Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1897, Page 15

= Your credit For the First Half - Of next week we have arranged some extra tempting specials. We would make the time longer only that we know such prices will ex- haust these lines in three days. And remember that even at these prices we extend you all the credit you de- sire. $45 Chamber Suites, $33.85 Large, Massive Suites, made of solid polished oak—5O-inch Dresser, with handsome French plate bevel mirror 32x28, 2 large and 3 small drawers, lined with velvet—38-inch washstand, with 2 cast Dress handles. drawers and double closet—dresser AL FOR 3 DAYS. 33 and washstand trimmed with solid $18 Folding Bed, $12.65. Chiffonier style—solid polished oak—neatly carved — strongly made — excellent = $1 2-65 SFBCIAL FOR 3 DAYS... $22.50 Couches, $16.65. Large Tufted Couches, upholstered in best qual- ity corduroy—with heavy G-inch fringe—best steel well made. $16-65 in $22.50. Parlor Suite, $59.85. Overstuffed Psrlor Suite, well made; up- ered im fine silk tapestry—the Suite consists ge Arm Chair, Large Rocker and 2 elsewhere for $59-85 $12.50 Chiffonier, $8.65. A fine Polished Oak Chiffenier, with 5 large drawers, or with hat b 4x14 $8-65 bevel mirror top. SPECIAL 3 DAYS........22-.+++ $27.50 Sideboard, $18.85. A finely Polished Ouk 4-ft. Sideboard, 40x18 shaped French bevel mirror, solid Ss handles—cheap at $: . $ 1 8-85 SPECIAL PRICE 3 DAYS $25 Hall Rack, $16.75. Solid Qvartered Oak, 7-ft high, 3 ft. 41m. wide, plate bevel mirror. de and finished. 5 1 6-75 We gi With each cash purchase. ° trading stamps Lansburgh’s Furniture Co., _, 13th & F Sts. Painless Extracting, o0e. Dentistry is a sclence of four branches. It takes years to attain skill in any one of them, and no man becomes equally skillful im all. In making up our As- sociation we choose men with -ainds and fingers trained for the special branch in which we employ them. Each operator is employed constantly on the work for Which he is best fitted, and this much doing of the same thing makes htm very skillful. His ski makes his work good, his fingers quick. Quickness mitigates the pain and reduces the cost. U. S. Dental Ass’n, Cor. 7th and D Sts. N.W. OPEN SUNDAYS 10 TO 12 O'CLOCK. oct. CPSEDESEL OED Stylish Shoes. At Low Prices. LADIES" AND GENTLEMEN'S Hand-Sewed Shoes, $2.48 and $2.98, ‘They cive comfort, fit the foot, newest styles and wear wel oesesee 3 Sa $ oaSorondongontoatoesessengontontoatoatoatoesensentontontoatontoasoagoasengonsententonteasoasessengensoasweseesenseagenteaseaseaseaengengonsenss Odds and ends in Ladies’ Fine Button and Lace Boots— $3 Qualities Reduced to $1.98. Be quick for your size. 2 Robert Cohen & Son, 3 630 Pa. Ave. N.W. oc4-3m,40 POPPI SO DODO OHO OD IOSD PL VOD S IHD SOGIOF900O0 0900099069 3 || Where Credit Reigns Supreme. AT RUDDEN’S. Don’t be Envious! ad of spending time en- friends ‘their pret- . exert your fixed up sh deposit as ith and your promise to pay the balance in driblets each week or month. M never miss the money ing our way of giving credit and yet befure you know it the bill will be paid) Ne lower brices than ours. Here is evi dence: Fi Fine Curly Bireh Cbamber Suite, oval plate richly carved, substantial Ww Cee eeeeene eererer rr r with richly upholstered ecat and b %. eft. Solid Oak Pol- ished Claw-foot Exten- sion Dining Table. Real value, $8. Special nih ve i Fine Heavy _ Solid Oak High-back Dining Chairs, cane seat. Were " $1.50. Special price . is $1.25 RUDDEN’S, 513 7th St. 924, 926, 928 7th, running through ito 704-706 K st. this city. busiest in town. 27-inch tinsel drapery—in a variety of hard«me Gesigns—for which furn'ture stores asked 10 cents a yard—is 5ic. offered Monday for. A lot of 300 yards of Japanese silk fig- ured drapery—seven-elghths yard wide— which usually sells for 39 cents 18c. yard—ts offered Monday for........ A lot of lace striped serim curtain drapery—good width — washable — which ususily sells for 6 cents a yard— fs offered Monday for.....-...0:. 34C- 100 4-quarter Derby satin table covers— in handsome art colorings and designs— fringed all around—which usually fell for 69 cents—are offered Mon- A lot of pretty sofa pillows, covered with art denim and Japanese crepe—fin- ished with fiv2-inch ruffle—the usual 75-cent sort—offered for Monday at. 48c. A lot of 1,500 “Opaque” window shades, In new colors, equipped with best spring rollers—3x6 ft.—regular 25-cent val- ue—complete for. 9c. A lot of 100 Smyrna Rugs, in beautiful and Persian res) ‘Torkish usually sell for offered Monday for. patterns — which cents—are 59¢- Another lot of 75 Smyrna Rugs, size 21x54 in.—with hand-knotted wool fringe— which usnally sell for $1.69—are $1.19 offered Monday for. A lot of 1,200 highly polished curtain poles of oak, walnut, cherry and ebony— 5 feet long, brass trimmings—which sell usnally for 25 cents—offered Monday —complete—for . 14c. Dotted and striped white curtain swiss for sash curtains—which usually sells for nts @ yard—ts offered Mon- day for. Toke. Sdoadongeegegongongeegrgoagesentongontonengeatontongeasoazongengnsoageentontonestoaseatetoatenegeatontegeatongongeatoatentesateaseeatoatonenieadoateentoateatedesoaton eseateaec tes toaseetoetnate dugoesossoneenrsos enteric concodetrnia a Coron Excellent quality of Cretonne for furni- ture covering and drapery—in newest pat- color combinations—the usual quality—Monday—per yard— terns and 10-cent for ... ° business. Yard-wide “Forrest Mills” — cotton— equal to Androscoggin—to go for a day at the remarkably low price—per 5c. yard—of... 2,500 yards of check apron gingham— not the flimsy sort, such as is usually sold for a low price, but the good, dependable quality, which sells at 6c. yard everywhere—for a day....ce0.. » 34Ce Q9-quarter bleached sheeting—same that for which you pay others half as much again—for a day.. as 12gc. Heavy canton flaunel—to go for Just a day, per yard, for... l-day values in black With no exception this store leads the van of dress goods selling. Not even the very largest and longest established stores equal it in values. ‘There are two reasons for this—which are—buying immense quan- tities and paying cash for them and pitch- ing profits to an unusually low margin. Every novelty of the season is here, as well as the staples. 73¢. Sesorgongoegongengongengengegesgeageegeesoegengeeseeseagiageageegoaseagoatinteateatoasontonteatoatoasontentengeents Seton 46-inch all-wool black imperial serges— such as are selling about town for 48. a yard—are here at. 33¢. 42-inch all-weol heavy-weight bro- caded black novelty dress siuils—for 48c. 32-inch all-wool black cheviot serges, for tailor-made dresses—dollar a yard ¢ about town—for. 50-inch high-lustered reversible black mobair—which cannot be bought laewhere under 69c. yard—here at. 48C- Scotch wool plaids, in handscme effects —whiebh uever sold before under 39 cents yd.—Monday 29Q¢. New novelty raised effects, in blue and black, green and black, plum and Diack, 38 inches wid:—Monday for 29C- New fall novelties in the latest effects, im biue and black, green and black, brown and biack, tan and black, 38 inches wide—Monday, per yard, at 46-inch diagonal su:tings, in brown, bine, green, plum, garnet and cardinal, offered Monday, per yard, for 59¢- Leadingin linings Worthful qualities and lowest prices go hand in hand here. Ask any woman who has made comparisons the best place to buy Huings, and nine out of ten will tell you “Goldenberg’s.” These special values Yor Monday: Yard-wide biack and colored perca- line—10 cents yard elvewhere—at.... 5C+ Nubian fast-black and colored per- caline, per yard, for.. 7k. aaridontonsongensenendontoaseotontontencentencensessessensoocengentens 5 ss sth fk kh hk sth di a ttt dh th th th th Dh Ak ct th th th ts Oe th th tn oh a “THE DEPENDABLE STORE.” A sale °f curtains, upholsteries, etc. Monday we shall start the greatest value offering of lace and chenille curtains, rugs and upholstery stuff ever inaugurated in We have an immense floor devoted to the selling of these goods, and as large a stock as there is in town, and we have got to get the people here in hundreds instead of dozens. You can tell by the prices that we are ignoring profits in many instances. If we can get you here by doing it we will con- sider the money thus spent—well spent. Really this department—considering the values—should be the Lowest domestic prices ever named —for like qualities. And it is just such selling that has made the and colored dress goods. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER. 9, 1897-26 PAGES. , eee to 704-706 K st. A lot of 109 Bromley’s Smyrna Rugs, in handsome Turkish and Persian effects— heavy knotted wool fringe—sise, 30x63— the usual $2.69 Bol s 89° Monday for.. 50 pairs Chenille Portieres—with hand- some dado and fringe top and bottom— which usually sell for $2.49 pair— $1.85 go Monday—per pair—for. 250 4-quarter Chenille table Covers, fringed all around—pretty patterns—which usually sell for 39 cents—go Mon- day for. w. 25. 25 pairs Imported heavy chenflle por- tieres—figured all over in handsome art ef- fects—with heavy hand-knotted fringe at top and bottom—usually sold at $7.98 a Pair—offered Monday—per pair— $ ; 5-48 50 pairs satin finished tapestry portieres —in several handsome designs—with pretty dado and fringe at top and bottom—in four colors—which usually sell for $2.79 a pair—go Monday for..... $1.89 10 pairs fine satin derby portieres, in high art effects—cardinal, myrtle green, ete.—which usually sell for $18 a pair— are offered Monday—per pair— aS ee SILOS 100 pairs white Nottingham lace cur- tains, full size—in newest patterns—the regular 69-cent sort—offered Monday 250 pairs imported lace curtains, In Irish point, Brussels point, applique and cluny effects—50 inches wide, 3% yards long— which are regular $2.98 values— offered Monday—per pair—for..... 91-95 50 pairs genuine Irish point lace curtains —in a variety of origiual patterns—3% yands long, 54 Inches wide—regu- 38 pairs fine imported Brussels point and Irish point lace curtains—in handsome vine effects and pretty borders—3% yards long, 54 inches wide—which sell about town for $12.50 to $15—are offered Mon- day—per pair—for. $9.48 Dark and light outing flannel—to go for a day, per yard, at... 81 by 90-inch “Lockwood” hem- stitched ready-made sheets—to go for a day at..... 6c. 48c. 81 by 90-inch ‘Lockwood’? hem- med sheets—to go for a day at.... 39C- 81 by 90-Inch “Pequot? halt- Dieacbed sheets—to go for a day at. 37C- 45 by 36-inch “Lockwood” pillow eases—to go for a day at........ sesoagecguegeegececgrgeagesenginasegresrasreasrasrasintonrratratiathaseatontoasententenentenseaseagoasoagessragrnsasnasnagresiesrateatiashatenresionteroatonteateeasoateeteatasraseesrashateatoatontostrgecte tego ptedta gn daetntete desided Sroopgaoetetetnnrsnrgrdanapadns gic. 16-inch black and gray imitation herring- bone haircloth—best quality—regu- lar price 12%c, yd.—Monday for.... 63c. 36-inch French sateen for waist and cape Mning—or underskirts—extra heavy quality —in black and colors, including high shades —usual 20-cent quality—Monday, per yard. seseeee TGC. es 24-inch gray herringbone haircloth is offered Monday, per yard, for... 25C- 32-inch heavy all-wool black Italian cloth ular 30-cent quality—per yard. —for Monday, at. sone oe The regular 12%-cent black and colored union canvas for dress-facing—for 83c. Monday, at. Extra beavy quality all-linen canvas, in Diack and colors—sells for 20 cts. yd. everywhere—Monday for... 4-yard pieces of 2-tnch velveteen bipd- ing—in all colors, but no blacks— offered Monday, per yard, for...... - Senoetengentint Monday’s notion values. Little savings—but they count up in a short time. Big enough to make it worth your while coming here after them. Mon- day’s specials: Silk-stitched whalebone casing—all col- . ors—for 1 cent yard. ‘The rgular 15-cent double-faced silk belting for 9 cents yard. Safety books and eyes—2 dozen on a card—for 1 cent a card. ‘The regular 15-cent dress shields—for 9 cents pair. All-silk seam binding for 8e. piece. ‘The usual 10-cent quality French whale- bone—all sizes—for 5 cents dozen. Cut jet inserting—% in. wide—usual 17- cent quality—for 11 cents yard. Cut jet edging—13 cents usually—tor 8 cents yard. From Life. Briggs—“Is Miss Palisade a girl of tact?” Griggs—“Well, I don’t know. When she refused me she said it wasn’t because I couldn't support her.” BALTIMORE AND RETURN VIA B. & O. SUNDAY, °Stcen"* and re- that date. Only 45-Mimate line. oct -8t Tickets gecd going turning on all trains Identified. From Life. The street car struck the rear wheel of the bicycle. The bicyclist described a para- Bola and fell upon a pile of bricks. The bi- cyclist raised on one: elbow, reached back out a silver cocktail flask labeled “ Jones, 400 Bonton avenue.” “Go to 400 Bonton avenue,” said the ser- $22% Philadelphia THEATRICAL GOSSIP As has been the cese since the opening of the theatr‘cal season, the Columbia Th<a- ter has held the largest audiences this week. The only rival to the Castle Square Opera Company was Robert Mantell, and his new play did not serve to lessen the number of people who went to see the splendid performance of “Il Trovatore.” Next week there will be a strong oppo- sition in the three-star combination con- sisting of Lillian Russell, Della Fox and Jefferson De Angelus. They will also pre- sent an opera called “The Wedding Day, a work composed especially for the exploi- tation of two comic opera singers and a comedian, but said to be pleasing as to the music and witty as to the book. Next week's offerings also include Primrose and West's Minstrels, the extravaganza of “Bo- Peep,” “The Sidewalks of New York” and the Rentz-Santley Burlesque Company. Speaking of the work of the Castle Square Opera Company, a well-known musician said: “It is a work of education to the masses. The man or woman of ordinary means cannot afford to attend grand opera produced by Damrosch or as it was by Henry Abbey. The price of admission was beyond their reach. No matter how much love of music they possessed, the cost of seats was prohibitive of their gratifying their desire to go. Now they can hear the works of the greatest performers for 25 cents. So far this season we have had as standard works ‘Maritana’ and ‘Il Trovatore,’ and ‘Cavalleria Rustica- na’ is promised for next week. These operas have been mounted as no grand opera company ever pretended to put them on the stage. The richest cos- tumes and the most elaborate scenic effects have been given them. The choruses have been sung as never before. While the cast has not contained any great names, such as one is compelled to pay $% a scat to hear, those who have taken the prin- cipal parts have been men and women who have carried to their work the pos- session of fair voices, fairly well cultivated and an earnest effort to do their best with the roles assigned them. “There never has been a grand opera com- pany in this city in the last thirty years where the principals have displayed such uniform dramatic ability. I don’t mean to say that there is any one in the Castle Square company who is likely to become a Patti, a Nilsson, a Parepa Rosa, a Melba, an Adelaide Phillips, an-Annie Louise Cary, a Brignoli, a Nicolini, a“Tamagno, a Jean De Reszke, an Amodgio, ‘‘a Gassier, a Maurel, a Hermann, 4, Fotmes, a Castle- mary or an Eduard, De Reszke, but every one who has beén qast for a prin- cipal part has been capable and conscien- tious, and has given satisfaction. Besides the operas I have mentionéd we have had such lighter works as the Caimes of Nor- mandy, Olivette and the Fencing Master, all of them befter sung and better acted than I have seen them-many times when I paid $1.50 for a seat. 1 tell you the pro- jectors of the plan of giving good operas by a good company at cheap prices are philanthropists. That the people recognize this is evident from the large audiences that have attended the perfarmances. While other attractions have had but a handful of people, full houses haye been the rule at the opera. I hope this company will be- come a fixed institution here, as it has in Philadelphia, for it is w/‘splendid school for young musicians and a’source of pleas- ure to every lover of music.” Herndon Morsell, C. H. Jones and Joe Sheehan were telling stories of their past experiences the other day, when Jones told the following on the late John McCaull: They were playing “The Bellman,” in one scene of which there was a representation of an aurora borealis. The scene painter had done hig work all right, but the man who worked the calcium light threw in a Breen slide, which gave a very peculiar effect. The colonel, when there was a green tinge cast upcn the supposed rays of light, called out: ‘Take it off; who ever heard of an Irish borealis?” The green slide was not used any more. Another one was that one day at re- hearsa). when things didn’t go exactly as the colonel thought they ought to. He wanted the chorus to express surprise and in such a manner that there should be no mistake about it. ‘Why don’t vou girls lcok astonished?” he said. And then, as a grimly humorous idea struck him, he ndd- ed: “You—over on the left—what wculd you do if I should suddenly raise all your salaries?” But the girl on the left was equal to the emergency, and she at once replied: “Fall dead.” “Go on with the re- hearsal,” said the colonel, and further in- structions were suspended. “I had some curious experiences with the colonel,” said Morsell, “but ke w&s a thor- oughly just man, with all his peculiarities. I remember the last week I played with him in Chicago. My physician had told me that I must stop singing and take a rest, or I would permanentiy injure my voice, and 1 had told mm Tt would quit Saturday night. We were singing ‘Lorraine,’ and Perrugini was singing the lead- ing tenor role, while I took the secondary part. The colonel came round back of the stage Thursday night and evidently he was in bad humor. After cussing on general subjects he turned to me and said: ‘Do you think you are earning your salary? Here I pay you a first-class salary, and you are singing a second-class part.’ That made me hot and I showed it in my manner and in what I said. I told him that he had put me in the second-class part, and that I thought I was earning my salary, but that if he didn’t and wouid tell ine how much he thought I was being cverpaid I would give him a check for the amount at once. “He didn’t say anything more, and it so happened that same night Perrugini was hoarse and wanted I should sing two solos for him in this opera. I told him I had had a row with the old man and didn’t like to do it, but he sald he would take the responsibility, and I sang them. I made a big hit in both, getting two en- ccres on the first and three on the second. Next night Perrugin! was unable to sing at all and I sang his part the remainder of the week. The company was going to Pittsburg the following week, and as Per- rugini was unable to d as the same opera was to be sung the frst three nights I went to the colonetand, told him that ié it would be any ac¢ommiodation to him I would sing the first ‘three’nights. In his gruff manner he repijed:,“If you will 1 shall be obliged.” I sang the three nights, and when the treasurer came round‘ with my envelope Wednesday night I found $25. extra in it. The next‘dayI met the colo- nel to bid him good-bye, ang.I thanked him for the extra money. He atmply said: ‘You needn’t thank me. You darned it. I am obliged to you.’ And W§ parted.” It isn't safe to 5; about dogs to Miss Della Fox nowadays. {While she was in @ town out west, not long ago, a man came &. ane Rotel where she was stopping and shows er & puppy declared was @ peculiar breed of dog th: much larger than a gpod Miss Fox was surprised, man said would let her have the pup for $60 (seei it was her, to any one else it would be an even hundred), she paid him the cash instanter, Then she. went out and bought a dog basket for $25, and everybody who called on her had to ad- mire her prt Ze. All- went well fer a short time, and then it was noticed that somehow or other the rat. and when the dog didn’t fit the basket any more. By-and- by he couldn't get into it at all, and be- fore the company - he was beetty nearly an tawee = taeie‘and srowine visibly. In Chicago came the climax, when the Pup picked up a three-year-old child in the hotel office and carried it screaming and kicking clear up to Miss Fox's room, on the fifth floor. He evidently expected a reward for this achievement, and he got it. Miss Fox gave a boy a dgllar to take her pet out into the country and lose him. Now, as before stated, it isn’t safe to say “dog” in her presence. Mr. Carl Rosenfeld thus speaks of the Banda Rossa: “At the present time the Italians lead the way in regard to band music, and, hearing of the great success which attended this band while on its Ger- man tour, and at the many festivals throughout southern Europe, I visited sev- eral Italian cities for the sake of compar- ing the merits of the different bands and securing the best one for a tour of Ameri- ca. I found in San Severo, a small city of 37,000 inhabitants, two most excellent or- ganizations, even surpassing in merit the famous Banda Roma, and immediately en- the one called the ‘Banda Rossa.* Never, even in my own home, or, in fact, in any German or European city, have I heard such marvelous playing, every mu- sician being, as I afterward found out, a professor or a teacher of music, and, hav ing been in constant practice since the formation of the band, fourteen years ago, and their leader, Sorrentino, is a handsome, vigorous young man, a confrere of. Leon- cavallo, Mascagni and others of the mod- ern Italian school of operatic music. All the selections rendered by the band are or- chestrated by him, and their playing of operatic works is as perfect as that of any of the renowned orchestras, and is sure to create the greatest enthusiasm, I know, when heard here, just as it did in Ger- many last spring. People may wonder why I bring a brass band to a country where there are so many good exponents of that style of music, but Americans want to hear the best of everything, and when they hear the Banda Rossa they will not ask that question, but rather: ‘Why have we not heard of them before?’ There will be sixty musicians in the party, including eight really great instrumental soloists, while I have also secured Fraeulein von Vashel, a very handsome young soprano vocalist, and Miss Carlotta Stubenrauch, a talented young thirteen-year-old violinist, who has played throughout Germany with splendid success.” THE SOCIAL WORLD (Continued from Seventh Page.) Seaton Schroeder, at her country home in Jamestown. Senator and Mrs. Hawley have returned from England. Miss Greely, the eldest daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Greely, will spend the winter in Paris, where she will attend scho While in Paris Miss Greely will be with Mrs. Benet, the widow of the late Gen. S. V. Benet. = Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Rauscher, whose marriage reception was such a pleasant event of Wednesday last, went to New York today, where they will reside. Mrs. Blair Lee and Mrs. McKim returned last week from their summer travels. Mrs. M. V. Dahlgren and Mr. and Mrs. Jcsiah Pierce have returned from their mountain home to their residence on Mas- sachuestts avenue. Judge Wylie and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wylie have returned to town for the sea- son. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Steele, who have been abroad for nearly a year, have re- turned to their home here. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Thompson returned last week from their extensive travels through the northwest and Pacific coast. Colonel and Mrs. Colton and family, who summered at Pittsfield, will soon return from New York, where they spent the past week. The Chief Justice and Mrs. Fuller hope to have their daughter, Mrs. Hugh Wal- lace, with them this winter, if the improve- ment in her health continues, which was the happy result of her mother’s visit to her last summer, when it was thought from hour to hour she could not recover. Justice and Mrs. Field, Justice and Mrs, Brewer, Justice and Mrs. White, and Jus- tice and Mrs. Shiras are back at their Washington residences. Justice and Mrs. Gray visited at Springfield, Mass., and in New York on their way down from Bos- ton. Miss Gray, sister of the justice, who frequently spent the winters here with him, died during the past summer. Miss Isabel Robertson had a “peanut hunt” last Wednesday evening at her resi- dence, 624 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Mr. R. Woodington received the first prize and Mr. H. Etzler the booby prize. Miss Lulu Pistorio sang and played and Miss H. Harriet recited. Many games were also enjoyed during the evening. About 10 o'clock refreshments were served. The marriage of Miss Bessie S. Warden of eenoch, Scotland, and Mr. William C. Cole of this city was celebrated Wedne: day evening at the residence of the bride’s parents, 615 2d street, by the -Rev, Dr. Thomas Chalmers Easton, pastor of the Eastern Presbyterian Church, in the pres- ence of a large number of relatives and friends. The bride was given away by her father. The wedding gown was a traveling costume of sapphire blue noveity cloth, trimmed in velvet, and she carried a long- stemmed bouquet of bride roses tied with white satin ribbon. Miss Louise Norman attended as maid of honor. The ceremony was followed by an informal reception from 8 till 10, after which Mr. and Mrs. Cole left for a short trip. A pretty feature of the occasion was a shower of rose leaves thrown over the bride as she left her home instead of the customary throwing of rice. Mr. and Mrs, W. W. Burdette and Miss Burdette have returned after having spent a pleasant summer at Jamestown, R. I. Dr. W. W. Godding, the superintendent of St. Elizabeth’s, with his family, will return this evening from a month’s vaca- tion spent in Massachusetts. —_e—_—_. THE CAUSE A MYSTERY. A Loud Explosion Causes Excitement in the Northwest District. A very heavy explosion took place some- where near the city last night about half- past 8 A number of theories have been suggested for its origin, but none of them have been definitely fixed upon. The ex- plosion made a rumble like an earthquake and the sound lasted for several seconds, rattling windows and shaking houses. The animals at the Zoo were stirred up over the explosion, howling at a terrible rate. The elephant appeared to be af- fected by it more than any of the others, trumpcting ‘for some time after it occurred. The shock was sufficient to shake the con- tents of the confectionary and milk store at the Zoo entrance. Car No. 13 of the Connecticut avenue branch of the Metro- politan raitroad was violently shaken while standing at 18th street and Columbia road. The shock was felt especially by the resi- dents of Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights. The firemen at’ No. 11 engine house heard the explosion, which was fol- lowed by glass rattling in the windows and Pictures s: ‘LOVE FOR 15 HUMANITY. A Strong Desire for the Welfare of Highest Good and Best the World. THE GREAT WORDS OF GREAT MEN. A Most Remarkable Array of Outspoken Statements from Men of Mark in Both Continents. INTERESTING FACTS AND FACES. ‘The orator before the Senate called this an “age of progress."” He was wrong. “Progress” does not half express it; it is an age of revolution. Revolu- tions carried on, not by armies, but by discoverers, inventors and brain workers. It is a marvelous age, an age when the ordinary will not be accepted, when the best is demanded. Our grandfathers WILLIAM EDWARD ROBESON, M. 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The discovery of steam permitted the railroad and the steamboat. ‘The development in electricity made possible the telegraph and the telephone, so that the develop- ment of the sclences has been the real cause of all modern advancement. Wo will take for czample one department of science, but the most importent department, one which affects our very lives and happiness. ¥or- merly the treatment of human ills was made a matter of superstition, of incantation, the same as it fa by the mediche men of the Indians today. Gradually emerging from such blindness, it was still a matter of bigotry, of folly. What people must have suffered in those days can scarcely be imagined. They were bled, they were cupped, they were leechod, they were subjected to every device whereby thelr vitality could be reduced and their lives endangered. It is alnost « wonder that the race survived. There bas been an absolute revolution in the Ptactice of medictue and in the treatment of human ‘ls. Instead of undermining the vital forces by cupping and bleeding, the vitality is now sus- tained to every posible manter. Tustead of tear ing down, we seek to bufld up. Irstead of increas- ing misery, we seek to create happiness. But the greatest advancen cnt tm medical science fering, preserve the health and lengthen life than any of the discoveries of the great men above wentioned. It ts Known in Eurupe, in America and throughout the world os Warner's Safe Cure, and Ai has achieved greater popularity throughout tho DR. R. A. GUNN, Dean of the United States Medical College, New York, and Editor of the Medical Tribune. “I prescribe and use Warner's Safe Cure in both acute and chronic Bright’s disease, and am willing to acknowledge and commend it most frankly. “R. A. GUNN, M. D.” world by reason of its marvelous power than any other preparation ever before known in the whole history of the entire world. It may, perhaps, be thought that the above as- fertion is an extravagant one, and so it would be were not the unquestionable proofs present to verl- fy it. Within the past few years the clalins made more than ten years ugo have been admitted by the highest sfertific authorities, both in Europe and America, and it is with pleasure that we precent herewith some remarkable reproduced statements, together with the faces of the men who made them, Kidney troubles, resulting far too often in Bright's disease, are the great evils of modern Ife. They frequently come silently and unannounced. DR. M. BEYER of Wurzburg, Germany. “I have used and shall continue to recommend Warner’s Safe Cure in all circles of my acquaintances. “Dr. M. BEYER.” ‘Their presence far too often is not realized until their treacherous fangs have been fixed upoo the vital portion of fe. Nothing can be more do- ceptive, for their symptoms are varied in nearly every instance. Thovsands of persons have been their victims without realizing or knowing what it is that afflicted chem. ‘Thousands are suffering today who do not know the cause. ‘The discovery above mentioved has been acknowl- edged throughout both hemispheres to be the ouly “If I found myself the victim of a serious kidney trouble, I should at once use Warner’s Safe Cure. - “DIO LEWIS.” Giscovery for the great modern evil now known to ‘the world. Like all great discoveries, it has had ite enemies and met with oppenition, but its max velous popularity with the public has been phe- momenal, an€ tts complete actnowieigment by ecteatists and the professions bas been deserved, ‘Tt otands, as tt Goserves ge een yw its own, pre-emineet emeng all Gas ‘evles for the relief of humanity and the premetioy Io RMB