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THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. WWEDNESDAY............ Fume 24, 1896. CROSBY 8. NOYES..... THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent Family Circulation mueh more than three times as large as that of any other paper, morning or evening, published in Washing- ton. As a News and Advertising Medtam ft has no competitor. . Editor. t7Im order to avoid delays, om ac- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any individual connected with the office, but simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Business Depart- ments, according to tenor or purpose. =— THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any Deriod can have The Star mailed to *hem to any address in the United States or Canada, by ordering it at this office, in person or oy letter, or Postal card. Terms: 13 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably in ad- vance. Subscribers changing their address from one Post-office to enother should give the last address as well as the new one. Laying the Foundations. ‘The affairs of the public library are pro- ing satisfactorily. Under the creative lation secured at the last session of Congress the Commissioners have ap- pointed an influential, harmonious and en- ergetic board of trustees, and will them- selves heartily co-operate in the upbuilding of the municipal library. It is true that the appropriation for the maintenance of this “supplement of the lic educational system of said District” Will not be made until the passage of the next Distriet appropriation bil with its provisions for the educational expenses of the municipality. There !s no money avail- able for the payment of a Ubrarian or for the renting and fitting up of library quar- ters, and the Commisioners and trusteees may reasonably hesitate to incur any de- ficiency obligations. Some notable compensating advantages will, however, result from the anticipated ‘ay In opening to the public the municipal brary. The foundations of the new insti- tution can be laid broad and deep. Due deration may be given to the import- subjects of the selection of a librarian, the choice-of the very best temporary location that can be secured. Then there is work to be done in rendering certain a Suitable maintenance appropriation by Con- er in enlarging the private subscrip- of money to purchase books for a mnicipally-sustained library, and = in ‘ing additional pledges te donate books. When the municipaily-sustained library is ly on its feet, and equipped by the Dis- t with a home and a librarian, it will be dowed with a present memorial fund of our or five thousand dol- urchase of books, which venes; and with numer- ributions of books, one of to several thousand amounting lames. e time that the municipal library ¥ for active operations the donations books, some of which are at itional, can be transferred to imbered by any conditions whatso- ever, and it can avail itself simultaneously s three sources of support— (1) private (2) municipal maintenance, and nai aid in behalf of educational enalogous to the land grants for 5 purpes Veral states. pal and state expericnces teach that the mouern library to be successful needs artnership of public and private ef- The way has now been cleared for Washington to secure and enjoy the ad- vantages of this long-needed institution. The ple of the capital who for several years have been laboring and pleading for & municipaiiy-sustained public Mbrary of the modern type, and who are now enjoy- < the prospect of certain success, will ioubted. bear with patience a few nths more of delay in fully realizing ir plans, since they appreciate that the will b wisel spent in parations for the proposed cond unin S to the s ur Qr the necessary institutton 1 In laying foundations that will be «xtensive enough and strong enough to sustain an educational structure of which the capital of the be proud. American republic tee y or sixty millions of Amer ar ting against any of the third-term idea in this pecple of ns couragement country the Mexico are getting ready to elect firio Diaz to the presidency for the h time. True it is that what is ene in's or one nation’s meat is another's on. Four or five presidential terms man would be impossible here— cannot be achieved even by the t and best—but in Mexico only the ifying results have followed the tions of President Diaz. The he has made has needed h a man as he was and is. The was, of course, all there when St took the reins of government In but it was undeveloped and, undesirable. He has abolished if substituted for disorder the reien of law, and, through encouragement to railroad construction, has worked a wonderful development of Mexico's re- 5O Mexico may honor President Diez by 1 other re-elections—it will doubt- do #0 as long as he lives In vigorous health—but it can never do too much for “the statesman who lifted tt out of the litical morass and has given it high Tank among the nations. ———_ wee ‘The trial of Mrs. Fleming, which has just resulted in her acquittal, now commands additional interest as a homicide case in ch Recorder Goff will not be reversed. + ¢-______ If they are desirous of gettmg the word “gold” tnto the Chicago platform, perhaps Hill and Mr. Whitney might get some uable suggestions from Mr. Platt. ‘Two hundred men—so say the authorities —wWere at work today on the new city post- Office building. 0 ___ The Altgeld Altgald platform adopted in Minot yesterday, while making free silver the lewling issue, complicates that issue with other is which free silver men in some sections of the country do not desire to see taken up at Chicago. And yet that is on the card of the Altgeld people. They will ask of the Chieago convention pre- cisely what they have obtained of the Pe- ©ria convention. How much support from the outside they will secure there remains to be seen. ‘The platform is a curious mixture of free coinage demo=zracy, anti-Clevelandism end populism. Just how much of a breeze its introduction at Chicago is likely to pro- @uce may be calcuiated from a were glance @ record. Altgeld wants Mr. Cleveland re- Duked for his action in sending United States troops to assist in suppressing the Debs strike. But many of the leading sil- ver men, including several whese names be brought forward in the balloting, pported that sction on the part of the President. Mr. Daniel of Virginia, a vice- Presidential possibility, supported it, in a condemn themselves. Besides, they are all in favor of making this year’s fight on ail- ver, and silver alcne. many of the party leaders denounce it as embodying populism quite as distinctly as the proposition for the government owner- ship of railroads. The eastern men, led by Mr. Hill, may be expected to enter a most vigorous pretest against it. They will complain that such a plank in the platform will drive thousands out of the party, and force the surrender absolutely of the whole of the east into the hands of the republicans. The Altgeld program is not a surprise. The silver leaders who are maneuvering for a siraight up-and-down fight on silver have for sometime been advised of it. But they have not been able to change it. In private conversation they deplore the situ- ation. They do not love Mr. Cleveland any more than Gov. Altgeld does. They are as much in favor of an income tax as he is. Their hope of success in silver's cause is based, however, on the proposition that the platform be brief and to silver's point, and that all other issues tending to divi- sion ‘and discussion be ignored. As to other issues, divisions exist, and may widen in a hot campaign under pressure. This is the weak spot in the silver line at which the sound money democrats will Grive. Their only hope, indeed, is in the growth of this trouble. On the one hand are men like Gov. Altgeld, Senator Tilman and their friends, pushing, not only for a free silver declaration, but for an extreme denunciation of Mr. Cleveland and all his works, and for the infusion of populistic blood into the party’s veirs. On the other hand are men like Mr. Daniel, Mr. Vest, Mr. Jones and Gov. Boies, counseling mod- eration in everything but silver, thereby making the declaration on that point the mrore conspicuous and serviceable as a ral- lying cry. ———_++2___ For three months the Diplomatic and Censular Review has been increasingly suc- cessful. A satisfactory publication at the outset, it is now an admirable specimen of what such a journal should be. The Re- View is edited by Mr. Williams C. Fox, once a resident of Washington and the son of the late E. W. Fex, who was editor of the National Republican. —__++2___ Sunday work on war ships does not imply that this country has any definite expec- tation of being called upon to fight. But the conditions are such that there is no telling when a war ship or two may come in very handi ————+ ++ -___ In some sections of the country Mr. Hobart is regarded as an obscure man. It is difficult to see that this impression would > removed to any appreciable extent by his eiection to the vice presidency. ———_~e-_ With the Chinese firecracker coming into conspicuous existence once more the work of directing the course of human events is temporarily divided between Canton, Ohio, and Canton, China. oe President Cleveland does not obtrude himself in the present crisis. Possibly he is relieved at the prospect of letting some- body else do the walking the floor. — -- + +2 _____ Spain is now indignant because General Weyler did not have @ chance to edit Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's report before he sent it to this country. ———_ += ___ The present issues of American politics are such that Great Britain is not likely to be suited, whichever way the election gees. —___ +2 ____ Governor Altgeld’s arguments have been unquestionably powerful in convincing him- self that he is a great man. ——_+ ee Mr. Teller’s recent newspaper portraits wear a very Barkls-like expression. oe ——__— Kentucky’s back-number crop is getting to be something appalling. —\-o-—_____. SHOOTING STARS. Documentary Aids. “We can’t venture a positive prediction about the election,” said the statesman, “until we see the tickets.” “Yes,” assented Senator Sorghum; “and the check stubs.” As in Bygone Years. ‘Though problems come in grim array To fret us more and more, ‘The leading question of the day Is, “Mister, what's the score?” Technically Phrased. The young man who is studying medicine has a fondness for that pursuit which is not surpassed even by his devotion to his He found the tire very much col- lapsed, and a member of his family re- rearked: “You had better pump it up, right away.” “Yes,” was the reply; “I shall immediate- ly proceed to give it a hypodermic injection of atmosphere. Her Views. “T've been thinking it over,” sald young Mrs. Torkins,” and I have concluded that this country had better go right ahead and set some silver money before it’s all gone.” “What are you talking about?” her hus- band asked. “Why; I saw a plece in the paper which said that silver money is cheap money.” “Of course.” “Well, Charley, dear; doesn’t that mean that it's a bargain?” Worked Both Ways. “Lady,” he said, “I'm in hard Inck. I’ve been misled by the signs of the times, an’ I'm compelled to weaken an’ ask fur assist- ance.” “Have yon ever tried working?” es'm. The trouble is that I went at it too systematic. The spirit of the age is fur a man ter qualify himself fur some particu- lar line of usefulness. Versatility hez wrecked some of the best of us.” “I have heard so.” z “Well, lady, I took up snow-shoveliin’ as @ profession, an’ I studied it, an’ practiced it, an’ got so I knowed all the fine points of it. An’ here I am in the middle of a warm wave with my occupation gone.” A steely glitter came into her eyea. “I know you now. You were here last winter.” “Was I?” “Yes. And you told the same story, only then you said you were a professional grass- cutter.” ‘The Scorcher. ‘Thin as a specter, with sallow complexion, Senseless and swift as a bolt from the bow, Hotly disdaining to choose his direction, See him In motion’s delirium go. He recks not of victims all bruised and dis- jointed; He sees but the dust that fs raised by his toy. His course all depends upon how he is pointed; To pedal alone is his life and his joy. The stream with its singing no soft mood splendors; In vain wave the fields where the clover is sweet; He sees not the forest and sky with their splenders; He only exists in his ankles and feet. Se es And we are Curtainers and Drapers, too. Don’t forget that. And this stock—like the others—is marching to the quick-step of reduced prices. This excessive bargaining must stop before long. Sup- ply yourself before the order to “halt” comes. ‘You won't ask for any bet- ter assortment than we can show as upholsterers. You will say good judg- ment rules here. You will see the evidences of good taste in every shade and shape. You will see the influence of our wide facili- ties in the prices. Low prices — lowered — because stock- taking is coming—is almost here. Unless you have very odd size windows we have ready- made Shades that will an- swer your purpose as well as any that can be made. But if you need some figuring— send for us. We are snug calculators. Regular win- dows, though, have this ad- Sosgbegoogeogengengeegeeguestuegeegesseete tee 3 $ EB Shades. vantage— Hand-made 38 inches wide ami "'S yuri” tongs Seefuseet niocnted’ on Hartshorn ‘rollers—in -& varlety of the six fashionable colors. Ready to put up. Regular price, Te.—NOW % $s . Opaque Shades—36 Inches wide and 72 inches vith Regular price, 35e. 29¢. each. id long. A fashion that is patterned after the French. — Complete— 75¢. each. There is no job too big for our contractors—and if it is a small one we are just as faithful. Furniture Coverings. Seadoo eadoatoaseaeageseasonsententeeetoaseogectagoatvagecgetoe As you say—the materials for you to do with—or the ¢ 53 willing, skillful hands to do it % for you. But you don’t know - what a saving it is to have % the fine Furniture covered up during the season of open 4 doors and windows. $ If you want us—send for % % us. We will come promptly. z If you want to do the work yourself just see what we can save you on the materials’ cost. Best t kinds, too. Double-width Linen “Furniture Cov- qring—ftteen | putterns to a from. season age this same grade was 48.—~NOW 35¢. a yd. Bi-inch White Furniture Dimity— NOW. sSeageogengondoaseedoaseatreuseesateaseesegeeseageeseogeagee ; of all our aria, ¢ 272 : Lace Curtains, Hi We are go going ng to g &ive you our Sample Curtains_for lit- tle or nothing. Maybe some of them will have to be “done up” fresh. Some of them won't. They are single pairs, That is the main reason they are reduced so much. Maybe you have already seen them and said what pretty patterns they are. Lots and lots of people have. Nottingham Lace, A AES pale for $1.25. pale for i be i Ps Aa a nti : Real Lace ~ Tamboured gar Net Curtains— 75 pale for $3.25. 50 pair for $3.00. 25 pair for $3.00. a $7.50 pair for $5.00. hate Real Irish Point White Lace Curtains— id RaUB a RAAG atl BABI RARE BA Sth GR DACA DO ARR EAL ABBA DAR poset “Ninth and The Avenue.” Established 1840, ‘Telephone 295. It i BAnBAAAAARAAAAAASARAAAAL Extre tong Opaque _ Shadee-8T §nches wide Sa Bit, oS Ready to hang. Regular © price, 50e.— NOW dQC. each. ed Opaque Shades—36 inches wide and 2 yards long, in all the popslar colors for curtains. Everything complete—ready to put up-NOW fe 490C. each. Lace and tion ‘Trimmed ae ine! le and 2 yards McKnew’s Daily Letter. $1.50 WHITE PARASOLS, $1. ‘Lheve are White China Silk Parascts, with ‘White frames and handies. Werth $1.50. Parasols, in great variety, fur $1.30. $1 WHITE GLOVES, 65c. Plenty of “misfit Chamois Gloves on the warket. Ours fit perfectly and retain their shape after washing. For one day we will sell 4 and G-button’ Lengths §1 White Chawols Gloves for 6c. STOCK-TAKING REDUC- TIONS IN UNDERWEAR. The Se. Richellen Ribbed Lisle Thrend Vests are 2c White and Ecru Ricycle Children’s Low-neck Swiss Itibbed Shirts, 12%. WASH SUITS REDUCED. We have culled all the single styles cf Wash Sits and reduced thom us follows: 1 lot of Wash Suits, in ducks and lawns, mostly dark effects. Were $4, $5 and $8. Now reduced to $8 Lawn Suits now $3.50. 1 lot of Lawn and Batiste Satts, gut and medium effects; also few Plain Black Lawn Suits. Were $8, §9, §12 and $13.50. Chole, $5.00. White Pique Suits for $8.50. White Duck Skirts for $1.50. White Pique Skirts for $3. A lalf dozen or more left of the Suits slightly damaged by water, at one-third regular prices. 1 Light “3 * China Silk Sait, velvet and luce trimmed. Reduced from $35 to $1 . NOVELTY SILK WAISTS REDUCED. We have reduced the price of the new Fashionable Persian and Dresden Silk Waist, lace and velvet trimmed, as tol- lows: 1 lot reduced to $ 1 lot reduced to $1 1 lot reduced to $15. Wm. H. McKnew, 933 | Pa. Ave. ‘TRUN KS ‘DOWN. There are a few Trunks here we want to clear out—and we've made genuine bargutus of them in order fo get out quickly. First save mut thelr on purchas $18 LeatheroidTrunk $12: : linen lined; especially : 3513 Men’s Trunk, $9.00.) 34-in. Jong, very well made, very | substantial. f 2S12. 50 Steamer Trunk,$8: A commen-se1 Trunk, | very weil made, *) #84. 75 Steamer Trunk,$4.° tall made, leather bound. The |* $5_size of the same for $4.50. isn Steamer Trunk, $8. Made of leath : $$ Steamer Trunk, $7.50. A large, strong, solid tronk, with brass trimming: : TOPHAMWS fy Headquarters for Travelers’ Goods, ;| 1231=1233 Pa. Avenue. FACTORY, 1218-1220 EB ST. Trunks repatred_by_experts. is Steamer Spedther Sterling and Silver Silk | Mounted Belts, 20%. Belts FOR EVERYBODY IN IMMENSE PROFUSIO: 1,000 STERLING SILVER Shirt Waist Sets, MARKED DOWN 25 % All This Week. R. Harris & Co., 7th & D Sts. N. W. Pereene setececeteeetnteteds eae! $ You : : wanted : 2 us to = open a Bicycle Department and we've done it. We had to have a first-class Wheel niet a Ss a Sa aS Si Sha th Ss St Ss Se a Se a Dk Se as Se Sa Sak Sa ete Seders talk 1, over. ‘This is still a Housefurnishing Store— where “Your credit is good.” tho’ or none—like every- thing else about this store. There isn’t a better Bicy- care who makes it—nor who 4 sells it—nor what is asked for it. date, high-grade wheel at a very, VERY low price— ¥ and on the easiest terms We're behind it—the maker is behind it—and ¥ quality is behind it. H $House & Herrmann, : $ Libera! Homefurnishers, 53 $n. E. Cor. 7th and I Streets. cle in Washington—we don’t 4 Its a thoroughly up-to- you'll find anywhere. ©ome in and see the Wheel, and let's LEO lols . THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1996-TWELVE PAGES, BARBER & ROSS, Cor. G and 11th Sta ‘Why burn coal fires for summer cooking? To do s0 is costly and uncomfortable. © A BAS stove or range solves the problem. Either will save its cost In a short while. If your house lacks this lmprovement let these hot June days teach you to add it. $1 for a 2-burner Full Nickel-plated Gas Stove. Ranges under price. There las been a big marking down of “Wire King’ Gas Ranges-a great reduc- tion of last season's prices. Never has a sso perfect in principle and so y been sold for so tile, Known to consume Tess gas to the work thau any other ra o314 for 3-burner ($1g for 4-burner S16 for s-burner ranges. We can sell you a gas range with bake oven and broiler for $8—set up with all the fitting done, ranges. ranges. Unnecessary now to kindle the fire in the Tange when you want hot water, for here is a hot water hi 8 beneath the Kitchen boiler a rom 18 to 24 gulicus water in 45 minutes. $3 each, Ae ‘To keep flies out. Is it a problem to you? Easily solved— 2 fund the cost of the screens is easy, too, if ? Fou buy them here, adjustable of carpen| for any ‘ones, which take the place work, closing nurrow enough indow und opening quite wide, reen Doors—complete with spring hinges, hook and e} "d_ handle— Toe. Wirdow Screen Frames, 1c. each. {The $2 lawn mower —we sell Js fuirly good-4n fact, guarantee them, ‘They a sold for much more elkewhere, 12 in wide. At $2.50 we've a much better one. Your old Mower sent for, repaired and ebarpened and returned for $1. Telephone or drop a card. 25 ft. garden hose, $1.40 —25 feet, complete, with pana nozzle and couplings. Better gradi $2.75, : 25 up to $6 for 2 feet, which po we can eto uy a “new EKO 16 tho ¢ has only burst. We can mend it Ml for and return it, ; ( ‘Save on freezers. ( We are quoting much bow them than cthers. be freezers, too. quart “Bilazard’? quart “Gem,’" $1! sr prices And ours are or Arctic, $1.35. ‘About “Clauss” shears. We hanily dsc expect to find better shears turned out by wm, lap-welded edge. but it’s the in their keenness 60 ever break bring them back Ww pair. > and ( Ls ‘utling-out Sh ( (Scratched bathtubs fed with paint. > fine porcelain finish, and no matter how hot > the water or how nich soup is used it Wou't be affected. GUe. pint can. — 25e, small far. ( cur 45. in 4 square feet, in full rolls of 150 running feet. 0c. hundred square feet for less than a roll. ‘Garden teols— Z ) S Q ‘Poultry netting. | 20c.; Spades and Shovels, 400.3 S Rakes, ( Hoes, 200. 4=gal. garbage cams, 50c. both made of hea (Med tron, A 4¥z-xallon can for Barser Ress: 5 Cor. G and mth Sts. 5 ee eeeeeeeEeeeEOeeeee W. D. CLARK & €0., 8if PA. AVE The Greatest Sale On Record! Will be inangurated at our store tomorrow— Every Dimities, g-with cover, <e of Lawn in our stock, including rdele Marquise, Corded Mills and world of st pick from—that we seld this seavon at and 1Se. per yard We shall offer at 18° yd. Nothing has been excepted. If you want to sbure in the benefits of this special offering—don't delay. Dimities, Jaconets, Corded Mulls, Batiste, Cordelette. W. D. Clark & Co., 811 Pa. Ave. No Care, No Pay. Dr. BZA fe) it Cool Hot ot ell ery fort Kitchens. | Stoves. | Gas, 01 or rante R.M.HARROV ERa38 ott StN.W. Je2t-w, 0-6 and tS a find out all about Antikolerine (Tablets. Je2s-oge Private Dis} Metropolitan Hotel Advice, Examination, Chronic, m a Digg. cor. 9th and'F wast, fe 5. Kann, Sons & 0,, 8TH &MARKET SPAGE THE GREAT BARNUM Once said that the American public liked to be humbugged. That may be true as far as the circus is con- cerned. It isn't so in a legitimate enterprise. Particularly in the Dry Goods business. We have always made our calculations on the basis : that the American public don’t like to be humbugged. ‘Our Great Sale of Raff's Stock fs an able exponent of our theory. We bought it at one-quarter value and we are selling it at the same ratio. Even if we don’t make any- thing it’s a big “ad.” for us. Hundreds of Fresh Items for Tomorrow. Boys’ Cheviot Waists. RAFF’S PRICE, 25c. Sale Price, roc. Ladies’ Fine Black Jerseys. RAFF’S PRICE, $1.79. Sale Price, 29c. Ladies’ Gossamers. RAFF’S PRICE, 98c. Saie Price, 25c. Yard-wide Grass Lawns. RAFF’S PRICE, 12}c. Sale Price, Dotted Grass Linen. RAFF’S PRICE, 12}c. Saie Price, Plaid Nainsook. RAFF’S PRICE, roc. Sale Price, Lace Dress. Ginghams. RAFF'S PRICE, 12ic. Saie Price, 5c. 5c. 5c. 5c. Striped Crepons. RAFF'S PRICE, 123c. Sale Price, Good Outing Cloth. S PRICE, 12}c. Sale Price, Best Dress ( nghams. RAFF’S PRICE, 12$c. Sale Price, 5c. Conestoga Yard-wide Unbleached Muslin. RAFF’S PRICE, 6c. Sale Price, 3c. Ladies’ Shirt Waists. RAFF'S PRICE, 6yc. Sale Price, 29c. Ladies’ Laundered Waists. RAFF’S PRICE, $1.25. Sale Price, 49c. Reantiful Swivel Silks. RAFF’S PRICE, 35¢. Sale Price, 15c. An assortment of Silks. RAFF'S PRICE, 39, 49, 59¢. Sale Price, 23c. Ladies’ Corsets, extra long. RAFF'’S PRICE, 5oc. : Saie Price, 29c. Verv Fine Flowers. RAFF'S PRICE, $1.00 to $1.50. Sale Price, 25c. White and Black Band Sailors, new shapes. RAFF’S PRICE, 49c. Sale Price, 21¢. Children’s Trimmed Hats. RAFF'S PRICE, 7gc. Sale Price, 25c. Merrimac Shirting Calico. RAFF’S PRICE, 5¢. Sale Price, 2Ke. Mussed Infants’ Caps and Sun- bonnets. RAFF'S PRICE, 39c. a Sale Price, roc. Chemises, Drawers and Skirts. RAFF’S PRICE, 69c. Sale Price, 39c. Household Ammonia. RAFF’S PRICE, toc. Sale Price, sc. All-wool Black Batiste. RAFF’S PRICE, 309c. Sale Price, 19¢. All-wool Black Serge. RAFF’S PRICE, 69c. Sale Price, 39¢. Royal Holland Window Shades, RAFF’S PRICE, 29¢. Sale Price, 18c. Best Hand-painted Opaque Shades. RAFF’S PRICE, soc. Sale Price, 25c. 36 ach Lace Striped Scrim. RAF 5c. RAFF'S PRICE, 8c. Sale Price, 3c. Assorted Children’s Stockings. RAI PRICE, 10 and 15¢. Sale Price, 5c. .-| 8. KANON, SONS & 60., @TW ST. & MABKET SPACE. | If Schneider Makes It Is Good. We'll Bake For You. We'll save you the trouble _ of baking on ‘hot days. Save “you the annoyance of heat- ing the entire house. Save you the entire cost of fuel. We make all kinds of Bread, Rolls, Biscuits, Cake and Pastry FRESH EVERY wy DAY. We'll send you everything needed at any time. ) G7Sex your order here from your "grocer, Ny in the ‘ma ‘kets. (Chas. Schneider’ : or buy or at our stands ~ a Bakery, 413 I StS 505-6 Center Mkt. ( Stands, 123-127 K St. Mkt. “Crocker’s Shoes, 939 Pa. Ave. WHY CROCKER IS ALWAYS BUSY! We have simply met the the people in giving them the best Shoes made at cousiderably less" than usual prices owing to the stringency of the times. You wanted to economize wanted to Pay less for your shoes, und we bare accommodated you! Cc. 25 Boys’ sec. ‘Tennis’ Rubber Sole Shoes Sree esr to - 25¢C. wishes of Tan Rubber Sole Tennis Shoes. Others ask — 50e, We ask but. flen’s $1 Tennis Rubber Sole Shoes 40° Men's Tan Rubber Sole Tennis Sboes— Just the thing for ease and comfort. Others ca 40° We ask but. Bicycle Leggins, 20" Special purchase of Ladies’ Canvas Bi Leggins, best in black and aqmality, $2. 500xfords,$1. 60 to bave Some sizes are al yours while these all We cannot promise summer. Get Blacl all the new styles of toe Bicycle a with style and a low price our new stries of Bh “Victoria” and the tes, both of Jenness [liller Oxfords. ‘There is more reason in Jenness Miller's: ‘Solid, Oxfords In summer, when the feet more tender, than in wearing the high shoes in winter. Oxfords, tan an@ back CROCKER’S, Shoes Shined Free, 939 Pa. Ave. Receiver’s Sale of Fine Groceries. '$6 Whisky Only $4.50 gal. —in hali-gallon _ bottles — = “Overholi,” “Monticello” and “Stewart Rye”—7 and 8 years old—reduced from $6 to $4.50 per gallon. Best Flour REDUCED. —There is still left a limited quantity of flour-—and shrewd housekeepers, boarding houses and hotels should not fail to grasp the opportunity to save money. t $1.25 $1.25 $1.13 : $1.00 Jas. L. Barbour & Son, 612-614 Penna. Ave. Ino. A. Hamilton, Receiver. The Celebrated “Ceres | “New West” or % bhi, ‘Superiative, 4 “Hacvest Gucen""er GAS LOWER! © 00 Save yourself the constant worry and 000 trouble of cooking with a coal stove. 000 Use a Gas Stove or . The price © 00 of gas is to be greatly reduced after 000 July 1, ond ts now the 000 on the market. ‘There is abs © 00 danger of a Gas Stove 000 We have reduced the price on all Gas 000 Stoves. See them by all means! <Gas Appliance Exchange, 41424 New York Ave. j Je24-25d Send Us Your “Sweater.” : We'll clean it make it ike new—and make it soft, too, We'll dye it if you wish red blue cr Black. We clean both Ladies’ a bd "s Bic Suits. ANTON FISCHER, 906 G St. r A COLD REFRESHMENT. On hot days there's nothing more cool- nz and refresting. | than Benches Sang nants pork strengue perfect “in favor. ‘a KW. BURCHELL, 1325 F STREET. se2d-isa