Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1896, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER ‘19, 1896428 PAGES. true. For Extra Fine Chatelaine Watch, Ge- neva move- ment, full jeweled, hard enameled, warranted 2 years for time. $22 Watch every- where. We say THE SHIPS OF SPAIN Her Navy Compared With That of the United States. Tables Showing What Would Be the Strength of the Two Nations in Case of War. ‘The New York Herald in a recent discus- sion of what would be the immediate effect of war against the United aid: In view of the strain- €d condition of affairs between these two powers and the certainty that the contest that would follow opening of hostilities would be chiefly a navai one, the subjoined can quote. ness for fifty years in Baltimore govern it here. with them and you’ve appreciated them. meant them —to benefit you. The holiday offers stand unparal $16. OO For $4. Solid Gold Cuff Buttons, with genuine dia- mond, a record breaker at $4. Without diamonds, $2.75. $11 For $6. 3-stone Al- mondine Ring, solid gold, carv- ed mounting. $11 value. Spe- $6. Baltimore Store, by the New York and the Brooklyn; but either of the two latter would be more than a match for one of the Vizcaya class be- cause of the greater number of heavy guns. Although the Maine and the Texas are classed with the Numancia and the Vitoria, neither of the Spanish vessels would stand for ten minutes before either of the two former. In fact, the Texas alone could cap- ture or sink both of the Spaniards. The United States has four first class battle skips and Spain only. one. The United States has four vessels of the arm- ored cruiser class and Spain six. But al- though Spain has the great number of this type the four United ates vessels could undoubtedly destroy all the Spanish six. Without going into details concerning all the craft on each side, it is safe to say that within three months of the beginning of a war Spaif would not have a vessel afloat outside of her best defended ports. The United States has thirteen non-sea- going coast defense monitors of from 1,800 to 2,100 tons displacement, which could be utilized for the defense of harbors. Spain has two of 553 and 700 tons, respectively. t of the effectiv2 modern ships owned by Spain has a number of small gunboats, sH United States. $s BATTLE SHIPS. Displace- ment. Tons. 10,288 10,288 10,288 11,410 6,300 4,084 6,060 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 Mia Monadn » TORPEDO GUN VESSE Vesuvius... IN COMMISSION FOR IMMEDIATE SERVICE. Spain. FIRST-CLASS BATTLE SHIPS. Pelayo SECOND-CLASS BATTLE SHIPS. Numancia. Vitoria. SEAGOING COAST DEFENDERS. None. ARMORED CRUISERS, Imperador Carlos V. Almirante Oquendo. Vizcaya. Infanta Maria Teresa. PROTECTED CRUISERS, Alfonso XIII. Lepanto. PARTIALLY PROTECTED CRUISERS. Alfonso XIf. 3, ATS, PARTIALLY PROTECTED, dito. + 1,152 Infanta Isabel.. TORPEDO BOATS—FIRST CLASS. Two.... 2 Thirteen... to give an idea of the be able to set against It should be borne in mind that the four United States first class battle ships are ad- dly among the finest in the world, as are also the two armored cruisers, while Spain's single battle ship is of a less up-to €ate type, carrying lighter guns and havin, inferior armor. The Spanish armored cruis. mit used aS coastguard and patrol in Spain, Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines, which are more than offset by thirty-four vessels in our revenue marine service, and the small steamers that»are employed by the engineer's department of the United States army. There are also in the navies of both nations a number of old ships, such as the Lancaster, Hartford, Richmond, Wa- bash, Minnesota and Franklin (American), and the Almanza, Blanca, Carmen, Lealtad ers are good ships from every point of view. beving two guns heavier than any carried and Asturias (Spanish). Many war ships are being built for each pation—77,547 tons for the United Btates SSSS SSES H9OSHONOS m Goll For 75 Gents In Silve That’s what we’re doing with values. We’ve established a new era in the jewelry business of Washington. Jewelry on CREDIT for smaller prices than the most generous cash dealers The liberal progressive methods that have governed our busi= You’ve caught right on You’ve accepted them as we’ve Extra Fine Gun Metal Chatelaine Watch, with pin, warranted. Solid Silver Chatelaine Watch, $3.50. $50 For $34 While the stock lasts these large $50 Diamond Tif- fany Rings go for $34. 108 N. Eutaw St. end 53,676 for Spain. America builds her own ships, but several of the Spanish ships are being built in England and Germany. Should war break out the ships building could not be finished in time to take part in it, for it is certain that Spain would be exhausted financially in a few months, even if her ships were not destroyed in less time. In the winter of 1874 the Spanish ridi- culed the motley fleet that the United States sent south to enforce our demand for reparation on account of the Virginius af- fair. They said we sent landing parties on shore to drill because we were afraid to trust large bodies of men on the rotten decks of our ships. El Cronista; a Spanish newspaper published in New York, declared that 12,000 Spanish regulars could march from New Orleans to New York,whereupon the Herald replied that “they could if they behaved themselves, but if not the police would take charge of them.” 5 That these ideas are held by men of sup- posed intelligence is shown from a conver- sation that took place a few months ago between a Spanish consul at one of our im- Portant seaports and a well-known Ameri- can author. While discussing the Cuban question the consul became very much ex- cited and declared that he, as well as hun- dreds of thousands of his countrymen, would hail with delight the outbreak of hostilities between Spain and the United States. When asked what Spain would do, he replied: “First, we would eat up your Uttle navy and then destroy your coast fortifications and lay your cities under trib- ute.” If they should succeed with the ships they might eventually collect the tribute, but our navy was always difficult to swallow and apt to disagree seriously with those who attempted it. The Herald’s “handwrit- ing on the wall” might so work upon the feelings of the guests as to cause them to go home without partaking of the feast.s cee CORNELL GRADUATES DINE. Addresses at the Banquet Board by Distinguished Persons. The sixteenth annual dinner of the Wash- ington Association of Cornell Alumni was held at the Shoreham last evening, and was, from every point of view, a great suc- cess. The table was handsomely decorated, ard the Cornell colors were liberally dis- played. The occasion for holding the din- ner so early in the season was the presence in the city of ex-President Andrew D. White and Prof. Geo. L. Burr of the Vene- zuelan commission, President David Starr Jordan of Leland Stanford University, who is here in connection with the Bering sea cemmission, and Prof. Moses Coit Tyler, the professor of American history of Cor- nell, who ts on his way to the meeting of the American Historical Society ‘at Richmond. The other distinguished guests of the asso- clation were Postmaster General Wilson and Representative Southard of Ohio, who, although a Cornell graduate, is not a mem_ ber of the local association. The presiding officer was Dr. L. O. How- ard. The after-dinner speakers were Presi- dent Jordan, ex-President White, Postmas- ter General Wilson, Congressman Southard and Professor Tyler and Mr. Burr and Mr. Frank H. Cushing. President Jordan spoke of early days at Cornell University. He entered the uni- versity with the first class, and he jocular- ly referred to the assistance which Presi- dent White received in the way of sugges- tions as to the proper organization of the irstitution from the freshmen of that day. Dr. D. E. Salmon, who was present, was, he said, one of these freshmen. He spoke of the inspiration which he had derived from Cornell methods and the Cornell spirit, and especially in his organization of Leland Stanford University, where he has taken care to secure the services of about twenty Cornell men in the faculty. President White referred to the fact that he had recently been charged with pessi- mism, but insisted that a man who was so full of the Cornell spirit could not fall to be optimistic. a Postmaster General Wilson, who followed Mr. White, said that Dr. White deserved little credit for his optimistic spirit, as he Lelonged@ to the party which would take the relus of government March 4. He dwelt at some length on the theme introduced by President Cleveland in his Princeton speech, the necessity for a broad interest in governmental affairs on the part of col- lege men. Congressman Southard, who was a promi- nent boating man at Cornell in '73 and '74, ) lieled. We’ve taken the bull by the horns, so to speak, and made price cuts that almost seem too good to be But they all stand in plain view of everybody. slash right and left—25 and 50 per cent under the lowest advertised price : of our closest competitor. ‘ You Xmas buyers will stand in own interests by neglecting these: It has been cut and your own light and jeopardize your For $3.75. |$20 All goods sold with a positive guarantee as to quality. ASTELBERG’S NAT LUEWELRY C0.,: 1103 Penna. Ave. N.W. Next Star Office. a ea © oA am Dl ip) soit For $11 50-8 This Solid 14k. Gold Watch, Q mono- @ © 999999999 99 39939 DOOOSOO 8000088 gramed. A $20 Watch wher- ever © you e) see it. tical We ask @ $11.50. ¢ This same Watch, 14k. Gold Hunting Case, extra heavy, $19.50. GSCOOSS CFE CE CEOS gave the history of the fotinding of the Corneil navy, which has won so many vic- tories upon the water. Professor Moses Coit Tyler, in the course of his remarks, paid a very high compil- ment to the anthropological investigations of Mr. Frank H. Cushing, also a Cornell man, and Mr. Cushing responded in a short speech. Prior to the banquet the following officers were elected: President, Dr. L. 0. Howard: vice presidents, Miss Eva M. Hicks, Dr. Ralph Jenkins and Mr. Wm. Stranahan: secretary and treasurer, Mr. R. A. Pearson. Besides those already mentioned there were present: Mrs. David Starr Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Fred- erick V. Coville, Mr. and Mrs. David White, Dr. D. E. Salmon, Chief Engineer Carnegie, U. 8. N.; T. J. Fuller, W. R. Doores, Chas. Conard, L. P. Clephane, A. H. Washburn, R. A. Harris, C. M. Green, C. A. McAllister, G. W. LeFevre, C. F. Chisholm, Henry Farquhar, E. 8. Potter, Frank Hamilton Cushing, G. E. Patrick, Dr. A. M. Farring- ton and F, A. Holton. The dinner closed with three cheers for Cornell and the peculiar college yell. Se ee TO SUCCEED HILL, Prominent New Yorkers Taking an Active Part in the Campnign. The Choate Club has been organized in New York to further the movement for the election of Joseph H. Choate to the Unitcd States Senate from New York. Officers were chosen as follows: President, Edmund Wetmore; vice presi- dents, Cephas Brainerd, J. Adriance Bush, Harry E. Howland, Seth Low, Edward Mitchell, Elihu Root, Wager Swayne, Chas. Stewart; secretary, Ernest L. Conant. It ws decided to hold a public meeting in support of Mr. Choate’s candidacy at Car- negie Hall next Wednesday evening. Move- ments are on foot for the organization cf similar clubs in Brooklyn and other cities and towns throughout the state. The Union League “lub’s committee of fifty to go to Albany to urge the election of Mr. Choate has been announced. Wm. D. Guthrie is the chairman, and the following are among the other members: William Brookfield, James C. Carter, Dormah B Eaton, Joel B, Earhardt, Pliny Fisk, Henry E. Howland, Francis H. Leggett, J. Pier- pont Morgan, Charles A. Peabody, D. B. St. John Rocsa, Elihu Root, Geo. P. Rowell, Wm. D. Sloane, Chas. Stewart Smith, Gen. Wager Swayne, Daniel F. Ap- pleton and Paul D. Cravoth. Endeavor Union. The mass meeting of the District Union of Christian Endeavor ‘Sécietier held last night at Kendall Baptist Church was well attended. The topic for the evening was “Duties and Privileges of the Active Mem- ber,” and Rev. Theron Outwater was called upon at short notice fo¥'an address upon “Duties and.Privileges of the Active Mem- ber in the Prayer Meeting.” An open par- lament was conducted by; Rev. E. B. Bag- by on the subject, “‘Dutiesiand Privileges ot the Active Member as a Committee Mem- ber.” The last subject,;“Duties and Priv- ileges of the Active; Member in the Church,” was handled fp,jan able manner by Dr. C. Alexander, pastor of the West Street Presbyterlan,-Church. It was announced that the next Meeting of the executive committee of the union would occur January 11, inst of 4th, so as to avoid holding any meetings during the “week of prayel The Clerks’ Christmas Gift. Arrangements have been made at the Treasury Department for the payment of the Christmas salaries of the employes of that department on the 28d instant. It is expected that a similar course will be fol- lowed in the other executive departments. This arrangement will permit disbursing officers to advance two days’ pay to the employes, or up to the 26th in2tant. oo. ~~. Moncure Robinson Dead. "The Colombiaw##line steamship Finance, Capt. Daily, from New York on De- cember 10, has arrived, at Colon, bringing the body of Moncure Robinson of Phila- Gelphia, a passenger on board that vessel, who died suddenly when the vessel-was two days out. The body will be embalmed and shipped to the United States. LATE LONDON TOPICS The Metropolis Now Crowded With Christmas Buyers. LABOUCHERE AND HIS CRUSADE Dr. Howard Describes the Condi- tion of Siberian Exiles. PRAISE AND CENSURE GIVEN ee (Copyrighted, 1896, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, December 19.—The weather throughout the week has been of the most dismal description. Continued cold and fog prevailed all over England, and the atmosphere wus-so dense over the Isle of Wight that the latter was completely cut off from the mzin land for twenty-four hours. But, nevertheless, London is crowd- ed with Christmas shoppers, among whom are the Princess of Wales and her daugh- ters, who have daily been busy buying gifts and nightly occupied in visiting the thea- ters. The Prince of Wales has been shoot- ing. with Lord Derby. The story that the queen, who arrived on Friday at Osborne for Christmas, has projected a visit to Ireland, undoubtedly arose from the fact that the Duke and Duchess of York will spend a month there in 1897. After a week at Dublin Castle they will make a rcund of visits to country houses, including that of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, that of the Eari and Countess of Dunraven and that ot the Marquis and Marchioness of London- derry. The Duke and Duchess of York are spending a week at Welbeck Abbey, the seat of the Duke and Duchess. of Portland. The visit has been full of elaborate cere- monial, balls, concerts and shooting, cul- minating with a splendid ball in the fa- mous subterranean ball room on Thurs day. The large house party included th Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, the Duk« and Duchess of Marlborough, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester and Countesy Dudley. It is stated that the Duchess of York will shortly again go into temporary r¢ tirement, and it fs rumored that the Duk« of York will be promoted to be a rear ad- miral on New Year's day, at which there is a great deal of ill-feeling, as he will thereby overstep more than a hundred cap- tains who are his seniors. Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark start for Copenhagen today, where they will spend several months. Princess Maude. who greatly admired the Duchess of Marl borough's jewel belt, is having a hundred lovely rubies and diamonds, which were presented to her by the queen, set in a gold ceinture, similar to that of the Ameri- can duchess. Labouchere’s Crusade. The libel suit of the Rev. George Brooks against Mr. Henry Labouchere has re- sulted in a verdict for the latter, with costs, together with the jury's opinion that Truth conferred a benefit upon the public in exposing the “Prince of Begging Letter Writers,” who has aroused unusual in terest. The plaintiff is known as “Bounty Brooks,” owing to the first lord of the treasury, Mr. A. J. Balfour, giving hin £200 ($1,000) out of the royal bounty fund on account of an anti-socialist book of which Brooks was the author. The evi~ dence in the suit just ended showed that Brooks, from 1889 to 18 realized over £7,000 ($85,000) by. begging letters, During the course of the testimony Brooks at- tributed his financial troubles partly to a disastrous speculation on a lecture by th late Henry Ward Beecher, who, plaintift said, demanded a fee of £60 ($300) in. ad- vance, while only £20 ($100) was taken in at the door. Brooks also-said that he went to the United States to study soctal ques- tions, and found himself too English to get on in America. The press, with the Times at its head, has united in a chorus of approval of Mr. Labouchere for his continued exposure of impostors, and it is said to have been de- veloped that he has expended for this pur pose over £40,000 ($200,000) in lawyers’ fees alone during recent’ years. Altogether “Labby” is the lion of the week, for, in ad- dition to his legal victory, there has been Truth’s annual distribution of toys to thc children of the hospitals at Albert Hall, which has been the center of attraction. ‘There were 4,200 dressed dolls on view anv 25,000 other toys. Dr. Benjamin Howard, a surgeon. we! known in England and America, who, sinc: 1859, has made a special study of penalogy has just arrived in England from a fourth | visit to Russia and Siberia, undertaken for the purpose of confirming and bringing up to date the observations made by him in Saghalien and elsewhere since 1888. Studying Siberian Exiles. During an interview with a representa- tive of the Associated Press, Dr. Howard said: “The special object of my last journey which has occupied six months, was t« complete my studies regarding the recap ture, redistribution and means of forward ing Siberian exiles. I have been throug! every convict and exile prison between St Petersburg and Siberla. I have waylaid exile gangs by road, rail and river, exam ined ‘the convict barges on which they werc conveyed when empty, and have had oppor tunities of speaking to every man on board when they have been fuil. For hundreds oi consecutive miles I have kept observation on the gangs so as to see them under al: conditions. My object was not merely to confirm or deny statements made by others on Siberia, but to bring my personal know!- edge of the Russian penal system up tc date. “I have,” continued Dr. Howard, “made a special study of penalogy for over thirty- five years, and during this period I have ex- amined the systems in the West Indies, East Indies, China, Japan, Siberia and Eu rope and America. In 1888 I commenced gaySstudy of the Russian system, and in that year I visited the convict establish- ments of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Next I went to Siberia and the great exile island of Saghalien. I was the first foreigner to live on the island, although various persons have touched at the place. The unique feature of my visit, which lasted from July to September, lay in the fact that I went as a personal friend of the governor, whom 1 met casually at dinner. During my visit I accompanied him on his tours of inspection, and frequently saw more than the governor himself. I was practically an official, only without official responsibility, and I was able to avail myself of the singular oppor- tunity afforded me as the first person, other than a Russian official or an exile, to spend so long a period in the place.” Aske* concerning the result of his ob- servati as, Dr. Howard replied: “In {ts main principle of productive labor the Russian penal system is worthy of imi- tation. In its general maladministration 1t is worthy of reprobation.” Asked to explain the strangely divergent accounts of Messrs. Harry de Windt and George Kennan, Dr. Howard declined to deny or confirm such statements. He pointed out, however, that in the case of Mr. Kennan’s book the writer doés not pro- fess to have seen personally any of the bar- barities mentioned by him. “I can only speak of what I have seen. The adminis- tration of the Siberian system rests so largely with individuals that almdst any- thing may be possible. Of all that is bad in Siberia proper Saghalien has had the reputation of being ten times worse in every particular. My experiences there will be described fully in my book.” How the Exiles Live. Comparing the lot of Siberian exiles with cénvicts in other countries, Dr. Howard remarked: “The result of my experience has been to show that a man’s treatment is largely in his own hands. After a convict’s term of two years’ imprisonment is over there is nothing to prevent him within three to five years becoming, within certain geograph- ical a free man. Escape. rom Sa- ghalien {8 practically impossible. This holds good in a general way, with very special exceptions. A political exile or a murderer in Saghalien lives with his family in a well- built and often pretty four-roomed ‘cottage, with its court yard, vestibule and garden. The island is populated mostly by mur- derers or by persons guilty of similarly se- Suffering >, )Women. rious crimes. They work peaceably and quietly on their farms, and walk about the streets to all appearances free men. Go into the bureaux of the prisons, and you see men seated at rows of desks. Their general demeanor and the appearance of the place is not unlike that you would see in offices in any part of the world, yet each man is probably a convicted murderer. Russian convicts, instead of being a heavy charge on the resources of the country, are a source of revenue, Convict labor has added to the Russian empire an island the length of England, not an acre of which was previously under cultivation, and it is only the population of Siberia by these peo- ple that has made possible the line of the Trans-Siberian railway—the envy of the whole world.” n conclusion, Dr. Howard said: ‘The main lesson to be drawn from this system is the absolute futility of punish- ment for its sake alone. “The first principle taught is that of self- maintenance. Convict labor should be pro- Cuctive of a net profit to the state, so that, in tead (as in England, for instance,) of costing many millions to the state there should be an annual revenue by putting in orce organized forms of industry suited to he capacity of the respective criminals. By the means employed in Siberfa the con- viets do not lose all self-respect, and are often better fitted than before to become useful members of society. In the English and some other prison systems the result is genecally the opposite. The result of the convict’s incarceration and of the useless forms of labor on-which he has been em- ployed In this case has often only generated a revenge which tends to render him an habitual criminal. q Dr. Howard will shortly leave for New york, where he will read a paper before the New York Geographical Society. The prime mover in the testimonial which it was proposed to_presout.to the United tates ambassador, Mr. ‘Thomas F. Bayard, seems to have been Sir Edward Ai fo a representative of the Associated Pi Mr. Bernard Quaritch, the bookseller, s: “Some days before anything was’ m ioned in the Daily Telegraph Sir Edwin -d what I had present for Mi id. tifieent copy of Chaucer, printed by Cax- com, It is a wonderfull wo leaves being im fac 39,400. Other expenses brought it up to $10,000. I told Sir Edwin my price was 312,500. He then wanted to know, if they iid not raise as much as that, what else I nad. J then showed him a manuscript copy xf Chaucer, written on vellum before print- ing was invented, and having 1iluminated apitals. ~For this I wan:ed $1,500. 1 -hought it particularly appropriate, I ion’t believe there is a Chaucer manuscript opy in the United States. I also showed sir Edwin two copies of the first folio of 3 peare, one at $420 and the ocher at 3360. Of course, they have the first folio in he United States, and their prices are ‘ear; but not for the condition the books are in. I have a letter from Sir Edwin apologizing for the fact that the maiter is ot going on. The Chaucer printed by C: cn would have been much appre he United States. I sold a copy lay to an American collector 71 t is not so perfect a copy shown Sir Edwin, as eighteen ies fac-simile:””' It is believed that hoped to obtain $12,900 and secure the ‘axton copy of Chaucer and the best of the .wo first folios; or, failing any enthusiastic esponse, to have secured the MS. ¢ and the folio at an expense of 31 he list ‘closed subscriptions ‘¥ sounced for $840.87. és A second internal art exhibition will- be Venice in the coming Zz. Pro- A. Fradeletto will again assume the ip, and so many exhibitors from ul parts of the world have already sent in heir names that three new halls are to be vuilt to accommodate their pictures. The hibition is to be opened by the Prince and Princess of Naples, who will then nake sheir first appearance in a public capacity. A recent family council of the members of the houses of Savoy and Orleans has s ceeded in inducing the Duke and Duchess of Aosta to abandon their intention of an immediate separation. The Duke of Aosta s the eldest nephew of the King of Italy, ind the duchess, to whom he ‘was married in June, 184, is the Princess Elena ef Or- seans, daughter of the late Count of Paris and a sister of the Duke of Orleans. Napoleon’s reproach ‘nat the British are a nation of shopkeepers is illustrated this week in an advertisement in a London weekly, in which, as a bargan, a lady “leaving England permanently,” offers to sell a family grave, to hold tive, and marble slab. Sir Edwin Arnold CHANGING SILVER INTO GOLD. Interesting Experiments and Pro- cesses Made by Prof, Emmons, From the Jewelers’ Review. Professor Emmons, one of the most skill- ed metallurgists in the country, claims that in the reduction of silver the molecules are so subdivided ag to differ so materially from that metal that they can no longer be re- garded as the same substance, but a new one and apparently the parent of both gold and silver, or the raw material out of which by a different arrangement of molecules either gold or silver are constructed. Work- ing onsthis theory he finds that this new metallic substance can be aggregated inio molecules of greater density than silver, and precisely corresponding with gold in color, in weight, so as to answer to every test of the United States mint as gold. In fact, he says, it is gold, though manufac- tured from silver, of as much. purity and value as that ever obtained in any other way. With further experiments on a larger scale he expects that the process of manu- facturing gold from silver will be very ma- terlally cheapened. At present he gets about four ounces of gold from six of silver. This would seem to indicate that the pres- ent number of elements as well as our chemistry of metals would have to be re- vised, if Professor Emmons is not mistaken in his experiments. ++ e+ —____- ‘That Explained It. From the New York Herald. Badger—“Great Scott! Podkins, what a racket! Is there a fight going on in the flat above?” Podkins—“Oh, no; that’s a whist club.” Badger—“A whist club? Well, maybe you think I believe that!” Podkins—“‘It’s a ladies’ whist club.” Badger—“O—h!” One Form of Gentusy rooklyn Life. i s Mrs. Brown—“George, you are a born diplomat.” Brown—“What makes. you think so?” Mrs. Brown—“The way you manage to conceal your opinions of other people's chil- dren.” POSES OSH DEADET ES OPERA GLASSES. Many _ beauties bere; direct. tm. FE S45 from, Prices begin at J. KARR’S SONS, Jewelers, 945 Penn. 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Some with sterling silver mountings and De = = moukey and horn-back alMgator Kneessi, 425 7th St. AR ERERBLONG EBLE ERAS RE ME Special Sale 3 DIAMONDS. ? IUH be of short duration, but we wilt make it the. greatest “Dixmond ~ Sale on record.” Special Holiday re tions run riot through our $100,- the finest and largest in here Diamond uit ctattstte Pendants §%. 2 $125 to $ 1 $100 to Diamond -a27 aumber of pa —every desira Earrings 35 3,"ts" 22 $225 POOPO OOS TPES SHE TEGFOES0O 908908 to $188; $10 to i. A lot u $100 pair’ now 886 PQUISE IS erlek nome Rings Soeettor eines pot $10; $25 ones $20, Solitaire 7 Diamond Rings x3" ii to $450, th ust be so We'll cut a $18 Opal Scarf Pin, $10. Beautiful Opal, surrounded by six quite the handsomest gift you « a man. SLED LINGERS EPH OG ORME OPH HEH CORO EEER D ‘Jacobs Bros., Largest Diamond House oe = Ta Washington, Ma 1229 Pa. Ave. t del9-60d Established IST74. Boteler’s Landscapes make a daintily pretty Done in platinum. 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