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w. B rMOSE: & SONS. Mnttiess inl Cour-h Factory, 4f>2 Penna. avp. Furniture Factory. 12th nml H. Sioraire. 2l'd and M. Fpeti There is to be a quick clearance of all short lengths and discontinued patterns. We have so reduced prices that the figures will appeal to the most economical. Every pat tern is offered you with the Moses assurance as to quality and value. A deposit will secure the carpet you select. Your convenience will be consulted in the delivery and the laying. 8 patterns, best $2.25 Wiltons, now $1.2714. 12 patterns, Rigelow Axminster, regularly S1.75, now $1.15. 9 patterns, best Wilton Velvets, regularly $1.65, now Si.00. 8 patterns, French Axnrnsters, regularly $1.50, now 98c. 6 patterns, Smith Axminsters, reg ularly $1.35, now 95c. 13 patterns, best $1.25 Velvets, now 79c. 24 patterns, 5-frame Body Brus sels, regularly $1.25, now 89c. Best Tapestry- Brussels, regularly 90c., now 57V2C. Tapestry Brussels, regularly 65c., now 39c. 40 patterns, All-wool Extra Super Ingrains, regularly 75c., 57>4c. 14 patterns, best Union Ingrain, never sold under 50c.. now 33^c. 250 \^ards best Inlaid Linoleum, in short lengths, regular price, $1.60 and $175, now 75c. 400 yards best Printed Linoleums, short lengths, for kitchens, pantries and vestibules, regular price, 75c., 90c. and $1.00, now 473^ c. It W. B. MOSES & SONS. F ST. OOR. UTH. ?' n - 1 20% iOn SUITS f TILL SEPT. 5TH. Making a special Inducement to the la<llc? to order their Fall <>wturrm early. We will take orders for Suits at a reduction of until S*pt. 5 IN OTHER WORl>S. SI/ITS THAT REOTLARLY <'< ?ST ?G0 WILL BE MAI>B FOR f-Ki. And so on. propor tionally. The new fabrics are In and also the latest Parisian 0.61utile Models. i I Schwafib Bros., IMPORTERS AND LADIES' TAILORS 11408 I St Formerly aull-s,tu.tb.2S-3m 9 1326 F St. ' t - ?"?'ir'w'U'.rw hh.^ PERFECT n?r Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century. Ja4 th.ly-24 Shortest and Quickest 11 Tihie Commercial Cable Company's Fourth Transatlantic Cable, Just completed, affords a new and quicker route, via the Azores, to China, Japan, the Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Mediterranean ports, Af rica, India. Australia and Central and South America Route your cablegrams VIA COMMER CIAL and Hie st any Postal Telegraph Office HU14-42U Keeping a Comfortable Kitchen. That s one of the problems a house keeper has to contend with In warm weather. Our advb-e is to put in a RE LI a HI. K ..r Sl'PKRU ESTATE OAS ItAMiE. Not only do they bring com fort to the kitchen, but they're clean, sate and economical. Reduces the %x petiae of cooking to a minimum. Gas Appliiance Exchange,/ 1424 New York Avenue. anlfc-2M (lh A D)=Bags Cams, 50c. vUl/-\ilrV Refuse Cams, SOc. ? ? ? ? Are you supplied with the regulation ? ? ? ? that the law requires? We've a big ? ? . ? assortment. Large Ash Cans, $1.35. John B. Espey, au22-lSd New Family Sewn rag Machine, ? | (?).S0, With beautiful oak woodwork and all lateat at tichaeati. Warranted Ten Years. Equal to any $60 Machine. Oppenheinieir's, SI4 9th St. N. W. Machines repaired. $1. Jf27-28d What's new in Shoes! Advance Fall Styles of WOflEN9 H 0 ESo AN OPENING PRICE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, $"5>.49 This is a nobby new fall style of $3 quality. Women's button or lace black kid, patent or kid tips, medium weight. Ought to sell hundreds of pairs Friday and Saturday. 50c. on the Dollar For Summer Styles. Some genuine bargains at half price?but not many pairs left. The New MANNISH LACE "Jeotiess Miller." This is a swell heavy Patent Calf Boot that is already a prime favorite with our young trade, who are always looking for fashion's latest c fad . S3? Shoes Shnmed Free, 939 Pa? Ave? it AST H M GIVKES3ION. SUFFOCATION. NEURALGIA. ETC.. CURED BY ESPIC'S CIGARETTES, OR POWDER. Paris, J. ESriC; New York. E FOUGERA & OO. 80LD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. de21-tb.49t The Tell-kn?wn strengthening properties of IRON, comblc -d with other tonics and a moat perfect mit lue. ar. found In Carter'a Iron Pllla. Strengthens nerves ind body; improve* blood and complexion, no] O-s.tu&tb-ly How many people ruin their atomacha by swal lowing cold drinks on a hot summer day, when they could nvoid all dansor by adding 20 drops of Dr. Slegert's Angostura Bitters. BUFFALOES FORI) A RIVER. Wonderful Sight Witnessed by Tonr lntM on a Missouri Liner. From the Anaconda Standard. In the seventies we boarded the steamer Far West at Bismarck for Fort Benson. The first week of our journey being In Dakota, incidents would be irrelevant here, but T will mention a tornado as we follow ed Its track up through eastern Montana as it came down from Manitoba. The Mis souri here runs through a wide plain with a dense wood a few hundred yards wide on either side, and we were In a bend and did not see the storm approach till H was upon us. It wis perhaps the middle of the after noon. but suddenly grew so dark we could scarcely see the crew lashing the boat to the trees on the lee bank. Three great wire cables were strained to keep us from fol lowing in the wake of the wrecked pilot house. Men were seeking their own safe ty, women shedding nervous tears. The captain's wife and I (she was an old sailor) sat on the lee de<k. she with fear born of wisdom, I lgnorantly amused at the weak nesses of my fellow-travelers and really enjoying the grand panorama. Great black and white clouds seethed, boiled and rolled i together, torn by the wind and pierced by ; trees carried along like feathers?a perfect hurricane. It would moan and roar like a I living thing tortured into agony, then lull to a sob like a hurt child going to sleep. We would think the worst past. Its fury spent, when the trees would begin to bend as If in supplication, then all the furies ! would seemingly break loose. The boat i would rock and creak and pull on the ca j bled, beaten as well by the missiles in the i air. To add to the confusion the colored 1 crew began to pray and mumble that weird Incantation handed down frdm generation to generation, brought over from the fath erland of ignorance and superstition; the captain's staff to swear and give orders that could only be obeyed by the light of the grea.t sheets of lightning thai seemev to encompass the whole plain. It lasted about four hours. The water around the boat was so full of dirt it took Rli the next day to clear It away, refit the ; pilot house and get back in the channel. \ Before we got fairly well started the dead and wounded buffaloes were floating by. The captain, who had been on the river for years, said he expected they were crossing the river when the storm struck them go ing from their winter range on the Yellow stone to summer pastures in the British possessions; that they emigrated every year and we might run into the whole herd. To our delight, just as we rounded the great bend Into Montana the river was so full of them we had to stop the boat. On either side, as far as the eye could reach the earth was black with the noble animals. We anchored till perhaps 5 in the after noon, when they stopped to feed and rest. They cared nothing for the boat. When they carne to the water they marched in like soldiers, looking neither to the right nor left. They made a path perhaps fifty yards wide, as smooth as a street, and not an animal went in or came out above or below; swam across and out with military precision. We had read of them tramp ing trains of wagons to dust on the old ! overland route with a grain of allowance, but we doubted no more. He?e again we came to heavy timber. The storm had torn the great giant cottonwoods up by the roots, some only left holes in the ground, others lay beaten In splinters. For mile* there was devastation. The captain said here it was a veritable cyclone, but had spent part of its fury before reaching us, and If we had been three days earlier we would have been In the midst of it. Sew l'?e for Ualloons. From the New York News. Should the submarine boat take the place In naval warfare that some nations expect one of the chief precautions taken by the world's navies will be an immense increase in the number of balloons, with duly train ed staffs? to work them, carried by war vessels. The balloons carried by these battle ship? are of exactly the same material and pat tern as those in use in the army, only smaller. They have a use far in advance of any mere long-distance observation pur pose, for. though the weight of a submarine boat sunk deeply In the water can only be traced with difficulty from such an eleva tion as that afforded by a ship, both such wake and the boat itself can be seen with absolute and undevlating clearness from a captive balloon. Tliis is the result of a scientific and optical law. and when ship balloons were first put to the practical test in regard to this matter, the results at tained were of the most surprising kind. Even wher* the water is distinctly cloudy objects of a much smaller kind than a sub marine boat, and painted^ neutral color, could be seen from a balloon with the utmost clearness at a depth of five fathoms, or thirty feet, though the surface Was rough. No submarine boat could in the day time get within striking distance of a threatened ship that had a balloon without being observed. 5<0> OUTPUT OF GOLD Subject of Bulletin Issued bj Depart ment of Labor. TEE YUKON AND NOME REGIONS Present Facilities for Travel From Coast to the Klondike. N 9 YUKON DISTRICT POPULATION "The Yukon and Nome gold regions" is the subject of a chapter In a bulletin just Issued by the department of labor. The article was written by Mr. S. C. Dunham, who, among other things, states: The expenses, difficulties and hardships of the summer journey from the coast to the Klondike are things of the past. The White Pass and Yukon railroad was com pleted early In July, 1W??, from Skaguay to the head of Lake Bennett, a distance of about forty miles. From Bennett City to Dawson the Journey Is now made In four days in commodious and comfortable steamers at a cost of less than $100, in cluding berth and meals. The up trip from Dawson to Bennett City occupies from six to ten days. according to stage of water. As a consequence of the great Improve ments in transportation on the upper Yu kon and the lakes the St. Michael route Is now but little used for passenger traffic to and from the states. During the summer of 181KI about 8,000 people left Dawson, half of whom re turned to the coast by the upi>er river route. Of the other half about 2,500 went to Nome and the remainder entered the Forty Mile district. No* to exceed 1,000 people arrived In Dawson from the out side world during the season, and not more than fifty of these went in by the St. Michael route. The lower river steamboats continue to handle the bulk of the freight, a<nd about 10,000 tons were taken to Daw son by way of St. Michael during the sea son, while <1,000 tons were brought in by the Skaguay route. The greatest source of surprise to one re turning to Dawson after a year's absence Is the remarkable growth of the town. There are no traces of the two or three disastrous Hres which occurred during the winter. Hundreds of fine buildings have been erected on every hand, and the hills back of the town are covered with substan tlal log and frame dwelling*. The business portion of the town, which extends for a mile or more along the river front, is solidly built up for three or four blocks back from the river. Third avenue, which in 18P8 contained only a few scattered buildings, Is becoming the retail or shopping street. 1'opnlatlon of Yukon Ulctrlot. According to the census taken by the northwest mounted police the population ot the Yukon district In the spring of 18W was 35,000. Dawson had a population of 15,000, and about the same number of peo ple were located on the Klondike and In dian rivers and their tributaries, "while 5,000 were scattered on outlying crooks. There were 2,000 women in the district. Fully 10,000 of those who?spent the win ter In town were Idle, and a large propor tion of this vast number was destitute, de pending upon private charity for subsist ence. There was no organized charity, but there was scarcely an entertainment of any kind during the winter that was not given primarily for the re'ief of the destitute. Nearly all of the women who came to the Klondike in search of employment are of the class who perform domestic service in the states. There Is little demand for this kind of service In town, and consequently there are no opportunities In that field to any great extent for respectable women. A number of women have established road houses on the orceks, and ^11 appear to be prosperous, being patronized by the miners in the vicinity and by the traveling public. No demand for saleswomen exists in Daw son, and the field for stenographers and typewriter operators is limited. The municipal government of Dawson Js a model one In every way, and there Is al most a total absence of j>etty crimes, while but one murder was committed during th?? winter. The town has a well-organized vol unteer fire department equipped with appa ratus which cost $30,000. There are four churches In which regular s*ervic?s! are held and are well attended. There are about fifty saloons In the town, which pay to the government an annual license of $2,000 each. They are required to close at midnight on Saturday and are not allowed to reopen until 6 d*clock Mon day morning. There are fifty or sixty restaurants, and the prices of meals range from 50 cents to $1.50. The better cIrss of restaurantB supply their regular patrons with meals j for $15 per week. Good cooks receive $10 per day, and welters are paid fEotn $25 to $4o per week with board. Output of Gold. The output of the Klondike gold fields for the season of 1S07-D8 Is ?$tiiputed by the department of labor at $12,000,000. This figure is accepted by the bankers, commer cial companies and government officials at Dawson as correct, although the oijtput is placed as high as $15,000,000 by some other authorities. The output of gold for the past season (isyfl-s>0), according to data obtained from the same sources as for the preceding years, was $17,(?00,000, divided among the creeks as follows: El dorado, $4,0<i0,000; Bonanza* $3.000,0<?0; Do minion. $4,000,000; Hunker, $1,500,000; Sul phur, $1,000,000; Gold Run, $1,000,000; Bear, $250,000; other creeks, $750,000; bench and hillside claims, $1,500,000. The government collected $7o0,000 In roy alties. The exemption from the royalty tax has been raised from $2,500 to $5,000, and this is the only change that has been made during the year In the mining regulations. There is still widespread complaint against the exactions of the government. It is esti mated that the receipts of the gold com missioner's office. Inclusive of royalties, will reach $1,700.000 for the year 1IKJ0. Less than $100,000 of this vast sum has been ex pended for the benefit of the oomraunlty trom which It was taken. Eldorado creek showed a production for the season of over $4,000,000, and thus maintained its position as the richest creek In the district. It has been demonstrated that the pay streak extends farther up the valley than was formerly supposed, and very rich ground has been found as far up as claim No. 30. Several valuable claims are being developed In the thirties, 30 and 38 being exceptionally good. On the west side of the creek, opposite 30, good pay dirt has been found in the benches, which are being worked profitably. Bonanza creek produced $3,000,000 during the season, about the same as the year be fore. On account of the royalty tax, no summer work was done on the upper por tion of the creek The creek claims on Bo nanza, from below Discovery to the mouth, produced very little gold, compared with the output of th6 preceding season. Royalty Tax Cause* Idleness. On account of the royalty tax and the searlty of wood, the owners generally al lowed their property to lie Idle, simply do ing representation work. It Is conceded that this portion of the creek cannot be worked profitably under present conditions, and it will lie Idle until more economical methods can be Introduced. While the creek claims in this vicinity have proved to be a disappointment, very rich pay has been found In the benches and on the hillsides on the south side of Bonnnza, from the mouth of Skookum to 25 below Discovery. There are some fifty claims in this string which were worked profitably, having produced about $500,000 during the season. From 25 to 70 below Discovery not much hillside mining has been done. At or near 70 be low the pay streak has been found In the hillsides on the north side of the creek and traced over the hills to the Klondike, a dis tance of two miles. Coal and Wood Supply. There have been gome developments In coal mining along the Yukon. During the winter of 18ltS-tt0 the Alaska Commercial Company opened up a coal vein on Nation river, thirty miles below Star City. The coal was bituminous and of high grade. Two thousand tons were mined during the winter, but the deposit waa pockety, at no time during development showing a true coal -measure, and It was praotically worked out. The North American Trarrportatlon and Trading Company worked its coal mine ait A Sc. Bargain Lot. A miscellaneous lot M odds and* ends called from the Jewylr* Department. comprising Cuff Bnttr.rfs. ertoj: iUtm. Bat Pins. B>ooch Pins. Tooth Brushes. ','(777" Glycerine S;>ap, Rubl?er Dressing Combs. Ltnen Writing Paper, plain or rul:d; Talcum Pvjvder, Leather Puraea. F? _ Ac. Sold for a great Weal more, but choice offered toflKkrroWfor QOLDENBERQ 922 to 928 7th St. lore Black Goods. A lot of fine grade Black Fabrics, comprising Black All-wool l?i?erlnl and Storm Serges, It In < k All-wool IjidliV Cloth. Hlnck Sllk-Aiilsh ed Mohair. All-wool Black Xorvlly Dress Goods, etc.. from 38 to 45 inches wide. These are qualities sold up to HOC. a yard?for 38c. rkabl mnaimt Bay 0 Friday neyer fails to bring its full quota of big bargain values?for as fast as the broken lines and small lots accumulate we mark them at next-to-notning prices. And now that the season's end is near we have cut deeper than ever. Every item tells a story of big saving that vou will do well to heed. 'J **) | V i 4 Y I Dress Goods. 8 pieces of lH>ul>le Width Wool Homespuns. In such desiralde shades as brown, blue, green, tan, etc. These are good value at -fl F= _ 20c. yard. Friday's remnant price, II t^/T* only U<U"iyo A remnant lot of All-wool Press Goods, con sisting of navy blue a 11-wool storm serge, all wool ladles' cloth, all-wool plaids, wool cash meres, mohair novelties, camels' hair effects, etc. A11 are very fine, desirable qualities, which sold up to 50c. yard, Remnant price 33c, Remnants of Finest Quality AU-sllk Taffeta Rit.lK.ns. No. 30 (which is nearly 4 Inches wide); extra heavy, nou-crmihable kind; in desirable lengths. from 1*4 to 3 yards; good assortment of desirable colorings. Also All-silk Satin Rib bons. Regular 19c. and 25c. quality everywhere. Remnant price Ik satin Kin 8^c, Another remnant lot of All-silk Satin Gms Grain Ribbons, lVj to 2H inches wide In a va riety of colois. Regular 8c. <1 FnjjL and 10c. qualities. Remnant II /Ky'rt price / (Q) best Im ? ported kinds); which sold at f 25c. and 35c.; go on sale {? Friday for 112j^>Cc A lot of Women's Swiss Ribbed \ eRts, trim med with lace ami some with fancy colored tops? white and blue. Regular 12W-\ and 15c. qualities, for Jewelry. A big lot of Imported Brooches for the neck and hair, in rhlnest?ue. coral and with cameo settings; In all sorts of Jeweled and atone set tings. worth 30c. and 5<?c.; and also /TV a lot of Shell Bark Ombs. worth 15c. and 19c.?all offend Friday for Silks. The final sacrificing of Silks comes tomorrow? when we will put prices on the remaining small lots that will send them flying. In one lot we have included several pieces of Satin Fou lards and Figured Indlas. In a va- <1 /f\v _ rlety of designs and coloring#. Clos- II ing-out price, per yard " Another of Plain Colored India Silks, In a full assortment of shades, including light blue, pink, cardinal, cerise, violet, lavender. Ac., which sold at yard?for 8 pieces of finest quality AU-sllk Black Fig ured Indlas. In a variety of hand- F=/Ov some designs. Sold up to 80c. yard ^)vU/(( ?now offered for "E: 29C, White Goods. l'l&in wnne A remnant lot of White Gooda. comprising "Sea Island" Long Cloth and Plain White Duck?the latter for waiters and butchers aprons. Qualities sold at 12V4c- and 15c. yard, for f>00 yards of Plain White India Linon, good, slieor quality?will )k> closed out tomorrow, per yard, for Remnants of Plain Colored Swis?, 40 inches Wlde ^ in a variety of nhmles ?former price, 12^c. yard now tea, *?? mcnes Footwear. A lot of Women's Oxfords, the remaining lots of several lines?and in various ^/rv stylss? worth double?will be cloaed J-j) hJ/((_ out, per pair, at ^ ^ 178 pairs of Women's Summer Ox fords, the balance of several reg ular lines up to $1.75?go Friday for A lot of Boys' Tan Spring Heel Shoes, sizes 10 to 13Vi -splendid wearing qualities?worth *1?for... Embroideries amd Laces. A big remnant accumulation of Yal. and Tor chon Laces, in various styles and effective pat terns and Cambric Edgings. Among them are values sold up to ?i MfZ 8c, yard. First comers will get II best choice at ^ 7ftv Another remnant of finest quality Embroid eries, in Cambric, Swiss and Nainsook?up to 7 Inches wide?Insertlngs to match. Including many elal orate patterns, among ? IT / them exquisite Irish Point ef- nTl(C fects, for *U' %-yard pieces of All-over Laces, in a variety of the season's most popular styles . ?which sold up to 50c. a yd.? will be (.lotted out Friday, jier piece, at 11 A remnant lot of Shirred chiffon In a variety of desirable shades Sold formerly a'. 70c. yard?for.... 13^c< : 33c, A lot of Spachtel Scarfs aud Pillow Shams, and also (Centerpieces, worth a great /*?? f= deal more, will lie closed out to first comers touioriow at Lot of Embrt variety of colors out Friday ut?i ?idery Silk. In a ^TT / _ ^.I!.be.c!08ed 2y%C< A lot of several dozen White Duck Laundry Bags. Tray Covers nnd Spachtel iHiylles, worth 10c. and 28c., for I2c, 10 dozen Full Bleached Cotton Honeycomb Towels; the heavy, absorbent A t~iJL sort; generous size; sold for 9c. Al each. Remnant price fr/Tvl^? Altout 12 dozen lot of I^irge Unbleached Turkish Bath Towels. Our 12Mic. Towel regu larly. Remnant price Housewares. Imitation Cut Glass Covered Cream 5/r Pitchers, worth 10c., for Best Quality Sink Brushes. Neatly Japanned Trays for. 1c. 3c, Best with tin Quality Jelly Glasses, 1] J/T /"? tops, for?each II /-\S va/c Decorated i China Cups and Saucers, worth 10c., for 1.000 yards of Light Colored Shlrtlnr Prints, good, attractive styles?go on sale tomorrow, per yard, at %C 1,200 yards of I?ark Prints, strictly fast col ors and new, fresh patterns. Off-thc-pie<* price. Sc.?Rem- V /J/MiC' mint price ?70 2 cases of new Percales, dark grounds and navy, garnet and black figures. Strictly fust colors. off-the-plece price, 10c. yard. Remnant price rs groumis an< * 6J4Cc <00 yards of Flannelettes. In the latest print is for fall; l>est quality, which ? ^ / lis for 10c. yard. Remnant ^ Remnants of yard-wide Bleached Muslins and Cambrics, good, desirable leugtlis- and qual ities which sell regubirly off the piece at 714c. to loc. yanl? 2 ensss of I*nbleache?l Canton Flannel, in remnant pieces from 2 to 10 yards -good width and heavy fleece. Piece a f?jjL price, 7Vic. yurd. Remnant A\. A/SS C price " 7 OV ? 3 dozen pairs of Men's All-wind Bicycle Hose, In neat plaid combinations? -fl ^TT / only in small sizes; sold up C1 to 00c. and 75c. pair; for.... Men's 2100 4-ply Pure Linen Cuffs?in link and round styles ? qualities which sell usually at 12V.-. and 25c.? for Men's Fine Quality Washable Madras Sus penders, with stnmg rubber ends; ^ sold regularly at 25c.; go Friday Men's Good Quality Shirts, made of madras and Bedford cord, with collar at- f?j tached; good styles; all full' regu- T) >/(C* lar made; regular 5<tc. qualities, for ^ ^? Men's Jean and Balbriggan Drawers, in all sizes; full regular made, with dou- ^ ble Beat uad string liottouis; were r 30c.; for Men's Jersey Rlbl^d faded from window sizes 30 to 44; sold for I'mlerwear; slightly display; ^ a at 5CK-.; ^4(Qo SIhiEirt Waists. In one big lot we have included ail the White and Colored Shirt Waists sold up to $1 ? consisting of lawns. India IIDons, percales, mad rases and chamhrays, trimmed In variius styles rji.l made with new French Imcks. that show they are all this season's garments. There Is the wblest iMmsiblo Tange of choice colorings and neat patterns in stri(?-s and figures?anil every Waist is of the most desirable anil popular style. Many .-xcluslve effects among them?and qualities which sold up to |1. Choice for 50-vanl spools Black Sewing Silk. lV4c. Full-count American Pins. lc. paper. 100-yard Basting Cotton, lc. 10c. Silk Frilled Garter Web. 10c. strip. 5c. Covered Dress Stays, lc. dozen. 2c. Black. Tan and White Mending Cotton, lc. spool. 15c. Shell and Amber Hairpins. Sc. dozen. 25c. Ladies' Silk Frilled Side Garters. 14c. pr. ilusSlo Underwear Dept. ? Ladies' Muslin nnd Cambric rndergarments, comprising Gowns. Skirts. Drawer*. <Tieml?e and Ci rset Covers?all elaliorwuiy trimmed and fine qualities- sold up to $1.20?choice for ^ >9c. A lc of Corsets, made of fine French coutll? and also a lot of Summer Net Corsets?mostly large sizes?sold at C0c.. for 29c. 4 dozen Women's In various shades, inch acci ular 08c. value! for "Luster-Silk" Petticoats, is shades, made with 0- a rdton-pleatod ruffle. Reg- Ai P(C value, for A lot of Misses' and Children's French Per- A cale anil Gingham Dress's, the balance of our .?? sunin?er stmk Tastefully trimmed in em- .Jj broidery- and lace?with full skirts. a t Sizes 2 to 12 years. Sold up to t. $1.60?for nr^^o y : 3 dozen Oillilren's Mull Caps. In white, pink *> and blue, high and French styles ? ? some or them sold as high as $; (."hoice for '1 39c. I Silk Waists, Skirts, <&c. Just 10 left of these Summer Silk Waists, tucked front and back. In all i>opular colors, in -iuilltig lavender, light blue, f'lnk, white, pearl, gray ami he- /fo <i A fs*i lc. etin-gular $4.50 value? J| ^JJ. ^1.1 I y t V eti-.?regular will lie closed out for. ili-kly stock of Ladles' $,'? and $0 Bath ing Suits, made of finest quality black li ohalr Sicilian mi-d with soutache braid iiu ??nin $3.49 A lot of finely tailored Wash Skirts, sold up to $2 iMtnprisluK geuuiuc Linen <Yasties. Kug llsli Piques. Hlack ami Navy 1'olkn C3/r*. Ilot Ducks and White liqu'cs?will be closed uu' for A tableful of High-grade Skirts, i-omprlslng Navy Blue Pulka I K.t Ducks with circular flounce. pla:u Crashes, trimmed with three bauds of white oi nlue duck; also real X Kngllsh C'"verts, White Piques ^ ^ and plain Navy anil Black Duck*. S-ild up to $;{.y?>? for. .. $1.19? Just 3 dozec Boys' Wool Mixed Knee Pants. kIzcs 11 and 12 only. Regular 30c. values for 21c, Limited lot of Beys* and Iieatlier Golf Eton Cap* ?" sold at for and Children's Cloth Our entire remaining line of and $3.im> Double-breasted Wool Suits, sizes 7 to 10 years?will be "losed out for 1254c, Boys' $2.50 $1.98 Boys' Navy Blue Percale Blmse Waists, In sizes 3 to 8 years?sold at 30c.?now gi for 25c, Odd lot of several dozen rtalrs of men's fine quality Hose?in fancy polka dots and black with silk - embroidered designs. Guaranteed full seamless. with double heel and toe. 10c. values for u .??AAAA>>.A >. a * EXS? tT price of coal at the mtaes is t2o per ton f im*-W a large During the winter Miiraged in chopping lumber the opening of wood on the i uko . ihjiu there were the navigation season of ^JneBC&uereii probably WWO CordH ^ ,u th(. begin ilong the river. r>er cord, hut ling of the s*as^ d toward the close t ?iKm dropped to $R ajia^ to^ ^ U) di,. >f the season chopper. and of lower prices. This much was Bold at e _ measure caused reduction in price in a me? the by an oversupply. but prfnotp" ^^rfver Nome excitement. tj the new gold ijeing deslrou* of gi navigation. There ields before th^^',fJ oor(ia of old w<x>d ly i.re iv.w some ^^^Hundielfl of cords. ng at the if' from 2.". to 100 cords, n small quantiti<e- . lhe owners, near r^l'rfUom -he Nome .tampede. folks who IION T KNOW. ?ss^L'srs^sr^ a r?t..r?,a?ce * !pl.?e" a. the Lyceum. <M Pe^ ^ lal of Paris. rra"?' ,ucces?. nota irtists obtained P ^ Madame Helly. 3ly Sir Henry Bordeaux police, too, Derry! It was Vwar4l incident in con ftho, after an ? , me Bernhardt's lug lectton w.itht_ ^arig for information as ?age. wrote to Parts ..onp garah Bern o the exact P??1*, s f subsistence!" lardt and her people may console But these famous V? ^t,on that they themselves with the renec ^ theatr,ca ire in e^eli|unga^ has been discovered manager in """f ?f Shakespeare, and a who never heard of ?na* ^ ^ poster in wh#lch.Rhin^ and Juliet.' the production of rl(j.renowned tragedy by sensational and^w^ ,( that "the William bhak^P^r . t ^ the per{0rm author will h? P appeared on all the ance." The ^8terJ^Hungarian town boardings of the smtu >f lllye. >,ardiy worse, however, than That was harcny the ^j^r 0f a the amazing ac B?zirkebote, which last Vienna readers to see the "Mer year urKeJ* .. ln order to realise how -bant ?f J^^ountryman. Orlllparser, had their gr^t countr^ wag wrote, ex pictured ShilocK. a mistake to Bup plaining that t wrote the drama, pose that Cir 1 ^jmaej{ aa the author, and. representing ^ shakeSpe?are. signing his letter ^ and the editor. The letterwadP school board. hoped ffi T?Uld ^ with the ac^wl,^b!nable Is the lgnor Whait Is lessp Pf Uch ls seriously as ance of a lean bishop. The bishop serted by an ^ by quoting the L<ord a concluded a se reporter came to WLm prayer, and the ^ word? of his afterward for peroration. rhai>s not more unbe The story !fh Revelation at an inquest lievable than tbe ago Mr. Coroner in London *>m blm a boy of nlive, I,angham had bero lmpre3aing the tm upon whom be wa- truth. The lad portance of: teliuw lbe truth and grew had never h^f.r .t twey teach you the frlghteneii. Don lske^ the coroner. "The Bible at B^hooi. "Haven't you never Bible-wot? that. 4.Nq Bjr.. ?HaVe heard of the Ii V G^j?- a juror asked you never heard ghook hlg head ln the boy. but n "coroner refused to amazement, anu i?<= take his ^e^j^vered not long ago who A bo> was dis^ had llyed for ten year8 had been born ^ Thames without see within a ml mrell-known South Lon ing a fiver; and a w. ^ f(jr year8 beeH don clergy ma ? tural history claas, was conducting * \ady whom he had taken asked by a young ia ^ "What's that for a rarn^'m the field >ther??" it wa. Btrange thlngtn one ^ore. a plow, and she haan & ye&r Qr two A traveler Russian peasants who came across some^ Amerlca "America? had never government is that in?" America? ^ hat g America might be a they own country. It was nearer part of their oWn_co&t ^ ^ Jady Mked home-at Bedro und of electric cur her RTocer for a p do fQr llght. rf'tto' come in for puddings." , We In?, Whether the l?^y vas rotate 1 Brt not told woman ot seventy-two t0. hM Mt ^r?ed the alphabet, but tWh;v S"e bettJVen them, at any rate. L touch of ignorance which should make them kUk wham: sinks pilot boat. Leviathan of the Deep Striken a Ven ae! Head Foremost. Frum the San Francisco Chronicle. A monster whale struck the pilot boat Bonlta head-on at H:4<> o'clock Friday night six miles southeast of the Farallon Islands, causing the vessel to leak so badly that she sank six hours later. It was a thrilling ex perience for the pilots and men on the Bo nita. They were thrown down with consid erable violence and the man at the wheel was bo badly scared, according to one of the pilots, that he could not speak for five minutes. Pilots Swanson, Scott, Wallace and Miller were on the Bonlta at the time, all but Miller In the cabin, and on deck were Pilot Miller and the five salluTS. The boat was lazily riding the swells and Scott and Wallace were preparing to retire, when the shock came. Swanson, who had been on his way into the cabin for luncheon, was thrown over against the lounge. He arose and hurried on deck. The night was pitch dark, but alongside the Bonita he could plainly make out the prodigious form of a whale lying close to the vessel and apparently about eighty feet long. The le viathan lay perfectly still in the water for a moment, when, without warning, it shot forward with great rapidity and set up a great splashing some distance ahead. Swanson called down the companlonway, "A whale!" and by the time Pilots Scott and Wallace were on deck the ocean for soma distance around seemed to be fairly alive with the monsters, all thrashing the water with their tails and makingfear ful commotion. Pilot Swanson stepi?ed below to finish his luncheon and was surprised to find that water covered the cabin iioor to a depth of several Inches. All hands were oalled ana the two small boats were launched, into which the Bonlta's pilots and crew jumped without much ceremony. Besides their clothing the pilots saved only the com passes, foghorns and a few other articles. Within fifteen minutes both small boats had left the Bonita, but both stood by to watch the pilot boat. Before leaving the vessel, however, an effort was made to keep the in coming water down by means of the pump, but without success. "The water poured in from the stern," said Pilot Swanson, "and we saw that the Bonita was doomed to sink. As she re mained above water for some time after we left her I returned to see what kept her atloat, and found everything awash. She began to roll and this motion was made more regular because the sails were set. At midnight we decided to leave one boat to etand by while the other pulled over to the pilot boat Gracie S.. four miles away and Just outside the lightship. I was In the boat that struck out for the Oracle 8 and we were three hours In rowing to her. Pilot Scott, Boatkeeper Brighttield and one sailor stood by the Bonlta. All about were Immense whales, the largest graybacks 1 have ever seen ofT this coast. Many of them seemed to be from eighty to 100 feet In length. Along toward morning Pilot Scott and his men came over to the Gracie S. and reported that they had stood by until she sank, at a point about two miles from where she was struck, and in fifteen fath oms of water. It is doubtful if the Bonita can be raised. Scott was first to come into the harbor, bringing in the Wellington this morning, and I came In on the Oolon this afternoon. Pilots Miller and Wallace are still outside. The sailors came In on the Wellington. "It is my first shipwreck," added Pilot Swanson, "although I have been at sea for more than thirty years. It doesn't seem so very bad to be wrecked by a whale*near port, but It was in reality terrifying. When I went on deck and saw such a big whale lying alongside gnd saw him a moment later start to thrash around I was sure that he would strike us with his tall. Had he done so the Bonita would have gone down In a hurry. There was some danger also of be ing struck by the whales while we were in the small boats. I should not like to esti mate the number of monsters splashing all about us. It seemed at the time as though there were 1,000 and the darkness made the situation all the more ticklish." Captain George Scott, who was acting as oaptaln of the pilot boat, was the first to bring the news of the loss of the Bonita to the merchants' exchange. As he had had no sleep for several hours before the acci dent and none since he went to his home, at 121 Fillmore street, Immediately after leav ing the news at the exchange. The captain stated In a*i Interview that though the whales had been Eeen in some numbers no mischief was expected to be done by them. He said: "I had no thouc'-'-t c' r*r'Wr~ v, and as I was below at the time and knew that we were not near toad I could not for the life of me Imagine what had happened. I hurried up on deck after picking myself up, having been thrown over by the terrific Our New Salesroom is considered the handsomest one of its kind in the United States. Your Inspection of Our Factory Is Cordially Invited* We are manufacturers of all kinds of FIXE BED DING?which is sold direct to the consumer at LOW EST FACTORY PRICES. We are also earning the largest and handsomest stock of IRON AND BRASS BEDSTEADS AND CRIBS ever exhibited in Washington. 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Only Manufacturers of Bedding Sim the District. blow on our port quarter, and Boon learned the cause of the shock. Some notion of the awful force of the whale's blow can be had when I tell you that the strong little boat was lifted bodily out of the water and half turned an the side anil starboard keel. It was but a moment before we had the pump working, and all not at the pump were balling, but there was no stopping of the water and we had to take to the boats. As there was no wind we had no chance of j sailing heT in, even if we had kept the wa ter out at all. We were in the boats at least two hours before the Bonlta sank as far as her d?cks. When I boarded the Wel j lington the yawl I had been in was put on deck and brought with crew." * MEANING OF CHINESE NAMES. Those on Lanndrlea Are for the Moat Part Fanciful. Prom tho Chicago Chronicle. Sam Moy, speaking of Chinese names, said yesterday: "The majority of the names that you see on the signs of laundries or tea stores kept by Chinamen are simply fancy names adopt ed for their auspicious- significance; for in 'stance, 'Hop Sing' means 'reserving of prosperity.' 'Woh Loorig' means 'success through concord,' 'Nee Wah' means 'in tegrity and harmony.' They are simply mottoes, having no reference to the pro prietor or the members of a firm whatso ever. "livery constituted Chinaman hH Ave names beeiuM lux aurs-un?, or cog nomen. The last Is fixed and handed down from one generation to another. There are more than 800 patronymics known in China. not counting those of naturalized subjects who originated from Tartary. Their deri vation Is various and Instructive, and they embody in their curious hieroglyphic shapes many an historic truth and reference to dy nastic changes. The family names of the first Chinese ambassador to this country. Chin and Jum, were at one time, about 5O0 B. C., the names of two principalities under the Chiw kings. The descendants of the great Shun, the ideal ruler in the golden age of China, were lords of Chin. The defend ants of one of the younger brothers of Wu, founder of the Chow dynasty, were the pet ty sovereigns of Jum. It is from this fam ily that the present minister to the United States is descended. The family of Wu comes from the feudal system of China, which existed for 2,000 years. It was abolished by the first em peror of the Tsln dynasty. He tt was who built the great wall. "Every male child born In China is first called by his 'milk name.' When he grows old enough to attend school he takes a 'book name.' When he has learned the mysteries of composition he competes for literary honors under an assumed name, which is finally adopted. When he success fully passes his examinations and /obtain? his degree his equals address him by an.* other, either coined by them or adopted by him. At his marriage he adopts still an other, called 'style.' Romance Was rfrlrf. From tb" I-nndon Illustrated News. They were pretending to play carda, but rca'.iy they were making love, and they agreed to give each whatever they cut. She cut diamonds. He cut a heart. Just then the old man came in, and 1M had already out a olub. And so they were not married.