THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY. APRIL 20. 1898. o Navy BuflSldSmig Us Yet aim ExpeH meant. Millions of Dollars Have to Be Spent Largely on Faith Some interesting Comparisons. I. N. Vortl, In New York Tribune. Sen. power Is n. problem with factors of unknown vulue. Nuvnl construction durlnB the last thirty years has been essentially experimental. There have been no sea fights by which the utility of the costly nicehnnlxm of nuvnl war fare could be tested derisively. Owing to the luck of seamanship of the Chin. ese. the Japanese victory of the Ynlu vena ns unlnstriictlvo to tiavnl experts rts Llssa or the petty niKiitfotuontu off the west const of South America, or the bombardment of Alexandria. The modem fleets have been built on new nnd constantly vatyhiR lines, unci there has been no experience In nctual war fare by which the defensive qualities of armor, the seaworthiness of battle ships nnd the destructive onurRles of torpedo flotillas could be demonstrated. Among nil the mysteries of the sen a modern navy Is the most Inscrutable. After a new TrafnlRar there will be light. Naval construction will be rev olutionized after it decisive war In which the values of what uie now un known qunntltlcs of n fleet are defi nitely ascertained. In view of all these uncertainties nnd mysteries of naval warfare, the only practical theory on which a Meet can lie built und maintained Is that of the ultimate survival of the best types. The Urltlsh admiralty has acted upon this principle In providing a large number of war vessels of every class battle-ships, cruisers, gunboats nnd torpedo craft. Whenever a naval war comes on soma of these engines of sea power will be proved to be miscalcu lated failures, and others will be shown to have superior etllciency; but what ever happens, the llritlsh navy will bo found to be well equipped with the best types. JAPAN TO THE FIIONT. The Japanese government In creating a new and powerful navy Is adopting the same course. It Is now building at homo and abroad sixty-five large ves nels of various classes and IK torpedo craft of various designs. It Is repro ducing In England, the United States, France und Germany the best types known in four foreign navies, and It Is constructing at home a 20-knot cruiser of 9,000 tons, three 20-knot cruisers of 3,000 tons, three torpedo-catchers, a dispatch-boat and other vessels. When this work Is completed, In the course of two 'or three years, the Japanese gov ernment will be able to forecast with composure of mind the now Trafalgar, with Its Inevitable revolution In naval construction. Whatever may be tho results of practical experience In war fare, it will have vessels of tho best classes after tho survival of the fittest and the condemnation of tho least ser viceable types. This policy Is well Illustrated by the ressels now under construction in Eng lish shipyards for the Japanese navy. The Shlkishlma, which is building in the Thames Iron works, will be equal In every respect to the most powerful battleships of the Majestic class in tho British navy; nnd two sister ships have been ordered and will bo complet ed within twenty months at the Thompsons' and the Armstrongs' yards. Each of these three floating fortresses will have a displacement of about 14,900 tons, with a hnstli of 3!)0 feet jnd "ii feet beam, a mean draught of I7i feet and a speed of 17 knots. They i 111 correspond closely In armor and armament to the Hannibal, Caesar, Il lustrious, Jupiter, Mars, Prince Cieotge, Magnificent, Victorious and .Majestic. These are the most formidable war ships In the British navy. The Jap anese battleships will have a llarvey lzed belt 10 feet broad and L'iO feet long, two hooded barbettes, heavily protected decks, and 150 compartments with 200 water-tight doors. Their bat teries will Include four lL'-lnch -Iti-ton guns, twelve C-lnch guns in casemates, Binaller quick-firing guns, Maxims and a complete torpedo equipment. The Japanese battleships will have all the Improvements which experience and scientific knowledge have suggested in the course of the development of the Majestic class for the British navy. OTHEU BIO CHAFT. In addition to these three battleships, another has been building at Elswlck by the Armstrongs as a sister ship to the Fuji, recently completed. This Is the Yashlma, with a displacement of UY't.'O tons and a speed of is knots. This battleship Is 371 feet long and 73i feet hi-am, and has a mean druught of '.'(Hi feet. She has a Ilarveylzed belt fium 14 to IS Inches, two barbettes with two '.'-Inch guns In each, a connlng-tower, "asemates for ten C-lnch guns and a protected deck. She Is fully provided with quick-firing guns and torpedo tubes and boats. The Yashima and the Fuji are most formidable battle-ships, equipped with every defence and wea pon which ndvanced naval science can supply. Jupan Is building In Europe four ar mored cruisers of 0X00 tons, with an estimated speed of 20 knots. Two of these have been ordered In linglund, one in Stettin, Germany, and tho fourth In France. In addition to the two pro tected 23-knot cruisers now under con struction In the United States for Ja pan, a third one tho Tnkasago. Is now In' progress at Elswlck. This vessel will have a tonnage of l.son, and Is designed to have a speed of ;:; knots. TOUPEUO BOATS j lip value of th" torpi-doboat in nc tual warfare is one of the vital points of naval controversy; und until It Is as certained no maritime nation can afford to have this branch of tho service un developed. England neglected It until warned of her Inferiority by theactlvl tV of the German government in tmp pbiug torpedo equipment, nnd even now thiE Is the weakest point in the Hrltii-h navy, ns Is thowu by the coin- pati'.tlve exhibit of n.tv.it resources In Mr l.alrd Clowes's udmiinble manual. Jupan is displaying extraordinary ac tivity In improving tho torpedo service. In England she has contracted for the construction of eight torpedo-destroyers of the type floored by the admiral ty, and with an estimated speed of 30 knoe. Four of these are building at Tliorneycroft's nnd four nt Yarrow's. Japan has also ordered recently In Ger many eight torpedo-boat.--, of CO tons .".nd one torpedo-destroyer. Four 90 lon torpedo-boats are under construc tion In Franco for Japan, and there are additional contracts for smaller craft. With, a record of nearly two hundred vessels of nil classes building at homo and abroad, the Japanese government Is looming up as one of tho chief naval powers of modern times. In every class .die will have the best afloat. FOREIGN WORK. Each of the groat maritime powers builds its own fleets of war vessel?, and dois not call upon rivals for assistance. Itussla docs not construct warships for foiclgn nations, but Germany, France and Italy are now doing considerable voile for foreign governments, especial ly In South America and the far East. England has been cut out of various contracts by Its energetic competitors, who have taken advantage of tho re cent strike in the engineering trade. Germany has been building warships for China as well as Japan; Franco has been reconstructing several Spanish ships, nnd has secured important con tracts from the far East and also from South America, and Italy has also been building war vessels for Brazil. Brit ish shipbuilders have differed heavily from the protracted labor war, and have been unable during the last eight months to take contracts for foreign foreign work in which a time guaran tee was required. The Armstrongs have been building at Elswirk two protected cruisers for Brazil, one of 4,2f0 and the other of 4.3.",0 tons. They have also a protected cruiser of -l.SUO tons in progress lor China and a similar one for Portugal. They have in hand two cruisers and a training-ship for tho Chilian govern ment. They are building two armored vessels, each of 3,.00 tons, for Norway. SPAIN TOO POOH. The only English work known to bo for the Spanish government has been the construction of four torpedo-boat destroyers at Clydebank. These are named Furor. Terror, Audaz and 0a- ilo. These vessels aie of stetl with three funnels and .1 mast. "They are 220 feet long nnd 22 feet In beam, and have a draught of ." feet, with a dis placement of 370 tons. Tho engines have an Indicated horse-power of 0,000, and the speed is estimated at 2S knots. These destroyers have a coal capacity of too tons. They carry two ll-pouud-his, two C-pounders and two 1-pound-eis all quick-tiring guns; and have torpedo-tubes of 11 inches on deck. Tho last two of these vessels have been de livered within a few -weeks. Another contract for torpedo craft Is said to have been made with builders on tho Clyde, and certainly the construction of as many as twenty torpedo-boats has been recently proposed at Madrid. The Spanish government is reported to have been negotiating for the purchase of several war vessels under construc tion on the Continent and in England, bu'. has been prevented by lack of money from making any bargain. lu const! uetlon account last year Includ ed ore battle-ship, three lim-chiss ciulsers, four second and third class cruisers, and four torpedo craft. Sev eral sbli s have been reconstructed in F.-ench and Spanl'li yards. The vust expenditure required for the construction of battleships of the best type curries them beyond the reach of a bankrupt power like Spain. War vessels like the Slilkisliima and her two sister ships now building In British yaids cninnd cost less than the Prince George, upon which an aggre gate of over 54,000,000 has ueen expend ed. The Spanish government has ex hausted Its borrowing powers at home nnd abroad and been compelled to re strict Its naval expenditures for new vesHelb mnlnly to cruisers and torpedo craft. Brazil. Chill, Portugal and other minor powers ate forced to adopt a similar course. Japan Is tho only coun try outside the circle of great maritime powers Great Britain, France, llus sia, Germany, Italy and the United States -which Is building ft new navy without regard to cost. Minor powers with restricted financial resources can not pay for battleships of the Majestic class. They can only compote effective, ly with the great navies in torpedo warfare ble weapon, but only an expert and thoroughly disciplined force can use It ugainst mi Hlctt and vigilant enemy. A a Ingle battleship, with Its rifled ar tillery and 850-pound shells, hao the deatructlvi) energy of an entire licet In the days of Nelson nnd Hodney. One shot from a 46-ton gun lias the concen trntoJ power of a whole broadside from an old-time seventy-four. But there la Inherent weakness as well ns strength. A floating fortress Is Itself a machine shop lilted with Intricate mechanism which may break down at any moment, nt'd. with all tho dangerous war ma terial stored In the magazines, Jack Tar Is condemned to fight on a sleeping vol- cano, which without' warning, may burst out. with appalling destruction, l'ven if the proudest levlalhnn be proof against the sting of tho torpedo wasp, Its own resources for self-destruction are commensurate with the magnitude ot Its fighting power. A modern fleet represents an Investment uf millions of treasure In what may prove to be worthless securities, and certainly much of this costly mechanism of war tare will be useless In battle on ac count of lack of training and experi ence in handling It Evolution Is the word which sums up naval progress. The best typei alone will endure the supreme test of a great, naval war; only the richest nations can persevere In costly preparations for scientific warfare; and the triumph of the most highly organized nnd best-disciplined service will mark the survival of the fittest. CASUALTIES TO VESSELS. A Sloop of War, Carried Inland by n Tidal Wave, End Usr Days HoU-l. as a HEED HANDS Itching, caly, tlfedlng jialinn, nhappIoM nail", nil painful linger emit, pliuplti, tUcMicad, oily, inothy (kin, dry, thin, on J falling hair. Itch Ing, cly tedlpt, all yield ulcUly to warm bath with Cunccm Boil-, and gcntlo anointing rltb Octicuiu (ointment;, the grcut nklii cure. (uticura U "'1 ibro-uhAiii Ui 4rl1. punts pnu4 4o Tuim. Comi SniU Propi Boiion (pjt .. uw l0 r4Ue 8ft. Vhlt Hftitdi, fro. ITCHING HUMORS luMimlj fftlMM by I'tTiai R wnii u. i:Ot.VTION IN NAVAL, PltOGItESS, 'Ihe principle of the survival of the Attest Is Indeed already applied to na val armament, although thri has been no decisive battje on the high seas for the benefit of marine designers and aichltects. Only the Holiest nations can remain In the rni e for naval su premacy. The weaker and pcoicr coun- tiles are f.irccd out of It, retiring tin i der cover of their torpedo boats. Tlw j vastly Increased complexity of tho lue ' cl. anlin of naval waifnre renders scl I entitle organization and systematic I untiling Indispensable for lianollug a I ship in action. Only the great imvlea i can rieet the lequlremenls. A battle shir Hhe the Shlklshiina wl have as ' nviny as eighty auxiliary machines In pdditi'in to her main engine; and cv.'i ytlung from the stcerlrg of the ship ! tr, the linn,; of the guns will be done I with the mil of steam, hydraulic or elec i trie n.e h.iulsm. Sheer brute force will j lie if no avail In battle; tho floating fottrw will bo defended by skilled ; niiihanics with levers and wheels, an swering to orders ponununicnted hy pipe tiom conning power to barbette, casement and engine room. All this complex mechanism can only be used effectively by a ship's crew of superior intelllgeneo and discipline. Without a high degree of scientific organization u fleet In a supreme emergency will be as holplem as tho Chlnose squadron was !i the Ynlu fight. This conclusion holds with wpect to torpedo. warfare no less than to tho successful handling From tho Aimy and Nnvy Journal. In answer to an Inquiry, we give a iit of the vessels of tliu United States Navy which have been lost by casul ties other than those of 'war. We be lieve that the list Is substantially com plete: Albany, sloop of war; lost In the West Indies In 1S5:;. Was never heard of. Supposed to have gone down In a cy clone with 210 olllcers and men. Uulnbrldge, brig; lost off llateras in 1SG3, with all on board, save the col ored cook, who was picked up on a piece of wreckage. Boston; lost somewhere in the West Indies. Do Soto, steamer; lost In the West Indies In ISO". All on board saved. Demolges, afterward called Fulton, after its Inventor; blown up at the Brooklyn Navy Yard In 1S23. Twenty four were killed and nineteen wounded. The cause of the explosion was never known, Some suspected that It was the work of a gunner's mate who had been flogged that day for some breach of discipline. Others believed that It was due to a carelessness In leaving kegs of. powder uncovered. Kpervler. captured from the Brit ish; last seen off Gibraltar in 1st.". Was never heard from again. Hornet, sister ship of the Wasp; lost In 1S2'J in the Gulf of Mexico In a norther. Huron, steamer; wrecked In 1S77 upon Currituck Beach, N. O. Of twelve of ficers seven were lost. Of the crew only about twenty were saved. Levant, sloop of war; lost In 1S.JS, with about 1!0U souls, somewhere in the Pacific "Ocean. ' Maine, battleship, blown Jup In Ha vana harbor, February 15, 1SHS, by ? ? ? Two of her olllcers and 210 of her crew wero killed, including those who died of their injuries, "i wounded, nnd 19 uninjured. Missouri, steam frigate; burnt at Gibraltar In 1S4U, while conveying the American minister, Caleb dishing, to China. The crew took to the water and wero picked up by boats from H. U. M. S. Malabar and others. A glass vessel containing turpentine had been placed near the machinery. A falling iron wrench broke the vessel, the turpen tine saturated the felt and canvas around the steam chest, and they took (Ire. Monongahela, cnught by a tidal wuvo 111 IMS", carried over a number of build ing at Santa Cruz, W. I., and deposit ed in the street. She was blocked up, launched, and returned to service. Monitor; the first monitor foundered off Cape Hatteras, December 'Jfl. 1S2. About one half of the olllcers and crew were lost; the others escaped on her convoy,' the U. S. S. Tthode Island. Ericsson ascribed the loss of this ves sel to the mistake of keying up the turret and packing oakum under It to prevent trifling leakage calculated upon by him and provided agulnst. Oneida, struck by the- Kngllsh pas-' sengev ship Bombny near the coast of Jupan and sunk, with her captuln and a large, number of her u'ew. Porpoise, brig; tost In 1853 in the China Sea, with 00 men. Sacramento, lost In the Bay of Ben gal in 1S67, all saved. Saginaw, steamer; lost on an Island In the Paclllc In 1S70; sent the captain's gig to Honolulu, assistance was sent, and the crew rescued. Four of the gig's crw died. San Jacinto, lostJn tjie West Indies, January 1, 18Gr; nil on board saved. Snranac, steamer, lost In 187." on a rock on the coast of Mexico; all on board saved. Somors, lost in cyclone In tho Gulf of Mexico, with most of her crew. Suwune,e, ran on -a rock In British Columbia in 1S0S, and proved a total loss. The vessel was carried so far up that the crew: landed dry shod. Wasp, disappeared 'In ISM. Wateree, sloop of war: carried sev eral miles inland by nn imenso tidal wave In 1GS. while lying In the harbor ot Alien, Peru, and ended her days as an Inland hotel. Tlie same wave caught the Frederlca, storeshlp, rolled her over ana:'ahk )nxt with fvery soul on bo"ard. Weehawken. monitor; sunk off Mor ris Island, S." D December 0, 1K0S. Her main hatch was left open, and a swell arising, the sea poured Into her and sank her. The following vessls of the United States navy- have alfo been lost from time to time: Saratoga, 17S0, with all hands: Pickering, 1S00; Lynx, 1S20: Grampus, 182.".; Wildcat. 1S25; Sylph. 1S31 ; Poinsett. 18ir.. The following havo been lost with all hands saved: He. venge, Chippewa, lloyer, Alligator, Peacock 2d. Shock Truxtun. On-ka-liye, Pntrlta, Edith. The Philadelphia wan wrecked off Tripoli in IM)0, and all hands captured. Tho Intrepid was blown up In the same harbor the fol lowing year, while serving ns a fire ship. All liunds perished. The Con cord was lost with two officers nnd one man off the East coast of Africa In ISM; the Courier was wrecked In 1S0I; the O. Ji. Brokenborougli was lost In 1K63; the Hamilton capsized In 1813; the Kingfisher was wrecked in 1S6I; the Sea Gull off Capo Horn In 1S30; Tulip blew up find snnk Novomber 11, 1S64; Violet lost on Cn-pe Fear bar Angust 4, 1S81; Fheppard Knapp. wrecked at Cape Hat teras, May IS, l.Srt'l, Arizona destroyed October S, IKfil; Black Hawk destroyed by fire on April 12, 18fi5; Bloomer sank, 18Gii; Chntnnoogn, sunk by Ice at League Island, 1872; Columbia, Iron clad, wrecked oft North Carolina, 1SG3; Conionidoro Macdonough foundered August 23, JfG.'ij Crocus wrecked Au gust, 18G3; Edith, lost; Lavender wreck ed Juno 12, 1SG4; Lily Bttnk by collision May 3, 1SG3; Maria wrecked by collision; Madge sunk off Frying fan Shoals, October 11, 18G3; Pink lost September. 18G."; Hauler wrecked and abandoned December 30, 1SG4. During the civil war the Hatteras wns sunk by the Alabama; the Keo kuk went down In the battle off Char leston, S. C; the Mississippi was de stroyed at Port Hudson; the Ironsides was burned at League Island; tho Peterhof sunt: In a collision; the South field was sunk by a rebel ram, nnd the Switzerland by Confederate batteries; the Tulip blew up. Thirty-eight United States vessels wero blown up by mines during the war and six by various forms of torpedoes. Among these ves sels were the Althea, Huron do Knit), Cairo, Commodore Jones, Harvest Moon, Housatonle, Ida, Milwaukee, Narcissus, Osages. Otesgo, Patapsco, Rudolph, Sclota, monitor Tecumseh. Among recent notable casualties to foreign men-of-wnr are the following Dotcrcl, British; lost with all hands In the Straits of Magellan In 1SS7, as the result of nn explosion ascribed to ex plosive paint. Captain, British, hybrid monitor; turned turtle In the Bay of Biscay, September, 1871, and went down with nil on board, Including her Inventor, Captain Cowper Colo's. Van guard, British; rammed nnd sank by H. M. S. Iron Duke during a fog, Septem ber 1, IS".". Koenlg Wilhelm. German; sunk by the Grosser Kurfurst In a col lision In 1S7S, Of her crow of 407 men 2S1 were lost. Victoria, British; sunk by collision with tho Camperdown dur ing n.Tvl ninnoeuvers; 321 men wero lost out of G53. Kurydlce. British training ship; cap sized in a squall off the Isle of Wight on Sunday. March 24, 187S. Very few of the 300 boys on board wore saved. IU'veiiu Hegento, Spanish; lnsufTi- clently hallasted and foundered In a I storm March, 1SD3, while en route from Spain to Algiers. No trace of her has ever been discovered. Aquldaban, Brazilian; sunk by 12,"i pounds of guncotton, In a Schwartz- kopf type of torpedo, exploded under her bow and sent her to the bottom in shallow water, where the Brazilian government afterward closed the hole and towed the ship to dry dock. Ting-Yuen. Chinese vessel; sunk by a torpedo In the battle of the Yalu. The shook when the torpedo exploded was a heavy, quivering one, such as an earth quake might give. The sound of the explosion was a loud, dull thud. A column of water dashed on board, and there was a faint, sickly smell from the explosion. Within a minute the water was bubbling up from a hatch in the armored deck. Within two or three minutes there was a considerable amount of water under the plates In the port engine room. The ship was so shaken structurally that both bulk heads and water-tight doors were ren dered practically useless. The vessel was beached, and divers reported that the damage covered an area of four or five feet square between frames 10 and 12. NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO MISS HAVINQ A SILK DRESS AT THE PRICES QUOTED HERE. We Will Girdle the With City W This Mornino: at 'E WILL BEGIN the Greatest Sale of Silks that Scran- ton has ever known. Marching orders has been given to the entire stock just as it rests on the shelves. We have made prices on these goods that absolutely command, the attention of the Great Buying Public. We place before you a Magnificent Stock Complete and Beautiful and we give you the opportunity to buy a Silk Dress at about what, or dinarily a cotton one would cost. Every article is exactly as ad vertised, as to quality, actual worth and remarkable selling price. Not a Piece Will Be Sold at the Prices Quoted Before Nine O'Clock This Morning, as we want everyone in Scranton and vicinity to have an equal chance atthese bargains. 1 Colored Silks. of battleships. Tha torpidn la rrl- i liv tir February 27. 1SG5: Aster wrecked an a:chi:nt iihought famf.. Tim Wny the .It nil ing of Shot Wns discovered. From the Chicago Post. . All dreams do not go by contraries. If they did Plumber Watts, of Bristol, England, in all probability, would have remained a humble plumber to the end of his days. But Watts dreamed a dream and It brought him fame and fortune. One afternoon, so the story runs, Watts was engaged in repairing the roof of a Bristol church. In some manner he lost his foothold and was slowly slipping down the smooth slates when he uot a new purchase and thus saved his bones. If not his life. This mishap worried Watts and he spent the remainder of the day speculating on what might havo happened had he gone over the edge ot the roof and dropped to the hard turf below. Still vexed w Itli these unpleasant fancies ho fell aleep and then In dreams he several times repeated his exoerience of the .'Uterinum, hut with several additional fi-atures. One of these was that while he was sliding down the roof his ladle of nielteit lead slipped out of his hand and disappeared over the edge. When still dreaming he went In search of his lead, expecting to find It In one piece, he was surprised to notice the giniiud was covered with hundreds of tiny globules, the metal evidently hav ing been mj divided in falling. When Watts wakened this incident of his dream would not leave him. He did not for a moment suppose lead would act In such an Unusual manner, but the dre.un seemed so plausible that he wns persuaded to enact it In reality. So, wltli his ladle, he went to the roof of the snme church and let the melted lead slide from the ridge. Then he hastened to the ground and his aston ishment knew no bounds w hen he found everything us It had appeared in his dream. The ground was coveted with tiny globules of blight metal. Watts was sharp enough to realize what he had dlscoveied and was not slow to profit by It. He had found a simple way to make fine shot and he realized a fortune of 10,000 out of his dream. Thus it happened that the first shot tower was a church. Drop shot Is made ' in Hie same way today that Watts employed after his first experiment. The molted lead Is taken to the top of a high tower built for the purpose. It Is then poured through a sieve and In falling through the air It becomes btoken into small globules. At the bot tom of the tower Is a pool of cold water into which the shot falls. From there it is taken and placed In revolving drums, where, by one shot rubbing ngalnst others. It becomes round nnd smooth. Several devices have been used to do awny with the tower. One of these Is a large upright tube through which, from the bottoni, is forced a draught of cold nlr. This allows of a much shorter fall than where the old stylo tower Is used. Another method Is to pour the lead through n sieve and allow It to fall through glycerine. The density of this liquid gives the same resistance and does the same In round ing and separating the shot ns does n much grenter column of air. The vary ing sizes of drop shot are made by sieves of different meshes ns well ns the distance the lead Is allowed to fall. Drop shot forms a considerable feature of lead vvnrklnc and may bo consid ered one of the most practical nnd con crete things that ever came out of the misty realms of dreamland. In pass lng It may be noticed that the Inventor of lead pipe Itobort Seydell, of Milton, Pa. discovered the process In a some what accidental wny. His method was very crude, but It served others, not overscrupulous, to begin tho develop ment of the present lead pipe Industry. Seydell was born In 1809 and died in 1817. having during his comparatively short life given many proofs of excep tional mechanical genius, but reaping no marked oroflt from his skill. At 29c yd ? 500 yards of Taffeta Finished all-silk Hab- utai, in stripes and brocaded effects. All me new nrtner rn nrins;. Josinve v worth oc per yard. At 50c vd A superb assortment of J TnffAtnt: for ctnipr !inr1 At 1 9c yd coo yards of Habutai wash" Silks in fancy stripes just the thing for Summer waists. Positively worth tfc yard. At 55C yd fo yards of French J Foulards, strictly pure silk and guaranteed not to slip or pull threads. All styles and colorings. Posi- Taffetas for street and evening wear, in fancv changeable and brocaded, effects. All pure silk and pos- tively worth $i yard. ltively worth qoc yard. Af 6klc ni Plain and changeable At 76c yd Taffetas, superb grade, rustling quality. All the nobby color ings. Positively worth 8c yard. High class fancy and Noveltv Silks in plain stripes, Taffeta raye, ombre effects, grad uating stripes, Barre plaids with the rich satin stripe and rich Brocades in Roman designs absolutely the richest and most delicate effects for evening gowns and separate waists. Positively worth i.2C. yard. At 91c yd At 72c yd J5.g yr& Colored J XX Satin Duchess, pure silk' and in a splendid variety of the most exclusive Spring colors. "Positively worth i.oo a yard. " 1 1 $o yards of very rich Bavadere Stripes in street shades; also elegant brocaded silks and satins for house and evening wear, inese goods are in lengtns or from 2 to 20 yards, and are the bargain of the year. They are positively worth and have sold readily at $i.co and $2.00 per yard. Black Silks. At 39c vd 540 yards of Black Jap-S 45c vd 95 yards of Black J anese Habutai, Lyons ) J Brocaded Gros Grain ; quail- At 58c yd dye,, fully 29 inches wide, and positive ly worth 60c per yard. looo yards of Black Brocaded Gros Grain, strictly pure silk of superior quality, full 24 inches wide the new satin figure patterns. Positively worth $ 1 . At 59c vd ,,20 yards of assorted J Black Silks, in Bengal ees, Armures and Faille ; fine quality, brilliant and strictly pure silk. These goods absolutely cost 90c yard to manufacture. 700 yards of Black Satin' Duchess, of a superior quality, rich and glossy. An ideal material for dress waist or skirt. Positively worth $1.2?. a yard. To At 59C yd 78o yards Ul W.Hl- V At 69c yd At 79c yd 15 new. styles, pure silk and tine ty. Positively worth 75c yard. of Black Silks and Satins, very rich and heavy quality and the choicest of patterns". Positively worth $1.25 a yard. 984 yards of Black' Fig ured" Grenadines.splen 45 inches wide, large patterns. Positively worth $1 per yard, and have never sold for less than that. At $1.15 yd ? yards of Black J Satin Duchess, rich, heavy, full 24 inches wide. Unques questionably a tremendous bargain. We guarantee them to be worth $1.7?. yard. did quality, assortment full of add to the interest in this great occasion, we have made remarkable cuts in the prices of Black Dress Goods during this sale. We confidently assure our public of the TRUE MERIT in the values here presented : At 28c yd P'fff ?f BlaDd n?ro-$ At 43c yd s pieces of 46-inch J caded Mohair Brillian- J Crepons, in new and tines, fully 40 inches wide, in 20 styles J effective patterns. Goods that are pos- of extremely neat designs. Positively s ltively worth 70 yard. Very fine English jYlo hair Brilliantine; beau- worth ijoc yard. At 45c yd At 59c yd Non-Shrinkable Serge, extra fine quality.made of the finest worsteds, full 52 inches wide, one of the most durable and last ing dress materials known. worm 7cc yard. v. Uifii aa.j Puna .niv.iir - - x& n n u . s a vit v i'iwi iitii All wool, 54-inch Nov- J Wool Crepon elties in Bavadere and s complete assortment of stylish and fancy Jacquarcl bffects, splendid quality and positively worth $ 1 a yard. At 63c yd tiful quality, bright and lustrous, also extra heavy, strictly all wool Henrietta cloth. Both of these positively worth Positively $1.00 a yard. At$1.09yd clusiyi yard. designs. and in a ex- Positively worth $1.50 OV SPECIAL COUNTERS DRESS GOODS AND SILKS DEPT. Jonas Lou gs Sons .
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