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' 0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt SUNDAY , APRIL 24 , 1808. MOST LOFTY PERCH OF QUITO How the People Livj , Act and Work in Ecuador's Capital OUy. QUAINT TOWN AMDNG THE CLOUDS CJinrnclerlHtloi or the People and Gotcrnmrnt of ncnnilor Oor Trade Ttllh < ! > < 'Hrinilillc ' nnil Hovr It Cotihl He Incrcnucil. ( Copyright , ISO ! , br Frank 0. Carpenter. ) GUAYAQUIL , Ecuador , March 28 , 1598. Though the equator cuts Ecuador , the bulk of its people have an fine a climate as these of any part of the globe. TUey are sky dwellers. Nlne-tcntha of them llvo among the clouds. There are dozens of towns here which are twlco an high as Denver , and there are cattle ranchcn In the Andes at an altitude of 12,000 feet. On about the latitude of the C < ngo , Quito has a more temperate climate than that of Washington City. Hero at Guayaquil the climate Is that of the troplca ; In eorao of the Andean valleys It Is llko an Ohio Juno all the year around , and on many of the peaks tbe snow never melts. Quito la Hie highest capital city en earth. It Is situated on the roof of the world. It Is more than half a mile higher up In the air than the City ot Mexico , and more than 1,000 feet lilghcr than the Mount of St. Hcrnard , In the Alps , which la the highest point In Europe , where men. live all the year around. Quito Is , I am told' ' , going backward. It Is represented as having about 80,000 people. It Is a question whether It lias 50,000 , and It bad Its greatest number over 350 years ago , before the countiy was discovered by the Spaniards. Then It had several hundred thousand people , who Had a better civiliza tion , on the average , than the masses ot Ecuador have today. There was * town on according to tradition , 100 the slto of Quito , years before Christ was born , and It Is known that a city exlfitcd there In 1000 A. D. Atahualpa , the Inca monarch who was coo quered and murdered by Plzarro , bad a palace at Quito , the roof of which , It Is said , was covered with pure gold , and of Uie treasures which wore hidden by the Indians at th.s time It Is believed that vast quantities were burled in Ecuador. LIKE AMONG THE CLOUDS. Owing to the rainy season I have not been able .to . make my way to the Ecuadorian capital. The route Is Hooded and the mal.s are now fifteen days in coming a distance of less than 300 miles. The city lies over the Andes In a valley , between , two ranges , and you ride on mules about the precipitous slope * of these great mountalrs to reach It. in good weather the .trip . may be made In eight Says ; now the mules must wade through the mud up to their bellies , and In descending eomo of the declivities they sit down and slide. There UTO here , however , many people who have HveJ In Quito , and my Information concerning the city will glvo you an idea of the place aa It Is today. Quito Is abou a mlle square. It would Jutt cover four 100. aero fartrs. The streets arc laid out at rlgh angles , but are very narrow and are such that the man , who Introduced tbo firs darrhgo Into the town had to get a perm ! to do so. Just tuck of the city is the actlv < volcano , Mount Plchlncha , and all about I on the cldes of the valley , walling It In as It were nro some ot the highest peaks o the Andes. ( Mount Plchlncha la mow-capper and its peak U so near Quito that the c used for making the ice cream of the cltj comes from there. Mount Plchlncha has f. cratcr halt a mlle deep , and a mile wide at the bottom. It Is a mlle higher up In the air than Mount Aetna , and Ita fires arc such that U has been said that Vesuvius would bo a portable furr.oce beside It. The top of thU mountain can be reached by horses In a five hours' ride from Quito. Standing on the elcno of 'Mount ' Plchlncha , Quito llw In the valley below you. It Is a city of white edobo two-story houses covered with red tl'.es. The houses look low and squatty and you sco among them a largo number of con vents , monasteries and churches. Fully one- fourth of the town In taken up with church establishments , and there are as many priests and nurs to the square as you will find In the City of Home. Quito has always been a great supporter of Home , and Its contributions to the Catholic church have been so many that It haa been called "The little mother of the pope. " TUB GOVERNMENT OP ECUADOR. Until lately the government ot Ecuador bus been largely a union of church and Btato and today the priests have great la flucncc. Catholicism Is the only religion of the country , and by Catholicism I do not mean the liberal religion of Archbishops Ireland and Gibbons , but the Spanish Cath olicism , which Is as bad almost as that ol tbo days of the Inquisition and of the mil- die agca. Ecuador Is , you know , nominal ! a republic , but voters must belong to the church nnd must bo able to read and write Not moro than ono-tcnth of the people car do the latter , co the educated whites prar tlcally control the elections I should rathei say that the officials control them , and thai there Is no such thing as a fair election Ecuador. The land is ono of revolutions The present president , Don Alfaro , has beer a revolutionist all his llfo and has at last gotten Into power. Mo has had a numbci of narrow escapes , some ot which Captali Power , the commander of ono of tbo llttli Ecuadorian men-of war , has described ti me. At ono time when Power was wltl Alfaro his boat was captured by the encni and Alfaro escaped by swimming to thi shore on a barrel , and at another time hi lived for weeks In tbo wilds of Ecuador am Colombia , huntcJ by the state troops. Prcx ' Ident Alfaro has limited somewhat th power of tbo priests , although I am toll that he is afraid of them. He is progreS slvo In bis views arxl ho is very desirous tha foreign capital should come to Ecuador an SORE HANDS CURED BY CUTICURA About eight years ago I got sore hands. It commenced with a burning sensation on my flngen. When 1 rubbed them > ou could se llttlo white plrnplet on the skin , and I felt tike twisting my fingers out of their sockets Iliad high fo\er and cold chilliand nlghU I bail to walk the floor until I fell aileep. I got thoCimcuiix HEMI/VENT and CUTICUXX Bo A ITbo nails hardened up and peeled off , and I don't bellero thcro It one ot tbo tint Bail * left on my hands which are now cured. CASl'ER DiETSCUI.KR , ( Feb. 22-M. rcinbrokoGcne coCo.N.Y. Two dollars' worth of CimcuBA REMEDIH cured me of Halt niuum of ttctnly ytari' itanj- ing. My bands and flngen broke out In red , watery blister ] with terrible Itching , then a cab would form , which would peel off and como In great cracks , tbo blood running out. My nails grew out wrinkled like a cow's horns , but uow they nro growing nice and smooth. 8. It. MH.LKU. Roberudale , Pa. I was obliged to keep tbe first three flngen of my little boy's band done up all the time , aa it was a raw tore , beginning to extend down toward tbe palm. > Vo consulted three different physicians , each a certain length ot time. A getitlouiin recommended Cimci-BA KniDiES. I purchased CDTICCIU SOAP , CUTIOCRA. ( ointment ) and Cimcciu RUOL- TWT.r" ' wide what I bad been using , and fcegaa with tnem. Well t M y cwrrd Mat Aaiul. Mn. DIAMOND , JM.109 * . 161 BfBMQQ Aye. . BochMUr.K. Y. develop It. The preildcnt lives at Quito. Ho baa a ( alary of 24,000 sucres , or about $12,000 a year , and fall term of office Is for four years. Ho hag cabinet , one of the minister ! of which represents the church. In addition to the president the government consists of a congress , a system of courts and of governors of the various provinces , who arc appointed by the prcslJc.it and may be removed by him , TAXES AND THE SALT REVENUES. Ecuador has a very small national debt and Its direct taxes era low. Much of the government Income Is derived from the tar iff on Imports , which covers almost every thing , and also from the tax on salt. Call Is a government monopoly hero. Every city has Its government salt warehouse , where the merchants or private consumers must come to buy , and where they pay several times as much for a very roor artlclu cs they would It call was free. 1 visited such a warehouse at the town of nodcgas the other day. There were hundreds of tons ot dirty salt banked up In largo barn-like rooms , and I saw some being weighed out to purchasers on a pair of American scales It costs the government , I am told , about CO centa a hundredweight to make It , and Its prlco at the warehouse Is almost 2 cents a pound. The revenue from this tource amounts to about $200,000 a year. Ecuador has now a public school system , but only about one-tenth of the people , as 1 have said , can read and write. There are In the country In the neighborhood of 1,000 primary schools and also a number of these of higher grades. The children In these schools all study out loud , and the din Is as great as that of the schools of China. Quito hae a university , largely managed by Jesuits , and there Is also a college at the city of Cucnca. Hero at Guayaquil there are two newspapers , both of which get short cable dispatches. The papers are cried by newsboys on the streets. They ore prkited on old American presses from type made In the United States' although their paper and Ink como , I am told , from Ger many. Among the other Institution of Ecuador are a hospital here anil a hospital , a lunatic and a leper asylum at Quito. The cemetery at Quito Is en the pigeon hole system. You rent a box In the nail for your coflla , and It stays thcro as long as your relatives or friends pay the rent. When the pay stops the authorities pull out the coffin and dump the remains Into a great cistern adjoining the cemetery. A similar' custom prevails In the cemetery of Uio city of Ouanahuato , In Mexico , where the bones cf the delinquent dead are shov eled away loto a great vault , where they lie piled up like so much corn In a granary. THEY THADE IN HUMAN HEADS. The bulk of the population of Ecuador Is made up of Indians. There are 150,000 In dians In the republic -who have never been I subdued , and some of the savages upon the Nape river , which flows through the east- el n _ part of Ecuador Into the.iMaronon , are ICKS known than the people of Interior Africa. Some of these tribes shoot their enemies with poisoned arrows , using blow gins made of reeds. They senJ the arrows at U'ou ' with great force , and a scratch from ono of them Is sure death. It Is In this same region that dried heads of human beings are cured for sale. As I write these words a human head , cut off Just below the chin , lies on the table before me. Whether It Is that of a man or a woman I do not know , but the hair Is as long , as black a-ad ns silky as the hair of any bru- nctto belle who reads this letter. When I photogrphcd It a few minutes ago , holding It In my hand before the camera , the black strands hung down almost a yard below my fist , and the hair was so thick that I could hardly grasp It all. The head Is ono of the famous dried heads of the Ecuadorian Indians who live on the eastern slope of the Andes. They have for ages adopted this method of pickling or curing the heads of their enemies , and I have been told that fucli a demand has existed among the foreigners for the heads as curiosities that within reccr.t years the Indians have been killing their friends and relatives , as well , In order to supply it. The Ecuadorian government has recently passed a law mak ing it a crime to buy or sell such heads , and the severest penalties are Imposed on these who wgage In the traffic. Still , I am offered this bead for $100 in gold , and I could buy several more at the same price. I don't think I shall take It It Is , however , a wonderful thing. All ol the bones have In some way been taken ou of It , and the flesh , skin and hair of the head only left. In parting the hair at thi back I see stitches , and It Is evident tha. the skin was cut open here to get out the skull. The remainder of the skin Is as per fect as it was In life , only the whole head is so shrunken that It Is not much larger than a base ball. Its color Is perfectly bloc ! : . The- eyes are closed , the forehead over which the dark hair hangs , Is low , anc the nose is almost that of a negro in shape , The llpp , which were once full , sensuous and voluptuous , are sowed together with lonf cotton strands , which hang down like a macreme fringe , and the chin has a pro nounced dimple in it , which , I doubt not once smiled at its sweetheart and friends Whether Its owner was killed by treachery or in battle no ono knows. - HOW THE HEADS ARE CURED. ) The method of curing the heads Is also mystery. It is said that a red-whlskcre German came out to Ecuador some years ag determined to learn the process. He wen > to Quito and then made his way eastward t the Indian country. Since then be has neve been seen , but it is wld that about thre I' months after his disappearance a bead beau . tlfully cured was brought in for sale. 1 was of a lighter complexion than the one o my table and the features were German 1 cr cast , while on the chin was a beard of th s-ime brick dust hue as" that of 'theGerma tlo explorer. From natlyei sources I learn tha to the Indians cure the heads after they hav th removed the bones by filling them with ho ny ; pebbles and passing them from hand t he hand , pressing them so carefully inward tha he in shrinking they do not lose their shape ud After this they are baked in the sand an 'Hho so treated that they will last for ajges. Th ho skin of the neck of this head is about one Jld sixth of an Inch thick. Its pretty ears cr esmt about tbo size of a silver quarter , and a mt I push back its hair and look at Its clcsc eyes I almost fear that It will open them and glare at me. THE INDIANS OP ECUADOR. The mcst of the Indians of Ecuador arc semi-civilized. Wo have , it is estimated , about 250,000 Indians In the United States. Ecuador das 870,000 Indiana In a total popula tion of 1,250,000 , the remainder of the In habitants being made up of 100,000 whites and about 300,000 people of mixed races or crosses of the whites and negroes with the Indians. Tile whites are the ruling clats. They are the government , the wealth , the brains , the Ecuador that we know In busi ness and In trade. The Indians are the workIng - Ing population. They are thriftless and e com to have llttlo spirit or ambition. Their highest Idea of pleasure is plenty of liquor , and the "Ecuadorian smile" Is as common as the drinkaS America. They live like dogs and work almost from birth to death. Ttiey till the soil , carry the freight on their backs up nnd down the mountains , and are , In fact , often treated tnore like cattle than the animals themselves. They submit to tbo wtoltca and are accustomed to being advised by them. Only the fewest of these Indians con read or write and very few accumulate property. I don't think the native Ecuadorians will ever be a largo consuming Their wants are few. A suit or two of cotton clothes , a llttlo rice and meat and o cane hut In the lowlands or ono of adobe brick in the mountains suffice for them. It dors not cost much tnore , I am told , to raise a child to maturity among the Ecuadorian Indians than it does on the banks of the Ganges or the Nile. The. civilized Indians are the descendants ot those who were here when the Spaniards conquered 1 J the country. They were even then the slaves or subjects of the Incas , and they seem to bo one of thoie races which , like the fellahln of Egypt , are ever destined to be subject to and work for a stronger race. Three Indians are , with a few exceptions , Cathollra. They are ruled by the priests , and a large rort of their earnings goea to the church. It was only lately that Protestant missionaries have been permitted to come Into Ecuodor , and the few here now are having a hard time. I met hero at Gu > aqull an earnest young fellow from Denver , wtic iias recently como out to do missionary work , He tella me tbo field U a great one , but that bis reception by the people U far from cordial , and that he hai been warned not tc go to certain places to preach , or hU life would be ID danger. OUR TRADE WITH ECUADOR. I have tpeat tome time IB looking up thi chances here for America * trade. Then a OUR ULTIMATUM . . . . A STUPENDOUS UNLOADING SALE Thousands upon thousands of dollars worth of goods have to be sold this week. There is absolutely no other recourse. Notwithstanding the fact that wo have six mammoth floors , we find we have too much stock. Costly pieces of Bed Kooni , Sit ting Room , ' Dining Room and Kitchen Furniture all will be marked down so as to enable you to get just twice as much for your money here as you can possibly get elsewhere. We mention in particular the deep outs that are made into the prices of parlor furniture. Here can bo found bargains galore. Read below all about the unloading sale of parlor furniture samples. & & & & & & & & & /&igue Stj-opger rp Words. Big Sale of Parlor Furniture Samples. We purchased and now have displayed on our mammoth second floor the entire sample line of S. Kar- pen & Bros. , 154 to 184 Michigan avenue the largest manu facturers of good Parlor Furniture in the United States- Every conceivable piece of upholstered furniture will be of. fered at the ridiculous prices mentioned below and hundreds of other items which we have not space to quote. This enables us to make prices that are less than wholesale cost on regular , goods , Wardrobe Couch covered in Cre- tono- full width nnd length worth Q H6.00 unloading-prlco 9 Corner Chnlr mahogany finish * ranie brocatellu or silk tapestry upholstery , assorted colors worth E nc $10.CO unloading price * . fcw Divan oak or mahogany flnl"h from ? upholstered in velour or tapestry full spring worth $15.00 C En unloading price V ww Divan Roman paMern mahogany finish frame stlk tnpestry or silk veJour cov-erlnis worth $ J3.00 unOfl Efl loading prlco I" * W Roman Arm Chair quartered cnk frame covred In medalllcn tapestry - I estry worth $20.00 unloading prlco I Leather nocker-TurklMi-mahps any or oak trimmings-worth $37.tO OC Efl unloadingprlco tfc M" Furniture This is where wo cut dcop too much stoc'f. Red Room Suit , 3 pieces , finished In _ _ antique or niiihogany , worth S'-Jo 00 , IM TC Unloading I'rlco * Sideboard very elegant polished oak. lii'.ivy Kruncli plato mirror , J Q wort'a $00.00 , Unloading Prlco UU Hookshulves , worth $2.50 , | OC Unloading Prlco I fcW Center Table ? olld oak nicely II finished-worth $3.60-unuloadlne II OE prlco 6 * Rocker cane seat- I TR worth $3.00-unloadlng price I Iw Baby Carriage Heywood make- IM It OC worth $ S.OO unloading price * t tw China Closet piano polished oak- 14 EflU worth 2.50 unloading price It , ) U Iron Bed- A QH worth $3.30-unloadlns price ? 9U Morris Reclining Chair handsome cushlons-woith $13.50-unloadlng R 7n prlco W 'w Leather Couch very elegant- QE flfl worth $00.00 unloading price. . . . ww UU wwA Drri'cr white enameled A worth 18.00 unloading prlco 51 51Q Bed Lounge biff value- Q CA worth $14.60 unloading price. 3 UU 3Q Couch elegantly tufted velour Q worth $17.50 unloading price . . . . . . 9 9Q Dressing Table assorted finishes- Q f C worth $17.50 unloading price 51 Iw Book Case and Writing Desk com 51M bined , so'ld oak. Frpnch plate mir M 7C ror , w-orth $ il.OO unloading prlca. . l t I l Book Case hand polished tQ Efl niorth $17.6' ) unloading prlco Antlqun Cane Seat Chairs- worth $ .1.25 unuloadins price O.V IIUILIlI.Vi KOIUIKHLY UCCUPIE'l ) IIV MOUSE PJIV UOOUii COMPuV.VY. ) ere practically no statistics , and It Is hard to get at just what the trade of the country amounts to. It probably ranges somewhere between 10,000,000 and $15,000,000 a year , the Imports being less than the exports. The bulk of the Imports come from Europe , and tbo articles wo send here are those which wo can make more- cheaply and of a better quality than the Europeans. This Is especially the case with hardware. Tbe American hardware has , I find , a better etandlne wherever I have been than any other. The axes and knives made at Hart ford. Conn. , are celebrated here , and the Germans and other Europeans are Imitating ! them almost to the trade marks. They make a much poorer and cheaper article , and sell chiefly by their fraudulent imitation. The American firearms command the highest prices , and they are also imitated. Smith & Wesson revolvers , for Instance , have been copied by the Spaniards and labeled In largo letters. Smith & Wesson oartrldzes are to bo used with this revolver. When the South American customer who cannot read English Is shown the revolver ho Is told that it is a SmltS & Wesson , and the above words are shown him. He buys the gun , to find It use less , or that It bursts after a few shots. The genuine American revolvers , 33-callber , sell for $36 In silver , while the Imitation Spanish made revolvers sell for J14. The most of the cottons used in Ecuador come from Great Britain. About Jl.000,000 worth of English cottons are consumed here every year , while wo do not eell 350.000 worth. If our cotton factors would study the market and make tbo goods these people want they could eas ily get this trade , for our cottons are better than the English. There are practically no iron manufactories In Ecuador , and all Iron work and hardware must be Imparted. There are a few water mills near Quito which wea/e cotton , linen and woolen goods , and also a ellk hat factory , for the Quito swells all weir plug bats and black kid gloves. Here at Guayaquil there are a number of chocolate factories , which grind up the cocoa beans and make them into the chocolate of commerce. As to lumber , I doubt If there is a modern saw mill or planing cstnh'lst- ' ment In the country. Such boarda as I have seen made have been sawed out by band from the logs , one man standing on top of the log and pulling the saw , while another below furnishes tbe force for the downward strokes. The most of the lumber used on the coast and on thU river Is brought here from Oregon and Puget sound , and it often sells as high a > 10 cents a foot. Georgia pine la brought around Cape Horn , a distance , I Judge , of about 8,000 mllw. All Imported lumber pays a duty of about 1 cent for every eight pounds , and , In addition to this , one of SO per cent * d valorem. Our chief eiporU Arm Chair silk velour seat nn.l back hand embroidered back- mahogany finished frame worth | O OC KUCO-unloadlni ? price l 9 Student Rocker upholstered In thn finest velour mahogany or oak frame woith $23.00 unloading | Q Cfl price fU OU Parlor Suit 3 places very fine ma hogany finished frame. beautiful silk tapestry coverings-orth M3 , 99 Cfl unloading price & 311 Parlor Sul mahogany fln'.shed or oak frame richly carved sP.t tap estry covcilng assorted patterns 9C worth * X > .00-unloadlns price 0 Overstuffed Parlor Suit ccnslstlng ' > r ' Ifi'cc tilccen niwortod colors of silk tapestry covcrlng- ' v i.v h.imt.omi lAorth J75 an | " | u'nloullng price Furniture ( Contiuncd. ) Kitchen Chairs- worth COc unuleadlng price 29c Extension Table highly polished C " 1C worth W.M unloading prlco u 19 * Heavy Wire Springs t MO worth $2.50 unloading prlco I * fO Child's Folding- Beds C 9C worth $10.00 unloading price 9 bu Folding BedF worth $2000 . II unloading price . , II Medicine Cabinet I 4 worth $2.50 Wardrobe antique C Qfl worth $14.00r-unloadlnff prlco . Q 5fl ) Solid Oak Sideboard O f C worth ) 10.00 unloading prlco . 51 03 India. Stool ? QDn worth $2.50 unloading price . 5fOw Baby Jumpers I MQ worth $3.50 unloading price . I.4O Tabouretten QOn worth $2.DO unloading price . IOu Shamholders worth $1.00 unloading prlco . Chiffonier solla oak 3 drawers C VIC rorth $12.00 unloading prlco . Q 43 Ladles' Desk mahogany finisher or oak worth $12.00 unloading C Ofl price . D 9U Hair Ma'trjsses Q "WE worth $15.00 unloading prlco . 51 13 Hat Racks worth 2ic unloading price . Oak Towel Racks IC * worth a5c unloading prlco . lUw Furniture Polish the very best worth tOc unloading iprlco . - . to Ecuador are lumber , lard , kerosene , flour and barbed wire for fencing. The great dis advantage that the United States has In competing with Europe Is In the high freight rates and in the fact that tbo Americans do not drum up their trade br means of commercial travelers , as the Europeans do. Franco or England can oend goods to the ports of Ecuador for 5 shillings , or about $ C.25 a ton. The freight rate from Now York around the Horn is 27' cents a ] cubic foot , op nearly $12 In gold per ton , whllo the rates by the Isthmus ot Panama ao fully one-third more. The exchange on New York la about 5 per cent higher'than en London , so that the American exporter labors under decided disadvantages. When an isthmian canal la built this will be all changed in favor of the United States , and the trade of this western' coast ot South America will como to us.- , FIV.\NK.G. CARPENTER. An IrlHli Sliavo hiul Shnvcr. "During- ono of my trips through Ire land , " says Clmuncey Olcott , "I found my self In a small village with no razors , llaey had been packed In my handbag , which I had left at the hotel where I had stayed the day before , Tnero was no barber shop In the place and I was In a quandary as to how I might get shaved. The Inn keeper told me that there was < i man In the village who occasionally sbuvrd people and I de termined to risk a cut or two and send for him. The amateur 'barber ' arrived with his razor , and after a little hesitation ho said to me : " 'Will you please ; sir , lie down flat on your back while 1 shave you , sir ? ' "Thinking that it was probably a custom of the country , I stretched out comfortably on my back and' ' nearly went asleep while the fellow shaved me. so He'nt was his touch. When ho had finished I arose and said : " 'I am curious to know why you asked me to lie down to be shaved ? ' " 'Because , sir. ' was his ingenious reply , 'I never before tViaved a live man. sir. ' "I may add that I sent for no more ama teur barbers to shave mo during my trip In Ireland.1' It All Deien . Chicago Post : "What is heT' "Well , I don't know , Hr represents a newspaper , but I don't know what one. " "What difference doeg that make ? " "Why , If It's a plain , ordinary newspaper that gives the news Vie is a staff corre spondent , but if It U yellow Journal that uses lots of blacte type and prints fakes he Is a special commissioner. " COOKS IMI'BIUAI , CHAMPAGNE EXTRA DUY COOKS IHI'EIUAU CHAMPAGNE EXTJIA UHY COOKS IMPERIAL CHAMPAGNE EJtTUA BUY Stove Sale Larpc shipment of Stovus nnd Ranges originally Intended for it Salt I.akii Ulty llrtn , nils stopped by the shipper * , for reasons lust known to them mid sold to us ut our pi Ice , wlilo'i bcnvlit wo In tuin glvo to ourcustimiuts. Thesu prices us long us tlm goods last. Steel Ilange lined throughout with heavy sheets of nsbcatos nil steel plates closely riveted together-large square ovens all sizes with high shrives or warming clo cts finely finished nnd well mode through out We pKice on sale one of these magnlflQO Crt cent ranges worth regular J" 5.00 for only. . U 9U Cook Stove made of very fine smooth cast ings guaranteed a perfect baker nicely trimmed worth regular $14.50 unloading- Q EC price ww Range C hole and reservoir the very fin est cast Iron range made has massive 22- _ _ _ Inch oven and nil parts closely fitted OJ Kfl worth regular $ lo.CO unloading .price tt vw Gasoline Stove 2-burner nnd step guaranteed - _ teed In every respect worth regular fll.50 O Ell unloading prlco O * * * * Oven for gasoline stove very heavy close fitting doors good baker worth regular I Ifl J2.09 unloading price . ' I IV Laundry Stove very heavy worth $ G.CO Q QC Unloading price W J Quick Meal Blue Flame Oil Stoves-worth C $12.00 unloading prlco U We are solo agents for Leonard Cleanable Refrigerators Positively the best rcfrlzcrator made finely finished on the out side and Inside It has seven walls of asbestos , charcoal , etc. , ami Is guaranteed not to sweat or mix flivors Just the refrigerator t'nat vou wunnt one worth J13.0J , unload ing prlco $7.50 Draperies Pricea that need no words to affirm their cheapness. nrusMsls Net Lnco Curtains , C Cfl worth $10 , unloiullnguiIco. . w Oil Irish 1'nltit Lace Curtains Q TC worth $8.00 , unloading prlco w 19 Nottingham I-'icc Ourlniii . worth $1.30 , unloading price Tnpestry Curtains , very pretty , worth $4.&W , Q unloading urlco Chcnlllo I'ortlcrox , worth 0 OC iO.oo , unloading pricu ft 193 llono Portieres worth JG.50 , Q C unloading price O ftw Ilamboo nnd Bead I'ortlerrs. I worth ii.dO , unloading prlco I Carpets Bargains that cannot be. duplicated anywhere. Moquctte Carpets unloading price Velvet Carpets IQn unloading price . IJJu Tnipefitry Brussals Carpets , unloading price . Heavy all wool Ingrain CarEQn ipsts unloading price. . w fu Stair Carpet , very heavy , IQn north -lOc unloading price. . l Ju Matting , worth 35c ( On unloading price . lOu Llncleum. worth 5c , unloading price . Oilcloth , worth 35c unloading price . TWO ARBOR DAYS IN NEBRASKA By Sara Isaman. "Frank , I really believe you have for gotten what day this is , " cays Mary Taylor , pushing her sunbonnet back from her pretty face and looking up at her tall , good-looking jusband , standing near. Slio makes a pretty picture as elio leans over a bugo bed ot early spring blossoms , which grow in pro fusion around the little bouse. Frank evidently 'has ' forgotten , for he makes no answer , and after arranging her flowers , she continues , "Well , I will tell you ; this is the second anniversary of our marriage , and also the first Arbor day In Nebraska. Wo will plant a tree right there wtiero you stand , and live yearn .from today we will look back and eeo the changed the years have made. " Frank Taylor laughs good-naturedly at the earnest face of hla dark-eyed wife and eaja , "Seems to me , Mary , we have planted our share of treea , In the two years wo have been trying to make a home from the prairie land , but one tree moro or lees won't mat ter , so here goes , " and , as bo speaks , he sinks tbo shining spade deep Into tbo rich black fioll. It ! a a lovely spring day even for Ne braska. The prairie , turning from brown to green , the song of tbe meadow lark Is heard , and the prairie country at this time baa an Indescribable charm all Its own. After the tree is planted Mary looks at It awhile In silence , and Uun speaking , half Jestingly and half In earnest , say.i : "Frank , I have been trying to look Into the future to&iy , and if you will listen I will tell you about eomo of the castles I have been building , and then we will see flvo years from today how many have mater ialized. First , I tee many new homes around us and tbe prairie at harvest time scema one vast field or grain , and tbe little sta tion near by has grown to be quite a city. Next , I oeo Instead of tbe two-roomed house and iod kitchen , a beautiful cottage , with vines running over the broad porcbea and . looking in at the windows. The treea wo I planted two years ago throw the shade of j their young leavro across the grassy lawn , and i I neatly trimmed hedge borders the ysr < 5 and I driveways. 'Lille * are blooming near the I gate and the lilacs are ready to burst Into blooom and welcome the spring visitor with tbelr fragrance. Tbe llttlo- brook , or draw , Glassware Crockery aiul Lump Bargains. Wo litivo the larpost Crockoryf Glassware nnd Lamp department in Omuhti right on our main Hour , In order to inako this popular doimrtmunt even more popular we quote these wonderfully low prices and defy competition. Dinner Set 101 piece ? . Krench China beauti fully decorated on the very finest I.lmogca O China set wort'n ' $10.0) unloading price. . . . Austrian China Dinner Set 101 pieces handsome decoration first class ware set IQ cfi worth $30.00 unloading price 10 Oil English Dinner Set pretty pattern on line Bcml-porcelnln ware underglazed guaran teed not to crackle or craze worth JlG.fio Q Bli unloading prlco 9 9v Toilet Set Including comblnct and cover all pieces stippled * oltl pretty decoration E CC worth $10.00 unloading prlco v O3 Toilet Sot very good ware just the thing- for furnished rooms worth $1.50-unloadlng A If ) price IU lianquct Jarnv > anil Glolio to mntiAi fine Hochestcr burner worth $7.fpO unloading Q Qfl price Q 3U Hand Lamplth pretty decorated base nicely pressed bowl all complete worth ROe Jl.OO-unloadlng price U fw C We are Solo Agents for Quick Meal Gasoline Stoves positively the finest gasoline steve made. More Quick Meals In use right In Omaha than all the other makes combined. No fcoot , no dirt , no odor. Don't run your cook steve all summer when you can buy a Quick Meal at these prices. All Quick Meals guaranteed. Notwith standing what others may advur- tlgo , we are SOI..K ngents. We Pace ! on "ale a Quick Meal Gasoline Stove , worth $5.50 , for ony ! Hotels , Ahoy While wo are first of all House Furnishers , wo would remind all hotel , restaurant cod boarding houtc keepers that there U no establish ment this side of Chicago better pre pared to provide you Instantly with an outfit N'o order too small , none too largo to receive Immediate and entirely satisfactory attention. Arti cles that enablc3 you to furnish rooms cheap for TransmlEsltulpi ) ! peaccn. 3lnltliipr 11 n Ion ill lit ; price ISc Cot * imlonillnir jirli'o . . Uoc To 1 lot Cutitiitoili'M , with Inrnrc mirror iiiiliinilliiK- price Ijtr.ar AVnuli SlnmlH n. < ! Cliulrw , TI odd Sent Me Col ( on IlIaiikrlH r.ltc 1'IIIoMM , per pair | < ) e Howl mill riteln-r U5u Office Furniture a Specialty , Priors loiv assortment large Wo are headquarters. Roll top Office Desk solid oak h ghly pol shed n'ce- arranseri pigeon hole ? worth $27.50 unloading If price I f Roll top Office Desk solid oak big barpaln worth Q $10.00 unloading price 9 4-'foot fiat to.i Oak Desk- good design worth 513.00 Tf OR unloading price. I 9 Revolving Olfic ? Chair big teat and high broad back worth J10.00-unloadlng J Qfl prlco * 3U RevolvingOlllce Chair worth $ C 00 unloading Q tfl price U III Office Stool , worth J1.23 unloading price as they call It here , is spanned by a rustic bridge to remind us of four old home In the east. Over there by the flower beds stand an arbor , fragrant with grape and honeysuckle vines , where I shall be waitIng - Ing for you five years from today. Flowers everywhere great beds of old-fashioned flags for early springtime , and later roses and scarlet geraniums will glvo life and color to the scene. All kind of flowers I see except one violets how I hate tbo very sight of them for they remind me ot one I would forget Flora Temple. Dlue eyed , gohlcn haired Flo , I once heard you call her , and I think from that moment I bated her , and all because you loved , or thought you loved , her first. Do you re member the day you quarreled ? She gave mo a letter to give to you explaining all and asking your forglvcneis. What did I do with it ? Well , now , that we aie old mar ried folks I may as well tell you. I burned It and as it slowly flamed up the odor of violets was oppressive. No , I do not re gret it for "Why 'Frank , how white and strange you look ! You have been working too bard this spring ; como In the house and rest. " * j Five years have passed away. It has been a very warm day , and as Frank Taylor walks slowly homo from the town nearby , hU eyes brighten as they rest on his beau tiful borne , lovely In * the spring sunshine. The lilies near the gate make a gay bit of color , and be takes a long breath of con tentment , as ho Inhales the faint fragrance of the lilacs just ready to burst Into bloom. A step is heard and hla wlfo is soon by his side , and together thev pass through the beautiful grounds to their favorite seat In "Well , what has my wlfo been doing tb's Ideal spring day , lie asks , kindly. "Oh. Frank , have you forgotten , " she says ; "this Is Arbor day In Nebraska. " Then Frank , for the first time , thinks of the promise made five years ago. Ho sits there thinking of the castles they built that day. and comparing them with the present. Yes , It has all come to pass , little as his faith at the time. The little station Is a thriving town now. and the prairies are great fields of craln , bringing wealth and prosperity to the tellers of Nebraska , Tall trees shade the grassy lawn and a beautiful cottage stands where tbo little home first stood , and throueb the branches of the flowering plum trees a glimpse of the little red bridge gives a touch of color to tbo tender grecus of the ( 'landscape. Flowers everywhere , and all kinds. He IB silent a long tlmp , his thoughts I busy with the pant silent so long , bin wife calls bis name , once , twlco and be looks up 11 If from dream Into her laughing eyre. yc at blue a * the iky . b ve them. vlol U > Wo nro Sole Agents for * Heywood Baby Carriages 1 Tnl carriage Is PO well known that It need no words to affirm Us goodness. Spilngs , wheels and all running pear guaranteed. Wo p'.aco on sale Heywood Carriage , elegant ly upholstered and very line parasol , worth $10.00 O OK 13IG VARIETY OF GO CARTS. Notice "We wish to have it more widely known that we are not an exclusive time payment house. We sell an enormous quantity of goods for cash and acknowledge no competition w h a t e v er in prices or assortment from any cash house in the west. Our Easy Terms On a bill of $10.00- $1.00 per week or } l 00 per month On a bill of J20.00 $1.25 per week or J3 00 per month On a bill of JM.CO- ll.CO per week , or JC.OO per month On a bill of tr.0.00 I2.CO per week or $3.00 per month On n bill of J75.00 Ji.23 per week or J9.00 per month On a bill of J100.00- } 2CO per wctk or J10.00 per montli On n bill of 5 > 0.00- 14.00 per week or J15.00 per niontli nestle In her golden hair , and her name not Mary , OLT UK TIII2 Oltim.VUY. The oldest 'house ' In Pennsylvania has been badly damaged by lire In Chester. It was built In 1CGS and was long used as tav ern and later as a playhouse. An attempt to cross the Alps Inn balloon starting from the Italian sidelll bu made next summer. The Intention In to keep nt a hclg'ht ' of 15,000 feet no long a possible and to take photographic vlew and make scientific observations during the passage. Mrs. Itobcrt I' . Mason of Frostburg. Mil. , has a large folio volume of the Old Testa ment , profusely Illustrated , Shu does not know just 'now old It Is , UH thu title paga IH lost , but the name of one of Its owners- Mary Ann Dyer. 1703 shows It to beat least 133 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Peterson of Hani Knko , Minn. , claim t'no distinction of being pirenta of thu flV3 tallest sons In the United States. The oldest one , Jonas , Is C fm 3 Inches ; Peter Is C feet 3 Inches , Charles Is fi feet 8 Inches , Edward Is C fuel 4 lnc'm-3 nd John Is 6 feet 3 Indies. The youngest two haven't quit growing yet. Kpernay , In France , is n vast subter ranean city , tlm streets for miles bain ; 'hewn ' out of solid chalk , flanked with piles of champagne of all blends and fiuulflles. Tlio largest churnpagnc manufacturers In Upern.iy posstascs underground cellars , which cover no fewer than forty-live acres , and contain 5OUO,000 bottles of wine. An ngecl citizen of Amboy , Inil. , wlllrtl tha. ' . he should bo burl < d In a water-tight cotlln of two-Inch planks , In lAhluh there should be kawdust and two comfortables. He directed that a pprlnx wagon ehould b < i used ln teid of a htar e to taku his body to tbe cemo'ery. all of which was don ? . No other thing ho hud done. In llf < > had Indi cated any eccentric turn of mind , A Tallahassee , Fla. , paper computed that where. , ut the price cf cotton prevailing thercaUouta for < ! hi past ttcverul years. I'AO ' acres of land planted to cotton yUld only $ W , the fume ipaco planted to rnlibago would , at the present price of r.il > t/'rf there , brln-s from H20 to $110. "Vft mora * han l.COO acrest are planted to cotton to one planted to cabbage , " It a > f. A ten- IKUnd , home grown hrad of cubbagu ucIl * thcro for 10 c.'nts. Tha following peculiar obituary notlra recently appeared In the. d < > ath notlciH of ths ' Uub'.ln Independent. 11 rather ImpjrUnt IrUh ntttspuiper : "Smi'-On tbo 2Sh Inat. . Amy Jane ( Mary Smlt. eldest douahtt-r of John ami Wllhiltninu Smlt , nxcd 1 day nnd ZVi huurs. Thu bereaved und heartbroken partnt.4 bi to lender thrjr hearty thanks to llr. Jones for hi * unreimlttlnx attention dur ing the lllne 8 of the deceased , and for th moderate brevity of his bllK AltiO to Mr. Wilson for running- for < ho doctor , und to Mr. Itoblnson Cor recommending mus'ar4 flastir. "