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THE SAN ¥RANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 1903. MERCHANTS MUST | GRISIS 15 PAST LEARN THE ART) ALONG LEVEES How to Command- Suc-| Renewed Confidence Is cess in the Adver- Now Felt at New PRAGERS | AD\'ERTISE% PRAGERS | YOU CAN INTEREST HIM. Any Man Over Fifty. rest any man over 50 years anything that will make him se while he may not as sitive organic disease he s the buoyancy and vigor of ¢ »m from aches and pains r years, and he very th interest PRAGERS. | | Ribbon Flowers and Ribbons. Hundreds of New Ideas. Newest. Sin Suits. Without any exaggeration the mos | beautiful and attractive display in the city. | We have every style and material thatis to kS raners %o he Imprevaiiout | isi i ; be found in other displays besides man: I o, s e St e e R ALWAYS RELIABLE For seshes, et drmpenaack & other things that is & very different one - possessed at 25; that be exercised as to reasonable. We have the best weaves of cheviot,, broadcioth, etamine, voile and fancy novelty meost, attractively made and trimmed. 1238~ 1250 MARKET ST cwoes Fine Sugar Plantations on i Bayou La Fourche Are Begin in a Small Way and Develop Slowly and flowers. Some of the designs and colorings are exquisite. ! how much of it, and Carefully in Danger. B = t of o | . 3 2 i ¥ - A = ‘.t:;;e‘;;";l:;“llé'_» AL P ) Cheviot and Broadcloth Suits $12.45 to $60 A big assortment of dainty hair ribbons, Dresden ef- fects, ranging in price from 5€ a yard up. 1000 pieces of satin taffeta ribbon, 4 inches wide, | in all the latest shades. Sold elsewhere at 25¢c aj yard. Special, 18e. A beautiful line of Dresden effects, No. 1 and No, 3 ribbons in 25 different patterns; suitable for trim- ming. Special price, 8 1-3e. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 2L—To-night there are many hopeful featyres in the v: flood situation in the immediate territory A man with $5000 decides to do busincss, | about this city. The gauge shows 39.7 | He rents his store, purchases his stock | feet, which s a fall of four-tenths since last night. It is now belleved that the | fall is due to natural conditions. It is| currently belleved that the fall will con- tinue without check and the crisis is past. By Arthur H. Breuel, Advertising Manager Razall Manufacturing Co. ct or improve ths on of food is one | 7 every man of 50, woman and child of any he whole secret of good , erves, 1s to | promptly and ne food, be- Fancy Mixed Nove{}y Weave Suits $12.45 to $50 oile and Etamine Suits $22.50 to $125 Dainty Shirt. Waists. Dainty! That's the whole story in a word. Many of them are Parisian models, but we are selling them at American prices—very low. There ave waists with Mexican drawn work, with feather stitching and with embroidered grapes. These waists are not in heaps and is content to awalit results, working { all the while patiently and persistently to | Increase his patronage and build up his | t g ud“f,s‘e“‘f trade. If after the first year his inven- | President Killough of the St. Francls thrown on the counter in any haphazard way, but in pretty boxes ready for delivery. Splendid assortment of No. 9 hair ribbon; all silk t tion, and no | tory shows up well, and his bank Levee Board to-day succeeded in send- Prices are from 98¢ to $5.00. - and comes in pretty colorings. On sale to-morrow ing a large barge through the crevasse at Trices Landing for the rescue of stock and property at Marion, Ark. The steamer Hugo was dispatched to the crevasse later with a commission to enter the flooded territory and render assistance. NEW ORLEANS, March 2L.—The river to-night was within a fraction of 19.9. All indications now point to the fact that the crest of the flood has passed Mem- | count 1s even a little fatter, he is satis- fled and tries to get ahead a little fur- ther, if not faster, next year, knowing full well that by careful application and in- E dustry he in time will succeed—in the old- ts help, and | 3. pioned, hard, plodding, unimaginative ; 1t wants @i- | ©o0 | wice, such as 18 | "y game man decides to advertise, and uart’s Dyspep- | (nen his sensible business judgment takes | wings. He makes his contract and writes | A can possibly tore shaky nerves s replenishing the | f the body from & alf-digested food. at 614e. . We make ribbon flowers of all colors in the la- test styles. We have a corps of goung ladies es- pecially for this work who will fill your order while you wait. Special for Monday. —Fine white lawn waists with Duchess front of Swiss embroidery finished with fine tucks; tucked back, full pouch sleeves, with tucked cuff. A reg- ular $1.50 waist. 95c¢ Women’s Shoes. s ch trouble be- | 5 phis and there is a better feeling here, . - £ dt'h‘:'c‘hen:vjp his copy. It appears in the Sunday morn-| g¢ jt js possible to calculate the quantity s 1 2.25—Vici i oe: te. One of Stuart's | 05 18su€, and he firmly belleves that by | of water that must be contended with— 20¢ a dozen—Excelsior Brand rin ime ermegs. $2.25—Vici kid lace shoes: Monday 10 a. m. he ought to have his| propabiy 21 feet. B srizgy il g~ L7 g X grains of | Money back. All advices recelved during the day Machine Needles, the strongest Clover stid et the shoe for - s bread, meat, egam, | 110 008 not confess this to his friends | were favorable as far as the Loulsiana made. Openins Sale. der feet. Thiese are resular $8.90 {or even to himself. He has previously | levees are concerned, with the exception Be o bottle—Nyeh Sncem Ma. e made mind to be a consistent and | of those along Bayou La Fourche, where g0 Record Week. We have spent. months in painstaking, careful searching and buying chine and Bicycle Oil; full 2 oz Be a piece—New Ironing Wax. 3 for Be—Darning Cotton; all colors. but when he locks evening and finds in his sales he part of the faith sful @ continuous adver his front door M perceptible increz s more or lost that abid he really suc ser, & is simply another $3.00—Patent leather shoes with dull matt tops, turned soles, military heels and three quartered foxed. ~ Sizes 214 to 8, and widths AA to D. We warrant the vamps the water s in many places flush with the top of the levees. More water is golng in the La Fourche from the Mississippi than the bayou is able to take without 1- | damage resulting, and there is therefore in the Eastern markets and we arg ready t.o give you advantage of our work. To-morrow will begin the record week of our spring sale when vertiser. When the newspaper representa- | much apprehension that breaks will oc- B¢ a card—Capsheaf Safet endid bargains will be offered. The as well as the tive comes around for his next batch of | cur. Many of the finest sugar plantations Pins; all _sizes. (Dcmunstralu¥ m?nlspl G g o d mb b ly MY“J of these shoes not to break. copy he faces a very disgruntled perscn, | in the State lie along the banks of the fiow at Pragers.) will please you. Every article advertised here is absolut. boots made b a man that had looked upon advertlsing | stream. A cave reported during the day i 2 $3.00—Button boots made by newest and best, pattern and mat.erial that can be secured. Send for Samples. [ Stylish Spring Millinery. Standard Patterns Grover and hand made. Sold now ready. as an Aladdin's lamp, for April doors to th lic at onc that would open easure vaults of the at Gretna was promptly arrested. No further danger is feared from it. The sacking of the city front was continued to-day and a force will be kept constantly ed to-morrow. "HEZ, Miss.,, March 21.—Heavy during the early morning proved a us obstacle in the way of the work elsewhere at $3.50. Country Orders Filled. i SLOWLY AND With a limited amount of capital there | . 1s only one way to command success m | ¢ | the advertising field—that Is, to develop | Silks an;l= Dress Goods. he & on Sycamore levee, but with the labor of ‘We have collected more silks and dress goods, f th clu- slowly and caref: Here, for Instance, | 155 1hen g _ K goods, many of them exclu ns o ed. | campaign, the st of a firm that, start S Sie Nent aBoneiite fibad 7 la rancisco st.ore. © have spent, thousands of dollars for t.he very best /\ i ;W isplay st week. Hun- - =========|ing in the local field, has developed 1nt0 | against dnmage by wave wachCapiatn H. | materials and are showing and selling only those which will insure us the We had a really w onderfu? display ail !a.\t % = eases Naval Budget. Eationss ekt ar W. Lesiia & Co, | 5 Douglas of the United States engincer fl::::d&:br?n‘ P;m';lse::bhe shoposern. We are not flashing atly dreds and hundreds of our friends visited it and were enthu- The A s , like Caspa . Leslie + | corps is sendl At reduce: ices, ose 2 i - e a 3 ” 3 adv Fhe Minister of | gy, concern rectutly Jnblib Tinitus DY | o7 oti Lot Bh e TaCant St s o b ah exeepli;:ai‘l; l:rs:?t:cfl:r ::‘:;‘:;:‘h"v"e“:i:'e‘: siastic in their praises. To-morrow we will be ready to make he naval budget Hezekiah Smith, their enterprising clerk, | levee front. The river gauge at 4 p. m. | t0 make a leader. I | even a better and more beautiful showing with the several late for an increased | called for short, has achieved | read 44.1, a rise of .25 in twenty to $5,000,000 ‘soltd"” prosperity of 'the orthodox | hours. Fancy Silks. big shipments that have arrived from the East. e > _advertise. One of | Suitable for Waists. ’ 3 their sa who had v | The First Law Book. A limited number of waist lengths of 3% and 4 vards will be placed on You notice we haven’t quoted any prices---we worked b to a confide O R el ki0 AserioiSRisbe by sale at less than cost to manufacture. There is a largs assortment of col- a rellgious reader ‘ M ARSI " then we tion, bet Ink, is at want ev: to look over our stock will institute a ‘“‘prices t.hat, please’ sale. Remember, there isn't a hat made that we can’t match for style and price. There are the latest Parisian creations, pat- tern hats and ready-to-wear hats. Two Specials Monday. A full line of trimmed hats in all the prettiest latest light shades, trimmed very strikingly with roses and lace. Hugo Winckler, has published an account | of the legislation promulgated by King Amraphel of Babylon, which, so far as Is known at present, was the first book of laws ever given to the world. King Am- raphel lived 2250 years B. C., and is men- tioned in the Bible as a contemporary of | Abraham, so that his statutes were | arawn up fully five centuries before the | laws of Moses, They number 282, and con- | tain the followin “If a woman who sells beverages gives | bad value for the money pald her, she| ors and pll;f?}rfl". I ' $l 72 $ . 1 & o * 314-yard lengths for 72, $1.98 an 2.20. P ongths Tor B0, $250 ind $2 55 given permission to Taffeta. 5c. SGe and 98e—Guaranteed black Taffeta; regular 85c, $1.00 and fl,'.‘&"quull',\'. Dress Goods. 50c—Black Etamine, 38 inches wide; the proper material for this sea- st how much money : nd within a certain time, a what he figured out was the best local B outset he decided | k and wool mixture, 45 inches wide, in many beautiful colors. fabric which can be seen in high class cloths. -inch Wool Crash in Oxford mixtures. The new spring mate- and traveling suits. -inch Checked Etamine, one of the newest and most stylish 00— f”»h’c?n: i to ahall be themin Take mate i fabrics for the season, In a variety of colors. Worth $125. Special price, $4.00. | each time, | “If a wife be a spendthrift, or if she | Alpacas. 2 i in a variety of styles; colors of black and white might render othi wiss sglsct her itas, Hir Bashani 10 dozen chiffon hats in a variety yles 7THe—4-inch Black Hemstitched Alpaca: a new material and very neat in appearance. | _ S9ec_50-inch silk finished Black Alpaca. stock. Regular $1.25 quality. only. Regular price $2.50. Special price, § M Roses, 3 in a bunch, all desirable colorings, tea, pink, white and car- dinal. Regular 35c values at. 19¢. Newest Wash Goods The bargains in spring light goods in this department are unequaled... It did a remarkable business last week; a new stock is in and we expect to do more this week. = For Confirmation Dresses. You can’t do better than make the children’s confirmation dresses from this beautiful French white organdie. Confirmation Day is not far off and now is the time to select ma- terials for the dresses. 27c—Regular 4oc quality. 35c—Regular 50c quality. may put her away without compensation; but if a man put away his wife for no | other reason than that she has no chil- | dren, he shall return her whole dowry. | “If a betrothal be rescinded the man | shall pay the woman compensation. “A widow with grown-up children may ! not marry again without permission from a judge.’—London Expres e It is reported that the new German dor, Charlemagne Tower, in- | tends purchasing the Bleichroder Palace, | out sure. | Which, with its picture gallery and lux: | o babees | urious furnishings, is one of the finest ional papers | poyuses in Berlin. | unquestioned | 3 then he giad. | of his spac We have but two pieces in his merc which it was ingly. He used legible ty skimp himself for space, within the con- | s of his appropriation. In short, id as much attention to his rtising | the cashier did to making up his daily | cash—a matter of not greater importance for the firm’s welfare, by the way MORE FOR MORE; NEVER STOP. lume of sales slowiy ¥ he took er until he was using value in the local fie ually inc nd convine- | pe and did not | i e R LTI Spring Hosiery, Under- muslins and Knit Wear. There is no better time than the present to lay in a stock of dainty light wear for the spring and summer months. We ‘are seiling them just as cheaply now as later, and with a large assortment to choose from. B50c—Regular 75¢ quality. siery. Hosiery. 60c—Regular 85¢ quality ADVERTISEMENTS. and Weaknes hus achieve before he w: to extend his he did exactly ctic advertising to added another from time sion warranted & dgment d tated. While never rushing or plunging, | he alwy and the end is not yet, fol s I steadily growing | and no to its growth seems apparent. | his 1 conclude that there e ingredients to t formula of suc- cesstul advertising—patience, persistence and honesty. Do not expect imme- rns—remember sur store particular scramble to g buy out your stock; you had t n—you had to create business fri s and had to make your cu: and that they wanted to come ag Pers re your carefully, s appear regu- | larly and that are changed appro- priately with every issue, dealing with one thing at a time if possible. | Hone Well, just plain hon- | esty. story fairly and aggerations. If you | have a bargain and good reason for it, tell the public the Whys and wherefores— you. Don't | But s sur readers for fools. nd all the time, be sura nual advertising vance and let the sum de- reserved for publicity as in- | ly as the amounts severally set | aslde for rent and insurance. Stick—stick to it. stick it out! Don’t cut, don’t waste. invest. are | there | become | nd- tell them the facts and nothing more—and | and prices do not belie | 8Y%e—Women's heavy cotton hose, double heel toes, fast black and elastic tops. Regular 12t%c quality. 3 for HOe—Women's fine gauge cotton hose, double soles and high spliced heels; fast black. A 25c value. 25 c¢—0 dozen lace lisle hose in all of the new lacy patterns; twelve distinct designs. Extra quality lisle. Sold regularly at 35c. 8 1.3c— where at 12! Gowns. B50c—Made of muslin with embroidery and hemstitch- ed trimmings. Drawers. 18c¢—Made of muslin, finished with 2-inch hem and 40c—Regular 6oc qualitty. 00 pieces to select from; all shades in neat and pretty patterns. 83c—Satin finished tapestry, 50 inches wide, in shades of blue, gray, and red. Suitable for portieres, couch covers. cozy corners, etc. 10¢ a yard—Silkolines in dainty colorings and pretty combinations; 75¢—Regular $1.00 quality. Sold else- Tapestry. o brown, cardinal Special New Silkolines. % 36 inches wide. Household Furnishings. three tucks. square neck. Skirts. embroidery. Vests. pink, blue and white. neck and no sleeves, Union Suitss. 5 Fleeced ulé‘e?e‘i:_mwnn style. trimming run with silk tape. Corset, Covers. 15c—Fitted corset covers made of cambric: 7 5c—Made of muslin, trimmed with ruffle of fine wide Special for Monday. 12%e—Lace lisle vests, low neck and no sleeves; in 25c—Mercerized lisle vests, new lace An exceptional value. lined maco_ cotton, Finished around V and Worth weaves; low high neck and long neck with silk Table Damask. 29¢ a yard—20 pieces of bleached :ahéc damask of new and choice designs. Worth s0c. rash. 4e¢ a yari—Heavy absorbent crash toweling, soft finish and free from dressing. No more than ten yards to any customer. Towels. 12c¢—Heavy hemmed linen huck towels with white and colored borders. $2.00 a dozen. Sheets. 48c—81 by go; heavy iron-frame sheets inr'dout_)lc bed, hemmed. Made with seam through center by error. They were bought to sell for 7oc. illow Cases. Sc — Hemmed pillow cases, 45 by 36. made of a good standard muslin. Bed Spreads. $1.23—Full size crochet bedspreads (Marseilles pattern); extra heavy grade. Regu- lar $1.65 value. S —— Large size. Worth 12%ec. TENTS FOR SUFFERERS. Secretary Root Comes to Aid of Flood’s Wictims. WASHINGTON, March 2l.—Secretary Root to-day received telegrams from the Governors of Tennessee and Arkansas in response to his telegraphic inquiry for in- formation as to the needs of the people of those States in the matter of tents, ete., in consequence of the river floods. Governor Frazer of Tennessee tele- FORMER PASTOR T0 BE ARRESTED Wealthy Wife Charges for arrest on account of non-support, and | now declares he must work and support her or she will leave him altogether. LOS ANGELES, March 2l.—Rev. C. R. | Lawson is still a member of the Los An- geles Presbytery, but he has been away from this city for a number of years. Dr. Hugh K. Walker, pastor of Presbyterian Church, said to-night that this part of the State, but he did not re- member that he was the regular minister | at any of them. He is not a prominent member of the presbytery, bfit has been | Emanuel | A Lassle’s Good Reply. A would-be smart commergial travele® on an English train the other day, think= ing to tease a Salvation Army girl, asked her if she believed the story of Jonah and the whale. “I don't know.,” she said, “but when I get to heaven I'll ask Jonah if it occur- Lawson had held a number of charges in | 7% “But,” said the funny man, “suppesing he isn’t there?” “Then,” sald the girl promptly, “you can ask him."” o assigned to various places as needed. He | Varicoeele. acted Disorders. t cures ever effected. ecific Blood Poison. and taint eradi- Stricture. Consultati My pamphlet, Dr. 0. C. Joslen Cor. MarKet and Kearny Sts. dte Call Bullding. Effective Rebuke to the Judge Representative Clayton of Alabama tells a story of the way a representative Texas lawyer rebuffed a Judge who was dis- concerting him with questions: *“It is on 8. H. Cowan, a prominent law- yer of the Lone Star Sta for the National Cattlemen They had a Judge in Texs terror to the lawyers. I reckon he was something like the late Mr. Justice Mil- ler, for he would go at the lawyers prac- ticing in his court and evidently try to bowl them off their feet by vigorous ques- tioning. “Well, Cowan, then a young lawyer, was trying a case before three Judges of | whom the yman I have just mentioned was one. He went for Cowan severely, and the lJawyer was nearly out of the ring | at such a bombardment of questions from | the bench. ““Now, don’t be disconcerted by my questions, Mr. Cowan,’ sald this -Judge. *Answer me just as you would the Justice of the Peace over in your county if you were trying a case before him.’ “At that Cowan was ready, quick as a | nash. “ ‘] always tell him,” said he boldly, ‘to keep his mouth shut.’ The other two Judges could not refrain | from laughter at that sort of rebuff. |+ “This Judge,’ remarked the Chief Jus. | | tice gravely, ‘will now have to keep his mouth shut.’ "—New York Tribune. —_——————————— The largest electrical pumping plant in | It raises | | 665,000,000 gallons of water a day for irrl-| | gating the Great Salt Lake valley. o the world is that at Utah Lake. Do You Want a Pair of Shoes? Wouldn't you like to ob- tain a pair of high-grade shoes at a tremendously low price—shoes that are stylish, serviceable and comfortable? COME TO-DAY. Let us show you ours, We're willing to try them on and you are under no obligations to purchase. OUR NEW BUILDING at 104-110 Geary st will soon be ready. Come at once to the old stand. 740 Market Street. graphed from Nashville as follows: “Please send at once 5 tents to Mem- phis, consigned to Mayor J. J. Willlams. City of Memphis will pay for them and see that they are returned after use.” Governor Davis of Arkansas telegraphed from Little Rock as follows: “The flood conditions along the Missis- sippi River In our State are bad. We have no tents in armory for distribution. Please forward by first express 100 tents to Judge Derrick, Marianna, Ark., for use of flood sufferers. I pledge honor of State that same will be carefully cared for and when no longer needed will be sent free of charge to Jeffersonville, Ind. Please rush tents, as demand is press- W I tme was lost in complying with these requests for assistance. Colonel Patton, acting for the quartermaster gen- eral, immediately sent instructions to, the quartermasters in charge of the depots at St. Louis and Jeffersonvile, Ind., to send with the utmost dispatch 4% common tents and twenty hospital tents to Mem- phis and ninety common tents and ten hospital tents to Marianna, Ark. —_————————— Features of the Doll Trade. The most pecullar feature of the doll factory is that no one factory makes the entire doll. A toy turtle with a clock in its chest has to pass through the hands of three men anl thirty-seven girls before it is ready to be put on the market. Some dollmakers employ many hands inside the factories and send the different parts.to the homes of the +workers to be completed there. Him With Non- Support. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. DETROIT, Mich., March 2L.—The arrest of Rev, €. R, Lawson, who once occu- pled the pulplt of a Presbyterlan church in Los Angeles, was ordered to-day by the Detroft police on a charge of non- support, preferred by his newly wedded wife, Mrs. Susie M. Lawson. Lawson has not yet been taken into custody, but his arrest is only a matter of a few hours, as he is known to be in the city. Mrs, Lawson was formerly the wife of Judge Grtenwood, a prominent jurist of Brook- lyn, N. Y., and is worth in her own right ut $125,000. hile on a trip through California last winter Mrs. Greenwood met Lawson and fell in love with him at once. The wed- ding followed soon afterward. The couple came to Detroit a short time ago in or- der to enable Lawson to study medicine, he having decided to abandon the pulpit. Storles of her husband's flirtations with other women soon reached Mrs. Lawson's ears and she called a halt, but the Cali- fornian pald no attention and matters went from bad to worse. As Lawson preferred living upon his wife's means rather than going to work, she decided to get rid of him. On account of her short residence In Michigan a diverce could not be granted, but she got out a warrant —_——— left here to go East to take a charge, and | Domestic servants in Switzerland are the last heard from him he was in Detroit. | becoming scarce, as many of them emi- As to his domestic relations nothing {s | grate to the United States. The labor bu- known here which would indicate that |reau has applications for 1021 servants, they were anything other than they | but only 492 could be found. Servants ob- the Presbyterian church in Los Angeles. | day. many of them deplore the of children is often destructive however, by the tse of Mother’s Friend before baby comes, as this danger of child-birth, and carries the expectant mother safely through use of this wonderful ’ bottle. Our little Mothe’. s should have been. He is not well known | ject to the continuous labor of housework M el Every woman covets a arried loss of their girlish forms to the mother’s shapeliness. great liniment always prepares the body for the strain upon it, and this critical period without pain. It is woman’s greatest blessing. remedy. = Sold by all book, telling all about Friend among the more prominent members of | and to being deprived of their free Sun- shapely, pretty figure, and w . after marriage. The bearing omen All of this can be avoided, preserves the symmetry of her form. Mother’s Friend overcomes all the Thousands gratefully tell of the benefit and relief derived from druggists at $1.00 per this liniment, will be sent free. The Bradfield Regulater Co., Atianta, Ga.