"It sm . * * l „ „ ( - - - 16 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , OCTOBER 27 , 1889-SIXTEEN PAGES. Rumors began flying thick and fast about four weeks ago in the Chicago money market that certain Michigan Furniture Manufacturers were financialy embar- * / * * * N * * * " * C * * * * .J * J * "J3 * * * AM < ww * wi ww * * ' v v nv v. 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 buyer 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 Va lue , and the cool cash had been passed over the counters of the Citizens' State Bank. . The consignment made J 3 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 postiy ely'one week only , at such x > rices 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 Drices on every dollars worth ot stock has been made uniform with goods purchased. 48O Chamber Suits . $12. 5Q , 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 . 90c , worth $2.5 ® 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 Bolls Ingram Carpet . 25c , worth 45c 25 Bolls Brussels . 68c , worth $1.25 7 Bolls Stair Carpet . 16c , worth 40c 1OOO Window Shades . 35c , worth 75c If ? 16 OPEN AT NIGHT. TELEPHONE 727 : B. ROSENTHAL & CO. , PROPRIETORS. HIE MAKING OF THE CITIZEN Can't Bo Accomplished by the Machine Method. ' ITHE SCHOOL AND THE STATE. ' Children Need Fullnr Instruction in the Principles of Government , in the Kthlcs and Econo mics oC Social Ill'e. True CitizmiRhlp. \VntttnJnr \ The Titt. ' 'xtn a country whore the people govern - orn , it is too obvious to need argument Jttrnt al ) the peoulo should Know some- khing about government , Either there faro certain principles of government in. ' which wifjo men and practical men are Agreed , and such principles can bo ' .learned and should bo taught , or gov- ornmontlsa mailer of chance lo bo hnanagod at Imp-hazard. Does any ono fboliovo thai affairs of government are Iho only occupation in which rational men engage whore study and the ex perience of others are of no value to learners i1 Since any male citizen of suitable ago may become n legislator or an olllco- lioldor , while every clti/.on has an ap preciable influence upon Iho political life of his neighborhood , it is evident that every citizen of the United Stales ought to have some intelligent compre hension not only of the essential feat ures of our own government , national , state and local or municipal , but also of the fundomontal principles of political ethics , political economy and political Bclonuo. Wo got our supply of citizens from two sources immigration , and the growing up of American children. Wo nro keenly alive to the dangers thai threaten our government when igno rant and immoral foreigners nro made citizens by hundreds and thousands. Our United States laws are explicit in requiring evidence of fitness for citi zenship , before naturalization papers nro granted.l'It shall be made to ap pear to the satisfaction ot the court ad mitting such alien ( a ) That ho has re- bided in the United Slates at least five years , * * * ( c ) and that during that time ho has behaved as a man of good , moral charotord ( ) attached to the urinciplcs of the conslitutlon of the United States ( o ) and well disposed to the peace and good order of the same. " This is the law. How safe wo should bo from the pernicious effect of much igno rance and vicious anarchism which now trouble us. if committees of good citizens had attended at our courts of naturalization and had forced home upon the consciousness of all olllccrs of the law who have power to grant nat uralization papers the will of the people plo that tills wise law bo obeyed 1 But in practice thcuo provisions oi the law nro a dead letter , us any ono knows who has bat for a few hours in any ono of our largo cities and has seen the purely mechanical method of making Ameri can citizens out of foreigners , ignorant , reckless , too often manifestly unmoral and besotted. The process is "mechani cal" because it is usually conducted in the interest of one or the other of the party machines. " By Its agents the luaclilno brings these undeserving can didates to court and pays tuulr way through , that it may "vote thorn" after ward. The shame , and the danger to our government , are manifest. But the grpat majority of our citizens come to us not from the immigrant steamships but from the public .schools ! What are our schools doing , to rrovido the United Stacos with citizens intelli gent enough upon matters political , and patriotic enough , to secure the perma nent success of our form of government " the for Ihe ' ' "by people , people11' ! 'rho obligation of the- state to main tain the school , wo hear often enough emphasized. Is Iho obligation of the school to support the state by using all right moans to train good citi/.cus as frankly recognized and as fairly mot'i 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 affairs ? In Germany , it became a fun.dninontal maxim of slalo policy a century ago , "What you would have como out in the life of Iho nation , youmust put into the schools and the universities. " The wonderful vigor of the national lifo of Germany in these last decades , is dP redly traceable to her observance of this law of self-preservation applied by the stale to Germany's eaucalional sys tem , in which patriotism is steadily and systematically inculcated , and the fit ting of young men for the proper dis charge of public duties has an import ant part. In America wo have boon slow to make room , in the curriculum of our schools and colleges , for the studies that emphasize the demands which pop ular self-government makes upon the citizen , as well us Iho blessings il con fers. fers.Of Of our form of government , as of everything else that is precious in , life , it is true thai "if wo would preserve it , wo must love It. " And intelligent study of the underlying principles of govern ment will stimulate a 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. Iloro wo see the value of that great tide of consciousness of national lifo which swopl across Iho continent with the recent celebration of the centen nial of our conslitutlon. As wo recall the struggle for independence , wo are grateful to the heroic founders of our national government. Wo love our country moro intelligently and more truly , as our thought is fixed upon the cost and the value of our national lifo ; and it augurs well for our country that the imperative demand arises from the young in BO many of our inslilutions of foaming : "Give us fuller instruction in the duties that fit men 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 Inllu- once of liborally-oducntnd men upon Iho lifo of America , it is but a small percentage of our voters who in their school studios reach the college course , or oven the high school. It is most important that all future citizens , girls and hoys alike , in all our schools , should have elementary instruction in the principles of good citizenship. It Is the mothers of our boys , and the early school-life of our boys that large ly determine the life-bias toward good citizenship or bad * citizenship , for the great mass of our voters , An inlolligont , public-spirited moth er is almost by necessity the mother of patriotic sons and daughters. Given good mothers , In this respectand good eons follow. To the ambitious mother f Jf ff Folding JSeds $24- * rorth I $ Folding Htcd * $ $ . . * > . „ . : < . . . ; wet tit $5 25 Foltling JBedn $ dk ? worth $75.00 $ ® tb JKooheaiti'8 $ ' 5 worth & 1O.0O J 0 Ktiokrasea $7.50 worth , \ lYardi'obps $ f . 75 , wort1 * $ " ' ' " ' " ' " ' " " " ' ' 25 Zonnges $5 . . . . . . . . . . , $ J0.V0 fcoitiiyei * $7..5fP " . . . .worth $ lfa > .00 < * $ . ? Jjoiiuf/es $ &O wvrth $ $ Jttrlor Siiitn § 24.50 : . .it orth $ JPurlor Suits $32.50 worth $5 25 Is irfor Suits $ 5 worth $05. 500 JPtlloirn 35c worf'hJ' 95O Conifot'tft 7o ' . worth $ 3tf & Jflititkets $ ' . ' worth I M0 SwiiiiM & 2.-44P -worth f. i who askud the witty English uivino lhow slits could make sura that hoi- boy sliould ono day boconio a bishop.1 lie repllod , "First , crut him bora rifjht. " This yoes to the root of Uio mutter , And the nott Htcu , that wo may liavo us ninny boys as possible curly trained in" the priiiuipics and the spirit of fj"fJ citizenship , is to sue that mothers , bibtcrs and teaohors of young children arc intelligently awake to the responsibility of residence among a self-governing people. Tlin girls and the women of our country should all bo ( as wo believe many of thorn 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 uossibility get out of the slate , for' he 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 its individual citi- /cns , lies the strength or the weakness of every government. The moral training of its young citizens is thus seen to bo vital to the slato. In the earliest bchool training , principles of social 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 citi/.ens. In his school-life , the conditions are so essentially dillorcntfrom those of his homo life that the boy virtually begins his social lifo whoa ho enters school. At homo , in the family , lovo.solf-donial , was the law. In , the school , as in the state , considerations of justice , of equi ty , of impartiality , must have the lirst place. "What relations with others , my equals , arc possible for moV'Ss the question thebchool-ooy | is practically an swering , day by day , whether or not ho puts it into words. The way in which ho carries himself among his school mates , the standard of honor and of be havior which ho accepts and helps to form , will go with him through lifn. The school , by its tone and spirit as well ( IB by its studies , determines in no slight degree the nature of those rola- . lions with his follows rfclations just and harmonious , or saltish and discord ant which are to make or mar his lifo as a man and citi'/en. Teachers , with whom rests the re sponsibility of fixing these standards in school lifo , will nol Irain their pupils Intelligently for the duties and respon sibilities of citizenship unless they have themselves given limo and altontlon and loving thought to the principles of sound 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 ; patriolio songs in the school room ; patriotic selections for reading and declamation' , those help toforin the true spirit and tone in the school , But more than this is needed. There should bo in all our schools ( apd in a ' 'grade" not so far advanced that most cliildron leave school before they roach it , ) simple , clear , convincing teaching of the elementary principles 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 that law ever majorities as well as minorities , however ' /roo" the form of government may bo. Every younp citizen should early ba taught that a majority has a right to do what it plcuses , only when it pleases to do jigm s \\liat is right ! Even in his early school da > s , every future citi/.en oliould learn to fool the solemn responsibility which rests on every citi'/.on of a free slate to govern himself , thoughtfully , volun tarily mid strictly. If with Mich u course in the olhics of citizenship a teacher combines studyby the pupils , of th'j oilices , the forms and the proceedings of our own govern ment , local , slate and national ( begin ning wii.h the local ) , an interest is al most invariably awakened which the toaehcr will Jieed to direct and keep within bounds rather than lo slimuiate. Later in the course , more detailed study of theories and forms of govern ment will find their place , with history. The elements of political economy will comextill later. Higher institulionsof learning must give constantly increas ing altention to studies which prepare the way , by greater intelligence on those subjects alike among voters and legislators , for more discriminating and scientific treatment , by our stale and national legislatures , of the delicately adjusted yet all-powerful forces with which our present system ( V ) of taxation deals. Hut whatever may bo done or loft un done by our colleges , lot Americans sots lo il that in the great system of public schools which is so closely connected with our national life , there bo early in troduced , steadily pursued and strongly emphasized , biiuh studies as lend 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 depend upon Ibis. So only can government by the people bo carried on with hafoty 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 manifosldangor to the stale , "Salus populi lox suproma , " ' 'Tho wel fare of Hie people is Uio highest law. " When 1 Wiia iwaiity-tlireo. , SiiiVCIIIC.'KI'O ( i'a\\ \ \ , Ah , mo I wliut cluuiiies limo has wrought , I'm ' forty years to-day , And looKing back o'er trials fought They Boom an tfo away , . Anil though ttioworlil is just as fair , It doa > not Hconi to me That I enjoy It u.4 fred from euro As I did at twonty-threo. U'hono'or I uioiaa boyhood fi'lcad 'Tis true wo tilk.aiul luugli , Somutimea u joUyvavcnlng Hpouit In olil-tiimi sonpiAml chuff , Hut It Bomohowluoks itmt lioirty zest And merry , soulful lee , \Vtiun lifo acoaiecli but u round of Jest And I was twdnty-throc. I BOO my Iricmls 'of ' youthful days Grow wnnUlod.old and iray , Whoso fulteniifcrsUp too miroly says That youth has ( pissed uway. 'Tis then I rualizoithut tiiuo I Ins dealt tlia-uunio with mo , And faster aownililll now I climb Than up at twunty-tliree. My droatns are of tJceiies of long ago , When lifo wasiull uoforo , nrlght as a plain ot untarnished snow , With wondrous things in store , Ana so I dream of the uast and gene , Not of what il Is to bo , Llko the castles I built , which lay beyond , When 1 was twont.v-thrco. There is ono face , though , that will fair re main , That to mo can ne'er KI-OW old , As 1 list once more to that sweet refrain That came from a heart of gold , And though others may eo my wrinkles deep , I know that she sees in me The lever sun gave her heart to keep When J was twenty-three. October , 16SO. , To allay pains , subdue inflammation , heal foul bores and ulcers the most prompt and satisfactory results are ob tained by using that old reliable rem edy * Dr. J. H. McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment. THE NOIWIWIND.DOTH BLOW Does It Presage a Long Cold or Mild Winter ? NATURAL PROGNOSTICATIONS. What It ltc < ] iilrc < 4 in the Way of Money to Shelter Alortnlt 1'Vom the JCIcors of the \Vlntiy in Uniahii. The Needs \Vintor. . As winlor ( .approaches , Iho question arises as to whether or not it will bo a long and severe ono. As a mailer of facl , any kind of winter is severe enough for the poorer classes , but , in some cases , the amount of suffering is materially lessoned by the mildness of Ihe weather. ' L-ist winter was an exceptionally mild one , and , for the greater part of the time , Ihe days were warm and pleasant. Hence the prevailing onin- ion that the coming season will bo a very cold one. Farmers assort thai the shucks on Ihe corn are thicker than usual , which is regarded as an infallible sign of a severe season. Along Iho river banks Iho * muskrats - rats have built llioir homes much larger lhan usual , which fact is considered as a never-failing sign thai Ihe intelligent little animals are fortifying themselves against a long biogc by cold weather. The lain tors who chase game ever Iho hills in Ihis vicinity claim thai Iho few squirrels which are lo bo seen in tills locality are working very hard lo store up provi sions for the coming season , while some stockmen claim that even the cattle nro putting on an extra coat of hair for the purpose of protecting themselves against the chilling blasts. But all these signs or indication * are of the old-fashioned klndnnd , while re garded as beyond ( incHlion by the oldest inhabitant , do not agree with Iho signal- service department , which maintains , as a rule , that Iwo extremes in weather do not necessarily follow ono another , and that ihin win tor is as likely to be a mild ono as last , while there is yet n strong probability of its being a cold one. one.The sign of the corn liusU and mubk- rathoubo does nol count wilh Iho sig nal service officer who miles on his record of rainfall , temperatureand the state of the barometer. When all those have failed , ho gets out of his dilemma by assorting tnal it is next to linpobsiblo to predict weather four or Jive days ahead. But , applying the rule of chnnco , which has governed weather matters for so long a time. Iho probabilities are greatly in favor of a cold winter. And Iho Ihoughts 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 expense attendant upon the securing of bodily comfort will doubles * bo much heavier-this feason. This pre sumption is based , of course , upon the supposition that the mercury will bo lower than during the winter of 1888-81) ) , Not that there is any noticeable advance in the cost of the necessaries of lifo , for in this respect matters nro nearly equal ; but , 181 Plusli Hookers $8.75 , worth $16 90 Plush Rockers $12 , worth $22.50 4LOO Plxish Parlor Chairs. . . $3.75 , worth $7.50 9 Hall Backs $6.5O , worth $15 12 Hall Backs $1O , worth $2O 7 Ladies' Writing Besks $10 , worth $2O U 1O5 Pictures $2 , worth $5 4OO Heating Stoves $5 , worth $10 35O Heating Stoves $9 , worth $16 226 Heating Stoves $12.50 , worth $22,5O 1OO Heating Stoves $15 , worth $3O 461 Cook Stoves $9.50 , worth $16 169 Cook Stoves $12.5O , worth $22.5O 4OQO 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 be much greater. House rent is lower tliun it was last year- Collages , which formerly brought $20 per month , now rent for $17 and other dwellings are in priportion. The completion of the suburban lines of street raijway wrought a decided change in this direction , as the labor ing classes began an exodus to the out skirts of town where cheaper rents could bo obtained. This prompted property owners in tlip center of town to lower their rents in order to hold tenants. Hut houses alone are not a sulliuicnt protection. One must have a fire , and , as wood is altogether lee ex pensive in this locality , the price of coal must bo considered. At present , hard coal is worth $0 and 810 per ton , while the best grades of soft coal may bo purchased for $0 and $7 with cheaper grandes at prices ranging all the way from $ .50 upwards. The supply 01 : hand 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 noticeable 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 boughtforl- or $ lfi with or withouta fur collar. Un derwear is very cheap , suits ranging from 75 cents per suit anU Howards. In the line of bedding and clothes prices are away down at prcsoul. Com mon prints can bo bought at 3j cents per yard while a fair quality of cotton llan- nel is advertised at the same figure. Twenty yards of bleached muslin can bo bought fora fcinglo dollar. Oilier household nocogsilics of like character tire in proportion. Shoes are cheap and a pair good enough for anyone can bo bought for Klt.fiU , while thu cliildron can bo supplied for $1.50 and upwards , with foot covering for the infant toddlers dlers al a much lower rale , Provisions just now are very cheap. Potatoes sell al iitfriJi ) cents per bushel , while good ilrsl-class flour can bo bought for $3.i ( ! ! } per 100 pounds. Other eat ables are in proporllon. Fresh and salted meats are very low. To these who can afford to do HO , it may nol bo out of place to say thai , as regards coal and provisions , now is Uio limo to lay in thu winter stock. Should the weather change and the winlor become - como very cold these figures are liable to rnpldly advance and the cost of living bo greatly increased. WHITE AND SILENT NUNS , A. ItnllKloiiM KiNtorliood Whloh Is Vol untarily BpccolilusH. As noon strikes from the clock-tower of the little Notre Dame do Refuge al Anglot , a band-bound village near J3a- yonno , every day , there Jlles forth from the porch a notable procession. It is readily perceived that it is componod of women ; but whatever may bo beautiful or graceful in this , womankind is care fully hidden. Each figure is olotl od in coarse white- flannel skirt willi a capo , carrying < il the back a largo black croos. Head and face nro completely enveloped in a hood of the same rough mntorial that composes the dross. The hood pokes out In fronl funnel-like , ho that , unless one moots the wearer directly in front , there is no opportunity of looking on her face , nor may she regard the face of her Kind , Chanting in low , monotonous notes , thu melancholy proccfabion , looking neither lo right hand nor to the left , with , heads bowed and hands crossed , shuflle nlom. in llioir .sabots , lill they reach the door of Iho refectory. When the last lias passed in , the door doses upon them , shutting out even the tem porary darkened glance of the living world ihey have jusl enjoyed. These are the nuns known as Iho Bornardinos , a religious sisterhood founded nearly sixty years ago by TAbba Ccstac , writes [ loii.-y W. Lucy in the English Illustrated Magazine. The peculiarity of their vow is , thai they voluntarily resign the privilege of speech. Excapt when they join in a. chant or murmur llioir prayers , Ihcy never open their lips to speak , and : through the long year they hold noi converse wilh human being. At thirl boL'inning , the founder of this strnngut order proposed lo the nuiiHitliat at least once a woolc they should accept relief * from their vow and celebrate Sunday by. indulging in conversation. Uuu- enamored of their now luxury , they declined the suggested amelioration ofr their lot , and remained silent allJ through the year. The foundations of the buildings con- , ncctod wilh Uio order wore literally built ; upon the sand. Between the village oJ' Anglot and the sea there lie plains of1 sand , with hero and there a pine trot * braving the blasts from the Bay o Biscay. * Half a century ago there dwelt hero , housed in a straw hut , an old man who earned a pitiful living by growing a few vegetables. There was no one to dis pute his torrilory , and little by little ho scraped logolher a few porches oH garden ground. L'Abbo C'ostau found him hero ono day dying inx the solitude of his hut. IIo removed him to a place of shelter , and , in order to satisfy the yearnings of Iho dying man , ho undertook to look after his car rots and turnips. L'Abbo had already started a refuge for fallen women and ? it occurred to him to engage them uiiou Iho old man's ' pinched garden ground. Accordingly , half dozen of Uio women , wore dispatched to the sand dunes , and there , in solitude , with the boa an ono hand and the diblant village on Iho oilier , they began Iho work which to-day has reclaimed many acres of valuable land. Whore the monotonous Hand heaps stood thera now lies out * strolchcd a smiling garden. Ilclr lo u Jihlloii. Cyrus P. Berry , an employe in the water power machine shopH , for * murly a clerk in the Portlan.l custom houfio , says a Biddoford , Mo. , dispatch to the Now York Times , received in formation to-day of the death of an uncle in California , by which ho will como into possession of * 1 ,0)0JOO. ( ) ( The deceased undo was Silas Kmcrbon , of Mountain View. Cal. , who wont to that state from Harrison , Mo. , at the time of the gold discovery. IIo leaves prop erty ustlmalod to bo worth 910,000,001) ) , Tliny OfTitr u Variety. tHoch ester IIo raid ! They have come , the happy , careless. wiggling prophets. Wo knew they would bo hero with their cracked goosubonos , their muskrat nets , wet buiiiinor , jump ing chipmunks and sun spotu. They predict a long , cold winter , an open winter , a wet winlor , a snowy winter , n dismal winter. What comfortable , bolf-containod follows these weather prophets are. If you want to llnd them inriulro for "I Told You So. " An AI > Hiiliiio Cure. Is onlv pul up In largo two nur.oo tin boxoi , ana Is un absolute euro for old sore * , burnt ) , wounds , chapped hands , and all nkin nrup. tlous. Will nositively euro all kinds of nilus. Ask fortho OKIOINAL AUlEfI N15 OINT MENT. Sold by Ooodmau Uruif ce.-muuy ut 25 conti ) > or box by uall U'J couts.