Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1898, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1898—14 PAGES. . The Clearance Sale in the Carpet Dept. This is the climax to the fall and winter trade. All drop patterns of Carpets—odd lots of rugs, ete., must get out. Their room is more value than their com- pany now—and the sacrifices we make to gain.that room are such as are never known at any other sea- son. Wilton — Carpets — the de in the w” 8 $1.50 Axminster uality—in locks | spl . $1.25 ki al For the these Axminster Carpets stock largest of Beautiful desizis pets that sell yard . for $2 Hi house. HI Hf $1.65 Wilton Carpets. .$1.174 $1.15 Velvet Carpets. .. ..8ge. $1.00 Smith Moquette.. ..85¢. 31.35 Body Brussels $1.25 Body Brussels. .. .874c. goc. Tapestry Brussels.. ..75¢. sc. Tapestry Brussels. .62}c. | 75c. Tapestry Brussels. .523c. n —- | Ingrain Carpets. it yards F Ingrain. “yards our cc Alieppo Ingrain. These xi y ularly Goe. Spe ES ) English Felt Art | | Japanese Rugs. 2-in t Keystone Rugs. \ @ by Itt... _$12.30 SERIE pte re il itt : patierns, will ge in this sale at less || Russia Rugs. ree shane | \ Pa Paneer ere $18.00 i, Moauette Rugs. i Will “White Goatskin Rug i slightly damaged. ..... .$1.15 | } Cottage Carpets. : toc. yd. 200 y Stripe Cott Special 4x5 yds i y V ° F St. Cor. 11 Storage, 22d & I Sts. 4i- Cube include 1, 2, 3 and 4- quart sizes. Special at. . 4oc. Fig Pulp..... elbeG 6oc. Italian Creams 22282 1 ANOTHER LOT OF HOT | WATER BAGS—hetter than the | 7 Candy Day last invoice. These are in every | Tomorrow! way guaranteed for one year and | Special for Tuesday—Sperior are worth irom g8c. up to $2.50, | Peanut Pritthe—25c. kind.ge. a Ib. | | 49c, The Special Happenings At the Bon Marche-Temorrow + Should make it your destination when down town. Especial at- tention is called to the remarkably low prices we are quoting on Dress linings and “finding No woman with an eye to economy 5; can afford to overlook the money saving we proffer you. [ee ee ee ee ee ee oe ee eo ° : ts ry Dress Findings and Linings Less Than Ever. ¥ Ite. WARREN'S WAIST FEATHERBONDB. Se. Rustle Perealine, el & be. yard | . dozen | § Te. Quality Silest: for.Ge ‘6 le. Faney Pereasilk, 37 inches 4 for Be. Roman Striped Pe ‘ cs % for Se. m red Perealine. ‘ 3 plece Black Back Figured é ‘ piece 2 : ing. 6 @ tor Seas and I5e. Lim By as + Dress Shield pair 1 : pion i 1 lk All-wool Black Moreen, 25. r. Cotten Moreen, fast black. .1214¢. ry W-inch Genuine Herringbone Haircloth, z 18-inch Genuine French Haircloth, 3c piece | quality .... eases -26e. 3 4 * Closing Out White Good Z osiIng Uu Ite WOOdS. A Lot of Cross-bar Muslin, In- dia Linen, Lace Striped Linen and $ Nainsook. Well worth 15c., 18. fff] d # Nainsoo 3 c. a yard. « 3 ter ee rr cer Neoe: see 3 : x Lees rder Literty Silk. im black, white ond cclers — 44 ‘é gan eee aera ee coe w 44ce. yd. § Valenciennes Liees yards to the plece—regular p i. plece— & ‘ morrow the very spectal price per 18c. s ‘ 4 F, ‘ 1 Disss Buttons reg- ‘ ‘ fale ornare oe 100. dz ‘ Odd in steel, ol ° $ and Jet ihebeat, eed 3c. a Lot of Jeweled Trimming—all new patierns—regelar Se, styles—for. ons—every concelvable color—worth 25e. and 35c, each—for...,... 19c¢, exelue ive patterns in Colored Military Frogs—wor THE BON MARCHE, ‘Your Store.” 314-16 Seventh. | ee ie ee he eee ee oe “Your Store.” H ‘ ‘ « 5 : 9 r You Are Losing foney infallible Cure For Corns. It takes out both hard and soft corns without every day you use steam ++ 2°! the slightest pale’ #8. S2? Bower the biggest and “most . Laxative “Bromo” Qut- success printing p and nine, 5 Good Hatr Co: ay laundries in Washington will Brushes. 250. 9 “i rn Cure, tell you that they find electric Geed Whisk Broow: 1 power not only cheaper, bat bet- Joe. “Rosemary Balas 5c. fer than steain power | - Our representative will also tell you some Interesting facts riding electrie power if sou - eeee STEVENS’, oth and Pa. Aye. HOT CHOCOLATE, 5e. cup. eee see see see wil ate or ‘phone usking him = mbb-14d_ nes Se U.S. Electric Lighting Co., | .ij."e)2miust dayne would i witnoat « e133 tath St. N.W,, Phone, 1877. owned ‘sppetizer and Invigorator. of Bs: Beware wnterfelts. Ask for the gemuine ; ae factured by Dr. J. G. By Siegert & Sola.” THE NEGRO AND SUFFRAGE A Plea for Fair Play to the Black Voter in the Southern States. Education Demanded for Both Races Alike and Citizenship to Rest Squarely on Qualifications. Prof. Booker T. Washington, president of the Tuskegee, Ala., Institute, for the agricultural and industrial training of the negro youth of Alabama, sent the follow- ing letter on the suffrage question to the Louisiana constitutional convention: “TUSKEGEE, Ala., February 19, 1898. “To the Louisiana State Constitutional Convention: fi “In addressing you this letter I know that I am running the risk of appearing to meddle with something that does not con- cern me. But since I know that nothing but sincere love for our beautiful south- land, which J hold as near my heart as any of you can, and a sincerer love for every black and white man within her borders, is the only thing actuating me to write, I ara willing to be misjudged, if need be, if I can accomplish a little good. “But I do not believe that you, gentle- men of the convention, will misinterpret my motives. What I say will, I believe, be sidered the same earnest spirit in which I write. “I am no politician. On the other hand, I have always adv il my race to give attention to acquiring property, intelli- gence and character as the nec ry ba ef good citizenshiy rather t mere political agitation. But the question vhick L write is out of the ry politics. s the ciy alone, but for It is up in the very long time to. come. region of duty of man to man, of Christian to Christian, ince the war no opportunity to tion as far te has had such an ettle for all time the race it concerns polit Will your the world in this a take such high to the ne: t the south is To as he possesses gentlemen of the nvention, 1am not pleading for the negro alone, but for the morals, the higher life of the white man as well, for the more I study this question the more I am con- vineed that it is nel so much a question as to what the white man will do with the t regro will do with civilization. agrees Ww you that it is the sab of the south on be put upon the jot. have two seri problems before you—ignorant and corrupt govern- ment on the one hand, and on the other a way to restrict the ballot so that control will be in the hands of the intelligent wi respect? Will L just grounds ne: this. out ard ti With the sincere with you in your efforts to fi y of the difficulty, I want io thet no state in the sonth can . t will provide opportunity or ym for an igne nt white man to nd withheld the same opportunity n ign t d man wit i both men. can ring for white man in ing the u just rk more per- than to the operty at no one e clothed with state thority will be tempted to pe 2 grede himself by putting one - tion upon it for the whi and another for the black man the history the sor there h ter of vot will find most dishonesty in t there you will find today both races, to th murd white man, t you not to will prove an eternal of your children “No man can have respect for gover tand of the law when he knoy deep down ir nis heart that the e: .of the franchis» is tainted with fraud “The road that the south hi pelled to el during the and then Pass suc ‘nh strewn with th been as one inte the distant when the world will aT real character of the burden 1 upon the south when 4,- 3 *s, ignorant and impoverish- given the franchise. No people been given such a problem to History had blazed no path through hat could be followed. For ave wandered in the wil- are beginning to get out. there Is but one road out, and ail ifts, expedients, ‘profit and loss cal- culations,’ but lead Into the swamps, quick- , quagmires and jungles. ‘There is that will lead both races out to pure beautiful sunshine, where there will be nothing to hide and nothing to e plain, ere both races can grow stron and true and useful in every fiber of their t . I believe that your convention will find this highway, that it will enact a fun- camental law which will be absolutely just and fair to white and black alike. “I beg of you further that in the degre that you close the ballot box against the ignorant that you open the school house. More than on ple of your state No state can long pros- rer when a large percentage of its citizen- But no interest of you that you do not treat us as an alien p2ople. We are not aliens. You know us. You know that we have cleared your forests, tilled your fields, d your children and pr ed your families. Ther? is an at- tachment between us that few understand. While I do not presume to be able to advis3 you, yet it is in my heart to say that if your convention would do something that would pre t for all time strained rela- tions between the two races, and would permanently settie the matter of political relations in one sovtharn state at least, let the very best educational opportunities be provided for both races; and added to this the enactment of an election law that shall be pable of unjust discrimination, at the e time providing that in proportion as the ignorant secure education, property and character, they will be given the right of citizenship. Any other course will take from one-half your citizens interest in th2 state and hope und ambition to become in- telligent preducers and taxpayers—to be- come useful and virtuous citizens. Any other course will tiz the white citizens of Louisiana toa body of death. “The negroes are not unmindful of the fact that the white people of your state pay the greater proportion of the school taxe nd that the poverty of the state prevents it from doing all that it desires for public education, yet I believe you will agree with me that ignorance is more cost- ly to the state than education—that it will cost Louisiana more not to educate her negroes than it will to educate them. In connection with a generous provision for public schools, I believe that nothing will so help my own people in your state as pro- vision at some institution for the highest academic and normal training in connec- tion with thorough training in agriculture, mechanics and domestic economy. The fact is that 90 per cent of our people de- pend unon the common occupations for their Hving, and outside of the cities 85 per cent depend upon agriculture for sup- port. Notwithstanding this, our people have been educated since the war in every- thing else but the very things that most of them live by. First-class training in agriculture, horticulture, dairying, stock raising, the mechanical arts and domestic economy will make up. Intelligent produe- ers, and rot ently help us contribute our proportion as taxpayers, but will result in retaining much money in the state that row goes outside for that which can be produced in the state. An institution that will give this training of the hand along with the-highest mental cultura will soon convince our people that their salvation is in the ownership of property, industrial and business development, rather than mere polit agitation. “The highest test of the clyilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand ‘to the less fortunate. A race, like an individual, lifts itself up. by lifting others up. Surely no ple ever had a gre chance te exhibit the highest Chris fortitude and atte tart is now presented to the people of oa ana, It requires little wisdom or states- manship to repress, to crush out, to retard | the hopes and aspirations of The =. Corner, 8th an Magket Space. ——— > S. Kann,Sons&Co. Tite STOCK MARKET At the busy corner was yery firm and active today, the largest crowd of ea i Ea eek Seat eh es ce Ad Nace heehee daa the seatoni ¥as surging for investments, esi santa plniniee iar Slane ate. Confidence brings the best results. with as-much interest by the women asa good newspaper editorial is Ps ep EATS sought for by men. We give values which are true blue and give the a eae Our advertisements are read best servicepossible. 25,000 Yards Sample Embroideries. to namnfactnrers’ somple strips—414 and 5- ney"re the whole lot, sertings. ‘They're sll widths. -Not a sirly marked from dc. to 30c. a yd. Silks. Halt the lot is made np in fine has They are piled upon the Embroidery counter {first floor) and you can p ngths. ‘There tan't a cheap quality In Nainscok end Swiss Ecdgings and In- been reserved frem t general assert: the plums. Ir ‘ambri ent. ‘They're We are gaining the strength of a modern Hercules in this depart- ment—four excellent items of unusual merit which we consider grand values. 79c. New Brocaded Gros Grains, 49c. ‘The time's very near when 49¢. Silks will be have 22 full pi of Fine Brocaded Gros. ¢ 1) full 24 wide, and eimbrac Monday we'll sell the entire lot at a d ey standard quality, the price will be. . tf a qualit it double, This ix a for lining th selection of A Guaranteed B Perfection jn silk-making, this. having the silk of which they'r ity whose cardinal virtue is w e cost Iwi oh made pull an Gibraltar, pulling or ripping! No sudden rent happens wr dress we'll give you another. quality. Worth $1.25......2. seve Linens, — 1 liberate loss—instead of asking 1.00 New Rustling Taffeta, stling Taffetas, 75c. Pal But that's a different tale from this. bas 69c.. twice heavier than half the silks offered at ek, ‘Tan, Light amply I at Z P9e. Turquoise, Gray, Cardinal, cheapness in this “quality ar. The big tailoring firms re are using it ck Taffeta, $1.00. How many women have been disappointed in their dresses by tear? This Taffetu will wear like the We stand by this silk 24 inches wine, a Another one of our progressive departihents—the entire stock is very near new. Your money never bought better value than the five specials selected for this sale. 500 doz. of Colored Bordered Fringed Napkins, 18 inches square. Special, only, SCs each -yd. W all choice fioral designs, ‘able Linen, ve ery special. 22-Ineh § Waist Department. choice patterns, Sp. flue and White Plaid T are Table Napkins, assorted patterns, full bleae _3%c. yd. 12'4e. yd. &5c. doz. SI Special We are always on the lookout for special values to place before the public in new and des able merchandise and goods that are in sea- son. Fashign has decreed that plein Sateen shall be a popular fabri ior this; season’s wear. We are prepared to show a beautiful line of fine Tailor-made Sateen Waists that are the acme of perfection. LA DIRS” CES. WAISTS. MAD! WITH FULL " ay DETACH ABLE STOCK COL Hosiery Selling Is bound to fellow an edvertisement so full of leaders as this is. Aud we're offering big induce- ments In horlery! Geods priced so low and qual- | itied so high that the sixpence never did such niinble service as {t can now. Children's Fast Black Ribbed Cotton Hose. made for soungsters who kucek about, Full Bo seamless. Worth 12% St ers ° A better Child's Stocking, with double knees and heels, perfectly seamless. Will hold its color tll the last horn blows. Worth 18¢. as Ile. Here's the best Child's Hose that Ameri knows. We'll redu m for Tuesday. They're ine and corduroy ribbed. y She 6.0% Worth ane... LSC. Ledles’ Fast Black and Tun Cotton Hose, bave dcuble soles end bigh-rpliced heels. Full regular made, Easily cheap at 25 » 14c, Ladies’ Bleck Stockings, uner wEite, double soles. Were 2: 17c. Ladies’ Fast Bi Boot Pattern Hose, with bright-colored and striped tops. All new styles. Worth 2%¢ — 18. Ladies’ Richelieu inude with double were Dic, Ladies’ Fast Black Lisle Thread Hose—Rem- brandt ribbed—white tes and double Dee white heels. Were 29¢ 35 Men's Balbriggan Hese, double toes and heels, full regular made. @ 6 Were 15e... e pair 1.19 each "$1.98 each Wais' nad SHED ¥ 98c. each Penny=Priced Notions by the M TALE illion. eign sold this sprin quantities tha . the best vi bind- in best silk Deplert’s Knitting Cottons, Lumbers, all colors styles in Feathe: , full measure. . 20 Br: fnch Corset © of Crochet UAzc. pair 4 and 2 any Dezen best sizes in Tteal cuties : Sie OCe Half-pound Bat of Good Raw Cotten Ac. Fast Red Marking Cotton, all colors.......9Ce Scotch Heat Webbing, ‘neiv pat- terns ts We Offer | Sin. Horm Bone, the best stze...2€2 GOZ. Scissors, high nickel polish 25c. ..9C. 8c. pair Finest i 9-yard piece of Belting, black or gre Dress Shields, nain- sock, with best rubber fining. . S. KANN, SONS & GO. 8th and Market Space. j highest 2nd most profound statesman- SH if shown in guiding and stimulating a people so that every fiber in body, mind and soul shail be made to contribute in the highest degree to the usefulness and nobility of the state. It is along this line that, I pray God, the thoughts and activi- ties of your convention be guided. Respect- y submitted, se fully subrROOKER T. WASHINGTON. ——__—-<e-_____— A CARRIER PIGEON SERVICE. The Treasury Willing to €o0-Operate With the Navy. The Navy Department has received a fa- vorable iesporffe from the Treasury De- partm%nt to its proposition that the light house service qe-operate with the navy in the establishment and maintenance of a system of coast signal stations, ts be op crated in ponftnetion with carrier pigeon | service, fkr use in communicating with fleets of warshfps cruising along the coasts of the Unfted States. Day signals will be provided fut all the leading light houses, capable oN beigg read ten or twelve miles at sea under fyorable weather conditions, and a system of night sigrals has been adopied capable of being translated at an even greater distance at sea. For easier communication with the authorities at Washington each of the warships will be provided with a loft of pigeons. The biras will be released whenever it is necessary, and they will fly to the cotes on shore with which they are familiar, at which place the meszage they carry will be collected by the light house keeper, and by him forwarded ‘ination. Wr ieee of war it 1s supposed that the home fleet would: keep near the coast, in order to ®e in-direct communication at all times with thé Navy Department. Pigeon eotes will be established on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The birds will be in- structed at the several navy yards, includ. ing Norfolk, Key West and Newport, and In ordinary times will be under control of the light house keeper. bin sie nth Ce at . beer exports, which were val- ual a taw ‘years since at $0,000,000, have Buil’s Cough highly recommend Dr. Thave used it for several years Born in a Snuti Mi ub the Youth's Companion, Gilbert Stuart, the artist, who made so familiar to Americans the features of Washington and his wife, was once visited by two Philadelphia artists. ‘The visit was notable from the fact that Stuart imitated the inebriate who always concluded his exhortation against drinking spirits with “Do as I tell you, not as I do.” One of the artists asked Stuart for a plach of snuff from the box in which he Was inserting a thumb and finger every few minutes, and then applying them to his nostrils. “I will give it to you,” said Stuart, prof- feritig the box, “but I advise you not te take it. Snuff-taking is a vile habit and should be avoided.” “Your practice contradicts your precept, Mr. Stuart,” answered the gentleman. “Sir, I can’t help it,” replied Stuart. “Let me tell you a story. Once I was traveling during a very dark night, and coachee dumped us in a ditch. We scrambled up, and on finding by examination that our legs and arms were unbroken, thought of the poor fellow shut up in the basket with the baggage. He was found senseless and his neck twisted awry. “A passenger began to untwist the man’s neck, that he might set his head straight on his shoulders. The senseless man, re- covered by the wrench, roared out: ‘Let me alone! Let me alone! I’m not hurt! I was born so! Gentlemen,” added Stuart, “I was born so. I was born in a snuff mil,” and he emphasized the remark by taking an enormous pinch of snuff.” “This,”” says the author of “Heiriooms in Miniature,” was literally true, as Gilbert a» Seotchman, - built the tirst snuff mill ever erecied in New Eng- land.” s : soared POPS SE ‘The German Emperor as King of Prussia has the sole right to name: streets, and he has just refused his consent to the pro- posal to call two streets after the names Langerhaus, soedondondonseesooge gondondnegeesoacerdonsoaseeseeseoseagensoeseeseoseotertensent Sordeesons Steg eafeeeet reseeseogenseeseege ” ssendeecnton sg + seefetpaee Soajeete Sreseotondoege seed sea Sregeegeegonteageet eceetpete ey = : 924, 926, 928 7th, running through to 704-706 K st. ‘Sprin Z2tneh heavy quality of fine crochet spreads for double | ws beds—in handsome — M. | “illca patterns — rez i ‘J , k E See eteeetetetetetetete tattered tteceteedetetetetete : WUWAGL = “The Dependable Store.” Silk surprises continue! Selling of spring silks has started in with a greater rush than at the beginning of any season before. You can make two deduc- tions from this fact—that the variety of fashionable silks is not echpsed by any display in town—that prices are undeniably LOW - EST. That folk come back time and time again for more silks pa the “dependableness” of the qualities—and the nce of “trash. 924, 926, 928 ath, Fe SEN ei running through $ to 704-706 K st. Diack Swiss rustle taffeta, sigus; also in satin-barred plaids 6 quality, beavy and lus. beavy rustling « Special at. OC. Special at. 48c. Black satin an ex jonally gare a | soft, quality: very heavy grade 45 pleces of ehangeable taffeta silks, hes wide. Would in every new and desirab) the heavy, rustling quality, strict ly all stk. Spec al Pat $1.00. poet seeeeee be Black gros grain silks, | finish, sup: 23 in, real Lyons dy cashinere New plaid taffeta silks, in all new de- g showing suits, skirts, waists All that is new and beautiful in ladies’ suits, skirts and waists is here. The richest cloths—ané unexcelled making—the crea- tions of the leading man tailors of the world—bought in quanti- ties so large as to stagger some big stores—and hence bought cheaply. The novelties are here in’ abundance — the stvies not shown elsewhere in town and to realize how much you are saving only a glance is needed. Skirts. $1.50 black brocaded mohair skirts, sev- Big suit value. For T FY We'll offer om newest eral new designs, Hined, stiffened TUCKED suits. full) French flare-t and beuud........... sf DE- skirts, new lap-seam jackets ef Sa all taffeta ned, $3 wide wale rough seige skirts, mary and tee, all wool. Special price.. S149 and black. Worth $5 fine black mohair sicilian skirts, - — made out of our regular 9 goods. Extra special...... $3.98 Special silk waist value. all-sitk striped taff extra we $10 brocaded sat feta skirts; esse skirts. duchesse and taf- also fine plain duch Bors 2.ceste $6.98 ne change Five big linen specials. morrow we sball put or sule a , | Cam German dom 100 domn pure linen buck towels, size which belongs ar 296. a 3 19 by 39—which have never been equaled be offered tomorrow for.. ee ee ee a a te ts ts ts BS for 15e , and of them to you } — a8 a special : | ™& Ger rapkins, which | you most pey 89e. a den for —— | where else, will he offer eee | row at. gc. Fall bhfched [nish damask, 68 inches | - wide, instezd of The Se. quality of te eresh be offered tome will be offered tomorrow as a © value at... cial . per yerd, at 3ic- Matchless upholstery values. 4 dozen solid oak scrim three-fol usnally at 15 and Ive. a yard, 4 frames, 5 ft. 10 inches high, which Will be offered tom for 11c are worth $1 and cannot be bought less any whe 1 go tomor- o = row for..... 89c. pleces of 26-inch silke os won't get st and most artist t for which you us aginehle—wh will be offered ton less than morrow for. ~ make shades te 4 pleces of 26 and 40-inch dot swiss. ive colored, or white dot designs which sells bed Unusual wear values. o8e es rrow Big notion values. There’s a big difference between our prices and on notions—a difference which you might as well c. row’s special values point to a saving in every instance. to share them. other stores. Tomor- here Be ards of 24nch mohair trim ich as everywhere 2 vard, will be put on sale tomorrow as a special value a of the best nic red tome © large balls of darning cotton, in white, black and tan, fered tomorrow will be of- Smith's English will be | Di xter’s tdy ee cold tomorrow, per paper, for omly... 3C. | be sold. per Sea “Get It At Mertz’s.”’ i you seek to dress well—a lessen your clothing bills—come to sce us. Begin with an inspection of our made-to-order Spring Covert Coats at § 12, or our line of made-to-order Spring Top Coats at ouly§ 1 0. The surpassing values will win us your trade—tailoring” ex- asoede reSeaRoetvetveteonioatestoatoete + Eee clusively. $ Mertz & Mertz, : “New Era’’ Tailors, 906 F Street N.W. : Ptettrintete Take Care of Yor Sein - ° If your skin is not as good as It should ou need sometting te Temovs very ws ———isbh—and make it seft and white. “If your complexion is peed. a ier bremerve it Tadnewens Cow TON CREAM ts best in elther Evane’ Drug Storeturas DR FRANCK iy (RAINS OF HEALTH as ates “ar ie we