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THE 1IME& WASIIIXGTOXJSIINIUY. OCTOBER
I. 1899. . 11.
HIES OF WAS
Cjoteess and Discipline Absolutely
Bssriilial Behind Them.
Tin Sentiment of Self-Irejcrvntfoii
That Often Slakes Cownnln In For
mer Time Produceil llerocx of Ills
tors "Scrxen Shaken ly ICnowI
etlse of ISacli Other's Equipments.
(From tbe Lcadon Globe.)
Wliea men get so near together that
they cannot run away with any chance of
escaping they must either kill or be killed.
Henpe the same instinct of self-preservation
which nowadays makes a man a cow
ard made him in the old historic times a
hero. Whole armies and tribes perished In
th Keoieric combats of antiquity. When
ycur fee stood but a few yards from you
to tarn your back meant to give him the
opening to deal a deathblow for which' he
was -watching, and to run away was there
fore 'more dangerous than to face him.
Insjthe days of Eugenie and Marlborough,
although villainous saltpetre had asserted
its supremacy, it took a long time to load
31ld tfirp n TT11slrt tnr ! ho-trrtnof ri
broadsword were the surest means of de- '
struction. Cold steel was the stanchest
allyWen up to the early years of the pres
ent century, and to "give them the bayonet"-
the most favorite tactical device of
our Peninsular generals. Brown Bess was
Ineffective at 100 yards. and to
hit a haystack at half that
range was as much as the sol
dier ihad any right to expect Thus armies,
when they drew together for a fight, had
to come to the closest quarters to gain any
important or far-reaching result. Not so
near'togethcr, perhaps, as were the an
tagonists of a century before; but far more
withln. reach of one. another than were the
French and Germans in 1870. The van
quished could not escape so easily as in
that last campaign, and in accordance with
CXOerifncp fllthrHrp-Vi It tnn!f IfWiror tn nf
feet tie slaughter, the piles of dead were
Higher, therefore, in the earlier than In the
Jattor days. At Zorndorf one-half to one-
third of the total forces engaged were elth- 1
:i .emeu or wounaeo; ai .asarengo one
quarter were left on the Held; at Borodino
the blood or one-third dyed the Russian
snowi The Invention of rifled guns and
muskets reduced the losses at Solrferlno to
one-eleventh, at Koniggratz to one-fifteenth,
while even the chassepot and mi
trailleuse did not bring the total at Grave
lotte to more than one eleventh of all the
forces engaged.
ArrciiJ Xot Comparatively So Terrible.
Yet. in spite of the testimony of statis
tics such as these, our newspapers lately
have been filled with the most sensational
paragraphs as to the horrors modern
war wfll bring with it, and the headlines
concerning the potentialities of our tew- i
est weapons have been positively nauseat
ing. It seems to be imagined that because i
25.000 dervishes were killed and wounded j
In a forenoon the other day therefore we '
may expect a similar holocaust every time '
a baitaWe rangee Is accepted. The cir-
cumstances under which these gallant lives i
were lost seem often lost sight of, and the j
smallness of our own losses appears toj
convey no meaning- to the sensation-raong- J
ers. it might have been suppposed that I
the lessons of the war In Thessaly would j
have had some steadying effect on the per- I
lervia imaginations or our journalists.
There we saw modern weapons "and ap
pliances also brought Into the field, maga
zine rifles, breech-loading cannon made by
the indefatigable Heir Krupp, shrapnel J
shells, and the whole paraphernalia of de
struction which-are to .xura. the battlefields
of the future-Into. abattoirs. Yet, as hap
pened 5a -another celebrated occasion, '"no
one (comparatively speaking) seemed one
penny the worse!" The unspeakable Turk
has seldom Indulged In bloodshed so abste
miously as at Dokomos. The valiant
Greeks made no hecatombs such as caused
the soil to reek in the old classic days.
The anomaly is easily explained. Both
parties knew the deadliness of the other's
armament, and, like many of the oppo
nents in the old duellnc times, the nerves
of both were more or less influenced by j
what "they knew. A few hits were enough
to make men keep their distance. The
guns never dared to move Into decisive
range, and when one side had done enough
n entfcfir ita e:in: rtf rl f-rAnpnt It Tnnrlp
?ii ln mnvDrrrryt in tlia nnT Tjrtnt-
range fire both from rifles and guns had an
exceptionally good opportunity for cxhib
Ing Its destructive effect, and these wea
pons were as efficient as those in the hands
of any army at the time.
Tlie 1'crKonaI Element.
But It is not by armament that wars are
decided; the personal element is still the j
predominant one, and the flesh and blood
of the soldier Is not to be steeled or hard
ened by any mechanical process such as
may be applied to plates or gunbarrels. The
men at Domokos did not shoot well be
cause they were themselves being shot at,
end because the officers had not the same
control over those in the ranks that our
offioars on the Nile possessed over the men
xhey bad trained. No doubt at Omdurman
both British and Egyptians were being
ehot at, too, and many a bullet found its
way into a brave man's body, but the men
actually shooting were comparatively lit
tle hit, and if the bullets which sailed over
the heads of those in the firing line found
victims In the rear, those in front did not
Lnow of it until the battle was over and
the victory won. When your enemy does
not get nearer than half a mile away
it Is easy to keep your head, to feel confi
dent, to aim deliberately, especially if you
3inow that you are supported by powerful
artillery while he has none, and if you
ere certain that the weapon in your band is
infinitely superior to that which your ene
my carries. Conclusions hastily drawn
from the results arrived at under such con
ditions are to be accepted with caution, and
-we shall do well to considerably curtail the
estimates made as to the future by the sen
cation mongers.
More mischievous than anything else,
however, is the prominence which has been
gives to the performances of the high ex
plosive shells which were for the first time
tried la war last autumn oa thp Nile. We
liave cause for congratulation as to the re
sults of what may most profitably be re
garded as an Interesting experiment. Un
til thsey had been thoroughly tested, the
doubt was not so much whether heavy
shells full of high explosives would or
would not do considerable destruction, but
ns to whether they could safely be fired
at all. Such shell may easily prove
more dangerous to friends than foes, and
should one explode prematurely in the
weapon firing it the disastrous effect would
not end even with the complete destruction
of the -gan or howitzer and the men in the
neighborhood. Not a man a man after
suoh a catastrophe would Jbe got to handle
such ammunition with confidence. The
nerves of all la the battery using it would
be in a state of tension, and their own
weapons would be held la greater terror by
the detachments than those of the enemy.
Jt Is something, therefore, that no accident
occarredand it is also satisfactory to find
that the destructive effect of the great
chelle among buildings Is as considerable
cs expected. .
Nerve Turn tbe-Scale.
Bat heavy pieces of ordnance and weigh
ty shells conveyed up a great waterway In
vessel b, and landed on one side of a wide
rher. secure from attack, to bombard
buildings on the other side, by bo means
supply an illustration as to field warfare
In the future, or at least not one which we
can regard as convincing. In an. abnormal
Fltuatioa they accomplished -what was ex
pected from them, and deserve all credit
for doing so, but we must none the less
protest against tbe misleading lessons
which axe offered to- the public by those
who delight to make capital out of the
grvtest novelty. We will do well to remem
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ber the predictionsiyears-ago as to "Greek
fire," the vaunted prowess of the mitrail
leuse and the appalling anticipations as ta
the Zalinski gun. Men, it is fa'r.y safe
to prophesy, will not be blown away in
whole battalions in any campaign of the
Immediate future.
While science oa either side will neu
tralise itself, nerve, pluck, courage, or
whatever it may be called, will turn thj
scale, and he who in the future forgets
human nature when making bis calcula
tions will be a pedant rather than a gen
eral, and will fail as ignominiously in the
most modern battle as other pedants have
failed in the closely locked struggles of
the olden time.
What we know of the destructive pow
ers of modern weapons should encourage
us to foster and develop discipline and
careful training, just as in the past t e
great leaders studied to bring them to per
fection. If the man behind It can keep his
head, the newest gun and rlCe wi 1 indeed
be formidable, but if no stout heart beats
behind the butt, bullet3 will skim aimless
ly and innocuously into spate, and a panic
stricken herd with empty pouches will be
slaughtered by cool, disciplined soldiers,
just as Alexander's well-drilled phalanxes
made havoc among the Persians, Caesar's
legion scattered the Gauls, or K tshener's
well drilled battalions shot down the bra7e
Dervishes the other day.
SEEKING GOLD ZKT COCOS.
Treasure Hurled There oy "Wealthy
Spaniard of Central America.
(Panama Correspondence of the Chicago Record.)
The enormous amount of gold that was
found among the Indians by the conquis
tadores, the rich product of the mines In
the Spanish colonial period, the successful
raids of the pirates and the buccaneers
that used to haunt these coasts, have nat
urally given rise to many tales of buried
treasures, and one of them involves the
Cocos Island, a small "spot" of ground be
longing to Costa Rica, in latitude 5 de
grees and 32 minutes and longitude 87 de
grees and 2 minutes, about 400 miles south
west of Panama.
The story goes that in 1821, during thrs
revolution which separated the colonies
from Spain, the wealthy Spaniards of Cen
tral America, fearing that their houses
would be looted and their savings seized
by the natives in rebellion, loaded a
schooner with gold and gems and silver
plate and sent It, in charge of a commit
tee, to Cocos Island to be burled until the
troubles were over. Each of the commit
tee of six men had a chart of its location.
One was killed during the revolution. Two
died from natural causes before it was over.
When peace was restored the other three
started for Cocos to bring back the wealth,
but were never heard from again. Their
boat Is supposed to have been driven on
the rocks of the island and all on board
perished. This was about 1830.
No further attempt was made for sev
eral years to obtain the treasure, but then
the heirs of the dead and the other own
ers of the property began to stir things
up and organize expeditions for its recov
ery. Several parties went over with gangs
of men to do the digging, but never
brought anything home. Alleged copies
of the chart were made and sold to specu
lators after the secret had bscome gen
erally known, and through the hands of
sailors found their way to all parts of th2
world. Clandestine syndicates of treasure
hunters were formed and expeditions were
sent secretly from New York, San Fran
cisco, and London, as well as from Pana
ma and Central America. There has been
a good deal of fighting and a good deal of
fever, for, although the island is an at
tractive place, it is as unheaJthful as the
Garden of Hesperides. The Angel of
Death seems to guard the buried treasure
of Cocos Island as the dragon guarded the
golden apples there.
Captain Leadbetter, a graduate of An
napolis Academy of 1884, who has com
mand of the harbor fleet of the Panama
Railroad, has been over there, but de
clares that it was in search of pleasure
rather than treasure. He says that Cocos
arises abruptly from the sea, with broken
walls of rock that are almost perpendicu
lar. There is occasionally a ravine, down
which a stream of water rushes, or a strip
of sandy beach, against which the surf
breaks with great violence. The entire
surface is covered with luxuriant vegeta
tion, great spreading trees, strange p'ants
and vines and beautiful foliage, which
furnish a remarkable field for botanical
research. There are many larga streams
also, and several small lakes, three hun
dred or four hundred yards across, deep
reservoirs of pure, cold water, bubbling
up from the centre of the earth. It Is said
to be tbe finest water in the Pacific
According to these tales, Cocos Island
must be an ideal place for a Robinson Cru
soe. It has abundant fish and water fowls,
turtles are plentiful and crabs of prodi
gious size, and the woods are full of wild
pigs and goats that were abandoned by
the early inhabitants and have multiplied.
The great objection Is the moisture. The
Island lies In what the sailors call the dol
drums, a strip of sea a tew degrees north
of tho equator, between, the east and the
west trade winds. In that region there is
seldom any breeze, and sailing vessels al
ways avoid It for fear of getting becalmed.
The rainy season extends the year round,
and tho precipitation is so large as to be
almost incredible.
Two or three years ago the Imperleuse,
flagship of the British squadron of the
North Pacific, with Rear Admiral Paslliser
in command, came all the way from Van
couver to Cocos with orders from London
to Investigate the claims of one Charles
Hartford, an Englishman who has a con
cession from the Government of Costa
Rica to search for the treasure on com
mission, and had Interested a capitalist
by the name of E. A. Harris to become his
"angel" and furnish him with funds. At
the time of this visit the only inhabitants
of Cocos were a German family named
Gerster, the remnants of a colony of Ger
mans who had come from Costa Rica, but
abandoned the placo after a- few months'
residence because of the unhealthy cli
"Your Credit Is GoocL"
There is 110 raising prices
here, when you intimate that
you wish to bu' on credit.
All our goods are marked
in plain figures. They are the
lowest figures you will find
on goods of such quality as
we sell.
We are glad to open an ac
count with you whenever you
wish, and you can take your
own time in settling.
We have a splendid up
holstery department which is
also ran on the easy payment
plan.
Lansburgh
Furniture Co.,
1226 F Street N. W.
mate. They did considerable prospecting
and found traces of lead and quicksilver,
but no gold or treasure.
Two or three hundred sailors from tho
Imperieuso were sent ashore with picks
and spades, and dug trenches in parallel
lines six feet apart and ten feet deep at
the place indicated by a chart-which Hart
ford brought with him, but they found
nothing. He showed them also a tunnel
or cavern in the rocks, which they blew
up with dynamite, without a sign of the
$30,000,000 of silver plate and jewels and
gold. It rained torrents all the time, and
digging was not only difficult, but danger
ous, as there were several landslides.
Hartford was left at San Jose de Guate
mala, where he endeavored to persuade
the captain of the United States steamer
Alert to go down and continue the work,
but the Imperieuse returned to Vancouver
with nothing but a story-
Hartford's experience has hjpen remark
able. One of the most business-like at
tempts to find the buried treasure was
made by a Mrs. Brennan, the widow of a
ship chandler in Nova Scotia, who heard
the tale and obtained a chart from a sail
or. She went across the Continent to Vic
toria, interested several business men of
that city in the project, and in March,
1S0.7, sailed for Cocos in the schooner Au
rora, under command cf Capt. Frederick
Hackett. When they landed in Chatham
Bay, on the northeasterly point of the isl
and, they were amazed by meeting a crea
ture who seemed only half human. He
was dressed like Robinson Crusoe in the
skins of beasts, his hair and beard were
long and tangled and his eyes were wild.
At first he could not speak, but after they
had given him some whisky and allowed
his wandering faculties to adjust them
selves he told his story.
He said that some years before he had
obtained a concession from the Costa Ri
can Government which gave him the ex
clusive right to search for the buried
treasure, with the understanding that he
should pay over half of all he found. He
brought frcm Punta Arenas a gang of men
in the little gunboat Turalba and began
excavations, guided by a chart which nad
been obtained from a descendant of cne of
the original committee that made the
cache. After working several weeks with
out result the men became discontented.
The captain of the gunboat advised that
they should be allowed to go, and prom
ised to return with a new gang as soon as
he could make the voyage. Hartford de
termined to remain, because he believed
he had found the right location and feared
to lose it again. But the Turalba never
returned; and he had been alone upon the
island he could not say how long. For
the first few months he kept tally of the
passing days by making notches on a sap
ling, but finally gave it up, and had al
most abandoned himself to despair when
the Aurora arrived,
Mrs. Brennan and Captain Hackett were
deeply interested In this relation, of
course, and after a few days of confer
ence obtained this pioposition from the
solitary islander:
"I, Charles Hartford, have an agree
ment with and permission from the Costi
Rican Government to search for hidden
treasure on Cocos Island. I was landed
by said government on September 22,
1S96 (I think), and that government
agreed to come hack for me inside of three
months. I have not heard fiom said tov
ernment since, and being in a starving
condition and with no means to obtain
food and no way to get off the island, and
having located the large treasure, I make
this agreement with the captain and crew
of the schooner Aurora, of Victoria. B.
C, to let them take half of the treasure
of whatever nature, whether gold, sliver,
or precious stones, for their side cf the
agreement, and to land me, Charle3
Hartford, at some convenient port in the
United States with the other half of said,
treasure."
This document bears the following in
dorsement in the sailorlike hand of Cap
tain Hackett;
"The information we came to the island
for proving no good, wo have hunted, dug,
and bored, and were about to return home
when said offer was made and accepted"
Mrs. Brennan and Captain Hackett Soon
made up their minds that the treasure
was beyond their reach, and induce!
Hartford to return with them to Victoria,
OFFICE B.f.ATS
3rcn "Wlio Get Their Typewriting
Done Free.
(From the New York Sun.)
It was 6 o'clock. Tha building was well
nigh deserted. Only one elevator was run
ning and the swish of the scrubwoman's
mop was heard In the hall. The one soli
tary typewriter who remained to break the
monotony of the evening silence with the
clicking of her machine softly opened the
office door, and, after looking cautiously
around for a moment, stepped out into the
halL In her hand she carried a six-by-six
square of heavy white paper. Seeing
there was no one to watch her but the
scrubwoman and a belated toiler standing
near the elevator shaft, she assumed an
air of boldness, and, producing from some
mysterious recess in the hollow of her
hand four brass-headed nails, she began to
tack the square of paper to the office door.
The belated toiler left her position near
the elevator and approached near enough
to read the card, on which was written in
bold type:
: ELEEMOSYNARY. :
TYPEWRITING INSTITUTION'. :
: Patronage solicited. Satisfaction Guaran- :
t teed. :
: The undersigned dos hereby announce :
: to whomsoever it may concern that the :
: will write letters, briefs, contracts, copy :
: manuscript, and supply postage stamps for :
: mailing the game, FREE OF COST, or for I
; anj worthy person who is "broke or for :
r any unworthy person who has- money, but :
: who docs not like to spend it in trifles o :
: this sort. Please call. MARY EDISON. I
The belated toiler read the queer notice
again. She was still reading it when the
Industrious typewriter reappeared, hatted
and veiled, -preparatory to going home.
When she stopped to lock the door the be
lated toiler stepped forward and. accosted
her.
"Pardon me,'' said the toiler, pointing
to tho typewritten paper, "wi 1 you kindly
tell me the meaning of this?"
The typewriter smiled grimly.
"Well," she said, "considering you ap
pear to be a woman who is able to appre
ciate a tale of woe occasionally, I don't
mind telling you mine. Were you ever im
posed upon? I have been. I am imposed
upon dally, and I'm getting sick and tired
of it I'm going to fry to put a stop to it.
I am employed in that office at a regular
salary. It isn't a lordly income, mind yon,
but it is a salary and I am glad to get it
Now, I'm not saying anything against my
employer. He's all right. It Isn't his
fault that he can't afford to pay higher
wages. It's his cousins and his brothers
and his bosom friends and his chance ac
quaintances that I am kicking about.
"Unless you have had experience you
wouldn't believe how many men there are
In this town who get their typewriting done
for nothing. It Is an honest fact that thers
are scores of them who carry on a halfway
decent business through typawrltten cor
respondence for which they never pay a
penny. As I said, I have nothing against
my employer, but must say that it certainly
is not to bis credit that those cousins and
brothers and friends and acquaintances
aforementioned belong to that class of im
postors. You see, my employer's work does
not keep me busy half of the time (if it did
he would have to pay a larger salary),, and
there is scarcely a day that one of his Im
pecunious or parsimonious hangerson does
not come in with a bit of work which he
'wonders if he could not get done as a
little accommodation.' That bit of work
often consumes an hour or more of my tim
It was a piece of it that kept me so late
tonight and I ought to be paid for it, but
ray presumptuous customer never thinks of
a recompense other than a mere 'Thank
you,' and sometimes he even omits that.
Why, the work I do would amount to an
average of ?2 a day were I a professional
typewriter.
"By the time these parasites have visited
several other offices as they come to ours,
they manage to get their correspondence
taken care of quite nicely.
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jnese nave Deenvbusy days m our cloak and. suit annex. Surprise has been expressed at the wondrous values we are giv
ing. emjve swept aw i- the anuquuedsvsiems of makinjr enormous profits in the suit department j it must conform with our usual
low prices in cxevy other line. Stylish dressers can find their wants here lower-priced than elsewhere. Just come and convince
.vourself.
LADIES' SUITS IN NAVY AND
tailored jackets, lined with mercerized satlne; perfect hang
ing skirts, excellently lined and boned; very serviceable and
geed value at $10. Mcnday p ice Cash or crqdit
LADIES' SICILIAN AND SERGE SKIRTS Extra full
width; well made; lined and bound with the new waterprpof
binding; $2.03sfcirts. Monday price Cash or credit
LADIES' DUCHESS WAISTS r
Extra full "fronts; vertical cording front and back;
dress sleeve very artistlcvwaist; G.S8 value. Monday
price Cash or -credit
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LADIES' MERCERIZED SATINE WAISTS In black,
cerise, helio, etc.; bias tucked frontsr yoke back? new sleeves;
adjustable Bollai'r regular $2.23 value. Monday price
Cash or credit'..' .,
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LADIES'BDAOK SATINE UNDERSKIRTS Full width; box ao
plaited rufflei? well lined; 75c skirt.' Monday price Cash or -viai
credit Jp.i'.i .....: JC?
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Wrapper and Sacque Specials;
DRESSING SACCIUES Redr pink, and
blue; finished with shell crochet edge;
fastened at neck with . ribbon; well
worth 9c Monday prices Cash QQC
or credit. ..5
lCc Ginghams, 5c.
NEW FALL DR-ESS
GINGHAMS fine pattern:,
in plaids and stripes regu
lar rex: quality. Monday
price, cash or credit
5C
A Trip of Specials.
LADIES' FINE CAMBRIC SKIRTS
Some have knee flounce of Hamburg
embroidery and insertion; others, have
flounce of handsome torchon lace and
insertion; full width; dust ruffle;
worth ?1.75. Monday price Cash OCC
or credit - 0
LADIES' FINE INDIA LINEN
APRONS Deep hem; long strings;
worth 15c. Monday price Cash or
credit . ..-
INFANTS' CASSIMERE CAPS
Lined with flannel; finished around
edge with pinked quilling and ponpon
of same; long, wide strings, worth
25c. Monday price Cash or 1 AT
credit ,u
We direct attention to the- fine showing in our Men's and Boys' Clothing Departments. Our "Model-fit" plan of garment
making gained instant favor, and promises to vastly augment our list of patrons. The limits of an advertisement prevent us from
mentioning in detail our stock, but you can glean from the following an idea of the good values burdening our clothing counters.
MEN'S WORSTED SUITS A splen
did line, embracing all the popular
shades from light to dark. You can
select a single or double breasted coat
or a single or double breasted vest.
Tbe lining of the coat is doublc-warp
Italian cloth; full faced. The make Is
extremely stylish, being this season's
latest, and cut on our Model Fit plan.
Altogether a fine suit, worth
?17.50. Our price Cash or 1 ft Oft
MEN'S BLUE AND BLACK CHEV-
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m . . : - r . lo ie
I JOT AND SCOTCH MIXTURE SUITS
Mr- . Of
Four-button sack and double breasted;
half French faced; sewed with silk;
guaranteed to wear satisfactorily; reg
ular $7.50 value. Cash or cred- C jiii
MEN'S ALL WOOL CASSIMERE
SUITS A splendid line plain and plaid
sack or double breasted; half French
faced; serge body lining; satin piped;
all seams re-enforced; actual
value, $12.50. Our price Cash $7 Cft
or credit ,,JU
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GREAT
MEN'S FALL STYLE NECKWEAR
The up-to-the-moment patterns and
styles; prettiest colors; large stock to
select from, in puffs, imperials, four-in-hands,
strings, and bows; regular
39c quality. Monday price Cash QOC
or credit uo
MEN'S AND BOYS' "WHITE SHIRTS
Good quality linen; full gusseted;
regular re-enforcements; spliced band;
worth 50c. Monday price Cash OftC
or credit OJ
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Seventh St.
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:0ur matai!Qring successes on ladles' fall
GRAY Very latest style man-
GUARANTEED BLACK-
LADIES' FLANNELETTE WRAP.
PERS 'Gathered back 2nd' front; neat
ly braided finish collar; fitted waist
lining; splendid assortment of colors;
full sweep- skirts; worth 9Sc. inc
Monday price Cash or credit .3
Union Suit Bargains.
LADIES' JERSEY UNION SUITS
In grey only; buttoned across chest;
regular 75c value. Monday price OQC
Cash or credit- 0 J
'Children's- Union Suits,
Jersey ribbed; sizes 2, 3, 4. and 5;
regular oflc value. Monday price OOC
Cash, or credit
SATIN
$3.98
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Our Successful Shoe Department,
Our shoe story will be brief, but emphatic. No quotations are lower than
ours; no quality superior; no guarantee stronger; yet in addition to thete facts
we repair them for six months free.
LADIES VICI KID SHOES Button
or lace; well made; quite dressy; worth
?2.25 Monday price Cash or 'tl 1U
credit Jl.tJ
Repaired free.
LADIES' FINE VICI KID AND KAN
GAROO SHOES Lace or button; all
styles toes and heels; very stylish and
fine finish: regular $3.25 value. C Ati
Monday price Cash or credit... i,1u
Repaired free.
"MISSES' SCHOOL SHOES Spring
heels, lace or button; patent leather or
dongola tips; very strong but neat ap
pearing; regular $1.83 value. C1 ttj
Monday price Cash or credit... JJ
Repaired free.
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MEN'S COVERT CLOTH TOP COATS
Double-faced; plain and herringbone
stripe; wide facing; body lining of
leatherine; sleeve lining of haircloth,
the best for wear; an extra good qua ity
of material ami of most popular shades;
well made and stylishly cut; a satis
factory garment, well worth CC Cft
?10. Our price Cash or credit.-"""
MEN'S COVERT CLOTH TOP COATS
Handsome, stylish shades; Farmer's
satin lined; silk sewed; a tiptop coat
of good wearing quality; worth fully
$7.50. Our priceCash or cred- JA no
MEN'S CASSIMERE AND SCOTCH
MIXED PANTS Splendid patterns and
stylish cut and colorings; extra well
made, with taped seams. Our last sea
son's business in these was phenome
nal, encouraging us to contract for a
greater quantity than before giving
you better value than ever. Theso
pants are well worth $2. Our QOC
price Cash or credit "0
VALUES IN MEN'S
MEN'S HALF HOSE. FINE MACO
In black and tan; extra regular made;
colors guaranteed; worth 20c. Monday
price Cash or credit, two pairs 1 OC
25c; per pair . - '
BOYS' HEAVY "WOOL FLEECE
LINED UNDERWEAR Extra strong;
perfect washing; regular 50c quality.
Two suits only to a customer at Mon
day price, per garment Cash or OQC
credit -J
SAMUEL
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has "b,een "fche" successful mercantile function
of the day. In order to extend to all its bene
fits, .we will continue the extraordinary low
prices, during Monday. We spread before you
an aggregation unrivaled in beauty, style, and
finish, and it merits your early inspection. At
no other store can you trade with a greater
sense of security. Here every error, great or
small, is righted. Money will be refunded if
after inspecting your purchases, you are not
thoroughly satisfied. Courteous treatment
and the benefit of our "New" Credit Way will
be accorded you.
LADIES' SUITS ALL WOOL HOMESPUN Latest tones of navy
and grey, also in black; late3t fashion man-tailored jackets In tight-
uiung DacKs ami reeier rront; new sleeves, satin lined; new rr
"fan back" skirts; elegant hang; $12 value. Monday price
Cash or credit vP
LADIES' CLOTH CATE3 Full sweep.; trimmed In cloth
straps and buttons; elegant fall and winter garment; well
worth S5.9S. Mcnday price Cash or credit
LADIES' FINE. KERSEY
euecis; new coat s.eeves: lined tnroughout with Romalne (T-o c
satin; perfect fitting,, jaunty coats; regular ?7 value- Mon- -
day price Cash or credit Sj9m
GIRLS JACKETS Brown and navy fancy cheviot; trimmed r --
in. braid and novelty buttons; ages 4 to 14; $2.50 value. Monday M Ml
price KTash. or. credit vU
ELECTRIC SEAL COLLARETTES Extra full sweep: jr - f
deep storm collar; lined with fancy satine; good $2 value. I li
Monday price Cash or credit P i-l J
Unprecedented
CHILDREN'S FAST BLACK. FINE
RIBBED HOSE Spliced knees and
high spliced heels; regular 25c
value. Monday price Cash or IC
credit '
Grand Blanket Value.
Genuine California Blankets;
11-4 size; pure wool, with pink
or blue borders; red with black
border; jrrey with vellow
border. A great 5
bargain. Monday
price, cash or credit.
MEN'S FINE SHOES All this sea
son's nobby shapes; made on "ease
and comfort"" lasts; improved toes; ele
gant finish; regular $5 shoes. CO
Monday price Cash or credit... JJJU
Repaired free.
MEN'S "STANDARD" SHOES Lace
or congress; plain or tipped toes; just
the thing for everyday wear; regular
fl-G5 shoe. Monday price CI 1 fT
Cash or credit JI.1U
Repaired free.
LITTLE GENTS' SHOES All styles
heels; extra stayed; wear like Iron.
yet retain their softness; regular $1.25
shoe. Monday price Cash or nOC
credit.
Repaired free.
CHILDREN'S PLAID. CHECK. AND
NEAT MIXTURE SUITS Ages 3 to li.
double breasted; a number cf handsome
shades to select from; exceptionally
well made; the 3 to 8 years have large,
braided sailor collars; good $2.50 and
J2.25 value. Our price Cash or CI ')Ct
credit. "!..-J
VESTIE SUITS An elegant line in
cassimeres and worsteds; handsomely
trimmed; vests "of same material or
fancy designs.; in blue, red, and brown;
some have double breasted vests;
strictly up to date suits in every re
spect. Ages 3 to 9
Lot X Handsome patterns. CI JO
worth 52.2 'I.fO
Lot 2 Handsome patterns. CI QO
worth 53.50 -"LJO
Lot 3 Handsome patterns, CO 07
worth $5 fU.Ol
Cash or credit.
AND BOYS' FURNISHINGS.
MEN'S MACKINTOSHES Mixed
tan; fine velvet collar; strapped sewed,
and cemented seams; heavy bone but
tons; all lengths; guaranteed: perfectly
waterproof; regular $3 coats.C'1 QQ
Monday price Cash or credit.. -?0 J
ODD LOT OF TIES In puffs, four-in-hands,
and tecks; some 25c ones;
some 39c ones. Choice while they fJC
last Cash or credit i
FRIEDLANDER &
ray You for Carefully
garments.
$3.00
CLOTH COATS Double breasted reefer
Hose Values
LADIES' FINEST QUALITY IM
PORTED FANCY LISLE THREAD
HOSE Drop stitch or plain; regular
65c quality. Monday prices Cash OQT
or credit 03
o5c Henriettas, 19c.
40-INCH ALL-WOOL
BLACK HENRIETTA a.
fine quality usual price, 35c.
Monday price, cash or -t Af
credit..". S3L
Hoine Linen Bargains.
$2 MARSEILLES BED SPREADS
Extra size; slightly soiled, not enough
to hurt, except the selling price. QQC
AVhilethey last Cash or credit JO
UNBLEACHED TABLE DAMASK
50 Inches wide; good and serviceable;
worth 25c Monday price Cash 1 QC
or credit
BOLSTER CASES. 45x72 Inches;
made of good quality muslin; hand
torn and ironed; regular 30c flC
quality. Cash or Credit "
LINEN TABLE NAPKINS 5-S size;
neat designs; a good Soc quality. Mon
day price Cash or credit, per OQC
dozen .4 ..."3
MEN'S HEAVY FANCY RIBBED
"UNDERWEAR Extra well made;
French patterns; thoroughly re
enforced. Monday pricj; Cash or T CC
credit LsJ
MEN'S HEAVY WEIGHT "UNIVER
SAL BRAND" WORKING SHIRTS
Cheviots, tweeds, and outing flannel;
extra re-enforcements; 75c qual
ity. Monday price Cash or cred- A A Q
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Seventh St.
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