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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-01
Commissioners Notice.
LOUISA A. HoYrs ESTATE

LOUISA A. HUYT'S ESTATE,
The subscribers having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict OF Caledonia, Com missioners to receive
examine, and adjust all claims and dem tnds
of all persons against the estate of Louisa A.
Hoyt, late OF Barnet, in said dis
trict deceased, and the term ofsix mon this from
the 9th day of April, 1896. being allow
ed by said Court to the creditors of said de-
ceased, to exhibit and prove their respective
claims before us: Give notice that we will
attend to the duties of our appointment at
the Town Clerks Ohce, in Barnet, In
said District, on the 10th day
OF May and the 3rd day of October, 1896,
next, at one O'Clock in the afternoon, on
each of said days
WILLIAM B. WARDEN,
]. K. SYMES,
commissioners.
Barnet, VT, April 20, A. d. 1896.
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There's money in using less soap
clothes, too-lots of EN-.
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A TALK OF ARBOR DAY.

HE other day I
asked Secretary
of Agriculture J.
Sterling Morton,
in Washington,
to tell me some
thing about Ar
Dor day, that ma
tional institution
of which he was
the founder.
"The almost
infinite possibili-
ties Of a tree
germ came to my
mind one sum =
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DETERMINED TO STARVE.
A Woman Locks Herself and Child in
a aRoom Without Food or Fuel.

CHICAGO, Dec. 11.-With a determi-
nation to starve, Mrs. Ansena Anderson
locked herself and eight-year-old
daughter Freda in their single living
room at 324 West Chicago avenue last
Tuesday and both have existed since
without food or fuel. Tonight the po-
lice. called to the scene by neighbOrs,
forced an entrance into the room and
took mother and daughter to the sta
ton. The former, it is believed, is in
sane, and the latter was nearly starved.
Freda said her mother locked and bar
ricaded the door Tuesday morning and
threatened her against making any out
cry. They had neither food nor fuel.
Freda begged to be released when she
became hungry, but the mother would
not allow her to go.
This evening while Mrs. Anderson was
sleeping the child went to the window
and attracted the attention of a neigh
bor Nobody has been seen about the
house since Tuesday, and it was sup
posed they had moved. When the child
had succeeded in notifying the neigh
bors several of them attempted to gain
admission to the room. Unable to do
this they notified the police, and the
officers forced open the door. Mrs. An
derson resisted, but was taken to the
station.
Seven years ago she was deserted by
her husband. She will be examined by
the County Physician as to her sanity.
The child, although weak, is said not to
be in dangerous condition.
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cred, if the roads are sold at auction
they will not bring sufficient to satisfy
that lien and the Governments debt.
The settlement proposed of extending
the Government loan for forty years at
2 per cent, while the road is paying 4
per cent. on it's first mortgage lien,
would be unjust to the Government. If
the Government extends the second
mortgage now, the report holds, 1t
would in effect guarantee the payment
Of the first mortgage bonds.
The report further says what has
been said of the Union Pacific applies
equally to the Central Pacific, which
owes the Government So. .SO1 900, that
is, if the Government extends the sec
ond mortgage.
The report recognizes that without
any fault of ours conditions prevail
which render it necessary for the Gov
ernment to either lose an enormous sum
of money or to adapt refundlng
scheme, but before we can agree to any
refunding scheme it ought to be clear
ly demonstrated that the Government
would be placed in much better posi-
ton than it now is Believing the Gov
ernment's position would not be mate
rally improved if the terms of the pro-
posed bill We're carried out, We cannot
assent to it's provisions"
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BESSEMER STEE L ASSOCIATION
No Arbitrary Restrictions Placed on
Members Regarding Prices.

PITTSBURG, Dec. 1.-THE Bessemer
Steel Association, the iron billet pool Of
the United States, adjourned at ) o'clock
this afternoon, after a three days ses-
ison, with the declaration that until the
market conditions are more favorable
there will be no arbitrary restrictions
placed on members regarding prices. All
the differences were compromised for
the present at least, as a result of the
session, and all the firms which had ex-
pressed satisfaction affirmed their ap-
proval of the action taken to harmonize
the discord which had developed be-
tween themselves and some of the large
tonnage firms.
After the meeting Secretary Griscom
issued this statement: owing to the
conditions of the iron and steel business
at present no fixed price has been ar
ranged by the association for billets,
slabs and sheet bars, covered by the as
ISOLATION. However, the association
continues intact, and the adjournment
was taken with q harmonious feeling
existing among the members"
The most persistent Of the dissatisfied
firms was the Bellaire CO., Steel Com
pany. 1t represented that the company
has large stock Of Bessemer ore which
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A MEXICAN BANDIT JAILED,
But Not Until After Giving His Captors
Lively Battle.

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 11.-Francisco Car
melo, the Fra Diavolo of Northern Mex
leo, was captured on Tuesday last near
Canyada Verde, by small party of
rurales under Jose Riley, Mexican of
Hibernian name, who officiates in the
dual capacity of Justice of the Peace and
head rurale at Tecate.
Learning that the noted bandit was
planning raid upon the ciballadas of
the Mexican ranchers between Campo
and the Pineries. Riley gathered his
warriors about him and surrounded the
outlaw at a farm house near the boun-
dary line. No trouble was experienced
in shackling Carmelo and two of his fol-
lowers, and Riley took up his march to
the city with his prisoners in short
order and without bloodshed
That night however, while the rurales
were asleep, Carmelo slipped his mana
cles, and, quickly releasing his two COM
panions, the three gave battle to the sur
prised officers in lively manner After
shooting and stabbing in the darkness
for an hour, Carmelo and his men once
more surrendered. and without further
incident they were brought to Ensenada,
where they arrived yesterday morning.
Governor Sanguinez was delighted
when he set eyes upon the willy horse
thief and robber who had so often given
him the slip. GO cut Carmelo's hair,
Corporal" said the Governor, land put
him in a soldiers uniform. Keep him
there for ten years. He is muy malo."
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NOT A ROAD IN THE STATE
PAYING DIVIDENDS.
DiSCourasins State Of Financial Affairs 0
Railways in Oregon.
Earnings But Little Above the Oper-
ating Expenses.
A Mexican Outlaw Landed in Jail, But
Not Until After Giving His Captors
a BattIe-Fatal Shooting ARRAY at
Modesto.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec ia spe-
cial from Portland, Or, says: By the
report Of the Oregon Railway Commits
sion, just forwarded to the Governor,
a discouraging state of financial affairs
is shown. Not a road in the State mas
paid dividends for four years or more.
Both the Oregon Railway and Naviga-
ton and the Southern Pacific show de-
ficits. The latter road Oregon and Cal
ifornia, operated by the Southern Pa
cific) has a shortage of S766,O2S this
year. 1t was S607 ,9O7 short last year.
The earnings for 1896 from all sources
amounted to $1,564, 800, and the op-
Grating expenses S1,326,392, leaving
$231 $3.50 to apply on interest and tax
account, which amounted to 81 ,OO3,-
S5S. making a deficit of Sl66,02S.
The Oregon Railway and Navigation
had a shortage, including rents and
taxes, of 1888, :5,3333 ,3395 in 1894. The show
ing since is little over per cent. on the
investment. In 1890 the gross earnings
We're So, GAO, 112, and operating expenses
81 ,621, ,713; income from operation, ST.
01S, ,399
The Oregon Central and Eastern is in
bad way. Since the litigation in the
courts, when S15,O00,O0O of capital in
vested in it was wiped out and the road
stood absolutely valueless, there has
been expended 100000 for improve
ments, and still there is not a cent in
sight for the purchasers, even on their
first investment. Bonner and Ham
mond the Montana magnates, really
used their mines to keep up expenses.
The road must be extended before it
can pay.
Notwithstanding these difficulties, the
commission says it has effected a re-
duction of freight rates.
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has been purchased at a low price, and
it felt that it could get along outside the
pool, especially as the managers felt ex-
asperated over the violations of the mu-
tual agreement entered into by all the
firms, and which some of the larger ones
were accused of violating.
On the other hand, some of the neigh
boring companies have a larger capac-
ity and smaller allotment percentage,
but this is equaliZed by the fact that
they manufacture their entire output
into higher forms of manufacture. and
therefore drew compensation from the
pool treasury, because they stay out of
the general market. These firms desire
that the pool continue in operation,
and their representatives worked hard
to get the dissatisfied firms to relent
from their expressed intention to with
draw, and succeeded in getting them to
do So
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A VETERANS DEATH.
Not Determined Whether It Was a
Case of Suicide or Foul Play.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 1.-Philip Lennon, a
native of Ireland, but for fifty years a
resident of the United States and G.
A. r. veteran, was found dead this
morning under the steps of the kinder
garten school home at San Augustine
and San Pedro streets.
A bottle containing small quantity
of carbolic acid found near him leads
to the supposition that he committed
suicide, but there are no signs of the
acid on his lips or tongue.
He received a pension of S27 80 per
month, and got a check about fifteen
days ago. There was no money on his
person. He was a member of Phil Sher-
idan Post, G. A. r., of this place.
A Coroner's inquest will decide the
cause of death. The veterans will look
after the funeral, as he leaves no family
He was from Go to 20 years of age. Some
PERSONS are inclined to think there was
foul play.
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WRECK OF THE SALIER
The Number of Lives Lost placed at
Two Hundred and Ninety.Two.

BREMEN, Dec. 1.-THE loss of life
by the foundering of the North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Salier, which sank
on Corona's Shoals in a gale that swept
the Atlantic this week, is now posit-
lively known. The steamer, in addition
to a crew of IS men, carried 214 steer
age passengers. Every soul went down.
making total of 292 persons that per-
ished through the laundering of the
steamer The steerage passengers were
bound for Argentina, where they in
tended to settle. The Salier carried no
cabin passengers.
Lloyd's agents at Corunna report that
the Salier foundered in a dense fog.
The Salier. the agent says. had a fear
fully rough passage firm Bremen to CO.
runna.
VIGO (Spain). Dec. 11.-Thus far
twenty-eight bodies from the ill-fated
Salier have been washed ashore, In
cluding that of the Captain. It was
found that his watch had stopped at
half-past o'clock, presumably on
Thursday morning, a very short time
after the vessel went down. The dead
were reverently inferred.
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MRS. MCKINLEY.
The Wife of the President-Elect Ar
rives at Chicago.

CHICAGO, Dee. 11.-Mrs. Mckinley,
wife of the President-elect, arrived in
this city this morning from Canton.
With her were her cousin Mrs. Lafay-
cite MacWilliams and Mr.. MacWilliams,
whose guest she will be during her stay
in Chicago, and Mr.. and Mrs. Morse of
San Francisco. Mrs. Mckinley said she
had a most pleasant journey, and did
not suffer from fatigue. The party was
driven to the Great Northern Hotel,
where they had luncheon, and afterward
Mrs. Mckinley was driven to the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. MacWilliams.
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GREAT SIBERIAN RAILWAY.
Country Along the Route Proposed
Wonderful in Its Resources.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11-Peter
Kulahoff and D. V. Ivanov, members Of
the Russian Geological Survey ON the
line of the Great Siberian Railway as
far as built or surveyed, are in this
city, ON their way to ST. Petersburg.
Their duty was to explore the coast for
long distance on the strip along which
the road will run.
One of them said: 1--WE found 1t a
wonderful country in scenery and re-
sources of gold, silver, lead, copper.
coal and other minerals 1t was all
we could have desired and we are TAX
ing with us to st. Petersburg many
samples of different agricultural lands
available, chiefly for growing wheat.
oats, barley and vegetables. The great
rivers afford fine opportunities for
commercial development"
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INGLESIDE RACES.
Personne, hardtack, Ostler Joe, Lu
ciIle and CaeSarian the Winners.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11.-Ingle-
side. Weather cloudy, track fast. Seven
furlongs, maidens Personne won, Sir
Andrew second, Zylpha third. Time
1:29A.
Seven furlongs. maidens. Imp. Hard
tack in England won, Rebekah second,
Manzanillo third. Time-1 :30h.
Mile and quarter, selling Ostler Joe
won, Adolph Spreckles second, Semper
Lex third. Time-2:OSH.
One mile, selling. Lucille won, Walter
j. second, Red Glen third Time-1 :43
Six furlongs, selling, Caesarian won.
Major Cook second, Toano third Time
-1:15A.
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SUICIDE HINTED AT.
A Weli-Dressed rlan Found Dying in
aVacant House at Ogden.

OGDEN (Utah), Dec. 11.-At noon to-
day weli-dressed man was found dy-
ing in vacant building on Wall ave-
nue.. near the Union Depot The Sher-
IFS Office was notified, and after re-
moval to- the City Jail the man died.
Papers upon his person indicate that
the body is that of Thomas B. Reese,
and that he has a family in Gunderson,
Mont. Officers are in doubt as to the
cause of death. The man had bean
drinking, and it may be death from ex-
posure, although suicide is limited at
The inquest will be held tomorrow.
when a post mortem examination will
be made
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HOSTING WORKS BURNED.
Severe Loss to the Homestake Mining
Camp, in South Dakota.

DEADWOOD Is. d., Dec. 1.-THE
Homestake mining camp met with
heavy loss this afternoon which will de-
lay the construction of it's new Ellison
hoist, which is in course of construction,
and which was discovered to be on fire,
and before it could be got under control
nearly all of the building that was COM
bustible was destroyed and the machin-
cry more or less damaged. The build
ing was to be the largest and most COM
plete hoist in the world. Estimates of
the loss are not obtainable at this hour.
The cause was a defective stovepipe
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RIVER BANK LANDS LEASED.
Steamboat Landing to be Constructed
at Stockton.

STOCKTON, Dec. Ill. D. Peters,
President Of the California Navigation
and improvement Company, has Sc
cured lease of all the land along one
of the banks of the San Joaquin River
from Wakefield to Black Slough. The
term of the lease is forty three years.
1t is understood here that this has been
done partly in the interest of the steam
boat company, and that within the next
few months at least five new landings
will be constructed for the company's
boats to touch at
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Late Attorney General Beatty.

CARSON (Nev.), Dec. 1.-THE re-
mains of Attorney General Beatty, who
died here yesterday, will be taken to
the Capitol building at II o'clock to-
morrow morning, where they will lie
III state for seven hours before being
removed to the depot for transportation
to San Francisco, where the interment
will take place under the auspices; of
the knights of Pythias
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VENEZUELAN DISPUTE.
This Government rlay Withdraw Sup
port in Its Settlement.

will tomorrow publish special dis
patch from Washington saying that Mr..
Starrow, counsel for the United States
Government in the Venezuelan boun-
dary dispute, who is now in Caracas,
has asked Secretary of State Olney
whether the protocol can be modified.
The writer of the dispatch asserts that
Mr.. Olney will not consent to any modi-
fication of the protocol, and adds that if
Venezuela obstructs the settlement of
the boundary question the United States
will withdraw it's support.
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Two British Vessels at San Diego.

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 1.-THE British
Esquimalt on its way to England. The
British ship Sierra Ventane, 1852 tons,
arrived to-day, 11S days from Cardiff.
A notable fact in connection with the
voyage was that from Cardiff to San
Diego none of the sails below the top
gallant were reefed
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Transmississippi Congress.

OMAHA, Dec. 10.-The Secretary OF
the Transmississippi Congress at Salt
Lake City writes that after correspond
ence with the officers of the congress
and consultation with the people in Salt
Lake it had been deemed best to post
pone the next session Of the congress
until next spring, as they feel that IT
will be impossible to get full attend
ance of delegates this winter.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE

OF the city, and many families have
been compelled to move to the upper
floors of their residences, while a num-
Der OF streets are impossible to pedes-
trians. 1t is feared that much sick
ness will be superinduced by stagnant
water, which cannot be drained. The
rainfall for the present month is a
trifie over eight inches The first train
from Seattle in one week arrived to-
night
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The DauntleSS Seized.

JACKSONVILLE (Fla.) Dec. 1.-THE
steamship Dauntless, already under
bond in two cases for violating the
neutrality and navigation laws, was
seized just before daylight this morn
ing by the revenue cutter Boutwell, The
seizure was made upon information
given by the Spanish Consul, Pedro
Solas, who alleged that the vessel was
starting on filibustering expedition
The officers refused to make an affidavit
that they would not violate the neu-
trality or maritime laws.
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Fatal Shooting ARRAY.

MODESTO, Dec. Ill. H. Young and
William Pritchard became involved in
a quarrel here this afternoon, during
which Young was shot and fatally
wounded. The exact cause of the quar-
rel is not known. Pritchard has been
placed under arrest
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Setback for the Parkhurst Society.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1.-THE cases
brought by the Parkhurst Society of
Los Angeles against the proprietors of
a number of bawdy houses for selling
liquor without a license were dismissed
by Justice Morrison to-day.
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A u. S. Attorney Indicted.

CARSON (Nev.), Dec. 1.-THE Grand
Jury OF Ormsby County to-day indicted
United States Attorney Charles Jones
on the charge of assaulting Samuel
Davis, the editor Of the Carson "Ap-
peal" Bail was fixed at 81, 800 and
warrant was issued for Jones' arrest.
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Believed to be a Case of Suicide.

OAKLAND, Dec. Ito. E. Ham,
mond, an Associated Press operator,
died at the Receiving Hospital at 2:3O
o'clock this morning. 1t is believed to
be a case of suicide
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A False Report.

SAN DIEGO. Dec. 1.-THE report of
the cave-in and death of several people
in the Queen mine at Ogliby yesterday
proves to be without foundation. The
mine is working as usual.
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Recognized as an Escaped Convict.

DENVER, Dec. 11.-Detective HAYES
of Kansas City, Mo, has identified a
convict in the Canyon City penitentiary
for robbery as d. T. Stone, the convict
who sawed a hole through the wall of
the Jail at Carrollton. allowing himself
and the Taylor brothers, who were
under death sentence for the murder of
the Meeks family, to escape. His term
will expire October 23, 1897, and he will
then be taken back to Missouri
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Twenty Persons Killed.

PARIS, Dec. 11.-Advices have
reached here from Lahu, West Africa,
to the effect that early in November a
deserter who had been captured willfuIly
exploded a cargo of gunpowder on a
French launch. Twenty persons were
blown to atoms, but four others es-
capped. The launch sank.
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Bryan's Lecturing Tour.

NEW YORK, Dec. III. ]. Roche.
who was formerly in business in this
city, has just returned from Lincoln.
Neb, where he closed the contract with
William j. Bryan for lecturing tour.
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FLOOD AT TACOMA.
Entire Western Portion of the City
Under Water.

TACOMA, Dec. 1.-THE heavy rains
of the past few days have literally
flooded out the entire western portion
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Argon has at last been combined
with water by Professor Willard of the
Paris Ecole Normandy. Il requires a
pressure of 200 atmospheres to do so.
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Throat diseases commence with
cough. cold or sore throat. Browns
Bronchial Troches' give immediate and
sure relief.
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PACIFIC RAILROADS
FUNDING BILL.
The Minority Of the House Committee
Has Submitted a Report,
Recommending an Amendment to the
Measure Before Congress.

Provides That the Debts Due by the
Roads be Extended at Three Per
Cent. Per Annum Instead of Two,
and That the Extension be Granted
Only on Condition That the COM
panies Arrange to Secure the Gov
ernment's Debt by First Tort
gage.
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Lotto Complete, 1OC.

This old and ever popular game
known to most every one, played
with numbered cards and counters
of glass and wood. These are in
! closed In neat substantial box,
gilt embossed. Special Sale Price,
10c.
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Remorse originally meant simply ''to
bite again."
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Folding Beds, 25C.

Oak Folding Beds, wardrobe
style; a combination in doll furni-
ture. Special Price, 25c
oak Dressing Stands or Bureau.
Special Price, 2Jc.
Oak Bureaus, small, &c each.
The above pieces of furniture way
under price.
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Good Old Aunt Game.

A very pleasing game put up In
neat box ten inches square: played
on box with Indicator and markers:
very simple and entertaining. Price,
1SC.
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ChiffOnieres, 35C.

Oak Chiffoniers and Dressing
Stands, single pieces of dolls furni-
ture; these are IS inches high to top
of mirror and 13 inches across, solid
substantial pieces; worth 81. Spe-
cial Price, 35c.
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Doll Buggies,

Doll Buggies,
With fair-sized wicker body, par
asol top. steel wheels and axles; a
stylish and strong little vehicle.
Special price, hSc
Doll B~ggies, large-sized wicker
body, steel wheels and axles, para
sol top; body adjusted to springs;
exact counterpart Of the genuine
baby carriage. The delight of every
little girl and a prize at Special Sale
Price. ST 90.
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lSC.
Boys Wagons, 65c.

Boys Hardwood Wagons, size of
bed 12x24 inches; size of wheels.
10 and Is inches; a good solid vehi-
Gle for boys to knock about; nicely
painted. Special Price, 6oc.
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: Order your JEWELRY for the Holi- !
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Black Coffee Cups.

Small Black Coffee Cups and Sau-
GERS, dainty French China creations
in novel patterns, with floral and
gilt hand-painted decorations. Spe-
cial Prices, 12c, 15c, 1Sc and 25c set.
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Barge and Tug, 33C.

Two Boats, either Of them a good
sized toy, exact counterpart of the
red tug and barge, completely fit
ted. Indeed, big thing for Special
Price, 33c Barge 20 inches long:
tug 1S inches long.
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Plaques, 3Sc.
Cup and Saucer, 15C.

Fine Decorated China Cups and
Saucers. good size, colorings and
designs very dainty and pretty: cup
and saucer for 15c. This special
price is hardly half the value.
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Drums, 68c.

These are six cubes put up in
pretty red box, the cubes are 211a
inches square, and each side con-
tainS a letter of the alphabet in
large gilt letters. Exactly the thing
for young children. Special Price,
l7C.