Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1897, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1897-12 PAGES, THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON MONDAY December 27, 1887. -Edt) CROSBY 5S. NOYES... THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent Family Circulation much more than the combined cit- culation of the other Washington wae and Advertising 0 competitor. al absence, letters to ould mot be addressed to any individual connected with the ments, according to tenor er The Capita Washington's development }<ars as a national capital in the best sense of the term has been marvelous, when the disadvantages under which it has labored are considered. Dependable for its creative and remedial legislation upon Congress, with its shifting humors and its economical tendencies, the District has bad to fight for practically every item pf advancement, never flagging, always insistent, pleading, urging. arguing. There are many objects yet to be at- tained, without which the city will fall short of the desired status it should have as the seat of government of this republic. Its suburban streets are in need of straight- 's Development. during late ening. The mix-up of subdivisions must be regulated upon some comprehensive plan and upon the correct and equita- ble financial basis. establishes the fiscal relations between the government and its capital must be given permanent force beyond the reach of as- sailing amendment. Beneath the streets must be laid a comprehensive system of sewers. conduits and other subterraneay facilities for modern urban convenience and comfort. The sewage must be disposed ot scientifically at an early date, and the city must be given power to undertake its Karbage collection and reduction and the care of the other wastes. The steam rail- roads that cnter the city must be required to remove their tracks from the surface end bring them in by viaducts or girder tunnels. The Long bridge must be re- placed by a modern structure, at the ex- pense of the railroad that has practically pre-empted its use. Other bridges must be provided. to accommodate the erowing travel to and from the city. The flat-lands on the southeastern side of the city must be reclaimed and the resulting areas im- proved. A municipal building must be pro- vided, on a conspicuous site with all the improvemerts and conveniences known to architecture. Rock Creek must be either reclaimed from its present foul condition near its mouth or else covered over and converted into an acknowledged sewe ‘The James Creek canal must likewise be either filled up entirely or hidden from fight and smell. The city must be provided with library facilities, either through the complete opening to its citizens both for circulating and reference purposes of the The organic act that national collection or else by the equip- ment of the already created municipal library. ‘These are some of the items of the pro- gress Washington must yet achieve before it can reach its full estate as a national capital. There are many other points for which its citizens will contend, but the list outlined embraces some of the immediate necessities of the situation. They may not all be granted at once, but at least some guarantee of their forthcoming can be given by Congress at the present session. ———_+ ee -—_ Suppose the Asiatica Unite. In to-day’s cables respecting the eastern situation appears the following: According to advices from Tokio, Japan as offered to assist the officers at Pekin in © Chinese army and to consent to ment of the payment of the war ndemnity. Many of the viceroys and Pekin Officials favor the proposal.” This upon its face is a little fanciful, but of suggestion. The assumption in fs that China is neither able nor rd to t the present encroach- of the great powers. Reckoning is the want of spirit and capacity she ex d in the contest with Japan. Her helplessness then vas pathetic. She suffered what in comparison with herseif emed to be a mere pigmy of a nation to ng her to her knees suing for peace in a dispo: ments gnade re months. It was said in excuse for China that she fell a victim less to helpiess- ness than to lethargy; that the war was ever before the majority of her people knew that any danger had existed; that she paid the usual penaity of despising her an- tagonist. T however, did not explain the result. China was sluggish, but Japan ‘was not only alert but genuinely compe- tent She showed qualities both of courage capacity, and she won because she had all the arrangements for winning. But suppose these two Asiatic powers find it possible now to get together, Japan contributing alertness aud skili and much knowledege of modern warfare, and China vast quantities of what may be called raw Maaterials. Suppose it proves possible to erouse China, and millions of her several hundred millions take the field for home defense, working with and under the in- of the Japanese drill-masters. in a word, that the yellow men ainst the white men, raising the rd of their right to control their own affairs without European interference. Would not the result be to check, and even radically to change the whole program of the European powers? It would appear so. The Chinese army would take the field, it is true, but poorly ipped, and mere numbers do not count for what they once «id, but as the war would be fought on Chinese soil, and the enemy, whether Ger- man, or Kussian, or British, or all three combined, would have to transport their troops a long distance and could not make their forces overwhelmingly large, the Asi- atic powers, at a little way from the sea coast, would have great advantage. Men fight at their best at home and in defense ef home, while the greatest soldiers the world has ever seen have had up-hill and losing work as Invaders remote from their own countries. - A union between China and Japan at this time would force the whole world to put on the thinking cap. ———_++e lergymen with controversial talents should not permit thelr zeal in matters of interpretation to allow any chance of cast- ing the simple and direct doctrines of the Ten Commandments into obscurity. ——_+>eo___ Those Spanish Pence Commiasioners. ‘The intelligence from Cuba that two more Spanish “peace commissioners” have been executed by the insurgents will be likely to Set off humane people of the Weyler school in a fresh outburst of horror and denuncia- tion. Scathing adjectives will be marshaled in force and nurled against the fiends who are doing such bieody work, and the world will be advised to withdraw its sympathy from the perpetrators of such atrocities and from their cause. But a little reflection upon the actual facts in the case puts the whole watter in an entirely differert Nght, and makes it possible not only to understand, Lut to justify the insurgent procedure. General Gomez -and his Heutenants feel that they are soldiers fighting for the free- dom of Cuba. They respect themselves and one another. They ask consideration at the hands of their opponents as men who are entitled to respect. But they do not receive it. Instead, they are posted as bandits and treated as bandits. General Weyler tried to exterminate the whole native population, mm: struction stance | He applied both the torch and the sword, ard mad: a record in the island which the devil himself might envy. But he failed. Then came General Blanco, and he inaug- urates a new policy. But stiH the Spanish assumption is that the insurgents are ban- ai General Blanco conceives the idea of buying the tnsurgent leaders off with money and promises of office and honors, and an- neunces his purpose. General Gomez replied at once, and in a vay which resented the affront and at the same time gave testimony afresh to the sitcerity of the insurgent leaders and to their belief in the sacredness of their cause. He notified General Blanco that he and his associates could not be bought, and warned him not to send emissaries with bribes, or tenders based upon bribes, into any insur- gent camp. The penalty he announced for a viclation of 1s orders was extreme, but in no other way could he hope to arrest the atterition of the Spanish commander. Still holding, however, that the insurgents were bandits, General Blanco treats the warning of General Gomez as mere bluff, and starts his bribers cut on their mission. What would be thought of a judge upon the bench who, if approached by a man of- fering a bribe. should fail to send the mis- creant to prison? What would be thought of a juror who, if solicited to sell his vote in a case he was assisting in trying should fail to report the fact to the court? What private citizen administering severe per- scnal chastisement to a would-be corrupter would lose in respect in the eyes of the community? With what reason, therefore, can the soldier be condemned who invokes even the extremest measures in protecting his cause against the corrupting agencies of the enemy who scorns him and is treat- ing him as an outlaw? General Blanco calls his agents with bribes in their hands “peace commission- ers.” and he asks protection for them as though they were engaged upon a meri- tcrious and legitimate errand. They are bribers, and no more, and they have had full warning not to present themselves in that capacity to insurgent leaders. And surely, with the hat being passed around tor aid for the thousands of starving people in Cuba General Blanco might put his cor- ruption fund to come proper and humane use. The Spanish motto seems to be, “Mik lions for corruption, but not a cent for bread.” —_ «= ___ Japan's Ministerial Changes. The latest upturning in Japanese min- isterial circles does not concern the United States in the least. That country has formally declared that she has no objec. tions to the annexation of Hawaii by this government, asking only that her treaty rights be preserved and hoping doubtless to secure material advantages in the way of trade concessions and immigration priv- eges in the union of the two republics. The Japanese are deeply concerned over affairs that are close at hand. The situa- tion at their very doors is indeed alarming. They see the European powers creeping in upon them, surrounding them with forti- fied ports and threatening them with the absorpticn of ali China. In such a state of affairs the item of Hawali's future is of very small moment to the cabinet at Tok It will be seen from the dispatches that the strife between the ruling class, constituting the ministries of one admin- istration after another, and the legislative body, is again acute. It is believed that the war with China was precipitated by the ministry then in power to prevent a legislative crisis that might have led to more serious results. That war gave the people one common rallying cry and drew sentiment to a focus for the preservation of the national honor. The conflict be- tween the ministry and the legislature is of long standing and will doubtless re- main a persistent cause for frequent changes in the cabinet of the government, with perhaps an eccasional flurry of pa- triotie pride to distract the attention of the common people and their representa- tives in the diet. The action of the em- peror in proroguing the diet immediately after it convened indicates that the min- isterial party feared defeat in that bods Indeed, the dispatches state that the oppi- sition had combined with a sufficient strength to declare a lack of confidence in the administration. It is possible that re- cent history will repeat itself. Japan has Sood cause for going to war at present, but she will have a more powerful foe to combat than China. The natural trend of affairs would produce an alliance between her and England, upon whose attitude much now seems to depend. With England co-operating with Japan against Russia and Germany an interesting conflict would result, not at all one-sided in view of the prepunderance of the Japanese and Brit- ish naval forces now in the Chinese waters and of Japan’s strong army, by means of which material advantages could be gained in the early stages of the campaign. Sc far as the change in the ministry indicates that the government at Tokyo ts being pressed by popular sentiment, it is in order to look for further developments in the international situation. Inasmuch as Japan has deliberately sought one war for purely domestic reasons it is not at all unreagon- able to anticipate that she may now seck another, if the people are growing im- patent people were convinced at the Close of the war with China that they could whip the Russians in Asia, and one of the causes of the voluntary and temporary retirement of Ito from power was the strong popular resentment aroused against him by his yielding to Russia in the matter of Japan's retention of Port Arthur. The Japanese oph ion of the national power has not been diminished by the wonderful army and navy development which haS been accom- plished by the island empire since the war with China ended. « ———_++s____ An inmate of the Ohio penitentiary was pardoned, but preferred to stay where he was. It weuld, naturally, be disconcerting for A man accustomed to the placid inter- ior of a penitentiary to find himself precip- itated into the doubt and turmoil of that state's political situation. ———_++»_____ New York wil not for the present in- dulge in any abstruse speculations on whether it fs necessary te be truly good in order to be truly great. ej ae 4 —__ + +e_____ Spain’s policy is visibly affected by some doubt as to whether indignation or polite- ness toward this country would be of the more practical value. ———__+ +e _____ Electrolysis on Bridges. The great Brooklyn suspension bridge ts declared by electrical engineers to be in grave danger from the corrosive action of the electric currents that are about to be used on this structure to run the trolley cars from Brooklyn to New York. The New York Journal devotes a page of Inter- esting matter to this subject today and con- tends on the basis of testimony of com- petent authorities that if the present plans of the railroad companies and the bridge trustees are carried out the great anchor- ages at either end will soon succomb to the electrolytic action of the escaping cur- rents. If this happens the bridge will col- lapse. The cables will pull out from their fastenings, and the great structure will go plunging down into the East river with its entire load. This is a terrifying picture, and it may be greatly exaggerated in its posstbilities, but there ts no denying the insidious and destroying influence of the electric currents that are supposed to return to their sources along the rails of the overhead trolley lines. Blectrolysis is known to be eating up metal pipes in the ground of many cities day ty ir Fulers. Tne sapancst j day, Gas.companies, water companies, tele- phone companies, in fact all kinds of con- cerns that use the ground fer-the transmis- sion of any commodity by way of metal conductors are constantly on the alert te repair the damages caused by leaking cur- rents. The only question in the case of the Brooklyn bridge is whether the current will find its way to the cable anchorages. The experts who have been interviewed de- clare emphatically that there is no possible way to prevent this leaking with the sin- gle wire system-of returning currents to the dynamos. They assert that unless the ‘plans are changed the bridge will be steadi- ly weakened by the influence of the cur- rents, which will naturally seek the cables and the river as escape points rather than the rails of the track. | This possibility suggests the need of care in the grant of trolley privileges to the railroad now crossing the Navy’ Yard bridge, a steel structure. Though a truss bridge whose safety does not depend upon the integrity of a comparatively few points, it is nevertheless liable to be exposed to dangerous corrosion unless care is exer- cised in the laying of the trolley tracks that are proposed. The very best method of returning the current should be specified by the engineering authorities of the Dis- trict. The greater danger that now con- fronts New York should serve as a warn- ing to avoid a less one here. The spectators of the game between Mr. Armour and Mr. Leiter are free from fore- bodings that either will feel his losses to the extent of borrowing car fare. Spair very considerately refrains from asking this ccuntry to send over some sol- diers to settle the rebellion in Cuba. President Sam of Haiti would like to arrange for a few arbitration treaties as promptly as pessible. SHOOTING STARS. Very Bird-Like. “Do you believe in the adage,“Riches have wings?” “Yes.” replied the man who is worried by the trusts; “but that doesn’t prevent their being cooped up by some one man now and then.” The Swift Thaw. When you think of the marvelous frictional heat Develered by shoppers with hurrying feet, Tt was not at all strange That the snowflakes should change Into water the moment they fell on the street. | Praise. “How do you like the new girl?” inquired the housewife’s neighbor. “Oh, very much.” she a good cook?” I can’t say she does anything very well. But I must give her credit for having too much sense to try.” Indirect, but Effectual. “Tt is very nice in your wife to buy cigars for you,” marked one man. “Yes,” replied the other, after some re- flection; “it's a delicate and considerate way of keeping me from spoiling her Ince curtains with tobacco smoke.” Slightly Involved. “You didn’t remain very long at the Christmas party?” “No,” replied Willie Wishington. “I came away as soon as they began asking conun- drums. When there are s0 many other things to worry over, I don’t see why one should fatigue bis intellect to find out what is the difference between something and something else which never resembled it, in the first place, and whose difference acesn’t make any difference, anyhow.” The Holiday Dyapeptic, His friends presented volumes Which he will never read; And various other trifles He vows he doesn’t need, He got a lot of viands Too rich for him to eat, And slippers of strange patterns Which failed to fit his feet. With all they did to please him Some fault he’s sure to find; It makes you blue to hear him Describe his state of mind. But Christmas will be merry And smiles will not grow dim, It’s simply his misfortune that It wasn’t made for him. The Trading Stumps. From the Richmond Dispatch. We Richmonders now understand the trading stamp business much better than we did some weeks ago. And our esti- mate of it has not improved upon inti- mate acquaintance. The profit that the company makes, ex- cept a percentage that necessarily must be spent here, goes to enrich its stockhold- ers, who, we believe, are generally resi- dents of other states. Moreover, the mer- chants who have used this method of ex- t G 3 exceptions) &@nu uiose who have not neen “TTtvaeds to use it, are equally dissatisfied with tt. In the latter case the merchant finds much of his custom diverted to his com- petitors who offer the stamp, while in the former case the merchant finds that he is paying a very heavy tax upon his increased business. So we dare say that if the mer- chants of this city were carefully inter- viewed upon this question, they would de- clare with great unanimity that the in- stances where the trading stamps have done them substantial good have been rare indeed. Further, we think they would say that the system is essentially wrong, and ~ that its continuanct here is by no : desirable. Nor do the stamps profit purchasers to any considerable extent. Many purchasers uever get enough of them to do them any good, while the temptation to buy articles that are not really needed fs constant and strong. And then, when one has Secured a bookful of the stamps and presents it for bis prize, we risk little in saying he is gen- erally disappointed in the value of the bata that he finds himself privileged to take. —___+-s—___. Publish the Pensfon Lint. From the Brooklyn Engle. Commissioner Evans of the pension bu- reau is a strong advocate of the policy of publishing the entire list of persons who draw pensions from the government, and he expect’ that a bill will be introduced in Congress with that object, in view. Such @ course manifestly ought to be yur’ sued. Those who are honestly entitled to Hensfons can have no reasonable objec- tion to the publication of their names; while, on the, other hand, it is due to the government that those who are unworth- ily feeding On the treasury should be ex- posed. There ig no department of th government in which greater abuses exis than in the department of pensions, and public sentiment demands that the work of reform should be commenced at once. And in the work of reform the honest vet- erans of the war and those who have gen- uine claim to government aid should be the primé movers, e can afford to deal Benerously with those legitimately entitled to assistance, but this does not mean that fhe (Boverhument should i posed upon by those not entitled to its poun 'y. The pension lists Should be made public by all Feats g i ‘ee pose eae carefully an- ly: wit ie object of discarding ni that disgrace it. pis quae = His Great Sabiitaction. From the Clicinaati Enquirer. ale pismerek stops feces throi old age gracefully. He @ fair degree of ose | mates, and a Need hen enables im to sf iy irs. out o’ertaxing When he thinks of the old Willian upon William, jr., it miist be a istaction to him to reftect that retired list and has no fespotia! i his himself. and 100k: he great is on the ist bility for the present administration, 4 the Best at the lowest pricyat Betveridge’s. Requisites fr New Year Receptions. Those! of you who will keep “open house” on — New Year Day will —— doubtless require addi- tional table ware. We. have EVERY —— REQUISITE for the ta- —— ble—both of the useful —— and the ornamental va- —— riety—including Candela- bra,. Punch and Salad —— Bowls, Punch Glasses, — Bon Bon Dishes, richly —— decorated Plates, Ted —— Cups and Saucers, After- —— dinner Coffee Cups and —— Saucers, Glass Ware, —— Knives, Forks, Spoons, s—— Fern Dishes, Vases, &c., — &c. Also Silver-plated, Cop- per and Brass Tea Ket- —— tles, Silver-plated Coffee 4 —— Urns, &c. uy of the above make suitable New ir gifts. The prices are VERY Low, M. ae w. Beveridge, Pottery, Porcelain, Glass, Etc., 1215 FSt.and 1214 G St TC Dake! é W. iH. Martin, MANAGERS. at Finest quality—lowest _prices— af MAGRUDE'S. Indian River ORANGES, 30c.t 60c. Doz. $ Every week brings us a fresh shipment * of this delicious fruit, direct from Indian River, Florida. Our supply for this week 4s just In. If you want first cholce—let us have your order now. 80c., 40¢., 50c. and_60c. ‘doze! Ty day—Bve. John H. Magruder, it * °o Receptions. We have the Ingest variety of DELI CIOUS ICES and CREAMS—in_ the MERIN« ES, $1 oa x PPh Powe ee ay ‘Bu oa ile You’re I While Youw’re In Market Tomorrow There's no cther breakfust dish you'll find that the folks at home will enjoy quite so much. Made of choice home-dressed meats— Center—K Street—Western and © St. Markets. de27-m,w PEDO “Large Si EGG STOVE: J. k Cor. 7th w. Bar CP, psw: 9 an? 1427 (Fussell’s,2% ave Q n,W,f,28 Stop at ovr stands for a pound or two of LOEFFLER'S DELICIOUS SAUSAGE. and pure spices. All kinds. ~ "PHONE A. LOEFFLER, 35 Oil Heaters Excellently made, ) SELF-FEEDING STOVES. 20 sedi We f-28 Handsome. All the latest improvements. Heat large rooms at ° small cost. Nan Ss The Best PHOTOS Bt THE BEST you've ne Our unique poses do much to maz? Photos so pleasing. 7Call or write for engagements. W. H. STALEE, 1107 F St. de27-164 ever Only the Best —lenses are fitted in Eye- glasses and ‘Spectacles bought or us. The differ- —— ence in price is regulated by the frames entnely. M<Allister« Feast Opticianss"1311" F st, SR aN ~ SE Pure Lucca Olive Oil, 90¢. quart, realy and bende ie Reget gfrom, Lucca, W. 5. THOMPSON, PHARMACIST, 708 ISTH STREET. de27-284 Everything For ner Parties. Dinner | to - Social Functions. Woodward **« Lothrop, /© toth, rth and F Sts. N. W., invite attention to their selections and direct importations from Paris, from Lyons, from St. Gall of Evening Gown Stuffs, for the Debutante, for Receptions, for Wed- dings, for Dinner Parties, for Theater Parties, for Balls, for all Fashionable Occasions and Rich Laces, Tulles, Chiffons, Mousselines, Silks, Wools and a vast variety of other fabrics that are now so generally shown by the leading Paris modistes. Attention is also invited to a complete and extensive assortment of Dress Requirements for New Years. Men’s Dress Requirements For New Year’s Day. A superb stock of all the latest approved styles and many novel- ties, including Full Dress Shirts—Full Dress Bows and Ties, black and white, in every proper shape—Full Dress Protectors and Shields, in newest designs and styles—Collars and Cuffs—Silk Suspenders and Half Hose — Handkerchiefs—Gloves—Cuff Links, in gold’and enamel—-Shirt Studs, etc., etc. First floor. Women’s Dress Requirements For New Year’s Day. This class of needfuls has been a field of careful study. And the goods now shown embrace everything proper, from the finest imported high art novelties to those without a bit of extravagance in them. Beau- ties will be revealed here that cannot be disclosed elsewhere, as they are in many instances under exclusive control. Gloves. Millinery. All lengths, Dressed and Undressed Kid, Pink, Blue, Tan, White and Black. Silk Evening Mitts, 12, 16 and 20- The latest Paris Models in Hair Ornaments and Dress Garniture, in Flower, Feather, Aigrette and Jeweled effects. oR en pe td flor. _stiieniod apt 1st floor. bu 2 centees Neckwear. Handkerchiefs. : erie aes cage Point Lace, Valenciennes Boy eee an eater 2 Handsome Collarettes, Marie Lace, Duchesse Lace and fine Antompic eRe Isher Hand-embroidered and Hem- Silk Boas Jabots, Liberty ist soe, Stitched Linen. Squares, Gray Feather Boas Z See aria etc. Hosiery. - | Ast oor, Silk and Lisle Thread, Plain Slippers. Black and all shades to match Satin, in White, Blue, Pink, the toilet or slippers—lace Red; Patent Leather, Bronze ankle, boot pattern and drop- Kid, Beaded Kid, White Kid om stitch effects. —Opera, Strap and Oxford. Ist floor, Table Napery For New Year’s Day. While there is a very extensive variety of the substantial, every day sorts of household linens, the Linen Department is especially equip- ped in all its branches to meet the demand for the finest grades of goods. And among these are some very beautiful designs in extra size cloths (round, square and oblong) for Receptions, Banquets, Dinner Parties, etc. These are exclusive, being our own direct importation, and are un- obtainable elsewhere. We name in part: Double Satin Damask Pattern Cloths, imported this season from Ireland, Scotland and Belgium. Extra fine quality and exquisite de- signs, including: Ivy and Oak, Fleur de Lis, Tiger Lily, Poppy, Scroll, Iris, Pansy, Maiden Hair Fern, Grape, Satin Stripes, etc.: 2x2 yards—$2.40. 23x23 yards— $6.50. 2x2} yards—$3.00. 2x3 yards— $7.50 2x3 yaids—$3.60. 23x34 yards— $8.50. 3} Napkins to match—¥3-5& 2 x 4 yards—$10.00, 2x2} yards—$5.00. 23x5 _ yards—$12.50. 2x3 yards—$6.00. 2 Napkins to match—96,00. 2 Napkins to match—$6.00, $ Napkins to match—$8.00. Hemstitched Double Damask Table Sets. (Extra Size Cloth and Napkins to match.) 2}x2} yards—$13.00 a set. 24x33 yards—$16.50 a set. 23x34 yards—$15.00 a set. 2}x5 yards—$20.00 a set. A Couple Special Values in Luncheon Sets, Consisting of Fringed White Double Damask Cloths and Doylies to match i : 2x3 yatds=$6.50 a set. 2x3 yards—$7.50 a set _ Damask Doylies, for finger bowl, plate, tray, table, etc., $1.00 a dozen ahd up. F Hemstitched Damask Doylies, large, $3,00 to $7.50 a dozen. . . Damask Tray and Carving Cloths, 25¢., 35c¢., 56c., 75c. and up to $2. 24 floor. Cards Engraved for New Year’s. That no delay may be occasioned in their delivery, wé urge all having such work in contemplation to leavé their ordeis at once. Name on Copper Plate and Fifty Cards, 86c. Woodward & Lothrop. - x Everything fine and the Mg finest of everything at . G. G. Cornwell & Sons. : : NEW i YEAR’S TABLE.. Next to Thanksgiving Day the New Year's Reception table ts the most important of the year! We broke all business records last week! Going to keep ahead, too, by selling the “finest of everything” so low it Will be no further object for yon to buy the cheap, impure “track” stores call groceries! Call for WINE LIST! oooee COSCO OOS e SEE E OOOO OEE oO eee ee ES HSE O OOOH OEEEEEOOS RRR ERE RRR R ERE ES some Every leading brand of 2 Champagnes, Wine, B Whisky, Rum, Cordial, Gin, &e. No fancy prices. Best Table Waters! Fine Cigars. No finer Cigars than ours suywhere at any price. Box trade a specialty! prices prevail. 500 boxes of our Famons “Belle of Washington” Cigars (boxes of 50), equal to many 10c. Cigars, only $2.50. Wholesale . :A Little Price List: 8 Ibs. New Mixed Nuts. 24b. boxes Best Figs 2b. cans Plum Pudding. Fine Minee Meat, per Ib Kennedy's Famons Fruit Cake 5\-Ib. boxes Raisins for Pure Mixed Candies, 1. . 1-Ib. boxes “Fruti fits - -B0e. Imported Chocolates and Bon Bons $1 eosees é Cornwell s*. 1412 to 1418 Pa. Ave. : (i Serve Holmes’ Cele- brated Home-made Mince Pies and Fruit Cake to your Holiday guests. Genuine Home-made Pies, 200. each, Fruit and Layer Cakes, 25 Drop_postul or ‘phone 1564. Holmes Landover Mkt., 1st & E sts. c’ mn, 1 “HOT” Underwear { Reduced to About Half. At is filled with various Lines of Men's Winter Underwear that for one reason or another have bad their price cut to about half No Shirts to match Drawers. Drawers to match Shirts. few of a size—or only a fe of a line, &e. TEEL’S, On the Avenue, No. 935. de27-400d Prices Talc. Barrard’s Cream Rabel ‘S a ea oe ee = Emulsion Paine’s Celery Compound. Coticura Ointment. . Hunyadi Water (genu! Cuticura Resolvent Pennyroyal Pile. Chi i Fellows’ Spraps. Warner's Safe Cure. Pinkham's Compound. Pierce's Prescription. Rare, Sweet ? EXTRACTS % Fy 2 1111 Pass over the “dry goods’ ae | |! | “notion” qualities of Extracts and 3 111 come here for the dainty, sweet, 5€ 1 | [| lasting odors. The choicest scents 3 For New Years. ! {11 of the most famous makers of the im 1] | | old and now world have representa. 1111 thon in this superb stock. If you're i [1] | going to assist at a New Year's Re- -> LIA 1 ception you should let us supply jg TH Lt yesr Extract wants! You'll be sur- 2 mit rived at fhe ioit prices that pre- PL d vant . OGRAII’S, #88, 5 9 Pa. Ave. i n02-8m,40 y ERE MEME ME ME MERE MEME At VEERROFF’S CALLERIES, 1217 F St. N.W., You will find a most elegant display of FRAMED PICTURES, ENAMELED DRESDEN CLOCKS, BISQUE, BRONZE AND POR- ‘CELAIN FIGUBES, MINIATURES AND MINIATURE FRAMES I wish a very Merry Christ- mas to every one, and take this way of expressing my thanks for the generous peuseace that re- sulted in my having the largest Xmas trade I’ve ever known. ‘Te those folks who tock 90 gcod humor. patcre. As much as 'tis I'm resolved to make still better than it is now—this store—the lead- Se eros of the est End. DUVALL, 1923 N. H. Pa. Ave,