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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-29

From L. Prang & Co. /: The Shadow
OF the Angel. Laster in Heaven, The
Solitary Way. soft kid, gold embossed,
81 value, for SOC.
The Message OF the Lilies, The Flower
Beautiful, Deep Blue Violets, etc, illus
trated by Bessie Gray, Toe. value, for
39c.
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membranes are from Raphael Luck,
Year Book OF English Authors; Year
Book of American Authors, White ana
Cold bound. profusely Illustrated, y
Easter EAST, HI Hopes ' Hail the Day. etc, Is
and soc. values. for SO, g. and 19c
Easter Cards from to 2sc. Special dis
count to Sunday schools, etc.
Numbers OF Devotional Books. in dainty
White binding, too numerous to mem
ton.
Special Easter Prices on Revised
Prayer Books, Hymnals, Oxford Bibles,
&c.
p. G. H.. "a size. flexible backs, were
s3 SO. now s219; same size. embossed.
were s2.s9. now Sl.75.
p. e. H., 7-s size. Russian leather. silk
lined, red under gold edges, were S.Ss'
now s. u; same size, pebbled leather,
were 1915, now s2.25.
p. & H.. small size. embossed leather
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oxford Bibles. sl.9s to IS, go.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionaries. with
flags, etc, sheep mot CLOTH bound
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zoe. Cloth-Bound Books for 25c.
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HOUSEHOLD LINENS.

The economical housekeepers must
attend this great sale to day. Three
cases of mis-shipped Linens from the
Worth-Street Fire Stock (only the ont
side wrappers stained) is the Linen
story of to-day. Come expectin : to buy
them cheap.
A hint only OF what's here
Pure Linen Table Damask. SOC. yard
usual soc. value.
2-yards-wide Extra-Hesvy Pure Linen
German Damask, satin finished, new
designs. 75c. yard.
$50 Pure Linen Table Damask. double
row. drawn-work borders. 7sc, a yard.
100 dozen Ail-Linen SIS Dinner-Napkins,
pure White, Sc a dozen.
IS dozen Extra-Heayy All-Linen Damask
Dinner-Napkins, best $50 kind. for
81 a dozen.
Fancy Colored Linen Round Buffet
Red. Scarlet, Oak, and Salmon. &c.
Extra-Slze Ali-Linen Damask Carving
Cloths, ends for hemstitching, SOC.
a~inch Striped Blouse Linen, l5c. a
yard.
TOWELS.
All-Idnen Damask Towels, tied fringe,
wide, fancy damask borders, &C. each.
All-Llnen Hand Huck Towels, colored
borders, &c. each.
Extra-Heavy Pure-Linen Double Dam
ask Towels, size 2ox4s, made especially
for hemstitching, importation price
$50 a DOZEN sales price, 25c each
Extra Large Honsycomb Bath Towels,
fancy borders. 30. each.
Extra Heavy. Large-Size White Crochet
Bed-Spreads. Marseillss pattern, 73c.
each.
LARGE-SIZE WHITE CROCHET BED
SPREADS, MARSEILLES PAT
TERMS, 80 CENTS EACH
AlI-Linen Hand Hsmstltche a Pillow
Cases, size p 1-2x35 inches, acc.
S-inch Extra-Heavy Round-Thread PHI
low-Linen. 4ic. yard; the best 75c.
grade.
ss1inch Brown Grass-Llnen Batiste. the
latest dress fabric, 1sc. a yard.
Coiored- Bordered All-Linen Doilies, lc.
each.
Heavy Ail-Linen Cheviot suitings, Dor
dered or plain; &c. yard.
Checked Glass Toweiling, lie. q yard.
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MILLINERY.

1t costs thousands of dollars to keep
on top in Millinery. We keep in con-
slant touch with Paris, London, and
New York. It's perfection or nothing
with this department. Orders executed
promptly and with guaranteed sstisfso-
ton.
The new hundreds of last week have
given way to new hundreds for this
week, beginning Monday born
abroad, others with American ideal
touches
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TRUNKS.

The Genuine Bouquet Soap the kind that
usually sells for &C., for &C. cake.
Cutaneoua Soap, is good as Cuucura,
worth CSC. a cake, for Sc. a cake.
Lunen's Tooth Brushes, the SC. kind, for
&c. esch.
Hunters Invisible Face Powder, in Flesh
and White, Ice box.
Good Swansdown, all colors. worth 1oc.
a box, for &c. a box.
Largest-slze cake OF Genuine Cocoa
Floating Soap, usually 15c. cake. for
&c. a cake.
800 largest size Curling-Irons. the l5c.
kind, to-day to be sold from 10 TO u
o'clock for &c. each.
Pure Vasellne. the Sc. size, to be sold
frnn II To 10 n'clnclk Tor Q 1-2c q bottle
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VEILINGS.

Yards and yards are here. l0c.. starts
the price OF the usual 25c. Tuxedo Che
nllle-Dot Yelling.
Csc. for Fancy Tuxedo. Plain, or Che
nille-Dot. Ordinary merchants say Soc.
EASTER DRESS TRIMMINGS
Our own importations. Our own way
OF selling 'em.
SIS Fancy cOlOred spansled Trimmings.
1oc. wide Jet Trimmings. &c. yard.
FROM IL TO IL O'CLOCK
All colors NEW SPANGLED EDGES
&C.. a yard.
UMBRELLAS.
Don't ask the why. The goods are
all perfect or we would say otherwise.
The remarkable is the usual here OF
late.
80 Best silk Garcia Umbrellas. handles
OF the finest sort, some sterling silver
Trimmed. others OF cut crystal deco
rated. or handsome Dresden post balls.
ebony. or oelluloid. $50 and $2.Is values,
for SIS each
Ladies' or Mems English. Gloria umbrel-
las, the usual I5c KIND. Tor sc.
Ladies' or Mems silk-Gloria or Garcia
Umbrellas. Congo handies, Paragon
frames. CSC. each.
FROM 10 TO Ii O'CLOCK
a-Inch English Gloria Umbrellas, heavy.
stout frames, natural handles. sc.
each.
THE COHEN CO.
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Children's Fast-Black Ribbed Hose. d
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-08
CHEAP OPERA IN BOSTON.
An Experiment in Reduced Thentrt-
cal Rates That Proved Successful.

An Experiment in Reduced Theatrf-
cal Rates That Proved Successful.
From the New York Tribune.
An experiment has been made in Boston
for year which thoughtful people nave
watched with interest. There has long been
demand for a reduction in the prices OF
the average theater tickets, or rather re-
duction of the prices when poor or common
place attractions were offered, as is sure to
be the case at every theater in Boston at
times in every season. The public believes
that 81 80 is too much to pay for a good seat
to See second-rate lot of players perform
in a second or third-rate sort of play, but
the prices at the majority of the theaters
have remained the same, although occasion
ally they increase them 80 per cent, When
Irving, Bernhardt or some other extra at
traction arriy es. One of the cheaper grade
Of theaterS, Under a new manager, tried the
low rates at the beginning OF the season,
and the house is always full. The grade OF
performances is quite good as at houses
where the high prices prevail, and some
times BETTER. Just what the exchequer viii
show at the end OF the season, OF course,
only the managers know, but the fact that
prices remain low and the houses continue
to be full is pretty good indication that the
public appreciates the opportunity.
new theater was opened al the begin
ming of last season with a new meiodrama
at the usual prices charged at most other
theaters, and the result was bad business
After an effectual struggle against the tide
the manager decided to try comic opera,
early last summer, at popular prices, and
with new opera every week. The prices
were 30 cents for all seats on the first
floor and 81 cents for those in the TWO
balconies. The business was good from the
start With the increase of business came
improved casts for the operas. The sum-
mer season was so satisfactory that the
owners decided to continue the same pol
icy for the regular season, and the result
is that the house is literally sold on. every
week many days in advance for the even
ing performances, while for the matinees,
when the price is uniformly % cents for
every seat reserved in the house, 1t IS pos
sible to get tickets only by applying at
least two weeks in advance.
The class of people which goes there is
sometimes as good as that which gees TO
the symphony concerts, and is always eX-
cellent. The wealthy middle class goes
there, and good musicians sit through d
performance of Faust for they are now
giving grand opera occasionally with good
results with evident enjoyment. The boxes
are sold by the season, for the most part,
entire house on any night, and never at a
matinee. This is regarded by Bostonians
as important, especially in view of its posi-
BILE effect on the theatrical business of the
future. The operas given there this sea-
son have been "Heart and Hand" 1.-The
Mascot" Martha" 1.-The Merry War"
1.-The Bohemian Girl Fra Diavolo," THE
Mikado," Chimes of Normandy" "Billee
Taylor" "Olivette," 1.-The Lily of Killar-
ney," Carmen" rip Van Wrinkle"
Faust" and I'll Trovatore."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-08

since. ''Chanter'' means to sing, but
"chantage' means blackmailing-to make
people sing. When the excitement over
newspaper Matchmaking became too great,
they needed a new word for the new high
class thug. Wagner's "Meistersirg GER was
just being talked of for the OPERA and so
the French -"Maitreschanteurs'
took its rise, to indicate these new Partisan
figures - Observation-Disclosures, men high
placed in every walk of life, who ask for
money, or will tell the secrets they find out.
This taste for Matchmaking has eaten deeply
into Partisan life. Nobody appears to be safe
from it-because nobody appears to be inno-
cent. You can easily blackmail guilty
man. The very government officers are
hampered in their prosecutions by this con-
sideration.
To Mazas. the depot of accused persons,
prisoners are taken in one of those peculiar
vehicles called "'salad-baskets," which form
the model of another boulevard toy Of the
hour. The "salad-basket'' Is simply our
Black Maria, except that 1t is divided into
many small compartments, like a Paris
huckster's salad pannier. This toy sells for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-08

success. just now the Old lr.-tC. pie or the
Heart Thermometer is being utilized in
new direction. The heart thermometer.
sold at all the European country fairs, is
glass bulb with a long tube protruding
from it. after the fashion of very large
thermometer. The bulb contains some
volatile liquid which can be set to boiling
by the heat of the hand The present toy
utilities this boiling property. Sometimes
it is club man in cradle sucking on
bottle labeled "Absnthe Pernod."
Judged by the test of the toys Of the
boulevard the most popular man in France
today is President Felix Faure, and the
most popular woman the notorious Spanish
dancer, "Otero." The late lamented Carnot
was never actually popular. He was looked
On as a cold, correct man. His toy carica-
ture was a wooden image of himself, dressed
in correct evening clothes, which made
bow and tipped it's hat whenever the string
was pulled. President Casimir Perier
so shocked and Inundated the French peo-
pie that his successor, Faure, came in on
the high tide of national wounded pride, to
begin with. This popularity has never
waned. 1.-The Tanner President a wood
en- figure that beats a piece of skin with a
wooden hammer, is his contribution to the
gayety of Paris, and all In the best of good
feeling. STERLING HELLO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-08
THE LIONS ROAR.
A Great Physical Effort is Necessary
to Produce the Full Effect,

Great Physical Effort is Necessary
to Produce the Full Effect.
From the Spectator.
Dr Livingstone noted the odd resem-
blance of the lions roar to that Of the os-
trich. Mr.. Milais says that though the roar
or the latter is lot so loud II has exactly
the same tone as that of the lion But the
ostrich always roars his best the lion very
seldom. This is partly because a good,
rear needs great physical effort. The
whole interior and muscles of mouth.
throat, stomach and abdomen are, for the
moment, converted into an organ of ter
rif1c sound, and the sound does make the
earth tremble-or appear to do so. Rut
the attitude is not that usually drawn. I'm
less he roars lying down, when he puts his
mead up, like dog barking, the lion "emits
MS nrst moan in any position then draws
In his neck and lowers his head with ex-
.ehueo Jaws, right down to his forepaSs as
IL ABOUT TO be violently sick; while at the
same time the back is arched, and The
"hoie animal bears an appearance of con-
centre ted strain" WI
This is Capt Millais' phonetic RENDERING
OF the Sound, taken when listening to three
Iie ms roaring their best: '.Moan-roar-
80. roar roar - roar -grunt-srunt-
gruntTgrunt dying away"
why lions roar when it ought to nav hat-
yer TO Keep silent, is not yet explained.
zen. hamilton was convinced thai tigers
Iuhtlhg IN company roar to confuse and
iriehten the deer. Possibly the lion roars
"hen proving around a camp in the hone
OF causing some of the draught animals to
" can 1910 Ioose' al other times it appears to be
distance. O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-08
THE MONGOOSE IN HAWAII.

He Has Proven Himself a Great Pest
and Destroyer of Game.
From the Pacific Commercial Advertiser
Some five or six years ago the mongoose
was imported into the islands for the pur-
pose of extermirating rats in the cane
fields. Various methods were adopted to rid
the fields of the vermin, but all signally
failed until the little animals were brought
from Jamaica. They are repeating in Ha-
wall what was done by them in the Island
of Jamaica.
After destroying rats in the cane fields
the mongoose have attacked birds and
fowls materially decreasing their number
by eating eggs and the young As a con-
quence there are but few quail and turkey
on the islands. Especially is this notice
able in Hawaii, in the vicinity of the vol
cano, where previous to the introduction of
the mongoose species of this game were
plentiful. The country in that locality is
simply alive with the pests, for they have
proven to be that. They attack as well
young fowl and sucking pigs, and have been
known to attempt to carry off grown ami
mails. after first causing their death by
strangulation.
AS the mongoose finds the rats, toads
and crabs disappearing, it attacks sitting
fowls and carries off their eggs, and kills
young pigs, kids, lambs, calves PUBS, kit
tens, poultry and game birds, DESTROYS
fruits and vegetables, and is suspected of
sucking sugar cane, eats meat and salt
provisions and catches fish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-08

violently as he is pulled alcng; so he is a.
ways nuttering his wildcat shares. while a
Dell IN his stomach makes a tinkIing
sound 1t is a melancholy toy for most
Parisians. for there are few who have not
dropped some hundreds of francs in these
gold speculdtions. They could not maru-
facture the shares in London quickly
enough Tor the Par.sians. Now everyone is
cursing Ia perfide Albion again. France is
again betrayed They have taken our
money from us, And the Marquis de
Mores wants Mr.. Barney Barnato impris-
oned the next time he comes to France.
Mazas prison has been a Paris actuaiitv
more or less continually for the past four
years The toys based on it have been
numberless- Regularly they are simply
small models of prison, with the word
Mazas in terrible letters across it's front.
1t Is good joke to put one on an empty
cafe table and wait for the looks and re-
marks of those who handle it, First there
were the Panama people who went down to
MaZaS- Next came the anarchists, including
the newspaper men sent down under the
new press laws. Then came the mattress
cbanteurs, who have been continuing ever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-08
English Actors In America.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
There is this season, fer once In a way, a
bad theatrical harvest in America. None Of
the English companies out there is doing
too well. Even Sir Henry Irving has not
had such great good fortune as on pre-
vfcus occasions, and some of the new Co.
lumbuses had better have stayed at home
One very big and expensive company,
which during its first week in New York
drew $1,000, suffered a loss of custom
during the second week to the extent of
nearly half.
Perhaps the cream has been taken off
the pail, and in future English companies
will have other difficulties than the mere
raising of the outward passage money.
After that, all the rest was easy a few
years ago. A good English company with
a good piece or a classical repertory only
had to go out there. They had nothing to
beat. But the Americans in the drama, as
in everything else, have taken to making
for themselves. There Is a strong home
made competition that the English import
ed goods have now to meet The kicking
souhrette and the transformer are no
longer types Of the American drama.
They have learned to act over there and
they have learned to produce. The ma
tional smartness and enterprise mark the
American manager as much as the busi-
ness man. The two most notable sue
cesses of the present season IN London
''Trilby" and THE Prisoner Of Zenda,"
were American productions. It was the
enterprising American manager who first
saw the dramatic possibilities of these two
books by English authors, and 1t is to the
enterprising American manager that ca
pable dramatists are now beginning to look
for profitable commissions For the good
English author and the good English actor
America will always be a country as long
as the American language holds out but
there Is sign that the
have gone by in America for the English
touring company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-08

tho street-and the street has always Its
cries. 1.-The Panama Ditcher" has passed
away, with the hopes Of the completion Of
the Panama canal. President Carnot
making his bow" no longer is seen
or heard of. Even the always-delight-
full puzzle of making the four pigs
disc ppear and show the face of Bis
marck' Is out of date. Toys pass, but the
toy sellers remain. And their wares, as
they cry them, show more clearly than any
other sign the ideas agitating Paris at this
moment
THE Bug Arton!'
The fakir, or camelot, a dirty, hungry
looking boy, is crying out the name of Arton,
the now historic go-between of Baron
Reinach and the corrupted Panama depu-
ties. Arton is the man the Paris police have
been trying not to find for the past three
years. Will he be brought from London to
Paris, and will he then be tried for his part
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-08
A NEW DISEASE.
Street Railroad Conductors Are Most
Likely to Contract 1t.

Street Railroad Conductors Are Most
Likely to Contract 1t.
From the Syracuse Post.
There is a new disease not down in the
catalogue Of the latest medical experts.
Street railway conductors are the persons
affected. AS far as can be learned about
half dozen employees of the Syracuse Street
Railroad Company have lately been affiict-
ed more or less with swelling of the eyes,
accompanied by partial blindness. The con-
ductors In question, without exception,
stuck to their work. but one of them was
forced to undergo medical treatment. He
had observed from time to time that his
hands grew black from contact with the
brass railing of the car when he jumped on
and off. In windy weather he had to wipe
his eyes more or less to brush away the
moisture. These two things he only OBJ
served after he was we'll along in the stage
of the eye trouble. He1consulted a physi-
clan and was treated for metallic poison
Ing, finally recoveringsa without difficulty.
Then he came to the conclusion that the
contact with the railing1was responsible for
the trouble Since thatltime he has worn
gloves and has not experienced the disease.
But those conductors who dot not know his
experience may yet suffer. This man was
ah1cted for four weeks. Motormen are
not troubled with the disease as they wear
gloves,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-08
FONDLING A TARANTULA.
1t is Rest to he Sure That the Taran.
tula Knows You.

1t is Rest to he Sure That the Taran-
tula Knows You.
From the st. Louis Star.
1.-The tarantulas pine in confinement" re-
marked ar amateur spider collector ire
fuse to spin or eat and seldom live long. A
centipede or scorpion, OF, the other hand,
commits suicide when it sees no chance of
getting Free
Commits sricide?" I asked. why,
how?"
by inoculating its body with its own
poison. 1 have seen it do it time and time
again. The tntirede carries poison IN two
little teeth, besides the sack in each of his
many feet. He bites his body rsavagely
when he wants to kill himself. just as
man would plunge dagger in his heart"
And how does the scorpion kill HIMSELF"
His poison lies in the end of his tail He
turns his tail up over his back and jabs it
in sharply: in few seconds he is dead"
(Which do you think the most interest
ing. taraI tulas or centipedes?' I inquired
of this pra ctical student of natural history.
"Tarantulas," he replied. '"They have
better dispositions and are much more in
telligent than their cousins, the centip-
edes.''~
DO you think they learn to know peo-
ple?"
DO I? Wen, I'll show you Look here,
Browney''
The little slide down to Browney's hatch
pulled back and the fuzzy, round
BODIED king of spiders craw led Out onto the
promenade ground Of LaSd shoaFd in front
of hts dwelling. s.FsH -
Here's a piece of pear for you, Brown
ey,' SAID the master Z
Docs he like pcars?
"Only the juice. He sucks the juice of
raw beef occasionally, too, but he vastly
prefers good, fat grasshopper if he can
get HIM" ~
Browney examined the piece Of pear crit
ically with his. feeler and pressed it as if
to extract the juice but he did not seem
hungry. The master then took up the star.
shaped creature in his fingers and felt sep
arately every one OF the fatal little legs. c
''fou see he is not hostile to me. Now
let my bother attempt to play with him.
A curly headed young man of twenty or
thereabouts drew near and called to the
tarantula ccaxingly.
Browney instantly hunched himself up
and retracted in pet, showing plainly his
dislike.
when he was free and very busy one
day l watched him unwind yards and
yards of spun thread and float down on
vertable ladder of it to a craIny half way
down the rocky surface of steep bluff.
There he captured a juicy beetle. He drags
his prey after him by folding it in his
threads and hitching it to those pegs on
his back. His eyes are in the top of his
head"
But tarsntulas are deadly poison?"
es; but they use their POISON a de-
Tense. They have enemies to guard against
just IS other creatures. Their poison is
carried in 4 little seek in the last section of
each foot and in the little sharp claw at
the extremity. that is also hollow. They
also have two teeth that are venomous.
II have observed that they tend their
young until they are four weeks old. After
that they deliberately run away from them
and leave them to look after themselves.
This plan teaches them self-reliance."