'. r-- T111U yUKAJN'j;OJV T1UJ3UJME- MONDAY. MARCH 21'. 189S. 5 About Klondike. Some Trustworthy Information of Con siderable interest from a Man Who Knows. To n Los Angeles, California, corre spondent of the New York Sun Charles K. Stlllmnn, a well-known gold miner who recently returned from the Klon dike region, has been giving some In teresting information about the new Alnsknr gold llelds. For example: "The preeent winter In Dawson City and that region has been somewhat milder than In former years. There luivo been a few hours this season when the temperature at our diggings on Hunker Creek has been down to 63 degrees below zero, and for four days at New Year's time the mercury nev er rose above 44 degrees below zero. The Wind blows there all winter long. The day I left Dawson City the mer cury was at about 24 degrees below zero, and the people regarded that as a pretty mild sort of day. The Ice Is a nrd thick In the Yukon and on all tho creeks In the Klondike region. The nnow Is about two feet on the level, and very deep In drifts caused by the I'VorlaMlng blowing from the north east. There havo been many ears and fce3 frozen among the people In and pbcut Dawson City In the loot few months. I have heard .of about twenty people who have lost their lives by freezing, but there may be a lot more unfortunates who have died of freezing In their cabins and tents away off on the banks of creeks miles from friends. Jonquln Miller, who Is In Dawson City, thought he was going to lose one of li'a uirs by freezing when I saw him a row days before I set out for Cali fornia. I believe there have been a n'ore of amputations of frozen legs and fact on the Klondike this season. GOLD FIELD'S EXTENT. "How much of an area has been cov ' red by gold miners' camps on the Klondike? Oh, about 100 miles square would cover It. The Canadian Regis ter of Mines at Dawson City told me -Mx weeks ago that tho mines furthest from I awson were located about sixty miles away. When I got to the Klon dike last August the furthest were not twenty miles from Dawson City. We nld-tlmo miners have long seen In the west what man will do and the risks he will take to get gold at any hazard, but the way hundreds of men have gone tramping along the banks of creeks and across trackless snowy wastes miles from another human be ing, and in a way-below-zero weather, to prospect amid snow and Ice for gold bearing gravel, beats any stories we have ever told to Illustrate man's In satiate thirst for gold. Bonanza, Hunk er, Eldorado, Too Much Gold, and Sko kum Creeks were completely occupied by miners' claims from source to mouth, while all the tributary streams for miles round were well claimed. That there will be another cltv like Dawson Citv In the Klondike Is not doubted by any one up there. If the miners on the newly located claims and the miners who will go Into the Klon dike this; comng season strike any de- iprnciiness, a city that will out- Dawson seems likely. Dawson far awav saia ih6 newer claims a base of suppllestgr the mining ps there. I know siferai rich real men who nre,noon their way vay, and theysare going to speculate In lots In newltuwn sites In the mlmVig region. If they are lucky they willVnake more money nnd do It 'Wicker tllan the luckiest miners. Just think, In September, 1530, you could ,ave bought'acres, in Dawson City for .200 Or XSftn nnVi nnplmnu Inca Tn.lni. Jots there with' a thirty-foot frontage Pr ng $3,000 and $4,000 each. Some lots . u.iif xinriAA -. ip.wa i- , --,vvv aim ftil,VVV fULll. niKIT'MORALS. "The population. of Dawson City and hf camps that lino the creeks that twist away south, east, and southeast from tho Klondike and Yukon Is as In telligent as any I have ever known In any mining camp In the West. In deed, It is the most moral and ambit ious mining population I have ever seen. A number of us professional rnlueia up there, who have seen tho glided gambling palaces of Virginia. City and have lived In the hot days of Uodle, Tombstone, Anaconda, and 'Creede, lliave remarked many times that tin. miners of the Klondike are oni ther race of men from those we used to know In the states. To be sure, there is gambling and liberal drinking if the hardest of hard whiskey in Daw son City and Circle City, but the scenes are never comparable with what we ur-ed to witness every night when the iJionanzas were pouring out their gold- r. wealth and Tombstone was making ia dozen new millionaires. "The Klondike miners are not the yplcal, picturesque miners the world as been hearing about for half a cen- ury It Is my private opinion that the wful hardships one endures to get rich ,ip there, the dangers that must be kraved, and the m'4vtlons suffered In Kttng to the newUjfod llelds by any ite, making men there sober and pro- ent, Where men have these char- rlstlcs there's no chance taken in Wing. Then, too, the expense of -to -Klondike und the necessary ortdUure pf iseveral hundred dollars an otitflt keep out of the Alaskan ing region a horde of hard-up, des- rptl"ate characters similar to those thut haye made all the Western mining camps so notoriously bad. I doubt If Dawson City ever will be a hard, reek lew, wide-open town In the sense that Virginia City and Cripple Creek have been. It has had a population of about '-'.000 men and 120 women all winter, with about 4,500 more miners In the cabins along the creeks, and there RED ROUGH HANDS Itching, feljr, bleeding palmi, ihapeltM nalli, nnd pilotul floger cud, pimple., Wuckhiadi, oily, motby iklo.drr, thin, nod fulling lialr, Itch. icf, .caly (caln, all yield quickly to warm batha . wiln uoTicimi boap, ana genus anointing with Ooticuba (ointment), the great kin care. (uticura Ii told thr.akoul ttx worii, Pom. Du ..a Cum. Cnnr.. Bui. rropf , Jtoto. 03 ' U. U rtliio Soft, Wbln Uwdi," U-. .ITCHING HUMORS laiLstl; r'lltftd hf taiTva,. Kiaiuiu, have been few more orderly and earn est communities anywhere In the Union. The stories that I see published In some newspapers about the orgies and Immortality nt Dawson City are almost wholly the fiction of Imagina tive reporters. I never knew so many well-educated, tho.Ughtful and promis ing men in any camp as there ure at Dawson City today. Homo nio Har vard and Yale' graduates. Two young women, wives of ambitious young min ers, are from Vassar college, nnd a Physician, who lives thero In n log cabin, plastered with mud, was edu cated at Columbia college and nt tho University of Paris. I think he Is con tented. Anyhow, he ought to be for a year or two. He gets half nn ounce of gold for each visit, and fof simple surgical work his bill runs Into ounces of gold very quickly. It seems to me that he ought to clear up two or three pounds of gold every week In tho year. FALSE REPORTS. "The stories of drinking and enrous lng at Dawson City are all bosh. In the first place. It costs too much to drink even in the Klondike region. A drink of the vilest concoction of molasses and alcohol costs about $1. In the second place, the wealth Is earned by such hard work and ex posure that one does not like to throw his earnings over the bar with the reck lessness that characterized the miners In the Hash mining days of the west. Moreover, one may readily see that a climate where the wind blows and moans twenty hours out of every twenty-four, and where the mercury travels between two degrees above zero and forty below for five months In the year, Is not conducive to conviviality and hilarity as the warm, balmy climate of Tombstone and Virginia City were. "Another, and perhaps the most Im portant reason for the earnestness and soberness of Dawson City this winter,. Is that the danger of starvation In that Arctic region has been looking the Klondlkers In the face. Very natutal ly, one who has any sense and the least fear of starvation In so hideously lone some a place as the Klondike Is not going to throw money away carelessly for whiskey and on games of chance. POOR SANITATION. "It will be wonderful If some mortal fever does not rage In Dawson next summer. If there was ever a commun ity properly situated for the develop ment of pestilence It Is Dawson City. The town Is located at the base of a mountain, on the northeast side of the mouth of the Klondike, on the Yukon River. At that point the Yukon Is nearly half a mile wide. The mountain curtails the expansion of the town. The people now live almost as closely to gether as In a large city. Fancy what It will be by next July, when 150,000 people shall have set foot on that par row bench along the rlrer. There Is no sewerage or drainage, no water sup ply from an uncontaminated source and no attention is paid to simple hy giene In that land of quick fortune making. Around the base of the moun tain to the west Is an area of several hundred acres of marsh land and one can see the malaria-laden vapor rising like steam from an engine In a mid summer morning. Even In tho warm est weather one can dig down through the heavy layer of moss and a foot or. two In the spongy &oll In Dawson City and find Ice a half foot thick. Last summer the 1,200 people nt Dawson City were more or less ill with malaria and there were a few deaths from fever. The mosquitoes rise during the months of June, July and August In swarms from the mots that abounds every where In the Klondike region, and they are so ferocious that mules and dogs have run away and leaped madly over embankments many times to escape them. "Dawson City has been growing right along all winter. An occasional dip of the mercury to 45 to 50 degrees below zero has had no effect on the building operations there. All winter long Front street practically the only one In Dawson City has resounded with the sound of chopping and hammering on new houses and stores, I think that the building Improvements of the town six weeks ago, when I left Daw son City, comprised about 115 log cab ins, three log churches Catholic, Epis copal and Methodist and 600 tents, that had been boarded up about the bottom to make them more ugreeablo to the occupants. The business pait of the town consists of log and crude pine board buildings arranged In a straight line and close beside one an other. In these structures are fifteen saloons, two barber shops,,, several butcher shops and half a dozen res taurants, two real estate offices and one hardware store. DAWSON PRICES. "The largest buildings in that region are two substantial storehouses built by the Alaska Commercial company and the North American Transporta tion company. Each ts two stories high, and covers about 8,000 square feet. To show how it costs to build up there, I have only to say that onu of these storehouses, with a .good con crete foundation, cost exactly $93,500 last September. The same structure could bo built in the Middle States for about J4.000, and on tho Pacific coast for $4, GOO. Log cabins 20x24 feet cost from $3,000 to $4,500. The logs are hewn on three sides and the chinks are plugged with mud anil moss. The roofs are constructed of three layers of pine boards, upon which moss and earth are packed to the depth of a foot. Earth Is banked up about the walls of the cabin. That keeps out the cold. Some roofs havo upon them earth and moss a yard thick. In summer tho mosquitoes rise out of these roofs. In swarms like the Egyptian ( locust plague. Let ma recite some of trio cur rent prices In Dawson City. Pine logs, $2.60 and $3 each; window glass, 0 cents a pound; ten-penny nails, CO cents a pound; meat, 75 cents a pound; car penters who can dp fairly goqd worit get $18 and $20 a day this winter. Com mon laborers get three-quartera of an ounce of gold a day about $12. A small loaf of wheat bread has cost CO cents all winter In Dawson, anu for a short time thp price was 75 cents, I bought a pair of stogy boots last Jan uary for three ounces of gold worth $48, and I can buy similar boots here, for $3. No clgarB or drinks are less than 60 centB each. Hartender get from $li to $25 a day. By the way, a common courtesy In the saloons there Is for tho one who cails his friends to the -bar to hand his pocket buckskin I sfwk of srnld dim rro( l bar tp thfe barkeeper," nnd permit tho latter to weigh? out etHmgh gold on the scales, which ar6ifolhd In evfry- business place In! that nJgfori, to? pay the bill for the drinks. ( . ,. A THRIFTY QUAItER. "One of the greatest money makers In Dawson Is a young man, Dan Flynn, who halls from Hartisburg, Pa. He Is just 22, and he Is a natural born busi ness man. He has nothing to do with the mines, and never even saw one. He's nil business. He happened to bo nt Dyea, on the coast of Alaska, last Juno as a cigar agent, when the news cama there of the Klondike gold discov eries, tie qui), his Job nnd sent word to his firm In Chicago that ho was going to Dawson City, lie got, there early nnd sold all the 10-cent clears he had for $1.50 each. He saw the money there jvas In town lots,- and took written sixty dty options on a dozen lots, paid $500 down, nnd In less than twenty days he sold out and made $20,000 cash. Ho knew th'at nn army of gold seekers would soon bo there, so he took options on more lot's at greatly advanced prices. Besides he bought springs of drinking water near Dawson City and hired Indians to peddle water nt 23 cents a pall. Then he went into the bread business. He has now over 200 pounds of gold ready for "shipment to San Francisco when navigation on the Yukon opens.. Ho jwlll sell tens of thousand of palls or water In Dawson at 2." cents each this coming summer. Flynn Is easily worth $100,000 now, and h'e may doubleHt In another year. He has the Irish wit and Is very popular in Dawson. He will soon open a bank there, backed by a San Francisco mil lionaire." BETTER-STAY AT HOME. "What are the chances fir an aver ago man who ,,-knowfj noth'lng about mining and goes to Tli'i' Klondike now?" "They are not nearly so good as they were for the average man who came to California In IS 19 nnd 1S50. We have never heard about the 200.000 young men who came poor- to California In those days and went back home or stayed out here pborer than they came. VtV have all' li'eurtl of: the few thous andsor, perhaps, the Caw hundreds who got rich. The ticant ,coro of men who became multi-millionaires have been held up as. slijnjng examples by miners the world over for years. Well, the same will "be true qf the Klondike. The Amcrldftir-tyeople , kiiow already nbbuC how Jda Ladue, Clarence Berry, Dave Ellmont and Peler Harney h'av leaped from poverty to fortune In less than a yeaj and a half", but there's 4,000 men who have been In tho Klon dike region -dnce last August ond are as poor as ever and will never be any better off. "I would not advise any one to go to the KDridlke. Tt Is' n'lilg risk for any man. For the poor man wh6 knows nothing abput placer ,mlning and has a family dependent on him It is nlmost criminal folly to put several hundred dollars' Into an Arolle" mining outlit and go.chaslng off to Dawson City. It would 'bq better for his pocket to put his outfit money on a gambling game at-.h'om?. The -cnancefc' of success are JUsjt about as good. Still, there will be'a,lot of new millionaires created by tho Klondike gold, and you can no more stop thg army of eager, restless men now at ijcatte,, Victoria -and San Fran-' clsccvfeaVly: '6.oJl to,.Alaska from tak ing slim cliances In thcrace fqr fortune In the riolth than you could bale out the ocean' , m . riUBD ry SA.VE LirE. IlistorV ofn Cnnnon Ball Now in the tiMiidrnl Iilfi'-Snvlns Service. I'rbni tho Washington Evening Star. A' twenty-four-pound round shot.wlth a short chain attached, now lying on the table of General Superintendent Kimball of the life-saving service, calls up a noted occurrence long since forgotten, except by a few old people, which was in Its time a celebrated case. The ball Is no less than tfie llrst shot eVef fired in tbe United States for tho purpose of saving life, and after performing 'Up- most .noble service It lay for twenty' years In the bottom of the sea. Pn , tho 20th .of .December, 1849, the British ship" Ayrshire' sailed from New ry, Ireland, bound for New York, with 202 passengers on board, mostly immi grants, seeking homes and fortunes In the states. In tlaoso days transatlan tic steamers were not -nttmerous, the first regular line, the Cunard, having teen established only nne years be fore, and . thousands o immigrants etjtranspAreed In the, tamous sailing packet pf fhg time. Slk 'weeks later the, Ayrshire yas off the port of des tination Jntbj) midst of -a- northeast temnpst7 whlcji rolled and pitched her aboutv.vlUi.,i;rjat fury ," About mWhls!rttof Jan. 12, 1S50, she struck uattotarwlth terrific force, heeled over toward the beach, nnd the sea be gan to sweep over her sides In great volumes, that drenched and terrified all on board. Many of the passengers were women and children, who were either crowded Into one of -the small deck houses or lashed to the bulwarks and rigging to provent' their being swept overboard. The nlaht was dark and bitter cold and for two hours despair reigned' on board, for thero was little hope that the ship Would hold together until 'rilornlng-and no hope of escape .should she go to pieces before that time. However, about two hours after she struck, the half-frantic company be held a Hash of light Inshore, then de tected a sound as of a muiiled cannon, and a moment later heard a heavy Iron ball crash en board. That was the ball referred to.' Attached; to' ,lt' was a life line that was. to bf tMerneans of res cuing all save one of the entire number on the Ayrshire. A larger line was soon drawn to fho ship by the sailors, and then came th'e life car, then a new und untried device. It was a small Iron boat, covered over so that It was very nearly alike on both sides, and having In the top an opening through which persons to the number of six or seven could crawl and then shut themselves up, when they would be hauled ashore. To some of the more, timid the remedy seemed almost as bad as tho disease, but all finally concluded that In the little ark was to be found their only safety, and eventually all save one were taken to the land without tho smallest mishap, Tho person lost was a Mr.Bell, of New York, whose sister and her two or three slaughters had been placed In the car and were about to be sent ashore when he Insisted up on accompanying them. As there was no room for him Inside the car ho fool lshly undertook to cling to the outside of It, and, as a matter' of cours6, was washed off and dfmvned. Soon after the storm was over the hulk of the wreck began to settle down In the sand, and was finally wholly covered up. Thero it lay for twenty three years, when a heavy gale set up a strong current along shoro that dug away the sand and once more exposed the skeleton of the old wrack to view. A party of wreckers wejxs soon on board, arid'seachlng the cabin came (across the- old 'mortar' ball.- ' Theje was no doubt of Its Idnntlty. n ii OUR SPOT CASH market of the world brings to our goods at the world's lowest prices. Spring ffi "ffJWhat About the New Dress ? Jackets jng a lot of( Spring Jackets. The seasonnew gown, we can neip you Dy snowing the largest and is'ripe for them, They're ofibest assortment of Dress Goods in the city, and at prices that fine tan covert cloth, elegant-SaSitate curiosity and wonder. Couldn't you find a pretty ly lined throughout with sat - m most any shade you wish.? I hese garments are tailor made: lvive inlnid vpIvi lars and velvet patched pock f v,.m ';., C13. IULIU U 1I11U ctny blUIt'k and pay 8.7? for them. Butt this isn't an v store: it's "THR" store, and the price of . them this week will be 4.95, Silk Here's another hot item from the Cloak Cane? rl c K rv " ""- utpcui. penect satisfaction to every fw5all the popular and newest ment. A lot of Svllk Brocadedpurchaser, per yard . Oyccolorings, per yard uapes, made witn empirec back, satin ribbon futm SSIMrS lars. Buy one at $6, that was If we were to tell you the absolute worth of every pair1 their price. We won't chargeof Hosiery advertised this morning, you'd accuse us of exag-' you tnat today, iney 0 ncgeration because advertisers win move quicKer at y -B7- int.,, f,,i:KC vv rappers 17r,7 and cut full width, beautifully made from7c per pair, 4 pairs for 25c an assortment of bright pat- terns..59, 8i, y7cancl$l.25 BASEMENT. I nf ants' Here is a lot 9 Wo if eciai inings in. vva.1 cnuareivs wean that should interest you this, week, principally because the, prices attacnea to mem are. about what you'd ordinarily. pay tor the bare material. Long slips, lace trimmed, special at . 18c Plain Cambric Skirts . . 31c Embroidered Short Skirts . 19c Short Dresses, pleated yoke . 23c Colored Dimity Dresses, trimmed with lace and inserting, 5Sc, 98c, S1.9S Cambric Gowns, pleated yoke, sailor collar . . . 39c Embroidery Trimmed Aprons. .2.")c(during this Sale. Sounds Tucked Drawers . . locis truth in every word. Ul.l VVUIS, IIIIIIIIICU Willi CIIIUIUIU- ery and inserting . . 18c Knit Sacques in white and colors, 25c Stitched Bibs, lace trimed . Sc ALSO A complete line of Robes in China Silk handsomely trimmed. SECOND FLOOR Christening, and Lawn, Jonas Long's Sons and It was returned to the companion ship of the little niortar which sent it whizzing seaward on Its errand of hu manity more'than fwtfnty years before. Since the recovery or the ball, It and the mortar have been on exhibition at all the creat Interstate nnd International expositions. At present they are await ing transportation to the exposition at Omuha. When the Ayrshire was wrecked tho life-savins service of the United States, now so important, was little more than a name.and many a ship's company was thereafter lost on the black nnd ugly coasts of l.onKT Island nnd New Jersey. It Is known that during- the twenty years from 1850 to 1870 as! many lives were lost by shipwreck 'on the two coasts named ns were lost under the present life-savins system In the next twenty years on all the ocean and lake coasts of the entire country. The old life car-lias been superseded by a lighter though larger one, and for ordlnitry rescues a device known as the breeches buoy was adopted. Dy this agency two persons may be taken ashore at n time, and when the number on board is small, as Is usually the case, Nt Is much the handler and preferable appliance. A modern line-firing gun, too, has taken the place Qf the old mortar. This gun Is the Invention of Captain B. A. Iiyle of the United States Army and n zealous memlnr of the life-saving board on devices for rescuing the shipwreck ed. To Its design and perfection he de voted himself as to a labor of love, and with the result that today the life-saving service of the United States has the most far-reaching gun and the best equipments pertinent to It of any simi lar establishment In the world, the gun, the powder, shot and line being made expressly for It. Tho old round shot and mortar had their day and are entitled to respectful attention arid tho gratitude of many a rescued castaway, but the I.yle gun, with Its extended rnnge and unfailing reliability, Is as much ahead of the o Ul timo appliance as the modern cannon la In advance of the nnclcnt carronade. Ill l(IIC'f. lie At the otTIco today there were ten tickets for your charity concert rallied off. She Are you coming to' the concert 7 He O, I'm one of those lucky fellows I dlnd't win nnnl.-HiiinorUtlMiilm Klutlnr i OF Applied with the skill born ofyears of, experience in everv! i m . : ... . i Eastertide approaches and store .the world's besUpIishmentthaneverbeforein desirable merchandise. Weshidv casiei uown among tnese mentioned Here t ry it. poplins, 46-inch all-wool, in - )the latest Spring colors of grey rnl-Acastor, brown, green, cadet, navv, - (and a" ,the Popular shades- Qftr .Jperyard . . . VOL, FRENCH NOVELTIES, silk and wool, m the prettiest shades of ' green, castor, cadet or grounds, with black dots. igoods are bran new and we o Cx,nported goods which we bought a , will oner them at, per yard. -?cwshort time ago. much under -n ri,-.i i.,. -.i-. . -...T . .... niNt-jLiai-l UKAlNIlt ULUII1, 46-inch, all-wool, choice assortment) v5'' colorings and warranted to givebresenting the most durable styles in wyomino and lackawanna avenues. - - Interesting News About Hosiery truth, we permit no misstatements at any time. Hence, when we tell you that these "'"" ever urrcicu til .jwaiuuii, yuu u ucnevc ua. vuine here today-and we'll prove it More than son doen nnirs Chil-S dren's Fast Black Seamless Hose. . lnis, e"tlre lot on saIe tn Ma"i one and one-half ribbed, withcaisle, Lackawanna avenue, at the double toes and heel, sizes sVi to c)Yi. Regular 15c grade. Ladies rast liiacK seamless Hose, iluivc r !,,- . . . " ...... Ladies' Fancy Drop Stitch Hose,'' r 1 . j 8- . 1 ' ,ifi, uurh- tw nnH c,nr nnr, Pdouble toes and reinforced knee, TV 1141 klt.41 IWk UI1V4 lUilV UUUidi iluivc ice "''"' " . . . .. Men's Seamless Fast Black Hoses'", y '"K1 ""- 0'u" " -vuv: vt with double heels and toes. Jalways paid 20c a pair for; sizes Men's Seamless Heavv Workiiifr)? to 94, Hose, always I2c. LACKAWANNA AVENUE MAIN AISLE A Rare Chance at The Handkerchief stock is aisles are both full. That's shold prove of interest to you. them away if you don't need as the clock. One thing is certain it will be many a day before you can buy such goodness for such littleness as here' like Ladies' '2C, worth 5Cj Plain White and Colored .tC, worth id f)C, worth ioc 7c, worth i5c 10c, worth 20C. Borders, 12c, worth 25c Special lot ladies' pure linen. hemstitched border, white only, Cannot be duplicated in the 4c city. Monday only at NEW ROAD BOOK FOR WHEELMEN To De Issued April 1 by tbe State Division, L. A. W. SPLENDID MAPS TO GUIDE RIDERS Hook Will Appear in Two Sections, Olio for Kudleru and Ono lor M est er u l'eiiusylvuuiifAii Immense Amount ot l.ubor Required to Com pile tho Vork--Frotcctlon of Higliti nnd l'rlvlleses oi I.eugua of Airier lean Wheelmen Jtlembori. Wheelmen will be Interested In the following Information concerning the new road book of the Pennsylvania division, League of American Wheel men, furnished The Tribune by tho pi ess committee of the Pennsylvania division; "Tho protection of rights nnd privi leges of members Is onu of the great est advantages offered by tho league of American Wheelmen, nnd tho cost of being enrolled Is absurdly small In comparison with the return made In case of accident or assault. Chief Con sul lioyle, of the Pennsylvania divis ion, has a large number of these cases under way at all times and recently settled nine in one single day. Tho majority of these complaints are set tled by compromise without being taken into court nnd a wheelman who has had his machine damaged or suf fered other Injury Is generally sure of being fully .reimbursed without a parti cle of trouble to himself. "The new road hook of tho Pennsyl vania division will be Issued on April 1, and Is expected to provo the best thing of Its kind ever gotten out. "The road book committee nnd Messrs. AV. AV, Itundall and Carl Her Ing In particular have devoted an Im mense amount of gratuitous labor to the new edition and the result of their efforts cannot fall to receive tho ap proval of all members of the organiza tion throughout tho state. i TOUR SPOT your neecis. ahci we supply you're thinking about the COVERT VIGOREAUX, 45-inch1 all-wool. We have sold a greaU deal recently because it is absolutely, wie uesi mcuium price wasnauiei uuui inr lawor-maue suns in g the market. Snecial. nervd OVC' CHEVIOTS An assortment ofj censeCheviots and Fancv Mixtures, the mesfiast 01 a larce lot ot domestic and ....!. ,7 r .1W1 fv.uuu r ci vuru . . RIPPLE CREPON. 40-inch, rco- 29c have not always aimed at the, are positively the best hosiery to you. Genuine Pilling & Madley Half1 Hncr fffrr nnir ctnmnAH nn cnlf J ' v remarkably low price ol J7c per pair, 4 pairs for 25c1 1 . ., , , ,.,, ., , . ( Children's Fast Black Ribbed f rct mnHa tiriftt-t ItirrVt onltal IihaIk tr 1 f a 1 maae 01 line graue 01 couon ana in ,,. mono,. Iho t....-r.o . ..,.)., ) 12Jc per pair Handkerchiefs overcrowded. Counters and why this Handkerchief news Buy them this week lay them, for they'll come in handy a big statement but there 'Men's Sic, worth ioc 7c, worth isc Plain White and Colored Borders, 10c, worth 20c Tic, worth 25c Special lot ladies' one-half and one inch hemstitched border, plain white, warranted all pure linen,' mil vaiue 25 cents. Mon- 1 -, dav onlv nt 1C! j j WVOMINQ AVE MAIN AISLE "The new book will be published In two sections Instead of four, as last year. One section will bo devoted to the eastern half of the state and the other to the western, but eadh will in clude all- of the territory adjacent to the dividing line. The size of the book will make it much more convenient to handle than the old book, but the greatest difference will be found In the arrangement ot the Information, For this nn entirely new scheme has been adopted. Instead of the many pages of tabular matter a system of maps has been adopted, these showing the entire state, nnd at a glance the reader can learn the material of the roud, grade, condition nnd distance between points. Each map covers a small sec tion of country, nnd Is so arranged ns to fit the one next to It, so that con tinuous routes are obtained. Vet nt the same time each section Is sulllc iently larce to show clearly and fully all that Is required. "The road book committee decided upon this plan after long experience with other books, and an examination of all the various books gotten out In other states nnd by organizations in other countries. The maps will give the rider an Idea not only of the best and most ridable routes from point to point, but will also show the side roads, numerous smaller points of interest und towns which It was Impossible t Include In the old tabular system, to show on tho smull maps that w used. In addition the more popu towns will bo given In tabular U In the back of tho book for the spei use of those who wish the same fci touring guide. "This will unquestionably be t. most completo work of road Informa tion regarding Pennsylvania, ns It will include hundreds of miles of highways not previously reported in nny such form. FREE OF CHARGE. "Tho book will as usual bo furnished free of charge to nil members of the division. Copley will be sent April 1 to all members who havo at that time renewed their membership for 1898, Membeis whoso membership expires between April 1 nnd AugUBt 1 will be sent copies as soon as renewal Is re ceived. "Tho pnssnge of the universal lights ordinance by Philadelphia city coun cils, wan largely brought about by the nn m CASH Applied here this week means a hirrrror !i-nm mem as can no otner concern. Household' the iit- UtensilS that count in a day's hard work and it's the little prices we make on many little things that lighten your toil. The four and nine cent counters supply, many wants and you will find new things on them today.in addi- tion to these great values One thousand Brooms are here for this week's sale three thread and what others would con sider cheap at 19c. Here at 10c 19c Ten Quart Bread Raisers at ... Fourteen Quart Bread 22c Raisers . Grevstone Granite Tea 39c Kettles, No. 7, 8 or 9, at . Greystone Granite Tea 19c Pans, and Coffee Pots, this week at Greystone Granite Dish 17 quarts and wortn 75 39c cents, at Good Clothes Wring er, worth S2. This $1.25 week As Bright as Sunlight are the American Incandescent Gas amps. Use them once and you'll use them always. Never sold here or anywhere under osc. 79c Very special this week . BASEMENT . Boys' e's hard on UlOtning course. But he's worth a new suit when- 'ever necessary. There is honest value in every suit we sell. You'll realize that in the length of time thev wear. Some special bargains for this week touching on Eas ier thoughts. TOP COATS, 4 to 15 years. ,made of fine texture Covert, me dium shade with French facincr. Italian lined and ha. 1 patch pockets, worth a a -o 56. Special . . P't JO BROWNIE SUITS, three pieces. coat, pants and vest, coats have ,deep sailor collars, finished with 6 , rows of silk soutache braid. Vest trimmed to match the coat. Pants 'have patent band, bow and buckle; regularly $2.48 1 $15.50, at SAILOR BLOUSE SUITS, 3 to 10 years, of navy cloth, with shield and large collar trimmed with cloth ,and braid. Pants have ipatentband. Regularly d j .3. Special at . $,0 DOUBLE BREASTED SUITS for boys from 8 to 1 5 years, of navv fast,color Cheviots, well tailored and sold under our full guarantee as to make and wear. Regu larly $4. Special at . $2.98 Pennsylvania division of the League of American Wheelmen, although that fact has not been vorygenorally known. Wheelmen have as a rule been per fectly willing to respect the ordinance compelling them to carry lights In spite of the discrimination. The constitu tionality of the matter has never been questioned, altTTbugh an act referring to bicycles alone could probably have been stricken off the statutes as spe cial legislation, but the necessity for lights was recognized and no such movement was ever considered. Car riages and wagons havo proved fully as dangerous ns bicycles and many accidents have occurred in which wheelmen have been Injured and which might have been avoided had drivers ben compelled to furnish lights as well as cycles. The passage of tho ordi nance will bo of benefit to all, nnd wheelmen owo nnother debt to the league, which bo zealously guards their Interests." . AlM'Alti:i,. "Sco here." exclaimed the custom house oltlclal us he held up n half dozen blfiplc bottles', " thought you s.ild this trunk contained nothing but wearing apparel?" "That's what I said," answered tha tourist. "Well, what do jou call these?" askcil the oll'cliil. "Nightcap.' was tho calm reply. Chi cago Dally News. Till: OIKL THAT SMIliUD. This side of heaven I may not see A face seen In a passing throng. A gluuctt but half u moment long. And then the broad Ktn-et stictchrd (iway, And friendless faces, grave anil gay, Went past mo like, a surging sea. And with It she who smiled at inc. The smllo of her who passed that day, A gleum of light across my way, Wus like a ray from heaven thrown To one who walked tho dark nlonoi .lust a chunco smile yet how the skies And earth grew brighter for tho eyes Of her who smiled o timidly Out of tho hurrying throng at me. Tho little nr.ald that smiled at mo If such a mlrncln mny be, And wings of prayer have flight as far, To her who passed me like a star. Come gentle Providence and praise. Sweetness of lovo und length of days, And heart so pure and soul us free As looked from out her eyes nt me! Joseph Dana Miller, In Atlanta Const!, tutlnn. ? ' s UUL
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