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Oestreicher's.
51 Patton Avenue.
JACKETS.,
We are displaying an; exceptionally
strong line of English Kersey Jackets in
Black, Tan, Blue, Brown sand Castor
The beat tailored goads to be found, they
are worth. $14; our special- price is only
SIOOO.
We are showing Jackets from $3 to $28.
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DRESS GOODS.
In Dress Goods we 'are showing the
latest colorings and weaves. Our range
of Broadcloths is from $1-00 ifco $3.50 the
yard.
A full lime Venetian Homespuns and
Cheviots.
SPECIAL LOT.
A special lolt of 45-iacih Cheviot in Roy
al Navy and Black, a regular 75c. arti
cle, for Monday lamd Tuesday, the yard. t
50c.
BLANKETS A NO
COMFORTABLES.
This weaJtlher makes one think of warm
Be!d Clothing. We are showing Blanket s
and Comforts in all 'grades and sizes
from 50c. each up. The mianuifiaciturers
of the best North Carolina maide $4.00,
blankets shipped uis by misltlake 100 pairs
instead of 50 pairs; tlhis being more than
we can Store of one kind, and rather
tthan pay return freight, the mlanufac
turer made us an allowance, This enla-1
bles us to offer the entire one hundred
pairs for Monldlay 'and Tuesday at pair
None will be sold after Tuesday for this
price.
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Millinery Department.
Our Millinery Department offers all
Pattern Hats at just half regular price.
In this department we are showing fine
ines of Bird's Wings, Feathers, Tips
nd ornaments at astonishingly low pri
es.
51 Pattern Avenue.
YOU CAN
JUDGE BEST
value of our marked fcUown
of ths
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HARDWARE
By ex!a'mming our s)8ock and
prices. We are pleased tto show
th'e goods, ialad quote you prices,
and when you luave seen them we
will sell you. Our tdiiscouinltis tare
25 Per Cent.
33K Per Cent.
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Ashevllle Hardware
Company,
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MASSAGE,.
AND PACKS.
Treatmemlt tor: ' "
NERVOUS, RHEUMATIC. -and OTHER,
DISEASES..
Special:
pHURE BRANDT MASSAGE FOR
FEMALE DISEASES; ALSO
FACE MASSAGE.
PROF. EDWIN GRUNER,
Graduate Chemnitz College, Germany.
i ormerly with Oakland Heights. .
Sanitarium.)
f S. MAIN ST. , TELEPHONE 206.
Home or Office Treatment.
Office Honrs 8 to 111 n m 9. r 4 n .' tA.
MESS CURE
ON MONTFOftb AVE
one are so blind a those who won't
see. fjvery ladv that saw my oiltfit
of Perfection Cake Pans (tSottom. out).
Meat and Fowl - Roasters-; Egg Poach-
knives, Pastrv "RnnTfla f AmWTlfltlnn
I "p. . . """" - . w
gave me aft order for.'fwm f ourto six
Pieces. RpmpTniKoT- T :alr.-lrkTrlore frkr
poods at factory- prices- and de
1Vf1' them, to you v-without ? exra
L!'?. just
s I dovICacine Hoisery
anrJ Ruffi
ed, NeA amd . Lace " Curtatas. jl
XviU be
ariy time. ahw'Jrn!v ,(Ka.TnnllAi -nlrwl
now-my, samples ' anxi , ,r- . , ,
Resfiectfullv ' ; V4Cnarmes, , an. ex-deputy, -fto is .for-,.
ine same
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ACTIVITY OF
THE BOERS
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I ney Attack I owns in Natal
and Blow up a Rail
road Bridge.
Warships Thetis and Terri
ble Arrive at Durban.
A. Kaffir Runner Brings News
From Lady Smith.
Ominous Inferences Dritra From In
activity of Boars There.
LORD SALISBURY DECLARED IN
SPEECH LAST NIGHT-THAT ENG-
LAND WILL BROOK NO INTER-
,'FERENCE FROM FOREIGN POW-
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ERS ANOTHER 'ARMY DIVISION
WILL BE SENT' TO SOUTH AF
RICA. ; London, Fiidayf Nov.! 10. A despatch
from the vOrange river stallion dated
the fifth says that the Boers surprised
Belmont, near the Orange river, Sat
urday and captured fifty-two civilians,
who were subsequently released. It is
stated that two thousand Boers have
occupied Venterstad, near Norval's
Foinlt. It lis believed that Ailwal, ncirth
of there, has also been invested.
iBoer commands, 700 strong, passed
Burghensdrop going in the direction of
Queenstown. The- Boers have blown
up the railway bridge at AchterTang,
between 'Ncirval's Peint and Colesberg.
" A cablegram from Durban, dated on
tne' sixth, .stateshat-'th? or ships
tis and Terrible have eurrivedw .They
will probably land guns which wili ba
sent to Pietermaritzbur amd Eeiicourt.
An attempt may be made to send a
battalion with guns to Colenso and
Lady Smith. . r
"OMINOUS" SILENCE.
Londlon, Nov. 9. The m'ost favorable
view taken in regard to the meager
ness of news from Lady Smith is ithat
pigeons are not .to be relied ion to carry
: confidential correspondence 'owing to
the liability tof being ;ehot or g'ding
astray. But there is a disposition to
regard the silence as cminous. This
feeling has been increased by the re
laxation resulting from the realizat-ton
that nsaitives have gulled correspond
emlts with reference to Boer defeats. The
inactivity of the Boers around Lady
Smith induces a belief that they are
waiting'; for something that justifies
the delay. The latest press despatches,
dated the sixth, state that the Boers
then had four sliege guns diominating
Lady Smith, wihile- they declare that
"Vsur large naval guns unfortunately
are not yet ready to reply." Yet these
mava'l'lguris tare the weapons whiehjfhave
been repeatedly orediited with (having
silenced the enemy's heavy teurtillery. '
LATEST FROM LADY SMITH.
'Efetcourt, Natal, Nov. 7, 6:30 P M.
(Delayed. )-An armored train .patrol
ling the railroad in the direction of
Oolenso met a Kaffir runner bringing
despatctfes from Lady Smith. The
runner said (that the reports of . the
last 'battle'. near Lady Smith had been
exaggerated?'. The British loss .was
eight killed and twenty wounded, ii:
cuding Captain Knapp. -There, are no
signs of .Boers between Coienso an 3
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HARMLESS BOMBARDMENT. '
The war office today received the fol
ftowinig from! General! Buller, dated
Capetown, "Wednesday : "Ctolonel Kek
ewich telegraphs from' Kimberley No
vember that ail is well there and there
has been nk serious attack yet. The
slight bombardment did no damage, In
formation from Maf eking shJows the
place safe October 27. CoHoniel Plumb
er bad a feligih engagement neiar Fort"
Tult -October- 26. General' White re
ports by pigeon, post thlatt the wounded
and some civilians f nam Lady Smith,
were rern'oved four m?les down, the rail
road by an arrangement', with; General
Joubert taal neutfal place to save them
firomihe1 (bombardment. Ninety-nine
wounded! from 'Dundee bay,e been sent
in under aN .flag "of tru-ce, Arl are doing
well. The bombardment wks discon-'
tinned Noyemlbeiy i and. vl?ovembe.r-5,'
buf was .expected; bo. recommence- No.-f
vember 6
WAR" WILL BE. LONG.'
Paris,'-Nov. 9. The ;,most ,CMnpetenx;
authorities Jiare areinioVe' and -more of
the opinion tWat the Transvaal ' war , will I
be . Hong, iand -'(bltfody. ' M. - Francis
Mondes, aAd' one ifterbest 'iauthoritles,:department is to diretft nim to -proceed
says believe tha' struggle, -Will last'
Jjaf V 'lOIICtS, UU iUlCJIIttHWiiu t. M j
manr-mon'ths. If the" Afrikanders J2in
the Boers it' snay continue ; for years.
Although England! will surely suc
ceed finally in annexing, the Transvaal;
there will mot then be an end of the
trouble. The Boers wi:l be extremely
bJard to govern, and, in any case, Mr.
Chamberlain, andthe tories will fall
jinto discredit.
' ""The colonial secretairy promised lan
easy uick victory, a long war wi
, maKe mm tnoroughly unpopular. There
is no danger of European intervention,
j at 'least for the present. " ft is true the
German emperor a heart sympathizes
with the Boers, but he is pursuing a
very prudent dourse, so thialt.
not fall out with England."
h& may
LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET
MORE TR.OOPS TO BE SENT SAL
ISBURY SPEAKS ON THE WAR.
London. Nov. 9. At the lord mayor's
banuet tonight Lord Wolse'Iey aomounc
ed that orders had been issued for
the formation of another division to
be sent to South Africa, and if neces
sary a second army eorps would be
mlobilized. Lord Salisbury, in a speech,
referred to England's withdrawal: from
Samoa, tsaythg that the island which
had been ceded was of .special import
ance to Germany, 'but was of no value
to England. He added ithat Enand's
relations with Germany were cordial.
In Tegard to the war in South Africa
Lord Salisbury depreciated certain
criticisms and said: "It was stated
abroad we were a strong nation attack
ing a weaker one. But surely, as our
forop-3 are so far digtant, it would be
nearer the truth to say we are. a v.-?ak
nation attacking a strong one."
THE CAUSE OP teE WAR. '
He ascribed 'the real cause of the ""rar
to the unfortunate arrangement of 1881,
whereby a community admittedly hos
je to Enugland was pei-mltted to en
joy the right to accumulate munitions
of war. y
Salisbury declared his confidence in'
the British soldier, despite recent
checks, and said he must deary that the
war had been1 undertaken for the ob
ject of greed for a share of the gold
and diamond mines England sought
only equal rigbJts for all, He added:
"It cannfot be doubted that we shall
so arrange the issue of the conflict as
to confer goiod government on the area
concerned and give security against a
recurrence of any such strife in .that
portion of the wtorfld."
HANDS OFF, EVERYBODY! ,i
Salisbury concluded 'by ridiculing the
idea of foreign 4nterventfcn . He de
clared .that England would have to car
ry the matter througih and the inter
ference of anybody WouTd have imo ef
fect, because England would not ac
cept such interference quietly.
LONDON VIEWS OF SITUATION.
iChidago, Nov. 9. The) Record' cor
respomdenit at Lomidon cables: The en
tire lack of detailed official news 'from
Natal 'cause's interest' . chiefly ito1 center
on Field Marshal Lord Woliseiey'e leTiar
kable slbatemeint at , tlhet Aulthiors' club
dininiar Tuesday niglht to the ffeot tbat
the military authioriities have found the
enemy much more powerful and numer
ous ithan they expectd. Flor some time
back i)t hias been undoubted that both
the intelligence departmenltl and the
Soulth Afican experts here 'hlarvie under
e'sltimiated the number of the Boers. In
one Idiay allone no fewer thian tihirty-six
tro'op ItraliEB B!tlairted frlom) Pretioria for
the 'frontier, eacb conveying 300 Taurgh
ers. Of course this wasi not kept uip,
but the conisidemable sizei of itlhe force
mobiliized is shown by the fact 'that the
force detaiched under Gen. Ludas Meyer
and aldvamioed ftiot Glenooe amloumtted to
9,000. It is likely thalt th'H afterward
-wiais Biubdiivided. The 4,000 eent Ho Zulu
land probably will be heard from, be
fore long.
- MANY FOREIGNERS GIVE AID.
Mainy foreigners have enlisted with the
Boers. The mounting of the big gun a
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ADMIR&L DEWEY MARRIED.
Washington, Nov. 9. Mrs. ; Mildred
M. Hazen and Admiral George Dewey
were married at 10 oclock this "morn
ing, at the rectory 6f St. Paul's Cath
olic church. The cerejnony was per
formed by Rev. James F. Mackin, pas
'tbn, assisted by Rev. Joseph A. Fa-ley,
assistant pastor, and Rev . Sidney Hal -but.
The ceremony was private and of
the simplest character. ,
The bride was accompaned by Mrs.
Washington McLean, her mother, and
Mrs. Ludlow, her' sister while' Adminail
Dewey was lacpompanied by Lieuten
ant Caldwell his aide. . There were ho
cither guests, and after the ceremony
Admiral iand Mrs. Dewey entered a car
riage and were driven to the residence
of Mrs. Washington McLeara, where
wedding breakfast was fserved, and
at 12:45 left for New York. ,
At the close of the ceremony Admiral
Dewey graeped FatherMaokin's hand.
to have been married by you. for I
know at onie time in your life ' you
were a sailor. ' -
DEWEY AND BRIDE JN NEsYORK
iNew York- 'Nov. 9 . Admltal Dewev
bind liis bride airrdyedl this evening ancJ
pTtocieeded to the Waldbrf-Asttoria, where
'.they will remain, several days.
SCHLEY RECEIVES ORDERSr
Wiashingtfon Nov. 9. -Admiral- Schley
"has beesnt ordered toassume commiand
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-of. the South Atflailftcv-squadro;,f. No
vember 17. nne intention or the navy
M ...... . 1 - w
partment wilLleave fttq(!p SdhleyVjAis'-
creation whether1 he -visits boia,th Africa.
TAYLOR'S PLURALITY
IN KENTUCKY
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Latest Returns Increase . the Pig-
nres. Considerably-
Republicans Now Claim the State by
8,000 lo 10,000.
Fusion Majority in Nebraska is Fig
ured to be 14,500.
-o?xanKKort, Noy. 9. Blackburn .and'
Gdebelf claim the state by over 4,000.
The repubTicans claim it by 4,136.
Lexington, Nov. 9.-11:30 P. M.
The latest returns swell the majority
for Taylor, and tonight republicans are
claiming the state by 8,000 to 10,000.
NEBRASKA'S VQTEy '
Lincoliv'. Nov. 9. Unofficial returns
from eighty-four of the ninety coun
ties in Nebrasga give Holcomb 102,759;
Reese 89,824. It estimated that the
remaining counties will give Holcomb
107,592; Reese 93,118, a fusion majority
of 14,500. Official returns win nr,t
dhange this materially. The total vote
cast is ten per cent, less tham in 1896.
REPUBLICANS STRONG !N KANSAS.
Topeka, Nov. 9. Late returns from
the local electioiEe in Kansas shlaw that
the republican total vote exceeds that
of the fusi'oniets by nearly ten thous
and.
CABINET TO CONSIDER
CUBA'S GOVERNMENT
Indications That the Matter Will 'Be
Settled Today.
Washington, Nov. 9. The cabinet
tomorrow wili consider the question of
establishing civil government in Cuba,
and ithe indicafons are it will be defi
nitely" settled at the meeting. If it is
decided to change the government of
the island fxom military ijo civil the lat-
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ter will be; inaugurated to.- December.
No eelecti6ii has been made in regard
to the governorship, but Generatl
Wood's qualifications are regarded
mosfc favorably. This would necessi
tate the recall of General Brooke. No
more troops are to be withdrawn fr'om
the island.
GERMAN BRITISH COMPACT
RECARDING SAMOA
The United States Believed to Have
Got the Best of the Bargain.
Washington, Nov. 9. The govern
ment is still without official knowledge
of 'the German-British arrangement
regarding, the surrender of the latter'e
righlts in Samoa to Germany. It sees
nfo other course, however, than to ac
cept the agreement, as every claim of
the United States was granted. Any
other course, in (the opinion of the offi
cjiails, wiM 'be regarded by Germany as
a distinct . affrpnt, even df plausible
reasons are given. The representa
tives of foreign powers here express
the belief tihat the United States lhas
got 'the best of the bargain. Authority
to sign the agreement will be given to
Ambassador; Ghbate js soon the gov
ernment receives official knowledge of
tte provisions When Congress con
venes the treaty will be submitted to
the senate for ratification.
MEXICO'S BIG CLAIM.
Wellington, Nov. 9. Judge Burch,
special' counsel of the department of
justice, left Washington today for the
Qity of Mexico to male un'official rep
resentations, tid Mexico in regard to
its 'claim against the United States for
$20,000,000 on the allegation that irri
eaafeion in Cotllorado and New1 Mexico
haa petrmanentfly .lowered (the Rfo
Grande river and made former fertile
Mexico lands svajluelees. This is tihs
only point of disagreement of any mo
ment now pending between the two
CHILDREN'S "JSfXTES SHOULD BE
cutrefully , waitched until the age 6f , (ten.
If Jie yes mn be" kept dm normal conui-'tion-untill-then
they? ' will rematJi so
throughout life, unless sickness or abus
shall tn juine , them." - Many hereditary de
flefefcte ma.y also be overcome', in child,
rem ir jtaiden in time. Ex:anuiniat!i'a(iree.
-Baker CoScrenltiflc Befractang Op-
countries. Burch's mission is to con-
'4uc AVACJucan omciais truat it Is t
micuuuu uie utnixea states so
to act as to preserve tke righlts of the
.people of bbth countries and to restore
to those living on both sides of the Rio
Grande tihose ancient ripariani rights
of which they have been deprived.
TERRIBLE TRAIN WRECK
ON LAKE SHORE ROAD
Large Humbert of Persons Reported
Wounded.
LaSia;lle, Mien-., Nov. 9. A passenger
Itraim oin, the Lake Share! roaid) boumd
month from Toledo! ws- wrecked here
this evening. The engine jumped the
track. The entire, train of "six coadhes
'an'd Ithle mail and baggage cars) were
ditched. A large number of persons are
reported killed and woundeld!. It is said
to be the worst 'wreck that has occurred
iai years. Special Itnaios from! Toledo
and Detroit wiith( corps of physciajis.
have been eemt to 't!he sctetne.
NO ONE KILLED.
Toledo, Nov. 9. A passenger who
was on the train wrecked 'at La Salle
arrived here at midnight. He says no
one was killed, but a score were in
jured. WINNIE DAVIS MONUMENT
UNVEILED AT RICHMOND
Also a Bronze Figure to Her Ia,ther,
Jefferson Davi?
Richmond, Va., Nov 9. In the pres
ence of a vialat crowd the micmumenit to
tfhe memory of Wiin.njie Davis was un
veiled! thiisi aiftemooral alt Hollywood
cemetery. There weifel two unveilings
dn one. Tine miarble monumenit to Miss
Davis was expteed tt'o view, and aiso a
bronze figure to her father. The oration,
when the former was unveiled -wjs de
livered! by ex-S-tialte . Senaltor Munford.
who paid am, eloquieinrtJ tribute to ithe
klead.
Judge Retagatn. wta ithe- speaker at Ithe
unveiling of the Davis .statue. Gen
Lee fotlloiwed in ant earnest 'and eloquent
address. A pnayer was toiffered by Col.
Smliith, a clhiaplain t!o Stonewall Jackson.
The tstatue to Wfnnie Dlayis hears the in
scrfiptcini otm thei frbtnlfc: "The' beloved
Child of Jefferson Davis, Presiildienlt of the
Confederate Staites of America, and Ve
rinta Howell Davis." At thie bla&e of the
aitue are thes'e Words: "In memory of
Varina Anne Davis, Daulglhter1 of the
Confederacy."
THE YELLOW FEVER.
Key West, Nov. 9. Two new cai-e
and n'o deaths was today's fever record.
Miami .had no new cases and no deaths.
MILT. HAMBY'S DEATH.
Coroner's Jury Decides it Was Justifi
able Homicide.
Milt Hamby, wantf was wound'ed at
Black Mountain Tuesday by Lawrence
DouigWerity, diet J yasteirday. Sheriff Lee
and ICoroaier Sevier wemt to Black Moun
tain yesterday afternoon !to hold the in
quest arad returned Jajat nighlt.
The verdict' of the coroner's' jury Was
thait Hamby came ifco Ms-de'ath from a
plistol shot at ithe hand's- "of Lawrence
Douigheiry, otad thait llti was justifiable
homicide. There were flight or ten wit
nesses, lamicmg whom were Dr. Morris,
Dr. Petarson tand Dr. MeriWeltlhier
MAGNETIC HEALING.
The Viito Magnetic) Sanitarium com
painy opened on the 7th inst. Free
treatment for the next five days accord
ing to the Weltmer non-medical science.
Consultation free. Office, room 5, 41
South Main street, Asbeville, N. C. Prof.
R. P. Hald, healer in chief. 5t
Hathway, Soule & Harington's ?3.00
Shoe at $2,25. G. A. Means.
"ON THE SQUARE"
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Staple
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Fancy
Groceries.
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W. F. SNIDER.
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Spyer
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HAS ESCAPED
Surprising Intelligence Re
ceived by the War De-
partment.
Eluded Pursuit and Now is
Said to be in the Moun
tains. Evident Failure of Lawton's
PJan to Sun'ound Him.
Belief That His Intention is to'Escap
' to Hong Kong.
SECRETARY ROOT CHAGRINED
AND SURPRISED AT THE COL
LAPSE OF THE SCHEME TO CUT
THE WILY FILIPINO OFF
OTIS REPORTS FIGHTING.
Washington!, Nov. 9. Secretary Root
and officials of the war department are
gieatly concerned over th? report re
ceived today thait Aguinaid nas prob
ably succeeded in making an cticaps
from Tarlac and is now b-liTv.j-i to ".
in the mountains of tht: province of
Nueva Vizcaya, about 166 miles from
Manila.
'Commiunications received by General
Otis from Tarlac refugees syy that
Aguinaldb is at Bayombong, capital oi
Vizcaya province. The information
t
received tloday is a complete surprise
to Secretairy Root, who had supposed
from previous reports' that Aguinaldo
had merely fled to Bayambung, which
is about half way bettween Tarlac and
Lingayen. The similarity in . names
caused confusion.
If it lis true that Aguinaldo escaped
the object of the recent operations in
ithe north country has failed, because
the purpose of the expeditions sent out
under Lawton and Wheaton was to
prevent the escape of Aguinaldo . Of
ficials fee1! certain that Aguinaldo has
nWt taken his army with him.
Aguinaldo's flight is viewed by some
officials as meaning that he is tired of
fighting and desires to make good his
escape, with the probable intention of
going to Hong Kong.
FROM GENERAL OTIS.
Washington. Nov. 9. The following
was received from General Otis at the
war department today:
"Manila, Nov. 9. General1 Wheaton
successfully landed his expedition at
Lingayen, west of Dagupan, on the af
ternoon of the 7th, against considerable' '
opposition. There were elight casual
ties. A rough sea mot permitting a
landing at San Fabian, north of Dagu
pan, as directed, he is moving east-
Jward. MacArthur seized Mabalaoat On
the railroad on the 7th insliont, "Colonel
Bell taking the same on direct recom
noisance, with slight opposition. Gen
eral Lawton ds at Cabamatuan. The
troops beyond Talabera and1 Aliago
have melt with elight opposition.
Hughes moved against the Panay in
surgents today."
J. 'F. Hayes & Co. have moed their
sltock of genera!! lercihandises from 42 ,
Norifli Main tlo 27 North Main, where
rtfhey are preparetdi to welcome old and
new customers wiith ia matertally in
sreased line of dress goods and shoes.
vPor intiigtesttion, Grant's Digestive Cor
di'al. WE ARE..
CLOSING OUT
,
a lot of very desirable STERLING i
SILVER ARTICLES ranging in
price from 35 cents to $8, that are
suitable for gift md at the pricet
are good inveetmenta for holiday
presents.
Tour Inspection is solicited.
ARTHUR FIELD, !
Comer Church street and ?Pattoo
. Avenue.
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AGUIfJA