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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-10
DR.. BLUNT AT NEW ORLEANS.
TELLS REPORTERS WHY TEXAS
PUT ON THE QUARANTINE.
Not Taking Any Chances on the
yellow Pest Getting Into
the Stnte.
w orleans Times Democrat.

New orleans Times Democrat.
Why did you not send an inspector to
New Orleans when yellow fever was an
there was only one case?" inquired the
newspaper man.
Because as | say, the quarantine was
largely precautionary step with me.
wanted to sec, admitting that there was
only one case, that there would be no
spread of the disease. | wanted to wait
for developments"
When yellow fever was reported in
Galveston last year. and the rest of the
state quarantined against the port, how
long was the quarantine enforced?"
There was no yellow fever in Calves
ton last summer The fever was among
the soldiers at Fort Point When | heard
OF II ordered a quarantine against CAT
weston to see IL there was any fever la
the city proper. / shipped the soldiers
OF, bag and baggage. and had such be-
longings as tney left behind burned.
When l had thoroughly Inspected Gal
weston, aud found that there was no fever
there, ! raised the quarantine, 1t had
then been on just four days"
Dr.. Blunt was not ready TO say last
night whether Texas had mapped out
plan to be pursued Ia the future should
a sporadic case or fever be reported in
this city.
Texas" ne said, has purposely kept
away from any convention where pro-
gramme to be followed in case OF an out
break OF fever was to be discussed and
adopted We kept away from the, Atlanta
convention We do not propose to tie
our hands, but 10 keep ourselves where
We can act as we see fit when an emer-
ge1ry arises"
pr. Blunt can be no more pleased over
hts visit and its results than are the
local health authorities. Those who met
the Texan last night all declared them
selves convinced OF hls consclenilousness
and desire to do what was right. Or.
Souchon, Or. Kohnke and thee other Off
clhs VIII see him again today and fur
thor confer with him
When the official who holds the health
OF Texas departs tonight for Austin he
WIN leave behind him the conviction that
honest, Is fhe best policy, and that there
IS nothing IN trying to suppress the
iae;s regarding sickness here. Facts
Ike murder, win out
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SUNDAY. IuNR a.

at Magnolia Park, there will be given FREQ
an assortment OF animated pictures Of ,bc
iato war; pho best that has ever been seen
IA Houston both foreign and native sub.
out and see a. Music and refreshmen9e
on the grounds
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WHAT is SHILOH.

A grand old remedy for Cough. Colds and
Consumption; used through the world for
half century. has cured innumerahle cases
OF incipient consumption and relieved many
In advanced stages. II you are not satisfied
with the results We will refund your money
Price . cents so cents and Sl0O.
SICK HEADACHES.
The curse of overworked womankind, are
quickly and surely cured by Karl's Glover
Root Tea, the great blood purifier and tissue
builder. Money refunded II not satisfactory.
Price 25 cents and so cents. a. q. KIESLING.
Druggist 500 Man street Houston.
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Managers C. n. Love, f. l. Richardson
and V. II. Mckinney feel highly elated
over suCi,-a splendid success
Miss Alne Crawford, The successful con-
testant, lives in the Second ward, a mem
Der Of st. Marks Baptist church, and Will
appoint two maids OF honor from each
ward. The candidates in the race with
her will be named as maids OF honor.
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THE SPANISH LANGUAGE

Is making immense strides. especially in
the West thoroughly qualified teacher
as-Colorado Chautaunua. openlne ~
Boulder, Colo. July 4.
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WHERE ARE YOU

hgurlng on spending the hot spnr,e.
months? This International and Gnss,
Northern railroad furnishes the coolest
excursion list.
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And grand musical entertainments In the
evening. A full orchestra engaged for the
season will figure in the attractions this
year at the TeXasColorado Chautauqua.
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EVERYBODY

should so TO Magnolia Park Sunday. lima
H. Music and refreshments on tbe
grounds '"e
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IF YOU ARr rn1NklNn

OF gong anywhere consult the Information.
a. arc Great Northern excursion list IN
another column Of Ibis paper
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II you want to spend cool. quiet. rest-
iul day, so 20 Magnolia Park SUNDAY Jun,
II ''f """-
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a NUMBER on woMAN,s cLuns

VIII lease cottages for the season at tha
Texas Colorado Chautauuua. as the man
agement OF the chautauqua offers special
Inducements to such organizations. The
cottages viii be used as headquarters for
members OF the clubs and their friends
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Red Cross Compound for nervousness
and weakness is renowned the world over.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-10

For indigestion nothing equals Red
Gross Compound. ave"
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we please the ladies'. consequently the
gentlemen. 81 Packard's Troy Laundry.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-10

For 9 night cap or an eye opener. Red
Cross Compound has no equal.
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DAILY CONCERTS

Coke and Tar-For sale by Houston Gas
Light Company
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Take your lunch basket and enjoy an
outing at Magnolia Park Sunday, June II.
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New Orleans, La. June s.-Dr. Blunt.
health officer of Texas. Inspected the hos
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be provided with which to build more ma
chimes. Mr.. Hine retired from the office
of president of the company in December,
1891, and Philip T. Dodge. Of Washington,
was elected to succeed him.
In January, 1894 a practical method Of
justification by step iustifers had been de-
vised by Mr.. MeTgenthaler. but at about
that time the company bought the wedge
justifier. for which it paid s4l6000. In
June, 1894 MIR. Mergenthaler brought into
practice the twO-line letter for use in small
advertisements, which advanced the utility
Of the Linotype one more step. In this
year Mr. Mergenthaler's physicians ad-
mitted that their patient had pulmonary
consumption. He removed in the summer
of 1894 TO the Blue Ridge Mountains, in
Maryland, and later in the season went with
his family 10 Saranac Lake, in the AdiTOn-
daek Mountains. He was compelled TO re-
linquish personal control of the Baltimore
Linotype factory.
The first dividend was paid in the sum-
mer Of 1894. the number Of machines either
sold or on lease at the close of the business
year being nearly fifteen hundred. and in
creasing rapidly
The capital stock of the Mergenthaler
Linotype Company is now SIC, 100000. on
which 20 per cent is paid annually. The
stock is now quoted at 206
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Of shares Mr. Mergenthaler finally in
formed the company that he considered fur
ther efforts to perfect the system useless,
and, Mr.. Hahi entertaining the same view,
the machine and appliances were removed
TO Washington, where the company set up
a machine shop and continued experiments.
Mr.. Mergenthaler practically severed his
connection with the company in 1879, and
the rotary stereotype system, it is said,
was abandoned in 1884.
AbHndons the Old Plans.
When Mr.. Mergenthaler, on his own re-
sponsibnity, set about to solve the problem
Of dispensing with hand-set type, he laid
down number of requirements as funda
mentally necessary in a machine which
would be able to cheaper composition with
out lowering its quality. His biographer
says that the new plan called for the use
of regular type as a means Of getting per-
feet impressions into the matrix. and
fixed invariable spacing between the let
ters. The impressions into the matriX
were to be made line by line, and not letter
by letter, as in the old system so that the
line might be justified automatically, and
that the interference and the irregularities
Of the impression, caused by wide and mar
row faced letters under the old system
might be overcome.
Near the close Of 1879 Mr. Mergenthaler
set to work upon a drawing, but he de-
stroyed this during fit OF discouragement
due 10 the poverty of himself and the Hahl
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silently the matrices slid into their places,
were clamped and aligned, the pump dis
charged its contents a finished linotype,
shining like silver dropped from the ma
chine and the matrices returned again to
their normal positions All this was the
work of but fifteen seconds. The machine
was then turned over to Miss Julia Camp,
a typewriter, who was familiar with the
machine, and she produced results that
delighted the spectators" Soon after this
test the National Topographic Company,
of West Virginia, was formed, with
Street, Baltimore. Mr. Mergenthaler as
sumed control of the establishment with
the understanding that he should be the
sole judge of all mechanical questions
His contract with Mr. Hine stipulated that
all inventions or improvements which
should be made on the machines by him
should be the property Of the company,
and that the company should pay him 10
per cent OF the cost of all machines manu-
featured by or for it. 1t was agreed that
in case he should produce a machine
capable of practical work the company
should issue to him one thousand shares
of the capital stock.
In February, 1885, the second machine
with automatic justifier was completed
and put on exhibition at Chamber
Inns, Washington. President Arthur,
James C. Blaine, L. O. c. Lamar, and
other prominent men inspected and com
mended it, Stilson Hutehins had by this
time become a leading stockhOlder and
conspicuous advocate Of the linotype ma
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chine Following this exhibition, Mr..
Hutchins gave banquet and in the course
Of the proceedings introduced Mr.. Mergen-
thaler who said:
Allow me, gentlemen, 10 express my hearty
thanks to you for the honor you have bestowed
upon me in coming here 10 witness the per
fomance OF my invention. You have come here
10 witness the operation OF a composing
machine, and in as far working in
field which is streVn with the wrecks and failures
OF former efforts in the same direction, you
viii probably ask: Are you going to have more
success than those who have gone over that field
before you; and il 50, why? My answer is:
Yes, we going 10 have full success for the
reason that we have attacked the problem in
entirely different way than did those who have
failed.
When l started on this problem, I surveyed the
field and selected the best road regardless Of the
roads which others have taken. ! knew the direc-
tion in which others had attempted TO solve the
problem and careful not TO fall into the same
rut which had led every previous effort into
failure and ruin We ~ - and justify the type
we go along. and thereby relieved from
the millions Of little tiny types which have proved
troublesome TO my predecessors who have
failed. We have no distribution, yet We have
new type for every issue OF paper an advantage
which can hardly be oyenated.
l am convinced, gentlemen. that unless some
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establishment. caused by their connection
with the previous experiments.
Mr. Mergenthaler was married TO Miss
Emma Lachenmayer in the fall OF 1881. He
dissolved partnership with Mr.. Hail on
January !, 1888, and entered into business
on his own account in Bank Lane Bald-
more. Again he took under consideration
the printing problem. He made new draw
ings and he received financial aid from
Messrs. James O. Clephane. L. G. Hine.
Frank Hume, and Kurtz Johnson, OF Wash
ington. a small experimental machine was
built, which was capable OF printing but
twelve letters at a time. Il was roughly
made and showed many defects, but 1t
proved 70 be great advance over the older
machines. His biographer says that "the
machine was a great success, yet severe
tests soon developed the fact that even
with all the known difficulties removed,
there was still one difficulty to contend
with, namely. the paper matrix itself, or
rather the method Of drying ii.
THE ordinary stereotype process calls
for drying the matrix while still on the
face of the type, but in this case Mr..
Mergenthaler had TO remove it while wet,
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tween which the lines were to be formed
This mold was intended to cast about forty
lines at each time. But il was found at
the test that, because Of the many parti-
tions, the metal would chill and not fill
the mold. To obviate this the mold was
heated to the temperature OF the molten
metal and in this way the matriX was
usually destroyed. The depths of the
impression varied; the letters were dis
tOTted, and other obstacles were en-
countered. Mr. Mergenthaler, it is said,
gave to the company promoting these ma
chimes several patents of value and upon
his demand for compensation was given
three shares of stock, or one twenty-fourth.
Mr.. Hail was also given the same number
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and dry it afterward because the speed
with which the machine was to work pre-
cluded the possibility of leaving the mat
rix long enough on the type to admit
of Withdrawing the moisture"
Mr. Mergenthaler came TO the conclusion
that the only way 70 overcome the difficulty
would be by providing q metal matriX.
There came to him the idea, Why have
separate matrix at all; why can I not
stamp matrices into my type bars and
cast type metal into them in the same
machine?" This is the first idea Of the
combination Of the casting and composing
machine. Two machines were built on
this new principle. and one was tested in
Bank Lane in the summer of 1884 II IS
said that at this trial Smoothly and
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Dress Goods
SECOND FLOOR.

Miss Boyle states. Il have Sc
cured about $4,000 worth of
Wool Dress Goods and Silks at
one-third less than / could have
bought them two weeks since,
or in the near future, when cold
weather will create a demand.
dQr yard Cor Venetian Cloths. having all
r. Ob the appearance Of 81 goods. Note
the shades golden brown. tan. cadet bh.e
myrtle green, red. navy. and biscz Golf
piaids in fifty styles, Az copies Of the inn
ported. silk and wool piaid- IN -tyies FOR
childrzn's dresses SILK finished Henri-t-as IN
liyeliest shades. Tailor sui-iugs and Fl rr3sg-
bone Novelties in new blues greys and
brown Choice for isc a yard
Q1Oc ward for sl-Cs and SI75 quality
% IL = Black Crep7n, IS iu,hes WIDE.
3 ID yards suffice i-r a skirt -thoicz of many
yery beautiful effects.
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Hosiery Department.
FIRST FLOOR

Miss Prender was one of the
batch of buyers" who returned
from New York yesterday. She
says: 4 have secured Lord &
TayIor's surplus Importation Of
Hose, worth up to Toe, at 29c
pair
0Or for choice Of 500 pairs Hose. among
L ~ which are sllk-like mercerized
French Lisle and Egyptian Cotton Novel
ties, Plain eolOrs in new shades. such as
Yale and Admiral blues. eIuineuCc. automu-
bile etc. Boot patterns in rnuIti. .col0rs. All
black, in plain. and dfop-stitch effects.
Hundreds Of styies-au this seasons
1Or for better than usual 25c Ribbed Vests
~ and Pants. The vests with gradua-
ting ribs; the pants with French yoke band
buttOHing az side All sizes.
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RUssIA's HOP INDUSTRY.
An Extraordinary Increase in Price
Due to Short Crops.

An Extraordinary Increase in Price
Due to Short Crops.
w. R Holloway. Consul General at st.
Petersburg, has forwarded to the State De-
partment a report upon the hop industry
in Russia. The report in part follows
Owing to cold weather during April and
May in central and the drought in western
Russia and the May bug. the yield of hops
is only 30 per cent of the average crop dur
ing the past ten years. which has caused
an extraordinary increase in the price, now
ranging from SIS to SIT per poOd (3G
poundsl. This advance caused the old as
we'll as the new stock to be put on the
market The commission men, having the
first information as to the failure of the
new crops, purchased the old stock at
prices range between $3.50 and $40 per
pOod. The scarcity of hops destroyed the
interest in the Warsaw hop fair. there be-
ing no exhibits from the best producers.
The total exhibit was but 80 tons, against
pa tons in 1897.
The loss in 1898 is estimated at $685.
600. There are 3T5 large breweries in Rus
STA, producing 108 279 1S6 gallons of beer
per year, which require from 5000 to 1900
tons of hops. The average crop yields be
tween 1000 and +. 500 tons, the excess being
exported.
Russian hop growers have been i'm
proving the quality OF their product for
some years, and it is now proposed TO slim
ulate the same by doing away with the
middlemen, and a syndicate of Russian
brewers has been organized TO establish
brewing schools in the hop growing re-
giOns. in order TO improve the quality Of
their beer, and enable brewers TO compete
more successfully with the German pro-
duet.
'"The Warsaw hop growers organized a
syndicate two years since to deal directly
with brewers. and have established salts
factory relations With large foreign con-
sumers. The Government is encouraging
similar organizations in other hop regions,
for the mutual benefit of growers and
brewers.
THE Russians argue that western Eu-
rope has acquired its full development;
that England and Germany are limited in
extent of land; and that the United States
cannot compete with Russia in hop grow
ing. owing to a lack of cheap labor. Hence
there is scarcely any prospect OF increased
competition in the hop industry from
abroad. and Russia has a surplus of both
land and cheap lasor, and should be able
10 supply the mafkS< OF western Europe" "
There is no doubt to the nature OF the adj
miratiOn the people have for HeariCis beer
CITY and you will always find people calling for
Helrich's beer. The reason for such great SKIS
faction is that Heurich's MaGTzen. Senate. and
T,0er are the prOdricts of the best malt and hons
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A GREAT INVENTOR GONE
Otimar Mergenthaier. Creator of the
Linotype. Dies at Baltimore.

The Life Work of the Man Who VIII
Rank with Gutenberg and Frank
Hin in the Annals of the Art Pre-
servntive of Arts-German by
Birth. American in All Things Else
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Corset Department.
THIRD FLOOR.

The "buyer" states: Il have
promised not to advertise the
number or the maker of the
Corsets secured" J."
c0r for Coutii Corsets bias cut and with
0US gored hips. ribbon trimmed Sizes
Is TO 26, in white apd grey. The famous
makers name is on each corset.
1cr for the usual 25c Bustles: best Of
1 OL 25c kind Padded with hair.
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Umbrella Department.
FIRST FLOOR

AAAts'A tA@tbA-
Miss Cassidy says for publ
cation: Il would like my friends
to see the Umbrellas We can
sell at $2.9S. Some are worth
$3.50"
9 , q Q for silk Umbrellas with handles
y L , y that are works Of art some Of
carved ivory, represent animals heads some
of genuine gun metal Some OF real pearl
and hand painted. Dresden china mounted
in sterling silver and real gold. For men
are handles Of finest goods-fr. Congo, welt
sci, etc. Note the sterling silver spiders and
other ornamentatiOns- Suitable for presenta-
ton Initials engraved OF carved free.
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Suit Department.
THIRD FLOOR.

Miss WalIingsford, the buyer,
returned from New York Satur-
day. She says: Il have secured
suits worth $15 to $50, to sell at
S12.9S, and Flannel Waists
worth $1.75 to S2.25, for CSC"
Descriptions follow:
Go OQ for choice OF Homespun;
Cheviot Tailor-made Suits, Tight-ftting, fly
front. and box jackets Habit and one
plaid Skirts, sizes % to -. in castor.
brown, tan, navy, cadet, light grey, and
oxford
nor for superior all-wool Flannel Waists,
= CI plain, tucked, and braided. Sizes 81
TO 20, in red, royal, and navy blues, S175
to 81 % values, at CSC.
6Oc for superior. warranted all-wool, non
wv shedding EiderdowR Dressing Sacques.
Sizes 81 to a, in reds, greys, pinks and
blues.
o. for better than usual u 1-2c Cam
CT bric and Muslin Corset Covers; high
neck. Note the felled seams and tiny
stitches. Sizes 80 to A.
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Or yard for 15c to SOC All-siIk Laees
~ 3 to Z inches wide White, cream and
black. Styles for dress and skirt trimming,
from.
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Book Department.
FIRST FLOOR

The buyer" states: Il have
bought Books by the thousand
and stationery by the ton, and
paid the least prices in my
many years of experience"
G6r for $50 Copyright Books. Popular
OON titles, such as David Harum'
Richard Carvel, Janice Meredith" Well
known Sl.50 cIoth-bound books at only Sc
1Sr pound for Superior Writing Paper.
~ One hundred sheets for l5c The
stationeTs ask l5c for a quire- Choice Of
wedding plate and satin finish octave. com
mercial, and square; plain and ruled
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Bargain Spots!

7 \HE PALAIs ROYALS cash business is unusu-
i ally potent just now. Warm weather is re-
tardng the sale Of winter goods and creating need
OF ready money among importers and manufacturers.
The Paais Royal buyers" have just returned from
the wholesale markets loaded with bargains Not
cheap goods, but the superior at prices of the in
terior Bargain spots will be plentiful tomorrow.
Learn where to find them
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h0r for latest style English Dog collar
~ Belt, such retail at 75c. Made of
patent leather. with nickel paddock front
and plain plate at back.
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Handkerchief De OF.
FIRST FLOOR.

The "buyer" says: Owe got
Mems best Pure Linen Initial
Handkerchiefs at a bargain"
Details below:
Qrc each, or 81 for three. The values are
- ~ SOC and 75c. Finest of pure linen,
with initials daintily hand embroidered
Box given with each half dozen.
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Lining Department.
SECOND FIJo2

SECOND FLOR.
The buyer" has secured the
best make of Imitation Silk
Innings, but has agreed not to
advertise the trade name.
fcc yard for the Silk-like Lining you see
Cl advertised by most establishments at
25c, by some few al 19c a yard Black and
all colors here, at only 15c yard.
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Lace Department.
FIRST FLOOR

Miss Richmond announces
another great purchase of Laces
and states: "They are better
bargains than those lately of
fered." Need more be written?
A r yard for Superior Torch I.aces the
FN kind that will wash and wear well.
Width l to inches; &c to 12c values at
only 4c yard.
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For Home Needs.

See editorial page of Satur-
days Star" for Bargain
Spots" created by the late visit
of Messrs. William Maginnis,
Louis Bradley, and Ernest
Schweitzer to New York and
elsewhere.
49, The bargains secured include goods
- belonging 20 the HouseiUrnishings
Department, Housekeeping Goods Dep rrm Mt,
and Upholstery Goods Department
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00r for Pocketbooks and Combination
L ~ Card Cases, worth up to SOC Black
and colors, in alligator, seal, and Morocco.
All new styles.
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There is no doubt as to the nature Of the adj
miration the people have for HeuriCIs beer
Visit any Of the hotels and restaurants in the
city and you will always find people calling for
Heurichs beer. The reason for such great sEis-
Lager are the products of the best malt and hops.
For bottled beer phone 6Si, Arlington Botting
Co
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Leather Goods.
FIRST FLOOR.

Mr.. Heller, the buyer" was
one of those who returned
from New York yesterday. He
promises for tomorrow the fol
lowing surprise prices: