. is VNG “j W ..‘_* , ‘ I ‘ i ' I . .' , U 1 1 . 0 ,- are. up to date on_ styles‘ YO ale osmg money. - . . and prices: . Switzerland. “ T HE, ”mm; New York Offioe, 442 Broadway.» ' Something in every department We shall seliggat HALF PRICE: In order to introduce the Spring Styles. Newest, Loveliest. Richest stuffs from all over. the world, Silksfrom sunny France and far away Japan. Dress Goods from Paris and Berlin. Velvets from the valleys of the Rhine. Ireland and Scotland. Ribbons from the banksef the l’assaie. hluslins from the fruitiul looms of Massachusetts and Rhode island. Linens from the green and ,dewy fields of“ Laces and Embroideries from the Cantens of China and Stoneware from 'Havilands’ oi Baris'and Maddocks’ of England, We shall sell some of these in every departmentat HALF PRICE THE l’Olll‘ltll. Alllllli _ How the Republican Convention Tem- porary Roll Will Be liade Hp. it Is Said That They Propose to Capture St. Louis During Convention “’eek. Crisp \Vins a. Victory In Geor— gia—Manderson's Candidacy. WASHINGTON, March 9.—The great num- l'ber of contesting delegations from the south which will knock at the doors of the Republican convention at St. Louis will impose a particularly delicate duty upon 'the national committee, whose duty it is .to make up the temporary roll of the con- vention. One of the convention stories which gained currency yesterday was to 'the effect that the secretary of the national Republican committee. Hon. Joseph Man- ley of Maine, will have the power to make the temporary roll and may adnnit to the floor whatever delegates he chooses. This statement is altogether incorrect, for, although the clerk of the house of rep- resentatives makes up the roll of the house at the beginning of a congress, no such authority has ever been given to the sec- ‘reta‘ry of the nationaiRepublican commit- tee. An ofiicial statement was madeyes— _ terday by the secretary of the committee, which is as follows: “The secretary of the national Repub- lican committee has no power whatever to makes up the temporary roll of the na- tional convention. The temporary roll of the national convention is made up by the full national committee. Neither has the national committee any power to select the committee on credentials. The com- mittee on credentials is selectedas follows: “The delegates from each state and ten ,ritory to the national convention select one of their own number as a member of the committee on credentials. Again, if the secretary of the national committee had the power to make up the temporary roll of the convention, it is believed and known that he would not in any way per— mit his presidential preference to influence his decision on making up that roll." Crisp \Vins a Victory. ATLANTA, March 9.—Ex-Speaker Crisp’s chances for the senatorship have been no- doubtedly very materially aided by the Democratic state executive committee, ‘Which has decided to hold one convention instead of two. as is usual in a presiden- tial year. The proposition to hold a single conven- tion was advocated strongly by the free silver men of the committee, and, after a two hours’ fight, they carried their resolu- tion by a vote of 22 to 11. A letter was received from Crisp, in which he suggested that the county com- mittees be urged to submit the question of the senatorship to the people, letting them indicate their choice in the prima- ries. The committee referred the letter and its suggestions to, the county com it- tees, refusing to take them, as the friends of Fleming Dubignon, who [33. candidate, endeavored to have them do. A sensation was sprung by the an- nouncement that Governor Atkinson would probably decline to be a. candidate- for re—electiou. Strong pressure has been brought upon the governor, and it is be- lieved now that he will reconsider and accept the nomination. The McKinley Boomers. ST. LOUIS, March 9.—Thomas F. Clo- irony of Cincinnati, W. R. Kissick of Cleveland and W. B. Gaitree of Columbus, ‘a committee representing the Ohio Repub- lican league, are stopping at the Planters’ hotel. They came here as the representa- tives of Governor McKinley to secure head- quarters for him during the national con- vention in June and succeeded in secur- ing the exposition building for the entire Week of the convention. The large music hall, Witha seating capacity of 3,600 peo. ple, and large rooms for committee pur- poses, besides the halls and corridors, are included in the contract. The building will be used exclusively as the headquarters of the McKinley forces. and meetings will be held every day. No sleeping accommodations will be provided there, the leaders of the McKin- ley forces having arranged for rooms ‘ at the Planters’ hotel and Southern hotel. It is claimed that arrangements have been made by the Ohio Republican league to swoop down upon St. Louis with 5, 000 l largest cities in his business. , \ices‘used in the large pork packing ‘ establishments. aA‘RMY-OF M’KINLEY BOOMERS l .. “m -_.. 4. .. ’ MISCELLANEOUS iTEMS. —I‘hiladclphia in area is one of the in the world, having 129 1—3 square miles. , ——The butcher has 978 patents which may be employed or not, as he chooses, Most of them are do- , ———The common house fly is said to be provided with 16,000 eyes; that is to say. his two compound eyes have each 8,004; facets. by this singular arrangement he is enabled to see in every direction, and to elude with great skill and suc» l (-ess the many dangers that threaten his daily existence. ~Petcr Dorsey, a. negro. who said ho was. 140 years old, died at 'Iallahasso a. few days ago. He looked as if he might be as old as he said, but most likely he ‘ was not. lie was undoubtedly a very old man, however, and his neighbors Tfigured that he was, at any rate, far post the century mark. , e}.iaiiic.’s labor commissioner has been gathering statistics on the cost of living in that state. He figures that th or average daily cost of living is 31 cents. a day for each individual in the average family. he cost of living to single men, boarding, is 46 cents. These fig- ures cover rent, fuel and light. —Curly hair indicates exuberent vi- tality, the curl being caused by the heat or electricity which pervades the sys fem. Straight hair mostly denotes more evenness of character. Coarse hair mostly accompanies large muscle : and would thus suggest physical strength, while fine hair denotes re finemeut, sensitiveness and eii‘eminato 'iastes and feelings. Very sensitive peo ple have excessively fine hair, and their eyelashes always correspond. —-Perhaps‘ the oddest pet a man ever had is a shark, seven feet long and weighing probably 250 pounds. which is owned, in a sense, by G. W. Fife, of Tacoma, lVash. The shark was hare pooned in the bay ofi“ Tacoma by Mr Fife and towed to his boat hd'tise. 'was not badly injured, so Mr. Fife passed a chain cable round its tail and ried it up to the pier. It was still alive up to last accounts, was feeding heartl— ly, and was apparently becoming 11v~ customed, if not reconciled, to cap: tivity. —Some idea. of the extent of the coyote nuisance in the west may be gel. from the experience of one sheepman cf Fossil, Ore., Since last fall, when the sheep were brought down from the mountains, the coyotes have killed about 100 of them. One night recently a. border left about 30 sheep out over night, and when he went to hunt for them in the morning he found 23 dead, their throats torn by the coyotes, and ‘COyotes were chasing the remaining seven. In Crook county this sheepmau has lost $200 in three months by the coyote raids on his flocks. NOT A15 HOME. A New Way of Getting Rid of a Bill Col- lector. , The death of ToruHannum, one time a. well-known habitue of the press gal- leries on both sides of the capitol, was sincerely deplored among the timers the other day, and some amus‘ it Purify. And Enrich Your Blood By Taking AYERS Sarsaparilla it was the Only 'Sarsaparilla admitted - At World’sFair. AYER’S PILLS for the Liver. old- . ing anecdotes were ‘told of the popular newspaper man by his friends in the course of the day. One of the best is worth repeating. llaunum was in the habit of taking a late ln-eakfast at the Press club every morning. On one occasion, while he was vigorously discussing a hearty re- past of ham and eggs, a bill collector suddenly walked 'up to Ilannum‘s side, and laid his account before him. Han- nuin looked at. the bill and then at the collector, and in a deliberate tone be— gun: ihc amenities of ordinary civilized so— ciety. Don’t you know that a. man’s; club is like his home, and that you are in danger of being summarily ejecied for coming in her without a card of membership and Without being intro- duced? The rules of this club require that if you have business with a. mem- ber you wait in the lobby outside until a wait- 5 takes in your card andascer- iains whether the. gentleman with whom you have business is present. Now, you go out into the lobby—take this bill with you—and comply with the rules of this club.” ‘ The collector apologized for the in- fraction of the rules of the Press‘club, which, to tell the truth, were never err forced on anything, and waited until the steward came to ascertain his wishes. ‘ “Please announce me to Mr. 1mm,” said the collector. The steward told him to wait, and he carried the man’s card to Hannum. who looked at it carefully, then handed it back to the steward, and said: “Not at home.”—“’ashington Post. Han- Brittle Finger Nails. M any women who have pretty hands are constantly mortified in cold weather by the rough appearance of their fin- ger nails, caused by the fact that they break andsplit. The intense cold causes the nails to become. so brittle that it seems impossible to trim them so as to make them smooth. The possessor of such nails should cut them with nothing except well-sharpened manicure'scis- sors, and the nails must never be cut or filed unless the fingers have first been soaked in warm water. The brittleness may sometimes be lessened by rubbing almond oil thoroughly into the nails and finger ends on retiring at night. An old pair of kid gloves must then be pulled on. The housekeeper whose nails break easily should never stir anything on the hot range without first slipping on a loose glove, as the dry heat from the fire will make her nails more brittle than ever. Neither must she allow her- self to stay out of doors for a moment "You blamed fool. can’t you observe . without having her hands protected from the cold, which is even more i11~ jurious than the heat. All these pre- cautions may seem to be abother, but in the end are worth while—Harper’s Lazar. ' TWO FISH PROBLEMS. and Reflections of a. Back- woods Sage. “Do fish feel pain ?” I dunno—I never was a fish, says a writer in Outing. Yet I have observed freshly-landed fish to execute Certain movements which seemed to indicate that the fish felt seinething; mebbe ’twasn’t pain. It may have been simply agony, or any old thing like that. Those who used in their younger days to carry in their trousers pocket a cork stuck full of hooks may remember occasions when a. hook worked free from the cork. Observations Once I accidentally hooked a. pointer . dog by the ear, and the language he used and the way he ran out of line convinced me that he’ felt something. Ile may have felt only a pleasant sen-l sation, but he didn’t come within 50 feet of me for two hours. The desperate sagging back and zigzag resistance of a hooked fish, the wild flipflaps and straining gasps of a freshly—landed fish may be evidences of pleasurable sen- sations, but I am tempted to consider them as closely allied to that joyous thrill which prompts a man to rise above the insiduous caress of a. strong, well-bent pin. “Do fish feed at night?” Well, well—do fish swim? Country boys, how about the big fire beside the water? How about the boy who got first to the big boom and thus secured the boss place ? How about the spiky- finned channel cats and mud cats that came up two at a time; the goggle-eyed rock bass, special prizes; the hideous “mud puppies,” which at once went into the fire along with a yard of line? How about the night lines ? How about everything connected with the sport that used to get better and better as midnight approached, until the ”glo- rious fun and occasional profanity were. interrupted by the sound of the “old man” falling foul of a. wire fence or breaking a gad from the plum tree up the bank? Do fish feed at night? I dunno—they used to. name. Does What Human Sleuths Had Worked Upon Three Months in Vain. The Cincmnati papers contain an al- most incredible story, which, neverthe- less, seems to be well authenticated. In the early spring of 1895, a business man of Cincinnati, Charles Hermann by name, disappeared, and no trace of him could be found. For three months los Tome early in the day,don9t wait for“ the evening. We expect a with all day. detectivesworked upon the case with- out avail. Soon after his disappearance, Her- mann’s dog was found, badly poisoned, and near the point of death. The ani- mal was sent to the hospital for dogs, and remained there two months under treatment, not being suffered to go out. But his life was saved. When at last the dog was liberated, he began to search for his master; and after a good deal of running about, commenced digging 011' the banks of 'the Ohio river, opposite- Cincinnati. There, after a time, he unearthed the body of Charles Hermann. There are indications that a murder was committed, and that poison was administered to the dog at the same time. Very likely it, was thrown to him by malfactors who dared not shoot or touch him. . The body was identified, but un- fortunater the sagacious (log could do no more. DiDN'T MAKE A CONTRACT. The Fact Brought Sorrow to an Ameri- can Abroad A well—known Philadelphia. lawyer n he has just returned from abroad, fell»: the Record a rather remarkable story of his experience with adoctor in Pa “Over there,” he remarked, “every 1.11.}; is done by contract—a fact which 1 dis- cevered to my sorrow. My wife caught a severe cold and was taken quite ill. I called in a French physician who had been highly recommended by the pro— prietor of the hotel at which I was stop— ping, and he paid five visits to my wife. after which she was so much improved that his services were no longer re- quired. The next day I received his bill for 2,500 francs, which is equivalent to 5500. Thinking a. mistake had been made, I went to his office, Where he smilingly assured me that the bill was correct. TO'my remonstrances he re- plied: ‘But- monsieur made no contract. with me.’ \Vhen I told him I wouldn’t pay such an exhorbitant bill, be in- formed me that it would then be im- possible for me to leave France. In des- peration I consulted a. friend of mine who resides in Paris and found that the frog-eating doctor had me where the hair was shortyand in the end I had to pay it.” ‘ " 33. . Ancient English Bridge. The triangular bridge at Crowland, in Lincolnshifi, which was probably intended as an emglem of the Trinity, is the most ancient Gothic structure remaining entire in the kingdom. It was erected in the year of our Lord 860. The Old Veteran Shoe Dealer, 0. H. Harvey Will Positively Close-Out His Business Regardless of Cost. The Fixtures will be Sold And the Store Leased. Now is the Time to Buy Boots and Shoes at a Bargain. ITARVETSSHOE '70 NORTH MAIN eraser, :. 1 It is related that Baron de Roths- child, Of Paris, once called Guzman ‘Rlanco the richest man in the world. When the Venezuelan dictator protest- ed against the compliment, . Roths- child retorted: “You are surelyéthe richest man in the world, for who else has estates comprising 600,000 square miles of territory? Who else has an income ‘of $37,000,000? Who else has 2,500,000 slaves?” Guzman was not «.an in seeing the point. Mrs. Uoodhart—Now, my man, if you will wash your face, neck and hands well I will give you something to eat. There is the bowl. Perry l’atettic—Missus, I would like the brat in the world to consider your proper-:Stion, but in me childhood I promiszd me pore old mudder to for- ever slaun de bowl., And so, good-by.~—- Cine? “vii Enquirer. , s-,,__,...__..._ Tee " Sweet ‘Caporal j; Little Horace ii. l‘iann, EXCELSIOL Livery and Sales Stable (moosite iianbury and Nor-walk Railroad depota finrwalk. Conn. Stylish single or Double Team with or without drivers. Safe horsesfor women , andchildren. .‘ SADDLE HOR SE8 A SPECIALT V I STORE. ‘~ sauna: unaware ‘ I , Out. (.
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