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SILVER WAne.

Tea and Dinner Services Tete and After
ner Coffee sets Bowls, Pitchers, Wates, Dishes, Com
pers.
countless variety Of small objects for presents
Manufactured on the premises under our direct su-
pervtsion.
One q our latest ordsn from Paris. France and
Established 1877
SAML KIRK Z SON
- ia Baltimore st, T.,
dl-tdec25 Baltimore, Nd.
AIDES BLACK A6TRACHAN JACKErs a 20:
~ Ladteef Fancy Cashmere Jackets with hood III 40
1Adtes Atwood Plaid yeckets &2 40. KAUFMAN,S
II .ooK At TIE Ll0HT COL0RED KERsY 0vTK-
COArS AT e1e.50 They are daisisa At the
1o-S@ 7th md q It.
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LADIES'. SUITS REDUCED.

4ADlESs SUITS hEDUCEO.
These few lots will be marked at . lower price
to move them faster. Perfect and desirable. 4
Ladies' Atwood Flannel Suits, Blue, sire "a:
Gray, size SO: Brown, sire 80: Mahogany. size
40. Reduced to S1260
6Ladies' Sapphire Blue ATWOOD Tricot Suits,
stylishly made and trimmed with narrow black
Mohair braid. sizes 81. "a. SO and 80. Reduced
to el2.60.
2LAdiss' Mahogany Atwood Tricot Suits.
neatly trimmed with black braid. sizes 81 and
SO. Reduced to els.
8 Ladies' Gray Atwood Flannel suits,
handsomely trimmed With black braid; sizes
sc, "a and 3d. Reduced 10 o1260
Ladies' Mahoeany Atwood Tricot Suits.
trimmed with black braid, trimmed. Sizes 30
and 30. Reduced to els.
An early Response b advised, - these low
prices should cause their immediate sale
(shird Aoor)
Mail orders Ailed the same day received not
wfthstandtng their great incrsass u this ssason.
Writs fse what you want
WOODWARD LoTHRoP.
~ On. In snd = 81 Az
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ART r,rspo,nrpv nx.,,-rx-

Chenille and Arrnsene for an, ,roia.,v Win. "a.
oez sleciH sale price l3stc. dOE
q ball -' '-4"e 49, sbVcaAl sAAe pr1ce &C
s,sisnIed poyles value Sc, special sale price Be-
each. A0S- sfeS-A sac prlce &c
o Eureka Knitting SILK value 4oc special sale pro>
S Sa rassel Fringe value 2oc special sale price %
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OpEsIsa
OF TIE GREAT cuT-pRrcE SALE OF
IN7 CLOTHING
AT OAK HALL.
COR loTH AND = sTs.

We were closed the whole dsy Monday for the pur-
pose Of marking down prices the entire stock Of
Suits and overcosts for msn and boys In doing this
we hsve considered neither cost nor value but have
put them down to prices that win insure quick sales
All goods are marked in plain ngurss and no dsvis-
non win be made under any circumstances. WE
NEED LOTS OF MONEY, and ct this season of the
year FoU NEED CLOTHING, which IL the cause for
this great REDUCTION SALE. Cali soon. First
come, first served at
OAK HALL,
d Cornsr 10sh and = sta NV
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UMBRELLA DEPARTMENT

All cur 90 20 inch Gloris Gold Cap Umbrellas VIII
20 At l.sB.s - inch 81 CD
All our 800 oxiGiHed Toska Handles Umbrellas,
lhtest snd original designs will 20 at Sl rs each
Besides the above bargains we are Offering our en-.
tire stock Of ladies' and cents nne Umbrellas al
tr1he above Gust
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BOOK DEPARTMENT.

lustnted BY Dors: ~ gs Pubs price 60
Eminent Artists; 81 9s; Pubs price IS
ohsn y ssI E p With haps
SeoEs Enios' compists works. 8 VIOLA cloth; e3ee;
kObsr Eimsre; bound IN cio.; ~ esnts; Puhs.
10000 Carton ed Popular limos. rsprsssntine
vol PuhaL Price 76c.
single Peems nlustrstsd with Ane stssl ensrsvinas
from Is cents MP.
have he Finest Lane Of Juveniles in shs city, in.
sludne Al Of the Latest Publications q surprasngly
Al kndias Varsity q Christmas o,sas q isvss.
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PERFuMERf AND TOILET GOODS DEPART

sale price Sc
I 10, one-ounce Extracts; value 35c. Special sale
lot Large Glass Pitchers, Cologne Lamps, &c;
were 40c. Special sale price 25c
lot very large Glass Bottles with pt Fxrfnx Coiocpe
were SOC, Special sale price. 3ec each
! lot Lubin's Extracts. al doors Special sale
lot Glass Bottles for covering cut glass stoppers
round and square, odd shapes; 20 20 40c Special
sale irice, Ice
lot larse Bslsam Fir Pillows, including cake soap.
were 25c. Special sale price, II Sc
lot Cut Glass Pungents; were % and 35c Special
sale price, 1Sc.
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MILLINERY DETACHMENT

The choice Of our best French Felt Hats and Bon
nets all shapes and culors value as, a IS al IS
and s2.25. special sale Trice n lS
The choice OF our Fine Fancy Wings. all the new
shades, value % IS, As and Csc. special sale pr1ce
15c. each. - ''
900 Handmade Fascinstors and Toboesans in
alnk Blue Cream. CARDINAL BrUwn Black &c, were
80, 40 aud Soc, special sale pTlce Sic.
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JEwELRY DEPARTMENT
iCt Garnet Bracelets, value sles, special sale
81 lie price SSc.
lot Scarf Pins. value 25c, special sale l2g<c.
lot Rhinestone Bracelets. to close out, 25c.
1 lot Hair ornansnts. oxydized tops, value 4sc.,
special sale price Csc.
i lot Rhinestone Earnings, gold wires. value 3sc.
special sale price 25c.
i lot Silver-case watches, warranted value $3.50.
special sale price e4.4S.
lot Brsastpdns with chain. vaiue 1ec special sale
price &C.
lot Brsastpins value Use. special sale price 4sc
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MISSES, ASp cHr1 nprx,s sr-,rs

20 Flannel and Cashmere SUITS. sizes 20 - yesrs
Gretchen style, also Iiece ranging a. high
SiO..w1n 70 st half price-S5 each.
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a. pieces Fancy Ribbon tvo-inches wide Plush ana
satin strl es for Fancy Work. sold for 50 and SOC
yard, special sale price 12lfc I'd
LOO pieces satin q G. Lihb0n plain and Picot edee,
20 Cartons Satin Ribbon. for Fancy Work sold frn
3 to l29se. q yard, special sale price Be- I'd.
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LADIES' NrcKwEAR DEPARTMENT.

lo' Fancy Ribbon and Lace Mech NOveltie. ~rs
SlSO. special sale rice SSc.
Mo-, lS, Ens nsadsops Neck Novelties value ~ sos2
] lot Real Duchess Lsce Collar, ver, 40 So ana
sale price 81 qs each
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Ladies silk Bose for this sale only co. . p.,r a,
5.as snd ~, colors regular Trice Ell our 2c Ia.
- nisck hose lec TAR q Taif for nifty cents
l sir special sale price lse per INir our zoe ladies'
o4sck nsle lose, SIC per lsr. Our ladies' c Slor.
pers best hose, special sale 2Sc. pEir 4 pair q
Children's double knee last black hose worth SIC
special sale price. PIC.
10; Misses fss, black hose, to 81 for this sal.
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Our 81 80 Ladies' natural al-wool rib vests special
sale price. 62Lc. ' '
ladies', white wool rib vests. warranted not 70
shril X, all sizes, 81.
10 per cent discount en- all our wool vests This 4,
our special natural wool vests for ladies and children
compare with the best Jesger.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-06-16
LONDON.D DERRY.

for the past four years refused to pay
for any extra police sent into the city
by the authorities, and the amount now
due is SIS, 23e. The matter Was discussed
the other day, and the nonpayment was
justified by one Of the speakers, On the
ground of the example of Limerick, but
eventually provision was made for pay
ment Of the debt.
MAYO.
Emergencymen seized tenants cattle
for rent on the Mayo estate of Mrs.
Lewis.
The Castlebar Board of Guardians
have petitioned the Government to have
the seed rate balances struck out, owing
to the great depression existing amongst
landholders at present. The memorial
lists submit that, under the circun-
stances, this would be no more than an
act of justice.
Mr.. J. F. X. O'Brien. M. p, for South
MAYO. addressed six different meetings
of branches of the Irish National
League in Glasgow, Sunday, May 20.
at each motions were adopted endors-
ing the resolutions passed by the Cath
olic members of the Irish Parliamentary
Party in regard to the Papal Rescript in
Dublin last Thursday.
SLIGO.
A Star Chamber inquiry is being held
at Mullaghmore, county Sligo, by Mr..
Removable G.. II. Shannon, into alleged
charges of intimidation and boycotting
against members Of the Irish National
League in the county Sligo. Several
witnesses have been examined with a
view of proving the existence of "boy-
cotting circles'' in different parts Of the
country. The inquiry is expected to last
during the week.
TIPPERARY.
Mr.. T. ]. Condor. M. P, for East
Tipperary, has s1gnified his assent to
the resolutions adopted by the Irish
Catholic members at the Mansion
House last Thursday.
A coroner's inquest at Templemore,
Tipperary, returned verdict Of wllful
murder against the land bailiff Sweeny
for shooting Thomas Kennedy through
the heart at the bridge at Templemore
the previous evening, and against his
employers son Mr., Lloyd. as aiding
and abetting in the murder. A second
man, named Thompson, a laborer, was
shot by Sweeny Oh the same occasion.
The prisoners have been removed to
ClOnmel.
WATERFORD.
! At an eviction on the Marquis OF
| Waterford's estate in the county
| Waterford, a bailif fell down well
/
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LATE IRISH NEWS.
THE SHANNON, QUEEN OF RIVERS.

Where mighty Shannon marches to the ocean,
With swift vet stately and majestic motion
Upon thy ancient bridge, fair Kilaloe,
i stand and watch the wave. no longer blue
With tincture borrowed from the happy sky.
Which loves it's mirror like a maiden shy;
Nor bright with myriad dimpling, sun-li
smiles
Perchance some playful naiad's witching wiles
Nor glad with merry laughter ripping free
From frisky wayelets bubblng DER with glee;
Nor instinct with the bliss that sadly fleets
Ere we have half enjoyed its peasants sweets
With dying summer; no, not one OF THESE
Is present now but as the rutted breeze
With shrilly, bugle-note aggressive cemes'
Like fierce invader forth to wreck fair homes
Along the river bank-the forceful tide
In conscious strength supreme is deeply dyed
With fierce wild hatred and with hvid rage
Of one prepared relentless war to rage
'Cainst all intruaers, marks its Sowing tace.
The sunny smiles of other days give place
AS. lashed 10 fury by the taunting WIND
The river runs with heedlong speed and bind;
With breast tumultuous heaving as they 60
The rushing waters rush to meet the foe
But while the Shannon chafes and fumes and
frets,
lhoCauL1OuS LSi1lUSoI tAlt>AOAJ SNA@,'" 'N>>~
To gall the enemy-in sudden gusts;
To these aerial swordsnen it entrusts
The task Of weakening the torrents fcrce,
BY tempting it to lingcr in its course
In vain expenditure of precious strength.
BUT when these willy tactics fail at length.
The broad battalionB swoop from Keeper Hill
With war cries harsh, barbaric LOUD aeo snr11
They omen with cannonadc OF hail
DISCHARGED with force terrific by the gale.
And slxiIltul aim, against tn advancing stream
Which, ready FOR the onset it would seem,
And with the 'stern Joy which warriors teel,'
We're told Yin foerlen worthy Of their steel -
ycends on to Limerick IS walls-the boundIess sea
There to enjoy unfettered liberty.
The food aud storm Like Titans wrestle DOW
i.yhe tumult is unbearable. Ivow'.
Each hopes to win the victors laurel crown
"I;y holding out to tire each other down;
But futile is the hurricanes attack.
1t cannot keep the surging Shannon back
Which comes scatheless from the wild assault,
Perceives that vetemence may b. a fault.
Relying with implicit confidence
Oh Tough Eerg's liquid reservoir immense,
A nd fed by many arivuletaud rill
For full two hundred miles of dale and hill,
1t laughs to scorn the telnpeats p11ny wrath
And holds unchecked for e'ec its destined path,
CONTEMPORARY calm and even gay
It YIELDS it's regal and resstless sway -.
An hour has pissed, the baff1ed wind has died
While ever onward sweeps the flowing tide
Of Shannon towards the slowly-setting sun
Like Fonteuoy 1.-THE field is fought and won.''
Wis thus with Erin in the present hour:
Cnercion's transient storm has not the power
To stem the whelming wave of moral force
That bears the ark Of freedom on its course.
WIS. Burke, in che Dublin Nation.
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KERRY.

Nh. Baily, Sub Commissioner, has
delivered Judgment at Tipperary in
ninety rent cases from the county
Kerry. With but three or four excep-
tions the rents were reduced at the rate
of thirty, forty, fifty, and over seventy
five per cent.
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THE IRISH STANDARD: SATURDAY. JUNE 16. lDDg

on the Olpherts estate. Two warrants
of arrest are out against a local National
League official at Falcarragh and an Of
fetal Of the League in Dublin, who, it
is alleged, recently visited that district,
for disobeying summonses to attend be-
fore similar inquisition held at Fal-
earragh, at which Northern Bank
manager has attended on summons,
and produced his books.
DUBLIN.
The Governors of the City of Dublin
Technical Schools announce that they
will open two courses of instruction in
cookery-one for the working classes,
and the other for servants.
The Lord Lieutenant has appointed
DR.. William Zachary Myles, senior as
sistant medical superintendent of Rich
mond Lunatic Asylum, to be resident
medical superintendent of Kilkenny
District Asylum.
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WATERFORD.

At an eviction on the Marquis Of
Waterford's estate in the county
Waterford, a bailif fell down a we'll
forty feet deep, which had been con-
cealed by straw. The crowbar he car
ried spanned the chasm, and he was
able to support himself by it till res
cued.
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VIM. j. Finlay, the late millionaire
brewer of Toledo, bequeated a large
sum Of money for charitable pur-
poses.
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The Clare evictions will commence in
a few days.
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MAYO.

Emergencymen seized tenants cattle
for rent on the Mayo estate of Mrs
Lewis.
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AN,IRIM.

AT The annual meeting OF She LlDeral
Unionist Association, held at Belfast
the other day, under the presidency OF
MIR. Thomas Sinclair, long discussion
took place on the Irish land Ques.
ton.
The members Of the Ulster Liberal
Union meet in annual Conference on
Friday, May 25 at the Ulster Hall Bel
fast, and in the evening held a public
meering, at which MIR. T. Sinclair,
chairman Of the Union presided. AT
the Conference resolutions were adopt
ed declaring chat the right of the tell
aut to go before the Land Commission
ers to have fair rent fixed ought TO
be preserved in the bill now before Par
lament, expressing pleasure that the
provisions Of Lord Ashb0urne's Act
have been largely taken advanta &c OF,
and urging on the Government the
propriety OF Immediately extending it's
operations TO the extent of at least
GOO pending the adoption OF q more
far reaching measures and urging the
adoption OF a Local Government Bill
for Ireland at the earliest opportunity
after the final settlement Of the land
question. The principle speakers at
the public meeting were Mr.. Arnold
Forster, Mr.. Wodehouse, NJ. F., and
Mr., Lea, M. T. MIR. Forster said it
was a grave matter 10 take the law into
their own hands, to resist q statutory
enactment, and only to be done as a
last resource: but if eyer the dire neces-
sity fell upon them Of resisting such
tyranny, they might rely ON assistance
from friends in England that they had
no conception OF.
CORK.
Mr.. Condor, Nj. F., was released Oh
Sunday morning, May 20, from Core
Jail on the completion of a term of
fourteen days. Imprisonment passed
under the Coercion Act on the charge
of taking part in an unlawful assembly.
The honorable gentleman, ON whom his
incarceration did not seem to have pro-
duced any ill effects, was received out
side the prison by the Mayor, High
Sheriff, and several leading citizens.
uaying breakfasted with the High
Sheriff he was escorted to the Mayor
office by q large crowd and several
bands. He addressed the crowd.
CLAIRE.
The Clare evictions will commence in
a few days.
DONEGAL.
Evictions were to be carried Out on
the Donegal estate of the Marquis of
Conyngham, but after an interview the
demands of the tenants were conceded,
$500 of law costs to be wiped out, and
the evicted tenants to be reinstated.
AT Dungloe, county Donegal, re-
Gently, the local secretary of the Ma
tional League was committed to prison
under the Coercion Actor contempt OF
court in refusing to answer questions
put to him at a Star Chamber inquiry
concerning the disposition Of money
collected under the Plan Of Campaign
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KILKENNY.

Outdoor relief has been granted to
some eyicted tenants in Kilkenny.
On Thursday evening, May "A. Sir
John B]unden, Bart, D. L, j. F., met
with serious accident at his residence,
Castle Blunden, Kilkenny. On return
ing from carriage drive. Sir John was
ascending the staircase when he fell
and sustained such injuries On the
head that he is still lying unconscious.
LIMERICK.
A sum OF $3.50 is to be spent, accord
ing to an Order of the Priyy Council, in
rebuilding and improving the Turkish
baths at the Limerick Lunatic Asylum:
81, 500 will be the cost Of Catholic
chapel at Clonmel Asylum; and the
necessary expenditure for the compile
ton of sanitary works at Richmond
Dublin) Asylum will amount to IS, 500.
At meeting of the Limerick Urban
Sanitary Board recently prosecution
was ordered on the report Of the ex-
ecutive officers against the parents of a
child which had died from scarla5i11a,
and had been walked in their house
despite warning from the sanitary Of
icer.
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DONEGAL.

Evictions were to be carried out on
the Donegal estate of the Marquis of
Conyngham, but after an interview the
demands of the tenants were conceded,
$500 of law costs to be wiped out, and
the evicted tenants to be reinstated.
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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-08-16
Ho,c Beecher, When Boy, Made MIS-
take.

Living in the outskirts Of the city, where
the fences were poor and starving cattle
often gave them great annoyance, Henry
one day, to his immense disgust, found a
COW quietly resting in the middle of the
barn-hOor.
With the accumulated Indignation in
duced by many previous chases, he drove
her out and down the street. Coming in
hot and tired from his run, he threw himself
on the sofa, saying:
"There. guess l have taught one COW
to know where she belongs"
"What do you mean," asked his father
looking up apprehensively from his paper
"Why, found another COW in the barn
and have turned her out and chased hei
clear down the street, aud think she will
stay away now"
"Well," said Dr. Beecher, you have done
it. had just bought that COW, and had tc
wade the Ohio river twice to get her home
and after had got her safely into the barn
you turned her out!"
So the chasing of the COW was renewed
and possibly young Henry's zeal in goo'
works suffered some diminution.
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Grab Racing.

At Trouyille, where one gets so weary
every morning of the bad hour or two that
comes between the bath and the lunch, any
innovation calculated to pass away the time
is hailed with delight, and the person sug-
gesting it is considered worthy of the Cross
of the Legion of Honor.
Some eight years ago, when every one on
the beach was talking scandal or yawning
over the morning papers, some genius
thought Of racing with crabs, and in two
DAYS it became the standard morning amuse-
ment
Every one was hunting for a crab. Size
was no object; speed and agility were the
requisite qualifications. The track was on
the wet, firm sand, close to the water, and
the goal was formed by pegging down at the
waters edge cord about fifty feet in length,
raised by pegs about two inches above the
sand so that the crabs could pass under the
the line in place of breasting it.
The starting point was about twelve feet
inland, and was a line tightly pegged down
level with the sand The owners distin-
guished their individual crabs by sticking
differently colored waters on their backs.
Each crab was held by its owner clear of
the starting line until the word was given ;
then they were simultaneously released and
most curious sight ensued. Every crab
would start for the water at top speed, siding
along for dear life. Some went as straight
as an arrow others diverged in all direc-
tions. Occasionally TWO would run side by
side, touch, clinch and fight, grasping each
other with their claws, locked in an embrace
nothing but the rising tide would release.
Others would be going right away, moving
more and more quickly the nearer they ap-
preached the water, until, siding under the
tape, one or another would win.
No one was allowed to touch his crab
after the start, but as experience proved
that water would separate the fighters, it be-
came permissible to hold soaked sponge
over them and squeeze the water ON the
combatants.
This game became so prevalent that spe-
cially smoothed tracks were made every
morning by the beach men, and if phe-
nomenally fleet crab was discovered he was
not allowed to return to his native element
with single victory to his credit, but was
whipped up with small net and deposited
in pail for safekeepng, until required to
run again.
Betting was the order of the day, and
books were made as for horse race. There
is a record of one crab having won for his
owner no less than $4,000 before he skipped
under the net and escaped, in all probability
unconscious of his fame.