Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1897, Page 12

12 Emmons S. Smith. Ample evidence of the esteem and interest of the community for the Boston Variety Store was given in thecrowds CAPT.BLACK’S REPORT (Continued from First Page.) = weight of a motor car varies from 15,000 to 20,000 pounds, and when loaded with people its we’ght must be considered in computing the strains as 30,000 to 35, pounds. The Navy Yard bridge was never constructed to bear such strains. In addi- tion to this, the structure is a very un- sightly one and inadequate to meet the de- mands of travel, and should be replaced by a better new structure, for wiich estimates have been submitted. In the last appropriation act the Commis- which thronged the store Wednesday even- ing and the success of cur opening sales of the past two days. Moreand better values will be given daily as new lines are pushed to the front. Umbrella Department. This line was not represented in our opening advertisement. We could not mention all the good things at once. quote: Twilled Gloria Umbrellas, For tomorrow we Silk Gloria Umbrellas, With Jong Dresden handles. They ag i Black a ‘olors—Elue, d, Green 49 For the Men We Display 28-inch Umbrellas of the best quality silk Gloria, with steel rods, sterling silver-tris- $1.98 med handles and furnished covers ai tassel, at Jewelry Items. The Fancy Medal Girdles so popular at present beimg offered in oxidized silver and Roman, gold, enameled, xt "O8c. _{iso in Russtan Enamel and J re 2 uss You will find a full line of Shell Pompa- dour Combs, with short and long teeth, at, Side Combs in pompadour ef- is, with quill or beaded edge 25c. fe at. 25c. pr. Pocket Books. Two items only are quoted out of an immense varlety of new styles. Real Seal. Morocco and Grain Leather Books, with trimmed edges or pl searcels ADC equaled at T5e, now A. special purchase of regular $1.50 Pocket Teoks. made and lined throughout of the finest real seal leather, for Satur- Knit Underwear. Seasonable garments at remarkably low prices are drawing trade to this new department. For tomorrow we display Children's Fine Merino ‘Vests and Pants, in gray and white. sman szee at. 1 IC.pr.garment Medium sises........ 15c. and 19c. And large stzes at = Fine Jersey Ribbed 43 and Pants, f fe. Our regula -435C. CAC e. ne. To intreduce. . Ladies’ Non-shrinkable Merino Vests and Pants #00 gmat" $1.19 each Hosiery. For the children we offer one lot of Fast-black mless Stockings, sizes 5 to 9%, at three pairs for.. = 5c. Heavy Ritied 15e. Goods, sizes 6 to 10, 4 Cc. made. Among a great vartety of other styles we men- fon “one lot of New ‘Plaids for “Indies 7) Handkerchiefs. ‘That this will be a popular department was tested Yesterday by the crowds of buyers. Ladies’ Heavy Bicycle Hose, 2 In sizes 9 to 10%, tomorrow We place on sale tomorrow one lot of one bun- oe = as aa 1 Ic. each Hae worth 1c. ..63c. a box and 10c. Handkerchief Tables are win- Men’s Goods. We are making friends among the men with new and correct goods at the right prices. special Men's Initial Japanette each, are quoted in hal dozen boaes at ‘The Se. ners. Scotch Wool Golf Leggins of the T5c. values we @ell in full faney styles and plain colors with fancy tope at “49c. Men's Scotch Wool Half Hose, heavy quality, in bis ee gray are Piva “1214. pair Men's Hose Supporters styles, assorted colors, ai "Oc. pair Pictures and Frames. ‘The choice variety of Framed Pictures displayed on our fourth floor is of real artistic merit. Medallion reproductions of famous paintings, mounted under glass, are very effective for the cabinet or table. We show them in a great variety. The prices range a= '¢2 49 Etchings in oak frames, 11x14, heavy Torchon mats. Larger Etchinge in narrow ebony frames, with brass corners. solid brass of choice subjects. fe We carry the larzest vartety of Ready-made Pie- ture Frames in the city. Let us frame your ple- tures and we will please you im both style ana price. We also make to order any style of frame ~equired. Second Floor. We now.claim to have the best Housefurnishing and China Departments in Washington. Light, alry and accessible and filled with articles of datly use and necessity. Best Premium Porcelain Dinner Sets es, suitable for dinner, as < tea and reakfast. Worth $9.98. Special Sou- eesti =“ $4.98 American Porcelain Tollet pieces, brown, blue and green Premium China Totle flowers and gold lines.. Seu Thin Glass Table Tumblers. Worth each. Special...... ci S "$1.19 all color. Oc, All styles of Paint and Varnish Brushes at low- t_ prices. es i Table Oil Cloth. best quality, in 20 aif- ferent patterns. Special BE s Star Ofl Stove Heater, suitable heat bath room or small room 1-Ib. Can Ready-mixed Pain! Byecial price: A perfect elevator service to all parts of the batiding. EmmonsS. Smith, 0 20579 and 11 Penna. Ave. sioners were directed to obtain by competi- tion plans for a bridge across Rock creek on the line of Connecticut avenue extended. It is expected that the plans will be ready for submission to Congress, with estimates in detail, before the beginning of the next calendar year. The work of widening F Street bridge, as provided for in the last appropriation act, is now in progress. Street Railways. During the past summer two very im- portant means of street car propulsion have been under experiment in this city. As permitted by its charter, the Capital rail- way obtained authority from the Commis- sioners to install the Brown electric system on its line between the Navy Yard bridge and the navy yard. The practicability of this system as a means of street car pro- pulsion has not yet been demonstrated. The Eckington and Soldiers’ Home and Belt railway companies have experimented with Various types of air motors for street car propulsion. After a long series of ex- periments they were authorized to equip their lines with cars fitted with air motors of the type, power and reservoir capacity of that last tested. It is understood that such cars are now being constructed for the companies. The underground electric system in use cn the Metropolitan lines has been operated throughout the year in a manner most sat- isfactory to the citizens, and, it is under- steod, financially satisfactory to the com- pany. It is a question for serious consider- ation whether sound public policy would not dictate that, until some other method of street car propulsion has been proved to be better, Congress should stipulate that all the street railway companies operated within the city limits be equipped with this form of propulsion, as being the most satisfactory known anywhere at this date. The equipment of all the lines in the city on a uniform p!an would afford advantages which can be readily seen, in permitting the transfer of cars from route to route, in permitting eventually the abandonment of some miles of track, and in lessening the liability of a line being tied up by acci- dents similar to the fire which recently de- stroyed the power house of the Capital Traction Company. Electrelytic Action. Some difficulty has been experienced dur- ing the past year from electrclytic action on underground wires, gas and water pipes, in cases where the suburban street rail- roads have attempted to use bonded rails for a return circuit, one pole of the dynamo furnishing the power being grounded. This practice has caused serious trouble in other cities, and although the loss due to it here has been less in degree, unless preven- tive measures are taken the danger will increase in proportion as the underground municipal work is extended to the suburbs. In tke late railway charters granted by Congress the Commissioners are given au- thority to require a method of construc- tion which to a certair degree will guard against danger from this source. Congres- sional action, however, will be required to remedy this evil in some of the existing lines. The Sewers. The application of the continuous contract system to the work ‘f sewer construction in the District in the case of the Tiber creek and New Jersey avenue intercepting sewer. has developed a condition arising under the act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia, which causes an increase of cost of the work without apparently a corresponding benefit. The law requires contractors to give bond equal in amount to the esti- mated cost of the work. In the contract in question the estimated cost of the work is $280,000, and the appropriation made for work under it was $50,000. Under the law a bond for $289,000 is required, which will have to be carried for several years, at considerable expense, which the contractor has to provide for in making his bid, in addition to the reasonable cost of the work and his profit, the increase amounting in this case to several thousand dollars. Cap- tain Beach recommends that authority be secured, in cases cf work done under the continuous contract system, to accept a bond for the amount of each season's work separately, varying in amount from two- thirds to the whole cost thereof, the amount in each case to be fixed within the limits named at the discretion of the Commis- sioners. It is believed that the system of sewers for the service of houses within the city is generally satisfactory. but the disposal of the sewage is unsatisfactory and is a detri- ment to the health of the city. The sani- tary conditions of the city have been vast- ly improved in recent years by the reclama- tion of the Potomac flats. The reclamation of the Anacostia flats in a similar manner is strongly urged, and wil! be greatly in the interest of the general healthfulness. But a third cause of unhealthfulness will re- main until the plans of sewage, disposal, so ably prepared by the commission convened by Congress in 1889 and set forth in their report, shall have been completely carried cut. At present the sewage is emptied into the Potomac and Anacostia rivers imme- diately along the water front of the city and ts carried back and forth by the tides, a large portion of it being deposited’ on the banks. In addition to this the James Creek and B street canals, which extend to with- in 930 yards of the Capitol and $00 yards of the White House, respectively, remain sinks of pollution. These canals need only to be examined Jow water and disturbed slightly to convince the most skeptical of their dangerous condition, especially during the summer season. Total Appropriation. Congress has already approved the pro- ject of the sewer commission mentioned ubove, and has authorized work thereunder in the construction of the Rock creek, F street and Easby’s Point, and Tiber creek and New Jersey avenue interceptors. The whole amount appropriated to date for these works is $577,000. The total estimat- ed cost of the system, including work al- ready done, is $4,029,635, this estimate be- ing on the project of the commission, as changed in accordance with the experience gained by work already done. It must he noted that at the estimated increase in population this system will be ample until the year 1925; that the relief required will not be gained until the whole of the work 1s completed, and that at the rate appro- priations have been made available for this Purpose in the past, this work, so import- ant to the District, will not be completed until the year 1928. The cost of this work is great, but its value to the District and the nation’s capital is far greater. Recommends Bond Menasure. The good that it will do is not only im- mediate, but lasting. The revenues avail- able will not permit construction as rap- idly as good business economy, apart from other considerations, would require, and even should they do so it is questionable whether in equity the pay {of the costs by the taxpayers onght not {o be extended over a period of years. Under all of these circumstances it is is deemed but proper that this constrictioa should be paid for by funds provide? by the sale of bonds, the revenues of eacn year to be taxed for the establishment of a sinking fund suffi- cfent to distribute the cost eynitably over 2 reasonable time. A hond bill looking to this end is being prevared and will be pre- sented to Congress at its coming session with request for early action thereon. Plombing Interests. Modern conditions of living are making the health of the community more and more dependent upon the excellency of the plumbing in the houses and call for the highest skill on the part of the plumber. The health of the community would scon demard that the same safeguards be thrown about this class of work as are re- quired for the work of the pharmacist. A DIN ae to maintain a high standard of plumbing work will be promoted at the coming session of Congress. Water Department. ‘The present provision for the water sup- ply from the Great Falls to the distributing reservoir is ample for present needs, wh‘le the means of distribution are now inade- quate, as shown by the low pressures in THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY; NOVEMBER 19, 1897-16 PAGES. certain portions of the city, Capitol Hill. The present needs of the city urgently demand the completion of the Howard University reservoir and of the tunnel conduct leading thereto. With this completed, the loss of head due to friction in the four miles of pipe will be removed, and a greatly increased head will be given in residence sections now provided by gravity supply. The completion of the Howard University reservoir and its means of supply will remedy defects in the service in part, but as the number of inhabitants of the Dis- Pecan cronece the present system of dis- tribution wili become more and more in- adequate, and large expenditures will be necessitated for increasing the distribution facilities. 2 3 + Z So Se a a a a ea ee ae ea ee a, ak a eS ts, Bs st As Ass ee ss se, MW ik Sk Wk ae Waste Water. A portion of the water now flowing trhough the pipes is required for ligitimata uses, but another and a large portion is absolutely wasted. It would seem, then, to be a matter of teh merest business good Sense to provide for the utilization to their fullest extent of our present means of sup- ply by stopping this waste, before going to increased expense for larger and more mains, especially since, as shown by Cap- tain Burr, the greater the amount of water provided under the present system the greater the proportion of waste. This waste is due to negligence or to mistaken ideas of sanitation. some instances the plumbing is permited to remain defective, causing smal! leaks which aggergate a large amount. It has been claimed that the use of water by the general government at its various departments is responsible for a large portion of the enormous per capita consumption in Washington. It would seem that a greater esonomy of such use might be secured without detriment to de- pertmental needs. But when it is noted that in the middle and high services the ra- tio between the midnight and midday flow is the practically the same as in the low- service area, in which all of the depart- ments are, it will be seen that ine District and the citizens are also at fault. So far as known there is only one practi- cable method of preventing this waste, and that is by the use of meters. It is earnest- ly urged that the gradual introduction of meters be authorized, as recommended in the estimates of the Commissioners. It is Proposed to introduce these meters grad- vally, at the expense of the District, in measure as the revenues of the water de- partment wil permit. Matter of Pure Water. The prevention of water waste will have a marked influence on the problem of puri- fyirg the Potomac water by filtration, the cost of such filtration and the difficulty of installing the necessary plant being a di- rect function of the amount of water to be filtered. As the population on tie banks of the Potomac increases the necessity for such filtration will become more and more imminent. A synopsis of the work of the water de- partment during the past fiscal year sho’ that 94,015 feet of water mains were laid; that high-service mains were extended to Takoma Park and other points heretofore without water facilities; and that the mid- dle service system has also been extended to include certain areas of the low service in which the pressure insufficient to furnish a fair suppl: ‘The passage of the bill introduced in Con- gress and passed by the Senate and House of Representatives, but which failed to be- ccme a law, is earnestly recommended, in order to permit suburban settlements at a distance from water mains to be supplied without undue hardship to the owners of intervening lands used solely for agricul- | $ tural purposes. Se Street Lighting and Electricity. + The street lighting has been rendered | ¥ nore satisfactory during the past fiscal | & year by the abolition of the so-called moon- | light schedule, but it is not yet entirely | ¥ satisfactory. Limited appropriations have | % made it impossible to provide sufficient | $ lighting in many of the alle nd suburban | ¥% portions of the District. Insufficient ap- | % propriations and statutory limitations pre- + vent the erection of such lamps on many | & business and rapid-transit streets where | & the need for them is greatest. The use of | ¢ the are lamp on residence streets should be | avoided as far as possible. A more liberal arpropriation for street lighting is also rec- ommended, as also an increase of the office notably oi: I oF 100 doz. 25c. mitts —Will go On safe tomorrow morning at 10c. prir—a purchase from an importer— a “‘clean-upy’ of his entire surplus stock. 2c. everswhere, and it is 924, 926, 928 7th, running through to 704-706 K st. druple-plated tops — you know only luck 10 qua pad Bee IC. \ the real value of them- QC Pik sosccsesshcsh ce - -. suits, skirts, &c., that were made up by a New York manufacturer for the leading cloak house of Chicago. Backward weather inter- fered with the sale,‘and hence they were obliged to cancel the order. Ready money and the outlet of our two stores enabled us to take ad- vantage of the lowest prices that have ever been quoted us for high grade, stylish garments. And we pass them over to you just as we bought them—saving you from a third to a half of the money you intended to pay. fackete, ind: with stleld fronts ‘and stylish Eliza- beth collars—half satin Persian lamb cloth capes, 20 inches long— have deep collars eig-d with heavy cur‘ed thibet Regular $22 fine elec- tric seal capes, 20 inches Jong, with wide ripple swe p—with deep storm lined—garments that no collars of marten far, store in this city can fur—full, wide ripple— and front also edged with possibly equal in. style. well lined, snd made in marten—lined with extra and workmanship for less” heavy quality satin rha- the most careful manner than $9—tomorrow 5 i dame—tomorrow = —values that we are : Will goat = §5 quite psitive cannot be Will go at $15 ace found elsewhere under $5 yclitndsome black French SEES ervey fackets, mid> in = Handsome tin-lined ton coat strle, or with Will go at $] -98 wool weal capes, 22. apd shied f ont — finished 25 inches long. with with = fancy 8 'ftcbing— = sweep «f 125 inches— Mined with handsome edged all around with black satin thronghout—- marten fur, and regular stylish tailor-made coats Short real plush capes, qo Se collars edged with thibet that yon won't be able torent ee fur—full, wide sweep— ji 10- selling for less than $12— stylishly satin lined—reg- eval Sent $ 50 tomorrow ular $5.50 values—tomor- ore Will go at $7-98 Satin figured black gros grain silk skirts, in the very richest designs im- aginab'e—French cut, and with 2 perfect ‘hang abont them fonnd only in high-priced skirts — well ‘Tan top coats of En- glish kerrey. which are fancy stitched with three of Kersey strips Will go at $3 Silk seal plush capes, rows Eown 0k imenen 30108 hand-omely embroidered Pano eae Coeds cole Gal with jet and brafd, made Tow welt seams—fiy-front ef- wit new Empire back, ined with colais and front edged Will go at $5 colored Sarli—regwar $ii val 8 with either fine curled tomorrow thibet or marten far, 19 a and 22 inches in Iength— Stylish broadcloth tat- Will go at lined with rich sitin— ee SS 2 all_w-ol—'n colors—have eae regular $10 and $12 val- tight-fitting jackets, and eis, Aaa ieee ues—tomorrow are spl ndidiy lined sold everywhere for morrow Will go at $]Q-98 Jackets. in black and tan, $15—to- ilored fn the most have collars— with Will go at $7-98 inverted comely lined Electric seal capes, 27 ta silk or black satin zs of exclos've style inches long, made with and clegance—Just stich plain collars—very full Electric seal cola garments) as you'll “find and wide—lined with etter, with full, wide rip- every other “hos in atin) Hanae ene ple— marily lined _ with Washington selling at $16 tomorrow $18 values—tomorrow tomorrow Will goat $]Q-98 | Will go at $] 2-50} win go at $2-98 Misses’ & children’s department. In connection with the specially low prices set before you tomor- row, we wish to say that we give just as much attention to the selling and fitting of misses’ and children’s wraps as the grown folks. It’s a big department all by itself—not a side line. satin—rezular $5 values— Children's Misses’ jackets of tan Misses’ fine French ker- ers In protty’ camel covert, in royal blue and fey Jackets, In’ the new hair stripes with neatly a alldigooal: Ghevi shad’s of bluet,. tan, Draided collars and. epau- Brown idiakonal cheviot roral and navy—-trimmed tee cone fly front fastening—with with) stapeTerikenoe sizes 4 to 12 years velvet collars and made ‘with. shteld” front ular $4 values—tomor- pockets! lapesresilan 7, and velvet inlaid collar row halt satin Vret—regular values—tomorrow Will go at$4-98 $12 values—tomorrow Will go a $8 Special sale china, cutlery, &c. An opportunity to replenish for the Thanksgiving day feast— at a considerable saving. The basement should be crowded. Genuine blue Owari china cups and saucers, big value at 35¢. Price for’ > a day Will goat $2-98 Genuine cut glass water bottles, which are sold usually for $2—for a $1.19 day Fine white porcelain tea plates at 3c.; ac., and cups and saucers to 3c. china dinner sets of es, $12.98 Genuine Carlsbad 102 pleces, in 6 different sty dinner size, 3 match, 5e. pair. Genuine Bohemian glass vases, 10 inches high—green and gold decora- tions—for force to provide for the additional work - for ...- alling upon this department, due to the | & 6 increase in the population of the District | & ag eee $7.98 and the necessity for the supervision of | 4% go for. ES © $7.98 electric wires and conduits. - sees The introduction of electricity into the | % Genuine Carlsbad china tea sets $4 98 District since the organization of the Dis~| % of 56 pleces for. 35 trict government has brought an entirely | %¥ Fine decorated porcelain tea sets new class of work upon this department e@ the supervision of ele ‘al wires and ihe enforcement of laws re A definite law to govern the and control of all electrical s urgently needed. Buildings and Building Inspection. The work of this office is of the very highest importance, as upon it depends the enforcement of the regulations for safe building in the District of Columbia. The area to be covered is pry large, and the force available under the present law is totally inadequate. The annual esti- mates submitted by the Commissioners contain an estimate for the increase of this force, and such an increase is here strong- ly recommende 1 force it. practically le to prepare prop erly in the office of the inspector of build- irgs plans for the municipal buildings thorized by Congress. also desire to invite, attention to the ill effects of making a fixed and definite ap- propriatitn for each engine house or school house of a given size. The prices of land for the sites vary greatly according to their location. Under the system above alluded to the greater the ccst of the site the less the amount available for the construction of the building Hence, necessarily, the piain- est buildings have been erected on the most conspicuous sites. The Commission- ers would recommend that in making ap- propriations for a definite number of scnool heuses and engine houses the amount be appropriated in a lump sum for each class, based upon the amounts named in the es- timates for each house authorized, similar to the method now followed in making ap- propriations for improvements and repairs of streets. The Parkings. The appropriations for the past few years for the parking commissicn have been in- adequate fer the work required, and an increase is asked fcr and recommended. "The severe storms which occurred carly in the fiscal year damaged the trees great- ly, and placed a very heavy burden on the limited appropriation ava‘lable. The dam- age has not yet been repaired, and is an- ether reason for an increased appropria- tion. Long Service in the Army. From ‘Tid-Bits. What is the longest pertod ever served in the army by a British soldier? Eighty- one years, served by General Sir William Gomm, who died in 1875 at the age of ninety-one. He joined the army as ensign May 24, 1794, and reached the rank of field- marshal cn January 1, 1868. He served in the expedition to the Helder in 1799, and was present at most of the actions fought during the Peninsular campaigns of 1808-9 and 1810-15. Another good record is that of Ficld Marshal Sir Patrick Grant, with a service of seventy-four years, who joined the army as ensign, June 16, 1820. He served ir. various campaigns in India from 1813 to 1849, and received three war medals with six clasps. The oldest surviving non- commissioned officer still serving is Ser- geant Cornelius of the recruiting staff, aged eighty-four. He joined the army in 1834, and consequmtly has sixty-three years’ service. He is in receipt of a medal for long and meritorious service, with an annuity of £10, and has been the means of adding 1,200 recruits to the army. In May next he will complete sixty-four years of service, during the whole of which period his name has rever been ineerted in the defaulters' book: coe. The New Golfer. From Harper's Bazar. Ol4 Golfer—“How many holes have you made?” New Golfer (who has not reached the first green)—“Not more than four or five, end I put the turf right back.” Mrs. O'Flaherty (to Nellie, aged nine)— “And what is the good in gitting you a French governess 1f you goes and says Fido has the L aeaig instid of the menage?’— Zar. $2.39 of 56 pieces for ° Russell’s gemuine z knife and fork. & Per set, for + é PN Dr aera ae ae : : 25¢c. Beautiful decorated toilet sets— 20 pleces. “Kegular $4 values. Fri- ay te wine Boneno art vases. high. Regular $1 values. day only.... Genuine Satsuma floor high. Regular $6. Wil for a day. ° o THE DEPENDABLE STORE. We've bought a stock of wraps, ‘Cut glass shakers. For just a day you may have genuine cut glass salt and pepper shakers with 924, 926, 928 7th, running through to 704-706 K st Big shoe deal--you profit by it. One of the best Philadelphia shoe factories has had a pinch of “too much stock,” and our shoe buyer has helped them out by taking nearly 2,000 pairs for spot cash. Factory loses by it, but it gets rid of a pile of stock—and just see what you save. All of them are here—spick, spanking fresh from the work rooms. 500 patrs Indies’ fine vici kid button and lace shoes—extension or close-trimmed, Single or double eoles—in opera, coin, point- ed and round toes—made to sell for $2.50 and $3 a pair. a $1-79 Instead go for. . 300 pairs ladies’ dongola button and lace shoes—in opera, Vassar, coin, square and common sense toes—tips of same and pat- ent leather—all splendidly made and fin- ished—made to be sold for Instead—go for. | _ Boys’ spring heel Ince shoes—made of ox calf, kangaroo, vicl kid and calf—tipped— medium and light weight soles—several new aba, be retailed for $1.95 and $2. Instead—go for. $1 “24 Boys’ and youths’ satin calf lace shoes— six different styles toes. \zola. taps, with extra back straps—extension or close- trimmed soles — made to sold for Instead—go for....... $1 -49 Children’s genuine viel kid shoes—tmtton and lace stylex—opera, round, polnted and brond toes — kid and ‘cloth tops — tips of anme and patent leather—elther with single ‘or double sole—extra back straps, which in- sure excellent wear—newest shapes—mad to retail for $2 and $2.50—sizes 8 to have to come at once, or your size may be 11. % gone—good $1.50 shoes. O8e- Instead—go for....... $1 29 ae Sizes 11% to 2, $1.69. Instead—go for. Specials in boys’ clothing Boys” long storm ulsters, large, soft-knot chinchilla Mue and Oxford—sizes 5 to 14 vears—warm apd durable—sell regularly for $6—tomerrew onl; fore $3.48 $]-49 200 pairs ladies’ button and Ince shoes-- made on the new coin and Lenox toes—fiex- ible, sewed and excellent wearing kinds—all sizes, from 244 to 7—made to be vetalled at $1.75 and $2. $ 1 -09 Instead—go for. Lodtes’ button and lace shoes, several styles toes and tips—broken sizes— you'll —that will forever convince you of the fact that boys’ good cloth- ing can be sold at a third less than the exclusive clothiers sell 165 fine all chevlot and cassimere : 5 . suits for boys 3 to 15 years old—in plaids it and. with the dependable and ctripes, clegent quality, made and trimmed in ‘first-class manner—Coats Hned with Italian cloth and stitched all through with silk—these snite range in price from $3 to $4.50—We will place this entire lot on one counter tomor-G2 row One lot of Mue chinchilla reefers, large or small knot—first-class e_cawsimere lning—and@ sell and $4—sizes run te 15 yeare— will offer the reefers tomorrow store’s guarantee. 250 pairs school pants for boys—of dark checked cunsimere—sizes 4 to 15 years. the regular . sort—tomorrow ys will go for... ey 29. Little boys’ blue cloth and velvet fedoras, satin lined—with ilk bands—which 3Oe sell for 75c.—will go tomorrow for . Boys’ and girls’ boucle Tam O'Shanters, jous shades—which sell for $2.50 in. vari os 39c.—will_ go tomorrow for... 2ic. ar: Children’s kid mittens, fleece Itn- Two lots of imported chevict brownie - o sults. We clesed out these two lots at pr aati eerie 19c. about half priceone lot ix Dine plaid eas ree cheviot 1nd the o:her green pend che Re Dark melton . strong and dur- coat, pants gnd vest-beautifally made able, elegant for. school wesr—sizes 9 and’ trimmed and braided somely —these suits sell regularly for $5 “$3.50 are regular sults—will go tom to 15 years—which —we bought them to sell tomer. row for! peee Hosiery specials. Tomorrow we shall give you another unity to buy those childres 81. for . Wrapper special. A special lot of ladies’ fine flannelette wrappers. In the very newest patterns. with tight-fitting back and extra waist | ning—which cannot possibly be bought ‘less than a dollar any- 75c¢ be offered tomor- for where—will row fancy half hose, in Roman stripes, polka dots, stripes and figures—for which the exclusive. men's stores we ial Aik 35e.—Wwe shall ‘fer tomor 23¢ orset I! cla. | Ladies’ fast tuck double eole and hich A special lot of 12 dozen white “C. B. _ heel bose, the regular 17c kind—will be offered to- a la Spirite’’ corsets, made of sateen, with eae pee embroidery , and extra long waist— boned bust—sizes 23 to 30 only nite 49¢ —regularly sold at 7c. offered tomorrow for. A complete Ine of all the best, known makes of corsets is carried In stock. ‘The famous “R. & G.," “Thompson's Glove- fitting,” “American Lady,” etc., etc. Toilet specials. Tomorrow you make take the regular ‘Bbc. extracts, in all the most fashiopable odors, including bottle, per oz., for... .23¢. aa Veilings. An immense line of vellings, in the new dotted = an effects, Glove special. Ladies’ 2-clasp kid gloves, in black, tan and red—with self and two- toned embroidered = backs—will be itbeed Senanxohr por jaar 69c for ... ‘Tomorrow you will be offered the gen- ° ° uine Cuticura. soap—you know what the bb 1 Gmmg stores ‘charge—for only "11" cents @ IDDOM Special. os S-tuch, all-silk. satin, and gro bons, in the newest ‘The regular 12. talcum powder, will be grain ri 1 0 affered Just for this one at 5 cents eagieegrall iP mppeary meyeey IC 3-Inch Gouble-faced black Fine tooth brushes, for which you usually satin ribbon, whic mane y 12 cents, you may take tomorrow for Bente for choice. 2 i i Breathing. From the Youth's Companton. A bad-tempered baby, and sometimes even older children, when in a passion will deliberately hold the breath so long as to excite alarm lest they should never breathe again. Death from deliberate holding of the breath, however, cannot occur; the de- mand of the system for air is so imperative that a time comes when the strongest will can no longer hold out against it, and a deep breath must be taken. Respiration is the most indispensable of all the processes by which life is main- tained. A person can eat irregularly, or even go without eating for a long time, with comparatively little damage to the system, but breathe he must. Yet few peo- ple know how to breathe as they should. Most persons, especially those of seden- tary life, are habitually shallow breathers and never fill their lungs as they ought to be filled. The consequence 1s that the blood docs not get all the oxygen it needs in order to burn up the waste matters in the body. The lungs themselves suffer, for they are not expanded fully, especially in their upper portions, and so the air cells are liable to fall together and the lungs easily become diseased. ‘A person cannot always be conscious of his breathing, but he can train himself to the habit of breathing deeply and properly. It is when walking, especially, that ef- forts should be made to breathe. The shoulders should be thrown back, the head held erect, and slow deep inspirations should be taken by expanding the chest to its fullest capacity, holding the breath for a moment and then expelling it—not simply letting it out—as far as can be done. ‘The sense of well-being that this practice gives is ample reward for the slight labor involved, but this {s not all. The breathing capacity of the chest will be enlarged after a time, and so the supply of oxygen will be permanently increased, the expansion of the lungs will be more complete, and they will thus be strengthened to resist the at- ks of disease. “Above all, let it be,remembered that the nose, and not the mouth, is the breathing apparatus. There aré many elaborate and valuable forms of~ breathing exercises which cannot be described in a short ar- ticle. We have given only the simplest form—the C major scale, as it were, of breath practice. —_—_+e-_. Holding the Tongue. From Womankind. 5 Of all the organs of the human anatomy none is more often falsely accused of wrongdoing than ‘the innocent tongue. Even in sacred writ it is called “that un- Truly member,” and we are adjured to hold it as though it were possessed of an evil spirit that would Iead it and us to we know not what excesses. But, in truth, the faithful, obedient tongue has nothing to do with our wicked and hesty words, our false witnessings and our mockings. Our proneness to lay the blame upon it is only another mani- festation of that natural tendency to shift responsibility, which Father Adam first manifested in the Garden of Eden. The tongue, indeed! When did it utter naughty words unprompted by @ perverse and way- ward mind? The trouble lies much deeper than with the tongue; it is imbedded in our very natures. So “holding the tongue’ ‘of itself is not suicient. The gossip must not be con- tent with maintaining a martyr-like si- lence; he must eradicate his love of trivial things and substitute for it a broad and healthy interest in great things. The man of hasty words must not be satisfied with choking back the hot invectives;.he must cultivate a spirif of tolerance gentler charity for all mankind. “1 the tongue” is only a virtue as it helps us to wrongly. conquer the desire to use it Evolution of a Cheap Boy. From the Detroit Free Press. “Keep a hired man, Gratz? No? Well, don’t,” and the rotund merchant heaved a sigh that set his shirt front awry. “Advice based on experience?” “Decidedly. I'm going to open up a chapter of my life that would be as a seal- ed book, only for you. Please give It a mental mark of ‘confidential.’ We have an old man downstairs who runs the engine. He is as faithful as a dog, and I like the eld chap. A couple of years ago I dropped in on him just to pat his back and let him know that I kept him in appreciative memory. He likes to consult me about his affairs, and told me he had a son Joe, a handy boy with tools, that would like to do something for himself. He was honest, was naturally industrious, and would work for $60 a yeur if given board. I talked the matter over with my wife and the expense seemed so insignificant that I concluded to take the boy, though I had always enjoyed puttering around the place, driving a nail where it was needed, making little im- provements and keeping the lawn wet down. “The boy was a jewel. From a selfish standpoint I wish he had been the laziest lout this side of an American Indian. He could do almost anything and my wife thought it her duty to keep him busy. After he had laid new sidewalks, put up new fences and done a lot of promiscuous paint- ing, we must have a barn so as to keep a horse, carriage and cow, for she wasn't go- ing to pay that boy for doin’ nothing. Then we bought a pasture lot, furnished a room for Joe in the barn, got another rig and finally put the boy in livery. This mean? more style all along the line. That cheap boy has cost me over $12,000.” The Emperor Under His Foot. From the Buffalo News. ‘There is one man in the world who can boast that he has trampled the kaiser un- der his foot, and that the victim submitted voluntarily to so ignominious a process. This hero’s name will never, perhaps, be handed down to posterity, for he is merely one of Archduke Frederick's gamekeepers. When William II was out shooting at Bellye, in Hungary, he wounded a grand stag at eighteen points, and the creature took refuge in a lake completely shut off by a screen of reeds. A second shot from terra firma was impossible, but a solitary oak tree commanded the water. 2 The illustrious sportsman told the keeper, his only attendant, to climb up and finish the job. But the bare trunk offered no hold for the height of ten or twelve feet. Then the kaiser, after a moment's consid- eration, bent his back and bade the feiow mount upon his imperial shoulders. Thus he was able to reach the lowest bough and get into position for a final shot. When the story was told at Perth it provoked much laughter and chaff, in which the emperor freely joined,,for, as he remarked, none of his own subjects had ever been such a bur- den to him. ———_+e«-—____—_ She Knew an Idiot at Sight, From the Kansas City Star. ‘Witnesses who have been, figuratively, jerked from the witness chair, thumped on the floor, bumped against the ceiling, jam- med against the wall and strewed about the court room by Colonel L. H. Waters, lawyer, in cross-examination, will set up a glad shout upon hearing how a pretty, mild-eyed blonde young woman got back at him, kindly, but effectively, in Judge Scar- ritt’s division of the circuit court this morn- i had sued W. H. Mc- William H. Lain and C. D- from the Boston | \ i} out of the store. For this he was asking $7,000, and the case was on trial. The hand- some young woman was a witness for the defense. Colonel Waters was cross-exam- ining for the prosecution. The young wo- man gave her testimony feelingly. She had been a clerk in the store. “Then he left the store?” sald Waters. “Yes, sir,” said the young woman. “Aha!” said Waters, triumphantly, “Just left the store, I suppose?” “Well, he looked around there just Itke an idiot.” at everybody “Do you know an idiot when you see one?” The mild, blue eyes turned tnquiringly and searchingly to Colonel Waters. They looked him over carefully, inspectively. They noted the height of his forehead and the length of his beard, the confident smile about his mouth and its allied twinkle in his eyes. “Yes,” said the young woman, “I do. I know an idiot when I see one. Should Lepers Be Isolated? From the Dlustrated American. The negative of this proposition is being stoutly maintained by the New York board of health, which appafently connived at the escape of several lepers from North Brother Island recently. The scientist of the b€ard, or, tp give him his exact official ttle, the chief inspector of pathology, bac- terlology and disinfection, Dr. Hermann M. Biggs; is a man of eminence in his profes- sion, and panoplied in the courage of his convictions. He does not consider leprosy contagious, except under certain favoring conditions. He is not even convinced that leprosy is hereditary, and, generally speak- ing, he believes that far more cogent rea- sons exist for isolating the 20,900 persons afflicted with tuberculosis who are stalking abroad In the metropolis, and in other cities in like proportion, than for segregating the few cases of leprosy that have appeared. Dr. George Henry Fox goes even further. He believes that “under favorable condi- tions, which often exist, especially In this country, the disease should not be regarded as necessarily incurable.” Dr. Fox adds the startling intimation that there are several cases of this loathsome and awful disease undergoing private treatment—cases of well-to-do and even prominent citizens. On the other hand, some of the most emi- nent men in medical science, J. C. White of Boston, Koch, Virchow and Boekh of Germany, Danielson and his pupil Hensen of Norway, firmly believe in its more or less active contagiousness, and deem strict {isolation imperative in the interests of society. —__-e-+-____ Atlanta Once Owned by One Man. From the Macon Telegraph During the dark days of reconstruction Uncle Zion was an aged man and his ec- centricities made him a notable character among the printers of the city. The craft numbered nearly 200 hen, as typesetting machines were not in tse and only hand coraposition filled the columns of the news- papers. There were morning newspapers, and in their rivalry to crush each other compositors were in constant demand at good wages. Bidwell at that time boasted of once ularly for 46c. a yerd—will be offered 27¢ tomorrow for. oedesdentoabeedetoatoatoedeeoatoatontenteateatenteoatoatoeteteatoasoroceatoasonioeoatoapeaioteasoateetoatoaieasnasonieetnesreetvateatoetectoatoateafeateatententeafeateatesteetoateateteetvateaeteeteatorestosteetentorterncertoeencoetengene Kaffir Boy's Daring Feat. From the London Spectator. A road party, comprising the usual gang of from fifty to sixty Kaffirs, with a white man as superintendent, was employed on the construction of a read in the Tugela valley, Natal, about thirty or more years ago. In the course of their work they came on a huge stone, which it was necessary to remove, but beneath it was the home of a large black mamba, well known to the neighboring inhabitants as being old, and, therefore, very venomous. The mamba is the most deadly of the south African snakes, and the superintendent anticipated some trouble over that rock. He offered a bribe for the snake’s skin, and the gang “wowed” and sat down to “bema gwi” (take snuff). But a slim youth sauntered forwarm, and, amid the jeers and protesta- tions of the rest, declared himself equal to the task. He took from his neck what looked like a bit of shriveled stick, chewed it, swallowed some of it, spat out the rest on his hands, and proceeded to rub his glistening brown body and limbs all over. Then, taking up his stick and chanting a song of defiance, he advanced to the bowl- der. There he roused the mamba, who, in great fury at being disturbed, bit him in the lip with great venom. The boy took no notice of the bite, but broke the snake's back with his stick, and, bringing him to bis master, asked for the reward, obtaining which, he went back to his work, and the bite of the reptile ha@ no effect on him whatever. No bribe, not even that of a cow (better than any gold in the eyes of a Kaffir), would induce this native to disclose the secret of his entidote, which, he said, had been hand- ed down in his family for generations. The snake was a very long one, and so old that it had a mane. It is a well-known fact that certain of the Zulus have antidotes for the more deadly snake poisons, which they pre- serve as a secret within their own families. —_—__+e2—____ Mensuring Bicycle Speed. From the New York Journal. Any cycle rider in the least inquisitive about the number of miles per hour he is making can ascertain in a very simple manner by noting the number of revolu- tions the pedal cranks meke in a given number of seconds. The gear of the bicycle mest also be taken into consideration. For example, a rider on a wheel of 66 gear gocs as many miles in an hour as his pedal cranks makes revolutions in 11.78 seconds. (2.84 seconds; 78, 18.82 seconds; 84, seconds, 90, 16.08 seconds; 96, 17.14 seconds. the ne- more re- that the pay i [ Ff :