Nebraska Newspapers

    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 , \