mvrATTA TiATT.VRTCT ? ! 777i D A V. .TTTTiV 7. IRRfl-RTXTlirnrW
1IA.YDKN nUOS.
Great Clearing Srvlo on Wnsli Dress
Goods.
On Monday wo shall offer nil our
French snlcona , every yurd In Btoro , nt
lOo yard. 8Mn. ( wide American saloons
reduced to lOc nnd ] Ujc ynrtl.
Cropallno cloth reduced to 12ic ynrd.
Ynrd wldo Btitlsto 7ic ; Garners' best
ynrd wide Bixtisto lOo yd ; American
Olmlllos , 2Je yd to close ; Fran oh styles
In Clmlllos , 60 nnd So yd ; 80-ln. Clmfllea
lOo yd , this Is n bargain. Dragoon
Wrick Batintor12ic ; India linen , < Hc , Co ,
Ojc , 7c , io , Oc , lOc tuul up to 25o yd ; now
etoclc of India llnon just received nt i
former prlooa. All our whlto dress
goods nt reduced prices. Wo nro bound
not to carry ever uny summer goods.
Now Is the time to buy and save money.
Our knife Is sharp and wo are cutting
deep. Remnants of wash drobs goods
have all boon marked nt prices thnt will
sell them on sight. Wo nro showing
tno best assorted stock of foreign nnd
domestic dress ginghams in this city.
Our prices range from 60 upwnrds ,
while our novelties in fine glnghnins
nro soiling freely attho reduced prices.
LINENS.
On Monday wo shall offer some extra
bargains In table llnon.
64 in. wldo rod bordered table Hnon
reduced to Me yd , worth 40c.
Cream dnmnsk at SGc , 39c , 40c , 45c ,
47c , 60c and OOc yd.
Blenched damask nt 3o / , -I0c , COc , COc ,
C5cniul 7Cc , all big burgalitH.
Our fiS in. Turkey rod damask at 47o
lends them all , fast colors.
800 doz. of cream colorodand blenched
napkins from 05c to $5.00 doz. Our 8
Gorman napkin nt $1.00 doz. you ttnd
onlynt Hnydon Bros. , while our i dinner
size bleached napkin at $1.S3 ! doz. is a
dnndy. Fronting Hnon-butcher linen ,
apron linen in checks , striped furni
ture linen , embroidering Hnon , pant
linen , towel Hnon , etc , , of every de
scription. Fringed and bordered table
cloths , with napkins to match , felt table
scarfs. 800 doz. fancy bordered doylies
worth $1.60 doz. , reduced to lOc oaen or
$1.00 doz , 11-4 size imported Marseilles
bed spreads worth $2,60 , our price 31.60
each on Monday.
HERE COMES A WHOLE STRING
of bargains , where can you match them ?
8yds long , full width , all colors in mos
quito netting , 25c a piece. G feet long
window shades , mounted on spring roll
ers , 22c each. 80x72 Smyrna rugs at
84.60 ench. 3-lb feather pillows , 60c
each. 40 in. wide lace curtain scrim ,
6cyard. Remnants of straw matting.
Full yard wide hemp carpet , 15c yd. 00
in. wldo lace curtain not , 23o yard. 40
in. wide colored scrim , lOcyd. Mon
day wo will give away brass fixtures
and a polo with lace curtains ; wo will
have a special sale on odd pairs to close.
Straw mattings at lOc. Wheelbarrows
at 16c. Buso ball bats lOaandlOa.
Children's high chairs 60c , 7/5c / , S5c and
81.25. Dolls lOc nnd 15c. Shelf brack
ets 16c , 20o and 80c. Furniture nnd rug
fringe , lOc and 16c yd. Turcoman cur
tains , $1.75 a pair. Trunks , $3.88 , $3.75 ,
$4.00 , $4.50 and $5.00 each. Pillow sham
holders , $1.00 ; worth $2.00. Odd lots of
wall paper at less than half cost , to
close. HAY DEN BROS. ,
Dry Goods , Carpets and Toys.
Ilnvu Your riano Timed
by Meinbcrg's now tuner.
Excursions East nnd South via the
WnlniHh.
The attention of teachers nnd their
friends who will attend tno annual
- meeting of tLo Natio'nal Educational association -
' sociation to bo hold at NnshvilloTonn. ,
July 10 to 20. nudt otherswho _ desire to
tnko advantage of cheap fares for a trip
south or east is called to the advantages
altered by the Wabnsh. Round trip
tickets are now on sale to the principal
summer resorts of the oast. July 1 to
15 round trip tickets will bo sold to
Nashville at half faro with $2 added
giving choice of routes , coed to return
until September 10. Remember the
Wabash is the shortest line , only twen
ty-eight hours between Omaha and
Nushvillo with elegant reclining chair
nnd Pullman bulTot slopping cars on all
trains. For further information and
tickets call at the Wabash oillco , 1602
Ftirnam st. Omaha.
Omaha.G.
G. N. CLAYTON ,
N. W. P. . nnd Ticket Agent.
Ask for Pullman ButTot bread.
Lots In Collier Place S800 to 81,200 ,
one-tenth cash , halanco one to five
years. Call or write for plat.
MCCA.QUK , opp.P. O.
"Wanted.
Contractors to figure on excavating
for basement room and areas at N. W.
corner 10th and Cass ; also , brick work
on saino. Apply on premises or to
GKOKQK C. Hoinuu ,
2119 Dodgo.
A Cliolco Ijlst of Summer HosortH.
In the Inko regions of Wisconsin ,
Minnesota , lown and the two Dakotas ,
there are hundreds of charming locali
ties pre-ominontly lilted for summer
homos. Among the following selected
list are names familiar to many of our
readers as the perfection of northern
Bummer resorts. Nearly all of the Wis
consin points of interest are within a
short distance from Chicago or Milwau
kee , and none of them are so far away
from the "busy marts of civilization"
that they cannot bo roaolied in a few
hours of travel , by frequent trains , ever
the linost road In the northwest Iho
Chicago , Milwiiukec& St. Paul Railway :
Ocoiioinowoo , Wls. Clear Lake , Iowa.
Minoco.ua , Wls. Lakes OkoUoJIIowa. .
Wuukcslm , Wis. Spirit Lake. Iowa
Palmyra , Wls. Frontonnc , Minn.
Tomahawk Lukes , Lake Mhinctonka ,
Wis. Minn.
Lakeside , Wis. Ortonvlllo , Mlr.n.
Kllbourn City , Wis. Prior T < aki > , Minn.
( Dolls of the Wis Wtilto Hour Lake
consta. ) Minn.
Hcuvcr Dnm , Wis. UlK Stone Luke , Da
Madison , Wla. kotiu
For 'detailed information , njiply at
ticket ollico , 1601 Funuun street , Barker
Block.
Your grocer can furnish Pullman bread
Vienna Kxport HOOP.
Leave orders for Storz ft Iler's Vienna
export bottle boor with Charlod Storz
corner Clarice and Saund'irs ' &ts. ; Ghri
Toft , ! J12 S. 16th st. ; John Boyer , 202 <
Lake St. ; Tottlo & C'ahill , 81U S. 10th ut
It In Always Cool
In the cars of the Chicago ft North
western. Their two daily fast train *
Btilllonvoat2ir : p. in. from the Union
Pacific depot , Omaha , arriving at Chi
cauo 7 o'clock next morning. That i
faster time than olhur lines inako. Ii
addition to the "flyers" there are t\v
other eastern trains daily. Free olml
cars. Nowosl and best bloopers.'es
tilmlod trains. No ohaiigo of cars a
Council BliilTu. Everything right up
to the times. Low ratou now to the
° UCity lickct onico , 1401 Farnnm si.
It. R. RITCIIIR , General Agent.
Aiioiloni Auction !
Monday , July 8 , nt 10 a.m. , nt 1100
North 18th St. , all the funiituro of i
C-roomod cottago. Ono parlor suit , one
chamber sot , carpets , rugs , dining room
mid kitchen furniture } also one now
vnpor stove , All to bo bold without ro-
borvo , rnln or shlr.o' ,
A. Wi CWAN | Auctioneer ,
AoU for StoV/STllor'B Vionmi Export
Beur ,
EXTHAOUniNAUY A.TTU ACTION.
Snle For Next Week of Millinery nnd
Flowers ,
The choicest assortment nnd 'finest
display and lowest prices of the season.
Now slylcs , now shnpcs nnd great
variety in Millinery. Now arrivals of
the most exquisite colors nnd qualities
yet shown in llowors. Lndlos who
call to examine this line of goods will
certainly bo pleased with our exhibit.
Wo shall also begin n
GREAT MIDSUMMER CLEARING
SALE OF SHAWLS AND SUITS ON
MONDAY , JUNE 8.
All $2.60 shawls nt 78c.
All $ : i.50 shawls at $1.02.
AH $1.75 shawls at $2.10.
All $0.00 shawls at $3.25.
All $ -1.60 beaded wraps at $1.08.
All $0.00 beaded wraps at 52.78.
All $12.00 beaded wraps al $8.D8.
All $10.00 ladles' ' suits at5.60. .
All $15.00 ladies' suits nt $0.80.
All $2.00 children's suits nt 89c.
RIBBONS , LACES AND EMBROI
DERIES.
Wo hnvo put on bnlo for Monday the
most complete line of line silk ribbons ;
nil the now shndca nt surprisingly low
prices.
Our lace and embroidery snlo hns at-
trnctcd unusunl nllonlion , which shows
Hint the style , the vnrloty , the qunlity
nnd the prices must bo rlghl.
THE JEWELRY DEPARTMENT.
Is more nttrnctlvo than ovor. The
largo sales enable us to add all new
novelties while they are now nnd
attractive.
JIAYDEN BROS.
Dry Goods nnd Cnrpots.
BOVOII Octavo Itosnwood Pliuio $76
at Moinborg'q , 1611-1510 Dodge st.
Thobcst Vienna broad nuidc.ls Golden
Gate Special.
Dr. George B. Ayers has removed his
to 821 S. 16th , ground floor , under
Stale bank , cor. ISt.h and Harnoy.
Try Golden Gate Special broad.
Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul K'y
Via Oinulm ntul Council IJIiifTs.
Short line lo Chicago and the oast.
Finest dining cars in the world.
Through stooping cars to Chicago. Elo-
gnnt free chair cars. Only direct route
to the G. A. R , oincampmont nt Milwau
kee. Everything lirst-class. Fast trains
to Chicago and all points east.
For further information enquire at
Ticket Ollice , 1601 Fnrnam St. , in Bar
ker block. F. A. NASH ,
General Agent.
Thing for sandwichesPullman broad.
Crete and Beatrice Cliuuttvuqua As
semblies.
For the Chautauqua assemblies at
Crete nnd Beatrice , Juno 27 to July 0 ,
round-trip tickets will bo on sale by the
Burlington Route at greatly reduced
rales. For tickets or further informa
tion , apply to any ticket agent of the
Burlington route , city ticket office , 1223
Farnam St. , Omtvha ; telephone 250.
Go to Montana and Puget Sound via
the Northwestern lino.
$ ' Cedar block kindling. Cheapest nnd
best for summer. Delivered free. .T.
A. NAUGLK & Co. Telephone SOO.
Auction nt
No. 3013 Leavonworth st. , Wednes
day 10 n. m. , nil the nice furniture , carpets -
pots , etc. , of sovon-room cottage ; house
lor rent. Omaha Auction & Storage
Co. _
Get the Best.
Ask for Storz & Iior's Vionnrv export
beer.
A Nlcht With a Tlecr.
'Twas night in the tiger's don. The
brute was indignant at his fare. His
tail softly walloped the troubled earth.
The great boast cast hungry glances at
hia keeper , 03 tnjioh as to say , "I'll eat
him for his mother. It was a moment of
awful terror. A happy thought saved
him. Ho throw the frenzied animal a
package of QUAKER OATS. Ho was
saved. Quaker Oats is good for men
and "Taggers" too.
You can make a pan cake
As pure as a snow ilnkc ,
Bettor than n milk shako
Made in a cano brake.
Oh coino off you shotcs ,
She made It from Quaker Oats.
Notice.
Offices can now bo soloctcd in the
Now York Life Bldg. Goo. N. Hicks ,
Agt. , Room 203 , second floor.
Half Kates to NiiNhville , Tenn.
For the occasion of the mooting of the
National Educational association at
Nashville , Tenn. , tickets will bo sold
by the Burlington Route ot ono faro for
the round trip , with f2 added for asbo-
eiation membership foe. Tickets will
bo on sale July 1 to 10 inclusive , good
for return July 10 to September 30 in
clusive. Unequalled accommodations
nnd choice of routes. City Ticket OHlco ,
1220 Farnam street ; telephone 2-50.
National Tonohurs Association.
Annual meeting at Nashville , Tonn.
Half faro for the round trip via.
Chicago. For further information
apply at ticket olllco Chicago , Milwau
kee & St. Paul railway , 1501 Farnam
St. , Omaha. F. A. NASIJ ,
, General Agent.
LASSOING A BOA IN JAVA.
A Serpent Twenty Feet LIOIIK Cap
tnrod Allvu by Malays.
After about an hour of crawling and
pushing through , our m on suddenly
stopped and began to point ahead , chat
tering and gesticulating , says a writer
in Foroat and Stream. Looidng the
way they pointed wo saw in a tree an
immense boa constrictor waving hia
head to and fro , witli his scales glitter
ing in the sun. My friend said :
"Got buck quick ; ho IB preparing
to jump ! " and wo did so as fast aa
possible. After consulting a few mom
ents the Malays cautiously advanced
with a hibbo , which , by a dexterous
throwcaught Iho snake around the
nock , and , jumping behind a trco
tightened it on him. Ho thrashed ant
pulled , nnd it was nil the four Malays
could do to keep from being drawn noiu
enough for him to crush them , and once
or twleo it PCoinoil us though ho would
got thorn. Wo could have
c.liot him at first ; but they
wnntod to capture him alive. Aftoi
uwhllo , by pulling and ohoking him , ho
gave up and they pulloo him down from
the tivo. IIo waa a big follow , twenty
font long and vary largo uroind. They
luivo great strength , nnd thib ono , ' .
was assured , could easily swallow a goat
or calf , flu was looking probably for
leopards , that are plenty there , living
principally on monkeys , and the snakoi
also cinch thoia. when they can , bit
usually the monkey is clovoroi
than the snako. They sometimcn
gather in big bands and club
thorn to ilaulh. By this time wo were
EO hut and tired that wo concluded to
let the monkoyu rcbt , although wo couli
hear them chattering nnd jumping neBO
BO very fwr nhond of us , BO wo turned
Lack to our horses with our coolies car
rying our trophy. The Malays made
cstgo very muclcly , cutting lengths o
bamboo unit notching thorn together
into which they put the sitaltn and
swinging It on two fo\oa. \ mirohcd off
with it ca their shoulders.
MENMHON nUOS.
Great Sacrifice Bnlo Monday.
All summer goods must go. Price no
object. 10,000 ynrds fine white goods ,
beautiful plaids , hnndsomo stripes : your
cholco Monday , 12jo ynrd ; worth 26c.
Never before wore fine white goods
slnughtcred at such a prico. 6,000 yards
beautiful white goods in plnlds , checks
nnd stripes , at lOo yard ; just half price ;
don't miss those white goods Monday.
60 pieces elegant French salines Mon
day , 22o } yard : handsome patterns ,
worth 86c. 60 pieces yard wldo llgurod
Batiste cloth , 7jo yard ; worth 15c.
Pacific lawns , best patterns , 7-Jc yard.
Fine eophyr ginghamp , 7o yard. 20
pieces line zephyr ginghams in
pinks , only 60 yard. Indian
hond unbleached muslin , 6c yard. 8,000
ynrds remnants ntour domestic coun
ters at } price. Ladies' fancy stripe
hose , line imported goods in cotlon nnd
lisle thread. Broken lines worth up to
$1.60. Choice Monday,69o pair. Ladies'
jersey ribbed vests , 14o each , worth 85c.
No. 40 fanoy ribbons , lOc yard. Leon
ard's 100 yn.id black sowing silk , 60
spool. 10 yard twist , lo spool. Our fine
summer corsets , 75o pair , every pair
warranted. Juat arrived , 100 ladles'
black silk sun umbrellas with gold
cap , only $1.50 each. Fancy silk para
sols all go at $1.48 each , worth up to
$4.60. Great bargains in our basement
in house furnishing goods at i usual
retail prices. BENNISON BROS.
Notice.
The undersigned wishing to dispose
of his interest in the Capital hotel , Lin
coln , Nob. , offers the same for sale nt a
bargain cash or trade taken in pay
ment thereof. The proposition carries
with it nn excellent opportunity for a
reliable investment. For particulars
call or address , E. P. Roggon , Lincoln ,
Nob.
Six "Weeks' Summer School.
At the Omaha Commercial College ,
corner Fifteenth nnd Dodge , by Rohr-
bough Bros. , beginning to-morrow
morning at 0 o'clock nnd for public
school children and all others.
Arilhuielio , grammar , writing , spell
ing , lotler writing , nnd business forms :
Tuition for above six weeks , $5 ; book
keeping with the above branches , $7.50 ;
short-hand , six weeks , $5 ; type-writing ,
six weeks , 85 ; writing alone , $8.60.
Special attention paid to penmanship ,
short hand and typo writing. Now is
your chance to review rusty branches.
Unriuht Pinnru For Rent x
atMoinborg's , 1514-1610 Dodge st.
Storz & Ilcr's Vienna Export Botllo
Boor for family use. Beer delivered to
any part of the city. Telephone 171.
Visit the Long Pine Chautauqua ,
July 18th to 28th. The finest grounds
and -moat delightful climate in the
stale.
Umbrellassun , shades and second hand
landaus for sale at 1409 and 1411 Dodgo.
Iho Celebrated Bruno Guitar
sold only by Moinborg , 1610 Dodgo.
*
WILD PONIES IN VIRGINIA.
They Are Moro IMfllcult to Catoh
Than the Bronco ? ol the Plain ? .
Off the northeastern shore of Vir
ginia , and about five miles from the
mainland lies a small island known as
Chincotoague an island possessed of
peculiarities shared by no other portion
of the eastern United States , for here
roams , in an entirely untamed state , a
breed of horses , or rather ponies , as wild
as the mustangs of Texas or the
Pampas.
How these ponies first came upon the
island is not known except through
vague tradition , for when the first set
tlers came there early in the eighteenth
century , they found the animalsalready
roaming wild about its piny meadows.
The tradition received from the In
dians of the mainland , says the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat , was that a vessel
loaded with horses to ono of the Eliza-
bothian settlements of Virginia , was
wrecked upon the southern point of the
island , where the "horses escaped ,
while the whites were rescued by the
then friondlv Indians and carried to
the mainland , whence they found their
way to'somo of the early settlements.
The horses , loft to themselves up.on
their now territory , became entirely
wild , and , probably through hardships
endured , degenerated into a peculiar
breed of ponies.
When ono is wanted ho is caught
with a lasso , not ns they do upon the
plains , but by hanging it on the end of
a long polo and then dropping it skil
fully ever the pony's head.
Uncle Ken takes the polo. Holding
the noose well aloft on the top of it , so
ns not to frighten the intended prey
upon which ho has fixed his eye , ho
cautiously approaches the herd around
which the crowd has gathered.
Ono of the ponies takes a sudden
fright and u stampede follows , the spec
tators scattering riglit and left. For a
moment the intended captive is wedged
in the midst of the rest of the herd.
Uncle Ken sees his advantage. Ho
rushes forward , the noose is dropped
nnd settles around the pony's neck.
Immediately six lusty negroes , with
glistening tooth , perspiring faces and
glittering oycs , are at the other end of
the rope. The animal makes a gallant
fight.
This way nnd that ho hauls his as
sailants , roaring nnd squealing. Now
ho makes a sudden side dash and sends
them rolling ever and ever , plowing
their heads through the shifting sand
till thciir wool is fairly powdered ; still ,
however , "tho boys" hold on to the
ropo.
At length the choking halter com
mences to toll ; the pony , with rolling
eyes and quivering Hanks , wheezing
audibly.
Now is the moment ! In rush the
negroes , clutching the animal by logs
and tail.
A wrestle and a houvo , a struggle on
the pony's part , a kick that Bonds Nod
hopping with a , barked shin llkoti crazy
turkey , and Sambo plowing through
the sand and stlnkwced in among the
spectators , and then over goes the pony
with four or llvo luaty. shouting negroes
sprawling around him.
The work is done ; a running noose is
slipped around the pony's nose , his fore
lock is tied to this by a bit of string ,
and soon his tantrums cease , as ho real
izes that ho is indeed u captlvo.
The Northwestern line ticket oillco is
No. 1401 Farnam street.
Ladies , remember that Quaker Rolled
Oats are sold in 2 pound packages only.
You cannot get thorn in barrels.
Ladies , our gentlemanly sampler * , will
present you free a J Ib. package of the
nicest oat meal you ever out , Quaker
oixta.
Chnnco < > r 'f lino.
On and after Sunday , July ? , Iho even
ing Irain for Kansas City and SI. Loud
via Iho Missouri Pacillo railway wil
leave the depot. 16th and Webster sts.
nt 0 p. in. , liiBtcnd of 8:80 : , as hereloforo
Chonp Kent ,
10 room Jipuso with all modern 1m-
provoinenls , & 30 a month. 1218 S. 30tl
ave ,
Buffet bread
CLIPPING ttRirrgH IN SHOES.
Oinnhn8 Ijcmrsi Prloo Shoo House.
Tim Poptihrt" Chicago Dnrgatn
Shoo Co.J 1520 DougtnN St.
Infants' hand towed shoes , 15 cents.
Children's BcUbol shoos , sizes 8 to 12 ,
05 cents.
I Children's button shoes , sizes 4 to 8 ,
5 cents.
Lndics' butlomahocs , 76 cents.
Ladles' serge ) congress gtvltcrs , 60
conts.
Lndlcs1 Borgo'filippcrs , 2-5 conts.
Ladles' kid taicslippors , 45 cents.
Mon's base brill shoos , 60 conts.
Boy's base bull shoos , 60 conts.
Ladies' kid button shoos , 75 dents.
Mon's dross shoos , all styles , $1,25.
Men's working shoes , 75 cents.
And hundreds of bargains too
lumorous to mention. Wo lead
ho shoo trade of Omaha , being
connected with n number of stores in
the cnst ono of our firm is continually
n the mnricot securing rnllnblo goods
it a bargain which our customers
always got the benefit of. It will bo a
mistnko to purehnso anything in the
jhoo line before scolng us.
'THE POPULAR" CHICAGO BAR
GAIN SHOE COMPANY ,
1620 Douglas st.
Ono price only.
Open every night until 0 o'clock ,
Saturdays until 11. ,
Auction of Restaurant.
No. 1014 Cuming st. , Monday , 10 n.
m. , tables , chairs , stoves , dishes , candy
ars , show case , counters , partitions ,
etc. Omaha Auction & Storngo Co.
Fust Time to tno Knnt.
The Burlington No. 2 , fast vestlbulo
express , leaves Omaha daily at 3:15 : p.
in. and arrives at Chicago at 7:00 : the
next morning , in time to connect with
all .morning Irains out of .Chicago for
the oast. The famous fast mail , now
carrying passengers , loaves Omaha
[ Union Pacific depot ) daily at 8:16 : p.
m. and Council Bluffs at 0:25 : p. in. , ar
riving nt Chicago nt 12:00 : noon the fol
lowing day , the fastest time over made
between the Missouri river nnd Chl-
cngo on n rogulnr schedule. Pullman
palace sleeping cars nnd Irco reclining
shnir cars on nil through trains.
Sumptuous dining cars on veslibulo express -
press Irnins , bolh lo Chicago and Den
ver. Cily lickotofllco , 1223 Farnam St.
Telephone 250.
Stclnway Upright I'latio Cheap
at Moinborg's , 1614-1510 Dodge st.
Fifst-class cleaning and dyeing clone
at the Steam Dye Works , 1521 Howard
St. Tel. 947. C. T. Paulson , Prop.
Sunday Excursion.
A special train will leave the depot at
16th and Webster streets Sunday after
noon at2:30forRuser's : Park , Lawn , Sey
mour Park , etc. ; returning , arrive in
Omaha at 7:85ip : : in. Go out and spend
the afternoon.
Double daily\train service between
Omaha , Fremont , David City , York ,
Wuhoo and Lincoln , via the North
western lino.
Our American Colleges.
Boston Globe : This is the sea
son when nubile attention is di
rected to our institutions of learn
ing , nnd especially to these which
graduate the men ( and women ) who tire
to largely shnpo1 the thought and liter
ary character of the nation in coming
years. The past week has witnobsed
the harvesting a largo academic crop ,
and tluit upou which wojjliavo entered
will sea' most of the great colleges do-
livcrodfof their classic-progeny.
Harvard collocro , .founded in 1030 , is
only six years younger than the settle
ment of Boston. It was many years
before it durod to risk comparison with
any of the old universities of Europe ,
which were looked up to as the venerable -
able mothers of learning. Today it may
boldly challenge comparison with any
of the establishments of the Old World ,
and for purposes that belong to our
American civilization it is superior to
any of them.
Few people are awnro of the extent of
our higher educational machinery.
There are now in the United States
301 colleges devoted , to the liberal arts ,
with 4,442 instructors and 70,024 stu
dents. Of these colleges , 275 have an
annual income of $7,375,200. Besides
these , wo have 159 institutions for the
higher education of women , with 1,854
instructors , and property amounting to
over 812,000,000. There are'also ninety
distinct schools of science , having
14,898 students , and endowments reach
ing upwards of $3,000,000. This does
not include 146 schools of theology and
fifty schools of law. having ever 10,000
students , and property amounting to
ever 820,000,000.
Besides these 894 institutions of
higher learning , wo have 1,476 schools
for secondary learning. Of the loading
colleges , 48 have received grants of
land from the public domain , while the
Michigan university and eorno others
are supported entirely by the state.
Taken as a whole , our American col
leges are so liberally endowed that stu
dents are enabled to got an education ,
on the average , at one-tenth of its ac
tual cost. The liberality of our rich
men to the colleges stands as a very
gratifying rebuke to the aspersion that
wo are wholly a nordid , material people ,
and is not equalled in any country in
the world. As a result the colleges have
most of them passed out of the state of
miserable poverty that formerly
hemmed in their usefulness , and seine
of them are even affluent. According
to the report of the United States com
missioner of education for the year
1880-87 wo find that 304 of our colleges
have property to the amount of $45,948-
778 , while 200 report funds amounting
to $44,410.188.
In our higher instutitions of learning
there are constantly about 125,000 stu
dents in training for the professional
and literary wallisof life. Of these the
proportion of women .is . constantly on
the increase , itnd wo have set to the
world the example of education which
knows no sex aun no previous condition.
It is true thut old-titno prejudices still
linger stubbornly , ns to perfect equality
of the BOXOB in education. buttltoy | are
graduallj nurnmdoring before the spirit
of progress , and. nra surely doomed to
disappear entirely in duo timo.
The organization of educational instl-
tulons in tiny given country will natur
ally conform to the drift and genius of
its civilization. Wo do not achieve the
scholarship andftcchn'.cnl proficiency in
special directions thut are found in the
European colleges , but wo send out the
kind of mon that nro fitted to the needs
of our rounded progress and cultivation
us citizens of this republic. Wo are on
the wing , and have no time to linger
around the moss-growli haunts of an-
tlqutsts. Wo are nfter learning that
points forward to the future instead of
back to the past , and the Paris exposi
tion to-day boars witness of how well
wo have succeeded.
On the whnln , we are proud of our in
stitutions of hignor learning. Though
wo have our share of the rust of con-
sorvutlsm clinging to us , with much
that is faulty , and oven frivolous in
education , wo nro none the loss in the
vanguard of progress , nnd glvo every
promise of remaining thoro. Every
commencement in every college leaves
behind some concession of the dead past
to the living present and the foreshad
owed future. HKNHV ' "
Great White SnltSalo.
E. F. McCnrtuoy ,
For
The Elite Cloak and Suit Co. ,
1610 Douglas St.
AH our immense stock of WHITE
SUITS must bo closed out during the
coming week , no matter what they
bring.
60 will bo sold for $3.00 each.
2 will bo sold for $4.25 each.
87 will bo sold for $5.66 each.
22 will bo sold for SO.OO ouch.
29 will bo sold for $7.50 each.
Ono small lot assorted nnd ranging in
price from $9 to $16 each.
Wo positively assure our frlqnds that
no suit offered Is worth loss thnii
DOUBLE THE PRICE ASKED.
A choice lol of now silk wnlsls to bo
closed also this wcok.
Lndios' cnmbrlo wrappers $1.20.
Ladies' cambric hubbards 81.45.
Ladles fine suits , costumes , tongowns ,
wrappers , etc. , etc.
Jackets , wraps and lace garments.
Every garment sold lilted perfectly
before leaving the store , without extra
charge.
E. F. MCCARTNEY ,
For
The Elite Cloak and Suit Co. ,
1610 Douglas Street.
Alfred McinucrR Co.
has now ono of the best piano tuners In
the country. Pianos tuned by the year
at reduced rales.
Grocer sollGoldoii Gate Special bread
For Kent Very Cheap.
2d and 3d floor 22-80 each of Drick
building 1108 Farnam st. Gas , water
and freight elevator , $40.00 per mouth.
Just the kind for light wholesaling or
manufacturing. GEO. HKYN ,
Grantto Block.
Lenvo orders for Storz &Ilor's Vienna
export botllo boor wilh Chas. Slorz ,
cor. Clarke and Snundors sis. , Chris
Tofl , 312 S. 15th st. . Jno. Bowyer , 2025
Lake St. , Totllo & Cahlll , 810 S. 10th st.
Storz & Iior's Boor.
Storz fi Iior's Vienna expert bottle
beer for family use. Boor delivered to
any part of the city. Telephone 171.
Educational llol'orms Recommended.
Now York Commercial Advertiser :
The committee of eight of the board of
education charged with the formula
tion of an improved course of sludy in
Iho public schools , has reported a now
course for the approval of the board of
education. The committee recom
mended several radical changes , ono of
tno chief being thut the study of French
and Gorman bo discontinued.
It is proposed to muko observation
lessons n prominent feature , and to in
troduce specific features in the course
of manual training , workshops and
cooking rooms to bo placed in school
buildings not already provided with
them on application of the ward trus
tees. The study of United States his
tory and of the character of our civil
government is to bo so arranged as lo
inculcate patriotism. The coinmltloo
also recommended changes in Iho pri
mary schools lo allow for Iho incorpor
ation of an inlroauclory grade and n
supplementary grade , the former to
provide for the preliminary education
of children unfitted to begin the sludics
in Iho sixlh gradoand Iho latter to pro
vide for pupils capable for promotion tea
a grammar department but unable to
enter on account of lack of accommoda
tions.
The Decline of Agriculture.
Jloston Qlobe.
In those days , when the thrifty
farmer is busy with his growing croos ,
it is intoresling lo cast an eye about n
well ordered farm and notice the sur
prising invenlions in improved agri
cultural implements.
Nothing so correctly measures Iho
development of the human race as the
progress of improved agricultural ma
chinery from primitive days to the
present lime. The Egyptian fellah
3000 years ago dug the earth with a
crooked stiJk , Ihrow in the seed and
reaped his grain clumsily with a rudd
sickle. The Japanese have but little
improved upon this method up lo the
present day. The Indian ryot , who as-
bumes to compote with the American
farmer in the wheat market of the
world , uses nn iron blndo six inches
long , and costing four conls , for a
sickle. Even in some of the most pro
gressive countries of Europe the farm
ing implements still boar as conclusive
marks of primeval simplicity.
The United Stales are far ahead of
the rest of the world in improved agri
cultural machinery. And yet in spite
of this advnnlago , with the richest soil
on the planet , our relative farming
populalion is sleadily decreasing. In
1870 , 47 per conl. of our people were engaged -
gaged in agriculluro ; in 1880 , 44 per
cent. ; in 1885 , 42 per cent. It is now
probably loss than 40 per cent. , and the
tie is still diminishing.
In the face of this melancholy show
ing , our facilities for wheat production
arc six times as great as in India. Our
wheat area has steadily doubled twice
ns fast as our population , nnd every
thing in nature and in art would scorn
to bo in our favor.
Why is it , then , that half the farms
of the couhlry are under mortgage , and
that the farms are being gradually deserted -
sorted lu despair of their yielding a
profit , or oven maintaining themselves
free from debt'Of all questions that
ultimately concern our national welfare
in this counlry , this is the ono worlh
sludying most seriously.
What must the clumsy French .or
Gorman farmer think who visits the
great Paris exposition and looks at our
wonderful farm machinery , only to bo
told thnt upon the rich American soil
where it was mnnufncturcd the fnrmora
nro not able to keep out of debt and
save their farms from the grip of Iho
morlgneeoV There is a deep and ruin
ous wrong somewhere , and Iho farmers
nro gelling at the root of it now that it
is almost lee late to buvo themselves.
Improved mnchlnory of ngrlculturo ,
with antiquated Chinese machinery nnd
methods of tariff taxation are gradually
placing the farmer In a position where
the more ho produces the worse ho Is
oil. Nothing can bo moro humiliating
than to hear this very staloment , as ono
often does , from the farmer's lips while
ho Is exhibiting his ingenious laborsaving -
saving farming tools.
Is this American protection r
A HlfitiiK Vounu 1'oot.
Speaking of poetry , especially of
American poetry , here Is a specimen
submitted to the Now York World by
George Ethoridgo , an ambitious citizen
of Rome , N. Y. :
Tno boy stood on the front-door stoop , nor
thought of diingor near ;
Ho cared not lor her father's boot In snort
ho know no fear.
Ho took out his pocuot-tmrror nnd paused
for on Instunt there
To remove his nice new derby ana to smooth
Than grasped ttio'hnndlo gontlv nnd timidly
For holuiewthat her harsh old father bated
him worse than anything.
A moment of pjilnful waiting , a moment of
anxious doubt ,
And the door was swiftly opened , while a
foot flow quickly out.
A moment ol quiet ugony.a moment or silent
And tho'Vouiig ' man lurcb'od through the
uttnospUero nnd hung himself on tuo
fence.
Knifing bry Good * .
For ono wcok prior to stock taking wo
shall slaughter every dollar's worth of
goods In our store at from 25 to 60 per
cent below our regular prices.
Lndios' full rogulnr hose 12o } , were
85c ; Indies' fn&t black hose 16c , worlh
80c ; ladles1 hose nt lOc , worth 860 ; chil
dren's black ribbed hoi < o lOc ; children's
lisle thread hose , rogulnr mndo , lUo ,
worth 60o ; lisle thread gloves 16o.worth
SOc ; silk umbrellas , $1.80 , witn gold
knob ; our$5 silk umbrella down to $2.76 ;
men's flniinolovorshlrts.TOc ; all our $1.25
men's ovorshirts down to76o ; our$4sllk
striped men's shirts at $2.05. Wo have
a lot of 44-inch skirting embroidery in
very fine goods to slaughter ; 8-1 om-
broldoryat$2.4U ; $3 embroidery at $1.80 ;
our $1.CO embroidery at 70o ; lawn ties ,
lOc ; salines at 7jo a yard : challios at
85oayard ; Lonsdalo muslin OJo a yard ;
surah silks nt 47u a yard ; China silks at
39o a yard.
MILLINERY , MILLINERY.
All millinery at one-half prico.
Trimmed hats at $1.05 , worth 81 ; 810
hats at $8.05. See our prices on trimmed
hats in our show window ; long flower
wreathes 49c. Sale for ono week only.
STONEHILL'S , UP and 118 10th st.
Blnnnlllcont Oritnit ut ft Sacrifice
at Moinberg's , 1514-1610 liodgo st.
The adjourned annual stockholders'
mooting of the Council BlutTs nnd
Omaha Chautauqua assemblies will beheld
hold at Council BlutTs , In. , at 4 o'clock
p. in. Monday , July 8 , at board of trade
rooms. J. M. OUIISMJH , Secy.
July 6,1889.
The Mlnnolcahta hotel at Dakota Hot
Springs is now open , and round trip ex
cursion tickets sold lo that point.
Take the Northwestern line for
Spirit Lnko , St. Paul , and cool summer
resorts of the north.
Ask for Golden Gate Special bread ,
sold by all grocers.
Gco. N. IHcks has removed his real
cslalo oflfco to room 205 Now York Lifo
Building.
NICKEL-IN-THE-SLOT EXECU
TIONS.
Ilia Drama tic Method Proposed by
a German Invcn'or.
Thcro are signs of reforms in the
methods of execution in olhor countries
besides America , says ono of our
foreign contemporaries , but it is doubt
ful whether the German government
will adopt the excessively dramatic
mode which has been recommended to
it by a certain Leipzig inventor.
His apparatus consists of n platform
nine meters square , approached by five
stops. In the center of the platform is
a chair for the condemned man. Behind
it stnnds a liguro of justice holding a
pair of scales in her left hand.
Under the platform is a series of elec
trical accumulators , from which wires
pass through the legs of the chair into
the scat and back , and terminate in
platinum plates.
The patient having been seated , the
executioner roads the sentence , nnd
then , Inking a wand , breaks it and deposits -
posits the pieces in ono of Iho scales.
This descends , completes the necessary
connections , nnd so ends the matter.
In Germany , indeed , reform is just
now being loudly clamored for , public
opinion having boon greatly stirred up
by a tragedy which occurred a few
weeks ago , when , it may bo remem
bered , the imperial executioner , in a
fit of jealous rngo , kicked ono of his
assistants to death.
It is contended with some show of
reason that the crime was , to some ex
tent , attributable to Iho brutalizing ef
fects of the prisoner's occupation.
Burlfnttm Route Chances of Tlnio
Inking EfTeat July 7th.
On and nflor the nbovo dnto , the sleep
ing car on the Burlington's Fast Mail
Train , No. 8 , will leave the Union Pa
cific depot , Omaha , at 8:45 : p.m. , nrriv-
ing in Chicago the following day at 12
o'clock noon.
The night express for Kansas City
will leave the Burlington Route depot
at 9 p. m. , instead of 8:35 : as now. On
and nfter Monday , Iho 8th , the Kansas
City day express will leave at 9:85 : a.m. ,
instead of 9:05 : ns now.
Cily Ticket Office , 1223 Farnam si.
Telephone , 250.
In Illinois , as in many olhor states ,
the ro is a law which provides thav n
railroad company cannot bo made tote
to pay moro than $5,000 for killing a
person , though tlioro is no limit to the
amount for which a company may bo
sued for merely maiming a person.
Ono day , says the Chicago Herald ,
Senator Henry H. Evans , who likes a
joke botlor than a meal , was telling ono
of his rural constituents about this law
as they were riding together from
Aurora to Chicago.
"Waal , " said the granger , finally ,
"it's a durn sight cheaper , Ihon , fur
'em to kill a man than to cut oil his arm
or his log. "
' 'Of course it is , " said the senatorand
then lowering his voice to a whisper ho
said in the granger's oar : "You sco
that ax up thoroV"
"Yes , " whispered the constituent ,
looking at the tools carried in the car
for use in case of need.
"Woll , " said Iho senator , "thov
carry that to kill mon with in cnso they
nro hurl in an accident. "
"Waal I " said the
, snum , granger ,
"that's the awfulest thing I ever heerd
of. "
ASIUBEMKNra.
TWO NIGHTS f
TuesiUy i\ml Wcdnomlny , July 3 mm 10.
The Incothpnr&olo-
KABL , MACDONAM ) & JJABMABEB , Prtpo ,
The Largest llcst mail Only Complete
lu America , comprising
7Ol the GUAM ) ENSKMBL
Suborb Chorus and Orchestra.
The Greatest Success ,
PYGMALIAN
TUESDAY AND
NIGHT ANDGALATEA
Mnrlo Stone : Jcsslo Dnrtlett
JULY 0. Davis , Cixrlott.i Muroncln , Jo-
xoplilno llartlott , Tom Karl.
W. II. Mncdonnlil , II. 0. $ ?
Itixrniioeo niul Kiigcno Cowldl
In the cast.
Vnrnoy's Exqulsto Coralnno ,
THE-
WEDNESDAY
MUSKETEERS ,
MATINEE
.lultctto Cordon. Cnrlotta Mn-
( omln , I.oulso IHaticln. W. It.
JIncdoimlil , Kdwln HefT , II.O. JULY 10.
jlarnaboo , Jo.sephitio llnrllott
nnd Gertrude Colby in the
cast.
Their famous presentation ot
FATINITZA ,
WEDNESDAY
Jcsslo llnrtlott Davis. Corlot-
trv.Macomln , Kdwlu llor. ( IT.
NIGHT O. llurnaben , Eugene ( . vl 9 ,
Josephine llartlutt , Florotda .
Iteeu , ICdltU McUreKor , J 9Slo
JULY 10. Olllvler.Ilclen rolthiimK/rtn-
cea IbDotaon , ( leorge l"roth-
liiKlmm and Fred Dlxon 14
the cust.
POI'UIMK OPEU.V I'UICEJ.
Evening $1.50 , 11.00. 78c , 2Jd
Mntlnao $1.00. TSo , BOc , & 8
Transcontinental tour of THE HOSl'ONIANB
umlcrthe mnnivgomoiit -Messrs. . Ar. . HAYMAIT
ot the ItaliUvIn and Now Cullforula Theatres ,
Han Knuiclsco. and Vv'ii.r , J. DAVIS of th Hay
market , Chicago.
WeeK of July Fill.
FAKEIVELI , Al'PEAKANCE
ot the People's Pampered Pets
The Rfneheart Family.
Introducing Now fipoclnltles In
Dark Corners of n Grcat.CUy.
Numerous capricious pranks of nature lu the
Cuilo Hall. ,
Quo Dime Admits to All.
ANDBESS'
New Colossal Shows
WDM VWIWU'US ' UrlDWBVWi ,
Lurjjesr und Ilouvlcbt Elephant In the world. )
CIRCUS
Museum nnd Mnnnparle. will exhibit at
Omaha , ono w ek. rommenclnf ?
MONDAY , JULY 15.
On tholntfliit
Eighteenth and Charles Streets ,
ADMiSSION IO AND 2O CENTS.
A Krcnt moral nhow. No fakirs , nhnrpora or
conlldijnco men allowed with thtsMiow.
( CiiH'oninr )
What l the attraction around
_ _ thoNu tables ; ' *
TAILOR ( SllldMllllll )
1409 DOUGLAS STREET.
Oh , at the cud caclneavon , wo
have several iliniMiiiKl rouinant < i loft , Just enough
I'coplo for TroH.serH , Coal ami Vent , or 1'aiits anil Vent ,
and Meoll's collect * Hi em , put a price on them that
actually hellK quickly , and create * nil Interest.
waiting ( Customer )
Why , can't you HO ! ! them In the nuiial way nnd
on got more Tor thorn ;
themselves
Wo conhl , hut .Mlt'oll' * never lots oocN sloop
ut
li role rM to sell them whCo they're full ol' bright *
our * ness ,
It clears stock or oi : li.
rumimut- ItlakeM work tor work people. It H a sort off
money looKlnt ; I hut alter all Is proJltat > 'o.
sain
( Customer )
or
It * certainly milblaetory to the buycri , they
Tro uncr are nelually waltlnt , ' on Ilicmsolve * .
ft , iV 3 ? '
NIGOLL tiie TAILOR ,