Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1898, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1898-16 PAGES, AND SONS. * MOSES F st. cor. 11th. Mattresm Factory, Ist and D. | Fu Reductions That'll Prove Factors in Trade. There’s no “deadwood” or any- thing of the “sticker” variety, as it's called here, so when we make reduc- tions it means a sacrifice of fine, de- sirable goods—goods that make the reductions appreciated. They may be short stocks or odd patterns we wish to close out—but none the less desir- able for that. Many good chances in today’s list of reductions. Ladies’ Desks. dainty Quartered Oak Desk, with scroll carving on lid—and pigeon hole interior, bigh polish finish The equal of most $6 and $7 desks, for............ ‘The same Desk in Bird's-eye Maple F ry. 12th & B. Stornge, 221 & M. Avery little Ladies" Mahoguny-finish Desk. Re- = ‘thiced from $5 to $3.45 $11 Mabogany-finish and Quartered Oak Desks, with French legs an one drawer. : Very Large Heavy Mahogany-finish Desks, with cubinet and mirror top. ‘Worth $10... Mahogany-finish $28, for... Odd Chai Gold Reception Chair, with uphol- gc stered seat. 95' Gold Reception Chair, with gold = cane seats worth $3.55, for... $2.25 Receation Chair, rove, blue oF Sy 73 white, worth $3.00 73 Sfolstered bent, Worth $436..°. $3.25 Opec EE ets $325 mednene wert enter tees 93-95 Corner Chair, in damask H Worth $2.90 White and Brass Beds. Odd sizes we're closing out. Prizes for whoever buys. White and Brass Bed, 3-foot size. . $1.99 $2.99 $4 White Gin. size. $7 White end Brass Bed, ¢-ft. Gin. size $6 White and Brass Bed, 3-ft. ft. Gin. and 4-ft. Gin. sizes. A special hair-top Mattress $3.00 It W. B. MOSES & SONS. SPOTS PET OSS FOO CHEE ECD It’s Far Better - todo without glasses altogether than to wear those that are not suited to your eyes. PicAllister« Feast? Opticians, 1311’ F St. 3 ap7-284 ba Oe oe Re ee Remember, you'll run no risks when we launder your colored shirt waists or fancy shirts. We guarantee to wash them without fading under the penalty of paying for all we fade. Let us know when to call for your bundle. *Phone 592. Frazee’s undry, Main Ome, 1214 and 1216 D St. 605, st. 2109 M st. 1822 14th st. "Phone 582. ap7-20d Tre Custom of Card= giving at Easter Is 2 pretty fashion that year by year is on the increase. For those ‘seeking ‘an appro- priate Easter Card or Novelty—-we'd partic- ularly call thelr attention to cour very band- some exhibit. A dainty, handsome assort- ment that can’t help but please you. C. C. PURSELL’S, 418 Ninth st. Go to Siccardi’s FOR BARGAINS IX HUMAN HAIR. Hair Switches at Great Ba: 00 Switcbes reduced te $1.50. 00 Switches reduced to 00 Switches reduced to $5.00. Gray and White Hair reduced in same proportion. Ime. Siccardi, 711 11th st., next to Palais Royal. Get the boy’s ‘Easter suit here. We consider our children’s de- partment as handsome and complete as any hereabouts. Since we put in the elevator—and enlarged our second floor—our chil- dren’s business has been constantly growing—'til today it’s one of the most important branches of our busi- ness. And it isn’t luck or accident that's making it prosper—but the class of goods we're handling—and the very low prices we ask. Cheap clothing isn’t scarce—good clothing cheap is quite another thing —and only to be found here. Bring the boy here for his Easter suit—we'll give you the biggest dol- Jar's worth you ever knew. Two styles of “Vestie” 5] 48 suits for children, ages 4 to 8, at $1.48. They're worth $2.00— that’s what others ask. - : al for natty blue cheviot sailor $I ot ae aed with red. They're all wool—fast color—and regular $2.50 values. $2-48 for blue sailor suits—with extra large réd collars. These are sightly little garments— fine. fitting—and carefully made. $3.50 is as little as you ever bought their equals for—you'll say so whea you see them. ate A for blue an lack suits $2 = suitable for confirmation. All-wool and _perfect-fitting—just such suits as you’d expect to find marked $4.50. 48 for perfect-fitting blue and $3 = black worsted confirmation suits. You've always paid $5 for suits of this character—and you'll be asked that now in many stores. for a hundred or more $4.98 styles that you'll be asked as high as $7.50 for elsewhere. In this $4.98 grade you'll find all the season’s novelties in vestie—blouse —and reefer suits for the “young- sters”—and_ single and double- breasted styles for the older boys. Eiseman Bros. Cor. 7th and E Sts. N. W. No branch store in Washington. It t = Beveridge’s, 1215 F St. Vases Are Appropriate Gifts For Easter. Flowers are as essential —— to Easter as wine is to a —— feast. But Vases are re- quired to hold them—to properly display them. Nothing would be more acceptable to your lady friends than a tasteful, pretty Vase. Our stock of Vases is complete and comprises innumerable designs in all kinds of ware, including rich cut glass and rich cut Pear glass sterling silver mounted, Bohemian, Aus- trian, Venetian, Italian and English ware, etc— richly decorated. 12-inch Rich Cut Glass Vases, $2.50. We have several styles of Vases at 25¢., 50c. and 75c. each. Very pretty and desirable. TTT HT < ases Half Price. On our half-price tables Great Reduction In Hair. onset ac Eadie ray 5. Gray Switches, $4.50. formerly Pirst-class attendants in Hairdressing, . Shampooing, etc. 1 Hats * a it Regenerator for restoring gray hair. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N. W. ap16-208 SHOES of absolute comfort, exact fashion, unequaled wear. For Ladies and Men. 3.50, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00. Hygienic School Shoes, hand-made, on the broad sole Inst. Seles extended to save the uppers. Date of sale on lining shows how long they wear. BURT'S, 1411 FSt, Arthur Burt. ape-3t on first and second floors we have several styles of Vases—handsome and desirable—but as these patterns have ceased to be manufactured, we are closing taem out AT HALF PRICE. {7 DON'T FAIL TO SEE THEM. w. Beveridge, £1215 F St. & 1214 G St. } Dulin & Martin, Managers. —_ Delicious Cream Molded in especially appro- ee Le Se ee eee ee ee ACA bbbbdd : i : t | i : : t : : : ite fc a = for | Uae Ducks snd Rabehe—act cn ap Old Hen and 6 Chicks. in Easter he Dessert. 1427 9 N.Y.Av, Take “S. & S.” It's a certain and : * eure for Rhen- Rheumatic Remedy matism oft, lt te For Rheumatism. tie. Birney’s Catarrh Powder, 39c. Vin Mariana, ‘80c. Sutherland Sisters’ Hair- Grower, Se. and ‘T5e. bottle. Stevens’ Pharmacy, COR. 9TH AND PA. AVE. ‘ap7-144 4 SOUND MIND GOES‘ pe a fowara“it more’ than ‘the usg' et ENGOSTORS BITTERS, the world-renowned a apd ip- Ysorstor mawatactured caly: by Dr. 3. G. B. EAGER EXPECTATION Great Interest Shown in the Coming Wash- - ington Horse Show. Additional Purchases of Boxes for the Event by Prominent Peopfe— Close Contests Assured. While nearly a month must elapse beiore the Washington horse show begins at Con- vention Hall, almost as much eager and in- terested expectation is being suown in the event by society people and “‘horsey’’ peo- ple, to use that word in no offensive sense, as if the doors were about to open. While the sale of boxes and season seats on the first day of the sale at Guzman’s, in Droop’s music store, showed beyond doubt that the fashionable world was alive to the importance of the occasion, this proof has been further accentuated by further pur- chases. Senator Foraker has taken box No. 48, Senator McMillan No. 50 and Gen. A. D. Cushing No. 65, on the west side, in the line with the box tendered to President McKinley, and across the ring opposite Thomas Nelson Page has secured box No. 11, Mrs. B. H. Warder No. 13 and \.ayne McVeagh No. 20. Manager Field and Secretary Frederick May are kept busier than ever answering the inquiries of prospective exhibitors, and the assurance is felt on all sides that the vagious classes will fill with many entries, and will result in close and interesting contests between the equine cracks. In the high steppers, appointment and jumping classes there will be particular animation, as Many gentlemen, as well as ladies, who bave wide reputations in these particular classes, have signified their intention. of taking chereces fcr more riboons and prizes. President Frederic C. Stevens, who is now in the west, will return to Wash- ington Sunday, and he is expected io reach a decision shcrily after his homecoming regarding the hackneys he will have brought down from Maplewood. Many ambitious eyes are being turned longingly on the four-in-hand trophies, and from present indications a number of famous whips will teol in this part of the tourna- ment. ‘The Masonic fair and exposition closes an amrly sufficient time before the horse show opens to permit the arrangement and Gecoration of Convention Hall in accord- ance with the importance of the show, and this important work is now being planned. —_.- COREANS UNDER FIRE. ‘They Meet the Test With Imperturb- able Good Nature. Iowa Circle and vicinity was thrown into a state of excitement about 9:30 o'clock this morning by the discovery of flames breaking from the third-story windows of the Corean legation, No. 1500 13th street. Ar alarm from box 237, at 12th and O streets, quickly summoned steamers 7, 9 and 1 and truck D to the scene, and a line of hose was run through the entrance to the mansion and up the stairway to the ccrner room fronting Iowa Circle and 13th street, to which the flames were confined. Expert work by the firemen kept the fire from spreading beyond this apartment, but it was completely wrecked ahd the furni- ture it contained destroyed. The fire was caused from a defective chimney. The inspector of chimneys had notified the occupants to remedy its de- fects a week ago, warning them that it was dangerous. This was not done, how- ever, and the fire this morning was the re- sult. The Corean minister, his wife and the other members of the household were down stairs when the flames were discovered. Mrs. Ye immediately went to a neighbor- ing house on P street, where sire stood on the steps watching the crowd and the smoke. She wore a fez with a red tassel and carried a bundle in purple silk cover- ing. Minister Chen Pom Ye was not at all excited. When the firemen came some young men living in the neighborhood had already arrived and were removing the furniture and papers from the room under the burning apartment into another large room across the hall. The minister viewed these exciting scenes with imperturbable, calmness but undisguised approval. When Mr. Francis Vaughn, who resides in the neighborhood, and who had led in the work of removing the articles from the second-story room, came down from above, the minister greeted him warmly. “You are so strong!” he said. “Are you tired?” Mr. Vaughn assured him he was not, and the Corean was highly gratified. The damage by the fire amounted to about 4500, but from the calm and unruf- fled manner in which the minister accepted it an average man would have imagined it was not more than two bits. — College Base Ball Notes. + The Maryland Agricultural College team defeated the Virginia Military Institute nine at Lexington, Va., yesterday, 18 to 7. Princeton's nine played a close game with the Baltimore league team yesterday, at Baltimore, being beaten by 9 to 7. The University of Pennsylvania nine be- gins a series of away-from-home games to- day, playing Vanderbilt University at Nashville. Games follow with Georgia, North Carolina and Georgetown, April 13. Princeton will play Georgetown tomor- row. ———__ An American Vesuvius. From Leslie's Weekly. The new model American mortar battery, as now installed at Sandy Hook, presents many novelties, we might say, in the art of ordnance hitherto as yet unpracticed. When the sixty mortars are fired at once, as is the design, Sandy Hook will be a new rival to Vesuvius. And as each shot is twelve inches in diameter and weighs half a ton, one can see what an annoying thing it will be for an enemy’s fieet to encounter our mortars on,a summer's day. These “barkers’’ are to be put in one circuit and fired from armored turrets placed in out-of- the-way localities that command a full view of the approaches to New York har- bor from the sea. And as the channels are spaced off into imaginary squares, the offi- cer, with his plane tables and range finder, simply follows the enemy’s boats with his telescope. When the instrument locates the fleet on a certain square the telescope connects a circuit that fires a pit previous- ly ranged on that certain square. As these pits are deep in sand, surrounded by natu- ral scenery, it is hard even for a ~andy Hook officer to go off shore and locate one. The only weak spot is the Atlantic High- lands, from which, if an enemy should cap- ture ft, the shelling of the “Hook” could be done. But to take the Highlands would be very difficult. It is intended that the mortar shells shall be fired into the air at such an angle that they will drop upon the enemy’s decks. No ship has yet been built that can resist such an attack. Curiously enough, after.they have been fired you suddenly see them at a great height, sailing along together like a flock of geese. They as suddenly disappear '- midair and strike at your feet at almost the same time. As each discharge costs about $50,000 for the entire sixty pieces, one hour’s active work foots up a cost of $1,000,000, or, for a day’s work, at $10,000,- 000. One can therefore see that Uncle Sam has powder to burn. ————_+o-+____ The Poet and the Jackpot. From the Pocket Magarit ‘The editor of a well-known conservative American magazine was once traveling with a steamboat party up the Nile. All the men except himself were playing poker. “Mr. Smith” opened an $80 jackpot. At that moment the poetical editor rushed in and asked the party to come out to look at the sunset. The poetical editor has good taste in such matters, so they all left the table. “Mr. Smith,” from habit born of varied experience, took his hand with him. Half an hour was spent in contemplating the sunset. When the game was to be re- sumed ‘Mr. Smith” couldn't find his hand. le had laid it down somewhere, probably m deck, and the cards were at that mo- ment floating in the Nile. Nobody had even a pair of jacks, but, after a council of war, it was decided to give the $80 to the man who had a pair of eights. “Mr. Smith” has always insisted that the poet owes him $80. ‘It matters little what it is that you want a situation “want” ad. in 1.e Star will reach: the person who can fill your need. 924, 926, 928 7th, running through to” e 704-706 Kose 2OO9SO - Bi OO Eas The Easter spirit prevades as quickly success of expectations—greater than we our best to please you and from Easter. Large bunches uf Yoliage—the 25c. value~special Saturday price, 15 cents. Fine qualit; horn fiats—shall go at special turday rice of = 48 cents. Jetted quills—instead of 15c.—shall go for 9c. each, e @ GOSOSHOGSHS9SO DOO 80000 © Easter—and we shall make the © Qs ie The special values offer a appreciate the offerings. Boys’ suits, $1.98 Tomorrow we offer you the choice of a lot of boys’ fine double-breasted suits, including reefer styles—in sizes from 4 to 8 years—stylishly trimmed with brald— and also other styles in sizes up to 16 years. ‘These garments are made in the Most careful manner—are full of worth and wea:—and splendid suits in every way —nobby spring effects — and tomorrow you may take your choice for $1.98 Boys’ suits, $2.98 Tomorrow we offer you the choice of a splendid assortment of boys" B-plece vestie $16.00 Suits, $10.98. Comprising: English covert and broadcloth suits—all jack- ets are changeable or black taf- feta lined throughout, skirts have best linings; some are piain and some are tucked; have. strap. seam or braided. Are in black, navy, green, sage, new blue, tan, brown and mode. Every one has that finish that only men tailors can’ give. i $10.98 them: Here-tomor- Tow for... .. es desirable silk luster—good linlogs—and the go at..., : ded taffeta silk skirts, variety. of few designs <- percaline lined and. new flare back worth $6.00—tomot Tow... $3.98 Brocaded taffeta silk skirts, ish patterus—best linings and vel- vet bound—worth $8.00-—tomorrow satin Handsome brocaded and plain duchesse skirts—also figured gros grain silk skirts—it makes no difference what your taste !s, for a stylish skirt you can be suited amongst this immense _ va- they’ riety. worth $9 and $10— .95 go a $6.95 o e © ° e o e o @ e o o @ 6 o S o : e » : @ 2 e o e o 3 o o @ @ © S 3 Jackets. {1-wool covert jackets, all silk or satin lined "any color—haye inlaid velvet col- nounced in,the millinery department. If you have not been served you should have in the past few days plcase overlook it and consider how great the crowds of Easter shopping. The this new department is encouraging. doing so. Special Easter offerings are made for the last day before All hats trimmed free of charge. Saturday’s special Easter values in boys’ clothing. Tomorrow’s the last day you can buy the boy new apparel for 924, 926, 928 7th, running through to 704-706 K st. “The Dependable Store.” rmillinery galore the whole store—but it most pro- It is beyond all had the least idea. We are doing your expressions we know we are Bunches of velvet pansies — 3 large nao and 3 buds—yellew and purple— turday, 39 cents. Ladies’ dress hats in Neapolitan, tape and Bunena braid and French chips— $1 values—for Saturday, 75 cents. day of special interest to every mother by naming specially reduced prices. splendid opportunity to dress up the boys for Easter at a substantial saving—and those who want to have the “little men’ of the house look to the best advantage will sults—made of all-wool Assabet flannel, in rich combinations—vests and collars—in sizes from 3 to 8 years—and also mixed cheviot suits with solid color vests, trim- med with soutache braid—which aiso in- boys’ suits in sizes from 8 to mixtures and plaid Tomorrow. we offer a lot of boys’ white laundered shirt waist which :2ll usually at for only... Boys’ new Windsor ties—in ev de- sirable spring shade—including the new plaids in light and dark patterns—already tled — with rubber fastenet we 25¢. offer tomorrow for... ve ZC Specials in Easter ready-made suits, skirts, waists and jackets. $20 suits, $12.98. Imported cheviot suits, in navy and Dlack—jackets and skirts handsomely lined out With either changeable or black for $12.98. $8.00 suits, $5.98. Are made of all-wool covert—Jackets all silk lined—the skirts have the new flare back-—co include tan, new biue, brown and gra, $10 suits, $6.75. ‘These suite are tailor made—el shade of navy and good black—jackets all satin lned—skirts percaline lined and flare cut—$6.75 instead of $10. Skirts and waists and jackets. e Sicilian skirts—elegant quality and have that Black bayadere stripe Stic! wee Se 2.5 0 lars, in light and dark tan, new blue and brown—this Jacket Children’s plain cloth reefers, with deep collars and fancy braiding—tan, $1.98 red and blue—worth §$2.75........ “ ney mixtures in all colors in child- reefers—plain—deep collar to match braided—worth ‘| $6 & $7 silk waists, $4.98 They're on tables and comprise — fetas. checks and stripes and changeable ta! in all the new spring combinations and colors—also black taffeta and satin waists plain tucks — af blouses and silk collars. a the zateat shapes—new style tops— Special Eastershoesale The shoe man has never before made such an effort to bring you unusual values for tomorrow. can easily see by reading the details below. Easter souvenirs will be pre- _ sented the children free and everybody will be happy. We are doing the shoe business dif- ferent from the other stores in that we are guaranteeing every pair “If any crack or break before the ae are worn through we shall give a new pair if they're return- of shoes that leaves the store. Ladies’ black and tan oxford ties, made of ‘vicl and chrome kid, an opera, round Tage d and all the Sl 49 stylish sbapes—regular values—reduced to. S ‘turned and hand-sewed ox- fords and shoes—black, tan and brown—on easy the 3 $1.98 Ladies’ hand-made 4 and oxfords— ight light and medium we! soles, kid or Vesting tops, patent leather. kid and SE "$2.08 Canned fruits and vegetables at less than you’ve ever paid. Very good quality pie ‘bes —th: all over for Wve.—be: can. ent Me Fall three-pound cans of the Champ brand tomatoes, 9c. can. ee Nery best quality small sifted pene gest quality small sifted carly June Extra fine quality sugar corn—a regul: priced article at 10c.—7e. —— Extra quality peaches—warranted to be full three-pound cans, a: t fu pone nd a treat on any Petit pois or French peas—the finest on the market—sell lar —Sat- unlay only I2tge. cane? fF Tear Sale of Easter ribbons. No tims now to run al here at once—because thi that we do rot sell the * the special valves 3-inch all-silk satin ribbons —in those shades which fashion has pronounced proper for this spring. For day lic. ya. Easter gloves. Ladies’ 2-clasp kid cloves—in black, white, tam, rel and eray..t OQC. t for Easter ribbons. ‘y know of the hi cheap”, poor grad Ladies’ 2-clasp, 4-lutton and 4-hook kid gloves in black, white, ray. butter, mente tan, red and gieea—fully wuar- antecd—and tried on at our Fisk, $1.00 Children’s 2-clasp kid gloves- every pair guarantced—at Easter corsets. 50 dozen heavy corded and boned white corsets, made by the C. Company—a regular 50 8 styles of the new aris-shape corset, in Thompson, were R. & G. and Amert- can Lads, in white and black at... 95C+ Complete Mne of all the popular makes, such as Thompson, R. & G. yf “CB.” and the Tadics’ Isle thread—fast lack—Rich- elleu—ribbed fast black, polka dot—fast color—piain and drop-stitch—tan and and plain white and Bulbrizgan— al jack 25¢. fast black, eel — = regular 1 and children’s double-sole high-spliced. h bade regular 2% Men’s Easter fix- ings. At Easter-tide the men’s furnishing de- Partment shires forta with particular bril- Mancy. You’ save about half the usual prices by coming here instead of the ex- elusive men's stores. Our showing ts the Most complete we could possibly gather— and embraces every wanted style in men's wear. The Easter neck= wear. What a splendid line of neckwear we have—the most complete showing you could care to choose from. AN the newest and most desirable styles are her—the men's stores don't show any better or more varied assortment. Ali the newest shapes—the new spring pufis, ‘Tecks, four- in-hands— you'll find here. ODE SEES Easter hosiery. rade character of the ribbons we sell ~that ouly the all-silk sort Is sold. Here are 4%-inch double-faced lack satin sash Tibben 506 regular = value— o for Saturday.” wes 39. yd. a4 & % How he has succeeded you Misses’ hand-sewed shoes—opera, round > and coin toes tipped with patent leather & —all sizes—piccly made a Ruimbed- kid or cloth top — the best ie Saas $1.69 lar price, $2—reduced to.. ° € Youths’ spring-heel Ince shoes—biack or tan — ‘ade with extra” back = straps Ssneoth inner soles, dc.—new- & est and nobbiest shapes — worth $1.75 — special $1.2 € om TES Ser °. . Misses’ and children’s tan sboes—opera g and ‘coin tor—ninde of soft ‘and plinhle stock —newest shade—-sizes SS 8 to 11 onty—Osc. Sixes $1 23 & 11g to 2 to-go for....... ° & € € Special prices for Easter gifts. Choice of four styles of Dlates—special Easter d edge novelty ons Se, four styles egg-sbape puff hand decorations 1c. four styles of novelty night lamps—complete with burners, shades and Wleks—I7e, Handsome cut glass rns in crystal bouquet and Lily vases, - Elegant Vienna china frait pates—benu- tiful rations—with lace edges—I2%gc, Rich cnt glass patterns of Water pitebers—regular 25e. val half-gation jue—12ige. Those who have ever beught here will come -know 4-inch very fine quality all-silk moire taffeta ribbens—25 different Golors and shades—for Satur- ay 25c. yd. Special values have been prepared for tomorrow-—and should prove of especial saving interest to every man. ape he regular Ie. sort —will ge srrow for only fe 8lzc. Fancy washable percale neglize sbirts— with two separate collars —all sizes, from 14 to 17-in a plesting variety of new Plaid, stripe and check effect will go tomorrow for only Our regular dollar m dered shirts of best quality Hnen bosoms and muslin bodies and fins bands—every reinforced — double back and front gathered ak 69c. Men's regular 25c fancy suspenders— strong, durable quality—with gol or nickel-plated buckles—will go to- 15c. Men's washable and reversible white Japanese silk four-in-hunds, which li Cc. sell for 2c, regulariy—will go for Wrappers, 73c. Tomorrow we offer you the cheice of a lot of new percale wrappers, in dark and ght colors—made with full, Mberaliy Wide skirts, nnd separate waist Hutag — with ruffied and braided yoke— 73¢. ; which usually sells at $1-—for.... Ladies’ belts and toilet articles. morrow for onl; ete Je ot Its, in silver, oxidized nd po) weled all a 2 different eclal for Nat "4 ge urday a ° Ladies’ fine leather belts, “in white, orange, tan, red and green, with self: covered and nickel and silver buckles— some with jewels. Special for Saturday at.... ~ Soret <r Pomp me ones "17. Cnuticura soap Saturday for.... 13c. tine triple extracts—- Satur- 2c. oz. Colgate’s fine violet toilet Water—tor Saturday, bottle. ....- 33c. e8 eee6 35c. and 40c. with bottle — for duy.. DNB GAD LD, FG LD Ee LD, La BS SS A FB EA SR ik a a SP a i SG AG A a Ge FIRE ALARM BOXES. Alt of Them to Be Equipped With » Glass Protectors. commissioner Wight, who has immediate ana of the fire department and the Dis- trict telegraph and telephone systems, has made arrangements for equipping all fire alarm boxes, save in a few instances, with glass protectors for the keys. There are some sixty or seventy boxes so equipped at the present time, and an order for 100 ad- ditional glass protectors has just been made by direction of Mr. Wight. ‘A box supplied with a glass protector keeps the key to the box always in sight. ia a small iron compartment, faced with glass. In the event of a fire it only be- comes necessary for the menen Sa rte v1 to break the glass, en ty nich the. door of the box is epened, and then pull the lever, which mber of the box to fire alarm Laer The key of the Box is so festened that while the door can be open- ed and the alarm sentiin, the key cannot be taken out. The foremen of the com- penies of the fire department are supplied with glasses to re those necessarily ulling t! — BAe noe. replaced upon the arrival yi ee are 253 te wiarm. boxes in use here at the pr = fme between sixty and seventy of wt are now supplied with the glass” ttors, and an appro- ane ith rages ia soon made, seit! wi 1e - - Grea protectors toybe.a% once ordered, every box necessary juipped with them will soon have been Supplied. Senate Adjourip to Monday. ‘When the Senate.@djournel yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, it was to meet on Monday morning, 2 te << ‘High Schapt “Afpletic Meet. The High Scheok-mthletic meet will be FRANCIS JOSEPH’S ANNIVERSARY. The Emperor Requests a Festival of Charity. From the New York Times. In the year 1848 ths Emperor Francis Jo- seph ascended the throne of Austria-Hun- gary, at the age of eighteen, so that the fiftieth anniversary of the revolution coin- cides with the emp2ror’s jubilee. His maj- esty has expressed a decided wish that these memorable days should not be cele- brated by any festivities or gorgeous c2re- monies, but only by acts of charity and benevolence. The number of these acts will be very great in the capital as well as in the provinces. But notwithstanding th2 emperor's desire, there will be no lack of magnificent fetes in remembrance of his ac- cession, First of all there will be a very extensive exhibition in Vienna, arranged by the rep- resentatives of industry, commerce, agri- culture and science, and intended to form a symbolical repr2sentatiun of the meade in all the different branches of human buildings and prosecution of vast public. works. Further there will be an exhibition of all the charitable institutions founded in the present reign, both private and public, such as the people’s kitchens, the tea and soup kitchens, First Aid Societies, Red Cross, White Cross and Golden Cross So- tions to one anotha® accompanied by popu- Jar scientific experimen: explanations. At thfs exhibition will, for the first time, be seen at work together the electric alternat- ing current, the constant currant and the drehstrom. Vienna will also celebrate the introduction of electric traction for street cars; both accumulators and overhead wit will be employed. A Seivate compand ts making a panssame representing ‘The Emperor Francis Joseph and His Times.” It will be the most co- Jossal ever seen. Among the European wrestling championship. None will be admitted to compete for the world’s championship but those able to raise lange dumbbells weighing 100 kilograms. The struggle for the world’s championship in holding up dumbbells will be arranged as fcllows: Lifting the greatest weight from the ground with either hand and standing at attention; lifting the heaviest dumbbells above the head with either hand, the same when standing at ease; holding a 50-kilo- gram dumbbell with 2ither hand for the longest time; Hfting the two greatest weights at once, and finally, holding for the longest time with both hands e dumbbell weighing 100 kilograms. The victor is to receive a prize worth 500 florins and the title of “world’s champion in weight hold- ing,” and the large world’s championship medal. There will be four minor cash prizes. The struggle for the European championship in wrestling will be in the Graeco-Roman style, with a chanfpionship belt, 1,400 florins, and a title as the prizes. Tee Guessing at the Song. From Answers. Two sailors, returned from a long voyage, strolled into a public house near the docks. Above the rumble of the traffic on the street could be heard at intervals the loud, unusual voice of a huckster. After Ustening intently for a minute one of the sailors turned to-his companion and said: “Ph, Jack, lad, it’s a long time since we heard that song.” “What song?” “The one that fellow’s singing in the street—The Light of Other Days. ”” “Stow it!” ejaculated the other, grufily. “That fellow ain't singing “The Light of Other Days," at all, man. I've been listen- ing to him. He's a-piping ‘The Banks of Allan Water.’” Each sailor was certain he was right, and with charactertstic contempt for money, a wager was month’s ages tigi bt if F 6 Lf 5 qi turity selects, one after an “ied fiesta el other, half f These are laid side by up to write his opinion, Ordinary Chinese characters ere nm good enough for this, and those he mak look as if a crazy tarantula, wounded f, tally and bieeding ink at every pore, he kicked out his life on the page. 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