Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1898, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1898-16 PAGES. (ada Open Until 10 O’ciock Tomorrow Night. See the Biggest Statue of Santa Claus Ever Made. You'll find it in the 8th street wing of the store, although his head will strike your eye the moment you enter the door. The work is a tri- umph of realism. It is modeled right on the spot, and shows a Hercu- kan figure of the “Children’s Saint” emerging from a monster chimney. His pack of tovs is flung over his back. His ruddy face is aglow with color. And his hoary beard is a-glisten with the frost of the Northlands. Tr is a most wonderiul piece of sculpture. The statue towers 18 feet from the floor, and vou'll get as much pleasure out of the sight as your httle ones, We’ e Dow ubled the Size of oe Candy Dept. age Ww eT Y THIS STOCK CRRDS OF INV! NOTHIN E REACTIES OF Tr WELL SELL 500 POUNDS OF DIFFERENT SORTS OF CHOCOLATE CREAM WORTH tse. A POUNTY pe SRS Ee s os = Cc. WELL 5 4 POUNDS OF CHOCOLATE NOUGAT. WORTH 20e. FOR. 14c. WET L SELL THE MOST DELICIONS COCOANTT — AND BRITTL WORTH 3 FoR © : comeeer ee (UA LL GIVE You ve OF THE FINEST FLA ¥ ANDIES. WORTIL en gdeadaetece one (on GIVE YOU 4 DIFFERENT SORTS OF CHOCOLATE BON RONS. AS 6 AN ANY AT doe. A POUND. FOR eee : : iC as Many Umbrellas as Nay Sie in Town Can Show You. vert {TRADE THAT NEEDS COLOSSAL, AND WE THINK. BUT WE WON'T 1 WELL OTHER S$ IN THE EFFORT TO COMPETE, IPKELLAS; A LIMITLESS ARRAY OF TAN- LERS, WITH PARAGON FRAME (AND STEE IT: IN THE CAMPA RS AND MAKE A PRIC FEAL OF THE LO SANT MEN'S ROOK AND KNOB a 23-INCH SIZE. WITH UNIC with TAF! COVERED WITH : UNION TAF! UATE FOR ENGRAVING N HANDS PRAM StF A Wonderful Clever Purchase in Satin and Gros Grain Ribbons! To FORM A HOLIDAY OFFERING TO LAY BEFORE ET THE S\ME AS TH OF A UNE iAIN SHRINE! OTHER RIG De LIEEON IN OSE MANS HANDS, AND THE SERSAW rl frSELE BY .D FALLING TILL THE SPOCK WAS REDUCED ENOUGH TO. ERACH AN HASY ALANCE. THESE RIBBONS ARF PLAIN o ln ee key T AN UNOSTEN TIOUS RICH NESS. THEY START AT No. a IN WIDTH. GOODS Sr IN EVERY WAY FOR FANCY W rs Tne Lor YOUL FIND ALL COLORES DARD iy ards of No. 14 Bo for = = = Alc. No. "2 goes for = = = = i 3c. No. 5 goes for - = = a es 5c. No. 7 goes for = = = = = = 9c. No. 12 goes for - - = = - I2c. No. 16 goes for . = = 3 = L4c. a No. 22. goes for = = = = = 16c. 1 hes Sabb isa Sy Sansa AN st SOLOS BON Th tuthan DSe, A Showe rof Beautiful Roses, Worth 25c. Bunch, 9c. 2 DAINTY NOSEGAY THAN TAESK PREPTYLY COL REITER THAN THE REST WR EV GAVE YOU AND DAINTILY SHADED PINK ROSES, AN BRAUTY Re ES EY a Oc. i Ne 2M _OPEN-AT SEDINIERES PM AND LBEEALEY, bole INSTEAD ICE THE MONEY USUALLY JCATES OF FINE FRENCH mann DISCRETION THE PRICE TO Epes enere e ° TOF ATL NATE TLY STOLEN AND ‘F 3, FULL ONE-E Y BUNCH. 2 STEM... rs, Worth 75c. and $i -00, 15¢. he EM ARE GROUPED IN BUNCHES AND THE PRICE ABOVE Is me FOR A ui KINDS TO TRY AND A WAT ARE ANS PROPER COLOR ts PUNISHING Gee LUSCIOUS TEES ° Al Engiish Felt Hats, Worth 75¢., Ic. > THE LIMIT VALVE M THAT “ALL” ARE DES. BUT EVEN AT TI STAND ALL COLORS, AND ALL. ° 1at We f AT MUCH ORIGINALITY + x t AND TAS’ ALL SHAPE : ABE OT YOULL LIKE THE iat, BUT b ‘ Z ° rice Pillow Shae. M. JOD QUALITY IN- | PILLOW SHAMS MADE » Lin rex i ) INDIA LINGN, WITH ¥ LE _89c. Lake TUCKS AND TH wernt Ft » 4 , blr UF aL SHAMS MADE OF LINON IN TW Y_FINE INDIA DEMEKOPDERY $2.75 i TAT TO VORM DIA- i FL HEEL AND TY! BLACK AND TAN MEN'S NATURAL Woot FULL SEAMLESS, | ROUBLE SOLES “AND it HEELS AND TOES! 10c | WORTH 15¢ a : Go} STRA HEAY FAST BLAOK cor. {EL'S HAIR SOX. DOU: f CLL SEAMLESS @ ot ~ ND HE WORTH 115¢ Dot BLE ‘ ° SOLES AND WORTH Be RI bbed Underwear. ® 12IAc. COTTON VESTS ONTS, xf BLACK REGULAR MADE. HEELS AN FAST BLACK LISI AIN AND RIERBED. IN SOME ODD Lots ANCY LISLE WORTH E THREAD WITH “EM 25c. ACK EIRBED COTTON ="s 10c. 3 BLACK RIBBED COrToN = i2!4c. | S'S PAST SE. MLESS 4 SIZ TO = Past SEAMLESS, HEELS T FITTING WORTH 65 spsins L-WOor, HY XN & Kith Handkerchiefs. A big, yes, monster, lot of Ladies’ Handkerchiefs; some are pure linen, with hemstitched borders; some are Swiss embfoitleted and ‘scal- loped; several hundred have lace edges and embroidered corners; some are hemstitched with hand embroidered initials; others.ate Japonette with silk initials. In the lot, too, are some Men’s White and OC. Colored Border Hemstitched Handkerchiefs and _ several thousand Japonette, with silk initials. You can have -Your’ pick for. U2 ¢ «aigie oie LADIES’ SWISS MEN'S LARGE SIZE PURE ¥ D Kk E RCHIEFS LINEN” “AESISTTECHRD | HAND: ED. _ EMBROIDERED EDGE HEM- HAND-EM- WORTH 25e, BROIDERED {NTTIALS. | 6 IN A ROX FOR $1.38, s JAPANESE, SILK HANDRER- PL Wit ‘TIAL! WORTH CHILDREN'S: HANDKERCHIEFS COLORED IN A BOX..... “BORDER EACH # 12Ac. HEM- 25c. 1D- CHILDRE! ED BOUL IN A FANCY BOX 2] : 4 PERE 1 EN i COLORER RORDER Ro eee aoe Oc Cea WITH COLORED 25¢ HEMSTITCHED HANDKERCHIEPS. ..... ° A’ FANCY BOX... ° A Saturday Glove Special! 300 pairs of the Finest 8oc. and $1 Gloves are doomed tomorrow. They are first-class goods. In the prime of style and : 50¢ ° strength—in Red, Black, Tan, Brown and Gray aS heoks. Take your pick tomorrow ior ...... ‘was RLING ECORATIONS, $2.98. BOXED, 19. FROM 25. UP TO $19.00, $1.48. rRIP TE ATOMIZER TO MATCH, PUFF BOX WITT AIN MANICURE SETS, Sh CHOICE VOR. BLADE PAPERCUT! ME Open ses 10 O'clock es Night. S. KANN, SONS & GO, 5th a Market Space Penson C reeks Gunca! nen Evenings U fail Christmas. FAST AND oe GOES THE SELLING. EVERY ONE HIS NESGHBOR ING OF THE REALLY GOOD “THINGS, THE BOSH iN pa LY FINE THINGS, THE ALTOGETHER N AANGS ABLE AT ADLER’S FOR A PALTRY PIT TANCE. igh prior to THE GRE, upon a rol prices. pre , having a id and now, onr BIG 41N1 chagrin and total dfs- yom poses and para: into # bountiful coming 3 A YULE LOG FOR EVERY HOTIB. OVERCOATS BY: THE THOUSAND. nee Up for sure! §$&.98 For the Ten | $7-50 For the Twelve Dollar Ones, | Deoliar Ones. §Q.50 For th e Thirt rteen | For the Fifteen $ | 10 Dollar Ones. FOLLOW ON IDENTICAL LINES. Do! cae ‘Ones. MEN’S SUITS OCEANS OF BIG BARGAINS. ON THE REMNANT TABLES, AT § 1 (OF |Memn’s Suits | ‘Phat sold np to $17.50, Young Men’s Suits At +6 | 6 That sold up te $1 A WILDERNESS OF STYLE AT $8 AT $5 fen’s Suits ‘That sold up to Men’s Suits That seld up to $10. The Men’s Furnishing Goods Department Is bristling with Beautiful Holiday Novelties and Cold Weather Comforts, HATS—From 98c. to $5. CAPS—From 25c. to $2.50. Missex’ and Chilren's Shoes at Quebalf Regular Retall Prices. CQ £5"Closing Out Stock of Ladies’, ICTOR E. ADLE Outfitters to Men and Boys, 923, 925, 927, 929 7th St. N.W., Corner Massachusetts Avenue. get a Ne etp eae soonest aon le tone Seti n rete te oanonte oe erence ¢ tive Novelties Attract KID GLOVES - For HOLIDAY PRESENTS. Having just received our new special brand, “Che Douvre,” BEAVERS, TANS, In the most beautiful tints of MODES, PEARLS, MAIZE, WHITES and BLACKS, with entirely NEW DESIGN OF EMBROIDERY. ore We cordially invite your earliest” inspectio e of the> handsomest and latest PARISIAN NOVEL? 1h as NO other firm in this city can exhibit. Vee Also a complete line of Gloves for evening iwear, in all lengths, glace and suede. See our Grand Window Display TOMORROW. Open Saturdays until 10 o’clock, Wouvre Glove Co... 919 F Street N.W: 5 sasenononsoeanonononsenoecninagiensterstvesseaesitoes . = Pay for a Messenger’s Widow, The House yesterday passed a resolution to pay to the widow of Jesiah W. White, late a messenger on the soldiers’ roll of the House of Representatives, a sum equal to six months" SAT #funerat expenses not exceeding $150, “the same ‘to be imme- diatety — able, If you want Baten work-read the want columns of The Star. ss i eseeeenneeneeneeeeetesnneeesresneetrerneent IN HOTEL CORRIDORS ““Thé Spanish commissioners at Paris re- mind me of a friend of mine,” said C. K. Burton of Chatttanooga, at the Ebbitt. “This friend was a wealthy man and liked to pose. -Everything he did was on a mag- nificent Scale, and he liked nothing better than to give a dollar for a newspaper or to have his shoes shined. He lived about 200 miles from my town, and occasionally came down there on visits. One day he came in- to the office and said, ‘Burton, have you a couple of thousand dollars that you don't need for three or four days” I told him I did not have $2,000. ‘Well’ said he, ‘give me a thousand, then; I only want it for a few days.’ I told him that I did not have the thousand. ‘Well, confound it, Burton,” he said, ‘what I really want Is to get hom: and I lack $2 of having enough mon: Two dollars is what I really want, and I've got to have it." He got the two dollars. ahe Span.sh position on the Ceroiine Islands will end about that way.” “I see that the newspapers are saying a good deal about the negro problem,” satd R. E. Bullock of Louisville, at the Raleigh. “The negro problem is only an occasiona> one. It has never given as much real trou- ble, as the Pole problem in Chicago, the Italian problem in New Orleans, the Chi- nese problem in San Francisco or the Scan- dinavian problem in Saint Paul. Nine- tenths of the colored people are quiet, peaceable and industrious. They are in nearly every southern home and on every southern farm. The white people prefer them to all other laboring classes, and they give the least trouble from strikes or labor agitations. There are always a few com- munities where there is trouble at election i for a month afver each election we a great deal of the negro problem, ich then solves itself until the next elec- tion. 1f any negroes want to emigrate th new possessions of the United States offer chem most excellent opportunities to go to. countries under the stars and stripes where white men are scaree and negroes in undis- puted majority. There will be very few of chem go, and those who do will write lei ters back home begging their old masters to take them back, just as the most of them did when they went from Mississ to Kan: “It is a mistaken idea that modern chim- I be- f Chimney was a boy I longed to the New York Order Sweeps, which a branch of th London society. A good chimney s those Gays earned upon rage of ab $5 aday. 1 haver't heard the cry of “Sweep Ho’ for years. Having once been a chim- ney sweep, 1 naturaily take of fires a statistics upon the ject. I notice that the months in and fall when the chimney sw be the busiest are now the months when there are the most fires throughuut the country. More houses ere burned during Apri., May, October and November than during the whole of the other eight months. When the custom of chim sweeping was un > Jess common then than at any othe: because the. chimneys were cle: aned 3 s f has been or themse.ves the believe in follow Christiar oft their Christm r 15. Wh this was the day, certain that they are c in the month during w 1 had the pleasure of attending their Christ- mas celebration thi: , and they entered into it witn a vim that cannot be by any one on Decembe They hold it to be wicked even to ‘ate our Christ- mas, because they caim that it is only @ heathen rey before Christ ‘he interest now he ions of the ne taken in the United new shown in my busin and of Chicago at the Metropolitan. a more maps of Cuba during months than we sold during e, While we can scare of Porto Rico, Ha We used to publis! riced map containing the smali- Pe t definite information about all ountries of the globe w imited sale for to unive have now such a der that map, or for that set of maps, business men and banking houses that we print ft in such quantities we can sell It for on A What we did a year g a large RoW Cor ing and ¢ A mere h ne Map of the we iz fills their desires of maps that were large 1 they demand the kind formerly used by the universities only.” “Pessimists contend Betting wor s A Louis at the St. nected with police and det since I was a boy, and there is no question in my mind that the morals of the cities of the United States are constantly improv- ing. A few years ago every city had re- sorts that were famous, The Dewdrop Inn and Alien’. Place in St. Louis, the Hillside resorts in Cincinnati, the Canal street and Clark street music halls in Chicago, the Five Points, Ony Geoghan’s and Harry Hill's in New York were known throughout the world. You could go to such resorts and find thousands of young men and wo- men. There is not a place in the United States teday run upon the scale that these were run twenty years ago. The Hil side resorts in Cincinnati are closed, the owner of the principal place across’ the Rhine committed suicide, the New York joints are closed and even the trips to Chinatown in San Francisco have been discontinued by the young men. Twenty years ago any town of any size had a scandalous paper Supporting some such name as “The Horn- is the world jornton of I have been c that Papi ‘The Wasp.’ None of these exist to- The world is certainly getting bet- THE HAVANA LOTTERY. its Promoters Fear American In- fluences Will Not Be Favorable. From the Youth's Companion. In Cuba last winter eight cents a day suf- ficed to keep a reconcentrado alive. Consul neral Lee distributed money for a time to tho people who n2eded it, but he found that in spite of the eight cents they were still starving. He investigated a littic. Then he cabled to Washington: “Don’t send cesh, Send cornmeal and codfish.” The living skeletons had been spending the money sent to keep them from starving for tickets in the Royal Lottery of Cuba ‘This hoary swindle was once known as the Royal Havana Lottery, and whole tickets @ost #0 apiece. Later years have brought the cost down to a hard-times basis. The price of tickets is a dollar, and there are a quarter of a million of them. A drawing is supposed to take place evsry ten days, the capital prize being $50,000, and other prizes aggregating $100,000 more. The man who has drawn a capital prize is_yet to be discovered. Nevertheless, the lottery. bas been popu- ler, Its little red tickets are spread over the isiand like so many smallpox pustules. Gomez's soldiers solaced their empty stom- acbs with dreams of the wonders to b> wrought by the numbered slips of paper that were tucked away in their ragged trousers. So did Blanco’s men. Even to- day, half the beggars in Havana sell the tickets. Th> other half buy them. But the lottery thieves are nervous and unhappy. They have always paid a subsidy to the crown of Spain, amounting to one- quarter of thelr gross receipts, and they would willingly continue that bribe to the new Cuban government; but they fear that the influences that are to prevail in Cuba will be distinctly unfavorable to their scheme. And they are right. ‘fnere is amole room for the Royal Lottery of Cuba in the same grav> that holds tha extinct infamy which hailed from Louisi- ana. ——_+0+—____ Keeper—“Then she picked the catch on her handcuffs, dug through a two-foot wall of stone, took out a pane of plate glass by removing the putty, and-then opened the big lock on the gate. What tools had she?” Matron—‘“None whatever. Stay! Good pn ie I forgot to take away her hair- Piteeper—“Then - pursuit ts useless, She | the whole country; now they Sst reserved ‘Bull has hem, -Bit- Bite, SSOSESES SOSHIE O SSS CE SBURT'S = SSHOREE ae |=. aattes tn ———— Kickin, mt or —— kiran. “Nature 4 Shape.” 4 ) Se —race in every curve. —style in every line. —continuously comfortable. OOOOH OEE O HOHE HEHE OE OEOH EEO OS HOES H OEE HEHE OSES HEES OSES ESHEETS EH OEH ETHER ES EEH EE HEH ETH OHO OD What is a boy without a Reefer? Parker-Bridget news on Friday evening and Saturday without Boys’ Clothing would be anomalous. We'd be deyjating from the general rule to omit it A few words, briefly put--short--and to the point: What is a boy without a reefer? Clothes reeied — cer- ainly. You can shake out the recfs at S. $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 and up to $10.00. Here's a special at $3.00 for the little fellows of 3 to-8 years. Blue, green, brown and black astrakhan. Nothing equal to them elsewhere at less than $4. Another—All-wool and Fast Color Frieze and Blue Chin- chilla Reefers, worth $5, for Saturday, $3.48. Still another—Our popular $7 Blue Chinchilla Reefers, with our guarantee of being strictly all wool and non-fadable, for Saturday, $5. Ages 8 to 16 years. Here’s an offering of unusual importance. undred, Boye" Heavy Strietly Ail-wool Shor pelt of Pants—will x are of Mixed Piatt and k Che lently made, und well worth $4.0" of TrousersOur price, with two pairs 16 years. Ages 4 t Heavy-weight Covert Cloth Top Coats—good value at $9.00. © Ages 8 to 16 ye Others at $4, 85 and $6, ance $1 to mn Elsen where, and tp every ins ms stock of Holi There's a generc ay Furnishings here for the boys, besides a nobby line of Hats and Shoes. There’s Neckwear, Silk Suspenders, Fancy Waists, Gloves—and every other furnishing need. Bear this department in mind when you're gift hunting for your boy or somebody else’s boy PARKER, BRIDGET & CO., Head to Foot Outfitters to Man. Pa. Ave. and oth St. POOR OOOOH eee EEE HEHEHE EEE EEHEEHSEF EE EEE HE ESHO HEHEHE HEEEEEEE ESHEETS HEHEHE EEE EE HEHEHE HEE EEE eee rrocese Poem eee reereeeeeeeeseeeee e seeeeeee a int Sete Cash or Credit. “The Great Providers.” Cash or Credit. % ‘, You Make a Great Sh eonsreserdonsnetenseetenionse as Sotelo etay ° if you think that we do not keep fine & Mista ke goods because we sell on credit, or = + that our prices are higher than others. = $ There is no house in town that can show a better or more stylish as- $ % sortment of either men’s or ladies’ goods, and these articles we men- < 3 tion will prove that no one can give you more value for your money. Jf credit is a help to you you are welcome to it, and we will make $ the easiest kind of terms with you. = + Men’s Cheviot Suits for $3.75. You would hardiy expect to get a fir suit for rice, and yon canu where els are all-wool and tailored splendidly. ent could not be better. Ladies’ Kersey Jackets for $5.5 A very good quality of ik styles line yourself that this x ‘Thi s Cheviot Suits for $6.95. ts are the same as rou find others Ladies’ Cheviot Jackets f A splendid quality of twillec tailored. They look like nude aud are big value nt $4.75, and iuade with gcc styles, Men’s Fine Suits for $10.00. Ladies’ Kersey Jackets for $3.50. $ want better. Fine cassim Another wonderful value. For the pric + y wersteds, iu neat colure and blacks, Guay “ure Gpleadld--gosd-clots, ten; and tan cut and finish are of the very bighest styles are ths. mist techianabio, R3 *s Kersey Overcoats for $8.75. Ladies’ Piush Capes for $3.50. $ : ons r © ew Woe will surprise you with the quality of 4 Dane, ee a ne Ete ithe noes || these caper, end they are hanceouay tise & fonnd in any but the best custom work. med with fur. Well made throughout. = Men's Covert Overcoats for $7.50. Ladies’ Plush Capes for $5.50. A still better grade, braided and fur-trim- med. They are very handsome goods and the making is of the very bighest order, Ladies’ Plush Capes for $7.50. ‘These are, indeed, beauties; lined with rich eatin, trimmed with fur and elaborately bruid- ‘ou certainly must see them. Ladies’ Silk Waists for $3.75. MEET Se ay You'll try in vam to match these for $10, and no matter what you pay you won't ind more stylish or dressy looking goods. Men’s Trousers for $1.98. If we asked you $4 for these you would He you were Men & —. ‘They are in striped wo meres, in weat patterns. Boys’ All-Wool Suits for $2.75. ‘You'll look @ long time before you “ind bet- c ter boys’ suits than these. They are strongly rere ® splendid stock of ilk wa in and cleverly mede-and every thread ls wool. eigenen start as tow as $8.75, and we promise you value than you will Gnd anywhere iey AS town, Ladies’ Fur Collarettes for $1.75. Jess, to, say that, our prices here, (as in all OF course we p have Setter, bet evan at C4 ‘other uaeta, are owe te where extraordinary cee can showy got real few others can reach. And you have credit. bandsome and splendidly MAYER & PETTIT, 415 nike Seventh St. UR LADIES’ DEPARTMENT Is not only up to date in every respect, but offers you a wide and gol selection. Need: emeanaee The Indian population of the United | ‘The armchair in which Burns wrote The States is 248,340, Im 1492 they were lords of | Cotter’s Saturday Night is in the ee tom free brary in Cheshire. The f for them 144,406-square Joseph Mayer, bought M of the post's son,