Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1897, Page 4

4 4 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. October 12, 1897. Editeoi gad permanent Family Circulation much more than the combined cir- dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no competitor. ‘oid delays, on ac- absence, Ictters to TUE STAR should not be addressed to any individual connected with the Office, but simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Business Depart- 1s, uccording to tenor or purpose. ———¥ The Non-Combatants in Cuba. What will General Blanco do with those ‘hon-combatants—old men, women end chil- Gren—whom General Weyler has kept cooped up in towns and villages for months past in a state too sad for adequate de- scription? Their condition is today the mest melancholy feature of the whole Cuban situation, and is the severest possi- ble arraignment of Spain. They are on starvation fare. Disease has been imvited, and has visited them in destructive form, and thousands have gone to their graves. They have never raised a hand against Spein, and need not be provided against as possible combatants in the field. They are human beings and helpless, and are entitied to all the humanities even in the time of war. Another question that suggests itself is, what can General Bianco do with or for those people? Let it be supposed that he takes pity on them. Would it be humane for him to release them from their prisons and distribute them over the country? The country is a waste. Their homes have been destroyed. There is neither shelter nor food for them where once they were provided with beth. Liberty, therefore, would be the only boon they would re- ceive. And liberty without food or shelter is not inviting. If General Blanco de- cides to keep these peopie under guard, will he provide for them? Has he the means to do that? If they are to remain prisoners they are entitled to be fed, to be sheltered, to be protected against disease. This is a problem worthy of General Blanco's immediate attention. It is the field for the exercise of the qualities of a humane soldier. He is advertised as pos- sessing those qualities. He can see what is expected of him at Madrid as against the insurgents. The fresh levy of twenty thousand men to accompany him to Cuba means a continuation of the war against the men in arms opposing Sp:nish rule. The insurgents are not likely to see any difference between General Weyler and General Blanco as soldiers except in the matter of ability. General Blanco may prove to be the abler or the inferior man, but when it comes to operations in the field against an armed foe the Spanish rule of war is about the same in any Span- ish general's campaign. General Campos’ methods supply the exception which proves the rule. War against an armed foe is terrible and is ays intended so to be, but war against the helpless, suca as General Wey- ler has been waging, against the non-com- 's in Cuba, is without a vestige of among civilized people. Will Gen- wnco continue that? ——— ++ —___ McLean, Gorman and Silver. Mr. Hanna, when interrogated in Chicayo Saturday, said he regarded John R. Mc- Lean as the leading democratic factor in the Ohio senatorial race. He evidently had not been impressed either with the stories king Mr. McLean out of the race, or announced candidacy of Gen. arner. Mr. Hanna is right. The demo- cratic fight for control of the next buck2ye leg ore is being waged for Mr. McLean's benefit and under his direction. Those who do not desire to see Mr. McLean elzcted to the Senate, whether democrats or repub!i- cans, would do well to take heed at this time. The only sure way to defeat Mr. Me- Lean is to elect a sound money legislature. In Maryland, the sound money democrats ‘r. Gorman as bent upon a return ate. They have never permitted seives to be misled by that shrewdly n describing Mr. Gorman as spun, the Mar, in united, and realizing that to himself in certain quarters up, will not offer for anothe anti-Gorman democrats, it I} take In an effort retirenent, throw their full strength next the scale against him. ould not this policy be pur: friends of sound money will ed by in New all York? Why should they not unite and be on their gu d there against the tri fessions or omissions cal their strength? Who n that silver is not, as matters much in that race as if it ampioned and confessed by both ‘Tammany Hall and Mr. George? The yarn that silver is not a factor in the race be- csuse Tammany did not declare for it this year, and Mr. George was not specifically of lead anybody. Silver is in that race. It not be taken out of that race. The only eat silver and assist sound good gov ist in any and Mr. George. failed of its purpose nd as applied to can- ew York as applied to ble issue? —— ral Miles may yet come forward to ttention to the fact that he is one we few of the world’s great men who got past the German emperor without be- ing kiss id Mary ——_ ee > of the gentlemen who engaged in ent’ free silver run seem in doubt r it would be better to try to repair sture or get a new wheel. > eo —___ Interesting Estimates. s of making political esti- sis notoriously hazardous, and especi- unreliable are the gu ally es put forth by the managers of the campaigns. But scmetimes out of a group of such estimates as those furnished to The Star's special correspondent in New York, who writes today concerning the progress of the may- oralty fight in the greater city, conclusions be drawn of some value in forecasting result. At all events it is possible to rtain by this means that according to the other candidates Henry George today Stands the best chance for election. One Pecullarity of these figures, which deserve flose study, is that in every case the man- @rers are figuring on a larger vote than that cast in the presidential election last year throughout the area now included in the Greater New York campaign. It can fot be doubted that an intense interest is being taken in this fight by the citizens of the enlarged metropolis, and the splitting cf party lines has aroused such bitter fac- tional feeling and has created such uncer- tainty that probably a heavy vote will be cast, though it remains to be seen whether the issues at stake are regarded as suffi- ciently important by the voters to cause the poll of the full ballot. Another stciking feature of the figures a@ppears in the small estimate given by the Tracy managers to the probable Low vote and the poor opinion of the Tracy vote entertained by the Low men, but this phe- Romenon, which is not an utter marvel, in the ® the nature of political fights, ts offset by an equivalent contempt shown by the George and Van Wyck managers each for the strength of the other's candidate. Through- out the statistical forecasts that man is placed at the bottom of the list who fs krown to be drawing the heaviest from the strength of the candidate in whose interest the estimate is given. The moral of this situation 1s that the interests of the Low and Tracy supporters are virtually identi- cal, just as are those of the men now booming George and Van Wyck. A better evidence of pure factionalism could not readily be secured. According to the Tracy estimate a com- hination of the Low and Tracy votes would give the anti-democratic forces a majority of 7,000; the Low estimates are such that a similar combination would leave a deficit of 5,000 votes. On the other hand both George and -Van Wyck estimate a larger democratic vote of both sorts than is need- e@ to beat the anti-democratic factors, their estimates agreeing exactly in the aggregate in this respect. This would show, if anything, that the Tracy and Low men are doing the closer figuring. The only real value to be found in the estimates comes as a result of averaging the various guesses. On the basis of all four estimates the average vote expected for the four candidates is as follows: George, 136,250; Van Wyck, 134,750; Tracy, 131,250; Low, 127,750. But these averages include the estimates placed upon them- selves by the candidates or by their mana- gers, and are therefore subject to the same degree of suspicion as the estimates them- selves. Hence to arrive more closely at an understanding of the probabilities it is necessary to eliminate these self-estimates, and on the basis of the three rival guesses each candidate's expected vote stands thus: George, 123,333; Tracy, 120,000; Van Wyck, 117,250; Lowe, 117,000. To eliminate still further an average should be struck from the estimates placed upon each candidate by the managers of the real party rivals, 2s by Low and Tracy upon George, and so on. This shows the four men standing as fellows: George, 137, ‘Tracy, 130,000; Van Wyck, 129,500; Low, 127,500. The same order as to George and Low results from averaging the two lowest estimates given on each of the four. It would thus appear that, in the entire course of the estimating, the candidacy of Henry George is appraised the highest, and if there be any lesson whatever in these preliminary statistics it points to the denger that the free silver, single-tax propaganda threatens now to win in New York, and peremptorily commands the ‘Tracy and Low men to get together. —_+++____. A Deadly Combination. The fender that does not fend and the wheel guard that does not guard came into evidence once more in this city the other night and a human life was sacrificed to the combination. The victim was largely in fault. He was intoxicated when he placed himself in the path of a swiftly ap- Proaching car and was struck. What hap- pened after that does not plainly appear from the testimony given before the coroner yesterday, but it is clear that the man’s neck was broken by being pinned under the board that is designed to prevent just such an event. The.fender does not appear to have figured in the case at all. It has cften been said in defense of the fenders generally in use in this city that it was ut- terly impossible for a body to get beyond the net-work in front of the car, but that if perchance the impossible should happen the wheel guard would operate beyond per- adventure to check its further career. Sat- urday night's accident, whatever may have been the particular fender device in use, shows that it is possible both for a body to pass the fender and to get at least partly beyond the wheel guard, far enough, cer- tainly, to be killed. The best evidence of the inefficiency of the wheel guard is the fact that the car was so blocked by the man's body that a jackscrew had to be brought into operation to permit the con- tinuance of traffic. It is futile for the railroad companies to continue to insist that their fenders are safe and reliable, and that their wheel guards are far beyond all possible sus- picion. The accidents that have been far teo numerous for public comfort during the period that the rapid transit cars have been in operation here have shown that thus far at least the roads have failed to give prac- tical effect to the regulations on the sub- ject. The fenders are invariably carried too high, and the wheel guards are equipped with operating mechanism that is in itself diy menace to life and limb. ‘The jooth streets here make it perfectly pos- ple for the fenders to be carried low enough ‘to preclude the passage of a body beneath them. Brooklyn has set a mini- mum limit of space between the fender bar and the pavement and the regulation has not heen practically demonstrated to be un- fair to the roads. That minimum is tower than the space tolerated here between pavement and fender. It should be adopted by an amendment to the local regulations without delay. At present there is prac- tically no popular faith whatever in the fenders and wheel guards, and no one but @ person devoid of intelligence would ven- ture to try conclusions with the combina- tion intended to preserve life that has so often proved capable of producing instant death. ——+2____ Mr. George's attitude in the New York campaign makes him a shining mark for the gentlemen who le in walt for oppor- tunities to quote “Too Much Johnson” and “Mr. Johnson, Turn Me Loose.” ——~ + ____ The fact that they do not play dance tunes on the fiddle is the only possible claim to superiority over Thomas Jeffer- son that the modern politician can present. ——_- +e. If Mrs. Luetgert is alive she can probably get up an argument with’ some of the learned experts as to whether those bones found in the vat are hers or not. 0 England’s Treatment of the Tark. That England is divided as to the course to be pursued toward the sultan of Turkey has been evident for some time, and it has not needed Mr. Gladstone's vehement ap- peals to the humanity of the nation to indicate that ther@is a deep schism in the body politic of the queen's realm over the “unspeakable Turk.” Later and more con- clusive evidence is now at hand in an article published in the October issue of the Forum, over the signature of Thomas Gibson Bowles, a member of the British parliament, who takes direct issue. with Lord Salisbury in the latter's treatment of the eastern question. Mr. Bowles sets forth that England, “so long the friend and pro- tector, is now the enemy and intending destroyer of Turkey.” In this policy, If it be such, those two great rivals, Gladstone and Salisbury, are agreed, but Gladstone's method would probably be more radical than that which may be pursued by Salis- bury, whose modes are characteristically diplomatic rather than direct. Me. Bowles belongs, it seems, to a party whose size cannot now be estimated, that does not agree with either Gladstone or Salisbury, and fears that the present tehdency of the government in the treatment of the Turk is laying up a store of trouble for Eng- land in India that must be encountered at no distant day. The writer of the article goes through the pages of the history of. Engiand’s dealings with the Turk and with Russia in reference to the Turk, showing that Great Britain declined, in 1933, to enter into a secret arrangement with the czar for the partition of Turkey according to a most selfish plan. Recent utterances by Salisbury and his spokesman, Mr. Cur- zon, disclose the fact that the present government regards this refusal as un- wise, and regrets that Turkey was not then THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1897—14 PAGES. dismembered. As faintly outlined, the prea- ent. conservative policy, according to Mr. Bowles, seems to be to bring about the par- tition of Turkey, but not violently or sud- denly. The dissolution of the Ottoman Em- pire, according to his information and in- ferences, is to be slow, and to be effected by a peaceful process. With the issues that the writer takes with the government the readers on this side of the Atlantic have no concern, but they are measurably in- terested in Mr. Bowles’ fears lest the pur- suance of the present policy of aggressive- ness toward the Turk will cause a senti- ment of dangercus discontent to spread in India among the Mahometan subjects of the queen-empress. Mr. Bowles calls at- tention to the sultan’s authority and pres- tige as Caliph, and believes that a con- tinued aggression against him in his tem- poral domain will result disastrously for England when the religious fervor of the fanatics of India has been stirred into rage. Certainly the recent episodes on the Afghan border go to show that there is more fric- tion there between England and her Mos- lem people, and the almost ungovernable tribesmen of the surrounding countries, than is to be contemplated with serenity. As a humane and civilized European nation Great Britain has resented service as ac- cessory to the criminal cruelties of the Turk; as an Asiatic power self-interest has driven her to become the Turk’s accom- Plice. Victoria as Queen of England would hate and crush the Turk; while as Empress of India she must coddle him. —_—___+ ++ ____ The Cubans are anxiously waiting to see whether General Blanco will be contented with the harmless display-type victories which so amply satisfied General Weyler. —+ = ____ The editor of the Hamburg “Echo” has been arrested for lese majeste. He should have kept his publication more closely in line with its title. ———_++«______ The possession of the Temple cup will inspire the Baltimore club to serious en- deavors to emerge from the bean soup. ——___+ 2 Incider-tally Mr. Henry George’s publish- ers will sell a few books. SHOOTING STARS. Self-Respect. “You orter have seen yerself smirkin’ an’ primpin’ when ye asked the lady fur a piece o’ pie,”” remarked Meandering Mike. “Anybody ‘ud a thought ye considered yerself a beau ideal “That's wot I am, “Im a hobo ideal.” A a a ea A a EN Ea he ea cA og ea Da replied Plodding Pete. An Incomplete Library. “Yes,” murmured the dialect poet, find books in the running brooks.” “What a pity it is,” responded Miss Cay- enne, “that there aren't a few spelling books among them.’’ “r A Suggestion. “There is one thing that this administra- ticn could do to thoroughly allay all feeling at Hogansville,” said the man who is con- stantly evolving theories, ‘and I am sur- prised that it hasn't been thought of be- fore. The foundation of the objection those people had to the postmaster was the pig- ment which gave him his complexion.” “That's true.” “Now, let them do the handsome thing and strike an average by appointing an Albino.” The Sentence. The experts were through. The court’s sentence was brief, But the priscner’s glad demonstration Showed he hailed it with joy as a lucid relfet From those polysyllabic citations. A Lesson. “I'm glad to observe one thing,” said the Official’s close acquaintance. “Your eleva- lion to political honors hasn’t made you at all proud.” “I should say it hasn't. A man doesn’t know what real humility is until he has gotten an appointment and had all his in- timate friends tell him they don’t see how on earth he came to be picked out for so important an office.” Dissatisfied. When autumn air fs crisp and cool And frost bestows its warnings We long to change the season’s rule; We sigh for summer mornings. Yet when the air grows warm and moist, Rarth’s mild malarial manner We spurn, and beg the man to hoist Once more the cold wave banner. ——>+e—___. Abolish Grade Crossings. From the New York Evening Post. Of course there is only one way of in- suring absolute safety, and that is to get rid of grade crossings altogether. To that we must come everywhere in the end, and the uniy pity is that people could not have been foresighted enough to realize its ne- cessity when railroads were originally con- structed and grade-crossings might have been avoided at comparatively small, cost. ‘The expense now is often very heavy, par- ticularly in the suburbs of great cities and on the main streets of large towns. The Boston and Albany road, which stretches 160 miles across the bay state from east to west, has recentiy completed an immense vork in lowering the grades and thereby abolishing level crossings through tne New- tons, and altogether it has got rid of 9S out of the 145 grade crossings on its main line, at u-cost of many hundreds of thou- sands of dollars. Within four years it is expected that a train can be run from Bos- ton to the state line without going across a single highway on the level. Everybody vho travels between New York and New Haven ts famillar with the heavy expendi- tures which have been. made by the “Con- sclidated” railroad to bring about this re- form, on both New York and Connecticut scil. Progress in the same direction is be- ing mace clsewkere in this state, though not as rapidly as could be wished. —~>+o____ Fighting White Labor. From the San Francisco Chronitle. The whole fight of the sugar trust against annexation is a fight against white labor. If Hawaii can be kept as it is, the trust will be able, as before, to import coolies to cut its cane at starvation pay. On the other hand, if the islands are brought into the Union the trust will eventually be forced to let white men in to Work its plantations on, shares. The profits will then have to be divided among white farm- ers. It is to avoid this calamity that the organs of the trust are working overtime to mislead the annexation sentiment: ——_~-+s____ Representative Candidates. Here is the situation as it exists just now: Candidates of Outsiders. Benjamin F. Tracy, representing Mr. Platt, of Tioga. Robert A. Van Wyck, representing Mr. From the Indianapolis News. Controller Eckels has been praising Colo- From the New York Tribune. Croker, of England. Henry George, representitg Mr. Tom L. Johnson, of Ohio. Home Candidate. Seth Low, representing the pegpie ‘of New York. Might Be Chums, rado, and the Denver papers say that Mr. Eckels, in spite of his opposition <o silver coinage, is a pretty decent sort of fellow. If thrown together often enough Colorado and Eckels could get chummy. —++e—____ ‘Weyler’s Bloody Millon. From the Chattanooga News. - One of the blackest spots on the Spanish escutcheon is the fact that her valiant Captain General Weyler, he of Cuba, has grown .to be a millionaire during his in- cumbency. ep ip Og Short Sighted Economy. the New York Herald. cost of the yellow portion of the direct and in- What. Do Your orses CatHe Eat? Look horses and cattle. Be vareful watt they eat. Don't them the. best cera eee hay, straw, ete. Yo safely de- pend ates qualiticn, bought here. Buying in such te Sen en iret) meee peer ery sere eed ordre rere ed epee reper ere yey Wm. M: Galt & Co., Wholesale & Retail Feed Dealers, Wholesale Flour Merchants, vast & Indiana Avenue. t 2 ” FLOUR fs finest. Our Java and Mocha Coffee —will go a long way towanl mak- ing any’ meat cnoyable. 's the coffee—and our Java and Mocha 1s. THE BEST shat money ean buy. “As delicious in flavor as any one will ask for. GNLY 33. POUN == ND. W. B. Hoover, 1417 New York Ave. ocl2-t,th.s,28 eT Our a aeANLEN } is experlaliy for Dia- betics. It’s free from starch and sugar and is very good to eat. Al- ways fresh, 15:. loaf. C7WHOLN WHEAT BREAD 1s #0 wholesome and fattening Just what thin folks should Gluten Bread = Krafft’s Bakery, ocl2-t,th,s,20, Cor. 18TH ST. & PA, AVE. s Repairing —articles in gold and silver is a specialty. « If such articles are beyond repair we will take them in exchange at full value for any new goods in stock. ©7Sterling Silver Forks and Spoons, $1 per ounce. Galt & Bro., JEWELLERS, SILVERSMITHS & STATIONERS| 1107 PENN. AVENUE. oc12-t,th,s-28 BAUM'S Enormous Purchase High-grade Writing Papers. A very extensive purchase of the finest grades of Writing Papers en- ables us to offer tomorrow the same at an astonishingly low price. This sale: includes ‘~Deming’s, Whiting’s, Crane’s and Hurd’s High- est Grades of Papers, in the stand- ard and new shades, at 10° per quire. Envelopes to match, 10c. package. Guaranteed value, 20 and : | BAUM’S, 416 Seventh. “If they’re Rich’s shoes they’re proper.”’ Ten-=two F. It We show a complete line of the famous Dugan and Hudson shoes for children in deerskin, calf and kid. In addition to the guarantee of the makers every pair we sell bears our owh guar- antee. Dugan and Hudson are known as the makers of the best boys’ and girls’ shoes in the world—and they have made up for us several lines of shoes after our own ideas. These are in the latest stvle—made with newest shape toes—just like papa’s and mamma’s. Bring in the children and get them this make. aie fe We ari ‘sshowing an elegant line of ladjes’ newest style shoes at $2.48. There isn’t anything in this city_to compare with them—eitHer 4n quality or fash- ion—at anywhere near the price. We'll be pleased to have you drop in and see. them the next time you’re down town. ° B. Rich’s Sons, “High rt footwear for the elite,” Ten-two F Street. ,, More are thanking us every day for calling thelr sthenfion to thewe Baitows e An pnrivated delicacy, whether served raw, fried, steamed or in a stew, Shall we send you a’ quart Be. to 6c. deliv "Phone 700; JONES & WILLIAMS, 528 11th st., near F. =_ocl2-100 - Sa eee eee So. oe Ow. BURCHELL. - for Ornament the dinner table with ‘“*CHERRYSTONES.” | WAU the correct shades ere here—that’s all 37 Anniversary Week —twentieth year— ' The Palais Royal. E treasure the remarks of congratulating friends. This morn- ing a lady said:—“How time flies”... .“I was one of the store’s first patrons twenty years ago”....“Then my hair was black as jet, now it’s gray”....“Then I was heart free and care free”... .“And now I have a large family to think for’... .“I don’t know what I’d do without the Palais Royal”....“Though I must confess I have at times been weaned away from you”....“but always to return a sadder and wiser woman” -“You said truly in your late announcement that it is the rule to find trashy goods at low prices and high-class goods at high prices”....“The Palais Royal is the one place where I find the best for least.” ’ Tomorrow’s Anniversary Attractions. Before giving the complimentary prices for to- morrow let us quote from our late review of our New twenty years of service. “Do not tine Palais Royal advertisements always faithfully mirror the store?” Have we ever succumbed to the often prevailing epidemics of exaggeration?”’ Have you not learned that the cost of our advertising is not all paid into the coffers of the newspapers? “Do you not know that our occasional special sales mean genuine reduc= tions in prices, directly benefiting our patrons?” And now to tell of tomorrow’s special attractions, reminding you that the offerings are for tomorrow only, in conformity with our determination to offer different attractions for each day of this Anni- versary week. Black Silk Waists. $2.80 instead of $3.56 for Waist Pattern—4 yards—of our 89c Black Satin Duchesse, 24 inches wide. [You save seventy-six cents by making a se- lection here tomorrow. You'll find four yards are ample for the new style waist or Russian blous>. Black Wool Dresses. Ladies’ Kid Gloves. 88c tomorrow for the Palais Royal’s $1 Kid Gloves—backed with a reputation of twenty years. {7 The ladies’ 1897-98 styles are here in 2-clasp, 4-button and 5-book, in kid and dogskin, black, white, green end every correct autumn shade. Warranted—tried cn at ouz risk. New Jackets. 10 per cent discount tomorrow—} $5.98 for the new $6.98 garments whether you select Dress Pattern or only sufficient for waist or skirt. B739e to $3.50 yard are our price extremes, and we think you Will sind better qualities for the prices thin usual. Jn fact, we know this to be so. A lady ret long since brought us a sample of Diack sik und wool velour, ticketed $4 yard. ‘The identical goods were here at 33.50 yard. Reliable Linings. 12¥4¢ a yard is not the lowest price being quoted for Percalines. We will not handle the trashy linings that are associated with trashy prices. Tomorrow’s “special prices” are for best linings. 12%c yard for 16c Fasi Black Percaline. 16c yard for 20c Black-back Fancy Linings. 16¢ yard for 20c Linen Canvas. 19¢ yard for 25c Black French Hair Cloth. Dress Findings. 69C tomorrow for best quality Findings that will cost you 97 cents regularly, even here. 1 dozen Frereh Whalebones. Worth. 3 yards Fancy Silk Whatebone Casing. 1 Belt of Faney Sik. Worth. 2 dozen “Swell” Hooks and T pair Warranted Dress Shickls. 1 plece Taffeta Seam indir; 5 yards “Sclect"’ Velveteen Skirt Facing. 1 spool—100 yds.—B. and A. Silk. 1 spool of B. and A. Twist 1 spool Clark's O. N. . 1 paper Total value.........-. + 7 Tomorrow’s anniversary price deduction of 28 cents, which is all Ute bit off the wholesale price. fs Dress Trimmings. 36¢c yard for any of the soc Mohair Braids. Five latest designs, 1} inches wide. Famous Ribbons. 13¢ yard for the Palais Roya?s| $1.94 pair for the $2.48 Irish Point | _s21-c2m famous 19c Ribbons. They need no | tomorrow only. the fullness, lensth | 20 for the 39¢ Linen Momie Bu- of tan and black autumn-weight cloths. OFSuperior Tailor-firish Jackets. side stitched seams. Note the out- Sizes 22 to 40 in stocix, New Corsets. A42c pair tomorrow for the 68c White Coutil and Black Sateen Corsets. C3 We usk comparison with the usuai 75c Cor- sets. Sizes here are trom 18 to 25. Underwear. 77€ for the 98¢ Pure Wool Knit Skirts, in white, black and colors. 17¢ pair for our famous 25¢ Black Hose. Each pair stamped Louis Hermsdorf. Note the white feet, double soles. Au‘umn weight. 42c instead of 50c for the as well- known “Oneita” Union Suits. [7 Autemn welght, ribbed and fleeced merino, in white and gray. All sizes For the Home. 10¢ for artistically | Decorated Plates, Cups and Saucers, etc. Many worth 25 cents. EF These are the last of the 1897 styles, secured from B. F. Hunt & Sons of Bostou—bought and to be sold at a low price, $6.95 for $7.98 Dinner and Tea Sets of 100 pieces—a “special” for $2. 98 for the $3.59 Brass Tables with onyx ° top. Sell for $4.50 at the credit es- tablishments. $1.69 for our $2.25 Comfortables, sateen covered, filled with best white | 66 cotton, fancy stitched, preventing rolling of the cotton. 2c boxes Talcum Powder. For tomorrow only. for full-size cakes Turkish Bath Soap, such reau Scarfs, stamped in new designs. 13c for thosc 19¢ Stamped Table Covers, made of Bolton sheeting. ——'“— the town.. 4 46216 top and underneath shelf. Cee aC New Philadelphia Store. New Suits, New Waists, New Linens. $13.50 Suits. We thirk we have already offered this Bearem some of the best vaives in Suits ven to the public, Wut this mew Line at $13.50 surpasses any previous offering We have made. You will say that fre worth $15 or $18, and no one inpugn your it. they are worth we shall kt them for $13.50, The ausortment inclades: Red 31 Cheviot Mixture Suits, in fiy-front reefer style; jacket ned with fine quality silk rhadzme and finished with welt seams. Strictly man-tailored im every Fespect. Latest cut. Skirt ined and inter- lined and velvetins bound. Another ore: Handsome Granite Weave Suit, in two-tone effects, colors green and ferra cotta, fly-fromt reefer jacket, silk lized, both sxirt_and jacket man-tail Another one—Fleza a Trown Ml rie tonette Suit, Jacket ined” with New Waists. New French Fla the popular Rob Bi: Be nel Cloth Waists, in y plaid effects, at... dd Flannet » Wine and shirt Diack, at Waist, tucked and rout and finished with Jeeves, plaited back ie and black, at ad of $4 aper Ked Satin Duchess Waist, a ve: special value at $6. sad Linens. chaps this is «me of the best xalues tit oe offend ity is sellinz for $1.10 per - ft ts an elegant quality of and German Table Damask, in a complete line of new de- ard. ‘epkins to match and 3-4 size ot § 19 by 28 Heay Towels. “You hi isin; cnty Linen Tuek been used to ao front, and ze ami full Jength. irts we have ever so! peice now ey with i Ribbons. When you can't find what rou want in Colored ‘Satin Ribioas v" haven't everything in Ri Satin Ribbons in about every known shade, and the most interesting thing of it is that our prices seem to be lower than the average prevailing figures. Take, ‘for instance, this El Gros Grait Ribbon, 3% In. w: offer at 38. ward. “All of our customers say they've always paid 50°. for equal qualities. Clark & Co., 811 Pa. Ave it : | : Ww Hecht & Company, “The Credit Givers, 515 Seventh Street. Big values in coats and suits. pe} wrap get you to buy your fall this week we shall offer some big valties. Last season's trade was phenomenal—but we mean to make this year doubly great. Our buying facilities— six big stores to supply—make it possible to quote prices that other stores cannot meet. You don’t have to hold back because you can't spare the cash— either. We'll give you all the privileges of our easy payment plan. Electric and ollaret tes—trimmed n with pena tails and silk lined—will be placed on sale tomorrow. morning at the really ridiculous price of © 93-98 with new nz tomorrow mornit price of, Very stylish Fiy-front Kersey Cloth Coats, with new collars, will be put on sale, iomorrow morning, and, indeed, they won't be here a great while, $2.98 ‘apes—your cholce it beaded—lined throughout rimmed with Angora ered as apectals to- $6 oR Fly-front Covert Cloth Coats, with velvet will be $5.00 Handsome new plain bh brilliantine skirts, which are $3 values—velvet bound and lined with good ma- $y ok terial—for Stylish Brown, Black and Blue Cheviot, Chegiot Serge and ‘Tan Covert Cloth ‘Duilor- made Suits fly-front, silk-lined Jackets— Strap soams— proper with skirts, $72.98 and splendidly made, f Hecht & Company, 515 Seventh Street. morrow at lined with satin rhadame put on sale tomorrow at. ocl2. (CASE OF 24 BOTTLES—ONLY $1. Good Beer Is Just The Kind Of Toric * —that sickly, delicate people * * need! Good beer for : : : sick * folks means pure, nourishing, * strengthening beer. * Is Ruby” Lager pure—absolutely pure. It’s * ® brewed especially for tonic use, * G7 Case of 24 wagons—only * among malt beverages. bottles—delivered $1. Write or telephone. as usually sells at Se. And only 8c for 10¢ | * * and as such has no superior in unlettered Washington Brewery ‘Co., 4th ocl2-t, at Frazee’s Laundry, 512 8th st.; 13th st.; 1322 14th st., agd 3109 M st. Phone 592, CERT. ‘CORN CURE. Xo caustic. Periectly oats and 2% cents. zz 65 C wae, Wak, D.C and F Sts. N. E—'Phone 2154. th,e-38 605