10 THE OMAHA DAILY 1JEE : Sl'NDAY , JANUA11Y 8 , 1803-S1XTEEN PAGES.
SENATORS AS SOIL TICRIERSS
Members of the Upper Hottso of Congress
- Who Farm for Fun and Profit.
MILLIONS MADE BY SENATORS IN MINING
Stories or Our Honon of I.orili I.ogUlntorii ,
llonrTlinjMniln thc-lr Monry nnil Where
They Tut It ASrnntor mi Iliitlncil
Method * In HIIRO Unit.
WASIIISOTON , D.C.Jnn. 0. [ Special Corre-
Bpondcnceof Tun HKB. ] There has been more
talk nbotit gold mines thnn politics nt the
capltol thh week. The recent dlscorcrles
near Durnngoln Colorado have excited our
leading statesmen who have tnado or lost
money In mines and you hear more gossip
nbout fortunes In gold nnd silver than about
the monetary confcrenro or the new schemes
for equalizing the ratio , Nearly every sen
ator has at sonio tlmo or other been engaged
In mining nnd quite n number of the members -
bors of IxHh houses nro Interested In gold
mines In the south. The late Senator Hearst
had mineral Holds In the Carolinas and John
C. Spooncr used to keep u quart cup of
gold nuggets on his library table which
had been taken out of these diggings ,
Senator Sawyer made the only bad specula
tion of his whole llfo in his gold mlno near
Washington and I learned the other night
that ho has put $00,000 Into the red clay and
whlto quartz lands along Kock crock. There
Is a sprinkling of gold nil over the South
Atlantic states and the veins run up through
Virginia and crop out hero and there about
the national capital. Just above the city
very good Indications have been found , and
n year ago Senator S.iwyer bought
nbout 400 acres of this gold land and
net experts to mining It. A stamping
mill was put up and shafts wcro
sunken , nnd I understand today that the out
put Is between SM.OOO and STB.OOO behind the
expense account. In fact , the Irreverent
pcoplo about the scnato who have boon out
to look at the land facetiously say that "tho
only things you can ralso on It are hell and
Christmas trees. " Its sole value consists In
the gold under it , and this seems to bo hko
the Irishman's Jlca "when you put your
linger on it you find it is not thero. "
Bormtor Wolcott's Ills Milling Speculation.
I called upon Senator Henry M. Teller
last night and chatted with him about
Colorado's now mineral regions. Ho said
ho supposed the report was to a largo extent
sensational , but that the mineral regions of
the west were ns yet practically unprospectcd
and no ono could prophecy as to the "finds"
of the future. "Wo know. " said ho , "moro
nbout mining than wo did in the past and
some of the ground which has been gene
over again anil again has been lately found
to contain mines which arc turning out for
tunes and the Creedo nnd Cripple Crcok
regions nro still doing well. Colorado has a
vast amount of mincraUwfnlth and you
can never know what will bo the discoveries
of the next few weeks. "
"How about Senator Wolcott's mlno ? "
"Senator Wolcott is interested in a num
ber of mines , " replied Senator Teller , "and
ho has made u great deal of money In min
ing.Hois a shrewd investor and ho has
many mining friends. I am told that ho has
inado $12.r ,000 during the past year out of his
Creedo mine , nnd the story of this mine illus
trates how easily and how quickly a man
may make a fortune in precious metals. The
mine was brought to Wolcott's attention by
a friend of his named Saunders , a man who
has made several fortunes In mining. Sann-
ders had been offered the mlno for $ 100,000 ,
of which X,000 ) was to bo paid in cash and
the remaining ? 70,000 was to bo delivered
within six months after the taking of the
mlno. Saunders said that ho had examined
the mine nnd that it promised well
and ho advised Wolcott to take a tenth
interest. This Wolcott did nnd handed
over $3,000 , his si i are of the cash payment
Wolcott's brother took another tenth nnd
the deal was consummated a year ago.
don't think the stockholders paid anything
except this first $30,000. The mine turnei :
out well from the start. During its first
thrco months they took out enough ere to
pay the $70,000 which they owed and within
u year from the time they bought it they had
reimbursed tfcomsolvcs the $ l0,000 ! they had
put in and had taken out a million and a
quarter dollars'worth of ere , which is all
clear profit. There seems to bo no end to
the lead nnd they are doing bettor than over.
Senator Wolcott's slmro of this amount , as I
have said , would bo $125,000 and ho is a
lucky speculator. "
Snmtorft "Who Kulso FUh.
"Is Senator Wolcott much of a money
Bpondor ? " I asked.
"Yes , " was the roply. "Ho believes In
living well. Ho is a very generous man nnd
ono of his recent investments , which Is eat
ing up a good deal , is his farm. Ho has ono
of sonm hundreds of acres not far from Den
ver upon which ho has spent , I venture , moro
thnn $100,000 , and where , as Is the case on
the farm of William Walter Phelps , the but
termilk and the champagne cost 'just about
the samo. Wolcott is fond of fishing and ho
has' dredged a big fish pond out of the fiat
soil and ho is trying to i-.iiso game fish In it. "
"By the way , senator , how about that big
farm of yours in southern Colorado ? I have
hoard U said that you have moro land than
any other senator ? "
"I don't think that statement is correct , "
replied Senator Teller. "Senator Stanford
has tens of thousands of acres , and you
could drop Washington City down Into Sena
tor Sawyer's big Texas farm nnd wander
for days among tlio vast fields composing It
without knowing It was thoro. Many of the
other senators have larger farms than I
have. My lands , however , are not for fancy
farming. Wo are gradually Improving them
by irrigation , ami the water wo put on them
is for the raising of crops and not for the
.raising of fish. Tlio fish ponds I own nro In
connection with the fishing club of Denver.
Wo have n number of fishing lakes In the
mountains which are stocked with trout , and
wo can olTor line sport to our friends. The
trout of tlio Rocky mountains nro the sweot-
cst in the world , nnd when you fill your
lungs with the nlr of that region you scorn to
bo breathing champagne.
Bonutor I'almcr nnil tlio 11 ( > ( , ' of tfio Hon.
' 'By the way , " Senator Teller went on ,
"did you over hoar of Tom Palmer's fish
pond ? Senator Palmer has , you know , n
iiluco of about -100 acres right on the cdgo of
Detroit. Ho Is worth several million dollars ,
and this land Is Increasing so fast In value.
that it materially adds to his fortune. Hu Is
, very proud of it , for it belonged to his father
and was , I think , entered by htm. A street
railroad runs to the cdgo of U and Palmer can
go to his country homo on olcrtrlo cars. Ho
docs nil sorts of fancy iannlng on it and ho
bus , I have been told , n loir cabin there
which cost him $12,000 to build , and it wns
right in front of this that hu sot n gang of
men to work to make n lake , They dredged
out the ground nnd made a winding depres
sion , with clovntlons hero nnd there to bo
used aa islands , when It was found that there
was no water for the lakes or the fish.
Palmer wns for a tlmo In thu condition of
Simple Simon , whoso fishing tour you may
have read in Mother Geese , You must re
member It.
"Hlmplo Simon wont n llslilng
l-'or lo catch n whale ,
Hut nil the wiitur ho could find
Wus In his nmthur'H jiall ,
"Thcro is nothing slmplu nbout Tom
Palmer , however , and ho nt once laid pipes
to a spring near his lake nnd put up a steam
eugluo. which continually kept numplng
water into it. Ho soon had ono of the pret
tiest little pieces of spring water in the
country. It was clear us crystal and its
waves simrklod like diamonds under the sun.
Palmer liad some fancy boats on It nnd ho
was enjoying It when ono day ho concluded
to add BOUIO choice fish to it. As I have
beard the story , ho didn't know anything
about fish , but ho was told that the German
carp wcro splendid breeders and ho con
eluded to start out with them. Ho sent U
the lUh commission and they gave him ploutj
of spawn. Ho planted this and awaited re
sulU. Within u few months his waters we
> swarming with fish and ho was surprised t <
Hnd that with their advent bis lakes had losl
their beauty. They bad become as mutlilj
AS a mortar bed , and though ho kept hu
Ue running night and day bo could nol
olwr , ifa th learned whai
every ono find1 * out as soon rn ho beglrs to
breed cart ) , nnd that Is that they are
n mud fish rather than n water
fish. They are the hog * of the ea , and they
wallow In the dirt at the l ottom of the
water nnd keep It always muddy. Palmer
did the best he could to get rid of them , but
they would bury themselves In the mud
when he let out the water , and as soon as ho
turned It on again they would commence
wagging their tails and come tip to the sur
face only to make his beautiful Jakei yel
lower than over. I don't know IIO\M ho set
tled the question , but I would ndvlso you to
bo dlplonmtle In your expression If you ever
mention the subject of carp to him. "
Nnr Storlr lij' Unrlo Jrrry Itiuki
I spent an ewilin ? this week with Secre
tary Husk at his homo near Thomas Circle ,
He lives very nicely at Washington and has
a big hotiio In the most fashionable part of
the city. Ho Is not. however , very fond of
Washington society nnd ho prefers n ( inlet
chat In his parlor to dancing attendance on
the Washington round of receptions. He Is
very philosophic as to the results of the elec
tion and his only hope is that a live man will
bo chosen ns secretary of agriculture and
that the great farming Interests of the conn-
try will bo cared for. There Is no better
story teller at the capital than Uncle Jerry
Husk. Ho Is packed full of interesting anec
dotes about the public men ho knows , and ho
can tell n story almost as well as Joe Jeffer
son. During my talk with him the subject
of the campaign in Wisconsin came Up , nnd I.
asked him what ex-Senator Spooner was
doing since his defeat as candidate for gov
ernor.
"Ho Is doing nothing yet , " was the reply ,
"but ho Is going back to his law practice ,
and will devote himself from now on to
making money. Sjiooner is ono of the finest
lawyers in the United States , and he can
make t3."i,000 a year at his practice. Ho lost
a great deal by coming to Washington , and
ho Is , 1 venture , worth less now than ho was
when ho was first elected to the senate. Ho
has not made much money since ho left the
.senate. Ho got a taste of public Hfeand he
hungered after Its llesh potato such an ex
tent that ho didn't c.iro to do anything else
as long ns ho saw a chance of getting back to
them. It was for this reason that he wanted
to bo governor of Wisconsin , and ho hoped , It
Is said , to como back to the United' States
senate. "
How Spanner Wns Xoinlnntoil.
"How did Sjtooner got the nomination ? " I
asked. "I have understood that one of the
other candidates had the lead up to the time
of the convention. "
"It was largely through Senator Sawyer
" the reply. "Phllotns Is
yer , was Sawyer a
great friend of John Spooner. Ho has helped
him in the past and ho wanted to see htm
governor. Senator Sawyer is the best
friend a man can have , and ho is the only
man who could have given Spooncr the nom
ination. A very Influential candidate [ I
think Secretary Husk said his name wns
Upham ] had the winning cards in his hand ,
but Senator Sawyer went to him and asked
him to support Spooner.
" 'But. ' said Upham , 'I want the place
myself ; I am so fixed now that I can take
the governorship very nicely and I would
like the position it would give me.1
" 'I think,1 said Senator Sawyer'that your
time has not yet como and I wish you would
let John Spooner have the place this time.
ou are a good man and you know I llkoyou ,
but wo think wo can elect Spooner easier
this year than we can you and I am anxious
to see him nominated. '
" 'Well , if you say so , senator , I will , of
course , not run , ' was the reply. 'But I have
the delegates who would elect mo and I could
have the nomination if I tried. However , if
you say no I will cast my votes for Spooner. '
" 'I really think you had better lot Spooner
have It this time , ' replied Sawyer , and with
that Upham gave up his ambition and
stepped aside for Spooncr. "
IluwSciintnrKnwj-ur Saved His Friend.
"Upham must be a great friend of Senator
Sawyer's , " said I , "to do a thing of that
kind.
"Yes , ho is , " said General Husk. "Ho is a
typo of the kind of friends that Sawyer hjis
in Wisconsin , and he Is under such obliga
tions to Sawyer that ho would bo the soul of
ingratitude if ho did not oblige him. Sawyer
made two fortunes for CJphnm. In the first
place ho started him in business , and when
Upham hud groWn wealthy through Sawyer's
start a spark from a railroad engine started
n' " flro in his lumber yards , and in
the space of two hours ho lost all. His mills
and lumber were worth ? -00,000 , and ho lost
just $1(10,000 ( an hour at this time. As ho saw
the smoldering ruins .ho concluded to try and
get damages from the railroad , The rail
road was. I think , the Chicago , Milwaukee
& St. Paul , ono of the rich railroad corpora
tions of the United States. Upham threat
ened suit against them , but they laughed at
him. They knew that he was poor and that
he could not possibly stand the expense of a
protracted suit. They at last ollcred him
$ T.,000 as a loan with which to rebuild his
rolling mill and start business again. Ho
saw no other chance of recuperating his for
tune , and ho was about to take it when ho
concluded to present the matter first to Sen
ator Sawyer. Ho went to Sawyer and told
him how ho was situated and said that ho
thought ho had better take the loan. Saw
yer slapped the keys with which he was
playing down hard 'upon the table and said
" 'Don't ' you do it. Don't you take a ecu
nor hear to any sort of a compromise. 1 wll
deposit $100,000 In the bank for you and with
that you can begin your now mill , and if you
will do exactly s I toll you I think wo can
bring the railroad to terms. But you musl
do exactly as 1 tell you. In the first place ,
you must start your workmen on the mill
then send to your lawyer in Now York ami
instruct him to bring his suit. Have bin
say to the railroad that you will not acccpi
their $75,000 as n loan and that you proposr
to light t'ue uiisu to the end. You must have
him say that Sawyer his loaned you enough
money to complete building a new mill ami
that ho will back you in your suit for all h
is worth.
"Uphnm did this , and the result was tha
before a week had passed the railroad com
pany came to him and offered him $150,001
cash to settle. Ho took this offer to Senate :
Sawyer and Sawygr said : 'IlDwmuch is th
total amount of your loss } '
" 'It figures mi just $200,000 , ' rcpliei
Upham , 'but in that I include my old stock of
lumber , which I had to sell , and my mill you
know was an old ono nnd pretty well worn.
.With this $1W,000 ) , I could rebuild my mill
and start on a better footing than I had
when I was loaded down with old luinbcrand
an old mill buforo the lire. '
" 'Then ' Senator 'I
, replied Sawyer , think
yon had better take it. '
"And take it ho did , " concluded Secretary
xHusk , "and he Is now a richer man than
ever. It was no wonder that ho withdrawal
the request of Sawyer , and the senator has
scores of Just Hiich friends , scattered all over
the state. Hu is one of the kindest men wo
have in the northwest , and one of tha lion-
estcst. Ho does favors because ho likes to
do them , nnd shongh ho lives with no view
to the future , a great deal of his bread is
like that cast upon the waters It returns
alter many days , "
Scmitiirhtiuyrr'H Iliuu Itull ( ] iiini ) .
"By the way. " said Ocneral Husk , " have
you over heard of Senator Sawyer's base
ball game ? The story Is current nil over
Wisconsin nnd it illustrates how Senator
Sawyer believes in putting money into things
to make them succeed. Ho lives , you know ,
nt Oshkosh , When this base ball crao went
over the country tho. Oshkosh bays wanted
to establish a club. Kdgar : Sawyer"the sen
ator's son , and who , hy the way , looks
almost as old as the senator himself , was
anxious to BOO the club succeed and ho gave
them $2,500 , to organize it nnd get ( 'ood men
ns players , Somehow or other the
nine. was not a successful ono.
It was beaten again and again , and at
last the Minneapolis club came down to play
it , The Minneapolis ninn was a celebrated
ono In the northwest and their coming la
Oshkosh was quite an event. Kdgur Saw
yer took his father out along with him to
see it and the two sat side by sldo on the
grand stand. The Minneapolis club white
washed the Oshlcosh boys from the start.
The strikers would send it ball out Into right
field away out of reach of thu Holder , nnd the
man would got in u homo run without trouble.
The next man would send u ball away over
into the left Held , and bo would make an
other homo run. This went on for several
Innings , until at lust the senator could stand
it no longer , and loft. As ha went out ho
said to n friend :
"Tills is my boy Edgar's nlno out there ,
and ha put fcMX ) ) into it to make it go. If I
were playing bull I would run my ball Just us
I do my business. I would not skimp it , and
I would sock enough money Into it to make it
a success. Why , ho ain't got half enough
men thero. If I was him I would huvo two
extra men In that right and loft Hold if they
cost inu $23 a day | > or man to ketch them
balls , " and with this the old senator went off
disgusted , shaking his keys with an angry
shako and wondering why under heavens
Kdgar had not twenty men in his base ball
club Initoad of nine , " _
Q.
THE SMART GIRL IN A CLOAK
She is Quaint , Pictnresquo and Very Heavily
Bafurred ,
LATEST KINDS IN FASHIONS FOR JANUARY
Mniitlr tMtrlRlitnni1 During Colnr * Adorn
I'll I r Urr.ilurn * ItnUval of ttin
iin In All S ! > i > < nnit llo-
Kfpp < or I'ccullnrlty.
NEW YOHK , Jan. 0. ( Correspondence of
THE I3CC.J The streets are full and the
stores , for the holiday lull Is over and Brand *
way is packed almost solid with horses ,
wheels , women and men , moving up , down ,
threading across , living the hurried , bustling
life of the busiest street of the world's busi
est city.
CmsilngMadUon square this morning I
passed a girl In n long red cloak that stood
out warm and bright against the snow , and
was as good to look at as her pink-tinted
cheeks and heavy masses of rippling yellow
hair. It wns a cloak of ncwand"oriirin.il pat
tern , and this , with the smile on her fresh
lips and the snow-berries In her button-
Two NOVEL nomcr.9.
hole , Is my warrant for talking at some
length about It and her. It came to her
knees just and it was not fitted to her figure
either in front or behind. Its looseness was
made more conspicuous by slashed scams
running up above the waist toward the back
on cither side. A double row of huge carved
pearl buttons fastened It In front and the big
triangular rovers that turned back from the
bosom wcro faccdiwith a darker crimson vel
vet that burned and glowed. A deep band
of red and gold embroidery ran about the
garment's skirts , which would have been
almost too grand for comfort had not a little
child tugged and pulled them.
Another girl , who had almost no coat at
all , instead of an enormous ono , was an in
teresting feature of the midwinter parade.
Slight and dark , she looked like a gypsy In
her red and black plaid frock , with full
basque skirts reaching to the hips and with.
the minutest Spanish jacket Imaginable of
green velvet cut off square below the arms ,
coming down below the shoulders In triple
slcovo caps and edged about with n line of
mink fur. You might have thought her cold
In a garment so microscopic , but in a minute
you would have known her too much a
woman to feel the frost in a garment so
pretty.
Passing the Fifth Avenue hotel was a tall
woman who looked like an actress but prob
ably wasn't one , there being nothing in this
world of uncertainties more certain than
that actresses never look as per schedule
they ought to look off the stage. The
tall woman wore a heavy black velvet
princess dress with a deep border of black
fox fur about the bottom. Her capo was fox
fur also , but had an odd , turned-down col
lar of velvet Tory full and plaited in puffy
folds. Inside this collar was another ono
of scarlet silk which stood up about the
throat quaintly and almost touched a scarlet
feather drooping from a black velvet hat
topping an old-fashioned chignon.
Yon wouldn't have believed the chignon
could have como back , would you ? Yet it is
hero in all sizes and degrees of peculiarity.
Now , who shall defend us from the hoop
skirt since its attacks are reinforced by
those of its old-time ally ! I saw a woman in
a chignon at the theater the other evening.
She stood up in her box with her back to
me. First I saw her trained evening cloak
of "penitential violet , " as it Is the fashion
to call it , though where penance comes in in
wearing such rich robes of any color It
would take nn-oxpcrt to determine. The
cloak was trained and its double border of
marten fur lay in stately folds along the
lloor. From its shoulders drooped a capo
that was really no cape , but two shoulder
caps , big and ambitious , coming round to the
back and mooting there. From the'capo
drooped n heavy plum and gold galen , Up
about the throat was a fur ruff , high and
spreading , and carrying the eye naturally to
the big globe of hair , at which I looked and
gasped and muttered , "tho chignon ! " It
was the lirst ono I had seen and the boldness
of its reappearance astounded mo. The
woman had pretty hair , palo yellow It was
aiid curly In front , and the chignon had a
tipld not spangled with beads over it , but it
chignon unmistakably.
AN EMI'IKI ! STHEET JIIIE3S.
1'vosecn u good many since. There was a
woman at a table d'hoto restaurant yester
day , She was a blonde , too , curiously. Are
blondes quicker at following a uuwlcnd , good
or bad , than their darker sisters ! She woio
a sealskin jacket with a shoulder capo in
largo , loose plaits and with full and high
slcovcs. She. were a nil to of a bonnet with
two feathers curling up from It , and she
were this is the tragic part of it the big
gest chignon yet of the now regime , a llat-
tish , oval ono , that had camped out on the
back of her head in the fashion that all of us
know who are old enough to have had prac
tice as ladles' maids , combing our mothers'
tro.sso3t > ver the cushions under them. Well
I remember how hard It used to bo to got the
hair to cover , and yet my mother had
thicker locks than nineteen women in any
'
average twenty. Nice prospect Isn't It , fo'r
the present generation of little fingers ?
The chignon with the empire dress Is queer ,
-but so nro most fashions. Tho' empire is
adapted for the street now with u few of the
most necessary modifications. It Is mauo of
black when worn abroad , black satin or
black cloth if you choose. * The cut of the
Iradlco is something it's almost impossible to
toll you about intelligently. It llts light
behind without any beams. In front It is
draped and putted very full over the bust
and at the top it often borrows the directory
rovers and turns them back as saucily as If
they belonged to it and embroiders them
with jet beads and gold. Sometimes it ven
tures upon rod and white beads on the
rovers and then with all these details ar
ranged to its satisfaction it goes and buries
them under a mountain of a black satin
mantle which hangj in full folds from nock
to horn. This mantle It is the proper thing
to face insldii with pearl colored satin , but
not everybody adheres to the proprieties In
every detail ,
The modes of 1830 are a good deal talked
about , but wlso is the woman who knows
them when ah-noes them. These hints
may help you n T > il in groping toward recog
nition. The sklrt-rtif our grandmothers of
that ejioeli were lM > ) ic l to tlio kiieo. The
waists hnd full bclfs , sometimes crossing In
front. Big puffed sleeves cnmo down over
imns that descended from sloping shoulders ,
aad the sleeves ; In. their turn were over
shadowed by cnpcs , llcep pointed and fnncl-
ful. : > . i
A pretty girl wore n clover adnptntton of
the 1830 dress at iTNcw * Year's uniico the
other night. It MRS 11 holly preen In color
with petunia plnk'liroldcrlcs , shorter than
the present mode , ajul fantastic ? enough to
niaUo her n mark for observation nil the
evening. An ISltn ifloak wns simpler , In a
black and blue strip ; } and of an nil-round rut ,
with n jctcorcrcd MIJHS and dark blue velvet
sleeves.
Would you rathrr hear about simple tlav
dresses of shaded stripes of brown and black
with a little tartan set In In front for bright-
cnlng and quickening , or shall 1 tell jou
about ball rooms , where the garden conies In
and makes itself at homo ; where the shin
ing floor scorns hardly touched by the
dancers' Hying feet , and where In the medley
of the flu do sleclo period beauties of the
days of Tcly and Van Dyrk severely crltlciso
their fair nineteenth century sisters !
A costume prepared for one of the youngest
of the debutantes Is of gobelin blue velvet
with three shoulder unites edged with seal.
The skirt Is iiilto | plain and the bodice Is
laced in front up to tbu throat and sashed
with whlto satin ribbon. Yon wouldn't take
that for a dancing frock , and It isn't , but
rather for an evening reception.
Another evening dress for a girl but little
older It a bold pattern of black lace over
whlto silk and looped with little bows of
palo silver green ribbons. A pink silk em-
plro gown was draped In front from bust to
slippers with whlto tulle , set with pearls and
looped with whlto ribbons. The feature of
a whlto silk evening frock was a long Charles
II. collar , with white satin leaves , white In
silver thread , and spangles on a net founda
tion. Hugo pulled sleeves were in keeping
with this beginning.
Suppose wo compromise a little and finish
with a coarse red serge frock , very striking
and effective. A slim dark girl wears It and
she has it embroidered on bodice and skirt ,
wherever there Is room to place them , with
Hying birds In black and gold. She doesn't
suggest a bird herself , because rod birds
aren't so easily suggested to us sobcr-hucd
northerners , but the gown is quaint and
striking. EM.BN OSHOIINE.
EVOLUTION OF FASHIONS.
The Goring Muy Ho In it 1'nrls Library or a
\Vonmn' Ilrii'u.
And now that crinoline and hoop-
skirts , to the disgust and dismay of all
sonslblo womun , have Deem formally de
clared the fashion in Paris , a sudden
curiosity nsits : Whence and how arise
these ovor-vaiyinp , nevcr-to-bo-dis-
obeyed dictums ol that intangible power ,
"ashioiiV
All women know that in Paris the
onception and fulfillment of every niodo
'rst appears , as the cholera first shows
'
is head in Asia. Thou , as the'cholera ,
ho French-born fashion spreads like
vild ilro through the western world ,
ntl no quarantine can stay its course or
irovont its voluntary adoption.
Whence came itho trained skirt , the
rownless bonnet , the rosette , and today
ho wretched crjjiy inoV From Paris.
Why Paris ? Because , in the French
: apital the propagation of fashion
germs , as ono ( night call them , is a
'roat and honorable profession , carried
o its highest point of perfection , and
: nero or less followed by every dress
maker. x
This is how a fashion is made : In the
uinmer months , when Paris is empty of
arriago folk nmj the business day is
dull , the libraries , ' wnero , in dusty file ,
ank the books of reference , and in the
icturo shops , the liltls dressmaker and
ho sartorial artist of wealth and fame
ngorly con dusly'-illustrated tomes and
ho portraited elogautos of other con-
iifies. * J
They nrey bonrchitig for 'an idea for
omcthing now'for a cut or color , a bow
> r rufllo that by reason of long disuse
lias revived its youth , and convontion-
ilized and adapted to modern fabrics
, viil pass as u novolty. "
The head of a great establishment ,
hough ho "knows his public , enjoys a
tvorld-wido ntimo for skill and high
prices , and is an authority on all matters
relating to his art , studios long and
deeply , ponders carefully , and labors as
siduously when ho is about to introduce
a now fashion.
A manager with his play , a publisher
with his book , are not more wary and
thoughtful of the public taste and pref
erences than the great dressmaker
about to design his model costumes.
His fabrics from the manufacturers
must be ordered , their color , texture ,
etc. , decided upon , a thousand ventures
and expenses must bo incurred and
should his ideas , not find appreciation ,
the loss would bo terrible. The world
islooking to Paris for ideas that must
bo forthcoming.
At a moment an inspiration arrives ,
or , happierfisponsatlon of frovidonco ,
a timid little woman , who at bare living
prices has boon making gowns for slow-
paying ladies , comes trembling in to
reveal to monsieur her conception , her
design.
She details her scheme , or pro
duces a drawing. Ho knows ex
perience has taught him that
among the dusay prints and in
hoc own busy ambitious brain the little
diossmnker has fallen on the design
that will dominate the season. Happy
fortune for the little drossmakorl for
monsieur's gratitude has a practical as
well as spiritual fide , and her narrow
road in this world begins to wind up the
mountain of success.
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eAVOIDgg
iDilftDriCLD IlEGULATpR.CO. . ATLANTA , Gnl
The Meiicer.
Omaha , ' & Newest Hotel
COR , 12TH AHJO HOWARJ SFS.
10 Iloomi nt J-.W | > > J7lay. , |
10 llooim ut IJ.OO \ < ft "Jar-
SO Hponii with Ilatli nf-IIOJ per dor.
0 Itoumi with IlnlUuUn.yHo II 63 per d > r ,
OP BIN ED ' .mJGUS'r 13
Mftilcrn In Kvery
Ntiu-ly FurnlHliml Throughout.
C. S. ERB. Prop.
UK. K. C.Wim"d NICHV15 ANI > IIIUINTUK .
mont , a puclllo'/or H/.turH. Dlwlaan , KlU. Nan-
raliili , Jloi'Uche , NurfOiH | To irallun causal (17
lluuor or tobiosu. w m fulnMi. Menial Ueprsjiloii ,
Eoltne i of tlij llralii. cauiloz uuanltr. BiUarj. ill ) .
car.deatb.l'munfaroOia ABB , Nervou ne..lUM of
' . Loucorrliw uad all
1'owcr III eltliereox , liupataiicj.
J'amaloVoakiie a . laroltinury r * " . Bpurraa.
torrhu.iciu.cvl tir orer-oinrtlou of the V'1"A
montli-i.iro . tineiitll : 'urIS : \ > 1 mall. VVu Kuar.
antuuitboiui locuro. Kach orJer for n boiot with
li will und written | iuor ntuo to rufund If not cured.
UuaraMooUiueJonif IT THeodore V. l w | ( , drm-
cut , tolo uxvDt. loutbtMt coruur lotto nud farnaaj
itreeti , Om h
FARNAM ST. THEATER
Today , Mntinoo and Night.
nf n cure , when you sire aflliotoil with any of
the numerous forms , Dlmsos or degrees of
OHRONIO OR
DISEASES
Is very poorcconomy. H Is more to the point
to count the cost ot years of sulTorlnj : , of
( lespiilr , of Incapacity for tlio enjoyment of
life , for tboso nro the tlilncs tlmt cost , without
the possibility of n corresponding pro lit. The
mnn who tries to suvo n dollar by nojIcctliiR
or refusing to take propur treatment for nny
of tho30 distroaslns ixnd dangerous soxuul
maludlcs. allllctlons and weaknesses to which
so ninny nro subject. Is snvinK ono hundred
cents nnd wnstlHR thousands of dollars , be
sides shortening his 1 fo and adding to his
misery \\n\li \ ho roinnlns upon earth. More-
than Unit bo entails upon his descendants a
llfoof dlsonso , nnd leaves his children only a
heritage ot woo.
If you are n victim of nny of these dlscnsos ,
there Is no tlrao ao good aa now In which to
begin to seek the moans of a euro. Wo can
euro you.
Send 4 cents for a copy of our lllustr.itol
now book of 120 pages.
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mum. to. Imported AnilruiiaburR
llollur rmmrlos 5 00 to IT lJ. ) in- :
Bllili Cliiilllni'lios , ( ioliirinuliiiH
llulltliiclius. ItobhiK. Mvhtlnealui
etc. ntvory runsonuhlo prices.
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Pui > | . Ion 116.00 tot 10 00. iiiulotliu
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THB SPECIALIST ,
la unsurpassed In the
treatment of all
PRIVATE DISEASES
nnd nllWeaknestiirij
unil Piiorduri of MCII
IB yearn experience.
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WIFE
SAYS
SHE :
CAN'T
GET
ENOUGH
OF
\VlUiontmonornnilnltliout ptlsd. '
To the
You are tint well , nnd liavono
money or tlmo to see n dontor.
Cutout tlio name printed horo.
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timllyou will Hot n letter and
Bomoinodloino that will < loy u
rool. : Try It anil toll ycur
friends ,
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The omtnent upcclnllst In norvom. chronic , prlvnto. Iilood , fkln nnil urlnnrjr illspinon. A rcuular niitl
rvglilcroit imulunto In mciltclnr. nidi plonrii mid ccrtltimtos sliow. In Mill tro.-uiiiK with itioKru.itiMtimiv
cess cntnrrli , loatninnlmoil Kcmlnnl uiviknais , nlKhl loi'oi nnil nil forms u ( prlriitiiillioixiii. No mercu
ry used , Now trontnipiu for loss ufvltnl power. I'nrUoi umiblu to vlilt mo m iv b ) tio.itcul nt homo liy
corro potnlonco. Jlodlclno or IrntrimiontH scut by mill or ovprojs loauraly picked , no mirks to liutloitj
coutuntinr soudor. Ono poraonal lulcrvlow prcforroil Conitiltntlon fro' . Corrtupondoncofltrlctljr prlvals
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VAN COTT JEWELRY COMPANY ,
JFor Thirty Days only wo will olfor our entire , stock of Diumonda nnd
I Christmas Jbwolry and Silverware nt loss than m.uiufacturor'd coat ,
Fourteenth and Farnam Streets-
' Will move Jan. 1. to N. W. Cor. lOtli nnd Fnrnam. SAFES FOR SATjll
FOR
FAT
FOLKS
Dr. Edison's FAMOUS PILLSAND-
BANDS nnd OBESITY FRUIT S A1.T
reduce your weight without dieting ;
euros the causes of oboslty , such as
dyspepsia , rhoumat'sm , nervous
ness , catarrhkidnoy trouble ? ; keeps
you healthy , and boautiflos the com
plexion.
CmcAno IloAiin or
I i gain write you to s.iy I liuve lost 1,1
pounds , making 412 pounds lost In 10 weeks hy
inliiK 4 Vottles of Dr. Hdlson'H Obesity 1'ltls
and woirhi : hlN Oljoslty lliind.
Very truly yours. CIIAIIMM H. Kisn.
Prof. HAM ; , Chicago University , wr.tcs to the
Chicago llornlO. bopt. 19 , IS'JJ ;
Corpulent men should nay some at tout Ion
to rudnalnz their weight.Vliun a man Is
troubled with rheumatism , dyspepsia , kidney
trouble or norvoumioss thu rc.'dnclns of weight
U slower , until the Obesity 1'llls have cured
the disease that caused obesity , 'I'ho jilIU
soften and beautify the Klein of Iho face.
1 inn : it liberty toclto ncusuln point. Umlor
my mlvleo Mr. Armour nsud uri I'dlson Obesity
Hand nnd 'lbottles of I'llls nnd lost UJ pounds
InC'weoks. Other patients have boon uqunlly
ruccssfuul.
Jilaur , O. A. Kcorr. Revenue duller Hnmlln ,
wiltcH to , thu Corrusnondenc" noaitmont | )
of thu Nuw'Yolk Hunifiiv Worlds
Throe yours IIRO 1 wolKhud SOS pounds , but
after IIBII | Dr. Edison's popular Obesity I'll Is
nnd t-ults I rodueod lo | L ! > pounds nnd easily
keep .it this wcljint. I saw how iniioli other
correspondents of your viiluiiulo pnpors were
.Leiiolluod . nud wlsho to uthe Dr.'s treat
ment n trial.
Dr. Kdlson's Ouosity Fruit Suit is the
best nnd hlmplorit remedy for rugulntlng
the action of the liver that him boon ilia-
covorod. The printed formula on the
Inbol of the I'YuitSiilts showH their value
to BulTorora from oxuonslvo fat or llosh.
Bund moiiBuro at iSos. 1 , 2 , K. Price
$2.60 to ! ! ( ! Inches , and 10 cents extra for
ouch additional inch ,
PillB $1.C)0 a botllo , or three bottles for
$4.00. onoiiffh for ono treatment.
Obesltv Fruit Halt SI.00 per bottlo.
You can buy the Pills , J5ands and Salt
direct from our stores , or hy mull or ox-
press.
giTCorrcspondonco nnd goods forwar
ded in plain , sealed puoUajfo.
NOTICK. Dr. Udison's Kleotrlo Bolts
nnd Flngor llingu are sold nt our stores.
Send for our apodal Electrio licit Circu
lar , hoalod.
Kloctrlo Bolts $1.00 and up. Insoles 50
cents per pair.
For Snloi btj UrugrjlsjI'S-
\Vbolosiilu druggists of Now York City
who curry our goods in stock :
Charles N. Orlttonton & Co. ,
McKoHSon & Kobbins ,
W. U. Sehlotfolin & Co.
And other leading houses.
LORING & CO. ,
Pioprlotorajviid Gon'l Agents ,
42 P West 22nd St. , Now York City ,
10 F Hamilton Place , Boston , Mass.
aiPEaut Washington St. , Chiogo 111.
Cut tills out und kocp it , nud nond for
our full ( eight column ) article
on Obesity.
YOUR EYES
ARE TROUBLING YOU !
Well.ronio anil hnvo tliom oxnmlno I by our optician
rccof clmritonnil. If no.-OHwrrtlttol wltli iijnlrof
our"l > 15ltl''l'.UriON11 ' HIMIOl'AOLlMor KVIJ ( II.ASS-
BK-tlHi ln'stin tliuM'orM. If yumlonot numl ( 'Inisni
wo will ti-ll you Boimclalrlto you wlint lo do. ( JOI.I )
M'KOTACIiKS or 13VI ! ( il.AXSKS KHO.M Wll IH' .
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( yen , IromOJCi ! pulr U [ ) .
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Jewelers and Opticians ,
Farnam anil Fifteeni-troot
DON'T MISS IT !
You don't need to sacrifice the lives of your
loved ono-i when
Dcplitlicria and Membranous Croup
will end aiiL'er tlio neighborhood of your hnmoi
There Is u Hiiro Niioelllo moillulnu TO 1'KK-
VKNT contnglon of thoni , and there la aUo u
biirospoelllo medlelne for
The Cure of Them
when they huvo not run boyoiul hum in roaoh
Wrlto to
11. C , SIGEl , In Crete , Neb , ,
If In need of liny treatment , and you wlllllnd
that his treatment bused on ninny years' ox-
jinrlinenta nud study has scoured him u huc-
cess Which will not disappoint you.
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nee Wo
the fu-
moiis Chi-
Ditto phyM *
u I u n of
o m u h n .
lias over
1,100 Blutu-
ni a n t n
f r o in
yrii ( of ill
put Ion la
who Imvn
IJODII cured
by him.
- . Ono of
' "
the ino ri'iicc"c8fiil ptiyslcluru In Otoaba to
day 1 Or. U. UBO Wo. who for the pn t two
ycurii tins lioon don ! morn good for miirorltiK
huiimnlty than ull other npuclttllaU In thu
C ° Th'oriiootoroan ' aueceufully Uoat you by
mull and euro you. u ho Ima oono tliousnnui
of othnrs. with Ills wonderful Chinese rome-
dUia. Do not delay until your dlioiuo Is beyond -
yond all liulp. but write to him If you ouniiol
call UDOII him utoiioo. nnil bo will Klvo you
hl candid opinion of your ease. I.xiiinlua-
tlons frro and It will cost you nothliiK to oori-
suit with him. Question blunt"seut uuon ap
plication. Ad drum ,
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