THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SUNDAY. .DECEMBER li ISDO-THIETY-TWO PAGES.
H 'ALCON H
Silk Department ,
CIIIUSTMAS PRESENTS to last un
til January 1.
LOT 1.
10 ynnls good black cn > 3 grain silk ,
$10.
10 yards black or colored French
failles , $10.
10 yards black Armuro silk $10.
16 ynrds black sntln rlmditmna , $10 ,
Regular price of the ubovo , $1.85.
LOT 2.
10 yards guaranteed black gros grain ,
325.
10 yirds guaranteed * black French
falllo , $25.
10 yards guaranteed black armuros ,
825.
10 yards guaranteed eat In rhadamas ,
$25.
$25.All
All of lot 2 wo Boll never less than
81.85 mid $2 par yard.
LOTS.
10 ynrds very fine double face alma
royal , best American make , for $32.
10 yards elegant' gros grain silk ,
French and American irmko , $32.
10 yards beautiful satin do Lyon ,
French make , $32.
10 yards best satin morvejloux ,
French make , 882.
Our retail price for th Is lot , $2.50 to $3.
LOT 4.
This lot include ? gros grains , satin do
Lyons , failles , alma royals , etc. , and
was mmlo specially for the London re
tail trade- ; are the best , silks in the
American market today. Are retailing
for $3 , $8.25 , $3.50 , $3.75 and $4 ; willbo
rodutfcd In proportion to the other
goods. Also velvets and plushos.
Dress Goods Dep't.
For a nice Xmas present the most ap
preciated and useful is a fine dress pat
tern. Anticipating the demand for
these goods , wo have draped our cast
ehow window with a few sample pat
terns BO as to glvo gentlemen an idea of
how they look made up , The prices are
within the roach of all , ranging from
83.15 a pattern to $15 and $25. The
styles are all now and colors the most
desirable. Broadcloths are also very
Btyliah and serviceable and the prices
much lower than early in the season.
Cl-inch imported broadcloths , OOc ,
81.25 , $1.60 , $1.75 , $2 , $2.60.
For children's dresses :
40-Inch all wool plaids at 60o.
40-inch French plaids at 55c.
40-inch imported plaids at 75c and 81.
40-inch imported serges at 50c.
40-incJi henriottas at 574c.
40-inch honriottas at 75c and 81.
64-inch serges at $1.25.
40-inch flannels at 50c.
f 4-lnoh flannels at 75o and 87ic.
THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION ,
How It Will Tend to Promote the Happi
ness of the People.
ELOQUENT LECTURE BY BISHOP KEANE.
- -
An ApoNtrnplio to America and a
Forcible Denunciation of the
I Iquor Business by the
Learned Prolate.
Bishop Kcano of Washington delivered his
lecture , "The American of the Future" in
Bt , Pbllomcna's cathedral last Tuesday
night. It was a very able , but lengthy effort ,
and it is regretted that only a few extracts
may hero bo reproduced.
After describing the Inmjraerablo desson-
tlons and divisions into which Europe had
been divided and tno consequent national
caluuHloH and prejudices , bo said ;
It was whoa Europe was in this condition
( that the providcnco of God opened up Amer
ica as a refuge for tlio oppressed , as a fresh
field for the advance of Christian civilization ;
a now world In which there should bo no on-
tiinBlcnionts. In our blessed country , which
God intended nbovo all others to bo the land
of liberty , mnn found a territory as largo ns
the whole of Europe without uny of ttioso
dividing national lines , whluh niado Eutxxi
n vast camp of jealoes rivals. Hero
men of all nationalities could
come together and say that they wore
brothers ; could coma and take ono another
by the hand nnd stand together as equals , as
fellow rron , ns fellow citizens of ono preat
blessed common country nnd the nearest
realization of a blessed brotherhood of men
Uiat the world bos over scon. Hero men could
come and stand together on the basis of
their common manhood without any of
these distinctions which sot class
ntralnst class in feudal Europe , with
no nro-ominenco except the universal pre
eminence of superior ability , auperlor energy-
superior devotedncas to work and superior
attachment to the common weal. Hera
everyone recognizes In every other the
inalienable rights bestowed upon every man
by his creator. Those Inalienable rights were
made the basis of her constitutional organiza
tion. Thus under the guiding- hand of provi
dence our country grow to bo the grandest
embodiment of popular government tno ,
world had over witnessed.
Nearly nil the colonists bad suffered relig
ious persecution of ono kind or another , nnd
they naturally brought to their now nomes
BOino of the old prejudices. It is an histori
cal fact that during colonial days sect was
arrayed nijnlust sect , but the providence of
God could not permit that to con
tinue. Catholic Maryland was the first
to unfurl the banner of liberty ,
other colonies Joined in the noble
work. In the struggle for liberty churchman
Btood shoulder to shoulder with dissenter
nnd Cathollo with Protestant ; Catuolla
Franco Joined wltn Puritan New England as
they marched with Washington to victory ,
unatuustuonrovldencoof God crushed out
all these old animosities nnd showed the
Amorlcan people that whllo not yet united
they could agree to disagree In Christian
charity nnd friendliness ; that whllo hero no
man need sacrifice his conscientious princi
ples , yet ho has to respect the consciences of
others whllo faithful to his own. The old
Christian spirit of slandering ono another for
tholovoof Uod ; of persecuting ono another
for the love of Cnrlstwns swept away , nnd
the amendment to our constitution warning
pongrcss to keen its hands off religious
Bmttcrs , rendered it impossible for any spirit
of Ciusarlsm to nnd a foothold in our laud.
But lot it not bo imagined that this amend
ment to the constitution was prompted by
any religious indifference ; on tbo contrary it
wvs prompted by 'a regard for religion In
order I'mt rcllclon might be placed ooyond
the reach of either political violence or politi
cal hyDocrisy , leaving It free and secure to
cutdo the people according to
their consciences , for our country
has never forgotten tbnt warning
of our country's fattier , Washington , that
wo cannot hope to maintain our civilization
Without morality , and there could be uo mor-
SruciAL. SPECIAL , . SI-KCIAL. I
Scotch tweeds , 61-Inch , ag \ bargain
40-inch Scotch cheviot , a genuine
good material , at 05c.
42-inch French hoinosmm checks no
wear out to this cloth , nt 70c.
Printed cashmeres in lovely designs
for tea gowns a sncciiilty. The prices
nro reasonable and the quality the
finest inndo.
Note This is n great opportunity to
buy goods'nt prices never before quoted
and gentlemen as well us ladies would
do well to look over our stock ocforo
purchasing their holiday nresonts ,
Shawls.
Wo are also showinp a line of Im
ported India Shawls at$1L' , 15 , 18 , 20 ,
22.50 , 25 , W ) , 87.5040 and up to 8160.
Cloak Department.
Hero wo are , more useful Christmas
presents than any other department , in
the house.
The Indies' first choice is always a
handsome sealskin cloak , jacket or
wrno.Vo have them nt the right
prices.
A handsome plush sncquc at $18 , $20 ,
$22.76 , $30 , $35 and $40.
Also just received a now line of im
ported French evening robes , nothing
finer to bo soon anywhere.
Ladies' jackets in all the latest
styles nt $5 , $7.50 , $9 , $10 , $12 , $16 , $18
and $20.
Wo have also Christmas presents for
the children , a nice heavy winter cloak
for $3 , $4.50 , $5 , $6.50 , $0 , $7 , $8 , $0 nnd
$10.
Ladies' Handkerchief
DEPARTMENT.
Wo have a large ussortment in this
department nnd you'will find it easy to
make a selection to suit your friends.
Can give you plain hemst. in | , 1 and
1J in. , at 5,10,15. 20 , 25 up to 75c ; and a
good all linen 1 in. homst. hundkor-
chief , six in a fancy box , at 81.50 a box.
Have a largo assortment of ombrold-
ercd handkerchiefs at 8i , 10,18 , 25 , 35 ,
60 , 05 , 75 and 85o.
Our line at $1 , $1.25 , $1.50 , $1.65 up to
$3 is without any exception the host in
the city.
Wo have as a nice present a line of
fancy handkerchief boxes with 1 hand
kerchief in a box.
A silk mull embroidered handker
chief at $1 , $1.25 , $1.50 and $1.75.
A ladies' homst. silk handkerchief at
25 , 35,60 , 05 , 75 and 85e.
A ladies'brocaded silk handkerchief
at 25,35,05 , 75c and $1.
Pocketbooks , Purses
AND CARD CASES.
A good serviceable poekotbook at 35 ,
60 , 05 and 75c.
allty without religion. Whllo , therefore , the
peed sense of our country keeps her from
trifling or meddling with God's religion , our
country recognizes the fact that that country
will bo most prosperous , its people
most happy and its public insti
tutions most secure and most pure in
proportion ns'tho ' benign influence of reli
gion shall have full sway over the minds of
the people : hcnco a great writer has pointed
out this instinctive religion as one of the
chief characteristics ol our people , and also
ns one of the main reasons of the hope and
future prosperity of this country.
America's fulfillment of her providential
mission depends ou her being the emDodl-
ment of the proudest nnd best civilisation ,
and this is the solution of our problem.
This shows what manner of man the Ameri
can of today is and what manner of mnn
the American of the future must be. The
world looks to America for an exemplifica
tion of n free country , but what .a curse
America could bo to the world if her people
should become irreligious and sceptical ; if
she should throw her mighty influence on the
side of more physical prosperity without ( Jed
and religion in It. The duty of Americans of
today is to keep America what God
has made her , to keen her civilization
what God has made it , and to keep out ot It
what God has intended should be kept out.
Despotism must bo kept out of America
whether it bo the despotism of the few over
the many or the many over the few , because
cltnor kind of despotism is possible. If in our
America despotism of any kind should mani
fest Itself in our midst , it is tlio duty of every
true American to at once suppress It. If the
fo\v should combine to tyrannize over the
many , our national and state legislatures
ought to take steps to break up the combina
tion In order to keep this country a govern
ment of tbo greatest number.
The bishop then advised the keeping out of
nationalism In the United States , which di
vides Europe into many ramps , ns also the
keeping out of the spirit of religious ani
mosity and bitterness , on the principle that
If Americans could not agree in religious be
lief , they could airrco to disagree in frlnndll-
ness and charity. Speaking on the liquor
question , ho said ;
The power of the saloon and the power of
whisky are terrible forces. I wish for the
love of my country I could say it Is false , but
where thcro is so much smoke there must ho
some llro. but , friends , ought not that 11 ro to
bo trampled out by the honest indignation of
every mnn who loves Ms country t At least
out here will you not make It is n desuicablo ,
a vllllnuous and a criminal thing for anyone
to attempt with money , or any other influ
ence to tamiier with n man's honest exercise
of the grand privilege of the f iiinchlso ? Will
you not brand as Infamous n man who will
tauo n bribe , nnd will you not see to it that
America shall not be disgraced by tbo domi
nation of whlskv'
Oh how my heart rejoiced when I road the
decision of the supreme court. Tuo whisky
man used to hold his head as high as anyone ,
but the supreme court decltion has lowered
him mid his business considerably in the eyes
of the public. It nfllrms that tbo whisky
business is a dangqr and u menace to our
national and domestic'prosperity. Men loolc
upon It with drond and they have the right ,
and It Is their duty , to crush It out of exist
ence as they would n snako.
How I wish I could put It Into tlio heart of
every American , into the heart of every
Christian , and 1 say it plainly , and nbovo all
into the heart of every Catholic , to despise
himself for having anything to do with thu
busincs ; a business that blasts homes ,
broalcs the hearts of wives und mothers ,
brings ruination on children and saps the
foundation of public morality. Oh , how I
hate that business. It is a curse , and no man
of honor , no Christian , should cngngo in It. I
do not care if I do hurt the feelings of some. I
will speak tbo truth and shame the devil.
[ Apilause.l The Cutholio church appeals to
all Catholics to got out of the business und
seek some moro reputable way to make a
living.
While thus regardlne Washington's in
junction to maintain public morality as the
basis of our civilization , wo must maintain
religion as the basis of our morality.
Friends , there are some people In our coun
try who deny or Ignore the fact that America
Is development of the great Christian civi
lization. They would fain pretend that this
is not a Christian power ; they would pretend
that It would bo hotter for our people it wo
would turn our back ou religion and say wltn
tno fool "there Is no God. " They who argue
In this way say that because wo have hero
forms of unboltut as well as belief , therefore
wo cannot be Chriitlan country. \ \ hat
A good leather pockotbooic nt 81 ,
.25 , 81.50 up to $3.
A combination card and pockotoook
at 75c , 91.60 and $2. ,
A card case nt 75c , $1.25 , $1.60 , $2 up
to $3.
A good leather purse at 2-5 , 85,60 vip
to $1.25.
Noodto books at 20 , 25 , 50 nnd 75c.
Ladles' ( work box ) companion at $1.25 ,
Blanket Department.
SECOND FLOOR.
In this stock wo have some great bar
gains. Owing to the mild weather wo
will make from now until the holidays
prices that will save you 10 to 15 per
cent.
Comfort Department.
Our fine display of oidor-down com
forts are unexcelled for pattern and
quality wo commence them nt $5 ,
worth $7.60.
A few slightly soiled at $9.75 , regu
larly sold nnd worth $10.50.
Flannel Department.
A now stock just received in a great
variety of patterns and colors , from 75c
to $2 per yard.
Xmas Presents.
A most desirable gift from ono friend
to another , and ono that would bo much
appreciated , would bo :
A California blanket.
A wrapper blanket.
A cattorn of French iliinnol.
A carriage robe.
An eidor-down comfort.
Linen Department.
Secure your Christmas presents while
the assortmeot is complete.
The following nro goods most suitable
j for u Christinas gift , being both useful
and ornamental :
Just received another shipment of
our handsome table cloths with nap
kins to match. Wo have marked them
still lower than the others. Wo must
make room for other goods.
Prices are $ ( ! , $15.50. $7.50 , $8.50 , $9.50 ,
$10.50 , up as high as $ .50 per sot.
FRINGED DAMASK SETS.
The largest assortment of this class
of goods to select from in the city , and
wo defy competition. All the latest designs -
signs and coloring , which no other
house can show.
Prices are $4.50. $5. 86.50. $0 , $7 , 88.
$10 , $12 , $15 , up to $ :2.50 : per set.
FINE TOWELS. PINE TOWELS.
Nothing handsomer for u Christmas
gift than ono of our elegant damask
towels. They como In all the rich and
rare colorings. No other house pan
show you those goods at any price.
Prices range from 75c , $1 , $1.25 , $1.50 ,
$1.75. $2 , $2.25 nnd $2.60 each.
lort of logic Is that ? Can not n man open Ins
icart to all mankind and bo most tolerant of
all convictions nnd yet have convictions of
ils own ? Can ho not have respect for his
tellow man whether ho bo Jew or Gentile ,
Musselman or Paganjiavlng universal charity
Tor all , and yet bo none the less a Christian )
Will ho not be all the more tilled with uni
versal charity in proportion as ho is llllcd
with the spirit of cenrity of the Savior of the
world ] And what is true of the individual
man is true of our government. She can bo
iust to all and permit every form of belief
that is consistent with public morality. She
must tyrannize over no one's conscience ; she
must never forget that she lives in the
Christian era , that she forms a part of
Christian life.
WO.UI3N IN THE CONFERENCE.
How Their Admission U Considered
by Other Donoiiilnntlnni.
The vote taken in all the Methodist
churches of the United States upon the ud
mission of delegates to the general confer
ences of the church has aroused considerable
Interest not ulono in the Methodist church
but among all othodox denominations. The
trend of the times Is toward the advancomcu
of women in social , ecclesinstial and business
llfo. A step in that direction by ono
church must necessarily interest al
others , for should it prove to bo a decided
success the time may coma when the women
in other churches will demand a Hko rccogtii
tion.
tion.Tho
The following opinions from clergymen no
belonging to the Methodist church have been
clven at the request of and especially for Tim
BBC.
BBC.Dr.
Dr. J. W. Ilnrsha of the First Presbyter
ian church said"I would not say
a word regarding the Methodist churcli
In a critical way , for the regulations
that may prevail in that church do not concern
corn mo. I would not for a moment , prenumo
to criticiso the methods of any church organ
ization outside of my own without urgent rea
sons for doing so. But as a more matter ol
opinion , I will say that so fur as spiritual and
social work is concerned , I wish that women
had moro Influence and promlnci.co in
all the churches , and particular
so in icy own denomination. I mean
to say , that women could take a much
inoro prominent and active part in prayer-
meetings and in the social gatherings of the
church than they do at present to cxccllcn
advantage , both for themselves and thi
church. I would rather hear a woman offei
prayer than to hear a man. There are alsi
spojiul departments of work in which
women nro peculiarly successful , but , when
you como to consider the government of the
church , I think that women hud better keep
out.
out.My training has been against the idea o :
women having anything to do with the Ia\\
maklncr department of church work. I adini
tUo fact that there are women who can de
liver powerful addresses and they are in
strumentnl In the accomplishment of a vus
amount of good , but In the regular work o
the ministry n woman would bo a failure ,
Preaching is but a very small part of nu
active , zealous minister's work. That would
bo the easiest part for a woman to perform ,
There are funerals to attend , poor people tc
look after , marriage ceremonies to perform
funds and finances to regulate , solicit and se
euro and a thousand other details to lool
after that would simply wear n woman ou
or bo entirely neglected. A woman Is toe
emotional to stand the work attending funer
als and she has a good name to maintal
that could not permit her going into hut :
and hovels and the slums of the city in scarcl
of poor and destitute. If a man is a fnlthfu
minister ho docs all that a .strong constitu
tion can endure and much moro than
woman could undergo. In special work sue'
as that done by Mrs. Van Cott or Miss Wil
lard I think thcro are a few women who ac
complished much good , but as regular pastora
I am thoroughly ot the opinion that womc
can not succeed. "
Dr. Lamnr , of the First Baptist church
said : "Tho admission of women to the con
foremen of Itself would bo all right if It did
not involve their ndmlssisn to the ministry.
It really means the admission of women to
the ministry which is point blank nnd straight
against the word of God und utterly ludo-
fenslblo. "
Funds for Donno College-
President D , D , Perry , ot Doano college at
Crete , spent several days in Omaha last week
We call sp&Hal attention to the splendid list of books for
Christmas presents underneath , pAlso to the list of goods suit
able for Christmas presents. We have given great attention
this year to pyrphase good and useful Christmas presents at
moderate prices ; ih keeping with the character of the times and
think we have ucceeded.
BED SPREADS. UED SPREADS.
From now until Christmas wo intend
to sell an immense , quantity of bed
spreads. . .
100 full sized hid spreads , entirely
now patterns other houses got $2 for a
cheaper spread ; our price for tills sale
will bo $1.50 each.
100 extra sized Marseilles bed spreads
largo assortment of patterns to select
from. For this sale wo will soil them at
$2.25 each. This is the cheapest spread
over sold in Omaha.
Finer spreads at $3 , $4 , $1.60 , $5 , up
to $10 each.
The nbovo list of goods are excep
tionally good value nnd wo would urge
vou to make your selections early while
the assortment is complete. Mail orders -
dors receive careful attention.
Millinery Department.
Millinery for Christmas presents.
You can buy a stylish hat or bonnet
from Si.50 ; to $15 , $18 nnd $25. Misses' ' or
child's from $2.50 to $10. Untrimmcd
felt hats from 76o to $2. An endless va
riety of birds , wings , feathers , funey
trimmings , etc.
Come early nnd secure first choice.
Umbrellas.
Good blnck silk umbrellas with plain
and fancy handles from $12 to $20 each.
A special line of blade silk umbrellas ,
warranted , with natural wood handles
and fancy trimmings , at1 , worth $5.
Real IJuchosso and point lace hand
kerchiefs from $1.2-5 to $10.
Ulack Spanish . guipure lace scarfs
from COc to $1.50 each.
Black hand-run Spanish lace scarfs
from $2.75 to $13.60 each.
Men's Furnishing De
partment.
Wo have just put in stock a largo and
, voll selected stock of leather goods suit
able for Xmas presents.
Gents'traveling sots at from $1.50 up
, o $0.60.
Gouts' picnic sets for $2.75 up.
Gents' rubber line toilet sots tor $1.75
, o $3.
Another shipment of fine neckwear
n all the newest cplopings and shapes ,
bur-in-hnnd , Teck's and the new Ascot
puff scarf ; prices ranging from 60o tot. ;
Also , a largo line of four-in-hand and j
Teclc's at 25c each.-
A largo lot of gents' colored border
nttial Hnon handkerchiefs , put up in a
iiandsotno box , forl per i doz.
Everything in plain and colored bor
der linen and silk li and kerchief a ; price
from 25o to $3 each' .
The newest thing in linen handker
chiefs is a solid black at 25c nnd 60c
each.
The largest assortment of gents' silk
nnd cashmere mufliers in the cityatSOc ,
7oc , $1 , $1.50 to $5 each.
A line fall dress shirt in niquo sateen
and funcv embroidered linen fronts at/
' ' " 'l ' ' ' '
working among prominent Congrcgntionlists
In the interests of Doano collepo. As n re
sult of his work a meeting has been called at
the First Congregational church on next
Tuesday night for tbo purpose of taking
stcns to raise n fund of $5,000 for the college.
This money is to bo used In the
building of n boarding hall for
young ladies which will bo called
> Gnylord hall" In honor of Ilev. Hcuben Gaylord -
lord , the first Congregational minister in Ne
braska , ana who resided for many years and
died in Omaha.
President Perry has been in the cast sev
eral weeks and returned with S2.000 in cash
for the college as the result of his personal
solicitations. _ _ _
Krllglon in the Army.
Chaplain Nave , for several years stationed
at Fort Omaha , but now at Fort Niobrara ,
was in Omaha last week consulting some of
the prominent ministers of the city with re
gard to an effort tlmt'will probably Iw made
to induce congress to msrouso the number of
chaplains in tbo regular army and to give
them a wider range of authority and duty
with respect to the moral conauct of sol
diers.
It Is claimed by these who favor the in
crease in the number of chaplains that thcro
is great need of a more thorough moral dis
cipline among the officer. } and soldiers of the
standing army , and that there are not
enough chaplains to do the work properly. It
is held furtner that the authority and jurisdiction -
diction of the chaplain is too much circum
scribed. Ho Is little moro than a figurehead ,
and so far ns practical effect is concerned , the
army might almost as well bo without
chnplnius as to have them under present
rules and regulations. Chaplain Nave said
that when ho reported immoral conduct
among the soldiers to the commanding gen
eral of the department that portion of his report
port was invariably returned to him with a
short explanation that no comments of that
nature were wanted from him. All the information
mation ho could furnish regarding
the educational advantages and pro
gress of the children of the post
was eagerly received by the heads of the
war department , but , not a word could the
chaplain report us to 'the moral or religious
conduct of the soldiers. The officers and
soldiers might gamble , drink or do almost
anything at any hour of the day or night and
the chaplain bad no right under present reg
ulations to interpose an objection or oven an
admonition.
As Mr. Nave views the matter , the work
of a chaplain was practically nullified by the
restrictions that were thrown about him.
The matter , It is expected , will bo placed
beloro congress this winter.
Churcli Notes.
The ladles of tba owman Methodist
church will have a zoological soclablo at the
residence of Mrs. Frank -'Bryant ' next Tues
day night. PHI
Ilov. T. J. Turkic , wuOjhos boon til for two
weeks , has almost recovered and will preach
at tlio Kouutzo Memodal church at the morn
ing service today. to
The mission band 'of'Trmity ' Methodist
church had nn entertainment lost Friday
evening for the purpose of raising funds for
tno "Mother's Jewels homo" at Milford ,
Nob. ' b' '
The ladles of thovFW. Congregational
church will have a Christmas entertainment
in tbo church on Tuesday evening of this
week. They will servo supper and soil
Christmas articles , "
Ilev. Wlllard Scott ll deliver a lecture
before the Congregational club In the
First church nt St. Joseph , Mo. , on
December ! ! 3. His subject will bo : The
Spirit of the Puritans. "
The congregational club of Crete will cele
brate "Forefathers' day , " December S3 , and
the Congregational clubs of Lincoln , Omaha
and Fremont have boon invited to Uko part.
Kov. Mr. Buss of Fremont will deliver tbo
address in the evening.
After several months of loadcrloss experi
ence the First Christian church has finally
found a pastor. Itov , T. K. Crambletof
Salem , O. , has accepted the call nnd will
enter upon his duties as pastor today. Ho is
said to bo a man of excellent character and
of indefatigable energy and zeal.
Since the arrival of Itov. Robert Atkisson ,
tbo recently-installed pastor of the South
west Presbyterian church , the spiritual
temperature of that congregation has boon on
the rise and the dexlro for more earnest work
lu every department of religious work Is
The Magic Cave.
Our doll department is now complete
with wnslmblo dolls of peed quality at
6u , lOc , 15o , 20o. Bisque heads , jointed
dolls , 25e , ! ! 0c , Roc , 60c , $1 up to $0.
Dressed jolntod dolls : dressed in cloth
nnd flannel dresses , 25c , GOc , 76c , , $1 ,
$2.50 and Si. A largo assortment of
rubber dolls.
Children's slaJghs with heavy iron
round runners , 75c , worth $1.
The Falcon sleigh , round runners , $1 ,
good value at $1.60. Also , the bench
dragon head sleigh , at $1 to S1.50. The
combination desk nnd black boards ,
suitable tot boys nnd girls , nt 31.25.
Largo slzo writing desk with stool , var
nished and finished in good bhapo , nt
$2.50. llard wood writing desk , revolv
ing top , with two draws , at $3.50 , sold
elsewhere at $5.
Tables , 25c , 50c , 75c , $1 , $1.25.
Chairs. 2oe , SOo and up to $2.50 ,
Ash bureau , with black walnut orna
'
ments. nt'$1.2-5 , $2 und $3.60.
Willow cradles tit 30c , 40c , 60o.
Largo easel nnd black board at $1.60.
Willow doll perambulator at 60c , 81.
$1.50 , $2 up to $5mndsbmoly ! Hnodwith
parasol , the finest line in Omaha.
Wood uxlo express wagons at 25c and
60c.
60c.Iron
Iron axle express wagon at $1.
Iron express wagons at all prices.
Hock maple ten pins , 50c , 75c and 81.
The iron toy dopartmontof our Magic
Cave is complete in itself , Including lire
engines , hose carts , hook and ladders ,
lire and police patrols , carts , carriages ,
sulkies , nnd hundreds of other things ,
ut marvelously low prices.
Tin Toy Department Wo have n
largo assortment of tin toys , consisting
of horses , dogs , cats , monkeys ana other
canine animals.
In our gnmo department wo have a
full line of all the novvost and latest
games.
Rocking horses nt $1.25 , $1.75 , $2.2o ,
up to $5. Shoo-lly rockers , SI.25 , $1.50 ,
81.76. Combination rocking horses
wheels , rockers rightly adjusted , for
ming extra seat anil prouolllug bundle.
Swing horses , 18 inches high , with
hair tail and main , cloth saddle , nicely
ilnishcd , $2.25.
The combination shoo-fly rocker , suit
able for swing , Jumping and rocking *
fine for children , only $ iJ.CO.
Stool barrel air guns , $1.75 , sold else
where for $2.25.
Basket Department Ladies'stp.ndard
york baskets , knitting baskets , small
open work baskets , collar and cutT ,
lunch , needle und pin , and 60 other
kinds. A largo assortment of plush
goods , including the following articles :
Gents' dressing casesIndles'work boxes ,
gents'shaving cases , manicure sots ,
Tddies' toilet cases , a fine assortment of
dinner and tea sots , drums , guns , trum
pets , horns , mouth organs , musical
boxo" , whips , musical topsballs , Christ
inas blotters , pop-guns , nnd hundreds
pf other articles in the Magic Cave too
'numerous to mention.
spreading among the members. The ladles
have undertaken the responsibility of rais
ing funds to pay for painting tno outsldo
of tbo church and the young people are be
coming thoroughly awakened to their duty.
At the regular annum election of elders week
before last J. Welshnns nnd Dr. J. M.
Kuhn were ro-elenicd. George E. Crosby
was the third one elected and was ordained
last Sununy ,
The homo missionary board of the Congre
gational church of Nebraska mot last Thurs
day at the Young Men's Christian association
rooms in this city. They considered
and discussed the work of assisting the
many mission churches of the state. There
nro about one hundred of thcso mission
churches , and they receive about $20,000 from
the board every year to assist in the support
of the ministers and to help pay oft ( louts.
1'bo board is composed of Kov.Vlllard Scott
and Uov. Mr. Tultpy of Omaha , Mr. Charles
West and Hcv. II. A. French of Lincoln ,
Prof. A. B. Fail-child of Crete. Kev. Mr.
Askin of Kearney and Kev. Mr. Brass of
Fremont.
AIi HUCJUiTY A'JBJI'tf.
High-Five In Council niufr.s.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Shubcrt entertained in
a happy manner a company of their friends at
their hoinoi No. 2128 Avenue B. Council
Bluffs , on Thursday evening. High-live
proved the attractive amusement of the even
ing. There was also a pleasant nnd rather
unexpected feature In the form of a sorcnnda
given by the Park City bind , a now musical
organization of the west sldo. Among the
guests present wcro : Air. and Mrs. George
Graves , Mr. and Mrs. Ed Alott. Air. and
Airs. O. H. Lucas , Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Alike-
sell , Mr. und Airs. J. W. Bell , Mrs. F. W.
Trude. Kov. C. H. Bohn nml wife , Mr. ant
Airs. W. II. Copson , Mr. und Airs. Charle ;
Graves , Air. nnd Mrs. II. Coffeen , Mr. ant
Airs. Gcortfo Ynncy , Airs. Charles Ware ,
Air. nnd Mrs. Charles Wilson , Mr. nnd Mrs !
O. J. Shubert , Air. and Airs. G. II. Ackers ,
Air. and Airs. E. B. Gardiner , Mr. and Mrs !
W. H. Dudley , Air. and Airs. U. F , Burton ol
Omaha. '
Kntertnlnmoiits lor ilio Week.
Mrs. Warren Hogew , 2701 Farnara street
a luncheon 1 p. m. Thursday , 18th.
Mr. nnd Airs. Charles Turner , Thirty
third and Farnnm , a reception Friday evenIng
Ing , 19th , 8 to 11. dancing after 11.
Omaha division No. 12)1. ) Order of Railwn >
Conductors , bull nnd banquet at Washingtot
hall , Tuesday evening 10th.
Mrs. Lev ! Carter has IssuoJ Invitations for
a Kensington tea Wednesday afternoon
Nineteenth nud Davenport.
Thursday evening Airs. Lovl C.irtar an
nounces a card party to a number of friends
Mrs. J. J. Dickey will glvo n card party for
Misses Carrie and Lilian House und AIlss
Grace Knight of Toxin Wednesday oven Ing
Thursday evening Mrs. J , , T. Dickey ha
selected for a ribbon gcrman In honor of Air
Harry Jordan and Miss Bortlo Jordan.
A Scries ol' Itouutil'iil 1'lolurrn.
Under the able management of Airs. Alorri
Sloman a most unique entertainment af
.fordea delight and amusement to an un
usually largo audlonco at Washington tinl
lost Wednesday evening , the cntortainmcn
being given under the auspices of the Lailles1
Ala and Sewing societies of the tabernacle.
The programme , headed "Onto City Mu
seum of Art , " sot forth that the management
charitably opened the doors to the public ! 03
an "example to the trustees of the Now York
Alotropolitan Alusoum of Art , " showing what
could 1)0 done with life figures in the event
the pictures could not bo seen , and was class-
lllcd into three divisions for tbo bettor com
prehension of Us patrons , viz. , the Bcauti-
tul , tbo Ludicrous and the Ideal.
The first named included the tableaux
vivants , "Nk-ht and Morning,1' an exqulslta
picture in light and shadow. "Hoainng of
CKnono , " four Grecian girls in graceful at
titudes. "CaL'llostro's Magic Mirror , " the
argument being a prince , having lost his
bride , applies to the magician , CaRllos-
tro , who , by the aid of his magio
mirror , conjures up the beauty of the land
till the brldo is found. In this representation
"LaTosca"thobrIghtvlv3clous"Tambourino
Girl , " "The Couijuottc , " "The Coy Maiden"
and many others formed most plcasmj ? plo
turo3tbo lost being the imago of tbo bride ro
il oc toil m the mirror.
"Tbo Ludicrous" consisted of the far
famca wax works of Mrs. Jarloy , which
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Under Two Kings , * L13.
cbnractor was Inimitably taken by Mr. Si
mon Goctz , whoso speeches deserve special
mention. All of the "Hffgers" wcro llfo hko
und true true to "mxtuv1. "
' The Ideal" was out of the ordinary find
must ho Riven apodal praise. It comprised
the "Sculptor's Triumph , " ft national allc-
Kory , the argument boiiiR , the sculptor , E.
Plus Unlni. in despair at boitiB unahlo ta
carve a siiiilo on l-'reodotn's face , Is told by
her ns she. comes to lifo that so far ho has
produced" masterpiece. Ho discloses
Speculation , Fashion , War. all to no purpose ;
at last Charity appears and Freedom smiles.
Mr. Samuel Froednmn impersonated the ar
tist and excelled in his llnishod actinK and
poslnpf. The Misses Bloom of Iowa City ,
Newman , I'olnck , Scllgsolm and Gladstone
Dosed as the statues respectively , diffurlng
.ights adding to the statuo-liko appearance ,
and appropriate tauslo at each roprcaontatlon
making it still more effective.
Great credit is duo Mrs. Sloman in point of
artistic groupings , coloring and order.
Army Notes.
Major Bcnbara , Seventh Infantry , Inspec
tor of small arms practice , department of the
Platte , has boon ordered to report to General
Brooke at Pine Ilidgo.
Private McDoaald , compaay G , Eighth In
fantry , stationed at Fort Niobrara , has boon
granted a furlough for three months , from
January 14.1891 , and ordered discharged ou
ts expiration if bo so desires it.
Private Soufert , company H ; Twenty-first
infantry , stationed at Fort Douglas , has boon
ordered discharged from the army by reason
of purchase of his discharge.
Private Elder , hospital corps , U. S. A. , has
been ordered transferred from Wlilet's Point ,
N. Y. , to Fort Omaha.
Private lUloy , Troop C , Second cavalry ,
now on duty ut Fort Du CUcsne , has been
transferred to company FSixteenthiufaatry ,
stationed at that post.
Lieutenant J. A. Lockwood , Seventeenth
infantry , stationed nt Fort D. A. Itussoll , has
hud his leave of absence extended twenty
days by the adjutant general of the army.
Colonel MOITOW , commanding the Twenty-
llrst infantry at Fort Sidney , hits been
granted a sick leave of absence for one month
with permission to apply for live months' ex
tension.
Corporal Edelhoff , company A , Seventh In
fantry , on duty at Camp Pilot , Buttc , Mont , ,
has been granted a furlough for three months
from Docoaiberil : , and ordered discharged
from the army ou March DO , IS'.ll , for luithful
throe years' service.
A detachment of the Second infantry with
a detail of the hospital corps left Fort
Omaha yesterday morning for duty In , the
field , Among the number wore these lately
ou recruiting service in Iowa under Lieuten
ant Arrasmitu , who rcooris Iowa a bad stuto
to procure recruits for Undo Sam.
The Winter of Our Content
Is the title of a recent clinrmlng ] ia or
by that brillnnt writer Charles Dudley
Warner , wherein the glories of the
Pucllic eoast , as a winter resort , are
most graphically described. The Amer
ican people nro beginning to understand ,
that the Puget Sound country Is ono of
our most splendid possessions and that
the name of the "itfodltorranoan of the
Paelllc" is tv happy title not misapplied
In speaking of Mount Tacoma , Senator
George P. Edmunds says :
"I would bo willing to go 500 inllos
again to see that scene. The continent
is yet in ignorance of what will bo ono
of the grandest show places IIH well
as sanitariums. If Switzerland it
rightly called the playground ol
Europe , I tun satisfied that
around the base of Mount Rainier will
become a prominent place of resort , not
for America only , but for the world bo-
Hides , with thousands of sltoa , for buildIng -
Ing purposes , that nro nowhere excelled
for the grandeur of the view that can bo
obtained from them , with topographical
features that would make the moat per
fect system .of drainage both possible
and easy , and with a'most agreeable and
health giving climate. "
Thousands of dolightou tourists ovoi
the Union FJ mills t-tho past your boar
ample testimony to ttho bouuly am !
inivjosty of this now otnplro of the Pacific
northwest.
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Wild Sconust In a Hunter's Llfo , T5o.
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True to HlsCo'ors , by Harry Oastleman. OSo.
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Thollrownlcs , tlX > .
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Witch Winnie , 11.13.
St. Nlcliolai. 2 vols. . fl.Wi.
St. Clirlstopher , a companion to St. Nicholas ,
Ofo.
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503 Autograph Albums , at 5c , ICe and 0o.
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have tliousands of
Booklets ,
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and in fact most everything in
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Mail orders will receive prom pt
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"Weather reliabilities.
Per December Indications point to
: old , frosty weather. That , however ,
will make no diltoronco to those who
iravol in the stoam-hoatod and olcotrio-
ightod , limited vestibule train which
! s run only by the Chicago , Milwaukee'
& St. Paul Hy. between Omaha and
hicago. This elegant train loavoa
Omaha at 0:10 : p. m. arriving in Chicago
it ! ) :30 : a. m. , in time to make all eastern
connections. For further information
ipply ut city ticket olllco , 1501 Parnam
Kt. , Omaha , V. A. NASH ,
J. E. PUKSTON. General Agent
City Passenger Agent.
fho only railroad tram out of Omaha
run expressly ( or the accommodation of
Omaha , Council Bluffs , Dos Moines and
Chicago business is the Rock Island voa-
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p. m. daily. Ticket oflico , 1002 Sixteenth
and Farnum sts. . Omaha.
"Let every bird -sing its-own
note"
While the air is full of
rumors of bargains we
"RISE TO EXPLAIN " that in
it is better to pay a fair
price and secure a good
tiling , than to waste money
on cheap garments. Ex
amine our fine
CHEVIOTS
AND
CASSIMERES ,
and you will agree that they
are fully worth the money
we ask for them. In quality ,
fit and finish they are not to
bo excelled even by first-class
custom work.
Cold weather is here , it Is
high time to don a heavy suit.