CHE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1887.-TWELVE PAGE *
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Special Sate of Black Dress Goods , Colored Dress Goods
UMBRELLAS AND HANDKERCHIEFS.
a MONDAY. MONDAY. MONDAY.
p BLACK GOODS DE-
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PARTMENT.
- I Wo open on Monday the finest
line of Black Dress Goods that
can be found in any store. We
are sole agents for B. Priestley's
Silk Warp Goods in Omaha. We
also carry a full line of Priestley's
All Wool Goods in a great variety
of different weaves and at popu
lar prices. There is no make * > f
black goods that has the same
finish , style and wear as Priest
ley's. In fact to know that you
ore buying Priestley's black
goods is a guarantee that you are
buying the best that can be pro
duced at the price , and every
yard will give you most excellent
service and satisfaction.
B. Priestley's
All Wool Goods.
ALL WOOL DRAP De ALMA.
38-inch all wool Drap De Alma
at 880.
38-inch all wool Drap De Alma
nt 9Bc.
i 40-inch all wool Drap De Alma
etl.
4O-lnch all wool Drap Do Alma
at $1.16.
4O-lnch all wool Drap De Alma
ot $1.23.
ALL WOOL MELROSE CLOTH.
42-Inch all wool Melrose Cloth
nt 85c.
42-inch all wool Melrose Cloth
at 9Bc.
42-inch all wool Melrose Cloth
atl.
42-inch all wool Melrose Cloth
at $1.25.
ALL WOOL CACHEMER DE
L'INDE.
42-inch Cachemer De 1'Jnde at
8Bc.
42-inch Cachemer De 1'Inde at
95c.
42-inch Cachemer De 1'Inde at
WOOL BIARRITZ CORDS.
40-Inch wool Biarritz Cords at
$1.28.
42-inch wool Biarritz at$1.8O.
WOOL PANAMA CLOTH.
42-inch wool Panama Cloth at
$1.40.
42-inch wool Panama Cloth at
$1.65.
WOOL MERINO COPURE.
40-inch wool Merino Copure
at $1.1O.
42-inch wool Merino Copura
at $1.28.
42-inch wool Merino Copure
at $1.9O.
WOOL CHECKS.
42-inch fancy Wool Checks at
$1.1O and $1.25.
WOOL RAVENNA CLOTH.
40-inch wool Ravenna Cloth at
8Bc.
42-Inch wool Raven na Cloth at
$1.42Inch
42-Inch wool Ravenna Cloth at
$1.2S.
B. Priestley's
Silk Warp Goods.
SILK WARP DRAP DE ALMA.
Silk warp Drap De Alma at
$1.68 , $1.78 and $2.
Silk warp Maria Theresa at
$1.38 , $1.BO , $1.78 , $2.
Silk warp Camel's Hair Twills
atl.BO , $1.68 , $2 , $2.23.
Silk warp Camel's Hair Serge
al $2 , $2.28.
Silk warp Camel's Hair Mourn
ing at $1.78 , $1.88 , $2 , $2.28.
Silk warp Henriettas at $1 ,
$1.28 , $1.3B , $1.BO , $1.78 , $2 , $2.28
and $2.BO.
Silk warp Copure at $1.38 ,
$1.78 , $2 , $2.68.
Silk warp Camel's Hair Dia
gonals , 46 inch , at $2.78.
Silk warp Nun's Veiling , with
border , $1.BO , $1.75 , $2 , $2.25.
BLACK "GOODS.
SPECIAL ! SPECIAL !
36 inch all wool Tricot at 42Jc ;
worth 6Bc.
44-inch striped Suiting at BOc ;
worth $1.
42-inch all wool French Serge
at BOc ; worth 7Bc.
ALL WOOL CAMELETTE AND
FRENCH SERGE.
SPECIAL ! 7Bc. SPECIAL !
We know that at this price we
offer goods that cannot bo dupli
cated at less than $1.28. They are
especially cheap.
44-inch all wool French Serge
at 7Bc ; worth $1.28.
44-inch all wool French Came-
Ietteat78c ; worth $ ! .2B.
SPECIAL ! $1.OO ! SPECIAL !
42-inch all wool Surah.
44-inch French Twills.
42-inch Prunnell Cloth.
44-inch Fantaise Cloth.
44-inch French Serge.
All at $1 per yard and worth $1.66
Colored Dress Goods.
SPECIALl MONDAY !
1 case fine Scotch Plaids , 44
inches wide , at $1 ; worth $1.38.
1 case 64-inch Dress Flannels at
7Bc. Sold all over town at 98c.
French Dress Goods.
We have just opened our Fall
Stock of French Dress Goods and
beg to say that they are the
cheapest goods ever laid on our
counter.
1 case 42rlnch French Foule
Serge at 680. t *
1 case French Twills at 78c.
Sold last season at 98c.
1 case Foule Serge at 78c. Sold
last season at 9Bc.
1 case Frehchr Diagonal Suiting
atlj worth" $1.38. '
1 case 46-inch Gilbert Suiting at
BOc ; worth 9Bc.
Costume Cloth.
French Costume Cloths , 2
inches wide , at $1.28 , $2.28 and
$2.98.
Handkerchiefs ,
Handkerchiefs ,
Handkerchiefs.
We open Monday over 1OOO
dozen ladies' white and colored
bordered handkerchiefs , manu
facturer's seconds.
These handkerchiefs are not
damaged in any way , only slight
imperfection in printing and
weaving. We will also place on
sale over 1OOO dozen of fine sheer
all linen hemstitched handker
chiefs. These handkerchiefs are
the finest made , and cannot be
bought in any retail store at less
than 7Bc. They are perfectly
plain and sheer , and come in 1-4
inch , 1-2 inch , 1 inch,2 inch hems
and are elegant goods , and ladies
that can appreciate fine goods
will buy a great many of these
handkerchiefs.
HANDKERCHIEFS Be.
2OO dozen black and colored
hemstitched handkerchiefs at Be ,
worth lOc.
HANDKERCHIEFS ,
7 0 HANDKERCHIEFS.
2OO dozen black border hem
stitched handkerchiefs , in 1-4 , 1-2
and 1 Inch hem. Also colored bor
ders at 7Jc. worth from IBc to 2Oo
At IBc.
2OO dozen ladies' black hem
stitched , also colored borders at
IBc , worth 28c.
Special ! Special !
lOO.dozen ladies' very sheer all-
linen Hemstitch Handkerchiete ,
in 1-4 , 1-2 , 1 and 2-inch hems.
Elegant goods , and are worth
and sold in other stores at 78c
each. Our price Monday is 2Bc.
This is one of the biggestbargalns
ever offered by us.
Wo also show a big line of
Mourning Hemistitched/ Hand
kerchiefs at 2Bc ; worth BOc.
EMBROIDERED HANDKER
CHIEFS 2Bc.
BOO dozen ladles' fine white
Scalloped Bordered , also finely
Embroidered Handkerchiefs at
2Bc ; they are worth from BOo to
$1.28.
Remember these are manu
facturers'seconds ; there is a great
choice amongst this lot.
EMBROIDERED
HANDKERCHIEFS
2OO dozen ladies' very fine
white and colored bordered
embroidered Handkerchiefs at
37c ; worth $1.28.
UMBRELLAS.
UMBRELLAS.
UMBRELLAS 1
4OOO dollars' worth of Umbrellas - '
brellas will bo placed on sola
Monday. These Umbrellas are
all guaranteed to wear , and th
silk is guaranteed not to out in
one year.
26-inch Umbrellas , with silver-
tipped handle , at $2 ; worth $3.
28-inch Umbrollae , with silver-
tipped handle , at $2.38 ; worth $3
GUARANTEEDTO WEAR ONE
YEAR.
26-inch Umbrellas , with gold-
tipped handle , at $2.5O ; worth
$3.BO.
28-inch Umbrellas , with gold-
tipped handles , at $3 ; worth
$4.6O.
26-inch silk Umbrellas , with
natural wood handles , at $3.26 ;
worth $8.
26-inch silk Umbrellas at $3.78j'
worth $ B.BO.
28-inch silk Umbrellasat$4.28 ;
worth $6.
SILK GUARANTEED NOT TO
CUT OR BREAK IN ONE
YEAR.
28-inch silk Umbrellas , with *
elegant gold and silver handles ,
at B ; worth $7.
We also show you a line of the
finest Umbrellas ever shown In
gold and silver handles ; vet *
new and nobby.
N. B. Falconer - - N. B. Falconer
EXHIBITS ARE POURING IN ,
Carpenters Kept Busy Enlarging the Ac
commodations For Stock.
NEBRASKA'S GREAT FAIR.
Uiamntod Couples Hooping Up tbe
Record In Their Applications For
Divorce Bold Burglars Broaclit
Daok to Lincoln.
[ FBOH THE BEE'S LINCOLN BUREAU. ]
Though the state fair nilicials materi
ally enlarged the capacity for this year's
exhibit , before the fair had fairly begun
they were short of stalls nnd space for
the large number of stock and other ox-
kibiU which have plied into the grounds
desirous to show to those attending what
Nebraska can do in the way of' stock ,
grain and fruits. Despite the fact that
yesterday morning opened up with a
drizzling ram the officials and every em
ploye were busy arranging and making
temporary accommodations for the largo
surplus which could hardly have boon an
ticipated. The western counties of the
eUto.havo large and fine exhibits. Chey
enne , Keith , Buffalo , Sherman , Custcr ,
lirowu and other western counties which
were supposed by many to bo almost un
inhabitable from their reputed desert lo.
CMio'n , have grand exhibitions of their
soil productions besides some choice
samples of fruit.
The stock exhibits are nearly dou
ble these of any previous exhibit
during the twenty years in which the fair
has been held. Horticultural , agricul
tural , machinery and art hall are already
full.
full.Une
Une county from Dakota , three from
Kansas and four from Colorado have
taken the advantage of the opportunity
to advertise their locality and products
to the great throng which is already
pouring into the city from the four quar
ters of the globe , to the geographical
center and great corn belt and stock
raising country of the world. To witness
this grand exhibition , even in its uncom
pleted and confused conditon , makes ono
rujolco as did the ancient Roman whc
was proud to be a citUen of so great and
wealthy a land.
The officials hare announced next Tues
day as "school" day when all school
children under fifteen years of ago and
accompanied by their teacher will bo ad
milted to the grounds frco and the
teachers in charge will also como
in under the same complimentary
The olliccr's headquarters are far more
convenient than heretofore , while the fa
eilitios tendered to the reporters of the
dally press are so arranged that it gives
thorn a good opportunity to prepare a
full and concise report of the day's work
The OMAHA DAILY BEE and World are
the only state papers on the grount
which will occupy tents.
A largo portion of the employes wll
necessarily have to work on Sunday in
order to have the accomotlatlons ready
for exhibitors on Monday morning.
Raining throughout the whole day
made U very unpleasant for unloading
and handling material and stock whiol
came almost in train loads.
The LoaTenworth light battery is here
and will drill and perform evolutions
which Will materially add to the iutcrea
' of tbo fair. A car load of Iowa's fines
Perchoron stallions will bo present at the
State fair from Cedar Rapias.
Messrs. Field and Huber from Yuma
Colorado , arrived In Lincoln yesterday
with a car load of products representing
Washington county in their state , at the
state fair. Their exhibit represents what
Colorado can do without irrigation , and
the homo scekors who visit the fair will
lot fail to appreciate the display. The
nanage.rs of the fair in making arrange
ments for exhibits from counties outside
, he state have received more returns of
his character than cxueotcd. Superin
tendent O'Brien , of the State hatchery ,
will arrive to-day with the Ilye fish for
.ho exhibit. It will require nearly an en-
: lro car to transport the tanks of fish
from South Bond to the fair grounds.
Dr. D. E. Salmon , chief of the bureau
of animal industry , is expected here to
day and will spend a few days in look
ing over the display of stock at the fair
grounds. The doctor stands at the head
in his profession of veterinary surgeon.
It is quite an advertisement to have so
eminent a gentleman present during the
fair.
KEEPING Ul THE nKCOBD ,
As the time for holding the district
court approachestho mismatcd rush with
ouo accord to the courts for divorco. The
coming court will have the full comple
ment of such cases , the following being
the latest additions :
E. Alonzo Philloo asks divorce from his
wife , Mary E. Philleo , on the ground of
desertion , the claim covering n number
of years back. Elizabeth 11. Chidestor
sues for divorce from her husband , Ben
jamin H. Chidestor. They were married
In 1881 in Irving , Mich. , and the com
plaint recites that she has bcon deserted
and that he has failed to support hor.
She also asks the custody of
their child. Dora Villwock seeks divorce
from her husband , Albert Villwock , al
leging as her grounds desertion , drunk
enness , abuse and ill-treatment. Fred
D. A. Clasen asks divorce from his wife ,
Margaret Clason. The petition is unique
and recites n condition of infelicity in
the Clivson family that is too harrowing
to repeat. The couple have boon mar
ried since 1873 , and the desertion is of
late occucronco. The total number of
divorce cases to como bcforo the court at
its next term is already between thirty
nnd forty , and the numbers are on the
increase.
COMMON BUKdLAUS.
The two boys brought back from Fort
Scott , Kansas , on the charge of burglar
izing Humphrey Bro'd. store , have nad
their examination and on the evidence
have boon held in bonds of $1.000 each to
answer to the crime. These boys , Uud
ley Cochran and Frank Root , are of excellent
collent family and whllo they are facing
the penitentiary they are getting their
just deserts , although their people are
suffering for it. The burglary was easily
traced to thorn by their own admissions
and the further fact that they furnished
a couple of boys a stock of knives to soli.
From this act they wcro traced to Man
ure City and thence to Fort Scott , where
they were captured.
VKKSONAI. .
Dr. Gorth has just returned from North
PI at to where iie has been examining
some fine stallions reported to bo di
seased , but the doctor found them free
from any disease wbatover.
NtUson at Home.
From El Imparcial : Christine Nilssou.
the wife of Count Miranda , has furnished
and decorated her apartments in a style
that has become the talk of the town.
The dining room presents a most
original appearance. The walls are pa
pered throughout with hotnl bills , settled
by the diva on her professional toura ,
The drawing room is decorated , in lieu
of paper-hangings , with the faded leaves
Of all the wreaths over received by the
artiste , arranged in the form of tealcs.
The coiling is entirely covered with gilt
foliage. The walls of the boudoir are
covered from floor to ceiling ywith the
musical score and the text of all the airs
which Mme. Nilsson is accustomed to
sing. The bedroom of the countess is
luruished with oxtrcmo simplicity , but
the walls are completely hid from view
by Swedish landscapes , which three
1 ronch artists have received a commis
sion to paint for the songstress who has
left her country never to return. The
billiard room of the master of the house
testifies to the anxiety of the prlrna donna
to convince her husband of her great
abilities ; for hero you see affixed to the
walls thousands of reports and criti
cisms in all languages , cuttings from all
the newspapers in the world.
MORE THAN \00 \ YEARS OLD ,
Undo Rnbe White , Aged 115-Bylvla
I > ubots , 124 Yearn Old.
Higginsvillo , ( Mo. , ) Leader : Ono of
the occasional sights on our streets is n
very old colored man by the name of
Reuben White. Uncle Rube , as he is
generally known , lives near this city and
frequently comes into town. It is appar
ent to every ono that ho is a very old
man , but few know bis real age , and ho
is probably the oldest person in this state
or United States. Ho himself does not
know his exact age , and when asked in
what year ho was born , replied :
"I dunne , sab , but I was 'bout five
year old when Gin'ral Washington
crossed the river In Virginny an' fit the
battle of Norfolk. I 'member soein' him
cross all his army , an' it took all of Sun
day and Monday to git 'em all over. I
'member specially two red things ( epau
lets ) on his shoulders , an" the railk-whito
boss ho rodo. O , yes , sah , I 'members
mighty well 'bout it , an' when do gin'ral
was made president , wo didn't none of
us have to work.1
From this and other statements Undo
Rube must bo 115 years old. The old
man is fairly well preserved , quite nblo
to go about , and oven cut a little wood.
He was eighty-odd years old at the time
of the late war , but does not remember
events of that period so well as these of
his early childhood.
Sommcrvillo ( N. J. ) Letter : Dnring
the last week a great many pcoplo from
Huntordon and Summerset counties have
gone to the top of Sourland Mountain to
pay their respects to Sylvia Dubois , the
negrcss , who is 121 years old. For the
first time in her long life , extending over
nearly n century and a _ quarter , Sylvia is
sick. She is not seriously ill , nor docs
she sutler much pain , but she is conlinod
to her room. The doctors say Sylvia is
merely sutl'cring from old ago and that
she is liable to bo bedridden until she
dies. The old woman , probably the old.
est in the land , is as talkative us over and
has a joke for every visitor. She is very
poor , and as her illnesss is
liable to prevent her from
making her usual autumn tour
of the counties , people who know her
are taking or sanding her money , food ,
fuel , ami clothing. Sylvia is nursed by
her daughter Elizabeth , who is eighty
years old. Elizabeth is as vigorous and
active as a young girl , and is still moro
than a match for anv man on the moun
tain. Only the other day she ordered u
big , burly tramp , who came to the door
of the cabin in which Sylvia lives , to
leavo. Ho declined and she at once
taokled him. They fought about live
minutes , and then tlm tramp turned and
ran , bomg completely used up. Eli/a-
belli suyssho broke himiosoand knocked
several teeth down his throat. As for
Eli/abcTh , she escaped with only a few
bruises on her arms. She says the
tramp never struck her face , as she
warded oil all his blows.
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RUMP STEAKS WILL RISE ,
Beasons Why Oattle Growers Eispect
Higher Prices For Beef ,
WHY CHOICE CUTS ARE DEAR.
President SturRou , of tbe Cattle Trust
Thinks Beef Will Bo Scarce Next
Year on Account of Losses From
Cold Winters and Drouth.
Chicago Tribune : The cattlemen who
are in tbe city in attendance upon the
meeting of the executive committee of
the Consolidated Cattle-Growers'
- asso
ciation nave views of their own upon the
subject of the cattle and meat market
and the relative prices. In discussing
thorn yesterday Mr. Thomas Sturgcss , of
Wyoming , the president of the great
range cattle trust which has been organ
ized , said :
"Tho whole subject has been treated
with a ridiculous lack of information by
the press. Writers who were utterly
ignorant of the facts appear to have un
dertaken to discuss them without at
tempting to investigate oven the plainest
matters of statistical information. "
"Well. " said the reporter , "give us an
instance. "
"There are so many of thorn that it is
hard to choose. If I had the printed
matter before mo I could point them out.
But here's ono. Think of the utter obsur-
dity of saying that there are from 28,000-
000 to 30,000.000 marketable steers in this
country , and about as many female cat
tle. Why , the best possible estimates
place the total ownership in this country
at about 43,000.000 head , as com
pared with about 45oOO.OOO in
1885 , The total ownership , you
know , is hard to get at , but the
most casual reference to a statistical table
will show any one that the annual pro
duct of the country is between 0,000,000
and 0,000,000 head , and that shows the
folly of any pap'ers saying there are or
over has been 28 , COO.OUO to 80,000,000 head
of marketable steers in this country. "
"lint the cattle market is frightfully
low. isn't it ? " , f
"Certainly. "
"Well , there isnlt any corresponding
change in the price'of moat to the con
sumer ? " *
"Yes , there is. The mistake has boon
made of supposing that there waa a wide
margin in the i killing and dressing of
beef1 ?
'Yos , " suggested Mr. John Clay , the
Chicago cattleman , "but Amour knocked
that silly when ho said ho'd rather kill
and dress for" $3 a head for somebody
else than buy on his own account. "
"There is no great margin , " continued
Mr. Sturgess , "when a woman in Now
York or Boston can buy tnn pounds of
good clean , loan , clear boot for 50 cents.
Xs'o ono can think for a moment that the
prices of moat have not followed the
cattle market. Of course thoro'n a hun
dred pounds taken from tlio loin of the
linest jiriuiu cattle , for which there Is the
greatest demand , and for which a high
price la paid. Thus it is that nortnr-
house steaks nnd Umdtirloin steaks
keep the snnio old prico. It's exactly on
the same principle that sweetbreads still
cost K dollar. They're scarce. Hut
when you consider that there still re
mains of the carcass 400 pounds of good
nourishing meat that can bo bought
cheaper now than nver before , any ono
will realize that the price of meat had
followed that of cattle Only thoordinnry
butcher buys a creature at 5 cants , that's
e < juul to 10 cents dressed , and then you
see lie has to sell the greater part way
below the cost prico. "
"Well , what is tboro in the talk of a
scarcity of cattle impending , in your
opinion ? "
"Well , wo think there will not bo a beef
famine , but a scarcity that will cause a
decided advance. It can bo reasoned out
thus : During the last six months there
bavo been moro ferualo cattle or breeding
cows thrown upon the Chicago market
than over before during the same period
of time. With the prevailing prices of
beef and cattle it has become unprotita *
bio to kcop them. Then , too , for three
years there have been severe winters -
tors in different parts of the range
country. Last winter there was a
heavy loss in Northern Montana
and Wyoming , tno winter before that
there was a frightful loss in the Indian
territory country , and the winter bcforo
that it was in the Now Mexico and North
ern Panhandle country. Added to all
this there was a terrible drouth this
spring from January to May in all west
ern Texas , and thousands of cattle per
ished. Your own drouth hag feut thous
ands of cattle to market , and vdu must
understand that when I spoke of the
wiping out ot the breeding cows I re-
furred to the country directly tributary to
Chicago. 1 mean Illinois , Missouri , Iowa ,
and Wisconsin , "
"And , too , you must know , " suggested
Dr. Ames the Montana man , "that hard
winters are hard on the cows in the
range herds , for they are , as a rule , the
weaker creatures. "
"When do you think the scarcity will
begin to make itself felt ? "
"That cannot bo dotinitcly stated , but
probably within six months , and when it
begins there will be little if
any relief for two 5'oars or more.
You must learn that the present
low price for cattle hero covers only the
ordinary grades , and at present choice
prime catilo are bringing bettor prices.
The low ebb has not bcon caused by the
shipment hero of any great number of
range cattlo. The drouth in the immed
iate vicinity of Chicago has loaded the
market with native cattle , and the
drouth in Texas has started the regular
runs from there a little cerlior and a little
stronger than usual. "
"Is thoro. then , anything in this story
that some disease had broken out among
the range cows which prevented them
brooding ? "
"Not anything. That's all nonsonso.
Vou sec , somebody who knows something
about cattle ought to wrlto the solemn
statistical avticlcg for too press or else
moro pains should bo taken in the in-
investigation. "
Faithful to the Lm t.
Ualignanl's Messenger : A touching
Incident of fidelity of u dog has just oc
curred in the east of Paris. Some gen
darmes , going their rounds a day or two
since , found on a waste land'near the
Mcnilnontanl gate , a man hanging to a
shrub. His suicide was a most determ
ined one , for his legs were extended
along the ground and nis hands touched
the fcoil , so low was ho suspended. Between -
tweon his logs a dog lay sleeping. The
poor animal , when aroused by the foot-
mops of the gendarmes , tried to make
thorn understand In dumbshow what had
happened to his master. The body was
cut down and carried away to the
morgue , in suite of the frantic protests
of his four-footed friend , and the latter
WHS looked up. The animal was relea ed
nnd made straight for a house in the Hue
dcs Harios. The police , on arriving
there , found that a working carpenter
was missing , and the dog was recognized
by the concierge as belonging to him.
The anliti.il has been adopted by some of
the inmates of the lion 10 ,
liavnyuur pictures frampdat llospo'g ,
. .1&13 Douglas at- ' _ . ; . . ;
PAID A PROFIT OF $048.
A Poorly Dressed Hubber Buys 914
Pool on Ben Starr for $12.
A Somerville gentleman who attended
the races at Hartford last wrck relates
the following interesting anecdote :
"I was watching with interest the sale
of pools. When the pools were ofi'orod
for the 2:23 class I noticed an old timer
buy a pool on Ben Starr at $15. After ho
made the bid several friends told him ho
was foolish to buy a pool on a euro loser
and the lowest-priced horse. When. the
pool seller called upon those who had
bought to come forward and got their
tickets they did so with the exception of
the old timer , who had temporarily loft
the track , evidently for the purpose of not
being a loser. 'I have ono pool ticket loft.
It's on lion Starr. Will the gentleman who
bought it como and got his tiokot , cried
the pool-seller several times. No ouo
came forward. 'I'll soil this ticket on
Bon Starr to the highest bidder. It was
knocked down for $15 nnd there is $000
in the box , ' said the pool-seller. 'I'll
five $8 , ' cried a spectator. ' 1 will give
10 for it , ' cried the pool-seller , 'and if
anyone wnnti to give $13 for it ho can
have it. ' 'I'll take that ticket , ' said u
rubber employed about the track , as ho
elbowed his way to the stand. The fol
low was poorly dressed. Ho fumbled
around his clothing , lirst takimr u
bill from one pocket , a silver dollar
lar and coin from others , until ho count
ed out the required amount , and then be-
carnu the possessor of the ticket. Eleven-
horses started in the heat nnd lien Starr
was ilrtit under the wire. The same num
ber of horses wcro in the second and
third heats. lion Starr also won theto
heats. Three straight heats for lion
Starr , in 2.2Ui , 2:2lf : , 3.23J , and the
favorilo was in fifth place. The rubber
was all smiles as ho approached the pool
stand and presented his ticket , receiving
jn exchange $900 , u clean profit of $018
in little moro than ono hour. The old-
timer , who played thct sneak , felt very
fioro , and a largo number of spectators ,
including myself , wore sorry that they
did not bny the ticket on lion Starr for
the paltry sum of $12.
THE FOLLY OF YOUTH.
Young Men of tlio 1'raiiRiit O.H Com
pared with TlioHooral'aiit Generation
Sprincfield Republican : A boston
paper told the other day of a man who ,
mooting un old friend and inquiring
casually about the members of his
family , mentioned his son. "My Eon , "
replied the other , with a frankness which
scorned to indicate his sense of the uselessness -
lessnoss of disguising the sad fact , "has
gone to the dovil. " The bare nnd naked
was moro inpntsnivo of the
heartache of the parent , facing the de
cline of life in the certainty that the
bearer of his name was loading a worth
less career , than any terms of grief could
be. It was unadorned misery itself.
Yet what a common situation is this
coming to bel The young men are
schooled , educated , and many of thorn
college educated , Moro money , en
deavor and allcKtlon are lavished on ono ,
upon an average , than were spent upon
three boys in the last generation. They
have gymnasiums provided to cultivate
their physical constitutions , and from
two weeks to two months in the year to
go c.uioomg , boatings-imping , yachting ,
rocking , rusticating ; "roughing" it in too
many senses. Yet all these things are too
often abiiHed by being so employed as to
make the huts of the body sustain greater
indulgence. As ono confessed after two
weeks in the mountains , from which ho
returned rather pale : "You see the fresh
air in the mountains and a cooil appetite
built mo up so that I was cable to smoku
double the number of cigarets a day. '
This Is the kind of man who is thrown
.out of West. Point by his hollow cheat
and spindling build. The class is repre
sented by the young follow who had boon
educated at Columbia and was found
dead in his bed by his parents returning
from Europe. The cigarefto had stopped
the heart and all the promise of manhood
was turned to ashes. Another Columbia
man Willard Snowdon , son of tbo Roy.
Bayard Snowden of Fort Hamilton has
died from internal injuries received last
year in acanorush.
But this was a moro loss. In how
many other cases is there not moro loss ,
but wrong , often degradation and guilt ,
and perhaps crime , as in the case of
young McNoily. Wo believe the profes
sional base ball fever Is a miserable de
basement of youth. The city of Boston
has gene cra/.y over the plaving of a lot
of hired mercenaries , thirty or forty
years of ago , nine of whom were lately
fined $2r ) each by their employers for an
incapacitating use of spirits. Very respectable -
spectablo pnoplo have crowded the BUOO-
tators' seats. It is of no particular vnluo
to the boys. In f act , tlio boys cannot got
near the playground , and the games are
largely attended by the worst elements
in the city , as well as by some ot the best. '
The whole thing teaches the youth that
a great and indolent profession has bcon
built up on what should boa manly sport.
Wo arts not claiming that the young
men are worse than in former genera
tions , for the data for comparison are of
.cn little value that all such contrasts are
utterly worthless. But wo do el aim that
never was no much done tor youth , and.
that thuiosultlng products are still in too
many cases great disappointments to
those on whom has fallen the bunion ot
raising the coming generation. Time
will pass on , and some of those who now
pile up the misery of parental hearta
may yet know "how sharper than a ser
pent's tooth it is to have a thankless
child. "
Seen jinrt llonrd In n Bank.
Ckic.igo Herald : As queer things hap
pen sometimes at the banks as anywhcia
clso. It was not long ago that a galoot-
ihh-looking fellow walked into the First
National and asked for a certificate of
deposit. Ho counted out his money and
handed it through the window. The
teller took it , counted it , and throw it
into his box. Then taking his great can
vas colored book , wherein are entered
the .signatures of the thniibaudH of people
who hold certificates of the First National ,
ho threw It around and missed it through
for the galoot to sign. The next instant ,
wti'm the tcllor looked up , the depositor
was half way down the big banking
room with the great book under hia
arm and making for the door.
There were the money boxes to
look out for and tlm drawers to close , and
the clerk could got out In pursuit only by
running down and around 100 feet of
counters. Ho didn't try to do all thcso
thing' * . Ho h.illooud to the nearest cus
tomer ho saw outMdo to run and stop
that follow with th
gioat canvas-cov
ered book. That wan no dilllcult matter.
The man was making liin way painfully
iind Hlmvly down Dearborn street , and
came back olicni fully. Hit thought that
the foitypo > ind buolc , ho said , was his
certificate of deposit.
A rather nice looking but matronly
looking young woman began depositing
$100 a week at tlio First National. She
came so regularly , always with the same
amount , that the young man at the win
dow made bold to congratulate her that
Bins was doing so well in her bushier.
"Don't give mo away , " who uaid , in a
friendly tone , "My husband is a bar *
tender. " _
Until Knr.llnr ) Plnad Guilty.
.iFiTuiispN CITV , Mo. , Sept. 10. Tlio trial ,
of ilia Bald Kuobbers came to a midden ter-
nitiiattan veaterdny afternoon by the defend
ants lu a body entering a I'laa of guilty. Bra *
tenco was Usferred.
