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THE EVENING STAB. WASHINGTON. WEDNESDAY January 0, 1004. CKOSBY S. NOTES. Editor TEI BTirara STAJ1 hu * regular and permanent Family Circulation mnoh mora than tha combined circulation of the other Washington dailies. As a Nevi and Advertising Medium it haa no competitor. C Tin order to avoid delays on aooount of peraonal absence, letters to THE STAB should not be addreeaed to any individual connected with the office, but simply to THE STAB, or to the Editorial or Busl neaa Departments, according to tenor or purpose. Minister Beauprs. The erriv<U of Minister Beaupre Is oppor tune- Presumably his official correspond ence with the State Department has been tull and instructive concerning the action at Bogota in the rejection of the oanal treat v. but we may believe that both the President and Secretary Hay will benefit from personal conversation with him on the subject. The story must be interesting in all of Its details, and of course he haa the details. Ills course, so far as the pub 11c Is advised, stands approved by hla offi cial superiors. He waa alert, and carried out his Instructions. He promptly reported all the difficulties In the way of the treaty, and described conditions as they developed at the Colombian capital from time to time. The government seems to have been well served by him In circumstances of trial and embarrassment. It may be. however, that the Amerloan opponents of the treaty with Panama will refu.se to accept Mr. Beaupre aa a witness. Ha may have returned home to find himself at a disadvantage In antl-adminlstratlon circles by reason of his American citizen ship and sympathies. He may be charged with prejudices In the premises. He may be told that he was a mere tool at Bogota in an effort to force unfair terms upon an unwilling people, and that his story and his opinions are of small account In the mak ing up of a Judgment of value. This, it will be remembered, was what happened to American officials, civil and military, who helped execute th8 govern ment's policies in Cuba and tha Philippines While the situation was ticklish in those Countries. They were kept constantly under ?flre by the anti-imperialists, and charged with all sorts of offenses. Their replies to any and all reproaches of misconduct were contemptuously rejected. They were told that they were not In position to tell the tru'h; that they were the agents of ty ranny and did not dare either to disobey Orders or to be frank about their actions. Even Admiral Dewey saw his word put Into the balance against Aguinaldo's, and doubted. Still. American as he Is, Mr. Beaupre will not be without friends In these United States of America. There are still some circles left?a few?where a man who sup ports his own as against outsiders, who does Ills official duty in the belief that his government Is neither treacherous nor tyrannical, but deserving of respect and confidence. Is both welcome and honored. The Big Town is "Opening." Tammany is now fairly well settled in office in New York. The big town it feeling more free and easy than at any time for two years. The reaction from the compara tive rigidity with which the laws were be ing enforced has carried the metropolitans to no flagrant excesses, for they are not aure Just how much the new mayor s re form talk Is sincere and how much of it Is -hot air." But they are not losing time in getting into action, aa Is well attested by the disclosures of the special investigators Started forth last Sunday morning by the Association of Neighborhood Workers, a body of zealous young citizens, who have a fondness for law and order. They visited 4J0 saloons during the day and found 385 of them open. The assumption is that the owners of the other thirty-five were either out of town or lacked the nerve to open for business. This heavy percentage of open saloons does not explain, but makes more Interest ing the fact, as disclosed in the news re ports of Monday last, that there were no excise convictions In the local courts that day. True, one patrolman did report that a certain dispenser of liquor served him Kith a drink during the small hours of Sun day morning, when ha thought to try the gams. But the proprietor declared that the drink was not whisky, as claimed by the policeman, but orange bitters, and accord ingly was discharged. This solitary at ? {empt at excise enforcement heightens the impression that the policemen, whether by order or by a common sense of caution un der the new regime, did not undertake to enforce the excise law. This will doubtless be the continuing story. The success of the 385 out of 420 saloon keepers who opened on Sunday last will, of course, be an encouragement not only to the remaining 35 of this lot and to all the other saloon keepers who were not covered by the investigation, but it will stimulate the gamblers and other vicious classes whose operations have heretofore been attended with a certain amount of danger. To be sure, there Is yet Mr. Jerome, the reform district attorney, to reckon with. ? ud be is no negligible factor. But with the police force aa a passive ally these gentry can expect to reap a fair harvest at ?mall risk of punishment. ? ? ? Mr. Cleveland Is still lecognized as the star performer of the gold democracy, and Is occasionally called upon to express his thanks to the audience in beiialf of himself and his company. ? e ? ? Senator Hoar's opinions cannot always bo accurately predicted, but his politics will probably always be u known quantity. Steel "Common." The action of the directors of the steel trust yesterday In discontinuing the divi dends on the common stock of that corpora tion has occasioned no great surprise, for the recent extraordinary slump In the mar ket price of that security has been accepted aa forecasting this step But It was not generally expected that the financial state ment Ixuued to accompany and explain the discontinuance of dividends would reveal such a serious state of affaire. The total net earnings. It appears, have In the past year been very near 125.000.000 less than the year before, and the balance of the net darnings, after deducting the fixed charges, Vim fallen off a little more than that unoutit, the fixed charges themselves hav ing increased by about half a million. The chief item of this Increase in the charges is a growth from $C24,000 to $1,590,000 In the sinking funds on bonds of subsidiary com panies!. This change is not explained. There is also an Increase of about $4,000,000 in the interest on the trust'a bonds, and a corre spond1 ng Increase of nearly JHOO.OOO in the sinking fund on those bonds. Thua while the net earnings have dlminlahed the fixed charges have lncreaaed, the result, doubt lesa of that peculiar financing against which the minority holders of the stock of the company have been Indignantly and vainly protesting. An item of $5,760,000 is charged oft for depreciation, etc., as against nothing nt th? same kind the year before. The final result of all these changes is that the bal ance available for dividends la $84.280,000 >bb this rear than last. During 1908 the total dividends paid were $48,000,000. a. against total dividends the year before oi srtf.ooO.OOO, and after these dividends went paid there remained at the close of 1903 a surplus of (34,253,000, and a /ear later only $11,068,000. Now It would appear from the outline aa Just given that the business of the steel trust Is falling off, and that the cost of maintaining the financial structure is in creasing. To attest to the first fact Is given the statement that the unfilled' orders on hand December 31, 11)08. totaled 3.215,000 tons as against 5,847,000 tons the year be fore. It Is easy for the public to understand that even if the business falls off the fixed charges remain unchanged. The bonds stand as first lien against the properties, and must be satisfied whether the mills turn a wheel or not. But just why the business should fall off and the fixed charges, the peculiar results of Morganeerlng, should in crease, must yet be explained. The passing of this dividend means a great deal to a very large number of people. They have suffered severely in mind during the months of the stock slump, and some have sold out at a heavy loss in consequence of the scare. But others have held on, hop ing that the dividends would continue and that the slump was only a result of market manipulation. 8ome thousands of these stockholders are employes of the trust, the workers with whom It proposed some time ago to "share profits." Now they find them selves with a very badly depreciated stock on their hands, some of it not fully paid for, which does not yield them a dollar of In come. ? ? ? Mr. Olney and Cuba. This philosophical gem is taken from Mr. 01ney"s speech to Tammany Monday night nominating Mr. Cleveland for President: "Nations, like Individuals, will have their spasms of excitement, their emotional and ungovernable moods, which set at defiance all their normal habits of thought and ac tion. The American people have now been undergoing that experience for the larger part of two presidential term??a period big with consequences, and which, beginning with the needless war over Cuba, has now culminated In a flagrantly wanton war upon Colombia." Nations of excitable temperament, like individuals, should not be played upon to ' the extent of goading them Into a fury. If the Mcond Cleveland administration had oarrled itself properly In the matter of Cuba there would have been no war with Spain. But it dawdled along In a fashion most exasperating both here and In Cuba. The situation In the island was well known even-where. It was a disgrace to Spain, and hurtful In many ways to us. The American people wanted It terminated, and it is no secret that Fltzliugh Lee at Ha vana had no sort of sympathy with the course of his official superiors hero. But Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Olney were Immov able. and Spain, taking heart, tightened her screws to the utmost. Weyler had every body in reach penned up, and was starving the population to death. No administration ever inherited a more difficult or hideous problem than that of Cuba, made so by Mr. Cleveland and his ad visers. Spain did not doubt that things would go on as before; that Mr. McKinley would continue Mr. Cleveland's policy of Indifference and non-interference, and that at some period in the future Cuba would be starved and trounced into submission. Senor de Lome encouraged this idea In his personal and official letters home. But that was a mistake costly for Spain. There was a limit to the patience of the American people, and when It at last was reached they stood as one man in favor of driving Spain out of territory which she had so long, and persistently, and horribly mis governed. When the storm broke there was rivalry as to which party should move the more speedily. Many of the republican leaders were impatient with Mr. McKinley, who had to get ready to strike, and the democrats afterward claimed that they had to drag the republicans into the war by the "scruff of the neck." Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Olney did not feel this pulse, for both were at that time without a party. "The needless war over Cuba"? Let Mr. Olney consult William J. Bryan, who vol unteered to help fight for Cuba; or let him consult William R. Hearst, at present an active candidate for the democratic nomi nation for President of the United States, or the men who In Congress in the spring of 1898 led the democratic party In that body. Thomas O. Piatt. Mr. Piatt Is not as young as he was thirty years ago, but if we may safely Judge him by the speec-h he made In this town at a dinner given In his honor last night, he Is still a young man and still possesses the qualities of leadership. His remarks were full of snap and Judgment, and were strict ly to the point. There has not appeared from any source a clearer appraisement of the political situation, or a more resonant call to battle. His party, as he plainly sees, has a fight before It which is to test its vigor and organisation In far greater degree than at any time since 1892, and victory Is not to be won except by a united stand and a strenuous effort. Although the speech was made for New York consumption. It Is good enough for national circulation, and probably the republican leaders will see that It Is widely distributed. Mr. Dowle's farewell from his flock was long and lingering. There ts a reluctance on the part of his followers ta let the elder out of their sight that Is touching. ? e ? England is said to he favoring poker as a successor to bridgewhlst. John Bull has occasionally demonstrated his ability to bluff like an old hand. Colombia realizes that it would take more than an equipment of typewriters and promissory notes to carry on a war with Panama. ? i ? The holder of steel common stock can frame the certificates and use them as orna- I ments?if he cares to put further expense on them. m ? ? Mr. Bryan may be spending his leisure time on shipboard in thinking up something especially severe to say about Mr. Cleve land. Poet Laureate Austin continues to demon strate that an author with sufficient Influ ence can manage to g?t on without inspira tion. ? ? ? Burlap makes an attractive wall decora tion. but It Is no good for theater curtains. A Philadelphia Expansion Scheme. A movement for a sudden and great growth of the city of Philadelphia ha* re cently been begun, quite appropriately In harmony with the prevailing disposition toward consolation and aggrandizement; Usually such olty-enlargement schemee have been based upon the desire of the city Itself to grow larger. This was the case In New Tork and In Chicago and in Bos ton. But Philadelphia's expansion enter prise Is of quite a different character. The outlying towns and counties named for In clusion are taking the Initiative. They want to creep under the skirts of the big town In order that they may have protection from the malevolent elements whloh now infest the suburbs of Philadelphia. The project Is to Include within the urban area the entire counties pf Montgomery and Delaware, comprising the city of Ches ter and the towns of Ashbourne. Ogontz, Jenklntown. Willow Grove, Sharon Hill. Norwood. Darby. Conshohocken. Plymouth. M?wton and Ablngton. This would give Philadelphia an area of 608 square miles, as compared with London's 092. Thus su perficially It would be one of the very largest cities In the world, while It would take rank as second city In America In point of population, standing next to New York, with 2,000,000 people In 1910, a? esti mated. This calculation rests upon the assumption that meanwhile Chicago, which Is now second, does not take in some new territory or develop a remarkable rate of growth. The latest compilation of city populations, based upon the most recent re liable Information, gives London first place in the world with 4.&36.063, New York sec ond with 3.437.202, Paris third with 2,660, 559, Berlin fourth with 1,888,326 and Chi cago fifth, 1.608,575, while Vienna, Can ton and Tokio are placed above Philadel phia. It is to be noted, however, that all Asiatic city populations are extremely questionable. It is believed that Philadelphia, with an area of 608 miles, under a single system or management would rapidly grow In the course of a decade to 2,500,000. It assuredly has a better chanoe for expansion than New York. At present all of the towns which are included In the annexation move rrent are connected with Philadelphia by trolley lines, so that travel within the area of possible consolidation la easy and oheap. There are, of course, wide stretches of open country between the smaller towns, but it Is thought that if the city's system of police Is extended these places will grow much more freely than they have hereto fore. They have suffered greatly within the past few years from thieves and thngs, who have plied their trade with practically no hindrance from the inadequate . con stabulary of the suburbs. The consolida tion project is only in Its suggestive stage as yet, but it Is being discussed in all its phases by both Philadelphia and the sub urbs and a practical step toward annexa tion may be taken this year. The Local Flr? Precautions. It Is evident from what has heretofore been published In regard to the Commis sioners' activity to insure public security from Are In the local theaters that they are disposed to take full warning from the Chicago fir* to insist upon a strict account ing In the execution of their orders given prior to that disaster. The directions con cerning changes given to several of the theaters where the ordinances are not fully satisfied disclose a high standard. But It cannot well be too high. The resolution adopted by the Senate yesterday calls upon the Commissioners for Information concern ing these fire dangers and fire precautions. A full reply to this Inquiry will disclose ail that has been done before and after the Chicago Are. It will doubtless be the Sen ate's pleasure to learn that the local au thorities have safeguarded the public wel fare In this respect far more distinctly than did the authorities of Chicago during the months and years preceding the Iroquois Theater Are. It Is really too bad that an opera singer cannot have domestic troubles without be ing suspected of concealed advertising. *-*-? The Chicago authorities will never be able i to make up for lost time in the matter of protecting theaters against fire. " | ? ? ? Japan strikes Russia as being rather a small country to insist on preponderating anywhere. When Boston develops a cold-weather fad it goes at it with characteristic thorough ness. SHOOTING STARS. Similarity. "Charley, dear," said young Mrs. Torklns, "don't some of these Southern American generals remind you of race horses?" "In what way?" "Why, they have such funny names, and you never can tell who is coming out ahead." Consideration. "I suppose your legislature did not decide to send you to the Senate without great considers tlon." "No," answered Senator Sorghum. "In fact, I should hate to tell you how much the consideration was." Injudicious Candor. If people always spoke the truth, And never studied to pretend. It's doubtful If there would be one On earth who had a single friend. His Impression. "They tell me," said the Junior partner, "that the man to whom we have been send ing so many bills belongs to a rather fast set." "Well," answered the senior partner, "he may belong to the fast set, but he's a slow settler." Complications. "Do you think there's going to be war be tween Russia an' Japan?" asked the village oracle. The man with the coonskln cap looked at him reproachfully, and said: "When I got married I was a widower with three grown-up boys. I married a divorced woman with two boys an' a girl that has a wonderful gift of eloquence. My wife has decided that she wants to be a grass widow again, and her first husband Is taking sides with her. What's the use of goln' 'way over to Asia lookin' for war?" Vantage Ground. I once got in a little game wlf folks I dldn' know. I can't say when I's had a time dat done perplex me so. De way dem folks would shuffle cards an' look de.pack clean through Remind me of de tricks dat Mlstuh Herr mann used to do. I had one friend In ail de place, an' as my money went He kep' on lookin' sadder, till I didn' have a cent. An' den he says. "Dere's Jes' one fack I ?pecks you dldn' know? You wants to be de dealer, or you ain' got any show." I's listened to some white folks dat'a a-llv in' in de town: Dey told how stocks was goln' up or stocks was comln' down. An' sometimes dey guessed right, an' den dls life was all a Joke; But after while de most o' dem guessed wrong, an' dey was broke. Dey said, "We wouidn' had dls kind o' trou ble if we knew Jes' what dem men dat's managln' de mar ket gwine ter do." I guess It's true, no matter If de game Is high or low. You wants to be de dealer, or you aln' got any show. Be Patriotic. From tb? New York Herald. The democratlo senators who are refus ing to pledge themselves In opposition to the Panama treuty must be commended. They will prove themselves politic as well as patriotic by refraining from factious opposition and by voting for the treaty. The new republic has been recognized by the United States and by European pow ers, and our government has undertaken to defend It against attack and has nego tiated with It a treaty for acquiring and completing the canal. This country has gone too far to draw back now. It is not a question of supporting the President; it is a question of standing by the United States, and to refuse to ratify the treaty would be to place politics above patriot lam. Even from a merely partisan point of view the democratic senators would blunder In trying to defeat the treaty, for In such a situation as the present the American people, regardless of party lines, are in favor of supporting the government, right or wrong. Capital! From the Baltimore American. Washington Is to rid ltsejf of Its slums. This will certainly be a capital move In more ways than one. I T"S an Insurance policy of (rood health to ho provided with rubbers at this season. Here will he found everything required for foot protect lou?RUBBERS, OVERSHOES and * RUBBER BOOTS, for men. women and children. Lowest prfefs for the b?st. C7"Hot Water Bottles, $1.23 up. M. LINDSAY Rubber ? . Co. ( 2 HI C. ) , Bdw^N.Y. Phone 1008. 807 Ta. Ave. Ja6-w,f.m-20 ft SNYDER & KIDD. 1211 F Street. Big Saviors on Footwear During AramuaE Discount Sale. Our Annual Discount Sale is an event fraught with great saving oppor tunities. The reductions are gen eral ? comprising Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes in the newest styles, made in a variety* of choice leathers. These shoes are all highly desirable and every pair rep resents a genuine bargain. Soyder K2dd, Successors to Hoover & Snyder,; 1211 F Street. dinner Parties a specialty. Dinner Givers ?who are nujnbered.among our patrons are successful entertainers. This Is doe in (Treat degree to our excep tional facilities for supplying the CHOICEST of EVERYTHING required for the table. Game, Sea Wood, Capons, Hothouse Vege tables and Fruits, etc. E7 Lowest prices for the best. Cottage MarketT8*8 *4th St. JaO-w.f.tn-20 | ?Ail the newest and | most artistic effects in WaEl Papers. HE New Wall Papers on show, here now are decided ly attractive. Many orig inal styles that'll prove most effective In carrying out special schemes for home beau Ik tlfylng. E. N. Richards, 1330 O Street N.W. ja6-2Sd iMtiminnuiiiiUiimniiiiimHiiiiiHimiiiimtiiiMitiiiiHiimiimmmuiiiuutinuMinuiuiimciiniinn Furs Third OFF Regular Prices. m eduction'S on our fun Invariably bring prices below reduction levels elsewhere, because our original prices sre the lowest. The quality of everything of fered Is the best, regardless of price. E7An early visit ts suggested. SAKS FUR CO., FURS exclusively. 19th end G St?. ESTABLISHED 1886. 1aO-w,fs,m-28 mtmimimtr.iiir I Insure Deliciousness ?when dressing salads by us ing our "LUCCA OLIVE OIL." It imparts the rarest flavor. Full qts 90c. The W. S. Thompson Pharmacy, 70315th st. Frank C. Henry, Prop. ;aR28d Delicious Home-Made ; , '1 o Every -on# who appreciates food pastry praises Holmes' [ome-made Pies. The best materials and the cleverest skill are empteyerf in their making. Mince and other favorite kinds, 20c. each. Delivered anywhere. Holmes' Bakery, 1st and E Sts. 'Phone East 864. ja6-w.f.a.m,4Q P=U=N=C=H for Receptions, Dinner Parties ?, whlte ready-to-serve ?ed or white Punch ts the ,nJ C*rA fashionable hew ana cara tga at Washington's P-Hioo aortal functions. 60o. JraTllCS. quart. $3 gallon. Maraschino Cherries, 73c. qt., 40c. (it., 28c. % pt. To=Kalon ?CoPu. Ja?-20fl ?t-11 ? t t ft ? *-t tttttttitttt-itt t-~M Oddments. A good old English word with a world of meaning. 50c Values. Oddments of Fancy Braids and Guimpa. Some were 50o yard. On Second 1 floor. Oddment Day tomorrow,?caS 8 early, secure first choice, and dimes shaSl do the duty of doS lars. Tables filled with seasonable oddments are to dot all five floors. $12 Skirts. Oddments of $8 to *12 Chev iot, Broadcloth and Eta mine Skirts at $3.98 for choice. $10 Coats. Oddments of IS to >10 Kereey Coats, lined through out. Black and cas tor only. Only too few. $5 Skirt9. Oddments of Taffeta Silk Petticoats. None were less than $5. Choice for $2.98. 39c Skirts. Oddments of short flannelette Skirts. Made full width and with deep hem. $1 Corsets. Oddments of Coutll and Satin Girdle Corsets. Sizes 18 to 29. In one style or an other. 25c Drawers. Oddments of Drawers, mostly closed style. Of good muslin, with cluster tucks. Third floor. 49c 75c Garments. Oddments ? Flannelette Kl monas, Sacque? and Night Gowns; Knit Sacques, Canton Flannel Draw ers, Eiderdown Dressing Sacques. 25c Jewelry. Oddments of laoe pins, hat pins. Bleeve but tons. See table ful near ele vator. 15c 50c Books. O d d m e n ts, mostly boys' and girls' best books. See great table full at 11th st. door. 12/^c Value. Oddments of flannelette and Outing Cloth; old year stylea; best 12%c qual ity. Second floor. 25c Odd Garments. >ddments of Ladles' and Chil dren's Ribbed Union Suits, ? eat*, pants, tights, ooraet covers and hose. 49c r $1 Bags. O d d m e nta, among which are latest style Hand Bags. 49o for K bags; 91 tor usual $3 bags. H2c 3c 15c Ribbon. Odd nvents>? short lengths of 10c and 15o Rib bons; good col ors, all silk, but narrow width. 15c 50c Ribbons. Oddments of beat Ribbons, up to 5 inches wide. Hurry for choice of best colors and lengths. 98c $2.50 Waists. Oddments ? heavy Pique, Cheviot, Madras and Wool Flan nel Wai3ts. On Third floor. 29c 75c Buttons. Oddments of all kinds, some were 75c. dozen. Choice for 29c. Second floor. 39c Underwear. Ladles' Union Suits, tights, sep arate vests and pants, all stylea Of hosiery, 50c to $1 values, at 89c. 19c Underwear. Ladies' and Men's Hosiery. Children's Union Suits, Vests, Pants and Hose, 25c to 39c values, at 19c for choice. $35 Boa. Oddment? White Ostrich Boa, with six long tall enda. On second floor, with trimmings. $20 Boas. Oddmenta o f black, white and gray Ostrleb Boas. Beat Quality, lH>'*rda Ions. 10c 33c Values. Oddments of Scissors, Shot Laces In doaea Iota, Infants' Moccaslna, etc. 50c Vesting. O d d m ents? short lengths of mercerized vest ings, reduced to 12c yard. Seo ond floor. 75c $1.50 Suiting. O d d m ents? but full - dress lengths of best suitings for tai lor-made dress 37c 75c Suiting. Oddments of BOe. to T5o. all wool Cloth Suit ings. Plenty of dress lengths. 39c 75c Silk. Oddments of 00c. to 75c. Fou lard Silks. Hurry for choice of most desirable lengths. .44 $2.50 Blankets. Oddments of Gray Wool Blah kets, extra heavy and full size. Reduced to $1.44 pair. 88c 44c 60c Sheets. Oddments of best hand torn, ? hemmed and ironed Sheets only 44c. Pillow rases for 9c. 15c Towels. Oddments of those big hem med Huck Tow els. 40 inches long. On Second floor. 2c Notions. Choice of Hooks and Eyes, Shoe Laces, Ma chine Oil, Spool Cotton and Silka, Stocking Darn ers, Brush Bind ing, etc. 10c Toilet Needs. Large Sponges, Toothbrushes, Talcum Powder, Whisk Brooms, etc. Some worth 25c. Table full in room adjoin ing elevator?at lOo. 25c Values. Odd moats Laces, Handker chiefs and Veil ings. See tables dotting these de partments. 35c 50c Pieces. Oddments of Ladies' Fancy Neck Pieces, all this season's styles. 5c ioc Values. Pomp adour Combs, Pin Books, Garter Elastic, English Tape, etc. Oft table at 11th at. door. 4c ioc Value. Oddments In art department ?pure linen doy lies, silk tassels, fancy cord, eto. $3.75 $5 Cushion!. O d d m ent?? last of the IB finished Sofa C u s h 1 ons, at $3.75 for choice. Art department. $1.88 $3.00 Blankets. Oddments?last of those heavy and sturdy 8cotch Wool Blankets, for on ly 11.88 pair. ioc China. Oddments of decorated Plates, Fruit Saucers. etc.. reduced from 10c to 4c. Base ment floor. 12c 25c China. Oddments of Vegetable Dishes. Meat Platters, Pickle Dishes, eto. 13o for c h o10? ? Basement. 49c 1.50 China. damenta of Wash Baslna and Pitchers. W ere 75c. to H BO. Now 49a for choice. Base ment floor. 15c 7?c China. Oddments of Small Pitchers and Soap Dishes. Were 25c. to 75c. Now 13c for choice. Basement. $1.25 Blankets. Odd merits last of those English Fleece Blankets, look ing like the most expensive. Only 88c pair. 38 c 50c Damask. Odd men ts? but full pieces of this famous Gorman Table Damask; GO inches wide. Napkins for 98c dozen. $2 Curtains. Oddments of Lace Curtains. AH 1 and 2-pair lots. At half price?50o to $8 instead of SI to $10. $5 $5 Desks. Oddments ? among which are Ladies' Oak Writing Desks with drawer, etc. Fourth floor. 8c Stationery. Linen Lawn Writing Paper at 8c pound. Nearly one hun dred sheets for only 8c. One quarter the usu al price. Chinaware. Oddments, tho various pieces front broken dinner and toi let aets. Values up to 80c. at lOo for eholce. Basement floor. 16c 25c Pictures. Oddmenta o f attractive Pic tures, in 8x10 Inch gilt frames. Fourth floor. 39c 75c Pictures. Od dmenta ? Among which is the famous "Yard of Flow era," in rich gilt frame. Fourth floor. 29c 59c Gloves. Oddments of Ladies' Qiaos Kid Olores. Some were more than OVc. Choice for 29c. ODDMENTS OF BOOKS, STATIONERY, JEWELRY, ETC. C7See tables on first floor....ldo for Boya* and CttrUr beat BOo. booka..,. 45c for 5-volume cloth bound Bets....91.00 for Dickens' works In 10 cloth bound vols....11c for 28c fancy boxes of Stationery; 25c for 50c boxes, BOo for $1 boxes, 89o for Jl-50 boxes....80 pound for 90o Writing Paper; 8c for Envel opes Bo. for 20o Desk Ornaments and Jewelry?lOe for We to tOo Jewelry of all kinds....83o for $1 Silk Belts. $7.50 Portieres. Oddments of Tapestry Por tieres. $5 to $7.50 values, at $3.98 a pair. Fourth floor, with the Lace Curtains. $7.50 Screens. Oddments ? among which are rich Japanese Screens, richly embroidered. Fourth floor. Ipal&ib A. (LOsooaiP (9 adodsO D flttflo ?Q?a ?4 111 H 1 1 1 1 11 >111111?1I l?*"j; trilidr Fresh ETerjrDay. > ' 9 i: :i Confections i: iiAre Favorites!: ?with all who enjoy pure, delicious CHOCOLATES and BONBONS. That money cannot buy finer conf ections than REEVES' is a firmly estab lished fact. Seventy varieties made of finest materials, FRESH EVERY DAY. :? Home=Made !? i; PIE: And Cakes." The products of our Bak ery Department are the finest of their kind. Delicious Home - made Mince and Pumpkin Pies? generously filled and per fectly baked. All other kinds of Pastries and Cakes. Everything made of choic est ingredients, including Best Creamery Butter and Fresh Country Eggs. ETYoti can obtain a delirious luncheon in our LUNCH DEPT. The most popular place In town. ?! GROCERY "SPECIALS." Walter Baker's Cocoa, per cao 19a. Walter Baker's Chocolate, per cake 14c. Ko>al Baking Powder, pound ca.na 40e. Armour's Sliced Baron, pound cans.... 28c. Armour's Potted Ham. la case 4e. Durkee's Salad Dresalng. per bottle.... 23c. Lea * Perrto's Sauce, per bottle 22o. Sa polio, per oak* la. T 1209 f:: "' Fr?nr Grocerlea. Candles, ?? ., rour i-?epis., Bakery Gooda I.unch. ?? It Alcohol Holds Out False Hopes. Catarrh sufferers who hare become ulitres to liquid catarrh remedies as soon as they stop the treatment find themselves worse Instead of better. These unfortunate victims often learn from their physician for the first time that a liquid catarrh remedy simply makes the mucous membranes drunk, destroys the natural sensations of the pArts, deceiving them by false stimulation Into the belief that the medicine Is helping. Every one knows that alcohol In any form will deceive. It deceives the head. It deceives the hands. It deceives the feet; but nowhere In the body la alcoholic deceit more apparent than upon the mucous membranes. Catarrh can never be cured by alcoholic decelta and the people are learning to avoid alcohol ca tarrh cures. Furthermore, they are fast learning that Smith's Triple Cure, handy, efficient and in tablet form, is far better and yields more lasting results. Catarrh sufferers know that while liquid remedies give temporary relief, because the alcohol makes the membranes dmnk. such medicines soon itenslfy their trouble. They become slaves to the alcohol habit as surely by using liquid catarrh remedies as when whiskey is used as a beverage. Smith's Triple Cure not only Is free from alcohol, but it actually cures catarrh In every part of the body?dry catarrh, stomach catarrh, bowel catarrh, systemic catarrh?In fact, there Is no form of catarrh that Smith's Triple Cure does not cure fully and completely. Have nothing, therefore, to do with alcohol or liquid catarrh reuiedies, but uae Smith's Triple Cure, which conslwts of four sepa rate preparations, three In tablet form, to be used internally, curing catarrh of the stomach, liver, bowela, pelvis and systemic catarrh, and making rich, red blood, and a catarrh cream, used locally, curing catarrh of the head and nasal passages, bronchial catarrh and catarrh of the lungji. A full two weeks* course of the four preparations In one large box, sold at only 50 cents by all dealers, the greatest value for the money ever offered. If your druggist won't supply you, send 25 two-cent stamps by mall today, and we will send It postpaid and guarantee safe delivery- Address W. F. Hmlth Oe., 128 Summer St., Boston. Mass. The Feast Nose Piece Another comfort for those wearing Glasses. ?A notable Improvement. It oan be readily fitted to the nose?it has no tortoise shell or cork to gather , perspiration?It's firm?and can- < not slip. It doesn't irritate. Its | advantages are evident at a | glance H. D. Feast & Co., 1213 F Street. <a4-28d ?aa absolutely pure rye ^ whiskey, that Is popular because it deserrea T,$/} " I " L full qt. 8 Years Old. Chas- KRAEMER, 735 Seventh St. fa3-28i PHONE EAST 888. Accordeon and Knife ? Plaiting. # ? ? Plaiting. ? e Parisian Sun - Pleated I I Skirts, fine Embroidery J ? YVork, Dangles, Ornaments ? e and Buttons made to match I J your garments. J ? Tailor-made Button Holes, ? e Fine Stitching, Tucking and I J Ruching to-order. * ? Pinking, ic. per yard. S ; Oppenheimer's, e New Borne Ajeeey. * *. 514 9th ft.W. ? * de#-T8t.8B ? ,e*oooeoeoooo*ee*oos**eeeoo? THE KIDNEYS When healthy eliminate all petaoa* ties tkj ?yeteja?but^lf weak, tbe bleed becomes petseeed LeNard's uric Acid Solvent. ?J flSMfcTTSt ?%??.?& 901.VETO. It !s^ ageclft^fw OOCT. DROMJ.A inwob* Removes sweW. sliaUnate/oSMW. M *U loedloc InngllTl Homee Cues as |M? We* pared only fey, ?nJ?" deU-lm*-n