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MONDAY'
Figured China Silks Colored Brilliantines , French Satines , . Silk Ribbons , Basement
46c 23c 10c
Monday wo oITor choice of 18 pieces They must go , wo are overloaded. Just arrived , another lot of 1,000
42-inch line Drilliau tines , in nil tlio new All the now cashmere ombra effects and pieces all Silk Klbbona all wide num
For one dav , Monday only , choice of sprinp shades , never bold before loss finest qualities of French Satinea , all bers and all the very beat colors ; they Bargains.
CO pieces handsome loured China Silks than Tac ; coma in Monday and got a nice and clean , none damaged by lire go Monday at lOo yard , not one-fourth .
formerly sold at $1 , choice , Monday dress pattern at IGc yard. or water , but the price is busted for prico.
only , 18c yard. Monday to 28c a yard. Don't miss this
Colored Beiges , chanco. Shoulder Capes LAWN.MOWERS , $4.50 , $650 AND $6,98.
Checked Surahs ,
, GIRLS' TRICYCLES , $4.50 AND $598 EACH.
49c Standard Prints , $3 BOYS' VELOCIPEDES , $1,75 , $1.98 AND $2.93.
DOLL BUGGIES. 39C AND 95C EACH.
Those go for Monday ; they are all 3c Ladies' fine blnck Broadcloth 4 row BOYS' TOY CARTS , 15C EACH.
wool , 12 inches wide , in fancy mixtures , .
Shoulder Gapes Monday $3 , worth $5. BOYS' 4-WHEEL WAGONS , 25C EACH.
etc. , all the now spring shades , an im-
Here they go. Illogant goods. Good poi ted cloth called a Ilunalcagh Beige , 5,000 yards standard dress Prints Children's Bonnets lOc. 1,000 LARGE IRON AXLE WAGONS , 55C ,
staple colors , and you cannot buy them He jtird.
and worth SI. Wo have too many and Monday
BIRD CAGES 75C EACH.
Monday BRASS ,
less than 70c price
anywhere , our
let them out with the rest at t'Jc yard. BLACK
day ISc jmd. 8-BALL CROQUET SETS , $1 35.
Ladies' white Mull Ties lOc. Outing Flannels Cashmere Shawls PAPER PAILS , 19C EACH.
Brocade Silks , , WASH TUBS , 44C , 69C AND 35C EACH.
, Fancy GENUINE MEXICAN HAMMOCKS $1 AND
Sc $1 25 EACH.
Black Brilliantines
, FOLDING IRONING BOARDS , $1 EACH.
1 case 50 pieces fine quality Outing Monday wo offer 100 fine black Cash- STEEL GARDEN RAKES , 18C AND 25C EACH.
Flannel in fancy stripes ; this lot wo nioro Shawls with wool fringes at 8i2
75c. Monday we offer 60 Eaby Carriages , trine as cut above , at the low price ofl.GO closed out at a" low figure , they are each , worth $3.50 : also others with silk STEEL GARDEN HOES , 19C AND 23C EACH.
Monday , choice of 18 pieces handsome each. The rush on baby carriages still continues. Don't buy until you have seen our lino. cheap at 15c. Ask to see thorn Monday fringe at * 5 , worth $7.60. STEEL SHOVELS AND SPADES , 59C.
Brocade Silks in light colors such ao About 80 pieces blnclf brocade fancy Wo can bavo yon fully 35 to 50 percent. See our fine baby carriages , at $7 50 , $9.60 , $10 at 80 yard. COPPER BOTTOM BOILERS , 59C.
pink , light blue , cream , scarlet , tans , checks and stripes Briiliantinns , 12 in. $12 $16 and $18 , all upholstered in fine B lit plush. They are simply World Beaters. You DECORATED SLOP PAILS , 39C.
etc. , just the thing for a handsome sash wide , elegant finish , best of qualities , can't match them anywhere else Lt the prices , wo qi ots. Children's Mus.in Drawers India Linens TWO BURNER GASOLINE STOVES , $493.
and don't cost you much money. Ke- worth $1 to 81.25 ; they go Monday with ,
incmbor , one day only at 20c yard. the rest at 75e a yard. ' SUPERIOR CLOTHES WRINGER , $1 50.
Summer Corsets Children's Bonnets American Satines NOVELTY CLOTHES WRINGER , . .
MHMMMM H * MMM B MMMMM H MM Bm i , 5c $1.93.
Black Silk Grenadines , 1,000 PINT TIN CUPS , 1C EACH.
Blouse Waists , 3SC TOILET PAPER ; 5C ROLL.
9c 75 pieces fine white India Linens at
5c yaul not i price ; ether numbers at GILT PICTURE FRAMES , 98Q ,
| l .75 Thistle Every summer pair warranted. corsets , improved The , genuine ] ust as A great Monday cka-ing all 50c up and sale 7fic of bonnets fine Hce go bonnets at Monday wo want to close a little lot of Sic and lUc yard that boat the world. BAM BOO EASELS , 98C.
. . Our ib only JSc each. Also a new let of children's bliclr SPRINKLERS 19C 25C AND 45C.
. good as any . $1.25 corset. . price bonnets , Monday a ; 08c eich worth $1.CKJ. about Uo pieces line quality American , ,
cool.
7So pair. Everybody keep Satinen in light grounds with handsome ICE TONGS , 15C.
A peed one ; regular iron frame black 20 dozen ladies French flannel Blouse Ladies' Night Gowns BOYS' PANTSTRE DOWN lliruros , usually retailed at 18c to 2Uc , Check Nainsooks , 6 DOZEN CLOTHES PINS FOR SC.
Bilk Grenadines worth at least $1.50 , Waists in all the now designs of stripes they go lor sale Monday at 9c yard.
you can got it of us next \vook at $1 nnd figures , Monday $2.75 each , worth ' WOOD LEMON SQUEEZERS , 4C.
yard ; and wo can give you a line black $4.00. YSc Ladies' Lace Caps 5c 2 QUART COVERED PAILS , 8C.
Silk t itin stripe Grenadine at 81.50 GENTS' LAWN HOSE , 10C FOOT , WARRANTED.
yard. bold in the east at $2.50. Baby Cloaks 98c each. solid 26 embroidered dozen ladies' , tucked night yoke gowns , lull mother , with $6.50 Ribbed Underwear 100 pieces white check Nainsooks just LAWN FOUNTAINS , $1.98.
hubbard , at 76c and 860 each. Our , for fun Monday 5o jard ; also 8i and lOo SCRUB BRUSHES , 5C , IOC AND 15C.
' $1 and $1.26 gown. Try one. Mondav , one day only , all our $10 ladles' yard , not i price. .
Ladies' Silk Mitts lac shoulder capes at lj > 0.50 each ; never SCALLOPED CAKE TINS , 3C.
, Carpets. Carpets. Baby Carriages $1.SO. so'dbefore less thin $10. 50c HAND LAMPS , 15C , 19C AND 25C ,
Black Lace Organdy LARGE HATCHETS , 20C EACH ,
Great saio of all next week /
Irii Carpets . Beaded Wraps | Did you got a suit ? No ? Well don't FLAT IRONS , 25C EACH.
same as advertised last week. Cut '
prices brings the crowds , and our Car Ladies' Fast Black Hose miss it : they are actually the host thin ? DECORATED CHAMBER SETS. $2 SET.
pet department was crowded all last $5,00 ever offered , a line quality gents' jer- HAND SAWS , 25C.
3SC ribbed roirulnr mad undershirts and
Monday only , a lot of line Silk Mitts week. Come on , wo can and will save of entire stock of sov * } BED ROOM MIRRORS , 25C AND39C.
" Monday choice our drawers for worth $1
summer , , our price
In blacks"and tans , worth 35c , they on Carpets , Curtains , Por- ' - sold $8 , $12 20 pieces handsome black lace stripe
, , .
go you money 100 dozen ladies' very fine gauge fast black beaded wraps lo-marly at $10 them oOe each. WALL PAPER AT HALF COST.
Monday at 18c pair. tiers , etc. hose , only 35c pair , warranted last black. and $1O. Monday , your choice $5 each. You to close quick Organdies at 12Jc jtiril , worth 25c.
They are cheap it 5Cc. want one.
BENNlSON BROS BENNISON BROS. BENNISON BROS BENNfSON BROS BENNlsON BROS BENNISON BROS BENNISON BROS
CITIES AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS
Further Arguments in Favor of the Policy of
Municipal Control.
A SAVING OF FIFTY FEE CENT
Striking Contrast Prcsontpa by Two
Neighboring Massachusetts Towns
monopoly Prices lire Not Gov
erned by Cost of Production.
Mr. Victor Hosowtitcr contributes to the
Now Yoik Independent the following uiticlo
on ' 'Public Control Of Ulectrlc Lightning , "
dated Johns Hopkins university :
The question of municipal control of pub-
Uoelectuc lightning involves two opposing
Intcix'sts. Tlio individual , as a stockholder
in n corpoiation disposlnj ; of Us product to a
city , is inlluiMiccd hy a policy different from
that of the indiviJii.il in his capacity as a cit
izen mid a ta\p.i > or. Tlio former seeks to ob
tain the Kteatest possible icturn upon hia in-
vcbtiiicnt , the lattci is inteicsteil in koepinff
the test of stieet llluinination at its lowcht
limit I'or the general public , then , the most
impoitant part of the discussion must 10-
volvo about the jKiiiit of coiiipanitlvo cost
undoi the two sj stems
Tlio business of olettiic lightning is now
usually considered as monopolistic in its nn-
tmc , mid only to ho oiifjiiKccl in nftcr a fran
chise has been secured from a local uuthoiit\ .
This privilege , immediately assumes a lonil
market value , and if tlio plant bo sold tlio
tmnchlio become nu aitlclu of comiucrco.
i'hy should u community giant a pri\ilcgc ,
taluablo to others , nhcu that
piivilogo has the sumo , if not a greater value
to itself The statistics published by the
common council of Scrauton , Pa , show that
iu nlncty-ono cities , illuminated hy piivato
elcctilo llb'htlug coiporatious , the aver.iga
annual uiico for each aio light is $105 1 ! ) ,
while in seventeen titles supphing their
owiiseniio , tlio a\eiego annual cost is hut
f)2.1" } IKJI' lamp The same econoinio
phenomena maj bo illustrated uy coinpailug
the cost of Illumination to the tn\iKH ers oC
two iioighboilng cities iu Massachusetts.
Danvei-s and Fiankliii have null l-'JOO caiullo-
poor lamps burning ovoiy dark night until
midnight Dnnvors , owning its own plant ,
pays annually $15 ! ! 7 per light , rruiildin pajs
u corporation $ * ( ) per light j e.uly
Hut ono of the ilofeiidora of mouopolj , iu
ciltieislngtheso nguies , says :
"Tho cost prluuchon for all-nltht llnlitlnKF
In nlno cllh'S ownliiK tht'lrown plums ; i\ci-
nKes.M bO poi liiiui ) | ior > i < iir It Koidiiuirllv
rstlinatoil thut ono iiro light , loiiuliliiK aluiut
fortlloolts anil nine tiniperos , coninincs
iinohor * power at the oiiitliio. In an aitlchi
Iu the llntlulu n\iri | > ss , April .1 , It Is htiitoil
that u horse power of steam eosts fa ) poi j i-ur
In KiK-hostor N Y . W In l.ockporl , N. V. , ami
Ullu Iliiltlinnrv , Mil. . ui.ikliiK an aM'iiiKOof
(4J.iElpei joar At tliN cost foi steam powi > r
the cost Is Ho IT , to eoM < r ull other xpiiisi > s of
operating the olootilo llxlit plunls In the nlnu
uitli'S naiiii'il , Tlio c.ulionsiost 'i.lUiini lump
your. This will h'iuu tlio o ( titles lint
Iier IHT lunip pet > n.vi for all other u\punsus ,
Inoliullne ilupiuuliitlun and Intoiest on other
Imestinoutsi"
This calculation , so far as it Is a mcro as-
Bcitlon , ma ) puss fur what it is woitb in con
tradiction to Htatistii-s compiled by ortleial
authoilU of tlmScninton council. But ills
iiovcitheless a fai-t that the llnisli eleetiio
lighting company , a corporation coatluctt'd
\\ith alcw to laiK'o dividends to Its stock
holders , rccontl ) nuulii a bid to do the public
lighting of Cintinnatl at $5' 10 u jeur for
t'aeti lamp , mid this is less b > fl IU than the
tuenigo i-ost in these nlno cities. li\en
though the Urush coiupauy , beelng nu oppor
tunity to obtain alaigor ivmuuorutioiiith -
itrow its bid later , a bond for j50UOOas de
posited at the tlnio ius an ossuruncj that tlio
offer was otiglnully nuulo in good faith.
Again it is complained that cities operating
their own elcctilo lighting plants , USD build-
lugs eivctod for ditfercut punxucs. such us
supply or waterworks : tliat their em-
es put in a portiou of their Uuio ut other
labor ; that the superintendent is engaged in
the supctvislou of other departments It is
sought to use these facts to impeach statistics
shoeing the expense of these operations.
But the cftXet is quite the loversc ; for this is
ono of the strongest aigumcnta in favor of
municipal management of electric lighting.
It shows ono of the legitimate advantages
which acciuo from sueh control. Ulcctrio
lighting is but ouo of tho.se. mo
nopolies of seivico , so closely al
lied in charaiti'r and management ,
that their union not only piomotcs economy
but also satlstnctory service Such industiies
may bo conducted much 111010 cheaply upon a
largo than ui > on a small seulo. This peculiar
ity of natural monopolies is even being recog
nized by thb piivuto coipoiations controlling
them. Gas companies aiocverywhoioinvest-
iiig iu electric light plants. It is but an indl-
cntiou of the strong1 tendency urging monopo
lies to combine. An instance may bo cited.
The Cincinnati clectiic Imlitlng comgany has
just tmidmseU a controlling intciest in the
live other companies located in that city.
This corporation Is in turn owned by the Cin
cinnati gas company. All that Is still neces
sary to complete the imlustual evolution is
that the municipality itself should now step
iu and unite all under a city management.
It may bo easily seen that the prices in this
industry aio not governed by the cost of pro
duction. The great difference ootwoon the
uvorugo cost to cities illuminated uv contract
and to those fuinishmg their own light gives
good ground for this inforenio. Hut how
strongly is that coalltmcd hy the wide i.mgo
in \ \ liicU puees charged by private corpora
tions vary As mentioned bofoio , a bid was
made to light the sheets of Cincinnati for
S.VJ10 amniallv per are light. Poabotly.Mass ,
pays fL'OO for the same soi vice Salem , Mass ,
but a few miles distant is ehuigedfllH'J5.
Heio is n dilTeieneo of piico equal to > 117.00 ,
almost JiOO per cent of the low est offer
The spread and propagation of these facts
nio rapidlj biinging about the natural losult.
The number of cities making use of their
power to supply themselves \\ith electric
light cheaply ami economic-ally is ineieasing
w Ith astonishing quickness , So far as know n
the list of cities \ \ hlch have alrcad\ operated
their own oleetric-lighting plants for ujear
or more comprises : Aurora , 111 ; lJangorMe , ;
Hay City , Mich. ; Champaign , III ; Chicago ,
111 ; Danvers , Muss ; Oeeatur , 111 , Dunkirk ,
N Y ; Huston , Pii ; Frederick , Mil. ; Unnid
Lodge , Mich ; Hannibal. Mo. ; Huntington ,
Ind ; Lewiston , Mo. ; Little Uock. Ark ,
L ' > ons , la ; Miullson , Ind. : Martinsvlllo ,
lu'il , Meadville , I'a , Michigan Citv , Ind. ;
1'ainesvillc , O , Puns , 111. . Portsmouth , O ;
ToiKikn , Kun. , Xenla , O ; Ypsilantt , Mich.
Many moio luue taken steps iu thb diioc-
tion or are piepatlng to outer the Hold.
Dining the j ear ISS'Jsomo ' twenty mnnieiprl-
ities , puu'lmscd or took inoasmos for the pur
chase of their own eleetiic-lightlng stations.
AVithiii tlio lust low months Peabody , Mass j
SionxCit > , In. , and St. Charles , Mo , have
voted in tuvor of municipal plants , u com
mittee of the council In Ubcilin , U , iiindo a
ruirait tuhooating publiucontrol , Fort Worth ,
Tev , voted bonds to tlio mnount of
SIM.OOO for the establishment of u
city plunt Chieago is extending Its
sytitetn , A\hllo Milwaukee , not to bo outdone
by her rival sister , has decided to invest
$ . ' 0,000 in apparatus for the manufacture-
electricity. A coimnUtco of the select coun
cils of Philadelphia was so highly pleased
that the municipal gas \\oiks. tire not only
paying expenses under its now management ,
but actually eainlng a protlt , that It reported
an appropiiatlon of i iOt OCXl for the entension
of their public lighting fijstem lo the Held of
olcctiic-itj It was only owing to the iiitlu-
uiuo of the electiie lighting coipoiations that
this system was stricken off the apniopiiu-
tlon bill. This is but ono of the many in
stances In which coipor.itions , claiming to bo
o\or out of polities , have tinned their indus
trial power to use us a political foieo
AH tliObo fuels and tlguies usslst in show
ing that monopoly is the Held for public1 uc-
tlvity. Monopolistic Industiies , v > lien given
o\er to thocontiol of pilviito corporations ,
soi\o only to opptoss and btinlen the citizen.
This is paititulaily tmo of sticct-illumiuu-
lion , Mnnlcipiul inauugeuiont of public vice-
trio lighting tends to purify ] x > UUcH , ami
brings the citizen a cheaper service , butter
, ruoio baUsfuctorj service.
"Old Cy" Duryea , who lias cost Cincinnati
allttlo foituno , is being hi tall over the lot
these days. Old Cy Jumped to the brother
hood this spring , but getting his terms with
Cincinnati , jumped back ugaiu. Pity ho
w.is'nt allowed to remain with the wreckers.
Hall pluyors of the Duryea atauiu ore no
good to any team.
JOINING HANDS IN JUNE.
Harriet Frescott Spofford Talks of the Bles-
edness of Bridehood.
WHAT DOES THE WEDDING MEAN ?
Is Its Deep Siijiiilluaiicc Generally Un
derstood by the Modern Girl ?
How I > ile Can ISc Blade
One Ijong Bridal.
It is ono of the coincidences of nature that
when the high tide of life Hushes every
bough , when the eaith is nil afoam with blos
som , and sunshine is at tlio full iu the heav
ens , that life is at high tide also in the human
heait , and thut then , us if ho remembered tlio
Hist lovers in the garden of Eden , the lover
most often chooses Juno as the season iu
which to lead homo his biido.
Juno with its sunbeams , its south winds ,
its garlands , its gieeu woods , is the country
through which the bndo goes to take posses
sion of her kingdom in her lover's ' heut and
life. Tlio ear th oflers u volv ct sw ui d for her
feet to tread ; the upplo tree spieads w ule Its
brooding boughs
I IKH1IOVI HIV. MOTIIl U WINGS ,
and drops the losj snow of Hovver petals iu u
v oil about her ; the w me of joy Is ut her lips ,
and she oes foi th into her now life , to the
estate of a happiness surpassing speech , to
the swectest and u.ost honored name of wife ,
to reign and to seive , to lese her Ufo and Hnd
it Iu another's , to be , ultlioughjiow she mav
not dream of it , .is entirely other from her
old self us the caith is othei than the maiden
moon.
moon.Vo look at her as she "shadow s her beauty
in white veils" and moves along with her
court , with her blushes mid her smiles , the
the glisten of her silken robes , the glimmer
of her lace , as if she were but the feature of
a lovely pageant , us If she weioa pictorial
etfeet for the pleasure of our eyes Wo do
not realize the solemnity , the sweet awfulness -
ness of llio sight , and that wo behold a sacra
ment in which the Loid of Life lilmsulf bears
pait as much us when essential fouo Hrst
evolved visible shape mid sphit took on mat
ter.
ter.Does
Does the j oting hi ide , among her cloud of
maidens , re.ilko ull this herself I Are tier
thoughts w itliTIII
TIII : iiiiun MISTUJY
which is about to nbsoib her Hfo Into
another's j Or do the weightv matters of her
paraphuinaliu , of her wedding gifts , or of
nor train , of the church processional , the
tltho of mint and anise and cummin , exclude
iierceptiou of tlio way into thut now spheio
Just closing about her , ia which she shall
w oik to all outside view the same , hut In
rvullty another being , although she may
no\er bo awaio of it till she has reached the
fiuther boundary ! Has she. as Mm In
Mitchell used to say. allowed the Infinitesi
mals to shut out the intinitol Is she losing
the grout meaning of marringo , that tyK [ > of
all perfection , that stuto and condition v/liich
is 11 cosmos iu itself , thtougn which the Mist
cuircnt.sof Hfo muvo over upward and keep
the individual in relation not nl > to the
nice , but to all the universe of being , from
the Hrst sponge that over built Us fiaiuo 'o '
the lust and lines t of humanity )
Let us bellovo thut the bndo most Ilka a
butteillv among them ull understands some-
tiling of thogient iiiiniclo. It can only bo
then with the roicronca duo the celehiatlon
ofbonio injstory of old , where ono diaws
near tlio undent of ancients , that
TUB IIHI1IU AlTltOAClil TUK U.TUt ,
whether it bo the altar of the church or the
equally consecrated altar of her father's
house and homo an altar that burns to heav-
cu w 1th the white lliunu of ull pure love and
devotion and gladness , or else on which is to
bo offered the bleeding sacrifice of broken
hearts and lives.
Full ofteu consciousness of this bet rajs it
self by the trembling tones in the vow that
invokes iiivisll > 13"powon to witness the
bridal ; and qmto ottoh us the consciousness
of it ia so up illmg that all the nervous
stiength is summoned to eauvotf ttiu hour
luumpliantl.v , and hide the emotion from the
curious Crowd that custom calls into the sol
emn acts of lives , to the bndil and the buiial
rites , the two moments when feeling ia at its
most intense and should bo sucred and un
seen Yut because the occasion is supreme it does
not follow thrt the beautiful frippery with
which wo arc wont to sin round it u > fnv olous
or out of place. It would have its use if it
weio for nothing else than to draw the Hie of
ojcs from tremors and tears and bolf revela
tion. Yet snico time began the wedding has
been
A TIII > O op srii SUOR.
"IIo has covered mo with the lobe of right
eousness , ns a hndc iooin deekoth himself
with ornaments and as a bndo udoincth hei-
self with her jov/uls , " sajs thu Hebrew poet
whoso name lor the binloistho poifoitcd
one , " and with whom the wind siguifv mgtho
biidcgioom's ornaments signilios al o the
"gai incuts for ulory ami beautv ' vvoin by the
high priest when robjs of white linen were
worn by all priests It is titling that every
thing that can symbolize iunoi unco and purity
and add to giaco and loveliness and lustio
should bo about the bndo , that she should
wear the multitudinous lilac , the ever-Ilowei-
ing mango , that the nit ir should bovvieathed
with the apple boucrhs tint dioop about the
doors of home , that she should p iss splendid
as \isiou , onlj the evnie saving , like u lamb
diesscd for tiio ofleiin' , ' , but the lover , the
symp ithi/or , and all thuy who behove m the
beauty of holiness , m the jov of sactiilco , in
the
t Mint-in vvi s or MVIIIIII n lov i ,
in the vital union with ( { ol tlieie , s iviug as
the altar itself is diesscd in 11 lines and llow-
eistind snowy diupory , ns any niommli is
appiouched in lobts of stite , us nil noble
eoiemonlal is made pictorial and beautiful
If in her soul theio is another altar
whcio the lacuflco fire is ever liuiii
ing. if she has said to her beloved ,
meaning it i ono means an oath ,
matching her tiuth with her hope of his
truth , "Set mo ius a seal upon thine ho irt , ns
u seal upon thine arm , fo- love isstiongus
death , " if she bus remembered also that
"Jealousy is cruel as the grave , " if she h.us
sworn absolute self sia i emit r and abncyution
and loss in her beloved , if she gives tliunUs
for strength ahd Huennss and Hie and tendci-
ness in him , thanks that so greit i fate has
been given her as that of entering into thu
ciiclo of his dujs , into the loftiness of his
spint , into tho" bcaut.v of his beiiiir , then lot
what will como m alf her length of dajs ,
i mi win. m OM MINI * limn\i.
for her , and though hittei watow of uflllctlon
pass over her head , ihovvill know that many
waters cannot quench love , neitliei can the
Hoods diown it , fsho will feel that neither
teasing tumble , nor want , nor pain , nor
weaiinoss , sharp thrusts or heav.v blows ,
shnll signifv to her , that nho can def } death
and fate Itself , fork vo is etcniul
Come , then , it i ; , nc.iil.v Jilliu ! Let all our
fair prosiiectlv o JOUIIK hi ides bolmpp.v' Lot
the uir 1)0 full of the sweet jungle of wed
ding bolls ! Listen/ ) the sweeter music' that
dies"Lo1 the winter is past , the rain Is
over and gone , the How ers appear on the
oiu Ui , the tlnio of. the hinging of biuls is
conic , and the \oluj of tlio tuttle is hoard iu
our land , the flg tyeo putteth foith her irteeii
tigs , and the MU& > with the tender gnipo
give a good smell Aiise , m > love , my fair
one , and como awuv [ "
Iluuiii.f Pin - > ( OTT Srot roni ) .
Tlio SiiaKo CliiiMed lilltlo 'Mary.
Little Mary Buckmun , the lifteen-year-
old duiij'htor of 11 train liuckiimn , a well-
to-do fanner , had an oxoltliiR o\eilenco ) )
with a huge Himlco su\sa York , I'.r. ,
dispatch to the Philaaolphia Itucoid.
WJiilo gathorlujj dandi'liiiiih a largo
while wood bimko darted at her from
the trunk of a fallen tree. She screamed
and ran towards the house , witli the
writhing serpent in hot pursuit. The
big family bulldog hoard the child
bc-reum , mid jumped the yard fence to
her rescue. Tlio .snake fuatonod IU fangs
in the dog's hind log and coiled in
length around Ills body. The strangling
dog buccecded in getting the Bimko
arouud tlio nook , and the light was boon
over. The anako when measured was
over eight feet long , and thicker than
a miui'b arm around the body.
YOUR RECORD IS WANTED ,
Uncle Sam Wants to Know Who and What
You Are ,
AND HE PROPOSES TO FIND OUT.
The MVnVlio Will Conduct the Cr-u-
HUS Enumeration The Questions
to bo Answered Snlaiics
and Penalties.
One week fiom tomorrow fift3'-six voluble
gentlemen will bo turned loose by Uncle Sam
to inquire into the hfo , past and present , and
the busincii and domestic relations of the citi-
/ons of Omaha
The question- greit many of thorn at
le.ist , are of a remaikably personal natuiobut
men who have bluffed newspaper reporters.
and ha\e ghon a se ors the laugh will find
that the fiameri and askers of these ques
tions aio slielteifd under the authority of
Undo Sum and nio scouted against lasent-
ment hI'citam laws which will enable them
to get tliodc'sued answeis
The imipiisu of the questions is all light , as
it is the means of collecting the census of tlio
United btiitOb , and tlio ouo redeeming foattuo
of tbo whole business is thut the questions
have to ho uiisweied only oneo in ton joars.
Supervisor Tom Cook has divided Omaha
Into iift\ six cousin distiiets , cuih of which
will bi presided oer bv ouo enti meiator w ho
lesides m tlio district in which ho is to lalnir
The * work will bo commenced on Mouduj ,
iluiioS , ami will probably ho completed liy
June l.l
To be an eiumu'iator it is necessary to prove
good character , physical activity , aptitude ,
neatness and luctuauy iu writing , and a
Knowledge of figuring
There arc punted blanks for a founal appli
cation mid the applicant is dilc-cted to mnko
a biief statement in his own handwriting us
to place ol buth. jnesent logul losldence , tlio
piintipil fucts boating on his education and
piofessional 01 business experience , including
u statement of all otliics ever held bv him ,
and the jihae and nutiiie of Ills iiiesont OK u
pation He must then make oitii tohis state-
mint and attach to it two letteis of lecom-
mcndatiou fiom dti/cns of loput'iblo ' ( haiae-
ter His applitation is Hied , mid the
supervisor exeieises his own discic-tlon in
nic"pting or i-ejeiting it Itufino ho Is ue-
cepted , however , the super visor has a per
sonal inteuiow with him.
When the applka it has been aeeoptod ho
ivieives a foinml notice fiom the supet visor ,
entloslng a eaul on which ho must slmilfj his
Hnal acicptanco or declination It helms
concluded to inn ull ilsks liu will receive an
other eiicular rvi iting these facts
Tim law pie-teiibing tlio mannorof taking
the eleventh census In next Juno , unproved
Mauh 1 , IKVJ , juovldes for thu appointment
of snpc'iv isofs for overj htuto uuil tuirltory in
tlio United Stales , with power to select enu-
inc'iatois who must possess the proper abili
ties The number of inhabitants iu any
enumeration dlstilct Is limited to 1,000 The
omimciation will ( ommeneo on the Hist Mon-
da.of . Juno , and must bo completed , in iltles
having over 10,000 inhabitants , within two
weeks f i iiu thut date , and Iu all other dis-
Uii ts nn in before thu Jlrst day of .luh no\t
then-after It will bo neeessuiv for eich
cnuinerator , befoio enteilng upon his duties ,
to ivcen i ! u commission under the hand of the
suporUsorof thodistiht to which ho Iw-
longs , .mil to take nu oath that ho will jieform
his dutli's fulilifully mid "will not disc mso
any information contained in the heheduules ,
lists or stiitunionts obtained bj mo touiij por-
soii or pw ons , except to m > superior olll-
Ho Is also iiiformed that ho will receive In
coinic'iisution foi his service * U cc-nta for
OiM'h iiuino lepoited , 'i cents for
o-ieh death , 15 cents for each farm. ' , ' 0 cents
for each establishment of pro luetlvo Indus-
trv , and 5 icnts foi each snivlving soldlur ,
sailor or m.uine , or widow of a soldier , sailor
or marine , enumerated or letuined Kxcopt
Iu ext i vine cases , nu claim for inileago or
traveling e\i ousos will bo allow ed to any
enuntierator , uud tVeu only when authority
has been previously granted by the superin
tendent of census
"It shall be the duty of each enumerator to
visit personally oaeh dwelling house in his
subdivision , and each family tliei em , and
cich individual living out of a family in any
place of abode , and by inquiry made of the
head of such family , or of the member
thereof deemed most ci editable and worthy
trust , of such individual living out of
a fnniilv , to obtain each and every
item of infoi ination , and all the
paitictilars requited ot the net , as of date ,
.luno 1 , Ih90. And in case no such person
shall bo found competent to answer the in
quiries , then it shall bo lawful for the enu
merator to obtain the required information ,
ns nearly us may bo practicable , fiom the
family or families , or person or persons ,
living neurest to such place of abode.
There aio a good miuiy other things not so
important thut the enumerator will also have
to store uvviy in his head and if ho should
prove neglectful ho w ould conic under this
provision :
An > supervisor or crmineiator , who. having
taken and sitbscilbc'd the oath lennlred by
this act. sli ill , without justlllublo c.mso
m Elector refusu to perform tlio duties en-
lolni il on him by this iotor sh ill , without the
authority of thusnpcilnti mlunt , com inimical o
to my puibon not authoii/cd to reeelvo the
b ime , any Infoiinatlon Kulncd by him In tun
puifoimiiiico or his diitios , shall bo dicmul
guilty of a mlsilemcMiioi , ami. upon convle-
Iton. shall bo lined not exceeding JVX ) ; ot , If
he shill wilfully mid knowliiKly Hvveir 01
alllm f iNi'lj , he shall ho ( h I'lin.'d Knlll ) or ; > ( < i -
jui > , and , on conviction tin ic-of. and shall bo
linpilsoiud not nxeeullnx tlucoyi.iis , urn ! bo
lined not iiMpedlng f800of If hosh ill wilfully
and l > iiouln'l > iniike f.iKo c itlll ( itcs or llc-
tlllons letuins , hu hlmll budeeined guilty of
inlsilemeanor. and. upon convlutUm , shall bo
lined not exceeding f * > " ( )
Sujiei visor Cook sujs that under the pics-
out distilcting of Omaha tlio woikcanbo
done in two weeks and will net each enuinoi-
ator probably JiO ( to $70 for the woilc.
The enumerator is required to ask the
follow ing iiueslions of the occupants of eac'h
house in his distuct
( Mirlstlin iiiinu Iu full and Initial of middle
name
MHO , uno.
\\liotliui u soldier , hillor or niatlno durliiB
tin ) ulv II uarUnlt ( ( cl ht.itesor Confedciatc ) , 01
wlilon of such person.
llulatlonshli ) to he id of family.
SVhuthoi white , blnck , mulatto , ( iiiudroon ,
octoroon , Uhlnese 01 Japiiiiusu , or Indian.
.so\
.soAgu at tlio noiuost birthday. If under ono
yr , u Ivo UK" In munths
Whether single , iniiiilcd , widowed or dl-
v on ed
Wliethor married ( lurliii ? the census year
( Juno 1 , 1W ( ) , to May III , iwioi.
Mnthei of how m my chlldlun , and nuniboi
of thuie ( hlldiiin 11 v hit :
I'llKUOf Illllll
I'liien of liii Ih of fathei and inothei.
Nniiiliei of ye us in thu Unitud htates.
\\ln.'tlu'r naliuall/eil
\\hei hoi natuuill/aUon pipots huvoboun
taKen out
1'iofi sslon , tradoor occupation.
.Voiiths unemployed durliiK thocPiisus your.
AttcMiUanc-o ut school dining thu census
year
Aiilu to reads ithlo to vvrltn
Mile to sixiak l.n lUh. If not , the liin uago
or dialect spoken
W'helhui sullerliu fiom iieuto or chionlo
disease , with niimu of disease und lunytli of
tlnio allllctid , . , ,
\S hethcl defective In mind , slKlit. heart n ; , ' or
speech. 01 vtlii'tlu-l ( ilphd , miilmcd 01 dt-
foiiac-il , nlth niuno mid ill ft c-t.
\\lu \ tlii'i apilsouei , convict , homeless child
Is tin housn you Hvn In hired , or Is It owned
by the head 01 by it member of tlio family f
If ( UMitd by the hi ad 01 a member of fnm-
lly , Is tlio honso fico from moiUaxe 01 enum-
bi.ince/
If Hie lionso Is owned by head 01 member nf
family and nun Imaged , what Is postollU o ad-
dn ss nf ounerc
Kach enuiiieiator is supplied with blanks
boning these printed questions with spaces
foi nnswors Ho must flll out ono foi e.u h
familv , or , in cast ) of unmaiiied poisons , for
each individual. In Hlling out his ictuins
tlie enumerator must glvo tlio number ot the
lionsc. the number of families In it , the IHIIII-
b ) r of poisons in it , and tlio number of pur-
seas ill each family in thu oidei of bis visita
tion In cities vvlieio theio Is an olllclul reg
istration of the deaths , thu Hiiiurititendcnl of
the ( enstis may In his discKtlon withhold the
moitiility schedule fiom tlio legulur enumei-
ntcors and obtain the statistics tluough
olllcial leeord-t Ho may also einplo ) oxpeits
to gather statlsticH us t inanufuttuios , min
ing and other IndustricH
Will Hart , of the Dos Molnoa toim , U pitch-
ng about thu bunt bull in tin U'twtorii
association The prfihibltiouihta rarely lese
whoa liill > does the twisting uu
A KO3rrJO. \
John Weich of KIUIHUS COIIHUIIICB IfiH
Solo In IJOVO'B 1'iirsuit.
Eight hundred long miles intervened
between the residence of Johnnie Welch
and that of his sweetheart , and the
joung man was penniless. This was the
state of affairs about thtoe months ago
when ho lived with his father on a faun
four miles from Par.soiis , Kan.
Eleven years previous the Welch
family wore residents of Now Washing
ton , a small \ illago just west of JetTor-
sonvillc , Ind. They owned a nice f.u 11
and Miso Nancy Davis was a charming
little maiden , who lived on an adjoining
place.
She was Johnnie's sweetheart , and
when the Welch family moved to Kan
sas the parting between the bvveetheaits
was an affecting ono. Although they
were children , each promibed to remain
true to the othor.
Ever since they have corresponded
faithfully , but while his puionts woio
well-to-do in their now homo , the young
man had accumulated no propel ty and
was consequently not in a po&ition to
provide for a wife.
Duiing ull tliis time , however , ho hnd
longed to too her , and when ho drove
into Parsons , Kan , , with a load of corn ,
about throe months ago , ho made a Mid-
don resolve to visit his old homo in fui-
iiway Indiana.
IIo had not a cent in his pocket and
wtis clad in a rough biiit of homespun ,
but his determination was taken in spile
of these obstacles. Hitching his hot sis
lo u rack near the depot ho left them
and started ciiswaid on the i.iihoud
truck. Ho hud never boon away fiom
homo before and wiib consequently uniu -
quirinted with the knack of beating hit
way on trains. - "
After walking continuously for "over
two months ho at length arrived ut Now
Washington. But his clothes hung in
tatters upon him , his shoos were wile-
loss and ho had the gonoiul appeal alien
of a much-abused It ami ) .
Realizing his berry plight uud that a
man looking us ho did was not nt all
likely to pi eve 1111'utti action in the to-
ciety of ladies , ho concluded to como on
to .loflorsonvillo , whoio ho hoped to so-
euro work. Accoidingly , without ac
quainting uny gno with his piosunco in
the village , ho routined his wouiy
trump. Art iving in Jolloi sonvillo about
a week ago ho immodiutuly seemed a
position in tlio wood-muehino shop rn '
the car works , under Foreman Kd , M <
Dnrmott.
Yesterday uftoinoon his uncle , Junto- .
Colvin , arrived In the rity from Ncnv
Washington on a visit to his old friend ,
Colonel WiibhUlookor. In showing him
o\or the city the cohmol took him to tlio
car works , and , among ether pluc.esthey *
visited the wool miicliino bhop.
There , to his surprise , Mr , Colvin saw
employed the nephew whom ho thought
was working on a farm 800 miles iiwnv
Kvplunutions followed , untl Mr. Colvin
lust night brought his nephew over tn
this city , whoio ho provided him with .1
rospoctublo suit of clothes and obtiiinid
for him u good position in a wugou
wurks at r.li/abothtownin liurUiolumow
county , Indiana.
Gladly the young man m-coiitud thu
pioposilion , and.uftfi wilting u toiler to
the joung lady uciiimintlng her of the
facts , ho made1 uiiuiigumonlt , to louvo to
night for IHI/.ubothtown. To a loporU-r
for the C'onrlor-.foui mil ho stated that
when his ( iieiiiiiHiunceH would ponnlt ho
would rnturn to Now Washington and
murry lh muldon whom ho laid loved
since childhood dajs.
Dave Ho wo Is now talking of dnelioa. Ho
Buys the Denver team has u toinur on 'oiu
The Hug is theirs , but they aio wulcomo to it
If they < an Had unj bettor use for it than
Omaha lias-put It to Up to data the low'
i liavo fulled to oo the color of the rag.