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V 'I'Ji'E CWATTA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, MATtCII 11, 190U. LINCOLN'S LIFE AS A LAWYER TeatUHS of Old AWs Career Reyiewed by a Msmbor if the Profewion. CHARACTERISTICS AS AN IlUtlltpil mill Avoided Hip Wrung Slilc nf n rum l.ein from II Im Vvk Ilmtk Clnir mill Comliie Iiik I" Armiiiiciil. The career of Abraham Lincoln ns n law frontier from Kentucky by way of Indiana to Illinois anJ In the prime of his manhood nan still an Inhabitant of a comparatively sparsely settled region. He never outgrew tho rustic simplicity that comes from con tart with nature and never lost the rugged strength that early toll puts into the brain and bone of hltn who has had Its beneficent dlsclnlluc. And this was surely 11 great ATTORNLY advantage In a practice which consisted almost exclusively of Jury trials. Ho knew far bettor than any of his rivals how to reach the hearts of tho nvitnge Juror and how to reach tho mind and reason of tho Juror who was above tho average. Homely Cmiinion Scum-. "Abraham Lincoln nover drifted away from the moorings of a pUIn and homely common sense. His messages, nis railroad, or, which wan the same thing, the bridge. With him were Judge Rlodgctt, Hurton C. Cook, Joseph Knox and Norman II. Judd. One of the traditions of tho litiga tion Is that Mr. Miller, who was afterward tho great Justice Miller of the suprema court, by appointment of l'resldcnt Lincoln, mnde a powerful argument aslnst the bridge. In which he repealed many times, with great, earnestness. 'The river la na luro's channel; It Is tho highway of com merce; no man and no corporation may ob struct It.' Tho lawyers for tho railroad were much cast down until Lincoln nroso and with that candid, fair and open-hearted manner which always characterized hi arguments, sometimes going to the verge of giving his caso away, said: 'Yes. tho river Is nature's channel, It Is the highway SHORT STORIES OF THE DAY Colonel Dolman, a Fotmer Reiiilent of Omaha, Pays the City a Viiit. BEER CHIPS DON'T PAY STREET CAR FARE I'l-Mxloii Storlc Tolil Iiy Special IJ 11 miner Morrow II 1 rt It of it Tor undo Street 1'nUlr Lonrn it Mile li Denjlnu: llli liletilltj. Tho street fakir had gathered his crowd and was busily descanting on the virtue of stato 0f commerce, but the railway Is also the yer. his Irani training, nnd Ms mnthrula nn I tinners, hi speeches and his lottcrs aru alt . t,ihu.v nt xnmmorm nml irniilf mat and an attorney, wcro brought out In a clearer, laden with this great quality and no man. 1 1 WC8t by rail is as much a subject of national 1 n tissue-wrapped lozongo of light yellow If not n new light, by Mr. (leorgo It. Peck think, slnco Shakespeare, ever had tho art, concern us Is trnlllc north nnd south by "ubstanco that had been cut from a bar of of Chicago, In an nddrcss delivered ro- or rather tho nature, to say so much In a water.' This was tho argument which laundry scap. Ho had borrowed tho soiled cently before tho Wisconsin State Bar as- single sentcmcc. It Is unfortunate that few, ultimately prevailed, partly because It was hat from tho audience, had removed the Boclatlon. Mr. l'cck reviewed tho martyr If any. of his legl arguments, cither to president's record at the bar, nnd showed court or Jury, havo been preserved except that, though overshadowed by his career as In fragments, resting mostly In the memory chief magistrate of the nation, there Is in It of hla neighbors and of his associates at tho much to bo ndmtrcd nml commended to tho bar. A fow alas! a, rapidly diminishing profession of today. Mr. I'cck said In pait: few aro left of those who knew him. Among them tho vencrablo Honry W. good law nnd partly because It was good alleged greaso spot nnd had reached that part of his harangue which declares that this remarkable eradlcator Is nut obtain able on tho general market," when ho was sense, for generally tho two go together. Lincoln nml Stitiilon. 1 1 . . 1 . , ...ntlA.a tninirlnnl Kiuiuoi ncin wuubi ... ....w...- , -- ,t, . .., ,l, ,,,1,, ,, rniiBe, tht contest between the McLormiCK , r and the Manny reaper-a patent caso In ! alla. wearing n cap with ear-laps to 1. which his inventive talent would have had ' V. not .h" h,'!",ll : - . . . . u. . . . . . i ninvipn iiiii inKir. i uti ri ti i i l mil! tin 'Abraham Lincoln was, I think, the great- '""sett, for many years, u. gc ioi muu, a ROod deal of scope . Mm m. hianion , "-r -" Heat . . . M . , . i Ktnrrta rniirr mr inn nnrinerii tiiaincL az i,fi.i nnt ,inrir.;irfwi unnn inn Hrnnn ilh nm " .... - . mint oi ins century, anu ono oi ino - -- - ,. ,,,..... . ... greatest of nil centuries, nut It Is not as n Illinois, and now In his retirement, happy soclato counsel. Tho story Is a familiar one lawyer that ho will bo remembered. If his ln tho respect nnd affection of nil, Is pa-haps and I need not repeat how Stnnton treated llfo had been given only to his practice In ns capable of expressing a Just opinion of him with brutal rudeness, nnd how Lincoln. Sangamon nnd tho neighboring counties, with Lincoln's professional characteristics as any chagrined and mortified, submitted and did an occasional professional Journey to some ono living. I asked him only a few weeks not oven get a chance to argue tho case. But not far distant place, ho would now bo for- K to tell mo something about him as a i his chanco camo later, when ho made Stan gotten by nil except tho legal profession, lawyer nnd ho said: 'Ho was a good, safe, 1 ton secretary of war. Somo revenges tiro nnd remembered by few of them. It Is not careful and very successful lawyer, wheso better If wo have to wait for them, a pleasant thought, but wo may as well arguments wero models of clear aud con-1 "Ho had somo other noticeable cases, ro'cognlzo tho palpable truth, that lawyers vlnclng reasoning.' 1 inquired: 'What aro Among them tho most romantic was aro not tho men who aro kept In mind after the elements which wcro most promlnunt In his defenso of Jack Armstrong, whoso they ccaso to babble. Our work Is not of his conduct of a lawsuit?' Ho answered: mother had befriended Lincoln In tho kind that Is told In ilrcsldo stories or 'His great success was tho result, first, or j his youth, and he paid the "ut that is sung In the ballads of tho people his unrivaled clearness of statement, and, , by saving her son from tho gallows, from generation to generation. Even great secondly, of his absolute fairness and . without fee or reward. Ho won n case of far Judges aro soon forgotten. Wo havo all candor.' Ho ndded that whatovcr Lincoln ' reaching lmportnnco for tho Illinois Central read 'Campbell's Live of tho Lord Chan- stated to be the law and tho facts no court Ilallroad company and had his bill for $5,000 cellors,' but not ono of us, I venture to say, ever doubted thnt ho honestly believed them disputed nnd bo collected It only after a law can name them. It would trouble any of to be so. Horndon says that Lincoln was a suit. Hut that was not the Illinois CentrnI us to repeat tho short list of chief Justices Kood lawyer In good caso and a poor of today, which has for Its president Stuy of tho United .States In tholr chrouologlrnl lawyer in a toad caso. I wish thero wero , vesant Fish, n Just man nnd a truo represen order, and give tho length of their respective moro such lawyers. Tho concurrent tcstl- j tatlvo of .American patriotism, terms of service. Abraham Lincoln, as a mony f his contemporaries la that It was "His last caso, only a month before, n s lawyer, was eminently respectable, and ntmi t0 got him to tako a case In which ho I nomination lor prcs.uuiu, w.u u knlfe-sbarpencr aud screwdriver, all nlcht havo boon In tho first rank If only Lti.i i uuvn i,u i,in in hn hi rlirht nmi caso. Tho pralrlen wero already ntiaino anu i ,.,!,., .,, iu, ho was called. Some men aro only fit to bo mi f i, vor yielded to Importunities to do , Illinois was getting ready for tho battle lawyers, but there never was a man of tho , - i.nii matter Generally becamo worse by i which should name hltn tho leader to carry to sell you an ounce of It!" Tim man In overalls gazed wondcrlngly Into the fnco of the orator. "I don't dare to sell It. It would be an Infringement on tho copyright. There's only ono way I can dispose of It, and that Is to give It away!" The late arrival hitched the left leg of his overalls and Btnred jnoro Intently. "I give It awny ns a prize to every purchaser of ono of theso Jackknlves." Tho fakir plunged his hand Into a grip to produco the knives, and In tho brief pause that ensued tho man In overalls addressed him: i "Say, mister, ain't you the pnrty that was down to tho Clay county fair n yenr ago last fall sellln' things?" Tho fakir scented danger ahead and an swered with a decided negative. "I never hnd tho honor of mingling" "Wasn't you a sellln' a combination tack hammer, monkey wrench, nnll-puller, scis sors-sharpener, saw set, can opener, glass first class who could not bo more If tho op- 1.1,, u.tcr faUrc to mako wrong seem right. portunlty came. It did como to hltn. nnd This .vna ln th0 opinion of some, an In- "How it nil camo about, wny it was nc ,,,. ,n lrllli. nnit i9iiCn. which ho and net another, what strango combination ,ovcd( both ag (l Iawyor nnj ng a man. of opportunity nnd will mado him tho JU(,R0 mvll, j)avH WW) kncw hlm 80 wcM contrnl llguro of an era. we cannot fathom. gali,. .Tho framcwork ot his mental and I'lato, who saw with such clear eyes Into , be, wng honcBty and a wronK caU30 IUU IU-IHI.S U! HU.ll.IM 1...V. .. ..W.H., m..U ... . poor,y ,lcfcm)eil by J,m. Tn0 ability which somo eminent lawyers possess ot ex- his nartv's ling ln tho coming campaign Judgo niodgett not then a Judge had como he stopped from hlB law ofllco Into tho telioctuul defect, but I think it was much ! down from Waukegan to nsk him to openK worm s nisiory. morn .. mark of his moral clovatlon. his . there to a crowu cu ..ruu.n .i-p"" promised nnd as soon as nis arguim-m ..o flnlf.he.1 left tho court room and took tho train for Waukegan. That was his last ap pearance ln a wurt of Justice. Tho caso was ono Involving tho rights of two oppos ing clalmunto to accretions on tho lako shore near tho mouth of tho Chicago river, u is not material to know who they were, for no ono has treasured up their names or tho torv of their contentions and their trouuies. Lincoln won tho case, but whether ho was for tho accretion or against It I am not nblo to hay. "And hero his career as a lawyer enns anu his career ns a man of world-enduring fame begins. Wo may try ns wo plcaso to tnlnK of him as a lawyer, but always tho linage of tho Great Deliverer conies uppermost. Surely It would bo good for tho profession if thero were moro like him. When he was president ho showed In many a trying hour one ox thoso sentences which are mo de light of scholars, and tho Inspiration of thinkers: 'Tho differences of men nnd ac tions nnd tho endless Irregular movements of human things do not admit of any uni versal nnd slmplo rule.' nIoiiImIiIiii? Tin ii "for inn tin n. "Abrahnm Lincoln and his marvelous llfo illustrate this great truth. Slmplo rules cannot explain him. nor explain tlo trans- plalnlng away tho bad points of a cause by Ingenious sophistry was denied him.' ItlKltt ii ml AVroiiK Slilm. "Wo havo all known lawyers, and able ones, who seem to tako personal satisfaction In arguing tho wrong side, and one I knew In days gono by with a. mind of such keenness und subtlety that It flashed llko ImrnUhrvl Rlppl who USe.l to S.1V that tlO formation from his birth ln a Kentucky nrefrrrC(1 n -which Rave hlm the op- cahln to tho Whlto House, anu rrom menu- porUinty 0f advocating bad law. or of com- less poverty to tho highest station In tho bnUng fact8 whch wcro palpably against world. Considering wlint wo know of him, h, fQr ho 8aldi ,.u ,s no crem to a law. wo aro forced back to what wo do not (o wn w,len ho ,8 0l tho r,Rht B(lo. nny know, . to tho mysterious renlm ot uncer- foo, can (i(J thati. Hllt Abraham Lincoln's talnty and doubt. Ho was what he was. and m,m, nm, cnaraclor wero not of that order, tho analysis ends there. In all h great Jm Hammond said of him: 'Such wus career thorn was llttloHlmt was dazzling nnd th(j trangparcnt candor nnd Integrity ot his nothing that was meteoric. Ho began at naturo thftt ho com nol we or strongly tho lowest nnd ended at the highest, and n B,(,o of R causo tnat ho thought yet, his ascent was by tho slow and patient Qf ho fclt lt hls ,,uty t0 gay steps of a man content to wait for rewards what couU, bQ anJ to ,cavo tho ,lcciaon until they should como In their own good rfl but thoro could bo 8ecn In guch time. Ho was a practicing lawyer for cages tho lnward BtrugB,0 m his own mind.' twenty-thrco years, or from March 1837, guch .g(j ag ,g a thousaml tlme8 bet. wnon UO WUS iicuuhuii, hi ruiuuinuu ... im i . .. .. nrnn spring of I860, when ho tried his last case. Hut thero wero many Interruptions. For two ycara ho was In congress, and In tho early part of hla professional llfo he served three terms In the Illinois legislature. Thero wcro other Interruptions, not periodical, but constant, for ho wns always a politician.' Year after year, when tho buglo sounded, he tor than tho enconlums which aro often be stewed cn lawyers who havo no 'Inward struggles' "so long as success and tho fee are In sight. Muny Instances are related by .Ltncoln's biographers of his posltlvo refusal to tako a caso when ho thought tho side tendered him was morally indefensible, or when he would bo compelled to tako a poal- n . t. i.. ..It I... Irnniv wna 1 1 II - ?L Jl n " Nlcoiay' and Hay declare that "On tho wrong sldo ho was always wcaK, ana ana nvoiueu for his party nnd for tils party's gospel. Wo aro accustomed to bcllevo that a lawyer can only bo succcsslul by giving to his. profes sion his deepest fealty, llut no ono can read tho story of Abraham Lincoln's life without seeing thnt with hlm tho law was never his llrst love. I do not bcllevo ho ever studlod lt as a scientific Bystem, or felt tho exqulslto plcasuro which comos to somo men when they nro touched by what Lord Coko called 'tho gladtomo light of Jurisprudence.' J)oubtlcss ho liked tho law, and enjoyed Its contests and Its triumphs, but ho was for happier when pointing out tho advantages ot n protectlvo tariff, or add. "He know this hlmscu such cases when ho could consistently with tho rules of his profession." "Was Abraham Lincoln a learned lawyer? I do not think ho was. By this I nncan that ho was not a student of tho law In Its his torical and scientific aspects. It was his means of gaining a livelihood nnd he always tried to malto It a means of vindicating right and establishing Justice, nut his tastes am not lead him Into the i oat in of philosophical Jurisprudence. Ho adored Henry Clny, but I do not think ho cared for 'Austin or Iientham or Heccaria. His mind was unerringly log- . .1 i 4l,n (lnn...l n.m denouncing uiu rt-iiuui ui mu .i.uun tu...- f-ina rlonr as Ice I ImaKino "His Dkographcrs tell ho utilized his sparo tho circuit tiy a iuress.iig "i"' ; , gontenen would bo tho thunderbolt 'on the political lue of tho day. If I discussion, ln his seems strango to us thut ho could so blend e8"0'"" . h ,h ... law nnd politics without detriment to his ' 'b"; i.im tor senator professional work It must be remembered. t stephm first, that ho was a very different man from h flUmmcd tho doctrlne ot tho average lawyer, and secondly, that Sovereignty In theso words: 'That us frMuently A pitiless analysis of his opQonenfs position time whe n Zt on a his favorite method of proving lt to be W. fellow c.t.lzens wrong, and when the analysis j w comp ete practicing law at that timo and In thut locality was vory different irom what it Is now In any locality. Ho had followed tho Think of n woman being sick and suffering- six years when she m i g h t have been well nil that time! Think of her taking the treatment of four doctors and getting no better. Think of the pain she en ilurcd of the uselcssncss of Four Dot ton falM. her 1 i f e in those six Ions', dreary, miserable years. Think of the distress of a refined, modest woman during1 the useless examinations nnd treatment of four different doctors who each anil all failed to give her nuy comfort. Think of all this and then think that she was finally cured completely, wholly, per manently cured right in the privacy of licr home without the abhorrent "cxainlna Hons" and local treatment so uniformly insisted upon by home physicians cured just as she might have been six years before. These are simply the facts in the case of Mrs. M. 11, Wallace, of Mucnster, Cook Co., Texas, who writes ; "I had been n great mfTercr from femnle weak ness. I tried four doctors and none did me any good. I suflered six years, but at lat I found relief. I followed your advice, and took four luttles of 'Golden Medical Discovery,' and eight of the ' l'vorlte I'recriptlon.' I now feel llkea ntw woman. I have gained eighteen pouuds." Dr. l'icrce's I'avorite Prescription is a medicine made for just one purpose to cure disorders or diseases of the feminine organism, It is the only preparation of its kind introduced by a regularly graduated physican a skilled specialist in the dis eases of women, whose thirty years of suc cessful practice are a guarantee of health to all sufferers who consult him. IJvery woman may write fully and con fidentially to Dr. R. V. Tierce, Buffalo, N. Y., and may be sure that her case' will receive careful, conscientious, confi dential consideration, and that the best medical advice in the world will be given to her, absolulflyfree. In addition to this free advice Dr. Pierce will send n paper-bound copy of his great t.ooo pacc book "The Common Sense Med-, ical Adviser," to any one who will send ai one-cent stamps to pay the cost of mailing. 1'rcnck cloth-biudlnt, jt stamps. If any man chooso to enslavo another, no third man shall bo nllowed to object.' It would havo taken cue or any other common man many pages to say that, and yet ho said It In sixteen slmplo words. That was his method; a method which no ono taught hlm and which ennnot bo lenrned in dookb. Mr. l'cck traced the struggles of Lincoln to seottro n legal education, tho paucity of U-xt-books at his command nnd how ho burned tho midnight canrtlo poring over a copy of Ulackstone. borrowed from a friend; his removal from New Salem to Sprlr.gllold, III., whore ho hung out his "shlnglo;" hla partnership with Stuart, quoting from tho feo book of tho firm to show the meager In romo of lawyors of thnt porlod $30 being tlm hlRhest feo ln tho record. Roferrlng to the cases ln which Lincoln appeared as counsel. Mr. l'cck said: Ciincn III Court "Lincoln appeared In fuw great causes. I moan such causes as becamo precedonts and fix tho law for tho future, but ho tried all sorts of cuses, civil nnd criminal In tho lot tcr always for tho defense. Tho great Hock Island bridge cases aro yet remembered as hotly contested lights. Involving Issues which, If they had gono tho other way. would have made history very different from what It has been. Thu first was an action for damages brought by tho owners of tho steamer "Hdlo Afton," which was Injured by collision with tho piers of tho brldRe erected by tho Rock Island Ilallroad com pnny across tho Mississippi river. Hmlnen counsel were retained nn both sides, for it was realized that It was to be. In tho lan guago of modem athletics, 'a tight to thu finish' between tho river and tho bridge On ono sldo were the sacred rights ot navi gation, time-honored freedom of natural waterways, ancient customs and tho tradi tions of many years. On tho other, modern progress and modern science, tho forces which wero then, as now, pushing nm methods und old theories asldo to mako way for better ones. Under tho formal title of tho caso was tho truo title "River ngalnst Rnllrond," Other cases, threo or four In number, wero brought, somo nt law, somo In equity, but all Involving the same ques Hon. In ono tool a thing that lookwl about Ilka a plow lllo with notches broko Into It? The fakir was spreading tho knives out on a nleco of red flannel. "I fear, my friend, you're lnborlng under n " "Wa-a-1, mebby I'm wrong, but you look a powerful lot llko 'Im. Anyhow, I bought oue o' them, tools." "Twcnty-ilvo cents for tho knives, gentle men. The eradlcator coats you nothing. rAsldo to furmer.) Well, what was the matter with It?" "Oh, nothln' nt nil; nothln' at all. It wuz the handiest llttlu trick I over see, and besides doln' all them things he said It would do, my boy, Sam. used It all last fall In thn cornflc d for n sMickln' peg. Aim was Koln' to say, mister, that It you was tho man that sold mo that dingus I'd take yer word 'bout this scop an' knles and lay In n utncU nn 'em. 'noush to last a year. Hut r iriiess vou ain't him." And the man of the hoe shuffled sadly awayi Colonol P. R. Dolman ot Uutto, Mont., who has been ln Omaha lor a row uays, uiu that ho had not forgotten his legal training , , E ulcharil80n, resided i . . . 1 , . anlnmil ttlO I tVl Till 1 I " . . . . . . - whllo performing tho solomn, the fearful duties that rested upon him." CONNUIHAI.ITIHS. Ono of the worst features of olnglo llfo for men Is that tho bachelor hasn't any ono to blamo It on when anything goes wrong with him. w. T.. Karnsworth of Chicago, who married a dozen or so women, asserts that It was nil tho fault of tho women. Why certainly. Adam mnde a remark of like tenor. llacholore of Smyrna, Del., havo formed n trust to enable Its members to resist the tnmntatlon of marrying tho charming girls ot the town until ablo to keep a wife prop erly. ThlB Is not tho outcome of what Prof. Sumner has been saying, nut 11 is cieany a development that ho would do well to Investigate. An Ohio girl who was married to a man nfter an acquaintance of three days com plains now because he turns out to he a convict und not tho naval captnln he repre sented hlmoelf to be. Whllo she undoubtedly has causo to mourn, it Is hardly right that sho should receive all the sympathy. The man, on his part, ran some risk. Queen Victoria is said to bo Intensely In dignant over tho marriage of the widow of Oenernl Penn Symons within six weeks ufter her husband's tragic death at the battlo ot Qlcncoe. Tho womnn, wncse secona nusuanu Is a man half her ago, Is evidently of a practical mind. Men, always at a premium In the Kngllsh matrimonial market, will be senrcer than ever now and Mrs. Symons hero In 1872. When the colonel ion umaaa hn went to Butte, where ho engaged In handling grain. Hu Is now a heavy operator in mines nnd water rights, being In partner ship with a brother of Senator Clark, who Is having a hard tlmo to prove his right to tho seat. Tho llfo of Colonol Dolman Is one which contains much ot tho romantic. He Is a, natlvo of Missouri, and at the tlmo of tho civil war resided noar Utunswlck, ln that state. An ardent supporter ot the unlou, tho majority of his Influential neighbors worn In sympathy with the causo or tho confederacy. Colonol Dolman raised a com pany of federal troops, and ln Bplte of tho offorts of tho homo guard, a rebel organiza tion, succeeded ln getting his company Into tho federal line. Ho then began the- work of recruiting a regiment In tho bitterest fceccsslon countlnj of tho , stato, and wua afterward chosen colonel of the organiza tion, serving until tho end of thn war. Ho then camo north and finally went to Mon tana, whero ho Ih now regarded as ono ot tho Influential men of tho state. Ho has boon u member ot the territorial and stato legislatures, and Is taking quite nn Interest In the pending bribery Investigation, but when questioned on tho subject refused to bo Interviewed, saying: "Each Is my friend and I will say nothing of the merits of tho caBC." By making a few speochoi at political meotings and an Improvement club n certain man living in the vicinity of tho old expo Always the Best Our outlet for the distribution of merchandise gives us exclusive ftnln nf nijiiiv lnnrlinrr innkps nf irnnrln. You art) llllublo to find tllClll anywhere. Slioll arrangements are in other argument why it's to your advantage to trade with us. tho con-oft stylos the "'worth your nionoy" Ulntl of morohtiiitllso. It's always iade only with houses that handlo leading lines whoso goods possess value. They must be right in every way lor m-ico lor quality lor style. 1 Hat's nn- vou gei uie uesi 01 goocis tho host obtainable. Upholstery Department IIUAR IN' MIND- This Is the last six days of our March snlo of Up holstery Goods, us the sale closes Sat urday. All orders takrn for Uphol stery, repair work during this week will bo executed as rapidly as poi slble thereafter. Select your coverings this week ond make quite n saving In the cost of same. Remnant Squares 16c, 25c, 50c and $1.00. Kxtra Heavy Trench Tapestries, 60 Inches Avlde, in cholco colors and de signs $1. 60 and $1.75 goods during this special sale per yard $1.00. Silk Tapestries and extra heavy French Tapestries, In verdure nnd foliage designs, for hall and library furniture per yard $1.75. Silk Oobcllno In very fine good?, ele gant effects, cholco colors $1.60 and $5.00 values per yard $3.50. LACK CURTAINS Special display this week of new designs In Lnco Cur tains of all kinds. Including Arabians, Swiss nnd Saxony Brussels, Batten bergs, Point do Paris, Irish Points, Swiss Tambour, Hamburg nnd Pish Nets, Nottinghams. Muslins, etc. Prices 75c to $.10 pair. Lace Curtain Stretchers Furniture T7-- 'om JW Wo nro exclusive sellers In Omaha of the celebrated Ollroy Curtain Stretchers tho best ln f'c world. Mnde of best non-wnrplng white woid, m n-rustlng plus, close enough to gether to tit any scallop, folding hinge nnd brace, to avoid sagging. In fact, every deslrablo feature; enough saved nt ono washing to pay for the stretch ers. Prices $1.75 and $2.50 each. This week we make a special show Ins of now, novel nnd artistic iron nnd Bruss Beds beds that are nov elties. Designed artistically finished In Roman gold, dead black nnd Rold, I'ompvlan red and gold, Ivory and gold, moss green nnd many other durable and attractive Mulshes, guaranteed to last and not peel off Iron Beds, white enamel finish, up from $2.75. ALL-BRASS BUDS Attractive do signs up from $17.50. Your special attention we nek for to ox ami no our large and elegant show ing of Oild Dressers. Chiffoniers and Dieting Tables the tiow !Uplec suit. They come In rich, plain designs, also artistic and elaborately hand carvel ones. These wo aro showing In tho greatest variety of designs nnd woods. Mahoguny, blrd's-eyo mnple. curly birch, quarter-sawed oak nnd Imitation mahogany. An extra spctial value Is our swell front quarter sawed golden oak or birch, imitation ninhany, hand po lished Dresser largetnlrror, choice, rich carving; not the ihcap, ordinary kind the best obtainable at our price $16.00. 3-PIKCH SUIT, same as this Dresser $27.60. Dining Room Furniture Three car loads received and samples now on show. Many new and attractive de signs in Buffets nnd Sideboards In the latest tlnlshes from tho finest down to tho very Inexpensive ones. A gradual rise In prico from $8.60 to $135.00. Oak Sideboards from $9.50 to $200.00. Oak Dining Chnlrs, 80c to $12.50. Our prlcos guaranteed tho lowest and then you know wo have only the one price. Lamps Lamps Without n doubt ho greatest special lamp sale we have ever had this week only. Wo can mako It worth your while to make your lamp se lection now. $1.60 Decorated Bowl and Olobo Lamps, complete, .with chimneys. Theso nre fancy rich decorations ln Delft designs, etc. snlo price !5c. $2.00 Lamps, with decorntrd bowl anil globe to match, odd shapes and designs, complete sale price $1.4!. $2.50 Decorated Lamps, globes nnd bowls, complete go nt $1.55. $4.00 nnd $5.00 Fancy Decorated Lamps, complete, globo nnd howl dec orated to match sale price $2.10. $8.00 Lamps, Immlsinio decoration?, nowl designs go nt $1.75. $10 00 Fancy Uitnp, elegant pat ternsale price $ I. !.". $11.00 Lounclsn Lamp, very cholco decorations sale price $11.00. $17.00 I.ounrlsa Decornted Lamps, very lino salo price $12.00. 300 Jardinieres, all sizes, nil shapes, nil colors, plain and decorated, very flno assortment, go In this special sell ing this week sop the great .values at 75c. Anrthcr lot. extra choice at $1.00. Don't miss this opportunity. Come Monday. Rugs Rugs Rugs 21 largo room bIzc Stnyrnn Rugs that have been used as wholesnlo snmplcs tho p.ist season go jm special salo Monday. Don't miss It. 7 Imperial Smyrnn Rugs 7-GxlO-G sell regular at $30.00 salo price $22.60. II Smyrna RugH 7-fixlO-G sell at $20.00 salo prlco $17.00. New assortment of mado Rugs, mndo up from olo.in outs ln all tho best makes of goods; 3 widths 8-3", 0-0 and 10-G any length you want one-third less thnn regular prlco. Orchard & WilheJm Carpet Co. JDoiilas Street. not lost the money, at least. Still it did not ; denco ot two of his formor comrades; that tako him long to find out what n fool he was j sho received n letter from him saying that by not taking moro IntoraU In prlvnto own- ho had seen his comrades, secured their uf crshlp than municipal. Also, It Is noticeable fldavlt, forwarded lt to Washington, nnd that ha takes tho Sherman avenue car on hi would start homo tho. next day. That was trips to the city, and has ft dlmo in rescrvo the last sho heard from him. Tho mattor whero boer chips find no resting place. was taken up by tho department and my pre- I decefsor at this point Investigated, the cobo "It was my fortuno to bo present at the I thoroughly, substantiating the t woman's birth ot a tornado," said tho traveler, "and I story In evory particular. Tho records nt for one who has but llttlo acquaintance with tho pension odlco showed thnt he had filed probably considered that It was wise to;ltlon grounds began to consider himself take tho first chanco that offered. one of the orbs n the political heavona. When school girl, grow con.ldent.a. with ! . "Pr uo gooth be ore , . . a , ' Is an old adage call their "beau Ideal." Did you over hap- I , " " ,,, " w. pen to hear what Mrs. Stephen A. Douglao ' oa In one of his trouaors pockots. ?vns credited with saying on this topic? f hls t,lrnIna w,0UlJ hfvfl n0 "When I wan at schoo ." sho remarked, "i trouble In changing ownership, and con- used to vow that thero wcro throb kinds of , " " "a " "" men I never could be Induced to marry. I transferred his available cash to 1,1s First. I never would marry a man who was hip pocket and lot his wife close the hola younger than I. Second, I never would I with nee le and thread. ,,, vui, u-n uwir ilmn T Third. On taKing me I'arK nno car mo nexi I nover would marry a politician.. Well, 1 , mummis " " """- " """"'"" "7 I kept my vow, except that In marrying Mr. ; no '"B i''""' " "' l Douglas I married a man who was not quite as old as I, who was uot as tall as I and who was one of the most prominent politicians of his day." A novel entertainment was that furnished by a number of the unmarried young men and women of a New Brunswick (N. J.) church. They gov the reasons why they have not wedded nnd they gavp them ln rhyme. Somo of the reasons wero good and somo of the rhymes wero good, nnd some ot tho reasons were as bad ai tho rhymes which Is saying a good deal. But both rhymes nnd reasons evoked much laughter from tho audience, even If they didn't throw any valuable light on the growing prefer ence for slnglo blessedness, One young woman frankly said she remained single be cause you can't count on the men. A young man said he wns averse to matrimony be cause he was tho only brother of several slstere. Young Mr. Quackenboss showed tho fnlnt heart by declaring that he didn't daro to bravo her fathor's wrath. Miss Jackson said she'd never hnd a chanco and Mr, started a spirited argumcnr on the merits and demerits of their rospectlvo parties, and without much prompting our horo launched forth his stalo bit of choice oratory, which Included about everything ln the political dictionary. Whllo he was soaring around Impcrlallem nnd tho White House the conductor cama In and commence! taking toll, and by tho tlmo ho lit on tho 'municipal ownership ot the water works tho conductor rang up his neighbor's fart "Tho water works should be tho property of tho city, and I nm In favor of giving" "Faro, please," said -tho conductor ns hn stood on one Ick and balanced himself by a strap. "I am In favor of giving the" But ho did not finish or tell what hp would give or to whom, for ho found to his surprise that two of his pockets were not charitably In clined thnt morning nnd that ttie third promised no hotter results. By tho tlmo the street car representative the workshop ot naturo the sight was Inter esting. One day ln tho early '80s 1 was riding from Pueblo to Trlnldnd, In tho stuto of Colorado. ' Tho day was excessively warm and ns I could not reach my destination that night I was riding slowly, looking at the country. The trail ran along a high wall separating the first taWo land or mesa of tho Purgatolre river from tho second mesa, tho horse sinking to tho fetlock In tho hot sand ot tho first mesa. "About 2 o'clock In tho nfternoon I noticed n small whirlwind, or borer, ns It Is called lu that country, from tho tendency to boro holes In tho Band. Tho wind ran north easterly for n llttlo dlstnnco nnd was then dlsslputed. A few minutes later another whirl started and followed tho course of uio former, n Btnallcr whirl which formed ot the same tlmo being drawn Into It. Then In the Instant seven other whirls started and Joined tho central whirl, which at that tlmo was lifting a column of sand 200 foot into tho air and moving rapidly toward tho river, which lt entered alout n quarter of a mile from whero I was standing watching Its move ments. When It struck tho river It begnn to lift tho water and then tho column changed Its color from tho yellow of tho sand to tho blackness of the water. At tho same time a small thunder cap, which had been floating Inzlly upon the quiet air, was suddenly affected and ruBhcd to tho top of the column of air, whero It seemed to bo drawn down to meet tho -water. Whero I was standing there was no evidence of disturbance, but when several smaller clouds camo upon tho horizon to bo drawn Into the whirling air tho wind sprang up and begnn to blow Btlflly In tho direction of what might at that time be termed the waterspout. "Clouds continued to gather and soon lightning flashed from tho mass. Tho tor nado passed off to the northenst and I went (-. my way. Tho next day at Trinidad I heard a report from a tornado -which had uprooted trees along tho rlvor and demol ished houses ln tho little town of Las Animas, which. I think. Is nbout thirty miles from tho sceno of the formutlon of the tornado," HI. W. Morrow, spoclnl pension oxamlner, with headqunrters nt Omnha, Is ono of the men whoie work Is never appreciated by the publlo until tho newspapers tell of the arrest of Bomo person for fraudulently getting on the pension rolls. Ho Is one of tho men who work In sllcnco, with special Instruc tions to Bhun a nowsjmpcr reporter r.s tho dbvil Id said to shun holy water, Tint though ho makes llttlo noleo ho is none tho loss busy. "Thoro Is a general Impression," said Mr. Morrow tho other day, "that the pension ox amlner Is tho foo of all pensioners, but such the nITIdavlts of his ccmrndfN, but had not 'further prosecuted his claim. How tho papers got to Chicago I do not know, but In some manner they enmo Into tho hands of tho spe cial examiner at that placo who remembered that somo timo previous he had met n man of tho same name. Ho looked tho man up tinnloH to nrrnngp for a consolidation of tho lending snuff Interests of tho country nro said to hiivo been practically completed nnd u now $25,000,000 company will, lt is said tn organized to tnke over nil tlm siiuft tmsl ness of both tho Continental Tobacco nnd American companies, ns well ns the Atlantic Snuff company nml Ilelmo Snuff company. ABOLISHES CONTRACT SYSTEM SiiperliilriiiliMit of flriiln IIiiiiiIIIiik nt llunalo (lliji-ct loiiiilile to the Mvn. BUFFALO, N. Y., March 10. The Express says: Thomas W. Kennedy, superintendent of tho Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron company, bus been selected by tho committee, of tho Lako Carriers' unsocial Inn and found ln his Chanco acquaintance the for superintendent of tho grain handling- long missing husband. Tho husband's ex ptauatlon for his a'bsenco was that a day or two .before he left home ho nnd his wife hnd hnd a quarrel, nnd ns their children were grown nnd nblo to support their mother ho concluded that they would bo happier apart. "Another case that wo had wns wharo a woman applied for u pension ns tho widow of a soldier. The evldenco showed that she was the wife of n man who tho day after his honorable discharge from tho service had taken n horse to ride homo on. He was captured and sentenced to the penitentiary for horsestealing. Friends of his wife In formed hor that tho fact of tho sentence ot her husband divorced him from her, and un der this Impression Bhe married the soldier ns whoso widow alio was applying for a pen sion. Of course sho could not get It, ns she wns not legally the wlfo of the second sol dier. Then sho Interested tho bureau by asking lt she was-not entitled to a pension as tho wlfo ot the first soldier, and so fnr as I know the question has not been nnswercd yet." S ii it IT Miiiiiifiiclurcru ('iinililnc, NEW YORK, March 10,-The Journnl of Commerce says: Tho recent negotiations nf tho American und Uontlncntnl Tobacco com- next bcason. Tho prospect Is now bright for tho abolition of the ontlro contract system, which will mean, ns nn opponent ot tho lako carriers' plan said, $S0,000 more In wages for tho men than they would get under n contractor. President McMahon of tho local union Is quoted ns saying that Kennedy would not be ncceptnblo to tho International Long shoremen's union. 13 v an I on of S til nip Tn. PORTLAND, Ore.. March 10.-A special to tho Oregonlnn from Spoktine, Wnsh., snys; Wnr tax revenues accruing from stumps on deeds lu Spoknno county will bo suddenly swelled when tho evasions discov ered by Special Agent Robert Towne of tho Treasury department nre made good, Ho has been quietly looking over the deeds In the county clerk's oftlco and finds that thn treasury Is short soverul thousand dollats. In each lustunco thu transgressor will pay u linn of J 10 lieMdcs making good the do tkiencv in the war tuxes, Mr. Ton-no also rules that transfers Involving1 largo sums where, the nominal consideration Is $1 must pay tnx on tho actunl amount This In cludes the recent transfer of the Ontrnl Washington talli-oud, tho kuIp of thn union depot and a number of Washington water power transactions affecting property valued nt thousands ot dollurs. had changed legs and repeated his request, Strohaucr said he'd bnen In love with lots nt the same time making sundry remnrks , i not )nn cag0. Many times our Investlgn of girls and had no difficulty In making a about tho weather and walking, our crett- ttoitn rcault in somo person getting on tho choice but wasn't appreciated. In short, typ explanations averaged up In about tho way they wculd In any civilized community. fallen municipal ownership champion fished rois who could nover havo dono so without a promise to pay out of his est pocket nnd u8, Tho greater part of tho business of tho tendered tho liquid souvenir for payment, j f Milliliter consists of what Is known ub 'merit "We don't nccopt beer checkB on this ! NOrk.' This consists of examining Into tho car," said tho Irate conductor, as n woman condition of tho pensioners nnd discovering Till- IllllllIK I'lMK I O II. Cleveland Plain Dealer: "They say that pokod hlm in tho back with an umbrolla to wtiothor they are receiving a larger pension remind him ho had passed tier utrc et. than they nro entitled to. This has nothing "I beg I I or, forgot," ho stammered, tl do with the criminal branch of tho billi ng be went through tho door nnd landed J nL..a, hut when somo person finds nut that on his back In tho center of tho street, hi pension has been reduced or that hn Is Ho borrowctl tho necessary capital to get I ordered to report for examination by the homo that night, and when hla wlfo naked J heard of surgeons, ho may know that the him for money to attend the bargain counter special examiner has been at work on his sales necct day, It (termed to Irrltato hlm, I case. and ho accused her of throttling hlu pocket j "Sometimes wo have nmo very peculiar while Morpheus hold hlin in thralldom. , cas,cs for Investigation. Ono that originated "Henry, you know -better than that. I , n thin district was that of a woman who up- tho Canudlan sleeping girl Is awake now for good." "How long did she sleep?" "Six weeks at a stretch." "Did she snore?" "I dunno. Sho only spoke once during her longest nap." "What did she say?" " 'Is my lilghtcnp on straight.' " Mrs. Calvin Zimmerman, Mllosburg, Pa., says. "As a speedy cure for roughs, colds. Samuel F. Miller, thon an eminent croup and soro throat Ono Minute Couch never dtd such a thing but once In my life, , piled for a pension ns tho widow of a soldier. practicing lawyer of Iowa, was ono of tho Curo Is unequalod. It Is pleasunt for chll- and thnn I told you next day. Ynit put tlm alleging In her nflldavlt thut her husband counsel for tho river In ouo or moro cases and during the litigation James O, Broad- head of St. Ijuls, T D. Lincoln of Cin cinnati nnd others appeared on that side. Abraham Lincoln was on the aide of the November 17th. over thirteen years ago, tho Continental Clothing Company began business nt the corner of Fifteenth inrt Douglas. In what was then tho most ttp-to-djto building of Its kind In the west. Since then times and conditions have changed and Mr. (Iambic, the manager, has found It ut'usiary to make extettslvo alterations, particularly in tho front of the building. Thu picture abovo only gives a general Idoa of how tho building will look when the work Is completed. In place of the dark Fifteenth street sldo wall, thorc will lie a soldi glnHs frontage of show windows one hundred find thlrtytwo feet ln length, with tho entrance changed to the corner facing southwest, while the Douglas street uldu will bo changed Into two large lights of glass, the largest In Omaha. These Improvements', while adding to tho attractiveness of thn building, will be far-reaching nnd benefit tho entire retail trade of thn city, and particularly that part centering nround Fifteenth nnd Douglas slrcots. The cost of these changes will bo somewhere near $10,000, and It Is stated by Mr Hint, thu contractor, who Is under dren to take. I heartily recommend lt to money In your hip pocket last night when whs presumed to bo dead, for he had mothers." It Is the only harmless remedy I sewed up that hole, and It Is thero yet If not been heard from In seven years. Sho that produces immodtato results. It cures you bnve not lost It, which I nm sure you wild that her husband had made application bond to comploto the work by May UI, that when completed It will bo the finest store bronchitis, pneumonia, grippe and throat nnd did. You are bo forgetful, you would lose for n pension, and that one day he had left I front In Omaha, having,, us he says, tho benefit of thu experience of others, all tha lung diseases. It will prevent consumption, j your brains, If that was possible," He bad ( home to visit an Iowa town to get the evl- I mistakes will be avoided and the sood points used.