1901-06-06; Clare Sentinel

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tion Sale will
continue
through the
month of June
New line of
Fiber TrunHs,
Telescopes
and Press Suit
Cases, Se©
them.
Our Bale is still on, people are well satisfied witb our reduced prices on everything and are buying accordingly. We have closed out' so many different lines
that it has been necessary to replenish every department with new goods. \
M(bW pr|J Goods* Press Goods* Shoes*
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Just received and ready for your inspection 'and will surely meet with your
approval.
New  Hats for Men and Boys.    We have the new
shapes and styles in all the popular colors at reduced
prices. '
See the new Gran Due Derby, flat top, we have it.
See the new Golf Shape Fedora," you will be pleased
with it.
Also full new line of Pasha's Fedora, Crushes.
New Dunlap Block Derbys in Brown and Black.
and
We save you money on every dollar's worth of these goods and give you
nothing but up-to-date goods.
Have had to add several new lines of Men's and Boys' Clothing which we
include in our Mammouth Reduction Sale. Now is the time to pick out your
4th of July Suit and get the benefit of the largest selection and lowest prices.
Boys' Suits still going at from $ .60 to $4.50.
Youths9 Suits still going at from 3.25 to 8.50.
Men's Suits still going at from 2.75 to   11.00.
See large bills for particulars and prices.
one to you.
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MOSQUES OF INDIA.
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Another Interesting Letter from
Miss McKinley.
Queen's Hill, Dakjbeling, India,
April 30, 1901.
My dear friend Edgar,—1 wonder it
yon realize bow much real missionary
work you do every time you paste t&e
address onto the Sentinel which starts
,-on its journey for my humble home in
^tbe heart ot the Himalayas. Through
the kindness of yourself and Mrs.
Pavid Clark I receive the Sentinel
and Michigan Christian Advocate every week. Next to my tetters come
these silent friends which sometimes
tell me things which bring smiles and
sometimes tears. I fear Glare will
not be the dear old Clare of the past
to me, if I live to return, with so
many familiar faces gone.
The school year closed with us, November 28th, but* I did not leave Dar-
"jeellng until January 1st, as there
were so many things to get. in order
for the opening of the school in March.
*3?be entire house was in need of repairs and cleaning, and much offlce
work remained undone, so that I
-found my time fully occupied up to
She Hew Year.
I think 1 shall not soon forget my
feelings as X left Darjeeling behind on
fctjst first day of the new year and of
tike new century. I scarcely reatized
■faovf tired X was with twelve months
of steady work and responsibility, un-
*Mt I had stepped out from under the
l$Qfl and knew I was free, for a few
weeks, at least. The day was cold,
aod a drizzling rain was falling as we
pulled out irom the station, but as
*5be little engine puffed up and down
■Slue Mils toward the south, we grad-
ajDiJy came into the sunshine, and
■WlSea about two hundred milea from
(Calcutta we glanced out of the little
©pal-scar and looked down upon the
plain below, which we reached many
Jsosrs afterward by winding round
c£*-I round the mountain sides. The
Cssnery along this little mountain
Sro-Sk is truly wonderful.
W© -re-ached Calcutta the nest day,
sfeou&noon, sad were at once informed
S5js6 Site IS. E. Conference would con-
stem the following day, January 3d, in
JPaJsup, a lietle village some two nun-
SseS miles north of Calcutta. There
-woo flotilla***; to be done but to repack
iaid otes-6 again, as every missionary Is
sSPjjeaGIy requested, to be present at
js$s© Conference tjession, if possible.
There were about fifteen missioneries
in the company which left Calcutta at
5:00 p. m. We reached Pakur at 10:30
and were met by bullock carts and
driven out, into what seemed a tract-
less waste of field, by moonlight, but
which proved to be the poultry farm
and native school of Mr. Melk, the
missionary who is stationed at Pakur.
and who entertained the conference
this year.
The ladies were accommodated in a
long, rambling house, which was provided with single, home-made bedsteads covered with loose straw.
Every person in India is expected to
carry his bedding with him so that we
soon had our rugs and quilts spread
over the straw and I was too weary to
hunt for the soft side of tbe boards
but slept the sleep of the weary, if not
of the just._ How sweet the air seemed the next morning when we arose at
6:00 a. m. for our Choti-hazeri, or little
breakfast. The roses were in full
bloom, the dew lav on the grass, and
there was over all the stillness peculiar to early morning in India. Five
busy days followed, filled with tbe
work of the Conference. The Woman's Board and Parent Board meet st
the same time and place each year,
and hold the general meetings together, but each conference is distinct
from the other, so far as the business
sessions are concerned, yet there is a
sweet spirit of inter-dependence felt
and shown.
From Pakur I went to Lucknow,
and shall not soon lose the impressions
of the first hours spent in that old
city, with its battered Residency,
Banqueting Hall, where joy and mirth
had once been resounded, but which
during the Mutiny of 1857 was the
house of much pain, of many thoughts
and many sorrows, as it was turned
into the hospital of tbe garrison.
Both of these buildings jvere once
magnificent structures, built of brick
and stone, but when Lucknow fell
into the hands of the natives, the
Europeans took refuge in these places*
and before order could be restored,
they were destroyed. Yet the rains
are carefully guarded and are most
•picturesque, with the wild ivy and
climbing roses doing their best to restore the beauty of the place. In the
Residency may still be seen the room
in which* Sir Henry Lawrence met his
death. He was bravely defending the
Seaidency, when a obeli burst into
the room where be was watching,
wounding him so severely that he died
a few hours afterward.
The last place in Lucknow, visited
by the traveller, will doubtless be the
church yard, where may be seen the
graves of ISTeill, Lawrence and hundreds
of women and children who perished
during that awful seige. It.is a most
touching spot, and one feels as if he
were treading on holy ground; yet they
died not in vain, for out of that struggle has come English supremacy, and
with-it peace and protection to life
and property. Like the remains of
Joseph, they seem to me to have already taken possession of a promised
land over which the living God snail
yet reign.
From Lucknow I went to Bareilly
to attend the "Northwest India Conference, and to visit the spot where
our M. E. church began her work in
India, under the care of Wm. Butler,
who started a small school among the
natives about a mile from what is
now the city Bareilly. During the
Mutiny of 1857, he was obliged to flee
to tbe mountains, taking refuge in
Naini Tal, and there began anew the
work that has proved so fruitful ever
since. Nothing remains of the first
building; in Bareilly, except the stones
in the foundation, one of which we
dug up and wiil convert into a paper
weight. Near the spot where this
small beginning took place, now stand
our orphanage, school, and theological
seminary. One need not hope to meet
a more intelligent class of native
Christians then is found here.
In this section of the country we
found ourselves not far from the far-
famed city of Agra, and had courage
enough to undertake the night's
"ourney, with the unwelcome fact
staring us in the face, that we had
two night changes to make, and were
likely to be sound asleep when we
reached them; but the night wore on
and when the first streaks of dawn appeared, we were entering Agra, and
felt that a different phase of Indian
life h*id suddenly opened up before us.
Books may give a certain amount of
information concerning Mnhatnedan
Architecture, but one must visit the
tombs, palaces and mosques of this
clty.^before he can realize how truly
beautiful they are. These buildings
are as pure as alabaster, simple in
their forms, and destitute of every
ornament   except   precious  sfeones,
9?fill£nery
An exceptionally
attractive line of
Trimmed Hats -
at very low prices.
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Everything lo Wear
al   JLoWesfc   Prices
<$h
oes
Ladies' Patent Leather Slippers
$1.00, $1.50
Ladies' White   Kid
Slippers
$1.25,
It js our aim to,make this store the best trading place in this
section. Here you will find at all times the largest assortment in every line and our prices are always the very lowest:
Special Sale of Ladies'   ^A AA
Tailor Made Suits  at    Jlvr«vrli
12 Sample Suits, sizes 32, 34 and 36, in Cheviots, Homespuns, Venetians,
Coverts and Broadcloths, cut in the newest styles, well tailored, with excellent
linings and trimmings, values from $11.00 to $13.50, special sale price for next
week $10.00.
Two Big Specials
In Wash Goods
BATISTE   FILET
A Fine Corded Fabric in popular
colors, worth 15c per yard, at 10c.
TISSUE ANTIQUE
A Beautiful Open Work Fabric with
handsome colored designs on white
ground and worth 18c. Our special
special price 12Jc.
A Towel Bargain
Hemmed    Huck     Towels,    18x32
inches, price per pair S5c.
Hosiery Special
Misses Extra Heavy Two Thread
Ribbed Hose, equal to'many sold at
15c, at, per pair, only 10c.
New Items in Our
Ladies Ready to
Wear Line
Linen Dress Skirts in the Newest
Styles $1.00 to $3.00.
Fine Lawn Dressing Saques 65c and
$1.00.
Colored Cotton Underskirts—Pink,
Blue and Light Green Chambrays, 65c
to $1,50,
Fine White Sailor Shirt Waists $1.25
Fine White Shirt Waists with narrow tucks and" insertion $1.00.
Black Jap. Silk Shirt Waists, tucked and hemstitched, new style collar,
$3.25.
New Black Taffeta Silk Waists,
handsome styles, excellent value, $5.00
Our line of Men's Boys* and Children's Ready Made
Clothing is the best we have ever offered. Every garment is
made in thoroughly first class manner and cut in th'e latest
styles, and our prices will interest,you Ls
New
' Straw
Hats
JOo to $1.50
favy
dc Co.
The "Grand
Duke" the newest Stiff Hat
". $2.50
Closing Out Sale of Millinery
During the month of June 1 want to close out every hat in my store.    In-
order to do this I offer them at greatly reduced prices.. Ladies, if you have not
purchased your summer hats call and see those lovely Tucked Chiffon Turbans
in all colors.   Also children's hats in all shapes and colors.    A full line ol
baby bonnets and mull hats.
Respectfully, •    , *.
,      MRS. K. M. GOODMAN.
which mingle with the snawy marble.
After resting a few hour3, we started for Lecuhda to see a famous mosque,
about five miles from the city. The
reads in this part of India, are,smooth
as tbe floor, and the drive in itself was
delightful* The tomb is that of
Akbar Shah, a native ruler, who was
most tolerant with every form ot
religious thought, and who did much
to promote the permanent good of his
subjects.
The tomb is of vast size, situated in
a garden of neaily forty acres. It consists of four terraces, each a trifle narrower than the ohe below it, The
court, on the top, is open to the sky,
with a marble arcade all around, with
arched windows where the purdah
women, who belonged to the conrt,
Used to sit, With veiled faces, to listen
to tbe reading of the Koran. The
throne of this great king, stands to
the left of the door as you enter. It
is of black ebony, and very beautiful.
The chandtJliers, which hang over the
place where the body of the king rests,
are most costly, made of cut glass.
We next turned our attention to
tbe Fort of Agra. The palaces within
this are of imposing grandeur. The
whole fort is built of red sandstone,
the walls'being about eighty feet high,
and very thick, with here and there a
watch tower overlooking the city.
The palaces within these walls ohce
belonged to-a grea^ Emperor, who was
very fond of pomp and show. There
is an audience hall, luxurious zenans,
rooms for the numerous retainers,
mosques for worship, rooms for stationing tbe soldier*), rooms in which
stores, for man and beast, were kept.
Underground passages, which makes
one tremble as she passes from God's
clear, sweet sunshine into these dark
winding passages where the skeletons
of women have been found, why are
supposed to haye incurred the wrath
of the Emperor, and were foully dealt
with. So large is thl« fort, that nearly   five   chcusand ..Europeans,   and
friendly natiyes found refusre in it
during the Mutiny of 1857. And
doubtless if these walls could speak
they would tell the tale of long, we.-j.ry-
weeks of watching and prayer during
that awful seige.
Within the fort are the building**
erected by Bbahjehan, the kinu who-
built the Taj, which is of world-wide
renoun. These buildings are the-
Pearl MosqueUnd the Zenana quarter*?.-
The former Is used as a place of worship, and is Ideal; so pure, so silent,
and yet with all so grand and spacious.
It Is built entirely of pearl, and tbe
court is open to the light of heaven, as
if inviting the Great Creator to enter.
Within aresections br stalls blocked
off, one tfk Mho women the other for
men. Here the Mohamedan worshippers still come and silently bow,
tc uchtng the forehead to tbe ground
four timeo.' As to tbe Zenana apartments where the wives of the king-
were confined, you can hardly i-maglae
(TO be cootihued.)