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A GREAT BONANZA IN OVERCOATS
flip •present time, there are a great many ups and downs in the Clothing trade. For years
WA' people have read glaring uly-ertisements about, wonderful v -aloes in Clothing. Some one
dcip new department of Clothing, make a great noise, and suddenly you hear nothing more.
sur, 'LEADER,"
!rice $6.50, worth $9
The CI
oat
a wonderful The "FAMOUS'
and when you get an all wool Frieze it for $S
fell asleep.
Another one takes it up and tries a boom but it flattens out. But in our business we go on year
by- year, and a steadily increasing volume of business is the best evidence that gives the value.
Last week our buyer made a great purchase and here is the result.
� Is a Coat sold for years a,t $11, but when
Overcoat, Storm Collar and extra length at the Price $8, worth $11 is wood
above price, itis a snap. This Coat is no relation sale, an
Q ashotidy coat offered at higher figures. Nobody wanting a Cheap Overcoat They are going out every day to people
Ta! *fl?ord to miss this chance
we have no hesitation in saying -that it
erful value. This Coat has had a great
d customers are greatly pleased with it.
who understand a bargain when they
see one.
Jacksons "SPECIAL" This Coat is our own make, and manufactured
from a splendid all wool Frieze in a Manner and
Price $10, worth $14 style totally different from ordinary ready
tnades. This Coat is the greatest success that
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in -the trade. Good shrewd buyers should see this coat before purchasing.
we ave ever placed on the market, and at $10 cannot be equalled by any house
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO, WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND SELF M EAUSREMENT BLANKS.
ACKSON EROS., The Fainous C1othig People, Clinton.
THE TWO PATHS.
By Helen 5 etuart.
t id the story of a beaut1' ul girl who wa
>,'r•"•Walking along life's path so quietly an
9o,8onf1dent1y; the path all smooth an
iil#ad with sunshine and bordered with
,$OWer$—•flowers so white and so pure
,11the way along, that they brought
Zr10only the best thoughts and the pares
itltentions.
'The way she had come was straight, and
tt�ei' path as it stretched before her was
Straight as far as thought could go, even
'Ate he very end, it still seemed to move
cit without curve; and so she walked on
j'iand`on in all light-heartedness and con-
°.fldencep until, one day, when her hands
,?were -:frill of flowers and she was humming
lbibweet little tune to herself, the, branch
tremble and upright tree swayed and
Aailed:her arm.
` tnexpeoted and she was start-
s paused for a moment only to
ad interrupted her on her way
:lads, .she started on; but the
Shah -swept tower and touched her
and,and then she looked, and just at her
eat was another path branching off from
Or own,and it was bordered with flowers
hd.the sun was tracing beautiful lady
t tterns on It through the fluttering
uses on the trees above. '
t looked bewilderingly beautiful! She
le one step in its direction. then paused,
d was about to turn back, when just
Core tier she saw a pair of deep, dark
aea:inll of sadness and which seemed to
ow with a mystic spell ;" she turned
rd them—step by step they allured
)lits- and whenever she would turn
banked her own old path again the
ayes held her.
Sometimes there was a voloo, too, so
full of rich cadences and musical pathos
that she was never afraid when she heard
its tones—and she glided along with an
easy step and a light heart; only occa-
sionally when,a shadow would fall across
her and hide the eyes for a time, and
when the voice was silent—then she
would hesitate and stand trembling, as on
the verge of a precipice.
Then the shadow would pass away, and
the eyes would shine out once more, and
in them she thought she read only truth.
Than she trusted again, and the eyes led
6n.
Often she would *nee over her
*boulder with regret that she had -left the
old path—but this one was bewitchingly
new, and she had heard of a beautiful
' white flower called Love,and she thought
she might find it if she would only follow
to the end.
This path was not etralght--at had
many curves; so she could only see a few
, steps beyond—but there were the eyes and
they almost always looked kind; but once
they ohanged; then they glittered and
pierced to the depths of her soul --and sbe
rvaa afraid and held baok,and she thought
11fey were going to vanish and leave her
in darkness with that look, almost of
hatred. But she reached out toward them
and in a moment the glitter was gone—
the'hatred was gone—and there were the
lame tender brown ones looking into hers.
It was too late to turn back now! The
old path was Irrevocably lost,and this new
one was so full of bends and curves that
she could not tell whether its general
•direction Was the same or not.
Sometimes ,In her bewilderment she
.stumbled ; then, for a time she would pro-
ceed more cautiously, watching every step
.itndlilways she had the great hope that
soon the orookedness of it would pass
away, and she would only find the new path
a parallel to the old one, leading her at
last out into the broad, sunlit way, with
no trace of anything, not even "duet upon
]ler wings, "to show that she had strayed.
But there name a time when her steps
grew more unsteady.
The flowers whioh bordered the path
were still very beautiful and very sweet;
.but amongst them now were some tang-
led vines,and they were troublesome, and
'she y►ould have grown discouraged but
.for the eyes that were always near her.
She wondered why the path grew nae -
rower as she went along, and why the
Curves did not straighten out; and one
ay hire she was thinking about these
thin , the eyes Dame nearer -the voice
Nes a Whisper in her ear.
kt oke words she had never heard
fore., She paused to listen, and 'Shen she
dtild move on again she oonld not—her
t were caught in the boogied vines—
AO fell.
ha was too tired to rise again, but the
11 had not ended yet.
was dark now—the sunshine was
e and she could harldy find her way,
the must move on.
ld she follow the path to the end?
ltti ilho find the beautiful white flower
Love.
e otind a oasket, and she was so tired
She lay down in it and fell asleep and
breast rested a little golden -haired
and it was aelob'11, , tee, but the deep,
r'bro ni eyes W notthere to watoh
els- awakening,
He Agreed With Her.
B A witty and popular New York clergy -
d man, whom everybody knows by repute-
d tion, had a laughable and at the same time
unpleasant experience recently.
One Sunday not long ago he was going
to up the steps of his Fifth avenue church
t when ho was asked by an old lady—who,
of oourse, did not know him—to help her
up the steps. With his usual courtly grace
be complied with her request. Ou reaching
the top steps she halted breathlessly and
asked him who was going to preach that
day.
Rev. Mr. Blank," he replied, giving his
own name.
"Oh, Lord!" exclaimed the old lady,
"help me down again. I'd rather listen
to a man sharpening a saw. Please help
me down again, I reckon I won't go in."
The clergyman smiled and gently as-
eised her down the stairs again, remark-
ing as he reached the sidewalk, "I
wouldn't go in either if I wasn't paid for
it."
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The Largest Black Diamond
The largest black diamond that was
ever seen was recently shown to the Acad-
emy of Sciences in Paris by M. Meissen,
a French chemist. It weighs 3,078 carats.
Our correspondent says: "This gigantic
'carbon' was found by a digger last July
in a diamond field of Bahia. Its hardness
18 greater than that of the brilliant, and
for this reason.,at_ has great ;,industrial
valve. M. Meissen is sorry it can not be
bought for the Museum of Natural His-
' tory. He has made an exact mold of It.
• This diamond presents a surface partly
smooth and partly corrugated, and is ex-
actly similar to the particles of black dia-
monds produced by M. Meissen In the
electrical furnace. The three largest of
the species previously found weighed 620,
810 and 1,700 carats respectively, and
the latter was not homogeneous or free
from flaws. The present specimen how-
ever' is as big as a large pear and appar-
ently perfeot.
Origin of Pumice -Stone.
Pumice -stone is the theme of Mr. Nor-
man Douglass' report transmitted to the
foreign office by our ambassador at Rome.
and this imporant item in the Italian ex-
ports furnishes some interesting details,
says the London Daily News. Pumice,
as is well known,is of voloanio origin, be-
ing a traohytio lava which has been rend-
ered light by the escape of gases when in
a molten state. ?t Is found on most of the
shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea and else-
where, but it is at present almost exolnelve-
ly obtained from the little island of Lip-
ari- Most of the volcanoes of Lipari have
ejeoted pumaceous rooks, but the beet
stone is all the product of one mountain,
Monte Chloioa, neary 2,000 feet in height,
with its two accessory craters. The dis-
trict in which the pumice is excavated
oovers an area of three square miles. It
has been calcnlated that about 1,000 hands
are engaged in this industry, 600 of whom
are employed in extraoting the mineral.
Pumice is brought to the surface in large
blocks or in baskets and Is carried thus
either to the neighboring village, or to the
seashore, to bo taken thence In boats. The
supply is said to be practically inexhaust-
ible.
The Trolley In Politics.
'Politicians have discovered that one of
the most effe' t1ve canvassers ever depend-
ed open for bringing votes to the polling
booth is the trolley car. To swell the audi-
ence at the politica: mass meeting in
Newark, N. J., last week, the Democrats
engaged two oars to run all day throngh-
•ont the olty and advertise their meeting
by huge signs whioh announced the epeak-
ere. 'tech car had drums and fifes on
board, and at night they brought up the
Democratic sympathizers to the meeting
hall. Seeing the emcees of this move, thi
Republloans, who had been content with
advertising their meeting on a furniture
van'oovored with painted canvas signs,
hired a oar, nearly filled it with a big brass
band, and dispatched it triumphantly
aronnd the town. At night political oiube
from all parte of Newark and the Oranges
were carried in illuminated trolley oars to
the places of meeting, and the demand for
street oar aeoommodation was so briak
that every special oar of the company was
in use.
A Maine Invention.
The newest market nevelt 7 is the to-
mato eansage. It is made in a dolnestio
way at Portland, is a delicate pinkish
white, and tastes of sage and ripe toma-
toes. It has made quite a hit in that city
and surrounding towns.
Wanted to Know.
He—You don't believe in arrying for
money, do y0ii, Miss Oldgirl?
Sho--I don't know: how m h have you
got?
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We are perfecting our arrangements
for the Christmas trade, and will
soon have displayed a brand new
stock that is without comparative
competition. Something for every
person. Something for every purse.
'We will not be distributors of dis-
sa.tisfaction.
Sacrifice the goodness of our goods
in a mad endeavor to make it appear
that our prices are below every one
else, Our constant care is always
quality.
Often the cheapest.
Always the best. If
you pay less than our
ti prices, you get less,
no denying that fact.
Have
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Sufficient variety to ensure an easy
choice. Watch this space for the
rem.ainder of the year, and we will
give you particulars of the swellest
and newest of everything, It won't
require a fat purse to buy them
either.
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to get your newspa-
per subscription.
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MONT BLANC'S OBSERVATORY.
All the Delicate Astronomical Instrument.
Carried Up.
The highest permanent astronomical
Observatory in the world—on the summl
of Mont Blanc—was at last oompleted and
fully equipped with instruments a few
days ago. There has been a temporary
station there for some years, but the in-
struments have been small and of little
power compared with those now 1n place.
The establishment of this observatory was
a task which at the outset seemed impos-
sible, and the obstacles whioh M. Janssen.
who headed the quartet of French astron-
omers, had to overcome, was unparallel-
ed. Mont Blanc is nearly 16,000 feet
high, and its ascent, even under the most
favorable conditions during the summer
months, is diffloult as well as dangerous.
The transporation of many heavy and deli-
cate scientific instruments to the top of
this loftiest mountain of the Alps was
therefore a labor so great as to seem be-
yond the range of posslbtlity,yet it was ao-
oomplished without the loss of a single
life. The telescope and the other instru-
ments had to be taken to pteoes before being
carried up the precipitous mountain sides;
even then some of the paokages weighed a
hundred pounds, and most of them about
fifty.
One of the guides who caudated in the
Work holds the record of having mode the
ascent more than five hundred times since
the beginning of of his professional career,
and it was he who found recently the
bodies of the Austrian professor and his
two guides who lost their lives not long
ago.
In place of being entirely movable about
a pivot, like ordinary telescopes, the tele-
scope on Mont Blanc is fixed and directed
towards the polar star. A movable mir-
ror planed near the lower opening enables
the observer to study whatever star he
wishes, its :nage being thrown upon the
glass. This makes necessary a proteotive
oupola of comparatively small dimen-
sions.
The particular advantage to astrono-
mere in having an observatory at such high
altitude as this ono lies to the transpar-
ency and purity of the atmosphere. The
study of the stars, however, will not be
the sole task of the observers, for some of
them will devote themselves especially to
meteorology as on the summit of Mont
Slane, says Prof. Janssen, they will be In
the very origin of atmospheric phenom-
ena.
A Bicycle That Fite fn a Valise.
A Frenohman has invented a bioyole
that oan be taken apart, packed in a valise
and earned, it is olaimed, with ease and
comfort whenever the wheelman Is travel-
ling by rat. If the wheel breaks down on
the road the rider can uncouple the parts
and carry it slang over his shoulder. The
maohine Is not built for fast riding, but
only for ordinary road work. The wheels
are 11 e inches in diameter, the toothed
wheel which communicates the ,power
from tho pedals being nearly as largo.
The horizontal bar Is in two parts, which
are seonrely screwed. When this bar is un-
screwed the maohine is in two parts, the
first step toward packing. The saddle is
removed and the hanG!es are taken off.
The four pieces are then packed into a
valise measuring 28 i/, inches by 15) by a
little more than 8 2-5 inches. The whole
weight of the machine Is 18% pounds. if
the wheelrnan breaks down on the road he
divides his machine into four pieces and
balances the parts over his shoulder who
a padded strop prnvid"d fur this pur;ro.e.
Tho inventor insl.ts :bat ihi; is a lrr•;it
deal better than lin Inv to ht,Id a ori loll
machine up and trundle it. Tho rnac:,ine
can be put together or tnk'•n a; art in
about two minutes. '1'h.. pa•4ils rrr so
010,e to the ground that t;i rider can at
any time come 10 a s,"') .ry putting a foot
t., ecirlh For this revs -nn there is said to
b :lit le ,]anger of a serious accident with
thi+ wheel. It. Is asserted that a single
revolution of the pedal will drive the
wheel 15 feet and 6 inches, whioh is not
bad traveling for a roadster. The ma-
chine Is quoted at a comparatively low
price, and the replacing of the tire is much
less expensive than in the case of a larger
wheel.
Q- uito Possible.
A correspondent asks if it is not prao-
ticablo for a person to carry enough elec-
tricity and use it far the purpose of heat -
Ing the body by moans of euro Mc heat -
Ing apparatus placed under the clothing.
ale presume it is. A few 200 ampore-hohr
cells scattered among the pockets, con-
nected in series, ought to do the businosa
They would probably weigh 500 pounds
or 'more, and to this must be added the
weight of heat apparatus. Tho latter
need not necessarily bo in the form of a
street car heat i,; could bo tiptoed out
on a flat snrfa e. It would not look well,
for instance, 10 carry abox-shaped heater
acmes the stn itch Caro must be taken
to prevent sh t-ofreniting, which might
result in roastint..tp death.
A Model Village.`'—
Henke, in the yen of Koshtl, in Japan,
has received a gift of $100 from the Gov-
ernment on aocount of the unusually ex-
emplary behaviour of the villagers. For
over 200 years there have been neither
quarrels nor lawsuits in the plane; no
crimes have occurred; the taxes have al-
ways been paid on time, and whenever
misfortunes have come the villagers have
helped each other without calling on the
authorities.
THE BRIDE AND GROOM.
How a wedding in High Life Was
Chronicled.
Thorn was a wedding on the avenue pie
other night. It was not a grand weddlfig
—indeed it was a very simple one, con-
sidering that the groom was a very sno-
0ee8101 young business man and the bride
was not a millionaire's daughter. "There
were no.,attendants," the society editor
said, and one could almost see the repor-
torial nose go up as this damaging state-
ment was made. The decorations were
not especially elaborate; the bride's o0e-
tume called fDrth few adjectives; and
though a governor and a senator or two
were among the invited guests, there
seemed to he little material for the news -
gatherer in the modest wedding, or in
the quiet "going away" of the bridal
000 pie
Yet hundreds of persons who ordinarily
Dare nothing for the society column
caught the headline' and read every word
of the brief account with eager eyes, and
in many a humble hom a "God bless
them 1'' was spoken by lips little used to
society's forms of congratulation.
In a city hospital two young girls lay
stretched on cots, smiling into each
other's faces, and forgetting for a mo-
ment the - hours of pain through which
they had passed.
"So she is married," said one. "I
wonder if she'll still come here on Sun-
day afternoons.. The weeks never seem
so long to ins if I can hear her sing and
see the kind look in her beautiful oyes."
"I shall always love her," the other
said. "This world would bo heaven,
even with all the pain, if there were more
like her in It."
A crowd of newsboys and bootblacks
gathered on the corner, discussed the
society event with es muco relish as if
they had been members of the most fash-
ionable club In the city.
"He's tiro real kind, he is," said one.
"We -ons is in luck, for he ain't a-goln'
to forget us—not he."
It was the bridegroom of 'whore he
spoke, and they were all inembers of his
Sunday school class.
In 111r house on the avenue, after the
guests had departed, father, mother and
sister mot together in 0 tender embrace.
"If he 1s only worthy of our darling,"
they said.
Meanwhile, on a lonely hearthstone a
white -hatred mother knelt and prayed,
"Father, guard and keep them both, and
help her to make him as happy as he has
made me—my only son, my well-bolo0e "
Ib was a wedding in high lite, after oL
"early in Our Ally.'
The famous "Sally 1n our Alley" Is a
song, the history of which has been pre-
served for us by the writer himself. the
noted Henry Carey. He was much of a
Bohemian, and got many subjects for
songs and poems while strolling about
the etreeta. One holiday he chanced to
nottoe •a shoemaker's apprentioe who
was giving himself and his sweetheart
an outing. He took her to the puppet
shows and the flying chairs, thence to a
piehouae, where ho treated her to a feast
of buns, cheese, cakes, gammon of bacon,
boef and bottled leer. Then came more
shown, a rite on the river and a dance to
wind up the afternoon. Carey had
nothing better to do than to follow till.
lflteresting pair about, and, amused
With the naive courtship, spent the after-
noon
observing them. Returning to hs
lodgings, the idea occurred to him that
the 'prentice's love -making ' ought to
make a good song. That night be fell
to work and before he wont to bed he had
composed tho greater part of the song
now bearing the name. It was at first
reoeived with ridicule, and Carey, being
a modest young fellow, was well-nigh
oraehed by the laughter of life aotuaint-
anoee at his unique prodn6tlon, but In
spite of their sarcasm the song became
popular in London, and in a few weeks
was hoard on every oorner and every
alley. Nor did it make its way only
among the rude, for it caught the fail'
also of the palate and was even heard "rt
court," a tact that gave an immense im-
petus to its popularity. It's naturalness
was its main recommendation, for as a•
poem it has little grace, but as a picture
Of 1unooenoe and love in low life it is In-
imitable. The melody to whioh it Wal
originally sung was composed by Cara
and remained popular for nearly thirt,
years, when soma one set the words to an
old English tune, called "The Country
Lase," and ts is the only melody now
known, at y Carey being completely
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