THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAV , MARCH 25 , 189-1-WENTY PAGES. 13
otiR AFTER
Full Stock of Jackets , EASTE Latest Styles in Jacket s.
- SALE OF
The time foi ° doing your season's shopping is now at its height. After Easter stocks are full and complete , the
Spring goods are all in and the assortment "of goods is at its best. We have made many changes in our stora recently ,
preparing for the season's business. We are prepared now to meet the demands of the trade in all departments. All
our Spring purchases have arrived and we have fully $1BOOOOworth of new seasonable and choice merchandise
bought from the best sources of supply which we invite you to examine , conscious that we are as low in price , if not a
little lower , than others , while maintainingthe [ highest standard of quality. Read our special features for this week.
Reading should end in action and action -will surely lead you to invest in some of these attractive goods.
Cloak Dep't.
A new spring wrap ? Who wouldn't have !
Everybody nearly can afford one. There's
boon a revolution somewhere or clso we
have been peculiarly fortunate In our pur
chases thin spring. Goods are about one-
half what they were a year ago. Just no-
tlco for Instance : We'll sell you this week
a line of all wool capes with three top
effect , a beautiful garment In every respect
ut
Anybody would say It Is worth $5.00.
Another line of capes , flno material ,
trimmed around top and skirt with six rows
of braid In brown , navy , tans and black , a
liorfcct beauty for
$4.98
Not dear at $7.50.
A line of Jackets , latest styles , like the
cuts , fine and extra large sleeves , full skirt ,
all colors , which wo offer this week as a ,
special valua at
$4.98
A garment well worth $8.00.
I Another Hue of Jackets , very stylish , of
fancy mixture and plain colors , kersey and
clay diagonals , such a garment an would
ordlnarly bring $12.GO to $15.00. For this
.special sale they go at
$9.98
Special Sale of Capos.
AN ESSENTIAL REQUISITE
The Force of Numbers Necessary to Give
Effect to Political'Heas.
POLITICAL MACHINES AND MACHINERY
Disciplined Organlratlnu Coiunit < iidml , Itoss
Isui Denounced Tlio Views nf C'o
inuii HurU-r , lin Kipvrlrnccil
Ohio rulltlclan.
When Ruskln was at his host and his
'
whole mind turned to reforms which em
braced not only art and morals , but politics
n.i well , he wrote that "Men only associate
In parties by sacrificing their opinions or
by having none worth sacrificing , and the
effect of party government Is always to
develop hostilities and hypocrisies and ex
tinguish Ideas ; " n sentiment fur too sweepIng -
* Ing , It will appcai1 to most men , n doctrine
not without some foundation , but surely not
u conclusion justified by the fuels. Ancient
us well us modern government IIOB boon
always one of party. History gives us no
account of any despotism so severe as to
absolutely destroy hostility kept nllvo by n
party. 'The rise and fall of nations , the
political convulsions of all ages have simply
been the markers of party ascendancy and
the reglBtrnrs of factional ducuy. For a
reason which the student of biology or the
professor of psychology could doubtless
present very clearly , mankind never moves
forward In political affairs except In bodies ;
and no Idea connected with human govern
ment has ever made substantial , effective
headway until there was crystallised behind
It the support of numbers , united with the
energy of party.
POLITICAL MACHINERY NECESSARY.
An no complicated business In life , whether
It bo that of commerce , trade , manufacture
or religion , lias over been Independent and
successful without the nld of machinery ,
wo can hardly expect to see practical govern
ment conducted without the KUIUO helps ;
for organization Is the very first requisite to
uuccossfnl action. Wo must accept , there
fore , the axiom that In all human govern
ment worthy of the name political ma
chinery Is a necessary antecedent not even
to bo written down as a consequence.
Government may properly bn said to bo
a result , and party machinery a cause.
This does not , however , drive us to any
mich hopeless conclusion as that what wo
know as "machlno politics" la n necessary
thing. On the contrary , party machinery ,
properly managed , should bo and will be
the enemy of machlno politics , Only by
] > olltlcal machinery the caucus , the conven
tion und the platform can great prin
ciples bo presented , supported and made
eternal. An army of millions , without a
flag , devoid of discipline , barren of loaders ,
It It remained In this chaotic ntuto would
bo powerless , oven In a great and true cause.
Disorganized public opinion , no matter how
clearly Individuals might comprehend vital
public questions , would never establish a
civil truth or break a fetter , while the
Hume number of men gathered Into a party
and controlled by wholesome machinery
would become Invincible , might emancipate
millions and found a state. Docs any
one suppose the truth which Cobden
proclaimed In England could have
triumphed but for the formation of the
Corn Laws league ? Would American Inde
pendence have been secured without the
political machinery which kept patriotism In
perpetual motion In the colonies ? Granted ,
then , the need for party machinery , the
rational question la "How much of It , what
kind ahull wo have and how ahull It be
worked ? " Those questions properly decided
will furnish UK with partita and parties with
powers which may , yea , always will bo
beneficial to the state. Party machinery.
Ilka All other , should be sluipla , xo that all
We an > Htrlctly In the xwlm this season
and are boating all previous records. Our
cloak department Is crowded with goods ,
and usually with customers. Come and see
If we can't save you some money on H
spring wrap.
Dress Goods.
Tlio lightest antl brightest department In
tlio west , crowded with Roods , too , both
black ami colored. Wo can null all tnstos
and all iiockctbooks. This season , while we
have not neglected keeping up our reputa
tion for keeping tlio high class novelties ,
Htlll our stock of all wool goods and choice
neat effects In medium-priced goods Is larger
and more varied than over. Von will find H
easy to make a selection from our great
stock , no matter what tlio price to be paid ,
Wo can lilt It from luc to $1.00 a yard.
A full line of novelty blagk goods Jmtl
received at lac. $1.00 and $1.23. Very choloi ) ,
100 pieces , of new spring cheviots , oxtnt
flno designs and colorings , sale price ,
50c
Silks.
A neighbor to the dress goods department ,
Just opposite. Lots of now things hero ,
are marked at popular prices. Wo are gratl-
fylngly busy all the tlmo In our silk depart
ment , and we are sure our prices fit.
Special for this iweek are 21-Inch china
silks , -beautiful soft fabrics In choice assort
ments , that were bought to sell for $1,00 ,
at this sale for
73c
25 pieces of black silk and Iron frame ,
Grenadines.
that were made to sell for
$2.00 and over , a neat purchase on our part
gives them to you at
9 7c
may understand Its operation and so that
any one of ordinary sense can direct its
movements. Publicity Is therefore ono of
the essentials for party machinery , and It
should never bo hidden or placed In a corner.
Secret societies In politics are therefore the
bane of party and sooner or later political
organizations succumb to them , as did the
Whig party In the United States when Know-
Nothing lodges gained control In Us councils.
LOCAL , STATE AND NATIONAL POLITICS
SHOULD BE SEPARATED.
Simplicity , next to publicity , is the es
sential element In political machinery , and
therefore In the United States local , state
and national politics should lie separated.
It Is true that one party banner , one general
set of principles , should and must control a
great party ; yet Its operations in the county
should bo largely Independent of state con
trol , and state campaigns should bo divorced
UH much as possible from national committee
Influences.Tho people , as a whole , are too
jealous of liberty , too prone to criticism and
too fond of publicity to , for any great length
of time , consent to the rule of "tho ma
chine. " The Independent and the mug
wump , the most useful elements In political
life , uro too strong , too vigilant to make
government by the "boss" a permanent In
stitution. The man who cannot read this
truth In the light of recent political events
In local und state politics In the Empire
state of the union , ought to buy himself anew
now pair of political spectacles. The fact Is
that there Is u leaven which goes with thu
proper use of political machinery which Is
certainly working among the people , for and
In favor of sound principles und good govern
ment , while the seeds of Its own death , the
elements of early dissolution , always accom
pany machine politics and bring about Its
ruin. Its very selfishness , the narrowness
of Its rewards , the monopoly of office , the
concentration of power , the growth of Ill-
gotten wealth , become so apparent that the
very exercise of It sows enemies by the
score , and they multiply until they reach
hundreds and grow until , becoming resistless
thousands , they fall upon the machine and
crush It.
MACHINE POLITICS DENOUNCED.
That alongside wholesome , useful political
machinery wo will always have more or less
machine politics Is as certain as that wo
shall always have fleas If wo have elephants ,
worms If wo have fruit , but he is a pes
simist Indeed who fears that the flea will run
oft with the elephant or that the worm
will destroy all the orchards. Machine-poll-
tics In Its methods and results Is BO opposed
to public Interest , so Injurious to real party
success , no repugnant to Intelligent self-
interest of Iho voter , that Us enemies
Bprlng up almost as rapidly as mosquitoes
do In August In a Jersey Hwamp , and the
Influences which are at wur with It are uot
only patent , as wo have so recently seen ,
but an permanent an are the foundations
of our schools and churches. Today wo are
rapidly approaching an epoch when the sup
port of party machinists will be fatal to a
candidate , and the very suspicion that he Is
the creation of the bosses will defeat a man
at the polls and rob him of confirmation
In our senates. U la only when In the midst
of a struggle for existence that a great
people tolerates without protest the con
tinued domination of the machine , and even
If Its apparent power veenis to linger long
after and to occasionally shorr alarming
vigor , It U only the display of prldu and
the unwlso exorcise of power which goes be
fore Its fall and which Insures Ita ruin. Aa
machine politics feeds and fatten * on public
plunder , and an the power and pro lit of the
"boss" depend almost entirely upon his
actual or supposed ability to control nomina
tions and to secure appointments , It U easy
to see that If It U once recognized , as It
noon will be , that a machine nomination
tends to Insuru defeat , one wing on which
the "boss" rises will be clipped , and with
a proper civil eorvlco syHtom the control of
appointments will be wrested from him for
good , and his power for evil will be as
tmall In tirrestrtnl pclltlc * in is that of
Lucifer In heaven. The citizen , then , who
condemns machine politics , who abhors the
machine Itself and feura the boss , should
lend hla aid to every movement which ha.t
In view the divorce of the civil service from
politics ; as today the power to control ap
pointments locally In the state and In the
nation U the last crutch upon which the
"boss" hobbles. Knock thbt from under
him anJ he falU to the ground a * helpless
Black Oriental waterproof silk , 75c , $1.00 ,
$1.2. and $1. 0 a yard.
This silk Is warranted not to spot from
rain.
Natural pongees , 2 yards wide , well worth
7Sc , on sale nt
50c
Visit the silk department this week for
uterllng values.
Draperies & Carpets.
Fourth floor. Our. buyer has Just returned
from tlio eastern markcnts after a month's
Say | , and has secured an entirely new stock
of the latest and best In carpets , rugs , cur
tains and draperies.
Wo offer for your Inspection $20,000.00
worth of new effects In lace curtulns , portieres
tieres and drapes , bought lower than over
In the history of the trade. Everything new
AIM ! fresh.
Nothliigham curtains from Tiie up.
Chenlllo curtains from $2.no up.
Madras curtains from $3.00 up.
Imperial curtains from $3.00 up.
Irish point curtains from $1.00 up.
Brussels net from $7.00 up.
Hope portieres from $ G.OO up.
Novelties In curtain draperies In Swiss und
silks.
The new carpets are arriving dally. We
offer exclusive designs In Ingrains , tapestries ,
body brusscls , moqucttes , meltons and
axumlnatcrs at the lowest market prices.
Come and see them , special sale till * week.
1,000 hassocks go at
at35c
Would be good value at 7Gc.
Crockery Dept , 2d Fioor.
A beautiful sight awaits you as you reach
our second floor. We have gone out of the
shoo business In order to give this entire
2nd floor to our large and rapidly growing
china business. The gratifying gain we made
us a Chinese Idol and as harmless as an
exploded shell.
ESTADLISH TIIE CIVIL SERVICE ON
SOL'ND PRINCIPLES.
Establish the civil service upon a founda
tion having capacity and faithfulness for
Its corner stones and the pure machinist ,
the now dreaded "boss" will become as In
frequent and lonesome n figure In American
politics as an Indian now Is in Fifth avenue.
Men will have to go to museums then to
see this great product of machine politics
and the power and control now BO often
exercised by him will pass over to the
leader who represents a principle , who
stands for a policy whose highest reward
Is his country's welfare and his epitaph
"Ho served his country well. " If any man
says "This Is a picture of the millennium"
my answer Is that I wish the real millen
nium was so within the reach of the whole
earth as this political millennium Is within
thu easy grasp of the American people.
MICHAEL D. HARTER.
Washington , D. C.
aiinirsr. .
ISuimiliiH of tlio Vlftlnm of thn Dyiminito
ICiploMcm I'lrkcd t'p In KrugiiiiMitH.
PITTSnURO , March 24. Until dark last
night searchers traversed the hills and ra
vine In Black's Run , the scene of yester-
* day's dynamite explosion , looking for frag
ments of the bodies of the victims. Tlio
largest portion found weighed about fifteen
pounds and all that was gathered up of the
four unfortunates did not weigh more than
100 pounds.
Several of the ghastly fragments were
Identified by pieces of clothing and when
the search was completed the remains were
removed to an undertaking establishment In
Verona , where they were distributed In four
coffins.- The body of Nellie Ramaley , who
died yesterday while being taken to the
West Pennsylvania hospital , was also re
moved to Verona and prepared for burial.
The poor girl was terribly mutilated by the
frightful explosion.
Deputy Coroner Morland began Investiga
tion , but nothing now was developed.
The cofflns containing the mangled re
mains wore taken to the Lutheran church
near Sprlngdale , where services were held
this afternoon , after which the Interment
took place In an adjacent cemetery.
Irrigation In ArUoiiu.
PHOENIX. Ariz. . March 24. The South
Glla Canal company has agreed to sell to
F. II , Woodworth , Joseph P. Schureman and
H. G , Damon 40,000 shares preferred stock
for $16 per share , over 100,000 share * and
all water In excess required to Irrigate 700
acres of land. Following the filing of that
Indenture appears the Illlng of another agree
ment , viz. , F. H. Woodworlh , Joseph P.
Schureman and H. G. Damon for $1,2SO,000
sell and convey to the South Glla Improve
ment company all their Interests In the
above agreement by the delivery of 125,000
shares of stock , par value , $10 per share.
A resumption of work on the big dam will
bo the upshot of this reorganization.
Tiininmnyltes In Sun l > 'runcUc-u.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 24. Richard
Crokor , the Tammany boss , arrived hero
last night from Southern California and put
up at the Baldwin hotel , where a suite of
rooms had been reserved for him. Mr.
Croker refused to talk on political subjects ,
but evinced voiiMldarablo Interest when ho
was told that there wan a number of Tarn-
munyltes hero from Now York ,
How a Chicago Man W Cured of Ithrn-
luntUiu.
.Mr. John Hall of 9235 Commercial avenue ,
Chicago , mot with a aerlous accident for
which he used Chamberlain's Pain Balm
freely , with the best results. "But now , "
says Mr. Hall , "comes the beat part of my
story. For many years I have been quite a
sufferer with rheumatism , with stiffness of
the'joints. Since the application of Cham
berlain's Pain Balm , all symptoms of rheu
matism have disappeared ; In fact I believe
that It ban banished every trace of rheuma
tism from my system. " For sale by drug-
cut * .
In this department last year proved to us
that there Is a growing demand for nice
chlnawaro ut popular prices and we are sup
plying the demand. It Is safe to say that
nowhere In this section of country Is there
such n slock of china goods of all kinds as
wo show and wo are making progress dully.
This week's doing In china will Interest
you.
you.The
The power of money and the saying that
money talks was fully Illustrated by the
great success of 'Otir buyer on his recent
purchasing trip cast.
Veilings
Our veiling depqrfment Is complete and
1 overflowing with novelties from the different
'
European markets. Everything you can
conceive of In veilings we have In stock
at popular prlcos. ! "
Every Importer , nnxlous to sell , every
manufacturer Idle , aud loaded with goods.
We bought quunUUn- choice goods at
fully 50 per cent qff. Many are In stock ,
others coming daily , , , , For the next 30 days
hi UK III ] ?
Typical Reminiscence of Nebraska Lifo in
the Early Days.
STORY OF A BUFFALO HUNT BY AMATEURS
How n ( Irccity Kllleil a Flno Tliroo-Yoar-
Olil Heifer In thu Itoptibllcuu Vulluy
A MyatrrluiiK Anlmnl that Win
> 'ot Moloftted.
Wo were seated in the shade of the trees
In front of a lied Cloud hotel when the con
versation turned upon the happenings of
early days. My companion , the casual ac
quaintance of n day , chanced to bo an early
settler of the neighborhood and In a reminis
cent , mood. It required but little to direct
his thoughts to buffalo and buffalo hunting.
Twenty-three years ago , said he , the buf
falo hud not entirely disappeared from the
Republican valley. The "main herd" had
scattered before the advance of permanent
civilization , but bands of thirty or forty were
still to be seen. For two or three years
after Captain , slncecGovernor , Garber , had
planted the llttlo colony here at Red Cloud ,
an occasional stray would appear on the
hills hereabouts and in 1872 ono ran across
the townsltc , then occupied by perhaps ten
or twelve families.
In the fall of 1871 idx of us determined to
go on a hunt for thu fast disappearing mon
arch of the plains. Landlord George T.
wanted meat with which to stay the appe
tites of prospective guests at his log hotel.
George and Fred U. , bachelor brothers ,
needed food for the coming winter. Wo
all wanted Ed K. to go with us , because ho
was a good housekeeper. Wo had all dined
with him at his bachelor home adjoining the
"city , " and wo knew from our own personal
knowledge that ho was the only bachelor In
the county who wan over neat , enough to
wash the dishes at least once a day. My
self ? Well. I wont because I wauled to.
I was the only lawyer on the Nebraska end
of the valloy. My _ v'lents ' did not profit by
my absence , because the first term of the
district court , for'this county , did not sit
for two yearn therodfter , when Judge Gaunt
held court for twoi.ivjjolo days. I said six
went ? Oh , ye ; Jom | P. , quick , wiry , redheaded -
headed John. A good wing shot and a
gonlal comrade. lib' ' WHS with us because
ho was always on hand for adventure.
We carried ono Winchester repeating rllle ,
that Is John did ; ono Smith & Wesson ,
single shot , breach-loading rifle ; that was
Ed's , You could tell whoso It was by lookIng -
Ing through the barrel and marking the
spotless cleanliness , oj Its glistening spirals.
I had an old army , seven-shot , Spencer rifle :
while the R.'a had"a Shotgun and n Sharp's
rifle that hod 3enn"bcrvlro with John Drown
In Kansas. ( Seorwis T. didn't carry a gun.
He couldn't lilt the. side of a barn If yon
Mlmt him Inside of It , Ho had been a boss
teamster In the lirnW and could drive two
yoke of stcerii hitched to
a top-box-load of
Jerked meat , up the perpendicular face of
a bluff , but he couldn't and ho wouldn't
shoot. Ho was the provider ; we were the
producers ,
I'RACTIOED ON THE PRAIRIE DOGS.
We vturled ono Nebraska morning In Octo
ber. Threw wagons , drawn by one span of
horses and three yoke of cattle. Ed anl I
bad charge of the advance , Rteerlng by
means of the "bull whip. " Out of tcwn
n couple of miles we neared a "dog town. "
A saucy prulrlo dog sat upright on the rim
of the funnel-shaped entrance to his sub
terranean home , a hundred yards away , und
chattered ut us In a way that made mo
think of the "chipmunk" on the rail fence
back In old Ohio.
"Ed , you can't lilt that dog. "
"By George , I can. "
Up comes the rifle. , .
V1 * '
Crack !
The dog put hU he d between hla paws
wo are going to make things hum In
crockery. A carload on sale this week at
less than cost to make. From the great
purchase of Vodroy & llros. , manufacturers ,
wejnffcr dinner RCtt , handsomely decorated ,
that Vodrcy Jobbed to sell at $15.00 , we offer
for
$8.50
_ Dinner selste handsomely decorated , that
Vodroy Jobbed to sell at $ K.riO ! , we offer at
98
Dinner f > ets that Vodrcy jobbed to sell at
$ " 3.00 wo offer at
$15.48
Tea nets that Vodioy Jobbed to sell at $7.50
we offer at
$3.48
These goods at Uie prices will not last
long.
A lot of white 2c FaucorK and plates.
Ono lot of scollopes and bakers , always
retailed at $3..00 $ , go for
18c
One lot nf K'ollon.oa and b.ikers , always
retailed at $15.00 , go for
8c
Here's a hummer.
At 25o
We offer 100 dozen
French and German china plates , cups and
saucers , as para gas plates , oyster plates ,
worth from 50c to $1.00 each ,
At 35o
A table of plates , cups and saiiceis , fruit
and salad bowls , handsomely decorated ,
worth fully $1.00 , a rare bargain.
like a devout priest at prayer ; the ball grazed
his head and crazed him. As I ran toward
him he commenced a spasmodic circling and
I ran my foot down beside him as ho at
last found the door of his house , and wedged
him fast. We sent him back to the town ,
of which he remained a citizen until a tern
derfoot mistook him for a common rodent
and scut him to dog heaven.
Hut prairie dogs are not buffalo.
For llvo days we journeyed up "La Belle
Republican" and Urn pen of Mark Twain
would find material for a chapter In each
day. Our food consisted of game , bacon ,
"Map jacks" and "buoy yaw , " which is
frontier French for a combination of "slde-
meat-greaso , " Hour , creek water and Nebraska -
braska dust , of which last you use mora
or less , according to the direction and violence
lence of the wind. Of the first you us&
"as much as you can get , " mix them to
gether , "bring 'em to a bile" and supper's
ready.
Ono evening an emaciated horse , turned
loose by some ono because he could go no
further , attracted by the light of our camp
lire , came curiously anil , for a few yards ,
quickly to the top of the miniature bluff of
the tiny stream on whose banks wo had
camped. The bank crumbled and , In his
weakened condition , unable to turn , he came
sprawling down the precipitous bank Into our
tire and on Into the creek , from which ho
pulled himself withdllllcully and limped
slowlv away.
Ilejoiid Republican City wo were nightly
serenaded by a coyote band. The boys said
there "might bo" only a few , but the monotonous
onous variety of mournful howls suggested
either a miiltlludu of voices or immense
flexibility In each Individual voice. The
young man who ran leejl upon the prairie ,
under a Nebraska sky , and listen to the
homesick tones of a coyote serenade without
thinking of the girl he left behind him , has
no soul for imitife.
REACHED THE PROMISED LAND.
We reached what proved to be- good hunt
ing ground on the Stinking water , above
what Is now Arapuhou. Wo ascended the
stream some miles to get beyond Iho set
tlements which , oven hero , were being made
along the valley. That afternoon I left the
wagon and traveled through the timber along
the creek bottom , thinking I might vary the
bill of faVo at supper by adding fried turkey
to It , No turkey appeared and It Is very
probable that , had I discovered ono , It would
never have rccompanlcd me to camp. I
know that when a big timber-wolf trotted
leisurely Into view ho looked standing as
ho did on higher ground than I occupied , so
that his shaggy bigness wan silhouetted
against the background of blue joint ho
looked as large as an ox , and I know that
after standing there a moment or an hour
with an expression of surprise upon his
benevolent countenance , ho turned calmly
away with an air of Indifference concerning
my presence. Then I wondered what I
carrleiL , a gun for. I judge the turkey
would have escaped In the same manner.
Up there , on the orest of lhe"dlvldo" to
thn west , three buffalo were- lying halt doz
ing In the afternoon HUH , their eyes half
closed , their jaws automatically masticating
the cud. I walked up n "draw" that led
directly toward them. 1 stooped. I crawled
on hands and knees us the depression grew
less deep , and then , lying at full length ,
face down , with forearm bent , I dragged
myself along , usng ! my elbows , upon the
ground until 1 reached effective shooting
distance. I pulled my Spencer forward ,
mutually questioning whether I hud best
chance a shot at the recumbent monarchs
or thu furies take the gun , the lock was
gone. From my position I could not see the
trail over which I had no laboriously dragged
myself. My Nhlrt Blcovim were , worn
through. My elbows had each parted with
ix portion of cutlclu the tdzo of a silver del
lar. I Jumped to my feet , waved my hat
frantically In the air and shouted like a
boy let loose from school. The Rhaggy
beastH rose awk-wardly and ambled off with
a gait which reminded me of the rolling
shuffle of u sailor on nhoro leave.
I faced about , and there , broad and plain
lay my trail , marked by the bent down
grasses. Ten feel buck the missing gun lock
lay. Associated Ideas , the billowy pralrlo ,
the vanished game , my own exasperation
brought to my mind thu sentence , gleaned
In schoolboy duyit from sonio fifth reader
literature In which the author after telling
of the escape of a whale from Its purauera
"
AtO o
A table filled with German and French
china salad bowls , \vorlh from $1.25 to $2.00
each.
Make sure to vlult our 2d floor during
your shopping tour.
Laces.
Our special opening this week of now laces ,
lace , lace , everything Is lace this season.
Kvcrybody will want them , consequently the
supply Is short and only those houses who
foresaw the great demand for lace mid gave
early roders for them and have the doslra-
goods to show , being Ilko the wise virgins
who had their lamps burning when the bride
groom came , we bought our laces nt the
right time and therefore we can shpw you
an elegant assortment at much lesn In prlco
than can be obtained by houses who bought
In the open market. Importing direct , we
save you jobbers' profits. Monday our lace
department will blossom forth with all the
new laces direct from Paris.
NEW POINT 1)12 ) VEVNISE.
NEW POINT DI2 1IAURDON.
NEW POINT 1)K C1RM.
NEW POINT 1)12 VEKDUL.
Description describes them not. They
arc brought out In black , white , cream and
butter color , the latest shade. Wo also
show a bill of bands and Insertions In very
affective styles.
taking In the entire aisle to the left of en
trance. It Is replete with all the novelties
and staple wash goods of the season. Good
light , good service , good good goods , popular
prices. We are .showing novelties In
SWIVEL SILK GINGHAMS.
FRENCH CHINKLE ZEPHYRS.
SCOTCH SATEENS.
says "tho curses of the exhausted a cam en
were not loud , but deep. "
HIS' PIUST BUFFALO.
Next morning having breakfasted on nntc-
lope steak Bd had killed an antelope In
addition to the usual menu , I ascended the
sopo | to the cast before sunrise. Across the
next creek und coming toward mo was a
herd of about thirty buffalo. The wind
being In the west I hurried south , then east
across the creek and up the bank and saw
as I cautiously appeared over a friendly
knoll the last of the herd disappear down
the bank Into the creek In search of an
early drink.
On the opposite bank , crouching and
crawling catlike , I saw two animals. I have
never tried to name them. I was spell
bound , hypnotized If you will. They were
cats In shape and action , but their bodies
seemed to nut to bo four feet long and a
foot In diameter. They were largo enough
to frighten the buffalo at any rate , for In a
moment , hero they came , tip the trail they
had descended , snorting and bellowing with
terror , up the slope and toward the divide
they wont for half a mile or more , and then
foil quietly to eating their breakfast , while
I repeated the tactics of an hour before and
got to windward.
Young man , you think I was a fool. Well ,
so do I. I would give more now to have put
a ball through one of those crouching bodies
and so satisfied my curiosity than to Imve
killed a ilo/.cn buffalo. I had , however , eomo
for buffalo , buffalo I must have and so I
went to windward. Securing the desired
position as to wind , fairly concealed by the
tall grass whleh grow on the lower gronud
of the undulating prairie , I still was help
less , for Iho herd was feeding directly away
from mo and presented no vulnerable point
for a successful shot. Presently , however ,
the old bull loader lifted his head , Inhaled a
few barrels of air and expelling It with a
mighty roar , whirled square round and led
hlH herd directly towaid the spoil where I
was lying. SUiirlc * of tlio Impetuous rush of
stampeded herds , \lslons of my body tram
pled and torn by cloven hoofs and carried
homo to mother Hashed through my mind
and then I stood up. arid as the herd passed
broad sldo pant mo I pointed my gun at one
of them selected haphazard. Directing my
aim to the region just behind the shoulder
blade and well below tin- center of the body ,
I pulled. Tlio gun xpoko out but the herd
passed on. The billowy , rolling motion con
tinued. I WUH saddly watching them when
suddenly one of the herd rolled over on Ita
ulilo dead. I heard a c.'ioor from the other
camp hide of the creek and turning , halt
bewildered , naw the boys upon the summit
of the divide , from which point of vantage
they had vltnvt-d the whole affair.
I had killed a buffalo , my first buffalo , the
first ono of Ilu- hunt und I was proud. H
proved to bo a. 3-year-old holfor , the finest
of the lot.
vi' .1 nur.r.KT.
Civil \ ViuVi'lvrnn < ! < ! Kill of an
init Siiiivrnlr After Many Yearn.
IjYNN. Mass. , March 21. Augustus II.
Sutherland , a veteran of the civil war. was
last evening Edged with a coughing fit , dur
ing which ho ejected u pistol bullet which
had been Imbedded In his neck for the past
thlrty-ono yearn. For three years ho haa
been under the earn of u physician who bus
been treating him for u supposed cancer In
his neck , and an operation was to have been
performed within a few days. During the
battle of Culpt-pper court house on October
It , 18C3 , Mr. Sutherland was wounded In
thu back of tlui neek. H wait taken a pris
oner soon afterwards and confined In Llbby
prison for suveral months. The wound healed
without being examined by a physician and
thu bullet remained In the neck , Sutherland
not knowing It was there. The physicians
now admit that I lie bullut was responsible
for the cancer symptom * .
ll'Oltli O * ' HIS KNK3UKS ,
Dyimuiltn liiplocli'd Under thn lliuma of
\Vrnt Virginia .luntlro-Child Hurt ,
IIUNTINQTO.V. W. Va. , March 24. About
10 o'clock last night dynamite wu exploded
under the residence of Esqulru Vance on th
western fork of llart'H creek , and one of hln
children wan badly hurt. The justice has
recently become obnoxious to a certain class ,
and this effort was Intended to kill him and
hla wife , but from tome miscalculation failed
of Ita object
SERPENTINE OKAPUS.
GASP ! PONGEE ? .
In short , a varied , a beautiful collection of
wash fabrics In choice designs nt very at
tractive prices.
Ask ( o sec swivel hlllc ginghams. All tha
rugo this season.
Don't fall to visit our bargain basement.
It Is full of bargains In sheetings , prints ,
ginghams and vailous kind of wash good *
ut low prices. You can aavo a few cents
yard on your purchases suro.
Wo quote - great special bargains.
1IAHGAIN NO 1.
200 pieces of striped seersucker ginghams
for shirts , dresses , waists , etc. , a regular
lOc cloth. Sale price
EC
BARGAIN NO. 2.
Fine Lonsdale cambric , real value 12 % ,
oale price
9c
Visit our economy basement.
Get SUE- Prices on Gap&s.
TWO JUMPED TO THEIR DEATH
Terror of lire Ends in Loss of Lifo Through
a -Pall.
MOTHER KILLED WITH A BABE IN HER ARMS
Jnromllnry Flro In n Dwelling llmiso lu Ban
Frimclaco mill Its I'utiil KcxtiltH
Other * Hud Narrow Kxcnpcs und
Severn ! IVoro Hurt.
SAN FRANCISCO , March 24. The two-
story and basement frame residence at 220
Halglit street was destroyed by fire today
and Mrs. Jennie Ross jumped from a baclt
window Into the yard below with her five
months old baby In her arms. Both were
killed.
The other Inmates of the building had a
narrow escape. Mrs. Ross' sister , Carrie ,
and her father and mother , Mr. and Mrs. A.
K. Irving , were -forced to Jump from an
upper window. The former broke a leg
and the rest sustained serious Injuries.
Another family , who lived In the lower
part of the house , barely oncapcd. The
fire originated under the front stops and la
thought to have been Incendiary , as there
was a Htrong Hindi of coal oil notlceabls
when the firemen arrived.
l > lnnKtrmiH llnllor Kipliinloii.
TECKFORD , III. , March 21. By the ex
plosion of a holler In the tlio factory at
Gilberts , nouth of thin city , today ono man
was killed and a flru started threatening to
wlpo out the town.
The flames wore confined to the tile fac
tory owned by D. H. Hanger. The man
killed was Fred Tormow , the engineer. Leas
$50,000 ; Insurance $10,000 ,
nilnxourl Town
POPLAR BLUFF. Mo. , March 21. Fir *
hero last evening destroyed eight buildings ,
Including Neal's hotel and Randall'H gro
cery. Loss , $50,000 ; Insurance , $26,000 ,
I'vij'uun'tt NToitr i > rtiiisi > .
Slurr I'lxli-y Suyx Ills Sltt r' Iliislmnd Did
Nut Dlrlilx Ilin INlnlr.
NEW YORK , March 21. Starr L , Plxley
today denied the report that Robert Fulford
had handsomely provided fur the mother of
the late Annie Pixloy. Mr. Plxley xald Mr.
Fulford had made an offer to pay her $10 a
week and would not sign any papers to bind
himself to do that. Mr. Kill ford promised to
pay this mini , so Mr. Plxluy saya , on condi
tion that Mrs. Plxlev would publish n com
plete retraction of the charges and Insinua
tion. ! uguluiit him In connection with tlio
death of his wlfo. Mr. Plxlcy statoa that thn
milt for an acRountliiK brought against Ful
ford at Philadelphia will shortly corno up for
trial , and that It Is the Intention of his fam
ily to push the suit to an end.
Ituyit H-li I u Dniil.
RIO GRANDE , Tex. , March 21. Lust
evening at Holla , fifteen mllea abovu hero on
the Rio Grande , an old fashioned duel won
fought by two youttm of in. Ono of the
combatants. Todala Saonu , was Blabbed BUVIMI
times In thu left side and lies at the point
of death , HU antagonist , Lulla Garcia , was
slightly cut on th wrist , The cuuau ID it
Mexican aonorlto. The wounded boy will
not Kpnak about the cause of the fight , HayIng -
Ing hi * would die without peaching ,
AluvliiK ( 'iitlln from Tiuua li > llm Territory.
HAN ANTONIO , Tex. . March 21 , Thu
movement of Texan cattle to ( he Indian Ter
ritory has begun here. Several thousand
head will bo moved from polntt on thu Han
Antonio & AraiiKaa Paas railroad to the
territory pastures within the next two weeks ,
The Buvoro drouth In uouthwuKt Texas nun
caused the range to bo unusually ithort of
era thin Bprlug ,