Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1898, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, caustic 12, 1898-16 PAGES. i XmasTree | Outfits. | | No toy kinds, but substantial | | articles that'll prove to be of ||| practical utility vear after year. }}j || In our immense array you'll |i {| find everything essential for || ||| beautifving and making the |!) Il “tree” pleasing to both young |} and old. 4 | Ornamental Tren Japarned Garden Fence. {ff 8-foot Fen Soc. H 12-foot Fence, $1.23. ! | CH. i } . for Maminating {I} { Lamp Posts. that i | kien. 78), » Helder, the one | pa ihe tre "69c. pessessing ail 48c. Gem Tree polnts of th for smaller trees... oniy Gas Heaters. || Why you should use mitt | them. They’re safe, | || convenient, economi=- || cal, healthy and always || ready for instant use. | \i We are selling others’ $5.00 kind for $3.60. || Nickeled top, Russia || iron columns and jew || eled sides Holiday | Price - = - = - $3.60 Weather = ips. | ee ‘West&Co., Chesley & €o. ||1004 Fand 522 10th Sts.; ssors to More Than a Dozen Kinds of Sausages’ TER" and VIENNA‘ sable breakfast dish Sale of the stock of the Penn- sylvania Installment Co. of Reading, Pa. Slipping by. The time is short now. Wed- nesday night will see the finish of the most remarkable Furni- ture Sale of the century. All goods remaining unsold on Wednes- day night will be shipped to Baltimore. We'll not put them with our own stock and have contracted Sesontoateeterdorioeseete te teste ncentontoeconteateetententeeseeteese eete shenteesestetenteetectontontontos se tontoatentesteateaterteete een PAOD with a Baltimore house to take all remaining goods off our hands. A Great Chance t for Gift Seekers. } Bargains : Bigger Than Ever. ¢ \ few sample items: $ tee pep ettoeee Lansburgh ot Furniture Co., ¢ 1226 F St. N.W. Git a Se | US SEND ALL The Butter | every week as often : iver it nly $3.40. D. William Oy — ‘Olive Oil Q (From France.' y Dishes Freneh chefs use Freneb Olive Ol Kind WE IMVORT. None finer im () World for all table uses. We < in this clty. Only $1 () eit full quart bet EF Why not place orders for Xmas cries, Delicacies, Wines, &c., NOW, before the “rush” begins, while’ our stock is complete? ec. 1413 « Bryan, "4. ac. Q FINEST GROCERIES, WINES, ETC. 4) del2-m, wal 28 v SSOOD SOOO D DOOD “It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are filled through them. _ | amount, « Amount COMPARATIVE The District of appropriations the bill say: Phe estimaces of t the District of bill is based, j ment, aggregate $9.1 which amount, or < may appropriate, from the meent and the leges in the Distri the Di: tion entitled “An act lumbia.” “The Seer! 317 of the Be he Secretary to indicate timates for the nt of the sho: of Di W100." the ter which sum wired tof half of amount ($3,4 senses under the named = estimates submitte Ths , of ment is sum is he curre d over | the therefrom shall be extending the high-s ibution. This im; the engin would 0, al general ‘The is estimated py the re or a surplus | meeting the appropria | accompanying Dill, gations (estimated at the District by trict. Limi posed, are recommended as fi “Provided, tract price exceeding 2 square yards, urd, after due adverti ized to expend th: diate direction and Also the following: T public | who tre busine: that taught in said public uch amount, to be school trustees, with Comm the | texc them; paid fn | it of the Unite credit of the Distm or public oners of the their vense of oks and t Comparative Statement. following Sin detail t for the current fis recom mended | Coroner's | Market in thee Superintendent Of churi- ties Serveyor's office Pree public Mbrary District offices. |! for munielpal ord vali sonal taxes jal ex yntingent expenses, « “Soft Morgue Advertisi Advertist } taxes in ari ens Preparing arrears of taxes 1 property. cing old records Uithographing namer- Two type Market Enforcement sais arl fisi ‘Total salaries and mils cellaneous - Plats of subdivisions ent system of b Assessment and permit work, alles, sidewalks ail sewers. z Iinprovements end pairs: on sundrs streets wd avenues Grading streets, re- “alleys streets. > ‘Total improvements and repains sewers and basins. acing Obst ruc sewers... Main and pipe sew Suburban sewers...... Tiber creek and New Jer- sey avenue intercepting sewer, continuing con- tract"... ‘Constructing norther- ly portion... Sewage pumping station... — Columbia ommittze. levied upon the taxabl made, he recommnded the for the curren water r y 18K) is provided in the the applied to ervic cost, the ac establishing the National Zoological Park, and for one-half the expenses of the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of the me: at hereafter pupils mitied to or taught free of charge in ch pupiis may Dol compar: amounts : |THE DISTRICT BILL Appropriations Recommended for the Next Fiscal Year. ————— ESTIMATES CUT DGWN $2,870,856.30 Recommended by the Committee, $6,230,809.77. STATEMENT hi 11,666.07, the ‘f sur the several items expens of the a onde Ke mii submitted herewith § departme the gene vay whol al ated 1 = water de- that the aly & it was in even preced us of thes when revenues of the trict of Colun.bia for th> fi clusive of any estimated surpl enues of prior y; of & tions prope Limitations. tions with reference to appropria- tions made in the bill not heretofore im- or chunges in existing limitations, ollows: cents per nt, shall hools on pa: xed by thi the District, tuition and supplies under ne- disapproves submutted by the Com- ecommends roducti HSS, exclusive ommis for rev specially em of wa it was esti compl 0 $3.5 .S8 after ed by the together with the obli- 110) imposed up of March 2, used appropriation bill was reported to the House today by the The report on Commissioners of Columbia, upon which the exclusive of the water d one-half of such sum as Congress is required to be drawn revenues of the general govern- remaining one-half to be property and privi- of Columbia other than the property of the United States and rict of Columbia, of the act approved June 11, providing form of government for th= part- pursuant to sec- 1878, a permanent District of Co- ry of the Treasury, on page ® of Estimates for 19), mitted the following recommendatio! sub- being of the ern ge trict of Columbia in which be of to be venses of st svern~ that of for om- 19440, in the ve acts fis nur z work od Dis- n TSs9, Dis- that the Commissioners of the District of Columb{a shall not let a con- hereunder for sweeping streets at a thousand in the event of failure, to procure a con- tract at said rate or less, they are author- sum under their imme- ithout contract.” not he ad- the schools of the District of Columbia » not reside in said District, or whose do not reside or are not engaged in duties therein; provided, be admitted to and ment of board of approval of the as will cover cost of by shail be half to the creu- and one-half to the of Columbia.” ive 500.00 600.00 2100.00 1,009.00 2,000.00 500.00 50,000.00 25,000.00 50,000.00 60,000.00 150,000.00 20,000.00 25,000.00 $833,155.00 $161,000. 900.00 2,000.00 10,000.00 23,500.00 100.00 200.00, 00.60 300.00 1,500.00 1000.00, 7,000.00 2,000.00 3,000.00 400.00 1,800.00, 500.00 125,000.00 153,000.00 7,000.00 1,000.00, 50,000.00 25,000.60, 50,000.00, 50,000.00 88,000 00, 180,000.00 €ondempation of rights tiway.s Antomatic @ashing taal Extension of boundary A Sewer to 2% and streets northeatt. Tetel sewers Stree Repairs streets, avenues and alleys, ‘including resurfacing, etc....... $180,000 00 Replacing sidewalks and curbs, public reserva- tions". 5,000.00 Repairs, ccunty roads. 50,000.00 Construction, “county 67,500.00 72,000.99 145,000.00 130,500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 22/500 00 gas or oil 166,000.00 Lighting, electric are. - 60,000.00. Harbor and river front. 2,600.00 Public sea’ ‘200.00 Bathing beach Public pumps 00 19,000. $699,900.00 Total streets © $710,800.0 Bridges Bridges, care $4,000.00 $4,000.00 Bridges, constru 15,000.00 25,000.00, 15,000.00 25,009.00 $60,000.00 ‘Total bridges... Washington $21,000.00 94 H).00 investigation Total Washinj Aqueduct... 1,000.00 ton ine $22,000.00 $25, 000,00 Increasing water supply— Completing aqueduct tu nel. $200,000.00 Public schools— ‘or offi cere For tenchers.. For night schools... Contingent expe glit Schools. nderga 1525.00 16,500.00 Zobo.90 500.00 100.00 500.00 15,000.00 64,126.00, Reut of sche irs and improve: nts to buildings. irs und chauges in binding 000.00 40,008.00 7,000.00) al, pabiie _Metr polt wlitan 4.49.00 sul ra upplies Wires unde 1000.00, 5.60.00 Total telegraph and telephone serv S34. Health department: fex tineluding » for 1800 Ind $55,100.40 120.00 57,000.00 ad diphthe ement of niivan 080.00 health — de- tment see. $101,720 00 $18,196.00 14,900.00 ZL000.00 Defending suits in’ claims Writs of Iunacy ‘Total courts For int fund eet_and sink! Emerg ey fund. "£8,000. $4,000.00 Reformatorte and pris- . Dirxtrict of $45,000.90 $46,000.00 Columbia |... 12,960.00 12,960.00 Warden of jail. Ts 00 TRO0.00 Support of prisoners. 40.000.00 41,000.00 ‘Transportation pau- pers and pris Ee 3,200.00 3300.09 ngton Asylum, sal 5 16,883.00 In ex 00 v0 00. Support of inne : Buildings and grounds... otal wrmatortes aud prisons. $215,185.00 For support of the insane $110,517.60 For instruetion of the deaf and dumb x Relief poor $15,000.00 $13,000.00 ‘Temporary home for ex Union ors 3,000.00 2,500.00 Woman's ciation : 4,000.00 4,000.00 Central Dispensary ergency Hospital 17,000.00 15,000.08 Children’s: Hespital. National Ho me Hoxpital Washington Hospital for andlings 10,000.00 10,000,400 8,500.00 8,500.00 6,000.00 6,000.00. Church Orphanage Aswo- intion 1.00.00 rman Orphan Asyl 1,800.00 0) National Assoetatts Destitute Cold and Childre 10.00, 9,900.00 St. Ann's Infant Asylum. 5.40.00 5,400.00 Association for Works of Merey 1,800.00 House of Good Shepherd. St. Rose Industrial Sebool St. Joseph's: Asylum Young Women's Chris tian Home 1,000.00 1,000.00) Hope and Help Mission 1,000.00, 1,000.00) Newsboys and Children's Md Societ 7,000.00, 1,000.00, Eastern Dispe: 7000.00 1,000.00) Washington for Incerables ... : Munteipal Lodging Honse umbia Hoxpit gin Asvli diven's Hospital and 2,000.00 4,500.00 21,000.00 20,000.00 syluia +. 54,000.00 54,000.00 rheld and Vrovidence hospitals (in sundry civil act for 1899). 65,000.00 wards, minor Ws discuses, Provident at 4,000.00 Amount payabl triet revenues from Dis- Amount payal S. treas © from Water Department — Salaries... z Repairs and mixecllane: exp : Int Water-stock bonds Total, water ment... 90,000.00 6,025.00 depart- Grand total, ineluding water departinent. . Ee A legislative provision in the izes the principal assistant inspector of buildings to discharge any of the duties of the inspector when so directed by the Com- missioners. ‘The salary of the auditor is Increased $600 a year. An additional clerk at $900 Is given to the sealer of weights and measures. An increase of $24) is made for clerical hire in the engineer's office, Increasing the sal- ary of on# clerk that amount. An in- crease of $100 is given for the traveling ex- penses of the superintendent of charities. An increase of $400 for contingent expenses is given the coroner. General Assessment Book. For four volumes general assessment books, 1898-1900, $3,000: Provided, That the employes tn the office of the assessor may be assigned to duty in the preparation of said numerical books in addition to their regular duties, and may be allowed a rea- sonable compensation for said additional services from this appropriation. The es- timates explained that this is to provide for the general assessment books which contain a numerical arrangement by #quares and lots, fegnt feet and square feet, rate of assessment, value of land and improvements thereon, and name of most recent owner on record, and embrace four yolumes of about 450 pages each. The re- production of this work by means of the typewriters estimated for and mimeograph wi result in a considerable saving to the District. For two typewriting machines for repro- ducing additional copies, with mimeograph, $400, to be immediately available. The expenses for completing a general plan of highways are reduced $2,000. An item for paving the west side of North Capitol street from P street to Florida ave- nue, $3,000, is inserted. ‘The following are also inserted in the bill: Extending Boundary Sewer. For extension of the boundary sewer to the vicinity of 22d and A streets northeast And the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia are authorized to enter 't for the extension of the boundary sewer to the vicinity of 22d and A Streets northcast at a cost not to exceed $190,000, to be paid for from time to time as appropriations may be made by law. The Schools. An assistant superintendent of schools is Provided, who shall be appointed by the Commissioners and give bond and oath, to be approved by them, and perform such du- ties as they shall prescribe, at a salary of $2,000, Salaries of two $1,400 teachers are in- creased to $1,500, to serve as principals of the Eastern and Western high schools. Also thirty-six additional teachers for the grades below $1.200, making the teachers in those grades as follows: Three at $1,200 each; t $1,000 each; 18 at £950 each; 20 at $900 S75 each; 16 at $850 each; ny t S800 each; 85 at $77 S700 each; 4 at at $6) each Police and Fire Departments. For rent of police and fire department headquarters, $1,509, For house, jot and furniture for a truck company to be located in the northern part of West Washington, §: For placing wires of fire: and police in larm telege telephone service under gre ph nd existing conduits, including cost of cable: al boxes and posts, connec- sting conduits, manholes, hand- and othersnecessary items, $6,000, For extension of police patrol system, in- eluding purchase of new boxes, poles, cross insu pins, braces, wire and labe cos Washington Asylum r the Washington Asylum, one pital is given; also one graduated & nurse, $365 For erection of a north wing to the alms house, § or furniture for nurses home, For repairs to buildings, painting, lumber, hardware, cement, lime, ot}, ing, removal of floors and repairs to plumb- ram-heating and cooking apparatus, Ss Reform school, for construction of assem- bly hall, including fixtures, $0,759. Provisions for the yarious charities is made in accordance with the amounts given in last a nd limited as pri ed in estimates, except the following, which ar omitted: if use of the Good Shepherd, St District Militia. The changes in the appropriations for the District militia aré For furni- ture for armories, $400; printing and stationery, ine ; expenses of expenses of camp instruction and practice marches, reduced $7,500, The naval militia, is given To Be Called Up 1 Mr. Grout, gave no for co as follow reduced morrow, who is in charge of the bill, ice today that he would cali it up ideration in the House COE +e+ COLUMBIAS ‘TOOK Two. Defeat of Bowlers From Satarday Night. ‘The bowling team from the Gentlemen's Driving Park of Baltimore came over to Washington Saturday night and played a three-game match with the Columbia Ath- letic Club. The home team won the first two games, losing the final. All of the scores rolied were low, both teams appar- ently having an off night. The Driving Parks lead the Maryland Bowling League of Baltimore, and are classed as one of the best teams of the monumentai city. When the Columbias visited the Driving Park a month ago they secured one of the three games, so that Saturday night’s re- suit makes a tie, which will be roiled off on the Diamond alleys in Baltimore on a date in January. yumi and en Baltimore 3 played host rtained the visi after the ‘sin regal but without efiect, as Columbia again won. As in the p: vuS game, Baltimore with a hush, but could not hold th Driving Park missed many ¢asy spare: The re of second game: Columbia A. C. Gent. Driving Park. Ricker itzsimm’s, 2 Denton. 010. 3 gan. A Van Boeck. 1 Caughin -2 Gilbert. 1 % Lynch... -0 Suu. 2 1 tuschinan.. 4 Totals ..10 tals. ..12 ‘The last game was a very poor e of tnpin playing, the Columbias \ their lowest total’ of the seas 167 was the highest single st side in the match. The score of third game: Columbia on. Eagan’ ng of either rk, | Gent. Driving P Sp. 6 se. Bt. 145; Ftzsimm’s. 6 Ricker. 4 Desto - 2s 3 Thi) Ragan. Von Boeck.. 2 2 27 Cguglan. 5 Gitbert. 0 BAL 2 Stitt. a5: Ealh 3 Totals... 8 19 63) Totals 3.10 18 Tos Tonight there wil bé league tenpins at the Washington ‘Athletic Club, with the Columbias as oppgnents. DECLABED ANE. A Wild-Eyed Man Who Threw Brick- bats in Stataary H As the watchmen at the Capitol were closing the doors"of that building Satur- day afternoon Eli Hughes, the attendant in Statuary Hall, heard*a missile whizzing through the air méar ‘him, and turned to see a brickbat go through the heavy plate- glass window on the south side of the hall and land on the portico outside. The brick- bat had been thrown by a wild-eyed man, who was calling Hughes a blasted Spaniard and in choice language consigning him to the keeping of the devil. Sergeant Nichols was near by and soon had the troublesome man by the collar and on his way to the lockup. The man said his name was Schmipf, and the officers regarded him as insane and removed him to the sixth precinct station house. He was subsequently declared insane and sent to the asylum. ee Steamer Wyoming Sinks. MENOMINEE, Mich., December 12.—The steamer Wyoming of the Lackawanna Line is sunk in 18 feet of water off Posh- tigo, having been cut through by the ice. She was run into shoal water and lies with her lower deck a foot under the surface. <oseph Asylum, St. John's Orphanage, As- iation fo. Works of Mercy, In- | strial School. r the Women's Christian Association. maintenance, $4,000; . that no aged women shall heredfter be ived by said ssociation as life Im. nd that no part of its income or resources shall be ex- pended in outdoor 're fe The tné treasurer of the Girls’ Reform is Increased from $300 to $600, JomtheGrowds And Secure Some of the Wonderful Bargains : At | 3 Busy Stores. Today, Tuesday and Wednesday Only Special Sale of Toilet Slippers. s+ Men's, Ladies and Child's Warm Lined Velour Redroor Slippers Un pretiy colors), Ladies’ Hands: Corded-triinm e and the latest $1.50 1 Special Pri Men’s Hand-sewe Ise rman i eu and Brown duliets ised in the magazines at $2. Special Price - $1.25 Men's Finest Wine and Mack 1 Romeo, Faast and Opera Slippers, kid or lined—none betver sold for & Special Price... 3 RELIAB LOST ART. That of Poisoning as It Existed in the Middle Ages. zette, From the Chureh The Baltimoreans opened up in terrible | The art of poisoning, if we are to believe shion, scaring the Columbias badly. The | an ominent authority, must be reckoned first three men struck, and the side bowled | among the lest aris. It is not because we a clean frame, going many pins in the | 2N0UR We ON a <pataa . lead. C. A.C. drew together quickly and | #!° Jess coarse than our ancestors, and howling steadily, though none too’ well, | carry our refinement even into our crimes; soon had a lead which they held to the | we are less unscrupulous or cruel than our end. ! forefathers Though ihe toxicology of me cores tows G the ancients nec incomplet+, Clee peut Duane tak We | thereais on io believe that an- Ny 7 | tiquity nequainted with the use of z arsenic, opium, henbane and prussic acid. { i \ oldest poison in use obably an 4 imporiation of s nom, ‘Theophras- E tus speaks of a poison made pnite, a S.2) with rapid or siow effects, in nee The Driving Park rearranged their 1 with the operator's wish: During the ing order somewhat in the second eicemiad empire by means of poison that the ¢: venient people some pr of men in to taste all put upen the imp: ie, and that was partak-n of without one of ure physicians being 7 nt. of the most notorious pois day was Locusta, the murderess of qudius and Britannicus. About the year B.C. large numbers of women belong- to the higher classes of Roman society - indicted for poisoning their husbands dishe o dinner the (me ance of the epidemic oc- curr rs in Hungary). One hun- dred and s+venty were convicted and con- demned. The Sixteenth and seventeentn centuries were the halcyon days of poison- ing. There is no doubt that La Spara, and the, if possible, stil more wr-tehed hag La a a make them. atter is said to have caused the death of over six hundred persons. She used a preparation of arsehic which sh> sold under the name of “acqua Toffana.” It was a slow poison, the victim growing daily weak- r and gradually dying from physical ex- haustion. In France the most notorious female po:soners wer? Mime. de Brinvilliers, who was taught the secret of the “succes- sion powder” by Sainte Croix, which she successfully administered to her father and brothers; and the still more notorious La- yoisin and Lavigor-ux, who, being ostensi- bly midwives, carried their poisons to high and low—married coupl>s anxious to hasten the dissolution of the irksome tie, or needy heirs wishful to accelerate the departure of rich relatives. A veritable mania for pol- soning appears to have set in toward the middle of the seventeenth century. In England poisoning was declared, by an act passed In the reign of Henry VIII, to be high treason, and thos2 guilty of it were to be boiled alive. The most notorious case (the poisoning of James I by Buckingham is only a surmise) of poisoning was that of Sir Thomas Overbury in the year 3613. He had incurred the displeasure of iord Ro- chester and his wife, and the: had both vowed to be revenged on him. So after they had got him committed to the Tower, they set themselves to poison his food by mixing arsenic and canthar.jes with it. For many months, though suffering in- tensely, he app2ars to have lingered on. At last, a stronger dose than usvai put an end to his miserable existence. The guilty couple, to the king’s everlasting disgrace, were relsased after five years’ imprison- ment. “How does it happen, Jane,” snapped the angry mistress, “that I saw you feeding that policeman pumpkin pie in the kitchen last evening?” “I furgot ter plug the keyhole, mum."”— Detroit Free Press. WM. HAHN & CO. so common | Being Distributed at WHITE 6 RIED DIING'S, Successors to W. D. Clark & Co., Philadelphia Store, 811 Pa. Ave., Who Are GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. mre ingila Open Evenings Until Xmas. Three Great Days of Today, tomorrow and We inducements to early Xmas she before Nias it is often impos: attention. By b g now you help you by sellir regular prices. The following Three-Day Shoe Specials. 420 pairs Ladies’ Ideal Kid ileele Spring heel Laced and Butter Be at tipped — Styles $2.00 worth style Special Price... Special P. "$2. 35 Special Price... 26.0 Men's and Boys’ triple si With extension were cheap at Dave too tat but we of leather Viei Kid, lish tan Storm Winter - $3. lined best bbe uf and F ff hand made 2 SS. | Special Price. LE sHOE HOUSES, SARGASSO SEA SERPENTS. Precise Statement d Up by an Affidavit. Mobile Daily Register. ms that we will have Capt. Donovan's Back From th Its to admit that there are serpents in the sea, The state- | ment of Capt. Joseph Donovan of the Brit- jish sicamship Selma, backed by the sign- jed Statements of his officers, his helms man and everal other members of hi‘ crew, cannot well be discredited. Accord- ling to the captain, he saw the serpen: on | July 8, while the ship was in Sargass> sea, that portion of the North Atlantic ocean where a continued calm prevails, and where the water little current that a | great mas: i and other vegetabie growth It is possible that nimals hav ne not found elsewhere on the globe survived in that Mttle-visited and listurbed portion of the n’s story is pre He was miles southeast of the Bermudas, the | day w clear and the sea’ w like . strange object | off the port bow. a! ptain examined | it with his ¢ about 509 yards distant, moving in a course parallel with | that of the ship and at about the same speed as the ship. It had a body about forty lo large head, with a long bill, and blew water from its mouth like a man when swimmi When the ship was eered in the direction of the monster it humped its back and disappeared. It had an imn nse fin and shaggy mane. few minut ter the helmsman called attention to another serpent of the same Zeneral appearance as the first, but over feet long, this one being about fifty yards in front, acr bow of the ship. he monster appeared frightened, and in j swimming it rolled up a mass of water in front of it to the height of six feet. This serpent also had a large fin. Still a third seen a moment later, close to the ship a smaller serpent, ten or twelve feet in | length, and with a fin like the others, and: as also could be seen, with four large flip- pers, two on a side. ‘The captain adds that he had often heard of sea monsters, but never before had given the stories credit, but now he is convinced that sea serpents exist, and that he has seen some of the largest of the species. The statement of the officers and crew is as follow: “Steamship Selma, Mobile, July 23, 1898.— We, the undersigned, officers and crew of the steamship Selma, hereby testify that Capt. Donovan's ent is perfectly true, as we saw the monsicrs as well as he did “E. Bowles, chief officer; George Hender- Son, second officer; James Buchanan Gor- i don, chief engineer; J. William Cooper, H. Hug! H. Brown, A. B.; G. (man at the wheel): H. John Hoffman (cook). Witness to signatures, Thomas Morgan, steward.” The most important feature of the matter is that the description given by Capt. Don- evan fits very closely the descriptions given by naturalists of amphibious animals of the plesiosaurus genus, the, bones of which have been found in England, and which are re- ported by all authorities as extinct. SSS A Severe Tes: From the Cleveland Leader. “Has her father got lots of money?” je must have. You see how plain she is, yet I've seen many a fellow sit right out where he could be seen with her in boxes at the opera.” + 0 + If you want work read the want columns of The Star. nany of our Holiday Special Shoe Prices Inesday we shall offer special »ppers. During the last few days le to give everybody the proper MH help us—and we in return will Specialties at less than prices me other Xmas Specials. Infant’ Pretty Little Laced : ul Bor with kid soles. € white, black. pink, red or brown—the usual Sue. kinds, ‘ Special Price....... oe: ie a: Mises’ and Child's Warm- 2 us also Legging, Rubber Boots —hbest qualiti Children’s Sixes. . Mixxes’ Sizes Youths’ and Ladh i Sizes "s Sizes Storm King Boots s-only, Boys’ 3 5 High-cut Buckle and Button Aret Wo Overshors for Men, n and Children. Cor. 7th and K Sts. 1914-1916 Pa. Ave. — dae sais sas E. 2 Castile Soap : Fo and cake. % 5c. “£1 0c 3 5 ° ° " 2 It’s the genuine Castile Soap * no cheap imitation. It’s % made of pure Olive Oil. Only ~ - and toc. cake. CP Pragrant VIOLET ORRIS—omly 2 package. W.S. THOMPSON, PHARMACIST, isTH ST. eee ME kind of gift a man always its something te contribute to his comfort Smoking Jackets, House Robes, Pall-dress Protectors, Warm Scoteh Wool Glover with ciuptlet tops, Kid Gloves, Uned and unlined; Fine Neckwear, Hosiery, & ‘The pick of the market ut Teel’s. TEEL’S, 1329 F St. » Dress Suit C Dr. Franck’s Grains of Health. These little pills will quickly cure Constipation, Congestion, Headache. RA & ©O., New York; Leroy, Paris, Santa Claus Co. Wholesale and Retail in Xmas Decorations of Green Stuff. Rope, Holly, Mistletoe, Wrenths, Stars, Running Cedai, by the bag or barrel. Mi. ‘Trees, Hornet Nesis, ete. Special rates co clu: echools, balls, dealers, Free bowers to churcl: and schools if order is placed now. We xbtp o 619 LA AVE.. EAST OF SAKS STORES. po2s-lu Cures Piles. Takes away Me itching and burning jain nd effects a complete rely on “Lanasol” Gintment It never fails. Only 25e. Jar. GF OUR EMULSION of Cod Liver ott costs only 5c. pint. Always fresh Evans’ Drug Store, Sw Retail, 98 F « Conn, ave. and and 1424 Md deto-16a" AINE'S ELERY — MAKES OMPOUND — PEOPLE WELL. 8°20 Collectors of old documents, rare engrav- ings, stamps or other valuable papers that ought to be protected from the noxious in- fluences of the air and from moisture can easily preserve them in their origina! condi- tion by covering them with a % per cent solution of collodion. This solution can be applied with a soft brush without ¢ slightest danger to the objects thus treated. This proceeding is mainly applicable where delicate colors that are solubie in water are to be preserved in their pristine fresh- ness and beauty. The collodion covering is, therefore, most excellent for preserving water color paintings and pastels.