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Chicago Jewel Gas Ranges Are the
best. L. ~ Muddiman & Co. 616 18th NV.

Bt.ruadettc OConnor. twenty-three years
Of age of go New Jersey avenue. was
severely burned about her hands yester-
dav afternoon about - o'clock, while pre-
Earring dinner on ii gas stove
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Need ANY Furniture?

n would interest you to see the beautiful
new sample furniture and rugs direct from
manufacturers, now on exhibition. TO ne
sold nv auction Wednesday morning, COM
mencing 1890. Wilson 4 Mayors, 122I
and 1l.9 q street.
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..Old Glory" Has No Peer

in purity. dcliciousnesS and health VaIue.
The most sensible beverage any one can
drink in hot weather. For case write or
phone w 40. 1Abner-Drury Brew. 60.
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12Ft Stock Boards for Fences.

shelves. etc. at an interesting figure. Any
quantity. Eisinger Bros. 2l09 18th st. NV.
je29-d, eXSu.3
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CITY ITEMS.

Star of the East Flour, $3.50 Bbl..
s14O u Dbl: 9Th. sample. 1Sc: Butter,
21c: Eggs. 1ac: Cheese. 16c: Jellycon. 7iac;
Fish Roe 1ic; New Potatoes. Joe PIX j
L. u. Pyles stores. Je2S-Zt
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BRIDEGROOM DROWNED
McCALIP TO HAVE BEEN MAR
RIED IN THREE WEEKS.
Swimmer Loses Life in Potomac
While on Yachting Trip-Com-(
panions Unable to Help.

John McCalip lost his life in the Poto-
mac river near Broad creek yesterday
| morning about I o'clock while in swim
ming. His body was recovered and was
taken to Charlottesville. Ind. this after
noon to be Inferred.
McCalip had intended to make A trip to
| Craw louisville in the near future TO get
| married Miss Julia Hanna. VINO was to
| have been his wife. will meet his rema ins.
| McCalip. who was twenty-five years of
age. was employed as electrician in the
Senate Office building. He came here
more than year ago from Crawfords-
vile to accept Il government position.
| The young man was fond of boating
! Much of his spare time was spent on the
| water. Some weeks ago McCalip and
| Harold E. White. member Of the Co
rinthian Yacht Club. purchased a sloop
Early Morning Swim.
Saturday evening they started from one
| of the Wharves near the foot of 9th street
to sail to Colonial Beach. Night over
| took them near Broad creek They tied
up to remain until morning.
About O'Clock yesterday morning just
| before the boat TO get under way
and resume its trip. McCalip said to one
| a swim before dressing. He soon in
the water. His companions watched him
enjoying the bath
McCalip swan some distance from the
boat and started to return. Then he was
heard to cry for help. He was so far
| away from The boat that his companions
were una bic to reach him before he went
down for the last time.
The water was deep where he was
| swimming. His companions went over
board and searched the hot nf the
| river Well they could Unable to
recover the body. they steamed to Alex
andria, saw Lieut. Smith. in charge of the
| police there. and had him communicate
with the police in this city.
Body Is Recovered.
About two hours after the accident the
police boat was on its way to Broad creek
The crew engaged in the search but a
| short time when the body was found and
taken from the water.
Early in the afternoon the body reached
the morgue. 1t was detained there only
long enough for Acting Coroner Glaze
brook to make an investigation and give
a certificate of death. The certificate
showed that the drowning was the result
of accident. friends of the victim express
ing belief that McCalip was the victim of
an attack of cramps while in the water.
Undertaken Lee removed the body from
the morgue to his establishment and pre-
pared 1t for shipment to Charlottesville
Detective Barbee went to the home OF the
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McCalip
and sister Miss Mabel McCalip. 10 18th
street. and informed them of the fatal ac-
cident.
| McCalip had been engaged in work
with the chronological branch of the geo
| logical survey at Norfolk last summer
later receiving An appointment cleo
trcian in the Senate office building. He
was to have gone to Charlottesville with
: in the next three weeks to get married.
| Members of his family accompanied his
remains west this afternoon.
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$55.15 to Denver, Col, and Return

Baltimore and Ohio R.. account demo-
cratic national convention. July l to t.
valid for return until list. Variable routes
Only two nights out. Consult agents.
Advt.
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Let's Have Your Ice Cream Order

early for the 9Th Peach and strawberry
cream made from the fresh fruit. 81 gal.
Hcisiucer's ~, CI st. Phone NJ. 2l6I.
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Homemade Pies-All Favorite Kinds

You can have Holmes delicious home
made pies delivered fresh from oven 10
table any day. Only zoe Zach. Home
made milk bread. &c. Homes Bakery.
LIST and +, SITS. phones Linen. lao Il 144l-
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Swift & COmpany's sales Of fresh beef
in Washington for the week ending Sat
urday June -, averaged S.i3c per pound
-Advt.
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Hotel johnson Cafes.

Club breakfast, noon lunch. table d'hote
dinner, sea food. New York meats choice
fruit. etc.
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Grocers Sell Connecticut Pies.

The best ingredients. the best facilities
and the cleverest skill go to make Connec-
ticut Pies the best pies to be had.
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Chris. Handlers Pride of Va. Port
"A famous quality wine. Valued for me-
dicinaI purposes 7jc qt. Only at 800 9TH St
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Much of Summers Discomfort

may be avoided by eschewing heavy foods.
Schneiders Malt Bread is a perfect
article of diet because it's light as well as
nourishing. &c loaf at grocers.
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The Only Place to See Actual Talk
ing Pictures in city. MAJESTIC. 1Oc
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$1.25 to Baltimore and Return
every day via THE Electric Line. Tick
cts at 14th st. and New York ave- NV
Twilight excursions, $1OO round trip,
after pm.-Advt.
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very One Can Use Heurich's Beers

with profit. They're rich in the tissue
making elements of malt and hop. Care
fully brewed and aged. hygienfcally bot
tied. > doz. Maerzen Senate, S1.75; .
doZ Lager. $50; bottle rebate, SOC. Phone.
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Pastor Russell Will Sneak

at the Pythian Temple tonight at 80
O'Clock. Seats are free.-Advt.
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Fireworks! Fireworks.
Gould's. ADJ 9th street. All new goods.
ieo--1t
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Baltimore and Ohio r. R. Excursion.

$1.OO to Harpers Ferry. Halltown,
Charles Town. Summit Point and Winches-
ter and return. Sunday. July ). Special
train leaves Union station a.m-Adyt
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All Amateur Pictures Printed, Sc Up,
in real velox. Whitson's, 712 9th ST. NV.
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Government Sale Of Furniture.

quantity of government office furni-
ture and effects, typewriters, instruments,
iron pipe, junk. ETC., will be sold by Sloan
& Co. tomorrow, opening at the patent
office. 9th and G SITS. NV, promptly at 10
a. m.--Advt.
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Films Developed While You Wait.
10c a roll. See results at once The Column
bia Photo Supply Co. 1884 N Y. ave.
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North Carolina Siding, $3.50 Per
100 #. Libbey & Co. 9Th and N. Y. ave-
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Pastor Russell Will Speak
at the Pythian Temple tonight at 1880
o'clock. Seats are free
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cover a broader field. 1t was with the
object of practically assisting in this work
that the committee of ladies was or
ganized, and along these lines that the
efforts of the committee will be directed.
The suggestion was made about year
ago by Mrs. Pinchot. who was associated
in 1877 with Mrs. Candace Wheeler IN
esta blishng the Decorative Arts Society
and has since been intimately connected
with the management of the Metropolitan
Museum, New York, but definite action
was postponed to this spring. Now,
however work has begun in good earnest
For the benefit of summer visitors the
loan exhibit has been arranged, and while
this is in place other projects are being
considered The members of the COM
mittee all share Mrs. Pinchot's enthu-
siasm, and private collectors have re-
sponded generously to appeals for loans
Turning to the exhibit itself will
find that while ii manifestS its temporary
nature by a somewhat Heterogeneous char
acter and lack of classlhcatlon, 1t stlll
gives an excellent suggestion of the field
TO be covered and contains much of alb
sorbing interest and very real value. The
laces are beautiful and in some instances
exceptionally rare.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who has taken a deep
and active interest in the project, has lent
an exquisite handkerchief presented to
her by Senior B. Legardo as we'll, blythe
way. as very charming French fan with
ivory sticks and pictorial design; Mrs.
would indeed be difficult to duplicate. and
Miss Goldman. Mrs. Richardson, the
Misses Traoier. Mrs. James s. Bowdoin.
Mrs. Lay. Mrs. Hobson. Mrs. George
Maxwell Robeson- and others have con-
tributed generously There is a towel of
Italian reIicela, an old Italian altar cloth.
some very rare old Danish heidenbo,
we'll as some modern; there is needlepoint
and bobbin lace = some Flemish point,
probably of the fifteenth century. with
point milanese, point d'angleterre and
point d 'alencon of later period. And
besides all these. there are examples OF
honiton. chantilly and Spanish blonde,
together with perfect pieces of valencien-
mes. mechlin and point applique, the de-
signs of which are peculiarly charming
and artistic.
1t is interesting to know that there is
no proof that real lace was made before
the fifteenth century. and that the first
point lace was development of embroid
cry made by drawing threads through linen
and binding together those which were
left to form pattern. After that open
incs were cut in linen and partially filled
with needlwork. the linen being enriched
with embroidery. These laces are known
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va Tiki RE1zc5 QFLHST
4SL4ZIC RHCE

Cardiff giant Prof. James Hail. the
state geoogist. examined the original
and gave a favorable opinion. but Prof.
Marsh of Yale pronounced it a fake The
more skeptical people of the neighbor-
hood watched NewelfS movements and
he was detected in sending considerable
sums to one Hull, his brother-inlaw. in
the west. At length Hull confessed that
he got his inspiration of the fraud while
listening to revivalist VINO insisted that
there were giants in those days" A
huge piece of gypsum was found by Hull
near Fort Dodge. Ia. This he had trans
ported to Chicago. where a German stone
carver wrought the giant is pores being
made with A leaden mallet faced with
steel needles. After being stained with
aging preparation the giant was trans
ported to a town in New York state.
whence Hull hauled ii to Neweil's farm
at Cardiff by team.
Petrifed Missing LinkP
Newell sent his family on trip cover
burial. Hull. who was religious skep-
tic. was undaunted by the exposure and
felt that he had gotten even with the
revivalist who preached the giant doc
trine. Even after his confession the Rev.
Alexander McWhorter and Prof. White.
both of Yale, continued to believe in the
giants antiquity. the former announcing
that it was Phenician idol upon which
he had found an important inscription.
One of those who from the first branded
the giant as a hoax was Andrew d.
White. president of Cornell
Shortly afterward a ''petrified missing
link" was alleged to have been dug up
in Colorado 1t had a tail and ape-like
legs and feet. Prof. Marsh went to see
1t and 1t was discovered to be the work
of the same Hull promoter of the Cardiff
giant hoax. The present specimen was
of clay. baked In a furnace and contain
ing human bones. This he had buried
and discovered" in Colorado.
Another petrified man was alleged to
have been found in the Pine river re-
gion of Michigan. in 1915. by one VIII
liam Ruddock of ST. Clair county, that
state. This was of cement and was an
echo of the Cardiff giant. as was another
''petrified man. alleged to have been
found near Bathurst. Australia. and taken
to Sydney, where it was exhibited in
1889.
"hydrarches" or ''sea king" was exhibit
ed in ske leton form. on Broadway. New
York, by DR.. Albert c. Koch in 1915.
Great excitement prevailed at the time
and 1t was accepted as genuine until Prof.
Wyman carefully examined it and dis
closed that it was made up of the verte-
brae of several zeuglodons strung togeth-
er. After the exposure DIR. Koch sold it
to the Dresden Museum.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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as drawnwork and cutwork. Next came
reticella, In which it is often difficult to
see the linen foundation. Floral designs
were first used in 'punto in aria" which,
being literally translated. is stitch in the
air. so called because it is without foun-
dation. From this. we are told. came the
raised points and various needle laces.
made without net ground. The credit
or their origin is given to Italy. but they
were copied and adapted by other coun-
tries during the sixteenth. seventeenth
ana eighteenth centuries. When in the
eighteenth century ruff1es came into
France made the needleooint 'neseau,"
used in Alencon and Argentan laces. and
Italy became the imitator. Flanders and
Italy disputed the origin of the bObbin
laces. but in the latter country undoubt-
edly the most remarkable workmanship
was found This knowledge gives it
We're. the key to the study of lace col
lection. and proves the comprehensive
character of that which is now set forth.
But the interest in this loan exhibit
does not end with the cases containing the
faces. There are also beautiful speci-
mems of brocades, tapestry fragments.
embroideries and other stuffs. One large
upright case is filled with rare specimens
ware. some ivory carvings, Limoges
enamels and inlaid jewel boxes. Mrs.
Richardson has lent besides many other
interesting things three remarkable neck
idces-one Or tgyptlan beetles, Sucn as
was worn by the ancient Egyptians: one
of rare antique intaglios and one of coins
mounted in platinum and gold.
The fans also deserve special note. being
placed in the cases open on a background
of lace and displaying fine decoration and
workmanship. There are Dutch. French.
English and Spanish fans with carved and
enameled sticks and various types of
ornamentation. some of which are par
ticularly beautiful. Great artists have
been known to paint fans and in more
than one instance much genius has been
expended on their design and execution.
These. with a few miniatures and some
other objects. complete the exhibit and
give at least some conception of it's scope.
1t has been carefully arranged and is
agreeably set forth. each specimen being
plainly labeled. With the paintings and
the sculpture which had already been
given place in this same gallery-for the
accommodation Of which. in fact, 1t was
remodeled-the room may seem now a
trifie overcrowded. but the cases have
been so placed that they are we'll lighted
and yet do not obstruct the view. So If
anything. they seem to add a grateful
note Of color. The fact that all Washing
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lady's skeleton, which proved to be of
gas pipe.
The mummy of the "tallest human giant
who ever lived was being barked by a
sideshowman at the Atlanta exposition
while a number of these Smithsonian
scientists were there. They asked per-
mission to examine 1t, and when consent
was given applied their tapes and found
that it measured eight feet four inches
from crown to heel.
The giant had been found in a cave
near San Diego. Cal. by party of pros
pectors. according to the exhibitor. Over
the head were the remains of a leather
hood. which appeared to have been part
of a shroud. Worn teeth were visible in
the mouth and the outlines of the ribs
were plainly seen through the skin. Inc
elongated. emaciated body stood erect. in
a great. narrow coffin. ten feet long. The
exhibitor agreed to sell it for $500 to the
Smithsonian. which dispatched Mr.. Lucas
others made a careful test. piece of
the giants dried skin was removed and
when tested in the CHI 'nical laboratory
of the Smithsonian was found to be gela-
tine. Prof. MCGEE is shown on-the left
Of the giant. in the accompanying picture.
and the exhibitor. said to have been per-
fectly innocent of the fraud, is shown
on its right.
The Cardiff Giant"
New York state was In commotion in
the autumn of SO over the discovery of
petrified giant. ten and one-half feet
tall, upon the farm of one Newell, near
Cardiff. Onondaga county. Newell stated
that he uncovered the monster while dig
ging well. A tent was promptly placed
over the. pit and an admission fee
charged. People swarmed about the scene
and fought for admission to the tent
within which they saw lying five feet be-
low the surface an enormous figure with
massive features. it's limbs contracted as
If in agony. Its color indicated that it
had lain long in the earth. and over its
surface were miniature punctures. like
pores. The appearance of great age was
further given by grooves on the under
side, APPARENTLY worn by water. which
giant lay A spirit of reverence enwrap-
tent. They hardly spoke above a whis-
per.
The good country people found cor
roboration of the Biblical text. There
were giants in those days" The admis-
sion fees soon reached $15O,OO. and
Joint stock company was formed to ex-
hibit the giant about the country. Among
the leading spirits In this enterprise was
the original Of Westcott's character
David Harum.' Colonel Wood an
eminent Snowman. was engaged to ex-
plot the Cardiff giant" as it was call
ed and 1t was exhibited in New York
city and in other centers. P. T. Barnum
tried to purchase 1t. and finally had a
copy made which he exhibited as the
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nology an elaborate collection of al
legged idols, tablets and caskets said to
have have. been dug out Of no less than 16e
of oriental hieroglyphics. explained as
having probably been employed by
mixed colony of Egyptians. Phoenicians
and AssyrianS who in the remote past
found their way from the cradle of the
human race. in Asia. across the seas. up
the st. Lawrence and lakes to Michigan.
Some months ago Prof. F. w. Kelsey of
the University of Michigan found that
one large private collector had purchased
fifty specimens coming from this same
forger. These included tablets bearing
rudaly executed scenes from the biblical
story of the deluge and a copper crow
alleged to have been found on skull.
These pictures and the forgers inevita-
BILE oriental hieroglyphics, always turned
upside down. at once called to Prof. KEEL
sey's mind a call which he received In
1898 from a dilapdated man with two
trunks and huge box containing a few
human bones and a miscellaneous cOllec-
ton of clay idols. tablets etc. Bearing
similar scenes from the "deluge' and the
same reversed hierogyphics; also large
! seated idol of baked clay holding a tab
| let.
| The mysterious stranger. after show
| ing certificates signed by persons claim
| ing to have seen these articles dug out
of mounds in Michigan. asked 81 go for
the lot. and. being laughed at. came down
to 500 Being assured that they were
spurious. he asked to be allowed to leave
them temporarily. but he has never yet
returned to claim them The professor
also found in the trunks show tickets
and handbills advertising 1.-THE finest col
lection of prehistoric relics ever exhibited
i'm the United States" Upon examination
he found the same reversed hierogly phics
which had appeared upon lot of alleged
antiquities said to have been excavated
in Montcalm county. Mich. in 1880. and
which he had invest igated at the time.
Great excitement reigned in that county
when these finds" were announced. and
people we're making the dirt fly in every
direction over wide area. One man dug
so deep that a cavern swallowed him
up and snuffed out his life.
Made by Sign Painter.
An even more prolific distributing CEN
ter of this kind was exposed some time
ago by Prof. w. II. Holmes, chief of the
bureau of ethnology. who refused the
Michigan relics and who. curator
of our new national gallery. has been in
terested in the wedding out of its alleged
forged paintings. These Mexican coun-
terfeiters have supplied museums the
world over with prehistoric" art relics
carved out of wood stone and metal
One. plying his trade in the valley or
Mexico. supplies ancient Aztec musical
instruments. wrought with amazing clev-
erhess from worm-eaten wood. Other
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~ ton of laces. textiles. ceramics,
"A fans. miniatures and miscella-
Il IN neous art objects has been placed
on exhibition in the National Gal
| lery hall of the National Museum. This
| collection has been assembled by COM
mittee of ladies appointed AT a meeting
| held at the home of the chairman, Mrs.
! Pinchot, just four weeks ago today, and
it may be regarded the initial step in
| large enterprise. Reviewing the history
| of the great museums of the world it is
! found that the majority, like our own
| National Museum. have been built up by
| gifts-that they are literally institutions
| for the people by the people," The United
| States is still young nation. but 1t can
profit by the experience of others. and
| for this reason, perhaps, make more rapid
| progress. For the past few years the
museum possessions have so far exceeded
| the facilities for exhibition that II has
! been Impossible to consider development
| along new lines. but now that the new
! building. with it's additional acres of floor
| space. is approaching completion, oppor
tunity for expansion presents itself. With
| in the past two years the National Gallery
! has taken concrete form, and in the near
| future it is hoped that department of
| industrial arts may he established. The
/ Boston Museum of Fine Arts includes, it
/
| and crafts in its collections. possessing
| valua BILE textiles. laces. ceramics and sill
| verware. and the Metropolitan Museum,
| under the direction of Sir Purdon Clarke.
| is developing in this same direction. but
! there is at the present time no museum
/ in the United States given over exclusive
| " to exhibits of this nature. And yet
| not hing could be. II would seem. of
| greater national Importance.
We are great manufacturing people
| rema TX bic producers-but if we are to
compete successfully with other nations.
| or To excel them, ii is essential that
the quality OF our work should be more
| than good. II is only by familiarity with
the best that this is accomplished, by
a knowledge of what has been done that
progress is made. \ museum is not
mere storehouse of ctiriositieS. but Ii
brary of reference exerting an active in
fiuence. Already the National Museum
has the nucleuses of several collections
which would properly be included in an
exhibition of industrial arts-such for ex-
ample. as textiles. pottery. baskets. etc.
but the desire is to enlarge these and to