. CROSBY S. NOYES................Editor. THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permancnt Family dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no competitor. _EzI= order to avotd delays, om ac f personal absence, letters te THE STAR should mot be addressed to any individual connected with the office, but simply to THE STAR, or te the Editorial or Business Depart- ments, according to tenor or purpose. There Are Others. When The Star yesterday noted the fact that Mr. Powers’ Vermont constituents, whom he was claiming to protect from rob- bery and tax-extortion, paid far less than 4he people ef the District of Columbia in ptrely national taxes and an almost infini- tesimai amount toward the development of the nation’s city, there'was no intention to imply that the goed people of Vermont were discreditably peculiar in the small- ness of their contribution toward the na- tional revenues. According to the report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for 1893, the District paid more for the sepport of the government than any one of fifteen states. It paid thirteen times as much as Nevada, eleven times as much as Arizcna, Mississippi or North Dakota; nine times as much as Idaho; more than eight times as much as Wyoming; almost six ‘imes as much as Maine; more than four times zs much as South Dakota; nearly four times as much 2s Utah; three times as much as Delaware; more than twice as much as Arkansas, Montana, Oregon Washing- ton. If, in the case of the large states whose internal revenue taxation exceeds that of the District, the quota supplied by their respective congressional districts be compared with the District's contribution, it will doubtless be found that there are not half a dozen Representatives in the House whose constituents ure as large in- ternal revenue contributors as the people of the District. And it is not these half dozen legislators who euter provest agairst the fulfilment by the mation of its obliga- tions and implied agrs2ment in respect to the nation’s city. This ignorant clamor concerning robbery in the guise of taxation is lovd in inverse ratio to the amount con- tril uted. The agonized protests which crack the air and entertain the galleries come, ordinarily, from some legislator whose average constitueat does not pay a mill a decade for all national purposes, and whos# contribution of a lif2time toward the development and adornment of his city-—the national capiial—would be too small an amount to be paid in any existing Ameri- ean coin. ——+ e+ ____ Help the Poor. Confronted by a situation in which there is much of misery, the emergency commit- tee of the Associated Charities finds itself compelied to ask of charitable Washington contributions sufficient to relieve the present and urgent necessities of the distressed and worthy poor. The appeal will not be disre- garded, for local philanthropy has always been equal to every emergency, and there heen no deterioration of moral fiber. Up to this time the requests for alms have been comparatively few, for the weather has been phenomenally kind to the poor, and the small voluntary contributions have been judiciously handled, so there is no good reason why anyone possessing a doliar that can be spared should now turn a deaf ea For three or four weeks many of the unem- ployed will suffer from low temperatures, chilly winds and the too-frequent accom- paniment of hunger. The Associated Chari- Ues desires to reduce such suffering to @ minimum. Large-hearted, open-handed Washington should provide the means. ———_—+s—___ That is a decidedly interesting rumor which has it that the President has sent a special commission to Cuba to Investigate and report upon the conditions in that turbed scrap of territory. Has any one seen Parameunt Blount lately? ——_+++____ “The Untaxed Washingtont: Whenever an effort is made by a few members of Congress to violate the agree- ment and obligation of the national gov- ernment tc contribute to the development of the capita! which it largely owns and exclusively governs, some ignorant or ma- licious member is sure, in attempted justi- fication of his course, to cast a slur upon the individual taxpayers of the city in the shape of an accusation that they do not bear a fair share of the capital's burdens. The original owners of Washington do- nated five-sevenths of the city’s soil and yielded the right of self-government to the nation on the understanding and implied agreement that the nation was,to build up here a magnificent capital at its own ex- pense, reimbursing itself in part from the proceeds of the sale of the donated lots. A pretentious city was planned, and lots were sold by the government on the strength of this understanding. Patrick Henry com- corplained that the residents of the Dis- trict might, under the arrangement, “enjoy exclusive emoluments to the great injury of the rest of the people,” and pamphlet pro- test was entered against Congress meeting all the needs of the capital, on the ground that the independence and self-respect of its citizens would be degraded. It was from the begirnirg, in theory at least, the city of the nation, and not the city of its residents, and th® primary responsibility for its deveiopment has always been in equity upon the nation, and the residents, who have no voice in the disposition of the money exacted from them, are the inci- dental contributors. What have the lccal taxpayers of the District done as contributors for the devel- opment of the nation’s city? For three- fourths of a century they were compelled to assume practically the entire burden of capital-making, the nation shamelessly violating and neglecting the obligations which it had incurred. In 1878 the amount of the contribution of the resident taxpay- ers toward the expenses of the cap‘tal was fixed by law at one-half the total amount, the nation tardily and inadequately fulfill- ing its original agreement. The people of Washington, under this agreement, make a double contribution. First, as American citizens, paying national taxes direct and indirect, they contribute their proportion- ate share of the national money expended ~n the capital, and, sec , as local tax- payers, they contribute an amount equal to that supplied by the people of the United States as a whole, including them- selves. They are thus assessed on both sides of the partnership, and they are the only contributors who have no say in the partnership affairs, for they are Amer- ican citizens only for the purpose of taxa- tion and military service, and not for the purpose of representation in the national legislature, which controls all the partner ship concerns. Let us see with what tenderness for the “untaxed” resident tax-peyers Congress has attended to Washington's financial con- cerns. Extra census bulletin No. 65, con- cerning the finances of r.unicipalities hav- ing 100,000 or more of populatiun in 1s90, shows that the per capita indebtedness of the Washingtonian is greater than that of the resident of any other large American city with the single exception of Jersey City, and that the per capita tax-levy upon ‘the Washirgtonian is greater than that of the citizeas of the vast majority of munici- palities, and fully up tq the average exac- tion from the residents of cities approxi- mating it im size, Commissioner Wright, in his preface to the bulletin, pertinently -re- marks: “In comparing the rates of taxalion between the several places it should be borne in mind that the relation of the as- sessed valuation to the true valuation va- ries greatly, and what is apparently a high rate of texation may be owing not to an excessive levy but to the low value placed upon the property assessed, requiring the rate to be correspondingly high in order to yield the desired revenue. It would seem, therefore, that the taxation per capita rep- resente more nearly the relative burdens imposed by the tax levy.” Let us compare the taxation and indebt- edness of Washington with that of several cities, approximating it in size. Per cap. __Per cap. tax levy. indebtedness. Omaha ... $7.98 $12.93 Allegheny. City. 9.04 Indianapolis 10.49 Washington - . Cleveland Newark Milwaukee These figures show that the average Washingtonian is as heavy a taxpayer and labors unger many times as heavy a bur- den of municipal indebtedness as the aver- age taxpayer in the cities enumerated. Not one of these cities has so large a percentage ef floating non-taxpaying population as the capital with its one-third negro popula- tion and its thousands of temporary visit- ors and the govert.ment employes, and this non-taxpaying population reduces the nom- inal per caplia tax levy without reducing it in fact by cash contributions. Not one of the cities enumerated has so few money- making resources in manufactures, trade and commerce in proportion to its popula- tion to meet this drain of taxation. A considerabie part of the denunciation of the “untaxed” Washingtonian comes from the middle west. Some of the cities of that section are included in the foregoing table. / But for the sake of information, a compari- son. may be made between Washington and the two western cities of largest size. In general taxation increases in preportion to the popvlation, the great commercial cen- ters having most of boss-rule extravagance and corruption, and having the greatest re- sources for enduring this disguised rob- bery. The tax burdens of the suffering citizens of St. Louis and Chicago and of the “untaxed” Washingtonian compare as follows: Per cap. __Per cap. tax levy. indebtedness. 10.65 BO.86 Washington . St. Louis... Chicago If the entire burden of canital expenses Were thrown upon the local tax-payers, as Preposed by a few congressmen wh® have neither pride in the nation’s city nor re- gard for national justice and good faith, the present per capita tax-levy would be doubled. A mere handful of Washington taxpayers now raise annually to be ex- pended by the government on the capital ever three million dollars. More than a millien dollars of the city’s revenves are diverted to interest and sinking fund charges in connection with a debt con- tracted by agents of the government, main- ly, to improve the streets, the govern- Ment’s exclusive property, in carrying out the government's obligations to build up a capital worthy of the great republic. In confirmation of Commissioner Wright's contention that the burden of taxation can- not be estimated merely by considera- tien of the tax-rate without reference Yo the property assessment, the fact is de- veloped by this census bulletin, that W: ington with its-low rate of $1.50 per hun dred is realiy among the heavily burdened cites, and that this fact is due to its com- atively high assessment. ed and taxed fraction of Wash- ington is less than one-half of the entire area, the government owning the exempted remainder. It appears that this half ot the capital is assessed at more than seven times the value of all Omaha, more than three times the vzlue of all Indianapolis, 7 per cent more than the value of all the great city of Cleveland, and nearly as much under its 1893 assessment as Chi- cago. with its vast area, more than a mil- licn of inhabitants, and its numerous and costly buildings and fine residences. Wash- ington’s assessed value was one hundred an¢ twenty-three millions in 1%, one hun- dred and sixty millions in 1893 and Chi- cago’s was one hundred and seventy mil- lions in 1890. : —+22___ It is to be hoped that the assertions that Spe has been misrepresented in the Cuban question will not be followed by an effert to show that Gen. Weyler is an un- sophisticated old gentleman who has been coaxed over to the island to be abused by the insurgents. ——++2___ The Anacostia street railway's arguments against the abolition of the bob-taiied car are weakened somewhat by the fact that every street railway protests when it is called upon to modernize its methods only to find in the end that ihe improvement is @ source of increased profit. — 2 The Senate very naturally and properly ebjects to having its veracity assailed, especially by the representative of a coun- try whose war bulletins show it to be so utterly disqualified fer casting the first stone. —+++______ SHOOTING STARS. - A Case of “Anything.” “Are you a candidate?” asked the news- Baper interviewer of the Kentucky citizen. “Yes, suh. I feel that I have a duty to perfohm, and I shall not shrink f'um it. I perceive the breach, and I shall huri my- self inte it without considering how inad- equate the recognition of my services may be.” “Excuse me, colonel, but for what posi- tion are you a candidate?” “Well—suh—that is a minor detail upon which circumstances have not as yet peh- mitted me to record a definite decision.” A Question of the Season. Will Uncle Sam, who claims the task Of teaching all in Freedom’s school, ‘When Cuva comes for hope to ask Sit by an@ murmur, “April Fool?” “Niver moind,” said Mr. Dolan. “The shaow do be fallin’ an’ the frost do be freein’, but me moind rests aisy, fur the Prospect av green an the earth, wid St. day mo furder off than Woald Not Have It. “No, sir,” he said positively to the street fakir who had entered his cigar store; “you can't put up any fortune-telling machine in my shop.” “But this is simply to replace the old one that we took cut to repair.” “I know that. But I don’t want “te It ruins trade.” “Why, man, anything that interests peo- ple ard brings them here will help busi- ness.” “Yeu can’t convince me of that. I saw how it worked. A man came in here to buy a five-cent cigar. He was on his way to the counter when he sighted the ma- chine. He dropped his penny in the slot, and what do you think it said?” “Told him he was going on a journey, or that he would receive a letter with news in it.” “Neither. It said in big, nervous ian “You are about to encounter the peril of your Efe." ” “What did he do?” “What would any man do? You don’t suppose a man would go ahead and buy a five-cent cigar after such a tip as that, do you? He hasn’t been here since, and I’ve Just settled down in the realization that that fortune-telling snap has lost me one of the best customers I ever had.” +e Receiver’s SALE. Now’s your chance to buy Groceries, Wines, Liquors’4 and Cigars CHEAP. The * quality of goods handled by this house is well known— the prices speak for them-- selves. A few examples: 4 Marrowfat Pens......... “Triangte” Brand Corn. Cullfornia Asparagus. Armour’s White Label Soups Snider's Columbia Soups. : Keuny’s Col. River Salmon Steak. . Cooper's Gelatine. O1d Crow Whisky. Mt. Vernon “Old Dox Sce’s Clam Juie 3-1. ans Clam Chowder. ++ $1.50 doz. jJames L.. Barbour & Son,? $ 614-616 Penna. Avenue. | 3 Jno. A. Hamilton, Receiver. mb11-60d 4 PEE PRCPIEGEG GV ER FEOET TS FOEF i‘ sees oe TPO POPP SEOO POTS LEOEOSD Sete Trig Trimmers —At— i PERRY'S. Seana After the dress the trim- mings. One is as important as the other. In collecting our variety we have aimed at two things—to get the very newest effects and the very best values. Few trimming stores can show a more complete as- sortment. Exclusiveness means much —oftentimes more—in trim- ming matters than anything els ee es Bredendrdaceesertoaseeseosenteateateeseoteareatengeateateeteeteateageaseege Secenteeseate This is a long story, but it is because ,the assortment is so great. It is tersely told, however—just a hint of the styles and a suggestion of the costs to guide you in making your selection. a th hh hh ed a Jet and Spangled Gimps—4 to 1 inch wide—l0c., 15e., 18e. and 2c. a yard. San ed oe Cat Jet—y to 1 inch wide— 50e., Ge. and a seSeateatres inches wide _ 4 inches long— Inches Ten @ point—$4, $1.65 3 to 18 inches long to $1.55 a yard. eeeees Cut Jet evers—$7.50 a pair. +: Cat Jet Yokes = 30, $: $ ‘ut Jet 3 a pair. = Dull Jet Passementerie—1j to 114 + Inches wide—the., Y5e., 45e. and = 4 $1. reine aya Dull Jet Potrts—$1.65 a yard. Dull Jet Yokes, with Epaulettes— S.- i Jet Spansled’ Fouragiers—50c., G5e. aud $1 ¢ Plain Gold Brail—ty to 2 inches 12c. to 40¢. 4 yard. Brild—% te 3 inckes 25 a yard. ed Gimp—single rew— Gold Soutache Braid—Ge. a yard— 12 yards for Ge. Colored — Spangled — Gimp—Green, Brown and Nary Bloe— to 1 inch Wide—Ise., 18e. to $1.45 a yard. Fancy Colored Bead Gimp—narrow —in Pink and Blue—or Green, White and Gold and Pure White—S9e. a yard. Fancy Colored Bead Fouragiers— Green and Brown—$2.25 each. Plain Silver Braid—\j to 1 inch wide Silver yards for Silver and Gold Cords—t0e..- ind I5e. a yard, Sliver: and Stool Spengled Gimp— single row—18c. a yard. Feney Steel Passenenterie-4, to 3 inches wide—25c., 35c. to $1.85 a yard. Hax-crochet Passementerle—% to 4 inches wide—Ze., Sic. to $4.75 a yard. Black Silk Gimp—% to 1 inch wide —5e., 8e., 10c. nnd 5c. a yard. Black Silk Passemcnterio—14 4 inches wide—65c., Z5e., 85c. $8.75 a yard. Colored Silk Gimps—Navy Blue, Brown and Green—% to 1 t.ch wide— 25e. gn a yard. White Pearl Fouragicrs—$2.75, $3 and $4 cach. White Pearl Passementerie—4, to 2 inches wide—25c., 35e., 50c. to $3 a yard. Black Ostrich Fenther Bands—2 inches wide—Z5e. a yard. Colored Mohair Soutache Bratd— White, Black and Navy Blue—24 yards to the plece, for—25c. Colored Silk Pinding Braids—7e. a yard. Colored Silk Cords—6c., Te. and 15e. 2 yard. Black Silk Cords—4c., 5e., 6c. to 12e. a yard. Plain Black Hercules Braid—se., Gc., &e., 12¢., 14e., 1We., 18e., 206. 2c. and 2c. a yard. Black Mohair Hercules Braid, with cord cdge—12h4e., 18¢., 2e. and 30c. 3 a yard. Black Mohair Braid, in openwork to to He POOOPOEPOCOOODOSOE SSPE OOGUOOOOD IOC SOOO OOP NNN AAA OES NIE ONS SL ELLEN NAAN ALE PEEL ANNO Ls ts te te te te Ce a i ss se seal Sesseegees Patterns—7c., We., 12e., 1e., We. 53 and 25e. a yard, Black Silk Pusle Edge Braié—Ge., 8e., 12c., 20e. ard Be, a yard. Cream Mohair Purle Edge Braid— Ze.. 10c., i4e. ard 1c. a yard. Black Silk Soutachs Bratd—Se. and 6c, a yard—4ec. and Sc. for 12 yards. Black Mohair Soutache Braid—ze. and 4c. 2 yard—30c. and 40v. for 12 yards. Black Ostrich Feather Boas—1% yards long—$10.5@ and $11.50-1 yard long—$8.50. Bisck Ostrich Feather Collarettes— 18 inch>s iong—$4 and $4.65. PERRY’S, - and the Aveniie.’’ Established 13940. ‘Telephone 995. he Daintiest Spring Gown —becomes sofled in time. We clean ladies’ and men’s weariee ay apparel of all kinds— Properly withodt injury part only, if de. INTON FISC FISCHER, 906 G St BB “Clearing-up” Sale Sof odds and ends 1 ‘in Gloves : Commences Sy tomorrow. Such4 $ opportunities ia favorable buy- % ing as we'll present will glad- = den the heart of the most in-¢ % veterate bargain se¢ker. We % have taken all the Gloves left; % over from last Saturday and+ = Monday's sale and lumped them together in one big lot ¢ % and at the extraordinarily low ¢ $ price of KA ‘4 Ka ¢ / é AL C of j : 3 This includes all sizes ing % Gloves that ordinarily never 4 * sell for a penny less than $1.50 % —$1.75 and $2!! In Dressed % and Undressed Kid—in two, ¢ % four and eight-button lengths! Customers will be limited to 3 pairs each, and positively none ¥ will be sold to dealers at this} price. 3 Louvre Glove Co., gig F St. eregeaeesoneaenendendendenteadengentente g s Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Last Chance Any pair of $5.00 Cork-sole Boots, $3.35. For Women Only. Just the thing for sloppy weather. “Langlois,” izth & F Sts. ee oo ed ies Dermatine”s ‘ls Perfumed. ; © . ed *D. or es 3 thick or vis Ti’s)dlwaxs in clear, limpid Liquii Se, wM@ter shaving. ,e be I hompson, 7 an 34 i: - Pharmacist, . always tender, always 8 delicious when bought of us. a fresh lot every day now from the same people who always supply vs. That's why we know our Lamb can't Teas and Fresh Mint also— sonable prices, Cottage Market, 818 14th St. um whit. Bauiancricen ot RAEN Ripans Tabules. “I have used Ripans Tabules with most gratifying results,” writes Perry Lukens, §e., whose office Is at Ioom 74 In the w York Tribune bullding. As a gentle, uit laxative he considers them “superior to any medicine be has ever used.” Mr. Lukens is well known as the New York agent of the Pittsburg, Pa.; Times, and often has experiences to undergo. He relates thut on cne occasion, in company with a newspaper publisher and another gentleman, he spent a most pleasant evening wod they all indulged in refreshments of so many kinds, and so freely, that the nest merning Mr. Lukens had ‘ta doubie coating on his tongue that was almost seal grew.” “I was Dillons,” continued * Mr. Lukens, “and was advised by one of my companicns, who had been through the mill before, to try Ripans Tabules, which I dil with most pleasant and surprising results, The distressed feeling in the pit of the stomach specdily disappeured after taking two ‘Tubules.” When a copy of:Vits !testimonial was shown to Mr. Lukens, so as to make certain that eye, apne mistake about it, he read it camefu through ard sald: “Well, that was. i actly the woy it was, at One Gives Relat. ¢ Ripans Tabutes saree by demgsists, or by ratl if the price G0 box) is sent to’'The Itipans Gremictt Gosepane, SL 10. Spruce at), New Sanke Sample vial, 10eents, tes TAO = LL Sa al White Wrappers Only ate used on “Quden’, Tafties which afe pure, with a | Honey flavor. Colored ; wrappers contain pig- | ——— ments that add weight © ——— and cost less. { toc.—15¢. and 25¢. per box. "For sale by all first-class | | | Druggists and Grocers. JACOB FUSSELL CO., Sole Makers. 13} 2] mhi1-25d Fi ERE ea aa se ed Skin Soft as Velvet = GBs hal Vy, STAT one, A Witte EU. CALYPTINE used before retiring is all that's required, It_ cures and makes fougt, ted skin, soft. "ie." bottle. ~ Samples aa Drug Store, y38 F St WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Goldenberg’s, | Woodward ~. Lothrop, toth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. Last Week of the Exhibition of 928 7th—706 K Street. This rebuilding sale goeson —trabated. The Interest is more intense every day—as more perple hicar of the exiracrdinary_prives As we told you the other day, the reductions are grentest in the Dress Goods, Sik, Lintzgs, Domestics, Wrap and Shirt Waist depertments, for they are directly in the war of uullders. Tearing-down operations will ke be- gun in a few days—Just as soon as mo: iu these departments is unloaded. idea of the prodigious bargains which we are quot- ing, “we name 2 few picked up here and there which are being quoted. the b throughout the store: Beautiful Striped Wash Silks, a very large variety of styles. 18 ye c. a yard. Changeable AIL: silk Double Twilled 'Surahs, beautiful combi- nations. 39¢. a yard. Handsome quality Satin Duchessey which sells regularly for 85c. a yard. 63¢. a yard. Ladies’ Mackintosica, cape—some Hned. Were §: Now $1.19 each. Iadies’ Double “Cloth Capes, which were ble and triple Now $2.50 each. Electric Seal 30-inch Capes, wide sweep, trimmed with genuine marten, which were $24, Now $11.98 each. Rongh Boucle Beaver Coats, which were $7 avd $8, Now $3.65 each. Fine Boucle Coats, which were $12, Now $5. 98. Children’s Grete hens, which were $5 and Now $1 98. All-wool Storm Serge, navy blue and black, is good value even at 39c. 29¢. a yard. We have filled a table in the middle of the aisle with all the different Dress Goods which we can possibly sell for 29c. yard. These consist of All-wool Storm Serge, All-wool Suitings, Fine Imperial Serges, in all ‘the new spring colorings. 29c. a yard. 52-inch Fine Imperial Serge, the regular 75¢. quality. 48c. a yard. Plain Imported fie Batiste. 21¢c. a yard. Crepe de Chameleon, all the new and beautiful designs, such as you won't find elsewhere in town. Others’ price, 10¢. 6c. a yard. est Amoskeag and Lancas- ter Apron Gingham. 4%¢. a yard. Best American Indigo Blue Prints. 4 wc. a yard. Yard-wide Rustle Percaline. 5c. a yard. 1oc. Silesias. A340. a yard. 18c. Black “Rustle I Percaline. LOC. a yard. 15¢. Gray ] Percaline. gc. a yard. 6c. Best Dressmakers’ Cam- bric. 2%. a 5c. a yard, Men’s 50c. c. Night Shirts, made well of good cotton. 35¢. each. Kleinert’s Unstamped Dress Shields, the 19 and 23¢. kind. 7c. pair pair. All colors in Satin and Gros Grain Ribbon. No. § new 4c. yard. No. 9 now 7c. yard. No. 12 now ge. yard. No. 16 now tc. yard. We buy the best Hosiery that the market affords. We pay more for our 25c. and 12}c. Hose than anybody else in this city. We do it to get the finest to sell at these prices. We have an enviable Hosiery trade, and we shall keep it by selling only the sort which wears well and does not crock. i All of the Men’s, Ladies’ and Children’s 25c. Hosiery reduced during this week to 19c. pair. - All of our Men’s, Ladies’ and Children’s 12}c. Hosiery reduc- ed during this weck to 9c. pair. Children’s Fast Black Ribbed Hose, sizes 5 to 9, which were 25c. pair, reduced this week to 124. pair. Goldenberg’s, 928 7th—7o6 K Street. of the sto-& To give you an “The Blacksmith,” Delorme’s Famous Picture. On view from 10 a: m. to 5 p.m. daily. Easter Cards, Bookiets and Novelties Are on center tables, first floor, near main entrance, and they were never more or prettier. Charm of color, pretty goodness and graces that touch the ti tistically, too. Myriads of unique and aturactive forms. pensive things. pictures, sweet sentiments— fought of the time tenderly and ar Dainty 22d inex, Overalls for Are a new fad, but unlike most fads they po: usefulness. Put overalls on a bo: Little Boys ss the cement of rea “fixed” for any sort of hard play, and you'll be astonished at the saving in stockings and breeches They are made of blue Denim and are easily washed. _ 306. and soc. the Pair. (3d Bloor. cevesececceserennenee o+-11th st. batldingy Special Sale o of Corsets. ° 25 dozen Corsets, made of gray and white contil, heavily extra long waist, high bust, top finished with embroidery. boned, Sizes 18 to 26. The conditions of the purchase enable us to sell them at the following low price: 30c. Per Pair- @2d Boor... 22. ee... Regularly, soc. -10th st. building.) Final Shipment of the Auction Books. Our great sale of Books from the - auction sale of Bangs & Co, which was begun last weck, will be continued tomorrow, the remainder having been received. The list includes many choice titles. All on sale at a quarter to a half publishers’ prices. “Robert Drury’s Journal During Fifteen Years: Cap- tivity on That Island; “Extraordinary Career o John Saipp;"" “Adventures of a Blockade Runne ‘Hard Life in the Colont “The Log of a Jack * “The Adventures of Thos. Petlow;” “The Adventures of a ‘Younger Son,’ "” and many others. Large Bw od. Publish: Dunstan's ¢ 326 pages. wity to the Persian 1 12mo. EB Lentz Collins. (Basem nt Cloth, ' 12mo.. Polished at $1.50. *Eiectricity im the mel, DSC, M. ALN illustrations. Published at $5.00 Children’s Librar; mish Le 8." The Pope's Mule," “Once Upon a Time,” Man,” “Magic Oak Tree,” “Robinson Smo. Ilustrated. riy 1,000 pages and 859 = 82.00 "introduction by ir Geo. Grove. Each with frontispiece wilishid at 0c, Each "3 “Life half 1 Poblistd at $1 “Bullet and Shell, a soldier's romance, by Maj. | Geo. F. Williams. Published at $1.60... - --Itin st. * wuilaing. The. Our New Traveling Goods For the season of ‘96 are now here. The line is extensive, and includes every popular and many an odd shape in Trunks, Bags, Suit Cases, Tele scopes, Hat Boxes—everything that properly belongs in a_ first-class traveling goods stock. The prices are lower than at any previous season on many things; where they remain the same some improvement in the trunk or bag is almost sure to be noti Canvas-covered Trunks; steel trap hinge ES: j Cloth nine: deep tray | ch. 85.00 | leather comers W. & L. Special 8 leather rere; ck: all paris riveted. Bin. $6.00. 24-in., $6. A NAME TAG FREE WITH EACH BAG. AS . TRUNKS Mai iced. A partial list follows: Retter Suit Cases up to $17.00 >| Imitation Grain Leather Club Bags, pickel look - | and cate es, | 124m. 14-in. 13-in, W-in. — 16-In. Drinking ¢ Tranx TRONG STRAP FREE WITH EACH TRUNK. RKED PREE. ++-2d annex} Special Value In Gloves. Women’s 8-button-length Mous- quetaire Real Kid Gloves, in spring shades, self and contrasting embroid- ery. A regular $1.75 value. Ter) fist floor. ++-Under skylig! Girls’ Clothing For Present Wear. in Neat, girlish styles. usually low. well-made garments, The prices are Imported China Dinner Sets At Special Prices. We have some imported Dinner Sets, of which there are but one, twa or three of a kind, which we can't | duplicate. The shapes are desirable, | the decorations are neat and pretty and the goods are perfect in every re- spect. We want to close them: out, and to this end we have made the prices extraordinarily low. This is an opportunity to buy a fine set at the price of an ordinary one. Enzlish China Dinner Sets, 100 pieces, white and gold decoration Formerly Enclish China Dinner Girls’ White Lawn Guimpes and sleeves edged with embroide Sizes 4.and 6 years, each. Sixes 8 to 12 years, exch. Girls’ Faney Striped Lawn Blonses, broad edged with ruffie. Sizes 6 to 14 years. Each. Girls’ Lawn Guiupe Dresses, Eton effe: med with Valenciennes lace. Sizes 6 20 Each . Girls’ i Dlonse front, large sleeves, edged with neat white | atitehing, Sizes G to 14 yearn. Prices _acrording | te sizes. Girly” News Blue and ited Hooters, dont! ed, fancy braid trimmings, broad sailor col! Sizes 4 to 14 years. Fach jar | Housefurnishi Canned Goods, Package Goods, Soaps, &c. Ib. pk Tint rer PE: Baker's Choco‘ate, Baker's Cocca, Cleaned Currants, Pettijoin’s Breakfast r pkey. , per can. California Heavy pa Pears, per can Gth Boor.....---seeeeee | of Toil wood pattern, Formerly $8. $7.59 Enslish Chine Inner Sets, 112 pieces, onion pat tern. Formerly 812.00 the set Enzlish Porcelnin Dinner Sets, 112 pieces, few and gold decoration. Formerly $15.09... China Dinner Sets, 102 leoee, deomation. Formerly §20.0). d China Dinner Sets, £25.00 Together WIth these we offer several choice styles Sets im various pretty decorations at 10th st. bldg) hing Goods, Bottled Goods, 2 Callfornta, Heavy Syrup Apricots, 2 cane fo W. & L. Pure Laundry Soap, per 21. bar. dened, per cake vin Provmons, 2-quart sir fety Matehos, per dozen boxes Hatcher's Floor P rOU'm Nastia Kettles, Maslin Haim Boilers, Order Work.— we are prepared to furnish estimates for Window Shades, Loose Cov. ers, &c., and will send compgent men to your homes to take measurements if desired. Drop a pestal or leave word at Upholstery Department. Curtains Cleansed.—we are prepared to take orders for cleansing Lace Curtains of all Kinds and descripticns, an@ guerantee pericct satisfaction. Drop a postal or leave word at Upholstery Department. Woodward & Lothrop