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to THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SIOTAY , JUNE 8 , 1890.-SIXTEEN PAGES , I BUSINESS ON PRINCIPLE H/T / A V e re Going to Try to Do More Business this Month Than We Did Last , If we succeed , it will be phenomenal , If JUN IVljTl 1 . we do as Well , it will be remarkable enough , for we must say that our May business was something wonclerflil. Success leads to success , and encouraged as we are in our special -sales - , we work tO LOOK AT OUR PROGRAMME THIS WEEK * Bed Room Suits , oak , cherry and walnut , $9.50 , $14,50 , $25 , $40 up. Parlor Suits , plush brocatelle and tapestry coverings , $20 > Folding Beds , 50 designs , all wood , $10 , $18 , $25 , $35 , $50 up. $28 , $35 , $50 up Brussels Carpets , 100 patterns to select from , 50c , 65c , Wardrobes , all wood , $8.50 , $10.50 , $12.50 , $15 up. - 85c ' , 95c up. Extension and Kitchen'Tables , $1.25 , $1.75 , $3.75 $6 up.- Ingrain Carpets , 17c , 25c , 40c , 60c up. Cane and wood seat Chairs 20c , 40c , 65c , $1 up. Lace Curtains and Window Shades , 26c , 55c , $1 , $2 up- Baby Carriages , $2 , $3.50 , $5.75 , $9.50 up. Sideboards , $12.50 , $19 , $25 up. Gasoline and-Cook Stoves , $3 , $5.25 , $7.75 , $11 up. r AND OUR ENTIRE STOCK AT EQUALLY LOW PRICES. \ OUR TERMS. EASY PAYMENTS. $15 worth of goods , $1 per week or $4 per month. $30 worth of goods , $1.50 per week or $6 per month. Owing to the immense and unprecedented success of our prize dis Third Grand Prize One handsome oak sideboard value $ 50 $60 worth of goods , $2 , per week or $8 per month , tribution which takes place July 5 , at 7 p. in. , we have decided to in Fourth Grand Prize-1 celebrated family universal cook stove value 25 $90 worth of goods , $2.50 per week or $10 per month. ' crease the number of prizes from eight to nine. Every purchaser is Fifth Grand Prize One fine oak bookcase value 25 ' entitled to a ticket for each worth of . Sixth Grand Prize One solid oak extension table value 15 $10 goods purchased. worth of $125 goods , $3 per week or $12'per month. Seventh Grand Prize One gorgeous plush oak rocker. . .value 1'5 $250 worth of goods , $5 per week or $20 per month. First Grand Prize One beautiful plush pat lor set value $100 Eighth Grand Prize One fine decorated stand lamp value 15 Second Grand urixn Ono plpo-nnf nak rlirmihpr suit- vnlim 1(10 ( Ninth Grand Prizrc OUR liaiulsomn hanoinolint rnrlc.- . .vnlnn 10 OMAHA'S GRADING TXMR PAYMENTT HOUSE , 613,615 , 617 , 619 North Sixteenth Street Between California and Webster Streets , Omakx WAMMKER'S BIG BRAIN , The Wonderful Things It Has Accom plished iu a Pew Years. .A VERY LITTLE WORLD IN ITSELF. OThc Immense Establishment In Phila delphia ilio Pride in His Hitii- day School Extensive Plans for Postal KoforniM. , ISM , lin Frank O. WAS.III.NOTO.V , Juno 5. [ Special to Tim Hun. ] By nil odds the most unique churne- tcr ia .American polities is John Wnnmnakor , the postmaster general or the United States. A man whoso whole lifo hns been tlmt of business , who 1ms had nothing to do with politics nor politicians , ho is made the head of what 1ms always been tko'blggest political machine of the government. There arc moro than 150,000 employes who nro moro or less directly under tbo control of the postmaster Kcncral mid his big red lingers rest upon the keyboard to which is attached the wires reaching out to every city and village in the country. It was indeed n curious appoint ment. Still Benjamin Harrison had in John "Wanamaker his closest ally and his strong est friend. Ho has In him perhaps the hard est worker of his cabinet and one of the strongest forces of his administration. Wnu- omakcr is A Man of Ideas and ho believes in running his department on business principles , Ho Is chafed every day by the clogs which the necessary consulta tions with senators and representatives throw In his way and uo nys If ho coulil run ttio postofllco department on his own plan ho could make § 10,000,000 a year for the govern ment. I don't doubt but that ho is correct. For the past forty years everything ho has touched has turned In to gold ami now at fifty- two ho is said to bo worth $15,000,000 mill ho lias mi Income of about ? . ' ,000 , a day. Still It Is only four decades since ho was carrying the cluy which made the brick in his father's brickyard , mid about that tlmo ho engaged to clerk in a bookstore for a less sum pcrweek than the scrub women of the postoftlco department get for u day. Ho Is called by his enemies a counter-jumper and sneering .remarks nro iiuulo about his store in Philadelphia. All the world knows tlmt ho 1ms n store there , and the fact became pretty well advertised before ho became postmaster general. Few people , however , appreciate the Immensity of Ills business and the wonderful system on which It is run. It Is the biggest establish ment of Its kind In the world. It far out ranks the great lion Marcho of Parts , and it Is , I am told , five times the slzo of Jordan & Marsh's great Boston establishment. It dears , I am told , $1,000,000 n year mid it does n business of $35,000,000 , annually. Its roof covers acres and on mi ordinary week there nro 5,000 buying at It at one tltno. You can find ony thing In It from allsh hook to a steam- chip's Anchor mid its mighty growth has been the outcome of the brains of this man. U is u mistake , however , to suppose that It docs any business for the government. There uro Two Other Wiiiininnkor Firms in Philadelphia and It Is these which have caused the accusation tlmt the postinastcr general Is u competitor for government con- tracts. Tlio fact Is that prior to his appoint ment the linn put In bias for many kinds of rovcmmciit supplies and they amdo n great leal of money out of them. Wnen Mr. Wana- 4iakcr uccqptod the postmaster generalship le fAVO orders that no bids were to bo made cither for supplies to the postofllco depart ment or any other department of the govern ment and I am told that this order has re duced the profits of the firm during the past year fully $100,000. The only way in which the government can now buy anything at Wanamakor's store Is by its agents purchasing over the counter llko the ordinary shopper. To give n further idea of this establishment , it has the largest retail book business in the United States. Its cellar contains the biggest electric light plant of the whole world and undur its ono roof moro than four thousand employes work during the or dinary season and this number is increased to fi,000 at Christmas. Wanamakor believes in advertising and his advertising manager gets a salary of § 12,000 a year. Ho pays each of the Philadelphia papers from ? 'i,000 to $1,000 every month for advertising , and ono of bis principles in advertisements is tliat they shall tell the truth. Among his principles of suc cess nro application , integrity anil advertis ing and ho ranks thcso high in the advice ho gives to young men. Ho Is interested largely in the wholesale brunch of his establishment , ' which goes under the name of Hood , Bon- bright it Co. , and ho has seine stock , I under stand , in the llrm of Wanaimikor & Brown , though ho has not been associated with this firm for six years and ho merely holds their stock as collateral. John Wanamakcr , however , Is best known from this big retail storo. Ho owns the most of it , though Itobcrt O. Ogden has a largo in terest and ho has the entire , management of the store now tbat Wanamakcr is a cabinet minister. It Is true that there is n private wire running from the Philadelphia house to the uostofllco department , but only thrco or four messages pass over this a day mid thcso arc moro of social messages than business ones. If Mrs. Wanamakor or the girls are going to Philadelphia the postmaster-general will send n line announcing the fact , or if ho wants some special arrangement For HlH Sunday School his private wire Is called into requisition. As to ordinary business matters , ho is seldom consulted and it is only ns to questions of general business policy , largo purchases or the buying of n corner lot that his partners have to telegraph him. His two sons nro members of the llrm , nnd though I have not met them , I am told that tliuy are men of moro than ordinary business ability. Both nro still under thirty and both are graduates of Princeton college. Tom Wanamakor Is in the house at Philadelphia and Hodman spends most of his tlmo in Paris as the foreign pur chasing agent of the establishment. Both of the young men are married mid both have babies In short clothes. Tom Wnnamakcr married n Miss Welch of oao of the old fam ilies of Philadelphia , mid his brother Hod man has n French lady for a wlfo. The post master-general baa mi eye for the beautiful In woman , and ho la very fond ofhis daughtors-in-Iaw. Ho doles moro over his grandchildren than President Harrison does over Baby MclCco , and ho Is essentially a family man , Probably no public man In Washington has n moro pleasant homo Hfo than John Wnuu- niakor. Hols thoroughly In Love with His Wife and family , mid ho has two- charming daughter who are good old-fashioned girls , nuil with whom ho loves to romp n/tcr his day's work Is over. Everyone ono knows where ho lives. It Is in ttio his toric Frcllnghuyson mansion , which Mrs. Whltnoy mudo suoh a social center during the lust administration , and which Mr. Wuna- muker has Improved at an expense of about tiO.OOO. This bouso Is ono of the most ele gantly furnished houses of the capital. Its walls are hung with satin and It has rooms so largo tlmt you could turn a wagon-load of hay around in UmuiAvlthout touching the walls. It has a picture gallery ns big as a barn , and this is filled with seine of the precious art works owned by the postmaster general. Ho hiis Httlo pieces of canvas hero which have cost $200 an Inch , and I am told by an art " friend of his that there are nt least"S'200,000 worth of pictures in this room. Still thcso paintings comprise only a part of his collec tion , and ho is , you know , the possessor of Munkacsy's ' "After tbo Wedding , " which hangs on the loft wall ctf the gallery. There nro moro than fifty pictures on the walls of this ball room , and though they are all very valuable I do not think that some cf them nro ns beautiful ns these which hung it m the days of- the Whitney owner ship. Secretary Whltnoy had a remarkable taste in art , and in his collection are many masterpieces. Ho had n Miller which Van- dcrbilt considered finer than any painting ho owned , and seine of his pictures of the French school wore wonderfully beautiful. The post master-general is a good judge of line paint ings. Ho has Made n Study of Art , nnd can tell a good painting without asking the advice of a picture buyer. Ho knows most of the great artists of Paris personally , mid ho is a haunter of the studios when ho is in Europe. The postmaster-general and his wife Imvo entertained moro' lavishly than any other family connected with the administration , with perhaps the exception of the Mortons. They have kept open house , havofe'i.'en ' many dinners and receptions , nnd at the cloao of not a few of their parties this picture gallery ball room hns been thrown Open for dancing. The postmaster-general is noted ns a Sunday- school man. Ho is , I believe , a genuine Christian , nnd his cloak of religion has not been donned with his oftlcial appointment nor his business success. Ho is not so straight- laced , however , ns were our Puritan fathers , and ho docs not consider dancing sinful. Ho will notuso wines , However , at Ills state din- net's , and ho confines his own drinks to ap- ollinaris , hawthorn water and tbo succulent soda. Ho believes lu the observance of the Sabbath , and ho will not allow a letter or a telegram to bo delivered at his house on Sunday. Ho will not talk business on Sunday nnd there are no Sunday newspapers taken In his house. Ho runs his Christianity , too , On IliiHlnoKM Principles and ho says that ministers would get along better if they had moro business tact. Few people have any idea of the Christian work which ho is doing in his Sunday school at Philadelphia which ho started ia the "Flvo Points" of that city when ho was working on a salary of loss than received by the average government clerk. His first Sunday school was held hi n tent and ho was a successful Sunday school teacher when ho was thirty years of ago , twenty yoira : before any ono imagined tlmt ho would bo a rich man , mid the wildest droaiflor would not have pointed him outras a cabinet minister. I am told that Wunnamiikor ilskod his life In starting his Sunday school and that the tough ? of the Quaker ( Jlty used to pelt him with mud when ho began with the ragged children and tried to Influence the drunkards to milld up a Sun day school. It was porlmpi tliU itcltlng that made him work the harder for Wannamakor Is > a lighter from the word go uti'l oppojltloa only mudo him the moro anxious to succco d. A man who vUltsd his Sunday school the 'other day was telling tna something as to its proportions. Said ho : "Wonamaxur has two granlto tabernacles , ono of Which Is tbo Bethany church and the ether tha Sunday school. There ore about throa thousand pupils ia the Sunday school and there are something llko thrco hundred touchers. ) The school bos a magnificent organ and It has an orchestra of thirty pieces , Wnna- nmker opens It every Sunday , ami .elves the children a talk. After he has gottoultto Into swing ho goes across to the Bethany church where ho has a bible class of 1,000 men and women. Ho talks to thcso In the most practical way nnd leads the singing. After the service is over the teachers all stay and when they nro through ho stops and shakes bands and tnlks to the scholars. Ho has bis scholars all organized Into working bands of charity and mission work , and im- mcnso quantities of coal and provisions are Distributed to the Poor through them. Ho gives a great deal himself and understands bow to make others give. Ho believes that the boys make better Chris tians iu their work and ho has has bis "John Wesley" bands and his JohnKnox bands and ho seems to kcop trade of every individual boy and his work. The mothers of the chil dren counsel with him and ho gives as much good by his advice as by his money. After tbo Sunday school is over Mr. Wanamakcr spends the remainder of his Sunday with his family if they iiro in Philadelphia. Ho comes back to Washington early on Monday , nnd is often at the department before noon. Postmaster-General Wnuiunukor spends as many hours ut his desk as any postmaster- general wo have had for years. Ho rises nt about half-past six o'clock , shaves himself ami takes a good , plain breakfast. Ho rides down to the department In the department coupe and ho is ready for work at half-past eight , thirty minutes before his force of clerks have begun to arrive. Ho has a private secretary , Mr. Marshall dishing , whom ho pays himself to attend to his per sonal matters , mid this man is an old news paper man who takes his dirrctlons from the postmaster general and dictates them to sten ographers. Tills man looks over the mall , dis poses of a largo part of it , referring matters relating to the store to Mr. Ogden , these to the Sunday school to the manager nt Phila delphia , and handing over to the postmaster ircnornl such as ho cannot answer himself. The postmaster general gets about a cartload of marked newspapers every day. ' Mr. Gush ing looks over these and cllpa out such matter as ho thinks will interest Mr. Wanamakor and throws away such ns ho is sure will not. Tlio postmaster gcneivd spends his first half- hour nt the department In dictating letters and attending to personal matters. Ho writes some letters himself and is well advanced with his mail by .tho tlmo tlmt half-past 0 1ms arrived. Ho lun hud perhaps a council with his bureau cliiofs.and at this tlmo is ready to receive the stream of senators and representa tives of onicc-s > oekers and others who then begin to coino.JTroin 0 until 1'J ho is accessi ble to every ono. Ho hears every man's tale mid gives him a ready answer. This answer Is not always a politic ono , for Mr. Wmm- maker Is more of tubusiuess man than a poli tician. Ho 1ms , histfrlcnds say , no other am bition than to niako a gooJ posinmitor general - oral nnd ho does .not want to bo senator from Pennsylvania , noriis The Providential Itco buzzing in the thick brown hair which rises from Ills bread foivhcad. Ho has the faculty of deciding a thing right off and the politicians of Washington say ho would muhuu moro cfllcicnt postmaster general if ho understood tbo political parties and fac tions of the various status b.'ttor and could divide up the ofllccs in order to harmbiilzo them. Ho Is too much of a civil service man to suit many of thorn , though ho dooi not bo- llovo In the civil sorvlco as at present consti tuted. Ho thinks tbat every cabinet minister - i tor should have the rl ht to look a man in the cyo before ho appoints him and that | clerics should bo examined by men in the dcj j part incut In which they uro to work , ' r.ithor. ; than by 0110 board which examines for the whole country. The senators and representative * . keep > tbo postmaster getibrul busy until noon , and it is- 1 o'clock before Lo gets homo to bis lunch. Ho comes buck ut 3 und works away steadily t until or 7:30 : in the evening , doing the bos p.irt of bis work after the rest of the clerks have gone. Ho has a number of hobbies in his postofllco work and ho is always after now Idea * . A man who tried to get work of him the other day was asked by him whether ho had Any New Ideas nnd what ho could do for him , and when the man really showed that ho had some original ity ho was at once given a job. Postmaster General Wanainaker was surprised to find when ho first came into ofllco that a number of the ideas that ho supposed were his hail been formulated and discussed by other post master generals. Tills was so with the postal telegraph , which bo thought was anew now thing , and the postal savings bank , to the cause of which ho is ar dently devoted. The Idea in his postal telegraph scheme of having the com petitive telegraph lines do the business , nnd having tbo postoflles merely deliver the mes sages is his own , nnd his scheme for appoint ing n general manager of the postofllco do- pai-tment , who shall have a term of oflico for ten year. * nt $10,000 a year , is also his. Ho has several other hobbies in addition to thcso , and bo works at thcso steadily , hammering away and hoping to succeed. Ho is n hard worker mid knows bettor than any other man in tbo administration how to make ether men work. Ho is well liked at the department , and socially is a jolly good follow. John Wanamakor gives away n great deal of money in charity every year. Ho gives much to Washington , and ho has enough applications every day trom all parts of the country to eat up ten times his income. I spent nn hour this morning in looking at some of the letters which pour into his pri vate secretary. They are from churches , Sunday schools and Individuals , and they ask for everything from A Set of False Teeth to a donation 01 thousands. Many or mo let ters have tbo words "Tho Lord lovoth the cheerful giver'1 at tbo top , and not a few of them coino from across tbo water. Hero Is ono dated February 27,1800. Mr. Wnnamnkor : I saw your name In tno paper not long ago , saying you had moro money than you knowcd what to do with. I write asking you for some of it. I will not make a lot of excuses , but I am u poor far mer's daughter. Answer. A boy from n normal school in Alabama wants money to finish hU education , and thinks the Lord will continue to shower cop ious streams of blessings pa Wana makcr if ho sends it to him A Now Jersey woman says she Is very fond of music and tolls Wananmknr tlmt the bible says that lie shall not lot the loft hand know what tbo right band doth. She has boon offered a ffi. ) organ for ? -"J cash , warranted for six years , mid she wants seine money to buy It. This letter is badly apt-lied , poorly written , and It onils by saying "God bless you" in anticipation of the gift. A Virginia man 1ms made a cano from wood nt Montlcello mid will bo thankful for any thing Mr. Wanamakcr sends him. mid a Rus sian woman 1ms heard of Mr. Wmiumakcr's benovolcnco mid writes for alms. There lianas in the postmiistcr-gcncral's ollk-o a wooden chain llvo feet long cut out of ono bar of wood. Tbo links are about un Inch wide and this chain was Made Iiy an Utiio Man who sent It to the postmaster general. It now hangs on the mantel In front ot the clock. In the next room there is a chain seven feet long sent by the sumo man xvlth a request for the postmaster general to send him $100 a foot for it or $70J. Tlio man w s thanked for the first chain and was told tliat the post master general could not p.iy for the second one , tier could it bo bold for $ .V)0 ) as the man after wants suggested. A fiw days ago iia- othur letter was rcctlvcd from iho same man savin/ that ho wants the | XMtmiutnr general to 1m m'lliatcly take the seven-f > ot chain and burn " up In a hot steve to ashoi and to bo sura , nut to send It back here. Ho has been ovid v.iily blowing about the money ho will got fIt ; and don't want to bo exposed. Alt buoi i''U < 'Vfvre- answered but it would bank- rupC'ruums t > > giro in roi > onui to them. FlUXK U. UiJII-EMlill. FIZZ OF THE FUN-MAKERS , A Barely Possible Explanation for a Young Lady's ' Breezy Bathing Suit. SHE JUST FITTED FOR A CHAPERONE She IB Quite Dcnf mid Almost Blind Mr. ] MJillln Preferred tltc Cin der Took His Order A lion's Pants. Smith , Gray & Co.'s Monthly : Biggs I wonder why Miss Plionn wears a cheek bathing suitV Illffgs Probably because she wants it to "Pay the Bearer. " The Kest Ho Could Do. Clothier and Furnisher : Wife I tun BO anxious for a now dress. Husband Can't you wait , dour , until I fail again. A Young Financier. Time : Say , mamma , how much am I worth ? You are worth a million to me , my son. son.Say , mamma , cowldn't you advance mo twenty-five cents1 ; Useless Advice. Clothier and Furnisher : Billings There is only one way to keep your trousers from bagging , and that is not to walk BO much. Kihgloy Great Scott ! Don't you know that I'm the father of twins ? Ignorance Scored. American Grocer : Ho ( referring1 to the opera ) And what did you think of Sul livan's score ? She ( disparagingly ) You forgot , Mr. Mossbach , that Mr.Sullivan is a boxer not a baseball player. A Moro Important Case. Puck : Iluckiniin Ia the doctor at homo ? Bridget Yes , sir ; he's out In the back yard killing a chicken. Hackinan Call ' 1m in , I've got bigger game. Cool and Colic-clod. Smith , Gray & Co.'s Monthly : Goslin Jaysmith owes mo $100 In cool cash borrowed money , donehorknow. Gtixznin If It's cool it ought to bo col lected. Sudden CJiisli of Sympathy. Chicago Tribune : "Mamma , " said the potted young heiress , "is It true that An nie Simpson H fever loft her quite deaf and nearly blind ? " "That is what your Cousin Simpson writes , dear. " "Lot her come and llvo with us , mam ma , " pleaded tluj dnuirhtor , with eyes almost tearful In their tender sympathy. "I want her for a chaporono. " Kvldoutly Not. Smith , Gray & CO.'H Monthly : "When the jury brought in u vurdlct of 'guilty , ' the prisoner turned pale and trembled like a leaf. " "Then ho didn't have the courage of his conviction. " Accounted Kor. Smith , Gray < fc CO.'H Monthly : Tramp Can you give mo an old pair of pants , Mister ? Mister Say trousore , my man , not pants. I'nntri belong to dogs. Tramp Ja that ho ? , Thut accounts for the way they go for 'ujji , then. literacy No to. Texas Sittings : I'YJoud Uow arc you coming o"n ? Author Good , I've got the material on hand for a first-clasa novel. "You arc a lucky man , " "That's not all ; I've got the material for a splen did comedy , besides. " "You tire fortu nate. " "Yes , all I need now is the ma terial for a now pair of pants. " The Remedy Worse Than the Dlspaso. Smith , Gray & Co.'s Monthly : -Mullia Oi hov a chinder in mo eye , from the gas-houso ! Mrs. Mullin Sorra , sorra ! This is phwtit yoz'll do. Hold yuro nose wid wan hand ; tur-rn th' lid uv yuro eye in- sidy-out wid th' ether ; kapo yuro mout' shut , an' shnoozo like th' divil ! Mullin Oi t'luk ' 11 kapo th' chindor , Rosiol Second Nature. American Grocer : "This room is very close , " remarked the guest to the headwaiter - waiter , "can't I have a little fresh air ? " The well drilled automatun raised hio voice to a high pitch. "Ono air ! " ho yells , after a pause , adding , "have it fresh1' ! . The March of Trade. Clothier and Furnisher : Great Mer chant ( to manager ) Inform the .clerics. Mr. Mumm , that owing to the general stagnation in business their salaries will bo reduced ton per cent , on and after the 1st. 1st.Mr. Mr. Mumm Yes , sir. Great Merchant -And by the way , if the architect culls with these plans fo * my Newport villa , ask him out to dine , I will return at 1 o'clock. * IJudly Out of Order. Mrs. DuTollo Did your husband got hlfl typo writer llxed yet , Mrn. DoGuy ? Miu DeGav Whv ? I didn't know there was anything the matter of it. Mrs. Du tello You didn't ? Why , J heard moro'n a month ago that Mr. Do Gay had mashed his typo writer. Mrs. DcGay ( guardedly ) Oh well it will bo llxed when he comes homo tlila evening. It Should Have .Jin-Indict Ion. Smith , Gray it Co.'s Monthly : M < u Gnz/.tim ( reading the newspaper ) Hero's an account of a man arrested on hin w ; fl ding day. . Unzznm Was ho tried in the marry- time court ? A Dlusted IComanco. Clothier and Furnisher : "Miss Clara , " began the young man , "it becomes neces sary for mo to speak to you'upoii a sub ject which deeply concerns us both. will llrst aslc you to recall to mind thr last evening I was hero. Wo parted , if you will remember , upon the stops. As I proceeded slowly iiurosa the lawn the full moon ciimo from behind a cloud and enveloped mo in u Hood of mellow glory. Suddenly , Miss Clara , it scorned to mo without a note of warning , I was ovori * whelmed " "Ono moment , Mr. Smlthors , " Inter rupted the beautiful girl IIH she stuck an extra hairpin and turned down the gas thrco-quartors of an inch. Thou draw ing her chair still closer , she Indicated by iv wave of her hand that ho could pro ceed. "I was about to observe , Miss Clara , " continued the young man , "that I was jvorwholmed by the onslaughts of your father's dog Grip who atoupthroo weeiw of my salary in half a mlnuto and unleash , your pa antes un for that null there Ja x joing to bo war. " "Say no more , Mr. Smllhora , " replied " ho young lady , rising slowly and pnin- ully from the JunnoHs-Mlllor position hut she had assumed but a moment bo- ore and pointing to the door. "Go. I will huvo pu soml you u chock for nin * dollars by the llrat
