TIEE oarAlIA DAILY HEE : TIUTKSDAV. no. 1800. C1M I\V PlllP Pll'IM I TTPP' SliADi SIDK Or S\\LLL \ \ Lll'h ' Sunday Nieht Functions of Cooks mid Butlers in Now York Palaces. HIGH COST OF A SEASON'S ' WARDROBE lrrnl < lll Icdiinli of iiiti ; < riiliiiucnH ( In VOKIIP AMIOIIK Sue let jI.crul - or ( 'lain < > > iin ( Tli'Ulc * ( In * Croud. NEW YORK , March 27. ( Correspondence of The lice. ) "Though not an extravagant woman , I confess no girl can export to jto through a successful season nn losft than $1,000 , " quoth n damsel with wrinkles of worry on her pretty forehead. "Kvery year , " she continued , "the cost of a Eorlaty campaign In New York City grown moro.nnd moro oppressive. Here Is an Itemized state ment of what a girl can Just get through four months of hard work In society otr "Item No. 1 night ball gowns will last from November 1 till March 1 and they range In prleo never below $12.1 to $250 apiece. Two tailor-made street suits at $00 to $100 each ; one reception toilet , nnd this must bo velvet and fur , costs nt the mini mum $180 , cannot bo got for less or dis pensed with. Of ccotumcs to wear at home Ilvo are necessary , not less than $7S can bo paid for any ono of these and at least one elaborate brilliant lea gown Is requisite. As high tin $ iiOO Is paid for some of these , but our average girl can bring the price down to $160. Hats to the number of the Is a moderate estimate and the simplest walk ing toque costs $18 , while the velvet recep tion nlTalr with plumes comes to a round $40 "It Is almost lrapc3lblo to particularize over the Hem of silk petticoats , stays , Block ings nnd handkerchiefs , but $200 draws a conservative limit. Three dozen pairs of gloves at the present price of $21 a dozen puts ono through with clean hands , nothing' more , The really rich women wear alx dozen pair. Ode riding Imblt , and you must own one , comes to $110. 1A derby and top lint go with this ) , costing respectively $3 nnd $8. A skating dress nnd a golf dress add another $100 and now If you put all these figures together you will have ppont about $2,900 , but the end ia uot jet" Out of her fund , Uio girl tmust disgorge her cab hire , and she can ihold her purse strings tlglit nnd yet not spend loss than $ CO a mouth , that's $210 ulono. Again , f.ho f must bo ready to meet her subscription dues to the dancing classes , her theater and BOW - ? - ' \ lug and musical societies , her skating and riding club dues , nnd if ehe can get through on $200 she can count herself ahead of the game. This then leaves her n trllle over ? COO out of which to buy shoes , underwear and her wraps , send How era to sick , or happy friends , make her jiurchaso of Christmas gifts and wedding presents , and vet at the end of the f > enson she presents hcr.self to pater famlllas as empty handed , as hollow of purse and as ragged of appnrel as when bhe set Bayly forth on her social conquests the 1st of November. The question , I cm assure you , that U now ngltatlnp the minds of nnxloua parents nnd the hearts of conscientious daughters Is , Docs Now York hoclcly pay ? "Mrs. " Stuyvedant rih , ' Mrs. Mackay. Mrs. Sloan and Mrs. Sewnrd Webb and thulr friends pay a high nb $75 to $100 JU month to their butlers , very nearly as much to their iooko , and yet , once a week , whether they like It or not , these wealthy women are morality turned out of their houses to forage for themselves O Sunday evenings the range * In the big kitchens are cold , the dining rcojuti nro nllent , nnd the master nnd inltUrcss are cibllged to resort to ro- taimuits for their dinner , or go without. It la an 111 wind , of course , that doesn't AN OUCHKSTHA I'llOM THIJ FAR RAST. make somebody hnppy ami In the vast gilt an I crystal dlnlhg ball of a new- fifth nvc- nue restaurant of n Sunday evening every one who Is any one In ydety Is present and for the first time In American history the women are dining In public In Jovvols and low-necked towns. Over by the corner , for Instance , Is a table soorod on Sundays 10 Mrs. Aslor nnd her jwrty ; by the window William Vandcrbllt and his friends nnd food and shelter from their cruel domestics nnd the pried of the dinner reaches n dizzy bight , because every table has Its exclusive dishes and Moral dcco- rallomt and color of candles One night Mrs. Astor's table ts a bower of mauve and white vIolDts and across the wny Mrs. Clarence Mackay U dining In the shade of Law son pinks , while Mrs. Plerpont Morgan's board ts heaped with roses that bear her own name , Troni S 30 until U the process of dlnln continues , accompanied by music , and in Lent the Sunday feasts have been hailed with unalloyed pleasure Tor persons who love good eating the food nt the vnrtous tables Is beyond compare. Kvery dinner opens with an oyster cocktail nnd concludes with coffee , Into which no lumps of sugar ire put , because f-peclal now perfumed Parisian confection is strvcd with the coffee and nibbled between sips. Hie I'nn-rnre OrchoMrn. The musical programs are to be the Im portant features of nil the spring weddings , not at the church alone , but at the reception after the ceremony. Those people who will be so fortunate as to find their way to Mrs William Sloan's house the day of her daughter Kmlly's marriage will hrar the ( limiting of ibe nc\vly gotten together wed ding chorus Those are glee singers men nnd boys , who are secreted somewhere in the house on the nuptial dny , and sing lovely marriage choruses at Intervals till the brldo departs. They slug not only the well known Lohengrin chorus , but lovely old English Scotch , Irish , German * and Swedish bridal songs , without the accompaniment of any Instrument , and the effect Is beautiful ns well as unique. The faithful Hungarian bands hero have suffered a sctbnik. They have to acknowl edge a bitter rival In the popular Fan-faro orchestra that was Introduced by Mrs Abra ham Ilcnvltt nt the great reception given in honor of Lord Chat lea Heresford. The I"an- Faro orchestra Is confined to wood and wind Instruments nlonc , and It , In turn , has n rival lu Mrs. Frederick Vanderbllt's protege , the Russian Cossack band. Ten mighty warriors of eastern Russia , bearded like pards , In tall sheepskin caps , high boots and rough cabtans , sing nnd play the mourn ful , sweet melodies of the lonely steppes and wild Caucasus. The Russians wore much bought after to lend diversity of In terest at the private Lenten charity readings , lectures , etc. SUNDAY DINNERS OUT. Another quaint feature nt the Lenten en terprise was a group of Arabs , who , as well as Jean di Heazko and Mine. Sembrlch , have learned that there Is a way to New Yorkers' pockets through the New Yorkers' ears. There were only three of these dark- skinned whlte-robud sons of the prophet , 'and ' they weie re-ally travcllns In the suite \ of an nng'lshman on bis way round the world from the Soudan to London. Ills Egyptians had actually fought the kallfa , and they played on little drums and tooted on little pipes , bluing flat on the floor , and they I'titcrtalned guests not only for Mrs. Ilelmont nnd Mrs Fish , 'but ' for half a score of other celebrities , and went away with the mysterious pockets In their robc and turhins very much heavier than when they ' sot out to explore the country of the un believer * . The person , of late , who has niailo fame and money by catcrliiK to the half- I'cKnov Ict'Ked superstitious beliefs of our 1 blucht Now York blood Is a simple clnlr- ' voyant. The woman n ? gat da the past nnd foretells the future "by " dropping Into a wal.- lii dream , am ) her name Is Mine Dora Halm. Now , Mine. Halm mlpht have put out her buslno/t > card till it row weathur- bnati'ii , nnd read the future till her pow ers wore worn out , and society would never have ROIIC near her , had not fiomeboJy un folded the fact that Jay Could not only consu'ted ' her ns to Ills vast speculations , but followed her .vdvlco most successfully. The patronaRo of the great financier ha. % made Mine. Halm's fortune , nnd her plain Jlttlo rooms are now crowded every day with about the 'best ' people In town. She charROd moderately , and her Instinct for stocks and AVall street projects is quite marvelous , It Is eald. A iiorn .U > VIJHTISIMI : > T. II llrouulit Moiic ) Into Hit * .NiM Hiiiii-r Vlan'H CnlfiTX. The formpr editor , who had retired from | the brain department and ROIIO Into advertls. , II\K \ exclusively , was telling hU experiences to n Washington star man. i "When I began my eventful career , " he J paid , with the air of a truthful narrator , ' "wo had lu the town where 1 owned and | conducted a weekly journal of civilization , t etc , a merchant who was the most < llgnl- IH'il man on t-arlh and the proudest. " His name waa Hollar William Henry Harrison Hollar but he set his own name above allen on his signs and In his -ul , none of which I had been able to get , owln ( { to a dltllculty we had had iu a business way before I be- I tame a journalist. The nanio Hollar was , of course , the blggwt thing. In the town and it btood up over his blK atoru so that i u vvas visible for miles In the country by I day or night , for he had It lighted up , 1 though It was buforo the electric light sign of today had come Into use. And how i ' prc/ud he WHS of that name ! lly George , litUBod to take trips out each of our ten ( pIHea Just to lock at U as he came Into i ton a again I 'Hut lit ) nocr looked Into my pajier to i i find big blamed old name , because It wasn't there , however much I wanted It to be I thought of all sorts of nays of winning him over , but they failed every time nnd then I got ugly nnd wondered hoI could , force him to terms. It came easy when It I ( did come and I didn't have to bo very ugly , either. It happened on a lot of locals. He had filled my contemporary with a column of snappers , reading llko this : 'For HID best groceries go to the store of Hollar , I can not bo undersold Hollar. ' 'For finest cof , fee , see Hollar , ' and to on , till It broke me ! all up to think 1 wasn't getting a line of It. Then I went to studying and when my paper cnme out two days later I had some locals and they read this way : ' 1 cannot be undersold. You hear me. Hollar. ' 'Don't 1 i 'boot ' the world on prices of groceries ? j Well , I should Hollar. ' 'You want tcj hear the good news of lowest prices ? Thcn'llstcn to me Hollar. ' 'If you don't see what sou want , you Just Hollar.1 'If you cannot como AN ORACLE OF .MANHATTAN. to the big store in person go to the telephone and Hollar. " There were others , but that's enough to show you how I went nt him and two hours after my paper was out his book keeper came around to ask me to step In and sec the old man when I had leisure. I had leisure that afternoon and after a scrap with his dlgullled highness he agreed to giva me my share If I wouldn't handle his name like that any more aud I didn't , but the town people did for n long time. " "A HOT TMIi : " AS A UIItliH. Mr oft SUIIK 1'uiiuliir UN a I"iiicriil .March. "In the hotel at Santa Fo last summer the notes of a brass band playing the tune 'Marching Through Geoigia , ' with great vigor , called me to the window , " said .1 tourist who recently returned from New Mexico and California. "It was n Mexican funeral procession that I saw advancing to ward the piazza. The mourucis followed the hc'.irso on foot and in advance marched the local Mexican band As It reached the plaza the band changed its tune to 'There'll De a Hot Tlrao In the Old Town Tonight' and > to this melody the procession moved across the public square on its way to Campo-Santo. The expression of all the mourners was grave nnd decorous and some of the people on the plaza uncovered their heads ns tht procession , passed. This marching to inu&lc was the time-honored Mexican way"of show ing rcsjxxt to the dead A New Mexican friend explained to mo that the musical repertory of the band being limited to three or four pieces , It was necessary to make the same tunes do duty at a funeral , a merry making or n political meeting. "On passing the ancient Indian vlllags of Isleta on my way by train down the Ulo Grande , a man described to mo the funeral ot an Indian chief that he witnessed there The body , laid out in state In the open air before the church , was wrapped from head to foot In gay-colored ribbons and was watched by n band of warrlois attired In the ancient war dress of their tribe , vsith feath ers , beads and antique weapons. Three musicians of the tribe , with tom-toms , sat on the ground , beating time to the ; dolorous chanting which they kept up while the guard of honor Joined In the refrain. All the people ple of the town were dressed In holiday at tire In preparation for the procession and burial , which , though conducted under the rites of the Roman Catholic church , were to have many features peculiar to the Indians , vestiges of the heathen customs of their an cestors. The ceremonies concluded with a funeral feast , for which bread , tortilloH mutton , native wino und aguardiente hai been provided In profusion. "In the quaint New Mexican town of Mo- sllla , with Us great -willow trees , vineyards and broad Irrigating canal winding along the main street , through the plazn , I heard the church bell clang-Ing loudly ono day nt noon It waa for the funeral of a young child am the procession was Just entering the plaza Four brown-skinned girls , bareheaded ana gowned In white , with flowers In their halt held each n corner of a board swung betweer them. On this the body lay under -whlto cloth strewn with flowers. Behind them walKed six or seven women and half-grown children. The bell continued to clang untl the procession entered the chinch where the Blmplo burial service was to be performed After that the body would bo taken to Cnmpo-Santo , the great white hamlbink which was the burial ground for the com moner sort of Mexicans an uncertain spo for n final resting place , for the sands shifted with the wind and the capricious Rio Grande In one of ltn sudden changes of chan nel might wash aw.iy or cut through at any time. The Mexicans make no mourning ave : the death of infants , bcllnving that they a once enter upon a happy future existence as angolltoh llltlo angels. " TIIU UXPLI3ASANTRIRS OF A UIRD'S FIATHCRS : , CLAN H'CARTIin ' CASTLE Luxuriously Furnished Cave of the Bad Man of Blue Mountain , STORY OF UTAH'S ' BAND OF ROBBERS i\lilolK ( lint OnlNlilnr .Ipnii * .Ininc * Illil I"/oil mi CMto llif l.n'i ninl l. " Olllcrrri from n Cm e l tlie HuvUlc- * . lu the heart of tlio Hocliy mountains , pro- octoil 'by ' towering prcclDlco ninl yawnlnt ; anon , Is the luxuriously furnished , electric iKhted f.i9ttu3 of a band of robbers , led by Tom McCarthy , which has for years ter- orlzi-d a great part of tluoo states , nnil on lie heads > f whoso membeis Is set a price , 'allvo ' or dead. " It has been generally acknowledged for omc time , relates n tom-spomlrnl of the Vim- York Herald , that ordinary methods o : ptopplurovlll ' not < lo with the men who awlrsily reign In the heart of the Blue lumntalns , or Koan ridge. They arc not in- llned to submit to the law in any e\- -rcmlty , for they are nil atnennblo for thn greatest of crimes , ninllll probably die Ightlng rnthcr than bo taken and compelled o submit to trial before a court Llttla o\er a year ago. as Will bo remem bered , three governors Adams of Colorado , Wells of Utah mid Richards of Wyoming entered Into ariangemeiHs wheieby HIP nllltla of the three status were to be sent against the rubbers. Plans were made nnil ho mnttor was well under way when thr first signs of hostility 'between ' this country nnd Spain worn heralded The bravo boys \ero needed against a greater and nurc .linn local foe , and the repicsslon of the out .nwt , was laid for a time upon the guber natorlal shelf. Perhaps It w.-u > well , Judging bv the tales of the gang and Its strength which nro current. In fact , It has been decided by the admin .stratlon of Utah that the soldiers are not the agency which can combat and overcome ho McCarthy brigands , or make the nt- .empt with the bust chance of success. The movement of a body of troops and a mlll- ary campaign would be too much HKo nn open book for the ejes of the vigilance o this band , which has long ago taken pre cautions against Just such a move on the iart of outraged Justice. The people of America , excepting those who are acquainted with the history and methods of the McCarthy band , will probably smile incredulously when told there exists within the bounds of their nation an organi zation of criminals , held In absolute control 3) a man whose generalship. Inventive nbll Ity ami remarkable personality are equal to many of the most famous generals of olden and modern times , a man whose exploits inako those of Jesse James and leaders of tils stripe seem like child's play , and whose Influence Is felt not only In the territory : io harasses , but In the marts of the greatest American cities. Will hot the smile change Into a look of wonder when It Is told that the men under the government of this king of ibandlts live In a fortress more impreg- nbalo than the walled city of Acres , or the Ilock of Gibraltar ; whoso natural protection is enhanced by artificial means in keeping with the most fantastic dreams of Jules Verne , and whoso Interior , in Its rich and gorgeous fittings , would "turn " green with envy the owner of the fabled cave of.Monto Crlsto ? And jet these things arc told , and almost proven , by men of veracity. Few , Indeed , have visited It , but those who lid , and were able to conquer the fear they felt at the power of Tom McCarthy , swear to stories which received often the laugh ol ncredullty. The people havo'VoTne to the conclusion that the only way to deal with the gang is through men as wary as they. The posses to ibo sent against them will not besiege the locks which hold the gang , hut they will depend more upon killing the members one by one.as they venture out for sup plies They will try to Invest the place and etarvo out the outlaws. They may bo successful , but It will not be done , ac cording to the Judgment of people who know In a few dajs or weeks. It Is generally believed that there will bo bloodshed or both sides before the object of the legis lature Is accomplished. Klnir Tom MuCnrlli ) . Tom McCarthy , the leader of the Blue Mountain robbers , or the 'Ulole In the Wai society , " as it Is often called , has beei called the Napoleon of outlawry. Ills origin is In doubt , but it Is known that he Is wanted In several paits of the country for crimes of unusual atrocity. Ills appearance is anything but prepossessing. He is about five feet six Inches In height and weighs 173 pounds. His forehead is narrow and for bidding and covers de p-set , gray eyes. A fold of fat curls over the point of his chin His mouth Is wide and his teeth nio Irregu lar. Ills nose is a pug and his cars are turned forward. AVith a small follow IUE McCarthy perpe trated several mall and express robberies a number of years ago on stage coaches over the Utah desert nnd In the mountains. It was his first appearance In the country in this role , and before long hl.s daring exploits gathered about him a choice company of criminals from the neighboring states anil territoiles. After moving about considera bly , nhvays puisued by the sheriffs , the com pany settled In a certain point of the IHue mountains , on the line between Colorado and Utah. The loss of some of the most daring of his comrades had seemed to give Mc Carthy an Idea of establishing a rendezvous where ho might retreat when sorely pressed. Miners and prospectors have In n number of Instances wandered close upon the re treat of the bandits , and have always been warned away , and never molested If their business In the locality was clearly peace ful. A few have engaged in a ( Ight with the outlaws , who were retreating to their granite fortress , and have lived to < cll about It. From these bources a faint Idea has been gained of the character of the place. Now and then one of the band , while visiting a town not many miles a\viy , has revealed a number of things In his cups. The c.\act locality of the retreat of Mc Carthy and his men Is not known , though there arc persona who could guldo a party within three or four miles of It. The path runs through1 narrow canyon , and leaves it at n practically wild and tortuous place for a serpentine ( rail running a mlle or more up and down the heights. Again at the end of this trail , there Is a passageway blasted and cut through solid rock The termination of this shorter pathway brings the robber to the entrance of < ho gathering place , whlth is nothing less than a great cave or amphitheater in the center of the This Is the throni ! room of the Irishman , and fiom this there run In all directions tunnels , their openings artfully concealed , to great are the precautions of the banl , and their other ends terminating ni one or the other nicies of the mountain Thu is I known from statements made by miners and ' mechanics who were taken by the gang to i do the work , and who were blindfolded while approaching and leaving the place Hut the most remarkable feature of all Is 1(30 ( fact , boasted of by moro than one of the "I find them the tct preparation colds , coughs ami asthma " ilns. s. A \v ATSOW , Iviapuranco Lecturer. Oronohlal Troches OP BOSTON Bold In boxcbonly Avoid Imitations King tl.at the iftve possesses on excellent o'fctrlc motor and dynamo , taken ( here > lecemeal on horseback It Is oven said hat the system Is used to light the rockv cceMes , but the chief boast It that It Is fet another pur | < cse. Ilobbers say that wires un from the room of the chief ( o nil ap- > roftcties of the fortress nnd communicate vlth charges of dynamite. They have ntnteil hat It would be possible for them to nnnl- illato n regiment of soldiers and that the xplodlng of dynamlto In the approach from he we t side would clwc the pn sage In- tantly. after which they could either Ho In he cave with security or escape from one of ho many openings nnd scatter over ttio country. IVnrril lt > ( lip Pruilr. | The fortress Is about fifteen miles from n settlement on the edge of the desert , called Courthouse. It Is about thirty miles east nnd uirlh of the county seat of Orand countv Monb. nnil from this place the band gets all ts supplies , lu fact , the town Is almost owned by Che bandits and none of the In- uibltants has suflklcnt courage to Inform nfalnst thi'tit. The common talk amone | cattlemen and mining men In this soitlon or jl j l ttio country Is to bo rolled ui > on for the | story of the manner of living within this ttmnrkahlo placo. It Is snld there nro nbout 200 men In the band , and It I.s known that many fugitive murderers nnd escaped con victs , the latter from nil Mates , nnd cspe- clnlly from Colorado. I'tah , Wyoming and Nevada , nro In the number. As the country gradually fills up the rob bers nro abandoning their practice of holding up trains nnd travelers , nnd nro confining their depredations mostly to herds of entile and sheep. They are said to operate ex- j ' tensive grazing pastures In the heart of tlu > Hlue or Hook mountains They are experts | at robrnmllng cattle , nnd make a specialty of gathering up stray mavericks It has hwi known for years that they have agents nt dlf. feroi\t points. The pollco bellevo that tho' ' ' band has lepronontatlves In this city , Cheyoniii' and Denver , whllo there nro llrmsi i In the east In collusion with the gang. .Mc Carthy ships his cattle cnst , where they nro sold and he receives the checks In return by-i I mall The * * rheclis are cashed nlmo t dilly | In western banks , though always through n third pnrt\ i i Tor some tlmo there has been a standing i reward of { on < n , t.-l l % Mi. KI > \ i , iv f t ( nil for { trtnln m li rl < > n III < MH' n of i j Kant ; , dead or nllvo , nnd more Ihnn > u lia o been shot nnd curried to SMl l ako v , I of the outlaws Imv * Ix-eti tried for no ' . s commuted In the count- , und In ( Inu 13 i Monb llcPlf , but the Juries invniiiMv qulttod the accused 1'cojilo * > ( h.i1 n < can toll who are inwrtwi of the p > IK > . i there Is never a trial but that omof i' i gets on the Jury. The men of the n o fastnesses nlwajs POK as mountain ! i j and drc-wi as such. McCarthy has , M i f finiis In Retting the box coiinool to I , . i nuy of his men who have been pi i i i trial. \ former deputy I'nUoil State * inn 'i > I I'tali Is authority for the utatemr i i' there nro flftj skeletons lying In , i i > not a srcnt way from the mouth i f M Carthy 'a rnnyoii. The marshal * > > n snvv the place himself and that the t- repre cnt persons put out of the > rcbbors who fpaml tliov would revi-il - I'tov Inl tu-iihliil nrro . MiOartln ! ( > ) to oncoiiraRp such orimr * but n pn | , i who oni1 il.iv wniiiliT"d too nrnf wn flOO with liistruitlnns to Iruo ut oit < < BB3Dni t : I ESS ! on oo j u A 25c BOTTLE RELIEVES DOCTORS SAY HEAT GORES u worst esses of Rheumatism In every form * CROUP. It has been discovered that l o ( treatments In every city where "Hot Oil" has bocn in V tUUI troduced , It has fulfilled its wonderful work ments pns Ms superhuman Influence over SCIATICA 1'ecplo who could not close their hands , pains and lull limitations. That la 0110 rnnon SPRAINS some who could not bend tholr limbs some why "MOT-iill , " always euros because SWUUNGtf who could not even stand all were It It implicit hot. H actually < % mnn LAHCNCSS ( he imlii nun } , u goes rtrnlght to the TONSItmS RELIEVED BY I BOTTLE § bonn , soothing nnd strengthening. Acts on SORtfflBOAT Why do you suffer' Have you not confidence the nerves nnd starts a healthy circulation caa cao win Ail fidence enough to Invest - " ' for a bottle If you cough or have sore throat or o INfUMHUlOHl which will almost Instantly relieve you of pnln or tightness In chest then "Hot-Oil" your sufferings' will euro you Rub it on chest before retiring - Wo ask you stranger to try It. You will tiring and feel like a new being In morning. iu PNEUMONIA not n-gret It. n \ \ im MI u VM.IA iuo or a spinin swelling or lament. ' s , or n burner iug in Its first stages can be cured ONE BOTTLE WILL TELL THE STORY or bruise or Tonnilltln or Croup Then use ' " "Hot-Oil It will not CUMoventhlnc but g KAN' HOT-OIL" by - It will positive y and ia cunrnnUrtl to "HOT-OIL. " In n Cotl-Hciitl ( o cure nbnve. i Just try ono bottle. That Is ONE BOTTLE WILL its no\\ for sale nt vour Druggists p ' Delnv not Try n botllp and bo all we nsk. The steaming THE STORY. cured If > oui druRrsi ! < t does not in qualities of Ilot-Oil does the A lino. Ilottlr vi 111 relieve. kce. ) It Bond ano for sumplo or inM tiOo for large bottle to llor U- M work- A r.Oc. IloItU111 cnrc. lenn Hot-Oil Co , Ulmira , N \ SOI.U JIV SIICUMAN A. McCOVNtil , ! . IHlt'G CO. , OM VII V , Mill. Me answers to the following questions. ' They are just the kind that naturally s vest themselves to intelligent persons , and they are all answered In the Century Dic tionary and Cyclopedia. Li no other one reference work can one half of them be answered. Do you know why a barber's pole is striped red and while ? " " " when the I9th Century conies to tin end ? " " " that the battle of Bunker Hill was not i'onght on Bunker JJill ? " " " when Philadelphia was the capital of the United Slates ? ' " " " why 1900 will not be a leap year ? " " " that Macbeth was a real person ? ' 11 " Hamlet was only a mythical , or semi-historical characier ? 11 " Columbus died thinking America was a part of Asia ? " tiolf was played long before America was discovered ? " Bedlam , a mad house , comes from Bethlehem , Christ's birth place. u 11 " Cuba is longer than from Canada to Alabama ? IIu 1 i " cirl originally signified a child of either sex ? u " California big trees are taller than the Capitol at Washing ton and live four thousand years ? 11 " horses walk on their toes and not on the flat of their feet ? II " Farragut's father was a Spaniard ? " ' " ' Manila Bay was the scene of a naval battle before D'ewey's victory ? " " " " Shakspere and Cervantes died on the same date , but not on the same day ? " " " " . there is no city ot Hong Kong ? These are examples of questions which arise every day and which everyone should be able to answer , but on which > many persons are misinformed The C'oi-tury answers all these question- and the thousand * -if others that aiconstaiuu arising in business , in loading and In convcisatlon There is no other reference woik In tin WJilil which will do this. N' homo or Business , otllco Is completely equipp d without It , and Its usefulness Increases dally At Wholesale Price and Easy Payments. 1 § THE CENTUR 8 DICT10NAE 8i ' DICTIONAR ( i AND AND O SLOPED CYCLOPEDI 8 The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia Is tin' most oonipiPliPi'Mvp ' wyolnpi-tlla , for it contains l.lO.OOrt oiuvrlopoillo arll < lo > i.VT LKAST fiO.tKK ) Moan THAN ANY OTJIKUOHK CONTAINS ) , it ih HI.MI tinlust iiu < tiou.iiy and most minpiHr ati.i * It conlulns , " . 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