Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 September 1886 — Page 3

THE ENDIAXAPOLIS XEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1886.

POLITICS AND CLUBS

MAUB1CS B. FLTUN CRUSHED.

wm Typical New York Politician*—Growth mt Clnb Ufa In the Metropolis—An Km of Practical Jokine.

rCorreepondence of The Indianapolis New*.! New York, September 23.—I bad »een occasional references ic the papers to the change which bis trouble had made in Manrice B. Flynn’s appearance, bat I had no idea of the remarkable transformation that had taken place till I met him yesterday. Flynn was cut down by exposure at a moment when the plans of many years were ripening, and his band was stayed just as it wss about to grasp a plum ot fabulous richness. He is enraged at being balked. Hitherto he has been able to buy his way out of every scrape, but just now money is not so potent as it has been with his affairs: His face, which was formerly well-rounded and aulfused by a good, healthy color, is now the tint of wet putty, and ia drawn down and seamed like the face of an old dyspeptic. He has grown gray, and the jaunty carriage that formerly distinguished him has given way to a heavy and thonghtful step. His •yes are dull and heavily circled, and his whole appearance is that of a man thoronghly broken with sorrow and worry. One reads of these things in novels, but seldom sees in real life so striking an illustration as that presented by the boss of New York. Flynn’s social aspirations have received a thorough set-back, and his up-town friends claim that this has hurt him more than his political reverses, for it has been the ambition of his life to get into society, lie has a chance yet—in Canada. Any one reading the references of the New York pres* to wicKed ex-Senator Gibbs gradually builds up mentally the picture of a deep-dyed, crafty, furtive-eyed, long-haired, sneaking and villainous-looking personage, who is engaged in machinations of a sinful character, morning, noon and night. It would be diflleulUo imagine a man more thoroughly the reverse of the popular idea of the wicked Gibbs than that gentleman himself. He is about six feet tall, with a finely-molded figure, dresses richly, but in good taste, lias a long blonde mustache, merry blue eyes and a manner of uuafl'ected cordiality, lie is genial, pleasant and good-natured, a brisk business man and a pleasant speaker. His constant companion. Commissioner Jacob Hess, has also been accused of all the crimes in the category of crime, except, perhaps, infanticide, and he is just about as gloomy and desperate a looking villain as Gibbs. Both of these erect and clever men are about as much moved by what the newspapers say as is the obelisk. There are more down-town clubs in New York now than there are general clubs in nearly any other city in the country. The expenses are not heavy despite the high rents, for there is only one meal of consequence a day, and it is not necessary to have two eels of servant* in the business clubs. The prime object of all these Institutions is to supplv an eating place where men of position in the business and financial world may meet for a midday meal without being wedged into stuffy and ill-smelling restaurants along with a lot ot office boys and small clerks whom they don’t care to come in contact with socially. The average New York business man it T his interests are large, or if be presides over an extensive establishment, is a very autocratic and exclusive sort of a person. He may be pleasant enough up town, but to his employes he is a very great man indeed. There are more men of the Dombey stripe in the commercial world than people imagine. Any one who thinks it is not so should go to one of the big downtow n clubs, and observe the solemn, reserved, trimly-dressed, and indeed, rather arrogantlooking men who float into tUe club at the luncheon hour, and bow with great dignity and stateliness to one another. The entrance fee to the down-town clubs ranges from ^40 to $75, and the annual dues arc Iqw. As a ruie, the restaurant supports the club. The cuisine is always excellent, and the furniture is solid and substantial. Down-town clubs never go through the experiences with delinquent members that rack the managers of the up-town clubs, for no man is admitted to the clubs below the city hall whose business integrity is not above reproach, and accordingly the widest creitit is allowed to all members with entire safety. Mrs. Langtry is a little stouter than when she was here last, tfht the added weight, so tar from impairing her beauty, has enhanced it. She can no longer be called bony by the bitlerest of her critics. Mr. Gebbnrd, who is still dancing attendance upon his divinity, left Europe a week ahead of Mrs. Langtry so as to be able to welcome her on this side. Mrs. Langtry’s mother, sister and compauion travel with iier constantly. It must be said, without wishing lor a moment to hint at any impropriety, that it rather staggers the average mnu to think how she manages to reconcile her large and eminently domestic establishment with her warm triendship lor young millionaires. Mr. F. Gebhard’s reappearance in the train of his godess at the very time when Uis sister’s (Mrs. Frederick Neilson) sensational divorce case come up, would seem to indicate that the Gebhard lamily will be decidedly prominent in the world ot gossip the coming winter. They’re both in society, too. It’s rather tough on society, but it seems to stand it with tolerable equanimity. Blakely Hall. We are having an era of practical joking in the city. It recalls the days of John McBride Davidson, Price McGrath and Harry Felter. Men are nightly sent around the city ia quest of fictitious personages. Doorbells are rung stall hours of the night ou the most trivial excuses. Bogus telegrams are flying around club-rooms. Manv well-known politicians are in the front rank of these practical jokers. Commissioner Hess, the wicked Senator Gibbs, Jerry Pangbourn, Kd Kearney, Shed Shook and others are eternally making lile pleasant at the expense of their trieuds. And to these Henry E. Dixey, Billy Florence, Nut Goodwin, John A. Mackey and other comedians, who never fail to take advantage of any circumstances favoriag the tantalizing of weak humanity, and life is made doubly pleasant for those who are admitted within the favored circle. Two practical jokes have lately given rise to much talk. A C. Sweetzer is a well-known dry goods merchant,who dines at an English chop-house in F'ranklin street. Mealio, a hatter nearly as famous as Genin, takes his meals at the same restaurant. Sweetzer is very talkative and an ambitious punster. His familiarities were frequently resented by Mealio, who stutters worse than Wm. It. Travers. After several sharp reneonters the men relapsed into a settled enmity and did not even pass the courtesies of the day. One Hopcraft, mindful of their dislike of each •tber, fanned the enmity into a llame by a simple device. He scooped out a Stilton cheese until nothing but the rind was left. It resembled the crown of a chimnev pot hat lie made the resemblance stronger by a brim of pasteboard, ran it around the cheese and placed the thing in a new leather hat box. The scooped cheese and rim looked like the head-gear of an old Quaker. The hat-box was sent to Mealio by a messenger boy, who bore the following note: Wm. 0. MeaUo—Please blocs and iron my hat, and return same to me with bill. The boy will wait. A. C. Sweetzer. It happened that Chauncey M. Deoew, who had just returned from Europe, was in Mealio’s store purchasing a new beaver. A dozen other customers were near, when the hatter opened the bright leather box. At sight of iU contents be grated his teeth, and kicked the box out on Broadway, much to Depew’s astonishment. He ran a stammering gamut of curses on Sweetzer, and threat* •ned to pull his nose when he met him. Two days afterward the hatter entered the Franklin street chop-house. The merchant was there dissecting a bird. Mealio walked ■p to him and said: “Y-y-your an infernal ■toundrel, sir.” Sweetzer gazed at him in genuine astonish■x nt. He knew nothing about the joke that had been perpetrated. The hatter raised his right hand, “I’ll t-t-teaeh yon, sir,” he said, “n-n-not to j-j-joke with your betters. I’ll t-t-tweak your n-n-nose.” Sweetzer arose and a scuffle ensued, which wws promptly quieted by the one* who had

the assault.

A second practical joke, causing much laughter, wm played op Charles M. Bomeisler, formerly a well-known Philadelphian. He entered the Astor house rotunda, cot long ago, and was charmed by the sight of an old friend. They embraced eacb other, and began talking over old times. The old friend, in speaking of a former acquaintance, said that be was dead, and that they were patting his gold watch up at a raffle for the benefit of the poor widow. Bomeialer is the soul ot generosity. “Well, Tom was a mighty good man,’’ be said. “IT1 take as many chances in the watch as any other man. and if I win it I’ll give it back to the poor widow. How much did yon invest?” he inquired of

his friend.

“Twentv dollars” was the response.

“Well, I’ll go you five better. I’ll give

twenty-five,” said Bomeisler.

The chances were quicklv taken, but as there was no dice-box handy the investors drew wooden tooth-picks for the timepiece. It was to go to the man with the shortest tooth-pick. The man turned out to be

Bomeisler.

“I’ve won it for the widow,” he said, triumphantly. “Where’s the watch?” The bartender pointed behind the bar, where the watch hung in golden effulgence. “Let me see it,” continued Bomeisler. "It looks like a good one,” turning it over in his hand as he received it. “1 don’t blame the widow for—” Suddenly his eyes bulged from his head. He rubbed them viciously and stared at the watch. Then he gazed at a chain pendant from the button-hole of his waistcoat. “Well, by all that’s mortal.” he groaned, “if it isn’t my own watch. You’re a pretty lot of macers, ain’t you?” It was true. His friend had stolen the watch while embracing him, and Bomeisler had won it in the raffle. The $25, however, evaporated in champagne. amos J. Cummings. BOYS IN STRIPES.

LITERARY LEAVES.

SUCCESS OF GEN. LOGAN’S BOOK.

The New Scribner’s Monthly—Art Publications for the Holiday Season—Bos# Terry Cooke’s Retreat—Notes. *

Infamy of the Penal Code — Children Treated aa Felons at the Work House.

Here is a picture for those who love justice: A school-boy—a mere child— dressed in prison stripes, sitting among grand larcenists, thugs, old and tough, and other time-hardened criminals, breaking stone, while over him Stands a guard, Winchester rifle in hand, and blood In Ins eye. Presumably the boy is a hardened little wretch, and if not he soon will be in such company. What awful crime has he committed that he is punished as a felon? Mas he burned a town? stoned a prayer meeting? wrecked a train? or stolen a horse? “No; his crime’s a fouler one.” The Jad violated the ordinance prohibiting jumping on moving trains! This was one of the scenes witnessed by a representative of this paper iu r. recent visit to the work-house. A glance through that institution is calculated to irouse a latent sense ot justice. In all essential respects the work-house is a penitentiary. It is respectfully suggested that a penal system that indicts the .same punishment upon a young and comparatively innocent boy for a technical misdemeanor and upon ». hardened criminal for deeds that are cousiarred crimes in every court in th«. land ia simply infamous and a disgrace to a Christian state. It does not improve the situation, either, to reflect that for the same offense punishment frequently falls unequally. An apt illustration is at hand: Two boys jump on a moving train; one is the son of rich parents; the other of u moneyless widow (the cases are not imaginary;; both are fined. The rich man pays his son’s fine and the boy is released without prejudice, but because the widow has no money her boy is sent to the work-house tor ten days. Now, no one would want to say that a ten days’ sentence in the workhouse is not a more severe punishment than the payment of a fine. It means striped clothes, prison regulations, onerous work under surveillance by day and solitary confinement by night; it means a felon's food and the brand of Cain upon the character. And yet lumping upon a train is not a crime, and the people Lever intended that it should be. And, worse still, the lawyers have nowdecided that to work out one’s fine on the stone pile in prison clothes does not bring remittance of the fine, and that the fine is a lien forever until paid in cash. Clearly the law (the people) is at fault. The mayor aud the work-house superintendent are presumably acting within the statutes. In the particular case referred to above, the boy is so small that he can not reach the shoulder of the man in front of him when the “gang” in lock-step (prison tashion again) is Hied from the work shed to supper. It was a pitiable sight, and Superintehdent Thompson joined with the visitors in condemnation of the law which made such

a thing possible.

Tiie ■•/ork-bouseis clean and the discipline seems to be unobjectionable. As a place for criminals it is admirable; but under present requirements no distinction is made between tiiose sent there, ami this is execrable. Either those who are convicted of misdemeanors should uot be sent there, or if sent they should tie kept separate aud apart from

the blacklegs and jail-birds.

It was observed that the county commissioners had not failed to inscribe their names imperisbably and prominentlyonthe cornerstone oi the work-house. This is well. The people may some day want to know who is responsible for the arrangement of the buildings. It would be particularly valuable if it could be found out who located the furnaces under the stairways so that if any inmate were so foolhardy as to attempt to escape in case of fire he would be beautifully and thoroughly cooked. From the men’s department there is but one exit, and that is tnrough a door leading directly over the furnace, and the only wood in the building is iu the floor aud sills placed within four inches of the furnace flues and form- j iug the passage out of the buildiug. Ou the women’s side, in case of fire, exit woulij be wholly impossible. The furnace is under the stairways (which rise one above another) down which alone escape would be possible. The commissioners evidently took the view tnatthe prisoners, lives were not Worth saving, and to clinch this view and make escape wholly out of the question, the commissioners have seen to it that no fire apparatus was provided and no means for using it if it v»ere to be had. A lew hand grenades have been hung around the walls to lull suspicion. The commissioners should know that if they do not value the lives of the felons and drunks, there are iu the work-house small boys who have committed no crimes and who have anxious mothers who would bail them out of so dan-

gerous a place if they were able.

Here are the plain, undeniable fact*, by way of resume: The furnace pipes are within

tour inches of the wood joists, with nothing protecting the wood but sheet iron. These pipes become red-hot whenever there is a fire

in the furnace; all ot the stair trays and exits are directly over the furnace* or are connected directly with the woodwork, which is

exposed to the iu'nace pipes; the buildings are supplied with water Irotn hand force pumps; there is not an inch of Lose in the building, and there are no plugs to which

hose might be attached; every window is iron-grated, and every prisoner in each de partment in going out must pass out of on door, which, as above stated, can

reached by way of wood floors over the furnaces. There is no iire-ularui in the building, no telephone, no bells and no other means , of raising an alarm in case of fire; therware j two cisterns on the grounds, but so close ; to tbe buildings that in case of a hot fire they would not be accessible; besides the city fire department would have a two-mile run after receiving the alarm, and, as shown, there is no means ot giving the alarm. There are five guards tor eighty men— enough, provided help were within call, but because the grounds are so isolated an insurrection, if successful, might become ancient history before the outside world could be in-

formed of it.

Tbe work-house menu is not inviting; but it is said to be wholesome. The prisoners tile into the dining room. They seat them-

r Prepared for The Indianapolis News.] We are authorized in the announcement that the price for the new Scribner’s Magazine has been definitely fixed at 25 cents lor single numbers, or $3 for annual subscrip-

tions.

General Logan is using the revenue derived from the sales of his book in clearing off the heavy mortgage which at present rests on his Washington property. Thus far 55,000 copies of the work have been sold, and, as the author receives quite a large royalty from his publisher, tbe amount realized is of no mean dimensions. Three editions have been printed, each consisting of 20,000 copies, and the remaining 5,000 copies of the third edition are nearly all ordered. A fourth edition, with some revisiona, will be ready by the 1st of November. The book has sold the largest in the west and southwest, and in Chicago, the general’s home, copies ot the book have been disposed of in unusually large quantities. Three thousand canvassers are at present engaged in selling the work. General Logan has had 200 copies of his work bonnd in full Turkish morocco, for presentation to personal friends, amone others having received a copy of this edition being Mr. Blaine, Generals Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Terry and others. Every member of both houses in Washington has subscribed for a copy of the book. The publishers expect to sell 80,000 copies of the work. Rose Terry Cooke, the authoress, resides in an old-fashioned mansion, built more than a hundred years ago, just outside the little Connecticut village of Winsted. The house, situated on one of Connecticut’s many hills, commands an extensive and beautilul view of the valley, with the mountains of Colebrook and Hurflaiid in the distance. The authoress is passionately foud ot (lowers, and devotes most of her time to the care ot an old-time Yankee garden, which is her special pride, and the most attractive spot of its kind tor many miles around. She has laid out her ilower-beds in the best and most pronounced horticultural tashion, and has filled them with geraniums, phlox, sweet peas, four o’clock*, white roses, hollyhocks, honeysuckles, trumpet vines, London pride; in fact, all the old-fashioned flowers that used to charm the oid New England grandmothers ot two score years ago. When in bloom Mrs. Cooke’s garden is a beautiful sight, aud calculated to inspire one with admiration for the taste of its owner. A little river winds along one end of the garden, and here is also the author’s vegetable garden, to which ahe gives an equal share of her personal attention. Mrs. Cooke spends more than half of each day in her garden, watering her “pets,” and carefully taking out the smallest weed that may crop up among her

flowers.

A story is current in literary circles of a wcll-kuow New York book agent who circulates himself among the bankers and brokers in Wall street. This agent, who has been buying and selling books for upward of twenty years, was recently given an order by a wealthy broker to secure some costly volumes or set of books appropriate for birthday presentation to a lady friend. Tiie agent started out on his mission aud visited several of the large New York bookstores. Copies ot all the notable works were shown him at the various places, but these not proving suitable to the eye of the purchaser, at last fell on a set of Waverly novels iu rich bindings. The book agent glanced at the title of the books, mnsed a moment, aud then said: “Waverly? Waverly? Oh, yes, these are the novels reprinted from the Waverly Magazine, are they not?” “Shades of Scott!” muttered the clerk to himself, as he repaired to his desk speculating upon the hollowness

and mopkery ot fame.

An EtiSlisli novel by a new writer, who for the present will write anonymously, is in the press of Messrs. D. Appieton <fc Co. The story is called “Silence of Dean Maitland.” The same house has iu course ot preparation a volume of selected sermons by Archbishop

Trench, to be brought out shortly.

Mr. William A. Baton will assume the double role of business manager of the new Scribner’s Magazine and author of a book of travel during the coming winter. Mr. Baton’s work will have for its title “Down the Island; a Cruise to the Caribbees.” assl will have its interest increased by over 100 illustrations, especially drawn for the volume by M. J. Burns, A. M. Turner and Frank IJopkinson Smith. The larger number of the illustrations will be contributed by Mr. Burns, who personally visited the ! Caribbees for that purpose. The text of the ! book will be descriptive ofa journey through j the British Guiana islands, Burhadoes, St. j Kitts, Antigua, Trinidad and other of the Windward islands. The author lias written entirely from personal observation, and an interesting feature of the book will be descriptions of lile, manners and customs of the natives of the islant's, the Hindu coolies and negroes, giving a fund ot information entirely new to the public, and even to those who have traveled through the places described. Mr. Paton will also touch upon the trade and commercial relations of the Caribbees and the United States, a subject

now full of timely public interest.

Mr. F. J. Stimson, known better to the literary world by his pseudonym, “J. S. of Dale,” has collected a volume of his most striking short stories, which the Messrs. Scribner are about to publish under the quaint title “A Sentimental Calendar.” Each story is suited for reading in a certain month and at the head of each of the tales will be a line or two, telling for what month’s rending the story is best adapted. Mr. Stimson is a young Boston lawyer, about thirty-five years of age, and his social position in the “Hub” is equally a* high as it is in the literary cir-

cle*.

Nearly 100,000 copies of Miss Phelps’s two books, “The Gates Ajar,” and “Beyond the Gates,” have already been sold, over 7.'>,000 having been disposed of “The Gates Ajar”’

alone.

There is likely to be a goodly supply of artistic books for the coming season. As lar as can be gleaned from present indications, the forthcoming volumes will be of the highest standard and a correspondingly high rate of prices will be asked for the books. Messrs. George Routlcdge A Sons ahnouncc three important art works to appear in the course of a few weeks. The most elaborate of these is an edition de luxue of Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserable*,” in five superb octavo volumes, containing in all nearly four hundred illustrations, which have been made for the book in Paris by De Neuville, Bayard, Morin, Valnay, and others. The printing is now being done by Messrs. De Vinue, of New York. The other two books have their illustrations in color. One is the "Frenchwoman of the Century,” by Octave Uzaune. with illustratious from water-color paintings by Alfred Lynch, most delicately ami beautifully reproduced, while dainty initials and >f one | head and tail pieces rise up in unexpected ly be | places throughout the book. The other work “ " is the loug-talked-of new edition of “The Vicar of Wakefield,” edited anew by George Xaulsbury and illustrated by V. A. Pousou. The pictures are handsomely printed in col-

ors, alter the F’reach manner.

“The Hundredth Matr” will be the name of Frank Stockton’s new novel, to begin in the November Century and run a year. General Adam Badeau is to write a series of “War Stories lor Boys and Girls” for the

coming year of St. Nicholas.

Mrs. Oliph&nt is writing a series of articles to appear in the Century during the coming year, describing some of the celebrated men

and women of Queen Anne’s reign.

Ruskin has commenced another series of volumes called “Dilectm,” the matter being

illustrative of his autobiography.

Mrs. Anna K. Green, authoress of “The

tniy will be a series of papers on “The Food Question,” written by Professor W. O. Atwater, of Wealeyan university, who for year* past has been engaged in siiecial investigation in this field. The obieci of the articles u i present some of the results of late scientific research which have a direct bearing upon our daily life, suen as: The substances ot which our bodies and the foods that nburish them are composed; the digestibility of food; the proportions of nutrients appropriate to different classes of people; tood and tbe labor question: food and morals, etc. This subject is an important and almost neglected branch ot the labor problem. TOM BKADY’S HOME.

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selves all facing in one direction. Before Leay$fl$Muih Case.” is about to. bring out a each is a tin plate upon which is a halt gill Lfi^iTbookctb 1 '*' 1 “K'sifis Daughter.” of molasses. Two pieces of bread flank eadp a cheaDA* d<lition the works of St.

A eup of coffee is served and aagpg^d

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A cheap . - - — — — Thomas AqinP^ he published at Home,

with the appiV* 1 ° f Vatican.

A. E. Davis jk Go., Chicago, will soon publish a new bookVRemarks by Bill Nye,” to

be sold bv subscript' 011 -

A feature of th* coming year of The Cen-

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NEW FA.EE DRY GOODS.

A. DICKSON & CO. Have now open a large stock of new fall and winter goods. The largest and most complete we have ever shown. AU departments are now full of new and seasonable goods. The cheapest goods and best values we can find. Particular attention is asked to our stock of CLOAKS and DRESS GOODS. Ladies not yet ready to buy are welcome to a visit of inspection.

A. DICKSON & CO.

CARPETS, WALL PAPER Latest Designs. Lowest Prices.

HERMAN MARTENS.

40 Soulh Meridian Street.

LOSSES Of the Home Insurance Company of New York, on Indianapolis property, are promptly settled at the office of C. F. SAYLES, AGENT, 75 Lost Market Street.

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

IL u. DUN £ UO.. I R. L SCARLETT, Proprietors | Manager.

Rooms 2 and :i .Sentinel Building. The oldest, the Lest, the most progressive and the most reliable

establishment ol the kuid in

the world, having ‘ * ~~' * rood

110 branch offices fully equipped and lit g<

running order, or three to one more than any ol her agency has of actually live offices. Per over 42 years wo have en oyod an unsullied reputation lor honesty, reliability and fair dealing, and we have unlimited resource* for conducting our business successfully. \S e Invite a test of our quali-

ties by the merchants of Indianapolis.

R. Gr. UU2N * OOu

That Pure Linen Table Cloth that we sold at $2.89 was actually worth $4, and they had a ready sale. For fair week we have ten dozen more at the same price. That pure linen toivel that we sold at 15c w\ts actually worth 25c, and every one was sold in less than two days. For fair week we have fifteen dozen more at same price. Those 13-inch solid brass trays that we have been selling at 39c w’ere less than half the usual price. For fair w'eek we have twenty-five dozen more at same price Those towel rollers that we are selling at 7c sold beyond our expectations, and for fair week we have twenty dozen more at same price Those roller towels at 20c, 23c and 31c are 2 J yards long, all made and ready to put on the roller. For fair week we have one hundred dozen Those ready made sheets, in bleached and brown, are all 2£ yards long and 8-4, 9-4 and 10-4 w ide. They have a narrow" hem at bottom and wide hem at top. For fair week w r e have fifty dozen Royal Cashmere Flannels. We bought thirty-one pieces (all there w T as), and we shall sell them at 35c, while they are actually worth 50c. They are in scarlet, blues, black, brown, green, etc., and are excellent value. They w T ill make beautiful wrappers, and also are very pretty for misses’ and children’s wear 9 Men's Flannel Shirts. We have about fifteen dozen Men’s Colored Flannel Shirts that we shall close out at f.xact cost, as w’e want the room. They are in button and laced fronts, and desirable colors Mens Colored Percale Shirts. About twenty dozen to be closed out—ten dozen laundered, at 75c; ten dozen unlaundered, at 50c. These are not calico, but heal percale. We are closing them out. A big bargain Initial Linen Handkerchiefs. We have one hundred dozen Initial Linen Handkerchiefs tor men at 25c; one hundred dozen lor ladies at 19c. These are all unlaundered, and at the prices named they are very cheap indeed We have special bargains in every department that will bo of interest to everyone, and as space will not permit us to mention each one, we would ask all to carefully look through each department and note the specialties. All of our goods are marked in plain figures Notice our advertisement in another column of this paper.

PETTIS, BASSETT &C0.