Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1900, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1900-22 PAGEs, i) for many a week. able and durable. only Ne more than 2 P: Crowd-=-bringing ~ FRIDAY SHOE-PRICES. jj Outside of Saturday,—Friday is our busiest, day of the week,—where it used to be the dullest.; Every Friday we weed oiit the broken sizes accumu- lated during the week and any Shoes on which we may be overstocked,—at prices that cannot help but attracting big crowds of prudent buyers. ! Considering the extraordinary price-worthiness! of the Shoes spread on our Bargain Tables,—to- morrow ought to be the busiest Friday we've had 140 Pairs Ladies’ and Men's Bath-room Slippers, — cool irs to One customer, — tomorrow comfort- 15e. Ladies’ $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 and $3 Boots and Oxfords to- morrow, : 95e. A Tablefal of Ladies’ black and tan Kid—also Patent Leather Laced and i|}]| Button “Boots.—atso Canvas-top Cycle Ht} Boots,—broken Sizes, ranging from to 8. About 50 Pairs tan and black st: sole Oxford Ties, left from I all at the low price of Men's $4 and $5 _hand- made Calf and Patent Leath- er Shoes at $1.39. 25 Pairs Reed's $5 Patent Leather pointed-toe Laced Shoes,—broken Sjzes, 6 to 10%. 47 Pairs $4 and $5 French Calf hand- sewed Laced and Gaiters, pointed and izes, ranging from ny Pair tomor- veces BL39 Boys’ and Girls’ $1 to $1.50 good stout Shoes at | 50e. i Ceackproof Calf _double-sole _ tipped Ill Spring-heel Laced Shoes for Girls and Boys.—broken Sizes 8 to 1. and Misaes’ oes,—Sizes 6, Youths’ $1.50, $2 and $2.50 Shoes at 95e. 35 Pairs fine Calf hand-sewed $2.50 Laced Shoes,—narrow widths, Sizes 10 to 13. « ————— Little Boys’ $1.50 to $2.50 excellent tan Laced Shoes, with heels—sizes 11 to 13. ‘Tomorrow only at......... oreese ees BBC. Our Special Sale of Fine Easter Footwear Is continuing to attract the biggest crowds our busy Stores have ever known. Such a variety of truly ele- gant Shoes as ours have never before been offered at the prices we're selling them. = ——— Cor. 7th and K Sts. Ave. i 1914 and 1916 Pa. 233 Pa. Ave. S. E. eet WE RE ND THE MO: erste Y¥ FOR ANY ARTICLE NOT FOUND SATISFACTORY. $ SPRING HOUSEFURNISHINGS. eee enol onotneteies eegeegeegeste a | FRIDAY BARGAINS ~o | | | — ° Sn its G. Kitchen Utensils, ete. + Water Buckets, 10c. : 14-Ot. Tin Water Buckets, worth for Friday’s paleo | "We Cedar Tubs, 59c. i regard to the advance prices, oe we e fr Friday only White Va. Cedar SJ sizes made. at just half price 9c. z and Se. al % Scrubbing Brushes. = 15-cent Serubbing cleaning, Se. thes Line, Fri spins ner Oil Stoves, COOKING, HEINCH GDC, DUUELE OIL. STOVE, $1. LIGHT ror WICK STOVE, ED Of HUDSON’S VARIETY STORE. IN, Friday, we make great reductions on Housefurnshings, It’s necessary for you to come Fri- > day—prices are lowered for one day's bargain selling. You'll need something below for spring housecleaning: 423 Seventh St. sostondoatonteeseeserseosente Soot adoetedee Dustpans, 10c. pers’ tif 39c. Dustpans, @ strong and ser- viceable, Friday only - - - 10c. 6-Gal. Garbage Cans, 69c, knows these Garbage Cana are Fiday bargaining cuts OQ, et Spotter segee$ Ngee pendoatossergensessoroateatesoazeetoaseontonte ee agenteatenseeseasoaseeseeceaseazwecvagensneceaseateaseatenseesestedseeseatoeseacerseesessenteesreseateeseege Seeceise Everstn $1, them down to. VINE STEFL HATCHETS, FULL FOR FR Oc. ABLE HAMMERS, 10c. Stepladders, 59c. Its Just the season when —oest Ladders on t WORTH SE DAY OY GooD, want a good e market, 5-ft., Refrigerators, $2.50, $2.50 Refrigerator, 8: $9.98 A seo 3 made in ON ROLLER SKATES FOR ALL T, WORTH T5e. FOR FRIDAY, NURSERY CHAIRS, 496. LORS WINDOW CURTAINS, 10. Wy it OPPOSITE LANSRURGH'S. SRIRAM TIMI tet tines os B. AND ©. DOUBLE TRACK. The Baltimore and Ohio also intends to Proposed Improvements on Metropoli- tan Branch—Narrow Encape. nee of The Evening Star. April 4, 1900. Railroad Com- tracking at an 4 part of the Metr rsburg to Wash- Ohio i Surveyors are now out la off the new . preparatory to letting it out by s said the part from Gaithe = to Waring will first, as it can be more readily cing of any consequ’ being it, with the exception of the t Waring station. and the fil short. The other p hington Jun: . be done as early as practicable, but some time will be required on account of deep and heavy cuts and fills and the remode!- ing or building of four or five large bridges. mon? AD AINA AIN-O] TRY GRAIN-O} Ask your Grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The ebildren may drink It witbeut in- Jury as well as the adult. All whe try it like GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha Java, but It is made from pure grains. an Most delicate stomach recelves it with. 3% the price of coffee. 15 and 25 cts. we: ‘Sold by atl grocers. build an overhead bridge across its tracks at Buck Lodge, near here, very soon, 0 a8 erous grade crossing at if this does not meet with the approval of the citizens it is thought the county road will be so changed as to run under the tracks near that point, The company has been meeting with some oppo- sition to the overhead bridge, citizens of the community claiming that the embank- ment will be very steep, which would be dangerous, but it is believed some plan will agreed upon that will abolish the pres- ent dangerous crossing. Franz Joseph Ha vi hees, a traveling man ently a German, while attempting over the bridge known as Big Monocacy bridge, near Dickerson’s, Mont- gomery county, was struck by west-bound train No. 55 at 12 o'clock noon today and narrowly escaped death. He made an at- tempt to get out of the way of the train and partially succeeded, but one arm was broken and badly bruised. That he was not killed was due to his wonderful nerve, as the train was running at the rate of sixty miles an hour, and there is no place on the bridge where a man can seek safety when a train is coming. Seeing his danger he let himself down over the ends of the ties, one arm being unconsciously exposed, but his wonderful presence of mind did not fail. and he clung on to the ends of the tes with the other hand, and after the train passed drew himself up and proceeded to Dickerson, where he told Agent Meem of his Injury. The agent had him sent to Washington on a late train this afternoon for treatment. The bridge mentioned spans~ Monocacy river and ts over i00 feet from the water. and INSTRUCTED DELEGATES! HOME-MADE TRIMMING UNANIMOUS ACTION OF THE DEMO- CRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Declaration in Favor of Bryan ai the Chicago Piatform—Rules for Primaries. ‘The announcement made in The Evening Star a week or ten days ago, to the effect that the democrats of the District would send to Kansas City a delegation instructed to support Bryan and the Chicago plat- form, no matter which faction should con- trol the city convention, was proved to be correct last night at the meeting of the democratic central committee of the District. By the unanimous vote of the nineteen members who were present, either in person or by proxy, a resolution offered by Mr. John Boyle was adopted, which re- eited as follows: “Reaffirming our devotion to the Chicago platform of 1896 and our loyalty to Wil- liam Jennings Bryan, its ablest exponent, the democratic central committee of the District of Columbia hereby declares that the delegation from this District, to ex- press the will of the democracy should be instructed to vote at the Kansas City convention for the reaffirmation of the Chi- cago platform and the renomination cf Bryan upon that platform, with such addi- tions to the Chicago platform, in regard to trusts, imperialism and expansion, as the national democracy, in its judgment, may decide.” Mr. Boyle. who is one of the most bit- ter opponents of Mr. Norris and his fac- tion of the party, was rather surprised when Vice Chairman Clarke, whose loyalty to Mr. Bryan had been questioned, moved that the resolution be adopted unanimous- ly by a rising vote. Mr. Boyle having ob- jected to this, the roll was called by Secre- tary J. Fred Kelley, and every member present emphatically recorded himself in the affirmative. Renult of an Understanding. This action was the result of an under- standing reached by the Norris men after the recent circular of the democratic na- tonal committee press bureau was Issued, warning all democrats to send instructed delegates to Kansas City, and which, it was ascertained, was approved by nearly every member of the national committee, and >m- phatically so by the chairman, Senator Jones of Arkansas. It was regarded in the nature of a Norris coup, the general im- pression today in democratic circles being that it had pretty effectually taken the wind out of the Holmead faction’s sails. ‘The recent claims of the latter that they had made substantial inroads on the strength of the Norris wing in the central committee were also shown last night to have no basis whatever. There were, it 1s stated, nineteen members present, elther In person or by proxy, those absent being Mes tor Beyer of the first district. John Wittekindt of the sixteenth and John A. Miller. James Wells appeared as proxy for Robert Doyle of the seventeenth dis- trict and Edwin H. Newmeyer as proxy for William Holtzclaw of the sixth district. The main question before the committee upon which it was declared a show of strength betweer the cpposing factions was to be made was the reouest of the anti- Norris democrats to name one-half the judges required for service at the primaries next ‘Tuesday. The resolutions adopted at the Masonic Temple meeting last Friday night were prescnted to the committee by Mr. Thomas "Day. The request, after dis- cussion, was refused by a vote of 13 to 6, as follow Nays — Kelley, Scanlon, Maher, Small, Darling, MeQuad: Donovan, Connor, bs arke, Lynch, Neumeyer and irner, James Wells, Jordan, Kil- yle, William Wells. Rules for the Primaries. The committee of seven recently appoint- ed draw up rules to govern the pri- maries, which consisted of J. Fred Kelley, W. J. Donovan, Michael B. Scanlon, Ed- ward Lynch, William T. Whalen, F. Mc- Quade and John A. Clarke, made a report recommending regulations as follows, to govern each primary district: “1. Meeting to b&é called to order by the member of the democratic central commit- tee at m. slection of a chairman. Election of a secretary or the ap- pointment by committeeman. “4. Election of three judges, or, when already selected by committeeman and ap- proved by democratic central committee, announcement of the judges. “5, Voting to commence at 7:30 o'clock. Polls to close at 8:20. Counting of the votes, with every son excluded from the room where! the votes shall be counted, except the judges of fon, the chairman and the Secretary of the meeting. “x. Announcement of the result of the fredential blanks, which accompany these instructions, are to be filled out with the names of the delegates and the alter- nates elected, and one copy delivered to the secretary of the democratic central committee and one copy to the delegates elected.” There was no minority report. The amendment offered by Mr. C. H. Tur- ner providing that where a committeeman should name the judg at least one should be of the faction which is opposed to that with which the committeeman ts affiliated was lost by a vote of 16 to 3, only Mr. Tur- ner, Mr. Boyle and Mr. Killeen voting for it. The rules offered by the committee were then adopted by the same vote of 16 to 3. Anti-Norris and Anti-Trust. The executive committee of the anti- Norris democrats is arranging for three meetings Friday evening and one Saturday night. The gatherings tomorrow night will be held, respectively, in the Globe building, Pennsylvania avenue between 3d and 4% streets; Costello's Hall, 6th and G streets, and Forrest Hall, Georgetown. The other will be held in McCauley's Hail, 209 Penn- sylvanla avenue southeast. The speakers secured, who will be di- vided between the meetings, will include Representatives McClellan of New York, Jones of Virginia, Rhea of Kentucky, Nor- ton of Ohio, Jett of Ulinols, ex-Representa- tive Floyd King of Louisiana, Mr. Andrew A. Lipscomb of Virginia, Herman J. Schul- teis of this city, and oiners. Washington League, No. 1, of the Amer- jean Anti-Trust Leagfe, which has identl- fied itself vigorously with the anti-Norris faction, held a meeting last night at its of- fice, No. 1220 Pennsylvania avenue. and passed resolutions denouncing the District Commissioners for their alleged refusal to permit the “Bryan Democratic Association” to hold open air meetings and band wagon meetings it. various parts of the city to- night. Inquiry at the District building today de- veloped that Mr. Charles H. Turner cal'ed on Maj. Richard Sylvester yesterday and requested permission to hold such meetings. He was informed by the superintendent of police that permission to have music would be granted by him, but that the matter of holding street ineetings was under conrol of the Commissioners. So far as could be ascertained the latter were not asked for such permission. The league also adopted resolutions ca!l- ing upon Congress to condemn and_pur- chase the existing telephone company in the District und operate it under government ownership. —__-+——_ Wild Man Caught in Wolf Traps. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. A wild man was captured jn the hills near Plum Fork a few days ago. He had been seen a number of times by different persons, but all efforts to cap- ture him had proved fruitless until Louis Prown, @ farmer, set two of his strongest wolf traps at a cave where the man had been sleeping. He was caught In both traps by the nose and right hand. When Brown found him he was trying to loose the trap from his nose, but when he saw Brown he set up « most dismal howl and attempted to run. He was released and confined in a stable belonging to William Rice. For sev- eral days he would not speak, but he was finally Induced to talk. He said his name was Levi Brewer, and that he was raised near Warfield on the Big Sandy. He ap- pears frightened when strangers apy z but qutets down when he finds they do not intend to hurt him. His nails on his hands and feet are like the taions of an eagle, and he 1s completely covered with hair. He told ‘the. correspondent that he had ‘sup- ported himself by fishing and catching game with his hands. CUT-OUT CLOTR 4XD APPLIQUE DRESS DeGORATIONS. Ribbon Embroidery_and Oatli: Velvet eee Easy to a Written for The Evening Star. ‘The elaborate trimmings on the dresses of the season furnish untold opportunities to the woman who Is skilled in needlework. Women who have never been inside an art school may ornamefrt théir gowns as well as though they were post-graduates of a school of design if they exercise a little taste and patience. For street gowns no trimming has been more admired than the cut-out cloth em- broidery. It is not at all hard to make. The woman who wants a cut-out bodice front or revers should first hunt up a pat- tern which contains plenty of latticework and place the piece of cloth on a smooth, hard surface. Inserting between it and the design a piece of blue transfer paper and tracing over the pattern with a pencil she will noW have an outline of the design upon the cloth. Then let her take a pair of small, sharp scissors and cut out the pieces of cloth where they should be cut away. Next take a needle and some but- tonhole twist of the color of the cloth and outline the edges of the cloth with the twist if it happens to be a fabric that will ravel. Broadcloth is firm and does not need the embroidered edge. When the cut-out cloth is finished it is laid over a piece of satin of some contrast- ing shade, such as will bring out distinctly the outlines. For instance, a light material should be laid over a dark background, and a dark cloth over a light background. Painted Revern Craze. Painted revers, which are the craze of the hour, are not so difficult to make as the amateur may imagine. The flowers may be painted on bolting cloth, which is easy to work on, and then cut out and appliqued on. In the art stores may be bousht flower studies, which will show how the flowers vet or satin in water colors what is known as a medium Is needed. The paints are mixed with the medium instead of with water. Paint mixed in the ordinary way would spread all over the cloth. Wild roses are about the easiest flowers to do. Pan- sies are a little more difficult, and so are violets. The flat flowers are, of course, the easiest. Tulips are comparatively simple. Chenille embroideries are not difficult. Some of the most beautiful evening gowns are ornamented with these. A bold but handsome pattern consists of flags worked in chenille. The soft mousseline de soie or more pliable satins make excellent back- grounds. The pattern may be outlined on paper laid over a plece of thin material, on which the pattern is embroidered. When the embroidery is finished it may be cut out and appliqued on the gown. Easy to Make. In making chenille embroideries it is well to remember that only short lengths should be used. The chenille’ fills up the pattern so quickly and the colors blend so har- moniously that it is one of the easiest em- broideries to make. : Detached leaves aiid sprays are worked on satin and then cut outmnd used as trim- mings for gowns. The qutline embroidery is a heavy chain stitch. Sometimes, instead of the stitching, which play be worked on a machine, a narriw Braiding of silk is used to outline the flowers: Ribbon embroidery is another form of Gress decoration that an¥ one can master. Bowknots make the easiest design, ond these can be put on, and then stitched in place by home talent’as well as by the pro- fessional. Usually, when the ribbon has a heavy edge, it is merely stitched in place; otherwise it is put #n with a heavy em_ broidered outiine. The pattern is first trans- ferred from the pattern to the cloth, or it is drawn there with chalk and is then 9ut- lined with ribbon pinned on with tiny pins and stitched in place. As this work must be done directly oy the-tloth, the fabric nuust be handled vert eazefully to avoid its gathering in -ugly little gidges when too tightly stitched. Oxidized Silver Thread. One of the novelties of the moment is the use of an embroidery of silver threads col- ored to look like oxidized silver and gold threads dulled to look Ike old gold. Over lace on evening bodices the effect is rich and striking. The insetting of lace in fancy dress fronts or bolero jackets is a matter that requires a little taste and some skill with the needle. For spring and summer this variety of trimming promises to be popular. ‘The in- sertion is let into the muslin or cloth in parallel lines, in geometrical figures or in bowknot patterns. When the pattern fs an elaborate one, as in the case of the bow- knot, the secret of the workmanship is that the insertion is securely stitched to the fab- ric in the shape desired and then the ma- terial underneath is cut away and its rough edges are stitched up to avoid raveling. Jet motifs and paillettes arranged in various shapes which form part of the adornment of the winter gowns will, of course, be less prominent on the more airy ones of summer. APRICOT ORCHARD. IN A How the Fruit is Gathered, Dried ang Prepared for Market. From Pearson's Magazine. As soon as an orchard of apricots comes into bearing, advertisements are inserted in the newspapers of adjoining towns for wo- men and girls. Thousands of women leave their domestic duties, taking with them their families to engage actively in the sheds of the ranchers, cutting the fruit for drying, after the men have collected it from the trees. Sometimes 500 people will be engaged up- on a lerge orchard. Rules and regulations are laid down for their conduct; the wo- men and girls sleep in the tents provided at a low rental by the management, and either cook for themselves, or board’ with what would be termed in railroad circles a “boarding boss;” the men, not so many, occupy tents in some other and distant part of the orchard. The sole requisite being the ability to pick and cut fruit, an aggregation of humanity representing all classes of so- ciety, from the impecunious Bnglish family with cultivated manners and aristocrattc connections to the nondescript, who travels from town to town in search of employ- ment, is colleeted together in industrious activity for the revenue to be derived. Each woman has a small tray in front of her, and, after Cutting the fruit with a knife, she lays it open on the tray. Eacn tray Is furnished with a raised end. When five are filled they are piled up, and the operator shouts, ““Tray!”, whereupon an at- tendapt approaches, punches @ ticket with which" she has beeii'"préViously furnished, and takes the five trays to the sulphur use. 2 The women are paid 10 cents ’a box, each box containing sixty poupds of fruit, All fruit has to be placed in the sulphur house for several hours for the purpose of bleach- ing it or causing it.to retain its natural color, as well as to destroy all insect life that may remain, otherwise the sun would cause it to turn black. The trays are then carried out and placed upon the ground un- der the steady save of the slorions Califor- nia sun. Should cfoads’ be hanging over the trays are placed one above the other until that great pugifiep-and drier of the universe, old Sol, makes his appearance. The fruit requires “from three to seven days to dry. At undeeniltbe this time men go out into the orthard‘ with what are called “sweat boxes! and)scrape from the trays all the fruityinte, these boxes, in which it is left unt] fuly dried. Finally it is hauled to the storehouses and piled up in heaps, perhaps ten feet high, awaiting the eye of the critical buyer. Hard to Say. From the Chicago Fost. “What do you expect to make of your boy? “Don't know, I'm sure. He talks too much for a successful politician and not enough for a° pugilist.” —— <2 _____ Sir Augustus Lackeash (to tailor)—“My son tells me that you have allowed him to run a bill for three years. I have, there- fore, come—" : ‘Tailor—“Oh, pray, Sir Augustus, there is really no hurry.” Sir Augustus Laeckcash—“I know that, and, therefore, I have come to tell you that In future I want to get_my clothes from you, too.” —Tit-Bits, WOODED LEASE appreciate the fact PSPS OO OD 18¢@ for 18c Hose. Friday bargains here consist of more than remnants. For tomorrow our popular 18¢ Black Hose are to be only 13c pair. Ladies’ in sizes 8 to 10; girls’ in sizes 5 to 9; boys’ in sizes 7 to 9%; men’s in sizes 9 to 11; babies’ In sizes 5'to 6. Ample quantities in all styles. N gS SY price for tomorrow. These $16.50 Suits have cau been sold so far than all others together. tor—variety of styles to best suit the tall and short, the slim and stout. front Jackets; the correct Box-plait Skirt—all bearing the evidence of man tailoring. The equal of the best $20 Suits, as you generally find them, at only $13.99 tomorrow. $4.25. Tomorrow—Friday—all $5.00 and $6.00 Trimmed Hats at only $4.25 for choice. Not odds and ends, but eniire stock of nearly one hundred. 75C. Another Friday Bargain—all the Trimmed Walking Hats you have and will see here at $1 are to be 75c for tomorrow. . hats. $13.99 for $16.50 Tailor Suits. of the Palais Royal offering The Palais Royal. Neckwear to Go With the Hats. The necessity of the neckpiece being in harmony with the hat is not sufficiently thought of, as a rule. , “buyers” have decided to prove themselves exceptions. And spe- cial prices for tomorrow—7g¢ for the new 98c Ruches, 49¢ for the 68c Fancy Pieces—that will artistically harmonize with the new you its Spring “leader” of 1900 at a special ght the popular fanc: All sizes are here, in blac ) @ 0 eo The Palais Royal y and more of them have , tans, grays, blues and cas- Tight-fitting, Eton and Fly- The Palais Royal’s Busiest Day,- 83C for 44c Gowns. Well-known superior garments that have been popular favorites for many yeai Neat, not gandy. Made of saperlor muslii with empire and V neck, ruffle trimme All sizes. 33 tomorrow for these gown 25c Instead of 35¢ for superior ers; 2c instead of 39¢ for super: ret Co Drawers. a ee a A A Se: ee ee ee ee ee eee eee for 12!%4c Hdkfs. ‘Those warranted ‘all pnre linen Handker- chiefs, with plain hemstite borders, are extra good value at 1 a shall go tome tC on three. Not snore than n half dozen purchaser—so that none shall be pointed. =o 1,000 Pieces No. 300 Long Cloth, $1.15 for 12-yard Pieces. (The above and following on Second floor.) Fruit of the Loom, eee ena S ©. ~ Lonsdale Cambric, Not remnants. Cut Not remnants. 50 { Rest quatity of | from full pleces of Pieces are here. this famous sbest- | best quality 36-inch ¥, G ee yards ready to GB ing, and fall 10-4 | g pedistributed tomor- wide. Only a rea- ( wide Frult of the 2 row morning. Not j sonable quantity to y! Loom Muslin. at wholesale. | A om eres i | — ° ° = ° = == 4 o— | Pequot Sheeting fo ~o $2.25 Decorated Tollet Sets for. $1.69 & iss Pitchers, etc....... Be. 25e Galvanized Iron Foot Tubs. Ie. G Knives and 8 Forks for... ive. 12 boxes ish Safety Mai ASEMENT Floor for best White Porcelain China at special prices :-—3 Saucers, 4c each for Plates in all sizes, 5c, 8c and 12c for Meat Dishes Dishes, 10c for 2-quart Pitchers. Also the following Friday Bargains: BAe Shoe Blacking Cases for. 5c Hardwood Knife Boxes. 1,000 sheets Tissue Toilet Paper. 8 cakes Laundry Soap for. 9c Coal Sleves for 5c for Six Cups and Six » 7¢, gc and 12c for Vegetable + 0 = Q - ) 0 » 4 ‘ v + Q é $ Q o arden Trowels for. Spurious imitations are assurance with our own: Six Tea Spoons...........39¢- Six Table Spoons. ... Six Dessert Spoons... -92e. -82c. 39c¢ for Six of Rogers’ Genuine Al Spoons. Hoe, Rake or Spad > packages Flower Seed ¢ Packnges Vegetable Seed ‘. 12 Tube Roses for-..-.-- 4 > Dress Goods Department. (Tomorrow only.) ad a cree Georaey known 75¢ Silks, in ample qu: 44¢ yan for 8c yard for the popular 12¢ Dress Linings. All the above on second flvor. 50¢ All-wool Tailor Suiting. nearly 100 pieces, all new. Notion Department. (Tomorrow only.) SADA DDS DO DOD DOOD DG LOD HOO HONGO IG HO HOO (Tomorrow only.) Ag 3374 for Se Tuble, Ladies who ve Intel visited the store know that Torchon, Valen- clennes and Oriental Laces are “here worth up to 10e a yard, Embroidery Department. (Tomorrow only.) S&C y2rA for the 16¢ to 12¢ Cambrie Fim. broideries. Not remnants —ample quai tities in all the needed widths. plentiful enough. The following printed guarantee gives you the maker's 4 o—_. ———__—___. o 4 | ak euratee the tase of theee sands | stamped with my name and trade-mark to 1 ¥ | er cent Nickel Silver, the platiug | ge | superior to. all other gds faving x'atan: |) | lar play WM. A. ROGERS. New York. | 2 ease aD > Six Table For! -< AQ2C. Gravy Ladles.. . é ? Six Table Kniv -+»79C. Soup Ladles. ae < Six Ovster Forks.........92c. Initials Engraved Free. ( Lace Department. Corset Depariment. 5 (Tomorrow only.) AZeg for the new season's Se Conti and z Light-weight Ventilating Corsets Sizes 18 to 30, fn long, sbort and medlutu Jengths. Art Department. : (Tomorrow only.) 25¢ for the "G4 nck Pare plain. st. door. Linen Au 1” Art s Stam swork Department ar Facial Soap.....Facial Cream. Dental Cream. . .Tooth Powder. Shaving Stick........Oderine. EL a RS, Palais Royal, stm 10e Horn or Rubber Dressing Qombs for Se. ‘ Joe Halley's Petvoleumy Jelly for se Belt Department. Frame Department. g Ie Al id Meal for i > S ®) B) ‘4g 5 ibe Aluetet eal tor: (Tomorrow only.) ces as Tin ney om) q 15e 25¢ Pulley Belts. “For sale in Ribbon ue ek Neer e 4” EES ners. Fourth floor for thei, > Ture ‘Transparent. & Jewelry Department. ? © Tooth Powder or Wa Lunch Room. + * Howell's Violet Ammonia (Tomorrow only.) , ¢ Borated Talenin Powder for. ¥ e (Basement.) lve Imported Violet Soap for. 3 $1 for $1.48 Warranted Sterling Silver i. ~ i 25e Silk Garter Elastic for Long Chains, each link soldered, 1D fr shovpers” tanch of hot che 4 I5e Fancy Metal Garter Buc c. Choice of plain silver and jeweled slide and salted wafers. Other lunches We Gum Dress Shields for. ic with chain, up to 25 4 9 $ e6 ” : Woodbury’s Preparations P.R.” Manicure Parlor. + Use of cozy private parlor, 8 C of . Artistic > Hairdressing and Scientific Shampooing for Cc ‘) 2 only 35c. © ¥ > ae “ WINNING THE VICTORIA CROSS. Notable Services for Which the Trophy Has Been Awarded. From Collier's Weekly. Whatever of failure and disaster may be in store for England as the outcome of her campaign against Paul Kruger and his peo- ple, it is at least consolatory to know that the old Anglo-Saxon spirit of bravery that knows no reason, of blind daring that recks naught of results, leading “duke’s son and cook's son” straight into the jaws of a masked battery, burns brighter than ever. The war is not six months old, yet already the records glisten with the stories of indI- vidual bravery that add luster and glory to arms. It is certain that the end er the campaizn will give us a plentiful crop of V. C.’s. The Victoria cross, most cov- eted of all military trophies. because so rarely bestowed, is common alike to officers and men. Rank holds no place in the rea- sons which dictate its bestowal. It is the one decoration created by the queen, and bestowed by her own hand. It is common to master and man alike. And it has more than once happened that the haughty ma- jor general, glittering with decorations, has ‘stood side by side with the humble private in the ranks to receive this distinction at the hands of the gentle woman whom both rve. ey ‘Gisastrous Boer war of 1881 gave nearly twenty new wearers of the Victoria Cross. Does any one in these days recall the names of James Murray and_ Patrick John Danaher of the Connaught Rangers? Yet in all the annals of war there is no finer instance of self-forgetting sacrifice than that afforded by these two young Irishmen. It was on the morning of January 16, 1881, just after a ‘with the Boers, that they saw Byrne and Davis, two men of the Scots Fusilier Guards, lying wounded on the Murray and Danaher were wounded, t rode to the rescue. Murray’s horse was shot under him, and then he struggled on foot to the side of the wounded men. Yet even as he raised Byrne in his arms he was shot through the body, and finding that ail was lost, ordered Danaher to look to him- self. Murray, Byrne and Davis were cap- tured by the Boers. The men whom Mur- ray and Danaher ha ried to save died, but Murray, long a prisoner in the hands of the Boers, lived to join the regiment, arft with Danaher receive the reward for his bravery. Does Lance Corporal Farmer. keeping time books among the factory chimneys in busy, smoky Bradford, recall the day at Majuba Hill when, at the finish of the slaughter, he alone remained by the s‘de of the wounded, in spite of the bullets that were ha’ iz down upon him? Twice he raised a white handkerchief to show that he was connected with the Red Cross, and twice the hand that waved the flag was shot through and the linen fluttered to the ground. Happily the captain in command of the Roer force realized the situation and ordered his men to cease firing, and Farm- er’s life was spared. He suffered the loss of his left arm, but got the Victoria Cross } 1 in exchange. Major A. R. Hill of the 58th Regiment, now going through econd experience of war in the Transvaal, was, through no fault of his own, one of the survivors of Laing’s Nek, The majer, at that time a mere sec- ond lievtenant, saw Captain Osmond, a brother officer, lying wounded and exposed to the fire of the enemy. Out into the open, with the Boer guns trained upon him, ran Hill, until he reached the side of his comrade. He had gone but six yards with his burden, wien another bullet struck the wounded man, and he died in his arms. Major Hill remembered that he had seen two privates lying near the captain: and laying the dead man on the ground, he went back a second and a third time, brought the two men to shelter, and es- caped withouta scratch. It is scarcely nec- essary to add that the major received his V. C. om his return to hig home. The peo- tie town in which he was born carried him on their shoulders. It was for a similar act of tion of self tha ° now beleaguered at Ladys: cross in the Zulu war, after the ea battle of Isandutia, When the “24th Regi- ment, caught in an ambuscade. was cut to pieces, and only he and two others escaped. ‘The late Earl of Cardigan, leading th mortal charge of the L ght Brigate at Bal- aklava,and stopping amid the storm of lead to pick up a wounded comrade, affords one of the brightest pictures in the anr of the army. ———__+-e+______ Not a Question of Ownership. From the Boston Jouruni. President Eifot of Harvard told this story at the Cornell Club dinner the ot ing: even- friend of mine, a college professor, went into a crowded restaurant in New York city for luncheon one hot day mmer. The negro in charge of the corridor where the hat shelves stood was an intelligent-looking fellow, and his bow and smile were not of the obsequlous, =tup! kind so often affected by colored waiters and doormen in hotelss He took my friend's hat and gave no check for it in return. An hour later, when the professor came out of the dining room, the negro glanced at him in a comprehensive way, turned to the shelves and handed him his hat. “My friend is a man who prides himself on his powers of observation, and the ne- gro's ability to ber to whom each article of clothing belonged “struck him as being something very wonderful. “How did you know this was my hat” he asked. : “1 didn't know it, sah,’ was the reply. ““Then why did you give it to me? the professor persisted, “Because you gave it to me, sah. a