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10 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1898-24 PAGES. ~ McKnew’s, |HOW THEY. PLAYED Cloaks, Sulis and Furnishings, 933 Penn. Ave. turday, January 29th, 1898. Our name ov a garmept denotes quality. Dr. Jaeger’s Wool Underwear. nimal weel is a material provided A® maiece- tec: the ciofling ofc animal bedy. Man can be clothed properly only in clothing of animal material. Woolen clothing exerts {te beneficial Influences by virtue of its non-conductivity to heat snd electricity, its permeability to molstere, its attrac- tien for air and its repulsion for water. ‘These properties of the Dr. Jaeger Woolen Fabrics, and their relation to the functions and exhalations of the skin, constitute the basis of Dr. Jaeger’s Sanitary Woolen Sys- tem © Underwear for men, women and children. We are general agents for this brated health Underwear—end carry a complete stock of the entire line! Wm. H. McKnew, 933 Pa. Ave. two-day ; ale of Furniture at prices most marvelous. These prices are for Monday and Tuesday only, and the chances are that most of the goods will be snapped up on Monday. CREDIT, if you wish —arrange the payments yourself. Chamber Furniture. 1 Birch Chamt bevel mirror. Wi 1 Polished Oak 3229-608 > , Your Credit is Good. ey ot Sufte. 3ox24 French ¢ S56. This sale. $2 mber Suite, neatly e: plate bevel ‘mirror. r. with 40530 French Was $75. This sale.$47.59 1 fine Double Oak Wardrobe. 52x14 Frene plate bevel mirror in doors. Was 850. sale e- = wateaas 1 White Enameled Dresser. plate bevel mirror. Was $20. TI “Cash or Credit. Dining Room Furniture. 1 Curly Bireb e oval Freneh Was ‘This sele wees $45.00 fine Quartered Oak China Closet. swelled front and sides. French plate mirror back. glass shelves. Was $65. This sule....$42.50 1 Qvartered Oak Combiuation d . swelled fr mirror top. W This } 85 eboard, swelled front, plate bevel mirror. plate 1 very Masstve Quar tension Tat Was $2: “Cash or Credit.” Parlor Furniture. ee ee a ae © ae? a. aoe ya Yay co 0 ay an 0 eo om YS 40 In. wide. is sale : ....-12%ge. rds French Figured Muslin, 36. f Fa wide. War 35¢. This sale.. 000 yards Silksline, Was 12%. This sale.. sae Blge 70» yards Japentse Gold Cloth. Was 15c_ ‘This sale... sis ween- 22. Sloe. 16 Six-quarter English Tapestry Table Cov- ers. Were $3 This elon $1.50. ‘Lansbu rgh Furniture Co., 1226 F St.N.W. ail new designs. {AAR BA OM. Ae Oe AAD OH ADD 2 CURES WHILE ;YOU SLEEP} ~ The Piliow Inhaler Creates a continuous atmos- phere that is healing in its nature. It is used like any ordinary pillow. You sieep on it and forget all about it. But while you slumber it does its work. Catarrh, Asthma,Bron- chitis, Colds, Coughs, Grip,Throat and Lung Troubles quickly yield te ¢ é 3 sete % sSonanesoeentees ooze ed ef a oS of Read of this Cure. wyer Leather Machinery Co., = % «52 snd 54 South st., Beston, Mass. 4 I have used your pillow as directed with ‘ mest gratifying resuite, No one trou- = - with hial or head eatarrh should 3 ouze truly, 3 RIGHT, Secretary, Our beek tells of hundreds of others. = i sare : ALL DRUGGISTS, We sell the Pillow Inhaler, _ Mertz’s, 11th and F, a Seren scan nimtials Wants Money for Railroad Fare, vi E. Harrison, the missing South rashington huckster, who left his bride of five months Monday night, went to Philadelphia. He had about but now his money is gone, and yesterday he tele- graphed his wife to send him $5 in order that he might not have to walk home, as Minister Powell Not Recall Assistant Secretary Day says there is no truth in the report that United States Min- ister Powell at Port au Prince has been reeailed, and adds that there is not the slightest prospect of such action. Some Intellectual Giants Who En- joyed the Game of “Draw.” CONKLING, SHERMAN AND SHERIDAN They Bluffed and Fought With 3 Words and Cards. TWO REMARKABLE HANDS OSCOE CONKLING R= as fond as the next man of a little ‘game of draw,” said an elderly Washing- ton clubman, who for a generation has been on terms of so- cial intimacy with famous men et this capital, “and he was as charming a peker antagonist as ever tried to fill an in-the-middle Straight or bobbed to a flush. Conkling Was unquestionably a man of great nat- ural hauteur, yet I have always believed and maintained that the somewhat arro- gent and domineering manner that he ex- hibited in public, and that often caused him to be so thoroughly misunderstood, was trore or less of a pose. The news- paper writers set him down and paraded him as an Ajax from the very beginning of his service here, and it suited Conk- lirg’s fancy, when he perceived that it would be quite impossible for him to clear Pimself of this reputation, to study the part that he had perforce to accept, and to portray it with consistence ard elab- oration throughout his public career. But in social life, in dally intercourse with men that he knew and liked, Conkling was a prince. and as gracious, generous and ac-! ecmplished a prince, too, as ever gained the affecgionate esteem and admiration of his friends, With His Friends. “He liked, I say, to play poker, and dur- Irg the last four or five years of his sen- atorial life he would drop in at John Cham- berlin’s occasionally while Congress was in sessien to sit into a game there with friends, all of them prominent public men, who Iked the mental stimulus and excite- ment of drawing cards, and who were alweys more than willing to engage in a game in which Conkling was one of the players—for the cultured intellect and well- stored mind of the New York senator ncver shone more brightly nor more variously than during these memorable sessions at cards with his friends. Quite often, those among us who were not fortunate, or un- fortunate, enough to be swirlers in the vortex of public life would be invited to take a hand at these delightful poker sea- arces; and I, for one, possess no more valued recollections than those that often recur to my mind of the dozen or so oc- casions on which I played draw poker with Roscoe Conkling sitting opposite to me. When Conkling and Sherman Crossed Cards. “General Phil Sheridan was often one of the players at these meetings, and when General Sherman was living in Washing- ton he, too, would occasionally happen around when the gante at Chamberlin’s was In progress and take a hand. With Conkling and Sherman in the game, the talk at the poker table was a good’ deal more interesting to some of us than the game itself, for both men would: constant- ly exchange witty dabs at each other, and the eral sparring between these two re- markable men was brilliant and entertain- ing in the extreme. Their pokes at each other were always perfectly good-natured and harmless. Different as they were in profession and temperament, Conkling and Sherman were about evenly matched in wit, and their mastery of repartee, and both men seemed to find huge pleasure in practicing on each other in their hours of relaxation, especially at these card meet- ings. “‘Conkling.’ said Sherman one night to the New York senator when the game was in progress, ‘that Hyperion curl of yours may now assume an added twist, the effect of woe, and that Hercules chest prepare to array itself in a tunic of penitential sack- cloth—for I've got you licked. Full house, Jacks up on eights,’ and Sherman spread his hand out on the table. “ ‘Sherman,’ said Conkling, a beatific smile flickering at the corners of his mouth, ‘when you marched to the sea at that ex- ceedingly theatrical period of your career and reached the sea, had it not been bet- ter for you if you had kept right on march- ing, even to the point of complete and final submersion, thus to have spared yourself the mortification of being thrashed right out of your boots at this epoch of your history by a mere civilian? Four sevens,’ and Conkling raked in the pot with a flour- ish, grizzled ‘Old Tecump’ chewing the butt of his cigar thoughtfully. No Quarter With Sheridan. “But Conkling played his hardest against General Sheridan. The two men were great chums and confidants, but when they got into a poker game together it was, of course, In a good-natured sort of way, give and take and no quarter. When Sheridan was In the game Conkling simply devoted all of his study and skill to the task of beating the hero of Winchester, and, on the other hand, “Little Phil’ would pay hardly any attention at ail to the other players, he was so eager to roast his friend Conkling. Very often the rest of us would, at a sort of tacitly understood signal, drop out, even whon we had good, playable hands, just for the fun of seeing Conkling and Sheridan at each other's throats. “Phil,” said Conkling one night when he thought his hand was invincible,‘be advised. I have your interest at heart. We all ad- mire your historical and present rashness— but. Phil, be advised. Consider your nat- ural aversion to a pipe: if you with me on this, you'll be compelled to smoke a pipe practically until your retirement. This time, you are not alone twenty miles away; you are 20,000, 20,000,000, miles in the dis- tance, and you really can't traverse the ground. Call me.’ “ ‘Conkling,’ replied ‘Little Phil,’ ‘with those two red fighting spots of his burning brigtly on his cheekbones, ‘you're a stu- pendous bluffer, and I'll see you dangling from that sour apple tree of yours first. I raise you the limit. “‘In that case,’ said Conkling, stuffing his hand into the deck, ‘the pot's yours— = that I haven't got you beat, of course, ut——" “And Conkling, caught red-handed in one of his Brobdignagian bluffs, took with the greatest good nature the long laugh that we all gave him. & A Memorable Contest. “I was in the game one night during the winter of ‘79 when both Conkling and Sheridan were players. It was a four- hand game, and John Chamberlin was the other player. This game at Chamber- lin’s was always for $5 limit at first, with the understanding that along toward morning, aiter a couple of hours of warm- ing up, anybody could suggest the removal of the limit if he wanted to. The way Conkling and Sheridan bluffed each other that night was a caution. Both men seem- ed to strike out luck altogether as an ele- nent in their good-natured play against each other, and, as both of them caught fine hands occasionally when engaged in this tug-of-war of bluffing, neither of them could get an exact line on the other, and it was better than a play to study their faces at the show-downs. Conkling was having all of the success during the latter part of the night, and it was fun to hear ‘Little Fhil’ softly utter dark and woolly things under his breath when, time after time, Conkling would show a hand consisting of nothing at all@fter having scared Sheridan out, or produce a gorgeous set of fours or a full hand at such times as Sheridan, decid- ing that the senator was bluffing, would call him. “ “Bite him, Skeridan,’ Chamberlin would fay, amusedly, on these occasions, and Sheridan wovld tell Chamberlin to go to the dickens, and call for another deck of cards. A Memorable Game. “We started the last round of jackpots with a new deck, Sheridan dealt the first mess himself, and, after it had gone around and none of the three of us could open it, Sheridan opened it himself. Neither Cham- berlin nor I had any right to stay on our hands, and so it was left between Sheridan and Conkling, who stayed. Conkling took thre cards, and turned his little pair into threes. Sheridan dished himself out three cards, and bit his cigar hard when he saw his hand. He made a &5 bet to draw Conk ling out, and the senator raised him $2 It passed between them with these bets until there was nearly $300 in the pot, both men scrutinizing each other pretty carefully at each bet. “I don’t know so much about you, this time,’ said Conkling finally, ‘and I think I'll just call you for safety.’ “Both laid their hands down at the same time. Conkling had three nines, and he looked at Sheridan strangely when he saw the color of Sheridan's three aces. Both Chamberlin and myself also saw what was wrong at the same instant, but we only smiled and let the two men have it out. Sheridan had a broad grin on his face, and was just about to rake in the pot. Conk- ling was gazing at the little man of iron with a puzzled look in his eyes. “Oh, I say, there, Phil, just wait a min- ute,’ said he. ‘Do you really think that pot belongs to you?” “Belongs to me?’ said Sheridan. it does if the nose on my face belongs to me—' and again he reached over to hoe in the pot. “Conkling ran his hand through his hair, and again stopped Sheridan with a gesture. “I don't remember ever having seen that sort of thing before,’ he said. ‘Did you, Phil?’ “See what sort of thing before?’ saiu Sheridan. ‘What in biazes are you talking about, Conkling?’ “For reply, Conkling put one finger upon one of Sheridan's aces and then pointeu to another one of the aces. “IT never saw a jackpot won with three 8, two of which happened to be aces of diamonds,’ said Conkling, smiling. eridan looked at his hand, lying face up on the tabl> before him, and his face became fiery red. ‘The consternation on his countenance was really funny. ¥,’ said he, after a minute, ‘blamed if I don’t believe I'm nothing better than an involuntary swind!+r. That other ace, you sce, is a club. I opened the pot on a pair of red aces, and they were, of course, these aces of diamonds. Chamberiin,’ turning to the amused boniface, ‘turn m2 out of doors as a fraud and a short card play2r, will you?” And have the army fire a volley over the ruins of my house?’ replied Chamber- lin. ‘Hardly. Anyhow, I'd rather see you and Conkling engage in a rough-and- tumble fight over the thing. Go ahead, th> pair of you. We'll see fair play,’ turning to me. “Of course, the extra ace of diamonds had slipped into the deck accidentally be- fore it left th> manufacturer's hands: but Sheridan, when he had in a measure re- covered from the surprise of the revela- tion, made a humorous pretension that he had known th> whole thing all along, and ccnvulsed the three of us by feelingly ap- pealing to Conkling to refrain from expos- ing him to the world, for the sake of his family. and all that’ kind of thing. The hand being foul, the pot was, of course, divided. Conkling'’s Generosity. “Well, “Conkling was a peculiarly gen>rous poker player. One night, when Senator Zach Chandler was one of the players, Conkling was the beneficiary of a miracle that does not often happen to a man ev:n once in a lifetime. Chandler dealt him a pat roya! flush. It was a jackpot. Neith- er Wade Hampton, who was the other player, nor myself caught anything that would justify us in drawing cards, and so the thing was betwean Conkling and the serator from Michigan. Conkling, of course, stood pat, and Chandler, drawing two cards, filled, and had four tens on which he began his betting. He bet $100. “Pat or no pat, Conkling,’ said he, in making the bet, ‘I've got that miserable, ekinflint straight of yours wallop2d this time—even if you've got it. Come at me. ‘onkling folded up his hand and looked Chandler in the eve. ““*You're a pretty rich man, Zach, are you not? said ni “ Middling ric! said Chandler, 06-40-00060450909960506 PIPIGEES OS 2965090749 446500068 50008 F ree Health Lectures Sunday, Never was lecture better received nor audience more highly entertained than at Tremont Temple last night. The lecturer was Dr. R. C. Flower—Boston Journal. Dr. R. C. Flower’s lecture in Washington Hall, yesterday af- ternoon, for real eloquence, beauty of thought, elegant expression, keen sarcasm, irresistible wit, in grace of person and ease of de- livery, was the finest platform effort ever made in this city interest and enthusiasm of the audience could not have been great- er; the hall was crowded and thousands were turned away—In- dianapolis (Ind.) Journal. At Hotel Fleischmann, Alexandria. Dr. Flower has also arranged to see patients at Hotel Fleisch- mann, Alexandria, Va., Monday, January 31, and Tuesday, Febru- $ ile PEOSEPENG FHELID FF PHHETOGS SESE TESS E04 2694496900 99000055 ---BY--- G, : Of Boston At Odd Fellows’ Hall. Jan. 30; 2:30 P. Mi. to Women Only and at 8 P. M. to Men Only. Dr. Flower is recognized by many as the greatest orator on the American platform. What the press says: Dr. R. C. Flower lectured last night to nearly 3,000 people in Tremont Temple. His audience went wild over his eloquence, keen thrusts, pathetic appeals and quick sallies—Boston Globe. Flower The SF COOLED CHORE GEE EGE HED E HM OE HEWES EHEY LURE OOS TEVESCTPOORY “And you've got a pretty good hand—eh, Zach?’ “Worth a couple of years of my pay as a toga wearer, supposing I've got a good game man to buck against.’ is nbeatable, Zach?” “ “Practically.” “ ‘Well, Chandler,’ said Conkling, ‘you may be pretty well fixed in that hand, but I've got one here that I am convinced no gentleman ever ought to play,’ and he spread out his pat royal flush. “Chandler locked at the hand for a mo- ment in silence. “Conkling,” said he finally, ‘you're a queer mixture of Don Quixote and Prince Charlie—which means, or ought to mean, that you're a d—d g00d fellow.’”” > IRRIGATION IN EGYPT. Work Yet (to Ne Done to Devolop Further Resources. G. W. Steevens in London Mail. The irrigation of Egypt is not finished yet. There is still a vast deal to be done, especially in the way of drainage. It is not enough to bring ‘water to the land; it must be taken away again. Land can be made out of desert by water; but there is also much that can %e made by drains out of swamp. Before"the British engineers took things in hand tower Egypt either dG no drains, or it was a hopeless tangle of unfertile drains and fertilizing canals run- ning into each othef, and canceling each other's work. That was Egypt all over. Now new drains are being madé, every- where, and old onesisiphoned under canals they empty into. It'is a work of time, and it is a work of monéy—and only when you know how tight mongy has always been in Egypt can you appreciate the work of Sir Colin Moncrieff and Sir William Garstin and their men. Only money is all right just now; in two years the caisse—perhaps a little ashamed of its close-fistedness about the Dongola campaign—has granted out of its idle reserve nearly a million for irrigation and drainage. Egypt's money could not be better spent for Egypt's good. One more great work remains—the pro- jected reservoir at Assouan. If the Nile could be held up and stored there, then upper as well as lower Egypt would rejoice in two crops a year, sugar could be pro- duced enormously and at high profit, the cultivable area of lower Egypt once again vastly increased, above all the very possi- bility of water famine done away with for- ever. Only the reservoir would cost five millions. It would pay Egypt over and over again, and the Caisse de la Dette has ‘@n easy five millions of Egypt's money. ‘Ana because the project is British, woulu be executed by Englishmen, would consti- tute yet another British boon to Egypt— France says no. That—you would hardly believe it of a nation which remains great, in spite of continual efforts to be small— that is France's Egyptian policy. Health of the Piedmont Region. Dr. R. L. Dabney in Southern States Farm Maga- . B ee As to health, the climate is the most salubrious in the world, free from malaria and much milder than that of the Missis- sippi valley or central states of the same latitude. After this preliminary explana- tion, let us turn our attention to the so‘ls. In this respect the Piedmont region is a rather striped or spotted country, that is. it has several distinct varieties of soils having different capabilities. It presents no such exparses of uniformly rich soil of the came kind as are seen in central Ken- tucky or the black belt of Texas. The traveler, after ridirg over some miles of the finest soil, may find a change very ca- priciously and completely. The crewn and glory of Piedmont region is, first, the red granite land. This is underlaid by syenitic granite (the farmers call it ‘calico rock” from its mottled color). Civided by some in- jected veins of trap and dolomite. It is the disintegration of this gran‘te which fur- nishes the most precicus clements to this soil, potash and lime. From a Photograph by Frank M. Botcler, FOOD FOR THE LASCARS. Qucer Assortment Which a Ship Cap- tain Has to Give. Frem the Baltimore fun. Shaboodeen Mahomed Cassum is the leading sarang on the British steamer Trentham Hall, loading at Locust Roint for Havre. Yesterday in his native tongue he conversed with Chief Officer Haddy, who handles Hindoostani with the grace of a native, and talked of food required by the articles signed by him and thirty-seven other Lascars, who make up the crew of the Trentham Hall. Shaboodeen gave it out that for the next twenty-seven days his countrymen on board would observe the month of fasts by eating but one meal a day and that in the evening. The other fasts kent with the religious fervor of the Mussulman i$ Ramzan and Mahoran, ‘the latter being in remembrance of the death of Hassan and Husson, sons of Mahomet. To feed the pagan appetites on board Captain Black has to provide as follows each day for each Lascar: One pound and a half of rice. Eight ounces of dal (lentils). Four ounces ‘of ghee, a native butter made of mutton fat. When ghee cannot be supplied oleomargarine is used and is the most favorite substitute for ghee. Salt without limit, although drachms is marked on the articles. One ounce of curry. Eight ounces of dried fish at sea. Two ounces of sugar. One ounce of tamarind, curry. * Four drachms of tea. One ounce of lime juice. One pound of potatoes. Four ounces of fresh mezt. Four ounces of onions. Live sheen must be provided. The kill- ing of the sheep is done in a sacrificial Ieanner and must not be touched by Chris- tian hands. All cooking is done by members of the crew, for whom a separate galley is pro- vided, that there may be no contact with the food of those on beard who are not children of the prophet. Religious exercises are not frequent. One who is the superior of his brethren in edu- cation reads to the assembled crew each night in the forecastle selections from the Koran. He can a'so read and understaid Erglish. In the port the Lascars work from 7 a.m. ull 5 p.m. in cold weather, and when in England from 8 a.m. till 4:30 p.m. Con- trary to all sea routine, they are em- ployed on deck by day only. At night, with the exception of serving as the look- out for two-hour periods, the deck is under charge of the officer on watch and the quartermasters, all of whom are Irishmen. Of course, a sudden need for help calls out the Lascars, which rarely happens. Besides this, the Lascars enjoy half a day off duty on Saturday and all day Sunday, the small duties required being, of course, attended te. When asked if his countrymen drank spirits, Shaboodeen gave a smile peculiar to the unobtrusive son of Mahomet, but said nothing. Mr. Haddy has found after ten years’ experience with them that the Lasear will drink anything offered him when he is not expected to pay for it. But even with this Christian vice, the Lascars are sober men, who faithfully perform their duty and never give any trouble to officers or to each other. They ship for one year, generally, about Bombay and Calcutta, and they must be returned to their own port without expense to them- selves. The British board of trade has thrown safeguards about them. ——_+e + —___ The Bondage of Hairpins. From the London Sketch. When will women discover how to dress their hair without hairpins? Hairpins, I understand from Mrs. Humphry, are the chief obstacles to feminine independence. eight to mix with mere man can ever know. When it presses against the skull and produces a local nerve torture of an indescribably vicious nature, a man might imagine the the easy thing would be to pull it out. * * * A woman feels so tremendously at a disad- vantage if her hair is untidy. She cannot even argue till it is neat again.” Is this really so? When women sit in the house of commons. shall we read in the parlia- mentary reports something like this: “The leader of the opposition spoke with bril- liant effect till her hair came down, when sHe lost the thread of her speech and re- sumed her seat amidst sympathetic mur- murs, in which the right honorable ladies on the treasury bench cordially joined?” I do not make this suggestion in any mis- erable spirit of burlesque. “For the withdrawal of that single pin,” says Mrs. Humphry, with genuine eloquence, “the whole bright coiffure should come tumbling down, ay! there’s the rub!” Men continue to maintain that woman is con- stitutionally illogical and febrile, when they know nothing about that hairpin pressing against her skull! Clearly, the woman who discovers how to make the stability of the “bright coiffure” automatic will sound the knell of man’s vaunted su- Premacy in argument! Ey ———_-+- e+ ___ Bull Fighter Gored to Death. San Antonio Dispateh to St. Louls Globe-Democrat. A dispatch received here tonight from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, states that at the bull fight there today Nicanmor, Villa, the chief bull fighter in Mazzantini’s celebrated troupe, was gored to death by a ferocious a ———__-e A Magnetic Island, From Tit-Bits. In the Baltic sea there is an island of | Denmark called Bornholm, which consists _ sortment of Imported Pattern Cloths and Napkins to match. Until further notice, store will close at 5:30. — WOODWARD *ng LOTHROP, loth, 11th and F Sts. N. W.,. Announce the Arrival of Direct Importations From France, from England, from Ireland, from Scot< land, from Switzerland of Crepons, Japons, Benga- lines, Poplins, Rich Laces, Grenadines, Tulles, Mous- selines, Organdies, Dimities and other exquisite Sheer Fabrics, such as are now being shown by the leading European modistes for new Spring and Summer Gowns; also some handsome specimens of Damask Table Cloths--round, square and.oblong- regular and extra sizes, with Napkins to match--exclusive in de- sign and unobtainable elsewhere. And for Monday, the Thirty-first, Preliminary Showing of Springof ’98 Black Dress Fabrics, Manufactured expressly to their order by the following two celebrated makers—Lupin, the recognized leader in fine French fabrics, and Priest- ley, the well-known English manufacturer. Among the leading Blacks for spring of ‘98 are: Crepons, Poplins, Bengalines, Japons, Grenadines, Henriettas and Serges. Very Lupin’s All-wool Twilled Serges. 50 inches wide. 75¢. to $1.25 a yard. Lupin’s All-wool Crepons, plain. inches wide. $1.00 and $1.25 a yard. Lupin’ Fancy weaves. kk and Wool Crepons. 47 inches wide. $2.75 and $3.00 a yard. Lupin’s Japons. ‘Silk aud wool, but so woven as to look like all eflk. 45 inches wide. $2.00 a yard. Lupin’s Camel's Hair Grenadine. 45 Inches wide. $1.00 and $1.25 a yard. Lupin’s Iron Frame Grenadine. smart effects are shown and designs that are exclusive. | Priestley’s 45 inches wide. $1.50 to $2.50 a yard. First floor. All-wool Poplin. 44 Inches wide. $1.00 to $2.00 a yard, Silk and Wool Poplin. 45 inches wide. $2.00 a y Priestley’s rd, All-wool Bengaline 45 inches wide. $1.50 and $1.75 a yard. Priestley’s Il-wool Memphis Stripe. 45 inches wide. Priestle $2.25 a yard. Priestley’s Silk and Wool Crepe Cloth. 44 inches wide. $1.50 a yard. Silk and Wool 42 inches wide. $1.25 to $2.00 a yard. Priestley’s dora. 's Wool and Mohair Mat- 44 Inches wide. $2.2 Elegant Table Napery For the Social Season. The best of everything in Linen for the household is now displayed in very large assortment at the Linen Department. Besides a very complete and general selection of Household Linens there will be on special display Monday morning a rare and beautiful as- These goods have just been received through the Georgetown custom house, and come direct from the best Irish and Scotch manufacturers. Being of direct importation, the designs are distinctively exclusive and will not be seen elsewhere. Cloths range in sizes from 2x2 yards to 24x5 yards; also 3x3 yards. Napkins to match in } and § sizes. The designs include in part—Hyacinth—Japanese Anemone — Da- tura—Grasses and Clover- Dandelion—Hemlock—Clematis—Shower of Pearls—Daisy and Spot—Fleur-de-Lis—Scroll—Bow-knot and Wreath Gothic —Honeysuckle Bluebell, Etc. Scroll—Jonquil—Iris—Poppy—Louis XV There will also be on display Monday some very choice specimens in Imported Damask Table Cloths in extra sizes (round, square and ob- long) for Banquets, Receptions, Dinners, etc. A cordial invitation is extended to all who are interested to call and examine these exquisite linens. Prominent among the special items for Monday’s selling, and at prices to prove of interest, are the fo! 100 Bleached Damask Table Cloths. 2x24 yards, $2.00 each. 100 doz. Hemmed Huckaback Towels (all lnen). 18x36 inches. 2c. each. 100 doz. 5-8 leached $1.15 a dozen. Value $1.35 500 Hemstitched Damask Tea Cloths, in a num- e ber of chofee us and in sizes 36x36, 45x45 and 5OxS6 is $1.25 to $3.75 each. 100 Embroidered Bureau and Buffet Scarfs, size 2ox54 inches, heautifal hen stitched and open-work effects, at the following price, which is very iruch below the usual: $1.50 each. Regularly $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50. Second foor. lowing 600 Bi ‘hed Muslin Sheets (Fruit of the Loom). 2}x2} yards, 52c. each, 23x23 yards, 58c. each. 1,200 Hemstitched Muslin Pillow Cases. 2214x36 inches. 124c. each, 3,000 yards 36-lach Bleached Cambric. Good quality, 5c. a yard. 3,000 yards 36-incl ‘Frait of the Loom" Must 6c. a yard, 100 doz. extra quality Fringed Huckaback Towels, 25¢c. each, Value 30c. Pen’s Custom Tailoring. Suits to order, $14.00 upward; Trousers to order, $4.00 upward; Overcoats to order, $16.00 upward. We are making to measure an especially good Spring Overcoat, in light and dark colors, and making it in the latest style, with broad lapped seams, deep collar and substantial linings, for $16.50. A good plain Black Cheviot Overcoat to order for $13.00. They must fit, or we don’t want you to take them. We care to be celebrated for good tailoring, and we are selling a great many goods be- cause they are perceptibly different from others. First feor. © In connection with our regular suburban deliveries, we will make Avalon, the store at ae > ° ‘deliveries weekly at the following pone aafr peasy Winthrop Heights and Ivy City. Wagons will leave ‘clock a.m. Mondays, Wednesda; ys and Fridays. places: Hyattsville, Bladensburg,