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Evening star., 1900-12-17
Knit Worsted Goods
For Christmas Gifts.

nra,tm nand ,a, crorheted W"rsted Fascnators 2sc.
Handsome Zephyr Fascinators. closely knitted
warm and comfortable; all shades. rnc
A%ANii- y
Fancy Ice Wool Fascinatprs mad. nv
hsnh hand white and black 5Oc. to S2.OO
Knit Zephyr Shoulder Shawls for evening wear:
large size, neat design, coors blue pink orr
white and black. Each .............. SSN'
German Knit Shaws for old folks plain black
bofaeTs boH gray fE Hash gray "t eoioFed SIPS 2o5
A-silk Knit Shawls white
and cream, made In Germany. e. 30 d.
Also Tourists ShawlS Warm Shoulder Shaws,
Knit Jackets and everything desirable In the way
OF u shawl.
Evening star., 1900-12-17

l was taken with q harsh, dry cough. l grew
steadily worse. My neighlsprs thought l going
into that dreadful disease, consumption. friend
recommended Jayne's Expectorant, which tried
A. GROVE Sterling Center. Maine, Oct 81, lsoS
Evening star., 1900-12-17
A Years Subscription
To a Magazine

Would make a most acceptable
Xmas present.
We take subscriptions for all the
standard magazines, and have pre-
pared neat card adaptable for the
inscription of a personal greeting,
which will be furnished for the pur-
pose. 1t reads thus:
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Gift Books for
the Little Folks.

Juvenile Books seem to grow bet
ter each season-fner art in illustra-
tons, especially the colored plates, a
higher grade of literature and pref
tier and more substantial bindings.
Our display of books this season is
the most attractive we have ever
made, we having provided liberallv
for the children as we'll as for the
grown up folks.
A few hints from our large assort-
ment:
THE ADVENTURES OF FOXY GRANDPA. By
Bunny: laugh at every page. with col z-c
THE FOLKS IN FuNNYvILIR Pic q.
lures and verses by F. Opper ............ SI ~
WHAT DID THE BLACK CAT DO? GUESS.
By Margaret johnson. Illustrations by the G. ~
THE LITTLE BOY WHO LIVED ON THE HILL
A story for wee bits OF tots by Annie Lau- Qoc
rte. Illustrated by Swim. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ooe.
THE ROtiGIE AND REGGIE STORIES By Ger
trude smith. Illustrated by e. Maise and q, ~
NJ. H. Squire. -........................ 9l ~
by j. J. Ai.. Mora.. 'i as pictured ST. 20
FIDDLESTICKS: RHYMES AND jim o.
Giles FOR CHILDREN. By Hilda Cowham oOC.
tratons and ten coored I'tn plates MUS
LITTLE folks OF 76. BY Maud
Humphrey, with ;olored plates after paint e. M
lilgs ...-......... ...................... T~'OO
,raaed n.GG borders Hit by Amy he teu.fe Illus. ST. 90
FATHER GOOSE: HIS BOOK. Printed G. M
In colorS. w w
THE LITTLE BOY BOOK. BY Helen Hay With
fifteen splendid color drawings by Frank G. oo
Nerback. delightful child's book. ....... %A.%o
BABY GOOSE; HIS ADVENTURES By Fannie
Rollicking rhymes and delightful pictures. YA w
Evening star., 1900-12-17

WOmen'S-
Sheer All-linen Handkerchiefs. henstitched and
embroidered: and wide fluffy lace trimmed
and plain, in both sheer and heavy linen also
Small Hand embroidered Initial Hemstitched Hand
kerchiefs
I2ac. and 25c. each.
Sheer AIl-linen Tandkerchiefs, embrodered and
hemstltche,, embroidered scalop and pretty effects
in both yaIenciennes and Mechlin lace trimmed
SOC. to $3.50 each.
Fine Imported An-line Hand made Handkerchiefs
valenciennes lace trimmed.
$I.5o to $3.50 each.
Fine Imported All-linen Hamkerchiefs, real Va
lenciennes lace trimmed.
SI.5o to $500 each.
puehesse Lace Handkerchief, exquisite designs.
$2.oo to $27.oo each.
Fine Imported All-Inen French Hand made Hem
stitched H&ndkerchiefs, with pretty bandembroid-
cred crest In corner-something new.
$I.5o each.
y1Sst heos.
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Eiderdown Robes for Christmas Gifts

The value E1erdown NAV
be used 1t only bath robe but be used about the
for
convenient for and railway travel
Evening star., 1900-12-17

Heavy and Warm Robes, made Of the new erin
ked eideriown. large collars edged with satin rib
bon; heavy tasseled cords at waist. All q,
shades and sizes. Each. SS.Za
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5Sc. a Yard.
Made to Sell for SQ.OO.

We will cut these in any length de-
sired and put in gift shape, if you
wish.
First foor-Tcnth street.
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Holiday handkerchief
For Men, Women and Children.

How satisfactory buy l1andkecs where Linen
but Linen is sold for Linen Douby pleasant this busy buying
Our Handkerchief Department is Overlooking with opportunities
for the making OF tasteful and economical gifts The careful
has been the selection OF this stock and believed
has and attractive
OF prices Neatly boxed if You wish
Evening star., 1900-12-17

Mrs William H. Wheeler Of Albany is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
c. Hyam, 1914 s street northwest.
Evening star., 1900-12-17

Owing to the great demand for
our Imported Initial Handkerchiefs,
we advise those desiring these special
products for the holidays, that, to
avoid disappointment, it is quite
necessary to make their selections
now while the line of letters is com
plete.
First floor.
Evening star., 1900-12-17

Mrs. Haskell, widow Of General Haskell,
| who received his mortal wound in the battle
of Santiago. while leading his men, is stay
ing with Miss Patterson at 1914 Sunderland
Evening star., 1900-12-17

Mera' IS
All-linen Hemstitched Handkci chiefs supe rj0Y
qualities, neat hand -embroidered initial.
25c. to soc. each.
M-linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, fine linen,
both narrow and wide hens.
I21ac. to $I.5o each.
ties.
soc. to SI.OO each.
Children's-
Al-linen Handkerchiefs hand embroidered initial :;
hemstitched and colored print borders
75c. for box of 6.
All-linen Handkerchefs, colored borders, neat de-
signs.
25c. for box of 3.
Evening star., 1900-12-17

Mrs. Duell gave, Saturday afternoon, the
third in her series Of informal teas. Those
present were: Mrs. Taimage, Miss Talmage,
Mrs Shiras Mrs. o. H. Platt, Mrs. Root,
Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Payne, Mrs. Frazer.
Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Hendrck. Mrs. Hatton,
Mrs. Steever Mrs. Chamberlin, Mrs. Chap
The Republican., 1900-09-06
FAITHFUL TO HER LOVER.
Chinese Girl Travels from Home Tn
Meet Sweetheart in Cen
trail America.

Little Miss Kayai Lei passed
Through New Orleans the other day
on her way to the republic of CoIom-
bia, where she is to marry the man
she loves, an almond-eyed celestial
who had preceded her. Miss Lei's stop
in New Orleans was the first she had
made since she left her home in Can
ton, China, says the mes-Democrat.
She is a plump and petite little maid
of 16 and pretty, as the Chinese stan
dard of beauty goes Her cheeks are
round, and her oval eyes are bright.
She has three trunks ana more band
boxes and oriental looking bundles
than her chubby arms can hold,
She says that the man she is going
to marry is well established on a
banana plantation, and has a washee-
washee place, and has made plenty of
money in his two businesses. But it
was not riches that brought her from
her far-away home-she came because
she loved. She loved her sweetheart
when he was boy in China. He was
bargained off to one of the societies
SeHulnS bnIHdIHen 10 America.
Months passed and the Chinese
maiden waited, but had no word.
Finally he was located at the little
fruit port of Bocas del Toro, on the
coast of South America Four Years
have passed since his arrival there,
and he has prospered and grown rich.
If he had gone to China to claim his
bride there might have been trouble
about their return, as the regulati tions
of late have been made so strict. So
the Chinese lover wrote it all to his
sweetheart and she, much to the
amazement of the high-cass Chinese
society to which she beongs, agreed
to travel to her waiting and anxious
sweetheart.
Miss Lei is chaperoned on her Jour
ney by an aged Chinaman. She is a
modest but determined little maiden.
She was passing through the United
States with the government seal upon
her, and several inspectors have taken
an oath not to allow her to escape.
The Republican., 1900-09-06
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Balloons are used for drying linen in
Paris laundries.
According to the report of the labor
commissioner of New Hampshire, the
shoe output of that state last year was
$22, 900, 900.
A large mushroom has been gath
cred at Newton, in South Lincolnshire.
1t measured 3S1s inches in circumfer-
ence and weighed PA pounds.
A famine of gutta percha is threat
ened. No other substance is compar-
able with this gum for the insulation
of cables; indeed. long distance cables
cannot be made with any other insula-
tion hitherto discovered.
American or European soft woods
will not last in the Danish West Indies.
They are destroyed by an insect called
the wood louise. This seems not to be
understood by foreign manufacturers
of furniture, such as pianos, for in
stance. An instrument is frequently
honeycombed by these little creatures
and rendered useless.
An interesting collection of stone
implements has been obtained from the
Nile valley by Mr.. Seton-Karr. The ma
terial is chiefly yellowish brown or
pearl-gray. Opaque, earthly ebert, and
is but rarely of the translucent, chaI-
cedonic variety as found in the chalky
formation of England. The collection
contains large number of types,
which may be classed as bracelets, ak
like tools, leaf-shaped fiints knife-like
instruments, hoes or agricultural inn
plements, scrapers. cores and fakes.
The production of oxygen in a COM
mercial way is proposed by Prof. Raoul
Pictet, of Geneva. His method is to ad-
nit air to a condenser cooled by liquid
air, relying upon the low temperature
to cause the oxygen to separate by
gravity from the nitrogen. When the
two gases have separated the oxygen
will be drawn off from the bottom of
the condenser and the nitrogen from
the top, while the carbonic acid, which
will be liquefied. will be drawn off into
tubes. With an engine of 500-horse
power some 100000 cubic feet of oxygen
can be obtained, it is said, in one day.
The Republican., 1900-09-06
CONFESSIONAL INvIoLABILITY
| A French Priest Who Was Fined for
Revealing Secrets COnfided
to Him.

A case recently decided by the
Ninth chamber of the civil court of
the Seine would have served Boccac-
clos turn admirably. The matter,
however romantic, is nevertheless a
very serious one, especially to certain
sections of the community, for it con-
Germs nothing less than the inviola-
bility of the confessional By the
legal tribunal above named, the Able
Breton, vicaire of the cathedral of
MeauX, was fined 200 francs and costs
for having betrayed secrets confded
to him in his character of confessor.
Fact is a thousand times stranger
than fiction, and never, surely, had
the grave lawyers of the Paris bar a
more curious case brought before
them. The story is briefly this: Pere
Elisee. an eX-Franciscan monk, while
still within the pale of orthodoxy,
once had a quarter of an hours in
terview with a young lady, Mile. l.,
in a convent parlor, her brother and
sister being present. 1t was a case of
love at first sight, The pair never
met again, but entered into CORE
spondence, we gather, of an innocent
but sentimental nature. After a time
Mile. L grew uneasy, and her con-
fessor, the said able, being absent,
she poured out her heart to him in
writing, of course under the pledge
of secrecy, She was hidden to hand
over to him the whole of the tender
missives, which were straightway
handed over to his superiors. Then
followed a veritable earthquake, says
the London News.
The case for the defense was based
upon the fact that the young lady's
confidence had been given in writing,
and to the able in his capacity of
friend rather than of priest This
for a moment, holding that the role
of confessor is not confined to the
confessional box Laws, moreover.
alike ecclesiastical and civil. were ad-
1uced in point; according to the CON
stitution" of Pope Benedict XIV.
(745), any priest violating the Sc
crecy of the confessional is suspended
from his functions. The civil law on
the subject of secrets confided profess
sionally, whether to priest or laymen,
is still more categorical. By no con-
sideration of interest, public or pri-
vate. is the violation of such secrecy
held eXcuSahIe
The Republican., 1900-09-06
FOOLED BY AN OLD CROOK.
Smart Detectives Have Their Little
Plans Upset in an Exasper-
ating Manner.

Several years ago there was a horde
of safe crackers on the West side" said
an old-time detective to Chicago
Chronicle reporter, ''and although we
knew who the gang was composed of
we never could lay our hands on them
nor even gather evidence sufficient to
convict. One afternoon my partner
and myself stumbled across an old
time offender and in the course of con-
versation he told us that he was next
to the bunch that had been pulling of
the work in our district. This chan
was broke and promised to do as we
told him in order to make us right with
the inspector.
Three or four days later we had it
all framed that the safe in big ma.
,hinery house on Clinton street should
be tapped at two o'clock on a certain
morning. We had given the go-be-
tween money enough to pay his way
at the Auditorium, and he assured us
that the very men we had suspected
Of other robberies in the district were
the ones who were to do the machin-
cry house job. So we went to the
station and looked wise, told the in
spector and had detail of seven men
assigned to surround the building.
My partner and myself got into the
Office at four o'clock in the afternoon
with the consent of the managers of
the concern. We hid behind the safe
and awaited developments.
when the clock in the office struck
two we took our guns and waited for
the lads who were to do the work. Half
an hour elapsed and then came the
sound of footsteps on the iron stair
way. To our surprise, there came a
violent knocking on the glass door, and
we finally decided TO investigate. 1t
was messenger boy, who handed us
note saying that the gang had decid-
ed to postpone the cracking for a short
time. When the messenger boy went
down the steps he was surrounded by
the coppers who had been in the alley,
but he had no burglar tools, and was
let 60"
The Republican., 1900-09-06
SPOTS ON THE SUN.
The Present Year Is One of Great
Activity on the Solar
Surface.

1t is believed, from evidence now
seen in the sun, that a period of great
activity is in profress there, and that
the effects of this immeasurable force
will be seen during the next five years
in what is known as "sun spots"
These sun spots, says the Boston Ad-
vertiser, are supposed to be great
solar volcanoes or other disturbances
of the suns surface in some visible
way. The spots can be seen easily
by observers during the years up to
1905, when the maximum will have
been reached. These supposed cavi-
ties sometimes go to a depth of about
10000 miles and then break up into
separate spots or cavities, sometimes
separating at the rate of 100 miles an
hour.
The energy sent out by the same
force that causes these sun spots
must be enormous. There are some
reasons for believing that before the
spots themselves make their appear
ance to the sight the energy is at
work and is radiated from the sun to
the planets of this system. At all
events, the sun spot periods are usual
ly notable on the earth for peculiar
manifestation of electrical energy.
The electric storms that have been
seen in New England lately are due,
in some degree, to the solar energy
and the electricity sent to the earth
as a result. Such, at least, is a wide
ly received scientific theory
1t may be that the sun spots or the
energy of which they are merely the
result work in some fashion that cam
not be so easily traced. During the
last three years, when the suns en-
ergies have been at work, strange
things have happened in the world.
Is it merely a coincidence? If so, it is
at least worth notice that coinci-
dences of this kind are not rare, if
one takes the trouble to look up the
story of the civilized world in the
few years preceding each period of
outbreak of sun spots, say, in the
past so years.
TO trace back the period reckoning
II years as the cycle, the beginning
of the sun spot outbreak would be
reckoned in 1889, 1878. 1867 and 1856
in such a count. These dates are not
exact, because the period of duration
is not exactly measurable in units of
years. Still, it is surely worth some
notice that before the period of 1856
there came the desperate outbreak of
the war in the Crimea: that before
the period of 1867 the United States
was ravaged by civil war to an extent
hardly ever recorded in the history of
any other country. and that the great
tragedy of Lincoln's death had been
recorded; that preceding the sun spot
period of 1878 there came the harrow
ing experiences of France, culminat-
ing in the communist riots, and the
Russian-Turkish war; that before
1889 came the Roumanian revolution,
the nihilist outbreak in Russia and
the war with the Afghans, and that
before 1900 came the war with Spain.
the Jameson raid and the consequent
war between the Beers and the Brit
ich
The Republican., 1900-09-06
ANIODOL AS ANTISEPTIC.
Its Use in Foreign Hospitals Has
Been Attended with Crafty
ing Success.

Such numbers of medicines make
their appearance without any appreci-
able result from a therapeutic point
of view; so many substances are daily
put forward as possessing marvellous
bactericidal properties" whereas they
have not always the value of thos.
more commonly used, that physicians
are beginning to get mistrustful, as
they see that the commercial question
comes from the scientific question. An
exception, however. appears to be ad-
missible for 'aniodol," the new prod
uct prescribed by NJ. Sedan, of Mar
seilles. says the New York Herald,
essentially composed of solution of
trimethanal, which is said to be
very powerful antiseptic. In a solu-
tion at 100 it destroys, within five
minutes, nearly all the microbes: at
lilo, 900, or even 100000, it steriliZes
any center whatever. The exact bac-
tericidal proportion has been fixed by
NJ. MerieuX, director of the Pasteur in
stitute at Lyons, at $4,000. But nu-
merous experiments prove that
Koch's bacilli, contained in salivi, are
destroyed in six hours by a solution of
1900, which is a very satisfactory re-
suit.
Aniodol, however, is not only an ex-
traordinary antiseptic, it is deodor-
izer of the first class There is not a
wound, however fetid. that can resist
its action, and that does not lose it's
odor, even though it be a cancerous
or gangrenous wound.
1t is of the very first necessity to
be exactly fixed as to the doses
to be used. Doses that are too strong
will sterilize a wound, but will dry it
and prevent it from cicatrizing. A
moderate dose. 1-4,000 to 1-3,6O0, on
the contrary, acts extremely well. For
the nostrils or mouth a solution of
1-15,000 at the least and 10000 at the
strongest produces complete disinfec-
ton. For the hands and surgical in
struments proportion of Is, coo gem
orally suffices
NJ. Sedan is not only using it in So
lutions; he is having prepared an anio-
dol soap. which not only cleanses the
hands, but absolutely disinfects them,
and on this ground is capable of rem
dering the greatest service in the
country and in the surgery of the bat
tlefeld.
An interesting application, from a
hygienic point of view. has also been
made by NJ. Sedan. With proportion
of $50 grammes of aniodol soap to a
kilogramme of linen he was able with
an ordinary ''lessiveusc' to obtain the
perfect sterilization of the septic sam
pie which he used in his experiments.
All these qualities are evidently wor-
thy of attention, and NJ. Pinard. who
has used aniodol with the greatest sue
cess, based on its Incompatible prop
critics as a deodorizer, and the alb
sence of all danger from its use,
strongly advises physicians to adopt it.
The Republican., 1900-09-06

81 shaved Speaker Carlisle and Speak
er Crisp, but usually they went to the
democratic side. John Williams can
tell you all about those gentlemen, and
also about Mr.. Bailey, of Texas; Mr..
Mills, of Texas; Mr.. Wilson, of West
Virginia, and other democratic lead
ers. John also shaved Speaker Ran
dali for many years. The republican
speakers, Colfax, Blaine and Keifer,
wore boards. and Speaker Henderson
is the only republican speaker who
shaves."
John Williams says: speakers
usually have their servants and BARRIERS
at their homes. and hence l did not
shave Speaker Carlisle very often, be-
cause he was speaker for so many
years. But Mr.. Crisp was repre-
sentative for a long time before he
was elected speaker, and l shaved him
very often. He was an easy man to
shave, and always very aniiable to the,
BARRIERS and to everybody else. In fact,
he was lovely character and was alb
soluteiy without enemies; and that is
something that cannot be said of any
other public man. He was always kind
and gentle in manner and speech. We
BARRIERS can tell more about the real
character of men than can be told by
The Republican., 1900-09-06

w II GUESS | have shaved Maj.
Mckinley from 500 to 1000
- times" said Henry Wilson, a
well known colored man who has been
a barber in this city for quarter of
a century.
For almost IL years, while he was
a member of the house of representa-
tives, Maj. Mckinley lived in the hotel
where l was head barber; and re al
ways came to my chair, except when
there happened to be several ahead
of him, and he could not spare the
time to wait. The major shaved him
self good part of the time, and 1
kept his razors in order for him. He
shaves himself altogether, now that
he is in the white house.
you know l am something of a
talking barber; that is. l know so
many public men and they always
talk to me, so that l have got into
habit of talking a great deal to
them. soon found that Maj. Nc
Kinley did not like to be talked to
while he was being shaved. He was
always kind and courteous and will
ing to spCrd little time in conversa-
tion before being shaved, or after
wards, when he had time, but usually
he was busy thinking, and he did not
care to listen to a barber's talk.
"The major is easy to shave, al
though one has to be very careful.
delicate. Any careless barber would
blister him or injure the skin in some
way. His beard is strong and he
likes a close shave, and that requires
going over the face two or three
times"
Alec Thomas IS colored man who
has had charge of the barber shop in
the cloak room on the republican side
of the house of representatives for 35
years. He says: Maj. Mckinley
often came to me to be shaved when
congress was in session, although he
usually was shaved at the hotel. Very
often when his committee held early
sessions, and he could not wait for his
turn at the hotel, he would come to
the capitol and have me shave him be-
fore his committee met; or. if other
congressman were dneaQ OF MIN, ne
would come to me after tn committee
had adjourned, and | would shave him
while the house was in session. What
Henry Wilson has told you is correct.
he likes a close shave and he does
not like to listen to the chatter of a
barber"
John Villains is a colored man who
has had charge of the barber shop in
the cloak room on the democratic side
of the house of representatives for
IS years or more. He says: 81 was at
the hotel and had occasion to shave
the major a number of times before
got this place. Very soon after
came here l met the major and asked
him to come to my chair, but he
smiled, shook his head, and replied:
John, you are on the wrong side of
the house." and he went over to the
republican cloak room for his shave
''While William Jennings Bryan was
here" continued Williams, 81 shaved
him frequently He is hard man to
shave. His beard is tough as stubble,