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THE AHSEVILLE- GAZETTE JANUARY i. iqoi 1 w f g r'-'U - " ' 3' ' v-fc. .."jt i.''f -j,T !, oi-i-v ' , . fc ...l. 1 v , t - n u tV7- V7 fo) 1 rfcles for Christmaswhich 'are offered at remarKablv lowmirftsThft timi ; HMwinff s nf r:whpn rwih rembdel our V store ands6od8mttstAberresardle88;of-v7n , o . ? dKin dlllJ JaGKBl USDI. , 5? . ' V rz " Price in. this department have fj-'QV. O--been "slashed,'. to pieces, rmaktag,, great ' LJ ZT U jiwjt fcLiae us toerore. , uv-iiiuM ntuiea ctoia, quaizue, id t ea vest ana pan'ta, witix tape neck ) . praas, rien eirecx, never-bowx ar , w i. oiyv wcj, m , , f -n tbe .miost-.Ca&Iiionable Shades', cow' f -pearl --buttons. CItpsl& hsaAn at ftiii- ' ' tLan Bebudldinfi: sale price, only- --rcloitfli and.leatljdr, weU amad uva.Jl.OO ."ij M 1 .73c yrd., ' . - 'I rebuilding gale irlce; 25c each , -"V -$2.49:, ' . VSp'U J : - V " ltfl ml'iLi ! tUnlM, niM.K nU.UUnA I ther 'insoles 'and cmners. Warranted' - iiifeiiuiivu u'Jiim in 'jnifDiCi f - iuiivii iiiiuuv mi i.iiiiviiisxv i ..IllIJUUIIOQ : IUIUG . Ill . ; UiailKDll i UiTIIDII U1UIUU IUI. Ulll lUlIIIUUl ano comforts. . Q " Ladies' JjLCkietS InO. 1iand.snrrmmTqli- mm : tjr, up to date in tyle, wltb new shades J . and fronts. Tiie kind: you, pay JT.oa to , 510 elsejvdiere Our Rebuilding Sale :fZ price, 4.98. ' ' , r; n - , jj v ' i-i ' Jackets, another -new lot in all '.th SI , latest styles ajidi -colors. Genuine - ibar-.-. -'gaiics which, cannot be tnatohed for- less . J -than from' $5 to 56.50. Rebuilding sale g price, 2A9. - n . , - Rainy day skirts A tot of Ladies' ST.- Oxford CJoltfh Skirts, which are reg 2 , ular $3.vialu!es, made wiitb stitciaed tot- torn ; and ' inverted pleat ' iback4. Re- Q 'bu,ilding ale price $1.49., . ; ' ' j. , -. , - O , ' . Dress SkirtsMade of elegant Qiuali q. " ty Cheviot,- Serge, positively all woolr f full -width, trinwned with three rovs U J of 'silk around: the bottom. Instead of, ' ' $4.50, regular price, our Rebuilding! sale. price, $2.98. Remarkable 'Attractions in , - Dress Goods- catchiest : bargains of the eaon. We mention) a few extraorddnary value 'to show how we need 'the room before we start to wbuild. At these prices " they -will not last long, and it gves you an opportunity to buy a dress pattern for Xmas at a -very mkll sum. All wool storm KJheviot Serges in,, f black and navy never sold for less r than 75c, mow 49c yard, -. y . 40-inch Oashmerc er l Serge. In all .the mewest shades Jid black, . regulaB 39c kiufd. now 25c yard. $2.00 Broad Cloths 54 Inches wide, in . Tan, Blue, Garnet, Brown and Cardi nal, now $1.25 yard. Finest "silk and wool Crepons,. ih'tho newest weaveaooda fch.f .field un to id yard, now $1.98 yard. 75 cent French FlanneL in' dots' and -small figures, al the latest colarkgs, now 49c yard. t - - Every.; corset in our great corset de partment greatly reduced in price We must have the lXfoti.' $1.25 W. ' B 'iStauigihlt Frant" ,coree!ts must go.' Our builSiagnsale price, 89c. ' - - ' s JFIve diffeirejnt styles of icorseits in dong -medhiim arad ahort waisit, to white, drab and , black.- 75c q-uaJj'Diies. . Rebuilding sade price 49 v ' , - $1.00 W. B. Corets, made f floe sateen, well boned and in aii the new hajpds.. ; Rebuilding sale prica 73c. 25c Bailey's Talcuan Powder, put HP in nice boxes. Pjebuildirg sale price only 10c box. Good Toilet Sop, Scakes in a bx, regular price 15c box, now 9c box. ' 800- Medalion " Pictures, copies of the best oil padmtings. , Thi awakes a pretty pres nt. Rebuilding ale price only 23c. Ladies' Knit Underwear. - Great value tMt should claim the attention; of every barrain seeker. Ladies' extra iieavy ana neece-lined, panta a-nd vests, never sold for less than 75c. Rebuilding sale price 49c. Ladies' oamffl Miseses Union Suits, der by ribbed and fleece Jined, 39c every wihere. Rebuilding sale price 25c Ladles' 'Union Suits, full sizes, in cream and gray, the 75c kind. Ing sale pric 49c. Rebuild- -TJiese are great values " and - you shcmld not tail to inspect these goods' if you are looking for & "genuine hjarjviin . 11-4 blaokets, ?u white, gnay aid tan; extra, heavy, Out $1.50 kind.. Reibuild ing sale .price. $1.49. ; - - 2C0 11-4 blankets, white "with pink, ."ed and blue .rrs, Rebuilding sale jrio, $1.4., 11 pure -wool t)lamkets silk taped and Nothing ver offered like it beifore ifor less than $6 pair. Rebuilding sale (price, $4.98. N Extra quality of coimforts, full double bedi sizes. $1.50 valuss. Reibuilding sale "irice 98c. Large size satine Comforts, new and desirable patterns, $2.25 values. Re building sale aprice only $1.69.. Umbrellas for Christmas Gifts. 500 Umbrellas, steel ro- paragon' fivme and made of best gloria silk, with Dresden land natural iwood' handles. The usual $1.50 kind. Rebuilding sale price only 98c. 850 Umbrellas, made of good gloria, wi.i stel rod, paragon frame this makes a useful present at very little cost. Rebuilding sale price only 49c. Gloves -for ths holidays. .Who would' ; think of wearing , shabby "oaes when new are made s low in orice by , our rebuilding. sale? ' ,.t 50 dozen Kid Cloves, in Red, Tan,, Brown and Black, 1 Biggest ; 1 bargain ever offered. Reh-uildng eale price 49c i-air. ' M s 25 , dozen- Kid-Gtoves, regular $1.50 qualdlties. Every pair wannanifcedi Re building sale price 98 cnts. J : . Hosiery. r cfvo'ti wvl fwpr ; if-'mntlift'i ,nOw mair. For Ohristmas. (no , longer) l4 only 50c fc"e,5 to 8.:' - , - Hs 1000 pairs chiIdreQ'a "dhoes.' , All leatb- sr throughout; boittonror Jaee; , light or heavy weights, "heels v , Bpring heels, caa' i be bea)t ,ifor 'fl.tiOZ Fo Xmas pnly , 75 o its'. Sses 8 to 11. - ;X " - ' ' ' - -1000 pairs misses'all leather- shoes for Sunday or school wear. ' The kind yu s pay $1.25 andT $1.50 elsewhere for. -, For . he boliay 1t 98c. ' Rebuilding sale of Hoeiery. make useful ixresents and the wete never o, low, , ; The5! Drives Iiadies Fast Black and Famcy Hose, in .polka dots, stripes and checks, 39c values. Rebuilding sale price 23c. Ladies, Seamless Fast Black Hose, plain and with, white feet, 19c aualisy, Rebuilding sale price 12 l-2c. Shoes. Bed Spreads. Ladies' and Misses' extra heavy ribb- A case full of white bed spreads, with pearl hem, ready for use, regular $1.50 98c. 20 dozen handsome . Marseilles Shoes are used more and more every rear for Xmas present. What betts and more appreciated article could you givs? 250 pairs ladies' felt Toilet Clippers in black, tans,, piak, blue aind red. Very nobby, 49s.' 100 pairs, ladies' bedreom slippers in black and red feet, fleece lined and fur trimmd. Warm and comfoiitablej wjrth $1.50, only 8c. 200 pairs men's sQiopers in tan or black, Just the thing for gentlemen. Onlv 98. Men's and Boys' Department. V - -. -...', Boy' "vests ana -d;:, well-made nd fitting, In fancy wofwteds. Just - the thing for little fellows Xiras : v gifts, $1:48. . afiems fancy .vests in all thw last erst styles, single and doulble breasted, ! and a very, acceptable preent, 2.50 vests. Rebuilding; sale price only $1.48. $1,50 Ken' Alpine Hats? in black and brawn and gray, new, stylish sbaaes. Rebuidta(g sale price only 98c. v .. 50 dozen ujilaundered wha-.- Alrts. made of 2100 linen, 4-ply bosom, gusst seams, re-enforced front auid back, 75r quality. - r.ebuilding sale price only 49 cents. 1.50 men's and boysi' aFJ wool, to na vy, red and black. Rebuilding sale price only 98e. ' ; ' J ... I 65 dozen mens sweaters, extra heavy, with turtle neck, 75c values, only 49c. Every suit, overcoat, ulster and pair pants in our clothing department are now a mere shadow. f their former price, enabling you to make a big sav ing on your clothing lor xmas. 12) U the Bargain centre of asheville, 10 AND 12 PATTOt! AVENUE. THE CHINESE NEW YEAR'S. (Peculiar Etiquette and Festivities of X - the Celestials. - The Chinese are not troubled over the . beginning of tie century and waste "no . . time, in discussing the simple matter C '--whether it . contains' fl9 tMranp Xixl ,; v, 5Cheir "century" begins and ends- with the reigning monarch, or; rather,' it corre r sponds .to the reign of one emperor, vi- ' When he dies., time hec-ins npr. with Che year L Ihis simnrihps matters. nA ? "each ' reigir forms a separate century, so V gins on Jan. 29. is the twenty-fifth of the " '- present reign an,d consequently the year 4?: ',:tCIhe. Chinese New year began last year ' . on Feb. 9. It is a movable event, being ' ? regjlated by the phases of the moon., .PTstolfi. mnnth rrrfsrrTii?a witK ' the .Innor . icaienaar, ana mere are u montns in a year:.The notation is made by a board '' ; 1 i WMWWUViuiiJ. a. CTCVKU. v J.UC U1UULU 19 M.i-i not divided into weeks, and'there are no f - Sundays., . A Chinese takes a rest when 11 he wishes or can afford it. The temple is ::open every day in the year, and .when, he' talvPS -ofF. hi ishnps and nrnsfriifntf tiimclf before the avenginjr, joss, whom he must propitiate iwith . offerings commensuratp. -with.his manifold sias. During the New ( 7 Year holidays-which last about a week. - the tpmnlp Js rrrtxrrl An-v nrf nicrhr with ... worshipers, each praying to the partieu lar god whom he has most offended. v The ' poorer' class observe the festival ' one day or longer if their money lasts. J. A"- ;MT7n,BM. ..:in trw-A' vv'-,,. fr . .i...'.".. I , : u . im ; csrxESK jtjw year's greeting. , The wealthy keep it up for a week, and 4 . f , relatives and perhaps' buy a new wife! - ; The celebration begins .at .daylight byvthe . "young people exchanging visita 'The old ' . - 'ex- people - wait fors a , more reasonable" :t; hour. : Those who keep: open house have - ,the "spread", in. the center of the'rooiq,' the feature of which' is a pot of boiling tea. Upon'.theentrance,, ofa visitor he shakes his own hands and mechanically expresses the usual'Happy New Year" formula- The host also; shakes his own x . hands and returns the same good wishes. " A tiny cup' of boiJng tea is then served, whichithe.visitor .gulpsjown 'with one swallow and without wincing. As-a matter of form he samples the sweet meats and . hands out from his cardcase or capacious pocket a visiting card and receives in turn one from the host. The card is a red piece of papeV about five inches in length by three tb 'width. It is folded so, as to leave the name cf the giver on the front top, edge. These cards are. pasted on the wail for remembrance or future reference. Some file them away in books. Families call upon each other. But young men. do not call upon young ladies. - That is not in good fdrm. Dur ing the week functions are given at the restaurants, at which the young people meet, but. so far as I can Jearn there are no private whisperings of soft nothings. The conversation is general, and the par ents of the young women are always present. At these and other functions at stated intervals are the only occasions when 'young people meet prior, to their marriage. Of course opium smoking is in order, and housewives exchange the pipe freely in their visits to each other. The Chinese calendar is a book of about 200 pages usually, depending upon the quantity 'of historical and astro nomical ' matter the geographical editors may, have collected. . Of course the reign ing monarch occupies a great deal of space and is highly eulogized as the il lustrious sou of the moon, etc., and per haps as -of greater importance than the moon from the writer's standpoint. The calendar is printed on ordinary brown pa per and begins at the end, the reverse from our manner of reading or printing a book. J. M. Scanlaitp. you wonaer mat a soldier on picket rougn clothes of a farmer. He looked could thus be craftily approached and the typical bushwhacker. He at once done to death, let me tell you that in 1 started after the horse, and as he only a few cases were the posts in the I jleaped from the end4 of 'the bridge to open, lhey were under the trees inVthe earth below he srrTft in nft n 0 AS 0 OMR'S VISION if JBy M. Quad. i corraiGHT; 1900, bt c b, iewis. CI : For a period of three" weeks along the. front ofxour brigade a picket had teeri murdered on his post every night. The front; was a -mile long, with the 'posts within ten rods of each other, and; a bushwhacker had crept Up on the lone picket with all.the craft of ah .Apache and. stabbed him to death The 'one assassin had killed 22 men before any great stir was made about it The 'brigade, was- being equipped for. the spring ; campaign, many - changes' ? were 4 taking, place among the officers, and the murder-of a, few pickets did -not j count for much in the - general confu sion. 'A!1 that was done when the mat ter was finally taken hold tfs was to put two three and; four men on "a post in place of bne and ' to'r send put small scouting parties to . look f or a needle Itf a;baystaek, as it , were. t v . v- .r .-That . all " these 1 murderg " had ' been cbinniitted by one single hand no one doubted A ; knife had been used , in every ; instance-; The murderer had crept up in', the -darkness leaving a Strail 'be hind im;,in;some cases. In-no -case had hef struck over two blows, arid .the surgedns said that he had always Jised the, same knifo. Sometimes his Victim had made a brief struggle or cried "out or fired his musket and sometimes ad lived a fetv hours after the attack.', If the midst of awood, on the edge of old fields grown up to briers and weeds, alongside of a creek, the babbling of which would drown all other noises. A man was posted there to stand still, not to walk to and fro. He might have participated in half a dozen battles and made a' record for bravery, but within half an hour after being left alone on the post his nerves were more or less unstrung. The very darkness and lone liness would do that. He might finally lean his back against a tree or sit down, and he might keep eyes and ears on the strain, and yet he could be approached. Qn the night that the order was is sued to double the men on the posts I as ill in my tent with a sore throat k 1 anA Wot.- rr each other. Aside from the movements ana rever; My tent mates were on guard or detail, and I realized that I was light headed. I could not fall into a sound sleep, but I dozed at intervals, and the noisespf the camp were con fused wfth queer dreams. Of a sud den this confusion cleared away, and I had what you call either a dream or a vision. I saw a man in the uniform of a federal captain; mounted on a dark bay horse, ride up to a farmhouse. The face and form of rider and horse were as plain to me as if I "bad seen them in my, normal state of health at noonday. The captain was a man of about 30, blue eyed, with brown hair, brown, mustache and a front tooth filled with gold. At the corner of the left' eye was a small scarf rom a wound inflicted years before. As ' the officer descended from the saddle and hitched ; his horse to the fence I saw a-woman's face at the win dow for a moment. . The same face was seen again for a moment as she opened the door i; for the captain She was a tall, dark haired woman, and, the face bore a smile. It seemed to; me that I stood and watched; the horse for the next quarter of ; an "hour. The animal chewed at the fence rail, broke down a small bush with his hind feet and pawed a deep hole. In the earth in his impatience ' , " . As suddenly as the. vision came It was- blotted sout, but it returned again. This and pitched forward on his face, though up and off a minute later. I stood looking after him, when one of my tent mates came in and aroused me from my troubled sleep. He said I was muttering and throwing my arms about as he came in. I at once related the dream or vision to him, but neither of us attached any importance to it. One with a fever always has queer dreams and fancies. ' A week had gone by and I was all right again, when I read in a Washing ton paper of the singular disappear ance of a captain in our brigade. I read this in print instead .of hearing the news. While regiments may be bri gaded together, the men are strange to time'the captain 'was mounted and it Ch I ne nad clamb was nlzht. It was the same horse. h pe, woods, a mile, away. ha u,ontD nnn . muoi se and rider. pulled' in, , I could not make out bow I followed-on, 'but 'follow-1 did. and we had";Just descended" a' hill and-'were crossing a creek, by a plank bridge when there came a red. flash,' followed by the report of a firearm, and the cap tain threw np nis' arms and .lurched to the right "and fell out of the'saddle., The, horse sprang to the-left off the bridge, which had no railinglanded to the creet and went off among -the nn-' derbrusn. 1 ; saw that the " officer was belng dragged along. with his foot in the stirrup. I also saw the man who had -fired the shot Hejwas tall, gaunt .facedwith long blak7, hair' and Ht 'tering black eyes, and'oTressed in the of regimental officers, one seldom hears anything in a regiment outside of the affairs of his own company. This officer, so it was stated, had left camp on a certain, afternoon on his horse and had not been heard of . since. My vision cam$ hack to me so clearly, and I was so sure that it furnished a clew that I reported to my captain. He ridiculed the idea, but sent me to the colonel. My statements were received with a smiley but I was given a pass and a lote to the brigadier general. He was a grun: old dog, and he called me a fool before I had spoken ten words. When I had given a close description of the missing officer, however, he began to listen, arid the result was that I went out with a squad sent to search. We passed for two miles over abroad I had never get foot on before. We came to a farmhouse I had never seen In my waking moments. We found the black haired woman, and she corroborated my story of, the captain's arrival: She Was a widow, living with her mother, and the captain had been callingfor many weeks, and it Was a case of love. A horse -had gnawedsa fence rail; a horse had pawed up the earth; the cap tain's horse was a bay. When we re turned to the bridge we found -the marks where the . bushwhacker ' had jumped. We found where the iron shoes of the horse had scraped the stones,' auu wuere ne had clambered out. In found w.e ' The 'captain had been shot- thwmvh the body. He had been, dragged by the' stirrup, until his body; had become. en tangled among, the , underbrush ;MThe, horse had eaten' every bush and'llmb within reach, but.had been .without watei;and was just able to stand.,-His rider; was probably - dead within ' five minutes after being shotT: You may have made ;t up . your vmind to Oiear that - the . assassin ,was:also discovered through my dream but he was not" ! have always, believed that It was his hand. which, knifed ,the - pickets, . but It is orilr my belief. No one charged with any of; :the crimes was-ever brought to-bookso-far.as i.knoW, V-I could have Identified the Vshwhacker among a' thousand men, but I never had the opportunity. A week after the finding of the captain's body our bri gade was" marching and fighting 40 mne6 away, and if- the assassin was a farmer living in the neighborhood ' of his crimes he was safe from discovery. Our Grandfather's Letters. 1 George Washington never saw a post age stamp or an envelope, says Suc cess. They were unknown here until 1S37, after Rowland Hill had introduc ed them in England. Letters . were written, folded aud addressed all on the same sheet and stuck witha wafer or with sealing wax. Our early states men could hardly have dreamed of the millfons upon millions of portraits of thenjselves that would some day be dis tributed broadcast by a great postal system. In 1808 the mail routes in cluded a few cities in Maine, Georgia, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsyl vania, Maryland, Kentucky and Vir ginia, making triweekly deliveries In summer and biweekly in winter. There was no postmaster general in the cabi net until 1829. Letters wereharged 25 cents postage for anything over 450 miles long. Half a century later 10 cents prepaid carried a letter 3,000 miles and under that distance 5 cents' and 3 cents. y The popular pen was the good gray goose quill. I t was not -until 1819 that we got our first steel pens' from' Eng land, where Perry had just begun their manufacture. ' Henry Clay, learned to write-bv trar n& lpffp rs nn VonH with o "s-harp stick, and Daniel Webster's "first pen was surreptitiously plucked from his mother's pet goose, his ink being soot mixed with .water. A few individ uals were the envied, possessors of gold pens, which were made in Europe, but the majority use! "Dutch quills."' ; ' THE BEST PLASTER, , A. piece of flannel aampenea . with Chamberlain's Bain Balm and bound to the affected parts. i superior to xany plaster. , - When - troubled with ; lame back or pains ;ln the side or chest, give it a trial -andv yon are certain . to b more than pleased with the prompt re lief it affords v - - ; ' " ' The ,Gazeflteisf People's Column 'ls,the 'nest small ad . medium dm Asheville.' I. ' ' ' ' I I - ; Dinfests what viiii Jtpt tificially digits the food and aioL wature in strengthening and recon. rtoucting the exhausted digestive : op f5? Is 11,8 scovered digest ant and torn. No other preparation J? efficiency7lt What could you frietnd ap preciate, ore for-a X-mas pwe enit rjham a , photo of yourself in ne of our high gnad carbon. , Carbon is the highest grade ,work known- in photogra phy, -and we are the only oneu tai Asheville that make them. See ur display. All colors. LEWIS, THE PHOTO GUI A.PH BR 69 S. Main St. JANUARY Est, 1901. : : . - . k , ,"e . - ;:-. w -' . .. - - " s . . - pilants another milestone on the road of youir life and outs. We,iibpe. that our relations as t dealer and customer, will continue, as pleasant in 1901 as in 1900 it shall ibe our effort: to make them so. Anything in me'ats or poultry yoa may buy of us will, be the" best we can get: anywhere.. Is your New'-Year'a day ordJerim? - 'j;- , t . :!5 l;;citr-)kARKF: NATIVE ''iANI'. WESTER ' MEATS- C3 .Jtute's; piUdr.laxatives, and . while. e'C title ,nr rpliafilf1 "jspwu luuigesnon,, ; Keartbura ' i . 4 - . c FfatuIeEce, Sour - Stomach: Nanseal . l?uV & ' i S.Wrnac J Zl imperfect digestion ' - evcrv- s -VAV -h?? " .-v,,..; ill; ,- - i 1
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