THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAT , DECEMBER 27 , 1808.
Merchants' , Bean Club.
Hu-Can Guess Our Bean Jars ?
Some Things That You Should Know :
1 That you must use a coupon cut from this paper.- 5 That you should file your coupons as early as possible. 9 That the advertisement must be cut out with the coupon ,
2 That no pernon can deposit more than three coupons with any one 6 That in case of a tie the coupon filed first will receive the prize. 10 That the jars are changed and refilled after each contest.
merchant each day. 11 That if you don't estimate correctly this time , you may next time
3 That you must bring them to the store. No mailed coupons filed. 7 That no one knows the exact number of beans in a jar. 12 That every article offered is exactly as represented by the mer
4 That you can vote as often as you have coupons. 8 That each jar contains beans and beans only. chants.
HU-CAN ?
Beans at A. Hospe's
1513 DOUGLAS STREET.
Hospe's
, This week wo have a sale of a 11 left-over pictures and Christmas knickknacks -
knacks prices will bo cut in half or more and they must be sold at once oa
wo Invoice January 1. A $30 plctur o to the successful estimate on our bean Jar
contest. Croscs Saturday night.
A. Ho iie' *
nrJAN CONTKST COUPON.
My estimate-of the number of beana ID Jar No. 10 Is
Name.
Address
Thl advertisement and coupon must bo handed In at our store.
, IIU-CAN ?
Holiday Gifts
SHIRTS ! SHIRTS ! SHIRTS !
All our $1.50 Star Colored Shirts will be
closed out this week for Jtiat one-half 75c.
The nicest stock at reasonable prices.
Wo wlU give away to the person esti
mating the nearest number and the next
nearest number of beans In our jar each
two custom made shirts worth IG.OO Con
test closes Saturday at 6 p. m ,
Albert Calm ,
, FIM3 MEN'S FURNISHINGS.
1322 Farnnin St.
WE MAKE SHIRTS.
Albert Cnhn.
11EAN CONTEST COUPON.
My estimate of the number of beans in
jar No.5 is . ; .
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t-t
' ' ' b 11. ' : l..i
'Name. . . .
Address
Tills advertisement and coupon must bo
handed tn at our store.
GREAT CHANGES OCCURRING
Developments of Recent Times Make This
Country World's Money Power.
*
RAILROAD PROSPERITY AND EASY MONEY
'IIlKh ' I'rloen for OrcaU Make Capl-
tallxtN lit Went , While Low
1'rlccM for Them Milke
PoptillntN Iiintcitcl.
NEW YORK , Dec. 26. ( Special. ) Henry
Clews , head of the banking house of Henry
Clewa & Co. , in his review of Wall street ,
Bays :
The stock market displayed more than
expected strength throughout the week. Pro
fessionals made several attempts to force a
reaction , but failed and those who had
sold expecting to repurchase in a lower
market were disappointed.
The reasons for the present strength of
the market are plain. They are based upon
the great changes In the financial , Indus
trial and mercantile branches which have
developed during the last few years.
Confidence In the future is universal.
Thcso conditions , which are already famil
iar , were first recognized by the largo hold
ers of securities and shrewd buvere. Fi
nally the great outside public has become
impressed with these name beliefs and Is
buying with more or less determination.
Speculation Is consequenty Increasing aud
lit a rapid rate , but the danger point Is
not yet In sight. New buyers as a rule
have ample margins and their success has
not been sutnclent to Intoxicate them , al
though caution Is necessary. An unusual
amount of stocks uiul bonds has been paid
for outright , so that the floating supply Is
Htcndlly diminishing , while no new capital
creations of Importance have thus far been
To-ported , the industries which have been
flouted not belng clabsed s new enterprises.
Look .Vow ( or lU'iiollon.
As for the future of the markei. It is
exceptionally promising and Its course can
not bo calculated by ordinary precedents.
Everybody desires a reaction either to tes.1
values or to buv back stocks which they
have lost. Such desires do not seora likely
to b gratified o far as the general market
is concerned : though it is quite likely that
overtrading will soon produce weak spots.
Confidence In the general market Is based
upon two Important factors Increasing rail
road prosperity nnd easy money. Increased
earnings Inevitably exercise an Important
effect upou the value of securities whoso
dividends aud Interest have hitherto been a
matter of doubt. When non-dividend payIng -
Ing clocks join the ranks of dividend payers
active speculation Is Inevitable ; while hlgh-
clnss G nnd 6 per cent securities have risen
< o about u 4 per cent basis , because of cheap
money.
There Is ua prospect of any serious dis
turbance of money ro.tea for some tlmo to
come. Any stringency here would quickly
draw largo sums from abroad In settlement
of Europe's Indebtedness. Hates are not
only low in New York , but at Chicago and
all Interior centers. Indicating a universal
abundance seeking employment. The dim-
cuty In finding satisfactory opportunities for
capital is ono of the problems of the day.
As railroad conetruotlon offers but a lim
ited field the chltt outlet appears to be In
industrial development and an expansion ot
our foreign trade , particularly In the export -
port of manufactured articles.
American capital must seek new ventures
abroad and keep .pace with our moat oppor
tune political expansion. In this connec
tion the attempt of foreign nations to place
loans hero U cepocl lly significant. HUB-
ela's success , however , in her negotiation
il somewhat problematical , u our people
HU.CAN ?
Guarantee Clothing
Company ,
Capitol Avu , Ncnr ICth St.
OUR PRICES MUST ALWAYS I1E THE
LOWEST as wo refund money If you can
beat them.
All Wool Clay Worsted Suits $5.75
I'ure Slllc Mu til Era 50c
Fancy Embroidered Slippers 60c
Velvet Caps for Men 33C
Extreme line Kersey Overcoats $0.00
Warranted Dress Shoes 51.50
Beautiful Neckties 23c
Initial Handkerchiefs , 3 for 2."c
Klsgant Link Sleeve Buttons 25c
Fur Overcoats as low as JS.50
Double Sleeve Shirts 45c
Fancy Half Hose , isc
Fine Covert Cloth Overcoats. . 7.50
Zlno Trunks ji.so
On December 31st wo will give away to
the person estimating the nearest number
of beans'In our jar a man's fine mackintosh
box coat.
coat.VOTE
VOTE PLENTY AND OFTEN.
Guarantee Cloth Inn CO.'B
BEAN CONTEST COUPONi
My estimate of the number of beans tn
jar No. 29 1
Name
Address . { .
This advertisement and coupon must bo
hnnded In at our store.
have had little experience on so larce a
scale as proposed In foreign government
loans , but the fact that Russia has come
to this market Is proof nevertheless of the
position wo now occupy In the estimation
of the world. New York Is pre-eminently
the Empcrlum city of the western hem
isphere and always will be to the United
States what London Is to Great Britain and
Paris to France. London and New York
arc now the world's greatest financial cen
ters and security markets. That It will not
bo long , I venture the prediction , before
the bonds and stocks of many foreign na
tions , Including government Issues , will be
actively dealt In at the > New York Stock
exchange , thereby making It a recognized
world's market.
. ThU Country Worlrt'a Creditor.
The United States national banks holding
Pacific railroad bonds , known as currency
6s , which become * due January 1 , 1899 , and
upon which their circulation and govern
ment deposits are based , should at once take
other securities for reinvestment , as the
amount maturing ( $12.813,560) ) , of wM-h the
banks hold largely , will cause a heavy de
mand for United States government boids
and , with prices now strongly advancing
for the best class , the need for action is
Imperative. The present condition of af
fairs has very encouraging features. This
country Is the world's creditor and the large
balances to be paid In must be Invested here ,
giving strong support to the bond market.
Universal confidence In increasing prosperity
Is drawing vast BUTOS from idle- deposits
Into active and profitable channels of trade ,
\\hlch will glvo bolter employment for the
banks' funds. The expansion of the country
will call for enormous capital in new com
mercial enterprises , quickening the exchanges
and broadening the possibilities of the
banks and , judging from the right settlement
of every financial question thus far , the
coming subject of currency reform and the
future of the banking system will receive
wise and liberal legislation. The United
Statf ? , bonds now In the market are :
Continued 2s at 80S09V4 , at option of gov
ernment.
4s of 1W7 , at 11114 yield $2.60 Interest as eight
and a half years' Investment.
4s of 1925 ut 12S& yield $2.50 Interest as
twenty-six years' Investment.
3s of 1904 nt 112 ? ; yield $2.30 Interest as five
years' Investment.
3s of 1903-1S at K * % yield $2.30 Interest as
ten years' Investment ; tit 107.83 ylejd $2.50
Interest as twenty years' Investment.
The continued 2s are the least desirable ,
as they yield less than average interest and
arc payable only at the government's option
Indefinitely at par. The occurrences of the
year have made at times quick and large
declines In bonds of high premium and the
new United States 3s ore moat In demand at
present , as costing the Ifast and having
certainly ten years' , possibly twenty years'
duration.
The recent advance In wheat and the
10-cent higher price of corn at the present
time over the corresponding date of last year
Is a strong bull argument for the stock mar
ket. High prices for cereals make capital
ists tn the west , whllo low prices for them
make populltts instead.
OMAV.A GENERAL SIAHKET.
Condition of Tradii and Quotation * on
Stnule nnil Fancy Produce.
EOQS Good stock. 20c.
BUTTEH-Common to fair. 12S112V4c ;
choice , 13S16c ; separator , 20c ; gathered
creamery. 17lSc.
POULTRY Hens , live , 4c : dressed. 5\M ?
Cc ; old roosters , live , 24c ; dressed , tJHHc ;
spring chickens , live , 4c : dressed , 6c ; ducks ,
live , SftSHo ; dressed , 7c ; geese , llvo , c ;
dressed , 7fl7Hc ; turkeys , live. 70ic ; dressed ,
.
( SAME Teal , blue wins. J1.73 ; green wing ,
$1.60 : mixed. $1.7502.25 : pralrlo chickens.
$5.50 : quail , per dozfLOOftUO ; jackrabblts ,
$1.2301.50 ; cottontails , Tactifl.OO.
IMUKONS-Llve. per doz. , 60c.
VHAlCholr . i 9c.
OYSTEUB-Bulk Standards , per gal. , $1.10 ;
Mediums , per can , 15c ; Standards , per can ,
20c ; Extra Selects ! per can , 25c ; New York
Counts , per can. SOc.
VEGETABLES.
CELERY-Callfornla. good stock , 25oj
HU.CAN ?
WE CARRY THE LARGEST LINE OP
Toys
In Omaha Immense display on Main Floor.
Notice our north window.
On New Ycnr'e cvo we will give to the
person estimating the nearest number ot
bean In our jnr a fine Sowing Machine
valued at $75.
People's ' Furniture & Carpst Co ,
16th and Farnam.
People' * Furniture * Carpet Co. ' *
I1EAN CONTEST COUPON.
My estimate of the number of beans In
Jar No. 13 la
Name
Address.
This advcrtlscmsnt and coupon must be
hnnded In at our store.
HU-CAN ?
We Don't Do It
When you bring your proscription to us
you need h.i\o no fear that you'll be
charged extra In order to glvo "Doc" a
"rako off.Ve don't pay doc a commis
sion to get your business so you need have
no fenr on thnt score.
On Saturday , December 31 , we will give
away to the person making the nearest
pvtlmato on the number of beans In our
jar a bottle of flno perfume.
Cut Price
16th & Chicago.
Sclincfcr'H
IIEAN CONTEST COUPON.
My estimate of the number of beans in
jar No. 28 is
,
Name
Address.
This advertisement and coupon must be
handed In at our store.
choice , 35c ; fancy , 50c : extra large , 76c.
ONiONS-Per bu. , 4CK060C.
BEANS Hand-picked , navy , per bu. , $1.30
( ffl.40.
POTATOES-Cholce , sacked , 4550c ;
poorer stock , 40c-
SWEUT POTATOES-Per bbl. , $2.60.
CABBAGE Per Ib. . crnted. l\ic. \
TROPICAL FRUITH.
LEMONS-Onllfornia , fancy , J4.00 ; choice ,
$3.75.ORANGESMexIcans
ORANGES-MexIcans , J3 50 ; Navels ,
fancy , J3.75 : choice , J3.50 ; seedlings , J3.2o.
BANANAS Choice , large stock , per
bunch , J2-00t2.25 ; medium sized bunches ,
$1.762.0y.
FRUITS.
APPLES Western Ben Dfivlsi. Genltons
ana Wlncsaps , per bbl. , $3.60 : New York
Baldwin * . Greenings and others , choice , per
bbl. . J4.
PEARS Bartlett , California , out of the
market ; other varieties , J2.25.
STRAWBERRIES-Per box. 30o.
GRAPES MaUigu , per bbl. . J8W9.
CRANBBRRlUS-Hell & Buglts , per bbl. .
$7,50 ; Jersey , J6.2Sgc.50 ; per crate. $2.25.
MISCELLANEOUS.
NUTS Almonds , per ) b. . 17c ; Brazils , per
Ib. , fl@10c ; English walnuts , per Ib. , fancy.
soft shell , 12c ; standards , HP ; filberts , per
Ib. , lie ; pecans , polished , 75T8c ; cocoanuts ,
per 100 , $4 50 ; peanuts , raw , CJtfeVsc ; roasted ,
707'/4c : chestnuts. SiJIOe.
MAPLE" SYRUP Five-gal , can , each.
J2 50 ; gal. cans , pure , per doz. . $12.00 ; half-
gal. cans , J6.25 ; quart canM , J3.50.
FMS Imported , none ; California , 10-lb.
boxe , J1.50.
HONEY Choice white. 12UJT13c.
DATES Hallowee. 60 to 70-lb. boxes , @
6Ho : Salr , 5K.6c : Fard , 9-lb. boxes , lOc.
CIDER Per half bbl. , Jl.00it3.15.
BAUERKRAUT-Per half bbl. . $ ? .00.
HIDES. TALLOW , ETC ,
HIDES No. 1 green hides , 7o ; No. 2 green
hides , Gc ; No. 1 failed hides. SVic ; No. 2
salted hldep , 7V4c ; No. 1 veal cnlf , 8 to 12
Ibs. . lOc ; No. 2 veal calf. 12 to 15 Ibs. . 8c.
TALLOW. GREASE , ETC. Tnllow , No.
1 , 3c ; tallow , No. 2 , 2Hc ; rough tallow , IHc ;
white grease , Z rQZo ; yellow and brown
grease , lVs02'.4c.
SHEEP PELTS Green salted , each , IB ®
75c : grc-en salted shearings ( short wooled
early skins ) , each , 15c : diy shearings ( nhort
wooled early skins ) . No. 1 , each , 5c ; dry
flint , Kansas nnd Nebraska butcher wool
pelts , per Ib. , actual weight. 4JT5c ; dry flint ,
Kansas and Ncbra ka murrain wool pelts ,
per Ib. , actual weight , 3fi4c ; dry Hint , Colorado
rado butcher wool pelts , per Ib , actual
weight , 4ffBc ; dry Illnt , Colorado murrain
wool pelts , per Ib. . actual weight , 3 If to.
FURS Mink , 10f75c | ; bear ( black or
brown ) , $5.0092000 ; otter , Jl.ECVffS.OO ; beaver ,
Jl.IXVit6.00 : skunk , IB Wc : muskrat. 3S7c ;
raccoon , ISItoOrt : red fox , 25c tJ1 25 ; gray fox.
2o359c : wolf ( timber ) , 25cJjJ2,50 ; wfllt
( prairie ) , coyote , 10If60c : wllilrat. 10025c :
badger , 5fl40c ; silver fox. J50.00tf75.00.
KANSAS CITY LIVE HTOCIC MARKET.
Cnttlr Mnrkct Active ami
HoilN I" StroiiK Do in 11 ml.
KANSAS CITY. Dec. 25.-CATTLE-Re-
celpts , 3,220 head ; natives. 875 head. Offer
ings were too light to satisfy the demand.
The. market was very active at lOc higher.
There wore no offerings of choice native
steers. Medium steers. J4. 4005.10 ; light
weights. Jl.25ff5.00 ; stockers nnd feeders ,
$325tf4.25 ; butcher cows nnd heifers , J2.C5U
4.25 ; western steers , J3 25U4.00 : Texas steers ,
J3.COfI4.00 ; Texas butcher cows. J2.70fl-3.2o ;
canning Block. J2.KXii2.65. (
HOGS Receipts , 2,410 hend. A strong de
mand from local packers advanced prices
Be again todny. Henvles , J3.45Q3.60 ; mixed ,
J3.35fi3.BO ; lights. JJ.lMi350.
SHEEP Receipts , 775 head. The supply
was too light to Intertst all the buyers , but
trading was fnltly active , at steady prices.
Lambs , J500ft5.50 ; muttons , J3E504.60 ; feed
ing lambs , J3.SOS4.20 ; fecdlni ? sheep , JS jft
3.75 ; stockers and feeders , { 2.25Q3SO.
Stuck In
Following are- the receipts at three prin
cipal western markets for December 26 :
Cattle. Host ) . Sheep.
Chicago ( estimated ) . . 23.000 9.000 7,000
Kansas City . 3,220 S.410 775
St. Louis . SCO 4,000 400
Totals . 64.020 15,110 6,175
St. Jom-pli Live Stock.
ST. JOSEPH , Dec. 26.-(8peclal.-CAT- ( )
TLE Receipts , 3 < X ) head ; quality common ;
market active- and strong to lOc higher ; na
tives , J3.75-Q4.IOi Texann and wenterni. $3.00
HU-CAN 7
UPRIGHT PIANO
$142.00
$5.00 MONTHLY.
New Steinways , Ivors & Pond , Vose , Emerson , Steger &
Singer Pianos on easy payments. New pianos for rent- One
years rental allowed if purchased. Instruments moved ,
tuned and exchanged. Telephone 1525.
Schmoller 6c Mueller ,
STEINWAY A SONS REPHESENTATIVES.
1313 Fnrnnm Street. Lnriceit Mnilo Dealer * in the We t.
On New Tear's eve we will give away to the person estimating the nearest num
ber of beans In our Jar a now Emerson make piano valued at JJSO.
SCIIMOLLEU & MUELLER'S DEAN CONTEST COUPON.
My estimate of tha number of beans in jar No. 7 is
Name Address
This advertisement and coupon must b o handed In at our store.
HU.CAN.
WE WILL HAVE
The finest and ever shown in
largest line of Bicycles Omaha.
NEW WHEELS FROM $15 UP.
SKATES
All our Skates -will be sold at
910 and $50 less than cost. f 40 and f BO
Omaha Bicycle Co , ,
Cor. 16th and Chicago Sts. Ed. T. Heyden , Manager.
On January 1st we will give a ladles' or gents' High Grade Stormer Bicycle to
the party estimating the nearest number of beans In our jar.
09IAHA , DlbYVhB COMPANY'S BEAK CONTEST COUPON
. .
'My estimate of"lhe number of beans in Jar No. 34 Is
Name T Address
This advertisement and coupon must b e handed In at our store.
{ T4.75 ; cows and heifers , Jl.73iT4.00 : BtockerR
and feeders , $3-.004.25.
HOGS Receipts , 2,500 hend ; market active
and 5c higher , selling at 33.45S3.62V& ; bulk ,
. . .
SHEEP Receipts , none ; demand strong.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCItf SIAHKET.
C ill tie and HORN In Good Supply and
Prlcen IIlKher.
CHICAGO. DJC. 26.-HOGS-Estmated !
receipts , 23,000 hind ; market opened strong
to 5c higher , closed weak , with advance
mostly lost ; light hogs , 3303.60 ; mixed
packers , $335i33.65 ; heavy shipping grades ,
J3.30ff3.G5 : rough hogs , $3.3M(3.40.
CATTLE Receipts , 9,000 head ; market lOc
higher ; beeves , J4.00w > .S5 ; cows and heifers ,
J2.00'8'4.76 ' : Texas steers , $2.4094.05 ; stockcra
and feeders , f2.S084.40.
SHEEP Receipts , 7,000 head ; market was
strong ; native sheep , $250 4.25 ; westerns ,
300@4.15 ; lamb > , t3.7iiiS5.25.
Stock IleucliitH at South Omnlin.
The official number of cars of stock
brought In today by each road was :
Cattle. HOBS. Sheep.
C. , M. & St. P. Ry . 11
Union Pacific System . 11 7
C. & N. W. Ry . 1 13
P. , E. A M. V. R. R . 3 13
S. C. & P. Ry . - . . 2
C. , St. P. , M. & O. Ry . 6 4
JI. & M. R. R. R . G 12
C. , B , & Q , Ry . 7
C. , R. I. & P. Ry. , east . 1 2
C. . R. I. & P. Ry. , west . 3
Total receipts . , . . 18 67 7
The disposition of the day's receipts was
as follows , each buyer purchasing the num
ber of head Indicated :
nuysru. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Omaha Packing Co , . 14 S33
O. H. Hammond Co . 730
Swift and Company . 29 828
Cudahy Packing Co . 170 3 1157
Armour & Co . 14 1,325
R. Becker & Depan . 100
Livingston & Senator. . . . 52 . . . .
Armour. Sioux City . 943
Other buyers . 12 . . . .
Left over . DO 75
Totals . " 4U T835 1,157
Ml. I.oiiU Lite Slock.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 26. CATTLE Receipts.
800 head ; shipments not reported ; market
10fll5c hiehcr and tlrm : fair to fanoy ship
ping steers , $4.25 < R3.75 ; bulk of sales. $ l.508i
5,50 : dressed beef grades , J3.75fiO.25 ; light
sterra , $3,004.25 ; stockers and feeders ,
$2.40'o 1.50 ; cows ntul heifers , $2.004.40 ;
Texas and Indian stcera , $3.00f4.40 ? , cows
and hulfers , J2.2503.40.
IIOOS Receipts. 4.CKQ head ; shipments
not reported : market strong ; pigs nnd
lights. M.20Q3.30 ( ; packers , J3,453.35 ; butch
ers. J3.0X.-3.70.
SHEEP Receipts. 400 head ; shipments
not reported : market sternly : native mut
tons , J3.60S4.25 ; lambs. J1.00S6.00.
New Vorlc l.l'ie ' Slock.
NEW YORK , Dec. 2fi.-ninVES-Re-
celpts , 3,701 head : market active and lOc
higher ; hulls nnd cows. JOfflSo hlghor :
Bfers , J1.WW5.27 ; no choice hero ; oxen anil
stags. J3.301iu.CO ; bulls , J3.IO ; cow.i. J1.85 ®
365. Calven , receipts , Sli head ; market ac
tive and strong ; barnyard calves , S3.50ft4.00 ;
cltv ilres ed veals , 9fil2c per pound.
SIIEHP AND LAMBS-Recclpts , 8.041
head. Sheep dull and unchanged. Lambs
steady to lfc higher. Sheep , common to
prim * . J2 504 JO ; InmbB. J3.OWJa.EO.
HOGS HecelptH. 12.4S3 head. Market was
higher nt J3 60g3.75.
_
.siurnr MnrUel.
NH\V ORLEANS. D c. 2fl.-SUOAR-Mar-
ket steady ; open kettle , 3Uft30-lGc ; open
kettle , centrifugal. 3 E-S&4 1-lCc ; centrifugal ,
Krnnulnted. 4 9-1CW4 5-Sc ; yellows. 4H4 5-lfie ;
seconds. 2 7-SJfi 15-lCc. Molnss s , steady ;
open kettle , 20fo32c : centrifugal , & ll > c.
Syrup , steady , at 2M27c.
I'orHun rinnnrliil.
PARIS. Dec. 26. The bours * opened firm.
but ncntlmeiit became letw favorable later
on apprehension of dearer money , and the
closing WUB heavier. Spanish 4s closed at
-
MADRID , Dec. 26.-Spansh ! 4s closed to-
Cay at 59.75. Gold was quoted ut 31.
Late to bed and early to rise , prepares
a man for his homo In the skies. Dut early
to bed and a Little Early Riser , the pill
that makes Hfo longer , better and wiser.
BACHELORS IN PORTO RICO.
The Art of Living In Luxury nt n Low
Coat.
Santurce , a pretty , tropical village three
miles outside the city walls of San Juan on
the government military road to Ponce , Is
now the site of a little American bachelor
colony , reports a correspondent of the New-
York Sun. Already the settlement com
prises six houses and doubtless It will be
popular -this winter with young business
men from the United States In search ot
cheap , healthful and pleaaant home near
the capital.
The boarding house keepers of San Juan
compelled the adoption ot the bachelor set
tlement idea by their recent general ad
vance In the price of board and rooms. Up
to three weeks ago a young man could hire
a small single room for two or thre * pesos
a week. Owing to the present rush from the
states prices have been doubled. Even a
single bed in a room with two others costs
at least 3 % pesos. For a room and meals
the Spanish landlady charges at least 12
pesos a week. Young men of small capital ,
therefore , are compelled to seek quarters
elsewhere than the city. Six such Amer
icans , who had become acquainted on the
steamer voyage from New York , In a search
for rooms one day recently found a number
of unrentcd cottages In Santurco village ,
and after ascertaining the cost decided to
rent a whole house and keep bachelors' hall.
They accordingly secured from the mayor
a two-story stone house , consisting of nine
bedrooms , sitting and dining roomi , kitchen
and bathroom , completely furnished , for 55
pesos a month. Now , at the end of three
weeks their other monthly expenses , roughly
estimated , are a St. Thomas Island negro
cook , 12 pesos ; food for six hungry men , 72
pesos ; a native woman , who lives at home ,
to take care of the beds and lamps , G pecoe ,
and a negro to scrub the floors once a week ,
3 pesos. In four w eks , therefore , the total
bill does not exceed 148 pesos , which makes
the Individual coat for each of the six young
men hardly $1 a week In American money.
In their country home , then , for a sura
much more reasonable than they could live
uncomfortably within the city walls , the
lawyer , architect , civil engineer and three
prospectors now enjoy every luxury of a
homo In the tropics. And their experience
la also the titory of the other flye. houses
In the bachelor cofony. Beautiful ferns and
palms , which adorn only the bomee of the
wealthy In New York , flourish In the front
yard , and almond , orange , banana and cocoanut -
coanut tree ? , laden with ripe fruit , grow
plentifully In a two-acre back yard. Then
if the home orchard Is not qulto ready to
bear , two Porto RIcan copper cents will buy
half a dozen of the best bananas , two sweet
oranges or a ripe cocoanut.
SmaTl native boys gladly offer their serv
ices for a copper cent. Whenever an Amer
ican calls "Hoy ! " In however poor Span
ish , numbers of these lada , ranging In ago
from 4 to 15 year * , and In color from coal
block to a light tan , Immediately run to
the front gate and line up , like an Infantry
awkward squad , to await a selection from
tbo group by the caUer. Their help around
the country home Is Indeed uueful. They
run to tbo store , climb the tallest trees to
pick cocoanuts , catch six-Inch lizards for
visitors , or , If necessary , act as guides over
the nearby hills.
Santurce , being a suburban village , at first
presents to tbo Americana the problem of
rapid transit to the city. Uut lucklry , as
no one here , except possibly the latest ar
rival , ever hurries , the suburbanites easily
get accommodated , cither by the stage
HU.CAN ?
Lucky One Gets Belted
Costs nothing but a guess and It Is not a
belt from John L. Bullvan ! , but a nice
belt from our stock.
HENRY COPLEY.
Wares of Gold and Silver ,
215 S. 10th St. , Paxtoti Hlk.
Two fine $3.00 bolts given away Saturday ,
December 31 to the two persons estimating
the nearest number of beans In our Jar.
Henry Copley'
BEAN CONTEST COUPON.
My estimate of the number of beans in
jar No. 14 is
Name
Address.
This advertisement nnd coupon must be
handed In at our store.
HU-CAN ?
How Many Beans ?
We glvo to the person estimating the
nearest number of beans In our jar , a beau
tiful $4.00 Jardlnere , to the second nearest j
a $3.50 Vase , to the third a $1.50 Illy
bowl , finished like the famous Rook wood J
pottery. Contest closes 6 p. m. Saturday. I
OMAHA TEA & COFFEE GO , ,
1407 Douglas St.
Omaha Tea * Coffee Co.'a „
BEAN CONTEST COUI'ON.
My estimate of the number of beans in
Jar No. 3 i
!
Name
Address.
This advertisement and coupon must be
handed In at our ttore.
coach , which seats eight passengers com
fortably , or by the narrow gauge steam
tramway. For 20 cents the business man
can enjoy a dally ride In these vehicles ,
and , incidentally , have plenty of time on
the trip back and forth to view the sur
rounding scenery , including a sugar , cocoanut -
nut and cotfco plantation , country life In a
smaller village , an old Spanish > shore bat
tery and big San Cristobal fortress. Ill-
cycle riders , a few of whom live In the
settlement , have between their home and
place of business one of the finest highways
In the world , the famous government mili
tary road. Still another way to travel la
by carriage behind a small natlvo horse.
Such an outfit , kept In repair by the owner ,
costs only 10 peso * a month. Their back
yard supplies to the animal a graes diet
and a email shed for shelter In rainy
weather. Native lads , again , whenever
needed , make good stable boys , hostfera or
coachmen.
The bachelor settlement of Santurco thus
early promises to give the village a regu
lar western boom. Each steamer from New
York brings enough new residents to es
tablish an additional homestead , whose em
blem is always a little red , whtto and blue
flag. Then one enterprising young man ,
until he can find some ono In need ot an
architect , Intends to run a New England
restaurant. Moreover , an American capital
ist already controls the steam tramway
and will equip the eyptem Boon as a mod-
'ern electric surface railway.
THE STORY OP A MODEL.
She PoNed for One Picture and Lined
II Farm MnrtRiiKe.
Had It not been for a mortgage on n Mis
souri homestead the world would never have
seen Astley D. M. Cooper's wonderful paintIng -
Ing , "Trilby. " There might have been a
painting of that subject by the same art-
tlit , but It could never have been the mas
terpiece the present painting Is. It was
that mortgage that gave Mr. Cooper his
beautiful model.
Some years ago , relates the Washlngtotn
Sar ( , this young woman was living the
happy life of a country girl on her wealthy
father's farm In western Missouri. She grew
up wild and free , unrestrained In spirits
and form , living very close to nature. No
corsets ever encircled her waist and no tight
shoos distorted her foot. She grew to wo
manhood an unfettered child of nature , beau
tiful In face and form. Then came mU-
fortune for her father. The grasshoppers
devastated his fields and he was compelled
to mortgage the homestead. The father sick
ened and died , leaving his wife anil daugh
ter without resources and with a mort
gaged home. They went to Kansas City ,
where the mother secured a position as a
cashier In a department ntoro and the daugh
ter as cloak model In the same establish
ment. Their common purpose was to save
money enough to pay off the mortgage on
the homestead. As they came end went to
their work they began to attract attention
and soon all eyes were upon them. The
young woman soon became known as the
"Living Venus" and as such was known to
many people who knew nothing of her life.
At thin time an artist friend , who lived In
Kansas CHy , wrote to Mr. Cooper that ho
had seen the woman cf goddess-like form ,
who alone would cervo for a model for a
perfect "Trilby , " knowing that Cooper was
< earchlng for such a model , The artist wnt
post haute to Kansas City. Ho managed to
secure an Introduction to the beautiful girl
and with all possible , tact suggested his pur
pose. She Indignantly refused his offer , but
Cooper was to Impressed with her beauty
that ho would not be content with a rcfuial.
HU.CAN ?
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On January 1 , 1893 , we will giveaway
I
away ac elegant drophcad ball
bearing { 65.00 Davis Sewing Ma-
chlno to the person making the
closest cellmate to the number
of beana In our jar.
Second-hand sowing machine *
from (5.00 up.
For $2.00 wo will put anti-rust
on your bicycle and store It until
prlng.
Wo have recently token the
agency for the celebrated Col
umbia and Rambler bicycles.
raska Cycle Co
15th and Barney
Ncbrnnkn Cycle Co.'t
BEAN CONTEST COUPON.
My estimate- the number ot beam in
Jar No. 33 is
, . . -p , - . - , . - - , , . < . _ .
Name
Address
This advertisement and conpon must bo
handed in at our store.
Thcv nrc ns much like COATED
ELECTRICITY as science can make
them. Each one produce * ni touch
nerve-bnllillng substance a * la con
tained in the amount of food a man
consumes in a week. This is why
they have cured thousands of caaei
of nervous diseases , i-uch as Debil
ity , Dizziness , InsomniaV rlcocele ,
etc. They ennble you to think clearly -
ly by developing brain matter ; force
healthy circulation , cure indiges
tion , and impart bounding vigor to
the whole system. All weakening
nnd tltsue-dcstroving drnlni and
losses permanently cured. Delay
may me n Insanity , Consumption
aurt Death.
Price , $ i per box ; six bo e ( with
iron-clad guarantee tn
cure or re
fund money ) , fs. nook containing
positive proof , free. Address
Kuliii & Co and Kconomcal Drug Co. ,
Omaha.
JAMES E- BOYD & GO , ,
Telephone 103 ! ) . Omaha , N = b
COMMISSION ,
GRAIN , PROVISIONS and STOCKS
BOARD OP TRADB.
Direct wlren to Chicago and New York.
Corr BpondrnU ( Juhn n. Warren & Co.
TRMSPMOIVK 1O5H.
H. R. PENNEY &
. . CO. ,
Iloiiiu 4 , \ , V. Life Illilir. , Oronha , N
StocksGrainProvisions
, , *
Direct WitNrtv York , Cluuuiro
Wv.uteru l > oint > .
Ho argued with the mother , persuaded her
and promised a price that would ralso tha
mortgage and endeavored to show tha
daughter that there need bo no sacrifice ot
her maidenly modesty. He told her that her
mother could go with her and be with her
all the time she was posing. Finally h
yielded. At Cooper's beautiful home In Ban
Jcsc , Cal , , during the following four
months she was the solo modt-I and fur
nished the Inspiration for this great pic-
ture. When the picture was completed both
mother and daughter returned to Kansas
City , nhero the daughter was Boon married.
Jinn Hfiii > | H-ur * .
OAKLAND , Cal. . Hoc. 26. Attorney Joha
H. Parker of Chicago , who mysteriously dis
appeared from this city three weeks ago ,
returned to his hotel today. He expressed
surprise that anxiety sliouli ! have been ex
press/id regarding his absence and nald bo
hnd been In Htnckton taking depositions la
H Colorado roses , now pending la tha UnlUA
States courta