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THE EVENING STAL WA8BINQTQNL aW-a Ana.......... e rs 2%SES emeeuv s, uma....,,,. .. .. Dte. TEM EUVNUNG WAS has a Wegedar md Pamsuea ss"WIam zmeh nsee them the smablaed earemUateim et the othew Wa01e1m 0.- As a News ad Adveisidg 31dmas a has me esmpetetse. 9710 erde to aveid delays, e se sent o posemal shoeme, letters te TE TAIR shemd met he adaduessed to any lmu'tvieinD eainertd wIth the 6ee, but ennIv to TM WVAR, or so ahe Etshn~ o Eamess Deekrt noemn, aeewediag .to sener e purpose. The Star cengratulates the people of the District of Columbia upon the concheseon reached by the conferees on the District appropriatio bil with regard to the propo sition to hcrease the height of the Great Falls lam---a agreement which will doubt less bf ratli.ud by both houses when the cor ferenee report is presented. Bow much this sue e means to the comnunity only a small proportion of the residents fully realise it eannot be expressed in figures nor would It be easy to adequately describe the Inconvenience and suffering that.must surely have come had the investigatory proposition of the Senate overthrown the appropriating tenderacy of the House. To avert the real peril which threatened and to bring Into existence desirable water supply conditions, The Star-as soon as the Senate made known Its obstructive desire gave to the public all the necessary aval able Information as to the whole matter, and when It seemed as though there was inmineit darger of damage to the city's health, called, and not in vain, upon public sentiment to exercise its influence in one of the best of causes. The Immediate re sult of the agitation was an irresistible out pouring of protests from leading citizens and of complaints from a surprisingly large number of those who* pay liberally for water that has not and is not now being delivered to them. These protests and com plaints were at ene* forwarded to the Sen ate ard from that body'speedily found their way to tne conferees. Meanwhile The Star continued to publish facts, and argu ment based on those facts to show how cruelly even a few months' delay would operate. The board of trade, too, was far from idle; devoting an entire evening to unanimously one-sided but extremely profit able discussion of the undesirable condi t.clis that now exist but which, even though' the work of raIsing the dam be pro ceeded with at the earliest possible mo ment. must be much more undesirable be fore relief comes. Some of the local news papers-notably The Times and The Post took up the refrain and did their share in notitying Congress of the popular desire. The result of all this was harmony in the conference committee as to the item appro priating 3l',00 with which to so elevate .the dam that Increased water-pressure will follow antl the famine that even now exists will no longer be. But the work upon the dam is not the only Improvement contem plated by Congress; for coincident with the increasing of the supply there will be in vestigation as to the availability of the dis credited aqueduct tunnel. For this purpose the sum of $:!,A0 Is appropriated and, ac cerding to the terms of the act. Congress must be informed on the tirst Monday in Decemper next as to whether it is feasible anti proper to complete the tunnel as now projected and to finish and make use of the half-constructed reservoir east of the How ard University shaft of the tunnel. In all this action there is encouraging promise of refreshment for the many residents of the DIstrict who have been compelled to drag (ut a droughty sort of existence because the government has heretofore failed to keep Iti water-supply contract while in sisting upon collecting every cent of the taxes to which It had legal but no moral claim. Primarily, we are to have by the autumn of lS a water supply that will reat.h the higher levels, and, following this Invaluable betterment-based upon the in vestigation to be made-we will probably have additional distribution either through the now-useless turnel or through an ex tension af the system of mains which so far as it goes is admirable. For the part It has taken in bringing such a desirable state of affairs to pass, The Star has to say nothing more than that it did simply the duty conhkdel to it by those who know it to~ lae a true representative of the fpeople of the District of Columbia. Those Washingtonians who may imagine that because the District bond bill has not yet been acted upon by the Senate it is a defunct me.asure should emfort them selves with knowledge of the faict that very few of the friends of the bill ever enter tairedl the belief that It would become law during the present session. With so much of broadly national business clamoring for consideration, in a short session, it was only the most remote possibility that any local measure of importance-other than the 111s trict appropriation bill-could get through both houses. It may be that some will re gard the attendance at the evening session as a display of the birs strength In the Senate, buat any calculation based upon that attendance will surely be mislead ing. There is hardly any legislative propo sition before Congress-no matter how far reach'ng its influence or how important Its provisone-ihi ould tempt from their homes and othe places. of social resort a quorum of Senators, The vote upon hold ing the evening session is a much better indication of the feeling of the Senate on the subject of these Improvements, and no doubt is entertained concerning the favor able attitude of the Upper House in dealing with the measure in the next Congress. Elsewhlere in The. star a cerrespondent, who accepts taxation instead of manhood as the proper basis of representation in certain municipal a ffairs, so enlarges by deltnitlon the scope of the word taxpayer that substantially all men fall within this eategory. 15ut if justiee demands that the contributors to a Lund shall direct Its ex penttiture, it also demands that the weight of a contributors opinion as to the proper method of distributing the fund shall de pend to some extent upon the amount of his contribution. If, for instance, a man who does not know that be is among these eontributors, but who can possbly be dem entrated to be such unintentlonally in an innitesimal amount by a course of ab struse reasoning, is put upon an equality with the largest contributor in the dis tribution of the fund there is obviously as gross a violation of the principle of just represeatation as if non-contributors had partieipated. The New York commission of 38154 composed of Willim M. hvarts, Will imn Allen iButler, Oswald Ojttendorfer, Ed uard Ccoper, U. I. Giodhin, John A. Lott, Ames U. Carter, M. F. hUmmock, Uamon Serne. Joshua M. Van Cott and Martin A. Anderscn, reported strongly against unhim issd popular suffrage in the fnancial ad mamstratiop of New York's cities as a per persion of Its use, resulting in evil, and recommended that such administration be mated to tax and rent payers above a cer toan amount annualiy. In Australta the eletion for town and eiiy officers is ims bed to the ratepayers occupying property of a rental value of at least fifty pounds, en which the ratepayer receives one vote; if he cccupies property rated at a rental of mare than fifty pounds and less than a hudred, ho has two votes; and so an. These facts Indicate the tendencids of those Who would place municipal taxation and inpendlituare upon a just and proper basis; and they suggest strongly that no prin @i of fair representation, American or earw..e. re....r.. a taxpay.. amake Uncle lam, who centributee goe-half f the local & fiQ, to have-06- merto--!ay eaeceraing its espeMiture than the alleged am Uancnsis* taxpayer whale s& edrn -trbmut"m to the fIa may- *0a 4mi Mn: paid Oe se pettv offne to the pollee cowL .-. . It is hot, however, necesary far The Star to devote any considerable amount of space at this time to discussie o the ahma of the mdel repremeatative em of ancial, m-mioa l amn.ati- . Al that The Star has claimed IS that the expedItwe of the Dlstrlet'r revenues, which is necessarily in any case in conformity with the will of those who contribute more than half of the municipal fund, Is made more nearly on the basis of just and American representatien than the expenditures in many of our other large cties, where the municipal purse has been seized by non taxpayers through mere force of numbers. where the blessing of universal suffrage has by misappl~eation to concerns to which it was never intended to apply been con verted into a curse. where enormous and paralyzing . indebtedness has been con tracted through universal suffrage against the win of the taxpayers, and the proceeds wasted or stolen, in the corruption which has seemed the inevitable result of the in jection of partisan machine poltics into municipal affairs. Only through a constitutional amend meat can representation be obtained by Washlrgto ans in those matters of gov ernment which concern themn as men and Americans. and in respect to which noth Ing short of unlimited suffrage can be de fended. But the present agitation does not aim at a constitutional amendment. For Washingtonians who justly complain of Inertia and Indifference in Congress. their municipal government, to clamor for the actively-destructive misgovernment which curses other large American cities, is to imitate the frogs in the fable, who deposed King Log on account of his Inertness and crowned King stork, who straightway de voured them. Advices received by The Star from Pres Ident John G. Shortall of the Illinois Hu mane Society and from President C. M. Stocking of the Minneapolis Humane So ciety state that, mainly by reason of the concerted action of the two societies, the proposed pony race from that city to Chi cago has. for the present, at least, been abandoned. Prompted to more than com mon interest in the proposed competition by the Washington Humane Society-which in Its turn received Inspiration from edi torial comment and suggestion in The Star -the Illinois and Minneapolis societies de termined to stop the contest, which had been arranged to take place two weeks ago, and they succeeded, through the disorderly conduct of the men who were going to ride in the race; the disorder resulting in the riders' arrest and in the selling of the ponies and their equipments to raise money with which to pay the fines. Thus ended the second attempt to start long-distance horse-racing in this country. The first ef fort was made In conrnection with the World's Fair - Chadron, Neb., being the starting point and Chicago the terminus. Such a race, of Itself, was entirely legal, so the humane soieties having jurisdiction in the states through which the cowboys and their steeds had to go settled down to see that the useless contest was devoid of any thing that looked like cruelty. In this work the Illinois society was most active, and to It belongs the credit of so hampering the movement as to make application of the term "race" simply farcical. At the outset it was evidently the intention of all, or nearly all, the riders to push their steeds to the utmost limit, but before the brutal design had opportunity to do much more than get fairly under way there came the interference of humane law. Such compe titions as those referred to cannot possibly achieve any useful results; cannot reveal any unknown truth worth knowing; they deserve nothing else than failure. That Is a very interesting dispatch from Athens which announces the intention of the committee having charge of the matter to invite the athletic clubs of Europe and America to participate In the revival of the Olympic games. When those amusements were in full swing, in days gone by, this country was unrepresented, but now that the means of communication have Im proved there is no reason why American athletes should not meet the Greeks In their own arena and prove to the assem bled multitudes that modern man is cap able of doing many things that would have been regarded as surprising even by the spectators in an era which glorified physical development. It is to be hoped that those who are responsible for the revival of the historic competitions will preserve so much of the old rules as may be necessary to subdue the Intense pro fesonalismn Which has wrought so much injury to athletics In this and in other countries of late. Nowadays it takes a big sum of money or a very valuable prise of the sort readily convertible into cash to Induce many of those who excel physically to take part in athletic contests. Some times conquerors in the ancient games were exempted from public taxes, but as a rule the Greeks were satisfied with wreathe of the sacred olive, with promise of eulogistic poetry and a marble statue when mighty deeds were done and an assurance that the victor should never be forgotten by his countrymen. How mnany Americans are likely to he tempted by such inducements? It Is likely that even the more critical of Washingtonians wi be reasonably well satisfied, all things considered, with the District appropriation bill as It comes from the conference committee; for while It falls to make provision for some very de sirable things it cannot be alleged that anything absolutely essential has been omitted. Looking at the matter frown a purely busines standpoint, some of the omissions are not easily to be excused, for the amage that will be wrought by delay will amount to very much more than the interest the government has to pay for the money It borrows; but if the national legis lature as satisfied that its policy is the best, then those for whom it legislates must, perforce, be content. One most twel come feature of the blil is that which deals with the collection and disposal of gar boge, for which extremely important work a sum that should be suicient has been set aside. At present the garbage is care lessly collected and Improperly disposed of; the reform provided for in the bill is in ac cord with the best Ideas of those who have devoted much attention to the study of .he garbage problem. One hundred and thirty-three men were odicially reported as being at work on the new city post office building today and there is alight but perceptible structural growth. The force is, however, much too small to wrestle effectively with such a big job and unless there is great and speedy Increase the building wili be valueless for -practical purposes at any date prior to August 17, lilwt A number of journals did not neglect yes terday to point out to the Senate the fact that George Washington fought for his country and not for the sugar trust. If Mr. Springer has a little hope to spare the Philadelphia reformers would probably be glad to take some of it off his hands. Chicago is rejoicing in the prospect of a new postofice thiat will really get built, Mr. Gof is unmoved in hIs opinion that the reformer Is worthy of his hire, Trying to Steal a Masch. Paom the Chiesga geing Post. It is a noticeable fact that It is while the National Coneil of Women Is engaged at Washington that certain men in the west *r t=ying t egslate aais thater- hat. Tug wmmr The abandonment of the Aht for free coinage by the silver Senators and the sale of the new government bond issue were the topics of leading interest during the week. By votes of 30 to 27 and 86 to 2T the silver men made the bill for the un restricted coinage of silver the unfinished business in the Senate. Then followed a struggle of endurance, it becoming evident that a quorum of Senators could not be maintained all night, and Mr. Jones him self made the motion to adjourn. The opponents of the new battle ships for the navy suffered defeat In the House when Mr. Saye's motion to strike out the au thorisation for war vessels was lost, frst In the committee of the whole by a vote of 48-121. and later in the House by a vote of 07-199. The naval bill authorizes the construction of three battle ships, to cost. exclusive of armor, $4,000,000 each, and, twelve torpedo boats, to cost $170.000 each. Senator Chandler created something of a sensation by outlining some steps to be taken by the next Congresp, including a congressional investigation of the recent purchase of gold by the President. The House defeated the Senate amendment to the consular appropriation bill appropriat ing UU0,000 for a cable to the Hawaiian Islands by 114 to 152, sixteen democrats voting for the cable. The House commit tee on Pacifi railroads decided to report a new bill based on the Reilly bill, but con taining Important changes. Charles F. Warwick, republican, was elected mayor of Philadelphia by 00,000 majority. Moses Kimball, founder of the Boston Muacum, and a philanthropist, died In Brookline, a suburb of Boston, at the age of eighty-six years. Ex-Gov. Benjamin F.Prescott died at E'pingN.H., at the age of sixty-two years. The centennial of the birth of George Pea body was celebrated at Peabody, the birth llace of the philanthropist. The annual meeting of the department of superintend ents of the Educational Association was held In Cleveland. The north wing of Music Hall, In Buffalo, was damaged *by fire to the extent of about $50,000. A strike among the building trades on all the build ings in course of construction in New York was declared by the board of walking dele gates; the strike Is In sympathy with that of the Electrical Workers' Union. Foreign. Witnesses examined before the Armenian commission testified against the Turkish officials, and declared that they were wit nesses to the massacre of children. The new American 4's were subscribed for twenty times over in London. The Japa nese government will ask parliament for an appropriation of $50,000,000 to carry on the war against China. The motion of Sir Henry James In the British house of com mons for an adjournment, in order to call attention to the Indian import duties on cotton, did not precipitate a government crisis, as had been predicted, It being re jected by a vote of 304 to 100. Two thou sand Chinese soldiers were killed by the explosion of a large powder magazine in the forts at Takao, on'the Island of For mosa. The reichstag passed the bill to repeal the anti-Jesuit law. A motion for the second reading of the bill submitted by the radical popular party, providing for popular representation in the federal states of Germany, was defeated in the relchstag. In the District. As a result of the house-to-house canvass for contributions for the poor, which was carried on under the auspices of the cen tral relief committee, the total receipts reported were $13,28.8. The National Council of Women and the National So ciety of the Daughters of the American Revolution were in session during the week. Possession was taken of the new armory, on L street between 4t4, and 5th streets, by the National Guard. Owing to depression, caused by Ill health, M. Pierre Bogdanoff, the first secretary of the Rus sian legation, committed suicide at his lodging in this city by shooting. Much satisfaction was expressed by the com munity at the action of the committee of conference in deciding to restore to the appropriation bill the clause providing money for raising the dam at the Great Falls and thus securing at an early day the much needed increase in the water supply of the city. One of the effective means of arousing the attention of Con gress to the importance of this matter was the "water coupon petition" of The Star, which was numerously signed by citizens; at a meeting of the board of trade resolutions were adopted urging Con gress to make this appropriation. Lack of a quorum at a night session of the Sen ate prevented any action by that body on the bond-issue bill. The celebration of the birthday of General Washington was very general in this city; a number of meetings were held and there was a parade in the afternoon of militury com panies. The death of Fredericir Douglass, the most famous Afro-Americ 'n of his time, occurred suddenly at his home In Anacostia. SHOOTING STARS. The Grand Chorus. Spring, gentle spring, iill soon be here, No more the forest will be drear, With song we'll hail the welcome breeze And those who cannot sing will sneeze. A flarbarian's Sentimgent. "I expect," said the enthusiastic woman, "t rank as one of my country's civilizers before I get through." "Yes," said the man with the crawling mentality. "SIt seems ter me there's a good many more ladles doin' that now than air tendin' ter their houses. We're gittin' too many civilizers an' not enough plain Ann Elizas." The Currency Debate. They wus speakin' down ter Center oncet; I went ter hear 'em talk; 'Cause I'm fond of oratory and it's many a mile I'd walk Ter see the men of wisdom mind the coun trys p's and q's An' tell their feller citizens their earnest, honest views. The talk wus on the currency; a j'int de bate 'twus called; An' they parleyed weth each other an' they ransled an' they hauled, An' each while ho wus talkin' made ye think wethout a doubt His argyments had knocked the other man completely out. 'Twus an interestin' topic; I wus hopeful fer ter hear Whut made the stuff so hard ter git and Fquick ter disappear; An' a certain disapp'intment sorter ran kled in my mind Ter note they wusn't there ter talk of quantity, but kind. It stood ter reason, one of them Informed the crowd, thet gold Wus the final value standard fur the things we bought an' sold; It hed been thet way fur ages, es all men of learnin' know. An' when he quit, we cheered him an' the orjince said, "Jes so." An' then the other feller said thet gold wus not so bad, Ef sufficient fur the purposes of commerce could be had; Thet silver wus jes plentiful enough ter make things square. An' we cheered him like the other; which wus nothin' more than fair. But when I started hcme an' got to think in' of it o'er .' . ii2 I wus struck weth an idea thet I never had before; Whut good is there In fussin' 'bout yer sil ver an' yer gold Ef neither one nor t'other ever lets ye ketch a hold? They's a nIce unmarried lady thet the, folks out our way knows, Who wus worried to distraction 'cause she had too many beaux. There wus several a-courtini', but she took too long, they say, Comparin' of their merits; an' she's single to this day. Thet's whut we've been a-doin' jes es sure es you are born, An' we're liable ter keep it up till Gabr'el blows 'is horn. We're a-takin' of our leisure guessin' which the best may be, An' we ain't a-gittin' either-not ez fur es I kin see it itf's ftoae1,,e I iCarpet Dep4rtrnent Keeps* tO the gae of -. 1ieig by the r*t V the te If it's Carpets, we have were willing to, sell I at a price that others won't quote-a price that'll give our store the reference in Any * competfton. - - Just h few offers for MON DAY ajsd TUESDAY: SMYNAS, 80x Inche$2.15 -Were $4.50. Now .........01 BOYAL WILTONS, 8a feet. Werfi $10. Now.......... $ . MATTING5. 100 rolls of JOINTL!BS CHINA MATTING,40 yards -to the roll. The regular $ quality. Now, rol.... - o H ASSOCKS. Covered in Body Brussels, Tap estry and Velvet carpets..... 2 All CARPIs bought Monday and Tesday .wil be made, laid and linr. FREE OF COST. E Your CREDIT is good in every department of our store. The Julius Lansburgh Furniture and Carpet Co., "THE RINK," New York Avenue Bet. 13th and 14th Sts. Agency for the Celebrated Columbia Au - tmatic Filter. it A Woman Without Tact -in the social world, suffers the same penalty as does the cook who- uses "in different" flour--she is continually get ting into "hot water." If you want a hyglanic, four-a flour that combInes the best qualities of SEVERtAL of America's CHOICEST Winter and Spring Wheat Flours-a Blour that NEVER FA112 under proper conditions, use oCreamt Blend PFloutrro It gives universal satist-tton. There Is as much difeNuce bekween "Cream Blend" and "ordinary" Dour as there is between cream and milk. It's the cook's favorite--the housewife's friend. She is never mor4fed by having on her table other than EAL B , Rolls, Biscuits and Rikstiy. OOCe "Cream Blend" Is tried it's used always. Why not try it next ime! E7If your ddesn'tsell "Cream Blend" drop usa pottal, or telephone, we'll sUpRIl you through hi.- ,. B. B. EarnshavW& B'o., Wholesale Flour and Feed bealers, 1105-1107-1109 11TH UT. L.E., AND 1000-1002 M ST. S. E. it he Natives of * South America - Fig uq, green comaaa tsung.. P riieelfgue soil exhaustion dur ? ltheZ vorna they're acc4*utoned 4 ~ to Th~k1ibearers of heavy bordens. e * * THOMI'4N'S "COCA WINE" con t * * us all the virtues of the leaves * * * rendered most palatable by native * * * claret. For languor, exhaustion and * * * nervous debility nothing else Is so I * * e7INg T BOTLE-nly 7c. ~Thompson, gi. CdPHIARMACIST, Costs - -For a good pair of EYEGLASSES or - ...- S T . Theyre fited wt -- as mu -h comfort and satisfaction as4 -- th h es riced extrs charge for -- examining the efet and fitting and -- adjusting the proper glasses. McAllister & Co., Opticians, I 1311 F STREEr. (Ncxt to "Sun" buildIng.) You'll Always ~Be Satisfied * * * With what you buy here. We handle - + S be e freshet hoiceat, most de * *. In cF1rits, Vegetabes othoue Deli * * * cacies, Poultry, etc. Lowest prices.3 Cannon & Chandler, 7, 77, 78, 79, 80 and 81 CENTERL MARKET. We Wish Eve rg Lady to rememberfhat Diis 1s the only -place in the city where coffee is pulver ized. WE ROAST and PULVEIZE every pound og our pa~ious MANDHIE - ING JAVA ind AABIAN MOCHA COFFEES (f 'DripjUffree) ON THE PREISES. lythis means we save our patroom t5 ):nnelknee and lloan clal lose of having qirtsuperior coffees mixed or exchangel for inferior brands at the roasteqj E7Only iepoon -fo extra charge for pulveriziut. 0. 0. Cornwell : & Sonl, 1412.1414 Penna. Ave. : The Last of 4 Lots of Furs. Here are the last of four lots of Furs, 2 able Nec Scaf. $1 tand $18 value. 2 Ermin NekSarfs $1 vaine To On Erue Ne Sarfwt 2 has One Black Astrakhn Long Ospe. $301 value. .To close...--------.------... $28 Willtt& Reunff. 905 Pat Av. Balais oyal, G AN> ELEVENTH UElEH1T. MONDAY9 FEBRUARY . U0 Per Cent Discount. 9:7One-tenth off the price marked on the Black Crepon you select on Monday. To choose from are five styles 40-inch All-wool Crepons at 75c a yard. ten styles 45-inch Silk and Wool Crepons at $1 a yard, fifteen styles 45-inch Silk and Wool. Mohair and Wool Crepons at $1.25, $1.35, $1.50 and $1.08 a yard, twenty styles Silk and Wool, Mohair and Wool and All-silk Orepors at $2, $2.50. $2.75. 3, $3.50 and $4 a yard. For 85c Silks. 5E7To choose from are 21-inch Black Figured Taffeta and 24-Inch Black Figured China Silks. The late auction In New York makes the price 85c In stead of $1 a yard. Of course, 6Sc Is a "special" for Monday only. 75C For $a Jets. 0:27c5e for the new Jet Fronts, with Pendants; $1.25 for those marked $1.50. These are the latest for trimming the basque. For $1.49 P. Books. E7Made of Selected Seal and Grain Leathers, In fawns, grays, nary and black. Massive sterling silver trimmings. 79C For $n GloVes. IE7LAdles' Kid Gloves, in English tans, browns ard black, with four buttons to match in color. See samples in window. For 85c Linen. 0:7The 68-inch wido warranted All-linen Irish Table Damask. Heavy welgLt and 1805 designs. IOc For i~c Linons E:732-Ineh India Linons. Fancy stripes and small figures in delicate colors that are warranted In delible. 7xc For ioc Ginghams. E:7The 1895 Dress Ginghams, in fancy stripes anid plaids. Quality like the 12%e Ginghams of 1E04; desigms and colors vastly superior. 69c For 89c Covers. E:7Tapestry Covers, Is art color combinations, making them most expctsive-Iooklng. They are 1% yards square and really worth $1. For $6.50 Beds. :7 White Enamel Iron Bedsteads. Over 6 feet long and 4% feet wide. Brass trimmings. 48c For 75c Shades. :70Opaque shades. You select the color and cur man does the rest--measure, make and hang. No extras. 48c pays for everything. 19C For 34c Saucepans E7Best Crystal Steel Enamel Saucepanm, 3-quart sis. For $2.69 Lamps. E:7Cholce of the Solid Brness Lamps, with 8-Inch onyx column and oxydised Cupid as column, Pitta burg burner to each. Palais IRoyal, A. Lisner. U and unth Sts.' MoSES'. watirday, Pebmnary 23, Uis. Mattings Are Coming! Carpets Must Got We're making very extensive Matting tm portations for the coing season-larger purchases than In any pest year. Theme in voices are beginning to arrive. And to make enough room to property show them the CARPEW stock must be reduced by at least 10,000 yards. Rugs, too, must be sold; and 4hus you get theme prices: Carpets. Good Heavy Ingrain Carpet -15 patterns. Usually sold for 50 cents a yard. NOW..............................32/C Best quality All-wool Ingrain Carpet-S pat terns-new colorings. Usual price, 75 cents a yard. Now..................500 Good quality Tapectry Brussels. Beg ular price, 0 cents a ard. Now..... 4 25 handsome patterns good-wearing Tapestry Brussels. Regular price, 65 cents a yard. Ncw...........................45C A superb line of Body Brussels, with borders to match-all the newest colorings and d signs. Reduced from $1.10 a yard to75C 1,000 yards best quality Wilton Velvet Carpet -20 patterns-varying from 20 to 150 yards of each. Let us measure your room and see If you can use any of them. No charge for so doing. snd It puts you under no obligation to bay. These carpets tare been $1.55 a yard. Now-made, laid and lned-only.... $1900 Bordered Carpets. We have made up from our remnants 300 Bordered Carpets, in all sizes, from 6 by 6 feet to 15 by 20 feet We'll guarantee to find you the right size you want at one-balf the price It would cost to have one made up. Rugs. 300 Chenille Mats, 18 by 36 Inches, reduced tu, eah...................... 100 Moquette Mats, 18 by 36 inches, reduced to................... RUSSIA RUGS-the most durable, - priced Rugs on the market. We have too many of these sizes; and to clear them out have made the following reductions: 26x52 Inches-reduced from $1.75 to $1.25. 30100 Inches-reduced from $2.00 to $1.50. 36x72 Inches-reduced from 63.25 to $2.50. Matti nigs. 1,000 yards Japanese Jointless Matting -former value, 10 cents a yard. Now.. 6C 2,500 yards Heavy Jointless Mat ting-regularly 25 cents a yard. Now 12/2 C 850 yards best quality Cotton Warp and Inlaid Matting--gular 40-cent qual ity. Now (yard)......................25C Any purchases made In our CARPr DEPARTMENT this month will be stored until September 1 without charge, if so desired. W. MO5ES & B. Son.% P and iith Sts. It Storage Warehouses, 224 at. near If. $B23Buiys A "Paragon" -the highest grade low-priced machine on the warket. High armed-light run. nlng-benutifl t oodwork-est attach ments - handsomely finished - and sold with a 5 yeaLrs' guarantee. Dry goods stores don t sell a machine Dle this fur double our price.f Y Perfection is reached in our "Stand ard Rotary Shuttle" Machine. Every body knows about It. Standard SewingMch.Co. 002 9TH! STREET. (MASONIC TEMI.) f232d A BLOW -- Has been struck at old-fashioned iea aof dentistry by thenepa in icdenta op erations lanesa.fu anaesthetic, with Its disastrous after ----- effects, has been forced from the ---- aresa by this simple and absolutely --- eresand wthi rah oal. Pain --loss extraction, 50c Oither operations Evans Dental Parlors. 1217 PENNA. AVE. N.W. f23-24d. A Box of (ill's Candies Leave, nothing to be desire either In QUAL1TY or PlICE. T1'ree graded ssortments, at 25, 40 sod 60 cents per pound. To be had only of Gill, flfg. Confectioner, f28-20d 11TH AND F 8STS. SILK SHADES. ***** Just received a new line of Silk Shades, *** in all styles and colors, for $1.75, $1.85. .**** $3.7., $4.50. $7.75 and $9.00. Also a larg ***lneo Banquet Lamp., In brass and C. A. Muddiman,614 12th st. f23-12d ArmmmmmummIem,1 runwunniummmm nuswanummnmmsng * -who shop for their husbands will find ! *0 * better shirts for the money here than oh- I *0 * tainable anywhe-re In the city. We repre- S n*0 * ent one ofthe largeutI Shirt Factories *0 In Americ an save tyou d th midd ea'. I- :2 .5c., Unandre D5e., ..ts at~ is c. * real superIor to any dollar shirt else |Ellery & Ireland, i 1931 9th St., next N.Y. ave. Ur urn , iimimuuansumlmsmsumanls mummma mea I~ I conenient %, or 1-lb.pks By Martin Gillet & Co., the oldet tea importers In America. f8-3m,12 Hand li. Try It once, and you will always use It. It cleas silks, laces and the donest fabrice with out Injury. Removes grease and paint. Is unequaled for the bath and shampoo. Ask your grocer fur it. fa23-2m* HOME ICE COMPANY. E. M. WILLI.r Propr. Woesale an retai dealer in K'ennee a Pesobsceot Ie Fuil inpply they year round and at reasonable price always. Sold 19,000 tens th L-A-fl-P-S ab. ft. oe Mo -f ~ gnif and ey.an.. .git -... Stowa. Priced eztrmly logw. Gilt Lamp, nyx Column,30 2 Gilt Fount, Lamp All G$ilt, Onyx Tables. Pomi~e hm nue ms nisha~e am e ..m.nd at $.7. A ha, indeed. SHEDD Bro., Heaters, Gas Pntters, Plaanbemr, 432 9th St. N.W. it . - "Ceres" was the C flour used by He "Prize Winners"of - the bread contest during the Pure Food Exposition L last fall. We con gratulatei t h e m I They deserved to be Ruccessful- T h knew full well the value of good flour to good bread~hence flour on the market -"Cere&" Beware of Imitationsl All S grocers. R Wm. M.Galt & Co., WHOrM&rm Cor. ist & Ind. Ave. N. W. it WHAT IS BEER THAN A GUARANTEE TO CURD COUGHS AND COLDS IN THEIR WORST FORM, IT IS TU THu COST IS SMAIA4 BUT WHEN YOU ARE SICK YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT YOUR MONEY IS N(Fr IEOWN AWAY FOR WORTHIM MEDICEM THAT YOU ARE GETTING YOUR MONEY'S WORTH AND A GUARANT TO CURE YOUR AI-MENT-THAT A TEB WAY WE SEIL, PRUSSIAN COUGH SYRUP, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT EFUE IT WILL HAVE-AND THU PDOPIM HAVE CONFIDENCE ITS M ERT. W..A MrPRLdSIN SYRUP OF TAB, :WILD CHERRY, &c., HAS HAD A ISTEADY INCREASE IN SALM EACH YEAR SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION. IT IS NOW ON~E OF THE GREAT HOUSE HOLD REMEDIES IN WASHINGTON, AND BEFORE MANY MONTHS HAVE IPASSED WE EXPECT TO HAVE IT IN EVEiRY HOUS$E IN THE CITY. PriCe, 15c. G (oos Delivered.$ IWIILLIIAfS' Temple Drug Store, It OPN ALL NIGHT. [A Certain Cure For Malaria. . . . neku~m%"fk ni~.I la.as ISHAFER'S, 103 P.Ave. --HARTORDS are $80. T'eefre good wheela--great wheels-as good as any ot the hundred-dollar Bicycles except the 00IM BIA--and almost as good as them. We teach buyers to die ftwe et chare DISgTRIICT CYCLE CO., 452 Pa. Ave. it SUPERB COPPEE. varities or (Wc e e1 has gained the rentnto f selling thme best Cofe. ia Rh fao-S4pt fgand possecshig a wine-like clearness. C. Witmner & Co., Fine Grocers and Purveyors. 'Phome 10054. 1918 Pa. Ave. n-n. Write Love Letters .*. . . me. poun.. Th. "latest fad.'' . C. Parsellt 418 9th St....