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The times., 1898-01-02
Eastern Atl.Iefic Club

Five nt W men wers elected to member
ship In the Eastern Athletic Club during
the past week, and with iucrea sing mem-
bership, causes an Increased interest in
all res Of indoor athls.ias,J
The gymnasium is now in full work
ing order ana, beginning Rith next week,
classes for diiII work Will be held.
verells has openetf his boxing classes
and has under his csre a number OF very
promising boxers. Dunn and Polger are
especially "levei with the niitts.
Capt. WIN Gaila eher wft. begin tomorrow
nigh' t. put the members OF the base. II
team through regular course of raining
especially looking TO the development Of
wind power, the secret of Ylle's great
fast piay yinE. His team VIII play a game
on January ; with the MI. Pleasant Ath-
letic Club, and it promises To 0e a very
interesting contest.
Dunn is keeping up his good work. He
is one OF the best all round players on the
team.
Ockert aud Raab ara playing up to their
usual standard and Ellis, one of the best
players in the city, is throwing goals in
good form, doing almost a. well as .'old
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owing to an injury received in a game he
last forward, and his pay ying is missed in
the team games.
Dodge is another forward. He is of small
buitd, and quick, active player, and
covers his points Well.
Collins is another forward who has lis
tingushed hiniself this season. He is espe.
cialiy good on long, one-han nd gcal throws
Clark is the center OF the team, and pla VS.
q clean, fast game at all times and he, too
is an accurate goal tfrower.
Walters is one Of the backs md is n
cool, heady player, who never misses a
chance for lass and a fair cover.
Boula!, last year, as vel, as this, COY ers
his position as hack is splendid style.
He is cool, clean player, whose work
helps his team greatly.
Guisla is another back who deserves
his reputation as good al-round player.
Heffner and Zen are no.ices who premise
to make fast ..iayers. and will add strength
TO theteam. They play at forward
The team will play its next game with
the Government Printing Office on Wednes-
day evening.
The new league has decided TO have each
seam play a gane a week. 1t win heIp to
keep the Ti:ssers in letter trim for hard
playing rne BABY of the eyaue is
Pensinl O. ice team. electe;i last week to
membership
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ern Fedora tions. with headquarters and
! affiliated membership i nthe east anu
west sections of the United States. II
/ viii also bc borne ia mind that the conVeiI-
! tiun Of si,t building trades was held in:iie
! diateiy after the adjournment oil I he Atil'sri
/ can Federation and that the Car-i"k-
/ SeiIkman- Barrett faction, Which, IN The
/ Painters. troubles some time ago, the ex
/ ecutive council OF the American Feuefa
I ton OF Labor decided against. dominated
the con yertipn-
While all this is true, and many OF the
so-CaIIed middle of TIE al trades union
lists oppose separate organization OF
the building trades, stiII his is no re1son
to question the loyalty Of the members of
the building trades. Those that indOrse
the formation of national union OF their
crafts repudiatc any such charge and
strongly maintain that the union VIII re-
suit in untold benefit Sto the membership
Of the different crafts.
In his report to the last annual conten
zion OF the American Federation OF Labor
President Gompers, referring to rnmOfs OF
a division ~ the fotces OF the trades Union
lists in thu early part OF the year, anu which
has been stUdiously fomented ami ater
openly avowed by the promoters, stated
that steps had been taken to Counter ,ct
such a suicidal policy.
When the suggestion of a division was
first made. it was strongly intimated that
the Western Federation OF Miners would
MAKE the final break in the trades .Inio Iisss'
ranks In a lengthy correspondence On
this subject between Mr. Gompers and
-
ern Federation Of Miners, it de scloped
that these gentlemen differed widely as
to the results of a division of the labor
forces.
Nj BoyCc is radical in his opinions. md
would go to extremes to forward the in
teTeSts or labor. This is manif ested in the
remark that there is a much easier way
% winning the battles of labor than III
sitting down in idleneSs until capitalists
starve US to- death in idl eness and hunger
Ard. though president Of an organization
which is affiliated with the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor. Mr.. Boyce, in lett II
TO Mt. Gompers says: Il am not trades
an cnisp: am fully convinced that t..eir
da: Of usefulness is pissed, and furth7T-
more, since the last convention ti2ce IS
little sympathy existing between tiIe Ia
bGrin- men of the West and their East ern
biothers. This declaration, and another to
tic effect that it is time f1r the American
Federation OF Labor ''tO do something Gif-
fereut than 10 meet in annual cony en-
ton and fool away time in adopting res
olutions, iulorsins boycotts and labels
would make one believe that Mr.. Boyce
would be Il willing leader of the move
ment 70 divide the ranks of the trades
unioniStS-
Whether or not the miners in the .lifcer
ent parts of the country will follow tie
exGmple Of the building trades, time
alore can tell.
The semi-annual election for offic 4rs of
the Central Labor Union will take place
tomorrow evening The nominations Tor
the different offices Were made Ut the
local meetingOf the union, anditis expected
that tue regular nomin nees- Will be ..ieCtoG
without opposition. Tic el ectiJns for
Officers of the oti.ef Central bottles VIII
tax c place next week.
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Goldenberg ....',. '...s Seventh ,.. ..,.

and the popular Commander OF the com
pany, has labored hard and long To bring
the interest il athletes With the cuinpa ny
to its present standard. To him is due
the credit for the showing of the team this
season. He organized the team three Years
ago, and his selection OF players then in
cluded: Prosise, Thompson, Collins Nc
Glue, Burton, Walters, Lockhead, DAVIS,
De Mol, uista. and Dodge. In the first
Year the team did moi meet wit h IN uch sue.
cess, as the game was new to the players.
In the sec und year more success attended
the team, which consisted of: Davis.
Dodge, Collins, CLARK, Walters. Boulay,
Guista, o'Connell and Cooley This team
landed itself in second place in the league
race, andissued a flft een-day challenge for
game for the championship of the Dis
trict, but the challenge was overlook ed
ON all sides. The team also pla yed games
in Baltimore with Y. NJ. c. A aud In
Brooklyn.
This year the team decided to ioin the
new league, OF which Mr. j. K Larri-
more is thepopular and energetic president.
In this league the game is played under
National League rules.
Davis Is the captain of tie team, but
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HE USED MONOGRAM SHOT.
How IA Willy Sportsman Identified
His Game
fFrom the Chicago Record

tFrom the Chicago Rec0rd.1
They had tramped long through fields
and woodlands, beating every bnsh and
throwing stones into every thicket, relates
the New York Tribune. The less energetic
of them had aisC insisted on the dogs doing
their full share OF the work, and ha often
exclaimed, .'Sic 'enI, Tige. Go in, Fanny
and such things. -Four OF the ardent sports
men, whc constituted majority OF the
party had just emerged from piece OF
dense timber land when whizZ and a
burr were heard and a pair of big pleas
ants wing frcm under their very feet.
Bang, bang, bangedy- ba lg-bang! went
the gnns. and one OF the birds came down
with. thud. The other, however, con
tinued its flight until lost to view.
Hes ninC,.' calculated one of the gun
ners as he started for the dead bird.
mo, he's mine; I hit him, - exclaimed
another.
Not much; he's my bird" declared "a
third. II had a dead cincf on him.
The fourth man In the party did not
speak unit, he had carefully and N eth ID
icaTy reloaded his gun. He then gazed
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Basketball as Played by Yale.
Wei, the great basketba II game, in whira
Yale varsity took leading part ha been
played, and today the local players are
spending much OF the time going over the
individual and team work OF the visiting
players. The Opportunity TO see "a ne
under the national rules "as it should he
PLAYED was t. ken adva ntage of by neaf.y
all the players of both local agues, aud
undoubtedly they profited by it. The . jeut
lesson as eseeciallv YaIua BILE to those
players who have picked up the game -
those whn have not been properly taagh ht
the science Of the sport.
The collcgiens, Of course, have every adj
vantage a nd should at all times win ga mes
from athletic club teams, for they en- ,oy
many privileges, having, first of all, an in
structor OF the game: they have conSiste 1T
practice; they have gymnasium body build-
ing and they are especially prepared for
this sort c 4 contest in the matter OF wind, y
q feature in training that is much, very
much, needed, I'm playing this game e-,ne
of constant and endless movement IN all
sorts o positions and attitudes. The lack
OF this very important branch OF training
may be seeI atany Of the local games, a fte:
the first ten minutes OF play, and, of course.
is the more apparent as the game progresses.
Playing uuder q different set of rlies
and withsi reduced number OF men required
Dy these rules, and all this fter less than
fortnigh.s practice, the Light Infantry
players deserve a large slice Of credit or
thespiendid showing made against Yale, ,ne
CT the strongest teaIus in the country
Encouraged by its showing on Friday
evening, the Infantry tea ~ will NOW ,,,sl,
the games with oui-of-town crack teams,
for which negotiations are pending.
Columbia Athletic Club.
There issonaetallz at the Columbia A th,etie
Club OF holding set OF Indoor games in
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oneer ,Ytes1men 10 Meet

The next regular meeting or the Queer
WheeImeI: " i'll be held on January 8, Il I 8
p. m., when the final report OF the dance
committee Will b. received and matters
pertaining IT, the coming smoker wiz be
taIkel about. Each member viii be
allowed only one invitation. An interest
ing program viii be arranged.
The Basketball team has been doing ex-
ceIIent work of late. Tierney, the new
captain, is undoubtedly one of TIE best
pIa yers in the league, and a great deal os
the success Of the team is due TO his ex-
ceilent management.
The team win continue to practice until
January =, when they will meet for the
second time this season the team OF the
Century Cycle Club.
Howard s Gardner. an old naeInberof the
Qucers. is spending his holidays in Wash
ington anu has received "a heart V welcome
to the clubhouse By all the boys In a
day or two he will leave for SeottdaIe,
Pa, to resume his duties with che Fr.ck
Coke Company, and takes with him tlic best
wishes of all members.
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washington Athletic Club.

The members of the basketball team Of
the Washington Athletic Club will meet
Tuesday evening for practice for the great
game with Y. NJ. C. A of Baltimore in
a fortnight or so.
McCauley's 243 game i 5 no longer at the
top. as on Wednesday evening, Spiess, with
PA, took away his chance for the big prize.
Meckey has accepted Ernest Scha fhirt' s
challenge for wrestling bout, to come OFF
this month
Prof. Robert AEers has accepted the chal
lenge of Jake Luskey, printed in The Times
last week, and will at once begin training
for the event
Pat Ready is still training in the clubs
gymnasium for his go with Al yasey.
Nick Hsley is handling him.
O. P. SCHMIDT. :
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GOLDENBERG's.
Domestics Down.

The lowest prices any store has
ever quoted for Domestics viii he
offered Monday. They tell their 1wn
story. VIII you profit by them? Bet
ter bc here early and take advantage
OF the savings.
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GOLDENBERGs.
Little for Notions.

What you have been paying someone
else for notions and what you may buy
them for here tomorrow tells a difference
i. prices that you should not overl0t':.
Little savings but they mount up IN
the end.
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600 fine 11-qrarter crochet bed
spreads, all hemmcc ready for use
in handsome Marsciiles patterns which
WOULD he counted very cheap at
.75c- viii 20 or...............5 $50
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3 Special Values.

j $50 yatds Of 3S-inch c,lored borde
sizirting narneI, of very heavy quality
less THAI lac yard Srill be
offered tomorrow for .....S I-2c
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Yard-wide new Perc,les, III a variety
of stripes aud checks which sell
regularly for IL 1 2c-wiI1 be Of
fered Monday fol Oi-.-..A........7 PC
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Capital City Athletes.

With a Clean sheet Of twelv games lost
out of as n#ny played up 10 Monday even
inc last IL seemed as il the South Wash
incton BuSirleSs Mems Bowling Club would
make a rccurts-a very novel one, ind ed
ia its.KcaY The team threatened % :od
q corner on gaines lost The dis
pelling OF Tie tuodoo, which put two games
in the won" column at the same time, &C.
priv ed it uf . record, and all this came abo At
when the Columbia Athletic Club, Jn tire
evening named, dropped two gam IS 10
the ala ust discouraged team OF bowlers-
Now the sailing will be easier, and hese
bowlers hope for better things IN the e
n,aindcr of the games scheduled for
them.
Schlcssinger has kept up his end very
yveil. remarkably So, considering the SUP
port he has had. His average u III
helped materially to land his tea n the
winner OF thefirst and the odd game. Now
that the team has struck its gait, az s " eli
io suggest that the team be fixed ;id
settled, bearing in mind that constant
changing Of players operates against team
Work and success.
In tie meantime the Bowling LeaS is
working 40 an interest i'm the sport which
JlsS not bec1i iekl ietc heiOie lH 'ef'-i a
years. Larger crowds attend the games,
and the players seem more earnest and
anxiouS than ever before.
While the ether four teams are y3;iIIng
hard tokeepa good place in line, the saen-
.erhunG, the leaders in the race, are Win
ling games and increasing their lead,
aud now, with fifteen games won, and
three lost. they hav ca clear lead, Which
they claim they viii have little trouble
in holding. In addition 20 this they EEye
on their team in Spiess, the player V no
holds the new record of best single game,
2I4. bowied on Wednesday against the
W. A c.. displacing McCauley, who cid
tho record with AZ,
Carroll Institutes pegging away ins acund
place. nursing a lingering hope for some
thing better They viii meet The Saenser
bund tomorrow evening for q set of
games, ana il they win the full set of
three they VIII lead the SaengerS by
small margin. 1t will indeed be a 5a tie
royal FOR the leading pace.
The c A c. team seems anchored I'm the
fourth hole In the set with the Business
Mem's Club on next Wednesday evening
the Winged ROW ought 10 be able % move
up 8 few points, especially as the gaines
are to be played on their o yn alleys
The standing OF the teams TO date col
lows:
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Fun yard wide Andfoscoggin nus
liu, which You have never bought or
80 little before at any store in This
city, will 20 Monday, per yard,
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Double width featherpla2f ticking,
which sells all over the city for &c
"a yard and more, VIII be Of
feTed Monday at............12 &c
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"a Mciia wk unbleached shee5inS,
which has lever sold under 16c.
a yard-wili go tomorrow for. .12 &c
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800 yards of new shirting prints
of standard quality-wiil be offered
tomorrow. st the ridiculously
low price per yard Of. .-..-.3 3 1-2c
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4s dozcI; fine New York Mills She is,
sp.endidly ma d. and Unsatisfactory
9G-wiII be offered Monday a: B.. g dc
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$500 Yards of light striped outing
cloth, which sells re gulartg toT
sc yard-wiIl be offered to-
MORROW at...-.-..........3 7-Se
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Reliable George Gates Gooding is play
ing an UNUSUALLY strong ana fast game at
center. FE44
The club will give a big smoker about
the middle of this month, aud very strong
program is being worked up for the occa-
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120 pieces Of English long cloth,
/ 2 yards to each piece, which is very,
very chear at $1.25 viii be Of
fered at t............s...... QRc
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The regular l2c alLs,lk seam bin /
ing, in all colors. will be offered
Monday, APT ce, for. sc
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silk stitched w'ialebone casing, in
all colors VIII be- offered Mon
day, per yard, for. ..... lc
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42-inch Androscoggin bIeached sheet
Ing, Will 5e offered at the unprace-
dentedIy low price, per yar1,
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French whalehone. all sizes, which
usually cost 10c and lee doz.,
will be offered tomorrow for. 49,. &C
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: He il we'll paid who is well satisfied with
Heurich's beer Phone 63t for Maerzen
Senate end Lager.
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Fine Lock wood, sheets, neatly hem.
II eG and AL ready for use, 81 by
GG-wiIl be offered for. or.-.........:83 &c
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200 pieces OF fancy fiaRneiette, in
new and choice patterns, which is
worth fOc yar,l-will be offer
= ed Met,siay at. ts.-
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No. 3 dress shields, made by the
famous Klienert Company, which sell
regularly for 13c, will be- offered
tomorrow for sIc
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TIE Morning, Evening and Sunday
Tin es fui fifty cents month
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The regular $50 Electric seal
fur capes, reduced to.-..........SIS
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The regular S12 jetted plush espes,
finished with fur edge, re-
duced to......... :. Ss.7s
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All sizes of nickel safety pins, viii
he offered Monday. per dozen
The times., 1898-01-02

80 dozen Pequot sheets, 81 by so,
as well made as the best-will oe
offered Monday at -29c
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ssTHE DEPENDABLE STORE"

The regular $50 Russian wool
seal capes, reduced to...-.--..- $40
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Stylish tan kersey Jackets. nll taf-
feta lined which sold for SIS
reducad In . -..... q n
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Sale of Corsets.

We nave purchased the sample line
OF American Lady Corsets from q
d ummer who has ended mis- seIson
aGd was willing 10 take almost 4uy-
thing to dispose of his samples at once.
We shall offer them at thrd or
fourth less than regular prices. The
American Lady" corsets are TOO @+n
knt wn 10 need IaudafioH and almost
every woman viii jump AZ the chance
Il. buy them so cheaply. We carry a
complete line of tb-se corsets at sesu-
la prices but as Ieng rs this saaDIe
lot holds out you may take them Ike
this:
American Lady Corsegs. which scId
for soc and 75c regularIy. viii
BE- offered for. or......-,.-.-........ S9c
American Lady, Corsets, which sell
regularly ut 81 and S1.25, will
h.. offered for 89c
American Lady Corsets, which Did
for 81 80 up 10 %, viii he
offered for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES go
These are only in sizes 81. % and ,.
sizes which are used almost entirely
as samples.
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The best quality white tape, in all
tia, raost desirable widths. will be.
Offered Monday per piece, for. IL
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I Fine electric seal collarettes,
which sold fur S5-feduced to-. 81 II ,
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THE DEPENDABLE STORE" !"
G0LDENBERG'S.
Special purchase of wrappers.

just purchased big lot of ladies finely made wrap
pers price that enables offer the ladies of Washington
without doubt the greatest values quoted by
this before. We impress
that they cheapy gar
thrown to ether careebut wrappers which made
the most panstasng from the best materials
Ne have divided them into lotsand the prices named
they the greatest values knownreay unprecedented
i'll retail selling.
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Upholstery Reductions.

300 Opaque window shades mounted
az COED, durabI. roliersssiaa 3 by 8
will e for..........,. .....,... lSc
200 pairs of heavily woven chenille
and satin faced pnrtieres, in a variety
ol handsome effects which sold for
S2-5o and So will be offered
pes par -'oF ..........,.... Sl.S5
SOC pairs of Nottingham lace cur.
tains, in variety uf neat effects
which are worth 75c viii be
cieieu TOT r'..-''.- ''--.-.-.-,, 4Dc
500 fine Scotch lace curtains. in
variety of very rich designs which are
finished with whipped edges 3 =
yards long aud 60 inchns wide
regular 81 value for ... .30
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Fine black brocade n0liair
skirts, which sold for $3.50
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Taste the joy that spring, fso,:t l;,',cr''-
Heuricli's hc.r.
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% dozen bolster cases, made of Tine
Mohawk sheeting. ~ by 72-@hich
are a. perfectly made as you could
de- il at home-for. or...............l9 sc
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American Lady Corsets, which Did
for 81 so I'D 10 So. %. viii he
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These are only iu sizes 81. % and -
sizes which are used almost entirety
as samples.
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Wrap Reductions.

OIL entire stock of ladies' Goats. capes
ana furs has been reduced ereatIy-aad
you can buy winter wrap for consider
ably !ess than nrst-of-, ,he-sea son prices
The busiest season we have yet known
has put US in the incod for sacrificin.
profits tc a Point net sr brforcattempsaI /.
No such aInes have ,jeen offered .h,s
season-and il isn't likely they will ie
equaied.
Ladies genuine Persian lamb COD =,
which are half satin hned-and also
jackets OF kersey, half lined with AZ.
aidcoilar-garInents whichsold
for So nd S7-retiiioefl eflto..S3.5D
The regular So plain silk seal plrsils
capes. with thibet edge, re-
duced to-. $2qR
lined black kersey coats, glth
welt seams, and new shape
lspel-reduced from S12 to-. $6.aS
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American Lady, Corsets, which sell
regularly ut 81 and S1.25, viii
L.. offered for.-.........------ 89c
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Sheets and Pillow Gas es.,
Lowest Yet-Quantities to each
will be limited.

Monday we shall offer 20 dozen
pillow cafe-. of good quality muslin at
the lowest price ever named for .hern--
and which ought TO bring every
woman here IN hurry-for. =. sc
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s5 dozer finely hemsiitched pillow
cases, ~ by 80, carefully made and
fell seamed--will be offered Mon
day at .....-...-.....-..--. ...1le
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American Lady Corsets. which sold
for soc and 75c rgularIy. viii
be offered observation-disclosures. 29c
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Lot l consists OF 2S5 figured Tan
Ielette wrappers, in a variety Of de-
sirable patterns and colors--niade with
fali wide skirt and lined waists in
all fadltlessiy made and per
fectly finished-which never sold
fol less than 81 hefore-for :. .63c
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800 cocoa door mats, of heavy quail
ity-very substantially inade-and sold
regularly for soc viii go to-
morrow Tor. ................S SGc
12o yards of lace striped curtain
scriir, Will 20 OH sale tomor-
row, per yard, at. at.....-,.........2 z 3 &c
loo GELS OF cotton ball fringe i'll
all colors and combinations Will
go tomorrow, per yard. for. z &c
SIS pieces Of American and Japanese
,insel drapery in Il variety of new
colurinrs -whict, sold for l 0c a
Ndfd-i ....-.-,-.-.-- .........-6 &c
40-inch curtain swissin all sizeddots
which soldfor sc a yard, will 20
tCiIipirt " icr --.--...-'..... 1Oc
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$50
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-24
DROWNED.
.s .f q Negro Boy Was rloatlng Down the Arkansas River.

=. morning about 5 . clock
 In' cam Washington, an 'ld Dse -, saw a body floating
 fO .s. river. The body was p8n s,,tb a long pole by Uncle
 asD' and pulled to the shore, just at P '0at ate oi walnut Street. |r'soner 'v Cook was sent for and V0ls s,ately summoned a jury, who a1sred verdict as follows;
 ous' ~ast colord boy about l5 or l6
 ald came to his death by being sal' 'aad in the Arkansas river"
 ONI hady was perfectly naked and
 v ,. tbought he was in swimming
 ba met his death. The body ". .o torn up that it was unrecog- a' 'sh,s Robinson. the undertaken, 'a tslephoned for and the remains
 carried to Bellwoud cemetery, Fsa,s they were buried in the pot 7. y field. A few months ago a E ','.od hoy was drowned in the .s.nsas river near the water ' 's.ts and his body was never re .r0rpd. This boy is thought to be Ss same person, but his name was nkn0Wn.