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THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE. 18, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 15 Jasin detainee All Carpets Insured for Owner’s Benefit. Empire Carpet Cleaning Works, Only Fireproof Establishment of the Kind in the District. Carpets cleaned by beating or are only half cleaned. The dust the risk of having carpets torn years new carpets are necessary. Much of the dust remains—the grit is not removed—and in a few contrast to this old-fashioned, bungling method of carpet cleaning. by the so-called cleaning soaps on the surface is removed at + ay Owners of valuable carpets have often told us it is a source of comfort to know that their carpets are safe while we have them. The entire building is absolutely fireproof. In addi- tion, we INSURE carpets against loss. SPE Re rhe Re or permanently injured by acids. Our two processes are in direct Rede Our dry air process removes every particle of dust and grit. It thoroughly airs the carpets and destroys all germs which they might contain. There's no injury to fabric: | Our renovating process is a | step beyond ordinary cleaning. By it we take out spots and stains—bring back faded col- | ors. All this without any in- | jury to the most fragile | fabrics. - 631-635 Mass. Ave. 630-634 K St. Collections and Deliveries Free. THE NATIONAL GUARD ee Annual Report of the Inspector Gen- eral of Rifle Praetice. FIGURE OF MERIT HIGHER THAN EVER Oischarge Recommended of Those Soldiers Who Fail to Fire. AMMUNITION WITHOUT COS The annual report of the inspector gon- of rifle practice, covering the year as well as 1895, has been forwarded to t ajjutant general, together with several appendices naming the guardsmen | who qualified as sharpshooters and marks- | men a giving the brigade, regimen and battalion figures Gf merit, aud the of merit by organizations. The | fully the subject of rifle the District Guard and em- brac several imporcant recommenda- tio’ It is of general interest and reads as follows: AM Credit to the Industrious. -k of rifle range facilities during the on of INM and until August, 189, ren- dered the annual report for 18M unnec- sary. This report, therefore, takes cog- nizance of all the work done in the two seasons, the laiter year ending Novem- her 30 last. Imasmuch as a great deal of gallery practice was done In ISM it was deemed only fair to give the industri s all possible credit for their activ est, was announced that score In 18 could be used uplicate for the years ISM and 1S ‘The result was as good a showing as, the eral ists, ses in pract®™ se so it Oraway supervision of the department of rifle pra itce—could not have been completed soon- er than it was, yet practice of any sort was impossible until August was well un- der w ‘cCrhen there ensued all manner of diffi- culty, due to the absence of funds essen- tlal to the operation of the range. Most of the obstacles were, somehow or other, re- moved or surmounted, but their interfer- ence was fatal to such increase in the general ¢fficiency as was once hoped for. Yet, in spite of all the obstructions, the brigade figure of merit is higher than it has ever been. In 18% the brigade figure was 5. in 184 the disadvantages referred to cut it down to 30.82; In with a short season and many dif- ficulties, it moved up to 3.22. The in- crease over the record for 18% is small, but it is altogether remarkable that there! should have been any advancement what- ever; the betterment is as gratifying as it was unexpected. evertheless it is difficult to express anything like satisfaction with the resuits when the third-class column in Appendix BE is so strong numerically. It is true that in many subdivisions of the National Guard only a small percentage of the 1,008 in our lowest classification would have been so placed—in some states a majority of those m our regulations justly declare de- ficient would be at least marksmen—but it 1s not for us to diminish the reasonable re- quirements as to qualification. The weak- ness of which we may properly complain will be remedied only when each officer takes as much interest in the one day de- voted to work on the range as he does in the less important annual inspection. In bygone years, when our target practice was performed on the Washington barracks Tange, it was a difficult and sometimes im- possible task to have even a small battalion complete its scores in the limited period of time allotted it: a period necessarily limited because a large proportion of the men could not longer remain away from their respective civilian vocations. With the runge facilities we now have there is no reason why a battalion should not do all the outdoor rifle practice annually required of it in four or five hours. It was most discouraging to note the carelessness of officers and enlisted men in October last, some of the companies reporting for or- dered practice with no more than half a dozen men, and they frequently command- ed by # non-commissioned officer. In view | of the fact that there are no exorbitant de- | wands made upon the time of the District | National Guard, it cannot be deemed un- reasonable to insist that every member | of the organization (the properly exempt only excepted) shall devote at least one day | in each year to rifle practice on the range. | Discharge of the Dilatory Recom- | mended. “In my report for 18% recommendation j was made as to the issuing and enforce- ment of an order which would result in th discharge ‘for tae good of the service’ o! those soldiers who fail to fire the pre-| scribed number of rounds at the ranges Specified in the seasons scheduled. That recommendation ts renewed, with a request that action to the desired end be speedily taken, so that the brigade generally may understand the condition under which the practice for the current season will be con- ducted. The range will be open and avaii- able during at least five months, amd there | regimental teams that went to the will be all possible encouragement for those who desire voluntary practice, so there does not seem to be any good excuse for complete failure to finish up scores. Some few of the officers and men might find it practically Impossible to proceed to the Tange on the days assigned to the com- mands to which they belong, but none of them are likely to be so situated as to render attendahce impossible on some one afternoon between June 1 and October 30. Official practice on a designated day is pre: ferable to straggling voluntary effort, be- cause it is desirable that officers and men should in this matter be associated as closely as possible, but when that cannot be it should be the duty of officers to make use of the voluntary privilege until every space on the company target record na’ been filled up. “Radical yet rational amendment of | paragraph 10, General Orders N of 1s a bette: cupies Guard. of the thereof. the . Series will do much to give the brigade relative position than it now oc- in the The paragraph ual in question company report and says ‘This report will * * * contain me of ever _that has been borne on the rolls © company during the year.’ This works injustice to many companies, for the frequent changes that take place in the membership of every or- wanization compel the carrying of the names of men who were discharged before the target season opened, or were enlisted after the season came to an end. The re- sult is a figure of merit which does not represent the real condition of the company during the target son. An equital provision would limit the season to one month and would require the target report to bear only the names of those offi and enlisted men who are on the rolls du ing that period. Better still would be the requirement of two annual reports, one as at present provided for, and the other shaped in accordance with my recommen- dation; the average efficiency of each com- mand all the year round and its specific efficiency during the target season would then alike be evident. Ammunition Should Be Gratis. ver since the crganizaticn of the de it has, unfortunately, been neces- sary for the department of rifle practice to depend for essential funds upon ammu- nition sold to those engaged in voluntary practice. The custom is not wholly deserv- ing of commendation, for it is nothi more or less tian a tax upen those who, of all others, should be encouraged. 1 am ccnvinced tnat the time has arrived when the financial barrier which has effectually stayed the progress of many promising riflemen should be removed, and I there- fere recommend that ammunition—in such quantities as I may deem sufficient—be placed to the credit of the respective com- mands and issved by a designated officer on orders sigaed by the inspectors of rifle practice. Railroad fare to and from the Tange amounts, in the caurse of a season, to a considerable sum in many instances, end when there is added to that the cost of ammunition the result is a greater ex- penditure than should be required of or im- posed upon those industrious members of the National Guard who endeavor to per- fect themselves in one of the most im- bri Send four Our Wagons. portant of soldierly duties. So far as the financial conditions will permit, there sheuld be similar ltberality as to ammuni- tion for voluntary practice in the gallery. “One of the weak places easily to he amended and strengthened is the aiming, sighting and position drill, rarely indulged in by any company and untaught to the majority of recruits, although that train- irg 1s provided for in general orders. Com- pany commanders should be required to impart this necessary instruction, and should not be permitted to recommend for promotion any enlisted man who is not thoroughly qualified to instruct in this es- sential preliminary to skill as a marksman. To the end that there might be more knowledge and more interest in the alpha- bet of efficiency, an officers’ school was established at Fort Washington during the brigade encampment in June last, and when the officers of the line (and many volunteers from the staff) had become fit- ted under the tutelage of the officers of the Gepartment of rifle practice to act as in- structors, the work was carried through to the ranks with excellent results. Only in few instances, though, has there since been apy serious effort to continue the drill, many of the company commanders er- roneously imagining that it is the duty of scme one else—generally the battalion in- spector of rifle practice—to train recruits in the vay in which they should go. “The most important work of the season was the locating and constructing of the rifle range. Search for a suitable site was in progress throvghout the autumn and winter of 1804, but it was not until the spring of 18% that it was decided to lease a tract of Jand—about seventy-five acres in extent—in the vicinity of Magruder station on the Pennsylvania railroad and less than eight miles from the city. As soon as pos- sibie after the appropriation for the cur- rent fiscal year bécame available, the task of doing a great deal with very little monay was proceeded with vigorously. Pits were dug, glacis built and the range equipped with twenty sliding targets; five each at 200, 300, 500 and 600 yards. A frame build- ing, sufficient in size to provide the neces- sary office accommodations and_ store room, was erected. Telephones connected the office and the pits. A well was sunk and care was taken as to sanitary matters. The range—named Ordway, in honor of the commanding general—was opened for vse August 5, in ample season to permit the practice needed by the brigade — Sea Girt meeting, which opened September 1. “Official class practice took place in Oc- tober, from the Is. to the 11th inclusive its most unsatisfactory feature was the smal! attendance, due, mainly, to lack of interest on the part of many field and cempany officers. The lamentable fact that our officers and men are not paid by the gcvernment when they are ordered out for duty constitutes a serious obstacle. A cash From odd pieces of carpets xf we make beautiful Turkish ” ,¥, and Persian Rugs. $1 yard. Xe ¥ Carpets Carpets e stored for made moth Ne the summer proof with- "yt in fireproof out any compart- extra ments. charge. We wish to warn our pat- rons against giving orders to any one claiming to represent us. We employ no soliciting agents. No one is authorized to take orders. Send them here in person, by mail or tele- phone. prize of attractive yet reasonable dimen- sions, offered to the company reporting tite largest percentage of membership on the range on its day for official practice, might have animating effect. mg Stride in Advan “With the opening of the range season of 1896 the District National Guard will prob- ably take a long stride in advance as to tar- gets. Soldiers in the field will never be called upon to fire at any living thing that could, even by a fevered imagination, be brought te resemble the regulation target. few National Guardsm to how a uniformed man would ar at varying distances. The com- manding general has authorized an ex- periment with a paper target on whlch is ithographed in proper colors the standing and life-size figure of a soldier. The same size target will be used at all ranges. The > | figure will be suitably subdivided so that statistics of the National | teats | hits may be accorded proper valuation. fs expected that the figure supersede what is now the target. As soon as_ financial will permit, it is my purpose mend the equipment of the moving targets for company, squad and indiyidual practice. Company volley fire ing showid be added to the requirements of range work. “Especially excellent and encouraging were the resulis achieved by our teams in the competitions at Sea Girt. The brigade team won the Hilton trophy for the third time, and did it with a score of 1,007, thus breaking the world’s record, which | until then was hold by the famous ‘world- Leating’ team of Massachusetts, with a score of 1,03, made at Creedmoor in Is th It target will regulation conditions to recom- range with e report then shows, by figures, the gradual betterment of the brigade team since the first Hilton trophy match at § Girt, as well as the progress of the regi- mental teams, by comparison of the win- ning scores in the regimental match. The conspicuous individual winners at Sea Girt in 1894 and 1595 are named, after which the report continu: Supreme Honers of the Season. “The supreme honors of the seasons of 1894 and 1895 belong, however, not to the teams, but to Company B, 6th Battalion, Capt. J. S. Tomlinson. In 1894 this com- peny reported 21 sharpshooters and 20 marksmen out of a total membershin of 5: in 18% the report showed 17 sharp- shooters and 30 marksmen out of a total membership of 47. In accordance with the authorization of the commanding general, there will be procured and placed in the keeping of Capt. Tomlinson the trophy which was promised the company which, maintaining the minimum legal strength, qualified the greater percentage of marks- men or better; sharpshooters to count as marksmen. Too much credit cannot be given Capt. Tomlinson and his command for their achievements on the range. “I desire to here give formal expression of gratitude to the inspectors of rifle prac- tice generally, and specifically to Capt. James E. Bell, I. R. P., 2d Regiment, and First Lieut. Thomas S. King, I. R. P., 2d Battalion, who, because of the serious ill- ness of Capt. William L. Cash, I. R. P. Regiment, has been acting inspector of rifle practice of the Ist; to Mr. Colin Studds, scutheastern passenger agent of the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company, for courtesies extended the guard, and for his active in terest in matters pertaining to rifle prac tice; te the Pennsylvania Reilrozd Com- pany for its gift of railroad ti. without which the range could hardly p been constructed during the past on: and to the governo, and cfficers of the state of New Jersey an‘ the officers of the New Jer- sey National Guard for their efforts to make things extremely pleasant for the de- tachment of the District National Guard which visited Sea Girt in September.” — Both Lost. From the Philadelphia Call. This story was told to some reporters at the city hall yesterday by Detective Mc- Kenna: About ten years ago a boy and a girl were talking to each other about love and mar- riage, and each was emphatic in the asser- tion that the other would marry first. So they decided to make a wager, of which the terms were that the one who should first wed shculd celebrate the event by parading the streets in the garments they then wore. This appeared very satisfactory to both, as each was positive that the other would be the one to pay the penalty. This wager, of course, was kept a pro- found secret outside the circle of some in- timate friends. Last Mcnday the pedestrians on Chestnut street were greatly surprised and amazed to behold a tall man clad in a very comical costume. He wore a pair of very tight trousers, which did not reach his knee, and a pair of black stockings, which were equally wanting in length to cover his lower legs. His jacket was so small that it was bursting all over with the strain of its contents, and over all was a round schoolboy’s cap, perched on the back of his head. To add to the mystery of the situation, the curiously groomed man was followed by a very pretty young woman, who was similarly garbed in clothing that must have belonged to some child of long ago. Not much could be seen, however, of her costume, as she wore a long wrap. The reader will readily guess the explana tion of the strange exhibition. See ig enero The Kind He Wanted. From the Yorkers Statesman. Bacon—“It’s funny you don’t ride?’ Egbert—“I’m waiting until they have bicycles built for two.” ‘You can get tandems now “I know; I mean a bicycle built for $2." ON TO RICHMOND Vast Throng of Confederate Vet- erans From the South. THER SINT ANNUAL REUNION The Monument::to the. Memory of Jeffersoh Davis. 4 SIGNIFICANT ASSEMBLY Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., June 11, 1896. With all her traditional hospitality Rich- mond will be taxed to entertain the vast throng of confederates who will gather here June 30, July 1, and especially July 2, when the sixth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans will be held, and the corner stone of a monument more costly than any yet erected by the south- ern people will be laid with elaborate and impressive ceremonfes to memorialize the late Jefferson Davis. It will be the great- est and most notable assembly of veterans Gen Gordon, and military organizations ever held in the south since the war. Preparations are being made by system- atized committees to receive and enter- tain the gathering of veterans and militia from every southern state, some from the western states, and not a few from Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland will be here to do honor to the memory of a fallen nation’s dead chieftain, Richmond will extend a royal welcome and the heartiest greeting to the veterans who fought for feur long years in de- fense of the confederate capital city and the cause It represented. It will be the most significant gathering of that body since its crigin. General Peyton S. Wise, who is at the head of the advisory committee to receive and entertain the veterans, and General A. L. Phillips, chairman of the committee on military, together with their asscciates, to the ntmber of twenty-five or more, have been answering a flood of letters from all over the country inquiring for rat quarters, ete., and it is esti- Maj. Gen. Geo. Morman, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. mated that there will be something Mike 100,000 visitors here at that time, including veterans, sons of veterans, daughters of the confederacy, many crack military com- panies of the south and distinguished men frem various parts of the country. A mammoth auditorium, which will seat over 10,000 people, has been erected at the ex- pense of the city. In this will be held the business sessions of the organization. The city has already appropriated $22,000 for the reception and entertainment of the veterans and mil and this amount will be more than doubled by private sub- scriptions. Hundreds of old tattered con- federates, unable to bear the expenses of the trip, will be brought here at the ex- pense of the committee, and everything will be done for their comfort and pleas- ure. ‘The business sessions of the organization will be held morning and afternoon during Gen, Stephen D. Lee, two days. Some very important questions will come up for discussion and decision. Among these will be the selection of a United States history suitable for use in the public schools in the south. The Battle Abbey of the South. Another important feature will be the election of officers and the appointment of ccmmittees. One of the most far-reaching matters that is to come up for considera- tion will be the plan and location for the establishment of the Battle Abbey of the Miss Virginia Nicholls, Sponsor for Louisiana. South. Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss, a wealthy mierchant of New York, who and who fought in the confederate oe has do- nated $10,000 for hment of a | mammoth confederate memorial museum, provided the southern veterans would raise a similar amount to be added to it. The re- turns of the various organizations have not heen made, but it is thought that at least $100,000 and pérhaps more has been raised by the veterans, and that the full amount to be raised for the establishment of the great museum will be something like $250,- 000, At the fifth reunion in Houston, Tex., last year, a committee of one prominent confederate from each of the southern states, one from New York, and one from the District of Columbia was appointed to adopt a plan of raising money and to recommend a location for the museum. This committee met in — Ga., last October and adopted a plan for raising funds, but did not decide upon a location. Miss Mamie Adelaide Wiley, Spousor for Georgia. It is thought that the question of location Will be decided at the gathering in Rich- mond. Nashville, Tenn., has offered $65,000 to carry the museum there. New Orleans will also press her claims for it, as will Charleston, S. C., and Washington, D. C. A representative from Washington was recently in Richmond, setting forth the claims of the national capital for the museum. The principal arguments used in fevor of Richmond is that there is already @ confederate museum here established in the Jefferson Davis mansion, with relics to the value of about $100,000, which could be combined with the Rouss museum to make the largest establishment of the kind in the world: and also that Richmond, as the capital of the confederacy, would be by association the more suitable place for it. There will he many interesting features in connection with the reunion. One of these will be ¢ monster choras of 50 voices, under an efficient director, who will render during the evening of July 1. con- federate zongs and plasitation melodies. This will be held in the auditorium. “Dixie,” “When This Cruel War is Over. and as many cther familiar confederate airs as can be crowded into an evening, will re- scund through the auditorium, and the singers will be accompanted by an immense end. Mixw Minnie Boyd, sor for Texas, Another striking feature will be the ap- pearance in tableaux of a number of the handsomest young women of the south, cne from each confederate state. They will come on the stage in the order in which the states seceded, and will act as spon- sors for their states. These young ladies have been seiezted by reason of their per- sonal beauty, social distinction, or on ac. count of heroic services rendered by their fathers during the war. They will repre- seni the beauty, wit and fashion of the south. During their stay in Richmond they will be entertained by the Daughters of the Confederacy here, who will tender them brilliant receptions and otherwise make their stay pleasant, so that the young ladies will attract much attention and will be toasted on all sides. Among the most beautiful to be here will be Miss Mamie Adelaide Wiley of Georgia, Miss Lottie Palmer Capers, daughter of Gen. Ellyson Capers, now bishop of the Episcopal diocese of South Carolina; Miss Virginia Nicholls, daughter of Chief Ju tice Nicholls of Louisiana, ex-governor of that state; Miss Hallie | Patton Cooke, daughter of the late General Jno. R. Cooke. Kentucky will be represented by Miss Julia Hughes Spurr, one of the most beautiful women of the blue grass state; North Car- olina by Miss Mary Calder, and the District of Columbia by Miss Virginia S. Payne, daughter of Gen. William S. Payre of Washington, D. C. All the other southern states will also have fair representatives The Indian territory will be represented Miss Sudie McAlester. She is a one-half Choctaw Indian, and one of the finest horsewoman in the territory, and an ad- mirable shot with a rifle. She is the daugh- ter of the most prominent confederate in the territory, and is an helress besides. Another interesting feature of the reunion will be the gathering of Mosh famous rangers, followed by an elaborate banquet at night. Among the speakers who will re- spond to toasts on this occasion will be John C, Ropes, a well-known historian of Boston. Mass.,/and Major W. H. Forbes of the United States army, an ex-federal soldier, who was captured by Mosby’s men at the battle of Aldie. The Jefferson Davis Monument. The crowning feature of the entire gather- ing will be the laying of the cornerstone of the Jefferson Davis monument, which will take place on July 2, at 2 o'clock. For sev- eral years there has been a movement on foot to crect a suitatle monument to honor the memory of the president of the con- feceracy. The fund for this purpose has been increasing steadily, until now there fs over $100,000 already raised. This will be rapidly increased, and when the monument is unveiled, about a year or two hence, there Will be about $250,000 to pay for the struc- ture. Mr. J. Taylor Ellyson, ex-mayer of the city of Richmond, and chairman of the democratic state committee, is president of the Jefferson Davis Memorial Association, an organization made up of some of the most prominent men of the south. The committee on design offered three prizes, of $1,000, $300 and $200, respectively, for the best designs submitted. About thirty designs by some of the best-known artis:s in America were submitted, and from this number a suitable one will be chosen. The parade incident to the laying of the cornerstone will be perhaps the greatest ever seen in Richmond. It will be made up of prominent citizens all oveg the south, veterans to the number of 30,000 or more. military organizations, numbering perhaps 10,000, ‘sons of veterans to the number of 1,000 or more, school children, local organi- zations and many private individuals. In the parade a unique feature will be the negro cooks who served in the confederate camps. These faithful old negroes will form a tompany of their own and be given a conspicuous place. James Jones, the body servant of Jefferson Davis, who resides in Washington, and who was given a royal welcome here during the reinterment of the confederate chieftain’s remains several years ago, will be invited to attend, and will be given a prominent place in the parade. Gen. Johh B. Gcrdon, the commander-in- chief of the United Confederate Veterans, will be chief marshal of the great parade and Adjt. Gen. Moorman of the United Confed2-ate Veterans, chief-of-staff. Gen. Gordon's staff will be made up of many of the most prominent ex-confederates in the south. The ceremonies will be conduct- ed by the Grand Lodge of Masons of Vir- ginia, and will be imposing and of an jm- pressive character. The orator of the oc- casion will be Gen. Stephen D. Lee of Mis- sissippi. Prayer will be offered by Bishop J. C. Granberry of Virginia, and the salute will be fired by the Richmond Howitzers, who will be situated at the foot of the Lee monument in the West End. The Davis monument will be erected in the cen- ter of Monroe Park, which is in the most fashionable part of the city. The site was given by the city of Richmond. This oc- casion will be memorable in the history of the city and will bring together the most patriotic gathering of ex-confederates ever seen in the south, JOHN S. 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No sed ment. 0 station. $1, Trial ize Price, oe, E AGENTS, 438° 77TH press prepaid, to rt Ube country on receipt of price. ga! pete Make your store comfortable se plying electric fans and substitar- se i nM be the ve ead, for folks will khop at oe the coolest stores. "Phone us about the oe current and other information. U. S. Electric Lighting Co., 213 14th Street N. W. ’Phone 77. Je2-20d PURITY de ° Dentists. Largest office in Washingt Eapert specialists of many years’ experie All work guaranteed. Absolutely safe, painless extracting with gaa, Neal vapor or zono, Ste. Best Artificial De-th, $8. Guaranteed Solid a Crown and Bridgework, $5. Highest-grade Fillings, U. S. Dental Ass’n, Cor. 7th and D Sts. nyl1-3m, G . Up. We shall be glad to have the Artists of the city come in and avail themselves of the op- portunities offered here to get a good supply of materials, &c., at pop- ular pric You can get anything you may need. For the Artist’s Eye. H. Stalee, 1107 F St., Successor to M. B. BRADY. Jel2-16a PRESCRIPTION 4387, FOR Rheumatism. prescription of one of Washington's oldest and adet ensioent physicians. It instantly relieves and permanently cures RHEUMATISM, NEURAL- GIA, GOUT, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO and all aches and pains due to URIC ACID poison. It purifies the blood. stimulates and restores ‘the kidneys, improves the Beulth ind system. Price, $1 THARMACY, 488 ves tone and vigor to the entire er bottle; trial size, S0c. KOLB nw. cor. BE. jet-l7d Reoma Pure Rye Whisky In Gistilled especially for medic {Is highly tecomn evaded by th s for its inedicinal virtues. Sold only in full q Lottles, $1.25 each. uy18-3m.14 sree ce Antikolerine- jeil-cie Tiles) Geo.F. Muth & Ce., 418 7th St. N. W. Jell-24a r PROM U.S. MARSHAL OF THE LATE FIRM OF Baird & Galt 1S NOW ON SALE AT THEIR STORE, 921 F Street. Every Neglige and White Shirt will be sold a $1.00. Neckwear will be three prices—25, 50 and English Collars will be $2.00 per dete Eversthing is two-thirds, half and « If soa wear sbculd come. OF course, N purchases to be for cash. e808 108, ante> ‘nll work for 1o0c. im*A. KAHN, Expert Watchmaker, 935 F nw. €. tion in the flan CHARLES BAUM, 314 9th et. aw.