St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 19, 1885

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; | 701 Pura Artic'as! : / ed 4 pis ag 7 — — | . e don't advo. a articles of Sood. | Company eet. | Frankiin Avenyy d What the Rey. . — About 1 5 „ been a fearful sufferer for e time with what bas Deen Ant, Psomasis and Lepr Jwavs been told that there itave been so d scouraged sive. | have been so badly (here Was not the smaliest ny head to the soles of m sland as red as crimson. It li white spots, which hades were not deep, but if I at. r soon after their first «p burn and run together unti ry, Tred scale, whch would dernen ood look fiery and sensation would be almost ne that Leould scarcely in. | myrelf without a t. ny remedies, and bave paid * wa puysican, but have emporary revef. Although m relnpeed apain (to le ag sod durimg the unter of 1881 much asto be em rei dis Howevet i wae nd Vised by Kiustry. u ve wellknown a REMEDi«s; ' from their fa. roar sirtue About asi | ne ced taking vewa to see a Octover 1) lam as the flesh of its. BENS SM. TI. ve statement of my wife ig ‘yp essag my grau- dne DAS reve ved E. SMITH. e starement is correct Ar. wn in thos community, where Nen dealer in stock, and of his wile, is lun eulilied : ! or ; Provinee of Quebec, this wiober, 18. IL. C. McKINSTRY, M nister of the Goapel. rs. Brith recentiy and be. y and permanentiy cured, i © Me KaNsiRY, P. C., No. Vt. and Now V. H the new blood purifier. and Soap the great skin cures everywhere. Price, Out OLVENT >/ vo bemical Co, =e Boston. — — adh TO-DAN le it JER 5 0 2 . a! molntely pure A MMOoNt rT A. TEST: a bel store ont!) heated, thea “|. A cCheviet will pet be re nee of ain non. STAIN AVO NIA. NEVER MI ester querter of a century it has OF TRE OVEN. G POWDER co., | Ficvering Extracts, „ eed nature | Over known, and ttn Feast Gems S bY CROCERS. - ST. LOUIS. — — SOLDEN SPECIFIC VE CURE FOR EINES ald QU0F HABIT. reup of eo tre or tea wit tab ine it, is absolutely ermanent and # i 2 aAmodernte arinker of been given in thew if ; 15 ~ instance s ect cure er 1 il e The system ono e ie, it becomes an urver pilesy appetite to exist. rap'. Cinctanath, @ * \NDER, Orugglst, 18. ind Olive, ST. LOU rs and fall partientar — = & BRO — © “4 SOMPANY, 612 Market St ‘ed to the finer ty, — c-Light . eee —.—.—.— . * 12 2 vol XXXIII. DRY GOODS COMPANY. IN® AKA REDUCTION OR FORCED SALE Of Old Goods rendered unsalable from having outlived their day and Styles for many years. Nor Purchased at nearly One Hundred per cent above its valuation. For particu- lars see Sunday papers. Globe. Page eight. Republican, Page two. Observe what READY MONEY IS DOING! In Clean, Fresh, New Goods, ACTUALLY GIVING BETTER VALUE, and in many instances at very much lower prices. 2?.inch Black Royal Armures, best value for beauty and service in America, at . . : : . ° ; ‘ ° ° . 22-inch Black Satin Rhadames, pure silk, a great sacrifice at But what eclipses all things else in our Silk Department is goods that will $1 50 1 00 be opened Monday morning, in a 24-inch Black Brocade Silk at 93 (We would like to see it compared with anything in St. Louis at $1 50.) 20-inch Colored Faille Stk, all colors, fresh full pieces, good value at $1, our price, PSR eee ee „ Sek . ee 22-inch Colored Ottoman Velours, small assortment only, good value at 81 75, our price ; . 5 , ; ; a 0 . 0 ‘ . »- 100 One lot Assorted Colors in Striped Morie Antique, former value $2 25, our price ae . . 0 ° Eke . N ° 100 Case 22-inch Genuine Guinet Black Gros-Grain Silks at . ; ° 65 Case 22-inch Genuine Guinet, not duplicated in this city at $1 10, our price C „„ „„ ee 75 Case 22-inch Outside Gros-Grain Black, can not be matched at $1 25, 7 our price ‘ . , ‘ ; , ; ‘ 0 0 ‘ , 0 0 85 20-inch Black Trimming Velvets formerly sold at $1 50, price . 0 100 24-inch Genuine Bonnet Black Gros-Grain from 81 15 to $6 per yard (They are 33 1-3 per cent less than soldin St. Louis.) Thousands of dollars’ worth of Hamburg Edgings and Insertings in prices from 5c to 25c per yard, opened Monday. Never in the history of the Dry 4 Goods trade have these goods been offered at even double the price now marked. Every pattern new and every piece fresh and clean. We will show almost equal bargains in Hamburgs up to 81 75 per yard. LADIES UNDERWEAR NOW ON FIRST FLOOR. Ladies’ Garments, fresh and new good muslin, well made, commencing at 25c, and equal value up to $6 each. Stock full, and goods freshfrom the manufacturer. 1 OPEN TO-DAY ! 2 cases Check Nainsook, bought to sell at 15c; price a 0 ° ° 2 cases India Linens worth 150; price . 0 . . “Was” eae 2 cases Victoria Lawns, worth 15c; price 0 0 ° ° 9 N 3 cases each 10-4 Bleached and Brown Sheeting, good celotn RESS GOODS Thousands of yards of 20c goods at * N 0 ‘ : . 100 Thousands of yards of 25c goods at ° ° . ° N 1 150 Shoodas worth 84 at . . 9 9 ° 0 . . 650 Armures worth 81 25 at ; : . . 5 0 ° ° 75c Fancy Dress Goods worth $1 25 at ° . ° ‘ 9 ° 50c There is not a Department in our house that will notshow some such Bar- gains as above. LOAK DEPARTMEN THESE GOODS HAVE JUST BEEN REDUCED. About 200 Spring English Walking Jackets, Reduced from $8, $10, $12, and $15 all to $3 50 About 50 ditto, better goods, from $10, $15 up to $20, all at . 5 00 Colored Cloth: Dolnans sper Goods and Pere 1 Lot Reduced to : : 1 Lot Reduced to : 3 : t ; 1 Lot, some of these cost to import $35, now 1 : : : ANKRUPT STOCK! * — NO. 183. GOTHAM BELLES, — — — — — tt, K Ladies in New York’s Fash- ionable Throngs, 8S ae a Vanderbiits and Others—Ladies Préminent in Social Life —Sketches of the Feminine Stare of the Metropolis Pen i ea Correspondence of the Post-Dispatch. January 15.--That women rule the 3 true in the world of what afactor “society” is in the great Affairs of life no one but a denizen of the — wnt readily appreciate We hear a great Gea! about the power wielded by ladies of bigh po- sition @t the nation’s capital, of the making and unmeling of cabinets and candidates, the successes and failures of great public measures, the elevation to faine or the hurling to oblivion of legislators, military and naval) officers, judges and officials of all kinda, trough the potent influence of the gentle sex. of this, perhaps, is as mythica) as the similar accounts of female power in British politics that such fascinating reading in the romances of Beaconsfield. Society in Washington is to society in New York as the discordant” noises and Movements ofa heterogeneous rabb'e to the well-ordered march to rhythmic, martial mel- ody of veteran soldiery—as the Mulligan (Guards to the Geventh Regiment. Yet so unobtrusively is the potent gentle power exerted that the casual ob server frequently mistakes cause for effect, and vice versa. It is only an occasional earthquake that reveals to our wondering eyes the working of pow- erful forces beneath the surface One such up- dea vnl. described in my last letter, showed a close conmection between the apparent socia) riva'ry of two fair captains in this potential army and recent developments of moment in politics and finance. TENT EDITION, f r and brother, who | 5 red tolerance. ook upon his ways with ra. Twombly is the el William H. Vanderbilt and — — —-— very much resembling her grandfather. the oi SX Commodore, in features and n 8 for ber true fee ing and generos- 8 tor in th ern Union and uns n un. TWOMBLY. several other great corporations. That nis succe«s has made him vaiu is a common accusa- 7 8 tion Hetis a devated ad- mirer of the British nobility testifies the sinceity of his flattery by tmitation It is related of him that ona recent visit to Boston he registered at an hotel after 4 the manner of a noble ear] 2 by signing his name simply “Twomuly.* Some wag came along and wrote unde- neath, “what Twombiy?"’ to which an obliging wayfarer ee “Vanderbilt om- ; * — b nA 1 f — — 1 v4 can only said that she MISS G. HECKSHER. is one of the most charminy and bright little girls in town. This is her second season and she ix not like- — — abstinence from animal food ts attributed mar ve lous ity of her comp!- rion. the Miss May Bird is 2 But she is by no means passe eas have hotdimmed her fresshness but charms that preci — dresses woll Shines on 80. cial occasio: most active practical sort, to Miss Lucy Work who is ack now l- edged to be one of beautiful and charming girls in town. She rides to bours with enthu- Biastic ardor, par- taking a t deal of her brother Frank's love for borse-flesh and out- door sports. She is a part icu. arly clever and active lawn ten- nis player. dances charm ngly and jooks after the poor MISS LUCY WURK. Mrs. Harry Robbins is one ly to pass a third as Miss Hecksher. she is — dy her friends, is a — oa ‘ — ng horsewoman a prominent figure in the Rockaway Hunt, whether — suing the elusive anise Seed bag over the sandy plains by the seashore or uttering spark- ling bon mots at the Hunt dinner Mrs. Oliver Northcote cannot help looking “as stiff 2 as starch.“ She Is Dh ND the daugbter of oor Lo Hamilton Fish, ex- 22 Secretary of State, = and the Fishes have been old and wortny citizens of Gotham since colonia) days. She was married a few years ago to Mr. Oliver Northcote, an enterprising son of Sir Stafford North- cove. leader of the Opposition in the British House of Commons and Pre- mier Gladstone's and But much aswe may know, or think we know, about woman in the abstract, it is a delicate matter fora mere man to confess to a knowledge of more average man's feeling in writing about women, though most poets have got so far as to rhymeabout the fair one's eyes themselves. Tennyson's “Lady Clare“ and “Lady God. iva” are hardly an advance in the poet's avprecia- tion of women. A society queen of to-day would not deem telling the truth, or riding naked through ie town to manent 9 tan, eutrasedinary — eye te —— the — must not ex- peet nte to write either — poetry in sub mitting this group of portraits. be pictures them- speak far more truly and effectively than I te ns for me to attach here write, and it only ative sense. —— and a son. Her which Mrs — = cepted an vitation, “because all the really of — have been puz- zied to say who she was before her marriage. Her remarkable resem- biance to Lady Mande- ville, whom she kept at her side most of the time, led to the re that she was a haif-sis ter of the brilliant and dashing young woman, as Consuelo 5 Yznago, had long de. v4 fore turned the heads of = the beaux in town. Both in ap warance and manner she is very like Lady but she is not related to that lady, ‘As 4 Maiden abe bore the not unusual 2 Smith, and her father was an ol hant. “pot known in * 3 — Mrs. difficulties soon dan activity, but abe is soon. . She Tree 11 b ye uth 72 Ht ; most formidable ad- versary. Crowded out of the old coun- numder of younger sons and the oppor- tunities for fortune. years ago and en- gaged in business as a stock broker. Mr. and Mrs. Northcote visit their famous MRS. OLIVER NORTHCOTE. relatives in England every summer, but they never remain away from New York ionz. active asa youn girl Her hospi- I is pro uso an expansive. Just four years ago I got one of the first cards she sent out It was fora New Year's Day luncheon. The elaboration of that luncheon, the flowers, the wines. the menu cards. were by turns astonishiug.} alarming and amusing. She told me that the lunch cost $5,000 Leved her printed the fact, MRS. BRADLEY MARTTI. much to Mrs. M‘ssatisfaction. But she has learned much since then. She was very much astonished when her tater, quiet, thrifty and plodd ng old Isaac H. Sherman, died about six years ago and left her a mitiion and a half of dollars. But she rose to the occasion. Several years were spent in European travel. in which she acquired not only the polish, grace and knowledge of aristocratic society, but a houseful of old paintings, bric-a-brac and tapestry. Among the latter was an interesting old attar cloth from Seville which was used in the decoration of her par ors. One day a dear oijd-time friend lunched with the Martins in company with several newer uaint- ances. Ov entering the parior this dear old soul put on her spectacies, and looking around was attracted by the altar-cloth, at which she stared hard sev- eral minutes. Then tess 8 in an expostulative tone: „L H. S Why, my dear, everybody knows your poor fa ther’s name was Isaac H. Sherman, but I don't see why ou sbould have bis itials worked on your hangings!” and critically, -, Mino VAN NEST. Miss Van Nest is no longer a bud and is grow- ing stout since s-e gave up rid- ing. which is a ‘ty. Her father 5 Alexander Van Nest, a wealthy retired shipping merchant, and his dauvhter wil! in- 1 7 broker. is of state. ly figure and a e manners. She is one of the most lar din. ner givers in fowr and very much in request as ap indulgent chaper- one. She was 25 ik 4 e 7. ac ? oe * * 7 @ sil of the most accomplished | and * married women here. r husband is one of | the wealthy century-old drug Arm of McKesson & Robbins, and they move in the Van- derbilt set. Her forte is pri- vate theatricais. She lately made a great hit as Lady — Teazle in “The School for Scandal” at a party given for a charity benefit in MRS. H. ROBBING, range. Let ine repeat, in closing, that 1 trust these hasty and insufficient sketches will not be taken for any- thing more than labels designed to identify the pictures with the originals. Any comparisons or conceptions of individual character should be drawn, if at all, from the illustrations and not from he text. MapIson SQUAREMAN. INCINERATION OF LNSANE. Frightfal Holocaust of Lunatics at Kanka- kee, III Nm III.. January 19.—The south infirm- ary of the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane was a large two-story stone front brick building, situated ata distance of one bundred yards from the main buildings. Yesterday morning about 40'clock Night Watchman Cobbs in making his rounds discovered fire in the bagement of the build- ing, and at once gavethe alarm. The flues carried the smoke all over the building, but although each room was soon filled with it brave attempts were made to rescue the patienta, of whom twenty -three were on the firat floor and § twenty-two on the second. Word was immediately sent to kakee, half a mile away, but, as the town : no fire department, the attendants at the pital were left to BATTLE ALONE WITH THE FLAMES and the patients, who, in their unreasoning obstinacy, were almost as hard to as the flames the n- ves. The only facilities which the volunteer fire- men could bring to their assistance were an in- significant supply of water, drawn from the faucets of the bath- rooms. Outside, all attempts to carry water to the burning structure were renjiered com- tively vain by the extreme cold. the mercury standing at 12° below zero. Nearly all the patients on the first floor were infirm or bedridden, but at- tendants Williams, Lavarge and Reid per- formed great deeds in carrving them — into the open air. Desp'te the fact that the creatures when brought into coutact with the night air rushed back into the blaz ag pile, after desperate exertions, all were saved except two. One convalescent patient saned John Covnes was instrumental! in rescutug four and was poss~ssed of such bravery that he craw'ed back through the dense smoke to drag out his fourth patient. It was on the second flaor, however, that the APPALLING SCENES OF THE NIGHT occurred. Here there were twenty-three domiciled, but so swift was the penetration of the smoke to every part of the building that it anticipated all attempts at rescue and suffocated fifteen before any help could reach them. sudden was the influx of the dense clon ts from the heat registers that the attendants, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Rose, in their night clothes, started to out, but paused at the head of the stairs to see f they could save any of the inmates Realizing the hopelessness, they plunged down the stairway, which fell in behind them. Anotber attendant, Harry Brown, barely escaped by tying sheets to- gether and dropping a distance of twenty teet It was soon realized by = outside that the fire could nt be extinguis and ladders were hastily tmprovised to meet the exigencies of the danger. By means of them more than one bewildere! in- mate was taken out of the windows in a belpless condition’ Even when the ladders were laced within reach they would sometim fixe frightened hores, refuse to avail themselves o the opportunity, and wou'd HAVE TO BE FURCIBLY REMOVED. Patient witb two companions ata window, and when they passed down he was told he gave a wild yell. laughed demon:acally, and, with his hands clasped above his head, sank back into the lurid abyss. Superin- tendent Dewey did bis utmost to cet all his wards out, and had several experiences thrilling in the ex- treme. In one instance he climbed the slippery lad- der to a window where Bellen was cryinz for help. He broke the glass with his h but, being una- bie to remove the sash, descended for an ax. Bel- dens cries all the while growing more agomizi g. Just as he broke the sash in with a strong blow, the flames leaped up back and, before Dewey could red in the seething mass be the und. all this time tea ts in the —— buildings contignous, were aroused to an éc- stasy of excitement screaming and weeping y, and making most ) 2 — eee po oe 3 The dead and missing include seventeen all of whom were — suff cated Among them were H. W. Bel 2 a hotelkeeper of Gales burg, and Thos. Herely o State Senator Herely. All the unrecogn:zable condition and their identit determined by the location of the bones. T have been taken from the ruins, and of the four not there are bopes that these have esce on Ae buildmge was erected last spring and, at. plan was to heat by steam, it on account of Insufficient ap ation for the 1 whicu has resu in — paced at about Bnd The tents was at > eee rs J is investigating the details of the conflagration. MADE WORSE BY THE COLD. Seven Buildings Destroyca by Fire at Battle Oreek, Mich. The Erie Sticks to Old Kates New Yorn. January 19.—Mr. Abbott of the Erie Road said the Erie would not meet the B rate of roads. The other roads still ad | nove to the rates of Saturday.