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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDMV MAY 20 , 1SOJTVENTY PAGES. 13
Ladles' hemstitched
and ombrolitorc'l hand
kerchief * , regular value
16c.
16c.UNDER
UNDER COST AT
5c
Ladlrs' hemstitched ,
scalloped and embroi
dered handkerchiefs ,
actual value ISc.
UNDER COST AT
7c
Ladles' fine hem
stitched and cmbrol *
derod scalloped edge
Icerchlof , regular prlco
30o ,
UNDER COST AT
13c
Gents' ht'tnutltched
handkerchief with col
ored borders , nctual
' Value 25c ,
UNDKK COrfT AT'
9c
No. 12 , all silk niotra
ribbon , regular prlco
200 ,
UNDER COST AT
9c
No. 22. all Bill ; satin
ribbon , former prlco
85c.
85c.UNDER
UNDER COST AT
I7c
Nos. 1C and 22 , satin
and grog grain all allk
ribbon ,
UNDER COST AT
9c
NOR. 7 and 9 , satin
nil silk gros grain rib
bon ,
UNDER COST AT
5c
70-Inch damask , fern
leaf pattern ,
SPOT CASH PRICE ,
97c
C2-lnch damask , cloverleaf
loaf pattern ,
SPOT CASH PRICn ,
42 c
% napkins ,
UNDKR COST AT
50c doz
11-4 bed spread , act
ual value $1.50 ,
SPOT CASH AT
95c
8-12 Turkey red table
covers , actual value
$3.00.
SPOT CASH PRICE ,
$2.
P. D. Donlta , our
best corset , extra long ,
made of Italian cloth ,
regular $9.00 corset ,
SPOT CASH PRICE.
$6-93
Silk chemise and
drawers , elegantly
trimmed , actual valua
$7.00 ,
UNDER COST AT
$3-5O
HEREDITY AND PUTICS ?
A Now Element Entering Into Political
Discussion. ,
BRIEF STUDY OF HUMAN PARASITES
/
I'rnctlcnl lIliiHtrntloiis ot the Chronic
I'uupor mid Criminal with KugcoR-
tloiM I.ooltliiR to the Itomotly
for n drawing Kvll.
4 , ( Copyrighted. )
It Is a known fact of biology that when
ever any series of organism nro withdrawn
from active lite and the process of natural
selection no longer offers a premium for
solf-actlvlty , degradation sots In , Organs
are lost as their lunctlons are abandoned.
In this way the descent of the Inert barnacle
from the active crab-llko forms Is accounted
for. In similar manner the degraded para
sitic Saccullmi Is shown to bo of crustacean
or crab-liko origin. The young Sussullna
and , the young crab are essentially alike fern
n period after their birth. The crab con
tinues and dovolopes an active life. The
Saccullna thrusts Its feelers Into the body of
tlD ) crab on which It Is to feed. Its organs
of eating and swimming disappear. All
structures connected with Independent Ufa
become atrophied and finally nothing 'a
left of the Saccullna except Its sac-llko body ,
ItE feelers or roots which ramify through
tho' blood vessels of the crab , and Its repro
ductive or Kan a by which the brood of parn-
sltca Is kept alive. When the habit of
parasitism Is once established the struggle
Ipr existence simply Intensifies It from
generation to generation.
The most effectiveSaccullna Is the most
Jvgonerato oi.o. In like manner whenever
u race or family of men has fallen away
from self-helpfulness the forces of evolution
Intensify Its parasitism. The successful
pauper Is the one who retains no capacity
for anything else. The loss of all other
possibilities Is the best preparation for the
life of the sneak thief.
HUMAN PARASITE ALWAYS WITH US.
Recent studios , ns those of Dr. Dugdalo ,
Mr. McCulloch anil others , have shown that
parasitism Is hereditary In the human species
ns In the Saccullna. McCulloch has selected
the Saccullna for special Illustration of the
like results of llko processes In the human
family. Like produces llko In the world of
' life. Those qualities In the grandparent
which made him an outcast from society era
a burden upon It reappear In the father and
again In the son. As In ono case , so In the
other they determine his relation to society.
The pauper Is the victim of heredity , but
neither nature nor society recognizes that as
an excuse for existence. The forces of na
ture take no account of motive and are no
rcspectont of persons. Dugdale 1ms shown
that parasitism , pauperism , prostitution and
crime- reappear generation after generation
In the descendants of Margaret , the Mother
of Criminals , Oscar C. McCulloch , speaking
of the paupers of Indianapolis , uses the fol
lowing language ;
A STUDY IN PAUPERISM.
"Wo start at some unknown date with
thirty families , Those came mostly from
Kentucky , Tennessee and North Carolina.
Of the first generation of sixty-two Individ
uals wo know certainly of only three. In
the second generation we have the > history of
eighty-four. In the third generation we
havu the history of 2S3. In the fourth gen
eration 1810-1860 wo have the history of
CM. In the fifth generation 1860-1880 we
h vo the history of 679. In the sixth gen
eration 1SSO-IS90 wo have the history of
fifty-seven. Hero ls a total of 1,760 indi
viduals. Ileforo the fourth generation from
WO to 1800 wo have but scant records.
Our moro complete data began with the
fourth generation , and the following are val
uable. We know of 121 prostitutes. The
criminal record Is very largo petty thieving ,
larcenies chletly. There have been a number
et murder , The first murder committed in
Silk gowns In all the
delicate shades , beau
tifully trimmed In
point de 1'arls and Va
lenciennes , regular
(12.00 gowns.
UNDER COST AT
$6.50
Extra length chemise
In fine lawn , elegantly
trimmed , regular value
12.00 ,
UNDER COST AT
$1.23
Prlma Donna Im
ported fine xatln cor *
net , extra long , actual
value J2.r,0 ,
SALES PRICE ,
$1.95
American Lady In 5
nnd \hook , regular
$ 1.25 quality.
UNDER COST AT
89c
Men's seamless hose ,
color tan , actual value
20c ,
UNDER COST AT
Men's 35o under
shirts , made with
fancy neck ,
UNDER COST AT
19c
Men's flowing end
Four-ln-Hnnd Ues In
the new silks , regular
DOc quality ,
ACTUAL COST ,
Boys' extra pants ,
SPOT CASH PRICE ,
The Mother's Friend
waist , unlaundcrcd
ACTUAL COST
'
37'c ' _
100 ladles , ' flno nil
wool capes , very nicely
trimmed with braid
and Inserting , actual
value $7.50.
SPOT CASH PRICE ,
$3.75
All silk wash waists ,
regular $5.00 goods ,
SPOT CASH PRICE ,
$2.87
DRESS GOODS AND
SILKS AT ACTUAL.
COST OR UNDER.
Frptich challles , act
ual value 75c.
CASH PRICE ,
45c
All vvool serges and
lienrkVjus , lilt ( colors
and black , actual value
C5c ,
CASH PRICE ,
42c
A lot of flno printed
cashmeres , actual value
Jl.OO ,
UNDER COST PRICE ,
Novelty black dress
goods , latest styles ,
actual value $1.25 ,
UNDER COST AT
57c
the city was In this family. A long and
celebrated murder case , known as
the 'Clem' murder , costing the state
Immense amounts of money , Is lo
cated hero. Nearly every crime of any
note belongs here. Between 18GS nnd 1888
not less than $3.000 has been paid for 'pass-
Ing' these people from place to place , each
township olllcor trying to throw oft responsi
bility. The records of the city hospital show
that taking out surgical cases , acute , gen
eral diseases , and cases outside the city 75
per cent of the cases treated are from this
class. The number of Illegitimacies Is very
great. The Board of Health reports that
the number of still-born children found In
sinks , etc. , would not bo less than six per
week. Deaths are frequent , and chiefly
among children. The suffering of the chil
dren must be great. The people have no
occupation. They gather swill or ashes ; the
women beg , and send the children around to
beg ; they make their eyes sore with vitriol.
In my experience I have seen three genera
tions of beggars amongthem. . I have not
time hero to go Into details , some loath
some , all pitiable.
STRIKING ILLUSTRATIONS FROM REAL
LIFE.
"One evening I was called to marry a
couple. I found them In one small room ,
with two beds. In all eleven people lived In
It. The bride was dressing , the groom wash
ing. Another member of the family filled a
coal-oil lamp wbllo burning. The groom
offered to haul ashes for the. fee. I made
u present to the bride. Soon after I asked
ono of the family how they were getting on.
'Oh , Ellsha don't live with her any more'
Why ? 'Her other husband came back , and
she went to him. That made Ellsha mad ,
and he left her. '
"All these are grim facts ; but they are
facts and can bo verified. More , they are
but thirty families out of a possible 250.
The Individuals already traced are over 5,000 ,
Interwoven by descent and marriage. They
undcrrun society like devil grass. Pick up
ono and the whole 5,000 will tie. drawn up.
Over 7,000 pages of history are now on file
In the Charity Organization society.
"A few deductions from these tlata are
offered for your consideration. First , Is
study Into siclal degeneration or degrada
tion , which Is similar to that ) sketched by
Dr. Lankaster. As In the lower orders , so
In society wo have parasltinm , or social deg
radation. There Is no reason to believe
that some of this comes from the old convict
stock which England threw Into this country
In the seventeenth century. Wo find the
wandering tendency so marked In the case
of the 'Cracker1 and the 'Plko' hero , 'Movln'
on , ' Tlioru Is scarcely u day that the
waKens are not to bo scon on our streets ;
cur dogs ; tow-headed children. They camp
outside the city and then beg. Two families
as I write have come by , moving from north
to south , and from east to west. 'Hunting
work ; ' nnd yet wo can glvo work to 1,000
men on our gas trenches.
UNCHAST1TY PREVALENT AMONG PAU
PERS.
"Next , note the general unchastlty that
characterizes this class. The prostitution
and Illegitimacy are large , the tendency
shows Itself In Incests , and relations lower
than the animals go. This Is due to the
depravation of nature , to crowded condi
tions , to absence of decencies and Cleanli
ness. It Is an animal reversion , which can
bo paralleled In lower animals. The physical
depravity Is followed by physical weakness.
Out of this comes the frequent deaths , the
still-born children and the general Incapacity
to endure hard work or bair climate. They
cannot work hard and break down oarly.
They then appear In the county asylum , the
city hospital and the township trustee' !
ofllce.
"Third , note the force of heredity. Each
child tends to the same life , reverts when
taken out.
THE FACTOR OF PUBLIC RELIEF.
"And lastly , note the Influence of the great
factor , public relief. Since 18(0 ( relief has
been given to them. At that time we find
tbat 'old E. HusaUis1 applied to have his wlfo
Barthcnla sent to the poor house. A pre
mium was then paid for Idlenea * and wan
dering. The amount then paid by the town ,
ship for public relief v rie * . rising aa.hlRh
as $90.000 In 1876 , sinking In 1S78 to $7,000
and ranging with the different truiteei from
$7.000 to22,000 | p > r year. Of this amount fully
ttireo-fourUis has gone to this closi. Public
relief , then , U chargeable In a largo degree
with the perpetuation of this stock. The
township trustee la { radically unlimited In
) l
, .iri
, q * ? .
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SoT
irt
P. !
ni
! at
11 '
, . fine Tinder-
skirts In flno E .tlncs ,
alpaca nnd grata cloth ,
actual value $2.00 ,
UNDER COST AT
$1.00
150 lndle.i' all wool
jackets , all colors , act
ual value $5.00 ,
UNDER-COST AT
$1.98
95 very fine nil wool
Jackets , $10.00 gar-
tnonU ,
UNDER COST AT
$193
A QUICK CASH RAISING SALE
FOR GASH ONLY-
THE MORSE DRY GOODS CO.
Men's $1.60 Monarch , Gowns made of ex
made of excellent percale cellent muslin , trim
cale , 2 collars and med with embroidery ,
cuffs , regular value $1.00 ,
UNDER COST AT sr UNDER COST AT
JH
53c
75c
I c
Drawers and corset
covers , trimmed with
j C
No. 16 , black
j grosgrain
embroidery and hem-
grain all silk ribbon ,
sUtclicdt regular value
regular 22c ,
! 75c ,
UNDER COST , AT
. .
. ; UNDER COST AT
f 47c
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his powers. Ho can give as much , as he
sees fit. As the office Is a political one ,
about the time of nomination and election
the amounts Increase largely. The polltl il
bosses favor this and use It now In the
Interests of the republican , now of the demo
cratic party. It thus becomes a corruption
fund of the worst kind. What the town
ship trustee fails to do , private benevolence
supplements. The so-called charitable people
ple who glvo to begging cMldren and vomen
with baskets have a vast sin to answer for.
It Is from them that this pauper clement
gets Its consent to exist. "
THE PROBLEM OF THE UNEMPLOYED.
In every American city , as In Indianapolis ,
there exists a large number of people who.
In the ordinary course of life , can never be
made good citizens. Our free Institutions
do not make them free ; our schools do not
train them ; our churches do not contain the
means of their salvation. It Is well to face
the fact that the existence of the great body
of pa'upers and criminals Is possible only by
feeding them In one way or another on the
llfeblood of the community. It Is the pres
ence of this class that adds terror to poverty.
It Is they who make hard the lot of the
woithy poor. The problem of poverty and
misfortune Is a dlfllcult ono at best. It Is
tendered many times moro dllllcult by the
presence among the poor of those whom no
condition could bring to the level of self-
helpful nnd self-respecting humanity. The
dlfllcult problem of the unemployed becomes
far more dlfllcult when associated with the
hopeless problem of the unemployable.
It Is not Important to our present dis
cussion to consider how these conditions
arose. It may be an Imperfection of human
society that the law of natural selection
has not had Its perfect work.
The destruction of the unfit has not kept
pace with their power of production. Wo
may blame the kind Influence of the help
of our neighbors. The Indiscriminate char
ity of the middle ages Is responsible for ,
much of the misery of ours. It Is only In
very modern times that charity has had any
relations with justice. It Is only lately that
sclcnco has shown that charity Is to bo
judged not by its motives but by Its results.
"Charity , falsely so-called , " says McCulloch ,
"covers a multitude- sins , and sends the
pauper out with the benediction , 'be fruit
ful and multiply. ' Such charity has made
this clement , has brought children to birth
and Insured them a life of misery , cold ,
hunger , i sickness. So-called charity joins
public relief In producing still-born children ,
raising prostitutes and educating criminals.
HEREDITARY INEFFICIENCY A FACTOR
OF CIVILIZATION.
Whatever the causa of the existence of
hereditary Inelllclcncy , It exists In our civili
zation. It Is ono of the factors In our social
fabric. It Is an element not less difficult
than the race- problem Itself. The nice
problem Is Indeed a phase of it , for when a
race can take euro of Itself , It ceases to
have a problem.
Hereditary Inefficiency Is therefore a fac
tor In society. U must be a factor In civil
affairs. In what way does U affect the
problem of government ? In municipal gov
ernment Its evil effects are at once appar
ent. A single group of related families ,
all helpless and hopeless by heredity , forms
In the clean and healthy city of Indianapolis
some \ per cent of the population , 5,000 In
perhaps 125,000. In other American cities ,
notably San Franclaco , with Its mild climate
and proverbial hospitality , the percentage Is
greater. In no city Is It absent. Belf-gov-
ornment by such people Is a farce. No
community was ever built up by thieves and
Imbeciles. The vote of the dependent
classes IB always purchasable. The coordination
nation and sale of this vote and of the
allied criminal vote Is the work of the
most dangerous of the dirty brood of politi
cal bosses. It U stock In trade of every
king of the slums. This vote can bo bought
with the money of candidates. It can be
bought with the spoils of office. It can bo
bought with public funda set aside for pur
poses called charitable.
The various forms of outdoor relief con
stitute , as McCulloch has shown , "a cor
ruption fund of the worst kind. " America
has virtually failed In the management of
her cities. This failure Is most complete
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-OJOK 'OArpajP wow pirn i84pioq i suu [ |
over , the effluvium ot municipal corruption
flows out and poisons politics of the state
and the nation.
MENACE OF THE VENAL VOTERS.
Kvery venal , cowardly or Ignorant voter
U a menace to the safety of republican in
stitutions. The essential purpose1 of popular
suffrage Is not to secure good government ,
but to produce an Interest in civil affairs
that will sooner or later bring abo'lt good
government. This growth In civic knowledge
Is Impossible without a foundation of Intelli
gence.
The choice of negro suffrage was the
wisest choice among the many evils having
their rise In negro slavery. It was the least
of the evils , no doubt , but an evil never
theless. Every evil Is likely sooner or
later to become a suppurating ser In the
body politic.
The dangers of foreign Immigration lie
In the overflow to our shores of hereditary
unfltncss. The causes that lead to degrada
tion have long been at work among the poor
of Europe. The slums of every city In the
old world are full of the results. Apparently
few cases of hereditary Inefficiency exist In
America that could not be traced back
through similar lineage to the dependent
classes In the old world. It takes many
generations to found a pauper stock. Mis
fortune , sickness. Intemperance , the weak
ness of old age often lead to poverty and per
sonal misery. But personal causes do not
lead to hereditary pauperism. The essential
danger of unrestricted Immigration Is not in
bringing In an alien population , strange to
our language and our customs. Language
and customs count for little if the blood U
good. The chlldrc'h learn our language
oven to the forgetting of their own. Love
of country Is just as genuine In Norwegian
or German dialects as It Is In English or
Irish. There is little danger cither in the
violent opinions of Iconoclastic theories , The
red flag of anarchy will not wave where
real oppression does not exist.
GERMS OF PAUPERISM AND CRIME.
But the Immigration of poverty , degra
dation and disease * make government by
the people moro and more dlfllcult. Every
family of Jukes or Ishmaels that enters
Castle Garden carries with It tha germs of
pauperism nnd crime. They boar the lep
rosy and crime of the old world to taint
the fields of the now. The "assisted Immi
gration" at Jamestown years ago has left
Its trail of pauperism and crlmo from Vir
ginia across Carolina , Kentucky , Indiana ,
Missouri , evan to California. Wherever Its
blight has gene tho.ro are the same Ineffi
cient men , sickly women , frouzy children ,
starved horses , barking cur dogs , careless
ness , vlndlctlvcnesa and neglect of decency.
The withdrawal from the competition ot
life , withdrawal from self-helpful activity ,
aided by the voluntary assistance from others
those factors have made the tribe of Ish-
mac ) . Those conditions bring about the
same results In all aoand , among all races
among the lower animals as well as among
men. The same efte'dts of similar causes
are scon In the decline * ot the royalty and
nobility of Europe , OB , well as the degrada
tion of European cretins , and thieves. There
Is no development without activity , and no
race la so perfect that judicious weeding out
could not Improve It , iI :
What can be done , tp remedy this source
of evils ? To know the .evil Is to go half way
towards Its cure. Penal reform , charities
reform , civil service reform , the prohibition
of pauper Immigration. ! education In social
science all theje look. , In the direction of
cure. In knowledge lies the surest remedy
for most social and political evils. Lot us
see our enemy facolto face and wo can
strike him. What wpje can be done ls the
work ot students of aoclal science to deter
mine. Ono thing Is certain , In the words
ot Dr. Amos G. Warrtt/r. / that the "function
of charity Is to restore to usefulness those
who are temporarily unfit and to allow
those unfit from heredity to become extinct
with na little pain as possible , " Sootier or
later the last duty will bo not less Im
portant than the Urst. Good blood as well
as free schools and free environment Is es
sential to the making of a nation ,
DAVID STARR JORDAN.
A Mother1 * Hucrlflre.
"George , dear , " said the loving wife , "I
do not see how our little ono can go any
longer without a new pair of pantaloons.
The only ones he has have boon patched
until he can wear them no longer. "
Wlht a deep sigh her husband laid down
his paper. "I don't know what I can do ,
Madeline , " foe said , "I pa n't afford to buy
him neW ones just at present. "
"Then , my darling , " replied hla better
half , with a despairing gofeture , "tho worst
has come. I shall have to have my bicycle
trousers made over for him. "
HELPING HAND TO WOMEN
Work Now Being Done in Omaha by the
Travelers Aid ,
DEPOT SERVICE WILL BEGIN TOMORROW
A llcnovoloiit anil llescuo Organization Ex
isting In Many Largo Cities Details of
ltd MlnU trillions AVho Are Ilccolvetl
uutl How They Are Cured For.
About ono month ago , under the auspices
of the Woman's Christian association , the
Travelers' Aid located In Omaha , and opened
quarters on Douglas between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets. Until that time
there was no night lodging for desti
tute women In Omaha but the city Jail. The
chief object of the Travelers' Aid Is to pro
cure and give lodging to destitute women
and children. No ono Is turned away , but
those who can are to pay the prices ro-
aulred. These nro very little. Lodging Is
15 cents per night , or 75 cents per week.
Meals are 10 cents. Everything Is clean and
orderly , and there Is nothing objectionable
about the Institution. The matron , Mrs. M.
P. Sullivan , says the homo has not been
without less than four slnco it opened , Had
It been better known doubtless the number
would have been greater. The place can
accommodate twenty persons.
Tomorrow the Travelers' Aid will send
Its representatives to meet the Incoming
trains. This is ono of Its works. It will
be something new.In Omaha , but In most
of the eastern cities the Travelers' Aid Is
represented at the depots. In many places
they have established quarters , and make
a specialty of looking for women and chil
dren who stand In need of their aid. In
St. Louis alone , In the past year , nearly 500
girls have been helped , and some saved by
the representatives of the Aid. The representative
sentative- the Aid wears a badge brought
diagonally across the breast. It Is white ,
and boars the words , "Women's Christian
Association Travelers' Aid. " The uniform
Is usually gray.
The good work that can bo done by such
an Institution Is readily seen. Women and
children coma In at all hours , often without
money , and no Idea ot a city. Some lese
their money or addresses , and they know not
what course to take. Not a few girls have
been rescued from the grasp of procurers.
This Is made a special object with the Trav
elers' aid and all glrla under suspicious guid
ance are examined. Some have been Raved
when they told the representative the ad
dress to which they were going. Other girls
are kept at the shelter until work Is found
for them. The only ones refused admittance-
are those under the Inlluenca of liquor. The
home closes at 10 o'clock and the Inmates
are required to bo orderly nnd ladylike In
their manners. Upon application to the mat
ron they are permitted to use the laundry.
The sick are cared for , but cases are not
taken for treatment.
There has been a call for such an Institu
tion In Omaha , and some of Its citizens have
been liberal with It. Many donations have
been made , but the cause stands much In
need of moro , especially bedding and single
bedsteads , The promoters hope some one
will donate a cooking stove or range. At
present they are without ono. They are
always ready to accept any donations which
the public are pleased to make.
The Institution on Burt street Is bettor
known In Omaha. This Old Ladles' home
has at present eleven Inmates. But three
pay anything. What Is paid amounts to
Very llttlo , $2 and $3 per week. Three of
the old women are perfectly helpless , and
ono has not been able to leave her bed In
two years. The matron , Miss Anna Wl ( ;
llamson , has the care of all the Inmates.
Aside from ono servant , there U no one to
assist her ,
The so Institutions must not be con
founded with the "Young Women's home , "
113 North Eighteenth street. This Is a
boarding house , with all the advantages ot
a homo for self-supporting young women.
It U not charitable Its aim la to give re
spectable young women a home at a price
A lot of hand mndo
Torchon Inserting ! ! ,
MUCH BELOW COST
5c
iKcrtl Inco In Ult
widths , actual Iratuo
EOC ,
UNDER COST AT
26c
Deatlful Imitation cut
glass pitcher , ilx tutu-
blera to match and one
tray , real value $1.25 ,
SPOT CASH PRICE ,
79c
C cups and saucers , C
breakfast plates. 0
sauce plates. In best
Iron Stone China ,
SPOT CASH PRICE.
83c
Ono lot largo berry
bowls , real value 3l > c ,
SPOT CASH PRICE ,
19
Best nickel alarm
clocks ,
SPOT CASH PRICE ,
79c
HOSIERY AND UN
DERWEAR AT ACT
UAL COST OR UN
DER.
Ladles' seamless fast
black hose ,
UNDER COST AT
9c
Ladles' line cotton
hose , fast black , linen
heel and too , actual
76c quality ,
UNDER COST AT
47c
Ladles' spun silk
hose , actual value $1.00
UNDER COST AT
50C
Ladles' lisle thread
vesta , ecru and whlto ,
regular 65c quality ,
SPOT CASH PRICE ,
27c
Ladles , spun Isllk
vests , actual value
$1.00.
UNDER COST AT
47c
Ladles' Egyptian llslo
union suits. $1.50 qual
ity.UNDKR
UNDKR COST AT
98c
JACKETS , CAPES ,
WAISTS , MACKIN
TOSHES. WRAPPERS ,
SKIRTS , WAY 1IE-
LOW ACTUAL COST.
Only one garment tea
a customer.
Ladles' and misses'
mackintoshes , with full
military capo , actual
value $3.00 ,
UNDER COST AT
$1.75
Ladles' pretty wrap
pers In pretty patterns ,
regular $1.25 , for
58c
within their means. "If the prlco IB fixed
low , that Is our own affair , " said Miss E. J.
Evans , the superintendent nnd matron. The
prices are within the roach of any salaried
girl In Omaha. The terms vary from $3 to
$4 per week. These are the terms fixed
upon by the Women's Christian association.
Such homos for girls are nothing new. One
was opened In New York City over thirty-
four years ago. No better recommendation
can be given a girl In the older cities than to
say she boards at the Young Women's Chris
tian home. Those In charge are careful re
garding the character of the appli
cants , and the deportment of the
Inmates must be within the bonds of pro
priety. No boarding school rules are en
forced the regulations nro those of any
good and moderately Indulgent mother. The
young women have a well furnished parlor
at their disposal , and some of the first
ladles In Omaha are visitors tlicro. Young
men are not barred , and the doors are not
closed until 10:30. : Upon special occasions
they have been open later. The girls have
a piano , and all the amusement of polite
society Is encouraged. Dancing and card
parties arc favorites. When any of the git Is
wish they ore permitted to give a party or
reception. This was dona several times
last winter. Weddings have taken place
from the home. The ceremony ca'ch time
took place In the parlor , and the wedding
breakfast was served in the dining room.
Presence at religious exercises Is not en
forced and no Interference with faith Is
permitted. The sick are not sent to the
hospital and are given the best of care. At
present the homo holds twenty-one girls ,
and apparently they could not bo better
satisfied. Their rooms are clean and nicely
furnished. Those who wish separate rooms
are provided with them. No girl Is expected
to assist with the housework.
JIIH.HIIOUS.
Rov. Dr. C. A. Bartol of Boston , who
celebrated his 81st birthday lust week , Is
In excellent health.
The International Missionary union will
hold Its eleventh annual meeting at Clifton
Springs , N. Y. , Juno 13-20.
Fourteen Mormon missionaries from Utah
left San Francisco on the 3d Inst. for
Honolulu and the South Seas.
It turns out that Bishop Tuttle ( Episco
pal ) has not joined the Salvation army.
The report arose from the fact that ho sent
the organization $5 for Its rescue work.
Mr. Thomas Spurgeott Is now settled In
the Metropolitan Tabernacle as permanent
successor to his father. Ho has been well
received , and the great building continues
to bo well filled with , perhaps , the largest
congregation In London.
The Diocesan Episcopal convention of
Massachusetts that mot last week decided
to relieve the labors of Dlahop Lnwruncc
by adopting the system of-.archdeaconries
that has worked so well In the diocese
ot Now York.
Rov. Charles Alan Smythlos , bishop of
Zanzibar , whoso death la announced from
London , was a graduate from Trinity cot-
logo , Cambridge , In 1SC7. Ho was appointed
missionary bishop of Africa In 1883 , and to
his late position last year ,
Mrs. Van Cott , the well known Methodist
revivalist , has been conducting her twelfth
revival at Oahkosh , WIs , As n result of
her work , there Is a strong congregation ,
largely made up ot converts made by this
remarkable- preacher , and a $30,000' church
building has just been dedicated. Mrs , Van
Cott'a home Is at Catsktll , N. Y.
The most absorbing questions connected
with the approaching ordination ot Miss
Rachael Frank , a young California ! ) woman ,
as a Hebrew rabbi , concern what she Is to
be called and what robe aho will wear offi
cially. As slio Is the first womn rabbi , there
are no precedents by which to settle these
matters ,
Charles M , Foulke of Washington Intends
presenting to the Episcopal cathedral , which
Is to be built In that city , twelve tapestries
Illustrating the life ot Jesus. They are ot
the fifteenth century and were secured by
Mr. Foulko a tow years ago from a Roman
palace , where they had hung ever since
they were made.
Among the public bequests by the will ot
Charles Scott of Washington. D , C. , are
$10.000 to the American Building fund of
the Protestant EpUcopal church of Now
York ; $5,000 to the P ( . John's Protestant
Episcopal church of Waterbury ; $5,000 to
Novelty diuhctsa cat-
Ins , retail prlcn $1.00 ,
UNDER COST AT
60c
Elegint bl/ick crystal
bongallnc , actual value
$1.26 ,
UNDER C08T AT
59c
Wash silks , best
quality , actual value
7So.
7So.UNDER
UNDER COST AT
37ic
China silks , printed
and plain , goods worth
up to 7Sc.
CASH PRICE AT
29c
20 per cent discount
off Infants' muslin and
cambric wear.
Dost 15o ginghams
UNDER COST AT
8c
40o French Ratines
UNDER COST AT
25c
20c ginghams at
UNDER COST AT
lOc
25c English scrgdor ,
UNDER COST AT
I5c
An elegant line of
hand made Torchon
lac.'s.
UNDER COST AT
5c
Smyrna and Japan
ese rugs , regular $6.00
and $6.00 ,
UNDER COST AT
$1,98
All our $2.50 Wilton
carpets
UNDER COST AT
$1.60
All our 35c mattings , l\ \
UNDER COST AT j
*
I6c
Chcnlllo curtains , all
colors , actual value
$5.00.
UNDER COST AT
$1.68 pair
All curtain Swiss ,
which sold up to COo | 4
per yard. vj
UNDER COST AT A
25c
20c sllkollnes I
UNDER COST AT j -
IOC ; !
Fine casslmero suits ,
SPOT 'CASH AT
$1.98
The king ( of shirt
waists , laundered , act
ual value $1.00 ,
COST PRICE AT
75c
Black Bourdon In-
sortings , 1 to 2 Inches
wide , actual value 20o
to 50c ,
SPOT CASH AT
! Oto25c
Trinity $5.000 to Protestant the Watetbury Episcopal hospital. church , and
Boston Is mildly agitated
over the dis
covery In that city of two pictures
alleged
to have
tradition been painted by St. Luke , whom
assumes to have been
The subjects nn artist.
and are respectively the Savior
III.s
mother
, and
roslnous are executed In a
wax pigment on a sort of
cloth. mummy
Rov. Sam Bettls ,
cowboy evangelist , thus
sums
up the
results
of his
recent
at Bay City , Mich. : "I had over revival
3,000
, con-
voralons
,
1,266 old topers
$802 was raised for signed the pledge ,
expenses , $500 clear
for
Sam
, nnd
6,000
people were fed free "
meals.
He .Is satisfied. The local
Bay City clergymen of
denounced his
ods. sensational meth
Abd-ur-Rahman , the Emir of Afghanistan
has sent an ,
extremely valuable copy of the
Koran to
the
holy
city
of
Ismtn-Ruza
, In
Persia ,
according to
foreign papers. It
In Is
a casket of
gold and silver
, whoso
ings carv
are said
to bo of
great buatity.
book The
, which
Is
valued at
$125,000
placed In the mosque with , was
monies. appropriate cero-
A man named Winks
the bishop of recently denounced
Manchester
, England
, for
ac
cepting
a princely Income
while so
better many
men were starving.
The
bishop haa
just made the
following
"You answer to him :
taunt
mo with the
Income. amount of my
Perhaps It
may astonish
bo made you to
acquainted with the
following facfs
I live as :
plainly ns
any working man , nnd
I believe that I work harder and
moro hours
than nine out of ten
I working men , and yet
am
compelled
, by the uxpensoH Incident
to my ofllco , to
spend 1,000
than a year moro
my official Income. "
.Iod- < > Wiixvm'i * I'rovort ) * .
Detroit Free Press : What a polltlshan
ain't tollln ' wood make a statesman squirm.
There's too much Ipglslatln for pollltlcka
and not enuff for blznoss.
Coxcy U only a sprout , but the weed Iz
growln , and the rest of us hadn't bettor
bo settln on the fonso thlnkfn It ain't.
Ef wo want to
purpotuate the republlck ,
we hav got to do sumthln else but holler
for the Forth ttv July and the Amcrlkln
eagol.
The pceplo Is purty much like powder ;
all they ncad to cxpload Is for sumboddy to
tech em off.
The biggest dcrn fool In the whole polltl-
kcl foeld kin find sum follerera.
Annurky Iff the wust tlrant.uv cm all.
The demand for oflls holders
newer ex-
seeds the supply.
The closer you git to most statesmen , ( ho
smaller they git.
What wo want In pollltlcks IB moro Star
Spangled Banner and less $ } $ .
Si root C/'iiri mill I'lron.
Whenever thcro Is a flro on or near Broad
way , says the New York Sun , the Houston
street power IIOUHO of the cable road la noti
fied , and the red wagon goes clattering up
lo the Bcvno of trouble , making us much
noise as a water tower , The men on the red
wagon usually find a cahlu blockade when
they arrive , because the firemen have had
to lay their hose across the afreet. That U
why the red wagon came.
Tim men toke out tall Iron atanchloni
from the wagon and set them up on each
side of the car tracks , They stand In the
slmpo of on Inverted V , with a pulley at
the apex. Hopes are passed around the
heavy hose , and these are then lifted by
moans of the pulley high enough above the
tracks to allow the cublu car.i to pass along
underneath.
The Dog' * Name.
Senator McLaurln was trying a case before -
fore the circuit court In Kankln county ,
Mississippi , just before hla election to the
senate , about a month ago. There wan a
negro and u dog Involved.
"What IB thu dog good for , undo ? " asked
Mr. McLaurln. "Will ho catch coons ? "
"Never hcarn 'or his catchln * nuthln , "
replied the darkey. "Ain't no 'count at all.
Ho Jos lays aroun' do house , he does , an *
oata an' sleeps , Ain't wuf shucks. Dat >
what makes us call 'Im what we do. "
"What do you call him ? "
"Lawyer. "
The lloatonlann are uald to have played
to an average ot $10,000 per week during
the Boiton season.