THE PITTSBUKG DISPATCH, SUNDAY. APKHi 6, 1890.
14
COLKNOXILOUDON
The Famous Humorist Strikes
the Bank of England
EOB A TRIFLE OF A LOAN.
Four Well-Fed Directors Overcome
With Astonishment.
OHE GOOD ENOUGH FOR AMERICA.
COBBTSPOKVEKCZ Or TUB DISPATCH..
New York, April 5.
HE cheekiest man in
America, and odb of
the most interesting and
sought for characters in
Kew YorK, has just re
turned to the metropo
lis after his third visit
to London, and he
brines with him a nar
ration of his experience
which certainly more
than justifies his repu
tation as an exponent of
American unconven
tionally. The individ
ual is J. Armoy Knox,
manager of Texas Sift
ing, and a frequent
writer for The Dis
patch. He is a very
remarkable character.
He dresses in the most
eccentric manner, but is
as keen as a Sheffield
blade. Harum-scarum
is a mild term to char
acterize his appearance,
and yet he is a shrewd
man of business. He parts his hair in the
middle, and allows it to grow long beneath
the shade of a black sombrero, whose rim
casts that of Buffalo Bill's in the shade. He
displays Iong.straggling side-whiskers of the
Dundreary brand, wears a light plaid suit
of a Sing Sing pattern, and envelops his
125 pounds ol avoirdupois in an ulster in
which John L. Sullivan might successfully
hide from a Mississippi Sheriff.
He has the appearance of being a combi
nation of the cowboy and a dnde, but the
man who measures him as a flat will be left
at the tail of the procession. Although an
Irishman by birth, he has the cuteness ot
the Yankee and the good-fellowship of the
thorough American.
A METEOBIO JOUENAXIST.
An experience as a sewing machine agent
in Texas and Louisiana prepared him for
the trials of journalism on the Bio Grande.
Less than nine years ago he bought a
weekly paper in Austin, Tex., paying for it
$600, which expenditure left him a cash sur
plus of $300. This publication bad exactly
590 subscribers. One week later, on May
13, 1881, it appeared as the first number of
the now celebrated Texas Sifting. 2f ovel
business methods which Knox invented have
had much to do with its success. In far
away London big omnibuses rattle along the
streets bearing in mammoth letters the in
junction -to read his paper. Knox's facial
expanse has received even the indorse
ment of that eminent past mater in the art
of cheek, Colonel Thomas P. Ochiltree.
The humorist sent the red-headed ex-Congressman
and ex-Texan a ticket for a lecture
which be was about to deliver in New York
for a publicly beneficial purpose, and en
closed with it a request that the ranger from
the Bio Grande would make whatever cash
return his generosity dictated. The fol
lowing reply was returned:
Sly Dear Knox:
Bill Nye once told me that if he had my cheek
he would have it stuffed. He said tnat it pre
dominated above anytbing be bad ever seen.
Possibly he bad never met jou. When you
next come to 1 exas I would like to meet yon on
some broad, exoansive prairie and compare
cheeks. Not that I expect to compete with
yon, but I have a morbid curiosity to know how
you keep ont of jaiL Yours truly,
Thomas P. Ochixtbei.
P. 8. 1 return your ticket.
t the coixurax nr tosnew.
' Colonel Knox's experience in London,
which he unblushinsly relates, more than
warrants the accusation which is suggested
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AJTZIGHEJIRS The
Sixth Street
along the streets of London wearing his
superlatively rimmed sombrero, bis plaid
suit and his gigantic ulster, and felt not the
slightest tremor of embarrassment when
crowds followed at his heels. His experience
can best be told in his own words:
"I received much kind attention irom a
Terr prominent banker and broker to whom
I had been strongly recommended. One day
I Split the Truth Wide Open.
he said to me: 'My dear Colonel, I will take
you to-day to view the Tower of London.'
" 'You will do nothing of the kind.' I
answered.
" 'Then through the Houses of Parlia
ment.' " 'Not much,' I replied.
"Ah, then!" he exclaimed, "I will give
you a rare treat. For more than 18 months
the vaults of the Bank of England, the
greatest financial institution in the world,
have been closed to everyone except those
who bear orders from a certain number of
well-known people. I can give you a card
which will gain you admission; in fact, my
self and my wife will go there with you and
see that you are given every facility for in
spection." "I had to confess that this invitation met
with my approval. Incredible as it may
seem, although it does not account for my
presence in this country, I was once banlt
cashier, having charge of the Belfast branch
of the Ulster Bank, a financial institution
of Ireland, which has 39 branches and
which excells in the magnitude of its opera
tions any banking concern in this country.
IK THE FAMOUS BANK.
"I said I would be triad to visit the old
lady of Threadneedle street. We were met
at the door by a number of flunkeys who
wore plum-colored coats covered with lots of
silver buttons, and one oi them having
taken our cards within, we were soon
greeted by a gentlemanly attired clerk, who
bade us welcome and designated oue of the
plum-colored servitors to act as our guide
and instructed him to show us everywhere
through the great institution. We "looked
upon the machines printing Bank of En
gland notes, upon the machines which
sorted them, upon the girls who inspected
them, upon their final disposition and -I all
the time wondering why they issued such
flimsy stuff when we set them such a better
example with our magnificently engraved
Treasury chromos.
"Then we were taken into the lower
vaults where there are enormous trucks,
such as we have in railway stations, each
one loaded heavily with large bricks of
gold, none of which weighed less than 14
pounds, as I afterward learned. There was
a truck marked 'Bothschild,' another brand
ed 'Bank of Liverpool,' and scores of them
labelled 'Bank of' England. The gentle
manly attired clerk appearing upon the
scene at this moment, said to me in a super
cilious manner, which made my American
blood boil: 'I don't suppose, Colonel Knox,
that you ever saw anything like that in
America?'
"I smiled upon him condescendingly and
said: 'Why, my dear sir, in the sub-treasury
in New York City we have gold bricks
ten times as large as those piled up on the
sidewalks,' and then having slightly frac
tured the truth. I split it wide open by add
ing: 'And in the Treasury building in
Washington, they have them piled from
basement to roof in order to prevent that
latter part of the structure from falling in.'
THE DIRECTORS KOOSI.
I don't know whether that clerk believed
me or not, but he turned away without say
ing a word and left me with my two com
panions. My plum-colored friend next es
corted us along a corridor and then with a
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reverential air he opened a very large door
way, and with a whisper suggestive of a
peep into the harem of the Turkish Sultan,
hesaid: 'This is the boardroom of the di
rectors of the Bank of England.'
"I looked within upon an apartment
much larger than Steinway Hall, New
York; a room capable of seating several
thousand people. Its magnificently fres
coed ceiling was wonderfully high. Upon
its walls hung paintings by old masters,
and I swear some of them were 20 feet long
and 7 feet high; the paintings, of course, I
mean and not the masters. At the far end
of this enormous apartment and almost hid
in gloom and distance were four white
haired gentlemen sitting around a table.
Of the plum-colored one, I inquired in my
easy American way: 'Who are the mokes
at the other end of the room?'
"He looked at me horror stricken, and
then in tones full of awe he answered:
Why bless your soul, they're the directors
of the great Bank of England.'
" 'Is that so?" I ejaculated, and moved by
a sudden impulse I sprang forward. I had
moved 40 feet before I heard the flunkey
ejaculate in a voice suggestive of cold
perspiration: 'Bless my soul!' and this re
echoed by my friend and his wife with
'Bless my soul!' 'Bless my soul!' but I had
gone too iar to retreat and too far for my
plum-colored friend to follow me.
INTO THE AUGUST PKESENCE.
"He would as soon have thought of
burglarizing his way into the kingdom of
heaven as daring to enter that sacred pres
ence without a command. The four gray
haired gentlemen seemed very far away
when I found myself in the center of the
great hall, but my sombrero and my ulster
gave me confidence, and I was determined
to show them that an American citizen,
even tnougn ne was not a iree
born one, was not to be awed by the
wealth of a bloated monarchy. I finally
reached the table where the four directors
Bat, but I cannot depict the amazement ex
pressed upon their well-'ed countenances. I
hadn't the slightest idea what I intended
saying, out I was determined to increase
their astonisnmem li possime, ana bo plac
ing both my hands palms downward upon
the baize covered table and pushing my
sombrero to the back of my head, 1 smiled
upon tbem and pleasantly said: 'Geutle
men, I have the honor to wish you good
morning.' "The old fellows were not to be outdone
in politeness, and while I saw written upon
their faces that they looked upon me as an
escaped lunatic, the quartet said in chorus:
'Good morning, sir,' and then the man at
the head of the table, who I afterward
learned was the Chairman, added, 'To what
are we indebted for the honor of this visit?'
" 'Well, trentlemen.' I answered. 'I am a
stranger in this city, and I have been hav
ing a rather good " time with some of you
Gentlemen, I Wish You Good Morning.
English boys and I find myself rather short,
and so as I was passing by here I thought I
would drop in and ask you to discount a bill
for me; a mere temporary matter I assure
you, and some of these days I will be
pleased to do as much for you.'
TOOK THEIS BREATH AWAY.
"They didn't get their breath for several
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in all my experience,' he said, 'in banking
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can?' I assured him that I was a citizen of
the great republic which is untrammelled
bj conventionality. 'Your astonish
ment,' I added, 'shocks my sensitive nature;
you surely do not mean to hint that I would
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not repay this loan which I have requested?'
"There was a quick chorus of 'Oh, by no
means, my dear sir,' which I think was en
tirely owing to my sombrero, for my appear
ance without head covering can scarcely be
called fierce. Then I said with a laugh:
"Your surprising reluctance in this matter
reminds me of an incident down in Texas.'
And then I told him one of my very best
Bio Grande chestnuts, which I have repub
lished with great success not less than 20
times. They didn't appear to like it at first,
but at its conclusion the fattest man of the
lot, a perfect Cheeryble brother in appear
ance, burst out laughing and said: 'Take a
seat, sir,' and when Iliad done so, he in
quired in the most jovial manner, 'Who are
you. sir?'
"In answer I gave him one of my cards.
They all looked at it and the fat director
said: 'Why, bless my heart, you are the
gentleman who has all those placards on our
'buses. Tell us another of those stories.' I
pledge you my word of honor those four old
cocks kept me there for more than one hour
reeling off the biggest Texan whoppers I
knew, while in the dim distance of the door
way I saw my friend and his wife and the
purple flunkey standing in dumb amaze
ment, and not daring to move an inch for
ward. A LITTLE MORE COLD WATER.
"But finally I said: 'Gentlemen, I am
glad to have entertained you, but what
about that little bill I want discounted,
that's what I dropped in for as I was pass
ing by.' Then the face of the Chairman be
came grave again as he Baid: 'Well, my
dear sir, you know we must observe the
regular forms in such affairs. You submit
the paper and in the course of a couple of
weeks there will be a report made upon it,
which, I hope, will be entirely satisfactory
to you. I looked very much disappointed
and answered: 'But, my dear sirs, I can't
wait for any such period of time. I must
have the money now.'
"At this point, Mr. Cheeryble for so I
must call him beckoned me to one side
and whispered to me: 'My dear sir, those
are famously clever stories of yours; now, ot
course, we never can deviate irom the regu
lar form required in such financial matters,
but I will tell you what I will do on my
personal account and from my own pocket;
to-morrow the directors, including all of us
who are here, will lunch in this room at
10:30 o'clock. I will also invite some other
personal friends to meet you, and if you will
give me the honor of your presence and will
not consider it an affront, if I should sug
gest that we will be delighted to hear some
of those remarkable Texan tales, I will loan
you 00 before we separate to-morrow, and
you can return it to me when you get back
to America.
TOO GOOD FOB ENGLAND.
"Cheervble's generosity was almost too
much for me. I didn't need a penny of
course, and this suggestion of the loan had
only come tome when I had reached the
baize-covered table, and I was almost sorry
I had indulged in tbe joke when that beaming-faced,
big-hearted Englishman offered to
relieve what he believed to be my financial
embarrassment. As I grasped his hand, I
said to him: 'If you ever come to America,
you will never be allowed to return to En
gland; you are too good for this country.'
I left him, promising to return in the morn
ing. "When I reached the doorway I found the
purple flunkey standing in a damp circle of
his own perspiration. When I attempted
to mate humble apologies to my two friends
the banker would" not listen to it, but ap
peared to think that the greatest honor of
his life had been conferred upon him when
his guest had been permitted to sit for more
than one hour and converse with the direct
ors of the great Bank of England. I sup
pose I should have returned the next day
and seen the thing through, but when I
thought of Cheeryble's honest face and
generous offer I did not have the heart to do
so, fearing that his phlegmatic brethren
might not be able to thoroughly appreciate
a bit of American humor. This incident
is absolutely true, and unless this narration
of it comes to tbeir eyes tbose four gray
haired Englishmen are still wondering why
that queer-hatted Texan never returned to
receive the 500 which were offered him."
Knox swears to this story, and so I will
not express an opinion as to its truthful
ness. Louis N. Megargee.
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THE BOWLING GEEEN.
A Game That is Supported by City
Governments in Scotland
BECOMING P0PDLAR IN AMERICA.
It Differs From Curling in Being Phyed on
Tnrf Instead of Ice.
HOW PLATERS ,MAKB CDETB BH0TS
iwritten roa TUB DISPATCH.!
HEBE are sev
eral games to
which the Scotch
give considera
ble attention, but
none is more
characteristic of
1 the people than
curling. It is
well known in
America that
curling is a game
r
played on ice, aud as there is in America
an international league of curlers it must be
well understood in spite of the mild winter
that haB prevailed in centers where the game
otherwise would have had many exhibi
tions. The Scotchman's love of curling,
his winter game, is so great that he has in
vented another game that takes its place
even in the hot . season, and in winters like
this it is played the year round.
This game is "bowling," a very different
affair from the game known in our country
by the same name. "Bowling" is, as nearly
as possible, a transfer of curling to smooth
turf.
In every town of Scotland of any size
whatever there is a public green set apart
for bowling. In Edinburgh there are three
that I know of, and this takes no account of
the greens maintained and used by private
clubs. I have in mind one green at the
northern end of the citv not far from
Holyrood Palace where a half acre or so has
been set aside by the City Government for
bowling. I wandered in last fall as the
gate was open and sat on a turf bench for
several minutes watching the play. Five
games were in progress at the time on the
same turf, and presently, a fourth hand
being required to start a new game, I was
invited to join.
A PENNY AN HOUR.
For this I paid the enormous sum of one
penny, which privileged me to play for
one hour. After that time I was forced
by municipal law to resign my hand
in order that others might come in.
There is nothing corresponding to this in
Position for Play.
American cities unless the team's grounds
reserved in Central Park at New York be
excepted; but in Scotland not only are the
grounds reserved and kept by the city, but
the implements of nlay are also furnished.
These are simplv balls and a piece of oil
cloth about three feetrquare which is placed
on the turf to save the grass at the point
where-the players deliver their shots.
A howling crecn may be of any size.
Usually it is about 100x150 feet. On such a
surface four or five games may be in progress
at once. Private clubs arrange their
grounds in the same way, but private play
ers in that Case keep their own balls which
have been turned to suit their respective
tastes.
The game is not difficult to understand,
but it is exceedingly hard to play well. The
implements consist of wooden balls to be
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rolled along the turf from the hand of the
player. One ball is of porcelain; very small,
about twice the size ot hen's egg. This, at
the beginning of a game, is rolled forward
by one of tbe players with the idea that it
shall stop somewhere near the other side of
the green. Once it comes to rest it becomes
the target for subsequent play.
LIGHTING NEAR THE JACK. ,
Then the player aims to roll his ball in
such a way that it shall come to rest very
new the object ball, which in the parlance
of the game is known as the "jack." There
may be two or four players in a game.
In the latter case, which is most ordinary,
the players are divided into partners. It
wonld seem a simple thing to roll & ball
across 70 to 100 feet of turf and catue it to
land within a short distance of an object;
but, as I can speak from experience, this is
no simple matter. In the first place, one
has to learna the force to be used in placing
the ball, because the turf may be more or
Watching the Results.
lest thick and there may be slight depres
sions or elevations in the surface of it.
Second, the balls rolled by players are not
absolutely round. They are flattened very
slightly upon one side. The result is that
alter tbe ball has been bowled it pursues a
straight course for three or four rods and
then begins to turn inward along the direc
tion indicated by the flattened side.
This gives room for an infinite amount of
skillful play on the part of the bowlers.
The ball is so held that the side of it, which
is a perfect hemisphere, lies outward in the
hand and the play is never directed exactly
at the object ball. The player prefers to so
throw the ball that it shall start apparently
toward a very different part of the field from
that in which the "jack" lies, but that,
obeying the influence oi the laws of physics,
it shall eventually curve toward the "jack,"
and at last rest as nearly as possible against
it. If it were not for this flattened surface
of the playing ball, the game would be
largely devoid of skilled interest
CARE OF THE GROUNDS.
As I have said above, the player stands
upon a piece of oilcloth when he projects
his ball toward the opposite side of the
green. In connection with this it may be
said that no care of a grassed ground is
greater than that bestowed by Scotchmen
upon their bowling greens. The superin
tendent, or gamekeeper, or whatever he
may be called, is employed at a regular
wage to keep the ground in order, see that
it is well rolled and that the grass grows
smoothly over the whole surface; and the
oilcloth prevents any wearing away of tbe
grass at that point where the, players will
most likely press it down in delivering
their balls for a game.
Points are reckoned exactly as in curling.
The ball which is left nearest the "jack"
counts a point for the person who bowled it,
and if he or his partner leaves a ball or balls
within the nearest ball bowled by their op
ponents, each ball so left counts a point by
itself. The game may be ot any limit pre
scribed in advance, but the regulation
Scotch game consists of 21 points scored in
the way described. At each end of the
bowling green there is a slight depression in
the surface called the "ditch." If a ball is
bowled so hard that it rolls into this "ditch"
it counts as. "out" of the game, or, in other
words, is reckoned as an nnplaved ball, al
though the unfortunate bowler who played
it cannot substitute for it any other ball in
its turn.
FINE POINT OF THE GAME.
The fine point in the game lies in this
very ditch. If your opponent has so bowled
the ball that it lies near the "jack" and yet
within a short distance of the ditch, you may
strike his ball with your own and knock it
into the ditch, thereby spoiling your oppo
nent's play.
There is no recognized uniform for play
ing this game and no recognized times for
it. It is generally played after business
hours or during the working part of
the day by those people who are
fortunate enough to have time at tbeir dis
posal. As a rnle, the best players in deliv
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ID
ering their ball take the attitude depicted
in the illustration accompanying this ar
ticle. The diagram represents the course of a
ball played from the oilcloth toward the ob
ject ball", the aim in the illustrated shot be
ing to bring the played ball within the
space between the ball B and the object ball
C. The dotted line shows the course
that the ball would pursue if directed
by a skillful player. Itwill follow a
straight line from the point of delivery
for three or four rod, and then it will
curve sharply to the right or left ac
cording as the perfect hemisphere of the ball
is held to the leit or right in the hand that
plays it. This makes it possible not only to
knock an opponent's ball out of a favorable
position, but to work one's own balls into a
better place by judging accurately in two
things: First, the iorce of play which is
necessary to send the ball across the green
the requisite distance, and, second, to judge
the curve which 'will be acquired by that
same force in the course of the ball's run.
THE JACK IN THE DITCH.
If it so happens that the "jack" by mis
play is knocked into the ditch, then all sub
sequent plays are measured according to the
position which the jack occupies in the
ditch, but no ball which is carelessly bowled
into the ditch counts in measurement
thereof.
Every Scotchman plays this game, and
the skill acquired bv some of the best
players is simply marvelous. Judgment of
curves in wonderfully accurate. I played it
one time for a game of 21 points, which
took two hours to accomplish, both sides
being very evenly matched. There seemed
to be no especial difficult exercise in play
ing, yet the next morning my right arm,
with which I had bowled, and my whole
right side were lame and sore from the ex
ertion. It seems to me that with all the open
lands available in America for tbe prac
tice of athletic sports this game should
find ready admirers in all States, and inas
much as there is no exact weight or
sizs of the balls required in .the play it
-- Q Oo1
Diagram to Show the Course of a Typical
Shot.
A Play ball at the start.
BB Plajed balls.
C The jack.
D The position made by A after following
the course indicated by the line A D.
would appear to be an easy thing to adopt
the game in any locality.
In Scotland every player has his own Bet
of four balls turned according to the shape
he most desires and according to the weight
which is most favorable for his style. On
the public greens there is a uniform
weight and style which naturally conflicts
witb the best individnal play. But it any
hardwood is used and a ball turned from it
which is about five inches iu diameter, the
player must suit himself as to the other re
quirements, only bearing in mind that a
very slight depression of one surface is neces
sary to enable the bail to make the curve de
manded in the most skillful deliverv.
Frbderick E. Burton.
Wot Pay Artificial Price.
To keep up personal appearances under
the most lavorable circumstances is ample
tax upon the average citizen, yet how many
estimate their attire by the price they pay
for it There was a time when tailor-made
clothing commanded the greatest advant
ages, but as recently demonstrated by the
truly elegant and stylish ready-made suits,
as introduced and still carried, by Gusky's,
there is no longer room left for criticism.
They are now daily conclusively convincing
the most skeptical and prejudiced that they
are enabled to supply precisely (he same
goods, equal workmanship and bearing a far
superior finish to tailor work, for less than
one-half the prices usually charged for
them. If you question the problem it is
easily solved by a call and comparison aud
the result will be the proof of a most grat
ifying saving to the purchaser.
Drapery Nets Very effective new
stripe and figure combinations from 75c to $4
per yard. Hugus & Hacks.
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Cabinet photos 51 per dozen, prompt de
livery. Crayons, etc, at low prices.
Lies' Galleet,
TTSn 10 and 13 Sixth it.
BLACK SILKS An excellent bargain in
faille Francaise and gros grain at 51; regu
lar price 51 25 a yard.
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Fine Trouserlnga.
The largest slock of stylish suitings and
trouserings at Pitcairn's, 434 Wood st.
PAST WEEK
iffll SPECIALS. '
BoyB' fast black Ribbed Hose, sizes 6 to 8, at 12o pair.
Misses' Lisle Threa d Hose, split feet, all sizes at 24o pair.
An elegant line of Children's Silk Hose, all prices.
Ladies' fast black Hose, 14c pair, and worth 10c pair.
Ladies' fast black Ribbed Hose, sizes 8 to 0, and worth 40o; our prioe
24c pair.
Ladies' fast black Brilliant Lisle Hose, 44c pair, worth 75o pair.
Ladies Eisle Hose, Black Boots, fancy tops (special), 40c pair.
Gents' Balbriggan Hose, seamless, all sizes, at 12 o pair.
Gents' Drabs and Tans, full regular made, at 10o pair.
11 assorted styles in Gents' Fancy Hose, seamless, at 24c a pair.
Gents' Lisle Thread Hose, in modes and tans, at 30c pair.
Gents' Black Silk Hose these are a bargain at 40a
Gents' Silk Hose in all the leading shades at 50c.
SPECIALS II CHI AID GLASSWARE,
. (BASEMENT.)
CHINA WARE.
Gold-band Egg Cups, 3c each.
French China Cups and Saucers,
gold band, 10c.
Fancy Decorated Mustard Cups,
8o. ' "
Real China Cuspidors; flowered,
30o eaoh.
Real China Fruit Plates, Oo each.
A-ISTZIGr-EIi'S
Sixth Street and Penn Avenue
Fortunate Inventor..
Higdon & Higdon, Patent Lawyers, 12T
Fourth avenue. Pittsburg, and opposite
Patent Office. Washington. D. C, report
the following patents granted this week:
Alleghenv K. O. Belles spiral stairway;
Wm. H. Bradley, gas burning and heating
apparatus; Wm. D. Cummings, filter.
Pittsburg J. C. Conroy, cut-off and relief
apparatus for gas mains; Geo. Koenig and
S. H. Stupakof, interlocking apparatus for
operating signals; M. V. Sunt, steam
boiler lurnace; same, burning fuel and
utilizing heat and gases; Wm. B. Sterritt,
apparatus for forming sand molds.
Black Goods A verv complete assort
ment ofail the newest plain and novelty
lightweight fabrics for spring and summer
wear. HUGUS & HACKS.
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No one has ever tired of a portrait made
by Dabbs, and the reason is his pictures ara
the closest possible to what is really most
natural.
Lace Curtains New designs opened
this week in prices from S2 to 510 pr pair. A
special value in Irish points at$7 50 and 510.
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SCOWS
Of Pure Cod
Liver Oil and
NYPOPHOSPHITES
? or Lime ana
Soda
Is endorsed and prescribed by leading
physicians because both the Cod. Zlver Oil
and Ilyvophosphltes aro the recognized
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as palatable aa milk.
Scoffs Emulsion &A&25
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CATARRH INCHILDREN.
THET ARE A3 STTUECT TO IT AS ADULTS,
AND MUCH OP THE TROUBLE REFERRED TO
OTHER DISEASES, SUCH AS HABITUAL HEAD
ACHE. COUGHS. WOR3IS. COLIC, ETC., IS
CAUSED Br THIS DISEASE.
r Master Ira Richey, 53 Kirkpatrick ave.,AUf
gneny.
Troubled with catarrh over two years. Usual
head and stomach symptoms, pain over eyes,
ringing in ears, stoppage of nostrils, hawking
and spitting, especially in morning, with
excessive secretion of offensive mnens. This
muens dropninc into the stomach cansed eon.
siderable dyspeptic symptoms, pain and dis.
tres3 after eating, bad taste in tbe mouth,
tongue coated, loss of appetite and consequent
arrested growth. All these symptoms were re
lieved alter first treatment, and persistent
treatment has caused an entire disappearance
of the same. Master Richey now feeling well
and growing rapidly.
RESULTS OF HOME TREATMENT.
A lady patient from Howard. O.. writing for
her second month's treatment, says: "I am
feeling mnch better, my head has not pained
me for over two weeks, and the terrible pain I
had in my back Is gone."
TRKATMEU T S5 A MONTH.
Dr. Byers continues to treat catarrh and all
chronic di.'eascs for $5 per month, medicine in
cluded. That tbe public appreciates good,
honest treatment at low rates is evidenced by
the fact that be is kept bnsv from morning till
night. One day he treated 2' people for ca
tarrh alone. DR. BYERS,
Successor to Drs. Logan & Byers, 121 Penn ave.
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GLASSWARE.
Crystal Glass Table Goblets, 3o
each.
Crystal Wine Glasses, 3o eaoh.
Crystal Glass Syrup Pitohera, 6o
each.
Large Berry Dishes, 12o eaoh.
2-Bottle Breakfast 'Casters, 12o
eaoh.
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