Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1896, Page 13

ee THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8, by The Evening Star Ne Com; 8. H. KAUSPMANW. Prost.’ Wow York Offce, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents ber week, or 44 cents month. ies at the ecunter 2 cents each. ty mail—anywhere in the United States or Cunada—postage prepaid—60 cents per month. Saturday Quinty Sheet Star, $1 year, with foreign postage adied, $3.00. a (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., ran ‘mall emeeeesas ieee be paid in advance. 5 . Rates of advertising made known on application. Part2. Che Fy ¢ i itty Star. Pages 13-24. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1896—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. Qrinfers’ Inf Be fittle schoo? master of advertising), saps: Jf is claimed for 1Be Washington Star, and profabfp frutStuffp cfoimed, (Baf no offer netospaper in Be counfrp goes info so farge a percenfage of aff fhe Gouses twiffin a radius of fwenfp from §e office of pufification. Seen tontonotonteteteteeceetettonten More About the Gift Goods AT PERRY’S. ful. ee eek RRR he ee hh eh ke ah Re a a pe ee LD the strongest— We are telling the whole story as fast as we can—day by day. We touch two of the most popular lines today. Two of Isn't it so? The deeper you delve into the Holiday shop- ping the more conspicuously stand. out the perfect facilities of this store. The more pronounced because of the advantages of our superb assortments. The more appreciated because of our invariably sterling qualities and low prices. : On every hand here you see innumerable ideal gift nov- elties. They are in good company—they join in—are the two prime elements of appropriateness—the ornamental and use- Umbrellas. For men, women and chil- dren. Exclusive and fashion- able mountings of sound and reliable qualitic Give any- body one of these Umbrellas— it will be cordially received. And when service puts the worthfulness to the test you won't have any cause to re- Sh Ra a ae ee eae ae ed = gret that you trusted to our advice to select from this as- sortment. We have made the most perfect collection we have ever had. The largest—and what is most gratifying— 3 ; : ; : ; ; 3 ; tempting prices control the entire stock. Rich novelties. ————_x 1 to engrave the metal mounts free. a —_x and Children’s Umbrellas. 24 and 26-inch English Gloria Um- las, with ratural wood bandles— Te. 24-inch English Gloria mounted on steel rods, wood and Dresden handles—$1. ch Silk Gloria Umbrellas, with steel reds and ratural wood, French Dresden and Mourning handles— | We shall be gla | initials on the —_ ‘Ladies’ Umbrellas, with natural rods, with natural straight andles— $1. inch Union Twill Silk Umbrellas, mourted on steel rods, with pearl hi 26-inch Union Taffeta Silk Umbrellas, steel with rods and natural crook sle Spun rds and 6s. s. with steel rods and natural handles—$3 26-trch Union Taffeta Silk Umbrellas, with steel rods and pearl, tiger-eye, Dresden and burnt ivory handies—$3. 26-inch Union Taffeta Silk Umbrellas, ae 5a with steel reds and silver-trimmed nat- < —ural_handles— $2.25 2 26-inch All-silk Umbrellas, with steel rods and fancy and natural handles $4. 2 26-tn-h AlLsilk Umbrellas, with steel $ rods and silver-trimmed pearl hardles— $ $3.75 and $4.50. = 26-Ioch Umbrellas, with handsome silver-trimmed burnt fvory, pearl and of Dresden handles—special our own—35 to $10. Colored Umbrellas. 26-inch Re Biue and Brown ¢ able Silk Umbrelias, natural handles designs nse with steel rod— le Silk Umbrellas, and $3. Mourning Umbrellas. 26-inch E ‘ish Gloria Umbrellas—31. 26-inch Silk Gloria Umbrellas, with ‘1 red—$1.50, inch Unton Silk Umbrellas, eel rod —$2. 4 and 26-inch Union Silk Umbrelias, vith steel rod—$2.50 and $2.68. sSebearngregerdontontonteeseeseots st with Soeerdodgoniotzorgenteagerteateatees So 26-inch All-silk Umbrellas, with steel 54 rod—$3, $4 and $5. $Carriage Shades. + 10-Incb Union Taffeta Silk Shades—$1. 10-tuch Black Union Silk Shades—$1. = 10-tueh Gros Grain Silk Shades, plain Ra Iued—§2. = 10-inch Union Taffeta Silk, with silk $ taing—$1.50 nnd $2. = 10-inch Gros Grain SUk Shades, with ‘3 chiffon ruttle—$3. lu-inch Gros Grain Sik Ruffled Shades—$2.50, $3.00 and $3.60. Jo-inch Black Silk Shades, lace trimmed—$38, $8.75 and S J0-tnch Black Crepe de Chine Shades, mounted on extension rod—$5. Men’s Umbrellas. = 28-inch English Gloria Umbrellas, - with handics and steel rods-—$1. 4 28-inch Silk Gloria Umbrellas, with ad steel rod and stlver-trimmed natural hundles—$1.5 28-uch Union Silk Umbrellas, with steel red and natural handles—$2, $2.50, $3 and $3.50. 2 All-stik Umbrellas, with steel rod and natural handles—$3.50 to $12. 26-Inch Union Twill Silk Umbrellas, with French horn handles—$2.50. aeatortortontonaonteet Established 1840. eatengertenteetestetonsossesseeseote @ Telephone 995. It £ eset leader aetntntetetatedndys ' PERRY’S, “NINTH AND THE AVENUE.” Leather Goods. Here are novelties that pos- sess a charm for gift buyers. It seents such a sensible re- membrance to bestow some- thing of this serviceable sort. Inviting values -« inviting prices—in a variety of fancy and staple Purses, Pocket Books, Traveling Bags and so forth, You can view mest of the stvles we show as being exclusive—which helps their popularity as givables. x \ , etinph treet ol Purses and Pocket Books. Children’s Seal, Alligator and Enam- eled Purses—5e., 10¢. and 12c. Ta a ss DR Be BO ee OKs ts DD | We will stamp initials on | Leather Goods from $1 up free. a aa es i BD a Real Seal, Alligator and Morocco Purses—2he. Pocket Rooks and Purses—all colors— 500. Children’s Real Seal Purses, leather lined—15¢. Children's Fancy Grain Leather Pocket Rooks—25e. 4 Misses’ Tan Morocco Combination Books, with sterling silver corners—Z0e. Misses’ Genuine Alligator Combina- tion Books—Brown, Green and Tan— Boe. Ladies’ Real Seal Combination Pocket Books—50e. to $5.25. x Crusted Levant Combination Pocket Books, also in Seal, Allicator, Calf, % Morocco, natural and fanes colors, plain and silver corners—$1 to $6.25. 54 Galuchet Leather Combination Pocket Books, with dull and burnished gold xe corners—$2.95 and oe Latest Stsle Combination Pocket Books, in Black and colors, with all & four corners of silver—$1.98 to $2.25. o4 Matinee Purses, in the new shade of Green and Black—sllver trimmed— = nerald Green Alligator Combination + Pocket Books, plain or with silver or gold corners—$1.25 to $4.25. $ Tan. Brown and n Hand Grain Moakey Skin Books—silver mounted— Te. to $2.50. Seat Horn-back — Alligator Combination Books—i to $1.50. a Men's Calf, Morocco, Seal and Al- Hgator Wallets and Bill Books—S0c. to = $3.35. Zz Men’s Real Seal and Alligator Full e5 Dress Card Cases—$1 and $1.50. Ka Seal, Morocco and Alligator Card % Cases—50c. to $3.25. = Small Chatelaine Bags—2% BOe. ee and b5e. is Seal Chatelaine Bags, with outside = & pockets fastening with button—-sSe. to ea $1.75. & Black and Colored Chatelaine Bags— ¢ Be. to $3.50. z Horn-back Chatelaine Bags—86e. to $1.98. e Ooze Leather Chatelaine Bags—Green an, with gilt frames—75e. Snakeskin Chatelaine Bags— r Shopping Bags, with silk and satine tops to Writing Tablets, iu seal ant fancy leather to $2.25 Multiple Inkstand: Shawl Straps . to 50e. Satchels and Hand Bags. Mauve color Grain Club Bags, “with gilt trimmings and lined all through. 13 and 1M-tnch—$1.65, $1.85 ‘Tan Grain Leather Club Bags, with leather-covered frame, leather lnl: inside pocket and nickel trimming: 12, 13, 14 and 15 inches- $2.60, $2.85, $3.10 and $3.35. Mauve Grain Leather with leather wz, inside Club Bags, e, leather Hn- trimmiin 18, 14, and $. =z Real All Teather lined, ets insi nd nickel trim S12, 1: 15 inches $3.15, ge $3.50, $3.85, $4 $4.00, $5.50 and $6. Tan Grain Leather Cabin Bags, with gilt trimmings and lined with pigskin —Sizes, 12, 13 and 14-Inch—$3.35, $3.65 and 83 85. Polished Grain eather Bags, leather wo fuside pockets, gilt trim- fuch—$4.65, & Grain Leather Shopping Bags, with inside and outside pockets, leath- er Landies and nickel trimmings—9, 10 and 11 ioches—$1.75, $1.95 and $2.15. Black and Tan Grain Leather Bags, leather Mning, frame nickeled—Sizes, 9 and 10 in-hee—$1.15 and $1.35. Music Rolls, in alligator, seal and fancy leathers, with linen and satin linings—50e. to $1.50. lined, eben triode trtetntndbtette deine etn TO DISCUSS ANTI-TOXINE. The New Specific to Be Before Several Medical Bodies This Month, From the New York Times. Interest In the use of anti-toxine as a spe- cifie for diphtheria has reached a point where the medical practitioners of this city are taking very decided ground for and against its use. The conservative views of scme of the older physicians has led to a careful investigation and a close scrutiny of the effects preduced by anti-toxine. The new cure will be the subject of three sep- arate discussions by New York dociors this month. At the Academy of Medicine on the evening of December 10 the topic will be introduced by a paper prepared by Dr. Louts Fischer, entitled “The Treatment of Diphtherta: An Inquiry Into Modern Meth- ods Employed at Berligin the Summer of +1896. Through the C tesy of Prof. Ba- ginsky.” At this discussion some argu- ments based on professional experience will be_urged against the use of anti-toxine. The members of the Bellevue alumni will also discuss the new specific at Bellevue Hospital some day this month, and the members of the Medical Union—a private organization—are looking forward to a simi- lar discussion within a few days. Some technical papers will be read on both of the Jast-mentioned occesions. A Puzzle. From the New York Herald. Doctor—“Don’t you find your glasses en- able you to see everything clearly?” ‘All but one thing, doctor.” ‘And what Is that?” Patient—“How you have the gall to send in so monstrous a bill. Z ee = ‘Terrible to Contemplate. From the Somerville Journal. If Eve hadn't tempted Adam with that apple, what would the modern tailors, mil- liners and dressmakers be doing for a Hy- ing now? DIPLOMATIC GOSSIP Some New Faces in Washington's Foreign Colony. SOCIETY LIONS AT LARGE Good Stories Told of Well-Known People. READY FOR THE GAY SEASON —o Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. NTEREST ALWAYS surrounds the new- comers among the diplomatic corps, who each year make their bows to soclety. This season will present many strangers, for the changes during the summer were numerous. Mr. Reginald Tower of the British em- bassy is a tall, slen- der blonde bachelor with eyeglasses, through which eyes ex- pressive of intellectual ability and appre- ciation of fun study the world about him. He comes in the place of Cecil Spring Rice, a former attache pleasantly remem- bered here. Mr. Tower entered the diplo- matic service in ‘85, and has been stationed at Constantinople, Madrid and Berlin, from which last place he joined the embassy at Newport, lately. Count Anenokosi of the Japanese legation 1s a bachelor, and typically Japanese, per- sonally. His boyhood was spent in Ger- many, where he was educated. He came to this city by way of his country from Rome, where he was last located. Count Anenokos! was at one time private secre- tary to Viscount Aoki, minister of foreign affairs. Senor Juan Dubose of the Spanish lega- tion is another bachelor added to the list of eligibles. He is here as additional first sec- retary, and some years ago was attached Senor Antonio del Vixo, First Secretary Argentine Legation, to this legation. He has been in the ser- vice since ‘70, at Madrid, Washington, Lon- don, Constantinople and Santiago de Chile. Mr. Dubosc is tall, dark, speaks English fluently, and is an expert wheelman. From South Amertea. Seratea Pinto of the Chilean legation man of interesting appearance and intellectual qualifications. He has been professor of international law in the Military College of Santiago de Chile; con- sul general of his country to Argentine, sec- retary of the confidential agency of the constitutional government to Argentine during the revolution against Balmaceda; first secretary of the Chilean legation Argentine and Uruguay, advocate of the universities of Chile and Buenos Ayres, and first secretary to the United States. Mr. Saratea-Pinto tas written much for the leadit.g papers and magazines on the liter- ary and ecoromical questions of his coun- try. Madame Saratea-Pinto, his wife, is a daughter of Senor Belisario Prats, one of the most conspicuous politicians of the liberal party of Chile. She is now in Paris, but expects, with their two children, to join her husband later in th Senor Antonio del Vi the Argentine legation, age and unmarried. He y Europe, principally in the versities of Frani aving when fifteen y 2 Mr. is a fine cretary of rs of educated in hools and uni- gone abroad His career in- Senor Saratea Pinto, First Secretary Chilean Legation, - ctudes serving as attache at Switzerland, second secretary at Rome, later first sec- retary at Rome during three years, and at the death of his father, minister of Argen- tine at Rome, became Charge d'affaires during three years. A month ago he came to his present post. Senor Almeida de Brandao, second secre- tary of the Brazilian legation, is another new diplomatic bachelor. He is accom- plished and interesting, and will no doubt be socially in demand. In January last he was appointed to London as attache, com- ing here some months ago. Stagnation is over. Invitations are com- ing in rapidly, and new costumes are evi- dent each day. The men look particularly swagger in the latest cuts, and the tle pop- ular has in every instance ruddy autumnal tints—so cheerful in many cases as to sug- gest a wood fire directly under the chin masculine. Society's perfect example of spectacu- larly inclined beauty is on her homeward way, much to the joy of her many adorers. She brings gorgeous new gowns, glittering with spangles, silver and gold, charmingly disregaréful of the critical question of the hour. Her hair is as fluffily flaxen as six months ago, when she sailed for foreign sheres, and the blush of conquest that has pinkened her young cheeks since she made her bow at Bar Harbor is heightened by further exercise. Holding closely the long- stemmed American beauty rose at her breast is a brand-new jeweled da; 4 whese threatening hilt differs slightly in design from the one worn at the time of her debut, and ever since. Curious about that dagger. She seems to have an en- thusiasm for it that suggests the vocal ecstasies of the grand duchess, anent “le satre de mon pere,” but to erdinary mor- tals it appears a bizarre ornament for a sweet and dainty girl. A Favorite Count. Count Vinci, he of the monocle and mel- low English accent, is now in New York, after a summer at Bar Harbor and Lenox, which was a bit of repeated history-as far as his social popularity is concerned. “Veni, Vidi, Vinci,” quote his colleagues abcut this favorite in the race for femi- nine preference, and his gentle courtesy is held to be ss much the spell that binds as the gifts that make him good to look upon and pleasant to listen to. An incident is told in proof of his acutely decorous man- ners. Not long ago he was dining at his otel and chatting to a lady who sat di- rectly opposite him at table. Conversation was gcing merrily when Ke suddenly per- ceived that the waiter had brought wine as ordered. but had set the bottle with its label facing him, “Sapristi!” Le exclaimed under his point- ed beard, as one confronted by a terribie situation, “Excoose my back," and he quickly turned the offending bottle with its label toward his fair acquaintance. Some of the folks who were at Newport this season are wondering if the painting of the wife and daughters of Senator Brice, }y Carolus Duran, that sometimes hangs in the drawing rocm of Corcoran House isn’t collapsible, or portable in sections, or some- thing. It does not seem reasonable that it would be varted about so freely unless 't is. NoW miniatures that could be put in a hand satchel would be different, but all that canvas and gold frame. My! Speaking of miniatures. Not long ago a nice ttle married woman and a Prussian officer visited the studio of an artist here, whose specialty is portraying on ivory fashionable beauties. One after another the stalwart soldier regarded the American belles, expressing his approbation in cour- teous, if broken, English. “Beauteeful, beauteeful,” he commented as the artist handed him the gold-framed semblance of a regal blonde. “But,” he added suddenly in rather shocked tones, and pointing to the snowy shoulders that emerged with extremely decollete effect from a wrap of white fur, “zat—zat ess ze bare skeen!” “No,’’.gasped his fair companion hastily, hat 1s not bear skin, it is ermine!” aid they passed cn to the next. The blonde 1s the artist's own sister! That the Portuguese minister 1s not de- void of fun is shown by his reply to the recent request of a representative of a newsparer for Fis picture and that of his wife “to be used in an arti¢le I am at work on Regretting courtecvsly to refuse, he yet added: “But if you say we are ‘of medium height, regular features, hair neither fair nor black,’ like the descfiptions in pass- ports, neither of us will object, unless peo- ple think we have no hair at all, which is only partially true regarding myself.” The Portuguese minister is oertainly not Lald of wit. —_+-— A KENTUCKY DEVSCE. A Genius Wh He Used to Bad Purpose. Somebody had told the story of the man with a sponge in a jug who tried to work the racket on a saloon keeper -and didn’i, when a man from Kentueky, who hadn't said ten words in the last feurteen min- utes, held up a corkscrew and shook it at the presiding officer of the Warm-Corner- in-the-Hotel-Office Club for recognition. “The gentleman from -Corkaville,” said the president, “has the batitlesd beg your pardon, I mean the flocr,~and the meeting will be glad to join him in—excuse me, I hear what he has fo say." handicapped the Kentucky proceeded. ‘As I was about to remark,” he sald, “When the president tried to choke me off, I never hear that sponge story that I am not reminded of a much better one, the scene of which was in iny state long ere republican majorities and outside cap- ital had conjoined in making {t too indus- trious for the true delignts of living. The: was at the time living on tke classic banks of the raging Bullskin, in'Shelby, an cld fellow who owned a smail distillery. In his neighborhood were a dozen or s0 young fellows who were ready for any mischief and who were general roysterers to the dis- credit of the good people ef that com- munity. “These young men could net get a drop of the old man’s whisky without the meney, and they were afrald to monkey with him, for he had a way of training a shotgun around the premises that was neither agreeable nor safe, One day the gang were down in the bara of one of them playing cards, and they thought they were in need of Mquer, and none was to be had except from the dis- tie They had a@ five-galion keg hid cn the premises which had just been emptied, and it was proposed to get it replenished. “But the proposition to take it tu the dis- tillery, and get it leaded, was voted down promptly, as there was'no money in the crowd—the game being carried on with 1. O. U.'s, worse than valueless in the esti mation of the distiller—and It was utterly useless to ask credit for even one gallon. Then one chip, who was stupid at cards, said he would undertake to get the liquor, and he was hooted at. But he persisted, and at last they hooked a horse to a sled and started him away with the keg. At the first springs he came to he put two gal- longs of water In the keg and hurried along to the distillery.” There he told the distillery man that he had two gallons in the keg, and wanted the balance put in, as some men wanted it down the creek, where a big party was fishing. Maybe that wasn’t just the ex- cuse, but he told him some kind of a lie and got the three gallons into the jug. hen he began palavering around, and tell- ing the old man that he would come next day and pay, but the old fellow got mad in a minute, and, after cussing his cus- tomer all around the shop, he poured the three gallons back into the barrel, and fired the young man with the keg. But he did not g0 back to the crowd with two gallons of water. Not much. It had mixed with the liquor, and, while it wasn’t as_strong as aqua fortis, it was two-thirds whisky, and it didn’t cost a cent, Neither did it cost the distiller anything, for he poured the three gallons into a barrel, and no cus- tomer of his ever knew. that there was more water to the barre) than the distiller was wont to put in.’ —>—_ Old Pear Trees. Mechans’ Monthly for December Indiana and Milinois claim: that they have the oldest pear trees in the west in their respective states. There is one near Spring- field, Il., known locally ag the great Sud- duth pear tree, which is 50 feet in height and 10 feet in circumference. It is said to be fifty years old. This dees not begin to compare with some of the old pear trees planted by the early German and Swedish settlers in the vicinity of Philadelphia, but it is remarkable for a country settled so comparatively recently as what was but a few years ago known as thé “far west.” —— eee A Horse of Another, Color. Fiom Tid-Bits. Deacon Johnson—“Do you fink you kood support mah daughter ef you\married her?” Jim Jackson- juttinly.. Deacon Johnson—‘‘Hab you ebber seen her eat?” Jim Jackson—“‘Suttinly.” Deacon Johnson—‘Have you ebber seen her eat when nobody was watchin’ her?” She Replied I¢ily. man From Punchy “Ah!” observed the fool question-maker; “learning to ride the bicycle, I see! How are you gettii gon?” x “I sometimes get a derrick to lift me on,” she remarked, icily, “‘and other times I fail off the house into the saddle,” And then she tried to mouft and ran into the plum tree again. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Current Talk in Regard to the Ereo- tion of Apartment Houses, SOME PLANS NOW BEING: PREPARED Prices Paid for Some Residence Sites in This City. SOME-IMPROVEMENTS During the past few years there has been more or less discussion of the wisdom of the policy of erecting apartment houses in this city. It may be said that in the ex- pression of opinion which has been elicited the decided majority of those who are sup- posed to be entitled to speak on the sub- ject have favored such a policy. It may be said, however, that little practical result has followed, and that the accommodations of this character in the city have received but few notable additions within the past few years. Still, however, projects of this kind continue to be considered, and there is more or less speculation and gossip going on as to probable improvements of this nature. There seems to be an idea that there is a demand for apartment buildings, and it Is the belief of some that in the near future there will be a number of addi- tions to buildings designed for this purpo: A Five-Story Apartment House Plans are now being drawn for several apartment houses, the largest of which it is proposed to erect on 15th street between U and V streets. Mr. W. H. Saunders, who Tepresents the capitalists Interested in this enterprise, stated the other day to a Star reporter that orders had been given to the architect to prepare plans for a five-story apartment building to be erected on this site. The projectors of this enterprise own the half of the square, and it is the inten- tion! to begin at once the erection of a por- tion of the building, which will ultimately occupy the entire site. The suites of apart- ments are to be of different sizes, ranging from four to s!x rooms, and it 1s the py bose ty meet a demand, as Mr. Saunders ex- pressed it, which exists in this city for homes in good localities and at a moderate rental. Flats on 10th Street. C. L. Harding, architect, has prepared plans for an apartment house which Mr. Elbert Robertson will erect at 1631 19th street northwest. The new structure is to be four stories in height with a basement, and will contain four apartments, each hav- ing five rooms and a bath. In the rear will be an iron porch and a fire escape. The main hall will: be finished in oak, and the alls will be wainscoted with the same material their entire height, and the wains- coating will be continued up the stairs. In the basement there will be a bicycle room. a Janitor’s room and a store room for each tenant, and in addition there will be heater and coal space. The building will have a frontage of 12 feet and a depth of si feet. The frent will be bullt of red stone. mottled brick and copper trimmings. There will be a bay window extending through | three stories finished with a balcony at the‘ fourth story. On Washington Circle. Some preliminary ‘studies have been made by Sherman and Sonnemann, architects, for an apartment house to occupy a site fronting on Washington circle. A feature of the plans fs the provision which is made for surrounding each apartment by a heavy brick wall, thus making each suite fire- proof as well as sound-proof. It is pro- posed to run the building up as high as the Mmit of the law governing the height of: buildings will allow, and the front will be of an attractive design. Valuable Building Sites. Some indication of the value of building sites In this city is found in the price which was paid by Mr. Wadsworth for the smail triangular square fronting on Dupont cir- | cle. As stated in The Star of last week, | when the news of this transaction was an- | nounced, the price paid was $45,000. As there are only 5,673 square feet of ground it may be said that the amount represented in the purchase money was pretty large. However, considered in bulk, it 1s not the most expensive bullding site in this city. Mr. W. J. Boardman when he bought the site opposite the ground above referred to at the northwest corner of 18th and P streets paid $50,000, securing for this sum 10,652 square feet. Senator Quay paid 450 for the lot on the south side of K street between 16th and 17th streets where his residence is located. He, however, became the owner of 10,890 square feet. Mrs. Geo. | W. Childs gave 8,902 for the lot on K street just east of isth street where her residence is located. It contains 6, square feet There are, of course, othe: instances where large prices have been paid in recent years for building sites, but | the above may be considered sufficient to ; show the estimate of value that Is placed on desirable building sites in this city. Row of Twenty-Six Houses. Plans are being prepared by Robert Head architect, for a row of twenty-six houses to be built in the northwest section of the city. They are to be built by a syndicate, the membership of which is not yet com- pleted. Fourteen of the houses are to be each 18 feet front, eight are to be 20 feet front, and the balance will have a front- age of 22 feet. All will be three stories in height, with cellar. The 20-foot front houses will have white stone fronts, with red tile mansard roofs; the others will have white stone and buff brick fronts, some to have loggias and some wrought-iron bal- conies at the second and third stories, The houses will cost, approximately, $5,000 and $6,000 each. They are to be built as homes for the members of the syndicate. Some Improvements. A frame dwelling will be erected on Des Moines street for S. L. Hawkins by Chas. I. Greer, builder. The building will be two stories in height with an attic and cellar. The contract for erecting the North Caro- lira M. P. Church has been awarded to W. H. Vaughn. The building will be erected at the corner of North Carolina avenue and Sth and B streets northeast, and was de- signed by Stutz & Pease, architects. The material to be used is bluestone, with lime- stone trimmings. ‘The congregation of St. Mark’s Methodist Episcopal Church will rebuild its church edifice on the Brookville road near Fort Reno. The building is to be erected by Noble Watkins, and will have a frontage of 28 feet and a depth of 45 feet. It will be one story in height, with brick basement. ‘A two-story brick dwelling will be erected by Thomas Manning for J. K. Burke on K street between 3d and 4th streets south- west. —_—__ No Reason Why. From Life. “Do you suppose,” thundered the irate father, “that I am going to give my con- sent to the first man who asks my daughter to marry him?” “I don’t see why the suitor. “She did. First Looked At. From the Somerville Journal. There used to be a time when the first thing a woman turned to in the daily paper was the deaths and marriages. Now it is the dry goods advertisements. tu shouldn't,” replied eurErersrsrrsrreryrryr rrr yr yerrererey SeSeadoadeedoatoatondontontontentontetete IANO AGENTS have t As manufacturers we ha Piano firms in Washington— during this grand Christmas fer vou the highest grade Pia agents have to pay. We shall beat the lowes is ts Ss econtoege ever made in this vicinity—gi : own terms—as an inducement = Pianos for Christmas gift giv z We have an immense sto $ five large floors full and sever: = 4 ; : =z and all woods in which Piano: ‘The following instruments will be sold $350 Lester Ebony Piano. N. $1,000 Elegant Bradbury Co’ $1,200 Magnificent Bradbury Beautiful Hard-wood S: above instruments, i st ts a ss ee BRADBURY Manufacturers’ Christmas Reduction Sale of Pianos. Lowest prices for pianos & organs ever quoted in this vicinity! These prices go into effec Upright Pianos Reduced. $350 Rogers Bros. Rosewood Piano. Now. . $190 $400 Baumeister Mahogany Piano. Now. $225 $500 Webster Walnut Piano. ow... $y $275 $600 Superb Bradbury, style 5, in oak. Now. $275 $650 Bradbury, style 6, in mahogany. Now. $290. $600 Webster, style 3, in rosewood. Now......... $350 $500 Emerson, in mahogany. Now... $375 $700 Magnificent Bradbury, style 7, in ash. $390 “ls and Japanese Silk Scarfs included in all of the ‘0 buy Pianos—WE MAKE THEM—and we sell direct to the consumer—thus saving all middlemen’s profits. ve always undersold all the they are merely agents—but Reduction Sale we shall of- nos at prices which the Piano t price record for Pianos ing you practically your to buy just twice as many ing as ever before. ck of Pianos this Christmas— al more car loads on the way aoa from our factories. The stock embraces all sizes, all styles s are made. t Monday, December 7th:— ‘on terms of $6, $8 and $10 monthly: $145 ow lumbian. Now....... 5506 Baby Grand. Now. . $650 Sesteadontonteeteetonteatentententonteatoagoetenfoatoatnatoatonieatbatvavafoal efeateatratresoete assests z 3 Used Pianos Reduced. > 3 ‘The following instruments will Le sold on terms of $5 down and $3 monthly: = : $100 Harris Piano. Now..... LSeeeresseceeece $25 = $150 Chickering Piano. Now..............60.-.- $35 $ 3 $200’ Hames#iahie!” Now... 2222 2......5 25... $75 = é ‘The following instruments will be sold on terms of $8 down and $5 monthly: = = $400 Chickering Piano. Now.......... peteterere S150 3 = $400 Boardman & Gray Piano. Now........ - $150 z $ $500 Decker Piano. Now.......... seers Oe . Organs Reduced. : Organs will be sold on terms of $2 down and $1 week ¢ $350 Superb Estey & Co.'s Organ, 18 stops. Now.. $125 : $125 Weaver Organ. Now.... 35 $75 $75 Mason & Hamlin Organ. $50 Smith American Organ. No exchanges. * To make this Christmas sale remarkable values in Bicycles: $100 Men’s Remington Bicyc $100 Ladies’ Remington Bicy, $150 Remington Tandem. N We shall allow special di chasers, ants on a If you are buying your P. deliver it the day before Chri come now and select a Piano and when we can give you si and attention, than to wait un mas—rush in—and take you crowds. W. P. VAN WICKLE, Manager. as Penne A BAD DESTOR. THE SULT! How He Made American Lumber Firm Wait for Its P From the New York Tribune. A certain lumber firm of ‘this c' than lwo years ago shipped to the Sultan of Turkey several thousand dollars’ worth of its most valvable goods. cluded mahogany and ebony logs of usual size, and of the finest coloring general quality that could be obtained. The payment, or rather the promise to pay, was In the shape of a draft on the sul the money to be forthcoming upen th rival of the logs at Constantinople. urally the American firm reg: perlal treasury of Turkey a: price of a shipment of lumber. In due time thesmahogany and the ebony reached the Golden Horn, and the Mediter- ranean Steamshiy Company sent in to the shippers a gentle reminder that the settle- ment of freight charges was in order. But meanwhile nothing had been heard from the sultan or his agents, and the New York lumber dealers did not fancy being held responsible for charges upon goous which were not yet paid for. Cable slis- patches and letters were sent to the Porte, but the “sick man of Europe” was ap- arently too busy attending to his Armen- flan subjects to be able to lock after such trifles as settling with American creditors. No eatisfactory responses of any sort could be obtained. g Then the lumber firm made application y. more The order in- un- ar. Nat- ded the im- ood for ihe Slightly Used Bicycles Reduced. all the more interesting we will o! Special Discounts for Cash. Pianos set aside for Christmas delivery. payment of small deposit be glad to store it for you and BRADBURY ‘Factory Warerooms, = Pa. Ave. & 1216 E St. Freebern G. Smith, Manufacturer. OW.... $35 $25 OW.... cle. Now. ow $80 Il of the above prices to cash par- lano as a gift we will upon stmas. How much nicer to when the stock is complete © much more of our time til a few days before Christ- r chances in the immense Sehoetostontontotont sSoaSeaSoatoet eoafoatoadoeteeteote Seton se este to Mavroyeni Be at that time the Turk- ish minister at Washington. He promised to see tha eign paid the bill with- out and the hopes of the raised. But not even to open the sul- purse Armenian ques- tion still absorb attention. Mavro- yeni Bey was recalled without having ac. this bit of work. The firm had a lawyer working on the case, but had for months practically abandoned all idea of of ever getiing the money. On the last day ef October, very appro- priately on the occasion of the great sound noney parad@ in this city, things took a most unexpected and joyful turn. Intlu enced afar off, it may be, by the prevail American sentiment in favor of paying one’s debts honcsily, the sultan, two, decided against repudiation, and abc noon on that Cay word was sent to the firm that the draft had been paid. Simee then the actual money n received, The moral n Would seem to be that, if ave business dealings with Abdul Hamid 1, you must be con- tent to wait awhile for your money, he being a slow debtor, but one who will come around a: last if you give him plenty of lime. More Fan, From the Somerville Journal. Belle—“Do you believe in long engage- ments?” Nell—“Not a bit of it! Short engagements and plenty of them is my motto.”