Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1896, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1896-16 PAGES Wash. B. Williams, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. Svenings until Christmas. pen Pretty “Gift” hugs flarked under-pricel Give your friends Rugs for Xmas pres- ents gifts that combine utflity with beauty. No larger, handsomer or lower- priced stock of Rugs anywhere than “Il find here. The following “hint” of way prices rum: Smyrna Rugs. 21 by 42-in....... -$1.20 26 by 52-in.. «+ 1.60 30 by 60-in.. - 1.90 36 by 72-in.. « 2.90 by its. hie ee nes Moquette Rugs. 27 by Geils 2c... <2 scacnas-fe0O 36 by 72-im.........cccceece 3.00 Goatskin Rugs. White Goatskin Rugs........$1.75 Gray Goatskin Rugs.....e... 1.75 WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th& DSts. de2t-Sod Men Appreciate Such Gifts We've none as we can show you Ladies. that're She ES, 31 up. AS at almost any price you care to pay. © Handkerehiets, Hosters, ete. . C. Lewis & Son, uss. R Hatters 1421 NEW YORK AVENUE. di Make Yourselfa Present ——— —of a FULL DRESS SUIT—or a handsome ” ‘T for a Christmas Gift. Suits 4 Overcoats made by us outwear three py ones—amd are “correct” in every you a “TUXEDO Every man's wardrobe should contain cne. & Wood, 1111 Pa.av. at Reasoralle Prices. del9-14d Taye Snyder Best ‘fail Crawford Bicycles. Before deciding upon your CHRISTMAS GIFTS Call and examine our New Misses’ Wheels, As well as other lines of NEW and SECOND-HAND BICYCLES. Many of the latter better than most other new wheels. OVER 9TH ST WING del9-5t,28 \fER MARKET. Children’s Bicycles, $35 est makes—and guaranteed for Why not make the boys rnd girls happy by giving them the best? E> SECOND-HAND WHEELS, $10 up. Enterprise Cycle Co., SIZS14 Lith st. Ino. Woerner, Jr., Mgr. del9-14d Boarding Fine Horses is a specialt, Sanitary drainage. with us. © have to offer. Rea- “Do : turnouts for al occasions, wney’s Iodel Stables, 16 1624 L STREET. "PHONE 535. del8-2 -_ Finest Wines for Xmas Dinner. We've every kind of Wine and Liqueur hire for weddinss 1 : you'll wish for Xmas dinner. All’ abso- : ~and of the proper ag : a: quart. MU res ICA, etc. Te. ieee for’ punch, 50c bottle. CHAS. KRAEFER 735 7th SteN. W. “Phone 1585. at That Indefinable Charm are worn. Nothing ts lacking to make Ow, made garments the standard of exceilence In high-class tafior Our prices are not high. OWEN, Tailor, 423 11th St. For Christmas Breakfast mornings. CF Wholesale and Retail N. Auth, * de2l-m,w. 1.20 Xmas Bargains. $2.50 Soiud* Gol Spectacles, with finest lenses, $2.50. Watches. ved. from %. . KAHN, 985 F st. 20 per cent off. Your own time to BANJOS LEN & COLLIN: 1mn,8 ay Palrba: Tustruments. Sle Agts., 1451 Sst. © me Rheumatism. 1 prescrt gad mot eminent physicians. It ingtantly. relieves Sad permanently cures RHEUMATISM, NEURAL GIA, GOUT, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO and all aches and ‘pairs due to URIC ACID potson.. It purifies the blood, stimulates and restores the kidneys, im- Broves the henlth and ¢ivws tone and vigor to the eotire system. Price, § PHARMACY, 428 7th st. u.w., cor. i Por ber bottle; trial size, Gc, Not too late. We can still make a few sittings and finish yor photos for Xmas. Mezzo Tints from $3.00 up” Gallery on ground floor. 19-10d ESTABROOK, 1227 Pa. Solid Comfort. From Life. “He may be thin and angular, but he is “When he calls on me, the first thing he Goes ts to piace a pillow on his knees.” | read. Barber & Ross’ gift ggestions. Open at night for WHAT IT is easily answered by our stock. is useful and sensible. elsewhere. pocket knives, nut picks, &c. =CARVERS. No_end almost to the variety of sorts from which you may plck—and every carver of finest steel and fully guaranteed. Fine 2-plece gemnine stag-handle carving set for a dollar. $POCKET KNIVES. Every boy has one or wants one. Isn't there a boy on your list who would ap- preciate. such @ present? . No matter what you want to pay for it we can suit you, for we have concededly: the largest steck—and largest assortment shown in this city 25e. buys a good “knife—many ‘ask more for its equal. Some for as much as $10. $NUT PICKS —nickel-plated and put up.in pretty boxes for giving. We do not think that you can buy such picks as we offer for #0 little. Elegent line. box of 6 picks, 25¢. box of 6 picks and x crack, soc. box of 12 picks and 2 cracks, $1, RAZOR FOR HIM. If you give a razor, give a good one— and it will be appreciated. Nothing is more abominable than a poor razor. You cannot go wrong in buying such makes as Wade & Butcher, Rogers, Wolstenholm, Swedish or Torreys. Good razor for $1. tar’? Safety mzors in handsome boxes, make elegant gifts. $2 up to $18. ROLLER AND ICE SKATES. ‘We sell the best Ice Skates only, be- cause we have but Httle demand for the ones. We've got good ones for c., and with each pair we give a 25e, Skate Sharpener. Woed Wheel Extension Roller Skates, Ble. Raymond's Extension Roller Skates, $1.25. Barber & Ross, Cor. G Sete few things gathered here and there. We guarantee that there are no lower prices than ours, and no larger variety of good practical gift things Why not drop in and look them over? stock is full of most excellent presents—such as carvers, razors, eeeseeseeseegeese your convenience. WILL BE What we tell of today are but a Everything you will find here The cutlery PRACTICAL TOOL CHESTS. A great variety of tool chests-—but every one containing the best mechanics’ tools selected from our regular stock. Good gift for a boy or for a man who likes to ‘tinker’ about the house. Chests of 17 tools, $5. Chests of 31 tools, $10. Chests of 38 tools, $13. Chests of 43 tools, $19. Chests of 50 tools, $25. Tt you would rather we shall let you se- lect what tools you wish—put them im an oak chest and name a lump price. In this way you get what tools you wish. You wouldn't think that an open-face nickel-plated watch—and fully guaranteed could be sold for a dollar—and a splendid timekeeper at that. But we have them. Mechanics, bicyclists, &c., should see them, ‘Puritan” Oil Heaters —are concededly best, being the most eco- nomical and powerful. No. 34—burns 3i%c. worth in ten hours... aces No. 44—burns 6c. woth in ten hours... ies ae $5. No. S4—burns 8c. worth of oll fn ten hours... $7.50 No. 64—burns Se. worth ten hours and has double is drum, hand- cast-iron fire somer --+ BO. Nos. 54 and 64 have drip pan and rollers, 66 o499 =< Calovit” Gas Heaters} —ouly sort ever invented that really give out the neeessary heat and burn the mint- Bantecies 1-burner size heats a single bed room, box and snd consumes but Se. worth of gas-in ten hours....., oer: : 2-bumer size heats a large room, and burns but 11c. worth of gas in ten hours ‘The 3-burner size heats an extra large room, and burns but 16c. worth of gas a G and 11th Sts. eisoeieesreteeseeteey seseeseete a a ae eae te ee 9 N COMBATANTS HANDICAPPED. LATE SPORTING se A Slippery Floor Detracted From the Interest in the Brondsword Contest. The broadsword contest betwéen mount-’ ed men at Central Hall Saturday night in- dicated that on the turf, with proper foot- ing for the horses, such contests would be very exciting sport. As it was interest in the combat was greatly lessened by the very painful exertions of the horses to keep from slipping. In fact the horsemen had as much difficulty in maintaining an upright position as in warding off blow But with all the drawbacks the spectators, who were not nearly so-numerous as the entertainment deserved, became loudly en- thusiastic and loyally rooted for the Amer- icans. They were rewarded, for the 6th Cavalry troopers won both contests. Sergt. Davis of Troop A, mounted, defeated Lieut. Barber of her majesty’s body guard, on foot, by 11 points to 8, and Corp. High of the Same troop defeated Duncan Ross, long the acknowledged broadeword champion, by 12 to 7. Lieut. Barber afterward ex- plained that it was intended for him to fight with bayonet and gun, and with them he was willing to meet Davis any time for $200 a side. Ross said that he cheer- fully accepted the decisions of the referee, Lieut. Pilisbury of Troop A, but that after years of the championship he could not readily yield it up, and he challenged High to another contest for $0 a side. He ex- plained that on the slippery floor his super- iority in weight was a great handicap. Both the defeated men were cheered by the spectators. NOTES OF THE CYCLE CLUBS. The Misfit Cycle Club is making exten- sive preparations to celebrate the Christ- mas holidays. The club quarters, at 1332 13th street, will be elaborately decorated. The club will keep open house on Christ- mas and New Year day, serving refresh- ments in abundance. Plans are now under consideration for the decoration of the quarters with holly, mistletoe and ever- greens. At a recent meeting of the club, the col- ors of the organization were changed from red and green to seal brown and white, the latter colors giving a better contrast and making a better showing. ‘the mem- bership of the club is increasing at a good rate, and already plans are being made for several tours, which will be made next season. Queer Wheelmen. At the last meeting of the Queer Wheel- men resignations of three or four members were read and accepted, The article pub- lished last week in this column on the condition of the affairs of the club was Mr. John Munday was elected to the captaincy to fill the unexpired term made vacant by the resignation of Capt. George E. Boyd. The Chain and Sprocket Club. The Chain and Sprocket Cycle Club is go- ing on making arrangements for the 10-mile club read race which will be held Christmas day on the Conduit road course, The entry blanks nave made their appearance and en- tries will close tomorrow evening. Two old medals will be donated by the club, ‘one of which will be engraved for the time prize and the other for first prize. Prizes have been donated as follows: Sweater, Saks and Company; club sweater, Parke Bridget & Co.; foot pump, E. Y. Dimmic! search light lamp, E. S. Maloney; lamp, 8. O. Dimmick; cyclometer, E. Danenhower. There have aiso been promised @ set of tires by the New York Tire Company, an- other set by Morgan & Wright and a’ mir- ror by Doremus & Just. The 4ltamont Wheelmen. The Altamont Wheelmen have been com- paratively quiet, as far as road racing is concerned, for the last few weeks, but not in other ways. A gymnasium has been established in their club quarters and al- most every evening some enterprising mem- bers may be seen hard at work. The club rooms have been refitted and furnished and now present a very attractive appearance. The membership is now complete and no more members can be admitted until there is @ vacancy, the members at present be- ing as foliows: J. B. Breckinridge, chair- man; Edward Ransdall, secretary; William B. Tate, captain; and Messrs. F. B. Berger, K. M. Goole, Beverly Towles, Lee Counctl- man, Vivian Everett, William Knowles and George Soeiner. The club sweaters have been in for some time and are in daily use by the members. They present a very attractive appearance, the contrast between the brown and green being very fine. Owing to a misunder- standing with the manufacturers the caps have not yet arrived. They will be of the regulation colors, brown and green, and made in the skating or toboggan style. The club pins are also thought to be very attractive, especially by the lady friends of the members. The club fs quite elated over the perform- EWS; jance of Messrs. Counciiman and Everett, who captured three out of five of the prizes offered in the road race given by the Mt. Pleasant Riding Club. Z Mr. K. M. Goode has Conn., to spend Chris He will stop !n New York his way there. Mr. Ransdall has sent in his resignation as secretary. There will be an clection of officers Wednesday night,_the term of the old ones having expired. CHRISTMAS FOOT BALL GAME. t r Middletown, with his family. for a few days on Columbian University Team to Play All-Washington, The foot ball season in the District will have a fitting close Christmas day with a game between the strong Columbian Uni- versity team and an aggregation of well- known players gathered together as the “All Washington Team.” be played on Columbia field, 17th and C streets, at 12 o'clock sharp, and promises to be the best contested game of the season. The ‘varsity team will be strengthened by Fugitt, Senior and Gash of Lehigh and other college cracks. The All-Washington team will be selected from the best of the Columbia Athletic Club players, strength- gned by the local cracks in town on tha: ay. The hour decided upon for the game is a particularly good one, as the play will be over early enough to give all ample time to get home to Christmas dinners. THE ENGLISH STROKE. Longer Body Swing and Shorter Slide Than the American. R. C. Lehmann, the English oarsman, who has been instructing the Harvard oarsmen, says: “The essential difference between the American and English strokes is the long, far-reaching body swing which character- izes the English style. “We use a slide of sixteen inches—not more—sliding up to a point which is level with the rowing pin, and in order to ena- ble the men to get this freedom of swing which we teach, our seats are fixed higher up in the boat than yours have been hither- to in the American boat. “We desire our men to grip at the begin- ning well behind the rigger at the full reach forward, without the loss of a frac- tion of a second, with a vigorous swing of the body back, so as to apply the whole body weight to the blade of the oar im- mediately. “As the body swings back the legs press against the side, so that by combination of body swing and leg drive we try to main- tain the power which we have applied at the beginning evenly throughout the vhole of the stroke. “It is essential that the body should not fall away at the finish, but maintain an easy, graceful position, so that with the final pressure of the legs, the swing of the elbows past the sides, and a throwing back of the shoulders, which opens the chest, the hands may be swept home into the chest, the oarblade meanwhile being cov- ered—but not more than covered—from the moment it enters the water until it is taken clean out. “The hands ought to leave the chest as a billiard ball leaves the cushion, go as to ob- tain the smart and elastic recovery. This swift motion of the hands releases the Lody for the forward swing. “This swing must bg slow, especially Gur- ing the latter part—fn fact, during that Swing a perfect balance ought to be main- tained, the feet being well planted on the stretchers. “I do not consider the side seating essen- tial. I think an equally good, if not better, result can be obtained if the seats are over the kelson of the boat. I say this not merely as the result of observation, but from personal experience, because I have rowed both ways myself. “I think the side seating is the least es- sential point of difference between our method and yours. It is ail a matter of leverage, and you can obtain the necessary leverage by increasing the spread of the outrigger. “Our oars are, of course, narrower in the blade. The Harvard candidates are using American oars, made on the English faodel. Sivce coming here I have seen ears that were used by Harvard oarsmen in ’78 or '79 which, without having measured them, I should say were the same as we are using now.” —2.__. One Consolation. - From Life. ‘The man at the bottom of ‘the ladder can- not fall and hurt himseif. ——eee-. : ‘Trouble im the Choir. From tke Chieago Tebune. The Tenor—“Miss Hysee, you are simply talking through your hat.” The Soprano—“Maybe I am, sir, but I don’t sing through ™my nose.""* £ ORNAMENTS. ton Animals, ine Candy Boweh aa The game -will/] i The Hawaiian Government Averse to Granting More Monopolies. eee Ges IMPORTANCE OF ORIENTAL COMMERCE Japan Likely to Lay a Line to San Francisco. a SHIPPING CENTER A Ses Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, December 4, 1896. Col. Spalding of the Pacific Cable Com- pany was doubtless judicious in employ- Ing John W. Fester to advocate before the Hawailan gcverrment his application for new cable franchises in Hawaii. ‘he exclusive privileges asked for were, how- ever, too extensive fo meet with favor- able consideration. On November 14, Pres- ident Dole held ® conference with some thirty leading citizens and business men of Honolulu, before whom Spalding’s applicatien was argyed by Mr. Foster, as- sisted by Spalding’s attorney, L. A. ‘Thurs- ton. Thé views of the meeting were. so strongly and unanimously adverse to granting the large concessions asked for that the government soon after informed Mr. Foster that it felt compelled to refuse them,. although it hoped Mr. Spalding would be able to carry into effect the condi- tions of the original concessions. What Spalding asked was not any exten- sion or enlargement of those first conces- sions, which related solely to a cable from California to Honolulu. For such a cable he had setured from this government the exclusive right to land one in Hawaii from America for twenty years, conditioned upon his securing from the United States the necessary subsidy before May, 1897, and having the cable in working order m eighteen months after. Spalding now comes asking for similar concessions ot twenty yeers’ monopoly for cables from Hawaii to Australia and Asia. For the sake of hastening the establishment of cable communication our government and legislature had yielded so far as to grant the desired twenty years’ monopoly over the route which Would connect us with America and the rest of the world. But to tie up in like manner the long lines running westward and southward was a m greater and more serious matter, and failed to meet with favor. It is highly provable that the sion by Spalding of such monopoiies—pro- vided the concessions could ke valid, con- sistently with treaty stipulations—would greatly facilitate his efforts to organize the work. It might, perhaps, hasten by a few years our enjoyment of telegraphic com- munication in all directions. The doubt—a very strong one—is whether our need of such intercourse is sufficiently urgent to be supplied at so heavy a sacrifice. It would be very nice and a great conve- nience and ccmfort to Honolulu to be in telegraphic union with the rest of the world and receive daily news from them, but we are in no such jirgent need of that advantage for ourselves as to warrant serious sacrifices of ‘the future good of ourselves and others. Demands (of Commerce. It is the outside parties having interests in this ocean who need a cable to Hawaii much more than we here do. The govern- mets of the United States and Great Bri- tain are both liable at any time to find such a cable of material meddssity for naval pur- poses. Mr. Cleveland wou!d have found one quite useful three ‘years ago, when poor Minister Willis was af+his wits’ end be- tween Dole and Liliuokalani, and might have come out less-awkwardly from those ccmplications. In the event of the annexa- tion of Hawall, such a\cable would often be much needed. It me a nearly in- dispensable necessiff ‘whenever the United States shall actually occupy its proposed naval station at PearlHurbor. : To the owners and-consignees of the repidly multiplying fleet of steamers an: sailing vessels crossing the Pacific, it would be of the most vital service to hear trom them by cable at this general place of meeting. There are dozens of contingencies occurring here every month when a worfl to and from the coast, or to Australia er Japan, might save hundreds or thousands of dollars to parties residing at those points who are interested in ships calling here, or in the freight they are transporting. To us doing business here, there is far less need of prompt information from abroad, al- though that would often be a convenier At present, and for some time to come, a cable to Honolulu only, and extending no further, could not become a paying inyest- ment, unless heavily subsidized. The-basi- ness to be done here alone could not meet its expenses for a long time to come. Its profits must come from its forming a part of through lines to Australia and Asia. Either of such through lines would im- mediately enjoy a richly paying business. That to the Asiatic empires would, of course, be the heaviest. The traffic’ be- tween Asia and America is growing so fast that direct cable communication will soon become an imperious necessity. At present, all telegrams have to take the long route via India and Europe at a cost from:Japan of two dollars a word, This cost would be reduced at least one-half to America by a direct cable across the- Pacific. And the same reduction of cost would take place in telegrams from Australia to America, in which circumstance, however, the United States are at present perhaps less interest- ed than Canada. For Japan and China it is likely that telegrargs will soon be some- what cheapened by the overland wires along the Sikerian railway; but this will not go far to relieve the pressure for a trans-Pacific cable by which to communi- cate directly with America. New Ships Needed. On the Australian route the traffic be- tween the southern British colonies and British Columbia, Puget sound and Oregon is rapidly growing. The present steamers on that route are unable to carry all the freight offering, and more ships are about to be added. Three millions of the active English race at each end of the line are creating a large and rapidly growing com- merce with each other, fur which the use of a direct cable is becoming a necessity. Aus- tralia and New Zealand already pay a handsome revenue to cable lines connecting with Europe across the Indian ocean. Their Gemand 1s growing urgent for competing lines in the other direction. A recent vention in England of Australian and Gan- adian representatives indicated a very de- cided purpose to proceed promptly and ac- tively for the accomplishment of cable communication across the Pacific between the British colonies on each -side. Such a line wouid be heavily subsidized by the British government for,.military reasons. That fact, however, tends to defeat any usefulness of the proposed cable to the United States in connecting with the north Pacific, as the line-wiit probably not be permitted to touch at any intermediate point not under exclusively British control. It Is likely to pass by Honolulu, which is the natural terminys a first stage of any Pacific cable, ahd ~“go 1,000 miles far- ther, to Fanning’s Island, which ts British territory, although quite:off from the track of commerce. Such #i Hhe could be of little service In any way te"the United States government, although it, might answer the needs of traffic between the Pacific states and Australia. tad : Japanese: Agtivity. The exparsion of trade and consequently increasing need of q cable between Japan and China and the Noth American coast is very much greater than between Aus- tralia and the latter, which are vast and highly developed empires.. The number of steamers crossing from Asia to America posses- PACIFIC». CABLES|S#S#eeeceseeenceose @ 6 ‘o OGOSSS OSE SOS OS SOSGOOEOCHEOSSO GD each way every two weeks or oftener, touching at Honolulu. The China, which takes this mail, came in yesterday in nine days from Yokohama, 3,440 miles. There is, besides, a strong line of “Empress’’ beats, greyhounds, running direct between Vancouver and Yokohama, connecting with the Canadian Pacific railway. We also hear of prospective Japanese lines to San Diego and to Mexico, which will touch at Hono- luiu. merse commerce now in its infancy. To supply the necessities of that commerce, the laying of cables, not one only, but doubtless many, is merely a matter of time. The most, if not all, of such cables must land at Honolulu. The alternative route is via Alaska, with the Aleutian and Kurile Islands forming frequent interme- diate stations, but in a most inclement and tempesiuous region. The severity of the climate is greatly adverse to that route. There is also an exceptionally deep chasm in the ocean bed on the northeast coast of Japan, which is highly unfavorable to lay- ing and maintaining a eable in that direc- tion, all which facts make it probable that all cables between America and the Asiatic empires will land near Honolulu. Beyond Hawali to the westward are frequent suc- cessive groups of islands with many good harbors, in the région know2 as Micronesia. These islands are mostly inhabited by r cently savag>, but now Christianized tribes, who are under European control, so that good order is secured. Thes» groups con- nect with short intervals with Japan and China, by way of the Ladrone and Bonin Islands. The first stretch of 2,100 miles from California to Honolulu would be the longest one on the route. The entire cost of the line from California to Yokohama has been relicbly estimated at $7,500,000, ‘Trafic of China. An illustration of the enormous resources of trade in the Chinese empire, as con- tributing to such a cable, is found in the fact recenuy stated that the annual de- partures of steamers from the single port of Shanghai exceed 4,000. Of course half or two-thirds of such departures are on coasting trips of a very few days in length, as, for example, at Honolulu there are at least 800 departures of coasting steamers in a year, though only 150 are foreign bound. Sull Shanghai must have more than ten times the number of ocean steamers that Honolulu entertains, and nearly half enough to make a paying traffic for an isthmian canal. Ard yet the great bulk of the swarming and very productive Chinese population are substantially cut off from foreign commerce by the absence of rail- ways and other means of rapid or cheap transportation, although there is consider- able river traffic. A majority of the inland provinces are confined mainly to a narrow local commerce. At some not distant day, Li Hung Chang's policy will be carried out of covering the empire with a network of railways, a system indispensable to holding it together under military control, or hand- ling its vast forces against foreign aggres- sion. As such railways extend, an enor- mous trade with other countries will neces- sarily extend, much of which must cross the Pacific. Here, then, is an element pro- phesying an early and unlimited expansion of trans-Pacific commerce, and uses for cable telegraphy. Japon the Starting Point. By reason of its great and active enter- prise, as well as of its position in front of Asia on the Pacific, Japan will the start- ing point for Pacific cables, as England is the chief center for Atlantic cables. In our little Honolulu conference on the ith very emphatic reference was made to the sup- posed attitude of the Japanese government in the matter. It was felt to be improbable that they would grant large powers to any foreign company. Certain prominent Ha- ‘aiian officials, who had lately been in Ja- pan, spoke of having learned from an au- thoritative source that the government was likely itself soon to lay a cable across the Pacific, being well known to be of inde- pendent and ambitious spirit. They cer- tainly would grant no concessions to aay foreign corporation, but only to a Japanese company, with Japanese capital. Nor would it be prudent to grant any monopoiy restricting the use of Hawaiian shores against any Japanese cable. Hawaii certainly has a brilliant future in prospect as a great cable ang steamship center in the North Pacific, Inidway be- tween your thriving Pacitic coast, and the enormous and skillful populations of Asia. Much prudence is needed in preparing for this future. Should, as we sanguinely hope, the United States assume the responsibility of so providing by speedily annexing Ha- wail, there will be abundant use for.wise statesmanship in making the best use of our central position, so as to serve as well as dominate over this great commerce. A most serious danger which America cannot too soon obviate is the increasing influx of Japanese, who tend soon to constitute a majority of the population. Annexation will check this, and will at once direct hither that white immigration which one feels to be destined to occupy and possess this important outpost of American civili- zation. As it now stands, awaiting annexa- tion, it hangs in the whether iia- wali shall become Japanese or Ameritan. . KAMEHAMEHA. pe Divorces Wanted. In a suit for divorce filed by Flor- ence Fay Davidson against James Slater Davidson, tion we offer you “All Carpets bought of us are made, laid and lined free. Xmas purchases delivered any time desired. UID ols Seventh Street. | All this is only the beginning of an im- seees lz Xmas Present. Nice boxes of Xmas Candy with all pur- chases of CHILDREN’S SHOES. body else's. Slippers. Men’s — Silk-worked Velvet Slippers.....-.. Men's Fine Black or Tan Leather Slippers. . $1.00 50c. Men’s Hand-sewed Black or Tan hid Romeo Slippers. .... Men’s $2 Chamois- lined Finest Vici Kid Black and Russet Slip- pers, 10 styles........- Ladies’ and Child's Worsted Knit Slippers. Ladies’ Fur-trimmed Fine Beaver and Sat- teen Juliet and Opera Slippers Ladies’ ‘$2. Finest Gray, Brown and Black Felt Juliets reduced to. $1.25 Warm $1.25 $1.50 50c. “Fauntleroy Boys’ $2 Best Brown Goat Bebuckle Leggins.e.- eee eee @cects? “Stretch Your Xmas Gift’ Appropriation” by buying your gifts here Nowhere will you find a better selected stock of “gift” Furniture, such as Gilt Reception Chairs, Banquet Lamps, Rock- ers, Hall Racks, Chamber Suites, Parlor Suites, Dining Room Furniture, Chiffon- iers, Book Cases and Writing Desks. is at your disposal upon payment of a small deposit and the balance in little monthly or weekly : . privilege of Credit is not the only attrac- -for our prices are lower than those quoted by the cash stores: Come in and look around- equally welcome as a visitor or buyer. installments. The IN REDIT (10 Everybody Buying Shoes for Gifts, And it seems as if all Washington and vicinity are buy- ing them of us this season. Jt must be because we have the right styles, qualities and variety—and because peo- ple realize how much lower our prices are than any- Here are some of our lines which are price-worthy \ and make the most appropriate gifts: SSSS See es on credit. It =-you are > ~ USE For Early Shoppers Frm § to MW \ Tuesdey only -Ladic or Men's Sie, Overs | gaiter le = == iE Rubber Footwear Rubber Boots, Best quality only. Children’s. High Button Arcti Ladies’ sizes. ......, Misses" Children’s Best Buckle Artics. Men's size Ladies’ + LS $1.00 Pure Gum Unlined “Marvel” Rubbers. Men's si Ladies’ Be. Ladies’ 50e. Genuine Storm Rubbers. ceneey Legian Ladies’ $1 B.st Bro scoy and getas Ladies’ $2 Best Tan and Black Leather Leggins.. . $1.50 ar 1914 AND 1916 PENNA. AVE. MACHINERY AND ME) The Growth of Machinery as a Means of Replacing the Labor of Men. George Has in Self Culture. Since 1846 machinery has on an enormous scale sypplanted manual labor. The knot- ter of the self-binder completes a round of mech: nism which threatens to make the farmer a man of sedentary habits. If the cotton boll remains unpicked by machinery ft may be because the botanist must first produce a plant maturing all at once in- stead of at successive periods. In supersed- ing the hand the inventor often succeeds by feats far removed from imitation. Mer- ganthaler replaces the typesetter by ar- rangirg matrices from which lines of solid metal are cast Lanston’s machine for a similar purpose exemplifies a noteworthy aim of invention—initlation by means in- volving the slightest exertion possible. An eperator at a keyboard symbolizes a man- vscript as a series of punctures in a strip of paper, the pin-1 free pulses of com- pressed ‘air which actuate the machine. tia tic however, its final form in elt tre wices. A clerk in New York ive on ribbon, which, driven between electrical WM. HAHN & CO’S RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES, 930 and 932 7th St. an eit hn name panne » 233 PENNA. AVE Ss. E. BEAUTY OF -THE CREOLE wom EN. Fairer Than the Lily, With the Dig? nity and Hauteur of the Rose. Ruth McEuery Stuart in Ladies’ Home’ Journal. As you see his face you will know that he (the creole husband or father) realizes that no flower upon the lily-covéred altar is half so fair or so fit for the temple's per- fect adorning as his blooming wife and bud- Ging daughters, who sit in line ‘beside him. If he does not think these things he is a dullard—or, maybe, only half-creole. Per- haps his mother was an American, or Scotch. And then—? Perhaps he would not think them because thex might not be true. They would be other things, other things just as fine and good, no doubt—they might even have rare beauty of a different type— but the creole woman isa flower. She is a magnolia or jasmine—occasionally a came!- lia—or, especially when there is a good warm drop of Spanish blood in her veins, she is a red:-red rose—a rose too sweet to Pass untouched but for her perfect dignity and a piqant hauteur that is as protective as any thcrn upon a rose’s stem. Pi rly speaking, or rather, narrowly speaktin metican, born » the creole is an Ai of French or parents, or of both, and, strictly, id = it grandson of a creole, and some of their families of purest blood could not reach the mother country without going back through three or four American-born generations. ——_ +0 Not Able to Say. From the New York Herald, _ Parke—“How does this Christmas com- pare with last year?” Lane—“How can I tell? It isn’t the ist of the month yet.”