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BY DOHERTS & HEMMENS.

ELGIN, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1886.

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VOL.6. NO.219

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Having bought for cash the stock of Handkerchiefs of an importer who,
on account of a change in business, was obliged to sell, we will place them on
sale for five days on ly at prices never before heard of in Elgin, inese

lots were just landed direct from manufacturers at Belfast, Ireland, .and com-
prise all the latest and newest designs in Printed, Hemstitched Hand-
kerchiefs, Black Prints, Hand Embrdldered, Revere Hem-
stitched, Black Corner Hemstitched, etc, Many new designs are
confined to us. With above lots, we will offer a quantity of Handkerchiefs
which we saved from our fire, slightly soiled, at^ BIG reduction.

Come early and secure your presents as this lot must be.closed out
n Five Days.	.

SALE BEGINS FRIDAY,



Continues 5 Days Only.

LOT No. 1 at 8c, worth 12Jc to 15c.—Ladies' and Cliil-
dren's hemstitched, printed border and gentlemen's
plain, white and ingrain borders.

>T No. 2 at 10c, would be cheap at 15 cents.
>T No. 3 at I2ic« Ladies' block printed, hemstitched

and embroidered, entirely new.	i

LOT No. 4 at 15c, worth 20c to 25c.—Ladies' fine hem-
stitched in white and colors; also gentlemen s printed
borders.	:r:

LOT No. at 20c; White and colored hemstitched,

beautifully hand embroidered, Shear linen.

LOT No. 6 at 25c. Ladies' and Gentlemens' fine hem
stitched and fine embroidered goods. Other qual-
ities including silk handkerchiefs and mufflersGtoo
" / numerous to mention-

REMEMBER THE DATE AND PLACE,

. DECEMBER lOti Gontmnes 5 days only.
55 Grove. jSLverLTLX©,

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We can provide you with Excellent

KNITTED

UNDERWEAR

In ENDLESS VARIETY.

HOODS and TOBOGGAN CAPS,

MITTENS and HOSIERY,

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BLANKETS and COMFORTERS,
CLOAKS, ETC., ETC,

Our Goods.are of the Best . Quality and sold at the very

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A call and critical e

MEXICO'S HOLIDAY.

A FAST AND JOYOUS CARNIVAL
WITHOUT MASKS.

Hallowe'en Observed with a Universality

Not Met with in Other Countries.

Every Conceivable Variety of Holiday

Waren—Curious Mementoes.

The night of Oct 81, known in the
states as Hallowe'en, or "Holly Eve," is ob-
served here with a universality that is not to
be met with in our own country and in a
rery different fashion. It fell this year on
Sunday, and about 7 p. m. on that day I
found myself mingled with a crowd of peo-
ple who were pouring along the Calle de San
Francisco into the Plaza Mayor, within
whose elegant zocolo a fine military band was
sending forth strains of delicious muSic.
Both the Plaza MaVor and the Plaza .de la
Constitucion presented a most brilliant
sight They hacTEeen converted into a tem-
porary fair ground crowded with innumer-
able booths, within whiiili were displayed, by
the light of hundreds • of - tallow candles,
around which shades of white paper had been
placed to increase their power,. every con-
ceivable variety of holiday wares. Nuts,
raisins, oranges, figs, tortillas, bananas, can-
dies, pulque, cakes, toys, hot sausages and
notions were visible in endless profusion.

There are occasions when appetite, which is
common to both clowns and gentlemen, is
strangely tempted by such ministry and dis
play of eatables, and doubtless did not the
"mode" and point of honor—sadly misplaced
by both sexes—whisper forbearance more
than one lechugino (anglice dude) and delicate
senorita would be seen devouring, with a
hearty relish, morsels intended for the more
homely mouths of peons. Troops of young
brats, trusting to their legs and lungs to pro-
cure them customers, go winding through the
crowd, offering circles of flour paste fried in
oil, which are held upon a long lath, held by
the middle to prevent them from breaking.
It is surprising to see how rapidly the laths
are eased of their burden and the brittle fry
consumed. The kitchen is not far off, and
two cooks in their shirt sleeves are busily
engaged in producing fresh supplies. One of
these keeps a large iron pan over a stand of
charcoal, where it fries and hisses most in-
vitingly, while the other, seated before a ves-
sel tilled with water and a pan containing the
flour paste, forms the cake in a moment and
draws it out into a hollow ring. Thence he
flings it into the bubbling oil, where it browns
and swells into a crisp mouthfuL
.•	curious mementoes.

But in all this. heterogeneous collection of
wares what strikes a foreigner as strangest
of all are 'the numerous quaint articles de-
signed to be . purchased as souvenirs of the
occasion. Stuctents of old English customs
have heard of soul cakes, a sort of bun'which
good-natured people Used to prepare in large
^umbers to give to .children Who went about
Mm house WbottSfe oil HSllofc&W stegfegt.
song and demanding the "soul cake" as d re-
ward, but the booths in the Plaza Mayor on
Sunday night displayed soul cakes which, for
appropriateness'and elaborate design, far
surpassed the Hallowe'en buns of Old Eng-
land. They consisted of three layers of cake
iso placed as to form three steps, covered with
white icing, and leading up to a chocalate
cross at the extremity of the topmost layer
or step.

Upon each of the other layers there was
some design in chocolate intended to rfemind
the purchaser of the solemn occasion the cake
was meant to commemorate, such as skulls,
bones and coffins. Catafalcoes made of wood
and painted black, from six inches to two
and a half feefPin height and from three
inches to two feet square, were also a highly
popular article of merchandise. Some of
them consisted of several platforms rising
one above the other, elaborately draped with
black cloth and emblazoned in gilt with
crosses, skulls, bones and boffins. There
were skeletons of every imaginable size and
material upon tfe|> counter of every boflth,
some of them poor, cheap affairs of paper,
many of candy and others elaborately con-
structed of wood and jointed so that the"pull-
ing of a string would cause them to dance
and caper in a weirdly comical way.

of them were fantastically dressed like ballet
dancers and were surrounded by groups^ of
candy skulls.

everybody buys them.

All classes seem to have turned ouftin
masse to purchase these mementoes of the
time. Men and women of the highest wealth
and culture, accompanied by groups of beau
tifully dressed, merry children, whose hands
are full of soul cakes, skeletons, catafalcoes
and candy skulls, elbow and are elbowed by
the poor peons, who are spending the few
coppers that they have laid by so carefully
for the occasiadi.

It is a peridcl of universal merriment and
rejoicing—a fast and joyous carnival with-
out masks. The shouts and vociferations of
the light hearted crowd, and their boundings
and gambols in the shadow of the grand old
cathedral, which for over 200 years has stood
at the head of the plaza, were such as might
at first have led one to think that the in-
mates of that philanthropic establishment,
the Casa de Locos (lunatic asylum) had
forced bolts and bars, and exchanged their
straight waistcoats for others of a more
elastic and becoming model, while above all
there arose from the zocolo strains of such
music as we seldom or never hear in the
states, for the playing of a Mexican govern-
ment military band is a revelation of the
possibilities of sucb an organization.—Phila-
delphia Times.

A. Hint for Society Men.

There is an art aboot patting on a dress
suit which few men are cognisant of. It does
not consist in the proper arrangement of the
tie or collar, but in the economy of time by
doing things in their proper order. We all
know how vexing it ia to tie one's shoes after
one has one's shirt bosom nicely arranged.
Here is a schedule by following which we
think all trouble will be obviated: First,
draw on the trousers; second, the shoes;
third, shave; fourth, perform the ablutions;
fifth, manicure the finger nails; sixth, put on
the shirt; seventh, adjust collar and tie;
eighth, brush the hair; ninth, coat and vest
-H. D. Wionan In New York Wold.

In great variety at



Willow MMets,

.Etc.

Post ! yourself on prices and
then call on the popular

firm of

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Where yon can buy any of
these articles cheaper than
the cheapest.

15 Douglas Ave.

A Nice Silk Dress,

A Nice Cloak,

A Nice pair of lid Gloves,

A Nice Toilet Case
A Nice box of Handkerchiefs,

A Nice Silk Muffler,

A Nice Plush Work Box.

A Nice line of Holiday Goods to select from.

Our stock i&now complete in Holiday .Goods and at pfices that

will guarantee satisfaction.

36 & 38 Douglas Ave

10 Cases of Dry Goods

IMcbwe are selling at Hew Tort Prices.

AM suitable for the Holidays and the prices so extremely low
that every one can purchase them.

Few Specialties
Ladies' Linen Collars from 9c. up.	'

Ladies' Linen Cuffs from 9c. per pair, plain and fancy to
match.	-

Hamburg Edgings, from 2c. a yard up,

Full line of Ladies' and Children's Leggins,' from 25c. per
pair up.	b/«

Gentlemen's Suspenders, all styles, anjd prices the very L
Lowest.

Ladies' Merino Suits at 49c., worth 69c. ' ^

Bustles, extra long, new style, at 49c. j , ,

8 Douglas Ave. Elgin, III.

TOBOGGANING

May become all the rage but not
more so than a visit to the
jewelery store Of

P. S. Bartlett & Co's.

47 Chicago Street.

To see the grand array of Holiday Goods

In the one little line of SLEEVE BUTTONS alone they have

A ttoasand pairs aid tadrels of yarieties.

ROOT & HKIDEMAN'S

CASH PRICE LIST

Best Fancy Patent Flour................

Choice Patent Flour......................

Straight Family Flour.....................

Holiday Winter Flour.....................

Every Day Flour.. ........................

Pure Buckwheat Flour...............

Bolted Meal (new corn)........ — -----

,. .$1.25 per sack
... 1.15
... 1.05
... 1.30
... 1.10 "
.. 80 per 25ft>s
40 " "

36 river street.

UNDERTAKING
in all its branches, a
specialty.

Christmas dinner without a pie would
be a dismal failure. See to it that you
have $enty of pies in the house, and
buy the same or the ingredients of

E. JENNINGS.