Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 23 November 1895 — Page 5

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5,o feet or 36.350 yaids iinoit 21 milos, or to fenon railway from county.

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staple dry goods.

excellent values in every department.

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rics for November are now no.it you notbiiig-

fHE BIG STORE OUR CLAIM!

first used the exnression "TheBigStore" to d^ianate thic v,,•Ivviis disputed because our floor space was not as |„^0 as other stores 'PL

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^ffillgivo you some idea of Hie immensity of our stock. Tnese fi-ures apply to a few items we have in our basemont, and which is never Been hv our ciutomer. Thcrj is 110 item or piece of goods from our retail stock included in theao amounts:

CALICO.

CANTON FLANNEL.

:reserve stsck of Canton would reach 10 miles, or 17,000 yard*, or 62,S^0 feet on a straight line this would each from Crawfordsvillo to Linden, Ladoga, New Ross or Waynetown.

MUSLINS.

IrLieaohod muslins would roach over 13 miles or 2..925 ardo. o: 7I,7o teev T..i i- moicthau chough to Lhto Alamo, New Richmond or Darlington. Our unbleached r.uishus woiila reach, over 15 mues or -'',000 Lis nr 01)0 feet This if placed on the Vandalia track would reacii to Wiveurid. Our naif bleaci: rnusiin each rcach 1 3-1 miles. The.e four items together uli reach a distance of 32 ir.ilcs.

OTHER ITEMS.

jr stock of shirting would reach more than 5 miles: ginghams over 5 miles wide sheetings almost 3 miles The Us abo\_£ enumerated would roach, if sewed togbther and laid out in a stiaight line, about miles, oi horn Wfordsville to Anderson, Ind.

[are awaie thai some neonle will doubt these statements, but we stand willing to prove to anyone satisfaction truth of any

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Smen^« make, and would bo pleased to have anyone visit our basement and see Ibis stock

BY THESE ITEMS

nontlis tad are worth fully 20 per cent. ^value jjo matter what you may want in the dry ^CnVtSur'S save you monoy on it. Our Clearing. Sale is still in progress and we

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pards. If this was stretched along the pucllie highway as a telephone wire it would reach Tnorntown or .Jamestown. It would also reach from Ladoga to Lirtdeu if laid alon» the Waynetown to New Ross on the Big Four or on a .straight line almost the entire \vid?h of

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Strictly Cash!

e'dy yf yoVaro a ibscriber we would bo pleased to hav

THE HAUNTED KITCHEN.

Terrible Fright of a Belated Cook and Her Precipitate Flight. Onfc in the neighborhood of Iowa circle lives a government clerk who has grown gray in the services of his coontry, and with his gray hairs have gradually crept up in him several ilia that flesh is heir to, among others an occasional touch of insomnia. Insomnia breeds irritability, and his irritability had been stirred to its lowest depths by inability to get a satisfactory hired girl, but a month or so ago he was fortunate enough to get a "settled woman," who was pretty near perfection. She was a good cook, staid in nights except when her "s'ciety" met, and in other ways was a model. About once a month the oblong piece of buff colored paper that was slipped under the basement door by the gasman would bring a frown to

Mr. 's brow, but he would only caution the hired girl to turn down the gas when not using it. A few nights ago a "s'ciety" meeting had called the girl out beforo sho finished washing the dinner dishes, and she hadn't returned when tlio family retired for the night.

Mr. had a protracted interview with his eneinv, the sleep killer, the same night and could find no rest. In vain ho thought over all his misdeeds and countod 100 backward and forward several times. Sleep wouldn't come, so, after tossing about until long after midnight, ho finally got up and sat at the window. Happening to look down into the yard, he saw a streak of light glinting from the basement shutters, and he thought of burglars. Creeping stealthily down the stairs, he heard dishes, so he went back up to his room. Then ho got mad at this wanton waste of gas, and going to the speaking tube yelled, "Put out that gas and go to bed!" It was the first time there had been an occasion to use the tube since the new girl came, and she hadn't been introduced to it before.

A smothered exejamation in the kitchen, tljg nQisq q| chair knocked over and pahs rattling to the floor were followed by a scurrying up stairs, three J?teps at a time, and tlio badly scared colored woman gathered her few belongings in her room and made a rusfi for the front door. Mr. tried to intercept her, but she was thoroughly frightened and wouldn't stop. Lenny o. go, boss lemme go. I wouldn't work lieah any mo' fer all the money in the treasury. I was washin the dishes down stairs jes' now and a loud voice come ri^lit through the tin pan I was jes' hangin up, and it said, 'Put out dat gas and go to h—!' I know this house is haunted, and I wouldn't work lieah any mo' for nuffln. And she wouldn't. The next evening in the "want" column of The Star was an ad. for a settled colored woman to do housework up at some hundred and something Thirteenth street.—Washington Star.

A MONSTER BOOK.

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Urscit One In the World In V.ie British Museum. Th.-? Chinese department of the British museum library contains, says a writer inCassell's "Worldof Wonders," a single work which occupies no fewer than 5,020 volumes. This wonderful production of the Chinese press was purchased a few years ago for $0,000 and is 0110 of only a very small number of copies now in existence. It is an encyclopedia of the literature of China, covering a period of 28 centuries—from 1000 B. C. to 1700 A. D.

It owes its origin to the literary proclivities of the Emperor Kang-he, who reigned from to 1722. In the course of his studies of the smeient literature of his country Kang-ho discovered that extensive cor: upt ions had been allowed to i-reep modem editions, and ho comvived the idea of having the text of the' ivigii'Mls reproduced and preserved in i'.n authoritative form. This was a lniulity .im truly, and in its execution it li-nia.ns unique down to the prr.-.t'iu tiij-.\ i.r t).! purpose of carrying out !.i v.Kang-he appointed a conuiiitMiai m' i- :ii t-i men to select the viu.ng.s to 1 i\ :i.i.*luced and employed .'e.si:it

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visionaries to cast

copper typ"s with which to execute the printing. The commission ua occupied for 40 years in its g:rat tsk. Before the work was completed Kang-he died, but ho had provided that liis sneec:si should see the Look ,i, u:jil :io I'.utlilully carricd out trui-t. Tl." .!: arranged in six tl•visions, each deuiing with a particular !.i.,i:i 1. v. c. The divisions ::ri I i.v -.1 writings rela::i:: to :iie bl­,iYP ond, writing.-: relai .1 ti. third, writings n.1 i.g ii AJ'.:'fourth, writirgf tela .. i.i i.n .•... at re ii losophy sixtb., \\rtiiif.:. •....! „r ,i litical economy.

The Devil's Cap.

In mediaeval dramas tho part of the devil was always played in a pointed red cap, with two sido point or tassels. So much importance was nuached to this cap that on one occasion Prance, an actor refused to play, ami tainment was postponed ''devil's cap" had been s: was impossible to play the without a proper headpiece.

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Longevity of .\

Sir John Li.i/U'clc, tl:e natrial. ", who has dene lh'.re to oiau tl.c study of insc. v...\s Mid I :ai. a:i the otlier n.odern enii-iiniUgi: .s combined, bas been e.\[ illn.entii:^ to lind out how loug tiif. common ant would live if kept out of harm's way. On Aug. 8, 1888, an nut which had been thus kept aud tenderly cared lor died at the age of 15 years, which is the greatest age any species of insect lias yet been known to attain. Another individual of the same species of ant (Formica fnsca) lived to the advanced ago of 13 years, and the queen of another kind (Lasius niger) laid fertilo eggs after she had passed the age of 9 years.—St. Louis Republic.

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GOOD WATCH, A GOOD CLOCK, A NICE PIECE OF SILVERWARE

COME TO THE

L. W. OTTO Jewelry Store

Aaron H. Wilkinson and Emma R. Bowers. Luna M. Bayless and Elizabeth Priebe.

Tully C. Crabbs and Effie M. Gordon.

TkankMgivinK Proclamation. In order that all may enjoy tho privilege of Thanksgiving, the Trade Palace will not be opened on that day.

Washington Street.

Also a good place to have your Watch, Clock or Jewelry repaired

ImportantNotice!

Her Majesty's Corset. Best in the World.

Dear Madame: It gives us £reat pleasure to inform you that the Princess of Wales Company, manufauturers of Her Majesty's Corset, will have at our store for two weeks, Monday, November 18. to Saturday, November 30, Bliss Shinier, one of their expert fitters, for the purpose of explaining to ladies the many merits of Her Majesty's Corset, and the reason why it is superior to any other Corset made in the world..

We have a fitting room prepared, and it will give Miss Shinier great pleasure to try upon all those ladies who wish it a pair of Her Majesty's Corsets, thus illustrating, without doubt, that they will give the most perfect satisfaction and create a magnificent figure. We desire it distinctly understood that ladies will not be expected to purchase a corset if they do not so desire after a fittiug is made. Respectfully,

Tw. S. AYRES & Ca INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

Read This Advertisement!

If you are in need of Groceries you will, never have a chance to buy at such Low Prices. We will sell you Flour at the following low prices:

50 lbs. Pride of Peoria, 90c ".45c

Wonder, all Spring Wheat $1.00 50 Big A Flour 75C 40c

All Package Coffee— 20c One lb Good Baking Powder lOc One lb Rice 5C

The above are only a few items we mention as we haven't the space.

Furniture and Queensware.

We have enlarged our stock of Queensware and made some changes in our store. We now have the most complete line of Queensware in Crawfordsville. To our stock of Furniture we are adding new styles everyday aud our lines are very large. Remember we sell stoves.

Barnhill, Hornaday, Pickett

Cheapest Grocery House in Crawfordsville.

IMarrittge Incensed. Oval H. Boyland and Mollie Bluo Stokes.

Addison M. Wollever and Lydia Catharine Seering. William Hendricks and Minnie Sperry.

Respectfully, MCCLURE & GRAHAM.

Bnoklen's Arnica Salve.

The Best Salve In the world for cuts, bruises,sores,ulcers, salt rheum, fever -ores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin erup tions.awl positively cures piles, or no pay r'ifi iir.-il. It is guaranteed to Kive pc. re.ct satisfaction or money "nde l.

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Vandalia Excursion-

Home-seekers excursions, south and south-west, Nov. 27, Doc. 11 and 13. One fare plus 82 or 84 tho round trip, according to destination. Call at office for full particulars.

ATLANTA KXUUKSrONS.

Ten day tickets on Nov. 25, Dec. 5 and 1G, rate $15.55 round trip, via battle fieid route. Twenty day tickets any d»y up to Dec. 15, 819.G0 round trip.

Winter tourist tickets now on sale to TOXHH and other southern states. Also hunters' tickets to various hunting grounds. Call and seo us.

J. C. HUTCHINSON, Agt.

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rmstrong, tho barber, was give degree by tho Rod Men on night.

tho lirnt Tuesday VViliu a paten' inachn with t'" it by BtdVl- *, clou 111the llCI'li

Kenyon was this week granted ii a hot air radiator. The •r invention is simply a pipe elbows or offsets attached to •nil tho heat arising from a .• "ate in a room in made to do ty before finally escaping by ov at the top. Several have•d in rooms around town and (action, wo understand, in

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