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"-*l**- we state, to $1.0. per yard. |-/\ ■»■■ «■«-* ■ aT»v«0»- c *«-*_ „ 25 pieces 50-in. siik and lisle thread, 0 vKrvKrs A -,r l ;„e,,n" c The Twin Cities' Greatest Store, Minneapolis. o»««i08el velvet carpet, newest color, best f i~ ™ 25 pieces SC-in. silk and lisle thread styles made, worth|l.oo '7-*r- soft drapery goods, (j» s i| Special "Big Store Is fer "Blaz* rf 1 wo^THl^^^hH B [We have by far the largest and best __*—»*-> _~_ /~* t-1 s H line of Rugs shown in this market. >af^r "H Hf' Q fF""***%>v (a/I-dHIIC j apanfse,' Smyrna; wilton? (l W#® IT"! ifr^ /l H—-*£? <*J -ri-*****--® l^ i ri ,-rwa _*sr*Bk, f nP t n ; nc ax. minster, Brussels, H 3^l IK r mSJ _h 1 -• *^1 iM i m*~JF w m am* mvfl w^ wE la. a VELVET. \J|J 111 IUI E I J_C -f_J 111 U 1 I%J^ slf^S 1 Great line, hand- £* ~ 0 3 Fur and mounted animal skins, as W^_am^s_*# ]$^&? *$fc^- JL iH iH j| fILJLB some curtains. .. $1.98 3 always our prices are away below CTr 1 Jp*****^ -"-a*--*-** -s~L JsV Jffl, »v *•* \J m competition. —*** CL J Great line, hand. $2 Oft T ISluKlki™-* 1 Prepared especially for the benefit of our friends from out of town. IHE^E...S3^SO i T HASSOCKS—New lot of ?r\„ A \/^..;i^Ll /"\ I A I «-\ - i s-^ ... Special lots of extra fine goods at S t fme wiuon Hassocks,each. 39c A Veritable Object Lesson in Special Bargain Making. S Kensington Art Squares p -m . M ___. bb-™.—. s,^, , , rm rmnmrm* ~ ' Window Shades I ! value 75beT fUI r^,ar 730 "■" 1^ T Q C2P "^^ J\ FrOfTl 730 A M 1,000 dozen regular t n value, 7oc. Square gQ rp.j- | Q p fc _J Jf^-^ l-^J s^H^^is J Ji iT™^. I * UIII /.JU A. iVi. 80c Shades I9C g Q . __. _888 JfJ-ku arfhsl 1111 10.30 P. M. foranrwmd^^acho^'.... 10C S I.DRESS OOODS Spetli%lZT y Fur Dept ~. Sp"ia'^ Thr day 1 i • i-/1\ sU4~/4j \Jk\JKJ LS**jm a^fl i» a se w »^i-«. such B.r. X LiiienDept / - V | g I Another lesson on the "Special Sale," designed especially *ai-00 ap-^- O-te.t aQulii rtV hf_riB WMfe Special attractions for H.avy All Linen Toweling / I 1^- CI st-^ _T1 CaL ti 54" for out-of-town customers. We will teach you a lesson before Ho°JksViiarJ a Fwa*rl (£1 "2 rt Fair Week Imported goods, worth » d 1 IU. 4^ LI L M you go home that you'll never forget. Thursday we will s.U in buttons. Nona better at Jp I 9 %J \\f - 10c. Thursday only, oC- """" $2m Thursday, pair... Ladies' astrachan coats made of peryard r*\ _. r> \ Jr. « DSLdmGloves H biack or 7H/T genuine Leipsig dyed skin, well in- R . ..x _ ,- Department of the Country. Thursday Bargain*; 3 L_-OSOrPn llrt^^C finrsrlC «»CaKTwortMim /VC terUned, and good satin /!% r% j- Bleached Table Damask J «,«-"»»/ Bargains g Oin Minn UOOUS ?W&^^W^*r** IjJ-g, latest style, $25 'J&SSSZ *SS, fa Cln^lk H^r-a^t^^^^ l 930 pieces Novelty Dress Goods, brand new Fail "^^'-^S r*'"'*. _! SfTl^f^U^nif 4 Uepartment 3 styles, ftnest imported effects, la styles exclusively our own; silk and wool, grand lot of ? ooda, *k 1 I 111 Gents astrachan coats, well inter- peryard r -^ V 3 all wool, mohair and wool, frieze, caniche, bourette, worth up to $1.60. %J7ls\/VF lined, and made of whole fa r% £\ w ' 121: Ladies' Nobby Tacket-, f rnm fir,- <- r* t^ ■ Es SJXSS^"-" en An lOr -^^S l' fcr iPSi2d. yedß. ki-. . $20 -»D«..H-_T«™u i»UM v.l«t eolCT"^ .^%q^^^ A $1.50 yard, at OVC, 49C and O-J 3^ Large size, blue or red bord-f- sleeves. Cheap at double the price. %v /% Til 9 5 ' /yH^S^V Gent's Persian lamb coats, trimmed ers, worth 9c. 1 hursday (3 Thursday all co «*J7 i 1 i^ 1 1 *_E I-> I Al^iy r^rir_.<ZC_! /^/""^-^r^C 7 4^SO with fine natural otter, d* Qg? only, each fo «|/\/»Le'\/ DLAtR UK-t^i> UUUUb IT.*. 1. 00.. *VOO .sodozß.eached All Linen Nap- ' ?44 Ladies' Short Jaunty Jackets, made from imported bou- H Mnn 1^ JCttUH k«ns-Elegant de- /t» | cle silic, lined throughout, new fad '06 y^ _-*, H P 800 pieces "Priestley." "Gold Medal" and Other &W Ladies'new stylish collarettes from Xr'^J^wHn I *-*" Bargains elsewhere at •J15.00. Cfi CA S3 g| guaranteed fabrics in new and choice designs, all the -_ * !^k TX . $7-00 up. rh..r_day only, doz.. Big Store price JI (1 . *B^ I I H CI most popular weaves, 4'J to 50 inches j! [ [ _c-? sWE-. Df'lll f>^ • _i. _T» J I/OmestiC Hpnt - l 5& -&'.'•? 65C, 49Ca„d«3t5C fl -'I V' Knit QOOdS "££?*£:£"£!£■ , m Jf .^«.'De»,.bl. Hone»t, St y li s h Jacket., n„de from I £3 " ' ' w kß^' ■ ~f*?mm » . c r- „^. imported line Kersey cloth, Urge flarinc col- 7T i /-,•** „ 111 ' Hi Mam.., 5-ondF-or te^^^^StS 11 IV t| A J I^l 1/C 511^/i \/ 4Z. :"'' _y andkVwoof Fascinators in Saxony day only, per yard «J~|V ers ask you 218. Olson's leaders at %P I" i H OlliVd CIIIU VCI VCLS ;^K 25^49" 75C 98c to $2 50 9 4 Unb,eachJd Sheet!n« r f^| '9f importations of Ladies' Novelty Jackets and Box ■ MBY ALL ODDS THE LARGEST STOCK |1N THE TWIN CITIES vc ' /oc ' voc ;p^';>u Fines and durable worth | -. Loats, the latest London and Berlin production now ready for © I ni^P, Rl^rt .nrl Mns.nte. flit' I xx/ PAT-DZ Knit Skirts for ladies and children . gj-JJ V * inspection. It will pay you to look these /!%><--,« g SUO piewes Black and Novelty Silks, 111 Warp K. P. Attention! in plain and fancy stitch, peryard over before you purchase. Opening prices C.A 5 B5 3 S^«hli r5o H^U^^!^ BrOC*deB r« The "Big Store" i S your headqnarters for KQn aAn Cl , ft C . nQ •-,*■«. rx ranging from $25 to sJJ 9) s*Tj ■ g Lhangeables, etc. pure silk goods, |E. /• Bsd.es, Souvenirs and all En-_Lm Ooads. ~>9C f 9oC t $1.39, $1.98 VKf^finirtCT Vlt*rft *T VfV ■! 59 in Standard qualities, / Our Souvenir Ash Tray made specially UWUUlll^ L^C-LIL JM | values to 85c yard Choice *A*J ** S^.^ffiiSrSSSinS, ~?&cS f % Waf*iSssK and SWeaterS > S<»o Crochet Bedspreads I -iHi^a' 3 700 pieces Novelty and Plain Silks, Peau de Sole, "Sid^.-,»!».. °' ie-4s= ze ,snow white, hemmed an l^clUieS V^apCS | W Faille, Gros de Lourdes, G:*os Grains, Satin Duchesse and Rhadame, Taffeta, SP^^n 9oC $1.25, $ 1.48, $1.75, and c^Xi%u,!!i A„J OCm CA^ They are too numerous to describe We havo thpn in „, H VJ Warp Prints, Cameleons, Brocades, Dresdens, Chenes, Pekin ' Plain Rin.sg g o $ 1 98 to $3 50 Speaal Thursday only, cry imaginable material and style to suit *U1 II 1 ra stripes, etc., etc. No better Silks made, and the newest Fall j{ g| _^T Men's H X 25-year Hn't'i'n* Case WiteS -JLVO IO each s a iru:sty le to suit all /R «r mm H styles, widths to 25 in.: qualities m /\ _. "% V^ i with is jeweled d? I_r Af\ -.- •. v •v, , ir... n r «v Ri 9n ..f. _l«*_i tastes. Frices ranging from 3 Bto $1.50 yard. At....'.. q 69C, 59C, 49C, >^ W works Jewelers $16.90 Knit Hoods and tans in black and 10-4 Qray Blankets $2.48 to ?..?... Jj /*} U BU v^^.v^^, s^^« PnceS2s.oo «X *v* • vr colors, fancy stitch. A«ortpH hnrrWc «/r,rth . * *** »5l »w-.,wm^^»^ . Menr ß l7 Ku by Jeweled Hampden Move- ' ' as c • i%u >l #-r W ds mv« I LININGS H™»:-$19.50 25c.49c.73c98c.5i.4p Sfe,iscf.^*_.,43c Ladies Hackintoshes 1 VSiASissi:l atfett s and c^ *fPS"~,HH 8 9ic: sUka $ d, A 45r Hni.9B io^:z^^z^ M^^:zr^r DaMctcx^doMcd^-i m bilesias, Satines and Fe.*««««s*a* i d6-mch wide, in cut ■fc/ T Ladles' 20-Year Gold Filled Watches, «; ira hip warm o-nr, He /*»_• >^ _-v TU «» Ji • j I ''' fe-U I a^^„, cw-.. *>c lfc~ $12.90 4^-*^y ggv^st.po i t h:*/.^ d $5.00 5:..,.°.. wr. d.. $7.501 & . ; W LASTLY Please bear in mind ttat no matter what prices others advertise you can always get the same goods for less money or better goods tor the same mm? at pj SQira ~W* ~~ ffl iS"|WAJ." ARABELLA >MsYT WOMAS EVER REIiILARLY COMstISSIOmSD IS THE IMTED STATES ARMY. 3ISTINCT FIGURE IN THE WAR. PASSED HER DAYS AXD MGHTS MUSING THE SICK AXD WOI'XDED. VIIY SHE MAS MADE AX OFFICER. .or. Yates, of Illinois, the Man "Who Issued Her the Commission She Holds. The only woman who was ever com nlssloned regularly in the United "tates army is Maj. Arabella Macom ber Reynolds, says a Santa Barbara .Cal.) correspondent of the Boston Ad vertiser. She is a distinct and conspic ious figure In the annals of the war. '*-er sen-vices are mentioned twice in 'en. Sherman's memoirs and several *3ages regarding the services of Maj. -ieynolds are to be found in the "Offi •ial Record of the Armies of Illinois in '..he Civil Conflict." Maj. Reynolds is better known in military circles in the West as Maj. =3elle Reynolds. She lives in this town >n the Pacific shore, and she has a :;ood local medical practice. No one on 'he Pacific coast has so much atten tion at Grand Army of the Republic ~-.ieeting3, and every summer she is in vited to attend all Grand Army of the lepublic encampments and veteran re unions held west of the Rocky moun ains. When President Harrison was in sar:ta Barbara in 1891 he Daid more at tention to Maj. Belle Reynolds than to any of the hundreds of political leaders and rich men of California who gathered around him. Maj. Reynolds' maiden name was Arabella Macomber. She was born in Shelburne Falls, Mass*., in 1843. , When she was fourteen years old she moved with her parents to lowa, which was then a wild and unsettled country. Two years later she went East to complete her education, and upon her return taught the first school in Cass county Icwa. In April, 1860, she was married to Mr. Reynolds, and with him she moved to Peoria, 111. Rumors of the war were already rife, and on the first anniversary of her wedding day the North was thrilled with the news that Fort Sumter had been fired on. Mr. Reynolds, who, with three other young men, had determined to be the first to enlist in case of war, was among the first four enrolled In Pe oria, enlisting among the Seventeenth Illinois three months' men. and soon was ordered to the front. In the fol lowing August Mrs. Reynolds decided to Join her husband, who was then in camp at Bird's Point, Mo. She arrived there on the 11th. Three days later or ders came to break camp, and the steamer Chancellor transported the troops to Herculaneum, Mo. Although but nineteen years old. Mrs Reynolds cheerfully accepted a soldier's lot She ate the same food as did the soldiers slept on the ground fur days at a time drank from pools and brooks, as did the poores* private. and never murmured at forty or fifty-mile forced marches. She was busy all day long with her needle and thread for the soldiers, and passed many nights with sick and wounded soldiers. "Hundreds of soldiers will never forget the work of charity and bravery that Mrs. Reynolds is doing single handed these days." wrote Gen. Rawlins to Gov. Yates, of Illinois. "I know of no wo man who is helping the sick and melancholy soldier boys like this brave young woman scarcely more than a schoolgirl." At Cape Girardeau the regiment went into garrison duty for a month or so. The battle of Frederickstown followed, and in it Mrs. Reynolds tasied for the first time the horrors of war. During the battle she remained in the rear, suffering the anguish of uncertainty as to the fate of her husband. Twice there came news that her husband had been wounded mortally at the front, but later she found the report was false. "When the battle was over she went on the field ministering to the needs of the sick and dying. For three days and nights she worked hourly with the wounded and dying. She made no distinction between the Blue and the Gray, and it seems that she, as well as Miss Barton, might well lay claim to having been the first *.o Initiate the Individual work based on no lofty scheme o* action, but the saint paul globe- Thursday, September 3, iß9e. JOHN S. PIXXEY, Secretary of the Citizen*-' Committee. merely the faithful following of a tender hearted woman's instincts. Scarcely was the heavy task finished when the battle of Fort McHenry took place, and again was her strength taxed to the utmost. Then came orders to take up the line of march, whither no one but the leaders knew. No tents or camp equipages could be taken on the iour ney, and Mrs. Reynolds was not permitted to accompany the troops. The next news re ceived was the capture of Fort Donelson. The army of the Southwest was now mass ing at Shiloh. Three weeks before the battle Mrs. Reynolds met her husband there he having meantime been made assistant adju tant general upon McClernand's staff. Here insufficiently fed, through chill and frost and rain, the troops slept on the ground and Mrs. Reynolds shared the common lot. When Sunday came once more Mrs. Rey nolds had not been in bed for seven nights and days. The little rest she had caught had been while sitting with her head resting for a few minutes on the rail of a boat, when she would be again aroused to care for the wounded. On this day Gov. Yates, of Illinois, arrived accompanied by a corps of physicians. Among the latter were Drs. Guth and Colburn, of Peoria, her home, men who had known her a year before as a blooming bride. They were shockedl by her changed and haggard appear ance and insisted upon her returning home for rest. Too worn out and feeble for re sistance, she assented to the plans they made for her to return on the following day with the gubernatorial party in the steamer Black hawk. Twenty members of her husband's regi ment, all of them severely wounded, and some of them going to die, were on the steamer. Naturally, the battle of Pittsburg Landing, of which she had been a witness, was the chief topic of conversation. She was called upon to answer many questions, and gave such an accurate description of the en gagement that Gov. Yates exclaimed as she concluded: "Why, this woman is more deserving of a commission than half the men who have them." "Why not give her a commission, then?" asked Dr. Colburn. Gov. Yates called for a blank commission and for pen and ink. Two weeks later, rested, but far from re cruited, she returned to the corps. When she showed the commission to the boys, did they gather about her and politely congratu late her? Did they pass resolutions of com pliment? They did what she appreciated much more. They threw up their hats and cried: "Bully for you!"" She was their comrade, their friend and fellow soldier, and they stood on no cere mony with her, although she was a major. ■_**»- CAfiTORZA. i*¥^~-%^-®T3- WHY THEY MEET. Incidents That Show Why Even the Infirm Travel Far. Those who are suggesting that an annual encampment of the G. A. R. Is too often and likely to become an intolerable burden upon the large cities of the country should attend some of the reunions being held at this encampment, and if they did not change their minds they must be hard and sordid to a degree. The touching pathos with which the old soldier narrates or hears, as the case may be, the story of the demise of some old comrade; the delight, the wild joy that bursts from the lips and sparkles from the more eloquent eyes upon the recognition of com rades who have not met since being mustered out, or since being separated on a bloody field; the boisterous mirth, over the telling of an escapade, or the enthusiasm of fighting over old battles and describing thrilling scenos of heroism. It is all enough to make the blood course quickly through sluggish chan nels and send roseate hues into faces ren deredpallid by sickness or age. In very truth?%hen the old soldiers get together in these reunions trfey are again veritable boys, and they enjoy these gatherings more than one can tell or conceive. The ranks of the old soldiery are getting thin, and those that are left have not so many years in which to attend these laud able encampments, and he who would be grudge them this great enjoyment must be a heartless curmudgeon. Some of the reunions yesterday were well attended, but at others there were only the Scriptural two or three gathered together. Nevertheless, even in these great joy was in the midst. The small attendance of some of the reunions was attributed by some of those present to the idea that many did not know where to go, although guides containing the Information were distributed freely. These programmes can be obtained at the bureau of information, Mannheimer block, East Third street. Throughout the day there were many nota ble incidents which would do any one good to have witnessed. A lad came into Court Room No. 1 and asked if there was any one belonging to the Eighth Wisconsin. His father, he said, was unable to come, and he wanted some one to take a letter. His name, he explained, was Phiilbrick. "What!" shrieked a veteran, "you don't say you are old Billy's boy! Why, he was my bunk mate, my wife," and he took the lad's hand and fairly danced around him. He could not have shown more ex citement if the lad had been his own long lost son. Of course, questions as to his fath er's health and location rapidly followed, the soldier saying that, he had lost sight of his tent mate since '61. • • * "What's your name; Bates?" asked P. H. Ray, now locomotive engineer on the Omaha line. "I knew you, but, great Scott, you got slim since I saw you in '61," and the two entered into a vivid description of the capture of Col. Le Grange. \ J. P. Eldrldge, now of Poy Slpi. Wis., and W. W. Cotten, of Anandale, Minn., had not seen each other since being mustered out July 17, 1865. They were in the Twenty-ninth Wisconsin, and were bunk mates. Their rec ognition of each other came about in this wise: Cotten was telling about the good qualities of his captain, who did all he could for the boys, but when anytiiing "shady" was going on he would point to his shoulder straps and say "the honor of the regiment" One day the captain told Coten he had just had a drop of good brandy, of which the sutler had just got in a ten-gallon k°g Cot rfiJu BU£Sested "confiscating" the whole kog. The honor of the regiment," quoth the captain, touching his shoulder straps. "Yes, but you need not see or know," said Cotten. "You can turn yaur back and talk to your orderly, and I and my bunk mate will forage. The keg was "brought In." and did not find its way back to the sutler for three weeks after, and then there was no brandy in it. "And I wan that other fellow," called Eld redge. "What! Are you Eldredge?" "And are you Cotten?" and again two old comrades renewed the friendship of youth, which had been ce_ mented by hardship and danger. A FAMOUS POST. That of John A. Dlx, $88, Depart. ment of New York. There are famous Grand Army organiza tions attending the Thirtieth national en campment, but none more so than the John A. Dix Post No. 135, department of New iork. It occupies a unique and enviable po sition in the rr-illtary history of the Empire state, and in its personnel are a number ot noted characters conspicuous for the'r brav ery and self-sacrifice !n the War of the Re bellion. The post derived Its name from that illus trious character in American history who said: "If any one attempts to haul down the flag, shoot him on the spot!" With the Ilix post is Gen. Ira M. Hedgr-s past department commander of New York.' He is one of the leading merchants at Hav erstraw, his home, and is pres'dent ot the Firsn National bank. Ho has been a worker in the G. A. R. since its organization. Dur ing the war he waa appointed an officer for gallant conduct, tut refused the commission and bore his musket till the close of tho conflict 'n 1865. Gen. N. W. Day, another member, served from May, 1861, to August, 1865, in the Pen insula ermy, department of the Gulf. He waa under Sherman, and in the Shenandoah vailcy at Winchester he saved the line, being pub licly thanked on the field by Generals Sheri dan and Emory. Other members are: Ccl. C. Stockton Hal sted, Quartermaster Job Woodruff, aide-de camp on the' staff of the commander-in-chief; Col. Gilbert Adams. Col. William Kent. Col. George A. Price. Col. Charles Thorpe, Col. John Morris, Col. W. J. Butler, Col. Jacob White, Col. August Clauson, Capt. C. C. Wiley. Capt. W. W. Rider. Judge John Gibney, Col. Elijah Smith, Col. T. E. Wall.