SCIENCE. 



[Vol. XVI. No. 388 



THE 



JULY SALE OF DRESS GOODS. 



Having completed our regular summer 

 stock taking, we have decided to make 

 liberal reductions in the prices of all lines 

 of Dress Goods and Robes that are not 

 complete in assortment of colors : 



$1.50 Fancy Stripes at 75c. yard. 



$1.50 Bordered Suitings at 75c. yard. 



$1.25 French Plaids at 50c. yard. 



$33 Paris Robes at $13.50 each. 



$30 " " " $10.00 " 



$15 Novelty" " $7.50 " 

 and a line of Cheviot Robes, with border 

 woven in Van Dyke points, reduced from 

 $14 to $6.50 each. 



Eight hundred remnants of Dress Goods 

 are included in this sale — less than half- 

 price. 



JAMES M'CREEIIY& CO., 



BROADWAY AND ELEVENTH STREET, 



NEW YOKK. 



GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES OF 

 NORTH AMERICA: 



A popular description of their occuri 



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TLis Company owns the Letters 

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The Transmission or Speech by 

 all known forms of ELECTRIC 

 SPEAKING TELEPHONES in- 

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 licensees, responsible for such un- 

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 quences thereof and liable to suit 

 therefor. 



Have you a friend who, for fash- 

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 deformity ? Would he or she not 

 be interested in Professor Flow- 



history, archsBology, and of the coUectib. 

 which they exist; also a chapter on pearls, and on 

 remarkable foreign gems owned in the United 

 states. By George Frederick Kunz. Illustrated 

 with eight colored plates and numerous engrav- 

 ings. Price, $10. 



Mr. Kunz, who is well known as an authority upon 

 the subject of gem stones, and who is the expert for 

 Tiffany & Co., possesses peculiar facilities for the 

 preparation of a work of this kind. 



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