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r. & r. Potted Ham and Tongue. ...... 15c can
r. & r. Potted Chicken. 20c and 35c can
Boneless Sardines. .............3 for SOC
Van Camps Baked Beans. -.......2 for Csc
Van Camps Baked Beans. 3 cans for soc
Maraschino Cherries. .25c. 40c and 65c jar
George Washington Coffee made instantly by
adding boiling water. 30c. SOC and 80c can
Naboth Brand Concord Grape Juice.
pints. $1.00; quarts, 81. 90
University Club Ginger Ale. 81 Is dozen bottles
La Sevillana Brand Queen Olives. 8 for Soc
Best N. Y. State Full Cream Cheese, 2sc pound
Fancy California Lemons. ............ 2Sc dozen
Fancy Valencia Oranges. ..............5O SOC dozen
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OUTING AND VACATION
FOOTWEAR FOR MEN.

Handsome White Buckskn Oxfords.
with white ivory soles and heels. 500
pair. White Buckskin Oxfords, flexible
rubber soles and spring heels, $3.50
pair. White Buckskin Oxfords, leather
soles and heels, $500 pair.
NOTE-All of our Buckskin Foot
wear is made of the genuine skin: OF
the best weight and quality. treated to
bring out the utmost beauty and to
give the best service.
White Canvas Oxfords. with leather
or rubber soles, and Beach Cloth OK
fords, with leather soles, x4.00 pair.
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For the Fourth of July
LUNCHEON:

Pure foods, dainty delicacies
and thirst-quenching beverages.
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BATHING SUITS.

For the man who is going to the sea-
shore or beach resort the bathing suit
is a most essential article of the ward
robe Our assortments are varied
enough to meet all requirements, and
are shown in sleeveless and half-sleeve
styles; Sl.5O to $500 suit. Swimming
Suits of heavy ribbed wool. heather
colors, in We neck and sleeveless style,
$500 each. One-piece Swimming Suits,
plain colored wool. with handsome con-
trasting colored stripes of silk fiber,
$500. Pure Silk Fiber One-piece
Swimming Suits, black with colored
stripes; new and very attractive; $3.50
the suit.
FANCY SOCKS.
Fancy Hose are again in favor, and
we are showing many new and distinc-
tive patterns in striped. clicked and
two and three toned accordion or shot
weaves. Pure Silk Hose. black and
colors of all sorts to satisfy the most
conventional or the ultra stylish
dresser; a splendid showing of hose
suitable for wear with white shoes
and lightweight and light-colored
summer suits, SOC. sl.OO. S1.5O to $3.50
pnir. Scotch Golf Hose in heather col
ors with fancy tops, $3.50 pair.
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White Duck Outing Hats. some
with green underbrim, Soc, 75c and
Sl00.
Golf Caps in new shapes, light
weight silks and cloths, $l.00.
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Lightweight Foulard and Crepe Silk
Ties in many light colors and also the
darker tones, and Wash Silk and Mad
ras Ties-plain. striped, figured and
embroidered patterns of exceptional
beauty and tastefulness, SOC. SI.OO md
$50. Bow Ties are very popular with
sortment of the newest styles in va
rious colors and patterns soc each.
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STRAW HATS REDUCED.

We have made our first reductions
on Straw Hats and you should get
that extra straw you will need this
summer at once.
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The Fourth of July Outing Apparel
For Men and Young Men.

Outing and Sport Shirts of plain
white cheviot, with attached convert =
ible collars that may be worn high or
low: also Fancy Striped Madras Shirts
with attached collars. $50 each. Neg
lge Shirts, fancy striped patterns OF
fast color fabrics, soft cuffs, $1.OO, S1.5t
and $500 each. Silk Shirts, handsome
striped patterns in the rich color com.
binations: qualities that will give alb
solute satisfaction, $3.50 and 500
each.
Ny-~v%vrr-
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demonstrated by the number Of tenn
pie ruins recently found in and about
Chichen sItZa, Yucatan. Archaeology has
disclosed the fact that at the portal
OF every place OF worship two great
columns stood guard. No single COM
ever been found. and the erection of
the model in the museum was made
possible under the personal direction
Of DIR. W. H. Holmes of the National
Museum, who is quite familiar with
all that remains of the ancient sculp-
lures
American archaeology. as a branch
Of research. has become more gen
orally popular every year, and there
is no part of the work holding greater
interest than the discoveries in Yucca
TAM" said DR.. Holmes
II have eagerly watched the con-
struction of our model Of those great
feathered serpent columns found in the
neighborhood OF Yucatan at the en-
trance of numerous temples and fire.
quently scattered down the slopes Of
the pyramids or buried in the great
mass of debris about their bases.
These columns occur always in pairs,
dividing the wide portal, and support
the wooden 1intels which rest on the
horizontal Offset at the back. The COL
umns have been usually found with the
projecting parts broken away and the
dals who thus declared their contempt
for the false gods OF the aborigines.
1.-THE Significance of the column is
very fascinating one common to nearly
every branch Of native art. The feath-
cred serpent god Quetzalcoatl OF tho
aged bird Of middle America. and
coatHthe snaikel, and the correspond
ing deity Kulkulkan of the Maya peo-
pies Quikul-bird; and kan--snakel.
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Best Foot Foremost.

MCKENZIE GORDON, an English
AVA actor. was talking in San Fran
cisco about the German chancellors
speech at tho opening of the reichstsg.
Tho chancellor" he said. had to sd-
NIT Italy's and Rumania's declaration
Of war. He had to admit the loss OF
Thiepval and Combles. He had to sd-
init the allies superiority all along the
line. And yet he declared boldly that
Germany was going to win the war.
The chancellor was putting his best
foot foremost He reminded me OF the
chap whom they tarred and feathered
in Graveyard.
$50 they tarred and feathered you.
eh?' said curious friend.
Yep. They tarred and feathered
me-
"'How did it make you feel?'
Like a Bird"
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Ancient Columns Reproduced
by the National Museum

held first place in the mythology Of
these peoples. Nearly the entire sur
face of the body represented in the
column Is covered with plumage typify-
ing the bird element. while the general
conformation, the projecting tongue,
dubious fangs. fear-inspiring eyes and
The desire of the peoples was appar-
emily for a god that like the bird could
fly and yet had the readiness to strike
characteristic of the snake.
photographs. descriptions and meas
urements were all necessary to the
building Of the model. The several
parts were first modelled in clay. A
mold Of these was made in plaster and
the sections cast, set up and Joined.
The columns are colored in close imita-
ton OF the originals as they would ap-
pear when newly carved. The originals
were surmounted by lintels of wood,
which rested upon the Offset at the
back, and together with the lateral
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81 T the National Museum last week
AA weird and beautiful model
was erected. At the front en-
trance of the building have been placed
two great columns surmounted by
lintels Of wood. the whole forming an
arch. Undoubtedly the sightseer as
he passes through will be interested
Perhaps he will feel something of the
spirit that lies in wait at the door
of every great cathedral or church.
for the religious history Of the origi-
nal columns is very ancient one.
From them has been learned much
concerning the aborigines of Central
America
The design Of the columns is unique,
for 1t is the expression Of a religion
fascinating in its fantasy. That these
ancient peoples were very religious is
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Of the physical development Of the Dis
trtcts comprehensive scheme for penal
reform.
In order that tho scheme may reach
its fullest fruition. bsnefting not only
those 1t il designed to affect primarily.
but society as whole, legislation
must be provided for the handling of
prisoners on q vastly different basis
DDS.
There must be an indeterminate
sentence and parole law. says the
commission. in order that those who
be released and given another oppor-
world
Just how such a law will be admin
fstered and the treatment that will be
accorded to prisoners with the aim of
renting them for citizenship is best
described in the commissions own
words. as follows:
I'VE do not believe in taking any
attitude toward the violators of law
that will Lead them to look upon their
offenses as trivial. to look upon them
solves assvictims of oppression, or upon
governments as their debtor BUT we
do believe in taking a passionless,
patient and impartial attitude toward
them. making it as easy as possible
to do right. as difficult as possible to
do wrong. keeping always before their
eyes the hope of redeeming themselves.
and convincing them in every prac-
teal way that they are still the makers
Of their own destiny. We believe that
some way ought to be devised to pre-
vent the return to social life of those
who have committed grave crimes and
have given no indications of reform.
We believe that there should be rigid
separation Of those who are awaiting
trial from those who have been con-
victed.
I'VE believe that all convicted per-
sons who are able to work should be
compelled to work. We believe that
those who may be reasonably supposed
to be reformable should be treated and
employed with that end in view. We
believe in the beneficial effects of edu-
cation upon. most of those who are
confined in prison. We believe that
for certain criminals there should be
labor long and severe. We believe that
no system of dealing with the criminal
classes should ever at any point lose
sight Of the fact that the criminal is
a man. He should never needlessly
be degraded. insulted or abused. We
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where THE BONES
OF COLUMBUS REST

TT HE discussion has been revived, II.
indeed, it has ever subsidized with
in the century, as to the burial place OF
Christopher Columbus. This is a period
Of interest in relics. sites, mementoes
and memorials having historic signif-
canoe. and wherever one mentions the
grave or the bones of Columbus his
torians and antiquarians resume the
century-old dispute. 1t is contro-
versy that has not been settled, and
the prospect that 1t ever will be set
tied Is not encouraging to those who
would have the bones of the great ad-
venturer and discoverer remain at rest
in one. place. Spain claims to possess
the remains of the celebrated explorer
at the city of Seville. Dominicans are
equally sure that the remains of the
discoverer of America are in their pos
session. -
Columbus died and was buried at Val
ladolid: Spain. in 1903. That is fact
which has passed beyond the region Of
dispute. 1t is related by adequate
authority that seven years after his
death his bones were removed to Sc
Vile, where the bones of his son Diego
were also laid. About thirty years later
both bodies were exhumed and taken
oversee to Santo Domingo, where they
were buried in the cathedral. The
bodies reposed there undisturbed until
1868. when the English under Drake
sacked the city, and the residents.
fearing that the tomb might be desc
Grated. destroyed all evidence of 1t
and hid the bones in some spot in the
cathedral that later could not be found.
This Is the way the narrative. which is
accented as history, runs
1t Is further related that in 1875.
when Santo Domingo was coded to
France. certain remains found in a
vault OF the cathedral were taken to
Havana, Cuba. and there inferred as
the bones of Columbus 1t was these
bones. which at the close Of the Span
ish-American war in 1898, were ex-
humed by Spanish authorities and re-
moved to Seville. where they now rest.
Soon after this certain Dominicans dis
covered near the altar at the cathedral
a leaden casket containing bones.
bullet and 9 silver plate on which was
an inscription to the effect that the
bones which. at the close Of tho Span
Columbus. The weight Of opinion seems
to be that the bones Of Columbus rest
In the cathedral in Santo Domingo. ana
that the bones removed by the Spanish
Columbus son. Diego.
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The Repeater.

10 REPRESENTATIVE CAMPBELL of
IN Kansas said in a recent address
in Leavenworth:
THE corrupt man is always stupid.
ignorant man.
"A corrupt voter was arrested once in
Wawa.
"'Wot am arrested fur" he csked
"'You are charged" said the officer,
with having voted eight times
Charged, hey? muttered the pris-
oner. That's queer. expected to be
paid for it."
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some, misunderstanding work for every
body, plenty Of sunshine, good food and
sence Of bars and dingy cells the prison
world stood agasp. 1t was skeptical. to
say the least, as to the ability of the gov
eminent to house such large number Of
lawbreakers in frame dormitories ard en-
force order without the usual facilities for
this purpose.
But the District Commissioners. the
penal commission and Congress were con-
WINGED the experiment would succeed, and
so was William II. Whitaker, the man
selected to build and direct the institu-
ton.
From wilderness tract Mr. Whitaker
has developed the workhouse into a plant
that represents a value of more than
half million dollars and is practically
to its inmates, who are sentenced for
periods of one year and less. and that has
inspired many of them to become useful
members of society.
The scheme has ,.orked we'll for the
short-term prisoner; attempts to escape
have been few. The commission believes
that it will work equally well for the
men who face much longer periods of
confinement. 1t is going to give the long
term prisoners chance to demonstrate
whether they desire to reform, and this
ing them in an institution that possesses
none of the usual prison features that
tend to discourage rather than promote
reformation
Again the commission has selected
Mr.. Whitaker to carry forward its
penal experimentation. Much prelimf-
nary work has been done and tempo
rary quarters for the accommodation
of the first fifty prisoners to be
brought from the federal penitentia-
ries will be completed within a week
or two. The temporary quarters will
have a total capacity for 200 prison.
ers. and this number VIII be put to
manent plant before spring. The Dis
trict has about 700 prisoners in the At
lanta and Fort Leavenworth institute
tons, all of whom eventually will be
transferred to the reformatory.
Just as workhouse prisoners were
cared for in temporary quarters in or
der that their services might be util-
lied in the construction of the perma-
nent institution, SO the first reforma-
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Hard Work.

MAvID BEI.ASCo was talking about
~ Ibsen. whose later plays he greatly
admfres.
"Ibsen," said Mr.. Belasco. wrote
plays in the intervals Of stage manag
ing from the age of twenty on. 1t
was only with Ghosts at the age Of
sixty, that he won worldwide fame.
"A lady said to Ibsen, on the produce
ton of Ghosts:
"'What genius you are'
"Ibsen turned to his wife:
1--we worked fifteen hours day for
forty years. he said. and now they call
me a genius"
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additional loss due to fine particles of
coal going up the stacks unconsumed.
Again, one tone of oil 600 gallons) oc-
cupies about thirty-nine cubic feet OF
space and one ton of coal requires
forty-two cubic feet. Space on ship is
valuable and, further, space that would
otherwise be wasted may be utilized for
storing oil. Some OF our ships, it is
said. store their oil in the space be-
tween their inner and outer skins.
The United States Navy has two oil
supply ships. the Kanawa and the Maui
NEE, each of them capable of making
fourteen knots an hour and carrying
1854 tons of fuel oil.
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Washington Is Taking Lead in Prison Reform W0r

believe that q vital and momsne00o
point of time Is when the prisoner 10
released and turned back upon the
world, and that the law should employ
all possible agencies to guard and as
sist him In making q new start We
sentence may be wisely put in the
watch-care Of judicious officers and
given one more chance to choose be.
tween a life of decency and q life OF
crime"
Congress and the Commissioners have
Endorsed this declaration OF policy by
the penal commission which is to be
followed as nearly to the letter as pos
sible in the administration of the
workhouse and reformatory.
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lust a bubble.

ss A MERE bubble" said a society
~ leader in a discussion of the d.
vorce problem at Newport.
"a bubble" he continued. "as worth
less as the wife's.
"A man said. looking up from his
paper
Here's another miser leaves half .
million to charity. wonder why all
the nisers you read about are bache-
lofs7
"'oh. his wife answered, married
misers are SO common they're not
worth mentioning.
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ee 1ASHINGToN is becoming the
NAX worlds teacher in prison re-
" " Successful in one big penal

ee oAsHINGToN is becoming the
Wy s:: ::: :s,''s s s prison s.
experiment. that Of establishing and op-
bars, the Capital Of the United States is
preparing to enter upon far more diff
cult and uncertain undertaking-the
building of a reformatory for long-term
prisoners. who are to be handled under
q modified form of the honor system"
and liberated when they have become
conditioned to return to society.
Fifty District prisoners in the federal
penitentiaries at Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
and Atlanta. Ga, will be brought to the
District to start this project, which, if
successful, should entirely revolutionize
prison methods throughout the world.
y
The workhouse, started six years ago
on an n-hundred-acre tract at Deco
guam, Va, and built almost entirely by
prison labor. marked the first step in
the carrying out Of a carefully designed
plan for penal reformation in the Dis
trict The next step will be the construc-
ton of the reformatory on a tract Of
$500. acres. adjoining the workhouse
property, and the third step, the obtain
ing of an indeterminate sentence and
parole law to be applicable to both in
situations.
These plans were formulated by COM
mission, known as the penal commission,
composed Of a member of the District Su-
prerne Court. the president of the board
Of charities of the District and the nres-
ident of the board Of District Commits
sioners. Congress. at its last session,
made . liberal appropriation for getting
the reformatory scheme under way, and
the commission is confident that the law
makers at the Capitol will give their
sanction to tho indeterminate sentence
Recommendation before another session
passes Into history.
When the District government decided
to send It's family Of workhouse prisoners,
which usuailY numbers about 700 mem,
bers,. down to q big farm in Virginia,
where there would be plenty Of whole
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To complete the reformatory accord
ing to the plans outlined viii require
about ten years. According to the es-
priation by Congress of $4,000 an
nually for ten years will provide all
the cash needed for building purposes.
With a total appropriation Of $250.000
expended, the Institution in ten years,
he calculates. will represent a value
of approximately a million and half
dollars. the difference between this
amount and the appropriation repre-
senting value created by the employ
ment of prison labor.
Tho reformatory plans also oontem-
olate the building of a. separate insti-
tuition for women. It will be known as
the female department of the District
penal farm and will house woman
prisoners sentenced to both short and
long terms, thereby making possible
the conversion of the workhouse into
an institution for male prisoners only.
The workhouse buildings now serving
verified into canning factories as soon
as, the new female department has been
placed in operation.
AS now contemplated. the three in
neutrality-suspicious., reformatory and
female department-will be placed un-
der one central authority and control,
with each managed by a separate direc-
tor. At the workhouse farming and
brick manufacturing will continue as
the principal occupations of the In
mates. Female prisoners will be In
structed along domestic lines and re-
quired to spend their time in useful
employment In the reformatory, broom
making, shoe manufacturing and vari-
Gus Industries will be installed. The
prisoners also will be required to at
tend school.
So much for, the plans. conceived and
partially executed. for the carrying out
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nection between the barge pumps and
the pipes leading to the oil bunkers of
the ships.
400 tons Of fuel Oil. but more recent
ships have a greater oil bunker capac-
ity: that of the Oklahoma is $685.
gallons: OF the Pennsylvania, the new
est oil-burning ship. 694,s30 gallons.
Why does the navy ship its coal from
this country at great expense to tho
fleet instead OF purchasing 1t in a con-
tigious foreign country? The answer
is gratifyingly American. Experience
tory as the tested coal purchased in
the United States for delivery on the
Atlantic 7seaboard.
When the fleet went around the world
in 1907 the chartered golfers sent to
supply 1t with necessary coal failed to
meet the ships at many points. So the
fleet had to purchase at ports all over
the Pacific, the Indian ocean. in the
Mediterranean, and along the Australian
coast. Coal so purchased was found
to be not Ito navy standard.
The lesson was obviods-tf1at new and
better golfers were necessary to meet
the demands of the feet; that .,atisfac-
tory coal could not be picked up at any
port, and that 1t Is poor economy to
use any but the best coal.
The navy has had much experience in
the use of japanese. Chinese and Aus
tralian Goals. At low speeds they may
be used: but difficulty is experienced
when the speed is increased. AS a
proof Of the inferiority of japanese
coal. consider the fact that during the
Russo-Japanese war. when speed was
apt to be the deciding factor Of an en-
gasement. the Japanese imported their
coal from England. and used only tho
highest grade Of British admiralty coal
During the past year the vessels OF
the United States Navy consumed
mountain of coal Weighing 79o.674 tons.
the quantity purchased being 914,045
tons. at q cost Of $2.s76,S86
The use of fuel oil In the navy is in
creasing yearly. The quantity Of fuel
oil used last year was 931. 440 barrels.
at a cost of s92s.344. OF gasoline used
there were s1o.47s gallons. at total
value Of s115,714. The estimate for
this year calls for much larger sup
ply Of fuel oil.
Admiral Griffin has referred to this
increase in the use Of oil az "the pass
ing Of coal and the advent Of OIL" The
new ships consume oil, especially the
new dreadnaughts. On tho Nevada, Ok
iahoma. Pennsylvania and Arizona oil
is used exclusively. Moreover, there are
nine new oil-burning destroyers. FIVE
auxiliaries and seven submarines, each
Of which viii probably be in operation
part of this year and next. The new
vessels authorised by the recent act Of
Congress will all be equipped to use oil
fuel.
According to the Navy Department
there IL much to be said in favor of oil.
It effects considerable reduction in IRE
room complement: It is more ehcient
thirds Of q toni does tho work OF one
ton Of good coal: there is. no waste In
oil, while there Is a great deal OF refuse
In coal (ashes. .etc.) with considerable
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the workhouse buildings. It is 23o feet
long by SO feet wide, Is provided with
a kitchen and bath and accommoda-
lions for officers It Is connected by
an eight-inch main with the water
supply system of the workhouse, and