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T111U yUKAJN'j;OJV T1UJ3UJME- MONDAY. MARCH 21'. 189S.
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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' ,
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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
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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
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Applied with the
skill born ofyears of,
experience in everv!
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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.
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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 !,,-
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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.
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