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THE- PITTSBURG - DISPATCH, SUNDAX -MABOH -29,'- 189L
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VIOLENCEIN
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5o Let-Up in the War of tbc Bishops
of tne Christian Evangelical
Association.
MLMSTEES FORCED TO BE SILENT.
Some Bragged From the PnlpSts Thej
Stroro to Occnpj and Others Held
Down in Their Pews.
OFFICERS OF TEE WW CALLED UPON.
The Genertl Conferee &t Indaripolu la Octtter WiD
Kii Kitten Worse.
1 C0KHESPO3TDE.Clt Or THI DISPATCH. I
Allentown, Pa., March 28. For three
weeks past the bitterest conceivable relig
ious feud has been in progress throughout
Eastern and Central Pennsylvania, among
the congregations of not less than 100
churches attached to the Christian.Evangel
ical Association. It is attended with inci
dents and accompanying features that prob
ably have not been paralleled in any eccles
iastical quarrel of recent years.
Each of these congregations is split in two
factions, namely, the Bowman and the anti
Bowman, and each faction has been strug
gling, tooth and nail, for three Sundays now,
to cecure possession of the respective
churches and parsonages to the exclusion of
their opponents. Policemen guard the
church doors at many places to prevent the
use of physical violence by any of the con
testants; churches are barred and .locked
at other points by the factions
having the upper hand in order that their
adversaries may not get in; two preachers,
claiming to be the regularly appointed pas
tors, present themselves before each congre
gation to preach, while only one can do so;
and in almost every family the household is
divided against itself, and fathers rise up
against the children and children are at war
with the fathers, all by reason of animosi
ties engendered iu the great dispute.
The Origin of the Trouble
These troubles are the immediate outcome
of tne recent meetings of the Eastern Con
ference of the Association held at Allen
town lroin February 20 to March 5, and of
the Central Conference held at Berwick
from March 4 to March 10, full details of
hicb have already been published in The
Dispatch. The complications with which
they had to deal were in turn inherited lioui
the squabbles among the three Bishops ol the
Association a year ago, which shook
the organization from top to bottom and
culminated in the overthrow of all three.
Bishop Dubbs' friends claimed that his ex
pulsion was illegally and unjustly effected,
and they accordingly prelerred charges
against Bishop Esner and Bishop Bowman,
upon which they too were deposed. Dubbs
-withdrew from his office, but Bowman and
Esher did not, and continued as the heads
of the church to hold Conferences.
Bishop Bowman, claiming to have au
thority to act as chairman of the Allentown
and Berwick Conferences, was estopped,
after innumerable stormy scents, from pre
siding at either by the majority of delegates
composing those Conferences, and be with
his followers set up independent Confer
ences, Thee each of the two conflicting
Eastern Conferences, as well as the two con
flicting Central Conferences, made the cus
tomary ministerial appointments for the
comingyear to All the various charges with
in their jurisdiction. The natural and un
avoidable consequence has been that the
members of each congregation have been
called upon to decide which of the two min
isters sent to them they will accept as their
pastor, and the solution ot this problem has
carried the war into each family.
The Anti-Bowman People Ahead.
The unseemly public contests for supre
macy began in the churches on March 8,
and have been continued with some slight
diminution of zeal on the succeeding Sun
days. The most violent disturbances thus
far have occurred in the churches here at
Allentown, in Beading, Birdsboro,
Catasanqua, Slatington, Easton, Bethlehem,
Mahonoy City, and Drehersville, though
the troubles have taken unseemly shape to
a less degree in scores of other places. Iu
most of the battles the anti-Bowman people,
being in the majority, have contrived to
win the greater number of victories, and
a-e now holding tenaciously to the advan
lages already gained. Ju a few congre
gations temporary truces have been patched
up, by which the rival pastors are allowed
to preach to their respective followers on
alternate Sundays, with a ilivision of ex
penses, and in a few other congregations the
Bowman adherents are too weak numeric
ally to offer successful resistance to the
ruling faction.
Iu this city the Bowman pastors are not
even permitted to cross tho thresholds ot the
Zion, Salem and Ebenezer churches, and
when they attempt to do so, they have been
invariably ejected with the aid of police
officers. The only Bowman stronghold here
is the Immanuel Church, where Bishop
Bowman held hislindependent Eastern Con
ference. Last Sunday the Bowman faction
of the Salem Church were obliged to hold
their services iu Huusicker's Hall, hired for
the occasion.
Trequont Resorts to Violence.
At Beading and Bir&dboro the Bowman
ite preachers are allowed to enter the
churches, but not to preach, and in each
case they have' had to content themselves
with merely reading a formal protest against
. their exclusion from the pulpits. The Bow
manite pastor of the Sixth Street Church
holds forth to his followers iu the Hebrew
Syuagogue. At Catasauqua, on the first
Sunday, the trustees had to resort to physi
cal force in holding down in his seatthe
Bowmanite pastor, after he had tried to en
ter the pulpit already occupied by his anti
Bowman rival, and the Chief "of Police,
with a squad of officers, had to be called iu
to quell the melee. Many women and chil
dren wept, and greit excitement prevailed.
At Slatington the Bowman appointee,
having presented himself according to in
structions lrora his Conference and read the
formal protest, was repeatedly ordered to sit
down, and failing to obey, was seized vigor
ously by the Chief of Police and compelled
to sit and keep silence. Hymns and sacred
songs were sune during the disturbance, bnt
many in the congregation uttered Joud ex
clamations and shed sorrowful tears. At
Easton the Iter. V. H. Stauffer, who is
much beloved by his flock, hut who has
espoused the Bowman cause against their
wish'es, is not allowed to preach, and is
obliged to sit each Sundav a silent witness
to the services conducted from his pulpit by
another.
Officers of the taw Called.
In each of the anti-Bowman churches
deputy constables and policemen are dis
tributed through the crowd of worshipers
on Sundays to guard against a possible In
vasion by the other party. At Mahonoy
City and Drehersville the Bowman preach
ers are informed at the sanctuary doors that
tbey cannot preach, and thev are powerless
to make the attempt. This 'is also the case
with the crcat majority of the churches,
and this situatiou will doubtless be main
tained until the cad. At Terre Hill, Lan-
catcr, Bernville and Heginsville agree
ments have been reached bv which both
Bowman and anti-Bowman preachers fill the
pnlpits without collision with each other.
In each case the control of a church is
disputed by either faction, the courts will
liave to decide the merits of the controversy,
and this will entail an untold amount of
litigation. To meet the necessary expenses
ot this litigation the laymen of the anti
Bowman party have organized what thev
terra a "Defense Bureau" to raite money
end employ lawyers to conduct the lawsuits
that may grow out of the endeavor of min
kters to eecuro possession of the churches
and parsonages to which, they have been as
signed. The Next General Conference.
Throughout the progress of the Evangel
ical quarrel heretofore the belief had been
steadily entertained that all difficulties
would be settled satisfactorily by the next
General Conference of the denomination,
which meets in October; but it is now appa
rent that this hope is in vain, inasmuch as
there will be two General Conferences, both
probably to convene at Indianapolis. One
will be held bv the Dubbs faction, and the
other by the Esher-Bowmau faction. One
Conference will decide one way, and the)
other another way, and after these confer
ences adjourn the breach will be wider than
ever. Hence many members hold that the
difficulties will never be adjusted.
The decisions of the courts in the multi
plied lawsuits that must ensue lrom.the
general locking out of Bowmanite ministers
iu Eastern and Central Pennsylvania, and
the disposition for the appeals taken there
from, will be the ouly guides to the final
ending of the war. How complicated the
troubles will then grow and how far from
settlement the controversy will then drift
under this method, everybody with experi
ence can imagine for himself.
New Inventions.
The following is a list of a tew patents
granted to Pennsylvanians this week, re
ported by Higdon Ss Higdon, patent at
torneys, having offices at 127 Fourth avenue,
Pittsburg, and 36 Ee Droit building, "Wash
ington, D. C: Henry Aiken, mill appli
ance; Frank Moore, station indicator;
Joseph N. Pew, system for pumping natural
gas; of Pittsburg. Edward Bourne, Alle
gheny, gas stove. A. C. Cochran, Stauffer,
coke-oven plant J. M. Howard, Mifflin,
plate-glass-sealing apparatus. P. C. Law
less, Wilmerding, pipe coupling. J. H.
Johnson, Bradford, lead binder.
A Novel Contest.
Guessing contests are by no means new.
The public has had innumerable problems
presented to it on which to coujecture.
There's the beans in the jar question, the
nnmberof pieces in the patchwork quilt,
and many other nice and interesting ques
tions. But the most original which has been
sprung upon the people of this city for some
time is the one now in progress at Gusty 's.
In one of their windows is a monster
candle, said to be the largest ever made. It's
about 8 feet high and 15 inches in circum
ference. To-morrow' afternoon the candle
will be lighted promptly at 3 o'clock, and
will be kept continuously burning day and
night until it is entirely consumed. How
long this will take to accomplish is the un
certain quantity, so to speak, and this is just
where the field tor conjecture comes in.
To make the question interesting Gusky's
offer prizes to the amount of $100 for the
best guesses as to the time it takes the can
dle to burn out. Four prizes in all: $50,
$25, $15 and $10 respectively. In most con
tests of this kind there are certain restric
tions or limitations as to who shall guess.
If in a storf-, then usually only patrons are
permitted to compete; if at a church fair
it's .anywhere from 10 cents to a quarter of a
dollar to enter. This, however, is open to
all. Anybody, young or old, whether cus
tomers or not, can secure a card free on
which to record their guess and stand an
equal chance with the rest to win the prizes.
Some idea ot the interest manifested may be
gathered from the fact thatover 3,000 people
guessed yesterday. One hundred dollars
seem a good deal to give lor a guess, hut
Gusky's are tireless toilers for popularity
and trade.
Reasons for Purchasing Everett Pianos.
Because they are manufactured from the
most carefully selected material.
Because they remain in tune and up to
pitch superior to all others.
Because the tone of the Everett piano is
powerful, yet pure and well sustained.
Because from their sympathetic quality
of tone they are admirably adapted to the
voice.
Because they contain all desirable im
provements. Because the manuracturers are practical
musicians and mechanics, familiar with
every branch of their business.
Because every piano is thoroughly tested
before leaving the factory.
Because each Everett piano is warranted
for seven years.
Because by purchasing from Alex.
Boss, 137 Federal street, Allegheny, you
will save at least $75 from the retail price,
and can suit yourself in the manner of mak
ing payments. Send for circular explain
ing our club or co-operative system. It pro
vides the lowest wholesale cash price and
payments anywhere from $1 per week to all
cash.
Pianos delivered this week'on $1 weekly
payments are Club A certificates, No. 338,
held by "W. E. Taylor-, Superintendent ot
Water "Works t New C.inle, Pa.; Club B,
No. 177, Mrs. J. T. Anderson, Beaver, Pa.
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Are You Interested In Cnrtalns?
200 pairs of heavily fringed chenille por
tieres worth $6 a pair, for S4 S7; 200 pairs of
fringed chenille portieres worth $7 50, at
$5 69 a pair. Our last week's prices on lace
curtains will continue, and many new pat
terns added. Lace curtains, taped, at 48c;
curtains other stores ask $1 at 75e, and the
$1 50 quality, 2 yards long, at 98c Our
$3 75 Irish point curtains are usually sold at
$5 50, and our $5 87 number at $8 CO. "We
have added a large lot of short curtains, all
to go at 19e and 25c; also 1,000 more of brass
mounted curtain poles, complete with all
trimmings, at 12c each.
J. H. Kuskel & Beo.,
1317-1349 Penn avenue, two squares east of
Union depot
Foe the grip take Dr. O'Keefe's cold or
catarrh pills. 25 cents. Dr. O'Keefe &
Co., homeopathic druggists, 708 Smithfield
street (Bissell Block).
Easter Monday, To-Morrow.
Boys seem to thrive better than any other
class around Easter; it's the holiday when
they are rigged out with new clothing. Our
boys' short pants suits, sizes 4 to 14, at $2 25
and $2 50. are grand value. Neat, new aud
nobby patterns to choose from in checks,
plaids, stripes and mixtures. Every boy re
ceives as a present a toy stem-winding watch
and chain or long lash whip with silver
whistle.
P. C. C. C, Pittsburg Combination
Clothing Company, corner Grant and
Diamond streets. '
A Great Difference.
La Grippe makes everybody tired and
oppressed. Exactly opposite effects follow
the use of Iron City Brewery's fine beers or
ale.
Last Chance for Bargains In Pianos.
Fine Checkering square piano at 150;
fine Mellor & Hoene piano at $90; m parlor
organs, Cbappel organs and all'styles "of new
upright pianos at less than cost, "at Broad
berry & Eyth's. 440 "Wood street. Selling
out to quit business.
"Wiieee to meet your friends lunch at
Kennedy's.
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LOVELY FACES 1
I o thing will
"WHITEN and OLEAIt
vub usm so quickly as
'SRHA-ROVALE
"1 fwvlct.li. ifi- Lnw....T
' yrfleUal ud Toilet Firiunllaa.
We will fiend you a
FREE TRIAL BOTTLE
Id Rich Cat Glui ColofLe tttle.
THY IT. Addrepg
The DEHMA-ROYALE CO.,
.Mr. uAa.cn - linj. PlfCfl-.
CIJ.CIXNA.TI, O, U. B. A.
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Cancer
Tumor
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And Chronlo Dis
eases. Their core by
t.iutua u. xjcraing,
SI.D- 1732 Broadirnj,
XcwYorfc. Pamphlet
containing Informs-
itrtn rf Vr4,l fnrnn
') TllhaFfixiIttie&ticd tosutrererc
uuwi VMIWMw mailed tree.
The Best Treatment for the Grip.
J. B. Louehran, ex-Mayor of Uorth Des
Jloines, aud the Locust street manufacturer
of steam engines and boilers, said recently:
"Iihad a severe attack of la grippe. I used
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and applied
Chamberlain's Fain Balm to my breast.
These remedies were just the thing in my
case. My child had croup some years ago,
and we used Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy
with perfect success; since then we have
never been without these medicines in our
house. I had a cousin who was a printer
and was employed in a job office in this
city, where they were printing circulars for
Chamberlain. He had a deep-seated cold
and a terrible cough, and while setting up
the copy he made up bis mind to buy a bot
tle. It cured his cough, and that was tne
first time I ever knew anything of Cham
berlain's remedies. I have been strongly
in their favor ever since. My own experi
ence and that of my family convinces me
that these remedies" are the best in the
world. That may be strong language, but
that is whatl think." wsu
, , XS1Tr ADV.ERTISEM1.X1V
WHAT KIND OF A SUIT
Do You Want?
"We don't make any exception, whether
'von want a fiue black or bluesuitof clothes,
a dark mixed tweed or cheviot, a handsome
bound or unbound fancy worsted or cork
screw, or a light or dark colored cassimere.
These, and hundreds of more styles of men's
fine suit5, are now marked at $10. Special
for our Easter sale. The choicest patterns,
the greatest "variety, the most correct fit for
$10. Special sale to-morrow.
P. C. C. C, Pittsburg Combination
Clothing Company, corner Grant and
Diamond streets.
"When you want ice cream order it from
Kennedy's.
WM.EGKABOWKY,
Fashionable Hat and Bonnet Bleacher.
It Is difficult to tell which of our first-class mil.
liner? bouses show the finest display of ladles'
and children's spring hats and bonnets. (
The large bats are stupendously gorgeous,
tbe shapes will be one extreme or the other.
We are much pleased to state to our many cus
tomers that we can copy nearly every pattern
that Is shown In tills market. It Is our aim to
be ahead and we will show new shapes as quick
as Eastern manulacturers produce and Import
tuem. The new Piccadilly Bailor or Plato has
arived. Come and see It.
Bring your old-fashioned hat now, get It made
over into the newest style, new effect, tasty
work, new appearance. A quick return of goods,
polite attention.
Always take your hats to the Old Reliable
Bleacheryof WM. GRABOWSKY,
707 Penn av.. opp. Penn Building.
Mall orders promptly filled. mh22
ESTABLISHED I8SI.
Eyes Examined Free.
OFFICE DESKS
A SPECIALTY.
Immense stock, all Kinds, at prices
BELOW VALUE.
Including
Bookcases
and Cabinets.
Work guaranteed.
Stevens Chair Co.,
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8 SIXTH ST.,
Pittsburg, Pa
FEICK BROS,,
21 SIXTH. ST.
Surgical Instrument
Establishment.
Specialties: Scientific fitting
of TRUSSES, appliances for
DEFORMITY and ARTIFICIAL
LIMBS. Largest stock of surgi
cal Instruments In Western
Penn. Large illustrated cata
logue free to physicians.
del8-99-TTh SS
M)H
ezmar xntsa
Artificial Eyas Inserted.
J. DIAMOND,
OPTICIAN,
22 SIXTH ST.
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CANCER I
and TUMORS cored. No
knire. send for testimon
ials. U.H.McMIclmel.M.D..
.Niagara st.,linralo..N.lf,
muia-ii-naautvj.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Two Successful Styles.
THE
TheSchenley., Union Square
81 GO, $2 40, 82 90; 83 40.
There is no better proof of our leadership
of.fashioDS than the fact that tbe styles in
troduced by us are not only uniformly suc
cessful, but, like all other successes,. find a
ready host of imitators. However, where is
the inducement to go outside of our house to
purchase a mere imitation, when we offer
the real bona fide article at prices that these
imitators cannot hope to touch? Iu quality,
style or assortment we loom head and
shoulders above all competitors.
RUBEN,
The Hatter and Furnisher,
421 and 423 Smithfield St.
NEWADVERT1SKMEOTS.
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PICKERING
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LEADING ALL COMPETITORS.
Mail Orders Promptly Filled.
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HERBERT WALKER,
Artificial
Eye Maker,
C5 NINTH ST.
Vii rftr The only manufacturer of
artificial human eyes in the city.
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ONLY A FEW DATS MORE r
To close out the entire stock of the
TANNER CHINA CO., - 38 FIFTH AVENUE.
Everythinp; sold at a bargain.
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, LAMPS, Etc.
Speoial Bargains in Hotel and Restaurant Ware.
Lease and fixtures sold to the Old Staten Island DyeingEstabllsn
ment, who will occupy after April 20.
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If you want Furniture, Carpets, or anything in the House
furnishing line, come to us. You can buy for cash at
wholesale prices. You can buy on credit at cash prices.
Do not fail to see our immense stock and-astonishingly low
prices before buying" .elsewhere. The Victory has been -won
and PICKERING is- the Victor. Low prices and re
liable goods have done their work, and the rush for bar
gains is to Cor. Penn Ave. and Tenth St. Come early and
avoid the rush. Open during next week till 8 p. m. Satur
day 10 P. M.'
REMEMBER Our Bonds are still good for One Dollar-at-"
PICKERING'S,
Cor. PennAvenne and Tenth Street.
FOE LADIES.
75 dozen Ladies' 4-button Kid
Gloves, latest shades, embroi
dered backs; lowest price
heretofore 85c; will be sold for
only
59c TO-MORROW.
READ THE
RESULT OF
KATTFMANNS
J GUESSING
CONTEST.
or miss,
We have surprises
for you both, if you'll
come here to-mor-.
row for your Jacket,
Wrap or Suit We will
make this Easter
Monday Sale the
star event of the
season, and if the
saving of money has
any charm for you,
you'll be on hand.
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And, while here to
morrow, fail not to
see how well we can
suit you in Ladies'
Muslin Underwear
and Corsets. The best
qualities for the least
possible money
that's our motto.
. Children's and In
fants' Outfits a specialty.
Kaufrnanns
The number cm the $50 Gold Certificate was found to be 43,533. The following
four boys, being the nearest guessers, are, therefore, en titled to the prizes, and will please
report at our office to-morrow to receive, same:
Master Eddie Moul, 47 High street, Allegheny, who guessed 43,553 gets the 935 O BILL.
Master JohnR. Smith, Mount Washington? who guessed 43,675 gets a fcBlO BILL.
Master A. A. Anderson, 153 Thirty-Eighth street, City, who guessed 43,764 gets a 955 BILL.
Master Eddie Long, Third street, Allegheny, who guessed 43 875 gets the GRAND EGG.
CAN
YOU
GUESS
THIS
ONE.
!
WHAT WILL THIS EGG HATCH OUT?
You can easily guess it if you try. Just read and see. Then come in to-morrow and get your prize. The
truth is, Kaufrnanns have concluded to make Easter Monday one of the greatest bargain days of the year,
and they have chosen this unique and timely form of announcement to acquaint you with the fact. If you
are in need of a new Spring Suit, Light-Weight Overcoat, Pantaloons, etc., you will find Kaufrnanns' Spe
cial Easter Monday Bargain Sale a glorious opportunity to supply your wants. In this small space we
could not mention even one tithe of the truly wonderful Easter values. Your presence, therefore, is most
urgently requested. Come right in any time to.-morrow and see for yourself what Kaufrnanns mean by this
novel offering; You will find hundreds of styles of Men's fine and fashionable Sack and Cutaway Frock
Suits and Boys' Kilt, Short and Long-Pant Suits at figures especially reduced for this occasion. The very
best and most desirable custom-made garments will be included in this surprising one-day's bargain treat.
To be brief, Kaufrnanns propose to make this "Special Easter Monday Sale a living demonstration of the
ease and extent with which they undersell any clothing house near or far. Now, then, if you're wise, you
will
Make This Easter Egg
THE MEANS OF SAVIKG YOU LOTS OF MONEY!
ITS EVERY LINE AND LETTER IS A
PRIZE for YOU!
FOR BOTS.
50 dozen "of the Celebrated
Mother's Friend Shirt Waists,
in latest Spring designs, better
than ordinary 75c Waists, will
be sold for only
49c TO-MORROW.
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OR
GENTLEMEN
100 dozen beautiful Silk Scarfs,
Tecks and Four-in- Hands, in
latest Spring patterns, would
be cheap at 50c, will go for
only
24c TO-MORROW.
IMPORTS NT! Owing to the unfavorable weather of the past two days, we will pro
long until Tuesday evening the, special sale in our Housefurnishing Goods Department
of our famous five wonders:
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JSSTGentiine Ansonia Alarm Clocks, worth $2 at only 75c. (When it comes to alarm clocks you want to buy the best only. The An
Jfcsonia is the BEST. Cheap'er makes offered by other houses are too""dear at any price. Get no other but the Ansonia.) Sensible
J6-Sad Irons, worth $1 25, at 75c per set. No. 8'Wash Boilers, worth $1, at only 58c. 4-Quart Double Dinner Buckets, worth 50c, at
yonly 25c. 3 Packages Toilet Paper, worth 25c, at only 10c. . ' '
JJSTThe above 5 bargains can be had only till Tuesday evening. Don't come to"o late.
KATJFMANNS,
FIFTH AVENUE AND SMITHFfELD STREET.
If you see a pretty
Easter Bonnet to
day, make up your '
mind it came from
our new Millinery
Parlors. The large
number of Hats we,
sold last week shows
clearly that there was '
not only an opening
in this city but an
actual want for just
such a Parisian Mil
linery Bazaar as ours. '
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THE LENMA
Is the name of the.
above new and nob
by style of x Girls'
Headgear we have
just placed on sale at
only 50c. It is made
of English cloths and
silk, and will be worn
by girh, from 2 to 8
years of age. These
Caps are displayed jn
Hat Department, first
floor.
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FOR LADIES.
300 pairs Hand-sewed, Glazed
Dongola Button Shoes, Com- ,
raon Sense and Opera Toe,
regular shoe store price l4,wiH..j
.be sold for only , H
$2.50 TO-MORROW.,
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