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pair of them act in the variety theatres and
continuous" houses during the winter, when
the circus is not on the road.
The clowns have their own dressing room,
and they are chummy a rule. Several OF
them are married. and their wives and children
travel with the show The circus business diff
fers from that of the theatre in that it induces
matrimonial ventures with less degree OF risk
Clever people almost always get engage
ments for several seasons with the same show,
any many Of them continue with the same
circus for many years
Several of the clowns who have been at the
Garden have fads of kind more or less sur
prising to those who look upon them as quite
apart from the ordinary run of human beings
one man has made speciality of anatomy, and
when not in the ring usually be found
porting over scientific books. His services have
been of value in a few cases where accidents
occurred in the ring and no doctor happened
to be present That this clown is not the only
anomaly in his profession was evidenced to the
writer some years ago. when he visited the
dressing tent of a little old fashioned circus
in Butte Mont. Snow had fallen, and it was
very cold, for there had been an unlocked for
spell Of bad weather. The show had not begun,
and the performers We're seated on the ground,
huddled about a smoulderng wood fire. One
Of the acrobats brushed few handfuls of saw
dust aside and suggested that the writer sit
down and make himself comfortable. y merry
fellow in yellow and red laid aside the book he
was reading, the cover Of which appeared
the words, The Ring and the Book" And to
the visitor it did not seem an altogether inap-
nropriate selection, though he had not expected
to find just that sort of literature in the dress
| ing tent.
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the facts. This steam vent has quadrupled in
power in the last ten years A close observer
would have this, if he had taken note of
the great destruction which is going in the
surrounding trees. There are several acres of
ground around this spring which the trees
have been killed during the last six years.
Obviously its force and volume have greatly in
creased its destructive influence would not
be so much extended A little inquiry would
further have shown this investigator that close
by the Grower the Government has in recent
years been compelled to change its road because
of the outbreak of new springs and geysers of
great energy and power. In fact. this entire
basin, called the Norris Geyser Basin, is steadily
increasing in activity.
The old Fountain Geyser in the Lower Fire
hole Basin has indeed become extinct, but it's
energy has been transferred to another near by
which appeared simultaneously with the disap-
pearance Of the od. The Great Fountain Geyser
displays the same activity that it did when first
described by Folsom in 1869 Excelsior Geyser
has been active but two three times since the
discovery of this region. 1t is the most power
full geyser in the park and during its last erup
ton it burst through the rim which separates it
from the FirehOe River This let the water in
the pool escape and lowered its level several
feet The relief of pressure thus brought about
proba bly, accounts for its failure to discharge in
recent years but its volume is as great as it
ever was. old Faithful shows perceptible
change. either in regularity height of erup-
ton. The Bee Hive is less frequent in eruption
than it used to be, but others in the neighbor
hood more active Geyser action on the
shore of the Yellowstone Lake is more vigorous
than it was ten years ago Mud Geyser in the
last few years has shown more violence and
power than at any time since ii was discovered.
The springs on Sulphur Mountain appear eX-
actly as they did years agO. The various feat
ures throughout the park known paint pots"
| show no perceptible change. The Mammoth Hot
| Springs show more change than other feat
ure but this is due TO migration rather than
! tinction. While the springs one side
New-York tribune., 1900-04-22
SUNDAY. APRIL %. 1900.

mat a better lot Of fellows could not be found
than the average circus clowns, The work
needs intelligence, quick wit and a certain
measure of gymnastc ability. 1t pays well
and has attracted men on that account. one
or the clowns at the Garden has had a broad
range Of theatrical experience. He was once
a tragedian in the West, and has played the
Moor and Macbeth in his time. But Shake
speare fell on evil days. and so he turned his
talents to a profession less soulful, perhaps
but more filling Il get three meals day
now, he said, and the circus train affords
comfortable travelling. The cross-tie method of
locomotion got a. little monotonous, and so I
gave it up" Notwithstanding the experience
of this child Of Momus there are several young
clowns in the Forepaugh-Sells aggregation who
looking forward to histrionic careers, and a
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show is largely dependent upon how those acts
are received by the public. 1t would not DO for
the clowns 10 monopolize attention while high
salariei rider was doing his star stunt so
the clowns must observe and remember GER
tain Injunction Of one William Shakespeare, who
some aver was himself in the horse business to
a greater or less extent:
And Jet those thst play your clowns speak
no more than is set down for them: for there
be Of them that will themselves laugh TO set
On some quantity Of barren spectators to laugh
TOO: though in the mean time some necessary
question Of the play be then TO be considered
that's yfllanous and shows most pitlful ambl-
ton in the fool that uses it."
The same law suggested in Hamlets hlJuhc-
tion TO the players is applicable 10 the men on
the sawdust and. what is more 10 the point
r must be observed The clown gets MS Inn
ings while the horses are having breathing
smell and while the acrObats are snalchlhs d
few moments Of much needed rest Ihere
must be no luI no time for the audience to
get impatient and the clown fills in the gaps.
The circus clown Of to-day is different klnd
of fellow from those who amused the crowds
in the tine when old Dan Rice and Tony
Pastor were kings in that particular line The
clown who sang Where was Moses when the
light went out?" and the Shakespearian jester,
who appeared in cap and bells and recited paro-
dies. varying those occupations with the IN
quiry. What viii the little lady have now
the hoops or the banners?' belong to past
generation Their efforts would be lost IN the
big arena Of to-day, where to be seen and not
heard is the first requisite. The successful
clown now must have a certain amount OF
pantomifuic ability and the best clowns are
those Who can convey suggestions in broad.
quick strokes From which it may be gathered
that there is more Or less impressonistic art in
cOWning
The requirements account, too. in large
measure for the fact that the clown is not so
bad a he is painted" True his reputation,
like his face. IS more or less spotted, but those
who know most about the circus business say
New-York tribune., 1900-04-22
COINS OF CRouWELEs TROOPERS FOUND.
From The Birmingham Post.

From The Birmingham POsI
remarkable discovery of coins has been
made at HOghton, midway betV cen blackburn
and Preston at a farmhouse belonging to
Thomas Crook, near Hoghton Tower, the seat
of Sir James De Hoghton, and the scene OF one
of the Cromwellian advances. The coins when
number ffty-fve are of silver, varying in value
and dated near the end of the fifteenth and the
beginning of the sixteenth century They were
discovered under the thatch of a roof, where 1t
is c0niectured they were placed for safety from
plunder by Cromwells troops. They are in a
remarkably good state of preservation, and were
In q curious bag of wash leather
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chapel at ArchbshOp's House, where accord
ing to an ancient rite it was solemnly blessed
before the altar by Cardinal Vaughan. When
the kneeling soldier of fortune-in new sense
was enjoined in the accustomed formuary to
accept no greater reward for his services than
is their just due it a little difficult for
either actor in the moving little ceremony to
preserve a cOuntenance quite impasSive.
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MAKING A ROUGH SEA SMOOTH.

EXPERIMENTS WITH A FLOATING NET ANCHORED
AND BUOYED AT THE RIGHT PLACE.
Baron Benvenuto d d'Alessandro. Italian liv
ing in Paris, has devised new plan for render
ing a rough sea smooth in the vicinity of ships,
lighthouses and harbor entrances. He employs
q netting stretched on the surface of the water
New-York tribune., 1900-04-22

preston that the yell
lowstone wonderland.
so far as the hot
springs and geysers
are concerned, is prac-
tically a thing of the
past.
Both in his premises
and conclusions the
author of this article
is wholly astray. and
1t is a good example
of how even a scien-
tific observer may
draw wrong conclu-
sions If he fails to ex-
anime all sides of a
question. A few ex-
amples will illustrate.
Roaring Mountain.
which the author OF
the ''Ciel ct Terre"
article did not hear
roar, never has roared
to any noticeable ex-
tent. Some enthusi-
astic explorer in past
years happened b y
this hill when there
WI as an excessive
escape of steam. heard
the loud. shrill sound
which IL caused, and
dignified the eminence
with the n a IN e Of
r o ari n 6 Mountain.
But it is doubtful il
any one has ever
heard it roar a n y
more than it d o e $
now: certainly 1T is as
active as it has been
for fifteen or twenty
years.
The GrOwler is an
OF h er example in
which the author s
conclusions are eX-
actly the opposite OF
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THE DUKE or yoRFoLKs SWORD BLESSED

From The London Chronicle.
one little episode probably elsewhere unre-
corded, of the going forth of the Duke Of Norfolk
to the war recalls certain customs OF knlghtly
rnediaevalism never abandoned by the house of
Howard On the day Of his departure from
London the Duke took his sword to the private
New-York tribune., 1900-04-22
THE MEN IN MOTLEY.
4 FEW ITEMS OF INFORMATION ABOUT
THE CLOWNS OF THE PRESENT DAY.

THE CLOWNS OF The FKESENT DAY.
In one respect the clowns in a circus have
sssti1ct advantage over other performers. They
are not under the iron rule of the equestrian
director when in the ring. and one dictates
IN them in regard to their performance. In
circus Of the first rate sort it is taken for
GRANTED that they understand their business
and for that they are engaged. The director
might make suggestions during a rehearsal to
scrobats and riders but he is not supposed to
he a humorist and the funny fellows would
indignantly resent his interference in their part
., the show Another peculiar part of the
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clowns performance
is that it practically
evolves Itself; that is.
no man among the
twenty-five clowns is
the leader and in
structor q the rest
Each one makes sug-
gestions, ana gradu-
ally the acts are
whipped into shape
But in one respect
the clowns must con-
form to the general
laws Of the circus.
The prevailing idea is
that the clowns sim
ply wander about in
an aimless sort Of
way. OCCASIONALLY 60
ing through some an
tic TO tickle the risi-
bIliues Of The crowd.
Nothing IS further
from the truth Prac-
tically every move Of
the circus buffoon is
carefully planned in
advance, and is done
In a given place in
the arena at a given
tine at each perform
ance. The football
game that amuses at
I o'clock one day viii
be in progress at that
hour, with slight Va
ration. every day Of
the entire season.
There are o I h er
features Of the circus
that are important,
however and it is to
the interest Of the
management not to
have the expensive
and striking a c I 5
overlooked. The sue
ross or failure Of the
New-York tribune., 1900-04-22
GEYSERS STILL VIGOROUS.
THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE VEL
LOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK DENIES
THE REPORT THAT THE HOT
SPRINGS ARE NEARING
EXTINCTION.

To the +, itor of The Tribune.
Sir: There was recently published in a French
scientific paper, 'Ciel ct Terre,'' of Paris, an
article on the Yellowstone National Park, in
which the writer. who had lately visited the
park. holds that the geysers rapidly ap
preaching extinction. The article has been
widely copied throughout the United States, and
has gone a long way toward creating i'm
Evening star., 1900-03-29
RESULT OF APPEAL,
Total of S197 Contributed to Junior
Republic Fund.

In response to Mrs. Archibald Hopkins
appeal recently issued in the interest of
the Junior Republic, the sum of sl97 has
been received from sixty-five persons, to be
added to the fund for the support of the
institution. The subscribers are: Mrs.
Frank H. Howe. Mrs. Ludlow, Mrs. Cabot
Lodge, Annie H. Gisburne, Anonymous
(2). Mrs. George c. Bioomer, "a Mother y
Miss Julia Lindsey, Miss Lindsey, Mrs
Mussey Mrs. Raggles.- Mrs.LC. C. Glover,
Mrs. Chatard, Mrs. N, A. Anderson, Mrs.
Sanders JehRston Mrs. James G. Hill. Mrs.
Lucius Tuckerman. Mrs. Samuel H. Poole,
Mrs. c.. c. Mott. Mrs. VIM. E. Chandler,
Mrs. Henry Macfariand. Mrs Charles A.
Williams, Mrs. E. s. Hutchinson, I'm Lov-
ing Memory" Mrs Alexander Rodgers,
Mrs. W. J. Boardman. Elizabeth Adams
Endicott, Mrs. H. B. Coffin, Mrs E. Huff,
Mrs. Charles Poor. Mrs. H. c. Sinclair.
Mrs. c. G. Seynarth. Mrs John T. Schaff.
Mrs. F. H. Morris, Mrs. ]. W. Babson, Mrs.
A. T. Smith. Mrs. Mcmillan. Mrs. Robert
Mccormick. Mrs: Bernard Green, Mrs. Geo.
8. Fraser, Mrs. John Hay, Mrs. Charles F.
Scott, Miss Julia Gillis, Mrs. Card. Mrs
Westinghouse. Mrs. Postlethwaite Mrs.
Alice NJ. Hunt Mrs. George Christiancy.
Mrs. Thomas F. Richardson, Mrs. Fred
Mcguire. Mrs: Cosby. Mrs. T. p. Sanger
Mrs. Jackson. Mrs. Gregory. Mrs. Gardiner
Hubbard. Mrs, F.. B. Austin; Mrs. g II
Bell. Friends" through2 Mrs. BelD. Mrs.
W. F; Wharton, 'In loving memory of Ar
thur"
Evening star., 1900-03-29
IN CRIMINAL COURT.
Justice Clabaugh Imposes q Sentence
-PrisOners Enter Pleas,

Justice Clabaugh Imposes q Sentence
Prisoners Enter Pleas.
Samuel Jones, indicted for larceny from
the person, entered a plea Of guilty when
arraigned today before Justice Clabaugh,
In Criminal Court No. l. He was sentenced
to Imprisonment In the West Virginia peni-
tentiary at MoundsviHe for four years.
In the same court Armstrong Parker,
alias Anthony Parker. indicted for larceny
from the person. was arraigned. He plead
ed guilty. 1t developed that Parker was
the first man sentenced by Justice Cla-
baugh after the latter took his seat on the
bench in March of last year. Justice Cla-
baugh was lenient and let the defendant
on at that time with jail sentence. He
was released last January. Walker was
defended when tried last March by Mr.. T.
Z. Taylor, now an assistant United States
attorney. Mr.. Taylor appeared against him
today as prosecutor The prisoner was
remanded to await sentence under the
pending charge.
Others arraigned today were Alexander
Booker, indicted for assault with intent to
XII James Coates, housebreeking; William
n Coates, assault with intent TO kill. and
thornton Braxton, assault with intent to
XIII. Each pleaded not guilty.
Lucius Jones, colored. tried under an in
dictment alleging violation of section 5392
Revised Statutes United States, was ac-
quilted.
Evening star., 1900-03-29
MANDOLIN .CLUB RECEPTION.
An Excellent Program Admirably
Given Before Lnrge Audience.

The first card reception of the Washing
ton Ladies' Mandolin and Guitar Club. last
evening. at 931 K street, proved a source of
enjoyment to a large and cultured audience.
The object of the club is a worthy one, it
being to establish perrfanent fund to be
devoted to furnishin instruments and tul-
ton on either mandolin oviolin. guitar or
banjo to talented youngs ladies whose cir
cumstances would n6t otherwise permit
them to receive suchqe qeadSaantage 1t is the
privilege of each miembes of the club to
propose an applicant i.fto .ftof instruction. and.
II found worthy SHE Is sgtven an instru
ment and a term 81 lessons. While the
principal object OF hhe blub Is to assist
others, the membersi thegpselves expect to
derive benefits and advancement on their
respective instruments at the weekly club
rehearsals, the teachers sbeing present to
instruct and assist. ii7.'
The program Of the[receRtion last evening
was in two parts. The e!4b. under the able
ted itself most creditably. in several selec-
tons Others who participated were Mr..
Arthur E. Middleton, Mrs. Anna Craig
Hills Mr.. Horatio RAhcil. Miss Ella Knight,
Mr.. Walter Birch. the Capitol Hill Quartet,
consisting Of Miss Gertrude Dana. Miss A.
Belle Carpenter. Mr.. Thomas L. Jones and
Mr.. Arthur E. Middleton, and male quar-
tet. consisting of Mr. Walter Birch, Mr..
Horatlo Reuch, Mr.. Charles Moore and Mr..
Geo. O'Connor. In vocal selections: Mr..
Joseph H. Cullen. in banjo selections: Miss
Alice Irwin, in recitations. and Prof. Ar
thur E. Yundt In instrumental selections.
Evening star., 1900-03-29

Encores were persistently demanded and
given Mr.. Haistead P. Hoover served cred
itably as piano accompanist. Mrs Helen
M. Warren was the chaperon of the even
ing. Prof. Yundt and Mr.. Cullen are the
instructors of the club. the former serving
members of the club are: Miss Lucie E.
Mortimer. directress: Miss Anna Brame.
Miss Bertha Carroll. Miss Mayme w.
Dickey. Miss Helene Eiseman. Miss Jean
nette Harris. Miss Imogene lexis, Miss Ray
Kaufman. Miss Eva Keleher Miss Minnie
Leesnitzer. Miss Margaret Muntz, Miss
Flora Plugge, Miss Esther Spier, Miss Jen-
ME Spier, Miss Auguste. Thill
The next appearance of the new organ
ization in public will be the 25th of April.
Evening star., 1900-03-29

Prominent LAW Firm Charged With
BetrayinE CONFIDENCE of Clients.

BetrayinE Confidence of Clients.
The New York Herald of today says:
Grave charges of breach of faith are made
against Stetson. Jennings & Russell, a we'll
known law firm, Of which former President
Cleveland was at one time a member. and
against Benjamin F. Tracy. formerly Sec
retary of the Navy, in a bill in equity which
was filed yesterday in the United States
circuit court in Trenton. N. j., by the Hon
duras Company, complainant. against the
Honduras Syndicate. defendant.
Demand is made for an account of profits
that may have accrued under concession,
which is supposed to be worth millions of
dollars. 1t is also asked that the conces-
sion be made over to the complainant In
terested in financial manner in the case
are Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew, Col. John
Jacob Astor, H. Walter Webb. W. Seward
Webb and others equally well known.
John r. Shipherd. the originator of the
Honduras Company, and the one RESPONSE
BILE for the present suit has in times past
been charitably referred to as Colonel
Sellers in real life Twenty, years ago be
involved James G. Blaine. then Secretary
OF State, In what was known as the Pc
ruvian scandal" To this incident many
have traced Blaines defeat for the presi-
dency.
Senator Chauncey NJ Depew was seen at
his home, No. q West 54th street, as he
was about 10 depart for Washington at
midnight last night. When asked concern
ing his connection with the Honduras syn
dicate. he said:
Yes. 1 am connected with the syndicate
together with Colonel Astor, W. Seward
Webb and II. Walter Webb but I am not
familiar with the Honduras Company and
have never been identified with 1t. For de-
tails Of the pending suit 1t will be neces-
sary for you to see our counsel.
IF. however. Benjamin F.. Tracy and the
law firm Of stetson Jennings & Russell are
accused of breaking faith with the Hondu-
ras Company. 1 am willing to state emphat-
ically that 1t is untrue. If there has been
bad faith am certain that it has not been
on the part of those men.
Il understood that there had been differ
ences between Mr.. Jennings and Mr.. Shin
herd. but that they had been settled and
that Mr.. Jennings had been released from
any obligations which might previously
have bound him.
What the terms of the settlement were
/ am unable to say. 1t was a private mat
ter between the men concerned Any re-
port that suggested the settlement or was
in any way connected with it is without
foundation"
Evening star., 1900-03-29
soldiers, Home Temperance Un,o,

At the regular meeting Tuesday evening
last of the Soldiers Home Temperance
Union. in Stanley Hall. an attractive mu-
steal program was rendered before an au-
dience numbering more than 3OO The pro-
gram consisted Of several selections by the
Soldiers Home Band. and vocal and in
strumental renditions by the following: Miss
Grady. Miss Duffy. Miss Campbell, Miss
Keith. and Master Vincent Grady. The
audience sang America
Evening star., 1900-03-29
When Baby had Scald Head
When Mother had Salt Rheum-

When Father had ;Piles.-Doii:n 4fEnsWs 81 sns
gave the quickest relief and surest cure These are
gems Of truth picked from Testimony which ID
given every day to this greatest Of healers It has
ma. Tetter. Sxin Eruptions Piles. Scalds, Burns,
Old Sores: etc and It's 36 cents. Sold by F. s.
IAMS. Sd and Pa. ave. a
Evening star., 1900-03-29
TRY GRAlR-nl TRY egAlN-Dl

Ask your Grocer today TO show you package of
GRA1N-0 the new food drink that takes The pisce
Of coffee The children nsy drink It without ina
jury as well as the adult. An who try 1t like it
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown Of Mocha Or
Java, but 1t 10 made from pure grains and the
most delicate stomach receives II without Distress
Sold by all grocers.
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ZWC. for ladies trimmed and untrimmed
walking hats and sailors In rough,
mackinaw aid pain straws-in such colors
as black. brown. navy, castor. gray. etc
which you see around town for 9sc to 81 81.
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:X.XC for all-sflk taffetaline, 81 inches
wide; extra fine. soft, rich lus-
trous silk fabric, that usually sells at 49c.
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So 02fo lot Of boys all-wool suits, in
vcstie styles from 3 to s years.
aId In dOuble-breasted styles from to l6
years: the best suits possible to buy for
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IS SO for mems $3.50 tan shoes-with
heavy Soles.
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Doc for yard-wide all-wool ladies'
cloths, in all good. desirable col
ors and black. Worth 44c
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NQC for yard-wide navy and black
heavy twiiled serge. that usually
retails at 39c
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lGlAC. for mems black mercerizcd silk
S/9Se half hose. which everywhere sell
for Do. Dair
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Nc. for ladies' and misses ribbed vests
and pants-in gray white not
many. 50 be prompt.
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VSc for 10 yards OF No. III or No. .
black velvet ribbons for trimming
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NWC. for sofa pillows made OF art drapery
with rlffie all around
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OSC for choice Of 10 styles Of new
Ss brooch pins. enameled, icweled,
etc.-will find them elsewhere for soc
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OSC- for black liberty silk r1ffs, with
full pleated eEds-the same as sold
for S.. 80 elsewhere.
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9c tss ss sy' N Me.r%af nt1nnmeS9 esfe's af ~h as
color patterns. instead of 25c.-for this
hour.
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NOC for mems ties, in all the latest
shapes. the usual 38c. sort.
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SSH mO for ladies' tan bicycling boots
kind that sells for So in exclu-
siye shoe stores
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0SC. for boys all-wool fancy plaid golf
caps-silk lined.
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O,XHC- for ladies' muslin drawers with
deep hem and tucks.
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AOC n yard for liberty silks and nous
selines-i5 Inches wide-cl,oice OF
black. white, pink, blue. maize, nile, cerise,
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SC for lot of ladies' and mems ties.
w. whicl we formerly sold for 15c., will
be closed out this hour.
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DC for lot of mems and boys linen col
lars, such every meu's store sells
at 15c.-for this hour.
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NSXH~ Il yard for turkey red table
nOS74S' Unexpectedly fast coiors and
best designs--the same quality that sells for
19c. usually.
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SV WSfor Indies black and blue cheviot
serge skirts, with fronts trimmed
with applqued tafYeta and braid. with boy
I,eat back
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LWE. for liberty silk scarfs. in all col
Ors and black. two yards long
pleated ends.
Evening star., 1900-03-29

Roc for all-over 1aces for yokes and
" S' sleeves. instead of G9c.
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cXWC. for choice of ten styles ladies'
long, short and medium corsets-
worth I5c