Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1898, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1898-14 PAGES. McKnew’s, Cloaks Suits and Furnishings, 933 Penn. Ave. Monday STYLES. Forerunners of spring in Suits, Waists, etc., arriving daily. Mostly novelties, single styles, etc., for those who are on the lookout for some- thing elegant and exclusive. Braided Flannel Wafsts and Biack exceptional values. New Silk Petticoa In the meantime we are closing out all the Winter Jackets, Capes, Suits, &c., at ridiculously low re- duced prices. All Underwear Reduced. Cut prices prevail on all Women’s and Children’s Winter Underwear except Dr. Jaeger's. Children’s White Merino Shirts 4 Pants fro 19: je Ttibbea “Vests re- 40>. Wm.H.licKnew,933 Pa.Av. 4224-600 ‘No charge for the credit privilege Freedman Bro.’s surplus stock wraps, suits, &c., at less than cost of making. It is a wonderful sale. No- body ever expected that such fine garments as Freedman’s would ever Be sold for: such beggarly prices. There never has been a time at which we : ¢ : money to round up the season. THE COATS. black silk Astrakhan high — collars— and some lined through hich Freedman Bros. ba e be as high as $16-—g0 $3 50 of about 34% elegant English ker- beucle and imported covert jackets, siik lined through made with strap seeme—many of t which they made be sold for 818 and $20, $6.50 THE CAPES. of ali-silk capes with med with Thibet fur—variety of leagths trimmed —which are go for... Lot lined Persian and jamb fronts collars trim- some with kersey strips #2 sane 64 50 500 of those rich and exceedingly stylish velour plush capes— 27 lepg—lined with bandsome edged with Thiber fi Freedman Bros. made $15 and for inches sik and capes which be sold for * $5.98 THE SKIRTS. ck figured brilliantine lined 6-go on ith rustle lin- d bound with wide velvet binding ng skirts which gre really worth $2.50—go for..... $1.23 Lot of brocaded silk ata and a lot of silk and wool novelty skirts, with the > , Co. which we for "2" 8 $4.08 THE SUITS. stylish tall Blue cheviot serge the made full-lined with best per- 216 ladies t at heretofore sold f go for...... es suit: He Hecht&Company It 515 Seventh Street. Soneociodinsincindindiindy 62466556 £02454 “The Quality Store Clearance Specials. We ordered & carload of the best Chamber Suites that could be made as a match for what usually sell for $25. The manufacturer certainly did spread himself, and gave us an Antique-finished Suite, of three large pieces, perfect in every way. What areleft we are going to sell now, to - Close them out, at— $14.75. From what you know of furniture values you will jump at these. © ‘tractive featare of the DOUGH EID DD 29D FO SDEIO DE OODOIDOH DOOD 24909 00D LPOPDIDIDIG ID EDPPEDDPOEORDD OED DIPR IDET ODA DOME > t you see your wey clear to take advantaze of this opportunity? "Til the end of the month enly. 4 HOEKE, i FURNITURE, CARPETS, DRAPERIES, Pa. Ave. and 8th Street. n SFP DIDSS LO 86D0 HUMORS OF ALL KINDS Cored by Cuticura Soap $24, the skin made pore ned P ‘White. All druggists, ists at $5. w - Ks were in as good shape to buy such an immense lot of gar- ments. You can readily understand the motive for such a sacrifice. Freedman Bros. made their season's profit and they were 2 perfectly willing to lose a little Special Notice. Mrs. Secher in charge of the manicure and facial mas- sage parlors. > Wanted—An expert for the Hair Dressing Parlor. Apply third-floor Offlee. 6... sees see ee eeeees Ae Lismer | Evening Gloves | Nearly half price, because | the only color is pearl. AE gee $2.25 for 12 buttons. Best of best | Suede Mousquetaires. . : And Its Two New Stores. The “Opening” of the 4c store and the 9c store occurred this morning. At this writing--10 a. m.=- the new stores are crowded with many enthusiastic visitors. Compliments are showered on us. One lady said:—“It is simply marvelous how you can offer so many beautiful articles for a few pennies”. ...Another lady:—"You live up to your announcement in not having any trashy goods”. .. . Still an- other:—“You have what we are always needing in our homes but are so often without”....Another remark:—“Your articles at 4 cents and 9 cents are superior to those in the New York 5c and 1oc Stores”... Most complimentary :—“The head of every home in Washington is in- debted to The Palais Royal for filling a long felt want, in supplying our numerous requirements so thoroughly and satisfactorily”... .Last, but not least:—“I have learned of dozens of articles that will help me in my home.” De. Covered Chamber Pails. Large Coal Hods..10-quart Disbpans. Coffee Pots, 2 to 4 quarts. . Large Tin Teapots. Covered Buckets. . and 4-quart Stamped and Coy- ered Saucepans...4-quart OI ns, Pudding Pans, Bread Pans -Half-covered Dust Tans. .Sugar Oe, 4e. ready for use..Lemon Squeezers of 120-page Composition 0-sheet Writing ‘Tab- ..48 sheets Writing Paper. . a = elopes. 25 En 3M Mop Handles. .Pastry nameled Skimmer Dippers. ucepans..Wash Basin E Covered Bucket...Ple Plates. Boxes, 3% and 7 Ibs..Sismped : i Tin Wash Basins..Patent Flour | Preserving Kettles....Basting | ;;Silver Fowder. Curling Irons... .Tetlow Sifters..Wire Frying Baskets... | Spoons. .Bread Pans. Cake Molds | fumere. 144 pelea Stemped Muffin. Pars...Extra | ..Fry Pans, Pudding F K | Cube of Ping. “25” indy 16-inch Tea | Pans.. oap..All-linen Lune! Lresnbleiletk spelen aaa re | 18-inch Crash. .Lipp ‘Trays..Fancy Japan wee Covered Saucepan, 2 quarts. . dors..Spice Boxes..Large Grat- | : Rutter red. Buckets, Padaige Pans ers. Roasting Pans..Wine Bow! -Berry Bowlx. .Nut Bowls - Bread Pans, 3 slzes Strainers..Tea Strainers..Wire | ..Oval Dishes. O11 Jugs che dled pippers: Soap Racks..Lipped Preserving | Cans..Pepper and Salts. State Cea - Kettles...Dover Patent Egg | Pickle Dishes... é & = risbad China Dinner kimmers. Beaters. . Bird eh Hooks. . Wire Hi He, Teasters..Steel Cake Tut . | Plates. ..Tea Plates...Bread and } canine ie Kitchen Hammers..Heavy Wire | Butter Plates. Cake Plates. .Pin | ated Mesmures. “Soap Broilers, assorted sizes...Fancy | Trays...Bone — Dishes...Fancy | Wire Coat Hangers. Mate ‘Tea Canisters. ..Match Safes... | Cream Pitchers. .Afterdinner | ; -Seuops. Large Cusildors, Large Colandezs..Cake Molds.. | Coffees....S0up Plates. ine Spoons. Walling Pine. . Wood Candlesticks. Parlor Floor | China Chan-bers. pone heslines. .Deco- rated Candles Flour Pots. . Dish Pots. .Yeow Bowl M : --Large Nappies. cups and Saucers. Jardinieres, assorted Earthen and ‘Tin Brooms. . Whisk Brooms. . Feather Dusters...Shoe Brushes Brushes. Store Brushes. .Dust Brushes Cospidors Market Baskets..Knife Baskets | Choice of Paul's Writing In ping Kuly --Lunch Baskets. .Nickel-plated | and) Mucilage, in non-spiiling | Sickel Plated | Tron. Stove Lifters. .Long-handle Pok- ae Neate Esiee a eMs.- | Soup Dishes. Table Mate, Glass ers jalvanized — Long-handle fe Monarch Bond Static hatter Dishes. “Spoon Holders. . Shovels..Family Scales. Square | ery. Pound of Perfection Linen | prote peeq eet g Sugar, Howls. and round Ash Sifters. . Imported j poe pane ity ee Pickle D Salt Hard-wood Kaife | 50° to See eis. .Clothbound Boxes. Large Chopping Bowls. . | edition of “The Arrows of Love,” Wood Trays..Cedar Water FP: Is | by Laura Daintre: ‘heel Com- .. Japanese Inkstands. Y fellow Bowls. .Pie Plates. .Deco- tated Cups and Saucers. .Steel Knives and Forks. with cable beops..Zine Wash- Fruit 2 Books... Thermometers. vith! boarés..Flour Mops..Dish Mops | ‘Tooth and. Nal! Bru: ‘Soap sale oo oe Bi ...-50-foot Clothesline. ...Best | Dishes, with Brush Rai pei Eel ‘lates and Meat Dishes 6-07. Jar Petroleum Jelly. -Satin Pin: | Babbitt» Sew ‘der. . Laundr} Clothespins... Toilet Paper. = “ie cushions. Infants’ Powder... Soap. .F: s 2 French, , Shoe Dressing caapanese French “iboe “Biveiing pst -Silicon Enamel Paints, | Towels.-1 crash. | apeenes- «Pal + ete, ete, The Rubber Store. T has grown into your confidence, as will the 4-cent and 9-cent stores —because of complete stocks.of undoubted reliability We guaran- tee all Rubber Goods—don’t pretend to compete with prices of the trashy, but quote from 10 to 20 per cent less than prevailing for the best. Hot Water Bottles. Guaranteed Syringes. Fitted with the patent “‘non-teak™ stoppers. so | The ““Famfly” Bulb Syringe, with all sabber that we very, very seldom have to give uew | connections and four hard rubber plyes bottle. Guaranteed, remember, tees 75c. 4-quart for S-quart for 6c... ce Same nae teresiitamnecesn eens BOCs | puleiviow Perea a ‘The Reinforced Bottlesy of slate rubber are | “!t four hard rubber pipes. In supe: hat superior, well Worth the extra price. | NCC" bex. 3-qua z Bquart fof Aquart for He... 269 ee : quert for cesses OPC. os The “Guarantee” Combination Fountain Syringe Bottle Is complete with quick fi -off and three hard rubber: pipes. 4- quart size for $1.09. Zquart for 8c. ‘The best of the best are those with seams and should Iasi like fulr usage. S-quart for 99. extra lapped | Mfetime with anything for $1.09... Bo, Various Atomizers. ‘The “Leonard” fo reliable in every de is only ‘The “Unbreakable” Atomizer, with continuous spray. is guarenteed for one yeur from date of Purchase, Everlastingly unbreakable if 4@o properly treated... ‘The “Interchangeable” Atomizer, with tipa for nose, ear and throat, bas continuous spra, 49c. and all latest improvements. fs a newly perfected instru- ‘The “Vaporizer"’ ment for vaporiaing all kinds of olls used 4 Qo for throat, nese and lungs ‘The “Family” Rapid Flow 2 Foun: and Water Bottle is of purest gray rubber, in Syringe patent comnections and — four Complete in handsome cabinet fo: hose and throat. Perfectly + though the price DE @ me $1.48 The original “Rapid Flow” Fountain syringe, with extra fine rubber bag, tubing and connec. ticus, including patent cut-off, which is instan- taneous, In oak cabinet, with handy pipe rack. A-quart for $1.69. 2quart fo The Palaix Roy. includes all latest improvements, including patent ent-off, ete. Every one gusranteed. Cotton Underwear Cheap. HE “Opening” of 1898 has come and gone. The superiority of The Palais Royal garments is conceded. With always complete stocks we shall know no serious competition. Broken lots shall always go quickly at reduced prices. The following on third-floor bargain tables tomorrow: Table 1 84c. Some of the garments on this table were §2.25, nene were less than $1.25. French Empire Gowns and Corset Covers; new style Umbrella Skirts and Drawers, are in the lot. 67c. Table 2 = =. Some few $1.25 and many $1 garments on this table—broken lots—representing the quickest sell- ing styles of gowns, skirts, drawers, corset covers and chemises. Table 3 = = 44c, Broken lots of 50c, 68¢ and Tic garments. Gowns and skirts of cambric und muslin; daintily em- broidered and lace-trimmed Corset Covers, —Che- mines and Drewers are here. Table 4 eS 19¢. ‘the quality of cambric and of finish, ‘ Palais Royal,us=G & 11th -144-page Stenographers’ } with | I did “Special” Syringe for 1898] whether he had any embroidery trimming. Admire the tiny stitches and general superiority | Mr. THE CIVIL = SERVICE Lively Time at: the Investigating WR. BAILEY WAKES A CHARGE The Commission Objected to His Suggestions of Reform. THE PALAIS ROYAL. MR. pnocraniuxeniias The Senate committee on civil service and retrenchment resumed its investiga- tion regurding the civil service of the gov- ernment this morning at their rooms in the Maltby building. Members of the com- mittee present were Senators Pritchard of North Carolina, chairman, and Harris of Kansas. Among others present were Lieu- tenant Colonel Alexander Mackenzle, first assistant to the chief of engineers of the army; Commissioner ‘Proctor, George R- Wales, law clerk, and E. D. Batley, as- sistant examiner, and chief clerk of the civil service commisston; ex-Representative Henry M. Baker, president of the National Republican Anti-Civit Service League. Mr. Bailey of the civil service commis- sion went on the stand and was questioned by ex-Representative Baker. His examina- tion was discontinued to allow Colonci Mackenzie, first assistant of the chief of engineers of the army, to give his testi- mony, which occupied only a few minutes. Col. Mackenzie's Statement. “Before submitting any statement re- garding the application of the civil service law to the engineer department at large it is proper to state,” said Colonel Mac- Kenzie, “that while I was for many years in the immediate charge of engineering works, my duties during the past two and a half years have been in the office of the chief of engineers, and my experience in civil service matters has been to a cer- tain extent theoretical, and I would state further that, being without authority to speak for the Secretary of War or the chief of engineers, any opinions expressed by me must be considered personal. “While the issuance of the President's order of May 6, 1896, was under consid- eration I gave attention, at the request of the chief of engineers, to the probable ef- fect of extending the classified civil. ser- vice to the engineer department at large. In a memoranda submitted, while express- ing most emphatically my firm belief in the principles of civil service, I called at- tention to certain restrictions of the law which I feared would result in embarrass- ment to the important works being car- ried cn under the direction of the chief of engineers. Later experience has shown me that such fears were to a large extent im- aginary and resulted mainly from a mis- understanding of the law. “When the President's order was pro- mulgated Captain George W. Goethals, Corps of Engineers, and myself were de- tailed by the Secretary of War for con- sultation with the civil service commis- sign with a view to formulating a system and special regulations for applying civil service law to the enginéer department at large. Many difficulties were at first ex- perienced, but such’ have been to a large extent overcome by the wisdom of the commission and its earnest desire to make civil service a benefit to our work. “The general system ‘under which civil service is applied to the engineer depart- ment at large is given’ in circular 13, is- sued by the chief of engincers August 10, 1897. This system is, of course, not per- fect. and as experience is gained modifi- cations will undoubtedly be found neces- sary and desirable, but it appears to me comparatively simple, and, in my opinion, preferable to the method of appointment in effect previous to the applicatior civil service. * * ¢ " Bice Competitive Merit System. “There are a few officers of the Corps of Engineers whose unfavorable impres- sioris of the civil service law, formed in advance of a full knowledge of its re- quirements, have not been changed by ex- pertence, but correspondence with officers leads me to believe that the large majority prefer a competitive merit system of Se- curing employes rather than one in which personal opinions or wishes are to control. Mr. Bailey Causes a Sensation. When Mr. Bailey resumed the stand Sen- ator Pritchard read a letter receivod by him from the witness, in which the latter said it had come to his knowledge that some “unpleasant suspicion” had - been created by reason that h> had been singled out to testify before the committee, and he vished a statement made to show how it Brushes...Fire | happened that he was called ther> while other employes of the commission had not been called to testify. Senator Pritchard sald that Mr. Bailey had been called to testify at the request of a senator because he was regarded as a man of experienc? and ability in the work of his office. Mr. Hailey safd he did not know what senator had requested his attendance be- fore the committee. He said that some things had happ2ned which suggested that others thought that possibly he had desired to go before the committee to give “testi- mony that might not be agreeable.” Mr. Pritchard—“Who made tliis intima- tion ua M sail2y did not reply to this question directly. Mr. Pritchard—‘When a witness is sub- poenaed before this committee I do not think it necessary that he should go into explanations to any one regarding how such action came about.” Mr. Bailey said the first Knowledge he had had of this suspicion was wh2n the president of the commission sent for him to come to his office. Continuing, Mr. Bailey said: “I went there, and he stated frankly that he had no desire to influence my tes- timony in any way, but he said the chair- man of this committee had not summoned any one who was friendly to civil service reform hitherto, and, while he did not Glrectly say it, he asked. me to state to -79c, | him what my testimony was-to be, in order that he might be prepared with ‘any correspondence or records which would bear on the case. I told him very frankly not know what testimony I was going to give or what the lines of the in- vestigation would be. He repeated that request twice. I was not impressed that the president of the commission had any intention to intimidate me or to influence my testimony.” Mr. Bailey said that when he was en- gaged in hunting up the record of Albert Sma” for 1596 1.49 Baker, formerly private secretary to Pub- Me Printer Benedleh, the chief examiner Qfr. Serven) raised’ with’ him the question authority to divulge the records of ithe scommiesion, . and whether he should not call upon the com- mission for a statement of that case. When -he made mémoranda of his testi- mony in the Baker case he submitted it to Mr. Proctor, and no objection was made to having it given ont. “After the second day's testimony, Mr. Bailey, “Mr. ter asked me for copies of memoranda I would present here. "I sent him copies, and later in the day the chief examiner stated te me he had been conferring with the commission in refer- ence to the mattef, and he stated that they were not pleased ‘with what ¥ ‘had said, that they rega¥ded'my suggestions as being on matters belonging to the admin- istration of the office'and not to any amendments to the law,*and it seemed to them as if my testimony’ was like a fire in the rear.” His Duties Curtuiled, Mr. Bailey continued to say: “He (Mr. Serven) stated to me further that the commission had directed that hereafter I should not sign any reeom- mendations from the chief examiner's dj- vision when the chief examiner is on duty.” Mr. Pritchard—“Did that curtail your du- Mostly Corset Covers on this table. And note | ties and powers exercised heretofore?” Mr. Bailey—“Yes, to that extent it did.” Pritchard—“You say Mr. Procter told you the chairman of this com: had only summoned Presta’ antagonistic to the civil service law?” Mr. Batley—“That is what I understood him to say.” : : Senator Pritchard's Statement. Mr. Pritchard—‘In this connection I de- (sire to say to the committee I have only summoned people to testify here at the suggestion of various members of the com- mittee or upon the request of different senators or representatives. Nine-tenths of the people who have come before the committee have been unknown to me be- fore coming before it. I knew nothing of the nature of their testimony. “I have had some Lere who are known as civil service reformers and some known as spoilsmen, and in ro instance have I de- sired to secure a majority of those with any particular views. I do net that witnesses are to be in the least in- timidated either by Mr. Proctor, the com- mission or any one else. I want a full and timidated either by Mr. Protter, the com- propose we shall have it.” Mr. Pritchard said he proposed summon- ing other witnesses from the commission. He expected to have Commissioners Proc- ter and Harlow and a number of clerks testify, not with a view of breaking down the c.vil service law or establishing the spoils system, but simply with a view of ete: at the facts b€aring on the mat- er. Mr. Procter then asked Mr. Batley if he had not corresponded with a United States senator about the affairs of the commis- sicn last March. Mr. Bailey said he did not remember having done so. and after considerable questioning said he had writ- ten to Mr. Roosevelt, while a police com- missioner of New York, regarding the confused state of the Work of the commis- s‘on, Commissioner Procter’s Exp! tion. “As Mr. Bailey,” said Mr. Procter, “one of the clerks of the cémmission, in his tes- timony, has made some suggestions which he thinks wiil load to improved methods at the commission, and has criticised some of the present metnods of transacting bus- iness at the office, I desire to make an ex- planation which may ist your honorable committee judging as to th> value of your statements. “Mest of the suggestions which he has made to your committze are simply repeti- ticns of those which have at various times been considered by the commission. Some of them have been rejected, some hav> been adopted, with modifications, while others are undcr consideration. They are matters entirely within the province of the commission, and yet they are now pre- sented to your committee by one of the clerks of the commission aft2r they have been considered by the commission itself. I venture to say that if disappointed clerks throughout the departments were all priv- ileg>d to come before congressional com- mittees and air their grievances because of their disappointments, or because some of their pet plans or impracticable sugges- licns had not be2n adopted by their supe- rior officers, there would have to be a large increase in the number of senators and representatives to provide committe:s te grant hearings to such employes. “While the commission has learned from experience to attach but little valu to Mr. Bailey’s views, yet, as your committee has no knowledge of the commission’s expe- rience in this resp2ct, I wish to make a statement bearing upon the matters dis- cussed by him. Mr. Bailey's Suggestions Impractic- able. “Mr. Bailey suggests different grade ex- aminations. His work at the commission is and has been purely clerical, and does not in any way relate to the preparation or rating of examination papers. The com- mission is fully satisfied with the manner in which the examining work is dene, and there appears to be no need to enter into a discussion of Mr. Bailey's suggestion, which has at various times been before the commission.’ Mr. Procter then took up the various sug- gestions made by Mr. Bailey before the committee last Friday and criticised them. Concluding his statement regarding Mr. Bailey, Mr. Procter said: “I desire to say that the clerk who has made these suggestions and criticisms has done so with but little knowledge or ex- perience as to the requirements of the serv- ice. He has discussed matters relating to applications, examinations and certifications, notwithstanding tne fact that those, classes of work are in charge of others at the com- mission. He has criticised the methods of conducting the correspondence of the office after the commission found it advisable to relieve him of nearly all of this kind of work and assign it to others by whom it is handled to the entire satisfaction of the commission. In other words, he has under- taken to survey the work of the commis- sion as a whole, although his own work at the commission has necessarily been con- fined to very narrow limits, on account of the superficial view that he takes of im- portant questions and because his sugges- tions are seldom the result of thorough knowledge and careful consideration of the matters discussed.” Mr. Procter then read statements written by Messrs. Doyle, Bunn and Bushby of the commission regarding the condition of work there, which they declared to be in a satisfactory condition, and not in the condition represented by Mr. Bailey. Don't Know His Polittes. Mr. Pritchard—What is the politics of Mr. Bailey? Mr. Procter—I do not know. I will state I do not know the politics of a fourth of the people in the commission. Mr. Pritchard—You say Mr. Bailey is in- efficient? Mr. Procter—I think I did not say that. In certain lines he is very efficient, but do not think he can handle correspond- enée efficiently. Most of the complaint he made about the files of his division was when he had charge of that work.” The committee then adjourned. Mr. Procter will testify at the next meeting of the committee, tomorrow morning. S — THRIFTY FIREMEN. An Engine House Has Cows a Plenty and Chickens by the Hundred. From the Kensas City Star. The fire engine house, No. 15, at 16th and Bell streets has in addition to two hese reels and trucks and prancing horses the essentials of a dairy and a chicken farm. At No. there are always milch cows in plenty and chickens in profusion. This engine house is en the north side of the stock yards and abuts on the shed where speculators at the yards house their cows that are in milk, This explains the dairy end of the story. The firemen have only to step from their back door into the cow shed to obtain all the fresh milk that they and their families need and in the summer time they indulge in great quantities of ice cream. On the south side of the engine house is a chicken, coop and last summer the fire- men raised 800 chickens by the aid of two incubators. Now they have hens enough in their primitive coop to furnish two dozen eggs a day. At night as the firemen sit about the glowing stove drying their clothes after a “run” they prepare a chicken stew of fowls from their own coop with milk from the placid bovines of the speculators’ sheds, - 20+ A Church Buried in the Sand. From the Engineering Magazine. There are several instances where light houses have been increased in height be- cause of the sand which had engulfed them. In one place on ‘the New Jersey coast I once stumbled upon the corner of an old rail fence which had been buried and exposed again on the ocean side. It marked the site of an old field. On the North Carolina dpnes, chimneys project- ing above the sand belong to the houses of an old fishing village. In France and other parts of Europe villages have been buried. At Soulac in Gascony a cross was discover- ed projecting above the sand. Further in- vestigation showed that it was attached to a steeple, and later a well-preserved church of the thirteenth century was excavated. The church is now in use. oe A Resented Insult. From Puck. Mrs. Scrapleigh (with a sneer)—“Bah! You are just like your father.” ~ Mr. Scrapleigh (angrily)—“Look here, Xou may insult me, but don’t We're go- Racing With Time-- ns with empty tables in our Ladies’ Wrap and Suit Department, same as we have the other two. It’s costing us something to do it—but it shall be done. This is special selling — because the cutting is of regular prices-—of regular stock—our stock —that was so carefully made—so exclusively designed — so thoroughly satisfactory. You've seen nothing to compare with these garments. We've established the Saks standard. It’s the highest standard—and it isn’t lowered any because the prices * are. If the season were a month longer these offerings wouldn't be made. Special Reductions in Ladies’ Jackets. Tot of Black Kersey Tailor-made Coats, lined with changeable taf- feta sill Lot of Venetian Tan Covert ¢ Coats, with strapped and stit: seams; shield front, velvet ote and made Just like a man's oat. We marked them very low at $12.50, ‘Temorrow . . $7.50 25 Ladies’ and Misses’ Fancy Coate, modele—some trim others plain fn Black Persian Lamb Cloth Coats, ith shield f lor fin- 5 with fancy taffeta or aaana postal) ee pain Rae (, Cmmgggaret ned Black satin lin- $22.50 and $0. ine sid'wen te $8.50 moon $16.00 price. Tomorrow. . = tomorrow... . ° Specials in Silk Underskirts. Fancy Striped Taffeta Silk U: Fency Flowered 7 8 derskirts, made of extra hea Underskirts, in evening shades ik, accordion plaited, made with flounces, ind dunt uel jounces. raflle. Choice of a dozen different ae om bina t tons. ra: $14.05 Se Sy BP T] aes ° $12.50, Tomorrow... ° Pisin and Plaid Taffeta Under- Green, Red and skirts, with ecordion plaite, Sik Under. ruffies and flounces; Jace trim- skirts, Quished with six rows of ined.‘ Wegular iz to S18 5 5 ‘omOrrew . ..... eo ° Fancy Russe, Green, Changeable and Black Taffeta Silk Under- skirts, with Light and Dark Taffeta Silk Un- derskirts, made with accordion plaiting, ° rufies ice $10.95 see et $4.75 Arrival of Ladies’ First Spring Suits. They came from the workrooms of our best makers. De- signed specially—niade specially—and finished in advance of all others—that we might make the first display of the new eestontentontesiontentontone orconton taeeboeninnintiotiontotcoeceetenooi nn styles. Our fame will grow with such values to back us. Black, Soeft-finished Cheviot TImperted Black Cheviet Sulr«. Suits, lined and faced with Black made with fiy-front jackets, af new tilled silk; coats have fly front cut, new shape sleeves; double effect; skirts hang to perfection; Stitched seams, with suits are st mian-tallor made silk taffeta Pee] and finished with Inp seams. Or- — in ours, Saks and Company, “Saks’ Corner.” Leaders in Fiv COMMA ARAMA: ‘ dinarily they wor $1 at firxt * $9.95 Cities. Se Seebontotonsoetentontesteatonioatentontontatoatoetentonte mated that the value of the tobacco grown in that state will equal that of the cotton crop. In flavor, Texas tobacco is superior to the cheaper grades cf tobacco raised in Cuba, | While its cost at the present tim: is nearly | 100 per cent less, HOW SAND DUNES ARE FORMED. Neautiful Stratification Done by the Waves. From the Enginceying Magazine. ‘Along the shores of oceans and other large bodies of water, especially In the re- gion of the estuaries of large rivers, there are usually immense masses of shifting sand. It fs not within the scope of this ar- ticle to describe the formation of these sand banks. It is sufficient to say, there- fore, that they usually begin as long sand bars behind which there are sheets of still water, These shallow bays in the course of time fill up with mud, becoming salt marshes intersected by thoroughfares, salt ‘and winding creeks. In the mean- ponds. among. flat sand bars have devel- oped into sea islands, or beaches. — the tide falls, the sand of the shore. ground into powder by the waves, and dried by the sun and wind, is blown in the —. oes the prevailing winds, usually inland. “Dr. W. P. Powell, re practicing physician ariaer of Willis, Montgomery county , this year planted fifteen to s teen acres in Cuban cigar leaf tobace: employed an expert to handle and c same, and now has between 6,000 pounds of beautiful maho; A Texas paper say: as fragrant as violets, demonstrating, th : old Montgomery county can uo fully as well as the famous isle of Cuba in produc- ing this character of tobacco.” Seppo fon Elk Heads, Frem the Denver Republican. “While I do not profess to know cvery- thing, I do claim the distinction of bang able to tell a genuine elk head wht I see = = ts an ob-/ one,” said James Johnson of Nashville, sand moves like snow, until it mee . nson of Nashville, struction, when a dune, or sand ery Tenn., at the Brown Palace. “A number eight to the obstacle. venee _ mene shows a beautiful me cation, the sand having been deposit atta thin layers, always varying, newer y ines the nature of the sand, the velocity of the and the obstructions, large or small, | of heads sold for elk are no more elk heads than they are antelope. Of cour: horns are elk, as they can be fou: numbers in the mountains, wnere they are shed every year ufter the animal attvins a wind, not | certat: 2 neounters. ‘These dunes are not | certain-age, but the heau, many in- Prien ‘bodily by the breezes, but little by | siantes, is nothing more oF ies than, the ee {forming and reforming, forward and | head of a young cow. How the taxider- mists fix them up to look like clk I do net know, but they do it, and suc: lin fe ing many people. I visited the lodge » of an elk society in an eastern ity long ago, and with pride the members called my attention to the elk heads which adorned the walls. Although J said noth- vith every ekward, changing, in fact, w y ae of the wind, gentle and eegEe = perceptible during 4 light s eeoad “ ty stinging. blinding eae pias Eine ale. In spite. however, of 2 i a Changes. the sand mass is generally m5 ing, perhaps only a few inches a year, not ‘tion of prevailing winds. A great | ing, it did not take me long to discover that aes aon the day winds, in = almost half of them were cow heads.” at night the sand is damp and firmer. An a wteredicrtedlices are vhich are 5 tains of sand are formed W Stten held. temporarily by hardy, plants ch have gained a precarious i which ooner oF later, unless watched and dows, fixed, begin to shift, engulfing mea ree The Spiked Eagic. From the London Times. Christmas week presented a strange sight to the citizens of Manchester, Eng- " . in farm’ lands. aes eee a eaairers land, on the top of its town hall. The anything unable : spike-studded ball which surmounts it, the The Wasps Took in the Show. third highest architectural point in the e kingdom, held a large bird suspended and pierced through the body by one of the spikes. The bird, an eagle, must have been flying over the city at a tremendous speed, and have come into a terrific colli sion with the spike during the mist. Thus rudely arrested in its flight, it cannot be reached, and will remain hanging over the city until wind and weather bring it down, "sn Newent Accent. From Demorve ‘amily Magayine The fashionable accent is another impor- tant matter to be considered by the maid who desires to seem one of the society elect. She must avoid a lisp unless she wishes to brand herself a half century be- hind the times. The broad “a” of the An- glomaniac has also seen its best days. The southern drawl, with its apparent indiffer- ence to the existence of the average final syllable, is threadbare. To be up to date from a vocal point of view it is necessary to cultivate a soft, low voice, an enuncia~ tion so distinct that occasionally you con- vey the impression that the capital letter is at the end of the word, and a certain vivac- ity of utterance that, throughout Europe, is associated with the modern American girl. Srom the Cleveland Plain Dealer. dines most comical experiences in age,” said a local man- “befell the Tom Keene thern New Ccmpany not long ago in a nort! N York. town. The company was playing «Julius Caesar,’ and at the last moment It was found that the property man had failed to send up the regular throne chair used in- the senate scene, and an old rustic chair was hastily procured from the loft of the theater, and after being covered with drap- ing was pressed into service. In the midst of the scene a large wasp’s nest was dis- ecvered attached to the chair, and its in- habitants, becoming indignant at the dis- turbance they had suffered, began to swarm about the stage, seeking revenge upon the Romans in their low-necked and short- sleeved dresses. The wasps seemed to be particularly offended with Caesar, and it is dcubtful if Caesar’s Ceath scene was ever acted with more feeling, for at the moment he was being pierced by the conspirators’ dzggers the wasps were most industrious heir work. ttn the scenc where Caesar appears to Brutus, one might almost have doubted its being the true Caesar. It was the same in form and dress, but the face was no longer the same. In the last act Brutus had one eye closed, Antony a swollen lip, Cassius an enlarged chin, Lucius an inequality in the size of his hands, and Octavius Caesar a nose that would have done service as the famous nose of Bardolf in ee ae < “The tragedy came very near oming a raring comedy, when Mr. Keene, as Cas- sius, said, ‘Antony, the posture of your -biows is yet unknown, but for your words, they rob the Hybla bees and leave them honeyless,’ and Mr. Hanford, as Antgny, replied, ‘Not stingless, too.’ ” ——_+or-___—_ Texns Tobacco Replacing Havana. From the Norwich (Coun.) Evening Record. When Weyler shut off the supply of Ha- vena tobacco the stock in bond in the “One of the the history of the st ‘ager the other day, —+—_+-+—___- Foot Ball and Life Insurance. ‘The editor of the Medical Examiner, re- ferting to the destructive game of foot ball, says that those who engage in it are not fit subjects for life insurance. He says that récent changes in the rules have not re- formed the practice of the players suf- ficient to make the game safe for those wishing to avoid a probable life injury or facturers began to look about for a substi-