THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 22, 1903.
If
CONTRASTS TWO HEROES
GEORGE WASIinrGTOjr A.TD ABRA
HAM LINCOLN COMrAIU'D.
8pec& of TV. B. WheeliTrfurlit at Ban
quet of Son and Daughter of
American Revolution.
Washington and Lincoln; a Contrast."
was the subject of an interesting and ble
address delivered last evening by "W. D.
Wheelwright, of this city, at the ban
quet of the Sons and Daughters of tho
American Revolution. He pointed out fhe
sharp contrasts between their characters
and showed that each was fitted to purge
his land of certain evils peculiar to his
epoch. His address follows:
My subject is "Washington and Lin
coln: a Contrast."
It is not to be expected that anything
new or original will be said about either
of these men, whose characters have been
studied and analyzed in all their phases
throughout the century that has Just
passed, the century that sprang into life
almost upon tho death of one. and of
which the other was one of the first
fruits. Especially may you not expect
this from a plain commercial man who
cannot count himself a student or a
speaker: so if I can interest you at all, it
will be no thoughts or words of mine, but
rather by what they themselves have
written in living characters on the book
of time, and what has been said about
them by those competent to speak.
shall bo contented if I do this, aspiring
to no higher title than that of "a fellow
cf infinite quotation."
The fact that there were sharp con
trasts between their characters and the
courses of their lives, as there were in tha
periods during which they lived, is per
haps more curious than Important; but if
It shall be seen by a study of these con
trasts that each was, not a product of his
times, but a character specially framed
and fitted to Influence and correct his
times, to purge the land of evils peculiar
to his epoch, and to make light shine in
its dark places, then the. study of their
contrasts becomes interesting and Instruc
tive, especially if it shall appear that the
differences In character correspond in a
sense with the differences in the require
ments of the times. I would not magnify
the importance of circumstances; it has
been said that "a talent is formed in the
solitudes a character in the torrents of
the world," but I am prone to bellevo that
a man grows to his full stature every
where, according to the stuff that Is in
him, and that neither solitudes nor tor
rents make character, though environment
may somewhat modify and circumstances
give opportunity.
There was a wldo contrast in the ante
cedents of the two. George Washington
was descended from a long line 'of an
cestors who were men of lands, of titles
and success.
Tho ancestors cf Abraham Lincoln were
so obscure that there is, no authentic
record of anyone earlier than his grand
father, and his father was unable to read
until after he had reached maturity.
Lincoln was a born commoner, great in
spite of the obstacles of poverty, the
other was a bom aristocrat, great in
spite of the hindrances of wealth. In
neither case was the prayer of Agar an
swered. There was contrast in tha experiences
of their early life. George Washington
was an intimate associate of a peer of
the realm, at the age of 22 he commanded
a. successful expedition against the In
dians, and a few years later was ap
pointed a Colonel on General Braddock's
staff. He was of distinguished personal
appearance, and delighted in fine uni
forms, in the pomp and circumstance of
war and life, and the accounts of his
daring read like the story of a royal
pageant
Abraham Lincoln was born In a log
cabin, dressed in a linsey-woolsey shirt,
deerskin legglns and cowhide shoes, and,
as he says, never wore stockings until
he was "young man grown." Further he
says of himself, "I reached my new home
in my Eth year. There were some
schools, but nothing beyond reading, writ
ing and ciphering to the rule of three. I
have never been to school since. I was
raised to farm work, which I continued
till I was 22, when I became a sort of
clerk in a store. If any personal de
scription of me is thought necessary it
may be said that I am six feet four inches
nearly. lean in flesh, weighing on an
average ISO pounds, of dark complexion,
with coarse black hair and gray eyes."
Then comes a flash of his distinctive hu
mor "no other marks or brands recol
lected." They were unlike in their dispositions.
One was a silent man, having the rare
virtue of habitual reticence, never talk
ing unless to say something that should
not have been left unsaid, and then say
ing It with seriousness; a man of high,
temper and strong passions, whose coun
tenance bore the record of successful bat
tles waged for their subduing a man who
conquered himself and took many cities
nlso, for he was a soldier, whose "hands
were taught to war, and his fingers to
fight,", a majestic figure in war and peace,
calm, dignified, severe. The wife of John
Adams, after seeing him take command of
the American Army, was moved to write
of him as follows:
"Dignity, ease and complacency, the
gentleman and the soldier look agreeably
blended in him, yet modesty marks every
feature of his face. Those lines of Dry
den Instantly occurred to me:
Hark h! majwtlc fabric He's a temple
Sacred by birth and built by hands dlTlhe.
How different the picture presented by
the other, taking his own description of
his personal appearance that I have Just
read to you. Gaunt, uncouth, awkward,
the kindest, gentlest, tenderest-hearted
man that ever lived! Having that frank
"simplicity of character that often baf
fles tho most accomplished astuteness," he
was easily approachable, unhampered by
conventionalities, full of hearty mirth, of
the happy humor that lies very near to
tears, and of ready wit that enabled him
to avoid obstacles which the other would
have removed by the exercise, of sheer
strength or crashed with Titanic blows.
It Is a well-known story of Daniel Web
ster, told as illustrating his tendency to
the legal habit of mind, that when he was
about 10 years old and had been sum
moned forth to be feruled for some mis
demeanor, the teacher looked at the black
and grimy paw extended for the purpose
ana emuing saia, well, Daniel, if -you
will show me another hand in school as
dirty as that. I will excuse you." where
upon tha embryo lawyer, orator and
statesman promptly produced his other
hand from his pocKet and escaped. There
was something oi the same adroitness
shown by the youthful Lincoln, when as
the result of some rough play, a small
schoolmate suffered, such serious disaster
to his trousers that he had to stand with
his back against the schoolhouse while a
subscription was started for a new raJr
The future President saw tie book ap-
proacning. Knew mat ne coma give noth
ing because he bad nothing, so, not want
ing to advertise his poverty, he wrote In
the book:
"A Lincoln has no contribution for the
end in view.
There was deep contrast in the circum
stances attendant upon their taking the
presidential omce.
The great soldier was, summoned "from
a retreat which he had chosen, with the
fondest predilection, as the asylum of his
declining years," to preside over a peo
ple for wnom ne naa acmevea a tri
umphant peace, and that now had "op
portunity for aeiiDeraung in perfect tran
qulllity on a form of government for the
security of their union and the advance
ment of their happiness." The warfare
was accomplished the victory was won.
The great commoner left Springfield for
the National capital "with a task before
him." ae he said himself, "heavier than
that which rested upon Washington," and
Journeyed through a land "o'ershadowed
by .the gloom of Imminent war," a land
which. In fulfillment of the dread prophecy
oi Webster, was about to be drenched
with fraternal blood. While Washing
ton's Inaugural address, from which I
have Just quoted, was a summons "to
fruitful strifes and rivalries of peace."
Lincoln's ends with this passionate ap
peal against invoking the dread arbitra
ment of war: .
I am loath to close. We are not ene
mies, but friends. We must not be ene
mies. Though passion may have strained.
it must not break the bonds of our af
fection. The mystic chords of memory,
stretching from every battlefield and
patriot grave to every living heart and
hearthstone all over this broad land, will
yet swell the chorus of the Union, when
again touched, as surely they will be, by
the better angels of our nature."
This was the language of a man who
had learned the first part of that philoso
phy which says: "Beware of entrance to a
quarrel, but, being In, so bear it that
the opposer will beware of thee."
That he had assimilated all of it in
Its entirety is shown by his forceful
passage from his second inaugural, deliv
ered four years later:
"Woe unto him by whom the offense
cometh. Earnestly do wo hope, fer
vently do we pray, that this mighty
scourge of war may speedily pass away.
Yet if God will that It continue until all
the wealth piled by the bondsman's 230
years of unrequited toll shall be sunk,
and until every drop of blood drawn with
the lash shall be paid by another drawn
by the sword, as was said 3000 years ago.
so still it must be said, that the Judg
ments of the Lord are true and righteous
altogether."
Finally, there was contrast in the man.
ner of their deaths.
Washington died full of years and
honors, calm, dignified, serene, though
fully conscious of his approaching end.
"He was feeling his own pulse and
counting the strokes when death brought
the great change in his countenance, his
hand dropped from the wrist that he was
holding, and George Washington was
dead. He died as he had lived, simply and
bravely, without parade and without af
fectation. The last duties were done, the
last words said, the last trials borne with
the quiet fitness, the gracious dignity,
that even the gathering mists of the su
preme hour could neither dim nor tarnish."
Jf he ever uttered the prayer of the
prophet, that prayer was answered. "Let
me die the death of the righteous, and let
my last end be like his."
In what sharp contrast with this se
rene and peaceful entering upon life was
the death of Lincoln, when sacrilegious
murder had broke open the temple, and
stole thence the life of the building."
He needed not the accident of assassi
nation to give him his crown of glory. It
was because he "had borne his faculties
so meek, had been so clear In his great
omce. that his virtues did plead like
angels, tnimpet-tongued. against tho deep
damnation of his taking off."
I am aware that death at the hand of
a public murderer does not constitute
martyrdom In the highest sense, it is
only from the glorious company of the
apostles and their followers that the
lioble army of martyrs Is recruited. But
In the tense of offering one's self as' a
sacrifice to a principle, George "Wash
ington was a martyr in spirit and inten
tion, ana Abraham Lincoln .was a martyr
In fact. "When one, the subject of a King.
once said, "I will raise a regiment of a
thousand men, subsist them at my own
cost., and march them to relief of Bos
ton, ne Knew the penalty of high treason.
And the use by the other in hla last speech
at Springfield of the portentous words.
not knowing when or whether I shall re
turn." shows that he rightly Judged of
tho barbarism of that greater tyrant than
a King.
Having thus imperfectly and brleflr
sketched the contrasts In the characters
of these two .men, let us now consider
tne contrasts between their times, nnd
see if it be so that each period found its
type-man to bo tha captain of Its salva
tion.
The American Revolution was the con
sistent, deliberate act of the descendants
of those conscientious and austere men
who more than a century before had laid.
unconsciously, ana, "Duuaing better than
mey Knew, the deep and broad substruc
ture of a Nation that was to be "dedi
cated to the principle that all men are
created equal." Against the colonists, rich
only In courage, truth, honor and patriot
ism, wero arrayed the forces of the great
estmllltary power of the world, which, un
der the rule of a semi-foreign King, guided
oy me counsels or his most unworthy
Ministers, against the protest of its ablest
statesman, after provoking its children
to wrath by a long series of despotic acts,
now bent Its mighty energies to crush
thsm. IVas It an accident, was it a coin
cidence, that in this new England, re
moved by an ocean of space and a cen
tury of time from the old, there had
grown up a new Englishman, the very
type-man and the flower of the Anglo
Saxon race, free from the debasing influ
ence of the old. encircled by the puri
fying Influence of the new, whose destiny
it waa to teach the mother country, fat
with spoils, gorged with the wealth of
subjugated empires, and confident In her
memory of the deeds of Clive. the differ
ence between the conquest of a hundred
millions of feeble Asiatics, all naked In
the fight, and the coercion of a handful
of her own sons, panoplied In the triple
armor of him "who hath his quarrel
Just"?.
The fitness of Washington for the time
in which ho lived is shown, not only by
what he did but by whit he did not try
to do. Humanity had not then awakened
to the heinousness of the crime of slav
ery, which had been a human institution
through all the ages of the world's his
tory, and through the evolution of its
religions. The declaration that "all men
are created equal"; endowed by their Cre
ator with the "inalienable rights of life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness,"
aroused no effectual protest against the
incongruity of African slavery flourishing
in the states, under the protection of
their laws. The world was not ready for
the change: It was only In 1807 that Eng
land (generally a leider In all that makes
for civilization) prohibited the slavery
trade. It was as late as the id of March.
1S61 the very day before Lincoln's flrst
Inauguration that the greatest despot of
Europe performed the greatest .act of
emancipation that the world had ever
seen In freeing more than 40,000,000 serf a
In America there -was no general upris
ing.. Politics, then, as now, controlled;
the voice of the public conscience -was
silent, and the church was dumb. Only a
little Jjand of abolitionists; standing on
ineir piatrorm or fanaticism outside of
the currents of political life a platform
corresponding to that point outside the
world without which as a fulcrum there
Is no lever that can move the world
pleaded for the slave, and though many
oi uem Knew it not. preached a crusade
that was to accomplish the emancipation
of the masters from the bondage of sin,
of pride, of arrogance, of cruelty a bond
age lower than the slavery of the slave.
At last the spirit of .the North, which
was the spirit of freedom, was arrayed
against tne spirit or the south, which
was the spirit of bondage, and the type-
man came rortn; ne naa tinea the soli; be
had labored in the fields, he had riven the
trees asunder, he had learned the dig
nity of labor and had felt Its culture, and
from the soil, the fields, the woods, he
had drunk into his soul great draughts
of freedom. What eye more quick to see
the difference between labor ennobled
and labor degraded, what ear more at
tentive to the wall that surged up from
the house of bondage, the low monotone
of the dusky millions which It was his
destiny to transform Into the majestic
harmony of liberty?
Each was the type-man of his time
was one or the other the greater? I will
not attempt to detract from either by
comparison. Of different antecedents, of
different experiences,- of different, charac
teristics, differing in their lives and In
their deaths, I believe they were both
supremely great They were alike in this:
Each heard the voice of God calling "out
of the distances of the Universe," and
listened to that voice; each "lived the
simple truth unaltered"; each did the
high behest of that Power Unseen that
"sways the great harmonious mystery of
Life." .
To what .end are we here? Cul bono?
For what purpose are we gathered to
gether to commemorate those who have
passed away and who can no more hear
our voice? The earth Is for the living,
not the dead. Therefore let us eat and
drink, for tomorrow we die. Let us
think no such thing. The perils that as
sail this day partake not of the charac
ter of "malice domestic, foreign levy."
such as Lincoln crushed and Wash
ington expelled, but one possibly -more
dangerous, because more Insidious. Hu
manity responds to the trumpet call for
the protection of its rights, or to an ap
peal for its generous sympathies in be
half of the downtrodden and oppressed,
more readily thin human nature answers
to the crying need for its cleansing and
purification, generally accomplished only
by blood and fire. The basic principle of
republicanism Is that tho Government re
ceives Its authority only from the peo
ple, and this peculiar peril always treads
upon the heels of a republican form of.
government that the sourco from which
its power Is derived may be lowered or
polluted, and as water may "not rise high,
er than Its level, so the Government can
not be higher or purer than the people
who give It its charter and commission.
Therefore tho duty of the citizen of a
republic is graver, the responsibility of
a citizen of a republic is heavier that is
to say, our duty and our responsibility
are graver and heavier than those of the
citizen who lives under any other form
of government In the world. The growth
of avarice, the lust of wealth, the piling'
up of inconceivable fortunes, the social
discontent that inevitably follows, tho
spread of luxury and the attendant vices
that war on character and sap the
strength of the soul these are some of
the dangers that threaten the Nation to
day, dangers that can only be averted by
keeping up the character of the people
to the highest standard of virtue, courage
and honesty, luerefore let me answer tho
question "Why are we here?" in the
words of one of those immortal dead:
"It is for us. the living, to be dedi-
cated to the work which they so nobly
advanced that from theso honored dead
we take increased devotion to the cause
for which they gave the last full meas
ure of devotion; that we here highly re
solve that these dead shall not have died
in vain, that this Nation, under God. shill
have a new birth of freedom, and that
government of the people, by the people.
for the people shall not perish from the
earth."
EAGER FOR IMPROVEMENT
South Portland Cltliens nlscnss Vn.
rlona Reforms.
The South Portland Improvement Asso
ciation met In regular session, at iiod-
klrk's Hall last evening. Fifteen or 20 roln
utes were passed In local comment, on the
stairway to the hall, while Dr. w. n
Saylor and E. V. Colwell went to the
rescue of the Janitor who had lost his
way while en route with the key. After
a fire had been started and the prelimi
nary handshaking concluded. President
John F. Caples rapped for silence and
ordered the minutes of the previous meet
ing read. They were adopted as read.
The reports of committees being next in
nr-r tt- tv XfMriletnn rnflted nn ex
tension of time for the assessment com
mittee, to obtain more data regarding
the overtaxation of South Portland prop
erty-owners. There being no dissenting
voice, the extension was granted by the
chair.
President Caples then called on the com
mlttee on gulches. No reply greeted his
request for a report "It is-high time
that wo are doing something In regard to
filling these gulches," said the chair. "I
certainly would be pleased to bear from
someone on this matter.
This brought "William Fleldncr to the
floor. "I think an ordinance must be passed
before we can take action in this mat
ter," he said. "Mr. Zimmerman knows
more of this matter than anyone else." A
roll call failed to locate Mr. Zimmerman
and the gulch situation will rcet there
until some future date.
Joseph Weber reported that the $15,000
appropriation asked for the construction
of the Sellwood Ferry, at the late session
or the Legislature, had been referred In
the same way as the Albina Ferry and
Madison-street bridge appropriation, and
would, have to be voted on at the next
city election.
Someone mentioned sidewalks and Dr,
Saylor immediately arose. "I don't think
there is a section of this city where the
sidewalks are more eligible to improve
ment than right here in South Portland.
A man who can own property can cer
tainly find a way to build a sidewalk, and
I move that a committee of three be ap
pointed to take up this matter and re
port these negligent property-owners to
the City Engineer, whose business it Is to
see to the construction of walks where
they are needed."
"This Is an Important committee, if not
a popular one," laughed Judge Caples.
"They can never be elected to office,"
remarked someone in the background.
The motion for a committee was adopted
and Messrs. Saylor, Colwell and McGowan
were appointed.
Mr. Colwell then took the floor and made
a long and earnest plea for the construe
tlon of a wide stairway down the steep
incline on Bancroft street, between Kelly
and Macadam. "I am tired of climbing
that chicken-ladder arrangement up that
bank," said the speaker, "and I am sure
that the other 200 people who hurry up
that slippery plank on a rainy day would
be equally grateful for a broad and easy
stairway." The matter was referred to
Messrs. Colwell and Weber, who hope to
secure donations to the amount required
for the lumber from property-owners in
that vicinity, and the services of the city
repair iorce to construct tne stairway.
As the election of an executive com
mlttee had been delayed from the previous
meeting Mr. Allen moved that a com
mittee of three be appointed to select six
members of the association, for this com
mittee and submit their names at the
next regular meeting. The motion was
adopted and Messrs. Zimmerman, Saylor
and Colwell appointed. "
The meeting then adjourned until the
third Saturday in March, the date set for
tho next regular meeting.
WANT A LONG STREET.
rroperty-Owners on East Sixth
Anxious for Extension.
PrOOertv-ownem KmitYi nf TTu.t V
Bast Sixth street are anxious that the
proposed Improvement of East Sixth
Street Should h
slough between East Oak and East Wash
ington streets, so there may be a long
thoroughfare. A petition is now out for
ine improvement or East Sixth between
East Oak and East Everett streets. If
this petition is acted on it will leave the
street cut in two parts, leaving the two
blOckS in thfi fllmie-Vl tl T-1 mnTr,i.cJ Tkl.
i f ........... u . tuia
is Just what residents to the southward
are trying to prevent They are now agi
tating xo nave a lull improvement -from
jasi irant, in Stephens Addition,
iuisi .cvereit srrer. nil. thw
would provide a fine long street, parallel
with Grand avenue, on which there are
no car tracks. It I hnltrilm- .... Mnti..
with, homes, and would build up faster
u were snouiu do a long street
Multnomah Hall Association, which
owns the "Woodmen nf thr tt.ii
- - . v.
on East Sixth street. Is very desirous
Laat tne improvement snouia be contin
ued south. S. F. Dunning says it should
inciuae a onage across the gulch. If
it
Is not dono now It never can bo done.
Mr. Dunning says that all that would be
needed would da to rpa. un I', ciu
street, with some gravel and it will last
Under the new charter the assessment
lor tne roaaway wouia not rail on
paid for by nearly all the property-own-
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All Stars In "Romeo and Juliet."
NEW YORK. Feb. 2L Llebler & Co.
have arranged for a Spring tour of Shake
speare's "Romeo and Juliet" with a no
table cast In which Kyrle Bellew will ap
pear as Romeo. Miss h.leanor Robson as
Juliet Eben Plympton as Mercutlo, and
nosslbbr Wilton Lackaye as Friar Lau
rence. All the principals will be starred
equally.
Burned to Death In Factory.
CHICAGO, Feb. ZL The five-story
milk-can factory or bturges. Cornish
Bum Company was partially destroyed
by fire today, several nunared employes,
many of whom were girls, escaped with
but slight injuries to a lew. Arthur J.
Parr, foreman of the paint shop, was
burned to death. Total property loss.
50.000.
Dry Goods, Gents' Furnishings and Shoes
We can $
save you
money j
" on
Fifth and Yamhill Streets Temporary Shoes
i New Arrivals!
i SPECIAL FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY
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9
NEW WASH GOODS
200 Pieces of new Spring Ginghams, good
styles and best of colors. These were Q
made to sell for 10c yard. Our price.. Uu
Punjaub, "Windsor and Sea Island Percales,
new Spring styles, 36 inches wide, sold
everywhere at 15c per yard. 101
Our price L2
BEDDING
Full size Bleached Sheets, 2i yards wide by
2 yards long, nicely hemmed and tn
ironed. Our price, each . UUu
SO Dozen Pillowcases, size 45x36 inches, 2-
mch hem, good quality muslin. 1 fin
1UU
Our price, each
NEW DRESS GOODS
Black and Navy Blue Brilliantine, 44 inches
wide, bright luster finish, worth 65c yipn
yard. Our price HOu
Melton Cloth. 54 inches wide, suitahle for
walking skirts, oxford gray and dark green fiL
colors. Good values at $1.25 yard. CI (in Q)
Our price OliUU
LINING DEPARTMENT &
Percallnes, 36 inches wide, black, drab and
brown colors, fine firm quality. inn
Worth 12c yard. Our price I Uu
Spun Glass, a lining that is just as pretty as
silk and far more durable for skirt linings,
in black and all colors. Uur price,
per yard--.-
ings, a
20c
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CLOAK
DEPARTMENT
Tailor-made suits at 50c on
the dollar. These are trav
eler's samples this season's
latest styles. Each one a pos
itive bargain.
Ladies' Walking Skirts, latest
kilt and slot seam effects,
large assortment of all styles,
from $7.50 down
to -.
$2.25
New Spring Wrappers, pret
tier than ever, values far
better than any we have ever
shown; prices $1.50,
$1.25, 95c and
85c
I NFANT
HOSE
AH the new effects infancy
mercerized, stripes and
colors. Just arrived, special
23c
Infants' fine fancy Cash
mere Hose in all colors
25c
SPECIAL IN
FANCY GOODS
4 inches wide Double Face
Liberty Satin Ribbon, the
quality which sell for 50c yd
Correct for neck rib- OOn
bon, belts, yd ZOu
Ladies' Golf Gloves in plain
white, gray, black, red Cflp
and mixed, pair uUu
Kid Gloves our $1.00 kid
glove is the best in the mar
ket. We guarantee every
'pair. We try them on. Full
assortment of colors and
sizes.
I WOMEN'S UNION SUITS
Stock too heavy. Prices that ought to tempt
you to buy whether you -want to or not.
Women's Fleece Cotton Union Suit, good quality . 50c
Women's Wool Plated Union Suit, only .' 89c
Women's Ail-Wool Union Suits ; $1.89
$1,00
SPECIAL IN
MEN'S FURNISHINGS
Men's All-wool Underwear Shirts and
Drawers in tan color. Our $1.25
grade, special at
Men's Laundered White Shirts made of best
quality muslin with reinforced back 7Cp
' and front. Our $1.00 grade, special at I uu
Men's Fine Suspenders linen web, fancy
color, strong and durable. Our reg- 1 Q
IUU
i
fs coior, sirong ana uuraoie.
i)4 ular 35c grade, special at.
EXCEEDINGLY LOW PRICED gj
SHOE VALUES
Women's Vici Kid Lace Shoes, flexible Mc- jS
xvay, turn aim cngnsn weit soies, neat
styles, kid and patent tips. Regu- PO 1 fi
lar $3.00 values, This Week only. . .OZi 1 0
Women's Patent Leather and Vici Kid Strap
Slippers, hand-sewed turn soles, all new
styles that came in too early for our new
store. They're $1.75 values, PI HQ
This Week only 0 ' iu
Infants' Soft Soled Shoes, in all the best
colors. Regular 35c grade,
special
22c
PRICES THAT MAKE CUSTOMERS
OUR STOCK OF
FURNITURE
Comprises everything of
value known to the trade.
The prices we quote will
make you a regular pur
chaser at this store. We
invite yonr personal inspection.
t
i
OUR TERMS WILL
BE FOUND MOST
REASONABLE
If you wish, you need only
pay one dollar down and
one dollar a week. We
want your trade and make
the easiest possible terms
to secure it.
DON'T MAKE ANY PURCHASES OF -
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Until you see us. We carry Furniture, Stoves, Ranges, etc. suited to
every purse. Our prices are not duplicated in this city, and the terms of
payment are the easiest that it is possible to secure anywhere. Just drop
in and see for yourself. You are not under any obligation to purchase
unless everything we say in this "ad" is absolute truth.
NEW YORK FURNITURE CO.
Retail Store 186 First St.
Wholesale Warerooms Cor. First and Taylor. ENTRANCE 186 FIRST
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