PART 11. r FHE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE.
EIGHTEENTH YEAB. OMAHA. SUNDAY , MORNING , SEPTEMBER 23 , ISSSi-SIXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 101
DAMAGED BY
Our Fall shipment of Bed Comforts ,
while in transit from the factory in Con-
nccticutbylako from Buffalo to Chicago
were damaged slightly by water. The
Steamship Company the Western
Transit Company have instructed us to
dispose of the goods , they standing the
difference in the loss.
Monday morning wo offer the entire
shipment in two lots.
Lot 1 , at $1.25
Lot 2 , at $1,50
At these prices they cannot last over
one dnj as they are less that half price ;
they w'ill bo found in our new basemen
Bales room.
EIDER DOWN
COMFORTS
Manufactured specially for us by
Booth & Fox , Ireland ; nothing finer
made , come double quilted , corded
edge , block printed , extra quality Sat-
teen and warranted fast colors ; size ,
7xflj fcotat $15 eachthey are a decided
bargain as the price heretofore has
been $22.60.
1't'onijit attention ylven to Mall
Orders.
S. P. MORSE & CO
WHENCE IS THEIR WEALTH ?
The Eichos of the Mon Who Fur
nish the Moat.
NOT QUITE MILLIONAIRES.
Interesting Figures on the Meat In-
el us try Profits of I'nckliiB
Houses A Visit to the
Meat Dealers.
The Butcher * ' Profit.
"How is it that a pound of beef costs
us much to-day as it eliel five years ago ,
when prices for Iivo stock were much
higher , and how is it that so many
butchers are growing rich ? "
Either question was a hard ono foi
1'iiis BIK reporter. In the first place ,
r.s a batchelor and n vegetarian he did
not know the price of meat , and in the
iccond , ho had never found out how to
grow rich himself , and was entirely in
the dark as to how the butchers did it.
With some thoughts of changing his
profession , ho sought out a gentleman
whoso business brings him in dailj
contact with the wealth-gathering
butchers , and after an hour's severe
study ho found that at present there are
about 112 , or nearly ono poi
thousand of the population o
Omaha engaged in the business. O
these forty-one were put down as bcinj
worth less than $300 , thirty-two botweoi
S500 and $1,000 , thirty between 81,001
mid $5,000 ( the average was about $2,000
nnd nine over $5,000. Resigning nl
thoughts of hiring out as a butcher foi
the present , the reporter asked his in
formant how these butchers got rich
"Well , there are not many of them getting
ting rich now , " ho was told , "but liki
all other lines of business , the men wh <
are Industrious , frugal , know their busi
ness anel who .handle their own cash
come out ahead. Many of our prosper
ous butchers are Germans , who learnoi
the business thoroughly in the old coun
try , and know how to got every poun <
of'baloablo meat off n carcass. Some o
them came to Omaha in early days , in
vested in real estate , and have growi
rich on the side. While others run n
n grocery or some othe" business to hoi ;
them out. But as it is now , vcr.
few of the butchers who confine themselves
solves to the lotail trade will eve
become millionaires. None of them d
their own butchering , and so lose thi
blood , bones , hoofs anel ofinl , which tin
larger packing houses always utilize
but in turn the latter sometimes hani
up a carcass in n customer's stall for th
price they paid per pound for the animu
when alive , or oven less. "
Wondering how the jxickor could al
ford to bo so generous , the scribe mad
bis way to the center of butchering-
orations , South Omaha , and nftcraloni
search , he found a gentleman who 1m
been fourteen years in the businessan
is still indirectly connected with it.
"Whnt does it cost to kill and delive
a steer ? " , ,
"Well , the cost to the packer is fror
5 to 35 cents , hut that docs nut moa
delivery to the city. If a butcher brin
his own steer it will bo killed an
handed over to him for 0 cents , whlc
Rives the packer 15 cents on the open
tion , and allows the butcher the hid
nud offal. The latter he can dispose c
' ' ftfii then ha can Iwc th
J .Up P'dC < W ,
Grand
Opening Sale i
2 cases extra size , extra weight Pink
Blankets , slightly "oil" in color , other
wise would sell for $3.50. For two davu
only at $2.50 a pair.
Of these wo have 350 pairs bought
from the Buoll Manufacturing Co. , in
the spring of the year at an important
sacrifice to close the lot. They are a
good full sized , honest Blanket , and
worth $3.00 a pair. For a few days our
price will bo $1.98.
All W10-4
180 pis All Wool Blankets "HOME
SPUN , " the best wearing as well as the
best value in Blankets over shown in
Omaha. A regular $5.00 quality , for
this week only , at $3.OS a pair.
1T > 0 pairs regular size and guaranteed
VLL PURE WOOL , for ono week at
2.00 a pair.
SMOKE & CO
jarcass delivered to any part of the city
or from 81 to $1.25 all told. "
"Suppose ho don't bring any steer to
bo killed , but buys the carcass already
dressed , how much do they all make
on the deal ? " was next query.
"Well , that is n little more intricate ,
and you will have to figure it out. A
cow or heifer that would dross to about
400 Ibs. , would weigh alive from 800 to
50 , or say on nn average 825 Ibs. At
the present market price of $2.10 , it
would cost the packer , $17.35. Ho would
soil 400 Ibs. of meat at 4c , $16 ; hides and
offal , $0 ; total , $22 ; prolit to packer , 84.05.
Steers would dress out moro beef , and
the hides and oftul would bring more ,
which would all bo in favor of the
packer , and I think it's within the mark
to say they make 55 per head on every
steer cow and heifer they kill at the
present rnngo of prices. "
"How do the retailers make money ? "
was next asked. ,
"Well , you see they pay 4 cents per
pound for cow beef , and you can tubu
late it like this :
They will buy-
One 400-pound carcass nt 4 cents per
pound $10 OC
They will soil
100 pounds rough meat atficents.5 5 00
280 pounds bettor cuts at 10 cents. 23 00
20 pounds shanks , etc. , 0 cents. . . 1 20
Total if34 20
Balance in their favor $18 2C
"If it's a steer , they will probably got
about 630 pounds to the 1,000 pounds live
weight , and they will pay more for it ,
ychi can figure it out this way :
030 pounds at 5 cents $20 5C
Of this they will sell
212 pounds rough meat , necks ,
brisket and ribs on the fore
quarter at f > cents $10 GO
31b pounds choice rounds , loins
and rib roasts at 12 > cents 39 75
Total sales $30 33
Ualancoin their favor K3 K
"Then why don't they all got rich'i"
asked the reporter , with visions of bc
coming a cattle king lloating before hi ;
eyes.
"Well , it's just like this there are
too many in the business. The figure !
I give you are not far astray , and those
who came hero years ago and have
worked up a good trade by fair dealing
are now reaping the benefit. Thos > (
who have gone into the business more
recently can't sell more than one or tw <
carcasses a week , and you can see bi
your own figures that they have not i
very great margin to draw on for rcn
and other expenses. You will find the ;
make no moro out of their porlc am
mutton sales than they do out of the !
beef , and they have to take chances a :
to giving credit , etc. , the same as othc :
men. "
The dream of becoming a wealth ;
meat merchant having thus piissci
away , the vision of keeping house a
Eomb future date gradually took it
place , and once more the roportoi
wont forth to see what it woule
cost for the butcher. Ho tool
in ono of the first-class shops in tht
city , and obtained the following price
under ( also pretenses that is , ho he
gulled the salesman into thinking tha
he wanted to correct , n price list already
in n daily paper. They were giveu a
follows :
Choicoporterhousustca'ts bcrlb.,19 @ 20
Porterhouse steaks per ID 15
Sirloin steaks per Ib 15
Rump steaks per Ib 1'J
Chuck steaks per Ib OS
Choice roasts per Ib IS
Ulb rousts per Ib 12J
Chuck roasts per Ib 03
Vcnl steak per Ib 20
Veal chop per Ib CO
Forcuuartcr per Ib 13
Btewiuff per Ib . . . , , .C3
BED QUILTS
59e.
To-morrow wo offer 2 more cases of
this extra size , and extra weight
Crochet Bed Spread , worth 81. at 6'Jo. '
5-8 DAMASK NAPKINS
$1.69.
Received direct from the factory in
Biclifold , are unusually good value and
exceptionally choice designs to select
from. This same number wo have al
ways sold at $2.60 , but for one week oiler
them at 81.09 a dozen.
3-4 DAMASK NAPKINS
$3,00 ,
100 dozen finest Grass Bleached double
Satin Damask Napkins , actual value
$ 1.50. For this week only $3 a dozen.
LUNCH SETS
$4,90 ,
Wo have only 50 of these 8-10 Colored
Border Lunch Sets which wo d isplay in
our East show window , and as they are
actually worth $10 a sot , would advise
an early call to secure one at $1.00.
Colored Border Doylies
Si,50 a Dozen ,
During the next two days wo offer 100
dozen of our 82.50 Colored Border Doy
lies at 81.50 a dozen.
SlMORSE&CO
Pork loins and chops per Ib Kc
Pork shoulder per Ib OS @l''c
Hams , green , per Ib 15c
Wishing to know whore the cheaper
jradcs of meat came from , ho once
.noro went back to the stock yards , and
found out that a number of "downers , "
or crippled cattle , mysteriously disap
peared every day , and that the commis
sion men never sought to learn their
'ato. ' That settled it , and the visions of
liousekeoping faded away as quickly as
ihoso of becoming a millionaire had al
ready done , and the results of a day's
investigations can bo summed up as fol
lows :
If there is any money made in the
business the packing house men got it ,
as they have charged the retail butch
ers the same prices all through , regard
less of the prieo of live stock. If there
is any money lost the consumers lose
it , because a number of the smalloi
dealers have to chorgo outside prices in
order to make expenses. If they
all could sell ton or fifteen carcasses a
week , they could cut the prices , but
where they only sell ono or two , they
have to charge high rates to pay ex
penses. Those who have a largo run ol
trade are making the most of it , anel
are maintaining the same high prices
that their less fortunate competitor !
are compelled to ask.
Marketing Hints.
The Homo Maker : Fine , well-foe
beef may bo known by yellowish-white
fat very linn , and of a line-graincO
bright-red lean. Very good beef is
sometimes not very fat. That it to say
an excellent steak may only have ahalf
inch bano. of fat around it , or oven lo&s
instead of the inch that the butcher is
proud to point out ; but this narrow bane
must bo fat , and not gristle. Sometime :
meat , instead of being covered with fat
is covered with a quarter of an inch ol
gri&tlo ; at others there will bo the
gristle , but it will have an out'
side layer of fat. Thcso indica
tions do not always show bai
meat , only that it is second-class. Thi :
is the case when the grain of the men
is good , and the kidney-fat firm ane
good. "Where the gristle is found ii
conjunction with a dull red , or , as we
may borrow a term from art to describe
it accurately , a darkish terra cotta red
the meat is to bo avoided altogether.
To return to line meat the color dif
fers in parts. The log , neck and coarse :
parts are , as n rule , darker than prime
parts. The sirloin is a rosy red , the ril
u shade darker , mottled with white fat
and without a vein running through it ,
The round is of n bright juicy-look
ing red on the upper or tcndoi
side ( which is really the inside of tin
log and Ic53 exposed in the nniina
to use and weather ) , the lower side-
"tho vein" as butchers call it , is pale
and dryer. In a. really fine round o
beef , the blood will ooze from the grail
as it is cut. The best cuts from such i
round , if the ox bus been killed lonj
enough , surpass any other steak in flavo
and will bo quite as tender. The bcs
steaks are those which are cut bcfon
the broad br.nd of fat is reached , bu
excellent ones are cut for three or fou :
inches after this , then the round begin
to dccrcaso in size , the meat got
darker , the groin of it coarser and suit
able for n in mode beef stews , etc. , bu
not for steaks.
Mr , W. H. Stewart , of Crawfordvllle , Ga ,
had hatched on his lot a few weeks ago
chicken that had no eyes , nor oven slims o
eyes. Dr. L. A. Stephens took It to his horn
and endeavored to raise it. Jt learned to ca
and bad lived a week or so when mlsfortun
happened to fall upon it in the shape of som
ono stepping upon the little blind wondc
and killing it. If it had lived U would hav
been auothtc TtUaterro wonder. . .
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CONTINUED.
69e a Pair.
During the past week our sales in this
quality of Gloves has buon simply phe
nomenal. Monday morning wo place anew
now lot on bale , 4-button length , P. K.
tops and genuine kid , told by other
houses at S1.25. For this week wo oiler
them again at G9e a pair.
2So ,
One case only , bought at half price ,
owing to the lateness of the season.
Wo have sold the same vests at 50o.
Monday and until sold , 25c each.
MISSES' ' PERFECT FITTING
Ribbed Vests ,
50c.
Something now , opened Saturday ,
and will be placed on sale Monday morn
ing. See them. Only 60c each.
CHILDREN'S ' BLACK
CASHMERE HOSE ,
To-morrow morning wo make a spe
cial offering in Children's Black Cash
mere IlObC ,
Sizes 5 , 5 } and 6 at
I5c a Pair ,
Sizes 61 , 7,7 } , 8 and 81 at
20c a Pair ,
Ladies' ' Black
Cashmere Hose
4 PAIR.
50 dozen 'on sale Mondav.
S , P , MORSE & CO
DOWN AMONGJHE DIAMONDS
Interesting Facts and Figures of the
Mining Industry.
THE RUBY MINING DISTRICT.
Lemlvllle Still On Top In the Califor
nia Mincs-Tlio IJlnck Hills
Mines General Mining
Notes.
Activity in Colorado.
The rise in price of lead and silver is
causing unwonted "activity in all the
old properties about Aspen and sending
up the gross output to handsome
figures , l-'rospecta * along the uolt are
being bonded and leased in every eli-
rection by capitalists who are eager to
secure a share of | the riches beneath
the surface , and [ new producers are
being addcel to the list every week.
The ore shipments -for the week were
the largest ever kqown in the history
of the camp , the total being 2,700 tons ,
of which the Midland carried 1,181 and
the Denver & Rio ' Grande 1/)70 / tons.
The shipments worfc distributed as fol
lows : Denver , 2,002 tons ; Pueblo , 352
tons , Kansas City , ,203 tons , and Lead-
ville , 108 tons. -
The rich ore body struck last week in
the Mollie Gibson 'still holels out , and
they are making regular shipments of
-00-ounce ore. '
on Top.
The Laplata smeller , which has boon
idle for the past twj ) years , is being re
paired and renovated , and will soon
again have its four furnaces in full
blast. In addition 'to its present ma
chinery and boiler "proper there will bo
immediately added' a largo Corliss engine
'
gine and three uixty'-horbo power boil
ers. *
The Antioch mine , n short distance
east of Iron hill , is forging to the front
as ono of the most profitable gold mines
in Colorado. It.is worked as if it was a
rock quarrv. The bench being worked
is CO fcot high by50 foot in width. The
mineral is broken by drilling a series of
perpendicular holes 20 feet deep each ,
which when charged with No. 2 dyna
mite are exploded nt once by electric
ity. From 100 to 1,000 tons are broken
with ono blast. The ore is run on n
double tramway to the forty-stamp mill
beneath , which successfully treats IOC
tons per day , from which is extracted
an average of1.50 per ton. If there
was a mill which could beat 500 tons
of the ore per day the mine could read
ily supply the amount for an indefinite
period of time.
The Lillian is producing twenty tons
daily of ore which nets $20 per ton ,
This ere is being mined from anew
chute which trends northwest and
southeast , having porphyry for hanging
wall and limestone for foot wall. It it
four feet thick , but its lateral 01' longi
tudinal dimensions are as yet alto
gether unknown. The Lillian mill ,
which was started in operation at the
first of the month , only worked a few
days , and will likely remain practically
idle until after the 800-foot prospect
drift lately commenced will have
reached its destination.
There is reason to believe that the
Adams will soon resume the payment oi
dividends.
In a raise completed this week
throtigh the white limestone strata in
the Hagerman shaft of the Leadvilk
Consolidated a body of low-grade ore
has bcnu discovered , which gives prom
NEW
INDIA TWILLS
$1.00.
Monday morning wo place on Palo 2o
ilcces now India Twills in Black and
3rey , wide and hair line stripes , also
block and broken checks. Measure -12
nchcs wide and made of finest wool at
$1.00 a yard ; they are a bargain.
TARTAN PLAIDS
$1.25.
Thcsc _ are a direct importation from
.ho mills in Lanarkshire , Scotland , and
include all the popular Clan Tartans ,
MacdulT , Rob Hey , Murray , Cameron ,
Lcblio , Maedonald , and Sutherland ;
rich and handsome all wool and 42-inehs
wide. See them they are a novelty and
only 81.25 a yard.
WELTYSUITS
$10.00.
To-morrow we olTcr CO now desirable
and fashionable Suits , with trimming to
match , at $10. No two suits alike.
Novelty Suits
$15.00.
Made of the richest fabrics with elab
orate trimmings to match ; only ono
Suit of a style equal in quality to those
sold labt season at $35. For ono week at
815.
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iso of beinp the outer edge of a rich
and extensive ore chute.
The Mike and Starr , under lease to
Manager Hill and others , is being suc
cessfully worked , anel indicates a profit
able and productive future.
The masonry work of the now Agassi/
concentrator is completed , and the en
tire building will soon bo in readiness
to receive the machinery.
In California.
The San Diego Union says : Some in
teresting mining news has" just come up
from Lower California. It is reported
that the now mine recently discovered
near Las Cruces and owned and oper
ated by the Feliz brothers , is proving
richer than the most sanguine ex
pected.
Since the rich discoveries in this dis
trict many prospectors have come in
and the mountain road between Eu-
sunada anel the Real del Castillo has bc-
como a busy thoroughfare.
There is also a well substanliateel re
port that the San Francisco and St.
Nicholas mines , in the Real del Cas
tillo district have been bolel to a syndi
cate of San Francisco and Riverside
capitalists with n capital of 81,000,000 ,
one-half of the stock going to the
former owners of the mines as the pur
chase price. The syndicate , it is saiii ,
will commence operations and work the
mil ! connected with the mines , about
September 15.
The Lower California Mining com
pany , it ia stated , has just sent out a
number of men to perfect the locations
of all the claims to which they are entitled -
titled under the Mussac concession.
These now locations will bo on quart/
lodges , those formerly perfected having
been in the placers of the Canada Rica
or Rich gulch. Several good prospects
which will bo announced are expected
to bo in process of development in a
few days.
Under the present laws of Mexico
parties worldng mines can exercise the
right of eminent domain for all arti
cles that are essential for the working
of a mine ; that is , they can take wood ,
water or anything they may need from
parties who have it in the vicinity of
the mine by paying whatever the min
ing deputation of that district consider
the article worth.
The IJlnck Uilln Mines.
Globe-Democrat : Probably more
developments have been made in the
mines at Castle Creek than in any other
part of the lulls this season. In the
early part of the year Mr. M. H. Day
purchased the Lookout mine for a nom
inal sum , and spent several thousand
dollars in getting it in good bhapo. The
properly had been badly managed be
fore , and , the ore being low grade , the
mine never paid expenses. Mr. Bay
sot to work to mill Iho ore nt the very
lowest possible expense , and has su'c-
cccdod in reducing the cost of its mill
ing to loss than 81 per tpn. There boinc
excellent water power all cost for fuel
was saved , and in many other respects
the o.xpem-cs were cut down. This ex
periment has attracted considerable at
tention throughout the hills and the re
sult has been to load many other minors
to study economy in the treatment oi
their ores , The Lookout is now ono ol
the paying mines of the Black Hills ,
and a half interest in it was sold U
some Now Hampshire parties a shorl
time ago for considerable morq than the
original price paid for the mine. The
Lookout is running forty stumps.
The Cortlo Chief mine , in the sami
neighborhood , has recently made arid :
strike. From the intermediate tunnel
eighty loot from the surface , a drift wai
run iivo loot through barren rock
Special Prices !
IN
] ack Si ks ,
Every yard of these Silks are guaran
teed to give satisfactory wear or the
unount of the sale will bo refunded.
The
is 22 inches wide , rich and lustrous and
cannot be duplicated in the city under
$1.50 a yard. The
is 21 inches wide , all pure silk and will
notcut or crack ; will compare with any
thing at 81.75 a yard. The
measures 23 inches wide , perfect in
weave , very heavy , and with a magni
ficent rich lustre. Wo invite an exami
nation of this number as it would be
good value at $2.00 a yard.
BLACK
SATIN RHAMADAS ,
.35
We secured at a recent sale of Blacl
Silks , 4 pieces of Black Satin Rhadamai
21 inches wide , exceptional in weight
lustro and quality and worth at regulai
price $2.00 a yard.
MAIL ORDimOMFTLY FILLED.
S.PJORSE&CO
where a continuation of the ledge wai
developed of seven feet increase width
all good milling rock. They have now
connected with the shaft sixty-oighi
feet from the commencement of thoii
tunnel. The Cortlo Chief is running t
small mill of ten stamps.
Considerable development is being
done on other properties in the same
neighborhood. Many prophesy thai
this will become ono of the best specu
luting districts of the Black Hills.
Minors coming in from the Carbonate
district report a good deal of work being
done there. The Hartshorn company n
working a good force , with excollen
prospects.
The Iluby Mlnlnc District.
The Portland Oregonian contains the
following description of the Ruby min >
ing district of Washington territory :
Everybody has heard of the Rubj
mining district , formerly called the
Salmon river mines , but probably fov
who have not boon there understand
much about the location of those diS'
triets , except in a general way that they
are somewhere up in Washington ter
ritory , toward the boundary lino.
For the benefit of the public at large
his statement in regard to the location
of various mines and districts is given
below :
The Tough Nut is the leading mine ,
or ono of the leading ones , in Con :
conully. The War Eagle is a strong
mine in the Ruby district , six miles
south of Conconully and forty milea
southwest of Wannacut lake. Now ,
where is Conconully ? It is a mining
center on the Salmon , or Conconullj
creek , around and within which are the
Tough Nut , Ilomcstako , Lady of the
Lake , and several other mines. West
of this town of Conconully is Mineral
hill , where the rich mines of Launa ,
Columbia , etc. , are located.
The Arlington is the most southern
mine of note in the Ruby district , on
Ruby mountain , at least eight mile !
south of Conconully. It is not on the
wator-courso , or creek , or road to Con
eonully by way of Ruby City ; and plac
ing the Arlington at Conconully is n <
more a mistake than to place it on tin
Santiam. Conconully is a mining diS'
triet , and the town the center.
The Ruby district is anotheron Rub ;
mountain , . ' 5,000 feet perpendicularly
above Ruby Cityand to which the onli
approach by wagon road ia up the Looi
Loop from the Okanosran , or from thi
north by wagon road from Conconully
In this Ruby district are the Arlington
Pomoroy , Missing Link , Arizona
Buckeye , Emperor , Fourth of July
Oregon Boy , First Thought , Seconi
Thought , Ruby , Fail-view , Poorman
Peacock , Idaho , War Eagle , etc. Thi
is the bolt and district of strong mines
The Arlington is in Ruby district , 01
Ruby mountain , several thousand fee
above Conconully level , and eight mile
south. Buttwoof the Arlington part ;
who came hero over saw Conconullj
and they were there only a short tlnu
Buby mountain , Loop Loop , is Iho eon
tor for all these btrong mines.
I was in the Arlington tunnel. I
looks well Jive and one-half fcot of ore
The mines hero at Ruby are immense
So they are at the other points. Anothe
year will produce wonders in dovoloi
mont of these mines. When I speak e
Ruby district I do not moan Ruby Oil ,
far from it. Ruby district proper ii
as I say , 8,000 feet porpondiculurl
above Ruby City. This is the estimate
and nothing but n stoop trail , almot
impassable , connects Ruby City wit
Ruby mountain. The wagon road tht
takes nil these mines in runs up th
Loop Loop creek to Loop Loop on th
mountain , .
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UPHOLSTERY
DEPARTMENT.
Door and Window Drapery.
WINDOW SHADES
Wo will offer another
BIG DRIVE ,
n Minims , Crepe , Crete , Turkish
Stripes , Chenille , Mnilrns nnil many
other stylish makes o new curtains
" '
$5 a Pair ,
Every pair of these curtains hnvo
sold from $12 to 815 a pair. The best
[ > attcrns always goes first , therefore ,
ome early.
REMNANTS
which hnvo accumulated from o\\t
past seasons business , such as tapes *
try , Jutes , Haw Silk , Plush , Kopa
and other Furniture coverings , will
be sold at greatly reduced prices dur
ing the coming week.
SPECIAL SALE
Straw Mattings ,
! 5c and 35c ,
Worth 25c and COc n yard.
ANOTHER NEW LOT of FULL-SIZED
HASSOCKS
Only 50 Gents Each ,
SP , MORSE &ca
SINGUL/VUITIES.
A florist in England claims that a reset
bush , which has been benrinc whlto roses
for moro than thirty years , 1ms suddenly
changed , and now puts out only red roses.
The only cause assigned for this is the cu- jl
rlchincnt of the surrounding earth. . /I
A man In Clayton , TIL , has a largo maltesa * I ,
that Is an exception. This animal takes to , ,
water even more kindly than a spaniel. Ho
will RO into the water on his own account ,
and seems to enjoy it hugely , Lllto a dog ,
ho will bring back a stick thrown In the
watci ,
The schooner Young Sultan , of Portland ,
Me. , Captain Stone , captured on George's
LI units and brought to this city an enormous
sea turtle that weighs 1,500 pounds. Then
turtle is TKJfcet long , 3)if feet thick , and
from tip to tip of his forward fins measures
nine feet.
Master Melbourne Grubb , who lives neat . *
Wytheville , Va. , Is claimed by his parents to ' -
bo the largest boy In Americas Ho measures , \
47 inches around the waist , 44 around the
chest , 21 around the thigh , and VA around tha
muscle of the nrtn. Ho is 5 fcot i ) inches
high , weighs 210 pounds , and was ton years"
old July 'A.
A remarkable double-headed child was recently -
cently born to a French family named
Heoulbault in Manchester , Mo. The heads
are both perfect , and are joined to the body
by two short , woll-shupcd necks. It uses Ha
mouths and eyes apparently nt will In eating ,
crying , winking , and oven Bleeping. Tin
parents were much shocked at the appearance -
anco of their baby , and wont nt once to
Montreal to avoid the notice of their neigh
bors. The child Is likely to live.
Swarms of bees swooped down on a con
fectioner's stand in a Bishop-Auckland
( Kng ) market , and ate ravenously of tha
sweetmeats exposed. The owner of tha
candy had to desist ( glad to do BO without
bodily harm ) , and several of his neighbors '
were forced to follow f > ult ; in fact , business ' * ,
all around was suspended until the Intruders
voluntarily departed. It Is supposed that tha . j
cold and Inclement season hud deprived tha > I
bees of their ordinary source of sustenance , "
and that they were etrlvcn by famine from
the country Into the town.
The Now York World mentions an almost
Incredible accident which bcfoll a horse lu
the upper part of New York city on Mon
day. The animal Is n trotter , and was en
gaged In n "brush" when , in trying to In
crease his speed , ho reached too far forward
with his nigh hind hoof and caught the for
ward otT hoof before It descended. Tha
shoes bccamo locked , the nnlmal fell heavily
to the ground , and its driver was shot out ot
his wagon atop of the horse. The horse's
bhocs were so tightly locked that they had to
bo pried off before ho could got on his feet.
The animal's legs arc badly strained.
Jonas King , a farmer living two milca cast
of Vinccunes , Ind. , was attacked by a mon
strous black snaito while nlowing. For sovea
or eight years the snake , which Is over
twelve feet long , has Infested an olel grave
yard near King's farm , and has boon the ter
ror of the women and children of the neigh
borhood. It crawled up to King , and had
celled Itself about his waist before ho was
aware of its presence. Alt his attempts to
throw the reptile off proved vain , as did also
his efforts to cut Its leathery skin with the
knife which ho used to scrape hla plow. Ho
finally began thrusting the point of the knlfo
into the snake , which after writhing about
King's waist and shoulders till It could no
longer bear the par.looiscncd ! its hold and
darted into Iho woods.
It is expected that the czar of Russia's twd
months1 ubscnco from St. Pctorsbar/j / haa . JJf
been decided upon owing to the presence ot *
Carter Harrison In that city. Carter haa
way of making other despots look small.
Lasallc , the famous baritone of the Parts
grand opera lumso , Is forty-ilvo yearn old , six
fcot three Inches In height , und weighs 33
pounds. Ho Is very rich , an excellent busi
ness man and takes good care of his life. Ha
docs not drink or smoke1 , and , on the night
bcforo ho sings , ho invariably goes to bed at
8 o'clock , and stays under cover fcr Ut < ioa
hodra. Then ho rics and cats'one hearty
mcalnud docs not cat another mouthful until
ho sing * at nlgut.