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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-29
West Side Business Directory.

PLUMBING-William d. Grihiths, IL:
North Main avenue, does first-class
Plumbing, Steam Heat and Gas Fitting.
Satisfaction is strictly guaranteed.
SkATES-Club, Strap and Lever. all
sizes: lowest price; nice present. Grand
double heaters. SIS and up. Dock Ash
range and shelf, SIS and up. r. }.
Hughes. 124 South Main avenue.
BARBER-Hair cutting and shaving done
In iirst-class manner at John II. Reyn-
olds Barber Shop. at Fairchild's Hotel
FLORIST-Cut flowers and funeral de-;
signs Il specially. Floral figures. useful
as gifts. at 1O4 South Main avenue. Har-
riet ]. Davis, florist.
BICYCLES repaired. scissors ground.
tools sharpened. saws filed. keys fitted,
machines repaired by W. L. Steenback.
dealer in Guns. Fishing Tackle. under
West Side hank.
PHOTOGRAPHER--Cab Photos. $l.4O
per dozen. They are Just lovely: Con-
vince yourself by calling at Starner
Photo ParlOrs. 10l and 1O3 South Main
avenue.
GROCERIEs-Revere Standard Java Cot.
fee is unexcelled. The leading cone OF
the day. For sale only at F. w. Mason
& Co. Fine Groceries. 1l6 South MAIN
SECOND HAND FuRNIruRE.cash for
ANYTHING you have to sell: Furniturhe; h:
Stoves. Tools. etc. Call and & see = the IN
stock Of ]. c. King. 1924 and 10eG jack
son street.
Special sale Of Holiday Wines for fam
lily use. IS cents per quart, at James =.
Bests, sos Cedar avenue.
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News NOtcs and Personals.

Dr. w. A. Paine has returned from
Harrisburg.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the Ply
mouth church will serve q supper in
the chapel tomorrow evening.
The funeral of the late Joseph Phil
lips will occur today from his late
home. 1915 jackson street. Rev. Il.
Bell, of the Plymouth church, will Off
ciate. tt
Iackawanna council, Royal Arcanum,
has issued announcement Of their con-
cert to be held Thursday evening in St.
David,s hall. 80 ..,"
Edward Hughes, Of Division street,
student at Bloomsbury State Nor
NAL school, has been compelled to re-
turn home owing to an injured knee.
Misses Lottie and Ida Ace, of South
Lincoln avenue, entertained number
of their friends Monday evening at a
party.
The Philharmonic Choral society met
and rehearsed last evening.
Co. F drilled last night
The Oriole dancing class danced last
evening.
An entertainment and social will be
HClu ttouiShl ~ tHc <ANViiuS
Presbyterian church. 1t promises to
be an interesting event. s. r. Cocker
will preside and John l.. James will be
organist. Admission is free.
Thomas Hughes left yesterday for
Butte, Montana, where he will reside
in the future.
The Diamond mine has been Shut
down for repairs.
Special services are being held this
week at the Scranton Street Baptist
church.
Carroll D. French, Of Plymouth, vis-
tied w. r. Davies. of Davies drug
store, yesterday.
Walter Jones will play left short on
the Young Mems Christian association
team in Saturday nights inside base
ball contest at Providence.
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Organizations That Attended.

Among the organizations whose uni
forms were noticed We're the Uniformed
Rank Knights of Pythias, Dunnell di-
vision; Lieutenant Ezra Griffin and
Colonel Monies posts of the Grand
Army of the Republic: Sons of Veter-
ans. Camp s: knights of the Golden
Eagle: Patriotic Order of True Ameri-
cans. of the West Side and Taylor, and
Camps 43O. 17s. 242 and 333, Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
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cattle. And the best of it is some dogs

cattle. And the best of it is some dogs
like the work.
Dog-motors are built on the same prin-
ciple as the exercising runs that are often
attached to cages for squirrels and other
small animals. They are really barrels
made so that the dog can get in and out at
place near the bottom, and as soon as he
starts to run on the inside the barrel
slides from under his feet. In this way it
rotates as fast as the dog runs.
The motive power of the machine is
communicated to the pump by means of a
crank that connects with a piston and
sucker of ordinary type. Revolving the
motor causes the piston to rise and fall
the same as if a man were working the
handle.
For over a year the dog-motor on the
hill back of Mill Valley has been operated
by dog named Gyp, and she really likes
the work and knows more about pumping
water than half of the men in the State.
When Gyp was first put into the machine
she knew just what she had to do, and
started in at great rate. She ran SO fast
that she would have fallen from exhaus-
ton had she not been lifted out. But as
she has. grown older at the business she
has learned better. But she likes the
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sized tusk there is a goodly amount OF
ivory, for the walls of the cavity thicken
rapidly from the base upward, but for a
statue of the dimensions given above the
solid half of the tusk only could have been
used.
Although the tusks of the extinct man.
moth do not always taper so rapidly In
proportion to their length as do those OF
the elephant yet the circumference of the
base OF this one must have been at least
thirty inches, and perhaps more. 1t is in
teresting to speculate upon how M onsieur
Girardon came into possession of the rare
geological relic from which he chiseled
this masterpiece of art. The fact that the
majority of mammoth tusks are much
curved, often forming almost complete
circles. and thus can be utilized only to a
limited extent by the sculptor, renders his
prize the more remarkable.
M. Durey has been offered s60,000 for
the statue. but considers it worth S100, 600.
He has, however, expressed his willing
ness to submit it to connoisseurs and let
them determine price. The party who
made the offer of $50, 900 referred the mat
ter to the great painter. Meissonier, since
deceased, who stated that sec, 900 was too
low sum, since this statue is unique in
the world, and its value inestimable, not
only as ivory but also as an 'objet art "
Various members of the academy have
been called upon to set price, but their
reports have not yet been forwarded.
Another notable ivory statue of Christ
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A Remarkable Carving
From a Mammoth Tusk

drapery are added, but are of the same
ivory. Its weight is 35 kilos, or " pounds.
The breast measures 49j4 centimeters, OF
1917 inches in circumference. These di-
mensions prove that the ivory is of ante
diuvian origin, for no elephant tusk OF
the present age is of such size as to fur
nish these proportions in single piece.
To understand this better we must con-
slider the structure of tusk. 1t is not, as
some suppose, hard, solid ivory from base
to tip, but is hollow for about half its
length. In life this cavity is filled with a
pulpy substance. Its diameter is not pro-
portionate with the outside diameter OF
the tusk, but decreases more rapidly, corh-
ing to a point about halfway from the
base of the tusk. From this point dis
colored line extends through the solid por-
ton of the tusk to its outer end, and about
this line center the delicate latitudinal
markings OF the grain. 1t is thus easy to
distinguish from what part of the tusk
(diametrically considered) any article is
made. In the proximal portion OF large
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A NEW ENVELOPE.
You Poll the String and the Letter
Flies Open.

P. E. Gillette of Grass Velley has in.
vented several novel and usefui kinds OF
envelopes, all of which seem to be great
improvements over the ordinary letter
envelope now in use.
One of his designs presents self-sealing
envelope that cannot be opened without
detection. The outside flap is cut bias
and has fastening on the reverse side
that is quite novel in its way.
Another design was the flap cut square,
but the method of fastening is secure and
quite original.
Perhaps the greatest and most useful
invention on both of these envelopes lies
in the silk thread that hangs out at the
end and at the back OF the envelopes.
Pull this thread and the envelope is
opened neatly and expedit1ously. This
part of the invention is one that will COM
mend itself to every business man.
Mr.. Gillette has secured patents on his
inventions, and is now in San Francisco
preparing for the manufacture of his nov
elites in envelopes.
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To properly care for hay has always
been hard problem for the rancher OF
California. The danger of spontaneous
combustion being great made it unwise to
put it in barn, as the event OF fire only
made the loss that much greater. Cover
ing it with tarpaulins and leaving 1t in
the field has long been the accepted
method, although sure to cause some loss
on account of rain producing mold on
the top of the stack. But it was the best
known and the loss less than the loss OF a
barn and possibly several head OF stock.
The latest method adopted by the ranch
ers of Alameda County Is to construct a
sort of framework of scantlings ana cover
it with thin canvas. This method keeps
the canvas some distance from the hay
and at the same time sheds the water as
good as the roof of barn. 1t also has the
advantage of being cheap.
The effect produced on the landscape by
this method, however, is most startling
and calculated to make man rub his
eyes the first time he sees field covered
with the strange looking white pyramids.
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get it without trouble. Gyp knows as SOON
as she sees a band of steers making for
the trough what they are after and she
starts in mping, so as to keep them from
emptying it. Her idea seems to be to keep
the trough full. In fact, she is unable to
rest unless she knows it is in that condi-
ton. Gyp has to work hard to do her
work. Each stroke of the pump brings
up about quart of water and she has
to make about six jumps to do it.; but
when she feels like working nothing stops
her and the pumps make at least ten
strokes minu te or perhaps 500 gallons of
water in ten hours
Gyp is the only dog on the ranch that
has ever liked the work. Others have
been tried, but it is always necessary to
lock them in to keep them from Jumping
the job. Even Gyp's brothers always had
business elsewhere whenever they thought
there was any pumping to do. There was
one, though. that was good worker. He
used to get SO mad at being put in the
motor that he seemed trying to wear it
out for spite. He used to run and run
until the axle fairly smoked, but as soon
as he saw that he couldn't do the machine
any harm he curled up in the bottom and
went to sleep.
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There has recently been brought to the
attention OF the French Academy very
rare and valuable curio in the shape OF an
ivory statue of Christ.
1t was carved by the celebrated Fran
co.'s Girardon in the latter part of the
seventeenth century, and afterward be-
longed to Marie Antoinette. At the time
of her execution Q793) an inventory was
taken of the royal possessions at Yer
sailles, but a member of the Bourbon
family had removed this treasure and
hidden it away, and for this reason no
mention of it appears in the list. Twelve
years ago it was sold to M. Durey, who
resides at 208 Avenue du Maine, Paris.
An ordinary engraving can convey no
adequate idea of the exquisite workman
ship of this statue. The anatomy is per-
feet and the portrayal Of suffering ad-
mirably realistic.
The image measures from the crown to
the feet meter centimeters, or feet AZ
inches, the entire length being carved of
one piece. The arms and the knot in the
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A Mil Valley Dog That
Pumps Water for Cattle

Dog-motors are plentiful enough in
Belgium and few other parts OF Europe,
but they must surely be conceded to be a
rarity in California. Many people who
have travelled all over the State say they
have never seen any. But there is one at
least, and that is not very lar from San
Francisco. 1t is on the Swiss ranch on top
of the hill to the westward of Mill Valley.
1t is in plain sight from the road and hum
dreds of people passing that way wonder
what it is. They may see it turning
around at a good speed, but few would
think that the motive power was gener-
ated by dog. This motor has been in use
for two years and most cheap and SER
viceable machine it has proved to be. The
cost is trifing, not the twentieth part of
what windmill would cost, and for the
purpose nothing could be better. One dog
can easily pump water for herd OF 200
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An Alameda Hay Field
Like an Egyptian Plain

! Houses are scarce down that way, SO that
there is nothing to jar on the impression.
For twenty miles along the bay shore
almost any part of it looks like the plain
of Egypt Only the trees and the strange
looking haystacks, shaped exactly like the
great pyramids, are to be seen.
They are scattered all over the fields
and large enough to dwarf most OF the
other objects in the landscape. Some of
these stacks are at least forty feet high
and few less than thirty. The small oaks
and young eucalyptus trees help out the
illusion.
In the early evening when there is just
light enough to make out the different
objects the effect shows to the best advan-
tage. The canvas ceases to be canvas and
becomes stone. The different pyramids
seem to rise to twice their real size.
Nothing is wanting to make the beholder
think he is in the land of the Nile, and if
he has ever been there he will instinctively
stop and listen expecting to hear the cry
of the donkey boys urging their unwilling
beasts to action.
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exists in the old papal palace at Avignon,
but it is much smaller and is made in
sections.
1t is matter of conjecture what associ-
alton or individual will secure the great
art treasure now awaiting tender of ap-
probation long withheld. Possibly Ameri-
can wealth and zeal may win the day and
effect Its removal to this side of the Allan
tic where it will grace classic museum
or inspire the hearts of worshipers in some
New World cathedral.
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work as much as when she started. When
Gyp first started in to pump water she did
not know when to stop. She pumped and
pumped until the tank ran over all the
time. In a few weeks though she was
taught that all she was expected to do was
to keep the tank full and now she doesn't
do any more.
When Gyp is taken to the motor in the
morning she first looks into the trough to
see how much it lacks of being full. She
then works accordingly and when she
thinks she has done enough runs out and
takes a look at it. If it is full she lies
down and rests and if there are still a
few inches remaining she starts in again
and does not stop until the trough is run
ming over.
All the water that Gyp pumps is for cattle
to drink. 1t flows directly from the well
into the trough, so that they can
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no bird, no animal, nothing in the air or
on the earth; the sun beat down fright
fully ith baleful glare; it was so hot
that presently was SO overcome I could
scarcely sit on my horse. Riding over
this desert one becomes desperate; what
he has been becomes a memory, and over
come by the thirst and heat you feel as if
you had been projected into a new and
strange world. In trying to reach the
hamlet of Coulee City, which is on a
branch railroad from Spokane, l took the
wrong trail at point on the desert, and
for time 1 was lost.
at was while was lost on this desert
that l saw beautiful lake before me. 1t
could not have been more than a mile
away and came suddenly into view.
wondered that had not seen it before.
As l rode toward it / saw that some will
lows were growing on the opposite side of
it, and to my right was some waving
green grass. At the same time a refresh
ing breeze swept over my face. l thought
would soon have plenty of water and L
pushed forward as fast as l could to-
ward it.
Strange to say, my pony showed no
know that horse half famished as mine
was can scent water even if is ten miles
away, and as this was in full sight could
not make out what the trouble was.
urged the pony forward and must have
ridden mile in this way, and still the
lake drew no nearer. l had thought that
in the distance l saw wild fowl on the
lake, and my perplexity increased; sudden
ly it dawned on me that this was no lake.
but that it was mirage, which in truth
it was. Then l made all possible haste to
retrace my steps. but the pony was nearly
tagged out.
'By dint of great exertion / managed to
get him back over the plains, and at last
after two days of struggling. reached
little house about five miles from Coulee
City, where lonely rancher had inclosed
a little piece of ground and dug a we'll.
There l got water, was enabled to re-
cuperate, and at length pushed on to the
railroad. Talk about frightful stretches
of country. that is the most grewsome and
weirdly fearful of any that ever saw. l.
want no more experience like the one
have just had. Even gold would not
tempt me to go again into a country like
that
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Lured by a Mirage
While 1hirsting on
the Desert Sands

John Wickersham of Los Angeles, who
for some months past has been riding an
Indian pony in the Northwest, partly for
his health and partly while prospecting
for goid has returned here on his way
home. He says there is a stretch of desert
lying between the Columbia River and
what is known as Coulee City, in the
Moses Coulee of the Big Bend country in
Washington, that enormously surpasses
in dreariness anything that he has ever
before seen. Mr.. Wickersham carried
pick and pan with him on this trip; he
was also provided with roll of blankets
and lariat for roping his pony. His
provisions con sisted chiefly of piece OF
bacon, some prepared coffee, some -four,
1 sugar and salt The culinary outfit was
I as light as it was possible to make it. In
>shis way, with only a single 45-caliber
pistol to defend him, he moved about,
camping each night wherever he might be.
II have seen and heard great deal
about dreary stretches of country" said
Mr. Wickersham yesterday. ST have been
on the plains of Colorado and Arizona, and
on the Mojave and Colorado deserts in
California have also been in the dry
regions about the Humboldt Sink in
Nevada. They are fearful in their desola-
ton. However, l passed over a region in
the Big Bend country that is, if possible,
more frightfuI than any of these. I came
near famishing there for want of water,
my pony was com pletely tagged out, and it
was only with the craatast aYertion thof r
managed finally to get through to Coulee
City. This dreary stretch of desert extends
for distance Of for y miles along Foster
Creek, from the mouth of the creek to
point nearly on the high tableland on the
south. It must have been merely in de-
rision that the broken gulch was called
creek, for during no year from the time of
which the memory of man runs was there
ever any water in it's bed except at the
lower portion during freshets. Into this
CHASTITY region. not knowing that there
was really no water there, went on my
exploring trip. Foster Creek winds by
some chalk-white cliffs for several miles
south OF the Columbia, and finally, when
the trail made by the Indians leaves this
gorge, you traverse an almost level stretch
Of sandy desert. On either side are great
bkre places, as white as the chalky cliffs
1bese mark places that are poisoned by
alkali, so that even if there was water
nothing could grow there.
"ln traversing all this long distance
saw no living thing except few horned
toads and some curious brown birds that
had no tails. What the birds lived on
cannot tell. Aside from these there was
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This Weeks Strong Specials!
NEW DRESS TRIMMINGS, Etc.

Our New Stock of Colored Bead and EN-
broidery Dress Trimmings IS COM
! plete, both in variety of styles, quail
ties and prices, from 10c to So 80 yard.
We will offer an assortment of Colored
Bead Trimmings special at 1Oc yard.
JET BEAD TRIMMINGS have in
every conceivable design and in widths
from 1-16 inch to inches, prices from
&c to- SIS yard.
| We will offer All assortment of Jet Bead
Trimmings Special Sc and 10c yard.
JET AND COLORED BEAD REVERE
| GARNITU RES-An entire stock of
the latest and only desirable styles,
embracing all qualities and prices,
| from SOC to SIS each.
We will offer line of Jet Bead Reveres
! Special at 81 a set.
BLACK SILK AND JET BEAD BO-
LERO DRESS GARNITURE, in a
very choice selection of style, the CO.
partners in newness with the Revere
style.
We will offer a line OF Jet Boleros Special
at So and 81 so each.
OSTRICH FEATHER
COLLARETTES.
We have received full variety of quail
Feather Collarettes 18 inches long,
and all at lowest prices.
Our OSTRICH FEATHER BOAS are in
&C. 45 and 54 inch lengths, and at
prices from Sc to SIS 30 each.
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Apainat the Chartar

The anti-charter meeting at Metropolitan
Hall on Monday evening, October IL, will be
the opening OF vigorous campaign against
that document. James H. Barry OF the Star
will express the sentiments OF the American
Women's Liberal Leagne, J. M. Reynolds of the
Municipal Reform League and w. Macarthur
oil the Labor Council. Hon. J. Leggett will pre-
side. The pu blic are invited.
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DRESS Innings.

Our stock of Dress Innings comprises
every want of the dressmaker.
RUSTLE LININGS-Special line of
Moire Rustic Taffeta Lining, black, grays,
tans, browns, etc, 25 inches wide, on
special sale at sc a yard.
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At $1.25.

100 dozen BUTTON GENUINE FRENCH
KID GLOVES, EN- broidered backs. in
dark, medium and tan shades, also
black, regular price 81 rs, on special
sale at ST. % pair.
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OUR GREAT OCTOBER Sale!

October wondermen
RIDIC
PRODIGIOUS
delight
OF AND
at
PRICES outlined n the following
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HOUSEKEEPERS AND BICY-
GLE RIDERS,
READ THIS.

THE WORLDS WONDER-"FLAS
SKIN a magic cloth polisner of Silver
ware and all kinds of metals, and for
Bicycle Riders necessity, price 25c pair.
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At 33h Cents.

175 dozen LADIES' 4-THREAD BLACK
MACO COTTON HOSE, extra high
spliced heels, double soles and toes,
Hermsdorf dye, worth SOC. on special
sale at 1880 pair.
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At IS Cents.

so dozen LADIES' IMPORTED BLACK
CASHMERE WOOL HOSE, double
heels, soles and toes, worth SOC, on
special sale at 35c pair.
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AT $1.OO

$50 dozen 4BUTTON DERBY KID
GLOVES, large buttons, colors red, tan
and browns, regular price 81 80, on
special sale at 81 pair.
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At $1.5O.

LADIES' SILK GLORIA UMBRELLAS
in horn and natural handles, will b.
placed on special sale at 81 80 each.
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A. 5000.

rs dozen LADIES' JERSEY AND SWISS
RIBBED WOOL UNION SUITS, high
neck, long sleeves, ankle length, white
and natural, worth 81 80, on special
sale st 81 each.
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At SO Cents.

At SO Cents.
125 dozen LADIES' IMPORTED CASH
MERE WOOL HOSE, high-spliced
heels, double soles and toes, black and
light natural colors, worth 75c, on
special sale at SOC pair.
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At 80 Cents.

100 dozen 4BUTTON KID GLOVES, COL
ors and black, regular price 81 so, on
special sale at 90c pair.
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At $1.OO.
cases LADIES JERSEY RIBBED
CASHMERE WOOL PLATED
VESTS, high neck, long sleeves !;
drawers to match; warranted nom
shrinkable, white and natural, worth
81 25, on special sale at 81 each.
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At 25 Cents.

100 dozen LADIES' NATURAL GRAY
SANITARY WOOL HOSE. seamless.
light and dark colors, worth 35c, on
special sale at 25c pair.
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LEATHER GOODS.
At 25 Cents.

At 25 Cents.
We will offer line of COIN PURSES, in
black and colored, grain seal, fancy
and alligator, at 25c each.
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At $1.OO

AL PIsOOs
80 dozen LADIES' JERSEY RIBBED
WOOL MIXED UNION SUITS, high
neck, long sleeves, ankle length, white
and natural, worth 81 80, on special
sale at 81 each.
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AZ IL Cents

200 dozen SHOOK KID GLOVES, black
only, regular price 81 %, on special
sale at 75c pair.