THE OMAHA DAILY" BEE : SUTSTDAY , , TAXTTATV ? 20 , 1890. WITHOUT PARALLEL ! WITHOUT EQUAL ! EVEN BEYOND COMPARISON OR COMPETITOR This is an umiBiml combi nation of Greatest Bargains Ever Offered on the Face of the Globe. . Silks and 2340 Bargain Dress event Goods. of extraordi DRESS GOODS SILKS nary Importance , to . those Pieces New Hhruwl well posted .shoppers who have learned to look first to J. L , Brandeis & Sons , This entire lot of 2340 pieces bought from a hard-tip wholesale house , on sale SILKS for real and tomorrow in five glorious bargains , at DRESS GOODS BARGAINS. Attend Our Immense Sale of 16th and Douglas Grand Special Sale of ' ' MEN'S and BOYS' CLOTHING at Omaha. Ladies' ' Cloaks and Jackets , Price. PROPRIETORS. i Price 50c Moire Silks 9c Yard. 40 pieces Moire silk in black , brown , green , blue , cream color , canary , gray and pink , for trimmings , skirts and waists never sold at lead than 50c yard , in this sale at 9c yard. SI.OO Silks 25c Yard. 100 pieces pure silk in stripes , checks , and plaids , for waists , trimmings , petti coats and linings ; every yard guaranteed worth $1.00 , in this sale at 25c. YD. SI.50 Silks 49c Yard. From this immense purchase we havej 800 pieces of taffeta silk , brocaded , check ed striped and plain , faille silk in black and colors , satin rhadamo in nil shades , foulard silk in beautiful combinations and colors , Moire velour in street and evening shades ; never offered for less than 81.50 yard , on sale at 40o yard. I S25.000 IMMENSE CASH PURCHASE FROM THE GREAT NEW YORK AUCTION 11 $10 Silk Velvet Waists $1,50 2,000 beautiful silk velvet waists , also silk taffeta waists in black and colors , many tucked ; also plaid and plain col ors and were actually manufactured to sell from WORTH $5.00 to § 10.00 , your choice SIO.OO \ of this lot at $1.50. . 36-inch Percales 5c Yard 10,000 yards of 36-inch Per cale remnants , 5c yard. worth 15c INSPIRED BY LINCOLN'S ' LIFE Story of the Early Struggle and' Brilliant Bias of a College President. CAREER OF JACOB GOULD SCHURMAN Advancing from n OlerUMiIp In * Conutry Store io Hie Presidency of Cornell Unl1 llotr He Ilil It. Thirty-one years ago Jacob Gould Schur- man was working In a country store In Prlnco Edward Island for $30 a year and Ills board. Six yeaw ago , at the age of 38 , he became president of Cornell university , and ho is now looked upon as one of the leading educators of the country. The trans formation from country clerk ? o university president was brought about entirely by Mr. Schurman's own efforts. From the time he -was 13 he did not have a dollar except what ho earned. In spite of this handicap he ob tained a thorough education , making a record for scholarship that probably has never been equaled under like circum stances. How It waa done la told by Presi dent Schurman OB follows : "When I road the llfo of Abraham Lin coln I was deeply Impressed by It , and I said to myself : 'Here is a man whoso boy hood was like my own. ' For this reason I think that I can understand and appreciate Lincoln hotter than most men of the younger generation are capable of doing. I know what It Is to grow up In a new country , to feel the pinch of poverty and the heavy burden of toll that always accompany such n life , to struggle hard for advantages which come quite In the natural course of events in more nettled communities. "By this I do not mean to § ay that my father was worse off than the general run of eottlcrs In Prince Edward Island in the year 1S54 , when I was born. He had gene Into the Island a generation before and had hewed a homo out of tbo forest. At the tlmo of my boyhood he had upward at 100 acres cleared and under cultivation. But no amount of land and no amount of toll could clvo ono much moro than the bare ncces- Hitles In that time and place. There was not a railway on the Island , nor a dally newspaper , and ns for theaters , I was never Inside of ono until after I was 20. The only books In my father's house were the hlblo , Fox'a 'Book of Martyrs , ' Bunyan's 1'llgrlm'i Progress' and n few others of that atandard class. My earliest book was all outdoors , and I think that It Is not a bad text book ( or a youngster , either. Working for Ten Cent * n Hay. "When I was 10 years old I was hired fern n day by ono of our neighbors to help with Ills threshing. The work assigned to me waste to cut the bauds of the oat sheaves and pass them to the man who fed the grain Into the drum of the separator. It was not easy work. Tbo sheaves went through the ma chine as fast ns the man could handle them iind the boy who cut bandi had to make his hands fly. I worked at that from sunrise to dark and at the end proudly carried home my pay sixpence ! As the money of the Do minion stood then It was equal to about 10 cents. A cent an hour for the hardest kind of manual labor a boy could perform ! That \\as the way money came la Prince Kd- nnrd Island In thoie days. But It was big money to me , for It was tb ? flrat I bad ever eeen that I could call really my own , "Vt'hcn I waa 13 I loft homo. I had formed the Idea that I wanted to get into a store. I don't know that I bad any clear Idea about uiy future. I merely wanted to get Into the Heady made f * Pillowslips PC Ready made , full size SHEETS. . . . town and do something tor myself. So my father got mo a place In the nearest town Summerslde a village of about 1,000 In habitants. The terms were that I wa to board with my employer , as was the custom then , and In addition receive for my services $30 at the end of the year. Not a lordly sura , was it , for twelve or fourteen hours' work per day ? But It was the first rung of the laddpr for me. From that day until this I have always been dependent on my oWn efforts. "I worked in this store for a year , and then I got a place In a larger store In the same town with exactly twice the salary , $60 a year ! That was advancement Indeed. I remained there for two years , until I was nearly 16. Then I gave up the position of my own accord because I had determined to get a better education. "As I look back upon it now It seems to me that the chief Influence which led to my decision was the local minister. My parents were members of the Baptist church. Ho took an Interest In me and did for me what the Scotch dominie of a generation ago was accustomed to do for his poor and ambi tious bo > 6 gave me good advice and urged mo to obtain a college education. The good man had In mind to make a minister of me , and J , so far as I thought of the mat ter , supposed that that would bo the natural career for mo If I went to college. "I can remember well when I told my employer of my decision. I had pondered dered It long , but I hated to1 tell him. I liked him and I liked the business. I put the Job off for a long time , but at last , ono night when wo were walking home to supper together , I blurted out what was on my mind. He was greatly surprised. Ho told mo that ho liked mo , was satisfied with my work and would like to keep mo with him. Then and there ho offered to double my pay for the next year If I would stay with him. I thanked him , but Bald that my mind was made up and I wanted to got an education. Tiiriilnir I'olnt In HI" Cnrrrr. "That was the turning point for me. Oa the one side was my desire for an education. I did not know how I was to obtain H ex cept that It must be by my own efforts. On the other side was the certainty of $120 yearly In addition to my board , and the- prospect of still further advancement as soon as I was ready for it. Those who have followed this story carefully enough to realize what $120 meant to mo then will understand that It was no light matter to give It up and accept the uncertain prospect of winning an education. "My three years ns a clerk gave me a training that was to prove- invaluable In later years , when I became president of Cornell university. I learned business meth- I ods , .and I learned to deal with men. In all sincerity I can say that I consider this early work In a country store no less valu able than my scholastic experience In fit ting mo for my present position. "Wlien I left my clerkship I had some thing over $ SO saved from my wages , and a plan for my Immediate educational future. I went to the school 1n Prlncetown , where the languages and higher mathematics were taught as well as the rudiments , and be gan my preparations for college. I took up Gre k , Latin , algebra and geometery all In tue same week , If not on the eamo day. I learned them all from une teacher. "I had but one year In which to get my preparation for college , My money i would not last longer than that time , and In order to go on I must win ono of the 1 two scholarships In Prince of Wales college offered In each county of the Island. I don't believe I ever worked so hard before , or since , 88 I did In those months. The result . was that I beg'in to have u bad pain In the 1 back of my dead. I told a physician whom I knew about It , and he said : A Hule for ( iouil Health. " 'If you want to keep onvlth > our studies this U what > ou must do : At the 25c Dress Trimmings 3'c ' 600 bolts of line Imported cut jot and colored passe- mcntrio , also eilk and rao- hair Rlmp , nnd braid clresa irlimmnlnRs , all go at 34c ! yard , worth up to 2Bo. 20c Dress Linings , 4c. 3,500 yards moire rusH tlo tafiota skirt lining1 , 1 yard wide , and worth in m j the regular way flBHi up to 20c , all go at | 4c yard. Bi Lonsdale Muslin 4c Yard All the best grade of cam bric and muslin , Fruit of the Loom , New York Mills , Dwight , Anchor , etc. , all ut4jc yard. end of the terra shut up your books. Don't look at a book all Bummer , but go out and work on your father's farm. ' "I took his advice. For three months I did not open a book , but went home and did all kinds of farm work. I bound wheat behind the reaper and kept my end up with the other workmen. For me It waa the best thing I could have done. "I mention this particularly here because at the tlmo I formed a habit which I have kept up over since , through all the busiest years of my life. That Is to spend two houiH of every day In the open air. If I had not done so I could not have kept up under the strain of hard study to which I BUbJected myself during the following years. "Tho college scholarship examinations wore held In September. I was afraid that I had not much chance of winning , but I not only won my scholarship , but I stood first of all the candidates In the Island. I have been foitunate since then and have had rome rewards 'that most persons would con sider very much greater than this modest prize of $ GO a year. But I tell you that this was the greatest success I ever won. Cfln Until I onnp 71n 350 boltsof fine 1m- OUC NBW LflCBS , ported lacn.lnclud- nicdltt n and rcry wide nut top oriental laeo" nut top-Point Venice Lace , iC black und cream silk Ghan- tllla Jjace all 7JJo yard- worth up to60c 35c Ladies' ' Underwear I2yac 400 dozen Ladles' fine quullty , Jersey ribbed vcUs and punts In iiiit- urnl pray and Egypt ian , all 81763 , In medi um nnrl heavy weight , go at 1-i-ic ouch , worth up to > c Table Oilcloth lOc Yard Best grade table oilcloth , enamel , marble and all colors , lOc yard. lOc year. Here I taught everything from the alphabet up to Virgil and algebra , and laid by over $100. "With this capital I went to Acadla col lege , in Nova Scotia , to complete my college course. Acadla was a small college under the control of the Baptist denomination. Of the seventy-five or eighty men there prob ably four-fifths Intended to become ministers. I still looked on the pulpit as my natural goal , but just et the tlmo I was eager for more learning and thought chiefly of that. Took Mont of the Prize * . "During my stay In Acadla college I oin bound to say that I took most of the prizes for which I wait eligible. In the second year I learned of a scholarship In the Uni versity of London offered for competition to all the colleges of Canada. I made up my mind to try for It , and sent to learn the particulars. The questions In the examina tion were sent to the governor general , and by him distributed to the colleges In which there wore competitors. After the examina tion the papers were returned through him to London. The examination was hold In June. I took It , and then went back to j \ \ \ PRESIDENT JACOB GOULD SCHURMAN OP CORNELL UNIVERSITY , FROM HIS MOST RHCHNT PHOTOGRAPH. That $60 a year made all the difference In the world to me then. With It I could con tinue my education ; without It I could not have gone on. "Sixty dollars Is not a large sum for a boy to start out a school year. But , In Charlotte Town , where Prince of Wales college was located , living was cheap , and I earned It by keeping books for a storekeeper at night. "Prince of Wale college was half way between a high school and a country col lege. In two years I had finished the course there and cast about to earn some money to go oa with. The natural thing was to teach , and I secured charge of ono of the bt t general gchoolc In the Island ( or a Prince Edward Island for the summer. The weeks passed and I heard nothing as to the result of the examination. At length , when September came , I gave up hope and started back to Acadla to finish my course. On the way I met some men whom I knew. Thty congratulated me. I did not under stand U , and asked them what was up. " 'Why , ' they said , 'jou have won the scholarship , haven't you ? That's the news up In town. ' Another Sfliiilumlilii A Von. "When I got to the college I found con gratulations from < bo governor of the province , from my old professors and all ray friends. It was n , great day for me. U opened a new vista. The scholarship $1.00 Dress Goods 29c 800 pieces of strictly all wool inported dross goods , beautiful colors and combi nations , all wool suitings , poplins in new colors , pure wool Bayaderes in hnndsomo harmonizing colors ; every yard In this lot worth up to $1.00 , on saloon on front bargain square at 29c yard. 8c Ladies' ' Handkerchiefs Ic , 10,000 , Ladies' White Handkerchiefs with Ic fancy ojjen work corners , all rfoln Ic each this sale at 25c Ladies' ' Handkerchiefs 5c 350 dozen ladles' and gent's flno quality real India Lawn Handkerchiefs , colored border , 5c hemstitched and embroidered , ell co at Eo each , worth up to ? : c Wool Eiderdown 25c Yard Best grade wool eiderdown , white and colored , 25c yard. meant $300 a year for thice years , to be spent at London or Edinburgh , as I might elect. I chose London , not so much for any educational advantages ns because I had bcon steeped In English history and I wanted to see and know the famous city. L'ike all tile Canadian youth of the time , I knew my British history thoroughly , but of American history I know nothing at oil. "For a youth brought up as I had been , London was naturally a great revelation. The university was the- center for the ad vanced scientific thought of the time. I was plunged at once Into Darwlnfan biology , Sponcerlan philosophy and the teachings of Huxley and Tyndll. I had grown up with some pretty orthodox beliefs , which I found very rudely handled by those great teach ers. To a youns man who had terlously Ithought of the ministry as a. vocation it was nothing less than a terrible ordeal. For a tlmo I did not know what to believe. I almost lost belief in everything. But I L'otermlned to go through with It , to learn the truth , whether it seemed good or bad to mo. 'In my second year I got rome light on the questions that were perplexing mo from James Martineau. Ho was not attached to the Unlvcrelty of London , but was lectur ing to Unitarian divinity students In Man chester college , then In Gordon square , but since removed to Oxford. I sot permis sion to attend his lectures , and in the win ter of 1876-77 I got a great deal of good out of them , for it was then that Martineau delivered the lectures which have since been published in the two stately volumes of his ethics. Ho delivered them before two di vinity students , a Mies Mackintosh and myself. Interested In Plilloooiiliy. "It was at this tlmo that I first became deeply Interested In philosophy , and came : o the conclusion that the study and teach- ng of the great truths with wblcb It deals would be the most satisfactory work ; that I could undertake. Therefore , for the third year of my course , I decided to go to Edin burgh , which was still regatdcd throughout the length and breadth of the kingdom as ; be very homo of philosophy. 'During my stay In Edinburgh I learned of the Hlbbard traveling fellowship which had Just been established. It offered $2,000 a year for philosophical study anywhere on : ho continent that the holder might elect. It was open to all graduates in tbo United Kingdom , and I saw that this was just what I needed to round out my philosophical education , and determined to try for It. "There were sixty-four competitors , In cluding a number of Oxford and Cambridge men. After an extensive examination of our credentials and recommendations the examining committee narrowed the number down to four. These four were summoned to appear before the committee In London. NtrtiKKlc fl > r Another 1'rlse. 'A fellow student and close friend of mine In Edinburgh , Andrew Seth , had been a competitor for the fellowship. We had often talked the matter over , wondering who would get the prize , and whether It might be either ono of us. When the sum mons to London came wo were both In cluded In the four. "After some further deliberation the com mittee Informed u % that they had decided to establish two fellowships. They were awarded to Seth and mycrlf. So we went to Germany together. "That year In Heidelberg and Berlin was very dollchtful and profitable to me , for I had the opportunity of meeting and becom ing acquainted with zomo of the great lead ers In. philosophic and scientific thought. But In reality the $2,000 Hlbbard fellowship was lebs valuable to me than the $60 ncholar- shp ! I had won years before In Prince of Wales college. That had given me my start , "At the eud of my > ear In Germany I re turned homo and began my work ad a teacher In Acodlu college , where I had spent part of my student days. I soon gave up this $2,00 Dress Goods 50c GOO pieces of new imported dress goods in pure silk and wool combinations , silk and wool ore- pens , dark and light grounds , Gorman imported plain goods with small llgurud designs in black and colors , now goods and especially designed for early Soring wear also Vigoranx , whip cords , Scotch cheviots , black figured mohair. These without exception , are the great est bargains over offered in Omaha , on bargain uquaro at tJUc yard. $1,50 and $2,00 Kid Gloves , 59c Bought from the New York Custom House , 2,500 pair of high grade , real French Kid Gloves. These were imported by a New York retail store , but some were slightly damaged and mussed in transit , and were bought by us at less than half the import cost. This grand lot of gloves is in black , white and all colors , and goes on saleon bargain square at 59c jmir , worth up to 82.00 pair. 40c Wamsutta Sheetings I5c 10,000 yards Wamsutta sheetings in all widths , up to three yards wide , at l.'ie yard worth -lOc. positon , however , and went to Dalhouslo university In Halifax , to accept the chair of philosophy there. "During my stny In Berlin I attended on ono occasion a reception given by the min ister of the United States , then , na now , Hon. Andrew U. White. At that time Mr. White was president of Cornell university. From him and from Prof. Wlllnrd Flske. whom I met at the same time , I learned a great deal about Cornell. "This chance mectlns with Mr. White was destined to have a great Inlluenco on my later career. When Cornell came to estab lish a chair of philosophy Mr. Whlto re membered me and proceeded to hunt mo up. I was summoned to Ithaca and the outcome of It was th.it the chair was offered to me. Thus began my connection with the uni versity , which 1 have served ever Ince. " POST MAIIUlACi : VIKW. How a Wedded Life Channel ) Jinny 111i-m niul Iilonln. The point of view of a husband and wife after marrlago differs frequently and rad ically from the horizon that bounded the ky of the engagement season. The first year of married llfo Is the most dlfllcult year to live , for It takes Infinite patience as well ltd Infinite love to adjust one's self and tastes to another , e\en If the other Is the beloved companion of life. The following story Illustrates the tiny speck that mars the blue sky or the little rift within the lute that makes discord out of domestic harmony : "Tho wedding day of this young couple waa far enough In the distance to show a decided linear perspective , and the husband had come to know his wife sufficiently well to feel that , though she might bo a very good Httlo wife , she was not the wlnglebs angel he had at first supposed her , and he was not always exactly pleased with every thing she did. Only llttlo things , of course , but , knowing that great oaks from little acorns grow , ho felt It his duty to comment occasionally upon those llttlo shortcomings. " 'Jcnnlo , ' ho eald ono day , coming Into the parlor , where the llttlo wlfo was war bling a love song at the piano and exhibit ing an altogether carc-freo enjoyment of life , which grated upon the feelings at that moment , 'Jennie , ' ho repeated , 'there's a hole In one of my socks , and I don't bcllcvo that you mended them at all. ' ' .N'o ? ' queried Jennie. In an enigmatical tone , and con tinued her music , apparently without fur ther thought upon tbo subject. Hut In wardly she was angry , and very angry. She had been well brought up by a houso- keoperly mother , and to be told that she did not darn her husband's stockings was gal ) anJ wormwood. " Til lef him know whether I mend his socks or not , ' she said to herself the next morning , tbo Insult still rankling , though she bad kissed her husband good-byo with wifely affection. Then she put on her hat and coat and hied herself to the nearest dry goods shop , and there she purchased a good ly quantity of bright , scarlet darning cot ton. 'I won't miss a bole , cither , ' she mur mured to herself , vindictively , as the sat down that afternoon to attend to the small family mending. She didn't. If thcro was a suspicion of u break In a thread It was a sufficient oxrueo to put In a stitch of the bright scarlet. 'Ills feet will look Just like a pair of paroquets , ' she said , smiling wick edly as she completed her task. Whether the young husband had not an eye for color , or whether his conscience smote him for his former harshness will never bo known , for ho never paid a word concerning this bright embroidery on his hosiery , and It might hav been continued Indefinitely If his mother-in-law had not made her appearance on the ncene. She felt It her duty to set straight any llttlo matters that were going wrong , and one of the first things her sharp eyes espied waa the red Cotton Blankets 25c Each Immense sale of cotton blan kets , full size , very heavy , 25c each. ' " " " " Each speckled black socks that came from the family was > h. " 'Is it possible , Jennie,1 she said In grieved tones , 'that , after all the Instruc tions I have given you , and nil my efforts to make you a good housekeeper , you should RO and darn jour husband's socks with red cot ton ? Give them to me. That must bo all taken out and they must tin darned o\er again , each with Hie color of the sock. " Mumma-ln-law heaved a deep nigh in nho sat down to her self-Imposed task , while her daughter , with a wicked twlnklo In 1icr eyes , wunt to the piano und began to sing caielchsly the chorus of an old song : "And Adam , the \cry first man , the very first woman obeyed. " OUT OK Tim OIini.VAHV. In Glasgow gas costs C4 cents psr 1,000 feet. feet.An An American cocktail ccbts10 cents in Havana. Mrs. James lluiko of VlnoonniM , hid. , chilniH to bo the youngest grandmother In the Honslcr Mft'e , If out In 41io coimlrj , bt'lng ' barely . ' ! . ! years old. Her daughter ga\o birth to a baby girl u few dajs IIKO. The mother of the child In not quite IB years old , while the father IB but 1'J. The com blued aged of the father and mother is but ono year greater than the iigo of the grand mother und the combined ages of the grand father , grandmother , mother , father and child Is only 100 yearn , jet this repre-scntB thrcu genuratloi.b. A now word applied to Americans Ii "qulnojflnglsts , " indicating that they consume - sumo moro tiulnlno than any other people In thn world. The total importa exceed 1,500,000,000 grain ? a yivir. un average con- Biimptlon of twenty grains to < ueu Inhabi tant. Its price to Impoiterw within tweoty- ilvo years has fallen from $1 ! an ounce to 10 cents. Two-thirds of oho ciulnlno cornea from the cinchona trees of Java , planted by the intelligent Dutch R0\rrnors filnco 1852. Who say.t that bluilana cannot reason ? A igcd monkey owned by Mrs. Peter Mlnoftl of Belleville. 111. , Is tmld to have prevented a. flro th ( < other day. During thn absence of hU mlntrcsa a lump of burning coal fell to the floor and not llro to the rnr- pot. The monkey broke out of the cage , hurried Into an adjoining room , secured some articles of wearing apparel and throw them over the burning rat pet , completely smothering the damns. When Mrs. Mlnotti returned homo itho monkey was Hitting b < - Bldo Ita aigo , carefully nursing two badly burned puw . A cheap drink In the Now York Joints of thn lower variety is called "Catch-ae-Oatch Can. " The barkeeper tells how to make it : Behind the bar here I have a largo tdx- gallou demijohn with u funnel In the top. Into that I pour the dr KB of cocktails , punchoi , old ale any old thing that iittckh to the glasses I lighten this up with a llttlo cheap whisky now and then. Horn * , pcoplo uia caycuno ( topper , but I don't. I put nil the squeezed lemons In und add a llttlo water , and I got a drink that these fellows like , especially In the winter. I can atlord to ecll It for 5 cents , hecauso It IB nearly all profit. Did I over tatte It ? Not no your llfo ! " Digests what you eat. It artificially digests t ho food and aids Nature In Btrentftheuirife' nntl recon- BtructlnRtlio exhausted digestive or- Knns. itUthclatestdiscovcrcddigest- nnt and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It in stantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia , JndlKCRtlon , Heartburn , Flatulence , Sour Stomach , Nausea , SlckllLadache.GastralBia.Cranips.and . all other resultsoflmperfectdlRpfltlon. 1 Prepared by E. c. OcWItt A Co. , Ctjlcaao.