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2 fIRGHBISHOP OF ST. PfIUL FRANK G. CARPENTER CHATS WITH THE GREAT CATHOLIC LEADER. THE ARCHBISHOP'S CAREER. HOW IRELAND LOST HIS FORTUNE AXD ST. PAIL A CATH EDRAL. Liberalism axd Christianity. THIO WORLD GROWING WORSE— A WORD ABOIT SCIENCE AND RELIGION. CATHOLIC CHIBCH AND BIBLE. American Pelltles nml What the Pope Think* of It— Hot Shot fur 2&el£iuley*« I'uxtur, (Copyrighted. 1597, "by Frank G. Carpenter.) For this, the Sunday of the Christ maa holidays, the day when we all stop for a few moments' thought dur ing the season of love and rejoicing, I cannot give a better letter than the de scription of an interview which I re ciutly had here with the Rev. John ]!■ lai d, th • famous Catholic archbishop of St. Paul. Archbishop Ireland is one of the most loved of tho public men of the I'ni'i . His face has a smile as sweet as that of Santa Claus, and there is an honest independence of character aboul him which charms nil who meet him. lie is the personffi cation of liberal Catholicism. He has preached temperance from thf pulpit, the lecture platform, and the ; fess, and lias again and again announced himself as against ;-tiy union of church ;ind slate. Mora than any otiu i ie •' siastic he has mi ■' kn >wn ; s a •> itri ot!c An ; ican. I !•• be!i< yes in ih reign of the ; ople ::■ d i; enthusiastic as to our p< ■ as ;: nation. He stands ■'cry closa to the pope, Leo XIII; and he i »• >i >■ '^ greal Int-erest In American Tiiatters is largely due to the influence of Ireland. CHAPLAIN [RELAND IN 1562. The archbishop was born In Ireland, but he bought the right to his Amerl <■:::: citizenship by fighting for the Union during the late war. In ISCI he s a v ung priest in Minnesota, hav \ng just finished his duration in the I seminaries of Europe. Aft , !■ the battle of BuU Run he offered his services as chaplain and was attached to tl)>- Eifth Minnes >ta regiment. The iij( pt of the members of this regiment A few price words — and the wonder grows when you fit the goods to the prices. 4i Cents A rourd for Pure Rendered Lard. 3 Cents A 1■ >n for 3-lb. cans cf Apple Butter while this lot lasts. 24 Cents A pound for the very best Creamery Eutter. \7 Cents A pound for gocd Dairy Table Butter. 26 Cents For ton-pound bags of perfect Buckwheat. This is not only pure, but pronounced by everybody just perfect who has used tt. $2.85 Per bag for Yer::a's Extra Patent Flour. Noth ing better can be produced no matter what the price. 6 Cents A can for good Corn. iO Cents A can for Fancy Sliced Peaches for cream in heavy syrup. IO Cents A pound for good, new Table Raisins In lay ers. -JTc a box for same. A very choice invoice of bright new Prunes Just received at: Good ones, per lb Cc Choice, ppr lb Sc Fine Quality, per 1b S»c Fancy, per lb 10c 10 Cents A pound for good Crushed Coffee. 12 Cents A pound for a fair quality roasted Rio Coffee. 15 Cents A pound for a choice Golden Rio Coffee fresh roasted. 17 Cents " A pound for the Hilo brand Coffee, a splendid blending of mild and sirong coffee. 22 Cents A p:iut:d for the Milo brand of Java and Maracaibo Coffee. 28 Cents A pound for the famous Hoffman House Cof fee. 25 Cents A pouud for good sweet, good strength Teas. Variety as you wish it. 35 Cents A pound for choice selected new crop Teas. The teas you pay CGc for elsewhere have to be fresh from the chest to equal these. 17 Cents A can for Johnson's Sliced Pineapples. BatavSa Goads. The demonstration of tills pack of fine fruits niid vegetables will st3rt up fresh Monday. Come and taste the-n;. They are the very fin est goods, and the prices are not high. Yerxa Bros, & Co, were Catholics, and young Father Ire land was the most popular man of the corps. He preached to the boys before and after the battle, and I have heard It said that the meTi would drop their cards and leave their games at any time to hear one of his sermons. He was not, however, contented with preaching. At times he went Into bat tle and fought with the men. This was the case at Corinth. The late John Arklns, editor of the Rocky Mountain News, who was in the fight, once told the story: "It was in the midst of that battle. The famous Texas brigade had made their desperate charge. The Con federates had succeeded in penetrating the Union lines. They had captured pome of the batteries and were pouring into the streets of Corinth. The gap in the lines was widening. More sol diers were rushing through. It looked as though the Confederates would soon attack Rosecrans' army in the rear, when the Fifth Minnesota regiment was ordered to the rescue to close the gap. They attempted to do so. They threw themselves like a whirlwind upon the enemy. With shot and bayonet they ruahed upon the advancing mass, pressing it back inch by inch until at last they retook the batteries which had been lost and almost succeeded in re-establishing the line at the point where it had been broken. Just at this AUCIIHISHOI* IKELAMJ. time, when the enemy were still crowd ing and fighting for the gap," the cry went out from the Union soldiers for more ammunition. Many of our boys had used up their forty rounds and were replenishing their cartridge box es from those of their dead comrades. It was then that, walking' amid Ul2 shit and shell, came a smooth-shaven, tall, angular young man In the dress of a chaplain. Upon his shoulder he cairied a heavy box, and as he walked along just back of the soldiers he yelled out from time to time: " 'Here are cartridges for you. boys. Here are more cartridges for you!' "And so he went along the line, the soldiers reaching back and grabbing th-e cartridges by the handfuls and then turning again with new ammuni tion upon the struggling enemy. And so through all that fight this smooth shaven chaplain moved back and forth carrying ammunition to the men to whom he had preached only a few nights before. He krpt it up until at last when the ever j, g shades began to fail ftie battle closed with a victory for the Union forces. Then it was dis covered that the brave chaplain was missing. Father Ireland, lor it was he who carried the cartridges to the men, could nowhere be found. The greatest concern prevailed, and -almost all thought that his bravery had cost him his life. There was an anxious search among the wounded, when in an im provised hospital on the outer edge of Corinth the young priest was found unhurt, but still at work speaking words of comfort and cheer to the wounded and the dying." FATHER IRELAND'S FUTURE. Such was the Father Ireland of 1862. He was only twenty-four years old then. He is fifty-nine years old today, and the thirty-five years which have gone by since the battle of Corinth have been years full of work for him. Every one knows his ecclesiastical la bors. Outside of this he has done great things for the country and his people. One of his schemes was to establish colonies in the unoccupied lands of Minnesota and Dakota in order to take care of the poor people of the tenement districts of the big Eastern cities and to save the emigrants from the tempta tions and dangers which are found in such quarters. He founded a number | of such settlements, and several thriv- ! ing little towns are due to his efforts, j Another gieat thing which he attemrt ed, but in which, through the panic, he failed, was the building of a magnifi cent cathedral here in St. Paul, and in connection with this a well endowed school. He expected to do this out of j his own means. He was a man of good i business ability, and his real estate in vestments a few years ago were such that I am told had he sold out at that time he would have been worth some thing less than $2,000,000. The hard times, however, made such a shrink- | age in real estate that suburban prop erty dropped from the value of several thousand dollars an acre to' almost I nothing, and the archbishop's wealth faded away under the shadow of the depressed money market. He had bor rowed upon his holdings in real estate about one-tenth of their value, but this tenth was hardly enough at forced sale ] to bring the amount of the debt, and I without there is a groat revival in real estate the archbishop will not be 1 able to regain the immense fortune he i had. TALK WITH THE ARCHBISHOP. The archbishop has a beautiful house about two miles from the center of the city. It was by telephone that we arranged for an appointment there, and later on I met him again in the pastor's house next to the cathedral in St. Paul. He was at first rather , averse to an interview for publication, but, as he grew interested in my ques tion's, his words came forth hot and fast, and I had trouble in holding them in all their meaning. At times the archbishop spoke slowly and medita tively, and again, as he warmed up to his subject, he arose and walked up and down the floor, giving me striking Ideas at the rate of 200 words per min ute. Throughout the talk I was struck with his evident earnestness and his high-spirited points of view. One of my first questions was as to whether we should ever have a universal or a THE JJAINT PAtti* &iOBI3: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1897. Vorld religion. The archbishop im plied: ■ , *I think we have suck a religion now. The world religion Is the jreli gfcm of Christ. It is baaed upon Christ yesterday, today and forever, cartst came down to the vorld as a divine ; teacher, and proposed His religion as one that was to la»t to the end of the worid, IX I did not believe that Christ was divine, I could, of course, dtec-oss : other religions. The Mosaic reHyiaa was divine, but its message was only to prepare the way for the religion ot Christ You might ask why it has not become more universal, why the world is not already altogether Chris tian. To that I say that what seems to us a long time may be only a mo ment in the mind of the Infinite God. The infinite cannot be judged by the finite, and in God's time I believe all the world will come unto him." LIBERALITY IN RELIGION. "But, your excellency, do you not think the world is becoming more lib eral in regard to religious matters?" ••Yes," was the reply, "but it 1b nec essary to state what liberality or lib eralism means. If it means the man is to give up or conceal what he real ly believes to be the truth, I do hope the world is not becoming more lib eral. If, on the other hand, it means that he has more respect for the con science of others, I hope and judge that the world is more liberal. .The Almighty judges men according to their lights and consciences. If men are absolutely sincere in their beliefs and actions, we must respect their sin cerity even as I believe God respects it. I think in this sense the world is far more liberal now than in the past. We are now willing to say that men may honestly differ from us in some things and be right in others. This is liberalism in the true sense, and I think it is important that It should exist to its fullest extent In our coun try. We Americans are made up of men of all beliefs, but we have so much in common in our family, social, state and business relations that it Is vital to our happiness that we respect one another. If we had not liberafism. of this kind we should soon have cha os. It is to our interest that we work together. We haye to help, trust and respect one another. It is due to this that we have a happy and united country, even though we are divided upon the lines of religion." "il" the world is growing more liberal, your excellency, I suppose you will also say it is growing better?" "Ah!" replied the archbishop, "as to that I don't know. The world is im proving in many ways, but in others it seems to me it is at a standstill, or worse. As far as material things go, we have made many steps in the ao vance. We accomplish more, we live better, and so far as man's own thought and works in a temporal and social way can persuade man to be good, the world is perhap§ better and stronger. But when it comes to ques tions of moral and social purity, per sonal integrity, the repression of pas sion and the possession of higher aim*, of life and citizenship, I do not know. Some of these things are on the decline. I believe the chief support of all of them is religion, and by religion I mean the strong belief in an all-power ful. Divine Ruler of the universe, and in rewards and punishments from the Ruler. When such religious faith de clines, the danger is that morals will also decline. I fear that there is sucn a decline going on now, though I hope it is only momentary." SCIENCE AND RELIGION. "Upon what especial lines do you notice the decline, your excellency?" "Chiefly along the lines of material ism and agnosticism," said the arch bishop. "And, of course, upon all lines which tend to take men away from *. belief in the divinity of God ana Christ. The further we get away from the conviction of a divine moral Ifu'er the further we get away from Christ:, and thereby lose in moral character and pure living." "Speaking of agnostics, your excel lency, are not the recent archaeological discoveries affecting the foundations of religion ?" "Yes. perhaps so, with the uninform ed and superficial. At first sight it seems to some that science does away with the need for a great God and as though the new discoveries weakened the effect of Christianity. This, how ever, is only with the superficial, ard I have no fear of the final result. Science only changes the date. It may, for instance, put a little further back, by secondary causes, the Great Creatoi, but no matter how far back it goes, c Remain In which to avail yourself of this > greatest of ali reduction sales in S Pianos and Organs. Oil January I ist this sale positively will close, j The opportunity of purchasing- a 5 guaranteed high-grade instrument > at such extraordinary low price J will be at an end. To neglect this < • chance is to have regret later, f Don't be one of the disappointed / ones. Only 525 down and SlO per i month. A handsonu scarf and J stool with every piano. c w, j, draTi bsolp Largest Muslcxl House ix the > Norllwes!. ) Wl-'-'3-2C-i7 West Fifth Street. Xcxl Postnffire. I the Creator nfl&l b* ■confessed Tak* the myoestion at the beginning of life upon the planet. Darwin, Haeckel an* others of that kind cannot answer it. j They will evolve other beings from those who preeeitea them, trot they tall to state where life began. Ttoere 4s : ©«3y ooe answer, it must have com* tram the 'supeTnatrrral. "As to these archaeological discover ies Whicli "hare l*d to so much Biblical criticism, not os£ fiss yet been -made "wtoidi 'upsets tbe BWle\ They may lead IMS to read stone farts of 6Tr* a little differently, so far as the Jils» tory Is concerned. But if we have read wrongly some historical part of the Scriptures this fs no indication that the Bible is wrong, arid especially that it is not a true guardian and teacher of faith and morals.** • CATHOLIC CHURCH AND BIBLE. "Then the Catholic church upholds the Bible in its entirety, does it not?" "The Catholic church has absolute confidence in Christ an-d the Bible, and it not only fearlessly challenges all discoveries, but It aids in them to the best of its ability, sure that one truth will never contradict another, that science will never contradict faith, that nature will never contradict revela tion. We are not afraid of the sci ences. Take the Catholic university at Washington. I don't think you will find any more advanced thinkers any where than we have there. Every thing upon earth is discussed there. Science at best ia limited in its Infor mation; it presupposes and points out the beyond which itself cannot attain, and it is far from the beyond that faith comes. But, of course, faith does not came to us as a mere dream or as a sentiment. It comes with its cre dentials to our reason and bases itself as Christ based it upon His miracles, upon the moral elevation of His doc trines and upon the moral elevation of that much of the world which He chose to be His." "Do you believe in missions, your excellency?" said I. "Yes, I do," was the reply. "I am a Christian, and Christ told us to teach all nations. Hence we have missions all over the globe." "But how about those whom the mis sionaries do not reach? Are they all damned?" I asked. "No, I think not," replied the arch bishop. "That never was and cannot be the doctrine of the church. The heathen is judged according to the light that is in him, as St. Paul de clared in his Epistle to the Romans. But it is the duty of the church to bring more light to the heathen, as it is the duty of the heathen to accept the light." CATHOLIC CHURCH AND POLI TIC.' "I hear it now and than charged, your excellency, that the Catholic* church wants to swallow up the Amer can government and control the state." "This is not true," replied the arch bishop. "The church has only the spir itual realm of aith and morals to deal with. The state has charge of temporal and political interests. The two are in altogether different spheres. The church is supreme in one, the state is supreme in the other. The church is not a temporal sovereign and never was. The pope is not a temporal sov ereign, and his temporal power over the - world at large has never been claimed. During the Middle ages, when all na tions were CathoJics, the pope by gen eral consent was looked ui:on as general arbiter even in temporal matters, but., he did not claim it as a divine or in herent right. He does not claim any thing of the kind today and does not want to hold any such position in Amer ican affairs. 1 douUt whether there is a more liberal man in the world today than Leo XIII. lam sure there is none who understands better the American people and loves and blesses the liberty which we have here. He has a strong admiration for a republican form of government and a very deep interest in our future as a : nation.. The pope is thoroughly in touch ivith the times and with the age of today. ' He believes in democracy as allied td good govern ' ment and is for everything that is good, true, and beautiful in modern progress." "Nevertheless, your excellency, there seems to be many who believe differ- , ontly. You remember the sermon wh'ch j one of the Washington preachers de livered before a congregation of which President McKinley was a member on Thanksgiving Day?" "Yes, I do." replied the archbishop. "He said, I think, that the 'chief dan gers for America were from rum, so cialism and Jesuitism.' That man was an ignoramus and thoroughly ill-bred. j He took advantage of a day of thanks ! giving, when all the country was think ! ing of peace, to insult 10,000,000 Arneri ! can voters, and in his ill-bred way tried ! i to take advantage of the presence of j I the president to commit, him to such a blunder. I have no patience with such small-minded men. 1 should say that the three great evils for America are rum, socialism 1 and bigotry, and in this I would not place bigotiy at the bottom." —Frank G. Carpenter. BETTER JAILED THAN BURNED. Philosophical H-llccHuii That May Console D. J. Shine Hereafter. D. J. Shine underwent the embar rassment of arraignment in the police court Christmas day, but, instead of lamenting this humil^ting circum stance, he has cause to be thankful that he is alive. The charge against ! Shine is drunkenness. At 4 o'clock i yesterday morning' he was found alone in a room at a lodging house at 373 Jackson. The bed was wrapped in ! flames, and, within a short time, j Shine would doubtless have been suf i focated or perhaps burned to death. 1 How he got into the room or in what I manner the fire started is something |of a mystery. Shine is unable to ex \ plain the matter, except to relate with ■ little clearness that he was taken to j the room by a stranger and left there. j He claims to know absolutely nothing j about the fire. William Smith, who i conducts the lodging house, claims to have known nothing of Shine's pres ence. He says he was aroused by a noise like the pounding on a door, and eventually discovered Shine laying on the floor of the room and the bed clothes burning. It is believed that Shine accidently started the fire while I looking for a lamp, in his intoxicated condition, by striking a match. He was released on $10 bail until Monday. THINK IT OVER. Dyer's Great Bona Fide, High-Grade, Saerilictng Piano Sale Will Be Over Jan. 1. Then the regular prices of these in siruments will have : to be restored. Hadn't you better make arrangements Ito secure one in time? The saving is an object to any W, no matter how wealthy. To the economical buyer, it is an opportunity not to be neglected. Never in the history af piano-seliing here has such an opportunity been of fered. A visit will convince you of this. Open evenings until Christmas. W. J. Dyer & Bro., 2^^23-25-27 West Fifth street, next postoffice. PAT O'REGAN A 8 -CHRISTMAS. He Wanted to Collect a Fee at the Cathedral Gallery. Patrick O' Regan is accused of work ing a unique scheme to l obtain money for a Christmas celebration. He is said to have stationed himself at the entrance to the g^allery'^of the cathe dral yesterday merning, and to have attempted to collect 15 cents from every one entering this part of the churcn for tha early morning mass. When Father Lawler learned of the man's actions, a policeman . was called, and O'Regan was arrested on the charge of disorderly conduct. He was arraigned in the municipal court, and the case continued until' tomorrow. • We call the attention of our readers to the special notice of The State Sav ings Bank under announces en/a. TO 00 UflTO OTHERS AS YOl" 1VOIL1) HATE THEM TO DO CWTO YOU, WAS THE SPffUT OF ST. NICHOLAS' NEW AGENT. IT tvAS" PONE 2IN THE NAME AND SENTIMENT" (£F THE GOLDEN RUL.EV ORPHAN HOMES AND HOSPITALS* Are Visited by a Knight Errant With n* Drayload of Christ mas Gifts. He didn't come In over the garden wall or down the chimney, or in any of the various ways in which Santa Claus traditionally makes his appearance, but he walked in the front door of the House of the Good Shepherd. And as his tally-ho, witti Seibert's band and a lone newspaper man, halted in front of that institution, the massive ramparts looming up in the December moonlight like a spectral shadow of some myth ical creation, the band struck up a "Hot Time," while Santa Claus, who had clambered up the stone steps, was greeted with a joyous chorus from the inmates: "Here comes Santa Claus, here he comes, make way for the old gent." All this demonstration of band, whiskers, furs and the two cases of Christmas presents which were carried in ahead, were the result of the gener osity of L. Elsinger & Co., of the Golden Rule department store, who not only provided all the inmates of that institution with a Christmas present, but each child in the three orphan asy lums in the city was remembered with an appropriate gift. As Santa Claus made his way down the spacious hall of the institution, towards the room where the little folks were assembled, the scene presented was certainly an inspiring one. On either side of his course were sisters, each alternate one holding a lighted railroad lantern, which, with the con trast in the garb of the Magdalen and Good Shepherd Sisters and the subdued colored lights hung from the ceiling, and the evidences of Christmas eve on every hand, with Santa Claus and his red fur-trimmed jacket in the center, made the scene a brilliant yet sombre one. On the right were thirty-eight sisters of the Good Shepherd, attired in their snow-white gowns, with black veils, each with a large silver heart suspended around her neck; on the left the Magdalens, whose attire was brown, with a black veil % and white hood, there being about forty of these, while some of the inmates of the insti tution occupied the background. The procession was led down the hall to the room, where twenty-six very small children were assembled, and they had a hearty greeting for "Old St. Nick," who made a neat little speech, in which he said he would come again just one year from last night, and urged them all to be good boys and girls. The distribution of presents followed, after the party left, but the expressions of delight on the faces of the young sters when Santa made the announce ment that he hed presents for all, be spoke the cheer which the occasion brought in to their little lives. One sweet little baby girl in this depart ment was peacefully sleeping in her little cradle when the party arrived, awoke ar.d looked around and crowed as happily as if she too knew all about Santa Claus and the happy sentiment of the Christmas tide. The band play ed a number of pieces, which was a rare treat to both sisters and inmates alike, both of whom were loud in their expression of gratitude to L. Elsinger & Co. The party remained in this de partment for some little time, old Santa Claus amusing the children in his characteristic way, for this Santa Claus was an adept, amusing both the sisters and children alike. The proces sion, led by the mother provincial, then marched down the long hall to the %\€Bt wing of the institution, where the party were reminded of the stern re ality of the institution. In a larpe room were assembled the inmates of what is known as the reformatory de partment. The party filed in and the band took seats on the platform, while the sisters of the two orders separated, each taking one side of the hall, while the girls and women stood up in orderly fashion, that is after the excitement caused by the arrival old Santa Claus had died down. As "the jolly old man" entered the reception he received was quite too much for him, the girls mak ing all kinds of "cracks" at his whis kers and gsneral appearance. "Look at the frozen beer on his spinach," said one chunky maiden who came forward and stroked Santa's beard softly, and many other expressions were made by th.> girls which quite took away Santa's dignity, and he really felt embarrassed at having so many pretty young ladies quiz him so. Santa, however, suffi ciently recovered himself to explain that the presents in the boxes were for th m which was received with expres sions of delight: for even thase, women as they were, who seldom had a sym pathetic feeling, were moved, and the vtry commendable effort of the Golden Rule to give the friendless ones of the city a merry Christmas was well re paid. The women of this department appreciated their presents quite as much as the little ones at the orphan asylum did. Santa was allowed to pro ceed with his speech. He had had lots of trouble of late, one of his reindeer got stuck in the ice, and he had to make the trip on a chainless safety, and the sisters would divide the pres ents after he left, as he was in a hurry. The band played "Happy Days" and "Home Sweet Home." af ter which they played "Hot Time" again, and immediately all the women in the room were in motion, and for five minutes they enjoyed themselves with "Danse I^a Fantastic," as they had not since last Christmas and pos sibly long before that. The first' num ber was a waltz, and the round of ap plause which followed induced the band to play another number, and this time it was a square dance. A fat little c'rl with a shrill voice did the calling, which was a whole show in Itself. The exercises in this department were soon over but the band and Santa Claus will long remain a fertile spot in the memory of the inmates. A.gain the procession of sisters ana band moved, this time into one of the parlors of the institution, where coffee was served by the sisters, after which Santa and his tally-ho party resumed their journey. At the Catholic orphan asylum on Carroll street. Santa Claus made a de cided hit. The little folks were watch ing for him in the parlors when hp came up the walk executing a little jig, and throwing kisses which sent the childrr-n into ecstacy. About fifty-three bright-eyed little folks were given presents, and sang a parting song for Santa Claus. At the Protestant orphan asylum, Santa was received In open arms by the children, who didn't do much to hi 3 whiskers. They climbed all over him. One little boy went up to one of the musicians and said "Are you one of Santa Claus' band players?" In the parlors of the institution was a bril liantly lighted Christmas tree. Santa made his little speech, and could hard ly tear himself away, but after he had taken farewell of all he mounted his We start in bright and early tomorrow morning to g-et ready for our annual inventory. The week will be devoted to cleaning- up every stock in the hous^. You know we are not in the habit of talking- "g-oods at cost," but the coming week will be an exception. Remnants of all sorts — broken lines of all sorts — all odd lots will be Sold at Cost And Less Than Cost in nearly all cases. It's merely a question of g-etting- the stock in shape for a larg-ely increased business next year. Profits are out of the question. All Holiday Goods Will Be Closed Out at a Discount of 25 Per Cent. When you consider that our reg-ular prices were lower than any others in town for equal qualities our discount of 25 per cent is equivalent to HALF-PRICE in any other store. This offering includes the following- lines: STERLING SILVER GOODS, FINE LEATHER OOODS, RICH CUT GLASS, BOHEMIAN GLASS, EBONY GOODS, TORTOISE SHELL GOODS, PARIS AND VIENNA FANS, FINE UHBRELLAS. Nothing- will be reserved. The choicest thing's in stock will all g-o at a discount of 25 per cent from lowest former prices. Remnants of Dress Goods. In the busy weeks just past there was no tini3 to pay any at tention to Remnants. The result is an accumulation of nearly a thousand Remnants of all kinds and all lengths. There are Remnants of Black Goods, Remnants of Plain Col ors, Remnants of Fancies, Remnants of Smooth and Roug-h Goods. The lengths run from 2 to 6 yards— useful for skirts, full dresses and children's dresses. We have taken a heavy lOSS on the entire lot and they are marked at prices which will be sure to make ever)' Remnant g-o before next Friday evening-. You'll find them on the center tables at 9 o'clock tomorrow. SILKS. REMNANTS. SILKS. The same thing- may be said of the Silk Stock. Hundreds of Remnants of our own g-ood qualities to be closed out at less than half-price. Two tables full of Silk Remnants and Waist lengths — hun dreds of styles in our reg-ular g-ood 40c, 59c, 6'Jc and 75c qualities will go on sale at 9:30 o'clock at 25 Cents 25 Gents 25 Gents the yard. The entire lot should be closed out before noon. At the same hour we will place on sale about 350 Remnants of our best Chang-eable Taffetas in leng-ths suitable for ruffles and facing-s, in a quality sold in New York for 85 cents. These AOn will g-o at T'Uu Good Natural Pong-ec Silks, only 10 Cents. Q\*/£*ll Plaiiic The third lot of those beautiful Piaids, f^)X™L™i!™™ Sold everywhere for $1.50, will go on sale tomorrow at the yard. They come with Satin bars and in Bayadere effects, in a grand assortment of beautiful styles. They're vastly different from the left-over styles which abound in the .town. Reductions in the Cloak Room. There is g-ping- to be lively selling- of Jackets and Capes before our annual inventory is taken. True, it's losing- money, but we have to take the bitter with the sweet. All our Jackets that were priced at 57.75, $8.75, $9.50 QP f|fj and $10.50 will g-o on sale tomorrow at ydj UU All our Jackets that were priced $13.50, $15.00, $17.50 QjfJ C\ft and $18.50 will g-o on sale tomorrow at vMUiUU Every Jacket in these lots is absolutely g-uaranteed as to style, material and finish. They come in black and colors. Equally important will be a sale of Silk Velour and Rain-Proof Seal Plush Capes, handsomely trimmed with jet and braid; collar and fronts are trimmed with fur. All are full silk-lined and inter lined. Former prices were $14.50, $16,50 and $17.50. (jjjn flfl Reduction sale price tomorrow OjUj UU Our Lining Leaders. With Dress Patterns at half price, and best Linings like this, surely Dress Goods buying is easy here. Very best French Hair Cloth, *| soft finish, black and gray. All £\Q you want tomorrow for Fine Silk-Finished Rustle Taffeta, black and colors, full yard wide. | A All you want tomorrow iflC for Fast Black Percaline: The 21c quality for 12 1 ,4 c. The 15c quality for 10c. Best 15c Silesia, in all colors, to morrow only, for 10c. The best Kid Finish Lining Cam bric in America, at any price, >j black and colors, tomorrow, one £Q day only Mail Orders Will get the benefit of all special prices and reductions. ißld,sci)!ick&Co, SX. PAUL conveyance and was whirled off with a jingle of sleigh bells and band music. The next call was made at the St. Joseph's orphan asylum on Ninth street. Santa entered first wiih his box of presents, followed by the rest «;f the party, while the band played a serenade for the children. Judgir.s from the giggles and snickers which escaped the children upon Santa's en trance to the assembly room, they were in an excited state of joyous expecta tion. About ninety children were in this school, and they sang a number nf pretty Christmas songs, and tfcaoked Santa Claus heartily for his presents. Winter Underwear. We didn't have time to get out a lengthy advertisement. There's going" to be a big" clearing 1 sale in this department, too, and these few quotations will show how prices will run: $5.00 "Portage" Suits for $4.25. $5.25 "Portage" Suits for 54.50. 53. 00 "Munsing" Suits for $2.50. $2.00 "Munsing" Suits for $1.40. $2.25 "Norfolk and New Bruns wick" Vests and Pants for $1.85. $1.25 Imported Vests for $1.00. Half-wool ribbed Merino Vesta for 45 cents. Standard Paper Patterns are being 1 found out. Sales grow steadily day by day. They're best, newest, cheapest. Price-;, 5 cents to 25 cents. Why pay more? January Patterns and Publications now on sale. Field, Sohiick& Go. ST. PAUL. and the party was on the m< \ •■ a^.-iii). In the neighborhood at ■'■;•) presents were distributed daring the evening; From v»"in(vr*!» Blunt* to Summer** Sum I The route is a short and pleasant one. (specially the Pennsylvania short Ldnea from Chicago union station through ! Louisville a::<l t lir< >ntrh Cincinnati to ; Fl.rida and resartß In the Sooth Net* j sea doles have (pilckeaed the tiirougli i tlmr. Fur further Information address J H. R. Dcring. A. GL P. A«t., 24S South i dark street, Chiuaso.