THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBURGr, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. THE COLUMBIAN. J. K.BltHnbon49r.,r Eait0"' BLOOMSBURG, PA. FltlDAY, DKOEMMilt lfi, 1882 Major l'hipps' case will bo decided by tho Cniiiulian courts oti tbo ilOth inst. The now Democratic Governor of Colorado is a younger man than oven Gov. Paulson, of tliis State. Ho is only DO years old. Pesldont Clerk Patterson has com pleted bis list of the members of the legislature, which shows that tho Demo crats have a majority of twenty five on joint ballot. II. M. Wolf Jr. editor of tho Wil linnnnort Sun tfc Ihtnner is named for tho position of postmaster of the House at the coining legislature. His selection would bo a good one. The Democratic State Coinnutteo which meets at Harrisburg next month, can do no better than to re elect W. U. Ileuscl as chairman, if ho will accept. His services during the recent cam paign cntitlo him to it, and everybody will feel that tho management of tho party is in safo hands if ho is retained. There is something which looks very much liko personal hatred in tho persis tence with which Senator Logan antag onizes tho movement to redress tho wrongs which Fitz John Porter has sustained. If it bo assumed that tho gentleman is not actuated by a feeling of malice, his conduct strikingly illus trates tho saying that there is none so blind as thoso who will not see. Wilkes Jlarre llccord. Governor-elect Kobort E. Pattison, accompanied by Kov. Everett, his pri vato secretary, and Senator James Gay Gordon, visited Harrisburg on Satur day last. The object of the governor elect's visit was to familiarize himself with tho duties pertaining to the office to which lie has been elected. A visit waa paid tho executive chamber where tho party was received by Ilis Excel lency Governor Hoyt " and shown through the departments, and also tho executive mansion. After dining in tho afternoon with tho governor at Ittiss Grand hotel, Mr. Pattison and tho gen tlemen who accompanied him left for Philadelphia. Delaaey's Contracts, HOW IIUTWEEN A CO.VTUAGTOIt AND Till', SENATE MllItAIilAN. Senate Librarian Delaney having re fused to accept tho articles which John K. Ilummell furnished for the uso of tho senate, house and department under a contract awarded him last summer, a hearing was had before Secretary of Stato Jordon Saturday afternoon to" de termine the question at issue. Ilum mell was represented by counsel and Delaney appeared for himself and tho commonwealth. Delaney Baid he in formed Ilummell on tho day tho latter obtained the contract for furnUhiug brooms, etc , that his samples were not up to tho standard, and that the con tractor promised to comply with the re quirement of tho printed schedule. Ho quoted Quay to show that ho had authority to reject articles which do not correspond with samples in the possession of tho State. An advertise inent had been printed calling for flesh sponges at Ssli) per pound, and Hum- mull furnished wagon spongo worth $3 per pound ; towels at $2 per dozen wero furnished instead of Turkish towels at .$-0 a dozen ; soapstone dishes were furnished instead of china j small pieces of chamois, instead of largo skins j common plain glass, instead of cut glass tumblers ; ordinary cuspidores, instead ot inncy decorated j interior brushes and dust pans ; 25 cent towel racKs tor ttioo costing istf.OU ; poor quality ot damask towels and machmo made combs, for hand made. On somo of these articles Delaney said Hum mell would have made from eight hun tired to twelve hundred per cent. Hum' mell, by indirection, called Delaney a iiiu uuu o.uu mm, uii tsumu ui utu articles ho would lose from twenty to twenty five per cent. MeAlarnoy, Hummell's counsel, said "v e propose to furnish by sample and will havo our rights or there will bo iuss. iou art! not going to dnvo us out, Mr. Delaney." MeAlarnoy charged the senate libra rian with having procured llumiiieU s bond at tho Stato department and taken it to one of Hummell's bendsmen for tho purpose of inducing him to withdraw ms namo as security, to givo Delaney an excuse for tho transfer of tho contract to thu next lowest bidder, a mend ot iJelanev. The senate libra' rian indignantly denied this chartro and said tho deputy Attorney-General had informed him that if IlmnmcU failed to meet tho requirements of his contract his bondsmen would suffer, and that ho had gono to Montgomery to givo him a cuauco to becuro hunselt against loss. MeAlarnoy having accused Delauov of a determination to "drivo out" ilum mell to givo a friend tho contract, tho senate librarian bcornfully resented tho imputation and said that Ilummell had importuned Mr. Chellis, the former contractor, to tako tho job oil his hands. Hero Ilummell arose to contradict Delaney, and Secretary Jordan was obliged to step in as peacemaker. MeAlarnoy quoted Quay in support of his position that tho articles furnish ed should be in accordance with samples exhibited by bidders. "Wo do not propose to go according to Mr. Dela uoy h samples, but on our own." "Woll," remarked Delaney. "1 notify you that they will not bo accepted. You can't brow-beat me." Secretary Jordan announced that a decision would bo rendered after ho has had a consultation with tho Attorney-General. HummoH's bid is forty per cent, be low tho maximum rate fixed by the otate, ami tnu next lowest Didder pro posed to ItiruMi tho necessary articles at twenty-three per cent, below. It is thought tho present controversy will leud to an investigation into Delauey's relations with contractors in previous years, to show that ho has not been near so circumspect in the past. What tho legislature ought to do is to wipo out thu practice that has pre vailed at Harrisburg for many years, of buying sponges and towels and brushes ifco for thu uso of tho members. Tho Stato might just as well furnish them with clean shirts. Tho whole thing is without authority of law, and tho now Democratic house should in troduce reform in tho basement as well us in thu hall, The Auditor General's Report. PAYMENTS AT Tlir, TllEAStUtV I'Olt Till', YEAH UNDEIt NOVEMIIEU ill) HI A lll'.ltl t'TlOX IN Till". COM. AND COI.I.ATEItAI, lNHEItlTANCE tax tiii: Di:nr ov iiii: statu. The annual report of tho Auditor General will show the payment at tho Treasury for thu year ending Novem ber ,'IOth last to have been $l-l,8.0,871.-18. Of this amount $9,82(1,10 1.77 were applied to the redemption of loans. Tho total uxpenses of tho government proper, wero $1,1 l,0l)i.l2, of which sum thoSennto anil House cost $107, 010 29. One hundred and twenty-live thousand dollars of this amount was paid out in pursuaiico of tho Siijireme Court ntlirming tho constitutionality of tho Legislature salary act. Tho judi ciary consumed $ IS 1,00.1.03. Of tho public revenue, tho publics printing and binding, including paper, cost $118, 081.007 and the several departments, $2-l"),8 1-1.7"). Tho charitable institu tions received $083,0o4.:J5, Soldiers' Or phans Schools, $300170.87 j peniten tiaries, $210, 088. 75 and ational Guards $2 12,39,i.2;3, Tho receipts ug grcgated $10,128,0o0.11, of which $!, 309,120.4") came from purchases of tho now loan. Tho total receipts do not vary much from those last year. In tho mat ter of coal and collateral inheritance tax there is a reduction of about $400,000. but their losses aro mado up of increas ed receipts from corporations. The amount received as bonus on charters, reached $1:10,991.91, of which over $50,000 were paid by the National Transit Company, an organization con trolled by tho Standard Oil Company. Tho tlebt ot tho btato on .November aoth last, was $20,225,083.28, showing reduction of is!) 13, 101. 7 the past year. War on Polygamists. RESULTS OP THE I.A110K3 oi-' tiii: UTAH COMMISSION. Tho Utah Commission, in their re port to tho Secretary of the Interior, detailing tho results of their labors in tho territory, say: "lho anomalous condition of, this country and its peo ple, with tho inherent difficulty of ad justing local laws to an act of Con gress, aro such that they havo imposed on us great care and deliberation, lest on the one hand wo should ex ceed tho limits of tho law, or on the other fall short of the vigoious and effcetivo dischanro of our duties. Wo aro obliged to construe lor ourselves. The commission did not construe the spirit of the act forbidding polygamists and bigamists from voting, only to affect those actually living in polyga my at that time, for such a construc tion would render the section a perfect nullity, and they added such regula tions as seemed desirable to carry out tho objects of the act." The commission recommends that a marriage law bo enacted by Congress, which would form an auxiliary in tho suppression ot polygamy, mis law should declare all future marriage in Utah null and void, unless contracted and evidenced in tho manner provided by tho act. Certain places should be designated for marriages, which should be witnessed by certain persons, and registered in specific public offices, so as to make the proor ot marriage, mor ally certain. Tho parties and witness es should be required to maKo atiuiavits against polygamy. Another suggestion is that marriages bo solemnized in private, with like guarantees of registration, affidavits, witnesses, etc. In either case, appro priate penalties should be provided for a violation of tho act. Tho commission says that owing to the peculiar state of affairs in Utah, the Territorial law, al lowing women tho right of suffrage is an obstruction to tho speedy solution of the vexed question, and should be repealed or annulled by Congress To obviato tho difficulty of proving a first legal marriage, tho commission recom mends that Congress declare the first or legal wife a competent witness in such cases. The commission had not had time to fully test tho operation of the law but so tar it has been a deci ded success in excluding tho polyga mists from tho exercise of suffrage, and it is behoved that tho steady, contin ued enforcement of tho law, will place polygamy in a condition of gradual extinction. Tho commission notices that many of tho "liberal meetings had been largely attended by Mor mons,and that theso meetings had beon characterized by exceptional good or der. No inclination is shown in tho report to advise congressional legisla tion of a radical character, unless upon further observation and experience its necessity is demonstrated. In conclu sion tho report 6ays, after counseling moderation: ''If, however, the next session of tho Legislative Assembly elected under tho act of Congress shall fail to respond to tho will ot tho na tion, Congress should have no hesitation in using extraordinary measures to compel thu people of this territory to obev tho laws of tho land- My husband told mo about nn hour be fore he did it that the Lord demanded n sacrifioo of us and that our boy had to die. 1 begged him to spare my boy. I cried and begged htm to consider well what ho was about to do, but all tho answer ho made mo was that Jesus Chtist had died for us and thu Lord had told him that our son had to dlo for His sake. Ho called my boy out of tho houso nnd told him that ho had to dio for our Saviour. Tho boy asked him if thu Lord had commanded us to starve and Josiah told him 'Yes.' Then tho littlo fellow knell down nnd 1 knelt down by his side and hia fath er stood up. He raised tho knito, look ed hard in tho boy's face nnd then drove tlio kuifo into his breast. Oh I it was awful, once it was done 1" "No j I felt bud a little, but when hn told mo what ho was going to do it did not seem to me so terrible. It wns only when I saw tho boy fall over nnd a great stream of blood came spurting from his body that I felt how terrible it all was. "Had your husband ever been a re ligious man T Had ho ever shown any symptoms of religious insanity t" ".No sir. Ho wns not a religious man. Ho believed in God,but did not follow any religion. Ho took to rend ing tho Hiblo n great deal a few weeks before all this happened and used of ten to read mo nil they say in lho Uiblo about tho sacrifice to ho Lord. I beg ged him not to read them so much, but they seemed to havo a tcrriblo fascina tion for him. Ho would read over and over again about the Lord command ing Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac and how Ho sent n ram to bo tho vic tim. Ho got to talking to his old fath er, who is now seventy-eight years old, and ho said to him : 'I am the Lord.' His old father argued with him when ho saw the way he wn going, but it was no use, and my husband would jo on saying to him that he had God in him." "How long havo you been married to this man f Has he been a good hus band to you !' "This coming December will bo six teen years. I have no complaint to make against him, for ho has been as good a husband to mo as a woman could want. He was always kind to all cf us, and did all that he could to keep us from want. But just before he did it he said that we must all fast and that ho would not let us eat any thing. Tho boy asked him frequently if God had ordered us all to starve and ho always said He had. If it had not been that my head ivas sort of dazed and if tho boy had not given in at once, I might havo prevented tho kil ling, though ho was mighty bent on it." "How did vour husband's talk on this subject of sacrifice affect you V 'Well, I used to feel that it tho Lord commanded me to starve or kill people, I would not do it. But when ho would talk to mo and persuade mo that a good wife should th'nk as her hus band did, I got so as to think that what ho said must bo right." "Do you never think ot your murder ed child?" "Oh. yes, sir : I often do. I am al ways thinking of him, and I can hear him at all times asking to be brought in and laid on his bed, and begging for a littlo water before he died, i havo his face before me all tho time, and I hear his voice in my ears day and night." Tho woman continued with heart rending details of tho boy's conversa tions with Ins tather and his numerous attempts to make his father go back to fashing alter ho had giveu it up. one pictured in her graphic but illiterate way tho sickening details ot tneir cniiu s death. During tho course of her narra tive deep sobs would interi upt her story, but they seemed to bo more tho result of emotional excitement than any natural grief of a bereaved moth er. Grave Yard Horror. The Harrisburg J'atriot of tho 9th iust published somo horrible develop ments m connection with tho manage ment and condition of a freo colored cemetery in the suburbs of tho city. It is shown that there aro at least tour layers iu thu enclosure in which the dead have only been partially buried, many without being collined, aud that dogs have been feasting on the remains ot thoio interred lor many years, por tions of tho bodies being dragged to neighboring farm houses. Thousands Thrown Out of Work. A Modern Abraham. tiii; SAcmriuiAi. .muiidkk ok a cai.u'Ou- ma hoy iiy ins rATHF.it. From tlio Los Angeles Herald. Mrs. John Smith, tho wife of tho in human fiend who butchered his thirteen-year-old son near Westmiustcr on tho -ith of this month, wns brought to this city on Wednesday last and placod in jail to await her trial as an acoom plico to tho murder ot iter eldest omul Tho woman in personal appearance is not unprepossessing, and thoro is nolh ing in her face to denote nbsenco of tho motherly instincts of which she has shown herself to bo utterly devoid. As sho entered tho room, bearing in her arms a pale and sickly looking in fant, the reporter saw hetoro mm a woman small in stature, with a round face. She was scantily clad in an old dress, which seemed but tho mockery of an attempt to keep off tho cold gusts which now nnd then camo sweep ing through the jail-yard. A scrap of a shawl, gathered closely around her frail form and that other crying babe, added meagrely to her physical com fort aud formed hut another lino in a nietiiro which, had it not beon for her suiTOundiuirs, would havo been nu im pressively sad one. Durum; tho interview, which is in substance produced below, she would, from timo to time, look up into tho ro porter's face with tho fierce flash of desperation in her oyes, and at other times tho tenrs would well-uii from lontr unused springs and flood tho fuco and choko thu sound of her voice, Her whole story seemed to be sincere there was no eltort at ilissimulatiou or dissembling. "Mrs. hmitli, you are hero to answer tho eliaruo of assisting in tho murder of vour own son. Have you any ob jections to stating to mo what impelled von to this net 1 I had nothing to do with it, sir. If I could havo provunted it I would. Tho uncertainty as to what Congress will do as regards tho duty on cigars, is affecting tho manufacturers of Now York so seriously that many of them aro deliberating about shutting up their establishments, except for the making of wliat is required to meet tho demands from day to day. Five thousand persons have already been thrown out ot em ployment in consequence of the uncer tainty and in some shops, hko that ot otralton Cc Storm, they aro working on shorter time, -uanutnoturer.s say thai unless thu uncertainty as to the tax is removed fully 15,000 peoolo will bo thrown out of employment within month. NEWS ITEMS. m POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powd?r never rl03. A marvel of purity strength and whoiejomonosj. Mora economical than Chn ordinary kinis. nnd cannot beaoldln competition wltb the multitude ot low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. hotal ukikii i-owdir vo , too wau-Bi., N.Y. auitli-lv. Tho farmers in tho vicinity of Honesdalu have been annoyed for the past month by some devilish scoundrels sprinkling Paris green over the fields in which cattle were being pastured. A number of tho cattle wero killed and one of tho farmers, Doliili Henshaw, has left the countiy. A tortoise was captured recently in Hare's Valley, Huntingdon county, tho initials of George Stover, Cass town ship, and his two brothers, and tho date"1813" carved on its shell. His second capture was effected not a half milo distant trom that ot tho first. Tho Home Committee on Education havo ugeed to report favorably tho bill appropriating $10,000,000 annually lor tho next fivo vears to advauco public education. It is proposd that this sum shall bo distributed among tho several states aud 1 orritones, according to ra tio of illiteracy. There is an organized movement on tho part of pensioners to ask an in crcaso of pensions in cases where a sol dier lost an arm or leg in the service Mr, Ierry s bill provides that where an artihciai limb cannot no used, the ku sioner shall receivo $50 a month, and with artificial limb $10 a month, STORE HOUSE For Sale. A BARGAIN AT JJASY TKHMS. A lariro two-Htory brick store house suUablo fof store Utilise and dwelling with, luia'-c r yard, frame barn, weltrn hcmea mm uii modern i-oavemebctw, A T.. Il,il,l.t.ui,l I ilimihl l iiAilntv 111 i nilllttlCU III .l,lHllCllll -Ul.lUV . u. coruerof Main and Mill street, no occuoled by Mias 1 oiidc ruu Bioru uousu is in vum rspau and will be sold soun For further partloularn lu mitnaor H. ('. CltKAHY. uew o-s IT mwuiauuiui Holiday Goods at Wanamaker's. One quarter in ihc store is peculiarly a Holiday quarter, a gift quarter; a place where just a little use is made the vehicle for a great deal of luxury. It is lull now; full of wonders; full of pretty things; full of silly things; full of surprises; full of what nobody expects; full of what everybody expects; full, as it has been full near Christmas time before. Beginning at the very cen tre of the store, next north arc two counters, one of them very large, and one half as large, filled to over flowing with perfumeries and other toilet articles and implements. We positively must not begin to mention names, nor even classes. The only way to get away from these miraculous things is to break away. Next northwest is a col lection of small things that people used to luxury will recognize under the name small leather articles. About the biggest thing there is a portfolio or writing-case. Pocketbooks are the com monest. Hut such pocket books! Oh, yes you can get good substantial pocket books there, with not a cent of extravagance in them ; but naturally we arc thinking of the brighter ones. Leather isn't fine enough. They must enamel it, paint it, deck it out with silk and shining sil ver and gold. Every year people get worse and worse, livery year they must have stranger and stranger things. Silk, plush, velvet and fur bags are there, with all their pretty and handy and cun ning fastenings. But we must hurry on. Next northwest are writing-papers. Merc's room for a treatise. We're not going to stop. But anybody who passes that white-looking island of trade in the sea of people, without finding out what Wci'Aamakcr Best means, in or out of Holiday time, is a loser. What a glory has a page of pure paper ! Photograph albums are next on northwest ; and here the circle widens. Is all that long row photograph albums ? Is it possible that :;o many people didn't buy albums last year, when we brought over a ship-load almost ? There's a new set ui' people this year, may be. At least the photographers haven'tgonc outof business. At this end are velvet fames ; yonder are boxes t..f leather and plush. You tan pay $6o for a box that a lO'.u.i will spoil. Don't sup j o..j that the things put out to sh'.w, even under glass, re the lino ones. Whisper to the t aleswoman that your locket i.i full of money, and that you are aching to get i..l ol it. Brass and bronze! Oh, t ee the mob of brasses and bronzes. Open your dic tionary. The first word you come to has its image there. Preposterous things ! Have your wits about you. An artist has studied out -every one The artist is awagtoo; for jokes abound ; little touches of humor and broad farces. So there is pathos; and beauty everywhere. But uhall we presume to dis cou rsc of ten thousand things in a shop, each of which was born of Art? Ksrlli from centre, nil lho wr to the outer c.rtli1. Everything in Dry Goods, Wearing Apparel, and Housekeeping Appoint ments sent by mail, express or freight, according to circumstances-subject to return and refund of money if not satisfactory. Catalogue, with details, mailed on applica tion. John Wanamaker, L-?!i!ln!"'n'rl'lr,m'!!.1!1.1".1 M'Vet ueui tuJ Cily-liallfcquiw, J'lilladclnhlii, Law, Collection nnd Ileal Ks- tnto office of Wm. Chrisman, Bloom8biirg, Pn. Proportios for nalo in Bloomsburg and oleowhoro. A (arm ot loo acres, hour Htonytown, In n rooJ ttAte ot cultivation, lirlrk houso, barn nearly now, framo tenement house, flno trult, water, Ac. Terms easy. SJncroiot excellent land, bordorlnR not-'Ialilng- crcok, ix mtlea from Orangevllle, a acres being woodland, good building, i wells, a splendid home, hodthy and desirable. Cheap. M acres, a mile from Light street, plenty ot fruit, buildings, water, healthy location. A lot of acres, t,v miles from Dloomsburg and y; mllo trom Bipy, good house, franu barn, fine fruit, plenty of water for raising poultry, nnc land for trucking. Price ticoo. A flno Hotel In tho town ot lSipy, latciy repair ed, good trade, rent raoro than pays a per cent. Interest. Cheap, and terms to suit pu I chaser. A orlst Mill on Little Plshlngcrcck, 4 miles from llloomsuurg, Turblno water wheel, full water power, dwelling house, Including to .vcrcs of land, paying trade. To. ms easy. Ilrlck dwelling on East stroct, corner lot, well, stable, pleasnht location. A framo dwelling, on n doublo corner lnt, on East street, with lino fruit, lawn, sUbl", out kitchen, grounds and buildings In best ot order. A framu dwelling on Hast street, line fruit, water, grounds nnd resldcnco In splendid condi tion. 2 neat properties on Main street, with stables, good fruit, Ac. A framo dwelling on corner ot West and Fourth streets, terms casyj ono on Catharine street, with water, ptcnty of fruit, stable, &c., cheap j ono on Third street, with nood fruit, water, Btablo and houso aboro tho usual slto; one on Ccntro street, with all oonTenlcnces, desirable location, chenpi ono on Sovonw Btrect, terms part down and balance In monthly Installments to suit pur chaser, another on seventh street, wits two lots nearly now housn, prlco flow. A doslrablo Urlck on Ccntro street, with stablo and all conveniences, also one on Main street on n corner lot. Most of thoso properties can bo secured by pay ing a portion down and tho balance In yearly Installments, itwm -- Our establishment has been nut In holiday attire, anil wo aro now ready to receive tho visits of our out-of-town ctts- within tho next lew weoKS. for tho holldayp, wo namo a fow things that aro especially tomerc, who will vliit Philadelphia on holiday shopplni' trips within tho next few weoks. To jjivo an idea of tho vast extent of our preparations fo adapted for pieseuts from somo of our departments. D ENSIGNS for all Union Kolillcni ItdnDEAPC disabled In line ofduty.l U II LHO L lofDenlon.LawsnnrnP t l' nnil Imoro LIIJirnl.HnnLHnO Motility to ofpe mnrr I UnlonBOldlers reported on riimn deserters niCPUADPCC rKocum:i. Apply Cr-UloLrlAHuto ntonce. Send two 3- cent i-tamps to STODDART St, CO., asmiiKiuu, lit v 413 O Struct IV. tV.i Was d .lllgtou, 1 Dec. 15-4W. FAlt.lIliUS' HONS AM) IAi;iiIlTi:it.M Or any Acttvo Man or Woman CAN MAKERS In Cosh, working for thu Aiurrlcmi I-'iirnii-r. Address, K. A. K. HACKETT, Ft. Wnync, Ind. d Dec. 15-lw. DCC 15-UV. Peusjlram Agricultural Works, M, h, ar uqinu i mmu Eiguti & bit iiuu. Seod Tor Illnatratol a. ii. fAnianjxtt Ad dross , YorSi, Deo. H-4W. A GIFT TO EVERY SUBSCRIBER. Thin oll'l-r Ik made by the NEW YORK OB3ERVEE, th oldest and best ot the ro'lglous weeklies. For sixty years, this undenomlnttlonal, unsi'darlan ana evangelical ntvBpaner nas Deeu circulating In tho United StatPH and In ulino'teverv foreign country. Its subscribers uro counted by tens of inousinas. Kaciypnr its proprietors nave nuaeii to vaiiio.engaging rresn editors ana correspond cn' nt homo and abroad, cnlanrlm; and luuitlnlv Ing IM departments, nnd cnduavorlnir to reallzo their high Id'al of the nest Itellclfius and secular Kamlly Newspaper. They offer, this year, to every Buusunuer. new urom, wuostt buuxcrinuuu is pirn for 18S3, the new book of Itev. s. Irenajus prune. ii. ii., enuuea, "rnivKit and its a nsw kk, a nanu some volume of nourlv son mtrt-B. bound In cloth the retail price of which Is ono d .liar. Specimen vjpi n ui me paper aent iree. Auuress : NEW YORK OBSERVER, DC. 15-3W. NEW 2TOXS1: Sill: Department. A most magnificent nsortiiicnt of aiblvS, VKbVKTS nntl PLUSHUS In nil grades, nil colors, ami at nil prices. UKMAHIiK niiAClv SILKS that will wear In tlm most stilUftictory manner ns low ns $1.00 per yiinl. Bros: Qecds Department. All tho latest productions of Kuropcnn looms in l)ri's Fabrics nre on exhibition. KMimoiDKUEt) DHESS PATTERNS put up In boxes with sufllclent material for tlio entire dress nru particularly adapted for presents. CASllMnHKS, lllnck and colored, have been a speciality with us for yenrs nnd wo probably carry the largest stock of them lu America. COUUTAUMVS OHAPKS of the first quality only, In rolls nnd made up Into Veils of nil lengths. Ladies Wrap Department, Wo have nothing more elegant to offer for presents than our stock of FUlt GARMENTS, Embracing : Seal skin Sacques and Dolmans. Otter Sncqiics and Dolmans. Fur-lined Wraps of nil shapes nnd In nil miitcrliils. Quilted and Plush-lined Wraps of nil kinds. Our stock of FOREIGN COATS AND JACKETS for both T.ndles nnd Children, is the largest, handsomest and most varied that has over been brought to America. Shawl Department. Wo have an Immense stock of shawls of nil kinds ns follows i Jersey Department. Tlio Jersey excitement continues una bated, especially In the shades for evening wear. AVu lmvo tho only HEAL PARIS JERSEYS that have so far been brought to this country. All slr.es, styles nnd colors. CARDIGAN JACKETS AND CHILD REN'S JERSEYS, nt tbo same counter. I'liibrcllii Ilcpnrtntotit. Wo have Gift Umbrellas With handles of Sterling Silver, Alligator Lenthcr with silver caps, Etched Ivory, Oriental Carvings, Flno Ebony, Carved Ivory, Natural Sticks, Ancient Oak, Uuek Horn, Porcelain Halls, &c. &c. &c, Paisley, French India, Decker India, Dulphla India, Mountain India Cashmere Valley, Scotch lllankct, French Heaver, Himalayan, Ladykh, Chenille, Persian, In nil fluidities of Silk from $2.50 upwards. Hosiery nml Vnticrivcnr De partment. Theso goods aro yearly becoming more popular ns gifts. Wo have uverythlng tie slrnblo In SILK HOSIERY. Everything desirable In LISLE HOSIERY'. Everything desirable In COTTON HOSIERY. Everything dcslrabls In WOOL HOSIERY for Ladles, Children and Men. IN WINTER UNDERWEAR for both sexes wo havo everything made In SILK, CASHMERE, MERINO AND NOVELTY WEAVES. Tlio Ilnnilkcrclilcmciinrt ni cut Contains n vast assortment of Handker chiefs for ladles, gentlemen and children. LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS, In Lace, Silk nnd Linen. CHILDRENS HANDKERCHIEFS, In Lace, Silk and Linen. MEN'S HANDKERCHIEFS, In Silk nnd Linen. With ovcrv half dozen nnd dozen hand. kerchiefs wo give nn elegant fancy box. Mens' FiiritiNliliifr Dciim tmciit, Nearly cvcrvthlnir for trcntlcniens' wear. excepting clothing, will bo found there. Neckwear, Scarf Pins and Rings, Slecvo and collar Huttons, Cardigan Jackets, Wrappers nnd Smoking Jackets, Collars and Culls, White Shirts, Bicycle shirts, Underclothing, &c,, &c, &c., itc. ;invc Deiisii tiucnt. MENS' GLOVES in kid, castor, fur tops, doe-skin, buckskin, gauntlets, goat-skin, cloth, knitted, etc., lor dress, street nnd driving. LADIES' GLOVES n kid, plc-skln, doL'-skln, castor, mere, fur tops, cloth und knitted, styles of fastenings. CHILDRENS' GLOVES of nil kinds. Art JVccdlcvrorU Department. Our workrooms havo been busy for months preparing the Holiday Goods now on exhibition. Wo show all tho latest novelties In Children's Shawls, etc., varying In prices from 00 cents to iJlOOO.00. Qosjamer Department, No more useful present can be given than one of these weather protectors. We keep the best grades only, and warrant all we sell. Wo have nil btyles and prices for Ladies, Misses, Meu nnd lloys. Skirt Department. The predicted cold weal her makes a warm skirt a very ncceptable present this year. We have. FELT SKIRTS, EMHROIDERED SKIRTS, ALL WOOL FLANNEL SKIRTS, QUILTED SATIN SKIRTS, MISSES AND CHILDREN'S SKIRTS, ito. Ac. ifcc. Ac., At low prices. Table Covers, Sofa Cushions, Lambrequins, Foot Rests, Slippeis, Toilet Sets, Moucholrs, Screens, Tuble Scarfs, lhuincrs, Fancy Haskets, Towel Racks, Tidies, Mats, &c., &c, fiC Price's will be found lo be very reasonable, Fancy Good Dcimrlinciit. Of course this Is the department that will come most In prominence thu next few weeks. There will bo found Comb & llrush cases, Jewel Cases, Dresslnc Cases, Handkerchief Boxes. Glove & Work Poxes, Fans of all kinds, Perfume cases, Pearl Card Cases, Shopping Bags, rocKciuooKs, Hand Mirrors, Card oc Cigar cases, l idles iM Splashers, Toilet Articles. Ac, &c., Ac. IN LADIES' MADE-UP LACE GOODS, Wo have everything that can be thought of, COLLARS AND FICHUS AND LIN GERIE of nil kinds. cash In nil Suit Department. We havo made up many costumes for ladles, misses and children purposely for the Christmas trade. There are all styles morning, afternoon and evening wear In Velvet, I'lusii, satin, silK anu uressuoous. The styles uro mostly conieu trout raris- lan models. Hoy Clotniiig Department. Wo have a wonderful collection of Suits of all styles to lit boys from a to 10 years of nge, nnd Overcoats us well. Now is nn especially good tlmo to buy these goods, prices being lower than any other season of tlio year excepting miu u miner. The a llien Department, Is replete with handsome things in TABLE CLOTHS, NAPKINS, DOYLIES, TOWELS, PIANO COVERS, Ac, Ac, Ac. Nowhere else in Philadelphia is such a Stock gathered under one roof. BLANKETS, COUNTERPANES, and DOWN QUILTS, Occupy a department near by, as nlso does LAP ROBES, und HORSE BLANKETS. LndlcH' Underwear Depart ment. All kinds of flno underclothing for ladles have been placed on show, Including UNDERWEAR IN SETS, In handsome boxes. INFANTS' OUTFITS Of all kinds that will make pretty and use ful presents. 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