Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1897, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1897—12 PAGES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. MONDAY. and ment Family Circulat! Buen! more than the combined efr- Jom of the other Washington Gaities. An a News and Advertising Med: it has mo competitor. €7 Im order to count of pers: baence, THE STAR should not be a to any individeal connected wi office, but simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial er Business Depart- — according to tenor or purpose. That Speaker Reed rendered cheracteris- tic and effective service in the fight just closed against the Sugar Trust is of course true. He is not the sort of man to shirk a duty, or to neglect to improve a patriotic opportunity. It was an easy matter to place him the very moment the fight be- gan, and to predict that he would not strike his colors while it lasted. But he Is also the sort of°man desirous of having the country remember and appreciate the full value of the services of the House con- ferees in the contest. They are all strong men, and they stood to their guns without flinching. They realized that they bad their party’s good name and the country’s ‘elfare in their keeping, and they have emerged from the struggle with every right to feel satisfied with their conduct and with the result. Nor is the Senate without title to some praise in the premises. Hampered, as it was, by the lack of a sufficient party vote to support a distinct party obligation and Tesponsibility, and by an altogether un- looked-for performance on the part of the subcommittee to whom it had com- mitted the tariff bill, it yet resisted the ex- treme demands of the Sugar Trust in de- bate, and finally, indirectly, while the bill was in conference, made it known to its conferees that the Sugar Trust should not be the object of their pet protection and solicitude. : But personal honors and personal discom- fitures are of not so much moment as 1s the fact that the Sugar Trust in this mat- ter has been defeated. Its arrogance has been rebuked. Its representatives have 1ot had their way. They have been met on every hand with the stoutest opposition, and have not only lost the fight, but with it a good deal of personal prestige. The representatives of the people, on the other hand, have had their course widely and highly approved. The responses from all over the country, by letter, by telegram, by newspaper leader, by every form an in- dorsement might take, have shown that the country thoroughly indorsed the issue, and was stanchly behind those who were resisting the Trust. The present Congress, therefore, is one the Sugar Trust may not hope to control. And the reflection is all the more comfort- ing for the reason that in the fight against the annexation of the Hawailan Isiands, and in that against doing justice to Cuba, the Trust has been counted, and still con- siders itself, an important factor. But, al- though so deeply scotched, the Trust will still bear watching. —__-+ ¢ #—_-___ The Miners’ Strike. ‘The coal miners’ strike has assumed a peculiar phase that contradicts the funda- mental principles in such matters. The Pittsburg mine owners and operators are new declaring that if the West Virginia miners do not join the strikers they wil! urdertake to open their works, ever if they have to employ non-union men and run the risks of trouble. The fact that the West Virginia miners as a class have up to a few hours ago refrained from joining the ranks of the strikers has reflected seriously upon the Peansylvania operators. They have found that the demand for bituminous coal is being at least partially supptieu from West Virginia and they realize that as long as this condition prevails they wil! © little share In the rush of busines certain to come after the mines have beeu reopened. Therefore these Pittsburg oper- acors are hoping tnat the strike will become general, ciosug the West Virginia mines and avsoiuteiy ending the outpat of coal. Then all branches of the business will be} on the same tooting. This will force a set- tlement ana will oring about the resump- tivn of operations much sconer than thougn @ large secuon of mines were working steaauy. Meanwhile some of the West Vir- Suuans have tarown aown their tools and Ine prospect is tuat otuers will follow. The pent of immeuiate danger is now in that State, yet thus far te estimates of the leagers as to the number of men who wouie dein tne strike have not nearly been reached. At 18 evident that the Peansyivama opera- ters wil not do anytung to prevent the Test of these men irom going out and it may be that when once tne news of the situauon in and about Fittsburg has reach- ea West Virgimia a material change will result there. ———_++e—____ The Mighty Shock. The collision between the omnipotent Stgar Trust and the imperturbable Tom Heed has been watcned with interest as ca.culated to throw some lignt on the oid prcbiem what would happen if an irresist- able force should meet an immovable body. Tne smoke as it bis from the combat Slows Keed still there, but the Sugar ‘Trust is rot im sight. it may have gone uff on a Micawber rebourd to be heard from later, or it ma_ be that its claims to omnipotence are not entirely weil founded. 4t remains to be seen waether the Trust is knocked Out entirely, or will be able to come to time for another round. soe Some London editors show a disposition to make the absence of a few mild syno- hyms a pretext for disregarding the accu- Sauons which this country has brought against the English government. eo ___ The Next Step Toward Rapid Transit. ‘he sutirission by Ccmmissioner Black of @ report adverse to the adoption of com- Pressed alr is a motive power by the Eck- ington and Beit raiircads brings forward the question of what steps will next be taken by these corporations. The law! the case is plain. As amended to date it requires “that if said compressed air motive pewer shall not be adopted on or before July 1, 17, then said raiiway companies shall, within one year from July 1, 1897, equip the respective lines in the city of Washington with an underground electric system.” Thus there ts now practically a year, the length of time anticipated by the lew, in which the compantes can accept the alternative presented by the statutes. At is ample tor the purposes provided the requisite degree of diligence and enterprise is shown. If, however, such diligence be fot shown and the roads should remain July 1 next in their present condition, or if, to the same effect, no work should be done whatever on the rapid transit project, the law provides a penalty of $100 a day for €ach road for each day the completion of the equipment is delayed. Thus the com- panies face an aggregate penalty of $200 a @ay, or $6,000 a month, or $73,000 a year, if they do not now intend to go ahead hon- estly and endeavor to comply with the Statutes as they are written, Ordinarily this prospect would serve @n incentive to action, but the history of ‘these corporations does not warrant suca @n assumption. The public faith in them has been so shaken that {t is anticipated that they will make another effort to se- eure legislation from Congress saving them from this obligation. It is remembered that the act approved April 30, 1990, required the Eckington road to cease to use the overhead trolley within the city lmits July 1, 1893, thus giving that road three years and two months In which to provide some other means of rapid transit on its New York avenue branch. Not a stroke was done to this end, and at the eleventh hour the company went to Congress and besought an extension of the time, plead- ing poverty and other excuses, and Feb- Tuary 13, 188, the trolley period was lengthened to July 1, 1895, giving the road two years additional, or twenty-eight and one-half months from the date of the law. As this period approached an end, or in the winter of 1895, the company again made {ts poverty plea to Congress, seeking a further extension, but this time the plea was ignored, and no legislation was granted. The poles and wires within the city were removed only after a bitter fight between the Commisstoners and the com- Pany officials. Subsequent appeals for legts- lation and acts of administration by the companies have followed the same course of procrastination and defiance of the law. The act of June 10, 1896, was totally ignored and its emendment of February 3 tas been complied with only in part and that part most begrudgingly. Thus it is In order to suspect that next winter—no work having been done mean- while toward a compllance with the stat- utes—these companies will go before Con- gress with a long recital of grievances and ¥oes, pleading poverty again, narrating the insistence of the public and the authorities for a decent system of rapid transit, and asking for more time, say a year. This plea will be so timed that there will prac- tically be no opportunity left for the roads to comply with the law requiring an un- derground equipment even if the utmost enterprise were shown. Previous appeals have beer thus managed and it is to be ex- pected that this one will follow the same line of supposed diplomacy. But {f Congress should decide to remain true to its no-trolley principles and should decline to grant any further privileges to these already greatly favored corporations the penalties provided by the act of Febru- ary 3 last will remain. They cannot be en- ferced, however, until after the expiration of the year granted, on July 1, 1898. It will rest with the’ Commissioners to collect the fires in court and judging from all previous records the necessary steps will be taken from time to time as the penalties accrue with a faithful regularity that will soon convince the companies that it is cheaper in the end to meet the public needs and the law’s requirement than to sulk and seek in possible things. —_———_se+o—_—_—— Good Times Heturning. A new tariff law will be in operation within a very few days now, and Congress will have adjourned. Business will then be able confidently to adjust itself to the new schedules, and a period of prosperity ought gradually and substantially to set in. Why not? The crops in no recent year were ever so promising as they are today. Reports from every section of the country show this. The yield of both corn and wheat will be abundant. The fruit crop is simply enor- mous. In the state of Missouri the people have never known anything to equal it. Their fruit crop overshadows in both size and value their other crops. The southern states, despite the ¢ strous floods exper- ienced last spring, will produce a large yield of cotton. Prices are good, and, what is better, are still rising. Wheat brings a paying figure again, and cotton is a profit- able investment both for the planter and for the factor. Business has for some time been improy- ing. The sliver shouters, for partisan ends, have made a jest of this claim, but it is true. It does not rest upon the assertion of politicians answering the silver men, but upon reports of business men themselves, 4nd upon the observations of experienced travelers familiar with the country and good judges of business appearances and conditions. These men note a material change for the better, and are convinced that with an assured revenue sufficient for of the support the government, and so jevied as to stimulate industries, complete business confidence is reasonably certain to return and,bring back good times again. Is it not better to put faith in prognos- tications from these sources, than in those from sources controliel by politics as a business? The men who have undertaken to force this country to a silver basis are not to be expected to concede either that Umes are better, or that they can be better short of the adoption of their financial policy. They are not on the lookout for prosperity. ‘They wouldn't know it if they were to meet it In the road with a tag on it. They are bears in the poliiical market. They are engaged in a concerted effort to depress values and becloud the popular judgment. And what is to be noted to their discredit, some of them are growing rich from the undertaking. But good times are coming, and they can- not be retarded by pessimists, by salaried spellbinders, or any other agencies of pro- tessional agitation. —. - + +e _____ Andree’s Balloon Voynge. Andree has at last set forth on his long- delayed balloon voyage in search of the Nérth Pole, It is now announced that he cast off the moorings of his air-ship July 1, and there is every reason to believe tbat if the winds that prevailed over Spitz- bergen at the time he ascended continues for many hours in the same direction this dar- ing man has by this time achieved hig object or else has failed beyond redemption. In many respects this is the boldest effort to reach the pole ever projected, for tae expedition once started there is only a small percentage of chance of the voyagers returning alive. Nansen’s experiment was eminently daring, but even that can not be compared for a courageous deflance of al- most certain death with Andree’s scheme. Andree can not hope to maintain existence for as many weeks as the months of Nan- sen’s stay in the frozen regions. The lat- ter had his ship beneath him most of the time, with all the comparative comforts of such a shelter. Andree’s expectations to reach home again, if he should be so for- tunate as to cross the Polar sea in safety and come down on something solid on the other side, rest wholly upon his chance of teaching the vicinity of a settlement in which he can secure aid and shelter for a season. ————_+ > ___ Mr. Croker has failed to convince several people that racing horses on the same track with the Prince of Wales neces- sarily adds to a man’s qualifications for running a campaign for Tammany. English Diplomacy. What right has England to lecture on the subject of the amenities in diplomatic ccrrespondence? Does she ever observe them except toward nations powerful enough and in position to resent a state- ment made with too much directness? Has she not always ignored them toward small nations, and large nations in periods of their embarrassment? ‘Take the Trent e@ffair: The United States was torn with civil war. Europe believed, and England hoped, that the Union was on the point of dissolution. England seized the Trent affair for the purpose of hasten- ing the catastrophe. Her premier drew, and his cabinet approved, a dispatch so insulting in tone that war would inevitably have followed its receipt at this capital. Full as his hands already were of domestic troubles, Mr. Lincoln would yet have been obliged to resent such a communication. It was the Queen who softened the tone of the deliverance, and made it possible for this government to comply with the de- mand with self respect. Very appro- priately, the President, in his jubilee letter to the Queen, referred to this gracious act of hers. But it was her own act, and not that of the statesmen responsible for the diplomacy of the reatm. Take Lord Beaconsfield’s dispatch at the time of the close of the Turko-Russian war, when he was arranging that spectac- ular maneuver which culminated in the Berlin conference. Russia, England’s old eremy, had triumphed over Turkey, but she was in no condition or position to en- gage a fresh antagonist. Lord Beacons- field knew this, and in stopping Russta Practically at the gates of Constantinopie, he employed some pretty sharp language. ‘Then, when he got to Berlin, he conducted his case with an arrogance of tone and manner which the Russians have never forgotten. Toward small powers England has never held but one tone, and that an offénsive one. She has never taken the trouble to conceal her contempt for a little fellow. In the Corinto matter she sent a sharp mes- sage, and followed that with a warship and a demand for “smart money.” Ven- ezuela had to break off diplomatic relations with her owing to her offensiveness in the matter of the boundary dispute, and if the United States had not interfered, English warships would in time have appeared off the coast of that country. Mr. Chamber- lain’s communications to President Kruger in the Transvaal affair carry in places the tone of an impatient chief toward a stub- torn understrapper. So far as the diplomatic correspondense of this government is concerned, it has al- ways been conducted in what may be de- seribed as a purely democratic form. It bas néver been tricked out with the frills of an elaborate or insincere civility. Mas- ter minds like those of Clay, Webster, Marcy, Fisk and Blaine never accepted the European definition of diplomacy. They never tried to hide a thing under a stilted ceremonial, or in a labyrinth of meaning- less phraseology. In their diplomatic cor- respondence they were always direct and Straightforward, and never, when stating @ case, beat about the bush or left their real meaning in doubt. Those English edi- ters who are so much exercised over Mr. Sherman's letter ought to refresh their minds with a little American history. A society report says that Liliuokalant, the coffee-colored ex-monarchess, intends to spend a part of the summer at New- port, where she will entertain on a large scale and mingle only with the cream of that swell resort. On the social menu this will probably be put down as cafe-au-lait. —_~+-____ It was no more than prudent for the Sugar Trust to gemand enough to enable it to assume an expression of disappoin ment at the final decision on the schedule. _ OOo The weck opened with only one hundred and ninety-four mey at work on the post office building, striving to justify the in- scription on the north wall. SHOOTING STARS, The Sole Test. “Is this latest pacification genuine?” asked one Spanish official. “Certainly it is,” replied the other. “ recognize the handwriting.” An Enviable Trait. We pity all dumb antmals— Yet they're the only ones who seem Exempt from boring people by Remarks with “weather” as the theme. An Advantage. “I envy her her complexion,” said Maud. “But she freckles and tans so easil re- plied Mamie. “That's just it. She can go to the sea- shore for a few days, and at the end of the season, and look exactly as If she had been away all summer.” Preparing for a Duliness. “Dou you think the Japanese will really cause any difficulty?” asked one editor. “No,” replied the other. “And the strikes are likely to be settled before long. “Yeu. “And the war in Cuba won't develop much that is new." I hardly think s “And Congress is sure to adjourn quite soon.”" “Undoubtedly.”* “Well,” was the rejoinder, with a sigh, “I Suppose we may as well go ahead and send a few men out to see sea-serpents.” To Be Congratulated. “Yes,” said the man from the west, “he was very lucky. He went to a newly dis- covered gold country, and in less than three weeks came home with a thousand dollars!" “That paid him well for his time.” “N-no. I won't go so far as to say that. You see, he had the thousand dollars when he started. But he was mighty fortunate to be able to hold onto it.” A Thought From the Laundry. When “humidity” enfolds us And the air is close and hot, It is, while you are a-wishing, Just as well to wish a lot. As the earth through space ts rushing, Let us hope that we will meet Something, in the boundless distance, That will counteract the heat. There, where up-to-date and lavish The electric light appears, And the untverse’s organ Plays the music of the spheres, Let us hope we'll meet a wringer, Infinite in squeezing powers, That will swiftly take the moisture From this atmosphere of ours! Ridiculous Mrs. Spofford. From the Philadelphia Prees. Nothing 1s quite so ridiculous as the at- tempt of Harriet Prescott Spofford to whitewash Lilluokalani and make her a paragon of social and political virtues. The ex-queen’s record, which is on file officially, as it were, and her charactcr, which shines rather duskily in the reports of Blount and Willis, had better be let alone. —— +e. Senator Aldrich’s Position. Washington Corr. New York Press, Personally, the Rhode Island senator is one of the purest, as he is one of the most popular men in public life. He was in- fluenced not by any improper motives, but unconsciously by the associations of a suc- cessful business career. He happens to be President of the surface railroad system of Providence, R. nd it also nappens that the controlling stockholders of the system are also leading members of the Sugar Trust. It would hardly be possible for a man placed as he is not to have great respect for the business judgment of his «s- sociates upon a subject in which thelr ex- pert knowledge ought to go further than the knowledge of anybody else. And so the Rhode Island senator, almost without thinking, brought his private inclinations into his decision of a great public question. ———~+-+___ Not Quite So Chipper. From the New York Journal. Mr. Havemeyer is not feeling quite so chipper since the House sugar schedule toppled over on him. ——s+o—_—___. Speaker Reed on Deck. | From the New York Press. Speaker Reed, backed by the honest, ir- resistible public opinion of the country, has triumphed and the sugar-coated senators have yielded. ————~+2____ Strikes » Sign of Good Times From the San Francisco Chronicle, Labor rarely strikes on a falling market. It is when prices begin to go up that the workingman demands more pay. 1a11 F Street, Where “Quality” Rules. a eee eee Ladies’ Tourist Shoes, $2.25 & $2.50 Ss of best russet Leather—beary soles and uppers—for mountains and sea- shore. Will withstand tramping through the woods end over rocks. And withal they're neat-looking and con:fortable. Only $2.25 and $2.50. HOOVER & SNYDER, 1211 F St., Fashionable Boots & Store t for Ladies, Men & Children. ne ae —_e 4 YOU NEED NOT WASH YOUR DOG OR CAT —every day. Sprinkle your pets with Thompson’s In- sect Powder: That KILLS fleas—and all other insects that might trouble animals. 10, 15, 25 and 50c. can. W. S. THOMPSON, Pharmacist, 703 15th St. Jy19-28d F a We've Reduced The Straw Hats. Reduced the finer Straws as well as the medium grades. Reduced Men's and Ladies" ell as those for Children. As un nd 3 LADIES’ salons easel amd Serge Suits re- je Suits reduced 25 per _ EF an. -bearing Bicycle Shoes, $2.50, $3 and $3.50. i. Stinemetz <.., HATTERS and FURRIERS, 1237 PA, AVE. Jy19-m,w,£,20 weuereerererrrey) “is a plenty” to pay for a good Trunk, and it is all we are f $8. "$8. "$8. $8. $8. asking for our big 7 @ £ ; Dress Trunk. Two trays and cloth lined throughout. A splendid traveler, for it is steel trimmed and riveted. Have you noticed ‘Those geuuine Alligator, Oxford find Club Satchels we are offering now at . $4.50. Leather lined, Hit trhnmed. Bvery- ‘They're bargains. with pocket. Gi! thing for trave : TOPHAM’S, $ Trunk and Leather Goods Manufactory, 4 1231 and 1233 Penna. Ave. ACTORY, 1218 and 1220 E st. n.w. 4 airing of Trunks, end Bago well and “cheaply done. Jy19 The Eddy Refrigerator has no equal, $5 50 up. The Season for Preserving at hand. We have al) THE BEST of Fruit Jars, Jeily Tumblers, etc, at remarkably low price $3 PORCELAIN-LINED JARS, pis., S$ PORCELAIN-LINED JARS, ats., PORCELAIN-LINED JARS, %- $1.25 ‘G FRUIT JARS, aqts., $1.40 ITNING FRUIT JARS, Ygals., $1.75 Boe. M. doz ASt dozen, COVERED JELLY TUMBLERS, 25e. doz. up. w.Beveridge Pottery, Porcelain, Glass, &c., 1215 F St. & 1214 G St. : One-Day Snap Shots. —Running low on Chocolate and Breakfast Cocoa? Chance tomorrow to renew your supply way under the naval cost. ; Genuine Baker We wus Chocolate at =». #¥ 4 cts. 29c. Ib. Baker’s Break- we umaiy ese XXRXKRK ARK EXAM RRR EKER RRR KS ‘Successor to _(Resxes, Poole & Co.), Baker and Manu- |? of Finest Cont jections, 1209 F'St. rans fi PERK (SKS NRRERER RERERE REESE fast Cocoa at 2m ff 19c. can. OC |x! : You know the worth of Baker's |*| *) te and Baker's Breakfast ie Cocoa. None with a ¢| for excellence. It *| sav! for rs to trade |e |e] with | : I : S. A. Reeves, q You won’t suffer fo mach With Heat 23 705 re oe a jfabon Wf nee 614 14 ST-PHONE 998. fore fy19-204 An Active Brain —and an acheless head follow in the wake of WIER’S LEMON SELTZER. Pleas- ant to take—quickly effective. At all druggists—1oc., 25c. and 50c. jy19-20d 7:45 a.m. to § p.m.; Saturdays, 7:45 to 1. Summer Requisites For go-aways and _stay-at-homes. We are showing hosts of things for personal and household uses espe- cially désigned to offset the discom- forts of hot weather—Thin Clothing, Awnings, Mosquito Canopies, Porch Screens, Door and Window Screens, Hammocks, Refrigerators, Water Coolers and a whole newspaper page of articles that assure a full measure of hot weather comfort. Also con- veniences for camp life and cottage, athletic and sporting goods, fisher- men’s outfits and bicyclers’ wear. Many things bear reduced prices; all are extraordinarily low. Men’s Dept. Tomorrow, Special Sale of Negligee Shirts Under Price. A manufacturer's balance of stock of fine Percale Negligee Shirts, with white neck and wristbands and pearl buttons—all neat designs—a very special value. 50c. Each. Usually, 75c. to $1.00. In addition we offer a line of Boys’ Negligee Shirts, Laundered, with collar and cuffs at- tached-an exceptionally good value. 50c. Each. First floor. Women’s Suit Dept. Flannel Bathing Suits, all wool, each. Bathing Hats and Caps, each Crash Separate Skirts, each Rest White Pique Skirts, each. Serge and Mohair Skirts, each. Fhw Percale Shirt Wafsts, ea Fine White Lawn Waists, each French Pique Waists, cac ine China Silk Waists (unlined), ea Black Lawn Waists (extra fine), eacl Black Sateen Waists (extra fine), eac Fine Organdie Waist: ch. Fine Lawn Wrappers, each. Third floor. Druggists’ s Sundries Dept. W. & L. Lavender Salts, per bot. Java tice Powder, per box Cucumber and Almond Cream, per bot Mme. Dupont’s Almond Meal, per pkg. W. & L. Florida Water, bot. Woodland Violet Talcum, box. English Bristle Hatr Brushes, e: English Bristle Tooth Brushes, eac! English Bristle Clothes Brushes, ea. English Bristle Nail Brushes, each Bath Brushes, long handle, each. Bath Brushes, with strap, each. First floor. Jewelry Department. Sterling Silver Shirt Waist Sets, ea Silver Hat Pins, cach. cr Hat Brushes, eac Silver Shue Horns, each Silver Button Hooks, each Sterling Silver Files, each. Sterling 8 Silver Pencils, each... is Silver Salve Boxes, each s Silver Tooth Powder Boxes, each Shell Side Combs, pair First Floor Art Needlework Dept. Stamped Linen Centerpieces, each. ‘Tinted Pillow Covers, each. Linen Stocking Bass, stamped, eac! Damask Centerpieces, fringed, eaci Linen Towels, stamped initials, each. Stamped Denim Paper Racks, cach. Stamped Linen Pillow Covers, each Commenced Centerpieces, with silks for faish- ing, cach.............. ++ -$1.73 to $3.00 All the proper materials for working the above. ‘We'll be pleased to make suggestions as to how to bring them out nest effectively—show you If neces- sary. First ‘fioor. Traveling Goods Dept. Canvas-covered Trunks, steel clamps, sheet-iron bottom, brass lock, deep tray. 30-inch, each. 32-inch, each. $2. W. & L. Special Dress Trunks—unequaled at the prices. 38-inch, eae! 40-inch, each. -$11. W. & L. Special Steamer Trunks, as cover, best steel clamps, strap binges, sbeet-iroa bottom, hard-wood stays, cloth Muing, best Excelsior lock and lock bolts. 23-Inch, 30-Inch, each. each, Canvas Telescopes, each. A strong Strap free with each Trumk. ‘Trunks marked free. ‘Third floor. Outing Goods Dept. Excelsior Woven Hammocks, cach. Base Balls, each. . Base Ball Bats, each. $8-ball Croquet Sets, each. Bamboo Fishing Rods, each. Double Saood Hooks, doz. Chtldren’s Temnis Rackets, each. ‘Sall Boats, each. ‘Turd floor. tee e ees $1.00 Housefurnishing Dept. “Jan's” Patent Toaster, for gas stores, each. .35c. Lemonade Straws, per bundle. Ice Cream Dishers, each Iced Tea Shakers, each. . ‘One-burner Gas Stoves, exch. Covered Tan Exd Gas Tubing, per foot Glass Lemon Squeczers each. . Be. 2-quart White-lined Preserving sf Fruit Jar Fillers, cach............ Be. Best Electric Hoop Cedar Tubs, each. 500. Wood Fiber Water Pails, each. -2Be. 4-gal. Garbage Pails, with cover... Be. Galvanized Refrigerator Drip Pans, each... -. 30, Wooden Clothes Pins, per doz...... ‘. Raspberiy Vinegar, per large bottle. +Be. Pare Fralt Syrups, per large bottle. 1250. Best Imported Lime Juice, per lange bottle... .25¢. Best Imported Ginger Ale, per 2 bottles.......25e. Woodward Lothrop, toth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. | Will . Any Woman Miss This? It ts like finding money day Paratture at one present clearing-aale Deicos! Every department of our im ta being tof all Rockers, Hat Backs, Book Casea, Parior Suites, Carpets and Mattines. and on Credit! While they last we shall sell 50 Solid Oak Combination Chairs for the Uttle folks—at the ridiculous price of $1.50 cach, | They cannot be bousht car load lots St this price, Cash Bovses sell thea ‘Sor 83. Bicycles sold on the smallest monthly pasments, ever known —and opt tn reir one ear one year FI (QROCAN'S AMMOTH CRED Hoge 7 _ Between H and I Sts. $ 2) (OLAIRIX 3 ne hie BGo$ NEW la STORE. WHITE GOODS. ‘There are cheap, trashy White Goofs on tke marker, Det we don't Wendie them et all. Don’t pay to make them = and we don’t believe you want them. ‘hese are the lowest prices high-grade qualities cam possibly be sold: 4 White 1 21 Pique, AC. More qualities of ee than you'll find anywhere; » narrow and broad welts, rarnging from ‘the above price to S0c. per Linas, 10c Linons, ° Big line of better at 12%, 15, 20, 25 and White French Organdies, 25c. Others at 37%, 50, @& and 75e. Persian 2 5 Cc ° Organdies, This fills a long-felt want, being a weight between an organdy and India linon. Will Iourder beautifully. Black India Linon, 2c. her .gualities. of f India Persian Lawns, 20c. Qt Uttle Detter qualities, 25, 30 and ARK 3 Ge thie BGe’ iad canal Sy19-754 SECOCO POE S SSE OSE SESS SES SOD EF Imported Steamer Ro: 15 snd Coen? 2Protect Your Horse sand Save Shoeing. LEATHER > $1.75. EAR NETS, 50c. FLY SUEETS, $1. 53 TT Solid Leather Dress Sult Cases, ‘BECKER'S, FINE HARNESS, TRUNKS, aes 1328 F St., otis” E7Steel-bound Steamer Truuks, ETc. POPLSO OT 90S 90800 iG >e: —— - t May ve 4 Consolidation Gate. 10% Off All Groceries, Table Delicacies, Wines, Cigars, etc., in this store. We'll consolidate our two stores just as soon as this stock is sold. 10 per cent discount ought to make selling brisk. Magruder&Co. 1417 N. Y. Avenue. A Word To Mothers. | TEETHING Is the cause of most of infant ills. How many cam be traced to It? Fevers, in- flammatioan of the brain, fits. diarrhoea, are often treated unsuccessfully because teething is met recognized as the cause. Intelligent dentists should be consulted oa such occasions. Evans’ Dental Parlors, 1309 F St. N. W. SULPHO-NAPTHOL-- The Best Disinfectant. Arlington Dru Store Cor. —y ne AHS: ame” ting, new, pat- terns, - aud = 15e. . To be clos- ed oat at Se. yd.—as « Price. er. find St = Seldanbyegi “the dependable store.” ; The second week of the dependable store’s reduction season began to- day, And had not the lowering clouds in- terfered would have been the busiest day since the price cutting started <4 We trust that you clearly under- stand that we are cutting the mo desirable merchandise in the house~ the wantable styles and desirable qualities. We call your attention particularly to this point because there’s a wholesale slaughter going on about town of undesirable and un reliable merchandise, such as “the dependable store” hasn't to offer you —and won't have. 25c. ribbons, 16c. Here is a cut in one of the most desirable grades and styles of rib bon worn—a 3}-inch high-grade French taffeta ribbon—in all colors and the 25c. sort—for a day, 16c.~ yard. Sev. th street store, 85 $1 wrappers, 65c. And in the eighty-five there is abundant variety and all sizes. The ry are of figured lawn, lined to the w aist, wide skirts, belted Watteau back, and they were a dollar and were a bar- gain at that. Your choice of the 85 for 65 cents. 80 $1.75 wrappers, $1.19. Another lot of eighty—of fine India linon, made with yoke back ~ with ruffle edged with lace, skirts made with deep hems, sold readilf enough at $1.75—your choice now for $1.19. cond tloor—elevator. 653 $1 shirt waists, 50c. Tomorrow morning you will find on separate tables in the shirt waist department on the second floor a lot of 653 lawn, dimity, batiste waists —the very best brands—with separ- ate collars and cuffs, which sold this season for 75c., 85c. and a dollar—. your choice for 50c. each. Second floor elev or, $1.50 mosquito canopies 98c. A splendid protection against the flies and mosquitoes—esp lly de- sirable for the country. Double bed size—with patent turn-over frame—complete with at- tachments—which sold for $1.5 to go for 98 cents. Third floor elevator. The cuts in domestics - Made for Monday will be extended to Tuesday. It’s a very substantial reduction, too. Full yard-wide “Fruit of the Loom” Muslin to go for 45 by 36-ine Cases — made of ood cotton and splendidly made, too—te go for Sic Yard-wide heavy unbleached Muslin, which fs the Ze. quality abent town, to go for a day at 3ic. yard. 90 by 90-Ineh hand-torn Utiea Sheets —well > made and ironed—to go for a day at 39¢. each. S-quarter bleached Mohawk go for s day at 7he. yard. eoting to Plain black Henrictta-finish Sateen—to go for a day at 74hc. yard. K street wing. Reductions in white goods. Right when you want them—when the need of them is existing and not when over with. Medium cord English pique—which is the tert for which every dry govls store im” town gets 2c. yard—will be offered for 12}c. yard. Fine English Dimity—the fine, pretty quality, which cannot be matched any- Where for less than 25c. a yard —will be of- fered at the extraordinary price of 11$e. yard. ‘The genuine English Longcloth, in 12-yard pleces, and which selks rogulariy for 12%. yard—will be offered for @ day for The bargain linens. Told you about them yesterday. Tell you about them today because some of you must have missed read- . ing of them. Every linen wanter should know of these values—the very best we have ever been able to offer. is !