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TWENTY-MUST 1'EAK. OMAHA , SUNDAY M011N1NG , MA11CII' 13 , 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 2G8.
HAYDE THK Grand Special Sale of Spring Dry
Goods , Notions , Etc.
Ladies' and Gents'
Furnishing Goods.
Our spring stock of ladles' -ind gents'
furnishing goods' llnvo arrived , Wo are
now showing a larger and lltior stock
than ovor.
Our umbrella and parasol department
Is now complete.Vo nro showing the
handsomest line of handles ever brought
to this market. Head a few of our
prlcos.
T.OO childron's sun umbrella * , 21 Inches
.nr nice thing for children going to
rf liool , only 60c ouch.
1 case of ladles' 2-lnch ( ! Gloria silk
umbrellas , nice oxidized handles , only
$1 each , others ask $1.50.
1 ctifo of ladles 20-inch Gloria silk ,
with line French horn handles , only
81.25 cnoh , worth $2.
Ladles' 20-inch umbrellas , Milan
serge , paragon frames , and elegant col-
lulold handles , only $2.25 each.
Lndios' very line Milan serge 20-inch
umbrellas , como with olcgant Dresden
china handle ? , something entirely now ,
only $2.50 oach.
1 lot of ladies' 20-inch sunshades , very
best Milan serge , como with beautiful
Author ol pearl handles , only $3.50 ,
worth $5.
Wo are now displaying the finest line
of children's fancy parasols ever shown
in the city.
Carriage parasols $1.60 anc. up.
New Wash
Dress Goods.
Now styles are being added dally.
This department takes second place to
none in this city. Wo are the flrst to
ahow the latest stylos.
Another now line of bedford cords
iust opened , which makes 7 dilToront
inos of bedford cords on display at 7c ,
lOc , 12Jc and 15c : two lines at 7c , two
lines nt 121o and two lines at 15c yard.
Wo call your attention to our honrl-
ctta black sateen at 15u yard as being
extra good valuo.
N Just opened ; a now line of sateens in
dark ground work and fancy colored
figures at 25c yard.
\ The largest stock of ginghams and
t/ftticy zephyrs in Omaha.
Black Dress Goods.
SPECIAL SALE FOR MONDAY.
Wo have just received a special in
voice of fine Angora wool dross goods
which wo will have on sale Monday at
the following prices.
50 pieces prodults Francais , a very
hundsomo twilled material with a fine
silk finish , will bo on sale at 55o. Any
ether houeo would call them a bargain
at SOc , und they nro worth it.
25 ploccs Bedford cords 78c. They
would bo called good value at $1 ,
60 pieces cordurotte 29o , worth 46c.
25 pieces Prince Albert suiting 65c.
Sells readily In Now Yori ; at75c. They
are very popular.
26 pieces corkscrew suitings at SOc ,
worth 48e , very desirable. .1 ,
POST YOUR LETTERS BY WIRE
/.Details of Postmaster General Wana-
maker's Plans for Postal Telegraphy.
ALL LINES MAY BID FOR THF BUSINESS
Free Delivery to Ho Kxtomlcil Kxporl-
nieutH In VlllitKt'H lllcl'ly .SiitUf.ic-
tory A lluiiso to House Col
lection Heine Till keil Of.
WASIIISOTON , D. C. , March 12. I asked
Postmaster General \Vanainukor yesterday
what bo would do to develop the postal ser
vice If no could have bis own way and what
bo thought the future of It was. Ho roilectca
a moment and said :
"Tnero are four tilings mat I can think of
right away that , I would do. They are tUo
simplest nnd easiest business propositions ;
nnd yet , consider thorn a moment with mo ,
and sco , what a marvelous change they
would work in tno postal system. See if
each ono does not commend Itself to your
ijtuslnoss Judgment. See if you don't even
fool sorry that politics and private Interest
stand In the way of those Improvements. "
"You know that I have fouRht somewhat
or a poitnl telegraph. It has not boon pro
posed that the government should purchase
for lease existing lines or build any now ones ,
It has contemplated nothing of the sort. It
lias merely contemplated contracting with
existing companies , or with companies that
might bo incorporated , for tbo transmission
of messages at reduced rates In consideration
of the collection and delivery of these mes
sages by tbo latter carriers or tha postofllco
department. ' That Is all there Is of It. Dut
think bow much there U of It I
Every ouo of the COO cities In this coun
try I think tbo number Is about COO
now which have the free delivery service ,
would bo In direct electrical communication
with everyone of the COO , nnd that , too , at
rates low enough so that tbo plain people ,
who do the bulk of the corresponding In this
country , ana not merely tbo wealthy bust'
ness people , could use the quickest moans of
Intercommunication. The telegraph com-
Atonies could afford to do this work thus
cheaply for three reasons i Ono Is the addi
tional patronage that ttio reduced rates and
the regularity of collection and delivery
would bring ; another Is that their items of
expense for collection and delivery would bo
removed ; the third Is tba uio of ofilcos ,
clerks , stamps , cto. In other words , the
two k-rcut machines of tbo telegraph plants
and tbo fieo delivery plant of tlio postofllco
department would tit Into each other , helping
each other out and doing work at far loss ex
pense than would bo required for either to do
the work Independently , A person dropping
a loiter designated 'postal telegraph' ' In a
box In Chicago would have it taken up In the
next box collection , telegraphed to its dos-
tluatlon. say New York , and there taken out
anil delivered In the llrst delivery. The
answer would be scut off In the same way
exactly. The department would contract
with bidding telegraph companies to trans
mit messages by telegraph , Just as it now
contracts with railroad companies , steam
boats , stage drivers , etc. , to carry messages
In sacks. Tbo railroads and steamboats on-
ioy bidding. They ilud the transportation of
malls for the government prolliablo. The
telegraph companies would bid and they
would nnd their work profitable. "
"Dut It has becu said that this would ah
require the employment of extra people and
the expenditure of extra money , "
"I was about to speak of that. These ob
jections are preposterous and a great many
Who make thorn know that they aro. The
Lupin's ' very best Thibet cloth , satin
finish l)3c ) , worth $1.35. These goods
make an excellent spring dross , and no
known fabrio will wear batter.
Malard's very beat honrlotta cloth ,
best satin finish , S3c ; equal to any In
town at SI.2. " ) .
Fine silk finish cashmere Ooc , worth
850.
850.Fine
Fine cashmere Me ; worth COo.
Pine cashmere Hoc , worth 37c. }
Good cashmere 12c ] , worth -Oc.
Colored Dress Goods.
Wo will place on sale Monday mornIng -
Ing the grandest display of spring dross
goods ever shown in the west. Our stock
consists of all the latest novelties in for-
sign and domestic goods. Wo are mak
ing special low prlcoa'tind invilo the at
tention of all eloso buyers to look
through our mammoth stock.
38-inco very line all wool boford cord
made In Franco , 78c.
40-inch all wool surah twill , iu all
colors. 6oc.
40-inch fancy plaids , 50 dllTorcnt
styles , only 680.
Crepe Troanon in beautiful patterns ,
made in Germany , 85c.
30-inch all wool ohalllo , in all the
pretty patterns , made in Germany , 68c.
51-inch all wool htibit cloth , for crpes
and spring jackets , only $1.25.
48-inch Scotch tweeds , good values ,
8oc.
8oc.42inch
42-inch figured bedford cords , $1.16.
40-inch all wool silk linish honrlotta ,
05c.
05c.30inch
30-inch ohivron stripes , 33o.
40-inch all wool novelty suiting , very
stylish , only 53c.
Special in Silks
for Monday.
Just received 50 pieces of China and
Japanese silks , in plain black and
cream , which wo will offer Monday at
greatly reduced prices.
Black and white plaid and stripe
surahs , worth $1 and 81.25 , Monday at
the low price of 70c.
Chinas in now and desirable shades
for 4oc.
Gropes in all silk , worth $1.35 , for
81.10.
Gros grain dross silks , the vorv best
at 81.30 and $1.60 , Monday $1 and $1.10.
Brocaded pongees , in cream , cheap at
$1.25 , Monday $1.
Remnants in silks at less than half
prico. '
Glove Department.
With us this is an immense business.
All gloves are bold on their merits. Wo
aim to do what is right. All gloves not
proving satisfactory after being war
ranted , will bo made good. Wo are
showing an elegant line of gloves in 7
hooks which wo are selling at $1 per
pair.Wo
Wo carry in stock a full line of Taf
fetas nnd &ilk gloves , 2oc per pair and
telegraph companies that contract to trans
mit messages for tbo department would
handle them thetusolvos , Just tbo same as
the railroad companies employ thtir ongin
oor.s , Urcmcn , brakomcn , etc. , und the de
partment would have no moro control of the
operations of other employes of the telegraph
companies than it now has over the before
mentioned railroad oraployes. The only
regulations that would bo required would bb
similar to these now exercised ever the
railroads ; nuraoly , a ccrtuln inspection to
ranlio sure that contracts are lived iip to.
A few clerks might , bo necessary to
manage tbo stamp accounts and keep the
books nnd that sort of thing. There could
not possibly bo any ether employment of
civil servants Involved or any ether possible
expense. "
"But let mo keep to my original thoutrht.
'
It was that , \vltn this limited contract po'stal
telegraph , the department , doing its sliuro
and tbo telegraph companies doing their
share of the gioat work of convoying elec
trical letters , millions of people livmi : iu the
free delivery cities would find a now means
of communication among themselves brought
within tlioir roach a means worthy of these
days of American enterprise and Invention
and not obsolete for twenty years. "
"Dut Mr. Wanamakor , " snld I , "this doss
not seem to bo providing for anybody except
these living In the SOU cities which have letter -
tor carriers. "
"I kuow , nnd that brings mo to the second
point which I was about to spnak of tbo
second great stop In the Ideal development ot
the pnstul service , that etiipendous , marvel
ous machine ( or the transmission of intelli
gence among tbo people. Hero are telephone
lines , say , within cltlea nnd outsldo of them ,
ramifying everywhere In suburban neighbor
hoods , coin ) ? to almost every popular head
quarters In town and country. Bring that
great moans of communication ( by contract
with the department , publicly , 'fairly , eco
nomically , Inexpensively , as in tbo case of
telegraph companies ) within tbo reach of all
tbo suburban population ! ) . Why I dream of
10-cent telegrams und C-cont , U not 3-cent
telephone messages , And \vldo-reachlnir
the combination of these two systems would
bo. ono connecting all the fiOU free delivery
cities and tbo number Is continually Increas
ing by Increase of population nnd decrease ol
limits to which tbo free delivery may
bo applied und enabling these millions of
suburban residents to use the telephone la
connection with It. Not oven the special
knowledge of tbo telegraph operator , as In
tbo other cuso , would bo required , for any
body can USD the telephone , and thousands
of llttlo centers within easy roach , of the big
cities would bo brought Into direct electrical
communication with all the ether llttlo popu
lar centers , no matter where , in tbo whole
country. There would bo no extra employ
ment of people , no extra expense. That Is
evident us soon as you know what the propo
sition is. Tnero could bo no additional ex
pense Involved except , as bsforo suggested ,
in a possible central bureau of n dozen
clerks to do tbo requisite bookkeeping. That
Is the second point that I thought of when
you first spoke to me ot tbo Ideal develop
ment of the postal system.
"Tho third phase of it , " continued tbo
postmaster general , "is tbo rural free deliv
ery , that Is to say Irco delivery ny carrier
in towns , villages , and even farming com
munities , not nt present enjoying it. Wo
have been trying In forty-six communities ,
varying In population from ! SOO to 3,000 , and
under all circumstance ? nnd conditions , as
you may have board , an experiment like
this ; wo have had the outgoing nnd in
coming malls collected from ana delivered to
every house , and have found that tha In
creased business which thoto additional fa
cilities bring to the total of the oftlcos ex
ceeded by almost f-1,000 the evpondltura of
110,000 allowed to bo made m a year for the
purpose of this experiment. It is evident ,
then Indeed wo have proved It that you
can spend money for tbo free de
livery in these small communities and
get it back , nnd moro too , it you apply it
under similar conditions ; ana It Is equally
evident thai you can put on the free delivery
under less favorable circumstances , and still
have It pav Us way1. What I should lIUo to
see , therefore , would bo a largo amount of
money appropriated ( which , really , would
OVUnSTOCKED IN THE
Cloak Department.
Being overstocked with our now
spring wraps wo will make an early suc-
riflct ) , making n special reduction in this
department ; the goods being of the new
est and latest styles nnd best manufac
ture.
ture.Ladles'
Ladles' roofers In all the newest fab
rics and latust stylus , ranging from $15.
$18 and $20 , will bo sold at $10.50 , 80
nnd 32 Inches long.
Ladles'Margurlto capos , in black , 40
Inches , $1.60 , reduced from $8.
Ladies' Mnrgurlto capos , in tan nnd
gray , 40 Inches long , $7 , reduced from
810.
810.Our
Our Margurito capos ranging from
$20 to $25 , reduced to $15.
Ladles' and misses' military capo uls
ters made of nil wool horring-bono
cloth , in tan or gray , $8.50 , reduced
from $12 nnd $15.
Our ladles' and misses' roofers , all
now nnd very fctylish , reduced from $10
to $7.50.
Ladles' roofers , in all the latest and
moat popular styles $5 , reduced from $8.
Wo are showing the largest line of
childron's roofers and jackets in Omaha
and at the lowest prices.
Ladies' should not miss this opportu
nity.
Hosiery Department.
The largest drpartmont west of Chi
cago. Complete in every lino. Wo
carry nothing but what wo can fully
warrant in every particular.
Our ladies' fast black cotton hose ,
Hormsdorf dye , at 25o per pair , is the
best in the mantel for tno prico.
Wo carry a beautiful line of ladies'
fancy hose nt 25c per pair. Wo also
carry in stock a full line of ladies' fast
black cotton hose at lOc , 12c } and 15o a
pair.Wo
Wo are showing an immense stock of
children's bosiory at very low prices.
Childron's fast black cotton hose at
80 per pair.
2 cases of childron's fast black cotton
hose , regular made , only 15c per pair ;
regular 25c hose.
Our boys' school hose , extra heavy ,
fast black , nothing bettor made to'wear ' ,
only 25c per pair. Try thorn nnd you
will take nothing else.
Muslins and Sheetings
5 different drands of blca'chod muslin
at 5c yard.
4 different brands of fine cambric , 85c ,
9e , 10 and 12Jc yard.
42-inch bleached or unbleached pil
low casing at 74o yard.
30-inch bleached chcoso cloth , worth
8c , reduced to close 3o yard.
Apploton'fl AA brown shooting , So
yard.
Aijploton's brown mualin reduced to
Gc yard.
Unbleached cotton flannel , 3Jc yard.
Bleached cotton llannol , 5c yard.
Double width sheeting at loss than
cost.
cost.Big sale on musiin stards Monday
Take advantage of the low prices.
not bo appropriated , because It would all
como back ) fo'r this extension of frco delivery
in villages and farming communltios. That
would moan a collncllon and delivery of mall
from every house within the area served by
the postolilco where the service would bo put
on , and if you think a moment you will sco
that In thousands of places , especially where
the telephone service Is connected with the
telegraph service , would hundreds of thou
sands of homes bo brought Into electrical
communication with hundreds of thou
sands of otbcn > . 1 don't say that fron
delivery could bo made universal In this
country for muny year * to como. This Is so
because of our Immense sparsely settled
areas , for It now costs us 60 cents to carry
many a letter to some remote part of the
country ; but I do say that wo can extend
frco de'llvory , and that , too , pretty fast , into
the country moro and moro. This , you see ,
Is thn third thing , and it brines , as I have
hinted , hundreds of thousands of homos into
electrical communication with an indefinite )
number of others ; for the carrier in the vil
lage , as well as in tbo city , goes wherever
there Is mall to deliver or collect. "
"That Is so simple that I should think they
would vote the money for It In congress. "
"t should think so , too ; 1 hope they will.
Tbo trouble Is in getting the proposition
rightly understood and in understanding not
only that it is not a source of loss In the
end , but that It Is of incalculable
value to all the country homes that
would bo n ( Tec ted by the extra facilities for
recoivlne and posting letters nnd papers.
'Iblnk of the benefit of It to the papers them
selves , for Instance. The business ofllco of n
great southern paper is of the opinion that
its weekly circulation , now over 100,000 ,
would bo Increased by 100,000 , if the country
people whom it desired to reach , and who dc-
sire to bo readied , could only have a chance. "
"What is your fourth point In this devel
opment of the Horvicol"
"It Is more In the line of tno last than In
the phases of It that are electrical , though
both of these lust supplement the benefits of
electrical communication In a marked degree.
The fourth scheme Is tbo application of loiter
boxes for the collection , as well an the de
livery , of mail from and to everybody's door
In every city , town and village ,
or even farming community , If desired.
You may remember that wo have had a
commission 'working at odd times during a
coed part of two years examining 1,500 or
moro models of letter boxes intended for
hnuso doors or the trout walls of bousot ,
with this object In view : To flnd the sim
plest , safest , and least oxponslvo device ,
either for the reception of mall delivered or
for reception and collection both , Of course ,
the department would llkn to see delivery
boxes put In , because ( ben n quarter part ,
cay , of the time of the carrier force , which
U now consumed In waiting for people to
como to doors to rocelvo their mall , would bo
saved to the carrier force ; but ( hat is no
reason why the householder would want to
pay 10 or 50 conU for a latter box for the pur
pose. Ho probably would bo willing , however -
over , tq put In a box If he could have
his letters collected from the house
door by the carrier on his route
without , that is to say , going to tbo corner or
wherever the nearest box happens to bo.
But , however that was or Is , our commission
picked out six boxes as being the best , and
we thereupon Invited the six Inventors to
make actual tests of their boxes on soparnto
carrier routes , BO that wo cou d determine
whether the Innovation would bo popular ,
and also whether tbo present carrier force In
a given community can collect , mail from
every house , as well as deliver It , without
extra expenditure of time , and hence of
money. The best tests have thus far boon
made at St. Louis , and the postmaster there ,
Major Ilarlow , informs mo that ono ot his
carrier routes has been entirely supplied
with boxes , that the people tbcro and eUo-
where in bis city are eager for the house to
house delivery and collection , and , what Is
moro significant than all this , ho thinks that
the collection as well as the delivery phase
of tno departure has como to slay.
"That is nothing loss than wonderful If It
should turn out , after repeated sallsfatory
tests , to bo true ; for It means that the pros-
out carrier force of tbo Postoftlcodepartment
atpresenljcmplojrcd.ln lorno WOJcitlcslcouia col
Linen Dept. ,
Unbleached crash , all'llucn , 60 yard.
Glass toweling , Co , 8c , lOo nnd 12jo
yard.
All linen German twilled crash , lOo
yard.
All Hnon scotch twllloci crash , fancy
borders , 16c yard.
Gorman bleached damask towollng ,
nil linen , 15e and 20o yard.
Turkey red damask , 15o yard.
Red bordered damask , 25c yard.
Half blenched damask , 45c , 56o and
Ooc yard.
Silk bleached damask , 50c , GOo , 75c ,
85o and $1.25 yard.
82-inch Gorman bleached damask ,
$1.50 yard.
3-4 all linen damask napkins , $1 dozon.
5-8 all linen Gorman napkins , ? ! dozon.
Big vnrlotv of lunch cloths , all prices.
Embroidered.
Felt Goods.
Special bargains for this woolr.
5 dozen fine embroidered felt scarfs ,
only OOc eachactually worth $1.
10 dozen beautiful embroidered felt
scarfs , for this week only $1 , worth
81.60.
Embroidered felt baby.carriage robes ,
only 75c , reduced from 31.
Fine eiderdown baby carriage rpbos ,
only $1.25 , worth $1.75.
Interesting bargains in our handker
chief department this week.
And to make U interesting to the little -
tlo ones , wo will lot go during this week
200 dozen fancy bordered childron's
handkerchiefs at Ic each.
200 dozen fancy bordered ladies' hand-
koi chiefs at 3c , regular price 5c each.
200 dozen fine white and fancy bor
dered and hemstitched hryidkorchiefs
nt So. well worth lOo.
Special for tomorrow. 150 dozen beau
tiful embroidered ladles' hankorchicfs ,
only 15c , well worth 25o.
Dress Linings.
Full stock of Gilbert , Goddard and
Barton's linings , tailor trimmings , etc.
Best grade of canvas 3jc < .vard.
All colors in plain and fa'ncy solicia ,
porc.Uino , padding , duckst canvas ,
farmers' satin , serges , etc.
Muslin Undervvear
j
Department. , . .
Ladles' chemise and drawers , nlooly
finished and rnado , from good muslin ,
25c and uv > . <
An oletrant line of ladios"night gowns
50c and up.
Best line of corset COVOTS in the city ,
25c and up.
loct letters from every body's door where they
happen to bo for collection ns Indicated by
disks which would appear where mall is to
bo collected Incidentally with Iho delivery
of mail to every door where it Is to bo deliv
ered , and all this within the same time and
without any extra expense ; or , in ether
words , the millions of people in these cities
have , fay this discovery , two great conven
iences which they dm not have before ;
namely , all of their lottora deposited In a
safe place at their doors without delay , and.
what Is more , all of tholr letters coltocted
from a safe place at tholr doors. And you
see , as the free delivery service Is extended
into smaller and smaller clues , Into the
towns , Into the villages , even Into the farmIng -
Ing districts , these privileges are correspond
ingly scattered. " PKltiiT B. HEATH.
SU3IK I'JlUJlIXEffT 1'EOl'I.E.
Ttero nro no files on 1'nderowskl. The con
stant waving of his hair alone would keep
them off.
Loubet , tbo head of the new French cab
inet , It described as a man who has been
sixteen years in publlo life- without making a
record.
President MoLeod , who Is now In a posi
tion to water not loss than 500,000.000 of coal
railroad stock , was , less lhan twenty years
ago , n borroworof $100 with which to lay In
a stock of mineral water as u starter In busi
ness.
ness.Mr.
Mr. Cleveland is 55 , Senator Gorman Is 53 ,
Senator Allison , OJ ; Monutor Cullom , 03 and
Senator Carlisle 50 , while Boles , Gray and
Sherman are past middle life. Grant , who
was Inaugurated at 47 , is said to have been
tbo youngest president.
Thn late Dr. Junker , the African explorer
put moro faith iu Livingstone's than In Stan
ley's ' way of advancing through the Dark
Continent. Ho never killed o nntlvo and for
the most part traveled without a weapon ,
but still achieved what he wanted ,
M. Tardlen , editor-in-chief of the Inde
pendence Bclgo , has boon appointed directorS
moral of the Department of Fine Arts of
S ciglum. Ills most prominent rival for tbo
place wns also a distinguished Journalist ,
Baron Ilaullovlllo , ox-editor of the Journal
ao Brusollos. t
John Marian Murphy , ono lot California's
oldest pioneers , dlod at SamJpso a few days
ago , aged 89. Ho was tbo tlrat man to take a
four-wbeolod wagon ncrosslitoo Sierras and
was ono of tba earliest scouto who wont
across tbo plains to Callform * . Ho served
as a guide for Fremont on anb of his expedi
tions , ' <
KLKVIKlVtU. flUIKS ,
Lynn sends Incandosoontilamps to Japan.
A third electric railroad between Mlnnoap
oils and St. Paul will be built this year ,
According to recent calculations there are
ut present ! 20t ) central electrip light stations
Iu operation In Europe.
Edison only owns ouo-tonth of the $100-
000,000 stock < of the General JClectno com
pany. Edison was a poor inaa a few years
ago. *
An alloy of copper , nickel and , manganese ,
known as mangAnin , is extensively employed
In electrical wor-t , owing to Its romarUablo
power of resisting currents.
An Insulated bolder for flro hose has boon
Invented to obviate any clanger that might
arise to firemen In case a stream of water
struck a heavily charged wire.
The cost of lighting for tba World's fair at
Chicago will bo about ton tipes the cost of
lighting tbo exposition held at Paris. The
estimate is at present placed at $1,500,000.
It is estimated that tbo fifty lonp-dlstanco
Mncj , which tbo American Boll Telephone
company Is putting up between Now York
and Chicago , will consume 8.520 tons of cop
per , wbtlo the total length of tno wire will bo
DS.OOO mllos.
Tbo adoption of eloctrjo light and power
plants In mining oporatlons is becoming
quite general In this country , a fact shown
by the numerous orders which have recently
been placed for pumping , hauling , cutting
and lighting machinery lor a puuiber of
prominent mines.
House Furnishing
Goods.
Washboards , Oc ,
Wash baskets , 25c.
The gonutno Western wringer , $3.60.
Wooden frame wringer , $2.15 , worth
$8 00.
Clothes pins Ic per dozen.
Mouse traps , } o.
Wooden bowls , 5o.
Clothes bars , 60c.
Clothes forks , 60.
Folding ironing tables , DJC , worth $3.
Potato mash or , 3c.
Rolling pins , 3c.
Murkot baskets , 3o.
Butter ladles , 6c.
Butter spades , 6c.
Butter moulds , lOc.
Wooden spoons , 6c.
Skirt boards , 35c.
3 hoop pails , 15c.
0 foot stop ladder , SOc , worth $2.60.
Combination folding pantry stops nnd
chair , $1.25 , sold regular for $4.
4 drawer spieo cabinet , 05c , worth $3.
Tooth picks 2c per box.
Wo carry the largest and finest line
of cutlery in the west , and our prices
are 50 per cent lower tlmif the lowest.
Corset Department.
In this d apartment you can find al
most any kind of corset manufactured.
Wo carry a full line of Ball's , Dr. War
ner's , Hoyal , Worcostors , and French
corsets of all descriptions.
Our specialty in this 1 ino is our ono
dollar corset , equal to anything shown
west of Chicago at $1.50.
Wo also make a loader of 60c corsets
which cannot bo duplicated for less than
76c.
Underwear Dept.
Ladies' Jersey knit vests , 8c each.
Ladies' Jersey knit vests 15c each.
Ladles' Egyptian cotton vests lOc ,
worth 35c.
Wo show the finest line of ladies' knit
underwear in the city at 25e. Stylus
controlled entirely by us.
Ladies' long sleeved vests , Willia-
mantic hslo thread , only 25c a job worth
SOc.
SOc.Boys' Shirt Waists.
100 dozen boys' waists , fancy patterns ,
only 25c , worth 50c.
Wo carry a full line of the Mother's
Friend S hirt Waists at our usual low
prices.
White Bed Spreads.
W.o are showing the largest variety
and nest assortment of white crochet
and Marseilles bo spreads at 60c , 65c ,
I 59c. C5c , 76c , 880 , < J8c , $1 , $1.15 , # 1.10.
$1.25 , $1.50 , $1.75 , $2. $2 25 , $2.50 , $3 and
| $3.50 each. Wo can suit you. Wo
carry the stock and make the prices.
Examine them.
WALKING WAS PRETTY GOOD
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Captain Palmer Tolls of His Tramp Into
Omaha Thirty lfears Ago.
REMINISCENCES OF TERRITORIAL DAYS
Some of the Kiirly StiitoSwImllcrg Recalled
How the Captlllll .Missed Ills
Cliunco < > T Getting ail
Fortune.
"When an old-timer tolls you of his
early experiences ho is very apt to em
phasize the fact that when ho came to
Omaha his worldly possessions wore not
great enough to make him an object of
envy. Captain H. E. Palmer goes a
stop farther than this. Ho had no moro
than other pioneers when ho carao to
Omaha , but the manner of his corning
entitles him to distinction ttmong the
votonm residents. Ho walked into
Omaha thirtv-two years ngo from Bnra-
boo , Wis. , nnd wasn't BO tired then but
that ho was able to continue his tramp
on to Central City , Colo.
Prom Omaha west Captain Palmer's
journey was a novel ono , for every night
the bobom of the ciu-t.h was his couch
and the blue canopy his covering. The
cautain says now that ho never journeys
west across the great atato of Nebraska
to the mountains , luxuriantly on-
Bcouncod in a palnco car , without vi
vidly recalling the long , weary and lonesome -
some tramp of thirtv-two years ago , und
and the wondrous changes which hnvo
taken place.
The city of Omaha when the captain
first sot foot within her limits , was but a
village , and ft village of the shabbiest
description at that. There wore two
brick stores , a number of frame ones ,
two or thrco saloons and a handful of
cheap frame buildings , and that was all ,
and these were located almost entirely
north of Howard and south of Cuss , bo-
twoonth Ninth and Seventeenth streets.
Fremont contained but thrco or four
buildings. Columbus and Grand Island
were moro ranches , tlio latter being the
Boyd ranch , Old Port Kearney on the
south side of the Pliitto river had no
buildings or habitations of any kind , but
on the north sldo of the Pint to , beyond
Kearney , wns old Adobotown , a few
whisky and gambling shops , just
two miles west of Kearney ; then came
Plum crook Ranch , Cotton wood springs ,
O'Fallon'a blulTs , Julosburg or Beau-
vanix ranch.
G. P. Boauvanix was nn educated
Frenchman of good family , and for
nearly forty years was the merchant
prlnco of the plains , and Captain
Paluior has among his army papers an
autograph letter from Boauvanix that
ho prizes highly. Captain Palmer was
ordered to take sixty of John Morgan's
rebel raiders , who had boon captured
in Ohio , from Fort Loavonworth to
Koarnoy. His command struck the
Little Blue just in time to moot Ono-
Eyed George Bent , the Cheyenne chief ,
who with his murderous band , had
massacred the few Bottlers , and n num
ber of unprotected emigrants , then in
that beautiful valloy. Palmer gave them
light and drove the depredators beyond
the Republican river , leaving the trail
Chenille Table Covers
Special sale on Monilny in our confer
nlslo , 10th street building , for ono day
only.
1200 0-4 fringed chenille covers , 12 dif
ferent stvlos to select from , worth
$2.60 , our'prico all tUy Monday. $1.115
each. In order to treat all alike , as
these covers are away below tholr
value , wo shall limit two to each cus
tomer.
At the satno time nnd at the same
place , wo shall olTor 75 extra heavy 0-4
chonlllo covers , olnln colors , oxta heavy
fringes , at the low prlco of $1.US oach.
Those covers would bo cheap at $3.00
oach.
Also 23 tapestry table covers at $1,25 ,
each.
All thnso on special sale Monday.
Laces.
SPECIAL FOR MONDAY.
1,000 yards black yacht lace for Mon
day only lie per yard , worth 15c.
600 yards black insertion to match ,
only 6c per yard.
6,000 ydshandmade torchon laoo fo
Monday at 7o per yard , actually wort1"
lOc to 16c. h
600 bolts fine machine made torchon
Monday at 5o , 8c , lOc , 12c , 15o , 17c per
bolt.
Embroidery Sale.
SPECIAL FOR MONDAY.
2,000 yards narrow but neat embroidery -
ory at Ic per yard.
3,000 yards medium width embroid
ery at 3o and 6c per yard , worth Oc to
lOc per yard.
10,000 yards wide fine Hamburg em
broidery at lOc , 12Jc and 15cwoll worth
16o to 26e per yard.
Drug Department.
Wright's Snrsnparilla , 59c ,
Scott's Emulsion , 76c.
Cuticura Resolvent , 75c.
Dr. Simon's Liver Regulator , 76c.
Fig Syrup , 20c.
Syrup of Tar and Wild Cherry , 29c.
Mollins' Food , largo , 05c.
Harlor's Iron Tonic , 75c.
Gariicld tea , 20c.
Lane's Family Medicine , 20c.
Indian Sagwa , 75c.
Liobig's Beef , Iron and Wino , 43o.
Liebig'sBeof Extract , 33c.
Jamaica Ginger , 20c.
Mother Siegol's Syrups , 60o.
Mulvino Cream , 35u.
Malvino Lotion , 35c.
Viola Cream , 35c.
Viola Soaps , 18c.
Ayor's Recamior Cream , 09e.
Ayor's Recnmior Lotion , O'Jc
Ayor's Llecamior Balm , ! )9c. )
Ayor's Rocamier So ip , 19c.
Perfumes , all odors , 1'Jo per ounce.
Great sale on soap Monday.
at a point near where Republican City
now stands. For years after this there
was hardly a settler west of Lincoln.
Since 1S08 Palmer has boon continu
ously a resident of the state , and for
nearly Uvanty years of that time con
stantly traveling to and from every vil-
lago-and town of this broad and prosper
ous domain. Ho has ever boon active in
politics , Grand Army and Mabonlo work ,
nnd in the transaction of ills numerous
duties , has mot and become well ac
quainted with every prominent men of
the state. Ho was a member of the re
publican state central committee during
the Hitchcock campaign ; was a delegate -
gate from Cass county to thirteen state
conventions. Ho is a Blalno stalwart
always and was nn alternate tit the last
national convention. Ho says now ,
however , that ho is ought of politics.
The 'captain admitted to Till ! Bur :
that ho had mifascd only ono senatorial
fight and Iiad always been on the win
ning side. Ho remembered Bomo of the
scandalous stories of the Butler regime
notably the building of the insane
asylum , which cost the state ever
$100,000 and was insured for $180-
000 , r.nd sot on fire by
Bill Poole just before . it hail
a chance to fall down. Pending an in
vestigation and inspection , the adjust
ers , of whom Palmer was ono , got a
builder from Indianapolis who had just
completed the Indiana ctipitol building
to make nn estimate of the cost of re
placing the Lincoln asylum. His bid
was $02,500. Tno Btato olllclals demurred -
murrod at accepting so small a sum for
what had cost the state $100,000 , und on
which they had $130,000 insurance.
They claimed hia ostiraato was so low.
that ho could not toplace
tlio building for imy such figure.
Tlio insurance companies were com.
polled to give a half-million-dollar bond
to replace the asylum on tlio Bamo plan
ns originally built , yet to bo , of course ,
a good , substantial building. Field &
Loiter of Chicago , were signers on the
bond. Judge Maxwell WIIH appointed
ono of the commissioners for the state to
settle the insurance , which was finally
paid in cash , $02.500. The investiga
tion , crimination and recrimination all
ended in emoko and are now dead his
tory , and singularly enough , the captain
explains that loss than ton days ngo ho
had a bundle of these asylum panora in
his hands that hud remained in ono
plgoon-holo for ever twenty years.
Captain Pulmor shipped the first two
car loads of grain that were ever loaded
on cars aouth of the Platte rlvor in Ne
braska , and in the spring of ' 09 filed on
a homestead on ground now partly cov
ered by the town of Milford , So ward
county , and though .tho ground wns
mostly bottom land , thought it worthless -
loss and never attornptcd to improve it.
loblng by the transaction Ids homestead
rights and the benefit of four and ono
half years army service , which would
have , boon credited in proving up in
thobo days.
Buffalo grass was the mainstay for
stock und could bo found within 11 fly
mlles of the Missouri rivor. All Ne
braska thirty-two years ago , within
twenty mlles of the Missouri river , was
indeed a desert , und not inappropriately
nnmo "Tho Grout American Desert. "
There baa boon n , wonderful climatic
change caused by plowing , cropping the
country nnd stopping lires. In these
days thuro wns little or no moisture in
the ground and consequently no frost in
the soil , no rheumatism , no uguo and no
coldu iu winter or Bummy , There waa
Patronize , Home
Industry.
i
LETTING DOWN THE PRICES.
Potted hams 60
Potted tontruo 60
Deviled 1mm 60
Salt moat Go
Breakfast bacon 7o
Codfish 6Jo
Mackerel 10o
Boneless rump corn boot 6o
Dried boot 7Jo
Full cream chcoso Ifio
Brick chcoso Ifio
Swiss choose 12jo
Head chcoso 60
Bologna sausage 60
1 Ib package corn starch So
California dried grapes Bio
I mportedovnpornted currantn Go
California evaporated apricots 7io
California evaporated poaches 7Jo
String beans Co
Lima beans 60
'
20 Ib pnll jolly . . . 60o
Glonwood tomatos , lOc.
3 Ib can California grapes , Oc.
8 Ib can California apricots , 12jc.
8 Ib can California egg plums , 12c. }
3 Ib can California green gages , 12o. }
Tea and Coffee Dept.
Cocoa shells , 3c pound.
Japan dust tea , lOc.
Choice Japan tea , lOc.
Basket fired Japan ton , 23o and 35c.
Selected natural loaf Japan. 40c and
48c.
Uncolorcd Japan , 40c , GOc and OOc ,
Moyuno Gunpowder , 85c , 45c and GOo.
English breakfast , 88c , 48c and GOo.
Formosa Oolong , 69c and 70c.
Wo carry a complete line of teas.
Our colToes are rousted daily.
Rio colVoo , 20c , 23o and 25c.
Golden Rio , 25c to 28c.
Combination coffee , 27lo.
Choice Guatamala SOc.
Mixed Java nnd Mocha , 32o.
Old Government Java , 331c , 8 pounds
for $1.
Butter.
Country butter , lOc. 18c , 20c and 22 < j
per pound ; made by Nobrask a farmers
and is shipped in fresh every day. Ne
braska creamery 22c , 24c and 2Gc ; made
at Dodge. Remember wo are leaders in
first-class butter at lowest prices.
no timber except under the banks of liv
ing streams , very few springs and not
ono crook whore there are hundreds
now.
"To the early settler , " said Captain
Palmer , "Nebraska was desolate and
bleak , a barren waste , but the change
has boon great and now wo wonder why
we did not camp right hero and stay
and grow very rich as did the village
fiddler of Omaha. If our foresight was
as good as our hindsight what a great
people wo would bo. ' '
The distinguished Scotch preacher , Dr.
MncGroiror , a descendant of the historic
liouso of that name , ana well known border
marauders in past ngcs , once caused a scnsn-
tlon by an npt ancestral allusion , says the
St. Louis Republic. ' 'There was a day , "
quoth bo. "on which an ancestor ot mine was
sentenced to be hanged. I have no doubt it
wan for stealing considering the way in
which tlio ancient MacUrogora got tholr liv
ing , But as he was a distinguished thief , ho
was allowed to select the tree on which ha
was to bo executed , and with great presence
of mind ho uboso a gooseberry bush. It was
at once objected that it was not big enough.
But , suld bo , with great dignity , 'Let it
growl i'tn in no hurry. ' "
A Baptist minister took chnrco of a parish
near Boston , says the Herald , whnre he
knew that ono man was decidedly opposed to
his pastorate. Soon ( if tor his arrival the
Kov. Mr. X. called upon Mr. A.
'Brother , " said ho , "I hoar that you think
I am the wrong man to be the pastor of thli
church. "
"Woll , to bo franlc , " replied Mr. A. , "I ao
think that another would have filled the
place bettor. , '
"Now that Is lust what I think , " said the
, "liut as lonr ; as wo hold this opinion
Castor to the majority of tha parish
ioners , lot's try to bo unsoluih and make the
best of It. "
After that call Mr. X. never bad *
firmer friend nor moro faithful champion
than Mr. A.
In Oraco Mothodlstfcplscopal * church , Bal
timore. Kov , Dr. llarcourt proaohod on "Tha
lilblo Origin of Evil , " taking ns his text
Genesis ill. , 13 : "And the woman said ,
'Tho serpent beguiled mo. and 1 did oat. ' "
"It is the satno old story today , " said the
preacher. "Kvorv slnnor makes an axouia
to bldo behind. The woman said 'The ser
pent , ' and the man said , 'Thu woman , ' What
ever we may think of Adam before hl
transgression , his conduct after it mi i < oi
manifest the fact that ho was sadly Urmr (
In the eloinonts that mono up a true gi < Ha
inan. "
Hov , Whandoodlo Baxter , a visiting '
man , outdated last Sunday In the pu ( ill of
Kev. Arnlnabad Uledsoof the Austin Hlu
Light Colored taboruaclo , says H ( lints.
After the services were ever and u'liang-
donJlo and Blcuso wore walking ho.n. % tu
former remarked !
i'l notices , Uruddor Blcdso , dat nunt ob da
cullud chllOrcns in your tabornaclu it.n bery
light complected. How Is dat ari"
" 1 don't no nuflln about It. Uat's ilu color
dey was born wld , I reckon. "
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Boston Herald : Eldar Qootlman-My good
man. I trust you go to oburcht
Slippery Jos Wall , I reckon I ain't missed
a Sunday hence last October.
'ICIder Goodman 1 am dollghtoil in hear
you say eo , my good man , I hope , ou will
continue this commendable regular ) y ot at
tendance.
Slippery Joe Oh , you Icon bet yor booti
I'll keen on going till It pits warmer ' a
this. I ain't de kind of oloko as stays out o'
doors In a New England winter any mora'a
1 ken-help.
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Doctor Well , howdr > you feel todayl
Patient -I fell as If I had boon dead ft
weok.
Doctor Hoi , obi