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THE HOB NINO TOIES, SUSEIjAY, MARCH 21, 1897 3 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm B GHUICTEE DEFAMED Look Jor the Big Yellow Signs GARNER & CO. u "ii I mi As we are ACTUALLY AND REALLY re tiring from the Clothing business we desire the Public not to confuse this Clearance Sale with those of a doubtful nature. The whole stock of Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing includ ing the new Spring Goods just in is being dis posed of at It is a matter of compulsion, and the saving is as great to you as the loss is to us. Cost is of necessity lost sight of. A dozen times Sat urday we were compelled to close the doors. On rionday still more salesmen will be on hand. GARNER & CO., OUTFITTERS, N. E. Corner 7th & H Sts. y "PLAY BALL" T The Washington Club Will Start Team Training. THE ROSTER AT PRESENT All the InUelders and Outfielders With the Exception of Xoung Harvey Smith Are In the City. JJmmy McJames Will Not Arrive Until "ext Month. Although a number of the members of tho "Washington dub have been In the city for over a rortnlghtnnd have, in thatUmc, by' their presence, generated a lot of baseball goBSlp of a local nature, it re mains for tomorrow to usher in the real beginning of the campaign that will end in the ides cf autumn. The players who made Washington their winter homo were Capt. Brown, Charley Abbey and Gene DeMontreville, the Jat- ter to the manor born, and who never knew another roof other than that cov ering his comfortable residence in the northeast. 'Big Ed" Cartwright, he of the "piano legs." and ability to handle everything, high or low, around first base, with his estimable wife, was the "advance agent" arrival of the aggregation of toga-wearers who disport ""V" across their fronts dur ing the season that oscillates rrom Botton in the East to Louisville in the Southwest, and from Chicago on the lake to Baltimore on the bay. Then came Rellly, the "fashion plate," and Billy Lush the first, a Btranger to Washington, and the other a well-established favorite. They, too, as "riauo Legs," were accompanied by their better halves. Mr. and Mrs. McGuIre shoot the snow of Albion, llich.,f rom their shoes snovshoes In time to reach the congenial capital to view President LicKinlcy's triumphal Inauguration, and Manager Gub Schmelz, with his Van Dyke beard and bostof clcv cruessandaccommodatiou,wasonschedule time for the same auspicious event. The other coiners in their order were George ("Zeke") Wrigley, the pheuomln rieldcr: "I've-got-it" Selbach, Johnny O'Brien, than whom there Is no better guardian of the second sack, and the List, Win "Hansome Win" Mercer, whose Romeo features and pitching prowess has had local feminine random enthralled Tor the past three seasons. Manager Schmclz can therefore call the roll at prcbcnt and have the following play ers answer "here:" Capt. Tom Brown, Cart wright, McGuire, Selbach, Lush, Abbey, Dc Montroille, Wrigley. O'Brien, Mercer and Rcilly. The others due to arrive between now and toinonow morning for "formal reporting time" at National Park arc Char ley Farrcll, Al. Maul, "Ef." Norton, Ashe, Bwalm, German and "Silver" King. Harvey Smith, who made such a splendid reputation as the successor of Capt. "Scrap py Bill" Joyce at third base during the fag end of last eeason, will not be able to don a uniform until in June, when his col legiate course at the University of Pennsyl vania willclose.and Jimmy McJames, that other Al favorite, will not shake hands with the gang until the middle of next month, owing to his attendance upon a "sawbones" school in South Carolina. The weather permitting, the members of the club will commence team practice at National Park tomorrow afternoon, and will continue steadily at work until Thurs day, April 1, when they will meet the Norfolk team, of the new Atlantic League, in the first game or a preliminary schedule that will last almost continuously until the opening of the regular League season. The only out-of-town games before the inaugural with Brooklyn will be with Jake Wells' "P. F. Ts," at Richmond, on Easter Monday, April 19, and the day following. Rogers Challenges Gaudanr. .Orilla, Ont., March 20. Jacob Gaudaur, the champion oarsman, has rccleved a challenge from Elias Rogers, of Worcester, Mass., to row on Lake Quin6igamond, for $500 a side. Gaudaur will go to Worcester If the stake is made $1,000. or will row for ?500 if Rogers will come here. Want nu Investigation. Westchester, Pa., March 20. A meeting of thedepositors otthe embarrassed Chester County Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company was held here today. A petition addressed to the court, asking that an In vestigation of the affairs of the company be ordered was xead and was signed by U of the depositors present. Dollar HEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA Judge Keith to Arbitrate the Ques tion of Police Authority. Consultation of the Disputants Held A Xejj;ro Arrested for Ijireeuy Social Items. Alexandria, Mnrch 20, Itis now thought that the question of the authority of the mayor of Alexandria to suspend a mem ber of the police force for a period of thirty days for cause, regardle&s of the subsequent action of the board of police commissioners, will be definitely settled within a rcw days by one of the highest legal authorities in the State, Judge James Keith, president of the court of appeals of Virginia. This Is said to have been the result of the conference held on Thurs day evening, when there were present Commissioner Bryan, his attorney, Col. F. L. Smith, and Mr. A. W. Armstrong, Corporation Attorney S. G. Brent, and Mayor Thompson, who was invited to be present. None of the gentlemen named will make any statement concerning the agreement, but enough Is known to war rant the assertion that at the earnest solicitation of those present Mayor Thomp son agreed to allow the legal question to be submitted to Judge Keith, and that he has agre :d to decide the questions at issue. Mayor Thompson Is still firm in his opin ion that he is right, and that not only the act creating' the police force of the city, but also the constitution otthe State, gives him the authority to pursue the course which he has adopted. The talk concern ing the conflict of authority has quieted down, and the parties concerned are per fectly willing to have the matter settled by the arbitrator. Thomas Blandheim, colored, who was suspected of being concerned in thelarceny of $2.50 from the residence of Mr. Leonard Marbury, was arretted by Officer Atkin son this evening. When Blandheim was taken to police headquarters a pistol was found In his pocket, for which Mayor Thompson fined him $20. Nevelle, the one-year-old son of Mr. Millard Padgett, of Lower Duke street, was badly scalded this evening by the up setting of a kettle of water. Rev. J- O. S. Huntington, of the older of the Holy Cross, will continue his mission services at St. Paul's Church tomorjow. preaching at 11 a. m., 3:30 and 7:30 p. m. The afternoon service will be exclusive ly for men. A special meeting of the Third Virginia Regiment Drum Corps was held tonightfor the purpose of considering the adoption of a new uniform. Ainongtho.se mention edin connection with the call soon to be issued by the congrega tion of the Second Presbyterian Church are Rev. Dr. E. W. McCorckle, Rev. Dr. W. C Campbell, Rev. A. P. Saunders, Rev. W. McC White, and Rev. J. E. Thacker. Five shad were caught In the river just below this city today. This Is the first catch of the season so far up the river. A demonstration meeting for the re lief of India's, starving millions will be held In Trinity M. E. Church Sunday evening, March 28. Thieves entered the yard of the residence of Mr. James Langley, on St. Asaph street, last night and stole all the ar ticles of clothing that were on the lines Shad 6old today at from $8 to $18 per hundred and herring at 40 to 50 cents per hundred. The tenement and lot of ground on the east side of Columbus street, between Cameron and Queen, was sold today by Messrs. Bell, Wnrfield and Fl6her to the Alexandria Perpetual Building Associa tion for $2,050. Mr. H. R. Do well, of Raleigh, N. C, is visiting his cousin, Mrs. W. E. Latham, on Fairfax Etreet. Mr. J. R. Oaton has returned from Lake George, N. T. Mrs. Emily Entwlsle, who has been visit ing her daughter , Mrs. William G. Carr, in Washington, has returned home. In the police court today the following cases were disposed of: Richard Worth, col ored, charged with vagrancy, thirty dayson the gang: John Rollins, drunk and disorder ly, fined $5; Edward Ward, similar offense, $5; Mamie Shepherd, colored, larceny of clothing, fined $7. and Ellis West, colored, larceny from C. G. Lennon, $5. Maria West, colored, was arrested by Of ficer Wilkinson for assaulting Benjamin Ede lln, also colored. Officers Lyles and Knight tonight ar rested Ben Harris, colored, on a warrant charging him with assaulting Harriet Rob inson, colored. It 1b also charged that Harris has two wives, and the additional charge of bigamy will be placed against aim. Such Is the Claim of Miss Myra . E. Macomber. SUES MRS. SARA A. SPENCER Tlio GJrl "Was a Student In the Busi ness College of MrH. Spencer and Was Ashed to "Withdraw, !No Cause lieing Given lor the He quest. The suit which was yesterday filed by Miss Myra E. Macombcr against Mrs. Sara A. Spencer for alleged defamation of character, promises some exceedingly interesting developments when it comes up for trial. Airs. Spencer, as is well known, conducts the Spencerlan Business College, at the corner of Seventh and D streets north west, and she is known as one of the molt successful -female educators in the coun try, having been engaged in teaching for forty years. Mrs. Spdncer was seen by a Times re porter at her apartments over the college last evening, and in answering ques tions regarding the suit she was naturally inclined to be reticent. "Of course, I regret the publicity which must naturally attend the suit just brought againbt me by Miss Macombcr," bhc said, "but I am not at all concerned as to the ultimate result. I have had more than forty years' experience in dealing with pupils and it is hardly likely that I should do anythlug so foolish as to slander a young girl placed under my chaige by her rather. 1 have never breathed a word against Miss Macomber's character, and when 1 felt called upon to request her with drawal from the school, I did it In pri vacy and at the same time wrote to her father in East Monmouth, Me., of my action. "An aunt of Miss Macomber's, named Mrs. Georgia McGuiggan, called in com pany with the young lady, on the day after her withdrawal from the hchool, and eridenvored to have me reinstate her. This 1 firmly refused to do; whereupon both the aunt and Miss Macombcr raibed such a din in my office that all the pupils on that floor of the building learned for the first time that the young lady had been asked to leave the bdiool. I flatly refuted to give Mrs. McGuiggan any reasons for my re questing her niece to wkhdraw, as I had written to her father, who had paid her tuition while she was in the college. "The right of a school or college to suspendor even expel a pupil, who, in their judgment, ought not to remain in the In stitution, is, I think, unquestionable." "Of course 1 shall say absolutely noth ing of the leasons which caused me to re quest Miss Macomber's withdrawal from the school, until I am compelled to do eo in a court of law." It was learned that Mrs. McGuiggan, the aunt or Miss Macombcr, has recently separated from her husband, Thomas Mc Guiggan, and it "also Is rumored that a divorce suit is impending. Miss Macombcr lived with the McGuiggan couple until the houtel.old was bioken up, which was only recently. Last week Mrs McGuiggan tookai com in thcStewartbuild ing, at the corner of Sixth and D streets northwest, and Miss Macombcr went with her. This building is almost exclusively oc cupied by lawyers, one of whom is A B. Webb, who is associated with Attorney Charles W. Firtv in Mhs Macomber's suit- Neither Miss Macombcr nor Mrs. Mc Guiggan could be seen last evening, as they werceithernotin their apartments or had retired. Mr. Thomas McGuiggan refused to say anything whatever concerning the case beyond the fact that the young lady for merly lived at his house. Miss Myra Macombcr is an unusually handsome girl and Is about nineteen years of age. She dresbes most stylishly and would attract attention anywhere. She comes of an excellent family in Maine, and it is understood that her father is a man of means. Mrs. Macombcr, the young lady's mother, will arrive in Washington within the next few days. FHIENDS A. A. INDOOR GAMES. Fir.st Meet Brings Out Promising Athletes and Basketball Players. The Athletic Association of the Friends' Select School, No. 1811 I street, one or the oldest institutions of learning In the city, held an indoor athletic meet last nightlu the new gymnasium attached tothc school. A large and enthusiastic audience liberally cheered the young athletes in their work. It is proposed to have an an nual indoor meet, and the games of last night were preparatory to the field games that have been arranged for May 15. The work of the young athletes was of a. high order, and reflected credit upon themselves and upon their instructors who have woiked faithfully with their charges. Following is the list of events and win ners: In the running high Jump, for Juniors, H. Hume won with a Jump of 4 feet 1 Inch, and for the seniors in the same event, Whit ney Dall was the winner. Standing high Jump, Junior, Lawrence Fay, 3 feet G inches. Standing broad jump, Juniors, Edward Townsend, 7 feet, and Tor seniors, Augus tus Blagden, 7 feet 7 inches. High kick, senior, Augustus Blagden, 7 feet, 8 inches. Potato race, won by Edward Town- Bcud, best two in three heats. Bar Tnulting, senior, Gerry Townsend, 6 feet, 1 inch. Sack- race, senior, Gerry Townsend, best two in three heats. Three-legged race, junior, Henry Kidder and Howard Hume, best two In three. The evening's program closed with a spirited game of basketball between the F. A. A. team and a team made up of ex students and Instructors, and was won by the latter by a. score of 14 to 2. It is proper to add that the F. A. A. team was weakened by the absence of two of its regular players. The referee of the game was Arthur Calver, and scorer, Al bert Thorne. The teams were made up as follows: F. A. A. Blagden, Townsend, Proctor, Dall and Gilbert. Ex-students and instructors-Gregory, Wilson, Mount, Willis and Washington. The officers of the meet were: Judges, Chauncey Hackett and Walter Bennett; measurers, ArthurOal ver, Reuben Clark, and Fontaine Gregory. OSBOHNK HAS TAKEN HOLD. Sworn in ns Consul General to Great Britain. , The new consul general at London, M. McK. Osborne, Is the first of the foreign appointees of the Administration to enter upon his work. He took the oath of of fice at the StateDepartmcnt yesterday and immediately began to accumulate the knowledge of his new office in the hope of being able to relieve Consul General Col lins at the earliest possible moment. As soon as he can be made familiar with the routine be wUl "payo for London, VIEWS OF THE MINORITY i i 1 Mr. Bailey Will Write tlie Re port Containing Tliem. THE DEMOCRATIC POSITION It "Will Attempt to I'Oint'Out tlie .Sophistry in the Kenublieun Con tentionSome Difference of Opin ion Various Interests Clamor ing for Protection. The Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee have agreed that Mr. Bailey shall write a minority repoit. lie lias undertaken to do so and is believed to he busy with that work. Ue went to New York on Friday night, and will return today. His report will, of course, be sub mitted to his ufcsoclates for their ap proval before It is presented. It is ex pected to tie conservative and will prob ably not treat the subject or free raw ma terial upon which it is understood there is homo diftereuce of opinion amoag the Demo cratic members. It will be a full statement of the Democratic position and refute the arguments advanced In the DIugley report, to show that revenue is now neces sary and that a high protective tariif is for the best interests of the people. Gen. Wheeler has stated tnat he will sign almost any jeport written by a Dem ocrat. Mr. Swanson said last night that his position hud been misapprehended. He did not fail to vote in favor of the substi tution of the Wilson tariff on wool for that proposed by Mr. DIugley. The only material upon which he was willing to see a duty was a fine grade of collen, employed In making fabrics used only by the wealthy. It is good Democratic doc trine, he said, to put a tax on luxuries, as this would be doing. The representative, or several protected industries are gathering in this city to ask for additional protection. It is under stood that the Senate Finance Committee will begin to hold hearings next week preparatory to its work on the Dingley bill when passed over to the Senate by the House. A number of makers of linens are here and already working in the interest of an increase of the duty put on their goods. They hold that the ratio fixed is not high euough to allow them to operate at u reasonable profit and pay the customary high wages, much less to advance them as they would like to do. New England yarn makers arc also said to have sent representatives to Washing ton to insist that the rateallowed is not sufficient. One of thestf'is said to come from Smith, Dane & Co., of Audover, Mass. The duty on granite in the imvf tarirrbill Is 40 per "cent ad valorem.' To increase this duty to 100 per centir possible, Is the purpose of thevlsato Washington of James Thompson, the president of the Granite Manufacturers' Association, of Quincy, Mass. Mr. Thompson is-acconipauied by Mr. John Shaw, of Boston, a member of the Home Market Club. The two .New Englanders had a long conference this morning with Mr. Tawney, of Miui'esota, with Mr. Dolliver, of Iowa, and other members of the Ways and Means Committee. They explained the methods of the American trust, which controls the importation of the AberdeenScotch granite to the United States, and submitted docu mentary evidence to show' that six of the seventeen members of the trust have protested stiongly against an Increase In the rate of duty. The pointed out the difficulties under which the American manufacturer labors. It was represented that in this country the worker in granite receives wages averaging $2 a day. In Sweden and Scotland the gianite worker is paid wages not exceeding $1 a day. A piece of finished 'granite which costs, when shipped from Scotland, $100, can pay an ad valorem duty of 40 per cent and be sold in this country Tor $140, where the finished jnoduct of America would cost, owingtothediffeiencein the price of labor, $200. It was also shown that Scotch granites could be laid, down inChicago at a cheaper freight tate than from the Ortonvllle mines in this country. Consequently, they claim, the matter of distance is no protection to the American manufacturer. Mr. Tawney thinks the American manu facturei should be protected by a duty of 15 cents per cubic foot and 50 per cent ad valorem. He will umj his be-t endeavor with the committee to secure a higher rate than Is afforded in the new bill, but the other members of the committee show an un willingness to extend the rate beyond 40 per cent. Mr. Dolliver, for example, quoted the argument madc'In the House by Gen. Spinola, of New York, ngainsttlic stiff pro tection on granites which was given in the McKlnley bill. Gen. Spinola excitedly ex plained, when this paragraph 'was reached, that the Republicans were not merely con tent with taxing people outrageously while they lived, but even taxes them after their death. Mr. Dolliver thought this argument might be used again if a higher duty were imposed, and this conclusion seems to be general. The sugar trust also Is represented and is said to be ready to push vigorously its claim for an additional one-eighth cent on refined sugar to cover the additional cost of refining in this country, including better wages to employes. A HIOTOUS CONVENTION. Rival Dem'ocratlc Factions iu St. Louis Have a Free Fight. St. Louis, Mo., March 20. Republican and Democratic city conventions were held here today. The former was placid and perfunctory, Henry Ziegeohein being nomi nated unanimously on the, first ballot, for mayor. Ue is the choice, of Chauncey I. Fllley, the recognized boss of Republican municipal politics, and the iremainder or the ticket is of the same character. It remained for the Democrats to show the necessity for u good -police force. Four candidates were voted for at the primaries; Hon. E. Harrison,- the candidate of the civic federation; -ex-Mayor E. A. Noonan, ex-Auditor Joseph ' Brown, and Hon. Lee Meriwether, u- favorite with workingmen. . i I When the convention assembled at Ma sonic Hall, Dr. Frank Lutze, for the Harrison men, and Hon.iSterling Bond, a Meriwether man, ascended the platform and both called the convention to order. A tumult ensued, the 300 delegates were about evenly divided and free fights were Indulged In all over the hall. A riot call was sent to police headquar ters and a score of blue-coats tried iu vain to quiet the delegates. Assistant Chief of Tolice Kelly personally arrested Mr. Bond, but this only increased the furore. Neither faction gained the as cendancy. When Mr. Bond was released on bond he returned to the hall and amid all the din appointed the committees. When they left the hull Mr. Meriwether was nominated, receiving 155 votes, with 72 for Noonan and 7 for Brown. At this juncture the Harrison men returned, guard ed by 150 policemen. The Meriwether delegates were unceremoniously forced out, but not without stiff resistance. They secured the Druids Hall, a block away, and completed their ticket. The Harrison faction also named a 'full ticket. $$xSxjxj$etx &$$$ ShS &&$ I Old Charles "Old Charles wants to see you." "All right,'' said the young man, descend ing the steps two at a time, and pausing abruptly where the old man stood leaning on his cane. "Well, Charles, how are you?" "Ebenln", bah. Po'ly, po'ly, sail." Old Charles lifted his antediluvian hat and waited expectantly. "I say, Charles, did you get those clothes'." "Whut clo'os, Marse John?" "Why, the coat and vest and trousers you asked me for." The articles in question had mysteriously disappeared at the time of the move, and the young man had accused his wife of giving them away or trading them to the old clothes man "without even looking In the pockets and removing those valuable papers he had particularly requested her to be so careful of. "Just like a wominl" he had said, disgustedly. Then It suddenly occurred to him that old Charles had asked for them, and that he, the young man, had replied: "Tell my wife to give them to you, but be sure and tell her to take all the papers out of the pockets." Strange to say, she had heard nothing whateverabout the matter until it was discovered that the clothes were missing. Old Charles' face was a study. Slowly he scratched his head, and said, hesitat ingly, "Whut, cote en ves' en pants? I doan recomember nothiu' 'tall 'bout hit, Marse John." "Well, Charles," said the young man's wire, "they were hanging In the closet the day you helped me pack up, and now we can't find them anywhere." "Look here, Charlie, don't play 'pos sum; you know you've got them." "Fo' Gaud, Marse John, ain' I done tole yo Ise got er boy on my ban's whut's sick, en ain' doln' a lick er wuk, an' ain I done sez, 'Marse John, youse got some ole clo's hangin' up dar. Anything yoube gwlno ter tho' way, yo mought's well tho' In my drectlSn, an ain' yo' done Bez 'yo can hab urn?' " "I don't remember It." "Why, Marse John, ain' I done got dat boy on mnli hans? Ain he jes yosize? Ain' 1 done sez, 'dar's a cote Jes' fit Mm,' en ain yo sez, 'Yo can hab de cote?' Den I say, 'Yo moughts well tho in de ves',' en yo sez, 'take de ves',' den I say, 'whut yo gwine do wid de pants, Marse John?' an' yo' sez. 'Yo can hab de pants en',' " 'Go and tell my wife to give them to you,' eh, Charles?" "I ain hayr ya 6ay nothln' 'tall 'bout dat, deed I ain! Whut I gwine lie fur? Yas, sah, I tuk de close jes like you tole me tub. Ain I done got dat boy on my nan's? Ain he jes nigh 'bout tall ez you is? Why, doan you know Mars .Teams Humphrey? Llbes down hayr in de 'risto crat part of town. I done wuk roh him twenty-six yeah, dat I did, twciity-six yeah, sail! Dnrs whar I gits all my cotes an veses and pants from, yas sah, en over cotes, sah." "He seems to be your tailor," the young man says, smiling. "Yas, sah! An' shirts en ties on shoes. He gimme dis Worry suit I got on, sail." The "suit" was in the last btages'of decomposition. "Yas, sah; an' when I wants a dollar bill I goes dar en' I gits it, yas, sah. What 1 gwine lie fob? Yas, I done tuk declo'es, 'case I done lay um 'side fur fear you'd forglt an' leab um dar, an' when the t'lng.e was moved an' you didn' carry um wid yo', I knowed yo'd lef um fob me. Yas, sah!" triumphantly, "I doan' tell no lies, 'case I hopes to go to heaben w'en I dies. We'll all meet dar sum' day, but we'll all be spcrrtts den." "Yes, Charles, but you won't want coats and vests and pants there; you'll be clothed in spirituality,'' said the young man's aunt "Mnrm?" "You will wear spiritual clothes, not the kind you wear here," explained the aunt. "Yas, marm; we woan' need no pants, case wese gwine to war de white robe, de bridal gynrment, an' de golden shoes. Oh! Lord, yas, dat's whut de sperrits wars!" - . "Not your kind, Charles, they come bot tled," said the young man. "Bottled sperrits, sah? Bottled sper rits?" "Yes: the kind you've Just been taking you won't find that kind of 'sperrits' In heaven." "Mars John, how 'bout dat sacermcntal wine? Ain' dat bottled.? Ain' you gwine ter git none o dat dar? 'Sides, I has ter take whisky-hit's de doctor's orders. W'en I want no mo 'en a boy. he say, 'Charles all yo' young boys use tobaccy an' drink whisky, an' yo' woan ketch no 'zeases.' W'y, didn' Mars Jeams Humphreys HI gal hab de smallpox? Wouldn' no body go nigh um but me. One mawnln I went dar, en I ketch holt de bell, en snatch It back; ain' nobody come tuh de doah; so I ketch holt de bell an' snatch it back ergin. Bime by de doah open Jes' a crack, en somebody poke 5 cents thoo for to git er loar uv bread. I goes an' gits hit en' I cum back an' fine de doah shet fas'. So I des taken' ketch der bell an' snatch It back, jes' so. Den de doah open jes' wide 'nough to put de bread in, en I sec Miss Llllie's face lookin' white and scart. She asy, 'Charles, go roun' thoo de chuch yard (deylib right ncx' de chuch) an' gitoverde fence en cut de wood, en pile it up at de kitchen doah, an' den yo' go. Wid dat she shet de doah quick. 'Lord a mussy,' sez I, 'dey's sompin' wrong in dar.' SoT goes roun' thoo de chuch yard en gits over de fence en cuts do wood en piles it at de back doah, and den I goes, but I 6ez dar sholy Is sompin' mighty wrong In dar. Fust ting next mawnln I cum back en can' git in, so I ketch holt de bell an snatch It back, blim! Miss Lilly she poke de fl' cents thoo de doah to git de brade with. I goes roun' tuh de Rto' en de gemman whut keep de sto', he say, 'Look heah, Charlie, dey tell me youse got de smallpox down to yo' bosses;' I say, 'I doan know nothin tail bout dat, but dey sholy Is sompin' mighty wrong dar.' When I glts back, sho 'nough, I look en see dey : samm mmmmmmrnm mm m m mmm m m (js- yi . JgMJMEP'gMEff IFIRE! SEE 55 IVI KJ g WATER!!! $20,000 Worth of goods for quick buyers almost for a song. luiUiUiiuttiUiiuuiiuuiiUtti uuu iu iu Listen, Homefolks. No matter what anybody says just know of your own knowledge when you finally settle upon what Housefur nish;n;js you need that you are getting the best for your money. For our part we shalL be glad of the privilege to show you through our stock give you our prices freely because we are not ashamed of either. We know absolutely that you carinotgo anywhere else and do as well. You cannot find everything: you need anywhere else. We are the only complete housefurnishers. It will pay you to take our advice and make comparisons they will lead you directly to us. T1. n..S are one of tho fir3t needs of spring and yon DdDV LdlTldJcCS conl.ln't make the test of stock ar.d UU.UJ "lxx"ov,J price on a better thing. The throo largest makers in this country supply us and we carry an in menso lino. All new patterns best made carriages. Prices range from - Pfrt. TiTsfH-1-nnrri Everybody sells mattings but everybody does not iSITJlW VMiNiIv'S sell the best. We buyout where tUey are ma e uuu" iiiuumjva of tllQ 1I)aker, direct Import tbera ourselves. Conseqnftntlv wo get the choicest patterns the ncwost styles and tboy arc rubbed of all inidUIe profits. They arc down to roc!--bottoin prices when thev are oilered to you. AH matting! bought or us are laid free. You ougiit vc are oiTcrins in roll lots as CASH OR HOUSE & HERRfiANN, Liberal Furnishers, a Corner seventn got "de" yaller flag histed. Wal, I ketch holt de bell en snatch it back jes de same, en Miss Lilly she come tuh de doah en she say, 'Charles, we'se got de smallpox heah. Is yo 'fraid tuh cum in?' "1 say, 'No, mam, Miss Lilly; I ain 'fraid ov nothiu'.' Wid dat she sets de doah wide open an' I goes in de hall. Den she say, 'Go in de parlor; dar's sum fectant in a sasser. Snuff som' on it up yo nostrums. En I goes in de parlor an' takes de stuff. 1 don' know whut in de name er Gaud 'twas, an' I snuf some on It up my nostrums; en I goes an' walks all thoo dat house, an' I ain't ketch de smallpox ylt, en dat's mo' en twenty yeahs ago, an' you talk about not takin' whisky, 'twas all on de yearth dat sabed me. Twenty yeahs ago, sah, an' I ain't kotcb it ylt." "Why, Charles, 1 didn't know you were that old." (Naughty young man, you know that he Is close upon eighty.) "Sah! I'se fifty!" with an air of in jured dignity, "fiay-tbree, cum Christmas; yas, sah, fifty-three! Why, everybody knows me. Ain' I done own en bill, en buy tree houses in dis heah Washington city? Yas, sah, dat I did! Ain' I done use to mek fo'ty dollars a mont' down yeah at de Sebenth street wharf, and twenty-fo' dollars er mont' at Mars Jeams Hum phrevs? Yas. sah; I wuk night en day, day en night. Yas, sah. Ebery mont' I teks en gihB my wife de twenty dollars en teks de fo' dollars en puts wid my fo'ty en ket-ps myeslf. Yas, sah, ebery mont I cyars dat twenty dollars en puts hit in dat 'Oman's ban'." "Why, Charles, you gave her too much. You should have kept the twenty and given her the four dollars. Then you would have had sixty." "Yas, sah, I know'd 'twas too much, but I done hit!" "What did you do with the $44?" "Whut I do wid hit? Whut I do wid dat fo'ty fo' dollars in gcodmone.v? Dat money, sah, was tuk kcer on in Freedmun's Bank; dat's whut 'come o' dat money." "Well, what did you do with the three houses you spoke of 7" "Dem tree houses whut I own'd, yas I done own dem houses. One on ern wub down hayr on de cornder or Thir teenth and Q streets. Dat one I sole ter Mister Hightmlller, sah; en I sole de yuther ones, too; yas, sah, dats Gaud's truf, sah!" "What did you do with the money?' "Money, sah?' "Yes, the money you got for the houses." "De money dat-I-got foh de houses. Sah? Dat money? Ain' I tole you dat I own dem tree houses an' sell em? De mon ey's all right. Oh, yas, snh, dat money's all right. Doan you worry 'bout dat.Mnrse John.' Well, ezl wus sayin', Marse Jeams gives me all my cotes an veses an pants, en Yas, sah, ef I wants a dollar bill I goes dar an I glts hit. Yas, sah; en er I goes roun' dar en say, 'Miss Lilly, I'se mtfeafgrayfA' i.JlvJMi-'Tw'rsfc DOORS HAD TO BE LOCKED Owing to the MULTITUDE OF EAGER BUYERS. r.nnns TcrnTTONS and TjTTTTNrftS wArft n.vjr lars worth of goods almost perfect. Some are - slightly damaged by smoke and water. Entire 5 Itoci must be sold for WHAT IT BRINGS ! 1 - DON'T MISS HSB,KS,5 3 91 2 Seventh Street Northwest. 2 Vf 4 A YD to see the hi value that CREDIT. ana i streets. m I golo' tuh er fuenral terday, wen she say, 'Well, Charles, whut ken I do fo' yoT I say, 'Miss Lilly, ma'am, ef yo'se got er nice white shirt tho'win roun I'd like to look 'spectable foh de 'casion, ma'am. En she Jes goes right straighten gits hit gits one her par's best shuts en gibs Lit ter me! En sez she, 'We makes all pa'a shirts, Charles, so whenever yo' want a shirt come to me, case we makes all pa's shirts, en cotton's cheap." "Cottonl" interrupted the young man, "I should think Mr. Humphrey's best shirts would be linen!" , "Cotton, sah, with linen buzzums; nice nice cotton! En sez she, "Is dar anything elf-e yo' wants? an I sez, "wall. Miss Lillj, nein' as hits a fuenral, hit ud be Jes as well ter hab a nice black tie, so as to look 'spectable foh de 'casion, ma'am. So 6he goes an' gits de tie, an' Jes 'houB dat time, her pa, he cum ter de doah, an' he say, seeing de tings, "Well, I'll be dam! Darter, whuten de name ur Gaud you doin'?' She Jes tay, 'Pa.-you go 'long hack ter de parlor en set down. I's'teudtn tuh dis, dis hayr my 'fair, sez she. He doan say 'notherword, sah! Dat's Gaud's truf I'm teilin' yo. Whut I gwine lie fohl Yas, sah. en wh"n I wants a dollar bill I goes dar en I gits hit!" "Don't you want one now?" fingering, his vest pocket. "Yes, sah!" "Why don't yo go there and get it then?" (Cruel young man.) "Sah? Marse John! You'se Jos settin dar makin me talk. I ain' gwine tell yo' nothin' mo' I'se I'se " "Here, Charles, go home, and don't stop to take any more spirits tonightl" There was a transfer of lucre from the band cf. the Young Man to that of the old, and the latter's countenance took an expression, of mingled triumph and pleasure. "Yas, sah; thankee, sah! I'se gwine. Ez foh sperrits, ef you'se meanin whisky, hit's de doctor's orders, sah, en' I's gwine ter tek' um tell I dies, lessen de Lawd com down fohm heben en' tell me no; den I woan tok' um, sah." "All rigut, Charles; here comes your car. That's somethlngyouwon'tfind in heaven." "No, sah; we woan' need 'em, 'case do angels ull tak' yo' op on der wings en carry yo' f'om mansion to mansion. In heaben dar is many mansions." "Well, don't take too much spirits or tho angels won't be able to hold you. Eight aboutface! Forwardmarch! Guideright!" "Whut yo' sayin 'guide right' foh, Marse John, wen you doan know ef I'se goln to de right or to de lef! Yah, ha, ha, Che-he-he-he. Che-he-he-he!" with a wheazy giggle, the old man bowed and shuffled off, FRANCES HEISTON HEAD. LYONS DEFEATS LAVACK. Tlie Cleveland Hoy Dill "Well, But Lost the Decision. New York, March 20. The National Sporting Club made its initial bow to the public tonight. The clubhouse is situated at the corner of 124th street and St. Nicholas avenue, and the seating capacity of the arena is placed at 3,500. The tar attraction tonight was a twenty round bout at 1 21 pounds between Johnny Lavack, the crack Cleveland featherweight, and "Solly" Lyons, of New York. It was a scientific contest throughout. Lavack had a shade the best of the fight up to the twelfth round, but from that round to the twentieth honors were even. In the finul round Lyons lauded several hard blows on Lavack's hcail and chest, knocking him to the floor twice The refereea warded Lyons the decision. The preliminary bouts were between Billy Rotchford. of Chicago, and Frank Zimphner, of Hurralo, ten rounds, at 118 pounds, and Sammy Callahan, of Buffalo, and Mike Fairaher.of Youngstown, Ohio, ten rounds, at 135 pounds. The former contest was won by Rotchford and the latter was declared a draw Lntiuier Jones to Keturii. Southampton, March 20. Latimer R. Jones, the American speculator and horse dealer, who was arrested January 28 at Scarborough on an extradition warrant, charging him with forgeries to the amount or 22.000 (?100,000, said to have been committed in New York in 18S7, sails to day Tor New York from here, on board the New York, in charge of Detective Sergt. John Cufr. of the Central police office, o New York. -" . ---c -Such remarkable bargains m DRY LADIES' and MEN'S FTJR- seen. Thousands of dol uuu aiuiuiiuiuug