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Fubacrfbed 1n my Presence and sworn to before nie this 1st day of December, 190B. tSaal) M. P WALKKR. Notary Public. WREN OUT Or TOWS, wbserlb-ra Iservlas; t eltr teea. torrlly anovld hart Tke B-s Mails to theaa. Aldnsa will he eha-g4 often m aest4. It will look bettor witb Red Cross stamp on it A new constitution is the latest Turkish trophy. It promises to be anything but a merry Christmas for Castro. Those who did their Christmas shopping -early need not quit on that account. Editor Pulitzer la talking very saucily to President Roosevelt, but that's the way of the World. . Castro proposes to spend some time at Cologne, It may help some, as he Is Jn bad odor everywhere else. "The Minks" Is the name of a new organization of western traveling men who object to being skinned by hotel men. "Theoretically, Georgia to a prohi bition state," says the Augusta Her ald. Georgia, then, is like other pro hibition states. Eome of those congressmen ought to bave learned by this time that it Is dangerous to monkey with the ftaoeevelt buzz saw. ! England to astounded at the mim- br of its women who' confesss to be ing over 70, since the old age pension law became operative. The war between the telephone companies is said to have cost 1100, 000,000 in the last twelve years. The patrons foot the bills. , "Railroading to a poor business," says Mr. Harrlman. Railroad men who have tried conclusions with Air. Harrlman will agree with him. The Congressional Record to the only publication thus far discovered that has not advised Its readers to do their Christmas shopping early. Other nations are apparently too gallant to Interfere with Queen Wil helmlna and are allowing her to go as tar as she likes In Venezuela. President Roosevelt might take a lesson from President Simon of Hayti in methods of securing an unanimous vote of confidence from congress. The complete returns of the popu lar vote ahould convince even Mr Bryan that tf the people do not rule It to because they are 1n the minority The Pullman company naturally ob- jeots to the proposition to have Its upper bertha made lower and refuses to admit that Its lower berths are too high. Mr. Bryan Is reported as saying that free silver would have prevented last year's panic. The Chicago plat form of 1896 dies hard with Mr Bryan. The new Turktoa constitution ought to contain & clause prohibiting the Im portation to the saltan's country of the Turkish cigarettes made in New Jersey. , The statement that the president has Injured the feelings of congress will surprise those who have been led to believe that congressmen do not lave feelings. t It transpires that Douglas county republicans contributed to the na. tlonal campaign fund just about $100 to every fl contributed by Lancaster punty republicans. Koto the ratio. THE rOPV L AH VOTE. Completed compilation of the popu lar vote cast for president at the re cent election shows that Taft polled the record-breaking vote of 7,637,C78, with a plurality over Mr. Bryan as his chief competitor tf nearly 1,2 50 -000. Mr. Taft's popular vote was, In round numbers, 600,000 greater than waa McKlnlcy's in 1896 and 400.000 greater than McKlnley s In 1900. It Is only about 20,000 greater than Roosevelt's in 1900 and, excluding the vote In Oklahoma, which was then a territory, it falls below that cast for Roosevelt. ' On the other side, the popular vote recorded for Mr. Bryan at the last election is 6,893,182, which is more than 100,000 less than he polled In 1S96 and, again excluding Oklahoma, nearly 100,000 less than he polled in 1900, when he was 150,000 short of his vote of 1896. Parker in 1904, as the democratic nominee, fell far be hind in the race. The only compari son in which Bryan's vote shows up creditably is with this tumbledown vote of Parker, which is by no means normal. Putting the figures of the popular vote for the last four presidential elec tions side by side, we have the follow ing very interesting table, the statis tics for the last three columns being taken from the World Almanac, which may possibly vary slightly from other compilations: 1908. 1904. MOO. M96. Republican ...7,637.676 7.623, 4Sfi 7,107,923 T,104,T?9 Democrat ....6.393,182 6.077,971 6,358.133 6,502,926 Socialist 448,4:3 402,283 87,814 Independence.. 83,186 Prohibition .. 24I.S52 258,836 208,914 132,007 Populist 83.871 117,183 60,371 Social labor... 1M21 31.249 89,739 86,274 Nat. Dem 138,148 Mid-road. The study of these statistics does not disclose the lesser parties to be any great factors in the results. In 1896 and again in 1900 Bryan had both the democratic and the populist nominations, and his vote represents the combined vote of the two parties. In 1904 when the populists had their own candidate they polled 117,183 votes for Tom Watson, whereas this year Watson received only 33,871 votes, being less even than was polled by the mid-road populist candidate eight years before when Wharton Barker got 60,373. The fact is that Bryan in 1908 again received the bulk of the old populist vote the same as in his two previous campaign and in Ne braska went to the extreme .of putting his democratic electors on the ticket labelled as populists. This populist element in the Bryan column should be taken into account in connection with his total vote this year and de ducted In any computation designed to arrive at the real democratic strength. Of the other minor parties the social ists alone have shown any growth and they, too, have dropped short of -ex pectations. The popular vote figures furnish food also for thought along other lines, particularly as to the unfair ap portionment of representation in the electoral college between the states north and south, where the franchise has been arbitrarily restricted. It happens that all our recent presidents have bad a majority of the popular vote as well as of the electoral -vote, but with the over-weighted represent ation ,of the southern states In the electoral college there to no assurance that this will continue to be the case. COXQRESS ASD TUB SECRET SERVICE. After all is said and done in this furore that haa been -raised over the president's severe criticism of con gress for curtailing the use of the se cret service, the fact remains promi nent that congressmen, who feel that their dignity bas been ruffled, are rely ing upon a technicality to carry their point. It Is not practicable to have a secret service branch in every depart ment of the government andr for mere convenience sake, the secret service division has been placed under the Treasury department, the intent being to have men assigned for work in the different departments, Just as the De partment of Justice makes assignment of attorneys to ' the different depart ments. There has always been a suspicion that in limiting the work of the secret service force to the business of the Treasury department congress was in spired by certain interests which had been exposed In the course of investi gations started by President Roose velt. The right to transfer secret service agents to other departments has' made possible the detection of land thieves, timber pirates and cus toms crooks. On this point the presi dent says, In his message: To these practices we owe the securing of the evidence which enabled us to drive treat lotteries out of business and secure a quarter of m million of dollars hi fines from their promoters. These practices have en abled us to discover some of the most out, rasreouB rrnuds In connection with the theft of government land and government tim ber by great corporations and by individu als. These practices have enable us to get some of the evidence Indispensable In order to secure the conviction of the wealthiest and .most formidable criminals with whom the government haa to deal, both thoae op erating n violation of the ant I-trust law and others. The amendment In question was of ben efit to no one excepting to these rrlmlnls. and It seriously hampers the government In the detection of crime and the securing of Justice. However congressmen may feel on the subject, the people will recall that It was the use of secret service men, detailed from the Treasury depart ment, that enabled Brlstow of Kansas to fill a federal prison in Wemt Vir ginia with men convicted of postofllce frauds: that convicted Senator Mitchell of Oregon of complicity la land frauds; that Imprisoned Senator Burton of Kansas for conspiracy -with a St. Ixiuis get-rich-qulck concern; that drove Congressman Binger ilerr- man to a defense in the courts; that cleaned out the land frauds on the Pa cific coast and prcdnctd Francis Heney, who la now prosecuting graft ers In Pan Francisco; that brought the Beef combine to terms; that ex poaed.the Standard Oil manipulations and put railroad rebating out of busi ness, and that has brought practically every unlawful combination and trust in the country to a willingness to live within the law in the future. Whether or not the president's in timation that the congressional re striction on the transfer of the secret service men was berausa "the con gressmen did not wish themselves to be Investigated" to unwarranted, the supersensitlveness of the congressmen calls attention to the attitude of them selves and their complaining col leagues in these other matters in which our national honor and dignity are -involved. The general public will never consent to the establishment of a spy system, such as obtains In Rus sia, but It will resent any effort to im pair the legitimate work of the secret service, which has rendered such good account to the public In the last few years. 8ILAP1S( THE CABIKET. The offer to and acceptance by Sen ator Knox of the position of secretary of state under President Taft puts the construction of the new cabinet well under way. Mr. Taft believes that the work of the secretary of state will be second in importance in his administration only to his own and has not hesitated to say that for this responsible posi tion the country afforded only two or three available men entitled to seri ous consideration. In this list he put Senator Knox first and undoubtedly regards himself as extremely for tunate in persuading Senator Knox to become his chief associate for the coming presidential term. Judged by what he has done so far In public life as attorney general and as senator, Mr. Knox unquestionably possesses la a high degree the qualifications de sired and will be the strong man of the cabinet .even among other strong men. With the' difficult position of secre tary of state out of the way, the grad ual completion of the new cabinet may be expected to proeeed faster. The men for two or three other places are fairly well settled upon and two or three of the present Rooeevelt cab inet will, doubtless, be retained for awhile " into the next administration. Mr. Taft's idea of a cabinet, made up of the ablest and most influential men of his party and representative of the best thought and ability In the coun try, to the Tight idea and he may be relied upon to apply It practically in shaping his cabinet within the limita tions presented by cabinet posslblli- TO EXPEDITE MAIL DELIVERIES. ... The first assistant postmaster gen eral has recommended to congress that free delivery be withheld, In cities, from those business houses and resi dences where boxes are not provided to receive the mall. The recommen dation to radical and congress will be slow to adopt It, but it is made in the interests of the patrons of the postofllce. Its adoption would enable the postal authorities to provide for more frequent deliveries and gener ally improve the mall service. One direct and certain benefit of the plan would be that the average business man could see his home mall before going to business, which is Impossible under the present system. The car rier leaves the postofllce "loaded to the guards" with mail and spends the greater portion of his time waiting at front doors for some one to respond to his ring and receive the letters. This delay necessitates the spending of two or more hours In the delivery of mall that could "be distributed in one hour. Saving the time wasted by carriers In climbing to the upper floors of apartment houses, when mail boxes should be provided on the ground floor, would alone be sufficient to allow an Increase of the number of deliveries and a general improve ment of the carrier service. ENQLAXD S POLITICAL CRISIS. Although Premier Asquith, leader of the liberal party in England, has shown a political stamina greater than he has been credited with pos sessing Ty refusing to accept the chal lenge of the House of Lords to dis solve Parliament at this time, all in dications are that the dissolution can not be long deferred. The liberal party is in the embarrassing position of having made too many unkept promises and it has too many pre tensions still unjustified. The union ist are taking full advantage of the situation and axe pressing the admin istration to seek a vindioatlon at the polls.i The bye-elections recently held have resulted disastrously for the liberals and the prevailing sentiment is that an appeal to tho electorate would drive the liberals from power. AH will agree that the liberal gov ernment has been very badly treated by the House of Lords. The Lords have killed a bill to regulate the liquor traffic, which the -Commons passed by a decisive vote, and have forced the withdrawal of two Impor tant educational bills to which the liberal party was pledged. The only Important measures to the credit of the 11 her a In are the old-age pension bin and the trade union bin, both ad mitted to be economically unsound, but paawed to placate the socialists. The liberals have therefore practically been reduced to a state of helpleas nens as to all the measure on which they have made their original appeal for support. To add to other complications, the conservatives and unionists have practically committed themselves to an abandonment of Britain's ancient free trade policy an havw tWlared for "a measure of protection" as a paramount Issue In the next cam paign. No one can tell how the coun try would vote on this Issue, but the recent prolonged depression in the trades In Englnnd and the develop ment of the industries in the colonies under a protective plan, have done much to dispose the British mind to a more favorable consideration ot the protective policy. In any event, the next political campaign In England, which may come up in the spring, promises to be one of the most ex citing In the country's "history. THE HCSBAXDS IKiCKETS. It has remained for a married man of the District of Columbia to muster courage sufficient to ask and secure a legal decision on the question of a woman's right to go through her hus band's pockets. Tho ethics of the prop osition has been a problem for do mestic dispute since the Invention of the pocket, but the practice ot this style of pocket Investigation has gone on uninterruptedly. The husband has Invariably insisted that his wife had no right to search his pockets and she has as invariably retorted that it would be high time for her to be up and doing if he were carrying some thing In his pockets she ought not to find. In the Washington case, a mean, cruel, base, selfish, but wholly cour ageous husband had his wife arrested for going through his clothes while be slept and abstracting divers coins, some strangely suspicious notes and other sundries that he considered wholly personal and essential to his comfort and well being. The Justice before whom the case was tried promptly dismissed the woman and remarked incidentally that any mar ried woman at any time and under any sort of provocation or lack ot provocation, had a perfect legal, moral, religious, social and personal right to search her husband's clothes. If the decision has any effect at all, it will be to make the wives more ag gressive in the exercise of their privil eges and the husbands more careful as to the contents of their pockets.. THE FEAR OF SOCIALISM. Former Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw is much perturbed over the spread and acceptance of socialis tic doctrines among the American people. In an address to the alumni of Dickinson college, Mr. Shaw as serted that most of the teachers ot sociology In the colleges of the coun try are socialists, the others being anarchists of the more or less harm ful variety; that socialism is spread ing among our ministers of tho gos pel; and that "the trend of the news papers is toward socialism.' "I re peat," he said, "the trend to danger ous to this country." We suspect that Mr. Shaw to mak ing the too common error of branding as "socialistic every retorm move ment, Indiscriminately, even though the reform be radically opposed to every cardinal principle of the social ists. The legislation of the last few years for the regulation of public util ities, the correction of corporation and transportation abuses, control of municipal franchises, and taxation of corporate property, haa been branded as "socialism" by those 'moat directly affected, when, as a matter ot fact, these reforms are opouly antagonistic to the real socialist teachings. Thero is an association of socialist clergymen, but it is few in numbers and has received undue attention by reason of the newness of the depar ture. The great religious bodies of the nation, in thelr conference in Philadelphia recently, representing thirty religious bodies and 16,04)0,000 communicants, passed resolutions strongly urging measures to inform the American masses of the fallacy of the specious arguments of social ism. Nor should there be any mistake on the part of anyone as to the part the presB is taking in relation to so cialism. The newspapers are, to be sure, giving much space to the dis cussion of socialism, but therein lies the greatest measure ot safety against the spread of socialism. The weak ness and danger of tbe socialist creed will be best and most quickly shown by full and free discussion of it by the college, the pulpit and the press. Theodore Roosevelt,- Jr., has been appointed a major on the staff of the governor of Connecticut. The money that he would ordinarily save out of his salary of 15 a .week will probably be spent for uniforms. The magazines are to pay Mr. Roosevelt $1 a word for his African hunting stories. Some of the con gressmen would doubtless be glad to pay him that much to keep still. A Canadian railroad to to be pun ished for allowing Hindus and goats to travel In the same car. Apparently the goats have rights which even the railroads are bound to respect. Governor Shallenbtrger will have to shake a few more pluuis loosd from the political Christmas tree if he wants to get rid of the remaining offloeseekers on his trail. The census bureau Is making an Investigation ot the American birth rate whllo the Interstate Commerce commission to inquiring into the Pull man berth rate. "Austria bows to Turkey," says a cable dispatch. That's encouraging, as Austria and Turkey have not been ither on bowing or speaking eruis lor some time. 1a)UisUIo vuuriei-Journ.il. Tbi la a dwptMl.iuu upuu tiie part ul unyuoo t try tw elect to momirarantp in ihe AuunUa club the dosen Callturnluiia who s.iy taut Abe Ruef is guilty. alojitcBuade 1 0liM BuHlinma American. This haa ba a btinncr yoar for th farmers vt the nation, over seven billions representing tlie value ot their crops. It would sevm from statistics that the farm ers da not need a special oommUston for uplifting purposes. l Prtnble Sidwlla. Bwstua Herald. Vncle Sam's profit of $ 10,M1,871 from the coinage, ef sliver, nickel and kronse coins, In a single year, la, something handsome. The raw materishi have rarely been cheaper or the margin mt difference be tween the metal and coin, values wider. Pnsssel l p to the Honorable Caart. Kansas City Tillies. Ths United States supreme court de rided that the Interstate Commcree cost en 1m Ion cannot force E. II. Harrlman te answer ' questions. Is there anything on earth the Interatats Commerce commis sion haa power to do besides bold ''sit tings T" Mere Trouble for Jiha D, Chicago Record-Herald. John D. Rockefeller has Just drawn his quarterly dividend amounting to M.OnO.OOO from the Standard Otl company. Owing to the fact that he regarda his wealth as a responsibility this will probably serve to make his Christmas a little more cheerless than any of the previous ones have been to him. Amnstaei Worries. Indianapolis News. Still. It Is a little difficult for the ordi nary landsman to understand what evil can result, from our rear admirals being outranked by foreign vice admirals In tlms of peace. When It came to delivering the goods In time of War there would be no difficulty about their demonMratlng that they were really the tophotchers. In Defense of Adam. New York Sun. TTe venture humbly to expostulate with tlie distinguished feminine publicist ot Evansten, 111., who Insists that Adam "was a lo-afer." We don't mean to defend Adam. As the cause of work In hts somewhat nu merous posterity he never can be popular. He may have been a malingerer, but surely he is protected by the statute of limi tations; Onenlnsr l p the Mills. Philadelphia Record. Cheerful news of Increased employment for workmen and of Increased demaad for commodities comes every day. If the steel business has not passed as suddenly as It sometimes does from pauperism to prrnce- liness, yet It Is moving In that direction, with gratifying results to men who have had little or no employment for & year. The American Steel and Wire company has Just decided to put In order two blast fur naces and six open-hearth furnaces at the Donora plant. This will give work te W0 men and LOOO In a week or two. The or ders to start these furnaces afford evi dence of an Increased demand for the products of the company. V EAMOXg BOILHD DOWN. Highways of happiness are never cut through with paid and tears. No religion haa much power over es that does not make some great appeal to u. The saddest sight In this world Is the man who can sin without any sense of sorrow. Cherishing the memory of slights and in. juries rs Irtce filling the pillow -wtth thorns. There la a world f difference between willing a deed and simply being willing to do. Credulity as to the guilt of others Is often due to the word ot conscience within our selves. The man who Bits on tho fence Is food of talking about taking high ground on all questions. They who wear the garments of religion all the wek can feel pious on Sunday with out a frock coat. It's a good deal easier to believe that the angels love many sinners than that they love all the saints. When you are able to set your religion In a compartment of your life, life Itself comes along and locks up the file. If you realty want to know th world you will do more than Investigate Its shadows and sample Its garbage cans. 'You may know how much a man ts really worth by seeing how much he puts In after singing, "Here, Lord, I give myself away. Chicago Tribune. SiSCl'LAR NHWTS AT THU PULPIT Baltimore American: The modesty of the Vermont clergyman who says he has doubled the else of his congregation by means at dloplay advertiaing in the news papers Is only exceeded by hut frank and cordial appreciation of tae saving grace of printers' ink. The Ccngregatlonaltst : No eoestton about It, psychotherapy has the eentT ef the stags. There was a time when we were all hot footed after Institutional methods. Then the boy problem l,nrn?1 so large as to dwarf almost TVeryOnVs Sapient-re marks about the arinruswMt period came hi coptoua measure from the pulftt and plat form. Then Interest shifted to the Immi grant and everybody wanted somebody else to do something ti.r Mm. Nw healing by suggestion Is the ecleslajttcal talk of the day. Thus do the tides of Interest rise and fall, and doubtless each crescent wave of thought and feeling carries Its due measure ot refreshment and Incentive to the church. Boston Herald: There are stirrings among American Protectants tending to ward abolition of competition. Connecticut Congregationalisms have appointed a com mittee to confer with Kplscepaiians, in re sponse to more liberal Intimations ef posi tion defined by the recent Lamfeetli con ference. New England Baptists, In session la Boston this week, have fully endorsed tho movement, for federation of churches. Word now comes from Philadelphia that, supplementing the Irentc Influences of the Federal Council Just held in that city, com mil tees representative of the Presbyterian church north, the Reformed chnrch in the United States and the Welsh Presbyterian church have agreed to recommend union of the three bodies. . Chicago Tribune: Bishop John Lancaster palding of Peoria has issued his farewell letter to his co-workers. He lias made for himself a great name in Illinois. His Influ ence has extended far beyond the borders of the commonwealth. As priest, educator, and whoieiieai ted man he has wun friends In countless numbers. It is h,rd for any rnergetlu worker to give up a place in whicU he luts brought honor te himself and strength to tlw cause for whicu he baa labored. The pang of separation is evident In BUhop Spalding's last words to bis long time associates. But the grUf at the clos ing of a prosperous Incumbency of ths bishopric may well be tempered by the knowledge of the approbation of an army of admirers who will not soon forget his workffaW his words. DIAMO. Km mi N You t Si .'W a e' As. It '8 the coBimoii sense way to buy these gems that here tofore have been out of your reaeh. I have opened several hundred new accounts just this .month. May I add you to the large list of well pleased customers! Everything is strictly confidential. Cornel in and we'll talk it over. Only a few days left now. 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That asred Russian millionaire who mimed his fortuno before death probably thought his act would diminish the heat units of the furl of the future. RiniM Editor Latfan of the New York Buu fired 'Incunabula" at the Big Stick, the Advisory Board oX. Simplified English have held executive sessions with Moan vveoster "anil nthAKN." Cniint Rnnl boldly declares he wants his children and spurns the thought of money, if tk antlra. Gould fortune was placed at his feet be wouldn't touch It will le the po lice were looking. Maine towns have had three campaigns thla fun state. nresMerrtial and municipal, In September, November and December, re spectively. Still, inquisitive people ascrirje to other causes the failure ot Meal uowism to eradicate the native thirst. Tk Chiaeeei consul general at 8an Fran cisco has served natlc on members of the ftrhtlne' Tunas of tlutt section that unless they stop killing each other be will send their names tc. the home government, wmon win take revenge oa tholr relatives in ao- eordance wtth Chinese lawi That means the government will wallop their fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters until the ex iles make good. DOMsSSTlC 11,15 ASAMTH IKS. Nan Tour Blue new waist Is all crumpled. Fan Well, suppose it la! Do you think Jack to aa arnUeas wonder? Chicago Trib une,. fh. m-le-i." erted a girt worth $18,000,000, "do yow tWnk the- duke ia sincere.? Sincere." was the reply. "Why. of roorse he's sincere. He hasn't got a shilling to his name.' Life. Ts.-tvTVwy- sav there Is a great decrease In th marriages. Nell That's Just the trouble. They don t propose at all.---ltlmori American. Mr. Cutter What's that you Just put under your pillow, Ethel? Mrs. Culter-A pte- of Mrs. Thryoewed's divorce cake, i'm going to dream on It. Puck. "I wouldn't make a confidante of May," aid the conceited fellow, with a self-sutls-fied smirk. "Bhe told me you said you were craiy to marry me. Of course she s m''No "'"interrupted Miss Wise, "and she's not even a good reporter. 1 didn't say t was.' but -would be.'" Cathollo Standard and Times. "Bhe got so much prals for her attrac tiveness that her head began to swell." Too bad. DM she gt worse T" "Oh. yee. Her tie-d began to be turned by It all." , AW . "What happenrt then?" "Then sh tost her head."-Baltlmore American. "And how did your daughter's romance '"'in the most romantic way," answered tke sarcastic paterfamilias. "They are Helpful Hints for the Holiday A man's store la the place to aeek gla for the men and boys. Our'a U such a store. A variety of articles suitable for holiday presents Is suggested herea ' Neckwear .50c to 3JM) Handkerchiefs 2c to !. 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"Ah, ma'am, these" and the gTOcor smiled ''these are hand picked." Site blushed. "Of course," she said, hastily! "I might have known. Give me a bushel please."- Harper's Weekly A ISOidU FOR CUmTUAI. James Whitcomb Klloy. Chant roe a rhyme of Christmas ing me a Jovial song And though ft Is filled with laughter et It be purs and strong. 8lng of the hearts brimmed ovet With the story of the day . Of the echo of childish voloes That will not die away. Of tho blare of the tasseled bugle, ' And tiraelesa clatter and beat Of the drum Uuit throbs to muster gtiuadroii of scampering IoU BHt.' O, let your voice fall fainter. Till, blent with a minor tone, You temper your son with the beauty Of the pity Christ hath shown. And sing one verse for the voiceless! And yet, ere the song be dona, A verse for the ears that hear not. And a vrse for the sightless one. . FVr though It be time for singing A merry Christmas glee. Let a low. sweet voice of pathos Hun through the melody. Smoking Jaekete . ...Cft.00 to $18-00 lounging Robe S3.50 to $40.00 Fancy Waistcoats ....S2.S0 to 96.00 Sweater Coats 94.50 to 97.50 Collar Bags 91-00 to 93.50 Bags and Suit Cases. .93.00 to 935.00 Shirts . 91.00 to 95.00 until the last minute H.S. Wilcox- Glasses 1i d 1 V 1 1