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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
STATE.
Goveinor-WILLIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant Governor J. P. S. GOniN.
Betretary of Internal Affairs JAMES W.
LATTA.
JudRo of Superior Court W. W. POR
TER. Congressmen nt Largo SAMUEL A.
DAVENPCRT, GALUSIIA A. GROW.
IiEGISLATIVE.
Hennte.
Twentieth Dlst.-JAMES C. VAUGHAN.
House.
First Dlstrict-JOHN R. FARR.
Fourth Dlstrict-JOHN P. REYltoLD3.
COLONEL STONE'S ILATrOKM
It will be my purpose when elected to
Bo conduct myself as to win the icspect
and good will of thoso who have opposed
me as well as thoso who have given ma
their support. I shall bo the governor
of tho whole people of the state. Abuses
have undoubtedly grown up in the legis
lature which are neither tho fault of one
party nor tho other, but rather ths
growth of custom. Urrfcessary Investi
gations have been authorized by commit
tees, resulting In unnecessary expense to
the state. It will bo my caro and pur
pose to correct theso and other evils In ro
far as I havo the power. It will bo my
purpose whllo governor of Pennsylvania,
as It has been my purpose In tho public
positions that I havo held, with God's
help, to discharge my whole duty. The
people are greater than the parties to
which they belong. I nm only jealous of
their favor. I shall only attempt to win
their approval and my experience has
taught me that that can best be done by
an honest, modest, dally discharge of
public duty.
Scrantonlans, without regard to par
ty, will be pleased at the recognition
which has come to their city from the
state Democracy Jn tho nomination for
secretary of Internal affairs of Captain
De Lacey. It Is the one nomination on
the Democratic ticket which merits ap
preciative notice.
The Honorable Way.
The personal Integrity of each of tho
three candidates for the office of gover
nor now before the people of Pennsyl
vaniaColonel Stone. Dr. Swallow and
Sir. Jenks la proof against successful
attack. Each Is an honest man who If
put into the governor's chair would do
his best to serve the people according
to his view of the public welfare. There
Khould he no attempt to becloud this
truth. The coming campaign Is not to
he a personal light.
So far. then, as the matter of per
sonal honor in the gubernatorial office
ie concerned the man who Is a Re
publican on questions of national prin
ciple has no cause to prefer either
Swallow or Jenks to the nominee of his
own party. If he feels that there havo
been abuses in the party management
In this state, that some Republicans In
the last legislature were crooked and
others misled, that n good many things
at Harrisburg might be improved by
a process of political renovation, let him
not make the mlstuke of attempting to
Eft these matters right by means of an
aimless and Indiscriminate kick, such
as invariably hurts more men who are
Innocent thnn It punishes others who
are supposed to bo guilty.
Instead of that, let hlni spot the cul
l)i its individually when they come up
for rennmlnatlon and beat them within
patty lines. That Is the one effective
and honoralile way. No Republican
whohasstudled with care the history of
American politics needs to bo told that
a gain has never yet come to the cause
of real reform 1y the casting of Be
publican votes for Democrats claiming
to bo reformers.
Tho simultaneous capture of Santiago
and Manila would constitute the proper
kind of a Fourth of July celebration.
A Defense ot Hawallans.
The Inspector general of the public
schools of Hawaii, Mr. II. 'S. Towns
end, an American by birth but long
identified with tho public affairs of
the Sandwich islands, In a paper In
the July Forum, protests vigorously
against the misleading argument, put
out by opponents of annexation, that
Hawallans are Ignorant savages un
fitted for assimilation Into the Ameri
can population. "Every man," affirms
he, "has the right to choose his com
panions; and tho fact that his neigh
bor lo not thus chosen does not In Itself
give that neighbor Just cause for com
plaint. But when, In declining his com
panionship, a man declares another un
fit company for a gentleman, tho lat
ter may feel that failure to resent it
with proper spirit would bo almost
equivalent to an admission that tho
Imputation was Just. Somewhat simi
lar to this Is the position In which the
people of Hawaii are placed by cer
tain creators of public sentiment In
America,"
Professor Townscnd then proceeds to
tell what he knows about the char
acter and Qualifications of the domi
nant Inhabitants of the Islands, citing
tatltticti bearing on their literacy and
affirming that it Is as rare an occur
rence to And an illiterate adult Ha
waiian In Hawaii as It is to find' an
illiterate adult American in tho most
favored state In the Union. This evi
dence, while timely, is not new, and
III I in
on (he point which it touches there Is
tio longer in this country among In
telligent students of the Hawaiian
problem much uncertainty. The man
who brings against the ruling forces in
tho present Hawaiian republe the
charge of Ignorance and bad character
simply proven his claim to the same
accusation.
An argument more to the point could
be formulated out of the fact that If
every inhabitant of Hawaii were as
unprincipled as a Sioux Indian and as
dumb as a North Carolina mountaineer
the United States would yet need to
proceed with annexation, as a mens
uro of the utmost Importance In its
own defence. Hawaii holds tho key to
the commerce of the North Pacific as
It does to the protection of our Pacific
seaboard In time of war; and therefore
only those Americans who think we
have no use for ocean commerce or
coast protection should make the
colossal mistake of antagonizing the
McKlnlcy war policy of immediate annexation.
What an embarrassment it would be
If Illanco would take It into his head
suddenly to surrender.
A Rapid War.
The New York Press finds upon ex
amining the history of modern Euro
pean wars that critics of the present
American campaign havo small rea
son to complain. In nine weeks Spain
has been swept from tho sous, two ar
mies of 20,000 men each have been
despatched by transports In opposite
directions and one landed In tho ene
my's county; volunteer forces have
been mobilized and equipped to the
number of 150,000 men; an immense
const has been put in condition to re
sist nttack, a blockade of tho enemy's
coast for a distance of several hundred
miles has been declared and mudo ef
fective, and In the various aggressive
movements on land and sea, while tho
enemy has suffered uniformly and to
considerable extent tho American loss
In killed and wounded is within 100.
So much for tho Yankee side of tho
account. Now let us look at tho Euro
pean record In wars fairly comparable
with this one.
"Events," says the Press, "moved
vastly Blower in the Crimean war. For
causes which need not be explained
here, England and France, acting
Jointly, declared war against Russia
on March 28, 1S31. Instantly the mobil
ization of large masses of troops was
begun both by the French and Eng
lish. Considering the inferior means
of transportation then existing, they
were moved eastward with commend
able celerity, for, after spending some
time at Galllpol and other Oriental
localities, they landed at Varna on
May 29, of the same year. This, how
ever, it will be observed, was almost
exactly as long after the declaration
of war against Russia as the period
which has now -elapsed since tho cap
ture of the Buena Ventura, the first
act of the present war. and there was
no end of complaint, both In England
and In France, over the delay. But
the war was not actually begun by tho
end of May, 1S54. The authorities in
charge decided at once upon an expe
dition against the Crimea, but they
took their time, and plenty of it, be
fore they got down to business, for
they didn't embark their forces until
September 3, and the voyage- from
Varna to Old Fort, near Eupatorlu,
about thirty miles from Scbnstopol,
was not finished until the middle of
the month. Lord Raglan for tho Eng
lish and Marshal St. Arnaud for tho
French had charge of the allied forces,
amounting to 6S.000 men, and they were
landed on September 14, 15 and 16. The
battle of Alma, tho Russians number
ing between 40,000 and 50,000 men, was
fought four days later, and resulted In
a complete rout for the Russians, but
tho war lasted until April, 1S36, two
long and weary years and more after
tho declaration of hostilities. It was
five and a half months after the dec
laration before the first shot was fired.
"Now for the Egyptian campaign. It
was in the last week of May, 1S82, that
Arabl Pasha seized the reins of power
in Cairo. Did England strike a blow
nt once? Not a bit of it. Diplomatic
negotiations were tried In advance of
force, and It was not until June 14 that
war was declared. It was a month
after that before the historic bombard
ment of Alexandria took place. Eng
land was then In much the same situ
ation as that in which the United
States was placed when Dewey de
stroyed the Spanish ileeet nt Manila,
having no army ready to occupy the
city after practically destroying It.
But the results were far more deplor
able, since Alexandria was sacked and
a large part of Its buildings burned by
a half savage mob. Yet England was
then, as now, one of the great military
powers of the world, with many times
more trained fighting mon than tho
United States had when war against
Spain was begun. On the other hand.
Arabl Pasha's army, in arms, organ
ization and command, was about as
poor as was ever lined up In fighting
array. Its total strength amounted to
only eighteen regiments of Infantry,
and four of cavalry, twenty-two In nil,
or from 15,000 to 20,000 men. It was
made up wholly of Egyptian peasants,
untrained to withstand tho onslaught
of civilized soldiers, and really worth
less as military material. England's
organized army at that time numbered
131,833 men nt home, and 62,653, all
British soldiers, In India, a total force
of nearly 200;000 men. And yet It was
not until August 27, two months and a
half after the declaration of war, that
England managed to land 22,000 men
at Ismalla and Port Said, where active
operations were begun. Yet England
Is not now held to have acted unwisely
In the Egyptian campaign."
Americans who still feel the critical
Impulso should ponder the foregoing
comparisons.
At the beginning of hostilities with
Spain Rev. H. M. Wharton, of Baltl
mure, Mel., president of two largo In
dustrial homes, one for colored children
and one for whites, offered tlif-so estab
lishments to the government for the
reception of destitute children of sol
dlers who may dlr, during the war.
After investigation Secretary Alger ac
cepted in a letter highly indorsing the
patriotic spirit of the proffer. Prati.
dent Wharton Is now seeking to raise
$.'3,000 by popular subscription for the
purpose of enlarging the facilities of
i.Ib Institutions. Ills nppcal certainly
inerit3 sympathetic consideration.
Tho Hnzlcton Sentinel docs not see
how a coal road from Scrnnton to tide
water, owned and run by coal men and
charging fulr tolls on hard coal, would
benefit Hazleton. Just, In this way!
Scrnnton nnthrncltc, quoted In New
Yerlc at 60 cents to $1 below tho pres
ent prices, would force the other roads
handling anthracite to meet this lower
quotation or cease to do business. To
meet it they would have to make a
correspondingly low freight rnto.
Otherwise the Scranton road would be
tapped by branches. One independent
road will do the business.
The Vermont Republican convention
has sounded tho proper keynote to Re
publican policy In theso words: "We are
opposed to the resurrender to Spanish
misrule of any territory which the valor
of our army and navy has rescued or
may hereafter rescue from the hands of
tho enemy.and we havo nn abiding con
fidence that n Republican president and
congress will so shape the future of
such territory as best to promote the
welfare of Its Inhabitants and the true
glory of our country." This is the true
Imperialism.
For tho present, recruiting of vol
unteers in this vicinity may be said
t have been suspended. The results
achieved havo been remarkable. In
the population of Scranton there were,
at tho beginning of tho war with Spain,
probably 20,000 able bodied mon of mil
itary age. Of these not less than 2000
have offered to go to tho front and in
round numl:rs 1000 of these havo had
their ambition gratified. What other
city in the country has contributed 5
pr cent, of Its male population to the
service?
Ineverymanoeuvor which he has thus
far made against Senator Quay John
Wanamakcr has been out-generallcd
and beaten with ease. The poor show
ing of Judge Gordon Is directly due to
the activity in his "behalf ot the Wan
amakcr following. Wanamaker, It
would appear, has the confidence neith
er of his own party, the Democracy
nor tho Swallow Independents. Evi
dently he will havo to form a party of
his own.
A TALE OF THRtE NATIONS.
From the Chicago Intcr-Occan.
The policy of no ether European nation
toward tho Ut-ltcd fctatcs has been moro
clearly defined or more strongly stated
than that of Russia. Tho reasons that lc.l
to tho adoption of that policy uro stiong
cr now than they were forty years ago.
In so fur as Russian friendship is a mat
ter of ycnilmcnt, It has grown stronger
as Americans have becomo better in
formed as to Ru?!-I;in character and de
velopment. In no far as this friendship Is
a matter of self-interest with Russia, thd
growth of the United States and the at
titude of Great Britain have (.trengtn
eued It. The logic of events Is not driv
ing Russia and the United States apart,
but is rather driving them toward ach
other.
o
Alexander II of Russia said to a distin
guished American that he sent tho Rus
sian fleet to New York during the civil
war as a matter of policy, as well as a
matter of frlcrd'shlp. He divined that
Great Britain would gladly ico the Union
dissolved because tho breaking up would
weaken or destroy her greatest commer
cial rival. Ho foics-aw that if the gteat
est commonwialth In America was
broken into fragments the political, naval
und commercial pewer of Great Britain
would bo Increased. His country and his
people had hr 1 sympathy, encouragement
und friendship from tho United States,
while they had had Jealousy, rivalry und
hostility from Great Britain. Ho sent tho
Russian fleet to American waters be
cause ho desired to assist tho United
States, but more than all, he said, be
cause he dc3lred to promoto tho interests
of his beloved Russia.
o
The Russian fleet came to American
waters when Louis Napoleon and Great
Britain were contemplating a demonstra
tion in favor of the Confederate govern
ment. They wcro seeking an excuse to
embarrabs tho United States government.
They thought they had found it. But
Russia came out openly against all
schemes of Intervention, and. In answer
to a latent threat from Louis Napoleon,
ordered her fleet to American waters.
This certainly gave tho Unionists groat
encouragement, and from that tlmo
Americans have been on Impulse filemlly
to Russia.
As early as 1S33 American capitalists,
constructor!", engineers and mechanics
wcro invited to Investment and experi
ment in Russia. Since that tlmo Russia
has been inclined to patronizo our ship
builders, our railway constructors, and
has never discriminated against us. As
soon as the battleship Oregon had made
her famous trip around the continent
Russia opened preliminary negotiations
for construction at our shipyards of bat
tleships on tho same model. As soon as
the Vesuvius was tested at Santiago Rus
sian agents were active In inquiry nnd
negotiations wcro entered Into looking to
additions to the Russian navy of dyna
mite cruisers to bo constructed by Amer
ican shipbuilders. When the Trans-Siberian
railroad was to bo extended to
Port Arthur, and when other railroads In
China tributary to tho Russian road were
to be built, American engineers and
American capitalists wore consulted.
o
Russia, so far as development is con
cerned, Is tho youngest and most virile
nation In Europe. She is developing along
the lines that havo given tho United
8taten prosperity, influence nnd strength.
Her policy of development Is at every
point In sympathy with that of the United
States. At every point where It .Is
crossed by British ambition tlicro is hos
tility. Tho United Stntes Is moro than
ever the commercial rival of Great Brit
ain. The new national policy will not
make her less a rival, nor will It bring her
Into conflict v.ith Russia.
THE GROWTH OF ENGLISH.
From the St. Louis Republic.
If language neccssurlly denotes com
mon race purpose and feeling the Eng
lish speaking people could today form an
alliance that would bo stronger in num
bers than that which could be formal
by the people using any other Christian
tongue. Less than two centuries ago this
statement could not have been made. At
that time there were scarcely moro than
7,000,000 peoplo In the whole world who
spoke the English language. Statistics
show thut at present this Is tho languHgo
of not less than 123,000,000 peoplo. ' Other
languages, particularly thoso derived di
rectly from the Latin, as thoso of Spain,
Italy, und France, were much more ex
tensively spoken during the Inst century
than ours. But tor some reason they
lacked the agencies of growth necessary
to extend tho area of their supremacy.
While there uro 123,000.000 people at the
present time whose everyday language Is
English, there are only M.UOO.000 who
speak Russian, only 73,000,000 who speak
German, only 65,000,000 who speak Span
Uh, und only 33,000,000 who speak Italian,
GRAPHIC STORY OF
A FAMOUS ATTACK
Admiral Dupont't Faille Bombardment
of Charleston In 1863.
DESCRIPTION OF THIS SINGULAR
EPISODE IN THE WAR OK THE RE
BELLION BT A SCRANTONIAN
WHO WAS AnOARD ONE OF THE
GUNBOATS AT THE TIME.
A number of years ugo Mr. W. H.
Tripp, of this city, read before Metropol
itan lodge, No. 227, KntrhU of Pythias,
of Philadelphia, a paper describing the
famous attack of Union iron-cinds upon
tho forts and earthworks of Charleston
harbor, made April 7, 1SC3. Mr. Tripp
participated In that notable fenturo of
tho civil war, serving as paymaster's
clerk on board tho United States steamer
Unadllla, tho first gunboat built during
the war. While In the service ho kept
a diary and the paper was compiled from
this diary. Mr. Tripp has kindly placed
nt The Tribune's disposal a copy of this
paper, which has especial Interest at this
time. It is as follows:
It was good news to the blockading
fleet off Charleston In tho Spring of
'63 that Fort Sumter was to be at
tacked by tho largest and most pow
erful Iron-clad fleet tho world had ever
seen. We had lain In Charleston bar
all winter with little to break tho dull
monotony of a sailor's life. Occasion
ally when we had all turned In for n
night's sleep, the alarm of "blockade
runner" would be sounded, and all
hands had Just three minutes to pre
pare their toilet and be nt their sta
tions. Sometimes some one or more of
our vessels would capture a blockade
runner, but generally It was a false
alarm. Sometimes "Sail ho!" would
be sung out from the cross trees, and
soon a transport would come to us
with letters from home. These were
glad times, and papers and letters
were eagerly read and the contents
gnvo food for many days' discussion.
The winter of '62-3 was boisterous
enough in Charleston bar, nnd as the
water was only from twenty to twenty-five
feet deep many a tlmo In a
heavy galo did we have' to put out In
deeper water to keep from striking
bottom, and then keep our engines
running to keep from dragging an
chor. Our good, old gunboat, the Una
dllla, always came off victorious in
every gale. She was tho first one
built In the war, was completed in SO
days, but was built to stand both
storm and war. She was, however,
long nnd narrow, and she could roll
most beautifully even In a moderate
gale, and when she got really started
It was astonishing how quickly one
could throw his dinner over to the
fish; In fact you would rather do it
than keep it on hand. Some, of course,
did get used to her ways: others, how
ever, could not. I remember very well
which class I belonged to, as
wo lay there, day after day.
Only three miles away, and In
plain sight, was Sumter, with
her rebel banner floating in the breeze,
tantalizing enough to make us feel
like pitching into her even with our
wooden gunboat. Our fleet of a dozen
vessels, however, was not altogether
Idle, as many an English blockade run
ner found out to his cost, Manv cap
tures were made nnd several largo
steamers were sunk, the Unadllla hav
Inp captured two large Iron steamers
valued at over half a million dollars,
tne "Ladona" and the "Princes Roy
al." CID IRONSIDES APPEARS.
In January. 1863, tho grand old Iron
sides (tho finest war vessel built during
our war) came steaming to our fleet and
dropped r.iichor Just outside tho bar.
This was the first Indication that we
ha 3 of the coming attack. She was
our t'agshtp until the balance of the
s.iuadron arrived. Many were the ru
mors now as to when the nttack was
to take place and how, and who was
to command, etc. It was not until
March that we began to hear anything
definite and not until Sunday, April 5,
1S63, that any more vessels came. Our
fleet now was composed of the sloops
of war Housatonlc, Oanandaigua and
Powhottan, tho gunboats Unadllla, Hu
ron and Wissahlckon, together with
side wheel steamers and yachts for
dispatch boats.
This Sunday, April 5, was a lovely
spring day, and nlong In the forenoon
tho monitors began to arrive, being
towed In by steamers and large tow
boats. There were eight of tho Iron
clads, seven helng the same pattern as
the original Monitor which was so
sickening to the Merrlmae, and the
other the Keokuk, looking more like a
huge turtle with her round back and
two turrets, while her snuffy nose
would shoot under the waves and rise
again like a thing of life.
At 10 a. m. tho fine steamer James
Adjcr arrived with Admiral Dupont,
who went at once on board the Iron
sides. The sight of this mixed fleet
was Inspiring, Indeed, and no one dared
utter anything but "Success to Our
Banner In the Coming Conflict."
PLAN OF ATTACK.
Charleston bar was some three miles
wide and extended up and down the
roast many miles. To understand the
mode of attack, I will state that there
were three channel entrances to
Charleston harbor. The northern
channel crossed tho bar six or eight
miles north of Charleston nnd ran
close to shore down to the harbor. The
center channel crossed the bar nearly
east of Charleston, while the southern
channel crossed some seven miles be
low Sumter and followed the coast up
to Sumter. This latter channel was
tho one selected h' the one to bo taken
by the fleet. Su:ner was on the south
side of the entrance to the harbor, Fort
Moultrie was on the north side and be
yond and around her were sand bat
teries, all heavily mounted with Uncle
Sam's guns and others supplied by
John Bull. They wore all prepared to
give the fleet a warm reception and
fulfilled their calculations In this re
spect. In tho channel were torpedoes
and heavy chains stretched across to
entangle the vessels,
Monday, April C, was spent by our
fleet In completing tho preparations
and In getting tho Iron fleet over the
bar through the southern channel and
Into tho coast channel whon they
should be ready for the morrow's at
tack. At C p. m. tho wooden fleet took
their proper stations to watch for
blocknde runners, and at sundown all
was quiet off Charleston.
THE BOMBARDMENT.
Tuesday, April 7, the sun rose clear,
and the crisp spring air betokened a
day lit for tho grand events to tran
spire. At sunrise our glorious old flag
waved from every vessel, while Sum
ter, Moultrie and the batteries flung
out the rebel ensign seeming to say
"Como on, wo are ready." The wooden
fleet was anchored together some six
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miles east of Sumter nnd In plain view
of all the forts. The iron vessels were
coated over with talloiv, to make as
slippery work as possible for the en
emy. At 1 p. m., all things being ready,
the signal was given and away moved
tho nine giants of war, the Ironsides
being in tho center of the line. At
2.S0, as they began to come slowly
into range of Sumter's guns, she
ran up the palmetto flag and let drive
a few stray shots. As they came up
closer, Moultrie opened, then Sumter
a broadside, the Cummings point bat
teries followed, and tho battle had be
gun. The scene now was grand be
yond description. Broadside after
broadside was now poured upon the
fleet, the shots striking the water,
causing it to spout up like miniature
fountains all around the ironclads,
while the return shots from old Iron
sides and the monitors, sounding like
peal after peal of thunder, and the
fashes from hundreds of guns visible
between the clouds of smoke made an
exciting picture for us who were on
tho reserve list.
FIRING CEASES.
As we were watching with our glass
es we could see all the vessels as the
smoke would lift, and could see them
pouring shot after shot into the forts
and adjacent batteries. Thus the bat
tle raged for two hours, and we were
wondering ns to the result, when a lit
tle before C o'clock we noticed that
some of the monitors had gone past
the forts, had turned around and one
had started out of the channel. A
few moments more and the whole fleet
had started out, the firing from both
sides began to cease, and at 5.30 o'clock
on as line nn afternoon as I ever en
Joyed our grand fleet was again in the
coast channel going down to take tho
position which it had occupied the day
before.
What could it all mean? With not a
vessel lost, with not an unfavorable
Incident to mar our success, why had
the fleet come out? How shall I de
scribe tho excitement on board our
vessels at this sight? There was not
a man, nor even a boy, in our squadron
but felt ashamed of his country and
humiliated at such cowardice, for such
it seemed to be.
We soon learned that the casualties
were these: The Keokuk had gotten too
closo under Sumter's guns, had been
pierced through and was in a sinking
condition, in 'let she did sink before
morning. The monitor Montauk had
received a shot between her turret and
the deck which prevented her turret
from turning around, while the Iron
sides and other monitors were intact
with the exception of a few scratches.
Thus seven of tho fleet were In a con
dition to have kept on with the fight.
V.'o soon learned that Sumter had a
hole In her walls largo enough for a
team to drive through, showing that
she could have been easily reduced.
It may never be known exactly why
Dupont backed out. It will never be
known how many millions of dollars It
cost Uncle Bam to make this attack.
Brave old Farragut, In talking with
Dupont afterward, asked him about It,
and finally said: "Dupont, you make
excuses, but you do not give any rea
son for not taking Sumter."
WEEK
is tue nrac lor every ooay who
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for Gentlemen in bhirts and
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They cost no mora tban many bedsteadi
made of the open seamless tublns. Every
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under a peculiar method, nothing ever bav
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that have retailed throughout
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Pieces
selected from stock will be sac
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few days longer. They are
this season's goods, all choice
designs, and are undoubtedly
The Biggest Bargains In
Organdies Ever Offered
Here or Elsewhere.
Our import line of
Manufactured by Koechlin,
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celled. We show them in a large
variety of designs, all exclu
sively our own, aud they ara
selling freely.
Also One Odd Lot of
French Organdies in Dress
Patterns at 38 cents a
yard to close.
510 and 512
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