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PIONEER RAILROAD DAYS.
"Charles H. Sherman, who died at
Dunkirk, N. V., the other day," said
a veteran railroad man, "was the en
gineer who took into Dunkirk the first
passenger train that ran through from
the Hudson River to Lake Erie on the
Liirie Railroad—the first train that ever
made the trip between tidewater and
the lakes on any railroad. It was one
section of an excursion train that left
Piermont, then the eastern terminus of
the Erie, on May 14, 1851, to celebrate
the opening- of the railroad that had
been nearly twenty years in building.
That Bed tion of the pioneer through
train carried the most distinguished
]>arty that ever got together on a rail
road train before or since. In it were
Millard Fillmore, President of the
I'nited States, and his Cabinet, includ
ing Daniel Webster and John J. Crit
t'-nden; Sicphen A. Douglas, William H.
Seward, Hamilton Fish, ex-Governor
Marcy, Daniel S. Dickinson. Charles
O'Cotior. and six carloads of others,
Judges, statesmen, journalists, all men
Of great fame in that day. Daniel
Webster rode much of the time sit
ting in a big easy rocking chair
placed on a flat car as an observation
ear, 'so he could see the country,' he
paid. The trams were in charge of the
officers and Board of Directors of the
railroad company, among whom were
"William EL Dodge, Marshall O. Rob
erts, Sheppard Knappe, John J. Phelps
ixnd Charles M. Leupp, Benjamin Lod
«-r being- President of the company.
l>odsworth's famous band accompan
ied, the excursion. Gad Lyman was the
engineer of the first train out of Pier
mont and Captain Henry Ayers the
Gotktuctor. The engine of the second
•train was In charge of Onderdonk Mer-
I itt and the conductor was W. H. Stew
tirt. The trains ran to Elmira the fust
day. On the next day they ran to
Dunkirk. At Homellsville, Charles H.
Sherman took charge of the first train
us engineer and W. D. Hall of the sec
ond. That part of the road was en
tirely new, and a locomotive was run
it short distance behind the second ex
cursion train to be on hand to help
In case of a breakdown. Thi3 locomo
tive was in charge of W. A. Kimball.
The first train was preceded by anoth
er locomotive run by H. G. Brooks,
then an engineer In the employ of the
Erie. That locomotive was the first
one that ever sounded a whistle on the
shore of Lake Erie west of Buffalo.
Brooks, then an engineer on the Bos
ion and Maine Railroad, was hired by
tbe Erie to fetch the locomotive from
Boston. It was carried on a vessel
from that city to New York, where it
was loaded on an Erie Canal boat and
transported to Buffalo. From there it
■was taken on a Lake Erie steamboat to
Dunkirk. Brooks set it up on the Erie
track at that place in November, 1850.
It was the pioneer locomotive of the
western end of the Erie Railroad and
was named the Dunkirk. Brooks re
mained with the Erie. He became Su
perintendent of the Western Division
and Master Mechanic He left the road
In lMi9, and founded the Brooks Loco
motive Works at Dunkirk.
"Brooks, Sherman, Kimball, Hall and
many others were all brought from the
Boston and Maine Railroad by Charles
Minot, General Superintendent of the
Erie, who was himself a graduate of
the Boston and Maine. He was a son
Of Judge Minot of the Massachusetts
Supreme Court. He was the first to
use the system of running trains by
telegraphic orders, which he did on the
Hrie in the fall of 188 L Sherman, the
veteran engineer, who died the other
day, was 78 years old. Kimball is
Hill living at Homesville. Hall is at
Hatavia, N. V., where he is running a
switch engine on the New York Central
Kail road. They, with Sam Yaples of
Homesville, are the last of the pio
besr engineers of the Erie that came on
the road with Charles Minot, nearly
fifty years ago.
"W. 11. Stewart, the conductor who
started fre>m Piermont with one sec
tion of the great excursion train, Ls
living at Waverly, N. V.. at the age of
86. He b. gan as conductor on the
Erie in November. 1802, when the rail
road was only fifty mile?s long, and
had been In operation but little more
than a y»ar. This was between Pier
mont ar.d Goshen. Three conductors
w re then all the business of the Erie
required. Stewart was the third in
the service, Eben B. Worden having
been the first conductor to run a regu
lar train on the Erie, and Henry Aye>rs
the second. Worden did all the work
<>f the road from its opening In Sep
tember, 1841. until October, 1842, when
Ayers was added to the service, Stew
art following him two weeks later.
There we-re no such things as cabooses
on freight trains in, those days, nor
< abs to the engines. The conductors
had to ride on the locomotives. There
was n> protection from snow or rain.
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It was not an uncommon thing to see
the engineer and conductor covered
with ice. There were only two ticket
offices en the Erie, at Goshen and Ches
ter. The conductor was provided with
tickets for each station on the road,
a square tin box to carry them in, and
a bag containing $10 in small coins
and bills. This was carried in the box,
and was the conductor's capital for
the day. It was to make change with
when passengei-s offered money larger
than the amount charged. The tin
box and its contents were delivered at
one end of the run to the general tick
et agent at Piermont. This was Hen
ry S. Fitch, Erie's first general pas
senger agent, still living at Jersey City.
The account was balanced with the
conductor and the box returned to him
with £10 in the bag again for use on
the return trip. All tickets for New
York were collected on the steamboat.
"Conduc tors Ayers and Stewart w T ere
selected to run the first and second
sections of the great through excur
sion train in 1851 as far as Elmira.
At that place Conductor C. W. Rob
inson was to take the first section and
Conductor A. N. Chapin the second
section, and run them to Dunkirk. The
train lay all night at Elmira, and
everything was •wide open.' Things
were whooped up all night long, and
Conductor Robinson, carried away by
the universal good cheer, was not feel
ing in shape to take charge of his train
next morning. General Superintendent
Minot put Conductor Stewart in charge
of section one of the train, and so he
ran all the way from Piermon to Dun
kirk, and thus became the first con
ductor to make the through trip on
the Erie, and on the first through train,
a distinction of which he is very proud
in his old age.
"This dean of the now wide frater
nity of railroad conductors also ran the
first train that was ever run on tele
graphic order. This was in the fall of
185 L L'p to that time the trains on
the road were run on the time interval
syste>m. The track was single, and at
convenient sidings along the line a
train going in one direction would wait
ten minutes for a train coming in the
opposite direction. Eastbound trains
had the right of w ay, but lost it if they
were ten minutes late, in reaching a
turn out or waiting station, and they
must then take a siding and wait for
the westbound train to pass. Stewart
was running the westbound express.
His engineer was Isaac Lewis. Super
intendent Minot was on the train on
this particular day. At Turner's sta
tion it was to wait for the eastbound
express to pass. The Erie telegraph
line had then but recently been put in
operation, and it was a mystery to the
old railroad men. Superintendent Mi
not was a telegraph operator. When
the westbound express arrived at Turn
er's, Minot telegraphed to the operator
at Goshen asking him whether the east
bound train had left that station. The
answer was that the train had not ar
rived at that station yet, showing that
it was much behind its time. Superin
tendent Minot then wrote and handed
to Conductor Stewart, the first one
ever written, an order to run his train
to Goshen regardless of the train com
ing east. Tin- conductor took the ord
er, and handing it to his engineer, told
him to go ahead. The engineer read
the order, and passing it back to Stew
art, exclaimed:
" 'Do you take me for a damn fool?
I won"t run by that thing!'
••Conductor Stewart reported to the
Superintendent* who went forward and
used his authority on Engineer Lewis,
but without avail. Minot then climbed
into the cab and took charge of the lo
comotive himselj, Lewis jumped off and
got in the rear seat of the rear car.
The Superintendent ran the train to
Goshen. The other train not having
reached that point yet, he inquire*! for
it at Middle-town. It was not there.
He ran to Middletown, and so on to
Port Jervis, where the eastbound train
entered the yard from the west as the
other went in from the east. An hour
had been saved to the westbound ex-
I r ss, and the telegraphic system of
running trains was adopted at once
on the Erie, and it soon became univer
sal.
"The running of the great excursion
train over the Erie in ISSI was big
with results to one individual's future-.
At Paterson there were two locomotive
builders who were intense rivals —
Rogers ar.d Swinburn. Rogers had the
greater reputation, and had made many
'■ > • -motives for the Erie, but Swinburn
had furnished some also. Two of the
famous engineers of the Erie in that
day were Gad Lyman and Josh Mar
tin. Lyman ran between Port Jet via
and I'iermont, and Martin between
Port Jervis and Binghamton, the road
having been opened to that place in
l v l'.'. In October, 1850, Swinburn de
livered to the Erie a new locomotive,
famous now as the 'old 71,' and En
gineer Martin was anxious to have it
on his run. It was given to Gad Ly
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man, however, although he was partial
to the Rogers make of engines. He
used the locomotive a few months, and
reported that he could not make time
with it. It was condemned and put
in service on a gravel train. This was
a great blow to Swinburn, for he had
a large order for locomotives from the
Erie. John Martin at last got permis
sion to try the condemned 71. Swin
burn took it back to the shop, over
hauled it, and found nothing amiss.
Martin took the locomotive on his run
and made his time with it on the
crooked Delaware Division easier than
with any locomotive he had ever run.
He had run the 71 but a few weeks
when the great event of opening the
toad to Dunkirk was at hand.
' After Gad Lyman abandoned the
Swinburn engine he was placed in
charge of a Rogers locomotive, the 100,
and in May, 1851, he was notified that
he was to run the firs* section of the
grand opendng excursion train from
I'iermont. When the day came his fa
vorite Rogers engine was attached to
the train, but before they had arrived
at Suniern the locomotive was "stuck,"
and it was necessary to push the train
with the locomotive of the second sec
tion. The consequence was that they
arrived at Middletown, only fifty-three
miles on the way, nearly an hour late.
At Middletown Superintendent Minot
telegraphed to the agent at Port Jervls
to have John Martin ready with his
Swinburn engine on the arrival of the
train at that section to take the first
section on its way. Josh was there
and took the train out. It was de
clared by old railroaders to this day
that a train has never been run over
the Delaware Divisiion of the Erie at
such speed. The distance between Port
Jervls and Narrowsburg is thirty-four
miles, and the run was made in thirty
five minutes according to the testi
mony on record of the conductor, en
gineer and several passengers. The
officers of the company who were
aboard the train were astounded. The
passengers were alarmed, and many of
them begged the conductor, 'Poppy'
Ayers, to stop the train and let them
off. Martin landed the train at Sus
quehanna, after many stops in the Del
aware Valley, for Webster and others
to make speeches to the people that
thronged the way, almost on schedule
time, having overcome nearly an hour's
delinquency in time. He made Swin
burn's fortune that day, for no more lo
comotives of that make were ever con
demned on the Erie Railroad. The
railroad company gave Martin a hand
some gold watch, which he carried until
the day of his death."—New York Sun.
Englishmen and the Letter "H."
The question is asked by "An Eng
lishman," "Why is it that English peo
ple are such sinners in respect to the
improper use of the letter 'h'?" The
writer goes on to say that the Scotch.
Irish and Americans are not given to
this faultiness in speech.
I believe philologists attribute the
frequent disrespect with which the let
ter, "whispered in heaven and mut
tered in hell," Is treated is largely due
to the influence of the French language
on our own, and especially upon those
of the English-speaking race who live
In England itself. As every one knows,
the "h" is not aspirated in the Fernch
language, which was until the Middle
Ages largely used in this country.
Then, for almost centuries at a time,
in the days of the Plantagenets, our
English soldiers, who were wandering
about France, became, naturally
enough, affected by its people's man
ner of speech, and returned to their
own country to infect their families
and acquaintances with the same in
fluences which go to determine method
of pronunciation. And at that time it
was really an English—not British—
army which did the bulk of the fight
ing.
Again, from time to time various
quarters of England have been used
as settlements for French refugees-—
the Huguenots, for example — and
French prisoners. Even so late as the
beginning of the present century, when
we were in a chronic state of warfare
with Napoleon Bonaparte, great num
bers of Frenchmen settled, as prisoners
on parole, in England — the southern
and midland counties especially, which,
as we know, are the districts in which
the aspirate Is least observed.
Scotland, Ireland and Wales were not
under these same influences, their
greater distance from the Continent be
ing one of the reasons.
But the constant "h" dropping among
the working classes in England to-day
is, I am sure, largely due to the fact
that the worklngman who persists in
speaking of his horse, his house and
his home, instead of his 'orse, 'ouse
and V»me, is regarded by his compan
ions as a pedant, and one who "puts
side on." I have often noticed that
domestic servants are quite accurate
or nearly so in the use of the aspirate
when speaking to their mistresses, etc.,
while, once back again in the kitchen
among their fellows, there ceases to
be an "h" in their composition.—Tit-
Bits.
Stimulating Fishing.
Away back in the days of ancient
Egypt laws were passed and social reg
ulations were made for the purpose
of stimulating and developing the fish
eries. At tne period the law compelled
I h Egyptian nr>t a priest to eat a
fried fish publicly before the door of his
house on the ninth day of the first
month. The priests were allowed to
consume the fish by fire instead of
eating it. Throughout the Middle Ages
the demand for fish was greatly aug
mented by the numerous imperative
Casts fixed by the church.
j The British Parliament passed an
I Act in I.~>lS imposing heavy penalties
jon persons ronvic ted of eating llesh on
; fish days, and in 1563 an Act was
i passed providing that "for the main
! temence of shipping, the increase of
! fishermen and mariners, and for the
sparine of the fresh victuals of the
! realm, it shall ne.t be lawful for any
one to eat llesh Wednesdays and Sat
urdays unless under the forfeiture of
£.1 for each offense." One hundred
years later Charles 11. Issued a procla
mation for the strict of o!>servance of
i Lent, giving as one reason the effect
iof such observance on the Batteries and
j the good that it produced in the em
ployment e>f fishermen. The greatest
stimulus that the fishing industry ever
• received was in consequence of the dis
covery of the Newfoundland fisheries]
in the latter part of the fifteenth cen
tury.
; Soon after the outbreak of tho Rev
ototlonary War the British Parliament,
in the hope of Starving New England
into submission. pa.sseel an Act to de
prive the Colonies of the right of fish
ing on the banks of Newfoundland
The bOBtllttl«n which soon followed
practically destroyed the fisheries. —
N«\v York Times.
Higher Rank.
Mr*;. Klondike—Why art- you leaving:,
Bridget? 800 -thing private?
Bridget—No, mum; D»l gift Iff
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take l.avuuv.' I'.romo QaiallM Tlhlfln All drtiz-
r'-iuiiii ih. 11. .:,•.•> If H tail* u> cute, -jc. Tne
geuuiuu lias L. B. y. on each tabid.
Weinstock, Lubin <$ Co., 400-4/2 X St., Sacramento-
jWe Offer
jTo=day
jJackets and
jCapes,
js3 97 and $5.
' With the opening of business
(this morning the following goods
'will be placed on the counters in
lour Cloak Department:
i LOT I—Will consist of heavy
.black Boucle Cloth Jackets, lined
1 throughout with good quality
j black Rhadame satin. Stylish flare
1 collar, double stitched seams and an
'exceptionally well-made garment.
.The best value offered this season.
'We have all sizes and can tit you
I perfectly.
! ' E£ y sss 00.
LOT 2 —Also fine quality black
l Kersey Cloth Capes, handsome
'ornamental strap trimmings, in-
I laid velvet collars, double box
'plait back. Weil finished through
out and worth $6 in a regular way.
' To-day's l£Q Q*7
' Price, 0d JI 1
I Advance
j Notice.
j Flannelettes, sc.
Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock
Iwe shall place on our counters
'winter Flannelettes, soft, fleecy
'nap and splendid patterns, includ
ing pink and blue stripes.
While the price of 5c yard is not
lan unusual one, the quality of the
goods is decidedly so, the regular
value of Princess Flannelettes be
ing 9c yard.
Boys' Wool Hose, 25c.
Not the kind that will wear out
soon, but made purposely to avoid
that. Good strong yarn and wo
ven with merino heels and toes.
They will keep your boys' feet
warm, and boys with warm feet
are not likely to take cold. For 6
to 12 years, 25c.
Weinstoch, Lubin <$ Co., 400-4/2 X St., Sacramento.
McSWAT S FRONT DOOR.
An Earnest Conversation Between
Billiger and Lobelia.
"I tell you I locked that front door
myself! I know I locked it!" The
voice of Mr. McSwat was stern, high
pitched, and menacing.
"You were the last to go to bed,
weren't you?" demanded Mrs. Mc-
Swat.
"I was."
"And you locked the door, did you?"
"Once more I toll you I did."'
"Sure of it, are you?"
"How many more times have I got
to tell you I locked that door the last
thing before I started up stairs?"
"Well, I found it unlocked this morn
ing."
"I can't help that, madam."
"I have no doubt, Billiger," said
Mrs. McSwat, with a praiseworthy at
tempt to say it soothingly, "that you
think you locked It, but the fact re-
"
"The fact remains exactly as it was
before," he roared. "I don't think
anything about it. T know It."
"Did you come down stairs in the
night and unlock it?"
"I am not in the habit of walking in
!my sleep."
"I am not asking JTW about your
habits. Did you come down in the
night and unlock that front door?"
"I did not."
"Well, I was the first one to come
down fhis morning, and I found the
: door unlocked. How do you explain
I that, Billiger?"
"I don't explain it at all. See here.
■Lobelia! Are you try ing to make me
out a liar?"
"1 am not trying to make you out
anything. All that I am trying to do is
to get at tho facts."
"What difference does it make, I
should like to know?"
"No difference, only I should like to
find out "
"Do you find the house upside down?
Has anything been stolen?"
"No. Then* isn't a sign that any
body ha.s boon In th rt house. That's
what makes it so hard to understand."
"Don't try to understand It. Let the
it go."
"Put "
"Has it occurred to you that perhaps
you didn't find that door unlocked
when you came down stairs?"
"Do you think I don't know when T
find a door unlocked? Be a little care
ful how you "
"I have no doubt. Lobelia you think
\ you found that door unlocked, but the
fact remains that just before I went
up stairs I "
"The fact remains just exactly as T
said it did. See here* Billiger, are you
trying to make me out. a liar?"
"I am not trying to make out any
, thing. I am only defending myself
against an implied charge of falsehood.
\ When I lock a door I know it. You
have got into a chronic way of con
tradicting everything I say. When I
tell you. Tx>belia» that it thundered
' and lightened in + he night T presume
you will try to find some excuse for
disputing it."
"Last night?"
"Yes."
"Do you mean to toll me that It thun
dered and lightened last night?"
"1 certainly do."
"Weft, I certainly do not believe
that."
"You don't"" snorted Mr. McSwat.
"Win you picas** give me**—bare h»
1 •••came desreratelv calm —"some sane.
j decent, respectable reason for not be
lievirg It?"
"Certainly, Billiger," responded Mrs.
Inexpensive
but Very Desirable.
At our dress goods counters is
perhaps the largest line of assort
ed plaids ever shown by us. The
prices are certainly right, com
mencing as low as 12k and includ
ing very effective styles up to 25c
yard. Roth dark and bright pat
terns can be had at these prices.
I
IColored flohair
Suitings, 25c.
A dress pattern for $2 25 is cer
tainly low enough in price, but
we can surprise you with the styles
and value we are selling in col
ored mohair figured suitings in
red and black, brown and black,
navy and black and green and
black, at 25c yard.
Trimmed Mats
for Young People.
"Children's Day" in our Mil
linery Department was a decided
success. Mothers in goodly num
bers rttended all day long with the
young folks, and our special value
Trimmed "elt Hats at $1 48 prov
ed a source of great pleasure to
our many little visitors. We shall
continue to display many new
styles this week at $1 48, as well
as a complete line of tarns, Na
poleons and pretty head wear.
A sample line of new Tarn
O'Shanter Hats for girls was plac
ed on sale yesterday at 50c, 75c
and $1.
Spanish Cogue
Feathers, 90c.
Long Spanish Cogue Feathers,
the favorite millinery trimming,
can now be had in our Millinery
Department at 90c each.
Also a new lot of handsome
pure white birds at 50c each.
McSwat, with her accustomed sweet
ness. "I refuse to believe that it thun
dered and lightened last night because
I w as awake at the time "
"Well?"
"And I know it lightened and thun
dered."
Whereupon Billiger went up into the
garret and made loud, profane re
marks to the dust-covered, moth-eaten
garments that hung from nails in the
rafters, looking wan and ghost-like in
the gray, gloomy twilight of the early
morning.—Chicago Tribune,
Political Photography.
"I guess," said the Congressman, as
he entered the photograph studio, - that
I'd better let you take these back at.d
try it over again."
"Didn't your photographs please
you?" asked tbe young woman behind
the showcase.
"Yea. Tin y pleased me first rate."
"The likeness is remarkably good," she
commented, as she held one out at
arm's length.
"It is. If the resemblance weren't
quite so strong I might have kept them
for my family and myself to look at.
We'd have told the neighbors it was
somebody else, and have made them
believe it. But there would be no use
in trying to deceive them with thai
picture."
"What is it you object to?"
"The surroundings."
"But this is one of the most popular
backgrounds in our gallery. Everybody
understands that such tilings are only
painted oh canvas."
"No," was the reply, "everybody
doesn't understand 'ft. I wouldn't have
one of them pictures get into the hands
of the opposition just before election
for $10,000. You'll have to give me
some pictures with another background,
even if I pay for having it painted to
order. Look where you have me!
Seated on a plush armchair, in halls of
Byzantine architecture, with a garden
of palms in the background! It won't
do. What I'll have to have fs a per
spective showing a barn and a hay
wagon, with a hired man in the middle
distance, while I stand in the fore
ground, with an earnest expression on
my face, as if I were telling him exact
ly what we must do if we expect to
save the country-"—Washington Star.
While Skies Are Fair.
Cherish these warm October days;
Bask in this wealth of golden haze;
For when these baimy hour* are clone
Y'ou'll have to buy heat by the ton.
—Detroit Free Pn ss.
OTT'S LIVER PILLS. S& S? £
piclity of the liver, sick headache. bi]ous
nesa, constipation, gravel, etc Never
gripe or sicken, nor leave one constipat
ed. Price. Sc.
FRANCIS B. OTT,
Manufacturing Druggist.
KM X Street. South Side Second and X
Streets, bacraonento. Cal.
Cotton Uppers,
Wool Feet.
Women's Fine Guage Black
Cotton Hose, with the feet made
of cashmere wool. Just light
enough not to be tilling to the
shoe, yet warm and comfortable.
Price 35c pair.
About Wool Hosiery.
The reason some women do not
wear wool hosiery (notwith
standing that they suiter from
cold feet) is because they look
upon wool as being coarse aud
heavy.
We have a hose made of cash
mere wool which is soft and pleas
ant to the touch, light in weight
as au ordinary cotton stocking
and so superior in quality that you
I would think it silk. Price 75c and
$1 pair.
We have other cashmere wool
hose of which we sell largely at
50c pair, but these are heavier in
weight and not of so select a qual
ity.
Also a kind intended to be worn
with heavy shoes, priced at 25c
pair. Of the kind there are none
better.
Wool stockings for babies are
healthful because they absorb
j moisture and keep the feet warm.
At 25c pair we show a closely
ribbed yet very elastic hose in
colors, pink, bine, tan, black or
white. We also have a very su
perior quality of cashmere wool
at 40c pair.
P»» #M> -■-'- -ZJ
riechanical
Toys, 25c and 50c.
In that world of toys (located
for the holiday season in the room
adjoining the Carpet Department)
| you will find a lot of imported nov
| cities or mechanical toys at prices
about one-quarter less than even
we have ever been able to place
!on them before.
There are little acrobats, down
1 and dog, bicycle rider, bird in
; cage, jumping monkey and many
j others at 25c and 50c.
t SPECIAL SALE ♦
♦ ♦
t All=wool t
I Dress Goods. J
T TO-DAY t
f ♦
4> We will offer to tlie ladies of
Sacramento and vicinity a tine T
I line of All-wool Dress Goods at ■
a great discount, showing y
i many different and distinct ♦
f weaves. ♦
f At 220 f
♦ ALL-WOOL 4>
I ASSABIET SUITINGS
36 In. wide, in red, mixed tans .
♦ and grays, navy blue, new blu« Ay
and cadet blue; also, all-wool i
♦ mixtures and cheviots; worth 4.
35c.
♦ ♦
4» At 35c i
T ALL-WOOL
♦ PIEROLA SUITINGS ♦
♦ Black ground, fancy figures. S8
in. wide. Having a large stock T
♦ of these fabrics on hand, will A
close them out at 35c; worth 50c. T
♦ ♦
At SOc +
j ALL-WOOL
♦ NOVELTY SUITINGS ♦
Ay Changeable and two-ton© ef- 4,
f- cts, raised patterns, 40 in. wide, y
4> Th -se are entirely new goods A
and we claim they are the best T
•> in the city at sue per yard.
♦ At 75c f
♦ TWINE CLOTH and *
TWO-TONE PIEROLA
42 in. wide Two-tone Satin. 40 j
♦ in. wide All-Wool Poplins. 38 in. i
wide in ell the new shades in T
♦ Serges, Cashmeres, etc. i
<► t
T At $1 to $2 ♦
♦ DRAP D'ETE. i
I STORM SERGES, SATINETS
Clay Worsted and Costume ,
Cioths. 46 to 54 in. wide. We are X
Showing a great variety. We T
ohaUenge comparison anywhere. X
: b. Wilson & c 0.,:
♦ 601 J STREET. I
j
Rfllfis! WAR
In time of peace prepare for war.
It should be so with the farmers —
in time of rain prepare for plow
ing. We have all kinds of Har
ness, Sweat Pads and Horse Goods
from the lowest to the best, and in
such quantities and selections as
will suit you all. Our Plow Har
ness run from $15 to $25, and they
are guaranteed at STOLL/S Sad
dlery, Harness, Shoe Finding anc
Leather Store.
STOLL -^BUILDING,
Sacramento, Cal*
To-morrow. 9:30,
Laird, ;
Schober & Co.'s ,
Women's Shoes. ,
Friday morning at 9:30 we shall
offer Women's Fine Shoes oi the'
celebrated Laird, Schober & Co.'s |
make. These shoes came from S.
Rummelsburg & Co. of Redding,|
who will not keep such fine goods
hereafter and who in order to get
rid of the stock on hand sold to
us at a heavy discount.
LOT t—The best of the Laird,
Schober & Co.'s fine kid shoes for
women, kid and cloth tops in vari
ous styles of toes, with patent
leather tips. These goods were
retailed by S. Rummelsburg & Co.
r.t $5 and $6 pair.
Friday's <J| QC
Price, Q| JJ
LOT 2 —Chieily plain toe shoes
for women aud of Laird, Schober
& Co.'s make. First class quality
but on account of the plain toes a
very low price is named.
HS* 85C
LOT 3 —To the above sale we
shall add a new lot of Wo
men's Black Kid Button
Shoes. They were made ex
pressly for us and our name
stamped on every pair. The man
ufacturer, however, made a mis
take and sent coin (narrow round
ing) toes instead of square toes
ordered. Rather than have the
shoes shipped back to him he
made a liberal allowance, of which
you will get the benefit Friday.
These are stylish, up-to-date
shoes, with patent leather tips and 1
telling value at
Friday's tfjj IJQ
Price, 01 LL
i Every man is odd, but we can fit him. i
• 2 i
I Great \
I Specials \
• AT..... ij
• i
I 40c j
• •
• Fancy Percale Bosom •
• Shirts with white bodies. "•
J Six different styles, neat •
J patterns. Well worth 75 •
• cents. .
• i
I AT *
• •
l 75c j
• .
• Regular $1 Derby
• Ribbed Wool Undershirts *•
• and Drawers —bought un- •
• der price, sold under price. •
c •
• Of»P m.Mr* / „*
We will «end yon a five lo) day trial
fyr aj e> aj fl treatment of the French Kerned-
F Bltlß CALTHOS <«• «'. «• BD and
■ J8 a ;f k al guarantee that OjllthOS wi!i
m/PK M PTOP r»l.i S»rgfi an.l f m1..10n.
A • 'lii ■•J ClTKKf»|>eriiiaCoiThea. Varicocele,
6%" Viyfli ,nd KKBTORE Vigor.
It costs you nothing to try It.
I VOrWoh'CO. 437 B S»lH»wtta»AtU.CU«laiiatl.O.
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES
I Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the fert. It cur«s
' jmiiitn!, swollen, smarting frpt and instantly tak- s
i tiie stinit out of corns and bunions. It's the greate-1
comfort di-i'Overy of the ug". Allea's Foot-Ea m
! makes tisrht-flttirti* or newsht.es feet easy. It i* :i
tvrtain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired an 1
a.'nine fret. Try it to-day. Sold by druggists and
Mice stores. By mail for 2>c tn stamps. Trial pack.
aj;e FKEE. Address Alien ti. uliusted, Le Hoy, N. V.
| !For ttt<z Beat
i La.ixn.ciry "Work
GO TO TUB—
| American Steam Laundry
i f Ladies Who Value
J A refined complexion mast use Pozzoni's Fow-
I Lder. It produces a soft and beautiful skin. ,