Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1896, Page 9

————— THE EVENING STAR, ‘FRIDAY, MARCH 2%, 1896-TWENTY PAGES. — -“Picknew’s.” Sale of _ Spring Suits. It Is mistaken ceonomr to make suits at home. It is mistaken economy to pay the ex- erbitant prices charged by tailors. It is econ- omy to let us sell you a Spring Suit, fitted to you perfectly withort extra charge, and save you at least 2 third of your money. Note these attractions: Fine Navy Blue Serge Suits, new open front fuckets, skirt extra full and lined. $y ¢ je $12.50 value. Our price....... = Black Cheviot-S:rge Reefer Suits, thoroughly made, fult lined. $15 value. Our pre 2 $12.50 Fan y “Salt and Pepper” Mixed Cloth Suits, in blue and white, and tan and white effects, stylish reefer jacket and extra full $13 50 akiet. Mobair Suits, silk lined, open med with round smoked pearl back, strapped seams and per- Stylist Ty Covert Cleth Suits, new open front jus is, With fancy lapel, gauntlet cuffs, velvet collar silk Hined throughout, trimmed With pearl butions, Real value, $250. Special peice 523-50 Nobbe lish Novelty Suits, equal to the est efforts of Yeading tailors. $25 to $35. SKIRTS. There » cheaper skirts possibly, but we will not hantle them, These we can guaran- a Black Ficured Mohair Separate Skirts. full lined. $3.50 ~alue. Our < e $2.85 Fine Ser; Skirts, full ripple, lined $4 <h Skirts, in brocaded brilliantine, throughent. $5 value. Our price.... 2 Very . Wide wale + full ripple, value, hard rustle lined. one pei Keeeaded Silk whith, fine perc: our price. Ek extra $13 value. y Black ‘h enough to stand 1 pric ne Satin Duchess Skirts, $20. Antique Skirts, extra full, hand- Full custom $27.50 It is quite natu: ble glove house carry the largest the oldest and mest u Washington sboull nd best line of High-grade Gloves, the stamp of refinement. and you should at least have one fine pair of Dress md especially at Easter. We te line of the “Reynler’ and have a special grade of onr which . $1.50—being the Here's a special we sell finest $ drive for tomorrow: Suttons browns sind Mousquetaire Gloves, : Regular $1.25 quality. Tomorrow, 75¢. less than a half dozen different Sat the popular price of $1 per 53 and $4 Parasols FOR $2. © We pareha: shale shalt on sale tomorrow a apecial of Varasols, in changeables, plain inciwling white and black, pongees, ariety of Dresden ef- Were made to sell for $3, $3. Tomorrow, $2. Other Parasol $1 RIBBONS. a informed at another store that not made that would match the and buckles she owned. She came to us end we fitted the: the kind and shade she wanted. 1 widths of belting up to 2% Inches silk. silver, gold, black, white and col- to $1 They tell us of Faney bith © the prettiest line shington. You onght to get better aequainted with this ribbon stock. Every kird, every width, every color and every price. W.H.?icKnew, Ladies’, Men's and Children’s Pusnishings, 933 Pa. Ave. It Bradbury Piano Ware Rooms, 225 Pa. Avenue. The rich, mellow tone Of the Brvdimry Piano is known throngh- th» civilized world. A tone so deli- vy attuned to the chords of the human *< to blend harmoniously and sym- pathetically with the singer's every note. And the tone ef the Bradbury is but one ef its distinguishing features. No piano te durable as it—none are easier in 2 And in buying a Bradbury you poy no middleman’ profits, for we are its manufteturers, and not simply irresponsible agents. If you have an cld square plano we will take it im exchange for a new Brad- Wury Upright—allowing you its full value awre than any dealer can afford. If you have n old square In storage and are not quite ready to buy a new Bradbury, we will tke and give you a due bill for its hh to apply on the purchase of a wight within twelve months. Every. ¥ your old square is decreasing in value ant holding ft ts a losing venture when you can make such an arrangement as we offer. Write or "phone 747, and our representa- tive will call and talk it over with you. Bradbury Factory Ware Rooms, 1225 Pa. Avenue. FREEBORN G. SMITH, Manofacturer. (WY. P. VAN WICKLE, Manager. it = PROF. J; J. GEORGES & SON, Gentlemen: I tak great plese great in testi to the offi treatment of corms and haloes’ J°35 for i yous Mrs. C. MATILDA PICKIN. 908. Alexandria, Va. sf Crocker’s Shoes, 939 Pa. Ave. NEW SHOES & NEW PRICES. You are foolish to pay full prices to any shoe dealer in Washington. You are simply wasting a part of your money, for we do not ask as much for any pair of Shoes in stock as the same quality will cost you elsewhere. We want to build here the biggest Shoe business in the south. We believe our “new era” prices will do it! Children’s and Misses’ Tan Shoes. ‘The lower prices ought sell three last. ‘Tan Shoes for Children, button, sizes 1 to 6G All shoe dealers ask $1.25. $ price q ‘Tan Shoes for Culldren,butto heel. Other sboe deal- ers ask $1.50. S125 “new era’? pric ‘Tan Shoes for Children, cloth or all- kid top, lece and button, narrow $1.90 Rew Misses’ Tan Shoes, cloth and all-kid All the latest styles of toc, very five, sizes 11 to 2. Others’ — $3 lit § new era ee D204 O $1.90 Women’s $2.50 Fine Black Vici Kid Hanl-sewed Ox- Oxfords, e, patent lenther tip. me grade on which we hid a run last ye: $2.90 Shoes, cloth lace and button, Sold 30. Going to be ot specialties this season at the “new seat ot D290 CROCKER’S, Shoes, 939 Pa. Ave. paragus, Gt PEAS, TOMATC eve BERS and all other ¢ e! Plump, tender RING LAMRS We sl ig red STRAWBE Ty sul I. me delivered promptly. Cottage Market, 818 14th St. — mb27-f,m,W-20 ao Chocolates & Bon Bons, 25C. Ib. In honor of cur Insiness we've ixth anniversary in this ra ssortment Choice Candies, 1223 Pa. Ave. Easter Gift-giving —is becoming more pop both forvign and Al designers creating prettier productions. = W cards, houklets, ezgs, baskets, + With appropriate verses. C. Pursell, 418 9th St. 26-164 B. Rich's Sons, ten-two F St. “If they're Rich's Shoes they're proper."” With the new Easter Gown you must have new shoes. Have you seen ours? We would like to have you look them over. They must be the handsomest, for the leading ladies in social life are buying them and com- pliment us highly about them. Not a single style just like them is shown elsewhere in this city. They are “Novelties” which the others dare not carry. There is nothing which we shall not show if it is the proper thing in the fash- ionable centers. ; We should like to have you drop in and let us show you some of the hand- somest spring footwear ever brought to this city. B. Rist? Sons ich’s Ten-two F St. Opp. Woodward & Lothrop's. each year. And 1t The Cap of the Sphinx. In a letter from Cairo to the European edition of the Herald it wes stated: “Col. G. E. Raum has ccntinued making excava- tions at the Sphinx and has come upon a most interesting find. In the head of the Sphinx there is a hole drilled to the depth of seven feet, and it has been pretty gen- erally agreed that this hole was connected with a cap which must have crowned the head of the Sphinx, but which cap has been missing from time immemorial. Many ex- cavations have been nrevicusly undertaken, but it has been left for the ex-colonel of engineers from San Francisco to find the cap. This was come upon at a depth of fourteen or fifteen feet only below the sur- face. It measures four feet three inches in extreme breadth, and is marked with the three lotus columns, underneath which is the serpent. The cap was found in the Temple of the Sphinx, between the fore- paws, and Is painted red.” An English illustrated paper gives a drawing of the newly discovered cap, say- ing: “The cap bears a carved design of the three lotus columns, with a snake beneath them, and measures four feet three inches in width at the bottom and two feet two Inches across the top. The stone Is painted red. Much interest is attached to the un- earthing of this portion of the Sphinx, as it has been missing for centuries.” REED’S BOOM STARTS (Continued from First Page.) record upon the silver question, rudely dis- turbed the confidence of everybody inter- ested in having our money standard main- tained or owning American securities. A run was started upon the treasury; the gold reserve, left defenseless, was trenched upon for the first time since its creation; our stocks and ponds came back to us across the eceun by shiploads; and in a mo- ment we were in the midst of a financial panic which, compared with the panic of 1873, was as the hurricane to the summer's breeze. ‘he sale of a few bonds would have averted the first danger, but when the gteat dike for the preservation of a sound currency was once broken, tens cf millions of bonis were alrnost uselessly thrown in the breach, © & © ‘Two Propositions. si “The words that I shall speak to you to- day will be spoken chiefly to illustrate two propositions: First, undar existing condi- tions, the interests of this country demand # rational appiication upon broad nativnal lines, and without caprice cr favor, of the pelicy of protection; second, those same in- terests require a firm and unfaltering ad- herence to the financial standard of the great commercial nations of the world. Es- tablish these two principles, and cur coun- try will no longer occupy the humiliating attitude where the buffoon statesmanship of the last three years has placed her, but she will again tread those great highways that lead to national prosp2rity and glory. “And first, as to the policy of protection. When the republican party came into power in ISL it found a treasury that was empty and a public credit barely equal to borrow- ing money at 10 per cent. This condition was by no means temporary, or due to the ened rebellion. Throughout almost the whole of Pres!dent Buchanan’s adminis- tration the reccipts of the government were insufficient to meet its expenditures, and there was a steady deficit. * * * Mr, Lin- coln found neither money nor credit, neither fleets nor armies, nor even munitions of war, with which to prosecute the greatest civil struggle of history. To aid in sustain- ing this enormous burden the republican party it once imposed a high tariff upon imported goods. “To the great amounts raised by taxation during the r there must he added in order to estimate the immediate money cost of the e the debt which in 1866 amounted to $2,810,000,000, “The total net expenditures, including the enormous interest charge, for the fiseal year ending June 30, 1866, amounted to 0), an zmount many millions in - our present expenditures. To support this great weight, we had a population scarcely half as large as our population today, and one-third of that number had er just emerged from slavery, or had lost all they had in war. We had a per capita nearly three times as great as in these degenerate aviff reform d: when we are derided as rupt in every market of Europe. A Surplus, “And yet, during that year, our revenues 1 the entire amount of our expendi- tures, and there was left a smail surplus, to he applied to the payment of our debts, and in every subsequent year, until it was de- creed that protection must be overthrown, We paid off a portion of the principal of our debt and in the aggregate, including pre- ms, we devoted $1,90,000,000 to that pur- In addition to that sum we raised by axation, to pay our current expenditures $8,889,000,900, or the gigan- .00,000, of which the collected at the custom “It would seem as if this enormous bur- den might have crushed out the energies of the greatest nation that ever existed. On the other hand, under the wise policy of levying taxes in a way to stimulate the de- lopment of the country, the strength of this nation grew in proportion to the welght of the burden. While we were raising these vast sums by taxation we were en- Joying a prosperity not only never before equaled, but never approached by any other fon in the world. Assuming that this country was as rich at the end of the civil War as at the beginning, although nearly -half of the men of the country were hdrawn from production and engaged the destruction of life and property, and 1ough 4,000,000 human beings were val- y in the census of 186), we increased _in wealth from $16,000,000,000 in 1865 to $65,000,000,000 in 1890, or more than 400 per cen. Wonderful Growth. Nor can these eloquent figures more n feebly express our wonderful growth. he human intellect experienced a new awakening. A spur was applied to inven- tion, and the methods of production were revolutionized. The drudgery of labor to a large degree taken from human shot ders and imposed upon ma . Prices greatly decreased, wages increased, and there was a_consequent diffusion of the comforts and luxuries of life. Nowhere he growth more wonderful than in instrumentalities for the diffu: education. There was hardly a_ cons able town in the country which did not have its high school, with a course of in- ruction equal to the college of our earlier and all over this land, on the Atlan- ‘oust, in the valley of the Mississippi and beyond the Sierras, high institutions of learning were establ.shed and magnificently endowed. Our older institutions were ai- most re-established. I venture to say that the great university across the Charles gained more in apparatus, in braries, in buildings and in general equipment from 18 to ISM than it had acquired tn all the previous two and one-quarter centuries of its existence. Democratic Promises. “It was promised by our democratic friends that if the incubus of protection should be removed, the energies of this country, which had accomplished such mir- acies when in bords, would, untaxed and unfettered, overleap our own markets and conquer the trade of the world. Weil, the experiment has been tried, after a dishon- est fashion, it is true, and we know the re- sult. * * * ‘he experiment certain- ly did not work well. The moment an ad- ministration came into power pledged to free trade our prosperity ceased as if by magic, and the only thing that saved our industries frum complete collapse was the partial repudiation by the democratic party of their promises. “They lack2d the evil courage to complete the destruction their threats had begun. They passed a law vhich the President dared not veto and which he could not sign. It was just pro- tective enough to violate their solemn pledges, and free trade enough to show the narrow sectional view which they took of the interests of the country, and to give us a chance to witness the results of their theory. ‘Perfidy and dishonor’ are not generally counted among the virtues, but they shone in comparison with the so-called principles of the democratic party, and their application in this instance Was a signal Lenefit. eee “To. sum up the whole matter, it is erough for us as Americans to know that the national policy of protection, established by George Washington, has achieved for us an independence as necessary as that which he won by his sword. It is enough for us to know that It has helped to make of us the realization of Milton's splendid dream, ‘a mighty and puissant nation rousing herself lke a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks.’ This, I say, it is enough for us, as Americans, to know. But if you ask more, and put yourself on the platform of internationalism, then I say to you that this republic thus made great has been a magnificent agency for the uplifting of all mankind,and has contributed far more to the world than if she had been a mere producer of raw material, a hewer of wood and a drawer of water, for the nations.” Honesty in Monetary Laws. “No country can be securely prosperous, however beneficent its policies in other re- spects, which does not recognize in its coinage and currency laws the principles of honesty 80 necessary to the conduct of any private business, and which does not pro- vide trade with a sound circulating me- dium. * * * It is not enough that we should have a dollar which represents for the time being every element of value, but it should be so solidly placed upon that basis as to stand there without fear of alteration or change. When conditions ex- ist that menace our financial standard, those conditions should speedily be re- moved. Any uncertainty as to our stand- ard is a most disturbing factor. The man with money to lend will be timid and cau- tious about investing it; a check will be placed upon business enterprise, and the earnings of the nation as a whole will eS ue is iS Caen estimate that ie earnings People of this country in good times are $19,000,000,000 each year, and that any serious threats against the stability of our currency would reduce these earnings at least 10 per cent, or by 31,900,000,000—a. sum equal to our entire public debt, even with the vast democratic accretions of the last three years. Com- pared with th's eng ous sum, how utterly trivial the cost of maintaining our gold re- serve at a point that shall d‘sstpate all doubt. Every congideration, therefore, of private interest d of public honor and safety demands’tHat we should restore con- fidence in our fixed*purpose to adhere to che financial stendard of the great com- mercial nations of the world. “The events ofthe last three years have developed every Weak point in our financial system. We haNey had an unsteady and unskillful administration of the treasury, which has permitted our gold reserve to go below the pyint of danger before re- plenishing it, an has either produced some grave intérmational situation or awaited a disturbed market as a prelimi- nary condition to selling of bonds. Our public credit has thus been impaired and our vast business interests have heen held trembling over the precipice of silver mo- nometall.sm. Maintain the Gold Standard. “The obvious remedy for this financial condition is to catl back to power the party that has shown that it possesses the capacity to manage the treasury, and which has always provided the needed revenue, and provided it in a way to strengthen and not weaken the gold reserve. But this is not enough. The srave crisis demands that we should make a declaration that will take ferce from our splendid record, and pledge curselves to maintain the present gold standard until bimetallism shall be estab- lished by international agreement. We have had enough of vague and indefinite declara- tions, which are susceptible of a double construction. We owe it to the friends of silver, as well as to the country, to frankly and unequivocally define our position. * * Reed the Leader. In conclusion Mr. McCal said: “Fellow republicans, the day of deliver- ance is at hand. The time draws near when, under the Constitution, the men who have been in control of this government for the last three years must render an account of their stewardship to the people. Next No- vember the voters of this country will record thelr verdict upon an administration which has been the means of putting a blight upon our national prosperity, and of shaking our almost indestructible public credit, which has been the means of driv- ing the rich to poverty and the poor to de- spair. No party ever had a more glorious cause than ours. It is the cause of private enterprise and prosperity, and of public honor; it is the cause of those millions who live by the sweat of the brow, whether at the plow, on the ship, in the mill, or delving in the earth's unsunned bosom; it is the of all those ideas, forces, interests and ‘s which in its large sense go to make up the full meaning of our country. “Such a cause, I say, is ours, and who shall be our leader? Our party ‘is, indeed, rich in statesmen, who may well’ embody its principles, and whom we would follow with pride, and it is In disparagement of no one of them that the heart of New England gcCes out to her great son, who, magnifi- cently strong in his own’ personality, is stronger yet in his devotion to those great principles of government which he has il- lustrated by twenty years of splendid ser- vice ag a represeniative of the people. He is first and foremost a man who would op- pose jobbery with all the rugged strength of his great nature, and who would not swerve from the straight path of public duty for the presidency itself. His position (ren the financial question is free from all dcubt. The cause of protection never had a more powerful champion in the halls of Congress. He is the man to nominate, if you look not merely at the next election, but if you look beyond it. Have you con- sidered what is to follow our next tariff Vill, friends? Are we to have a bill so ex- treme in many of its parts as to provoke attack and invite its own destruction, or that juster and safer measure of proiec- tion which shall at once be moderate and ficient, which Shall regard all rational nds from whatever interests or sec- of the co may come and thus ih that most nt result of taking the tariff out of If, my fellow republicans, you Want a leader who will make not only a cs candidate but a great President, which Whose administration will strengthen his party through the signal benefits it will confer upon his country, then ask the re- publicans of the nation to join hands with you and put at tae head of their columns in the battle of % that man of dauntless courage and unstained honor, that great perliamentarian who beat down the. ob- struction that paralyzed the House of Rep- resentatives, that broad-minded and en- rou rd statesman, Thomas B. Reed of aine.’ Henry Cubot Lodge, as chair- man, presented the report of the committee on resolutions. He was frequently inte rupted with applause. This was marked when the Cuban and gold plauks were read, Lut all previow demon- strations were not to be compared with the roar that followed the mention of y as tae nominee of the repul idency. climax, rolled up chusetts for the*pre: and round upon round of appla’ through the hal The resolutions, which were as follows, Jopted without opposition: The Platform. chusetts has alway: wavering support to the dates of the republican yp We now pledge ier electoral vete to the candi- dates chosen by the convention at St. Low That convention will declare ‘iples and policies upon which the republic rty will go to the country. As the representatives of the republicans achusetis we desire to not only the national convention our faith- ful support for the candidates they shail nominate, but also to set forth the opin- ions of this great and steadfast repub- lican state as to the questions of the day and the policies to he pursued. Two years of uncontroiled given an un- fonal candl- democratic supremacy were enough to prove that the democ vas unable to conduct without disaster to the y years of rule have shown plican party, both in war and in peace, is able to govern and to legislate. For this reason alone the national admin- istration should be taken away from those who have failed end returned to those who have been successful and iefficient. We believe that the government should have an ample revenue with a sufficient surplus over ordinary expenditures to pro- vide for coast defenses, for the steady building up of the navy and for the con- stant reduction of the public debt. | We believe that the present tariff with its lowered rates and its destructive and dishonest system of undervaluations should be replaced by one framed on protective principles, and arranged to give an ample protection to American wages and Ameri- can industry and to restore the reciprocity policy of James G. Blaine. We have always given protection to our shipbuilders. In late years we have ie- glected to protect our ship owners. We believe the time has come to return to the policy of Washington and Hamilton, which by discriminating duties in favor of Ameri- can bottoms secured ) per cent of our carrying trade to American ships, and which, if now restored, would again revive our shipping and cause American freights to be paid to Americans. We regard the silver agitation as hurt- ful to business and destructive of confi- dence, and, as has recently been shown, hostile to all tariff legislation designed to give protection to our industries and reve- nue to our treasury. Free Silver Coinage Opposed. We are entirely opposed to the tree and unlimited coinage of silver, and to any change in the exjsting gold standard, ex- cept international;agreement. Each dollar must be kept as:good as every other dol- lar. The credit of ‘the United States must be maintained at the highest point, so that it cannot be questianed anywhere, either at home or abroad:-Every promise must be rigidly kept, and every obligation redeema- ble in ccin must be-paid in gold. We are oppose@ to the unsound and dan- gerous system of state banks. We support the national banking system and believe that it should be s0 amended ag to give it room for expansion and opportunity to meet the demands of the growing business and population of the country. The civil service laws which remove the public service from the control of favorit- ism, patronage and politics should be hon- estly and thoroughly enforced and the classified service extended wherever it is possible. Immigration should be restricted, and the republican party should pledge itself to pass at once a law to exclude at least the totally ignorant and illiterate. The United States should adhere rigidly to’ the American: principle of the entire separation of church and state, and no ap- propriation of public money for sectarian schools, whether for the Indians or for others, should be permitted. Vigorous Foreign Policy. ‘We believe in a foreign policy which shall | | be at all times and with all nations firm, vigorcus and dignified. Our interests in the American continents must be carefully guarded, and for the Protection of those interests we should maintain our influence in the Hawaiian Islands and build and control the Isthmian canal. We have never interfered, and shall not now interfere, with the long-established Possessions of any European power in the Americas; but their possessions must not be extended. The Monroe doctrine as de- clared in 1823 and enforced in 1865 and in 1895 must always be upheld. Sympathy for Cuba. We sympathize with the Cubans in their struggle for independence. As friends of freedom everywhere’ we wish them success and believe that the United States should use its influence and good offices in the interests of humanity to bring to an end the useless and bloody war now desolating Cuba and to give to the people of that island peace and self government. Massachusetts republicans have never un- dertaken to pledge or bind their delegates to a naiicnal convention. We do not in- tend to do so now. But we think it fitting to declare our decided preference among the candidates for the republican nomina- tion to the presidency. We present to the national convention for nomination as President, and we urge all our delegates to give their earnest, united and active sup- port to a fearless leader tried in many hard conflicts, a man of national reputa- tion, of unblemished character, unswerv- ing republicanism and great abilities, the Honorable Thomas B. Reed of Maine. Senator Lodge then offered a resolution cn the death of the late Governor Frederic T. Greenhalge, which was unanimously edopted by a rising vote. A similar resolu- tion cn the death of ex-Governor Robin- son was also adopted. Then follcwed the election of four dele- gates-at-large to the national convention. They are: Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Nahant, W. Murray Crane of Dalton, Eben S. Draper of Hopedale and Curtis Guild, ir., of Boston. They were chosen by acc! mation. eS HOW AIGRETTES ARE GOT. Protest Against a Fashion Based on the Saffering of Birds. From the New York Times, Those humane workers who are laboring to dissuade women from using whole birds to adorn their hats and bonnets are now turning their attention with equal energy against the use of the aigrette. No woman, certainly no mother, would ever buy anoth- er aigrette if she realized what its provid- ing for her use meant. In a circular sent out recently this is shown: “These little feather: says this circular, “were provided by nature as the nuptial adornment of the white heron, or egret. Many kind-hearted women who would not on any account do a cruel act are, by fol- lcwing this fashion, causing the contin) ance of a very great cruelty. The aigrette in nearly all cases is made of the slecder decomposed feathers that grow at one time of the year on the birds’ backs and drop gracefully over their sides and tails. The fine plumes with shorter and stiffer filaments are from the squacco heron, which is not an egret. The best time to at- iack thein is when the young birds are fu ly fledged, but not able to for at that time the soli-itude of the parent birds is greatest, and, forgetful of their own dan- ger, they are most readily made victims. When the killing is finished and the few handfuls of coveted feathers have been plucked out, the slaughtered birds are left in a white heap to fester in the sun and wind, in sight of their orphaned young that cry for food and are not fed. There is nothing i the whole earth so pitiable as this—so pitiable and so shameful—that for such a purpose human cunning should take advantage of that feeling and instinct which ‘ve regard as so noble in our own species, aud as something sacred—the ten- der passion of the parent for its offsprin: which causes it to neglect its own 5: and to perish miserably, a sacrifice to love. “dt is when in this gayer dress that the birds are most valuable for the purposes of fashion, and for other forms of decora- tion; nor fs this all; it is then that they are most easily found and taken. The shiest, most secretive kinds lose all their wild instincts in their overmastering anxie- ty for the safety of their eggs or young. And when the poor bird is uttering p ae cries, its sensitive frame quivering, its bill gaping, as if the air could no longer sus- tain it in its intense agitation, and flutter- ing its lovely wings to make them more conspicuous, and by such means draw the danger away frem its treasures and on to itself, itis ruthlessly shot for its feathers.” +o<+—____ GRATITUD: A FLY Washington's Little Ha et Was Not in 1 With This Englishman, From Lomion Answers, One? while a man was eating his break- fast on a summer morning he saw a fiy stuck fast in the butter. His first idea was to let it die by the point of his knife, but, being in the main a kind-hearted man, bet- ter thoughts came to him, and he decided to save its life. So this kind, good man ten- derly removed the fly, gently scraped the butter off its little legs, carefully wiped its wings with his table napkin and, softiy stroking its little back, sei it at berty. That night the fly woke him. There was a burefar! He s just putting the last of the family silver into his basket prepara- tory to carrying it away; but when he saw the owner he dropped his plunder and fled through the open window. The fir, which had followed the man down stairs, buzzed triumphantly over the basket and then set- tled confidingly upon his hand. And, looking at it closely, the man, by a certain shiny look that lingered “yet ‘about its body, knew that it was the same fly that he had rescued from the butter. He had spared its life, and in gratitude it had saved his silver. Thus we see that kind actions rarely go unrewarded. ewe. | at Locksmiths. Love Laughs From the Vincennes (Ind.) Sun, Warden Patton of the Indiana prison at Jeffersonvill, has now on exhibition one: of the most remarkable contrivances of a prisoner that ever came into his collection. It is 2 ladder made of thousands of small pieces of twine, threads, cords and rope, such as a convict would secretly collect through years of effort. With the rope Thomas Shepherd used to climb a thirty- foot wall and get out of the penitentiary yard night after night to visit an old Sweetheart. He never attempted to escape, and when his ladder was found one night he returned before his absence had been discovered, rang the bell at the front gate and surrendered himself. On his arm he carried a rubber coat, which had been used to conceal his striped shirt. He wore moc- casins over his shoes. Shepherd told a straightforward story, so far as it went. He had made the ladder, he said, in order that he might visit a wo- man _ outside the prison. He had gone to her house only four times, he said. The other night, when he returned, he found his ladder gone from the wall, and at once decided to give himself up. He would not tell the woman’s name, but the prison offi- Sa 515 Seventh St. When this store closes to- night we shall have been here just a week. It has been a week of surprises to us—from the time the store opened last Saturday. We knew that such a store as this was wanted and such a liberal credit system, but we did not expect that you wanted it so badly. We thank you for the com- pliments about the store and stock. We promise that we shall never carry anything but the best—the sort which we can guarantee—the sort which gives good, honest wear. Tomorrow and the coming week we shall quote intro- ductory prices—prices gaug- ed down to their lowest notch. We shall expect to get but little more than bare cost until you have gotten well acquainted with the store. And you don't need cash to buy here. If you are in a position to agree to pay a lit- tle something once a week or month you're as rich in buy- ing privileges as the million- aire. And you won't pay a cent more for what you buy on credit. We will sell you all the Men’s Clothing, Boys’ Clothing,Ladies’ Suits,Skirts, Wraps, Shirt Waists, Wrap- pers you want at the lowest prices ever quoted in this city for equal qualities. You can make your own terms, for you know best what you can afford. 52.49 mo! It wa <5 ets te te te te 0D CROAT bound with instead of $5 Take your ¢ cash or credit. $3 capes, $1.29. ry the Double Capes lar and ith intald extra wide =: lon" Lest a $3 for these Our price is $1.29 seoshorgonderdongecgorgorgeordengontentortontons Cie Spied capes, only $4.98. ‘These sre elegant. The silk and velvet are of the finest quality. They e trimmed with jet and lace und tin rib and Hoed with the dincst quality rsian sill Ww r them ed $8 in other sto oar price Is but $4.98. ny F Ladies’ $5.98 suits. Our Suit stock fs now comple arrivals all the week make as large a stock as can be feund in Uus ety. The prices we are quoting t acquainted are really ere. can afford lat we must So pr fre very sty1- ish. Th the reefer “jacket with large sleeves, and handsomely lined. The skirts ure very and lined and bound with ‘Ther ished as any is ones. $5.98—rash or credi ry > . on . :. ‘Ladies’ bicycle suits. We shall alw keep a full ond val line. is an elegaut engedoroneteteteenvtetetetetrtieteteteteteteneiac RAAT RANT bloom: ja iS. Cash or redit. ilk waists, $4.98. striped surah and the —stylixh bishop turnover cuffs amd velvet full Mouse fronts. $8 is the on the same Walsts, ash or credit. cy 3 a a.) 2 a e more Wrappers and went so rapidly on our opeping day. ‘The waists are of per- In ava of styles aud pat- Seeteaess SHiny ale, terns, and the Wrappers have extra Wide ‘skirt, and there ix an elegant variety from which to choose unior suits, $3.98. They are act- luthiers, care better to respond, And with it we give free a fine buck- Either cash or credit—$3.95, Boys’ $5 suits, $2.98. jerxt rd. —they are All-wool Doutde-treested Sulls, in sizes from 7 to 16 Phas u f fi se WwW Ik of the boys er bought 82.98— cash or $5 reefer suits, $2.98. Boys’ Reefer collars, de and cheviots, in sizes from 3 to 8 Years. $2.0S—cash or credit. Boys’ $12 long pants ‘suits, only $8.98. « Boys’ Lang Pants Suits, made of Segeegentenseetentonteatengonteatectentoatoazenesogesgeegeatoaseeteetedeesensontentrte clals think they have discovered her iden- lity. She went from her home in Sullivan county, Ind., some years ago to live in Jef- fersonville, near her convict lover. Shepherd said that he wove the ladder at night, and that it took him months to fin- ish it. It contained threads, strings and bits of cords of every size, length and col- or. They were woven, knotted and twisted skillfully. Shepherd was sent to prison to serve a life sentence in 1875. ———-+ +. The German Woman in Revolt. From the Lady's Pictorial. The German woman is veginnirg at last to assert herself. The Berlin correspond- ent of a morning paper states that a great protest is being made against certain clauses of the proposed new civil code. The position of women in Germany hi long been unsatisfactory, and there were hopes—fallacious, as it has turned out— that the new code would redress some of their grievances. The German married wo- man, according to the Berlin correspondent, has, unless a special contract has been made, no right to dispose of her own for- tune without the permission of her hus- tand, who is, besides, solely entitled to ad- ministrate and to have the usufruct of her money, even of that which she earns. Should a woman enter upon any financial transaction without the knowledge and consent of her husband, it can be canceled; women are also excluded from family coun- cils. No wonder that they are discontented. nobby plaids, cheviots, mixtures, cte, $8.98: cash or it Boys’ 75. all-wool kmee pants, only 39c. pair. ‘Mother’s Friend shirt ‘waists below price. ~ duced prices. Thess, are the finest bors’ waists made, the buttons cannot torn the washing or wearing. 5 Erlend” “Tnlaundered Watsts—the Tc. sort Laundered Shirt colored—the $1 for 39c. exch. Mother's Friend Waists, white and — wort for 5¥c. ch. We have just a lot of * Percale Shirt Waist, in neat pes ‘which’ we can sell for 12%e. each, or 2 for . or 515 Seventh St., lecht« Co., Beys’ all-wool caps, roc. H : Boys’ 12 ihe. shirt waists. ieee Sy Se Hecht: Co., f Ss ss Soodegeedeageceatvdentegeatongengetengeeatoagetoatontonertoagetentengentoarengerenzeenifnteatentetentnateeerseatetectontongvteatbeintestesntintet ‘Tomorrow at King’s Palace. LAST DAY OF THE GRAND OPENING! Regular $1.25, $1.00, 75c. and 50c, Flowers at 19¢. SOUVENIR PRICE. i 9c. os 75¢. Ladies’ and Children’s your $6.00 Suits, $2.98. These beautiful Sults are made in latest style—fell width and lined through- out with russeline—silk velvet collar—full sleeven—reefer lazer frout. or bi $2.00 Cloth Capes for g8c. Ladies’ and Misees’ Ali-wool Cloth Ca) all sizes—full aweep--with round = peck. ‘Black. heated ai —culors. Blue Tan. SOUVENIR: PRICI oe “. $5.00 ¢ Crepon Skirts, $3.98. —full width Srelvet binding and full wea $1.50 Children’s Jackets, g8c. The latest noveitics, in bine, red and tan, in all-wool cloth, trimmed with braid; full vee, seams — wonderful values, — you can scarcely credit unttl you see 98c. King’s Palace, 812-814 7th St. N. W. and 715 Market Space. SOUVENIR PRICK. ww Havenner & Davis (Inc.}, 928 F St., Atlantic Bldg. You cannot afford to skip this stock in selecting your spring footwear. We have looked carefully around and not a store in town offers you the qualities that we do at the prices we ask. There isn’t a shoe here which we do not guarantee. You'll be better off by deal- ing with us. Ladies’ Kursia Calf Lace Shoos, va- ricty of handsome styles, $4 slucs as others seli them, $3-25 pair. 4 Kid Oxford nareuw toes, a latest dark shades, which are already popular, $2.85 pair. Men's Blick and Tun Cait SI luce and cos: St an shoes clawhere $2.85 pair. oS styles, : | Hiavenner & avis avenner & avis n-orporated), 928 F St., Atlantic B’I’dg. ) it ANN Nee tet rt et ent nt NPN Ne NO ae Se NP et SN SE a OPP PIA et mn 20-40 06 40 00 03-30 eee ;Were$5.25; ‘Now $1.25.i Patent Telescope Cases, with lock, <i de und durable, Former 1m: 5.2510 clome wut before re- $1.25. ? 4 3 ; Other Telescope Cases at 64¢.—56c.—38c. >‘Defender”. Bags 3Reduced to $1.31. * Alligator Bags,leather lined.$3.10, tee © Dress Suit Cases now only $2.81. C7 Corresponding reductions on Harness, Saddies, Bridles, Whips, Carriage Robes, Home Blanks Truuks—in fact, on “Travelers” Horsemen's Goods” of every kind. Lot of Glass Casing for sale CHEAP! Becker’s, Above “Tost” bi Bs Facet f > oo-00-0 —t>-4?t-o ? ; £1345 Pa. Ave., OPS CF VE SO GO CP Ge fee ~ Souvenir Standard Guide to Washington —2 SEE THE KNIFE BALL IN THE WINDOW, PEN- KNIVES and other fine cutlery have a place in our stock. We carry the best, too—although the smallness of the prices wouldn't al- ways lead you to suppose so. 5c. Penknives Of excellent guarantee: smail izes. soc. Penknives. Very superior Knives, iu a variety of shapes and handles. Handies of pearl, bone and horn. Guaranteed “razor stecl—well sharpened, NOVELTY NAIL CUTTERS, 25. Always sold for 50 certs before. Of nickel steel. Nall Files and Sclssors of all kinds. LADIES’ BICYCLE LEGGINS. A new line at 73 cents. Topham’s ‘Travelers’ aud Fine Leather Goods Factory, 1231-1233 Pa. Avenue. FACTORY, 1218-1220 E ST. catlery, Large an@ it "We ts nd Want you to feel selected with the want you to believe substantial and delicacy for 13 THE MINES. £9 Prices WEST POSSIBLE,