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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-20
F Furniture Covers -

If we make them you ma,
be sure they will fit. We ar
certain we can figure you out
saving.
There ought to be some styl'
about your covers and thes'
are the stylish stuffs-
Doublewidth Dust proof Striped
and Figured Linens-371ac. to 65c.
yard.
Striped Damask, with satin finish
2ilac. to 3jc. a yard.
English Dimities-White and Broche
figures and colored stripes-1Sc. to
5Oc. n yard.
French Empire Swansdown-45c
yard.
French Patterned Cretonnes-stripes
principally in fast coiors-1Jca yard
French and English Cretonnes
to 5Oc yard.
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Ephonzo Younss Co.

Wasn't satisfied with getting our
French Olives from an importer, so
now import them ,direct. 50 cases
arrived for us per steamship New
York last week from Bordeaux
Very fne-no finer Fresh importa-
ton OF Olive Oil, too.
Stop experimenting with butter. You
cannot buy butter for less than pounds for
one dollar, and. lyon cannot buy the equal
Of Elgin Creamery at that. price for less
than 30 ard 40c. |
Our Pure Vermont Maple Sugar and Strip
have that delicious maple favor, untaintel
by adulteration and is guaranteed pure.
Elphonzo Youngs Co.,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
428 Ninth Street, bet. D and E.
1t
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The Visiting
Trunk

Is entirely new. 1t is made to take
the place of the large grip, and holds
more Made extra strong. Cow
cred with enameled canvas; has steel
frame and brass locks. Just the
thing for short trips.
Sz-lhcn, each ST 10
- w
.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-20

DE man dat likes is own conversation
too we'll" said Uncle Eben, GENERALLY gifts
er chance soonah or later ter m'nopolize de
lfstenin''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-20

According to some authorities the ideal
juror should not only have no opinions on
the case but should be incapable of forming
any.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-20
q piece
Moth
PreVentiveS.

We are showing a complete line
Of Moth Bags, Moth Paper and
Moth Sheets. We have the bags in
Manahan's Tarine finish; also the
odorless finish, manufactured by the
Detroit Paper Bag Company. They
are both moth and dust proof.
Manahan's Tarne Bags, each. 40, 60 and CSC.
Manahan's Moth Sheets, large size, per doz. .65c.
Manahan's Moth Paper, per 100 small sheets. .23c.
Nanahan's Moth Paper. per large sheet. .1oc.
Manahan's Moth Paper Per yard. $1,000: &c.
10Th floor Observation-Disclosures. st. bldg }
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HEIGHT & COMPANY,
SIS Seventh Street.
Credit
never was more
freely given

than here. It's our way of
doing business. We don't re-
gard it as an accommoda-
ton. It's really an accommo-
dation to us to have you deal
with us.
You never will be offered
fairer credit than ours, for
the terms of payment are just
what YOU make them.
We want to talk to you
about Boys and Ladies'
Clothing today-tell you
how easy it is to buy them
here and how low our prices
are.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-20
Special Sale of Books.
Standard Sets at Reduced Prices.

Ninety sets OF standard authors embracing all the
The books perfect condition; slightly broken in
some instances On sale tomorrow morning closngou prices
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-20
Summer
Requisites and Helps.

Housefurnishing department is
filled with the thousand-and-one
helpful things for personal and
household use, and the cost is little
enough in any instance.
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the usual.
Pictures, Frames
And Holdings

"HH - ~HNN HuI -
Are now located in basement. Pic
lures in desirable subjects and taste
fully framed can be bought now for
a trifle. Picture Frames made TO
order at short notice.
Colorcd Prilts. on glass, gilt frames each SOC
Colored Prints, on glass; easel hack each TIC
EtchilSs, lGN2O, gilt FlOrcntne frame, each. 81
hlplets- 1870, white and gilt frame, each . 81
Pastel Panels oak and gilt frame, ZACH. 81
Photographs, l4x17. bronze and gilt frame,
P"rtra; Fran, ia !; 81
PORTRAIT Frames, 2ox2i, oak and gilt each. . So
'p''seiheht. 18th St 6dgl
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An Authentic Case,

81 know g man." he said, earnestly,
whose life was saved by patent medi-
cine"
Excuse me-" said the auditor, YEARLY,
''but it's bad enough to have to read those
things without listening to Them
"But this isn't any display type, next to
reading matter story. It's genuine fact.
He couldn't eat anything"
Eyes. And then he took DR.. So-and-So's
Something-or-Other, and it toned his d.
gestion up SO that he could digest CARPET
taeks."
mo. He couldn't eat because he didn't
have the price Of a meal. But he invented
a patent medicine and got a capitalist to
help him put 1t on the market, and now he
can eat whenever he feels ike it,
The Real objection.
IT'S not his talk which makes the bore,
Who comes when busy grows the dayi
Tempt you to rise and smite him sore
Because he will not go away.
For, with himself. by telephone,
He might converse the whole day through:
HIS fault. for which nanght can atone,
Is wanting to be listened to.
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Window Screens.
QIaS
Cooking Stoves.

No use heating the house with a
coal fire. Gas Stoves are less ex-
Fensive, too. We have a complete
line of the new Hot-plate Gas Stoves
the greatest amount of heat with
the least gas. Especial attention is
called to the following:
2-hurner Niclselcd Stoves. complete. ..... 81 90
- Nickelcd Stoves, high Star burners
-
High Stoves, removable burners. Each s. 20
complete Ranges, broiler attachment. Each s. so
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Readyrrade Shades.

For ordinary size windows
we are already to hang the Cur
tains. Certainly you cannot
complain of these prices
36x72-inch Shades, in all colors.-
Fixtures and all-29c
, 36KI2-inch Iace-trimmed Shades
, the latest effects. All complete-5Oc,
36x72 Lace-trimmed Shades, with
lace insertion. We have borrowed
this conceit from the French. All
. complete-75c.
3Sxs4 Opaque Shades-all complete
, -39c.
We like to bid on big con-
tracts-that is, big show Win
dows.
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Hot Water

Hot Water
Bottles
Are a necessity in every household.
Often prevent severe sickness. We
have full line of Pure Rubber Hot
Water Bottles at prices little below
the ,,cuo1
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allied to the following:
Toilet

Toilet
Articles,
Covering every want and need dur
ing the warm weather, are here, and
the little prices make the buying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-20
House fiximgs-
AT
PERRY'S.

We are very busy putting
folks houses to summer
rights"
1t is a strong combination
our stock and our taste. Both
are at your service-the stock
for as little as such qualities as
ours can be sold-the taste and
talent-for nothing.
We shall be delighted to give
you an estimate on any pro-
posed work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-20
Summer Ffaa1gimgs-

Some of the prevailing fads
36inch Drapery Swlss-igurcd and
dOtted-fCur handsome patterns.
Everywhere price, 15C. Ours-10c.
yard.
Vestibule and Sash Laces-Irish
Point, Swiss, TsILbours and Fish Net
-15c. to SOC. q yard.
Blue and White Delft Fabrics, IN
Java prints on light and dark
grounds. They ere japanese Crepes
and the American Crepes-12hc. to
49c. q yard.
36-inch New Silkoline-12ihc. a I'd.
New China Silks-50c. to 75c. q yd,
Cotton Crepes-15c. and 1Sc. q I'd.
Figured Satines-15c. I'D.
Plain and Figured Denims.
Decorated Burlaps.
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10th. nth and F SITS. N. w.

Until further notice store opens 745 and closes at s
The morning times., 1896-12-27
GREED PROVES HIS RUIN.
Unsuitable Appetite of the Goldfish
Makes Him an Easy Prey.
Boston TraRscriu


A goldfish is never more happy than hen
he is hung to Il line. He viii travel a hun
ured marine leagues if hr hears that some
man in little fishing dory has hook ont
lie never learns that the dainty, juicy NOR
SCI SWINGING 10 ana Iru Thirty ar IOrty :ath-
oms down in the sea conceals n steel barb
His ancestors have successfully gone on
making the same unpardonab Die mistake ever
since The waters of the great deep We're
gathered together. Other creatures in the
hSht OF a dreadful experience have picked
up an instinct that there is danger in a
look. but the cod does not. and is pulled in
AND ms family of younGsters-he leaves b,.
hind thousand of them-Sooner or later
VIII follow him into a cask
30 the chap IN The dory drifting uuietlv
over The bank watches his two lines and
awaits tie inevitable Jerk which tells of
The presence of the vora cious morrhua. He
knows that il the signal nibble does not
come soon that cod has other fish To fry
because IL is always eating or going In
eat. IL is the marine personification of
famine ana starves wi0h ITS stomach fun of
lood- Old fishers Sa Y that a cod viii puIn
down a DATED hook with his mouth filled
with salmon he has Just caught. Ths,p
nave been several cases where This pour-
nIand of the seas has managed to get away
WIN nook sinker and several fauhoms of
later by new fishing tackle.
Notwithstanding the fearful mortality
among tl!lS hsh. 80 anXio;Is TO get Gang IN
mat only The most renia rka able error on
its part can save its life. il defies ex1ar-
mInatlon. 1t spawns and swarms and
thickehS the sea with itself Ii has been
SAID that If the Gods many enemies ceased
working on him, and If he did not die him
SELF from over eating. he and the different
members OF his famil ' would soon fiji the
ocean from bottom TO surface and from
shore I" shore. In fact, there would be
no more sea.
Being a juicy, delecta BILE morsel Is not The
only good thing that can be said of ,bis
fish OF the genus GadUs. He has an in
Satiabe appetite for scientific research au,l
an exploration within his almost unfatb
omabe stomach has revealed the flora and
fauna OF life existing far down N the soup,I
less deep. While he is discussing a break
FAST OF mussels with sea weed on the side
he is laboring IN the cause of science. and
when David Starr Jordan hooks him ont
of his great watery dining room he will be
The means OF adding much To the roster of
The vegetable and animal kingdom of the
sea.
The morning times., 1896-12-27
ORIGINAL MODE OF HUNTING.
SQUIRRELS Polsed Ont of Their Holes
With sticks and Many Bagged.


1t requires NimrodS from the Jersey shore
to hunt in an original manner. and the ioI-
lowing tale poTtrayS a new and dctr!efy
unique method Gf killing squirrels. Recently
RolIy Smith aud David HUI, two wei
known hunters of Jersey Shore junction,
shouldered their guns and started ont IN
quest of squirrels on Short mountain. a
famous resort for Mr.. BuShy Tail AMI lis
kin in that section Of LyCurning county
Nary squirrel could they find fOr some
time, but final : mith saw big f@t black
fellow running along the ground, and when
he blaZed awayGtit the agile rodent slipped
like flash into a hollow tree trunk lying
on the ground, and when the hunters tried
To get at il from one end it slipped out II
the other end, and made for q gOod-SIzed
tree. which il scaled a distance II fifteen
feet and pumped into q hole Then some
thing unique occurred The men at the ;'Ot
tom Of the tree heard the Chatteriug OF many
squirrels, which appeared 10 be III CONSUL
tation, for finally one big, gray squirrel
popped its head out of the hold and peered
at the hunters with GulZZlcdl air, ami then
disappeared.
The hunters saw game ahead. Hill abau-
doned his gun, and arIning himself with a
stick. which he stuck in his belt, commenced
to climb the tree, Reaching the hole. he
cIambered on a branch. Then poking the
stick i'll the hole he began to scare the
squirrels out. and out they did come, every
one of them, big, fat, juicy black and
gray fellows To the number of fifteen
Smith on the ground below had great sport
knocking them over as they tried TO reach
the next tree, and succeeded in hagging
every one of them.
But something else was to follow, The
banging of Smiths gun made a terrible
noise and awakened to a sense OF danger
something more than common ordinary
+, squirrels for just as Hill was about TO
descend ne became conscious OF a pTiI
OF savage bright eyes slaring at him from
the hole. and this apparitiOn was supple
mented by a body covered with briStliHg
hair It emitted a savage snarl and the
sight wasn't plea SAINT one to witness at
such close quarters. HIS hair became
suddenly erect and he had that sinking
feeling, for wild with fear he cried out,
My God. it's Catamuunti' and with a
Jump he landed on terra firma and started
to run. He was halted by a report from
Smiths gun, and returning to the scene
of his fright. saw an object come tuInbIing
out of the tree to the ground, while Smith,
convulsed with laughter, mana gcd to aFtiC
ulate, ''Davy, Davy it's only an oprosum"
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orously and, while Aunt Mary was clear
Ing her eyes from the glare of the han
light md framing herlittie speech of intro
duction, the hearty Voice of young Mrs.
Williamson herself. Welcomed her with.
"Oh, is that you, Mrs. Nichols So kind
of you to run over and see me. / often
feel lonesome in the dusk this way and
was just wishing for someone. Come into
the parlor."
Aunt Mary, whose breath had been
taken away by this unexpected apparition,
could co naught but follow her hostess,
who lit the gas and, after brief but
spirited interview with Il big maStiff
that was stretched on the hearth, sent
HIM out of the room much against his
VIII.
Then she hauled up a big armchair to
the fire, settled Aunt Mary in it, and
after hurricane sweep around the room,
IN which she gathered up an armful of
wraps and tossed them out on the divan
in the hall, she drew up another chair
for herself and sank into it, flushed but
breezy, with the remark: Really. /
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a DANGEROUS DRUG.
Great Increase of the Cocaine Habit
- in Many Parts of the south.

AeU Orleans PtcdpHne.
People Who residein he neighborhood saw
that the vim with which the colored folk
who gather in the halls in the neighborood
of Cnstomhouse and Liberty streets dance
paSSeth understanding
1t is frequently to be noticed that young
woman ungling in these dances continues
the physical exertion for q time and with
Vlgor that are aiII ost Incredible Often tn @
sterher sex are seen doing likewise. and
even the noise, according 70 the witnesses
SHOWS greater degree of ph ySical energy
ana endura nee ttanrone might reasonably
expect to find out OF "a madiiouSe.
A very intelligent ana thoroughly posted
and read druggist wasspeaking to reporter
yesterday OH the subject of abuses of
cocaine In this city. He is in a position to
know exactly whereof speaks, and his OBJ
Servatons are interesting
III is perfectly amazing" said he, THE
proportions to whichthe cocaine trade has
grown in this city. and it is stiIl more re-
Bile how witil the e xceptionof n feW
abandoned white women, it's use is CON
lined almost eXclusivel Y TO the eolored folk
Inc average drug giSt or physician can tell
the cocaine fiend on sight. even when his
indulgence in the vice is in its incipiencv.
There is the wild expression of the eve. the
muscular ierNngs Of the limbs. and other
portions of the body, an exuberant ten
~ ~ a." asS ihoNhis' always on tne
go. ana, IN TACT, a general high tension of
the nervous system, such that it might be
expected the next moment would result In
a general physical collapse.
How on earth these ignora mt people ever
learned OF the effects OF this powerful and
dangerous drug, | am at a loss to say, but
l know 1t as q fact that some drugstores in
this city sell enormous quantities OF the
stuff to the darkies in Scent packages.
The demand for it is so great that they
keep the stuff in little papers, which they
retail at cents, and it is quite frequently
the case that.the darky doesn't even omen
his mouth TO say what he wants, the trade
is so we'll established. He simply goes
into the drug store, throws down his
nickel on the counter, and is given a
cocaine package without his ever opening
his mouth-just as he would SLOUGH into a
beer Joint and get glass of beer"
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Taken Too Literally.

AREN'T you little too fresh, my dcar2''
She had been talking about q recent
restriction which an etlict mad put on
ladies turning to look behind them when
out walking.
The wife made no intellieible reply. aHn
presently he looked back and found that
Mrs. Lot had been turned into pillar Of
salt.
Il didn't think she WOULD take me so
literally" he muttered, and trudged on
Buffalo Times.
The morning times., 1896-12-27


ladies, broke into the room with a copy
or the afternoon paper. "Oh. eirls," she
exclaimed There was not ono in the trio
under siXty,) ION, girls, did you sec what
has happened across the street," and she
thrust tie paper betw cen Miss Martha and
Aunt Mary, both Of whom at once began
fruiilesS hunt for their spectaces. When
they had been found and the cid ladies had
composed themselves enough TO read three
lines Of agate in the announcement column,
they pushed back their glasses and sat
With their hands in their laps locking at
each other
Doesn't it seem almost like PRESENT.
nent?' said Miss Martha.
And just 10 think that we had been
talking about them this very minute, I" re-
sponded Aunt Mary.
Nov, the question is which of us had
better go over said Mrs. Massey.
The question was discussed at some
length with Il good deal of fluttering like
a party of mother mems over a lost chick.
Finally it was decided that Aunt Mary had
better go, and she was wrapped up in n
Paisley shawl with warm wool fascina-
tor over her head and started
Il do wonder" said Mrs Massey, when
they had closed the front door and ran to
look e8t of the parlor window at the prog
resS nf their envoy
The morning times., 1896-12-27
Farmyard Barometers.

The farm is full of haromcterS, all more
certain than the best almanacs ever con
cOcted. Before the rain GENES the dog is
lazy ard wants to sleep. the cat washes
its face and the horses are restless and
easily frightened. At the same time the
geese are very noisy the poultry seek
their roOsts, ants arc all in q hurry and
skurry laying in supplies, spiders crowd
together on the wall, toads and snails and
slugs are ON the garden paths, the birds
cry "weet, weet," the frogs croak and
the peafowl becomes very excitable and
tai lkative
The morning times., 1896-12-27

Ea4ne was William.
That was about he eXte n of heir informa-
tion. Il do hope she's not sick. Dread
fully changeable this weather. and you
know young people are so imprudent. Now,
If we only kne W her better We been think
that | really ought to give her about
flannels''
.'Oh, Mary, / don't think there can he
anything the matter with her. / believe l
saw her going out about dusk, day before
yesterday, / think it was. l won't be sure
now said Miss Martha.
.''Y es, that's Just it, replied Aunt
Mary. Going out at dusk this weather,
and III be bound she didn't have a proper
interest in that child as though she be-
longed to us all over here | don't see
how such a child can take the response.
bilities of n household on her shoulders.
Why she can't he a day over twenty-five
If she is that Mrs. Williamson might
not have been willingto own cvento twenty
five, but the old ladies had gotten to the
point where twenty-five looked like the
mere outer edge of infancy.
II do feel that way about il myself
said Miss Martha, folding her hands. ''She
certainly must need the counsel of some
old and settled mind TO aid her occasion
ally
Now the fact was that Mrs. Williamson
took the responsibilities of household on
her shoulders very lightly. In addition tG
that burden she belonged to q golf club
two whist clubs, a bowling club, and a
circle of the Kings Daughters, besides ful-
filling the usual obi cations of society and
going to the theater with VIII religiously
every Monday night.
Miss Martha did not know this, and sh q
continued: If anything We're to happen to
The morning times., 1896-12-27

that family / would
feel almost asifI w ere
personallyrespons,ble,
for they have been
there over Il year, and
not one of us has
evercalled on them or
asked If we could
be of any service. To
be sure the most of
US haven't much to Of
fer except advice and
experience, butthat is
valuable sometimes
Just then there
was an interruption.
Mrs. Masspy.u .unpofthe
The morning times., 1896-12-27
Deserved.

What is the charge against the pris-
oner?''
P lease, Your honor, he is one of these
fellows that writes about .yule tides,
You were entirely Justified in making
the arrest, officer. Well. sir what have
you to say for yourself?''
Il throw myself upon the mercy of the
COURT
No use. l win endeavor, however, to
make the punishment fit the crime. Yule
TIDE over, the holiday sc ason at the work
house Thirty days and costs "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The morning times., 1896-12-27

had quite a trying day
Of il. It's good To
sit down quietly and
have some one talk
10 YOU
But she did not give
her visitor nucn
chance to do the talk
In <. She plunged
into the most recent
work of the King S
Daughters as the
thing Incst likely To
lntere st the Old
Ladies, digresscd;t Il bit
about the last golf
championship and the
The morning times., 1896-12-27
The ReaIm of tne nocn1.

''Woozleby, are you interested in these
accounts of Mime. Blavatsky's soul-al-
ways wandering on-seeking rest?"
Yes; I'll make one of te men to throw
IN and buy it hitching- strap. Chicago
Record
The morning times., 1896-12-27

AN1o Va tI>a@ S1A ' ~ =
1t is so strange
| never heard any
thing, and / haven't
seen anybody there all
day. 1 do wonder
which 1T is" But
just then the door
across theway opened
and Aunt Mary dis
appeared inside.
Aunt Mary hadrung
the bell very gently y
andin some perturba-
ton, for it was her
first visit to the big
house, though she had
the nodding acquaint-
ancebeforementloLed,
With its mistress
The morning times., 1896-12-27


tiring, and really longed occasionally when
the day was particularly bright and warm,
when it was particularly dull or drzZly,
to run acI OsS and call on the bride, either
out on her front steps among the dwarf
ferns and india rubber plants, or in her
coy parlor where they could some times
see ii CRATE fire burning in the twilight
before the parlor curtains were pulled
down for the night. But none of them ever
got up the ourage To make the first call
and as the bride was the last conner in the
neighhorhood she probably waited To be
called on, if she thought about it all.
She was very nice girl, was the bride
not naughty or freezing even though she
did live in the biggest house in the block
with only her husband and u couple of
servants TO share the establishment with
her. Sometimes when she would be going
down town and would cross to the opposite
: side of the street To get out OF the sun, or
into il, as the time and season might be-
she would pass quite close To some of the
old ladies rocking or reading or else sitting
with their knitting on the big vine covered
Yeranda Of the Home.
AT such times the wstful looks Of some
of the old ladies would lead her to half
nod and smile, though she really had never
had an introduction TO one of them. The
old ladies nodded and smiled, too and thus
quas! acquaintance was established which
never Got any further. But IL only served
10 increase the kindly interest that the
old ladies' took III the couple, whom they
still continued 10 call ''the bride and groom
across the way"
Quite "a year had passed since the first
arrival OF the bride and groom and vet
none of the old la