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Gentle Spring, weA^^ Every nook and corner in our Mammoth Establishment is crowded with Values Unexcelled in the History of our More Than Twenty Years of Merchandising. , SILKS. The business in this line has increased to such an extent that we have been compelled to buy more than double our usual stock, a greata deal of which cannot be duplicated as they were bargains picked up by our buyers when in market ; but will be sold while they last at a sacrifice. At 39 Cents we oner 5 pieces of Taffeta, all desirable shades for waist ings. At 48 Cents 10 pieces Taffeta, all colors, and black At 49 Cents 5 pieces Foulards in polka dot effects At 98 Cents 5 pieces Peau De Chamois. This silk is warranted to wash. We have it in light shades only. In 36-inch Taffetas and Peau De Soris we are offering some excellent values from 98 Cents to $1.37. We call your particular at? tention to-our 98 cents Black Taffeta * Full 36 inches, it is weil worth $1.25,. and has the lus? tre, the rustle and the body of goods that is being sold at that price. Send for sanipies and compare them. Black Dress Goods. $1,500 Worth of Em- HOSIERY. In this department we are broideries. We had quite an ad. on the showing a full line of Yoiles, Thit? ig -what we bought, and subject of Etamine3, Crepes, Yeilings, if invoiced at actual cost would Shamrock Hosiery Serges, Armures, Pumellas, mean more than $3,000.00, a few months ago, and it is Brilliantines and Mohairs. but we bought them at less most gratifying to know that It will be to your interest to tban every statement then made is see us on this line. 5Q Centg Qn the Donar> being fully confirmed by ac White Pique & Madras. It uireg nerve to b tual results. We believe them Here we are showing all the ds in4this but the emJ_ to be the best medium priced latest novelties in mercerized broidery business seems to be pods ever put upon the mar effects, for waists and suits. a hobby' with us, and no quan- fet pWe +have/ ?,f - ^.'v, ,., . J,., J . i -} .y Lace fronts and Drop Stitch - . Washable Fabrics, tity appears too much it the at * Our stock in this line is too ?T*> vffi a?d ^ * ri??* 15, 25 and 50 Cents. elaborate to att-mnt a descriD- a11 ?f which seems to be the rV OK 7 ^ T elaborate to attempt Mescnp from 0ur 25 center is a beauty. non ot, out as we nave ior , *> ,& & . nr AmnTYri many years enjoyed tie repu- the wa7 the? are g?inS- . CLOTHING. ration for the most complete Dress Trimmings and Our buyers picked up some line of wash goods carried in Laces. ?the greateSt valf 8 "J JT rt;<-,r ;0 c1,fflM'?nf +n ooTT *ine we ever owned, and that t?!!? .LvLlI Here y?u w?l fiDd a com" J? saying a great deal, as those ot f?merPeffort's. * & Plete line of a11 the latest D0V" wbo haT beea clothing T* "Kl Tl lr elties. from us can testify to. lame uamasK. Royal Worcester Cor- 100 Suits at $4.90. We had practically soid out m,. . . . , in this department, so that our n SftS; . _ ThiS Is ?nef ?J our Pick "Pf" stock is all new, embracing ev- 0ur ?ovsf outness has It is a lot of fancy worsteds erything from a colored da- more than doubled since we and cheviots, mask took the agency for this line. Strictly All Wool. At. 20 Cents We former]y bouSht b7 W .? Not a garment in the lot to the bleached dfZen- Our purchases now are th less than |7^ and to me Dieacnea always m case lots Many some could easily be sold for At $1.40. ladies have told us that they $10> but they were bought at Our liae at never got a corset to fit com- a sacr?gce and w?n be sold 50 to 75 Cents fortably until they tried the i?kewise. Their tailoring and will be found excellent values. R?yal Worcester ; now they fit bear the gtamp of a Our Line ot Towels get font with ease $10.00 Garment. VUA ~~f The prices range from 50 m. embraces everything from 5 to cents to ?8 per pair> We do The man who wants a me 50 cents. Our specialty is a not carry the very high priced dlum Pnce 25 Cent Number numbers in stock, but will take Easter Suit and no better value can be pleasure in ordering them sub- cannot help buying one of had anywhere. ject to approval them. In Two Piece Suits we have some very nobby things and excellet values at $5, $7.50 and $10. Our line of Black and Blue Serges in slims, stouts and regulars at $10 will command the attention of any one wanting a suit of that character and price. Boys' Clothing. The Norfolk is the swell suit for the well dressed boy, we have them from $2 50 to $5. For the little fellows from 3 to 6 years the Russian Blouse seems to be what is wanted. Our line comprises all the colors. In vests and two piece suits we have a complete assortment from $1 to $5. Shoes. This department is now as it always has been a leading fea? ture of our business. We try to confine our purchases to re? liable manufactures, thereby avoiding shoddy goods. In ladies' goods our specialty is The E. P. Reed Brand and feel justified in saying no better value is put in a shoe at the price. Their line of ox? fords this season is very nobby. For a medium class shoe The Godman has stood the test of many seasons, and the fact that our sales are annually increasing on them is in itself an evi? dence that they are all we represent them to be. In men's shoes we have never been able to find any? thing to supplant The L. M. Reynolds Line Their $3 shoe may be equal? led, but it has no superior. We have them in calf, vici kid, patent leather, and all the new toes. Our Carpet Room is stocked with everything which the home needs in this line. Carpets, Mattings, Rugs, Art Squares, Linoleums, Win? dow Shades and Poles. We have 50 pieces Fancy Japanese Mat? tings usually sold at 25 cents. Our price, 20 cents a yard. 25 pieces Reversible China Matting, good body and pretty patterns, at 20 cents. .Also a line of cheaper and better goods, as desired. The greatest value in this. department is probably our rugs. We are selling a very handsome reversible rug 36x72 at 30x60 at 24x36 at We solicit and will be $1.00 .75 .37% your m quines, pleased to send samples of anything in stock. Please remember we refund your money on all purchases that are not satisfactory. 'DONNELL & COMP A fl?. ROOSEVELT'S FIRST SPEECH in Bis 66 Day Electioneering Tour. Made an L. L. D. in Chicago. Chicago, April 2.-President Roose? velt's 66-day tour of the west began in ?earnest here today when he stepped from the Pennsylvania special at 8.45 o'clock and was received by Mayor Harrison and a special reception com? mittee not ta mention a huge crowd which made its unofficial presence known by cheers which could be heard across the river. As soon as the cars could be switched the presidential party started for Evanston, where the president addressed the students of Northwestern university on the value of a college education. The party re turnedNo the auditorium for luncheon. After luncheon the presidential party went to the. Uni versify of Chicago in carriages. At the quadrangle approach to the university grounds, the presi- , dential party was met by the faculty j and trustees in cap and gown and led i by President Harper. The president ! was escorted to Kent theatre, where j President Harper conferred the degree j of LL. D. President Harper handed ! the president a diploma and directed j that "the doctor's hood" be placed upon his shoulders. The president | spoke no word, but bowed in acknow- ( lodgment of the honor conferred. As ! the procession emerged from the theatre ? the university band played national airs and deafening college yells greet? ed the president. At the head of a convocation proces? sion, in which the young women of the college participated, tho president made his way to the site of the new law school building, where prepara? tions had been made for him to lay the corner-stone. Au immense stone, weighing seven tons, was ready to be lowered in place. President Roosevelt, trowel in hand, gave the signal, and as the huge mass settled upon its. foundation he cast a small quantity of mortar beneath it. The presidential party then returned to the city. As soon as his voice could be heard, Mr. Mac Veagh in a few words an? nounced that the nation's chief execu? tive would be made welcome to the city by Mayor Harrison, who then spoke briefly, extending to the president a hearty welcome and expressing the pleasure felt by the people of Chicago at his visit, and offering him their best wishes for a happy and pleasant trip during his two months' of vaca? tion. The president bowed his thanks to Mayor Harrison, and to Mr. Mac? Veagh, who introduced him to his audience, and expressed his pleasure at the cordial reception extended him at the first stop on his long trip and then, turning directly to the audience in front of him, proceeeded in his spectacular, energetic manner to de? liver his address. The address through? out was received in the most cordial manner. The address was as follows: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle? men : Today I wish to speak to you, not merely about the Mon roe doctrine, but about our entire position in the western hemisphere-a position so peculiar and predominant that ont o J it has grown the acceptance of the j Monroe doctrine as a cardinal feature ?of our foreign policy; and in par ticular I wish to point ont what has been done during the lifetime Of the ! last congress to make good our position ! in accordance with this historic policy. Ever since the time when we def? initely extended onr bonndaries west? ward to the Pacific and southward tc the gulf, since the time when the old Spanish"and Portuguese colonies to the south of ns asserted their independence, our nation has insisted that because of its primacy in strength among the nations of the western hemisphere it has certain duties and responsibilities which oblige it to take a leading part thereon. We hold that our interests in this hemisphere are greater than those of any European power possibly can be, and that our duty to ourselves and to the weaker republics who are our neighbors requires us to see that none of the great military powers from across the seas shall encroach upon the territory of the American repub? lics or acquire control thereover. This policy, therefore, not only for? bids us to acquiesce in such territorial acquisition, but also causes us to ob? ject to the acquirement of a control which would in its effect be equal to territorial aggrandizement. This is why the United States has steadily believed that the construction of the great isthmian canal, the building of which is to stand as the greatest material feat of the twentieth century -greater than any similiar feat in any preceding century-should be done by no foreign nation, but by ourselves. The president then related events leading to adoption of the canal trea? ties, after which he reverted to the recent Venezuelan incident. He read correspondence showing that Ger? many and Great Britain fully re? cognized the Monroe doctrine. Continuing he said : "Both powers assured us in explicit terms that there was not the slightest intention on their part to violate the principles of the Monroe doctrine, and this assurance was kept with an honor? able good faith which merits full ac? knowledgment on our part. At the same time, the existence of hostili? ties in a region so near our own bor? ders was fraught with such possibili? ties of danger in the future that it was obviousJy no less our duty to our? selves than our duty to humanity to endeavor to put an end to that. Ac? cordingly, by an offer of our good ser? vices in a spirit of frank friendliness to all the parties concerned, a spirit in which they quickly and cordially responded, we secured a resumption of peace-the contending parties agree? ing that the matters which they could not settle among themselves should be referred to The Hague tribunal for settlement. The United States bad most fortunately already been able to set an example to other nations by utilizing the great possibilities for good contained in The Hague tribu? nal,, a question at issue between our? selves and the Republic of Mexico be? ing the first submitted to this inter? national court of arbitration. "The terms which we have secured as those under which the isthmian canal is to be built, and the course of events in the Venezuelan matter, have shown not merely the ever growing influence of the United States in the 1 I western hemisphere, but also, I think I may safely say, have exemplified the firm purpose of( the United States that its'growth and influence and power shall redound not to the harm but to the benefit of oar sister re? publics whose strength is less. Our i growth, therefore, is beneficial to hu ? man kind in general. We do not in ! tend to assume any position which j can give just offense to our neighbors. Our adherence to the rule of human right is not merely profession. The history of our dealings with Cuba j shows that we reduce it to perform ! ance. "The Monroe doctrine is not intei national law, and though I think one j day it may become such, this is not necessary as long as it remains a car? dinal feature of our foreign poliicy and as long as we possess both the will and the strength 'to make it j effective. This last point, my fellow ! citizens, is all important, and is one which as a people we can never afford to forget. I believe in the Monroe doctrine with all heart and soul ; I am convinced that the immense ma? jority of our fellow-countrymen so be? lieve in it; but I would infinitely pre? fer to see us abandon it than to see us put it forward and bluster about it, and yet fail to build up the efficient fighting strength which in the last resort can alone make it respected by any strong foreiga power whose inter? est it may ever happen to be to violate it. "Boasting and blustering are as ob? jectionable among nations as among individuals, and the public men of a great nation owe it to their sense of national self-respect to speak courte? ously of foreign powers, just as - a brave and self-respecting man treats ail around him courteously. But though to boast is bad, and causeless? ly to insult another, worse; yet worse than all is to be guilty of boast? ing, even without insult, and when called to the proof to be unable to make such boasting good. There is a homely old adage which runs: 'Speak softly and carry a big stick ; you will go far. If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build, and keep at a pitch of the highest training, a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe doctrine will go far. I ask you to think over this. If you do, you will come to the conclusion that it is mere plain common sense, so obviously sound that only the blind can fail to see its truth and only the weakest and most irresolute can fail to desire to put it into force. "Well, in the last two years, I am happy to say we have taken long strides in advance as regards our navy. The last congress, in addition to smaller vessels, providing nine of those formidable fighting ships upon which the real efficiency of any navy in war ultimately depends, lt pro? vided, moreover, for tin necessary addition of officers and enlisted men to make the ships worth having. Meanwhile the navy department has seen to it thar our ships have been constantly exercised at spa, with the fireat guns, and in maneuvers, so that their efficiency as fighting units, both individually and when acting togeth? er, has been steadily improved. Re? member that all of this is necessary. A war ship is a huge bit of mechan? ism, well-nigh as delicate and compli? cated, as it is formidable. It takes years to build it. It takes years to teach the officers and men how to han? dle it to good advantage. It is an absolute impossibility to improvise a navy at the outset of war. No recent war between any two nations has last ? ed as long as it takes to bulid a battle? ship, and it is just as impossible to improvise the officers or the crews as to improvise the navy. 9 "To lay rip a battleship and only send it afloat at the outset of a war, with a raw crew and untried officers, would be not merely a folly but a crime, for it would invite both disaster and disgrace. * The navy which so* quickly decided in our favor the war I in 1898 had'been built and made efficient i during the preceding 15 years. The ships that triumphed off Manila and Santiago had been built under'previ? ous administrations with money ap? propriated by previous congresses. The officers and the men did their duty so well because they had already been trained to it by long sea service. AU honor to the gallant officers and gallant men who actually did the fight? ing ; but remember, too, to honor the public men, the shipwrights and steel workers, the owners of the shipyards and armor plants, to whose united foresight and exertion we owe it that in 1898 we had craft so good, guns so excellent and American seamen of so high a type in the conning towers, in the gun turret, and in the engine rooms. It is too late to prepare for war when war has come; and if we only prepare sufficiently no war will ever come. We wish a powerful and efficient navy, not for purposes of war, but as the surest guaranty of? peace. If we have ?uch a navy-if we keep on building it up-we may rest assured that there is but the smallest chance that trouble will ever come to this nation ; and we may likewise rest as sured that no foreign power will ever quarrel with us about the Monroe doctrine." Good For Children. The pleasant to take and harmless One Minute Cough Cure gives immediate relief in all cases of Cough, Croup and LaGrippe because it does not rot pass immediately into the stomach, but takes effect right at the seat of the trouble. It draws ont the inflammation, heals and soothes and cures permanently by enabling the langs to con? tribute pure life-giving and life-sustaining oxygen to the blood and tissues. J. S. Hughson & Co. In authorizing its gigantic scheme of irrigation Congress did so on an estimate that the lands could be ir? rigated at a cost of $5 an acre. It now developer that the cost will be at least ?12 an acre, and perhaps more. The estimate of 85, it is recalled by a student cf this question, ''was based in part on the cost of irrigation by private companies, and it is now dis? covered that private companies have secured all the sites where cheap ir Titration can be practiced. President Roosevelt told Congress before it act? ed that nrivate capital to the amount of ?200,000,000 had been invested in irrigation. It is the expensive and unprofitable part that has been left for the Government. " And this was the one practical policy which the Presi? dent induced the late Congress to put into effect. It is reported from Florida and south Georgia that the manufacture of paper from pine saw dust is a very promis? ing industry in that section. Great things are expected from the develop? ment of the industry. It looks like a golden opportunity for the south, when spruce pine, 'pom which most of the paper is being made sells for S8 a cord and sawdust is given away hy the mills. The first enterprise in this country to show that our pine could be used to make paper was the very excellent mill at Harts vi lie, and if there is going to be any windfall for the south in the nse of pine saw? dust the Hartsville mill ought to have its meed of praise. It is said that a newspaper in Florida is being printed on stock made from pine saw dust and that a saw mill in the vicintiy of the paper mill has given all the sawdust that could be used for many months. Things are beginning to come our way. A year ago we were looking for Koosevelt and making ready to do him honor, and all the time muttering curses upen Tillman for his unmanner? liness which threatened to cheat us of our high guest. Now we are open? ly and loudly damning Koosevelt and are cooking fine dinners for Tillman. So wags the world.-Charleston Post. Miss Cross, of Carbondale, 111., who crossed this continent and the Pacific to marry her fellow in Manila, has been married and will no longer be Cress. There seems to have been an advance in the prices charged by members of the British nobility for marrying American heiresses. The earl of Yar? mouth has broken off his engagement with a young lady of Pittsburg be? cause the latter's mother would not, at the request of the earl, raise the young lady's income after the marriage above twenty-five thousand dollars. The prospective mother-in-law seemed to think that that income was enough for a British lord, taking into con? sideration the present supply, and she so told his lordship. The result of such bold language on the part of this lady may have a serious effect on the prospects of Amerian heiresses who are in the market to purchase titled husbands. We would not be surprised to hear in the near future of the form? ation of a combination among the titled bachelors to run up their prices. Then there will be wailing and gnash? ing of teeth among those who can afford only to pay present prices.-Wil? mington Messenger. There is a boom in the sugar corn market in Philadelphia. The price a few days ago was 613 a bushel. There was a crop failure last year and seed is scarce. It isn't every butcher who can be? come a millionaire, as did Mr. Swift of Chicago, but most of them seem to be trying to. -<mmaX?~ O - -if-.,, tn - ' CASTOR SA For Infants and Cnildren. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Northern Men in Southern Army. The following is credited to Ex Judge T. J. Mackey: A celebrated countryman of ours while minister in Constantinople was informed by a Turkish official that converted Christians wore the tallest turbans. This was the Turk's epigrammatic way of explaining the radical char? acteristics of the renegade Christian. In the Confederacy the Northern men who cast their fortunes with us were similarly distinguished by their radicalism or the uncomproming char? acter of their hostility to the Union. It is a surprise, but it is a fact well known to students of our civil war that Northern men in the service of the Confederacy bore names known from end to end of the Confederate states by reason of their gallant and distinguished service, both in the field and at the council board. For instance, Gen. Kirby Smith, commander of the trans-Mississippi department, was born and reared in Connecticut. Gen. Pemberton, who so heroically defended Vicksburg, was a Maine Yankee. Major Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, a native. of New York, at the breaking out of the war a street commissioner of the metropolis, re? signed his position and came South, where he had command of the First corps, C. S. A. Gen. S. Cooper, adjutant general of the Confederate army, and the senior in rank of Gen. Robert E. Lee, was a Pennsylvanian. He ranked Lee at the close of the war, and in the federal army before the war he also ranked the great Confederate commander, he having been adjutant general of the United States army. The chief ordinance officer of the Confederate army, Gen. Gorgas, was a Connecticut Yankee, while the mayor of New Orleans at the close of hostili? ties was a Massachusetts man named Munroe, who was so radical and unre? concilable that the federal authorities had to imprison him. Gen. Lovel, who fought Butler at New Orleans, was also a native of Massachusetts and a major General in the Confederate army. Russell Sage's formula for getting rich is too "keep all you get; spend nothing, make only gilt edge invest? ments. ' ' Russell is a galoot. Suppose every fellow kept all he got and never spent anything, how would another fellow ever get rich? A Good Thing. German Syrup is the special prescrip? tion of Dr. A. Boschee. a celebrated Ger? man physician, and is acknowledged to be one of the most fortunate discoveries in medicine. It quickly cures coughs, colds and lung troubles o?,the severest nature, removing, as it does,'the cause of the affection and leaving the parts in a strong and healthy condition. It is net an experimental medicine, but ha* stood the test of years, giving statisfiachen in every case, which its rapidly increasing sale every season confirms. Iwo million bottles sold annually. Boschee's German Syrup was introduced in the United States in liSGS, and is now sold in every town and village in the civilized world. Three doses will relieve any ordinary cough. Price 25 and 75 cts. China's Ding Store.