Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1897, Page 13

= THE EVENING STAR. — - PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsglvaria Avezce, Cor. ng Sty by The Evening Star Newspaper Compan: $1. KAUFFMANN 1 Ea Few York Ofice, 49 Po = = E i s Pres’t. ris served te vn. The Evening Shae.» 13 7 TS—__e_—ooo>oewoes=w~waoa—a—SaS SS Ss\s<< oa Advertising is not an expense. It is a business investment. If : you want to invest your money profitably you will therefore put your advertisements in such a =DA paper as The Evening Star, that is read regularly and thoroughly by everybody worth reaching. 5 The Star is the recognized household and family journal of the National Capital, and has Some Strong Specials in Seasonable Silks= Chat About’ the New Laces ' PERRY’S. area aaa and a ent set Shots -AT-= et ’. Set % = a Where 1 Where valu ent t rated statements. What cc 1 the opinion of everybody a reputation is enviable—one to b isisteney have brought it t prices are every-day condition: pecial Sale of Silks. | do our record credit. | i Six surprises for Monday's Six lets—and each lot a iruitiul purchase—be- cause it is up-to-date in style —tip-to-the-notch in quality— = and we have bought it so we = can sell it at considerably less shoppers. ~ than it was intended to be sold for. Send your dppreci feast on the finene: fashionableness — the gainne: ar of cou bint! be 90 ney Can- of this n. You cw: nrice price= eis need of imitation. here no need of exag- ; from this store is put down s being the best. “Such a « proud of. Constancy and e us. Big values and low s here. Hints from our Lace Stock! “Best” applies here sure. Best values—best patterns— no is = te et set ef iSrecondontnnets FS; best novelties—best assort- ment. Most all exclusive ef- fects. We want to talk about the more prominent of the new styles. We want you to have some idea what you will have the choice of if you come to us for your Laces— and what you will miss if you pass us by. Tf you will read you will have the curiosity to see— and to see is to bu Se Soaseetedioeonendinete tte seodindendteteoteotaotentendip eee sentinten pdt orhaplipdin lee teoler hep leo Pilly a et Chiffons, Britian Seefeote eof % % Seeseodendent eet ef nille Spot, plain. faney and Veils, ral patterns these as the Segendete % ete are. k wedves— a site ck amd White $ Special price=--$1.75. z = BA = = Established 1840. Telephone 955. Senet ONC five tablish the As stated in 3 dent has decid pest at S Ut better prote in that country. a report from Car nt to affairs t ate August 27. acl bout to tal Yuken for Circle Ci that without dout Twenty based on the army offi- vestigate | cer who the condition of advices were of then amer v showed mus this ck of | suppi that wane . He ne kind of autherit be law- nirymen, and 1 to overcome r of transporia- aphic correspond- are with F of Com ‘Transportation Trading That gentleman bas informed the tary that the ¢ ¢ will F beat from Seatt! he n seven bay . taken up food and clothing supfdies, but the troops will be taken also if the War Department desires i » the Indinuz. seriously in the Halifax dock. in The ti Hfax coi > of the alled 2 tinud nt to any one who t sea since leaving = <3 e+ New Paper for Stamps. Arrangem b been made by the Tre t with the New York and Company, the present seters for the paper upon which in- revenue star are printed, by which all paper hereafter to be mamufac- tured by the company for the internal fevenue office shall contain a uniform wa- ter mark. The sheets upon which stamps are to be printed will hereafter, when held up the long way, contum a water marking whicn shall read from lef: to right the width of the sheet as follows L + —__—__—_ “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers. ° : PIERRY’S, “NINTH AND THE AVENUE.” Sete Soehosdosdontoetenseetectestetoce SUBURBAN FREE DELIVERY. De y in Taking Up the Question of Extension, There has been much delay on the part of the Post Office Department in taking up | the question of an extension of the free deliver: service to certain suburbs of this city. This delay has been caused largely because of the work falling upon the su- perintendent of the free delivery service incident to ciosing up the business of the fiscal year. Superintendent Machen d to a Star reporter today that he ex- pected to take up this matter after the Ist f the month Brightwood and Anacostia » the suburbs most likely to be given a i oe reds of both of bs have been fuily presented to the department - Robinson's Retirement. A. G. Robinson, quartermaster de- partment, stationed at Je! enville, Ind., has been 1 compulsorily, having eached the age of sixty-two years. This ill resul in the promotion of Lieutenant to Colo: to Heute Huinp! le: the grade of ¢ to be filled by transfer from the line. 2+ The Greensburg, ind., Bank. Arrangements for the voluntary liquida- tien of the First National Bank of G ly, and it is expected s actory arrangement wiil be d with one or more of the Greens- banks by which the affairs of the First National will be promptly closed up, and its obligations fully discharged. —e-___ Brave Negroes. From the Buffalo Express, “The mes’ ever daredevil piece of heroism I aw was by some negroes before Fort Piliow, when I was a prisoner inside the fort and Gen. Payne was lying in front of it with his leg shot off,” was the way Charles Cotton of Company C of the 16ist ew York Infantry began a story of va- ant rescue that he told to some negro vet- era “Gen. Payne's leg had been shot off in the first charge,” he ccntinued, “and he was lying hidden behind seme rocks in front of the fort, when his troops were forming plans to rescue him. The scath- ing fire from the fort swept that spot, and no efficer dared to command any cf his men to go to certain death In what looked like a vain attempt to rescue their chief. “While the men were deliberating, a ne- gro stepped up and said, ‘We might as well run our chances now as any other time, i I, fer one, will make the attempt.’ He Wes a handsome fellow, and the spirit he cisplayed was at once equaled by that of eleven other negroes, who stepped out and volunteered their services. A stretcher was brought, and four of them started, but had crly gone a few yards when every one was shot dead. A moment after four others of the velunteers rushed out, and, picking up the stretcher, carried it a few yards fur- ther, when they, too, were killed, The four who were left went ahead as if nothing had happened, and two of them came back alive with the general, while the other two were left dead at the pile of rocks where Gen. Payne had been lying. Gen. Payne is. still living, and, I am told, the two notle fellows who rescued him have wanted for nothing ever since.” WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1897—TWE)D ONCE RULED MEXICO Mad Empress Charlotte, Who is Dying at the Chateau Bouchant. WAS A VICTIM OF HER OWN AMBITION Her Fate is,Watched With Great Interest in This City. A GEORGETOWN ROMANCE er Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. Charlotte, the mad Empress of Mexico, is dying in the gloomy old chateau outside of Brussels that has been her home during she last decade of her thirty years’ im- prisonment. Whether the Chateau of Bou- chant has really been a prison or merely a palatial insane asylum, the outside world does not know, probably never will know; but whether the one or the other, its silent walls inclose a fast ebbing life that has known more of romance, of mystery and adventure than that of perhaps any other one woman in this enlightened nineteenth century. Strangely enough, the story of this mad princess is linked in a way with one of the quiet and staid families of old George- town, and for this reason her passing wiil be watched with more than casual interest by many old Washingtonians who knew the actors in this strange drama and watched the passage of events when they were current news instead of history. Charlotte was the adopted mother of Prince Augustine de Iturbide, formerly of the Metropolitan Club, and onetime claim- znt to the throne of Mexico. ‘he real mother of the prince was formerly Miss Alice Green of Georgetown, and she it was who was kidnaped by Charlotte and spirit- ed out of Mexico in a sixteenth century fashion that would have made an exciting chapter for a novel. Through this ineldent, too, it came to Pass that en American weman had much to do with molding the destiny of the Mex- ican people, and aided in bringing to untimely end the short-lived empi ximilian; for after the kidnay epi- soce, which at the time created consider- able stir in the United States, pressure Was brought to bear by this government upon France to the end that Napoleon III witndrew the French forces from Mexico in direct breach of his promise to M imilian, ard the latter, deprived of een legions, fell a comparatively eas tim to the onslaught of that old 'y vic- Indian hero, Juarez, the Washington of modern Mexico. An Ambitious Woman. Ckariatte was an ambitious woman, and it was this trait of her character that euced Maximilian to accept the throne of Mexico when Napoleon and a French bond syndicate decided to annex the country. Except for the ambition of Charlotte, Max- imilian had no need to come to the western hemisphere for a home. He was the sec- end son of Francis Charles, Archduke of Avstria, and was reared for the sea, at ene time being in command of the na’ and later appcinted ruler over the Venc Uan-Lombard kingdom. But when his ck der trother succeeded to the throne of Austria the petty royalty of Lombardy no lenger isfied the ambitions of Charlotte. She yearned for empire for. herscif and husband, even if ft were a half-savage empire in the new world; and when the chance for royal promotion showed itself in Mexico she ched at the opportunt X imilian yielded, against his will, to her cntreaties, and accepted the offer of N: poleon to ume the throne of M and found a new dynasty in the new world. Accordingly, on May 8, 1864, he and his , under convoy of a fleet of French and transports, landed at Vera ed swiftly through the y t of the tierra catiente to the temperate region of the central pla- teau, and were soon installed, if not act- ually in the halls of Montezuma, at least on the site of that ancient capital, whose flat-rocfed pal: overlooked the sapphire wa of Lake Chaleo. Their reception apparently enthusiastic, and for a few months the new-made sovereigns tasted all the joys of empire. To be sure, it was rather barbaric empire, somewhat the same though teday some younger son of European royalty were to be offered a crown in the Congo Free State or some new-made African kingdom. But Charlotte had her adherents, both European and na tive, gnd they gathered about them all :he trappings and circumstances of an impe- rial court. Unpopular in Mexico. The enthusiasm cf their reception more apparent than real. The ecclesiasti- czl party was at the bottom of the revolu- tion that overthrew Juarez and drove him beyond the northern frontier, but the churchmen were better conspirators than executors. The sympathies of the common people were with their exiled leader, and their outward loyalty was to the French regulars rather than to their French-made puppet sovereign. This feeling was inten- sified when Maximilian, under ill advice, a proclamation declaring Juarez and adherents bandits, to be treated as Just at this time, too, Charlotte managed to pliimge him into deeper com- plications. ‘The royal pair had no children of their own, and to perpetuate the new dynast they adopted the child of the Prince Itu bide, who while he had been a student at Georgetown College had met and married Miss Green of Georgetown. The arrange- ment was matie for the adoption and the child, who was then quite young, was carried to the palace. His mother, how- ever, had not bargained to give ‘up all right of natural affection in him, and visited him as frequently asecircumstances would permit. This displeased Charlotte, and she determined to be rid of what was to her a troublesome figure at court. Accordingly one evening the Princess Iturbide received an invitation to dinner at the palace. Kidnaping a Princess. The royal carriage was sent for her,.no unusual occurrence, but she noticed when she entered it that there were several extra attendants on the front and rear. When the coach had started, too, she heard the sound of horses’ hoofs behind as though of a mounted escort. Soon she saw that the driver was not heading for the palace, but for the outskirts of the town, and she called cn him to hait. He replied politely that he was no longer under her orders, but those of the emperor, and the end of the story was that after a swift journey, with many relays of horses, for it was before the days of railways in Mexico, the Princess Iturbide, nee Green, found herself landed, still in her court dinner costume, aboard a gulf steamer at Vera Cruz with a ticket for New Orleans—and nothing else. She came at once to Washington after reaching the United States and laid her case before Mr. Seward, who was at that time Secre- tary of State. Mr. Seward informed her that as she had forfeited her citizenship by marrying a Mexican, the State Department could take no official cognizance of the matter, but advised her to go to France and lay the case before Napoleon.. This she did, and was kindly received at thé French court, where she spent considerable time. But though the State Department could not take official cognizance of the deportation of Princéss Iturbide, it could object to the status of affairs in Mexico. The United States objected to the rearing of a powerfui monarchy at its southern gates, where Europe would have an ever ready landing place in case of transatlantic trouble. On this ground strong representa- tions were made to France and Napoleon finally withdrew the French regulars. Ample Revenge. Though indirect, this was ample revenge for the Princess Iturbide. Both Maximilian and Charlotte knew what the withdrawal of European support meant. She hastened at once to France, and her old-time enemy, the princess, had the pleasure of sceing her haunting Napoleon's court,! imploring protection for her husband's igtergsts in the tottering kingdom beyond t! Spa. s There was strong need of Sachi fi old Juarez, who had been crouching ‘like a mountain lion among the Sierfas dof the rorth, made his spring almost bef@re the last French long boat was hoistéd dripping to the davits of the transport fleet in the harbor of Vera Cruz. Here again Maxi- milian would have sougit the easy course and abdicated but that Charlotte besought him to stand and fight it out while sae sought help from the French court and the Vatican. Neither Pius nor Napoleon lent the hoped for aid. Maximilian was be- sieged with his army at Queretaro in February, 1867, and surrendered, nominally to Juarez, but really to young Diaz, whose star was then on the ascendant, in May of he same year. His own hard edict against the Juarists was then remembered, he was court-martialed and shot with two of his generals, Miramon and Mejia. Dead to the World. The news of this tragedy reached Char- lotte while she was in Europe. It ts said that it was conveyed to her just after a highly dramatic interview with Pius 1X, and she was thrown into hysterfa, which rapidly developed into absoluté insanity. She was known throughout Europe as the mad princess, and in 1879 was confined in a chateau near Brussels, the city of her birth and where her girlhood was spent. Since that day she has been lost to the world. King Leopold, her guardian, has vouchsafed no information as to her condi- tion, but has seen that she was closely con- fined. He has also closely concealed the records of her immense private fortune, of which he is the trustee, and, being a no- toriously impeennious monarch, there hav> been numerous stories in circulation to the effect that he had squandered it, just as the Kaiser Wilhelm has been recently fic- cused of making way with the Guelph fund, of which he is the trustee. However this may be, the mad empress has seen the light of day of the outer world but once in the past ten yeurs, when she was rescued from a fire in the old chateau where she was confined, and removed to her present quarters of Bouchant. Now she is dying, and with her will dic the last remnant of Maximillian’s short- jived dynasty that was planted for an hour among the ancient ruins of Anahuae. Commissioner Hermann’s Trip. Commissioner of the General Land Office Hermann is expected to return here nex: Monday. Mr. Hermann has made an ex- tended trip, covering a period of six wee through the northwest. into a number of questions which were before him as commissioner, and has spent some time at his home. ——____-e.+_+ __ Real Estate in Parts. - Louis Republic, An idea of the prevailing price of land in Paris may be gained from a list of awards to owners of property in the French cap- ital that was taken possessios of for the widening of streets. The prices given are for the land alone, this, apparently, being either assessed separately,” or possibiy seized separately, under'the curféus French law, which enables a town to take and pay for the land only to be used, for improve- ments, leaving to the owner the use of the building upon it, so long as he can make it stand without repairs. The most expensive piece of land men- tioned in -the a: ment was one on the Rue Tiquetonne, a short and narrow street which, however, extends directly from the post office to a wide street, the Rue de Turbigo. For this tract 1,800 francs per square meter was awarded, about $33 a square foot, or $4,950 per front foot, allow- ing an average depth of 150 feet. In the Rue d’Aboukir, not far off, which leads from the Grand Boulevard directly to the bank of France, only $15 a square foot was awarded, or $2,250 a front foot, averaging the depth of 150 feet. Next to that on the Rue Tiquetonne, the most val- uable piece of land taken was on the Rue Herod, far off in the suburb of Auteuil, for which $27 a square foet was paid, or $1,050 5 front foot, averaging the depth at 150 eet. Among the cheaper tracts was one on the Rue du Bac, famous among the ladies as the one on which the famous Bon Marche is situated, which brought $0 a square foot, equivalent to $1,350 a front foot, with a depth of 150 feet. The cheapest lot of all in the thickly settled part of the city was ene on the Chemin des Meuniers, near the park of Vincennes, and close to the vas warehouses of Bercy, for which only 36 cents a foot was paid, or $54 a front foot: while a lot on the Avenue Daumsenil, near by, the principal street of the Bercy region, brought only about $1.25 a square foot, or $187.59 a front foot. ———— +e A California Harvesting Incident. Fiem the San Francisco Examiner. Four young women clad in bloomers walked into the fields of Lassen county last week and asked permission to work the harvester. They were Orra Dowell, Gertie Sawyer, Lillie Dowell and Nellie Pack- wood. It was granted them and they pro- ceeded to action. One of them climbed to the driver's seat and began to guide the twenty-six horses around the field, another attended to the binder, a third took charze of the sack sewing and the fourth ran the separator. A whole morning was spent in this interesting occupation, and then, with- cut mishaps or adventures, they retired, leaving the astonished men in possession. A harvest field is the prettiest gight in the world, with its reflections of soft yellow light from the golden grain, its mist of fly- ing chaff and sheaves of winnowed wheat, oats or barley. Even rough, begrimed, perspiring men look picturesque in this al- luring atmosphere, but when in their places pretty girls are introduced the scene becomes worthy of a Watteau. It would be interesting to know what motives led those adventurous girls to brave the heat and discemfort of their morning's enterprise. Was it just for fun, for a lark? Or are these particular women thinking of setting out to earn their living in a novel way and wished to prove their fitness to objecting ‘friends and relatives? Or was it just an outburst of the “‘zeit- geist,” the spirit of the times? No one seems to know. a He has looked From ihe as Novel Small Change. From the London Mail. A very interesting report onthe tradeiof Adis Abbaba, Abyssinia, gompiled by Mr. Rennell Rodd, has just been issued by the foreign office. The products exported from that part of the country are gold, ivory, civet, wax_and coffee. The market for the two former is largely controlled by the_ Emperor Menelik, who rectives bis tribute in this form.- This partial monopoly and the competition of merchants importing goods from the coast to obtain gold to send back have driven up the value, and gold has nearly doubled in price since last year. The value of ivory has also advanced. Dealing with weights and dogrencies Mr. Rodd addg that itis remar! prestige of the Emperer Md succeeded In popularizing stamped with his head. The font: change for the dollar’ rifle cartridges or of some eight inehes end, about thickest part. they are easii being substituted for therefore, an je , unsatisfactory ee “bull-dog” toe. Sizes 13 to 2 Other dealers would give an; for Washington. Known the (=| boys and n in the world. Sizes 6 to 8 only FOR WELL-DRESSED MEN What They Will Wear During the Coming Fall Season. ountry Sizes 11 to 2 only Heavy Tweeds and Cheviots Will Be Much Used—No Radical Changes to Be Made. From Harper's Bazar. There seems to exist an impression among the manufacturers and the tailors that the autumn is to be early and cold, and that snow may be expected long before Thanksgiving. At least, this is so if cne may judge from the heavy materials which are already being shown for th; uiumn fashions. Tweeds and cheviots and heme- spuns will be worn in business and morning | suitings. There is little variation in the colors, gray mixtures leading and brawn closely following. The rough biue chevio which were quite popular this summer, make capital autumn sack suits, and with light overcoats will be worn well into the winter. The double-breasted reefers of this material and in the same color in the smooth goods are yet very fasnionable. They are dressy, and on tall and thin men are quite sightly, but they accentuate stoutness and smallness of stature. All sack suits otherwise® will be made single- breasted. Men returning from England seem to have taken to checks, and there is a disposition to make them popular this autunim. A very smart suit, fresh from a London tailor, was of dark gray turning to drab homespun with the check bar Dlack.» The English stili cling to the morn- way coat in all rough materials, i this one was a sack, just slightly cut~ away at the bottom. In this country it would be called a three-button sack cut- y. There are many cut-away suits in revgh goods for mcrning and busire.s wear, but they can only be wern by the iall man, who seems to have the preference tailors’ models. But short men have their innings in the striped cheviots and the dark ma- terials with a white stripe pattern which were so much seen this summer, and which will be reproduced in heavier cloths. Be- fore dismissing this branch ef the subject it would be well to give the measurements of the American tailors in regard to the cut-away business coats. The waist length is put at 19 and the full length at 33 inch- es. Double-breasted fancy waistcoats will be much the fashion, especially with men who can wear these long-waisted cut- aways. Trousers are cut this year so as to taper a little more, but neither too tight nor too loose; at the bottcm about 17% incbes, and at the knee about 19. The English frock coat is made with silk facings and flat braiding. is rather lpose, but not too Ic and reaches quite down to the bend of the knee. The skirts ure close-fitting ané@he materia! a dull vicuna. It is of course double-breasted. The American is a litle freer than the English, but about the same proportions. The coat has a long collar, two inches wide at the ends, and peaked lapels. There is a silk roll faced to the button holes. Trousers to be warn with frock coats are of cashmeres or worsteds, in narrow striped patterns on dark grounds. Waist- coats with frock ccats will be double- breasted, any number of those in fancy silks being popular. In evening dress there is some innova- tion. The shawl-collar- evening coat 1s again being advocated by the tailors. In England it is called the roll collar, and the collar itself and the lapel roll to the waist, are covered with heavy twilled silk or peau de soie. The waistcoat has a pear-shaped opening, and is trimmed with narrow wave braid. It has no collar. The mate- rial is dull surface worsted, and the body and skirt of the coat are lined throughout with silk. The peaked-lapel evening coats are much more conservative, and really in much better form. They have an ex- tremely’ long collar, and are silk-faced to the edge or to the button holes. The rege ican coats have a waist length of i8 and @ full lergth of from 37 to 38 inches. In Lcndon Lord Rosebery recently appeared in one of these peaked-lapel coats, with the silk facings brought out to the extreme edge. The skirts were very long, and the garment was lined with heavy silk. The double-breasted white Marseilles is much worn with evening dress, and mili- tary ideas coming greatly into favor, the poe ant Sean the toughest shoe leather made. Sizes 24 to 514 is to get over as the Look for the name. Sizes 814 to 10!4 only Sizes 2% to 514 only CROCKER'S "s5teege TY-FOUR PAGES. _ =\T CRECKERS RIED ourselves on making up our stock of Boys’ and Children’s Shoes! Box-calf ts Only ‘aime in men’s shors last season we have it In boys’ sndes. They are “water proof,” double soles and $2.29 iy $2.49 i} i} il} Dugan & Hudson’s ‘sIron-clad” Shoes! ld of this line of shoes. finest and strongest © ‘These have spring heels, w The “Jenness Miller” ~ SHOES 38-50 more week we will give the Improvement Calendars senson, This the this shoe the past week. returned to tell ms how e: fortably they fit and satisfied they were with uh how con for imitations of the Jenness woes, We alone own and con- trol these shoes, and every par 2 = ket ains the a bof Mrs, Miller stamped on Nining control them Will pay One Hundred Dotty 22 Se d for information leading viction of any u endea’ rupuloas or who i ea ee $1.39 ee ping off any vhoe on you ie = = = = $2.49 The extra quality is §5. last evening trous two lin althougn there peaked lapel: man wore Tuxedo of with a roll collar covered with sil waistcoat, ate 1 The velvet-colls single. breasted whit hoe front and a not in the best iorm. 0 one of the has-} come shorter than ever four inches longer tha ald never tb jal is water-proof. rows of stitching, even as on the cuffs. and in fact this i: rs from London have of braid Gown the sides. The Tuxedo will retain tae shawl co! -gats the English co Ii should be but ! a sac worn over There are dow There Il properly made coats of any de- | DELAY IN SELECTE the Office of Chief of Rurene. _ | Officials of the Navy Department are a | showing great interest in the outcome of a | the hitch in filling the vacancy in the offla his lof chief of the bureau of medicine and aS Ty The term of Medical Director Tryon, who formerly held that office, ex- Pired on the 7th instané. At that time the impression was general that Medical Di- rector Bates would be appointed to the vacancy, but as that has not been done, so far, the friends of Dr. Tryon are encour- aged to believe that the President may yet The Vacancy 1 with beens. rt has be- and The oat, a froc many as six of is no breas is banished nov i pointineat, if only for scripticn. The collar is of the same material | bling him ire with as the coat, but silk-faced to the lapels. rank conferre che sur- The double-breasted Chesterfieli: overcoat | geon general of the mav+ reaches to about the calf of the lape! the collar is veivet, black or a shad The popular nf: beaver, and browns and grays the favorite than the good colors. In many of the outing suits the knicker of different material from the coat and waistcoat. favor. down the center of the leg. Brown is the hue most prevalent in these. The from the lergings coming up over the knee. During the early weeks of autumn many breeches are made gings are much in cloth is banished of the hab: sales of sh dashcrs are and the crown betled about 6 are about four inches in width, and darke! . As the linen color pinks and the blues with the will be in fashion in the country an everywhere until very late in the w Th. but tw rs more of activ is well known, is the ician. He is now on duty in wy in charge of the Naval Musoum of H giene Improving the Canceling Stamp. Leather leg- They button | committee consisting of Alex, Grant, as- sistant superintendent railway mail serv M. W. Louis, superintendent of the di- vision of post office supplies, and W. H. Lamar, a clerk in the office of the first assistant postmaster general, for the pur- pose of reporting on new designs or im- provements in the canceling stamp now in use in the postal service. The step is taken box- knickers, the having bargain nearly er, | for the pur, if possible, a { this is realiy the time to invest. In evening more of stamping let- shirts, two and three butto: with a re-] ters, espe in the smailer offices. vival of the three, will still be tn fashion. pee ee es gre Neckwear will as yet be little changed. See ze = The turndown collats and butterfly bow} The Candy Klondike Nagzets. have been more worn t past summer ! From the Cutc Chrenicle, than ever, and they will continue until] Klondike candy is the latest thing to be mowtime. The dark colore1 silks with | offered o the market. A s white figures are the favorite ma-| yore ‘ : ? agers terials for ties. The derby hat will be b See ne mba Ris inde sarih bei or ‘Srown. ‘The iim is about 1% ten of yellow caramels that would give h failure to a suddenly fall into possession of one. T! a Th silk hats have very curly brims and straight crown: lack leather shoes and boots, | “nuggets” are 4: and made to resca- patent leather walking boots, buttoned, siete 4 as ee iu d a aki, and patent leather pumps, ali round or | Pt» SO far as the skill of the maker can squared toed, will be the mode in footwear. | ¢ffect it. the genuine mineral. While a box Russet boots will be worn in the country | Of Nuggets w Den shounenas or for tweed sack suits. +e +—____ Funny, if True or } From the Chicago Times-Herald. William Dean Howells has adopted the rule that all applicants for his autograph must first furnish satisfactory proof that they have read his books. recently wrote to the great autograph. By return mail came a single typewritten line, “Have you book?” plied, “I sincerely graph came promptly. ———_+e+____ Yt matters little what it is that you want vhether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star person who can fill ports and on rairy days with light To which the young woman re- hope so.” your need. aol rs the in- hem for tweni five cents ularity of t dy has been somewhat afte semblance of the colo: ane the at sold by ven. along State street for siatu naments ae ia The Battle of the Giants. From Pack. Hicks.—I have been here for over an hour, watching those two men on the cor- ner talk and gesture. Sec what an ex- hausted, delirious laugh that one has! Are they insane? Wicks.—No; A Chicago girl novelist for his bought my last The auto- not yet. They're all right. It’s only Kidby, the father of'a rather cute little boy, 2nd Troutline, who has been spending his month's vacation fishing. =| Want” ads. in The Star they bring answers. will reach pay becaase *Arry—“*orse seemed Bill—“Sow did Ol—roight alongsoide o’ *im!” ‘ KINDLY PRECAUTIONS. > {e stawtled loike, myte!