nuriTTA mt ? . CITMHAV CII > Tl\r PI > 17 IQCVl CI TAnt7(2
MS , J , BENSON ,
Opening -Sale in the Ntw Table Linen
Department.
-SPECIAL PRICES ON NOTIONS.
Frier * for .Monday nnil Alt Week Hint
1'rovo Mr . llrnxin tlin 1.rodcr In
' I'rlcon lor : -
I'upulnr ierj-lliliiir
n l.nilf Wcnr .
Wo hnvo added a handsome Hno of
tublo linen to our Htoek , and to intro
duce It to the nubile wo will give
especially low prices for a few days.
Sonio of it wo will sell nt oven less
thnn wholesale prices to call Bpeclnl at-
tentidii to till * line , us we mean to keep
up a good stock and boll at very low
pt'll.'OH ,
Tublo linen by tlio yard , worth $2.00 ,
for 31'i'i : worth $ l.flO , for Olc ; worth
SI.00 , for ( iPe : worth ( ! 0c , for II'c. Nap
kins worth Sii.OO. for * . ' 1.76 ; worth $ -1.00 ,
for S.'I.OO ; worth $2.00 , for 81.50. worth
S1.7 , for $1.25.
Table" cloths and napkins , hemstitched
BotB. worth $12.00 for $ ! > .oO , and worth
SlO.fiO for 7.7f > , and worth $8.f > 0 for $ < J.f > 0.
Hath towolH worth COc for Hoc. worth
.Tic for JUc. Drawn work damask worth
Sue for lOc ; hemstitched towels worth
lOc for 2fie , worth OOc for , ' 18e , and heavy
tied fringe daina.sk towels worth 7i > e for
COc , and worth il.2o for l)0c ) , and $2.00
for $1.25- .
Don't fail to hco the broken lines of
fall and winter underwear that wo arc
selling at half price.
French balbriggan vests , price $1.00 ,
for fiOe.
Wool vests and union suits for Indies
and children all at just half former
price.
See our children's jackets and cloaks !
all our light weights at just half of
former price.
PRICKS ON NOTIONS.
Best whalebone , 27 inch , for lOc.
Best duplex nickel plated nursery
pins , "c and HO.
Shawl btraps worth 'too , for 23c.
Finishing braid , lOc bunch.
Black pins , two boxes for 5c.
Belt pins , two ( lessen for 5c. Kid
curlers , 5e bunch.
Celluloid neap boxes , 2J5e.
Solid back hair brush , regular price ,
fiOc ; forL'oe.
Pins , Ic paper.
MRS. J. BENSON.
unyroN vrouu WILL i\-ISA\VAV
Klecnnt Wnriil'n 1'inr Souvenir * to Kvcry
I'urrliHHnr TursdiijSept. . tOlh.
Tuesday , September 10 , will bo
TJormsdorf hosiery day at the Boston
store and every purchaser on that day
will bo presented with an elegant
souvenir made at the "World's fair. This
is one of the finest remembrances of 'D.'t \
that .you can possibly obtain.
Remember , Tuesday is the day.
BOSTON STORE ,
' N. W. Cor. 10th and Douglas sts.
'Fourteen I''liMt Premium * .
The Omaha Commercial college was
awarded the above at iho Lincoln state
fair , jiibt closed , on an exhibit of pen
manship. Rohrbough Bros , scored a
victory highly complimentary to their
"
"institution and their now penman , Prof.
Lampman. The O. C. C. leads , others
uro content to follow.
Notice.
The report having gone abroad that
.w.9 have a Drauoh store , wo wish to not
ify the public that wo have no branches ,
but that our otitiro stock and business is
at the corner of Eleventh and Farmun
streets , where wo shall at all times bo
pleabed to meet our friends and custom
ers. Pianos tuned and roflnishod.
Watches and jowcilry repaired.
MAX MEYER & URO. CO. ,
Jewelers and music dealers.
Don't'miss the retail opening of fine
millinery at Oberfoldor's Thursday and
Friday. Sec adv.
Tin ! Knit IH Untiring Near.
Two months more and the World's
fair will bo a thing of the past. Yet the
end excels the beginning. You have
never scon the like , nor over will again.
Each building is one grand piece of
Btatuury , within them ro lunussod
tmmplcs of everything that the civilized
world produces. The Midway Plaisanco
is a curiosity shop of oriental features.
The illuminations at night , tlio electric
fountains , with an overchanging hue
from white to rose and thence to azure ,
niako up a banquet of royal beauty.
For excursion tickets at greatly reduced
rates apply to ticket oillco , Chicago ,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway , JfiOl
Farnain fatrcot.
-Now 1'iini lire.
Choice line of line furniture just re
ceived direct froiirnianufaoturers.
CUAS. S1I1VEUICK & CO. ,
120i-1208 ( Douglas ,
Millnrd Hotel block.
Vuu Can'i Heat It.
Leave Omaha at1 p. in. via the Chicago
cage , Kock Inland & Pacific and bo in
side the World's fair grounds at 8 a. m.
the followinginorning. You can't make
thin time via any other line , and tlio ac
commodations to bo had on the great
Rock Ihland are noted from Maine to"
California. By examining the map and
time tables of this line you will find
that as a World's fair line it stand a
without an equal , aa passengers can
avoid transfer and a tiresome nnd ex
pensive trip through the city by getting
oil at Rnglowood and taking electric
line direct to main entrance of World's
fair grounds ; time , ten minutes. In
addition to this train wo have trains
leaving Omaha at 5 p. in. , 7:10 : p. in , and
10iO : ; a. in. , thus giving pasbongors the
choice of four dally trains to Chicago
and , as before stated , making quicker
tlinu and landing pabheiigerB at tlio
World's lair in advance of all other
lines and with loss trouble and expense.
Dining care attaohcd to all through
trainn , nerving the best inoalu of any
dining car line In the United States.
For maps of Chicago , World's fair
grounds , time cnrdri and Bleeping reser
vations call at 1002 Farnain street.
Charles Kennedy , ( \ N. W. P. A.
Pnlitlx , the now game , got one , 2oe.
I'UT ( JIIIUAUO IN VOUlt rOUUUT.
Yuu C.I u Do Si > by I'lircliikiliiff u Copy ul
I'Muruii' . Dictionary ut Clilnaco. "
This valuable little guide book , known
as "Mornn's Dictionary of Chicago , " lias
received the endorsement of the
"World'H Columbian Exposition. " It
contains a handsome "Mat1 of Chicago ,
and in the only recognized and standard
"Guiilo" to the World's Fair olty. Every
pcrfaon contemplating u trip to Chicago
during the World's fair should avail
himself of this opportunity to soutiro n
copy of this valuable work , nnd , by so
doing , will bo able to thoroughly post
himself regarding Chicago and the
great Columbian exposition before leav
ing home. For sale byGoorgo E. Moran ,
publlhlior , buito 21U Herald building ,
Chicago , 111 , Price , 25 cents per copy ;
ellk cloth hound copies in "gilt , " pool-
ago puid , $1.00 each. Persons ordering
ovPJoa will please remit for ; umo by
y9 tul note or in postage stamps ,
The Bulk of Stock of on Indianapolis , Intl. ,
Merchant Invoicing $29,000.00 , Goes
TOMORROW AT 40C ON THE DOLLAR
Thin Stuck In Ciiniivctlon with the tin-
tncnno I'lirclmM'i nt Auction friiin
.Mills Which llnrn iloon Miut
DutitiMU Ulvu t/8.
THE GREATEST SALE WHICH
HAS EVER TAKEN PLACE
IN OMAHA.
This is an elegant stock , fully equal
in style and quality to the finest carried
in Omaha.
Omaha.There
There Are Full Lines of
NEW SILKS ,
NEW VELVETS ,
NEW PLUSHES ,
NEW COLORED DHESS GOODS ,
NEW HIGH BLACK DHESS GOODS ,
NEW UNDERWEAR ,
NEW CORSETS ,
NEW HOSIERY ,
NEW LINENS ,
NEW CALICOS ,
NEW DOMESTICS.
NEW LACE CURTAINS.
NEW CHENILLE POHTIERS ,
NEW LACES.
NEW EMBROIDERIES ,
NEW CLOAKS ,
NEW SUITS ,
NEW FANCY GOODS.
NEW MUSLIN UNDERWEAR ,
NEW KID GLOVES.
Wo mention a few of the special
prices for tomorrow.
Over 2,000 pieces of the very best now
style ginghams , 3iu a yard.
All the wash goods from this stock ,
worth up to 15c , goat 2Je- *
Fine grade outing flannel , Gc a yard.
All the unbleached canton liannels
from this stock , Co a yard.
Extra heavy gray and brown double
Knapped mottled flannel , lOc u yard.
All the cotton gray Ded blankets -10c a
pair.
Strictly all wool bed blankets , worth
up toSG.UO , go at $1.US.
Visit the Boston Store tomorrow for
the most extraordinary bargains over
shown.
BOSTON STORE ,
N. W. Cor. 10th and Douglas Sts.
I'or Snlo.
New , elegant residence , cost 810.000.00
to build , on lot 7o feet front by I.'IO feet
deep , worth $1,500.00 , all for $0,000.00 ,
one-third cash , balance G per cent.
Wanted , to buy a stock of goods for
cash ; location no object.
Exchange Omaha , South Omaha or
Council BlufTsical estate and cash for
stock of goods. HARRIS ,
123 Bee building.
'Timo li Jlonoy. "
If ] you want to save time and money
when you go to the fair you will go via
till Great Rock Island route. Why ?
Because it is the only line via which
you , can reach the fair without a transfer
through the city of Chicago. If you
will stop and think this over , get one of
our maps showing location of tlio
grouuos in connection wuu our 11110 at. .
Onglowood , you will see that as a
World's fair line we lead all others. If
you go via any other line you will have a
iresoinc , tedious trip across the city to
each the fair grounds , and on arrival
hero " will find friends who left Omaha
same" day as yourself who have been on
the ground * an hour or more. Call at
Tlock < Island ticket office for rates , maps ,
sleeping < car reservations , and any in
formation you may want in regard to
[ outes , rates , etc. CIIAS. KENNEDY.
G. N. W. P. A.
World's fair souvenir coins of 1893 for
stile at First National bank.
Samuel Burns Is offering n Haviland
; linner set for $22 , formerly $40 , Mar
seilles shape.
-o-
Don't miss the retail opening of fine
millinery at Oborfoldor's Thursday and
Friday. See adv.
. , ,
Urmia Uponing--
The Cherokee Strip will bo opened for
settlement on Saturday , September 10 ,
at noon. You can save 12 hours time by
taking the Ryok Island route , leaving
Omaha at 0 a. m. , and bo on the line at
8:40 : j ) . in. Mime day. Round trip tickets
will bo on sale Tuesday , September 12 ,
at one fare for the round trip , pliib2.00 ,
making the round trip from Omaha to
Culdwoll 812.75. Right on the line and
in the center of the Strip. These
tickets are first-class and good 20 days
from date of sale. For maps of the
Strip and regulations regarding settle
ment , call at Rock Island ticket ofllco ,
1002 Farnum street
Ciws. KKNNEDY.
G. N. W. P. A
Dr. Hoxlo , 40 Douglas block. Rosi-
deuce J2.14 S. 32nd street.
Am You I'liiiniliiv " Worm's Fair Trip ?
Bear in mind the decided advantaffOB
of the Qhicago & Northwestern railway ,
four daily eastern express trains , with
now and Hjiccial equipment , unexcelled
west of Chicago. Low rates. Hag-yago
cheeked from your homo. Choice of
quick , Hitfo and comfortable methods of
transfer direct to the World's fair
prroundH. Call , or Bend your address to
the city ticket ollico , No. 1-101 Farnain fat.
R. li. KiTCiui : , G. lWEST. .
General Agent. C. P. & T. A.
llrownrll Hall , 0111111111 * , .Vcb.
Blbhon Worthlntrton , visitor ; Rov.
Robert Doherty , S. T. I ) . , rector. Fall
term begins Wednesday , Sept.0. . For
catalogue and partloularft apply to the
rector.
World' * I'll I r ItulfS Will Ho r.nnereil
On Tuesday , September 10 , when the
Burlington Route will soil round trip
tickets to Chicago at rate of $111.00.
See the city ticket agent at 1JI24 Far
imin street and arrange about your
tickets and sleeping car berth.
Jewelry , Fronzer , opp. postoftico.
Iteiltictlon In Worlil'a I'alr ftates.
On Tuobday , Sontombor 10 , the Chicago
cage , Rook Island & Paclilo railway will
sell tickets to Chicago nnd return at
Sllt.OO for the round trip. You can tuko
the World's fair special at 4 p. in , from "
union depot , arrive at Englewood at '
7:37 : a. in. , take electric car to tlio fair '
grounds and be on the inside at 8 a. in. ;
or you can take the Nebraska state
limited at 5 n. m. , have breakfast on
dining car , arrive at Englewood 8:35 : n.
in. and bo on the fair grounds before U
n. in. The ROCK ISLAND Is the
World's fair line and furnishes the best
train service between Omaha and Chi
cago. Passengers taking this line car
save time , money and the annoyance ol
baggage transfers through the city o ;
Chicago , Dining cars on all the World's
fair trains , serving the best meals o ,
any dining oar Hno in the world. Pass
engers wishing to visit the fair will
serve their interests best by purchasing
a ticket via the Rqcic ISLAND. Select
your own hotel , return at pleasure ant
save commission to middlemen. Tluko
olllcn 1G02 Furnam street. Chas. Kennedy
nody , G , N. W , P , A *
BOSTON STORE TOMORROW
Thousands of Bargains from the Indianap
olis Stock , Each One a Wonder.
50C NEW WOOL DRESS GOODS , 15C
fic .N'rw Wool Irem UooiU 2fic , Dnllnr
New U'ntil DreM GnmU fllc , llcst
Urailca Slllcn , VulvcU nOo ittul
r.Ilc , Satin * 10(1.
5CC NEW DRESS GOODS , loc.
Hundreds of piece * of now fall dress
goods , -10 Inches and > I2 inches wide , that
sold In Indianapolis up to f > 0e a yard ,
your choice tomorrow at loc.
f > OC NEW DUESS GOODS , 25C.
Over 200 pit-ecu of elegant strictly all
wool fall dress goods , in all colors , that
sold up to 7fo a ya'-d , go tomorrow at 25c.
$1.00 DRESS GOODS , , 'ttCJ.
Over BOO pieces of the latest novelties
in now fall dress goods , in every known
color and shade , that sold up to il.OO , go
tomorrow at 'I5c.
81.25 IMPORTED DRESS GOODS , COC.
The ilnost grades , newest colorings , of
hop-sackings , borges , imported lienri-
ottiis , liannels , and new sail cloths , that
sold up to $1.25 , go tomorrow at f > 0c.
fiO pieces of new fall shades bilk llnish
velveteens , 20c a yard.
15 pieces of siik velvets , in all good
shades , , ' ! ! ) c a yaid.
$1.25 SILK VELVETS , f 9C.
200 pieces of the very finest grade of
silk velvets , in all now shades , that spirt
up to $1.25 a yard , go tomorrow at Mo. )
All the line satins from this stock , go
in 2 lots at 30c and 49c.
GREAT UNDERWEAR BARGAINS.
Ladies' heavy ribbed winter under
wear , lie.
Ladies' ileoced ribbed underwear , .15c.
Ladies' ' camel's hair , natural gray
wool vests , 2Uc.
Ladies' zephyr knit underwear , 5o. ! )
Children's underwear , ( ! c and ! ) c.
Men's heavy wool underwear , worth
$1.00 , goat 2c. ! )
Men's extra line high grade $1.50 un
derwear go at C'Jc.
- BOSTON STORE ,
N. W. Cor. Kith and Douglas Sts.
Am You iioliif ; Iiotvii to tlio Opcillni ; ?
Tell all your friends to take the Texas
special on the Rock Island from union
depot at ( i . .
a. m. and land the same e'fon-
ing right in the heart of tlio Cherokee
Strip. Remember you can leave in the
morning at ( i and bo down there at 8JO ;
p. m. same clay , 12 hours quicker than
via any other lino. Low rates for the
round trip. Maps of the Strip , circulars
giving full and reliable information re
garding rules for settlement , can bo had
by applying at the Rock Island oillco
1002 Farnain street.
CHAS. KKNNEDY , G . N.W. P. A.
Another Woriil'n I'ulr Opportunity.
$ it.OO ; Omaha to Chicatro and return
$ ii.OO. :
Tuesday , September 10 , the Burling
ton Route will boll round trip tickets to
Chicago at rate of $ ii.OO. ;
Sceurc your tickets and sleeping car
reservation at 11124 Farnain street.
MOSHER IN THE COUNrY JAIL.
ilierllT Hcimett Declare * Unit th lueircer-
ntecl l'lnunelil : Kip.jrt In Not I'uinpprci
The last issue of ihoPnptllion Times rakes
Sheriff IJonnott and the United States au
thorities fore and aft , alleging that Uaiik
Wrecker Alosher , uudora flvoyears sentence ,
but now conllnua in tlio Douglas county jail ,
is being treated like a prince. In discussing
the matter it says :
"One Mosher , u Lincoln banker , de-
iberatoly steals hundrcJs of thou
sands , and carries desolation to the
doors of a hutulrcil happy homos.
A year later this same Mosnor
oeeuiies ) pn-
vnto apartments m tlio sanio jail vrhcrc a
Sarpy county trumo occupies a dismal poll.
Tlio trniiiu is fed on prison faro , Mosher on
bon bons. For recreation the tramp is some
times allowed to stretch his lees in tlio cor
riders of the Jail. As a tonic Alosher is
daily driven about tlio streets In the sheriffs
carriage , and it is said lie is sometimes per
mitted tooccupi the jailer's apartments. "
When shown the statement made by tlio
Sarpy , i-ounty paper , the sheriff denounced I4 ;
as being false in every particular. Ho said
that during the day Mosher
; was given the
freedom J of the jail oftlce , unit was compelled
tk < work upon tlio books. At night he was
locked In a cell , the fteel rape formerly
occupied by Kd ICoen. The bunlc upon
which he slept was identically the same as
these ! occupied by the other prison
ers. : It is true , ho said , that
Mosher did not partake of tno reg
ulation jail fare , "which was duo to the
fact ; that ho used his own In
buying his meals , which worosent money to the jail.
This was a privilege tlv.it any prisoner who
had money could enjoy. Continuing , the
sheriff s'liil that Moaher had never ridden
lic his or any other carnage since his incar
ceration , nor had ho over occupied tlio jail
or's apartments , mono or with any person ,
since ho had been an immato of the jail.
Cotornda'K v l.ilirr.il I'nrly.
DKNVKU , Sept. 10. The meeting for the
purpose ' ' of organizing the liberal party took
place hero this morning and an address was
made ( ] to the auillonco by J. Cook , Jr. , who
talked ' for an hour and received much ,
np-
.
plttuso.
Several resolutions \voro passed , but It
was decided pot to nominate ) any ticket
until all the other parties had nomi
nated theirs. Thcro was a larger
crowd present thnn had boon oxpectcd , on
account of the democratiu convention using
the hall that the liberal party expected to
have secured. Mimyoftho people wont to
the dcinoiiratic convention supposing it was
the liberal party mooting.
The liberal tlckot will ho put in the Hold
at tin' coming county election. They have
not yet decided whether- will ho a straight ;
ticket or a selection from the dllTorent
tickets of the other partlos , picking iho best
men therefrom.
Loren/.o and Lotta at Courtland beach.
P. . fj. Elguttcr has returned from Chicago.
uoieraor Crouuso will spend Sunday In
the city.
George W. Mercer has returned from a
trip to the Will to City.
George K. Crosby mid wife go to Chicago
for-a ten days sightseeing.
John Irlck was cullcii to Prague yesterday
by tlio death of a relative.
General Agent Is ash of tlio Mlhvaultco
has returned from Chicago.
Coroner M. O , Maul , wlfo and children
loft yesterday for a visit to tlio big show at
Chicago.
Assistant Postmaster Woodurd took u
tr.lln for tbo i-ast yesterday itftornoon ami
expects to visit Dotrolt and'Cliinim during
the next week ,
A proposition Iws boon submitted to transi
routiiiRutal lines to make the westbound
transit rates to California titl.fiu from tha
Missouri river. The proposition will prob'
ably Oo accepted.
At the Mercer : 1C , J. Dunning , city ; A ,
H. Aylesworth , Chicago ; Mrs. Theodore
Bruback , nurse and children , Salt Lnko
Oitvj J. W. Love , Fremont ; John Landers
and wife , San Francisco ; M , 1 { . Framennan ,
city ; K. II. Parsons , Salt Lake ; C. Mather.
Philadelphia ; Jumeu W. Luck , city ; C.
Bock , Now Yoric ; Jeremiah Hifo. Lancaster
Pa. ; W. L. Montgomery , L. M. Fltterlngtou , ,
Belgrade , Nob. ; John A. ICenncdv , O'Neill ;
W , S. Hopkins , Philadelphia , J. O , IJborlce
Mollno , III. ; W. G , Sheldon. Omaha ; Frank
Wadsworth , Chicago ; J. A. Morris , Port
land , Ore. j H. P. Hall. Chicago ; L. Hugging
,
.St. Joe.
NuwVoiiK , Sept. 10.-JSpccial Tolcprnm
to TUB HBE. ] Oinahu : W. H. Taylor. Westminster -
minster ; C.S.Howard. Broadway Central-
0. H. Babcoclf , Hoffman.
END OF TUB PUBLIC DOMAIN
Final Dhtribntioa Oomoa with the Sottle'
mont of the Cherokee Strip ,
THE ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL EFFECTS
The fclRitlllcince of the Opining and IU
llciirlncoti th * Oonntrj'n future
\ \ hcnco hlmll the Land Hun
ter rmrn 111 * Fnoo ?
So keen is the desire for farms and
homes , iso scarce the available lands , so
nunlorouR the lund'hungry , so sharp the
competition for this remnant of a vast
arable urea , and HO common the belief
that the Cherokee Outlet affords the
last clmnee , " that thousands of people
have been upon iho border many weary
months awaiting the opening.
With the Cherokee Outlet divided
among u fraction of the horde of hoine-
beekcrs , says the Now York Sun , there
will come an end to the greatest and
most peaceful movement of agricultural
population the world has over witnessed ,
and the future of American development
will bo hedged about by many of the
limitations so long prevalent in other
lands.
Heretofore when an American rural
district became overcrowded the re
dundant population could cheese be
tween the neighboring town and the
vacant western lands. Whonovw the
diflleultics attending the earning of a
livelihood in the towns wore increased
to an unpleasant degree by reason of the
adoption of some labor-.saving device ,
the discontented or displaced artisan
and laborer could , and often did , resort
to the public domain.
Tliis recourse has hud the effect of
maintaining and , tit times , of advancing
wages ; but when the ClicrokOo Outlet
shall have been occupied , such a ohanco
for the homeless will have forever dis
appeared and the territorial extension
01 American agriculture will have come
to an abriiDt end.
Kml of r.tti'Msloii.
Fros and after the occupation of the
land now thrown open to settle
ment amounting but to biitno 0,000,000
acres , only two-thirds of whieh in in tlio
area of fairly distributed rainfall agri
cultural production can , in effect , in
crease only in the limited way nnd tardy
manner which will follow from the adop
tion of bettor methods , nnd by bringing
under the plow such portions of the
older farms"as are now lying waste or
but partially utilized. Additions to the
cultivated portions of existing farms
will necessarily bo slow , as well as lim
ited , for the rapil'.incro.iso ( of the urban
population necessitates great annual ad
ditions to the number of dairy and
draught animals , and this necessitates
proportionate additions to meadow and
pasture. So great have been the added
requirements in this direction that the
rioli grain-bearing lands of Illinois and
of other central states uro converted into
pastures.
Whatever maypiovo to be the addi
tions to the productive areas by bring
ing under cultivation the unimproved
lands of existing farms , there will not
result1 [ such founding of new homes as
bus obtained upon the public domain
since '
the-'iniddlcwl the-.icventeontli cen
tury ; arid JIIons Hake Smith swill have
-distinction of proclaiming- : end of
1d 1 < > most impressive phu-so of American
development. <
It is true that the public domain will
bo far from exhausted when the Chero
kee Ouilot shall have been occupied ; but ,
for other than pasturing purposes , the
vacant lands are mostly valueless ex
cept us hero and there may bo found
fiomo small fraction of
the arid area reclaimable -
claimable by irrigation , or some swiunp
that may Do drained. Involving much of
time , labor and money , either process
implies u scarcity of good lands capable
of being reduced to cultivation at low
cost. The land susceptible of irrigation
at limited cost is so limited in quantity ,
us we have recently shown , as to war
rant the assertion that the urea which
can be added , within the span of an
average life , to the productive expanse
by this process , is not likely to double
the ItG31 , 000 acres under irrigation in
At the south , in Maine , in Michigan ,
WibcoiiHin and Minnesota , swamps of
considerable extent will eventually bo
reclaimed ; but , in themselves , such ad
ditions to the productive areas will af
ford conclusive evidence of the scarcity
of cultivable lands , of the increasing de
mand for farm products , as well as of
the alwcnco of
any considerable areas
which can bo made productive at the
cost which has attended the opening of
farms upon the treeless plains.
Forty-four years measure but n frac
tion of national life
, ; yet forty-four years
ago , the gold seeki'r.s traversed an un
broken wilderness from the Mississippi
to the western eco in. Since then Minno-
hotti , Kartells , Nebraska , tlio two Da-
kotus , the mountain Mates and UIOMJ of
the Paeilic slope have boon ovol veil from
this wilderness and have allied im
mensely in quadrupling the productive
area of the nation. These states , with
Iowa ami Missouri , have added to the
cultivated area more than 09,000,000
acres since 1805 , which year murks the
first olTort to estimate ollleially the area
under cultivation ,
The rapidity with which the trans-
mlssissippi regions have been subdued
and made productive is as wonderful as
it is unrivaled in the progress of Indus *
nun uiu < : i3uv. uuru. j no iirugrusn II1HUO
in reducing these wastes to cultivation ,
and the sudden cessation of this phe
nomenal development about the middle
of the last decade ( although more people
than over haveidurlng the last eight
years , been desirous of Hcunring furnib
and homos upon the public domain )
alTord abundant proof of tlio now prim *
tically complete occupancy of the arable
lands.
Unfortunately , census tabulations did
not , until 1880 and near the cloao of tlio
period of grcaton development , furnish
a measure of tlieiincreaso of cultivated
areas nnd the progress made In subdu
ing the wilderness ; nor do the census
tables of 1880 anil 1800 help us , except
inforenlially , to determine the relative
increase of cultivated ucrcw in tlio intor-
mcdiato live-yearmoriods , nor are tlioro
other data that dii HO prior to 1805. Al
though 1 not wholly satisfactory , such
data exist in the reports of the Depart
ment i of Agriculture for 180 , and subse
quent years , and they , with the census
ligttros , of 1880 and 1600 , enable UH to
measure the nbtounding strides made be
tween 1800 and 1884 ; to eoo liow biuldon
was the halt called when most of the
lands of the Dakotan hud been occupied ,
and how slow the development has been
since the practical exhaustion of the
raw material from
which farms uro
imulo.
iltural Uevnlupmunt.
There in probably no more satisfactory
or striking way of showing the progress
of agricultural development in the per
iods under review than by tabular state
ment , and the one that follows gives
areas under cultivation in 18Go , 1861) ) ,
187-1 , 1870 , 188-1 , 1880 and ISM , by groups
of states , tlo | states being- grouped with
reference as much to their priuclpul
agricultural producis as to the geographical
graphical position :
'
Marvrlons Increimo.
A fact of tremendous significance
brought put by this table , and probably
the most significant phase ot uu'-ront
economic conditions , is that in the flvo
years ending with 1870 the cultivated
area of the United States increased bv
52,800,000 acres , the annual addition
averaging 10,5(50,000 ( acres ; whereas tho"
additions made during the lust four
years average about 500,000 acres a year ,
being less than a twelily-flrst part of
those of the curlier period.
worns coma not , so cicany snow tlio
exhaust ion of tha arable lands as does
this simple ' numerical statement , espe
cially when'taken in connection with the
fact that the ratio of would-be farmers
to the total population is no less now
than fifteen years since , when the addi
tions to the cultivated area In any one of
five years was greater than would ac
crue in twenty-one years nt the present
rate of increase.
That the proportion of the population
seeking farms is as great now as fifteen
years since is shown by the avidity with
which each remnant of an Indian roser-
vniinn IH Ki'i nfl im1 fliri tnnm it.v ivitli
which their occupants hold to the stcrilo
lands of the semi-arid plains.
During the twenty-eight years tabu
lated above the population of the United
States increased O.'J per cent , and the
area under grain , hay , cotton , tobuc co
ami potatoes , the staples dealt with hi
the reports of the Department of Agricul
ture ' , increased 151 per dent. One ro-
b'lilt at th'fs disproportionate increase
has , since 1870 , been a cjnstuntly de
scending scale of prices , the gradual
impoverishment of the agricultural
chu-s. and the destruction , in great
part , of their power to purclia3o of the
products of others.
In the North Atlantic states , Mary-
laud to Maine , the area under stanlos
expanded out llttlo between the close of
the civil.war and 1871 , although farm
products then brought the highest
prices wo have over known. This shows
that high prices do not , no-ossarily ,
stimulate agricultural nroduetion , es
pecially when concurrent with great
general prosperity and a demand for
labor at highly remunerative rates.
Between1 1871 and 1879 , and imme
diately after the panic of 187U , but not
necessarily connected therewith , al
though many people wore then thrown
out of employment in the towns , came
an era of agricultural expansion in the
bcabord states , and in live years the
area under staples here augmented by
ti fourth and reached its maximum.
The added acres wore probably largely
used to increase the output of dairy
products , an industry thi'ii rapidly ex
panding in this region. All the ai/rougo
gains made between 1871 and 1S7' ' ) woi-o
not hold , however ; and while tho.'o is no
probability that 1,000,000 acres have
since L'ono out of production in these
United States , as the figures feccm to in
dicate , they have no doubt been diverted
to pasture probably in rotation and to
such minor products as the fruits and
vegetables required by the imineiibo
population here centering in the lowns.
Whatever tlio cause of the decrease of
the area under staple crop" , it is appar
ent that no material additions to the
area under grain can bo looked for in
this Bcction ; the probabilities being that
grain fields will continue to give place
to meadows , pastures , orchards and gar-
dons.
This conclusion is in perfect harmony
with the findings of the census , whieh
show that the area under all cereals de
clined from 11,000,000 acres in 187U to
10.400,000 in 188J , a not decrease of
1,200,000 , acres.
acres.Tlio I.iko Stilton.
The cultivated area of the lake states
( Ohio. Michigan , Indiana , Illinois and
Wisconsin ) increased
rapidly and con-
tinnoiihly from 1805 to 1879. From 1870
to 188l ! tlio increase was comparatively
small ; and tlio diminution of the urea
shown since 1880 would indicate so com
plete an occupancy of the arable lands
as to necessitate the conversion of grain
Holds to other products for which the
demand was more urgent , and that no
increase of the area devoted to staples ,
other than hay , can be expected in this
group. Indeed , the diversion of the
cereal area that has been in progress
in these states since 1879 may bo ex
pected to continue and increase , as the
new lands bolng reduced to cultivation
do not equal the added requirements for
hay , and the sccrotarv of the Statu
Board of Agriculture of the foremost
agricultural state of the union says
that :
1 "As to iho increase in the area in pas
tures not being commensurate with the
decrease in the principal crops , I can
only eay that pasturage , not bulng a har
vested innrkotablo crop In Iho ordinary
acceptation of tlio term , less attention Is
paid to it by the uspcssorp. There is mi
doubt , whatever , hut that the area devoted -
voted to pastures in Illinois Is constantly
increasing , nnd will continue to increase
nsthostatu grows uldor and lauds bo-
eomo moro valuable. The returns from
paMtnrago are more certain than from
harvested crops. "
Contrary to the general boljof as are
the Htatemonts of secretary tinrrnrd ,
they arc hi complete accord with the
showings of the census and with condi
tions known to exist in all the states of
the lake group where the nrnblo lands nro
fully occupied , and whnro grain Holds
are , as further cast , giving place to
orchard , meadow , pasture and garden ,
with every probability of the continu
ance and increase 01 such necessary con
versions until the towns of this prosper
ous section shall cease to grow.
Tlio MlilucM.
The Missouri vnlloy states ( Iowa , Mis
souri , Kansas , Nebraska , Minnesota and
Iho Dakolas ) , have been the theater of
[ ho most wonderful iigrh-ultral develop-
il nil uiiiu , inu iiiuruabu uiiuur
staple crops having been unpreccntcdly
rapid from 1805 to 1889 , during which
twenty-four years the cultivated area of
the group increased from 0tOOOOOacioi !
to (17,000,000 ( , an addition of nearly ( iO-
000,000.
Since 1SS ! ) the increase 1ms been much
less rapid , and , with the aid of Arkan
sas , Texas and the far western regions ,
it has been sulllcient only to offset losses
east of Iho Mississippi and to add 2,000.-
)00 ) acres in four years to the nation's
productive farm lands. Some additions
10 the area under staples may bo ox-
[ iccted in this group , but It Is very ques
tionable if additions to the grain-boar-
ing areas in Kansas Nebraska and the
Dakota will hereafter exceed thodivcr-
sions of grain lands to other products in
Iowa , Missouri and Minnesota.
The completeness with which the
arable lands of the Missouri valley
states have been occupied is ahown by
the greatly varying rates at which the
cultivated urea has increased in dllTor-
out periods. In the live years ending
with 1879 the cultivated hind of this
group increased from 21,200,000 acres to
41,100,000 ; the additions of the live years
nearly equaling all brought under the
plow in tlio eleven North Atlantic states
[ luring the 250 years following the land
ing at Plymouth.
While the additions in the Missouri
valley averaged about 4,000,000 acres a
year from 1874 to 1870 , yet the additions
of the group during the last four years
avoratro but 42,1.000 acres a vcar. indi
cating mat it nas oscomouimcuit to mm
desirable material from which to
create now farms ; and the founding of
now homos upon farms promises to bo as
uncommon here nt an early day as it
now is in eastern regions.
As grouped in the table the southern i
states include Arkansas , Texas and all 1
the states bouth of the Potomac and
Ohio rivers.
Not until after 1874 did the planters
and laborers of tlio south adapt them
selves fully to new conditions ; but from i
about that time
southern fields wore s
rapidly restored to production and
material additions wore made to the
cultivated area , notably we t of the
Mississippi.
Incrrii-o In tlio .South.
Between 1879 and 1SS ! ) the southern
states east of the Mississippi added but
2,700,000 acres to the area under culti
vation , although they made additions of i
3,200,000 acres to the cotton fields , the
grain-bearing area having been reduced
500.-000 aer.es in order to add to that
employed in growing cotton. During
the same period the cereal area of
Arkansas and Texas increased 1,300,000 ,
and that tinder cotton 2,400,000 acres ,
the additions to the cultivated area of
the two states aggregating 3,700,000
noi-es mill oxcocdincr tbosu of all tliu
other southern states by 1,030,000
acres.
Only in the transmissis.sinpi portion
of this group is there probability of any'
considerable increase in the number of
farms ; and , taken as a whole , the south
will do remarkably well If its fields ex
pand as rapidly as the world's require
ments for American cotton are aug
mented.
In the eight mountain states and ter
ritories the ratio of increase has been
very great , but , after nil , the additions
to the cultivated area in this vast arid
region have been insignificant , and the
entire productive area hero is still but
little more than the area added in the
Missouri valley in any six mohths be
tween 1874 and 1879. So adverse are the
climatic and other conditions surround
ing agricultural development in the arid
bi-lt , that no material" addition to the
miniumof farms can be made in ono do-
fiidu in this group. As similar condi
tions extend over much of the eastern
portions of the three Pacific statca , and
as the western parts of Oregon and
Washington , oven whore not too precip
itous for cultivation , uro covered with
immense forest growths , development
will necessarily bo slow , although the
Pacific states are likely to furnish more
new farms , during the rest of this cen
tury , than all the remainder of the
country alter lion. Iloko Smith shall
have permitted the weary hoinesoekcrs
to parcel out tho.00,000 farms which can
bo made from the Cherokee Outlet and
other lands BOOH to bo available in
Indian Territory.
rroilucttDii nml C
When brought fully into nso thcfco
.r > 0,000 possible- farms will add something
less than 1 per cent to t'no cultivated
lands of the United States , and will
huvo u productive power equaling the
requirements of about live months' addi
tion to the population. The wliolo of
Indian Territory will , when inado fruit
ful , add about 4 per cent to the country's
produijtivo power , and nearly cfjuul the
requirements of two yearn" addition to
the population.
From the unimproved portions of ex
isting farms , from railway lands , and
from the lands held by non-residents ,
possibly ( J per cunt may ultimately bo
added to the food and liber bearing
areas ; and an additional 5 per cent may ,
within two or throe docadc , roaiilt from
the drainage of bwtvmps , the Irrigation
of arid truoto , mid the opening of a now
farm here and there , principally west of
the Mississippi.
All told , the additions to the culti
vated area , which are likely to bo mude
within thirty years , would possibly tiuir-
inont the area now under htaile ) by 15
per cent although we imi&t not forget
that n considerable part of the limited
areas which can be reclaimed will 1m re
quired for minor erop-j and these addi
tions woulil ) > o equivalent to Iho require-
in outs of loe'i ' thnn eoven years' addition
tojlha ] ) oulution. ) ) AH llic ureas recently
The only 1'ure Cream of Tajr | > r Powdtj ; . No Ammonia ; No Alum.
Used iu Millions of Hoiiics * fb Years the Standard.
employed in producing food for ex
portation Would furnish sulwlMoiico
trt
such additions to the population as will
on made in the next
two
years , wo nmv
say that wore it possible to make ail
thcso waste acres fruitful
as fast ns the
now population required the products ,
the remainder of thb century could bo
gotten over without materially loworlng
the standard of living.
Probably not the half of these possi
bly productive acres will bo mill/oil
tluring the coming ton years.
After that , whore can nnv f motion of
the landless found now farms ? How are
the added people to bo fed ? What will
bo the effect upon wages of the inability
of any of the added population to resort
to the Iniid , and the necessary crowding
into the city of nnro than 90 per cent of
the loXIK)0 , ( ) ) individuals annually added
to tlio nation's working force ?
Moreover , great is the future of the
American farmer , and vast will bo the
measure of his reward !
, t .V AII y.UKM K.V 7'.S.
Commencing with the matinee today Car
roll Johnson , tbo slni-Iitc comedian , will
entertain for four nights and Wednesday
mntliioo at the above popular house , lie
will present his now nla.v citloil "The Irish
Statesman , " aim U -
i-omcs bliily | recom
mended from the press of tbo ctit. ; Tliroo
weeks ago Mr. Johnson opened Pope's tlio-
liter , St. I/nits , to the largest sras'jtt's open-
Infill the history of that hnuso ami in Hint
city repeated his successes of the cast. The
nmv play U a beautiful comedy-drama and
tells of u yomiK Irish schoolmnstor's rise
from obscurity In Ireland to prominence and
fainu hi America. A carload of special
scenery Is usi'd to jirojiorly picture iho
scones m tlio play.
I.lttlo Minnie Sartollo nnd her select com *
pany of artists will appear at tlio Farnnra
Strent theater next Tluirsitny
, Fritlay and
Saturday in tbo hlRlilass musical oomody
"A Plum Pudding , " so cnlleu from the fact
tbnt It Is a mlxturo of Kooil things artisti
cally compounded by unexperienced caterer.
The
performaueo is ouo mat Is thoroughly
enjoyable from bag-Inning to oiitl. The play
has a most lauijliable plot , which admits of
luilUTotis situations , and In tlio hands of thb
callable comedians that surround Miss
Sartelle , there is moro ftm In "A I'ltim Pud-
"
iliiiB" than any other musical comedy
the road. upon
The musical numbers are bright
a-ul catchy , including seli-etlims from grand
opera , vocal ami instrumental , eornoD.
violin , mandolin and piano solo , comlu turn
iiistrument.ll HOURS , oic. Graceful dnndn } * ,
artistically arranged. For an oyeniiiR's en
tertainment tlioro is no attraction upon the
Tlio managers of the Now People's theater
are over on then lort for clover performer *
and commencing tomorrow , for the enter-
taiinncnt of the public , they have prepared a
great program. The now stock company
will present another laughable conicdvcn-
titled , "Our Strategists. " It abounds witll
exclthur situations nud luilicrotis characters' .
The plot , while not deep , is an enjoyable ono
ami mainly deals with the dlnlctilty of the
Hero to secure the consent of ultl'orciit parties
to the fjlrl ho loves becoming his \vlfo. ThosA
comedies receive excellent staging under tho.
dircctiotrof .1. J. Williams , the new comedian
with the company , who , likewise , is an ox-
cccdliicly clover performer. The en tire com
pany , in fai't , is good and some splendid plays
are promised during the season. In addition
to tlio comedy nuxt week , the following big
specialty progr.un will bo presented : The
Valdnrc Uros. , the kings of the bicycle , in
a thrilling and daring double act upon biov-
clcs aim unicycles , wliieh they conclude
riding down a twenty-foot ladiirron uy
a
buggy-
wheel. Hnrr.v Constantine will introduce a
specialty entitled the "Stage-Struck
Cliambjrniaid , " in which ho will execute
his wotiderlul too hi
dancing full ballet cos-
tunio. The U.uvsonn , a comedy sketch team
and character change- artists , will present
an act of singing , dancing und acrobatic ? .
Sully and Moore , another team of big repu
tation , will also present a pleasing comedy
sketch nud Hayes and Leigh , the skatori.il
artists , will iutroduL'o songs , ilauvoa
, wlng-
dunciiiK and '
skate-clogs on high pedestals'
Miss Leigh Is credited with being the only
dauciiif * on skates. The performances nrd
far superior to these of last season and
should attract large audiences.
'
SUDDEN DEATH.
.Negro Tortrr In tlin li.irltor Itlnck Dies ol
HoinorrliiiK" "I the LungN.
Yesterday forenoon Dan KIce.a negro porter
employed at the Marker block , was taken
with a hcnioiThiigo-of the lungs and died la
n few moments. Two or three physicians
were hastily called , but could not srivo the
man's fife.
Hico is the man who fell out of a thirj-
story window in the U.irkor block a year
ago and to all appearance ? was not injured.
Coroner Maul has charge of the body. No
inquest will bo held.
( iriiiMni ; Coiitnoix AMiinliMl.
Rids for grading wcro received at the moot
ing of the itotird of Public Works yesterday
morning , and contracts awarded us follows i
Dorcas street , from Second to Sixth , C. A.
Jensen , 11 7-10 cents pnrcubic yard ; Twenty-
eighth street from Fr.itiklln to Parker ,
S.unuol Katz. 0 4 10 cents ; Cumlng street
from UOO feet west of Forty-third to Forty-
fifth avenuo.Lainorcaiix Uros. , 11 cents ; allev
between Cnss and California nml Twenty-fifth
and Twenty-sixth streets , Samuel ICntz '
10 ( MO cents ; grading sidewall : on c.ioh side
of Twenty-fourth street from Spauldlng to
cents. the Bolt Line railway , T. II. Mahoney , UO
'DIED.
A'ntlcrs nf flvt linen or Iffa umltr thla h 'Ml ,
cents ; each wlittttnntil line , ten ccnli
HHODKS-W. W SojiUMiibor Mill ,
'
I'mioral from family ii'sldimce , IMiri North
Nineteenth hlicut , at 'Jioo u. in. , Kiinday ,
Honteiiibur IVIIi.
ClO/TOUITUURS.
COR. I6TH AND FARIIAM SIS.OMAHA.
We Arc Now in Our New Store ,
16th and Farnain Sts.
Max Meyer & Co.'s Old Stand.
TOMORROW we will inaugurate u
Everything rcuiovcil from our
former .store to lie .sokl at about
OR LESS.
KverytliliiK Is late style , as we
have been in business loss than ii
your. FALF , JACKIJTS , I'ALI )
CAIT.S , WINTKH CLOAKS , CHIL )
DRIi.VS FALL. KKKI-1WS , SIfJ {
WAISTS , SILK SUITS , WOOL
SUITS. KVIJKYTIIINff that wn
moved included fn tills nreiit cut
price sale.
02."We want to tench
tliene\v waytoonr
Jour.
COR. I6TII AND FAHIIAM SIS.OMAHA.