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' $12r.00 Folding Beds for 02.50 $40.00 Chiffoniers for 20.01) )
. $5.00 Pair L'ico Curtains for 2.0
for $75.00 moo Hair Matlrosscs for
. Parlor Suits
$150.00
$7dO.OO Parlor Suits for 50.00 $20.60 Hair Mattresses for 10.00 $3.0 ! ) Pair Lace Curtains for 1.50 100.00 Folding Beds for. . * 50.00 $30.00 ChllToiilora for 15.01)
$ . Parlor Suits for i 517.60 50.00 Weal Mntlrossos for . ' . . . . 3.00 $1.60 Pair Lace Curtain for 75c $75.00 Folding Beds for 37.5 ( ) $20.00 ChllTor.iors for 10.00
$75.00 $45.00 Parlor Suits for : 27.50 $3.50 Wool Top Mattresses for 1.75 $0.00 Heating Stoves for. . . i , . : . . . . 3.01) ) $50.00 Foldliiij' Beds for i 25.00 $15.03 ChllTonlors for 7.50
' . 4.00 $10.00 Folding Beds for 20.00 $ 10.CO Liillos' Desk for 20.00
JJloO.OO Bedroom Suits for 75.00 $2.50 Excelsior Mattresses for . . . . 1 50 $8.00 Heating Stoves for
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$20.CO Beds for . $20.00 Ladles' Desk for
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( ) ( ) Folding 10.00 10.00
$75.00 Bed room Suits for .17.50 $1.00 Bed Sprint's for 2i $20.00 Healing Stoves for 10.00
$15.00 Beds for . $15.00 Ladies' Desk
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Folding 7.50
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$10.00 Extension Tables for 2D.OO $100.00 Brass Beds for .
50.00
1.00
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. $30.00 Extension Tables for 15.00 $75.00 Brass Beds for 37.50
. Enameled Iron Beds for 15.00 .
130.00 Bed Lounges for 15.00 $30.00 White $40.00 Ranges for 27.50
' $20.00 Extension Tables for 10.00 $ GO 00 Brass Beds for U > . 00
515.00 Bud Lounges for 8.50 $20.00 White Enameled Iron Beds for . 10.00 $25.03 Ranges for 12.50 ;
$10.00 Extension Tables for . $50.00 Brass Beds for .
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. for 1.50 . . $7.50 Extension Tables for U.75 $15.00 Odd Beds for 7.50
$30.00 Couches for 15.00 if3.00 Reed Rockers $75.00 Dinner Sots for , . 37.50
$20.00 Couches for 10.00 $0.00 Reed Rockers for 3.00 $100.00 Dinner Sots for 50.00 $3.00 Dining Cunlrs for 1.50 $10.00 Odd Beds for 5.00
$20.00 Rocking Chairs for , 10.00 $8.00 Rattan Rockers for 4.00 $15.00 Dinner Sets for 25.00 $ l.00 ? Dining Chairs for ! . ( ) ( ) $ , " > .00 Odd Reds for 2.50
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$10.00 Rocking Chairs for 5.00 $15.00 Rattan Rockers for 7.50 $30.00 Dinner Sots foi 15.00 $1.00 .50 Dining Dining Chairs Chiirs for for . 5 25 ( ) $2.oOOdd Boils tor 1.25
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$2.50 Rocking Cluvlra for 1.25 $1.60 Wilton Carpels for J)3c 3100.00 Sideboards for 50.00 $10.00 Center T.ib'.ea for 5.00 $10.00 Hmigint. Li nips for 5.00
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$2.00 Center Tables for .
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$30.00 China Closets for 15.00 7oc Ingrains 4 $25.03 Sideboards for 12.50 $1.50 Center Tables for . - 75 $ l.f.O Wash Bollo-s for 75
$40.(0 Wardrobes for 20.00 $10.00 Pair Lnco Curtains 5.00 $50.00 Onico Desks for " 25.00 $75.00 Book Case and Dusk for 37.50 75c Tea Ivottlos for. ; J5
$30.00 Wardrobes for 15.00 $50.00 Hall Rack for 25.00 $40.00 Onico Desks for 2000 $40. ( JO Book Case and Desic for 20.00 $1.75 Potts Irons for 85
$ i0.00 ! Wardrobes for ' . 10.00 $25.00 Hull Rack for 12.50 $30.00 Ollico Desks for ; 15.00 $30.00 Book Casa and Desk for 15.0 ( ) $1.00 Tubs for 50
$20.00 Book Capo and Desk for 10.00
815.00 Wardrobes for 7.50 $15.00 Hall Rack for 7.50 $20.00 OHice Desks for 10.00 $10.00 33ook Case and Desk for 5.00 lOc Rolling Pins 05
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but this will give you a good idea of what we intend to do. Come and we will show you some of the greatest bargains you ever saw , For
out of town customers we will pack goods and put them on board cars , free of charge and pay freight IOO milesOHS DOLLAR WILL BUY
TWO DOLLARS' WORTH OP GOODS.
131O-131Y Street.
Primitive Lives of Oontent at the Head of
Great Glacier Fields.
AURIOUS PEASANT CUSTOMS REVEALED
Nutlvo Guide nixl a Night In a AVoIrd I'loril-
bldo lloaplco 1'cnce and I'lfnly
and \Vhcro the Tax Ciiitlicrer
Is Uulcuomi.
[ Copi/ttglitcil ISS.lbu Eilgarli.
LONDON" , Nov. 10. [ Correspondence ) of THE
Dni ! . ] Travelers In Norway who have writ
ten of Norway and Its people have Invariably
*
ably spoken ot two characteristic subjects ,
but In so brief a manner as always to pique
and never to satisfy the reader's natural
interest. These- ave what have been termed
for a bolter nnmo the "eagle nost'farras , "
and the "anotcrti" or mountain bummer
dairies.
So far as I know no traveler writing in our
languaro 1ms over visited the former , and
while a few have actually seen a sactcr , its
environment ntd the strange and lonely life
at the sauio have never been adequately de
scribed.
In sailing along the Norwegian coast from
Borgontotbo Loioden Islands , .0110 who is
closely observant of the mainland scenery ,
and particularly if a powcrtul Held glass is
used , will bo surprised at the number or
utterly lonely ana isolated habitations , seem
ingly pcrejied against the gray crags at great
altitudes midway between sea and sUy. The
larger number of these are at least ' . ' ,000 foot
nbovo the sea. To the eye It seems Incon
ceivable that phico oven for their founda
tions could be secured. The picture la always
the same. A line of black wall thousands of
feet high ; a dent of purple or u depression
of misty blue where the spook of a home is
built , and then black and somber crags be
hind and above ; and above and beyond these
the ghostly glacier- Holds ,
Because from a distance their cerio loea-
cation , and the ragged , huddled structures ,
which often surround the main Habitation ,
recall the nest of the caglo atthocdgoof
beetling crags , they have como to bo called
"enclo nest farms. " Sometimes iho eye
will follow a black line of llssuro descending
from these habitations to a cavernous ,
rock-gorged gap besldo the water. In this
case a llttlo boat house may be soon upon
thn rocks ; and somowhcro near , a winding ,
puce-llko line will trail upwards and into the
darkening depths. This tells that the eagle
nest farmer Is a llshorman , too , or has this
means of communication with the outer
world ; but how ho reaches tils home-perch
above , how ho subsists la his dcsolato hab
itation , and what manner of folk these are
who find contentment In lives of such endless -
less solitude , danger and nature-grudged
usicnani-o. were conjectures which haunted
me until I found means to know.
Tliey Ara Certululy'Wny Up Tamil.
Above thoclltt walls of the larger and
sterner llorda which penetrate the mainland
from the coast the caglo nest farms lira oven
more numerous than along the outer coast.
This Is particularly tnio of portions of the
llardaugcr , Sogno and Trondhjctn liords. In
the lordly Nivro llord. a branch of the Aw-
lands br.inqh of the Sogno , and in a few in
stances in the Trondhjeui , tlioy nro at such
lofty altitudes that they appear Mica specks
of snow or Ice , or HUe poising birds upon
edges of tha cliff. I had noticed a tow
locatrd at prodigious heights between Styvo
and Holmonas , on the northern wall crest
of this llord , which , all the way beyond
.Dyrsdal to the waterfall of the Ytro Baakon
that tumbles U.OOOeoc , Is like some Hack
ml terrlblo waterway to the realms of
Kblls ; and on landing at the picturesque
station of Bakko , whcro enow-capped moun
tains rUe thousands of foot sheer above the
village , leaving not a snare foot between
habitations and the towering walls'of stone ,
I determined that oven if the endeavor
should cpd In a broken neck 1 would llrst
have seen a Norwegian eagle nest farm.
Four days passed at Bakke , four days of
contemplation of scenery so sornber and
awful that it continually suggested the in
fernal , before I found any ono'cither compe
tent or willing to act as guldo. Then good
fortune cumo to mo in the person of a strap
ping young fellow , a native of Griiuledal ,
who nan been lured away from his own
mountain homo to Australia , and tired of a
roving IKo in the antipodes , was returning
as best bo could , with a look of eager home
sickness iu his eyes i'lmost savage in its
intensity. The little ho was to receive ns
boatman , guide and Interpreter , would on
our return pay his passage on the flord
steamers around through Aurlands Jiord to
Fojes , and still leave nlin as many dollars as
a peasant's hard labor for a whole year will
Kivo for saving in Norway. So we were a
happy pair as wo rowed in our small boat ,
hired at Bakko , to the northeast toward
Styvo and Dyrdal's ico-llelds above the
clouds.
Congenial Cnmpinlonililp.
I could not Ixivo found in all Norway a
more fitting companion for this partlcu'ar
adventure. Not so very long ace the old
method of stages by row boat along many ,
of these ilords was still In vogno. Travelers ,
were then taken from one station to another'
in cumberous sharp-pointed boats. ' The
crow of each would return with other pas
sengers to its homo station ; and frequently
these crows , from stress of travelers' haste ,
or when hired by the week or month , would
muko voyages the entire length of a llord
ana us various lesser branches.
This ottcn brought the real vikings of our
generation , that is , the dwellers on vlks , or
creeks , along the Ilords. into acquaintance
with the peasant folk of another fiord , and
the father of my guldo , whoso name was
Peter ICrichsou , was the master of such a
boa * , when Peter was a lad. These who
dwelt at Fojcs had como to not only know the
lowly of Bunko , out many had > acquired the
almost unconscious cunning o ( the Indians'
woodcraft , or the coast sailors' uncxplaln-
nhlo eighth seriso of Instinctive procon-
sclousness of location iu fair weather or
foul , This made clearer to these boatmen
than an ordinance chart every hidden chasm ,
sequestered waterfall or unseen homo nest
upon the crags , while the very cragsman
whnm wo had set out to visit had been , in
the days be fur u thu steamer's whistle
awoke the sleeping echoes of the somber
Niuro llord , one of tno crow of Peter's
father's boat.
It was well wo had provided food and
bluiikcts. The cnthrallmcnt of the savagely
majestic scenery of the llord , the letterings
at chasms , gorges and narrow valley open
ings , whcro odd and fantastic hpmlots and
half hanging clusters of farm buildings top-
plytt nt the edges of precipice * or seemed
trembling from the furies of roaring tor
rents , and ubare all , the meetings and part
ings will ) , quaint peasant groups , to whom
the shadowy llord was the only highway
over known , and who always shook li'inds
with us as though wo wqro old and dear
friends they had not seen for a decade and
never expected to sec again , shouting and
waving "Fuvcls" to us as long ns wo were
In sight brought us only to the real Begin
ning ol our cliff Journey whjjn It was already
fairly night down there at the bottom of the
narrow walls of the ilord.
Dark ami l''orl > Itldln ? .
The place Into which Peter dexterously"
guided our boat was the most forbidding and
gruesome place r over had the fortune to
enter. From the middle of the stream the
opening was wholly unobservable , but my
guldo informed me that hundreds more like
it could bo found among the tremendous
.vails of the Norwegian ( lords. U was prno
tlcally a vertical llssuro ' . . ' ,030 feet high , and
perhaps as deep below the water's surface.
One edge was almost as smooth and rounded
us a hewn pillar for nil its mighty height.
The other , correspondingly hollowed , would
have closed against it had thu sam-j ino on-
cclvuble nature force which separated It set
it again la place , with perfect lamination
and without an Inch of variance or waste
space. The two edges of these formations ,
reaching above the clouds , were not fifteen
feet apart at the entrance , but away in
there were weird and awful depths , for
while sight could not penetrate thorn , the
whlbpcrs , murmurs , plaintive sougg and
hoarser threnodies of fulling waters told the
wondrous story of erosions , displacements ,
boat battles and all the elemental struggles
whicb the dead centuries had known.
Not lifty feet from the entrance our boat
grated against a sheltering rock. It was
almost as level as a lloor , and but a few
inches above the water. Beyond thistbo
roclc had perhaps centuries before been
eaten away or had given away , forming a
covered hollow like half of a truncated couo.
This spot , resembling a section of the pre
historic bee hive huts of Ireland , was to bo
our resting place for the night a place
which probably sheltered more human beings -
ings before mo than the greatest and oldest
hotel in Norway ; and I thus learned of an
other interesting custom of Norwegian peas
antry. As I.havo before pointed out ,
the riords ave their real highways. Jour
neys of hundreds of miles are still made by
entire families or parties too poor , or too
thrifty , to sock their shelter and food at the
flordsulo hamlets. They have for centuries
used these natural-built stations. Their
food , fuel , and sheepskins for covering are
brought with them In their boats ; and water ,
the sweetest , purest , coldest water in the
world , is leaping or trickling from every
rock.
A. Ounlnt HQSjilcc.
Peter had no sooner built a cheery flre
for each halting party from immemorial cus
tom contributes to the pubUo supply , and
there is always fuel at hand than ho ex
plained , torch in hand , some of the curious
characteristics of this quaintest hospice I
had ever beheld. A genuine Norwegian inn
without a landlord , station without master ,
hotel without host. On the same rooky
level , but Just around n projection of the
llssuro wall , was a tiny paddock
with little walls , knee high , built
of loose stones. The source of certain
unaccountable sounds I had already heard
with dire forebodings were now made clear.
Three tiny Norwegian cows wore munching
their green fodder , and two of the tiniest
calves 1 had over soon stood gravely beside
them , These mhrht belong to the cragsmen
wo wore about to visit , Peter told me. in
any event , hoto ; the peasantry , who otten
changed the crazing places of their little
herds , penned the animals at-night ; and the
wise little things , conscious us their masters
of tbo danger of night roaming or misstep ,
never budged from their few square yards ol
roclc to which they were meekly Jed from the
boats.
Where wo built our flro , fires had boon
lighted since the time of Harold Haarfagre.
In a hole or little chamber in the rock wore
a few rude Iron utensils which had porbaps
been used for ccnturjos by these llord way-
furors ; and another little Indention in the
wall served as a sort of toll box , whore
these who felt able or willing to do so de
posited u few ore , ncaily the smallest coin
in the woTTu , in tribute to the caglo uesi
farmer , thousands of feet above , to whose
possessions this Btrango place was n sort ol
lower and outer lodge. Having drawn our
boat upon > the rock wo slept within it. II
was a wakftful niirht for me. The soughing
of the wind through the narrow llssuro was
full of irhostly plaints and voices ; while the
falling of near yet unseen waters of differ
Ing volumes from varying heights , seamed
almost articulate with wild speech and song
as if the mighty mythologlo heroes of Norse-
land In concourse within this mysterious
chasm were re turned for a night to chain
their sagas there of love , of the clmso am
of war ,
Mluliiture Nltigara * .
it was late when wo awoko. The calves
had mysteriously disappeared. Peter was
then sure they were Fredcrlckson's on the
cliff top abovo. Their owner had como will
n companion , and without disturbing us hue
slung the little animals over their shoulders
and were now scaling the heights with them
Peter said we must make haste , as the cows
were to follow , and wn should overtake the
cragsmen at homo before they began an
other descent. Witu a bit of food in ou
hands wo started , Peter in the van. The
way led , fora few hundred feet , past the
cragman's boat house , along the edge o
what was , on three sides , an almost vortiuu
hollow cube cut by nature from hollowstonc
Moro than a score of waterfalls could be
scon. Seine seemed no larger than a white
ribbon of lace waving down the black rock
aides , Others poured from cups and hollows
larger accumulated volumes. And stil
others issued like spouting tunnels from
cavernous holes iu the rocks. All fell In an
immense pool of such great depth that th
discharge of the waters from the black
cauldron was without ripple where they
mingled with these of the llord ,
Tbo other side of the mighty hollow cub
vas broken Into irregular masses of rock ,
omo plowed as smooth as though polished
iy a lapidary , and between these tremendous
iIsDlacemcnts were powdered stone and
letrius of sand , so I know that some-
, imo , tnousands of years ago , a parcel of
glaciers bad tilted into the chasm and
.bus . provided a not altogether perilous way
or our ascent. A zig-zag path , forming al-
ogether a distance of perhaps two miles , led
up the broken chasm side ; and at three
Uaces huge timbers had been rigired for
aislng and lowering , with rude windlasses ,
inimals , wlth'hugc leather bands fastened
around their bodies , and all things that
could not climb or bo carried on these sturdy
cragsmen's backs. Hero then was half the
mystery of these famous eagle nest Norwe
gian farms removed. Peter said they wore ,
ill equally accessible both upon the coasts
ind the Ilords. They have simply seemed
naccessiblo to these travelers who make
jooks from steamer's decks , and have been
put among the eagles , the clouds and the
glaciers , in the pictures , without as much as
a rope and swinging wicker basket toald the
reader's imigination in safe ascent.
Agreeably Disappointed.
We ir.et the head farmer and his son on
their way back toffie fiord-side paddock ,
neav the upper edge of the chasm. I was
much moro of a curiosity to these good folk
than they to mo ; for i was the llrst foreigner
that had over visited this , or , so for as I can
learn , any other eagle nest farm in Norway.
Peter made them know easily enough who
ho was , and the greetings at the farm house ,
or houses , for several branches of one family
wore huddled in great roomy houses along
plateau , were rather an ovation than a
welcome. I was altogether disappointed ;
for I had looked forward to knowing in this
experience the uttermost desolation In
which human beings can sustain life. I was
glad to 11 nd one of the cheeriest places I had
come upon anywhere in Norway.
The eagle nest farm Comprised altogether
SOU or yoo acres' ' of partially tillable and
gracing land. A mountain btrcam ran
through it. The cliff-edge ubovo the fiord was
protected by low walls of timber and stone.
The entire tract might , bo called aswall , "
or little corrie or saucer-shaped depression
such as you will find in ttio Scottish high
lands. In front was a misty line above the
fiord ; then a mighty panoranri of mountain ,
valley and waterfall us far as the eye could
reach. Behind , lay llrst a fjeld of shapeless
rock. Then came a seemingly impenetrable
forest of Jlr. Above this was another line
of scarred gray masses of Jagged stone , its
upper cdge.i > orratcd with streaks and gullies
of snow , and then the glittering range of
ice upon the D.vrdal fjold beyond , The Hcht
at this nltltudo , with white peaks every
where along the circling horizon line , was
painful and blinding , after a week passed in
tbo shadowy depths of the llord region
below.
There wore line low , wide , stout timber-
built homes ; perhaps a hall score of out
buildings for Hocks and herds , all arranged
do as to protect as much as possible both
humans and animals from the awful winter
winds ; a hugo storehouse as big as a village
church for common use , and u curious old
mill f6r grinding grain , whcro the stream
tumbled into the chasm in which wo had
passed the night The larger farm house ,
or sort of patriarch to thnm all ,
had a wide orator enclosed hall. In
this wore bestowed on shelves , hung
from pegs or stood , in corners , a strange col
lection of oars , .fishing gear , rude farm im
plements , game trups , tremendous fur coats
and rawhide boots , stags' heads and antlers ,
tusks of wild boars , powder horns and shot
pouches and firearms of strange and antique
pattern , The living rooms were four in
number , liuio and bquaro , leading from ono
to another through s'quaro openings , and in
a corner of each was an open llroplaco us
largo as I have over soon. Kvcry article of
furniture long , low tables , uncouth but
comfortable chairs , cumborous chests , bunk
beds built Into and against tbo walls , heavy
snelvcs upon great pegs driven Into the
house timbers , and oven the gaily painted
bureaus with the housewives' names and
dutc.s of their marriage upon them were ol
home manufacture.
I'cace nud ri ntjr ,
'With all these evidences of ample content ,
If within primitive environment , I felt
abashed at my own constantly recurring pre
conceived tendencies to construct social am
material pictures of meagerncss and desola
tion where no such conditions existed. At
irrlddagemad , or dinner , which consisted of a
tort ot vegetable soup seasoned with bits ol
irled fish , the universal fladbrod , something
ike the Scottish bannock , blaclc bread , in
ordinate quantities of cheese , butter , cream
and milk , with great basins of tiny , but
wondrously ; sweet Jordbaerot or strawbcr-
ies , these things were frankly spoken of ,
causing the greatest merriment among the
family of * host.
What lacked thoyT Here were comforta
ble homes and their land , which had re
mained unquestioned in the one family
since Norway was Norway. The women
spun the yarn , wove the cloth , male the
clothing they all wore and besides attended
; o the cattle and worked much in the Holds.
The men felled timber in winter , hunted
reindeer , trapped and shot game , sometimes
went on lontr fishing and whaling enter
prises , and the land produced enough grain
for food and grass for fooder. besides fur
nishing grazing for the animals of loss for
tunate peasants , who otten brought their
cows here for the summer months , and
which explained the presence of the three
waiting In the gorge beside the flord.
All these folk could read , though none had
over attended sehoql. Elementary educa
tion seems almost hereditary hero , and
books , from the musty sagas to the prose
poems of Anderson , were piled upon the
rude shelves above the fireplaces. Two or
three limns a year they went to church at
Bukko. These were great occasions and nil
went in boats together. In the long winter
months the tires of the great chimneys roared
as loud as the mountain tempests ; with snoiv-
shoes they visited other eagle nest homes
and enjoyed much simple merry-making ; and
from year in until year out , indeed from ono
generation to another , they know no inex
tricable exigency and experienced no need
or longing beyond their own mutual provis
ion and rcquitemont.
Moro surprising than all , after wo had departed
the entire " nest"
parted "caglo community
accompanying us to the cdgo of tno chaRin
and sending many a hearty "Faveil" after
us , oven when the cliff had .hidden them
from sight and whllo descending to the
llord with the head farmer mid his son , wo
learned that these folk had never seen or
known any officer of the law ; and that there
was not oven a tradition in the numerous
family nbovo our beads of a title to their
lands being essential , or of any attempt over
having been made for the collection of taxes
upon any of these Norwegian caglo nest
farms. KDOAU fj. WAUEMA.V.
CUSA'Uill.t L
Baby ribbon Is much affected by oridcs-
malds ,
Molllo That old man Ilattlo is going to
marry Isn't worth a dollar , Sarah Of
course not ; he's only a remnant ,
Wifev Have you still unkind thoughts of
that old rival of yours I
Hubby Yes ; I hate him because you jilted
him.
him."You
"You ought to bo very proud of your wife.
She is a brilliant talker. " "You're right
there. " "Why I could listen to her all
night. " "I often do , "
Miss Now lived with her father In London ,
looked over the decaying stock of frayed
nobility , came back to Indiana arid married a
Hoosler gentleman ,
Matrimonial troubles begin early in
Siberia , When a couple are married in that
country thu brldo must prepare the wedding
dinner with her own hands ,
It is reported at * Newport that Mrs. Kd-
ward Parker Deacon is soon to bo married
to a well known Frenchman , Count do 'J'ur-
cnno of Paris , who Is spoken of in high
terms by thuso who have mot him ,
Ono of the most nntablo of the TJow York
December nuptial ovcnU will bo that of
Miss Kalherine Sands and Mr , iThcodoro
Haveinoyer , Jr. , which Is slated to take
place December 11 , It will be a big wedding.
The wedding of Mr. W , 11. McKeen. Jr. ,
son ofV , H. MuICcon of Tcrro Haute , Ind. ,
president of the Vandalla lines , and MUs
lOlizaboth Maria New , daughter of lion ,
John O. New , occurred at Indianapolis , No
vember - .
Matrimony Is evidently regarded as n dan
gerous experiment by the clerks of the inte
rior department til Washington , A woman
clerk , with the fear of the displeasure of
her official superiors before her , recently
asked the consent of her department chief
to bo permitted to marry and retain her po
sition , It was given , together with the
blessings of the department but with the
condition that the chief Clerk and the secre
tary should rccclvo an luvltutlon to the
wedding and bo permitted to kiss the brluu.
Immigration the Past Year May Not Have
Exceeded 30,000 , People.
LAND AGENTS DI3CU3S THE SUBJECT
Harvest Excursions Have ISocn a Disap
pointment < V Comparatively.Sniull Aurc-
IIRO of Land Settled A llrightcr
Prospect lor tlio Coming year.
The year Just ending has not giwm to Xc-
braska the number of emigrants that previ
ous years have added to the population ot
the state. There has been n considerable
falling1 off In homo seekers and the harvest
excursions of Ib'JU were almost if not total
failures , from a railroad standpoint , at
least. \s
The long period of financial depression
and the World's fair are largely accountable
for the decrease In emigration , according tea
a well known rallioad man who lias made
the emigration question a study for the past
fifteen years.
While the general passenger agents in
this section have buun active In betting forth
the advantages of Nebraska for the homo
seeker , the manufacturer and laborer there
have been so many adverse conditions at
work that less than iiO.UUO people have taken
up their residence in this aggressive com
monwealth during the past year , a number
that seems startlingly small , considered in
the light of past years. .
Land Commissioner McAllister of the
Union Pacific speaking of the hinds bold
along the system during the year .said :
"There has been little done in the land bus
iness this year , but from indications wu are
hopeful of a good trade In the spring. After
seeding time lust fall the western and cen
tral parts of the state were Mibjcct'jd to a
severe drouth scarcely over paralleled In the
history ot the siato , Notwithstanding this
unfortunate circumstance our salc.s during
thu winter and spring months greatly ex
ceeded those of a simillar period during the
past eight years. This activity continued
un to about the middle of , Iuno , when the
financial stringency made Itself felt among
thn farmers , and sales dropped to a mini
mum ,
"There now appears to bo a turn In tbo tldo
of nlTalrst'und many inquiries are being ro-
cuivcd from the middle and eastern hlatCM
as well us from ICuropcan points , ono today
from Chill , Indicating that our spring sales
will show considerable activity , though 1
am not sanguine of a complete return to for
mer prosperous times until after next sea
son's crop is harvested. Our agents inform
mo that from recent rains and appearances
of the sprouting grain , iuVie.uiuns were
never more favorable for an excellent crop , "
The bales of land on the Union Parlfio In
Nebraska during iho past year are as fol
io ivs :
C'liniitlps. Acres ,
t'nUiiv , CO
Washington , 4O
.Merilok. , , . , , . . . 'JO
Howard. . . , , 3UU
Hall ho
llniralo , . , 3OCi (
Ouster ! , ( . ) ( )
DawMJH , .10,040
I'hulps 100
( lupur , . , , l.ll'-'O
I.lm-oln . . . ! . Nyr > M >
Kicmtlor , . , rHO ! )
KiiltH l&.lfil
IVrklns Uao
Denol , & .MM )
Chuyonno. , . , . . , 11,720
KlmUall ( HO
_
Tntul 7-1,000
"The bulk of our best lands , " continued
Mr , McAllister , "lr. the eastern portion of
the state has long sltico been selected , yet
tlio unsold lands would provide homes for
thousands of settlers us lollows ;
t'oimtles. Ai'ies. Av. I'rlco.
lloiviird HOO IH ( JO
flitter 10,0011 600
( Jo.per 'A 100 &oo
I'ruittlur . . . . , 3,000 000
Mcl'hcrson 12.HUO 300
Logan . , . . . . -.BO'J ' 4 00
Lincoln , loa.mto a 70
Keith . . . .yo.aoo 7 oo
I'crklni , . , i.aoo b oo
Doiicl , , . .12,3 < M 4 W )
cheyunnt. . ; j.aa.ooo 400
And about ' . ' ,500 acres scattered through
tbo va'rious counties adjoining the line of the
road in the eastern portion of the state. "
"Our principal purchasers are from Iowa.
Missouri , Indiana and Illinois. Wo have
disposed of some land to foreigners , but not
in large quantities.
"Tho emigrants arriving within the state ,
from pur observation , are a worthy. Intelli
gent t'lass , possessed of some means , and
will ultimately prove a credit to the land of
their adoption. "
General Passenger Agent Francis of tbo
Burlington , when asked as to Nebraska's
emigration for ISM , said : "The present baa
been the poorest year in the last ton for
emigration to Nobrabka. Our harvest ex
cursions were very poorly patronized , the
World's fair no doubt materially interfering
with the movc.nent of largo bodies of homo
suckers. Then the stagnation In all avenues
of business which came upon the country
during the early part of July completely put
n btop to removals from the east to western
states , We received quite u number of
families from eastern Illinois during tha
early summer , who settled along the line of
thu nurllngton hibomo of tnc middle tier of
countiesbut the accessions to tlio population
I think will not reach fiu.OOO during 1693.
Phelps county has received a great many
settlers , as well as Oosper and HulTalo ,
but the number docs not compare by
BO per cent with the emigration of
181U. Then there has been moro tr.idlnff
In land than outright purchase , live stock
being the principal feature of those trailing
deals. Inquiries for land have not been active >
tivo and the best that can bo .said of the
year is that so far as emigration is con
cerned it was dnoidcdly off for" Nebraska. '
"Another rcabon for the fullinir off In cmU
gration may bo found in the relaxed efforts'
on the part of land dealers lo indium settlers
to como Into the sf.itu. These tnen Have felc
the stressful comlition of the times and have
been compelled to recall nil their agents
throughout tint eastern states , contenting
liemselves with the circulation of pam
phlets and books by the malls. Hut umigra-
tion in only obtained bv personal solicitation
in great part and hero is found ono of tha
causes for the decrease nntc.l. "
J. H , liuulmrmn , general passenger agent
of the Kllchorn , told tno name atory o (
the falling off In actual seUlurs from
preceding years. Ho was liopoful ,
however , of a different condition dur
ing 18'JI ' , "Tlio ICIkhorn has received a
number of now settlers along its
northern line , the counties of DawcsCherry , ,
Sheridan , Kouif , Holt mid Brown receiving
the bulk of these who have availed thoni > >
solves of the lilkhorn Valley system to ao-
qulro homes. The KlUlioni has llttlo land
for sale , but wo urn anxious to induce emi
gration and help build up the northern tier
of counties.Vo nro always striving , by
letters In the weekly papers In the east , by
pamphlets and other printed matter , to brlnfj
Nebraska to the attention of eastern people ,
and wo feel measurably H.ulHflod with the.
work iiono , The Klkhorn valley is the rich
est In the stnto , and It looks Hue a garden
oven in the November sun , "
MUTIIKIfH ll'-ll' .
rather //in. { ( /
Oft within our llltln council ,
At Hut hhlidowK Kunlly fall ,
Whllu the MiuHitht limchB-i softly
Ono b\\pet face upon llm wall -
Do lui xuilicirclnsu tiuulhor ,
And In hushed anil lundurlnno
Atk ( Mien oilier full foiirlvmioss
1'or Iho wronK Unit uuch huii done.
Do you wonder why this custom
At the rndliiK < > t Hut day
Kvo mill volco tumid milcUly answer !
U win unco our mulhcr'ri uay.
If our homo bu bright und cheery ,
If it hold a urlconio true ,
OponhiK wide Us dour of gt outing
To tlio many , not thu fiiw ,
If wo xlmro our 1'uthi'r'n bouniyi
With the needy , day by duy
'Tin hrcaiuu our hoait * roiiiumi < cr
"This was our niuthur'u way. "
Hornet I mc.s whrn our hearts grow wear/ ,
Or our InhlMhConi very lonUi'
\VIU'M our bin duns look ton liuuvy.
And wu dcuiu thu ihjlit all wrong ,
Then wo gain a nutv fivhh courage
As o rUuuml brlKhtly nay ;
"Let us do our duty bruvuly ,
Thin win our iiioilier'auiy , "
Thus we keep her meaning prouloui ,
Whllo wo never couso to pruy
That , ut labt when lumtlioiihiK shadows
Malk the uvi'iilngof thodny
Thuy may Und \\nlllimcaliiily ,
To go homo our muthuru nay.