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RELICS OF ARCTIC TRAGEDY. VIRWOVkI. PACKET* OK THE OHI'E bUV EXPEDITION llHitltiHT To THIN COINTHY. Ilumor anil Pathos n( the llatak Or llr l.lfe— Ural. Pa-ark Found (hr Ihlnaa at Port (oarr, Only F.lgtit tlc-arrra From lha- Paalr, In IMMi. Illarlra aaal l.rllrra Trlllna Hoar i.reeley's lla-n Itltad Tkrra llrforr Starvation Drove 'I ha-in Southward am n J-iumn \\ hlrli Only Thrrr „r* l ral—Nome nf thr Betters In lha- I'arkaara ail tha- Mm. tinted l*>M.'t, Ilaar Just Hi-rn Ib-llvered hk Secretary Bridgman aaf ilia- Pa-ark Arctic dab—April I'aaail'a llak krar ihr Polr. (4 'opjrrlfhl 1900. by R 8. Baker 1 New York. Dare. 14.—Dost Wlnier there id New Yolk a number of heavy v -leri boxes, Iron bound and water l t They were dlrietej to the Ht-cre- I ;v of the Diary Arctic Club. II L. i itrifman. and they tuid come direct f aii an icy hillside only u llttli* more i an tight di(jreea fiom the Norih I o,e i -I many miles they had he. n drawn an dog sledge. over vast desert-like . ret- ho of iee|i:i< k. they hnd been loaded In Peary 'a ahlp. the Windward, then ii ren fast In the Ice. and finally, after Mr. Bridgman and Mr. Klsllngbury looking over :he relics. of julllnr. they h<l *•>©*! New k tity. In February. they were i i tn Mr. Bridgman's home in Brook ;vn, in tne presence of a email eomj*ny of w orn the wiiter wue one The natter I*< been kef* private up to the pus ml In the cour e of Lieut. Peary’s dash to the Tole he had reached, In life. a point In InUiml 81:11:11 north, nwok-d > th* mii* “Fort Conger." Here in ”*! th f-imou* but ill-fated Lady Frank lin Bay expe .itlon, under Lieut. A. W. *r©eJy (now (ienerul Ur" iv. iTiirf of the United Ft a ten Si*cr.*! Service) had i . i* Hh headquarter#, and from thU • ■.imp L4e*it. J H LokweoJ hi.l n* e a d.ish toward the pole, attaining a point which for ©omr -time wa th! “fartheal north.” In this far noitli ratniv Oreely and hie men rema.ned until 18S3. iMltlnr and f r the oxieet.*.| r- lef, and iln illy from lt> protect km, th* 1 *t e party p*t out southward tn despair >\er the IcefieJda. ho;4ng to in el the r lief ship which was to have come ion?; I* tore. The horror of that Journey and t:n and. -'tu nite wait which followed at ''mh Sabine is f.uni iar Ai b* h. • v. Th winter deepened, the provision* of r~ ' — ’ ‘ ; J - . .C* e Box containing the Oreeiey relic. the little patty slowly tile tppoared, the men began to fall sick. an I mot th after month of terrible cold und loneliness add ’d to their hopelessness. Finally, the men began to dir One tea* (hot for steal ing pravltlona. Titete wee horrible stories of ninl man* on human flesh, • n.l finally, jus, j. lit* life fll'ker- I' l from th< re who still lived, tlte rescue I'trty appeared lit June. HM. thie man tiled after lie reamed the relief ship and *>( .11 the expedition only Ha oommunder. l.li let. Oreely, and six men lived to ranch ' i.tiixatlon. Finding f the Itellea by I’eary. When Lieut. Peary and h! party reach- I Fort Conger In 1*99. they found it Jtiat -( Lieut. Orevtey had left It 18 yenra be • ore. Here Peary found all the peritonei fleets of the men a* they had left them when they set out to seek the relief ship. Homo of the boxen bore Inscription*, of ■ |i sadly humorous In the light of whut followed. M. Connell, international Polar Ex pedition. Lat. 11:44:11. Long. 64:45 Effects t ot very valuable. 'Ti* distance lends en • ntment to the view." On the trunk of Bmeant lareal of .Me lilgun, a university man. by the way, •nd an abla fellow, who died of starva tion In hla (leering bag. wa* written: "Any party visiting this station In the "uturo la welcom to th clothing, etc., 'o the two trunks In the weal leanto. Should be very thankful for a return of t ook and papers." Private Whis!ler—be also died of star vation—left this word: "The owner will not be a great loer If he never seea what Hil ronialn®. Th® Nw he th* moot vaiuoix* part of th® Lu-ut Bcary g*Utr.,i up all tfco pri '*** J>a[*CT®, |ptt r 9 NI.aJ |h MbuO.l) Jn left in th* camp and p < k* i them Into boicg. He was careful about ihc* preclou- package* No Mmled bundle® were opened, no letters read And thus, •eventeen year® after he hands of tiu** who had written this* old dlarl * m 1 directed the letters ar.d pick' and the p r sonal efTect*. had i.*t tou heti them they were beinr opened in a quiet Brooklyn l*arlor on a b!u®t*-ry February afternoon. Cm** of those present a* tin* opening was J I* Kitlltighury of H,<u** ,r. N Y. a brother of Uetit Fr* I F hilln*bury! second In command of tin* i|Mut<d ea petition, who ht*l di* I only .1 few lay* before the arrival of the relief party. .nd who. as his brother ussoru bitterly. * ,IS partly eaten 1 9-hall not soon forget tho tears that streamed down his face when the first box was opentst ind the yellow package* were taken out. Most of them were ti*d up firmly with twine und bore the names of the owners out* •*d-. One (HickoKe contained 11 little pair **f baby shoes tipped up wnnkltd all 1 worn at the tor* from th* stumbling activity of some family j* ♦ Th® * had been carried aecretly. perhaps. for a I man does not easily and-. lose such senti ment. thousand* of miles away into the An tic cold to keep alive a man's love j There wore letter-, a few in almost ! every pack ige. b own with axe. si imp* 1 | with old green three cent :amp*. n*w obsolete, and many *ll • -ted to the nam e j of those long dea l. M it of the men of I the expedition were unmarried and some lof these letters were to tvlr sw* < e • Bom® of them htive since been delivered to morrlei middle-aged women with chil dren. and *om will never rea--h their de-llnatlon. Mr. Brldvmm has use*l dlll genr-o In delivering the**- letura and the I *“k Is not yet completed. Perh.n** the sa*l-lest of all the letters In the te*x was one fr**m -Mr* Emma \V. De I-ohg written In IASI to her hus t*and. Comman ier George W. De lng of the JeanneDe expedition. Tbi- let er os carried tiort)* In lv*l -v l.i'iii. Oreely In the.hope that ho might gel an opportunity to deliver It **• mewhere in tliat vast waste of lee. But l>c Dong himself was then dead In She gnow, and his wife's letter ll is now been returue!, lir > . jrs later, with seali unbroken, lo •he writer. A large proport lon of the men kept diaries, most of thorn written In little blank book* much worn, one or two .lire bound with sealskin with the hair outs.de; others were written in the form of letters to frlsnds at home and manl f Id.d with cartwn paper S mo of th • e -topped short oiT In Die middle of a page un i or-o actually in Die middle of a -sentence, a* If the order to march had , ume hurriedly and everythin* bad b* *-n * Topped and left gs It w as. It Is a rulb <m Arctic rxp*.lltlon* thut all Inf ormal I ,n .orw.Ti lli* the events of the trip auall I, inrough the commander, exclusive ly. and oftentlme* the men are required to" give up the:r dlarlc, but these diaries . t .cl that late, and here they Were. vivltiK a rare and Intima'e picture of the jally life, deaperately huni Jrum a* tt war. In an Arctic rami'. How well all toe men came to know .no arndher, and bow all their little bickerings crept Into tm *e private Journals; how- the charao t. rs of the oftleera shone out In strong I contrasts, as the men a• them. on.. ! dancing over thdse old papers will see all these small dlfllcult e and di .agree ments which never creep Inti th- great l. oks written by the commnndrni Here Is .1 gl mi-se Into the and ary of Sergeant Card.tier, under date of April 1. •**■ n hl< li gives curious picture of April loot ■> day In the Arctic: April Foul Hay In tbe Arctl*. "On duly aa usal from * a- m unlit 4 p. in. There were the usual Jokes, win manv addlilonal ones played to-day on o cI.K-k a. m. by setting oil the clocks alien) of time and awakei.ln* the c*ka a. that time, and m king thm t'lnk It was time fir breakfast. They hurrlol and were soon cooking, but of • otiraa, soon found the J.dte out. and then Israel had to betake himself away In a Those who were now up set to work with laige needles and sewed blankets ■ seth.r and ended by t.vP ( *> nmn Who wag Still a sleep to his buck, and When the time ante to get up fo> br-eak fist there w.ia great fun mode over e.rh one he tried to get up and found nim *<*i fas: to the bunk. Lieut KlsHngbtny iame •• uft.-r br> kf-t and hell out • small atlck covered with red Hunuvl and THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1960. •*hed oriA to tie U p hi* acre Artec. 1 ’ ierson he asked, not tiilnkm* of an > thing but helping the unfortunate, when at once to work, and was tying the red fianml on the stick with all the ttrslrriitet of a woman * t uoh, lest he should cause twain Th* ie was a 1 resit lautth. of course, and the one the Jokv wi;v played on eommenc*tl |o rack hi* | brains for some way t- get even with ? n* lieutenant. This joking has con | tinned all day. The supper table was at S p nr, instead of at four, as ju ual. and Isra*). who, being on right duty, sleeps during the day. was awak ened and made to think he had had his usual umount of sleep Everybody pretty busy initlimr flnigi tins tou*ihes on hi* outfit for the Held. How 1 wish I *nUl l>e of the party The only stars vlaiMe at midnight were Jupiter. Mars and Arc torus, and the** very fainty. We can gee to read without the aid of any i ght from a lamp throughout the 24 hours We only have daiktu **e and day light on the same day for a period of wo wicks In these latitude*. Soma of fho men say they prefer the nighttime, • winter.) hut I doubt their word v. ry much For my part 1 will like all the daylight possible." A number of the men bad made col ections of Arctic fl >wers ami grasses, *me of them very beautiful Evidently :hre was among the number *<ro** one v.eil Inform* and in botany, for the plants were preserved with si’.k Others had ollected bits of Arctic moss, caribou .01 iw snd other relics to take home to Show In the pn kmc*; belonging to <\r- P ral Joseph El Ison of Cos K. Tenth Infantry, who, when found at Cape i Sab*ne, had both hands and feet frosen I tthd died <m the way home after helix* ree< ued km a worn diary, the entile* mostly short. business-like and colorless, i .in album of pressed flowers, some N w roundland postage stamps, evidently left I over from the las* letters he had ever mailed, a pair of Masonic sleeve buttons, nn old pockrthook containing seventeen cents, the coppers tarnished and pus, and finally two gold ring*. % Better ISellvrred After Sevcaters Years. The package of Sergeant William H Cross contained some Washington street ear tickets, a Florida s..a be.in. a flowered ard slih the owner's name—who has forgotten Ihe flower card rrage of 30 t ears ago"—some green thre -cent postage stamps, a watch and chain, no cents In Canadian money, a copy of the gospel of Ht. John, press.sl flowers, letters ad dressed to his wife, and a number of diaries. Mr Bridgman ha- since delivered this package to Cross' widow*, who lives In Washington, and she has now no doubt read these last letters written more than 17 years ago by her husband. Sergeant Jewell's package—Jewell starved to death at Cap.' Hablno—contained a copy of the gospels and tha twin me n manifold let ter to Ids friends, which br. ke off. sue i nlflcantly. In the mldtlle of imgc 13; other letters, a bit of Arctic moss, a poem by J T Trowbridge, two out graph albums, trany photograp.is of his friends, diaries and a I'nlted Slates penny. There was also In Jewell's package a copy of the "Ai'ftlc Moon.' a, cuflloun newspaper Issued by the members of ihe expedition and pilntcd on a gclalinc lioktogiaph. It contained news of the camp, written humorously, and general article# and poems, showing one of the bright sides of she life. Many copies of this hsd been j preserved for souvenirs. Theie was also 1 the highly dccoeated menu of a Christ mas dinner, which had evidently been an evert of vast Importanct In the hum drum 1 fe of these voluniary castaways The package of Maurice Connell, one of the survivors of the expedition, who now lives In California, contain* J a single small Sc aled package liear.ng the WOtdSi 'Maurice Connell, Ms private papers, not to be opened until delivered to him or heirs.' Mr. Bridgman has not yet sue . reeded In de’lverlng tills package Of ! nil the packages that of Sergeant David | C. ltalston was the smallest. It contained no wr.tten word, no diaries, no letters, cnly a pair of cuff buttons and a walch chain. Thiae have been delivered to the dead man's brother in Cleveland. Ohio. Tha package of t>r. I’avey is still un. delivered, all attempts to And his widow having proved fruitless. Ths largest packages were naturally tlioaa of LI alterants Oreely Klsllngbury and Lockwood—tnd L kw rod’s, which ha* s-nce ten delivered o his brother at D. C.. Was the largest of all. It contained many photographs, some of women in the old fashioned tight sleeves; an Indian card basket, a tor toise shell watch chain, po kethook with keys and Mud-, a family group picture, a rxiior an Eskimo curving on walrus Ivory, simples of fl mnrl. a hand mirror, a tip of a muskox horn, a fossil leaf, an appointment with the Governor pf I'per nav k. not-s on his Hedge Journey farthest north, a bundle of "Arctic Moons." many private letter* and other papers, a weather map of the l.'nited State*, several memorandum hooka, s •■shin list of the "Nova Scotia," pack of stamped envelopes, private cards, hts orders all arranged with great orderli ness. private account of pipes and to bacco. notes of beture*. sod so on. Lieu tenant Klsllngbury's package wu deliv ered on the spot to his brother, who open ed It wth trembling hand* and tears streaming down his face. There vu In another bog great plies of record# of the weather, tides and snowfall made by the expedition There were also the orders given by Lieuten ant Greely. all very formally couched and written out as though for nn army ~f men. and there were the little 'ad counts against the men for tobacco end stores, many of them destined never to be settled Nearly alt of these rellea and papers have now been delivered to the surviv ing friends of the member# of the ex pedition. Only Ihe pa. kages of Bergerant Onfd'rfer. Corporal Kllson and Prtvixfes Fredericks and Whisler of tlie dead, and Private Connell, living. stIU remain for Ur. Bridgman to driver iUy Btaanard Baker, A DESERTED PALACE. IT Ik Tin: IMI-I.HIAI HONK OF THE URKAT 111 kki OF H AMILTON. ■la, llf.a I Isa.d lor Twpao-Nir Irara-Tki- l-rnasl Dakr Is * Bachelor and It Is Believed Ikai ihr i.ol.lsu Kr j of aa American llrlrrss Is Absolutely Nrrrssarr <•• I nlork the lns-Tl".r<l Portals. Tkrrr Are .Accnmmlatlona for t.OOO (>nt-.(. and Mai Horary—silver Fat- Ana lor thr Premier Nohleo of Meal loud. New York. Dec. 14.—The report recently l*i tntt-i] In a New York |uprr ot the po sition occupied by a near relative of Ilia Duke of Hamilton, who was ones a fa vorite In New York and Newport e< tjr and la now a pianist In a Boston orcli *- tra. recalls some curious toatures of the downfall, In but two urnrratloiia. of the wealihlent snd first In precedence of the Hootch nobility, ltul fifty years sen. ow |I! to the rapkl development of the null mines on the laniarkahlre Hamilton elate*, the duke ot that day. tenth In order of succession, might well have re garded hie means as lneahaueilble. Beirut, however, a man of princely latatva, like many millionaires of mo e recent date. It was (he bulldlii* of a house—a splendid palace on the banks of the Clyde near the town of Hamilton— tbai first began to eal ravsnuusly as well as rulonoualy Into Hie Immense fortune H:up-ndoos and m->gnincent In design, a lew details will give some Idea of what the original cost of Hamilton Palara must have been, and ths heavy burslen upon the tenants for life II must be even to keep such a pih.ee In repair. Built to Accommodate a thousand per sons. with stables Attached for live hun dred horses, the front porch alone cost A fortune. Ising de tgned After that of lha celebrated n-mpte of Jupiter or statue At B m--. sixty feel high and Ml feet In length. \Mlhtn Are nii.es of superbly decorated jrollrrles snd salons. In whl h Ihe owner expende.l millions In gathering fogetlier the rare I cit treasures front all parts of thr word. A few years ego tho pressing needs or the late duke nee* a I t.ate*l a snle of some of the*** effects, the amount realised being gl.but.uoi yet a casu.il visitor, unle-s Informed of the fact. Would Imagine that Ihr iml ■<-* was still crammed with priceless works of A t. Falny in* t ..i.u entrance, down n state ly avenue about a mile in length, stand** the Hamilton family mausolrum, bull! in Ihe siylc of that of the Emperor Hadrian und coaling 4.- **uo. <>> tireulsi m form, t/.. roof of the mi. rlor Is gum* it) l by I'tllnrs of v. rde antique snd decorated by Ihr llnrat painters of the Urn* . tmf that which chiefly attracts the visitor's t -t* ntlon .ire the richly emlssrs**! sll *-r cor- Dns of nine of Ihe Dukes of Hamilton standing ui-wi raised slabs of block i*ol- Ifhi-I marble, ns If sliver, however, was not a sufficiently preclrut mater al to <• n taln th. l-ones of Ih* tenth Duke, that Illustrious individual prepared for his own occupancy a *r* opliacu- f**r two or three thousand years the abode of a daughter of the Pharaohs, whose mummy he somewhat uugullantly ejected to re |M)So for Ihe future in a common glass . act* In one of thr halls of Ihe palace. no Impressed is 4he old Hootch keeper with Ihe Importance of the dead commit ted to hts charge, that his Imagination of what will take place on the Day of JuiWrment con sour no further hn Is rx l>Trased 111 a Bolt mn whls|r. a* he glances round the splendid lomt*—"Ays. : Innn: but what a sleht—wliat a slcht It will be to see a' the dukes come forth on Ih* great day." To tho numerous British titles horns by the head of the house of Hamilton Is add ed that of -Due de t'hatellerault In France, around which the eleventh Duka r ound a pretty though ruatly sentiment Having married a relative of Nardeor 111. Ilk* Mary Quern of Hcots, Ihe French Duchess often pined for her southern home rpoh on occasion looking out through the dre.iy mist of a Scotch au tumn day. she exclaim*-*! with a sigh of r.gret, "Ah! how 1 would llko to see dear obi l hatellerauH again " "You snail.'' her husband's voire un expectedly replied. "You shall swx upon It every day In the year If you wish " Turnin'- with astonishment ami de.lgbl to Ihe .hike, she asked how soon would they asset for France. ■ Oh. u* to that." laughed her husband. "It's not *** all necessary to leavs -Hamil ton Chat* lleraull will come lo you" Further tnlormallon as lo the duke's meaning being withheld, there, however, shortly commenced to rise on the hlUsldo J74t. OM.&C ~Hlat.ll - hiets< adr J 13 L ock~ood . Prinri/Ht/ £*Ki~ esu* GW. Pice. K.t.tur '**/*£.*+!/?*. ”?***+. C. B Henry . City £H**r Ci JS is till by a cvmtpieTt .*tn/jr. <£*“**' *** ufosL*** . 3 ! rvt*< tafl VU U**U4UX,. JCOewC*. *** +* khtTw, rtu * a. wxi j tm - JrZJu* JnfrrwtiUUu. -/ 5-^1 S* U~r+y /rvm Front page of the Arctic Moon. overlooking th# pa lacs, an exact copy of the Chateau d* Chatsllerault. which wnsn finished Che Duke presented to hla wlfs. It wss during lb* lifetime of th# lot# Duke that th* fortunes of ths Hamiltona sank to their present low ebb Forming one of that wealthy group of nobles sur rounding the Prince of Wale* in bis youth, the Duke vied with the others In a Ilfs of such extravagance that even th* tra il.enr* returns fiom his coal fields wara of litila avail. In s comparatively snort period bis estates tell Into ihe hands of creditors, but not before b* bad glvsa WE FIT AND GUARANTEE KID GLOVES. The holidays are here and yon will have to give ynnr friends some presents. Be have nsefnl and attractive thlna** t offer ynn. Wr have n hrantlful line nf l.adlra' strrllna Sllvrr I'nraea, Evening Fans, F.venlna Hlovea, tilnve Moves, Dressing Fases. Wanlrnrr nets. Ilmhrnldrred Handkrrehlefa, etc. tiewta* Silk knaprndera. with silver tineklrs, Fn liar and I uff Basra, tinld t uff llattnns. Ilus.lan Feather t i*ar I nara, silk Neekwrar, etr. tarns Ikr good thlna* vvr will show will hr abnnt 3INI Dress Pattern., rang ing In prler front ffl.ltt to *• ns per pattern. Indira' Prnrl-hnndlr Inihrrllns. DRESS GOOOS. at *l.l :* 26 Hrirr Imvimi !*ttrmn In black. navy, purplr* tn*l tnoavi ... 4111 at $1.3 25 NovaHy In black, navy, cantor. *r*cn. imiKn tn l\|ar nai I S3 at 81 (>9 X* Finn Novolty IrM l*4ltcrt‘. m black irri’cn. navy, purplr. brown, sarii-t. new blue anJ castor 1 to at 25 Henrietta lrt* r.Htcrn**. In black, cantor, new blue. navy, brown, artwn. garrurt. purple. Kiey ami row 1 to at $2.3 25 Henrietta Prep" Pattcnif In black, navy, new blue, eaator. bcown. green, grey, gantet, puipie anJ roae 3 39 at 82 1M SS ffatln Venetian Dress Patterns In black, grey, browm, raslvr. stone blue. castor, brown snd navy 144 at 82.98 F* Igtdles' Cloth Dress r*tHert*. In bla.-k, raw. gteen. grey, gsrn-t castor, pearl gray ! W at $2.98 25 Bngllib Homeapun Pattern*. In black. lark grey, madlum grey. I„arl grey, at on*'-blue, brown eaator 2 ft LINENS. You < an make no better or more pennl |>l# present than nice Table I .Inert ami Napkin®. fA-Inch fama**k 11b*, •T*'* ID-Inch Damask 0c 45c 72-ln<h Satin lma“k with Napkin to m tell 75c. Si no. 91. ft, H N, All-Linen N.ii klna 59 All-IJnen Napkin® 1 0 \ AH-Llncn N r kin 125 All-lain* n N pkin* 1 So \ 5 4 Paina-k Na**kin® 300 \ l>ania*k Napkins 4 0) J.L.MORRISON, 2 3 BROUGHTON, W. Special Sale INI ANTS' SILK CAPS THIS WEEK. one sublime entertainment to the Prince at ll.mu.ton i'aliue. that rrmslna in llio memory of the country folk as a (ale from the Arabian Nights. For u week Ihe Duke entertained the Prince at a coat of tl.OO.UOO; then he pull ed down the bllnda. board?*! up the doors, sold all his horses, and dismissed nil the servants, but th* few absolutely neces sary to keep the place from falling Into ruin From thai day to this, over twenty-flve years ago. Hamilton Palace has remain ed untenantesl. In spile of He magnificent collection of art treasure, few tourists visit the palace as It Is oft tha beaten track through Scotland Taking Into consideration the enormous cost of keeping such palace open, the general belief Is. that unless rum.if proves true and tne present Duke follows the example of his compeers of Marl* borough and Manchfater and marries an American heiress, lie doors srtll never bo opened again, and that ths statel) pile will some day bo torn down to give place to Ihe surface buildings of a coal pit, whereby a revenue may be obtained for l;s Impoverished owner. —"You see. Harenco told me aU I've toM you bucaue* I'm hla ooßAdeuUol friend."—lndianapolis Journal , MORRISON'S 23 BROUGHTON, WEST. BLANKETS. | lo<4 Urey lllankrt*. $ 49 10-4 Grey ltlankc|*i 69 10- Gray Ttlanketa 1 0> 11*4 ilrty Blankota t 6> 11- Urey Wool Blanket® ..3 60 11-4 Urev Woo! Blanket -3 & 10 I W tilt * l<!.itik*tii 1 11-4 White Blanket 1 s*' 11-4 White Wool Blanket® ® on 11-4 Whit# W• <ol Mlinkef- 3 .o 11-4 White Wo.l B Mike s | a. 11-4 While \V.x! Il'-'Miket® 5 11- White W i©l Blanket® 4 12- White Wool Blanket® 9 *lO 12-4 While Wool Blankets* loon COMFORTS. Mxtrs Ctiniftirt® l-r*e Heavy r mfr ... 1 o> f.ar*c Heavy Comfort 8 4f*‘en o<*> e-f®| Cnmforf •* t M**rcerl*e#l-f’ovnctl Uomfort 1 ®* PED OUILTS. Full Hlx. M**l **p-, and „ Extra Isrti* Bad opr sad Heavy ljrge Mix. Hpr-wd i m Heavy t.anrs-lxe Bp-r * I j *. Marseilles I’nrtern Rpreada Marseilles Br*rer*ds •> Mareelllrx Rprrads , GENTS’ UNDERWEAR. Heavy Fleeee-tJned Shirt-* ll.wvv Fleece, I,ined Diggers |y; He ,vv Flec.-e-IJeed Shirt-* ~, Heavy Fleece l.lned Drawers ,*> Heavy Orev W0.,1 Shirt. Heavy tlrry Won! n-nwers 7. Heavy Whim Wool Shlrm 1 no Heavy White \V**ol Drawers in* Heavy Grey Wool (thirls 1 ,* Heavy tjrev Wool Drawer* 1 H-avy Double-Breast Shlrtv 1 m Heavy DeiiW., Ilr-a-t Kcurlei Hbirte . 1 7 Heavy Fleece-IJned Vest* Heavy Fleece-I.liiinl rant, j; Heavy Wool Vest ,*nd Bants 7-, Heavy White W**ol Ve.it and Bsttts... 1 o*l Heavy drey Wool Vests und Panto... 1 00 Silk and Wool Vests and P ints 1 bl Grey Milk and Wool Vests and Pan!,. 1 CO THIt KS OF "IM.K-I BI'KS Mm." Fierce t orn pet I lion for the < sal-Og Garment* of tliaaineee Men. From Ihe New York Evening Post. Th# "oto-clo'es men" have found anew • i*l profitable Held for Junketing In Wall street. It was about a yesxr age that th* first one left the overworked cross-town streets above Union Bquare for ths neigh horhood of the Block Exchange, but so quietly did he carry on his traffic with the herdtera, the brokers, and the lawyers that II Vas only recently that o> hers dis covered his monopoly Now there are three working "ths Btreeg." Incidentally their appearance attracted anew element to the frada—th# brlxhter lads among the newaboys—and now competition for th* castoff garment* of the business men m flercs. particularly so at this tlm* of tha year, when the summer clothes have been laid aside and the fall and winter stylos ate appearing. "Clary John," as he I# called, was really me Hrst to establish a curb busi ness down town, but as hi* was only a aeon-hour traffic tn cast-off bats with lbs mosoongar-boys wU lunch among tbs Special Sale FINE Umbrellas IHIS WEEK CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR. HO) Flee*, 1,1ne.l Drawers t Boy ' Klaeca-Uneil Sltirt* Uroy Wool Piawars.. 61 Mo> flioy W *o! Hhirt® 6) Ml’•a* White W.iol Yaata M Ml®**® Whit# Wool Banff 69 Mlseee- tire* Wool Pants lIA Mieses' Urey W.sil Vest- id Misses' Fleece-1,1,ie.1 Vest* I* Aliases' Pler. e-I.li . and Pante I'* Children's Fleece IJm-d Vels and Bants. tor. II 1 .,-. IV. I**-. *F 3d NOTIONS. GLOVES- ETC. lafKll**®’ Khl tilovra In black, tan. whlti* ami grey TS T"*®tci I*ml KM Oknr* In black tan. irrey amt n*h|t#* ,1 to F*v*trr f*aul KM Ulovw, In black, tan, arev nn.l white 1 61 W.*o| f aoMnaion! 36c C Wool Filina tor® T*c. T on, i ftk 4 Um m Mcr ft 3Dc. * Bomi#u*lour Comb®. .36c. 36e. (fl Hllk LI *®tic .15c. ft GUI Belt® Me, 75c 1 09 Oil! Betting ft Patent-Leather B#*'t 28 Wlk M* H 811 ver B<i< kl**® |0 HOLIDAY GOODS. lei.lL* Gi ve® Iloxc® 150 Li ll* * I*r. In - i’i'c< 169 UilU-i* 8-lvcr \L>untc#l Purooa Ifo lettill' Bllvcr-Mount**-1 Pur®** 1 6i l.ull'V PI vcr-M*un **i| 3 00 I. i her hirir® ..26c, ftc. 75 I. *•!*- ‘ IV<-01*4*1 Fan® 1 00 I*i 111* ‘®' Ih ot .it it i Fans lft lomllc n.ornt> l I an® .2 09 Ocnt®* I’gff B**xc® i oi> nent®* (’tiff Ib.xe# 1 ft Gent®* Collir Ih>xe® too ijeru®’ Collar „,,i ft Cktil"’ 811 k Ru®peiffeni 75 Cl**nt®* 44ilk Bu®|M*iilcrn # .,J ft Oent-* near <’i c® ® ft Gent®’ Cigar Caac® 3 ft Genua’ Link Cuff H ittona -50 c, 75 Gent®’ Unk t’uff llutftn® 100 1 ft Gent®* ldtnk ( uff flution® laO 6 ft Special Sale INI ANTS' roslMie Clocks THJS WEEK | pu-.li carta tn New street, tha “old-elo'aa men" proper say he doe# not count. They Pint out, as the "Stress'' pioneer, a strange little man who now does business on <'ester street "We wasn't on lo hi* gam*, nb way. at first." said a newsboy last night. **He wouldn’t sell our pat**, an' he didn't have bis hand out, either, but he soon had the coin, aU right An' then he •welled out m good clothes and patent 1' dher shoe*--arid diamonds. Bay, he was a swell guv. an' then we tumbled.” While M listed Ihe HIM# man reaped a harvest, tail his success atttracted two ottiers One ba>k up hlc Ixeat on Nassau street ami the other confined himself to Wall, west of the Bub-Treasury They W' tked principally during the luncheon hour until they became so persistant ties* tha poll) i-men name to know tlisaa. After that they were tokt to "take a walk," and hud to ply their traffic more or let* "under cover." They had bostnoas cards atriirk off. on which were printed their names and ad Ire-sea, ttqrither with th# words, "mailorders promptly attend ed to-h.gtieet prices paid." These they would hand to well-dressed men whom they met. asking for their house ad dresses and the privilege of calling In the evening to make s bargain. Merely to make more room In hla closet many a man sells his last-seaeon's clothes to these traders for a ridiculously low price The trader then has the suits sponged and pressed, and sells them at an enor mous profit to the "barkers" down In •till# boy” along Park Bow. Ompotltlon Increasing, the "old olo'ea men" branched out with agencies, by dickering with the newsboys to canvass their dally customers. They paid tha newsboys twentydive cents for every customer they could find who had any css t riff clothes he wanted to sail. For a while the newsboys were a substantial source of revenue to them, and the lads themselves were satisfied, but flaally th* shrewder ones, chiefly those whose busi ness sms large enough to support neare st and*. thourht they saw a moans of Increasing their Income as well as that of their "boeaaa," and then they "strudr" "You see." as one lad. near Trinity Church, explained It. "we knows tha gems with good clothes, and daae blokes doesn't We goes and gtt* 'em customers wld alt kinds of rags, but all w* fetch*# Is a quartfr a throw. Maybe they gat* two anti thre* suits per gent, that stands 'em In forty dollars down In ‘the bay.' See? Well, we didn't, an' da fust deal I makes or. me own hook I gets a swell brown suit fer four-fifty. 1 sells U for fifteen p,unk* straight ami— say—gtrary nice day 1 sec It going by me on a swell lookin' gen*, who works down below here. Hut he don't know I knows Aw, you don't know who's a game of bluff and win ain’t In dls town." The lies II W*s. la the Male. From the London Riprem. An amusing instance of the superstition prevalent among the Moslem peasantry Is reported from Gerba. In th* Oulf of Cabes. A mule, believed to have been stolen, was found after twenty days In the last stage of starvation at th* bottom of a well, where It had Just kept ttaelf ally* by gnawing the moss-grown aides and by means of a little putrid water at tba bottom. It then transpired that th* poor beat? had been seen fifteen days before by th# wife of a farmer residing at no great dis tance Thinking ah* had seen the devil In th# form of a mule, the woman had kept fb* affair a profound secret, and hail spent the Interval m dally supplication to tha pro pixel to prevent the Evil On* from ap proaching nearer to her dwelling. —Great Expects iions—Jack Bachelor— "Bo you have named him after a Vies President?" Ned Nawpop—"Yas; assran; him tn start out In life totally unknown, and tusks a asms fer bimsslt."—Judgax 11