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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-21
CUTLERY DEPARTMENT.


In this department We offer the largest and
best selected line Of Scissors Shears. Pen
knives, Razors, Razor Strops and Manicure
Articles In the city. which we believe We are SELL
iny from p to 30 per cent lower than goods Of
equal quality sold elsewhere.
We are at present offering 4 larse lot Of Full
Nicke-pated Razor Steel Scissors az
-3ac. . pair
Usually sold for 7:,. and sl.OO-
Psntnives. solid steel blades. pearl. shell and
ivory handles.
-25r each
TX. b. Extra" Safety Corn scrapers.
500. each
Manicure Scissors.
tic. pair
''K. B. Extra" Razors- guaranteed not to need
honng in ten years.
ell. 50 each
sFAll Scissors bought here We sharpen free
of charge.
Qrr.t noor. Ilth st .buildinS.I
Two BARGAIN TABLES Or WHITE
GOODS.
30 Pieces of Muslin in Plaids Checks. Stripes
and Lace enects--shssr. medium and heavy
weight.
-lS4c yard
50 Pieces Striped and Plaid ors,ndiss.
lie. yard
tsecond noor. 18th st, buildns.)
BLANKET DEPARTMENT
lease ia Honeycomb Quilts.
-6she. each--
case ia White Crocheted Quilts-durabis
and easy to iaunder.
-7jc. each
case IA Reversible White Misehsliss
-Marked down from o.. 20 to e.
lease l0-4 Cotton Blsnkets-extrs valus.
Tic. pair
REDUCED PRICES IN ROBES AND MATS.
We want to close out our entire remaining
made the following reductions:
--e19. 40 Gray Wolf Robes, el5--
-el7.5 30 Gray Wolf Robes. sl3 To-
-sl4. IS Gray Wolf Robes. sll-50.-
I'll. SO Combination Robes. e. 90
-e1.a0 Gray Goat Robes, ID
-e5 Gray Goat Robes. %. s5.--
-oA.JO Anxors Babv Carriage Robes Is. To-
Is Fine Australian Opossum Rugs.-
-Marked down from ts&.j0 10 els-
Extra Large Continuation Goat Russ.
Married. down frosn el0 to q. TO-
4Comhinstion Goat Russ.
-Marked down nom % to - To-
3Ansora Mats.
-Msrksd down from % 50 TO g.
3Angora Mats.
...A.rssd down from sA.SoNoC
.-Marksd down from q. 90 10 sl.es.-
- Angors Mats
-Asrked down from l0c. to &c.
Csscood Aoor. llth - buildins.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-21
MoxDAY Oxlr.

MoSDAY OxLr.
MARKED DOWN TO
-ss III SSoe :
-~Ss = g ecS g. =
Boys Veal Calf Button
---Boy.' Veal Calf Lsc~i.-
Youths Seamless Button
-Youths' Veal Calf Laced
Misses Donrola Button
- With Low Heels
- Or Spring Heels.
- Misses' Pebble Button, -
Hseiedor -
spring Heeled.
-Ladies' India Kid Button
- Ladies' Pebble Button. -
Ladies' Pebble Laced. -
Every pair of these
Shoes is warranted to 10
made of Solid Leather
soles, with serviceabls
Upper Leather and
guaranteed not to rip.
This is only Sample
Of what We are goinsto
do all next week, the
last of our
Great Clearing Sale.
What little remains
of our Winter Goods
has got to make way,
even at ruinous prices.
for our enormous
stock Of new Spring
shoes.
- sss -
WIN. HAHN 4 co.'s
RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-26

fitted before me in the dusk. like a phan-
tom. Pride came in aid of love: | wouldn't
be beaten by n girl. l was gaining: she
was but n few yards ahead. In the dark
est part of that long lane | caught her;
struggled a m for the kiss, got it.,
and we both stood painting till the moon
looked out from behind a cloud, and
shove me the queer, round face of a little
colored girl. servant at the house of INV
lady love, and doubtless intrusted with the
basket for no other reason than to play me
this ridiculous trick.
should have been rude il prudence had
not supplemented chivalry. As it was, |
promised her unlimited candy if she would
not tell; but she did.
On the way home, with my soul full of
bitterness, l encountered several of the
older boys and joined them in u hazardous
undertaking, which involved larceny from
my own father. Our kitchen chimney had
OF late INDUCED in the bad habit of smok-
ing. and an expert had recommended put
ting a slab OF stone over the top, supported
by bricks at the corners, My father had
SER 30 Belfast for this slab, and some grim
hunlorist over there hau shipped him an
unused gravostonc. This gr.a;ly piece of
marble had not been placed II position,
but was lying In the back yard. Since ii
had been there l had avoided thu locality
after dark, but emboldened by tho .fosonoo
OF the other boys. l led tho way, and we 80
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-26
MAY DAY IN THE EAST,
Some ~Seasonable and Sentimental
Recollections INDUCED in
by Mr.. Fielding.
The Practice of Hanging Nav Bas-
kets, in Which He Also
Joined.
Duped by a Heartless Coquette, Who Del.
egated Her Colored Maid-Deacon
Hatch's Story.
Written for THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT

lNTllleu lOr HE DUSDAY INDEPENDENT.
AS a down easter, l am always prieved a
this season of the year by the spectacle O.
preparations for the celebration of the frs
of May. Where l was brought up the da,
was reserved for something better than the
moving from one undesirable place of resi-
dence to another. In fact very little NOV.
ing wa done down there. except from the
sleepy town by the sandy shore to that 9th.
or quiet settlement on the beautiful wooded
hill. ever increasing at the expense Of its
nelghbor as the number of the white grave
stones showed. Perhaps the unvaryinp
practice OF giving the most desirable loca-
ton to the dead may account for the waning
prosperity of the living in that region.
But was speaking of May day. Re-
Gently l have had the curiosity to ask /,
dozen or more of my acquaintance whether
they knew what a down-easter Nav day was
like and | haven't found one who did. NV
section of the country is but slimly repre-
sented in New York. The staid New Eng
land conscience units US for success amid
the gay and original dishonesty of the me-
tropolis; We prefer to go to the west whore
the questionable practices of the people are
more like the sins to which we are accus-
toned. New Workers are nearly all for
e'gners, and such as l in%terrogated replied
with some nonsense about May poles and
dancing on the green. Not one had ever
tasted the delights of hanging May baskets,
or knew anything about tho proper celebra-
ton of the day.
when | WAS a boy we liked May day bet
ter than Thanksgiving, ranking il with
Christmas and the Fourth of July. In the
observationso of the last two HOLIDAYS the old
folks mingled. On Christmas they did all
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-26

ends Of fantastic vengeance upon our com,
mon enemies, such as school teachers, doc
tors the people who set bear traps in their
orchards-an offense which. by the way, re-
sembles that of the teacher, since it is he
who surrounds the tree of knowledge with
instruments of torture.
1T was love. however, that ruled the day,
and the May basket was its symbol. In the
preparation of this token we employed Sc
crat wlles much darker thar those with
which we surrounded the Christmas pres
ent. The point of it was to hang a
pretty basket on the door knob of the house
which held the sweetest little girl in the
W.orlo, ana then get away again without be-
ing caught. She was to have no clue to the
glver unless her heart told her who he was,
She was expected to hang a May basket,
too, but If she we're caupht at it she might
be kissed.
remember lying in wait for a whole
hour IN the porch, on a warm May night,
expecting every m to hear the sound
OF stealthy feet on the steps. tt seemed a
long time, m I began to nave a green
hang the basket for some other fellow. She
might be doing it even then; he might be
catching her and kissing her! Wopld I ever
forgive her? No sir. Would I pound that
other fellow if | found out who he was?
You bet! Even if he should be big Ed,
smith I'd fix him SO that he couldn't come
to school for a week.
My jealousy buzzed so loudly thai the
door bell rang with a clamor, and scamper
Ing feet resounded on the walk before i be-
came aware that she had come. l was after
her IN an instant, but the breath had been
SO startled out of my body that l felt as if
she must escape. How she did run! Up
the main street for a little way, and then
along a shadowy cross road, her figure
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-26

cured it. With much difficulty we carried
1t to Or. Wilson'S front door, where we left
it, with a card stating that it had been sent
rs a token of remembrance by a large mum
Der of his late patients. 1 think that the
doctor suspected my hand in this matter
for my experiences during a subsequent
slight illness were too painful to relate.
BY next May Day, l had transferred my
affections from the fair one who had duped
me SO cruelty to a girl of a more serious
mind. She was fifteen years old and l was
thirteen and used to weep bitter tears, be-
cause in my ignorance of matrimonial af-
fairs, l supposed that the two years between
US constituted an inseparable barrier to our
union. However, there is a time in every
boys life when a hopeless passion becomes
a necessity. In the depths of my heart l
had sworn an endless, sorrowful devotion,
and had clinched the VOW by making a
beautiful May basket out of half an egg
~shell-fragile as my hopes, l told myself. l
filled this basket with sugar hearts on which
tender sentiments we're inscribed in some
poisonous, red coloring matter, and sus-
pended it upon the bell-knob of her fathers
house when the sacred night arrived.
This father of hers was a choleric old or
thordox deacon named Simon p. Hatch, and
by bad luck, he came in answer to my
frenzied summons, just AZ | was climbing
over his garden fence. 1t wasn't too dark
for him to see me or to note that l had
ohiS uoouV 5lA lot VI LIS DGll COTu
through the side of his house. and this did
not tend to make him more amiable than
usual. He started in hot pursuit accom-
panied by a large dog with a bad disposi-
tion, and l don't know What they might
have done to me if l hadn't Skinned up tho
lightning rod on the side of the church just
in time. l was in hopes that he would try
to shin up after me and break his neck in
the operation, but he contented himself
with leaving the dog OH guard while he
went for a ladder. Taking advantage of
his absence, l climbed to the bellfry; de-
scended to the bouy of the church; and
dropped out of a window on the opposite
side from the dog.
l heard afterwards that in revenge the
old man had fed the sugar hearts to his dog.
Looking back now upon the old time CON
fections, | wonder that they didn't kill
him.
l remained constant during that year and
when the time came round | prepared an
other May basket moro beautiful than it's
predecessor. In this labor I received valu-
able advice and assistance from Harry Ray
VINO was three years my senior.
Thought 1t very kind of him, because | had
suspected that he, too. was in love with
Alice. and l had wondered if | should ever
be big enough to click" him for it. But he
SO assured me of his deep and everlasting
sympathy that | grew to like him very |
much, and | even offered to make a May |
basket for him, because it war we'll known
that he was too lazy to make one for him |
self. However, he generously refused,
| pulled old HAtch's door bell that Nav |
with a beating heart, and lost no time
i'll taking flight. There was a long yard at
one side of the house, and | whizzed through
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-26

nose. My head stopped suddenly and my
feet continued. l landed on my back after
a Riddy plunge. and lay there, don't know
how long, trying to decide whether l was
dead or only blind.
BY and by life enough came back to en-
able me to crawl toward the street. Both
my eyes were nearly closed, so that | could
see only the general outlines of houses and
trees. As I neared the gate, I heard the
sound of voices. First Alice asked in pity
ing tones: ibid he hurt you much? Oh,
why didn't you run fasterY"
II didn't mind it," said Harry, $50 long
as it was for you, though the old man laid
it on pretty hard"
"Never mind, DEAR" whispered Alice. sit
was such n beautiful basket, and 80 good of
you to make it for me. looked out of the
window just as the bell rang, and saw you
run away with father after you"
there waiting for me to hang the basket,
and then had allowed old Hatch to catch
him in order to get Affects sympathy.
II knew you'd come back" said Alice,
80 l stole out to console you, though
father'd give me fits if he caught me.
There-oh Harry, two kisses are enough"
They were too much for me. Blind and
crippled as | was, l made a straight rush
for the traitor. just when he escaped from
me l don't know, but a few minutes later
| found myself engaged in %pummeling old
Hatch's tall white kichen post under the
misrepresentation that it was my unworthy
friend.
Then l crawled home, sore all over, espe-
cially in my heart.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-26

1t was with such pastimes as these that
we made Nav night merry in the olden time.
| wonder if there is any spot on earth where
it is now celebrated as we used to do way
down III Maine years ago. Perhaps not;
but there are men scattered all over the
country who would give half of what they
have since stolen from their fellow men to
have again the hearts that beat under their
jackets in those May days.
HOWARD FIELDING.
Copyright.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-26

they could to make us happy, and on the
Fourth of July we did all We could to make
them miserable, and thus we had tho better
OF them both ways. But May day was ali
our own. except that we occasionally per-
vsrted she usages Of the occasion TO the
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-12-16
grobins Salesmiss 9olRsim.
yroainj @eRialea.

Dortmunb. Der iriberc 8era.
mann Sobam Widrsraf in @iIen. jest
Deroutfuortliber Hebafteur bes lofalcn
Kbeiles Der INSTRUMENTATION ,Yir,
gers 3eituns.@ purbe ruesep Berd1tlid,
mahnns bon Staatss@ inriatunsen, be,
9ati9ea' bur9 etnen Mrtifel oes genanns
ten Vlattes, gu bier @o6en @efdn9niB
uerurtbeilt.
Minben. guf Gntra9 bes Sea.
g%iitratS beidlob bas Stabtperorbneteus
foliesinm einitimmis, fiinftisbin ale
oieielisen Ginseicljenen, tpelde nit
Giltfommen bis 3n 42O Marf einge,
t9dtt fino, BON Der @emeiubeltener
gdn;li6 gu befreien.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-12-16

batten, baB es ibnen urmSsGt6 tperbe,
mad Gbbaltuns beS Warftes nod bet
@otteSbtenft au beiuden.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-26
THEORY AND PRACTICE.

When the Democratic party in 1883
called attention to the existence of large
surplus in the treasury, and made that fact
the basis of their demand for reduction of
the taxes, the favorite reply of the Repub-
licans was, "It is much easier to face sur
plus than deficiency"
Then began a campaign on the Republi-
can side to teach the people that this sur
plus had been paid by foreigners in tariff
taxes. This campaign was not very sue
cessful, and was replaced finally by cam
paign of vote buying, which had the de-
sired effect. After much vacillation the
opinion of the Republican party in regard
to surplus has never been authoritatively
promulgated.
Nevertheless, whatever might be the
theory of that party in regard to surplus,
the practice of the party iis now placed on
record for the verdict of the people in favor
of or against it.
The expenditures of the last Congress
amount to the inconceiyable sum of one
billion of dollars. This is the amount ap
propriated for the fiscal years 1891 and
1892, and is greater than the total eXpen
ditures of the government for the twenty
years before the war-from 1910 to 1860.
The amount appropriated by the Fifty first
Congress exceeds that of the Fiftieth Con-
gress by S17O,OOOOOO. There is large de-
felt now impending, just how large cannot
be determined with certainty.
The Democratic theory and practice was
to reduce the surplus by taking off the
taxes on the necessaries of life and on the
raw materials used in manufacture. The
Republican theory was that surplus was
better than deficit and taxes were &C
cordingly increased, while the practice has
been to spend this entire surplus aug
mented as it was by higher taxation. The
latter party has been false to the people in
theory, but doubly false in practice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-26
PUBLIC PARKS.

The people of Louisville appear to be
having some trouble in regard to the ques-
ton Of public parks. The leading paper of
that city says it is astonishing what OBJ
stacles are thrown in the way of the peo-
pie who are of one opinion in their de-
mand for parks.
1.-The people are growing impatient, and
they will not tolerate any unnecessary de-
lay The season when work should be
done is at hand, and vigorous work should
begin. BY every means in their power,
the voters, the taxpayers, have declared
they wanted parks and would have them,
and there should be no misunderstanding
on this point. We want parks, and we
want them now"
Salt Lake has an experience of some
thing the same character but worse by
far. Here the city council is engaged in a
desperate effort to sell for paltry price,
to unknown spectators, the land hereto
fore reserved for parks.
The experience of Louisville is that of
every great city. 1t seems impossible to
have too much park land. The constant
complaint is that there is too little of it, or
that the parks are too far away There is
a moral in these facts that some Salt Lake
people need exceedingly to learn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-26

in favor or against any religious doctrine
or faith. That ali are to be protected in
the free right Of worship can not be denied
whether Christian, Buddhistic or Confu-
clan.
After reading such broad-minded doc
trine as that, it is painful to be obliged to
notice such fanaticism as that which fol
lows. A local fanatic explains the creed of
the Mormon church in a manner that no
Mormon explains it, but that all Mormons
deny to be doctrine, and then says:
We say men thus involved cannot be Ameri-
cans, no matter whether born on this soil and
brought up here or not.
And in another place the fanatic said that
unless the Mornons became Americans
Il. e., unless there should be complete
abandonment of polygamy). the first thing
that would be taken from them would be the
franchise then their property would be at
tackled, until final bankruptcy would over
whelm both rich and poor among them.
Here he positively asserts that Mormons
cannot be Americans because Of what
he says is their belief.
The Mormons deny that their belief is
what he interprets it to be, and ask to be
judged by their actions only. This the
fanatic will not have, and insists on their
destruction, even though they should live
in all respects the most upright life, be
cause of some belief he says they enter.
| tain
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-26
THE DARKNESS BEFORE DAY.

The city council, on Tuesday evening,
gave further proof of the fact that it cares
nothing for public sentiment and that it is
not interested in protecting the morals OF
the community. For all the years the
city authorities have set their faces rigidly
against the sale of intoxicants in places of
and the people have applauded
and upheld the officials for thus refusing
to give legal sanction to one of the chief
of immortality and vice. On
Tuesday evening the council authorized
the selling Of liquor in the variety theatre
building, those voting for the license well
understanding the full meaning Of their
action, and to what it would lead. There
were some men in the council who opposed
the proposition, but they were in the
minority and their votes could not avail.
Their opposition amounted only to the ex-
preston of a wish on their part that
the city might be spared those dens of vice
common enough on the frontier and in the
mining camps. 1t will now be in order for
the prostitutes to apply for license and ask
that they be granted police protection in the
conduct Of their business; and we are in
clined to believe that their petition would
be granted, especially if the decent people
of the city were to protest. This council
seems to delight in doing those things which
the better element of the community pro-
claims against. To insure affirmative &C
ton on any proposition, it is only necessary
for the decent citizens to ask that the thing
be not done.
There is consolation in the reflection that
the days and weeks and months are swiftly
passing; that February will soon be here.
1t is true that much mischief can be
wrought in ten months; but we can begin
to see daylight. Relief is within sight. The
people are getting ready to overthrow the
gang and recover the city. Within eleven
months the restoration will be complete and
the reformation and cleansing fairly under
way. 1t may, and undoubtedly will, take
time to recover lost ground and bring about
the publication, but the process Of reforma
ton will be as healing balm to the troubled
and distressed people after two such year:
of misrule as we are enduring.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-26
PATENT INDICATOR OF CIVILIZATION.

Our morning contemporary announces
another discovery has made, which will, no
doubt, be of great use to historians and
philosophers. 1t is this:
Gold and silver measure civilization itself as
we'll as the exchangeable products of civiliza-
tion. The degree of civilization, the degree OF
the prosperity and comfort of any people, and
consequently their rank in literature and the
arts, is measured by the degree in which they
possess geld and silver in circulation,
BY the use of this novel measuring rod,
by which the civilization and rank in liter
allure and the arts may thus be guaged at
will, let US assign few countries to their
proper rank and station in these,respects.
In his speech last January, Senator VEST
quoted two statements of per capita circu-
lations. According to the annual Statesman,
published in San Francisco, Belgium has
s29 10; France, $42, Is; Great Britain and
Ireland, s20.49; Netherlands, S26.05, and the
United States, S24.10.
According to the Bankers Magazine the
figures are as follows: United States,
So. SO; England, S22.01; Germany, s23. rs
France, s57.S5.
Senator CocKRELL said the figures for
tue United States should be S22. II. Sen
ator SHERMAN said they should be S24.7 e
exclusive Of the amount of money in the
treasury.
The result is, by our contemporary
measuring rod, that France stands highest
in civilization, literature and the arts
Belgium come next, Holland next, ant
either Germany or the United States next
while the country of SHAKESPEARE ant
NEWTON trails along in the rear.
1t the amount of coins in actual circula
ton were to be considered we should fnt
India to rank well in ''ciyilization, litera
ture and the arts" while if the mere pos
session of gold and silver be taken as ou
index, ancient Peru easily leads all othe
countries ancient or modern, in ''civiliza
ton, literature and the arts"
Altogether, this patentindicator by whicl
the rank in civilization OF any nation ma,
be determined at a glance, seems to be
most useful invention.