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I Filled Up on X's I Xtra Big Bargains. Our store.is filled from counter to ceiling with goods that are quoted by o.hers at a higher price. Every article in our store was purchased direct from ianufacturers by us for this season's busi ness and are therefore all good, clean, fresh, de sirable goods, bought for you at a fraction of cost to manufacture. k- Some consist of Samples sent us by jobbers, at from 30 to 50c on the dollar to you. These goods appeal to the thousands of our cus tomers because they are at a Lower Price than our neighbors, and if you have never bought of us before do so now. The result will certainly please you and surprise you. Yours for business, S. SI TILL & CO Levi Block. k OUR MILLINERY is the talk of the town be cause we sell stylish goods at a CUT PRICE. Nml SPEGIAL OFFERS. After the Special Bargain Sale we have left over many things in broken lots that we want to close out and we offer them at still more. reduced prices to clear the stock of odds and ends--they must be sold. The biggest bargains we have to offer is in the Clothing Department. We have put on the bargain tables 50 heavy All-Wool Men's and Boys' Suits, ranging from $8 to $12 Suits at the sacrifice price of $6.50. Fifty-five Men's and Boys' Suits in Blue and Black, All-Wool Serge and Clay Worsted of the best custom make. In this lot there is not one suit worth less than $9. We will close these out at the low figure of $7.25 per Suit. Children's Knee Suits, over 200 in the lot, all heavy All Wool School Suits, nicely made up, ranging in price not less than $1 .30. We offer the entire lot to choose from at the small figure of 95c per Suit. You will find .in this special lot suits worth as high as $2.00. We have selected a separate table of mixed Pants, Men's, Boys' and Youths, over 150 pair. You can pick up any pair~ at random and get a bargain at $1.75, but we will run those at the small figure of 90c. Twenty-five dozen Knee Pants, the cheapest worth 50c, and as high as $1 value. These will go at 35c. This will be the biggest opportunity and best bargains ever offered. You must not miss them. JUST RECEIVED: Two bales yard-wide Sea Island Homespun; value 6t-c, we of fer at Sc per yard. Two cases Flannelettes and Outings that cannot be bought f or less than 8c, we sell at Sc. T wo thousand yards 6c value Calicoes, all fast color Prints, at only 4c. Five hundred yards Brocaded Worsteds, 30 mnches wide, beau tifuil patterns, at 8c per yard. You cannot buy these goods for less than 15e elsewhere. Shoe Department. We have such good values that you must see them to appre ciae them. Let us fit you up and if it don't prove what we rec ommend nioney is refunded. In other lines it's too much to enumerate. Come in, se' and price our goods and you are sure to buy. lYE M. KRARNOFF. Startling Evidence. Fresh testimiony in great quantity is constantly coming in. declaring Dr. Kink's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds to be unequaled. A recent, expression from T. J.McFarland Bentorville. Va.. serves as example. He writes: 'I had bronchitis for three vears and doctored all the time without being benetited. Theu I began takings Dr. King's New Discovery. and a few bottles wholly cured me." Equally ef fective in curing all lung anti throat troubles, consumption, pneumonia and Grip. Guaranteed by The R1. B.Loryea Drug Store. Trial bottles free, regular sizes 50c and $100. OLD TIME SURGEONS. They Had to Work Rapidly Before Ancestheltics Were Used. Before anosthetics were known the surgeon's orly expedient was to abridge his patient's sufferings by working rapidly. In this the old time surgeons did wonders. They had a control and a surety in their hands that are now sel dom found. One day the celebrated surgeon Maisonneure had to amputate the leg of a poor devil who began to howl in advance. "'ll give you my watch," said the surgeon, "if the oper ation lasts more than a minute." The man accepted the offer, but was obliged to forego the handsome watch, as the operation took less time than it re quires to describe. To amputate an arm at the shoulder Is a most dieflult operation. Dr. Lan genbeck of Germany did It in two min utes. A young physician who came to see him perform the operation adjusted his spectacles to his nose so as not to kse a single movement, but when the spectacles were in place the operation was over, and the severed arm lay on the floor. Times have changed much since thea. It suffices to put a bit of chloroform or ether on a compress and let the patient breathe through it for a few minutes to put him into a slumber so deep that he remains inert while the surgeon makes his incision, cuts, files the bone and sews up the flesh. On awaking the operation is over, and the patient knows nothing of it. Thanks to chloro form, surgeons can practice operations today which arouse our admiration. What They Eat. Nearly every nation has its own par ticular form of food, and things which some races would not, as the expres sion goes, "touch with the tongs" are considered by others as the greatest luxury. For Instance, while the Arab eats his lotus bread and dhourra with the relish of fresh dates, the Greenlander gorges himself on animal fat and whale oil as the necessary means of keeping warmth in his body. Hlndoos will not touch any form of flesh, but live happi ly on rice and rancid butter. An Eng lishman is supposed to value beef and bacon' above all other articles of food, while the dwellers In the Apennines live on chestnuts. In ancient days the Roman emperors were accustomed to' have a peacock served at all great feasts as one of the principal dainties, while in these days birds' nests and rats form choice dishes In a Chinese menu. Some people say that snail soup is delicious, while the French assure you that there are few more delicate dishes than those made out of frogs' legs. Big Australian Oysters. "In the part of Australia in which I live we get oysters as big as a saucer." said a resident of Adelaide to the Washington Post. "They are twice the size of any I have seen in the United States, but in quality there is nothing to recommend them, for they have no favor and are so tough that It takes a pretty sharp knife to make any impres sior on them. Still there are people who manage to eat them after they, have been stewed suffleiently long. In other parts of our ebuntry we have a' better grade, approaching nearly to your American oyster, but hardly its equal. In fact, after my acquaintance with the Chesapeake bay products I am firmly of the opinion that in the matter of sea food the United States leads all nations, an assertion that will be hacked up by any man of wide travel." How a Bird Dresses. As bird fashions do not change, two suits a year are quite enough for most birds, but they need to take great care of them. Each separate feather must be cleaned and looked over and the useless ones pulled out These feath ers are not packed close together, you know, but lie loose and have places between filled with air. When a bird wants to get warmer he lifts his feath ers so that those air spaces may be larger. But if his feathers are tan gled or wet and dirty he could not raise them, and soon he could not keep the head in his little body and would of course die. A Torpid Liver. A clogged condition of the system is one symptom of a liver out of order. Here is as good and simple a remedy as any I know, writes a physician: Get a nice lemon and cut it in half. Take one-half in a tumblerful of cold water the last thing at night and the other the first thing in the morning. Half a pint of very hot water with a squeeze of lemon or lime in it before breakfast is also good. Both remedies are well worth trying. To Fly With the Dear. He-Life is simply one grand chase.1 If you are not among the pursuers you must be one of the pursued. She-Will you run with the hounds or fly with the deer? He-I will fly with you, dear, if you please.-Kansas City Journal. Discouraged. "There is no such thing as luck." said the sturdy, self reliant person. "I can't contradict you." answered the patient sufferer. "All I can say is~ that if there Is I haven't seen It" Washington Star. Cheering Report. The Rev. Dr. Fourthly-How is your new choir getting along? The Rev. Dr. Goodman-Peaceably, I am happy to say. as yet.-Chicago Tribune. To be perfectly .iust is an attribute of the divine nature. To be so to the ut most of our abilities is the glory of man.-Addison. The Lone Star State. Down in Texas at Yoakum is a big dr:. goods firm of which Mr. S. Ml. Hal 1r is the head. Mr. Haller on one of his trips East to buy goods said to a friend who was with him in the palace car, "Here, take one of these Little Early Risers upon retiring and you will be ulp early in the morning feeling good." For the "dark brown" taste, headache and that logy feelingDeWitt's Little Early Risers are the best pills to use. Sold by The R. B. Loryea Drug FOILING A HIGHWAYMAN. The Proper Thing to Do When Intro duced to a Holdup. A man who carries his money and his watch in his left hand will never lose a penny nor a timepiece in a hold up. The precaution, which is a per fect one, is so simple that few people have thought of - it. Yet it has the sanction of the police, and its efficacy has been proved in more than one in stance. As soon as the citizen is confronted by the holdup man he will, if he has his money and his watch in his hand, throw them on the nearest lawn or Into the ditch. No highway robber has time enough to stop to look for either. There is no sense in carrying valuables in the right hand, because the first move of every accomplished holdup man is to grab his victim by the right arm. This movement is made to pre vent the victim from reaching for a revolver. The man who tries to draw a re volver while a holdup mnn is in front of him takes his- life in his hands. IC a citizen carries a revolver at nil he should carry it in his right han:l wuile in a dangerous street. His mony ind his watch should always be 1-1 his left. Then after he has thrown them ;:wav and the robber has departed discow fited the victim can take his time about finding his property. This simple plan discounts all the re volvers, sword canes. slungshots and brass knuckles ever !nvented and has the added beauty that it can be em ployed by a woman as well as by a man. To throw the purse or the watch away takes but a fraction of a second, and that isn't long.-Chicago Tribune. Stilt Walkers of France. In the south of France stilts are a necessity to the people, who are mostly shepherds. They must walk on stilts in order to oversee their vast flocks of sheep as well as to pass through the bogs. These shepherds-men. women and children-walk continuously on stilts from six to eight feet high. These stilts are merely fastened to the feet. Sometimes the stilts have uprights reaching as far as the knees and bound firmly to the legs. Generally these shepherds and shep herdesses carry long poles, which they can use either as balancing poles or as supports-very long canes. as it were reaching to the ground. They become so expert in stilt walking that it is no unusual sight to see a shepherdess striding along on stilts that raise her six feet above the ground. with her balancing pole strapped to her back and her hands busily knitting socks for husband, son or brother. The complete unconcern with which these country folk make their way along on stilts is astonishing. One might almost say that the children have stilts given to them instead of dradles.-Washington Star. Musical Tones. A stringed instrument suspended in a favorable position near a pianoforte will sound when tones corresponding to the open strings are produced on the pianoforte. The volume of the answer ing tone will depend upon the atmos pheric conditions, the quality and color of the persuading tone and the sensi tiveness of the responding material. There Is a familiar anecdote told of a f amous tenor who by singing the tone that was consonant with that of a wineglass could make the glass shiver so violently that It would fall to pieces. It is because of this tonal sympathy that the cause of .a harsh, rattling tone that may suddenly appear in a pianoforte Is detected with difficulty. Though it may appear to be in the in strument, it is often far away and may come from a loose globe or pendant on a chandelier. Even a key in a door has been known to be the guilty cause. The Cry For Help. From the cradle to the grave the cry of mankind is for "help." We are all' In search of a physician, some one who will help us, some one who will In spire us-give us a remedy, point us the way. Not the poor and the sick alone, but the rich and the strong, are crying out for help. Sometimes it is the doctor we want; sometimes It is the banker; sometimes It is the clergy man. And yet the doctor, the banker and the clergyman are human, and they are crying for help along with the rest of us. Those whom we think the strongest are weak, and those whom we think the weakest are strong. We cannot stand alone. We all need help. We must help one another until the end.-Schoolmaster. Growth of the Human Heart. A scientific analysis of the growth of the human heart demonstrates the fact that the increase is greatest and most rapid during the first and second years of life, its bulk at the end of the sec ond year being exactly double what It originally was. Between the second and seventle years it is again doubled In size. A slower rate of growth then sets In and continues during the period of maturity of other portions of the body. After the fifteenth year up to the fiftieth the annual growth of the heart is about .061 of a cubic inch, the increase ceasing about the fiftieth year. The Deluge. In answer to a correspondent a news paper says: "The deluge mentioned in the Bible was threatened In the year 1756 B3. C. and began on Dec. 7T, 1656 B. C., and continued 377 days. The ark rested on Mount Ararat on May 6, 1655, but Noah did not leave It until Dec. IS following." Any render who imagines that it would be an easy task to figure these details from a Biblical account can find a basis for his- calcu lations in the seventh and eighth chap ters of Genesis. An Even Break. "She's a girl after his own heart, he says." "Yes, and he's a man after her mon ey."I -'But you know it's whispered on the quiet that she hasn't any money." "'Well. It's a notorious fact that he hasn't any beatrt."-Houston Post. Impressive. "Why dId we arrive late and leave .before the opera was over?" asked the youngest daughter. "It was very en oyble." "Of course It was," answered Mrs. Newrich, "but, my dear, we had to show people that we didn't care wheth er we got our money's worth or not." He Did. Mrs. Gadby-Does your husband fur nish you with plenty of pocket money? Mrs. Glibly-Yes, indeed. He leaves his money in his pocket every night. Ealtimore American. The human body being lighter than the water of the Dead sea, swimming in It is difficult, the head alone tending DANGER IN SODA SIPHONS. They May Explode and Cause InJurY to Those Who May Be Near. Do you know that the siphon bottle ordinarily used for vichy, soda water and other effervescent drinks is usually charged with a pressure of from 120 to 100 pounds to the square inch? The danger likely to result from an explo sion of one of these little household ar ticles is by no nians inconsiderable, and yet the average person handles a siphon as though it were the most harmless thing in the world. There are two or three things to re member in handling siphons: Never keep your siphons near the range, for the unusual heat is more likely than anything else to cause an explosion. Don't subject the bottle to any sudden change of temperature whatever. For instance, if you keep your siphons in the ice box-and that Is the best and safest place for theni-don't grasp the glass part of the bottle with your warm hand, for the sudden change of temper ature is apt to cause an explosion. The best way to carry a siphon at all times is by the metal top at the head of the bottle. It is needless to say the great est care should be taken not to drop a siphon, for an explosion is the inev itable result. When empty, the siphon is, of course, quite harmless. That these bottles are considered a great source of danger is evidenced by the fact that the courts inevitably hold the bottlers strictly liable for all dam ages resulting from the explosion of one of them if even the slightest defect in the manufacture of the bottle can be shown.-Washington Times. This Horse Knew. A doctor was returning home from visiting a patient late one night in company with a clergyman, when the horse stopped short at one of the most dangerous grade crossings within the city's limits. Absorbed in lively con versation with his clerical friend and seeing no gate down, he mechanically touched, the horse with the whip and urged it by his voice to go forward. But the spirited animal for once would not respond and instead of obeying stepped briskly aside and turned his head as far as possible from the train which just then whizzed by at the rate of forty miles an hour. It was a close call for the occupants of the carriage, who sat breathless through the moments of terrible sus pense, but the horse maintained its attitude of a half circle until the dan ger had passed.. It seems the gate keeper was asleep at his post and had neglected his duty, but the delicate ears of the horse had detected the sound of the coming train.-Boston Transcript. When the Poor Ride In Coaches. In the east side tenement house re gion coaches are associated with only two things-weddings and funerals. The coach is an indispensable feature of the wedding, and only the very poorest are buried without the attend ance of a mourning coach. The whole block knows when a wed ding is to take place, and everybody is on the watch when the coach and pair come dashing around the corner to re ceive the bride. The vehicle draws up before the narrow entrance to a tene ment and presently Is entered by the bride, half hidden in her white veil and all nodding wvith orange wreaths, while a gaping crowd looks on. The horses are lashed, the coach turns an other corner, and in three minutes the bride is at the plae'e of ceremony- The ceremony over, the coach this time swallows up both bride and bride groom. Everybody is charmed at the sight. The gossips are busy for a day. -New York Press. Canine Intelligence. A striking instance of canine intelli gence is reported from Paris. A male schoolteacher named Dlllaz was way laid one evening near Charenton bridge by two roughs, who set uponfim and, after rifling his pockets, flung him into the Seine. A collie dog that happened to be near, without being encouraged to do so by any person--indeed there were none who saw the circumstance at once plunged into the water and, catching the man by the coat, aided him to keep afloat until the river po lice, attracted by his cries, arrived to his assistance. Mi. Dillaz was subse quently able to furnish the police with a description which led to the arrest of his assailants. Looking Under the Eat. You seldom will find a brainy man with a round head. The head that contains lots of brains either Is very long from front to back or else Ir regular. You can learn something of a man's mental ability by tbe hat he wears. If his head is so bumpy that it seems as if he nevef' could get a hat to fit him he probably is a gpnlus or a crack-a-jack in some particular line. If his head is long from front to back he is a clear thinker and smart as a whip. So If your hat costs more mon ey than your friend's hat does and you are harder to fit be consoled by consdring that your brain Is worth more.-New York Press. A Settler.. Young Wife-What do you do when your husband gets cross and wants to scold? Wife (with experience)-I read him one or two of the letters he used to write to me before we were married. Baltimore American. Suspieion. "I am a little bit afraid of her," said Miss Cayenne. "She has wvonderful tact." "Yes; she must know everything that could possibly annoy one: otherwise she couldn't he so skillful in avoiding all disagreeable subjects."--Exchange. -rne a'nyszemn. A popular impression prevails that the physician, by reason of the privi leges conferred upon him by the state. is, in the absence of an adequate rea son for not so doing, required to re spond to afl calls to render professional services. This is clearly erroneous, ex cept where the physician has already undertaken the treatment of the case r except where be is an officer of the government charged with specific du ties which he thereby violates. On the High Seas. .At the bow of the steamer sit the two happy young people. "How sweet it seems tonight!" sighs the girl. "Hlow sweetly solemn Is the view spread before us! Even the sea seems to be sleeping as it lies so placid ly ahead of the boat" "Yes, love," agrees the young man "It is asleep in front of the boat, but it is a wake behind."-Judge. Nothing Homemade. Mrs. Gaddie-T see you're going in for society. Hans your daughter made her debut yet? Mrs. Nuriteb-Well. I should say not She got all them things made to order n Pris._Philelrphin "Press. WALL STREET BROKERS. What the Public Pays to Keep Them In Business. Wall street brokers hold themselves a million miles higher in caste than bookmakers. And they are right They are the creme de la creme of finance. Bookies are the scum. Yet there are many bookmakers in the street, and not a. few of them are backers of brokers. Some are big op erators, supporting brokers by their commissions. There '-are 1.100 mem bers of the Stock Exchange, and these represent brokerage and commission firms whose partnerships aggregate no less than 1,452 ablebodied men. It is safe to venture the assertion that each member of the exchange and his part ners would turn up the nose at an in come of -less than $20,000 a year. Hence: At $20,000 each year these brokers clean up net about $29,000,000. There are some 500 Stock Exchange firms which pay $3,000,000 annually for the rent of their offices. These firms em ploy 7,000 clerks and assistants, book keepers, runners, etc., at an average wage of $1,500, which makes $10,500. 000. Thus we have in three items alone $42,500.000 that must come out of the pockets of customers to keep the great machine well oiled. That is to say. the public pays the sum of $42,500.000 annually for the privilege of support ing in splendid style 8,452 people in order that they may try their hands at telling which--way a stock will go. New York Press. Origin of the Letter V. The letter V may be regarded as the mutilated remains of one of the sym bols used by the ancient Egyptians in their hieroglyphics or picture writing. A common animal in their country was the two horned sand viper, a represen tation of which stood for V. The priests ultimately found that for the practical purposes of everyday life It was a waste of time to use elaborate hiroglyphics and Invented a innd of shorthand to meet the occasion. In this the snake was reduced to a ' with a dash (V-) to represent horns and body. The Phoenicians adopted this letter. and from them we get our V by loss of the dash, leaving only the two little horns of the original picture. This snake is still common in Egypt and is probably the one mentioned in Genesis xlix, 17, "Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward." Travelers tell us that it is still addicted to this unpleasant habit. Beauties of Ireland. Dublin can and does'boast of many superlatives. Il has the widest street and the largest public park In Europe, the first horse show in the world and the largest brewery, but certainly the chiefest of all its claims Is that ad vanced In behalf of its women. It is really no% exaggeration to say that in no city in the world will one see so many beautiful women as one does in the Irish capital. There is something. too, about the Irish type of beauty that cannot be ac tually described. There Is an expres sion, an air of something akin to sad ness almost In every real Irish face, something interesting, that holds the attention more than mere skin deep beauty. "I have been In most capitals of Europe," says a traveler in Ireland. "but never did I see so many really beautiful women as I saw in Dublin. And they were not visitors. There was no mistaking the wonderful gray eyes of 'Dark Rosaline.' " Precocious Miozart. 'At three years of age Mozart 'would amuse himself for hours together In picking out thirds on the piano with his wonderful ear; at four years he learned minuets and before six played some of his own compositions, actually starting on a concert tour with his sis ter at that age. Before three years had elapsed he had taken by storm four of the most important capitals in Europe--Vienna, The Hague. Paris and London. His reputation as a composer was estab lished by the time that he was only ten years old. Mozart fulfilled In maturity the promise of his early years. but at the age of thirty-five passed away. en gaged on a requiem which he gradu ally learned was to be for himself. .The Boston Waiter. A Philadelphia professor dining at a Boston hotel ordered a bottle of hock. saying as he did so: "Here, waiter, bring me a bottle .of hock-hic, haec, hoc.". The waiter, who had been to college. smiled, but never stirred. "What are you standing there for?" exclaimed the professor. "Didn't I order some hock?" "Yes, sir," said the waiter. "you or dered it, but you' afterward declined t"-Chicago Journal. Very Eccerntrie. "He's the most eccentric genius I ever met." "He certainly is a genlus, but I never considered him eccehtric." "That's just it. The average genius is eccentric, and his lack of eccentricitY makes him all the more eccentric." Philadelphia Ledger. Family History. "Both of my grandparents on my mother's side were nonagenarlanls." said Mrs. Oldcastle. "Is that so?" replied her hostess. "My folks was all Baptists, but Josia! comes from a Methodist family."-Chi cago Record-Herald. Foolish jealousy will break down the sweetest home. 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