Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1897, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1897-14 PAGES, THE EVEN dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no eemyetitor. tlm order to avoid delays, on ac- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any individual connected with the fice, but simply to THE STAR, or to Editorial or Business Depart- ments, according to tenor or purpose. Senator Wolcott's Speech. , Senator Wolcott in New York last night Teplied indirectly, but plainly enough, to the absurd stories accrediting him with a pur- pose to throw up his office because of dif- ferences with the administration on the money question. The stories had found no acceptance. While an impulsive man, Mr. Wolcott is not a quitter, and while a young man has had considerable experience politics, and has observed that petulancy gains no points in a fight for principle. Mr. Wolcott is the most brilliant, as he is one of the ablest, of those western re- publicans who found their party’s road last year a hard one to travel. His people favored a larger use of silver as money, as he himself did. The Chicago platform was fmterpreted to them as being distinctly Yriendly to their interests, while the St. Louis platform was assailed as being both vague and insincere. Mr. Wolcott breasted @ high tide of opposition with a very fine courage. He refused to leave his party, pledged himself for its sincerity, and de- clared that through its policies, rather than through those of the opposition, his state and the country at large could have good ground for hope of returning prosperity and a sound and liberal financial system. The senator has evidently not changed his position. He is still a republican, and a national republican. He speaks for a na- tional as against a sectional or class spirit. He champions the west, as very properiy he should, and as few of her sons can. He seems to be as far now as ever he was from following the lead of mere faction, or from putting all of his eggs into one basket. Speaking of the government Mr. Wolcott said: “Our system of government is all right. If its administration needs anything it is a little more hearty support and a lit- tle less criticism.” That ts an excellent sen- timent capitally expressed. It may be ap- propriately applicd too in the matter of the administration now conducting the affairs of the country. The President, so far, has given a plain and straightforward reading to the platform on which he was elected. He is entitled to support. He cannot fail to receive that support without disaster following to the cause which he represents. If his party restored to power gives itself up to criticism and contention rather than to a sturdy and united effort to keep both the letter and the spirit of its promises to the people, a sharp and an emphatic re- buke at the polls is certain to be recorded. ———++2e—____ Paying for Maceo's Betrayal. The appointment of Dr. Zertucha, the Man who is believed by the friends of Cuba to have led Antonio Maceo to his death, to ayor of the town of Hejucal, in Ha- a prov! must be regarded as a Serious m on the part of General Blanco. Zertucha has a bad record. He statement seeking to clear spicion of the betrayal of ut his subsequent actions tend to he was the panizrds in what seems to have been a plot to accomplish the death es " most intrepid leader. Zer- financial fortunes have been on the that tragedy, and now that he honored by appointment it will be y difficult to persuade the Cu- and indeed the Americans as well that ic is not seek- he remainder of the debt © Zertucha. This is a poor anish ef- that the ots are to be a ignored, the traitors spies are to erence. vans do not theles: not t to moilify in an attitude of oward the me of ps nce of sueh An Old Charge Once More Disprovea. The « t the troops of the Unite States cruiser Boston were active neies for the overthrow of of Qu Lilivokalant ut it continues to ions of the question of as. The his- d by Com- » Whose inadequate inves- n and partial report from Hawaii ed the minds of many people amst the present government at Hono- . after the truth of the n plainly set forth from com- ity, this insinuation appears why the United States should the proffer of the islands, freely the established government. The Star's correspondent at Honolulu sends a complete summary of the facts in the showing In a letter printed in today's how absurd is the suggestion that r Captain Wiltse or Minister Stevens Was in the least accountable for the down- fall of Mrs. Dominis. This letter is a val- valle contribution to the literature of the &nuexation project, routing as it does with the t convineing statements the utterly false charge that the anti-annexationists @re now reviving. —_~++e—___ very gratifying to note that the me ¢ establishments of Wash- ington bh ided to keep their doors all day Christmas day, and thus their employes an opportunity to de- Vote themselves completely te the enjoy- ment of the day. This is a proper and just Fecognition of the faithfulness with which the clerks and other employes of Washing- ton stores have devoted themselves to the interests of their employers during the busy rush of the past two weeks. ——_~+-+-+__ © manner in which Mr. Smalley dis- Pepularized himself in his remarks at the Brookly indicates that on such oc- easions it is just as well for a man to stick to an effort to be facetious. a Employew’ Deposits. eral laws governing the pubiic tion companies doing business in this District are in the main very satis- factory. One by one the few deficiencies are being discovered and are supplied as emergencies disciose them and as oppor- tunity for securing the remedial legisla- tion offers. A session or two ago a general Provision was attached to a bill passed in the Interest of a certain corporation, re- quiring all the street railway companies to submit annual reports giving the most complete information in detail concerning their affairs, as far as they affect the public interesis. This law, though not yet completely obeyed, is nevertheless an ex- cellent agency for keeping the companies in check. Now appears a new necessity, Suggested by the experience of the em- Ployes of the Belt line, who are in court e@sking for a consideration of their rights. These men were required, before accepting NG STAR. WASHINGTON. ‘THURSDAY. -December 23, 1597. CROSBY S. NOYE:! culntion of the other Washington employment from the company, to deposit sums ranging from $15 to $25 each, to cover the value of the property in their charge. In theory these deposits were held by the company in trust, but there seems to be difficulty now in ascertaining the where- abouts of the funds. No interest is paid by the holding company. When the force was recently reduced it is said some of the men were paid their deposits, while others, the division being according to the length of service, were not given their money. There should be some form of statutory provision governing this situation. It is a serious affair with men who receive the small wages given by some of the loci street railway companies. As long as they are sure to recover the funds, whatever may happen to the corporation, it is as well that they be required to deposit cer- tain sums, but the character of the cor- poration in the premises as a trustee should be definitely stated by the law. The local gas company gives 6 per cent interest on the deposits intrusted to it by consumers to cover the value of the meter and the credits from month to month, and so should the railway companies be required to pay interest on the funds in their hands for a practically similar purpose. In the case of the gas company the payment of in- terest is a voluntary act, a business-like consideration for the rights of the patrons in this regard. But dependence is not to be safely placed in the generosity of the corporations in general. A simple pro- vision should be added to the first street rallway law that passes the houses, re- quiring that all moneys thus deposited by the employes of such corporations be re- garded as funds in trust, subject to no demands by the corporation and liable for no debts. It should be stipulated that a reasonable rate of interest, definitely named, be paid on these deposits and that the diversion of any portion of this fund for other than its proper purposes be re- garded as an offense punishable as are other betrayals of financial trusts. It should also be provided that in case of legal entanglements, such as those now surrounding the Belt road, the claims of the men with money on deposit shall not be subject to any other considerations, but shall be immediately satisfied. With such a law in force a repetition of the present unpleasantness concerning the money of the employes of the Belt road might be prevented. ————_+++—_____ The Western Hemisphere. No portion of the western hemisphere is open to the despoiler as China is. All por- tions are reasonably safe from such as- saults. There are rich countries in Central and South America indifferently officered at times, and which in certain circum- stances would be exceedingly tempting to the buccaneering spirit of Europe. They have their rackets among themselves, and government there might be more secure to the local advantage. Frequent shifts are made, and now this leader is up and then that. But rapid and violent as the changes may be, no fine old land grabber with a crown on his head ever reaches his long arm from across the sea and tries to profit by dissention. And why? The Mon- roe doctrine forbids. The United States, more conspicuously than any other nation, stands for “peace on earth and good will toward men.” Never in its history has it been a despoiler. It carries itself kindly toward the strong, and particularly toward the weak having claims upon its friendship. It undertakes no campaigns for plunder. It puts no com- mercial appraisement on the blood of its missionaries. It is, in a word, a peace- loving nation, with power sufficient easily to command the peace in its own behalf. The Monroe doctrine asserted by so strong a power serves a double purpose. The doctrine is not founded altogether in selfishness. The United States wisely enough considers its own interests first,.| but it must also consider and does consider the interests of its less favored neighbors. it has a duty to perform in keeping alive and making secure the spirit of liberty and independence which its example has cre- ated in others. And hence it warns off the titled despoiler whose roving eye is seck- ing pastures rich and new. He has explicit notice that there is no thoroughfare for him on this side of the water. What the fate of Central and South America would long since have been but for the Monroe doctrine and the conviction in Europe that an unshakable resolution was behind it is plainly to be seen in this concerted movement on helpless China. The situation over on this side would have been far more inviting than the situation now is on that. But the western hemi- sphere, thanks to the United States, which stands at its head in progress and power, has no invaders to meet, with knives drawn, ready to siice it up to suit their purposes. And the effect ought to be to draw the powers of this hemisphere the more closely together in bonds of mutual sympathy and benefit. > o____ It can be cheerfully granted that Senator Wolcott's spzecnes in favor of friendly co- operation between the west and the east will not be attended with any of the dis-, appointment associated with his bimetalic mission. It is not known with certainty whether the participants in the oriental excursion that the German emperor has fitted out for his brother intend to do anything more serious than a little china painting. > © = There is an impression that the charge of assassination has a much graver and more objectionable sound when applied to Cubans than when directed at Spaniards. ———_-+ + -____ ‘The next time Mr. Armour goes into the board of trade against a young man just out of college he will probably put on his quilted trousers and his nose-piece. ——~+ +e ____ Mrs. Lease may yet succeed in making the pink tea assume the importance as an occasion for political utterance that the course dinner now possesses. —_++2—____ A genuine Englishman is not, as a rule, 3s much of a bigot as a converted Amer- fean. ——_- + +___ The Grade Crossing Once More. A stage coach filled with men and women returning home from their work in a fac- tory in New Jersey was yesterday struck by a train at a grade crossing. That no deaths resulted from the collision was due solely to good fortune, and the accident is such as may happen at any time at one of a dozen or more crossings in this vicin- ity. The tracks were guarded, as the phrase goes, by “‘safety gates,” which were rot lowered until the coach was fairly on the tracks. There had been no warning given of the approach of the train, which was hidden from view of the driver. This and scores of similar accidents that occur each year serve to show that there ts no dependence to be placed in these gates and that the grade crossing cannot be made safe unless all traffic is to be seriously de- layed in an excess of caution. The frail bars that are let down seldom hold back any heavy approaching body, and as in this case their lowering is often the im- mediate cause of the accident, as where the horses are imprisoned and become un- controlable. Incidentally it is to be ob- served that there is a serious hitch for some unexplained reason in the negotia- tions for the guarding of the grade cross- ings in this city that are Now left unpro- tected after certain hours. The process of securing the desired service from the rail- road companies is a tedious one. No mat- ter where lies the blame for the loss of time in this vitally important matter, thi delay is dangerous and an invitation to another grade crossing horror. If the cross- ings on the Baltimore and Ohio road that are now either wholly or partially unpro- tected are ever to be made safe now is the time. The accident at Passaic should serve as the latest of a long series of warnings to the authorities. —_>+e—____ A London writer's assertion that the stage is immoral is being vigorously re- sented. As the charge is too general to advertise anybofy, it must be set down as uncalled for. ——— ree Mr. Hanna ts usually willing to admit the existence of opposition. It is not discreet in a politician to have things seem to come too easy. —_~+o—____. SHOOTING STARS. Snow. Oh, the snow, the beautiful snow— Sneer not at the bards who sing. If it weren’t for them we would scarcely know The existence of any such thing. A Familiar Topic. “Well, well!” exclaimed Mrs. Corntossel. I ain't seen anything about that big Chi- nese wall before in several years.” “Where do ye see anything about it now?" inquired her husband, looking over her shoulder. “Right there in that column headed ‘The Partition of China.’ “De man dat makes New Year resolutions an’ accidentally breaks ‘em,” said Uncle Eben, “ain’ nigh as bad off as de man dat ‘magines he doesn’ need none.” Cheerless. “There's one comfort in connection with the popular song,” remarked one admirer of classical music. “We know that it will not last long.” “Yes,” was the reply, “we always have the assurance that there is something worse waiting to take its place, if that’s any sat- isfaction.” Diagnost: “You will excuse me,” said the actor, “if I don’t seem in my usual good spirits. The truth is, that I am suffering from a bilious attack.” “But you appear to be remarkably well.” “Oh, I am.” “But you speak of a bilious attack.’ “Yes; a man who wants to elevate the stage just told me what he thinks of my acting.” A Christmas Understanding. I would the world were mine to give; How freely I'd bestow it! She has my homage, and I live Merely to let her know it. And Christmas chimes, with sentiment Are sweet, since I am fated To realize my fond intent Is well reciprocated. No jewels in the mart or mine For her too fair could glitter; No fabric e’er was wove too fine And delicate to fit her. And she has trudged from shop to shop To find some worthy token, Till sheer fatigue made her to stop With spirit well-nigh broken. But none the less we'll tell our loves And both imagine splendors, When I give her the usual gloves And she gives me suspenders. The Need of American Ships. Frem the London Age. One of the peculiar developments of the growth of the American export trade in manufactured products is the growing com- Plaint among London merchants of our lack of ocean transportation facilities. It is a far cry which reaches us on this mat- ter when it comes from London. We are familiar with the complaints from our own manufacturers and merchants, whose busi- ness with many countries is seriously checked for lack of direct lines of trans- portation, but it is something new to have complaints come from those whose inter- ests are presumably not in line with oure. But it must be remembered that a very large part of the trade of the world centers in London. International exchanges are ar- ranged there, and London factors sell and buy for clients all over the globe. ‘They buy either as their clients direct or for thelr best interests, and the current in either case is running strongly toward American wares. But they object to the high cost of trans- portation and the loss of time involved making shipments to some English port and thence to a South American, African siatic destination. They very’ properly k, Why do you Americans not start direct of your own? Can we ever expect a propitious time? ———_+ = —______ Encireled by Dilemmas. threatened with does net do some- he civil service bar- 8. Senatos Chandler thinks it suicide if it for and river oun efi and harbor issues, and various confront the party in the event ining to take this or that political doctor’s prescription. But the will of tne party has been clearly indicated on all these questicns, and the majority in Con- gress will risk less by conforming to it than by disregarding it. ——__+ + =____. Pollution Upstream. From the Philadelphia Press, A farmer of Connecticut has just recov- ered damages from the town of New Brigh- ten, In that state, because the sewage of that town so polluted a stream flowing through his farm that his cows would not drink the water. He was damaged, of course, and ought to recover. So is every one living on or near a stream and depend- ing on it for @ water supply damaged by the pollution of the stream higher up in its course. When it is made more costly to turn sewage into a stream of running wa- ter than to treat it and render it harmle on the land, living streams will cease to be polluted, their present double function of sewer and water supply will be abandoned and the original purity of streams will be jealously guarded, ——~- «+___ Maine’s Greatest Crop. From the Maine Farmer. If the record could be made of the young men and women who have gone out of al- most every town in Maine, and won dis- tinction elsewhere, in their chosen fields of labor, the story told would surprise the most credulous. The grandest crops pro- duced among the granite hills have been the boys and girls who have moulded, and are moulding, the thought of a wider circie in the busy fields of earnest effort for hu- manity. The record would be a proud one for every town. —_———e ee Our Policy as to China, From the Springfleld Republican. What the American policy should be toward a possible partition of China ought not to puzzle our statesmen for a moment. Keep out of the grab and stay at home— taking care, however, to safeguard our commercial rights if these be threatened. Our position as the warder of this hem- isphere under the Monroe doctrine would be rade more unassailable than before by de- clining to join in any division of territory in the other hemisphere. To prevent grabs in South America we must refuse to grab in Asia. _——_seo—_____ A Creditable Leader. From the Boston Herald. The re-election of Samuel Gompers as president of the American Federation of Labor is an altogether good sign. Presi- dent Gompers is rated a conservative in the ranks of organized labor, and his course since he has been at the head of the Ameri- can Federation has been such as to war- rant this rating. In his address at the opening of the labor convention at Nash- ville, last week, President Gompers took occasion po Senounge, the Debs socialistic program and its noisy apostles. He appre- ciates the fact that labor organizations, like all other organizations, need the support of public sentiment, and that this fs not to be won by appeals to passion or violence, Un- der the continued guidance of leaders like President Gompers, the cause of organized labor ought to flourish, = :DAINTIES. - For Christfhateating and drink- ing. Everything first class in the way of table Sitpplies is to be had ere. pee Famous Lowney Chocolates. Very best Mized-Nats, 8 pounds for $1. French Conserved Fruits. All the old-fashioned made Mincemeats. Paper Shell . 5 pounds for $1. 5c." Ib. unpoi 12ie. Wainuts and Filkerta, yer 1. 12%. Cony ons ple Juice Cider, 25e. gal. iqui ae Things. MONTICELLO WHISKY (4 years old).$3 gal. ZINFANDEL CLARET (California).75e. gal. SWEET CATAWBA (Very fine) ‘TBe. gal. BEST SWEET CATAWBA. ‘i5e. gal. = _ Send orders by mail, telephone or $ call {f you will-in any event, you're = assured of courteous, prompt service * and finest qualities. 31923 nna. Ave. POCO CCC COCO Coo CCeee COC Co oC oe eo ee eereeeeooeeE . POCOOOO OOOOH OHO OHO OOOO OOH EO OOOO OOOS eee T’LL just take a minute to write postal telling us to call after your laun- dry regularly each week and save you much mor- tification and trouble. Send today. ’Phone 592. Frazee’s Laundry, 512 8th St. 1322 14th St. 605 13th St. 3109 M St. de23-40d ie HENRI ieee sere reieienese ‘EXTRACTS, 19, 21 & 20° % The 35, 40 and soc. Grades! It’s only a question of how much you wish to pay for Extracts when buying here. ERE RE NEN ES We've un’ immense variety. Grand qual- ities at 19, 21 and 29¢.—the others’ 35, 40 and 0c. qualities. Fragrant and lasting. Genuine Cut Glass | Beautiful Colored Punge nt filled Cut Glass Pungents, with finest quality filled with best English lavender, | quality English for only— for— | lavender, 25c. | 29c. Sterling Silver Novelties. Sterling Silver Novelties of every vartety SES REESE VERE ERED Ree NOMEN Ne NEE =Button” Hoo! love Buttoners, Nail Files, ete. ‘AL’ qualities at bottom prices! 9 13th&e = & OGRAIV’S, 33" &. § 2 _no2-2m,40 & OPED Fay Juvenile Bicycles For Xmas 26-in. Fays....6+............ $30 20-in. Fays ,; oQ00007 $22 JONES & FELLOWS, BICY AND SUNDRIES, 513 9th at. n.w., Wash., D.C. de23-3t a= i Our Delicious Fruit Cake, 25c. and 30c. pound. ot ie 4 Our 1. Assorted Nut Chocolates, 250. 1b. F Fancy French Mixed Candy, “20e. see see Our Finest Conser Bonbons—Goe. ib.—2 Ibs., $1. TYAN kinds of Creanis and Ices * © for Xmas. Order early, ones 426 oth st., PVIS, ’*Phone 1000. AND CONFECTIONER, SHIPMENTS ABROAD. Every facility for packing and shipping valuable and fragile articles, furniture, etc Estimates of entire cost furnished if desired. Fire- Proof Warehouse Am. Sec. and Trust Co., 1140 15th St. (it) —’Phone 463. Pies, 25° MINCE and PUMPKIN BREAD,|{ We'll send them fresh from the ROLLS, | ovens—on Xmas moring—ug delle 5, |clous pies as the best pastry cooks CAKES, lean bake. 20c. and 25¢.—acconde PASTRY.| {ng to size, peceas 7 We make real home-made For | CHOCOLATE and WALNUT CAT xatas, | MELS. fresh every day. Only Soe. % COR. 18TH sT. (Krafft © Bake TY >. AND PA. AVE. a === Ei TTT gy oMDET ante ‘undertake To show you!’ something exactly suitable for a-gitt to any friend or relation you not how ‘hard cthey. The selection of ‘CI MuAH i is easy with the ass: diversified stalk. i PUCKET B@OKS}—a. thozsand styles—colors to watph every dress —plain or sterling dilver mounted —from 50c. up. PHOTO FRAMES—a hundred dif- ferent pretty designs—from 25e. to WRITING TABLETS and DESK SETS from 0c. to $7.50. PURSES from 1c. to $2.75, CARD GASES: MATCH Cigar OR CIGARETTE CASES—from 25c. COLLAR, and CUFF BOXES— y SUIT cee delightful, to DRI 425 7th 9 street. The Palais Royal Has TO SUFFER LOSSES. }: This $225,000 Holiday tirely without error of judgment. However, we have gained sufficient wisdom to quickly recognize and be willing to suffer the losses A $250 Loss. RT Cups, Saucers and Plates, imported from Limoges, France. Their only fault is that they are too fine—too expensive to sell in great quantities. Tonight they are to be displayed in the first floor £77300 1-Ib. loaves to the barrel. x etcc never divert esac Christmas Will be a Happy Day * —if your order to your grocer for the “good things” for dinner includes “Cream Blend.” Cream Blend Flour !s Best. It makes the most nour- ishing bread—the lightest cake—the most digestible pie crusts that it is possi- ble to bake. *7Its popularity grows with the fleeting years. :B. B. Earnshaw&Bro., Wholesalers, ioe-1002 Meet Se Dae etectecetectecetecteeecetececetecteentectece> ee * eH ® Soatees Stock was not gathered en- ete Sete RHR HH that such errors earn. HHH HHH room adjoining elevator, at reduced quotations that will net us a loss of $250. The Plates. TOC for choice of those marked $1.19, $1.24, $1.35 and $1.48. Some are exquisit hand-painted. Those representing celebrated beau- ties are works of art that tourists often bring from Europe, paying fancy prices for them ther. AQC for the Plates marked 79c, Bie and 98°. ‘They'll be much admired’ bs — visiting friends, who may be served with cake or frult. BME for those marked 5c, 59c, 69¢ and 75e. In the opinion of the writer, many of these plates are more attractive than those tn the lot fo be 49¢ for choice. ‘See both and judge for your- self. 19c be written that there's not an inferfor one in the entire collection? A last remark: ‘The original prices remain marked on all these plates which are to be in three lots at reduced prices, as specified. for the 25c, 35¢ and 39¢ Plates. Need it Suit and Wrap Dept. Losses. $9.98 for either of these two $22.50 Opera Cloaks, of Nile Green Velvet, with swansdown trimming. Only two of them and the reduced price to begin at 6 o'clock tonight. $8.98 for, these few $10 to $15 Silk and °7© Satin Waists, in blouse and straight fronts. Plain colors, plaids and Roman stripes. $7.98 for these $12 Black Silk and Satin 79 suirts, exquisitely broeaded. They are the latest cut, with plaited back. Only six of them. A $100 Loss. ANDKERCHIEFS—a $100 loss in disposing of only 500 Fine French Linen Handkerchiefs. quisitely embroidered beauties—worth $1.35 to $2—at only $1 for choice. Boxed free. [Be cr. oF Te per halt dozen, for daintily © cmbroidered Pure Linen Mandkerchtets This is the overloaded importer's loss. Losses in Neckwear Dept. We refer to the Ladies’ Neck Pieces you'll find on the second floor. The following reduced prices to com- mence this evening at 6 o'clock. A8c for 68c, 75e and $1 Liberty Silk and other Fancy Bows, cuch in pretiy box. of Yokes and h. See those and lace. A $200 Loss. 7 C eae many of the large and superior expensive ones. For instance: Those $3 Blackboard the brake, are reduced to $1.98 each. FSC {08 the $1.25 Express Wagons, mde like the famous Adams express. The boys can't break then FOE 10" the $1.25 How! And the ‘superior double blackboard, With An Operator is Not An Artist, But AnArtist May Be An Operator. Cups and Saucers. Qc fer, those marked $1.25, $1.35 and $1.05. The words Limoges. France, with our original price mark, Is on each. The first a guar- antee of being the best produced in the world; the seccnd an assurance that the first price was ve much less than asked at the art stores, and, fore, that 98c is if the prevailing quotation. And’ not only least prices here—but by far the greatest numbers and best varicty to select from. GMC for, the dainty beauties ked 79. 98e We claim to be artists in aad $1.24. Of course, those who cail to- ae night will pick out thoee marked $1.24—but there the study of light and shade not one marked 79 that could be got elsewhere And where else such ¥: iety? and posing. at less than for the 49 39c fer there price is reduced to DSc fer those marked 35e and 38e. Hold anv C up to the light, and their perfection will be at once apparent. and 69¢ Cups and San- 1 not be too muny now the efor choice. Hurry bere. Our system of light is artistic. Our study of posing is from the old masters. Our effects are attained by long experience, endless experiment and superior opportunities. PRINCE, Photographic Artist, Penna. Ave. and 11th St. 023,25, $A,7D for these $6 French Cashmere Dressing ° Saaques. with lace ruffles over shoul- dere and lace insertion in turn-over collar and cuts. Typicely Pari for these Ladies’ $1 Coney Fur Muffs.... 19C Kra'tee'cor tbe Cuildren's $125 Black aud White Fur Sets. a3. o T US ON YOUR Lis’ Every Delicacy ° for Xmas will be here tomorrow ned Order tonight, if _ That means you secure these ex- 2.6 SVEN TAe yor cnab oe: oe Everything priced as low a oe ality’’ delicacies can be sold fe Russian Candies. Made in St. Petersburg. Chocolates Ben Bons, in fancy boxes—from lc. AAg cach for Men's Soe, Ge and Te Japanese | A hua Also, by the pound We. To Sik Handkere Some are all white, > figured; others have polka dot and other colored Fry 's Chocolates. borders. In fancy boxes. We were able small lot only—so dou't delay itman’s Candies. Very fine. in Christmas boxes—those ext Mixture. | 5 «Fancy boxesRaisins $1.25%; © 8 lbs. best Mixed Nuts... .$1.00 : Imported Dolls Filled with Fry's for Dainty $1.98 and silk none were less than ‘eckpleces of ribbon, lace Niffon. Some were $3.98, arked on the Feath are here from § erior, lengths only. val Nd JAMAICA RUM and BRAD ws—only $1 for full quart bot- Seo window & display of IMPORTED : CORDIALS. - B. Hoover, WIN INE GROCE AND CIGARS, s made of hardwood, complete to ow ANYTHIN. Your bill for Storage will 198c * Cariages, for the S375 fin tae ale SE | any girl up to seven years, the $1.48 Rocker Chairs. made of 1 only 48¢ for the Reed Ba i Triexcles, with be adjusted to suit Loss in Umbrella Dept. 2 UNCHING together various lots and asking so much for choice. For instance: $1.09 for last of $1.48 and $1.98 lots; $1.48 for $2.25, and $2.50 lots; $1.98 for $2.98 and $3.50 lots. or carved free. SH cach for our maxer's samples of $6.50, $7.50 and $10 Umbrellas for ladies and men. Hurry for first choice. A $500 Loss. Tp ARGAIN tables to be filled with various lots of Leather Goods, Books, Perfumery, Stationery, Christmas Cards, Dolls. Too busy at this writing to more than give a few hints: AQE fer the lots of 98¢ Pocket Books, Card Cases and Writing Tablets that are slow- est selling or here in too great quantities. BZ Per cent discount—one-third off the price on all Bibles, Prayer Books and Hymnals_ cost- ing $1.50 and up. 5¢ 8 {2,206 Christmas Cards Calen Be for 3e r8....75¢ for $1 Calendars. 10 per cent Discount. 10 per cent discount—one-tenth off the prices marked on all Floren- tine Brass Goods, consisting of Mirrors, Sconces, Candelabra, etc.,mark- ed at prices ranging from 48c to $5.98... . 10 per cent off all Bric-a-Brac and the Cut Glass pieces that beautify the basement floor.... ...10 per cent off the Celluloid Toilet Articles, from 1oc for single pieces to $12.98 for complete sets....10 per cent off all Black Wool or Silk Fabrics sold in lengths for Waist, Skirt or complete dress....10 per cent off Ready-to-wear Suits and Wraps. Open until 9:30 tonight, be about 4 —of what youll have to pay Ai other first class storage rit let US take care of 5 Cronly 33a 1 rooms that bold a large, double load of Furniture ete. Initials engraved | MERCHANT'S beiivtey 20. 929-031 D St ———’Phone 659. e23-u8d $2. Q§S& for the $3.50 Mackintoshes for Indies. ° Note the double cape, with velvet col- lar and plaid lining! ~ Store Open Evenings. $48 | French China |Dinner Sets I (125 pieces) Reduced to $25, —Very attractive decorations — pink, blue and yellow— —— the best value we have offered for the money this season. G7’ Very desirable for Xmas gifts. w. Beveridge,’ | Pottery, Porcelain, Glass, &c., | 1215 F'St. and 1214 G St. | T.C. Dulin, |W. HL. Martin, MANAGERS. 17¢ for 25e to 50c articles, among which will be “Pincushiors, Silk’ Garters, | Micrors, Whisk Brooms and Holders, Ink Stands, Metai Ornaments, Woodworth’s Perfume, in pretty bot- tle and box. | 10 for articles worth 19¢ to 25c. Tollet ar- Ucles, notions, dolls, china pieces and fency goods. 18c for avy Doll of the big Glass-top table near elevator. Call as soon as possible after G o'clock this evening. 7 Btore open evenings. NEW NUTS, 9 Pounds--$1. 2 Choice MINCE MEAT. dse"CALIVONMIA FRUITS sue G St.