The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 18, 1903, Page 23

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1903. 23 PRAGERS PRAGERS. PRAGERS. ] - < TRMEOF il Unior win Knitted A ~ Silks and Dres Fancy Silks. lark colori Black Silks. 19¢ Remnants of Silks, Black e Spe e 1Sc—Reg 4Sc—Reg 68c—Reg Hand a 15¢- 6 25 eg values 5 < 2 Suit: 'WOMEN'S AP 05 &5 R Skiris. hey $3.95 Serge dJda Colored Dre Black Dress Goods. PAREL. ar $18.00 to §$22.50 values t and Venetian. , in gray only pants, win silk cro n band v Suits. 1 r weig Onieits ¥ H i 28e 8 k. 2 iSc 1 He 10se DN » large K. 48-M r ot e t trir in ecru only; all inished with lace trim- Regular ewest gs—dots, stripes, fig- ack Worth 20c. and red. Sold regularly wn, cashmere and many other pretty Reg $4.50, $3.75 and $4.00 values. Sizes Caps. ed silks and r 65c value e ss Goods. b rs and k. W and Colored Dress Goods. cial in Brushes. Hair Brushes. U 25c values. ular 75¢ values ular $1.00 val 00 pictur r $2.50 pictures. 7¢—Regular $1.00 values. 0c—Reg 75¢ values. 2e—Poster pictures, 8 by 10; worth 4oc. value and cheviots; ckets. 2.85_—22-inch jackets; regular $3.05. $3.85—26-inch jackets; regular $4. Sik 82.95Regular $4.00 and $6.00 values. $4.95—Regular $7.50 and $1 $ SOME ROYALTIES ARE VERY EARLY RISERS King Bdward Always Up and About at Seven—Kaiser Breakfasts Then. fortably asleep in bed King risen and is seated &t his sideration of state gh his Majesty does lamb, he gets up a dnight before the bed, but 7 o'clock he 18 often he rises a couple of in order to keep abreast the enormous qugatity presses on ‘At Windsor he e early service at SL lished the day's before most of 4 breakfast. Xing, up and doing of his subjects their offices five hours and suggestive. Ameri gign as one reason for theip mar. progress that New Yorkers are at ness at £:30 or 9 a. m., while London- s are a full hour later, are no harder workers than mod- and they, at all events, ap- ea Emperor breakfasts punc- srning at 7 o'clock. Ver: he has been up for hours. Not ve: ned up twenty-five minutes late at th m. parade. To his horror he found Kaiser walting with the regiment. § a *4l mass of his subjects | of work | ue of the morning hours. | ago the colonel of the First Drlmn:« 5. Waists. 0.00 Vv drill in silence, but on that evening the colonel received from his imperial master a neat little alarm clock. Scon after £ a. m. the Emperor is at the | Forelgn Ofiice, in consultation with Count von Bulow. His ally, the King of Italy, |is llkewise an early riser, and requires his officers and servants to be the same. Soon after his accession he made a rounti of morning visits to the Government of- |fices. At cach he arrived at the stated |{time of opening and smoked clgarettes while awaiting events. When the early bird of the clerks arrived—an hour late— | he found, not the worm, but the King, awaiting him. Very plainly were the heads of departments informed that the | King required strict punctuality and at- | tendance to business. One result of this action of Victor Emmanuel's is that the Italian civil service estimates have been considerably reduced by dismissing clerks whom regular hours rendered superfiu- ous. The Czar of Russia is another of the 7 o'clock breakfast brigade, while he Emperor Francis Joseph is astir even earlier. It must be a very early riser | whe would get the better of the Mikado. Tre ruler of Britain’s new ally holds his | couneils of state at 4 a. m.—Household | Words. | i e | “Do you think you will like me just as ! well,” she asked, “when I tell you my answered her elderly lover. n it all the time. Will you the less of me when 1 confess, that my hair Is a wig?” “Not at all. I knew it was the first time I ever saw you.” After which the billing and coolng went hout 2 word the Emperor motioned | qn with even greater tenderness than be- the officer to his post and watched the | fore.—Chicago Tribune, | | _e_:dugiions OL One=third to Underwcar for Women Knit Und rwear. prices will talk for themselves. We have been in business in this big store Five Months Only, but during that time thousands of odds and ends have accumulated. We have never tried to get rid of them. Another important detail. made n selecting stocks znd equipping the store. will be thrown into the clearance sale. IN A it you are looking for good The goods and When we opened, mistakes were All of these goods WORD, BVERYTHING WE HAVE IN RESERVE, AS WELL AS IN THE VARIOUS DEPART- MENTS, WILL BE OPENED TO YOU. THING YOU NEED. Monda the Sale Begins YOU The Best Bargains Suits and Ovsrcoats. and Overtoa and Overcoat 20c—“Mothers’ F 1d” Sc¢—“Mothers’ Friend” Boys’ knee trousers; all sizes. 75¢. and $2.65—Boys’ all-wool two-piece suits; ages 8 to 14 soft hat. years. Regular $3.50 values. o $5.00—Boys' all-wool long pants suits in blue; ages 12 to 19 years. Sold regularly at $7.00. and Overcoats; worth $12.00. and Overcoats; worth $20 and $22.50. BOYS’ flannelette waists, aists, in colors or white. Reduced from soc $1.35_Regular worth $13, $14 and $15. 2.23_Regular worth $16, $17.50 and $18. 3.40—_Regular 4.80—Regular worth 25c. ists‘ others worth $2.5 s (Goods. Ye—24-inch black B5e—24-inch black 50c—Silk 19¢ 4c 15¢—Cube pins. 9e—Fan pi Suitable for wais Swiss taffeta, P inch blac u de Cygne. in; very bright. Notions. and elastic belts. Worth Belt buckles; w Worth 23c. Fancy hat pins 10e—Mirror silk skirt lining; black only. Regular 150 value. c. dresses, drop skirts, etc, Worth 75¢ a yard. Regular 75¢ value, Worth 4 b, 75¢ h 25¢, 35¢ and 4oc. B¢ and 6¢—Children’s garters. Fancy round k garters. Worth soc ancy round silk garters. Worth 406 Worth 10c and 15¢. 7 11 and $r1.00. | | | 45¢—Fancy striped percale shirts. 45c¢—Heavy flannelette night shirts. 65¢—Colored shirts, plain and pleated bosoms; worth 75¢ and $1.00. MAY FIND JUST THE Will be Had Then. CLOTHING FOR MEN... Trousers. $2.00 pants, $2.50 and $3.00 pants. $4.00 and $4.50 pants. $6.00 pants. / CLOTHING. Hats. ®9c—Derbys, Crushers, Fedoras, Alpines and Tour- in black, brown, steel and gray. 1.835—Crushers, Derbys and all the new blocks in the Regular $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00 values. 1.85—Prager Derby, Dunlap Crusher, Runnel Crush- er and many styles of soft hats. Some ire worth $2.35; and $1.35 values. and $1.85 values. Veil 35¢, 4oc and s0c veilings. 15¢ a yard—Black and white Point Venice, galoon bands and 3oc, 35¢ and 4oc values. 10¢ from. 3 and 3%-inch fancy all-silk Regular 2oc, 3o0c and 35¢ Fancy Goods. Spachtel Scarfs. 9c¢—18 by 36 and some 32 by 32, in beautiful de- s. Regular 45c¢, s0c, 65¢c and 75¢ values. —65_different patterns in the lot. tterns in handsome designs. Fancy Pillows. $1.79—Sold regularly at $3.50 and $4.00 each? 48—Sold regularly at $5.00, $6.00, $7.85, $8.25 and $9.00. 15¢ a yard—Over 175 styles in fancy Tuxedos, 18 inches wide. in black, black and white, blue, brown and ‘other combinations. and fifteen yards to a piece, extra wide and fine quality. PRAGERS FIRST CLEARANCE SALE | One=half in Every Department this is cur tirst Clearance Sale. values at except cnal prices this may appeal to you. Regular 8sc, Regular ing. Come Regular Laces. Chantilly, Normandy Valenciennes, serpentine effects. Ten. twelve Regular 2sc¢, Ribbons. Bc—234 and 3-inch fancy striped ribbon. Regularly 1274 and 15¢ values. ribbon; 4o different patterns to select values. Neck Ruifs. 48c—Regular $1.00 values. 68c—Regular $1.35 values. S88c—Regular $1.50 values. $1.19_Regular $2.50 values. Wear for Men. Shirts. Regular 75¢ value, 85¢—Fancy dress shirts. Regular $1.00 and $1.25 valuey 2[.(!.’»—Rezular $2.75 valuesy 298 Reg 19—Regular $35.00 values. v 65¢c—Golf shirts; regular $1.00 value. Handkerchicts, 6 for 25€—White lawn hemstitched handkerchiefs: worth 10c. e—White and colored hemstitched handkerchiefs; worth 2oc. S uspenders. 19c—Suspenders! regular 25¢ and 33¢ values. Neckwear. 26c—Four-in-hands, tecks and imperials; worth s0c. 2 for 25¢—Silk bows; regular 25¢ and . Norfolk New Brunstick Hosiery Co.’s full regular made; $3 value. " ch B rge. 3(‘- a ce—Bone casing. Regular 10c and 15c. 44 I ‘\(\rgfl' 19e—Silk collar form Regular 25¢ value. 38 I all-wool Melrose. 8¢ and 12¢—Waist steels. Regular 12c and 15c values. 5 Black 8Sc a pair—Side combs. Regular 10c values. th Black Linings. 42-inc wool 1 inch moire lining; colored and black. Sold else- where at . Remnants---Onc-Th =2l ch spunglass; colored and black. Regular 20c Domestics. Curtains and Draperics. 36-inch open work hemstitched scrim. Worth 1oc. flfil. a pair—Lace curtains, white and ecru. Worth $1.25 and §x.504 s $1.89—Scotch lace curtains, 34 yards long and 50 inches wide. Fine close weaves, ex- act copies of real lace. Broken £2.45 3.75 curtains; regular 4.85 curtains; regular oss Pilows 236 do®en, filled with the best quality Coucl; Covers $1.89_Three yards Tapestry Porticres. $1.59 a pair—In golden brown, navy and cardinal. fringe. and designs to select from. About 40 patterns to pick from. lines of Arabian curtains; two or three pairs of the same pattern. curtains; regular $3.75 values. i 00 values. .50 values. ; . long and 6o inches widg; Roman stripe patterns and finished around e edge with fringe. 50 inches wide; fin- Many colors for double free from dressing. Worth 20c a yard. bleached. Regular 8 1-3c. Comforters. Sateen and silkoline comforters all_white cotton filling. Blankets. double bed; silk binding. $3.25—-Heavy all-wool ket; worth $4.50. Sheeting. 16c¢—72 inches wide, bleached, bed. Heavy quality Trunks. $7.40—Has four hardwood slats, steel and-brass bump- ers, 2 straps, extra steel knee can and dress trays. Good lock. A $5.65Brass bumpers and knec caps on all corners and| White and gray. covered hat tray. Eagle lock. THE PASSING OF THE OLD WELL SWEEP Once a Common Feature in Country, They Have Now Almost Disappeared. In the course of twenty-mile walk along country roads In southern Connecti- cut there were scen by a visiting New Yorker recently two well sweeps, once as common a feature of the land- scape there as windmills are in Holland. There were found a number of wells of the ordinary kind, with two buckets at the end of a rope running ou a wheel, and one“or two wells of the windlass kind, with the bucket at the end of a rope wound up on a roller by the turning of a crank, but in most cases the old oaken bucket, in whatever manner it may have been used, had been supplanted by the chain pump. At one of the wells at which, in the course of this walk, the two well sweeps were encountered there was found fixed in the well curb a steel spout. The old-fash- foned well spout, it will be remembered, was of wood and commonly so formed only | that care had to be used in pouring the | water into-it from the well bucket so as to avold to avoid wasting it, inside the curb or out. The steel wall spout is so shaped that the well bucket can be emp- tied all at once into the ample receptacle inside the curb without its slopping oyer, while the part outside of the curb is so shaped that the water thus poured in all runs inte.the pail set to receive it. This well was, therefors, equipped at once with the most ancient and the most modern of well contrivances, namely, a well sweep as a means o! lowering and $1.85—Extra heavy; worth $1.75. $1.95—Sateen covered; worth $2.75. $2.95—11-4 California blankets for $4.45—White blanket; worth $5.50. gray blan- Worth from $2.00 to $3.00 a pair. (v Pillow Cases. with standard muslin; worth 12¥%c each. Waistings. crepe and albatross gr?und. Worth a yard. s0c¢ and 6oc a yard. 8sc and $1 a yard. Eiderdown. 2c—All-wool eiderdown in all col ors. Regular 35¢c quality. and Mus'in. and 6e—One yard wide, heavy quality, $1.00 Gloves, 49c. 4gc—6enuine Mocha in red, tan, brown, mode, One or two clasps, sizes 5 1-2 to 7, worth $1.00. Underwear. 42¢ a garment—Heavy cotton fleeced underwear, extra well made. 74c¢ a garment—Fine merino underwear in natural gray and fawn. 83¢ a garment—Fany striped ribbed underwear. wintér weight, five colors. 89¢ a garment—Mercerized silk underwear, light weight. $1.25 a garment—Fancy ribbed worsted, winter weight, fast color:; unshrinkable, Five patterns. $2.00 a garment Double heels and toes: 8 1.8c—45 by 36, made of good 14c—Stripe patterns in all shades; 39e—All-wool Fsench flannel: worth 69c¢—All-wool French flannel; worth 6 for 25¢. s0c values. X Colors Colors pink and blue. all-wool underwear, in white only. Sox. 8c—Cotton sox, black, brown or mixed. Double heels and toes. 11e—Fine Merino Sox in black, gray and camel’s hair. 83c—Fancy sox in stripes, plaids, figures and lace effects. u : seamless Nearly all sizes. Made of box calf, plain and colt. All the latest shapes in lace and ¢ —Regular $3.00 shoe. 16 2»8(‘—-Four-in;'nands and tecks; regular 25¢ values. ilk bows, regularly 2sc. i _gray and tan. All siz Winter weight, warranted non- Warranted fast colors and non Regular $1.25 value. Heavy 9¢—Linen lawn initial handkerchiefs; worth 13¢ 19¢e—Colored border silk handkerchi ; worth soq nkable, Regular $1.00 value, hrinkable. $1.00 value. Every scam sewed with silk, weight and 20c value. Regular s0c and 75c values. calf, vici kid, velour, patent kid, calf ongress $1.85_Regular $2.00 shoe. 95c—Satin calf school $1.25 value. 4 2. sizes 8 to 137 Boys. shoes; sizes 2 to 13 The regular B1.25_Vici kid with extension soles; lace in dress shape; Regular $1.50 value. % $1.35—Youths’ box calf lace with heavy extension soles; bulldog shape; sizes 11 to 2. Regular $1.50 value, 25¢ Women. $2.65 _Women's vici kid lace and button shoes, made on up-to-date lasts, $3. widths. Worth $3.00. kid tips, welted and Cuban, Military and French heels. extension sole: medium, All sizes and widt Worth 00, $2.65—Women's patent leather lace shoes with kid tops, full dress toes, flexible soles and French heels. All sizes and 9 For 25c. Sandow S5c Cigar. Just think of it. Banner Cigar, 10 for 25c. A standard cigar which has nof been sold anywhere for less than sc. We will sell them at g for 23c. Smoking and Chewing Tobacco and Pipes at reduced prices. raising the bucket and a steel spout. But the water from the well was quite un- changed. Like the water everywhere found, it was excellent. Man might in- vent new-fangled contrivances for raising it from the earth, but nature at least keeps on doing business in the good old way. In the same stretch of country one who had not for some years before yisited it would be struck by the number of wind- mills now used there for pumping water, He might have become familiar enough with the windmills in the West—he would find them now commonly used In the last. —New York Sun. ————— Value of Weather Warnings. The last report of the chief of the United States Weather Bureau In Wash- ington glves a striking illustration of the practical vallie of the weather reports of that service. On February 23, 1901, the following speclal warning was tele- graphed from Washington to Jackson- ville, Fla., with instructions to give it the widest possible distribution throughout the State: “Temperature will fall to- night to a minimum of between 20 and 25 degrees at Jackeonville, and to freezing as far south as Tampa, with frost extend- ing somewhat south of the latitude of Jupiter Inlet.” This very definite predic- tion was fulfilled. Frost occu stated, and the minimum temperature at Tampa was 32 degrees. More than five hundred telegrams were sent out. Orchardists estimated the value of orange bloom, vegetables, strawberries, etc., known to have been saved in consequence at more than $100,000. This is one case among many of the sort. REPUBLICAN REGARD FOR PRECEDENTS In Some Respects Americans Are as Tenacious of Their Observ- ance as Englishmen. “In many respects,” said Captain T. i McKee, journal clerk of the Housc, to a Washington Star reporter, ‘“precedents are as sacred to Americans as to the kn lish, where thiey make common iaw. The is no law requiring a member of Congress to be a resident of the district for which he stands, but the rule has become almost | as fixed that he shall ¢ w made it | compulsory. There one excep- tion to this In the last campaign, the Democrats of the Seventh District of Massachusetts went over into another dis- | trict to get a candidate. In England, of course, members of Parliament very often come from some other part of the king- dom, quite distant from the Borough for which they stand. Another thing, there is no law requiring that the Speaker shall | be a member of the House, but while tho | clerk is usually an ex-member by the same precinet, the Speaker has always been a member. The Speakership fur- nishes an interesting study. It has not been a stepping stone to the Presidenc: notably in the cases of Clay and Blaine. Several Speakers have served as members afterward. F. A. Muhlenburg of Pennsyl- vania served as Speaker of the First and Third Congresses, remaining in the House three terms afterward. General R. M. T. Hunter was elected to the House in 1837 when 28 and served until 1847, being Speak- er in the session of 1839-41. He went to the Senate in 1847, left when the war broke cut and was Secretary of State in the Confed- eracy. Of Course, Clay had the most ! holdiug the ga remarkable career, a United States Sena- tor in 1806, when under the constitutional age, next a member of the State Legisla- ture and Spedker of it, Senator again, then representative In Congress and | Speaker, Secretary of State under Adams and Senator again. In later years, on ac- ccunt of political changes, Reed, Crisp nd others were private members after . In the present House Galusha Gro Pennsylvania, member at large British “Red Tape.” A country clergyman sends me a curios ity of red tape for which Queen Anne’s bounty ig responsible—or, rather, was re- sponsible, for the document is some years old. The bounty office has to pay this gentleman a shilling a year on account of tithe which has been redeemed. It remits the money half yearly by post in shape of a warrant drawn on the Messrs. Coutts, bearing a penny stamp, and thev accordingly deduct 2d for each remit- ance, 5o that each of these warrants (s made out for the sum of 4d. T gather that the recipient objected to this deduction, as a postal order could be sent to him annually at a cost of 1%d. As each re- mittance of 4d would also cost him a penny to send it either to Messrs. Coutts or his own bankers, [ can sympathize with his objection. However, on the strength of his objection, the office has for manhy years ceased to remit him any money at all. It is a eomfort to know that Queen Anne's bounty office is not likely to exist much longer.—London Truth. —_——— That woman doe t live who can lose at a social card game without getting mad. for | the | JUST THE RIGHT THING IN MILITARY SALUTES The Number of Guns Due by Reg- ulation to Different Officials. According to the army regulations as revised, salutes will be fired between sun- rise and sunset only, and, as a rule, not on Sunda, <8 requived by Internation- al e sy. The national flag will always layed at the time of firing a sa- he national salute is twenty-one guns, It is also the salute to a national flag. The salute to the Union, commemorative of the declaration of independence, and con- sisting of one gun for each State, is fired at noon July 4 at every post provided with | suitable artillery. An ex-President of the United States receives a salute of twenty-one guns; the Vice President and president of the Sen~ {ate/ and American or foreijgn Embassa- | dofs receive a salute of nineteen guns; | mémber of the Cabinet, the Chlef Justice, | the Speaker of the House of Representa- tives, a committee of Congress officially | visiting a military post, Governors within | their respective States or Territories, and I the civil Governor of the Philippine Isl- ands receive seventeen guns; the Vice Goverror of the Philippine Islands re- | celves fifteen guns. A Governor generally | receives a salute of seventeen guns. The ilorm “governor general” shall be taken to mean an administrative office under whom officers with the title of Governor are acting. The assistant Secretary of [ War or the assistant Secretary of the { Navy, when officially visiting a military post, receives a salute of fifteen gunms.— Washington Star