Adams County news. [volume], December 28, 1898, Image 4

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Callao, Dec. 26.—The battleships lowa
and Oregon have arrived here.
DEAFNESS CATV NOT BE CURED
By local applications, as they can not reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There la only
jne way to cure deafness, and that Is by con
stitutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an
Inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflam
ed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when It Is entirely closed deaf
ness is the result, and unless the Inflamma
tion can be taken out and this tube restored
to its normal condition, hearing will be de
stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an In
flamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 76c.
Hall's Family Pills ars the best.
II you wish to refuse
An importunate lover,
It is wiser to wait
Until Christmas is over.
TRY ALLIN'B FOOT-EASE,
A powdef to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen, ner
vous and uncomfortable. If you have
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's
Foot-Ease. It rests and comforts; makes
walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating
feet, blisters and callous snots. Relieves
corns and bunions of all pain and is a cer
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or frosted feet. We have over thirty thou
sand testimonials Try it today. Sold bv
all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial
package FREE. Address. Allen S. Olm
sted, Le Roy, N. Y.
"Miss Specie gave me a kiss for a
Christmas present."
"There, I told her she did not think
enough of me to keep what I gave her."
■ OITT'S SCHOOL FOB BOYI.
Vow at Burllngame, will remove to tt«
beautiful new home at Menlo Park, Ban
Ifateo County. CaL, and re-open January
16th, 1899. Address Ira Q. Hoitt, Ph. D*
Memo Park, CaL
It is a rule, somewhat severe.
But true as Deuteronomy;
There's just one month of Christmas
cheer,
And eleven of economy.
To Care m Cold la Oa« Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tableta. All
lrugglats refund money If it falls to cur*. Me.
During the present century seven in
stances have been recorded in the Brit
ish isles in which the bride has married
the best man by mistake.
When coming to San Francisco so tc
Brooklyn Hotel, 208-212 Bush St. Amer
ican or European plan. Room and board
$1.00 to $1-50 per day; rooms 50 cents tc
11.00 per day; single meals 26 cents. Fre«
'oach. Chas. Montgomery.
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts is said
to be worth about $4,000,000, and her in
come is set down as being close upon 500
pounds a day.
No household Is complete without s
oottle of the famous Jesse Moore Whls
key. It is a pure and wholesome stlmu
ant recommended by all physicians
Don't neglect this necessity.
Traveling 50 miles an hour, a locomo
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Willie—Santa Claus only brings pres
ents to good little boys.
Tom (confidently)— Yes, but he's eas
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THE OLD FARM.
1 lore to dream about the days
1 spent upon the farm;
The theme is rich in memories
That never lose their charm.
Though early lured away by talst
Of traffic's golden rain,
How oft, how oft I've longed to turn
Back to the farm again!
I've toiled for gain in busy marts
And scorned the paths of ease;
I've wooed with fervor fortune's smiles,
Across the briny seas;
But neither fabled wealth of Ind
Nor fame's ambrosial wine
Could e'er afford the lost delights
Of that old home of mine.
There every humble duty bore
Of rich reward its meed,
And sweet approval gave a smile
For every kindly deed;
There peaceful sleep did -wait upon
Each day of toil and care,
And hope gave strength each dawning
day,
Its burden new to bear.
There peaceful scenes on every hand
Did e'er beguile the eye;
The woods, the hills; the winding streams,
Reflecting azure sky;
The kine, contented, browsing o'er
The blossom broidered wold;
The ewes and lambs, at wane of day,
Returning to the fold-
All filled my little world with joy
And bade brief sorrows fly,
As soothes the infant's griefs away
A mother's lullaby.
Nor sordid aims did mar the flow
Of innocent delight.
While honor's precepts were instilled
With love's persuasive might.
Then take me back, oh, take me back
To that fair spot once more,
To me more lovely than the famed
Estates of classic lore!
Oh, take me back and let me rest
There, safe from grief and harm,
To spend my brief declining days
Upon the dear old farm!
—Chicago Democrat.
HER NEXT MOVE.
GERALDINB FOWI.ER sorted
her mall somewhat listlessly.
Some of the envelopes held rejec
tions. She could tell them by their
plumpness. There seemed to be an un
usual number this morning.
There were one or Iwo acceptances.
She smiled as she drew the checks
from their envelopes and laid them
carefully away. It had paid, after all,
her coming to New York. She had
gained her experience and broadened
her outlook. Yet, perhaps, It had made
her restless as well.
She certainly had been, since Godfrey
Taylor crossed her path.
A troubled look came Into her eyes as
she took up his letter and read It.
A flush spread over her face.
"I thought so," she said as she fin
ished reading and dropped It on the
desk. Then, with an Impulsive move
ment, she leaned forward and burled
her head In her hands.
It had all come so rapidly, this new
emotion. Less than three weeks ago
she had forgotten the eJ'lstence of God
frey Taylor. To be sure, she dimly re
called the gay times she bad had with
him one summer, and her admiration
of him because he was an editor, and
could talk familiarly of books and dra
matic events. She had even fancied
she liked him, but he had gone out of
her life.
Suddenly she had beard from him.
He had seen a story of hers and had
written. This had been followed by
other letters, and here was the culmi
nation:
I have not found you to lose you. I
want you to marry me at once. Come to
Washington for the fall, enjoy all the ad
vantages I can give you. You can go Into
society—l have means—you can entertain
literary people and indulge your fondness
for the stage, which I remember, and in
January we will go abroad. 1 shall prob
ably be appointed to some office there.
Her eyes glistened.
"It Is whUt I have always wanted,"
she murmured. "And Edward " She
stopped. The faithful lover at home
had hardly entered her mind.
"Well, I could not go back there any
way and be content," she sighed. "My
life here has spoiled all that. He must
wake from his dream sooner or later.,
He told me to be free; 1 will be free."
She arose from her chair and pushed
back the scattered papers.
"I will be free to live my life In this
glorious fashion that is offered me. It
belongs to me. I was made for just
such a life."
She smiled triumphantly. Then she
seized the pen and directed an envelope
to a little far-away country town.
"I am tired of It all," she wrote on a
slip of paper.
She paused. "The truth will come
later," she said, as she hastily added.
"My next move will surprise you."
Then she wrote to the other one.
"You may come If you like," she said;
"I shall be glad to see you, and per
haps "
She left it here.
........
Edward Wherrltt eutered the post
oflice with an eager step. A glad light
crept Into bis eyes as be saw the fa
miliar handwriting, and a thrill of
pleasure ran through the man as he
took the letter from the postmistress.
His hand trembled a bit, Insomuch that
some papers fell to the floor, and be
laughed a bappy laugh as be bent and
picked them up.
Then he slipped them all Into his
pocket and turned away.
It was a long time since be had heard
from her. His hand closed tightly upon
the letter In bis pocket. It was there
now, fresh from ber hand. He would
not hasten to read It. It was there—
his. No power on earth could take It
from blm.
The light In his eyes grew deeper, and
a happy smile played about bis mouth.
He had several errauda to do. He
must visit the news stand flrst. There
might be something of hers In one of
the magazines. His quick eye caught
her name, and he slipped the publica
tion Into his pocket
Then be finished the errands and
walked rapidly toward home, bis hand
still closed on the letter, and bis mind
speculating as to what It would say.
Would It tell of some new success?
How proudly he had watched her ca
reer! Perhaps It would say she had de
cided to stay another six months In
New York.
Well, never mind. He could stand It,
and .the end would be to much nearer.
The letter fait thin. After all, prob
ably It was but a harried note, to tell
of some suaden pleasure she wanted to
share with hlni.
His heart gave a bound. Any way,
It was from her—that was enough.
The Words were so few.
"My next more may surprise you,"
he repeated.
▲ quick fear seized his heart
He turned the page for more, but
that was all. Not even a signature.
"She must have left out the rest by
mistake," he said, as he held, the open
page In his hand. "But whatever the
move Is, I know It must be right"
His eyes traveled fondly to the face
smiling down the wall.
eeeseeee
He rose early the next morning. It
was only Just growing light, but his
sleep had been broken, and he would go
down to the early mall and see If
rest of the letter had not come. Surely
Geraldlne would send It when sh<
found It bad been left out He could
even fancy the little laugh she would
give when she discovered It, and hou
quickly she would enclose It In anothei
envelope and add a few words as to hei
carelessness.
He pictured It all In his mind, as h«
swung through the village street with
an eager tread.
The little office was not open. Th«
morning train was not due yet Slowly
he wandered toward the station, and
stood gazing down the track from
whence his letter would come. He
stamped his feet a bit Impatiently, and
took out his watch.
It was coming at last!
With a roar that would seem to
waken the yet sleeping people, tht
train drew In.
The morning papers and the mall bag
were thrown out on to the platform.
The roll of papers bounded away Into
the wet grass.
He sprang after thein with a laugh.
The early morning air was exhilarat
ing. He grasped them In his hand and
waved them triumphantly at the bag
gage master as be leaned out of th«
door of bis car. ,
Then he turned. A woman stood be
side him.
"I have come home," Geraldlne said
For an instant be gazed at her wito
startled eyes. Then with a quick move-1
ment he gathered her Into his big arms
and drew her close. Her tired head fell
on to his strong shoulder, and the sad,
pleading eyes were hidden from view.j
Her hat fell unheeded to the ground, aa
he kissed hair and forehead again and
again.
This was her next move.—The House- ■
wife.
CHINESE LOADED WITH MONEY.
Remarkable Discovery In the Clothing
of Two California Celestials.
The turnkeys In the Los Angeles
county jail had an Interesting experi
ence recently on the arrival of two Chi
nese from San Diego, pending deporta
tion. The men had been searched by
the San Diego officers, and were re
ported to have no articles on their per
sons, but the Los Angeles jail officials
thought It would be just as well to ap
ply their methods of Investigation, and
the outcome was a lot of money, nug
gets and gold dust.
The coolies had little packages of
gold dust carefully packed away be
tween each toe; others were braided
Into the strands of their queues; bank
notes were cleverly stitched Into the
lining of their hats and the creases of
their clothes. In fact, almost every
place, mentlonable and unmentionable,
where coin, bills or gold dnst could be
hidden, contained Its quota, the total
found amounting to something over $40
In bills, as much more 111 silver, and no
one knows exactly how much Ln gold
dust from Lower California mines.
The money of course belongs to the
Chinese, but If they had been allowed
to keep It on their persons while locked
up. they would surely have been robbed
of every cent of It by the other prison
ers.—San Francisco Examiner.
Paying a Delicate Compliment.
A Scotch farmer, celebrated in hit
neighborhood for his Immense strengtb
and skill In athletic exercises, very fre
quently had the pleasure of contending
with people who came to try theli
strength against his. Lord D„ a great
pugilistic amateur, went from London
on purpose to tight the athletic Scot
The latter was working hard In an In
closure at a little distance from hU
house when the noble lord arrived. Hl«
lordship tied his horse to a tree near by
and then addressed the farmer:
"Friend, I have heard marvelous re
ports of your skill, and have come a
long way to see which of us two Is th«
better wrestler."
The Scotchman, without answering,
seized the nobleman, pitched him over
the hedge, and then set about working
again. When Lord D. got up
"Well," Bald the farmer, "have you
anything to say to me?"
"No," replied bis lordship, brushing
the dust from his clothes, "but perhapt
you'd be good enough to throw me mj
horse!"
Taught His Wire Finance.
Divide anything up Into parts and
you magnify it, says the New Orleans
Times-Democrat A certain wise man
took this way to give his wife an Idea
of bow much jf.OOO Is. She had no
Idea of money. Her purchases were
enormous. It happened one day thai
her eyes fell npon a magnificent ring,
and she coveted It. It cast $1,000. Bui
what was $1,000 to her In comparison'
with the ring? Of course, her hus
band consented to the purchase. What
else'could a dutiful, affectionate bus
band do? But he tried method of
educating bis wife concerning the
great price of the ring. He Instructed
his banker to send her the $1,000 ln
small pieces—pennies, dimes, quarters.
In came the money, bagful after bag
ful. She never had such an Idea of
$1,000 before. When the money was
piled before her It alarmed her. Ths
price of the ring went up an hundred
fold, and was considered at once an
extravagance which she of her own
option abandoned.
He Defends 111* Conns,
lie—lf I give you some randy yon
mlgbt get tbe toothache, like yon did
laat week.
She—Why, you get a toothache your
•elf from eating candy!
He—WclL'uiamma wouldn't wanl
both of ud to hare a toothache to
gether.—Puc^c.
When a nAn la tick, hi* wTfe tt^ Dlc "
tbe real tnaatto la (omeUklog wicki* »>
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REPORT NICARAGUA CANAL
EIVEB TO BE TtTHNED ASIDE.
The Cost Is Estimated to be One Hun
dred and Thirty-Five Millions—Great
Depth Is Required on the Divide—Ex*
eavation for the Locks.
New York, Dec. 24.—The preliminary
report of the Nicaraguan canal commis
sion consisting of General Haines, Admir
al Walker and Professor Haupt has been
completed and will be read before the
Christmas recess of congress or immedi
ately afterward. Tliis report will give
many details of construction in regard to
the proposed route and will give a close
figure on the entire cost of the undertak
ing as far as human ingenuity can fore
see.
A summary of these costs have been
made out in sections and without going
into the details of curves and levels they
are as follows: Eastern harbor and jet
ties will require about 9,000,000 cubic
yards of soft excavation. The jetties
themselves require about 400,000 cubic
yards of riprap stone.
The Grey town section of the canal, that
is, the section beginning at the harbor
and reaching to the east divide, will re
quire 10,000,000 cubic yards of earth and
clay excavation.
The three locks in this section will cost
in the neighborhood of $10,000,000 com
plete, with three million yards of exca
vation. This section is about 13$ miles
in length and runs through the jungle
country near the coast There will be
700 acres of clearing and grubbing also
in this section. The incidental expenses
will amount to little beside those above
enumerated, therefore they are omitted.
The Actual Cost.
The divide section reaches from here
through the higher range of hills to 24
miles further. There are 7,500,000 cubic
yards of rock in this cut and about 5,000,-
000 yards of earth and clay. The depth
of this cut will be regulated by the height
of the canal, which is here 112 feet above
the bea. The actual cutung wui be about
200 feet in the deepest part
From here begins the Ochoa section
which vuns through the San Francisco ba
sin ar.d Florida lagoon. This is low coun
try and the cutting which will reach to
the Ochoa dam, 34$ miles from the Car
ibbean sea, will only add 10,000,000 yard?
to the figures, making a trifle over 40,-
000,000 cubic yards to the dam. From
here a summary of the cut through the
San Juan river will aggregate 34,000,000
cubic yards with about 5,000,000 more
curve widening and 2000 acres clearing
and grubbing. This will not include any
of the dams or embankments but simply
the channel cutting the bed of the San
Juan river. This makes 75,000,000 cubic
yards of all grades of cutting to Lake
Nicaragua.
The Coat of the Dam.
The cost of the Ochoa dam upon which
rests the entire feasibility of the route,
has not been accurately computed as the
undertaking is of so colossal a nature as
to be beyond figuring within a unit or
even more. The dam will be over 1500
feet in length, its foundation 75 feet be
low the bed of salt in the river bottom
and its rise over 130 feet. As the river
will have to be turned from its course
during its construction it will be seen
that many details will have to be taken
into consideration for an estimate of its
cost The San Carlos embankment will
cost several million dollars and the esti
mates are being made. The cuts in the
shallow part of the lake will aggregate
10,000,000 cubic yards, making a total
of 85,000,000 cubic yards to the western
division of the canal.
The estimates of the western division
have not been made. They are under the
direction of Admiral Walker's son, V.
W. G. Walker, and they will amount to
not less than 30,000,000 cubic yards more,
making a total of 115,000,000 cubic yards
of all kinds on excavation to the harbor
at Brito and allowing 9,000,000 cubic
yards for dredging here, the total esti
mates will come to enarly 125,000,000 cu
bic yards, exclusive of all dams and em
bankments. It will be seen that $135,000,-
000 will be a conservative estimate of the
entire cost of the canal and this almost
agrees with those of General W. Lud
low's report of 1890.
Labor Note*.
Balch Bros., Utica, N. Y., printers have
again unionized their plant
Car builders of Detroit have organized.
Garment workers issued 3,000,000 la
bels last year.
Dallas, Texas, street railway employes
won their strike.
Public bathhouse is to be erected at
Albany, N. Y., at a cost of $30,000.
Ice trust organized at Chicago.
Michigan barbers organized a state
association.
Women of Lansing organized a Label
League.
The United Labor League of Philadel
phia has declared against territorial ex
pansion.
Granite cutters of Whitehaven, Pa.,
have organized. Trouble at Mt. Waldo
still unsettled.
The female conductors have been taken
off of the street railways in Madison, Ind.
Public objected.
John Wanamaker and Mark Mayer &
Co., who secured contracts for furnish
ing 60,000 army uniforms, have agreed '
not to employ sweat shop labor.
The tin and sheet iron workers and .
! the cornice and swylight makers of New |
I York City have amalgamated and will;
be known as the Amalgamated Sheet
Metal Workers' Union.
Enervated Easy—l shed think, nta'am,
dat dis sacred Christmas time would keep
I you nearer to Scripture'n it docs.
Mrs. Turner Away—Nearer to Scrip
ture?
Enervated Easy—Dat's wot I said. I ast
for bread, an' you give me a snow shovel!
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A REMARKABLE BELT.
Was Once the Property- of n Dead
and-Gone Indian Princes*.
Miss Winnifred Winn of Ravenswood
has recently come into the possession of a
beautiful belt that hundreds of years ago
was the wedding gift of a Sioux Indian
princess. Later it was captured in a
battle between the Sioux and Chippcwas
and was retaken. Finally the princess
herself was captured and she ransomed
, herself by giving up the belt and all of
i her other possessions. For generations
it has been known as the Indian ransom
j belt.
It is a marvelous bit of work and con
! noisseurs who have examined it affirm
that nothing like it can be found in
either the British or American museums.
The belt is twenty-nine and one-quarter
inches long, two and one-quarter inches
wide and contains 17,650 beads. It would
take an expert Indian worker six months
of continuous work to make it.
But skillful fingers are unable to re
produce it now, as the beads are no long
er manufactured. They are about the
size of a pin-head and as brilliant as jew
, els. There are nineteen colors and
I shades, in blues, reds, pinks, yellows,
browns, salmon, amber, and clear glass,
but the colors are so harmoniously blend
ed that the effect is as exquisitely rich as
a Persian pattern.
| There are seventeen mosaic designs
running through the centre of the belt,
and they are surrounded by milk-white
beads. The edge is etched with a sharp
pointed pattern, done in lull colors, and
though centuries have passed since it was
| fashioned by a mother's loving hand, on
ly three beads are missing.
| It was given to Col. Winn last Christ
mas by an Indian at Fort Williams, On
tario, Canada. He was superintending
the building of an immense steel elevator
for the Canadian Pacific railway and, as
the townspeople objected to his import
ing skilled labor from the United States,
he employed Indians with the most satis
factory results.
I He aroused the Indians' gratitude by
! various humane acts and on Christmas
day, as he sat in his office, two young In
dians walked in, and one, Alex McCoy,
flung a newspaper bundle on his desk.
The other man stood in the doorway and
said:
"Ugh! There's my Christmas pres
ent!" Aud both fled like naughty child
ren.
| One parcel contained the belt and the
other a knife-sheath of modern make.
Col. Winn mentioned his gift to an old
fur trader with an Indian wife, and the
squaw said it was the famous Sioux ran
som belt, that was worked by the squaw
| of a famous Sioux chief for her daugh
| ter's wedding present and that the prin
cess prized it above all her earthly pos
sessions. The fame of the marvelous belt
spread into the camp of the Chippcwas.
With the fortune of war it changed
hands repeatedly until it finally came in
to the hands of McCoy, chief of the Chip
pewas, who lived on the Pidgeon river.
He gave it to his squaw, who wore it on
state occasions. The young half-breed
who presented it to Col. Winn is a de
scendant of the old chief, so the belt be
came his by the right of succession. As
the belt is too gorgeous to wear and too
valuable to keep at home, Miss Winn
keeps it in a safety deposit vault.
STRIKE AT ANACONDA.
The Smelter Strllcem Become Riot
ohm and Reiiort to Violence.
Butte, Mont., Dec. 27. —The smelter
strikers at Anaconda resorted to violence
last evening to prevent other men from
going to work. A man named Mascothe
was knocked down with a club and his
right eye was destroyed. Judge Ludac
and Rade Dragicvich were beaten, the
latter seriously.
Protection for the men who want to
work has been demanded from the sher
iff, and if he is not able to prevent fur
ther violence the governor will be called
upon to send the militia to preserve or
der.
The situation at Anaconda is regarded
as serious. The strike has been indorsed
by the Mill and Smcltermen's union, a
number of western federation miners and
such a may spread. The trouble
was started four days ago by the dis
charge of two men for complaining
against the amount of their work being
increased by a slight reduction of the
force.
Dates' Divlalon Start* (or Cuba.
Macon, Ga., Dee. 20. —General Bates,
in command of the First division of the 1
First army corps, arrived last night from
Washington and with his staff and some
40 men of the Second Ohio regiment and
Second engineers left today for Charles
ton, where they will embark on the trans
port Minnewaska for Cuba.
Wheat*
Portland, Ore., Dec. 26.—Wheat—Act
ive; Walla Walla, 69$ c; valley, 62c; blue
stem, 63c.
Tacoma, Dec. 26.—Wheat—Club, 59c;
bluestem, 62@63c.
Metal*.
San Francisco, Dec. 26. — Bar silver,
59gc.
Mexican dollars, 471 c.
Lead, $3.50.
Captain George P. Ahem, late of the
Twenty-fifth, and long stationed in Mon
tana, is in Washington, nursing a severe
ly injured leg which he acquired while
campaigning with Gomez in Cuba. H»
has lately been promoted to be captain of
the Ninth infantry, and as soon as he re
covers he will join his new command at
Madison Barracks, New York.
Montana State Society of Engineers,
Jan. 14.
Schillings
Best
tea
sold only in :
Packages
"This thing of being engaged to half a
dozen girls isn't what it's cracked up to
be, this time of year."
"Why not?"
"Because you have to make each an ex
pensive gift."
"Nonsense! Give each a trifle and tell
her that the more you save, the sooner
you can get married."—Puck.
Have It Handy.
He sried out in agony, and they ran
to the neighbors for help. Sciatica was
torturing him. Better run for St. Jacob's
Oil, or have it handy. It is known to
cure the worst cases, Und cure effectually.
Briggs—Christmas time makes me feel
as if I would like to share my all with
my fellow men.
Griggs—l suppose you refer to your
debts.—Brooklyn Life.
ft is plain to see by the large amount
Of presents received by the kid,
That Santa Claus never kept strict ac
count
Of half the things that he did.
A new telegraph idea transmits 3000
words per minute.
Washington State Labor Congress,
Olympia, Jan. 8.
COULD NOT SLEEP.
Mrs. Pinkham Relieved Her of AH
Her Troubles.
Mrs. Madgr Rabcock, 170 Second
St.. Grand Rapids. Mich., had ovarian
trouble with its attendant achea
ftnd pains, now she is well. Here
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" the
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n me. I look so much better and have
tome color in my face."
Mrs. Pinkham invites women who are
11 to write to her at Lynn, Mass., for
"4vice, which is freely offered.
Christmas
Presents
at the Chicago Clothing Com'y.
Here are a few hints, make your
selection and your order shall be
filled with promptness and care.
Smoking Jackets,
Handkerchiefs,
Ties,
Mufflers,
Trunks,
Dressing Gowns, Valises,
Night Robes, Sweaters,
Underwear,
Men's and Boys'
Suits and Overcoats.
Btftte price yon desire to pay and
we will give you the best value
that can be had for the money. ..
Chicago
Clothing
Com'y,
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