The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-08
@anamaher's.
PHILADELPHIA. October A

from all the counters everv
morning and put together. Scat
tered they get overlooked and
neglected together they make
a little storeful.
The surprise is in how thew
look. You shall see how they
look. We ought not to tell ofa
remnant. While we are telling,
off it goes.
These are odd lots below.
What are odd lots? Last years
perhaps picked up in the
wholesale market for next to
nothing perhaps no matter
what perhaps. This is how they
look-singularly like new stufs
not one of EN- new
Enough for several dresses
of all of these:
Heavy open canvas with Per
sian figures $3.50 last year );
now $3.50.
CamePs-hair honeycomb over
an iridescent undercloth, S. last
year now 81.
Silk-plush stripes on black
canvas network over red under
meath, 81. so last year; now S1.25.
Mohair plush ombre on heavy
serge, $3.50 last year now
SI.25.
Plain serge with bright silk
tassel-fringes hanging out of it
dot-like,S2 last year; now SI.25.
Soft serge with side-band OF
mohair cord and boucle, s. last
year now SI.25.
Serge and cord-and-boucle
stripe, S1.25 last year now 75c.
Flower of silk waste in leaf
of mohair damask on armure
ground, 81 lastyear; now $1.25.
Cheviot with color-stripes of
tiny curls, $1.25 last year; now
75c.
Plain soft cloth with woven
color-hgures, $I.25 last year;
now 75c.
Camel's-hair serge with scat
tered diamonds with points of
color and light, $I.75 last year;
now $I.25.
Serge with fine plaid check
and mohair boucle, $I.25 last
year; now 75c.
Rough color-hgures on plain
diagonal, $I.75 last year; now
$I.25.
Squares of uncut mohair
loops on serge, $I.75 last year;
now ST..
Massive triple color-stripes of
long moss-like loops of wool on
broad diagonal, $3.50 last year;
now $I,25.
Fine stripes of coarse mohair
wicEing on canvas, the canvas
nearly covered, s. last year;
now ST..
Serge with stripes of silk dam
ask, $3.50 last year; now 100.
Bright-color stripes of bob
bins of silk on rich camePs-hair
serge, 200 last year; now I.25.
Cashmere plaids, I.25 last
year; now 75c.
Plaid serges, I.25 last year;
now 75c.
Homespun looking cheviot
check mixture, doubtful which
we ought to call it, with stripes
of slightly different colors, LOO
last year; now 75c.
Knickerbockers, soft wool
sacking-cloths bouretted with
fakes and blotches of color, 90
last year; now 75c.
Dress patterns in worn-out
boxes they look as if they had
been looked at a thousand times,
This list of odd lots is incom,
plete. Tomorrow others. Next
day others. Can't see how the
supply is coming or where it is
coming from, unless we take
over some Of our neighbors
stuffs. 1t is only question o.
money. Well sell their stuffs
for 'em-only let the prices be
low enough.
A word on remnants.-What
ever we have in the store is
likely to come to the remnant
counter. There's nothing toe
fine and nothing. too insignificant
It's a store by itself-this rem
nant and odd-lot counter.
BY the Clty-hall square door.
Two or three years ago {
Scotchman scolded us over the
cable because we sold his bras
tab'e-linen for 200 a yard. He
thought we ought to help ou1
neighbors get 2.25 and $50 fol
it. "Never would sell us another
yard ETC., etc. He wiser now
We have his table-linens ano
cloths and napkins. Best maker
in Scotland.
Now, lest you think we speak
too kindly of him, a word on hn@
Irish and Saxony double-dam
asks. First Scotch, then Irish
then Dresden. The Irish begir
where the Scotch leave Oft. The
e.. J..;cb onJ Drecden linens