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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-17

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&c. Box.
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per and Envelopes, in all tints
\ and in Billet, Octave, CONNER
! cial and the new Square Sheets.
} Sold regularly for 15c. For
this sale, .@
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y &c. pack for Envelopes.
\ Writings 25c. Oriental Notes
and Velvet Finish Papeteries.
\ Special. .........1@c. Box.
3 Good Ink. &c.
\ Worth SC.
4 Good Mucilage. &c.
4 Worth SC.
4 Infants Wear Reduced.
u All our Colored Caps, which sold for So 9s
q s24S and 81 .9s.
u For this sale. .oSc.
y All our Colored Goats at half
: price-sizes from to 6 years.
Z few sizes in Boys Leather Leggins, that
4 have sold for 25 and $1.9s.
4 For this sale.
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y Were 9Sc., 81 IS.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-17
Toilet Goods
Marked Way Down.

All of our Sc. Soaps. 4bc. doz.; 1Oc. Soaps.
7c. cake; Napier's Tooth Powder. &c.: Best
Ammonia. Be-; Violet Ammonia. 1Sc.; loc.
Tslcum Powder. &C.; Woodbury's Facial
Soap. Cream, Powder and Dentifrice. l4c.
each; sachet Powder. all doors. &c. package;
Csc Bay Rum, 19c.: Csc. Florida Water, 19c. !;
25c. Sponges. 19c; Zoe. Sponges. 7c.: &c.
Sponges, &C.; Fine Toilet Paper. Sc. roll: 2
quart Combination Syringe, $3.50: 2-4uart
Fountain Syringe. 79c.; Throat Atomizers,
worth Soc and &C., for 43c.; fellows Cos
samer Powder, &c.; fellows Swansdown,
DC. box; Violet Cold Cream &c. jar: 10c.
Smelling Salts, 7c.; Chamois worth Soc. for
3Sc; Chamois worth 35c. for Doc; Ponzo-
nina for the complexion. 43c bottle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25
Whichever Wins, the Public Loses.

The sugar trust, alias Havemeyer,
and tho coffee trust, alias Arbuckle,
have begun duel to the death. Have
meyer is going to sell sugar and coffee
at less than cost, and Arbuckle is going
to undersell Havemeyer. When the
duel is over. when Havemeyer or Ar.
buckle is financially dead, or. what is
moro probable, when peace is patched
up, who will repay to Havemeyer or to
Arbuckle or-dreadful thought-to the
allied octopi the millions spent in the
fight?-New York World.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25
BONDS, ALWAYS BONDS.
The First Idea of Republican Financiers
Is to Borrow Money!

The First Idea of Republican Finanoiers
Is to Borrow Money.
When Democratic congressman sug-
gested plan for meeting the expenses
Of tho war with Spain, they were de-
nounced as "obstructionists Rather
than stand in the way, the Democrats
yielded to the demands Of the Republic
ans and aided them to pass such war
revenue measures as the administration
leaders had prepared. The conditions
were such that tho Democrats could do
no more than make a dignified protest
But the facts have demonstrated that
the Democratic congressman were right
and the Republican congressman were
wrong.
Instead Of bond issue the Democrats
suggested that the treasury issue one
year certificates Of indebtedness to the
amount Of 100000, 600 and coin the
silver seigniorage, amounting to $54,-
600, 900. This, with the income from
the internal revenue tax, would have
been amply sufficient for the purpose
intended. Thus it appears that the issue
OF $500, 600, 900 worth of bonds was
entirely unnecessary. entailing an enor-
nous debt upon the government and
ono that the people will have to pay.
At the end of ten years the interest of
this bonded debt will have reached
$50. 600, 900. and that is just so much
entirely needless expense. But the first
resort of Republican financiers is to a
bond issue. Their only idea is to bor-
row money and to make the people pay
interest on the money they borrow.
This is fun for the banks, but death to
tho people. The Democrats cannot be
accused Of devising this scheme.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25
VlTlATED AIR.
Impurity OF the Atmosphere OF Steam
Heated buildings.

Heated buildings.
In an article contributed to the
Philadelphia Record by DIR. F. A. Adj
ans, the inquiry is propounded
whether the immense increase of
steam heated Office buildings, in which
the great majority of rooms have no
adequate means for the renewal of the
air to be warmed, may not in large
measure account for the prevalence OF
pneumonia among middle-aged men.
Many of these buildings, DIR. Adams
says, are admirably constructed to
keep out air, whether cold or not: this
very perfection contributing to their
inslubrity. In these Theoretically
sealed office rooms that abound in
business buildings the steam heats the
atmosphere to n delightfully."- comfort
able degree, and the occupant breathes
and rebreathes the air during zero
days when an open window cannot be
endured, the effect being to silently
undermine his powers of resistance, SO
that when he goes forth, exchanging
such tropical air for the keen breeze
of unrestricted nature, it happens
that, through some subtle change in
his system which has robbed his lungs
of their power of resistance, their ca
pacity to endure the onset or transit
ton is gone and the subtle poison of
unrenewed air does it's deadly work in
the form of pneumonia.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25
DEAR DOLLARS.
The Farmer Suffers Most OF All by tho
Fall of Prices.

In all this fall of prices that man
who stands closest to nature, who occu-
pies the first place i'll tho long line of
production, changing the face of chaos
into the beauty and comforts of civiliZa-
ton, the farmer, has suffered and is
suffering worst of all.
As well talk about a prosperous man.
behind him as to affirm equilibrium of
a pyramid with its base in the air. The
farmer in tho United States purchases
his goods at retail He sells at whole
sale. Wholesale prices always fall first.
Therefore he suffers doubly.
He pays the old price for what he
consumes long after he has been in re-
reipt of a now and lower price for what
he sells. In addition to that. the farmer
of the United States has had to encoun-
ter tho competition of the producers of
raw material and food products, which
we export, in tho silver using countries
of the world.
Today you can buy in the silver using
countries-those great exporters Of
wheat and other similar products which
the American farmer must meet In the
neutral markets of the world-almost
exactly tho same quantity of those
products that you could buy with the
same amount of silver in 1878.
The testimony Of the English COM
mission in 1896, the tables and figures
prepared with so much care by Consul
Wetmoro at Shanghai, the experience
of merchants, all 60 to show what has
become matter Of common knowledge
that prices as rated in silver have not
materially changed in those countries
in the last 23 years. Consequently they
can continue to take the same amount
of silver for their products that they
took then.
1t will pay as much debt as ever; it
will buy as many things rs before. But
the American farmer must take his pay
in gold, and as gold has risen and silver
fallen he has had consequently to take
the gold price of the silver, which his
competitor could continue to take, and
thus the quantity of gold that he could
get for his competing product has
grown less
Consequently it has operated every
time that silver has gone down notch
as discrimination against the producer
in the United States exporting and SELL
ing his produce in competition with sill
yer using countries, SO that he has had
to encounter q restricted market and q
falling price for % years 1t is easier
to plant Il field than erect factory.
Competition in agriculture is first felt.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25
A NIomentous Contest.

We are now entering upon a mo.
mentous contest. Gold monopoly has
the executive and is making superhu.
man efforts to control both houses of
congress. In that event legislation will
be devised whereby the machinery Of
government control for the good of the
people will be placed III the hands of
bankers, money changers and stock job
bers with which to tax, harass and i'm.
poverish the mass of the people. You
must not allow gold monopoly to con-
tinue to own the executive branch Of
the government. You must not allow
gold monopoly to acquire a complete
title to the two houses of congress, for
If you do your government is despot-
ism. 1t will rob you and treat you with
more cruelty, harshness and oppression
than the Russian government is said by
its enemies to treat the serfs of that
country.-Silver Knight Waterman.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25

NJ ANTED - SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY
" persons IN this State TO manage our bu,I.
ness Ia their own and nearby counties. In Is
mainly ONCE work conducted at home, SALARY
alsnt $5oO Year and expenses definite
pona nue., lao more, 10 less solary. MonthIv az
'eiope, Herbert Z. Hess, Prest., Dept. II, Cbicsoo
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25
FUNERALS HIS HOBBY.
United States Treasury Has . Man Who
Enjoys Them Exceedingly.

Enjoys Them Exceedingly.
In one Of the bureaus Of the treasury
department is man who has chronic
desire to help bury people and attend
funerals. The other day, says the
Washington Post, he was transferred
to new division. The first day he
asked his chief for leave of absence dur.
ing the afternoon.
What for?" asked the chief.
II want to attend the funeral Of Capt.
Smith,"
The chief had hardly got acquainted
with the man and sent him upstairs to
his former chief to ask if he had been
permanently transferred to his divi-
sion. The man came back with the
announcement that he had been trans
ferred, and he was excused for the
afternoon. The same day this chief
met the chief of the division where he
had formerly been employed.
"Why did you send the man to me to
inquire if he had been transferred?"
HE asked for leave of absence, and
l wanted to fi-I ct whether had any
authority over him." was the reply.
did he want to attend funeral?"
Eyes"
II knew it," said the other. "It's a
regular thing with him-a disease. He
aas q mania for attending funerals"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25
DON'T KNOW HOW TO EAT.
Too Many Americans Woefully Deficient
In That Branch of Education.

LOO Many Americans NOeIulty D6uClenS
In That Branch OF Education.
"When my children get to the proper
! age" said the man who was smoking a
briar pipe, II intend to have them
taken in hand by some competent per-
son and give them thorough instruc-
| ton in the art of eating, and, further,
in the science of finding out what to
eat and ordering"
What do you mean?" inquired a
Buffalo Express man who sat next to
him.
Il mean this: The average American
| citizen is woefully deficient in knOwl-
edge of what he can get to eat. lie
falls down when it comes to ordering
dinner. The great ma jority of people
in this country are brought up frugally
at home and do not know anything but
the commonest dishes. The conse-
quencc is that when a man goes into
a restaurant for dinner or to hotel he
gazes helplessly at the bill of fare and
sees many things of which he does not
know the component parts. lie dares
not order anything that he is not sure
of for fear of ridicule, and he falls back
on roast beef and mashed potatoes.
The fact is, he doesn't know anything
but roast beef. Same way in rcstaur-
ant. When waiter shovcs bill of
fare under a mans nose nine times out
OF ten he will look it over and then say:
Gimme n steak and some fried pota-
toes Now, the man who does this
day after day doesn't want roast beef.
He is sick unto death of steaks and
fried potatoes. He loathes ham and
eggs, and yet he keeps ordering
them in dreary and dyspeptic success
sion, because he doesn't know any
better and he is too proud to confess
his ignorance. It's that way with me,
and I'll bet it's that way with most of
you. ! am going to relieve my children
of all these things. They're going to
know what's what when it comes to
eating. No roast beef Nomination.
shall be my household slogan"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25

WISE is the famous man who doesn't
oyerwork his popularity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25

Mr. Frank a Startz. of Fayetteville, Fayette
Co. Texas, writes i'll a letter 10 DR.. Pierce: 1T
affords me pleasure to testify to the remarkable
curative power of DR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. l was severely afflicted with trouble
i'll my lungs splitting up blood, and was so
weak was unable to continue my work. I
hope for ME. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery was recommended TO me SO tried it and
began to improve at once. and was soon able to
resume work. I consider it n wonderful nedi-
cine"
Every man who wants to save doctors
bills should send 81 one cent stamps, the
cost of mailing only, TO DR.. K. V. Pierce,
Buffalo. N. Y. for a copy of his 1000 page
illustrated book, Common Sense Medical
Adviser" in paper covers; or 81 stamps
for cloth bound copy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25
A Charge That VIII Not Stick.

Mark Hanna says the surgeons and
chaplains who tell stories of camp hor-
rors are talking for political effect.
Well, they are nearly all talking, and
they all talk alike. Is it possible that
all the surgeons and chaplains in the
volunteer army are partisan Democrats!
Why did the president go to the other
party for men to fill these posts? Didn' t
he give Republican doctors and preach
ers any show at all?-St. Louis Post
DiSpofch
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25
DAYS OF THE HOME MADE.
fines When the Farmers Clothes Were
Made at Home.

Made at Home.
The cultivation of flax and the man.
ufacture of linen We're universal in the
early days of New England. Nearly
ever, house in the country had cards
;,..l Great wheel and little wheel, reel
amI swift~. and dye-tub in the kitchen,
and acarn. warping bars and loom in
chamber or garnet. From the History
of Rochester" y. H., we Gull the fol-
lowing description:
Every farmer set apart portion of
hi, land for flax. 1t was an indispen-
sable crop. and the manufacture of oil
business.
The flax was carefully pulled up by
the roots and stacked in the field till
thoroughly dry, when the seed was
thrashcd out. 1t was then soaked in
water for several days. and spread on
the ground to be vettcd, frosty nights
helping to wbitcn it.
After suitable time it was slowed
away till spring. when it was brought
out to be dressed by use of the brake,
the hatchcl and the swingle BY this
lilC IldA W dS lIlOIOllS lily
without cutting, and the tow and
coarse, woody parts separated from
the finer fibcrs of true linen. 1t was
then combed to complete the separa-
ton, and was ready for the wives and
daughters to spin and weave into gar
mentS
Wooden cloth was also made at home.
The wool was carded into rolls by
hand, and then spun and woven into
cloth.
All garments were likewise made at
home. not only for everyday wear, bat
the go-to-meeting dresses of the wom-
en- and the breeches for the men, even
the suits that the minister wore in
the pulpit and the clothes of repre-
sentatives to congress, all were home
made.
The first carding machine was intro
duced by Eliphalet Horne in 1911. 1t
caused much excitement in town. and
| set the old people to shaking their
heads and asking what the girls would
have to do now.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25
Mckinley In a Tight Place.

The alternative before Mckinley is
unpleasant no doubt. If he drops Alger,
it will be taken as sign of weakness.
That will hurt the party. On the other
hand, if he keeps and defends Alger, he
will identify himself with AlSer and
indorse all the mismanagement and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in the war depart.
ment. That, too, will hurt the party
New York World.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25
Tired of an Old Hurnbur.

The grand old party racket has been
worked to the point of exhaustion. 1t
has served often to confirm the machine
in power by diverting attention from the
present to past history. 1t will not work
this time. The people have caught OH
to the sham and can no longer be de-
ceived by it.-Philadelphia Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25
Not Afraid to Sneak.

Hon. Champ Clark is talking as il he
meant something. Let him keep that up
and he will be great. The country is
suffering for men who mean something
and are not too cowardly to say what
they mean.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25

ACHES are not contagious, but when
a man comes home and finds his wife
with nervous headache he's apt to
catch it.
The times., 1898-06-17
AGAINST ELEcTRoLYsIs
Bill to Preserve Metallic Con-


Bill to Preserve Metallic Con-
structions.
The Senate yesterday passed bill for
the protection of surface pipes, cables.
wires, and other metallic constructions
in the District of Columbia from danger
by electrolysis. e=
The bill provides that each and every
street railway company in the District of
Columbia using the single overhead troll
ley system for the propulsion of it's cars,
or using any other electrical system en-
ploying an uninsulated, grounded or
a rail system of feeding circuit for the
current, shall equip its linesi1with the
double-trolley system, or rather equal
ly good insulated metallic q circuit sys-
tem subject to the approval of the Com
missioners of the District of Columbia.
1t is also made unlawful for any per-
son. company. or corporation in the Dis
trict of Columbia to furnish any por-
ton of which is grounded or connected
TO any grounded construction. or which
is not thoroughly insulated from the
ground
The purpose of the bill is to protect all
metallic underground constructions. such
as gas and water mains. service pipes.
telephone and telegraph cables, etc, from
destruction by e.ectroytic action due to
the return of electric currents through
the earth from the point at which they
are applied TO the place at which they are
generated. With the large increase of
late years in the use of electricity for
lighting and power purposes, the damage
resulting to underground metallic con-
structions from the use of the ground or
uninsulated returns has greatly increased,
h IL. .lxaf.
system of distribution for electricity are
beginning TO be fully realized. In many
cities the question of the prevention of
electroytic action on such constructions
is being very seriously considered. With
the absence of overhead trolley roads in
the City of Washington the question has
been an unimportant one until recently
4 Conditions have, however, changed so
markedly in the last two years that 1t
should have immediate attention. So long
as the trolley roads did not enter the
city. and while each. one had its inde-
| pendent small power plant. the return of
| the current TO its point OF generation was
accomplished through the ground or
| otherwise without any material damage
| to gas and water MAINS, etc. ..,1s ..sss
Recently a large central power station
| has been established within the city
| limits. from which nearly all the trolley
! roads in the District of Columbia and
some in Maryland and Virginia, obtain
| their power This station also furnishes
| current for public and private lighting at
various points within the District. Cur
rent so generated is constantly delivered
| to many points. some of which are a
| number of miles distant. In many in
| stances this current has TO find its way
| back TO the station through the ground
and such metallic constructions in it as
| offer the least resistance, no proper me-
| tallic return having been provided Where
! metallic return has been provided it is
| uninsulated. and only partially serves its
| purpose.
The times., 1898-06-17
SEVENTEEN MAJORS.
The President Promotes Number
of Regular Army Captains.

w Ht5bEaf
Seventeen captains in the Regular
Army, infantry arm, were yesterday pro-
NOTED to be majors. A long list of nom
nations was made as follows:
To be assistant paymaster general, with rank
of colonel
LIEUT.. COL. ASA b. CAREY, Deputy Plymaster
General.
To be deputy paymaster general, with rank OF
lieutenant colonel
MAI CHARLES l. WILSON, Paymaster.
To be paymaster with rank of major
JEROME A. WATROUS, of Wisconsin.
Medical Department
To be surgeon. with rank of major Irregular
CAPT. ROBERT ]. GIBSON, assistant surgeon
To be captain, with rank of major Irregular
ARMY
FIRST LIEUT.. PARKER W. WEST. Third Cav
airy.
To be first lieutenant, with rank of msiOr
(Regular Army
SECOND LIEUT. HAROLD P HOWARD, Sixth
Cavalry.
To be brigadier surgeons, with rank OF major
(yolunteer ARMY
GEORGE W. Grille, OF Ohio
EDWARD MARTIN, of Pennsylvania.
CALVIN II. ENGLISH, of Indiana.
GEORGE B. BUM, of Ohio
GEORGE II. PENR0SE, Of Utah.
Commissary Department Cyolunteer Army)
To be commissaTy of subsistence, with rank Of
GEORGE b. McCALLUM. of Tennessee
To correct former nomination OF George B.
McCullom.
JOSEPH F. EVANS. OF California.
Infantry Arm. Irregular Army.)
CAPT HENRY R. BRINEERHoFF. Fifteenth In
CAPT. j. MILTON THOMPSON. Twenty fourth In
CAPT. JOHN W. BUBB. Fourth Infantry
| CAPT. CHARLES L. DAVIS, Tenth Infantry.
| CAPT. FRANK ID. BALDWIN, Fifth Infantry.
CAPT. CHARLES r. PAUL Eighteenth Infantry.
CARROLL II POTTER EiohtPpnth In
fantry.
| CAPT HUGH C. BROWN. Twelfth Infantry.
| CAPT. ALFRED C. MARKLEY, Twenty-fourth In
CAPT LYsTER NJ. o'BRIEN, Seventeenth In
fantry
CAPT. WILLIAM AUMAN, Thirteenth Infantry
| CAPT JESSE NJ LEE Ninth Infantry.
| CAPT JAMES MILLER. Second Infantry.
| CAPT THOMAS WILHELM Eighth Infantry.
| CAPT. HENRY C. WARD, Sixteenth Infantry.
| CAPT LEOPOLD o. PARKER, First Infantry.
| CAPT DAVID J. CRAIGIE, Twelfth Infantry.
To be captains
FIRST LIEUT.. WALTER A. THURsToN, Six
FIRST LIEUT.. EDWARD H. PLUMMER, Tenth
| Infantry.
FIRST LIEUT.. HENRY KIRBY, Tenth Infantry.
| To be first lieutenants-
| SECOND LIEUT.. JOHN L. HINES. Second In
SECOND LIEUT.. GUY H. B. SMITH, Fourth In
SECOND LIEUT. MATTHIAS CROWLEY, Fifth
SECOND LIEUT. JACQUES DE L. LAFITTE,
| First Infantry.
second Regiment L. S. Volunteer Engineers
! To be surgeon with rank of major
FRANKLIN A. MEACHAM, of Utah.
Third Regiment U. S. Volunteer Engineers
To be captain
| HORACE C. KEIFER, of Ohio.
| To be first lieutenant
| FREDERICK VI. BARSTOW, of Vermont.
| WALTER KIRKPATRICK BRICE, of Ohio.
Nomination of Walter Kirk Brice for above of
| fee hereby withdrawn.
Sixth Regiment U. S. Volunteer Infantry
To be major
| SPIER WHITAKER. of North Carolina.
| TREASURY.
To be collector OF customs for District Of
| Willamette, Oregon.
| ISAAC l. PATTERSON, of Oregon
| To be collector of internal revenue for the
| Twenty first District of New York.
| CHARLES G. COLE, of New York.
The times., 1898-06-17
SCHOOL coMMENcEMENTs.
The Diplomas of High school Grad
uatcs Are Being signed

uatcs are BENG signed.
The commencement exercises of the
high and graded schools of the city viii
occur next week. and the programs ar
ranged are of the usual elaborate kind
Commissioner Wight. as the president
of the Board of District Commissioners.
began Wednesday to sign the many diplo-
mas which are to be presented by him to
the graduates of the different high
schools.
The Business High School commence
ment will be held Monday evening at s
o'clock at the National Theater.
The Normal School will hold its exer-
cises al 1O:3O Tuesday morning at the
Franklin School building. Thirteenth and
K Streets, and addresses will be made
by DIR. Lane and Principal Clarke
The joint exercises of all the white high
schools will be held at Convention Hall on
Tuesday evening. June 90 Representa-
dress.
The commencement exercises of the col
ored high schools will take place We'd
nesday evening. at the Academy of Mu-
Sic and an excellent musical program
has been arranged.
The closing exercises of the graded
schools will take place Wednesday. June
%, at the various school buildings.
ThepupIls of the graded schools will give
a musical recital this morning at $50 a. IN.
at the Central High School building. Miss
Scanned is in charge of the program