Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1897, Page 17

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O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1897-TWENTY-SIX PAGES. oe | If you want to buy, sell or exchange anything, lease property or rent rooms, want a situation or want help, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many pcople as read any other paper. RPE EA EER NRL «A ANTM CM: Important Reminder for Monday-- Five special lots of Silks. fit to you. The Silks Are in the nick of time to be converted into Christmas pres- ents—at a saving to the giver, and to the delighted satisfac- tion of the given to. These quotations show you what a difference there is between the new and the old tariff prices. Fancy Silks, In shades for evening and street wear, and ularly desirable for holiday waists. You have the choice of $1, $1.25 and $1.50 values for 75c. a yd. 22-inch Black Poplin, Instrous and even, none better at $1.25 upon the present im- porting basis. This lot goes at $1 a yd. Seespegpegeetonge rte eeeeeteetenteeteey PERRY’S. News of more arrivals in Laces. Another chapter on Velvets. All three of these are interesting just now—and have a di- rect bearing upon the Christmas shopping you have on hand. All three tell of special prices. You ought to take advant- age of them. We did secure them because they will be of bene- We were able to secure them because of our watch- fulness for the opportunities that come suddenly into the mar- ket. Eager—but cautious—tempted only by the best. A a i a ee ee eee ed rte regeegeegees Seeeeetes 23-inch All-silk Black Satin Duchesse, a very heavy weaving that we think will answer admirably for ekirts—regular $1.50 value—for $1.25 a yd. Some more of those $1.50 Plain Pop- 4 lins, in the street and gas light shades, % new tints—for $1.25 a yd. 22-inch Bayadere Moire Renaissance, in- terwoven with opposite colors. An idea and a silk fresh from Paris. Regular $2 value—for $1.75 a yd._ If you want some pleces of Silk for fancy work, look among the remnants— there are lots of them—plain and figured, heavy brocades, tinsel novelties and a whole parcel of others. You know what remnant prices are with us—next to noth- ing. sete sosderdontete a a a as te te te a Lace Lore. Each invoice that arrives seems to eclipse its predeces- sor in richness and uniqueness. We have collected a most en- chanting lot of these fairy fan- cies. It doesn’t seem possible for you to not find something among these that will please zou better than anything you ave seen. The decided ef- fects are not dupiicatable. Some givables among them. 45-inch Plain Chiffons. in White, Cream, Black and all the delicate shades for evening wear. Special vaiue for— 75c. a yd. Velvets. One of the factors in fine fashion this season. One of the hard things to judge the value of—one of the things you buy largely on confidence. Our stock is serviceable be- cause it is safe—complete— right priced. We offer two grades of Black Velvet, good color, good qualities—22 inches wide; what you want for Jackets, Capes, etc.— a half dollar a yard more won't buy any better—§3 and $3.50 a yard. 24-inch Black Velvet— $2.50 a yd. 19-Inch Black Velvet—a variety of excel- Tent values— $1 to $3 a yd. Established 1840. ‘Telephone 995. 48-inch Plain Monsseline D’Sofe, in White, Cream, Black, Pink, Blue’ and Mals—two cheice grades— 75c. and $1 a yd. 48-inch Plain Chiffonettes, in Black, White, Cream and the evening shades— 85c. a yd. 48-inch Embroidered Mousseline D’Soles, on Black, White and colored grounds. charming’ combinations, rich and hand- some—$1.50 to $4 a yard. 27-inch Spangled and Appliqued Mousse- line D'Soies and Nets, in the good and best grades, That dosn't mean that the prices are high—far from it. Point Applique, Point Lt- Gene, Point D’Bruges and exse Laces, in ‘all widths. Spaneled Neck Scarfs Silk Capes, Boas, Libert; iy Tes, Jubot, Sishes and Bows—fust what you whl want to give as a gifi—and we put each box for you. They are all at spe Real Du ase Lace Handkerchiefs, each in a box . to §25 each. 24-inch Black quite sure you at our prices— $4 to $6 a yd. 82-inch Black Velour du Nord— $3 and $4 a yd. 20 to 2f-inch All-silk Black Velvets—$4 a yard and up. 20-inch Colored All-silk Velvets, choice shades— $4 to $5 a yd. 19-inch Colored Velyets—our leader— $1 a yd. Full line of Plaid and other novelties for waists and trimmings. Black and Colored Corduroys and Vel- utina. 22-Inch Colored Velvets—all shades— $3ayd. — Velour du Nord—we are annot match our qualities LPPLPPLPPPBLELLLPBL ILLIA ENON SCN IMSS IS SAMS SS PERRY’S, “NINTH AND THE AVENUE.” Sregreteeeedendondongentonteatensensrnseersesnsoeseesoeteononsonsessesantatantantetenteeeoassehe sesso oes [— = WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET. Batter Advancing a Eggs Lower— Poultry Over Plentifal. The local wholesale produce market still remains somewhat depressed, although butter is a fraction higher, with indica- tions of a further advance. Eggs are rather weak with lower prices, and if the present weather continues prices will fall still lower. Fine goods are scarce, and the same is true of butter, although it is very firm. There is no change in quantity or quality, storage stock being in demand, with lower grades bringing top prices. Cheese remains at the same prices, but it is somewhat firmer. Poultry is over plen- tiful, although the feeling is improved. As to other products the market remains quict, there being an abundant supply on hand. Butter—Extra Elgin creamery, 24% cents & pound; choice, 22; firsts, 21; baker’s choice New York tubs, 17 to 19; dairy Virginia and Maryland print, stock, 14 to 20. Cheese—New York state full cream, large, 11 cents a pound; flats, 11; ponys, 11%. Eggs—Nearby fresl to 22 cents a dozen; western, 20 to southern, 19 to 20. Poultry—Live turkeys, 7 to 8 cents a pound; dressed, 9 to 10; chickens, 8 to 9; cld fowls, 5 to 7; ducks, 8 to 9; dressed, 10 to 11; geese, 6 to 7; dressed, 8 to 9. Game—Venison, saddle, 15 to 20 cents a pound; whole deer, bucks, 8 to 10; bear, saddle, 10 to 12; pheasants, 25 to 40 cents apiece; rabbits, 75 cents to $1.50 a dozen; wild turkeys, 7 to 10 cents a pound; quail, $1.50 to $2 jozen; woodcocks, 25 to 35 cents apiece. Vegetables—Cucumbers, per box, $1 $1.25; cauliflower, per bbl., $3 to ery, medium, per doz., 25 to 33 cents; mon, per doz., 10 to 15 cents; beans, per box, $1.25 to $1.50; lettuce, per bbl, $3 to 34; per basket, $1.50 to $2 per bush., 70 to 80 cents; bush., 65 to 70 cents; culls, per bush., 25 to 30 cents; sweet potatoes, fancy, per bbl., $1.50 to $2; No. 1, $1.50; culls, 75 to 90 cents; yams and haymons, bbl., $1 to $1.25; egg plant, per %4-bil. boz, $2.50 to $3.50; beets, per 100 bunches, $1 to $1.50; cabbage, pei 100, $2 to $4; onions, yellow, per bbl., $1.50 to $2; yellow, per bush., 60 to 75 cents; tur- nips, per bbl., 75c. to $1; beans, white,N.Y. mediums, $1.20 to $1.35; N. Y. pea, $1.15 to $1.20; marrow, $1.20 to $1.30; Virginia,white, 90 cents to $1; white, mixed, 80 cents; col- cored, 60 cents; black-eyed peas, per bush., @ to 75 cents; Lima beans, per Ib., 3 to 4 cents. Dried fruits—Evaporated apples, choice, 4 to 6 cents; apples, sliced, fancy, 2% to 3 cents; sliced, bright, 24 to 2% cents; quar- ters, bright, 2% to 3 cents; peaches, choice, 6 to 7 cents; fair to good, 5 to 6 cents; halves, unpeeled, 2 to 3 cents; quarters, unpeeled, 2 to 3 cents; evaporated, 8 to 10 cents; evaporated, unpeeled, 6 to 7 cents; cherries, pitted, dry, crop ‘96, 9 to 10 cents; and wet, 6 to 7 cents; blackberries, per Ib., 8 to 3% cents; whortleberries, per Ib., 5 to 6 cents; raspberries, dry, 10 to 11 cents. Green fruits and nuts—Apples, fancy ta- ble, bbl., $2 to $3.50; choice, per bbl., $2 to $2.50; windfalls, per bbl., $1 to $1.25; pears, ‘onte, $1.50 to $3; Duchess, per bbl., $1. to $2; Sickle, per bbl., $3 to 34; Cali- fornia Bartlett, per box, $1 to $1.50; native, per bbl., $2.25 to $3; walnuts, per 100 Ibs., 7% to 8% cents; chestnuts, per pound, 7 to 8 ; oranges, California, $2.50 to $3.50; Sicily, per box, $3 to $4; grapes, ‘ba, 5-lb. basket, 8 to 10 cents; Con- cord, 12-lb. basket, 12 to 13 cents; 5-Ib. basket, 7 to 9 cents; Niagara, 5-lb. basket, 8 to 11 cents; Salems, 5-lb. basket, 8 to 9 cents; walnut kernels, 9 to 10 cents; pine- apples, 8 to 18 cents; crab apples, per bbl., $2 to $2.50. Beef and other meats—Cattle, extra, per cwt., $3.50 to $4; butcher, per cwt., $2.50 to $3.50; common, per cwt., $1.50 to $2; rough, per cwt., $1; hogs, fair, per cwt., gross, $3.50 to $3.75; ordinary, per cwf., net, $3.25 to $3.50; sheep, per cwt., $2.50 to $3; lambs, spring, choice, cwt., $5 to $5.50; medium, $4 to $5; common, to $3.50; calves, prime, per cwt., $6 to $7; common, $6; grass, per cwt., $3 to $3.50; cows, prim: each, $25 to $35; common, each, $10 to $1: old and dry, $6 to $8; dressed hogs, 3 to 444 cents. ———— Court House to Be Sold for Debt. From the St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Not long ago the county of Henry, Ky., lest a sult in the court of appeals, and was required to pay the costs. Part of these costs was a fee to the clerk of the court of appeals, who sent his claim with the pa- pers necessary for a prompt, and, if neces- sary, forced collection of the same. The sheriff of Henry county, after some delay, wrote back to Frankfort to the clerk of the court of appeals that he had been put off by the proper county officials; that he had in- formed them that he would wait no longer, and that he had levied on the court house and advertised it for sale to satisfy the debt. Ex-Chief Justice Pryor of the court of appeals, it is thought, will be one of the bidders on the property when it is put up. —_- e+ __ Germany's Needle Industry. From the London Echo, We used to supply Germany with neeedls. Then the Germans imitated our methods of manufacture; perhaps they improved upon them. At any rate, they supply us and our colonies with needles now. One seat of the industry alone, Aachen, produces fifty million needles a weck. From 1887 to 1895—eight years—the quantity exported was fifteen million pounds weight, valued at $15,000,000. These went to India and British colonies, France, America, Austria, Italy, the Levant, and, above all, to China, an Immense market entirely controlled by the German manufacturers. Yet the in- Gustry was in its infancy with them a few years ago. SNARLS OVER SPOIL Brooklyn’s Demands for Patronage Affront the Tammany Tiger. ANTE-ELECTION PLEDGES IGNORED Grady Announces Legislative Pro- gram of Croker’s Organization. HILL IN EVIDENCE AGAIN ——— ee Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, December 9, 1897. Slate making has taken a lull here pend- ing the return from Brooklyn of Bernard J. York. Mr. York has gone home fully posted as to what the new administra- tion was ready to concede Brooklyn, and it may be said now that Brooklyn will not be satisfied with the apportionment, if surface indications go for anything. From a Brooklyn standpoint the situation is this: An agreement was reached after considerable haggling that the borough of Brooklyn should receive at the hands of Tammany one-third of the more desira- ble places. As is customary under simi- lar circumstances, one side demanded real- ly more than it hoped to receive, while the other side conceded only that which would insure the preservation of peace. There were rumors of friction, but they were blandly discountenanced by Tam- many and cheerfully repudiated by “Bar- ney” York. Finally, however, came the announcement that negotiation had result- ed in something definite. and that there was no longer any obstacle to distribution in detail. It is one thing to come to an agreement and another thing to respect it, and now comes York with the news that an exception is to be made, of course in Tammany’s favor, so far as the dock department appointments are concerned. York reports that Tammany proposes to grant the borough of Brooklyn no repre- sentation in that board. Incidentally, it may be remarked thet there are few de- partments more important than that which will have charge of the docks. The interests it will control are colossal. The borough of Brooklyn will have about twen- ty miles of water front to care for, and the Brooklyn organization clams that not enly should it have a_ representative in the dock beard, but that representative should be more than a figurehead. Under the auspices of the board milifons are to be expended and millions received. The proposition to grab all three of the com- missionerships is charactertstic. It has been alluded to ‘as an insult to Brooklyn, and the term is net too strong. MecLaughlinites Are Helpless. ‘The McLaughlinites must realize their comparative helplessness. The organiza- tion could afford to be as rigid as a ram- red before election, and it was reasonably aggressive, but things are altered now and Tammany holds most of the trump cards. It looks as if a strong protest would be made, and this York will carry back with him to Croker. The action thereon may affect the position of the Brooklyn organization in state politics and the course of Controller Coler after Janury 1. As a Brooklyn authority puts it: “Brooklyn is big enough to have a voice In the manage- ment of all of the departments. Its con- tribution to the result was almost propor- tionate to that of New York. Looking at the matter from a purely political stand- point, it would be a blunder to overlook claims which were substantiated at the pells. The dock commissionership is a test case. Upon its dispesition will depend that of many others. If Tammany can in one instance violate its agreement, what is there to prevent frcm blowing into atoms the whole urderstanding?” The question now is will the organizaticn capitulate? It is pointed out that few of the assem- bly district leaders of the borough of Brooklyn are in their political infancy and fewer still are easily frightened. “Barney” York is inclined to be more diplomatic than daring and he can afford to be calm, seeing that there is a police commisstonership at his disposal. The fact is that Tammany has not an exalted opinion of Brooklyn representatives of the democratic party. It is disposed to regard them as a lot of political novices, who have much to learn and to whom it is not worth while to listen with deference. It may be that the dock commissionership will be permitted to go by default, in which event Tammany’s judgment will be confirmed. If, on the other hand, a second lesson is administered, the tiger may revise its opinion and Brook- lyn will fare no worse for that. ‘The irdi- cations are that the situation will become a trifle strained, though York is quoted to the contrary. an Grady’s Legislative Program. Senator Thomas F. Grady has issued a statement, mapping out the program which he declares is to be followed by the democrats at Albany this winter. He states that the minority will endeavor to carry out the promises in the platform adopted by the democratic city conven- tion, by introducing legislation for the suppression of trusts, the protection of the people against government by injunction, a revision of the tax law, a careful consider- ation of the question of municipal owner- ship and cheaper gas. Some little time ago Senator Cantor, democratic leader in the senate, outlined what he said the minority would attempt to do. There is much specu- lation here as to which of the statements is given out “by authority.” Mr. Croker could tell, of course, but he won't. Grady’s statement is probably true, be- cause it comes from Lakewood, and at Lakewood is Croker. He may be the mouthplece of the “boss,” or it may be that Grady’s glib tongue may account for the precipitance with which he rushes into print as the self-constituted spokesman of his democratic colleagues. Not only does he talk a great deal, but he promises much, which any democrat js in a position to do in view of the republican majority in both branches of the legislature. As to trusts, the wordy senator says: “Both producer and consumer are victims of the unlawful exactions of these criminal combinations, and the people, without re- gard to political division, stand as a unit in favor of the suppression of this most cruel form of injustice." Many persons have tried their hands at precisely the sort of legislation described. The effort has not been effective because it was not intended to be, and no one is more familiar with the fact than the senator from the fourteenth district. Just as the railroads themselves, through their agents, wrote every line of the state railroad commission law, which was intended to hold them to accountability, and which was designed to meet the public demand that they should be held to accountability, so will the trusts, through their agents, exhibit any number of bills in the legislature to suppress them- selves or to wreck themselves. And then Mr. Grady, with the guilelessness and in- genuousness for which he is distinguished, would have opportunity to urge them to passage. To Repeal Raines Law. Mr. Grady further announces that. the minority will attempt not the modifica- ticn, but the repeal of the Raines law. “Upon this point,” says he, “more than ne-half of the -vcters of the state have a themselves with an. emphasis which would make any attempt to amend the law a defiance of the popular will. ‘The law must be repealed and in its place be enacted a iil conservative its ee license feces.” Grady turns himself fhside out on the ques- tion of municipal ownership. “The question of municipal ownership of public fran- chises,” he declares, ‘‘must be carefully con- sidered. In the present stage of our city finances we will probably not be able to do more than experiment with such fu- ture franchises as do not involve any very great outlay. It will be necessary, how- ever, in order to meet the pronounced pub- lic demand in this direction to equip our municipal governments with the power to enter upon the experiment as soon as the conditions will permit.” The gold bugs and the silver bugs in the upper house have been at each other's throats without intermission ever since the body was organized, and there is no indication that during the coming winter there will be & cessation of hostilities. On the outside, too, the democrats are trying to settie the interesting problem as to the shoulders on which the mantle of state leadership shall fall. Mr. Mur- phy will be constructively at Washington, and Mr. Hill will be in Albany, where he can practice law and incidentally keep an eye on the legislature. And Mr. Croker will not be in Europe unless he changes his plans. The net result is that if any- body thinks he can carry a party pro- gram through the legislature and obtain for it a solid vote he is seriously in error, because of the disturbed state of political conditions and adhesions. For example, the Brooklyn democratic senators may well be disposed to ask Senator Grady by what authority he presumes to speak for them as members of the minority? On what meat Goth this our Caesar feed that he has grown.so great? The minori- ty at Albany will have all it can attend to in resisting republican aggression without planning legislation the success of which is altogether problematical and the desira- bility of which may well be submitted to the test of critical analysis. Hill Strengthening His Lines. The disposition of ex-Senator Hill to take advantage of every possible contingency to strengthen his position is reflected in his appearance before Justice A. Van Wyck in Brooklyn as special counsel in the hearing upon the matter of an injunction to re- strain the Brooklyn aldermen from grant- ing to the P. W. Flynn syndicate forty miles of the public streets for trolleys. ‘The ex-senator appeared as the represen- tative of the only New York paper of large circulation which supported Bryan during the last campaign—a paper which is now leaving no stone unturned to defeat the’ Brooklyn franchise project; a paper which has consistently and _ persistently abused the “Sage of Wolfert’s Roost” since he sought refuge in flight and silence more than a year ago. This appearance is be- lieved to indicate two things: First, that Hill is once more in the politi- cal saddle, and that he is willing to “‘stoop to conquer” if he can regain the ground which he has lost and convert men who are now his enemies into his future friends. Else why should he appear as tail to a pa- per which advised the democrats of the state legislature to refuse him even the thankless honor of @ renomination for United States senator. And it will be re- membered that half a dozen members of the legislature, refusing to be bound by the democratic party caueus aeting along the lines of this advice, bolted Hill the bolter and voted for Henry George, Second, that Hill intends to use his legal talents and his capacity for political in- trigue to thwart Tammany Hall. It is true that this injunction proceeding is real- ly none of. Tammany’s funeral; that the hearing is going on in Brooklyn and Tam- many,no matter whatfts plans forthe fu- ture, does not now claim 'to exercise juris- diction over Brooklyn; that Brooklyn is in the hands of republican officials and the re- sponsibility for the acts of a dying admin- istration and a mori' jd ivic existence will rest upon the. locp$ republicans; that Flynn and the mem of the syndicate are republicans; that {t may be taken for granted that the tnjunction in one form or another may be successful, thereby re- flecting credit not ‘only upon ex-senator Hill as a special counsel for that side, but also upon Judge A. Van Wyck, a democrat and a brother of Judge R. A. Van Wyck, mayor-elect of Greater New York, but everybody who knows anythi about the situatiom existing knows that it is only a mere matter of time before Tammany com- mences to give away the franchises of the greater city to favorites, though fortunately the new charter limits. those franchises to twenty-five years. Hill establishes a pre- cedent in appearing at the hearing in fa- vor of the granting ef the injunction against the grab of Brooklyn streets, and makes it easter for him to pose in the future as the opponent of Tammany fran- chise grabbers, and thereby profit by Tam- many’s mistakes and Tammany’s failures. —— u NEWSPAPERS ONLY. John Wanamaker’s Views on Subject of Advertising. From the Wool and Qottop Reporter. I never in my life used such a thing as a poster or dodger or hand-bill. My plan for twenty years has been to buy so much space in @ newspaper and fill {t up as I wanted. I would not give an advertisement in a newspaper of five hundred circulation for five thousand dodgers or posters. If I wanted to sell cheap jewelry or run a@ gambling scheme, I might use posters; but I would not insult a decent reading public with hand pills, The class of people who read them sre too poor to look to support in mercantile affairs. I deal directly with the publisher. I say t6 him: “How long will you let me run a column of matter through your paper for $100 or 3500?” as the case may be. I let him do the figuring, and if I think he 1s not trying to take more than his share, I give him the copy. I lay aside the profits on a particalar line of goods for advertising purposes. At first [ taid aside $3,000; last year I laid aside and spent $40,000. I have done better this year, and shall increase the sum as thc profits warrant it. I owe my success to newspapers, and to them I freely give a certain profit of my yearly business. —_——+ e+ —__—_ Miss Gould a Crystal Gazer. From the Philadelphia Press. Miss Helen Gould is said to have joinea the latest society cult, ‘crystal gazers,” and to have just paid $15,000 for what is regarded as the most perfect mystic globe in existence. It comes from Japan, where three illuminati spent: their lives in polish- ing the giant rough ctystal into the perfect sphere ft now is. It ts as clear as the air itself, yet the Initiated claim to be @ble to see within its depths the events of the past, present and future, and even the terial entities aay inhabit space or the unknown spirit jand. The crystal globe ftself, which is eight inches in diameter, is said to have cost up- ward of $8,000, and Miss Gould: has had it mounted in a gold and crystal setting worth $7,000 more. In addition to this, gha hes had a special room constructed in her residence at Irving- ton-on-Hudson to contein this mystic treas- ure. The room -is circular, with arched oalling, and is draped throughout in black velvet. There, when the crystal is unveiled and the electric light turned on, it flashes with an intense iridescent splemdor only com- parable to that of a large diamond, but the difference that its radiance is soft and Pleasing, instead of dazsling to the eye. ———— ee —___—_ To Be Kept, Secret. From Tit-Bits._ He was a great bore,"and was talking to a crowd about the coming ‘local election. Said. he; “Gibbs fs a good man; he is vapa- ble, honest, and conscientious. He will make the very kind of representative we need. He once saved my life from drowning.” “Do you really want to see Cibbs elect- the ed?” said a sclemn-faced old man. “I do, indeed. I'd give anything to see him elected,” bore, ic never let know he saved your life,” counseled solemn-faced man, “Castelberg’s stands peerless.” let us save you money. 1103 Pa. Ave.= Baltimore office, 108 All . Eutaw Street. An Important Decision Rendered by the people of Washington and emphasized by visitors, The success of our establishment is based on facts--such facts as true merit, reliable goods,--and CREDIT. ‘“‘Would-be” competitors are only ‘‘would-be’s.” Think of it!--The idea of being able to get your choice from half a million dollars’ worth of diamonds, watches and jewelry--all of which can be bought on credit--at_ prices 20 PER CENT less than any cash jeweler’s, not only in town, but in the United States. This important decision of the people can’t be overruled, and any honest man or woman who doesn’t take advantage of our offer is standing im his or her own light. There is a chance to save- chance to accumulate articles of value--a chance to pay as you please. Any honest man or woman can obtain CREDIT of us- the week or month. to leave us till last. We've repeatedly asked would-be purchaser Get everybody’s prices, then come to us and transactions strictly confidential. Goods delivered on first payment, ‘‘and you'll always find us busy.” Castelberg’s Nat'l Jewelry Co., -Next Star Office. Established 1846. Open evenings till Xmas. a pay by > ‘ $ é REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Increase in the Number of Spacious Business Buildings, GROWTH OF LOCAL RETAIL INTERESTS Responsibility of the Owners of Vacant Ground. SOME NEW BUILDINGS Since the doors of the spacious building of many stories which is now the home of the Boston Variety Store, on Market space, were thrown open to the public the shoppers have been enjoying the facilities which such a modern building affords as something to which they have been accustomed. This is literally the case, for a large part of the business now done in this city is carried on in buildings which have been built within the past decade or so or have been remodeled to suit the re- quirements of modern commercial needs. - The change which has been going on in this respect has, perhaps, not been noted by the average shopper, but still it remains true that in the past dozen years the ex- pansion of business in this city has been such as to continually lead to the erec- tion or enlargement of business buildings, and the structure just erected by Mr. Em- mons §. Smith, the proprietor of the Boston Variety Store, {s the most recent instance. Fine Business Buildings. Formerly there was a good deal said about people living in Washington who went to Baltimore and New York to do their shopping. It is very rare to hear of such cases now, as those who are in a posi- tion to know say that there is really no advantage for residents of this city to go away from home to make purchases. The large buildings which are now scattered through the business sections of the city are said to be the equal in every respect of the great store buildings found in the prin- cipal cities of the country, and that in their equipment, as well as in all the facil ties provided for every-day needs of bus- iness, they are thoroughly modern. It may also be said that the erection of such buildings have been an improvement to the city, architecturally speaking; but certainly from the standpoint of the prop- erty holder, as well as ‘that of every one at all interested in the welfare of the city, the significance of this marked expansion in business of the city is found in the story it reveals of the growth in population and the increase in wealth. It is very often said that Washington is not a business city, but certainly there is no reason why there should be hesitation in comparing the nation’s capital with any other city in respect to the character of the retail busi- ness which Is carried on here. In Front of Vacant Lots. The recent rains have left unpleasant re- minders in the shape of deposits of mud and dirt on some of the sidewalks of the city. This is more especially true where there are vacant lots, and when the water washes down the face of the parking and leaves a deposit of mud on the sidewalks. As is well known, there is a law which was especially enacted to compel the owners of vacant lots to keep the sidewalks in front of their lots free from such a nuisance. There is a clause in the statutes provid- ing for the removal of snow and ice from the sidewalks to the effect that sand, gravel or other refuse matter that may fall or be washed on any sidewalk in Wash- ington, Georgetown or in any part of the District, as the Commissioners may desig- nate, must be removed by the property owners. It is further provided after a lapse of five days from the time the Dis- trict authorities have given the property owner notice of such a nuisance the ac- cumulation is to be removed by the Dis- trict, and the cost assessed as a tax against the property and collected by the collector of taxes. Charged to the Property. It ts stated that the usual procedure is, when a complaint comes in either from cial assessment division is sent out to In- matter and to make a re- port. If it is found that the sidewalk is ith dirt to any extent, the owner of the property is notified, and then, if no attention is paid to the matter, men from the street sweeping department are sent out to remove the dirt, and, as stated above, the cost Is assessed against the property. A question has been raised as to whether a property owner is responsible when the dirt that is found on the sidewalk in front of his holding comes from the parking and not from the lot. It is said there a cases of this kind, and the Commission- ers have been asked to decide whether the property owner can be justly held account- able for a nuisance which is caused neglect of the property owned by the cit The first law in regard to this matter was passed March 2, 1895, and last March there was another law which gave the Com- missioners authority to apply the pro- visions to any portion of the District out- side of Washington and Georgetown which they may designate. Interior House Finish. A unique feature in the interior finish of @ house is found in the residence which is being erected on 17th street near I, on the portion of the ground surrounding what is known as the Myer residence, at the cor- ner of 17th and I streets northwest. The entrance is on the level with the street and leads into a good-sized vestibule, from which steps ascend into the hall of the house. The walls of this hall are finished | h in pressed brick, and the staircase is of the same material. Some New Buildings. A two-story brick house is to be built at 2064 34th street northwest by Francis Lee. The front will be of select red brick, and the size of the house will be 20 by 30 feet. A house is to be erected on Brandywine street, University Park, by T. J. Giles. It is to be built of wood, with a high pitched shingle roof, and will be two stories in height and 20 by 28 feet. A two-story frame house is to be erected by Lottie L. Burns at 1633 Rosedale street | northeast. H. N. Moss will build two brick houses at 1233 and 1235 Delaware avenue south- west. They will be two stories in height and 15 by 28 feet. General repairs are to be made to the building of the Lincoln National Bank, at the southwest corner 7th and D streets. Foundations of brick are to be built for a steel vault, and improvements and altera- tions are to be made throughout the entire building. ——— HIGH PRICED APPLES. Rockefeller Paid §14 a Barrel for Some Fine Ones. From the New York Press. Scme time ago John D. Rockefeller, in passing threvgh Buffalo, learned that a dealer in the Elk street market had a small lot of about the finest apples ever put on sale in this vicinity. Rockefeller stopped off, hunted up the dealer and astonished him by taking the apples at $14 a barrel. When the dealer recovered from his sur- prise he set about keeping the trade in sight. He was not long in discovering that at least a portion of New York’s wealthy men were willing to pay bonanza prices for eatables that were of a grade above the ordinary market run. Early this fall he conceived the idea of stimulatirg home palates also, and made a trip through Vermont, where he bought quantities of apples, hoping to ship them to wesiern New York, which is bare of this fruit*this year, but a canvass of the situation convinced him that the metropo- lis was the market for his apples, and the best of them went to New York and Boston. —+-e2—____ The Cost of a Batanga Wife. From the Church at Heme and Abrond. There is a lst of goods which was recent- ly paid by a young man in our employ to a father-in-law who had an eye for business before the young man secured his wife. And the time will never come when his father-in-law will not regard it as his per- fect right to ask his son-in-law for any- thing more he may want. The list is thus: Eighty neptunes, five guns, thirty-two marks’ (about $8) worth of cloth, three goats, five cases of gin, three kegs of pow- der, two zinc trunks, two umbrellas, one coat, two chairs, two tall hats, three telt hats, one flag, four shirts, one tin of sugar, eight drinking glasses, twelve plates, one lamp, two brass kettles, four smail iron pots, one knife, twenty-five pipes, two jugs, one large iron pot, thirty brass wires, four pairs of scissore and about twenty-three Srinipe ec Ust for this country, ea * when it is remembered that this young man time being, for his daughter, gives her over to the young man, she be- comes his wife. i ' | A VICARIOUS SACRIFICE. A Georgetown Boy Who Owned Up to Another's Of From the Chicago Rece That the days of chivalry are not and that the spirit of Damon and is not dead is demonstrated by an ir ident that occurred at Georgetown University last summer and has just leaked oul. A poor young man who had worked his way through coliege passed his examination and had alluring prospects of employment as soon as the graduating exercises were over went out with a party of students for a lark one night and got into mischief, as young men often do. It was no’ ace- ful act, but it was a violation of one the most serlous rules of discipline, and expal- sion was the penalty. The culprit was un- known, exec being scrup code of coll their lips. pose the in their poor t made him tren Is am n Robert from St. Louis h en- and reated a been sus 2 students, and his confess sation, for h verth . di and with reluct ce and rear pelled from the institution. He ington, escorted to the railway a large body of students, home at § and ‘this fal Princeton University, where he now member of the sophomore class poor young man receiv went his way rejoicing, iced that he never spoke of Walsh without emotion. As the young men are no longer students at Georgetown there is no necessity of pre- serving the secret, and the faculty and the students are all aware that Walsh, being an under-class man and the son of wealthy parents, and having nothing at stake. vol- untarily offered himself as a sacrifice to save the reputation and the prospects of his friend, who otherwise would have been turned out of the institution in disgrace. The act was done without consultation and without the knowledge of the student who was saved, and has received absolution, and Walsh can return to the university whenever he desires. He prefers to remain at Princeton, however, and the publica- tion of the story now will not injure his reputation. —se<-—____ Mustcal “Bike.” € The The threatened harmonious bicycle has come to pass, but, fortunately, it is at pres- ent confined to Germany. The musical monstrosity is fixed to the handle-bar, and by an ingenious arrangement is worked by the front wheel. It will play for an hour at a spced of ten miles an hour, and if the rider has not been driven mad by that time he has only to touch a spring and the ma- chine starts off again as gaily as ever. It it should find a home in this country, which the fatcs forfend, we shall expect non-musical cyclist to agitate for a license to shoot at sight. Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds, Etc., To Go at AUCTION! $100,000 worth of fine Diamonds, High-grade Watches, Clocks, ry, Cut Glass, Brie-a-Brac, et be’ sold at auction, without reserve, to close out the stock of the retiring and well-known firm of Jacobs Bros., 1229 Pa. Ave., Diamond Ixporters and Jewelers.