TfTFswr 8 THE" PITTSBTJBC SATURDAY, ' DECEMBER 20, 1890.. k t FIGURES JD PLANS Showing the Metho'd and Ex pense of Improving the Mississippi. MOVABLE CAISSON JETTIES To be One of the Most Important Features of the Operations. OX THE LINE OF EADS' PKIXCIFLE, Which is Developed to Meet the Xecessities of the Situation. TO PRETEXT THE CAYIXG OP BASES PArEK so. 4. Uove of gain and love of man; extension of trade and saving ot life: salvation from corporate dictation and salvation from over flow; cheap transportation and exemption Srom feveisja market for the farmer who now burns food, food in abundance lor many who lack; redemption for the farmer bur dened by mortgage, and for him made deso late by the mocking waters; creater values in the homes of tliosp who now have them, thousands of new homes to be made on the lands wrested from the waters such are the mixed motives urging us forward. Cupidity nnd humanity join hands and strive for a common object. To put an end to overflows in the Mississippi Valley, todrain the land, and to create in the Mississippi and its trib utaries a system of navigable waterways free to all people is the work of an enlightened selfishness, so far-seeing as to become a philanthropic statesmanship. Begin the work now. Use every proved expedient. Test every suggestion that promises well. "Prove all things; hold fast to that which is good." "The energies of the Mississippi river are greater than all the energies that man can bring to oppose it. Instead of opposing he must guide; he must train the river to do bis bidding." James B. Eads formulated this great principle and applied it jirac tically on a grand scale. He developed and applied the jetty principle, creating in itau engine of tremendous power, which mast be nn essential element iu any plan of perma nent river improvement. Jetties heretofore built in the Mississippi river have been per manent norks, costly in the first instance, if misapplied a total loss 'of investment and liable at anytime to be rendered so by the shifting of the river. The jetty idea in per manent form is well worked out. A Movable Jetty System. A stride forward must be made. The jetty must be absolutely under the control of the engineer to enable him, by shifting its location and varying its direction, to direct the river and its scour with a precision and efficiency not attainable with jetties perma nently located, and at the same time to ad just and adapt it to the constantly varying conditions of the river. To this end the movable caisson jetty is proposed, to be made of steel, of a length proportioned to it3 duty, say from 500 to 1,000 feet long, deep enough to control the river at the highest stage of water, say 40 feet deep, and wide enough to insure stabil ity, to be of honeycombed structure, divided into air tight cells, closed at the top and open at the bottom. The honey combed structure will give strength and rigidity and light draft so as to make the caisson-jetty applicable at low water stages. The UDper end of each cell of the honeycombed structure in provided wilh n flanged man-hole, a covering plate, and a valve for admitting compressed air. Sh ould the caisson-jetty be damaged, one of the covering plates cau be removed and an air lock bolted on. Air being then compressed into the injured cell, workmen can enter and make repairs. The caisson-jetty is floated by compressing air into its cells, displacing enough water for that purpose; and when in use the draft of the caisson-jetty cau be thus varied, or one end or side made to draw deeper than the other, by pumping air into or letting it escape from a number of cells, to making the bottom of the caisson-jetty coincide with an inclined river bottom. The Jetties M'cll Equipped. For the smaller tributaries smaller caisson-jetties would be provided, of suitable proportions and carrying no machinery, as in the said tributaries it will be practicable nnd far more advantageous to place the necessary machinery on the bank or upon tender boats. For the Mississippi river, "Lowever, and for some reaches in the Mis souri and other large tributaries, tbe caisson j etty should carry all machinery necessary to operate it, except its motive power. Each caisson-jetty would therefore have an air lock, so that internal repairs could be made, smith and tool shop, engine house, with boilers and enjrine, powerful pumps, air compressors, winding engines and a full outfit of steel cables and anchors. To scour ont the river channel two caisson Jetties would be connected by cables and held in the desired position in the stream by means of cables secured to anchors, or to objects on the banks. By varying the amount of compressed air in the cells the draft of tbe caisson-jetties could be ad justed to the depth ot the river and the in clination of its bottom; while the pumping engines would enable the operators to scour away any accumulation of sediment within the cells, and so to prevent the caisson-jetties from becoming snared by the building of bars within or about them. The channel between the caisson-jetties would be contracted at their down-stream ends, and tbe angles of the jetties with lone another and with the current would be varied at pleasure by taking up or paying out tbe steel cables, by means of the wind ing engines. Thus the stream would be converged and directed to sdour out its bed in any desired direction and with the accessary intensity; while, by giving the ends of the caisson-jetties a slight swing, first toward one bank, then toward the other, the channel would be excavated to a width sufficient to enable the caisson-jetties to be paid down stream as fast as the scouring progressed. Thus the work of channel im provement would commence at the upper end of a shoaled or obstructed section and would proceed through into deep water in the next bend. The work of channel improvement would .be prosecuted uninterruptedly, the caisson Hetties being worked up and down the river, Rintil the channel was so established and main- tained that it would carry off the greatest floods without overflow, and farther, would drain the adjacent country. This would probably mean to scour a sectiou averaging 30 feet deep and 3,000 feet wide, and extending from Cairo to Bayou Sara, a distance at present of about 800 miles, but which would probably be shortened by cut-off:, to not over 750 miles. The Hirer's Scourlnz Tower. The total discharge of the river, and con sequently its scouring power, cannot be ac curately determined as yet, but allowing that the yearly discharge is 200 cnbic miles, and that the scouring power is 1-800 of the total discharge, then the river can be made to remove one-fourth of a cubic mile per year. A channel such as described, 30 feet deep, 3,000 feet wide and 310 miles long, equals one cubic mile of scour, therefore the necessary scour to correctly establish 730 miles of channel, or a channel from Cairo to Bayou Sara, is, say two and one-half cubic miles, which would require ten years of un interrupted work. The first year the shoals would all be very much deepened and the deepest water in the bends cousideranly shoaled, theTesult ol the first year's work being perhaps a seneral lowering and deep ening of the shoal places by ten feet. There a'ter the work would proceed much more slowly, as the difficulties would rapidly in crease with the increased depth. The cost of the whole work may be ap proximately estimated as follows: INVESTMENT (rEK rLANT). Hulks and machinery, 7.000 tons, S1C0... 700,000 Tenders (three steamers, flats, yawls, etc. 2.i,600 Yards and shore works 25,000 Total $730,000 Total for 15 such plants, SlI,2SU,O0O. Y KAKLY OPERATING EXPENSES (PER PLANT). Interest at 2s per cent $18,700 r Jss&z- 1m THE CAISSON JETTI Maintenance and deterioration atl2K ner cent 93,750 Wages, floort season of 125 class, three shifts of 50 men. 150 men, at 22 37.500 Subsistence 6.503 AVaces, mean and low tage 240 days, three shifts of 30 men, 90 men, at ?2... 43,3X1 Subsistence 4,500 Supplies 12.800 Coal, 15,000 tons at S2 30,000 Total SM7.U00 Total for 15 plants, lyear $ 3765,000 Total for 15 plants, 10 years 37,050,000 GRAND TOTAL. Investment 11.250.000 Operating expenses 37,059,000 $18,300,000 To which add for Incidental expenses, 4,830,000 For hydraulic grading of banks above the flood level, 50,000.000 cubic yards $54,850,000 "Which is nearly 575,000 per mile of chan nel. Yearly maintenance, $4,940 per mile of channel! It is probable that a device enabling the engineer to control the river with such great facility would render bank protection or revettment unnecessary. How to Prevent Caving. A river of uniform velocity does not cut its banks; cutting and caving are due to variations in the velocity of the current. "Water has a saturation point for any given depth and speed with respect to sediment. Tne proper method to put an end to caving is to correct the channel above the point at which the cutting occurs, as has been fre quently demonstrated. "When a bank has stood for years and suddenly begins to cave it is conclusive proof of oncof two things: Either that the channel has been deepened below the place at which the cayiug occurs, or that it is shoaled at some point above. In either case the proper remedy for the caving is to deepen the channel above the threat ened point, and thus restore that uniform velocity upon which depends the sta bility of the river bed. "When the river is established in a permanent and suitable bed and under the continuous and competent control of theUnited States Army engineers shoaling or deterioration at any point will be speedily discovered; the cais-' son-jetties will be trained upon the obstruc tion and it will be washed away. Then the velocity will be uniform and the banks will be permanent, be they clay or sand. The process of permanent river improve ment will be slow; for the evil ot centuries must be undone. The river at Dresent flows in a bed which it has built tor itself and which in its shallower portions is so high as to render good drainage impossible in the adjacent country. The health of the dwellers therein and that successful prose cution of agriculture and other avocations by them, upon which the prosperity of the country depends, demand that the river be lowered sufficiently to drain tbe country and save it from overflow. Health Also a Factor. Our humanity, a liberal foresight, the immediate necessities of trade, and the de mand, hourly swelling, for more land to provide homes for the people, alike demand this measure. By it we will bring health to thousands now blighted by disease; safety and comfortable enjoyment to thousands who now tremble iu fear, doomed to lose their all; we will bring tbe greater values, the more scientific cultivation, the increased productiveness which will spring up where hope replaces terror. "We will augment an hundred fold the present commerce and open a thousand avenues of trade now unthought of. "We will drain and bring into use vast areas now swamps and lagoons-treasure-houses, hoards of wealth laid up by nature in a teeming soil. These reclaimed acres will make hundreds of thousands of home steads, and be the loved homes of millions of hippy people. The first essential is to establish and main tain the river in a permanent and well-regulated channel, thus securing immunity from destructive floods and material shifting of the river bed, and insuring good drainage to the adjacent country. Until that is done it would be folly to expend great sums of money to build permanent works designed to aid navigation. Before such works could be completed they might be far distant from tbe channel and worthless, or undermined and wrecked. So long as the river is sub ject to conditions which permit it to shift its channel half a mile or more iu a single sea son, so long permanent auxiliary works are out of the question, and there can be none of that large commerce which makes a peo ple great; the river commerce cau be limited and local, nothing more. Floods Must be Impounded. The improvement of the river above Cairo, and of tbe tributaries must be coincident with tbe establishment of a suitable channel for the lower river. To make that possible in lull measure of success, the flood waters must be impounded in their sonrces, the smaller tributaries. Such a measure would or itself be a most desirable aid to commerce and manuf&ctures: would create a water j .route parallel with and overlapping the great lakes, to be connected with them al several advantageous points, and augment ing population, production and commerce in the northern half of the States, which are penetrated and linked one to the other by the system and its branches. By its devel opment, "West Virginia and "Wyomine, Kansas and Pennsylvania would be as near together and as mutually benefited as are Wisconsin and New York by the lake route. Commerce below Cairo would share the benefits to a limited extent, as there would not be such extreme yariations as at present in the river stages and the season of extreme low water would be much shortened. But in that good time to come, when the river is brought to its highest state as a commercial waterway when we have made full use of the means at onr command then the Mississippi river will be the principal element, the controlling factor of a grand and most valuable system ot waterways on which commerce Will move in volumes too stupendous to be imagined. Then our people, Jree from dictation, every fetter stricken off, will sehd their products to and fro among themselves, at cheap rates, by the rivers; the great exchanges of varying soils, climates and people will move up and down the Mississippi; it will be theavenue of our largest internal trade.and will float upon its bosom navies bringing to us goods from every foreign port, pouring at our feet the wealth of all the world. TWO RESIGNATIONS AT THE BRADFORD MEETING OF THE EESUEEECTED P. P. A. If early a Full Representation of the Com mittee l'resent The Situation Not as Bad as Reported News From the Various Fields. BKADFOED,Dec. 19. The first meeting or the Executive Board of the P. P. A. which has been held since December, 1889, was in session here to-day, and all the mem bers except Mr. Phillips and one other, who were delayed by missing train connections, were in attendance. The proceedings of the meeting were entirely secret, and not the slightest informatiorfcould be obtained as to the business transacted. From conversations IS IS OPERATION. held with Mr. H. L. Taylor and John L. McKinney, it is inferred that their 'resignations were tendered and accepted, although no definite information was obtain tble. A committee of representative producers from the middle nnd lower nil fields were also here in close conference wilh the mem bers of the Executive Committee of the P. P. A. It was learned that the situation was thoroughly discussed and fouud not to be as bad as had been generally represented, and all interested state that the meetings were entirely harmonious and satisfactory. The Local Producers. The producers to-day wore a happy smile, which was in strange contrast to their detected spirits manifested in every lineament of their countenances for the past two months. This innovation was brought about by an advance of 8 cents on tbe market, an unlooked-for event. It was a great surprise to the trade in general, bnt the general opinion istnat the appreciation is only temporary. One prominent producer said to The Dispatch representative: "There is no nse talking, the move on the market to-day may be solely attributed to the meeting of tbe Executive Board ol the P. P. A., and the com mittee of the independent producers at Brad ford, Pa. It may seem strange to say that such a gigantic concern as the Standard Oil Com pany becomes sensitive to a movement of this kind and changes its tactics but nevertheless it is true. Tho advance to-day in tbe market is in my opinion due to this meeting, and I want to say right here that The Dis patch -is not only doing, a noble work, but in a great measure is responsibln for the exhibition of the independent spirit." Another old-time producer said that tbe only reason he could give for tho rise in the market was "that Sir. Rockefoller was seized with a generous impulse and went out making Christ mas gifts, aud, umong his humble subjects of charity, did not forget the producer." In oil circles there has been considerable interest manifested to-day in the meeting at Bradford. Producers are looking forward to the result with more than ordinary interest, while the consensus of opinion of the producers is to the effect that the advance is made be cause of the independent movement, and that they should not let up in their efforts or be de luded by this Utile stroke of policy of ihe Standard. Nothing Unusual There. Mansfield Operations in tho Mansfield pool are keeping the even tenor ot their wav. Mellon & Galley commenced drilling their No. 2 Scott to-day. The same company, on tbe Palmer, are down 1,900 feet in their No. 1, which will be due in about ten days. Their No. 2 Palmer has reached the depth of 900 feet. The same company are making slow progress in cleaning out tbe old James Riddle well, and it will be some time before the well will be completed. They will start to drill on Monday the No. 1 Douguerty, while theybavo reached tbe depth of 500 feet in their Tiddball well. When this company finishes tbe work now on band they will susDend lurther opera tions until oil reaches tbe dollar mark. Iiflcct of tho Snow. Wildwood Owing to the heavy snow pre vailing in this held, news is "very meager. Griffiths and the Forest Oil Company's No. 4, on the Smith farm,camo in this morning and at this writing is doing nine inches per hour. This well is located S00 feet west of the Smith Oil Company's well, which is still doing nine inches per hour. Finnegan, Downing & Co. have got the casing tisut in their Wallace heirs' well, and drilling is again resumed. Griffiths and the Forest Oil Company's White sell well No. 2, which was agitated last Satur day, is still doing 55 barrels per hour. A Marked Improvement. Caixery Gnekert & Co.'s well on the Da vidson farm has been shot with 100 quarts of glycerine, whlcn has apparently made a marked improvement in its production. The Irwin well has declined In pioduction which indicates that the territory does not possess first-class staying qualities. Tnere are five or six more new ventures under way in the immediate lo cality but it will be some time before tbe oil bearing rock is reached. Two Fair Producers. Peteesytlle At Fetersvillo, Gnekert & Steele have finished cleaning out No. 5 Hum phrey and No. 4 Duncan and got them tubed to-day. They are both looking for fair produc ers. Their gusher struck some time ago in this pool has declined to 360 barrels per day. Heavy Oil. Franklin The situation in the heavy oil district is all that could be asked for. The lu bricant is in good demand at S3 65 at the wells for tbe old district oil. Of a recent date No. 1 and No. 2 front districts have been thrown to cether, and the price has been established at 2 60. Tbe stock of this grade of oil has been reduced to a low figure, and it is apprehended that the time is not far distant when tbe production will not meet the de mand. Black Bros., of Tltusville, have been very successful in this field. They have only been engaged in the heavy oil business a few months, but during this short period have real ized on a sale of their investments $30,000 clear. This same property Is now being negotiated for with a third party for tbe enormous sum of $100,000, and perhaps by the time this report is in print the bargain will be consummated. Black Bros, are drilling two wells on tbe Bnrk hart farm, and Heald & Hopkins are drilling No. 2 on the Whitman farm and one on tbe Kunkle farm. The latter company's last well on tbe Kunkle, three weeks old, is still doing 12 barrels natural. The Standard are also drill ing on the Smith farm, while Sheasley & Grant are pushing operations on the Carter farm with considerable vim. .Nervous debility, poor memory, diffi dence, local weakness, pimples.ourea by Br. Miles' Nervine. Sample free at Jos. Fleming': Son's, Market eU , s SEW ADVERHSIOIENTS. AWFUL SKIN DISEASE Child a Mm of Raw Bleeding Sores Miracu lous Cure by Cuticura -j Remedies. , A face, from tbe hair to the neck on both sides, a raw mass or bleeding sores; two little bands and arms in tho same condition: a body, around the waist of which was a broadband of bleeding erup tions, and from the hips to the tips orhcr toes the skin was so raw as to be absolutely sickening to the sight, bucb was the frightful condition of the Utile four-year-old danenter or Mr. and Mrs. 11. A. btout, ol J)ansvl!le,fi.y..wben I first saw her, about two months ago. At that time I was clerk ing in the drug slore of C. W. W. Woolcver, had much filth In the Cuticura Keuedies, and re Bolred to try them on her. 1 coulcTnot bear to seo the little one euflcr as 1 knew she did. "I have tried everything suieested to mo on my little daughter, who lias been so afflicted almost from birth, " raid Mrs. &tout. "lliave had three doc tors experiment on her, but she seemed to be get ting 'none every day. lwas almost distracted. Every night I lud to bandage her all over, and tie mittens on her hands to prevent her from dlg- f:lug the raw flesh with her ringers. Frequently Ittle llae' would lie awake all night sobbing and moaning with pain, which 1 feared could never be relieved uutil death ended her sufferings. One day, Mr. Faulkner 2toprcd In, said he had often noticed my little daughter, and believed that Cuticura. Hemldiis would cure her. lie offered to bear tbe expen.e, and I resolved to try theiu, but without much hope, for at that time she was worse than I had ever seen her. and there seemed no prospects ot recovery. He brought the reme dies as promised, and a faithful use of CUTICURA, Cuticura kesolvkit and cuticura soap has wrought a miracle. To-dar. her skin Is smooth and fair, and 1 believe she has entirely recorered. I wish to express my most grateful thanks to you, Mr. Faulkner, and to the propiietorj ot the Cuti cura ItEMKDIE", which, I am sure, sated my child's lire." I know the above Is trne In every particular, and I refer to Mr. :. W. Woolever. druggist, or to anybuslness man in good standing In Uansvllle. J. KOSS l'AULKNEK. DANSVTLLE, N. Y., June2. 1SJ0. Sold everywhere. Price. Cuticura, 50c; soap, 25c: JtEGOLVKNT. ft. Trepared by the 1'otteh 1RUQ AD CHEMICAL CORPORATION', Boston. O-bendfor "How to Cure Stln Diseases, " M pages, 50 illustrations and. 100 testimonials. n ITIUIC bkln and Scalp purified and beautified DA Dl 3 byCUHCURASOAP. Absolutely pure. WEAK, PAINFUL BACKS, Kidney and Uterine Fains and Weak nesses relieved in one minute br tho CUTICURA ANTI-PAIN l'LASTEIi. the only Instantaneous paln-killlng Dlnsler, WSBUWK EARLY BUYERS HOLIDAY GIFTS Will find our stock well assorted ana very easy to make a selec tion from. 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BYERS IN CURING HIM OF A TROUBLESOME AFFECTION. Mr. Bcblumpf bad been afflicted with ca tarrhal, neuralgic and stomach trouble for a long time, which always became greatly ag gravated every spring. Tho shooting pain be tween the eyes and through temples to back of head at times became unbearable, and crusts were constantly forming In nostrils, causing dryness in bark part of nose, the throat, tongue and mouth. Larco fissures formed in tongue, becoming so painful that chewing and swallow ing were performed with difficulty. Dyspeptic symptoms, such as bloating and rifting after meals, bad taste in mouth, loss of appetite, etc. etc., sot in, making life miserable. Mr. W. B. Schlumpf, Sewickley, JPa. After five months' continuous treatment by Dr. Byers all tbe unpleasant symptoms com- Elalned of by Mr. Schlumpf were removed, and o says: "I am glad to state that Dr. Byers has cured me entirely of all my tronbles and 1 never felt better in my life. 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A first-class Gold and Silver Headed English Gloria Umbrella, 26 or 28-inch size (a very accept able gift for someone else, if you don't need it), or the great STANLEY BOOK, publishers price $31 will be presented with every Suit or Overcoat or Cloak or Wrap of $io or over. ClfflBS Bails ii Clii 1 MEN'S CLOTHING- at $25 to-morrow intrinsic value, S40. Extra quality Imported Dress Suits or Overcoats, ex quisite materials, at S18 and S20; will cost you one-third more at other stores. First-class, All-wool Suits or Overcoats at jio, $12 and $15; they'll cost you $3 to $5 more in any other store. BOYS' CLOTHING-" Suits or Over- Coats, sizes 4 to 14, suitable as Christmas Gifts for poor Children, at $1 98, $2 50 and $3. A fine line of novel ties in Boys' Suits and Overcoats, all sizes, grand variety of patterns, at $5. 100 more of those Big Boys' (12 to 19 years) Black Cheviot Suits at $6 50. Handsome Double-Breasted Black Cheviots, $10. DANTAI nnNR2,100 pairs lnmnUUU"U $1 $3 and $3 50. 1,400 pairs at 000 pairs at $5 and $6. Sizes including stouts and slims. LttC HANDKERCHIEFS - " - Hemstitched, 19c up; Silk Initial, 50c upj Fancy Embroidered Silk, 25c up. Every half dozen in a pretty box. ni HVF9 Perrin's French Kid, $2, Derby uuuvuo Imported Kid, Si 50; Fine Kid, silk-stitched back, Si; fine lined Kid, 75a Also Beaver, Otter and Seal Gloves at reduced prices. SUSPENDERS- .In Silk Brocaded French Webs, 75c up; Rich Satins, solid colors, $t 50 up; Hand-Embroidered, with gold buckfes, $2 to $5. UIIBimM-SMilioij-i- silverine handles, Si 25; Henrietta Silk, etched silver mounted, Si 98. French Silk Umbrellas, gold, silver and ivory mountings, S3 to SiS Monograms engraved free of charge on handles. FUR CAPS- .Men's Imitation -Seal Caps (cheapest present you can buv) at 79c. Real Sealskin (pieced) Caps at $2 50. Genuine Alaska Sealskin Caps, all shapes, from S4 5 t S"- KAUPMANNS, OOR. FIFTH AVENUE AND SMITHFIELD STREET.-' NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. S' REAT Will be crowded and thronged with ..The best Suit or Over coat in the house goes FUR-TRIMMED REEFER JACKETS, in fine Im ported Cheviots or Diagonals, As trakhan, Wool or French Seal Trimminge, those for merly S18 are now S12; the S20 ones are .cut down to S15; the S25 garments will go at S18, and the finest, formerly S30, will be sold at S22. t PLUSHES Genuine Seal PIusn Wraps, Satin-lined throughout, with deep fringe, reduced fromS2otoSi2 50. Braided Plush Wraps reduced as follows: From S30 to S20; from S35 to $25; from S50 to S30. PLUSH JACKETS AND SACQUES-J6 inches long, at Sio. Reefers reduced from S25 to S15, and from S30 to S20. Plush Vest-Front and Reefer Jackets at S25 and S30, well worth 25 per cent more. Plush Sacques, too, have been reduced. Here's the sfcale: From S18 down to S12; from S25 down to S18; from S30 down to $25. FUR CAPES- Astrakhan, Beaver, Sealskin, Baltic, Monkey, Mink, Persian, etc., at big reductions from former prices. at i 25 ana 75. 3,000 pairs at $2 50, 1 j 1 4 ana 4 50. to fit all men ; - . Hem- I DERBY AND 5H VFR Complete Manicure Sets, MERIDEN OI1"fcn S14. Silver Putt Boxes, S3 75. Silver Match Boxes, 75c. Silver Whisky Flasks, S3 39. Silver Shaving Cups, $4 19. Silver Shoe-horns and Buttoners, Si 59. Silver Smoking Sets, S5 98. Silver Toilet Brushes, best bristles, $5. Silver Combs, Si 98. Silver Hand-Mirrors, $5 98. All of the foregoing are of the celebrated Derby or Meriden plated ware best in the world. ; Initial and Satin. New designs, 50c up; GERMAN SILVER-11 StandS69c; Silver Mani- cure Sets, $y, Silver Photo graph Frames, 19c; Silver Dressing Mirrors, Si 50; Silver Smoking Sets, 89c; Silver Bonbonniers, 25c; Silver Poker and Whist Sets, 89c; Silver Collar and Cuff Sets, Si 98. PLUSH AND EMBOSSED LEATHER ARTICLES Such as Toilet Sets, Shaving Sets, Portfolios, Writing Desks, Work Boxes, Jewel Cases, Traveling Sets, etc. all at greatly reduced prices. n. ST HIS. BIS 1 ALL. '4 v 1 :kiiiM 8&ikJh tivHSHMn zSBSaSmB
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