Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 12, 1910, Page 7

A FARMER'S TALK TO FARMERS The Trust Magnates and the Farmers—Th= Price of Pork —Why Farmers Stopped Raising Hogs—How the Human Hogs i reat the Farmer and the Consumer— The Real Manipulators of Prices Always Keep in Out of the Wet. farm-grown corn o fatten them, in the fall, charging them with,what I could have sold the corn for. On both those years I was able at “hog killin' time’ o buy pork by the side for between forty and fifty cents a hundred pounds less’ than my pork had cost me to raise. That is, on the years in ques- tion, T had fed those pigs three times a day, had given them barrels of skim milk, had heiped in the dirty and dis- agreeable work of butchering, all for nothing, and had paid between forty ang fifty cents a hundred in money for the privilege of doing It. (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) These are the days when the pgsky farmer is catching it hot from Such aisinterested fellows as the meat pack- ers, the trust magnates, the railroad presidents and other emident and spotless saints of unselfishness. They've all boosted the prices of their own productions; this they'll frankly admit. But they haven't wanted to: oh. dear no! Every time they've added & fresh cent to the price of their meat or their shovels or their boots or their ~all wopl” cotton and Jjute cloth, they've 'done so with tears in their eves, They have simply hatgd to put on that extra cent. They have lain awake nights slceplessi seeking schemes to obviate the necessity of it. | n't believe my The first year | own figu-es. 1 couldn't accept the idea that.my pork-producing neigh- | bors were losing money for the sake | T ot e s e omb s ha | of having a lot of hoks around. o from $400 a month to $399.98 if he | I studied up their methods; T watched could avold it. But he can't. It must | the way they worked; I recast my e t i g g v St lform of bookkeeping with “my own be that he can't. for he himself says s0. He doesn't want to raise prices: it tears his tender heartstrings to tatters piggery—and the result was a rather | worse showing than the first time. 1/ got_prices from all the pork buyers | the: he must; but he Is compelled fo. ~ ho pork tie 6 - Within a radius of twenty-five mil e ¥ all agreed within half @ cent! farmer who makes him o it. at the sle one of them would pay pork what- it had cost me cost me in money outrisht, not including iabor and Point of a pitchfork to raise it remember “What's the smallest wholesale pack- | ;S G ynreckonable farm wast #ge of salt pork | can buy?” I asked a | POINET, AN, MRCCRORING LT topped | city. jobber the other d Two hun- | o O A Sradually other farmers dred pounds.” he replied, “and il cost | FAISIE Pleg, BUAuaY SUNC OG0y gou just a million dollars” Of course | DESAR 19 QSconle YO SO0 Eole Be ‘was exagmerating—a trifne—but | State Of facys, Tlew T, FOPEC, ot | those who have to buy pork, either salt | ["8 PIES, T ave P P, SRSk in forgi hi tor . ngz that there are not being rais- foment out, “that theled in it, now, oneshalf the number of | 10gs to the farmer has| wine that were raised in it ten and 2 hundred? How dolgfteen vears ago. We all of us got you expect to buy pork at tiving | {0 Y Civing out $100° on, hogs to price._when we have to pay such a | cIF%0 RCk {or *poric. T haven't the | T o oS ar Tass we'll ool | Slishtest doubt that' the same motive LIOF, Jese Well =51 | hus actuated farmers in other parts o the country Looks very much h om Hogtown CoT- | The present high prices of pork and | e demnt 1+2 et the paciker and |lard and other hog products Is due to agents Lot the packer and | e scarcity of hogs. That is self-evi- s soa e e ‘that et | Gent. The scarcity of hogs is due to the fact that farmers arem't raising as many as they used to. That Is, like- wise, self-evident. Farmers aren’t rais- ing them because, at the prices for- They are whol #hey can do s, of course; all hatever out- rasping farmer man i e somebody Selse 1t | merly ruling. it didin't pay to raise the consumer swears about it, t { them. And it didn’t pay to raise them hecause the great packers, controlling out-cues him. having had wider experi- | hecause the great packers, controling Snce ot form OF argmment; It HS ! s abou ®o o the | which they should buy as well as the | g $ Cpimes Il Ko Into the | Drice at which they should sell, kept tears to his pint, utting that buying price down and But ,],;.‘, Will, | holding it down, till they had pretty r wailfully s t near stopped the dhog growing bus! ness. It's simply another case of kill- ing the goose that laid golden eggs. Now, these same packers, t00 coward- Iy or too disingenuous to admit their plain responsibility, are. trying by their own ntterances and those of their employes and confederates, to convince consumers that the farmers are filling their pig pockets with money extort- ed from the needs of the poor. rked- < the here to thel int to the farmer 1t is perfectly evident that this rural eristocrat, swaggering around in his cowhide boots and his extrav eralls and his priceless ¢ the vintage evident that h mpopular with e poor as these 1 have Furthermore, they are do- | g _their utmost: said utmost is OF course, the farmer who has hogs this year can make some money if he <ells them at $10.15 per hundred, live genders uded to. a t > k. npopular | Weight. Bven at that rate, he won't reading, & ane a 3 lost in previous years when the pig- = e i ens of the land being full of porkers, - the packing trust compelled him to which he explains how the cold stora plhts have for years been bidding up | £iVe it his pork for nothing and pay o peien ot sach meats s thes want | i @ bonus for taking the Stuff. to carry over for a few years, and how N the establishment of the packing trust The chances are, furthermore, that, $as made it possible for the smail beef | seeing the present unduly high price of pork, a vast number of farmers will 2o in” Yor hogs this spring. So many will want young pigs that the cost of the few to be had will go up in a bal- gnent for a minute. the writer asks you loon, thus increasing the expense of the establishment | the wiitimate poric; the guotations for | among buvers, with capital | bran and meal show that the feed | behind them, has enabled the unor- | bills will be something scare-y, and, it zed and disorganized sellers the natural result follows in an over- proanction of pork, the selling pric which has lately been goinz up like | rocket, will come down like a stick. Somebody’s head will get cracked when it fal 14 out for and secure higher prices for_their meats!” Oh Ananias! In both cases “the net result has been te fill the pockets of the farmer." “That's the very way he puts it, in his wery words. q the future by the past, I feel - safe in predicting that the Now | don't pretend to be a sta- tistician; nor do 1 feel myselt com- which gets cracked won’t be that | petent to take a_continent-wide survey packer. It will be either the| of all social and economic conditions. | rarmer’s or the consumer's head which | But I happen to know something about | wili feel the stick. The packer is al- rk production on one little ew | together too keen a fellow to get an g‘lflnfl farm and I know ezactly why on his cranium, so long as he there are half a dozen less hogs to g0 | can find_somebody’s umbrella in a| en the market this season than used to hold over himself. Hell | € go on it. Tve always been an in- | undoubtedly stand under its, shelter, | Quirin’ kind of critte always have hen as mow, and point to tle owner | ‘wanted to be shown: always have tried | of the umbrella, who 1ly has the to find out whether my work was pa. i zht to its protection. and who ihe me wages or not. Some years ago | ie taking whatever falls barehcaded | when I owned a smail dairs and had tots of ekim milk T used to fatten a few | pigs. Two vears running I kept a com- account with those Dpigs @own scainst them every cent « except Jabor and skim milk. and every o searching for his property, as man who is just getting the pun- ishment deserved. When Adam was called up to an- swer for breaking the rules, he said it | was Bve's fault. Then both united to cent of income. I had to buy the|lay it on the Serpent. I should like young pigs, paying market rates: 1 had | to hear the snake's version of the %o bur bran 1o keep them growing dur- | story ing the warm weather. 1 fed them THE FARMER. TAFTVILLE WHIST PARTY. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Webster Enter— tained Friday Evening. Individuality Is What Counts In Mr. and Mrs. Charles Webster of Taftville entertained at whist on Fri day evening. Four tables were playe: the first lady’s prize, a silver card tra Deing reccived by Mrs. Luther D. Pack and the first gentlemaws award. a Photography. murred. Court overruled the demurrer and found the defendant guilty. Rob- ert Jack and Evelyn Willard, who were arrested at the same time, were allow |ed the advantages of a thirty dave [ suspension of judgment and both were warned. Bringing out :he real pe: lity, Pack of cards in a leather. case, falling e fine foints in character the Miigs|to Luther D. Packer. Refreshments aits that make us whai we mre |Were served by the hostess social Toned down by the natural spirit of | time was enjoved. an artist into perfect accord. Not 8 | = thing of paper and pasteboard with | a ready-made look. Jennie Whipple, proprietres, It vou want a photo of your real {sort at 10 Potter street, New London @elf. or what your friends see to love | was fined $50 in the New London police and admire. call on court Fridav morning. She was ar- | raigned before Judge Crandall for ] AIGH‘ l 'ON keeping a house of assignation and de- J The Photographer, opposite augisa Norwich Savings Soclety W. C. Osgood’s Estats, ac- 1 | Judge N. J. Aviing on Friday | cepted the final account of W. C. Os- b & yod and Mrs, Sarah O. Gamwell, ad- | ministrators of the estate of the lato | William C. Osgood. The estate amount- |cd to $138.60: The residue of the estate, after settling all bills and the administration fees, all of which amounted to $10.584.14, 1s to be divided Hack, Livery - equally between the administrators, n = | 535 Being oo cilaron ot i ae Boarding |7 {Suecessor te A. T. Geraner) First Baptist Delta Alphas. On Friday evening the March meet- ing of the Delta Alpha class of the First Baptist church wus held at_the ‘ Stable home ‘of Miss Ruth Phillips on Wesi 12-14 Bath Street. 570 9 The meeting was called MORSE CLIPPING A SPECIALTY. il order by the president. It was de- { claed to camp at Gardner Lake for a “Telephone 882 =pr28d | ook in.July. The reports were reai | ana approved. A social hour followed, — " | during which .games weer played and AMERICAN HOUSE, i iic . = The city of Wallsee, on the Dan- urrell & Sanderson. Prope. | ube, 1 Tower Austria, ohcs fameus nd SPRCIAL RATES to Theatrs Proupes | Woalhy hecause of its milistone fndus. o< gy Livery conmerres | i DAS fust seen its glory complotely fade away through the closing of its FMBTUCKET STREET | g maillsione concern | bil in ot adaptation from his play, “The Old Home Another operett Franz Lehar. composer of “The Merry Widow,” will be precented this spring. It is called | “The Man with the Three Wiv 1t has been a success abroad. Ivira de Hildalgo, heralded as the “youngest opera singer,” lately come to this country to join the Metropolie tan Opera_company, is Spanish, and only 18. She is a lyric soprano. George um, who plays Baron Cosaca,_in “Such a Little Queen,” In which Elsie Ferguson is starring, was | in the original production of “Tha | Widow Jones.” which elevated May ! The house-fly is indicted as a nuis- ance, but Farmer Gaspard is the champion. B Some farmers are so willing to wait until the ground is warm that they do not commence their planting until all the rest are done. Air-slacked lime and table salt are g00d to kill cabbage worms, but they cannot sprinkle themselves on the cab- ‘bage plants. Cy Cymbal wakes up and says' he notices that the farmer’s wife who hustles wears out most elothes and wears herself out soonest. A honeysuckle on the porch dont attract any more attention tham an old hat in a broken window pane, but it is a derned sight prettier. March is the month to prune the srapevines and rose bushes, says Jim Jimson,if the wind didn’t blow through youwr whiskers so. Aunt Jerusha says the reason her horse has such an uncertain look is because he nmever vet has had a set hour for his morning fodder. Even hogs get bad habits where the leeper gets wp by the sun instead of Dby the clock. The time to do things is at the regular time. Spading up a part of the henyard each day may furnish exercise for chickens, says Plodding Pete, and it tuckers the digger, too. If you could paint outbuildings as easy as old Kut-kut-ka-dar-ket colors her eggs, farmers’ places would look prettier. Matilda Munsey plants her sweet- peas in boxes in the house in March, and beats all her nelghbors. She's al- Ways going to be first, if she has to get up in the middle of the night to say her praye My bosom friend, Slob Slot, gets be- tween hay and grass in midwinter as well as in midsummer. He can find that place easier than he can find Paul's epistles to the Romans. I don't care how far @ man's boots are run down at the heel in April, if every to in the harrow is sharp and the farming tools are in order. T've known lame men who could hoe their row while some able-bodied men were wakirg up. Being able-bodied isn’t always an unmixed blessing. fhe farmer who sts his seeds knows what he I and the farm- or who doesn’t thinks he does—in the end he finds out. I do not know of a tree that does better in the henyard than the Si- terian crabapple—they do not fnvite attention from the hens, but sell well in the market. I planted two rows of young maple trees down the road from my house ten years ago, and now they are such a compliment to me and I feel so proud of them, that I wish they were two miles long. I like to have lots of birds and hop- per-toads on my place and that fe why I keep boys and polecats off. JOB JOLT. MUSIC AND DRAMA . Two companies will nt “Where There's a Will” next esa One will cover the western and the other the eastern territory. Ellen Terr: to return to this country next season as a leturer. Five years ago Miss Terry celebrated the Aftieth year of her stage life. At the Colo; theater, New York, next week, Denman Thompson and mpany will head ap unusually strong Irwin to stardom Riceardo Martin, first American tenor to arrive i 1 opera,” as he is called, eate the leading role in Prof. ’ “The Pipe of De- sire,” which will be put on at the Metropolitan opera house. Harris' musical pro- duction, kylari” opens at the Columbia. theater, Wasrington, D. C., on Monday, March 14, a distinguished audience be present, including. President Taft, who has bought a box The Shuberts have closed a contract with Fritzi S by the terms of which she w this manage- ment theee s She will open her | first “season under the Shubert man- the Casino theater, at October. BUILT A MONUMENT The Best Sort in the World. _“A monument built by. and from Postum,” is the way an Iil. man de- himself. He say scribe: until was a coffee drinker | became a terrible suf- spepsia, _constipation, indigestion, and was a years I at last 1 ferer from headaches and cal wreck. The different kinds of medicines T tried did not cure me, but fin; one told me to leave off coffe up Postum. I was fortunate in having the Postum made strictly ac ng to directions on the pkg., so that from the start I liked it. It has a rich flavour and 1 made the change from coffee to Postum without any trouble. “Gradually my condition changed. The old troubles @isappeared and I be- gan to get well ag: My appetite became good and 1 digest food. Now I have been restored to strensth and health. Can sleep sound ail night fresh and rested me com- plump and buill by Everyo; me ents on my getting am really u monument Postum, for T was a physical wreck distressed in body and mind, and am now a strong, heaithy man. 1 know exactly what made the change. 1t was leaving off cofree ing Postum.” Read The Road o Wellville,” in pie: E s Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuir- true, and full of human interess: | pockets. THREE PRIZES MONTHLY -- $2.50 first; $1.50 seec- ond; $1.00 third. Open to all Eastern Con- ° neeticut Women. : Short and gossipy letters upon the affairs of Home and Fouse- bold, Domestic Perplexities and Difficulties, Family Problems, How to Avold the Annoying Features of Housework, Social Questions, Health Hints and Home Remedies, How to Keep Young and Well, Care of Baby, How to Manage Husband and Children, Animals, Fowls or Birds, Recipes, Kitchen Economy, Furnishings, Home Arts, Flowers, Gardening, Btc., are-all eligible topics. ( Write only on one side of paper) Address SOCIAL CORNER EDITOR, ) Bulletin Office, Norwich, Gonn. A WORD TO LETTER WRITERS. [The Social Corner appears to take a good start; and it seems to meet a long-felt want. One writer suggests that the Corner be made “A Mother's Club,” That Is all right. There will be room enough in it for that and a Cooking Club, and a Culture Club of women with a misston. We want pleagant chat back and forth, friendly criticism, helpful suggestions and anything the mind of woman may concelve of to make the letters interesting or edifying. Please mail letters early in week as Wednesday is last day. You, reader, can write something short, gossipy and to the point—Social Corner Editor.} Little Helps. g Editor Social Corner: I think we women can be very helpful to one an- other in the way of sending in tested recipes and exchanging little remedies for common troubles. “How many Sis- ters realize that spirits of camphor. 6 or 8 drops to a tumbler of water, tak- en a swallow at a time, will Speedily cure'a cold; that soda wet and ap- plied to cotton will stop the aching of a hollow tooth; that in the case of prickly heat or nettlerash water and soda will stop the itching; that a se- vere burn may be made ‘comfortable privileged to meet. Another thing about this corner—if you have never thought about it you have no idea how many women thére are with a desire to write for publication and with the conviction that they have a helpful message—but, how to be heard—that Is the confusing query. Now, here is your chance and I expect to gain a great many new and heipful ideas, I ought to reciprocate—and you will not think I am preaching if I say that in accepting this invitation we ought to strive to come with the noblest mo- tive and that is to promote the public good; and by that I mean write what by an immediate application of soda and Jard: ihat vasehine and putmog | will be.for the good of the individual, across the chest is a safe relief for | the family. the city, town or neigh- Dorhood—and if we all coma in this spirit we shall promote peace, happi- ness and prosperity and feel that we are character builders, as well as So- clal Cornerers. COUSIN KETURAH. a tight cold; that a small box filled with lime wiil keen the air of a damp closet dry and sweet? These are good and useful things to know, and will lways be found to be a blessing. Re- lief from little ills I have always found to be real economy. PRACTICAL PRUDENCE. Bozrah. A Smart Woman. Editor Social Corner: When I read that curious story about “A Mew Without a Kitten,” by Kitty Katnip. I said to myself: “Job Jolt, yowve got Mrs. Jolt stuck for once,” and I found Mrs. Jolt darning stockings after a hard day's work, and I didn’t know whether it was safe to ask her any fool questions. I always have a way of looking at Mrs. Jolt to see if she appears tired or looks jolly. She look- d all right and I says, as pleasant as I coul ‘Sari-ah, do_you know any thing about a ‘Mew Without a Kit- ten’?” She looked up at me and re- plied right off the reel: “Yeast in a bottle!” " Mrs. Jolt went Tight up on the pedestal of high culture with m: Husbands. Editor Social Corne ‘While upon general principles we have to accept the statement of “Free Rural Delivery” that a man is to be reached through his stomach, we do mot thini that it is necessary to fill him up as if he were a sausage. Good food and good na- ture work In the_family to keep the man and his wife in good humor and in good working order. A rule of reci- procity which makes the wife feel that she is a mate, not a drudge, is just as necessary as a sustaining diet, Fair play is the only play that never gets dull in domestic life. 1f a husband |In my surprise I exclaimed: “Gosh is a hog, all attention should be di- la'mighty! How’d you find that out? rected to the ‘rough, I think. I like | And she said: “I heard ma tell a story the man who puts himself out to help his wife, or to say something pleas- ant to her when a kind word is the best word. Husbands who have to be filled with good things to remain good natured are not most desirable. SMILING JENNIE. about that 30 years ago, I've noticed it since, too.” " This is a little thing, but I must say I was never more isfled with Sari-ah than I am today. She knows what she knows, that's what most folks don't. JOB JOLT. Horse Hollow Lebanon. Words of Appreciation. Editor Social Corner: I have been tempted many times to write and as- sure the “Editor” of my appreciation of the “Corner” and always look for- ward to its arrival with pleasure. I always find something by “The Man Who- Talks” so very interesting and inspiring that I save many clippings to look over occasionally; and I also have sent many clippings to friends in letters, which have been duly appre- clated. It I feel a little dull at times I read the “Editorlal Notes,” some of Which are sure to provoke laughter. I have also read with great interest “The Farmer’s Talks to Farmers,” and trust he will keep on talking, for he talks sound sense, and I hope many farmers will profit by his advice. T am a farmer's daughter and have al ways been Interested.in all kinds of farm work. 1 had just finished reading my “Christian_Herald” yesterday when T Domestic Perplexities. Bditor. Social Corner: It would be almost impossible for any farmer to make a success in life unless he had a £00d, saving wife in the household. To do good work on the farm he should have a 2ood team that will work to- gether to his advantage, then his crops will be a success. If the farmer and his wife want to be good parents, neizhbors and citizens of the state they should work together for the best ad- vantage to the home. start together. pull together, and stop together; and the domestic’ perplexities and difficul- ties of the rural home will vanish like the dew on a June morning. RURAL DELIVERY. Norwich. Hints and Sunnestions, Editor Social Corner: I am glad The Bulletin has siven us farmer peo- ple a chance to speak for ourselves. And right here st it queer tha* we farmers seem to be set aside in a class by ourselves? Why is it? And, vet, we belong to the great middle lofs of humanity. I am hopine to get a lot of helpful ideas from these letters, so let us all contribute something. Do many of the sisters cut over stockings and cut new feet from whole legs? If vou over- cast buttonholes before working they ill_work easter. ‘Washing machines are a great help in_laundry work. How many of us realize the value of system in housework? Certain work on certaln days: certain routine in da Iy labor. Things all go sixes and sev- ens if we are careless. How can we gain obedience from the children without governing through fear? What can we do to amuse lit- tle children when they are tired of toys? They are always looking for something new. I draw and cut out pictures a great deal. It amuses the four year old, but what of the young- er ones? Will not the mothers bring forward their problems? Let us make this corner a Mothers’ club. The country is certainly place to bring up children. The city has so many temptations. The child will appreciate a g0od time, and learn more readily when he does visit the He will be strenger morally and sically and know more about na- But don't you think there is chance for improvement in a broader school education? Let us hear from the sisters. ‘We can live cheaper in the country. Do not need so many changes of dress. No monthly bills, nickleodeums or such things to keen money burning in our We live by seasons: Seed- time and harvest. And have room enough fo turn around and enjoy God' beautiful world. Well, I will stop and give someone else a charice. MRS. P. sudden death of our dear Dr. Klopsch. Tt was like thunder from a clear sky It will be hard to find & man to tak. his place. He was a man among a million. Many thousands, both high and low, will mourn his loss. It seems to us strange that a man S0 young and doing so much good should be so early stricken and taken from us. But the wise God knows best. AUNT PRUDENC! Mystic, Miss Margaret Anglin, who has gone west with “The Awakening of He- lena Richie” has accepted an invita- tion from the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley to appear at the Greek theater in a production of Sophocles’ “Antigone” on or about July ith. arly 300 applications for places Nave been received by the committee in charge of.the dinner to be given to Walter Damrosch in honor of his 25th anniversary as a conductor of music in America at the Plaza on March 12 Dr. Henry Van Dyke will be toast- the best In your biood,—red and white,~ keep you well if they are heaithy, cause you sickness if diseased. To make and keep them abundant and healthy, is to have pure blood, free- dom from disease and vigorous health. . The chief purpose of Hood’s Sarsa- parilla is to do this, and its success is attended by thousands of wonderful cures. Cures of all blood diseases, scrofula, eczema, rheumatism, catarrh. Got it toduy in the usual liguid form or in chocolated tablet form called Sarsatabs H. W Yantic, A Good Home Remedy. 2ditor_Social Corner: A remedy for a cold or fever, which has been of great benefit In ‘my family, may help some anxious mother to relleve a sick child when the doctor Is Tiot at hand, is the following: One-half teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of water, then add one teaspoon of sweet spirits of nitre. Dose, two tablespoonfuls ev- - two hours. MOTHER. ding Cov The Social Corner. itor Social Corner: For some time I have “een wanting to say that The Bulletin is a very hright, Interesting, original family paper. the best I know of in ihe state—but I had no place to sav it in and here comes the Social Corner, just in time—I'm as glad as 1 can be'tb meet every one of you. What £o0d times we shall have exchanging ideas. T have been Jooking for a rule for a suet pudding. and here is Sistor f of City Delivered to Nellie—from Union—with hers, Thank L you. dear. I'm fond of i'mion. in sen- timent and the beautiful, picturesque old town as well—and all the people from there whom I have cver been JACOB STEIN, 93 West Main St Telephone 26-2 ¢ marzd took up The Courier and read of the | | B T WILL BEGIN TODAY AND CON-| INUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK] OLLOWING. Commencing today we wiil have al even-day Sale of Notions and Smalll [Wares. This is not an offering of al ew odds and ends—but involves a brond and comprehensive sale of every] ay needfuls—and %t is offered ut al time when these needs are greates Don’t miss this Sale—it means sure| nd substantial savings for all ake advantage of At 3c—White Basting Thread, spools, value Se. At 20—Linen-finish Button Thread, Dblack and white, value 5c. 0-yarg| in| t 10c—Fast Black Darning Cotton, on| spools—Sale price 10c a dozen,) value 20c. t 3c—Shaker Silk Substitute in black and colors, value 5e. NEEDLES AND PINS t 4c—Roberts’ Needles, value Se. Gold-eyed At 1c—Common Pins, full count, value, At dc—Best A value Sc. Pins, all erican sizes,| At 7o—English medium size,| value 10c. At 4c—Clinton Safety Pins, black or| white, all sizes, value Gc to 7c. Black Pins with jet heads—Sale ic @ box, value 2c. Pins, At 1o price t 3c—Common Black Pins in boxes—, Sale price 3c a box, value be t 3c—Pin Books, containing Black or| White Pins, value 5c. t 5c—Cubes, containing assorted sizes| in Black Pins, value 7 t 5c—Black Head Hat Pins, unbreak-| able heads, 3 on a card, valuel bt HOOKS AND EYES t lc—Long Bill Hooks and Eyes in| black or white—1lc a card, value) 2 At 3c—sSaratoga Hooks and Eyes in| dlack or white—3c a card, valuel 3 At 7c—Golden Spring Hooks and Eyes| in black or white—ic a card, value 10c. At 7c—Peets’ Invieible Hooks and Eyes| —7q & card, value 10c. HOSE SUPPORTERS At 10c 2 de Elastics for women children, fancy effect fril pair. and| in plain or] d, button catch, value 19¢ & At 19c—Women's Satin Pad H porters of lisle elastic, wii say button, value LINDSAY HOSE SUPPORTERS. Infants' at 10¢, value 1214, Children’s at 10c, value 1 Misses' at 12%c, Women's at 15¢, value 17c C. M. C. HOSE SUPPORTERS. Infants' at 10c, value 123 Children’s at 12e, value 13 Misses’ at 15c, value 18c. Women's at 1/c, value 2 Lind- TAPES—LACES “White Cotton Bunch Tape, as- sorted widths to bunch, value e. & 5c—White Cotton Tape, %-inch wide, 8-yard picces, value 10c. At 3c At 10c—Taffeta s white| only, value 1bc Binding, At 5c—Plack Flat Shoe Laces in threel lengths—at Gc a buneh, value 10c. At 3c—Flat Linen Corset yards long, value 5c. PEARL BUTTONS At 3c—Pear! Shirt Buttons, 1 do: wrd—3c a card, value Buttons, plain on a card, four| White Pe and sizes, 3 At 10 Buttons, ull styfes| on a card, valuel { 1 MISCELLANEOUS t Te—Skirt Binding Braid only—at 1¢ & yard, in colors ue Ge. * At 1c - White Cotton Gurter medium width—at e ‘a value e H At 3c—Corset Steels In white, 5 hook—, value Sc. - ners, valuc ning Wax, At 3c—Siocking Da At 7 Moters' In valuel Sc —Invis) and fine and black vahue 15¢ i Haip-Nets, large sizel anality—blonde, at 9o each, 10e—Chiidreir's | Skeleton value 18c Waists,| 15e—Dress Shiglds—an 0dd lot odd sizes, valne THIS time keepers at $4.69. Actual values are from $10 o $12.00 each Sale we are offering the store, and reduced to tempting p vantage of these extraordinary offerings do so before the Sale ends 985‘ ‘Elyria” Lace, an American product, Sup-[but fully equal to foreign made goods At 29¢ and at about ene-halt the price. are sole agents in Norwich Laces and they are now on sale. MEN’S AND $10 to' $12 Watches at e $4.09 On Sale This Morning at 8.1 Hunting Case Open Fice Another evidence of our Superior Merchandising Facilities Morniog we will place on Watches, fitted with splen: Sale 150 Gold Filled did movements, perfect Hunting Case Gold Filled cases guaranteed for 10 years, Open Face Gold Filled Cases gua: Both Men’s and Wome Consid but lection w to be (! Z opening of ranteed for 20 years, n’s Sizes. er Well the Facts ! Note Carefully sure of getting . & dvin the st ALE BEGINS THIS MORNING The March Sale LASTS TWO DAYS---TODAY AND MONDAY I onable items selected from every department you haven't as yet taken COME TODAY You'll fine special offerings on every floor HERE ARE A FEW SAMPLE MILLINERY At Final Clearance Price. Gloves, haif At 15 At this _price we offer a cholce of our entire line of] ‘Womei's Fine Dr that formerly $12.50. Remember—noth- ing reserved—every Hat inetuded at this price. s Hats wold up to| At 39 A At 8c LACES Some Great Values. 1 e At 160 At 19¢ Thousands of yards of the fwmous| At 19¢ we for these Spec! Durin; in mpe With wor we dr of AT B5c A YARD. ard pleces at 26c. 12-yard pleces at Gsc. At 25¢ one-thira bon, val inches wide AT 8.15 Two more days of the March Sale—today and Monday. During thi and in every department. VALUES— WOMEN'S GLOVES of Women 6—Women's Gloves, value Women's oW ngn RIBBONS sbufacturers surpl K o less than regular g Brilliant Pufteta ¥ n, value Plain and Plain nd_Motrd Taf Handsomo Dresden Radiant Taffeta T fal Sale of Burson Hosicry g this March Hale oclal offering Hosjer o will glve Burson 35 purchius. A absolutely free, ons Patent [ension Shears At a Special Price in this offering, These whear Are MAnULMCLU nighest grada at . heavily nickel-plate A patent tensfon spring ia up all the wear on the rive The cutting edge » Shears i Indestructit will never wear dull. The will cut everything and a thing from wet tissue pag 10 & heavy horse blanket This guarantee accompan fes every pair of these Bhears. “If this. p . Shears breaks o defective in any w five years from lvered it will replaced with a new pair free During the Notion Sale— —or 80 long as the steck on A 25¢ Each