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WOMEN INVENT A NEW TRADE
New York Sisters Start in as Ladies'
Maids-at-Large.
THE OLD HAIRPIN STILL STICKS
of the Handy Little Instruments
Still Needed to Supply the
Trade-An Evening SEN
sation on broadway.

NEW YORK, June 27-TCorrespond-
ence of THE BEE. --During the past
week and part of the present the news
center of the country was transferred
from the great metropolis to the busy
city of Chicago. But yet there were
many events of interest transporting
even during the great convention.
Something new under the sun has just
been developed in the way of Il trade
that Of
THE LADY's MAID AT LARGE.
Two sisters have established themselves
in the business and the prospects are
that competition in the new line will
soon spring up and the departure will
early become a fixed industry of Gotham.
The elder of the two sisters was for "a
number of years maid to a woman of
fashion and established something of Il
reputation for taste in arranging the
hair, draping the gown, decking it
with flowers, and so on. She was I'M
able. finally, to submit to the eXactions
OF her mistress, and instead of
looking for IA new place struck
out in a more Independent
line. She had something of an ac-
quaintancc acquired during her years
of service and utilized this TO gather a
clicntage of her own. She and her sis
ter are settled COzily in Il pretty fl We
room flat, and the ladies whom they
beautify know them respectively as, say
Mile. Rose and Mile. Maria. They are
down-east Yankees, but their Yankee
sense tells them hat MAIDS must, Of
npp-n hA ElpnnHh Ia "A ta,sAtfr nirl
going to a ball IA girl who hasn'ta maid,
or whose maid is to be trusted for ordin-
any toilets only, then Mile. Rose must
be to the fore. Mile. Rose will catch
together the masses Of lace or tulle and
put on delicate, telling touches, prOduc-
ing effects which the pretty girl never
dreamed of before. Then she will take
"A double handful of roses or other nat
ural flowers aud drop them over the
gown and tack them up just where they
happen to fall. making n very flower Of
the pretty girl herself. She will do the
bud up IN her wraps ride to the scene OF
festivity with her, and pronounce her
all in order for the conquest before the
belle leaves the dressing-rOom. is IA
wedding on the tapis, then it is Mile.
Marie's turn. Mile. Marie's forte is
dressing Il bride. Her hands can work
magic when she has them on a bridal
veil, and the young wife who has the
orange blossoms pinned by her recon-
mends her to all her unmarried mates.
Miles. Rose and Marie attend to the
toilets and decorate the gowns Of any
number of dressy women and girls.
Their order books are usually full, and
their charges run from 81 and So we'll
up into the tweptles, according to the
elaborateness of the design Or the
amount Of service called for. They are
going 10, divide the summer between
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bought for in other stores.
Express Wagons with iron
aNles and Gendron iron wheels
regular price SAYS, reduced to
s1.o5. Steel Body Express
Wagons, size 15x2S, wheels 10
xI6 inches, with the Gendron
patent wheels, at sass, reduced
from s3.75. Steel Body EN-
press Wagons, size I4X3r,
wheels IL and Is inches, with
patent wire wheels, at 1910,
reduced from s4.25. Steel Body
Express Wagons, size 1898,
and wheels ID and 20 inches,
at $3.50; reduced from s4.75.
"a Express Wagons at $50;
reduced from soc. 6 Express
Wagons at soc; reduced from
75c. 8 Goat Carts at s4.25
each; reduced from $3.50 and
$3.50. Bicycles with rubber
tires, 36-inch wheel, at sI1.75;
reduced from SIS. Bicycles
with rubber tires, So-inch wheel
at $3.50; reduced from $3.50.
Bicycles with rubber tires, AZ
inch wheel, at $3.50; reduced
from s22. Bicycles with So
inch wheels at s6.75; reduced
from 50. Iron Velocipedes,
with patent oval iron tire
wheels at s3.25; reduced from
$4,25. Velocipedes at s3.75;
reduced from IS. Velocipedes
at s4.25; reduced from So. We
locipedes at IS; reduced from
81. Tricycles at S4.25; reduced
from So. Girls Tricycles at
$6.25; reduced from So. Girls
T~ricycles at s6.75; reduced
from 50. Girls Tricycles at
s7.SS; reduced from $1,000.
Children's Toy Carts at Sc; re-
duced from 15c. Children's
Toy Carts at I3c; reduced from
zoe. Children's Toy Carts at
2oc; reduced from soc. Toy
Wheelbarrows at SOC; reduced
from 75c. Toy Wheelbarrows
at 75c; reduced from 81.
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FEATHER PILLOWS.

Great clearing sale Monday
1norning.-On Monday norm
ing we offer our entire stock of
fine Feather Pillows regardless
of cost. Fine Down Pillows at
less than ordinary feather. We
have made a large cut on these
goods to clean them out. AT
st.4o - As pairs fine clean
Feather Pillows at S1.49; re
duced from s2.25. AT SI.9S-
IS pairs fine Feather Pillows at
SI.9S; reduced from s2.75. At
s2.3o-2S pairs extra fine live
geese Feather Pillows at $3.50;
reduced from $3.50. AT s2.oS
SIS pairs fine live geese
Feather Pillows at s2.oS; re-
duced from 81. At$3.oS. s. pairs
fine live geese Feather pillows
at s3.oS; reduced from S5.25.
At S5.6S-Best Down Pillows,
covered with German linen
ticking, worth 50; sale price
$500, Bulk Feathers at 55c
and 75c a pound. These goods
we guarantee free from oder
and dirt.
MOSO UITTO NETTING
FROM AUCTION AT 35c
A PIECE.
We have received a very
large shipment of Mosquito
netting in all colors, bought
very much under regular price
at auction by our New York
agent. On Monday morning
we will place these on sale at
35c a piece; this is the best
quality. and sold everywhere at
45c. No faded goods.
On Monday, on our second
floor, we will make a special
sale of Boys Express Wagons,
Bicycles, Tricycles, Veloci-
p edes and Wheelbarrows.
These goods must be sold to
give us more room, and we
make the prices accordingly.
We sell them at less than half
what the same goods can be
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sengcr boy actually accelerated his
speed toward his destination to follow
close behind her and ask her If she was
afraid she'd frecklc in the electric
light. The policeman on the corner
woke up with n vague idea of stopping
her, but before the idea was formulated
she was away like "A bird half a block
up town, with II crowd of boys and
youths in swift pursuit shouting and
laughing. They might as well have
tried to keep up with Il runaway steam
engine on a frolic as TO get within touch-
ing distance of those tossing braids and
dancing %sunshadc.
Far in the rcar n little group of
friends, one of whom was evidently the
girls sister, very tired, very warm and
very angry in her e]ndcavors to over
take the scarlet satin, exclaimed: sob,
she thinks she's smart, doesn't she?N
But ON the distance, where the lamps
narrow to the point of divergence, tho
scarlet sunshade was propelled by the
pretty girl. She was apparently obliv-
ious of the disturbance about her, and
h wore II do-or-die expression such as
is given to the pictures of heroes or
martyrs at their execution. Probably
Marie Antolnettc had such an intense,
rapt face When she made up her mind
and her toilet to go to her execution.
ANY way, MaflG AnLOlucllG uleu ike u
lady, with no cutlery, and the girl with
the scarlet parachute won her wager in
spite of the crowd, and never lowered
her parasol until the darkness of n side
street shrouded her in mystery.
A LITTLE MISS HAS A LONG JOURNEY.
On Sunday last Maggie Wclles, eleven
years old, reached here on her way to
Pittsburg after a journey from England
unaccompanied. The little girl is a
Yorkshire lass, and until she was
started from America had never been
away from home. Her uncle, John Kay,
resides at Pittsburg. Three years ago,
when on n visit to England, he took II
fancy to the child, and recently sent for
her. She WAS started for America with
a tag fastened to her waist, on
which was Mr.. Kay's address.
Hen passage was made on the City
OF Chester, the stewardcss caring for her
and seeing that II relative met her in
New York. From New York she vent
in charge Of the train men. BY an
error Mr.. Kay wen to the depot at
Pittsburg too early on Sunday, and had
left when the child arrived. One sof
the depot hands read the directions and
placed her on a street ear. The con-
ductor put her of. No. II engine COM
pany,s boys saw her, read the tag and
took her TO Mr.. Kay's house, n square
away. In speaking of her long trip the
child said she had beer sick but one
day, and had no trouble,
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nant price Monday IL I-2c. At
15c. Lace striped mulls in
cream, blue and pink, worth
$50; remnant price 15c. At
csc. Checked and corded
pique and white India linons
that we have sold from 4oc to
75c; remnant price 25c. Rem
nants Of wool dress goods at
less than = their regular value.
We make these extraordinary
prices to clean up our spring
stock; these remnants are all of
the best styles and most sale
able goods and come inlengths
from 1 to 7 yards; remnants at
1-2c per yard; all the rem
nants of fancy checked and fan
cy wcavcs in cotton warp goods
that we have been selling from
I5c to csc; on Monday all at
1-2c per yard. At 1oc we
will sell 3oinch black and white
striped, also cream, pink and
blue bunting remnants worth
$50, all at Ioc per yard. At
Ioc we will sell evening shades
of albatross bourette cloth, black
and grey, pin stripes and all
wool serge remnants, all worth
from $50 to ooc per yard; rem
nant price 1oc. At CSC per
yard. We will sell remnants
of Debeige, Nuns Yelling and
striped suiting hannels that are
worth 6oc to 75c, but remnants
must be sold and Mondays
price is. 25c. At 45c per yard,
we will sell all the finest wool
goods that we havein remnants,
they sold regularly at sI.oo,
sI.25 and $3.50; Mondays price
is 45c in remnants only.
LINEN LAP ROBES.
Two lots of linen lap robes
atspecial prices to close them
out. Full size striped all linen
Lap robes at AZ I-2c, worth
S5c. Full size striped all linen
lap robes at 79c, worth $3.50.
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enemy and their movements, while the
operator in his wagon below need not
expose himself. The photographs were
to be dropped from time to time by some
arrange ment. These in brief were all
the Instructions he gave me; the rest
was TO be left to my Owl taste and
fancy.
at reminds me of a scheme | had
many times tn ought of, and I promised
him | would do my best in the matter.
I wanted to tackle the problem on my
these hard questions. If | am able to
construct the kind of machine they
wan ! shall have practically solved the
loug-mooted question Of the possibility
of aerial navigation. For the main
point in this question is that of the lift
ing power or motor. The matter of
propelling the machine through the
air and steering is "A comparatively sim
pie affair. SO many people have been
studying the question, however, that
am not in the least confident OF success,
and perhaps | have not the ghost of Il
chance"
"Have you arrived at any theory on
this Subject?' asked the reporter.
mo, | don't begin that way. am
nov only experimenting upon Il few of
Wv wa. lN-FAiOii' ~ Wv w.
There are W ways of inventing. One
is to make your machine first, and then
see if it will work. the other is to first
find out if it is possible to do the thing,
then make your machine, The greater
number of inventors adopt the first
plan.
What we want to know first is
whether or not aerial navigation is pos
sible. When | have settled this ques-
ton, which may take II year or more, /
will then take up the other points in
their order. ! always like TO begin Mt
the a, b, c in these matters. ANY
other system is "A good deal like trying
trying to read language without having
learned the alphabet.
II began tine other day by weighing n
motor with fans attached ON a Fairbanks
scale. After getting the exact weight
OF the motor we set the fans to working.
They, of course, lightencd the weight
to n certain extent, and we thus got fig
ures as "A basis upon which to calculate
the lifting power of fans or wingsO of GER
tain sizes. | intend to measure the pull
ing power of birds soon, by tying IA
string to their feet, fastening the
other end to Il spring registering scale,
and then letting them fly away.
Oh, dear, there are n hundred facts
to discover before ] can think
Of tackling the real question of an
aerial ship. | have I've gone very
deeply into the matter, but it is a sub
ject which interests me very much.
Almost all persons when they think of
aerial navigation Imagine the necessity
of rising to a greas height. But why do
this? Why not g9 along the roadsat an
at an elevation OF about ten feet? OF
course, when necessary we could rise
higher, but. as a rule, IA few feet above
the ground would answer all purposes.
If aerial navigation is possible | believe
this will be the popular mode Of travel
in the future. one advantage it has is
the small power necessary for the pro-
pulsiOu of an air ship and the great
speed which could be obtained.
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reduced from 5000. At 1915,
100 fancy black satin, trimmed
with lace, also fancy at 1915;
worth ST. AT $3.50, colored
Faille Franchise, fancy stripes
and checks, at $3.50; reduced
from 500 and $500. At
$500, fancy Pangee silk, India
silk, and black silk parasols at
$500; worth 50. AT $3.50;
colored striped MORE black
satin, with lace, cream lace,
covered black silk with fringe
trimming at $3.50, reducedfrom
SI2, At 1898; black silk, ele-
gantly trimmed Lace covered
at sS.9S, worth $3.50.
BLACK JERSEY MITTS $50.
Tomorrow we will place on
sale 200 dozen of ladies black
and colored embroidered silk
mitts that are equal to anything
sold in town at 5oc; our price
Monday is $50.
HOSIERY.
100 dozen ladies' fancy
striped and printed full regular
made cotton Hose at NC; the
regular price of this line of
Hosi cry is 25c, SO ladies'
fine striped, full regular made
cotton hose at 2Ic, reduced
from 2oc. Ladies' pin striped
also 4 and 4 stripes in all com
binations, at 2oc, reduced from
4oc. Special lots of fancy
ribbed and striped cotton and
Isle thread hosierya at 42c;some
in this lot worth 50.
SPECIAL! SPECIAL!
400 dozed ladies' black Isle
Hose with white feet, at 49c;
they are worth s1.oo.
LADIES'SUMMER VESTS.
II dozen ladies' lace Balbrig-
gan and gauze vests, odd sizes
at 35c, reduced from 75c and
SI.OO.
LACE MITTS.
a extraordinary bargains in
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FREAKS AND SINCULARITIES
How Some Snakes Frightened the
Negroes.
A TEN-YEAR-OLD GIRLS MANIA.
h Chinese RabDits-Queer Cattle
Acted Like a Snakc-A Peculiar
Snake-A Wonderful Dog
"A Living Corpse.
Queer Cattle.

The Portland Oregonian tells Of a
strange breed of wild cattle found in the
high hills sllirtiug the UmpQua Valley.
sin the mountains, near Riddles and
Rosebud, they are probably most plenti-
full, but they do not venture down in the
valley much. They stay OF the hills
and get water from the living springs
which rise there. For the most part
they are concealed in the dense growth
of oak and fir in these mountains.
There is heavy underbrush, too, so that
it is n hard matter to get them. They
go in bands of six or eight usually, but
at night IA herd of forty or fifty get to-
gether and lie down in the same yard
that is, they sleep in the same spot,
which is usually secluded among the
trees. A band of wild cattle have been
known to get together on Il cleared
placed like tins every night for II couple
of years. y y \ A popularity about
theses cattle is that their eyes and
horns are jet black. The ~retlna, iris
and the whole apple of the eye are one
mass OF black. You can't distinguish
any difference in any part of it. The
horns, too, while being black as ink are
long and sharp"
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"'Seyen' being the average size of a
mans head as measured by his hat"
says a London exchange, sit appears
that out of fourteen distinguished per-
sonages, " Lord Chelmsford and
Dean Stanley were below, while the
other two lord BeaconsfeId and the
prince OF Wales were exactly up 10 tho
average. OF the others, Dickens, Sell
borne, and Bright required II, Earl
Russell 1t, Lord Macaulay, Gladstone,
and T~hackeray "a, Louis Philippe IT,
and the archbishop of York S full! OF
twenty-three distinguished men whose
actual brain-weights are known, four,
including the late Prof, Hughes Bennett
and Hermann, the philologist, we're dis
tinctly below the average, showing that
Il we%ll-constituted brain of small dimen-
sions may be capable of doing much bet
ter work than many "A larger organ
whose internal constitution il, from one
cause or other, defectiva-"
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lace Mitts to be placed on sale
Monday. Lot at I9c, COM
prises lace and Jersey Mitts in
black and colors; they are worth
35c. Lot II is composed of
fine black and colored Jersey
and lace Mitts, at 25c, reduced
from SOC and 65c. Lot III at
$50; cream, pink, blue, tans,
old gold and black Jersey silk
Mitts that are worth 75c. Lot
", black silk Jersey Mitts, also
evening shades, extra length
and a rare bargain; they are
worth SI.oo.
CHILDREN'S WHITE
DRESSES soc.
On Monday we offer an un-
usual bargain in Children's
white Mother Hubbard Dresses
with hem stitched yoke in 1, ?,
and 3 years sizes at SOC. We
have only about IL dozen OF
this style SO we ask an early in
spection. sI.Io. Ten dozen
Children's Gretchen Dresses at
$I.Io, that are worth $3.50;
Monday only at this price.
WHITE LAWN SUITS.
We make special prices on
several numbers of ladies' white
lawn dresses on Monday, which
will include the following
500. /. Ladies' white lawn
suits at $3.19. These suits are
worth 81. so; they are we'll made
and we guarantee a fit in every
case. s4..37 II. Ladies
white lawn suits, embroidered
yoke waist with full tucked skirt
and sash, worth $3.50, on Mon.
day, at 4.37. III. Ladies
white lawn suits heavily me.
broidered with basque waist al
s5.oS. This number is a bar.
gain at $3.50. Also a very
choice assortment at $3.50, SIS
50, $40, $3.50, and 5000.
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A Dog,

r. NJ. Jackson, of Button, Ga. has
n dog whose sagacity and intelligence
is something wonderful. 1t is II shep-
sion to send the dog to the house for II
match. Being unable to make Mrs.
Jackson understand him he went to the
fire place and picked up a chunk of fire,
with which he started to his master.
When he reached the edge of the wood
the fire became so hot that he had to
drop it, which ignited the dry, pine
straw and set the woods on fire. The
dog set up II barking that o o brought
Mr.. Jackson to the rescue. When he
reached the dog he was y,rprised to
find that he had broken II Inc limb and
was combating the fire us effectively as
il he was hmmMn
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CHINA SILK.

CIllINA l.
"a inch China Silk, new
choice goods in dark and light
colors at SOC; regular price,
sI.25. Changeablc Surahs all
new combination, at Soc; regu-
lar price s1.25. Black Surah
at 85c; regular price $500.
WASH O
? cases cotton Challies, the
newest wash fabric in the mar
ket at nc; regular price 1oc.
Striped Seersuckers, new styles
at 7Hc; regular price 12Hc.
Good styles in dress Ginghams
at 4Hc, regular price 1oc. New
styles of dress satteens at I5c.
Pacific lawns on Monday, 7Hc,
regular price l2Hc.
AZ inch black Chantilly lace
houncing at 95c. would be
cheap at sI.25. AZ inch black
Chantilly lace houncings at
s1.85, worth $40. az inch
black Chantilly lace houncing
at s2.75, the regular retail price
on this quality of lace is $500.
d. inch black Chantilly lace
Aouncing at $500. This same
quality and style oflace we sold
this season at 500. az inch
black Guipure lace houncing at
$I.35, this is a wonderful bar
gain and worth $500. Black
Guipure lace houncing the
width is AZ inches and the price
$3.50, it cannot be duplicated
anywhere at less thar $3.50.
PARASOLS.
AT csc we will sell plain satin
parasols in colors thatare worth
s1.75. AT $3.50 we will sell
MORE satin and fancy parasols
that are worth s2.25. At $3.50;
checked, striped and fancy all
silk parasols that are worth S.,
tomorrow $3.50. AT $2.75, SO
cream lace covered shot silk,
also fancy checks at $2.75;
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A Living CORPSE.

neig OH orius'" county l"D;'e a few WpP gaWs a =" !" =
says Il despatch from Nashville, Tenn,
"A gentleman had been out in the
country to attend y funeral, and he rode
back to town with the driver of the
hearse. 1t being II cold night, he con-
ceived the idea of wrapping himself up
IN n blanket and getting inside the
hearse, which he did. Tho negroes
along the road was very much fright
ened by seeing a dead man, rs they
thought. outside of Il cottin in II hearse,
and us his body would roll about they
became still more frightened. The
driver created II sensation when he
reached town by opening the hearse
and waking the man inside"
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strange Florida peonle.

Ferdinand, Fla, was in state of wild
ferment all last week, and intense ex-
element ragged among the colOred pop
ulation over the alleged appearance of
a band of bold burglars, who, in order to
more eflectually conceal themselves,
went about in gangs of six or more
dressed in white. Stories o, midnight
robbery were rife. and nearly every
with n. shotgun. A diligent search
failed to elicit any authentic case of
theft, nor could the singular rumor be
traced 10 its source. The excitement
while it lasted, was highly entertaining,
people being gravely informed that
these singular m~arauders, EhO went
about in large gangs, clad in uniform,of
white, We're in the habit of killing peo-
pie by plnching them on the arms, thus
stopping the arterial circ. latlon, and
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LADIES' DRESSING


LADIES' DRESSING
SACQUES.
To close out some odd sizes
we will sell a dressing sacque
marked S1.25, on Monday at
Soc; only two to a customer.
Dressing sacques at sI.5o,s2,25
$500 and $3.50 that for quality
and price are u~nequallcd in the
city.
NOTTINGHAMLACE CUR.
TAlNS.
Special prices made on num-
bers of lace curtains that we
wish to close out; to close out
these odd lots quickly we will
give with every pair a 5 foot
curtain pole with brass trim
mings. Nottingham lace cur
tains full 3 yards long, tapped all
round at $I.oo, $3.50, SI.75and
s2.25. Nottingham lace cur-
tains 81 yards long, full tapped
at $3.50, s2.75, $500, $3.50,
$500, $3.50. Nottingham lace
curtains at $500, $3.50, 5000
and $50; these curtains are
worth at least IS per cent more
than we ask for them without
the poles.
REMNANTS OF WHITE
GOODS.
We have devided our rem
nants of white goods into four
lots and will sell them Monday
at SIC, I2Hc, I5c and 25cper
yard; these remnants are in
lengths from! * to IL yards.
AT SBc. We have plain white
and cream India linons and
mulls, cream checked, organ
dies; white lace stripes and
checks, printed Indialinons and
colored striped canvas cloths,
all worth I2Hc and I5c; rem
nant price SIC. At IL 1-2c.
Black checked organdy, black
and white organizes, white and
cream India linons and mulls,
also lace checks and stripes
worth from ooc to 25c; rem
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Acted Like a Snake.

a short time ago Otto Frank AN eight
year-old boy living near Birmingham,
Ala, found II large rattlesnake, The
boy had often said that he wanted n pet
snake, so when he found the reptile he
with his hand. The snake seemed
pleased for II time, but finally became
angry and bit the boy on the right leg
just below the knee. Tho little fellow
played on some time before going home,
and when he reached the house the bit
ten limb was swelling rapidly. Medical
aid was obtained, and the pain and
swelling were relieved after n time, but
Immediately the boy began tocrawl aud
twist himself, initiating the action of n
snake. He continued in this condition
with brief lucid intervals, when he
died.