THE OMAHA. DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , 'SEPTEMBER 1 , 1889.-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES ,
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FOR FALL , and WINTER BUSINESS
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, . . , . i4 % The First Two Weeks of September , " * T" fA "
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= THE TWO ORPHANS =
Have originated the plan tostart the season's trade by placing early in the hands of the cons umera line of our own Winter Suits and Overcoats.
\ In order to do this , we-will sell , during the first two weeks in September , 1
Winter goods at summer prices. Nothing like it has ever been tried , and none ever offered in the city for an early offering on
the 1st of September.
I'it * 'itk Winter Goods at Summer Prices
Our aim will be to place on the consumer the first garments of the season. Having in our mind a view for the Jater trade , and by doing this we
expect to have our-goods noticed enough by the time the season actually develops that every person will actually find need for
Winter Goods. Ours' ' will be advertised before the people sufficiently to warrant our fine clothing to be the
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' MOST POPULAR LINE OF GOODS EVER OFFERED IN THE CITY. .
THE TWO YANKEE ORPHANS
Make a business of making bargains. Inspect us , critcise our prices , and
, know and secure for yourself one of the
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MIGHTY OFFERINGS OF SUMMERWINTER GOODS AT SUMMER PRICES.
p CORNER DOUGLAS AND SIXTEENTH STREETS.
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THE JOYS OF A GYPSY LIFE.
Why Tents are Preferable to Box-
Iiiko Houses.
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TRUE CHILDREN OF NATURE.
A Queenly Old [ Lady TnlUs About the
Nomadic .Ways of Her People
and the Countries She Ilaa
Visited.
The Dark DwellcrH In Tonts.
Down on the river bottoms , at the
foot of Grace street , Is an encampment
of gypsies. They are so totally uuliko
Che gypsies wo read of that they deserve
especial notice. There are no dark , vil
lainous-looking brigands with rod
cashes , stuck full of knives , who mutter
"Car-r-r-umba" "Maledicto"
- - - or as you
k approach ; neither nro there any ugly
old crones who want their "palms
crossed with silver" us nn inducement
lor them to poor Into the mysteries of
the future in your behalf ; no troop of
noisy , nigged children dog your foot
steps and seek to pilfer your handkai'-
chief from your coattail'pocket whuo
you vainly try to keep a puck of noisy
curs away from your hools.
On the contrary , the men , re
sembling the gypsoy of fiction
only In one respect , being dark
from exposure to the weather are affa
ble , good natured follows who are
ulwnys glad to greet a visitor , especially
if he has a horse to trade. The women
nro all good looking and , with the ex
ception of a trace of gypsy about the
face , resemble in other particulars the
Bisters , sweethearts and wives of ordl-
naro humanity. The children , and
there are several , are just us bright ,
bonnlo little ( lowers as are the cherubs'
Wo caress at home. The dogs well
there 1 ? but one dog a big , bouncing
old collie who wags his tail in a very
friendly manner and puts his nose in
your hand , as much ns to say , "How do
V * you do , sir , I am a Gypsy dog. "
1-f And strange to relate , all these poo-
vlo uro clean , The men do not dross in
broadcloth , of course , and the women
are not clothed in satin with point lace
trimmings , neither are the children
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qlad'in yolvot.but the course jeans pants
and gingham dresses will compare favor
ably with the garments worn by what
is known aa the middle class of life. The
tents , for these'gypsies dwell in tents ,
are models of neatness Inside. The
shootHon the low cctsuro as white as
those found on the luxurious couoh of
the riph , nd everything boars evidence
of the fact that this camp of gypsies bo-
llovo that olounlluoss is uoxt to Godli
ness.
There nro throe families in this en
campment. The oldest family bear the
name of Fisher. Tuoro are but two
members'tho old man and hia wifewho
have roamed together overall the world
for thirty-three long years. The man
ia a lino-looking specimen of his class ,
tall ) broad-shouldered , with hair that
oncu was bluok as coal , hut is now
tinged with silver. And while Ills life
Jrom the days when his gyjisy mother
lulled him to Bleep in the cradle of na
ture , has been spent In roving from
place to place , he has acquired a knowl
edge of the usages of what , the world of
fashion sees lit to call society , which
would tit him for almost any station ,
lie IB not a man of letters , although he
can discuss theology and has bean
heard to take exception to th Da/-
winian theory of evolution. But his
experience , what a book it would make ?
What a story he could write under the
title of "A Tale of a Thousand CitiesV"
His wife , too , is growing old. The
curls that once rivalled the ebony hue
of the raven's wing , like the clustering
locks on the husband's head , boar the
indelible marks of the pencil of time ,
which has traced silver lines through
its glossy wealth. And in the days of
her early womanhood what a creature
she must have been. Hebol psliaw ,
Hebo never rivalled this woman , who ,
while noarine the last span of life's
bridge retains so much. of tho.beauty
and grace Jtnat only properly belong to
maidens. %
Sbo , like 'h'er husband , possesses a
wonderful knowledge of the affairs of
life , and while not an academic gradu
ate , can distinguish the Grout Bear
from the constellation of Orion , and
can explain the dimensions of the doc-
star as compared with the planet which
furnishes the earth's inhabitants with
light and heat.
. . reporter visited the camp a foiv
days ago and engaged her in conversa
tion. It is indeed a wonderful life the
gypsy lends. "I was born in a wagon
in England , " she remarked. "Wo are
English gypsies , and , " with a smile ,
"aro somewhat unlike the gypsies wo
read of. My parents were gypsies , us
wore my husband's. Our children are
gypsies , and I expect always will bo , as
will their children.
"We have traveled all over England ,
Ireland , Scotland and' Wales , and no
one knows those countries bettor than
wo. Wo also sport some time in Franco
and Germany , and have been m Italy
and Spain. That woman ever
there , " indicating a comely fe
male fondling a bright little girl ,
"is a Spaniard , I suppose , because
shewas born in Barcelona. In Amer
ica wo spent some time in Canada and
Mexico , but the greater portion of the
time wo have been in the United States ,
It is a much bettor country than any
for us.
"How do wo make a living' ? Oh the
men trade horses and wagons , and work
at odd jobs , while wo of the female BOX
are quite handy with our noodles. All
of us make lace and , as for myself , I can
justly lay claim to the distinction of
being an artist in that line. Some of
my intricate patterns have brought mo
very high prices. You may not believe
it , but Miss Nellie Grant , the daughter
of your dead prosiaont , once bought
luce of mo. Our men folks are good ,
sharp traders , and seldom make u deal
without getting some boot money. Wo
got along nicely because , as you will
notice , it docs not cost us ns much to
live as ether people. Wo uro nuturo's
children. Nature is God. A poet once
wrote that the groves were God's llrst
temples , and wo , His children , occupy
them. "
"When and how was I married ? Oh ,
it was In Juno , 1850. That is thirty-
. three yours ngo. There were six fural-
lies of us traveling together. We were
married in Birmingham , England , by
Dean Brownlie , of the Episcopal church.
My wedding gown ? Well it wus very
unlike that of the rincoss who
recently wedded the earl of Fifn. It
was a now one though and of gingham.
My mother told me I looked very pretty
and my husband said substantially as
much. "
"What changes have taken place
since that day ? My mother IB dead and
lies in a bright little volley in the land
of the trl-color. My father , who , after
she passed rway , came with us to Amor-
ca , sloops beneath the sod on a green
hillBldo in upper Canada. Two of iny
children have died since wo came to
America , One is buried in Georgia ,
while the ether awaits the judgment
day in a little burying ground in Min
nesota. Only a week ago one of my
little grandchildren died and was laid
away at Florence , north of the city. I
expect that when I and my husband bid
ouch other farewell our graves will bo
far apart. But nevertheless wo are
happy. Wo love the life we lead and
ask no better. We could not settle
down in ono spot and bo content. The
world is ours and we roam ever it.
In summer wo go north and in winter
south. We have our hardships and our
joys and while , sometimes , the former
are-numerous and the latter few , wo
do not complain. And , although wo
become scattered hero on earth wo
know that some day we will bo united
in a land where there is no separation.
It is strange that people fail to under
stand our choice In life with such bright
prospects , isn't it ? "
A Study of Women's Foot.
An amateur photographer recently
exhibited to a Brunswick ( Ga. ) Times
reporter a series of twenty-six phojo-
graphs taken by him on St. Simon's
island during encampment week in
Juno last. Most of them showed the
counterfeit presentments of surf-bath-
bathers on the beach In front of the
Hotel St. Simon's. A peculiarity about
them was that in every case except ono
the upper part of the figure wus blurred
beyond recognition , while the foot stood
out in startling proportions. By way
of explanation , the photographer said :
"I was a green hand with the camera ,
and somehow or ether I couldn't make
the thing work so as to take a perfect
picture. But just look at these foot !
They are largo , but their outlines are
perfect. Since the photographs have
boon in my possession I have boon mak
ing a study of feet. For instance , look
hero. You see this is a naked foot.
It belongs to a young lady
whoso homo Is in Atlanta.
Those little bumps on the toes are
corns. If you'll examine closely you'll
observe that there are seventeen of
them. Don't you know the young lady
preferred sitting down to standing up ?
Those corns were made by tight shoes.
The unfortunate owner ol the feet be
longs to that very largo class of women
who , when they buy SIOOB ) fit their
head instead of their foot. "
The reporter picked up a photograph
which showed a pair of feet in slippers.
"Whoso are these ? " ho asked.
"They belong to a Madison girl , " was
the reply , "Your never saw foot more
perfect. By the way , I want to call
your attention to a discovery I've made.
These are the foot of a blomlo. You
will never see a blonde whoso foot nro
ugly. They maybe largo , but they will
bo shapely. There'a ouo small corn down
there on that little toe , but it servos
the same purpose a piece of black stick
ing-plaster serves on u white face it
brings out all latent beauties. The
owner of these feet was ono of the most
popjlar belles ut the Hotel St. Simon's.
She completely captured the hearts of
the Columbus guards , and , I am told ,
will become the wife of a member of
that company in the fall. "
Among the photographs wus one
which displayed an extremely hand
some figure- and foot just as perfect BH
Juno's. The reporter was euro that he
had in his hand the picture of a charm
ing Atlanta belle , or ono of Macon , or
ono of Brunswick. )
"Who is this ? " he inquired.
"Well , that might bo Queen Victor-
la's youngest and handsomest granddaughter
" the "but It ' .
daughter , was reply , Isn't.
That is a nurse who was at the Hotel
St. Simon's with a prominent Atlanta
family"
A MOUNTAIN PIE FACTORY
The Man at "The Forks" Does Boat
thb World. '
BEAUTY OF THE MOUNTAINS.
It ia Seen Nowhere to Greater Ad
vantage Than in the Rockies
Aronnd Denver Specimen
Hunters Victimized.
Tney Have Cause to bn Proud.
DKNVHB , August 23. [ Special to THE
BKE. ] Donveritos arc naturally proud.
They have a right to fool so , for they
have many glorious things to bo proud
of. They especially boast of their cli
mate , as though it had boon in nil o es
pecially for thorn. They have boon
talking ns though they had a trust in
fair weather predictions. Their pride
ever the weather has had a fall , several
of them , falls of rain , which caused the
despondent mud to swash ever even the
rock-boddod streets of Donvor. "No ,
no , wo have no need of paving in Don
vor. The streets are made of the solid
rook itself , and wo are all right. " That
has boon the talk , but u good deal of
dirt can accumulate on the too of rock ,
and heavy raina will make mud of it ,
causing pedestrians to wade and swoar.
So this season has proven to the entire
dissatisfaction of a good many. The
merchants who have never had any oc
casion to keep stocks of rubbers and
gossamers , have boon distracted ever
this season's demand. The local pe-
dostnans , who for the ( last tlmo in
years have attempted to move rubber
clad foot , do so as awkwardly as if learn
ing anew to walk. It has boon a queer
season for Donvor.
Denver has also boon proud of Its
cable lino's , whch } are being extended
in all directions. Like the weather it
1ms been a ius cuuso of pride. The
rain came , though , and it nadly dam
pened the enthusiasm. The power
house was llootlpd , the rain buried the
tracks in plucoa out of sightand , oliohcd
the groove of thq grip. The announce
ment that tliQjcnpla care had quit run
ning on account ) qf too much wet weath
er , was u sensational one to sunshiny
Donvor. Foclufiatoly Denver enter
prise was not qrownoa out , and soon the
grip was doing , its work.
During the oura of stoppage there
was ii'iturally to bo heard much talk
about cable left's , oloctrio lines , horse
'cars , etc. It was wonderful how often
n remark coujd | bo heard sounding the
praieo of tba'plectrlo line between
Council Blufls'upd Omaha. In all dis-
cusHlou of the miittor of transit there is
liable to pop up some enthusiast , who
taking it for granted that the othora in
the group are ignorant of the fact , pro
ceeds to discourse glibly as to the won
ders of the oloctrio line across the Mis
souri. Denver hud an oloctrio line , but
it tore it out last year , the system networking
working satisfactorily. The system
had irti underground wire inbtcad ot
overhead , and was in other rospoots dif
ferent from the Omaha and Bluffs linos.
Iti the street corner and street car talk
0:1 : this topic , it is evident that the
electric line ia doing its full shuro to ad
vertise the two cities which it connects.
Denver is the huh for the Colorado
tourists , One can BOO great cities in
the east without coming west to look on
flue buildings and busy streets. But
' " cannot see tuo grand mountains of
Colorado , or any thing like them , in
any other part of the world. So the
tourist rushes for Denver , and instead
of stopping there , rushes out again for
the mountains , which are ever in
sight of the city , coaxing him to
leave the marts of men and enter
their wonderful solitudes. From Den
ver the tourist can run out on a'do on
different spokoa , each affording a de-
lightful.slght-seoing trip , and each en
tirely , different from any other one.
Then when the different spones are
traversed one may take the trip "around
the circle , " a distance of 1,000 miles ,
embracing all the best _ Colorado scen
ery. This , the crowning trip , can bo
made in four days , but it is better to
devote thirty to it , and oven then all
the wonders will not have boon fully
soon.
Of course the tourist will be uneasy
until ho finds himself whirling up the
Silver Crook canyon , which is one of
the grandest of the Alpine tours of the
Union Pacific. There is a constant
rush up this canyon and back , and yet
the traveling public does not scorn to bo
satiated , and the numbers increase
rather than diminish. Everyone .who
takes this wonderful ride wants to tiuco
it again and have his friends go along.
For a short distance after leaving Denver
vor there is little to distinguish the train
load from any other along a hum-drum
line , but us soon as the foot-hills are en
tered , and strangers begin to chat a
little with each ether , by the time
Golden is reached , and the weird won
ders of the canyon fairly open , and the
whole train load become pretty well ac
quainted. After passing ever one won
derful loop , the passengers get off the
tram at Graymontos old friends. Col
orado courtesy gives the privilege to
each to ask the other whore he is from ,
whore ho is going , and what ho is look
ing for. But eyon this courtesy , pecul
iar to Colorado , is enlarged and liberal
ized by a di/.zy ride together through
this Bconio canvon.
It is useless to throw adjectives to
gether. When you are through piling
up words , the great rocks arc still above
them , ana you have to close all perora
tions with the stale "indescribable. "
Clear Crook canyon does not seem a
very appropriate title to ouo entering
it and noticing the murky , Missouri
river appearance of the stream which
pours ever the rocks. It was clour
once , and is yet if you follow it far
enough. The clearer it is the duller
is business. Its murkiness is duo to the
mining up and down the canyon , The
more mining , the more murkiness , for
the washings are in this creek. At
present there is a revival of mining in
terests. Placer mining is noticed thin
year oven below Golden whore no such
sight lias boon presented for yours.
Now methods have boon devised , by
which a larger per cent of the gold is
saved , and hence it pays to work now at
places abandoned long ago , when meth
ods worn nioro crude , and the per cent
of gold lost in washing was so much
greater. The whole puiiyon is teeming
this your with unusual activity. The
great mountains seemed pierced in
places which from the train seem inac
cessible to anything hut a mountain
goat. Many are BO nigh that they look
like rat holes , and as you note the little
cabin near by , you wonder how in the
world it can bo ranched except by bal
loon.
loon.Tho tram roaches "Tho Forks. "
While another train is beinrr made up
to run off to Bluck Hawk , there is a
rush for pie. An enterprising follow
located hero lias made almost a na
tional reputation on apple pie. Every
well informed tourist is anxious to taste
one of those pies , which uro so highly
recommended by preceding travelers.
Forty cents is invested willingly In the
oxporltaont , and in nine out of tea cases
the verdict is ' 'the best apple pie I
over lasted. " How much of the success
of the forty cent pie experiment is duo
to the appetizing inlluenco of the
climate , and the exhilaration of the
ride , and how much to the pie will over
remain an unsettled problem. Onofaot
is discovered , and that ia the famous
tipple pie of "Tho Forks , " is , not an ap
ple after all , but is mixed. Enough of
the * peach is introduced to give it a
peculiar flavor , and this may in part bo
the secret of the phenomenal success of
the pie factory of the mountains.
Another whirl amid rocks and back
wards and forwards across the creek ,
brings ouo to Idaho springs. Hero for
the llrst time the real rush of "speci
men fiends" appears. Bare footed lads
and rosy cheeked lassies swarm about
'the train , and over it and through it.
Each has a cigar box full of broken
rock. Wonderful specimens , indeed ,
so they seem to the novitiate and tenderfeet -
dorfoot fresh from his pruirio homo ,
where there are not enougli pebbles to
oven drive away strange dosfs. You
are tempted to- buy a box of these
minerals , and a quarter or a half dollar
lar sends a fiend away happy , and leaves
you in possession of a box. Before you
have boon a half day longer in this
wonderland of mineral wealth you will
have thrown away box and all. You
noticed when you bought the specimens
that the man across the aisle turned his
face away to conceal a smile. You
understand it now. Those lads and
lassies scoop up a handful of those
stones anywhere , throw tliom into a
box , and then bait their victims. As
soon as yo.i leave the' train and begin
scrambling over the rocks and moun
tains , you llnd so many and much more
attractive ones scattered everywhere
that your only wonder is that the man
across the aisle did not roar outright.
But you are not thoroughly cured yet.
There are so nfany glittering , brigfitly
colored , queerly formed bits of rock
that you begin Iff gather up a collection
of your own. Every scramble you take ,
every little trip you make , you will bo
tempted to uii'k up all you can well
carry. After tugging th jra to your
room , you deposit them , i.nil the next
climb you tike you add to the ac
cumulation. By the time you uro ready
to pack your luggngo and start for the
next point of ojourn , you have tired of
the whole pile , and leave them fortho
chambermaid to dispose of. At thn
hotels throughout the canyon you can
always toll when a room nas boon va-
catou. You will see the chambermaid
throwing stones out of the window. A
shower of rock from overhead is a sure
announcement to you , as you sit on the
veranda below , that tourists have va
cated their apartments. Each well
regulated hotel has a vacant lot ad
jacent to it. for the hpecliil deposit of
these specimens , which please the
gath'jror for a moment and are then
discarded , This lieklonoas is doubtless
a wise provision of nature , to prevent
the mountains being carried away en
tirely.
AVomnn'H J-Jyoa ,
By most pouts and dreamers , artists
and philosophers , it Is agreed that
woman's eyes constitute her chief and
most enduring charm , says a writer in
the Troy .Times. Time may make
ashes of the tint of her cheeks and de
press their youthful roundness , coarsen
her mouth and elongate her oh In ; pain
and sickness , too , may rob her form of
all its graceful curves , deprive her
voice of its once clear ring , and steal
from her hands tbut maidenly velvet ;
but not until she is old , bowed down
and decrepit do her oyps lose their
power to spurklo with her mirth ,
brighten with her joy and soften with
her griof. From her cradle to her grave
they betray more of her actual fa
than her spoken words , and they also
manifest most onphatically such remonstrance -
monstrance as she could make forcible
by no other moans.
A woman's eyes are the boat of all In
dexes to her character , for by their
agency she can seldom palm off impu
dent boldness for courage , or tricky
simulation for modesty. To the base
woman her eyes arc her worst onomlos ,
just as to a pure woman they are her
best friends. The one they hinder in
her work of subterfuges , while the
ether they justify in her honest up
rightness. Mere words , however franKly -
ly spoken , cannot cover tho'smutch on
a stained woman's soul , which her eyes
must needs disclose , any moro than
baseless slander can shame down the
fearless frankness with which nuturo
lights up the eyes of the untainted.
Sweet though the words always are , a
woman's first whispered "I love you. ! "
does not convoy BO subtle a meaning to
the youth of her choice as does the
accompanying glow in her eyes.
Woman's anger , so long as she can
keep the tears back , if she has any
character to speak of , is made all-ira-
prossivo by the power of her eyes. But
lot rage so overmaster her that weeping -
ing comes , "drowning out the swaying
potency of her eyes , " and the other
wise extraordinary mugnifioonco of
woman's wrath degenerates into some
thing mirth-provoking and grotesque.
When Royalty I > HMCPH.
At state balls , bo it known , saye a
London letter to the San Francisco
Argonaut , there uro no dunce pro
grammes , and so far us the royalties nro
concerned , no introductions. Before
each dance the princes and princesses
confer together within the royal circle
just in front of the dias. They are
choosing their partners. When their
BoleotioiiB are made and bo suro-many
a joke and laugh among themselves ac
companies the labor of making aohoico
the lord chamborlnin immediately
bears the messugo thereof to the thus
distinguished person. The ohoson
partners , breaking all ether engage
ments , Hie up together to the royal
circle ( if not already within it ) and , if
men , approach the princesses and wait
till the august Indies come forward and
claim them ; if ladies , the nrlncod come
down to moot them and take possession
of them.
The royalties dnnco a good deal with
each other , and in the square dances ,
which at state duncos'nro very consider
ably shortened , the princess of Wulo <
never walka backward. I dare say when
this is known it will at once bucomo a
rule in the various "Four Hundreds" of
American society.
A Woman Cut.
The "Woman Cut" La Fommo-ohat
who has just escaped from the Sal-
potiero hospital , forms u. frequent toplu
of sensational talk and conjecture just
now , bays u Paris letter to the London
News : Jit uppours that last week a
good-looking and apparently healthy
girl of fifteen was taken to the hospital
by her friends. She waa examined by
Dr. Parinaud.and while ho was looking
nt her eyes she suddenly wont on ull
fours , her features become iliolortod ,
her eyes glared and , imitating the
mowing of u oat , ado ondoiwprcd U > blto
the porrioiirt who were utunding near
her. After having acted for several
moments in this manner the patient be
gun to lick her bands , and then gradu
ally returned to her BOIIBOS. When
under examination by Dr. Charcot the
girl hud another attack of the malady ,
which is called gulounthropiu hyfltorl-
quu , and she bit the eminent surgeon
severely in the log. Dr. Churcot hud
hoped of curing the patient , but elio
suddenly disappeared from the Salpu-
triero , and ia wandering at lurg
through Purist ,
