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All summer goods will be offered at such sweeping price
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Fashionable Fabrics for Fall Wear
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MAIN WASH GOODS DEPARTMENT
HIGH GRADE GOODS.
In this department will be found only the very choicest of organdies,
dress linens, white mercerized goods, French lawns, India linons, wash silks
for dress and linings and all opera and Princess satin.
Arnold's organdies, Kcchlin, Baum
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French organdies, at yard, 69c, Jtyg
60c, 39c and i s&tC
Mescaline Fashion Silk, a pure silk, soft and
very lustrous, for waists, evening wear
and soft clingy linings, no other silk
at 7 6c a yard as good, only, yard . . .
25c Embroidiry, per yd. 71c
Monday morning begins the greatest bargain
sale of Embroideries and Insertlngs ever
held In Omnha. Elegant goods worth 16o J
V"r yard. 20c per yard and 26: per yard 2
Leading Dress Goods House of the West
As usual we are now prepared to show more wool dress goods than
the combined stocks of all Omaha put together not a few pieces of this
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We divide our stock Into two Independent assortments
High Grade and Popular Priced
HIGH GRADE DRESS GOODS at 75c to $7.60 a yard Priestley,
Lupin, Michael, Arnold, etc.
Blacks at 75c, $1.0Q, $1.25, $1.50, $1.98 up to $7.60 a yard.
Colors from 75c, $1.00, $1.25. $1.50, $1.98 up to $5.00 a yard.
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64 inch tailor suitings, mohair shirtwaist suiting, and all other kinds
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They can't help but move
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it is a simple matter to
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Dress Trunks, $3.50, $5.00,
$5.50, $6.00 and up to $35.
Steamer Trunks, $5, $6,
$7.50 and up to $15.00.
"Women's Hat Trunks, $9,
$12 and $15.
Suit Cases, $1 to $18.
Grips $1 to $16.
Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
(Continued from Page One.)
ut the floor consisted of a large iron
irough, and when I came to examine it
I could see a crust of metallic deposit all
ver it. I had stooped and was scraping
it this to see exactly what it was when
! heard a muttered exclamation in Ger
nan and saw the cadaverous face of Jhe
lolonel looking down at me.
" 'What are you doing there T" he asked.
"I felt angry at having been tricked by
10 elaborate a story as that which he had
old me. 'I was admiring your fuller's
arth.' said I; 'I think that I should be
tetter able to advise you as to your ma
chine if I knew what the exact purpose
was for which It was used.'
"Tho Instant that I uttered the words I
regretted the rashness of my speech. Ills
face set hard and a baleful light sprang
up in his eyes.
" "Very well,' said be, "you shall know
11 about the machine.' He took a step
mckward, slammed the little door and
:urned the key in the lock. I rushed
ward It and pulled at the handle, but It
as quite secure and did not give in the
least to my kicks and shoves. 'Hello'.'
I yelled. 'Hello!' Colonel! Let me out!"
"And then suddenly In the silence I
beard a Bound which Bent my heart Into
ny mouth. It was the clank of the levers
ind the swish of the leaking cylinder.
He had set the machine at work. The '
tamp still stood upon tho floor where I
lad placed It when examining the trough.
Sy its light I saw that the black celling
ras coming down upon me, slowly, Jerkily,
tut, a none knew better than myself,
Hth a force which must within a minute
rrlnd me to a shapeless pulp. I threw my
elf, screaming, against the door and
Iragged with my nails at the lock. I Im
tlored the Colonel to let me out, but the
emorselesa clanking of the levers drowned
ny cries. The celling was only a foot or
two above my head, and with my hand
upraised I could, feel its hard, rough sur
face. Then It flashed through my mind
that the pain of my death would depend
very much upon the position In which I
met It. If I lay on my face, the weight
would come upon my spine, and I shud
lered to think of that dreadful snap.
Easier the other way, perhaps, and yet,
lad I the nerve to lie and look up at' that
leadly black shadow wavering down upon
reT Already I was unable to stand erect,
when my eye. caught something which
srought a gush of hope back to my heart.
"I have said that though the floor and
felling were or Iron, the walls were of
wood. ' As 1 gave a last hurried glance
around I iaw a thin line of yellow light
between two of the boards, which broad
tned and broadened as a small panel was
pushed backward. For an Instant I could
hardly believe that here was Indeed a door 1
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Saturday morning we will sell, at yard
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6 dozen Clothes Pins 5c
50-ft Cotton Clothes Line 10c
No. 1 Galvanized Wash Tub... 30c
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No. 8 copper bottom wash boilcr.SOe
Adjustable Wash Bench 75c
Folding Ironing Board with
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10 qt. Galvanized Pail 10c
12 qt Galvanized Pall 12c
4 qt. Arctic Freezer $2.00
8 qt White Mountain Freezer.$4.00
4 gallon Water Cooler, self clos
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6 gallon Water Cooler, self clos
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8 gallon Water Cooler, self clos
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4 Tie Parlor Broom 20c
5 Tie Parlor Broom 25c
Tin Chamber Pails 20c
Universal Food Chopper 79c
All kinds of wringers, closing out,
several lines to go on sale Monday
from 11.00 up.
which led away from death. The next
Instant I threw myself through, and lay
half-fainting npon the other side. The
panel had closed again behind me. but
the crash of the lamp, and a few moments
afterward the clang of the two-slabs of
metal, told me how narrow had been my
escape.
"I was recalled to myself by a fcantlo
plucking at my wrist, and I found myself
lying upon the stone floor of a narrow
corridor, while a woman bent over me
and tugged at me with her left hand,
while she held a candle In her right. It
was the same good friend whose warning I
had so foolishly rejected.
" 'Come! come!' she crleH, breathlessly.
They will be here In a moment. They will
see that you are not there. Oh, do not
waste the so-preclous time, but come!"
"This time, at least, I did not scorn her
advice. I staggered to ny feet and ran
with her along the corridor and down a
winding stair. The latter led to another
broad passage, and, Just as we reached It.
we heard the sound of running feet and
the shouting of two voices, one answering
tho other, from the floor on which we were
and from the one beneath. My guide
stopped and looked about her like one
who Is at her wit's end. Then she threw
open a door which led Into a bedroom,
through the window of which the moon
was shining brightly.'
" 'It Is your only chance," said she. Tt
Is high, but It may be that you can
Jump It."
"As she spoke a light sprang Into view
t the further end of the passage, and I
saw the lean figure of Colonel Lysander
Stark rushing forward with a lantern in
one hand and a weapon like a butcher's
cleaver In the other. I rushed across the
bedroom, flung open the window, and
looked out. How quiet and sweet and
wholesome the garden looked in the moon
light, and It could not be more than thirty
feet down. I clambered out upon the sill,
but I hesitated to Jump, until I should
have heard what passed between my
saviour and the ruffian who pursued me.
If she were ill-used, then at any risk I
was determined to sjo back to her assist
ance. The thought had hardly flashed
through my mind before he was at the
door, pushing his way past her; but she
threw her arms round blm and tried to
hold him back.
" 'Frits! Frits! she cried. In English,
'renumber your promise after the . last
time. You said It should not be again.
He will be silent! Oh, he will be silent!'
" 'You are mad, Ellse!' he shouted, strug
gling to break away from her. 'You will
be the ruin of us. He has seen too much.
Let me pass, I say!' He dashed her to one
side, and. rushing to the window, cat
at me with his heavy weapon. I had let
myself go, and was hanging by the hands
to the sill, when his blow fell. I was
conscious of a dull pain, my grip loosened
and I fell Into the garden below.
I was shaken but not hurt by the fall;
so I picked myself up and rushed off among
the bushes as hard as I could run, for I
understood that I was far from being out
of danger yet. Buddenly, however, as I
ran. a -deadly dlzxiness and sickness came
ovr me. I glanced down at my hand,
which was throbbing painfully, and then,
for th first time saw that my thumb bad
been cut off and that the blood was pour
ing from my wound. I endeavored to tie
my handkerchief round It. but there came
a sudden bussing In my ears, and next
moment I fell in a dead faint among the
rosebushes.
"How long I remained unconscious I can
not tell. It must have been a very long
time, for the moon had sunk, and a bright
morning was breaking when I came to
myself. My clothes were all sodden with
dew, and my coat-sleeve was drenched
wltu blood from my wounded thumb. The
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10c
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Black Peau de Sole, 36 inches QBr
wide, splendid quality, yard.."-'''
16-Inch Black Taffeta, special
Monday, at, yard
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It has ever been our pleasure to show.
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in the season see them; prices, 135.00,
!3y00, J25.00, 120.00, $16.00 10.00
Final Clearing Sale of AU
Summer Garments
All must go to make room for our
Immense stock of New Fall Goods.
HANDSOME CRAVENETTE3 In the
-very newest styles tans, grays, browns,
blues and blacks; they sold at Q Oil
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smarting of It recalled in an Instant all
the particulars of my night's adventure,
and I sprang to my feet with the feeling
that I might hardly yet be safe from my
pursuers. But, to my astonishment, when
I came to look round mo, neither house
nor garden were to be seen. I had been
lying In an angle of the hedge close by
the hiKh-road, and Just a little lower
down was a long building, which proved,
upon my approaching It, to be the very
station at which I had arrived upon the
previous night. Were It not for the ugly
wound upon my hand, all that had passed
during those dreadful hours might have
been an evil dream.
"Half dazed, I went Into the station and
asked about the morning train. There
would be one to Reading in less than an
hour. The same porter was on duty, I
found, as bad been there when I arrived.
I inquired of Mm whether he had ever
heard of Colonel Lysander Stark. The name
was strange to him. Had he observed a
carriage the night before waiting for me?
No, he had not. Was there a police station
anywhere near? There was one about
three miles off.
"It was too far for me to go, weak and
111 aa I was. I determined to wait until
I got back to town before telling my story
to the police. It was a little past 6 when
I arrived, ao I went first to have my wound
dressed, and then the doctor was kind
enough to bring me along here. I put the
case Into your hands and shall do exactly
what you advise."
We both sat In silence for some little
time after listening to this extraordinary
narrative. Then Sherlock Holmes pulled
down from the shelf one of the ponderous
commonplace books In which he placed
his cuttings.
"Here la an advertisement which will
Interest you," said he. "It appeared In
all the papers about a' year ago. Listen
to this: 'Lost, on the th Inst., Mr. Jere
miah Hayllng. aged twenty-six, a hydraulic
engineer. Left his lodgings at fen o'clock
at night, and has not been heard of since.
Was dressed in,' etc., etc. Ha! That rep
resents the last time that the colonel
needed to have his machine overhauled I
fancy."
"Good heavens!" cried my patient. "Then
that explains what the girl said."
"Undoubtedly. It is quite clear that the
Colonel was a cool and desperate man,
who was absolutely determined that nothing
should stand in the way of his little game,
like those out-and-out pirates who will
leave no . survivor from a captured ship.
Well, every moment now is precious, so
If you feel equal to It, we shall go down
to Scotland Yard at once as a preliminary
to starting for Eyford."
Some three hours or so afterward, we
were all In the Vain together, bound from
Reading to the . little Berkshire village.
There were Sherlock Holmes, the hydraulic
engineer. Inspector Bradstreet. of Scotland
Yard, a plain-clothes man and myBelf.
Bradotreet hud spread an ordnance map
of ihe county out upon the seat and was
busy with his compasses drawing a circle
with Eyford for its centre.
"There you are," said he. 'That circle
Is drawn at a radius of ten miles from
the village. The place we want must be
somewhere near that line. You said ten
miles, I think, sir."
"It was an hour's good drive."
"And you think that they brought you
back all that way when you were un
conscious?" "They must have done so. I have a eon
fused memory, too, of having been lifted
and conveyed somewhere."
"What I cannot understand." said I, "is
why th.'y should have spared you when
they found you lying fainting In the gar
den. Perhaps the villain waa soften by
tba woman's ntreaUes," v
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Monday, at, yard
98c
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"I hardly think that likely. I never saw
a mors Inexorable face In my life."
"Oh, we shall soon clear up all that,"
said Bradstreet. "Well, I Hnvo drawn my
circle, and only wish I knew at what
point upon It the folk that we are In search
of are to be found."
"I think I could lay my finger on It,"
aid Holmes, quietly.
"Really, now!" cried the Inspector, "you
have formed your opinion! Come, now,
we shall see who agrees with you. I say
It is south, for the country Is more de
serted there."
"And I say east," said my patient.
"I am for west." remarked the plain
clothes man. "There are several quiet
little villages up there."
"And I am for north." said I. because
there are no hlils there, and our friend
says that he did not notice the carriage
go up any."
"Come," -cried the inspector, laughing;
"It's a very pretty diversity of opinion.
We have boxed the compass among us.
Who do you give your casting vote to?"
"You are all wrong."
"But we can't all be."
"Oh, yes, you can. This Is my point;"
he placed his finger In the centre of the
cirele. "This is where we shall find them."
"But the twelve-mile drive?" gasped
Hatherley.
"Six out and six back. Nothing simpler.
Yo say yourself that the horse was fresh
and glossy when you got In. How could It
be that If It had gone twelve miles over
heavy roads?"
"Indeed, It is a likely ruse enough,"
observed Bradstreet, thoughtfully. "Of
course there can be no doubt as to the
nature of this gang."
"None at all," said Holmea. "They are
coiners on a large scale, and have used the
machine to form' the amalgam which has
taken the place of silver." '
"We have known for some time that a
clever gang waa at work," said the In
spector. "They have been turning out
half-crowns by the thousand. We even
traced them as far as Reading, but could
get no further, for they had covered their
traces In a way that showed they were
very old hands. But now, thanks to this
lucky chance, I think that we have got
them right enough."
But the Inspector was mistaken, for
those criminals were not destined to fall
into the hands of Justice. As we rolled
Into Eyford station we saw a gigantic
column of smoke which streamed up from
behind a small 'clump of trees In the
neighborhood, and hung like an immense
ostrich feather over the landscape.
"A house on fire?" asked Bradstreet, as
the train steamed off again on its way.
"Yes, sir!" said the station master.
"When did It break out?"
"I hear that It was during the night,
sir, but it has got worse, and the whole
place is In a blaze."
"Whose house is It?"
"Ir. Becher's."
"Tell me," broke In the engineer, "Is Dr.
Becher a German, very thin, with a long,
shar nose?"
The station-master laughed heartily.
"No, sir. Dr. Becher is an Englishman,
and there isn't a man in the parish who
has a better lined waistcoat. But lie has
a gentleman staying with him, a patient,
as I understand, who Is a foreigner, and
he looks as if a little good Berkshire beef
would do him no harm."
The station-master had not finlxhed his
speech before we were all hastening In
the direction of the fire. The road topped
a low lilll, and there was a gnat wide
spread - whitewashed building in front of
us, spouting tire at every chink and win
dow, while in the garden in front three
Ore engines were vainly striving to keep
the flames under.
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excitement. "There Is the gravel-drive,
and there are the rose bushes where I lay.
That second window Is the One that I
Jumped from." 1
"Well, at least." said Holmes, "you have
had your revenge upon them. There Is no
question that It waa you. oil lamp which,
when It was crushed in the press, set fire
to the wooden walls, though no doubt they
were too excited In the chase after you to
observe it at the time. Now, keep your
eyea open In this crowd for your friends of
last night, though I very much fear that
they are a good hundred miles off by now."
' And Holmes' fears came to realized, for
from that day to this no word has ever
been heard either of the beautiful woman,
the sinister German or the morose English
man. Early, that morning a peasant had
.met a cart containing several people and
some very bulky boxes driving rapidly in
the direction of Reading, but there all
traces of the fugitives disappeared, and
even Holmes' ingenuity failed ever to dis
cover the least clue aa to their where
abouts The firemen had been much perturbed
at the strange arrangements which they
had found within, and still more so by
discovering a newly severed human thumb
upon the window sill of the second floor.
About sunset, however, their efforts were
at last successful, and they subdued the
flames, but not before the roof had fallen
In, and the whole place had been reduced
to such an absolute ruin that, save some
twisted cylinders and iron piping, not a
trace remained of tho machinery which
had cost our unfortunate acquaintance so
dearly. Large masses of nickel and . tin
ware discovered stored in an outhouse,
but no coins were to be found, which may
have explained the presence of those bulky
boxes which have already been referred to.
How our hydraulic engineer had been
conveyed from the garden to the spot
where he recovered his senses might have
remained forever a mystery wer It not for
the soft mould, which told us a very plain
tale. He had evidently been carried down
by two persons, one of them had remark
ably small feet and the other remarkably
large ones. One the whole. It was most
probable that the silent Englishman, being
less bold or less murderous than his com
panion, had assisted the woman to bear
the unconscious man out of the way of
danger.
"Well," said our engineer, ruefully, as we
took our seats to return once more to
London, "It has been a pretty business for
me! I have lost my thumb and I have lost
a 50 guinea fee, and what havft I gained?"
"Experience," said Holmes, laughing.
"Indirectly It may be of value, you know;
you have only to put It Into words to gain
the reputation of being excellent company
for the remainder of your existence."
(The End Copyright by Harper & Bros).
Prattle of the Youngsters
Fred "Oh. mamma, ( the druggist at the
corner gives away birds with each glass of
soda water!"
Mamma "What kind of birds, dear?"
Fred "Swallows."
"Be observing, my son!" said Willie's
father. "Cultivate the habit of seeing, and
you will be a successful man."
"Yes." added Willie's uncle. "Don't go
through the world blindly. Learn to use
your eyes."
.. "IJttle boys who are observing know a
great deal more than thoee who are not,"
Willie's aunt put In.
Willie took their advice to heart. A day
passed, and one more he stood before the
r family council.
"Well, Willie," said his father, "have
you ta ualag . your yT" TU boy
Mondays' Special Bargains oomlniVm
Compelling Prices on strictly high
gtidt Linent
10c Huck
at
Hayden's Mammoth Lining Dept.
Here Is one of the finest Lining Departments In America. Everything
for dress makers and tailors at almost wholesale prices.
SKIXXKH KATIX IX ALJi COLOItS.
Opera satin, the best In the world for the money, - rvrv
at yard l.UU
The greatest satin made, heavy, soft and highly finished end 1
sells In this department, at yard JL.J
Sampson's Lining Silk, guaranteed for two whole seasons, KQ.
at yard UOt
Lustral, nothing better made, at yard 35o
Gloria Cloth, the best of all, at yard 35c
Manhattan, at yard 25c
Percallnes, at yard, 3 5c, 25c, 15c, 124c and 10c
Flat Cambrics, all colors, at yard , 3c
FOR TAILOR'S TRIMMINGS.
Rubber tissue hair cloth, canvas, serges, Italians, satins and every
known lining In use at the very lowest pfrlces. Send for samples.
Monday's China
Dept. Specials
Jelly Tumblers, with or with-
out tops, at C
Crystal Fruit Saucers,
each
Wine Glasses, at
each IC
Egg Shell Decorated Cups
and Saucers, worth 50c, prI2C
Crystal Vases. . 1
at
Decorated Holland Bowls, It
at JiC
Decorated Cuspldores, Q
each JC
Art Pottery Jardinieres,
each J! DC
Fancy Gilt Novelties, If)
each IUC
nodded. "Tell us what you've learned."
"Uncle Jim's got a bottle of whiskey hid
behind his trunk," said Willie. "Aunt
Jennie's got an extra set of teeth In her
dresser, and pa's got a deck of cards and
a box of chips behind the books In the
secretary."
Nellie was visiting at the seashore and,
seeing the waves rolling for the first time,
exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, what are those
.big, gray-haired lumps bobbing up and
down?"
"I wonder how dolls live? They don't
eat anything."
"Oh, yes, they do."
"How do you know?
" 'Cause my old one got ripped up the
back the other day, and she was full of
breakfast food."
"Now, then. Tommy," said the Sunday
school teacher, endeavoring to drive home
the lesson, "If anyone should smite you
upon one cheek, what would you do?"
"Hlt'm, If he wasn't too big fur me," re
plied Tommy, promptly.
Johnny Paw, did MoseB have the dys
pepsia like what you have got?
Father How on earth do I know? What
makes you ask such a question?
Johnny Why, our Sunday school teacher
say the Lord gave Moses two tablets.
Religious Notes
There were ninety-one mlnlstfrs In at
tendance at the Summer School of Theolowv
In Berkeley. Cal.. this year. The sell 1
was conducted by the theological semi
naries of five evangelical denominations.
The new church building which was dedi
cated at Drummond, Okla., July 30.
Is the only church In the town and repre
sents eight denominations. While it Is
Congregational, the church Is a union of
all the Christians of the town and vicinity.
Rev. Dr. George Cady. pastor of the First
Congregational church of Dubuque. Ia..
proposes to organize In his church a society
to be known as Christian Goltists. He says
he believes that golf has Howie and Mis.
Eddv beaten when It comes to producing
genuine and lasting cures, and he attrib
utes his excellent physical condition to his
playing the game.
The New York City Federation of
Churches has In five years canvassed and
reoanvassed an area containing a popula
tion of over a million and a quarter of peo-
fle, locating, by co-operation with churches,
wenty-tive new institutions valued at three
millions of dollars, and advising and as
sisting forty others. The total value of
these institutions Is nearly ten mlllllons of
dollars.
Father John of Cronstadt. who has such
extraordinary influence with the czar. Is M
years old. in personality he answers the
description of the average Russian peasant,
WO
rati
ire
Mother's Triend, by its penetrating and soothing properties,
allays nausea, nervousness, and all unpleasant feelings, and
so prepares tne system ior ine
ordeal that she passes through
the event safely and with but
little suffering-, as numbers
have testified and said, "it is
worth its weight in gold." $1.00 per
bottle of druggists. Book containing
valuable information mailed free.
BRADfllLD EIOIUIO CO., AtlaaU. &
BIG LINEN AND
ind Domtstics. Don f miss ft.
65e Extra Heavy German and Irish Table iC.
. Linens, at, per yard tvS
$1.00 Full Bleached Irish and German -Qr
Damask, 7 2 inches wide, at, yard UOt,
$1.25 Double Satin DanVhsk and round QCr
thread German Damask, at, yard 7JL
$1.25 Bleached All Linen Napkins, 22x
22 size, per dozen
.98c
Towels, 36 inches long, l.
UJ
16c Huck and Damask Towels,
at
12 He Barnsley All Linen Bleached
Crash, at, per yard
10c
.8k
CHAIRS AND ROCKERS
The great sale of chairs and rockers adver
tised Saturday will continue Monday. Do not
miss this great opportunity. Factory prices
are the order of the day. See them Monday.
Flannel
Department
Extra Good Shaker Flan- A
nel, at
10c Light and Dark Outing I 1
Flannel, at, yard '. ...OiC
10c Comforter Cretonne, 1
at OjC
15c Heavy Cotton Flannel, Ql
at, per yard O2C
We carry the largest stock of Out
ing Flannels. Over five hundred
new patterns to select from
Thirty-six inches wide, at, Ql
yard, 12UjC, 10c and OX
White Honeycomb Bed AJClg
Spreads, each T.C
White Fringed Bed Spreads, Mar
seilles patterns, extra largrQQ
heavy knotted fringe, oach'OC
only In his case abstemiousness has wrought
a refining effect on his features. He Is
short of stature, with a somewhat florid
complexion, and his small twinkling gray
eyes have that furtive appearance charac
teristic of the Russian working class. In
spite of his great age he Is remarkably
active and his long, brown hair la un
touched with sliver.
Old St. Peter's church, at Third and Pine
streets, Philadelphia Is 144 years old, having
been opened to public worship on Aug. 14,
17il. St. Peter's is one of the oldest Protes
tant Kplscopal churches In this country.
It still holds to the high box pews which
were put in when it was built. It was
planned In 1753, and Its erection began. In
17;iS. Since Its opening It has remained un
changed, and the ancient tiles that form
the flooring are worn thin with the years
of use they have seen. It was the first
EclBconal church In this city to place a
cross upon its spire, to recite the dally
offices of the ritual and to Introduce the
weekly eucharlst.
A Catholic chanJ will be provided by th '
Knights of Columbus of New York City
for the blind, crippled. III and aged at the
Charity Hospital on Blackwells Island.
The chapel will be unlike anything ever
heretofore designed. There will lie no steps
at the entrance or within, so that the crip
ples and Invalids In wheel olialrs may more
easily enter. One side of the church will
have no pews, being reserved for worship
ers in wheel rhnlrs. The sanctuary will
slope so that cripples may be wheeled to
the altar. Set In tlie wall will be a confes
sional for the deaf. Special knobs will be
placed on tho pews' for the blind, whereby
each can reach his or her own seat without
assistance.
Labor and Industry
It is said that the United Mine Worker
of America has spent more than $1,600,000
In an effort to win a strike In the bitu
minous coil mines of Alabama and Ten
nessee which began a year ago.
l'n Illustrate what Industry will aceom
pllsh In this country a New York organ
grinder and his wife have earned 17 000 In
a couple of years by simply grinding a
hand organ and passing the hat.
It Is stated that hundreds of foreign la
borers are being brought Into Alabama
from the crowded cities of the east. Thes
men are being employed by the mining In
dustries of the Birmingham district. Since
the strike of union miners, more than a
year ago, the nesro laborers who were
employed around the mills were placed in
the mines, and this created a scarcity of
labor.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company has
decided to pay Its 2'M nien In cash in
stead ef checks, which has been the prac
tice for thirty-five years. It was found that
the payment by check caused the men to
absent themselves from their work for a
long time and besides In many Instances
it was very Inconvenient to get the check
cashed. There was anotner reason wny
there Is a desire to have the employes paid
In cash. It Is that many of the men had
their checks cashed in places that are not
prescribed as a depository of the railroad;
and. besides. It is understood that in many
cases the men were compelled to pay from
25 cents up for having their checks cashed.
Is to love children, and 'iOf
home can be completely
happy without them, yet th
ordeal through which the ex
pectant mother must pass usually is
so full of suffering, danger and fear
that she looks forward to the critical
fcmir with aoorehension and dread,
if rem
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