THE ASHEVrLLE DAILY CITIZEN
Wednesday Evening, January 18, 181)3.
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LETTERS FROM THE VEOFLE.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18. 1893.
The Cincinnati Enquirer is a pnper ot
large circulation and vile morals, but
is defeating the efforts of the coal dealers
of that city who have advanced the price
of coal beyond reason, and we forgive it
some of its least faults. The Enquirer
is buying coal and selling it at cost, and
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway lias
put special freight trains at its disposal.
There seems little, if any, room for
doubt that New York State has solved
the problem of how to end the lives of
itscondemned murderers almost instantly
and probably with no consciousness of
pain. The last execution was over while
the ordinary hangman would have been
fumbling with his straps: and the chance
for bungling torture was reduced to
next to no chance at all. There was a
great clamor when the first criminal was
killed by electricity, under the law that
forbade long and sensational publication
ot the fact, but it is now seen that the re
sult is justified. There are witnesses in
plenty, death comes like a lightning
stroke, and the body is not maimed or
scarred. This is in every way ! 'ter than
banging, where hardly one c. .ution
out of three is done decently and with
out prolonged suffering to the victim.
A START.
It is hard to believe that the agitation
for better roads now on. with a reserve
force of momentum that must certainly
carry it so far as to make a trial of some
new system that cannot be as profitless
as the old, can fail to result in great good ,
for tbe whole country. We believe it
will. Never before has there been so
generally diffused a knowledge of what
a good road is and what it means to the
whole people and especially to the dwell
er without the cities. The standard of
roads has been raised simply because so
many more people than ever before know
that we have been wasting millions on
our dirt affairs that swim in mud one
half the year and wallow in dust the
other half. For years we have been
straining every nerve to help build rail
roads, but have neglccte-.l t he means of
getting to them. It is estimated that
one third of all the material that is
moved by the railroads is first carried in
wagons on roads that do not, in most
instances, deserve the name; and the in
consistency is now seen as never before.
It is as though a man were to build a
first-class approach to hi front ga'e,
and then swim the remainder of the way
to his house in half nud and half water.
A writer in the magazine Good Roads
estimates that the wagon transporta
tion now costs the nation at least ft,
000,000,000 each year, that is to say,
twenty-five cents per ton per mile. With
a system of good roads the cost would
probably be reduced to ten or fifteen
cents per mile for every ton hauled.
That in itself is an enormous saving.
Buncombe has made a start. Let the
good work be carried on in Raleigh.
SORTII CAROLINA ASSEMBL 1 .
A House resolution requests President
Cleveland to call an extra session of Con
gress at a day as early as possible after
his inauguration.
There was a debate on a bill to orovide
for an equal distribution among the peo
ple of the State of the taxes derived from
railways. Finally the bill was indefi
nitely postponed.
The committee on education heard ar
guments on the question of the removal
of the State Colored Normal college from
Warrenton to Kranklinton. and decided
to report favorably a bill for that pur
pose. A resolution was adooted in the House
by a party vote instructing North Caro
lina senators and Representatives in
Congress to use all possible means to
secure the repeal of the lO per cent, tax
on State banks.
There was a debate in the House on a
bill to repeal the act providing for the
collection of agricultural statistics. Fi
nally the committee on Agricuture was
instructed to prepare amendments to the
present law which will insure the collec
tion of accurate statistics.
SHORT STATE STORIES.
It was 73 below zero in Weldon
Monday morning.
S. Otho Wilson, chairma-i of the de
funct Third party is at his farm, in
Wakecouoty. He has uo position in the
Alliance.
Leaksville Gazette : The Wils.m Al-
luminum company, ot tne this place, is
now manufacturing the valuable mineral
product in shipping quantities.
Cabot Lodge presented in the Na
tional House Monday a petition signed
by W. O. Roberts and 7.OO0 other North
Carolinians, for the restriction of immi
gration.
Washington correspondence Char
iot te Observer : A Representative says,
respecting the contest over the western
marsbalsbip: "It all depends on who
Vance is for. The man be supports this
time will receive tbe appointment."
M. B. Wyatt, dealer in fancy grocer
tea, Durham, made an assignment,
naming W. W. Cheek as the assignee.
He reserves the homestead exemption,
and all other property, including his
stock, is for the benefit of bis creditors.
It is thought that the assets will more
than cover bis liabilities.
The firm of Moore & Watson, sub-
BCrintion book publishers, Raleigh, N. t.
has been disolved and tbe business re
organized Tinder the firm name of tbe
Southern Publishing company, with a
capital stock of $25,000. Tbe business
will be pushed and agents for the com-
i: o i
pany win uc iibtciiuj; ti j wuiuciu
State in a lew aays.
A charter has been granted the Cape
Pear Harbor and Coal company, which
undertakes to build a railway from
Soa th port to Wilmington, having pur
c hated tbe property, rights, etc., ot tbe
Brunswick and Sontnwestern Kauwav
company. It will connect with thr
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad
and tbe Norfolk and Western. A fruit
and vegetable trade with the West Indies
ia to be developed.
BROWN S IRON BITTERS
oures Dyspepsia, In
digestion & Debility .
Hanks On Tbe Cold saddv.
Kank Creek, N. C, I
1893 the 16 Jitiny wary, j
Sittizen Euditur Sir This here cold
wether makes me think of the Cold
Saddy. 1 were not thar, but Uncle Hilly
Darnell were & he done told me about it
tother nite, 1 went to his house a pur
pose.
Sezzi, "Uncle Hilly, this here ar the cold
est wether I ever seed," scizi. Sezzee,
"Dave Hanks," sezzee, "cf you want a
dram come out phlat phooted & sa so &
dont complane about the wether, which
I low hit ar a leetle fresh, but I seen
wusseu this here iu mv tine. Abe Dar
nell, you go it git that thar jeg in the
pantry, hit ar the same jeg that liketer
busted the Cold Saddv," sezzee. Me &
Uucle Billv tuk some sevvlc drams afore
he could rickcrmembcr the strateof it, &
atter while he ginter talk about them
old times. Sezzee "Friday weie a nice
warm day, tnity nigh hot, but afore sun
down hit giutcr turn cold, which hit
turn cold so fast you could sec the water
shiver in the bucket & al'ure bed time the
ground were froze hnrtlern a rock.
I dunno what tuck place cmiurin
of the nitc, for I were asleep.
Hut long about 4 erclock uex inornin I
heered my old red rewsttr crowin linger
the house & I tried to nit outcn the bed
to make up the fire, hut at fust I couldnt
git up, f"r bekase the fethcr bed were
froze stiff hard ,K: 1 were down in u
deep holler & couldnt git out, by George
I bad to kliine out. Himcbv I got n
(ire started and went to the Spring atter
a pale of water, which the Spring were
froze hard & I had to git the water
outen the branch. 1 wire in my shirt
sleeves like a good sitticn. but 1 gut
sorter chilly alore 1 got back to the
house. & 1 bedoggoneef I could get warm
when I did git back, thouten my Kote.
which I put it on. afore long my feel
got so cols I had to put on a par ol
sox.
"You don't sa so!" sezzi. Sezzee to
me, sczze, "Dave Hanks, whose a tellin
of this here statement? Atter the sun
riz, hit seem to nppcre like hit got colder
ei colder, stidder hotter as hit most in
ginnally done them times. I never seen
sech a time, retch me that thar jug agin,
hit makes me cold to think about it,
which he tuk nuther dram. "Well Sir,
ifore dinner time, I seen bilin water
freezing on the tire, I seen flint rox freeze
& I a lookm rite at the rox, which they
Krumbled to peeces nex Slimmer. I let
mv ax out at the wood pile & I be dog
gone ef that ax didnt freeze '2. My hogs
all froze to dot he, they froze so hard 1
had to saw them hogs up with a x cut
saw, they kep fresh 2 year.
I haint done tellin ot yer about that
thar Spring, which hit froze sollid &
awa in to the vet h, & we had to use
branch water all winter. Nex Spring 1
hitched a log chain to the blame thing
& a prime pir of yung steers & pulled it
out by tue roots, which the water had
''amned up so insider the veth, hit
spouted out trenicnjess & drownded
both the steers, but 1 was merged to
have a Spring ei: 1 got one yit," sezzee.
"Look aherc uncle Hilly," sezzi, haint
vou frade yule git turned outen the
chertch ?" "No" sezzee "I haint ! the
preechers loves to sta awl nitc here 'J
well fer that. Morcn that" sezzee "the
fact of the bizniss is, Dave Hanks, you
axed me fer a lie & you no it, & 1 reether
jedge you got what you axed lei, fetch
me that thar jeg agin :
Mr Kdditur you necdn pay uo tension
to 1'ncle Dilly he dont mean no harm.
Dave Hanks.
Spellin Korckted by my son soliomou.
Tbat "Cold Saturday "
limroK Tim- Citizen: I saw in The
Citizen a few weeks ago that Col.
Davidson and few others were talking
about the "Cold Saturday." I remem
ber that day. I lacked only a few weeks
of being twenty years old. There was
to be a muster in Asheville that day, but
it was so cold that I did not go.
That "Cold Saturday" was the 7th
day of February, to my best recollection,
the year 1833. Somcsno fell a few days
before. On Friday before it was toler
ably cold, and some snow was on the
ground; some sun-shineand some clouds.
Saturday morning the wind blew very
cold and stormy ( Irom the North I with
thick flying snow and freezing all day.
I stayed at home all day feeding the
stock and making tires. Some chickens
and guineas froze and fell off their roost.
Branches creeks and rivers froze ovtr,
and there was an abundance of ice. On
some young timber, such as oak sap
lings, the bark froze and split up and
down the timber. A streak,
or scar, was seen for several years after
wards on them. The weather moderated
Monday.
This winter is very cold so far. Last
Saturday, the 14-th of January, 1S93, we
had a regular Dakota blizzard; cold,
strong south wind, snow seven inches
deep. This morning, ltlth of January,
the thermometer stood eight degrees be
low fro. This is the coldest weather
since January 12, 1886, when the mer
cury stood at fourteen degrees below
ziro. T. R. Murray.
Iioilslon, N. C.
Belole IlroM, Explain.
r.DrnK The Citizen: We notice in
yesterday's issue of your paper that you
again commented on the Board being
about to pay a bill for sidewalk paving
when it had already been paid by the
owner. It would appear to some that
we, the contractors, had been guilty of
trying to collect for it a second time,
when such is not the case. We wish to
explain the circumstances, which are as
follows: All the work done by us at that
time had been contracted for by the
city except the paving in front of the
McLoud building, and had been meas
ured by the city engineer, and be by mis
take and without our knowledge meas
ured the work in front of the McLoud
building with the other and sent in his
estimate a few hours before the Board
met, and we did not know its contents
until our attention was called to it by
Mr. McLoud, when the above explana
tion was given. And it was not a bill
for work, only the engineer's estimate on
an unfinished contract, and we think
such comments as yours oi the 17th un
fair to all parties concerned, and ask
that the matter be explained.
Belote Bros.
THE SUN.
During 1893 TUB SUN will be of Surpass.
ins; Excellence and will print more news and
more pare literature than ever before in iu
history.
The Sunday Sun
IS TUB GREATEST SUNDAY NBW8PA
PER IN THE WORLD.
P Ice S cents a Copy. By mail, 93 a Year.
Daily, bv mall, year
Dally and Sunday, by mall. - - $ a year
AddreM TBE81TN,
Mew York
A New rostoulue Kxnorlinent
Let no man say that St. Martin's le
Grand has not taken enterprise to its
bosom. That much criticised depart
ment has just begun to experiment with
a sort of automatic postoflice, and the
front of the Royal exchange has been se
lected as a likely place for it. It is a
further extension of the great principle
of the penny in the slot. You drop in
your penny, und in return you get an en
velope and a correspondence card. At
the same time a boll is automatically
rung in the nearest postoflice.
Vou write your urgent message on the
card, put it into the envelope with the
fee, at the rate of threepence a mile, anil
drop the coiniuunicatiuii into the letter
box. A messenger arrives in a few min
utes and takes the letter to its destina
tion by omnibus, railway or cab. This
is a capital idea, likely to be especially
useful in bo busy a locality as tho Koyal !
exchange. But if it succeeds there, it !
ought to bo, and no doubt will be, ex- !
tended to other places iu London. St. '
James Gazette.
The World's Fair iu Uiigliuul. ,
A foretaste of the Chicago exhibition j
was given this week by Mr. Dredge, nt
the Society of Arts, when this gentleman !
gave a lecture, to tho accompaniment of
the inngio lantern, on the exhibition asit i
is and will be. So many romancing tales ',
of tho greatness of the show have been ;
exported from America that a feeling of '
doubt as to where fact left off and fancy
began has been in many minds. Mr
Dredge's lecture- and Mr. Dredge's magic
lantern slides, however, put it beyond a
doubt that tho show will ho ulmost as !
biir as it is painted. The buildings them- I
selves appear to be even more substan- '
tial than all accounts have made them '
and there is no doubt that the exhibi- 1
tion will really be "tho greatest show on
earth." London Court Journal.
Coal AND
Cord Wood
Cheap AM) HOT AT
Carrington's
Coal Yard
Court Square.
no. 20.
ATT R ACTIVE
Sterling silver and solid gold
goods, useful and serviceable for
adornment iinl table use. The
finest of Ic.'itlier c;ird cases and
pocket bool,s
M I S S-
n?'T-
Suiulay Opening of the Fair.
"How do you stand on the question of
opening the World's fair on Sunday?''
said Representative Butler, of Iowa, to
Representative Cram, of Texas, on the
floor of the houso yesterday.
"I nm in favor of it, so as to allow the
worldngmeu an opportunity to see the
exposition," was Mr. Grain's reply.
"W ell, said Mr. Butler, "I have been
making a canvass of tho house on the
subject and you are tho 2?5th man I
havo asked. So far the vote stands 3
majority for Sunday opening." Wash
ington Post.
A ll.iuitlrul Toast.
On a grand day in the old chivalric
times, when the lady of each knightly
heart was pledged by name, when it
camu to St. Leon s turn he lilted the
sparkling cup on high and gave them
this: "I drink to one," he said, "whose
image never may depart, deep carven on
the human heart, till memory is dead."
With that he paused as if ho would not
breathe her name in careless mood thus
lightly to another, then bent his noble
head as though to give that word the
reverence due, and gently said "my
mother!" London Tit-Bits.
Opportunity of bnving some d
the logeis, genuine firstiiali!y
tabic spoons ;it over one-half
less than the regular price.
NATIVE GEMS.
Complicated watchwoik. Jew
elry made to order. Souvenirs.
ARTHUR 31. FIELD,
Iraclitisr Jeweler.
PROFESSIONAL CARUS.
I. M M'TIItK. W. P BROWN.
LUTHER & BROWN,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
OFFICli ia LliGAL BLOCK.
PrHctiec in the State ami I-iderol Courts.
Collection of claims a specially.
ft. II. HEEVES, . D.
IlKNT!.
OFFICE
Connally naiidlng, over Redwood's Store,
P.ttton Avenue.
Residence, 35 Sprnce street.
D. G. ZEIGLIrT"
38 Broad St., Chnrlt Htou, S.C.
1 Plans and specifications 1'urnifhcd lor all
1 classes of buildings. ;crrcspondence
I cheerfully replied to. RcmoticllitiK of riist
j inn structures a specialty. nov21d3m
I
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A cream of tartar lHl,it: puwtlcr. lliyh-j
est of all in lcuveuir.g strength. Latest i
t'nited States Governnent I'ood Report.
ROYAL, BAKING I'ONYDHK CO.,
10B Wall St., New York. 1
K. H. BR ITT,
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER IN STONE.
Grading of all kinds done. All sizes of
crushed stone furnished. Send all orders to
postoffice Box 1 4-8, AshcTille, N. C.
auldtt
34-Years' Kxpcricnce-34
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CONTRACTOR AND BUIUHBR
Office and shop, Wolfe Building.
ORNER COURT PLACE AND MARKET
STREET.
V A
These tiny Capsules nre superior
to Balsam of Copaiba,
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They cure in 48 hours tho
same diseases without any incon
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INSURE YOUR PROPERTY WITH
E. J. A S TON,
General x Insurance : Aftetit,
Rear N. Jo South Main street.
"stablishcd I8r. Atthcvillc, N. C,
&u5 dlv
JUDGMENTS.
The Retail Grocers Association offer the
follovinK judgments for sale:
MISSC. BURKE. 70V4 S. Main St 112.76
VIRGINIA ROllIE, Charlotte St 25 (
A. B. WARE 2 25
W. S 1TSTICE 3.77
MKLVIN NICHOLS G.f.O
BRK1N WILLIS 14 OO
Tbe above judgments enn be lawfully ten
dered in pavment of all debts to tbe persons
against whom they are issued. Persons
wishing to purchase may call on any of the
members'.
Greer & Johnson,
A. I. Cooper,
R. B. Noland & Son,
Wm. Kroger,
J. A. Porter,
O. IT. Bell.
S. R. Kepler.
Ray & Baird.
M. C. Noland,
, T. . Revell.
n. L. McDonald,
; V. M. Poster,
J. S. Fullom.
W. C Stradley Sc llro
!J.M.J.B. Seiglcr,
Glenn Bros..
Hill & Shanks.
J. 13. BOSTIC,
REAL ESTATE,
Pfo ii I at ton Aevnuc.
Puvn, veils and exchanges real estate m
iommt8ion. Also buys and sells notes
stocks, bonds and negotiates loans on real
estate. nov25d(m
J. A. TENNENT,
ARCHITECT : AND : CONTRACTOR
Plans, specifications and estimates fur
nished. All work in my line contracted for,
and no charges for drawing on contracts
awarded me.
References wben desired.
Office, Southeast Court Square. Ab?ville,
N. C. fcbl9dly
FRANK CARTER,
FIRE INSURANCE,
First Nutional Bank Building.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
NOTAHV PIBLIC. janOdtf
COLD
WEATHER
FOOTWEAR.
Cork soI shoo foi Indies.
Walking shoos for Indies.
Mon's thit-k solo shoos for
cold l' vt.
SHOES FOR
WARMTH AISI
COMFORT
XT -
FULENWIDER'S.
"SHOES EXCLUSIVE."
". iS PATTON AVENUK.
Good
IF SO, AN TlClil'HALALGINU
Does Your Head Ache ?
WILL SI Kl-LV CURL IT.
Morning!
J- and r.O CLNTS A HOTTLK.
WHOLESALE ANDRETAIL
Raysor & Smith's,
ASHEVILLF, N. C.
JUST RECEIVED !
NEW ANDCdMl'LETE .L.'NE
Eye Glasses and Spectacles,
WHICH Wli ARE Sl-LLlNG AT PKICUS
THAT CANNOT ItH I'NPKKSOLl).
Ptortli Carolina Gems
MOimiNG MADE TO ORDER.
All Work Guaranteed ;
P. L. COWAN & BRO.
JKWELliKP.
No. 9 West Court Place,
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
H. A. Peterruan,M. 1).,
THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERER OF HOW TO CURE
TUBERCULAR CONSUMPTION
WITH THE COMBINED USE Ol'
THOSE LIFE RENEWING, OBRM
DESTROYING AGENCIES; ELEC
TRICITY AND OXYGEN.
Would say to all altlirtcd with that hitherto
incurable disease that none of the srravc and
serines diseases yield with more grace to ra
uoiitu Miruiint- mHimciii man xunercuiar
consumption in its first stflRc. Por the pur
pose of trivins hU patient all the benefit of
climate, pure 'mountain air with oionc end
balsamic odors aa far as it can be had in tbe
open air: he has opened an office in Harri
man. Bast Tenressee, where all consump
tives coming in tte earlv stage of the disease
will be permanently cured. Thoe corainsr
in the last stage of the disease will be bene
fitted in accordance with the amount of
lunar tissue left. The first ten cominif from
Asheville will receive one month of treat
ment free. For further particulars write to
him at Harrlman, Tenn.
J. W. BKOOOK8
Attorney At Law,
Ottice on Patton Avenue, over tbe Model
Cigar store, Collectioniof claims a specialty.
dcc30ii.J
Honest in an out.
Sensible Shapes.
Perfect Fits. Solid
Comfort. Largest
stock of Narrow
Widths in the
country. All the
fancy colored ooze
and evening dress
Slippers. Ladies'
Walking Boots in
all popular shapes.
French Calf and
Patent Leather Ox
fords and slippers,
from tripple A
to E.
$$3
Men's Boys' and
Youths' footwear,
in Bleechcrs, Bals,
Congress in Patent
Leather, Calfskin,
Russia, Calf and
Russctt, all widths
Hunting Boots,
Overgaiters, Leg.
gins, Umbrellas,
Trunks and Va
Uses. Hats at
sacrifice! We hare
no time to talk
Come and see our
stock.
BLANTON,
1 39 Patton AYcnne,
WRIGHT & CO.
TAKE THE
CHICA60 AND ALTON RAILROAH
GOING
West and Northwest.
IWEHS
JEH
Ml
UY1
Make New Resolutions for 1893.
READ WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY:
THEY OFFER IJIG INDUCEMENTS
THAT DOWN ALL COMPETITION
500 iaii K ladiois shoot, north $1 .()(), red m-ocl to I X wnts
500 " " " " 1.50, " i)
500 " " " 2.25, " $1.7-1
500 " " " 2.75, " 1.!)',)
MEN'S SHOES.
5oo
pairs, worth
ft! 25, milled to $ l.OO
500 pairs tino congress, worth 1.IO,
500
500
500
" " 2 OO,
2.50,
:5.00,
CHILDRENS' SHOES.
1.21
1 15
" 2.00
" 2-11)
300 pairs worth 75 cents, reduced to 15 cents
300 pairs spring heel, worth $ 1.25 " ft l.OO
LADIES HOSIERY.
Ladies fast black hose, worth 15 cents, reduced to Ocents
Finer grade " 25 i t
Emigrants irolnaT to anv of the Western
States or Territories wiU save time and
money solar via Chicago and Alton route.
it tne quickest route to Kansas city. Den
ver Pnebfo. and all ooints in Idaho. Washt
tnarton. Oregon, Utah and California.
ruten una ocai cquippca spaa iu u
IVest.
Onlv line running Solid Vestibnled trains
between St. Lonis and Kansas City.
Kecitning cnair cars ana Tourist Sleepers
free of extra charge.
1 win meet parties at anv railroad station
with through ticketa and baggage checks.
Por fall information, maps and descriptive
pamphlets of the Weat, write to or call on
a. a. miwlanu,
Traveling Passenger Agent,
33 Patton Avenue, Asheville, N.
J. CHARLTON.
Oeneral Passenger h v.ent,
Chicago.
PERSONS HAVING
Boots or Shoes to Repair
Caa have them neatly done by leaving at
SHOE STORE OF & A. HEARS,
29 South Main St.
Also order taken for new work. All good
st A. FRBCK.
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TRAOS1 MARKS.
OCSIOM TINTS.
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aTor ini w ana rrw Handbook writ to
mvhh a oo, a Bhoidtit. nit ror.
Oldest bnrsaa for saeortna patents tn America.
Kverv patent take out by s Is brmurht beforei
pubaaouoesTsn(jeeotaWteuta
JFcitttttfit JraeriflM
. -- t T raSlfln nnnrta thai
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anaai should be wrthoat ft. WsetTr. si.) a
Kr SUM Ms smatha. ArtareM M CVW XaZ
uawaaa. ! anoaawaf, MW Is Cm.
Big job, worth 75 cents, reduced to 41) cents.
Dress goods and silks big bargains. Tho finest assort
ment of ribbons ever show n in the city
LADIKS' UNDERWEAR.
Muslin ami wool underwear, big job, very cheap; gents
underwear, all kinds, all prices; gents dress shirts, worth
ftl .25, reduced to HI cents; gents overalls and jackets,
worth ftl.5( per suit reduced to ftl. Iacea only 1, 2,3 and
4 cents per yard, worth double the price. Pins only 1 cent
per paper: needles only con pet paper; what do you pay
elsewhere for them? Judge for yourself and buy where you
can get the best and most for the least money. Just think
or buying 1() (rent hoxes of shoe blacking for 4 cents per
box; lead pencils only 4 cents per dozen; writing paper on
ly 4 cents per qr ; envelopes 4 cents per p irknge. See our
fine window shades, worth 75 ceuts, reduced to 40 cents;
plain window shades, worth 40 cents, reduced to 25 cents.
Lace curtains worth 75 cents, now going at GO cents per
pair; curtain poles only 25 cents cherry or walnut finish;
ladies' rubber overshoes worth 40 cents, now only 25 cents;
gent's linen collars, worth 25 cents, now only 10 cents; cuffs
14 to 20 cents; fine combs only 2 cents; finer dressing
combs, only f cents, worth 15 cents; hair pins 4 cents per
box; hair brushes, worth 40 cents, now 25 cents; hardware
of every description; jewelry, clocks and watches very
cheap; good alarm clock, worth ftl. 50, now only 99 cents.
See our toilet soaps, worth 25 cents per box of 3 bars, re
duced to 5 ceuts: gents' rubber overcoats only ftl. 75,
worth double the price; big job in gents pants; see our
large oil painting, worth $2.50, reduced to ftl.20; ladies'
and gent's umbrellas, all silk, worth ft2.00, now only
ftl. 24; ladies' white hem stitched handkerchiefs, all linen,
only lO cent: big job in gents' hose, all wool, only 19
cents, worth 25 elsewhere. Thousands of other things
that space will not allow us to mention, but will say we
lead in prices.
THE - BIG - RACKET.
15 Sou tli Main Street.