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Part 2 THE WASHINGTON TIMESp ages 9 to 20 -WASHEtfGKTO, D. C, SUNDAY MORNJZSra, ATTG-UST II, 1895. LAST WEEK Of Our Great MIDSUMMER Closin-out Sale. Onfy six more days this season during- which we shall offer every pair of our Low or Hih Cub Black. Tan or White Shoes and Slippers AT A REDUCED PRICE This has been one of our most successful "Clearing-out Sales." People evidently are realizing- that on account of the well-known advance they will have to pay much more for shoes this fall, and in consequence many are laying- in their fall supplies during- this sale. Don't Miss the Chance to Buy. Jt 69c. Following SI values: Ladies' Black, or Tan durable Ties and Slippers. Ml6sos Kid Sandals, with bows. Child's Tan, Black or White Sandals and Shoes. Jt 95c. Following S1-5C values: Boys' and Youths' Tan Goat low Cut Ties. illssos' and Children's Splendid Tan Lace or Button. Ladies' White Canvas, Black or Tan Ties. Ladles' White or Black Kid and Pat ent Leather Sandals. Wffi 930 and 1914 and 1916 Fenna. Ave jSTTOAHEVlOO,tt. Z . A "Rdi 2 Opportu. j to secure a Fine Buildhi J Lot, 25x140 Feet, in the District for $125 on Easy Pa3rments. EAST DEANEWOOD is a fine leTcl subdivision about three miles from the Capitol Building, the plat of which is recorded in the District Surveyor's Office, County Book 9, page 101. The sTeete are 90 feet wide and oouform to the city plans. COO shado trees have been planted, Vlth boxes around sama All lots have 19 feet of narking and run back to :W-foot alley. Lots arc 25 feet front by 140 deep ana all on GRADE. I), E, F and G streots northeast extended run thrc jgh Last Deauewood. The Engineering Department has testod all tho streots and found them correct. Only a few more Lots will be sold at the above price. As sixty thousand readers of The Times will see this offer, you had better be quick if you want to secure A GOOD LOT at the $125 price. Commutation faro 5 centi to Pennsylvania Depot, Sixth street Ku INTEHKbT CHARGED ON DEKEHRED PAYMES. NO NOTES. NO DEED OF TBUST. TITLE GUARANTEED. IN CASE OF DEATH-I Should any purchaser of a lot on the INSTALLMENT PLAN DIE before all installments aro paid, lot will be deeded to his or her heirs or assigns in fee simple, and amount paid up to time or death will be accepted as full payment of the price. Installments will be accepted weekly or monthly. A llboral discount for cash. Translocation f urniehed on application. For particulars call on or address E. M. PINE, 1-320 F Street N. W.f Washington, D. C. eetto accommodate those who cannot call during the day office will be open Wednesday and Friday evenings from 7 till 9 o'clock. iobmt wohg fish Vegetable Growth Which Is Both ering the Culturists. MANY STEEAMS DEPLETED It Is a Fungus Which Is Deadly to Spa wnandilinnowH- "Wonderful In cretseof Black Bass lii thePotomoo. Brought from the Ohio River in a Locomotive Tender. A dispatch was recently cent out from Caledonia, X. T., to the press throughout the country statins that the mortality among the fish and spawn at tho State hatchery there had been very great and most disastrous to that institution. This remarkable mortality was attributed to low -water and from the letting of -water from a mlllpond into the hatchery creek. Thinking perhaps the same slate of af fairs might exist to a more or less degree at the various United States hatcheries, a Times reporter called to see Mr. W. DeO. Bavenel, Assistant United States Fish Commissioner, to ascertain the status of flh propagation under the government's supervision. The commissioner Baid that the department has received advices similar to the one sent out from New Tork from different sections of the country, going to show that the mortality among tho finny tribe was not confined to any one place. Reports received from the Missouri Hlver and various lakes throughout tho United States indicate that the fish were dying there in large numbers. It seems that this un fortunate condition of affairs is directly attributable to the presence of a fungus or vegetable formation, which in the eummer season particularly manifests lt telt In streams, and its presence is followed with mora or less fatal results to the fish therein. This parasitio disease is greatly dreaded by those "who are engaged in the culture tnd propagation of fish, and many precau tions have to be taken "to prevent its ap pearanoe. HAYOO AT THE FAIR. Its presence "was felt very greatly at the "World's Fair in the aquariums in the Fisheries Building, and although every precaution was taken by those in charge of the exhibit to prevent the manifestation of this vegetable poison, thou Bands of valuable fjsu died. Experiments have led to various remedies for the extermina tion of the disease, but they have been for tbe most part unsuccessful, tending culy to lessen but not to entirely abate it. Black bass seem to be mostly affected by yds fungus growth, and as the Potomac JUver is regarded as one of the best bass grt&Jtu in the country, h reporter made Shoes v (Sent by Mail To any P. O. I In the U. S. I At$1.37 Following S2 Values: Ladlos' pliable Turn Sole Black or Tan Low Shoes. - Hisses' bast Tan Boots. Men's and Boys' Russet Burablo Laced Shoes. Jt $2.35 Following S3 Values: Men's hand welt Tan Russia Calf Shoes. Ladios' Tan "Flowor City" Kid and Black Vici Kid Stylish Button or Lace Boots. Ladles' Qnest-mado Imported Patent Leather or Black and Tun Kid 2obby Low Shoes. 932 7th St 233 Penna. Avenue S. E. Inquiry regarding their preservation in these "waters. "I know of no reason," said he, "to cause me to believe that there has been any special falling off In the number of bass in the Potomac this year, either from dis ease or other natural causes, and I think that this fish which is regarded as tho greatest multiplier of the piscatorial tribe is thriving there." "In this connection it may be interesting to know that the Fi6h Commission raised over forty thousand bass from fifteen and shipped them to various parts of tho coun try, indeed, black bass -were first intro duced into tho Potomac about thirty years ago, "when several gentlemen at private expense brought about thirty-five here from tho Ohio River, in the tender of an engine, and deposited them in the Po tomac. Tbe -wonderful multiplication and dissemination of theso fleh throughout tho entire Potomac basin has attracted the at tention of fibh commissions throughout tho world. There has been no attempt made by the government to supply the Potomac -with other bass since their liret intro duction, and their attention has been given to supplying depleted streams in other portions of the country, showing that the mortality among the bass in tho Potomac must be very slight. FRIENDS OF THE BASS. "Paradoxical as it may teem tho fishing clubs -which have been organized through out the country are tho greatest friends the "fish culturist have, as they prccerve the fish as far as they can in the rivers and streams by the adoption of rufes and regu lations governing fishing. Washington has a great many of theso clubs, and they have done much toward preserving the various varieties of fish -which inhabit tho Potomac and other nearby streams, and it -will perhaps interest anglers in this section to know that the mortnlity among the fish hereabouts is not near as great a8 in other sections of the country." Sunday nt Marshall Hall. Marshall Hall will be an attractive place to-day both for tho young and old. Many people -will undoubtedly seek a cool place to-day to escape the heat of the city, and those "who Journey to this resort -will be fully rewarded. Tho green lawns have already been taken advantage of by thousands of people, and here one finds plenty of shado and cool breezes. Those who visit the Hall to-day for tho pur pose of indulging in amusements will find a varied list, and the Ferris Wheel "will be in operation. The bathing beach has been enjoying a large patronage since the warm -weather set in, and it Is Indeed a rare pleasure to enjoy a good swim. As B6ual, a concert will be rendered by Prof. Scbroeder's band at the Hall, and tho steamer Macalester -will leave at 11 a. m., 2:30 and 6:30 p. on., and the River Queen at S p. m. Round trip fare is 25 cento. "Wrong In the Bight "Way. Roddster I say, old fellow, can you lend us a pair of scales for a few days? Married Chum We have a pair, but sorry to say they are out of order. They weigh heavy. Roddster (excitedly) The very thing. We're going fishing. Boston Courier. $1.25 to Baltimore and Heturn $1.25 via B- & O. R. R. Saturday and Sunday, August 10 and 11, au7,8, 9,10.1 J ZZgm& ADOWS OF Gil Senatorial Private Secretaries and Their Duties. EASY JOBS WITH BIG PAY Privileged Clahs of Mortals "Whoso Linen Have Fallen in Soft Places. Mythical Stenographers Who Aro "Up to Labor-saving: Devices and Enjoy tho Good Thlnga of Life. Next to that of United Stntcs Seuator, the softest snap in tho gift of the govern ment is that of private secretary. This latter feeder at the publio crib is a devel opment of modem politics. Ex-Senator Butler, of South Carolina, is the author of the private secretary. Once upon a time such men as Webster, Clay, and Calhoun did their own scribbling -with a goose quill. Toward tho end of the century, however, Senators discovered that it was so warm in the summer and fo cold In the -winter and so much moro practical to do work by proxy, that when Senator Butler offered a resolution pro- viding the Senators -with clerks and private secretaries, they at once taw a good thing, and, lol the private secretary as an insti tution was born. It is a proverb down around tho Capitol that it is much better to be a private tecre tary of the first rank, that is to bo tho clerk of one of tho importaut committees, than it is to be a member of the lower House of Congress. This fpecics of the secretary genus can hold his office for six years if he is not a boozer and can bo deaf or dumb or blind or all three whenever the exi gencies of his relations to his principal demand that he shall bo eo afflicted. NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS. Besides this, he must be a well-educated man, because there is no telling when he may be required to write a speech on any given subject. New Senators usually ac cept all kinds of invitations to address all kinds of things and associations in their iumiuer holiday, and while he nay be a good politician he cannot write an arter-diuuer speech or a philippic agaiust the devil at a Sunday-school anniver sary, or a rhetorical flourish about the higher education lor the female semiuary commencements. Hence the vulue of a private secretary who knows all about the seminary, the school, the banquet, and the devil. A secretary usually has a cinch on the office he is appointed to for blx years. This is worth to him about $13,000, while a mere M. C. gets only $10,000 in two years, and he is by no means sure that ho will not make his constituency tired of electing him tho very first time. Secretaries have no money to speud in keeping their political fences lu repair; they spend a good deal of their summers at their Senators' homes, where they get their hash and laundry free, and alto gether are a privileged class. They don't bpend money. They simply burn it. The secretary and the Seuator are Me and Napoleon, and, as a matter of fact, hun dreds of thousands of people believe that it is always best to sound a secretary before broaching a subject to auy of the members of the Great Club. This is the principle of the intercession of the saints. HIS COMPLEX DU TIES. There is another Impression abroad In the country to the effect that the only man attheCapitolwhodoeslessthauthe average at the Capitol who does less than the average Senator is the average private secretary. A few people doubt this. The truth is that it Is a secretary's duty to be and not to do. As there are several grades of statesmen, the high, the low, the up and the down grades, so there are three distinct classes of secretaries, these being graded pluto crat! cally. The last sizing of these tall-collared fel lows was done by Congress two years ago. Once upon a time there were two classes of secretaries. Those who were clerks of the best committees, like the Judiciary, the District, Agriculture, Finance, Foreign Re lations, and such, were on the annual roll. The other clerks got $6 a day while Con gress was in session. The short ses sion was a bad business for the per diem clerks. As at present graded there are three classes. In the first class there are the clerk of the Finance Committee, $2,C00; claims, $2,220, with an assistant at $1,440 and' a messenger at $1,4.40; pensions, same number of clerks and messengers at same pay; military affairs, $2,220, messenger $1,440, and post-offices and postroads, foreign relations, engrossed bills, and several others have clerks at $2,220 and messengers at $1,440. Twenty-two com mittees have clerks at $2,220, and twenty six clerks to committees which seldom meet get $1,440. Some of these committees have not met In years. Then, there are clerks who get $1,200 a year, because their Senators have no committees. These make three distinct classes of clerks. ONE JOB THAT IS GONE. Bome of the clerks used to have some thing to do when it was the custom of tho Secretary of Agriculture to send each Sen ator twenty or more sacks of garden and field seed for distribution among his con stituents. They will not have this to do next year, as the seed humbug has been abolished. But even when the seed distribution was in vogue tho ingenious private secretary found a way to reliove himself of this back breaking exercise of writing people's names and postoffice addresses on papers of equ ash and cucumber seed. He found out that It was a scheme open at both ends to send the stuff off by the sack full to various post masters and have tho distribution done in that way. Or thoy sent them to some In fluential farmer, and they do say that these packages of seeds were worth one cent apleco In Washington and that was tho easiest way in tho world to get rid of about 1D,000 packages. Such a dicker as that was worth $150 In cold cash to somebody, and there are plenty of Senators who live in cities who cared for nothing but flower seedB and hyacinth and crocus bulbs. Of course, theso never got into tho country. It is very doubtful if more than a fow secretaries over did any of the actual work of shipping 6eeds. The "messen gers'" referred to above are generally very Intelligent men, who have a pull in the State, or have relatives who do the pull ing. They are tho most uEeful people in the world to secretaries. In fact, a great many of them do all tho work at $1,440, while the clerk getfl $2,220. Of course, there are clerks who actually take letters Btenographlcally from dlcta- tl0Bj but It is an easy matter to redictate them to a poor stenographer at a very cheap rate of pay. Homo of them are, all tho same, quite conscientious i and do the work personally. JUST AS A SIDE ISSUE. Some of tho mon whoso names appear on the rolls aro .not the recipients of all the cash. It is said that some newspaper men, for tho privilege it gives them of getting on tho floor of tho Senate, have their names on the Senate rolls, while other folks get tho pay, or a very large proportion of it. Senatorial courtesy Includes the appoint ment of brothers, sons and daughters to positions in tho north wing of tho Capitol. Some committees are quite a family affair. It is said that when tho Democrats needed tho Populists to vote to reorganize the Senate two years ago one of the Populists had three relatives in Senate places and a promiso of several others. This -was tho timo when the Republican clerks to committees groaned and stepped down and out. Tho dominant party always has the high grade clerks and tho latter are already beginning to calculate onthechances of tho Republicans getting control of the Sonato noxt December. In that case nearly all the high grade, $2,500, and $2,220; and $1,440 Democratic clerks will be fired, and roducod to tho ranks now held by a ma jority of tho Republican clerks. HOPE FOR THESE. Tho Republican private secretaries who aro nowlaboring along manfully at $1, 200a year doing nothing, will be promoted to the first-class places and the Democratic clerks will take a reef in their high salaries and livo more in their committee rooms than In tho Senate restaurant. Tin' pie counter of the Senate restaurant 'Is where the Private Secretary is at his best. To see him in the act of the deglu tition of Page's famous nplpepleone would suppose that lie had merely stolen a few moments from labor and loaned them to re freshments. Whenever you see a young man without his hat at the pie counter he is a secretary. If he Is alone he is not a clerk to the domluant element. He is lu the economic stage. He used to get perhaps, Trom $2,000 to $2,500 and now the Democrats or the Republicans, as the case may be, have re duced his pie allowance to a measly $100 a month. But on the other hand If you see a young man at one of the tables in the restaurant, who speaks to every other young man who comes lu, heisa clerkinclover.andyou will be sure of that If there is a young lady or two at the same table. He recks not of the day of reorganization and heblows him self to pieces, especially on tlielulh and end of each month. Nothing in what has been said is intended to convey tho idea that tho Senators do all the drinking. On tho, contrary, many a poor $2,000 clerk has been driven to drink to while away tbe lonespme hours between pay days. THEIR REAL USES. Well, then, hypercritical people will ask, has this genus, sui generis, no use or occupation at all? Oh, yes, but they have. They are buffers and bumpers and the moat accomplished . prevaricators out side of a lady or fashion. He stands bet ween his principal and unbidden guests in the committee rooms. Sometimes cranks have to be humored, and applicants for office have to be en tertained, cocktails have to' be brought down into tho subterranean vaults, where some of the Senators have their committee rooms and where they do their Pharisaical drinking. Most Senators, however, do not stand on ceremony or subterfuge when they want a drink. They as frequently go right straight to tho bar as to the private Senatorial lunchroom or to their com mittee room. The thousands of people who ramble around in the corridors of the Capitol in the terrace, catch glimpses In the summer time of young men in their shirt sleeves seated in the committee rooms with their feet on the tables and the cigarette in hnzy evidence. He is full of himself and appollinaris lem onade. He does not buy this delicious beverage. It was manufactured summer before last by the barrelful. Bottles of it went down to the committee rooms in pursuit of Senators who fled from the thunder and lightning of incessant debate over nothing. That was" where "Mc and Napoleon" got together and kept cool, cozy aud quiet until the electric bell sum moned the Senator to a call of the Senate or for a yea and nay vote. EIGHT HOURS LAW OBSERVED. No secretary has ever complained that his Senator ever compelled him to work more than eight hours a day. Senators who have no very important committees stroll down to the Capitol about 12 o'clock, and get away as fast as possible. The sec retary then sin's up the shop, and the busi ness of the dy i. over. In this way letters accumulate, and some fine day the Senator fiuds that he has to answer a great many of them or anger bis constituents. A Senator swore ono day that he would devote twenty-four hours to catching up with his correspondence. He dictated three, each of which con tradicted the other, and finally said: "Oh, Smith, answer all of them you can evasively and politely and I'll attend to the rest." "ery good," said Smith, and when the Conscript Father retired Smith put the wholo kit into the waste basket. Next day tho Senator said: "Well, Smith, my boy, how did you get along with that mess?" "I answered them all, I put the last one of them in the basket, and they're gone, I find, this morning." f The Senator first got mad as a hornet but after awhile, thinking it over, ho said: "Smith, that was a very clever solution of tho difficulty. It was impos sible to answer them in any other way." THIS IS REAL WORK. In some very extreme cases, where an apology is absolutely necessary, the Sen ator will dictate to his secretary some thing like this: "Dear Madam:- OwiDg to the prolonged illness of my secretary," etc., etc. The secretary gravely writes this out, and away it goeB, and as eoon as it has gone he goes upstairs to take a prolonged remedy for his recent protracted spell of malaria. Messengers.by the way, are not always as intellectual aud up in modern languages as they might be. A fresh messenger from Georgia startled and mystified a District messenger one day by telling him that he sleptflat and took hismeals at the Treasury calf. Ho merely meant to say that he roomed in a flat and took his meals at tho Treasury cafe. The messenger was not much woreethnn the alleged typical prlyntc secretary in "The Senator," in which tho "woozy" girl takes hira to task for using very bad English. Thero Is one and only one time when the secretaries do get in some real hard work. There is what Is called an "extra month's pay" at tho close of the short sessions and sometimes at Christmas. Tho amount of diplomatic work thoy do to get this and thoy always get it Is ample compensation what they don't do tho other twelve months h in tho year, but this is only another of tho many reasons to show that a private secre- tary's berth is so soft that a snowflake would sink in it and be smothered to death. TICH SHABBY HOME Dark Rooms and Cramped Quar ters of the City Hall. PEOPOSED NEW- STRUOTUEE Officials Still Have Hope That Con gress "Will Some Day Make tho Appropriation "Valunhlo Papers and Iteeords Liablo to Destruc tion by Fire. Since The Times last called attention to the need of a new building for the Dis trict! government offices and the supreme court of 'the District, the swallows have nested again in the old brick, stucco- be daubed structure that disgraces Judicial square. The site, excepting Capitol Hill and the White Lot, is the finest In the city for a wupcrb building. It is practically the last chance In the center of the city for archi tectural magniiicence to be displayed. The slight eminence looks down upon thebroad, open way of Four-and-a.half street to the Arsenal and the Potomac. A structure there of noble dimensions would mark the heart of the city with a grandeur which it now lacks and which every public-pplrited citizen, not only of Washington, but or the whole United States, will say it deserves. The present apology for an edifice on these grounds Is one of the first objects that catch the eye of a visitor as lie passes along Pennsylvania avenue. He asks what building it is, and the patriotic Washlng tonlan who has him in charge mumbles some reply and tries to draw his attention in some other direction. It he should not succeed, the sight-seer is left to the disgusts of a closer inspection. He observes as he draws nearer that the structure, like Joseph's coat, Is of many colors; that the columns, which ap pear to be splendid Ionic monolitbB, are crumbling and broken; that the building is of two dates of construction, and the parts lack uniformity of material and iin isb, and, singularly enough, what Is best Is almost completely hidden by what is shabbiest and meanest. Emphatically the worst foot is put fore most. The stucco peeled away from the face beside the portico at the south center shows that it is not a stone building, but a sham, brick muddied over with stucco, re calling the adobe palaces of the Mexican In dians. CLOAK OF MORTAR. It is not even so good as an honest brick structure, well built and carefully finished. This bare patch at once calk attention, too, to the crumbling and peeling stucco at every point. The visitor rarely -cares to explore the uncertainties with such an un promising exterior He escapes the foul air, the ill-lighted passages, like dungeon waya, thoomsanitary plumbing and lighting and tbe musty old rooms with which bailiffs, clerks, attorneys and Judges arc familiar and which present themselves unwelcome to the private citizen every time he has business in the building, to Congressmen only on rare occasions, as when sent as committeemen to Investigate the demands for a new municipal building. What some of them have thought of the place after such an inquiry into the facts willpresently be seen from a report made by Congressman Abbott to the last Congress. It is now twenty-five years since the agi tation first began In favor of the erection of a home for the municipal offices and the Districtcourts in keeping with their dignity. A number of favorable reports have been made. All have so far been doomed to com plete failure. Last winter the Commissioners started in with a plan for a splendid building on Judiciary square. It was to have two massive wings to be constructed about the present City Ball. One was to be oc cupied by the municipal offices and the dther by the District couts, except the police court. It was expected that the wiugs for the courts and city offices would be finsihed first, and tho court, clerks' offices, including records, files, etc., would be moved into it, and then the old building, partly or wholly, torn away, to make room for a magnificent centre, Joining the other parts into a grand, har monious whole, giving room for the growth of business for a century to come, as well as affording a place for a fine municipal assembly room The building was to cost $2,500,000. They concluded with an humblo plea in the District appropriation bill for a paltry $100,000 to set things going in the direc tion of such building, and even this was cut out by the economists of tho House. Senator Hunton tried in vain to get it re Instated . ANOTHER APPEAL TO CONGRESS. Since then tho Commissioners have moved into more commodious and less dangerous and unsanitary quarters, and their price less records aro no longer in great danger. It has been thought that thoy will not be so active in pressing for tho ueeded improve ment, but Inspector of Buildings Brady Cwld yesterday that he understood the mat ter would be pushed with undlmished zeal CW -r.: Congress next December. Plans I.-- v"j:k would be taken up with the close f vacation, and all would be ready whea the Fty-fourth Congress assembled. It is more than twenty years since the need of this building was formally recog nized by Congress and an appropriation of $75,000 made as a start But the money, except $5,000, was used for street im provements and the whole subject was relegated to tho background for a long time. When it was taken up again the site chosen was the reservation on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue, between Seventh and Ninth streets, where the Washington Market Company's bridge crosses. The use by that company of tho ground is by permission, and for many reasons it was urged that thi3 would be the best location. But at the end of June, 1894, a change was made to Judiciary square. A report made by Congressman Abbott, fr,om tho House Committee on Publio Buildings and Grounds, shows what publio men who havo investigated tho matter have concluded. Parts of it are as follows: "Tho buildings now occupied by the courts and municipal government of the District of Columbia are unsulted for the purposes for which they are used. The supreme court of the District is housed in an old structure which was built as a city hall for the city of Washington in 1821, and was jointly used by the courts and the city authorities till 1871, when it was transferred to the solo control of the courts. Subsequently the building was enlarged. MR. ABBOTT'S OPINION. "The building Is ill adapted to the needs of the court and Is only partially fireproof. Tho business of tho court would require for Its transaction nearly twlco tho floor L space this building affords. Tho structural J A SACRIFICE SALE h atBAUM'S. We have moved our Cloak Department downstairs ta enable us to remodel our Cloak Rooms. We are deter mined at all times to give our Patrons only genuine Bar gains, and our goods are never overvalued, as we desira to retain our established reputation. All of our Shirt Waists must be sold if Prices will do, it. SPECIAL SALES OF Ladies' and Boys' Shirt Waists. 29c For all of our 50c and 75c Waists vmade of Lawns and Percales. This season's goods. 59c For our $1.00 and $1.25 Waists, made of Percalei only. 98c For our $1.3S, $1.50 and $1.75 Waists, made of Lawns, Zephyrs and Fine Ginghams. $ 1 .25 For our very best Scotch Zephyr Waists, mad with crush and two separate collars, lined through out. A few Colored Silk Waists that sold at $2.98 to close at $1.75. Boys' Shirt Waists. 1 5c For all of our 25c Shirt Waists, in dark and light colors, made of best Percales.v '; 38c For our 50c Boys Shirt Waists-. -65c -For our $1.00 and $1.25 Fine French Flannel Boys' Shirt Waists. 6Qc?or our $1.00 and $1.25 Boys' King Shirt Waists. 75c For our White Boy's King Shirt Waists. Ladies' White Pique Skirts, that sold for $1.25, will be closed out at 75c. BAUM'S, 416 SEVENTH ST. character of the building is Euch that tho storage of the records now in it threatens its security, while the hazard from this sorucc is increasing from year to year. "The construction of the building will not safely permit its uso as a substructure for an enlargement. "The extreme need of the municipal authorities for better official quarters cannot be reasonably questioned. The present accommodations aro limited, in conveniently arranged, insecure, and un healthful. The building in which the offices of the Commissioners , the collector of taxes, the assessor, the auditor, and the engineer department aro located, is crowded beyond the limit of healthfulness or the convenient transaction of business, and is unsafe, both with respect to structural character and inflammability. Its occupants are in constant danger of personal injury from its structural defects and the records ex posed to destruction by fire and vermin. "The records of the municipal govern ments in the District since 1S02 are stored in this building. These records include all tho original ordinances and proceedings of those governments. Many of these records are invaluable, historically, and in connec tion with titles to property, and the duo enforcement of the laws. "Among these records are the original tax and assessment records, the police, building, plumbing, and other regulations made in pursuance of law; the grade sheets and other records pertaining to the construc tion of sewers, streets, and other municipal works, and many other current, as well as permanent, records of inestimable valuo and importance to the proper administration of the municipal government, and the pro tection of public and private interests. "The proposed site Is the most convenient, accessible aud salubrious, whose selection Is practicable for this purpose, without in volving the purchase of necessary ground. "It Is discreditable to the Nation that the municipal at its Capital is obliged to re sort to tho uso of rented and unsanitary buildings for office purposes. "Jhere is a sentimental as well as a prac tical aide to this question. The reputa tion of tho General Government is at stake. Tho government of the District of Colum bia Is a necessary agency of the General Government, and inseparably connected with It for honor or disgrace in this matter. The founders of the republic intended that its capital should in all things be a modol for all other cities." MR. YOUNG'S SUGGESTION. Clerk John R. Young, of the supreme court of tho District, said: "Wo haven't room here for the proper transaction of business, but I do not caro particularly for -tho erection of a new building such as has been talked of. If they would remove the old part of this structure and put in ita placo something that would form an ap propriate front for this new part, it would bo all right. This part of the building that wo have is only ten or twelve years old, and la satisfactory enough, except for the lack of room. Then, of course, we ought to have elevators and other modern conve niences." "Then if they undertake very extensive buildings we are likely to have to move at IllWHfcUgi least twice. It takes a long time to erects a big government building, and the courta would have to find other quarters while these were dismantled, and it would ba fortunate if a building could be found sufficiently large to accommodate them all In one place, and in which they could remain until the new quarters were fin ished." Register of Wills Wright saidi "Ous accommodations are insufficient, and the many valuable papers intrusted to ouy care are not quite so safe as they would be in a modern building." Dr. M. J. Griffith, f.or many years In tha register's office, sald:"The vault is sup. posed to be fireproof; but Idoubtvery much if it is. I am sure with the pine shelving; in there some of the moro valuable papers would be irretrievably marred by a spark catching among them. Then the rooms are not well adapted to the uses of the of fice." . . " ILL-LIGHTED OFFICES. Mr. Skaggs, the well-known title exam iner, said: "The ventilation and lighti in tbe rooms of the recorder of deeds is exe crable. Ono attempt and another has been made among us to secure means of procur ing fresh and wholesome air, but with very Iittla success. And the lighting is, If. anythiug, worse than the ventilation. Ai for the place being entirely safe against! fire, that can hardly bo with all the wood about." t The judges of the several courts ara unanimously in favor of a new building, not so much for lack of rooms or because the courtrooms are dingy and begrimed, aa several of them are, but for thehonor of the city and the convenience of the public than has business in the courts. None of the courtrooms are more pleasanC than that of the court of appeals, yet nona are moro zealously in favor ora fitting home for the courta than Chief Justice Alve7 and his associates. Mr. Robert Willett, clerk of this court, is put in close quarters and Is as Inconveniently situated with ref erence to the other offices as possible. The marshal's offices are small and unin viting in the older part of the building, and are divided into two sections by the hall. While Marshal Wilson is too good-natured to quarrel much with his surroundings, ha has expressed himself as emphatically in favor of a new building- No Taney Ones. One of the best stories told by Dean Halo in his "Memories" is of an old-fashioned cathedral verger, "lord of the aisles,'"who ono noon found a pious visitor on his knees in the sacred edifice. The verger hastened up to him and said In a tone of Indignans excitement: "The services In this cathe dral are at 10 in the morning and at 4 in tho afternoon, and we don't have no fancy prayers." Lack of Breeding:. "She certainly was a person of very poo breeding." -i "Why do you say that?" "Shi absolutely refused to enter Into co versation while the quartet was sinslngj Judga-