Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1897, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1897-24 PAGES. Qicse daily at 3 p.m. » MOSES Mth ress Factors, Saturdays at 1 p.m. AND SONS. Odd Rolls Of Mattings At Less Than Half Price. This season has been really a won- derful one in our Matting Depart- than Certain ment. Sold more Matting: ever before in our history. lines are beginning to be broken. That means their clearing out must come. There are many “odd” rolls here—only one or two rolls of a pattern. These we are going to let go to quick comers next week at LESS THAN HALF THEIR VALUE. want from 5 to 40 yards. Other Mattings Under Price. 100 yards 3uy any quantity you Chinese Cheek 1t w & SONS. CMPLD ¢ Lansburgh & Bro. $ Read and Profit Thereby. ete $ & There isn't a day that you cannot save money if you need merchandise in your family. Just read our announcement! and you will find that the goods most needed are the goods that you will find reduced in prices. eed Ss a a eS i Se i a te PN AA AMAAMAAMAM MANA AEE LLLP EV Xt[p CoA ESE OE TN SOP ESAREESS Ledoeeetos Children’s Caps Reduced. oh et nog Children’s Caps, made of fine mull with high puffed crown, finished with Val. lace edge, two bands of insertion around face, neatly edged with lace, extra wide strings. Were $1.98 Now............98¢,. Three very handsome Caps made of pink chiffon, silk lined and trimmed with ribbon to match, size 16. Were $5.48. NOW... 525 Rermerrns 65 7 A Corset Bargain. afoot It is so seldom that one pro- cures a bargain in a large siz Corset that we concluded to make an exception by offering the surplus stock of our 5oc. Summer Corsets for 29c., there being but a few small sizes remainit These are made of strong and are heavily boned. 4 net Men’s Department. Se ae eee The season now calls for Neglige Shirts and thin Under- wear. Neglige Shirts. Oar line of $1.00 | the har ing Extremely ‘Thin M: mateh. Light weight Percale, with collars and cuffs to mateh. 1s positively We are show- est In town. mien as, with cuffs to Imperted Madras, with attached col- lars and cuffs. Stout Decatats Cheviets, made with white wristbands and whi F bands. Th ym Shirt y colors, ‘The “birt of many colors, with cuffs to match. Unl.umiered Cleviot or Flannel Shirts, with collars and cuffs attached. the steve ton" $1.00 each of the above for.. Thin Underwear. Le eet se ae A special is a 50c. grade of French Balbriggan, extremely thin, soft, silky finish Shirts and Drawers to match. Spe- cial pric .39c. Sestesgecgeegeeten Is night shopping more con- = venient? We are open until $ 9:30 o'clock tonight. Our z store is kept cool by our patent cooling fans. Sepapetedetetuenitedeitedagntndetededetedngedededndetndeeedetetetntedetndntedetitiiey BRO, 420-422-424-426 7th St. blO Ec a a ae eee engendered Ce ee Re ee Fire-Proof Storage Rooms, $2 Per Month. Safe depocit boxes, $2.50 per year. WASHINGTON SAFE DEFUSIT CO., 916 PA. AVE Open 9 to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays to 5 p.m. elt 3m White Rock Water (ozonate lithia). The ideal stomach water. Giant among _ table waters. Its equal un- known. N. W. Burchell, 1325 F St. The Busy Corner, 8th and Market Space. S. Kann, Sons & Co Our 2d Grand Rebuilciag AND Before-Stock-Taking Sale. We are Showing the Fruits of Our Labor. It’s as plain to be seen as a full moon on a clear night. 7th street entrance, Family Shoe Store ONE PART OF OUR IMI eo ED, AND MONDAY WE BEGIN My Mavoc. Writ tt D LOO WH BE TORS DOWN THE SAME AS EVER, AND G BARGAINS REIGN SUPREME. Ist Floor Rebuilding Values. CHOICE OF 50 NEW AND SELECT STYLI PRETTY NEW COMBINA s PLAIN FI WEeHT JACONET DUCHE peas AN UNLIMITED ASSOIY tr 14 TU 18c. KIND E ‘T SHADES AND MIXTURES HED CRASH. REG! THE SAME 3d FLOOR, To cases Fruit of the Loom Bleached Muslin. Berkeley Yard-wide White Cambric, same Eonsdale 23sec sse ss ees ReGERE Alexandria 42-inch Bleached Pillow Casing... Utica and Androscoggin Bleached Pillow Cases, size 45x finish as Utica Bleached Sheets—everybody knows this brand— size 81xgo... a es ane 9-4 Bleached Mohawk Sheeting—this brand and width selilsirepular for t8es4s4024.008 06 ks Aere case 100 pieces extra fine Dress Ginghams, consisting of silk stripes, lace effects, checks and plaids. 15¢. value....... 40 pieces or more of Genuine Scotch Madras and Ging- hams, 32 inches wide. Choice styles. 25c. value....... 934c. 200 pieces Sea Island and Windsor Percales, full yard wide, in dress and shirt waist styles. Reduced from 124c. to 834c. 5 cases Fast Colored Lawn Remnants. Choice of our en- tire line of 15 decscuuaness Cu 18c. and 25c. Lawn Remnants, prime, showy patterns...... 534¢. Fine Sheer White India Linon Remnants. 12$c. kind... 534c. 25. yard wide warranted feather proof tic ing, remnants. . 5c. These special Rebuilding value can be found on our 3d floor. Two Very Attractive Items In Silks. 45c. - 1234c. 24-INCH PRE INDI. IN ALL THE ‘ . “INCH” RLAC WARP Dt > CHECK 1 ° ° THE oF IAI—THIS SILK HAS, INCH WATERPROOF BL cH OUR STOCK—28-INCH RA WEIGHT, QUALITY A} $1 VALLE ... ° SILK DEPARTMENT IN THE NEW PORTION OF OUR BUILDING, NORTH SIDE OF THE LAST AISLE. Laces aid Embroidery Departments. Centrally Located in the New Addition. CHOICE OF AXY OF CREAM REAL PLAUEN LACE BOLEROS AND PRICE FROM $1.50 TO MUNDAY, $1 for Choice. CHOICE, OF ANY WHITE AND BLACK ALL-SILK CHANTILLY LACES, 5 TO INCH WIDE-RECENT PRICES FROM 25 TO 5c. = SES Choice Monday, 20c. yard. JACK RECENT 2$c. Fine Narrow Cambric Edging, scolloped. Worth........ Sc. 4c. Fine Narrow Cambric Edging, scolloped. Worth........ 7c. 5c. wide, showy Cambric Edging, scolloped. Worth........ Oc. 74c. wide, showy Cambric Edging, scolloped. Worth.... 2c. loc. Fine Swiss Irish Point Edging, scolloped. Worth....... 5c. 12$c. Fine Camb. Edging, scolioped. White Goods Department. 3 special bargains in Fine Sheer White French Organdies. 114c.—33-inch wide. Worth.... 15¢.—33-inch wide. Worth..... 35¢.— 68-inch wide. Worth. 12ige, ONE CASE SATIN AND LACE STRIP Worth -.2%neee oe -- 18c. .. 18¢. Be 72586 18 Linen Department. 200 DO: \ OF FANCY STRIPED FRINGED ChEPE TOWELS-SIZE 18x40—WORTH &e.. Special, 4c. 100 Doz RICTLY ALI-LINEN HEMMED HUCK TOWEL B 2xtt-REG- 7g ULAR 25. é nose Co 10 YARDS OF BIRD'S-EYE DIAVER—20-INCH WIDE-MONDAY FoR . 33¢. in our new addition. We will also introduc new Toilet articl PRICES. BEST TRIPLE EXTRACTS, %OUNCE BOTTLE .. -- 10c. BEST TRIPLE EXTRACTS, 2-0UNCE BOTTLE .. 25c. BEST TRIPLE EXTRACTS, 3-OUNCE BOTTLE BEST TRIPLE EXTRACTS, 4-OUNCE BOTTLE .. 1,000 SHEETS TOILET PAPER, IN ROLL.. INSECT POWDER, GUARANTEED TO KILL EVERY KIND OF INSECT... LOT OF ODD SOAP: ER, TURK. WILD Locust, ERANIUM, CHEREU BLA: RBOLK BOUQUET AND UTTERMILK : Pears’ Unscented Soap. ... Pears’ Scented........ Cuticura Soap... Cosmo Buttermilk. HON] Packer's Tar....... ce -14¢. EXTRA QUALITY TOOTH BRU ASSORTED STYLES .... 10c. LARGE RUBBER DRESSING COMBS. HEAVY ROLL BACKS. LOCATED CENTER AISLE, NEW BUILDING. oerigna Notions. rds Velveteen Binding, black only... Good Nickel Safety Pins, dozen.... 7... : a 36-yard Roll Tape, all widths... ae -10¢. Adamite Full Count Pins. Curl Crimpe Lisle Frill Garter Elastic Silk Frill Garter Elastic. so0o-yard Sewing Cotton. -5¢. dozen. +-12c. yard. + -20¢. Corset Steels... . seccecceue ‘hc coe ncocsiees BEC Best Sewing Necdles........... cosocchee oocacs coasts Agate Buttons, one-gross cards. Zest Linen Thread............ Wavingebmsee ee oa Cabinet Hair Pins, 100 pins in box .......... EFLOCATED IN THE NEW BUILDING NEXT THE FAMILY SHOR a LINING LAWN OUR ENTIRE LINE OF SUMMER LINING L. IN PLAIN, SILK ALL HIGH COLORS—GOODS WHICH WE SOLD AT 12% “AND 15 REDUCED TO...... Z sie +.-4¢. dozen. STORE. AND TAFFETA FINISIT; CENTS A YARD. ree 74. 1 LOT OF EXTRA FINE SOFT FINISH SILK PERCALINE GUARANTEED FAST BLACK A YARD, AS GOOD AS ANDERSON’S, WHICH SELLS FUIt 330C. OUR 47 IN BLACK AND GRAY. 19¢. ALITY FRENCH PERCALINE, SOFT FINISH, IN BLACK AN JUIRE. SPECIAL. REDUCED TO. . oe 2 1OiAc. EB 16-INCH IMPORTED FRENCH HAIR CLOTH, cE WAS 25C. SPECIAL AT. OUR 15€. COLOR YOU Located north side of new building. —————————— SWANN, SONS SCO Sih and Market Space, 71h STREET ENTRANCE THROUGH THE FAMILY SHOE STORE. CITT a VT Magsanetta | Spring Water. | The woiderfdl- curative 2nd health- giving prynerties of the famous Mas. sunetta igi Water especially recom- rend it for iyvalids suffering from Malaria, Nervous Prostration, Diabetes, ete. It’is also a safe and palatable r for well folks. re ic ante for the District, of you as possible ith ‘the excellence and to lefias get ecauainted Of Massanetta Water we're golng to re- duce the Regular pyce of 3oc. gal. for Monday Only to 18c. a gallon. Don’t fail to try a bottle. The small extra charge for bottles is refunded Upon return of same. S. A. Reeves, : Successor to (Reeves, Poole & Co.), Grocer, Coffee Rozster, Baker and Manu- factursr of Figget Confections, 1209 FSt. im F Gffice hours, 8 to “THE MOST DELICIOUS SODA IN THE CITY.” We wint you to say that about onr Soda. We'll do our 1 te. wake all the e« rips we serve. Our ods YS as old as a huge fountain filled with fee can Leep it. ng Water in making It. i Sher re out walking or CFStop in when yor taking a “wheel” ride. Arlington Drug Store, All Trimmed and Untrimmed HATS AND BONNETS. The latest c:eations—most exclusive styles—In exquisite hats and bonnets to Ko at 25 per cent off my usual low prices, /Mrs. C. Stiebel, 1113 G St., y is tunes OF ene MILLINERY. Great Reduction In Hair. ~ Switches, formerly, $5.00, Switeles, formerly" $10.50. Gray Switches, $3.00, formeriy $5.00. Gray Switches, $4. ty $6.50. First-class attendants in Iairdressing, Shampooing, ete. Imperial Halr Regenerator for restoring gray bair. Never fails. Try our “Curlette” for retaining curl. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N.W. apl6-204 Try a: : mple breeze” —fromm an‘electric fan and you'll won- dor how ,you've been able to work along these hot. summers in your office or store without them. Not at all ex- pendve. Ask us questions—or better still —buy a fan—and ‘phone us to turn | ———— on the current. U.S. Eleetric Lighting Co., 2 ne 77. Jy8-200 Dr. Haines’ Golden Specific Cures Drunkenness. 213 14th st. nw. It cap be given WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PATIENT in coffee, tea or articles of food; will effec ‘speedy cure, . amen and whether the patient is a moderate drinker or an alcoholic wrec! Book of bad of B.S, WILLL 2D. H. A. JOHNSTON ton. GOLDEN SPECIFIC CO.., Ohio. C7 Write for their book, Beas,"’ on opium and morphine fe27-s.tuktnl56t Folks Who Will Trave' need EVANS’ Iv Evans’ DrugStore, ee There Is Nothing 7900 Large particulars free, to be & CU., cor. 9th and F sts. 1221°N.J, ave., Washing: Props., Cincinngti, ight in the Dark: abit.” Mailed free. or perfumed. Wholesale and Retail, 938 F st. —nothing too email and nothing too fine for — us to print. Our present success Is due to —— our unwavering palustaking care. Give us a —_ trial. McGILL & WALLACE, Printers, 1107 E st. aplt-2m,7 Pre k for the Trade. The Potomac Electric Power Company 1s now establishing circults for General Electric Supply in all of its recently constructed subways in the city of Washington. For tates apply to ofice, 1417 G st. o.w. Telephone, 1414. USE DR. KILMER’S: ra SWAMP RCOT For the kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passages. Sy3-8,th,3m = FREE FROM ALL CRUDE and Irritating Concentrated medicine only. Carter's Lit- y sinall; very easy to take; no li Try them. ‘A sound mind goes very seldom without a sound digestion, and nothing contributes toward it more than the use of ANGOSTURA BITTERS, the world- renowned appetizer and Invigorator, manufactured only by Dr. J. @. B. Slegert & Sons, For the Summer Bath. From the American Queen. ‘The daily bath should be always taken at exactly the same hour. For summer, in the mornfng immediately on rising or in the afternoon just before twilight are the most propitious times. Never take a bath immediately before eating, and unless di- rected to do so by your physician, never take a hot bath. Never bathe immediately before or after undergoing violent exercise, and remember to dry the body thoroughly if you have time, or not at all if you are in @ vast hurry. Careful persens should make the temper- ature of their;full gb of water about that of the surrounding; air. This is an excel- lent preventive egainst taking cold, and if the bath is,takem after a long, hot jour- ney cr in the. merning after a steepless night, no greajer tpnic.can be found than that of pouring slowly down the back from the base of she neck to the end of the spine a pitcher of truly cold but not icy water. This soothes and stimulates the nerves exquisttely-1It helps to redden the lips and cheeka of pale women, and revives one as a cup Of strong coffee or a glass of sherry. a : In summer bathing beware, however, of lying long in the tub if hot and weary, or of too frequent usq,of cologne. To lie still in fresh water brings about weakness and pallor, while colt dabbled often on the face luce curiéts fine wrinkles. When traveling in summer always try to carry a bottle of pure 1 and a sponge. Es- pecially in making) long journeys by rail sponge off as well as you can with the alcohol when a good tubbing is impossibl and when at sea and sick, take as much an alcohol bath every day as you can. Excessive perspiration can be checked by using borax in the water, dabbing it on the sensitive parts, and letting the air dry off the moisture, or, for very moist hands, @ spoonful of pure alcohol rubbed between the palms with e pinch of bismuth will aid in keeping the skin cool and dry. Or a basin filled with cold water and a spoon- ful of aromatic ammonia, or toflet vinegar, applied gently with a sponge is equally use- ful. But whaiever the bath, its invariable adjunct in summer must be a Httle taleum powder. Violet talcum powder, cooling and fragrant, comes in small boxes with per- forated tops, and those who are sensitive to heat or dust find it most refreshing. —_—_-o+—___ “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers, THE WHITE HAT IN GREECE How It Served as the Inspiration of Revo 1 in Modern Athens, It Has Figured in All Revolutions— Worn by the Hero of the Moment, It Almost Causes an Uprising. Written for The Evening Star by Stephen Crane. (Copyright, 1897, by S. 8. MeClure Co.) A great crowd had gathered in the Place de la Constitution, in front of the royal palace, because it was understood that the editor of one of the Athenian journals was to come and address the populace from a position in front of a well-known cafe. Over the tops of some trees and above a stone terrace reared the quiet dwelling of the king, its windows all heavily curtained es if it-had closed its eyes purposely to this scene in the square below it. The old build- ing was sallow in the glare of the sun. A string of tramcars was forever tooling one way or the other way on the avenue which crossed on the terrace at the middle of the square, and dust from the travel blew white across the face of the palace. The crowd, when they looked up the slant of the plaza, could see a little sentry box, and in it an euzone of the royai guard, framed as a mummy is framed in its case. ‘The editor was late. He was also a dep- uty, and as the chamber was then in ses- sicn, he was supposed to be engaged there. The crowd did not display much impa- tience while awaiting him. For one thing, a swarm of newsboys suddenly came rac- ing around a corner hoarsely shouting as charging savages might shout. They plung- ed headlong into this concentration of their prey, dispensing papers and making change with rap.dity, meanwhi! This on- ught incited the crowd to bestow their terest elsewhere for a certain time, and it came to pass that when the hero of the minute finaily appeared it took rather lonis for the news to reach the Athenians were standing calmly in their pias reading. te had white hair. He was almost ver erable. He had the mobile mouth poet and the glance of surpassing vanity die wore a tall hat, scheme, mold- ed in a curious form. We usually lay the burden of responsibility for th P on the men of 1540, or of any lies far enough behind us. But it was au impressively shaped hat. It was the hat of violence. It was the hat of insurrection. I: proclaimed terror. In New York this hat would foreshadow the cessation of the cable car,the disappearance of the post- man, the ‘subterranean concealment of the cook, the supreme elevation of the price of beer—all the horrors of municipal war. No one could wear this terrible and revolution- ary hat unless he was a deputy of the two miles beyond the extreme edge of the radi- cais. Where this hat of anarchy and in- humanity appears there comes change. If you study the history of the famous revo- lutions, yuu wiil be taught to tremble at this hat. In the black sea of men. this floating hat giowed, glowed with threats. There was at first a great deal of cheer- ing by some twenty men who seemed to be the immediate escort of the white hat. Their enthusiasm was imparted gradually. After a time the welcome was general. A great cry rotied up from the square. It brought people swiftly to the windows of the hotels that fronted on the square. The man in the white hat mounted a smail iron cafe table. It was like a pedes- tal. Suddenly the white hat shone high above the crowd. The journalist and dep- uty was about to begin his speech, when there was a sudden new onslaught of news- Loys, whose yells precluded any chance of his being heard. He was obliged to remain quietly on his little table until these wolves had sated themselves upon the money of the crowd In the sentry box, near the pal- ace steps, was still the immovable and in- different figure of the euzone of the royal guard. In the clear air one could see plain- ly the fissures in the mountain afar off be- hind the palace, and this mountain rear- ing above the sallow dwelling of the king, was beginning to turn faintly purple, a prophecy of cvening. Finally the man His incendiary hat bobbed from the ferocity of his gestures. Why was Greece shamed? Whose fault was it? He would go to the king—-he would speak to the king—now— this instant—and ask him why was Greece shamed? What treacherous’ serpent coiled in the path of Greece? And jet the king answe A mighty roar came from the crowd, or from a part of the crowd. Really, one could never tell how many people were seriously in the thing and how many were there only to see it. And amid these loud acclamations, the hero of the minute was helped down from his table and, escorted by shundreds of his countrymen, began a for- midable march upon the palace of the king. As the throng swarmed out upon the trodden place directly in front of the pal- ace the euzone on guard came out of his sentry box and began to pace deliberately up and down in front of the steps. He did not look at the advancing crowd or heed it in any way. The deputy left his myriad followers and went to the palace door. The euzone, a step above, walked thoughtfully to and fro before them. A murmur arose at the back of the crowd. It was the audible machinery, the temper of the people, revolving and re- volving toward turbulence. The throng was spread out like a wind-shaken lake to this one sentry, who paced slowly before it. Once, the humming of voices in its cres- cendo almost reached the point of action. Then this kilted soldier, this simple child of the hills, darted a look at the.crowd, and this look was so full of scorn, deep and moving scorn, that it must have been felt to the pits of their stomachs. He stooped and picked from the ground a handful of pebbles. He raised his arm, and, still profoufidly deliberate and with supreme disdain, this solitary figure on the palace steps flung the handful of peb- bles straight into the upturned faces of the Athenians. * * . . . . . Meanwhile the hero of the minute was met at the door by an old servitor. In a voice full of dignity and quiet strength the piero of the minute said: “I wish to see the ing.” The old servitor replied to him tran- quilly with this objection: “The king does not receive today.” There was a moment of silence while the peaceful old servitor stood with his hand on _the door. There are few statesmen that have been met on the threshold of an ambitious suc- cess by the cool words: “The king does not receive today.” The hero ef the minute stood irresolute. The servitor stood wait- ing. “O—um,” said the statesman at last. “Well—’ He went away. When the white hat reappeared to the crowd they cheered clamorously. With the same quiet dignity which had marked his bearing throughout the more trying part of the incident, the man of the white hat took his seat in a landau which his admir- ers had brought for him. As he passed through the streets his trooping followers cheered and cheered the victor, and from time to time he modestly lifted in recogni- tion his tall white hat. —_s—__—_ The Unhealthy Bangkok. From the Contemporary Review. An average shade temperature of 85 de- grees during about ten months of the year in Bangkok is accompanied, for at least six or seven of these, by damp so depress- ing that for many hours of each day the grasshopper is a burden and sustained thought almost impossible. The Siamese recognize the drawbacks of their climate, and they seldom attempt to do anything through the hottest hours of the day. The king sleeps through those hours, reviving again about 5 o'clock with the sudden coolness of approaching sunset. Cabinet and court, and, in fact, every Siamese in the land who can do as he pleases, follow the royal example in this; and the cabinet sittings are held through the night. Even the sturdiest Europeans suffer and degenerate if they persistently forget that life in tropical plains must go slower than ote Many a tombstone in the Rarg- cemetery, and some nameless graves in the jungles and swamps of the interior, attest this fact. A low level of vitality so inevitable that the common Siamese ex- cuse for non-appearance ‘Mat sabai” (“not well”) creates no remark and no special interest. The chances are that the excuse is valid; but, whether or no, what does it os? had | In Siam it ts quite normal to be | still, however, HE WAS A BRILLIANT CLERK. A Virginia Mercantile Gentleman Nar- rates a Purely Business Story. The hotel clerk was too busy to go into particulars when the reporter asked him what he knew, but he informed the seeker after the interesting that there was a gen- tleman from Virginia in the bar room who had a fair story to give up if he eects | properly approached. The reporter at once hurried to the front, and, arriving prompt- ly, approached at once a distinguished- lccking person half hidden behind a noble mint julip, towering high over the glass. “Pardon me,” said the reporter, without introduction, “the clerk told me you had a good story for me, and I hav » for it.” ‘Oh, ah, well,” responded the gentleman of the julip, doubtfully, “a Chicago drum- mer in the office awhile ago was telling a story about a miscue clerk of his ac- quaintance, and I told him of a promising bud of business I had once in my store down on the Jeemes river. I keep a gen- eral store there, and this bud, that prom- ised to bloom into seven kinds of a loo 100 flower, came to me from the far end of Prince George county, on the introduc- tion of a friend of mine and his, who s as he wasn't good for anything else, per- haps he might be made handy in a store. I took him, just to be accommodating, of course, and promised to give him a chance to rise. “He was about nineteen years old, and wrote poetry between times, so I put him to sweeping out as a starter. He could sweep well enough, and after a week T put him to doing the chores, and advised him to study the steck when he was resting. “After about six weeks of this kind of training T corcluded he knew enough to take charge of my scrap counter, which was a counter where I put all my old stuff about every sixty days, with the cost of it marked in big figures and with the ad- ditional information to those looking for bargains that there would be 10 off for pash. ‘Trade was lively the morning I put ter, more expe I I noticed several people getting aro his way and getting out again pretty an’t think with what they had bought. I 4 {much about the whys and where ul the young fellow came to me at desk with a suit of clothes in his hand: to ask me to explain something. The suit bore a large white card inscribed with a big black “$x” “*] don't quite understand this,” says he. ‘The other 1 sold were marked $10.7: $1L98, $12 and $12.48, and it w: easy enough to calculate what 10 off wouic be and sell them for T5c., $1.50, $1.98, $2 and x, but I'll be doggoned if I see how you're going to throw $10 off of an §S suit, unless you want to give the customer $2, and I reckon you ain't that liberal, even at the scrap counter, are you?" “It mighty near gave me a spasm, that ‘ores un- the did,” concluded the gentleman, “and’T put another clerk at my discount counter pe ua Ss EJECTED FROM THEIR HOMES. There Tenants Paid No Rent and Were Objectionable. When General Meigs designed and built the pension office building he provided a system of ventilation which appears to be excellent, but which has been lar verted from the purpose for w! intended. Under each of the windows he left_small openings, each the size of a brick, communicating with the interior through an cpening in the inner sill of the | window. The opening in the sill was pro- d with a cover so that the v could be shut off at pleasure. It was culated that the air could enter through the window sill, forming a draught which would carry thé warm air readily out of the ton of the window when lowered. ‘This scheme of ventilation was all very pretty, but the little English sparrow d: covered it, and as it has done with every- thing else it has fotnd cn the American continent since being introduced here twen- ty years ago, it took possession. The spar- row evidently thought that the opening in the wall was made as a snug place for its ne: There are several hundred ot | these little sparrow homes and every one | has a tenant. Between the walls of the building the birds find a snug and war: home, and during the winter they ha their little houses heated to a delightful temperature, while in the summer time they are kept cool and comfortable. There | probably would have been no interference | with the birds in. the possession ‘of their litde homesteads had not many of (hem ted upon laying eges that they did not hatch and which were doomed to a condi- tion well known to unpopular stump speak vrs. The birds had been occupying homes ever since the construction of but finally clerks who had desks near ntilators complained to their chie eral instances they con- fided their suspicion that some of the fellow clerks were bringing limburger cheese sand wi for lunch or that some- thing had been taken sick and ¢ An i tigation resulted in di ne the d sparrow eggs. Now Superin- tendent Barnes has begun a : cleaning out of the ven ing the openings to wire netting. seck their old homes and, finding barred against them, tug away at the wire netting and chirp piteously over their fail- ure to gain an entrance. But the hundreds of little homes they have occupted for many years ure being closed against them, and shortly the landlord will have ejected the last of the tenants who pay no rent and leave lots of dirt on the front of the build- ing. lators, and i: the Every day ——_—_ THE SCHOOL VACATION. Regarded From Different Points of View in the Same Houschold. From the New York Sun. “I find,” sald Mr. Fatherly, “that the school vacation is looked forward to in the household from very distinct and opposite points of view; by the children with de- light, and by the children’s mother with feelings very different from that. The iidren are glad to get out of school and to be free from studies and to have all day long and day after day in which to play. The mother wonders what she is going to do with them all through the long vaca- tion, on days when they are tired of p ing the same thing over and over again, and wher they come to her restless and im- patient and say: ‘What shall I do now?” In a vague sort of way I had always supposed that the school was purely an educational institution, and I suppose now that that is its sole purpose; but I some lime ago discovered that incidentally it is vastly useful to the community in another and very different way. The absence of the children at school gives the mothers at home a charce to do their work, which they would otherwise never get through in the world. “The children are noisy from the mo- ment they get up in the morning, plunging and tearing about the house, quiet, perhaps, at breakfast, or it may be noisy then, and joycusly riotous until it is time to start for school. Instant with their departure a quiet that at first seems strange settles down upon the house. Then is the time when the children’s mother gets in her heavy work; the dusting and the mending, and ne end of household work that couldn't possibly be done when the children were at home. She works away in peaceful quiet, until pretty nearly noon, ard then she be- gins to get ready for the children again, who come home at noon for their luncheon. “There's a jolly, noisy. clatter at the noonday meal, and then they are off again, and quiet reigns in the house once more, till the children come home from school in the afternoon. “In providing schools it may be that it is no pert of the state’s design to give the mothers a chance to do their work, but such, no doubt, is one of the school's actual beneficent results, and this will make it clear how the most loving of mothers may view with conflicting emotions the coming of vacation time.” ——_-+e-+____ Putting a Stamp Upside Down. From Notes and Queries. Folk in general are not nowadays s0 care- ful as they were years ago in the matter of affixing postage stamps to letters and receipt stamps upon biiis, and many never ncte whether the stamps are the right way up or upside down. It was very different, however, before the rush and roar of this half of the century began, for it was next door to a crime, in the eyes of many, to affix a stamp with the queea’s head the wrong way up. Many were not only under the impression that her majesty would “feel offended,” but that if she took the matter up personally, or told officials to act, punishment would follow. There are many people who look with horror upon a postage stamp upside down. [do his own ruling, A RARE SET OF RECORDS Kept Among the Archives of the Treasury in of the Young Republic Were Entered. Among the archives of the Treasury De- partment there is a rare and valuable set of books--rare as a specimen of old-time beokkeeping and valuable for the associa- ticns clustered around them and the rec- ords which they contain. The set consists 0. three books—a ledger, a journal and a blotter or waste book—and is over 120 years old, forming the first link in the chain of the history of this country’s financial deal- ings with its representatives in other lands and those that kept up the government during the trying period of the revolution. Under the Continental Congress and gov. «rnment a board of treasury was provided to have charge of the finances, and soon after its organization the treasurer's office was instituted. This was done April 1, and about two weeks later the first entry was made on the blotter ani the first set of books of the United States Treasury Department was bexun. in ITs, September 2, the present ‘Treasury created, with Hamiltc w York as the United States Alexander the Treasury; Nicholas Eve Carolina, first controller; Oliver Wolcott, 3.. of Connecticut, first’ auditor: Samuel Meredith of Pennsylvania, surer, and Joseph Nourse of Virgin Tr. These P original bureaus of the Treasur: t, but from time to time, begin other offi ef the public added, r old books were continued, however, from the treasurer's office under the board oft into the time of the Treasury but no mention is mace of bd P the tr otic y the th ot Its Part in The blotter shows from the headings at the top of various Pages how the Conti- nental Congress and cons quently the gov- ernment of the republic w: move about from place to place, and in a number of instances the books were saved from British hands by the merest ch ae books were kept in Philade the compelled to . ‘a at close of the revolution until N00 and re then brought to Washington, where the government The first entry on April 16, 17; Was moved at that time. made in the bi and this is the at of entry, of course, in both and ledger. It is an item of ceriain moneys paid to James Warren, paymaster gencral of the United States army. In the ledger and journal the writing is beautifully done, while the paper and ink are remarkably ‘rved. The paper had no lines on bookkeeper was compelled to but his work bears a inspection and would for ma- ruling. Nearly all the prominent men of the period of the revolution are mention- ed in both ledger and journal, and many interesting items are to be found opposite their names. One highly interesting enury is that of the lottery conducted by the United States government in 1791. The ledger and journal have both been recentiy rebound and to all outside appearances are current books. ig inci The blotter, or waste book, is, of course, much more interesting than’ the other books in the set on account of the details which are set forth. The writing in it is not nearly as good as that of the journal and ledger, but it is legible, and, as in the other books, remarkably well preserved. Washingt Accounts, George Washington's accounts are all en- tered in due shape and are always items of moneys paid on his demand. Washing- ton would not receive a stated salary at first for his services to the government, but said that he would submit from time to time, as occasion might arise, his sta ment of expenses, for vbich he felt: sur the government would reimburse him, and these entries are the demands which ‘were ade by him during the revolutionary war. of the first instances of Public educa- or rather education at government is found in this book under an $000 paid to Dr. Wheelock, the founder of Dartrrouth Coll for the education of certain Indian youths at his institution, Benjamin Harrison, nifather of ex-President; Ephraim Blaine, the grandfather of the jate James G. M Koscioske, Jonathan bull, from whom, it “Brother Jonathan nold; Count Pul and, in 1 all the makers of American histor, time, sre m oned. quent « Agi responded the board of war. to the board of treas which seems upplying the board of war n, weapons and supplies of war, though for what reason such a bu- reau snould have had charge of this busi- Ness 1S net now app Entries in favor my are frequent, is almost possible 1 the fortunes of the patriots in the entries made. Old-Time Entries. Another book that is interesting ana which, while not in the set, forms a part of the co.lection at the Treasury Depart- ment, is what is called, “A Journal of Casn, for the Commission at the Court of France. It contains a full account of the expenses of the commission that went to France to solicit aid for the young republic, and some of its items are not only interesting, but rather humorous. The first entry” was made in favor of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, December 7, 1776, and was to defray his traveling expenses. An interesting fact as shown by this book is that all the mem- bers of the ccmmission were very fond of wine, not the ordinary brands, but of cham- pagne and burgundy, and ‘some entries record as high as eighty cases of each variety charged to the government. Some of the accounts on which money was paid were trivial, while others were of more moment. Linen, wood,“chariots,” servants’ hire, lanterns, lodgings, trunks, table ware, wine, snuff boxes and a hundred and one other things were charged up to the gov- ernment urd the money refunded for them upon the return of the commission to this ccuntry. Indeed, some cf the members were sent letters of credit, reimbursing them in France for their expenditures. The whole amount of the cost of maintaining the com- mission at the court of France is not given, but it must have been a pretty sum. Wellington Did Not See Napoleon. From the London Spectator. There are some interesting stories in the recently published reminiscences of Mr. Corbould, the drawing master to Queen Victoria’s children. Here 1s one of them: “On reaching the palace one morning the Priace of Wales showed me a drawing he had just finished. Napoleon was depicted on horseback, leveling a pistol at the. Duke of Wellington, who was advancing to cut down his great cnemy. While I was look- ing at the drawing, who should come in but the duke himself! ‘Why, the very man who can best criticise my drawing! cried the prince. “Now, can you tell me who that is on the left?’ he went on, presenting the the secret committe hed charge of sketch to the duke. “Well, replied the lat- ter, deliberately, ‘judging from the waist- coat and the cocked hat, I should say it was meant for Napoleon.’ ‘Right,’ said the prince. ‘And who is the other figure?” “By the cut of the jib,’ returned the duke, calmly, ‘I should say it was myself.’ “Right again. Well, now, is the drawing accur- duke pal dows ter ahr ‘ana th rose, pu’ lown us impressively addressed