Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1897, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1897-14 PAGES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON .-November w, 1897. THE EVENING STAR has a regular ent Family Circulation ed cir- ington News and Advertising m it has no eempetitor. (Im order to avoid delays, on ac- count of perso: absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any indfvidual connected with the e, but y to THE STAR, or to t Editortal or Business Depart- ments, according to tenor or purpose. The Trading Stamps. The argument in the trading stamp case teday raises a very interesting legal ques- tion. The contention of the promoters of the scheme is that there is no element of chance involved in it; that it means merely the grant of a discount by merchants to cass purch:sers; that the statute defining and punishing gif- enterprises in the Dis- trict is not intended to apply to it, and that if the werds of the law are construed as applying to the trading stamp scheme the statute is unconstitutional. The presecution contends that the words of the statute which define as a gift enter- prise the selling “of any article of mer- chandise * * * with a promise, expressed or implied, to give * * * any article or thing for and in consideration of the pur- chase of other article er thing” unmis- takably apply to the trading stamp scheme, the stamps involving the promise, expressed or implied, to give under certain conditions and in certain contingencies some other article of merchandise in consideration of the purchase of the article in connection Wit which the stamps were issued. Tne prosecution goes further and finds in this particular scheme elements of chance in connection with the fulfiiment of the prom- ise held out by the stamps which, ii is ccntended, bring the project within the range of definitions of gift enterprise which are not so broad as the local statute, and even within the category of lotteries. And finally the prosecution insists that if the scheme is not 2 lottery, and is merely a gift enterprise under the local statute, there is sufficient of chance and of con- tingency in the statutory requirement of a promise to give as distinguished from an actual giving, and sufficient of chance in the scheme itself as described, to prevent the statute from being viewed as uncon- stitutional when construed as prohibiung such an enterprise. In the cited cases in which statutes deal- ing with the subject of gift enterprises have been held unconstitutional there was an actual present giving of a visible object as part of a single purchase transaction. Some courts have held that a man may not be thus prohibited by the legislature from giving away what is his own. It is pointed out, however, that our local statute does not in terms forbid such actual, present, visible gift, but only the promise of a fu- ture gift, which may or may not be ful- filled. because the conditions, contingencies or chances coupled with the promise may or may not ve met. The promise held out by the trading stamp is conditional, contingent upon the collection by the recipient of numberous other similar stamps, and the article prom- ised is indefinite and uncertain, being the most desirable among the numerous arti- eles of v ing vaiues which chance to temain in the Trading Company's store at the uncertain time in the future when the collector shall have filled his. book. The legal question has been ably discussed on both sides, and the Court of Appeals is now to decide whether this scheme, which threatens the comiaunity with trade de- moralization, can be reached by the law. LeRgth of the Session. In the current speculation touching the probable length ot the coming session of Congress those who pred.ct a short session base their prediction on two propositions: @) The business interests of the country desire a short session; and (2) members of the House ambitious to succeed themselves will be anxious to get home and look after their primaries. Neither of these propositions is worthy of the subject. The second is hardly worthy of consideration. There are mem- bers of every House whose noid on their constituents seems to be so slight they are busier at home than on the field of duty here, but the number is small. It never de- termines anything of importance in Con- gress—never anything as important as the length of a session. The next Congress campaigns will be stirring beyond the or- dinary, but the best election card that any candidate can play in any contest is to show a record of faithful attention to bust- ness in any office he may have held, or may be holding. The first proposition grows out of talk that is not so potent to-day as it was a few years ago. President McKinley referred to the matter in his inaugural address, and declared that he did not sympathize with that view of Congress which affected to see in its sessions a menace at times to business. And he made good his words by calling Congress at once together in extra session, and Congress at that extra session justified his confidence by disposing of one of the most important business questions in @ way highly satisfactory to all business interests. Why should Congress in session be a menace to business interests? What is Congress for but to attend to those inter ests and all other kinds of interests? The one consideration likely to govern and worthy to govern the question of the length of time Congress will sit next year is the amount and nature of the business presented to it. There are numerous ques- tions of the first consequence awaiting set- tlement. In the Senate, party divisions are such that some of these questions cannot pass beyond the stage of discussion. But there are others upon which by means of good management action may be had, and this action the country has every right to expect. In all probability therefore, when Congress buckles down to work after the holidays—it rarely does much before that— it will be for such a session as the public welfare, rather than the convenience of members, demands. ———_+ +2 ___ The horse ts very well in his place. As the inspiration of a social event he is emi- nently praiseworthy. But he becomes tire- some in front of a street car. ——_~+e-2—___ It is to be regretted that evidence in the Nack-Thorn trial {s so much easier to find than a verdict. ——_+e2—____ A Victory for Honest Trade. The oleomargarine frauds are to be pun- ished as they deserve. The decision ren- dered yesterday to this effect is cause for general congratulation and the Attorney General is entitled to the thanks not oniy ef this community but of the people of the whole republic for preventing an injudi- @ious compromise in the pending cases. ®his decision, so strictly in accordance ith The Star’s contention and with the evident equities of the case, necessitates that the law shculd now take its course and that its violators, who have sought to evade punishment by offering to pay large sums, should be dealt with in accordance with the principle that underlies the stat- ute, the principle of honesty in trade. Ii 1s now said in extenuation of the proposi- tion advanced by the Treasury Depart- ment for a compromise that while the cases were regarded as strong enough io Warrant a trial the sums offered by the accused were deemed to constitute a suffi- ciently heavy punishment. The public in- terests demand, however, that the punish- ment should be dealt out directly and in such manner that the humiliation and ex- posure of a conviction should be utilized to warn other possible perpetrators of similar frauds of the risks they are running. The law contemplates both imprisonment and fine, and it was clearly to avoid the former that the accused dealers, who have been detected in the grossest frauds against the public, offered to pay the heavy sums that tempted the officials of the internal rev- enue bureau. The interest displayed in ‘Chase cases by the Secretary of Agriculture is an element of strength to the prosecution. Secretary Wilson represents the farmers of the coun- try and their concern in the suppression of the frauds of the imitation-butter men can- not be questioned. This concern does not spring from the competition between the two interests, for the rivalry between nat- ural and artificial products is inevitable and is to be expected at all stages of commer- cial progress. But the farmers, like the citizens and consumers, are injured by the sale of these imitations as the genuine ar- ticle. The public complains, with good rea- son, of a further fraud in that they are called upon to pay butter prices for the artificial stuff foisted off upon them in dis- guise. As long as each commodity is known in its own character and sells for its legitimate price there is little reason for any interest to feel aggrieved, but as the case has been standing for many months Past the Secretary of Agriculture, in the mame of the farmers and other classes of citizens, is amply justified in demanding that the frauds be stamped out through the agency of the courts. The acceptance of the compromise offer would have set back the day of deliverance from these and similar frauds. It would, 2s well, have established a dangerous prec- edent for utilization in other directions and the government would have stultified itself by pretending to enforce a law while in effect encouraging its violation. The At- torney General's prompt declination of the Proposition should result in a quickening of all the processes of prosecution and it is to be hoped that both in Philadelphia and in this city the cases now pending will be brought to trial without further delay. Should convictions be obtained the courts will doubtless take cognizance of the fact that the accused have sought to evade a Portion of their deserved punishment by offering large sums in compromise, and will give the law its full force as a de- terrent by imposing the penalty that has evidently spurred the perpetrators of the frauds to their extraordinary proposition. —~+ee—____ High Pay for the Fiddler. In New York and Ohio, after an election, the men who have stood as candidates for office are required to file a sworn statement of the amount of their campaign expenses. Such statements covering the campaign Just closed” are now under inspection, and seme of them show an astonishing state of things. A Tammany candidacy, it is disclosed, is a very expensive affair. The items are numerous and the amounts are all large. One bill in particular is the subject of much comment. Francis M. Scott, long a reformer and a vigorous opponent of Tam- many Hall, changed sides in this recent campaign, and was nominated by Tam- many for a place on the bench. He paid to Tammany’s campaign fund $9,000. The sum is startling, all things considered, and all the more so when taken in comparison with the statement of General Tracy, who, renning for the office of mayor—an office of importance a hundred per cent greater than that of the small judgeship—spent a little over a thousand dollars. That is to say, the candidate for an office a hundred times greater than another office in con- test spends only one-ninth as much in the race as does the candidate for the lesser place. General Tracy lest and Mr. Scott wen, and In New York that fact may throw some light on the two bills, but it has no tendency to exalt the successful political methods of the metropolis. In Ohio they order these things better. A limit is placed there on campaign ex- penses of candidates. An act is on the books known as the corrupt practices act, whereby no candidate for a state office is allowed te epend more than $650. Had Gen- eral Coxey been elected governor in this recent contest he would not have been al- lowed to qualify, because his campaign ex- penses, as shewn by his statement just filed. were nearly a thousard dollars. The New York law ought to be amended so as to take on this Ohio feature. It is true, and entirely fair, that a candidate for office should contribute to legitimate campaign experses, but where those ex- penses are made to mount up into the thou- sands, ard candidates are assessed, or feel themselves obliged to contribute, sums so large for the purpose that they amount to a high per cent of the salaries attached to the offices in contest, the transaction is fairly open to question and criticism. Henry George died with sharp and scathing de- nunciation of such practices on his lps, and nothing he said during his campaign attracted more attention or elicited louder applause from his audiences. —>+e—__ The one thing Mr. Carlisle could do to round off the disfavor with which he is now regarded by the Kentucky democracy would be to come out in support of the prohibition party. ——+e+e—____ One of the hopeful circumstances accom- panying the opening of Congress is the fact that President McKinley can usually be depended upon for a concisely written message. ————++e—____ If Mr. Hoyle had written a work on said, “when in doubt, call in the caterer. —-—+ «= ____ Wheat has done well in Ohio, but the olive branch crop is a comparative failure. ————s eo A Low Pay Scale. The school trustees in their annual re- port call attention anew to the low rate of pay established in this District for the pub- lic school teachers, and it makes the sug- gestive comparison that these hard- worked, faithful and important public servants receive on an average about the same sums as those paid to the messengers in the government departments. There can be no comparison between the duties of the two classes of workers. ‘The messen- gers are worthy of all they get, and in many cases they should receiye more money. But if the grade of isffelligence and the degree of responsibility in their case should be accepted as standards in measuring pay scales, the school teachers are shamefully treated. On these men and women a heavy burden rests. On them de- pends the formation of much of the cnarac- ter of thousands of children, who under them not only learn their lessons but ac- quire habits of thought and study and judgment that remain with them through- out their lives. The accountability of the teacher to society is direct and heavy. Mcst teachers realize this fact and their Work stands as evidence of this recognition. Meanwhile they are required to maintain a high standard of personal fitness, to con- tinue their studies if they would secure promotions and are put to heavy expenses in many directions wholly out of keeping with the demands upon them and their re- wards. There is a mis-adjustment here and a serious one at that. The District takes a justifiable pride in its public school system and especially so in view of the fact that for years the teachers have worked on a pay scale wholly out of proportion to their labors. The high degree of efficiency has been due, in large measure, to the pride that the teachers themselves have taken in the results of their work, but it will not do to depend for all ttme upon this spirit, and to the end that the stand- ards of the past and the present be main- tained Congress should be made to feel the weight of the duty that now rests upon it, a@ duty to the teachers, to the District and to the nation through the example set by its capital city to the other comunities. The aggregate amount of the increases. suggested by the board of trustees is in- significant when the results sure to flow from an amendment of the pay scale are considered. , ——++e—___. The protest of Russia against Turkey's acquiring more ships is justified. by the fact that the sultan is about the kind of man who would enjoy rocking the boat. —————_ +2 —___ The double umpire system will at least throw a temporary element of novelty into disputes. —— SHOOTING STARS. Unsportsmanlike. “I hyahs tell dat foot ball is a pow'ful rough game,” said Miss Miami Brown. “"Deed ‘tis, replied Erastus Pinkley. “Dey’s gittin’ so dey ain’ satisfied wif buttin’ haids like gemman; de las’ game I wus in dey got to kickin’ shins!” Encouraging Omissions. “You seem to have a great deal of con- dence in that man’s political future.” “Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum. “I have. Nobody as yet has referred to him as a paliver: aaleued orator’ or a ‘favorite son.’ ” A Problem Play. “I believe you describe your new piece as problem play?” said the friend. “Yes,” replied the theatrical manager, “that's what the author said it was going to be, and for once he knew what he was talking about. Making the receipts cover the railway and hotel bills keeps me doing arithmetic twenty-four hours @ day.” Varying Circumstances. A boy will miss his school, and scream Iy he perchance his toe should stub; But, when he’s joined a foot ball team You couldn’t hurt him with a club. Unthanked. “Henrietta,” said Mr. Meekton, “there is one thing that I wish to say to you frank- ly. There is ore subject over which I do not desire any shadow of doubt to fall. So far as the affairs of this family are con- cerned, you are to kave your own way in every particular.”” Then heestood back and waited for a smile of joy to brighten her face. But thcre was a frown. “Of course,” she answered. “That's just like a man. If anything goes wrong you want to be sure of having somebody to blame for it.” Tarn About. It was a “horse show,” so they said; 'Twould take a pen most graphic To tell how wealth its luster shed— The fruit of honest traffic. Each quadruped sighed deep and long. Applause? He could not win it. Obscured by fashion's dazzling throng, The horses weren't in it. It was a drama, so they wrote, Of up-to-date corstruction. “No cost was spared,” the bills to quote, “In mounting thé pre duction.” The realistic racir g scene Found favor in a minute! The horses ran the show, I ween: The play-folk were not in it. —___ +e = Interfer-nce for Peace Sake. From the Cineinnat! Enquirer. Liberty is a boon generally purchased at an extraordinary price. The cost is in blood. The destiny of Cuba is to be free, but already there has been too much sacri- fice. The Spanish dominion in the western world was for a long time widespread. Vast countries in South America have been rescued from the selfishness and rapacity of the government at Madrid. It must ap- pear to any reasonable person that the last of the important Spanish possessions in this half of the earth must surely be res- cued from Spenish clutches. ‘This is in lin> with the spirit of the age. It is a part of the development of human Vhy prolong the struggle? The Cubans have earned their freedom. They have paid sufficient tribute to the mother country. They have fought vatiantly through two wars. They have demonstrated their capacity to resist Spain. They have rendered it _impossibic for Weyler and his troops, or Blanco and his, to “pacify” the island on the plan of death to the patriots. By holding off their hands, other countries, whose positions as conservators of constitutional liberty are plain, are serving neither Spain nor Cuba, in the leng run. They are merely permit. ting further bloodshed. They are promoting death and disease in the prisons. They are making longer and harder the march to- ward universal peace. They are defeating the ends of the most ardent peace men. They are increasing the cost in money and lives. They are practically carrying on a war which can have only one ending; but they are making that ending an expensive one. It is extremely unfortunate for our re- public that the United States cannot take a-hand in the combat which is to finaily give the Cubans an independent govern- ment of their own. Our tolerance of the Cuban situation, our seeming indifference to the suffering of our neighbors, makes our institutions a by-word in the govern- ments of Europe. The peace men ought to pray for the interference of the govern- ment of the United States in the fight in Cuba, as the best means of securing peace at the earliest practicable moment. ——_____o-__ Getting an Intelligent Jury. From the Boston Post. In preparation for the trial of Kelley, the Somersworth murderer, the twelve jurymen were selected and impaneled with- in less than six hours. At the trial of Martin Thorn for the murder of Gulden- suppe at Long Island City, a jury was pro- cured in an equally short time. To get a jury in half a day to try a murder case is almost unprecedented. But the jurors in these two cases are said to be far above the average in character and intelligence. Unquestionably public confidence in the verdicts reached by these jurors, selected in less than half a day of examination, will be greater than if weeks had been wasted in excluding from the box men of intelligent opinion, ———_+ e+ —___ The Nearest to a Precedent. From the Boston Herald. It is singular that in the search for a parallel to the death of Henry George the instance of Daniel Webster has not heen mentioned. There is no perfect parallel to Mr. George’s death. Some of our exchanges have gone so far as that of Horace Greeley te seek it, though Mr. Greeley died after the voting was all over. Daniel Webster, died at the height of the campaign of 1852, when there was a ticket of electors in nomi- nation for him in Massachusetts, to which he had assented, if not as a test of his strength, with a view to lessening the vote of the regular Whig candidate for the presi- dency. He was not living when the vote was taken, but the ticket was kept in the field, and was supported by those who, put it there, after his death. ———-“37+42____ A Yankee Tramp Steamer, Fiom the Philadelpbia Ledger. The bulk of England’s great ocean ton- nage is made up of what is known as “tramp” steamers—stanch but slow freight carriers, economical in maintenance, which seek cargoes wherever they are to be found. There may be much significance in the an- notncement that the first American steam- er of this character is under contract with the Bath Jron Works of Bath, Me. This vessel Is for a New York house. It is to be completed next May, and will at once compete with the foreign “tramp” steam- ers. + ———+e+___ Semator Mason’s Ambition. - From the Philadelphia Press. Senator Mason of Illinois is prepared to tegin a fignt at once against executive ses- sicns of the Senate, excepting to consider treaties, and also in behalf of a rule to Kimit debate in the Senate. He has the rest wishes of the country in that under- taking. It will be fortunate if he succeeds where so many others have failed. — * 4 a heavy leather Suit Case we ever offered at such BRASS TRIMMINGS. stay. Only few of them left. They’re going lively. is “mighty little” to $5 Case, and yet this is all we ask for the figures. Russet and olive shades. ag (STEEL FRAMES. THat $4 BaG, Genuine Alligator, is a beauty. Nickel TOPHAM’S. Double Store, pay for a first-class, handsomest and strongest Suit LINEN LINED. trimmed, leather lined, inside pocket and A231=1233 Pa. Avenue. Factory, 1218-1220 EF. st. Repairing well and promptly executed in ‘our Lines REEFERS. The ideal cold-weather garments for children are Reefers. They’re warm--and cut short so as not to interfere with a child’s natural ten- dency to romp and play. You'll find all the good sorts here == beginning at $1.48. SPECIAL.—Handsome All-wool and Fast- color “Astrakhan Keefers—made ap very stylishly and tailored in the very best fash- jon—at $4.98. You can fund ‘em. elsewh too—at $6.5 Eiseman Bros. Cor. 7th and E Sts. N.W. 1t NO BRANCH STORE IN WASHINGTON. Seer ee teeeteererree SoSee oy POPULAR} HOES AT RICES. NEW STYLES, NEW SHAPES, NEW IDEAS. Ladies’ & Gents’ Shoes, $ ]| -98-$2-48_$]-98. Every Shoe weith more mones, and will save you 50 ¢énts a pair over up-town prices. es POD EOE OHPLLOISTOSE. PSS 95404949 F96040 60 Robert Cohen & Son, ¢ 3 630Pa.Ave.N.W. @ 3 Established 1838. oc4-3m-40 = ong owes We’ fl Be ‘Open All Day On Thanksgiving Day —But we suggest that yon make engage- —— ments before that tim There are always ——— #0 many who want photos taken on holidays that we may not be able to take yours if = you wait tnt! Thanksgiving Is alnbet here before seeing us. —— CF While you're here—ask to see some of our new styles in Photos. W.-H. Stalee, 1107 F St., _PHOTOGRAPHER. Ww BIG SALE iE Horse Blankets & Lap Robes —Largest and handsomest stock in Washington. oe Hons & Se $3. Store DRIVING Ov BECKER’S FINE HARNES 1t EO Don't TI Think Our Prices Are “High” ee —beeause we lay such stress on tfe purity of cur drugs. “If you'll take the trouble to compare ALL our prices you'll find that in the long rum it pays to buy ALL your medicines ard toilet articles HERE. C7 Our prices are only what pure drugs and fine tollet artteles are worth. Arlington Drug Store, Cor. Vt. Ave. & H St. Alex. 8. Daggett. ‘Beautiful ) Lamps, $ —latest desigrs—with handsomely dec- orated globes—and fitted with the fa- mous Rochester burners. Only $2.49. We have Decorated Lamps—gcod ones— for a3 little as 30c. ve “‘parts’’ to fit £11 stoves, "those wold by installment 16 Cor. 7tl w. Barker, &,7", Be cet Cha ee eas CHINA, ETC. A» or We oneeir houses. We < I ENG SOLES Chafing Dishes! Every HouseKeeper should own a Chafi Dish—with It you, can prepare a gains Juncheon in Ces time. New line of Chafing Dishes—equirqed with most perfect lamp ev invented. Mf Chatin Bistes, 2.5 o ma me wat in, complete, for. t hook free with each Chat WILMARTH & KAis 1114 | ae Next to Columbia Theater. not7-14a___8) + . . ae The comfort, satisfaction and econ- omy of high-class Shoes can only be known by wearing them. For Ladies and Men. 3.50, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00. Burt's, 1411 P St. Arthur Burt. * JOENSTON’S, Special Reduction.: COFFEE, Arbuckle’s Package Osffee, s LOWc. each Lage EES ever ng’s ze “10 (eo (‘De each .. Frat oe Urn CAI see Ib ckers, well fill 8c Ib. with fruit ROASTS. Ib. Fresh Beef for roasting... Cg oeSenSenengorconSoncontegvegesSonsorcongentonsonty dhodertendtorendioesodaretp os STEW BEEF. Fresh Beef for boiling... 5c. cee % & = eae : PORTERHOUSE. Shloin and Porte hous: ; Se eee LOC LD, : BUTTER. 43 3 Best Elgin Butter, per Ib.....: 30c. $ BUCKETS. Wooden Water Buckets, each. wm 10. Cc. Flour Sieves.....2222-- dondondergetgeretentendontorgete TOILET SETS. 2 Toilet Sets, ees $1 25 Coal Sieves.........-.- 5% Sorgen Seeteegeees ee ee SeeSondonsongent oesees % 3 Cakes Toilet Soap. . Fh % ss 4 Cc. Large bottles Mustard. i ales % PLUMS. fe Pitt Plums, California fmt ABC, 4 : See % CaliforniaEgg Cs é Plums, (be 22cs ces eae 1 2 ia = 4 ie % California Evapor- Cc. % ated Nectarines, Ib... 1 () mtn CRA? ‘BERRIES. £ Largs Cranberries, per quart... 8c. $ Sweet Chocolate, large DC. é Rakes nee cee eee eee oe Ka $ HONEY CAKES. : Honey Jumble Iced Cakes, ». OAc < $ PACKAGE OATS. sete “Oc. $ SO NAA ONES ‘ HMMM EOE ER SMES RHEE RNS ERE ORNS Spaghetti, per - per pack- c. ape ee eee) $ FLOUR. ‘f Best Family Flour, per bar- BOs inert G4,00 2 SHRIVER’S. : © suriver's Sugar Corn, per can.) Ce ne OY $ LOOSE OATS. : Best loose Rolled ou. 214¢. Ib. $ RUMFORD'S z Largest 12-cent bottles tun-& ¢C. $ ford’s Yeast Powd Zz ~) $ TOMATOES. ; = ae cans Royal Red toms-"7. Wc. HOMINY. Sets) or Fine °2C. Ib. CORN 2N MEAL. Corn Meal, by the bushel....... TABLE MEAL. Sacks Table Ground Corn Meal.. 12c. LARGE RICE. Large Grain Finest 51] P oxkie Rice. ae ‘SlAc. COAL AL HODS. Heavy, Well-made Coal Hods... 14c. WASH BOILERS. Large Wash Botlers, heavy tin. BOC, WASH BOARDS. Zine Rubber Wash Boards. . OC, SeeSeegeaateateacongengongengetettoatentengeengentonseagengenentersonsonrontentengeegengeny CANDY. Large Stick Candy, as- 10c. Ib. sorted flavor. . BROKEN STICK. amen sux omar, w8C, Ih, APRICOTS. Cuiitorn'a) rap. Apel: 10c. Tb. cots, bright... EVAPORATED | PEACHES. Myers Evap. n_ Enc OY, STARCH, COFFEE. tere tt taate Coon oem: DAC, d OHNSTON D, @ pair. Remnant Day. Tables filled with rem- nants will dot all five floors Absurdly true; Five Cloth Bound vols. for 63c. GSC Bll Tina antane Nendetta. Wormwood, A Romane Two Worlds. works. Each hardsom-ly The Pal alas Royal. Tomorrow :::: Housekeepers’ Day. The Housefurnishing Goods buyer announces a coup de main: The choicest bargains of the George Borgfeldt stock secured prior to the auction. The basement floor is crowded to overflowing—the overflow on great tables, first floor, near elevator and in the corner between the G and 11th st. entrances. Best Steel Enameled Ware. Every housekeeper knows the cleanliness, the durability, the com- fort of enameled steel wares, called “agate,” ete. The usual “granite,” prices are well known. The Palais Royal can temporarily ask less than tinware prices: Coffee and Teapots, 1% quarts....... Coffee and Teapots, 2 quarts. Coffee and Teapots, 3. quarts Seucepans, Mpred, 2% quart Saucepans, lipped, 3 quarts. Saccepans, lipped, 4 quarts Ham Boilers, large, with cover.. Dishpans, 10-quart size. Dishpans, 14-quart size. +. 19C. 23¢. Buckets, covered, 10c Buckets, covered, 3 14c. Buckets covered. 19g¢ Pudding Pans, 3 quart 14¢. Pie Plates, 10-inch size. 5c. Cooking Pot, with cover, 8 quarts 49¢. Tea Kettles, 5 quarts. 24c. Large Cups. 5c. And like Lest Steel English Royal Blue China. This well and favorably known china, with royal blue and gold decorations, is to be offered at much less than the price of common plain white china. Those owning sets of the “Royal” can supply missing pieces, and those desiring a complete set may secure such at nominal prices. Royal Blue Tea Plates.........+. Royal Blue Breakfast Plates. Royal Blue Dinner Plates... Royal Blue Soup Plates.......... Royal Blue Butter Plates. Royal Blue Fruit Saucers. 7c. Royal Blue Cups and Saucers. Royal Blue Covered Dishes. Royal Blue Salad Bowls... Royal Blue Turkey Dishes....... + 49c. Royal Blue Cream Pitchers. - gc. Royal Blue Sauce Bowls... + Ige. te u Di and $5.48 2 EE Lr Baa three colors. $6. 95 t fo. carbo tated $9.50 sets of 100 pieces, ted and gold $1.17 for Borstelat's $1.75. Tollet Sos ~ tlt pieces, Pull sizes, Decorath various colors. $2.98 for Boretelat's $4 Tea Sets of 56 pleces. Floral decorations in colors and gold edge on each pit $3. Q5 for Bogteldt’s $6 Fish Sets, consisting of large dish and twelve plates, decor- ated to match. (Coatinued above.) Borgteldt’s SOc Salad Bowls. | Lar fed shapes, artistic decorations. 34c fe. tions, Oc for_ Borgtelat's ite a Gina A. De Coffee SL ucers. Z5Sc for Borgtetat decoratt shapes and for Borgfeldt’s 10c to 25c Carlsbad China omar tes. Assorted shapes, sizes and decora- BSc to, S0e French and and Artistic 25c ! for ea #30 to She China Brosh and Large Pitchers, Mantel Vases, Candlesticks; all ouperior imported’ goods. Thousands of Equally Good 2 aici $1.19 tr a Cur Glass Water Bottl Worth $1.75....$2.95 Instead of $3.75 dozen for the Table Tunibicrs. 280 cach for Mus- tard Pots. $1.25 23 2, Parlor, Lamon with globe deco- 15¢ for 50c Water Color Pictures, of children, in white ename! frames, (Continued above.) 12Zc¢ fr Crystal Glass Decanters: worth 10c for Imported Flower Vases, worth 25 12e for 25¢ Mantel Vases. $1.25 sr the “usual $2 O11 Heating Stoves, with two large burners—ouly 9c for the $1.48 Gas pone Stoves, for offices, rooms or hail bed rooms. 19¢ ™ Inyarted map, Paakets ane Bargains on Fourth Floor. Here are Curtains, Draperies and Furniture. The bargains include a maker’s stock of sample chairs and importers’ surplus of lace curtains, as follows: $3.69 pair for a lot of $5 White Irish Point ba Lace Curtains....And $4.98 pair for a lot of $7 Irish Point Curtains. $1. 39 pair for choice of a lot of Brussels ef. t Lace Curtains, worth from $2 to §3 All are superior 60-inch-wide Curtains. $2.29 ites nhourie BiH tae fac-similes of most’ expensive Brosscls Lace Cort tains. holce Sof a lot of Rockers, worth to $4 each. * with leather very night; $2.25 1 cobbler seats $3.50 3 jot worth $4 to $6 each = rior finished Rockers, some with usually high back and arms, seme with low back and seat upholstered in figured velvet; some with upholstered seat and $4.98 tr a lot_worth $6 to $8 each. Some are natural Cherry Rockers, with broca- telle upholstery: others of mahogany are fitted with \ spring seats and green velvet covering. Su Best Blankets Very Cheap. Best in the world—the California Wool Blankets from the Golden Gate Manufacturing Company. Only 73 pairs and some are a little roughed by handling, but prices are’less than the usual wholesale quo- tations. On Soon Floor. California Wool Blan- and handle them. $7.19 pets. 5 S204. $4.98 Be. 5 California Wool Blankets. they weigh 7 pounds. $3.68 per tor, $5, ois Bounds, welght. (ustiened atore 50 California Wool Blan- nny measure 72x84 inches; for the $6 Blankets, On Bargain Table. ir for White and Gray Blankets... 50c 1.50 for Genuine Miicbetine Spreads, worth $2.25. Remnants of big lon 25c fot last of the 35s Teaw ‘Tewels, 18x36 inches. QA fcr, $1.50 Best 0 Best Turkey Red Table Covers. darde—t5e yard for Ge Table Dam- Esitleached Extra Heavy "Hac Huck Little Children’s Day. “O 3 emg Souvenirs. PENING?” of 1897-’98 winter styles for the baby and little chil- dren. Among the novelties imported for the occasion are ee ee Sea ere en Cone bat be mach for the $6.50 Paris-made Silk $4.48 $9.