Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1898, Page 4

= THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1898-14 PAGES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON WEDNES ..February 9, 1898. CROSBY THE EVENING STAR has a regular ily Cireulation o7Ile order to avo! delays, on ac- t of personal absence, letters to Editortal or Business Depart- ments, according to tenor Dismins De Lome at Once. The Spanish minister at Washington has grossly insulted the chief executive of this republic. He should be peremptorily dis- missed. ‘The De Lome letter, which has been re- produced ip fac simile, is in the Spanish minister's handwriting and is written on the stationery of the Spanish legation. The account of the manner of its procurement is circumstantial and credibie. Senor de Leme has express2d himself in print and privately in the severest terms of condem- nation of the American people and their public men, and the letter contains no s:n- tment not in full harmony with the views known to be entertained by him. The indications of the letter’s genuineness are so many and so strong that nothing but a point-blank denial, followed by evi- dences of forgery, would hold the question of its acceptance in abeyance. But the Spanish minister will reither affirm nor deny, and in such case silence is confession. ‘The letter is undoubtedly genuine. ‘There is matter of even greater signifi- cance in the letter than that which insults the President by pronouncing him a low politician, weak and catering to the rabble, wavering between the Spanish minister and the American jingoes. Spain is rid of re- sponsibility for these insults, when the utterances are disavowed and De Lome is recalled. But the letter demonstrates that autonomy, upen a test of which this gov- ernment is now waiting, Is a hollow sham, @ trick for removing from Spain responsi- bility for Cuban happenings, and throwing it upon the Cubans themselves, “whom they (the Americans) believe to be so im- maculate.” The reciprocity trick is aiso exposed in all its insincerity. “It would be most im- portant that you should agitate the ques- tion of commercial relations, even though it would be only for effect, and that you should send here a man of im- portance in order that I might use him to make a propaganda among the sen- ators and others in opposition to the junta.” The “nation of shopkeepers” is to be fooled With bogus autonomy propositions and to be bribed with reciprocity proposals, made through some “man of importance” who will serve to corrupt senators. How long shall we wait for further trial of this Cuban autonomy? How respect- fully shall we deal with this Cuba rect. procity? Are we to be deceived by the one, or bought (and sold) by the other? The question of what becomes of De Lome is in comparison with these queries an in- significant one. But “the low politician who desires to leave a door open to me” is a respected and self-respecting Ameri- can, enjoying the confidence and support 2 the republic of which he is the execu- llve head, and what the American peop! expect to see him do to the insulting Span- iard is to open still another door to this accomplished letter writer, and, dipiomati- cally, to kick him out of it. er Congress Races and Platforms. While the purposes of the two parties are plain with respect to the next House, there will yet be no national convention in either ease to lay upon the nominees of the party for seats in that body a uniform declara- tion of principles. Each Congress district will be at Mberty to adopt a platform or pot, as it may see fit. In the south and west, where silver rules, it 1s easy to see what the course of the democrats will be. A free silver platform be adopted. Candidates for Congress thus be formaily in- structed. Democrats, populists and silver Fepublicans will work together to clect men pledged. if elected, to vote for a free coin- ge bill in the spring of 1900. But what course will be pursued in York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and other states, where some of the demo- eratic leaders are inclined to be a little shy this year on silver? Will Mr. Croker mn New York, Mr. Smith in New Jersey and Mr. Gorman in Maryland put up their can- didates for Congress without a platform? Simply label them democrats and turn them loose in the field? If so, what effest Will that have on the canvasses? May @ucking and evading like that be counted on to win anywhere this year? d how about the gold democrats? What course will they pursue? Will they go over in a body to the support of the re- publican candidates? 1 will probably be no dodging on the republican side. The St. Lous vlatform will probably every where be reaffirmed, which will pledge ih party afresh to bimetalism by inte agreement—at any rate we tional inst the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 as an independ- en f this government. Will that make the republican candidates ac to the gol democrats? Will they make their votes count rather than to throw them away on candidates of _heir own? Matters will be clear enough for all prac- tical purposes. No man need vote in the dark. Whether a candidate for Congress Geclares himself openly on the silver ques- tion or not, the party he represents in the Trace will sufficiently identify him. The money question will be the leading question before the next Congr If the democrats ate in control, free silver will score a win- ning. if the republicans control, sound money will benefit. ——_+ e+__. Spain has not yet brought its plea of in- Jured Innocence to the point of insinuating that Cubans deljberately get killed for the sake of bringing discredit on the evernment. sa Storm Center. The mobbing of Zola in Paris yesterday after the day’s trial shows the intensity of | public feeling at the French capital over the Dreyfus case, that is just now focusing on the person of the novelist. France seems to be In a dangerous state of mind. ‘To American and English minds, the trial 1s the veriest farce and travesty upon jus- tice, and it {s that aspect of the case that is one of the most serious elements in the situation. French justice is notoriously in- adequate. The conviction of Dreyfus was thought by many unprejudiced Frenchmen to be a scandalous abuse of power, if not in its result at least in the manner in which | it was accomplished. Zola yesterday dra- matically demanded the rights that were extended by the law to the thief and the assassin. Despite its spectacular charac- ter, this demand is typical of the sense of injustice that animates the author in his predicament and his followers in their sym- pathy. The Zola case is to be considered merely as a surface indication of deeply rooted conditions affecting and threatening the stability of the French government. Were these scenes enacted in almost any other country than France they would not be so significant. The French, however, are prone to sudden contortions, some of which are merely in exercise of their mer- urial dispositions, some of them productive of serious results. The body politic of France has been at rest a long time, about @ quarter of a century, and it gives evi- dence of requiring another stretch. The Panama scandal served to arouse the rest- less spirits to some extent, but the issue was so largely personal and financial that it was not sufficient to precipitate the crisis that now seems, to some observers in vari- ous parts of Europe and this country, to be approaching. The Dreyfus case is but the result of certain conditions that have been steadily developing in France for years and that affect the welfare of the people. The possibility of the development of a militarism such as that which has Germany now in its grip has shocked a large class of French people and this out- burst may be taken as a type of their pro- test against its further growth. Zola is a mere incident in the excitement, the rally- ing point of the progesting element, the red rag in the face of the radical supporters of the military policy. For Zola personally there seems to be little concern. He is de- spised by the rabble, however, as the man who sought to discredit the ministry and the government. His literary works and his striking genius are forgotten in the passion of the moment. It is to be feared that in wreaking vengeance upon him the conflict that Europe seems just now to dread.may be precipitated between the an- tagonistic classes in France. History af- fords no assurance of peace. + .___ Spain Wants No Facts. ‘The note handed py Minister Woodford to the Spanish authorities, repelling the charge that the revolt in Cuba has be2n maintained by American sympathy and assistance will go for ‘nothing. It contains only the facts, which are known of all fair- minded men here. But the note will go for nothing because Spain does not desir: the facts. She started out with a fiction, and her whole controversy with the United States is built upon it. Upon the strength of it—upon such strength as her unsup- ported statement has b2en able to give it— she has appealed for sympathy all over Europe. Spain excuses herself to the world by as- serting that the insurgents, of themselves, are nothing. They are few in number, and absolutely without principle. Thy are hired bandits, harrowing Spain in Ameri- can interests. The real object is the an- nexation of Cuba to the United States. This puts the United States forward and gives Spain some standing in th ‘premises. But strip the case of this fiction; give the irsurgents the credit to which they are en- titled; show the energy with which the American authorities hav2 moved against the filibusterers, and Spain's weakness and hvmillation stand fully exposed. Then it becomes apparent that Spain is powerless in Cuba outside the cities, and that her authority in th2 cities even is seriously disputed. The “bandits,” practically un- aided, have proved to be too much for her. The position of the United States in this business ts today far from comfort. We are in favor with neither side. The insur- gents complain that w> talk one way and act another; that our sympathy is for them but our assistance is for Spain. Spain, on the other hand, holds us responsible*for the very life of the revolt, and charges that our inspiration ts criminal greed. Our war- ships, afte eral years’ absence, out of consideration for Spain's feelings, visit Cuban ports, and Spain becomes offended. She manifests fretfulness and spreads her quills at once. And yet the officsrs of these warships, on their snore leave, have been but alms out of private purse to ths starving subjects of Spain! This sort of thing cannot last. We have asserted the right of intervention. How much long=r shall"be delayed that other in- tervention which the great gravity of the situation demands and of which Spain has had a long notive? Sewage Disposal. - disposal in neighboring rivers ‘s considered, by sanitary authorities, to be dangerous as well as disgusting. The dan- ger line is being rapidly approached by many Am>rican communities. The town of Clinton, Mass., has up to the present disposed of this sort of refuse by means of the Nashua river. Recently, however, it became neces to dam the stream in or- G2r to supply power required for certain purposes and the river bed has conse- quently been expesed in places. The sew- age outlet is inciuded in the area of ex- posur+, with the result that the most un- sightly and unwholesome accumulations are revealed to vizw and transformed {nto Jers. Some other means of sewage disposal is now r>quired, and the town is asking the state, which must bear the expense, to provide a method. This ex- perience may profitably be considered by larger communtti2s, which now foliow the practice of river disposal without proper precaution against the pollution of the air or the water to the possible detriment of the health of neighboring cities and towns. The District is asking Congress to provide the means for an adequate sewage disposal plant, to be erected immediately in order that the beneflts to bz derived from it may b enjoyed without delay. Such a system has been devised by competent engineers and will utilize much of the 2xisting plant, and will reduce to the lowest possible point all danger of contaminating the river, as it affects the health of our people. Such cases as that of Clinton should serve to prod Congrss up to the point of acting at this season upon the pending bitl. ——_++-—___ No doubt Spain considers this govern- ment morally bound to take the money which ought to go for coast defenses and fit out expeditions to verify filibustering suspicions. —__ + + Mr. Mason believes that if there is any possibility of hurrying the Senate, the Cu- ban question Is as good a point as any from which to make a start. ——_ + += —__. It is unfortunate that this excitement con- cerfiing M. Zola was precipitated in Paris before it could be utilized as an exposition attraction. ———- ee “Pop” Anson should cheer up and dis- cover “some playwright who can success- fully dramatize a debate with an umpire. er Union Agninat Telephone Extortion. ‘The telephone users of the District have at their hands a remedy for their griev- ances that it would seem is already being copsidered by some classes of sufferers. ‘The druggists, according to the <tatements published in the news columns today, are | plarning to unite fn action that, if car- ried to the logieal result, will give the telephone company food fer solid thought on the folly of its course. If this action should be taken the telephone company will later find itself confronted with the necessity of reducing its rates to the drug- gists, or losing about two ‘hundred con- tracts. The druggists can stand it if the company can. If they are united in their course and refuse to a man to submit longer to the impositions practiced by~the com- | pany, no one of them will have any ad- vantage over another, and there will be no disturbance of trade in fayor of any estab- lishment. The importance of this proposed action lies in the hint it gives to other classes of telephone users. If by united action all along the line the company were confronted with this same «lternative by nine-tenths of the present patrons it is not to be doubted that there would soon be a change in the treatment of citizens. ‘Sle remedy most te be desired. however, 18 thu passage of a law preventing the company from demanding extortionate rates and from imposing annoying and expensive re- strictions upon the ‘phone users. Without such a law there is no positive guarantee that the company will not break in upon the line of opposing citizens by offering discriminating rates to one or another in- dividual or class. That the company has manipulated its rates in the past and is doing so at presert appears from the state- ments of subscribers obtained by The Star. A law based upon the lines of the xmend- ment to the District bill uow pending be- fore the Senate appropriations committee would prevent any such unfair practices. United action among the citizens would demonstrate the spirit of public protest to the minds of the legislators and the man- agers of the comfany. Such an action would be an object lesson of great value. While it might involve some discomfor: for a@ time, it would almot surely be foilowed by good results, ——++-—____. It is claimed that the Hawaiian climat> does very well for natives, but that Cauca- sians would not thrive in it. And yet it seems to have agreed with President Dole far more than with Liliuokalani. ———_++2—____ General Miles might make another excur- sion to Europe to find out how the old countries get appropriations through -for Purpeses of military and naval defense. eee can Possibly Joseph Choate’s eulegy of th2 law springs from personal comparisons with the embarrassments and vicissitudes of politics. mate the agony —wf mind ard body of a suicide. Ui health or a diserdered mind ie the cause of the majority of suicides. Overworkert eyes deen cause such a tension ou the nerves and-brain as to effect a com- plete @llapse of the organic system. It costs you“hothing to have your eyes ex? amined by our eifinent oculist, Dr. Ham- ~is a terrible thing, yet no cne can esti- | ilton, and since it OG per cent of peo- ple bave mcre or |ees eye trouble, why not let him exemine ycurst He will tell you whether yeu Aire glasses~or not. If you do wel'can gf money than you and fit you better, fe you finer ones for less can obtain elsewhere— wa 5 Pa "= 1 aside tsaseicinecedentenianiaataphdecksansccedeuees ++ Tomorrow. Bring your card | No Charge. plate—we'll reprint Massage. daintily served,from | 9° cards and guar- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. scientifically admin- | | istered by ce" pli ear Cana worth for only TH Hairdressing by Mra. Viles; Manicure Perlor in of Mrs. Secher. gods sold here. Or- through your R. Harris & Co., Cor. 7th and D Sts. fee ce Spring Lamb, Green Peas and Fresh Mint. ‘Three Inte arrivals that will be cordially welcomed by good vers. We're famous for eur Spring Lambs. We've never had finer nes than those that camé in this morning. Youag. tender and juicy. Our Green Peas aad Mint for Sauce are always fresh. (7 Every substantial and delicacy ip season for DINNER PARTIES. Lowest prices al- Cottage Market,818 14th St. fe9-w,f,m,20 Nene Lowney’s Chocolates, at BRYAN’S. > 0 —_ M. Zola is b2ginning to suspect that he did not make his pictures of real life nearly as shocking as they might have been. —rro—___ Senor de Lome ought to get files and read up the case of Sackville-West. —~>+e—____ SHOOTING STARS. Analysts. “Yes,” said the young woman, “I think I shall marry Herbert.” “Well,” replied Miss Cayenne, "you at least have some assurance that he won't be one of these husbands who are difficult to please.” “How do you know that?" “He is so well satisfied with himself.” Abundant Repose. Go too, go too, thou busy bee! Pray, would it not be queer If one could not face toll with glee When he sleeps half the year. Could Not Understand It. “There's one thing,” sail the practical joker, ‘that I could never understand.” “What is that?” “Why, when I can pick out such gen- uinely witty comic valentines to send out }to my friends, they should make such blundering and brutal selections to send to me.” “I has noticed,” said Uncle Eben, “dat de men who sticks ter sof’ drinks ain’ de ones dat gin'rally hab de mos’ ter tell "bout hahd luck."” Straightening Maiters. “Of course,” said the friend of the diplo- mat who had made a hasty utterance, will be willirg to explain that you did not mean what you said.” “I don’t know whether my conscience will permit that,” he answered. “I wonder if I couldn't compromise and explain that I didn’t mean to say what I said just at the time I said it?” International Utterances. We heard some complaint, not so many moons since, Concerning our modes diplomatic; And we're free to confess that we could not but wince When they charged us with language erratic. But a recent epistle (if rumor be true) May cause all annoyance to vanish. Perhaps when we've something to say that is new They'd prefer that we tell it in Spanish. If it's true that we used an unneighborly tone And spoke what we thought too directly, A diplomat’s hint will no doubt make it known How to handle our words circumspectly. And when indignation has stirred up the soul Of our populace, ardent and clannish, A method we'll try which needs no self control; We'll cheerfully tell it in Spanish, toe Unne ary Street Noine: From the Medic There are signs abroad that er: long there will be active and organized opposi- tion to noises in the streets of large towns. The inhabitants of cltles are beginning to apprectat> the fact that the multiplicity of sounds at present is seriously detri- mental to health. Some of these noise: are, of course, unavoidable, but many of them serve no useful purpose, and would injur> no interests if abolished. Physicians are too well cognizant of the disastrous effects of harsh noises to certain patients, and surely a vigorous crusade inaugurated to remedy this evil would bs attended with the most bensficial result’. London has already taken the initiat and is_re- solved to put down with a strong hand all upnecessary street sounds. This is an ex- ample that should be followed New York and the other larg: cities of the old and new worlds. It may not be too much to hope that electricity will solve the diffi- culty, and that in the ideal town of the future traction and locomotion will be both noiseless and clean. — Learned Missouri. From the Kansas City Star, The discoy2ry made by Dr. J. C. Jones, professor of Latin in the Missouri State University, that 77 per cent of the Missouri delegation in Congress are college men, will be a surprise to many people in Mis- souri, but Missouri is always indulging in such surpris>s. Missouri is perpetually un- folding such discoveries to her own people. The state standing next to Missouri in the matter of classically educated congressmen is Massachusetts, with 70 per cent, but in Massachusetts they mak? a specialty of seeking out collegiate graduates—Harvard preferred—for official positions, while in Missouri no particular attention is paid to the matter. It is as if a “pan,” taken at random from the Missouri diggings, had washed out 77 per cent of coll2ge-bred per- sons. The same proportion may be sup- posed to run through the Missour! popula- tion. 1 Recor ———_++- —___ New York’s Kanakas. From the Philadelphia Press. It is amusing to note the horror—stage horror—with which those who are opposed to annexing Hawali view the addition of the Hawaiian voters to American citizen- ship. A handful at the most, comparing well with the general level of citizenship anywhere in this country, it is difficult to see where the alleged “contamination” comes in. New York's East Side alone can produce a mass of citizenship more ignor- ant, depraved and more menacing to the interests of the United States than a dozen Hawaiis, admitting the werst charges of the enemy to be true. —__+- 2 ___ Send Some to Germany. From the Baltimore Sen. Prof. Rolfs of the Florida experiment sta- tion claims that there is a fungus which mee A aio a scale, — that Langit quant of ti ‘ungus may propazat in the laboratory at a small expense. It may then be distributed to fruit growers, who can apply it whenever uired. If this proves true it will be but a few years before the scale ean be exterminated, spraying being unnecessary. Husler's Peppermints and Winter- ——— f£reers—Home-made* Caramels—Lemon, ——- Orange, Anise and Black Currant Pas- ——— tilles—Home-made Cakes and Pies, ——~ fresh every day—Apricot Wafera—ali- —— Kinds of “toothsome Crackers—Club —— House and. 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Fourth floor..Palais Royal | St'tion'y Dept.Palals Rosal | Palais Royal : Thursday’s Remnant Day The Palais Royal. omorrow’s most notable bargains will be the broken lots from the Sicher stock of Cotton Un-= iderwear, to be placed on first floor Remnant At this writing--10 a.m ELE EEL EEE EEE LL EEE EEE EEE EEE EE EEE PEPE EE PE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETT EET EEE Tables. the following: Table No. Gc Choice of any garment on this ta- | =we can teil of only Table No. 2QC Garments worth up to 75 cents Hurry for the Lawn and Cam- shall be on this table. Various styles of the Glove-fitting French “Em- pire” Corset Covers are to be here. -6¢ | Choice of these and others for. 2Q¢ bric Corset Covers, lace and especially for embroidery trimmings. All sizes in one style or Choice for.. >The unbroken lots of the Sicher stock, numbering m e and 23¢ for chefce. worth up to $2 In Other =e Dress Goods. (Second floor.) yard for remnants of G8e Black Silk and. Satin Brocades and in figures, Waist lengths nsand pieces, are on thind in four monster lots, and Chemises are Corsets. (Third floor.) Hosiery. Sizes 18 to 25 | Colored India Silks, pekings In Paris AQ “814 for $1 Quality Moire Velours, In colors mostly for evening wear, Children's Fast Black + Wool Dress Goods, colors. Plenty of a few enough ‘ard for Goce and in various styles an waist and skirt and sizes 2, 22. tton Noa full Jengths Mack Skirts. (Third floor.) Tove" then abe pa “Caen (Third floor.) dog oe etc. fancy’ borders. Some slightly solled. a Costumes. (Third floor.) for 4-sard pieces for Le Grand’s Brilliantine for the hair, with fiy-front Flannel seven of them. for Pe:fume Atomizers and Puff Boxes maining $8.98 Suits. pretty mixed aes Ribbons. yard for maker's surplus sto ces of Fancy Many tn plain colors, Leng counter fill For Home. worth up to de fn all the wa in center aisle, Silk, Serge and Mo- for Cups and sizes In one style or $1 a for gh he “Trimmings. $3. .50 = $5.00 | for choice of those Garnitures—that fob lot here at 49 for cho! and Braided Boleros, are worth up to $1 a fully decorated. Laces. |. ond Terchon Lace Edges oth. AML sizes from Tantus two platen, $2 fr fora $5. § Brass Coal Hod, Some worth 12e y Jackets. mm crinkled effect. . pink and blue the colors, tor showing marks 0 weason's. styles. Seibie stitched Second Fioor. 2 oad tats Veilings. yard for 25e and nieasure white and colors. remnants—whole pieces. : ‘These are fmaporters’ 2 are still he that the price is only Linen Bleached Seo Table Damask. For Men. Embroideries. yard for Stperior Embroideries, white and black and white =ffects. Some were 25c a yard. Remnants, but very each or 500 for any three for $2.25—but slight- are 42 to 46 in Shir and Drawers. each or $1 fe 35c ¢ 1 oe Handkerchiefs. for Ladies’ and Children’s All-white 5c Handkerchiefs. ..18e each or 50e three 25¢ Handkerchiefs. Kid Gloves. $1 quality Kid Gloves. in rizes 6%. Black, white 18c p Soe ‘and the various colors. “ Jewelry. ee eS Somer eee are Brooches, Stick Pins, Cuff a | irs. ewereore _Housekeeper: A ; i ‘Listen! | 5 We are having a MID- Hq WINTER CLEARING ; SALE. If you have ever : dealt with us you will i know what that means— § A you will know that it / F | means many a dollar to be { saved. The prices are phe- j nomenal—a perfect rev- | elation. It would never do * for you to miss such a. chance. Credit is free and un-, limited. We will make the | : terms just as you wish. Look around the hous and make a list of what * : you want. This is the gTeatest opportunity in the world to get it. House & } Herrmann, © Complete :Housefurnishers, Seventh and ISts. N. |.W.! a i JASIS, 95c Per 14 Doz. 3 : 22, Our daily special offers are meeting with aa = immediate reapense! ‘These the finest 2 2 James on the market, and cost consider * + ably more elsewhere. "t ipereased th * * price of our famons Floar yet fy Sul $6.50 bbl. Only hit flour on th: market at this price Cc. W. Barker, 1210 F. £9: You’ ve never! known wraps to sell for as little before —and notwithstanding we ex- tend you the privilege of easy payments and ask you nothing extra for it. The en- tire stock of wraps is em- braced below—cut way be- yond cost. $3 -98—for jackets sold up to $16. Choice of Nght end dark tan covert coats, with plaid Mned backs —half-stlk Hined and all-silk Mned black and blue ‘heviots—some with velvet inlaid collars —others with high storm collars- warm Irish frieze Jackets and Mack bow i : = garments which sold up to $16—for 53.098 $6. 50—for j jackets sold up to $24. Chee of handsome black and bine silk-lined and half silk-lined kerseyn, —som® with strap seams some fanc z imperted tan coverts, fine black bouctes hed—the most fashionable garments of the season, whteh sold for as high as $24 for $6.50. This includes every high price garment in the house $9 -98-Hor capes which 2 sold up to $8. Chotee of lot of handse viot capes—with the new “k—extra full—which sold up t of $6. wt $2.98—a reduct $3° -98—for capes which sold up to $12. Choice of a lot of caterpillar capes— all silk-ned--trimmed with Thibet fur ¢ re" pleat back—which sald up to $12—for $3.98—a reduction of $8. i Hecht&Com ad 515 Seventh Street PPPOE it Special ‘s Thursday. For an elegant assortment ot Chocolates, Bon Bons, Alm: Jellies, Nongat, &e., &e 25c. lb. ape ge most popular special, See wiv: dow display. 9 921 F St. and Gilll’s, 1333’ pa. Ave. GUIs Preserved Ginger, so popular. fed-8t* Furs Cut. EAVY “mark-downs” throughout the stock. "Twill pay you to buy Furs for winter of 1898-99 wear at theye reduced prices. ‘These are fine furs. 125 30-in. Beaver Cape. Now.... $90.00 150 22-in. Chinchilla Cape. 00 Ermine Cape, long ends. $50 164, Black ‘Marten Cape Sealskin Jackets... » S0-in, Mink Cape. Black Marten and Mink Seart anit, 22 tale, Now. . Half Sheared Coney Capes. B.H. Stinemetz & ‘Son, cl | E'iatters, 1237 Pa. Ave. i 1) fe9-28d x EERE EREESES = Coal Is Best and “Shoots the Chute” * ¢ —and sayes you dirty sidewalks and the ex- ** pense of putting your coal away. Full CXEREREEEEEREEOED + Selene, ae easy burning everlasting coal * at summer prices. Telepbone 476,