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Pioneers of Low Prices,
December 25th Is
Xmas Day.
Of course, wc all know that ; we also know *
that most people wait till It is practically
too late to make their purchases for the
holidays. Our advice is for you to do it
now—this week—while our stock is com
plete, besides you'll avoid being in the awful
rush of buyers. Many of you will remember
the crowds we had last year, and you may
expect much larger crowds this year, for
times are better, and everybody feels happy,
including ourselves.
Useful Unas tills.
Our store Is crowded with them, suitable
for old and young, rich and poor; and the
ad vantages of early choice cannot be over
estimated.
Sui'.s or Overcoats,
Hats and Umbrellas,
Silk Neckw ar and
HanJke-chiefs,
Boots and Shces.
Ledirs' and Misses' Garterettes,
Ladies' and Misses’ Shoes,
Ladies’ Waists,
Ladies’ Evening Slippers.
IJoy's suits, 4cneo pants and shoes, fancy
suspenders, gloves etc.
CALENDARS FOR 1896
ornamented with a beautiful photo gravure
of the Jefferson county court house, given
free and mailed free to any address. Send
In your nanie for one.
J. L. CHALII1X k CO.,
BIRMINGHAM. ALA.
Branch of J. L. Chalifoux. Lowell, Mass.
MENACES
tjuicuiy, ruorougniy,
Forever Cured.
)Fonr out of flve who
buffor nervousness,
mental worry,attacka
of “ tho blues,” arc but
paying tho penalty of
early oxccsscs. Vic
tims, reclaim your
manhood, regain your
vigor. Don’t despair, bend for oook wun
explanation and proofs. Mailed (scaled) free.
ERIE MEDICAL CO., Buffalo, N.Y.
occupy three full stores, 25x140 feet each,
in the heart of the city. Nos. 2011), 2021
and 2023, Second avenue.
Our Dry
Goods Department
carries a full lino of Staple and Fancy
Dry Goods and Clothing for the masses
Our Shoe Department
Is fully up to the standard of first-class
Shoe establishments. We cun (it any
foot to perfection.
Our Hardware
Department
is immense. In this we carry full line of
Miners’ Tools. Agricultural Implements,
Hardware, Novelties, Guns, Ammunition
and Cutlery.
Our Grocery Department
is complete in every detail. Staple and
Fancy Groceries in greatest variety.
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.
Everything sold either at w-holesale or re
tail. Consumer can secure wholesale prices
by purchasing in unbroken puckages.
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Delicious : Steak,
ROAST OR STEW, CAN AL
WAYS BE HAD AT MY
STALL.
Mutton. Lamb or Pork and
all animal delicacies.
Stall 11. City Market.
BEN HOLZEE.
7 20 tf
The Israel Tailoring Company,
111 Twenty-lirst Street.
WE GUARANTEE
Perfect lilting garments.
Materials of the best class, and
Prompt fulllllmcnt of orders
At lowest consistent prices.
Wc base onr claims on facts. Gun we
subtnntiate them for you? Try us.
The Israel Tailoring Company,
11-5-tf_
Toys !
Dolts /
Pictvre Books /
Cheap l
Cheapest/
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W. H. OWINGS & CO.,
2028 First Avenue.
Qet prices.
[HE _
Concludes Its Work at Troy and
Adjourns.
\ MINISTER IS EXPELLED
)n a Very Serious Charge—Several Interest
ing Talks by Miniiters and
Others
Troy, Dec. 14.—(Special.)—The second
lay's session of the Methodist Episco
pal conference, south, was one of har
nony and works.
The following were passed upon as
.tameless in their lives, according to
tuestion 20:
A, J. Lamar, B. L. Lamar, C. A. Con
lell, J. li. K. Spain, O. K. Williams, H.
1'rarlck, E. G. Price, 1. F. Bilbro, S. G.
Boyd, W. J. Price, A. L. Sellers, J. 8. Wil
iams, B. C. Glenn, J. S. Shofner, A.
Hood, W. F. Arnold, A. S. Andrews, W.
t). Bilbro, G. W. Jones, J. F. Baby, C. P.
i\tkinson, D. L. Lindsey. J. K. Powell,
H. T. Johnson, T. H. Jones, D. J. Hart
sog, L. V. Latham, W. P. Hurt, A. J.
Briggs, W. P. H. Connelly, J. M. Dan
nelly, J. O. Noble, J. B. Nelson, J. M.
Solly, W. D. Taylor. H. H. McNeill, W.
S. Street, E. L. Loveless, L. H. 8. Chap
pelle, J. C. Johnson, J. L. Skipper, G. M.
Sellers, W. IJ. Dennis, E. E. Cowan, D. J,
Wright, J. P. Sanders, T. L. Adams.
Dr. Rush reported that the committee
if trial had found R. F. Denny guilty of
adultery and had expeUed him from the
conference and the Methodist Episcopal
church, south. .
Dr. Lamar read bis report as secretary
of the board of education. He made defi
nite reports regarding the progress of the
Southern University and of the Alabama
Conference Female college. One hundred
ond seven pupils enrolled at the universi
ty and 150 pupils enrolled at the Alabama
Female college. The Alabama conference
has aided ninety churches. There are
about 1800 unsheltered congregations In
the Methodist Episcopal church in the
United States. He stated that to carry
out this they had fallen upon the plan of
securing 300 persons who would give $10
‘ i •-» ima |ji ujMj&iLiuii meie atrv
era! responses. This fund was to be a
bonus to begin with.
The following traveling preachers were
elected deacons: Harry C. Threadgill,
Centerville circuit: Oscar .1. Goodwin,
Coffee Springs circuit; Eugene L. Craw
ford, Eufaula.
I)r. Lambert, secretary of missions, was
introduced to the conference and made an
interesting statement. He had made a
trip and found great necessity for educa
tion in the mountains of Kentucky. He
urged tho necessity of planting a school
house by every church. He found the key
to the situation was the school, and he
said that the organization of this board
with the board of church extension was
necessary for the church to be able to
conquer. He attributed the fact that the
gospel had had so little effect upon the
mountaineers to the fact that it had been
preached to them as a matter of emotion
and not a matter of strict conviction. He
urged them to begin early in the year to
raise the collections.
Mrs. Kendall of Atlanta, of the Parson
age and Home Missions’ society, was in
troduced. and said in coming she had
the assurance of the beloved bishop that
the wooden horse of ancient Troy would
not be Introduced. She would have In
troduced no horse at all, but she had
come to Introduce the latest bom child
of Southern Methodism—the Parsonage
and Home Mission society. The child
had had its ups and downs ns any other
child, and she said that while the bitter
had befallen her she had much of the
sweet, and now she had been able to con
vince many that she was of respectable
origin and would have her Influence In
building schools and churches and Input
ting the word of the Master Into the
slums and outcast hearts. This society
has been properly recognized by the
church organ and several bishops.
Bishop Hargrove had given a $2000 en
dowment and further showed his ap
preciation by marrying the secretary.
Bishop Galloway by this work reminded
her that to get married was the signal
for a preacher to locate, but she assured
tlio unmarried preachers that this soci
ety proposed to do away with this cruel
ty. The first parsonage was built by a
woman. This is shown by an account of
it in Second Kings. She was rewarded.
The demand for parsonages has In
creased since that day and will continue
to do so as long as preachers continue
to marry, and one good brother said
’’World without end.” She told a pa
thetic story showing how her society
proposed to come to the rescue of the
poor wives and children on poor works.
Quoting Rev. Simon Peter Richardson,
who made a strong point urging good care
for the pastor, a nice home for him. etc.:
•'Go ye, Into all the world and pxfach my
gospel to every creature,” and we know
this means our own state of Alabama,
and our conference and our own Troy.
This society has established two schools
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Address for FREE SAMPUf,
World’s Dispensary Medical Association,
No. 663 Malm St, BUFFALO, At V.
to Educate Cubatfifln Florida, who have
conic over In colonies.
Ignorance whisky and vice prevail In the
mountain districts almost at our door.
There are grand possibilities for them
and they are trying to erect schools for
them. Another reason for doing mls.-don
work Is the fact there are thousands wh«j
are dying In the gjums, Thousands,
you ministers can hot reach. I appeal
to you to help the fallen, erring sisters.
1 regret to say that statistics show where
there Is one*fallen woman there are ten
fallen men, a work for you to do as well
as us. Napoleon called for 100 men; a
whole regiment responded. Is it possible
that the Lord of hosts cannot get as
.many as Napoleon? God forbid.
Dr. J. O. Keener, at the end of the talk,
arose and said that if the sister was
taking a collection he would like to give
$50. This was a signal for a perfect up
rising. G. S. Lazenby volunteered $25.
Names began to be called from all over
the house, by the time she had explained
she would take the money. Money rat
tled In for a time and resulted in raising
J105.15. This was not asked for by her
but pushed on her. When the collection
was nearing completion Mrs. Kendall
said this conference was head and
shoulders above any that she ever saw.
She would not mind to transfer to such
a conference. Adjourned.
The Third Day’s Session
of the Alabama conference of the Metho
dist Eplscoal church was called to or
der today at 9 o’clock by Bishop Gallo
way. Religious exercises were conducted
by Rev. J. W. Shores.
The following were admitted into the
traveling connection on trial: B. M.
Marshall. Greensboro district; John A.
Gorday, Selma district; Robert J. Ross,
Eufuula district; Joseph F. Price, Pen
sacola district.
The committee recommended for su
pernumerary relations: L. T. Dowell, G.
E. Ellis and J. M. Glenn, and the follow
ing for the superannuated relation: J. W.
Solomon, W. H. Morris, J. H. Wardlaw,
A. H. Mitchell, J. O. Andrew, J. M. Scott.
S. H. Cox, G. F. Fisher, W. A. McCarty,
J. S. Peavy, D. C. Stanley, M. M. Gra
ham, S. A. Pilley, R. S. Mllle, A. A. Eas
ley, B. L. Selma n, D. W. Barnes, D. D.
Reeves, A. C. Hundley, W. I. Powers, J.
L. Mathison, B. D. Gayle.
The following young men, who had
been on two years' trial, were admitted
Into full connection: Charles S. Tally,
Harvey C. Threadglll, O. C. Goodman,
J. W. Breedlove, E. L. Crawford, W. B.
Segrlst, J. B. Adams, J. E. Collins.
Bishop Galloway delivered an address
to them which exhibited the magnani
mous soul that is In this great man of
God. It was full of timely advice to
these young men just taking upon them
hpIvph thp front work nf lf»nr1ine’ nthf»r«
to Christ. His thoughts were the
choicest and they were well expressed.
It was full of tenderest advice to the
young men. He spoke as a devoted broth
er, whose every heart beat was in sym
pathy with them. Grand was the par
allel he drew between the work of preach
ing the word in the way of bringing souls
to Christ and the practice of pulpit ora
tory without perfect religion. His ad
vico was plain and practical. His ad
vice was "I3e found near the fountain,
from which the truth will ever flow.”
On the delicacies of character and im
portance of character he made some
touching remarks. Guard these; keep
suspicion off your skirts.
Dr. Lamar read the following resolu
tion:
Resolved, That the board of missions
of the Alabama conference shall consist
of the following members: M. S. An
drews. W. M. Cox, T. Y. Abernathy, J. B,
IC. Spain. L. H. S. Chappelle, A. Hood,
I. F. Betts, J. M. Dannelly, J. B. Cum
mings, A. J. Cousins, J. R. McClain and
Byrd L. Moore.
Resolved, second. That the action of
this conference at the session
in Selma in December, 18111, providing
that no presiding elder be allowed n place
on the board be and it is hereby re
pealed.
Resolved, third, That the board be re
quested and instructed to provide for
holding missionary meetings throughout
the conference year and to hold a meeL
Ing of the board in the city of Montgom
ery for consolidation of the missionary
interests each year, not earlier than May;
1 or later than August 1.
Dr. Keener opposed the resolution in an
earnest speech against breaking a time
honored custom. He was reminded by
Dr. Lamar that this was the custom at
Selma. Dr. Rush also spoke on the sub
ject. Dr. A. S. Andrews called for the
reading of the law w"hlch shaped the mis
sionary work of the church. Dr. Andrews
spoke on the question. Dr. Rush resigned
his membership on the board of missions.
M. S. Andrews was elected to fill his
iiiauui
The first resolution was withdrawn. I.
P. Roberts resigned also. J. M. Donnelly
was elected to the place.'
The second and third resolutions were
adopted.
J. P. Roberts was elected a member of
the church extension board in place of
O. M. Roper, deceased.
Dr. Rush made the report of the com
mittee to whom was referred the future
of the Alabama Christian Advocate. He
stated that a new plan had been adopted
for its publication. The report was re
ferred to the committee on books and pe
riodicals. Dr. Hosmer set forth the pres
ent status of the paper.
Rev. .T. J. D. Hall of St. Mark’s Epis
copal church was introduced to the con
ference.
The officers of the Preachers’ Aid so
ciety were re-elected.
Dr. Keener of the Southern university
was given time to present the interests
of that school.
Mrs. Kendall will address the ladles at
the Presbyterian church tomorrow at 3
o’clock.
The committee on religious services
made the following announcements of
religious services: At 7 o’clock to
night, Dr. Hosmer: Sunday at Methodist
Episcopal church, 9:30 a. m., love feast,
led by Rev. J. W. Shores; 11 a.' m.,preach
ing by Bishop Galloway: 3 p. m., ordina
tion of lders by Dr. Urquhart; 7 p. m.,
memorial service, sacrament.
Baptist church—11 a. m.. Dr. J. O.
Keener; 7 p. m.T Dr. J. W. ShoafT.
Presbyterian churctw-11 a. m., Dr. A. S.
Andrews; 7 p. m., Rev. T. R. Kendall.
Episcopal church—11 a. m.. Rev. C- P.
Atkinson; 7 p. m., Rev. J. B. Cummings.
Methodist Protestant church—11 a. m„
Rev. T. K. Roberts.
Conference adjourned*
UP WiXiL OO LUMBER.
Twenty-five of the Largest Alabama Mills
Have Combined.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 14.—The Ala
bama Lumber company, limited, com
posed of about twenty-five of the largest
mills in the state, completed its organi
zation here today. They adopted the
price list of the Arkansas. Missouri and
Mississippi association, which means
that after the first of next year the price
of lumber will be advanced to a living
price. For years these mills have been
cutting their timber and selling at any
price they could command. They have
realized that the stumpage of the long
leaf yellow pine is being reduced at a
rapid rate, and now unite for self-pro
tection. This organization w_yi control
the output of all the mills.
Eleven Stores Burned.
Winston, N. C., Dec. 14.—Fire de
stroyed eleven stores in Bethel last night.
The buildings were the prinolpal houses
in the town. The loss is estimated at
125.000, half of which Is covered by in
suranoe. The merchants who lost most
heavily are: T. Carson. A. B. Cherry,
Staton Cherry and Bunching & Blont.
General Baratieri to Be Recalled.
London, Deo. 14.—The correspondent of
the Central News In Rome says Gen.
Baratieri, commanding the Italian forces
-In Abyssinia, Is to be recalled.
LINCOLN AS A BOY
tie Was Saved Op«» from » Watery Grave
by a Companion.
However poor the Lincoln hopie may
have been, ft affected the new chiid but
little. Ho was robust and active, and life
isiull of interost to the child happy enough
to ho both in the country. He had several
companions. There was his sister Nancy,
or Sarah—both names are given her—two
years his senior; there was a cousin of his
mother’s, ten years older, Dennis Hanks,
an active and ingenious leader In sports
and mischief, and there were tho neighbors'
boys. One of the latter, Austin Gollaher,
still tells with pleasure of how ho hunted
coons and ran the woods with ydung Lin
coln and onco even saved his lifo.
“Yes,” Bald Mr. Gollaher, “the story
that I once saved Abraham Lincoln's life
is truo, but it Is not correct as generally
related.
“Abraham Lincoln and I had been go
ing to school together for a year or more
and had become greatly attached to each
other. Thon school disbanded on account
of there being so few scholars, and we did
not see each other much for a long while.
One Sunday my mother visited tho Lin
colns, and I was taken along. Abo and I
played around all day. Finally wc con
cluded to cross tho crock to hunt for somo
partridges young Lincoln had soon the
day before. The creek was swollen by a
recent rain, and in crossing on the narrow
footlog Abe fell in. Noither of us could
swim. I got a long polo and held it out to
Abo, who grabbed It. Then I pullod him
ashore. Ho was almost dead, and I was
badly scared. I rolled and pounded him
In good earnest. Then I got him by tho
arms and shook him, the water meanwhllo
pouring out of his mouth. By this means
I succeeded in bringing him to, and he
was soon all right.
"Then a now difficulty confronted us.
If our mothers discovered our wot clothe?!
they would whip us. This we dreaded
from experience, and determined to avoid
it. It was Juno, the sun was very warm,
and we soon dried our clothing by spread
ing it on tho rocks about us. Wo promised
nover to tell tho story, and I never men
tioned tho incident to any one until after
Lincoln's tragic end.
“Abraham Lincoln had a sister. Her
name was Salllo, and sho was a vory pretty
girl. She wont to school when she could,
which was not often.
“Yes, If you must know, Salllo Llnooln
was my sweetheart. Sho was about my
ago. I loved her and claimed her, ns boys
do. I suppose that was one roason for my
warm regard for Abo. When tho Lincoln
family inovod to Indiana, I was prevented
by circumstances from bidding goodby to
cither of the children. And I nover saw
them again.”—Ida M. Tarbell In Mc
Clure’s Magazine.
A Daybook and Ledger of Ideas.
Ono of tho greatest elements in success
ful business management is method. Tho
judgment of n rich and a poor man is not
so widoly apart os their wealth. Besides,
often tho smarter is tho poorer business
man. The wholo world of commerce de
pends upon tho practice of bookkooping,
and all that bookkeeping is can be reduced
to this: A record of business transactions
kept so that they can be readily grouped
and understood as a concrete whole. Book
keeping is usually confined to a record of
money transactions. A friend of mine car
ries tho mothod still furthor. • Ho koeps
books for his ideas and the information
picked up at odd moments. In his vest
pocket he carries a little book which ho
calls his daybook. In that ho records
everything bo wishes to rcmomber.whethor
it is to buy a bottlo of liquid glue to mend
his little girl’s doll or a social engagement
for tho following week. Everything goos
into tho daybook from the name of a man
who wants a job to a scheme to mako a
million that may go flitting through his
head.
In addition to tho daybook my friend
keeps a 1'ledger of ideas.’’ Into this aro
transferred all suoh matters as are likely
to bo noedod for future rofercnco, like ad
dresses, suggestions in connection with
his business, all grouped in such a way
that thoy can be turned to in a moment.
When a matter has been disposed of, a
pencil mark is drawn through it, and that
ends it except that it sorves as a memoran
dum of tho faot and tho period of time
when entered, for those itoms aro divided
by dato lines Indicating tho period when
entered.—Minneapolis Tribune.
For Left Handed Musicians.
Violins aro adapted for the uso of loft
handed players by reversing tho order of
tho strings and the location of the bass
bar and sounding post. Soino left hand
ed violinists, howover, play upon Instru
ments with tho strings urranged in the
usual manner.
There aro no loft banded pianos. Gui
tars are mado left handed simply by ro
versing the strings. With tho banjo it is
nocessary also to change the form of the
neck on aooount of the short string. Left
handed Qutos aro mado, tho location of tho
keyliolos and keys being changed to tho
opposite sldo of the fluto. Thero aro made
left handod cornets, and occasionally a
larger brass Instrument, whloh are so con
structed as to bring the pistons as con
venient to tho player as thoy are to the
right liandod player In tho Instrument as
ordinarily mado.
The proportion of musical Instruments
mado loft handod Is extremely small, very
much loss than 1 percent.—Now York Sun.
John Ball and His Pills.
Between 0,000,000 and 7,000,000 pills of
one kind or another aro estimated to bo
daily consumed in the United Kingdom.
The ostlmates aro based on the actual daily
sales by druggists of ordinary pills, pre
scription pills and patent medicine pills.
The averago of those ostlmates, which
caino in from all parts of tho country,
showed that the dally consumption was
considerably over 5,500,000, which would
give one pill per week to every man, wom
an and child of tho population. Taking
tho ayorago pill to weigh three grains, the
year's supply for the United Kingdom
would weigh not less than 178 tons, or
enough to fill 80 ordinary wagons, aod
making a tralnload whloh would require
two powerful engines to pull.—London
Standard. _
Glasgow and the Ticket Clerk.
Here Is an anecdote of the late Lord
Glasgow. His lordship was traveling by
rail and tendered a “fiver" to the booking
clerk for a ticket to Glasgow.
"Put your name on it,” said the youth.
And Lord Glasgow indorsed it os re
quested and handed tho note back.
“Hero! Hi, you old idiot!" cried the
clerk. “I want to know who you are, and
not whore you're going to." ,
‘Wo dare not print Lord Glasgow's reply.
—Pearson's Weekly. ^
At the Landing. j
She—It takes two hours to dock an.
ocean steamer. i
Ho—So? My boss can dock mo in two
minutes.—Detroit Pree Press.
General freight and passen
ger office of Southern Railway
removed to No. 7 North 20th
street. Telephone 846.
11-5-tf
KID GLOVES.
Fullest assortment of Kid Gloves
in all shades. Price, $1.00 1 I
$1.50.
EVENING GLOVES in white,
cream, black, lavender, blue and
pink.
FANCY GOODS.
Bee Our Window.
White Metal Ware—Clocks,
Mirrors, Picture Frames, fancy
Boxes.
Fancy Combs.
Pocketbooks.
Feather Boas from 75c up.
Umbrellas.
Oil Stoves, Gas Stoves, Heating Stoves, Cooking Stoves, Base
Burners, Gas Fixtures, Plumbing.
WELSBACH LIGHTS.
ALABAMA GAS FIXTURE <P PLUMBING COMPANY,
i2-i5-4t-sa 182o Second Avenue, Birmingham, Ala.
Warrior Machine Works,
CHAS. J. GEOHEGAN, Manager. i
Powell Avenue, between 19th and 20th Streots, Birmiir-hini, All.
Special Atten ion Given to. ..
Repairing all Kinds of Machinery,
Second-Hand Machinery...
Of All Kinds Bought and Sold.
CUBANS WILL WIN.
Winston Leonard Churchill’s Opinion of
the Situation Down There.
New York. Dec. 14.—Winston Leonard
Churchill, son of the late Randolph
Churchill, cousin of the Duke of Marl
borough and second lieutenant In the
Fourth 'Hussars, England, arrived In this
city from Cuba last Wednesday, where
he has been watching the operations of
the belligerent forces for the last eight
weeks. Mr. Churchill Is accompanied by
his brother officer and chum, It. W.
Barnes.
Mr. Churchill was seen by a reporter
and emphatically denied all the rumors
about the political significance of his
trip. He said that he had simply been
In search of pastime and pleasure, and
that he had had many Interesting expe
riences In the south. He produced from
his pocket a lead Cuban home-made bul
let, which had struck down a Spaniard
close to him, while he was under fire
with the Spanish troops for four hours
at La Reforma.
"My letters to General Campos,” said
Lieutenant Churchill, “gave me many
advantages which I would not otherwise
have had. I was fortunate In being en
tertained at Spanish military headquar
ters and had an excellent opportunity
for observing operations. General Cam
pos gave me a letter to General Valdez
and I spent eight days at the front with
his dfflumn. During that time I was a
member of his staff.”
"What Is your opinion of the situa
tion?”
“I think that owing to the nature of
the country the Spanish have before
them a very difficult task In the suppres
sion of the rebellion. Although I believe
them to be brave and energetic, I don't
think that there Is sufficient combina
tion In the movement of their several
columns to catch the Insurgents or In
flict upon them serious defeat.
“The situation at present is Just what It
has been since the outbreak of hostili
ties. There have been no decisive battles
fought and won on either side. And let
me say right here that the reports of the
engagements published In the forc'gn
papers have been misleading in evary re
spect. At every battle a few men are
killed on both sides, but the problem la
no nearer solution.
“If. when the spring rains set in, Spain
is in the same condition that she is now,
the probabilities are that the Insurgents
will win. Owing to the abominable con
dition of the roads spring and summer
it will be Impossible for the Spanish to
move their troops, ancb with the losses
which must ensue from heat and pesti
lence, it would look as though they
would have to withdraw.”
Mr. Churchill and Mr. Barnes left Cuba
on the Olivette They stopped at Tampa
and enjoyed a day shooting quail.
Don’t do your holiday trad
ing until you have seen the
wonderful bargains at
J, BLACH & SONS’
Monster
Manufacturers’ Sale.
Armed Armenians.
Constantinople, Dec. 14.—Advices re
ceived here from Aleppo under date of
November 30 say It has been proved that
thirty Armenians have landed wltlj arms
and bombs at Hadieh and started for
Zeltoun. Advices say that this was done
with the connivance of the authorities of
Hadieh._
BABY SHOW
Methodist bazaar, Thursday
afternoon, 3 o’clock, Dec. 19.
A Magazine Explosion.
Brussells, Dec. 14.—The powder maga
zine at Arlon, Belgian Luxemborg, ex
ploded this morning, killing seven men.