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THE SUNDAY HERALD. SUNDAY. TUNE S, 1S90. 812-314 TREET First Clearin of Milline Everything in our Millinery Department Must Go. Bead the Following List of Clearing Sale Pr 'ices:. wnrr-jwm:i.jm.'wiiM uw hil'dhiiimi f w ivuft; agMinwenw ohumwwwi juj iwmjww wwwwqpwwi py! 2 ocli6 Ladies' and Misses' Sailors, worth 25c.; clearing 100 dozen Straw Hats, worth 48, 62, 75, and 87 cents; clearing sale price, 25c. English Leghorns, in Black and Colors, worth 75c; clearing sale price, 25c Lace Braid Hats, in All Shapes, worth 1 and SI. 25; clearing sale price, 69c 50 dozen Ladies' Bonnets, in All Shapes and Colors, your choice; clearing sale price, 25c Black and White Leghorns, worth SI. 25 and $1.49; clearing sale price, Trimmed Hats and Bonnets, that sold formerly for 4, 85, $6, and S7; clearing sale price, S3. 50. 25 French Pattern Hats, sold for S15 and 820; clearing sale price, 88, 89, and 810. PECIAL We have just received a fresh stock of those very fine Imitation China Silks, in very handsome designs. Well worth 20c; our special price 12ic. We are still displaying those Handsome Plaid Muslins. Desirable goods this time of the year. It will pay you to look them over. Our special price, 7c We are showing a beautiful line of Plaid and Striped Muslins at 10c per yard. See our assortment of Figured Swisses from 124 to 50c per yard. India Linens at 5c. per yard. Fine qualities India Linens at 12 i and 15c. per yard. Victoria Lawn, 40 inches wide, at 12 yc We are still selling our Scotch Ginghams that sold for 37c at 20c per yard. See our assortment of 35c. Satteens. We offer them to you at 20c jDOjXPT I N. B. Be sure you come to FORGET-ME-NOTS. Little Billy Dickson is one of the most mis chievous hoys in this village. Nobody takes a greater delight in playing a practical joke, either on the countrymcuSvho come to the vil lage or the countrymen who live here. lie has his own opinion of the greatness of public men, and one of the things that he enjoys most Is playing off laymen for Congressmen and people of no c onsequence at all for meu of great dis tinction. Now, there's Ed Johnson. He is a very dignified, consequential-looking gentle man, especially on these summer days when he wears his tall white hat. Billy aud Ed were walking along the Avenue the other night, when, passing Twelfth street, the dignified figure of Johnson caught the eye of the watch man at the Palais Itoyal, who was certain that a person of so much dignity must he a member of Congress, especially as he was with Dickson. The watchman is a little fat, sawed-off son of Israel, who sits under the electric light at the Palais Royal of a night, smokes a long pipe, and lazily watches the passers-by. Recently he has taken it into his head that he ought to havea peuslon. lie is growing too fat to work, i and that Is a very good ground for a pension nowadays, whether ho ever went to the wars or not is a matter of little consequence. Every- body in this village is acquainted with Billy Dickson or imagines he is. The watchman , thought It was a good chance to get the ear of ' a Congressman, so he addressed himself to , Billy and told him what he wanted. I "Why, you're in luck," said Billy. "This is the chairman of the committee, and if you , know how to work him your pension Is sure." Congressman Johnson was introduced, and questioned the watchman like a census enum- ) trator. Been wounded in the war V" Johnson asked. The watchman answered something about j rheumatism. "Don't care If It wn6 mumps," 6aid Johnson. "You ought to have a pension. Any family, sons, or daughters V Have they rheumatism, too? Blowed If I don't pension the whole outilt." Johnson was in a hurry, into a cab to go home, when watchmau to get in, too, and In detail to the chairman of He was getting Billy advised the explain his case the committee. The watchmau followed this advice, and, clos ing the carriage door, DIck6on called to the driver to "drive like the devil." In a 6hort time the cab was rolling up the Avenue at a great rate. Johnson was calling to the man on the box to drive to Cabin John Bridge, and the fat watchman was making frantic efforts to get out. He shouted he had been kidnaped, and It was not reassuring to him to be told by John sou that Dickson's little game was to get him away from the Palais Royal In order that he might crack the 6afo aud rob the store. The cab was a good distance from the Palais Royal before the little sawed-off watchman managed to get out. And what a hustling time he had In getting back to his po6t. But the safe was all right. The storo had noteveu been entered, and his pension claim had advanced one stage. if f. if. Senator Ji;all6 Is of opluion that not only SALE IN OUR PAT A fTF M W I I S I W W I W IUil I II W 1 the right place, as we have no connection with any other establishment in this city. should the sale of intoxicating liquors at the Capitol be abolished, but that the apple and pie stands and the curiosity hucksteries that dis figure aud incumber the corridors should be swept away. And iudeed such a change would improve appearances immensely, but many a frugal statesman would miss the apple or "the pie of which he is now wont to make his nl fresco meal. A New York Congressman, who was a legisla tor at Albany before he came to Washington, said the other day that the New York Legisla ture was the most corrupt law-making body in the world. lie furthermore stated that the present House of Representatives contained three or four members who when in the Assem bly at Albany were rank corruptionists, men who over and over again had "helped to push Jim Belden's bills thiough" at so much a push. The strangest thing about It is that Belden now refuses to help them with the bills in which they are interested. He holds that whatever they did at Albany they were paid for, and he is un der no further obligations to his former em ployes. Baron Fava, the Italian Minister here, has been recalled, it is said, by the Italian govern- i ment. Since the revolution in Haytl sent a new man hero to take the placo of Mr. Pre6ton as the Minister of that republic Baron Fava has been Dean of the Diplomatic Corps. Having I presented his credentials to President Arthur in October, 1881, he was the Minister of longest continuous residence in Washington. i The Baron is a nice, mild-mannered old gentle- ' man, who has led a modest, quiet life in this , city. He Is tall and slight of build, and with I his fair complexion, gray 6lde-whiskers and mustache, and the single eye-glass that he oc- i ca6loually wears, ho looks more English than i Italian. The clothes he wears have an English iook. 1 ) Whoever likes to hear a real funny war story ought to hear Bill Sterrett, the correspondent of the Galveston Xeivs, tell how his brother Jeff went to the war to light for glory, booty, and State rights, and how after fighting all through the war he marched home with a pair of greatly distressed old shoes on his feet, no socks, an old pair of blue jeans trousers, a tat tered bhirt, and a hat that bore all the marks of having been a foundling. Jeff's costume didn't amount to much, but his military bear ing 6tlrred up Bill's brotherly pride. The war rior hadn't much left, but ho didu't come back among his own people without being attended by a negro, who marched behind him at a re spectful distance and 6eived as valet or body servant. The best war stories told on the Congressional trip to Gettysburg last Decoration Day were told by ex-Confederates. The ex-Confederates, I think, generally tell the best war stories the most amusing. Defeat is generally more pic turesquo than victory. There is more humor In it; that is perhaps why the Southern meu can tell the funniest war stories. But if the South ern men have the best of the story telling, the best 6ingcrs of rebel songs on occasions like the trip to Gettysburg are by long odds the men who fougbt'in the Union army. It is a treat to hear Gen. Henderson, of Iowa, for Instance, lead the boys in siugiug "Maryland, My Mary land," or "One More River to Cross." Repre sentative Colmau, of Louisiana, is inimitable in rendering darkey dialect melodies. But the very acme of happiness is to hear Cannon, of Illinois, roll out "I'm Going Back to Dixie." I have often thought that a Congressional holi sale price, 10c. Children's Trimmed day excursion would be a good subject for au ' American comic opera. It is distinctly an American Institution. There is nothing like it in the rest of the world. There couldn't be any thing like it anywhere but in this "land of the brave and the home of the free." I don't like professional humor, machine-made humor. I find very little pleasure in the drivel and nousense with which the so-called funny columns of the Americau press abound. There Is no sense in trying to be funny. The effort defeats the purpose. But wo must take things as we find them. The funny column with the funny man is an institution. In that fact I find an excuse for Johnson. It seems like damning him with faint praise, but I will say this for Johnson Philo-peauuts Johnson, the writer of the "Postscript" column in the Post that to my mind it is the best fuuuy column printed in ' any American newspaper. - They tell me that the only placo In America where rebel Hags are made, the only place where bunting of any kind is made, is at Ben Butler's factory in Lowell, Mass. The Yankee manufacturer doesn't allow sentiment to Inter fere with business. The demand for rebel flags at Richmond Is readily supplied at Lowell. Representative Qulun, of New York, has a grievance in relation to the national air of America. He has noticed that on occasious which call for the playing of the American na tional air, especially In England and abroad, it is not the "Star-Spangled Banner" tint is played, but "Yankee Doodle." Now, ho thinks that both in music, poetry, and sense "Yankee Doodle" is beneath the dignity of this great nation, aud ho demands the repeal of "Yankee Doodle." Well, that will be pretty difficult, whatever the law-makers may do. "Yankee Doodle" stands a good chance of last ing as long as the Constitution. Songs are moro powerful than either laws or armies. It was possible to whip tho Confederacy, but a hundred Union armies could not whip "Dixie" from among tho songs that will go humming down tho ages, and liye as long as history is read or written. And as to "Yankee Doodle," even if it were pos sible to annihilate it, why should it be done? What's the matter with "Yaukeo Doodle V" It fairly represents the humorous side of the American people. I don't 6ee why a nation 6bould not have a humorous national air as well as a serious one. When Undo Sam goes out visiting his neighbors he should have some thing to say to suit tho occasion. If tho occa sion be a merry one, why, "Yankee Doodle" will serve the purpose; if grave or serious, tho 'Star-Spangled Banuer" is tho thing. I be lieve that we are the only nation that has a humoious as well as a serious national air, and It is proper that America should lead the world In this as in other things. Whenever other nations come to realize that an after-dinner speech Is not suitable at a fuueral, they may prepare something in the way of a humorous national air, too, after tho style of our "Yankee Doodle." But it will bo a long time before the element of humor Is as strong anywhere else as it is in America. There is an astonishing number of doubles in Washington. The elevator man at tho south west corner of the Treasury Building is daily mistaken for Col, Dudley, aud a man who keeps a tailor's 6hop In the neighborhood of Sixteenth street and Rhode Island avenue is the picture of President Harrison. But of all tho rese mblances between different men none Sailors, worth 25c; clearing sale price, a 8I2"8I4SEVENTH STREET NORTHWEST, are more striking than that between Bell, the photographer, and Speaker Reed. Out in Wicomico County, Md., they are talk ing about sending Governor Jackson to Con ress in place of Mr. Gibson, who is not a can idate for another term. Maj. Stofer tells a funny yarn about a false alarm raised by Fergus Ferris the other day. Ferris was bathing in tho surf, aud being unable to swim he was very timid. All of a sudden he began to splash and splash and beat about in the water and to cry out, "Save mo, save me from drowning !" Stofer thought at first that1 Ferris was joking, but he wasn't. He really thought he was In danger of drowning aud was greatly frightened. Stofer saw what was the matter, and called out to Ferris to put his feet on the ground. Ferris did so, and the water wasn't more than elbow-deep. But putting his ' feet to the ground was something he had never thought of until Stofer told him. Now, what do you think of a man who don't know enough ( to stand up in order to keep his head above water ? Ingalls's speech at Gettysburg on Decoration Day will never be reported. The best reports printed were fragmentary aud very Imperfect. That Is the Senator's own fault, because there were present at tho meeting shorthand writers who would have'mado a verbatim report of tho speech if the Senator had not assured them , they could rely upon his manuscript. When the speech was finished, and the reporters bogan to look over the Senator's manuscript, tho re porters found that there was not even a note on I tho paper relating to the best things tho Sen ator had said. Ills treatment of the proceed- 1 Ings at tho unveiling of tho Leo statuo in Rich mond, and his lofty remarks about tho immor tality of ideas, were entirely extemporaneous, and tho remarkable thing about it was that tho ( language of that portion of the address was as magnificent and as precise as anything that even Ingalis has over uttered. It Is a pity that j it cannot bo reduced. Three or four years ago it wa6 the custom among certalu uowspaper correspondents to do- cry the alleged excluslveness of tho loading , Democratic officials, and to represent that if i Mr, Blaine were Secretary of State his door . would be open all tho time, and ho himself ac ' cessible to all callers in fact, with Mr, Blaine , as Secretary of State thero would bo music and a free lunch in tho Secretary's room to attract I people there and induce them to call. Now, I must say that since Mr. Blaine becamo Secre 1 tary of State iu March, 1889, 1 have not seen any of this extraordinary accessibility. On tho ! contrary, his exclu6lveiieR3 ,hae been tho oxclu siveness of au English or a "Russian government , official. I think I can stato without fear of contradiction that since tho chaugo of admlnls , tration tho Secretary of Stato has not vouch safed to any newspaper in tho country a single interview or the slightest bit of direct informa tion about any of tho affairs of tho Stato Do i partment. Moro than that, ho hasn't , yet sent to Congress tho papers relating , to our foreign correspondence la6t year, which 1 ought to have been sent to Congress last De cember, when tho heads of tho other Executive Departments made their annual report. I am one of those who believe that a newspaper ha6 no moro civil or political rights under tho Con stitution than a drug store, a cigar stand, a blacksmith's shop, a lumber factory, a gin mill, 85c. TMENT llbbl IIW11 I II KB bW I BEAR THIS IN MIND. or any other kind of business establishment or private property. The Secretary of State or any other public official, in my estimation, is not bound to wag his tongue at the request of a newspaper editor or reporter any more than at the request of any other American citizen. He has a right to uso his own discretion and : withhold, If he pleases, tho courtesies which are usually extended to the press, but which arc not prescribed by either tho Constitution or tho laws; but he has no right to withhold from the Congress of tho United States and the American people the state papers which the law says he 6hall submit to Counrcss annually, just as the heads of the other Departments send in their annual reports. Davi d Lcwsi.ey. - m -. . Negligent Street-Car Conductors. To the Editor nf The Sunday Herald: There should be more definite rule3 estab lished by the street-car management to conduce to the convenience of the public. As it is, with -no fixed stopping places on tho line, except on tho cable line, conductors apparently stop for passengers when It suits their whims to do so; otherwise they go ahead regardless of tho fran tic signals of would-be passengers not six feet away. Eighth street and Pennsylvania avenue is a corner that Avenue conductors could hardly be made to sec with a telescope. It is so near Seventh street, where they always 6top for transfers, that they usually impose tho duty of all wishing to board tho cars at Eighth street to i run after them and get on a block away. Every car conductor should have distinct orders to stop only at street corners, and he should keep a sharp lookout whero streets cross. Too often cars cross streets at full speed, leaving tho dis gusted populace on the sidewalk in a temper by no means cool. It is not only the Avenue con ductor who needs a check in this direction. The Metropolitan and tho Anacostia lines also need looking after. Numerous complaints have been made recently on this subject, and it is quito tlmo that tho matter was regulated by in telligent rules. Liii'T. Niuljy" at Allmuuli'x. For tho week of Juno 0 Cliassaigno'H beauti ful opera comiquo, "Nadjy," will bo presented at Albaugh's with tho full strength of tho La inout Opera Company, which numbers among Its artists such very clover and popular jieoplo as Helen Lamont, Emma Hawley, Mabella I Baker, Mainlo Clierbi, Louis Do Lunge, R. E. Grahum, George Broderick, Lloyd Wilson, Alex. Clark, aud Charles Graham. The action- ; of thn opera is placed iu Hungary during tho exciting time In which tho patriot, Rukoczy. i was prominent, aud tho development of tho plot largely concerning tho fortunes of Nudjy, , the then reigning premier danseuso of tho I Vienna Opera House. Tho opera Is ono of tho funuieEt and brightest that has been produced ' in n long time. It contains many tuneful 1 melodies aud good concerted numbers, Tho opera will bo mounted in superb style and with every attention to detail, I Tin: Coining- Rilles' lC.vuur.4ion. Tho National Rilles will glvo ono of their select moonlight excursions to Marshall Hall ou tho steamer Charles Macalester, on Wednesday I evening, Juno 18. Theso excursions of the 1 Rifles are always as pleasant aud woll con I ducted as unremitting care and attention to i every detail can make them. Tho best people in tho city patronize them, feeliug assured from, tho high reputation which the Rffics have es tablished as entertainers that everything possi ble will be dono to keep the affairs frco from, i objectionable features aud to inako them in every way enjoyable aud successful. On tho 1 coming excursion excellent music will bo pro vided both ou the boat and at tho Hall, and in I addition the other customary entertaining fea I ture6 will bo well looked after.