Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1897, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. WEDNESDAY. ......November 24, 1897. CROSBY S. NOYES. Editor. THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent Family Circulation ‘© than the combined cir- of the other Washington News and Advertising mo cempetitor. count of personal absence, 1 ‘THE STAR should not be addressed to any indfvidual connected with the office, but simply to THE STAR, or to Editors: er Business Depart- ments, according to tenor of purpose. Secretary Gage in New York. As was to be expected, Secretary Gage, in his address before the New York Cham- ber of Commerce last night, spoke only of the necessity and the timeliness of cur- rency reform. His views as to the method will appear in his annual report to Con- gress. The country has not long to wait for that. The documént will appear proba- bly this day two weeks. Mr. Gage reasons with both clearness and courage. He points first to the fact that the currency needs a readjustment. This need is so generally conceded that -any number of plans have been suggested and discussed bearing on the subject. He then conclusively shows that now is the time to take the matter up. He turns the argu- ment of the let-well-enough-alone advo- cates shrewdly on them, and insists that, instead of it being permitted to operate as a reason for inaction, the fact that busi- ness has revived and that the party in power insures at least four years of securi- ty from dangerous financial experiments should operate as a reason for bringing forward the reform desired. In other words, Mr. Gage believes that the proper time for Uncle Sam to put the roof of his cabin in order is while the weather is fair. The sun is shining, the material is at hand, and instead of fiddling away the opportunity Uncle Sam should go to work and stop the leak. Mr. Gage is right. The country recog- nizes the difficulties existing in our cur- rency system, it expects a simplification of the problem, and the republican party is in power charged among other things with the duty of taking some action in the prem- ises. Nothing radical is possible. What- ever Is attempted must he squared to the situation in Congress, which is well under- stood. The people like courage and faith-keeping in their public servants. The game of timidity and evasion is, in the politicai field as elsewhere, a losing one in the long run. A party, like an individual, must toe the mark in order to inspire confidence and accomplish anything. Who shall say, there- fore, that, difficult as the preblem is, diffi- cult as the congressional situation is, earn- est as the opposition may be, an intelligent presentation of the currency question, backed by an earnest support of the admin- istration, may not accomplish at this com- ing session of Congress, if not all that is necessary, much from which the country may profit and for which it may be thank- ful? —_~+-___ Pistel Carrying. The other day The Star quoted from a Charleston paper an editorial plea for the discouragement of the __pistol-carrying habit, urging that this habit leads to the sacrifice of many lives. In some sections the habit is more pronouncedly in evidence than in Washington, whose population is as a rule law abiding and has little reason to fear assaults or affronts to such a de- gree as even to suggest the need of wea- pons. The tendency of the courts of late years has been to penalize heavily the own- ing and carrying of pistols. Yet more should be done in this direction. At pres- ent it is too easy for a person with 2 crim- inal flaw in character to precure deadly weapon. ~The prices at which the are offered for sale are too low for the public safety. The facility with which they can be had is entirely out of propor- tion to the need for them and it would @ public benefaction if some measure of the law were to be interposed between the us and criminally inclined and the sup- of*weapons that they may at any time ply use with deadly effect. The pistol the greatest menace, because of its effective ness at a distance. There will never be any sure means to prevent des erate char- acters from arming themselves with im- plements capable of producing a killing wound. A club, a knife, a sand-bag, a slung-shot or any other striking weapon, such as many criminals use in their brutal work, may readily be secured without de- tection and prevention. But the pistol. that can be hidden from view, instantly brought into action and used effectively through an interval of space, is the mosi menacing tool of ali for wounding or killing. A tax on pistols that would force the! price out of the reach of the reckless class or of thoughtless minors has been sug- gested as a means to the end of lowering the traffic in these deadly weapons to a be expended, and the right to trade where it would profit her most. In a word, she wanted real autoncmy, and had that been granted her, as it should have been under a fair interpretation of the promises which brought the ten years’ war to a close, the present war would never have been begun. Ai this late day, when Cul is in arms against Spain and independence is far more than a hope, Seror Sagasta brings for- ward a scheme of autonomy. The insurg- enis compare it with independence, which they feel is near at hand, and reject it. The people of Spain, and especially the manufacturers, compare it with the con- aitions which for so long made Cuba so rich a possession for them and see in it a surrender of a really good thing. Neither side, therefore, is in favor of the project, and Senor Sagasta’s slender chance of realizing on his maneuver is to hurry Gen- eral Blanco in the field against the insurg- ents ard manage himself to keep down the show of discontent at home. Genuine autonomy under Spanish rule if established in Cuba would not be permitted to last very long. The Spanish people are opposed to it. It is against both their traditions and their material interests. The Cubans if permitted a controlling voice in their own affairs would not manage them in Spam’s interests. Their trade goes to Spain only under compulsion. If left un- restrained it would come here. The United States is the proper market for Cuba's products, and in turn can sell to Cuba what Cuba needs on terms more advantageous than it is in the power of any other coun- try to offer. So that such autonomy as would open any part of the markets of Cuba to American goods would raise a storm in Spain such as any Spanish states- man in power would have to reckon with. Bogus autonomy would fail of its own spuriousness. . ———~ +2 ____ An Impertinent Inquiry. The Lovering-Hammond case now pend- ing before an army court-martial at Chica- g0 may provoke public discussion on a question somewhat apart from the mooted Proposition that an officer may employ any means at his disposal to enforce his com- mands. This side topic, which came to the front for a few moments at yesterday's session of the court, relates to ‘he right of an army officer to use profane language. The question was asked whether Capt. Lov- ering swore while dealing with Private Hammond, as the latter was lying on the ground and being dragged to his trial. A member of the court objected to the ques- tion, though it was asked for the purpose of disclosing the frame of mind of the captain at the time. -It was thought by the prosecu- tion that if Captain Lovering swore it might be presumed that he was in bad temper. If so, it might be assumed that he was acting rather in the vent of a fit of re- sentment against the prostrate Hammond and not in pursuit of his duties in maintain- ing the discipline of the United States army. Soldiers unquestionably have been. more or less profane since the world began. Shakespeare's soldier in exemplification of the fourth of the ‘seven ages” is “full of strange oaths.” Profanity and military genius seem to have been coupled together ever since there was fighting on earth. The Chicago court-martial may pass judg- ment upon the dragging of the soldier, upon his sword jabs, his bayonet thrusts, his torn clothing and his wounded feelings, but it will not nor could it reasonably be ex- Fected to hold a captain accountable for a few oaths. The public must be content with an inquiry into things that concern it and must not expect to pillory an officer for ex- ercising his natural prerogative of swear- ing. —>+o—____ A Bribery Campaign. It is easy to believe that Spain has sought to break the back-bone of the Cuban insur- rection by trying to “buy oft” some of its most noted leaders, even though it may not be as easy to believe that the plan will succeed. Spain's mezhods are well adapted to such a line of campaigning. Her exper-- iences in Cuba during the past two or th years suggest bribery 23 more economical than continued fleld work. The war in Cuba has thus far cost Spain heavily in men and money. The men have died of dis- ease in larger numbers than at the hands of the insurgents. Gen. Bianco's reports show that out of nt to Cuba by the s than, 90,000 now re: e and well—comparatively well. An army of Spanish soldiers is now prostrate in the military hospitals through- out the island, suffering from fevers and the fruits of insufficient rations are brewing over the pay accot would seem that the most coreuy prevailed in-Cuba during the adm tion of Captain-General We Campos demonstrated t could not be conquered paign and was recalled bec: closures. We though last to have succeeded in “pacity large sections of the island, failed utterly to make any headway and his management of military and civil affairs cost Spain a tre- | mendous sum. Now it is said that she seeks to end the war by less military methods, by approaching and tempting some of the leaders with large amounts of money. Gen. Pando is said io have sent an use of his dis- retending to the minimum. In any event the courts ought to see that every detected case of weapon carrying is punished as heavily as the law allows. ——_——___ «= —__ The District's Legislative Interests. The extra session of Congress held last spring served a good purpose as far as the District of Columbia is concerned. It en- abled Speaker to reorganize the District committee, and it gave opportunity to r resentative senators to introduc many res bearing on local needs. Thus the forthcoming session will not be marked by the preliminaries in the way ef organization that delay action on the local measures. The calendar is already well filled with worthy measures, as was indicated by the summary given in yester- y nd it ought not to be difficult for the fifteen representatives to get down tive work within a very short time . The Senate lls, three of ance and re- to the public health. The comm: alendar includes some stock propositions that have been for several sessions, and some new Among both classes are measures leserve speedy passage. The ap- propriation bill is already drafted in the rough, and it seems likely that it may be put upon {ts passage in the House early in the session so that it can be sent to the Senate in such season that it may not suffer, as it has on several previous oc- casions, from the crowding process inci- dental to the closing hours of the sitting. ———_+ +s —___ Possibly England begins to fear that seal killing is to be the only industry in Which she is to be recognized us an im- Pertant competitor with this country. 22 —__ ‘The Sagasta Program. ‘There seems reasonable basis for the belief that the Sagasta “reforms” for Cuba are destined to fail at both ends of the line. In Cuba the insurgents reject them on the ground that they are both insincere and insufficient. In Spain they are being criticised on the ground that they go too far. Thus the Spanish premier, playing politics in desperate straits, would appear to be nearing the end of his row. The Sagasta program makes plain the whole Cuban case—summarizes it, as one may say. What Cuba long desired and petitioned for was the right to a voice in her own affairs; as to how much money should be required of her and how it should which are of late intimately Hovse of the pending emissary to one of the commanders with an offer of a bribe and a high rank in the Spanish army. Gomez is now claimed to be the object of similar solicitations. Pando’s offer, it is reported, has been indignantly rejected. The Spaniards hope without ap- parent reason that Gomez will not be so unapproachable. ————+++-—____ A large number of colored voters in Plainfield, N. J., were dissatisfied with the recognition they had received, and bolted the republican party. Mr. C. H. J. Taylor has evidently succeeded in making “poli- ties of board and keep” a general war cry. ——— + 0 = - Mr. Bryan is reported to have said that he would have been a foot ball player’ if he had had the opportunity. It is more evident than ever that Destiny meant him to have his picture in all the papers. ————_ee—— ‘The news from India that jute is to be very cheap will not bring the joy it might have used by arriving before the demand for summer clothes departed. —_- + e+ Judge Gary fears that the second triai of Luetgert may injure his health. Luetgert has similar apprehensions on his own ac- count. ——++2e____ Mr. Weyler seems to have subordinated tis career as a military general fo his ambition to be a Napoleon of finance. —_———_ e+ Mr. Hanna and Mr. Foraker agree that they are not giving thanks this year for the same th‘ng. ——_>+e—___ Professional Bondsmen, ‘ Some time ago a movement started among the judges of the District Supreme Court in the direction of a reform in the matter of accepting bondsmen. It had Leen discovered that much “straw bail’ was being offered by prisoners and ac- cepted inadvertently by the courts, and it was announced by at least one of the juages that thenceforth care should be taken to avoid, as far as possible, the pro- fessional bondsmen who are known to haunt the courts, both of the upper and lower jurisdictions. Yesterday Chief Jus- tice Bingham gave this movement a de- cided impulse by his ruling that a person offering himself as bondsman shall not be accepted if against his name there stands @ record of a forfeited and unsatisfied re- ‘zance. This decision is eminently fair to the public interests, which are first to be considered in all such cases. The main danger from the system of professional . bafling is that the bondsman will in the sagas of his business incur liabilities to ‘the court amounting to several times his capital or real estate holdings, and the chances of the government's recovery ot the sums due it when bonds are forfeited are proportionately diminished as this ine of the bondsman’s assets is approached and and passed. The fact that a bondsman has once defaulted should bar him forever from participation in the proceedings of the court in the same capacity, evea theugh the court may have finally suc- ceeded in recovering the amounts due from him to the community. ———_++e—____ Mr. Gage did not tell all he had to say in his New York speech. It is a wise statesman who knows just when to insert “to be continued in our next.” ———r22s—____. Mr. Yerkes may discover that it is not as easy to make people read a newspaper as it is to corrall them in street cars. —~eo___ Boston wili now undertake to show New York how a mayor ought to be elected. ——++e____ Dr. Parkhurst cannot complain of being @ politician without employment. SHOOTING STARS. A Commendation. “How barbarous!” she exclaimed, as she looked at a picture of a tattooed woman. “Well,” remarked her father, thought- fully, “the idea has its advantages as a mode of feminine decoration. It doesn't obstruct the view of those who happen to sit behind her at the theater.” A Rale., Of all our modern maxims, This is the first we boast; The man Who has no office Cries for reform the most. A Reminder. “Are you the person who had so much te say about mie and my methods last sum- mer?" inquired the man who used to drive an ice wagon. ~ “Yes,” replied the householder, defiantly, “IT am.” . “Well, I merely desired to call your at- tention to the fact that a lump of anthra- cite costs almost as much as one of the lumps of ice I used to leave and isn’t nearly as big.” “De turkey hab er heap o’ human nature in ‘im,” said Uncle Eben. ‘He likes ter strut; but he ain’ much real good tell cir- cumstances takes“an ax to 'im an’ makes "im stop it.” Congratulating Himself. “My wife is very lucky,” remarked Mr. Bidders. “Very lucky, indeed!” “Has she inherited a fortune “No. But she bought several things at auction yestercay, and didn’t pay a cent more than the marked price for any of them.” Taste. He doesn’t care for foot ball; He doesn’t ride a wheel; He doesn’t like the foolish songs That serio-comics squeal. He cannot name the players Upon the foot-ball ground. He never grabs for gossip That's being passed around. And people pity and are glad They haven't his distress; They say he ought to have a lodge In some vast wilderness. And, somehow, he is happy, too. He says his life will trace A lucid interval in a Delirious human race. ———_o ee —____ The Pe: Frem the New York Hi A deficit of forty-four millions in govern- ment revenue during the four and a half months of the new fiscal year lends sig- nificance to the report of Secretary Blss touching the tremendous growth of the pen- sion list. At the end of June the number of pen- sioners on the roll lacked only 14,000 of being a round million. Phat even this fig- ure will soon be exceeded is evident from the fact that about 200,000 claims were awaiting adjudication, of which it is esti- mated about one-half would be finally ad- mitted. One year after the close of the war the list amounted to | ww; in ten years it had grown to 234,000; in 1889—a quarter of a century after the war had ended—it had swollen to nearly half a million, and in the past eight years this has been doubled. The figures are simply stunning. The fees for examining surgeons and expenses of dispensing the moneys have amounted to seventy-two million dollars, and the pensions distributed reach the astounding total of more than $2,107,000,000. As we get further away from the per‘od of the war the pension list, instead of dwindling, is increased in a geometrical ratio. The patriotic spirit of the Amer-can people glows with desire to honor all who served in defense of the Union and to provide for them and theirs. But a pension list which a generation after the close of the war has doubled in eight years and is still swelling, which already calls for nearly as much money as is spent for the entire ordinary expenses of the government, cer- tainly includes many who are not entitled to Graw upon the hard*carnings of the masses who are heavily taxed to provide these enormous sums. With a constant deficit in the government income it is the duty of Congress to reduce the outgo, and when it starts to economiz- ing in expenses this matter of pension abuses should engage its early and earnest attention. ——>-2 2 - The Foot to Put the Shoe On. Frem the Philadelphia ‘Telegraph, The Havana newspapers are again com- plaining because the United States does not prevent the departure from our shores of filibustering expeditions. If these jour- nals would turn their attention to the patrol work of their own ships a better cause of complaint could be found. If the Spanish cannot prevent the landing of these expediticns, with only the compara- tively small coast line of Cuba to guard, what fs the use of our government ex- pending thoysands of dollars in patrolling the Atlantic seaboard? SO Oo He Never Gets a Seat. Frem the New York World. ‘The statement that the clevated roads of New York at present carry only 71 per cent of their seating pacity, made yesterday before the appellate division of the supreme ccurt, is incomplete and misleading. ing certain hours of the day they carry about 20 per cent of their seating capacity. One by One the Pleasures Fly. Frem the San Francisco Chronicle. The Georgia legislature is going to put a stop to foot ball and bicycle scorching. At tnis rate there will be mo amusement left for young men down there but the lynching bee. ————-+2—___ A Thanksgiving. Bertha Greneaux Davis in Home Magazine. “So many gifts to thank Him for,” I said, “His life and His arising from the dead. The days of sun and calm accorded me, And, best of all, the hope of life to be, So ie aoe smooth the way that I have z fain outa thank Him, but my lips are du: ‘Then all at once the outdoor stillness broke, A childish voice beneath my window spoke; I saw November snowflakes flash and shine Upon a smsil, wan face upturned to mine. I drew the little stranger in to rest. And raroe yee her tumbled hair upon my reast. Begins d,”” I said, “God's kingdom is of uch.’ And ‘then I heard a whisper—‘“Inasmuch Se ee ee Me er" ‘The ee shades grew long and deepen- I held her fast and sung her eyelids yao Within my arms she nestled pink ‘warm, getdate my ioe pedals form I knew the little.child of God became ‘The thankful prayer cae Sipe had tried to KG >A Little Money oo f Phareday PEI RY’S. ool to our cus- tom, We-shall remain closed all day tomorrow (Thankspivitig Day). - On Feiday morning we shall make qur initial open- ing of Holiday Novelties in Fancy Goods and other lines. We feel that we have gatheréd a most per- fect and complete stock of . both the unique and use- ful in giveables. The selec- tions have been confined exclusively tg the reliable grades for which we are noted. A more detailed account of the “opening” will be published in The “Star” of tomorrow--and we promise it will be interesting and profitable reading. PERRY’S, “Ninth and the Avenue.” RBstablished 1840, Telephone 995. O! So Good will be the Zisstagiving Mince Pies amt r idings which are | Savored h of To-Kalon 15 oa Cc. ‘Golden G: Claret—to mi = the gob- ler slip down easily--40c. qt.; $4 case of een oe oe ats. ‘To-Kalon Sherry or Port, $1.50 gal. Folk Salon Mine & Denn, O14 142/ST-PHONE 998. aes SS OPEN LATE THIS EVI Forgotten / ‘Anything You) Want Especially For Thanksgiv ng Dinner? — Any Vegetables or any other seasonnble subst dviteactes FOR THE TABLE? t We ersthing in season thet you finest cmy—at reasonable Cottage Market, 818 14th St. no2t-w,f,m-20 ANY ON There i is No Disagreeable Taste or Qdor to Our Emulsion of ‘Cod Liver Oil. — It presents the prre Norwegian Cod Liv — O11 in iis mest attr form—as a pal = tulle, exsily digested medicine. The tas ——— and cdor of the pure ofl are completely hid- den by several medicines, which we add make this emulsion. And the emulsion is nuich more valuable than the pure ol! alone would be. C7 Pints, oe. %-pints, 35e. ‘Arlington Drug Store, | Cor. Vt. Ave. & H ‘St Lee <r S no24-20d Raa ASN CNA NEN ax VN ’ Does Valiant Service ‘ In Buying Fine ( Stoves Here. It goes almost twice es far aw It did last year. We have done our share to- ward making prices smaller «nd sinaller. ‘These prices should bring } d it 87. RA : C . 7tl Gy. Barker, ra « STOVES, HOUSEFURNISHINGS, CHINA, a See se That You ‘Get Loeffler’ 's Sausage. No oth just as goed a Lites as well ant ‘Loet ™ other will x's Sansa IST on having EF You can always-ger it at our stands — if your dealer Ti supply you, A. LOEFF es nodW, fn-20 Another Pretty and useful gift is a LEATHER WRITING TABLET. A wonderful convenience for a lady— | almoet takes the place of a desk. i | AM leathers—ealf, grain, seal, alli- B | gator, lizard, ete.—your choice of | colors. Prices run 50e., 75e., 85e., | | $1.60 up to $5.00. S 425 7th Kmeessi, ec. Trunks neatly repaired at swail cost. D Closed all day Thanksgiving day! AUCTION | * Special sale Friday and Saturday of * * Brillant Diationds*and beautiful Solld © * Gold Jewelry, Secure your Xmas gift * * at this salesand ‘seve! . Gerome Desio, 1107 F. F. WARREN JOHNSON! AUCTIONEER. Sale under the persosal supervision of Mr. H. C._O'Neti: b no24-284 y @orites MpoRrTeD Perfumes she, . gan *Rawin . . Sisciy' tor 7 eet > 13th & “OGRAT'S S, Be Carvers sharp as Damascus sword blades. $1 back if you want it. ~ $ I: pair for best English Steel a John B. Espey, titers au27-3m-15 e 4 ‘ Open House This Evening Until 9 p.m—and to- morrow till noon to ac- “ commodate the crowds who are availing them- selves of the Special Low Prices prevailing during our great Thanksgiving Shoe Sale. Wm. Hahn & Co.’s Reliable Shoe Houses: 930-932 7TH ST. N. W. 1914-1916 PA. AVE. N.W. 238 PA. AVE. S.E. % si as tae Se ess te a ae WONDERS FOR CHILDREN! 421 9TH ST. J. Jay Gould It piers, Tree Omaments Serap — ts ay Paper, 8, per Napkins, Favors, Japanese Toys, Candies, Tinsel Balle,’ “Sabo Wonder Package” 10c-, ‘Studies, Paper Dolls, Games, Paper Flowers made to order, materials for making paper fancy work. Wonders for Christmas! Wholesale and retail. ‘no20-1m* eR RS SRRARRARY ALAA AY Shedd’ Shedd’s, 432 oth St. oth St. 4 —is too large or too small to Teceive prompt and careful at- tention by us. If your plumb- ing needs repairs of any kind let NoJobof ‘Plumbing! us give you an estimate of the ‘LOWEST PRICES cost. | guaranteed. We Repair Stoves) ed —of all kinds as well as FUR- )) NACES. If your Furnace, Range or Latrobe needs clean- ) ing or “fix AA ing” drop us a card ° a $ np, rend to light, 2 $15. ‘ or ‘telephone—we'll do the rest ( ‘4 24 ‘ GAS AND om HEATING STOVES. ) ( <4 SATISI ACTORIT Latrobes, Epihesbabooe above, set ) §- SHED and ) oS Bro., lumbing,Stoves,Gas Fixtures, &c.$ (es 432 9th St. 2) von SAR AL — RRA EEE FOR XMAS. Let Deant PN your gift combine With both of the usefulness with e it Rt fons, beautifal una Glass Ware, Kich Cut Glass, ete.! Wilmarth & oo: 114F. ne2t-14d PEPE CHEESES : ‘Ladies Won’t 3 Wish For Allore e ba 3; Delicate Perfume: é Log NB, Ite odor is Suen & 2 ad want) the fines should S a bottle of Thi NS DOU- | 2 TLE onod NE on their dresser. 4 Ps CC: for % pint. $1.65 pint bottle. = - W. S. THOMPSON, ? = TVHARMACIST 703 15th STREET. $ Se POOOEESODFOSE45 see t OU’LL wonder after having a taste of our superior laundry work how you ever put up with your former laundryman’s poor efforts. Our modern machinery insures long life to the clothes. Unsur- passed facilities for quick work. Drop postal or *phone 592, for us to call after your laundry bundle. Prevailing prices! FRAZEE’S LAUNDRY, 512 Sth St. 1322 14th St. 605 13th st. 3109 M St. 0023-400. Leeesorsoecesessessegseoees Large Shoe Worth : For Little Money! 3 Newest Styles; Comfortable Shapes; Ladies’ & Gents’ Shoes, $] -98.$2-48_$)-98. A saving of 50 cents a pair Over Up-Town Prices. Children’s Shoes from 98c. up. Headquarters for Men’s Boots of Every Quality. Robert Cohen . gs 630 Pa. ee | « o e $ Established 1 3, mitt ss veseeeetetes “Summer” priceson °o ° © ¢ PODS PO OSS HO SIO HOPI E SG HOTS 12 a rte “LEE” eart! your poan'ben tee mine Coa = Mine Were. quoting “summer™ COAL! prices for it! Johnson Bros., 1206 F St. ee 14th and D sts. s.w. ws ‘13th and Water sts. s.w. a OCKS REPAIRED — 25C for choice of Men's 50c Winter Undergarments. [Shirts avd Drawers in various styles and sizes, on table near G st. entrance. Tomorrow ' From_ 8 to 1 At the Palais Royal. Table Linen, China and Glassware for the Thanks- giving Day Dinner Table. $1.98 tor tre reaay-to- $2.29 Damask = Gloths, 232% yards; $1.58 dozen Tor the $2.29 Napkins to match. $4. 50 for the $5: a ieee oe Sarin Dama: 4. dozen for the $5.50 Napkins t “z $5.48 for the: 98.96 apluner and Tea Set decorations in in three colors a $1. 98 ft, for + —— Tea Sets of 56 ew shape, assorted decora. For the Tur Turkey. Oc for sate -sze Iron Roasting Fans; 29¢ for ters, the bost covered pans in- veutes. for 14-inch size White Stone China Dishes, suaranteed first_ quality. 29c SI 9 for Carving Knife and Fe Sets. . stamped Joseph R & Sons, Eng- land. Only 79c for the sets from William Beckett & England. = 29¢ for the Steels with stag-horn handies. The tenderest turkey will seem tough without a sharp knife to carve with Woodbury’ s Soap, - Oc Cc. Woodbury’s Facial Soap, Facial Cream, Facial Powder and Dentiirice —shoice for 9 cents. O7The of Woodbury’s pre as well feet as the price usual them. Need we write that Oc fs a special aoe for tomorrow only, from 8 to 1 o'clock. 5C for Williams’ Shaving Soap is another * “special” for tomorrow onl) Lace Jackets. Hand-made Russian Lace Bol- eros and Escurial Lace, pieces worth up to $ro at $1.29’and $1.48 for choice. EF THis reads like a mistake or a fale ment. Literally true, Interview our M mond, Ladies’ Gloves, 59¢ Instead of $1 Pair. The Ladies’ 4-button Kid Gloves —200 pairs on special table tomor- row until 1 o'clock. White, black, tans, browns and reds. EF The special price and the limited time is our excuse for writing they will NOT be fitted. For Biking Girls. $7.48 tomorrow for choice of Eng- lish Whipcord Biking Suits made to retail at $16.50. $7 4B Vvecause only three suits remain of the : mans. One each in tan, blue and gray, state- 8 Rich- 34, 36 and 38 the sizes. 2. QS tomo:row for $6 to $12 Coats because FO cdds and ends. Sizes 42 in one style or another. a in- counter, Qe r Bicycle Chate- seal and grain leather. 25c¢ 3 the bicycle girl ¢ Blac Relis, 1% inches wide. Leather nite bed Hes P38 backle with double (two) slides. Always Wanted. Dressing Combs of “never-break” rubber. 5c instead of 10c for full length Combs. [De for dozen spoots of King’s Sewing Machine 4 Thread. 200 yards aoe 1 24¢ wanied. - Bargain Fans. Best Fans cheap. Sample Fans used by the importers’ “drummers.” 19¢, 48e and T3e for Fans worth up to $1.50. Three big lots of them. Rare bargains for snes securing first choice tomorrow, $2.69 for a Dress. Choice of nearly 1,000 seven-yard Dress Patterns of Wool and Silk and Wool Suitimgs worth 50c, 68c and 75¢ yard. CFThe lot includes all thi lar fabries, in styles and cx importer’s loss is nearly $1, gain, Silk Waist Patterns. Four-yard patterns of &gc quality Roman Stripe Silks for only $2.40— a saving to you of $1.16. | OF The above patterns wiil be cut from full pieces. Remnants will be found on a separate table at next-to-nothing prices, 1898 Organdies. First showing tomorrow of the new French Organdies for the 1898 | : season. ZSc yard tomorrow for choice of all the new effects. Suggestions for evening dresses of now or for the summer of 1898. Ladies’ Stockings, |" 25c. Some worth 50c. Chic Hosiery from Paris that the ladies will fall in love with. Samples’ —that’s why only 25¢. for dozen spo Kk. only-—out all the isp * colors, rs always 25c¢ Se Deity Tits Tied Seiten. back | siltches. “And the fashionable omar ipes, all-cver ‘Some are start! attractive. Some > For Children. too dollar Dolls will be distributed Sint Shem th “Ttensorwow, Half price for suits and overcoats --$10 ones for $5. --S15 ones for $7.50. -§20 ones for $10. --$25 ones for $12.50. Just think of it, gentlemen —you get the unrestricted choice of this great purchase of finely tailored suits and overcoats for just half what other clothiers are asking. It's one of the greatest op- portunities you've ever been offered at this season—right when you're ready for heavier weight clothing. Come in this evening or some time before one o'clock tomorrow and select a suit or an overcoat — or both — spruce up” for Thanksgiv- ing Day. You know you've the priv- ilege of paying the bill as you can best afford to—in small portions. Costs nothing ex- tra to buy that way Hecht & Company, nam 515 Seventh Street. Steet FullQt. Bot. of fine Lucca Olive Oil, This cll is the finest oltves gr for salaus and dressing: = of oh foreign and a. st bere for Thanksgiving good ¢ < 9 4 > ‘ , ‘ From the celebrated firm of John 4 Ruszits Fur Co. of N. Y. 4 22 We've just received a fresh in- 4 voice of ultra-st from the world-fam 4 zits Pur Co. es > es V4 Tee braces Handsome ee P 4 Persian J ae 4 larettes, Searfs and Muffs. Come in * * 4 and mak got selection vy. 22? 4 Popolar >: “Stinemetz & Son, > Purr and Hatters, 1237 Pa. ave. « be : 100 Doz. Hair § Switche es, Consigned to ua for the purpose of raising for a New York Hair importer. mone We seli you a very fine Switeh for.......... Exa you will $1 tly the “same article pay for otecwhe 2 doz. Gray and White, from. Jost half of their act AT THE Louvre Glove Store Al Cut! RAADA AAA neludes making, laying her thaely reductions: it 50c. Mattings for... Linoleums for ever pay as much here * elsewhere. ‘ The Houghton bate ¥ St d neds-4od ~~ ewes ewe as 3 * nw ) eee Plince Pies For Thanksgiving Dinners, It won't seem like Thankegiv Jess you have Mine Pie.” Holmes: Mince Pies st like the kind used to bak tra fine ones f Orders by T “phone 1564 pro Delivered_answhere. Holmes’ Landover Mkt., 630-316 Thureciny ly ail, ist & F When Moving ' Time Comes PADDED VANS and They will s: and move ar e utmost a, ac ROOMS are r orates are Lu mn ix charged <class storage apartments Established 1831. WHEATLEY’S DYEING AND CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT, 1068 Jefferson st., Georgetown, D. ©. Dyeing a fine mourning Dlack a specialty; guar- antes the color will not crock. Expert silk dyeing, all colors, with all the life and luster of new. Finest dry cleaning. Wagon calls no23-Iyr_ 3*Good “Things 3 $ For Thanksgiving at Bryan’s. : ; ——— giving in the w of GROCERIES. ——- ie LE oe a — = eee eat one a Mince Meat, —— New Nuts, stoge s Oranges, _— # to fact, we full line ‘of EVERYTHING. “wis New York Ave., eet