Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1897, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1897-16 PAGES. Special Notice. | | The Palai ( Royal will close as usual this evening—at 6 p.m. C7Waeteh The Star for our an- houncement of a grand evening open- with special attractions, Note This. Each evening we will tell of Bargain Spots dotting the great store. {You need to learn of them, be- cause thy are only spots dotting mountains of stocks. Real Gold Jewelry at THE PALAIS ROYAL. HE maker having supplied the various jewelry establishments with their limited needs now comes to us with his surplus stock, for which our cash offer is accepted. We make, for ourselves and-you, no less than 33 per cent discount. Each piece is stamped and guaranteed. [any are 14=karat gold; mene are less than 10-karat. stamping will tell you. For Men. ir for the Jewelers’ $2.50 Solid Gold ink Cuff Buttons....$1.98 for small 98 to $3.€8 for large Dumb Bell But- up to $> at the jewelers. Ds L 51.68 ax i $: ling to $3.98 for the Solid Geld Scarf Pine. Fifty different styles. some with chips of $1.50 to $6 the Jewelers’ price. D8c veal diamonds. Déc for the Solid frent of colla $1.50 at the jewelers. For Children. Solid Gold Rings, with real pearls and 50 at the jewelers. 51 8 nes er ce and atten of ce : gold. ‘Three in set, with chain. §2. At the Jewelers. : = (Continued above.) The For Ladies. to $298 for Solid Gold Brooches, in wreath effects. Some with imitation $1.9. pearls, turquoise, emeralds, amethysts; others with French enamel leaves. Up to $5 each at the Jewelers. $4.98 © $12 for Heavy Solid Gold Tings, S with genuine precious stones. $7.50 to $20 the jewelers’ priccs. 9 to $1.98 for Solid Gold Rings. Some with imitation precicus stones; others with real opals and diamond chips. Up to $5 at the jew elers. S For the Boys. 08c to $2.98 for Solid Gold Rings with cameo and other settings. Selling up to $5 at the jewelers. Warranted Sterling Silver. 2,000 articles, all one price, A Ae, Dollar value. Dollar sizes. NOTHER big purchase, relieving the manufacturer and profiting us and you. 2,090 pieces of those heavy Sterling Silver Toilet Articles, 7 to 10 inches long—selling for $1 at the jewelers, and 79¢ the least price elsewhere. We can say 44c and engrave initial free of charge. Er Cholce of Scissors....Penknives.,,.Nail Files +e-Shoe Horn: Bon-Bon Boxes. Key Rings. . es....Silk Winders. . warranted and stamped “Sterling silver” Choice for. .0-- oe a Curling Irons... justache Combs....Souvenir Spoons....Baby Brushes and Combs. $25-1,000 fine. Initials engraved free of charge. 4 Ac Tooth and Natl Brushes....Ink Wells. Salve Boxes... Quadruple Plated Ware. “ Superior—silver plated on white metal. Nearly 1,000 pieces will be Added to stock tomorrow morning, bought so that we can offer rare bar- gains—in three-grand lots at 48c. 8c, $1.88. ‘Choice of Fern Dishes.e<aChocolate Pots.../Tea Pots....Cream Pitchers....Cake Baskets... Pitchers...-Pickle Casters...,6poon Holders.,,..Butter Dishes.....Cracker Jars. 1s,..,Sugar Spooh and Rutter Knife Sets. And many other articles. sae Bow Sagar Knife, Fork and Spoon Sets.... 1342 Copyright Books at Nearly half publishers’ prices. ‘The works of famous modern writers; all with artistic holiday bind- ings, well printed on best of paper. Bought and to besold at less than cost of production. The Veiled Doctor, $1.25, foresseprennmsee 4QC Margaret Carmichael, $1.25, for..eemccore 4QC Lawrenee's Adventures, $1.00, f0f....-c0a A Guest at Ladlow, $1.25, for. eeenee ‘The Story of Bessie Castrill for....sseee Popslar History of London for. ‘The Pilots of Romona $1, for.. + 89e. Witch Winnte Series, $1.50, for + 80c. Sirs, Only Seventeen, $1.50, for. + TBe. Pillar of Fire, $1.50, for. wn Hartwell Farm, $1.25, {6 + 68. Famous Leaders Among Women, for. + Te. Young Lucretia, $1.25, for. + 60e. The Kanter Girls, $1.50, for + 85e. ls, $1.50, for, + 88. + dBc. + 400. + Se. $2.98 ~ 88e. + Wendell Holmes. . - 8: aie Amelia rr’s Werks, 6 vols... works at half the publisher's prices. Imaginations, 2 vols, $1.59, for A Royal Little Red Coat. Hans Brinker, $1.50, for..... Great Men’s Sons, $1.50, for.... Thorn in the Nest, $1.25, for... 75¢ Old-fashioned Boy, $1.25, for. 75c Wanted a Pedigree, $1.25, for 75¢ Sister Jane, $1.50, for. Mise Mulock's Works, $1, for. Delmonico’s Cook Book. Dictionary of the Bible. Stolen Souls, 75c, for. . He. A Romance of Westdale, $1.25, for. Tae. Sensible Etiquette, §2, for. $1.25 Modern Scientific Whist, $2, for. $1.25 A Golden Sorrow, 75e, for. 420. Soap Bubbles, 75c, for. + 42c. The Ways of Yale, 75c, for. + 480. Cushing’s Manual, 50c, for. + 300. Baddeck, $1, for.. + Ge. Art Failures, 75c, for. + 88e. Abcut Men, $1, for. . + #8e. Abcut Women, $1, for. « 2. And more than a thousand other books, many of them copyright Pictures from Landon & Kent. These well-known collectors of Baltimore have sent their stock here, to be sold without fail before Christmas. Prices are quoted to make th assurance doubly sure. 3M 1% ortwinal Etchings, signed by the artists, Im 12x16-inch oak frames. 98¢ for those in white and gold frames 14x23 inches. Bome worth $2.50. BME oF Pbotographs of Lovely Women, sptrit- ual and worldly: of Sweetest Children; Picturesque Road Scen In gold frames 8x10. Regular pric Be to $1. $1.33 tr Protosraphs of the World's Famous -W'O Poets, in gilt frames 6x26 inches. 19¢ lixl4. 5c 1% imported English and Swiss Views in water color effects; gilt frames 11x14. Usual $1 Pictures. $1 48°" toms House’’ Flowers, in gilt C Panel frames 11x28 inches. And only $1.48 for Landscapes 20x24 taches. for Fac-similes of Water Color Paintings Landscapes, Fruit and Flowers—in frame Usual 25¢ Pictures. Dolls, Toys and Games. ARGAIN lots that make regular stock seem high priced. For in- ‘ance:—$1.19 to $6.98 for largest and best imported Dolls worth $2.50 to $10. And §¢ to 21c for Dolls usually retailed from toc. to 39¢. 19c, ve and S3e for Toys and Gaines usually retailing at 25e to $1.50. from regular stock on basement floor. Look for them on second-floor bargain We need place them away tables. Palais Royal, A. LISNER. G Street. TO MODIFY THE LAW Probability of Civil Service Legislation Reaching the President. May Propose Some Tenure of Omce, Restrictions and Curtail the Power of the Commission. It begins to appear extremely probable that the President, before this session of Congress closes, will be confronted with some sort of civil service legislation. An attack upon the law which aimed at its utter destruction would certainly fail, but there are very strong indications that mod- {fying and restrictive legistation will be adopted in both houses of Congress. Dis- cussion between members of the House civil service reform committee indicate the temper of that ccmmittee. It is expected that they will speedily report a bill carry- ing out the ideas of the more moderate of the opponents of the extended civil service sysiem. A Bill in the House. It is expected such a bill will be reported soon after the holidays, and that great ef- fort will be directed toward compelling its consideration by the House. The measure reported will probably, in addition to fix- ing narrow limits within which the classi- fication shall extend, propose some tenure of office for clerks within tne classified service, and will aim to curtail the powers and check the growth of the civil service commission. The general understanding is that the Gem- cerats will assist the republicans who kicking at the law, provided the proposed modifications do not go too far. Ordinarily the tact that most of the olti- cials protected by the extension of the iaw beyond the clerical force are appointecs under a demccratic administration would incline that party to resist any change; but as it is the democrats take no interest in Mr. Cleyeland’s appcintees and are willing should be sacriticed in order that gher offices shill be cians of the party in power. le is as extensiveiy assumed yy demecraty as it is thought to he, it that there will be a majority in the for modification of the law. Attitude of Senate Committee. It is known that the Senate civil sorvice committee is in favor of some modification of the law, which will lop off some of the Cleveland extensions and which wil! con- fine the classification to the clerical force. Thus the more conservative opposition in the House to the law concurs with the Sen- ate committee and what is understood to be the attitude of the House con and it is regarded as clmost ce the Senate will furnish a majority in tavor of such a mcdification. It, therefore, ap- pears probable that an act will be sent te the President for his approval or disap- Ww he would do under such circum- stanc uncert#in. The President is a civil ce reformer and has not been backw about making h position known. with a knowledge of the fight that to be made in Congress he tcok adv: in fa taining the to Congr therefore, cal bill not subject would v the modification for the improvement of system. + e+. —___- FOR PUBLIC BUILDING Proposed Use oxits Under Postal Bank System. Representative Mercer, chairman of the ecmmittee on public buildings and ground of the Hcuse, is preparing a bill providin: for a postal savings bank s m, the de- posits to be used by the government in the construction of public buildings that are needed in various parts of the country The general idea is that the usual savings bank interest should be paid to depositors on their deposits, and that by using the money thus secured for the ccnstruction of public buildings the government can «fford to pay the interest required, and would then save at least 5 per cent interest on the amount through being relieved from payments for rent. It is urged .n favor of the plan that it provides a means for the Investment cf the money deposited in the postal savings banks, which would be legitimate, and, moreover, it will save the government pay- ing rent, at the same time making ft profit- able to the people who advance the money out of their small savings, instead of tax- ing these savings out of ‘their pocke's to meet the expense that would be involved in the werk if it were done out of the reg- ular revenues of the government. es TWO WILLS CONTESTED. Proceedings Begun in Each Case in District Courts. Hearing was begun today before Judge Cole, in.Cireult Court No. 1, of the contest over the will of the late William H. For- rest, involving an estate estimated at be- tween $15,000 and $18,000. Mr. Forrest, who was an old ard well- known resident of this city, died last Feb- ruary, bequeathing, among other things, a house to each of his children for life and a house for life to Samuel Forrest, a brother. The contest was instituted on the ground of alleged undue influence, exercised upon the deceased by the brother, Samu-1 Forrest. In Criminal Court No. 2, holding a ses- sion for the transaction of civil business, Judge Bradley presiding, hearing of a con: test over the will of the late Gen. Moses M. Bane was commenced. Gen. Bane was a prominent figure during the civil war, and for many years held office as chief of division, general land office. The contest is made by Edgar and Howard K. Bane, sons of the deveased. They allege that undue influence wi prac- ticed upon their father in bequeathing his estate by his wife, Lucy Leftwich Bane. Se DREDGING TO BEGIN sdON. Col. Allen Describes Work on the River Improvements, Colonel Allen, Corps of Engineers, in charge of Potomac river improvements, re- ports to the War Department that the work of dredging in the Washington chan- nel will commence this month. The dredg- ing machine, which under the terms of the contract should have begun the work by July 1 last, did not arrive until Novem- ber 16, and since that time has been under- going repairs. Meanwhile a force of men has been engaged in the formation of em- bankments on the reclaimed area to con- fife the deposits of dredged material. The upper section of the channel above the Long bridge has been staked out and range piles have been driven to mark the lines for dredging. The limit of work proposed in relay- ing and raising the sea wall on the Wash- ington channel front of the reclaimed area was reached on the 12th ultimo, and operations have been suspended. The total length of wall rebuilt and raised to a height of six feet above low tide is 4,910 linear feet. The sea wall on the margin of the reclaimed area is practically com- pleted except near the site of the inlet gates and along the bathing beach in the tidal reservoir. The total length of sea wall built to‘date is 35,289 linear feet, of which 4,910 linear feet have been re- laid. The entire reclaimed area of 621 acres has been raised by deposits of dredged material to a height of from 6 to 12 feet above low tide. ctive operations at the cofferdam used im repairing pier No. 6 of the Aqueduct bridge have been suspended for the win- ter, and the wooden fence built along the sidewalk on the bridge has been removed to give more room for public traffe. The quarrying and cutting of stone for the pier are being continued by the con- tractor. ——_—_-e-+____. German Ships Leave Haiti. BERLIN, December 13.—The German achoolships Charlotte and Stein, which were engaged in the recent demonstration against Hayti, will leave Port au Prince temorrow, the former going to San Dominge and the latter sailing for Havana, PATRIOTHO WOMEN/|FLEEING FROM FAMINE Efforts in Progress to Build the Washington Free University. eee Senator Wellingtap Reintroduces the eo Bill Providing for the Establish- ment of th¢\ Institution. The George Washifgton memorial com- mittee, which comprises in its memiversaip many of the most prominent 2 patriote women in the country, is engaged in anx- illary, though independent work, in behz!f of the early establishment of the free uni- versity in this city in pursuance with the often expressed desire of the father of his country. Its purpose is to raise $250,000 for the erection of a first university huiid- ing, and the character and influence of the ladies is such that great hopes are e1.ter- tained of their success. The chairman of the committee is Mrs. Ellen A. Richardson of Boston. There will be a meeting of the members tomor- row at the Raleigh, and many of them have already urrived for the purpose of attending. Mrs. Gage, the secretary, is at the Raleigh. It is expected that the re- ports made at tomorrow’s meeting will show very substantial progress in the di- rection of securing subscriptions for the Gesired fund. It is expected that Prof. John Atkinson, now of Chicago, will appear before the meeting and make a forma! offer of $25,000 toward the Washington Free University, for the establishment of a department de- voted to his system of surgery. The pro- fessor, it is said, claims to be as nearly related to Washington as any living per- son, and is now in nossession by inherit- ance of the old Washington estate, in West- moreland, England. The Bill Introduced. Senator Wellington today introduced the bill to establish a University of the United States. The bil! is similar to that intro- duced in the Senate by Mr. Kyle on March 19 iast. Mr. Wellington, now being chair- man of the committee to establish the Um- versity of the United States, takes the place of Mr. Kyle on the committee in regard to this measure. The bill provides that there shall be es- tablished in the District of Columbia a body corporate to be known as the Univer- sity of the United States for the purpose of promoting the advancement of knowl- edge in the higher branches and to carry cn instruction, research and investigation for the benefit of mankind. It provides that the government of said university shall be vested in a board of regents and a university council. The board of regents shall be comocsed of the President of the United States, who shall be president of the board; the chief ustice of the United States, the commis- 1 of educatidn, the secretary of the nian Institution, the presid National Academy of Sclences, dent of the Naticnal Education: 5 ciztion and the president of the university nd of nine other citizens of the United tates, no two of whom shall be citizens of h me state, and who, with their suc- cessors, shall be appointed by the Presi- dent of the United States by and with the zdvice and consent of the Sen: = It provides that the university councii shall ist of-the board of regents and velve othef citize to be appointed United by regents from among eminent ed cernected h institutions of learni the United States, but no more than one shill be appointed or hold office from any one state at tl me time The DIN pro that in all the opera- tions of the un ity neither sectarian nor partisan preferences shall be allowed in any form. The opportunity and facilities afforded by the university shall be free to all per- sons who in the judgment of the university council shall be deemed competent to e them, but admission to the university shall of those only who shall have shown such advancement in and possession of knowl- edge 28 to qualify them to pursue the higher branches of learning, research and investigation. The bill provides further: “That the grounds in Washington city which were designated by Preside hington as a site for a national univ y, and which for this reason were long known as Uni- versity Square, and recently occupied by e hereby granted n to be utilized for > THINK HE MET FOUL PLAY Italians of Chicago Excited Over Death of Mr. Paladini. CHICAGO, December 13.—The Italian col- ony of this city was thrown into a state of great excitement when it was reported that Charles Paladini, one of the oldest and most highly 1espected Italians in this city, was murdered while on a trip in Alabama. Paladini went to Bear, Ala., last month with 150 of his fellow countrymen, fo: whom he had secured positions as section hands on a new railroad. The body, which reached here yesterday, according to the undertaker, bore all evidence of death due to drowning. Several marks on the neck make the undertaker conclude, however, that Pala- Gini's death was not due to natural causes. He thinks the man was first strangled and then drowned. He notified Paladini’s fr.ends of his suspicior.s. On the cover of the outer box, directly below the shipping directions, was tacked a card which read 2s follows: “This is to certify that C. Paladini died December 8 from inflammation of the bowels,” This card was signed ‘Dr. J. F. Huneau, M.D., Bear, Ala.,"" and underneath was the inscription “Not contagious.” This inscrip- tion was written partly with ink and part- ly with pencil. The writing was poor and both red and black ink had been used. Miss Camille Angeloni, to whom, it is said, Paladini was engaged to be marr‘ed, told the undertaker that Paladini wrote to her November 27, saying he was enjoying the best of healta and that his trip was proving a. success financially. ‘The pouice olficers are of the opinion that murder has been committed, and the authorities at Bear were communicated with in an ef fort to learn more about the case. Sa HEARING RESUMED. Arguments Begum in the Electric Light Controversy. = Hearing was resumed this afternoon be- fore Judge Hagnef, in Equity Court No. 2, of the case instituted by the Potomac Elec- tric Power Company, on a petition for an injunction to restrain the United States Electric Lighting ‘Company from executing any work under: permits granted by the District Commissiorers, and to prevent the Commissioners from granting the United States company further permits to extend conduits. The reading of'’affidavits on both sides occupied considerable time, and at its con- clusion, shortly after o'clock, the argu- ment in support pf the petition of the Po- tomac Electric Power Company was begun by Attorney J. J! Darlington. Nine Months fer Carrying a Razor. John Lyons, colored, was today arraigned before Judge Kimball on the charge of vag- rancy and carrying @ concealed weapon—a razor. He pleaded guilty and was sent to the work house for six months on the first charge and three months additional for carrying the razor. ——_—>—__ The Nicaraguan Canal Commission. The gunboat Newport, carrying the Nic- araguan canal commission and surveying party, sailed from Key West yesterday for Jacksonville on her way to Greytown. —____-e-____ The Monocacy to Be Condemned. The United States steamer Monocacy, at- tached to the Asiatic sqyadron, the last of the warships of the old navy on a foreign station, has been practically condemned will end her services in the ite Pie Ho river in China. aie mn Over One Thousand Men Stampeded From Daweon in October. Are Now Forcing Their Way Through the Snow-Bound Passes—Offer to Take Relief. VICTORIA, B. C., December 13.—By steamer Topeka, from Dyea, news is re- ceived that more than a thousand ill-pro- visioned men stampeded from Dawson dur- ing the latter part of October, and, impelled by the haunting fears of famine, are now madly forcing their way over the moun- tains. : Auk, the Indian mail carrier, who brings this report, left the Yukon capital fully ten days after the Dalton party. He says the vanguard of the terror-stricken army is following less than a week behind him. Auk declares that fully 25 per cent of the stampeding army will never live to recite the terrors of their flight north. The river steamers Bella and Weere, it now appears, aid not land more than 100 tons of pro- visions on their arrival in Dawson in the early part of Oetober, owing to their hav- ing been held up at Circle City. The only bright view of the situation is that the crossing of the pass above Dyea and Skaguay has lately been greatly im- proved and within a month will be in ex- cellent condition. Dyea parties headed by George F. U! r Propose to go to the relief of the hungry at Dawson. They will make the United States government an offer to deiiver 5 000 pounds of provisions within fifty days after the time of starting for Dawson for the sum of $75,000. They already have 5,400 pounds of provisions cached at Lake Bennett, which they will take in over the Chilkoot Pass this winter. Ulmer will go south by the next steamer to lay his prop- oat tion before the Secretary of War by wire. It is stated that material for the propos- ed railway over Taku Pass has already been shipped from the east. ee SENSATION IN EMANUEL CHURCH. Pastor Gibson Refuses to Receive a Messnge From Durrant. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., December 13.— Mrs. Alice Hartle: who killed Senator Foley at Reno several years ago, created a great deal of excitement in Emanuel Baptist Church last night. At the conclu- sion of Rey. J. George Gibson’s sermon she dramatically declared that she had a message from God to the effect that Durrant’s Ife should be saved, and it wae the duty of congregation to save him. Rev. Gibson, who was Durrant’s pastor, refused to see the condemned ma: moth- er when she called with a message from her son asking the preacher to tell all he knew about the murders in Eman Chureh. A final! appeal for a commu tion of the sentence of death will be mace to Guv. Budd this week. —_- Suit to Set Aside Decd. George Voneiif, through Attorneys Lyon and C. A. Brandenburg, toda: tuted suit in equi gainst Abbie W lett and ing the court to alleged “traudul 1 estate, ig debt may be s: d from the procceas eames Former Consul's Children. The chileren of William Smith, former United States consul to Sa Brazil, who a few days ago were turned over to the beard of childr they had been f today sent to je, Tenn. Chief Clerk Douglas of the board havin de arrangements for them to be cared for by friends in that place. > Beilding Permits Issucd. The following building permits were is- sued today W. T. Davidson, two 3-story brick dwell- ings at Bloomingdale, on lots 49 and 50, square 11, to be 16.8 feet front and 9 feet deep; cost, $6,000, Mrs. V. Raymond, one brick apartment at 703 Gth street, lot 3, square 4! hy be 25 feet front, 85 feet deep, and to cost $10,000. R. L. Waring, one 2-story frame dwelling on Barry Farm, lot 22, section 6, to cost $700, a Soiled Glasses Dangerous. From the Jewelers’ Review. ‘The oculist expresses himseif very em- phatically on the amount of damage that is done to the eyes of the community from negligence in a very simple matter, tnat of keeping their spectacles and eyeglasses clean. He says: “I am shocked to sce the number of persons, intelligent men and women, who should know better, who spend their lives behind grimy eyeglasses. Law- yers, writers, students, schoolgirls and schoolboys, and eye-taxers of various sorts who use eyeglasses rareiy use them ciean. To Keep the 7 les in goed wearing condi- tion they should be cleaned about once an hour. Water is not so good a cleansing agent as alcohol, and a handkerchief should give place to a piece of tissue paper. Cha- mois is also useful, and either ts petter than a linen handkerchief. The amountsof inJury done to the world’s eyesight tarough cloudy glasses is almost incalculable.” Another authority says that if aicohol is not at hand, the glasses should be placed in a ashbewl and soaked with warm ‘Then they should be wasned with soap and rubbed with a soft nail brush. Afterward they should be polished with tooth powder and receive a final rub with tissue paper. A few drops of ammonia may -be added to the water in which the glasses are soaked. An optician who has the pat- rcnage of many of the lorgnette sex de- clare3 that he has customers who come to him and demand that their glasses be changed, saying they cannot see through them. ‘The cnly trouble is that the lenses need washing,” says the optician, “‘and all ‘they usually get is polishing with a chamois leather.” —_—_—-+-_______ An Adopted Partridge. From the Hawesville (Ky.) Clarion. Miss Ona Ireland, a young lady living near Skillman, has a bird, the history of which would grace the colunins of our nat- ural history. Miss Ona has a very large and beautiful flock of turkeys, a part of which were hatched in the early summer rronths and strayed away from the house for quite a distance. In their rambles a young partridge, presumably an orphan, fell into the ranks of the little turkeys, and, finding the company congenial, for- sook the field, stayed in the barnyard and orchard and never for a moment left the turkeys, eating and roosting on the limb of a tree with them. Now the turkeys are grown, as also is the partridge, and it is ro unusual sight to see the partridge creep- ing beneath the flock of turkeys. ———_+e+—_____ Dromedaries That Smoke Cigars. From Tit-Bits. Dromedaries are’ said to be particularly fond of tobacco smoke, and can be made to do almost anything under its influence. Travelers in Egypt, it is asserted, rely more on tobacco smoke for their control over these huge beasts than anything elec. When traveling on long journcys the dro- medaries are in many cases required to travel night and day without rest, and the beasts are kept up to their tasks by smok- ing cigars. The driver carries a triangular piece of wood, which is pierced at one point lke a tigar-holder. This is inserted in the mouth of the beast, the cigar being lit and pressed into the hole in the same fashion followed by man. The dromedary imme- diately closes its eyes and puffs away through its nostrils until] the cigar is burned away. The indulgence appears to refresh it, and the keeper has_no difficulty in persuading the animal to plod on with- out further rest. ——__+e+____ The Probable Wheat Crop. The special wheat investigation insti- Doe aeemretestestesteateetecteecreneetectectecgens Chocolates, Chocolate Marshmallows, Choc- olate Dregu, Nut Chocolates, Coram Checo- lates, Ghocolate: Macaroons, Choestate Naua- rele, Chocolate Mints, Jelly Chocolates, Non- gates. Nogetieres, Fruits, Chocolate Almonds, Bon-Bons, Jelly Pastes, Fig Pulps. 19e. 1, 2, 3, Sib. boxes. Leave your order new for Xmas—delivered when you want them, forchanded gift-secker has it— and ends at the Bon Marche. ment is brimful of the brightest chandise. / all of these goo | | | giving a muc ?Feathers and Furs. Neck garniture; every woman appreciates a feather boa or a fur scarf as a gift. Fine Ostrich 1% er Boas, in l-yard, 1%, 2-yard lengths. $4.98 up to $18. Sooeteegendondeesenseogerdontentretecteos Special ne h Beas long. fluffy fiber 1am §&-98 1g yards long sly worth eas BS . é + $6.00 MINK SCARFS—with 8 tails... . n (genuine) $ Mink Scarfs Srdestecgonts “e Children’s Fur Sets, $1.39. $2 Angora Muff and Boa, white and black, $1.29. Chincbitle Muff and marten- regularly ret rs as x bargain at § pectal price is ..... Rea, stone Sforfonteateeteeteste fog $7.50 Silk Skirts offered this week ie “ot °D + 4 large assortment of .'d h ® Taffeta, In all the new colors— % full widi nled velvet bonnd—an unuseally ha ome skirt” and A goed value. j + Aprons for Presents, . G styles, tucked Aprons, trimmed arters-Xmas tokens. Sette sets ff Lies (Lac: Mousseline and Chiffon Jabot, with stock collar ... Lace Trimmed 53 USc sSeatonten eetee tees A new line of Books for Little Folks, pub- lished by De Wolf Fiske & Co., Boston, Mass. with colored plates and” half-tone engravings. “Little “Little “Christmas Tree Lai and Stalk," &e. 50 pages, 19c. ean a Casonaencorientoetentestesoneonsee teats & Toy Lane, Extra large size, = Round of Roses, 2 % chitaren’s Delight, &. SC. z < & Merry Thnes, SH Jack’ in the Box, 5, < Mother Goose Nursery 84 pages, Ef Motuer Goose Rhymes, 29c. Ef Chimes and Jingtes, : * BON MARCH eSondeesesSontonteeseste The Xmas Shopping of the Town is Centering Here. It used to be that “all roads! ead to fashion that it’s like putting a leavening power into your money— little buying abilit a CHILDREN’S UMBRELLAS. Children’s School Umbrelias, 24 and 26-inch, paragon frames, steel rod, Gloria cloth, fast color. Realiy worth 75. 59¢. Rome”— nowadays, the that all holiday buying leads to The reason for it~every depart and most zttractive holiday mer- ds are priced in so economical a Here's evidence— Give Handkerchiefs- acceptable presents. With man, woman or child the presenting of Handkerchiefs is always appreciated. Select from one of the city’s finest Handker- chief stocks—that’s here. We box all Handkerchiefs handsomely and appropriately. Z Silk Initial Handkerchiefs, 25¢. Special bargain lot of Handkerchiefs just bought —290. grade at Ze. malities offered at. Be. alities offered at . 2.49. 25c. Emb’d Handk’fs at 12$c. Fine embroid 4, scalloped, hemstitched, Jace edged and drawn work—every handker- chief honestly worth 25e. Men’s Colored Handk’is at 7e. Up to now sold fer 12tye, Colored ber- der and plain white hemstitebed handk cblefa, A smali Congressional Library-like collection of books toselect from! And at prices tat enables you to buy as the whole- sale bockman does} RELIGIOUS BOOKS. Prayer Books, Hymnals, Bi- bles, &c., Catholic and Episcopal fie for Xmas 59c. obtains $1.25 and $1.59 quality engraving! 50 cards and mame on | copper plate, 59c. In a handsome box—a nice gift. CHILDREN’S BOOKS. Other Books in this line up to $ 75¢.—equal to the imported kinds at double the price Pound Sete tenet ni ery seld with a satisfactory in 30 days your money. eet tededet 314-316 9 Seventh. eee teste eee eto nnetenedeteinndntentntedy Se OF LUCK. It Went Way, Way Up and Way, Way Down. From the Chicago Times-Herald. The story of the English dude who walked into a Spokane, Wash., gambling room the other night, and, with $200, suc- ceeded in winning $5,000, is causing a great deal of talk. The manner in which the western papers are treating the event would serve to maie one believe that such luck was unprecedented. There have been ten thousand cases of late years when big- ger fortunes than that have been made at faro banks. In Santa Fe, M., during the exposition in 1834, I saw yellow chips, representing $1,000 cach, piled up as high as a cat’s back on a single card. Tom Jem- ison of Meridian, Miss., was playing in Co- nant & Hart’s one night, and when he cashed in, after a sitting cf two and a half hours, the firm handed bim $45,000. Jomi- son lost it the following day in Deming. I witnessed the play of a Chinaman in the same place one evering, and he won twen- ty-seven straight bets. and then, without pursuing his luck any further, pocketed $23,000. ‘The limit in thcse days was the ceiling. It would be a hard matter to fing a@ gambling rocm now that would allow one to bet on any single card exceeding $12.50. I asked Tom Fitz, who during the Hop- kins administration owned one of the big- gest gambling institutions in the city, his highest winnirgs and losses in a single night at faro. Said he: “In those days I took my meals at the Boston Oyster House. A certain red-headed waiter served me. He was kind and attentive, and his ‘tips’ were not small ones. Besides, he received a fair salary. But as regularly as Saturday nights rolled around I would find him in front of one of my tables, and he never got away with a cent. I watched him play for two years, and finally one night I told him that I didn’t care for his money. In other words, I barred him from the game. Well, one Saturday night, while I was busy in another part of the building, this waiter bought a stack of chips from a dealer, and by the time I got back to the table I saw him raking in the chips as if there was no ceiling or roofing to the building, and that e cloud from above wzs raining them down. Of course, I couldn't then object. So I let him play along, expecting every mirute to see his luck change. But it didn’t. He couldn’t lose. The limit was self for a little while, but he would whip- Saw me at every turn. I quit him and turned him over to one of the luckiest bank dealers that could be procured in Chicago. But we couldn't beat him. He would put his bets down blircly, and the cards would come his way. He didn’t play ‘sodas’ nor ‘single outs’ rer ‘double outs.’ He put down and they went back to him ce fold. He called the turn a half dozen times for the limit. About noon Sun- day, when all the dealers were fageed out and it looked as if he would own the shop in a little while, I called for his chips. I had had enovgh. By that time he fairly drunk. He tried to count, but he couldn't. In fv ith his chips he knecked more t Wo on the floor, to be picked up by ‘hangers en. of the game $43,700. I n aside and explained to him that if he went out of the building with that much money he would be robbed. He consented to let me keep it for him—all but $700. I gave him this much in big bills, and told him that any time he wanted the remainder and wou!d come in sober he could get it. “Three days elapsed and I heard nothing of him. I became alarmed, ard sent o7 if my men out to hunt him up. His whet abouts could not be ascertained. But about closing time on the followirg Wednesday night he walked in. Of course he was broke. He had forgot how much he had Jeft with me, and when I counted him out $46,000 he seemed dazed. He acted as if sover. He got to the steps and hesitated. ‘Then he walked back. He bought $40 in chips and commenced to play. At first his former luck ran with him. But in the course of an hour he struck a’ wrong streak, and before daylight I had every cent of the $46,000 in the drawer, and it be- longed to me. It is a fact that outside of whisky and a few meals he had bought he hadn't provided himself with a single thing. In the way of personal apparel he hadn't bought even a shoe a. As he arose from the table he looked at me appeal- ingly, as good as to say, “Won't you buy me a drink?” I handed him $10 and told him to go home. The following night he served me with oysters at the restaurant again.’ o> Three Shots Without Results. Abraham Curry, colored, was today ar- raigned before Judge Kimball on the charge*of assaulting Rosa Matthews, also colored, with intent to kill, and the case was continued, by request of counsel for the defense, until Thursday. Ki was ahead