Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1900, Page 11

: THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1900-26 PAGES. — Weseanteteeateteint eit tenant inated inetd Watch us grow! Cash only and the narrowest margin of profit. Watch us grow! What’s the Use of Earning Big Money if you do not make it go a proper distance? So much money can be wasted in buying the most ordi- nary things unless you exercise good judgment. If people would really take the trouble to calculate the difference between our cash prices and the credit house prices the credit men would have to go out of business. Possibly you do not know that we have one of the finest assortments of Furniture in the city—in many lines THE finest—and that we can save you an average of 40%. Worth investigating? ley Ba i : $ = : : 3 $ Z ede Soetensonseegong cet + oa ea ndous Iness In = arts now. We have 3 a won inetndil tite new Re- BS : elinin; proving so popular, = non We sell a well-m: avd = $5. QS | tess’ ont 'cesn'ss $1 OS : : : = 9 3Great Cash — 915-917-919-92t Seventh St., $ J AC KSON BROS. "| Eiusepeure Through to 636 Mass. Ave. 2 Houses air getetetetedotetetet Sua Sette netted ; PSPSPS ASIN iA Palais Royal Special 7c Monday's exposition and sale must be a success, if only because of the comprehensive display of Lace-effect Stockings and the coming SSD DDS surprisingly little prices asked for them. Regular Price 35c Special Price 25c¢ 48c 39C 59c 49¢ 79¢ 69¢ These Silk-finish Lisle Thread Stockings are the fad of the season. They are guaranteed fast black—and note that even those offered at 25¢ pair are genuine lisle thread. in ALL-OVER lace effect. While these are rarely good value at 25c pair, those at 39c, 49¢ and 6ge are better SPO EDA DO ae 1 z bargains. BS 7 a te eee e ' rl Q | Men’s as : ven s Sacks 4 OF ' | Men’ s Socks, ll 3° | 3 | 35c Val ue, | | | hee | \ st black and new )) for these Merveri we Palais Royal las made a spectal- g | Mae oe newly | Whe ceorecn ‘ st a 2 pate for 4 | fects, checks, stripes, et: | | for 1900. Qi | : au ~ 4° —— ° ° ——— —-~o $ Ladies? and Children’s Ss ‘Best: 25c Black Hose. Q Many years since these “Onyx” Black Hose were introduced to $ you by us. Today we probably ‘sell more 25¢ Black Stockings than any other three establishments in Washington—the logical outcome r) of serving you best. On Monday we shall bind the ties that link @ Q > the Palais Roval with its regular patrons and make many newcham- * ty pions for thes: ec Black Stockings. 0 Q $= 2ic for Ladies’ 18c for Children’s. ) ea The Ladies’ Hose have dotble soles and high spliced hee! ¢ those for girls and boys have double knees. They are superior 25 = stockings as regards quality and style. Not more than three pairs ¢ of a kind to each purchaser, unless the regular price is paid. = § ~ Plonday’ s Special Price for 50c Black Stockings. & For ladies with tender skin we And choice of a vast variety of A have stock with lisle-thread up- Ribbed French Lisle Hose—drop- 4& pers and cotton feet, in spring stitch, cluster, Rembrandt and Riche- Q weight. And here are the inty lieu ribs, in many newly beautiful ef- 4 ganz weight hose with double sole. fects. And note that these are silk- 4 And mercerized silk stockings, look- finish, with all the sheen of finest S$ ing better and wearing better than silk. Light weight, but the high Q Si plaited silk hose. Choice Monday spliced heels and double toes ef- for only , OF z -e pairs for fectually strengthen would-be weak parts. English Tan and Russet Hose for 1900. Though special prices are to be quoted for the lesser priced Stockings, special attention is asked to those at 40c a pair. Of silk-finish lisle, in shades to match the shoes, they are the most attractive French lace-effect hose of the season. And now for Monday's other special prices: ° ° as —s = ! | Oc Hose, 39° | " 38c Hose, 25° | 19¢ Hose, 13° | Monday Monday, Monda | Sie kad rani a 2 | Tades aye Boys? Ladies’ Tan 3 Js usset Hose tn all pil mew a H é Yarn Hos the wanted sh Plam snd drop | e | with doubl suite ne soles and extra high- | | | ° ° —— sg OTE that less than usual prices is not only cx msideration :—Special sizes are here for stout lady or man with small feet and slim miss or boy with long feet. And where such a variety of Baby Stockings? The Palais Royal is not headquarters for hose by mere accident or good luck. We ard—and earned the title. More than ever headquarters for the coming spring-summer © our import orders were given before the rise in prices. In some instances we prices the wholesaler is asking merchants today. ; Q iE $ d N have worked h season—heca you tl can quote Palais Royal, s== G & 11th Sts, Se re SO DIOS SES SoD s ick OF ninety-seven | men, on eventeen had or amples of oleo- PRIKE struck; on the Memphis, the North Alaba- = reported | Res teent os No Unfavorable Reports Received by | ™4 and the Danviile divisions, none had 1800, is 107. A number 3 series ees a Richmond divi on one had n the hands of the chemists ee : Norfol ‘ono! sis. General Maz Gannon of the Southern 2 men. thirty had left department has been embarrass Ae 1 yesterday that no unfavorable and on the Washington in its dealing with the oleomargarine que ard to the » men had euit, some of w! tion owing to a Contest in the courts over i who had gone out, he | the : of the Jate law. Thi leclare es at | ontested beth in hose not missed so greatly | hia, and case $ n had they occurred | brovght in each city to test {is canstitution. | ality. Di y the lower courts sus- nion sent the follow! al | taining rendered in Decem- addressed to all telegraph 1%). These ors in the employ of the company t uperior court, d today ¢ -'Philadelphiq case wee argued in and a decisida is expected in the course of a k or two, when the court und devotion to ¢ atifying | convenes effort has been made to ind will not be lost sight You will be push these ¢: and the courts, at the 1 to know that the umber that | request of our have advanced vent out Is less than 10 ver cent of the take | in m on the dist, “If a favorable decision is handed down se . = way will then be clear for a more sre em- WAR ON BOG enforcement of the law, and pend- 1 Company. ion the department is collect- ead Stone Te Gov. ix What Pennsylvania Has 1 rnor Stone of Penn: a public a letter addresseq to him by of Agriculture Hamilton in answer to auest for information relating to the orcement of the oleomargarine laws. The report shows that during year ending December 31, 1899, 402 suspected samples margarine were taken and analyzed, these were found to be pure twenty-seven renovated butter and nd is all ready to bring addi- prosecutions as soon as we law is declared to be constitutional,” so- Bryan and Dewey to Meet in Chicago. A dispatch from Chicago yesterday says: Admiral Dewey and Willlam Jennings Bryan will meet Tuesday evening, May 1, for the first time since the hero of Manila announced he was a presidential candidate. All doubt as to Mr. Bryan's presence was dispelled today when Max Riese of the 100 ‘malles ike had ere oleomargarine. Continuing, the | Lakeside Club received a telegram from of about ort says: say! : od Incidentally prevented ‘the |"““During the year 256 prosecutions for | @!™. Saving that he would cancel previous ement of other trains whose | selling oleomargarine were brought. Of | engagements in order to be present at that arrivals and departures from various sta- | these, e brought to a termina- j organization's celebration, which is a part tons were secondary to or effected by it. | tion trates or in the courts, | of the general program. Other delays serious In consequen enty-six were dismissed by the magis- Both the distinguished guests are aware of the prospective meeting. The officials of the club did not arrange that they should be present at the same even until each had had been dé by the strike and also by failure of connections from other Failroads to arrive on time. Picking up some memorandum sheets on trates or ignored by grand juries; eighty + 1899. Since January 1, 1900, 417 licenses to seli oleomargarine have been tssued, and one been consulted. Mr. Bryan and the admiral his Gesk containing reports from the rail- | license has been taken out for the manu-| replied that, so far from being objection- road officials, Mr. Gannon said that on the | facture of oleomargarine. able, the meeting would give them great Moniston division of 450 miles, employing “The chemists’ report are not all in, but pleasure . A. FAULTY SYSTEM Report on the District Public Schools, RESULT OF HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION Supplemen' Low Percentagg Made in All the Studies Covered. MORE DRILL NEEDED Senator Stewart today submitted to the Senate a supplementary report on the pub- lic schools of this city. This report was prepared by Mr. Charles Moore, clerk of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia. Mr. Moore recites that under instructions from the subcommittee of the committee on the District of Columbia, and as supplementary to its investigation of the public schools of the District, a series of examinations of pupils was held. St had been claimed at the hea the report s “that the system of t ing now in use in the public schools was the one best.adapied to train the minds of chil- dren and youth, to teach them to think and to express themselves clearly. It held by the members of the board of school trustees, and by those who defended the schools, that spelling was best learned inel- dentally, and not by the use of the spelling book; that arithmetic was to be acquired best by a method that eliminates the drudg- i that the oral teaching of grammar opr to the use of the text- book. ‘On the other hand, compiaint was made many parents and’ employers that, how- er excelient the above-mentioned theories y be, the result is that the children and uth In the Washington public schools are not able to use correctly the English lan- guage and are unable to do simple exam- arithmetic hort they are not 1 to become office boys, clerks, ete. It was to make a practical test of both theory and results that the examinations were the first eight grades—that ding to the High School—ar- igements Were Made to examine the pu- pils in the first year of the high school. Such an examination should show the lower nools at their best, since it Is to be sup- esed that as a Tule the better scholars ep on With their avork beyond the eighth grade. Moreover, certain studies have been completed before pupils enter the High School, and the foundations of knowledge h, American history, spelling, and thinetic should have been laid.” Some Results. In conctuding the report Mr. Moore, in unting the results of the examinations, 8 ‘The following is a statement of facts noticeable to the examiners in the grading of the books as to history, syntactical er- misspelled words, errors in punctua- , errors in use of words, and penman- t use of hyphen. n of words at end of line; Sais betwee-n. of hyphe: in com- of Rouen between root of word or suffix; as, re-turn; fa ing of-simple ordinary words and two syllabl tendeney to use the comma (,) too uilure in a number of in- s to use the period () at the end of 2 » and after an abbreviation Incorrect use 6f the parenthesis. Pu- pile: use to enclose matter h th ncelled; this Is wrong, of one A uently. nd leads the pupf! to have a false con- ception of the use of the parenthesi: Penmansnip very poor, a large per- centage writing backhand, This is particu- larly noticeable in the Central High School books. A large percentage wrote a mixture of four, armory styles of penmas , viz, rian, This cases in a ber © e of penmans history it was appar- 2 of the pu- themselves concise and er being par- betrayed f historical onceptions their country, and were in very crade language. The in history were simple and not g or techni Pupils displayed a ‘ssential elementary in relation to the history and govern- ment of our country. A very large percent- - of pupils failed to comprehend question of knowledge on - in regard to the three branches of our rnment There {s apparent a lack of training ementary principle fi Weakness in elementary educa tion, due, no doubt, to lack of drill in of arithmetic ntial facts ¢ mentary prince! meniary and history of our country; mi: words, incorrect use of hyphen and mls- siling of simple, ordinary words, due, no doubt, to lack of sufficient drill in’ spelling. ‘The fact that pupils use from three to fiv or more styles of penmanship in a single answer in history indicates that pupils have been taught different styles of penmanship as they udvanced to the i school grades. The penmanship, in many instances, showed a peculiar miature of ail styles. “By combining the markings in arithmetic and history this result is obtained: pie nd in F rR Second, Cent Third, ‘al Hi on Ss Sencar Lusiness High School Fourth, High School ( Fifth, E. Sixth, Western High § The Conclusion. The results of the examinations would m to prove that the instruction in the lewer grades of the District schools does not teach the average pupil to use the ingiish language correctly and fluently, nor does it give him a good training in arith- metic. In so far as English is concern se the testimony given before the subcommi tee went to that written ex idem resorted to: that such re not cori anid turned to the pupils to be rewritten. The spelling book been discarded, and the pupil in its place. Moreover, p would to be no uniform tests advancement from grade to grade and for entrance to the High School. ‘Startling as the results of these exami- nations are, similar results wouid be ob- tained probabiy in the majority of citie d West. It hin the pa only Ww! rs that 3, by have ur instructi pted to that frequ the c The method uit is a demand be required ent written exer of pupil: ng thal every such exercise— whether in history,-in ph or in tran lations from mydern or from ancient 1 shall he written in correct Engl Again, there 1s, a widespread reyoli inst the multiplicity of studies, and the demand that the {up tals of education shall be hat the pupil : ¢ ork for which he is to ible. He is to be taught ecqnomy of time in stu xe af definite attainment knowledge. Kindergarten methods and the ment of the child are not to be car- 1 through the grades, but definite drill recise definilgn are to be insisted upon.” Starting Studies. The report reviews the ages at which pu-c pils in the publle schools in this city take up varlous studies. History is begun in the third grade with the study of the Hyves of Washington and Capt. John Smith, and in the sixth grade, when the child ts twelve years of age, “the hardest work” Is done. The trustees’ report for 1900 is quoted to show that pupils in the fifth grade begin to study percentage, and in the fifth, sixth and seventh grades they study English. Civil government is taken up in the first grade, when the chiid is six years old. The Examinations. The examinations that were held under the direction of the subcommittee which investigated the schools were based on ques- tions prepared under the direction of the chief examiner of the civil service commis- sion, and they were submitted to the super- (Continued on Thirteenth Page.) = selves to keeping and saving lives of The wisest men on earth others. Man’s sublimest study is man. The greatest wisdom of experienced men, The most valuable vegetable remedies, The best skill of modern times, The most approved methods of the present day—are all, Hlood’s Sarsaparilla. ALL These facts should The Spring Medicine devote them- medicine ever other. Therefore it combined in provesufficient,yet morecantruly besaid It has stood the severest iecks of any made by mortal man. It has been more largely sold, more widely used, and has accomplished more wonderful cures of scrofula, catarrh, etc., than any is the plain truth—Hood’s Sarsapariila is the best that money can buy. Try it this Spring—get it TODAY. THE ONLY MASONIC TEMPLE IN PORTO RICO. SEEN IN PORTO RICO The Only Masonic Temple Ever Built in Spanish America, How the Civil Guard Was Organized —The Richest Young Man On the Island. The Masonic Temple at Yauco, Porto Rico, which stands alongside the road be- tween the town and the railroad station, is the only structure ever built by the order in all Spanish America. Yauco is in the heart of the coffee belt, twenty miles from Ponce. ‘The temple was begun in 189 and finished in 1895. I Rico style, tion save the M over the main entrance. The ground plan is nearly square. is built of brick and masonry in Porto and has little to give it distinc- sonic emblems to be seen It was never oc- cupied as a Masonic meeting place prior to American occupation, however, because of the intense prejudice against Free Masonry on the part of the authorities, Indeed, in Porto Rico, as elsewhere in the Spanish West Indies, the Masonic order had a pretty h ard time to get along at all before 1898. It was not only forbidden the Ma: but ons to build, virtually hardly a their_ meetings ribed. In cons were ene lodge, either in Porto Rico or Cuba, had a regular meeting pl: u lace or was able to meet at reg- ar intervals. In Havana lodge meetings \ e™. NURSING MOTHERS { must have strength. Upon the strength of the mother depends the future health of the child. It is of the greatest importance that the mother should obtain every atom of nourishment from her diet. This is insured if Johann Hoff's Malt Extract is taken with meals and before retiring. ( Johann Hoff’s Malt Extract not only assists the proper as- similation of food, but is also a food in itself. Good appetite, perfect digestion and sound, rest- ful sleep follow its use. DR. ALBERT FRICKE OF PHILADELPHIA writes: “I have tried Johann Hoff’s Mait E: tract, not only on myself. but also on a zi number of my patients, with marked suce: ess 1 cases of convalescence, impaired digestion, for mothers while nursing and in general debilit and have found it to be an excellent remedy for building up the system.”” ame the cheap. so-called eat, 4 none johann Hoff's, and you w: me disappointed. 0 pro- | Te held in cure, often deserted, build- but rarely twice consecutively in the also same place, end this was the procedure a in some of the other cities. In many ca however, it was found necessary to hold the sessions outside the towns; not infrequently Masons were obliged to find gathering ces in the woods, and even then they were sometimes broken up, so thoroughly anti-Mz nic were the sentiments of those in power. The building of the Yauco temple created | much excitement In Porto Rico, and there isn't the slightest doubt that it would have been destroyed, either by ord2r of the gov- ernment or at least with its knowledge and wequiescence, had it not been for the efforts | to preserve it put forth by the French and { German coasuls stationed at Ponce. They repeatedly made representations to the ef- fect that the Masons were in high favor with their home governments, and that, while official toleration of the order wou that they must protest against destr of the building. Several of the coffee plant- ers of foreign birth joined in the protes and thus the building was preserved. Not- withstanding the difficulties with which Masonry was confronted under the S regime, @ pretty fair organization, includ- & grand lodge, was kept up'in both | Porto Rico and Cuba. The order is now re- ported to be in very flourishing condition in both islands. The Civil Guard. An interesting feature of life in Rico is furnished by the civil guard. Was organized iimmedistely after the Ameé fean occupation, and most of its membe Were drawn from the ranks of those who had formerly been in the service of Spain, in the volunteer force, in the insular police and In the army itself. Some of them Were of nearly pure nego blood, others Porto ere of mixed descent, but pure Spaniards and of peninsu!: For a long time after the t wore the same uniforms they the Spanish but United S: we! to hats them n Juan, subheadquarte nder a captai: Though they were thoroughly loyal Spain while in the employ of its gove: ment, they have been loyal to the Unite Siates since the occ and have de excellent service in Wealthy Porto Ricans. The richest young man in all Porto Rico is Senor Para of Ponce. He is under thirty, slender and ual tall for a Porto Ri- ean. Curiously enou; in personal appear ance he resembles John Jacob Astor not # little. Senor Para, with his father, who till Hving, is interested in many bu s enterprises in Ponce and elsewhe bulk of the family investments, like of the Astors, is in city real esta in fact, they are understood to be the extensive landlords in Ponce. the Para family, which includes sey daughters, is prominent in Ponce socict and the Para residence, a large and hand. some structure, is familiar to many Ameri- cans. Like the sons of most weelthy Porto Ri- cans, the younger Para was educated large- he would doubtless be thought of foreign descent. He speaks English fluently, with just the slightest accent: he is democratic in his friendships, and he is devoted to manly sports, especially racing and shoot- ing. He is very fond of dogs, and he owns the best stocked kennels on the island. He not be asked in the circumstances, they felt | by Heudreds of merchants and ends ly in the United States, and has spent much | Wiscousin, Minnesota and lowa koow the we time in New York. Thus he has acquired | ful fact that this remarkable method many American tastes, and might readily X cortaloly fark thanktin emonrh te pass for a citizen of this country, though | Tutured pevple bow they many you would be any Ameri nor E friendly to the of oceuy the movemer tish ed sidered a n city ra a well- an Americ genera wa speedily s organized Ponce was made up o ; women, - soe Li SAPANE SWORDs. Intricate Process brough Which They Get Their Temper. From jentsfle American Mr. Gilbertson gives some inte tails as to the process of manuf ot the celebrated Japanese sabers. The blades of th abers are pared fro: sinous sand. form of thin laminae, and wk commences by fixing one of thes: the ena iron rod which ser ed other sheets, until t f six to © hes, a and a thickness of 4 » 4-5 inch This bar, brought to a whi heat, is double pon itself and hammere riginal dimens! ‘A times, ar together, then upon themsely resoldered and heated, this operation being repeated five times. By the superposed lay- thin that a saber at least 1,000,000) Sometimes alternate layers Lare soldered together, an: the blade presents av When the t is finished th is scraped and the end formed to the han it is then ground to shap: aT sur- To finish the blade, it is covered with a mixtur sand and powidcred charcoal. F yo owas taken from Mount wert Inari, 2 through a fo i y, to ry material. d the workmen first nm of invocation to the K permission to take When the layer is nearly dry, an ornamental traced short strokes which } to the ce of the metal. It is then heated over Tanged for the purpo: nd when > proper temperature which can only be determined xperi the blade th of wa or oil. The arpened, for those of t is said to re quality quire fifty days’ Free to the Ruptured. this work. operat THE WELL-KN RICE, WN AU SENDS A TRIAL OF HIS S METHOD FREE TO ALL. Dr, W will send free to S. Rice, 488 W. Main st., Adams, N. ¥., is ruptured or knows of any person mptured, whetber a man, anor child, a free trial of bis famous home It is a marvelous wietbod, coring cases that any MR. R. W. YorRr defied hospitals, "s, trus all else. Merely send er. KR. W. Yourex. a w ue cial traveler, was ruptured ten years, tried every tress on the market, partly made up bis mind to undergo the danger of an operati . when by the greatest of good luck, be tried the Dr. Bice wetbod, He ts now cured, Mr, Yourex says: and it cured me. “I tried Dr. Rice's I did not lose x day on the roud. "Mr. hart, Hart- . and his address is 4758 Prairie eve, Every ruptured person ought to send at onee snd make & trial of this method that, cares w:themt . danger, tion or an hour's lows «tf time, now, ‘and by spri ge aR had been ruptured. Write today. ap) never know . sure.