Buy Your
Dry Goods
At Lincoln's
Progressive
Store
This Store catr particularly to the
WlTtsand Daughters ol Union Labor
ing' Wan.
True we like In oe Hie men folks in
tlie More. We want to n-e yi)ti with your
wives and tm-cethoHrts Ht any linte you
can possibly come, lint the women
lolks claim the Dry i;ooils Store as their
Institution. They always feel at home
among the nllka anil cottons. We want
you to get Into the pleasurable habit of
commit dow n to this store, particularly
on Saturday If not lu the day time, then
winder in dtutnx the evening. Yon
will sec the joliy, jostling crowd of busy
buyers in this store at this time, especial
ly taking advantage of the
Great
Special Bargain
. Sold Between 7 -.30 and 8:30
O'clock.
Special Bargains in the
Hen's
Furnishing
Department
All Day Saturday.
FitzGerald
Dry Goods Co.
Stevens
& Neville
1330 O STREET.
Cigars, Tobacco,
and News.
1
POOL & BILLIARD
HALL,
We manufacture our own Cigars,
and our leading brands are : :
New York Club 5c
Cuban Pearl 10c
STRICTLY UNION MADE
PROTECT
Your property against Fire,
Lightning, and Tornado,
and do it now!
You are taking a great risk every
day yon delay.
We are the only home stock com
pany in the city organized
July, 188li.
CASH CAPITAL - - - tlOO,000
FARMERS' & MERCHANTS'
KNIT
CORSET
COVERS
Kor these fool spring days
we recommend the wearing
ot one ot these very com
fortable corset covers. They
are light, yet warm.
KADI US' CORSET COV
ERS or silk-lisle, plain lisle,
mixed wool, cotton, with
high neck, long sleeve a
large assortment at $1, 75c,
59c, 39c, 35c and 25c.
IJVD1US' VESTS. lace
trimmed, and of extra line
lisle trimmed neck and arm
the 50c quality, special
priced at 3!c
1JV DIES' VESTS with low
neck and no sleeves; Swiss
ribbed; fancy ltce yoke 25c
quality at special price,
each 19c
LADIES" UNION SUITS
with wide knee; lace
trimmed; low neck; sleeve
less regular price, 35
special at 35c, or 3 for $1.00.
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Labor
Cincinnati, O.. .May 14. 19-10. Her
bert S. Bigelow, pastor of the Vine
Street Congregational church, in dis
cussing the subject "Labor." said:
Zangwill, in his "Mantle of Elijah,"
has made a splendid plea for, peace
and industrial freedom. Zola, in his
novel entitled "Labor," has voiced the
same protest against the present
wrongs of men and pleaded for a new
society in which labor, free and joy
ful, shall be the psalm of life and
the wail of poverty ami the curse of
war shall no longer mingle with the
laughter of the children. '
It is well for the world that the
great novelists are beginning to take
for their heroes men who win glory,
not by vanquishing their feliow-men,
but by toiling for their freedom. It
is wcil for the world, saddened by
poverty and perverted by luxury, that
the prophets are growing in number
who proclaim a n social conscience
to which the present inequalities are
and ever shall, be intolerable.
Zola's hero exclaims: "Ah! what
misery may he produced by labor, men
changed into wolves by overwork, by
injustice, by bread so hard to earn,
and that must be shared by other
starving creatures!"
Zola's hero sweeps away the benev
olent plans of the philanthropist who
founds libraries and lecture halls.
"All this is charity, not justice. These
things might go on for years and years
without hunger ever ceasing, without
poverty ever being abolished. No. no!
There is no means of relief possible!
We must strike at the root of the
evil!"
Congressmen should read this book
before they dispose of the anarchists,
for Zola has solved the problem. His
anarchist is thoroughly converted and
becomes an ardent defender of law and
order. Note how this miracle is
wrought, O, congressman! By sweep
ing away the injustice which makes
a man's life barren and his heart bit
ter. Whether this kingdom of Gf d on
earth, this reign of brotherhood, this
triumph of justice and peace, will
come about as Zola believes, is a ques
tion upon which honest men differ.
But come, it must, in some way the
city in which labor is all joy the hap
py city tl.t is to be realized at last
"in the religion of life; the religion
of humanity, freed at length from
dogmas" the city in wiiieh men shall
build and not lack shelter, in which
they shall sow and reap and not faint
of hunger, in which they shall weave
and not shiver with the cold.
The noblest, conception of God is
that "of a Father who loves all of his
children. It follows that men are
brothers, and that the fruits of justice
and love between man and man na
tion and nation are proof ot a vital
religion.
ARE THEY VNION?
The Lincoln Journal of Friday, May
20, contained the folio wing in refer
ence to the new federai building to ie
erected in Lincoln. - .
"Charles H. Kioch of Chicago, gen
eral manager of the contracting trin
of Charles W. Gindele company, was
lu the city yesterday to make the pre
liminary arrangements for work on
the new postoffice building. State En
gineer Adna Dobson will slake out the
building this morning and the work of
excavation will be commenced on
Monday next. It is the expectation ot
the contractors to commence the worK
of erection by June 1 cr at any rate
not later than June 10.
"To a Journal repoiter Mr: Kioch
said: 'I have just closed a contract
for excavation with David Giveus of
Lincoln and he will begin work on
Monday next. The firm has made ar
rangements for the' stone and seel
work and this has been ordered to be
here in time for the commencement
of construction at anv time between
June 1 and June 10. One of our tore
men. Andrew Larsen, nw at Kalama
zoo. Mich., will be here at this time
to take active charge of the work, it
is the intention to push construction
as fast as possible, and though the con
tract allows us two years for. comple
tion, we expect to nave the buildiEg
done before that time. Our firm cor
strticted the Omaha federal building
and though L we expected to have the
work done in sixteen months, it tooK
us three years and a hail, largely be
cause of delay in securing additional
appropriations. We are just finishing
tne federal building at Hooue, la., ami
Kalamazoo. Mich. On the Lincoln
building, Bedford, Ind., stone will be
used. The iron work and steel is to be
furnished by the A.nerican Bridge
Co , and wi!l be shipped here, I think,
from St. I-onis, where one of their
branches is located. We hope that the
material will be on haul soon and t.iat
the work will not be delayed because
of a lack in this direction. The stone
will be cut in Chicago where it goes
through our plant and a prepared for
the walls. We always aim to employ
as much local labor as we can get and
of course some of the work is done by
our own' men. It is difficult to esti
mate how many men will be employed
on the job. It should average about
fifty when operations are in full sway.'
"Mr. Rioch will leave for Chicago
today."
Perhaps the Central Labor Union
has investigated to ascertain if uuon
labor is to be employed :n the cutting
of this stone and the ouiiding of the
iron work. But if the Central Labor
Union has done so it has kept al
mighty still about it. Just before con
gress adjourned it declined to lake ac
tion on several bills petitioned for by
union labor, and it behooves union
men to begin hustling. It would be a
severe blow to unionism in tnis city
if the new icde.al building is erected
by unfair labor.
INGENIOUS JUSTICE
Original.
"Mary Easton, stand up."
A girl of twenty arose, and the judge
asked:
"Have you anything to say -why
sentence should not be passed upon
youV"
' "Only that 1 aui innocent."
Then Judge Lester proceeded to
sentence her for two years to the state
prison for receiving stolon goods, the
articles being a few old pieces of silver
of no very great value. The girl had
never offended before, and witnesses
testified to her good character, but she
could not or would not explain how the
silver came into her possession. There
was nothing for her but conviction and
nothing for the judge but to pass
sentence. As she . stood before hiin
there was the serene look of a martyr
on her face, and the judge said mental
ly, "The assurance of criminals and
the appearances they can assume are
marvelous."
The girl was led away, and the
judge left his office. Lighting a cigar,
he strolled home. On the way he
stopped at Suudiver's, his jeweler, to
get bis watch, that had been left for
repairs, and while looking over the
wares remembered that thVanuiver
sury of his marriage would come off in
about a week. He had decided on a
brooch, for a present on the occasion,
and went over to where these articles,
were displayed. While looking over
them a young man at his side divided
with him the attention of the sales
man. The judge left the store without
making a selection.
The next evening while .sitting in his
library before dinner there was a ring
at the doorbell, and a note came in
from Sandiver announcing that the
day before he had got in a new lot of
brooches and begging that the judge
would examine some that he had sent
by the bearer.
The judge read the note several
times. Surely Sandiver was anxious
to sell his goods; he had never sent
samples to his house before. Compe
tition seemed to be driving the drum
mers of reputable firms Into people's
homes. However, he bad a little time
before dinner and would look at the
brooches. The salesman was brought
In and produced articles that the judge
had seen in Sandiver's cases the day
before, besides new ones. One of
those he had seen and fancied was of
fered at a third of the value put on it
when be bad first seen it.
"You are mistaken In the price of
this," said the judge. "It is worth
more money."
"Perhaps I am," replied the sales
man, "but ii is a rule of our house
never to go back on a price once giv
en." The judge took the brooch and held
it under the gaslight. There were
jewels in it that sparkled beautifully.
"I will take this one," be said, "but,
mind, if you are mistaken in the price
and will notify me within a few days
we will call the sale off."
"The price is correct," said the sales
man "that is, to you and " the sale
will stand so far as we are concerned."
The brooch was left and the sales
man departed.
A few days later, during a recess of
the court, an inspector of police step
ped up to the judge and asked him if
a man purporting to be from San
diver's had called on him with some
jewelry to sell.
"Tes," replied the judge, "and I
bought a brooch."
"Then, your honor," replied the in
spector, smiling, "you are a receiver of
stolen goods. The man was an Im
postor." "Impossible! He presented note
written on Sandiver's letter headland
brought Jewels that I bad seen in San
diver's cases."
"Please speak lower, judge," said the
inspector. "This is a very embarrass
ing case. The man has "done' the po
lice department, Sandiver and you.
He came to me and offered to work
for nothing till he had proved his skilL
I didn't employ him, but he stayed
ubout headquarters long enough to
steal some of our letter heads. On one
of these he forged a letter introducing
him to Sandiver, stating that he was
on the track of some of their stolen
poods and if they would mark some
brooches and permit him to take them
out for sale he was iuite sure he couid
recover a large amount of their prop
erty. The singular part of it is that
lie returned all the articles except the
one sold you."
"Captain," said the judge, "you are
right in not letting the world know of
this trick. Come to my house after 5
o'clock, and we will talk it over."
When the inspector called he carried
with him a letter he had received,
which he handed to the judge to read:
Captain .Tudf-e Lester recently sen
tenced a girl. Mary Easton. to whom I am
enefred to be married, to state prison for
receivinir stolen goods. I determined to
Bhow the indue that he could readily be
induced to commit the same crime. If it
be a crime. On the day he sentenced
Mary Kaston I followed him to Sandiver's.
saw him examine brooches and then laid
my scheme. The honest intent of my act
is established by the fact that I imme
diately returned through a confederate all
the jewels except the one sold to Judge
Lester, and the money for that Is at your
ervice. Yours truly.
CHESTER HASKELL.
No. , South Fifth street.
After reading the note the judge
looked up with a singular expression.
"Captain," he said, "notify the at
torney who defended Mary Easton
that if he will draw up an application
to the governor for a pardon 1 will
sign it."
The inspector left the judge to muse
over the many defects of justiee.
"Mary," said her lover the evening
after her liberation, "for heaven's sake
give up protecting that scapegrace
brother of yours. I could never get
yon off this way, again."
MIRIAM BOONE.
Brought to
His Senses
Original.
Before the window of a railroad tick
et office at Chicago stood a young lady
very daintily dressed, very feminine
and with the manner of one not used
to traveling alone. She was fumbling
in her hand bag for her pocket book. Be
hind her, waiting his turn, was a young
man, also of a very genteel appearance.
"Isn't it in your pocket?" suggested
the young man deferentially.
"Pocket? I haven't a pocket."
"Next!" cried the unfeeling ticket
vendee
"Two to New York," said the young
man, producing two twenty dollar bills
and securing two tickets.
"Permit me," he said to the girl, "to
offer you this ticket. You can send me
the amount wlien you reach Js'ew York.
Come, we have but two minutes."
Without waiting for a reply he seized
her belongings, carried them to a draw
ing room car and paid for her seat;
then gave her a card,' "Reginald "Grant,
M club." This done, he went to
his seat, took up a paper and began to
read.
It was not long before the porter
handed him a card, "Miss Edna
Thorne," and said the young lady de
sired to speak to him. Grant dropped
his paper and hastened to her chair.
"You gave me no opportunity to
thank you," she said. "Your offer to
pay the fare of a stranger, taking the
risk"
"There is- no risk," he interrupted.
"I know a lady when t see her. Rather
I consider it a compliment that you
should accept the favor from one
whom you have never met before."
This completed the introduction and
the two passed much time in chat
during the trip. When they reached
the Grand Central station at New York
a carriage was waiting for Miss
Thorne. Mr. Grant put her in, lifted
his hat and went his way.
Jonathan Thorne, the father of the
young lady, when informed of the epi
sode was much displeased with his
daughter's action.
"You should have returned to your
uncle's," he said, "got what money you
needed from him and come by another
train."
Edna explained that It was all done
so quickly that she had no time to
consider, but this did not appease her
father, whose ideas of the relations of
young people of opposite sexes were
rather Parisian than American.
The next evening before dinner Mr.
Grant was sitting in the coffee room
in his club when he received a card,
and, proceeding to the reception room,
met the father of his traveling com
panion. "I have come to pay my daughter's
debt," said the gentleman coldly. "I
should have preferred that she should
have waited and received the funds
from a different source."
Grant smothered his indignation and
apologized for his action. Mr. Thorne
tooktut Jiis pocket book and, as It was
necessary to send to the office for
change, laid it on the table. When
the account had been adjusted he left
the dub and neglected to take up the
pocketbook. Grant saw it and took
charge of It Half an hour later Mr.
Thorne drove again to the club door.
Grant, who was expecting him, was
looking out of a window and recog
nized In the coachman one he often
used himself. Instead of responding
at once to Mr. Thorne's card the young
man went out to the coachman.
"I want you to do me a favor and
I'll make it all right with you." he said
to the man. "Go Into the club, right
past the doorkeeper aud into the re
ception room. There you will find the
gentleman you drove here. Demand
yourfare. Accuse him of trying to
beat you. Be violent and abusive."
The coachman knew that a rich fee
was In store for him and played his
part well. When Grant entered the
reception room the man was shouting:
"I want my fare, and I won't be
beaten out of it."
"I loft my pocketbook here. I tell yon,
and as soon as I get it I'll pay you."
"That won't do. Give me my fare, I
Bay."
"What is the trouble, Mr. Thorne?"
asked Grant politely.
"When I left here my pocketbook
was on that table. This rascal"
"Don't be alarmed, Mr. Thorne," in
terrupted Grant "All articles left in
the club are deposited at the office,
but there's a good deal of red tape
about it. Meanwhile I shall be happy
to supply the amount."
Mr. Thorne declined the favor with
dignity, and at a wink from Grant the
coachman recommenced his abuse.
Faces of inquisitive clubmen appeared
at the door. Mr. Thorne finally sur
rendered, and Grant paid the Indebted
ness. "Be seated. Mr. Thorne." he said
after the coachman had left. "I will
go to the office and inquire for your
IHicketbook."
Leaving the room, he soon returned
with the missing article.
"I am pleased, Mr. Thorne," he said,
"to have had an opportunity to make
some reparation for my fault in re
spect to your daughter. I bid you a
very good evening."
He turned on his heel and was leav
ing the room when the other stopped
him.
"Mr. Grant," he said, "I have been
very harsh and ungrateful. I thank
you for your loan to my daughter as
well as to myself, and beg that you
will drive home with me and dine with
us, that my daughter may also have
an opportunity to express her grati
tude." That was the beginning of marked
attentions on the part of Mr. Grant to
Miss Thorne.
HESTER B. MERIWETHER.
The Octagon House
Original.!
My nerves having given out, I con
cluded for a tonic to ride on horseback
from Boston to Nova Scotia, keeping
the coast all the way. It was in July,
and the weather was delightful.
One evening after I had been out a
week I was riding on a beach, looking
for a house in which to put up for the
night. On a point of land standing out
Into the ocean I saw an octagon shapd
building and rode toward it. When I
reached the place I was disappointed
to find it deserted. I cast my eye
northward along the beach for an in
habited dwelling, but could see none.
As it was growing dark, I determined
to dismount and see if I could effect an
entrance and spend thevnight there. I
found the house securely locked. 'Aft
er examining every door and window
on the ground floor I went down to the
water's edge to look again for another
habitation. While there I noticed a
stone built opening that had evidently
been used for a sewer. Bending, I en
tered it and walked till I came to a
trapdoor, which I removed and came
out in what had been the kitchen.
To my surprise, I found a house that
had evidently been shut up for many
years. There were hairclotlr aiid ma
hogany chairs and sofas and four post
bedsteads. Pictures, all ciii fi:s".:ioned
one was an engraving of General Win-
field Scott, labeled "Our Next Presi
dent" hung on the walls. Some of
them were oil portraits, one of a fine
looking old gentleman who might have
been the owner of the place.
In the kitchen pantry was food that
had crumbled to dust. I found a candle
on the shelf which I appropriated and
took with me into the principal bed
room. Opening the curtains, I saw that
the bed was made up, though the
bedding was yellow and had a musty
smell. But I was tired and concluded
to cover it with a blanket I carried
with me and sleep there. Before doing
so, I amused myself for a' few minutes
examining the furniture and the pic
tures. That of the old gentleman in
terested me most. It seemed to be in
excellent condition except its old fash
ioned design frame. I noticed the eyes
particularly, for they were very ex
pressive. , A deserted bouse is not a slumber
winning place, and after a futile effort
to get to sleep I opened my eyes,
glancing from one article in the room
to another till they fell on the old
man's portrait. Great heavens! The
right eye was not painted at all! It
was real; not only real, but it was
looking straight at me. I sat up in
bed and stared at it, as It was staring
at me. The other eye was still, a
painted eye, with the same expression
I had noticed in both before I went to
bed. I glanced from one eye to the
other in a vain endeavor to detect the
cause of the difference. Then I re
membered tljat I was traveling to
benefit overstrained nerves, and cov
ering my face with my blanket I
tried to quiet myself.
No effort of self control could keep
me froni-laking; again. ' It" seemed to
me five or ten minutes at least it was
doubtless the fraction of a minute
when I threw off the blanket. There
were he two eyes, the one of paint.
fthe other of reality, forming a gro
tesque contrast, the right eye looking
straight at me. Then suddenly there
was a quick side glance and return to
the same position as before.
This was too much for my already
overstrung nerves. I gave a cry of
agony and buried my face again under
my blanket.
It occurred to me that there was but
one chance of my retaining my reason
that was to occupy my mind till mottl
ing. I had often put myself to sleep
by repeating the multiplication table,
and after many ineffectual efforts to
repeat the multiples of 2 I succeeded
in fixing my mind on the table and
went through with it to the end. as
soon as I had finished I Went over it
again and continued the process till I
began to feel drowsy, and at last fell
asleep.
The sun rising out of the ocean oast
his first beams upon me and awakened
me. He was very beautiful to look
upon, but I was no sooner awake than
I remembered my experience of the
night .before and turned to the por
trait. Botii eyes were painted and har
monious as the night befbre. I got up
and stood directly beneath the picture.
There was something like a line cir
cling the pupil of the right eye. Draw
ing the table to a position where I
could stand on it and face the picture,
I mounted and put my finger against
the pupil of the uncertain orb. To my
surprise, my finger went through it
without resistance. I withdrew the
finger, and the pupil was again in place.
Then I saw that it had been cut so that
it swung from the upper edge by a few
threads of the canvas. Some one had
used it for a peephole.
There has never been a moment in
my life of such exquisite mingled joy
and relief as the discovery that I was
not on the verge of insanity. So inter
ested was I that I resolved to probe
the matter till I had discovered a com
plete explanation. In the adjoining
room I found a hole in the wall cov
ered by a picture and under it a stand
on which I mounted and, lifting the
pupil of the old man's portrait, looked
down upon the bed in which I had
slept. Then I explored the house and
in the cellar found under a pile of rub
bish an entrance to a subcellar in
which were stored boxes and bales
without number. It was plain that the
place was a den of smugglers.
It turned out that the owner was a
grandson of the gentleman whose por
trait had been pierced, who had gone
to the bad and to sea as well before
he caine into the property. He was the.
leader of the smugglers and had looked
at me through his ancestor's eye.
AUSTIN ALLEN KINGSLEY.
Are You in Debt?
Are creditors pressing yon lor small bills
due? We will loan you money to clear up
all your indebtedness; yon can repay u in
installments. We loan on furniture, i-.orse,
pianos. No charge lor papers; uo interest
in advance; money repaid to suit conven
ience; no removal of goods or publicity. If
yon are a stranger it makes ho difference;
.very low rates.
DENNIS.
(irttn nil yionr
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