Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 12, Number 26, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 24 December 1881 — Page 4
THE MAIL
A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. P. S. WESTFALL,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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No 1« South 5tfa st, Printing Heme Square.
TERRE HAUTE, DEO. 24, 1881.
SECOND EDITION.
TWO EDITIONS
Of this Paper are published. |$ ihe FIRST EDITION, on Tbnnday Evening, has a large circulation in the surrounding tsirns, whore It 1* sold by newsboys and agente.
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS. Again has this best of all the holidays rolled round, bringing its "Christmaa joys" to millions of hearts, little and big, throughout the Christian world Once Christmas was distinctly the chil drens' holiday, but it is so no longer. Not that it has loot any of its charm for the little ones by any means, but it has taken on a wider significance, and has come to be the great gift-giving festival of the year. Dear old Santa Claus still clatters "upon the housetop" with his pack of childish delights, 'which are finer and cunninger than ever they were before, but he does not confine his pres ents to tbo juvenile circle, but brings costly gifts for papa and mamma and all the rest. Dear old Santa Claus! The only romance of childhood which is left in this ago of the practical. And there are those who would grind even this last, loved idol into dust! We know a young father who has deliberately informed his little girl, scarcely able yet to talk, that there is no Santa Claus, but that papa and mamma bring all the pretty things! It is wrong, argues this sage young father, to deceive the children. May such utter regard for the truth as this be limited to a small and constantly decreasing circle of sapient Gradgrinds! Let the dear old saint live, say we, with his great book, bis toy factory, his reindeers and his bundle, wonderful to the imagination of every child. He will do them no harm. They will suspect him and ex pose him soon enough without help from their elders, but they will never be able wholly to cast off the poetry and glamour of the pretty fiction which has been such a living reality in their childish minds.
To return to Christmas. It is the festival which commemorates tlio advent of tho gospel on the earth, and as that gospel has widened in its benign influences, so this festival has increased in its obserrahce from year to year. Human ingenuity and skill exhaust themselvos to contrive exquisite things for its celenit ion. Never are the shops so rich .and brilliant as when filled with goods for tbo Christmas trade. Beauty and utility are combined. There are costly fabrics and jewels for the adornment of the person and there are exquisite gems of art. Thousands of dollars are offered
prizes for the most beautiful designs of Christmas cards, and hundreds of thousands are spent in the production of rarely illustrated books. Indeed the •Christmas holiday trade has grown to be an important factor in tbo business -of the entire year.
But better than costly presents is the atmosphere of hospitality and jfcood fellowship which surrounds the Christmas festival. There aro happy meetings of friends and kinstcen around the family board, which groans beneath its weight of good cheer. The merriment and shouts of tho children cannot bo restrained. The sisters and cousins and uncles and aunts aro become newly acquainted with again. It is a time of warm and kindly intercourse, when every heart should rcient and all old grudges be wiped out. The hard-hearted man of facts and business forgets them for a time, let us hope, and resigns himself to tho pleasing emotions of the hour.
Nor let it be forgotten what the day com memories. Universal equality of all men before the law is indeed a Jkmlllar doctrine now, but none the leas the Man of Naou-eth first taught it to the world. It was apart of his gospel of peace, wbocame to minister to the weak, the sick and the suffering. Before his •coming, hospitals for the aged, infirm •and afflicted, were not known. He oame to bring peace on earth and good will among men, and this is the central idea of tho Christmas festival.
THBfree religionists are much troubled over the reeent declarations of Rev. O. B. Frothingham, aad are engaged in ex* plaining them as in no wise inconsistent with bis former position. This is not he kind of work that tells much In •building up a religion. If the free religionists feave nothing more aggressive to do than explaining Mr. Frothing.fcam's present with his past position, they might as well shut up shop.
A CHICAGO man luta died from hydrophobia, the result of being bitten by a •Spits dog about seven weeks ago. The whole tribe of Spita dogs ought to be exterminated. They are useless, and far mwidMgeron than any other breed of dogs. They area nuisance which ought •to be abated.
W.H. VAKD»LB31.T**youngestdaughter, Leila, was married on Tuesday to Dr. Webb, of New York. Of course the .aflatfr was very gt*nd, and the wedding presents magnificent, Including diamond, ruby and pearl jewelry.
THK news from the long lost lean nette is highly gratifying. Although the ship was crashed among the icebergs, the crew managed to make their escape, after suffering such hardships as are only known to the Arctic explorers. So far as developed, the* expedition has not added anything considerable to the stock of polar knowledge, though it may yet appear that important infor mation has been gained. That the Jean nette's experience will have any influence in deterring others from venturing into the regions of everlasting ice and snow, is not to be supposed. For many years arctic exploration has had a singular fascination for men of all nationalty, and in the face of continued failure and incredible hardships, ship after ship has sailed ou its vain search for the north pole. Until it is readied there will be no abandonment of the perilous enterprise. And it will be reached some doy without doubt. Men will not rest until their feet have been planted on every acre of the globe's surfaoe. That no practical good can oome of reaching the north pole is of no consequence. It is not value that the explorers are after, but fame. The north pole is a standing reminder of man's littleness and incapacity it is a rebuke which will not be borne. Nething calls out the daring and enterprise of man like pronouncing a certain achievement impossible. It is the impossible that men especially delight to undertake. Ships will continue toaall into the northern seas 'until that inhospitable region is brought under the dominion of man.
AT a single stroke Miss Annie Louise Demorest has achieved a national notoriety. Being a singer this fact is perhaps highly gratifying to her. It happeaed in this way: Miss Demorest was a contralto in one of the fashionable chu|ch-cboirs of New York City. Some members of the choir live so far frdm the church that it is inconvenient for them to go home between the morning and afternoon services, and so the church furnishes the singers with a lunch, only requiring that the eaters shall wash their oytrn dishes. It seems that Miss Demorest did not take kindly to this part Of the business, and certain observations were made one day during the dish washing whieh wounded the sensitive contralto, and on taking her grievance to the organist, he informed her that she could be spared from the choir. Miss Annie then did what any other spirited singer would do—published a card, and hence it has gone from one eBd of the land to the other that Miss Annie Louise Demorest, of New York, does not like to wash dishes. There is no imputation in this, be it remembered, that Miss Demorest is not a fine singer.
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SKNATOR HOAR'S bill, which provides for the education of the Indian children, is the most common sense and christian plan for solving the Indian question which has yet been suggested. The bill authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to cause every Indian child dwelling wtSsTof the Mississippi river, exclusive of those belonging to the five civilized tribes in the Indian Territory, to be placed at school undef such general regulations as may be approved by the President and to expend for such education whatever sum may be necessary not exceeding |600 for each child. Experiments in this direction have worked well and it has been found that the Indian children are capable of receiving an English education which will remove their desire for savage life. Mr. Hoar's plan strikes at the very root of the Indian question and is worthy of a fair trial at least. -A
THK appointment of ex-Senator Howe to the position of Postmaster General is universally approved by the press, as is also that of Judge Gray, as one of the justices of Supreme Court of the United States. Judge Gray has long been on the Supreme bench of Massachusetts and ranks very high as a jurist. President Arthur's appointments so far have been such as to increase the confidence of the country in his administration.
DR. ISAAC HATBS,the Arctic sxploMf, died of heart disease at his home in New York, last Saturday. When only twen-ty-one he accompanied Dr. Kane on his celebrated polar voyage, which lasted two years and a half, and in 1800 was put in command of an expedition which penetrated to the latitude 81° 35'. He was in his fiftieth year.
TABLKS collected by the census bureau show the comparative wealth of the different sections of the country to be as follows: The average wealth per capita is $623.15 in New England $452.24 in the Middle States 1321.09 in the Weat $145.94 in the South, and $359.59 on the Pacific Slope.
THK New York correspondent of a Doston paper says the transplantation of the North-American Review from Boston to New York la now complete, mad that the owner of the magaiine la now known to be Pierre Lorillard, the owner of the famous racing-hone, Parole.
Poarromcn would seem to be popular in this country. The terms of some three hundred postmasters are about to expire and the applicants for thew are said to number tea thousand
Tax number of lives supposed to have been lost In the Vienna theatre fire is now found to be 630.
So far about $73,000 have been raised for the Garfield monument fond. JSBftftOt Are wanted.
TBS President, the President pro tem of UM Senate, and the Secretary of the Treasury are allwtdowsrm.
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TERRE HAUTE SATukDAY ETIWffl
A BLAST AT WOMEN."
WOMAN'S OPINION OF IT.
To the Editor of The Mail: I have just read in The Mail entitled: "A Blast at Women,"' Revered J. D. Fulton, a noted or .n ous preacher of Brooklyn. As the cle is being extensively publ: other papers,—not on account of merit, but because of its sensational qualities,—I cannot refrain from
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ing out some of its false and libelous statements, although they musk be apparent to every one who reads them,
The pious calumniator commences by saying that "American women are on the verge of a precipioe," Ac^.Ae,, and states as the first awful danger that threatens us, "the conformity to foreign customs and caprice," and continues with a harangue upon "the terrible pas. slon for dress," "the dreadful extent to which it la carried," "the thousands of young men who are kept from marrying," Ac., Ac.
Well, we will not discuss that further than to say that the young man would find it cheaper to keep a wife than to gratify his own luxurious and questionable tastes as a bachelor.
His reverendship then declares "that It is the passion for dress that breaks many banks and sends scores of default Ing cashiers to State's prison." Now amongall the casee of defaulting and absconding bank officers which have been minutely deecribed by the newspapers for a number of years, I do not recollect an instance where the blame was laid upon a woman^ Sometimes the embezzlement is due to speculations on Wall street, sometimes to gambling in grain, occasionally to fast horses, big dinners or dishonest friends, but in no case is it charged to the extravagance of the wife and, instead of her inciting the man to commit the theft, as this preacher affirms, she is usually the last to discover it,—the one who suffers the keenest anguish and ^the readiest to make any sacrifice in the way of reparation
The charge that "American womqn are the slaves of a set of French can-can dancers," is hardly worth noticing. Foi years the Empress of France dictated the fashions of the world, and to-day the Princess of Wales is the acknowledged leader of faahion in England. In every city it is the ladies of rank and wealth who introduoe the new styles of drees, and nothing kills ?a fashion so quickly and so effectively as to have it adopted by the demi-monde. It is nonsense to be continually showing up men in the role of martyrs to the extravagance of women. Men love to have their wives dress well, and they want their children to look pretty and stylish. Why, there is scarcely a man living, who fojtfany regard at all for the conventionalities jg|& life, that would not rather take his wife to church or to the theatre in It handsome, fashionable bonnet^haiiin cfie several years old, even if Uedoee^have to work a little harder to pay for it. He may not know whether itiw black white, big or little, but it mo: humiliates a man to think all the bora dress better than his wife. Let any dress reform be agitated, and it Is the men themselves who ridicule and discourage it, and uncorseted waists and big shoee and bifurcated skirts will never be adopted so long as there is a man left to protest against it.
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Dr. Fulsome thinks women would not obey all these dictates of faahion if it were not to gain the admiration of men, but I thought it was long ago conceded that women dressed for the benefit of one another. But that is the way when a man begins to criticise the fashions—we may expect him to contradict himself frequently, and make a good many wild and startlingstatements.
The divine reformer then proceeds to say that "boarding-hputee are next door to hell," and that because women are all rushing into boarding-houses, "men are losing all sense of home," and that "the woman who brings up children in a hotel or boarding-house is diabolically, cold-bloodedly indifferent to her better nature," Ac., i?
When we consider how infinltely'small is the number of women who board, compared to the number who preside over their own homes, and how very seldom it is that people board who have children, and tint almost every woman In a boarding-house would much prefer to have her own fireside, If it were possible, the denudation loses ita force. There never was a time, since Eve kept house under a tree and never bad to sweep or dust or scrub, when American homes were as beautiful aa at the present day. Every device of the manufacturer, all the skill of the upholsterer, the talent of the artist, the busy brain and delicate fingers of the mistress, are called upon to deoorate the home. Compared to the homea of the days when Dr. Fulton waa young, those of to-day are like the realms of the fairies. It is the ambition of our women to bare their homes artistic, comfortable and charming. If thereto any criticism to be ma^e, It is that wa devote too mnch time to this work
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After these assertions, one la not astonished to find the Doctor declaring that "They don cue for their children. No, air some women would rather nunw and caraas and kiss a mangy, fieepoodle with a peg nose, than a baby, and others would rather clutch and bang on desperately to ballot-box than embrace the loveliest baby In Christendom."
Upon what evidence doea be base hie statement that "wofcen do not care for their children" Is it because now-a-daystbey have two instead of twenty, and consequently do not have to spend all their Hves in tbe nursery Compare the dress of the children of the piquant
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day with that of the good old times when they received such wonderful care Then the babies always wore shortsleeved dresses, whether they arrived in Summer or Winter, and a flannel shirt waa a thing unheard-of. Think of the short stookingsand the scant skirts, and the blue little knees that went bare all Winter, and the clumsy Bhawl pinned around the shoulders for a wrap, and then look at the children of to-day!— flannel drawers to the ankle, woolen stockings above tbe knee, leggings over these, fur-trimmed cloaks, close-fitting hoods. Do we not care for our children Do we not love them Why, there isnt a grandmother In the corner that doesnt declare that we are spoiling them by our indulgence and petting and waiting upon them 1 And don't we hear some disreputable stories about those days when they used to get all the poor little things up at four o'clock in the morning and send them out in the snow barefooted to "harden" them, and use the rod unsparingly for the slightest offense? Why, if parents to-day would attempt to bring up children in the good old-faahloned way, they would be con demned by every tender, gentle, loving mother In the land. Maternal love la primeval and eternal, from the beginning unto the end,—pure, fervent and everlaating.
Dr. Fulton's female parishioners may prefer to kiss mangy poodle dogs, or their minister,—but out West we have a different type of women.
His charge that "Intemperance is the most terribly threatening evil and that drunkenness prevails among our women school teachers and Sunday school teach ers," I am utterly at a loss how to answer, except to say, "I do not believe it." We are continually reading such statements but I doubt if any gentleman eould name two of his lady acquaintances addicted to this evil. If it were so alarming, so wide spread, we certainly should see some evidence of it, and therefore, I declare the statement made by Dr. Ful ton, "In New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis and Cleveland, more women are arrested for drunkenness than men," to be an unqualified and unpardonable falsehood. The same may be said in regard to his charges of opium and morphine eating. They cannot be sustained.
The statement' that women "would rather clutch and hang on desperately to the ballot box than embrace the love' liest baby in Christendom," is too funny for argument. I am sure they would relax their death grip on the ballot box long enough at least to kiss the baby if it would be any relief to Dr. Fulton.
Now, as to the Dr's remedy: first, he would "have American women cut completely loose from the thraldom of foreign fashions" and he would "destroy this ungodly passion for dress. Wben you take away from woman this IOTO for pretty fashions and tasteful you rob her of one of her daintiest feiSnine charms and deprive her of half befpower in the world. There is nothing more distasteful than a woman who ignores the requirements of fashion Our singers, our actresses, our speakers* readers, all women who appear in public, know, that to please their audience, they must dress well. Society demands it, husbands require it, and the little children about our knees want mamma to wear her prettiest dresses and ribbons for their especial benefit. Destroy the love of dress in women! It never can be done. Nobody wants it done except a few old fogies who couldn't tell a dolman from a blanket shawl or a poke bonnet from a coal bucket.' Hi *i
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Secondly, the reverend ohacle announces that "we must destroy the ballot box for women iniquity, the boardlug house and the gin bottle."
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It wouldn't do to annihilate the boarding house or what would become of the homeless men who can't afford to marry the extravagant girls and everybody knows that women are onlv toleratod in boarding houses because they happen to be part of the goods and chattels of the men and that no children need apply
If Dr. Fulton wants the gin bottle destroyed, the surest way to do it is to put the power into the bauds of these very women who want the privilege of the ballot box. If we are to destroy this ballot-box for women iniquity we will sacrifice more men than women for it is among men that the question finds the ablest, the strongest and the greatest number of advocates.
But Dr. Fulton says, "Thiais'ouronly salvation. If this is not done we will, in a few yean, be a miserable, nerveshattered race, mentally and physically Imbecile and about on a par with the "Madagascar monkey." The statistics, unfortunately, do not sustain the Dr. in his prophecies. Longevity is on the increase. Physically the Asnerican woman never waa in a better condition. Nerve shattered females have gone out of style. Instead of degenerating towards imbecility there never waa audi strength of mind and force of character among wodnen as at the present day. Education is the rule, ignorance the exception. lite er* of strong, beautiful womanhood is just commencing to dawn her capabilities are only beginning to be understood. Instead of retrograding she stands to-day, morally, mentally and physically, on a higher plane than ever before. She aeeds|no defense, no eulogy. Her daily record si welfs for itself*
Dr. Fulton would better confine himself to tbe gospel where his mistakes will not be ee conspicuous and when he
let him remember that be is the foundation of hia church, tbe pillars of bis temple, tbe only influence Jhat esablee members of his profession to
8A YIN08 AND DOINGS.
A pocket rifle—a church fair. People who live in glass houses should pull down the blinds.
The Grand Rapids ministers agree not to attend Sunday funerals. It is perhaps just aa well, after all, that "the faahion of thla world passeth away," because If It don't there would be no fun shopping.
A kind writer says: "You can trust a man who loves a dog or a horse.'! A livery stable man who baa tried It says there Is no money in it.
There are three prominent phrases of a woman's life all visibly connected: As a baby she's lugged as a young woman she's hugged as a wife she's humbugged.
The Springfield, Mass., Republican thinks some Western newspapers are too big, take to much room to tell the news, and "use circus poster type in their advertising columns."
A lady writea that no man will stare long at a wowan who doea not stare back. That sounds very well, but If she does not stare back, how Is she to know whether the man has stopped staring or not?
A writer in the Lancet strongly advocates open carriages for doctors: "An open vehicle enablee the doctor to purify himself, even to his hair, after qultlng each sick room, thus increasing safety not only to patients, but also to members of his own family."
Pence Hall Dlaner. The expected Christmas dinner promises to be a grand success. Names of those who have not received invitation cards solicited by Annie Stewart and the committee.
Miss Dowdall, by special request, will, for the entertainment and amusement of spectattors, introduce a selected class from her Kindergarten school to give a free exhibition or juvenile talent in elocution and other interesting exercises.
Hall open at 10 a. m. Annie Stewart and hor co-workers, in behalf of the little ones, desire in this public manner, to express thanks to those who have aided by contributions and otherwise in tbe work, and to the editora and managers of the city press favors received. By order of,
COMMITTHB.
The Holiday Season Is upon us again In all ita bluff and hearty honeaty.
Let us enjoy it with tbe delightful gdods that may be bought at Hertfelder A Wurster's, corner Fourth and Cherry streets.
Don't forget that Hertfelder A Wur ster have mincemeat, buckwheat flour, maple syrup, poultry, saur kraut, oanned goods, etc., etc. »t »•*.
H. F. SCHMIDT A CO, the enterprising jewelers, opposite the Opera House, are showing an immense stock of rich Holiday goods, embracing everything to be found in a first class jewelry house.
AN ENDLESS VARIETY of STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS also, FINE GRAPHOSCOPES, PLAIN SCOPES, Ac., at PROBST AFISBECK'S, formerly J. Fred Probst, 23 and 25 south 4th street. —MONEY TO LOAN to Farmers on (he best of terms.
NECKLACES and LOCKETS. Large Assortment, at H. F. SCHMIDT A CO'S.
DO NOT FAIL TO PRICE PARLOR SUITES, MIRRORS, BRACKETS, BED LOUNGES, Ac, at PROBST A FISBECK'S. No. 23 and 25 south Fourth street.
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Q|ivft Bvm Book 8taci» has made unusual preperation* this season to supply everything in the way of Pictures, Juveniles and Standard Works of Poetry, Fiction, and general Literature, Pocketand FamilyBibles,Christmas and New Year's Cards, Picture Frames, Photograph Albums irt great variety, Scrap Books, Gold Pins, Ladies* and Gent's Pocket "Books, Fancy Ink Stands in Glass, Bronze and Nickel, Jewel Case*, Games, Alphabet and Building Blocks.
Optra HMN Misters. 406 Mai* Si. T*rrt //amU, tnd.
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MOORE & LANGEN, It Strafe E*frst» SmiWmg,) %tnt $0SH. OTe tfrbriks. feawty is bcr tattttes wk gfiffcn Qptafawctbea gef^stotfoou,
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TO THOSE WHO RETURN CHRISTMAS FAVORS BY NEW YEAR'S GIFTS,
THOSE WHO FORGET SOMEBODY TO-DAY.
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THOSE WHO HADN'T TIME OR THE MONEY TILL SATURDAY NIGHT,
KNOW YE ALL
That though we have closed eut many^| assortments entire, and many are badly riddled, we still have
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OUR LINE of 60 cent EBONY and VELVET PHOTO FRAMES Is Immense. PROBST A FISBECK, (formerly J. Fred Probst) 28, and 25 south 4th street.
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JEWELRY! Of every description at H. F. SCHMIDT A CO'S.
Make no mistake in selecting your gifts for the Holidays and bear in mind that' GOOD BOOKS MAKE THE
BEST PRpSENT%
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Beautiful Goods
To be sold at 10 to 25 per cent reduction for 10 days. After which time they will be packed away to make room for the great
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JANUARY CLOSING SALES JANUARY CLOSING SALES 1 JANUARY CLOSING SALES
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GREAT SILK SALE GREAT SILK SALE
from tho fine stock
fine stock "»at has supplied three-forthaof all tho si
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1 as usual equal to any three ordinary stocks J15 in extent, commencing at lower figurres and running up to finer gooda than generally found!
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H0BERG. ROOT & GO.
518 and .520 Main Street.
OPEN HOUSE.
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BUCKEYE CASE STORE.
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CHRISTMAS EVE
We will keep our store
Open Each Evening
utTl 9 o'clock,* In order that those who have not the time during the day may have in opportunity of making
HOMDAY PURCHASES.
We are showing many handsome novelties at very attractive prices, In SILK MUFFERS, SPANISH TIES,
FICHUES, HANDKERCHIEFS, POCKET BOOKS, CABAS, GOLD NECKLACES, CHARMS, II CUFF BUTTONS, BRACELETS,
PINS, ORNAMENTS, ALBUMS, HANDKERCHIEF BOXES, HAIR BRtfSHES, COMBS, .1
TOILET SETS, VASES, AC.
The enormous cut made by us on
CIJO-A-I£S
WM resulted in a sale of about 200 in ono week thus moving out a greater portijm of our stock.
We have now made a aiaoilar
CUT ON SHAWLS.
means lower prices than before |H|OWB# j*.
WE MA VE REDUCED THEPRICE of Ladies' Felt, Sateen and Alpaca Skirts, 26 per cent. Similar redactions in black and colored Silk and Satin, Disss Goods,
Trimmings, Ae.
We intend to give one hundred cents worth ol goods for every dollar spent with us.
IICHIE C1S1ST08L
Cor. Main and Sixth Streets.
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