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FAsHIoS's Seasons.

hodiONS SClSSORS.
Whetted by your demands and pointed by our
ambition to serve you peerieesly-have designed
garments for our stock this season that are just
simply unexcellable. Matchable' Yes, in the
doubtful.
The most artistic hand must be seconded and
Sustained by the finest grades of fabrics else the
final effect will be marred The moulding
however graceful-done in ugly patterns-sec-
ond-class and ordinary weavings-win fall far
below the standard of excellence upon which
such talent should perch.
Our first care then was for the fabrics-The
best grades, the most pleasing patterns and the
greatest variety of them were culled by us from
Americas wealth of ingenuity. Then a search
ing glance across the water developed mine of
new ideas-new combinations-these we in
cluded. The cost had not been counted-Our
aspirations lead us to perfection-that's our
goal-and we're striving hard to reachit
These gems Of weavings were placed in experts
hands. Were cut, made, trimmed-in every
single, minute detail as are custom garments
and finally delivered to us as the highest tvpes
Of tailoring urt-either ready made or to order.
We talk in this strain to-day, because for
some time past we've harped on the cheaper
grades-$1O to SIS. If we were to constantly
dwell on that ground you'd become forget
full Of the higher, more elegant lines that we
have in stock. Forgetful-because it's an un-
usual thing to find literally the best Of eueyy-
thing already made up.
Between $15 and $40 we are prepared to meet
the wants of the most fastidious The harder
you are to please the better test of our success
That we can meet your views we're confident
Give US the opportunity.
sAKs AND COMPANY,
FINE GRADE CLOTHING.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-21
Look To YoUR FEET.

LOOK To YouR FEET.
Not only appearance. but ones comfort is so much
at stake. The best Shoes always cheapest It's not
always, however, all afford the first outlay.
The best Shoes at reduced prices rare The Palas
Royal offers a rare chance.
90 PER CENT DISCOUNT OFF THE MARKED
PRICES OF EVERY ARTICLE IN
THE SHOE STORE.
ca 10 per cent discount Art Goods
Especial sale prices below
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-21

Inc merchant who doesn't credit others doesn't hsve
70 ASK credit himself and Is the first be visited by
n'snufacturers wishing to realize money on their
SHOCKS Thus the credit merchant doesn't have the
chanee 70 buy IS simultaneously his promp,-pay
orotner IN business; and. as be cannot afford 10 sell
as small proht how can his prizes nrerarn as low,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-21

els AND 617 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
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POPULAR SHOPPING PLACE.
ESTABLISHED % YEARs)
THOSE FIG URED CHINA DRESS SILKS AT SOC.
Il YARD.
AT the rate they have started in to sell they
won't be with us long. All the new coIors, 22
inches wide,
ssss' &C. 9o9 A - A R + h BDP B
S. S5oGS 6cG g.: AZ 4 7 I AZ II kBD6
All of our best Koechlins and other makes Of
French Satteens, goa
ass22sa OoOoOo lCcCC A Y Y A RRR Odd
g. 6; sS 5oe g. AZ / 7 IL II fl hBD5
Il RARE BARGAIN IN GYNGHAMs
Dress Ginghams, stripes and plaids, in 10
yard dress patterns,
75c FOR 10 YARDS.
Fancy Mohairs in beautiful designs. Just out
from the factory. Think of it, only
1oC. A YARD
THOSE FOUR BARGAINS TILL CEEATE MORE
TALK THAN IF We Wrote n PAGE FULL.
THIEF =, ,W0yDERFUL VALUES IN BEADED
There are just "a of them. divided into three
lots. and to be sold at prices that
couldn't buy them for earlier in the season.
Those who need wrap cannot afford to let an
opportunity like this slip by unheeded.
IL Beaded Pelerines, in two different Styles
beaded in designs in Faille silk, jetted
sleeves. At So you'd be getting bargain; at
the price we offer them ts3.SS EACD you are
not even paying for the making of them
Handsome Beaded Perelines, very pretty de-
sign, edged all round with narrow bead gimp
jetted sleeves. Value fully Sc 80: Just what we
have been getting for them right along Yours
for 1915.
q Elegant Beaded Pelerines on beautiful quail
ity silk, very rich pattern, jetted sleeves with
pendants attached; so is what they brought;
$3.50 will buy one now.
HOUSE COOLIES AND CONFORTERS Nv QUE
UPHOLSTERY DEPARTMENT.
1000 Adjustable Wire Window Screens well
made, FOR Zoe. each.
800 Cross-stripe Scrim Curtains, pretty de-
sign G4c. q pair That's very cheap. Put
pair of these up instead of the heavy hangings.
It's pleasant relief.
Spring Roller Window Shades all colors orc
each. Better ones of best Scotch Holland,
Hartshorn spring rollers, 5Oc. each.
Lace Bed Sets, three pieces, SOC. q set; were
s1.35.
Coiored Striped scrim, &c. yard: was 1Oc
Hat-RacEs, pins, lie. EACH
Towel-Racks, il antique oak cherry 4Oc
each.
Imitation China Silk in beautiful patterns,
goods which look as well as draperies at 81 25a
yard; special, Poe. yard
Screen-frames, to be covered with light dra-
peries.4 and feet high, 3panes, SO, So 5Oa and
"a each.
This weather needs something to make the
room light and airy locking. Itgoes great way
toward standing the heat.
Art MATERIALS
Lay i'll your supply NOW for summer pas
time" work. We offer Inducements enough for
You to do so.
Cheuilles and Arrasenes, 1916 Dozen
Chenille cord. sc. yard
Ribbosene, I9c Dozen
That's how the balance will be sold. All inthe
same proportion.
odd colors in satin-covered pin cushions,
12L6e. each.
Stamped Linen Scarfs; 81 inches long, tied
fringe, only lie each
Bs "A ! ! Mn Nm ~ ssss
BBR "A Y Y MMMM ssss
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-21

MEMS MACKINAw SILK BAND, ACC. MEMS
w Milan Braid, sec. Boys Mackinaw Hats, see
These are real nue goods and worth double the money
, 1889-10-02

The idea of bringing out the rhino-
ceros was to get something that no
other country could beat for ugliness.
While there are several brands of the
beast, all put up in different packages
with different labels, all amount to
the same thing when you cut the
string and unite the bundle. While
the giraffe is two stories high with a
hip roof, the rhinoceros stopped
short at the basement and has never
been finished up. To reward him for
not being quite SO homely as the hip
popotamus, he was given q hide Sc
thick that a grape shot would only
tickle him, and as an offset for not
having a mouth as large as an alliga-
tor he was given a temper as hot as
wildcats and hornets boiled down to-
gether.
The rhinoceros was not expected
to cut anything of a dash in this
world. He was given to understand
that if he took good are of his appe-
tite and made it unpleasant for every
living thing which came within mile
of him, nothing further would be ex-
pected of him. So far as man has
been able to discover, the beast never
cracks a smile or makes a joke, and
nothing ever steps on his coattails and
gets away alive. The legend in re-
gard to him is that he puts in the
hours between daylight and sunrise
grieving because he wasn't made a
turtle dove, but legends are not to be
depended upon.-Detroit Free Press.
, 1889-10-02

The Listener" in The Boston Tran
script reminds us again that there is
no misfortune without its compensa-
tions. He tells of q venerable and dis
tinguished old gentleman, who, being
very hard of hearing, enjoys the deaf
mans immunity, and always carries
his silence compelling veto" with
him.
Not long ago he did a young man a
favor, which was of immense value.
The youth, overwhelmed with graft
tude, visited his benefactor, and seized
the a trumpet with emotion.
80 Nj. -" he exclaimed, 81 can
never"-
The old man removed the other end
of the tube from his ear. The youth
found himself talking to thin air. He
went off into a ridiculous pantomime
of entreaty, all the while brandishing
the unconnected ear trumpet. The old
man smiled.
There r times" he said, when il
is very convenient to be deaf
The young nan was obliged TO &c
away without having communicated
to his ~benefactor a single word OF
thanks.
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter.
says Keats. The smiling ''veto" of the
deaf old gentleman in this instance
put a certain humor into the lines
which Keats never meant.
, 1889-10-02

Now that the newspapers are all
talking of DR.. Brown-Sequard and his
wonderful elixir, stories of his expert
enees in this vicinity are in order, and
some of those which are told are droll
enough.
1t may be remembered that one of
his ideas was that the CON
dition of a person could be judged by
the susceptibility of the skin, and this
he tested by the distance apart at
which two pin pricks merged them
selves into one to the sensation of the
patient. This method he used with
considerable success, being not infre-
quently called in as a specialist in
complex cases of nervous disorder.
On one occasion, it is said, he was
called upon to go the suburbs of Bos-
ton to see a young lady who was suf-
fering from some trouble, and
vas left alone with the patient to
make his examination. After a time,
which seemed to the family rather
long, he came downstairs with O very
serious face and informally the family
that he was extremely sorry to report
that the vitality of the girl seemed SO
low that there seemed no possibility
of her rallying. They were thunder
struck, as the case, though obstinate,
had by no means been regarded as a
serious one. The family physician,
who had been unable to be present,
was sent for in all haste. He assured
the frightened relatives that there was
some mistake, and proceeded to go up
to the chamber of the invalid to hear
her account of the examination.
That man you sent here" she an
nounced almost before he could ask
her, twas a fool"
He is nothing of the sort, +" was the
answer. He is a very able specialist. "
"Well," she said, Il know he acted
like a fool. All he did was to stick
pins into my back and ask me if it
hurt. OF course l said no."
The physician was too much amused
to be angry, but the conclusion of DR..
Brown-Sequard was at once explained,
to the great relief of the family.-Bos-
ton Courier.
, 1889-10-02

1t would, in the opinion of some
not persons of the most austere virtue,
but still people of average morality
be a pity if the bull fights were to dis
appear from Spain. Humanity must
disapprove of IL, but, none the less, it
is a piece of picturesque barbarism-
a thing the tourist loves. Besides, in
Spain it is in its own house. 1t has
always been there, and, whatever the
preacher may say, it no more brutal
ICES the Spaniards-a naturally civil
and affectionate nation-than the
practice of catching fish with a hook
and leaving them TO die on the bottom
of a boat or On a river bank brutalizes
the many estimable, nay, even low
able, gentlemen who adhere to it.
Let us clear our minds of cant. The
bull fight at home and the bull fight
abroad are two very different things.
The mere fact that it is not natural to
any country condemns its introduce
ton to that country. Those who
would bring it in act in defiance of
the accepted traditions of their own
society, which is bad in itself, and,
seeing what the nature of the show is,
they must be indifferent to the inhict-
ing or watching the inhicting of pain.
Those surroundings and that past,
which, if they do not redeem, do at
least, to some extent, veil the real
character of the show in Spain, cannot
be reproduced elsewhere. What can
be imported is the torture or slaughter
Of horses and bulls, and the risk to the
lives of men, which, as the well in
formed know, is always great. De-
lberately TO import these is, and must
be, ~brutalizing in the last degree
Saturday Review.
, 1889-10-02
The ohivalrous Knights.

The %chivalrous knights who came
over with the Conqueror, the mobiles
who fought at Neville's Cross and
Crecy and Agincourt, were, for the
most part, the merciless tyrants of
their serfs and dependents. Sordid
rapacity kept pace with reckless pro-
fusion, and in the arbitrary exercise
of their feudal rights they shrank
from no form of oppressive cruelty.
Their brutalities would have diseraced
a Jonathan Wild, and their crimes
would'seem scandalous in the New
gate calendar. To do them Justice,
they were as hard on their equals as
on their interiors, though, from a
point of perhaps egotistical punctilio,
they spared their equals the dishonor
of actual torture. The captive had
neither comfort nor mercy TO expect
till he paid his ransom or was rescued
by his friends.
What stories of slow misery in the
very shadow of death might be told
by the dungeons hat may be seen be-
meath the foundations of such castles
as Warkworth or Kenilworthl There
the well nurtured knight, like Damian
de Lacy in 1.-THE Betrothed," shackled
and ironed, although there was no pos
sibllity of escape, was doomed to soil
tary %seclusion on the coarsest and
scantiest food. Fettered in the damp
and darkness among loathsome creep
ing things, he drew breath with diff
Guilty in the .foulest air; and it was for
tunate for him that, like the cold
blooded toads that were his fellow
prisoners, undeveloped sensibility
saved him from insanity.
The only access to those lonesome
oubliettes was, as at Warkworth,
through the trap door opening in the
roof. What must have been the tone
of mind of the chivalrous lord of the
castle who could feast and carouse in
the banquet hall above stairs with
such horrors and such suffering be-
meath his feetl But what between
hard fighting, free feasting and deep
drinking the mobiles of the Middle Ages
seem to have kept conscience at arms
length, rs they had become absolutely
ind rent to the sufferings of their
FELLOW creatures. There were rare ex-
ceptious to prove the rule. Some
princes and wealthy mobiles were
piously inclined and munifcent.
They gave literally in their life times,
and made magnificent ecclesiastical
foundations. -Blackwood's Magazine.
, 1889-10-02
Napoleon a. a r,arrrirht.

1t is not generally known that Ma
poleon tried his hand at playwrit-
ing. II appears from authentic docu-
ments still extant that the emperor
kept this fact entirely scent until a
few days before his death, when he
confessed his first and only dramatic
offense to his old friend, Gen. Ber-
trand. He told the general that ten
years before he became emperor he
had written a tragedy during his leis-
ure from military duties.
After mounting the throne he com
missioned Jean Luce de Lancival, the
author of various tragedies and profess
o at the College de Navarro, TO revise
his play for public production. The
dramatic committee of the Theatre
Francois, however, not knowing that
the emperor had anything to do with
1t, rejected the tragedy without cere-
mony. Napoleon owned TO Gen. Ber-
trand that he was very much exas-
perated at the time, and ordered the
professor to return the piece with the
following mandate in the imperial
handwriting:
"The players of the Theatre Fran
Gals are TO perform the rejected TRACE
dy in a fortnight"
Two weeks later, on Oct. l, 1909, the
tragedy, which was called Hector, "
was duly produced at the Theatre Fran
Gals with the name of Luce de Lanci-
val attached as the author. The en-
peror frankly admitted to the general
that is was a very tedious affair, and
was only saved from utter shipwreck
by the superb acting of his friend,
Talma.
1t cured him forever of the notion
that he was possessed of the requisite
talent to reap dramatic as well as mill
tary laurels. AS a partial atonement
for the humiliation that the fiasco of
Hector" caused the purported author,
Napoleon presented Professor Lanci-
val with the order Of the Legion of
Honor. M. de Jouy, who had written
a hattering critique of the tragedy for
The Gazette de France, was rewarded
in the same manner.-Paris Letter.
, 1889-10-02
The Way She FIXED Him.

Young Wife-You are not going out
tonight, IRE your
Husband-Yes, my dear, l must go
back to the office and post my books.
Pm afraid I'll be kept late.
Y. W.-Not going anywhere except
to the Officer
H.-No-o.
Y. W.-Well, then, step into Strong
Smell & Co. S around the corner from
your office on your way down. They'll
be open until s O'Clock. Get a couple
of mackerel and bring them home
when you come.
H--Ye-es, my dear. Good night.
Y. w. Ito herself as her husband de-
parts)-He won't do much theatre go
ing with those mackerel in his pocket.
New York News.
, 1889-10-02
No Plol-

A Chester county physician has
read the dictionary through from
cover to cover, word for word, and
accomplishing the task The plot Of
citing and com~plicating to enchain
the readers attention, aud induce him
to finish the work at one sitting. The
absence of thrilling situations, start
ling climaxes and love making cpl
sodes prevents the book from being In
great demand at our circulating libra
ries. Sentimental young ladies sell
dom call for it.-Norristown Herald.
, 1889-10-02

Read the following. Mr.. G. II. Nor.
ris. Newark, Ark, says: WAS down
with Abscess Of Lungs, and friends and
physicians pronounced me an Incurable
Consumptiye. Began taking DIR. King
New Discovery for Consumption. and
now on nv third bottle, and able to over
see the work on my farm. Ii is the finest
medicine ever made"
Jesse MIddlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says:
Had 1t not been for DR.. Kings New
Discovery tor Consumption | would have
died of Lung Troubles. Was gfen up
by doctors. Am now 10 the best OF
health" Try it. Sample bottles free at
b. b. David's drug store.
, 1889-10-02
Mhat.s I'm "A Mnrd2

A New York pastor, who, tho dgh a
Scotchman, had lived in America over
forty years, was one day taken to task
by his daughter for the broadness of
his accent in the pronunciation of the
word difference.
How do l pronounce it7" he asked.
"You say difference"
"And what do you say2"
Difference"
Looking at her for a moment, and
getting her to repeat, he continued
We'll, now, M, will you just be
SO kind as to tell me the difference be-
tween difference and dufference2"
The daughter gave up her hopeless
scholar to gang his ain gait" in pro-
n%unciation in the future. -Harper's
Magazine.
, 1889-10-02
THE NAIAp.

1t was but a phantom indeed
Disarmed me, the emperor's knighl
Who stood In the way Of my steed
The eve wiki a fight and a light
A truce OF delight;
Said Dearesti her breath on my cheek,
And FollGw her hand on my wrist
Her eyeIids were holy and meek.
Her eyes like the perishlng mist
That moonlight has kissed
Months after, at dawn as we rode,
All trembling and tender spake She
Beware OF the brook In the wood,
Whose willows drip aye from the knee;
never must seer
But straight In the forest path sold
Ere Rolf of his bride got grace,
With a cry and a thrill from my hold
Slipped soft Us a star into space
Her voice and her facet
What was It ran under my feet,
Rich golden and ashen and blue,
AS swift as my love and as SWEET
All, that was the brook that / knew
My soul had to rueI
For God drew my senses from thran
As moor lift the tide. could see
Mid shadows that sprayed In their fall
The weird saplings, glossy and three.
Drip aye from the knee.
Not now In the banner bright rank,
The shield to my breast like a bride
Buta weak lily. washed on a / INK
To pine for the known and denied,
Here will l have died,
Well rid OF the years and their guile.
And blessed forever In this:
To end near her step and her smile,
Her magic, her beauty. her bliss,
The Water she isl
Louise Imogen Quincy In The Independent
, 1889-10-02

Have a cigarT Said Boring bloke to
Ogleboy.
mo, thanks" answered Ogleboy, IT
don't like the taste of nicn-
THAT is not a nickel cigar, sir, :"
said Borinbloke and he turned away
in a huff before Ogleboy could finish
saying that he did not like tte taste
of nicotine.-Detroit Free Press.
, 1889-10-02

Mr.. f. P. Loveioy. a large dealer in
general merchandise at Wabuska, New,
says: Il have tried St. Patrick's Pills
and can truthfully say they are the best l
have ever taken or know used" As a
pleasant physic or for disorders of the
liver they will always give perfect salts
faction. For sale by 3. B. David.
, 1889-10-02
A tale old man. Mr.. Jas. Wilson, o

4 EaIe Old man, Mr.. Jas. Wilson, Of
Aliens Springs. H., who is over GO years
of age, saws: Il have in my time tried a
great many medicines, some of excellent
quality; hut never before did | find any
that would so completely do all that is
claimed for it as Chamberlain's Collie
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. 1t is
truly a wonderful medicine For sale
by b. r. David.
, 1889-10-02
aurk,cn.. Arnicn snlxr.

The best salve in the world tor cuts
bruises. sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores. letter. chapped hands. chilblains,
eorns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or nc pay required. Ii is
guaranteed TO I've perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale,.by B. B. David, Druggist.
, 1889-10-02

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, 1889-10-02
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, 1889-10-02

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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-05-17
Congressional Contested Elections

WASHINGTON, May 9.-Mr.
Mobley, clerk of the house CON-
mittee on elections OF the fiftieth
congress, is diligently at work IN
arranging, printing and docketing
the papers received in the con.
tested election cases which will
claim the attention of the comittee
during the ffty.frst congress.
These papers, together with the
exhibits in 16 cases which have
already been testified to the clerk
of the house, are very vOluminous,
requiring no less than 259 pack.
ages to contain them. Of the six.
teen cases on file all but three come
from the southern states.
Indiana furnishes one, that of
POsey against Parrot, from the
nrst district; Connecticut presents
one, that of Seymour against Miles
from the fourth district, and Mary.
land adds her quota in the case of
Mudd and Compton, from the fifth
district. Virginia and Mississippi
report as finished three cases.
Virginia, those of Waddill against
Wise in the third Langston
against Yenable in the fourth, and
Bowen against Buchanan in the
ninth districts, and in Mississippi
those of Chalmers against Morgan
in the second Hill against Catch
ings in the third, and Kerhsghan
against Hooker IN the fifth dis
trictS.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-05-17
Desperate Deeds of Hlghwaymen,

TUCSON, a. T.. May 13.-Later
advices of the robbery of United
States Paymaster Wham on Satur-
day afternoon show that it was
one of the most desperate and sue.
cessful robberies and fights in the
history of Arizona Territory. The
scene of the battle is five miles
north of Cedar Springs, near Fort
Thomas. Maj. j. W. Wham, with
Clerk Gibben and an escort of
eleven soldiers, we're on their way
from Fort Grant to pay the troops
at Fort Thomas.
In narrow gorge they were at
tackled by an ambushed gang of
men. The soldiers, paymaster and
his assistants opened fire upon the
brigands. The battle lasted half
an hour. AT the expiration OF that
time eight of the eleven soldiers,
and the escort we're wounded ; five
dangerously. The robbers sue
ceeded IN securing $4,000 and
making their escape to the mount
aims. Maj. Wham escaped un.
injured.