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The San Francisco call., 1895-12-17
HANDKERCHIEFS!
At 81. $l.50 and 81 ner Box,

LADIES' INITIAL HANDKERCHIEF
all linen, hemstitched, hand en-
broIdered letters, half dozen in fancy
box, extra values.
At 10c, 12ac, 15e, zoe, 25c Each.
LADIES' WHITE SCALLOPED, EN-
BROIDERED SHEER LAWN HAND
KERCHIEFS, guipure effects, new
styles, elaborate designs.
At SOC, 75c, 81, $l.50, s., $3.50, So Each.
LADIES' WHITE SCALLOPED EN-
BROIDERED SHEER LINEN HAND
KERCHIEFS, the latest patterns.
At Ice, 121zt, l5t. zoe, 25c, 35e, SOC Each.
LADIES WHITE HEMSTITCHED
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, a, a,
and u inch hem, sterling values.
At 75c, 81, l.5O, 81, $3.50. SO, 81 to $3.50
Each.
REAL DUCHESSE LACE HANDKER-
CHIEFS, newest patterns, best values,
desirable present.
At 15e, 25c, 35c and SOC per Box.
CHILDREN'S FANCY HANDKER-
CHIEFS, put up in handsome boxes
useful presents.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-17
PreshYteriap Ministers.

The attention OF the Presbyterian Min
isterial Association was chiefly occupied
yesterday with discussing the subject of
mass-meeting, of which notice will be
found in another column.
Rev. Frank Chalfont, a missionary just
returned from North China, addressed the
meeting briefly. He said the war aided
missionary work and the prospect for the
future were encouraging. It was unani-
mously resolved to invite DR.. Mclean OF
Plymouth-avenue Congregational Church,
Oakland, to address the Presbyterian Asso-
citation at some future time.
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cation al Club,

Rev. R. C. Copeland of Oakland read a
paper before the Congregational Monday
Club yesterday on 'The Coming Church"
He said: Christians are coming to see
that Christianity means love, justice,
truth, cooperation. The fashionable
church is losing caste. for Gods people are
beginning to see that the church should
not be made a fashionable club. That
church will be the church of the future
which seeks not to build up itself, but to
pour out its life for the regeneration of the
people"
The subject of mass meeting on the
Armenian question was discussed. and DR..
Briggs made a few remarks in behalf of
the State Sabbath Association.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-17
Ostrich-Feather C0Ilarettes and BOaS

OStIicl-Featler C0llarettGs and B0as
Black Ostrich Feather Collarettes, 2o-inch,
with ribbon ends, at 81, So, So rs, $5, $6,
81 so, So so each.
Black Ostrich Feather Boas, in 36, As and
54 inches long, best quality and fullest
made, at lowest prices.
FUR NECK SCARFS, "Spring Heads
In coney, natural black and brown
opossum, imitation and real mink,
electric seal, stone marten. real black
marten and Thibet. at the lowest
prices.
CHILDREN'S FUR SETS
(MUFF AND BOA).
White Coney, Gray Hare, White Angora.
White Thibet and large assortment
OF other grades, at the lowest prices.
LEATHER GOODS.
PURSES in all sizes and styles, combina-
ton cases (pocketbook and cardcase
combined), in black seal, colored seal
and alligator, with and without ster-
ling silver corners; very large variety
and lowest prices.
LADIES' SHOPPING-BAGS, in an enor-
nous assortment Of styles and at low
est prices.
TIDES! TIDES!
JAPANESE SILK TIDES, in tinsel and
hand-emb broidered, will be placed on
sale at SOC, 75c, 81, 81 % and 81 so each.
TABLE SCARFS!
At $1.75.
JAPANESE TABLE SCARFS, in fancy
EN- mbroidered fringe ends, will be Of
fered at 81 IS each.
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MEMS FURNISHINGS !!
INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS

INITIAL HANDkERCHlEF
At 25 Cents.
MEMS JAPANESE HEMSTITCHED
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS large size,
with embroidered initials, will be Of
fered at 25c each.
At 35 Cents.
MEMS JAPANESE HEMSTITCHED
SILK HANDKERCHIEF extra large
size, with embroidered initials, will be
offered at 35c each, $4 dozen.
At so Cents.
MEMS JAPANESE HEMSTITCHED
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, extra large
size, with very handsome embroidered
initials. will be offered at SOC each.
At IS Cents.
MEMS JAPANESE HEMSTITCHED
grade of surah silk, with hand-embroid-
cred initials, will be offered at ?5c
each, So dozen.
At S1.OO.
MEMS EXTRA HEAVY JAPANESE
SILK KHANDKERCHIEFS, extra large
size, with hand -em hroidered initials,
will be offered at 81 each, $11 dozen.
At 25 Cents,
MEMS HEMSTITCHED ALL-LINEN
HANDKERCHIEFS, with hand-em-
broidered initials, will be offered at 25c
each, or in fancy boxes of half dozen
at 81 so.
At 35 Cents.
MEMS HEMSTITCHED ALL-LINEN
HANDKERCHIEFS, with hand-em-
broidered initials, and extra large size,
will be offered at 35c each, or in fancy
boxes of half dozen at 81.
At so Cents.
MEMS HEMSTITCHED ALL.LINEN
HANDKERCHIEFS, with very hand
some hand-emb broidered initials, extra
large size, will be offered at SOC each, or
in fancy boxes of half dozen at So.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-17
MIEELERS AND REFER SCARES..

MEMS SILK MUFFLERS, in white,
cream, black, navy and fancy colors, at
75c, 81, ST. 25. 81 so, 81 to 81 each.
MEMS REFER SCARFS, in black,
white, navy, ETC., single at 75c and 81
each, double at 81 so, 81 and 81 so each.
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FANS! FANS!

SPECIAL SALE.
FEATHER FANS at 25c, SOC ana 81 each.
PAINTED GRENADINE FANS, Empire
designs, at 75c, ST., 81 25 81 70 and 81 so
up.
OSTRICH FEATHER FANS at 50, So so
and $5 each.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-17

IANOTHER GREAT WEEK FOR HOLIDAY BUYERS!

fWefl who
COUNTLESS BARGAINS daily such TREMENDOUS
ub-
mita REPRESENTATIVE ITEMS all n
ELEGANT AND USEFUL to and
the
THOUSANDS OF MARVEL Gus BARGAINS OFFERED!
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-17
EXTRA SPECIAL!

At 25 Cents Each.
1000 dozen LADIES' SHEER WHITE
LAWN SCALLOPED EMBROIDER-
ED HANDKERCHIEFS, guipure ef-
fects, usual valtie So dozen.
At So 90 Each.
LACE COLLARETTES, Butter Point
Venise Vandyke Points, trimmed with
Net-Top Point Venise Lace, the latest
novelty, usual value 81 50-An Elegant
Present.
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NECKWEAR-! NECKWEAR!

At so Cents.
MEMS ALL-SILK SCARFS, in tecks,
four-in-hands. fancy bows, De join
villes, Windsors, ETC., will be offered at
SOC each.
At 75c, $1.OO, $3.50.
MEMS EvX IRA FIN E ALL-SILK
SCARFS, in the latest styles and made
up of the newest colorings, will be of
fered at 75c to 81 so.
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LACE SCARFS!
BLACK SPANISH GUIPURE LACE
SCARFS, all silk, extra long, at So,
50 80, So, So SO, 81 and IS each.
BLACK HAND-RUN SPANISH LACE
SCARFS, extra long, at So 75, $5, s6 rs,
81 so, So rs, $11 rs, $l4 IS and $40 70
each.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-17
TABLE SCARFS !!

At $1.75.
JAPANESE TABLE SCARFS, in fancy
EN- mbroidered fringe ends, will be Of
fered at 81 IS each.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-17
NECKWEAR!

INION wv IHlN
The larges. assortment and lowest prices
in Yokes. Collarettes, Plastrons, Ruff
fies, etc, in Lace, Chiffon, Mousseline
de Sole, Satin, Silk, Crepe de Chine
and Crepon.
At $l.OO. $l25, $l.5O, 5000, $3.50,
$500 to $500 Each.
The Latest Novelties-a most acceptable
present.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-17
LEATHER GOODS.
TIDES! TIDES!

JAPANESE SILK TIDES, in tinsel and
hand-em broidered, will be placed on
sale at SOC, 75c, 81, 81 25 and 81 so each.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-17
FUR NECK SCARFS, "Spring Heads

In coney, natural black and brown
opossum, imitation and real mink,
electric seal, stone marten. real black
marten and Thibet, at the lowest
prices.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-08

Eut iudgng-from the fact that the deputy
had not confronted us h!mselfA-that he
was an impostor. to whom Gringuet's i'll
ness had suggested the scheme on which
/ had myself hit, 1 hoped for the best;
ana. to be sure in a moment All QUERY
arose in the house and quickly spread.
OF those at the door some cried to their
fellows to hearken while others FASTENED
off to see. Yet still n little time elapsed.
during which | burned with impaticnce;
and then the crowd came traripling back,
all wrangling and speaking at once.
At the door the chatterng ceased. and.
a hand being laid on the bar, in moment
the door was thrown Open and l walked
cut with what dignity [ could. Outside.
the scene which met my eyes might have
been, under other circumstances. diverting.
Before me stood the landlord OF the inn
bowling with a light i'm each hand. as If the
more he bent his backbone the more he
must rropitiate me; while n fat, middle
aged man at his elbow, whom | took to be
FonNelle smiled freely at me with a chap
fallen expression. little aside, Curtin, n
shvivelcd old fellow, was wringing his
hands over his loss; and behind and
around these, peeping over their shoulders
and staring under their arms clustered a
curious crowd Of busybodes, who. be-,
tween amusement at the joke and awe of
the great man. had much ado to control
their merriment.
Thu host began to mutter apologies. but
/ cut him short. II will talk to you to-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-08

getically, as he went before, and opening
a second door, stood aside for us to enter.
"But Il is d good loom, and, if YOU p-c1se
"A fire shall he l.shtod. The shutters are
closed ne continued as we passed him.
Ma.gnan and La Trapc carrying my bag
gage. but they shall be opened. Halo.
Pierre Pierre therei open these shut"
on the word his voice rose-and broke;
ana in a moment The door, through VIII ch
We had all passed unsuspect.ns, fell to with
crash uehind US. Before We could move
we heard the bars drop across it, a little
before, La Trape had taken candle from
some ones hand to light me the better; md
therefore we were not n darkness. But
the Light this gave only served to impress
on us what the falling bars had already
fold us-that we We're outwtted! We We're
Dr. SOnerS.
The room in which we stood looking
like chamber, with small windows high III
the upholstered walls. y long board set
on treStles. and two or three stools placed
sound .t-On the occasion, per1aDs, Of
some recent fest.vity--had for moment
deceived us, and played the landlords
In the first shock of the discovery. hear
ing the bars .op home, we stood gaping
and wondering what it meant Then
door and tried it-fruitlessly.
| joined him more at my leisure. and
ra sing my voice. asked angrily what this
folly meant open the door there! DO
YOU hear. landlord?' | cried
No one moved, though Maignan cont:n-
ued to rattle the door furiously.
DO you hear?" l repeated. between an
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-08
A Proud Old Peer.

The duke of Argyll who. at the age Of
seventy-three IS about to marry for the
third time. is again the interesting subject
of the London correspondents comments.
''The duke" says one OF them in a letter
to The Chicago Times-HeraId has long
been the target for good natured satire
even among those who recognize his schol-
arship and oratorical power. Highly blessed
and endowed he Is, he lacks one thing
he has not even the most elementary sense
Of hunor. 1t was TO him that Lord Rose
berry applied the phrase. that pOrtentous
political pedagOgue,' n phrase that stuck.
He is never disturbed. however, by a shad-
ow of a doubt to his own absolute infal-
lihlity. The fame that he acquired from
the publication Of his really great work.
The Reign of Law has confirmed him i'm
movably i'm the conviction that he is enti-
tied to wear the moral crown, and he de-
plores the follies OF the world and the ig-
norance of mankind with a solemn pathos
that always provoked the laughter of
Huxley. lie regards himself as almost the
only consistent free trader who ever lived
while Golden and John Bright We're only
plausible impostors. He has steadily re-
fused to admit tat Darwin knew anything
of natural history, or Ricardo anything
about political economy, and OF late years
he has been half inclined to suspect that
Giadstone's corceT tons of politics are fun
Iamentally erroneous. Intellectual rival he
mover had nor social sUpeTior-in his own
esteem. He actually extends his patroniz-
Jig manner To royalty, for. when Victoria
made him a peer of the United Kingdom
he rec:orocatcd by making a public speech
or the subject. which was emirently gra-
clous in tone The third duchess is Miss
Christine Erskine MCNEIL, a lady of the
queens bedchambeT.
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FARMINGTHETAXES.


tendants in the parts they were to play,
prepared with the help of the seals, which
never left Maignan's custody, the papers
necessary to enable me to enact the role of
Gringuets deputy. Though l had been two
or three times To Nillebon, had never been
within two leagues of lie Mesnil, and had
no reason to suppose that | should be rec
ognzed; but to lessen the possibility of this
! put en- plain suit belonging to Maignan,
with "A black-hilted sword and no orna-
ments. ] furthermore waited to enter the
town until evening. that my presence,
being reported, might bc taken for granted
before / was seen.
In q large place my scheme must have
miscarrieC, but in this little town on the
hin looking over tho plain Of vineyards and
coinici5s. with inn, market house and
church in the square ana on the fourth side
the open bdttlomcnts. whence the towers
Of Chartres could be seen on a clear day,
] looked to have to DO only with small men
and SAW no reason why it should fail.
Accordingly. riding up TO an inn about
sunset | called. with an air for the land
lord. There were half u dozen lourgcrs
seated liz row on IL bench before the door,
and one of these went to fetch him.
When the host came out, with his apron
twisted round his waist, l asked if he had
room.
Yes" he said shading his eyes to look at
me II have"
Very vel" I answered. pompously. con
sidcTing that | had iIst such an audience
as dcsred-by which ! mean one that,
without being too critical would spread the
news. 1 am NJ. HrinSuets deputy, and l
am here with authority to collect and re-
nit receive and give receipts for his males
tvs taxes, tolls and dues, now. or to be-
due and owing. Therefore. my friend |
will trouble you to show me to my room
! thought that this announcement would
impress him rs much as I desired; but to
my surprise, he only stared at me. En-
he exclaimed at last, in falterng voice
M. GiinguotS Goputv?"
Yes ! said, disIncCrtinS somewhat i'm
patiently he is i'll with the govt and can
not come"
And you-arc his deputyY'
Il have said So"
Still hc did not move to do my bidding.
but continued to rub his bald head aud stare
at me- as If ! fascinated him. "Wcu / am
I mcan-i think W. are fun" h. stammer-
ed At last with his ewes like sauce~s
rcr'i,d wien .,-.-, i.,,.,..t, ~ 10
had just said that he had room. adding
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-08
His Ilfinatun

From The Detroit Free Press.
And you reject my offer?' he said Ia
ber intensely "You refuse to be the
ONO woman in all the world to me?''
..Tno afraid So" she confessed, rather
kindly. for she meant we'll
..Then I have but one thing to say to
Won madam he said, reaching for his
hat.
al am sure you have my permission to
say that What is it?"
He drew himself up to his full height.
.aThere are Others" he replied, haughtily
and passed out of the game
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-08

1T is across the yard" he said apollo
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-12-26
CHAT WITH CONTRIBUTORS.

Beech Nut requests US to announce that his alb
sence from home will work the suspension OF
Ihedops until Feb. ]. Would that Emerys travels
might bring him to Baltimore to start the New
Year Alright " Our sympathy Is extended to
Zenith and Horizon, in the serious illness of the
latter All their friends will join in wishing she
NAV speedily regain her health.-This week wit
nesses the commencement of II mastery series of
diamonds by time copartner. III his effort
in this line receives praise equal TO that bestowed
upon Rex Fords 26. Eugene may indeed consider
himself well repaid for his labor---Shoo Fly ai-
thorzcs us to offer copy of Mr.. Fortesque" as
n prize to the person who shall contribute the dia-
mond on QUINqUEvfRI containing the fewest tags.
In the event of our receiving - than one tagess
combination the best will be the winner.
THE first issue of st. Julian's Mystic Tree"
shows the hand of the skilled and experienced
Editor Send u dime for years subscription to
F. f. Hollngwortb. 26I Twelfth street, Brooklyn,
~ VI Il. w. finds the answer to No 205S to be
"A mad, uucanny, Phia. poetaster's Summer
corn "-Comrade's rhyming machine furnishes
verses worthy the Leagues Chairman of Re-
ception Committee -Remember friends this is
your last opportunity to send your dollars to the
Treasurer; also, your applications for membership
Address DIR. J. ; +. Sessford, 1912 New Hampshire
avenue. Washington, ID. G.; or bring your dues in
concerned.-This is how Comrade bewails the
fact that "a comma appeared after ~ complete in
his uuatrain, lately printed: "Anent that Trans
in Mystery shown, the punctuation disown; for
anyone clearly see "a comma there where none
should be. i guess u will make the sOlyers rave.
aud like wild lunatics behave, and on me tercest
wrath eondign, although the fault is yours not
minc.n Rather severe us. isn't it?--Nos .O74.
9O7j. and 2077 received many favorable notice
and were uniformly pronounced No l.
l2-26-'95. Il. o. CHESTER.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-12-26
SOITERS.

Puzzles published during September and Octo-
ber CO. 10 which solutions were received rs fOilows
Alumnus, q. Race. co. Frank Lynn, 50; G.. Saw,
81 X. l.. G. r., 81; Comrade. 4s; Eutah, Assero,
Malenco, Ben Trovato. 10; Rex Ford. "A; Dr.. i. A..
ID. Blake, 40: Bison. Rokeby. IS; III. o. Nier, 81
Darby, III. s. Nut, KRtrura. 81; Frantz, Nyas, VIII
o the Wisp. Lew Ward. so; Mrs. g. T.. c., Z. o..
stage. Il. H., 25; Primrose Pearlie Glen, Lucille,
%; A. Dandy, Calvin. n. T.. Moore, Guidon, Maude,
Dan ID. Lyon, Lucrezius Borgers. Cosotte. Lillian
Locke, 90; Taters, 1877 T. o. Boggan. Leone. Vet
eran, May Ma-ker. AidyI. OiofTe FINISHED, IS /;
SCION, Zproastcr, Miss Fit, Hi Pntia, Teepeeksy,
Ia Pat Riot, Is; Carroll Ton. Serpeggando. Janus.
ID; Swamp Angel. Beech Nut, Haidee. IL; Lydia,
Novus Homo. H. f. Morse. Two-Forty. IL; Arty
Fishel, Pennock, Nedmac, Cinders, Empty. o.
Range. Joel H. Hint, Uredge, Appel, Holly, Far
away. o. Dan Knight. s. Cleo. Winnie Wood Re-
nardo. See f. See, u y. o. Vice, 8; Poly, Gil Gsa-
tic, 5; Annie Laurie Ztida. 4; Annette, Shoe Fly.
Carlo Harry, 3; Adeiante, Economy. 10 Urnai,
g. Lam, 2; 10 King, Newcomer. H. d. j., Miss
Tick, h. r. Did. Damon, Orlando. w. D. j., l; Eu-
gene o. Total, 81. Complete lists, 2
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NO. 215l-ANAGRAM.

Fit Bethlehem, music loud safes air.
Penlng. gently pealing,
Are the church bells Tar away,
Stealing. softly stealing,
Comes the merry echo's lay.
From that ancient belfTy grating,
Floats the sound reverberating
To our ears, when humhly kneeling
On this glorious Christmas Day.
Rending. sharply rending
With their soul-inspring sway,
Blending. sweetly blending.
For the newborn King to-day.
How the land resounds with Ginning.
Round the Throne the cherubs climbing
Chant Hosannas while descending
To His cradle in the hay.
Cleaning. brightly cleaning
Are the candle flames at play,
Streaming, purely streaming
'Mougst the affairs. blooming, gay.
Carols sweet the choir is singing,
Peace OH earth to mortals bringing.
P&rfumed air with incense teeming
As our thoughts TO Heaven stray.
-ZoRoAsTER, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Ella L. calkins, Lacelle, Iowa.

Eight years ago my father introduced mo to
DR.. S. +. Smith in the depot of the Boston a.
Bangor Railroad. Boston. Though quite young
at the time, could not help marking the fine
color and open, benign countenance of this
renowned mar. Little did realize the weight
Of years when lac told me he was nearly so.
When ! read OF his death those eight wears
came rushing back to me like the waters of a
pent-up sea-those eight years swiftly flying
past as If time had Embossed the spool of age
and let the string Of years run out; and in the
past ] see sentence four centuries old
The fault. dear Brutus is not in our stars,
but in ourselves that underIings."
The advantages OF wealth were not DR.
Smiths when he entered Harvard College; hut
by hard labor aud by grasping opportunities at
the right time he ranked among the first men
Of the Nation.
Did ] say among the first men of the Nation
among the first men of the world | should
have said. Approaching the blessings of lib.
erty, loving his Nation next to his God, his
pure, grand soul burst out in one glad refrain:
q My country Ills of thee
Sweet land Of liberty"
Who has not sung that song? The chained.
marching slave Of Madagascar, dreaming of lib
erty, j. singing of such country-"M Ny cOun-
try, It's Of thee" The dying Armenian, OPP
pressed by Turkish despotism, is looking with
longing eyes across the ocean and signing
My country. tbs Of thee" The Irish serv-
ant girl is paving the Atlantic with her hard
earned dollars that her descendants may walk
10 DIR. Smiths Sweet land OF liberty"
Marc Anthony said, . come 10 bury Cesar
not to praise him." Let me say, come 10
praise Dr. Smith. for is there any who can bury
him2 No; lie shall live immortal in the mem
DRY Of his countrymen.
The glory Of granite or brass need not be
raised; no tombstone is necessary TO tell his
country that she had DIR. Smith Mhosoever
shall mark his grave let him write upon it,
Here lies man his country loves"
Frank M. Kemp Hazleton, Pa
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WONDERFUL INDIA PAPER.
Secret of Its Making is known to Only
Three Persons.
Book ReuietCs1


The marvellous Oxford India paper was first
introduced in 1875 Since then it has revOlu
tiOnized the Bible and prayer-boOk trade, and
it is now used for all the more popular devo-
tional books throughout the world
In the year 1871 an Oxford graduate is said
to have brought home from the far East
small fold of extremely thin paper, which
was manifestly more Opaque and tough FORTS
substance than any paper then manufactured
in Europe. He presented it to the Clarendon
Press.
The late Mr.. Thomas COmbe, who had only
recently been appointed printer to the Uni
versity, found it to be Just sufficient for "a
copies of the smallest Bible then in existence
diamond 24mO-and printed an edition OF
that number which bore the date 1912. The
books were barely third of the usual thick
ness, and although as much as 500 apiece
was offered for them no copies were sold, and
they were presented to the Queen and other
distinguished persons.
All efforts to trace the paper to its source
were futile, and, as years rolled on, the
circumstance was forgotten. But early in
1874 a copy fell into the hands of Mr.. Arthur
f. Miles, who showed it to Mr. Provide, and
experiments were at once set on foot at the
Oxford University paper mills with the OBJ
ject of producing similar paper.
The first attempts were failures, but sue
cess was achieved, and Aug. "a, 1875, an edi-
ton of the diamond 2lmo Bible similar in
all respects to the "A copies printed in 1912,
was placed on sale. This was the first Ok
ford Bible published by Mr. Provide.
The feat OF compression was looked upon as
astounding. the demand was enormous, and
before very long quarter of a million copies
had been sold.
The paper when subjected to severe rub
bling, instead of breaking into holes, assumed
a texture resembling chamoise leather, and
strip only three inches wide was found able
to support quarter of a hundredweight with
out yielding
The secret of its manufacture, it may be
said, is known to only three living beings.