Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1897, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1897-14 PAGES. ON MARCHE = $3.98 so COATS, $10 $3.98 $3.98 $3.98 We have just purchased at less than half price 300 Ladies’ Coats, made up in the latest style Fly-front Reefers, with Storm and Klondike Collars—Plain Braid and Fur-trim- med. Silk-lined Throughout, And Half Silk Lined, In Kerseys, Beavers, Coverts, Astra- chans, Fricze and Boucle. Black, Navy, Tans, Browns. A manufacturer's error in making sleeves a little larger than the pres- ent style brings them to you at less than Half Price— $3.98. Worth $7, $8, So, $10. $15.00 Suits for $11.98 We offer the choice of a line of $15.00 Fly-front Reefer Suits, made up in the latest styles, in Broadcloth and Cheviot Serges. Jackets are silk- lined throughout. Black, Navy. Brown. Choice for $11.98. $18 Blouse Suits for $14.98. Fine Cheviot Serge, Braid-trim- med, Blouse Jacket Suit—jacket is satin-lined throughout—in Navy, Brown, Oxblood and Black. Choice, $14.98. $5 Collarettes for $3.48. Fine Electric Seal Collarettes, jined with brocaded silk—full and high collar. For $3.48. BON MARCHE, 314-316 7th St. i The ‘Coffee House.’ Our Coffees have pushed themselves into unrivaled supremacy. Tue fact t we dry roast our own coffees fresh, . is a great point toward making perior. Special Coffees are winners. * Famous Old Mandeh- eyual them even at more ling, Java and Mocha Coffee- finest In the world... 38c. Reeves’ No. 1 Breabtunt Java 35c epeesees 30c. . for SSe. Keeves’ No. 3 Breakfast DSc 3 Ibs. for %5e S. A. Reeves, (Successor to Reeves, Poole & C.). fee Kouster. Baker and Mauufac- turer of Finest Confections, 1209 F Street. Grocer, Every kind of the best Fur Capes, Coats, Sealskin Jackets and Furs by the piece or yard. Ni “seconds” all are the finest that com> — and little or no bigher than you pay for the “million pieced” seconds you find at notion stores. B. H. Stinemetz & Son, Furriers, 1237 Pa. Ave. The wonders performed in riveting china “sas well as supplying the missing wary and the like—mnake our place une question of repatring comes up ple"—we'll mend. AMES KENNEDY, G02 13th. SCQCEROR to R.C.Bon ‘91 door f'm ¥ oco-Su,12 A Roadside Reasoner. From the Cincinaat! Enquirer. “I want to say,” said Perry Patetzic to the lady who had kindly treated him to a hot meal, “that your coffee ain’t much.” “Well, I like that!” said she, indtgnant- ly, “and you not paying a thing for what you are getting.” “If I wuz,” answered Perry, “I don't suppose I would he kickin’. If you was in it fer the money they fs in it, they would AT THE WHITE HOUSE Improvement of the Civil Service Discussed by the Cabinet. RIGHT 10 REPLY 10 CHARGES Plans Completed for the Presi- dent’s Ohio Trip. VISIT OF JOHN J. M’COOK + ‘ Civil service was under discussion at the cabinet meeting today. The phases which received attention from the assembled cabi- ret officers and the President were the re- cent order of the President and the order issued later by Secretary Gage. The orders of the latter, it will be remembered, gave each employe against whom charges had been filed the right to answer those charg2s and to make every defense before the board hearing his case. The other departments have not issued any such orders, and it was on this subject that the cabinet talked. The Civil Service League has addressed several communications to the Presi.lent on the subject. They called his attention to the efforts of Secretary Gage to enforce the order promulgated by him, and re- questing that the matter be brought to the attention of other cabinet officials. The President laid these communications before the cabinet. After discussion of the mat- ter it was Informally agreed that the heads of the other departments in Wishington should promulgate orders carrying out the President's intentions, and that all of them should embody the pith of Secretary Gage's order. This is expected to be done as the cabinet officers have time to prepare their orders. It is understood that not a word was spoken as to removing the government printing office or any other bureau cf the government from under the civil service. If the resolutions of the printers of Colum- bia Typographical Union have reached the President he did not submit them. It is not thought that he has had time to go over these resolutions. The question of deputy collectors and marshals was not discussed. The Attor- ney General still has that under consider- ation, having been requested, as is known. to give his opinion. President's Trip to Ohio. Nearly all the details of the President's trip to Canton to vote on election dey have heen arranged. The President will pron- ably leave here Friday afternoon, the 29th. He will go through to Cincinnati, and will be the guest there of J. G. Schmidtlapp, one of his close personal friends. Saturday afternoon he will attend an informal recep- tion tendered by the chamber of commerce. At night he will attend the banquet of the Commercial Club, at which he will make a shor: speech. ‘The speech will not touch upon polit The President, who will be accompanied by Mr: y and Secre- tary Porter, will remi ic Monaay morning, when he witl leave for Carton. He will remain in Canton uniil the morning following the election. Tue day he will ca ‘ove for the republi- can nominees for state officers and bers of the lez He will” by affidavit, the izw of Ohio pro this may be done in certain cireumstances. Early Wednesda. the President will leave Canton for Pittsburg, arriving ipaie in the exe: as be w.l be the gues. ow Pittsburs ae Frew and Robert Pitcairn, officials of the Carnegie library. fe will make an ad- dress in Pittsburg. The President will re- turn here Th Mornins. the ume of tke tip awey ve'ng six days Almost immediately after his return the Yresident will begin work upon hi: au mezsage to Congr H+ nas not written a Une yet, bui been eatherins dat cluding figures on the financial aue tions which h+ wil ‘iserss. One vf the most important subjects of the message will be that of cuctun-y reform. The P: igent has alresiy talked on subs vith a number of his political friends an administration officials. Controller of the Currency Eckels, who will himself have something to say on the subject, has al- ready talked with the President. Not Haunting the Cabinet. Col. J. J. McCook of New York is here on business, and will pay his respects to the President before leaving. It is known to be a fact that since the announced re- tirement of Justice Field the President has not spoken a word to Colonel McCook about going into the cabinet. A close friend of Colonel McCook said today that it was not likely Colonel McCook would “lie awake at nights waiting for a vacancy in the cabinet when he was offered his cholce of three cabinet positions and re- fused.” Since the formation of the cabinet the Fresident has several times jokingiy told Colcnel McCook that he would regret not coming into his cabinet and hoping that the New Yorker would change his mind should a vacancy occur. Each time Col- onel McCook thanked the President for his kindly opinions, but intimated that he did not have any idea of changing his mind. Assistant Peymaster'’s Place. The death of Paymaster Rodgers will cause a vacancy in an assistant paymas- ter’s position. Mr. F. P. B. Sands called at the White House today to urge the ap- pointment of Samuel Bryan of this city, to an assistant position. Mr. Bryan was a graduate of the class of 1881 from Annapo- lis. This class lost its place in line by a ruling of Secretary of the Navy Chandler. Congress later passed an act authorizing the appointment of members of this class as assistant paymaster, notwithstanding the age limit. Paymaster Rodgers was the crly member of the class who received an appointment. Mr. Sands now urges that Mr. Bryar should fill the vacancy. Mr. Eryan's friends are making a strong effort in his behalf. They have spoken to Secre- tary Leng on the subject. He has ex- pressed his willingness, it is said, that Mr. Bryan should receive the appointment, but will not make a recommendation to the President. The President's Portrait. The artist at work on the portrait of the President will complete his labors in a few days. The President will give him about two more sittings. The artist will then have the portrait ready to present to Vice President Hebart, for whom the work is being done. Representatives Fisher and Hurley of jew York were the only official callers at the White House this morning. They were accompanied by Robert A. Sharkey, naval officer of the port of New York, and Ma- jor Hart, Platt and New Yerk representatives for @ good consular pcsition. The New Yorkers avowed that they had not spoken to the President on politics in New York city and that he had said nothing to them. ——_—-- 2+ ___ THOUSAND-DOLLAR BLAZE. Stable, Dwelling and Live Steck Destroyed by Fire. There was a fire on the premises of Jo- seph L. Bateman, on Lincoln street, near Howard University, about 8:30 o'clock last night. The fire started in the stable, which was almost adjoining the house, and was an alarm from box 825. Mr. Bateman, who was in the house asleep at the time, was awakened, and, with the assistance of neighbors, he succeeded in saving one horse from the burning building. Two other horses and a mule, beSides two wagons, were shut off from the rescuing party the flames, and they perished. By. While the stable was burning most of the who is recommended by Senator REPORTS FROM CONSULS. France Poorly Supplicd With Tele- phones. Several reports from Eugene Germain, written when he was United States consul at Zurich, Switzerland, have just been re- ceived at the State Department. In one of these, relating to telephones in France, Mr. Germain says that country is but poorly equipped with this modern means of com- munication. Telephones are in 102 towns in France, with 18,191 subscribers, half of whom are in Paris. Switzerland, with barely one-tenth of the population of France, has 20,533 subscribers. The cost of telephones in the latter country is high, being §80 a year in Paris and $40 to $60 in the other places, and each subscriber con- tributes toward obtaining connection with the system In Switzerland, in addition to the charge of having an instrument put in and connected, they charge $8 per year and 1 cent for each conversation of three min- utes’ duration. The government of Swit- zerland operates the telephone system. Another report from Mr. Germain says there was planted in sugar beets in Bu- Tope in 1 1,492,390 hectares, against 1,- 435,962 hectares in 1896. One hectare is equivalent to 2,471 of our acres. Ccnsul Sharp, at Hiogo, Japan, sends to the State Department a clipping from the Kobe Herald, showing that the rate of wages in Japan is 30 per cent higher this year than in 1895. Acting Consul Pressly, at Marseilles, France, in a report to the State Department says that the importation of American cot- ton seed oil has greatly increased at that port in the past two years. Oil manufac- turers have protested against the low du- ties, but so far nohting has been done by the government. Mr. Pressly also refers to the shortage of the wheat crop in France and the in- crease in the price of bread as a result. Popular demonstrations have been made, demanding the suppression of the duty on wheat. Steamers are leaving weekly in ballast to return with American wheat. In gnother part of the report Mr. Pressly says that he doubts whether there are 100) rocking chairs in France outside of Paris, and he suggests that furniture dealers of America might try to introduce them. American bicycles are increasing in num- bers in France. Last year the French gov- ernment received $551,000 from the tax on the wheels. Consul General Jernigan, at Shanghai, in a report to the State Department, says that since the Japanese-Chinese war the tax on salt has been increased one-sixth of a cent per pound. The revenue received from the tax is estimated at $10 400, and the consumption at over %,300,00,000 pounds. At one period salt was used as money in China. ————— DESERTIONS FROM THE ARMY. Judge Advoente meral Lieber Wants Larger Rewards for Captures. Judge Advocate General Lieber of the army, in his annual report to the Secretary of War, calls attention to the entire insuf- ficiency of the present reward for the ap- prehension of deserters, and says: “Formerly the amount of the reward was not fixed by statute, but was left to the Secretary of War to regulate. For many years $3) was the amount designated, but this not being considered sufficient it was increased to $60. In 1894 the power of fix- ing the amount was taken away from the Secretary of War by Congress itself pre- scribing what it should be, namely, $10. So entirely insufficient is this amount that it is little better than none at all, and, in the opinion of many who are in the best position for judging, it encourages deser- tion. I think that the best plan would be to return to the former system, when the amount of the reward was regulated by the Secretary of War, but in any event it should be largely increased.” There were 1,88¢ trials by general courts- martial and $ trials by inferior courts martial during the past fiscal year, a de- crease of 102 of the former and a decrease of 127 of the latter class of trials as com- pared with the preceding fiscal year. Of the general court-martial cases only flye were those of commissioned officers. The number of trials was less than for any year since 1893. Convictions for desertion numbered 244, being less than for any previous year since 1893. Gen. Lieber recommends legislation ex- tending criminal jurisdiction over military reservations and for an amendment of the summary court act for the promotion of the administration of justice in the army. AMERICAN FEDERATION. Call Issued by President Gompers for 17th Annual Conventio President Samuel Gompers of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor today issued his call, as required by the rules of the or- ganization, for the assembling of the sev- enteentk annval convention of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, which will be held in the hall of the house of representa- tives at Nashville, Tenn., commencing De- cember 13 and continuing until the bus- Iress of the convention shall be completed. In the course of his address Mr. Gompers says: “In the history of our organization we have had very many important gatherings, but, perhaps, none which have been calied upon to deal with more momentous ques- tions than confront the workers of today. The severities of the industrial Stagnation of the past four years have not yet abated; the wrongs from which the workers suffe Rave not been righted; the injusti im- pesed upon our people remains unreme- died; the overworked large mass and the unemployed many are still testimony to the folly of our age; the employment of children in our factories and workshops, though modified, lingers with us still, and the spectacle is witnessed of idle men and lakeriously busy children; legislatures are more concerned with the privileges to the few than the rights of the many: with pub- lc assemblage and free speech invaded, threatened cr forbidden, and the modern judicial weapon of injunction utilized in the effort to crush labor. These rights and wrongs and others of equal importance, but too numerous for reference here, must of necessity be considered by the forth- coming convention, and such action de- vised as shall tend to attain the one and set aside the other. NEW ARRIVALS AT THE PALAIS ROYAL. $6.98 E know these garments to be the best values yet offered by the ..-Are they superior to garments elsewhere at We leave that for you to say......Comparisons Cloth Jackets, as illustrated. Palais Royal the price?.... will tell you. Braided Capes, as illustrated. RAPS and Suits of every description are here, from the lowest prices consistent with reliability to $75 for imported novelties. We make a specialty of $5, $10, $15 and $20 garments, and endeavor to be headquarters fer such. Our twenty years of experience has taught us how, we think. A morning’s shopping tour will tell you. & = + : z Special Gloves. ? mir for Ladies’ 4-button Kid BS Gloves, im white, black, tans, Ba Toe pene Equal those previously + : First floor, Sterling Silver. $1.10 for Warranted Sterting si- = ver Hat and Cloth Brust. Artistically embossed. Your name en- Braved free of charge. First floor. rete So fenares DERWEAR weather now. sce those offered here before deciding. proved “cuff” limbs; the ves‘s have $1.24 for Ancther Special. Men Only. = Sc iment of 0¢ for Witttams’ Shav- “Royal” Reading Lamp, nickel plated. Com- ing Soap, A spectal price, and plete, with dome, shade and chimney. therefore only one to each purchaser. Basement. First floor, Ladies and gentlemen accustomed to paying 25, 50c, 75c or $1 for their Undergarments are requested to - It will be noticed that the Ladies’ 25¢ Ribbed and Fleeced Pants here have the im- = silk crochet edge run with silk ribbon. The 50c garments for men and ladies have, we know, a * greater proportion of wool than usual in underwear at the price. $ Ea ice BS New Skirts. Another Special. Knit Skirts. $1 for 89c. 3 $4.98 for, the New Platd Moreen DSc 1, Meck’ Sateen suiete, nea BOe HF Rider Skirts, mat we nine | y and possess twice its durability. them. ‘Third floor. with fle, with cords. Umbrella ruf- See them. Thint floor. Superior. Black and colors are here. BOC rr we colors, pluin and faacy borders. Third floor. equal those usvally sold at Svc. ‘Third floor. Sa ae sSeogoege Sef prices will save you from OUSEFURNISHINGS to make home comfortable during the given you must be charged prices to make Io to 20 per cent. 1e cold days and nights! good the losses inseparable from a credit business. cash at the stores where credit is No such losses here—Palais Royal If vou pay rete Comfortables. $1 BO snstena of $1.50 for those with hest of whi covered with slik-like sii Size and full weight. Seogontnesees rege 7 Second floor. ete: Saving 39c. for the usual $2.25 Comfo: Dles—covered with Fr ch plain centers and all-over de- Most expeusive looking. Second floor. *artenegress settee RESS Goods, comprising woolen and silk fabrics, are here and elsewhere. = Saving 87c. % % 39c a savin dress pattern, lect from—the % re N os og First fioor. $3.98 pats, for tm Lace Curtains. 98c Szv'ng 52c. 50 Call- pair for Brusselslike Lace Car- long and 60 | usual $4. ets, with tains, 3% is red, pink, vellow and blu borders, inches wide. (« ¢ with $1.50 cur. You know them, tains at credit stores. Second floor. Fourth floor. Bargains often dot the stocks of great establishments like the Palais Royal. Let us teil you of such bargains and remind you that such never stay here for long. Saving $1.86. O4c ms Being 48 ine quired for a Me and $1. for $1.25 es and Lo Silk and Wool Velours, six yardagre- e het ween 8d eeeererenaee The Palais reennentetetetetehtetntetedetetetner Royal, ceateet 59c ined feta Stripe Silks. Silk Bargains. Te Black Rustle Per- sant for the usual Tks. « Glace and Plain Taf- | in all colors. yard for the usual $1 Roman Second floor, | yard for the usual 1 Hne—and 6c for 1¢ colors... Only yard f Hair Cloth end Herringbone for 16c Linen Canvas. 69 yard for | Good Linings. | cum G and 11th Sts. res eonseseadeadeendeeateeeateaete eaten eeteaeteneteaeaoeaocoaeeteteeteeetestetete your mind with it, and I said to myself over and over again during the day, ‘I'll bet anything in this world that he will for- Get those lemons.’ And here a dago cai along today with some in a cart unusually cheap, and I let him go by, because I'd told you to get some, and I didn’t care to have two lots in the house; but I might have known that you would no more think of those lemons than you thought of the pine- apples I told you to get one day last week. and I'd depended on the pineapple to slice for tea, just as I’ve depended on the lem- ons to make lemonade for tea this evening. “And here I've gone and told the children that we'd have lemonade for tea, and now I can’t keep my word to them because— what? You can go out to the cerner and get half a dozen? Yes, and pay at least three and maybe four cents a dozen more than they cost in the city. No, I thank you, we've no money to throw away like that. We'll go without lemons tonight, and I'll go into the city tomorrow and get some myself. It's what I have to do if I really want anything, because my husband— what? You tell your own wife to ‘shut up? 1 thought I'd married a gentieman, but I find out that I am very much mistaken. A man who will tell his own wife to—that’s right! Bang the dcor! Dear me, dear ine! What we wives have to put up with is more than half the world dreams of?” as Dug a Grave and Struck Gold. From the Galveston News. Mr. C. K. Walker, representing a St. Louis iron manufactory, was in a happy mood when met by a News reporter last evening, and kindly offered the following little story, for which he vouches and gives it as a moral lesson: “A good turn will always turn up so that you will never get the werst of it,” he began. “How do you suppose that one of the best fellows that ever lived became a rich man? It isn’t a long story, but it shows to a finish that a sqvare act never goes astray, even if it does take some time in finding its way around. Jere Gordon went out to Colorado “At no time have the legitimate and nat- ural organizations of the wage earners— in the early days, without a cent to save the trade urions—been more mercilessly his life. He was in poor health, and, as assailed, subtly attacked and unjustly an- a last resort, sought a higher altitude for tagonized: in no previous era have they more zealously safeguarded, protected and promoted the true interests of the work- ers of our country, and a decade may pass before more absorbing problems confront them; these now before us require the com. bined Intelligence, earnestness, energy and honesty of purpose of all in the effort to hd and faithfully solve.” © representation in the conv. will be on the following basic: ‘Rucn national or international unions, for less thon 4,000 members, one delegate: 4,000 or more, two delegates; 8,000 or more, teree delegates; 16,000 or more, four dele. gates; 32,000 or more, five delegates, and $9 on; and from central bodies and’ state federations and from local unions not hav. ing a national union, and from federal labor unions, one delegate each. ee Henry Forgot. From the New York World. “Henry,” said Mrs, Nagg, blood chilled in his veins, intuition that he had forgotten something = ite some oe him to get. “Dia you ing home those le nes ¢ lemons I told you to bring : bes Tli be hanged if I didn’t for- and Henry's for he knew by get. “Of course, you forgot them! I knew per- fectly well that you would forget thom when I told you this morning to bring them home with you! I had not the re- motest idea that you would remember them. I said to myself half a dozen tim today, ‘Now, I'll warrant = member it! I never in all my life saw such @ man as you are to forget things! I'd just lke to know what would become of this family if I was as forgetful as you are! I a remedy. He knocked around for a year and a half, and lived from hand to mouth. I was then living in Colorado, at Como. We all liked Jere, and had learned to ad- mire many good traits in the poor fellow, knowing that it was not his fault that things didn’t turn his way, and you can bet that none of the boys would refuse him shelter when matters pinched hard on the unfortunate lad. Well, one day Jere struck out; he was disgysted with the world in general ajd with Jere in partic- ular. While plodding along in a lonely part of the.country a couple of days after that, he came upoi thé’ dead body of a miner lying in the, road. ‘Poor @vretch, thought Jere, ‘I suppose that’s how I'll fctch up.’ He started ifto give the dead stranger the attention ‘he'd like himself, end was soon digging a ve for a man he had never seen before. He didn’t dig far, though—hardly two feet. He had run across gold—gold, sglid gold. He buried his unknown friend in“another hole, and quit ‘the first cne a rich man..A good turn, even to a stranger, will rever give you the worst concluded the St! Louisian, as_ his memory returned to ie good old days when gold was plentiful put west. —— —— Wax Figures fir Sliow Windows, From the Boston Evening ‘Transcript. to an inquiry. “Well, it depends entirely upon circumstances. It is not a mechanical operation, the finishing off of a wax #fiodel as true to life as this,” and he point to the bust of a laughing child, whose neck and bright:eyes were framed-by clus- tering curls. “To mate these one must have studied anatomy, as well as drawing and modeling. We begin in the same way as a sculptor would to make a statue. After the wax has cooled, the eyes are put in,-the face is ‘made up,’ as theatrical folks say, during the holiday season. The head and shoulders, such as are seen in the milliners’ windows, cost from $40 to $45. The wig makes considerable difference in the price, aS we use the best hair, and it is expensive, specially the natural blonde, which is scarce. The children’s heads cost $20 or thereabout. “All the finishing off imaginable,” he con- tinued, “would not make a figure stand the test of a season behind the giare of a glass, unless the wax has a natural pink tinge. The reason some of the models look so deathly is because the wax is bad and not properly colored. We use beeswax, slight= by oered. and fiesh tints are put on in ad- ition.” ——_--e+____ GUESTS FROM WAYBACK. me Amusing Storics of Their Blund- ers in Hotels of a Big City. From the St. Louis Republic. The clerks at several of the hotels are telling amusing stories about some of the guests who have come in from the rural districts to the fall festivities and fair. An aged couple came into the Moser Tuesday night and wanted a room. When informed that there was none the woman turned to the man and snapped out: “It serves us right. We will have to walk the streets tonight!” When.-asked for an explanation the man said that they had arrived that morning and paid for a room at some house in Ad- vance for the week. He said they forgot to take the number and street, and had !ook- ed for three hours for the house and then given it up. They had not the slightest idea where the place was. A man from Arkansas told the house- keeper at the Moser that he wus going out and might not be back for supper, but she need not wait for him. Another man came into the St. James yesterday afternoon and seeing @n adver- Usement on the blotter in the regisier headed: “A friend in need is a friend in- deed,” asked for the address. “That's the man I’ve been looking for,” he said. “I was robbed last night and 1 want to borrow money to get home on.” A man at the Rozier apologized to the night clerk for keeping him up until 31 o'clock. He said he hadn’t noticed how late it was, A well-dressed man at the St. Nicholas told the elerk that there was no oil in his lamp. It wouldn't ght. A bell boy went up and turned on the incandescent and told the guest that he had forgotten to turn up the wick. He acknowledged chat he had. A man and woman were registering at the Moser Wednesday evening when a hackman came and asked them for his money for hauling them up from the Union station. “Why, you ain’t going to charge us, are you?” asked the man. “Sure,” cried the hackman. “Didn't ‘you ask us if we wanted to ride?” demanded the man. The hackman said he had. “Well, then,” exclaimed the man, “what. do you want us to pay for?” ‘The clerk explained matters and the vis- itor to the city paid the bill. He remarked that that was the first time he had ever known of any one being invited to ride and then asked to pay for it. —_+- e+ ___ Got What He Wanted. . From the Philadelphia Record. A well-known lawyer, who has offices in the Betz building, says that he has come to the conclusion that the lower class of mankind is totally devoid of gratitude, and that never in the future will he bestow charity, unless the appilcant for aid has ironclad references. Last Thursday morn- seseeaeesregosionsntseess Sondeaseeseatoaseeseos Sesgeeg sto Sonpoaseesentoeseetenteeseote EOEEEELELOL LLP ES Liberal Furnishers. From Eggs to Apples. From the richest parlor suite or the most elaborate chamber suite, down to the smallest tin pan used in a kitchen, we are lead- ers in assortments and varieties. Brains and push bring every material, article and fashion unto our patronage, and the whetstone of low prices sharpens their de- sire to purchase and makes ours The Busiest Corner on Washington’s Busiest Street. Bargains Most Need Them. In January, when most everybody is supplied and settled for the winter, come the many announcements of “MARK DOWNS, “UNPRECEDENTED BARGAINS” and the like in FURNI- TURE AND CARPETS. This is usually the very time such goods are least needed, so that reduced prices, however genuine they may be, are of little ACTUAL benefit to the public. NOW, AT THE SEASON’S HEIGHT, when most_pur- chases are being made, we offer a special exhibition of GENU- INE BARGAINS, many prices being reduced far lower than we have ever known at a so-called clearance or job lot sale. COME AND COMPARE OUR PRICES with those of any other establishment. when you $12.00 3 $3.75 CHIFFOXNIER BEDS. . OAK CHAMBER SUITES. ane BRASS AND IRON BEDS.... House & Herrmann, 7th and I Sts. N. W. and the wig is fastened on, and the : Sun- ! told you no less than three times at the | body is shaped. We iall_our hands in this be some excuse ion peat out us poor A bulldog chained near the | 0! I followed you to the | and feet from lite, th Fea e at $10. to fix n p Sat. tees are - But as you | stable disappeared, and it is thought was ‘ar the fourth time, to be | If we Lave an order for an entire ; : to be ain't, they aia burned to death. ; 5 * me some lemons, for ve always model it from hte’ ritemes ‘ 7 = It matters little what it 1s that you fe manufacture, ar The want whether situation or & servani—a wen ap nreg Bns Baegn hh ed “want” The tar Teac! person who can fill your need.