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8 * MOSES Storage, 22d and M. F st.. cer. 1th. ' Factories, 12th & B, and Mattress Factory, ist & D. Onyx Top Tables, High-grade Lamps, Shades and Gloles—a splendid stock of Ladies’ Desks, Recep- tion Chairs. Rockers, ete., for Christmas. Wonderful Offerings From Our Carpet Dept. Just holiday specials we've gotten together for you. You can select a good floor covering and the small- ness of the price we'll ask will sur- prise you. : That might sound like an advertis- ing claim if the truth of it wasn’t so evident right here. COTTA CARPETS have just received anot of those pretty Plain Carpets. Another pes and © earpet for th or dining room—thi rade. AIN CARPETS Heavy Ingrain, in colorings—r kitche Straw Matting. Maitinge—‘1000 ‘yarto at ices less ge. yard. than 20c. yard. . pretty the stripe: effects... Soo yards | Japa Warp ‘Inlaid latest _27hc. yard. 1 lot Cocoa Door Mats. Regular pers ---30c. each. 309 Wilton, Axminster, Velvet, Moquette, Brussels and Tapestry Rugs. All choice colors with heavy fring jn. by 60 in. and 27 in. by 72 In.for $1.25 in. by 36 in. and 27 in. by 30 in.for$1.00 1 lot Brussels and Tapestry Rugs, fringed 7 in. by 60 in. and 27 In. by 72 in.for 27 iv. by 36 in. and 27 in. by 30 in.for 75+ 1 lot 500 Mottled Smyrna Mats, 18x36, heavy quality. ccocee $1 Kensington Art Squares— Art Rugs, but you_ mnsn't ount of the prices that the steel On the contrary. it is brim- ful of new, pretty patterns and colors, and an endless variety of patterns. $1200 Carpet Sweepers. best makes known fo the trade here. housekeeper weuld appreciate one It Maybe you don’t want the best and cheapest of Silverware. Maybe you prefer to pur=- chase Golden Christmas Gifts, or would like to buy Diamonds. Maybe you can’t get what Jewelry you want cf E. G. Hines, at 604 9th St. If that is so, maybe you can’t get it anywhere else. All the varieties and at astonishingly low prices. Solid Gold Links, $2. Solid 14-karat Scarf Pins, $1.25. Ladies’ Solid 14-karat Watches from $16 up. ne ABRIDGING WAR RECORDS Widespread Discussion Among Grand Army gE Men. Commander Hopkins of the Depart- ment of the Potomac Speaks of the Fecling Among the Soldiers. There has been widespread discussion in Grand Army circles for some time over the effort to abridge the publication of the rebellion war records. Col. Thos. H. Hop- kins, commander of the Departinent of the Potomac, when his attention was calied to the matter by a Star reporter, remarked that it was generally understood among ex-Union soldiers that at the last session of Congress a move to close up the publi- cation with the completion of the volumes giving the history of the campaigns and battles was barely defeated by the united efforts of the Grand Army men, led by “Corporal” Tanner, Maj. McElroy and oth- ers. “These covert efforts to suppress a part of this valuable work,” continued Com- mander Hopkins, “were cloaked under the specious plea of economy, much stress be- ing laid upon the fact that the work had already cost more than $2,000,000. We natu- rally supposed that the defeat in Congress thea would end the efforts to stop these publications, but it seems that its enemies are still at work. I notice that the House committee the other day left out of the legislative appropriation bili an item of rent and clerk hire for continuing the war records work. It lcoks as if this were simply the old opposition manifesting iiself in a new form; as if the real object was to prevent the publication of the tell-tale prisoner-of-war records, which the country has been looking for for over thirty years. Our first suspicions were that the confeder- ates were behind the ‘economy’ plea to stop these publications, the more so as the records which redound more particularly to southern glory and honor, if any of them do, had already been issued, and there was nothing in the others to be wished for by that side. But in this view we seem to have been mistaken, for I have been in- formed that many leading southern papers at that time demanded the publication of all the records, and to have the whole truth told, as the south had nothing to hide, &c. This may be so. “There have been many circumstances tending to convince G. A. R. men of the existence of a deliberate design to suppress these records, either from the inside or out. It has been asserted that they amounted to nothing; that they had no historical value; that they ought to be burned up, and so on. But the most specious argument yet put forth is that of your correspondent, Mr. Foster, who thinks that they should not be published because somebody's feelings may be hurt, or that they may reflect upon the good name of Americans. This is pre- posterous. I know from my own casual observation that the volumes relating to battles contain many accounts of military atrocities on both sides. They are not good reading for too fastidious people. We, want a complete record of the war of the rebellion. We want the whole truth, not a part of it. There will be less heartburning than if something be suppressed giving rise to the inference that one side or the other was guilty of something too horrible to publish. Secretary Lamont's Action. “Two years ago, for some reason, Secre- tary Lamont suspended the publication of the prisoners of war records, ostensibly to a more convenient season. Whether that order has been abrogated I do not know. It is known to us that at the time this or- der of suspension was made, all the archives relating to this branch were com- piled ready for publication, and two or three of the volumes already in type, wait- ing Mr. Lamont's order for publication, and that money enough was appropriated to pay for the Work, which was then diverted to other purposes. Under these circum- stances this action of Mr. Lamont’s was accepted as a preliminary step to the com- plete discontinuance of their publication. Recently, it has been stated in the public press by a gentleman haviag close rela- ticns with the War Depertmeat that it had Leen determined not to print in this com- pilation the record of the Wirz trial, for the reason that it had already been print- ed by Congress as an executive document thrty years ago. This statement appeared to have the force of a semi-official utter- ance too significant not to create fresh alarm. Influences at Work. “From all these circumstances The Star will see why we are afraid that influences are at work upon the Secretary 9% War to suppress these records, which are, in my opinion, second to none of the others in his- torical value. Perhaps Mr. Lamont may have had political reasons for his action. Perhaps the last democratic Congress, with a heavy majority of ex-confederaies, had reasons of its own for not desiriug the com- pletion of this great work as originally planned. But it will be strange if a re- publican Secretary of War and a republican Congress shall change that plan just on the eve of its completion. Large numbers of executive documents originally printed by Ccngress during the war are again printed in the volumes heretofore issued. Hence it is natural that it should strike the ex- prisoners of war and G. A. R. men as a lit- tle peculiar that this objection should be raised against the publication of the Wirz trial. “Union veterans began to take steps eral months ago to prevent this suppression of a part of the records. You may rest us- sured that any interference with the pub- lication of the war records looking to the suppression of the prisoners of war papers will instantly call out an emphatie protest from all parts of the ceuntry. Hel E straw indicating what will happen, cluded Commander Hopkins, taxing out of a drawer a newspaper slip. “I observe that the national encampment of the Unicn Veteran Legion, which met at Columb Okio, in September last, unanimously pas ed the following preamble and resoiution,” and Col. Hopkins read the strong protest then made against excluding the Wirz tria from the rebellion records, and directing the commander to appoint, 'a committee to see the Secretary of War and President in regard to it. “Whether the national commander has yet sent on his committee I do not know. Other action will no doubt soon follow.” de11,15,18.22-80 from little REAT ACHES fre™, ,utuc should not be endured a moment. foot allmenta succumb to our effictent and harmless treatment. Corns removed abso- lntely painlexsly, 2 Our patent pads complete the cure. X,. Chiropodists, undays, 9 to 1. iu ave. dels-10d WONDERS FOR CHILDREN! 421 OTH ST. J Jay Gould Toys, ‘Tree (ae eee = Li ccs Feney Paper, per Napkins, ‘avors, aks, Jape Candles, Tinsel, Glass king paper fancy work. for Christmas! Wholesale and retail. Why Not Have the Christmas Gift Different from What the “world and Ihis wife” gives. Blend thought and taste—eschey common- Here are Russian Loving Cups —German Silver Sets—Wro't-iron Work a-plenty. These are truly Gifts —and gifts should be true as friends should be true. A counterfeit gift 1s a sort of self-sacrifice—not what the poets pra ine. . %e. The ‘Tile S OP. 520-22 13th st. e15-4m.20 rt N A NERVOUSNESS, 81! P. lasenena, waait stomachs kamigeeston: Spanepala ty Carter's Little Nerve Pills. Rellef is sure. only nerve medicine for the price In market. No Christmas end New Year's table should he hout a bottle of DR. SIEGERT'S ANGOSTUBA renowned appetizer of ex- ae Phnip Hill, a condemned murderer in jail at Pitieburg, Pa., was reading the Bible the other day, when the sheriff told him that his execution was to be postponed. We at vor ecg Bible down and lt a cig- «, areti ers ‘ne20-1m a Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: White—Henry S. Roberison and Blanche A. Augusta; W. C. Hurt and Maud Pearl Mayo, both of Richmond, Va.; Horace W. Clark and Lillie M. Wade, both of Rich- mond, Va.; Bernard J. Raab and Lottie Smith; Wallace Greene and Josie C. Par- 80 Colored—Henry Braxton and Carrie Bos- well, both of Colesville, Md.; J. R. Moore and A. M. Harris; John Gardner and Millie Camper, both of Baltimore, Md.; William I. Herrin and Eugenia Thomas; Archie Adams and Rebecca Galloway; Fleming Hopkins and Hattie Wrenn; Leonard Waynes and Gracie Taylor; John Williams and Julia Francis; Charles F. Sprague and Hattie A. Wells; Robert Smith and Julia Collins; William Dodson and Mary E. Ma- gruder; John Thornton and Mattie Lewis. —_—-__ ROBBED HIS EMPLOYER. Clerk im a Lunch Room Accused of Thett. Yesterday afternoon and last night the detectives made a search in this city and Alexandria for a young man.who is wanted on a charge of having stolen $165 from John Winkler, keeper of a lunch room in the basement of the Soldiers’ Home bulld+ ing. ing robbed him was also an inmate, tem- porarily. He was making an effort to ob- tain a pension and Winkler , thought he ‘ THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1897—26 PAGES. ‘- Clearance Sale of Fine Imported Bb Model Gowns, Rich and Exclusive Furs. We shall put on sale Monday what are left of those handsome Suits and Party Gowns that we had made for us by the leading artists in Paris, London and Berlin. They are each an individual, dis- tinctive type. We control the styles and have never permitted them to be-copied—so that you get abso- lutely exclusive effects. They’re the finest garments that ever came into Washington—and, of course, they came to Washington’s finest Suit department. We shall make big sacrifices in the prices—because they must not be here when the season closes. We offer the suggestion of their suitability for gifts—and call attention to the extra attractiveness of the special markings. Pattern 3648--= $150 Genuine Sati Duchesse Diuney Gowns, heavily trimmed with real cut Jet; revers of old gold applique on White chiffon over White satin; epaulettes sleeves filled ‘with real l heavy changeable taf Pattern 255-- $140 Reception Gown of silk grenadine, made over heavy Scotch Plaid taffeta silk. with White chiffon fiont; heavily trimmed with cut xirdle of Black satin and every ekirt seam overlaid with narrow band of cut jet; changeable silk. edged with Black chiffon, and fro ot and Ce. Entire costume is lined threughout with silk, 3 Special price........ 589-75 Pattern 3619-- - $9) Reception Gown, with Black and Gray plaid changeable molre 3 ailk skirt and waist of Black moire silk, trimmed with cut jet, lace ¢ lined all through with Special price........ 584-75 Pattern 3512-= $65 Evening Suit of Pearl moire silk; skirt of the very best quality and Black silk velvet waist, the latter trimmed handsomely with sili braid, lined with changeable silk ail through. $39 75 Special price. . and viclet velvet. Entire suit lined with heavy fig- = Special price........ 549-75 Pattern 1435-= $50 Tailor-made Heliotrope Broadcloth Calling Costume, tight fit- ting; fancy braid trimmed and lined all through with ‘changeable se aay wounced by the Paris maker one of his m sterpl c's, Special price........ 531-75 | $125 Peaul Cashmere Costume, with front of gold and colored silk embroidery on white broadcloth; ier eS on sleeves, and Pattern 1379-- trimmed with Royal Purple velvet and braid on skirt; lined with $65 Brocade Silk Grenadine, made over Green changeable silk of chong abl» taffeta silk; doutle dust ruffle. A typical best quality, trimmed with White Inco and Black satin. ribbons: Fren:h Gown, F s $ 75 Special price.........! 14: silk. Pattern 226-= lined all through with Green taffeta silk. Only this one—never was another. Specaiecce 539-75 Pattern 261-- $125 Silk Brocade Grenadine Gowns, made on Black silk; trimmed with cnt jet on Green silk girdle, ‘collar, cuffs, front and band around bottom of skirt; gold tinseled Black ince front and Black silk lined throughout. A gem. = $74-75 Special price... Four Fur Pieces== that we are going to let you have the price advantage of now—rather than to wait until the season is nearer spent— t Style 3228-- | Style 2821-- $200 Handsome Persian Lamb Cape; ccllar and edged all around © $65 Electric Seal Tight-fitting Short Cape, with Blue Fox: lined with Hellotrope silk. One of the very latest + tabs, and Black marten collar and tails. $ eto ete Special price...... x) 1 3375 ; Special price......... Style 2820-- Style 2823-- $ 70 Persian Lamb Collarette, trimmed with Black Lynx, and zt Seal Collarette, with marten collar and tails; finde ay aM Ae Ae Oe Gf neal andi lined withitancy’ bro i silts ined. One of the new stapes and swell far eos Special price.......- 54] a5 : oon Special price........ 35 1-75 | Saks and - Company, Pattern 167== $90 Royal Blue Broadcloth Suit, with front of novelty silk; hand- romely Uraided jacket and plain skirt; the very best quality hro- cade silk Mning. A London conceit—and a beanty. $00 Special price...........8 eet with long seal $46-75 : ‘* Saks’ Corner.”’ Hoth 4 40 08 Leaders in Five Cities. AMARA LLL LENA ALR te ety Not ordinary Grocery Store Cake, but. gen- une Home-made Fruit Cake, made by one of the best cake makers in the city, Santee % eee | Real Home-Made Fruit Cake, fc. Ib. Open cvenings. Jot ¥e Xmas Cakes here. e is id headquarters for Xmas goodies of’ every de- At scription, Many nceded things bere not. to be : x had elsewhere. Prompt delivery everywhere. own ; W. R. Brown, 2oth & Pa. ave. 0c30-3m,14 | Some of-these things In your note book, or, better still, make a memorandum to come and look over our stock befcre you make all your gift purchases. We have so muny attractive and suitable articles. DRESS SUIT CASES are much in demand, especially handsome cnes, with tollet sets inside. We have some beautic SHOPPING BAGS and CHATE- 1 O% oz. pottte. ts Great mistake buying your gift extract anywhere but here, Orira are more fra; grant, stronger and last longer. We secure large casks Violet and White Kose ‘Ex- Q* : hence RM A RC Open Evenings. Reeves Doesn’t Claim.the Earth, But ‘he does claim that his vn BWB90N0N'000 0000000 Silver Novelties—in Checolates and Bon Bons are LAINES, too, are selling very fast 0 eR Ge en errr the finest. on earth. Only. 47. and TOILET “and | MANICUHI Store prices. Quite a number of grand gift W., too. Packed in 1, 2, 3,4 and 2 | | SETS we have had a great run on ”) (ee i 5-lb. boxes. Fresh daily. Special 2 | | POC! BOOKS ‘are always suggestion ¢ attention to mail orders. | much used for gifts. We have ) 9 13th & | a better assortment, and the prices OGRA 1209F St. |) | =e ”) 9 Pa. Ave. ° ones from 50c. up. CIGAR, CIGARETTE CASES, . Up. A splendid AMES: 18-214. 0 smn S. no2-3m,40 aon line of PHOTO 25e. to $4.50. zz = 50. HARBOR SCAVENGERS. sSGift” Perfumes. aa fs stn = — * ings at once \S’ FARINA COLOGNE, 50e. %-pint bottle. Park & ‘Tilford’s Imported BAY RUM, Soc. pint. Large bottles of exquisite VIOLET WATER, 35c. and 65e. All the other popular perfumes—from the leading makers. (7 Kich CUT GLASS BOTTLES—all The Army of Sea Gulls That Hovers have them reserved. About W ma Fishing Fleet Arrives. From the Boston Evening Transcript. Filling the air with their weird, plaintive cries, now soaring aloft, now swooping sud- 425 7th 9 street. meessi ‘Trunks of all sorts. eae seeeee a ityles id sizes—50e., T5e. up. VIOLET denly down within an inch of the white- |, Olu, “oe. ie 7 : P. de18-56d ee capped waves to snatch a dainty morsel | RV ane? Drug Storevwensam, | TTT from another's beak, the strong-winged, | coon. aye. and § st. and 1429 Ma. ave.” deié-16d Inte gray-breasted scavengers of the harbor ply their trade. To the stolid fisherman who Las braved the danger of the Banks through many a wild gale, the sight of this army of sea gulls which hovers and brawls and feasts about the waters in the vicinity of T wharf when the fishing flest comes in, has little attraction and no rovelty, but to the occastonal visitor to the wharf it is a delight. ‘There was a chill of rain in the south- west wind that blew half a gale over the water front yesterday noon. A score of resting to Men and Women. Marlborough Parlors. ‘Through the columns thank our Patrons for lors at 1115 F st. n.w. ed business at 1110 G's 5 direct. trom “Imperial fe ae ae genall _ jars, Sth ave. New. Youk, ‘comos to surprise 30H Wilmarth & Kaiser, 1114 Fy nur tne time ’consumen ne £2Y, colored head in : er experts. Six- Aa as teen years’ experience crowns “Kates with sin. Sterling Silver NOVELTIES. ‘OU won't find prettier or more novel sha} iu Sterling Silver Novelties than those we show. Beautiful designs in Berry Spoons, Cream Ladies, Cheese Scoops, etc.—of heavy dependable quality—coupled with extremely sensible prices. Buy your Sterling Silver gift + added to our establish- B.W., are opened for all, cess—six years with ‘‘Colin,” Regent st., London, ec ganatnicas ti at their hawsers, - _ dressing: hair for lodies who attended the Queen's: while the swarthy crews busied themselves | Himes’ Genuine Home-Made | -Prwinr ‘ttn ms; two years with “Petit” in repairing and baiting trawls and gears, Paris; one year with “Knoefiler,”” in Berlin. Ex- -pert in each branch of Hair, i Cul- washing down and cleaning ship in prep- 9° a zh of Hate, Facial, 3 Hand gat. aration for another trip to the fishing Imc Work improvinnl sect tern ic Hate grounds. Huge baskets of broken ice. fish , _Vorougt Goll” or “Pompeo grates Tee Maz, remnants, and general refuge were dumped ¥ at 8 the new year. The undul ‘MARCELL” overboard into the dock ere een = silorer mixing of only the yey 5 elgg ‘such _ furore 11 Earope, wane th the receding tide. Over! ire! every J eo] YX » is guaranteed by ** } Rundreds and hundreds of keen-eyed gulls igieee: pe rots ae wet ana te Wy IT ‘Kaross' = ready to dash down into the waves for dellick aon it any) ine, old, . treated for falling hair, SWwhingles? some choke tidbit from the holds of the | file’ "Nome-made “ ‘ meat— for 2 Ibe, | eradicated. Steam’ ‘tment 3 fishermen. the ‘only kind ft for, home-made a Many people were gathered on the end of | pics. Top, by the wharf watching the evolutions of the graceful birds as they fought over the pieces of fish or meat or rode the crests of the breaking waves. A deep-laden cattle Holmes fi cant loughed her way from the East ct Boston docks, two little fussy tugs puffing lane “ah alongside, and rolled down the harbor on can the long ground swell. Several hundred ed her far down the harbor in See apes that somé choice morsel would fing ite The call futiing flest ta at the whart ing eames ft gulls gather about the end of the dock. Some of the small boys who > APRAAATA AAA APO PAAA Gerome Desio’s Stock of § Jewelry, &c., Public Auction. ets ois Seid ome 8 oF ip am. ee se tt ss St ee oe Yt a tt Dh St Sk ti th th tht th nD th th Ss as a rot eGesdorentsoeterboraorsreteeteatnese ete rte dtetteetonteeseate sordan eco sconantcoraeeseetorsensnetn cescengnete ire to success. Branch Par- 7 Woodward *, Lothrop, loth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. Open Evenings until Xmas. Christmas Cards, Booklets, Calendars, Diaries—First Floor. Five Days "Till Xmas. The text five business days will witness an ever-moving and ever- changing column of animated humanity all bent upon the one great ob- ject—gift buying. Plans made months—some of them a twelvemonth — since have and completeness we ever knew. tablishment. customers. ready for the giving. Wool Dress Patterns, In the proper lengths, put up in handsome gift boxes, when desired, ranging in price from $1.50 to $5.00 the pattern. These goods were bought especially for the holidays, and in nearly every instance under conditions which enable us to sell them considerably below the regular prices. Dress Pattern, $1.50— 10 yards 32-inch Fancies, in many beautiful effects. Dress Pattern, $2.00— $ yards 36-inch Plaids, in a variety of rich colorings. Dress Pattern, $2.00—- 7 yards 38-inch Novelty Stuffs, two-toned colorings. Dress Pattern, $2.63— 7 yards 48-inch All-wool Novelty Goods—very pretty effects. Dress Pattern, $3.00— 8 yards All-wool Two-toned Fancies, in pleasis color combinations. Dress Pattern, $2.80-~ 8 yards 36-inch All-wool Henrletta—desirable col- orings—excellent finish. Dress Pattern, $3.54— in new designs, fine guality. Dress Patterns, $4.50 and $5.00— Plain Fabrics, embracing the most fashionable stuffs of the season. Two very special values in Dress price and offered accordingly, are: Two-toned Novelties in blue, brown, green and red—excellent line of colorings and styles—38 inches wide. 283c. a yard. Regular price, 39c. All=wool Fancies in a splendid variety of pleasing effects and choice combinations, full 40 inches wide. 375c. a yard. Regular price, 50c. Handsome Fringed Tea or Luncheon Sets, with Doylies to match— 24 yards long—$6.50. 3 yards long—$7.50. Handsome Hemstitched Damask Dinner Seta, with Napkins to match— 2} yards long—$7.50. 3 yards long—$8.50. Fine Double Dan.ask Pattern Cloths, with Nap- kins to match—pretty designs, including crocos, aweet pea, chrysanthemum, ete.— 2x2} yards—$3.50. 2x3 yards—$4. } Napkins to a Extra fine and heavy Double Damask Pattern Cloths—a large_assortment of choice patterns, in- A ‘spray, Poppy, ‘and a number of conventional designs— ry 216 Avery handsome assortment of Novelties and | ed especially Goods by the yard, bought under | hams, brought this store and. the stocks into the grandest condition of fitness Each year’s lessons have been but as stepping stones To Better Doing, To Higher Achievement, To Broader, More Liberal Trading In every department of the business. Now, with each stock in harmony with the new conditions, with the spirit of the season inspiring the whole house, the forward pace is quickened as we never knew it before. The broad aisles are almost entirely cleared of goods that visitors may circulate more freely through the store. The room is ample. Of the five broad and convenient entrances to our store the one, corner 1ith and F streets, and the one on roth street, are usually crowded, but there are three on F street that afford easy access to the heart of our great es- We would especially recommend the roth street entrance to carriage The holiday store service is to be freely used by patrons and visitors Holiday Dress Patterns. It’s a holiday convenience to find the Dress Patterns ne atly put up We have prepared another very large collection of Dress Patterns for Holiday Gifts, including All-wool and Half-wool Fancies, French English Serges, Cheviots, Plaids, Two-toned Novelties, Henriettas: Ginghams and Prints and Percales in spring of ‘98 designs. New goods, choice colorings and designs, purchased especially for the holidays, and put up in generous lengths, as the wilths demand, in attractive gift shape. and also Black Dress Patterns, In the proper lengths and embracing all the newest and most desirable fabrics, put up in pretty gift box if desired. Prices from $1.50 to $5.00 the pattern. Also the following fab- rics by the yard, purchased especially for the holidays: 15¢. a yard— inch Half-wool Fancies, 25c. a yard— 34-inch Half-wool Cashmeres. 35¢. a yard— 3G4nch All-wool Henrietta, 373¢c. a yard— 36-lnch All-wool Cheviots. 50c. a yard— 36-inch All-wool Fancies. 50c. a yard— 50-inch All-wool Cheriots, 50c. a yard— 50-inch All-wool Fine Twill Serges, 59¢. a yard— 50-inch All-wool French Serges, 59¢. a yard— ' -inch All-wool Silk-finish Henrietta, 75c. a yard— 50-inch Fine Twill French Serge. 75¢. a yard— inch All-wool Cheviots. ‘5c. a yard— 43-inch All-wool English Marine Serges, 75¢. a yard— : 45-inch All-w: Cotton Dress Patterns, 6 yards 50-inch All-wool Navy Blue Serge—extra! In absolutely new fabrics, fresh from the manufacturers—new de- signs, new printings, carefully select- ; for the holidays and put up in generous lengths, as the widths demand, in attractive gift shape. Prints, 50c. to 75c. the pattern. Ging- 60c. to $1.50 the pattern. Per- cales, $1.00 to $1.25 the pattern. Also Cotton Dress Goods by the yard, in- cluding best quality’ Percales, in spring of ’98 designs. : 5c. a yard— Best Merrimac Shirting Prints. 6c. a yard— Best Merrimac Indigo Blue Prints, 6c. a vard— Best Quality Apron Ginghams. 12}c. a yard— Best Quality Seersucker Ginghams. 12$c. a yard— Best Quatity Percales, in spring of 1898. designs. Xmas Housekeeping Linens. No department in the house is fuller of Christmas Opportunities than that of Housekeeping Linens, and the goods are both dainty and useful, combining the artistic and serviceable to a remarkable degree. The de- partment is now in holiday attire, and offers suggestions for gifts that are always welcome and suitable. We name these few: Fine Irish Damask Sets, pretty designs, includ. ing fern, carnation, chrysauthemum—3-4 Napking with each =e yards—$5.90. 2 x2 2 x2} yards—$6.50. 2 x3 yards—$7.10. Same designs in fincr grades of Damask- egtir finish— With § Napkins. 2x23 yards— $9.00, 2x3 + yards—$10.00. With 3 Napkins. 2x2} yards—$11.00. 2x3 yards—$12.00. Beautiful Hemstitched Sets, with large Napkins to match. $7.50 to $20.00. Handsome Open-work and Fringed Sets, with Napkins to mateb— * 23 yards—$6.50. 3 yards—$7.50. Fancy Demask Tray Cloths, with open work and Clotks. 25c. to $2.00. Beo'clock Tea Cloths

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