OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. PflRT TWO. . PflGES G-1B , TWENTY-FJHST YEAR. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , FEBlltMRY 21 , 1892-SLXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 217. Tits Leaders and Introducers of Popular Prices , Patronize , IHAYDEN JL.JL.jL Jk. JL JL SJk _ 1 _ T Home Industry. Linen Department. Wo will place on finlo Monday , 1 bale ot 10 Inch glass toweling , plain or fancy cho Us , at Ocyard. 1 oatc of 18 incli glass toweling , plainer or fancy checks , at 8c yard , .y 1 bale of " 0 inch glass towcijng , plainer or fanc.y chocks , at lOo yn..l 2 bales of oxtrn heavy i ocUod glass toweling at 12Jo yard. Wo call your alien tlor o this glass X1 oweling , as It is ouv own importation - Xtn and are extra t < od value- for the money. 2 bales of 20 Inch wide Hi-ydon Bros brown crnsh , made expressly for us at lOc yard ; cheap at 15c yard. 1 case of Windsor cotton crashtwilled at Die yard. Our prices on table linens on coinpar ing , you will find the lowest half bleach ed damaslc15c , 65o and 05c yard. Silver bleached damaslc 60c , ( ioc , 7Sc and 85o yard. 82 inch wide bleached damask , $1.60 yard. 72 Inch wide bleached dam.isk , fi'Jc yard. Remnants of table linen : it less than cost. ' Spcci'il bargains in napkins , towels , bed spreads , etc. Mill remnants of whlto victoria lawn and India HneiiB at 5 anil 10c yard. Wo buy these direct from the mill * In case lots and ate soiling them at less than half their value. Monday wo place on ealo one case (100) ( ) white Marseilles bed spreads at 81 each , they are cheap at $1.60. Wash Dress Goods. This department la loaded and crowd ed for room. Never in the history of Omaha has there been such n display of wash dress goods. All the latest styles in the markets arc here displayed. Printed honriotta , double fold , just out , at lOc yard. Bedford cords , 7c , lOc , 12jc , Ioc and lOo yard. Black saline , lOc. 12c } , Ioc , 17c , lOc , 20o. 26o , ilOo , 35c , 37Je and -lOc yard. Pine apple tissue , Shantong poncco , Canton cloth. Brandenburg cloth , Sun- Miysido suiting , Dolohi rloth , tousle cloth , angola twills , Arabian. Lyons and Armenian serge , Columbia suit ings , wash silks , Avyron suitings , etc , , in the greatest .variety.Vo can suit the most particular taslo in style , quality and priro. Over 3000 pieces of ginghams to se lect from at 6c , 0c } , 7je. 8c , 8Jc , Oc , lOc , 121o , Ioc , 17c , lOo , 20c and 2.uj. This in cludes also the finest novelties in Scotch zephyrs at 26c yard. A visit to our wash dress goods deparlmont will repay you for your time , whether you dcsiro to purchase or not. Muslins and Sheetings This department saves you money , no matter what you rany hear. We carry nil the leading brands and guarantee the lowest prices or niouey cheerfully refunded. CIGAR MAKING IN OMAHA /The 'Manufacturers Have Increased the Number of Their Employes. STILL TOO SMALL TO BE ANY CREDIT BiiBliu-ss'jIeii Allow Clear Manufacturing : to LiuiBuUU AVIillo the I.mllcH llnio Doubled till ) Output of Factories Making lloilHuholil UooilM. Early last fall Tun Dnn called attention to the fact that thirty clgarmakors were em ployed In Omaha and that the people of tbls city were sending thousands of dollars to eastern cities for cigars that could bo made Just as well at homo. It also pointed out tbo fact that only the very best clgarraokors were employed hero , nil of them boinc union men , and that the quality of the goods turned out was equal to anything made in this country. A.8 a result of the efforts put forth by TUB BEU the number of clgarmakors has in creased from thirty until now tboro ore sixty men wonting In Omaha cigar factories. As tbo winter months comprise the dull season In cigar manufacturing and as some moaCVo usually laid off at that tlmo , this Increase has noon very gratifying both to the manu facturers and to these cltlions who are worulng m conjunction with Tim * HUE to stimulate manufacturing in Omahn. to Oiniilm. At the same time it is a disgrace to Omah a and to western enterprise that only sixty olpormakors should bo employed in , a city of 140,000 Inhabitants. In order to show what other cities are doing In this direction official figures bavo been obtained iroin the secretaries ot tbo unions , giving the exact number of men employed : Clear- Popula in akers. tion. Omaha , , G'J ' 110,453 Ht 1'uul , JMU llfl.I.Vl Minneapolis UJ 164,7g : Hoover , . , , . , , S43 1ULU70 Milwaukee 800 Omabu and Denver are tbo only cities in tbo nbovo list which do not employ &omo nonunion clgarmakors. At Bt. Paul there nro two very extensive factorlrs which em ploy a largo number of children which nro not included In the number ot clgarmakers credited to that city. Tlioio people , many of them citizens and property owners of Omaha , who have been striving to belittle the manufacturing Indus tries of tins city and prevent their growth through the homo patronage movement , have boon claiming that cigars cannot bo made in western cities. From the above figures It "would appear that cigars are being made on an extensive- scale In all tbo largo western cities , Omaha alone excepted , Denver is DOO miles further west and with a population mailer than Omaha employs four times as many clgarmaUora. St. Paul with a population smaller than Omaha employs almost four times as many ji'garmakors , Milwaukee employs ono cigar- jiakor to every 255 peoplo. On the same ' 'jasls ' Omaha should employ 551 clgarmakers. It is very evident that the enemies ot Umabu will have to invent some other ox- MO for opposing the growth of cigar man- sfucturlue in tbls city than Its western Jvcatlon. It Is presumed that they will fall back on ihe assertion that Omaha cigars are not as / . cod as those made in other cltlos. liven Vtls excuse will not hold on close examina tion. Omuliu cigars have boon pronounced time and again by recognized authorities as fully equal lu quality to these of any other Closing Out Sale. Commencing Mondny wo will dispose of everything in ladies' and gents' fur nishing goods that wo do not \\lsh to carry over , at loss than cost. Gents' all wool underwear , fold by us all- this season at $1 , reduced to 60c. Gents * wool drawers , worth 76c , go at 3.o. lease of gouts'dark colored llannol overshirts , made with yoke , reduced to Me. 1 lot of gents' jersey knit ovcrshlrts , 6fe ) , worth 75c. Our celebrated Now York Mills tin- laundered shirtsdouble back and front , worth 75c each , go in this sale at 60c each. , 100 dozen gents' night shirts , worth 75c and $1 , reduced toGOc each. 100 dozen cents' ' fuil regular made British half hose , only 15e per p.tir , worth 25c. 1 case of gents' fast black half hose , 17c per pair , 8 pair for GOc. A bargain. 100 dozen corsets to bo slaughtered on Monday , odds and ends to bo closed out at 25c'U5c , 60vJ and 7oc ; worth double. Ladies' Night Gowns Immense sale on ladies' night gowns on Mondav. 1 case of children's Oxford dlrby rib bed hose only lee per pair , worth Uoc. Ladies'two thrcad40 guago fat > t black cotton hose only Uoo per pair , worth 40c. Have You a Baby ? If you have you must bo happy , and to keep the babv happy you must got him or her a carriage. Having decided to make baby happy , the next question is , Whore can I got the best possible carriage at the lowest possible pricoV and naturally as a bird seeks its nest , you will go to Hayden Bros. ' furniture department for your carriago. The largest assortment o.xtani to select from and the price made with the solo object to keep them moving. The fact that wo sell between 0 and Oa day in Feb ruary tolls u grander story than any thing wo can toll. Furniture Dept. From the very smallest beginning , this department lias spread and grown until It has reached its present splendid proportions. The facciet of _ our success in this line is that wo give lirst-ulass furniture at a moderate price. Bed room suits at 810.50 , $15 , $18.50 , $19,819.50,8 3 , $10$27. ! All our suits nro first-class. A 1 goods. Call and examine. Fmo line of parlor suits. Elegant assortment of bed lounges at $8.50 , 810.60 , 812.50 , $13 , $14 , $15. These all have the woven wire springs and are upholstered In carpet , wool plush and silk plush. Complete line of chairs , tables , side boards , choIToniors , center tables , rock ers , book cases , fine easy chairs , etc. , etc. city , and there is no reason why they should not bo. Omaha manufacturers employ none but tbo best makers and it Is noiibonso to assume that they cannot got on to the mar ket and buy as good tobacco as the manufac turers of Denver , St. Paul , or any other western city. The objection which dealers usually raise against Omahn cigars and ono that they Imvo repeated so often as to almost believe it , is that the Omaha factories being small are unable to buy enough tooacco at once to keep them going any length of tlmo , and for that reason they cannot make an even brand of cigars. Tbo fallacy of such a claim is very evident. A manufactuier with capital enough to employ nvo men can spare monny to buy tobacco enough to keep these Hvo men going for a certain length of tlmo as well as a manufacturer wbo employs 100 moa. A small manufacturer can buy in ad- vnnco as well as a larger manufacturer , as ho is only compelled to buy a quantity in pro portion to tbo slzo of bis business. Why foreign Clgurn Are nought. There Is only ono reason why Omaha smokers do not buy Omaha made cigars , and that is because they do not take enough in terest In tbo prosperity of the city to keep their raonoy at homo. They buvo formed the habit 'of buying cigars made outside of the city and cannot get out of the rut. It has always boon the boast ot western men that they are progres sive , that they are not so wadded to any theory or custom that they cannot change at anv moment , and vet it looks very much as if the smokers of Omaha were about as slow to "catch onto" the procession as any class of man could bo. I.nillon I'litroulzn Homu.Im1iistrleg , The homo patronage movement bas boon a grand success In all lines of gooda which go Into the household. When tbo homo patronage ago movement was first started by Tin : liisc a prominent business man said that there would bo uotroubio in inlluonclng business men , but that ono might as well try to make water run up hill as to attempt to Induce a housekeeper to buy u different kind of soap or flour from wbatsho bad been using. Tbo results have boon just the opposite. The ladies ot the city have como to the front grandly , and by insisting upon being sup plied with Nebraska goods they Imvo forced tbo grocers to handle such ( roods , and have clvo.i manufacturing In tboso lines an impetus never before experienced in tbls state. Manufacturers turning out household goods bavo given employment to between 200 and UOO additional men through tbo efforts put forth by housekeepers. Moanwlillo tbo business men who prate about lluances and political economy und wbo know so much about bow a city should bo governed and how it should ho built up , bavo added a paltry thirty men to the cigar- making force of tbo city. . If the ladies bad been buying the cigars every cigar dealer in the city would Imvo boon handling homo made goods before this time , and at leastl00 ! clgarmakors would bavo boon at work In tbo city. The question naturally suggests itself as to iWlmt kind of cigars are smol d In Omaha , and , in fuel , In Nebraska , as the wbolo state is very much alike in this particular. Kind of Cigars Sniokot ) . A careful Invostlgatio.i shows that one- half of the cigars sold in this city como from the tenement bouso factories. The balance , excepting the tow msdo lu Omaha , como mostly from sinall towns located in Illinois , Iowa and other western states. It is estimated by cigar men tbut Davop- port , la. , keens fifty men employed in mak ing cigars for the Nebraska trade. The inn- jorltv of the cigars made in these small western towns and cities outsldo of Ne- brasua are from nonunion shops which em ploy boys and girls and the cheapest nnd poorest labor that can bo bad , Llttlo children - dron that ought to bo at play uro worked from daylight until dark for n moro pittance. There Is ono town In Illinois of 0,000 to 8,000 population that bas boo a built up entirely by these baby-killing shops. These cigars can bo sold by the manufac turers for less money than Omaha cigars , which are made by men who are paid good living wages. Ilonco the retail dealer pre fers to handle buby cigars , as they rotutl for Silks. Will place on sale Monday gros grain , faille , annul o and loyals in ess silks In blarks , warranted , at the uniform price ofl. Those goods are cheap at $1,2)5. ) Silk crones in extra width , now and desirable shndings at 81.10 , worth $1.35. Silks in brocades , stiipos , &c. , worth up to $2 , Monday $1 and $1.2.5. Surahs in stripes and plaids , worth $1 , Monday ( toe. Our silk velvets usually sold at $1.25 , Monday 81. Remnants in iillts less than half price. Colored Dress Goods. SPECIAL SALE FOR MONDAY. 30-Inch Bedford conls , 20c. 30-Inch whipcord , 30e. 30-inch de beige mixtures , 25c. 10-jnch all wool plaids.le. ! ) . 40-inch all wool India twill , 60c. 38-inch all wool hcnrletta , U'io. 10-inch Gorman plaids , f > Sc. 40-inch all wool novelty stripes , 65c. 40-inch all wool novelty spats , G3c. 42-inch cashmere stripes , S5c. 40-inch diagonal stripes , 93u. 44-inch fancy diagonal stripes , $1.10. 42-inch camel's hiv'r novelties , $1.23. 40-inch Scotch weave novelties 31.05. Black Dress Goods SPF.CTAL PRICES FOR MONDAY. All wool serges in very handsome stripe elTccts and something quite now , on sale Monday at 59c. worth BJC. Wo have just received 25 pieces of ' best 4S-ineh Lupin's very quality - thibot cloths in a rich satin finish , su perior to any silk warp honriotta and makes a very much bettor dross. Wo shall have them on sale Monday morn- 'ing at $1.2-5 ; remember they sell readily in Chicago or New York for $1.06. Lupin's very best honriotta , fine satin finish , Monday at 93c ; sold every where at $1.30. Fine imported cashmere , 3oc , worth 50c. 50c.Fine Fine imported cashmere , 25c. worth A good cashmere at 12Jc , worth 20c. Our very best 48-inch serges will go on Monday for 75c , worth SI. Antonotto cloths , real salin finish , in double rings , polka spots and other very beautiful designs , something now : Mondav at S-5c , 9oc and $1 ; nowhere else " for loss" than $1.10 , $1.25 and $1.35. Honriotta cloths , 3Hc , worthoSc. Sicilian crepe cloths , 75c , worth $1.10. Remember that all of the above goods are genuine bargains and can bo had either in raven , jot or blue blacks , to suit. suit.Trunks Trunks and Valises , The sale still goes on. Wo can suit you in any stylo. Wo have the stock , and the prices are all O. K. the snmo money as those nmdo by union labor. The consumer , bowovor. gets no benefit , as the stock used in thorn Is no hot ter , but In purchasing thorn ho is oncojirag- ing a business that is blighting the lives of thousands of children. The fcuuiiioiit House Cigars are even rnoro popular with dealers , as they cost still less by the wholesale , mid for thn reason the majority of all the cigars sold in Nebraska are of this sort. It is very amusing to hoar smokers speak in high terms of the goods madu by certain manufacturers when the truth Is that the manufacturers mentioned have no factories at all but sunplv tobacco to tbo denizens of tenement bouses and pay thorn a stated price for making up the cigars. The names of some of those houses become 40 familiar to the smoking public that It would bo a surprise to them to learn of tholr true character. As in the case of the cigars raado by child labor the consumer gets no benefit , as tbo money saved in the labor gees to tbo manu facturer , the jobber and * the retail doalor. 'I be consumer , however , does cot , more than ho bargains for ; ho gets the vilest article Imaginable. There Is no use In poo-poolntr or making light of the lllthlnoss of tenement bouse cigar factories , as the man who does so only makes a display of his own ignor ance. * Dealers , as a matter of course , always try todiscredit these stories , as it is to tholr interest to do so. A local news reporter In Now Vorlt , ac companying a health officer to ono of these tenement houses found In a room tboro a man in tbo last stages of smallpox. In the same room tbreo members of the family were making cigars. Tbc 111th and stench was nauseating and how those people can live Is n mystery , but tnoy do live and make cigars anil Omaha business men smoke thorn. If the smokers of Omaha could have soon that room the cigar factories of this city .vould bavo moro business than they could attend to. The Now York Sun , under the ( caption ofThe Cigars of Death , " published the fol lowing : "i'bo tenement house Inspectors , now making their rounds , Imvo found nothing in any quarter of New York moro dangerous to public healtb , family virtue , and common decency , than tbo huge tenement house cigar factories which bavo frequently , during the past few years , been forced upon tbo notice of the Board ot Healtb , but which , for some reasons , through some moans , are still allowed to exist. " Dr. Tyler it the Board of Health of Now York City , made tbo following statement in an official report : "It cannot bo claimed with certainty that the cigars so mauo will spread contagious disease , and It cannot be denied either ; so the best thing will bo not to smoUo them. " Mr. Theodore Roosevelt , representing the "Brownstono district" of Now YorK City In tlio legislature , stated as follows : "I have visited those past boles personally , and I can assure you if smokers could onlv BOO bow those cisurs uro made , wo would not need any legislative action against this system at all. " Commissioner Enos says : "I also saw the Chinese clgarmakers bite off the cigar ends and use tiiclr saliva to iimko tbo tobacco adhere - here bettor. " , Still tbo Omaha business man who gees homo with a tonomont-houso-clgar breath thinks bis wlfo. unreasonable if she asks him as a special favor to stop smoking. Sucu a breath Is a nice tiling for n reputa ble business man to take homo to tbo wlfo who Is building up tbo industries of Ne braska by purchasing only homo uiado qoods. Number of Cigar * Smokcil , The Cigar Makers union of St. Paul has boon to tbo trouble of compiling figures on the subject , and according to that authority the clears smoked in that city would keep 1,043 men employed the year through. As Omaha has several thousand moro popula tion than bt. Paul It is certainly safq to say that fully as many cigars are consumed hero. However , to avoid tbo charge of exaggera tion , cut this number In two In the middle and say that Omaha could support 800 cigar- matters. These men would earn ? 9GOO nor week , or-Iu rouud numbers a bait million dollars annually. The employment of that number of oi-rar inon woula furnish work for Just Arrived- One moro carload of now carpets ; the latest designs fresh frdtn the mills , and the prices are still lower. Wn are now prepared to give the bdnefit ( if the very largo purchase. Prices from 17c up. A good Union carpet for 30c. Hotter grades for 35c'lo 4 < 5c. Wo have a few leftof } those extra super all wool at 55c. ' Brussels carpets are going rapidly at 47e to 0'5c. Now lace curtains. Now silk and sllUnllnc , draperies , fringes , poles and shades. A Big Bargain , Wo have the flnrtst uhontllo curtain for the price over shown in the city , only "fie pair ; to bo sold this week at the price. Call and see them before It is lee late The largest stock of rugs over put on sale in a retail house wcdt of Chicago. Fur rugs to bo closed out regardless of cost. Smyrna rues , 75c to $1. - Monuot rugs , 81.25 to $3.50. Wool rugs. $1.25 to $3.GO. Door mats , 50o to $ ! . Embroideries. AT THROWN AWA'Y ; TRICES. 5.000 yards narrow but neat embroid eries at Ic. 5,000 vnrds medium width In Hamburg embrojderios , Swiss embroideries and cambric embroideries only 5c yard , worth lOo. 5,000 yards nice wide embroideries at lOc , actually wortli 15c * . 200 yards 45-lneh embroidered flounc ing , Monday at 33o per yard , worth "fie per yad. . Something in , Laces. Something that puts 6s at the head , and our thrown away prices tell the tale. 50,000 yards all linen torchon laces at 3e , fie , 7c , lOc , 12Je , worth 8c to 25c. 5,000 yards fine all silk chantilly lace at lOe , Ioc , lOc , 25c , 33c , JJ'Jc , worth 15o to OOc per yard. SOMETHING DIFFERENT AT THROWN AWAY PRICES. Hurt Handkerchiefs. GREATLY HURT > lN ! PRICES. And slightly hurt in appearance. Hurt by the dust. Hurt by handling. \ v ' White' embroidered handkerchiefs , , hurt. 0 * , , . , Fancy embroidered hand kerchiefs , hurt. White hemstitched handkerchiefs , hurt. Fancy bordered hemstitched handker chiefs hurt Reduced from 35c , 2oc , lOo to lOc to close them out. 200 additional men as packers , strippers , foremen , clerks , etc. , who would add another hundred thousand cr more to tbo pay roll. Tboro would also bo a largo increase in the number of men employed In the cigar box factories and in other lines of business which would bo affected by tbo cigar making industry. I r the business men ot the city would lay nslilo their foolish prejudices an industry could bo placed on its foot that would do Omaha au incalculable amount of good. Tbo laboring men of the city , /many of thorn , smoke only goods bearing. Aho blue label. Tboy should go ono stop further and require that the box also boar the Nebraska label. Tobacco ItiiiHliif ; In - There Is another object in Increasing the manufacture of cigars in Nebraska. Wide awake men are experimenting on the raising f tobacco in Nebraska. It has been proven ? bat thn plant will do wolljand that all that is required is to properly understand tbo curing of it. An association has boon formed for this purpose In the state , and unless all signs fall it will not bo long before tobacco growing will bo a success. J When it Is considered that an aero of to bacco Is valued at about ton times as much as an aero of corn it can bo readily scon that It will mean much for Nebraska. A firm at Schuyler has made a few cigars out of Nobroska tobacco and will try the ex periment on a still larger scale next season. Nebraska In tno past year or two has be come a great sugar-producing utato , and it would not bo at all surprising if she were to become a great tobacco BtatoJ The question is , will tbo , business men of Omaha develop the manufacturing brunch of the business while the farmers are experi menting with tbo crowing- tobacco , or will they lot the business languish while- the ladies are doubling tbo product of factories turning out goods in their lino. J.V THIS I..U1UH Denver will hold a typesetting contest. Lowell spinners average $9 and $10 a week. Anderson , Ind. , is to have an aluminum plant that will employ 1,001) , ) persons , A national association hai boon organized In Now York to extend the Indus trial schema of prollt-sbarlng. . Madagascar people work twenty-five days in a year , and mnko onougji ll\8n to support thorn in idleness the rest ofh $ year , The average dally wages ! of railroad em ployes on sixty of the lo&oUn ) ; railroads in tha United States nro:1 JSaKgagomastcrs , $1.78 ; bagBBgemen , $1,07 ; blacksmiths , $3.40 : brakomoi ) , $1.05 ; carpenters ; $12.14 : con ductors , $2.b3 ; engineers'tJ3.U4 : firemen , $ t.il9 ; daemon , $1.U4) ) llo'ormoa , fi.i3 : ; la borers , $1.01 ; machluHU. Ai'J3 ; masons. f.M'J ; painters , $2.01 s switchmen , $1.78 , and telegraphers , $1.12. * General George W. Jones ofDubuquo , , ono of the first United States senators from Iowa , and now 03 years of ugo , w'w admitted to the bar of the state supreme , court lust week. Probably it WM the name or the thing , not the substance , ho wantedGeneralJones ) was a democrat before tuff war , and early in rebellion days was Imprlsoued'ut Port V > 'ayuo on suspicion of treason. n The most noted member of the Crook na tion is General Porter of Jtluscopoe , I. T. , who has represented , bis people as agent at tbo national capital fqr many years. Ho is a very picture of Indla'a- manhood and vigor , for bo is tall , straight , and swarthy. Ills eye glistens lllto an eagle's. , His title ot gen eral arose from the suitl w/th vyluch ho put an end to the tbroo Creak insurrections in 1673,18T9 and 1831. * P ' Sir Moroll Mackenzie's household expenses were very great , Ho kept sixteen servants , besides a private coaoh lor himself and an other for bis wlfo , and spent every cent of his $ (50,000 yearly income. Uoft the distin guished doctor and hfs wifi ) wore very fond of society , and tholr J omo lu Ixmdon was the resort of brllliaut people ItTwai a rare thing for a caller to llnd them alone in tbo ovenlne , and ovoa then tboy wore In full evening dress , Mrs. Mackenzie blazing with diamonds. The doctor's tbroo daughters are said to be very handsome girls and all as fond of society < u their parents were , Notions. Notions. For Monday , prices that talk. All silk scam bliullnp. lOc per bolt. Whalebone casing , lOc per bolt. Hooks and eyes at le per card. Pins , full count , at leper paper. 200 yards'King's cotton at lie per spool. Stock'not shields at 5c per pair. The very best silk shields at 25o pot- pair. pair.Boltlnp In all colorant 15c per bolt. Fine skirt braid , ! lc per roll. Velveteen skirt binding at lOc per piece. Whalebone , 80 inches long , at 15o per strip. Veilings. In novelties wo load ; In vnriuty wo excel ; and our prices talk. Triple tuxedo veils , Brussels not veils , Chenille dot veils , .Tot spangled veils , Hair not veils , Crystal spotted veils , ' Honey co'mb veils , in single or double widths , at lOc , 15c , 20c and 25o per veil. Book Dep't. The now uniform edition of Dores books , from the original plates , full si/.e , with all the illustrations from the original designs by Gustavo Doro : The Dora Bible Callers , Dante's Inferno , Dante's Purgatory and Para dise , Milton's Paradise Lost , Doro Mas terpieces , Bible Scones and Stories , Atala , La Fontaino Fables ; elegantly bound in cloth and gilt , for Monday onlv 98c ; actually worth $5. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary , nicely bound in cloth , OOc ; publisher's price $3.50. Drug Dept. Wright's Sarsapirllla , 50o. Primloy's Snrsaparilla. 69o. Hood's Sarsaparilla , 76o. ' * p Hartor's Iron Tonic , 7oe. Brown's Iron Tonic , 75c. Maltine plain and Cod Liver Oil , 75c. Malt Extract plain and Cod Liver Oil , 75c. 75c.Cuticura Cuticura Resolvent , 75c. Scott's Emulbion , 76c. Peter Mollor's Pure Cod Liver Oil , C5c. C5c.Dr. . Simmons' Liver Regulator , 75c. Dr. Bane's Rheumatic Cure , 76o. Allcock's Porous Plaster , 2 for 25c. Strengthening Plaster , 5e. Garflold Tea , 20c. Lane's Family Medicine , 40e. Sanford's Catarrh Cure , 75c. Indian Sagwa , 75c. Indian Oil , 20c. Shandon Bolls Soap , 30c per box on Monday only. Liobig's Beef , Iron and Wino , 43c. Ammonia , largo bottle lOe. Beef Extract , 20c. Fig Syrup , large sine , 29c. Fig Syrup , small si/.o , 15c. Syrup of Tar and Wild Cherry , Jj . FREDNYETALKSOFTIIE STAGE Modjeska's Brilliant Engagement Broke the Chicago Theatrical Record. A1 DISCUSSION OF STAGE MORALITY An Actress Who Thinks There la Some Koom for Improvement A , Now Electrical run- oral Fad. CHICAGO , 111. , Fob. 19. [ Special Corre spondence of Tun BCE.J Modjeska has been tbo strongest theatrical card bore of late and that sign of S. R. O. , so gratifying to tba box office , but so discourag ing to these who bavo braved the street car perils of this unfortunate city and reached tbo theater tiokotloss n bait hour late , has been exhibited every night of bar engage ment. Her repertoire has been far too largo , exhibiting certain weaknesses for which even her versatility has not afforded an ade quate compensation. There bas never been and tboro never will bo a woman who can play both Beatrice and .Lady Macbeth. But Modjo-ska does not stop witb this amazing ef fort to represent antagonistic type ? ; she fills in the space between with Hosalind , Mary Stuart and , ono might almost say , with whutovor else comes * bandy. Her motive doubtless Is to suit an erratic public taste , but tboro are onougn persons witb artlstla sonso. even in Chicago , to support a continuous artistic presentation of ono play in preference to u mosaic , many of the components of which are distasteful. Modjeika's accent is a trifle Joss oojeotion- able than it used to bo , but it still loans Itself to Shakespearean uses with harrowing diffi culty. As a matter of sober truth barring affectation , shoddy and all that sort of thing most of us In tboso days do not understand the language of the immortal bard , /la was too much a poet and n philosopher to adopt a homely garb of words , and , besides , the dic tion of his time was strangely different from that of today. In order to boar Shakespeare as bo is , wo ought to road him thoroughly witb especial attention to tbo play which wo are to boar , and then wo should patronize exclusively thoia actors and octrossoi who , In poriraylng his characters , speak tbo En glish language clearly , distinctly , Englishly. A maa who has not assimilated the Shakos- nearo vocabulary , silting under Modjoska' * Hosalind' writhes in double agony , bis head hot , bis feet cold , bis nerves twisting thorn- solves Into a thousand qulvoriug knots. Ono can understand how a woinnii who has glanced at a French lexicon , or who has spent sufficient tlmo In Paris to be able to order a dinner table d'hote , can ba foolish enough to imagine that sbo enjoys Born- hardl's nasal C&mllte , but how the average American auditor manages to tolorago Shakespeare In u tongue which is just native enough to bold tbo promise of understanding to the oar whtlo breaking It to tbo hope passes comprehension , Is the Sttt fo Moral ? The other evening at Wober'e a party of actors , actresses and newspaper men fell to discussing that much abused questioD , "Is tbo stugo moral 1" An actress wbo Is too prominent to bo quoted in such a connection said : "I do not find BO much lault with the pulpit for denouncing tbo stage aa I used to. The deterioration which the stage bas suffered during the past decade in art finds a reflex in the Influence which bas been exerted upon stage morality. Two things bavo conduced to tbo lowering ot Jewelry Department. Gouts' watoh chains , plated on Gor man silver. lOc. worib SI.5. 1 l-kt solid ROlil wedding rings , $1.23 , wortb $3. Clilldron's Rohl filled rings , 25o. Genuine Uonoimun fr.trnot oar drops , in polld pold sottinjrs , 50e worth SI.60. Real Rhine stone oar drops , In boat rolled plated settings , ! T)0 , wortli $1. Latest novelties in silver and gilt hair ornaments , Sou , wortli 7oc , Special sale on ladles' bracelets , 2 jo per pair , worth SI , Hojrors'a knives or forks , $1.25 per sot ; very best quality , Nickel alarm ulouks. oo. ! ) Gold tilled hunting eiiso stum wind watches , with American movements , $8.75 up. First-class witch and clock repairing at half jewelers' prices. All work guaranteed. Butter. Wo sell country butter for 15o , 17o and lOo per pound , made by Nebraska farmers. Creamery wo sell at 20c , 22c and 21c , mndo at Dodge ; Nebraska. Remember our butter is shipped us every day and is always fresh , our prices sure to bo the lowest. Just received 50 boxes of fancy Im ported dates. They will sell for 6c per pound. Mixed nuts , 2 pounds for 253. Capo Cod cranberries per quart. House Furnishing Goods. GLASS , CIIINAWAR1C , CKOCKERY , LIGHT AND HEAVY HARDWARE DEPARTMENT. Tomorrow the biggest drive in hatch ets it has over been your good foctuno to bohold. A solid cast steel hatchet , war ranted , that sells for $1 every where , to morrow 23o. White wash brushes , lOc each. Also a fine line of knlsominitig brushes. The Western Wash Machine , $3.50. Peerless ringer , regular price 83.50 , our price $2.15. Wooden bowls , 3e onoh. Wash board ? , Oe each. Dinner sots , $7.03 , worth $25. Copper bottom wash boilers , 59e. Milk and butter crocks , Co per gallon. Cups and saucers , 33u per sot. Dinner plates Ioc per set Folding ironing tables 05c each. Clothes baskets , fiOc. Clothes hampers , 80c. Madame Strootor Hat irons , 3 Irons , 1 handle and stand , OOc. Solid copper tea kettles , 81.15 , regu lar price $2.50. Scrub brushes , Cc each. All colors fanoy sheaf paper , 21 shoots 5c. 5c.Metal Metal top syrup pitchers , 5c. 3 ring clothes bars , 59c. the moral level of the stage , namely tbo amazing growth of traveling companies and the Invasion of the llold of the socallod legit imate drama by the playBwhIoh in former times were relegated to tbo variety hall or the dance houso. There is no question but that the dramatic lifo Is the correct ono for those who deslro to live within the limits of conventionality. In the old days of stock companies this was possible to an extent at least which rendered I ho attacks of straitlaced - laced persons upon tbo stage unwarranted. Hut Times Have Changed. The homo even of n first class company may bo anywhere between Now" York and Kan Francisco or Now Orleans and Duluth that is to say , It Is nowhere. I have no patience with those who contend that the Intimate association between tbo sexes on tbo stage for Instance , the protracted acting of what may be called the lever roles is demor alizing. It is much more likely that Juliet learns to bate Homoo than that she loams to love him. Ha is not Romeo to bar , but a vul gar sort of fellow whoso very assumption of the ideal heroism of Homco is disgusting from contrast with his own personality. But remove a maa or woman from the unrecog nized restraints of homo from the Influence of children and a thousand outsldo tempta tions creeds in to lower , thuir standard of so cial values. Muybo Slio JH anil Maybe She Imi't. "Tho farce comedy and the spectacular ploy with the ballot contingent bavo not perhaps infected the morals go much as they bavo de pleted the pookotbooks of the legitimate , but tboy have necessarily reached out for and placed upon the stage a class of people who in a moral way are not tbo most rollnod. I do not wish to bo construed as speaking In an individual manner ; mv moaning is general. A ballot girl , or the girl who appears night after night in a variety performance in tights and indulges in tha antics peculiar to bar class may bo above reproach. In many cases sbo is , but lu many moro she isn't. If she preserves her purity lu fact she learns easily und rapidly a freedom in the treat ment of the male habitues of the green room which society would unhesitatingly dis countenance. She meets tlicso unprincipled gentlemen exclusively they constitute in fact tba only male society , outside of her company , to which she is subjected and If bhe dons not fall a victim to their blandishments - monts faho learns at least to estimate man hood by the number of carriages which it can biro and tbo number of hats , bonnets or costumes which it is disposed to buy. Tbo ranks of tbo ballet , the variety and the farce comedy are tlllmi from a lower social order than those ot the real drama , and tbo experience of tbo former Is nocossarilv tnoro demoralising than that of the latter. Removed as the life of the loglil- mate actro s is from the happiness and the health of tbo homo , it Is far preferable to that of tha participator in the half musical , half nude , half modest and wholly nonsensi cal entertainment wulcn Is threatening to take the place of the legitimate on tbo Ameri can stago. " A Now J'unrral J'uil. Chicago has not Invented anything of late in the wav of accessories to weddings , recep tions or other festivities connected with the living , but it has taken a few strides in the matter of celebrating the death of tbo dead which deserves moro than a passing notice. Not long ago it was discovered that certain enterprising gentlemen were watching the obituary columns of tbo newspaper , tbo scarlet fever and diphtheria signs and the wbito or black crepe on the .doors and soliciting orders for funeral flowers before the date of burial could bo con- vonioatlv arranged , Chicago has a flower trus ) , , Tbo trust came together in an acony of propriety and solemnly resolved that tbo practices of the post mortem purveyors of ' ( lowers'soould bo condemned. This afforded an opportunity for the undertakers , who have now come tb.tbe front with a wreath of aril- tlclal ilowonr to encircle the oval opening in the co 111 n , and an elootrlo light attachment by which a Hood of lieut is shod from various points in the wreath upon tbo face of the departed , It coiU only $10 aploco to exhibit your lamented friends In tbls novel and Mat uring light , FIIBU NIK. Great Meat Sale. Dried salt pork 05c pound. Sugar cured breakfast bacon , 7jo per pound. Boneless rump corn beef GJo pof neil nd. / < Sugar cured No. 1 hams , 0c,10Jo } and 12 } per pound. Sugar cured1 California hams 5Jc poff pound. Dried beef 7jc. lOc , 125o per pound. Boneless ham So per pound. Bologna sausago5e per pound. Liver situsaoti fie per pound. 1'Ynnkforts 7jo per pound. Head choose 5o per pound. Brick cheese 15e per pound. Crnnm choose 16c per pound. Swiss choose 15c. Best Holland herring in kegs 983. Domestic herring in kegs , 75e. Best capo cod llsh 12c. 2-pound brick cod fish 15c each. S'tlmon lOo per pound. White fish lOe per pound. Mackerel 12Jc per pound. Ton-pound pail Norwegian sardines 75c per pall. Dried Fruit. Great sale of California , domestic and imported dried fruit. California loose muscatel raisins , 2jo , . -IJc , 5c and Oc per pound. California raisins , cured apricots , 7lo. Evaporated poaches , 7ic , C ilifornlu pltto I pluun. Oe. California pitted cherries , 123c. Blackberries . Raspberries , 17ic. California raisin cured prunus , 7Je. Now Turkish prunes , 5Jc. Dates , 5u. Now evaporated apples , vorv nine , Co , Tea and Coffee Dept. Low prices continue to bo our motto. Monday we Boll a choice green Japan tea for lOc. Sun dried Japan , lOo , 25e , and 33o. Basket fired Jau.tn , 35o and -10c. Formosa Oolong , 50c , OOo and "Oc. Gunpowder , 3Sc , 48c and 58c. Frcsu colTuos received d-iily from roaster. Rio cotToo , 20c , 22o and 25a Golden Rio , 25o ; choice 28c. Guatamala SJOo and 32c. Combination Java , 27c. Old Government Java and Mocha 33Jo Great Trunk and Bag Sale. Just received jarload of trunks and bags. 34-inch trunks $1.85 , worth $2.50. 30-inch $1.95 , worth $3 ; 38-inch 82.25 , worth $3.50 ; 40-inch $2.45 , worth $4. Fine zinc truulc , well made"sheet iron bottom , $2 each ; never sold for losslhan $3.50. Another fine zino trunk $2.50 } never sold for loss than $4 , and so on up. Wo can save you money. Black rubber bags , never sold for less than 60o for the smallest size , wo give you any faixo for 3c ! ) each. Other bags at 75o , 85c , $1 , $1.25 and up. i in au. t TWX. i L. Chicago will spend nearly $0,000,000 for school purposes this year. i The noted .TolTorson Mcdic.il college and hosmtal of Philadelphia is to bo moved to q now location on South Broad street , between Christian and CaUiorino stroots. Much regret Is foil at Yolo that Prof.ViU < iam I. ICnaup-bas resigned his professorship there to come to the now Chicago university. Ho has been at the bead of the department of modern languages at Yale since IbTO. The oldest school teacher In Orccon novr living is said to bn Prof. John D. Wood , who , at tba ago ot 10 , began teaching in Bontoo. county in 1855. Ho has taught 25S month * on public money and several terms of "subx scrtptlon schools. " Sotb Lowe , the youthful president of Co < lumbia college , Is a man of somowhnt , portly figure , with the genera1 appearance of a pros * porous merchant or banker. His face U smoothly shaven , except for a short mus- < tacbo , and a corresoondontrsays tboro novel was a stern or surly expression on It. ' ' Extensive preparation's are being made by the faculty and students of the University of Michigan for the reception of ox-Presldont Cleveland , who will make an address there in University hall on Washington's birthday. Tbo democratic and republican clubs , "co oils" and all , will turn out In full forco. Tbo financial support of the Now York Metropolitan museum has fallen away owing to the influence of those opposed to Sunday opening. A public appropriation of $50,000 is necessary to make up the deficiency , and unless the money Is provided Sunday open ing will bo aoandonod. The trustees of the Museum of Natural History will open it oa Sundays If the city authorities grant an apA proprlalion of & 0.000. Tboro is no end of a row out In Oalcand | , Gal , , over the suspension of a woman teacher for persisting In using as a text book Victor Hugo's "llornaiil. " Somo'ot the parents ot the pupils objected to the book on tbo ground that it was immoral , but .Nlmo. Furrier saul her national prldu had been insulted , mid alia kept on using It. It now devolves upon tba board of education to sit In solemn Judgment on Hugo's pluy. I Caiofully colteotod statistics as to tba growth of thonumbor ot students in our colleges are presented by Mr. Arthur M. Comoy in the last number of the Kducatlonal Uovluw. They roliito to U3J of these institu tions , include male students only , and ex clude the purely scientific schools , though students pursuing sciontlllo courses within the colleges proper are enumerated , Tba aggregate number of students tubulated was at the periods named : 1850 , 6,837 : ISliO , 13 , M3j 18TO. 10U'J5 : 1830 , 20,050 ; 1890 , 'II.UVJ. I Plans for tbo now public library of Chi. cage have been adopted. Tbo dos'lgn repre sents a massive building of the Homaa classicstylo. . It will have a frontage of 100 foot on Michigan avenue and 110 on the Washington and Kundolph street sides. Tbo height Is ninety foot. ' 1 ho grand ontratica will bo on Washington street and forms an imposing arch , having a depth of eight feat. It was suggested by tbo arch ot Titus , The Randolph street entrance is moro severely classic , with massive columns and entabla ture , which forms tbo roof of the portico. Tbo exterior will oo built of blue liodford stone , finely droiscd , excepting the water table , which will bo of granllu. lonio col umns will form tbo colonnade , surmounted by a frioio on which will ba chiseled tha numoi of Historic writers. Tbo floor of tba entrance hull and corridors will bo of marl'lo mosalo and tbo main staircases , tbo walls ot the two entrance- vestibules and cf the corridors riders leading from them will bo marble. The decorated coiling will bo of a light cream colored terra cotta. The subordinate ) staircases will bo raado of trou , Tbo cost U estimated at 11,200,000 , Chicago has a woman's "bucket shop,1' whore women watch the blackboards with , grim , anxious faces and got sharn llttlo lines drawn about eyes that are feverishly bright at times and hopelessly dull when tbo excitement - citomont is over. The women who wusta their lives In walling for a favorable turn In the market are mostly elderly maidens uud widows , with an occasional married woman who dabble * in stocks without tbo knowlodi(9 of opy ouo but bur broker , \