10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , OCTOBER 27 , 1889.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
DISTRICT PU
Eastern
Rimers began flying thick and fast about four weeks ago in the Chicago money market that certain Michigan Furniture Manufacturers were financialy
assed , it was an open secret that they had to raise thousands of dollars in a few days or go to the wall , large buyers were immediately wired for , and our eastern
bu/er arrived the following morning. ' Without going into further details , we wish to state that before sundown we had purchased $40,000 worth of goods for less
than half their value , and the cool cash had been passed over the counters of the Citizens' State Bank. . The consignment made 13 car loads which has been arriving
all of last week , and every dollars worth will be on sale , begining to-morrow , Monday , Oct. 28th ; for postiyely'one week only , at such prices as would astound any
buyer. Be sure and attend this sale , as you may never have such an opportunity again. No dealers supplied during this great sale. We wish to add that prices on
every dollars worth ot stock has been made tiniform with goods purchased.
48O Chamber Suits $12.5O , worth $25
672 Chamber Suits $17 , worth $3O
179 Chamber Suits $2O , worth § 35
88 Chamber Suits $24 , worth $4O
61 Sideboards $12 , worth $24
98O Bedsteads $1.45 , worth § 4
11O Bureaus $7 , worth $14
367 Center Tables 9Oc , worth $2.5O
1750 Chairs 25c , worth 65c
88O Kitchen Safes . $3 , worth $7
21 Dining Tables : $2.75 , worth $5
1025 Rockers $1.45 , worth $3
18 Rolls Ingrain Carpet 25c , worth 45c
25 Rolls Brussels 68c , worth $1.25
7 Rolls Stair Carpet 16c , worth 40c
10OO Window Shades 35c , worth 75c
I
OPEN AT NIGHT. TELEPHONE B. ROSENTHAL & CO. , PROPRIETORS.
SHE MAKING OF THE CITIZEN
Can't Bo Accomplished by the
Machine Method.
"
fTHE SCHOOL AND THE STATE.
' Children Need Fuller Instruction iu
the I'rliiciplca of Government ,
in tlio Utliicn and Econo
mics ol * Social Life.
True
Written for ThsJice.
B country whore the people gov-
Jcrn , it is too obvious to need argument
3hat all the people should know somo-
rthing about government , Either there
tare certain principles of government in-
' which wiiio men and practical men are
Agreed , and such principles can bo
' .learned nnd should bo taught , or government -
ornmont is a matter of chance to bo
Jmanagod at Imp-hazard. Does any ono
tooliovo that affairs of government are
the only occupation in which rational
men engage whore study and the ex
perience of others are of no value to
JenrnorsV
Since any male citizen ot suitable ago
may become a legislator or an olllco-
lioldor , while every citizen has an ap
preciable influence upon the political
lifo of his neighborhood , it is evident
that every citizen of the United States
ought to have some intelligent compre
hension not only of the essential feat
ures of our own government , national ,
Btuto and local or municipal , but also of
the fundamental principles of political
ethics , political economy and political
ficionco.
Wo got our supply of citizens from
two sources immigration , and the
growing up of American children. Wo
are keenly alive to the dangers that
threaten our government when igno
rant and immoral foreigners are made
citizens by hundreds and thousands.
Our United States laws are explicit in
requiring evidence of fitness for citi
zenship , before naturalization papers
are granted. "It shall be made to ap
pear to the satisfaction of the court ad
mitting such alien ( a ) That ho has re
sided in the United States at least live
yours , * * * ( c ) and that during
that time ho has behaved us a man of
good , moral churctord ) attached to the
principles of the constitution of the
United States ( o ) and well disposed to
the ] /caco / and good order of the same. "
This is the law. How safe wo should bo
from the pernicious olToct of much igno
rance and vicious anarohlsm which now
trouble us , if committees of good
citizens had attended at our courts
of naturalisation and had forced home
upon the consciousness of all ofllcers of
tlie law who have power to grant nat
uralization papers the will of the people
ple that this wieo law bo obeyed 1 But
If in practice theuo provisions ot the law
tire a dead loiter. IIR any ono knows who
lias sat for a few hours in any ono of our
largo oitlos and has BCQII the purely
mechanical method of making Ameri
can citizens out of foreigners , ignorant ,
reckless , too often manifestly Immoral
and besotted. The process is "mechani
cal" because it is usually conducted in
the interest of one or the other ot the
party "machines. " By its agents the
machine brings those undeserving can-
flldatoato court and pays their way
wrough , thut it may "vote them" aftor-
ward. Tlio shame , and the danger to
our government , are manifest.
But the grpat majority of our citizens
come to us not from the immigrant
btcamships but from the public schools !
What are our schools doing , to provide
the United Stacks with citizens intelli
gent enough upon matters political , and
patriotic enough , to secure the perma
nent success of our form of government
" the for the "
"by people , peoplcV"
' .Che obligation of the- state to main
tain the school , wo hear often enough
emphasized.- the obligation of the
school to support the state by using all
right means to train good citizens as
frankly recognized and 119 fairly mot ; *
In our school system , is there a largo
enough place made for those studies
which promote intelligent patriotism ,
voluntary obedience to law , and public-
spirited interest in public utTairsr
In Germany , it became a fundamental
maxim of state policy a century ago ,
"What you would have come out in tlio
life of the nation , you'must put into the
schools and the 'universities. " The
wonderful vigor of the national lifo of
Germany in those last decades , is dP
rcctly traceable to her observance of
this law of solf-prosorvation applied by
the state to Germany's educational sys
tem , in which patriotism is steadily and
systematically inculcated , and the lil
ting of young mon for the proper dis
charge of public duties has an Import
ant part.
In America wo have been slow to
make room , in the curriculum of our
schools and colleges , fur the studios
that emphasize tlio demands which pop
ular self-government makes upon the
citizen , as well as the blessings it con
fers.
fers.Of
Of our form of government , as of
everything else that is precious in. life ,
it is true that "if wo would preserve it ,
wo must love it. " And intelligent study
of the underlying principles of govern
ment will stimulate n just pride in our
own form of government , and will fur
nish a rational basis and a sure support
for that loyal spirit of true patriotism
which is the strength of a nation.
Hero we sco the value of tlfat great
tide of consciousness of national lifo
which swept across the continent with
the recent celebration of the centen
nial of our constitution. As wo recall
the struggle for independence , wo are
grateful to the heroic founders of our
national government. Wo love our
country more intelligently and
more truly , 113 our thought
is fixed upon the cost nnd
the value of our national lifo ; and it
nugurd well for our country that the
imperative demand arises from the
young in so many of our institutions of
learning : "Give us fuller instruction
in the duties that fit mon for citizen
ship In the principles of government ;
in the ethics , the motive powers and
the economics of social lifo In the
duties of American citizenship. "
All colleges which deserve the name
now furnish full instruction in such
themes. But important as is the influ
ence ot liberally-educated mon upon
the lifo ot America , it is but a small
percentage of our voters who in their
Bohool studios reach the collegocourso ,
or oven the high school. It is most
important that all future citizens , girls
and boys alike , in all our schools ,
should have elementary Instruction in
the principles of good citizenship. It
Is the mothers of our boys , nnd the
onrly school-life of our hoys that large
ly determine the life-bias toward good
citizenship or bad * citizenship , for the
great mass of ourvoters.
An Intelligent , public-spirited moth
er is almost by necessity the mother ot
patriotic sons and daughters , Given
good mothers , in this respect , and good
sons follow , To the ambitious mother
Jt Folding Metis $ & / . worth $40.00
31 Folding JScdtt $ . .5O. , . . : . . . ; . wotth $50,00
25 Fold-ing Beds $45 . worth $75.ftO
XOto Ifookcattfs $5 . worth S10.1W
5ft $ < > - < > 7t < - < tsc8 $ ? . 0 . worth $15n0O
88 Wardrobe * $9.75 . . . . u , . worth $ J8.W
32 % & < > ttii < fes $ * . ' . . .worth $ MP. < W
82 Jtonnj/CH $7.50 . - . . . .worth $ J5.ftft
8&JToHngctttft . worth $2ft.ft0
& * S ff arlor Suit * $24ft . . . .it orth $4 ft .ft ft
2ft JParltw Suits $32. 5 ft . worth $5 ft MO
25 JParlor Snit.s45 . worth $65. lift
Sftft JPl.low8 35c . worfhrftft
750 Comfort * 75c ' . worth $ t.5ft
300 ftlintkefs $2 " . . . worth $4.ftft
' . . . .worth $3.ft ft
who asked the witty English divine
' how she could make Sure that hoi-
boy should ono day become u bishop. " !
he replied , "First , trot him born right. "
This goes to the root of the mutter.
Ami the next ateu , that wo may
hnvo as many boys its possible
early trained in the principles and the
spirit of Rood citizenship , is to see that
mothers , sisters and touchers of young
children are intelligently awake to the
responsibility of residence among a
self-governing people. Thn girls and
the women of our country should all bo
( as wo believe many of them are ) intel
ligent patriots , with clear knowledge
and sound convictions upon matters of
public interest in the state.
The state society organized with
reference to rights and corresponding
duties , obligations and corresponding
privileges Is founded upon relations of
justice. Every man is born into the
state , and no man can by any possibility
get out of the state , for ho must always
bo in relations of right and wrong with ,
other men. The state Is founded on
morality. In the moral convictions , in
the 'conscience" of ils individual citi
zens , lies the strength or the weakness
of every government. The moral
training of its young citizens is thus
seen to bo vital to the state. In the
earliest school training , principles of
saciul morality , of'regard for the rights
of others , of public-spirited interest in
the welfare of others will mark the
school that is training good citizens.
In his school-life , the conditions are
so essentially dilTorontfrom those of his
home life that the boy virtually begins
his social lifo when ho outers school.
At home , in the family , love , self-denial ,
was the law. In. the school , as in the
state , considerations of justice , of equi
ty , of impartiality , must have the first
place. "What relations with others ,
my equals , are possible for mo ? " is the
question thesohool-boy | in practically an
swering , day by day , whether or not ho
puts it into words. The way in whioh
ho carries himself among his school
mates , the standard of honor and of be
havior which lie accepts and helps to
form , will go with him through lifo.
The school , by its tone and spirit IIH
well as by its studies , determines in no
slight degree the nature of those rola- ,
lions with his follows r61ations just"
and harmonious , or selfish and discord
ant which are to make or mar his lifo
as a man and citizen.
Toaohors , with whom rosta the re
sponsibility of fixing those standards in
school lifo , will not train their pupils
intelligently for the duties and respon
sibilities of citizenship unless they have
themselves given time and attention
and loving thought to the principles of
Bound government , and to the
demands which popular govern
ment if it succeeds must
constantly make upon the citizen.
The study of the history of our coun
try , with emphasis upon shining ex
amples of patriotism and disinterested
goodness ; patriotic songs in the school
room ; patriotic selections for reading
and declamation ; these help toforin the
true spirit and , tone in the school. But
more than th'.s is needed.
There should bo in all our schools
( and in n "grade" not so far advanced
that most children leave school before
they roach it , ) simple , clear , convincing
teaching of the elementary principled
of government , of the purpose and de
sign of law and government , of the ul
timate foundation of all government
upon justice , equity , righteousness ,
upon the moral law , and of the supreme
authority of tnut law over majorities as
well as minorities , however "free" the
form of government may be. Every
young citizen should early be taught
that a majority has a right to do what
it pleases , only when it plcueos to do
is right ! Even ii ] his earlvschool
daj s , every future citizen should learn
to fool the solemn responsibility which
rests on uvery citizen of u free state to
govern himself , thoughtfully , volun
tarily mid strictly.
If with such a course In the ethics of
citizenship a toucher combines studyb.v
the pupils , of th'j olllces , the forms and
the proceedings of our own govern
ment , local , stiite and national ( begin
ning with the local ) , an interest is al
most invariably awakened which the
teacher will aieed to direct and keep
within bounds rather than to stimulate.
Later in the course , more detailed
study of theories and forms of govern
ment will find their jilnco , with history.
The elements of political economy will
comotaill later. Higher institutions of
learning must give constantly increas
ing attention to studies which prepare
the way , by greater intelligence on
these subjects alike among voters and
legislators , for more discriminating and
sciontilic treatment , by our Htato and
national legislatures , of the delicately
adjusted yet all-powerful forces with
which our present system ( ? ) of taxation
dcaln.
But whatever may bo done or left un
done by our colleges , lot Americans see
to it tliat in the great system of public
schools which is so closely connected
with our national lifo , there bo early in
troduced , steadily pursued and strongly
emphasized , such studies as tend di
rectly to make moral , intelligent , loyal
citizens , who understand and love not
only their rights , but also their duties
as citizens of the United States. Our
highest interest donond upon this. So
only can government by the people bo
curried on with safety to the people ,
and It is an unquestionable maxim of
government , as deserving of attention
in directing the peaceful policy of
national education as at moments of
crises and manifest danger to the state ,
" " ' 'The welfare
"Stilus populi lex Buprema ,
fare of the people is the highest Jaw. "
\Vltcii 1 U'un 'iwuniy-tlirco.
Sun / Vmicfuro ( 'nil.
Ah , mo 1 what changes time has wrought ,
I'm forty years to-day ,
And looKiiig back o'or trials fought
Tiiuy Boom nit s < * away ,
And though tlio world la Just as fair ,
It ( lee * not Hcom to njo
That I enjoy It ad froj from euro
As I did at twmity-thrflu.
Wheno'or I moHta boyhood friend
'Tlst trtio wo talk.and laugh ,
Somutimos u Jolly.aveniiiK spend
In old'timo soDptftml cluifT ,
Hut It Bomohow'ludScs ' that hearty zest
And inorry , soulful ( jleo ,
When life Boomedibut a round of jest
And I was twenty-three.
I see my Irlcmls 'of ' youthful days
Grow wnnklodold and ijray ,
Whoso faltunnfr tep toosuroly saya
That youth hasfpasacd nway.
Tin then I roallzoithut time
HUB dealt thatjumo with mo ,
And faster down < ! ! ! now I climb
Than up at twunty-ttiroo.
My dreams are of Ucenes of long ago ,
When lifo wasmll hoforo ,
Bright us a plain of untarnished snow ,
With woudroui things in store ,
Aim so I dream of the uast and gene ,
Not of what It Is to bo ,
Llko the castlea I built , which lay beyond ,
When I was twonty-tUree.
There la ODO face , though , that will fair re
main ,
That to mo can ne'er grow old ,
As I list once i/iore to that sweet refrain
Tnat caino from a heart of gold ,
And though others may aeo mywrinkles
dcop ,
I know that she eccs In mo
The lover sun save her heart to kcop
When I wag twenty-three.
October , 16S9.
. To allay pains , subdue inflammation ,
heal foul bores and ulcers the most
prompt and satisfactory results are ob
tained by lining that old reliable rem
edy * Dr. J. II. McLean's Volcunio Oil
Liniment.
THE NORTH WlND.DOTIl BLOW
Does It Presage a Long Cold or
Mild Winter ?
NATURAL PROGNOSTICATIONS.
What it Itc < iutrc3 In tlio Way of
jMonny to Shelter Mortal * From
the Hlcors of tlioVlutiy
lllnsta In Omahu.
Tlio Needs of Winter.
As winter [ .approaches , the question
arieos as to whether or not it will boa
long and severe one. As a matter ot
fact , any kind of winter is severe
enough for the poorer classes , but , in
some case ? , the amount of sutforing is
materially lessened by the mildness of
the weather. '
Lust winter was an exceptionally
mild one , and , for the greater part of
the time , the days were warm and
pleasant. Hence the prevailing opin
ion that the coming noitson will boa ,
very cold one. Farmers assort that the
shucks on the corn are thicker than
usual , whioh is regarded as an
infallible sign of n severe season.
Along the river banks the * musk-
ruts hnvo built their homos much
larger than usual , which fact
is considered as a never-failing
sign that the intelligent little animals
are fortifying themselves against a long
siege by cold weather. The hunters
who cnase game over the hills in this
vicinity claim that the few squirrels
which are to bo seen In this locality are
working very hard to store up provi
sions for the coming season , while some
stockmen claim that oven the cattle are
putting on an extra coat of hair for the
purpose of protecting themselves against
the chilling blasts.
But all these signs or indications are
of the old-fashioned kindand , while re
garded as beyond question by the oldest
inhabitant , do not agree with the signal-
service department , whioh maintains ,
as a rule , that two extremes in weather
do not necessarily follow one another ,
and that this winter is as likely to be a
mild ono as last , while tltero is yet a
strong probability of its being a cold
ono.
ono.Tho sign of the corn husk and muskrat -
rat house does not count with the sig
nal service olllcor who relies on his
record of rainfall , temperatureand the
state of the barometer. When all
these have failed , ho gets out of his
dilemma by assorting that it is next to
impossible to predict weather four or
live days ahead.
But , applying the rule of chunco ,
whioh. has governed weather mutters
for so long u time , the probabilities are
in favor of a cola winter. And
the thoughts of the chilling blasts
swooping down from the north lends
ono to shiver and think of how they
shall bo mot.
As compared with last winter , the
expanse attendant upon the securing
of bodily comfort will doubles : ) bo
much heavier this reason. This pre
sumption is bused , of course , upon
the supposition that the mercury
will bo lower than during the
winter of 1888-80 , Not that
there is any noticeable advance in the
cobt of the necessaries of life , for in thin
respect mat tors are nearly equal ; but ,
susMMiHtiess
181 Plush Rockers $8.75 , worth $16
SO Plush Rockers $12 , worth $22.50
4OO Plush Parlor Chairs. . . $3.75 , worth $7.50
9 Hall Racks $6.50 , worth $15
12 Hall Racks $1O , worth $2O
7 Ladies' Writing Desks $10 , worth $2O
105 Pictures $2 , worth $5
4OO Heating Stoves $5 , worth $1O
35O Heating Stoves $9 , worth $16
226 Heating Stoves $12.50 , worth $22,5O
10O Heating Stoves $15 , worth $3O
461 Cook Stoves $9.SO , worth $16
169 Cook gtoves $12.5O , worth $22.5O
4OOO Joints Stove Pipe lOc , worth 20c
2OOO Elbows 6c , worth 25c
5OO Stove Boards 75c , worth $1.5O
simply , for the reason that the quantity
consumed will bo much greater.
IIouso rent is lower than it was last
year. Cottages , which formerly brought
$20 per month , now rent for $17 and
other dwellings are in nrjportion.
The completion of the suburban lines
of street railway wrought a decided
change in this direction , as the labor
ing classes began an exodus to the out
skirts of town where cheaper routs
could bo obtained. This prompted
property owners in the center of town
to lower their rents in order to hold
tenants. But houses alone are not a
suOicicnt protection. One must have a
fire , and , as wood is altogether too ex
pensive in this locality , the price of
coal must bo considered.
At present , hard coal is worth $0 and
$10 per ton , while the best grades of
soft coal may bo purchased for $0 and $7
with cheaper grandos at prices ranging
all the way from $ .60 upwards.
The supply 01 : liana at present is
equally as large as at any previous seas
on and unless something extraordinary
should happen , there will probably bo
no scarcity. A severe and cold season
would doubtless , however , raise the
price.
Clothing is quite cheap although there
is no noticuable falling ofT in the best
grades. A very good comfortable suit
can bo purchased at any loading cloth
ing house for from $12 to $18 , while ono
can purchase cheaper grades at prices
as low as $8. An overcoat of good
serviceable quality can bo bought forl-
or $1/5 / with or without a fur collar. Un
derwear is very cheap , suits ranging
from 75 cents per suit ana upwards.
In the line of bedding and clothes
puces are away down at prosout. Com
mon prints can bo bought at 3 } cents per
yard while a fair quality of cotton flan
nel is advertised at the name figure.
Twenty yards of bleached muslin can
bo bought fora hinglo dollar. Other
household necessities of like character
are in proportion. Shoos are cheat )
and a pair good enough for anyone can
bo bought for fti.60 , while the children
can bo supplied for $1.CO and upwards ,
with foot covering for the infant tod-
dlora at a much lower rate.
Provisions just now are very cheap.
Potatoes sell at0ri'liri cents per bushel ,
while good first-class ( lour can bo bought
for ftt.Ulil per 100 pounds. Other eatables -
ablos are in proportion. Fresh and
salted moats are very low.
To those who can afford to do no , it
may not bo out of place to say that , as
regards coal and provisions , now is the
time to lay in the win cor block. Should
the weather change and the winter become
como very cold these figures are liable
to rnpidly advance and the cost of living
bo greatly increased.
WHITE AND SILENT NUNS.
A ItollKloiiH HiKtorliooil Whloli i Vol
untarily SpccGlilesH.
As noon strikes from the clock-tower
of the little Notre Dame do flofugo at
Anglot , a band-bound village near liu-
yonno , every day , there file's forth from
the porch a notable procession. It Is
readily perceived that It is composed of
women ; but whatever may bo bountiful
or graceful in this , womankind is care
fully hidden.
Each figure is nlotl oil in coarse white-
flannel skirt with n capo , carrying < it
the buck a largo black croon. Head and
face are completely enveloped in a
hood of the same rough material that
composes the dross. The hood pokes
out in front funnel-like , M > that , unless
ono moots the wearer directly in front ,
there is no opportunity of looking on
her face , nor may the regard the face
of her kind ,
Chanting in low , monotonous notes ,
the melancholy procofabion , looking
' neither to right hand nor to the loft ,
'with.heads bowed and hands crossed ,
shuttle alont' in their sabots , till they
roach the door of the refectory. When
the last has passed in , the door closes
upon thorn , shutting out oven the tem
porary darkened glance of the living
world they have just enjoyed.
These are the nuns Iniown as the
Bormmllnos , a religious sisterhood
founded nearly sixty years ago by I'Abba
Cestac , writes [ lon.-y W. Lucy in the
English Illustrated Magazine. The
peculiarity of their vow is , that they
voluntarily resign the privilege of
speech. Except when they join in a
chant or murmur their prayers , they
never open their lips to speak , and ?
through the long year they hold no
converse with human being. At thirl
boirinning , the founder of this Btrangut
order proposed to the nuns that at least
once n week they should accept relief *
from their vow and celebrate Sunday by.
indulging in conversation. 'I3ulv
enamored of their now luxury , they
declined the suggested amelioration ofr
their lot , and remained silent all )
through the year.
The foundations of the buildings con * ,
noctod with the order wore literally builft
upon the sand. Between the village ol
Anglot and the sea there lie plains of >
sand , with hero and there n pine trot *
braving the blasts from the Bay ot
Biscay.
Half a century ago there dwelt here ,
boused in a straw hut , an old man who
earned a pitiful living by growing a few
vegetables. There was no one to dis- '
putts his territory , and little by little ho
scraped together n few porches of4
garden ground. L'Abbo Cosluu
found him here ono day dying Iw
the solitude of his hut. lie removed
him to a place of shelter , and , in order
to satisfy the yearnings of the dying
man , ho undertook to look after his car
rots and turnips , L'Abbo had already
started a refuge for fallen women ancc
it occurred to him to engage them uiiou.
the old man's pinched garden ground.
Accordingly , half dozen of the woman ,
wore dispatched to the Hand dunes , and
there , in solitude , with the sea on ono
hand and the distant village on the
other , they began the work which
to-day has reclaimed many acres of
valuable land. Where the monotonous
sand heaps stood there/ now lies out
stretched a smilinggardon ,
llclr to n Million.
Cyrus P. Berry , an employe in the
water power machine shops , for
merly n clerk in the Portlnn.I custom
IIOUBO , says a Blddoford , Mo. , dispatch
to the Now York Times , received in
formation to-day of the death of an
undo in California , by which ho will
como into possession of $1,000,000. , The
deceased unelu was Silas Emerson , of
Mountain View. Oil. , who wont to that
state from Harrison , Mo. , at the time of
the gold discovery. Ho loavoH prop
erty eHtlmatcd to bo worth $10,000,000.
Tlioy OfTm- Variety.
PRochester Herald : They have como ,
the happy , careless , wiggling
prophets.Vo know they would bo
hero with their cracked goosobones ,
their imiskrat nets , wet summer , jump
ing chipmunks and sun spota. They
predict a long , cold winter , an open
winter , u wet winter , a snowy winter , n
dismal winter. What comfortable ,
self-contained follows those weather
prophets are. If you want to lind thorn
Inquire for "I Told You So. "
An Atmuliitn ( Jure.
TheOmaiNALAlMKnNB OINl'MBNP
Is only put up lu largo two ounce tin uoxei ,
ana Is an absolute euro for old sorus , burin ,
wounds , clmiod | | ) hands , and all Hkin orup.
lions. Will positively euro all kinds of pi las-
AsU for the OIUQINAL AUIBi'JNU OINT
MENT. Hold by floodmau Drug ca.up.tay at
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