POSITIVELY THE LAST
OX * TJIEr ORBACTBST OkBAJRAIVCB SAZ.JB OF FIXRNXTUR& , CARPBTS , STOVES , Etc. , OJY
Special Linoleum worth $1 , cloarnnco snlo I I Special nncosalo HlathlngOommodcsworth$3clcnr- nrlco , $1.60. Parlor Suits , worth $75 , clearance
price 45c. sale prlco 838.60.
Bcok Sliolvos worth $1.50 , clear-
All wool Ingrain remnants , worth J Parlor Suit * , worth S100clcaranco
Sale on nnco sale price $2.25. ,
' " 25c. ,
Sale sale
clearance price
on "So , .
Woven wlro Springs worth $2 , sale prlco Sn 0.1.
Cotton Ingrain remnants , worth worth $9.60 clearance
cloarnnco sale prlco 83c. Lounge ? , ,
[ Oc , clearance bale price lOc. Furniture. , sale 83,90.
Stoves. worth 35c Wire Cots worth $2. 0 , clearance prlco
Matting remnants , , snlo price , $1.25. Lounges , worth $15.00 , clearance
.
worth $40 clearance : loarnnco sale prlco 5c. . sale price $7.60.
Stool Ranges , Mnttixjs.-ios worth S3.50 , clcaranco
Bale prlco $ "l."o. Art squares , worth $12.50 , clear Ladles' Desks worth $15 , clcnr- sale price , SI.05. ( Jhonlllo Couches , worth $22.50 ,
Wood Stoves worth $9 , clearance ance sale price $3.75. inco sale prlco , $7.75. Rockers worth $3.50 , clcaranco clcnranco FII'O ' price $11. 10.
utile price $1.60. Hag carpets , worth 60c , cloarnnco Olllco Desks worth $12.50 , clear sale price , SI-10. Plush Chalis , worth 83 , clearance
sale price 20c. ance sale price , $3.60. lo 81.90.
.
1-holo Rnnpos worth $10.60 , clear Hook Ciiscs worth $20 , clearance price
ance sulo price 88.25. Hemp carpets , worth 40c , clearance Wardrobes'worth $15 , clearance sale price , $9.45. Gilt Chairs , worth $10 , clcaranco
.
( Miolo Ranges worth 821.60 , clear- ance sale wrlco lie. ale price , $0.75. Hook Cases worth $10 , clcaranco sale prlco 81.50.
worth40c clearance
Stair carpets , , Sideboards worth $23 , cloarnnco " Solid Parlor Suits
nnco siilo price $12.7C. sale prl"o , $4.2 , ) . Mahogany ,
Heating Stoves worth $0.50 , clearance sale price I4c. ; ale prlco , $12.50. Combination Book Case * worth worth $123 , clearance sale price
ilUxGO-in. rugs , worth $3.50 , clear Chamber Suits worth $20 , clearance . .
$02.60.
ance snlo price $3.15. 15 , clearance Ealo price , $5.50.
Oil Heaters worth $12.50 , clear- nnco sale prlco $1.25. ance sale prlco , $9.40. Folding Hods worth $15 , clearance Plush Easy Chairs , worth $12.50 ,
nnco Bale price $0.75. Mlslltcarpetsworth $10olearanco Chamber Suits worth $25 , clear sale prlco , & 8.-lfi. ciu'iun'o sale prlco $5.76.
Base Uurnors worth 830 , clear- sale price $4.60. ance sale urlco. 313,50. Folding lluds worth $33.00 , clear Tufted Couches , worth $ L'5 , clear-
worth $5 clearance
Skin rutrs , , Extension Tabloa worth 88.60 , sale 812.50.
nnco sale price 817.50. nnco sale prlco , $17.7o. nnco prlco
worth $12.50 cloarnnco sale prlco $1.76. clearance sale prlco , $3.20. Gilt Rockers , worth 816 , clcaranco
Oak Stoves $ Bedsteads
, worth $0 , clcaranco
ealo price $0.75. Villon Rugs , worth $5 , clearance Extension Tables worth $12.60 , STROVE S , II BED BINT G. ETC snlo prlco , $3.25. sulo prlco 80.25.
sale prlco $2.60. clearance sale price , $7.60. Couches worth $75
Corduroy ,
Parlr Cooks worth $18.50 , clearance Bedbtoads worth $4.50 clcaranco
,
ance slilo 'price $9.123. Ingrain Hugs , worth $2.50 , clearance Dining Tables worth $4.60 , clear nalo price , SI.23. clearance sale price $42.60.
Laundry Stoves worth $10.50 , ance sale prlco OOc. ance sale price. $1,75. GholTontcru worth $15 , clcaranco Kiw Silk Knby Chairs worth $13 ,
clearance sale price $ -1.00. Hassocks , worth . $1 , clearance Kitchen Tables worth $1.50 , clcar sale price , $0.S3. clcaranco sale price 80.45.
worth 805 clearance sale price 40c. anco sale prlco , 05c.
Stool Ranges , Center Tables woith $5 , clcai'-
.Door Mats , worth 75c , clearance Canvas cots worth $1.60 , clear
ance sale price $33.60. ' anco sale price , $2.05.
sale price 25c. Special
Heating Stoves worth $25 , clear- nnco'salo prlco , 75c. Mirrors worth $1.60 , clcaranco
worth 825
0x9 Smyrna Rugs , , Flro Screens worth $1.50 clcar
$14.60. . ,
nnco sale price $ . - sale price , GOc.
r.-j . .
$14.60.
clearance sale price
Oak stoves $120 , clearance sale worth $4.60 anco sale prlco , 76c. Iron Beds worth $20 , clcaranco Sale
. . Moquctto Ruga , , Blacking Commodes worth $2.50 , .
price $10.60. salb price , $0.75.
81.45.
Base Burners $45 , clearance sale clearance sale prlco ' clearance sale prlco , $1.20. Kitchen chairs worth SOc , clearance
clearance Drapery.
worth 15c
Stair Pads
,
Parlor Cabinets , worth.$25 , clearance
prlco$29.50. ance sale price , loc.
.
Coal Hods worth 60c clearance sale prlco 80. ance sale prlco , $12.60. Chairs worlll $1.00
, Antique
Romnnnts lOc ' , Table scarfs worth $1.60 clearance
One-yard Ingrain , , . , ,
. Bamboo Stands' worth $1.25 ,
aalo price 15c. clearance sale price , 48c.
sale 03c.
20c. prlco
lee and ance
40c.
clearance sulo price .
Dumpers worth 25c clearance , Plush Rockers worth $0 clearance
,
,
Rom nants lOc lee , worth 50c , clear'
' Laniborquins
Rag Carpet , ,
Rood 'Rockers worth $3.50 clear
,
Bale price 6i5. anco falo price $2,65.
sale 2jc.
aiul20o yard auco prlco
per , . .
Stove Pipe worth 20c , clearance nnco halo price , 81.40. ,
worth $2 cloarnnco
curtains
Lace ,
Dictionary Holders wortli $7.50
,
sale price lOc.
clearance sale price , 84.25. Special sale price 90c.
. clearance
Xlnc Boards worth $1.60 , Special
Lace curtains worth $2.50 , clearance
Music Stands worth $7.50 , clcar
sale price 7oc.
anco snlo price , $ J. 50. Sale on ance sale pi ice $1.45.
Sale on Hall Chairs , worth $10 , clcaranco Chonlllo portieres worth $10 ,
Special sale price , $4.60. clearance sale price 85.60.
Parlor Furniture
Bedding Chtldrcn'b Rockers worth 51.50 , Chcnlllo portieres worth $0. clear
ance sale price 82.03.
clearance sale price , 75c.
Sale on Parlor Suits worth $00 clearance . clearance
Blankets worth $2.50 , clearance HlRh chairs , worth $1.50 , clearance , , Silk curtains worth 812.50 ,
sale price $29.75. ' $5.73.
OOc. anco sale price , 75c. ance sale prii'o
sale price Parlor Suits , worth 84 > , clearance Window shades worth $1 , clcar
Carpets. Blankets worth 85 , clearance sale Screens worth $4 , clcaranco sale
sale price $19.25. sale 24c.
. . anco price
prlco $1.00. price , $1.90.
Body Brussels worth 81.50 , clear Comforts worth $2.50 , cloarnnco Easels worth $1.50 , clearance sale
ance sale price Olc. sale prlco 81. pricn , G5c. . Kree To All
Velvet Brussels worth $1.75 , clear Pillows worth $1 , clearance rale Cradles worth 82.60 , clcaranco
ance sale price Oic. prlco 3oc. sale price , $1.25.
Tapestry Brussels Carpets wortli Pillow slips worth 35c , clearance Infants' cribs worth $7.50 , clear puycTmseysWeekj l apdaojne
75c , clearance sale urieo 48u. sale price 17c. ance sale price , $3.75.
Tapestry Brussels Carpets wortli Bed sheets worth OOc , clearance Center Tables wortli $2.60 , clearance With every purchasn ot 81 and over a handsome French Panel.
81 , clearance salb jrico5Sc. sale price 55c. anco sale price , $ i.25. With every purchase of 86 and overTT beautiful fancy ( JupTnd
Ingrain carpets worth 75c , cleat1' Bed Spreads worth 82.50 , clearance Hat Racks worth 23c , clearance A minature picture of a popular establishment , noted With every purchase ot tsiu and ever n very nice
nnco sale price 42c. anco sale nricc OOc. sale nrico , 8c. for its service reliable and '
Ingrain carpets worth 60c , clearance Sham Holders worth Toe1 , clear Wall Pockets worth $1. clearance popular prices , prompt , goods W'UJTuvcry purchnso of 8i'5
anco sale price 24c. ance sale price 20e. sale price , 40c. polite salespeople. It is popular in every sense of the . , , . , OVQt'
Mattings worth 35c , clearance Feathers , per pound , worth 75c Clock Shelves wortli $1 , clearance word. With oypt'v inirc'TiaBO of "s'i ' < i"a'nd over a pair ot Lace Curtains.
ealo price Mo. clearance sale nrico 45c. sale price , 40c. With every purclia9eoT'ioO and"o er a Nice Kocltcr.
BANK. OFFICE , HOTEI. AND HOUSE
FURNISHERS ,
Open Monday and Saturday evenings only | Daily deliveries to South Omaha , Fort Qmaha.and Council Bluffs and Florence | Special inducements to parties just starting Housekeeping- ,
FLIGHTING PUBLIC MORALS
Destructive Effect of Corporation. Influence
in Politics.
CORRUPTING POWER OF THE PASS
Uouext , Cour.icooua oniclnU Secretly As-
'iilloil Hixl Drlvim from Ofllco .V
lilgfuitlc Evil Usurping the ITuuc-
tloni of Govcrnmeut.
Governor William LairaJtt-"Tlie natfroad
Question , " 1S03.
I The question might bo asked how the rail-
Toad companies for many years In succession
liavo been nblo to prevent state control and
pursue a.pollcy so detrimental to the best
interest of the public. Ono might think
that in n republic whoi-o the people nro the
source of nil power and where all officers nro
directly or indirectly selected by the people
to carry out their wishes and to administer
i 10 government in their interest a cotcrio
of men bent on.pocunlary gain would not bo
permitted to subvert thoso-prlnclplos ot the
common law and public economy which from
time Immemorial have boon the recognized
anchors of the Anglo-Saxon race.
The statement that under n free govern
ment it Is possible for a few to suppress the
f many might almost sound absurd to a mon
archist , and yet it is true that for the past
twonty-flvo years the public affairs of the
country have been unduly controlled by a
lew hundred railroad managers.
To perpetuate without molestation their
unjust practices , and prevent any approach
to an assertion of the principle of state con
trol of railroad transportation , railroad man
agers have secured , wliorovor possible , the
co-operation of public officials , and in fact , of
every scml-publio and private agency ca
pable of affecting public opinion. Their
great wealth and power has made it possible
for them to Inlluonco to n'greater ' or less ex
tent every department of the national and
state governments. Their influence extends
from the township assessor's ofllco to the
national capital , from the publisher of the
utuall cross-roads paper to the editorial staff
of llio metropolitan daily. It is felt in every
caucus , in every nominating convention , and
at every election. Typical railroad men
draw no party lines , advocate no principles ,
and take little Interest in any but their own
causoj they nro , ns Mr. Gould expressed it ,
democrats in democratic and republicans In
republican districts. The largo moans at
tha command of .railroad comuanlcs , their
favors , their vast army of employes and
attorneys , and their almost equally largo
force of special retainers are fecoly em
ployed to carry Into execution their political
designs , ana tno standard of ethics recog-
iilied by railroad mnnagers-ln thesu exploits
Is an exceedingly low ono.
Turning I > a\ui the Uufrlomlly.
It Is a settled principle of these men that ,
If they can prevent It , no person not known
to bo friendly to their cause must bo placed
into any public ofllco where ho might have
nn opportunity to aid or Injure their inter
ests. 1 ho records of the various candidates
of thoxpnncipal parties for city , county ,
atate and national oftlccs are therefore care
fully canvassed previous to the primaries ,
the most acceptable among the candidates
of each party uro selected as the railroad
candidates , and the local representatives of
the rallrono interest in each party are In
structed to use nil inet\ns \ in their power to
ccuro their nomination.
If none but candidates who are servile to
the railroad Interest are nominated by the
principal parties , the election is permitted
to take its orrn course , for whichever side Is
successful the railroad interest is safe. If ,
however , there is reason to bollovo that a
nominee U not ns devoted to their Interests
us the nominee of the opposing party , the
latter is sure to receive nt the polls what-
'f V r support railroad influence can give him ,
uhat a public official elected by the grace of
„ railroad manager is bub too apt to become
tool in his hands needs no proof , iioth
grntitudo mid fear tie the average politician
to the powerful forces -vhlch can control his
political destiny.
The railroad manager , on the other liana ,
always kindly remembers his office-holding
I'ricmls as long as they are loyal and In a
position to serve him. Before the enactment -
ment of the interstate commerce net there
was every year a wholesale distribution of
railroad passes UHIOH& publio office-holders
and other prominent politicians , The pass
was the token of the continued good will of
the railroad dignitaries , as the withholding
of the ' 'courtesy" was a certain indication of
their displeasure. If the office-holder had
personal or political friends whom ho desired
to nave recognized nn intimation of this de
sire was generally sufficient to havo'tho ' pass
privilege oven extended to them. And yet
these favors were not bestowed indiscrim
inately. Thus the pass credit of n county
official was more limited than that of nn
olllccr of the state , and the latter class were
again rated according to their influence and
rank. Furthermore , while annual passes
were thus freely distributed among one class
of oniclals , others could obtain them only by
making special application for them. Mem
bers of the legislature would not unfre-
qucntiy receive their supply of railroad
passes before their certificates of election
were issued , but legislative committee clerics
and employes in the various departments o'f
the state government were required to sat
isfy the railroad authorities that they were
in u position to aid or to Injurn the railroad
cause before their names were placed on the
list of persons "entitled to the courtesy , "
Corrupting ; the Court ) .
Of course the judiciary , ns a co-ordinate
branch of the government , could not well bo
slighted. Indeed , previous to the enactment
of tlu ) interstate commerce- law nvjuago
would have regarded it us an affront If ho
had not been furnished with passes by the
various companies operating roads in his
district. It appears that the law has not
entirely corrected this abuse , for only about
two years iiL'o the Chicago News made the
discovery that nearly every juugo In the
city of Chicago traveled qn passes. It Is
strange to what extent the pass often de
based the judiciary. It was not unfrcquent
for Judges to solicit passes for families and
friends , and instances might bo 'named
where they demanded them in a wholesale
way.
way.The impudent demands wcro usually hon
ored by the railroad authorities , who rea
soned that they could better afford to bear
the shameless affrontoryof the ermined ex
tortioner linn the damngo which might re
sult to them from ad verso decisions.
A railroad pass , when presented by a pub-
llo official or even by any public man , is now ,
in nlno oases out of ten , uccrtlllcatoof dis
honor and n token of servility , and is so
recognized by railroadofllchls. Whatequlva-
lent railroad companies expect for the pass
"courtesy1 IB well Illustrated by the experi
ence of nn.lowu Judge. This gentleman , who
had been on the bench for years and always
had boon favored with passes by tho.various
companies operating lines in his district , at
the beginning of a now year failed to receive
the customary pass from u loading road.
Meeting It > chief attorney ho took occasion
to call his attention to what ho supposed to
have been an oversight on the part of the
oftlccr charged with the distribution of
passes. The attorney scorned to take In the
situation at once. "Judge , " said ho , "did
you not recently decide an Important case
against our company ] " "And was my de
cision , " replied the Judge , "not In accordance
with Jaw as well as with justice ! ' * The at
torney did iot answer this question , but in
the course of u few days the Judge received
the desired pass. A few months later it
again became the Judge's unpleasant duty to
render n decision ad verso to the came com
pany. This second act of judicial independ
ence was not forgiven , and the next ttmo no
presented his pass it was unceremoniously
taken up by the conductor in the prtseuco ot
a lareo number of passengers , and no was
required to pay his fare ,
Plucking the Oath TraveUr.
Employes while engaged in the legitimate
business of their companies should , of
course , bo trausjxmcd free , but a great
many persons receive p.iises and are classed
as employes who never render any legiti
mate sorvlea for the company giving the
pfts , and by far the greater portion of
the passes are not granted from pure mo
tives , but are given for the purpose of cor
rupting their holders. It ] arouses nntago
nism , because , as a rule , passes are given to
people who are fully able to'pay their faro
and arc denied to those- who are least able
to pay It. The uas'senger who pays his faro
and then iluds that a largo number of his
fellow passengers travel on passes realizes
that ho Is compelled to pay a higher faro
that others may bo carried free. Ho feels
that ho Is unjustly discriminated against ,
and wonders why such discrimination is
tolerated In n country whoso institutions
are founded upon the very principle of equal
right's to all. A good anojdotojs related
which well illustrates this feeling. A
farmer and a lawyer occupied the same seat
in a railroad car. When the conductor came
the farmer presented his ticket and the
lawyer a pass. The farmer's features did
not conceal his disgust when ho found his
seatmato was" a dead head. The lawyer
trying to assuage the indignation of the
observing granger said to him : "My friend ,
you travel very cheaply'on this road. " ' !
think so myself , " replied the farmer , "con
sidering the fact that I have to pay faro for
both of us.1
But what must bo a passenger's surprise
when ho flnds that thojudgc , who 'tomorrow '
Is to preside at the trial of a caso' in which
the railroad company'is a party , today ac
cepts frco transportation at Us" handsi A
judge may scorn the charge that ho Is influ
enced by a railroad pass , but his follow pass
enger , who has paid his fa'ru , c\nnot : under
stand why the railroad company should give
passes to ono class of people and refuse them
to others , if it does not consider ono more
than others to bo in a position to reciprocate
its favprs.
In their endeavor to win over the courts ,
however , the railroads do by no means con
fine their attention to the judges. They are
well aware that a biased jury Is often more
useful than n biased judge , and efforts are
made by them to contaminate Juries , or at
least prejudice them In their favor. A
prominent Iowa attorney , the legal and
political factotum of a largo railroad corpora
tion , for years ir.ado it a practice to supply
Jurors with passes. In one Instance , when It
was shown in court by the opposing counsel
that nil jurors In the case on trial had ac
cepted passes from tho' railroad company ,
which was the defendant in the case , the
judge found himself compelled to discharge
the whole jury. The argument made by this
counsel , In support of his motion that the
jury bo discharged , was certainly to the
point. Ho showed that In order to have an
equal chance for justlca it would bo neces
sary lor his client to glvo each Juror nt least
(50 to offset the bribe given them by the
railroad company.
Slalnliic the Ermine.
That it has always boon the p'ollcy of rail
road irmnngers'to propitiate the judiciary Is
a fact too generally known among pub'.io
men to admit of contradiction. If a judge
owes his nomination or election to railroad
influences railroad managers feel that they
have In this n guaranty of loyalty. If , however -
over , he acquires the ermine In splto of rail
road opposition , every effort Is made to con
ciliate the new dispenser of the laws. The
ueatovral of unusual favors , ( lattery , simu
lated friendship and a thousand other strat
egies are brought into requisition to capture
the wayward jurist. If ho proves docile , if
his decisions Improve with time und show a
gradual appreciation of the particular
sacredncss of corporate rights , the railroad
manager will ever fortrlvo him his former
heresy anit rally to his support in the future.
But If hp asserts tits convictions , It ho at
tempts to discharge the duties of his re
sponsible office without fear or favor , if ho
can neither bo corrupted or Intimidated , all
available railroad forces will be marshaled
against him in the future.
It cannot bo surprising that , under such
circumstances , there always has boon a ten
dency among judges to bo conservative and
to give the railroads the benefit ot the
doubt in their decisions. Judges well know
that railroad companies appeal almost Inva
riably when the decision of a lower court Is
adverse to thorn , but private citizens only in
exceptional cases. They also knorv that
railroads never forgive adverse decisions ,
whether right or wrong , while private citi
zens , as a rule , accapt the decision of the
court as Juitlco , and do not hold the Judge
responsible for its being advorso.to them ,
Our Judiciary Is , and probably always has
been , as incorruptlblo as the judiciary oC any
country in the world , but our judges are
made of no better material than our legisla
tive or executive officers.Vcak men In all
stations are influenced by wealth and power ,
and weak Judges can ahyays bo found whp
Wl
so 11 bo led or forced from the path of duty
m long -corrupt men are permitted to
g.unage railroads and to remain In posses-
on of a power only inferior to that of an
"utocratlc ruler.
The Kvll Widespread.
The Influence which railroads exert ex
tend from the lowest to the .highest court in
the land. Federal courts have more than
once been successfully appsalcd to-to glvo
legal sanction to the perpetuation of gigan
tic frauds , or frustrate attempts made by
the Individual states to place restrictions
upon roads operated within their respective
borders. Twenty years ago a. federal Judge
aided Mr. Gould in his notorious Erlo trans
actions , and in moro recent years a federal
circuit judse in the west throw the property
of the \Vabash Il'illroad company , upon the
application of it ? owit directors , into the
hands of receivers selected by its former
managers , without the knowledge or notice
of its creditors , and issued orders for the
manacemont of the property which greatly
discriminated in favor of certain bond
holders , and were so manifestly unjust that
Judge'Gresham , before whom the case was
subsequently brought , did not hesitate to
say to them that "tho boldness of this
scheme to aid the purchasing committee , by
denying equal rights to all bondholders se
cured by the same mortgages , is equaled
only by Its Injustice. " At the same time
ono of the counsel for the dissenting bond
holders characterized these strange orders
as "the highwayman's clutch on our thro.it ,
the robber's demand , 'your money or your
life. ' "
CDc 30
The weight and dimensions of each and
every piece in the construction of a United
States war ship are computed before starting
to make any of them. Such a great volume
of computation is too much for the brain.
Formerly much of it was performed on ma
chines ma Jo In Europe , but now 03 per cent
of It Is computed on comptometers , Invented
by Dorr E. Felt of Chicago , who Is less than
W years old , The adding and other calcula
tions In many of the accounting departments
of the government are done in this manner.
C0l.lt WE.ITUKK HULKS ,
Never loan with the hack upon any
thing Hint is cold.
Never begin a journey until the break
fast has been eaten.
Never take warm drinks and then Im
mediately go out into the cold.
Keep the bock , especially hotwcon
the shoulder blades , well covered ; also
the chest wolli protected.
In sleeping in a cold room establish n
habit of breathing through the nose and
never with thaanouth open.
Never go toJbed with cold or damp
feet. Never omit regular bathing , for
unless the skintis m active condition the
cold will close the pores and favor con
gestion and other diseases.
After exorcise of uny kind never ride
in an open carriage or near the window
of a car for a'moment ; it IB dangerous to
health or ovondifo.
When hoaras-epcak as little as possible
until the hoarseness is recovered from ,
else the voiconniy bo permanently lost ,
or dilllculttes af'the ' throat bo produced.
Merely warrartho back by the fire , und
never continue keeping the back exposed -
posed to the heut after it has become com
fortably warm. To do otherwise IB de
bilitating.
When going from a warm atmosphere
into u cooler one , keep the mouth closed ,
BO that the air may bo warmed In itp
passage through the nose before it
reaches the lunps.
Never stand ttlll in cold weather , es
pecially after having taken u slighl
degree of exercise , and always uvoii
standing on ice or snow , or where the
person is exposed to cold wind.
Carbonic acid It largely used in cham
pagno. It is excellent for bowel complaints
Goo Cook's Extra Dry Imperial. Highest
award , diploma and modal , Columbian ex
position.
Little Tommy Mamma , may I go and piny
with Julo Smith { Mamma-You must no
cull him Jule. His name is Julius. Tommy
Th en 13111 Brown is "Bllius , ' aln't ho !
Good Part of the Season Gone mid They
Have Done Nothing.
SOME GOOD THINGS PROMISED LATER ON
The Apollo Club's Klcvcntli Annunl Season
Opcm In December 1'lnns nt Other ( ) r-
ennlzAtloiis-Success of the Opera Fes
tival School In Minor ICoy.
Hero it is past the middle of November ,
ate enough in i tlio season for a dozen
nuslcal events to have occurred , and yet the
overs of heard melody , "in second childish-
icss and mehs oblivion , " are sans concert ,
sans oratorio , sans symphony , sans evcry-
hlntf. Lst Calypso twang her golden lyre ,
otOrphoub attune his harp to the music of
the spheres , lot Paddy beat the drum let
anything happen that can arouse a little
merest in an art thatou ht to command nt-
: cntiqn nt this time of yeaiv Music is a tire
.liutneods at least an annual replenishing to
keep It from dying out of the hearts of the
multitude ,
Whether the present inactivity Is wholly
caused by the hard times , the disinterested
ness of the public or the priggish exclusiveness -
ness of tha musicians tliomsolvca is not
easily determined , hut it is certain that the
latter cause is not the least of the three.
The devotees of the art nro too painfully
self-sufficient. If they will kindly excuse
the hoi pollol for living , lay aside their hulos
and got down on the earth for a while there
Is no doubt that the pooplu would fall over
ono another In an effort to bestow upon them
their choicest bouquets.
Laying aside vain regrets over what inlglit
huvo been done thus far If circumstances had
boon otherwise , there is same consolation to
bo derived from the nssuranco that good
things are in store for the future. The
Stryken-Blnst-Lust club will render a pro
gram 01 arenastnu music tiiu second wool : in
Doeemoer , the .Apollo club Inaugurates Its
eleventh season December 18. Messrs. Cabin
and Albert have in preparation n series of
chamber music concerts , the Harmony club
contemplates giving another entertainment ,
several of the quartets and smaller organiza
tions uro going to be heard from , and later
In the year the Opera Festival school will
bring to Omsha the Tnvary Grand English
Opera company. With all of these ft is
probable that the season will not ba as bril
liant as others have been in Into yoara , but
taking everything into consideration , the
music lovers will got as good entertainment
ns could bo expected , A number of good
singers and instrumentalists taking private
Instructions , are not connected with any of
the musical organizations and will not bo
heard in public a circumstance that ren
ders It impossible for concerts In Omaha to
bo as good as they might ba.
The Stryken-Blastjust * ! club , under the
leadership of Prof , Charles Haetens , will
give r. public rehearsal at For4 & Charlton's
the second week In December. A isplciidld
program of orchestral music , instrumental
and vocal solos IB being arranged. If the
musical taste of Omaha is to bo advanced
in any considerable degree it must como to n
great extent through the development of
orchestral muslo , and , realizing this , the
member * of the Strykon-Ulast-Liust club are
enthusiastically devoted to their work. The
club , us organized for this season , Is com
posed of the following members : Violins
Misics Darlene Coo. Kmma Ualbach , Gen-
ovlovo Jeffrey , Ida Lcland und Clara Cham
berlain , Mrs. Hutter , Mrs. Mahoney.
Olur Nor wall , Arthur Werner , liiall
Karbach , Charles McConnell , Mart Drowu ,
John Ilrown , Arthur Shields , Kddlo
Urbach and Mr. McNltt ; viola , ilirnestXUs-
man ; double bass , William Wolf ; Jlutes ,
George Karbach and Captain Warden ;
clarionet , Arthur Karbach j cornet , Perry
Badollct and Arthur Smith ; drum , Mr. Martine -
tine ; piano , Mrs. Frances Dacicns.
Those who have in hupd tlic aff.iirs of the
Apollo club havoiiotyet fully matured plans
for the coining subscriotlon concert season ,
but a definite announcement will i > rob.ibly
bo forthcoming this week. They nro unani
mously ngreod that the artists to bo brought
hero from n broad to assist in the concerts
shall bo of the highest order of merit. This
determination on the part of the manage
ment to got first-class musicians or none at
nil involves n great cieal of time and careful
discrimination In correspondence : hence the
delay in perfecting of arrangements. The
dates of the concerts have already been fixed ,
and the llrst one will be December IS.
*
Max Marelzck , nt the Omaha Opera Fes
tival school , is teaching about thirty pupils
in voice culture , several of the younc ladies
Doing from Denver , Grand Island , Lincoln
and Council Bluffs. Nearly all of these are
taking the prescribed course in dancing ,
fencing and stage action , and it is to bo pre
sumed that c.ich one has an eagle eye on the
stage as a profession. There will be no re
citals or public rehearsals nt the opera
school this winter , but at the close of the
season it is proposed to give the pupils an op
portunity to show what advancement they
have made in a program , the exact nature
of which has nut yet been decided upon.
They are nt present rehearsing the chorus
pans ofFaust. . "
Admirers of grand opera sung in Kngllsh
will be pleased to learn that the Tuv.iry
Grand English Opera company will bo hero
for n wcolc next April in u repertory ot stan
dard operas , Including Faust , Maritana and
Tannhnuser. The star perlormor of this
organization is Miss Marie Tuvary , whoso
"Murgherltn" excited favorable comment In
New York last spring. Other good singers
In the comp.iny are Sophia Hoinanl und
Marie Van Cameron , sopranos , and Helen
Van Doonhon , contralto. The chorus will
be augmented by pupils from the Omaha
opera school.
Muslu unit MimiliiiH.
The Omaha School of Muslu will glvo a
aeries of recitals during the winter , an
nouncements of which will bo made later.
The chorus choir of the First Methodist
Episcopal church 1ms in propar.Uion an
elaborate program of music to ba rendered
at the borvlces on Thanksgiving day.
Tuesday evening , November ! H , Mrs , Mon
roe of the Omaha Conservatory of Muaio
will give on elocutionary program in llio
conservatory hall , 15'JS Dodge street , as
sisted by Miss Holtorf In vocal and Misses
Davis , Sewarcl and Jones In piano selections ,
Mr. Will T. Tabor , organist of the First
Congregational church for Bevcral years ,
will make his residence in Chicago uftnr the
1st of January , Ho will bo organist of the
First Unitarian church In that city.
Trinity Cathedral choir , which has not
been heard In concert for some time , will
glvo a concert about the llrst of the year.
The Choral society of the Church of the
Good Shepherd Is the latest musical organ
ization. Prof. Torrens 1ms about forty voices
training for worn in connection with this
society.
The now choral society at Fremont is ( rot
ting down to serious work. Mr , T. J. Kelly
of this city , who is their director , conducted
n rehearsal Tuesday evening , ut which about
forty wore present.
The Arlon club of South Omaha Is busy
rehearsing n program of concert muslo to bo
given some time in December under the di
rection of Prof. Torrcns , who also has In
hand the training of the Council Uluffs
Church Choral union , which will give its
llrat concert la January.
lMiiilt < il uiiil UritmiUlc.J
A new setting of the old J atln hymn
' Stabat Mater" has recently been completed
by George Honschel ,
Sandow , the strong man , has gene to Ger
many to soil all tils property , und Intends on
his return tabscouio an American citizen.
lleplnald Do Koven is at worlc on a now
operetta , The period is that of the first cru
sade , the place Franca , and the itory a com
bination of romance and wit.
Among the inombeu of Salvint's supportIng -
Ing company Is Mr. John A. I uno , who was
atone time one of the loading members of
the Booth anil IJavrcU combination.
As evidence ot the popularity of Gounod
tn Vienna it may bo stated that' his operas
have achieved 511 performances at the lm
ncrlalonora. In thirty-one years-an avernho
performance of sixteen a year , or ono every
three weeks slnco 1SU2.
Dr. A. C. MacICcnzio has been commls/f /
sioncd by. Henry Irving to compo.se the In' ,
cldcntnl music , including nn overture nnd
entr'actes , for Comyns O.irr's now play
based on legends of King Arthur , Sir
I/auneelot and Queen Guinovcrc.
Anton Hubinstcln has refused nn offer of
r > 00,000 marks for fifty concerts in the United
States , but it is said ho would bo willing to
cross the Atlantic to conduct in i erson his
two sacred operas , "Moses" and " ( Jhristus.1,1
If Abbey would stage these works.
The Iowa State band , Frederick Phinnoy ,
conductor , gave upwards of 600 concerts at
the exposition. This band , sent originally
bythestutoof Iowa to assist at llio exposlt
tion , was retained on Its merits at the ter *
mlnatlon of the original cnsrngcnient by the
bureau of music and rendered valuable
service.
There Is something the matter with the
throat of the incomparable Pntti nnd she
won't sing nt present. The diva was fright
fully seasick during her voyage from Europe
and since her arrival has been confined to
her room at the Windsor hotel under the
care of a physician. The latter says her
illness is not serious , but that she is wcalj
from the effects of her unpleabant voyngo.
The departure of everything spe'ctaoula
from Chicago theaters Is the last nnd moift
convincing proof that the World's fair
dramatic season has come to n natural end
and that managers have ceased all efforts ti
exchange tinseled nnd showy entertainments
lor the dollars of rural visitors "America1'
nnd "Slnbad , " the last of the spectacles , lofi
last woolc , the first for an eastern career , tin
second for a western Journey.
IllslitVny tn Doll Klcp ,
These are the directions for boiling i
rlco soul out by the LotiiHlnim Hico ex
hibit at Now Orleans : Pick your rice )
clean and wash it in two cold waters. I
not draining OlT the last water till youj
are ready to put the rice on the fir
Prepare n saucepan with water and
Httlo unit. When IJ bolls sprinkle lul
the rice gradually HO as not to stop thai
boiling. Boil hard for twenty minutes , !
keeping the pot covered. Then take Iftr
from the back of the lire and pour oflfl
the water , after which Hot the pot oflj
the bade of the stove to allow the rlcd
to dry and the grains to noparato. Ro < ]
member to boll rapidly from the timtl
yon cover the pot until you take It oiTl |
this allows oaeti grain to swell to thre [
times its normal el/.o , und the motion
prevents the grains from sticking to'i
getiior. Don't Htlr It , as this will cnuwj
it to fall to the bottom and burn ,
properly boiled rico should bo
white , porfeotly dry , soft , and over * ]
grain Boparato. 1
TlcldixlUli til llio Itlll U.IIH ) . i
Senator Palmer received n now pal A
of boots by express a few days ago. Thox
were what a small boy would call
"butos. " The senator didn't , know just
what to call thorn. "I reckon , " ho balclj
"I reckon I'd batter put the things in t
glass case. They uro too good to weail
Half way up , in gold letters , was the
senator'n name. The top quarter cA
the log was bright rod. In frotr
was u gold eagle ; on the bao
was a democratic rooster In full cro *
"From some appreclutlvouonstltuont.o
the senator murmured. "Very kind , . ) .
am sure , " Ho didn't put them In
glass e-iso , though , for ho Is a dlscln
of Bacon's philosophy and bi'Hoves the *
things are made for use , Sjhoput 01
the "butcs" and were them. He ohowtJ
them to liis friends and" they envied
man with such a constituent. Some <
thorn suggested that ho tuok hf
trousers In his boot-leg * . But the senr
tor "lowed" ho wouldn't. ' The othd ;
morning lie received Bomothlnif elc
from the sumo constituent , but ho hn. ,
showing it 'round generally , It is a bi <
for 15 for the "butos , "