PflRT TWO. L OMAHA ! SUNDAY BEE.PRGES 9-16.
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TWENTY-FIRST YEAH. OMAHA , SUNDAY MOllNtNG , MARCH 27 , 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 28-1.
Our Low Prices are Drawing Crowds of Economical
Buyers to Our Sale of New Spring Goods !
Colored Dress Goods.
SPECIAL SALE FOR MONDAY.
10-inch bedford cords , in the nowca
Bhndcs , $1.10.
10.inch bedford cords in fancy designs -
signs , beautiful patterns , $1.10.
33-Inch bedford cords , lu plain stripes
nnd dcllmito shades , 88c.
! 2-inch diagonal stripe , novelties in
nil colors , , 81.10.
50-inch all wool surah twill , In nil col
ors , only 55e.
10-inch silk finish Gorman Hunrleltn ,
the best nnd llncst goods tnndo , usually
sold tit ? l a yard , Monday only 75c.
60-inch English tweed , makes a
Bplondld traveling suit , $1.38.
18.ineh herring bono stripes , all wool ,
very desirable styles , Monday only 05c.
itO-lnch nil wool Gorman enallics , 5Sc.
'iG-inch part wool suitings , 25c.
! iO-inch fancy plnidu , only 25c.
80-inch half wool honrictta , all col
ors , Monday only 25C.
25-inch mohair goods , only Soc.
Black Dress Goods.
SPECIAL PRICES FOR MONDAY.
Bedford cords fullIS inch , designed
especially for spring jacicota and wraps ,
mid sold everywhere at $1.85 , will bo on
sale Monday at $1.50. This is the very
heaviest nnd best quality.
Wo shall also have on special sale n
very beautiful quality of-18 inch Bedford
cord at $1.25 , which has never been
isoid for less thnn $1.65.
18 inch Bedford cords nt $1.10 , never
sold before for less than $1.40.
Very rich Bedford cords at 95c ,
worth $1.25.
A very line Bedford cord , warranted
nil wool , 78c ; worth $1.
A now and Beautiful line of crepe do
Leon , nn elegant fabric for summer
drossos. will bo on sale Monday nt 83c ;
real value $1.
Cordurotts in spring and sum
mer weights , 70c , worth 05c.
Very handsome diagonal weaves. 29c ,
worth 40c.
Imported cashmere , 33o , worth.50c.
Imported cashmere , 25c , worth 37c.
A good cashmcro , 12e , worth 20c.
Handkerchiefs.
100 dozen fancy bordered handker
chiefs only 3c , worth 6c.
60 dozen fancy scolloped handker
chiefs , to close , 5c each.
150 do/.on nice embroidered handker
chiefs only lOc , wo'.l worth 15e.
200 dozen line embroidered handker
chiefs , Monday only 15c , regular price
25c.
100 dozen olccantly embroidered
handkerchiefs nt 25o , well worth 60o
each.
THE FARMER OF THE FUTURE
Secretary Busk Talks of the Extraordinary
Aclvnucomeut of American Agriculturo.
FARMING HAS BEEN REDUCED TO A SCIENCE
lionWo Will Fecit 200,000,000 People Sixty
Ycum lluiico Iinpriivmnoiittt In .Stock
llrei'dlng fu\v I/.iiids to Ilo Kccliilnicd
Itccliiruulty unit Agrlculturu.
WASHISGTOT , March 24. [ Special Corre
spondence of Tm : Bii ; . ] I spent an evening
this week with Secretary Husk ut his house
on Massachusetts avenue. The homo of
Uncle Jerry Is ono of the ploisantcst at tbo
capital. It U Just off Thomas Circle about
foursquares uway from tha White House
nnd next to wbero General Bob Sclicuclt useJ
to live. Around the earner from It is the
homo of Secretary Foster and Just across the
way Is the wblto brlok In which Honator Al
lison lives. Secretary Husk's ' house Is a big
brick pamtoddr.ib and It contains , I judge ,
somewhere between fifteen nnd twenty
rooms. It has two stories and a mansard
and you outer it by a wide front door through
a vestibule so largo that rustlu chairs are
eoatoU on either sldo of it. The bouso is well
but plainly furutshod but there Is an air of
everyday comfort about It and visitors nl-
waya feel at hone : in it. Secretary Rusk
spends most of his ovonlnp * at homo. Ilo has
a aomostlo nature allied to his sociable quali
ties aud he talks best around bis own tiro-
side. Ho Is one of the best conversatlonal-
nts la public life. HU hc j Is packed full
of good stories and bo is Ilka Abe Lincoln in
that ho illustrates his points by anecdotes.
Ho U Ilko Lincoln also In that ho is a man of
tbo pcoplo. There la not aa ounoo of snob
bery in his 33 } pounds of Amarloan flesh and
ho Is as democratic In his manners today as
\vheu bo began life in Ohio us a stage-driver
moro than forty years ago.
Nccrotnry * Ituik'n lluyhooil ,
Ho is not ashamed of his stage drlvlnp.and
he is not ono of those snobs who think It is a
disgrace to have worked for tholr living. 1
asked him miring uutalk about hU boyhood ,
und ho told mo he was brought up on a farm ,
nnd that his father bad a half section of land
In Morgan county , Ohio.
"I was lourtoon years old , " said Gsneral
Kusli , " when my fulhar dlod and left mo to
matmpo the farm. I had been us.od to
horses smco I was a baby , and I know how
to drive long before I became canuectod
With the stage. At that tlmo the chief travel
from the east to the west was by stogo , and
I was given a coach which ran "from Hauos.
VillotoNowoik. It wa a big Concord
coach with four horaoa , and I sat on the box
nud drove a four-la-hand. I afterwards
owned about 140 mlloi of stage lines In Wis
consinand I ran those lines for some yoari. "
"It was as a Btago driver that you llwt
mot James A. Qarflcld , was It uot ! "
"Yes , Gar/laid / was driving a niulo on tbo
canal. Hacamo down as far ai Newark
with bis canal boat and wo mot a number of
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times. I was a good deal of a boy lu those
flay , and was very fond of wreatliue. This
was tbo chief amuiomont of the boys of ray
time , and Uarileld himself had some reputa
tion as a wroitlor. Well , whenever wo root
\vowrestlcd together , and In this way got to
befriends. You don't '
forf - a man after
you have wrestled with him , uud neither
Dress Goods
On Monday wo offer 2 cases full stan
dard dress calico at 3ic yard , fast
colors.
3 cases Indigo nluo calico , fie yard.
1,000 yards of yard wide Dutch blue
calico , worth lee yard , in short ends ,
only lo ! yard.
The bast bleached or unbloachcd
muslin in Omaha only Go yard.
200 fancv chenllotablocovorsfrlngod ,
at $1.2.5 each ; worlli $2.
Largo square horse blankets , Coc
each.
Special bargain in SO inch double fold
dress goods at " 3c , lOc ano 16o yard ; at
our wash dress goods department where
you find all the latest styles and novel
ties. A full line of black sateens.
Dress Trimmings.
Beaded Trimmings 6c , lOc , 15c , 17c ,
20c , 25o , ! ? nc and oOu per yard.
Cut jet trimmings lOc , 2oc , 35c , 50c
and UD to $ tt nor yard.
Uihbon fringe 81 , $1.25 , 81.39 , and
SI.US per yard.
Braid trimmings In now designs.
Buttons , in all the now colors , now
shapes and sizes , from 5c per do en to
$2 per doxon.
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SPECIAL SALE ON
Embroidery
THIS WEEK.
6000 yards narrow but neat embroid
ery at Ic per yard.
10,000 yards Hamburg embroidery ,
mod him width , only 3c , worth Cc.
10,003 yards fine Hamburg and Swiss
embroidery , to close out , ut 5c per
yard , well worth lOc.
25,000 yarns line and wide Hamburg ,
Swiss and cambric embroidery , only lOc
per yard , well worth 15e to 20e per yard.
Especial value in line tucking's at 50c ,
C3c , 09e , 70e , S7c , SI and $1.25 per yard.
ChilTon , in all the latest entitles , at
19c , 25c , 35c , 43c and 40e per yard.
60,000 yards line hand maclo torchon ,
to close out , at 3c , 5c , 7c. lOc ana 12Jc ,
well worthdouble.
Fine and neat patterns in chantilly
lace at 16c , 20c , 25c , 35c , 43 , 60c and up
lo $2 per yard.
Ladies' Wrappers
and Skirts.
1 lot ladles' wrappers 87c , worth from
81.2 > to 81.50 , all sizes.
1 lot ladies' wrappers , outing flannel ,
all now patterns , 81.37 , worth" 82 , all
sizes.
1 lot ladies' skirts , in all styles , 40c ,
worth from 75c to $1.50.
Garlicld nor myself forgot each other.
Whoa L was still driving on the stage , ho
loft tbo canal to go to school. Ho entered
collage at Hiram , and then went east to Wil
liam ? . But I did not see him after I
loft him there on the canal
until wo met in the army. It was ut Chatta
nooga. Ho wus on the staff with General
Thomas and I had command of a regiment.
During our May here wo mot and recalled old
times. Shortly after this Uarticld was homo
on a furlough and during this they elected
htm to congress. I did not sco him again
until I caino to congress myself , and wo
served there for some years together. I kndw
him very well from that tlmo on till bis
death. 1 was at the convention that nomi
nated him and had something to do with got-
tlng him tbo sixteen Wisconsin votes which
started the boom which brought about his
nomination. "
"How did you coma to go to Wisconsin ,
general I"
"It was. I suppose , " said Secretary Husk ,
"largely duo to tbat spirit of Younir America
which tcacnos all our boys to strike out for u
now country. I wanted to got n farm and I
wanted to make my fortuno. After ray stage
driving oxporlonco I tried railroading for a
tlmo and helped to build a road near my
homo. As soon as I got to Wisconsin I
bought a farm and I own the same farm to
day. It contains about 4')0 ) acres nnd I can
got moro fun out of It la u weak than I can
out of my llfo here at Washington in six
mouths. "
"I have seen It stated , Konaral , that you
learned the cooper trade when you were a
boy. Could you rnnko a barrel today ! "
"Yos , I could1 replied Uncle Jerry. " 1
think I could make any kind of a barrel or
cask you might want. But it Is a mistake
to think I was apprenticed to a cooper. All
of the furmors In our region made barrels
when I was a boy. It was our winter's work
and I got so that I could raako six good bar
rels any day. I have roudo as high as ten In
a day und , aa wo got from > cents to SO cents
a barrel , you sou tha work was quite profita
ble.1'
Our Fnrms of the I'litiiro ,
The conversation bora turned to tbo farmer
and his progress and I referred to our great
Increase In population and asked Secretary
Rusk whether tbo farmers would always bo
able to supply food for our paoplo. Ho ro-
pllcd :
"Always Is a long tlmo. Dut I thlnit lean
speak for a good many years to como. Wo
have hardly begun to tup the great agricul
tural woaltn of tuo United State ? . It is true
that the day must soon COMO when all tbo
good public lands will bo taken up. The
best are gene now , but after'tbat , modern In
vention will turn toward our vast areas of
dosortund stvuinp. The Jim will ho Irri
gated and the latter will bo drained. The
swamp lands of thu south will DO reclaimed
and diked. Wo will have a second Holland
along some p rts of tbo ( iulf of Mexico and
the golden ago of fanning will be nt band.
As this goes oa farms will steadily increase
in value. They are now a largo part of tbo
aggregate wealth of tbo country. Twelve
years ago our 5,000,000 fartm were worth
f 10,000,000.000 and they produce yearly crops
worth more than f 14,000,003,000. Wo talk of
the poverty of tbo farmer , but by tbo census
of 1SSO the stock on tbo farms alone was
worth over fl.500,003,000 and by statistics
which wo have over at my department
today our llvo stool ; Is worth nearly twlco ai
much now. Wo know how to prevent dls.
oasoy of stock , and wo have gained also In
bettor brcodlng and bettor1 foodlng. Today
our best beat Is sold at two years old. It
was not many years slnco tbat beef wis not
thought to bu beef unless the animal waa at
least four years old , and yet the meat of tbo
2-year-old beeves of today Is of the flnoit
quality and U surpasses in weight that of
the average 4-yoar-old of twenty yean ago.
Where beeves win bo turned oft In balf the
tlmo , a man can ralso twlco BJ many off the
same land , and the early maturity of our
mutton und swluo is today as tnarttod us tbat
of our beef ,
It U the same ID all branches of farming ,
and 1 bsllevo that tha prosperous era of a
farmer Is Just beginning. The pjoplo of thin
world have xot to bo f od , and their too J uim t
come from tbo soil Wo bavo C5.030.000 poo-
Reduction in Silk Dept.
10 pieces printed Chinas , now , re
duced from $1.10 to88c.
16 pieces printed Chinas , now , re
duced from OOc to 4c. ! )
5 pieces gros grain , warranted , re
duced from 81.25 to $1.
6 pieces faille francaiso. reduced from
81. iM to OOc.
0 pieces crepe silk , blue , pink , * * etc. ,
reduced from $1.3."i to 81.10.
5 pieces bcngalino , reduced from
$1.50 to $1.25.
Good black surahs from COc to SI ,
worth "oc to $1.35 ,
Lining silks at 35c.
Towel Sale
On Monday morning wo place on sale
the biggest drive on towels over olio red
in Omaha.
I lot of all linen buck "towels , size
22x44 fancy woven borders , only lOc
each.
1 lot of largo size unbleaehod Turkish
towels , lOc each.
1 lot of fancy striped Turkish towels ,
lOc each.
1 lot bleached Turkish towels , only
lOc each.
1 lot of silver bleached Gorman dam
ask towels , tied fringes , red , white ,
brown or blue borders , only lOc each.
1 lot of all linen twilled towels , lOc
each.
1 lot of largo glass cheeked towels , lOc
each.
1 lot of Scotch damask towels at lOc
each.
each.Wo
Wo are prepared and expect to soil
oOO dozen of thc = o towels on Monday.
You will find these towels the bast val
ue over offered in Omaha.
Examine our towels at 5e , loc , 19c and
25c each.
Our Art Department.
100 dozen fine all linen momio doylies ,
stamped and fringed , only 2c each.
60 do/.cn line linen dresser scaafs ,
stamped , extra large size , only 25c.
25 dozen drawn thread and stamped
momle dresser sc.irfs at 49c , regular
price G5eand 75c.
25 dozen morale tray cloths , stamped ,
only 15c each.
100 dozen all silk plush balls , in all
shades , only Sc per dozen.
1,000 lino'si Ik plush ornaments at 20c ,
25e , 35c and 50e per dozen. '
We give the llnost embroidery silk in
the country for 5c per dozen spools.
plo here today. Twenty years from now wo
will have 101) , 000,000 , aud in loss than two
generations 209,00i.OOO ; Americans will waio
up every morning In this United States ua'd
cry to the farmers for breakfasts- "
The Crops Wll liolUgger.
"Tho land will produce moro in tbo future ,
will it not I"
"Yos. " replied Secretary Uusk. "Wo could
got 50 per cent more off our lands if wo
tunned them in the right way , and if wo
did not add another aero to tbo area now
under cultivation wo could make our agricul
tural production half again as largo as it is.
Take tbo matter of wheat alone.
If wo were to bring our lands
by moans of fertilisation and cul
tivation up to the standard of the wheat
lands in England or oven those of Belgium ,
wo would double our average annual wheat
crop without Increasing tbo wboat area of a
sinclo aero. It Is so with other things , and
as the country grows older and our popula
tion Increases , we will have bolter farming.
Farming Is fust becoming a science In the
United States. Tbo farmers are studying
moro and they know moro today than ever
before. They bavo better advantages for
study. Wo are sending out a vast amount of
good Information from tbo Agricultural de-
partmout and wo roach through our reports
and the noivspapnrs fully 1,000,030 families
every month. The country Is full of agricul
tural books and newspapers and our experi
ment stations nro doing wonders. My idea
Is tbat Uncle Sam should do the experiment
ing for the furuicr , bo should test now
grains , should show bow to bring up soils
and should provo to him b ° v experiments
whether certain kinds of farming uro profit
able or not. Wo are doing this thing ut our
experiment stations and tbo results are
closely watched. "
"Is not farming moro of a profession than
over before f"
"Yos , indeed , " replied the sccrotarv , "and
the farmers consider It so. In the past , when
a man failed In any ether business , ho wont
to farming , and tbo soil was BO rich that If
you scratched it and sowed seed it gave good
returns to tbo worst treatment. That day
has pussod , tbo cream has beoa suunmcd off
of tbo lop of the soil and if you want to get
crops now you buvo got to learn botv to fer
tilize and cultivate thorn. You , have got to
know the soil and to put back every year In
gredients tbat will supply what wus lost.
You have tj treat It Ilko < i man aud keep U
up to luvorR by good foodi and tonics. It
requires brains and study to do this and in
fact I know of no place or profession wbero
brains pay so well in a modest way as in
farming , "
' llnyi mill City I.lfo ,
"How about our farmers' boys ! Will they
continue to 1-mvo the farms for the city ' "
"I think not , " replied Undo Jorry. "Tho
boys of tbo country will soon see tbat they
can make moro by staving at homo than by
running off lo town. I'lie farm Is a far hotter -
tor plaoo than lha city and tbo farm of Uio
future will ba coveted by the paoplo of tbo
cftlos , Ai It Is , our farmer * ' bovs , If they
will USD tbo sumo study , brains and energy
which enable thorn to llvo from baud lo
mouth , a ? it were , in the clty.on a farm , iboy
cau make a success of it uud can grow up
into a irto of Independent manhood that they
can bavo nowboro olso. Tbo farinor of today
has most of tbo advantages of the city , He
llvos bettor than his city brother unit with
hU boous and his papers ho has tbo leisure
to llvo an Intellectual Ufa which his city
brother cannot bavo.
Fanner * In I'ulltlci.
"Tbo now organizations of tbo farmers , "
continued bccrotary Husk , "bra an indica
tion of tbo growth of tbolr Intellectual llfo.
They aretbtnklne for themselves and tholr
ideas show that they areawaifo and that they
'
'aro studying tholr own interests , I am glad
to see It. I think the country U t3 ba con
gratulated upon the awakening Interest
which they have In political affairs and I bc-
llovo tbat they are by tholr numbers and thior
peculiar position , especially well-titled to
servo as a balanoo-whool In political matters.
Extremists may he found In tbolr ranks as
in tbo ranks of all other classes , but In our
( uturo the capitalist will learn to trust the
OVERSTOCKED IN THE
Cloak Department.
Being overstocked with our new
spring wraps , wo wlllmiikonn early sac-
rillco , malting a special reduction in this
department , the goods being of the new
est and latest styles and best manufac
ture.
ture.Ladles1 reefers in all the newest fab
rics and latosj , styles , ranging from 816 ,
$18 and $20 , will bo eold at $10.50 , 30 and
32 inches long , satin lined.
Ladies' Marguerite capes , in black , 40
inches long , 84.50 , reduced from $8.
Ladies' Marguerite capes in tan and
gray , 40 inches long , 87 , reduced from
810. , ,
Our Marguerite capns , ranging from
820 to 825 , reduced to $15.
Ladies' and misses' ' military capo
ulsters , in ado of all wool herring bono
cloth in tan or gray 88.50 , reduced from
$12 and S15.
Our ladies' and misses' reefers , all
now and vory'stylish , reduced from 810
to $7.60.
Ladies' reefers in nil the latest and
most popular slylcsi 85 , reduced from 88.
Wo aio showing , the largest line of
children's recforsnnd Jackets in Omaha ,
nnd at the lowest prices.
Buttons. * '
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The latest novelties just in , nnd will
be sold nt surprisingly low prices.
Cut jet beaded goods nt 5c , 7c , 10e,12c ,
15c , 17o , 2oc , usual prices 16c up to 50c
yard.
Silk gimps in blacked now shades at
ICSR than import cbstr-
Exquisite novelties in fine and me
dium priced dress buttons , ranging in
price from 2c dozen.r '
Dressmakers' supplies ; of all kinds nt
special low prices.
Embroideries :
and Lacesi
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Hamburg ombroidoriOs at Ic , 2c , 3c ,
5c , 7c , lOc , 12c and 15cactual .value 6c
up to 50p yard. jRiho : Swiss embroideries
at equally low pi-jcos-j
Chantilly laccs'in new patterns fine
silk goods , at lOc , 12c , ISc , 17c , 25c up to
35cpositively ; loss ! than import cost.
Chantiily lace , demi flouncing , at S75c ,
50c , OSc and 76c , . worth 65c to $1.25.
All other laces at equally low prices.
Special sale on veilings , handkerjhiofs ,
ribbons and notions.
farmer as a man who owns property and can
never bo u communist ; and on the band , the
laborer will bavo a confidence in him as a
working man who will never become a mo
nopolist. I &o not apprehend that tbo farm
ers will ever bo a' political party of them
selves In the United States. Their intercuts
nro wrapped up In Ihoao of tbo rest of the
country and theirsuccoss'fotrma the founda
tion of Ibc success of all classes and all in
dustries. Thov will continue to support such
great Ideas and public questions as como bo
lero the country nrid the differences of
opinion will bo us great among them as among
tno n.ombors of Iho ether classes. They are
the most conservative element of tbo United
States. They do moro bonost thinking than
the people of the towns. They gcnorato pub
lic sentiment and the majority of thorn are
seldom wrong. "
Oar I'orolcii Markets' .
"How about our foreign markets , Secre
tary Huslti Are they growing and will they
continue } " ' . > >
"Our foreign markets pro ono of my hob-
b'.cs , " snld Gonorul Husk. "I don't ' know
that 1 can'say anything about them that I
have not already said. I bollovo that the
Agricultural department should study the
markets of all the countries of the world.and
that It should show JuSt-what each country
raises and what it is obliged to import. It
should lot tbo farmers know just what
prices they can got for -tho things they send
abroad , and It should keep thorn posted as to
how to ship thorn. I believe wo should sludy
the wants of foreign -countries , ana wo are
experimenting all tbo time to Increase the
variety of our produces , not only with tbo
view to the foreign markot. but to supplying
our homo markets with'everything that can
bo raised on our soil. As to the foreign trade
this year , tbo market for grain IB , you know ,
excellent , and our shipments will steadily lu-
croaso. I don't ihlnlr wo export by any
means as much as wo should to other coun
tries. Wo have , until lately , not paid sufll-
clent attention to our foreign trado. Our
homo demand has boon eo.largo that wo have
not , needed It , and as U Is wo waste enough
right along to focd ono of the ether good
sized nations. LOOK at It. Our 05OOliOJO-
eat moru than any 100,000,000 In any ether
part of tbo elobo , and you could , I venture ,
food tbo wbolo lKW,003Ou3 , of India on what
our farms produce in aXalnglo year. Jl you
could take the products * of last year and pllo
thorn up mountain hlzh.and gather all iho
mon , woman aud children in iho United
States around thorn 'ni d. bavo a t'rand divis
ion , every man , woman and child would get
ilfty-tbroo bushels of grain. Everyone of
them would have " 00 pounds of moat , and
they cojlei spread th.c\r broad with sixteen
pounds of buiior apiece.- Our foreign market-
is nothing to our uomjir market , and etlll It
ought to bo qultoin daiDortant and it can bo
made to grow. J Boatii man to Germany last
year to Introduce our-jcora moal. The Ger
mans wore aurprlsediBi Jlnd that It made ex
cellent broad. Thayl'oro ' now considering
iho advisability uf using It in tbo German
uruiy In connection with other Hour , and
It Is being sold fit tliq baker ehops
of Berlin. They mlx.tbroo parts of corn
monl with two parts jofrya and ether flour
and llvo pounds of tai zmxod bread can bo
sold for Ibo same pricy us tbrco pounds of
rye bread. Tho.Vfeall it "Murphy Brodt"
after iho name of the man I sent ever to in
troduce It. And then as to the matter of pork
and our meats. , Tbo Germain know that
they are all rlgbL and through the Inspec
tions tbat wo bavo Instituted our meat ship ,
meats to all parts of puropo have Increased
and. the result Is. } bat porJ ) Is worth at least
a cent moro a pound than it was before the
Inspection began , ) ' ' '
Itccipruclty ami Agriculture.
"How about reciprocity-feueraU Is it go
ing to help the farmer ! " ' '
"Of course it will , " /rophcd Secretary
Rusk. "Tho trouble with us in tbo past has
been that wo ba.yo not pad ) any attention 10
colling all w.0. ciould for 'what wo gave to
ether nationsVo \ have.boon about tbo only
nation in the-world who has not run Its busi
ness on bualno , principles. I don't bollovo
lu giving something for nothing and 1 am for
that jcltad of reciprocity tb&t will benefit the
largest parrot our poojilo , Thlnit what wo
might have bad from Brazil. Wo gave up to
bor the duty oa coffee. Wo Import about
Watches , Watches ,
Watches.
The greatest bargains ever offered In
watches. No need to bo without n
watch at thcso prices.
Gents' stlvcrino stem wind nnd sot
watches , 81.75 , jewelers' prices $5.
Gents' American stem wind and set
watches In dust proof cases , S3.25 , jew
elers' ' prices $8 to $10.
I Gents' gold llllod American watches ,
hunting case , stem wind and sot , $5.05.
I Gents' solid gold hunting case stein
I wind watch with Klgiti spring orVal -
thnm movement. $18.05 , jewelers' prices
8-15.
I Ladies' solid silver hunting case stem
wind and sot watches , S1.-15 , jewelers'
prices $10 to $15.
Ladies' gold llllod hunting case atom
wind nnd set watches SO.76 , jewelers'
; prices $15 to $25.
| Ladies' boss filled satin finished hunt
ing case watches , sot with jewels , Elgin ,
. Springfield or Wallham movements ,
1 $13.50 , jewelers prices 835 to $10.
Solid gold baby rings lie.
1-i-karat bolid gold wedding rings 05c.
Solid silver thimbles 13c.
Nickel alarm clock 55c.
Rogers' knives or forks $1.25 per set.
Rogers' A. A. tea spoons 85c.
All goods warranted as represented.
Why pay fancy prices to jewelers ?
Furniture Department.
A visit to this department will con
vince you that wo carry a first class line
of furniture made by the best mamifac-
turies in the county , and wo can com
pete with any house in price , finish and
style of goods.
Full line of bed room suits from S10.50
to15. .
Extension tables $3.45 up to $10.
Sideboards from $13 to J30.
Lounges from $5.59 up to $23. nil
styles , single and doublo.
Elegant line of chairs and rockers ,
bookcases and desks.
Easels 50c and 75c.
Fine line of pictures.
Trunks and Bags ,
Spring sale on trunks nnd bags now
in full blast. Wo can save you money.
Trunks from $1 up to $38r
Bags from S5c up to $8.
Baby Carriages
9
100 slyles of the "Hoy wood" carriage ,
the best made , to choose from , prices
from $1.06 up to $25.
S75ODO,030 of coffee cvory year
and when wo dropped the duty ,
Brazil ou lolly put on an export
duty ana tbo result was that wo Just gave
$17,000,000 to that country. It is the s.imo
with hides. .Now in these things wo might
hava gotten a trade to the advantage of
A mon can flour and American meats. Yes , I
think reciprocity is a good thing if It Is rightly
managed. "
"Who are err chief competllors In tbo
wheat markets ! " I naked.
"f suppose you mean with Europe. India
is raising a great deal of wheat and It Is
slowly Increasing Its wheat area , though the
indications are it will soon reach its limit.
Australia raises a great deal ana wo hava
some competition from New Zealand. "
"How about stock farming la the United
States , Mr. Secretary ( "
"Our stock Improves right along , " replied
Secretary Husk , "and tbero has been a won
derful advance In the last ten years. You
will now Und the finest of breeding cattle
from Maine to California nnd tbo best of im
ported stock is used. Farmers are learning
what Idnd of stock is best for the dairy and
moat marltots and tbo tlalry Interest Is ono
of the biggest farm Industries today. Thrro
are now between sixteen and twenty million
cows in tbo United States und wo produca
now in iho neighborhood' of a billion and a
half of pounds of butter a year. Wo send
awny n largo amount of cbooio nr.d wo turn
out nearly half a million pounds of Ibis ovnry
year. There are great tracts of land lu iho
United States which will always ba devoted
lo dairy funning and some of the unused
lauds of Iho United Slates will hi Ibo future
bo used for grazing. "
The South and Its Worn-out
"How about tbo south , Mr. Husk ? What
is its fulurc ? "
"Tbo southern states will eventually con
tain us fine farms as any part of the country.
There Is a great area of land In Iho nouth
which Is well adapted to farming and which
needs only proper cultivation tu make it pro
duce great crops. As fo the worn-out lands ,
.boy will , I believe , by studv ana Iho use of
proper fertilizers , bo reclaimed. Tbo south
ought to diversify Its crops and It ought to
produce inora of the necossarloi of llfo upon
Us own lunds. This would reduce Iho cotton
area and It would keep at homo Iho money
which it now sands lo other sections of th ?
country for products which It coula just as
wall produce Itself. The southern states
should erow all tholr own corn and ralso
their own bogn. Many sections of iho south
ore admirably adapted for mutton-raising
and I believe that good borsos can bo raised
in almost all the southern slates. Dairying
and beuf-rnhlng would bo atloudod with
some dlfllculty in some parts of the south ,
but evan in these lines some of the land
would Co very well. "
rimnuiV Villages.
"Will our farmers ever llvo In villages as
they do In Europe. General Huskl" I utlccd ,
"I think not-mid 1 don't believe It would
bo as well lor our farming If tboy did so ,
The best man uro for lands Is Ibo fool of tbo
owner and Ihoy would not ultond lo their
fields so closely If they were far away from
them. I believe Ibat iho average size of our
farms will , however , ba loss In tbo future
than they are now. but wo will never got
down to iho Inslgnlnuaiit patches which are
common to many of iho sections of coalmen'
tal Europe. Tohro Is no reason for iho vlN
lagosyglom with the social facilities offered
by modern Invention. Tbo application of
olectriclly to locomotion and to all means of
communication will bring the farmers nearer
together. The day will como when every
farmer will have bis lelnphono and when ho
oiu discuss mailers with his neighbor * with
out going out of his parlor. His advantages
in tbo way of keeping pace with the tiracj
and with tbo other classes will increase from
year to year and our fanners of Ibo future
will be a sturdy , intelligent and independent
yoonionrjr and tboy will never degenerate
Inloa moro pcajanlry , "
The Ideal J'uruior of Iho Future.
"Glvo mo a picture of the Ideal farmer of
the fuiuro , General Uusk , " I askod. "What
muU ho do to succeed t"
"Tbo only hope of the American farmer
will bo la hU brains , " rophou General HUSK.
"Tho crop competition between sections uud
Groceries.
Pail jolly , -JOo.
Strawberry preserve in sugar syrup ,
12jc.
H'tspborry preserves. 12c. }
California pitted plums , 12JC.
Evaporated apples , lOc.
California evaporated peaches , lOc.
Salt Lake puaehcs , 'lc.
Pitted chorrics , 15c.
Evaporated raspberries , 17jc. ,
Imported French pruncb , lOc.
Common Turkish prunes , 5c.
California apricots , 12Jc.
Raisins , 2jc , 3c , 3jc , 6c , Sic , lOc , 12Jc.
Soda crackers , 5o.
Oyster crackers , 5c.
Imported cho\v-chcw \ , per quart , 15o.
Mixed pickles , per quart , 15c.
Potted ham per can , 6c.
Potted ox tongue , 6c.
Devilled hum , oc.
Picnic ham , 6c.
Sugar cured ham , Olo.
Uonelcss ham , 7jc.
IJolognaBausagc , 6c.
Liver sausage , fie.
Head cheese , 5c.
Suuoliu , 5c.
Harness Department.
Wo are showing the largest and most
complete line of single and double har
ness , ladies1 and gents' baddies , bridles ,
whips , cu ry combs , brushes , straps of
all kinds , buggy cushions , collars , axvoat
pads , halters and numerous other arti
cles belonging to the harness line , and
our prices the lowest. It will pay you
to examine our stock before btiyinirelse
where. The demand is increasing for
our harness nnd siddlcs , and wo are re
ceiving now goods daily. Don't fail to
give us n call and secure some of the
special bargains this woo * .
Butter.
Country butter , IGc per pound.
Nebraska creamery for lOc per pound.
Wo received 100 tubs of ibis butter from
our Dodge creamery anil will sell you
tinor'buUcr for 19c 'than you would pay
25c and 30c for. Don't miss this sale for
Saturday arid Monday.
Wisconsin full cream choose 15c per
pound ; brick cheese , 15c ; best Imported
Swiss cliccbe , I6c ; Mcssinia lemons , 1-io
per dozen.
Remember we are leaders in first class
goods at lowest prices.
countries which will bo Induced by Increased
facilities for transportation will stir the ag
riculturalist up to tils best efforts. His
chances of fortune making will bo great but
bo will have to bo prepared to light tbo battle
of competition for tliom. IIo must bo sutll-
ciently well ouucatotl In sulouco as far ns it
is adpllcablo to ncrlculturc , aad bo must bo
intelligent enough to to study his surround
ings and to apply bis knowledge to the con
ditions about him. Ho will bo able ta moot
his fellow cllUons on an equal footing , and
his brain will command fromjhis class In Uio
Industry which ho roprcsenta , the rospcct
and consideration which ho deserves and ho
will glvo ether classes and other Industries
due respect in return. The farmer of the
future will boa business man , able not only
to compel hts soil to do Its best in the matter
of production , but to study the markets and
know what , will sell tbo best ami what will
command the blgnost price. The farmer
will kept , his accounts ll'uo any ether busi
ness mon so that ho map know exactly where
bis profits ere and whore have boon his
losses , Tbcso nro strong quullIlciUlons , but
they are essential to the farmer wbo would
do bis business on a broad plan nnd wbo
would succeed. As to the question of bin ed
ucation when you consider that ho must
Imvo n knowledge of all the principles of ani
mal and plant life , that ho mint understand
the constituent clotncnts of soils and ferti
lizers and that ho must have some knowledge
of metorologv , chemistry and tha other
sciences closely connected with crop raising ,
you will see that the ideal farmer of the future
turo will have to bo uot only a brainy , but a
well educated man , "
CAlll'BSTf.R.
( iOTMMOtr AlM.V/f/JW.
AnuteL , nralanrMjtl-iN' V. Sffiool Tcjclicr.
To hts mother , fnlrBoth-sheba ,
Salomon the \VIso 'said he :
"Adonljib , Hagcllh's fiou ,
Hath uono evil unto me :
"For as wo were playing now
Just outsida the city wall ,
Lo. bo knocked mo down , and did
Mo a sneaking rascal call ! "
"Did you plvo him blow for blow ! "
Hath-sheba the Fair , ald she ,
"You Just bet your Ufa I aid ;
llo'll not lord it over mo 1
"When be hit mo- , called mo names ,
I stopped not to make reply ;
from tbo shoulelnr deep I hit out ,
Giving him a block eye ! "
Very grave was then Bath-shcba ,
As she Hudly ubook lior head ;
"Only brutes rjsort to blows ,
Solomon , my BOO , " sliu said.
"When again ho ptrlUolh tbeo ,
Bo uot hasty , choclc tblno Ire ;
Thus , on bh unruly head
Shalt thou heap up coals of fire , "
Rolomou the Wise but smiled ;
"Guess I'd bettor go and sou
If ho'll KIVO tboso rnarblos back
That ho won from mo , " said bo ,
"Marbles I Did you play forkeopjl"
Crloa Hath-sheba , shrlett on shriek ,
And she caught bar recreant sea
Ere ho bad a chance to spoalc ;
From her foot her sandal drew ;
Took him there across her knca ,
And tbo way she Hocrgcd tbo lad
\Ya a sight for men to sac.
Solomon lh.o YYUo was mute ,
Till ho was well out of reach ,
Thou ho said : "Oh , mother , why
Don't you practice what you preach 1"
Try Cook's Extra Dry Imperial Cbampatrno.
There is no foreign iviuo that has its bouquet
or any that Is as puro.
A minister's opinions do not nocnssarlly
have wolcht because ho makes his
heavy.
House Furnishing ;
Goods ,
Flint tumblers , Ic each.
Can openers , lecaoli.
Screw Drivers , lo oauli.
Tea strainers , Ic each.
Teaspoons , 2 for Ic.
Toothpicks , lo per box.
Goblets , 2c each.
Muullago. 2c per bottle.
Carpet Tacks , lo per box.
Wax Matuhes , Ic per box.
Paring knives 2c each.
Potz pomade , 2c per box.
Door scrapers , "coach.
Bread Toasters , Be each.
Soap hangers , ! ! ( . each.
Glass butter dlshos , 4c each.
Glass spoonholdors , 4e each.
Glass sugar bowl , 4c each ,
Glass creamers , -Ic each.
Copper bottom wash boiler , 69.J.
Iron fiamo wringers , $1.75.
The Western washer , S3 50.
Cups and saucers , 2c } each.
Dinner plates , 2le each.
Salts and poppers , 25c eacli.
Solid btcel axe , f > Cc.
Solid steel hatchet , C3c.
Plato handles , the hitest novelty , lOc.
Wash bowl and pitcher , -9e } each.
Chambers , 28c each.
Wash boards , Oc each.
All colors of fancy shelve paper , 24
shcel3 , 5e.
A new line of dinner sets just in , 100
pieces , including 2 covered dishes ,
* 7.05.
Toilet seta , big variety of docora Lions
and colors , $1.03.
Wooden bowls , 3c each.
Folding ironing tables , OSc.
0-foot , iron bound , hard wood ( stepladders -
ladders , 75e.
Scrub brushes , Sc.
ColToo pots , Sc.
Tea pots , 8u.
Garden trowels , fie.
Gardo-i rakes , loc.
Square r.nu round shoulder ehovo'.B
and spades , 3'Jc. ' '
Hand saws , F.oc.
Ilea'yy hammers , lOc and 16o each ,
Hblr'curlers. Sc. '
Inter-locking tumbler jail padlocks ,
with 2 keys , flo.
Tack pullers , 5c.
Best sperm machine oil , 5c bottlo.
Kochoblor jr. , night lamps , 75c , reg
ular price $1.60.
XHI.11.S UF H.l.VltK/M.
The Dllllcnlty < > f DiMiMKulbliliipj Ilrtwcon
J'niucU : m < ( III" Ilonuiit.
Ex-Congressman Henry Clay Evans of
Chattanooga. Tonn. , tells of tbo smooth man
ner In which an expert bank r.rook at Cin
cinnati raised a draft from $18 to 81,800 end
bad it cashed at a bank in I'orltopolls , nnd
then ropcated the operation for other amounts ,
till ho had a small fortune In bis pockets. ,
after which bo slipped uway. Mr. Evans I *
an old banlccr , a man of largo means Mid
business experience.
"You can pretty generally , but not always , ,
toll a fraud stranger who asks to have a
piece of paper cashed by his manner , " said ,
Mr. Evans. "I do not think there was any
thing in either the manner or looks of the
dratt raiser at Cincinnati which would havo-
put u toiler'or olshler on his guard. The-
names of the odlcors of the bank upon wbch
the drafts- were drawn , his own namoolso
across tho/bach of the drafts , bad' the cool
manner in which'ho stood and counted tho-
money over after It wus handed out to htm ,
nil tended to confirm the good Judgment of
the o nicer wbo had cashed the paper. 1 hod.
nn experience at Now Orleans many years
ago , Involving my own Idcntillcntlon , whicu
I ahull never forget. I had been la Santiago-
on a trip to close out an account with one of
the largest commission merchants. As I wai
about to go aboard the ship upon my re
turn tbo merchant said ho would e'vo '
mo his check on Now Orleans for-
the balance duo. It was $330. Ha
wrote out the choeit very hurriedly ,
handed It to tuo , extended his hand for a
good bye , and bade mo hurry aboard , I
pushed the chock into my pocket and did
not look at It till a day or two altorwards ,
when , having nothing bolter to do on the
( .hip , 1 began to look ever the accounts which
I hud Just soul I'd In Santiago. When I took
out that check 1 BUW that it was a blnnlc
check , addressed to no one , out properly
tilled out as to dulo and amount. It simply
paid 'Puy tq Hour ; Clay Evans $500. ' I was
'up a stump , as wo say when pui/lcd as to
what to do. H would toke a lone time to
send tbo chock back to bo properly ad
dressed , I mentioned the mistake to the
purser of the slili ) . who said ho know the
merchant very well. 'Ho is as good as old
wheat , ' Eul'l the pur or. 'ami If yon can bo
properly Idontitlud ut Now Orleans I have no
doubt one of his bankori will caib tha chock.
Ho has accounts at two of the ban Its at Now
Orleans , naming them.
"I knew no ono In New Orleans at that
time , " continued Mr. lOvans , "but I thought
1 would call upon ono of the bankers where
my friend did busmojg and got his ndvlco a *
to what I should do In the promises. When
I upproachod the cashier ho simply smiled
at my predicament and referred mo to the
president of the bank , in tils private room.
The old gentleman received mo cordially. Ilo
was unporturbad whoa I told htm my bust-
ness that of Uiivlug cashed a cbock upon a
man faraway , whom ho probably did not
Inow , and a check not addressed to that
bautc. The president took the check , read it
hastily , and at once dropped Into a coavoraa-
tion about the drawer of the paper ,
his buimoss nnd Santiago , I talked frculy ,
and tbo conversation IODK a wlJo range , Not
K ulnglo ruferor.co was mnde to the check or
my busluosj. Wo tallied mostly about
banking ana general affal-J. Finally the
old banker saw that I wat growing nervous ,
nt.d lo my sururlso ha toucboi a bell which
summoned tha casblor. When that officer
appeared the president simply threw blra
my chock and told hltn to glvo mo tbo cash
for It. I was amazed. Only my name an-
pared ou the hack of the cheek , and i could
not sea how the bank could take the risk.
While I was UmtiKmc tbo president for hav
ing saved me tuucn delay and trouble ho
simply said , 'It Is a common mistake for that
man to make1
Win. Sprague Bmltn , I'rpvldenoo , H. T. ,
writes ! "I IIml IJrudycrotino always cuios
headache , "