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WRAPPERS.

Light and Dark Colored Lawn Wrap
pers, made full width. trimmed with
narrow lace, former price 75c., inven-
~ pAiNt sss..ss....... ........s.....DO
Fancy Satin Wrappers. made I'm block
patterns, ribbon trimmed, former price
A.2o, inventory price ...............75c
Blue and White. Black and White. and
Pink and White Fine Quality Organdie
wrappers, made very full, trimmed
with wide Valencienes lace. formerI
price S. inventory price ......SI 30
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BATHING SUITS.

BACK Mohair Bathing Suits, trimmed
III "hite braid, Of good quality mate
e .'....s...+ ..............+i,
b!ue tIannel TwO-Piece Bathing Suits
trimmed IN narrow White braid. for
uo.A. 20.
Bathing Caps, made OF good rubber
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LADIES, SKIRTS

LIB. aiI CamePs-Hair Serge Skirts. tucked
GU way Ifcnt top TO bottom. lined with
good percaline, the newest hack CO..
pi nher price $50. Inventory price S5'0S
bitck SIX Skirts. in Bayadere effects
newest shape backs. well lined all
e. sfrEIoougn. yelyeteen bound. former priceI
ram Navy Blue Mohair Skirts nadel
Oh good material, full width Tapped
Sums, well lined. former price 81, in-l
p, NehitoTy price 81,
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designs, full width. all Lengths anal
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LADIES' WHITE WAISTS.

Ladies White Lawn Waists, plated
back. with soft-fnished collars and
cuffs, trimmed in Hamburg, former
price &C.. inventory price.......5Oc.
flne White Lawn Waists, pleated back
WIN wide tucks across front. newest
Guns, Numbered collar, former price
%'-o' inventory price .oSc.
flne india Linon Waists, made with
ple3ted back, dne tucks down front
with Inserting set In across front for,l
rner price Sl.9S. inventory price 81 AZ
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row tucks across front pleated back |
laundered collars and CUTS 80
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cIhs, Univ seHsOns Durcnuscss 10
many I'm hand; reduced prices o.
every piece.
25-inch Extra Fine Colored Figure,
japanese Silks, all desirable colorings
and worth zoe. yard; inventory price
| 19c.
22-inch Superior Colored Figured Indis
Silks, in a full line of excellent color
| ings and designs, a regular CSC. grade
inventory price, 33c.
\ 20-inch Hongkong Plaid Silks, in a beau
tiful assortment of new colorings, all
worth 5sc. per yard; inventory price,
2o-inch White Habutai Wash silk.
zoe
23-inch Black China silk, fine finish and
high lustre, a good soc. value; inven-
tory price. 30c.
2,inch Extra Fine Black Japanese SILK
Iaiteta hnish, splendid SSc. value
inventory price, 59c.
l9-inch High-Lustre Black Rustling
Ianeta, a regular sc. grade; inven-
tory price, 60c
A-inch Heavy Black Rustling Tafeta,
an excellent wearing silk former
price u a yard; inventory price, Toe.
27-inch Sublime Black Taffeta, an extra
heavy rustling silk, nothing made bet
Ter TO sell at sl.50 yard; inventory
price. 81.
co-inch Stripe Washable Silks. in the
newest colorings. regular price 81 I-2c. i
inventory price, 25c.
2l-inch Fancy Colored Checked andl
Striped Novelty Silks, suitable for
waist and full costumes, a regular 81
SILK; inventory price, 4Jc.
imported Grenadines reduced from $3.50
TO S1.00.
$3.50 and,s5 Grenadines reduced to 81 so
yard.
Black and White SILK Grenadine, cost
S2.0O, reduced to DOC yard.
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SUMMER GOODS MUST GO BEFORE INVENTORY,
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Silks
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Innings.

l21-2 and tic. ROman-Striped, Silk-Fln-
ished Twilled Skirtng, full yard wide,
sober and bright effects. at lie.
yard.
3c-inch High Finish Taffeta Skirt Lining,
Tan. Slate, Brown, and White, at DC.
yard.
S6-inch Feather-Weight, Super-Finished
Percalne, bright and staple colors, at
Dc. yard.
II 1-2c. All Pure Linen Grass Cloth,
Black, White and Slate at &c. yard;
Best Extra Finished Kid Cambria SKIRT
Lining. Black and colors, 7-Sc. yard.
1Oc. Leno (Crinoline), Black and coio,s'
57-Sc.; same OF DC. grade at =
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CoLoREp DRESS GOODS.

sS-inch Black Grenadine Novelties, Tor
mer price pc. yard; inventory price
IL lie
sS-inch Plain Black Etamine Suiting,
4O-inch Black Figured and Brocade
Mohair Grenadine, 40-inch Black LOT
ka-Dot Grenadine, all worth 30 10 75c.
per yard: inventory price, 2oc.
3s-inch Plain Black French Batiste, a
good Coo. article; inventory price. zoe.
42-inch Black Figured Sededine Novel
ties, formerly sold at 81 yard; inVen-
tory price, soc.
52-inch Extra Fine Black French Serge,
a good SOC. value; inventory price, 09c.
54-inch Superior Black Reversible Mo-
hair Sicilian, a splendid & value; in
ventory price, 81.
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Spain dominated all South America, in
Guiding Brazil. which was a Portuguese
province at the time Spain ruled Por-
tugal. The total dominion of Charles at
its zenith was abou IL, 900. 900 square
miles. double that of the ear of Russia
and infinitely greater than that of any
other monarch in history. Nor was
Spain great in size and strength alone.
She was rich beyond computation. Be
sides the boundless Of the
Spanish peninsula. which the Roths-
childs consider superior security for
enormou loans. the wealth of Ger
many. Austria and the Netherlands was
at the disposal Of Spain.
All this. however. was as nothing to
the gold and silver that poured in from
America. The native monarchs of Mex
ico, Central America and Peru yielded
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abound in valuable minerals. The eli
mate is tropical. but the height of the
mountains and plateaus makes II en-
durable to Europeans. The total area
OF land Is $4,000 square miles. and the
population some 5000. 900. The fora is
wonderfully profuse, comprising teak.
sandal and camphor trees. palms. tea,
a vast variety Of spices and perfume
bearing flowers, rice and the famous
MANILA hemp. The fauna shows no
dangerous beasts of prey save the croc-
codile. There are ~bufraloes. pigs. an
telopes. monkeys and lemurs galore.
As for the people. they are as much
mixed as those of Spain itself. Negri-
tos were probably autochthonous. Then
Polynesians came in, and then Malays.
Chinese also came in great numbers.
and of late years the japanese have
been fiocking. with intent. it may well
be. to possess the island when the
Spanish are expelled. The Spanish pop
ulation is very small. Industry and
are considerable. There are
steamship lines. railroads. telegraphs
and cables. and a foreign trade of $780,
900. 900 a year. Manila Is a splendid
city. set on the margin of one of the
finest harbors i'm the world. 1t has an
ancient fortress. fine churches. a gay
parade. busy streets and canals, parks
and palaces. hotels and theaters. The
Inhabitants are an amiable and hand
some race
FORTIFIED CITIES OF SPAIN.
The fortified cities of Spain on the
north and northwest coast are Sa%ntona,
~Santander. Coruna, Ferrol and Vigo:
on the Atlantic. between the Portuguese
frontier and the strait of Gibraltar,
there are Palos, San Lucar, near the
mouth of the Granddaughter river; Cadiz
and Tarifa. In the Mediterranean are
Malaga, Cartegena, Barcelona, Pala-
mos, T~arragona, Almeria and Alicante.
Barcelona, Cartegena and Almeria
were formerly looked upon as the most
fortresses on the Mediter-
ranean, but their Notifications are now
in decay. so little attention having been
paid to them since the wars Of the
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neglected and ignored for many years.
But the Spanish colonized il and ulti-
mately found that its sugar plantations
and tobacco fields were more profitable
than gold mines. For two centuries II
has proved the most valuable of all
SPANS possessions. Cuba finally grew
tired of being plundered by Spain. and
rebellion after rebellion arose. only to
be ruthlessly suppressed. Then came
the famous ten years wal and finally
the present formidable insurrection.
The smaller island Of Puerto Rico.
which. with Cuba. makes up the rem
nant Of SPANS empire in America.
commands but Sigh; attention. Its his
tory has beeen colorless. its individual
lily not significant. 1t hangs upon the
fate OF Cuba.
The Philippines form an important
link In h great volcanic mountain
range lying on the Asian coast--Kam-
chatka. the Kuriles. Japan. Formosa.
the Philippines. Borneo. Java. There
are two large islands. Luzon and Min
danahO. seven others of considerable
size. and ~uncounted hundreds Of small
err ones. down TO the merest dots Of YER
durous rock on the sea. They are all
made VI volcanic rock and coral and
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ties were formed which had for their
object the throwing off of the Spanish
yoke. The chief founder and promoter
OF these was "a Spanish creole OF Ven
ezuela. Francisco Miranda by name.
He had served under Washington i'm
the American revolution and had be-
come thoroughly imbued with the spirit
of liberty n with the principles of re-
publicanism. What had been done in
North America could, he thought. be
done in South America. He therefore
formed in London, since il could not
safely be don at Caracas. the Gran
Reunion Americana" Into this Bolivar
and San Martin were Initiated. For
some years Miranda made occasional
but futile attempts at revolution, In n
of which he engaged the interest of the
great Dundonald. Nothing of import
ance was achieved. however. until April
10, 1910. when Caracas openly rose
against its Spanish governor. Miranda
and Bolivar heading the revolt. Two
years of conflict followed. not promising
for the insurgents. Then came an
earthquake. IL destroyed Caracas. kill
ing a number of people. The supersti-
tious troops of the insurgents thought
IL was an omen. threw down their arms
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French revolution that. with the excep-
ton of a few modern batteries here and
there. they are not worthy of consider
alton. During the wars with Napoleon
every port OF Spain was put in a thor
ough state OF defense by English mon
ey. but since the Spaniards have been
left to their own devices the fortifica-
tons have been neglected. and ever
forts and batteries of modem style are
mounted with old fashioned smooth
bore guns. utterly ineffective in modern
warfare.
AT the entrance of the Mediterranean
are two points which IL properly forth
fed could be held against the AVA
powers OF the w~orld-Tarifa on the
Spanish side and Ceuta on the opposite
coast OF Africa. Tarifa is. in the judg-
ment of military critics, capable of be-
ing made as invulnerable as Gibraltar.
All the seaports OF Spain have strong
err Qualifications on their land side than
ON that ward the sea. This d cir
cumstance Is a relic of n French in
vasion In the early years of this GEN.
fury. and also significant Of the turbu-
lent condition OF the country ever since,
for the cities Of Spain are, In the judg-
ment VI the government. in more dan
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ger from the Spaniards themselves
than from a foreign enemy. On the
bay of Biscay, Coruna and Ferrol are
the principal fortresses, while at Vigo
there are two small forts to protect the
entrance of the harbor. and San Sebas-
tian. the royal residence during the
summer, is guarded by a medieval
castle and two or three water batter
les. Coruna and Ferrol are situated on
the same bay. about 20 miles apart,
and the latter is the site of the largest
navy yard and marine arsenal in Spain.
SPANISH CHARACTERISTICS.
The story of Spain from great Charles
V. to little Alfonso XIII. has no paral-
lei in the history of the world. His
torians and philosophers explain the
phenomenon according to their individ-
ual ideas. Protestants attribute the
fall of Spain to religious bigotry and
the suppression of independent thought
by the inquisition. One Catholic writer,
on the other hand. maintains that
leniency in dealing with heresy marked
the beginning of national decay. Had
Charles V. been duly diligent i'm stamp
ing out the reformation in Germany,
says this writer. Spain would never
have deteriorated. The political econ
omist teaches that the enormous wealth
brought from America instead of en-
riching really impoverished Spain, since
it induced neglect of home industries
and generated an extravaganza which
became the ruin of the nation. Buckle
finds. or thinks he finds. the cause,
partly at least, in the superstitious rev.
erence for authority which kept the
Spaniards faithful to church and state.
even while they knew the one to be cor
rupt and the other incompetent. Pride
of character and an that ex-
cited the hatred of all foreigners and
the a~ntagonism of all foreign states,
the warlike habits of the Spanish peo-
pie, confirmed by eight centuries of
ing the country of its best men and
leaving only the weakly and infirm-
Zach and every one of these causes.
together with innumerable others. has
been upheld by able advocates. Be the
cause what il may, the fact is apparent
that the greatest nation of the 18th
century is among the least of the 18th.
The Goth century may find her nothing
but a memory.
: Spain has had much architecture,
some art and little literature. The AL
hambra. the Escurial and the Alcazar
are marvels of beauty and grandeur.
In a boo conspicuous for friendliness
to Spain. Mr.. ChatKeld-Taylor says. that
Spaniards are probably less understood
in America than any people in Europe.
In fact. the popular conception Of the
Spaniard is of a sinister scoundrel,
wrapped in a cloak. who smokes ciga-
rettes and commits dark deeds-a sort
of comic opera villain, whose passion
is cruelty. This a%bsurdity is fully
equaled by the Spanish impressions of
Americans-or los Yankees" as they
call US. They look upon us as a species
of ~plutocratic barbarians, whose sole
merit lies in our dollars: whose man.
ners are boorish. and whose government
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Mary's Lamb.

From Lippincott's.
The one single contribution of note that
America has made to this never-dying
literature of childhood Is the true story
Of Mary and her Little Lamb" Perhaps
ii is because of its truth that it has taken
such a strong hold upon the popular
fancy. for some of the verses are crude
enough, written as they were by young
John Rollston. "A boy student at the same
Massachusetts school attended 20 years
ago by Mary and her devoted pet. But
the poem was completed long after the de-
mise of the sheep by Mrs. Sarah Hall. a
quite celebrated author. That its adj
mirers are legion was shown at a fair in
Boston. as many will remember.
A stocking knitted from the woven
fleece 1 the far Us lamb WIS r3veled
out and pieces sold with the autograph OF
Mary, then an aged lady, attached; and
so great was the demand that $40 was
thus won for the old South Church.
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lands revolted and formed the United
Provinces. The sturdy Dutchmen de-
stroyed what remuants remained of the
Spanish navy. and in 1e4s. at Rocroy
the Spanish infantry. hitherto invinci.
BILE. was beaten and forever broken
Portugal and her vast possessions IN
three continents were lost In 1910. Ma
Piles revolted in l64s under Masaniello.
He was assasslnated by braves In the
hire OF Spain, and after a long struggle
the rebellion was suppressed. But
SPANS hold on the two S!cilies. once
loosened. was never so strong again.
France seized the provinces north Of
the Pyrenees and Franche-Comte. All
authority in the German states had
Spanish king of the Austrian dynasty,
at the close Of the 18th century. saw
his realm the prey of the great powers.
Equally disastrous were those times
In the colonies. The Dutch, French and
English seized foothold I'm the Guianas
and then helped themselves one after
another to the smaller islands in the
CARIBBEAN sea. By the time OF the
Dutch war OF 1866 the ~pretensions Of
Spain TO universal ownership in those
regions were wholly ignored. The En-
glish seized Jamaica. The French first
took Tortuga and thence sent out fill
busters. who presently drove the Span
ish out Of Hayti-Hispaniola. Little
Spain-and made it a French province.
Even Havana was attacked more than
once. Drake had a fruitless venture at
IL. Penn and Venables. who took ia
maica, tried to take 1t. but failed. Eng
land did storm the forts in 1860 and
held the city a few years. then gave it
back to Spain. BY the end of that GEN.
fury Trinidad. too. was snatched away.
and SPANS ommerce with the Amer
lean colonie substantially destroyed.
England came to her aid at home in
the Napoleonic wars. and then France
in turn helped Ferdinand VII. to hold
his throne.
SPAIN LOSES A CONTINENT.
Early in the 18th century rebellions
began i'm South America. Secret socie-
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Founded on the ruins Of ancient
Rome and peopled by the r~uggedest
races of the middle ages. Spain easily
conquered the old world and discovered
and overran the new world. Under the
rule of Charles 1. Of Spain. better
known in history as Charles V. of Ger
many. the Spanish empire included the
whole Iberian peninsula, the Balearic
islands, Roussillon and Cerdagne north
of the Pyrenees. the island OF Sardinia,
Sicily, Naples and Milan. Franche-
Comte, Holland and Belgium and prac-
tically Austria, Bohemia. Hungary and
Transylvania. In Africa IL held the vast
domain which Portuguese dventurers
had seized. and in Asia the Philippine
archipelago. In North America Span
ish territory included everything south
of Savannah on the east and San Fran
cisco on the west, together with Mexico,
Central America and the West Indies.
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AND HER PEOPLE.
THE GROWTH AND DECAY OF THE
GREATEST NATION IN THE HIS
TORY OF THE WORLD.

up their treasures at the command of
Spanish Adventures. and the mines,
worked by Indian slaves. produced the
precious metals in quantities that daZ-
zled the world and intoxicated the
Spaniards. IL is estimated hat during
the century which followed the discov-
cry of the new world 1000 ton of gold
and 5000 tons of silver crossed the
ocean to he s~quandered i'm Spain. Pen
niless noblemen borrowed money to pay
their passage to America and returned
milllonaires. Common soldiers came
back 10 the mother country with pro-
cessions OF slaves. A certain Spanish
soldier was married in Barcelona to the
daughter of a nobleman AMI celebrated
the occasion by giving away in aims
$500. 900 in gold and silver. Another
returned Spaniard stood at a window
in his house at Madrid and threw into
the street. a handful at a time. two bar
rels of silver coins for the fun of seeing
the rabble scramble for the money.
National extravaganza kept pace with
individual profigacy. and legitimate
business was lost sight of in specula-
ton. Spain ruled the most Of tae world
and snubbed the rest of IL. Upon h,r
pride which proved her national weak
ness.
& HOW RUIN CAME.
At her zenith Spain seemed to possess
invincible power. Only one nation
dared To challenge 1t. That nation was
England. SPANS argosies were sue
cessfully attacked in the south seas.
Then came the destruction of the great
armada. M charm was broken.
Spain started on the downward path
and never stopped. Foes developed
without and within. Under Ferdinand
and Isabella began the ruin of the
country which their successors have
completed. They drove the Jews and
the Moors out of Spain. II is that fact
i'm Spanish history which accounts for
the nations decadence. The Jew an'i
the Moor We're traders and artisans.
They constituted the middle class. and
they were the people which the fanat-
icism of Isabella and the dark zeal of
Torquemada banished from Spanish
soil. When they were gone. the fires
Of the inquisition We're lighted for the
thinkers. and free thought was allowed
no foothold under the cross of CASTLE.
When the philosopher. the scientist. the
inventor, had gone. there remained only
the soldier and the peasant. From the
days of Ferdinand TO the days of Wey-
Ter It has been the policy of spain TO
terrorize her subjects into submission
by torture and b%utchery. From first TO
last this policy has been a failure.
Early in the 10th century the Neither
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faults, just as our idea of the Spaniard
is a misconception of his character,
formed by magnifying his vices al the
expense of his virtues. Human nature
is very much the same the world ever,
and the %Spaniard is very like other men,
save that he is down on his luck. Like
most people who have Known prosoer-
ity. he find it diff ,ult to appreciate
his circumscribed position and is won't
to survey himself from the magnificent
standpoint of his achievem snts.
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deserted or surrendered. and the rebel
lion was at an end. Miranda was zap
tured. taken to Spain and died in pris-
on-murdered. II may be surmised.
Bolivar escaped into the neighboring
province Of New Granada.
In October. 1872, Bolivar re-entered
Venezuela with 500 men. declaring war
to the knife against Spain. Victory
followed victory. In August, 1913. he
re-entered Caracas in triumph. Then
came reverses. ms he had to flee TO
Jamaica. For some years more the
struggle went on. until 1891. when New
Granada m Venezuela were united as
an independent republic under the
name of Colombia, the last of the Span
ish troops being driven put in 1924.
Ecuador was added to the republic in
1922. Peru Termed another state in
1926 under the name OF Bolivia, Peru
itself-and Chile. also. thanks To the
genius of Dundonald-becoming indie
pendent in 1924. Mexico threw off the
yoke Of Spain in 1921, and Guatemala
then including all Central America-in
io%N. NOT ulu tne provinces on Plata
river lag behind. Paraguay, indeed,
was first of all to win her independence,
in 1914. Uruguay followed in the same
year, and the Argentine confederation.
after a ten years war, in 1924. Brazil
had been lost to Spain i'm the success
sion of Portugal. and Florida was coded
to the United States IN 1919. Nothing
was now left to Spain in the western
hemisphere except Cuba and Puerto
Rico.
REBELLIOUS REMNANTS OF AN
EMPIRE.
Beyond the rear end of the Spanish
peninsula. a few islands adjoining her
shores and a penal colony in Africa in
which political prisoners are starved
and tortured, Spain has nothing left
but Cub and the Philippines. and both
are in revolt Columbus declared Cuba
to be the most beautiful land ever be-
held by human eyes" Her peaceable
natives the Spanish exterminated with
every horror of torture. Since there
was no gold in the island Cuba was
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Is the most corrupt and most YER
bearing in the world. 1t is not always
pleasant to see ourselves as other see
us. and when n reads in Spanish pa
pers that the United States is a coun-
try without principle or religion, with
out manliness or bravery. where ne
lynched in the public streets, where
Cinnamon are prosecuted and strikes
are prevalent, where anarchists are
governors of states and personal liber-
ty is unknown, one resents the trade
and feels the lingo spirit surging in
Spanish conception of the American is
merely an exaggeration of the national
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The Cresset says Marc
Hanna is giving his political
opponents the horse laugh.
No he isn't doing any such
thing. He can't even give
them a little horse grin. But,
on the contrary, he is getting
the wheat laugh, such as has
never before haunted him.
From the way Axline misses
the facts in his last weeks
issue, we are constrained to be-
lieve that he must have been
in close proximity to the 40
which were given a free ride
through the streets and al
leys on the memorable
Fourth.