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to every purchaser of S1.00 or
more, an exquisite and hand
some French Bisque Figure will
be given today.
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A beautiful and most complete
line of silverware of every de-
scription. All guaranteed to be
the best quadruple plate at 4Oc
on the dollar. Don't miss your
chauce If tI1;s
The morning times., 1896-12-16
Lace Curtain Bargains.

5oO falr Nottingham LGee Curtains,
full 353 yards long, reduced nom SI.C0 10
csc.
100 Nottingham Lace Curtains. ecru or
white, full four yards lens, reduced from
$500 70 SI.9s.
Fifty Pairs irish Point Curtains. white
only. fun az wards long, - uches wide,
reduced from $500 20 S3.iS.
100 Pairs French TambOured Muslin
Curtains. fui! 3 = yards, reduced from
S3.00 70 SI.49.
Five-foot Wood Pole. in cherry. ash oroak-
Brass Trimmings complete Win every pair
OF Curtai3s. &c.
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Syndicate Purchasing Co.,
437 Seventh st. N. w.

Crowded all day to the doors.
Only nine more shopping days
Until Xmas. Avail yourself OF
the time.
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Opposed Forman.s confirmation.

Among the nominations laid over by the
Senate Finance Committee yesterday until
after the holidays was that OF Hon. VIII
liam S. Fornan Of Illinois, to be COM
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Drapery and
Fancy Cushion Specials.

100 AlI-SHk japanese Gold CIoth sofa
Cushions. : inches square. ruffled and
filled with feathers, reduced from 81 90 70
soc.
$50 Imported Japa ReSe DoubIeH cad Rest,
SILK tassa!s, reduced from 25c q I5c.
6.0GO yards 36-in- new 81 tyIeS : koIine and
3,G0O yards Gold Cloth Drapery, reduced
from 12I9c TO &C.
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missioner of internal revenue, Ihere ap-
rears to be a hning-up OF silver forces
to postpone action on all nominations
where DeInocratshave been nominated, who
have been conspicuous as ''bolters' from
the ticket nominated at Chicago.
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% We ARE we'll fixed

For a big rush in our
Upholstery Department.
The greatly reduced prices
are souvenirs with our COM
pliments.
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Take.NOChanCeS
II You Need a Doctor Consult
the Best.

Lies too precious to take chances on
~ with incompetent physicians and self
ktVlpd professors. Nine times out OF
ten you win be made worse by them: III
you need physician at all, you need the
very best that can be had.
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DIR. YOUNG

Has cured thousands of cases pronounced
incurable by less skilled physicians. Don't
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Delay Is rulnous. DIR. Young treats with
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Blood and Skin Diseases, Catarril, Asthma,
bronchitis. all diseases Of the Eye, Ear.
Nose, Throat, Lungs. and all affections OF
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nsrDr. Young employs 40 Subst1-
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Office honrs-Dauy 10 TO .; every Thurs
day evening, Ia 8; sunday, 10 to IL.
Charges Low, Especially to the Poor.
CUkSULrklllA IN LETTER fREk
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UphO Stery Department.

duced.
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All our $3.50 to s40o Tapestry Por-
tieres, So. 9S.
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All our $500 to s4-oO Chenille Porrieres,
So eS
Sharp County record., 1896-06-12

exposed to the weather than
the others, many letters, and
in some instances whole
words have been obliterated,
but from. the context the fol-
lowing can be made ont,
Obliterated are indicated by
dashes:
Presented to John Noyer
Jr., compliments Off, -
------- friend, Nellie G.. (or s.
(Here follows a few lines en-
tirely undecipherable, after
which the appended quota
tion is given0
"Years have not scen-time shall not see
The hour that tears my soul from thee"
The old records Of those
who passed away at John
SONS island and subsequently
found final resting places
there, have been examined
into, but no such name as the
one given above has been
found, and accordingly the
conclusion may be drawn
that Prisoner Lieut.. John
Meyer, Jr, did not die while
in captivity, but was one Of
the 5000 who were given
their liberty at the close of
the war, and it is possible
that he is now among the
living. The little testament
is now in tue possession Of
Mr.. John Hauser, and he
p ICES it highly as a relic of
the rebellion. lex.
Sharp County record., 1896-06-12

The richest and most ex-
tensive forests of hard wood
now standing in the United
States are in Arkansas, An
idea of their value can be
formed by considering the
fact that all that part of the
United States and territories
lying west Of us produce no
hard wood, and that the for
ests north Of us are about
exhausted.- 1Al1-,l&45a5 ] q
practically the source of sup
ply for two-thirds of the area
of the United States for this
indispensable material used
in the manufacture of furni-
ture, wagons, agricultural
in1pliments, eve. .--Ex.
Sharp County record., 1896-06-12
Don't be whining about

Don't be whining about
not having a fair chance.
Throw a sensible man out Of
a window, he'll fall on his
feet and ask the nearest way
to his work, The more you
have to begin with, the less
you will have in the end,
Money you can earn yourself
is much brighter than any
you can get out Of dead mems
bags. A scant breakfast in
the morning Of life whets the
appetite for a feast later in
the day. He who has tasted
a sour apple will have the
more relish for a sweet one.
Your present want viii make
prosperity all the sweeter,
AS for the place you are cast
in, don't find fault with that;
you need not be a horse be-
cause You were born in a sta.
bic. BE a man. -llx.
Sharp County record., 1896-06-12

~ QQf Special Wholesale Price. Never before sod
q le1H Y0qucky introduce tho "NIaywood Bioyce we
ueQleed to make special coupon Offer giving every
paper chance to get rstclass wheel at the
qce ever offered On receipt of 5000 and coupon
wu snp TO anyone tho above Bicycle securely Grated
oa 4e1vee safe delivery. Money refunded II not as
11.4 after arrival and examination. We Will ship
W. privilege o. examination, for 5000 and coupon
NY is sent with order as guarantee OF good faith
P!ndng warranti with each Bicycle. This ia q
4Ni9tifc and you cannot afford TO let tho oppor-
p43 Address all orders TO
CASH BUYERS UNION,
- Wsst Van buren Street, Bx aiIs, CHICAGO, ILL.
Sharp County record., 1896-06-12
OFFICIAL.

Congressman, First Dlshict--P. d. McCulloch
residence M0runna, Lee County.
Senator, Second Disl-Clay Sloan, POwhatan.
Judge, 10th Judicial Di5t--John B. McCaleb,
Evening Shade
Pros. Atty 10th DIst-J. Buck Baker, Mel.
bourne.
SHARP COUNTY -Rcprosentatlye--r. /. Herrn.
Judge-W, q, Murphy,
tlerk-Jaspor Juatus,
SheriiI-GC0. W. AGlen.
Assessor-anO, W, Mclean.
Trea5urrr-P. If, Wilkerson.
Co, EXamincr-A. Il. brewster.
TIE COURTS,
Circuit Court, Y. Dist-First Monday IN Jan
uary ana July In s. Dlst-Sec0nd Monday in
February and August.
County Cowt-lst Monday in January, April,
July and October
Probate Court s. Dlst-lst Monday in Febru
airy. May, August and November.
Sharp County record., 1896-06-12
Historic Johnson Island.
A Bible Found That Was Hidden Away Ry
Confederate.

SANDUsKY, O., May Is. -
Historic Johnson's Island---
that little patch of land of
some 800 acres used during
the war as a prison for Off
GERS of the confederate army
lis always of great interest
to the people of the north as
we'll as those Of the south.
Johnson's island is situated
across the bay from this city,
and ever since the close of
the great conflict of '61-'65
it has been used almost ex-
clusively for farming pur-
poses, great fields of wheat
and corn and vineyards and
orchards giving up their pro-
ducts year in AID year out.
The plow and the reaper in
due course of time, have been
used to advantage within the
very confines, now marked
only by faint traces of the
once strong stockade, where
hundreds of the brave boys
of the south repined while
their brothers were heroicaly
repulsing the onslaught Of
the enemy or were making
attacks upon them at the
battles front,
The spade, the hoe and the
plow of the peaceful agricul-
turist have turned up many
relics of the rebellion, by
both the boys in gray i'm
prisoned at Johnson's island,
and the boys in blue who
kept vigilant watch over
them. Canteens, parts Of
firearms, sabers and swords,
buttons of brass, bone and
pearl that once held III place
the coat of gray oyer hearts
ati.g 7Eith hope 'gs 1,'caa {, ss,st'
tidings OF victorious battles
were carried to them, or sad
and disconsolate as the days
OF Imprisonment heightened
into weeks and months and
even years, and then almost
bursting with grief as their
comrades, to the number of
more than 200 were removed
from their mess, cold in death
to be buried on the little ISL
and and among strangers in
a strange land. Every relic
found on the little island has
hidden within itself a story
of trials and tribulations,
hopes and fears, which no
doubt will never be known to
other than to it's inanimate
self.
The finding last week,
though, of a little time worn
testament reveals a story Of
more than ordinary interest,
and there is shown upon al
most every page Of the little
book chapters OF a most ro-
mantle and at the same time
pathetic phase of the life Of
at least one Of the 3, 200 Off
GERS who were prisoners of
war on the island, The tes-
lament was found by County
Commissioner John Hauser,
Of Sandusky. Mr.. Hauser
was on the little island on 4
pleasure jaunt, and while
roaming about, his attention
was attracted to'a snake Of
uncommon species. The rep
tile glided under a rock but
as Mr.. Hauser had decided
upon finding out to what par
ticular family the snake be-
longed, he made an effort to
captuae it, A lever was
necessary to move the large
rock under which the snake
had gone, and when Mr., Hat
eor baJ arc,u, Ibo I,et
Sharp County record., 1896-06-12

h11 been written upon, but
il was wholly undecipher-
a, ie without the aid of a
81 ong microscope. The
book was only a cheep affair
al d had been published IN
N2w York city by the Amer
ic3n Bible Society and was
the sixth edition Of that par
tieular make-up-a 32mo.
Although the testament is
sli'1llar to those now distrib-
ut2d by the American Bible
ST ciety, this particular one
isdifferent from others in that
st Try of love- love, pure and
siMple---is delineated upon
its pages, and is like others
because it seems to have been
tie solace and joy of its own
er--at least, the passages
nn2rked and the words writ
ten therein would indicate as
much. On the title page of
th2 book is inscribed in excel
lert handwriting the name Of
the owner, places of impris-
onment, ETC., and from this
it appears that the person
named was also a prisoner at
Camp Chase, near Columbus
o., for the name of that
prison is read with but little
difficulty. The writing on
this page is made out with
the greatest ease, and is as
follows;
"Lieut, John Meyer, Jrr
Prisoner of war, Prison No l
Camp Chase, Ohio---L Lieu
tenant of Byrne's Artillery,
Brigadier General John H.
Morgan's Calvary Command,
C.S.A.
September 16, 1863 y
Qs,,the reverse side of the
ifr1tsa if1'ssa pfisage lne name Of Lieut.
Meyer (or it somewhat re-
sembles Joyer here) again
appears, with the additional
words:
"Johnson's ID, San d.
uskey Bay, O., March, -"
the figures being entirely OBJ
liberated,
Turning over the pages of
the book, from Matthew to
Mark, to Luke, to John, and
to the Acts of the Apostles,
and to the 35th verse of the
second chapter, the following
passage is under-scored;
Until | make thy foes thy
footstool." Lieut., Meyer
must have had bright hopes
for the future when he mark
ed that particular passage,
and a more appropriate text
could have hardly been found
in the entire New Testa-
ment. Other verses Of the
ell-thumbed book W e r e
marked and all of them eX-
press great hope for the fu-
ture, as we'll as all unfalter-
ing belief in divine powers
and promises,
AS interesting as may
seem the foregoing, the in
side of the first cover tells
the most pathetic tale, tits
an affair Of the heart-.a love
story--the principles ofwhich
are John Meyer Jr., and a
southern sweetheart, or, for
aught one can tell, a porth.
ern girl may have presented
the Bible to the prisoner,
with protestations Of love
and devotion inscribed on the
first inside cover,
The writing is from the
hand Of woman and though
it is barely distinguishable,
It plainly observable that it
was executed with great care
Sharp County record., 1896-06-12
Directory.
RELIGIOUS

Preaching q, nrtbudtal uuuisu A,.. o..
Sundays IN each month Bey, A. q. nalom,
pastor. Everybody Is invited to attend,
Sunday-SchoOl every sunday morning al
o'elook at the Methodist church, Ever body is
Invited 10 come g. j. WILSON,
Miss Ella Craig, Secretary. superintendent
Sharp County record., 1896-06-12
SOCIETIES.


a EVENING SHADE LODGE No. li3, +. &
.FAxA. NJ, holds regular communications on
x * the saturdy before LIST Sunday in each
v month X. S. BACON, ". Nj.
R Metcalf, sec'y,
EVENING SHADE CHAPTER, No. II, o
< G>E. s., meets at Masonic Hall lst Thurs
) = day IN each month, at . 'clock p. m.
~ MRS, KATEHUDDLEST, N, W NJ
Mrs, WILLIE AuLT, Scc'W.
lN9Qse RURAL CHAPTER No. SO, r. A. NJ.
sAE holds regular copvocations Mt Masonic
~ -AS Hall in Evening Shade, the Sd saturday
aSsisOS in each month
JNO b. MoCALEB, II. p.
Sam II Davidson, See.
~ss@N BEREAR LODGE, No. 62, I. o. o
u g3"S r., nOlds regular meetings every al
g.grS, %E| ternate Friday night.
> &2~Nes l., T, MEDLEY, N 6.
JnO. d, Collins, Scc'Y,
M{MIMIH..
>>$NZNNfLHzz5/=> EVENING SHADE LopeE
f,.s$yEts>- No, 2t9O, X. Of
II Is%5s, ,~~IiS meets first Tu
=sSf' '&AWes sl--day nights in yer
-. ~ LEyA \f;1-..-. month.
<>%S3 gJyySSS W. CA"HoL SHAVER, D.
F'pN CD. Wilson y
The herald., 1896-02-28
A LIVELY SCRAP
Two weiI-Known Citizens Have . Row In
the Nadeau

Two WeiI-Known Citizens Have . Row In
the Nsdeau
A lively alteration took place In the
Nadeau lobby at about o'clock last even
ing, whi ch for a time promised interesting
results. Bad blood has 1existed for some
time between John Hall, an architect and
prominent landowner and real estate
agent, and W. w. Jenkins, who is engaged
in land and mining ventures. Coming out
of the Nadeau entrance at the hour above
stated, Hall met Jenkins face to face and
stepped to one side to pass. Jenkins
moved the same way, and for several mo-
ments the men lodged each other, as per-
sons often do when undecided which way
to pass. At this juncture Hall claims
Jenkins spoke roughly to him, but passed
on.
Later the parties met again in the hotel,
Jenkins having several friends with him,
to whom he made remarks which Hall
thought were directed at him. He ap-
preached the former and asked what the
trouble was. Hot words passed and sud-
denly, Hall says, Jenkins thrust his hand
into his pocket which protruded As though
the latter was pointing gun at him. At
the same time Jenkins struck Hall with his
fist, when the latter retaliated by hitting
Jenkins over the eye with cane which he
carried, cutting severe cash.
Hostilities were stopped at this point
and Jenkins retired for repairs. The end
of the matter is not yet reached, however,
as Hall claims that Jenkins has for some
time past made threats against him and
that the turning point has been reached.
He will no longer endure this treatment
and declares his intention Of fully pro-
tecting himself from any attack.
The herald., 1896-02-28
NHwBRRRY's RECEPTION
The Handsomely Decorated Store Throneed
With Visitors

The Handsomely Decorated Store Throneed
With Visitors
Yesterday was the day of the annual re-
ception rendered by Newberry, the popular
grocer, to his patrons and friends in the
city. The spacious Spring street estab-
lshment was profusely embellished with
floral decorations, while all fruits and del
icacies were arranged for display purposes.
The fine store rooms were set with elegant
furniture and the place made attractive by
the presence of Ahren's fine orchestra.
From the opening hour of the reception
pm, the vast establishment was thronged
by the fashionable people of the city. who
beheld in wonderment the attractive dis.
plays and superb decorations. The retail
meat department., just added, was espe-
cially noticeable, alike for the fine fixtures
and endless variety of stock displayed.
This department. makes complete the
lishment which has long been the favorite
with discriminating buyers.
The Newberry establishment has Just
received complete renovation and man.
agement, and is now the brightest and
most thoroughly metropolitan establish
ment of the kind in the city. The house is
rapidly absorbing the select trade of the
city. The electric cable cash carrying sys-
tenn, just introduced, is the finest thing of
the kind upon the Pacific coast.
The Newberry establishment has given
many tine receptions before, but none
have been so eminently successful from an
artistic nor popular point of view as the
present. In the progress of its trade the
firm makes wide strides from year to year,
and yesterdays event marks the high
water mark in events of the kind in this
The herald., 1896-02-28
Los ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNINGS FEBRUARY as $780,

discussed and the morning session was
closed by prayer from Mrs. Chase.
Mrs. Vose of the Central Union took TOR
her subject Systematic Giving. The speak,
er believed in the old biblical doctrine OF
giving tithe, and if the teachings OF
Christ were carried out in this the church
would never want for funds. She also op-
posed church entertainments for the raising
of money. as it lowered the spirituality OF
the members and in many cases caused
dissension and unkindly feeling.
Why Should Busy Church Member Join
the w. c. T. u? which paper appeared in
a recent issue of THE HERALD, was read
by Mrs. Lucy Blanchard.
There was a vocal solo by Mrs. Carter.
The question pox was answered by Miss
Stickney.
The discussion of the unfinished business
of last month concluded the meeting.
1t was decided during the afternoon that
Mrs. Helen Cougar will deliver, under the
auspices of the union of unions, two lect-
ures, one at University NJ. E. church March
26 and one at Illinois hall March 27. The
lectures will be free and all are cordially
invited to attend.
The herald., 1896-02-28
FIRED BY TELEGRAPH
The H0odoo Editor Heard From in
the East
An Innocent Reporter Ties q forming Con-
temporary Into Knot-Jim DAM
ron's Forcible Kick

Ex.Asscmblyman James Damron, who
is now leading lawyer of Phoenix, Ariz.,
has the Morning Hoodoo on the run, and
he is preparing to sweep down upon the
shop ornamented with the screaming eagle
bird with both feet. Damron's feet are
large and full of kidneys, as great many
people in this vicinity, especially the Hoo
doc, will remember, hence, the several
chapters in this story, which are as yet in
prospective, bid fair to be more interest
ing than the one which is about to be re-
lated.
When the knights Templar of Occur de
Lion commaudery returned from their re-
cent trip to Phoenix, the Hoodoo published
an alleged statement from Chief of Police
Glass to the effect that Lawyer Damron,
whose present whereabouts were not at
the time generally known, was practicing
law in the Arizona town and doing we'll,
Damron being written up at the time by
the ''queer'' journal as "a fugitive from
justice.'' This he is not, and the
Hoodoo's editors must have been
aware of the fact, even although the
reporter who wrote the matter may not.
Damron saw in the publication the opp"r-
tunity of lifetime. 1t was untrue and
basely libelous. and the ex-assemblyna an.
threatened serious trouble, and will, it is
said, at once bring suit for damages, as
we'll as swear to a criminal complaint.
The Hoodoo's man Friday, who is in charge
of the sheet pending the arrival OF the
! papers colonel, who is triumphantly tour
| ing the east, was scared out OF several
| inches of stature in the prospect OF prob
ably spending summer or two at the
Yuma penitentiary. where the temperature
| is never less than 14O in the shade, with
no money in the cash fund to purchase ice,
and he forthwith telegraphed the facts to
his superior. This was couple of days
ago. Yesterday came wire from New
| York ordering the summary discharge
from the papers service of the offending
reporter who had unexpectedly tied the
| paper into knot, and now
newspaper man and pretty, good one
is out of job. 'Jim" Damron
has from Phoenix, like a phoenix arisen
from the ashes, and he bids fair with lit
tie club which he knows 80 well how to use,
to have the Hoodoo for several seasons
edited from Jail, and an Arizona Jail at
that. Then will William Mckinley not re.
ceive the nomination, for the colonel will
not be there to marshal the clans.
In the meantime that Armenian relief
fund does not appear to be swelling worth
q saunterer's continental.
The herald., 1896-02-28
The Fiesta Will Be the Occasion
for a Banquet
WHO ARE TO BE GUESTS
City Offic ials From Southern California
and Arizona
A Debt Which Is Due to Several Surrounding
Cities and Towns Is to Be Squared
The Feast to Cost Thousands

One of the big, if not the biggest, features
of the coming Fiesta, is to be banquet
which will be one of the largest affairs of a
similar character ever attempted on the
Pacific coast.
The city and county officials have. dur
ing the past few years, been frequently in
vited to the surrounding cities and towns,
where they have invariably accepted Off
cial courtesies and entertainment. In
nearly every case a promise Of reciprocity
was made and has been accepted. These
favors are now owed to the city officials OF
Phoenix and Prescott, San Bernardino,
Riverside, Santa Barbara and San Diego.
From all of these places the city officials
have accepted hospitalities which
have never been repaid. The coun-
Gil went officially to- Riverside twice
within the past two years; to San Diego
the trip was made during the Cabrillo cele-
bration, to San Bernardino there was a
visit to the Fiesta in that city last year,
and to Phoenix and Prescott return ls
owing in payment for the wide open hospi-
tality extended during the recent carni-
val.
1t is now proposed to kill several birds
with one stone, and with one big entertain
junckets cited above.
So far the details are in an entirely en-
bryo state. 1t is, however, proposed to
raise fund of about $4,000, which money
is to be spent in spread the
like of which has never been heard
of anywhere in the state. The
list of invited guests is to include, besides
the list of officials of the cities and towns
mentioned, the officials from Santa Ana,
Pomona, Santa Monica, San Pedro and
Santa Barbara. Councilmen Munson and
Stockwell are enthusiasts in the matter of
the proposed feast. Hazards pavilion is to
be secured for an evening during the
Fiesta, and covers are to be laid for some
500 guests. The starter for the funds for
the purpose is to be secured by the assess
ment of the nine members of the council
and the mayor of $50 each. Then the
heads of each of the various mu-
nicipal departments will be asked to
subscribe their various bits, which will, it
is expected, be between $40 and $15 per
tribute their mites, and 10 will the leading
county officials and the members of the
various municipal boards. The job of en-
tertainment is to be turned over to a
caterer, who is to be asked to make an es-
innate npon the probable cost of the pro-
posed entertainment. Not less than
$4,000 will be raised for the various wet
and dry goods which will be necessary for
the occasion,
The banquet is expected to result in
cementing the friendship which the cities
and towns in Southern California and
Western Arizona have for Los Angeles,
and will send this way trade which might
otherwise go elsewhere.