Chapter 8

AGENTS WANTED. Send 50 cents for one Inhaler and ask for wholesale prices to agents. Address

BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR, NASHVILLE, TENN.

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NEW SOUTHERN HOTEL, CHATTANOOGA, TENN.

Centrally located. Newly furnished. First-class in all respects. Best ventilated and the best fire protection of any house in the city. Prompt and polite service. Rates $2.50 to $3.00. Commercial rates to travelling men. Special rates to excursions of five and upwards.

W. O. PEEPLES, MANAGER.

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THE SOUTH'S LEADING JEWELERS.

STIEF JEWELRY CO. 208 & 210 Union St., Nashville, Tenn.

Direct Importers of Fine DIAMONDS. Dealers in Watches, Jewelry, and Fancy Goods.

We are strictly "Up-to-Date" in designs, with quality and prices guaranteed. Write for our illustrated Catalogue, if unable to call and see us. Special attention given to all mail orders.

_JAMES B. CARR, Manager._

LARGEST JEWELRY HOUSE IN THE SOUTH.

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HIGHEST AWARD.

STARR PIANOS

WORLD'S FAIR, 1893.

BUY DIRECT AND SAVE MONEY.

America's leading manufacturers and dealers. Branches in leading cities of U. S.

FACTORIES: RICHMOND, IND.

JESSE FRENCH PIANO & ORGAN CO., NASHVILLE, TENN.

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Artistic Home Decorations.

We can show you effects never before thought of, and at moderate prices, too.

Why have your house decorated and painted by inferior workmen, when you can have it done by skilled workmen--by artists--for the same price?

If you intend decorating, if only one room, call to see what we are doing, and for whom.

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TAPESTRY PAINTING.

2,000 tapestry painting to choose from. 38 artists employed, including gold medalists of the Paris Salon. Send 25 cents for compendium of 140 studies.

WALL PAPER.

New styles, designed by gold medal artists. From 10 cents per roll up. Will give you large samples if you will pay expressage. A large quantity of last year's paper, $1 and $2 per roll; now 10 c. and 25 c.

DECORATIONS.

Color schemes--designs and estimates submitted free. Artists sent to all parts of the world to do every sort of decorating and painting. We are educating the country in color-harmony. Relief, stained glass, wall paper, carpets, furniture, draperies, etc. Pupils taught.

DECORATIVE ADVICE.

Upon receipt of $1, Mr. Douthitt will answer any question on interior decorations--color-harmony and harmony of form, harmony of wall coverings, carpets, curtains, tiles, furniture, gas fixtures, etc.

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JOHN F. DOUTHITT, AMERICAN TAPESTRY DECORATIVE CO. 286 FIFTH AVENUE, near 30th St., NEW YORK.

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Artistic Home Decorations.

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MANUAL OF ART DECORATIONS.

The art book of the century. 200 royal quarto pages. 50 superb full-page illustrations (11 colored) of modern home interiors and tapestry studies. Price, $2. If you want to be up in decoration, send $2 for this book. Worth $50.

SCHOOL.

Six 3-hours tapestry painting lessons, in studio, $5. Complete written instruction by mail, $1. Tapestry paintings rented; full-size drawings, paints, brushes, etc., supplied. Nowhere, Paris not excepted, are such advantages offered pupils. New catalogue of 125 studies, 25 cents. Send $1 for complete instruction in tapestry painting and compendium of 140 studies.

TAPESTRY MATERIALS.

We manufacture tapestry materials superior to foreign goods, and half the price. Book of samples, 10 cents. Send $1.50 for 2 yards No. 6, 50-inch goods, just for a trial order; worth $3. All kinds of Drapery to match all sorts of Wall Papers, from 10 c. per yard up. THIS IS OUR GREAT SPECIALTY.

GOBLIN PRINTED BURLAPS.

Over 100 new styles for wall coverings, at 25 cents per yard, 36 inches wide, thus costing the same as wall paper at $1 per roll. 240 kinds of Japanese lida leather paper, at $2 per roll.

GOBLIN ART DRAPERY.

Grecian, Russian, Venetian, Brazilian, Roman, Rococo, Dresden, Festoon, College Stripe, Marie Antoinette, Indian, Calcutta, Bombay, Delft, Soudan.

In order that we may introduce this line of new art goods, we will send one yard of each of 50 different kinds of our most choice patterns for $7.50.

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JOHN F. DOUTHITT, AMERICAN TAPESTRY DECORATIVE CO. 286 FIFTH AVENUE, near 30th St., NEW YORK.

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Free tuition. We will give one or more free scholarships in every county in the U. S. Write us.

Positions Guaranteed _Under reasonable conditions_....

Will accept notes for tuition or can deposit money in bank until position is secured. Car fare paid. No vacation. Enter at any time. Open for both sexes. Cheap board. Send for free illustrated catalogue.

Address J. F. DRAUGHON, Pres't, at either place.

Draughon's Practical Business Colleges,

NASHVILLE, TENN., GALVESTON AND TEXARKANA, TEX.

Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Typewriting, etc. The most thorough, practical and progressive schools of the kind in the world, and the best patronized ones in the South. Indorsed by bankers, merchants, ministers and others. Four weeks in bookkeeping with us are equal to twelve weeks by the old plan. J. F. Draughon, President, is author of Draughon's New System of Bookkeeping, "Double Entry Made Easy."

Home study. We have prepared, for home study, books on bookkeeping, penmanship and shorthand. Write for price list "Home Study."

Extract. "PROF. DRAUGHON--I learned bookkeeping at home from your books, while holding a position as night telegraph operator." C. E. LEFFINGWELL, Bookkeeper for Gerber and Ficks, Wholesale Grocers, South Chicago, Ill.

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Young People.

FREE: $20.00 IN GOLD, Bicycle, Gold Watch, Diamond Ring, or a Scholarship in Draughon's Practical Business College, Nashville, Tenn., Galveston or Texarkana, Tex., or a scholarship in most any other reputable business college or literary school in the U. S. can be secured by doing a little work at home for the Youths' Advocate, an illustrated semi-monthly journal. It is elevating in character, moral in tone, and especially interesting and profitable to young people, but read with interest and profit by people of all ages. Stories and other interesting matter well illustrated. Sample copies sent free. Agents wanted. Address Youths' Advocate Pub. Co., Nashville, Tenn.

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