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A GREAT REMEDY. For from Piles. pr. Redmond, a specialist in the study and treatment of piles and rectal diseases, recently stated that the Pyramid Pile Cure, 11 ■, i.cw discovery for tho cure of piles, was ti ■ most remarkable remedy he had ever w,. n or tried in one respect, and that was the instant relief experienced in nil cases, r.o matter how severe, from the moment the lemedy was applied. This was the mor j surprising to him because he hud carefully analyze! the preparation and no trace of (ii m. cocaine or similar poison could be detected. Physicians look with great saver upon the T’yi ©aid idle Cure, because it is rapidly taking place of surgical operations and beoause i: so simpie. so easily applied aA contains no mineral or other poisons so commonly used In cures. i>r. Esterbrook reports that tne Pyramid Pile Cure not only cures the various forms , f piles, but never fails to give iminedia*e r< •f on the first application, no matter how btvere the pain or discomfort may be. I op!“ who have suffered from . .es for u> ,*re otter, astonished at the instant re•■xptrienced from the first application A her important advantage is the fact tji.it anyone c.m use the remedy without oet. :.r;on frorn business or interference wth dallv occupation. Sold by druggists at 50 cents per package. .Send to Pyramid Drug Cos., Marshall, Mi 11., for free book on cause and cure of ldes. , • • • -,: 1 S Permit a Remark All essential food values are combined and & retained in— PRIXCESB . . . Patent Flour. It is the highest quality possible to produce. Every package guaranteed. Blanton Milling Cos. New Confection Hauler's Chicago Chocolate Creams, Price, 60c per pound. Sold only at 11 utlorVs Drug; Store, Wash, and Penn. Sts. DON’T MISS Our 10 Days’ Sale ON BRASS and IRON BEDS It Will Close Dec. 1. The opportunity for getting a BRASS or IRON BED CHEAP was never so good. ...Our Prices will be a revelation to you... THE American Bedding Cos. 110 North Pennsylvania St.

//>ViV solicitors. : \ Y rJJ If you have a room, \ r or a hall, or an apartl/J ' ment that you want /(/ decorated in the latest, i most artistic manner— I in an original, clever way —that’s a . . . CHANCE FOR COPPOCKS Newest wall hangings from England and France, latest designs from American artists. It’s a treat to look. Special water-color designs furnished. COPPOCKBROS. Interior Decorators PEMBROKE ARCADE S. A. FLETCHER & CO.’S SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT, .*t6 bant Waihington Street. Absolute safety against Are and burglar. Polleerran day and night on guard. Designed for safe keeping of Money, Bonds. Wills. Deeds, Abstracts, Stiver Plate, Jewels and valuable Trunks, Packages, etc. Contains 2.100 boxes. Rent $5 to $45 per year. JOHN S. TARKIXGTOX Manager. SAvVS AND MILL SFPFLIES^^ E. C. ATKINS & CO. C n Manufacturers and Re- ajXJ. \\ S pairers of all kinds of Office and Factory, South and Illinois Streets o \ life BELTING attd IjA W O EMERY WHEELS SPECIALTIES OF W. B. Barry Saw and Supply Cos D2 3. PENN. ST. .Ml kinds of Saws repaired Day and Night Schools B Indianapolis \f USINESS UNIVERSITY North Pennsylvania street, opposite Postoffice. Business Shorthand, Telegraphy. Get particulars. E. J. HEEB, President. Furniture, Carpets MESSENGER’S 110 East Washington St. A Luckless Whnler. SAX FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 26.—The ■team whaler Fearless, Captain Janies Mcivenna, the last of the arctic fleet to arrive cere this w inter, has Just reached port, with nothing to show' for fer four years’ voyage. t> iH , one of the vessels caught in the ice at i omt Barrow. The story of her rescue * bfen told. Captain McKenna : "''■ hen nipped up by the ice we were thirty miles from Point Barrow. If we had f 6 ® 1 * enabled to get thirty-five miles further 1 believe we wou;d have come out all right,” Suicide of Dr. Mark H. Lincoln. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 26.—Dr. . Lincoln, a well-known physician or this cty, committed suicide to-day at his home here by inhaling illuminating gas. No reason for the suicide Is known. Dr. Lincoln was a graduate of the University Pennsylvania and for several years PiUsb laU f ° r the Carnegie steel works,

TRAINED CATS IN FAVOR s IX CITY HOMES THEY ARE TAKING THE PLACE OF DOGS AS TETS. , —s Are Cleverer and More Affectionate than Dog*, a Professional Catman Says—Clean of Habit, Too. New York Sun. In the show window of a bright little establishment in Sixth avenue, just on the border of one of the busiest shopping districts, there is usually to be found dozing iu the rays of Indian summer’s distant sun a lazy Brazilian monkey in whose long, motionless arms is affectionately squeezed or cuddled a slumbering tabby cat. The floor of the show window', being covered with sawdust, affords an excellent surface for the gymnastic antics of a dozen kittens, foolish, absurd little clowns of all sorts and conditions in the feline social scale and a part of the stock in trade of the bright little establishment, which, as designated by a golden sign above the door, is a “Cat Emporium.” Once inside the visitor is reaJily convinced of the sign’s sincerity and appropriateness, for the walls are lined from floor to fceiling with small cages, through the bars of which peer blinking, yellow' silts of eyes, surveying one with that disdainful and altogether supercilious air which only cats of high degree or assured position in the feline world can assume. Surging over the floor, the old-fashioned counter, and the proprietor’s narrow desk in the one shadowy corner of the shop is a flood of furry juveniles, and the welkin rings from "morning to night with a pandemonium of spitting, -wails, yowis, meows, love moans and the stentorian howls of belligerent challenge. Three or four monkeys, brothers and sisters, perhaps, of the sleepy chap in the show window', from a larger cage gaze out upon the turbulent felines and exert themselves desperately to capture the disporting kittens as they fly past the bars. The visitor’s entrance is usually the signal for a mad, concentrated kitten charge. Pellmell they rush upon him, investing him from every strategic point. They assault his boots. They clamber up his trousers legs. They catapult him from the counter, hurling themselves upon his neck and shoulders with a frantic energy which soft purrs convince the visiter is meant as a friendly welcome. But it is the work of some moments for the proprietor of the emporium to divest the visitor of his numerous little incumbrances. “Scat, little pests!” he orde.rs, switching here and there with his hands among the clinging kittens. “Will you never learn good manners in spite, of your training?" “So you train cats, do you?” The proprietor answers the question with a stare of mingled surprise and reproach. "Os course,” says he, “else why should I call this place a cat emporium. A cat is the easiest thing in the world to teach parlor manners, tricks and odd things in general.” he continues, sweeping the kittens out of the shop with a broom and into an adjoining room, the privacy of which is guarded by a faded tapestry hanging. “Talk of dogs—they haven't one-tenth the sense of eats, when rightfully taught and developed. And it’s too bad folks have neglected and despised the poor cat so long. He or she’s an intellectual creature, and when a cat learns anything It is never forgotten. People are gradually waking' up to the fact of a cat’s being so smart, and as a household pet it bids fair to oust the dog in short order.” DEMAND FOR CATS. “Is there a demand for cats at present?” asked the visitor. “Course, otherwise the emporium w'ould be a failure,” returns the proprietor. “Everybody is buying cats nowadays, and you might think it’s odd folks would spend money for such things when they are to be had for the asking, but it is the high-class well-bred and trained animal they want and are willing to pay a good price for. Common cats are just like mongrel dogs. You can get a bunch of them for nothing at any time. But eats of superior breeds cost money, and some of them scrape close to the SSO and even the SIOO mark. “Here is a beauty the like of which you probably never saw before,” says the proprietor, unlocking one of the cages and stepping to the middle of the shop. “Just you watch him when I call his name. Come, Ivan.” Instantly the unbolted door flies back, there is the swift shadow of a body in transit, a soft thud, and a singular looking cat rests upon one shoulder of the proprietor and rubs its head against his elevated chin. The cat has a large body and short legs, but Us most distinguishing characteristics are an immense woolly mane and tufted frill. "This fellow is a Russian cat.” explains the proprietor, placing the animal on the counter and running his fingers through its mane, “and there are very few like him in this country. He is a most affectionate fellow', too, despite the common story that such cats never show any affection for people. It’s all nonsense, anyway, to say that carts are not as affectionate as dogs. They seldom exhibit as much love for a person, because it is just as seldom they receive any petting or attention. “But just to show you some more of the things this Russian cat can do, a species, mind you, which people who profess to know all softs of scientific things about them, say can do notiung.” the proprietor continues indignantly, “just keep an eye on him as I speak. Ivan, what do you do when you want milk?” The big cat pricks up its ears as the proprietor addresses it and replies by vigorously licking its chops. “There!” exclaims the cat man, triumphantly. “what do you think of that for a stupid cat, eh?" He gives the Russian a small saucer of milk, which it speedily drains and then returns to Its cage. "Never neglect to reward cats for the proper performance of tricks,” says the proprietor, didactically. “It makes tlu m eager to learn and insures their constant willingness and obedience. “A cat soon learns to answer to its name and to come only when spoken to. I’ll give you a satisfactory proof of this, if you will help unfasten a few of these cages.” The doors are soon unbolted and the cat man takes his position again in the center of the shop. “As T call the pussies, they will answer one by one—Bess!” A sleek, well-eared-for Maltese pushes open the door of its cage, bounds upon the proprietor’s shoulders, and then leaps agilely to the floor to disperse a pair of rebellious kittens which have made their way hack to the snop. He calls a second. a third, a fourth, and all of tnem jump upon the cat man before dropping to the floor for a scamper and frolic. That they know their names is fully demonstrated and the proprietor is delighted at the visitor’s exclamations of wonder. GAINING THEIR CONFIDJjfNCE. ••I’ll tell you why I teach eats to jump upon me from their cages.” he says confidentially. “It impresses them at once with the idea of perfect familiarity with me, for, as you have noticed, cats like to rub around persons they like and who are pleased with such attentions, but if they are repulsed it Is hard to rid them of suspicion and fear of the persons who cast them off. Even the kittens, which are just as imitative as young monkeys and take a leaf out of the old eats’ hook, as 1 train them to do, when they are too obstreperous for the shop and I want to get rid of them, I never think of picking them up in my hands and putting them out. That would make them afraid of me, so far as personal contact goes. So I keep a broom in here, and when there is too much of them I sweep them out. They dislike the broom, as you can see by the way they bristle at the sight of it, but they have no fear of me. „ . . “What sort of cats are the easiest to train Well, that is a difficult question to answer It depends more or less on what vou wih to teach them. Some time ago a great turn on the variety stage was done by a pair of boxing cats. A great many people went to see It and thought that It was a wonderful performance, Indeed, and marveled at the cleverness of the owner of the cats In being able to teach them the manly art. But. do you know, boxing is one of the easiest things In the world you can teach a cat, that is, the right variety of cats? I saw one of the bouts between these stage cats and immediately went to work to study it out. That was long before cats were In such demand, and I had to sell all kind* of other animals to make a living. I noticed that the cats the showman used were the fighting kind—square cats, we call them in the trade. They had broad faces, very short noses and heavy, stock shoulders, with plenty of muscle in their hind legs. This w'as a hint, so I took a couple of square kittens which were generally on the still hunt for trouble and wrapped soft raga around their forepaws. Os course, not understanding my game, the rags worried them considerably for a while and they spent their time trying to get rid of them, as sen-

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sible animals would. But in a short time they became used to them, and when I held them up by the scruff oi the nee*., and faced them up so they would have to knock against each other, it w'as no time before they were striking and punching at each other as hard as they could. Soon they were willing to go it alone, and within two months I had as good a pair of boxers as ever held a mill. “The Angora cats are very difficult to train, although they are now in demand and bringing excellent prices. The white Angora is especially stupid, and there is not a brindle running about the back fences and singing to the moon which hasn’t more sense in a minute than it has in a year. But, then, it is beautiful to look at and makes a tire parlor ornament, so I suppose it will always be popular with those persons who go In more for feline show than they do for feline intellectual gifts. “Now, here is a cat whose character is at present the subject of some scientific dispute, so I understand,” says the proprietor as he produces a peculiar looking anipial frim a topmost cage. It is unusually large, with a coat of varying light gray and dark gray stripes, has a long black nose and a thick, bushy tail, which is marked with alternating black and gray rings. THE COON CAT. “This is the coon cat,” continues the proprietor, “and there are very few of his kind in New York. In West Virginia and some parts of Pennsylvania there are plenty of them, and, in fact, any place where raccoons and common cats abound there should be a great many coon cats. But several scientific cat men have come out and claimed that the coon cat is not a cross between the raccoon and the cat, but is a distinct species in itself. Besides this, one fellow has gone up the State somewhere to start a farm for the raising of coon c ts, which he says are not coon cats. 1e father of this beauty was a raccoon, and I owned him. His mother was a cat, and she also belonged to me, so I have the documents to prove my case. “Coon cats are worth from $25 to SSO on account of their rarity. They can be taught many tricks, for there is nothing in the animal kingdom with more brains than a coon, and the cross between the coon and cat seems to scoop in all the mental attributes of both progenitors. “Are people willing to pay for trained cats? Certainly. Many a person who comes here to get a medium priced cat for his home becomes interested in the antics and tricks of my expert stock and goes away with a high-priced puss in his basket. Not only that, many persons have called In to price my monkeys (which I keep more because they are imitative and unconsciously Inspire such traits in the kittens), but have become more impressed by the cats and have bought them instead. “Some of my Maltese stock T have trained as ratters, and they can give cards and spades to terrier dogs and beat them at the game. 1 sell a great many of them every month to big mercantile houses which the vermin have infested. Our prices? Anywhere from $2 to sls for experts. Maltese cats trained to do tricks and parlor things come much higher. “Cats are the cleanest animals in the world. I can keep one hundred of them in the emporium without their becoming a public nuisance, such as one-tenth as many dogs would be. They are clean about their eating, w'hich certainly cannot be said of any dog that breathes, and, under no circumstances, wall permit their coats to become soiled. Twice a month I wash my oats in lukewarm water—that is, T have them washed, for it would not do for a trainer or handler who wants to retain their affections to put such punishment upon them as is water in any shape. We have flat, shallow tubs in which they are placed and secured by straps. Their coats are rubbed with carbolic soap and water to prevent the accumulation of parasitical insects. Wash day is a period of tribulation around here. The cats know just as well as I do when it comes, and then you ought to hear the agonized wails which go up in anticipation of the dreaded wetting. “Underneath the emporium I have a spacious cellar. In this the cats are allowed to exercise twice a day in small parties. They do not like to travel about in packs like dogs, but select one or two fellow-crea-tures as companions and stick to them. When they are turned into the cellar in full force there is apt to be a good deal of fighting, not to mention eaterw'auling, which can be heard half a mile away. “It’s remarkable to see the affection which seems to exist betw’een the cats and monkeys,” concludes the proprietor, as the visitor rises to depart. “The old simians are constantly nursing the kittens, and never do them the slightest harm, except that they cannot resist the temptation at times to tweak their tails and then look away in an innocent fashion. The old monkey and the cat in the show window are inseparable frit nds, and generally take their afternoon siesta in each other s arms.”

YE OLDEN TYME PAPERS. Queer Notices Found In English Sheets Over 2200 Years Ago. New York Telegram. They get out a different kind of newspaper these days from the kind the printers of ’’ye olden tyme” produced. London offers sorne queer examples of the work of centuries ago. A copy of the Newes. of May 12, 1004, shows its front page nearly fully occupied by a paragraph, which, however, from its consequential form of type, is evidently of importance. It is nothing more or less than a quack advertisement from the King's own Palace of Whitehall, and from the old Rowley himself: “His Sacred Majesty having Declared it to be his Royal Will and Purpose to continue the Healing of his People for the Evil during the Month of May, and then to give over till Michaelmas next, I am commanded to give notice thereof, that the People may not come up to the Town in the Interim, and loose their Labour’’—a very serious announcement, indeed, since touching for the Evil was the popular craze of the reign of Charles 11, the King having had more patients than any other doctor of his time. Over ninety thousand were duly registered as having been touched by tne royal quack. But, after all, we must be charitable to Charles and his times, and not overlook the fact that belief in the royal gift of healing existed for some seven hundred years—from Edward the Confessor to Queen Anne. High and low held the faith, and it would be difficult to find in all the range of history a more striking example of the credulity of • mankind. The "golden stamp” had doubtless then, as now, a wonderful way with it of popularizing things. Attempts to obtain a second golden angel are narrated. That sensible woman and Queen. Elizabeth, while she touched many, at the same time told her people that “God only could relieve them from their complaints.” and as a preliminary to the weaning of the people the size of the golden tokens w r as reduced. On one of these tokens was the inscription. “He touched them,” while on the reverse side the by no means unassuming finality. “And they were cured.” Another old print is the MercuriusPoliticus of December, 1650. This newspaper was a sort of literary “Vicar of Bray,” which changed its views and its name even with the political kaleidoscope. One number is published “in defense of the Commonwealth,” and it is rather curious to bote that Ireland Is mentioned after the dominant partner, Scotland coming last. The fragments of history on the last page are all of a particularly interesting period. In 1650 Charles II landed in his northern realms, and monarchy was bestirring itself. The year previous commissioners had been sent from Scotland to Holland “to treat and bring home our young King.” It is very, very doubtful if "our young King” found it homelike when he did come across the water. Commissioners were again sent the year following and succeeded. From the Items of war news which follow, this newspaper of 1660 evidently had “our own correspondent” at the seat of war. He had some idea, too, of adding piquancy to his dry details, for he tells his editor that “the Scots prove generally Thetves. stealing anything from us that they can lay their hands on to aceomplishr” SPORTS OF AN ARMLESS MAN. Ingenionß Cripple Who Baits a Hook or Loads a Gun with His Teeth. New r York Press. Johann Fuchs, who lives at Milltown, near New' Brunswick. M. J., having lost both his arms nearly thirty years ago, has trained his stumps to work marvelously for him. Born in Baden sixty-five years ago, Johann spent his boyhood and early youth as a sailor and fisherman on the Rhine. When twenty-two he married, and In 1866 he moved to Philadelphia with his family of three children, and after living in Philadelphia he went to Milltown. Fuchs got work In the Meyer rubber mills and in 1869. while attending one of the immense grinding machines, he was caught in the machinery, and before he could extricate himself both of his arms were badly crushed. The left arm had to be amputated just below the shoulder and the right w r as taken off at the elbow. To the stump of the right arm he had a hook affixed, which he fradually learned to manipulate with great exterity. The rubber company gave Fuchs employment about the mill, and, although he might have obtained heavy damages had he brought suit, the humble German was content to do the light work which was given to him. and so long as he was allowed his w’agts whether he worked or not he felt that he was being well cared for. After a time anew superintendent took charge of the rubber plant and Fuchs’s meager stipend was reduced to 80 cents a day. Having a fondness for outdoor life, * uchs found that he could devote some of hia time to fishing and hunting with udvan* tage. But he had to exercise his ingenuity. In rowing a boat he encircles the oar with

We prepay Express charges On all purchases amounting to $5.00 or over to points within 100 miles of Indianapolis.

A Sensation for the Next Two Days 1 Cloak Dept. We are awfully crowded in this part of the house. One would think this is the very beginning of the season. It’s true, during our alteration sale so far we have sold stacks of ready-made garments, almost more than we expected to, but you see orders that we had placed with Eastern manufacturers, to be delivered November Ist, were delayed and are now coming in thick and fast. We refused to accept them unless they would make us a concession. Their answer reads: PLACE COATS, CAPES, COLLARETTES, SKIRTS, ETC., ON SALE AT ONCE AND CHARGE US WITH THE LOSS. Therefore the following TWO GREATEST BARGAIN LOTS ever placed on sale. THEIR LOSS YOUR GAIN. DON’T DELAY. The descriptions below are merely a sample mention. The lots included in the sale run into the hundreds.

$5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 JACKETS of all-wool Kersey, full satin lined, blue and black, were up to SIO.OO, for Five Dollars. Ift & CAPES of a high grade Seal Plush, extra long, full sweep, satin lined, were I up to $7.50, for Five Dollars. COLLARETTES of fine all Electric, or with yoke of Astrakhan, tail trimmed, ic were up to $7.98, for Five Dollars. & SKIRTS of new large plaids, elegant Cheviots and Venetian cloth, flounce make, satin fold and wide mohair-braid trimmed, were up to $7.50, for $5. $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5

SAFETY PINS— No. 2, nickle-plated, 5c kind, per dozen, 2c TOILET SOAP— Violet perfumed, 3 cakes In box. regular price 15c; special, per box, Qc TALCUM POWDER—Mennen’s, 25c kind, for I2e BROOCH FINS— Enameled and Gilt, with settings, our 25c and 33c leaders for 18c RIBBON—BIack, All-silk Taffeta Moire, regular 25c kind; while the lot lasts, per yard, 14c HANDKERCHIEFS—For men, fine Japonets, a regular 12c kind, for 7c HANDKERCHIEFS. FOR LADIES—Sheer lawn | and cambric, fine lace edge, our I leader, for 8c ' CREAM FILBERTS—Our 15c leader, per pound, Qc ITALIAN CREAM—the genuine 18e quality, j>er pound, lie UMBRELLAS, for LA DIES Extra quality Silk Gloria cover, on Paragon frame, steel rod. tight roll, a variety of shapes in (swedged) Congo Wood Handles, reg-! ular $1.25 kind, 89c

Draperies, Rugs, Mattings Out with surplus! More roommaking on this floor!! Holiday Goods spread over main floor, crowding out the Shoe Department. Third floor must find space for this department, and necessarily are forced to begin at once! For Monday and Tuesday a grand unloading of Rugs and Druggets at prices unheard of before. DRUGGETS, Anatolians (Syrian Sinyrnas), reversible, beau- <jr tiful array of patterns, 6x9 feet PU.OV

DRUGGETS—Same as above, 9 CIO SO by 12 feet size 4>1U.0“ DRUGGETS All-wool Smyrna, guaranteed fast colors (reversi-dJO Ofi ble) H by D feel *■pv.“o DRUGGETS—As above, popular 9 $21.50 DRUGGETS—WiItons, of fine Mohair, the most durable Rug made, 6by 9 Cl A CA foot size. $22 quality; in this sale. DRUGGETS—As above, 9 by 12 7E feet, $35 quality u RUGS—WooI Smyrna (reversible), 18 by 36 inches, fringed. 50 of these, too ,4 Q , many, sell at 9c; this sale

Attend our sensational sale in the CLOAK DEPARTMENT.

the stump of his right arm, pressing it igainst the cheek, which he bends down low to meet the oar to give him a better purchase. Planting himself in the bow of the boat, with a continuous wriggling motion of the whole right Bide of the body, Fuchs propels his boat along. Fuchs is an expert fisherman. He has an eight-foot rod. When he has reached the right spot in the river he anchors his boat and adjusts the rod under his armpit in such a way as to allow four or five feet of it to project behind him. The bait .ie fixes on the hook with his mouth. At ter experiencing a number of mishaps from the hock getting caught in his clothing. Fuchs devised an invention to avert any further annoyance of this sort. This invention consists of two revolving wheels nailed to a piece of board Each wheel is made of a couple ot barrel heads fastened together so as to leave a groove around the circumference. In this grove a stout line with hook attachment is wound. A handle helps to pay out the line by causing the wheel tp revolve outward or inward. The two lines are baited and thrown from the boat in opposite directions. A cog prevents the wheel from revolving outward any farther than is necessary. 5% hen the cog is violently agitated the fisherman knows he has caught som6thing and rapidly turns the wheel inward until the prize is secured. The arrangement by which Fuchs manages to discharge his shotgun is still more ingenious. With his hook he takes the weapon and puts it in place against his right shoulder. Right opposite his mouth at the butt end of the gun, which he leans against his cheek to take aim, are two strings. Each communicates with a trigger In firing the weapon he seizes one of the strings with his teeth and gives a quick backward jerk of his head and the weapou is discharged. In nine cases out of ten the object at which he aims, be It a bird or a rabbit, is shot. The method of loading the gun is also

A quick movement of Dress Goods must be accomplished while the Alteration Sale lasts. Fast pri ces for Monday and Tuesday to begin with. Colored Dress Goods NOVELTIES—Crepon effects, large variety SERGE CORDS—For tailor-made dresses. of styles and colorings, 88 inches nothincr better for service 44 inches wide wide, tlvj 59c quality, for this IQ,. notning oeucr roi service, 44 mcnes wide, sale OVt hi five different colors, our regular PLAIDS—New styles and beautiful color- 5:1 " 15 (iuallty * for this sale i g hnrflL k m n a TwL ft ~-n Ch fnr i o 0 ’ HIGH-CLASS NOVELTIES in silk and this sale **OC. wool, biaek grounds with red, blue and CREPONS—4S inches wide, one of the great green, entirely new and very handsome, favorites In our Novelty Dress Goods, five |i, r everyday bargain price $1.25, for AU. different combinations, equal to anything this sale shown for sl, our regular price 76c, , for Monday and Tuesday PRUINELLA CLOTHS—Strlcuy all wool, SATIN SOLIELS —Entirely new and very the best of German make, finished as serviceable, strictly all wool, Vigeroux es- , , , r . . sects In garnet, brown, green and blue, handsome as sil..c, 4o inches wide, in all the 40 inches wide, the regular 90c qual- . leading colors, our regular $1.25 Q ity, for the alteration sale quality, for this sale Black Dress Goods ELISTERED CREPON. 46 inches wide, SATIN SOLETL, 46 inches wide, patent pure Mohair and Wool, $2.50 OKI Lentina finish, will not spot or quality, Monday and Tuesday shrink, $1.25 quality, for the altera- *7o^ ENGLISH CREPON, 46 inches wide, a crepon very much like silk; fine Mohair, PRUNELLA, 46 inches wide, fine Saxony our regular $1.75 and $1.98 qual- <£| /4Q w'ool. very fine quality, our reguity, Monday and Tuesday lar $1.25 quality, Monday and AS POPLlN—French make. 50 Inches wide, Tuesday v I.VO very fine cord, a handsome, rich SERGE CORD, 46 inches wide, pure wool, black, $1.65 quality, In the al- Cf best quality, our regular price is teration selling $1.38, in this sale \ Verw Verv Liberal Silk Sale They are a flne quality ln AL,L ' shades. J used just now' for waists, trimmings and For a day* (To-morrow and Tuesday) ml j linery p Urpos es. We won t give our reasons for selling 75c and 85e HEAVY CHANGEABLE AC, these Silks, but we will give you very good TAFFETA UOC reasons for buying them. Prices is what All combinations, for Monday and Tueswe have reference to. day. ALL OUR REGULAR DOLLAR CE, TWO LIBERAL BLACK SILK BARFANCY PLAIDS ODC GAINS. / Up to date in every respect, w'e prefer to BLACK BROCADES—A number of offer them to-dav than to wait till later, handsome patterns in satin and silk . .. brocade, our regular price, $1; for for you want them now'. Monday and Tue5day......... 79C ALL OUR REGULAR DOLLAR BLACK PBAU DE SOIE-All silk, SILK VELVETS, Monday and 7Q pure dye, a very nice 98e quality; *7^3 .. Tuesday * VC Monday and Tuesday £ tJC

The Wm. H. Block Cos.

The Wm. H. Block Cos. New Idea Patterns, all at the uniform price of 100. This week the cage appeared for that new, roomy elevator. It now begins to look like an elevator. Very shortly it w’ill be completed, giving us most excellent elevator service to the upper floors. In fact It will almost make the whole store as though one main floor. The Great Alteration Sale Is nearing its end. But from now until the end more than ever you should keep in touch with our advertisements. By skipping a day you can’t tell but that very day we’ve offered bargains exactly what you wanted and needed.

RUGS—Moquettes, elegant, up-to-date patterns, taped ends, door size, 18 by 36 AQ , Inches, sell at 98c, to make room RUGS—An odd lot of Persian Wiltons and Syrian Smyrnas, 30 by 60 inches, $1.98 and $1.25 kinds; sale price, QQ, choice RUGS—WooI Smyrna®, sofa sizes. 36 by 72, heavy, best quality (reversible), heavy knotted fringe, $3.25 and $3 kinds OQ sale price EXTRA SALESMEN WILL ENDEAVOR TO PREVENT WAITING. REMEM-BER-TWO DAYS TO SELECT, MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

ingenious. The powder flask owned by Fuchs measures automatically the exact quantity required to load the gun. This he obtains by touching the spring with the hook attached to his right hand. Then he forces down the powder into the barrel, following with the shot by means*of the ramrod, which he presses down with his elbow. The ramrod is withdrawn from the barrel of the gun by means of the hook attached to his right arm. In addition to being a sportsman Fuchs has acquired a knack of sawing wood, and he has got so that he can manipulate a saw with ease. He dislikes to have nothing whatever to do, and when he is not gunning or fishing he _s apt to be found in the yard in the rear of his modest cottage home in Milltown sawing up wood. * A curious fact often noticed in the case of those who have lost their limbs. Mr. Fuchs continually feels the presence of the lost members. He has a vivid impression that his arms are intact, and occasionally feels a pain or Itching sensation which is relieved i y scratch ng ile stimp of the arm Two years ago his wife, some years older than himself. was stricken with blindness and afterward became bedridden, and yet she, too, is cheerful despite her infirmities. Oddities of Diet. Lippincott’s Magazine. .-among the various nations there have been great differences as to articles considered edible, and, of course, among such as could be procured. The Tartars. Marco Po’o says, ate horses, camels, dogs, and drank mares’ milk. The Scythians also, according to Herodotus, drank mares’ milk. In China birds’ nests, rats and snails are eaten. The edible birds’ nests are found in the Nlcobars, n cluster of island® in the Bay of Bengal. These nests, built by the Nicobar swallows, form one of the principal exports of the islands. The Greenlanders depend largely on seals. The ancient Germans, according to

$lO $lO $lO $lO $lO $lO $lO $lO JACKETS of excellent Kersey (we might almost say the best), newest £2 shades and cut, heavy satin lined throughout, this lot embraces not ** less than 20 distinct recent makes, including dip fronts, heavy satin lined *■* throughout, were up to $16.50, for Ten Dollars. ® CAPES of best Silk Seal Plushes, plain or handsomely braided, best satin rhadame lined, Bear, Thibet or Marten fur edged, were up to $16.50, for sl° 2 COLLARETTES of extemely choice Electric, tab, circular and doublepointed effects, fine Persian yokes, best Skinner’s satin lining and warm © interlined, were up to $15.00, for Tea Dollars. $lO $lO $lO $lO $lO $lO $lO $lO

Domestics, Blankets, BLANKETS—PIaid, all wool, cx-ffj'i QQ tra size and weight, $5 quality... MUSLlN—Bleached Hill, Fruit, Lens- = , dale or Masonville, a yard BUNTING—Yard wide, red, for com- E. fort lining, 7c kind EIDERDOWN, all wool surface, best' plain and fancy, 350 qual- 28c FLANNEL, both scarlet and navy, all wool, twilled, our regular 35c qual- ,29c

Tacitus, ate wild apples, flesh and cheese. In Abyssinia the natives cut steaks from the live cow. according to Bruce, and at© the meat warm with the natural heat. Among the Egyptians near Elephantine the crocodile was an article of food. The Egyptians thought wheat and barley poor food; they ate principally spelt and zea. The priests ate beef, geese, and took wine, but not fish. The Egyptians did not eat beans or raise them. They did not eat the head of any creature. They ate honey and raisins. Among them no cattle wei*e killed except for sacrifice. They ate sheep and goats, and swine’s flesh only when offered to Bacchus and Luna. They had no vines, but mad© a liquor from barley. They ate fish fresh and salted, or dried in, the sun; also quail and ducks. PLANTS IX THE LADRONES. Many Queer Specimen* to Be Found on the Inland*. Philadelphia Telegraph. The queer things in the Ladrones Include a tree the fruit of which ts so obnoxious to the nostrils that a man cannot “keep his stomach” and smell it. But once past the nose It is so delicious that he will eat until too ful! to walk. This fruit ripens once a month, and is plentiful. A nut which can be eaten shell and all Is another queer product. The shell Is brittle like a cracker, sweet and good. The Inside has a kernel which can only be bitten when the fruit is fresh Another fruit is so rare that It is used as a coin. A yry queer mineral product Is a stone which changes color ln th atmosphere. Cold dajrs it Is black; hot days it Is bright red; when rain threatens it is pinkish, and ln cloudy weather it is blue. This stone lies .on the highways, and the pedestrian ©an forecast his ©wn weather. ▲ great yellow flower which opens and • , J'-c 1 V h 1 _ ■ -v • .

Dress Linings ELECTRIC FINISH SATEEN— For cloak and cap© linings, 35c quality; alteration price MOREEN Bilk and Linen, in black. 27 inches wide, $1.25 quality; altera- OQ . tion sale price OOC TAFFETA Skirt Lining, yard wide, fast black, quality; alteration „ price TAFFETA—Best Nubian, fast black, Q,. regular 15c, for - QUILTED SATINS —All good shades. QQ. $1.25 quality; alteration sale price...OOC SILESIA—Yard wld®. ln slate, 15c Q . quality; alteration sal© price SILESIA—I2)4c quality HAIR CLOTH—The best imported, 18 incheo wide, 89c quality, alteration price Dress Findings NEEDLES—2O in a package, gold- f eyed, all sizes, per package *G DRESS FACING—Fine quality Velveteen, black Bnd colors, our 5c l?ader; <i r SPOOL COTTON—King’s Aromy, Enameled finished. 200-yard spools; special, $K r per dozen lOC BONE CASING—AII colors, 9-yard pieces, our 25c quality; special, per 4 V piece ImC Dress Trimmings BRAIDS, WORSTED SOUTACHE—FiIIed with gold tinsel; colors, black, navy, brown, tan, cardinal, myrtle, olive 0.and cream, our regular price 4c TUBULAR BRAIDS—SiIk and tinsel mixtures, large assortment of coloring, A . our regular price 9c; per yard SILK Gl’lMPS—'Two-tone effects, large line of colorings, our regular 10c C . and 15c qualities; per yard MOHATR BRAIDS—Fancy designs, our regular price 35c; while the supply 10c MOHAIR TUBULAR SETS—Hussar styles, In navy, green, brown and tan, we 4|Y. sold up to $1.35; while they last IvFL

Our Mail Order Business Is a prominent feature with U 9. You should give us a trial if not acquainted with its merits. Prompt Service A call for samples will be quickly filled

Bed Spreads, Organdy and Linen Lawn Stocks To Be Reduced... BEDSPREADS-Satin finish Marseilles, extra large size, hemmed ready for IQ use, $3 quality, alteration sale price.. BEDSPREADS—MarseiIIes, beautiful quilting, hemmed ready for use, $2.50 (t sqq quality, alteration sale price BEDSPREADS fringed for brass beds, extra large size, $2 quality, alter- <l:| A A ation price ‘•PI ORGANDY—Two yards wide in plain whit* flne sheer quality, 75c kind, altera- EQ. tion price LINEN LAWN—Fine and sheer, al! pur© linen, $1.25 quality, alteration price OOC

SHOES in To-morrow’s Sale Easily Bought.

closes to the sun at noon is another novelty. This flowe* takes only five minute© to open and shut; for one minute it is wld© open, showing a white centt-r with golden heart. It opens directly up to the sun and closes tight with drooping head. It varie© not one minute in the whole lifetime of th© plant. On cloudy days it opens, but it© petals point downward, for the stem doe* not rise as on sunny days. This flower act© as a clock to the natives. The domestic animals of the Ladrones include a blr* called a “laughing donkey.” It laughs lik© a parrot, but has projections at the side of its head which give ris© to the name. Another household pet Is the Japanese poodl% which here Is very small and very curly haired. This dog catches tts own fish iff the lagoons, and eats fruit from the guava tree. The man who owns a farm in the Ladrones ts a rich man, for he can support lifl© without labor. Breadfruit trees grow wild, and with the cocoanuts are the shade tre* of the islands. A grove of breadfruit tre*© to a Ladrone islander is what a herd or western cattle is *to a ranchman. Fruit grows all the year round, and every quality of queer edible tropical fruit is found Rice, corn, indigo, castor oil. guavas and breadfruit tre exceedingly plentiful, whll© sugar cane, cotton, tobacco and caster beans grow without planting. They ar© natural to the soil, and spring up in such quantities as to be regarded as weeds. A verv valuable possession which Unci© Sam will use is the palm grove which e*tends in a belt across all the islands. Thl© palm grove consists of palm trees which rise side by side so close together that you can hardly, except for the slendern©i oc the trunks of the trees, penetrate Into th© depths of the palm forest. They gr ow vegetable ivory which In commerc© is *• as Lhe elephant tusk. ThS© ivory can b© used In all cate© that do not call for great durability, and for ornaments it cannot h© ©urpa^ed.

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BLACK PLUMES, 12 inches long, of extremely tine ostrich stock, French heads, $1.19 quality. 75c WINGS, about 15 lifferent styles, In hiack and colors, j come in pairs and i threes, up to 40c luality, 10 c TRIMMED HATS. 15 nicely trimmed hits,ordinarily would sell up to 52-50, choice, 98c CORSETS, our 390 leader, white and ilrab, for WRAPPERS, of heavy flecked flannelette, braid-trimmed epaulets and collar, the best |1 Wrapper made, DRESSING SACQUEB, of fancy striped wool, eiderdown, crocheted edge, ribbon tied, OSo kind, 79c CENTER PIECES, stamped, hemstitched, 10c kind, 5c DOILIES, stamped on white duck, colors, pretty designs, 15c qualitv, 7c TABLE COVERS, stamped, 32x32, for two hours, 10c CREPON, pretty drapery, big variety, yard wide, 10c kind, per yard, 3c