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FUQIMRER-SIN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30.
RECORD OF TWO STATES-!£&£££»%,SSS&&£ SAW GEBAT CHANGES.
Texas, and has been highly complimented
Wil AT IS GOING ON IN GRORGIA by the press of the Lone Star State.
AND ALABAMA. j A stock company, composed of J. W.
„ r.,,1 , fcCrook & Co. and C. Grove, of Warsaw,
v kpitomh of hhwer nm cullku &nd w H Peeb i eS) 0 f Vienna, has built a
khom ivk COLI ot B ' line of telegraph between Eutaw and
( GANGES- MATTKH* CURIOUS ( Js e o„ba, Miss
AND OTUEKVUhK. ! ’
The rumor that the First National Bank
had suffered serious loss by the assignment
of the United States Rolling Stock Com
pany is officially denied.
Allisoi. A Willett of Rising Sun station,
is to be in-
• , , . , • have decided to locate a bending factory at
parties have applied for a ... . .
Piedmont, near Anniston, for the manu-
Ceinent, in Baroiw county
corpora ted as * town. ^
Tlie C ity Council of Richland has estab
!i«hed lire lim.U in tnat town.
Can odtou
charter for a $ 100,000 bank.
Mrs. S. V. Hester, of Richland, baa a
knife that was made in 17(10. It is in use
■<*w, and in good condition.
The citizens of Cartersville are protest
ing against the high rates of tire insu
rance.
j facture of bent rims, poles, spokes and
: bubs for carriages.
j The es'ate of the late Charles McDevitt,
I in Russell county, is valued at $400. No
heirs have yet established their claims to
i the prop’ rty, though the sheriff has re-
! ceived a communication from a McDevitt
The counterfeit silver dollar is circu- 1 of Atlanta, pdtting in a claim,
lai.ing in Griffin. 1 lie imisaiion on the | A telephone line is being built from
face surface is so close as to make it diffi
cult of detection.
The ladies of Savannah have presented
to the Savannan Volunteer Guards bat
talion a handsome United States flag.
There is a movement among the busi
ness men of Athens to build a first class
eottoD compress.
On a case from Auguta the Supreme
< ourt has decided tnat a tax on brokers
dealing in col ton futures is constitutional.
The Western and Atlantic depot at
Adairsville caught tire Wednesday, ignited
by a spark irom an engine. It was extin
guished wilhoul serious damage.
There is a movement in Newnan to es
tablish a new bank with a paid up capital
*1 Jot),tKJO. The money has nearly all been
j,(edged.
Senora boasts the youngest merchant in
the State. Frank Sibley is six years old,
and iias been in business several inontus.
He. is now in Atlanta buying a nice as
sortment of goods for the holiday trade.
A few nights ago in Monroe, Mrs. Gal
loway, the wile ot a physician, was rub
bing the head of Jaue Moore, an old ser
vant, who Complained oi a headache,
when the latter dropped dead.
There was a sensation in business and
financial circles iu Kingston a lew days ago
over the failure of W. J. Wooten. hue
liabilities amounted to $19.69 and the as
sets $18.97. A meeting of creditors was
called and tlie embarrassed merchant was
permitted to resume business.
The standing committee which now has
charge, of the affairs of the Episcopal dio
cese of Georgia will meet iu Augusta De
cember 10, lo determine whether to call a
special convention to elect bishop Beck-
w,til’s successor or wait until the regular
annual convention in May.
In a county adjoining Clarke a country
merchant became very indianaut because
a wholesale firm with which lie dealt sent
him a letter written on a type writer. He
thought it was done oil the idea that he
couuin’t read “writin’. ” The house had
to send a drummer to explain the occur
rence.
It is said of an old gentleman living
near Crawford that when he was twenty-
one years old he was only four feel six
inches tall, with weight in proportion.
When he was thirty years old he was no
heavier, but be measured six feet aud six
inc! es in height.
7 he Gainesville Eagle reports that rich
gold-bearing veins have been recently dis-
coveielin Hall and adjoining counties,
mi I believes mat some rich gold mines
w ill yet be developed in Northeast Geor-
g
A number of witnesses who failed to
wp, ear in the Sumter Superior Court this
week when summoned found that it was a
more serious matter than they imagined.
Judge Fort sent the officers of the. court
out in town after them, and when they
w< re brought in lie fined them $100 each.
Henry l’uritoy is an industrious, sober,
saving colored man who lives near barues-
ville. He owns a good plantation, mules,
horses and cattle. He is out of debt and
is woiib about $25* K). He has good credit
in barnesvllie, ihomaston, Cullodeu and
Yati sville, and the white people of the
community are ail his friends. This beats
leafing in town and running after politics.
Brunswick is shaping 100,(NX) running
feet of 2>almetto logs to .Saniiago, Cuba. It
Athens to Cartwright, and possibly will be
continued on to Westmoreland and Mount
Rnzzel, if the proper encouragement can
be had.
Greenville Advocate: Mr. A. G. Stew
art showed us a radish raised from seed
sold by him by Mrs. H. Z. Wilkinson.
The radish was fourteen and a half inches
in circumference, twenty-eight inches long
and weighed six pounds.
Union Springs Herald: It is to be hoped
that there will be no more cock-fighting
in this Slate after our Legislature adjourns.
A bill to prevent it has been introduced,
and many think it will become a law.
At Greeneville a rather unusual turnout
was seen on the streets of the city one
day last week. A negro came to town
driving a large bull bitched to a buggy.
The bull was rigged up in a full set of
harness—bridle, bits and all.
The licensed liquor dealers in Anniston
are kicking vigorously about the number
of blind tigers in that city. They claim
that this lit farious traffic is working them
great injury.
According to the official census report,
Sumter is the twelfth county in the Slate
in point of population. It is exceeded by
Barbour, Calhoun, Dallas, Jefferson,
Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Mobile,
Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Wilcox.
The Knox estate in Montgomery was
sold at auction a few days since. The es
tate contained a number of valuable stores
and desirable residences. The stores
brought. $48,500, and the residences $40,-
GRACE LAND'S GRACES.
VETERAN JAMES WHALEN TELLS OF
HIS THIRTY YEARS’ ARMY LIFE.
Foogiit l« Wars— Has Boca a Pri-
Daring HU Wh*la Career—Carried
a Huket at First and a Repeating Rifle
—Influence of Wires in Camp.
“If I had my life to live over again I
would enlist in the regular army at a
much earlier age than that when I en
rolled myself with it in 1842.” The
speaker was James Whalen, one of the
oldest inmates of the Soldiers’ home, in
Washington. Though 78 years of age he
appears no more than 60. His figure is
as erect, his step as firm and elastic and
his whole bearing as graceful and ener
getic as that of a man in the full vigor j
af youth, while his head is completely i
covered with a thick growth of hair, but I
slightly tinged with gray.
Though he has known little of school j
instruction or the study of books he pos
sesses that natural intelligence and rare
power of observation which learn from i
everything seen or heard, and which j
soon make their possessor a profound j
scholar in that greatest of all learning, ]
a knowledge of men and things. He
also possesses the natural genius of an
orator and writer, and when he once be
gins to talk upon some subject which
arouses his interest and enthusiasm he
rattles away with a fluency and elo
quence that seem incredible in one so
comparatively unlettered.
“I was 30 years of age when I enlist
ed,” he continued. “That was iu 1842,
and I was 60 when I retired, in 1872,
after thirty years of faithful service,
during which I passed through the two
most important wars, with the exception
of the revolution against Great Britain,
in which the United States ever engaged
—the war with Mexico and tlie late civil i
war. I think the Mexican war of great
er importance than that of 1812, be
cause it added to our country an im
mense territory of almost priceless value.
CHANGES IN GUNS.
“Though I am more thau eight years
beyond the three score and ten allotted
as the life of man I constantly think
and speak of myself as a boy, and it is
only when 1 consider the wonderful
455, making a total for the estate of $88,- .... ,, . . , , , , •
,,- r ° \ changes that have taken place m our
country and its military service since I
The People’s Voice Publishing Company
was organized at Birmingham a few days
since, with a capital of $25,000. The
company will publish a labor organ.
At Round Mountain there is a distance
of only al out a mile between the Rome
and Decatur railroad and the Chattanooga
Southern. It is said a project is on foot
to build a short line connecting these two
roads at that plaee.
Union Springs is moving energetically
in tlie matter of establishing a steam laun
dry. The negro washerwomen of the town
are unreliable, and exhorbitant in their
charges, and impudent. The laundry will
free the people of this evil.
Huntsville Mercury: How is this for a
day’s fish? Hon. Ed I. Mastin. accompa
nied by Messrs. W. J. Mastin and Walter
K. Hall, took a fishing trip to a poml sev
eral miles from the city yesterday and suc
ceeded, as they tell it, in safely lauding
about 500 pounds of trout and perch. Of
course it was with a seine, but the boys
did a remarkably good half day’s work, if
they were assisted by a net.
Piedmont Post: Dr J. W. Kinnebrew
lias made a discovery that may be gold. It
was found by the Doctor along Terrapin
creek, about three miles from Piedmont.
Dr. Kinnebrew is thoroughly acquainted
with the minerals of this section. What
appears to be gold was found in a sub
stance resembling marble. Dr. Kinne-
breu is now testing the substance, and tlie
results so far has been favorable.
Municipal politics is growing hot in
Tnskaloosa. 'File Gazette opens on the
present incumbent of the Mayoralty, who
is a candidate for re election, in the fol
lowing lively style: Is it better to ke.-p a
man in office,who with nionumen al cheek,
boasts of his reckless expenditure of the
ill make up seven shiploads. File greater j people’s money and his misappropriation
of trust funds, and who,af er taxing e\e> y-
tliing from a bootblaek up. would like to
double that tax; or, is it better to put in
the people’s favorite, a correct business
man, who can and will conduct the affairs
of the city successfully by a judicious ex
penditure of the present revenues? The
people have already answered that ques
tion, and they will confirm their answer
next Monday.
Montgomery Advertiser: What is being
part of the timber is to be used in the con
siruetion of cribs to enclose a harbor near
an iron mine in which W. F. Carnegie,
the millionair iron man, is largely liiter-
«sted.
The new town of Elko, in Houston
county, is on a boom. A year and a half
ago, it had but one store, now there are
nine, and soon will be another. Several
dwellings and a livery stabe are contracted
for. Enmber for a $1000 school house is
on the ground. The town is in the midst j done in Cullman county ought to be done
of some of the best farming country in | in every county in Alabama. Some means
Houston and Dooly counties. There is |
tome talk of building Baptist and Metho
dist churches.
The latest snake story conies from De
catur county. Twelve months ago Mr. M.
I). Powell killed a ground rattler, and took
irom it seven tiny rattles. Mr. Powell has
carried them iu his vest pocket since
wrapped in a piece of paper. Now, when
toached, they contract and expand, and
when not touched exhibit evident signs of
vitality by moving about. Mr. Powell is
satisfied they are still alive.
The National Bank of Angnsta received
it letter Tuesday from a firm in New York
which was written March ID, 1881, and
stamped with the New York post at 6
o'clock p. m . on that day. It is half
covered over with a big grease stain which
obliterates nearly all the address, but after
wine and a half years it has reached its
destination. It has been to no other office,
nor to the dead letter office. The New
York mailing stamp at one side at “0
o'clock p. in., March ID, 1881,’’ and the
Augusta receiving stamp, “7 o’clock a. m.,
November 4, 1800," are the only marks
upon it.. The question is, where has it
been all this time. The letter contained a
sight draft on 1). C. Sidling A Co., a firm
ao longer in existence. It writ returned
bv the bank to the senders.
IN ALABAMA.
It is predicted that A. (). Lane
will be
the next Mayor of Birmingham.
T. S. Barton A Co., wholesale crockery
dealers, of Birmingham, have assigned.
The Clayton Courier says the potato,
pea and corn crop is the largest raised in
that section since the war.
The receipts of the Opelika Exposition
amounted to $6000, and alter paying the
premiums and other expenses there will be
a handsome surplus left.
Hie Ftrmers’ Club of Madison county
have made arrangements for establishing
a canning factory in Huntsville at once.
Albert Tavlor, a young man of Mont
gomery. i- making some reputation on the
and methods should be advised to at once
fill up our lands with people who will work
them and live at home. The plan in Cull
man is said to be that a colony of about
twenty-five Northern farmers have pur
chased 3000 acres of land and will begin
co-operative farming. There is to be a
joint stock sompany, with a capital of
$300,000 limited to 200 shares, and no {ver
son can have more than one share. The
farm work is to be performed by the share
holders themselves and their families, and
the profits to be distributed as divided.
They expect to introduce manufacturing
as soon as practicable, as they have a for
est of valuable timber and an inexhaustible
amount of coal. The experiment might
be successfully tried in every portion of
the state, and it ought o be tried.
The Anniston Hot Blast relates this ter
rible experience of a young man in that
town: A few evenings since Mr. F. \V.
Ledbetter received twenty-five live opos
sums by the Southern express, and for
some cause they were not delivered that
night, but remained in the express office.
Will Roberts, the handsome cashier, sleeps
in the office, and did not know of the pres
ence of these marsupials. Some time
about midnight he was aronsed. and iin-
firnt .shouldered one of Uncle Sam’s
guns that I realize my age. The only
arms we had then were heavy, clumsy
old muskets that contained only one ball
at a time, and had to be loaded from the
muzzle after being once discharged.
“We did not even have cartridges.
With an old fashioned ramrod we first
rammed down some powder. Then we
placed a bullet in the palm of our hand,
covered it with jiowder, poured powder
and ball into the gun, rammed them
down, rammed down a small wad of pa
per, placed a cap on what was called the
nipple of our gnu—something that no
modem gnnmaker or user knows any
thing about—and then we were ready to
shoot.
How different from the needle guns,
Chassepot rifles, the Winchester and
Remington arms of the present day! A
little brass cannon carrying a twelve
pound ball was the largest gun we had,
and was considered something terrific.
Now Uncle Sam's cannons are sixteen
inch guns, carrying a ball weighing 500
pounds, which requires 250 pounds of
powder to fire it, and which will perfor
ate a steel {date sixteen inches thick at
a distance of twelve miles.
"It was but a short time after my en
listment before I became convinced that
a man in the army has a far easier, pleas
anter life and a much better chance to
pros{>er and do well, if he behaves him
self. than in any' menial position—such
as that of a laborer or servant, for ex
ample—ontside of it. The officials al
ways manifest an interest in a private
who shows a desire to l>e faithful and
improvse his condition, aud will encour
age and tiiil him in every possible way.
WtVES IN THE ARMY.
"In the army, as elsewhere, the man
who squanders his rnouev will be always
poor and wretched. On the contrary, if
he is industrious and thrifty there is no
walk of life in which an ignorant, un
lettered man, lacking the education
necessary to euable him to aspire to any
thing better than daily labor for daily
bread, can do better.
"Though only officers are now permit
ted to have their wives with them, yet
when I tiecame a soldier in 1842 and for
many years afterward a certain number
of women were allowed to each company
ia a regiment as laundresses. These
women were tlie wives of the private
soldiers, and as I was so fortunate as to
secure one of these positions for my wife
I was able to have her with me until the
breaking out of the late civil war. This j
practice is still observed in all the armies I
of Great Britain and her colonies, and I j
think onr government made a great mis- j
take in abandoning it. Married men
with wife and children by their side
make the best soldiers.
"Tlie presence of those dear ones re
strains a man and tends to make and
keep him ever sober, faithful and brave
in the discharge of his duty. In time of
battle he has a more direct interest in
winning the fight tnan the single man,
or he whose wife and childreu are in per
fect safety hundreds, perhaps thousands
of miles away. He feels that he is 1 Kit
tling for a personal stake, and aecord-
A peaceful city lies over there:
Never a heartache, never a core;
No more longings for brighter days.
Nor fruitless strivings for higher ways.
Peace with the world, at rest tn God; ,
Home once more to the kindly sod,
Where rests bloom asd the fresh grass waves
A gladsome vigil o’er Q race land's graves
Some summer morning when skies are bright,
Some night in winter when snows are white:
It matters little the time nor when
We shall hare done with the cares of men:
Gone the way where our fathers led.
Into the mystery of the dead:
Seeking the peace the spirit craves.
Choosing a home 'midst Orseeland's graves.
None can know the burdens borne.
Nor the cruel weight of yokes we've worn;
The broken idols were all our own.
The lips would smile when the heart would mcarn•
Bravely acting each one his part.
Hiding the dead hopes in the heart;
We come to the stilling of the waves,
And sunset leaves U3 at Graceiand’s graves.
And when we’re gone from the haunts of nseo.
Will the world have less of sunshine then?
Will mother, sister, sweetheart, wife
Love more of eternity, less of life?
Are we building a monument high and grand.
Or a dingy hovel upon the sand?
So we ask our hearts as the mind o'erstrays
To the peaceful city of Graceland’s graves.
—Chicago Port.
Wouldn't Be “Scooped" Even in Death.
There is, there ever has been, and
most likely always will be a feeling of
antagonism between morning and even
ing papers, and it is a fact that, even
when both papers are the property’ of
one person or company, the forces em
ployed will exert themselves to their ut
most to get a “scoop” on each other.
The news was received one day that the
editor of a great morning daily had com
mitted suicide. The report came in snch
a manner that the city editor of an after
noon sheet felt it advisable to send a re
porter and get at the truth of the mat
ter. The reporter learned, of course,
on his arrival at the morning paper of
fice that he was working on a false
rumor, but he thought it would be a
good scheme to interview the editor and
see what he had to say regarding the re
port.
He entered his room and saw tlie sup
posed suicide seated at his desk. When
he had explained his mission the editor
snapped out vehemently’, "Well, do I
look like a man who has committed sui
cide?” The reporter was obliged to de
clare that lie looked very little like a
dead man, whereupon tlie editor roared
out, "And if I had committed suicide do
you think I wonld bo fool enough to do
it in time for an evening paper?”—Chica
go Herald.
He Chanced His Diet.
A vegetarian of this city has become a
flesh eater since he discovered a scientific
law that he had not previously been
aware of. He changed his mind upon
the diet question, and got convinced that
meats were among the proper edibles for
mankind after he had been assured by a
professor of chemistry that beef, mutton
and pork were merely "transformed
grass, vegetables and grain. ” After pon
dering upon this interesting law of chemi
cal transformation he came to the con
clusion that vegetarianism is a doctrine
of narrow scope, and he adopted a new
dietetic policy, under which he now en
joys tenderloin steaks, lamb chops and
fried bacon, not to speak of stewed kid
ney, pigs’ feet and tete de veau.— New
York Sun.
SURPRISE STORE.
Great Sacrifice Sale.
We bought a tremendous big fall stock anticipating a very heavy trade. We have beexe
sadly disappointed, having shared a good trade, but not a big one.
Onr heavy purchases must now be paid for. Our money
short, our stock large, hence this sacrifice sale.
BEGINNING MONDAY MORN ING
At 7 o'clock and continuing the entire week. We offer our entire stock irregardless
of cost or Former value. Below we mention a few articles to give you an idea what
we are offering.
Two cases Full Standard Prints, of the best quality, we carry i* pretty fall pat
terns. Our former price 7c, cut price 5c.
Fifty pieces Ginghams, ail bright and pretty styles, our regular 10c quality, cut
price 7c.
2000 yards yard-wide Sea Island, out 10c quality, cut price 7c.
Fruit of the Loom Bleeclnng, yard-wide, 84e.
Special reductions in Flannels, all grades, red and white at following reduced
prices:
Flannels were 25c, now 19c.
Flannels were 40c, now 30c.
Flannels were 30c, now 24c.
Flannels were 45c, now 35c.
Blankets and Comforts show the greatest cuts of all, too large a stock for thi*
warm weather.
Blankets were $6.00, now $5.00.
Blankets were $3.50, dow$2.75.
Blankets were $1.75, now $1.40.
Comforts were $2.50, now $1.75.
Comforts were $1.25, now D5c.
Blankets were $4.50, now $3 65.
Blankets were $2.50, now $1.75.
Blankets were $1.00, now 85c.
Comforts were $1.75, now $1.40.
Comforts were 85c, now 70c.
Our Trunk stock is entirely too large, not selling what we ought. This week a
special 10 per cent discount will be allowed off of our regular low prices, a complete
assortment, all sizes, styles and qualities to select from, and if above inducement will
not sell, we will make you prices that. will. Come and see them. Valiees offered too.
under above proposition.
Our entire Hat.stock offered at actual New York cost without reserve. A com
plete assortment of Men’s and Boys’ Wool and Furs. All styles and qualities. We
are going to quit this line, and take this method of closing them out. Buyers of Hats,
see ours, and save money before buying.
We have already sold the Baby Caps, of the city, still we have a tremendous big
stoek. all nobby stylish shapes, in Silks, Flush, Cashmere and Worsted. Our prices
were always very low, hence the big sales on them. We offer the remaining slock one
third under former prices to make them go.
Caps were $1.75, now $1.25.
Caps were $1.00, now 75c.
Caps were $1.50, now $1 00.
Caps were 75c, now 50c.
A Cute Little Jap.
I saw on the street a little Jap toddling
along by the side of a stout old Jap,
whom I took to be his father. The
youngster wore a tunic, or whatever it
should be called, of brilliant bine and
knickerbockers green as grass. Bat this
gayety did not. extend lieyond his clothes.
Tlie weight of ages seemed to rest upon
his infantile brow—he could not have
been more than 4 years old—and it is
certain that his infantile legs had bent
beneath the burden. He was an object i
of conscious pride oil the part of his j ferred stationery; though some delicate
father, of lively curiosity on the part o< neutral tints are also used,
people in the Street, and was much more ; All coats are cut longer than those of
foreign in ajipeaxan ’e than any other last year: but the most fashionable are not
human creature that I have ever seen.— I greatly lengthened.
Boston Post. | .Sleeves of coats are set high above the
shoulders, and are large enough to go on
easily over the ample sleeves of gowns.
SHOES—It hurts us to have to sacrifice ourstock of good, stylish, new Shoes,
still we must realize money from some sorce, and they must go. Reductions of one’
fourth allowed on all grades, Men’s and Ladies. Prices now 90c, $1.15, $1.25 $1.60
$1.D0 and $2.40. Original price was one-fourth more. A few special. ’ Two lots La-
dit s shoes made by Field, Thayer & Co. First lot was our $2.40 leaders, now eut to
$1.70. Second lot, our $2.75 price, now $1.90. Our lot of Men’s Buff'Shoes iu bate
and Congress, were our $1.50 Shoes, we have discontinued these lines and offer them
at $1.15. We would not insist on selling Shoes at these prices, but we waut monev.
not Shoes.
Not. only above items, but every article in our house subject to similar reductions.
A bona tide sacrifice sale. No limit to quantity until our present stock is sold out
Come early.
ERNEST ANDREWS.
FASHION NOTES.
(From (todey's Lady’s Book.|
Richly repped bengalines are favorite
fabrics this season.
New diagonal striped silks, especially in
inch wide, stripes of black with brown, are
seen in new imported gowns.
The preference is for four-button gloves
of glace kid for wearing with tailor made
gowns.
A novelty is tartan plaid stockings to
Undai buyers, Uadtrs llirs Sj ot
v asli Dress ornfs,
Cnt prices on entire stock to make room
for five eases to arrive this week.
20c Knickerbocker Piaids reduced to
12|c. 25c Henriettas, all colors. 20c. 35c
Henriettas 25c. 50c Henriettas 35c. 75c
match plaid gowns. Black stockings re- : a " wo °l Serges, 40 inches wide, 50c. $1
remain in favor for children. all-wool Serges, 46 inches wide, handsome
New piaid dresses have a coat of plain ! U!f' Gs ’ at GGc ’ About 31 pieces Priestley’s
cloth, with vest, sleeves and skirt of the j S1 ” J war P s aI) d silk faced goods, 46 inches
plaid taken bias. 1 w "|’j values at 95c. $1.75.goods at
White gloves are fashionab’y worn with J ^ goods at $1,374. Mourning
evening toilette;
by no met
White or cream tinted paper is the pre
gloves are fashionab’y worn with | goods at $1,614. Mourning
oilette; but light tan shades are g° 0( ' s ' n plain, stripes and plaids; Henri-
iaiis abandoned. I e.ttas, Drap 1) Aluias, Draplj’Etes, French
or cream tinted paper is the pre- Serges, Flannels. Prices Below the
Bottom This Week.
BLANKKT8
Only 27 pairs left, and to close, price 110
object.
f’woj pairs 11-4 California Wool silk-
bound Blankets, worth $12 per pair, at $15
„ . _... .. .. . „ , , ~ , for the two pairs. These cost $8.50 per
_ ' . K * s *ds* r *. : easily over the ample sleeves of gowns. pair. $8 50 Blankets at $6. $7.50Blank-
Practically. it is said, the only way to j A novelty for wedding gowns is ivery ! ets at $5. $6.50 Blankets at $4.50. $5
kill the English badgers is to stop their white satin, brocaded in true lovers’ knots I Blankets at $3. $4 Blankets at $2.50. $3
‘•earths” iu the covers along the hillside in palest silver. The back of tlie bodice j Blankets at $2. $1.50 Blankets at D9c.
while they are out on their midnight : and the long train is usually of this These eut prices will never be matched
foraging expeditions, and then hunt them rich brocade, while the front of the waist | again.
away with the hounds; for the liadger is ! anG skirt and the large sleeves are of
one of the craftiest of animals, and often I mousseline chiffon. The silver knots be
agine his horrible situation, when, by the ingly puts forth his highest, beet efforts.
reflection of a faint light from the streets,
he saw, what he imagined to be, hun
dreds of laathsome varmints on his
bed, his dresser, wardrobe, and in every
conceivable place where he could find a foot
or a tail hold. The young man sprang
from his bed in great, fright. He encoun
tered them on the floor. The slimy things
rnbbed themselves against his legs. He
reached to get a match and found one
Tn this respect a British soldier ha* a
marked advantage over the American,
though iu every other wav the condition
of the former is not so good as that of
the latter. The British soldier is not so
well paid uor so well fed. ami hischaneos
for promotion are not nearly so good, but
to lie allowed to have wife and children
with him more than compensates him
for all his other disadvantages.”—Chi-
outwits the dogs. He will not touch a
poisoned bait, and an old badger, it is
said, will “throw” a hundred traps with
impunity. To dislodge the animals from
their retreats, if they once gain the earth,
is next to an impossibility. They are
most expert and rapid borrowers.—
Youth’s Companion.
Her Reward.
Pretty Aspiraut—What must I do to
win fame ;is an actress?
The Dramatist—Study hard for about
five years, day and night; work your
way up for five more and then
P. A. (breathlessly)—And then?
Tire Dramatist—And then yon may lie
asked to sign a soap testimonial, or get
yonr picture in the tobacco stores.—
Pittsburg Bulletin.
Seventy-five thousand baskets bold
15.000. 000 oysters. Multiply that by
342, the number of days in the oyster
season, and we have the enormous
amount of 3.630.000.(KM) oysters eaten in
the metropolitan district every year.
Besides this the oystermeu say that the
local traffic uses nearly one-third as
many clams in the course of a year, or
1.210.000. 000.—New York Letter.
ing cut out to hohl the chiffon drapery.
A serviceable design for a winter jacket,
suitable to wear with almost any gown,
made of black scouring cloth. The vest
is of green broadcloth, nearly covered
with applique leaves and flowers of
black Persian fur. Braiding of gold
and black soutache is amid the fur figures.
Bell-shaped buttons of black anil gold
with simulated button-holes complete
the trimming. The pockets are length
wise slits, into which the hands slip
easily.
A GOOD JOKE.
perched upon his mantle. He believed
’be air full of awful demons.and attempted cago News.
to escape from the room. Iu his despera-
lion he couldn’t find the door, bur ran ; His ointisi Jokrls-c
against a kind of ladder and hastily as- John—1 went to a Chinese lanndry to
eended it. Luckily he found nothing up have some washing dene and a crxzv
there to disturb him, and in that position Chinaman drove me oat with a poker,
his friends found him the next morning Jameo-Indeed! What for?
while the escaping possums had taken up John _ A new kon a ^ I
the cho’ce places in hts boudoir. J Jy “ * *
suppose. - Pi itscuy Bulletin.
The inventor of the galling gun. Dr.
Gatling, of Hartford, Conn., is con
stantly busy with plane and new inven
tions. though he is now quite ail old man.
He has a handsome residence on Charter
Oak Hili. and there is a large workshop
ou liis grounds where he spends a part of
nearly every day with his diagrams and
tools.
The greatest distance ever recorded at
which the sound of cannon has been
heard was on Dec. 4, 1832, when the can
non of Antwerp were heard in the Erze-
gebirge mountains, at a distance of 370
mil Ag
IIOX T LET US LIK HKTWKKN US, SA1II JOE
TO HILL.
Representatative Carter, of Montana,
who has just returned from a 6*-ld of de
feat, tells us of a humorous meeting wiLli
Representative Cannon, of Illinois and
McKinley, of Ohio. It was in Chicago a
few days ago after the recent election,
when it was dt finitely known that both
of these old and distinguilied Republicans
were to be retired to private file. After
the greeting on the street Cannon, Mc
Kinley and Carter repaired to a restaurant
to get some lunch, during which each at
tempted to explain away his defeat.
When Major McKinley had told of the
gallant tigiit he had made, the great re
ductions he had secured in the Democratic
majority and impressed his two friends
that practically lie had won a victory, as
the majority of his opponent was nomi
nal, he said: "Well, I am heartily and
honestly glad that I shall not be in the
next house, for the Democratic majority
w ill be so large that it will become a dis
graceful, howling, mob.” At this Uncle
Joe (’annon solemnly puts on his specta
cles. and looking the “Little Napoleon”
hard in the face for some time to see if lie
was really in earnest, poked him in tlie
rilis and observed: "Mac, that is exactly
what I told my friends down at Danville.
But come, now, for heaven’s sake don’t
let ns lie between ourselves.”—Montana
News.
SHOWN. SHOES, SHOES.
We have $5000 in Shoes, and can fit aiuf
suit anybody, and every pair warranted
solid and perfect or money refunded.
Dress Button Shoes for ladies at 99c,
$1.25, $1.50, $1.99 and up. See my line
of Shoes, and especially my $1.50 and
$1.99 Ladies’ Dongola Button Shoes, i
pledge myself to save you 50c on every
pair purchased from $1 up. Best full
stu«k Brogan, DOc.
UNDERVESTS. UNDERWEAR.
Children’s Vests at 124c, worth 25c and
up. Men’s Vests at 18c, worth 25c ami
up. Ladies’ Vests at 30c, worth 50c and
up. Suits for men, women and children,
red, white and gray. $0 Switz Condt-
Suits for men at $3; sell everywhere for
$5; no gas here—honest values for itu-
money down. Hand-knit Lamb’s Wool
Vests for ladies, worth $2, at I.374. A
saving of 40 per cent on all Underwear
purchased of us.
TRUNKS, SATCHELS AND VALISES.
A car load sold the past week. Two car load*
left at your own figures.
HOSIERY, GLOVES AND HANDKERCHIEFS.
The cheapest first class line iu the city. The
famous “Gloria” Black How: can be had only nl
us 111 silk and cotton.
LACK CURTAINS, SHAMS, BED SETS.
A handsome lot just opened at matchlessly Ion
prices. $4 Curtains at *2.. r ,0, and on shams im
pair up. Felt and Velvet Lambrequins un«l
Scarfs. Beauties. Sec them.
Special sale of to pieces Embroidered Flannel,
black and colors, at 85c, $’.35 and Sl.pt.
39, 4‘J, 72c—The three best Shirts in America '<•
day. 600dozen Towels ami 27 pieces Table l.ili
ens at special low prices Flannels, Linseys.
.teans.Cassimeres, lowest prices.
WRAPS, CAPES, JACKETS AND SCARFS.
Another lot of elegant Silk Plnsh Capes and
Jackets just opened at popular prices. 5 dozen
If azers. black aud navy blue, extra fine quality,
at S3.50. worth ?5 Few Misses’ Cloaks at s; ecial
bargains. A good Jersey Jacket 45c up.
NOTI' INS, NOTIONS—We sell you too cheap
to quote prices.
Hoping to see you this week, we arc still in the
lead.
The Uo nmfous fash Co.,
104? BHOAD NTRFET.
v (JiKkIi 4 . Toys, etc., to arr.te
next week.