Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1898, Page 6

6 _ THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. MONDA May 23, 1898. CROSBY THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent Family Circulatic: much more than the combined cir- culation of the other Wushington dailics. As a News and Advertisin; Medium it has no eemypetitor. delays, om ac- ce, letters to the Editorial or Depart- ments, necording to tenor or purpose. Early Action Important. It is sincerely to be hoped that a vote on the war revenue measure may be reached in the Senate this week. The measure is important and 4he country is impatient. There is a righteous degree of wonder that @ time when money is so much needed, unanimity of action against the for- eign foe serves so valuable a purpose, a ptotracted discussion should have arisen in the Senate over questions which have been examined in all possible lights over and over again for the past twenty years. The whole matter in the turns upon the House proposition for an issue of bends. The House bill provided for taxes to the amount of about ninety mil- lions annually, and authority to issue bonds in case of necessity. The items upon which taxes were levied were few, and were s lected with a view of bearing lightly on eens rs and insuring prompt and large returns. r the fi made to assessments. The ¢ objected to the } ating that added mount of taxes to be collected and to the number of articles to be put under tribute. The Senate committee declares that the country should “pay as it goes” and should not “mort, fe the futur: In the ab- stract, the proposition ts a perfectly sound. one. But Congress is now providing for an altogether unusual situation and ought to provide for it in a comprehensive way. The taxes proposed may not yield the amounts estimated. War deranges busi- ness to a more or less extent. Money in time of war for carrying on aggressive op- erations is of the greatest necessity, and the government should not be left without the means of raising it in a pinch. Only the authority to issue bonds in case of urgent need is asked. If conferred, that authority must be exercised solely with re- gard to the government's necessities. An abuse of the authority, palpably in the in- terests of the money-holding cl: could 1 would be resented and punished by the people at the polls. + «= —____ The Next House. Although the first elections for members Beer and tob: brunt of the nance commit o were ate be 3 of the next House are close at hand=they vote in Oregon the first week in June—tak- ing the country by and large not many nominations even have yet been mad. ver, are beginning to take good time to cail atten- © new and most important ques- to bz presented to the next Con- = consideration. date the prevailing opinion @ next Congress would concern with the silver issue. For t cles were pitched in the sil- Men aspiring congressional honors were being interrogated on that is- sue. . too, * very much as Democrats and populists declared anew for free coinage at 16 to 1 as an independent act of this government, while the republicans renewed their fealty to the St. Louis platform. In other words, there was every promis> of another contest this year between Bryanism and anti-Bry- with control of the next House as s for it Until ar was that th t there are new and altogether larg>r questions on the horizon now. The finan- cial question has mot, of course, been oblit- erated, but even that must take on an alter2d form in the changes that are now sweeping ov the country. The war with Bpain has brought the United States into new relations with the world; has open:d wy new prospects; has developed new du- ties. T next Congress may have ques- tens growing out of these changes to dis- pose of. The whole policy of the govern- ment with respect to these lines may have to be shaped by those in legislative and executive authority during the next ears. The next Congress, therefore, should be chosen v>ry largely with reference to the new order of things. The country will have vecasion for the services of the broadest and most experienced men that can be elected to that bod: Such m2n ought to be nominated and elected wherever they are available. It is an excellent time indeed to mak> the test throughout the country as high as possible; to appeal from old preju- dices and provincialisms to the new nation- ality and the enlarged opportunity, and to choose onty such men as show themselves ative of the country’s new lights two appr and new duties. see Harvard and Patriotism. That was a very pertinent sentence pen- ned by Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, touching the un-Ameri sentiments recently ex- pressed by a couple of Harvard College professors: ote Mr. Roosevelt, “and I twerty Harvard men in are real Americans, and act that there are at Har- ors who are not.” The far as . and effective, so but it doesn’t justify the th of the university for cootinuing that class of professors as members of its faculty. Their room would be better than their company, in future, to use a homely old-time goes aying. ———_+-+-—___ It is a significant fact that the Spanish gentlemen have most to say about fighting to the bitter end are not person- ally engaged in operating ships. ———_~+-— fayette will doubtless refrain from to a who y inducements to play a re- agement. ——— One Month of Mustering. ago today President Kinley first call for volunteers for serv- ain. The work of mus: & fee against S; this army of &s rapidly as t end today it is tolls show a gra 10 nen, or about SS per cent of required. I h is 4 good quisite nu | field by: not bee But real les he muste S deeper and is | mire serious than 1 observer of Steady growth of an a migat ‘The volunteer force ha n pu fieid with an inadequate equip- Far more has been done since the sn of real conflict to prepare the orces for the test of action than has | attempted for the army. It was Baturally assumed at the outset that the navy would bear the main brunt of the campaign. It was to be, as far as could er THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY play of generosity on the part of the United States to allow any person to pro- be observed, chiefly a naval warfare. Yet | ceed to Havana, save for the distinctively it was known that there would be a press- ing necessity for large land forces to drive out the Spanish army from Cuba and to guarantee a condition of peace in the is- land after the war had been formally ended. Yet when the vohumteer army came grad- ually into being it found that the store- houses that sMpuld have beea filled wita arms, ammunition, uniforms, camp equip- ment, hospital outfits and suppfies and the like were comparatively empty. Everything that did not happen to be at hand in the hit- and-miss fashion coincidental with the state government of the militia ‘had to be sup- plied from the first stage. This work, com- ing upon the military authorities suddenly and in the midst of the task of organizing the regular army on a war basts, has cre- ated much confusion and Many delays. Hence it has been in fact fortunate that the recruiting has been somewhai delayed by the physical examinations and the re- jection of so large a percentage of the vol- unteers. The one delay has served in a measure to cover up the other, but it is to be hoped that the spectacle of military un- preparedness afforded by the slowness with wich the volunteer army has been put in condition for field duty will be borne well in mind by legislators and officers in the years following this campaign. The militia force of the country is just as effective as it is within the power of the government to permit it to be by equipment. War re- veals meny things, many weaknesses, and this war has at an early stage brought clearly to light the need of a more liberal policy in dealing with the National Guard of the country in time of peace. —_____+ « —____ Effectiveness of the Blockade. Italy, it is bulletined from abroad, has protested against th» blockade of Cuban perts, claiming that it is ineffective. This claim, if made, will not be ent2rtained. Thus far there is no evidence at hand here that the protest has been filed or is forthcoming. There is no ground for the assumption that the blockade is ineffective. Its eff>ctiveness has been demonstrated again and again. One ship of consequence with military stores and money for the Spanish army made port. ‘Phat is the sol> measure of success in blockade running. Scores have been turned away; many have been cap- tured. All reports from Havana from av- thoritative sources indicate that that city is suffering sev2rely and increasingly from the deprivations caused by the blockade. It cannot obtain provisions or supplies ior the troops. It is very near to being cut off from even cable communication. The sole remaining cable runs from Santiago to Ja- maica, and it is understood that this line may now be cut, the auxiliary cruiser St. Louis having started some days ago to sever it. There is nothing in the case to warrant even a formal presentation of such aclaim. It is based in general, it is to be presumed, upon the principle of interna- tional law that no nation can justly creace by proclamation a condition of blockade without enforcing its assertion by a demon- stration of foree. The effect of a procla- mation of blockade is to warn merchant- men away from the port or ports against wh the measure is directed. Thus th3 current of trade slackens immediately after the prenouncement, even though no force whatever b2 exerted by the blockading na- tion. This is the essential of a “paper” or 4 inet” or ineffective blockade. It 1s centrary to the rules of law and trade, and is not tolerated by the nations. The inten- tion of the principle is to confine nations that are war with each other to the strictly legitimate measures of warfare, in- flicting no useless damage upon trade and confining their operations to the smallest area compatible with th> issues and the agencies of the copfitct. Italy is sadly mis- guited if in the present instance she seeks to create the impression that the blockade of Cuba exists only on th2 paper on which the proclamation of April 22 is written. It is a very vital force in this war, and has never been slackened for a moment. If Italy wishes to understand the effectivenzss of the cordon nuw drawn around the principal Cuban waters let her try to send to Havana a boatload of contraband articles, +22 —___ Washington Leads in the Good Work. The Nsw York Herald of yesterday has this announcement in a conspicuous place: ‘The first wer beneft of the American- anish war is be held next Wednesday evening, May in the Ninth regiment armory.” at The Herald is entitled to the greatest credit for general enterprise and especially for fullness and reliability in its news from the several seats of the present war and cent:rs of interest, but it is sadly behind the times and equally at fault in its state- ment quote hington leads not only New York, but all the cities of the country in that good werk, as in many others. “The first war benefit of the Ameri- can-Spanish war” was held in th2 old Cor- coran Gallery building in this city, in the form of an Art Loan Exhibition, from the 1ith of April to the 30th inclusive. It pro- duced, with two tableaux entertainments given in connection with it, the tidy net sum of $4,242.93, which is to be sacredly devoted to the rehef of stck and wounded soldiers and sailors. Indeed, $00 have al- ready been appropriated for furnishing to the hospital ship now being fitted up cer- tain supplies not furnished by the govern- ment. Let the Herald give to Washington the credit it deserves in this matter. —____+ e+-—- The Spirit of Reunion. The rousing reception tendered by the itizeas of Baltimore Saturday to the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment as it passed through that city on its way to the camp at Falls Church was a striking and whole- scme bit of sentiment that can not fail to produce good results. The same spirit reunion is observable everywhere in this country today. It animates the chief ex- ecutive in appointing to important places in the volunteer army men who fought against him in the civil war. It will pe fostered by the assembling in the same camp of regiments from all sections and once-antagonistic states. The spirit of re- union fs stroag and will prevail. ——___ +eo2 ain has a large number of “Morro” but the United States will under- teke to provide a Dewey for each of them, if necessary. —_—__ +s —___ While the Spanish ministry has no illus- juns concerning the prospect, it hopes the Mexican government will see fit to indulge im a few. 8 castles, > oe —____ n's military people think seriously of ng the editorial scisscrs and taking the cable-cutter. _ es Suspend the Havana Free List. The censored war correspondents at Key litt! chance of sendiag hither al and military movements, finding a fertile field for comment in ction of this government in granting permits to two people to enter Havana de- spite the Llwckade and in the face of the fact that they will almost surely carry infermation of impertance to the Spanish orities. Ore of these persons, a Lon- don newspaper correspondent, has aiready = drop' up cel | gene, having awaited In vain for a Brit- ish cruiser then hiring a tug that captured in trying to run the other person thus favored is vfewed with grave suspicion. It is feared that he is too pro-Spanish in his sympathies. Mr. Pepper, The Star’s cor- pondent at Key West, outlines the ob- 28 against this procedure clearly la dispatch printed today. According to this showing it would seem to be a useless legitimate purposes of the campaign. Mr. Bock, the German citizen who is now awaiting a German cruiser, has relations with the goverment at Havana that might lead to putting Gen. Blance in possession of many valuable facts concerning tho situation on this side of the blockade. But whether Bock knows anything of value to Blanco or not, the precedent is not a good one to establish. It is surprising that Gea. Lee should have added his indorsement to the proposition to permit Bock to pass threugh the lines. This is not a time for courtesies t6 individuals. ——_—_ + += ____ If Spain considers this country’s conduct “insulting,” she can scarcely blame the Cubans for the resentment they have shown and the desperate resistance they have mede. This war will doubtless develop the usual number of men who become famous in spite of neighborly predictions that they would never amount to anything. ——_+ += ____ The standing advice of the future to Uncle Sam’s young men may be, “Go to the Philippines and grow up with the coun- ——_—_+ e+_____ SHOOTING STARS. The Point in Doubt. “Do you know anything about the de- feat of the Spanish armada?” inquired one young man. “Why, certainly,” replied his friend; “that occurred centuries ago.” “I know that. But have the Spanish yet ceased to claim a victory on that occa- sion?” “De wust t'ing "bout bad weather,” said Uncle Eben, “is de man dat puhsists in comin’ ’roun’ an’ not lettin’ yer fohgit it.” Left Behind. Although we couldn't join the clan We'll cheer and keep our senses While each pays taxes like a man And helps to meet expenses. Force of Habit. “Private Quickstep didn’t tell the truth when he sald he wasn’t married,” said one officer. “Have you information to the contrary?” inquired the other. “No. But he was walking in his sleep last night, and when we asked where he was going he said ‘to put the cat out and see if the basement door was locked.’ ” Getting at Hi “I wonduh,” said Colonel Stillwell, “If there ahe any Kenlucky gentlemen cn that bo’d of strategy.” ‘What has that question to do with the er” ce “Well, suh, I understand they have Ad- miral Cervera bottled up. But there seems to be some difficulty about findin’ a cawk- screw.” A Happy Moment. I have some ear for music. [ was in a singin ‘school An’ they look to me to lead the choir on Sunday, as a rule. commonly, there’s no one more re- sentfuller than me When some musicianer shows signs o’ slidin’ off the key. “circumstances alters cases.” ceived how true That good ol’ yin’ is when I beheid the be in blue All lined up at the railroad fur a journc; far away, While two brass bands tuned up thcir best an’ started in to play. Ar’, But I per- Each went it on his own account, most vig- orous an’ brash, Not thinkin’ "bout the other an’ the danger of a clash. At first it seemed a fearful shock that smote the atmosphere. I never heered no discord more unpromisin’ an’ queer. An’ then I listened closer. confusin’ sound A sweet an’ glorious, everlastin’ harmony I fe id. I ain’. ashamed o’ cheerin’ like a dunce When them bands played “Yankee Doodle” an’ ol’ “Dixie” both at once. —_ -e_____ The Oregon’s Wonderfal Work. From the New York ‘Tribune. What is the Oregon? And what has she done? She is a heavy coast-line battle ship. She is intended for giving and taking heavy blows in defens2 of home and country. She ig not intended for swift cruising in distant seas. Yet the latter is exactly what she was called upon to do. She was ordered to hasten “from lands of sun to lands of snows’’ and back again to lands of sun, through two oceaus and three zones, past more than a doz:n alien coasts, in distance more than nalf way round the world, througn distress of tropic heat and through peril of antarctic storms; through peril, too, of attack from hostile fleets; and ai the end of the arduous voyage to be in full fighting trim, ready for instant action. It was a commission that might weil be deemed trying to any vessel that was ever launched. But she fulfilled it to the letter. After ail the perils and iabors of 13,000 miles, through strange waters, sh? reaches her station ahead of expected time, with not a tube broken nor a rivet strained, nor the stroke of a hammer nor the turn of a wrench needed to prepar2 her for the clash of battle. If there is a finer tribute to ship- building and seamanship in all the world than in that simple fact, we shou!d like to know where It is. ———_ +e —____ Gladstone as a Religious Influence. From the Chicago Record. No one can measur? the extent of the in- fluence for religion of Mr. Gladstone. In every camp and market and court there are men who have felt and who do now feel that, while they cannot understand all the assertions of the abstruse docirinarians, they cannot consider that the agnostic is right, because Mr. Gladstone did not believe so, and they conclude that a man who was so wise and judicial and inquiring as he must know much mor? than most others of the reasonableness of a belief. Mr. Glad- stoae was more than a multiplication of ministers, because he was known to be wise, and he believed. “I do not know,” says the unchurched man, “but if one who is great enough to be a prime minister of England acknowledges, {t is folly for me to dispute.” For these people bishops and priests and deacons ar3 not convir.cing, because, they say, it is the business in life of churchmen to propagate belief. It was not Mr. Giad- stone's business to do this, wherefore his testimony was accepted as free from bias. Not all the makers of records and the man- Ipulators of figures will evef be able to measure the hidden force of the great man who is dead. He was potent for the good of his religion becaus2 being mighty out- side the church he humbled himself to the standard of the humblest within it. —_——_seo—___— We Are Doing Some Secret Work, Too From the Springfield Republican. ‘ The growing tightness of the censorship at Key West should make the country glad. We are completely baffled in trying to learn by the reading of different n2wspapers what warstips have been or still are at Key st. Some papers assert that Admiral Sampson's squadron returned to Key West, but there isn’t th2 slightest evidence to show-it. Commodore Schley's squadron ap- peared in Florida strait days ago, for it was at Charleston, 8. C., last Sunday, yet no e could tell from the Key West dis- patches that Schley had been in that vicin- ity. As for Sampson, he may be nearer the port of Santiago than Havana. We have been talking recently of the elusive Spanish squadron; but observe how the American squadrons are losing themselves. It’s =n- couraging. —__+ e+ ____ The Long Run. From the Kansas City Times. “Spain surely will win in the long run,” says a Spanish newspaper. The Cape Verde squadron appears to have adopted the “run” program, and it will “win” so far as its safety is concerned ff it keeps on running away from Sampson, e In that great Av’ laughin’ an’ o° ~~ Porcelgin-lined water coolers. ‘We lay stress{on ie po-ce!an-latd fosters because they, are the only sort Worthy your buying! Ours are eburcoal Billed, "too—and syecclyyw them with the < and ett nickel-plated Tancets Are the same a¥ thdse for which 23c. more ts asked, and It's the same way With the higher-priced ones. * Ap ursortment of all nickel-plated coolers tor those who waut them more eluborate, : Chas. R. Edmonston, it 1205 Pa. Avenue. ‘To-Kalon ccd Claret a “sworn e- em: to beat! It cools, refreshes and in- An Enemy To : Heat! vigorates: Eto nae at a coffee-—and find it far, more health- ful. As a ‘“xpecial’’ we're offering 5 bottles cf Grand To-Kalon Claret for $1. "Phone or mail sour order. Prompt de- liveries. TO-KALON WINE CO,,61414THST. 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EF BELTS for ladies and men—the proper belts for summer wear—z5e. fo $4.50-plain and sterling silver BECKER’S, . 1328 F St. bes,tciee oom my23-m,w.f-28 Soe tee Ce eee ha PEOPLE AND SICK ON tee seceee peervererrres St ce 04 FHOLDOOS LOE SONSOESOO ? s, Ee MAY 28, 1898-12 PaGES. Woodward «4 Lothrop, Toth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. Winsome Cottons. Tomorrow We Shall Have Ready Several Additional Lots of Imported Cotton Dress Fabrics, Consisting of French Organdies, Organdie Raye, Organdie Carreau, Or- gandie Francais, Organdie Lisse, Mousseline de Soie, Irish Dimity, Scotch Madras, Scotch Gingham, etc. Together with these we offer many new effects in goods, which closely rival the more aristocratic sorts. less stock of dainty cottons. The Foreign- Organdie Raye. Organdies with wide satin stripes and_printt ‘that are like hand paintings—charming —<— 40c. a yard. Organdie Carreau. A delicate Qrgundie grovnd with woven cross bars that 100k like silk—a host of exquisite French Organdie printings. 50c. a yard. French Organdie L sse. In plain evening tints and exquisite artistic print- et desigus on white and tinted crounds—32 wide. inches 373¢. a yard. Printed Dimity ‘The genuine Irish gocds, manufactured in Belfast to our especial order. Exquisite designs in figures and stripes and no two alike; also a fair assort- ment of the nard-to-get navy bine and white. 25¢c. a yard. 1,000 yards French Organdie, The standard French cloth that never loses its charm as a dress fabric—handsome printings in vari- ous pretty effects. 25c. a Yard. Regular Price, 3714c. First floor. The Domestic--- Toile Du Nord Gingham. In a host of small checks, blacks and rich Tartan plaids; beantiful effects, softer and finer than ever —27 inches wide. roc. a yard. Bates’ Seersucker Gingham. In the hun.red and one staple styles and a great many new designs; checks, plaids and stripes—27 inches wide. 12hc. a yard. Percales. Over a hundred distinct styles and printings, anf all pretty; stripes, checks, plaids, figures; ex- quisite colorings—86 inches wide. 12$c. a yard. Zephyr Gingham. In neat check effect la variety of plaids in varions sizes—all the ‘new colorings. These are extra fine and smooth—32 inches wide. 15c. a yard, Shirting Prints. ‘ Best quality, in a variety of atrractive designs. 5c. a yard. | domestic wash We've a peer- Trish Dimity. One of the oldest, but most pleasing, cotton ma- terials for summer wear. Printed ip a variety of handsome des:gas of figuies and stripes—n and beautiful effects. - 25c. a yard. Oxford Cheviots. Rest quality, English make, several additional new styles recently added to stock—Z2 inches wide. 35¢. a yard. 3 ‘Scotch Madras. Made in Scotland—designs expecially suitable for ladies’ shirt waists and men’s shirts. 35¢. a yard. Scotch Gingham. In small checks and peat stripes and plain colors; many novel and beautiful effects—29 inches wide. 25¢c. a yard. Two Very Special Values. 1,000 yards Mousseline de Soie, Silk and cotton, beautiful printings and plain colors—one of those ele- gant French fabrics so popular for midsummer wear. 37i4c. a Yard. Regular Price, 50c. Dirigo Lawns. These Lawns, so popular last year, reappear this season fn a vast variety of designs and printings, which closely rival the skillful foreiguer—30 Inches wide. 12}c. a yard. Apron Ginghams. In the most reliable makes, best colors: neat checks and 6c. a- yard. 36-inch Percales. large and small printings — stripes, spots, checks and other effects. 7c. a yard. Silver Star Madras. A new printed fabric, not as heavy as percale or as light as lawn—a medium weight; very hand- some privtings—36 inches wide. 12}c. a yard. Plumetis or Swiss Lawn. In han@some printings—a fabric especially de- signed for mid-summer dresses. 15¢. a yard. Special---Printed Lawns, In good designs and dainty colorings; also a generous sprinkling of the navy blues with white polka spots and figures. 8c. a Yard. First floor. 10 and 12%4c. Qualities. A Modern Housefurnishing Department. Every housekeeper is now interested in the spring housecleaning, and doubtless will need some of the many helps we have in our great House- furnishing Store. Every known labor-saving device is there and many sorts of recent invention, each with a distinctive feature and some par- ticular point of merit to recommend it. Time, worry and money may be saved by visiting this great house-supply department, which carries the largest and most complete assortment of the best makes of housefurnish- ings south of Philadelphia. We also show a wonderfully complete line quali- of Chinaware; Glassware, Woodenware, Tinware, etc., and for like ties the prices are the lowest possible to name. ather Dusters. Small Ostrich Feather Duste1 Choice Fancy Weel Dusters, eac Ostrich Feather Dusters, long handle, enc Extra quality Ostrich Feather Dasters, e1 Large Feather Dusters, each. long Handles for Dusters, ea Other styles and qualities’ up te Brushes. Wire-fastened Dust Brushes, each. Serab Brushes, each Palmetto Scrub Brushes (large), each Small Hand Sermb Brushes, each Extra quality Dust Brushes, each Best Mandicd Scrub. Brusbe Long-handied Floor Sweeps, Brooms and Mops. Hearth Brooms, each Ladics’ Light-weight Parlor Brooms, eac Four-string Extra Quality Broom cl ‘Straw Carpet Broonis, exch. Fatent Wire-fastening Mop Sticks, each Cotton ge Twine Mops. each Mop Sti®ss for Brushes or Mops, Self-wringing Mops, with Cloth: Housecleaning Soaps. Best Star Soap, per cake Gold Dust, 2b, Pes Proctor & Ga Ivory ‘or Borax Soaps, cake. Philadelphia aoe Seap, per cake. Seapine, per dese eeee Ww. 1 Puce Eaundry Soap, 2-Hb. bar. Sapolio, per cake Household Hardware. Sharp-pointed Ice Picks, each. Good Wooden-handled Tack Hammers, ea Best Solid Metal Tack Claws, each Gi Wels, each. Barrel Tacks, assorted sizes, Matting Tacks, per 2 pkgs. Steel Saws, each. ........ jt en Best Monarch Can Openers, each. Japanned Ware. Sapanaed Bread or Cake Boxes, each... dJapatined Coffee or Tea Canisters, each Japanned Flour Bins, 5 Chamber Pails, ea Sasanerd Salt Boxes, glass lining, each. Jay Candlesticks, each. . . Wooden Ware. S-ft. Step Ladders, well made, ench Cedar Scrub Buckets, each. Electric Hoop Cedar ‘Wash Cedar Clothes Pins, per dozen Braided Clothes Lines, each ‘Twine Dish Mons, each. Wooden Towel Rollers, ‘each: Fifth floor. 12-piece Decorated Sar. e Carpet Sweepers. Bisseil's Popular Carpet Sweepers, each Bissell’s Curved-hack Sweepers, cach. Bissell’s Best Cyco-bearing § weepers, each. . Kitchen Ironware. Regular Flatirons, per Ib... . Nickel-tinishea Flatirens, per Ib. Mrs. Potts’ Best Irons, per set Small Steel Frypans, eact Acme Frypans, each... Regular Obleng Griddles, each Black Drip Pans, for Gas Stoves, each. Tinware. Tin Ham Bowlers, each Seamless Saucepans for gas Teakettle Steamers, each Tin Watering Pots, each. Tin Coffee Pots, each. . Tin Quart Cups, graduated, each. ‘Tin Buekets, covered, each... Copper-bottom Wash Boilers, each. Decorated Dinner Ware. We call especial attention to our 5 new open-stock patterns, which can be bought by the complete set or single piece. 100-pi English Din Sets, comy . Uzplece English Dinner Seta, cunplere, 112-plece Cottage Dinier Sets, complete 115-piece English Diamer Sets, cuapiete Other new stvles and qualities up to $80 Biche cemvatelaand Toilet Ware. G-piece Decorated Tollet Sets . 10-plece Decorated Tollet Sets 12-piece Decorated Toilet Sets, with jar English Toilet: Sets, ‘with “English Toilet’ Sets, with $5.95 gs $8.85, RS Ey $1.50 125 with ih $7.50 Other styles and qualities up to best French China Sets at $15.00. Glassware. Clear Pressed Glass Table Tambl Banded Pressed Glass Tamblorn davis Best Thin-blown Table Tumblers, doz. = Pattern Pickle Disbes, exch. ew Cotton Department. 2,500 yards 36-inch Cambric Mus- lin, good quality. 5c. a Yard. 2,500 vards 36-inch “Fruit of the Looni” Muslin. 6c. a Yard, Also 100 Wool Bunting Flags, 4x8 feet, best quality, U. S. govern- ment standard. $4.50 Each. Usually $6.00. “Woodward & Lothrop. _ Beveridge’s, 1215 F st. “The Eddy” Refrigerator Has No Equal. Its slate stone shelves and dry- air circulation” make damp- ness an impossibility—and -in- | sures food being kept fresh and sweet even during the hottest days. An “Eddy” Refrigera- tor pays for itself in a short time in the ice and food it i saves. Over half a million are in use and every one gives per- fect satisfaction. i CHESTS, $5.50—UPRIGNTS. $12 UP. White Mountain Ice Cream Freezers, |) ' Freezes Cream | Sl 50 up. m4 minutes. |) Without doubt the most satis- factory Freezers on the market. They freeze cream in 4 minutes —thus saving time, labor and ice. We have them in all sizes, | up to 40 4uarts. The “ARCTIC” Freezer is second only to the “White -Mountain.” Freezes cream in 7 minutes. | Supplies for H | Hotels and | Confectioners. | PACKING TUBS AND ICE BREAKERS.CRUSHERS & SHAVERS. ICE CREAM MOLDS. . CONFECTIONERS’ & BAKERS’ TOOLS. ALL KINDS OF KITCHEN UTENSILS. M. ° w. Beveridge, | POTTERY, PORCELAIN, GLASS, ETC i} | 1215 FSt.& 1214 G St. | | Dulin & Martin, Managers, | We repair Trunks und anything made of leather. B=e-l=t=s. You can find the cheap, trashy sorte of belts answhere—bnt let us how you some of our real exclust ts that you never see elsewhere 1 So many of one kind—but a great many more kinds any store in Washing. ton Belts for ladies and men. in all regoler alten — #4 $3 KNEESS|,«: Hm intel = se a : Special Sale | Wall Paper for your Summer Cottage3 Over 200 combina- tions to select from. All new designs and colorings. Regular prices, 15c., 20c. and 25c. per roll. Sale price, 10e. = Sketches and esti- mates furnished for all ; styles of mural dec- ; orations. Richard W. Henderson, Mural Decorater, 1113 F St tet ite Columbia °9 Theater. ‘ We're Keeping ‘ Flour Down. < ‘ ‘ We're selling BRYAN'S “PRIDE” FLOUR at the very lowest prices it is Possible to qnote on fine flour. We are daily expecting another advance. Lay in @ good supply while present prices pre- vail. C7 Retter let us send a barrel of “Pride” Flour tomorrow, Bryan. V Ave. WINDOW SCREENS, Better Sereens than Ife. ever bought before. Made of best materiais—and built to last for years. Only 18c, a 18c. w.Barker,32§ amy23-mn,w, 1426