Clinton New Era, 1895-12-06, Page 6L.E.S &TOYS
In our window
we are showing a
number of, our new
Dolls, but it is but
a small number as
compared with
our stock on the
3rd flat.
During the past week
we have re -arranged
our Toy Department,
and now -have, without
� doubt, one of the finest
in the west.
PLENTY OF ROOM, -
LIGHTED, BY ELECTRIC LIGHT,
GOOD GOODS, . " ' , . •LOTS OF THEM
LOW PRICES.
gurrah for the Rolidays
Right now are we ready with an
immense assortment of $masGifts
The Presents you want at the
prices you like are all included
9 in our splendid line .
OUII ELEGANT HOLIDAY STOCK IS A POPULAR STOCK IN ALL
RESPECTS, FULL OF NEW NOVELTIES AND PLEASING ATTRACTIONS
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HARPER'S MAGAZINE
.In 1896
Brisels a new novel by William Black,
written with all the author's well-known
charm of manner, will begin in theDecem-
ber Number, 1895, and continue until May.
A new novel by GEORGE DU MAURIER, entitl-
ed THE MARTIAN, will also begin daring
the year. It is not too much to say that
no novel has ever been awaited with snob
great expectation as the successor to TRIL-
BY. TIIE PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN
OF ARC will continue and will relate the sto-
ry of the failure and martyrdom of The
Maid of Orleans. Other important fiction
of the year will be a novelette by MARK
TWAIN, under the title, TOM SAWYER, DETEC-
?IvE; a humorous, three-part tale called
Two MORMONS FROM IYIUDDLETY, by LANGDON
ELWYN MITCHELL; and short stories by OC-
TAVE TIIANET, RICHARD HARDING DAVIS, MARY
E. WILiiiNs, JULIAN RALPH, BRANDER MATTH-
EWS, OWEN WISTER, and other well-known
writers.
Prof. WOODRow WILSON will contribute
six papers on George Washington and his
times, with illustrations by HOWARD PYLE.
POULTNEY BIGELOw'S history of THE GER-
MAN STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY, illustrated by R.
CATON WOODVILLE, will be continued through
the winter: Two papers on St. C"lair's de-
feat and' Anthony Anthony Wayne's victory, by
THEODo : ' ' " <OSEVELT, with graphic illustra-
tions we z,e prirted during the year.
A noteworthy feature of the MAGAZINE
during 1896 will be a series of articles by
CASPAR W. WHITNEY, describing his trip of
2,600 miles on snow -shoes and with dog -
sledge into the unexplored Barren Grounds
of British North America in pursuit of
wood -bison and musk -oxen. MR WMT -
NET'S series will have the added interest of
being illustrated from photographs taken
by himself.
The Volumes of the MAGAZINE begin
with the Numbers for June and December
of each year. When no time is mentioned,
subscriptions will begin with the Number
current at the time of receipt of order.
Remittances should be made by Post.of-
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A QUEER PROPOSAL.
It Came Tardily, but it Was a Model in Its
Brevity, and so was the Answer.
An aristocratic young lady of Madge -
burg, Germany, had spent some time at
the oountry-teat of her uncle, and a
young cavalier from Berlin had been
paying much attention to her. Every-
body thought that it would be a good
match for both, and affairs wont on
swimmingly, until the day drew near
when the young lady was to return
home. The nearer the day came the more
disappointed were the young miss and
her mother at the failure of the young
man to ask the all-important question.
Finally, they left their relatives' house
in great dismay, and just before leaving
the young' lady remarked to her uncle
that it probably was as well for both, as
her mother had not much use for such a
"chicken-hearted son-in-law." They left
on a train on the narrow-gauge rail-
way, oonneoting the valley with the
nearest town.
After they had gone the young man
questioned the uncle why the young lady
had gond away so angry and hardly
noticed him when bidding good -by. The
uncle, a blunt ex -soldier, repeated the
remark made by his niece when leaving,
to the yoifng man, who was touched 103
the quick by the insinuation of cowardice
contained therein. 'Ho was very mach in
love with the lady, and had abstained
from broaching the subject on account of
his not considering itroper to propose
anywhere but at the yoking lady's home,
which bo intended visiting before long.
This remark, however, roused his sense
of honor, and, without saying another
word, he mounted his horse, which hap-
pened to stand ready for an outing, and
galloped after the train., which had left
a quarter of an hour before. Owing to
benign Providence, and the management
of this country railroad, he caught the
train before it had reached the next sta-
tion, Karow; he spied the young lady at
the window of a first -plass compartment,
and riding up to the train before it oame
to a full stop, almost shouted,
breathlessly: "My dear Miss--, I ask
for your hand. Yes or no?"
In the station Karow, just as the train
arrived, a "Yes" was joyfully given by
the young Ijjiss and tearfully approved
by her mamma.
Address HARPER & BROTHERS
P.O. BOX 959, N.Y. City
HARPER'S BAZAR
A YEAR IN A WAGON.
The Queer Home on Wheels of an Artist
and His Wife.
H. L. Brewer, the well-known artist,
and his wife, have lived for over a year in
a cottage on wheels, says the San Francis -
In 1896 co Chronicle. Their movable residence is
at present a lot in Alameda, where they
The twenty-ninth year of Harper's Ba- are couched under a spreading oak, and
zar, beginning in January, 1896, finds it where they intend to stay the coming win-
ter.
Their house is a result of Mr. Brewer's
for home reading. attempt to secure a place where he cloud
Every week the BAZAR presents bean- work at his art and still beat liberty to go '
fitful toilettes for various occasions, SANnoz, I where -he wished. The house was built in
1894, at a :oat of about $500, and Mr.
Brewer said reoently that ho had already
made enough by the saving in rent and
epitomizes current styles in New York.A expenses to pay for it. The van is some -
fortnightly pattern -sheet supplement wit h what similar to those in use by gypsies,
diagrarne and directions enables women to but is fitted up in muoh more comfortable
out and make their own gowne, and is of
great value to the proteesional modiste es
well as the amateur dressmaker. Chili -
ren's Clothing receives constant attention.
Fashions for men are described in full di -
tail by a man -about -town. Ova PARIS
LETTER, by KAtnAnINE DE FOREST, is a
spitely weekly recital of fashion, gossii',
and social doings in Paris, given by a clew r
woman in an entertaining. way.
Both the serials for 1896 are the work of
American women. MRS GERALD, by MARIA
• LoulsE POOL, is a striking story of New
.England life. MARY E. WILItres, in JEi-
°ME, A Poon MAN, discusses the always in-
teresting problems of tho relations betwee . upon the floor of the wagon, and bedding
labor and capital. Short stories will 1 e is stored in a box under the wagon, reach-
ed by a trap door in its floor.
The little house has plenty of light, as it
must have, for Mr. Brewer has it for his
themes of =Mediate interest. studio on occasions. The door is on the
ANS RS x4 ConeeeroNDENT8.--Questiin side, between the wheels, and is made
ons
in two halves, so that either can be oDDetted
eeive„. e•personal attention of the editor. independently of the other. Bosidfi the
id are` srlswered at the earliest practicable door there is a big plate glass window and
Sate after receipt. several smaller windows. The whole con-
elTlfaVolnmes of the BAZAR begin with trivance, including two persons, the
the Est number ler January for each year. little stove and the big trunk, weighs less
'Hien no time is mentioned, subscriptions than g,00 pounds, and can be taken any-
01"begin with the number otitrehtat the where by two horses Mrs. Brower is no
tithe' of receipt of order. •less olitllusinstisabout tho;'traveling home
liemittdnoss" Elliottiil bsilds b + post of than lior husband. All, last Winter the).
lice Money Order er Draft, WOW isveid chatted, 1t iero domiciled in the hills above Berkeley
of 1080. ,and fever felt bettor in their lives. Last
fl. ittiER'S Ptiti:oDICA.LS Angnst they 'started with their caravan
i i"A ZPEi "4i.Mt GAZINE • :b1ie yr , $1 frons .1&bameda4 'They Went over the hills ( t
7dARPE1111' WZDittit r ..ii - 4to Cantete Costa coal • ty and dpont teboliat
:JdAREvrai :BAZAli i” , 4°1 iiiouthb 40011111g i the valleys. TWA. R
UE'S' itpuND TAtrAutL Qne'yir they vent, to Berkel.y four the *later 'anti' 1,,
i. 11 iii: the %Oringgalio* their reeldeticefarthei 1
C'oet f t `I �e,�e.�. x0 et , d aitiket up' inter tl hills. **late theft' expeot ,
Staiea, to apelid in AU t� . and to the ipno, iritig.
i duly 'win *tort out ,took Ql th. MA
s'
maintaining its deserved reputation both as
a fashion journal and a weekly periodical
BAUme, and CHAPOIS illustrate and engrase
'the newest designs from the finest models
in Paris and Berlin. NEW Yosic FASHIONS
style. It has one room 10 feet long, 4ee
fest wide and 0 feet 8 limbos high, and in
this space Mr. Brewer and his wife have
Lived, slept and eaten for the last year. At
ono end of the wagon, over the wheels, is
a raised platform, and here is a pocket edi-
tion of a 000king stove, with a collection
of shining pots and pans around it. Under
the seat of the wagon is Mrs. Brewer's
cupboard, and her table consists of the top
of the big trunk, which contains the ward-
robe of the pair.
Tho sleeping arrangements are, however,
the greatest puzzle to the uninitiated. The
hod consists of two big cushions laid out
written by the best authors.
SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS; Mnsio, The Out-
door Woman, Personals, What we are Do -
ing, Women and Men, report and discuss
Supplies is a specialty 01 our December
trade, and schools requirlug a supply 01
presents can find an immense variety of
suitable gifts among ,our stock of
Books, Stationery
Novelties and Fancy Goods
Special Discount in quantities,
BOYS' and GIRL'S OWN ANNUALS,
CHUMS, YOUNG CANADA, CHATTERBOX
BIBLE STORIES,
and a splendid stock of
TOY BOOKS and JUVENILES.
Canadian Almanac for
Star Almanac for
Globe Year Book for
▪ , 1896
• . 1896
. 1896
Christmas Papers and Periodicals.
CLINTON.
"When in Doubt
Give
Handkerchiefs"
Speaking of Christmas gifts, some one has
said, "When in doubt, give handkerchiefs.'
Plain or fancy silks, dainty bits of the finest
lawns, delicately embroidered, or the more
substantial if plainer pure, linen, they are
always an acceptable Xmas gift,
Last week we said we had something spe-
cial to say about handkerchiefs, - and it's
this: This season we have been fortunate
enough to make two specially favorable pur-
chases of Handkerchiefs, one a large quan-
tity of Japanese plain and initialed silk, and
the other fine embroidered cambric and
linen handkerchiefs. Will give some prices
next week, and they're the best we've ever
had, so you can expect big values.
Perhaps
You don't
Want
to give Handkerchiefs. If not run your
eye over this list of articles, everyone useful
and suitable for holiday gifts. You may
find in it a suggestion to i41p you.
KID GLOVES xa '
SILK MITTS '
FANCY TOWELS
LINEN TABLE COVERS
LINEN NAPKINS
FANCY" LINENS
RUGS
FUR CAPES
FUR GAUNTLETS
FUR CAPS
MUFFS
STORM COLLARS, •'
CHENILLE'` CURTAINS
CHENILLE & TAPESTRY Covers
NECK SCARFS •TIES
And so on down the list of a hundred and
one articles we have suitable for holiday
presents
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The Value of Poultices.
Most ills are vastly helped, and some
aro wholly cured, by the simplest reme-
dies. Among these poultices stand at the
head of the list. Nearly everyone is ao-
quainted with their worth when local in-
flammatory conditions aro recognized.
Who has not had at some time in his life
a "festered" finger or a boil? and what
more quickly relieved the pain than the
soft, warm poultioe? In deep-seated in-
flammation, such as in affections within
the ohest or the abdomen, poultices are of
inestimable service. In pneumonia a
poultice like a jacket is often placed about
the sufferer. So too, in bronchitis,
"catarrh of the breast" so called, and so
common among infants, the poultioe is
*Jailed into service. Tho easiest way to
make such a poultice is to spread the
moist mixture, whatever it may be, upon
an under vest. Split open the vest, so the
spreading can be done smoothly and
quickly. Pin it together with safety pins
closely about the patient, and cover the
vest all over with a jacket of oiled silk.
If this cannot bo procured use oil -cloth of
any kind. The reason why a poultice
needs covering is to keep it warm and
moist. Tho only way to accomplish this
is by planing over the poultioe a substance
which is both impervious to air and moist-
ure. No matter what the poultice' is to be
used to relieve. nor whore it is to be ap-
plied, it must be kept warm all the time
or it does no possible good. If one is so
situated that even oil-oloth is beyond
reach, either fill a bottle with hot water
and place it on the poultice, or heat an
iron and place against it if a pendant part
like the hand or foot is poulticed.
A Champagne Wake.
The dead man had been a great oham-
pnane drinker all hie lite, and, having a
comfortable fortune, determined Lilac his
demise should be baptized in wine. A
week before his death he telegraphed for
two of his most intimateefriends, one in
Cleveland and the other in Cincinnati, to
be the watchers at his bedside from the
day of his death to the hoar of his funeral
and made both promise to drink nothing
bat ohampagne daring the wake. Well,
they did as he reclttested. Beside the coffin
they sat for three days, with a dozen oases
of the finest wine close at hand, and when
the day of the funeral arrived the room
Was filled with empty bottles. One bottle,
-a magnum, was placed in the coffin to be
burled with the departed. It is said that
the friends could not bear to see a full
bottle burled, so they ent an empty one
into the grave just tool the corpse! Not
having charged the the:
liinen for three days
of wake and dru
to a hotel top
funeral W
house they
After wa
they went hurriedly
hemseives in trim for the
they started baok to the
ound that they were lost.
ering here and there for an
hour they stepped a wise -looking cabby
and asked if he know where their depart-
ed host lived, to which he made reply that
he was not sure, but if they would take a
stroll up Prairie avenue till they came to
the first house with Drape on the door and
a funeral outside, it "would be the place
they was a-lookin' fur I" Fortunately,they
arrived too late for the funeral, but there
was plenty of wine left, and in it they
found consolation.
Better Laugh Than Frown.
A young lady teacher in the Clement
School in San Franoisco dismissed her
plass one Friday for the Chirstmas holidays
and in doing eo expressed the wish that
each and every one of them would enjoy
a "Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year." "We wish you the same, Miss
— "responded the class in chorus, and
the teacher thanked them. In her speech
of thanks she innocently said:—"And
now before you go I want to say to you
all that I hope to see you return to school
with happy faces, and that you will all bo
better in the future than you have been
in the past. In fact I would like to see
you turn over a new loaf." -
"Hope you'll do the same, Miss--,"
came the unanimous chorus, and the
teacher dismissed the class without fur-
ther wishes. She is still wondering
whether to laugh or frown.
Anastaeius L, Emperor of the East
was known as The Silent, from his tae-
iturnity. Tho same title has been given
to William L, Stadtholder of holland.
A Remarkable Cure.— J. W. Jennison,
Gilford—Spent between $200 and $300 in
consulting doctors; tried Dixon's and
other treatments but got no benefit.
box of Chase's Catarrh Cure did me
good than all other remedies, in fact 1
eider myself cured and with a 25 cent
at that.
The Stratford Herald, Conservati
is opposed to the policy of the Rowell
Government on the Manitoba school
question, and it asserts that both G° ,n-
servative candidates in Perth county
are also opposed to the men in power.
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The Art of Selling.
That goods will not sell themselves is
an opinion well advanced by Ironmongery.
You may bo the best of buyers—and that
is half the accomplishment of a good man
of business—but that will not be suffi-
cient unless you are a master of the art of
selling goods. A good stiop, a bright shop,
and a well -arranged shop are also neces-
sary in the making up of a good business.
They help the selling, but they will not
do it all. Goode well bought, and these
other desiderata, are like the paints and
brushes in a studio. They are necessary to
the work of making the picture, but it
needs the artist's talent to use them and
produce the desired result. Many persons
enter a shop—attracted by advertisements
or window display, or perhaps from mere
curiosity—and aro received coldly, and
made to feel more like interlopers than
friends, if the pause of their entry ie sharp-
ly and abruptly demanded. Tho art of
selling partly lies in understanding just
how to treat different classes of customers..
The successful salesman mast study so as
to learn ail about the goods ho has to sell
something of their manufaoturo.ttnd all
abont their uses and value. But, after all,
he Must study human natures and have
regard for varying likes and dislikes,
opinions and prejudices. Sash knowledge,
with taut in its application, Will teach the
salesman bow tel adapt himself td his dif-
ferent••olaesea so as to give the greatest
Satisfaction to all, and that means getting.
ala Yxsncl bnptll tri tl8 po€aibleteonii all.
dail4 Whet , its' t'he i ilferatide r>til yea
this feligl 'ls*d tho oivil thAtriailet
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LUNGS CLOSED UP.
GENTs.—In the early part of the winter
T caught a bad cold, followed by a severe
cough. I could not sleep as my +lung
seemed oloeed up. I could walk only a
few yards without stopping to get breath.
I sent for your Emulsion and before I had
finished the 3rd bottle the cough was -tone.
I could breathe freely and felt like a, new
man. I advise all suffers :from cough',
oolds and asthma., to give your Emulsion a
trial. JOHN S. HILL, Tenny Cape,
Hants Co., N. S.
COMMON SENSE
. AND . .
"PRINTER'S INK"
When used in advertising
will bring
Dollars and Cents
to'i the advert' set
WHY? Because it is th money making
booklet for busir.e men (of brains
It not only tellqq. ow to advertise but
HOW NOT to ac3raertise. What more
do you want?'
Safficient guarantee of its worth can be
given in the fact that it is now only two
defers per year—(52' copies.) After Jan.
lst, 1896, the price will be $5 per year.
Many are paying five years in advance. If
yon have not seen it and want a sample
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