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COMMITTED SUICIDE.
The Man Who Lost His Life in the
Mokelumne Near Lodi.

STOCKTON, Aug. 3.-Circumstance
indicate that the man who was drowned
in the Mekelumne River near Lodi the
night before last committed suicide. All
the parties who saw the drowning say
the fellow told them he could not swim,
and though repeatedly warned he ven
tured into a deep hole, using a small
piece of board to buoy him up. When
in the center he suddenly let go of the
board and disappeared beneath the sur
face. AS the water this time of the
year is hardly cold enough to give a
man cramps, it is believed by some
that the man purposely loosened his
hold on the plank to commit suicide.
A thorough search of his clothing re-
vealed not the slightest thing that
would give a clew to his identity. AS
it would hardly be supposed that
man would be without some piece OF
paper, a letter, an envelope or some
thing of the kind on his person. it is
believed that he destroyed all such evil
dence before going to the river. He
was evidently a user of tobacco, AS a
small French briar pipe, some smoking
tobacco and a piece of chewing to-
bacco were found in his pockets.
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TROUBLE IN CHINA.
Violent Outbreak Feared In North.
ern and Eastern Provinces.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3.-News of
an impending revolution in China is
furnished by G. f. Sevey, President
of the American Steam Navigation
Company, who arrived on the steamer
Doric.
He fears violent outbreak among the
hordes of Chinese in both the northern
and central provinces, and believes that
great loss of life and destruction Of
property VIII result. The missionaries
scattered throughout this country, he
thinks. will be the chief sufferers
In an interview he says: owing to
the effects of drought destitution is
certainly impending for millions of ma
tives. The poorer classes have been
squeezed by the mandarins and Chinese
Governors to such an. extent that aoth-
ing is left them now but mere exist
ence. This year there will be nothing
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VICTORIA B. c., Aug. 3. - The
steamer Manuense arrived from ST.
Michael Alaska, to-day with 260 pas
sengers and between $10O,0 and $780,
U0O in gold dust. OF the list of passen-
gers only thirty-four were miners who
had spent as much as one winter in
the mines, the remainder being those
who had gone there this spring and
concluded not to remain.
The passengers all agreed in the
statement that hundreds of men are ar
irving in ST. Michael daily from Daw-
son and vicinity seeking passage to
the States, and there are upward of
thousand men in that part who have
lately come from coast ports and are
trying to get up the river Many are
turning back after learning the condi-
tiOnS at Dawson and up-river points.
A larger part Of the Manuense's pas
sengers are returning to their homes in
California. Washington and Dakota.
The river steamer Monarch is re-
ported aground about go miles from
Dawson.
ST. Michael harbor and the island pre-
sent a lively appearance. A forest of
masts covers the bay, and the sea-
shore is lined with people. Boats come
in every day or two from up the river
with hundreds of disappointed gold
seekers. whose stories of i'll luck and
hardships are vividly told in glowing
colors to the multitude that has come
here to take passage for the mines. This
results in many selling their outfits and
returning to the States. The hotels on
the shore are nightly taxed to their ut
most capacity in accommodating
guests. and almost every craft in the
harbor is utilized as a temporary hos
telry. News that no gold has been
found on KotZebue and Norton Sound,
too, adds to the encouragement of the
general multitude.
In the harbor of ST. Michael are thir-
ty-five steamers and sailing vessels, all
heavily laden with passengers and gem
eral cargoes. Several steamers have
large lists of passengers who purchased
tickets direct to Dawson and other up
river points, and on arriving learned
| that arrangements had not been made
! for their river transportation. The
steamers insisted upon landing passen-
| gers on the beach, thus throwing them
on their own resources. St. Michael
Island is under military jurisdiction,
| and the commanding officer refuses to
allow such passengers to be put ashore,
and the result is there are four or five
steamers in port with several hundred
passengers whom they are unable to
| land Scores of river boats are being
| constructed and for several miles
around every available point presents
lively ship-building yard.
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r the Governors to draw out Of the

for the Governors to draw out Of the
people.
There are several thousand Amer
lean missionaries working in Northern
and Central China, and when the up
rising comes, as I think it will, for
these famine-stricken Chinese will fight
for food, they will be one of the first to
suffer. The American missionaries are
we'll treated in China, especially by the
poorer classes, but when Chinese
population becomes mad in their rage
for food they level all distinctions and
set about sweeping everything before
them. In Wuhu an outbreak was
threatened recently. but the English
Governor, acting for the Chinese Gov
ernment, dared the mob. He furnished
his troops with rifles. and is waiting
for any attack thap might come. He
in turn threatened utter destruction to
the Chinese malcontents should they
attempt any violence"
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Animal Instinct.

Your article in the Spectator" of
October %, 1897, as to the power of
animals to see in the night, and as to
their tendency to panic at that time,
reminds me of ludicrous but striking
experience lin which / shared some
four and-thirty years ago. General
Banks was besieging Port Hudson, La,
the Southern gateway to the control of
the Mississippi River. A body of troops
had marched into the back country to
look for lowering Confederate cavalry,
and were sleeping one moonless night
behind stacked rifles in readiness for
a night attack. The attack came in
an unexpected form. Some six or eight
army mules. getting somehow detached
from the wagon wheels to which they
were tied at night, were seized with a
panic. and came charging down almost
the entire line of the Fifty second Mas
sachusetts Volunteers. Every man lay
covered with shelter tent" a piece
of white cotton cloth about five feet
square. AS the mules rushed over each
one of us he woke suddenly with a cry
and sprang up, raising his shelter tent
an one hand or upon his front, so that
he seemed like a sheeted and gibbering
ghost. This successive rising of over
400 .apparitions added wildness to the
panic of the mules, and they fairly
flew down the line.
Now the remarkable thing is that,
while many a man had his side rubbed
hard or his scalp abraded by the hoof
or the leg of a mule, not a man was
really stepped on or really hurt. 1t
wa q for months a subject of comment
,,,;+h nc that the mules in their in
fensified panic, should nevertheless
have been able to see where to step,
should have. cared where they stepped.
and in their speed should have been
able always to step on the ground. The
men presently lay down again, but for
half an hour afterward laugh at the
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Teachers Association.

SHASTA RETREAT (Cal), Aug. g.
To-day's session of the Teachers AS
sociation was we'll attended. An in
teresting program was presented and
much interest was manifested in the
proceedings. Among the speakers We're
Professor Cubberly and c. NJ. Ritter,
President of the Chico State Normal
School,
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WASSERMAN, DAVIS & co.
BASEBALL.
Results of Games on Eastern Dia-
monds.

LOUISVILLE, Aug. 3-Score: Louis
vile ,, hits ., errors i; Boston l, hits
3, errors ,. Batteries-Dowling and
Kittredge; Willis and Bergen.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3.-Cleve-
andPhiladelphia game postponed;
rain.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-No game; rain.
Baltimore will play two games to-mor-
row and Friday.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3.-Score first
game: St. Louis 4, hits s. errors l;
Brooklyn 3, hits 8, errors 3. Batter
ies-Sudhoff and Clements; Yeager and
Grim. Score second game: st. Louis
Z. hits y. errors 8; Brooklyn 8. hits
13, errors . Batteries-Taylor and
Clements; Dunn and Ryan.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 3.-Score: Pitts
burg 4, hits 8. errors 2; Washington l,
hits ), errors i. Batteries-Hoffer and
Bowerman; weighing and Farrell.
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Burglary at E1nira.

ELMIRA, Aug 3.-Last night A. w.
Lindsley'S drug store was entered by
burglars, who helped themselves to
drugs, jewelry and cigars. To-day
while the agent of the Southern Pacific
was at lunch the depot was robbed of
the contents of safe, amounting to
about $50. Deputy Sheriff Clark has
arrested a man giving the name of Con-
ners, who was seen leaving the depot
at that hour.
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Fleet Wrecked in Behring ca.

VICTORIA CB. CD, Aug. 3. = The
steamer Manuense arrived this after
noon from ST. Michael Alaska, with 1GD
passengers and a large amount of gold
dust The steamer Progresso is still at
ST. Michael, unable to land her pas
sengers because of no river connections.
The entire Moran fleet Of ten river
steamers is reported to be wrecked in
Behring Sea.
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Battleship Texas.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-The battleship
Texas was placed in the dry dock at
the navy yard to-day. An examination
shows that except for slight dent ir
her keel, made by striking coral reef
off Dry Tortugas, she is. in very fair
condition 1t is thought the Texas
will remain at the navy yard for about
a month.
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MANILA EXPEDITION.
Work on the Transports Progress
ing Slowly.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3.-The
work on the transports is progressing
slowly, and the delay in sending troops
to Manila is not due to any particular
reason, but to the force of circum-
stances. The Lakme, Charles Nelson
and North Fork will probably be ready
to receive troops tomorrow, and the
three vessels are expected to sail by
Saturday at the latest. The Tacoma
took on board to-day $50 horses and
mules for the artillery, and she will
hoist her anchor some time tomorrow
and start for Manila.
The Scandia and the Arizona cannot
possibly get away for two weeks, as
the Arizona is having a refrigerating
plant put in, and the Scandia is being
rewired for electric lights.
By the time these two ships are ready
for sea the ships of the first transport
fleet are expected to arrive home, and
a few days will suffice to put them in
order to convey another detachment of
troops to Manila.
Lieutenant Deford of the Twentieth
Kansas has been reappointed Adjutant
of the regiment. Recently he retired
temporarily from the position to go
with his company on drill.
Private A. b. Colby. a recruit for the
Second Oregon, is missing. He is a
son of A. b. Cdfby of Portland, a prom
inent hotel proprietor. Young Colby's
tent mates believe that he went aboard
the steamship st. Paul last week, and
sailed to Manila as a stowaway.
Lieutenant HI. Nj. Merriam, son of
Major General Merriam, has been as
signed TO General Kings staff in the
place of Lieutenant Conrad Babcock
now en- route to Manila.
Major General Merriam will inspect
the volunteers of the Seventh California
Regiment at their farewell reception
and drill in the Mechanics Pavilion on
next Saturday evening. The affair
promises to be notable event
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Solauo Democrats.

7. SUISUN, Aug. 3.-The Democratic
County Central Committee met to-day
and chose Raleigh Bacar of Vacaville
and Edward McGettigan as delegates
at large to the County Convention to
be held at Vacaville on September 10th.
The other ten delegates will be chosen
on the basis of two delegates to each
Supervisor District, excepting in Valle-
10, where primaries will be held.
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Charged With Grand Larceny.

SAN JOSE, Aug 3-Antone Armet-
ia, an extensive wholesale dealer and
grower of fruit and wines. was ar
rested to-day on complaint of ]. c. Mar
tin, charging grand larceny. Martin
says that he held a mortgage on 5,20O
gallons of wine valued at $500 belong
ing to Armetta. and which Armetta
had IN his possession. Armetta ignored
the mortgage, and on September 9th
sold the wine Armetta was released on
So, 600 bonds, pending arraignment.
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Major General Commanding
Captain Alger Ordered Home.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 3. - Captain
Frederick M. Alger, son Of the Secre-
.tary Of War, who has been on duty in
the campaign against Santiago. has
been ordered home because of disabili-
ty. Through some accident, the Cap
tain sustained a severe wrench Of one
Of his knees. which will necessitate it
being put into a plaster cast for sue
cessful treatment
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Ribbons Reduced.

Fancy Taffeta and gauxe rib
bons, from 3 to s inches wide,
In rich blendings Of new color
ings, In stripes, checks and
plaids, handsome for sashes,
neck ribbons or for millinery
purposes. Sold from 3Oc to soc
per yard. Reduced to close out
to 16c per yard.
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Satin Ribbons,
SC to SC ward.

This lot Of ribbons is in the
most desirable colors, all best
grade of pure silk goods, from
IL to 2la inches wide; sold
regular from 1Oc to 1Sc per
yard; the correct kind for hair
and neck ribbons and for fancy
work. Clearance sale prices, SC
to Sc yard.
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Nevada County Republicans.

NEVADA CITY, Aug. 3.-At to-day's
meeting of the Republican County Cen
trail Committee Nat P. Brown defeated
John F. Kidder as delegate at large to
the State Convention. The committee
unanimously indorsed j. NJ Walling for
Congress from the Second District.
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Santa Clara County Delegates.

SAN JOSE, Aug. 3.-The Democratic
County Central Committee, in session
this afternoon, selected twenty-seven
delegates to the State Convention, and
instructed them to vote for James c.
Mcguire for Governor. A meeting will
be held later to select delegates to a
county convention to nominate a
county ticket
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Fire in a Cemetery,

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3-A fire in
the historic Mission Dolores Cemetery
this afternoon destroyed a number Of
headboards and fences enclosing burial
plats. The financial loss was small.
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Funeral Of Bismarck.

BERLIN, Aug. 3--Yesterday's SER
vices at Friedrichsruhe Will be the only
obsequies until the mausoleum on the
site of the famous Stag group near the
Schloss is completed. The national OBJ
sequies have been postponed till that
time
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Charged With a Terrible Crime

STOCKTON, Aug. &c. Mcintyre,
carpenter, was arrested here this af-
ternoon charged with incest. His
daughter, Is years of age, was deliv-
cred Of a child this morning, which she
says her father is the father of.
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WOmen's
Summer Underwear.

Ladies' jersey ribbed fast
black Isle vests, high neck, IL
sleeve; sizes 4 to 6; former
price, 6Oc. Sale price, Csc.
Ladies' jersey ribbed fast
black Isle pants, knee length;
sizes 4 to 6; former price, soc.
Sale price, Csc.
Ladies' Jersey ribbed white
Isle thread union suits, high
neck, A-sleeve, knee length;
sizes 4 to 6; former price, $l.25.
Sale price. 59c.
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Salmon Pack Of the Columbia.

ASTORIA .(Or), Aug. 3.-It is esti-
mated that the salmon pack for the
season Of 1898 on the Columbia River
will be 100000 cases below the aver
age figures compiled by the Historian"
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One Station Agent Revolted.

A dust covered report that was un-
earthed the other day in the office of
the purchasing agent of the Northern
Pacific Railroad recalled an incident or
the Willard regime that was funny.
When Henry Willard came West he bad
in his train man who got to be known
as the tailor Why he was so called
Is secret belonging TO the past. Willard
left him here. He did little Of every
thing, and what he said went with
most of the officers, because he was
strong with the man at the tops 1t
occurred to the tailor" one day that
what the Northern Pacific lacked more
than anything else was uniformed sta
ton agents. The one thing that was
needed to make the road real good
thing was a lovely suit or every tank
tender in every pump station. He pro-
ceeded to execute his project ard put
them in uniform. He had queer ideas
about discipline, probably acquired on
the Government controlled railroads OF
Germany, and he asked no questions.
He acted. He made contract for the
uniforms, and told the tailor to send
him couple of men to do the measur-
ing, and he would have the size. higll-.
weight and build of every station age2.
on the TOdu III TOUR days sGr-fn-
The men We're supplied him, and he
went to the General Superintendent
office and had this telegram sent:
Ito all agents: Be on the platform
in shirt. sleeves and trousers when No.
Z arrives. -"
He vouchsafed no information, but
got on the train with his tailors and
took the measurement of the men While
the train stopped. 1t was rapid work,
but eminently successful until they ar
rived at a little station up in Dakota.
Then it came to finish. The tailor"
and his men got off the train at this
station and he asked a lounger, Where
is the agent?" ,ts~-t
Here size comes" answered the fell
low ~
She" was coming. She had an AK,
and "the tailor" understood that there
was something wrong and he had bet
ter move He got on the car as quickly
as he could, and kept out of sight until
the train pulled out.-St- Paul Globe
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Referee in Bankruptcy.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 3.-Judge
De Haven to-day appointed Arthur p.
Holland referee in bankruptcy for Ala
media County under the new general
bankruptcy law.
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A Dredger Employe Drowned.

OAKLAND, Thomas Brandon, en-
ployed on the Hacket dredger at the
extreme end of Oakland Creek, fell into
the bay this morning, mad was drowned
before assistance could reach him.
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Hosiery.

Ladies' fast black full finish
ed hose, double sole, heel and
toe; former price, 25c. Sale
price, Ice. .
Child's extra heavy fast black
hose, double knee, heel and toe;
sizes 6 to 10. Sale price, 12c.
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The Murderer of Henry Hopkin.

SAN JOSE, Aug. 3.-John A. Math-
ews, the Milpitas Constable, who IS ac-
cused of numbering Henry Hopkin. was
arraigned to-day and Monday set for
plea At that time motion for bail
will be heard r'-e
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CH|NN, 0PT|C|AN,
526 K. NEAR SIXTH.

righteousness of the experience would
start somewhere among the recumbent
forms and go pealing up and down the
line The SDectator
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Child'S Vests.

Childrcn's jersey ribbed white
cotton, high neck, A-sleeve
vests: sizes for l to 3 years;
former price, ESQ. Clearance
sale price, 121ac.
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Death Of a Well-Known Attorney.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 3.-W. Frank
Goad, the wellknown attorney, died to-
day at San Rafael from apoplexy.
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The Philadelphia Commercial Muse
um has received from one of its COR
respondents information concerning
large beds of licorice root which EXIST
in an unimproved condition in the
Northern Caucasus region, near the
shores of the Black Sea 4S
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Tired Eyes
Rested BV

Properly fitted glasses. Defective vision
causes pain in the eye or headache. The
right glasses will stop this. The only COM
pletely equipped establishment for grind
ing and manufacturing glasses in North
ern California. L warrant every pair l
g
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MORE GOLD FROM
the lONDIkE.
Steamer Mannense Arrives at victo-
ria From St. Michael,
Bringing Down Two Hundred and Sixty
Passengers.

Only Thirty-Four Were Miners
n Who Had Spent as Much
as One Year in the Mines, the
Those Who Went UP in the
Spring and Concluded Not to
Remain-The Returning Miners
Bring About Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars' Worth of
Gold Dust.
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Save money by buying your tea and
coffee Of ]. AcMorry, 531 n.
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Bathing Shoes,
35C pair.

Ladies' shoes for surf or tank
bathing, low cut and water
proof, light and comfortable; a
long needed protection for the
feet; 35c per pair.
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ChiId'S BonnetS.

Child's tan dotted Swiss
Quaker bonnet, trimmed with
lace and lined in pink, blue
OF red lawn; former price, ST..
Sale price, SOC.
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Duck Tam O'Shanters

Child's striped grass cloth
Tam O'Shanters and white
duck; former price, 25c. Clear
ance sale price, l9c.
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WHITE DOTTED SWISS.

An. always popular summer
fabric and always correct for
evening wear or party dresses.
We have reduced the lines as
follows in this sale: The 75c
quality to Csc; the Csc quality
to SOC; the soc quality to 35c;
the 35c quality to 25c; the Csc
quality to zoe, and these quail
ties will bear comparison.
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Child's Vests, 12BC.

Children's jersey ribbed white
cotton vests, high neck, "a
sleeves; ages l to years; for
mer price, 25c. Sale price,
121ac.
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That Il the way all druggists sell GRQyED-
rASTELESS CHILL TONIC for Malaria, Chill4s
sssteiess form. Children love Il. Adiits prefer 10
g bitter. naussating TONES. Pylco. SO
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Infants fancy pink OF blue
striped lawn sun shape bonnet;
former price, soc. Sale price,
Tic.
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NO CURH-N~ PAY.

Aberdeen terriers are driving out all
other fashionable pet dogs in London
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SCOTCH GINGHAMS.
IMPORTED SATEENS.

BLACK HEMSTITCHED
Flouncing, As inches wide, made
Of a fine quality Of black batiste
and Victoria lawn. Sale prices,
1212c, zoe, soc, 45c, 69c; about
half their actual worth.
SOFT FINISH GRASS LINENS
With fancy stripes; worth 2Oc.
Sale price, 1Oc.
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FINE SHEER ORGANDIES.
Lawns, lappets, ETC.; a great
variety of patterns and a much
better quality of cloth than the
price would indicate. Sale price,
&c yard.
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Wash Goods and
Summer Fabrics.

WASH OOOQS ana
Summer Fabrics.
IMPORTED ORGANDIES.
A fair line to select from yet;
worth 4Oc to soc. Sale price,
25c.
SCOTCH GINGHAMS.
Large plaids for shirt waists,
small neat checks and broken
plaids, for children's wear;
worth Csc. Sale price, 15c. 4
IMPORTED SATEENS. 4
Rich suiting or wrapper pat
terms, entirely new designing;a ;a
worth 35c. Sale price, 25c. ~
DRESS GINGHAMS.
Plaids, mixtures, stripes,
checks, ETC.; one large selection;
worth 1Oc to 1212c. Sale price,
&c yard.