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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1898-04-29, Page 3PRIZES IN JUNKSIIOPS W. PIECES OF MAHOGANY TO BE ICKED UP CHEAP. Utile That Comes to the Buyer Who Know. , Row to Hunt I?or Old Furniture—Sotaree ; of a Solid Mahogany Table and a Side- ' board of the Same Material. Here and there in the slums or in little frequented streets are the old metal and furniture shops where real bargains are to be bad. That more real bargains do not come out of them is due to the fact of their being known to few persons who ap- reoiate their treasures. at ane finds in these shops is no bet - r than the stook in the antique stores of p t ti which are becoming common 4. v..„:4-„ _. THE CLINTON NEW ERA YOUR WE9KSPOT I Anecdotal Perhaps it ie3 your throat or bronchial "Ah, they are ringing bells to -day!" tubes. If you take cold easily, take Scott's said Walpole, Lhe famous English Emulsion. It checks any tendeaoy in your statesman, when war had been de - system to serione lung trouble. clared between England and Spain. "They will soon be wringing their What it costs to Kill a Man hands." War means now what it meant when Walpole spoke—a wring - After the first shot has been fired, ing of hands for those who will not fighting nations do not stop to count return, the cost. But war is a very expensive An English hostess was entertaining ougbusiness, which a practical people about three hundred people at a r•ecep- was estimated to at that, pains gtavoid. It tion and had provided only about sev- warwas that, during the abort eat -five seats Iu despair, she said f o with France that ended at Water- y loo, it. coat Great Britain £l000 for every enemy killed, and on a calcula- tion of the amount and cost of shot fired by the Russians from Sebastopol upon the British lines it was evident that every Englishman killed cost e u a on w o r Russia at least £ 000 in material alone. up town and line one avenue in partiou- Sir Richard Henegan, who was head rar, but it sells for fraotional prices. The i of the field train department of the up town dealers know the value of their allied armies, under the command of mahogany and brasses, and they affix a i the Duke of Wellington, in a work re- lating his military experience during seven years' campaigns in the Penin- sula, stated that "aIldc�'wing half the shots served out to the infantry to have been fired at the battle of Vittor- ia, 3,075,000 rounds were fired against the enemy, of whom 8,000- were killed POOR, STRICKEN CHILD! Sho Was Always So Tonder, So Affection. ate and So Angelic. Fond Mother—Why, my pet, you should not strike your little brother that way. Spoiled Child—I will. If he touches my doll again, I'll break another chair over his head, so there!" Fond Mother—But, my dear, you know it isn't ladylike for little girls to— Spoiled Child—You get out! If you say another word, I'll -1'11 tell the minister what you said about his wife's new dress." • Fond Mother (some years after)—My a compatriot: "Oh, 1 am so distressedl dear, it spews to me this engagement to Not three-fourths of these people can Mr. Goodsoul is very sudden. sit down!" "Bless my son!, madame!" Spoiled Daughter—There you gel I he exclaimed, "what's the matter with knew you would. Always coming between them?" mo and my happiness. You can jaw your On a train coming from the races the old head off, if you want to, but I'll marry other day, an excitable Italian who had him just the same. 1 t a day of financial reverses, was ex- Fond Mother—But, my dear, it may be plaining the reason of his losses to a that your dispositions— couple of sympathizing compatriots. Spoiled Daughter—If I can get along "You see," he said, "it's this -a -way. i with such an unreasonable oreatureas you, The Irishman he ownit da horse, de I can get along with anybody. Now, just nigga he rida da horse, de Jew he stop your chatte,e and see about supper. maks da hooka -how can da Dago Holl bo hero tonight. • • • • • • win?"a• pere which will bearere is a good : epeatiing: about IIntas Fondthe visitor)—Yes, Mother It Is too two tate, too true. to days of his affluence some one went to "Visitor—And so your daughter and her Dumas for fifty sous to help bury a husband have really separated? friend. "What was he ?" Dumas ask- ; Fond Mother— Yes, poor, strioken child, ed. "A bailiff, sir," replied the borrow- . she came home last night. Olr, that she er. Dumas' eyes lit with memories. should ever havo married such a brute! He ran to his desk. and returned with She was always so tender, eo affectionate, a note which he thrust into the man's so timid. Poor angel! Ho must have hand. "You say it costs fifty sous ? abused her terribly l—Pearson's Weekly. Here are one hundred. Bury two of 'em." A well known officer, now stationed at Key West, writes to the Electrical Review as follows: "The Bache brought over to the quarantine hospit- al here a number of survivors of the Maine. One of these wounded jackies, when asked to tell what he knew of the frightful explosion, said: "Well sir, I was a-cor kin' it off in me hear- mick, sir, when 1 hears a noise. Then sir, the nurse says, "Sit up and take this." That's all 1 know." • • • prise atmost invariably well in advance of that value. Their supply is pretty regular- ly drawn from the same kind of source. Some man whose house is handsomely fur- nished dies or fails or moves away. His household goods aro sold at auction. Un- derthed fl gatherrepresentatives of e roe . flag or wounded, consequently only one goo laws antique stores to buy whatever musket shot out of 459 took effect; and isnamegood s massive furniture and odd or- this calculation includes the injury in - third of at prices averaging will aboutono- flitted on the enemy by 900 pieces of :hied the the pries ansfe be asked artillery, which, on the average, fired When article isn kransferred to the shop. 72 rounds of shot and shell each, mak- With dl small, unknown store the r pais in a total of 0,870 rounds. The cavat- qultodifferent. Sometimes the dealer pays g almost nothing and so can afford to sell for comparatively small prices, Some- times he is himself ignorant of the values of his merchandise, and then his customer gathers in the dividend of superior knowl- edge. Again, his warns, particularly in the case of small goods, may have come to Wm through devious ways. Honesty al- ways gets its heavy percentage in dealing with dishonesty. On the edge of the negro quarter on the lower west side is a little shop that does a sort of hybrid business in old metals, wood and miscellaneous junk, Without over getting into the police records it is still a place of occasional police surveillance. One of its customers, whose dealings with it are of the kind which do not Interest the police, bought two years ago a very beau- tiful and massive mahogany table from the proprietor of the place. Recently he foiled out where the table came from. s. "If you see anything good in mahogany dining room tables," ho had said to the half breed Italian proprietor, "bold it for me." At that time there stood in one of the old alley courts on tbo west side a number of very old houses, tenanted by the lowest class of Italians, the ragpiokers. Of the 'original magnificence of the mansions one outward and visible sign remained—the enormous mahogany doors, with small, fancifully shaped window pillars at the • .'side. Giovanni, the junk shop keeper, had noticed those doors. He trade arrange- ments which comprised two acquaintances of his, tenants of the house with the finest doors, an as and a strong push cart. He himself was not concerned in the arrange- ments. The doors disappeared one night, also the -window pillars, and two days lat- er there were two Italian prisoners in the police court charged with malicious mis- ebiof. "Wh t did you do with the doors?" . lice justice. urn 'gym 1p.-,.Eirewood," said the MTh. Ovwing to the, Ignorance of'the prisoners, they got off with $10 fines. The doors, beinE cunningly planed down and joined, made n superb table. The window pillars, fitted with pasters, made a set of effective legs, one at oaoh corner, curious enough to excite the admiration of any collector, and-Giovanni's customer was as glad to pay $75 for the result as Giovanni himself was to got it. To this same shop the Ital- ians who sell old metal, too often acquired from unused houses, bring many a rare and fine old brass knocker or drawer han- dle. Further over east, almost to the river front, is another shop, half curio half junk, where amid much rubbish ore occa- ,sionaily finds something of worth. A shrewd, weazened old Irishman owns it, and to the question as to where he got any particular piece of property he gives al- ways the answer. •s ,ewers near friend of me uncle's gave it him, me boy, and be gave it me." In the regulation junkshops along the river front bargains may be occasionally found, although the chances are against it. A Brooklyn woman exhibits with great pride a piece of mahogany which she got in this way: Wandering astray from the ferry, she noticed through the wipdow a otigfoua a Oarvell leg on what appeared to be a battered old chest of drawers of massive proportions. It occurred to her that nothing but mahogany would bo carved in that way. Closer examination of the article proved disappointing. It' 'ipssiverod with a dingy, cracked veneer. Nevertheless the visitor went inside and asked for the price. "Two dollars," said the proprietor in accents which would have told a purchas- er of any experience that half tbe price would bo accepted. • Merely as a speculation it seemed worth the money, which was paid down, with the order that the article be sent to a plane whore polishing and repairing is done. "It's glad I am to get rid of it, lady," said tbo man. "Last year it was I give 75 cents for it at a auction, and I haven't had ,tho whisper of an offer for it till today." At the repair shop there was another side to the story., The expert scraped away the veneer in various places and sponged the wood underneath. "Solid mahogany," was his verdict, "and as fine grain as I've over seen. It will cost $20 to polish it and fix this front, and you'll have a sideboard to be proud of." Wben the fortunate purchaser went in to see tho result of the polishing a few days later, she was amazed and jubilant, so jubilant that she told the export what =She bad paid for the piece. He threw up , bis bands. "Two oilers," he cried. "I'd not bo or you $125 for it as it stands. a hundred ttmee will you ifnd o find a knurl." now ornaments the s dining room, and the an frequently ornaments tor presence tho riverside junkshop. lie has found no more prizes up to New fork Sun. ask ry were but slightly engaged during that day. Other military men have stated that the effective shots can scarcely be one half the number above stated. An able officer who was in the squares of infantry at the Battle of Waterloo said that be observed carefully the result of their fire upon the French tavalry as they rode be- tween the squares, and never observed more than three or four fall from i single volley. Art officer who w Sir Colin Campbells Highland Brigeade re- ceive a charge of Russian Cavalry in ling instead of in a square, at Bala- clava, reported that less than half a dozen saddles were emptied by the volley fired, yet the cavalry retreated. The weapons have been greatly un- proved sinbe then so that practically no time is lost in loading, and the range is greater, but even under pre- sent conditions the waste of war will be tremendous. For the United States to fight Spain upon the water, and then to conquer Cuba, will be no holiday postime. The attat,king force needs to be much larg- ger than its defending opponent. In most modern campaigns the mistake leas been to underestimate the strength of the enemy. It is recalled that, at the outbreak of the Civil War in the United States,'Lincolte and his Cabinet underestimated. the gravity of the work before them, and called out only 75,000 militia. The Government of the Southern Confederacy was equally or more shortsighted. According to Gen. Beauregard's record, the head of his Government illustrated its narrow military views at She outset of the con- flict "by ordec•ing from Europe not 100,000 or 1,000,000, but 10,000 stands of arms, as an increase upon 8,0(X), its first estimate." A similar failure to appreciate the stupendous require- ments of men and material for prose- cuting a successful campaign eras ex- emplified by 'France in the war of 1870. Notwithstanding these recent historic examples, when Russia undertook the invasion of Tee key, in 1877, the same tremendous blunder was repeated. Three desperate assaults upon Plcvna were made by the Russian army and its Roumanian allies, with 00,000 !nen and 410 pieces of artillery, against 50,- 000 Turks under Osman Pasha. Each of these assaults met with a bloody re- pulse. The consequence was that the summer ,of 1877, which should have seen the close of the contest, was wast- ed, and hostilities were prolonged nntil the f oliooriseg February. The necessity for superiority in both numbers and artillery in an -army of invasion is further accentuated by the great improvements since 1863in small arms, which enable a small force of de- fenders, behind pastil t w on up earthworks, to repel twice iiice their own number of assailants. And it almostgoes without saying that in the last few years "tire defence, behind fortifications, has, enormously gained upon the attack." The great rapidity of tiro and the increased distance over which the fire from modern rifles is fatally effective will now enable a com- parattyely small defensive force to re- sist a heavy assaulting column, and to inflict upon it very severe losses in charging over a mile and a half. If the United States goes to war, a large army wilt be required, and such an army is not obtainable by recruit- ing agencies which receive only half a dozen suitable applications per day. The heart of the people is not enlisted in the war against Cuba, and it will take a liberal bounty system or con- scription to fill the ranks. April 29, 1898 BUSINESS ORANGE It is well known (bet the republican- ' isrn of Sir Charles Dilke, an English politican, is a matter of some grief to Queen Victoria, who was a friend of his father, and knew Sir Charles well . as a small bay. "How often," said the Queen, not long ago, "have T held that boy on my lap, and 'stroked his hair with affection 1' And then she added, with a smile, "Dear me ! I trust have rubbed it the wrong way !" The languor so -common at this season is due to impoverished blood. Hood's Sarsap- arilia cures it by enriching the blood, A vegetable remedy for diseases arising from Disordered Liver, Sto- mach or Bowels, such as Headache, Biliousness, Constipation, C oat ed Tongue, Bad Breath, Feeling of Languor, Distress after Bating, etc. Mas, Cisme HowE, Moncton, N.B., says: "1 need Laxa-Liver Pills for Headaches and Liver Trouble, and they not only re• lieved nae but cured me. They do not gripe or sicken and are easy to take." Sold by all Druggists at 250. a Vial or 5 for $1.00. We wish to announce to the public that we have purchased the Grocery beide nese and stock of James Steep, and have thoroughly overhauled the same and added to it over $600 worth of the freshest and best goods in the trade. We are now prepared to welcome our old customers and as many new ones as will honor ue with a call. We are offering some real snaps. See our 1 lb. tin Bak- ing Powder and Scissors for 25o. Our reduced price on Teas is giving great sat- isfaction. Pickles 8c. per bottle. Crystal Gloss Starch 5o per 1 lb paokage. Mushroom Catsup 10o, three for 25o. Try our line of Teas at 20o. Goode delivered. Cash paid for Butter it Eggs J. MCMURRAY, Combo's Block Window Siiades,Wiitdow Poles, & Covvelettes Lace Fringe, Plain and Decorated Shades, great variety of patterns and prices Corrupted Oak and Fancy -Colored Poles. COVELETTES in three patterns; ask to see them. Furniture.—Large stock of Fancy and Cheap Furniture alwaye on hand. Picture Framing and Repairing promptly attended to. J. H. CHELiLEW. BLYTH Sow the Japanese Sleep. When night conies, beds are prepared, says K. Mitsukurt in Tho Atlantic. Bed- ding is brought out from the closets where it has boon put away during the day. One or two large thick futons, or cushions, are spread directly on the mats of bedrooms, and coverings which look like enormous kimono or clothes aro spread over them, Every traveler has told of the pillow made of a wooden box with a little cylindrical cushion on the top, but this kind of pillow is going out of fashion. Softer cylindrical pillows, made by stuffing a cloth bag with husks of buckwheat, aro now more corn-' money Used. In the smellier it is neces- sary to have mosquito hots, which general- ly inclose the whole room. As a rule, Japanese families rotireearly. Ton o'clock is about the average time. Eleven is considered late. A function that begins at 9 or 10 and lasts till tbo small hours of the morning fairly staggers the Japanese. "Why," they say, "even ghosts, who are com•mo 11 faut, retire by that hour." A COMPLETE MEDICINE CEIEST Taken internally or applied externally, Yellow Oil is equally efficacious. It cures Croup, Quinsy, Sore ()best, Cuts, Burns, ' Bruises, Caked Breasts, Stiff Joints and dozens of other complaints. No house- hold should be without it. It costs only 25 cents, and is a. whole medicine chest in itself. The man who would stand idly by and see the life fading out of his wife's fare, sees her health going, sees har becoming old and faded and wrinkled when she should still be in the perfect eu;oyment of vigorous, useful health, is either less than a man or else does not know of the ono roe• medy which will bring her back to health and strength. Perhaps her husband cau- not persuade her to go to the doctor. be- cause she naturally dreads the inevitable "examinations" rind "local treatments," He oar persuade her, if she needs persua- sion, to take Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre- scription. This truly wonderful medicine has cured hupdreds of women after the best pbysicians have failed. It has been in constant use and tested every day for thirty years. It isn't an experiment; there are no chances about it. It is a certain cure for all derangements, weaknesses, ir- regularities and displacements of internal organs peculiar to women. The Ottawa correspondent of tbe London Advertiser says:—It is amusing to read tbe stories sent out from Ottawa intended to keep heart,in the Opposition rank and file. Two months atter the general election in 1800 I heard Sir Charles Tupperaseert that the new Government would not last six months, and that another general election must take place within a year. Here we are with the Laurier Government in power eighteen months, and with every bye -elect- ion showing the Administration to be stronger in the country than when returned to:power. This was demonstrated in a mark d degree in Prince, P. E. I., the other day, when the new Liberal M. P. was elect- ed by a majority over three times as large as that given to bis predecessor. I have been looking ur the official returns of the bye -elections which have taken place since. the general elections of Jupo 23, 1896, and I find that in the thirty contests the Liberals have been victorious in 28, and the Conser- vatives in 2. The supporters of Sir Wilfred Laurier have won enough seats to double the Liberal majority in the eighteen months that have intervened since the Liberals took office, while the Conservatives have not gained one Liberal seat. In face of this re- cord, it is highly comical to read of the Ad- ministration as "tottering." Tho Govern - 10001 has but to keep on in its progressive, yet cautious programme, not only to last till the cis ;e of the terns of Parliament in 1901, but for years thereafter. It blade Sim Particular. "Savo oto, save me 1" she cried, as her goad rose above 1130 water, and she grasped a plank floating by. "I beg your pardon," ho replied, from the bank, "but I want it distinctly under- stood that I'rn a married man with seven cbildren." "Then there'll bo no falling luteins helping out. Nature makes the cures after all. Now and then she gets Yes, yes, Savo neo!" she shrieked. t into a tight place and needs arms and calling me preserver, will there?' Specials for April Ordered Tweed Suit $9.50 ... Millinery in endless variety and beauty, Wall Paper, Curtaitr Poles with wood ends, Spring and Summer Underwear, hand- some Prints, Muslins and Handkerchiefs, nice assortment of Crockery and Glassware, Garden and Field Seeds, Little Giant Seeders are in demand. New Stock of Presbyterian • Book of Praise received, prices from 10e. to $1,50. Please see our goods and prices and you will be sure to buy. Potatoes, Oats, Butter and Eggs wanted. LONDES130R0 Emporium, April 1211i. R. ADAMS .mm,.n.. esismaasaamm-aaaaaps HUB GROCERY NEW FRUITS NOW IN STOCK ARGUIMBAU'.S(Select Layers,Vostizza's, Filia- ItAISINS i Fine oft'Stalk CURRANTS tras, Patras and ` Olt Stalk: Reeleaned. California Prunes, beet Eleme Figs in mats and layers, in ten pound boxes Lemon, Citron and Orange peels. Having bought at the.loweat prices this sea- son we will give you close prices. 461 F'00 SWA-ra LAC) NV, - Clinton "Ohno, Dol" 'I'hingc get started in the , wrong direction. "And You won't insist on marrying me • for my heroic conduct?" "No, n0; only save 1,1011,101/10' ; "All right, I'll tackle the job," he re- sponded, as he threw aside his coat. "You sec," he explained, just before diving in, "I was caught by ono o' these dodges once before, and that's Why I'in married; it. makes No a bit particular now."—Strand Magazine. Men and Boys In Wall Street. The most healthy relations between boys and men exist in Wall street. There is no rudeness on the boys' part, no servile sub- ordination, not touch politeness. Tho men aro not kind, indulgent, harsh; they de - ick intelligent service. They Something is needed to check disease and start the systeln in the right direction toward health. Scott's Emulsion of Cod- liver Oil with hypophos- phites can do just this. It strengthens the nerves, feeds famished tissues, and got it. Tho boys got their pay and, as makes rich blood. mama qu , they earn it, promotion. Each respects a�, and $�.00 ; all druggists. the other, and each knows the other's feel- ' SCOTT . B d SimoNE, C druggis Toronto- ing. It is equality; differences aro forgot- • 1 ten.—New York Commercial Advertiser. j FURNITURE BROADFOOT, BOX & The steady increase in our trade is good proof•of the fact that our goods are right and our prices lower than those of other dealers in the trade. We manufacture furnitdre on a large scale and can afford to sell cheap. I£ you buy from us, we save for you the profit, which, in other cases, has to be added in for the retail dealer. This week we have passed into stock some of our new designs. Space will not permit us to quote prices, but come and see for yourself what snaps we have to offer. Remember; the are determined that our prices shall be the lowest in the trade. UNDERTAKING,. In this department our stock is complete, and we have undoubtedly the best funeral outfit in the county. Our prices are as low as the lowest. BROADFOOT,BOX & CO. WV•Chidley MaPager P S—Night and Sunday calls attended to by calling at J. W. Chidley's, (Funeral Director) residence. We"e``Y'iadYdtidd4'Y41YaY'.'ri`dWt'VYYVt Cleveland eriority More- Apparent Than Ever . . 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See you get Carter's, Ark for Carter's, insist and demand c,a.rter's Little Liver Plies - THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHS ARE TAKEN BY E FOSTER Undismayed by the many failures of 1897, the certainty of reduced prices in, 1898, and the panicky condition of the bicycle trade at the time when enormous expenses for new improvements have to be incurred, it was determined to take advantage of the universal timidity and to spare no expeise"` to make the gap of Cleveland superiority wider than ever, and the round up shoves : CLEVELAND BICYCLES Are the the only 1898 models that have adopted any improvement of note in bearings—which change al- ways involvee the greatest expense CLEVELAND BICYCLES Are the onlyl89S modelswliich have increased val e and reduced prices. $55.00 $7 i 00 Write for catalogue. $80,00 Agents everywhere. Sole, Representative, W•COOPE P & CO., H. A. LOZIER- & CO., Clinton. Toronto CLEVELAND BICYCLES Are the only 1898 models that have adopted the wonderfully improved bearings, to which all must come or be classed as back numbers CLEVELAND BICYCLES 1898 models are the hest we ever built. Model No. 22, $41.00, 25 inch frame. eirC MRS. JOHN CASH. My husband has been troubled with dyspepsia, and finds Ripans Tabules the reli"J• He has, truUUiec1 WICn lnui'• gcstion for the past fif' teen years.