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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
The Rainy Spell.

From the New York Sun :
Beautiful the rain is, cheering to the
crops: umbrella men. golosh men. hail
those gracious drops. Blest precipita-
ton. early latter fall: but-kindly
pipe and smoke it-youve been ruin
ing base ball!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17

The Evening Star with the Sunday morning
edition. is delivered by carriers within the city
At IS cents per month: daily only. p cents DER
month: Sunday only. 20 cents per month o1.ers
msy he sent by mail or telephone Main 24fO
Collection is made by carrier at the end OF each
month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17

Secretary Daniels does not insist
that every naval man shall say shlVer
nv timber and "Yo. heave no with
precise rhetorical effect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
Cotton Dress Goods Dept.
Linen Department.

81 Irish Damask Pattern Cloths, odd lots Of
good quality and design.
5x3 Yards. $500 each. Were 81. 80
2x21a yards, $50 each. Were $3.15
2x:; yards $500 each. Were SIS. 10
G Double Damask Irish Pattern Cloths size
2lax4 yards Reduced from $500 to $500 each.
Second floor, Eleventh st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17

rhor ;s i, General IMPRESSION that
the Panama canal Will prove sue
cessful and desirable institution no"
ever the question of tolls may be man
aged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
NIGHT SHIRTS.

Lot Outing flannel, cambria,
cotton and nainsook. plain and
trimmed. with or without collars
sizes I6 and y: soiled. Grades
that sold from SI.oo to $I.5o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17

rsva,,e In ad,ance-by mail postage prepaid.
Daily Sunday included. one moath. th cents
Daily Sunday excepted. one month. 40 cents
Saturday Star. 81 year; Sunday Star. wv year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Execution.

"When people want some quiet rest
fu1 tonic they always mention the
weather.
Not in the Department OF Asrieui
ture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17

There may be moments when Mr.
Murphy will regard Tammany's march
up the Avenue Inauguration day as
waste of shoe leather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
The Evening star Newspaper Company.

Business Oficc. 11ih st. and Pennsylvania Avenue
New York Office: Tribune BUILDING
Chicago Office: First National Bank f'nlidinc.
European Office: = Regent St. London. Engianu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
Special price, soc.

Lot 4-Outing fannels and cot
tons, in sizes IS to 10; slightly
damaged. Grades that sold from
SOC to $I.5o.
Special price, 300.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17

The value of mules has gone up. while
the rating of elephants is lower. Even
the party emblem canno, escape the spell
" the market quotation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
Friday Special in
Silk Waists.

p, Black Silk Messaline Waists and Tai
lored Shirts a number OF good STYLES:
sizes "a. SO. ~ and a.. Regular s5oo and
1915 qualities.
Special price. 1896 each
White Brocaded Satin Waists. reduced
for clearance. sizes "a. rs and IS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17

Spring housekeeping is likely TO
become serious matter when ii is
taken up with some of the Offices
under the government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
Will They Vote as They Pray +?

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Louisiana would not relish free sugar
three wears hence. An interesting DUES
ton arises. VIII the state continue to
vote for free trade:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17

Mr. Pinchot has not yet persuaded the
ID. A. r. TO interest itself formally In
conservation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
PAJAMAS.

Lot I-Mercerized cotton and
outing flannel. mostly solid col
ors; made with or without col
lars: small and medium sizes.
Grades that sold from $3.50 70
$500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
riday Is Day of Economic Opportuniti

PiH
stances Tor d Iah
avngeo nmenea
Er,ouom enmce h disc ~ al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
Friday Special in
Chi1dren'S Dresses.

Childrens Dresses, made OF
plain and striped Bingham and
percale. with long waist and plat
ed skirt. trimmed with enbrold
cry scallops. pique and stitched
bands of plain colors. Sizes
to 6 wears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17

IT is sometimes very difficult to pub
lish Congressional Record whose
pages are in harmony with the party
platform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17

Having eaten two-cent luncheon Mr..
Roosevelt responded with few words
worth dollar each in any publisher $
Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17

Announcements OF airship Journeys
across the ocean have come to be recog
nized signs of approaching summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
Special price, soc each.
And these remnants

Children's White Piaue Refers. double
breasted style. with lace trimmed collars: sizes
. and ) years. Reduced from $500 to $3.50
each.
4 Childrens Dark Blue Serge Coats. trimmed
with narrow braid and finished with patent
lea Their belt Reduced from $500 to $500 each
10 pairs Children's Rompers, in dainty shades
of blue and pink: square neck and short sleeves.
trimmed with insertion: sizes and ) years. Re
duced from S1.00 to soc pair.
6 Cndren's Soft Nainsook Gowns. trimmed
with fine insertion and. embroidery: sizes TO
II years. Reduced from 81 80 to 15c each.
Third floor. L ST.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
Friday Special in
WOmen's Combination Suits.

Women's Jersey Ribbed ComD'-
nation Suits. in low neck and
sleeveless style with full drawers,
lace trimmed. Only 40 dozen III
the assortment. Regular SOC
quality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
Special price. ,35c each.
nd these remnants

And these remnants:
10 pairs Women's Jersey Ribbed Pants. knee
length: slightly soiled; sizes = and g. Reduced
from soc to 25c pair.
II pairs Women's Plain tiauZe Pants. knee
length with straight band: sizes "a. 81 and ~.
Reduced from zoe to :;jc each.
Main floor G. st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
Purely Personal Impression.

That fellow is bluff said the OBJ
server.
He isn't even that" replied the stu
dent He merely imagines that he Is
bluffing people.
Many men give themselves credit for
attending to business when they are
only visiting around, exchanging funny
stories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17

Entered as second-class mail matter at the post
Office at Washington II. {.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
Women's Dress Department.

Numerous materials. colorings and styles
are represented in the assortment Of
dresses as enumerated below. and which
we have marked at prices indicative OF
our earnest desire To dispose Of them
quickly. and while they are still season
able and fashionable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
Special price, 6@c.

Lot A. Outing flannel and
madras, with or without collars
large size; slightly damaged.
Grades that sold from SI.oo to
$3.50.
Special price, soc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17

Main floor, New Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
Muslin Underwear Dept.

Third floor. Eleventh st.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-20
EDWARD
KEATlNC
Congressman from
Colorado
At The National Capitol
Che extraordinary Session

sequence have felt the sting Of
newspaper attack.
johnson has carried the issue to
his constituents down in Kentucky
and they have sustained him in
handsome fashion. Whenever one
Of the kept papers attacks him
he has the article reprinted in
practically every newspaper in his
district and his people have learned
to gauge the quality of his work
by the amount of mud flung at him.
George has shown where the
real estate clique, through the
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-20

Mothers who spend the night with a
sick baby appreciate the help they get
from McGee's Baby Elixir; especially IN
hot weather. 1t quists fever and irrita.
ton. soothes the stomach, checks the
bowels and helps both mother and child
to obtain sleep and rest, Price 2'c and
zoe Der bottle. Sold by Fuller Drug Co.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-20


conferring this honor upon me
when they elected me to Congress-
and l did not know | had the Job
until | reached the Capital. Then
l discovered that every member of
the House and Senate was in
theory a member of the governing
board OF that city and was expected
to devote a certain amount Of at
tentlon to municipal affairs.
The spectacle of the greatest
legislative body on earth turning
aside from the consideration of
national and international prob
lens to discuss how garbage shall
be removed from the alleys of
Washington is certainly one calcu-
lated to make the angels weep and
cause strong men to use deep pur-
pie language. Yet this is exactly
the scene presented on the floor of
the House twice month on dis
trict of Columbia Day"
THE RESULT
The net result is that, in my
opinion, Washington is the worst
governed city in the nation.
1t is without civic spirit because
its people have been disfranchised
and are given no voice in its gov
ernment.
1t is graft-riddden, because a
comparatively small clique of self
ish rich men have been enabled to
secure the ear of Congress and to
so shape municipal activities as to
enrich themselves.
Its condition constitutes a men,
ace to the entire nation, because
members of Congress have in times
past fallen under the influence of
these corrupt cliques, and their
general usefulness has thereby
been materially impaired.
1t is drain on the treasury of
the nation, because Congress has
bound itself to pay one-half the
running expenses of the city, and
this item now amounts to some
thing more than five million dol
lars year-exclusive of the tre-
mendous sum appropriated to
"beautify" the city and erect
ornate public buildings.
GOVERNMENT OF RINGS
The executive functions of the
city are vested in board of three
commissioners-two named by the
President and an Army Engineer
assigned by the War department.
The powers of this board are cir
cumscribed, and Congress is con-
stantly interfering at the sugges-
ton of some one Of the powerful
cliques which are determined to
exploit the city for their own en-
richment.
The newspapers of the city are
controlled by these cliques and
they are unsparing in their criti-
cism of the Congressman or Sena-
tor who dares interfere with their
masters pet schemes.
Congressman Ben johnson Of
Kentucky, Chairman of the House
Committee on the District of Col
umbia, Congressman Henry George
Jr.. son of the great philosopher,
and Judge Prouty OF Iowa, a Re-
publican Congressman OF the most
progressive type, have endeavored
to change conditions, and, as a con-
Always remember that S. N. Bum
baa good list OF exchange and rental
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-20
Dependency

Is often caused by Indigestion and
constipation, and quickly disappears
when Cham berlains Tablets are taken
For sale by all dealers.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-20

control OF the assessors, have been
enabled to dodge their taxes, and
Prouty recently discovered where
through bit of bookkeeping leg
erdemain the District had beaten
the government out of n cool mil
lion Of dollars.
RICHEST OF CRAFTS
The members of the real estate
clique" have made millions out of
their deals, and there is plenty of
evidence that members of Congress
have protited by these transac-
tions.
For example: The real estate
ring purchased tract of suburban
land and determined to make it
the fashionable resident section of
Washington. The street railway
company was permitted to extend
it's lines to the tract and then Con-
gress appropriated money needed
to open up the streets and make
other improvements calculated to
greatly. enhance the value of the
rings holdings | have it on the
word of member of the House
Committee that the government
expended Sl,750,OO0 in this man
ner on this tract alone. OF course
the insiders cleaned up" hand
somely.
In other cities, the cost of parks
and sidewalk and street improve
ment are assessed against the prop
erty benefited. Not so in Wash
ington. Uncle Sam buys all the
parks, and he contributes one-half
the cost of all sidewalk and street
improvement. The other half is
paid ont of the general revenues of
the district Result: The streets
and alleys in Washington's best"
residential districts are models for
the world, while in less favored
sections of the city-the places
where the tourists do not go-but
where the people live-the alleys
are full Of foul odors and the side
walks and pavements are dilapi-
dated.
The method OF raising the city's
revenues is peculiar. The Com
missioners determine how much
they will collect from general tax
alton. Whatever this sum may be,
the national government is called
upon for an equal amount. Thus
it has come to pass that whenever
the city licenses new saloon,
Uncle Sam is compelled to dig
down in his pocket and pay the
District treasury an equal amount.
THE MARKET STEAL
Washington has a magnificent
market house which is pointed out
to visitors. AS matter of fact it
is monument to graft.
The land and the building be-
long to the government. In 1873,
certain Congressman and Senators
organized company and put
through bill granting them a 90
year lease on the market on condi-
tion that they pay an annual rental
of $25 900 and construct a munich
pal building to cost $3.50, 600. Soon
after they obtained the lease they
exerted their influence and were
released from the obligation to
build the municipal building and
the rental was cut to 81 800 u
year.
Then they leased part of the
market to the government for an
armory for $500 year.
Thus they were given possession
of this tremendously valuable
piece of property for 81 900 year
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-20

Always remember that S. N. Bum
has good list OF exchange and rental
nroperties here and in Missouri.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-06-04

sas City, the president, DR.. John
T. M. Johnson, asked that each
one present who had begun bus
mess with a capitol of Six, 900
stand tip. There were 25 men in
the room, and their wealth would
aggregate about $4,000, 900, but
not a man arose.
Then DR.. Johnson said, Each
man who had $4,000 to begin
business please stand"
The directors looked at each
other, but all kept their seats.
Whoever had 1000 when he
started out for himself, kindly
RISE" But still they remained
seated.
By jumps of $780, Johnson
came down to $3.50, and then one
gentleman stood up, saying that
he had exactly that amount when
he started in business for him.
self. The majority of the others
began without a dollar, and DR..
Johnson, whose wealth was well
over have a million, began with
out even a pair of shoes.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-06-04
Where Wives are Slaves.

More unattrsctive savages than
the Abors it would be hard to
find, says a write in Blackwood's.
Of Tibeto-Burman origin, they
speak a language which is allied
to that of the Tibetans, while
their arts, such as they are,
probably come from Tibet. Their
religion is animistic. The diety
"Piang" is the god of war and
the chase, and is believed to favor
attacks on defenseless neighbors
and the ruthless destruction of
all games. In pursuance of a
policy to propitiate him, men
and wemen are killed or taken
as slaves, big game is hunted,
birds. squirrels, and fish are
trapped. The elemental belief in
man as the hunter, and conse-
quently the more fitted to be the
protector, still holds good, so the
women and slaves toll unceasing-
ly at the corps, as hewers of
wood and drawers of water, and
my lord, bow in hand and with
culver on his shoulder, stalks off
on the warpath, his arrows poiS-
oned with sconite or croton ber-
ry Their burial rites present
points of interest similar to those
of African savages. Over the
grave of each defunct warrior is
a grass shelter, where are hung
his cane hemlet, "dao," bow and
arrows, the horns of the tame
bison which furnished the funer-
al feast, with a basket contain
ing food to propitiate the deity.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-06-04
Luke McLuke Says.

When man has a good wife
and a good razor he never gets
tired Dragging about the razor.
The reason some marriages are
unhappy is that a girl never
stops to think that some day her
hero will wear a liver pad and
have hair in his ears.
Don't get fat-headed. You
know how hard it is for other
people to fool you, don't you?
Well always remember that it is
lust as hard for you to fool 9TH
er people.
Many a man marries a girl who
is wearing an outfit that she
prepared for some other fellow.
I The circuses have discovered
some remarkable Freaks but
they have never found a man
who could outtalk his wife.
If the heart says yes and the
mead says no, give nae a ticket on
the heart.
Love is great stuff. But IA
ther gets more consideration at
home on pay day than any other
day.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-06-04
Flood Of Tragedy.

The eagerness of Miss Ardeha
Hall, aged 16 years, living in the
Cumberland mountains of Ken
lucky, to bring about the reform
of her brothers has caused the
death Of two men, the wounding
of United States Deputy Mark
Potter, Of Pikeville, KY, and
the arrest and detention of nine
members of her family, while the
two brothers she sought to re-
form are fugitives from justice,
The dead men are John Sloan and
Marion Ramey, who were with
Officer Potter as special deputies.
According to the story told by
the girl and confirmed by Deputy
Potter, she went to Potter and
told him that her brothers were
moonshiners and that she was
eager to stop them from their
careers of crime. She promised
to guide Potter and deputies to
their still that it might be de.
stroyed. The raid was made,
the still destroyed and the mer
were leaving the scene when the
Hall brothers and a negro opened
a muir ierous fire from conceal
ment nearby. Potter fell wound
ed. Sloan and Ramey were
killed on the spot.
Miss Hall was carried some
distance by her brothers but es
capped, mounted a horse and rode
to EIkhorn City to secure medi.
cal assistance for Potter and tt
tell of the tragedy. Prtter's life
was waved. The entire Hal
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-06-04
Wonders of the Body.

The skin contains more than
100000 openings, which are
the outlets of an equal number
of sweat glands.
The human skeleton consists
of more than 200 distinct bones.
An amount of blood equal to
whole quantity in the body pass
es through the heart once every
minute.
The full capacity of the lungs
is about 800 cubic inches.
About two-thirds of a pint of
air is inhaled and exhaled at
each breath in ordinary respira-
ton.
The stomach daily produces
nine pounds of gastric juice for
digestion OF food; its capacity is
about five pints.
There are more than 500 sepa-
rate muscles in the body, with
an equal number Of nerves and
blood vessels.
The weight of the heart is from
eight to twelve ounces. 1t beats
100, 900 times in twenty-four
hours,
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-06-04
A Dining Car Episode.

Il had to raise a row back in
the dining car" said the bald
headed man as he entered the
smoking car looking so upset
that he was asked what was
wrong. Its a thing l hate to
do, but these corporations should
be made to understand that the
travelling public has rights.
Wasn't the dinner all right?"
he was asked.
mot by a long way! asked
the waiter to bring me some fat
pork fried rare, and after keep
ing me waiting for ten minutes
he returned to say that quail on
toast was the best he could do.
| wanted some coffee made from
old grounds, with milk instead of
cream, and brown sugar to
sweeten it, and do you know they
brought me the finest of Mocha
and the whitest of sugar, and
said I'd have to get along with
that or nothing
THAT was hard lines"
And the EGGS" continued
the man as he grew hotter
always prefer mine about ten
days old, but they hadn't an old
egg on hand, Eve Away got
along at table with my jackknife
and fork and use at least two
spoons. | said l didn't care
about tablecloth or a napkin,
but they worked 'em in on me,
and / had a row with 'em as to
whether | should stand up or sit
down to eat. They've evidently
been having their own sweet way
on this line for years past, and it
astonished them not a little when
| kicked. I'll raise another row
with 'em in the morning, and
perhaps they'll get it through
heads that they don't run all
North Americap
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-06-04
Barking at Mr.. Bryan.

In rather a feeble effort to
show its malignancy, the New
York Herald says that the best
thing that could happen to this
country would be for Mr.. Bryan
to continue his trip from Califor-
mia to Japan and take Governor
Johnson with him.
This is about the best the New
York Herald can do to please
the men for whom it speaks.
AS Secretary of State, Mr.. Bry-
an is doing excellent work, and
the country'has every confidence
in his ability and purposes. The
ill-will of the New York Herald
does not injure Mr.. Bryan in any
way and only shows that the
party bosses and Wall street
spectators, whom Mr.. Bryan
routed at Baltimore. are as bit
ter as they were the day they saw
they could not put Champ
Clark over
1t lie probable, indeed that
there is an added bitterness in
the feeling with which MIR. Bry.
an, Mr.. Belmont, Boss Murphy
and other New York politicians
regard Mr.. Bryan. They hatch
ed up patty scheme to nomi-
nate Mr.. Clark and transfer the
Democratic party to the safe
keeping of Fammany, and Bry-
an blocked their plans. Then
they hoped, rather against hope,
that Mr.. Wilson would quarrel
with Mr.. Bryan, or would at
least fail to invite Mr.. Bryan to
sit in the Cabinet. These expec-
tations have been disappointed,
nor is there anything to indicate
that Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Bryan
will continue to work together in
harmony. Moreover, Mr.. Wilson
is not consulting Mr.. Bryan's
enemies in New York and will
not consult them. Accordingly
the New York Herald is instruc-
ted to "open up" on Mr.. Bryan.
1t will not do much harm. -Ev-
ening Post.