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Just
read below and be convinced
the Great Cuts and Bargains
wlaxe offering:
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by
Shoe Department
Ladies' and Men's $5.00 Shoes at
' " " 4.00 " "
Z50 and $3.00 Shoes,
A Lot of Sample Shoes bought at Reduc
ed Price, at - - -
Ladies;jl.25 Slippers'
te$3.50 Low Shoes, - - -
$4.18
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1.98
.69
.75
2.00
Ladies' and Gents'
Furnishings.
Men's 20c Shirts, . - - - - $ .39
Men's $1.00 Shirts, ' - - - - .89
$1.50 Heavy Fleeced Underwear Suits, .75
Wright's Health $2.00 Underwear, Suit 1.50
Ladies' Coat Suits, nice quality, - 3.00
Misses' and Children's Coats, - - 1.00
Misses' and Children's Coats, extra
quality, - . - - 2.00
Children's Trimmed School Hats, - 1.00
$5.00 Bath Robes (make nice Xmas
presents, - - - - - 3.50
$6.00 Bath Robes, - - - 4.20
Furniture
Department
$2.50 Rugs, -9.00
WiUow Rockers.
7.00 Willow Rockers, " - - -
15.00 Oak and Mahogany Genuine
Leather Rockers, -
11.00 Chiffoniers, -3.75
and 4.00 Wash Stands,
15.00 Dressers, - - -10.00
Dressers, - - - -
7.50 Dressers, -Good
Ingrain 9x12 Druggetts, -1800all
WoolDruggetts, . -18.00
Brussells, . -
27:50 Axminister, -
15.00 Cut Glass Bowls reduced to
10.00 Cut Glass Bowls reduced to
7.50 Cut Glass Bowls reduced to
5.00 Cream and Sugar Cup,
$1.00
5.00
fc 3.9?"
11.50
7.59
2.50
11.00
7.50
6.00
3.98
12.00
13.50
19.50
10.00
7.50
3.98
3.00
Everything in this mammoth
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establishment will be sold at the
same ratio.
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quick be-
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served. f
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By ELEANOR B. GARDNER. I f
Ijpopyricht, 1909,,. by-African Pre
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"Grandpa Colonel,-teU W a story."
'WelL weU!. Snpposel telt you'
about a bear.: f - - - "J
i "Sixty or more years ago, in the days
when California, was only poor, faroff
Mexican California ami. nothing more
and I was a xyery young officer in Un--
cle Sam's little army, I once found my
self stationed at a certain inland town,
if a' collection of adobe or mud huts
deseryed the name,-situated about six-"
ty miles distant from the then scarce-,
ly larger village of Yerba Buena, the
now mighty city of San Francisco."; "
We were doing garrison duty, a; sin
gle company under old Captain Jack
B., ran- easy going commander.. who
gave us little to do and plenty of time
to do it in. '
"So, as the hours hung somewhat
beavilyupon our hands Captain Jack
and I the only officers; at the post
took to - hunting 'and shooting, with
now and then a litUe fishing by way
of change .to vary the monotony bf our
soldier llfel Countless flocks of, wUd
geese, - brant and lesser waterfowl
came by thousands to banquet upon
the wild : oat fields and make their
reedy homes among the wide marshes
which separate the firmer land about
3onoma from the spreading bays that
terminate- In the Gol4eV Qate. ;
"We had goose "for. dinner, brant, lor
breakfast and cold duck ; for supper
and lunch till : old Jack declared ; his
bellefL that he should quagk Jf s we' ate
any more such fare. .
"One morning I : had, been ' very suc
cessful at ' duck shooting, and when
I tired of the sportj 1. proceeded to
shoulder my piece and secure jmy
game for the homeward tramp of tree
or four milesyi - ':.C'.:S'T-- 'V .
As i riost sight of the. shooting
grounds and began to enter the; Jive
oak groves scattered here and. there
along the higher ridges bordering ; the
marshy edges of the Jba"y I found my
self suddenly enveloped in vone;. of
those dense mists which sweep up at
certain seasons from the sea. like the
ocean vapors of -; a "Newport summer
afternoon.
"As I had no special path and waB
traveling only by familiar landmarks,
now rendered Indistinct by' the hoary
haze, I was obliged to move more slow
ly and soon felt satisfied that I had
missed my way.
"Reaching at length a space open
upon three sides, the fourth bejg thin
ly wooded, but -without a particle of
undergrowth, I paused for a moment
to survey, so far as my limited1 horizon
would permit, a traJt of country which
was new to me. Moreover, I hoped ;to
hear the sound of running waterj
which, as I knew the general direction
of the streams, would serve to guide
me in taking what sailors call a fresh
departure. - .
- "While listening intently I heard
from the wooded side of. my narrow,
visible world assort of pounding, as;
if some man with large boots and no
corns had found his feet unpleasantly
cold and - was endeavoring to - warm
them by stamping in a manner which
betokened an utter disregard for shoe
leather. . ,
"Then came a wheeze like1 that' of a
gruff giant troubled with the asthma
and finally a . mixed - compound of
crunching and mumbling, as if a huge
hog were eating hard corn. My atten
tion now being thoroughly aroused by
so remarkablea combination'of sounds,
I peered into the jsloom- until 1-fancied
I could perceive the'vague, misty form
of some creature; . stirring up, the fog
within twenty feet of the. spot on
Which I. had halted:
"It isno, it ,can't-be yes, but: it
a grizzly! Don't I-wish I was at home!
"That's what I thought.-rou.see, 1
,hadn;t come bear AuotingIwas duck
: shooting; and had no conveniences for
carrying home a i bear even if I should
kill one, and the more I looked at Mr.
Grizzly the better satisfied I was that
he had every convenience for - killing
and carrying me.
t "All I had ever beard or read of his
ugly, hateful ways' seemed to rush into
rhy mind. . ; : 1
"If I had been examined on this sub
ject in natural, history . Just then I
- should -: have gone up to s the head of
my class immediately. -
"We stood looking at each other.. It
It-as evidently a surprise on bob sides.
. I stared very hard at the bear with
wide open eyes, while the; bear stared
very-hard at me with wide open mofith.
"I think the bear'got over, hl aston
ishment first, and, what Is 'worst, I
could see her wasn't. at all alarmed. He
stopped eating, gave a sniff and a sort
ioMnterrogatory 'Who ar you? grunt
land then' took a step- toward me. -P: -x-
western jwilds; when to my'hbrrorjhe
favoredUmeVwith jt grhvHsuch aigriiil '
and lt;wasf oQowed by ra j"snap; and .a
growuiT" .X-""
"As he quickened his steps -toward
me I unconsciously hastened" my: own,
when; taking a long" stride backward,
1 fquricP myself ..suddenly-prostrate fin
k: sort "of dry ditch or. stough? where" r
lay for: a jnoment half stunned 'In com-'
pany with my dead birds ;and duck
- gun. i , , - ' - ;
"As.'l a reco vered-my self : I xouldhea r
m;jj grunting and - grumbling friend;
doubtless not1 a little astonished at.this-
sudden disappearance, go tramping up"
and down in the vain attempt to'.nose
me out in the-fog. : -,
had now time to think: and. as a
merchant might jiay 'take stock" of
my pbsition and prospects. On .the one
side I was chased by a bear a hungry
bear, a cross bear,, a bear disturbed at
his breakfast of sweet "acorns.r 1 had
lost my way;, I had only a " ducking
gun, which, however formidable to
wild geese, 1 was . a "mere . plaything
when brought to" bear upon the thlcku
tough hide of an acorn- fattened .griz
zly, whose gross weight , might be
somewhere in the neighborhood of 900
pounds. As for my hunting knife I
had left It at home. What wonder if,
as an Irishman anight say, I wished
that t had left myself there before 1
started?" . ' -
fAgalnst all this I had the consola
tory " assurance that - the' grizzly bear
never climbs, which, as the trees were
all on the side of the bear, did not add
much to my sense of security. But
my principal hdpe lay iu the fact that
I was just then hidden by the gully,
the depth of which varied from eight
to twelve feet, with precipitous sides
and a dry bed, which probably led
down to some neighboring stream f
water. .
" 'Now,. thought I, 'I have only- to
crawl along this ditch, reach the
stream, cross it and bid goodby to
grizzly.' ;
'"I had just picked myself up and
was proceeding to carry out my plan
of escape when I heard a crackling
and. breaking of the underbrush which
fringed the ditch and by which I was
partly screened from view, ilhls was
speedily followed by an angry growl
as the treacherous earth gave way and
let Mr. Bear with no gentle tumble
directly dowu into the very gully into
which 1 had fallen.
"Fortunately for me, bruin "had not
only a greater fall,"but tumbled iuto
the ditch at a point somewhat distant
from my hiding place, and the little
ferret eyes did not at once perceive
me. An unlucky stumbie, however,
which I owed to a twisted root, be
trayed me, and he turned and gave
chase.
"They have a very expressive phrase
in California when a person is desired
to leave suddenly. It consists of but
two words. "You git! My dears.
When that bear tumbled into my gully
I got,' and when he took up the chase
I continued. 'to gif In a style which
astonished even myself.
"When I first saw him fall I certain
ly .hoped that be had broken his nose
at least or even dislocated his great
ugly neck, but that hope vanished in
a moment.
-yHr"was evidently not a whit the
worse for his somersault. ' ,
"It was no longer a - matter of cere
mony. I sped over the ground like a
hunted deer, while my stout friend
came lumbering and puffing on behind,
like a portly old gentieman who fears
he may be too late for the evening;
train. I was expecting every moment
to feel the blow of his heavy paw,
when, turning an angle of the gully, 1
perceived, with no little dismay, that
the ditch in front of me was blocked j
by an immense fallen tree. The small
er end of the broken trunk, being to-;
ward me, showed an opening wide
enough to admit my then somewhat
more than usually slender form. : '
"There was little time for hesitation.
I could hear the bear's heavy tramp
behind - me. A moment more and 1
had plunged into the opening and drew
.my gun after me. just as my fat friend
rounded the turn of the slough in" hot
pursuit. Hunnlng blindly on, he en
deavored to force himself after me,
giving the log a shock which made me
tremble for the security of my new
tenement. W : "i. :
"r,Mdne:; or Iwo furious plunges tended
to convince him that I could enter
Where his huge frame could hot. for he
seemed to reflect and finally . intro
duced a paw,, from whose farreachlng
grab I retired into the inner 'recesses
of my chamber. ! :
"Finding that his attempts in this
way were equally jfutile, I began to
feel -a little , more at ease, and when
bruin again poked in his great paw, in
an inquiring sort of way I managed to
push a dead duck out to him with the
butt of my gun by way of a peace of-r
fering. I was willing just then to have
peace at any prlc?. short of surrenders T
"But , Sir, Bear had no' thought of
such a compromise. He tore away and
made the feathers fly with his cruel
teeth and. claws In a tyle which gave
me. a. pretty lively, notion of . what I
might; expect were I to -trusty myself
within their grasp. " -
r "1 had begun to - think- seriously of
giving ; my?-pursuer, the . benefit, of ra
Tcha,rge i of rdiick, shot-ln the. hope 'at
putting- out one or both of. ;his ugly
little eyes and making him give up the
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.SPACE":-'
Experiments: With,- Infants toShow -
y -. That; 1 1 , 1 a Innate. s ; t r!'- .
JThere are many; optical Jllusionsf yS
which show that ourperceptlon'of dis -
tance,; height ? and Cspace . are actjxi tmT' . -rather
than instinctive and' In the do- f 1
mam of psychological "physioiogy. one ,
of, the standing controversies touches
this f point;-,-.? : The;-! German 1 school-of
Delpzig. is Inclined,, to ;atUrm;. that, all -i iv ;
our perceptionsof distance, area aiid T v
solidity' and our. abilltyf;to distinguish
between right and Jeft. up and" down. ,
before and . behind ..'are acquired a s a : v l
result of long practice and experience. ? V :
A person blind ! from i ' blrtb who r "
has Tlearned to r distinguish ' triangles;
squares, circles and objects of other
forms, by touch is.. uoi ante immediate
lylafter the acquisition - of sight i. to .
distinguish these familiar objects by
sight alone. Heor shells still, com
pelled to rely on feeling; - In the be-"
ginning: all objects appear to auch a r
person (and perhaps they do so m the
case of babies as shapeless, r tremulous
spots: otxoTor situated close to the
eye. 5 - V T t
In the s course of the debate .that
raged in Germany some experiment
were made ..with babies. It apeared
that hi babies what must be described . i
for want of a better term as 'sense -
of space; seems to exist. ; The Infant" .-..';".
was held .to tbearna
menters for", about. a toinute "at the r"
end of which ..interval the child'; was 1
permitted to drop "upon Its bed. f "In
every Instance : the c hlld ex hibited ill C
dread or panic when It felt j he arms .
of the persons holding it 'Tela x. The
babe,, even at the age, of bhe month,
seemed to understand that; its sup
port was departing. It held, or. rather,
clutched, at anything it ould reach,
whether the arm. heek or collar of the
person holding it. .
From these experiments it has. been
inferred that, there must; exist; a. sense
of space almost from Infancy.' What
is the dread of falling but a manifesta
tion of an . Innate sense of space?- -London
Post. ;
1 "As I am of a , retiring disposition
'and have never -been willing to In- hunt when. my eyes-becoming' accush
trude . myself7' into compaay -'Where I tomed to" -the darkness, ?S discovered a
have not been invited I felt some dell faint indication of. light ?ehind me I
fcacy m continuing to be- a witness of . crawled; toward Jt-iandv dropped -out
i his repast and L was accordingly ;Wlta-i backward. v -
drawing in' as unostentatious a' way as :: The rcreekwas below mer and r I
gooa manners wouiq. permiir woes, n y. dropped . mto. jt in-$ .moment ana pusn
.-seemed to occur to brnhl. that lowfd 'eaV appareutlyjnnheardto the opposite
"Jt to good fellowship tarcnltiTate my rbank, whence "prudence,-coupled' with
acquaintance. -- . --t-c '! sorne doubteas t6 the - possibility of
fDeclIningthatr honor,,'- Ir dropped - discharging- a wet gun, Induced me: to
Into- a ,backward,,.walkn; keeping; ,:OJ... leave -Ursa" .Major to his log-boring
face; after the manner of royal preaen- .while L made the best of my way back.
SLOW DEATH.
Disease Usually Takes a Long Time to
Kill, Says a Scientist.
Few indeed are the men . and wom
en of full age, say: twenty-five.' who
have not yet contracted ; the malady
that will kill them,, according to that
distinguished scientist, and , physiHau
Dri Felix Regnault. Normally, as con
temporary investigators are beginning
to find out, it takes, twenty years for
a fatal malady to kill a patient it
may take thirty "years. The popular
impression ls that a man may die sud
denly or that "he may require only , a
year to die in or. six months, y To be
sure, a man may be killed or a child
may die in a few months at the age
of one year. ' But, ordlnarily;8peakiug.
all deaths are very slow, mdeed. . and
about 95 per cent of civilized adults
are:now stricken with fatal diseases
They do not know It. They, may not
suffer from them. In due time they will
have their .cases 'd lagnosed as cancer
or tu berculosis or-, d iabetes. or w hat
not But- so inveterate a re "current
mlsconceptlonsof the nature of death;
that the origin: of f the fatal malady
In "time will be miscalcula fed by from
ten to thirty years.. - , .. y.
In the case of human : beings death.
barring accident is nearly always
caused by some specific' malady; This
malady Is as likely as not to be cured
what Is called ctiredThe cure how
ever, no matter ho W skillful the treat
ment or how alight c the disease, has
left a weakness behind It? In some
particular organ of the body;: One of
the organs is. if not prematurely worn
out, at least so worn that its .resisting
powers are greatly diminished. Ail of
us In this : way when" we have reached
a certain age possess ah organ that is
much older than the : rest . of t he
physique. One day ; we shall die be
cause of this organ. Even If : we live
to be very old. Indeed, we shall not
jdieof old age. but of weakness of the
lungs or of the kidney a or of t he liver
or of the brain. Current Literature.
A Ten Years' Penance. . - ;."
It Is happily seldom that the revenge
of a disappointed husband takes quite
such' an extreme forjn as i& t be case
of the man whose will ran thus: When
I remember that the only happy times
I.v.everVeiiJoye
sulked with me. and 'when . I reinem:
ber that my mairied life might, for
this reason; be considered to have been
a fairly, happy one because gbe'j.was
nearly always sulking, I am constrain
ed to forget the repulsion, the contem
plation of her face inspired me with
and leave her the sum of 60,000 on
condition that she undertakes" to pass
two -hours a day at. my graveside for T
the' ten years following my decease, in
company with her sister, whom I have
reason to know she loathes worse than
she does myself ."London .Tit-Bits.
. Didn't Uke the Walk.
A north country pitman went.; with
"his wife one Saturday night; to do a
little. shopping. They visited a large
drapery "establishment, and the obse
quious ' Shopwalker, having - ascertain
ed their Irequirements, said to the cou
ple "politely, "Will yon please walk this
way?" 7 But, unfortunately he walked
I very lame. -
"7o, mlstovi" ,sald the pitman, "Aa
nlwor hev waaked that jfAj, an Aa'm
not ganhln te try V' London Scraps.
j . tc Not Oeesived.
J "JJever-ln my life. have 1 .deceived
my wife.", r - -t
"Same .here j-Mine 'only pretends, to
.believe the yarnarl . telL" Louisville
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, lis the- mind, that make the body
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monarch of the to camp.'t
rich. Shakespeare.
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