EDITORIAL. /TTV HE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE.PAGES 11 TO 20.
JGSTAJlIiISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OJtAHA , SUNDAY MOIiNlUe , JTJJjY 23 , 181)0. E COPY VIVtt CENTS.
TOMORROW IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END. THE LAST WEEK OF SACRIFICE AND THE GLIMAK
REMARKABLE CLEARING SALE THAT EVER TOOK PLACE
Clearing Sale I
OF SUMMER
Dress Fabrics
DOc quality of black wool eta-
mine and wool grenadine ,
fancy patterns in
floral and other new
designs , for dresses
and waists , actually
worth 50c , on sale
at 7c yd
§ 1.00 quality
pure wool
black nuns
Veiling ,
on sale < at
15c yard
75c quality fig
ured Mohair
brilliantine for
skirts , in this
clearing sale
at 25c yd
Special prices on black
crepoii for this clearing
sale :
$1,50 crepons , 75c yd.
$2,00 crepons , 98c yd ,
Bargains in Colored Dress Goods ,
25c quality double fold , heavy
corded , two toned dress goods
part wool , guaranteed
toed worth 25c ,
for ladies' and
children's dresses ,
on sale at IB Vrl
5cyd IU
$8 and § 5 dress goods , all
high cost imported novelties ,
many only one pattern of a
kind , silk and wool and pure
wool dress goods , in fancy
novelties with plain goods
to match
Actually worth up to $5.
Co In
this
Clear
ing Sale
ata
yard
JUST THE THING FOR SDMMER
A July Frost for Ice Dealers Among the
Coming Probabilities.
IMPROVED METHODS OF ICE-MAKING
Recently Invrntcil iMnclilnr tlini Will
Turn Out n. CiiUo Every Minute
nnil nt n Gout of Klfty
Cent * n Ton.
One cake of 'Ice every minute Is the record
which I ) . Li. Holdcn claims for the Ice ma-1
cblno that ho has just Invented. The blocks
njny bo of any ulzo desired , varying ac
cording to 'the size of the machine. A maChine -
Chine that wlH turn out ft ton a day In two-
pound brocks every inlnuto and a half will
probably meet the needs of tbo ordinary In
dividual In the dog days. But whether
largo or small , the inventor claims that his
machine will not fall to produce the most
cooling kind of Ice with the accuracy and
regularity of clockwork ,
Moreover , the now apparatus will manu
facture its crystal product for one-third the
cent of making ice by the processes now
employed , and cheaper than It can bo
frozen on pond nnd river by winter weather.
If the now invention does not do away
nvlth winter altogether It will , nt least , as-
crt Its usefulness as an Ice-maker. The
Inventor says that ho can now make Ice
for 60 rents a ton In Now York City or Chicago
cage and for 40 cents lu Philadelphia. In
other places the price will vary according
to local conditions , but it will not rlso
above three figures , except , perhaps , in
southern cltlca that are distant from a coal
supply , Even hero it will not amount to
more than CO or 70 cents jior ton.
If Mr , Holdcn'B claims are well founded
( hey will undoubtedly result in an Impor
tant modification of the 'ico business which
now Involves a capitalization of many mil
lions In this country. Artltlcial Ice has al
ready made Its way into northern cities ,
/where it Is sold in competition with the
natural product. Hut Us cost prlco when
made by the procow now employed is not
less than $1.65 per ton and frequently rlues
to ! .2f > per ton. ,
Ice that Is naturally produced , harvested
In winter nnd store * ) in houses , costs the
retail companies la the larger cities from
$1.25 to Jl.SO per ton. They sell It for $3.50
to $4.60 per ton. Tbo difference between
these tlgurea represents Ibo cost of handling
and the profit of companies ,
lt ! < > nt Fifty Co n In u Ton.
If Mr. IloMcn's machine can make Ice for
CO cents a ton it will 1)0 ) seen readily that )
this moans a great cheapening In the prod-1 I
net. How much of the benellt of this 'JOO
per cent decrease in cost will accrueto the I
consumer will probably depend on the ! i
imoimt of competition that the new device j !
meets with from the older companies. !
I
Companies have been formed In nearly all
lbf > stairs east of the ' .Mississippi to develop
the new method of Ice manufacture. None
of these organizations or ? thus far Identi
fied vllb [ the 'bl Ice companies already In
the flrld or what la known ns tlio Ice Tru t.
If the now concerns put the Ice made by
their process upon the market It U likely
that on Ice war will rtsult if this comta
about th gleeful citizen may tea the prlco
of Ice melt ( aster than the nilcroseoplo
Everybody nowadays realizes the force and necessity of an up-to-date firm , like ours , opening each season with a
brand new stock of goods , and the same urgency to sell everything before the season is over. Here we are with a house
ful of summer goods that absolutely must be sold before the 1st of August , no matter how we have to price them , so
we will start in tomorrow with such tremendous price cutting , that we are bound to sell everything this week.
IS a SON
CLEARING SALE
IN
Silk Dept.
75o SILKS I9C Yard ,
1,000 yards of brocaded taf
feta , large and small designs ,
for skirts or en
tire suits ,
actually worth
75c , on front
bargain square BM Vfl
at 19cyd * & IU
Special bargain
in , black china
silk , 27 inches
wide , 75c
quality , on
sale at 25c
Special Reductions for This Clearing
Sale ,
Especially adapted for
fancy waists , trimmings and
entire costumes , in stripes ,
plaid , plain colors , and black ,
on sale at
Guaranteed worth up to S2.5O
Special Bargains in Black Brocaded
Silk ,
$2.50 quality brocaded satin
ducliesse , exceptionally heavy
and in new deV ! A
signs , reduced
from $2.50 , in
silk dept. at
block that the Iceman now deposits before
his door every morning.
This now process differs from the meth
ods of artificial Ice making now In vogue ,
not In the materials employed , but In the
manner of applying this material. The
familiar ammonia system Is used for the
refrigeration , but the freezing process goes
on In a different fashion from the ono fol
lowed In machines now in use.
In tlia present system of manufacturing
Jco the distilled water , which Is to form
the ice , is held In a square tank , about
which the ammonia current which does the
freezing circulates. The water freezes
therefore from Its outer portion Inwardly.
As Ice is n poor conductor of beat a long
tlmo is required for the central portion of |
the tank's contents to < become solid. Thus
the operation of the machine Is slow. From
forty-eight to sixty hours are necessary to
! I complete the freezing process. The cost
of labor , of ( ! oal for running the engines ,
and of other expense , makes the cost of the
product comparatively high.
HIMV It Work * .
The speed with -which the now machine
operates Is the cauao of its greatest sav
ing. It works rapidly because fresh por-
i tlons of the water nro constantly exposed
I to the action of the current. Moreover , It
Is not necessary to put the water used
through the process of distilling in order
to assure purity of the Ice. The process
of freezing In Iteolf purifies the water.
Without going into unnecessary technical
details It may bo said that Mr. Holilcn's
Ice machine consists of an apparatus for
developing the ammonia nnd n tank to con
tain the water during the freezing process.
Insldo this tank and submerged In the water
is a hollow cylinder through which the
evaporating ammonia is conducted. The
action of the ammonia reduces the tempera
ture of the shell of the cylinder to 32 de
grees below zero , or 64 degrees below the
freezing point of water , which means that
Ice la frozen on the outeldo oftho cylinder
very rapidly ; In fact , about one-fourth of
an inch per minute. The Ice IB never al
lowed to thicken to moro than one-sixteenth
of an Inch. Arranged on a cutter bar and
working close up to the cylinder is a scries
of knives , which keep the ice cut off down
to the akin of the cylinder , working llko
the knives on a turning lathe. The knives
are fed automatically by the cylinder
through a worm gear.
The ice scrapings , uhen cut off , rlso to
the surface of the water , as tbny are lighter
than the water lleelf , and are caught In a
curved hood. Underneath this hood Is a
revolving screw conveyor , which pushes the
ice scrapings out through n pipe , and from
this pipe Into a hydraulic press. The parti
cles of Ice are naturally moist , and when
they are crushed together under the action
of tbo hydraulic press , the moment tbo
press IH released the particles lly together ,
and in a second form a perfectly concealed.
maps , much moro compact , Indeed , than I
natural Ice , since it contains no air bubbles
and no half-frozen snow.
When the Ice emerges from the machlno
It Is slightly opaque , but this appearance , I
due to the process of readjustment among I
the crystals , soon passes. A perfectly trans- '
parent block Is the result nnd this can be
split in any direction elnco it ls uniformly
frozen.
I'rcxtiiut of u Dny.
It is 8.1 Id that a prant capable of turning
out C.OOO tons of ice per day , according to the
new process , Is soon to bo Installed In Now
York City , anil that a similar company will
begin operations in Philadelphia. The
machinery for the first plant Is now being j
constructed by the Neafto Levy Ship and
CLEARING OUT THE
SHIRT WAISTS.
SI,00 SHIRT WAISTS FOR 39c
Thousands of ladies' colored
shirt waists , fine gingham ma
dras , pique , etc.all
made in the latest
style with tucking
thut are actually worth
$1 go on second floor ,
at each
$1,50 SHIRT WAISTS for 50c ,
Thousands exceptionally high
grade shirt waists , fine India
linen shirt waists ,
with three rows of inser
tion , and tuckinpalso col 50c
ored shirt waists made of
flncstsheor lawn in stripes
actually worth 81.50 , on
sale at i ach
$2,00 SHIRT WAISTS for 75c.
All the finest shirt waists man
ufactured , many worth up to
$2 , in madras , chev
iot , lawn gingham ,
75c
percale , silk striped
fancy goods , all go
in this sale , at , each
Engine Building company of Philadelphia.
Ono Interesting fact about the new appara
tus is that Its successful operation will make
it possible for consumers of ice on a large
scale to become producers also. Great ho
tels , packing houses , breweries and other
concerns that use ice by the ton will bo
able to make it'with the now machinery
moro cheaply ithan they can. buy it. They
can utilize their own engines to operate the
machinery and by the expenditure of a few
hundred dollars can install a plant that will
turn out Ice exactly in the quantities they
desire.
Major Daniel P. Holden , the Inventor of
the now process , was ono of the originators
of the manufacture of artificial Ice in this
country. .In 1SG5 ho purchased a "Cowio"
Ice-making machine named from the
CLEARING OUT THE
MILLINERY
Regardless of what the values
should be , a really remarka
ble sale.
$2.00 HATS FOR 29o ,
§ 2.50 latest r.ough
straw hats , with
sweat bands , trim
med with silk and
quills , on sale at
$1,50 HATS FOR 9c ,
$1.50 new style rough straw
walking hats ,
trimmed with
band of silk ribbon
and quills ,
on sale at
$2,00 HATS for fOc.
Thousands of dress shapes in
ladies' and children's hats ,
white and all colors
that sold up to
$2.00
in this sale
at
1,000 odds and ends in la
dies' and children's hats , and
trimmed sailors with sweat
bands , like cut
On sale at
fully against winter cold as an ice producer
as Tar north as Montreal.
SOME I.A.TI3 IWEVriO.XS.
Tombstones of composition material are to
bo made under a new patent , In which the In
ner filling is made of cement and sand ,
with a middle casing of cement and an
outer envelope of plaster of pads and mu
cilage.
A handy towel holder , patented by a New
Jersey man , is formed of n conical case at
tached to the wair by a screw , with a chain
Insldo carrying a ball which fills the mouth
of the cone and forms a wcdgo to hold the
towel in place.
Eyeglasses are made to flt the nose accu
rately by a new gauge , having a pair of
hinged calipers , provided with pivoted plates
at the end and n graduated scale for indl-
CLEARING SALE OF
LACE CURTAINS
We will sell all the lace curtains which wo formerly sold
as high as 83.50 pair , and from one to three
pair in each lot ; we will clear
them out tomorrow at § 1.50 pair
"
Pair
Clearing out all the
very finest grade of
India linen , worth
25c yd , go at J yard
Clearing sale of fine quality
Bassinet navy blue nnd DBH
white dotted lawn , the DBHf
most stylish wash fabric f
this season , worth U
yard
Clearing out all the navy blue
and white pique , worth 25c
yard , but to have a little ex *
citement tomorrow we
will sell one case at 5c
.vard. This is the biggest
bargain offered this
season
for use with a worm shaft are formed of
steel spindles arranged around the periph
ery of the wheel , with ball-bearings for
each spindle , which allow them to revolve
as they come In contact with the worm.
An Oregon man has patented a gate
which can bo operated without leaving the
carriage , consisting of a jointed beam at
tached to the gate and a post at the oldc
of the road , with ropes held by pulleys to
double the beam up and pull the gate open.
Shoes can bo easily blacked by a Dela
ware man's brush , having the handle hol
low fui the reception of water , with n
thumb-controlled vnlvo at the Tower end
which delivers n small quantity of the
liquid to the dauber to moisten the blackIng -
Ing , with a polisher for finishing the work.
Holes In wearing apparel can be quickly
darned by the use of a western woman's !
device , having aligned fingers set at tbo
STIU-.A&.10RBC.R. AN&
CONDENSER.
/ "SAJOR Houoen IU.USTRATINS THE optuATtCJCor
Hii ice/-\ACniNerR.o/-\A jfAAuu MODCU
MAJOR HOLDEN'S WONOKRFUL NEW ICE MA CHINE.
French inventor who originated it and
brought it to this country. The machine
was Eet up that same year In San Antonio ,
Tex ,
In 1866 Major Holden brought out the
compression system of artificial Ice-maUing ,
the first machine following this method
being built at .the Novelty Iron
workb in New York. The first perfected
machine was built by the Neaflo & Levy
company in 1876. Since that tlmo the
manufacture of artificial Ice hag become a
considerable Industry , especially in the
southern state * , where natural Ice la not
available , To some extent the artificial
product has come into uee even In more
northern cities llko Chicago and New York
and Doston. Major Holdcn claims that with
his uc\v apparatus he can compote success-
catlng the distance apart the sides of the
bridge arc to be set.
Locks for mall boxes are protected from
the weather by a new cover which is h In Red
to the face of the door and provided with
a spring catch at the top , which engages
a notch cut In the top of the door to hold
It In a closed position.
In a now attachment for holding belts
in place on the trousers a metallic plate Is
fastened to the under tide of the belt nnd
contains an eyelet with one sldo enlarged
fcr the entrance of the button , with a spring
tongue to lock the button i" place.
In a pneumatic saddle recently patented
by a Belgian a hollow chamber or pocket
Is provided , with a tang airtight tube , which
Is cMlcd around insldo to nil up all the
epace , after which the cover Is laced on and
the tube Inflated by an air pump.
Th loath at a. new antifriction cear wheel
$7,50 LACE All the odds and
CURTAINS S2.50 ondR of lace curtains , no $10 Tapestry Curtains $1,25 each
Tomorrow we will matter what the former To clear out all the tapestry curtains we
clear out all the Inco curtains price Avas , most of them will sell 300 odd
curtains
and table
tains whioh wo formerly worth 31.00 each , wo clear covers
sold at $7.50. in Irish point thorn in all kinds of silk
Brussels , NotthiKlnun , out tomorrow at 25c tapestry , Derby tapestry
etc. , all at 92.50 pair. each. and chenille. Most of them are worth § 3.00
each and from that up to $10 ,
all go tomorrow at § 1.25 each.
This is the biggest bargain we Each-
have ever offered worth up
to 110
Monday's Special Clearing Offerings in ihe Basement.
opposite edges of a flat plate , over which
the loops of the warp are fattened , the hole
being placed over the warp and cross-
stltchcd with a needle and thread ,
To prevent persons falling off u street
car fender when once picked up , n New
York man's Invention consists of an endless-
toothed carrier which IB revolved by a wheel
resting on the track to catch the clothing
and pull the person to the top of the fender.
In a newly designed bottle the neck is
extended above the cork and is of globular
shape , being filled with cement or other
hard substance after the cork In inserted ,
to prevent Its removal without breaking off
the upper portion and destroying the label.
A party of Mexicans nnd a diamond ex
pert have gone 'to ' the Ilalean river region of
the state of Guerrero. Mexico , where they
expect to engage in diamond mining oa nn
extensive scale.
Wo will clear out all the
new Scotdx Lawn , the
kind , for tomorrow only
sit 2Wc yard
Clearing sale of 32-Inch wide
dark colored lace lawn ,
the regular price has been
15c tomorrow only
3V o yard
iClearing1 out all the light
and dark dress duck ,
which has always been
I5c yard go tomorrow at
5o vurd
Clearing out all the best
grade table oil cloth ,
tomorrow' ak \
In the morning only , as It
It"JL
fort prints , 2c yard U [ ]
FRUIT BUSINESS OF OMAHA
From a Small Beginning it Has Keached
Colossal Proportions.
SUPPLIES THE TRADE OF BIG TERRITORY
Sixteen Coiiiinlnxlon FirniH In Thl
City Are Now HniiilllitK nn An
nual lliiNlncHii of Fully
$1,500,000.
While Omaha business men are reaching
out for now enterprises and discussing ways
nnd means of bringing additional capital ,
the fruit commission men of the city h.ivo
been gradually building up a business that
now occupies an Important place among our
commercial interests. 'Not many years ago
they were contented to supply the local de
mand and the 'wants of a comparltlvely
limited adjacent territory. That tlmo has
passed. Kuough fruit Is shipped Into Omaha
every year to supply n. dozen such , rlties as
this , and toy far the larger part of It l.s
distributed through territory that was once
tributary to other markets , The loitl fruit
business shows a decided Increase- every year
and It has now reached a point at which it
Involves nn aggregate trade of fully $1,500-
000. Besides satisfying a largo increase In
local consumption Omaha Is the distributing
point for the fruit business In all western
Iowa , Nebraska , part of South Dakota and
Wyoming , Where two or three firms Tvero
able to do the business n few years ago
there are now sixteen regular fruit commis
sion firms , and they handle hundreds of car
loads of fruit of every description every Rea
son , Moreover , their business la constantly
growing. Last year gave It a material boom ,
and so far this season all previous records
have been exceeded. Dealers assert that the
maximum Is still ahead , and thut there Is
no reason why the business should not reach
the $2,000,000 mark In a few moro years.
The importance of this branch of Omaha
itrado may bo gauged by considering the fact
that over 100 carloads of strawberries olono
are shipped in hero every season. Iii fjulk
these shipments do not compare with those
of California fruits later in the season ,
which run up Into hundreds of carloads.
Thcso are the most Important items of the
local business when they are In season , but
the trantactlons in bananas , oranges , apples
and a dozen other varieties of fruit also run
Into tremendous proportions.
AVlii-ro Slrtmlii'rrli'N Conic From.
The first real boom of the season comes
with the strawberries which appear on the
local market long before March winds have
ceased to blow. The very first bnrrlns rnmn
from Florida and Louisiana by way of Chicago
cage , ibut the bhlpments of these are In
considerable and the market docs not become
really active until the Texas'berry ' fields bo-
gln to pour the luscious fruit northward
by the carload. Krom Texas the chipping
point gravitates northward with the season
and berries from ' .Missouri and Arkansas fol
low the first shipment from tbo I/one Btar
state. When tiirao are exhausted the trade
has recourse to Colorado and toward the
last of the season the big Oregon berry
fields from the Hood river district supply
omo of the finest fruit that is received in
the Omaha market.
lly the time the last of the strawberries
have "been " dlspcsed of the California fruits
are bcinir hurried across the continent in
hugo refrigerated cars that put the fruit
in Omaha as fresh and attractive as U waa
CLEARING SALE OF
Clearing out all the in
grain carpet , all wool , ex
tra super , cotton chain and
union , which wo sold from
35c to 75c yard ; they are
\ in lencrths from 10 to Hfi
yards. Wo will clear them
all out tomorrow at 25c yd
YARD.
To clear out all the bleach
ed muslin tomorrow , Fruit of
the Loom , Lonsdale ,
Dwight Anchor , Will-
inmsvillo , Fitchvlllo and 5
nil other qualities.
5o yard !
Clearing out all kinds ff1
of unbleached muslin Jm
at 3ic yard " yd
Clearing out all the
Amoskeg Seersucker Ging
ham , the 15c kind , tomorrow'
only OJcyurd
Clearing out all the Al
white and fancy woven * 2M'
pique , worth 25c , at. , "yd
when It left the orchards. The cherries ore
the first California product on the market
and these are followed a few days later by
the Oregon cherries.
California peaches of various varieties nro
received from Juno on to October , and
aprJcots , plums , pears and other species keep
them company through a largo part of the
season. August is the big- month for Cali
fornia fruits and nt that tlmo they como
into Omaha literally by the tralnload. Esti
mates of the aggregate amount of Cali
fornia fruit that Is received hero during
the season are difficult to get with accuracy
and the ideas of the various dealers differ
considerably on that point. Woat of them
assert that COO cum Is a moderate esti
mate.
Melon S ( inn oil lit Full Swing.
rrho melon season is now on nnd for the
tlmo the dealers are kept busy handling'
the hundreds of carloads that are required
to ancct the demand. The famous Georgia
melons are not much In ovldenco In this
market. A few of them , como in at times ,
but the early trade depends on Texas for its
molono , as well as for Us atrawborrlcs.
Later Missouri sends In a vast number and
when the season Is a llttlo further ad
vanced the Iowa melon raisers will step In
and flood the market with excellent fruit.
While the apple trndo docs not compare
with that In eomo of the fruits just men
tioned , the local dcalcnt handle thousands
of barrels during the eeason. Thcso corao
from 'Missouri ' , Kansas , Colorado , California ,
Oregon and Now York , Most of the * rasp-
borrles and blackberries como from Arkansas
and Missouri , but a largo number of black
raspberries nro rnlsod In the vicinity of
Council niuffs.
The trade in tropical fruits IB largely of
a , staple character. It is another important
factor In the aggregate business , Dananaa
are with us all the year round. They coma
from New Orleans , and moot of thorn nro
from Central American stock. Our oranges
and lemons now como almost exclusively
from California , Some Messina lemons are
u.sod , but the llorlda orange lm become a
rarity slnco the big frost.
In discussing the future of the Omaha
fruit trade the dealers assert that the con
struction of the now railroad outlet to the
north that liaa been BO much projected
would bo the biggest thing for the trade that
could como about. They say that If the
Yankton line was built It would open up a
vast tcrntory to tno fruit trade that wo nro
now unahlu to reach , nnd In return hundrodi
of thousands of bushels of potatoes would bo
shipped to Omaha for distribution.
I n t r ' I u li I n Cli n rii i * I < r ,
Detroit Journal : It Is well understood that
great novelists have no control ever the
characters In their bookn.
Kor instanrc , during fourteen chapters ,
now , Ileryl Courtlandt , our heroine , lias
wasted away until hho Is nearly , If not
quite , the conventional mere shadow of her
former 'nelf.
It 1m H been our Intention to have her take
some kind of patent medicine and get well ;
for wo need the moiley.
"Aber nit ! " exclaims Hcryl. "My notions
of the mission of literature will not permit
"
me !
Now. what are wo to do ? It would
Beryl right to let hep die , perhaps.
Jlr in > ii llillly. (
Indianapolis Journal : "Tho milk has a
very bitter taste this morning , " said tbo
suburban resident ,
"VVefl , " W H the answer , "If you want
good milk , you ought to be wlllln' to help
some. I've wondered time an' again why
you didn't cl'nto tliu row out of your front
yard. All them geraniums un' chrysanthe
mums an * thing ; * 13 enough to tipllo any
cow's uillk.-