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VOL. XXV.—NO. 362.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOURISTS
Resume of Conditions in Cuba — Opportunities for the
Employment of Aliens.
Special to The Globe.
HAVANA, Dec. 27. —The stories pub
lished in American newspapers con
cerning the reshipping to the United
State? of persons who have drifted
here in search of employment should
not be taken too seriously.
The people who fail to get a footing
here, as a rule, belong to the class
which fails everywhere when not sup
ported by friends or relatives in the
attempt to provide for itself.
Injudicious shipping of laborers, or
any class of workmen, to the island at
the present time would certainly not
be an advisable thing, but from the
latest reports of the authorities here
j there will be a constantly increasing
/ market for labor of.^arious kinds.
Capital must pave the way by start
ng enterprises, which doubtless will
spring up as a part of the natural re
crudescence of the prosperity of the
country.
With such rich resources as Cuba
possesses there must be a healthy de
velopment during the next few years.
The new railroad just completed, af
fording a trunk line ro.ute from San
tiago on the east to Santa Clara in the
center of the island, and a through
connection to Havana will be a great
developer.
The main '.portion of this line now
ready for opening is 354 rr/les lang,
or. including branches, 474 miles.
The Cuba company, which built it,
•will encourage immigration along the
line, and establish sugar factories as
fast as settlers can be secured. At
first no steady traffic is expected ex
cept from tourists, but it is felt that
the great improvement afforded in
transportation facilities will build up a
heavy tourist traffic in the winter
months, similar to that now existing
on the east coast of Florida. To stim
ulate this traffic the equipment is thor
oughly up to date and luxurious. The
country is very productive all along
the route, which at the present time is
almost wholly undeveloped. In conse
quence, it is felt that the road must
certainly have an excellent future, and
speedily become one of the important
factors in the upbuilding of the island.
The lack of positive information con
cerning the conditions ruling in Cuba
in connection with labor is probably
detrimental to its best interests, and
therefore attention is drawn to the
following facts:
The cultivated area of Cuba is a
very small proportion of the entire sur
face of the island. Probably there are
considerable timber and mineral re
sources not yet exploited. The develop
ment of the mining industries already
established has been constantly check
ed by lack of laborers. Therefore the
field "of employment is large.
In manual occupations the Cuban ac
complishes but a fraction of what the
American or European can do in a day.
Ho is, man for man, less efficient.
The real supply of Cuba, therefore,
is inadequate to the needs of the island.
It does not permit the exploitation of
resources already in sight, much less
does it afford a social motive for de
veloping 1 new industrities.
Statistics for the year 1901 show that
22,894 immigrants entered the island,
of whom 17,330 were Spaniards, 756
Chinese, 7SI Porto Ricans and 650
Americans. Among these there were
10,556 laborers, 2,374 mechanics and
1,468 farmers. Or the Spaniards alone
14,808 were males and 2,522 were fe
males, 12,477 were not married, 6,363
were illiterate, and 5,577 had ben in
Cuba before; 10.336 had less than $30
in their possession upon entering the
island.
The oversupply of labor at Havana
has doubtless been rendered greater
than usual by the tendency of the
country people, unsettled by the war,
to drift cityward.
The cultivation of tobacco is a more
democratic occupation than sugar
planting. It can be conducted success
fully by the small proprietor and the
tenant farmer. Skill counts for more
and brute force for less in making a
KAISER WILHELJTS ANCESTRY
The Hohenzollerns Not an Ancient House Nor of
Divine Origin.
BY HUBERT M. SKINNER.
Perhaps th^re is no sovereign in
Europe who clings more tenaciously
to the theory of the divine right of
kings to reign than does William, the
present emperor of Germany. Yet
there are few sovereigns who are in
bo poor a position to put forth such
a claim.
Where a dynasty dated far back of
recorded history, it was safe to assert
almost anything of the origin of its
power, for no one could bring proof
to the contrary of what might be al
leged. Thus it was easy in England,
in former centuries, to claim that the
kings of that country belonged to an
endless succession instituted by God in
the remote past, and that there was no
power in the world that could legally
alter the succession thus established,
for the kings reigned by the will of
Gcd, and were not responsible to the
nation. While there were occasional
usurpations and irregularities in Eng
land, these were apt to be temporary,
and at all events the origin of the
reigning houses was lost in antiquity.
The revolution of 16S8 dealt a deadly
blow to the old theory of a divine and
unalterable line of succession, for the
parliament of the revolution deliber
ately and for all time set aside the
regular line: and since the date men
tioned the British kings have reigned
by virtue of the "Act of Settlement" —
that is, by the will of parliament.
But the imperial family of the new
Empire of Germany cannot boast c.f an
ancient origin, imperial, royal, or even
princely. It is one of the most recent
in Europe, a fact which, while highly
creditable to its ability, is utterly fa
tal to any mediaeval claims of divine
myslery. There is no mystery about it.
Every middle-aged person can re
member when there was no such thing
as a German empire in Europe. The
present err.percr himself can remember
it. He is in i?o more clanger of forget
ting the election of his grandfather
to be the first emperor of the new Ger
many than the young Roosevelts are
of forgettfng their father's election to
the vice presidency:
But the new emperor's family were
already the royal family of Prussia
when tia empire was formed, in 1871.
ThejJ had been kings, however, for
only/IYO years— that is, since the year
1701. Before chat time the Hchenzol
lerns had b^en electors of Branden
burg, it is tr^e, but for only 254 years.
The manner m which they acquirsl
this princely digfiity is amusing.
The emperor, Slgsmund, in the fif
teenth century, being in great peed of
mono", applied to a wealthy Hoben
zollern, who was burggrave of. the city
of Nuremburg, for a Joan c£ 100,000
gulden, or $40,000. The enrperci's
financial credit was none the best, and
money-lender of today. He drcve a
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
crop. It is an employment that at
tracts a large per cent of white labor
and gives occupation to the workman
the year round.
While tobacco can be raised in every
province of Cuba, the industry is prin
cipally centered in Pinar del Rio, in
the "vuelta abajo," or down-country
district, where the leaf is produced that
has made Habana famous. Here the
ground to be planted is selected with
great care, and as that best suited to a
high-grade crop does not lie in large
contiguous areas, but is divided natur
ally into small separate parcels, the
character of the country favors the cre
ation of small farms. Moreover, the
care of a tobacco crop demands the so
licitous attention of an owner, or of one
who has a direct interest in the prod
uct.
Grades of skill are recognized among
agricultural laborers, and influence the
scale of wages paid. The latter is
more especially true during the dull
season. At plowing time in Pinar del
Rio a good plowman is worth 80 cents
silver (56 cents American) a day. His
two assistants, or the driver and leader,
for it takes three men in Cuba to plow
with a yoke of oxen, receive 40 and 30
oents silver (28 and 21 cents American)
a day, respectively. Women are paid
the same wages as men in the cane
fields.
The working day on the plantation is
from sunrise to sunset, with one or
two hour's rest at midday. During the
busiest season the sugar mills run
night and day' and mill hands and
train crews, including loaders, work
in two shifts, putting In altogeteher
nearly a twelve-hour day. Ten or
eleven hours effective work, however,
is all that is usually demanded, except
in special emergencies.
Most of the large mills are at Ha
vana. They not only saw and plane
lumber and veneering, but make mold
ing, sashes, doors and boxes. In all de
partments of the establishments at
Havana between 1,000 and 2,000 men
are employed. A good sawyer cuts from
3,000 to 10,000 feet a day, according to
the kind of timber and whether he is
sawing boards or veneer. He receives
from $60 to $100 Spanish gold ($54 to
$90 American) a month. The men list
ed as carpenters in these mills are un
usually highly skilled workmen, em
ployed .in manufacturing furniture,
store fixtures, paneling, doors and
blinds for the local market. This class
of work is usually done to order, no
large stock of finished product being
kept in store, and power machinery is
less extensively used than in similar
establishment! in the United States.
These carpenters receive the equiva
lent of $2 and $3 a day in American
currency. Carters, pilers and other un
skilled or partially skilled workmen re
ceive from $1 silver to $1.50 in Spanish
gold a day, or from 70 cents to $1.35 in
American currency. Wages are paid in
the local money and their purchasing
power is slightly greater than if paid
in American money at ruling rates of
exchange.
In what is probably the largest mill
in the island sawing native timber, sit
uated at Manzanillo, in the province
of Santiago, and employing over 100
men in the plant itself, engineers are
paid $100 a month, head sawyers $3.50
a day and planers and helpers $1.50 a
day. These wages are in American
currency. The salesmen of this com
pany in Havana and Cienfuegos receive
$100 and $S0 a month, respectively.
Men are paid weekly and the working
day is ten hours.
Most sawmill machinery is imported
from the United States. Large band
saws, cutting through the log, are not
used successfully for want of sawyers
sufficiently skilled to work them.
Smaller saws of this kind are found in
many of the Havana mills.
Wcodchoppers and charcoal burners
are paid from $12 to $17 silver ($8.40 to
$11.90 American) a month and board
when employed at regular salary. But
the method of paying by contract is
also preferred in this industry. No* fuel
is used for house heating in Cuba, and
only charcoal is employed for domestic
purposes. Firewood, cut into yard or
four-foot length.is used in the bakeries.
For felling, chopping and piling this
about $2.50 silver or $1.75 American
money a cord is paid.
it was not easy for him to borrow even
this sum. The money-lender was cov
etous of rank and power—like many a
shrewd bargain with the head of the
"Holy Roman Empire," demanding as
a forfeit in case the money should not
be rt. ?aid the c-lectorate of Branden
burg.
The "Holy Roman Empire" was
neither Roman nor holy, nor was it
really an empire. The emperor con
tinued to be "short," and the money
was not repaid. Sigismund kept his
word with the money-lender, and the
electorate was conferred on the latter
in 1417, he becoming Frederick I. of
Brandenburg.
The Hohenzollerns have grown in
power through their distinguished
abilities. They were ambitious, ami
drove a bargain with Tankee-like
shrewdness. When the war of the
Spanish succession convulsed Europe,
the emperor, Leopold 1., needed the
support of every able prince whom he
could engage. The third Frederick of
Brandenburg was now nowerful enough
to be in great demand. His support
was deemed indispensable, and Leo
pold must have it at any price. The
ambitious prince was covetous of d
higher title to make up for the new
ness of his famity, and named a royal
crown and scepter as the price of his
allegiance. These were granted, and
the new kingdom of Prussia took its
place "among' the nations. The subsa
quent career of the Hohenzollerns is
very modern history. The ability of
Frederick the Great raised his king
dom to great prominence in Europe,
and the able men who surrounded
"Wilhelm der Grosse" so directed Eu
ropean affairs that the formation of
a new German empire/ with the Prus
sian king at its head, became a logical
necessity.
Since Hohenzollerns owe their
position to the ability and ambition of
a few individual ancestors within re
cent times, it is not only amusing, but
unaccountable, that any of them should
prefer to think and talk about a claim
so preposterous, in their case, as the
"divine right." It is far more credit
able to them to have won their emi
nence by their personal abilities ami
the acceptance of the people.
All He Wants.
"I trust your son does not read trashy
juvenile literature?"
'No, indeed," said the fond mother.
"Willie says he gets all the blood and
thunder he wants in the historical novels
that his father brings home." —Washing-)
ton Star.
The Man Played Safe.
Te?#t —Why does that fellow -walk on
the railroad tracks? The train might
come along and kill him.
Crimsonbeak —Yes; but I suppose the
poor fellow is afraid of the automobiles.
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1902.—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES.
POKER WITH ROMANCE
GAME WAS PLAYED ON A MISSIS
SIPPI STEAMBOAT LONR AGO
Dignified Minister Saw That Fair Play
Was Given at Considerable Personal
Risk—How Two Veteran Gamblers
Encountered Some Hard Luck—
Blood Shown to be Thicker Than
Water.
"Taint no use, I reckon," said
Caleb Mix, the veteran bartender on
the Mississippi packet City of Natchez,
"fr anybody what ain't spent a heap
o' time on the river to try to under
stand what the Mississippi reelly is.
"I've heerd some o' them high flown
talkers call it 'the Father o' Waters,'
an' yhile there don't seem to be no
great sense into a name like that, I
don't know but what it's a tol'able good
name after all. I reckon there ain't
no river on earth that's just like it.
Leastways, I never heer'd on it, if there
was.
"Taint so much that it's big. O'
course, it is big, but that ain't it. An*
'taint so much that it's pretty, though
there be places along the upper river as>
is prettier 'n any chrome I ever seen,
special of a moonlight night, when the
little waves is dancin' an' shinin' an'
the great glare o' the boat's headlight
shines along for-ard.
"Some o' them big cliffs up there
looks a thousand feet high when you
sail along under 'em an' the moon is
right overhead. But 'taint the beauty
on it, though there's beauty to burn.
" 'Pears like there was some kind of
a Voodoo spell cast on the good old
Missißsip' long afore white men even
seen it, an' it's a hangin' over it yet.
An' there's mighty few people travels
the river without feelin' queer magic
whether they knows it or not. Even it
a man on'y takes one trip down f'm
say St. Louis or Cairo to New Orleans,
he's likely to do things afore he geta
off'n the boat that he wouldn't never
do at home. An' if he travels it often
there ain't no tellin' what he may do.
"There was one old gentleman that
uster take a trip reg'lar twice a year
f'm Baton Rouge clean up to St. Paul
and back, 'way along 'fo' the wah.
He were a preacher when I knowed
him, an' used ter preach in a little
'Piscopal church back in the country
somewhere, but they told that when
he was a young man he were about
the wildest young blade in New Or
leans.
"He come o' the best family, or one
o' the best, in Louisiana, an' were as
rich as most any o' 'em, but he want
no credit to 'em 'count o' bein' a gam
bler, an' a tol'able hard drinker be
sides, an' havin' other failin's that no
body talked about. His name was
Couturier, an' he were a handsome
old feller when I knowed him, with
black eyes an' snow white hair, an
a high-mighty way w Tith him that
made him look seven foot high. They
said he were monstrous fine looking
when he were a young man, an' were
the devil with women.
" 'Pears he fell in love with a Creole
gal that want quite up to the mark
o' the best creole families, an' there
were a terrible mix-up somehow.. 1
never got the rights of it, but she died
an' he went to preachin', which were
the last thing anybody that knewed
him thought he'd do, but he did.
"He was a good enough preacher,
too, 's fur 's I ever knowed, an' folks
said he were well liked at home, bui
'pears he'd get restless about once
in so often an' he'd have to get away
an* when them spells come, as I was
sayin', he'd al'ays travel the river.
"He'd al'ays take the Creole' Belle
jthat I was workiti' on them days, an'
go as far as we went, which was Mem
phis, an' then he'd take some other
boat the rest o' the way, an' then wait
for us at Memphis on the way home.
He didn't uster have much to say to
nobody on that boat. Jest set around
on the deck an' looked at the river,
an' smoked a little, but I come to know
him tol'able well, f'm his gettin' me
to bring a toddy to his room every
night. He never took but one, an' he
wouldn't drink that at the bar, 'count
o' bein' a preacher, I reckon, but he
wanted it reg'lar an' it had to be just
right, like I knowed how to make
it.
" 'Twan't often he'd spend any time
in the saloon, an' when he did he nevei
uster seem to take no interest in the
card games that was mostly al'aya
goin' on every night. So I was just
naturally a good deal took back when
I see him watchin' a big game one
night as eager as any o' the others that
was lookin' on, an' they was several
besides him, for it were a game to
interest anybody that knows anything
about stud poker.
"That was what they was playin' an'
there was six of 'em in the game. They
was all high rollers, too, for they was
playin' with ten dollar gold pieces for
chips. There want no bet less than
ten, an' a good many was well up in
the hundreds.
"It were the usual sort o' a game,
there bein' two professionals in it, an'
the others bein' rank suckers, butj
twa'n't nobody's business to interfere
'thouten the oap'n o' the boat seed fit,
an' there want many cap'ns them
days as had any great objections to
a gentleman amusin' hisself any waj
he liked on board the boats.
"Them two gamblers, Farrelly an'
Quinn their names was, come fr'm
Vicksburg, an' they were counted two
o' the best on the river at that time.
They was dandies, like most o* the
flrst-class professionals an' never had
no trouble gettin' in a game, bein
slick talkers an' behavin' theirselves
al'ays like gentlemen, leastways as
long as there want no disturbance in
the game.
"The others was all young fellows,
I heer'd they was college men goin'
north, as a good many young men
did them days for a college education,
when they had money enough, an"
there want no question but what these
bloods had money. They was all
drinkin' wine, an' just naturally the
more they drinked the easier they ■were
for Farrelly an' Quinn.
"One o' these boys—they want
sca'cely more'n boys—was a good lock
in' young chap they called L'Estrange,
that seemed to be a sort o' a ring
leader among 'em. He played a good
game, too.
"This here Couturier, as I was sayin',
was lookin' on, mightily interested, for
a long time, but he hadn't said nothin,'
havin' no call to speak, o' course, as
he wasn't playin'. He stood behind
L'Estrange, an' f'm where he stood
buried a good bit o' the time.
"Bimeby L'Estrange began to lose.
Quinn called him on a big bluff when
he had two aces shcwin', an' Quinn
made him lay down on a possible
straight, when all Farrelly had shown
was a pair o' eights. 'Feared like he
were losin' confidence, an' losin' money
at the same time.
"Come a time when it looked like
a mighty good place for L'Estrange to
lay down, an' I am free to say that
I'd a done it, 'specially when Quinn
put up five hundred, which he did.
But L'Estrange, he hesitated a little,
an' then put his five hundred in the
pot.
"Farrelly seen he was beat, but he
raised it a thousand, an' it were plain
they were goin' to run the cross
cut. Quinn, he didn't say nothin', but
he put up two thousand.
"L'Estrange looked at the pot, an'
then he looked at his wad. He had
nigh two thousand left, an* it were
table stakes, so they couldn't raise no
m » «• m J Ift J J All holiday goods and all small lots and broken lines in
M 11 tfl fsk T a «sJ^&^^dniCk WL. £^dff ¥F^*£^tfPl every department, are marked at prices that will close
JL A%JasL\L%&J A^^C^S W%^ W^» them out before Wednesday night. January Ist Is In
w ventory time and all stocks must be put in good snaps be
fore stock-taking begins. These few quotations are but an indication of the way the prices range throughout the store. Come! ' .'•'..
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Thousands of yards of beautiful Silks and Dress Goods are marked to go quickly, in order to get the stocks in good
shape for inventory. j{y Besides the* items quoted below, there are hundreds of pieces in suitable lengths for dress and waist patterns that must; bs closed
out with the:rest_,,T|i3re-is not an old or passe pattern in the lot, but all are strictly this season's goods.
Twilled Satins, 27-inch, for 4 lining jackets ; and ;<%a r^ J Heavy Skirting, 56 inches wide—3 pieces of mj» - Qnmf /*!*%!*****•'
coats,'qualities mads to sell for 65c and 75c. .To &gQ tho«regular :SI.OO- quality, in dark gray only— *y&Q . " • JQ"o\ cf^llliUQS
close-the lot we say, ay.ava.'.V;.. .T./...",?.....- -• priced to close at ".'.:.......... „r... :'~ :. . '.. - ■ / '
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China Silks —One line, of beautiful: China Silks :; r"^. Fancy Dress Goods— One lot: of All-Wool ma pricing here, '•"- • . '
in the regular 39c quality. Marked to closs at, /zL£\Cl Goods, worth up to 69c a yard—priced .to close aHJtSI2 ' •
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Crepe de Chine, in gray, tan, rad, lavender and ™a- WaistJngs— All cur best Waistings, in the regu- & v* -- • *"-■ '"■ "'
nile; regular quality. Marked to close eQ&G lar 75c and BSe-eualities—marked, to close : at- a &UC On Lot Spun Class, in all colors, the fl
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fur Pepis Monday
After the greatest holiday Fur business in the history of the 's tore, we
find we hive a fsw small lots of desirable Furs left, and to class. thsm ut quickly
we've priced them for Monday liks this:; ."-'---•• "... :■• .■ ■". ■ ./.'-v'
Cluster ■ Scarfs— Odd lots of ;: Scarfs, Muffs— 2s imitation Krimmer, Sheared ■
worth $5.00 each— /* a aq Coney and ; Rivsr Mink - 0 »I}^^% ,
priced to clqss".Monday, 27)<50%7Cp Muffs- regular $2.93 values thJ-Qy
at ; .. V:. :^\:;;'.;. ... ..;.;^-" Monday, r special, each :. -_, .-,. ;■
Isabella and Sable Fox Scarfs, with -Capes'-— Just' 10 Wool Seal and - Astra
two brush taUs~;r^\; f V^>o;cr/%-' chan Cases — regular <* f£? >*>*
regular $10 values, ,- ~ m D g^i/ $25 values, r_ to closa thsQ.UU
special Monday, each, ...^ .;.■";/; Monday at, ; each.;.:.. : „- ».w w■'
Children's Fur Sets— A beautiful assortment of „, ;.• " /f\ «« V-, gft ig
sets for the little ones— priced To close at »l//lQ m 4*VT CilT
just -
Clearance of Jnfanfs (dear
■'■ T'"*.- Uncermuslin Department ] Second Floor : _ ._' V
.-," Infants' Children's ; Coats, of Venetian, covert, ;
or broadcloth, in fur, applique or velvet.v*'"
"Values from $2.98 to ■ $6.00, for ,;....:. .\.....'. .$1.98 =
i Valuea-from $7.00 to $16.00, for v '. ... 'iv. .'.... .$3.98 |
Infants' and Children's Bonnets, panne velvet,
: gros ■ grain- or'^liberty silk— applique, fur or ribbon .
trimmed —white and colors. .'•'.:• v-v\-. : ,:;.-. :. -
Values from ; $1.00 to i $2.00. for," -?r. • . >.'.. •... •". 49c
Values from v $2.00 to $6.00, Lr^....,^,".. l\ $1.48
£aces and Smtroaderies
A Sale of %br\'a;\ks.
To put our stock lin good condition • before invsn- -
tory, we have- gathered up all remnants /and ■'short
" pieces cf I Lacss '; and Embroideries £ that have accum-
during the holida^'^^^i^^^^^^
season, and will sell thsm J^Qif"PtlGQ
'. Monday at just .. ;\ .i 7.-;^o' v,\ v ;.. '."^.<y/S* -.k-^-,■<■_■&.
This includes all rs™ .ants ,and pis ridugjiojL... ia
macb from the regular marked prices. TrT'The let;
are. many very "desirable' lengths of : some \of the
best., things^ in slock. -; ; . ■■■■y. '■ ~ ;- _; . :" : ";
Paragraphic Materials
; ;; Did you ■. receive a pyrcgrahic outfit for Christ-'
: mas? If you did, you will Want something to use
:it on. In order to reduce our/; stricß of "_ -\yoo<l
and leather before inventory we'have cut the Juice
on every piece in stock. fe^yj- specials for Mon
day: '■::. r. ■■ ./"•"'- •"" : . '■""'-/'.■•. -'■ v:**,- .-•;'-;. ■. .' ~~- r~'".: .-•.
".' ■• -. ..:■*■■:•-;■'■•- -'";-'-'': r J?.%g. price • Scecid
Shirt Waist Box, stamped. "..;.it:.54.00...■..".§3.25
Hall Chair, stamped :'^V'.7./..r.i^odlVn 53.25
Corner Stool, stamped ......] '.. $4.50 ... $3.5
Jardiniere Stands,- stamped :...'*. $1.00..... ; Gso
• Jardiniere Stands, plain,:"'. .'......:.. 80c .... 553'
Pins Pong iCac^uetiS, plain.. :..".V. 30c .... 19c
Ping Pong Racquets, stamped,:: v; . 40c ..'V.-.- 27s
24 inch Circles, plain, $1. 10 ..... ,:78c
: Stein ; Racks, 5: stamped ;.. V '.'.\:./.V\52. 25 :~..$ 5
Fire Screen, stamped,.; ..» .:.....$2.25 .. $1.59
Skins, all colors, about 6 so. feet,... .$1.75 $1.25
J'hoes and Jtiippers
■ !fSsss>^ >=Xl :-9'" ' :-7fr'? Men's fine $1.25 Goat
r_^^^ "-■-//4°//
X^-__J Women's - fine $1.25
:" ■ D • ■■• V: : ' ■";'.V* "■ &lt fur "■" ■l! llji /\4f
trimmed 51ipper5y;'.'."......"..... .'.._ •_'• I? VJJ
. Infants' fine" Tsc soft sole # Shoes,'all. i.- ji A"//
fancy colors :.::.. •;••••• •-,• •• • ■ '•'• ; •• • • •,«"•' /4 *(//
Basement Bargains
Men's and Women's.49c Oriental : // -//
sappers-;...:.-..;.. ■..:-. -y- .;:v.^... .^... '/4 Off
, Men's and Women's Leather House .-.•'•// -//
'suppers ......;-.,..■:..;,;.,....% v j.;Vv•./*•, OJj
Women's $1.25 beaver kid-foxed. Lace -:*•"-"."»/^ .1//
: Shoes : . ■ ■ ;7;....:. v•■ ■ ■ H\. y :;-...v-7* OJJ
leather (foods Pept.
The Holiday season has left us with a small assort
ment !of edds and ends in each line, such as Writ
'ingr Cases, ' Cigar Cases, Collar and f Cuff / Boxes,
'■ Jewel Cases, etc. .-; You will find a Bargain Table of
these .broken lines in '■r^lt^-^.:l£^^)^SJ% A
i Mam Aisle, .:■:,;.■ ITCH]* J^flC6
; ..... |
more if he called; but they-were just
goin' to turn his cards down whe»
Mr. Couturier "spoke up.
"Call him," was all he said, but it
was so still in the saloon, an' his voice
was so deep an' strong that it sounds
like a gun, an 'everybody jumped.
'L'Estrange looked 'round to see
who was speakin'. He was as much
surprised as anybody else, was, an
at first he didn't seem to knew how to
take it, but when he looked at Mr.
Couturier he 'peared to be satisfied t
they want no impudence meant, an'
he hesitated a tit, an' then says: 1
reckon I'm beat, sir. It don't look to
me like a good place to call.'
"He said it mighty polite an' '.fine,
too, like the quality al'ays talks among
themselves no matter how' they may
cuss their niggers, or how high mighty
they may be when they talks to any
body that ain't Veal quality.
"But Mr. Couturier, he just says
again, -Call him.'
"Well, the youngster, he hesitates a
little more, and finally he in
his pile without sayin' nothin' an' that,
o' course, finishes the play on that
hand. There was nothin' for Farrelly
to do but lay down. He were beat, an'
all Quinn 'could do under the rules
was to take his rake-off.
"But it 'peared he didn't want to
do it, an* I seen f'ura the way he. look-
Millinery
Sale Extraordinary
I For three days—Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day—you'll have an opportunity to buy really correct
i Hats or * less money than" they have ever been sold for -
; before. It's 'stock-righting; time,' and these lines must
be reduced before inventory.' Choice of the following
■ splendid values for an even dollar.'"-"-..."." r
109 Trmmai Hals, Worth ti $5.00 ...— *m
200 Strett Hals,: Wort!) to $3.98,.;^vv $ 1
Silk Velvet Hand-made Hats, Worth to $3.50 " 1
[EestFur Walking Hats; Worth to $3.00 ... l^
I holiday Jewelry.
-All -Holiday. Goods, including '. Toilet Sets, Manicure
;Sets, Collar.' and Cuff Boxes, Work ; Boxes, Albums,
Candelabrum, Candlesticks, Mirrors , X di r*Q /
and Fiames, going, at a discount • *- - 2*& /n
of ■■.'■:'.'-. ....... ........:. ..:... .:..'....■ ** / 0
A great many articles, 1 such .as -Brushes, Mirrors ,
and Combs, Celluloid Baskets, Ift j£ >Wl^..».
:Ink Wells-, Trays, etc., at ...".. ./TCII/-/^r ICQ
£ooks and
All ; Calendars, Holiday Box • Papers and Children
Toy Books —at a reduction from if\v\si JL£y-»//
our regular, selling prices of just. V//|& w CI»7
Fine Holiday Gift Books at a reduction Ac? Per
from our regular selling prices 0f... r.. . .HO Cent
Fancy Noveity Gift Books at a reduc- «%«#/. Per .
tion from our regular prices of ....".:. (yv /3 Cent
Standard Sets at a reduction from V»«ir Per
bur-regular selling prices of .......... vv/u Cent
i All Copyright Fiction (except 1902 books and net
books) at a reduction from publishers' • Af\ Per,
prices of -V. •• • n^V Cent
, All 1902 Books (except net books) at a re m o Per .
| duction from publishers' prices of ....'..". ay Cent
Clothing Marked &own.
-'- .. ...... . 7--\ . ; Second Floor.
All clothing—and by this we^fnean^eve garment
in the stock (except ' Fur ' Coats) — including
Smoking;- Jackets .and Bath an.i '-* y •
Lounging Robes—marked for quick J/jt Qff
sailing at .... .. .......;......... .7" • JJ
_-s-^ Jhe Furniture
jt- (i^s^^ nf . Fourth Floor.
I Pqi^l::?O;per cent discount
■JL^+rtoJm on all Ladies' Desks,
!V fS^^^^^i -iall • Parlor' Furniture,
OlvDavehports, - Turkish
1| la : Leather Rockers, Cel
\ b || larettes. Burnt Wood
; 2£i2ls§s!2|| Furniture, etc. Take
J^*'■■;■;■ ;■ >11 them at a dis- p/)0y
; -■ ■£% 'I ■ - ' count of rV;.:.. &y/Q
Ed up 't he'd been bluffin' an' was reck
onin' on.L'Estrange lyin' down. Any
how, he were ugly enough to eat* nails,
an' ho speaks up, as nasty as I ever
heard a man speak, an' he says:
"I don't know anything that's good
enough for a hog that'll stick his nose
into a, game he ain't playin' 'thouten
'tis to cut his ears off,' sayS he. 'Do
you know, sir, that your damned impu
dence has cost me over $8,0^0?'
"Mr. Couturier looked at him a good
deal like a big dog looks at a little one
that's snarlin' at him, but I seen the
veins in his neck beginnin' to swell up,
an' I says to myself that if he want a
good deal better preacher than I gave
him credit for, there'd likely be a rough
house right quick.
"Anyhow, he speaks mighty cool an'
contemptuous. 'I see n*> reason to
feel sorry for that,' he says. 'Such
people as you an' yriur pal,' he says,
'can't expect to have it all your own
way all the time.' -
"When he says 'pal' Farrelly and
Quinn both jumps up and Farrelly
pulls his gun, but Quinn, that I thought
would be the first to shoot, he just
makes a pass at Mr. Couturier with
his fist that'd likely ha' knocked him
out if it had landed, only it didn't.
"That L'Estrange youngster was a
good one. He jumped as quick as the
othera aa* he. parried Qulnn'a blow,
idaists, Jacques, Wrappers, <Jkitts
' Decisive clearance of all small lots and broken lines. :Cost or profit is not
considered now; our one object is to put the stock in good shaps for inventory.
&)aistS'~ Odd lots and sizes in French Mraonori—2^ "Women's fine
"~ " flannel and -'; striped albatros *"* "ft"" * flannelette Wrappers, :
Waists, many styles to select from—. neatly trimmed with braid; made with
up to $3.98 each.. To close.-■'•■<* V';.«i«%" flounce; extra full skirt; all ■A _
Monday, choice . .«|/.O^ sizes; regular SI.SO values. qSC
: at..■..•.":'...'.;.'.. % .....;...'..'^■.■•.' -,-.•,' Monday's price, to c105e..... _
Pressing Saafu»-£ ress and idalkmg Skirls
eiderdown Dressing Sacques, crochet edge; —Only 65 in this lot, embracing several
.colors gray and red; regular ~>»>v'W styles— odd lots—values eh «h Mi*
$1.00 values. To. doss . wEtC $5-00 to $7.50— (0 close X*< <LQ
■ M0nday..;.........".„:. '..'. w^ the lot Monday, each.. VfV 9r*^T
flannel Remnants Jfalf-price
We have a lot of remnants of Flannels, in 1 to,
5-yard lengths," that we will put on sale Monday
for half price. . . v.
Remnants of French Flannels and Scotch Flannels,
:worth from 50c, to COc a yard. Special ' ■ «* c
r per. yard ;'i:r:V."../.:............... ........ . 4mOC
■Remnants, Fancy French and Embroidered Flan
nels, regular 75e, 85c and'sl.oo a yard. "a A'"
, Reduced" to, per yard 7..;....:.."........ ....OUC
v Embroidered % Flannel Waist Patterns at half
price, from $1.00 to $3.25 per pattern. There are
only a few of these, so you'd better be here early.
0 Aadies 9 handkerchiefs
UClearance sale of a lot of handkerchiefs that are
somewhat soiled from handling, - and ■. others that
were, used in the window"; display. They are em
broidered, ' hemstitched and lace-trimmed, and the
regular selling: prices .were 15c"to 33c each. w/% '^
Monday and 1 until all are sold they go for,' ' ■ i€j(l
each iX......... ...;V............... ....... # yf
jfyrons and Clowns
:': '■■ "i.'.'..; '.'. ...;". : : :; Second Floor- '. • ' : - -":- . -
Closing out all small lots before inventory.
Our Entire ( Line of Holiday Aprons—Values from
35c to $1.00. Your,choice to ■': »**
close out 19C
v. Ladies' Outing Flannel Gowns, made 'of \ the
heaviest and best \ domestic flannel, \in | stripes 'or
solid colors; revers, collars and cuffs elaborately
trimmed with silk fagot or hemstitching, tucks, ■
lace or embroided in silk. . . - :
Values from 75c to $I.OOJ for ................. 59c :
Values from $1.25 to $1.75, for ................ 93c
Values from $1.75 to $2.50, for ............... .$1.69
i.-- • ■ -"■■■.■,-■:■ -' _"■-■■■'■■•.■-■ --.-.
■ 111 l -II 11. I—l I |
■ , ' ■■-'■' ■ —i^Baßaaaaaßnnm - ' •
Joy 9 Polls, Qames,
Crockery, /fickelware.
Great reductions in the several lines of Holiday
Goods, including Toys, Doll?, Games, Nickel and
Silverware, etc. .
/I ■//; :• Regular Price — Kid Body" Dolls,
/3 Oil ' Dressed Dolls, Toy Furniture, Chil
/ .■> ..#/.;- ; drens' Desks, Framed Pictures, Toy
Dishes, -.extra Slides for Magic Lanterns, -Tool
Chests,. Boxing Gloves, Rabbits', ; Rocking_iHorses;
Steel Enameled Ware, all While Enameled Ware, -
all Fancy Colored" Water Sets. '
- I $>-,[£ >^ A ,^^,^ Box Games Paint Boxes,
TYQtT~ JSriCQvrums, Toy ■ Watches,
#. * / # "w Tree Ornaments. Blocks,
Soldier Sets, Mechanical Toys, Steam Engines and I
Railways, Magic Lanterns, Table 'Glassware (ex
cepting Tumblers and Stemware), Tin Cooking
Moulds.
If - *\££ Regular Price—Game Boards, Dumb
/*T OJT Bell 3) Indian Clubs, Blackboards, all
' ■:..... //Iron Toys and Banks, Silver Tea
: Sets,.Baking Dishes, Shaving Mugs arid all Silver
ware (excepting; Flat Ware), v
// _ % **££ Regular Price— Knives, Scis
4'uL OTT sors and Shears, Carving Sets, Ra
-7T // ; zors and Strops, Nickel Tea and Cof
fee Pots, Nickel Crumb Trays and Scrapers, Nickel-
Plated Bath Tub Fittings, all kinds of Skates. .-;. ;
0* r\Q / s*l£ on all Trunks, Baps, Tele ;
21//, OTT scopes an«t*Press Suit Cases. -
..-S v §§ A great big line to select
* from.
an' got over the table somehow, scram
blin' like a cat, an' grabbed Farrelly by
the wrist before he could shoot.
" 'I reckon 't this here is my fight,'
he yells. ;Come on, boys,' an he lets
out a queer whoop, with all sorts o'
other three youngsters, they whoops
with him, sayin' the same words like
they was all talkin' through the same
trumpet at oncet. They told me after
wards it were a sort of college call,
like 'Hey Rube' in a circus only longer
and meant for all the college men to
stand together.
"But they didn't lose no time holler
in'. While they was doin' that they
was all fightin' like wildcats, an' 'fore
they was through Quinn an' Farrelly
was the worst licked men I ever seen
without no weapons being used.
"Mr. Couturier he clenched his fists
an' was just goin' to jump in an' take
some of it his own self, but when he
seen them four boys jump, he sort o'
pulled hisself together an' stood back,
sayin' nothin' but smilin' as quiet an'
cool as if he'd been chrlstenin' a ba
by.
"Well, there wasn't no more poker
that night, an' L'Estrange got his
wlnfiin's an* him an' his pals made a
night of it. They want none of 'em
hurt much, but the two gamblers was
glad to eet to bed.
1 took Mr. Couturier's toddy to bla
I SOOi£TY
sniMra
OIUIIIiII^uIuIIUIi is to 28
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
mail Orders
Have the best of
care here. Each
ordsr has ths per
sonal attention of an
experienced buyer.
We guarantee satis
faction.
room same as usual ; that night, an'
seem' that he 'looked' like he'd enjoy,
: talking to somebody, I took the liber- i
ty o' sayin' to him he'd took tol'ablo '
big chances interfering with - two' such '
men as them Vicksburg gamblers.' -; i
"I don't know many people as would
have did it,' I says. : "L~t-'-- ■■ ■-. i
; " 'Oh,,pshaw, ' Cale,' :he says, ■ 'that
wasn't ■ nothin'. When I was a young
man-— —'- but; then he sort o' pulled up, -"
like < he'd ) said too | much, J an' he | were
very quiet '< for a minute or | so," but he
were smiling to : hisself. like :he was
thinkin' ;o': some : other things he'd■ did-" 1
:-V "Then Ihe ;. said: 1, 'You ' see, :. Cale, .I •;
knowed this here L'Etsrange's- -peoplel-'
when he were la.* little baby, but he :
don't i know |: nothin' " about. that. He's >
a fine ; lad, Cale. -'A- little wild, '■.:■*: I'm
afraid, but there's no great harm <in
him.' . .'-'■..■ ■■■■"■"- ~i'" •'—-.";-j• •"•;--"..-.. \U "'• '
"Then . it come tc me all of & ; 3Ut!-^,'
den that : that . Creole gal 't -_ I'd heer'd
about was " named t L'Estrange,*; an.: as
Mr. Couturier didn't ■ say nothin*,l more, r
I . come out an' shut -. the - door/, leavln*: -'
him still v smilin' to hisself." —New, '
York Sun. :-': -■.-'>-• /•—•:'■■■- :.:. • ■-Z::\\,y;:.:\
- '. "■:';- : : —"***. •■ • - ••.
Upholstered. ''.-'.<
; "This .: paper ,. says > the ■-> average col-ega ■
man has a great deal on his shoulders.?,'•;.
-: "H'm. The writer must: have been r ex- ■•'
amining some of thO3e padded overcoats.'* |
—Chicago New* ;«• .-.■'. -y ■ • , 1;. . "i.