THE HERALD.
THE 00 DEN FA KM. EXPERIMENT.
Tlio experiment in "IligU Farming"
which has been in progress for the last
ten years at "Ogden Farm," four miles
from Newport It. I., under the direc
tion of the veil-known agricultural
writer Col. Geo. E. Waring, has been
one of much interest, and from it some
useful lessons should be drawn. The
plan, in brief, was, to take the farm of
60 acres, claimed to be as poor and as
much run down" as any in the State,
improve it thoroughly, manage it as
well as possible for ten years, and
then sell the entire establisment at
public sale. The ten years have pass
ed, and Col. "Waring has given to the
public some statements of results.
The plan has been modified, and the
farm will not be sold at present. With
out being able as vet to give the exact
figures, Col. Waring states, there has
been a considerable loss, instead of the
profit which was expected at first.
Thi3 result, however, is not unnatu
ral, and could perhaps, have been safe
ly predicted, and this without the
slightest imputation on the knowledge
and skill of the manager. There was
gome favorable things in the plan
abundant capital, a hearty euthusiasm
on the part of Col. W and much
knowledge, from observation at least
of what good farming is. There were,
on the other hand, some heavy loads to
carry. A very large sum was expend
ed in under drainage, in buildings, in
manuring, etc., and ten years, in which
all this was to bo repaid from the sales
from the farm, was not a sufficient
time. Another serious disadvantage,
it is fair to suppose, came from the
fact that Col. Waring did not give the
farm his direct personal attention dai
ly. He resided in the city, and was
absent for weeks and even months.
All practical farmers know how se
rious i3 the disadvantage of such a
mode of management, unless, indeed,
the foreman knows more about the
business than the owner or manager
in which case, the less direction he is
given the better. " Ogden Farm," how
ever, it is understood, was conducted
by not especially intelligent foreign la
borers. There were some changes of the orig
inal plan, and the farmer settled down
to the breeding of Jersey cows, and the
manufacture of " Gilt-edged" butter.
The last has necessarily been subordi
nated to the first, so that the product
has not been so large by one half, in
Col. Waring's opinion, as it would have
if the cows had been kept with refer
ence to butter making aloue. The
butter has had a fine reputation; the
first sales being at fifty cents, and the
price being gradually advanced until it
reached one dollar a pound, at which
figure all regular sales have been made
lor five years past. Surplus butter has
been sold for as low as 50 cents; but,
for the five years, the average net price
for all sold has been over 75 cents per
pound. This is one of the interesting
lessons from the farm. Newport is an
exceptionally good market; but the
fact that at least a few thousands of
pounds of butter can be sold, year af
ter year in any American market, at
one dollar a pound, is one well worth
making a note of. The total sales of
produce for the ten years yielded $23,
i)21.82. The best year for sales of pro
duce was 1873, when 5,912 pounds of
butter were sold for 84.472.85 net.
Considerable milk was bought that
year, to increase the butter product.
An eqivalem of from 25 to 35 cows
has been kept. Nearly all the grain
fed has been purchased. At first, near
ly all the bay was also bought; but
for four years past, scarcely any hay or
other forage has been used, except that
produced cn the farm. The farm of
60 acres was, in 1876, divided as fol
lows: Grass, 44; eats (cut green), 6;
fodder-corn, 6; yards, garden, &c 4
acres. Whatever may be true of oth
er phrases of the experiment, it would
seem that a very satisfactory improve
ment of the conditon of the soil has
been made, mainly owing, probably, to
the under-drainage and the use of
large quantities of manure made on
the place. Direct injury naturally re
sulted from plowing one piece to the
depth of about a foot, bringing a blue
clay sub-soil to the surface.
It is hardly to be expected that farm
ing experiments very closely resem
bling this will soon be tried in the
more Western States. It does seem,
however, that there is no good reason
why attempts at "High Farming"
should be so generally made on lands
upon which there must be a large ex
penditure before it is at all in good
condition. Saving that they are abun
dantly supplied with weed seeds, there
are many thousands of acres of land
in even the Central States, which, ul,
though they can be purchased for less
than the sum expended on 44 Ogden
Farm " in under-drainage- are in bet
ter conditon and more fertile than the
farm now is, or can easily be made,
even with the continued application of
large quantities of manure. So great
an advantage in the starting point
ought to fully counterbalance any dis
advantage in location. No Western
market can be relied on to take but
ter at a dollar a pound ; but the cheaper
the land, the less cost in putting the
land in its best position, the less cost
of food, either produced on the farm
or purchased, will certainly almost, if
not entirely, counterbalance this, and
permit as large net profits.
There is a kind of pleasure in the
re3toration of an "exhausted" f; rui; in
making a barren tract productive; in
undoing the bad work of predecessors,
or in aiding nature to complete her
work. The effects of good manage
ment and skill are most strikingly
seen in such cases ; but it would be
well if there were many more cases of
first-class farming on the fertile prairie
soil of Western States; soils 'which
are well drained naturally, which are in
admirable condition, asking only that
the luxuriant natural vegetation shall
be suppressed, and that good culture
be j?iven, to produce as large crops as
and lands under tha sun. In tilling
such lands, there need be no lick of
use for capital nor of the highest skill.
They will better withstand bad treat
ment than most others, and the effects
of the best management is not so ap
parent as when this is given to natual
ly inferior soils; but it is doubtful if
any other offers, in the long run, bet
ter inducements for the investment of
capital and skill. G. E. M.
"That's my butcher," said an actor to
a friend, at the same time pointing to a
lean, cadaverous-looking man just
passing. "Looks pretty, bad, doesn't
he?" "Does look bad," was the reply.
"Looks a3 if you had dealt with him a
long time, doesn't he?" The subject
was immediately changed.
Where fowls are confined in consider
able numbers to a restricted enclosure,
they should have a good supply of wood
ashes to wallow in. It will pay to fill a
large box with ashes and place it under
shelter where the fowls can use it at
pleasure. It is a pleasure to them, as
is manifest by the eagerness with which
they avail themselves of this means of
yi;ri(it?on.
Weather Keport for January 1878.
Mean temperature 27T.
Lowest temperature on the Cth. . '.. . ..
Highest temperature on the 9th . . . 54a.
Melted snow in inches 1.
No of snowy dajs 2.
Repoiit for Jan. 1st, 1877.
Mean temperature 20'2.
Coldest temperature 26.13
Lookout for the Eclipse of the moon
on the 17th of this month.
I saw the planet Mercury for the
first time on the 5th near to Jupiter.
Augusta.Ga., Feb. About 2 o'clock
last evening this city was visited with
a shower of hail, followed by a rain
storm accompanied by thunder and
lightning and a rumbling and tremor
of the earthquake. This was follow
ed a little later after 1 o'clock by a cy
clone which struck the city on the
southwest, near Centre street, and de
molished a house. The lower market
house was literally smashed into atoms.
Several brick and wooden buildings
were wholly or partially destroyed.
The cyclone "traveled from southwest
to northeast and covered a space of
about three hundred yards wide. Some
casualties are reported.
The Columbia railroad depot is a to
tal wreck and some damage was done
to the Central railroad depot. Many
private residences were injured. Chas.
Davis and wife, colored, were found
ilad in the ruins of their house. The
tfUck of the tornado blazed as if on
fire
Constantinople, Feb. 7. Evening
via Bombay, Feb. 8. In accordance
with armistice conditions Russia will
occupy Widdin, Iiustchuk, Silestra,
Belgradjka and Erzeroura. Ambassa
dors of the powers are still ignorant
of conditions of peace. Nedjah Pasha,
with twenty-seven battalions, has left
for Volo. Accounts have been receiv
ed here of depredations committed by
Russian troops in the houses of Mus
sulmans in Adrianople and neighbor
hood villages.
Ashamed of His Mother.
We never attended exercises at West
Point, writes Don Piatt, but we did
years ago run down to a ball at Anna
polis. We happened, on the cars, to sit
by a stout old party, possessed of a rud
dy, motherly countenance. She was
quite communicative, and soon told us
that she was on her way to Annapolis
to see her son "grad-i-ate," to use her
own expression. We took charge of
that good old lady she was so good,
kind, sensible and motherly. We were
present at the meeting between the
mother and boy a handsome, manly
youth, one any mother could bo proud
of.
After supper we asked the old lady
if she intended to visit the ball, and
she said she would like to look in, but
her son said it was quite "unpossible,"
as all the "tickets" were gone. We vol
unteered to procure the magic paste
board, and in due time we made a
grand entree, creating some sensation,
for the old lady had gotten herself up
regardless of expense or appearance.
The son was revolving with a beautiful
girl one of the Washington belles
and in one of the pauses of the dance
he saw his fair partner looking at us
and laughing. The eye of the young
man sought the object of her evident
merriment, and when he saw us the ex
pression of his face was that of, first
dismay and then wrath.
The dear old lady asked us to get her
a glass of water. As we returned we
passed the son and saw two red spots
upon his cheeks, and his brow con
tracted in wrath. Our aged friend,
stout as she was, seemed ready to sink,
and asked to be taken to a hotel. We
at once hastened to comply, although
assured that she was not ill. But hile
waiting for the one available hack of
Annapolis, we saw two huge tears well
out from her dear old eyes and course
their way down her then rather pale
fue, and noting our anxious look she
said:
"Don't mind me; I'm a foolish o!d
woman, an 1 ought to have stayed at
i.ome; for my son is ashamed of his old
mother."
We are justly proud of our navy.
Her gallant sous have swung the eagles
of the Republic too often in triumph
through the smoke of battle not to have
endeared them to the patriotic heart of
the nation. But would it not be well
to correct that one defect? It is not
well to bejjiu life in this way.
A Fable.
A prowling wolf espied a horse graz
ing in the field. "Ah," said he, "a
prizel but how to manage? A horse is
not an easy prey like a sheep. I must
try some tri.tfc.
So he drew near and introduced him
self as a doctor.
"You must be ill," he told the horse,
"or they would not have turned you
out to graze. Tell me your disease; I
can cure it whatever it is."
"I have a swelling on the underside
of my foot," replied the horse.
"Let me examine," said the wolf,
making ready for a snap.
Suddenly the wary horse let fly his
heels and threw the wolf high in the
air.
"Ah," he howled, as he limped away,
"this serves me right! I should not
have quitted my trade. Nature meant
me for a butcher, not for a doctor."
Make just half the fuss directed in
the bird book over the matter, and
you will have, doubtless, better success
in raising canaries. Never give them
sugar, but all the red pepper they will
eat. It is the best thing for them.
And if your birds feel hoarse at any
tune, put a piece of fat salt pork in the
cage, and see how the little fellow will
enjoy it. Give him flaxseed once in a
while, and if he appears dumpy, occas
ionally give a diet of bread and water,
with red pepper sprinkled in.
An Englishman claims to have dis
covered a process by which he can con
vert the whole of the juice expressed
from the cane into crystalized sugar,
without the residum of molasses. This,
if true, will work a great revolution in
a very important industry.
A Welsh engineer has invented an
engine of warfare which consists of a
cannon so arranged as to discharge a
sharp sword blade crosswise in the di
rection of the enemy, the knife being so
poised in its course through the air as
to cover the whole space in a longitudi
nal direction described by the blade
itself. An 8-inch ball would carry a
sword 14 feet ih length GOO yards, mow-
ljtf fjnwn oypry oQt-plA in t yth
Comparative Duration of. Animal Life.
The "Ehpemeron" or day fly enjoys
a short life and a merry one it lives
but a day and a night. Most of the in
sect creation live but a year, under
going all their changes within that
time. A dog will live about fourteen
years. A horse in his natural state CO
years, but by bad management and
abuse the domesticated horse does not
live more than half this term. A horse
that Napoleon gave to Wellington lived
to 40. I know of a mule more than
40 years old. An eagle, a goose, a lion
each live 70 years. A swan had been
on the Ashburnham estate in England
150 years when I was a school boy and
1 made enquiry about him lately and
he was "all right" therefore he is
nearly 200 years old. The greatest du
ration of human life well authenticated
was Louisa Truxo, a negress of South
America who died at 175 years of age
about 80 years ago. The whale is
doubtless the longest lived animal on
earth. Some naturalists have supposed
that it would live a thousand years, but
that is only supposition. No whale is
caught now-a-days exceeding 100 feet
in length. About two centuries back
they were obtained occasionally 200
feet in length (which would be eight
times larger in bulk then than now.)
They are all caught now before reach
ing maturity.
But the frog occasionally untombed
from the solid rock or flint boulder,
beats all for duration of life. With no
possible ingress or egress except when
the rock itself or boulder was in a for
mation soft state. The "railway navvy"
breaks solid stone and sets free a frog
that must have been there before
"Adam was a batch el or "nay, must
have been there a hundred thousand
years, and we cannot say how much
longer.
Could one of these ancient frogs
only "get up and tell his experience" or
rather what passed during his lifetime
we would willingly listen to his tale.
F. J. E.
An Insult that Caused a Royal Mar
riage. Mr. Elanchard Jerrold, in his volume
just published in London, tells the con
clusion of Louis Napoleon's courtship.
It was at the New Year ball in 1S53
that as the company were passing to
the supper-room, Mademoiselle deMon
tijo and Madame Fortoul, wife of the
Minister of Public Instruction, reached
one of the doors together. Madame
Fortoul, mastered by that jealousy of
the fortunate lady which was general
at court, rudely rebuked Mademioselle
de Montijo for attempting to take pre
cedence of her. The young lady drew
aside with great dignity before this
affront, and when she entered the supper-room
the pallor and trouble in her
face at once attracted the notice of the
Emperor, as she took her place at his
Majesty's table. In great anxiety he
rose and passed behind her chair to ask
what had happened. "What is the
matter? Pray tell me." The marked
and sympathetic attention of the Em
peror drew all eyes upon the lady, who
became covered with confusion. "I
implore you, sire, to leave me," she
auswered, "everybody is looking at us.'
Troubled and perplexed the Emperor
took the earliest opportunity of renew
ing his inquiry. "I insist upon know
ing. What is it?" "It is this, sire,"
the lady now answered haughtily, the
blood mantling her cheek, "I have bet-n
insulted to-night, and I will not expose
myself to a second insult." "To mor
row," said the Emperor, in a low, kind
voice, "nobody will d:re to insult you
again." Returned home, Madame de
Montijo and her daughter, their Span
ish blood thoroughly roused, made
hasty preparations to leave Paris
for Iialy. On the morrow morning,
however, the mother received a letter
from the Emperor, in which he for
mally asked the hand of Mademoiselle
Eugenie de Montijo in marriage; and
the ladies within a few days removed
from their apartments to the Elysee,
which was assigned to the Emperor's
bethrothed. Within a month Madem
oiselle de Montijo sat on the throne of
the Tuileries beside Napoleon III.
The Pnddy-lHrd.
A letter in one of the Calcutta papers
describes a singular exhibition of the
sagacity of the paddy-bird: Much has
been said and written about the instinc
tive intelligence of certain birds, and I
think I may safely claim a niche in the
ornithological temple of fame for our
friend, the well-known Indian paddy
bird. I labor under the disadvantage of
not having been a personal spectator of
the incident I essay to describe, but I
have the story from a friend for whose
intelligence I have the greatest regard,
and whose veracity I hold unimpeacha
ble, and am of opinion that the state
ments can be implicitly relied on as in
no wise digressing from strict truthful
ness. The narrator observes that re
cently, while travelling by trolly on one
of the Calcutta railways, he was struck
with admiration and wonderment at the
tactics of a group of these birds fishing
in a sheet of water adjoining the cut
ting. He proceeds to state that the
birds first extended in line, placing
themselves at intervals of two or three
feet, and then, wheeling round at both
extremities, completed a perfect cordon.
The ring then gradually closed, the sa
gacious birds the while driving the cir
cumscribed fish towardsthe centre of
the cordon by agitating their long legs,
and, observes my friend, as the circum
ference of the circle diminished, the ac
tivity of the biids in their onslaught on
the finny tribe became most amusing to
behold. The birds then opened out
again, and the line being formed, the
fishing drill was gone through for a sec
ond and a third time .with admirable
precision and regularity and consum
mate skill. The above is no fiction;
and there could be no deception with re
gard to the movements of the birds,
since the narrator, having time at his
command, was enabled to watch their
manoeuvres for a considerable period.
It is, moreover, marvellous, and demon
strates the degree of sagacity that is al
lowed to some sections of the lower
creation.
. One of the curious things in natore
Is that the hull of an iron vessel, after
being in salt water for a long time, ac
cumulates on its bottom seaweed to
such an extent as greatly to retard the
vessel's speed. The remedy is to an
chor her for a long period in fresh
water. Our Navy Department is con
templating the construction of a fresh
water basin at Norfolk, Va., for the
Legend of the Iron Mask.
During the seventeen years confine
ment of this strange prisoner at Sainte
Marguerite, St- Mars, who brought him
to the fortress, was replaced by a Mon
sieur de Bonpart, as governor. The
daughter of the latter, just emerging
from childhood to womanhood, grew
up with this mystery around her. She
had seen the graceful figure of the
masked prisoner promenading at night
upon the terrace and at worship in the
chapel, where he was forbidden to
speak, or to uncover his face, the sol
diers in attendance always having their
pieces pointed towards him if he should
attempt to do either. She discovered
that her father always treated him with
the greatest respect, serving him bare
headed and standing. His table ser
vice was of massive silver, his dress of
the richest velvet, he wore the finest
linen and most costly lace. She had
heard her father accidentally speak of
him as "the prince." No wonder that
his sad fate occupied her thoughts by
day and his noble figure haunted her
dreams by night. She, too, was very
young and beautiful, and their eyes oc
casionally met in chapel. He sang beau
tifully and was a very skillful perform
er on the guitar. It is said she climbed
the rocks under the castle terrace and
sang sweet songs to the .poor captive.
Thus a romantic love sprang up be
tween them, and as it gained strength
the young girl dared to purloin the keys
from her father, and so obtained access
to the prisoner. When the governor
Jiscovered his child's treachery he was
struck with the greatest dismay. His
oath was binding upon him to put ini
mediately to death any one who had
spoken to the prisoner. But she con
fessed her love for him and pleaded
piteously for her young life. The cap
live, also, to whom the governor was
much attached, joined his prayers to
hers, and implored that they might be
made man" and wife, and then the
iccret would be safe. The governor
was not stern enough to immol ite his
child, and perhaps a gleam of ambition
may have flashed across his mind, sis
in the event of the death of Louis XIV,
the prisoner would be acknowledged
-ind his daughter sit on the throne of
France. However, their nuptials were
performed by the priest of the castle in
the dead of night, and all were sworn
to secrecy. From this union two chil-
lren were born. A whisper of this
reaching the ears of the Minister, the
Marquis of Louvois, the prisoner was
immediately removed to the Bastile
Cor safer keeping; and the molher, the
priest and the governor disappeared.
The children were sent to Corsica, to
be brought up in obscurity under the
name of their grandfather, Bonpart,
which was corrupted into Buonaparte
And thus, says the legend. Providence
ivenged the wrongs of the twin broth
er of Louis XIV. and restored the eld-
;st branch of the Bourbon line to the
Jirone of France. New Yoik 7'imes.
"lie's a Brick."
If it is slang, it is really classical
slang. And yet, of the thousands who
use the term, how few how very few
know its origin or its primitive signifi
cance. Truly, i: is a heroic thing to say
of a man to call him a brick. The
word, so used, if n t twisted from its
original intent, implies all that is brave,
patiiotio, and loyal.
Plutarch, in his life of Agesilaus,
King of Sparta, gives .is the origin of
the quaint and familiar expression.
On a certain occasio-.i an ambassador
from Epirus, on a diplomatic mission,
was siiowu by the king over his capital.
The ambassador knew of the monarch's
fame knew that, though only nomi
nally King of Sparta, ha was yet ruler
of Greece and he had looked t see the
massive walls rearing aloft their em
battled towers for the defense f the
town; but he found nothing of the kind.
He marveled much at this, and spoke
of it to the king.
"Sire," he said, "I have visited most
of the principal towns, and I find no
walls reared fordefense. Why is this?"
"Indeed, Sir Ambassador," replied
Agesilaus, "thou canst not have looked
carefully. Come with rue to-morrow
morning, and I will show you the walls
of Sparta."
Accordingly, on the following morn
ing, the king led his guest out upon the
plains, where his army was drawn up in
full battle array, aud pointing proudly
to the serried hosts, he said, "There,
thou beholdest tho walls of Sparta ten
thousand men and every man a brick I'
How the Tides are Produced.
There has always beeu a difficulty in
the minds of teachers, as well as in the
mind of learners to comprehend the
theory of the tides as presented in our
text books. This theory fails to give a
satisfactory account of the cause of the
tides on the side of the earth most re
mote from the sun and moon. Accord
ing to this theory, at that part of the
earth's surface which is turned away
from the moon or the sun, a less amount
of attraction is felt by her waters than
anywhere else on hr surface; and the
whole earth is, therefore, in effect
drawn away from the waters on the far
side of her, and thus, the water being
left behind, a tido is produced on this
side, as well as on the side at which the
force of gravity acts directly. That so
great an absurdity should have been ac
cepted so long by our writers of text
bookj is truly marvelous. It is, indeed
so contrary to all known facts and laws
of physics, and if no other influences
are felt by tiie waters at the far side of
the earth than attraction, there would
be just the opposite effect produced on
that alleged by this absurd hypothesis.
This can bo demonstrated by actual
experiment, and as conclusively as any
other fact coming within the reach of
experimental philosophy. It has been
proved experimentally that all bodies
on the surface of the earth at midnight
are heavier thtii! at any other hour of
the twenty-four; and when the new
moon occurs at midnight this increase
of weight or gravity felt by matter on
ihi part of the surface of the earth is
still greater. Now, if this theory were
correct, attraction would produce just
the opposite effect; that is, matter
would weigh less at midnight than at
any other hour of the twenty-four. On
the side ot the earth facing the sun aud
moon, the weight of bodies is dimin
ished, as it should be, according to the
theory which I propese to establish in
this article. I'opnlur Science Monthly.
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Great 3BaEgaixis in
DRESS GOODS,
UNDERWEAR,
SHAWLS,
ETC.,
ALL NEW GOODS.
WE HAVE NO OLD
QlQthimg
A Complete Assortment of Boots and Shoes which we will
Sell Very Cheap.
O
Gents' Caps, Scarfs, Cardigan Jackets, Underwear, Etc.,
Which We will Close out at Low Figures.
ALSO A
FULL. LINE OF GROCERES
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
CALIFORNIA DRIED AXD CANNED FRUITS
AND JELLIES.
Country Produce Taken in Exchange
for Goods. 4:y
TO THE
READ AND
THAT
SOLOMON
Wiehinir to reduw
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
NOTIONS,
HATS
in order to make room for their spring purchases, will from thi d.ite offer
splendid inducements to the public, in every department. We assure you
this is a grand clearance sate, and we will offer goods at prices that will not
fail to please the closest buyer. A visit to our elegant Store Rooms will con
vince you that we have the largest and most complete stock of goods in our
line in the city, which must be sold to
V
We have just received from our store, formerly located at St. Joseph,
Mo., a full line of
Millinery & Fancy Articles
for the Ladies, beautiful in design and pattern, at exceedingly low figures. In
Gents' Clothing and Furnishing Goods,
We carry a c
omplete liup where evpir'l'lnfi be fonml to suit t'1" mnst fcn-tUMous gentle
man in C'axs County, t bottom Itguro-. Our line or
TimMs and. Ualises
is cuoli that wc defy oomiM-tition in style ami price. We also have a clioi. selection of
CLOCKS, WATCHES AND JE WELRY OF TIIE LATEST PATTERNS
ZEPHYRS IN ALL COLORS.
Berlin and Germant own Yarns in Great Variety.
CARD BOARD, PLAIN, GOLD AND SILVER.
CAXVASS, BRUSSELS, 31ATS, ETC.
Below we attach prices on our goods,
500 yds. Wook-n Dress Goods, Uemnants at 10, 1" and 20c; formerly
40 and 50c per yard.
500 yds. Ulack ana .Navy JJiue, uasnmere uress i.oouaiitvu, iuhui-hj mi
500 yds. Beautiful Patterns in Ituchings, from 10c up.
500 yds. Jap. Striped Wash Poplin at 15c per yd.
A beautiful selection of Hamburg L'Jgings and JEmbroidcrks from. 3c up,
Gents' Overcoats from j?.o00 up.
Full Suits from $5.00 up.
Ladies' Handkerchiefs 5c apiece 6 for 23c.
Ladies Merino Hose 3 pair for 23c.
All Wool Blankets from $1.23 up.
Horse Blankets $2.40 per pair.
Bed Spread White and Colored $1.00 up.
Celebrated Hip Gore Corsets 35c.
Madam Toys Corsets 0c.
Beautiful Patterns in Cassitneres .oc and $1.00.
Kentucky Jeans 25c per yard up.
Kid Gloves. 50c per pair.
Ladies Merino Underwear 50c apiece up.
Mens' Boots $2.00 a pair up.
Ladies Shoes $1.00 up.
Children's Shoes 25c up.
Hats from 75c up.
Caps 10c up.
Jileached and Brown Muslin 12 yds. for $1.00
Canton Flannel 8c. yd up, all Wool.
Ited Flannels 16c up.
lied Ticking 10yds for $1.00 up.
And other Articles too Numerous to Mention.
CALL AT ONCE.
THE S-AJIE IBEG-IlSrS TO-D-A-IT. .
S0L03I0X & XATHA.
Lliiin Street, Philadelphia Store. .
FIRM,
one door ea3t of First National Bank
& HERRMANN,
-:o:-
HOSIERY, NUliTAX,
DOMESTICS, FURS.
CARPETS, LACES,
ETC. ETC.
STOCK O 11 O L I) & T Y L i: 8
Me Jaw Cost
PUBLIC!
REMEMBER
& NATHAN,
tlielr Immense f.took f
ISOOTS A: SHOES,
& CAPS, CA ni'ETS, Ktc.
make room for our
and judge for yourselves.