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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1890)
JU/XXXJU X OUXNJLUI.X , MAX .10 , .PAGES. MONDAY'S SALE IS A TE The Prices are so Fearfully Low that Fire Sales and Bankrupt Salesall take a back seat , but come in and judge for yourselves. We are the workers for live business. Don't pass us when you need Dry Goods or Carpets. DRESS GOODS Choice of about 200 pieces fine all wool Dross Goods -10 to 44 inches wide , in fancy plaids and stripes , cords , diag onals , Henriettas , serges , etc. , all new spring goods formerly sold frpm 75c to $1 yard. Wo name this cut price for ono day to reduce stock ; only 49e yard. HENRIETTAS 1 case . ' ! 8 inch fine gauge Henriettas , in all best spring shades , and elegant quality ; they go Monday at o5c yard , worth 60c. French Challies 100 pieces French Challics , in the nobbiest line of colors and patterns over brought to Omaha. Don't fail to get a wrapper or dress from this lot , nothing like thi'iii in the west , only 17jc yard. TENNIS CLOTHS 15 pieces fine quality fancy stripe Tennis Cloths , cream grounds with fancy stripe , also solid cream. These gooda retail every where atl , our price Monday 05o yard. BENNISON BROS EASTER ADNC THE GREEKS , Another Interesting Letter from the Peu of Chancellor Manatt. LAMBS TOR THE SACRIFICE. Myriads of Colored EJJSH Tlio Ccle- liralioii ol' Good Friday Tito Procession to the Toiiil ) Heathen Itclics. ATnr.xs , April 10. [ Special to Tun Bnn. ] The festival of the A mist asls follows close upon that of the Epanustusls ; rcssurrcction upon revolution and to the trumpet blare of Independence day shortly succeeds u gentler noto. On Good Fridy the G rooks cull It Mcguto Puraskcuo Athens was vocal with the bleat of lambs. It was the dominant note of the day , and there could hardly ho a sweeter ono. It surprised mo at dawn upon my pillow and lulled mo to sleep again when the day was done. For the Paschal lamb keeps its place In the Passover of the Greek church. Forty thou sand of them were slain this Easter In Athens aud Piraeus alone. From all Attica and the neighboring eparchies the shepherds drove them In , folding them In the suburbs niul the market places. In the little ngora where the streets of Aeolus ami Pluto moot , I watched the trunk' ; thoshuggy-coutcd shepherds offer ing their lambs and the purchasers scanning them closely to see that they were "without spot or blemish , " and , incidentally , of course , fat enough to bo good eating. The bargain struck , the buyer shoulders his lumb and car ries It homo. Everywhere throughout the city you saw this modern rendition of Tho- scus shouldering thn Muruthonian bull ; and it must bo said that the consideration shown for the lumb of ten betrayed little sense of the sacred symbolism. Along with the shepherds In the agora ouo noted other peasants ottering for snio what young America might badly mistake for stilts , Slender pine saplings stripped of the bark , with a hook ut bottom und pointed sharp nt the top. These were the obolol or spits , and u walk through the city oa Sunday afternoon gave ono a better dollnitlon of the word than can bo got out of Llddcll and Scott. For then the lamb and the abeles met uguia in their ultimate relation ; In the courts und open places , spitted on these long obelol lambs were rousting over huge flivs , while the watering mouths about told the tulo of the long Lenten fust. At either end a man kept the suit slowly revolving until the lumb was Ut orally 'done to a turn. * After the Paschal lamb , ono notes the myriads of bright-colored eggs , htuclcs of them everywhere painting the town rod. As curly ns Thursday la every quarter of the city were to bo seen In the open streets hugo caldrons surrounded by eager children with eggs to color. All the nests in Greece must have been robbed for Easter ; for Athens and Piraeus alone , 1 am told , use up four million eggs , or moro thun two dozen per cupltu of the population , On the morning of Good Friday devout women repair to the churches U ) adorn with flowers the pull of our Lord , and church vies with church to excel la the beauty of its own mil und decorations. In the afternoon I vis ited many churches , beginning with the Metropolis , and found all moro or less thronged with celobraats. Each of these ou catering dcitosiu un ohol ( bulf-nonny ) and takes in exchange a wax tujier which ho lights und places la ouo of iho candelabra. He then kisses an Imaf.'o of the Crucified- painting encased in a silver shrine ami con- veulentlj itlaeed for the purpose. Lastly , ho may receive from the officiating priest u bit of myrtle and klh-s the giver's hand In re ceipt , The priest who took this toll ut the cathedral was remarkably handsome , and a friend fancied ho could detect uti-uco of satis , faction on the faces of the fair myrtle-bearers as they turned awav after assisting ut thU ceremony. MalliM "light refer to this connoc- Lace Flouncings Just arrived , 5 pieces beautiful black silk chantllly Lace Flouncing 40 inches wide , worth $2 , on sale Monday $1.2-5. Lace Flouncings This is simply a stunner. A line black chantilly Lace Flouncing , you can't match it anywhere loss than $2.2-3 , it goes Monday at $1.48. See our finer qualities at * 1.7o , $2,92.2-3 , $2.50 tind up. SilU Umbrellas , CO in , $2.50. Linen Laces COO pieces hand made Linen Torchon Laces , from 2 in. to 7 in. wide , at Co , lOc , 12c yard. The greatest values ever offered in laces. Swiss Embroidery Flouncings Those Flouncings are 45 inches wide and would be cheap at 85c ; now is the time to own a handsome white dress for the coming hot weather at a very little money. BENNISON BROS. tion an incident which I find reported in the Athennike : "How can you look so happy on this day of our Lord's passioni" one fair Greek asks an other. "O , I am hnppy because I know that tomor row our Lord will rise again. " But I am quite prepared to accept the inci dent in its simplicity , for the devoutness and reverence of these Easter celebrants I can no more question than I can doubt the evidence of my own eyes on other matters. It may not bo habitual , it may have more thun a modi cum of superstition , but n religion which makes a whole people reverent even for an hour is better than the best Irrcliglon that ever paralyzed the human spirit. But the passover culminates in the proces sion to the tomb. The quiet burial of thogos- pols is commemorated in the Greek litunv by a pageant of surpassing splendor. On Good Friday night I watched it passing my hotel , the street of Hermes was ono moving mass from wall to wall and that for perhaps two hours long. Each parish formed a section , Its clergy bearing Its own symbol of the Cru- citlcd a splendid pall with an Imago of our Lord. Bands of music followed playing fu neral marches and the multitude bearing wax toners with hero and there a Bengal light , while high In mid-street from end to end a chain of electric lamps completed the illumin ation. Particularly splendid was the section of the cathedral , the pall borne by the high est clergy in their Jewelled vestments and fol lowed by the ministers of the crown carrying tapers llko the common herd. Christianity has everywhere assimilated more or less the ceremonial of ibo religions it bus vanquished , and one could itot observe this passion pageant without recalling the an cient Klcusiniun processions. Taken out of these crowded streets and directed along the sacred way , through the olive groves and the Attic Plain ( all in full view as 1 write ) , ono might easily fancy that ho beheld in it re vived that torch-lit mystic train which once a year made Its solemn progress to the Holy of Holies of old Groolc religion nt Elcusls. To me , nt least , it has rehabilitated an aspect of the ancient cult of Domctcr rather than the simple story of the new tomb hi the garden ; but this is not saying that it fulls of Its pur pose with the people for whom it Is meant. A church that teaches by symbol and appeals to the imagination must muko Its symbolism splendid if its appeals are to bo effective. At dawn of Saturday they chant in all the churches "This day the grave holds Htm who holds creation In His hand ; " but It is a day of transition from grief to gladness , In the cathedral at night I wit nessed the sequel to the burial procession the bringing back of our Lord from the tomb. At U the priest , standing at the threshold of the sanctuary , chants , "ArlMS , O Oed , to JndRO the world , " and sprinkles the congregation with flowers , Then ho veuds the Gospel of the Kosurrco- Uon , the appearance to the Marys and Sa lome. Just before midnight the clergy ami congregation march out and soon return to solemn procession with the emblems of the resurrection , attended by the royal family , the ministers of the crown , the municipal functionaries and the people , while cannon thunder , and trumpets blare , and all the bells of Athens ring out the glad news , Christ is risen. And on my way homo at 1 o'clock I meet the newsboy already crying the morning papers , every ono of which has Its leader "Climtos Anesto" some of them with the wonts mak ing a headline the full width of the pago. And hero I am tempted to translate fur you an Easter editorial of one of our half-penny dailies , the Athcnulkc. , a shout ubout half us largo us the Lincoln Cull. It will convey mom to a thoughtful mind than anything an outsider can say about the mental attitude of the modern Greek : "For eighteen centuries the Christian world solemnizes with emotion every year these days of our Savior's passion days which lese never a Jot of the grout and holy mystery which they enshrine. Ever now is the feeling begotten in the hearts of men by the passion of Him who gave Himself a sac- rlllco for the salvation of the world and on Its ruins bulldod a new world--Vrouder , higher , purer. Down to that enoch when the Nuzarcno witness of the truth hung upon the cross mankind was divided into two classes -musters and slaves ; and even the greatest philosophers of antiquity recognized and BiincUoncd this unjust and unnatural dis tinction. It was the God-Man alone who rad ically overthrow It by Ills word : "Jfoltli. " Jew nor Greek : neither baud nor frcuro Shackles wore broken , slaves made men , despoU compelled to recognize that in the 15 pieces All Silk Surahs , in any shade you want , only 39c yard , and you can't match them anywhere less than COc. i BLACK SILK Grenadines , 1. 10 pieces Iron Frame Black Silk Gren adines. Never sold before less than $1.50 ; now on sale at $1.00 yard ; also finer grades at $1.2-5 and $1.50 ; worth $2.00 and $2.50. Thia silk must bo seen to be appre ciated. A handsome Black Gros Grain Silk , beautiful tinish and u very supe rior quality , every yard warranted , and the price for n few days is 1.35 yard , and it is cheap at 81.75. Armure Silk 1. 25 pieces Black and Colored All Silk Armuros , the newest and dressiest silk on the market. They would bo cheap at $1.50. are the newest and lat est shades. Price only $1 yard. BOYS' PANTS ARE DOWN BENNISONBROS. sight of the Most High they were on a level with the meanest of their -serfs. "Tho great moral revolution that came upon humanity changed the face of the world New nations took form , moulded under the influence of Christianity ; and ed ucated in Christian ideas they shaped a new civilization that lias enlightened the world and chased away the darkness wherein man kind was wandering. "What does not the world ewe to this wit ness of the truth , to its true G.id who con descended to bo lifted upon the cross that ho might redeem it from wretchedness , darkness and sin ? Lot us all adore Ills passion and muko ready to hull tomorrow His glorious resurrection whereby Ho has authenticated and certified the immortality of the human soul"1 This , I assure you , Is word for word an Athenian editorial and not ono of Willard Scott's sermons , though I liuvo since listened toun English bishop preaching upon the sumo theme without seeing that iho pulnit on the purely religious side WAS at all in advance of the pi-ess. Could I better show how , with the Greek of today us well us his heroic un costly , politics and religion go bund in hand I Perhaps I might by quoting a corresponding leader in the leading morning imper , the Ephemeris : "Christ is the great and eternal symbol by whoso light the fatherland has demo great things and the faith has triumphed. Yet why do wo joyfully exclaim , 'Chrst is risen , " who we have no might to raise up Crete , llesh of our flesh and life of our life ! * * * Crist is risen , brotners and friends ; but , that wo may utter the great word us wo ought , let us lirst raise up the latherlundnnd the faith. " ' And the Acropolis bursts into an Kuster enrol having for its llrst note the resurrection and for Its fluid the revolution of IS2I. I have not read the Hour and the Dawn and the Re generation mid the Voice of the Oppressed ( If you will allow mo to translate their names ) , nor the two do/en other dallies , more or less , in which Atc-iis rejoices ; but ox uno discos omnes. There is but ono blended note from beginning to end the faith and the father land , the fatherland and tlio faith. And why not , when army and navy join In the Easter mourning with arms reversed and Hags at half-mast and tlio prime minister carries a taper in the procession to the tomb of the Lord ! I um bound to say , however , that while Iho Athenian press Is a great preacher , It is usually after the order of Jeremiah a great pessimist also. It seems happiest in opposi tion , and iho status quo is the ono intolerable - blo thing. And so hero comes the Acropolis three days after the milienlum with n two- column leader on the Easter solemnities , which Is us terrible as cno of Savonarola's sermons. It is a comfort to mo'to believe that Iho Greeks arc not half so bad ns they sometimes try to make ono another out. Ami I remember that ourown press Is oceuslouullv a little bilious. At breakfast Sunday morning ono lx > gan to find out tbo destiny of tho-io bright rod eggs. They loaded the tables , milto outshining the honey of Hymottus , which stays with us all the year , and each guest received them with the salutation , "Christ is risen"a greeting , I llnd , quito as common as our own "Merry Christmas. " I hear also of an egg-breaking ceremony in the churches , but 1 did not wit ness it. The central feature of Easter Sunday was the Passover feast. Kvcry household , every mess of soldiers and sailors ate their Paschal Iamb and forgave tholr enemies. That this forgiveness extended to the political opposition - tion and the Turk , I should bo unwilling to nlllrin. I know it was no easy task to forgive the Idiots who observe All Fools' Day in Athens very much as they do In Omaha Easter Sunday falling on April 1 , old style our lllth. As a specimen , the Acropolis unnounj'cd that the Cretan refugees with their families would roast their lambs all together , in a feast of brotherly love , about the Theseum and follow up the feast with tholr national dunce. That would have boon a spectacle worth n Sabbath day's Journey to see , and many foreigners es pecially wore on the qul vivo. The Athenian , cabmen were the richer by many drachmae , but the people they drove there found the Theseum precincts as clear of Civtnns as ever they were In the good old days of the Mm- staur. Recalling my remarks ou the quietness of Independence day hero , I am sorry to confess that Athens seems only to have bottled up Its nolso for Easter. All day Sunday there was a constant popping of guns , as if skirmishing were la progress throughout the town. It shocks ouo until ho remembers our own hilar ious Christmas days ; aud even then It seems Garriages. Do you want a fine baby carriage , if so now is the time to buy. 87 dilTorcnt styles to select from. All displayed on our second HOOP. Wo can sell you a handsome ba-oy carringo , upholstered in silk plush , at $7.50. $8.60 , 810 and $12 that would bo considered cheap at 910 , 815 , $20 and 82-5. Come in 'early before the assortment Is broken. Children's ' Circulars Monday wo will ofFcrchoiceof our en tire lot of children's circulars , made of fine French plaid llannel , in 4 , 0 , 8 , 10 $12 nml M years. Choice Monday $3 each. Formerly sold at SO , $7 and $8. Muslin Underwear Monday wo will offer about 100 dozen ladies' muslin underwear which for merly sold atlOc , 50c , ( JOe and 7oc each. All in ono lot Monday , consisting of uiirnt gowns , chonnso , 'drawers , corset covers and skirts , choice Hon. Silk Ribbons 500 pieces all sill : ribbons , in num bers 9 , 12 and 1(1 ( , all colors ; only lOo yard , not one-fourth price. White Goods 100 pieces check nainsooks , just for fun only Scyard. An olcgantlinc white goods , Monday atSite , yard , and the best lot over offered at Mciytird. See our black lisle thread gloves , Monday at ISc patrj worth 40c. French Ostrich tips at 12i or . " > 8c bunch. ; NNISON not quite the ideal way of celebrating the victory over death. The Easter holidays continue from Friday through Tuesday , and the last day various ly observed in each local community. Athens calls Its observance by the grand old name of Panathenaea , but the name ulono seems to have any relish of antiquity. Everybody who can goes to Mugjra to sco the peasants duncu ; and us I found in tlio ancient town and Us Panegyrl- unique und fascinating interest. I niay make them the subject of another letter. luvixn J. MAX.VTT. The revivalist is n sinner-stir person. Sins that have left no physical inconven iences seldom worry n man's memory. ' Charity covers a multitude of sins. " "Yes : in this way it is made the cloak of much wickedness. " Binghamton Leader : The pitcher has a delivery. The minister has a delivery und n spout , und yet ho is no pitcher. Squigg-s What denomination is StHlson a Baptist ! Suugjrs Yes , he's a Baptist , hut bo's got the water out of his eyes. Doctors and ministers are about the only people lu this world to whom people pay liberal wages for tolling thorn disagreeable thing. Mrs. Querist Has your husband given up smoking yet ! Mrs. Quuintly O dear no. Without doubt he U smoking liioro than ever. He's dead. When a man's laundry , containing his re maining shirt , is sent by nis wife to the be nevolent society as old clothes , it is permissi ble to say a sott-sccnted swear-word. Could the twelve apostles come to earth And were not n certain "set" in , There's many a Christian church they'd llnd It's mighty hard to get in. Ills Mother ( suddenly opening pantry door ) Herojiow. sir , what are you doing up thoroi Tommy O , nothin' manothin' . I'm jist lookin' for my Sunday school lesson sheet ; it's got lost somehow. St. Peter fat the gate ) Well , who are youi Applicant I'm Dr. of Boston. St. Peter Sorry we can't admit you , but there is uiuolutely nothing for you to do ; you see , wo ureimmortal. ' C'Hifound it , unyhow , " said the mothor- In-luw Joke when the Angel Gabriel blow his horn. "This is the seventeen million , flvo hundred and twenty-one thousand , four hundred und time 1 have been dred sixty-seventh re surrected. ' ' Customer-Well. Shears , what did you think of the bishop's sermon on Sunday ) I saw you In church. Barber YDS , sir ; butte to tell the truth these was a man sat in front of mo whoso hiilr needed cutting so badly that I couldn't hear a'word. ' Mr. Orthodox Mr. lugorsoll , I hour you are Irving to preach down boll llroj Ingcr- sell -You uro correctly informed. Mr. Ortho dox Well , I can tell you that you won't suc ceed. Ingorsoll When you como to dlo you'll bo mighty surry that I didn't ' Them's only ono fault I have to llnd with Dr. Pulpit's sermons , " said Mrs. Pottswhoso pow Is in the back p.irt of a largo and fash ionable church. "What's thutt" naked Mr. P. "I can't hear ono word ho Bays. "Humph I That's just vvhat I llko about 'em. " Miss Flgg Did you over notice how Deacon Potts by always begins his prayer with "Father , Thou knowest better than wo I" Mr. Flgg ( who goes to church merely to plouso his wife ) Yes , ho thinks ho Is flat tering the Lord by admitting that Ho knows more than himself. ' Will Went-KIttrt * Mice n The coming summer girl will doubtless do- vclop a number of peculiarities In the mutter of dross. Ono of the most pronounced and Uaat tasteful of her now freaks Is an arrange ment of nock-gear , which according to fash ion authorities , Is destined to great popularity this year , says the Chicago News. The collar worn will bo of precisely the homo style 03 that used by the other sex , and the shltt bo som will bo lung enough and broad enough to admit of cutting away the dross la front und tlod four-in-hand scurf. displaying a nuatly - - or The un'ulr is docldodly tnunnUh In appearance and It Is doubtful If the more careful dressers will have anything to do with It. An Allegheny woman has given birth to twins weighing together only c , 10 and a quar ter pounds. KID GLOVES. Ono more chance. Monday wo will ' offer the balance of our grcat'lvid Glove purchase , all fine gloves that wore re turned to manufacturers for slight im perfections , Bonio have been tried on but all are llxod and are actually the greatest bargains over ottered in Kid Gloves. All Kinds , all six.cn , all colors , dressed and undressed , buttons and hooks , formerly retailed from $1.25 to $2.75 , choice 60c pair , none lilted or exchanged - changed ; got your right size. Children's BONNETS , . _ * Monday wo will place on sale over 200 dozen Children's Bonnets , in white , cream and black , they are beauties , at 85c , SOc , 75c , $1 and $1.2-3 each , all spec ial values worth 153 nor cent more. BEADED WRAPS. Terrific slaughter. Monday wo will offer for ono day only our entire stock of finest Beaded Wraps which sold at S3 , $10 , $12 and $15. choice Monday $5 each. BABY CLOAKS. $1.75 Monday great cleaning up sale of In fants' Clonks. Every garment marked away dotvn in Infants' long Cloaks at 81.75 $2.50 , i3 ? and $ , ' ! .50 each. Dr. Warner's Corsets 68c The last day of this great Corset sale. Dr. Warner's celebrated H153 C'oralino Corsets , in white and drab , only OSc each , worth $1. BENNISON BROS ; i The Variegated Career of Our John's Great Pistic Predecessor. HE WAS A BAD MAN IK BATTLE. And Made n Brilliant Record for Toughness Outside the lins His Death In a San I'Ynnelsuo Prison Cell. Svx Fiuxcisco , May H. [ Special to TIIK BBI : . ] Of nil the tough men who drifted to this coast in the early days of over n genora- tlou ago to live oil the men , who like second Jabous were in pursuit of golden fleece , there were few harder cases in his line than .fumes alias "Yankee" ' Sullivan , the ex-champion pugilist of America. Born in the County Cork , Ireland , tie early gave evidence of the possession of listic powers inul by the time ho hud arrived ut man's estate ho had beaten Jack Stewart , Dick Trainer , George Shurp- less and Tom Urady , all pugilists of note in Cork for stakes vurj ing in amount from 12 to 100. Then ho got wrong with the au thorities on it question of mourn ct teum , mid was by thorn transported to Botany bay for twenty years. lie aiTvcd some years of penal servitude In the antipodes and then escaped In a vessel which eventually landed him in Yerba Biieim ns this city was then called. Ho made his way as best ho could , vessel by vessel and port to port until ho eventually landed lit Now York. Thenee lie sailed to Liverpool where ho made the acquaintance of Jtyn Ward , the English champion , who pitted him ns a "plow boy" against the until then , undefeated Hammer Luno. This battle , which was for I'M ) asUlo , was fought Febru ary ti , ISII , and resulted in a VICTOIIV FOU Sfl.UVAX after nineteen rounds had been fought In thirty-four minutes. Lane broke his right arm'in the third round. Sullivan on this occasion wore an American ling around his waist for a belt ami this gave him his nlek- numo "Yankee , " of which ho was very proud. The news of this battle put the Irish authori ties on iho alert and Sullivan , not wishing any furtlor trouble with them slipped olt to this country and soon after established him self in a s.iloon on Division street in New York. Shortly alter his second arrival la this country , Sullivan was mulched against an Englishman named Vincent Hammond , who kept a sporting honso in Philadelphia. The light , which was for $10J n side , took place oa League Island on September a , 1811. In these days there used to bo a good deal of betting on Iho three minor events , "llrst blood , " "ilrst full , " and "llrst knock down , " and Sullivan and his friends had consldora- bio .money bet on "llrst blood. " In the llrst round Hummnnd caught Sully square In the mouth , Jamming his lower lip against his teeth and cutting it on the insltlo. The Yan kee" was equal to the emergency. Ho in stantly closed his lips tightly and sucked the Hawing blood into his mouth NO that It was not apparent. A second later he banged Hummnnd on tbo right cheek bone , splitting his cheek and "drawing an abundance of tlio ruby liquid. " The referee on being appealed to said , "Sullivan gets llrst blood. " Ho had hardly made the award before Sullivan , spitting out a mouthful of carmine , ejacu lated , "There goes second. " Hammond was no match for the wily "Yankee , " and after lighting three rounds la ton minutes , HU WAS , HONK run , Sullivan's next antagonist was Tom Secor , a big truckman. This plnco took pluco on Staten Island , near the Narrows , January at , IS 12 , and was for f > 00 a sitlo. Though Secor was twenty-three pounds heavier thun the ' Yankee" and two inches taller , ho was no mutch for his shifty opponent and fell n vic tim to his prowess after sixty-seven rounds- * hud been fought in ono hour and five mlnutm. The nuxt man to undertake to lower Sulli van's colors was an Kngllsh teacher of boxing named Hilly Bell. They fought for KM u sldo on Hart's Island on August 39 , H4J. Sul livan was by fur the best lighter , lu.t by a lucky chance Bill got .him on the ropes In the Still the crowd continues to conic to our carpet dcpt. Never were carpets and curtains sold so cheap as during this sale. Monday we ol fer another big lot of fine chen ille portiere curtains , in all the new spring colorings , both in plain and lancy dado , at S5.9S pair , worth $10. Special lace curtain sale , fine Nottingham lace cur tains at $1.50 , $1.75 , $2 , $2.50 , $3 & $3.50 pair , all special cut prices to close , and brass trimmed curtain poles given away free with every pair you buy. "Buy carpets this week. A good tapestry brussels at 4Sc yard. The best and largest line fine tapestries in the west , at 65c yard , worth $1. A good in grain carpet at 25c 35c and 5pc' yd. All wool extra super ingrain carpets at 65c and 75c. Finest opaque que curtain shades , made up com plete on best spring fixtures , only 50c each , 100 rolls China matting at 15c , 20c and 25c yard. You can't beat them , in fact we allow no one to beat us on anything. Give us a trial. We do work on very short notice. AVe work night and day. never sleep , always hus tling for business. Remember we are the carpet house of Omaha try us. BENNISON BROS. eighth round and In such a position that he could neither get up , drop down , nor help himself. Like Hichelicu when the lion's skin ran short , Sully tried the foxes. "Let mo up , Billy , " said hei " 1 can't stand this any longer. I'm going to give in. " Bell released his man who instead of giving in us ho had promised , gave Billy a smash on the cur that nearly broke His neck. After that Bell never had a clmneo and Sullivan won in twenty-four rounds occupying thirty-eight minutes. Tlio month following this battle occurred tbo lirst fatal prise light in America , the ono in which Tom McCov was killed by Chris Lilly. It was fought on the pullisudcs ubout half way between Hustings mid Yonkers. The men fought I"0 rounds in two hours and forty-three minutes , and McCoy died at the ring side a few minutes after the battle was over. Long before the light ended , Sullivan , who was only a spectator , protested against sending McCoy up longer and warned his seconds ends that ho would bo killed. Nevertheless the excitement created by McCoy's death was so great that Sullivan , with several others , was arrested as an "aider and abettor" of the light and was SIJXT TO STATE'S rni ox TIIKIIKFOH. r i Ho .served nearly two years of his term and then was pardoned by Governor William II Sewnrd on his promise that ho would never again engage in a prize flght , cither as a prin cipal , second or spectator. How much regard ho had f Jr this promise may bo inferred from the fact that on May 11 , la 17 , ho met Bob Caunt , the brother of the famous English champion , Ben Caunt , near Hurnw's Ferry , Va. , for a stake of ? JOU ! a side. The Englisd- mun was beaten almost into jelly In seven rounds , occupying twelve minutes. After this ill-lit Sullivan was unable to find an opponent for nearly two years , and then ho faced thnfamous Tom Hyer for i- > ,00 ( ) a side about forty miles from Baltimore. Sul- livnn , on this occasion , weighed but 115 pounds , while Hyer pulled down the scales nt 1T5. IIo was also taller and longer In the reach than "Yankee. " The latter was clearly overmatched and for the llrst time in hln lilo ho tasted defeat after lighting sixteen rounds in a little over seventeen minutes. At the time this battle was fought the stakes were the largest over contended for , and the mill created intense excitement In England ns well aii this country. It placed Hyer on the highest pcda.stal of listic fame. Sulllvun did not light again for over four years and then ho met John Morrlssoy , who had gained some reputation by defeating George Thompson in California. They met nt Boston , Four Cornel's , October 1'J , 185t : , and after lighting thirty-seven rounds , In which Sullivan had all tlio best of the con test , the seconds of the men , "Dublin Tricks" and "Awful Gardner. " got In a row. Sullivan took u bund in it and did not hear the call of "timo" for the next round , and fulling to respond in the usual eight seconds , the vic tory was awarded Morrlssoy. 'I iis was Sullivan's lust fight. Ho BOOH after came to this city , where ho made n liv ing by gambling and as best ho could without work. Ho Wits matched hero against .loo Winrow , who hud been ono of Hyor's seconds ends , but the match fell through. Ho made a visit to the Sandwich islands and thorn hud for ono of his boxing pupils King Hummehu- niolm , but the bud effect his presence had ou the MOIl.U.S OF HIS DUSKY MAJESTY caused him to bo sent bark to San Francisco , with a warning to keep away from Hawaii In future. When the vigilance committee of this city rose In Us might against "Iho Law and Order" party , who hud control of the muni cipal government , It hung .lames Casey and three others and nrivstod a number of male factors. Among thorn was Yankee Sullivan , who was charged with stuDIng ballot boxes. Sullivan hud been tlio inspector of election nt a ward whoso vote had been kept back until all the others were counted. Then It was charged that ho manipulated the box until It guvo the result the tricksters desired. These who Itriow him well say ho wits not smart enough to do this hlmsolf , though they freely admit that there. Is no doubt that ho permitted It to ho Uoiui. Ho was found dead In his cell May ill , 1SW1 , having bled to death from the effects of. a wound In ono of his arms. The vigilantes claim that ho had committed ui- /ldo ! by cutting ono of the arteries in his arm with a case knife , but Sullivan's friends never believed the story. They say that the crime with which ho win charged was not ono for which ho was in any danger of being hung und that no ono kuew thU better thun Sullivan. They claim that being angered by his arrest and sumi-u hut under the influence of liquor ho was very ahioivu to his guards after being imprisoned uud that ho btruclt at BASEMENT BARGAINS. 3,000 ROLLS GILT WALL PAPER , AT 5C , 8C AND IOC ROLL. BUCKEYE LAWN MOWERS , SELF SHARPENERS - ERS , $150. LAWN HOSE , 10C FOOT , WARRANTED. HOSE REELS ON WHEELS , 98C. LAWN FOUNTAINS , $1.98. SUPERIOR CLOTHES WRINGER , $1.50. NOVELTY CLOTHES WRINGER $1.93. SHOPPING BASKETS 10CAND 15C. G DOZEN CLOTHES PINS , 5C. . ROLLING PINS , 5C. PATENT FLOUR SIFTERS , IOC. FOLDING LEMON SQUEEZERS . POTATO MASH ERS , 5C. COFFEE MILLS , 48C. SPRINKLERS , 19C , 25C , 35C AND 48C. TOILET PAPER , 5C ROLL. ICE TONGS , 15C. MEDICINE CHESTS 75C. WASH BASINS 7C AND IOC. 1,000 SCALLOPED CAKE TINS , 3C. TWO-BURNER GASOLINE STOVES , $4.93 GASOLINE OVENS $1.50. 1,000 PINT TIN CUPS , 1C EACH. A GOOD DIPPER 5C. 500 PIECES GLASSWARE AT IOC , SUCH AS SUGAR BOWLS , CREAM PITCHERS , SPOOV HOLDERS , BUTTER DISHES , ETC. LASS CAKE STANDS , 25C. ' 10 SLATE PENCILS FOR 1C- MIXED BIRD SEED 5CLB. JAMAICA GINGER , 5C BOTTLE. DECORATED SLOP PAILS , 39C. BOYS' VELOCIPEDES , $1.75 , $1.98 AND $2.93 GIRLS' TRICYCLES , $4.50. LARGE DISH PANS , 19C. 25C AND 35C. HAND LAMPS COMPLETE , 19C AND 25C. PAPER PAILS , 19C. ANSONIA ALARM CLOCKS , 98C , BIRD CAGES , BIG ASSORTMENT , 75C. GARDEN HOES , 18CAND23C. GARDEN RAKES. 18C AND 25C. LARGE SIZE HATCHETS , 20C. SMALL SIZE HATCHETS , IOC. MONKEY WRENCHES , 25C. A GOOD SAW , 25C , A GOOD PATENT PADLOCK , JOC. THOUSANDS OF BARGAINS TO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. \ . . - - I the officers in charge of him through the bair of his cell door. Ho did this so often that , the oftlcor becoming incensed drew his sword and COT HIM ox Tin : AIIM upon a repetition of- the offense. It was not thought that that the wound was serious and Sullivan bled to death before its naturu was ascertained. Be this ns it may , ho was as dead as a door null when his ( sell door was opened , und the vigilantes declared that ho hud committed self-murder. In company with President Fuldu of the California athletic club I paid n visit to the grave of the dead champion ono duv lust -f. . week. Ho is buried in the graveyard of St. Francis Dolores on Guerrero .street near Six teenth , in that part of the citv known as "Tho Warm Belt of the Mission. " His grave is behind u clump of weeping willow trees in tlio back part of the little cemetery , in which also arc interred the remains ot Aguolla , the llrst Mexican governor of Cali fornia , and of .Tames Cusoy , the llrsl man hung by the vigilunntcs. Tlio Inscription on the tombstone is ns follows : Sacred to tbo memory of , thn Into i JAMKS HUM.I VAN , who died bjr thn bands of the V. U. , Mural , IRVi , aged 15 years. Koninmbor not , O Lord , our OITiiiiscs nor Ihosoof ourparcnls , Nolthur taU'o thou vuiiKiianco of our s Thou shall bring my Mini out of TrlbnlatIciii , and la thy moiry thou Shalt dnstioy mini ) unemlus. A nutlvo of llandon , Ireland. EIlECTKIl 1IY , IAMiS : MITI.LOY , .liimwrytM. 1S.W. Mnlloy , the man who thus honored Sulli van's memory , Is buried but n short distance from the grnvo of the great lighter. Yankee. Sullivan , though born a Catholic , was not a very devoted son of Iho church. When Bishop Dnbois was In charge of the dloceso of Now York , there was great ox- eitomnnt over his coin-so regarding the public schools , and ono night his episcopal residence wus stoned by some of the morn violent of these who opposed him. Yiinkeo Sullivan for it few hundred dollars l.ii : ) THAT MOII. Them Is a report hero that John L. Sulll- van , when on Oils coast left u sum of monuy to bo used for thn beautifying of his nninu- sako's grave , but I do not know that the re port Is truo. 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