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Basement Floor Bargains.
First Floor Bargains,
Mems Goods.

The new autumn goods make those previously In
stock seem inferior. Thus offer 5Oc and 15c
Medium and Winter-weight Meriuo and Wool
Shirts and Drawers at only 25c for choice.
2lc pair for many styles Of Half Hose that have
sold up to 35c pair.
DC for the Summer SILK Neckwear that sold NJ
25c. 35c and 4Sc.
Toe per half dozen for ''E. 4 W." Collars.
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Third Floor Bargains.

G., tomorrow for the New Golf Capes. $3.50 Is
~O the regular price.
G. vo tomorrow for the $50 Seal Plush Coli
$3.50 Capes.
Nsc for Cambria Corset Covers, embroidery
%OS front and back. 80 cents worth for 25c.
Gr for the Egyptian Black Sateen skirts, with
W. ruffie. Actual value, $1.4s.
for Infants Cambria Slips and Dresses for
~ youngsters / to years. Worth up to
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Chaplain Plummer to DE Tried.

The court-martiai appointed to try Henry
" RUNNER. the colored chaplain of the
ninth cavalry. for drunkenness has recon-
mended dismissal from the army. Plummer
was accused OF drunkenness on duty. IL
Is said that he imbibed with the enlisted
men and thus spoiled his usefulness as q
disciplinary ofhcer. His excJse for mixing
with the troopers was that he could not
secure their confidence In pursuing his re-
is1ous work unless he associated with them
In their pleasures Chaplain Plummer was
appointed q chaplain In the army from
Maryland by President Arthur in 1854
The ninth cavalry is a negro regiment.
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Fourth Floor Bargains.

Gn q pair for Lace Curtains, Brussels effects.
~A'4O $1.9S lowest previous price. The Irish
Point Lace Curtains at 1925 are worth $3.50
pair.
SH.e8 na, for ensnls n Curtains such as
Poles of walnut, ash and mahogany. Pair of Brack-
cts, 10 Rings and pair of Ends included.
G. a for japanese Rugs. usually sold at
~f' s1.9S, and $1.9S for Finely Finished
Rockers, quoted a bargain at SIS.
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VIM. M. Gait & Co.,
Wholesale Flour and Feed Dealers"
Cor. Ist and Ind. Ave.

We proclaim it,
and It's irrefutable--
Ne have the highest grades of merchandise thu
world prctluccs-and no house In America does
Or name lower prices than do.
SANS AND COMPANY.
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JONES. In loving remembrance OF our dear son
JOHN C. JONES, who died September Is. lssl
Gone, but hot forgotten.
BY HIS PARENTS.
O'DONNEII. In loving remembrance Of my hus-
band. THOMAS T. o'DoNNEII. who died
September -, 1898.
Eternal peace and rest be thine Oh loved one
Loved aud bOBored I'm life, Remembered and
incurred In death. 60 By HIS LOVED ONES.
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% Cents.

You can't fight off the
cold much longer without a
Lightweight Overcoat. S10
to S3S.
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The signal triumph of the war had
not been achieved when, in November,
1889, Washington made his winter
headquarters at New Windsor, but
there was an accession to the general
expectation of success for the allies, in
the addition OF Holland to their num-
ber about the end of the year.
With the foresight of the warrior
statesman, Washington was ponder
ing the great problem, how to give
necessary authority to Congress in
order to insure the continuity of the
band which attached the thirteen
States together, when at his head
quarters he and Mrs. Washington cele.
brated the return of his natal day in
the year 1881, which counts the cap
ture of Yorktown as its great feature
and the virtual end Of the war of III.
dependence.
On February 20, 1888, the prelim-
mary treaty of peace with Great
Britain was signed, and General Wash.
ington ate his birthday cake that year
with the satisfaction of man who had
recently accomplished great work.
His farewell address to the army bears
the date November 2, 1888, and Oh
December %, 1888, one OF the great
est generals in history resigned his
commission.
He gladly returned to Mount
Vernon, where wefind him on Febru-
ary %, 1884, 1885, 17s6, 1887, 17Se
and 1889. These years demonstrated
his attainments and sagaeity- as a
statesman beyond what his country
men had supposed it possible for any
one man to possess. Inaugurated
President on April 80, 1889, he pro-
ceeded to administer his great Office
under provisions of the Constitution.
He was described as courteous with
out being formal, the possessor OF a
singularly attractive smile; eyes
which would fash and glow upon oc-
casion, and an expression of counte-
nance grave but not stern, which no
painter could catch, and a form de-
clared by Lafayette to be the most
superb he had ever beheld. Pnila-
delphia cherished the tradition of the
Presidents chief cook, Uncle Hark-
less, sauntering with the dandies up
Market street in silk with cooked hat
and a gold-headed cane, doing his
share toward glorifying the establish
ment of the Chief Executive. The
stabling and care of his numerous
horses, his cream-colored coach, the
magnifcance of his hunkies and out
riders are we'll remembered by every
body acquainted with his biography;
but the writer feels that picture of
Washington, after his Presidential
days, will be more pleasing than elab-
crate description of his spleudid sur
roundings when the great and wise
bent before him in admiration. TIE
artist is Young Custis, adopted son OF
the patriarch, and his intention is to
assist the recognition of Washington
by the gentleman whom he is address
ing: "You will meet, sir, on old gen
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the burgesses of Virginia, with the OBJ
ject of crippling British commerce by
reducing imports. When subsequent
ly the patriot-statesmen of Boston as
sembled IN public meeting, passed a
resolution calling on all the inhabit-
ants of the colonies generally to enter
into an agreement that they would
hold no further intercourse with Great
Britain, either by imports OF exports,
Washington opposed the adoption of
the passage relating to exports, be-
cause it involved the violation of, to
him, sacred business obligations. In
the fall of l774 he was chosen to COM
mand volunteer companies, and on his
birthday in ITS wss busy drilling
troops for the inevitable conflict.
Events of enormous import followed
apace. The second Congress passed a
resolution "That these colonies be
Immediately put in state of defense, "
on May 10, ITS. Then was founded
the Continental army, of which Wash
ington was unanimously elected Com
mander-in-chie on the 18th of June
following. He made his headquarters
at Cambridge and took command. on
the Sd of July. In December, ITS,
Mrs. Washington joined him and re-
mained till the spring Of l776. His
birthday in that year was spent in her
society at Cambridge. Dorchester
Heights taken, Boston evacuated and
occupied by the American army, the
Declaration of Independence, the dis
astrous battle of Long Island, the
American army in retreat across the
Delaware-this is the story Of 1776 in
outline up to December. The RENE
dy for these disasters was found in
Washington being virtually a dictator,
in his renewal of the army, in the au-
dacity and splendor of his military
genius. Recrossing the Delaware,
the American commander took the Of
fensive, with the result that in short
time not a single British or Hessian
regiment remained in the Jerseys ex-
cept at Brunswick and Amboy, between
which places and New York was open
communication by water. Within
three weeks the enemy had been
driven from every post he. had taken
along the Delaware. Philadelphia
had been relieved from danger, and
almost the whole province of New Jer-
sey had been recovered to America.
Washington spent his birthday Of 1777
in headquarters at Morristown, New
Jersey.
Washington s amicable relations with
Lafayette began in 1777, a year most
memorable for the surrender of Gen
eral Burgoyne to the American, Gen
eral Gates.
The French alliance brought sub
stantial assistance, but ITS can hardly
be regarded as a brilliant success in
the working out of American inde-
pendence. It meant to Great Britain,
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was the great grandson of John
Washington, who emigrated to America
in 1867, and was sixth in descent
from the first Lawrence Washington,
of Ludgrave, Northamptonshire, Eng
land. Of inestimable value to his
country is the opportunity which
every year affords to review his work
and character. Before his death his
birthday was celebrated in every great
town throughout the Union, and the
custom will never fail of being honored
O.. by the setting apart of the anniver-
sary as q general holiday, its date ad-
justed to the Gregorian calendar, and
falling on the 22d day of February.
Washington's earliest birthdays were
spent in Stafford County, Va, on the
east side of the Rappahannoc River,
opposite Frederickburg, whittier his
parents removed while he was still
baby.
At school, in Westmoreland County,
under Mr.. Williams, he learned read
ing, spelling, English grammar, arith.
metic, surveying, bookkeeping and
geography. He had been taught the
rudiments of his thorough acquain-
tance with the mother tongue by an
obscure and humble person known in
history for this reason only, as Hobby.
The elder brother took most af-
fectionate interest in George, for
whom, when the boy was fourteen
years old, he procured midshipman's
warrant, which his mothers prophetic
solicitude prevented him from using.
The next two years George spent in
surveying chiefly, under the direction
of Mr.. Williams, the nature of whose.
instructions was better adapted to
develop the practical genius of Wash
ington than would have been classi-
cal education. He was sixteen when he
went to live with his brother at Mount
Vernon, and there, tall and graceful
youth, perfected himself in the dance
and other social accomplishments.
Lafayette described the beauty of
Washington's physical proportions as
the most superb he had ever seen, and
this when the hero had passed the
best years Of his manhood. What
must have been the fascination of his
presence in the morn and liquid dew
of his youth, and the heart futterings
of the Virginia maidens whom he met
in the refined society of his brothers
mansion, and in his frequent visits to
the beautiful country seats in the
neighborhood?
A few months after his birthday, In
1749, he qualified asa county survey
or, which was profitable occupation
at that time, and he had added to the
property left him by his father, when,
at nineteen years old, he was commits
stoned major of militia, with the COZ
siderable salary Of ESQ year at
tached to the honor. On February
22d, 1852, he and his brother, Law
renee, were on their way home from a
trip to Barbados, whittier they had
gone in the hope to regain health for
the master of Mount Vernon, who,
the same year, died at his beautiful
seat. The estate was left to his sur
viving daughter, and in case OF her de-
cease without issuse, with other lands
to George Washington, with the re-
serve of the use of the same to his wife
during her lifetime.
In the fall of 1853 Governor Din
widdie sent the young officer as com
missioner to French fort claimed to
have been built as hostile demon
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Prisoners In China.

A Chinese prison is called a "can.
cue." It's outer door is barred with
bamboo and is guarded by petty
soldiers or policemen. The ''cangue"
contains two rooms and two yards.
One room and one yard are for men.
The other room and yard are for
women. The space set apart for women
is very much smaller than that for
neil. But the women's quarters and
the mems quarters are alike in being
entirely devoid of any provision Tor
personal comfort or for personal
decency.
Chinese prisoners are by the Govern
ment provided with absolutely moth
ing but the space beyond which they
may not pass. If their friends thrust
food to them through the bars OF the
prison fence the law does not inter
pose. Otherwise the prisoners may
starve.
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HIS:"NATAL DAY.
THE BIRTHDAYS OF GEORGE
WASHINGTON.
Anniversaries of His Birth Were
Often Important Landmarks In
His Career-The Great Gen
eral's Life Reviewed.
~ EORGE WILLIAM, son to Au-

EORGE WILLIAM, son to Au-
[ l. gustine Washington and Mary
II his wife, was born the llth
day of February, 1872,
about ten in the morning, and was
baptized the Sd of April following,
Mr.. Bromley Whiting and Captain
Christopher Brooks, godfathers, and
Mrs. Milfred Godfrey, godmother.
When Washington was born his
father was about thirty-six years old
and his mother twenty-eight. He was
the first of his fathers children by a
second marriage, born of good family
on both sides, but in a house which
modern luxury would deem mean in
it's size and appointments. 1t had
four rooms only, chimney at each
end, was perfectly plain seen from the
outside, but had miniature picture
gallery within in the "best room,
consisting of chimney piece orna-
.mented. with Dutch tiles showing
scenes from the Bible In this plain
home of Westmorelsnd County, Va. !,
lived a family distinguished for its
good breeding, of which the husband
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AN NoLD-FASHIONED FANCY.
BY NARY SHAW.

q remember fondly the zigzag rail fence
Inclosing the vast farm, hill and dale;
Bristling barb-wire is now Of more conse
quence,
But to me give the old-fashioned rail.
Luscious wild berries grew its angles be-
tween
It was easy to climb or creep through;
The golden grain had always 9 ridge Of gree,
BY the rail-fsnced fields that childhood
knew.
Nooks to claim 'thout pre- emptinG,
Offered wild berries tempting
And in those days-ah, who could pass byi
The ones I recall had corners the rarest,
From which wild roses nodded good-day,
As clover-caps lifted, from meadows the
fairest,
Where wild birds pested, or carolled gay;
And barb -wire-weN, yes, know it is better
Lasting, not easily blown by the breeze,
sProgressive," all that; yet I'm a regrettel
OF the rail fence going" and not by de-
/ grees.
Though far freer from harm
Is barb-wire fenced farm,
ne children protest, and so do l.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.
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CHAPTER XVIII.

DIR. ELFESSTEIN MAKES MOVE.
After DR.. Elfenstein had asked per-
mission of Sir Reginald Glendenning to
search the Haunted Tower he felt ex-
ceedingly puzzled over his future course.
Resolved as he was to penetrate the
mystery Of that place, he could not un-
derstand how the thing was to be &C
complished.
Sometimes he thought he was foolishiy
interested in this ghostlv Yisitant, but
again his promise to Mr.. RappeIye to ex-
anime all the premises, penetrate to
and study all the rooms, would return to
his remembrance, and he felt that this
must be included in that sacred charge.
In all his visits to Sir Reginald, al
thodgh reserved in manner, his every
nerve had been on the alert. He had
been told that the room occupied by the
present baronet was the one where Sir
Arthur had met his sad fate.
Knowing this, he fairly studied that
room.
He noted it's width, height, and
breadth; the height OF the two windows
from the floor, the size of those win
dows, and particularly he noted the one
from which the rope had dangled that
had been used to lower the body to the
ground.
He had several times walked to that
window, as If meditating over his pa
TENTS case, and. looked out, surveying
the ground below, and the distance from
it to the lake, which was visible through
the trees.
Then he scrutinized every article Of
furniture the room contained. from the
massive back-walnut bedstead to a
large, tall wardrobe, of the same ma
terial, that stood opposite the door, and
which he observed was always locked.
Several times he caught himself wishing
he could see it's contents, but smiled at
his own curious nature.
From this house, which he visited daily
in his professional calling, he often
drove around, examining the stables and
outbuildings, and sometimes slowly went
around the tower to view the ruined
part and to see if he could effect an en-
trance.
One daJ-it was the one on which
Ethel started for the eventful walk, he
in such q drive noticed small, we'll
trodden pathway leading up to clump
Of bushes. Instantly the thought struck
him that behind those bushes, concealed
from view, might be an open passage to
the place, although he felt certain there
was no doorway.
The more he thought OF this the more
he was sure it must be the case.
Why that well-used path through the
grass if not for some such purpose?
Yes; some human feet were in. the
habit OF entering there, and he reso!veG
to return to the place, under cover OF
darkness, and investigate those bushes.
Full Of this discovery. and full of hope
that he might yet penetrate to the mys-
terious tower, he touched his horse with
the whip and drove hastily away.
But just as he emerged again into the
ramble, he saw Miss Belle Glendenning
gazing at him from an upper window,
and felt mortified that she should have
noticed his ride around the premises, as
conscience whispered that it must speak
TO her Of prying nature. --.---.
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ington at tsAlexandria, collecting mill.
tary supplies for use in the threatened
campaign. The succeeding May, be-
fore the declaration of war had been
made, Washington encountered the
French troops and heard for the first
time the whistling of bullets. He is
accused of having said on the occasion:
II heard the bullets whistle; there is
something charming in the sound"
Washington's birthday in 1855 was
spent in retirement. He had retired
from his military duties after succeed
ing Colonel Frey in command; but in
the spring volunteered under General
Braddock with the rank of Colonel.
He had barely recovered from fever
wher. he took heroic part in the dis
astroas battle of Monongahela, after
which he retired to Mount Vernon.
On February-22, 1855, he had been
several months in command of the
Virginia troops to serve against France,
with headquarters at Winchester but
was absent on journey to Boston on
the day we celebrate, where he ar
ranged with General Shirley that an
inconveniently independent officer in
command at Fort Cumberland, Nd,
should be made subject to his orders.
He fell in love for the second time, of
which we know, on this trip, with a
New York beauty, who had the bad
taste to prefer another young officer
for "hlsband. In February, 1857,
we find him laying papers before the
Earl of Loudoun-he was then in COM
mand of the Virginia troops--with the
object of putting them upon the regu-
lar establishment.
His, birthday in 1859 found him
again in private life, the object of the
war in the middle colonies having been
achieved. Denied the privilege of be-
ing more than colonial officer he re-
signed his commission, much to the
regret of his colleagues in the army.
On February % OF, that year he was a
benedict, having had partner of his
joys and sorrows about six weeks. His
marriage to Mrs. Custis was an excep-
tionally fortunate union, adding to
his wealth and social distinction, and
giving him as perfect companionship
as is ever reached for the long space of
forty years.
The years from 1859 to 1764 were q
comparatively uneventful period in
Wash1ngton's life. During this time
he was the planter and the man Of
business, exporting produce and I'M
porting from England goods for do
mestic and family use.
With the passage of the stamp act
came momentous thoughts to Wash
ington as to what would be the effect
on the colonies of the wilful violation
of the principle "that no subject of
the realm can be taxed except by him
self or his representative" The i'm
portance of this violation was per-
ceived by him at the beginning. By
the time of his birthday in 1859, Wash
ington had advanced 30 far in his pa
tient opposition to tyranny that he
took charge Of the articles of associa-
tion drawn up by his good neighbor,
George Mason, for presentation before
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however, American persistence in this
purpose, spite Of iealousies and party
dissensions in Congress, treachery to.
ward Washington in the army and i'll
fortune in the field here and there.
The majestic patience and serenity OF
Washington amidst discouragements
of all kinds is the strongest historic
feature of the year. He WAS in head
quarters at Middlebrook when the an
niversary of his birth in the year 1779
reminded him that he had passed the
best years of his manly strength.
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DON'T run THE RISK.

A deyout old hermit, we'll seasoned in vir-
tue by many wears of prayer, was passing
through the city OF Alexandria In company
with novice-a young man Just beginning.
As they came BY wine shop the novice said !:
"Father, let us 60 in here for few moments,
I want to see a friend" ''But it is wine
shop, said the old hermit. "True," answered
the novice, "but there is no danger Of our
doing wrong" The hermit answered, My
son, that may be the case with you, but as
for me, am poor sinner, and dare not run
the risk of entering the wine shop Exactly
go. Sin pardoned means sin at least once
committed, and that teaches the lesson o.
caution.
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PROHIBITION IN INDIA.

The Nawab OF Junagad, India. has issuel
the following prohibition proclamation
"Whereas It is opposed TO the tenets OF the
Mohammedan religion to derive any revenue
whatsoever by letting out contracts for
liquor. tits hereby proclaimed by His High
ness the Nawab Sahib OF Junagad. thar the
practice OF farming out contracts for spirits
Shall be no longer permitted in His High
ness territories from this day forward. 1t is
further proclaimed that it is His Highnesss
wish that all existing !Abkari contracts should
forthwith be brought to aspeedy termination
by an amicable settlement Of their claims.
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DANGEROUS OCCUPATIONS.

Doctor Abbott says, in the 1ndepen lent
that those businesses whose mempers die
youngest are just those which offer the great
LIQUORS. The death rate among barkeepers
and Yorkmen In breweries Is frighttully high.
II man wants to live long he must avoid
such business. 1t is more dangerous to
ones health to tend bar than it is TO breathe
the sharp. metallic dust to which one is cx-
posed VINO crinds cutlery. Whisky is more
poisonous and dangerous than the white lead
with which painters stain their hands. Put
ting the mortality of clergymen at 100, the
mortality of those who attend bar runs up
to 397, nearly four times as many deaths, ana
no amount of sanitary conditions can snaKs
their business healthy.
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TEMPERANCE.
FEARFUL TO CONTEMPLATE,

Archbishop Ireland says "It is feacfa:to
think Of it, but in this Nation of the United
States over 81 900, 600, 900 annually are spent
In the di-ect traffic in intoxicating liquors.
besides its being the cause OF the waste o.
much more money. Men are unable to wori
because OF injury done to their appetites by
drink. Time is absorbed in drinking tE3
,ountry's resources are scattered othe vino.
II would be much better if the money given
to drink were taken and cast into the lake !;
at least, it would then leave behind it NO
harm"