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TWENTY-FIllST YEAR OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , JANUARY * 30 , 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES 07.
FIRST SPECIAL FIRST GRAND MUSLIN
UNDERWEAR SAL WASH DRESS GOODS
In New Building. This Season. SPRING STYLES , 1892.
Monday , January 11. 1802.
Linen Sale.
Our first llnon sale in the now build
ing. Special bargains in Gcrinim ,
Irish and Scotch linens.
67 inch wide cream ilamnsk , 40c ynrd.
60 inch bleached damaak , 4c ( ) yard.
CO inch bleached damask , 50o yard.
00 inch bleached damr.sk , GOc yard.
72 inch bleached dnmask , C5c yard.
Cl inch red damask. lUc yard.
62 inch loom dice , ISc.
68 inuli Turkey and green damask ,
t > 6c yard.
64inch cream damask. SScynrd.
68 incli Scotch Turkey rod damask ,
COc yard.
CO Inch Van Dyke red damask , 4Cc
yard.
These are bargains everyone of them.
\Vo imported for one of the largest
liotola in this city 82 inch wide bleached
damask , these extra width dam-isles arc
scarce , wo have only six pieces loft ,
only $1.60 a yard and full 82 inches
wide.
200 8x10 bleached cloths direct from
Donacloxnoy , Ireland , at $1.60 a cloth ;
they are beauties and very cheap.
A full line of napkins , 6-8 size , 60c ,
Coc , 76o. SI , $1.2-3 , SI.60 and S2 per
do/on.
3-4 dinner nnpkins at 90c , $1. $1.25 ,
81.60 and S2 ami up to $6.50 per do/on.
Wo call particular attention of hotels
and restaurants to our extra heavy 6-8
eizo German bleached napkin , made in
PL Noustadt , Gorinany , wo are the only
' j-.itfltiso in Omaha that carry this napkin ,
cHftJ a dozen , equal to any $1.60 napkin
* 3KU in this city.
Fringed doylies , 25c , 35c , 60o. GOc-and
76c per dozen.
Special bargains in Turkey red
fringed cloths , 8-4 size , OOc ; 10-4 size , $1.
200 dozen hotel bi/.o all linen buck
towels , at lOc each , $1.20 per dozen.
100 dozen all linen Devonshire double
buck towels at 15c each , or $1.76 per
dozen.
Don't fail to see our 10c and 200
towels , among them you will find the
greatest bargains oycr offered in this
city , and a number of entirely now
weaves in towels , and over twenty dif
ferent styles to pick from.
Our new linen department is the lar
gest in Omuha and you will find there
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the best values ovor'olTored.
18 inch brown linen crash , Stevens ,
crash , at 80 yard ; extra bargain.
All linen crash , 6c , Oc. 7e , So , Oc , lOc ,
12c } , 15c , 18c , 20o and 2" c yard.
2,500 white and colored bed spreads
just received , at 65c , 6e ! ) , 05c , 76o , b'8c ,
USc , $1,81.15 , $1.10 , 81.25 , $1.60 and up
wards : the best assortment of white bed
spreads to bo found
A great variety in lunch cloths , tray
cloths , fancy linen scatfs , plain white
andfaney bordered table cloths with nap
kins to match , Irish fronting linen ,
German apron linen , bleached and unbleached -
bleached butcher linen , embroidery
crash , stamped linens , linen diaucrs in
all the different widthswash rags.Turk-
ish towels , olc. , in fact you will find
anything you may want , and our priceB
will con vincoyou that it pays to buy your
linens at Haydcn's linen department ,
the lar gest linen department in the
west.
Bargains in Sheetings.
PILLOW CASING AND MUSLINS.
42-inch bleached casing , Oc yard.
411-inch bleached casing , lOc yard.
42-inch extra heavy brown casing , lOc
yard.
7-4 brown sheeting , 18o.
8-4 brown shooting , IGc.
0-4 brown shooting , 17c.
10-4 brown shooting. lOc.
8-4 bleached sheeting , 17c.
0-4 bleached sheeting , lOc.
10-4 bleached shooting. 21o.
8-4 half bleached shcetine , 23o.
0-4 half blenched shooting , 25c.
10-4 half bleached shooting , 28c.
8-4 twilled bleached sheeting , 25c.
0-4 twilled bleached sheeting , 28c.
10-4 twilled bleached shooting , 30c.
4-4 half bleached muslin , Oic and 7Jc.
4-4 bleached muslin , 5c , Cc , 7c , 8c , Oc |
and lOc.
4-4 LL sheeting , 6c.
Compare quality and prices and you
will go to Haydon's every time , and
save money by doing the sumo.
Monday , January 11 , 1S02.
Wash Dress Goods.
Wo have opened and will place on sale
in our now building on Monday , Janu
ary 11 , 1802 , new advance styles for
spring , 1892. in wash dress goods.
Fancy printed bedford cords , bore
they are at lOc yard.
200 pieces of now 1892 styles in pino-
auplo tissue , in light or dark ground , at
12jo yard.
; ! 2-inch Anderson and Scotch ging
ham , IMcyard.
28-inch I3arnaby'szophyrginghamloc
New styles in wash silks , a new fabric
just out , in our wash dress goods de
partment , 17cyard , light or dark effects.
We have just opened six cases of line
black satino. new cashmere finished , for
this season , superior in color and finish
to the French , at 17c , 2-5c , ! ! 0c , JI5c. 37Jo
and 40c yard. You will find these su-
porter to any over shown in this city.
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32 inches wide , new styles in zop'hyr-
ino cloth , lOc yard. K
Now styles in gingham at 74c,8Jc , lOc ,
llHc and 16c yard.
Now styles in dress prints , full stand
ard , 60 yard.
New stock of shirting prints , 3Jc.
New wash fabrics of every stvlo and
in larger quantities than over displayed
by any house in Omaha. Wo have pur
chased from the mills direct 10,000 yards
of plain white India linens aud Victoria
lawns in remnants , and will offer them
in two lots : All the numbers worth 5c ,
7c , 8c , lOc and 12jc yard in first lot , to
go at 5c yard on Monday. Lot 2 con
tains India linens and Victoria lawns
worth 15e. 18c , 20c and 25c , all to go
Monday at lOc yard ,
6,000 mill remnants in fine saline
shirting , 20 to 80 inches wide , Lenox
shirting , crepe shirting , etc , n great
variety of fine wide shirtings , choice nf
whole lot , only 6c yard , worth up to 2oc
2 cases 32 inches wide foulard suiting
at 8c , mostly dark styles.
Double fold twilled serges , new styles ,
only 7c yard.
40 inches wide armadalo zephyrs in
plain shades , a opocial bargain at 15c
200 pieces royal serge , wool effect ,
only 7e yard.
necks nro the result , but their gr eo and
brightness as beasts of burden uro winsome ,
suroly. intermingled with nil of thcso dur
ing the morning market hours nro capoto-
hiUdon women from the hills , smart city ser
vants with their endless cnstanot-lilco clink
ing of wooden shoos upon the pavements ;
grim raoa from the Holds loaning upon their
hieo ox goads which in Portugal always become -
como tbo traveling stuffs ; noisv youths
hawking fighting crickets in cages scarcely
two inuhos square ; all manner of.
men , mimy of whom have fallen
out of the ranks of the aristocracy ,
and boys soiling halvesquarters and eighths
oflottcry ticltets , forever in Lisbon it is a
true aayinc that 'tomorrow the wheel goes
round1 and military
; important wasp-waistod
tary attaches dancing hero and there in blue ,
buff and grcon ; grave and comfortable
padres , impervious to forgivable cuulllnz and
badinage ; halt naked urchins with wonder
fully bright faces ; beggars with piteous
though sunny looks , as cueory ever rebuff as
reward ; and an hundred other folk and
factors so touched with the somi-barbario
and oriental , that one awakens from the
weird fancies conjured by sight and scent * .
in a sort of half dismay that in this spot ,
where our own wondrous civilization had its
very beginning , every thine seams a thousand
years behind oven the drowsy progress of tbo
Europe today.
Chunking Scene's.
Hero and there throughout the streets bev
ies of giggling sonhorltas , never alone and
always convoyed by some brlght-oyod "old
duenna , pass from shop to shop , ever scorn
ing to avoid but over in reality compelling
most ludicrous antics on the part of nil males
from 18 to SO. Uonring and tearing down
from the heights as If pursued , comes ono of
the cochoiros of the town with his ramshackle
barouche , to which are often harnessed three
donkeys abreast. Ho has boon nowhoro. Ho
is going nowhoro. Ho lashes and screams
and vents maledictions upon his beasts. Sud
denly the outlandish outfit comes to a halt.
In an instant the violet cocbciru is asleep
on his box , and the donkeys' hands
droop dolefully between their knees.
Now and then a strange horse and rider
will be scan. The horse is a piebald. The
rider is a gentleman former , a "morgado" ho
is called iu Portugal. Ho sits upon his boast
in n semi-military and semi-cowboy style ,
holds bis bridle reins hich in the nlr , wears
a spur and mustachlos of wondorous dimen
sions , and ambles through the changeful
scene like a hesitant , humbled Quixote.
Every where nro littio donkeys carrying fat
people ; . burdened with furio , brushwood ,
charcoal , dried corn leavoa and stalks ,
rushes and straw , completely hiding them ,
packed with twlco their own weight in mer
chandise going to or coming from the quay ,
or driven double wltti great timbers across
their backs.'Andol Andol" their drivers
shout , as they prod them with blunt , iron-
pointed pikes as long and as heavy os our
own pitchfork handles. These and ox carts ,
each with u box like a half section of a huge
wicker basket , and solid wooden wbools with
Iron spiked rims which creak and shriek
Jikoa Red rlvor train on Its way to Min
neapolis and Ht. Paul , in the sixties , are
ceaselessly wending their way along tUo
thoroughfares to and from the country ,
the only moaas of freightage ; whllo each
donkey and cart is accompanied by moro
able bodied , ever yelling muleteers and
carlmnn than Is necessary to convoy ovorv
ounce of produce uud merchandise thus dis
posed upon their o wn backs.
The Wilier-Carrie .
Water is brought into Lisbon In ono of the
world's greatest aqueducts , the aqueduct of
Agoastlorcs , from the mountain village of
Bellas , ton miles distant. It extends across
the near valley of Alcantara upon n series of
thirty arches 107 feet from pier to pier , the
point of the highest arch rising iOI ! feet
above tbo valley boj. The water Is poured
from this unuodUot Into an itnmoaso cov
ered reservoir , and U from this convoyed to
the many chafarU or public fountains of the
city. From these fountains , sluco the tlma
of Joao V. , nearly nil private bousoa , public
buildings anil hops have boon supplied bv
water-carriers , iced aud women. Most of
those , particularly the men , are thus solely
employed. Mmy of the women are simply
OUR ANNUAL JANUARY SALE OP
MuslinUnderwear
BEGINS MONDAY MORNING.
Determined to outstrip all previous
efforts is evinced in every Horn. 3OJO
dozen gowns , chemise , skirts , drawers ,
corect covers , slip : ) , dresses , etc. , from
the foremost manufacturers In America ,
at marvelously low prices. No bettor
goods can bo produced. The malarial ,
1 shape , finish and style being Uio very
best obtainable. On Monday wo shall
.divide 1,000 do/on of ludios1 and chil-
' dron's muslin underwear Into four lots ,
as follows
LOT 1 AT loci
Comprising children's Vlraworswaists
and ladies' aprons trimm.0d.in lace , any
of the above worth double sale price.
LOT 2 AT 29c.
Comprising ladies' gowns , chemise ,
drawers , corbot covers and skirts , also
children's white and gingham dresses ,
slips , aprons and drawers. In this lot
will be found garments worth three
times sale price.
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LOT 3 AT 39c.
The biggest bargain of thc.rn.all , and
never in the history of Omuh'a will such
a chance bo scon again.
LOT 4 AT 40c.
On this counter will bo found gar
ments good enougn for the most fastid
ious. Ask to see the gowns , skirts ,
drawers and chemise on "this " table.
Many in this lot worth as- high as 81.60
each.
Also in our main .center nislo will bo
placed five of tho. greatest bargains in
ladies night gowns ever shpjvn west of
Now York , at the following prices
Gowns No. 1 at 69c.
Gowns No. 2 at GOc.
Gown's No. 3 rtt 75c. v r
Gowiis No. 4 at 98c. , r v"
Gowns No. 5 at $1.2o.
Silks.
Great Redutions in Silks.
Blnck Faille , regular $2. quality , now
$1.60. $1.60 quality , now $1.2o. 31.25
quality , now $1.
Gros Grain , regular $1.75qualitynow
$1.35. $1.50 quality , now 81.15. $1.00
quality , now 76c.
Satin Rhadamcs 1.00 quality , now 76c.
Surah , regular 75e quality , now 60c.
Ono lot of Fancy Brocades , reduced
from $1.75 to $1.00.
Ono lot of Plaid Surahs reduced from
31.25 to Goo.
All remnants of colored Silks , at half
price.
Colored Dress Goods.
SPECIAL SALE FOR MONDAY.
40 inch camol's hair polka dot , former
price 08c , special price 05c.
40 inch all wool fancy dross plaidsfor-
moi1 price G8c , special price 40e.
30 inch English costumes , former
price 20c , special price 21c.
40 inch all wool serge , former price
05c , special price 40c.
40 ineli all wool cheviots , former price
GOc , special price 45o.
54-inch all wool flannel , former price
G5c , special price 4c. ! )
64 inch plaid cloaking , former price
83.75 , special $12.75.
Fine novelty dross pattern suits , for
mer price $10.50 , special price $10.60.
Combination suits , former prico$14.50 ,
special price $7.50.
51 inch French cheviots , former price
$1 25 , special price 02c.
40 inch all wool stripe cheviot , for
mer price 55c , special price 30c.
64 inch plaid sackings , former price
$1.05 , special price SI.
40 inch fine finish hourietta , former
price 85c , special price 09c.
Perfurrie.
All of Colgates. Eastman's and Wood-
worth's peifumes will be sold on Mon
day for 25e per ounce ,
Quinine Tonic for the Hair , GOc per
bottlo. ,
Imported Lavender water , 60o per
bottle.
TREASURE TROVE ALASKA ,
Miner W. Bruce Experiences a Eeal Storm
at Soa.
CATCHING COD AS A PASTIME.
A Country About Which Only the Most
Monger- Information Is Obtainable
Stock HiiUliif ; Promises
Grout Itoturiis.
JU.XBAU , Alaska , Doc. 2. [ Special Correspondence -
spondonco of TUB BKH.J The third day after
tbo capture of the fur soul of which I wrote
in my last latter , was a memorable ono to mo.
Tbo captain early In the morning called my
attention to the rapid falling of the oaromo-
tor. Ho told mo that in this latitude
when it registers 29 It was very low and
meant a sovcrostorm. ,
By a o'clocic a strong breeze had sprung
up , and within an hour a gale was upon us ,
and our ship wiu plunging through seas that
threatened to swoop the docks.Vhon Jark-
ncss sot i.n the barometer roglstorca 28.45.
About 3 o'clock the ship was turned about ,
and throughout the long hours before daylight -
light the following morning wo lay facing the
storm at the mercy of the waves , which were
rolling us In a seething caldron.
I had experienced storms at sea before , but
never upon a vessel where I wus thrown In
such close proximity with Iho crow , as upon
this. All but ono of the eight man who com
posed the crow were old sailors , and three of
them had sailed In every quarter of the globo.
They were of that sturdy race which has
placed Norway * " among the nations of the
world that have furnished some of our best
navigators. They were men who , when the
wind howled Its loudojt , and the masts were
bending and creaking as it whistled among
Its spars and ropes , responded without a
murmur to orders to ascend the rigging , but
I uotlccd they did so with tooth firmly sot
and blanched faces , I have talked with
many an old salt , and In answer to my ques
tion if ho ever felt afraid in a storm , invari
ably answered in the negative. I remember
no < v it was always when bo was on terra
flrma , or when the whip was ( lying before a
light wind , that ho laughed at such a ques
tion.
tion.My experience during the past season ,
however , has convinced mo that
there are few men who are not ,
to say the least , a llttlo anxious
when tao ship ls tossed about in a tempest
which threatens every moment to wrench Its
timbers asunder and bury tbo wreck beneath
the foaming depths.
It wus during this storm that I made several
attempts to secure u view of the ship when
it was plunging Its llorcost , but when my
plates wore developed , but. ono showed any
thing but chaos. This was taken when the
sun shone for a few moments , tbo next
morning after the storm bad spent Its fury ,
and the ship was blowing along before the
wind with closely rcufed mainsail.
Wo were now approaching land , and tbo
joy I experienced when tbo captilu told mo
upon retiring ono night that wo would see
laud by 0 o'clock the following morning , can
bo understood by these who have boon for
some time at sea.
I was upon deck with tbo first approach of
duvllgbt , and touml the captain bad preceded
mo , aad stood with glasses In band anxiously
peering across the wldo expanse ot
water. As the hand * of the ship's
clock pointed to ton minutes past six , tie di
rected me to look Just over the bow of tbo
vessel , and sure enough , a long , low outline
stood against the horizon. Within tw hours
a fair wiud bad pushed us so uoar that i
Black Dress Goods.
SPECIAL PRICES FOR MONDAY.
All Wool black llannola , ' 64 inches
wide , 43c ; former price 05c.
All wool black ladies'cloth , Cl inches
wide , ( lee ; former price SSe.
Black ehovlotd inches wide , 45c ;
former price Gfe. ) Thcso goods make a
beautiful winter dross , and nro well
worth coming to see.
Elegant black serges , Coc ; former
price 8Sc.
Best bl-ick Henrietta eloth made , SSc ;
regular $1.1121.
Blaclc palmetto cloth reduced for
Monday to IGc.
Furniture Dept.
Wo have no dull limes this year in
this department. People buy , whether
it is January or April. Why ? Because
our prices for such goods as wo en ry
enables all to buy. Hero are a few
specials , just for cold weather.
'Solid oak dining chair , high back ,
close woven seat , $1 ; never sold less than
81.35.
The same chair with brace , $1.10 ;
never sold for loss than $1.05.
Tfio rocker to mutch these chairs ,
81.75 ; worth $2.59.
This is a rare chance and an offer sel
dom made.
Kitchen chairs 35c each , lighter dark.
Baby carriages beginning to arrive
alroad'y. Wo are headquarters.
Largest line of trunks and bags in
town , and our prices are the lowest.
Soap. Soap.
Largo bars glycerine aoap , lOc , regu
lar price 8oc.
Kirk's line Balm soap , lOc bar.
Kirk's Curio soip : , lOc.
Glycerine soap , oatmeal oap , all go
Monday for 19c ; 3 calces in every box.
could sco with the naked oyo. ono of the most
southern islands which comprtso the Shuina-
gln group , and which wus about sixty miles
away from the snip's destination.
For four days wo had not soon the sun and
"
tbo captain's "calculations were made alto
gether by dead reckoning , but they proved
as unerring , as they were gratifying to mo.
Our course lay directly towards an island
marked on Iho chart as "Castle Hock. "
Within a couple of hours it appeared in tUo
distance , and about the middle of the after
noon , the wind suddenly diuil away , leaving
us in n dead calm within three miles of a
hugo pile of rocks , the summit of which
frowned down upon us from a height of100
foot or more.
The hand of n sculptor could
uot cut a mlnaturo outline of amore
moro , , erfect castle than that which the hand
of nature has chlselbd horo. The turrets ,
and arches and lookouts stand out In bold
relief and make it just such a formidable
looking fortress as history tolls us bravo
knights of old sought rcfuirc in. From be
hind Its dcop recesses a handful of mon could
find safe shelter from an assault by a naval
squadron , and Its mighty rocks look as If
they would withstand a shower of shot and
bhell for ugcs.
It was while lying here that I caught my
first codfish. A few weeks before , this same
schooner sailed for San Francisco with n
cargo of thcso list ) , moat of which were
caught within a dozen miles of Castle rook.
About twenty man were employed in fishing ,
receiving f-J per thousand , and from ? J to ? 0
per day could bo made par man.
There was abundant llshlng tackle aboard ,
and with ono line wo caught moro cod ihh In
oua hour than wo could oat In a month. Two
largo hooks were attached to a line about
ono fool apart , with a lend sinker weighing
about ono pound on the end. Fresh meat
was used for bait at first , and afterwards
cod llsh. It was simply a matter of throw
ing tbo line Into iba water and letting It
sink to tbo bottom , at n depth of about thirty
fathoms , aud almost Immediately you can
fool the wiggling of llsh , which would
weigh from six to twelve pounds each.
These who have never caton fresh cod ,
know nothing of the delicate flavor , which
appears to DO partly at least , lost when
sailed.
There Is practically no end to the cod fish
on the Alaska coast , and a number of line
banks are found In the Immediate vicinity of
the bhumagln Islands.
Some tlmo before breakfast the next morn
ing , a light breeze sprung up , and by break
fast time wo were sailing four knots per
hour. Wo had by this time , approached so
near to the mam land , that the snowy tops
of the coast range were plainly eeen , and the
foot hills lying along the nnoro , probably
forty inilos away , looked lluo low , dark
rldgos , which , upon nearer approach ,
proved to bo covered with grass to a height
of 1.000 feet or moro above salt wator.
I had noticed upon the chart that about
twenty miles to the west of Cast la Koch , were
a number of small islands name Haystacks ,
They soon appeared ahead of us , and who
ever christened them must have llvod In a
prairie country. The waters uhoad and on *
tlroly surrounding thorn , being scarcely ruf
fled by the light broczo blowing , looked all
tbo world like u vast stretch of level prairie ,
and the Islands within nix miles so closely re
sembled haystacks as to causa ono to wonder
what sort nf condition of things must have
existed to have created thorn.
The longest of the haystacks looked Ilko an
extensive hay rick that had laid out all winter -
tor , the top of which had partly blown oft .
Tbo captain called my attention to the ono
standing next to the hay rick , and said there
wis a hole extending entirely through U
largo enough to admit of our vessel
passing in. I got uiy camera ready ,
and when wo were abreast of It. sura enough
wo could see an enormous hole having an
oval arch above , and daylight appeared at
the oppoilto side. 1 looked in vain for this
beautiful picture to appear under my rod
light , but no sort of coaxing would bring out
upon the plato a view which I would uavo
prized eflual to that of many others that I
have been so fortunate to secure the preiont
season.
Wo were now within twenty miles of Baud
I'olat the ' destination. turned
, ship's . VVo soou
Butter.
Finest Iowa Creamery , 20e.
Country Butter , 14o,10oand 17o pound
You will always bo sure to got the
finest butter in our store at lowest prlcorf.
Cranberries. 7jc quart.
GREAT MEAT SALE.
Dried Salt Pork , do.
Sugar Cured Breakfast Bacon 7o. }
BonolosH Rump , Corn Boqf , 6o. }
Sugar Cured No lHani8ir5c,10e,12Ja }
Sugar Cured California Hams , Cjo.
Dried Hoof , Vic lOo , 12Jo.
Boneless Ham , lOo.
Bologna Saueago , So.
Liver Sausage , 60.
I'Ynnkforts ' , 7c.
Head Cheese , Co.
Brick ChocbO , 15c.
Cream Checso , 15o.
Swiss Choose , 15o.
Best Holland Herring , in kegs , 98o.
Domestic Ilnrring , in kegs , 76c.
Best Cat > o Cod Fish , 12Jo.
2-lb brick Codfish , 15c.
Salmon , lOc per Ib.
Whitoiish , lOcporlb.
Mackerel , liJJopnrlb.
10-lb pail Norwegian Sardines , 76o.
Pure Buck Wheat Flour , He.
Pure Maple Syrup , for gal. 75c.
Aunt Sally Pancake Flour , 4JC.
Now Evapoartcd Raspberries IVjo.
Pure Apple Butter , In cider , 60.
Sauor Kraut per qt. 82o.
Sweet Chocolate , 60.
Drug Dept.
Wo will have a great sale of toilet
soap , perfumes , toilet powder , etc.
Hood's Sarsaparilla , 75o.
7 Sistors' Hair Grower , 75o.
Fiir Syrup , 35o.
Primloy's Sarsnparilla , 69c.
Malt Extract , plain and with cod
liver oil , 7oc.
Liolng's Beef , Iron and Wino , 39c.
Multinoplain or with cod liver oil,75a
Brown's Jamnca Ginger , 20c ,
Lieblg's Beef Extract , 29c.
Kemp's Balsam , 39c.
Red Cross Cough Cure , large , 35o.
Red Cross Cough Cure , small , 18c.
Wright's Sarsaparilla , 49c.
HAYDEN BROTHER'S JANUARY SALE : I
PEN PICTURES OF LISBON ,
\31eRnliness and Neatness Distinguishing
' * Oharactoristics of tbo Portuguoso.
'rtSEAUTIFUL BLACK EYED SENORITAS.
i '
Guilt-Ruin nnil Their Ilurltngo of Servitude
I'ruttlcst of All Women 1'roersslons
of l-'l8lior Muldoiis The Wutcr
C'urrlor * of I'ortiigul.
! , JS.97 , lu the Alttltnr.l
tiisnox , Portugal , Doc. 23. [ Special Cor-
rospoudenco of THE Br.E.J There is hardly
another city in the world where neatness Iu
uttlro Is so general as In Lisbon. You can
not find an uncleanly or n slovenly person In
tbo city outside of beggars , who are numer
ous , licensed and thcroforo professional , and
who all affect both rags and tilth. The mid
dle classes and the aristocracy nro faultlessly
dressed , and spotless llnon from uoblonian to
lighterman and fisherman is here as delight
ful a universality as In that other olyslum of
I j the Invondorn , fair and brilliant Havana.
M * C With men , throughout iho various ranks
m of the aristocracy and among gentlemen of
I leisure , gallants , merchants , professional
I incii and even with clerks , the normal condl-
I tlon seems to bo ono of faultless dressing. It-
Is also observable that no ono seems gotten
up for any occasion , or as If only occussion-
nlly gotten up. You can novorsurprlse these
Portuguese gentlemen , or discover thorn , out
of good form as to their attlro. They
are never overdressed ; but they are
always well dressed. It Is dlfllcult
to say how much of this Is the
result of national good tasto. But It is cor-
\ tulnly moro possible with Portuguese mon ,
where a finger Is .never lifted la manual
labor , than with Englishmen or Americans ,
to whom the Idea of helping one's self and
others , or pin-forming any duty necessary to
the furtherance of business , is not repug
nant. The mon of Lisbon are the best served
men in the world. Moro than 10,000 Span-
lards are practically their slaves. These are
my old friends , the Galloguns , from the
north ot Spain , among whom I wandered two
winters ago. They nro the most docile of all
servants , and the best. For the value of an
American live-cent ploco they will go nny-
where and perform miracles of service.
They are not usually attached to a single In
dividual or household. They are everywhere ,
and are any ono's porter , servant or valet at
a moment's warning. The magical hissing
ound , "Sh-s-s-j-sl" uttered any where In
Lisbon , will bring ono Instantly to your
side. And so the poorest clerk may have
liU valet , seamstress for ho will mend
your clothing with the dexterity of a tailor
and all , In ono , as much or little as ho likes or
caii afford. *
A Study of I.Uliou Women.
As much cannot ho said for the women.
Their street appearance Is not so character
istic nor so graceful as tbo Spanish women.
Tbo beautiful mantilla 1s less worn here than
scorns lilting , or as ono could wish. Quo
* feels , when a group ot sonborltas are mot in
r4 * < ba pracas or seen iu cosily equipages on the
uj'jvl'ainpo Gramio , that unlike all other women
, jf of iho Latin rucos they possess no distinct
V ff sir or style or presence of their own. In
I1 * , dress ihoy are In fact composite ; and llko
Uayrouth architecture , which Is In Kuropo
tb universal simile for every manner of
itylo Incongruously composed , a Portuguese
lady often presents startling combinations of
data and style In her most prucd aud sumpt
uous attire , bho still posiessos a flue car
otid figure , aad , as I sold previously
stntod , a certain honcuty and wholosomoncss
of face and look , and particularly an over
glowing radiance of eye and smile , which
command the best sort of likinir and rospcct.
The artist and sentimentalist In general will
not Had the pootlc and rhapsodic typo so fre
quent hero as In Spain , Italy and Algiers ;
but the compensation is at band in a better
typo of womanhood. In what mav bo termed
the mlddlo classes there are few
ravlshingly beautiful women. They uro
often tall and angular or short and
stout , in cither of which cases the rather
small and oval facn has neb the same attrac
tiveness as with daintier women of polite and
symmetric figuro.Vomon of the latter typo
are oftener found in Lisbon In the two
farthest removed classes , among the nobility
and peasant and servant classes. The latter
nro most Invariably beautiful in face and
llgnro. So mar.y of the female servants as
may bo seen upon the streets can always bo
readily observed at the fountains , where
with the Uallogaus they perform the duties
of water curriers ; whllo they often to iho
number of two and three accompany their
mistresses for promenades or to the shops.
Then iho ( lower market , is full of beautiful
girls ; the daily procession of llsh-womon
from Bolom contains mitny extraordinary
types , though painfully straight from always
currying their llsh upon th'Ur heads ; and the
peasant woman who como with flowers , but
ter , milk , eggs and cheese from the outlying
farms are almost Invariably wenches of
graceful carriage , perfect figure and piquant
and often lovely face.
Genuine Politeness.
No kinder-hearted , moro hospitable or
pollto people exist than these of Portugal.
Politeness hero has uot the flippancy of the
French nor the unmeaning pretence of the
Spanish. It is tnoro redundant uud opulent
than with cither of the former , but it. pos
sesses genuine sincerity. The effort to
plouso comes from right foollnp rather
than through form and custom , with
cold-hearted calculation of protlt behind.
This extends to. and is oven most marked
among , the lowly , who seem to bo
the most sunny-faced and Ulnd hearted people
plo who live. Among ovcry manner of city
serving mon and , women there U a chivalry
snd apparent earnestness In Interchange of
greeting aud commonest civility which often
roaches the ludicrous to brusijuo Americans.
Their gravity and dignity in this regard are
really wonderful. The cumulative adjectives
applied to Intensifying the formal expression
of mutual regard ana leading up to these
highest titles of respect , Sonhor and Hen-
bora , tiovor are losb oxprasslvo than "most
ndorod , " "trust regarded , " "most heart
thrilling beloved , " or ' 'exceeding and most
illustrious. "
Even the beggars speak to each other In
precisely thcso courtly terms , ana if you
should refuse them alms with the custom
ary phrase , "Pardon I in the name of God I"
they will follow you only to bless and shower
benedictions upon you.
you.or
or Fl
You can never tire of the street scenes of
Lisbon. From Bolom , nearer the oca , every
morning comes the procession ot Ush-womon ,
They are most picturesque In their oluo
lilrtlcs , hugo black felt huts , bare foot and
logs , massive gold earrings , complexion
brown and eyes as piercing black
as Spanish Oypslos , and their bas
kets of wbtto gloaming llsh. They re
mind ono strangely of the same class of
women who came up from the Claddagu
every morning In Qaluway. But the lives of
the former are sunnier ; and thev are n
ponlal , Uliully lot without u vulgar word on
their endlessly clmttorlm ; tongues.
Over from bolxal. Aldea Gallogn and Al-
cochuto every morning como boat load * of
uiarkot stuff nud peasantry , while down
from the mountain villages behind tbo cltv
stream the peasant men and women. Th'o
women among these bring along , with ovcry
manner of small produce , nome ot the pretti
est feel and ankles the barefooted habits of
many , and tbo short-skirted pottlcoats of all ,
ever give unconscious display. Tbo crates ,
casks , pouches , baskets , owera cud wheel.
line ana glganllo wooden platters thojo
women bring with thorn , carrying nearly
everything upon tbolr heads , are of incrocl-
ble tlzo aud weight. Thick , goltro-llke
house and shop servants of the peasant
class ; and probably the most interesting
studios for tourist , writer or artist are to bo
found among thcso lowly folks bcsldo the
fountains.
At everyone of these moss covered jottlos
groups ot barefooted men and women are
constantly gathering.Vunt muscular ,
swarthy fellows are the men , and what
graceful attitudes and posings they uncon
sciously assjino as they lolter.a bit for chatter -
tor and gossip before they shoulder the bugo
wooden casks and trot a gnlly away
with their mighty loads."What splen
did typos of Portugu so nro these 1"
you will exclaim. But they ore not Portu
guese. They are Gallcg.ius froni the an-
clout sovereignty of Gallula , comprising the
present four uorthwesternntpst provinces of
Spain named Lugo , Coruna , Oronso and
Poutcvoda , with n population of 2,003,000
souls. Una-fourth of the entire number are
continuously servants in Spain and Portugal ;
perhaps 100JOOJ in Portugar.nlono ; and moro
than 3,000 are water carriers tioro in Lisbon.
I know ttiom well Iu their northern homos or
cho as and In their southern work and ways ;
and they nra lovcaolo for' their matchless
'
doclllty'and fidelity , ono and all.
The Qullegiin Youth.
When the Gallopan youth has arrived at
the ago of IS heroes to his drudgery at sea ,
In the army , or as the city menliu. Ho suf
fers cvory conceivable indignity without re-
sontmont. "Gallecan dog ! " is the mildest
universal epithet applied to him. Kick him
and ho will not even crlngo. No power can
tempt him to resent insult , or break law , butte
to deprive him of his earnings. Ho will not
squander a dozen rols in n whole year. Ho
will starve to save. Ho will do anything but
rob or murder whllo at , scryica to increase
his hoard ; and though his homesickness for
his mountain dulclnen. porro aud galta
ate often so despairing that bo
dies of heartache and longing ,
ho will novcr rotiirn to his boloyod
Gallcla until ho has earned enough to possess
his own choza and patch of ground. This Is
his only oarihlv ambition and ho seldom fails
of Its realization. Thousands of otliow gain
this accomplishment as sogadors or reapers.
\Vhon the southern Holds nrS rlpo whole ar
mies of Gullcgan reapers sot'out from their
mountain homos armed wlttuio short hoz or
stcklo. their wooden shoes fehing ever their
shoulders , something as the West of Ireland
mon annually sat forth for tha English har
vest Holds , and , carrying a\so \ their galtus
with thorn , plpo thalr way'to the south ,
wbcro they reap the gralnpor the indolent
farmers ot Castllo und.Portpgal. Returning
on foot as they wont , they wako wild and
barbaric echoes through Iho Sierra de la
Culobra , Sierra do Banaddrlo" and the fair
Montanos do Lion. The tjallogan women
meantime have caved' for Iholr own little
harvests , and from autumn witil springtime ,
save for tbo occasional droning ' of the bap-
pipe , the crack of the rotrfc'A'or blunderbuss
and the wolfish barklug ot too mountain dog ,
sodden sllonco and llfelew sleep seem to have
unit all Gallcla Into a forbidding and gloomv
web of leaden and oijdurnto Depose.
I'ruttlDit of All Women ,
13ut see these maiden , \yatcrcarrier * of Lis
bon , prettiest of all wijrqon'Ja the ancient
city , with great dapcliifypyoi , pouting lip *
oror parting from dazzling-whito tooth , thair
tongues ceaselessly running-In musical stac
cato , and tbolr supple forms ovc ? in Irrepres
sible movement from1 Iho boundless life
within thorn. Tbolr short skirts disclose
limbs which outrival the Venus of Cos In
delicate symmetry. Tliolr smart bodices
vainly hldo busts of marvelous roundness and
amplitude , with full arching hec'lt bared
above , and crowning It uucll a dainty and
dimpled chin as even Tuscany cannot match ;
whllo the line from the tip at tbo ltle | line
gor up their brown roilnd arms to beyond
tbo dimpled elbow U a marvelous ' study In
nature's only perfect mobile bro'nio. But
they have dallied ami chatted long enough.
With a wblsk a llttlu pad of r ushes or cloth
Is slapped on thole dainty , shapely lieads ; in
a twinkling the great caslr. bait as tall aim
quite as big as they , is renting on tbo pad , aud
with a song or rousbbh laugh they are uway
tripping bomonard as oalntly and airily as
la measures of thecontradania or waltz.
EDOAH L.
Into Ponoff straits , with a fair breeze blow
ing behind u * , and with the main and fore
sails spread wing ana wlug , wo plowed
through the water nt a slz-mllo rate in what
is known by navigators who frequent this
section us ono of the best harbors In all of
western Alaska. On ono side of iho channel ,
wbloh , for a distance of about twenty miles ,
is not ever four inilos wide , Is the Island of
Unga. On the other aide Is the Island of
Popoff. Thcso two Islands belong to the
Shumngin group , of which mention has boon
mndo boforo.
The character of the country reminds
ono of the rolling prairies which
are found in some of our western
states. It is moro or less undulating and tha
surface Is covered with a thick growth of
grass , which , as a rule , measures four foot or
moro In height , and is very nutritious.
Whllo I had heard a great deal of the coun
try "to the westward , " I was not prepared
to llnd such n marked difference from that ot
southeast Alaska. Not a sign of a tree was
scon after wo first sighted land , and the
heavy growth of moss and shrubbery which
everywhere abounds In southeast Alaska , 1 *
unknown hero. In some of the low portions
tions of these islands , there are llttla
groves of alder and willow , but they
partnko moro of the character of bushes than
trees , seldom growing to a height of ever six
feet , and an inch or two in diameter.
In southeast Alaska , It Is only in few lo
calities that the soil is more than a few
Inches In depth , and seldom free from gravel
and pobblcs. It is a common thing to find
potatoes and vegetables growing in the gardens -
dons of natives in that section among broken
fragments of atone , whllo on thcso Islands
the soil i ? as free from thorn as are the
prairies of Nobrnsica and Kansas.
The Island of Popoff Is about flvo miles
wldo by ilf teen miles long. The character ot
the country is gently undulating , and the
highest point will not exceed 1,000 foot above
the soa. Thn soil , us a rule , Is from throe to
live foot dcop , and of a darit , sandy loam.
Sufllclont experiments have been made hero
In growing vegetables and stock raising to
warrant u San Francisco ilnn In having a bill
introduced In the last congrots , which , baa
It passed , would have given them a lease ot
this island for a term of years , Had they
gotten possession of this Island they pro
posed to thoroughly demonstrate what could
bo dona In stock raising and agriculture in
this portion of Alaska. This San Francisco
llrm has invested over $100 on this llttla
island in n manner that promises to make U
n conspicuous locality , ana of which I shall
speak In my next luttnr.
Ml.NBIt W. HllUCB.
I'luclni ; it Hoyeatt.
Now York World : * "Wlmr1 yo gwlno
to Jimmy ? " queried a Houston street
boy about 10 years old of another ho mot
juut off Uroadway.
"To Sam do butcher's to buy moat. "
"Got do money to pay ? "
"Yofl. "
"Don do mo a great favor. Go to
some , other shop. I've got u boycott on
SarnV"
"What for ? Hain't Sam all right ? "
"Not much. Ono dreadful hot day last
summer I had a poatago stamp in mo
pouicot. It was uwoutin' wid do heat I
wont Into Sam's an' porlltoly asked him
to please put do stuinn on Ice till it could
brace up , and what d'yo 'apoao do vllllau
did ? "
"I dunno. "
"Mado u swipe fur mo jaw wld do
cleaver an' run mo out. Ho'u a bad man ,
and I'm doing all I Icln to kill bis
trade. "
A Cool Tiller.
A Now Yorlc woman entered her houeo
and found u young man coming down
the stairs. She burnt out with : "Who
are vou ? What uro you doing bore ?
You'ro a thiof. " "la that BO ? " Inquired
the young man , aa cool as posdlblo.
"Well don't cull the "
, why you pollcoV"
Then no brushed by her aud raa.
