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Chinchilla Muffs, $60. '^":r%"!''K'Kr^tZitLy Harry Mitchell's Editorial When Families Depend on Your Business It doesn't take a political economist to figure out why I do all kinds of stunts to give big values and make business at this particular season. But I'll tell you why. I have in my employ one hundred and five people. By actual count seventy-six of these have families dependent on them. These families total three hundred and eighty persons. This num- ber, plus the unmarried men and girls, makes a grand total of four hundred and five persons who look to the little Scotland Woolen Mills tailoring business for their daily bread. The other tailors let their men gothey are mostly out of a job at this time every year. Not so here. I retain my men. I keep them going all winter. I did it last year, and I'll do it this year, too. We have plenty of business to do that. But I'm just explaining why I lubricate the wheels of business with the oil of great valuesif I may be permitted the simile. Now, as to the actual facts about the prices. The $15.00 department this season did a tremendous business. The mate- rials had to be replenished. And I killed two birds with one stone. I re-supplied the $15.00 line, and I made a good thing for my customers by switching many fabrics from the $20.00 and $25.00 department to the lower priced line. And today this is the reason for the greatest values that I have ever given at $15.00. The goods are here, and any man who can see and feel can tell for himself. In the $20.00 and $25.00 departments I have reserved the finest of the imported materials that make up into suits and over- coats that are good enough for a millionaire. Yours truly, HARRY MITCHELL, Prop., The Scotland Woolen Mills Store, 310 Nicollet Avenue. Jewelry Bargains AT THE Minneapolis Jewelry Mfg. Co.'s We are retiring from the retail busi ness and are closing out our entire stock of fine jewelrywatches, dia monds, umbrellas, carving sets, clocks, toilet articles, etc., at about 25% Discount A rare opportunity to buy Xmas presents cheap. ?0 202.ANDRUS BUILDING. -HOLIDAY FURS- To Tour fcpdop and Ready-to-Wear Isabella and Sable Opossum Tie Scarf, was $19, now $7.50. Isabella and Sable Opossum large flat Scarf, was $15, now $13J0. Isabella and Sable Fox large flat Scarf, was $30, now $22. Best quality Near Seal Jacket, was $88, now $45. Best quality Black Astrakhan Jacket, was $35, now $2S. Best quality G?ay Krimmer Jacket, was $59, now JjKTT.50. Brown Marten Scarfs, $15 p. Blown Marten Dye Baccooa Boas, $20 up. 8GASFS. Russian Squirrel Scarfs, $Qt up. Sable Dye Squirrel Scarfs, $14 *P- Mink Scarfs, $40. MUFFa Mink Muffs, $20 P- Brown Marten Muffs, $15. GT&J Sqsirrel Muffs, $15. GEO. VETTER FUR CO. 502 Hennepin Avenue, OOF- 5th Street i|^ Ml i I I Evening," ^**'^aW THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.7*^ GREENLAND HOUSE S FARTHEST NORTH Trip to the Big Body of Land in the Arctics a Pleasant One. Being resolved upon visiting Green land, found that some difficulties had first to be overcome, says a writer in Black and White. No private vessel plies there, either with passengers or cargo, from any port of the world. Of the Dundee whalers few remain, and if they happen to take fresh water on the Greenland coast their stay is lim ited to hours. Some fishing schooners of Gloucester, Mass., frequented the Greenland bank,\ ten years ago, but after a couple of seasons found the halibut catch was not to be relied on. The Miranda, an American steamer, attempted a cruise with tourists in 1894, but was wrecked at the gate of the first harbor she tried to leave. One of the fishing schoon ers brought her people home. Apart from Arctic expeditions, no other foreign visitors have risked a voyage for about two centuries. The whaling ships are handled by experi enced men, yet the Vega was nipped last year, her people barely escaping. For Arctic expeditions, one ship lost in each twenty measures the scale of risk. Fog, ice pack, bergs, currents and death trap reefs bar out casual shipping. There also exists an international treaty whereby most Europeans and Americans are forbidden to enter Greenland. This treaty is enforced by Denmark on behalf of her royal trade, a government department, which is trying to civilize the native tribes of the country. By this means alone can the Eskimo people be shielded from disease, alcohol and interference witfh the hunting on which they depend lor existence. I was fortunate in getting permis 'sionthe second granted to an English speaking man since 1735to visit Greenland in one of the royal ships. At Copenhagen I was examined by a doctor to make sure that I carried no contagious disease to the Greenlanders. .So we sailed from Elsinore on May 17 in the little bark Thorvaldsen, and I just a month later sighted the Green land coast. The coast of Norway, best seen in midwinter, and certainly the grandest in the old world, is tame compared with the seaboard of British Columbia and southeastern Alaska. I would not dis parage that coast, and vet it is not so beautiful as the west coast of Green land. The sunny Arctic day which lasts for months, a sky all flaining glory, the fretted spires of the Alps flanked with stupendous cliffs, and based on the rest ful levels of the sea, cities of crowded bergs, compound of dazzling light and radiant colorsuch scenery as that blots out one's former memories. The ship went drifting on, and slowly 800 miles of heaven unrolled before us its va ried and wondrous loveliness. Our first port of call was Jakobshavn, at the head of Disco strait, largest of the ncithern villages, a metropolis of nine white persons and 400 natives. Be side a pocket harbor, perched on round shoulders of the naked granite, are the buildings, all tarred black, of the royal trade. For a background to the dismal scene rise higher rocks, littered with garbage, and tuft huts, the homes of the natives. At heart the place is gay, for our sai lors went ashoie every night to dance with the Eskimo girls, while the officers of ship and colony swapped dinner par ties, breakfasts and luncheons, all thru a nine days' festival. The place might have been a Hud son's bay port uglified, but the Danish traders are much more civilized that the British. Men and women alike were linguists, well read, accomplished, a little too po lite for comfort, living a metropolitan life on cne batch of letters a year in an Arctic outpost. Expecting the pathos of banishment, I found the gayety of perfect content. The Danes of all the settlement were alike in social charm, gentle and pol ished, arrant gossips, too and the in door life had little to remind one of the outdoor wilderness. The Innuit servant maids wore the furry breeches, boots to the hip, and curious topknot of their national dress one had to fall promiscuously in love with all of them. The Danish men also wore native dress, with only one dis tinctionthat they washed. The food, apart from Danish grocer ies, was seal meat, fish, reindeer, ven ison, shellfish, ptarmigan, sea birds and their eggs, which as served in Greenland are always pronounced in flavor, like the political egg used at elections. There was only at one port a dish called mat tak (the skin of the white whale), a hard fat with a delicious nutty flavor, which would be esteemed by epicures in Europe. Tasteless radishes and other small vegetables are grown under glass, and there are plenty of blueberries on the hills. Nearly the whole of Greenland is covered with a continental icecap like that of the Antarctic continent. Nan sen and Peary have crossed the inland ice, but even to reach the edge is a difficult journey. At Jakobshavn I persuaded a sailor to come "with me, chartered a skin boat with a native crew, and set off at 3 o'clock one sun ny morning. Our way led southward, past the mouth of Jakobshavn f^ord, where a shoal about the size of Loncftn is covered with jammed and stranded bergs. Some of the spires are said to BF: St *4Y nnwr zEni^r* 7*i ^i be 600 feet coast of ice 200 feet. BUB DB I/'BGHIOtrnHB. THEATER STEASSH. DON'T French cream mixed. Jelly beans. Crimp mixed. Fresh salted peanuts. Assorted souares. Crystallized gum drops. Peanut taffy. At 15c pound Chocolate creams. Caramels, Matinee mixed. Ice buds. Filbert Nougat. Burnt peanuts. Lemon drops. Jelly straws. Assorted cream buttons. Bahat paste. Assorted Trilbys. -Xmas Candies at Lowest Prices forget the Christmas sweets. If you want fresh, deli- cious candies at minimum cost, come to the Basement Candy department. There's every kind there that your sweet tooth could crave, and all are priced very low. 10c Cream Mixed at 5c a Pound As a special Thursday offering we will put on sale five bar- rels of CREAM MIXEDa regular 10c candy at half price, the pound Limit of three pounds to each customer. At 10c pound ARNOLD'Sd high the overhanging was certainly more than x, Beyond it we had to carry the boat over two ranges of hills, then traveled one day's march along a fiord, and finally the sailor and I, with a guide, set off afoot upon a four mile walk. The land was hilly, of broken rock with a layer of moss on top, so arranged that one sinks thru the moss into unseen holes full of pain. The land is not good for cripples, and yet there were compensations, for I found native silver and a precious stone called olivine, besides many love ly flowers, including the bluebells of Scotland. There were also mosquijtoes in great plenty Fivo hours of climbing brought us to the top of Damned mountain (Krakra patak), and after I had photographed my companions, we sat down to fight the mosquitoes and try to enjoy the view. After leaving Jakobshavn the Thor valdsen called at an outpost northward of Disco Island, where we picked up the governor of North Greenland and offi cers of the staff, taking them on to Up ernavik, the most northerly settlement. Thence the governor went by boat on a cruise of hundreds of miles thru the archipelago, inspecting outposts, and he was kind enough to take me as his guest. Even in skin clothes and heavy winter furs we suffered discomfort from GREENLAND HARD TO REACH, NO LINERS OR PASSENGER VESSELS TOUCHING ON COAST fr"f^^'?lI'gDecember At 15c pound At 40c poundx Italian walnuts. Chocolate lunch. Pans kisses. Chocolate cuts. World beaters. Assorted stnnglets. At 20c pound 14 kinds of chocolates. Butter cream wafers At 25c pound 25 kinds of chocolates, in cluding: nut centers and tops. Wrapped nougat. Spanish peanut. Royal cream wafers. 10 flavors of stnnrlets. French burnt almonds. MINNEAPOLIS DRY GOODS CO. HE SPIRIT of Yuletide is in the air. On every lip is the question of the hour, "What shall I give?" It finds ready answer here. Assortments are still ample for the last three days before Christmasthe busiest days of all. The same policy of merchandising rules here at Christmas time as during the other eleven months. Holiday wares are dependable in quality and marked at absolutely low- est prices. Possibly that's the secret why the store's capacity is taxed to its utmost these days by gift-buying crowds, pleasantly elbowing each other. Doors open at 8 in the morning and close at io in the eveninggiving fourteen hours to shop. There's most elbow room in the early morning hours. Will you aid us in keeping the store machinery running smoothly by taking the small parcels with you when you can? Be sure we have your name and address cor- rectly when your purchases are to be sent. If mistakes occuras occur they must in the holiday rush and crushwe will thank you to report them and give us the opportunity of correcting them. Don't forget the branch postoffice on the balcony, main floor. Your packages can be mailed and registered there, thus saving you the time and trouble of a trip to the main Postoffice. 5c Bitter sweets in 10 differ ent flavors. At 60c pound Crystallized fruits, includ ing: cherries, pineapples and assorted pears. Nuts Brazil, filbert, pecan mixed nuts at 15c lb Almonds, 20c Walnuts, 18c lb. and Oranges oranges, 20c Florida Christmas candy strings to trim the tree, 15c a pound. We make special prices on candies to churches and Sunday schools. ^ww%^^v^wwv^s^rv^w MINNEAPOLIS DRY GOODS CO. Arnold's Knit Bed Slippers Knit Bed Slippersbuy makThe ceptable a gift as 25c soft an warm, made, sole and top, of washable knit fabric, and are fleece lined. Any one subject to cold feet will find them warm as toast, to wear about the room or in bed. Arn old's Slippers do not lose their shape from wearing or washing. as ac- Days for Gift Buying to 40c doz. Navel oranges, 40c doz. 25c and are ca the cold, as, traveling night and day and spreading our sleeping bags in the boat for rest, we threaded amazing channels choked with bergs. So we came at last to Tassiusak, the most northerly house on earth. Its tenant is Neilson, a Dane, under whose guidance we ventured another sixteen miles into the wilderness. To the East. Soo Line Holiday Rates. Albany, N. D., and return, $40. Boston, Mass, and return, $40. Montreal, Que., and return, $35. Ottawa, Ont., and return, $35. Portland, Me., and return, $40. Toronto, Ont., and return, $30 Other points in the proportion. Tick ets will be sold Dec. 12th to 22d in elusive, with return limit of Jan. 12th, I 1905. Ticket office 119 Third street S.' Holiday Excursion Bates To eastern and Canadian points via Chicago Great Western Railway. Tickets on sale to Dec. 22. Good re turning Jan. 12. For further informa tion apply to R. H. Heard, Gen'l Agent, corner Nicollet avenue and 5th St. Min neapolis. Cigars, Pipes and Novelties. Just the thing for Xmas. Cox & Harris, specialists, 400 1st avenue S and 413 Nicollet. 3*g JW3P7ZE&CV iXX&EZ CNT EA&Tfi^X 2 1^* '%**& Minneapolis Dry Goods Co. 21,81904- ^WW^FfmBBS HEW YORK: MANOHE8TEK: 464 BROOME STREET. 17 NICHOLAS STREET. For Our Brave Firemen Don't forget to buy your Tickets (whether you go or not) for the Benefit Performance each night this week at the MetropolitanEva Tanguay Company in "Sambo Girl." The more Tickets sold, the bigger the percentage for the Firemen's Relief Fund. Everybody Help! ^WWWWWS^^WSAAI MINNEAPOLIS DRY GOODS CO. VWWWWWMWWWW Bi^ Values in Cojy Bath Robes I YOU have a gift to%uy for mother, wife or sister, better act on this hint. Any woman would be highly pleased with a warm, cozy bath or lounging robe. The fact that you save almost half the regular price won't make it any less acceptable. $6.50 Bath Robes at $3.95 Bath robes of lamb's wool curl eiderdown, made kimono style, with entire edge, sleeves and pockets, edged with wide stitched satin, silk frog fast eners, in pink, gray and d* 2 t* red. $6.50 bath robes at. .,fl O /i) $5 Bath Robes at $2.75 Plain and lamb's wool eiderdown bath robes, in all colors except red, with sailor collar collar, cuffs and pocket bound with satin, silk frog fasteners, regular *t\ ^ff $5 bath robe for -tflJu Ci} We show a big assortment of eiderdown and fleeced dressing sacques and kimonos, in all colors and styles, at 95c, $1.25, .50 and up to $2.95. PETERSON WILL TRUST YOU $10MorrisChairs, $7.49 Oak frame, golden finish, hand polished, reversible cushions, covered in fig ured,orientalve- lour or corduroy, stock reduction sale price $7.49 PETERSON'S Chapman'sCandies FOR CHRISTMAS The Most Varied Assortment of pure Candies #r your selection. All our Candles are made under our own supervision by the best of candy experts, from the best possible materials. We absolutely know our Candies are pure, and there is no denying that they are delicious. We Are Prepared to serve you with all the choice confections, put up in handsome Xmas packages or delivered to you in bulk. Our Genuine Swiss Milk Chocolates we know would please you. Among others on our Candy list you will find the following delioacies: Cream-dipped Pineapple, Honeycomb Straws, Glace Grapes, Glace Nuts, Glace Matrons, Fancy Bonbons, We will furnish any Candy Effects for the Christmas table you may desire. Open Evenings. MIXED CANDIES FOB XMAS TREES. CHAPMAN'S M*mm*i&***mt0mm*m0m(mm*mi+m*m 73-75 So. 6th St. Home Furnishers. Finger Bonbons. Ohocolate-coated Marachino Cherries, Scotch Kisses, Ohocolate-coated Nuts. EIGHTH STREET AND NICOLLET. 4l