, 1881-12-18
visiting London in the flesh. so to speak, al
though he shuffled off this mortal coil forty
rat,f1Iriae

| Have you bought the little folks their hOlI
day candies yet? II not; II LIE IElnuSE
featuring house Of John kranz, IS and Sc
State street, as one Of the largest and best
stocked with everything In this line in tht
city. They, walt on you prompt and are
Queen Garcia OF Saxony has been in the
/ habit Of doing up I'LL the preserves used III
the hospitals under her patronage. Tile
fruit llaryests III Germany were So bountlful
this year that the Queen fell III with nervous:
fever, owing to her zeal In making. the most
of her opportunities.
Ladies buying Christmas cards will be re-
paid by visiting Birmingham's, 113 Dearborn
street. An elegant stock. Prompt atten-
tion. Open evenings.
Somebody who has lately seen the Baroness
! Dur,fette-COutts says she has tho advantage
Of her young husband i'll everything but
| years. She wore, when this person saw ler,
a twilled silk, with delicate flowers sprlnkleti
over its white ground, a white Canton Grape
shawl, folded llke 4. iichn, and tiny bonnet
] as Mrs. Wild will be in business but n few
i weeks longer, she will continue the sale OF
her elegant millinery and millinery goods ut
| q great sacrifice to close. and u Central
| AINsic-llall.
What is good preparation for becoming a
| poet? Crawling through Il thrashlng ma
CLINE: We may get this young man into
trouble BY this advice, but we give 1t as q
sacred duty to humanity.
| Procure your New Years calling cards Of
| Danwcll IL Ford, 90 Madison street.
| Lady Bective's efforts to bring alpaca into
! good society recall the days when George III.
| and Queen Charlotte vainly took part with
the buckle manufacturers against the lnno-
| waiting shOestring.
| What Is Christmas without candy and bon
/! bons, and where can be found lit greater as
sortnlcnt tile finest aud sweetest? We an
4 Cj,n9,tcf M Ef.,t4A Cfr.af f!k4 fc
selling his holiday mixtures ut Is cents per
pound, sold elsewhere ut 10 cents.
An Englisl, lady, Miss Campbell, called
''the Queen Of Corsica" having built II church
at Ajaccio, draws Il watch from her pocket,
il she thinks the sermon TOO long, and holds
1t over her head till the Chaplain takes the
hint.
Burnllam is prepared for the holiday trade
with a stock of elegant hair goods und novel
ornaments equal to any demand. llair dressed
il the latest styles Central Muslc-lIall Hair
Store.
Advice to wives-AIan is very much like an
egg; keep him In hot wafer and he is bound
to become hardened.
Orders for reception boots for Newly ears
Day prou!utly filled by Keller, ladies' boot
maker, IS Monroe street, Palmer llouSe.
LII Wagner's 'Parcifal ~ a garden of fairy
flowers spring from tile floor, and III a few
moments fades and dies, leaving nothing but
sand.
The West Side Library, a39 West Madison
street, Is filled with books and elegant goods
Christmas cards are displayed.
Clara Louise Kellogg is still one year on
the sunny side vi 90. Her blonde wig, worn
in Margaret" cost S7U0. and is u yard long.
Avoid the immense crowds during the day
and examine Oyington's real bronZes and
fine china in the evening. l4G state.
Rosa Bonheur is painting family Of lions
Nafa hnr rLr
Fontaincbleau.
Oh yes, I'm aware that now is the time
10 get n nice present for +" that wtfc Of mne'';
And what more elegant, useful und neat,
Tnnn pair OF halph's boots fur her deur little
Since be has her measure; without delay d.
III order pair for New-Year's 1ay.
Some people are never satisfied. We know
chap who The other day sat down to dinner
with twelve females, and then had the con-
centrated cheek to call for ,no'lasses.
New-lear's calling cards. Dunweu &
Ford, 80 Madison.
> Thackeray's house in kensington Palace
Gardens, which he built himself of red
period with which he was so familiar, has
just been sold.
Open evenings until Christmas. New
goods opening daily. Ovington's, lag State
street
Ladies' "Nill. receive" cards for New
t;rann is Block.
IL would feign have nice complexion"
she !nurinnred, as she hunted up the Bloom
Save days wages in buying an IS ladies'
French kid ha,d-sewed button boot for S. at
:2772a State street.
: Among new oliye-wood articles are book
racks that hold three Or four volumes, and
are sold for $3.50
Have you seen the new and elegant styles
of tiower-standS made by the Clinton Wire
Cloth Company, las Lake street, They would
be useful and ornamental holiday presents
for tile ladies.
"a modern Jeremiah in kid gloves,n Is the !
graphic description Ut Matthew Arnold given |
BY the Rev. Paxton Hood.
Over seventy-tiye new fancy lamps re-
cciycd the past week. Open evenings. Ov- |
instoll's, l46 State street.
There is Il great demand for servant girls |
i'll Manitoba. Every housekeeper will inl- |
Ineuiatciy call to mind one or more that sho |
Wonid like to send there.
$500 will buy large album that other |
stores charge you 500 for. Chapin's.
King Alfonso gets along with his mother
in-law: Or, his motller~ill-law gets along
with King Alfonso, we don't just exactly |
understand which. /
Why pay two prices for Christmas slippers /
when you can get them at FL State street at
half price?
Stephen Jenner, grdndneptleW OF the ulS-
coyerer Of vaccination, who lately died III
poverty ut .Itcathfeldr Eng, il;u consider
able reputation as a caricaturlst and artist.
Ladies', it is penny wise and pound foolish
to spoil buots when for 50 cents you can buy
n pair Of rubbers at the bankrupt sale 21s2
State street.
a wax figure of Ben franklin exhibited in
France is labeled, - Franklin, inventor Of
electricity. who, after making seven voyages
around the world, died III the Sandwich Isl
lands and was dev0ured by saVages, Of
whom not fragment WAS ever discovered"
The best assortment Of fine and cheap |
books. picture cards, albums, at Cfapin's.
The eating doll is the novelty with which
girls are delighted this year.
People in search of fine and useful holiday
presents will find Il fine display OF goods ar
ranged on tile first floor ut the establishment
,f j. 4. Colby & Co., @l7 and 2l9 State street,
that are most suitable.
They arc useful. It has been found that
III ordinary flour barrel will hold U75, 900 sill
reE dollars.
Supply your table with the best coffee OBJ
by procuring a bottle Of Grants Con-
lensed Coffee at depot, 50 Randolph street. ~
There arc now on exhibitlon ut Paris the
green silken coat and jacket and trousers
If strinnff silk yynrn nv the little Daunhiu. |