TUB NDW SOLD
NEAR REAL VALUE
Claims Worth Fortune Can No
Longer Be Secured at
$2.50 an Acre.
GARFIELD CHANGES RULE
Bnrr MuM Pay for Timber at
Value Estimated by tiovern-
mtMit Appraiser Mucli
nod Tape.
Should the Chief of Field Division
deem the appraisal too low or too
high, he will require the appraiser,
within 20 flays, to resubmit the esti
mate with such modification or ex
planations as he may deem proper,
when the schedule will be either ap
proved, or forwarded to the local l.and
office with a statement of his objec
tion. If the local land officers ap
prove the appraisement, they will sign
a certificate to that effect, but if they
sustain the objection of the chief, they
will return the papers, and another ap
praisement will be made by a different
officer: This applies where the land
has been approved by an employe of
the General Und Office. Whenever
an appraisal by a forestry employe Is
disapproved, the papers must be sent
to the Commissioner of the General
Land Office at Washington for his
action.
Right to Protest GlTon.
Whenever a satisfactory appraisal
has been made, the local land officers
will note the price on their records,
and thereafter the lands will be sold at
uch price only, under the provisions
of the timber and stone act. unless, for
.some reason, there shall be a subse
quent reappraisal.
1 Whenever no appraisement Is made
within nine months after the filing of
an application, the applicant may. with
out notice, within 30 days thereafter,
deposit the amount, not less than $2.50
per acre, specified In his application
as the reasonable value of the land and
the timber thereon, with the receiver
of the local Land Office, and thereupon
will be allowed to proceed with his ap
plication to purchase, as though the
appraisement had been regularly made.
Failure of the applicant to make the
required deposit within 30 days after
the expiration of the nine months' ap
praisement period, will terminate his
lights without notice.
The register and receiver, after not
ing the appraised price on their rec
ords, will immediately inform the ap
plicant that he must, within 30 days,
deposit the appraised price of the land
and the timber, or within that time
file protest against the appraisement.
If lie protests he must deposit a sum
sufficient to defray the expenses of a
reappralsenient. never less than $100;
and he must agree to bear the entire
expense of reappraising the land. Any
application for reappraisement must be
supported by affidavit, corroborated by
two credible and disinterested persons,
tending to show the official estimate
Is too high.
A requeot for reappraisement must
follow the same channel as the orig
inal application, but a reappraisement.
before It Is accepted, must have the
Indorsement of both the local land of
ficers and the chief of field division,
or in case of disagreement between
them, of the Commissioner of the Gen
eral l.and Office. When reappraise
ment Is noted on the records of the
local I.and Office, the applicant has but
20 days in which to make full payment
at the reappraised price. Failure to
pay up within that time forfeits all his
rights under his application.
Final Proof Method Unchanged.
Whenever a satisfactory price has
been agreed upon, and the applicant
lias made full payment to the local of
ficers, he must submit final proof in
the manner now required by law. in
cluding publication of notice In a local
paper for 60 days. If. after all require
ments have been fulfilled, no protest
or contest is pending, the applicant
will complete his final entry and get
patent. Of course protest may be filed
at any time before patent issues.
According to the new regulations. If
an applicant swears falsely In his ap
plication or sworn statement, he will
be liable for Indictment and punish
ment for perjury, and If he Is guilty of
perjury or any minor false swearing
or attempted fraud In connection with
his efforts to obtain title, or If lie
falls to perform any act or make any
payment or proof as stipulated, his ap
plication will be disallowed, and all
moneys paid to the I .and Office will be
forfeited, as well as his rights under
the timber and stone act.
I.ands that are appraised, but not
sold. may. upon final disallowance of
an application, be entered by any qual
ified person at Its appraised value.
lAnds applied for. but not appraised,
may be entered as If no application
had ever been made. Any appraised
lands may be reappraised upon the re
quest of an applicant under these reg
ulations, but the applicant who secures
reappraisement must buy at the reap
praised price, whether It be lower or
higher than the first price fixed by the
Government, and In the event reap
praisement Increases the price, he will
not secure a refund of any of his
money If he decides not to purchase.
Any applications for timber lands
made under the old regulations during
the current month will be suspended,
and the applicants will be notified that
they may. within 30 days, file applica
tion In conformity with the new regu
lations. Failure to make reappllcation
will result in rejection of tlietr original
applications. All timber and stone fil
ings made prior to November 30. 1908.
are not affected In any way by the new
regulations.
'5 GREAT FUTURE
GltKAT COMMERCIAL CONGRESS
OPENS IN CAPITAL.
Ilevelopnient of Sunny Land Given
Iioom hy Leading Men In Every
Field of Industry.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. With prophe
cies of an almost unparalleled economi
cal and commercial advancement near
at hand for the South, the Initial move
ment for a still greater development of
the natural resources of that section
was Inaugurated at the first meeting
here today of the Southern Commercial
Congress.
Lack of adequate transportation facili
ties was blamed as preventing the South"s
development. This. It was pointed out.
was caused by the alleged hostility of
some of the Legislatures to the rail
roads. But a change in the sentiment
had come; the railroads were planning
for increased facilities and with Im
proved waterways and harbors, nothing
stood In the way of greater progress.
The opening session was marked by
the presence and participation of two
members of the Cabinet Lake E.
Wright, Secretary of War. and Oscar
S. Straus, Secretary of Commerce and
Iabor, the most notable speakers of the
day.
Dr. Walter Wyman. Surgeon-General of
the I'nited States Public Health and Ma
rine Hospital Service, declared the South
as healthy to live In as the North and
said scientific means had conquered yel
low fever. John F. Wallace, of New
York, said the Southern railroads needed
an Investment of JIOO.WXMJOO a year for
the next 10 years and while -believing in
Government control, declared that a pol
icy of fairness and liberality was the par
amount need. Professor L. C. Glenn,
of Vanderbtlt University, said the South
had ooe-third of the Nation's coal re
sourcesi that its production was In Its
Infancy, that the supply would be ex
hausted by the end of next century and
that it should be husbanded for the de
velopment of Southern Industries and not
be exported. C. W. Hayes, chief of the
Geological Survey, spoke on the mineral
wealth of the South. Gifford Pinchot.
Chief Forester, told of the forest and
water power wealth of the Southern Ap
palachians and recommended the crea
tion of an Appalachian National forest.
Mr. Straus referred to the wonderful
strides made hy the South in' commerce
during the last 40 years. "I am one of
those who believe." said Mr. Straus,
"that the time Is near at vand when
even politically it will be fi'ilsnomer to
speak of the solid 5o.n." This declara
tion met with vociffrous applause.
BILL ATTACKS PROPERTY
LORD ROTHSCHILD SECURES
MEMORIAL TO REJECT BILL.
Said to Have Acted for Bank and In
surance Companies Ilol'ling
Blocks Brewery Debentures.
LONDON. Deo. 2. (Special.) The rev-elation
that Lord Rothschild hnd obtained
the signatures of 140 members of the
House of Lords K a memorial to Lord
Lansdowne. calling on him to move the
rejection of the licensing bill on it sec
ond reading in the Lords occasioned no
small sensation. Lord Rothschild Is said
to have acted at the Instance of the hank
and insurance companies holding large
blocks of brewery debentures, who re
garded the bill as an attack on private
property. It is unprecedented for a mem
ber of the Rothschild family to take a
prominent part in a movement of this
kind, and Ixrd Rothschild has shown
something less than the usual caution of
his house in putting himself forward as
the champion of the trade.-
The action Is rendered still more re
markable by the fact that several of his
relatives are ardent temperance re
formers, and exercise in more than one
case where they are the ground land
lords of villages, a very effective veto
on the multiplication of public houses on
their property. It was said that Ird
Iansdowne, Ixird St. Aldyn, and 1-ord
Balfour, of Burleigh, resenting the pres
sure proposed to be brought to bear by
the memorial, denounced it- In private,
but Lord Rothschild is understood to have
brought them to their knees. With 140
peers pledged to vote against the sec
ond reading It was Impossible for Lord
Ijinsdowne to secure a majority on the
other side, though, no doubt, his method
of drawing the life-blood from the
measure by drastic amendments would
commend Itself to the intelligent peers
more than the. crude suggestion to
bludgeon it.
i RELIGION III SCHOOLS
CHURCH COUNCIL DELEGATES
VOTE DOWN RESOLUTION.
Proposition of Devoting One After
noon Each AVeek to Children's
Religious Education Killed.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. ".A resolu
tion that public schools be closed one
afternoon in each week to allow the chil
dren to attend religious services and re
ceive instructions in their own churches
was defeated today after a lively debate
at the Federal Council of the Churches
of Christ in America.
The resolution was opposed by Bishops
Cranston and Neely. of the Methodist
Kpiscopai Church, who said that the Fed
eral Couotll should not take a stand
with those organizations which claim the
right to interfere with the religious free
dom of the public schools. A resolution
was finally adopted. In which it was de
clared that it was the duty of the church
to provide religious Instruction for
their children, as well as the auty of par
ents to see that such instruction .was
given In the home.
Bishop Wilson, of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, presented the report of
the committee on temperance and also
a set of resolutions recommending the
appointment of a committee to call on
President-elect Taft and congratulate
him upon the stand he has taken with
reference to intoxicating liquors and
also to urge him to use his Influence for
the suppression of the liquor traffic.
SERVIAN POWDER USELESS
Frauds in Powder Depress War
Party. Make Austria Chuckle.
BERLIN. Dec. 5. (Special.) The eager
ness of the Servian war party has re
ceived a serious set-back by sensational
discoveries In the Servian state powder
works at Obillceoo.
Useless and adulterated powder is said
to be made and the Belgrade paper
Slampa, which discovered the frauds,
gives the names of the guilty officers and
adds:
"The cartridges filled with useless
powder at Kragujevati must now be re
filled. In initiated circles the affair has
caused an absolute panic."
The Belgrade correspondent of the
Neues Wiener Tagehlatt wires:
"Immense loss has been occasioned by
the frauds in the Servian powder factory,
and the war party is extremely depressed.
The powder fabricated in Servla is en
tirely useless, as it is so mixed with cattle
refuse that the cartridges fail to. ex
plode." -
Cannot Live Without Smoking.
BUDAPEST. Dec. 5 (Special.! A young
girl of Budapest named Mathilda Haska
has broken off her engagement because
her fiance, who is a nonsmoker. wishes
her to give up the habit. She declares
she can live without a. husband, but not
without cigarettes.
Sfx-lclnm msiie from human hair are worn
tv h1ne n.-termen an the bet preventive
of wt feet. They are drawn over ordinary
cvtum itucklnse.
SHOOT ILL URGE
DRY-FARMING BILL
Mandell of Wyoming Will Lead
Fight for Measure in
Lower House.
OPPOSITION VERY STRONG
Friends Have Hopes, However, That
if Defects of Previous Measure
Are Corrected, Bill Will Pass
at the Coming Session..
BY HARRY J. BROWN.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. W'ash
Ington, Nov. 19. A strong effort will be
made at the approaching eesison of Con
gress to secure the passage of the dry
farm homestead bill which encountered
so many obstacles at the last session.
Senator Smoot, of Utah, will take up the
fight In the Senate, as he was the origi
nal author of the bill, and the fight in
the House will be led by Representative
Mondell. of Wyoming, father of the
House dry-farm bill.
Dry-farm legislation was defeated last
Winter because the bills reported by the
respective committees on public lands
were loosely drawn, and offered too great
opportunities for speculative or fraudu
lent operations. In other words, the bills
were not properly safeguarded. It was
contended, and practically proven by op
ponents or critics of the measures, that,
under their provisions, individuals could
go upon the public domain f and make
entry of 320 acres of almost any charac
ter of land, save mineral land. This, of
course. Is contrary to good public pol
icy: hence the failure of the dry-farm
bills.
Heyburn Opposed to Measure.
If the authors of the 330-acre home
stead bills will redraft them, or offer
amendments which will so alter their
character as to restrict their application
to arid or semi-arid lands, so that they
will accomplish no more than the avowed
purpose for which they are drawn, it
may be possible to secure their passage
before the 4th of March, but if the bills
are not modified to meet the objections
raised last Winter, they cannot pass.
It Is. recalled that Senator Heyburn of
Idaho Is opposed to any form of dry
farm homestead legislation: he does no
deem it advisable to Increase the home
stead area, even in the arid or semi-arid
regions: he maintains that euch home
steads will effectually block progress un
der the Carey act and the National rec
lamation act.
Senator Teller, of Colorado, a pessimist
of the extreme type, takes the same view.
Teller is opposed to everything that la
proposed in the way of modification of
the land laws: he can see no good In new
land legislation the old laws are good
enough for him.
May Institute Filibuster
Both Senator Heyburn and Senator
Teller have taken advantage of the priv
ilege of unlimited debate In the Senate:
they have time and again filibustered'
against legislation which they did not
indorse, and it is quite possible that they:
may iiwtitute a new filibuster against the
dry-farm bill at the coming session.
Should they adopt such dilatory tactics,
they may block action in the Senate, for
in the limited time available for the pass
age of the necessary appropriation bills,
there will be no possibility of forcing
through general legslation to which there
Is obstinate objection.
However, If the dry-farm bill is re
drafted so as to shut off opportunity for
speculative operations, there is a possibil
ity that the two filibustering Senators
may be persuaded to consent to Its pass
age, for the measure in the abstract,
drawn to facilitate the entry of land that
can be farmed only by dry-farm meth
ods, is indorsed by the President and the
Secretary of the Interior, and is generally
demanded by Western States. f
Dennett Offers Xew Plan.
There Is one thing that may help this
bill, and that is the carrying out of a
recommendation made by Commissioner
Dennett of the General Land Office, that
all arid and semi-arid lands so situated
as to be available for irrigation be
withdrawn from all entry, and be pre
served for such time aa Its reclamation
becomes feasible, either under the Na
tional reclamation act or the Carey act.
If such withdrawals are made, the dry
farm bill could no longer Interfere with'
irrigation development, as contended by
Senator Heyburn. and in such event the
Idaho Senator might be persuaded to step
aside and let the bill go through.
The adoption of Commissioner Dennett's
objection would also go a long ways
toward appeasing Representative Reeder
of Kansas, who was largely responsible
for the failure of the House to pass this
bill last session. Reeder objected to the
bill because It was too loosely drawn,
and because he argued that it would In
terfere . with the development of future
Irrigation projects. Such changes as
would satisfy Senator Heyburn would
also tend to satisfy the husky Congress
man from Kansas. Reeder la in favor of
legitimate development by dry-farming,
but he won't stand for anything that has
a suspicious appearance.
YACHT FOR SPANISH KING
Alfonso Orders Designer of Sham
rocks to Build Racer.
LONDON. Dec. 5. (Special.) King Al
fonso of Spain has given an order to
W. Fife, the eminent Scotch designer
of the Lipton Shamrocks, to design him
a 50-foot cutter for the International
clasis. The yacht will be built in Spal
under the superintendence of Mr. Fife's
own workmen, and next year she will
race In St. Sebastian regatta, which
takes place after the conclusion of
Cowes week.
The King of Spain has owned several
small racing yachts, and last year he
had a six-meter boat called the Os
borne, built by Fife, but tills Is the first
time His Majesty has gone In for a largo
racing yacht.
The yacht is to be a cutter of about
60 tons. Thomas measurements, and this
class of vessel is regarded, as quite the
sporting type of international racing
yacht. Such a boat is about 50 feet
water line. 75 feet over all, 13 feet 6
Inches beam and 9 feet draught of water
FRENCH PRIEST ON STRIKE
After Winning People's Support He
Secedes and Takes Wife.
PARIS, Dec." 5. (Special.) The Petit
Parisien today tells how M. Elouard.
the cure of Foubec. In Normandy, came
to marry. He got atwlst with his bishop
and was ordered to leave hi? parish, but
refused to go. The bishop sent a mes
senger to take possession of the presby
tery. An assault was maae on mc
house, but the Mayor Interfered, and the
parishioners came to the rescue of their
priest.
The bishop's next move was to have
the church of Foubec served by the
cure of Comteville. but the inhabitants
entered on a religious strike. In order
to gain his livelihood the priest culti
vated the land surrounding his presby
tery. He resigned from the priesthood,
became a. caltle-breedrr and gardener,
and took a wife.
Afterwards he Joined the French Epis
copal Church of Saint Savour, of Phila
delphia, founded by a French priest 20
years ago. He quarreled with the found
er on the suppression of the confession
and the communion.. He intends to lec
ture throughout the canton in favor of
his new church, and expresses the be
lief that the people will rally to him.
Vanity in Six Nations.
Chicago Tribune.
The Tahiti girl, to acquire a fiat, broad
nose, sleeps with a compress on It.
The Arab woman paints her brows so
as to give them the appearance of meet
ing above her nose.
Belles of certain Amazonian tribes have
cone-shaped skulls, which are obtained
by wearing a mold on the head from
babyhood until maturity.
The Turkish woman imparts a faint
bluish tint to nails and teeth.
The ladies of Macassar paint their teeth
red and yellow alternately.
The Paraguay girl eradicates her eye
brdws. declaring that she does not wish
to resemble a whiskered man.
KILLS SELF II
PAKIS GIHIj OF 15 TAKES POI
SON BEFOBE TEACHER.
Was In Love With Her Master and
Brooded Over His Efforts to
Cure Her Affliction.
PARIS. Dec. 5. (Special.) Strange Is
the story told of the death of Luclenne
Brlere. a girl of 15. who is alleged to
have committed suicide during class at
school. The teacher noticed that the
child looked very 111. and seemed to be
seized with a spasm. The girl was bare
ly able to speak, but managed to say that
she was voluntarily putting an end to
heflife. She had taken a dose of strych
nine with her to school, and, had swal
lowed It during class. She pointed to
a letter which she had written, and
which would explain everything. She
was not able to do more, and in. a few
minutes succumbed to the poison.
In the letter, which was , Intended for
her parents, she said that she was dis
appointed in her affections, and that this
was the reason why she put an end to
her life. The child had been put out to
sen-Ice by her parents in a small town in
Normandv. There she fell violently in
love with her master. The latter. In this
strange predicament, found it impossible
to keep her in his service, but, mindful
of the child's welfare, sent her to the
house of a friend, a chemist, near Paris.
She did not Improve, however, and for
get her absurd Infatuation, but moped
and seemed In danger of becoming mel
ancholy mad. Her second employer de
termined to send her back to school. She
was a boarder, spending only Sundays
and holidays in the chemist's house.
School life produced no change for the
better, and the unhappy child, while per
fectly well-behaved and giving no trou
ble, continued to- brood.
GIVES SMOKING CONCERTS
Up-to-Date Clergyman Wins Men
With Pipes and Ale.
4
LONDON. Dec. S. (Special.) "The
clergyman of the old-fashioned type is as
mucli out of date as the cumbrous stage
coach. Nowadays one must be a man
first, and a clergyman afterwards."
Thus the Rev. Charles Hutchinson, rect
or of the quaint old village of Rayne, Es
sex, spoke last night in expressing his
conception of the Ideal clergyman. This
week, despite hostile criticism, he has
recommenced his smoking concerts for
the men of the village, at which he him
self provides both tobacco and ale.
"Some say I am disgracing my clotn by
the countenance of such a practice," he
smiled, "others praise me. But I care
neither for praise nor blame. When I
first instituted bright entertainments in
the village school, the men did not come,
because the fatigue of field work Tnads
them long for the solace of pipe and ale.
Thus the village inns had an advantage
over me. So I said to the men: 'If you
will come to my concerts, you s.mll en
joy not only your well-earned tobacco,
but mugs of ale as well."
"On Monday n!eht nearly every man in
the village rallied round me. I am a poor
smoker myself, but I enjoyed seeing the
clouds of smoke curl upwards. Three
times I sent round beer to every man in
the room.x They sang good comic songs
and were happy. And so was I.
"The modern clegyman need not be a
popular hero, but he must know weak
nesses as well as virtues."
AIRSHIP FOR PASSENGERS
I.ebaudy Contracts to Build Vessel
for Russian Army.
BERLIN, Dec. 5. (Special.) - M.
Ibaudy, of Paris, whose activity in the
Held of aeronautics Is well known, has ac
cepted an order to build a military air
ship of 4000-cubic metres for the Russian
government. The balloon will measure 60
odd metres from point to point, and the
greatest diameter will be 11 meters. The
envelope Is to be of a triple thickness of
rubberllned canvas, and the frame for
th9 passengers and machinery is to be
made with all the latest Improvements.
There will be two petrol tanks, with a
capacity for a voyage of 1000 kilometers.
The motor Is to be 90-horsepower, and
there will be two cabins for six pas
sengers. The lifting power of the balloon
will be about 1200 kilograms.
POOR PLACE FOR COLONY
Jews Oppose North African Site
Guide Immigrants to South.
IjONDON. Dec. 5. (Special.) According
to Meyer Spielmann, the chairman of the
Britisn I to Federation, the report of the
commission that investigated for the Jew
ish - Territorial Organization, the North
African territory that has been the sub-
Catarrh
Is a Constitutional Disease
. It originates in impure blood and
requires constitutional treatment, acting
through and purifying the blood, for its
radical and permanent cure. The
greatest constitutional remedy is
Hood's Sarsaparilla
In usual liquid form or in chocolated tab
lets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $1.
Jasal and other local forms of catarrh
are promptlv relieved by Antiseplets or
Catarrlets, 50c, druggists or mail.
C. 1. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
niLBptnnigauBy
r M -"Oa s aim. irm jrm m ' - u m r - E a m ""W
I
I
Selected Bargains for Tuesday
Here are prominent items, picked from the various sections and
marked at much less than usual retail prices in order to call particular
attention to Tuesday as a bargain day in this store.
S2.00 3-Clasp Trefousse Gloves, $1.48 Pair
- J Women's 3-elasp Delorme quality Trefousse Gloves, of real
$1.75 English Cape Walking Gloves,
The famous Dent style Gloves, made of selected real English cape, all sizes included.
Women's Golf Gloves, Special 47c pair II
75c Embroidered
II Women's black Lisle
Reg. $1.50 Drawnwork Linen Squares, 75c
I 30-inch
75c Aprons of All
I Check gingham, blue chambray, white lawn, plain
$38.00 High-class
About
11
75c Armenian Lace Handkerchiefs,
Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, edged with Armenian lace, very pretty and dainty styles.
20c-25c Initial Handkerchiefs, 12V2C II
Hand-embroidered Initial Handkerchiefs, plain and crossbar, plain or wreathed initials.
75c-85c Dolls, Dressed and Undressed, 59c
Various sizes, in a great variety of styles and made of various materials. Only 59c.
Framed Pictures, Values to $5 for $1.95 II
Over 50 subjects, all sizes and shapes, with superb hardwood frames. Biggest bargain yet.
Regular $2.50 Axminster Rug, $1.39
Size 27x60
Reg. $2.56
Umbrellas
$1.58
Our Annual Sale
s-
ll :
$2.50 Umbrellas $1.58
Union Silk Taffeta Umbrellas,
made first-class in every detail,
mounted with choice handles, in
cluding pearl, princess, gunmetal,
silver horn and boxwoods. Regu
lar $2.50 value, for the CO
especially low price of 4jl00
Annual Holiday Sale of Silk Umbrellas
. . . '
Seven hundred and fifty Finest Silk Umbrellas for men and women, in black
and colors, choicest imported handles such as ivory, gold, silver, pearl trimmed
with silver and gunmetal,
$5.00 UMBRELLAS
$7.00 UMBRELLAS
Jeot of so much conjecture Is not entirely
satisfactory. Even if North Africa is re
jected, the policy of the Ito will remain
the same and attention will merely be di
verted to some other part of the globe.
Meanwhile the organization is doing
seful work in America, by taking In
hand the stream of emigration and head-'
ins It off from congested .New iorK 10 me
Southern States.
TOO FAT TO BE FIREMEN
Refusal of Promotion Spreads In
London Fire Brigade.
LONDON. Dec. 5. (Special.) The blow
has fallen on fat firemen, and last night
the members of the London Brigade, es
pecially those aspiring to officership. be
gan to tighten in their belt and meditate
gloomily on a vegetable and non-alcoholic
regime.
Women's knit Golf Gloves, ideal for these cold days; very warm and fleecy.
Black Lisle Hosiery, 48c II
Hosiery, silk-embroidered, in daintily colored designs, very pretty and effective.
pure Linen Squares, all drawn fancy
Kinds, Special 59c
Tailored Suits, $21.50
50 hi?h-class tailor-made Suits, smartest new styles, in black and all colors.
inches, pretty Oriental patterns in wide
casesand
derful special value at
trimmed ana plain:
AT $3.35
AT $4.35
$10.00 UMBRELLAS AT $6.75
$12.00 UMBRELLAS AT $8.50
In the course of the day Captain Hamil
ton, the chief officer, sent for the two
sub-officers. Etherden and Eastman,
whom he thought too fat to be mads offi
cers. These men had appealed to the
committee against the decision. The chief
officer now Informed them that the tire
brigade committee had left the decision to
him. ami that he should not alter it.
Although there war, nothing against
them except that they were too fat for
they, had exc3llent recommendations from
their superintendents he said he had to
Inform them Anally that he could not rec
ommend them for any further promotion,
and that they could either give up their
position as probationary sub-officers or
he would have to take it from them.
The decision caused considerable excite
ment, for it affects the future of more
than half of the brigade.
Wit In the Wise Fnmll.v.
New York Dispatch.
The five-year-old son of the Rev.
French kid, very best quality made.
98c
corners, rows of drawnwork, hand-made
and dotted swiss Aprons, in ten styles.
I
49c
I
assortment, wears well and looks welL
Reg. $2.00
Umbrellas
$1.15
Our Annual Sal.
$2.00 Umbrellas $1.15
Men's and women's fine mercer
ized gloria Umbrellas, with tape
edge, steel rods, paragon frames,
with, princess, horn, gunmetal,
silver-trimmed wood handles;
tassels. Won
$1.15
$3.00 UMBRELLAS AT $5.25
Stephen S. Wise was driving up Fifth
avenue recently with his mother. As
they approached the entrance to Cen
tral Park she called his attention to
Saint-Gaudens' famous work, the eques
trian statue of General Sherman led by
victory.
"But. mamma," he queried, "why
does not the gentleman get off the
horse and let the lady ride?"
TEA
Good tea, close price.
There is no other way to
build a good business or
keep a good business.
Your rcer returns root ami H yen o1
like Schilling'. Be w par Bi.