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THE OMAHA DAILY IIKE: SUNDAY. JANUARY 3, 1001.
Brandeis Regular Trices are Lower
Than Others' Cut Prices.
Our Special Clearing Sale
PRICES BAFFLE ALL
COMPETITION
NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF WINTER MERCHANDIS
IN OUR STORE TO BE CLEARED
OUT AT A BARGAIN
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Our rigid selling
winter goods must
policy demands that all
be cleared away at the
height of the season.
We positively carry no goods over from one
season to another.
We take no uccount of value or profits when
these goods must be reduced to a minimum.
Nothing is withheld. Everything sold at a
sacrifice.
Our winter Goods Must Go Now!
EVERYTHING IS PRICED WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS REAL VALUE.
This will be the most gigantic trade opportunity Omaha has known
in years. Great as our clearing sales hava bsen in the past, this
event will establish a new record for amazing bargains.
CLEARING SALE BEGINS MONDAY MORNING at 8 O'CLOCK
All the goods offered in this sale arc fresh,
new and up-to-date, and everything is going at
an extraordinary bargain. We are bringing
forward for rapid clearance our highest grade
and most seasonable merchandise. Wo have
been left with an unusually heavy stock and
wo will shntter all bargain records in clsariuj
them away in haste. Prices cut far below
the profit line.
50c Petticoats,
dark outin
50c Ladies'
Black Knit
at ni U
$1.00
Feather
Boas,
at
$2.50 Ladies'
Sweaters,
at
50c Ladies'
and Children's
Sweaterettes,
at
$1.00 Ladies'
Black Mercer-
50cMsn's
fleeced Under-
50c Men's
Leather Lined
tens, H Q
All ready to
wear Hats, uri
trimmed felt
Hat that p
aro mussed, hO
basement, at UU
Sterling Silver
Manicure
Pieces gfPft
void at HIi
50c-3!)o- gSQV
25o, at
Ladies' Silk
Elastic Belts,
old at E
6Uo to NqU
1, at v
Cambric and
Muslin, yard
3J
Outing; Fhn
nels, neat
stripes
and checks'
worth 10c,
at
Challenge Clearance of Silks
Thousands mid thousands of yards, of pilks
that were all purchased thin season, all of them
desirable and up-to-date, on sale at dealing
Bale prices.
Lot 1 ContainR silk chiffon, double width, in
all colors of the iiiinbow, 50c quality, in silk
department at, a " "I
yard llv
Lot 2 Contains China silk, foulards, taffeta
lines, in all colors, every yard 39c and 50c
quality, clearing sae price, "J
a yard A W
Lot 3 (9c silks at 35c. In this immense assort-'
nient you will lind black and colored taffetas,
brocade silkn, waisting silks, all f EX-
coloi-K, a yard tU V
Lot 4 75c and $1 yard silks at 59c a yard. This
lot contains excellent taffetas, blacks and col
ors, satin Duehesse, all colors, brocaded silks,
grosgrain silks, many waist patterns of our
own importation, all in silk 4f '
department at, a yard
Velvets and Velveteens 75c Quality at 39c a Yd.
Thousands of yards in this lot of plain and "V
fancy velvets and velveteens in silk alslo, -3 CJ
at, a yard
Challenge Clearing Sale of Cloaks, Furs, Etc.
1.98
In order to clear away a fine assortment of winter cloaks iui'sw
furs and skirts, wo announces u score i f murvelously reduced prices.
jnoo j(ous'ai e uu new una teas 'name.
Lad es' jackets cnJ cloaks, warm winter (jurraonK manv
lined. worth up lo U.;")(. at
iaaics' s8 j.ickets and cioaks, me .n the new military O r Q
effects with half lilted baeK . at O'ZO
Ladies' $10 winter cloaks and jackc a u line assort- A
ruent, your choice at 4t7C)
Ladles' $12 50 42-:nch coati nnj losa black English f ftD
styles, etc.. at Q.yQ
Ladles' $16.50 wlntsr cloaks and Jackets, prettily rcs
trinjiritd and finely lined, ui ' OiSO
Ledlcs' hendsome long coats, actually worth up to -v
9.98
o l-ADIF.S" SUITS
Stylish tallur nimle suita -v Clil
tor IhOIfh, worth tJ.VO
20.i, at
Exninslvo nml faHhlonable
K'His, worth
3T.3(i, at
T ., . SKIRTS
ikiiia. worth
ii.C0. at
Ilu.nn Kolf and walking:
tkirt. very 8tyl!nh.
at
FURS
Astrakhan
rapes,
at
Fine. Astrarhan
capes,
6.93
Cravenetto cents, the nobby capo coats with
belts, all shower proof, worth 1 Qft
12.00, ut O
LADIES' SUITS
J-1 ne talloieu nulls
In late styles,
worth J15.00. at...
Handsomo tailored 4 A US
suits, worth $30.00, I LKr3'
nt
SKIRTS
T.afMos' nohbv ffolt f g-
klrt!5, Worth 11.60. 09C
Lndles' well made golf 'TtS
Bklrts, worth ?3.&0. AJ
at
FURS
20-lnrh plush cripen, head
trimmings, worth
S7.W. at
3enl plush
capes, worth 112.50,
at
Kiri?eal 10.50
at
CHILDREN'S COATS
Children's couts and Jackets, 76
worth up to J2.50. nt 1
Children's flne liroadclnth & I t(
melton coats, worth $3.50. at.,",'w
2-98
4.98
12
$19
2-98
4-98
998
98c
60 odd muffs, worth $3.00
and $4.00 each,
at
CHILDREN'S COATS
Fine eiderdown and broad (J0
Moth coats, worth $3, at
Children's Jar-kefs and long 1 00
coats, worth up to $8, at "'70
Challenge Dress Goods Sale
Former prices are disregarded in this sweep
ing cleariun-e of seasonable dress goods.
Crern Fancy Wais:injc, l )ub!o width and
fne washable waistiiiif, i regularly
sold at Jiic pr yard eiearln" sale
price
Fancy Cheviots -Theso aro 42 and 44-inch
all wool k.hkIs, havo sold uptoIS'.lo a
yard, fiuo ussortnioni of colors, at
a yard.. '.
0Ocanl 69c 5tyllsh Dress Goods at 25c
All wcol Heipe Suitinif, Striped
Vljrnreux, Mack Satin lterbvr,
I'l'ttnelles, fancies, e:c. . at
8ic
15c
25 c
Imported French Flannels, plain and
fancy, vory handnomo uUin? flan
' ncls, worth 50o nJ 0)o a yard,
et ,
Golt Gloves
for ladies and
misses,
worth up
1 1 4ne pr.
at--
M44W
So
fancy Wash
Laces., many
worth f I
Z-M
Pearl Buttons,
all sizes, wcrih
"P to 1 1 n
lOcdoz. I;P
Two bargain eounters piled with thia season's
fashionable dress got ids:
a 49 c a 69c
, -i .
These goods sold up o one The?" Rfo-ls fold tip to tl
dollar and twenty-five rents I a vurd- 5"---ies, Ktanilrios,
a yard--L'luck and all colors 54-lnch ...rviots, rrunellcs,
Panamas. Granites. Ar- Street SuiiiiiRS. l'unry Jnc-
mures, 64-Inch 'Rultings, etc. I guards and Mohair novelties.
Challenge Clearing Sale of Linens
!-M'IlHaj
This will surpass in importance any linen salt tkat tot have evtr held in the past,
instances are less than half ac'Aal v ilu
Prias in some
19c
TABLE DAMASK
54-lnoh extra heavy Scotch cream table
daruajk, .vorth 35o, at, a yard
04-lnch German slUer bleached, all linen
tine quality damask, value 50c, at, yard l7C
64-inch, all pure IrUh linen, full bleached dam
ask, and 64-lnch all linen German soft
finished damask, value G5c, at, a yard ,,OyC
72-lnch, all linen damask, and 04-Inch heavy n)
white insrcerlzed satin damask, 73o CJO
values, at, a yard .' OLfC
63-inch, all pure lint n silver bleached CO
damask, $1 quality, at, a yard OiC
NAPKINS
Henvv wniirhr,. Snntoh ImmMnim 51. f f"
inch napkins, worth $1.5D, at, dozen Ol5C
Very heavy, all pure llnou, siliror bleached,
20-inch napkins, worth 1.3j, at, "f .00
per dozen
24-lnch, extra heavy, ha'f blcachel Gorman
napkltii, worth $2 00, for this sale, 1.25
' per dozen '. . .
Scotch and Gorman napkins, 22-in. full -j ,()9
bleached, either worth $2.50, at, doz
Table linen remnants thousands of thetn will
bo sold at an Immenso roduction.
Specials in Our Great Sale of Linens
l!c lluck Towels,
for,
eai-h
I'm Huck Towels,
for,
each
15? Hemstitched lluck
Towels, for
euch
50c Hemstitched Da musk
Towels, for
each
So red rtrlpe border,
heavy toweling,
a yard
2iie heavy gray
toweling,
a yard
G0e dreer bcarfs,
for,
each
$1.50 72-lnch full bleached
double satin
damask, yard
TABLE CLOTHS
...7k
10c
15c
25c
$2.50 quality 10-4 Irish-satin damask
pattern table cloths, each
$1.75 quality 10-4 German damask pattern
table cloths, each
J.39
98c
80c hemmed crorhot bed
spreads,
each
$1.15 extra large hemmed f )
crochet bed spreads, y Qf
Larpre fringed crochet -4 OSl
bed spreads, hj
.... .. v.
$4.50 satin' Ma'rWel'l'les
spreads,
each '.
tabLo cloths
Hemstitched nattern table cloths,
double, at $3.25, $7.50, $6.50, $4.25,
$3.50 djWQ to
Table sets, pattern cl ith 11 ny down
5c
6c
25c
98c
and napkins, hemstitched 1
to
69c
2-98
worth
2-50 0
3,98
Kid Gloves at 39c
Thousands of fine K'd Gloves left
from the holiday grade. Thay
are in staple colors, some were
somewhat mussed during the
Christmas rush and a few uro
the teast bit soiled-they are
actually worth
up to $1 fi $1.50
lor pair, your
choice at
39c
Handkerchiefs at 10c
Indies' fine Linen Handkerchiefs
plain and lace edged, sold during the
holidays regularly up to 26c eaol;
tome aro the least hit mussed and
soiled, and
we clear them
away at
each
10c
Embroideries
Here are nil extra fine medium width
Nainsooks, both In Embroideries and
Inserting, neat edges, worth 5c
to thirty-five -f I
cents your D rp 1
choice nt a I S i
yard A daa
Challenge Clearing Sale in BasemejU
7k
Heavy Mercerlzsd Walstlnjs In stripes, fieuros
and plain white, all In waist length,
former price 50c, go at, yard dmiCJf
Eiderdown white, blue, rod and pink,
worth 50c yard, at
Clnderslla Flannels in red. pink, bluo and
.vhito, former price 10 , at, yarJ
Extra Heavy Cream Domet FI er.net
vorth 15c, at, per yard
36-Inch Eclipse Flannels good desirable
15c
..5c
81c
6'c
Mercerlzsd Sateen black and colors,
f rmer price 2 o a yard, at, yard
Cotton an J Shaker Flannels in various
grades, worth uo to 8c, at, yard ......
Drapery and Contort Snteeni zool
quality, fjrmor prica 12lo, gjat, yJ
Drapiry Cretonm Rjtnaants-fo;'ra3r
price 12ic yard, gooJ patterns, yrd
Scotch an! Chambray Qlnxhams for
waists, children's droiie, etc.
price 10c, at, per yard
form if
patterns, worth J2jc, goat, yard
Clearing: Sale of Cotton and Wool Blankets
3c
6k
bvs'
6Ic
t ffly Ladies' fl
lirl-A Child's $2
Clearing Sale of Shoes
ON SECOND FLOOR.
Youug ladies' ?3 hp) cut Skating Shoos. .1.69
Ladies' tine wool Crochet Clippers 50c
lidieH' ?o.00 Patent Leather Shoes 3.00
00 Patent leathers l.QS
00 Patent Leathers " 1,25
Men's Sample Shoes and odd lots
worth up to six dollars a pair
cut to
1.98-2.50-300
12-4 Extra Heavy White Cotton Blankets-
wlth bluo. rod and 'pink borders. Former
price $2.0i per pair, to close out 100 pair
- during tho clcarlni? salo, at, 4 CZf
per pair ....-'J
A'l thi Cotton B'ankits in tan. pray and
white that have been retailing up t) $2.25
por pair, including tho 11-4 b'.ankjH, dur
ing thii clearing: sale, at. per Oftp
rair i'OC
All thi 10-4 Size Cotton Blankets -this lot re
tailed up to $1.50 per pair, all go in E? Q
por pair eioaring sale price por pal.- . Q ono lot at, per pair. -w
Satosn and Sllkolina Covered Com fori -tarike i op quiltsd, filled with ex'.ra
wiiuco.ton, UrjiiUi. l"h s co nrjrla g Ja. -ally i-Jlail at $1.08, Oft
darlnj deirinj sili d.l will gj t, ac;.i "Ow
1 1-4 S'.zi AH Wool BUnksts white, pray and
tans, wi:h noat daintv birders, (-enerally re
tail at 83.00 per piir, during thi A O O
clearing sale, at T Vl
11-4 SJzs AH Wool Bi2.ik:ti -grays aid tan, in
cludes 2)0 pair that generally retail nt $7.")J
per pair, durinir this clearlnj,' flffc
sale, at KJ"J
11-4 s:zj Half Wool Blankets-in gray only.
Theso blankets are all clean, fresh, not shelf
worn or suileJ, generally retail at,3'l.-J f q
Weber Collar
Forms, all
worth
15c, at-
ill tlA
L5c
DANISH
CLOTH,
yard
lOo
Boys' & Girls
C: and 75c
quality
wool
under
v.ear, at
25c
50c Ladies'
Underwear,
all
sizes,
at
25c
Framed Pic
tures & Photo
:,h 3C
Wire Photo
Holders,
third Till
Ladies' Trimmed and Ready-to Wear Hats, Un
trimmed Shapes, Ostrich Plumes, Foliage,
at Lss Than Half Former Price.
A onrcful inventory of our millinery salesroom bus revnnlnd numerous
lines which vt wish to close out Iminedliitt'ly. To accomplish this we iinve
made prices lei, in many instances than the actual
cost 'of tho materials.
13 end $7.N) pattern hats In black, trimrmcl with O SJft
.... J
. .. t.50
25c
25c
25c
J. L. RKANDEIS & SONS.
POSTON STOKE
j.
ostrich plumes, also colore J huts, ai.
All of our J2.50 una J.1.60 black and oord
trimmed hats at
Rendy-to-weur bats that were tl and n.C)
nt
I'ntrlmmed shapes that were tl all
at
.'.oiig ostrich plumre that were $1
at
All trie flnwtrs and foltnge go at half price.
Exceptional nductlnns on children's trimmed hats, many
of iheia only a f.uctioa of original price.
Challenge Sale of Clothing
For Men and Boys.
I
i
L. IUJANDKIS .S: SONS.
BOSTON STOItE.
Men's $8 and $10 Overcoat and
Suits, made In late, styles, good,
durable w lute i' frarraents, during
this clearinc; sale ut
$2 00 and $2.50 men's Pants
at
$3.30 and $4.00 hoys' Knee Pants
5u.ts at
$4 50 and $5.00 children's Over
coats, ages 3 to 10, at. .....
Fifty cent boys' Knee Pants
at ,
39c boys' Flannelette Waists
at
$l.(Hl all wool blue flannel Waists
at
J. L. BltANPEIS & SONS.
. 1.25 YTH
..1.98 V.W
.2.50 f !
. 25c f
19c
49c
IUck and whits and
colored fttitct
PICTURES,
worth P"
Framed Pic-
mica? ouuit
slight'y
soiled,
at
Burnt Wood
Photo Frames,
2? 39c
Qo
Fac-Simile
PASTELS,
worth C
$3.00,
at
BOSTON STOJiH
GOSSIP AUOIT XOTEU I'Etll'LK. I streets of Jersey nty. lie was lorn In
Though a very stout man. Justice Brown
of the L'nlted StHtes supreme court blacks
tils own shoes nearly every morning. The
Justice says he fec'.a proud to Imitate
Abraham Lincoln even to that extent. On
getting out of hod he tioim his undiTweir
and socks, puts on his shoes and then piles
the bruph. When fully dressed the distin
guished Jurist ll'i.la It some wlm I difficult
to catch eight of hl.i foot covering.
Not Ions ago John liurn. M. 1'., wdi
seen by a ttuttervivt elector walking arm
In arm with a shabbily dreKsed man who n
the llatters resident too.t to be a tramp.
iJruwIr.l tiurns ulr!e, he euid to him:
"Iok "ere, John, clee-mocr i y'a !l very
fine, hut don't you rcckernliu what's doj
to jour position us a incsntuv of the 'oujc?
Faney wa:kln' h:'.rm In burn), l:i hn:id
daylight, with a work'n' mill.'' ' S-h1i,"
whlsp.-red liurr.;. "th..t' the dulte of Nor
folk." And It waa.
Oit of the f.fty ye.irs of his life Will'a-n
McAdo. who !( lelked ta havf teeu
nttlcl UKn a-i the next pblU-e rommls
rioner of New York., has devote J thirty
yearn to pulltlra. At tlrrei hn his I e'd
Cidlce. Fi'un the New Jersey dcni.cracy.
bo entcretl the Titruroary hall fo'.J. ie
pudlated Uryan at t:.e outset. Vut te urnal
to th "reguUrs" and to Tammany when
the silver theory hud died of inanition. Mr.
SlcA4oo was on a barefooted boy In the
Ireland and hud been brought to this coun
try when very smull.
Qeoreo Wlnf.eld Scott, class of 'i'6 of
Btunford university, has been apiKilntcd
chief of the newly cioated division of lav.'
of tho library of congress at Washington.
Tho position is an administrative one and
tho salary las I won fixed nt tn.roo a year.
He will go to Uurope In January In the
interest of tho government nnd will rs
maln there about ten months, after which
he wl'.l go to South America. Vhl!o abroad
he will be chiefly buvled with law work
and tho gutherlng of books for the library
of congress. Mr. Scott l a New York
man and has held scholarships In Columb a,
Cornell, Chlrauo and the university of
I I'ennsylvanhi.
Fewer guards are to be seen about the
Vatican nowadays than when Tope Leo was
tiUve. Nor Is everyone hustled oat of sight
when his. holiness passes through the cor
lldors (St grounds. The other day IMux X
had occasion to go through the Iluphacl
.looms, wheu they were open frc9 to th3
public, lie was accompanied by a ceuple
of guards and his private secretury, the
former mekln the move hurriedly to c!eur
tho rooms. The pontlrT touched one guard
on the arm, saying, while he looked about
lilra, an.illng: "Do not disturb them. If
they have the same pleasure In looking at
an old man that he lias In seeing them It
would be a pity to eurii their satisfaction."
While talking with Senator Patterson of
Colorado the other day Senutor Scott cf
Ve:it VlrgiaUt. corrected the former la re
gard to some circumstances connected with
early duys in the wtst. Mr. Patterson
laughingly objected to being set right by
u tenderfoot, but the West Virglnluu said:
"Why, In my eyes you ure a good deal of
a tenderfoot yourself. Remember thin
ulo:tg in the '60's I drove a blK ox teut.i out
of luvenworth, acrtsa the Kansas pr.ilrles
hit Colorado. I enmped for wlxteon months
In a eur.vus tent at what Is now Central
City, where Senator Teller . owns a line
hotel. I knew the v.'-st and western men
before many of my pr.ent colloisues In
the senate had crossed the MI."l3.Hipi."
Russell Sage eats five meals a day. He
begins the day with a substantial break
fast and ends It with an ample dinner.
But tit'tween this and therein lies the main
merit of his dietary Instead of the heavy
, luncheon which brings torpor to the keen
est Intellect the rugged old financier takes
three light lunches of breud and milk or
crackers nnd milk or milk and a tand
wieh, but always milk. These lesser meala
ho consumes at tl, 1 and 4 o'clock. That
Is, during hla busy working day Mr. Siige,
while providing Mm system with a full al
lowance of nutriment. Impose no tax on
the. digestion sum. lent to divert the main
flow of blood from the brain to the
stomach. By the lightness of the meals
ho escapes mental torpidity and by their
frequency he avoids any feeling of futiit
ncss urlslng from an empty stomach.
A weptern paper relates that a young
girl from Baltimore, staying for a while In
San Francisco, thought to make herself in
telligible by talking what she deemed a
line example of pidgin Kngllsh to tho
lHundrym.m. Therefore she thus addressed
him: "Me no llkee my WHshee b'ooght
heme Fllday. Me likee washee Thursday.
Why you no bllngee washee Thursday!"
And the Chinaman replied: "Mai'am, I.
was not convenient."
I her husUand on account of his cruelty.
"Ha chased me out of bed one time and
fired a heavy book at ma and hit tne tilth
it," said Mrs. Jensen. "He always slept
with the book under bis pillow." "You
mean the Bible," she was asked. "Yes, sir.
It was the Bible." Tho court granted Mrs.
Jensen a decree of divorce.
After a drive cf' thirty miles over rough
rouds and at 'top speed. Miss Klsie Moore
nnd Frank Jacoba, of Sterling, III., were
married at midnight by a Justice of the
peace at Clinton, la. The couple were
closely pursued by the giri s father, John
Moore. Her parents refused to give their
consent to tho marriage, and the couple
decided to elope. Miss Moore and Jacobs
were only acquainted for two days before
the wedding.
The Bible aa a weajon with wl.ich to beat
a wife was one of the specific acta of
cruelty Mrs. Bertha Jcnsan, of Chicago,
told Judge Berntano of In her bill for di
vorce. Although married only a short
time Mrs. Jetuteu declared she had to leave
One of the, largest checks ever drawn
was used In completing a deal In Klmberly
mines. It was drawn up by the Do Beers
for the n und sum of 5,flnr,0OO ti,tMi,oi0).
At the Hire It was supposed to be the
largest check ever drawn, representing
mure wealth In the smallest possible form
than. any other object In tho wor'd. Fl:ice
the drawing of the De Beers check, how
ever, several new records have been made.
Including a cheek for lo,M0,0tti (Vt.OnO.OnO).
drawn upon the Bank ot Kngland by the
Chinese government In settlement of the
Chinese-Japanese war indemnity.
Miss Blanche Brisbane, accompanied by
the chief of police and en attorney, com
pelled a resort keeper to give up her pic
ture hanging on the wall of his place, and
destroyed It In the presence of the party
named. The, original of the enlarged por
trait destroyed was given to an agent, who
represented that he was engaged In etati
llshlng a business In the city and would
enlarge a small number of pictures for
nothing, merely to get. start. Because
Miss Brisbane refused to pay for a frame
the agent declared that ho would sell tha
picture In saloons mid resorts. It devel
ops that a number of women and girls
wero victimised and paid for the pictures
and frame on the threat.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Iiuls B.
Suwyer of Cincinnati Is now In comn.unica.
tlon witli his pet Blenii:i.i spaniel Spot
by telephone only. (Sawyer is tending tem
porarily In the city, while Spot Is being
cared for at the home of a friend In Hart
well, a suburb. Spot mopid when depilved
of the society of his master, so Sawyer
called up the hout-e thnt Is the dog'a pres
ent plare of residence by telephone. Spot's
ear was placed at the receiver, and when
ho heard his master's voice the dog became
wild with Joy and remained In gleeful spir
its the rest of the day. Spot baiks a frantic
greeting Into the teb phone now dilly. When
Sawyer cries: "Hello, Spotty, old man; how
are you?" Spot tries to tear down the tele
phone with his claws, evidently thinking
bis master Is Inside.
PHATTL13 F TUB YOl tCMTEHS.
"Wo had the minister for dinner last
Sunday," said little Harry.
"Huh, that's nothing," rejoined small
Frtd. "Wo had a turkey."
"Elsie." suld small Johnny to his little
ister, who was running the aoule, 'If you'll
give me half your candy I'll fix the piano
so you won't hHve to practice any for two
weeks."
"Vhat I 'don't' the si'..brt vh.iion of?"
asked the rir.eh r.
"Dotighii," prompt I v replied tho sinaii
boy at .M Umt t f tliu class.
"What anlmnis arc found In tho vicinity
cf the north pule'.'" .Kik.-d thf teach. -i
"Polecat"-," n"ver d a bright .-iipii who
believed 111 the e'eiral Iltnttb of lii'i:
Little Miner hud a habit of b ailim the
crust of Lis pie und ono J ly hlK iwoiiiv
Sfild: "Mnier, you should n't v.:.sle : our
pie trust. There are hundreds oi' po .r I't'le
boys who would be glut) to ge t It."
"All right, munnnxi J.-t the.n h:ui I' ."
replied the chnrllnbia yminf.sti r
"Oh. niflmmu," exclaimed little M:irr;!i.
who had met the 1 .-i ma n at til.' !oo-
"here's a letter from t lie lrnd letter o'lVcV
"How do you know, dear? ' i,i;l:i d hi "
i mother.
" 'Canoe It's got a black bi rder on It," re
plied the. small observer.
"Why don't you get iiiarriel. Ai'nt J.-neT'
arked tho little one.
"I don't wlrh to, child," replied tho cMr-r-spinster.
The litlle one looked at her reprovlng'y.
"Mamma says It's wronj to He," she re-
J :.inrked at last.