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ESTAULISI1ED JUNE 1J ) , 1871. OMA1IA , SUNDAY MOUNJLNG , MAY 5 , 1895-TWENTY PAGES. SINGLE COL'Y PIVE CENT'S.
W. Cor. 16th/ /
Douglas ,
OMAHA.
Spot Cash Purchase
HIGH GRADE , NEW
$1BO Silks at
In thin tfi-cat pnrchnsn from tlu rail
road company wore two solid case *
lilKliest urn ilu Imported Silks , consisting
of iKMncli Kliifc sllUn , new shadow
Hilhs , ninv Dri'sdcn pntti'in silk * , ni-w
two-toned fancy strlpi-d silks lor dresser
or fancy waists , HO ilHTcii'iit shades of
plain Klnoo tallVta silks , also i ! . " > plows
new broche effects ; all new colorings.
This Is the finest lot of silks ever shown
In Omaha , and they jo at lllc yard.
They aio worth $1.50.
$1.OO Silks at
Thousands of yards of high grade
t'liL'cked , TilaId and striped fancy waist
silks , all shades and plain colored Kal-
KalIdc fanci' now pattern Japanese
silks , elegant China silks-In fact , all
grades of silks which would lie worth
§ 1.00 In the regular way. go tomorrow
on our bargain stinaie at "ie ! ) a yard.
Fancy Waist Taffetas ,
An Immense lot entirely new swell
two-toned checks and fancy striped Taf
futas and .lacumud ; and
I ! ( ! Inch llnest quality cream and black
Japan silk , Lyons' dye ; and
117-Inch pure .silk black skirting Taf
fetas , all go at ( ic ! ) yard.
$2 Silks go at
UlMneh and 21-inch black liniin-t
Ljon silk , Sll.OO quality ; HI ! Inch bhu-k
satin Luxor for sUhts or ill esses ; _ > -
inch heavy Corded silks , for capes and
separate dress skirts ; ; > _ > inch elegant
(5ios de Londres , with neat , small ti -
ures or the e\.ti'cme ad\anee style In
large Moral designs ; 22-inch heavy all
silk Molro for separate skirts.
ALL WOOL CIIALL1S SATIX (3LOU1A
In iliult and light grounds , 25c Something new Just out r-i r
now , choice patents , worth for skirts , 12 liu i-hes w Ide , / k / *
HOc pure silk and wu oregnlar , _ [ J
price $1.0 , Monday
ALL WOOL IIiNUir.TTA- : Arnold's Oerman Ilemletta
In blael ; nnd nil colois , lii Inches wide , sold every 69c
Imported goods , worth where For $1.00 , on sale Mon
go at day at ( > it ) ; a yard
ALL WOOL siiuis : : ; Trench and Oerman Novel
12 and II Imhes wide , m < 39c ties In all new shades and 75c
= , woith .
designs
colors wool serges , in black and Monday at V.'c.yaid 51.25 , go on
Xavy bine I'ravenette Serge
. absolutely watei proof , something
r.lnek Crepons , Series ,
line for ladles' bi-
thing very -
Satin Iteibcrs nnd French
Novelties OSc cjtlo Milts or traveling
, regular price ,
dresses , worth ? 2.00 , tomorrow
go on sale tomonow nt
row S'Jc
THE SOCIAL EVIL IN
OircnmEoribcd by Narrow Limits nnd Con
trolled by Law.
FEATURES OF THE DETECTIVE SERVICE
riio Yoslilwurn iind Ita ThoimimU of lu-
inutcii How the WoiniMi Are Caged
unit Oilier 1'iicts About This
Strange Institution ,
( CopyriRhted , 1S03 , liy Trnnk O. Carpenter. )
The now treaty with Japan will bring all
foreigners under the Jurisdiction ot the Japa
nese courts. Heretofore Americans guilty ot
offenses of any kind have been tried before
our American consul , and we have had our
own marshals connected with our consulates.
All Americans will now bo under the Japa
nese police , and the laws and courts ot the
empire will be extended to all foreigners. I
spent some time In looking Into Japanese
Justice during my stay In Toklo. I called
upon the supreme justices and went through
the common pleas and appellate courts. I
looked Into all matters connected with the
pollc ? , and I spent some time In Investigat
ing the great Yoshlwara and the systoTv by
which the Japanese manage the social evil ,
which Is now creating so much Interest In
Now York and the other cities of the coun
try. I will talk of this at length.
CUIMC IN JAPAN.
First , one word about Jnpansso crime.
The sentences inflicted are now as lenient as
ours. In the police court there1 Is ono branch
which deals with faults ranging In fines from
f > cents to $2. Capital punishment la only
Inflicted ( for crimes against the- state or Im
perial family , and for murder. Crucifixion ,
which was common years ago. Is now entirely
done away with. I bought a. photograph ot a
crucifixion In Toklo. The executions ot today ,
however , are as hun-vane as our own , and the
lentcncp for capital crimes Is hanging. There
Is a closed place Inside of the great peniten
tiary where criminals are so killed. Next to
this punishment Is deportation with or with
out hard labor , and criminals ar * sent for
this purpose to the Island of Yezzo , where
they work In the mines. In addition to these
there Is Imprisonment with or without labor
in the prisons and penitentiaries ot the em
pire. All arreits except for crimes seen by
the police are by warrant , and the criminals
are examined before a Judge , who asks all
sorts of questions and Judges for himself
whether they are guilty. I spent sometime
In one of the police courts anil watched the
judge examine a man , charged with stealing.
He asked him all sorts of questions , and
made lilm iry on some clothes In his pres
ence , which were supposed to have been
used In connection with the crlrro , Ills law
yers were not allowed to speak , and the
questions put by the counsel were through
the Judge. The Japanese have the same laws
as to husbands and wives appearing against
each other as we have , but a child cannot bs
a witness against Its father , nor a servant
gainst his master. They can be brought In ,
however , In a kind of a subordinate way , but
such testimony as they give Is not considered
c ( much weight. 17 >
ItTHtt P6UCE nECOHDS.
I spent some time In the rogues' gallery
and In the detective departments of the
police organization at Toklo. It Is wonderful
low they have adopted all modern conven
iences In keeping track ot their criminals
They liave records of nearly 200,000 men who
have either b en in Jill or , In the opinion
of ttu polk * , ire decidedly liable to get
4liatn * i.-iy Jcjttt1n - " " IhMr . rHm < * stg HV
we catalogue a library , putting them In sec-
Ions and having cards containing their names
in alphabetical order. One division of this
irancli was devoted to foreigners , and I found
tint they Know evarjthlng connected with
every European and American In the coun
try. You cannot sleep in a Japanese hotel
without your name being sent to the police ,
and your passport Is llnblo to be called for
when you buy your railroad ticket at the
station. The order kept In the cities Is
wonderfully good , nnd you are perfectly safe
almost anywhere at any hour of the night.
I don't mean to say that there are not
many thieves and criminals , but the govern-
m ° nt keeps them In check , and the policemen
are ns brave as any you will find In the
world. They nre wonderfully well trained
In the use of the sword. They have a regu
lar fencing drill , which they practice dally
In fencing halls , which are connected with
every one of the stations. During my visit
to ono of the stations the superintendent had
his policemen go through a fencing bout to
show me what they could do with the foils.
The men put on Iron-masks nnd heavy breast
plates and fought like demons , fencing and
parrs Ing nfter the/most approved rules of
Japanese art. There are 5,000 policemen In
Tokio , and there nre about 28,000 policemen
In all Japan. The detective force Is very large ,
and one of the chief centers of Japanese
crime In every city Is the Yoshlwara.
CUUIOUS FCATl'Hi ' : OF JAPANESG LIFH.
I have hesitated some time before writing
about this curious , feature of Japanese life ,
but the Interest In such matters is such a
vital ono at the present time In the United
States and Cngland , and the Japanese meth
ods of controlling them are to different from
those ot other countries , that , In response
to n number ot letters requesting It , I have
decided to do so. I neither praise nor con
demn their s > stem. I merely descrlbn It as
well as I can and as delicately as I can.
I wlfh to say , however , that my Information
came directly from the police and through
the police , and that It Is absolutely authentic
Thi Voshtwara Is that part of every Japanese
city which U devoted to women of question
able character. * Such Institutions are kept
entirely under the police , and the establish
ments are required to keep an exact account
ot every one who comes Into them. They
must register the names and addresses of all
people connected with them , and any ex
travagances committed In the way of cx-
peiitcs or otherwise are at once reported to the
police. If a young man of good family leads
a very dissipated life his parents are notified.
Similar reports are given to employers as to
their clerks , and Japanese bank cashiers can
not carry on a continued life of dissipation
without being suspected ot something wrong.
I looked over tha records of ono of the sta
tions In company with the police. It was
that connected with the great Yoahlwara at
Toklo. The names entered on Its books dur
ing ono month amounted to 60,000 , nnd the
receipts ot the establishments were , I was
told , about { 78,000 per mouth , or nearly
11,000,000 per jear.
TUG TOKIO YOSimVAUA.
Tew travelers get to Know much about the
Inside workings of things In Japan , My
letters , however , to the chief of police gave
me the asilstance of private policemen , with
whom I went through the great Yoshlwara
at Tuklo , which contains 3,500 maidens. It
Is the largest establishment ot the kind In
Japan , and Its bouses are among the finest
of Toklo. It embraces , In addition to the
professional houses , hundreds of halr-dre'sers.
singers and dancers'and It Is shut off en
tirely from the rest of the city. It has wide
streets , through the middle ot which are
( trips of tlowers , and the streets are deco
rated with fountains , stone lanterns , bits of
wax work , and all kino's ot quaint things , to
draw the sightseer. Nearly every other
house Is a tea house or restaurant , Tte
houses In which the girls live are of Im
mense size , and are all ot much the same
nature and shape. The scene Is , In fact ,
very like the animal show at a .circus. The
flrst story ot each ot these houses consists
of cage-like parlors , faring the street and
running on each slue of a hall , which leads
Into tie house. At 'each side of this hall ,
in a little cage like that of a ticket office , a
.min * Uq nnil plrpa Information tfi all who
MOST EXTRAORDINARY SALE
ilk Mitts , Corsets , Kid Gloves ,
Hosiery Underwear.
Ladies'
Silk Mitts
All the ladles' , misses' and chil
dren's pure silk jers"y 'ISC '
Mitts , in Macks , tans and
creams , K < > at ( a pair ) . . .
All the ladies' highest xr "
puie Milan silk JCIM'.V llt- 25c
tiiif : Mitts , In Macks , tans
creams and whites. . . .
All the highest Ki'ade vlliovv 49c
and shoulder length Mitts
worth $ l.r.o . a pair , go at
LADIES' KID GLOVES.
\V will s ° ll tomorrow the
eM lot of liilIeH fine high
Kltl Glows c\or seen In
Uin.ihii.
Tlu > nre the genuine "Jnu-
viti ' iimk"nil Mtntnp"d vntli
the maker's name "Jouvln"
ami inaile p daily for the
nil st piomlntnt < lry gooiH
h ti"e In Chlia o. The.iiit . - In
bli < UP and nil coloi * and
ai d s-hndo" , fiom the ptatelv
" he uliler length to the nudest
5-hnuk ami tlio e \\ltli \-ry
l.irjje chic ptnil luittun < * ,
Pienrh sUltf ' . . .
And they are \\orth 5 5) ) n
pilr , but til y to tomonow at
i'o ' a pair.
All the hlRhest Riade ladles'
KK1 UloM-s , every pair \\ar-
ratited , In LI tcK . tan" , Sc.
1iru\\ir > , Riay , cream white
and blufi , touiul and per- .
Ktt. i'o at ( a pair )
rwear.
Ladles' J iey llttlnjj ribbed Un-
deiwtar , in tan and en tin
c.
Ladles' derby libbod Underwear ,
silk tailed aims anil ntck , wortli J.'o
Ladles' hlRh Krade lisle thread
full fashlon'U ilbbed Vtsts
19c.
All the Misses' , CliilJroiiS
ami Hoys'
200 do/on Samples UNDERWEAR
hU'li triaile. silk
oinbi'iiido' edflF1 n In Riiu/o , billirU in and nitnial
gray vests , p i iti a'i d ilt.iLi %
Lisle tin end J * \i ( uo at
Underwear fi.U
pass by. Each of these cages Is about 100
feet long nnd twenty feet deep , and Its door
Is about as high as your waist. This Hocr
Is cc\cred with carpet or matting , and at tlis
back of the nom there Is a Hue of glrU
langlng all the way from twenty to fifty ,
squatting on the door , with the little boxes
of charcoal before them. They hinoke nnd
they chat , and they make eyes at the men
who pass along the street. Some of them
may ha\o samlsens or the Japanese guitar' ,
and now anil then one will get up and waddle
out to the bars of the cage and chat with
the people outside. In tome of the cages
they sit upon cushions and chairs , and in
others you will find perhaps fifty glrU
dressed nil the same way nnd looking like
Haters. Some Ime dozens of pins In their
hair , each of which is as long as a crochet
needle , and which stand out about their
waterfalls like the quills of a porcupine.
They are all highly powdered Some of
many of the establishments are lighted by
the electric lights , Just as > ou would light up
a shop window in which you had beautiful
goods exposed for sale. Some have plate-
glaa ; windows between them and the streets
The girls all have their obis or belts tied
with a bow In front Instead of behind , as
other Japanese women do. This , I think , Is
provided for by law , and this finest part of
the Japanese woman's dress known as the
obi Is the badge of the bad and the good.
AT Tlin COUNTS.
'
I spent some time In the police courts or
examination rooms , where all g.rU who wish
to enter the Yoshlwara must first get their
licenses. They are practically sold by their
larents or guardians , who must come with
them , nnd who , Iu company with the proprie
tors of thehoutcs. . then make a contract wlt'i
the girl for tbreo jears. The Judge care
fully examined the girls , and they were
a-ked as to whether they entered Into con
tract of their own frea will. They hung
their heads down when they were questioned ,
but they replied almost automatically , and
evidently uttered the words which their pa
rents had put Into their mouths. Some , I
doubt not , are forced to this by their parents ,
and It Is considered a good deed among some
Japanese for a girl to go Into a house of
this kind In order to make money to pay
her father's debtb or to support her family.
The girls have to be of a certain age , and
every precaution Is taken to protect them.
They Tire usually gold to the keepers for
irom { 200 upward. This cash Is ghen to the
parents , and the usual contract Is for three
years. The girl Is also charged with the
tlothes which the proprietor of the house
gives her , and ho tries as much as possible to
get her In his debt , ns she will not bo per
mitted to leave until everything Is paid ,
though If a friend or her parent comes In
and puts up all the money that &he owes him
he must let her go. Kacli girl has a book
of her own which Is kept at the police olilce
nnd which gives a full description of her.
This book la about the shape of a magazine
and about thirty or forty pages. U Is much
like a passport , and It contains a full de
scription of the maiden. The dress allowed
the young woman Is according to the price
paid for her. A (200 girl Is usually charged
(30 for her dress , and sometimes beautiful
glrla have given as much as (200 for a dress.
This Is all put down In the book. Two pages
of the book are given up to the laws and
rules of the house , which must be s'gncd ' by
the girls. Each girl has a seal of her own ,
and with this she signs everything. At the
end of six years the government usually de
clares the contract at an end and the girl
Is free.
"ALL HOPE ABANDON YE WHO ENTER
HERE. "
The girl who once goes < nto the Yoshl
wara , however. Is like her sister who falls
on this side of the world. She seldom comes
out , and over the street which leads Into
ihls city of sin should be written the words
which were over the gate to Dante's hell
"All hope abandon ye who enter here. " You
will hear now and then well-informed travel-
era say that a life of this kind does not
hurt the reputation of a Japanese woman ,
and that she may co from such placei Into
the most refined society and be highly re-
gnpffpiV TM * Is not trtiE. Thprp urt * In-
Ladies' CORSETS.
3 rni-os InOIcK1 oxlra 1 mn
Hummer Vi'titllutme Corn
2 wo lad en' Sateen CiMSdi , I1
| p In M irk , illal > nml white
I nff anil r\tm lonK wnlstoiih
SI i . KU at
i-nf of Mine. Wirrcn's Prom
l"iim i * rsrtH , nolil tin \\uiUl or
lit )1 ) i'j , | * o nt
anil C'hlMroV * . H"5 ' nml
I'oinet VVnIMH will | intO I , _
< nt buttons , bept quality * n IC
CORALINE
HMllcil
COLD WAVE
ADTO
H AN KEH CHIEFS.
DUO liulich1 linliotteil Sv\Ks Ladle- ' fine < | iiilltv : Irlili
tnatiuT n'tiiK1 Imported ll.ind-
II n UU-'M'liU'N M'IV da nt
Ih inibinidc - oil and ken lileNoith ? .V , go
tlitriid hi'tn-'til'M oil , a * ( tNii h )
\ \ ctil \ 3V , 0 lit
I'ilCMl
All the men's
Jlne Irish linen
lienistltchi'd h.iiul
fiOO mire linen wide
and n mow In ni'-tltohed nibriiUleri'd Initial
lioytii-s , woiin He o icli , ll.indUerchlufs
nuw go at \\oitli uic cauli go at
l
Ladles' and
Children's
Hosiery.
All s'/cs fhlldrcn's heavy ribbed
'I in Cnlotud Hose ,
l' r i ) ilr
i"-c , ' ami Children's line iju illty ,
Inn ) rt" < l , full leniilnr nude , ii.uinw
ilLitn-tl , black and ( anUoloiud Ilo-u , pr
nj ' -nil Girls' hna > y illibed ,
iluubk' soli-s nml liucN , Ilioyclo
lloio , a p ilr .
1 idles' full icjniHr made
It..11 U Tan and lit own
I ast I o urtMl llo-i' , per pair
1-idli's' tn-j-aiK-e Tast ItlacU , silk
I'liilili llnse , double soles ami
e\ti > IviMtli , \ > uith 05e ap.tli.t'o
stances of men In Japin marrying \\oincn
of < | iiestlonable rpputatlon , but it is no more
icspectable there than here Such nurrlafrs
bometlmes take place between the Geisha
plrls and \vell-to-do men but these are of a
different cljss , and many of them are virtu
ous. TI'c majority of the girls who enter
the Yoshluara stay there. Many of them KO
In unw llhiRly ; I mubt say the ma.orlty. Hut
once In they get Into debt to their keepers ,
and their debts Increase , and they fctay.
Sometimes they commit suicide on account of
their lovers , anil the Japanese Ftorlcs arc full
of the quarrels -\\hlc'i take place In these
places on some account or other. Once In
the Yoshluara , the girl cannot go outside of
the city of sin without permlss on. The po
lice know all the girls \\\\o \ \ are In , and they
must lime passports to go to other parts ) of
the to\\n. They nre practically In sla\ery ,
and most horrible sa\ery ! at that.
THEY LOOK MODEST.
I was surpr sed at the modesty of such
Japanese women. They ha\c nothing of the
boldness and brazen effrontery of their class
In other countries , and there are some ad
vantages In the Japanese method of treat
ing the social evil. The \vlcked of the city
are confined to one part of It , and those
\\lio wish temptation must E ° In search of
It. The London streets are full of vlca every
night. Some parts of New York are not
much better , nnd there are no dancing halls
ami empire theaters to tempt the young
Japanese. It Is not true that It Is respecta
ble for joung men to frequent such places ,
and the Japanese whom I saw on their way
to and from the Yoshluara had In most
cases handkerchiefs wrapped around their
heads and over their faces , In order to keep
the people from knowing who they were.
Till : JAI'ANHSi : OOVEKNMnXT AXUTHE
WOMEN.
The laws concerning this matter have
grown more strict In Japan from year to
year , and there has recently sprung up a
muvein nt for the doing away entirely of
the sjstem. The Japanese government , In
fact , Is doing everything It can to protect
Its people and their reputation In respect
to such matters During the pest few years
numbers of girls have been carried out of
the country , sometimes almost against their
will , and taken to the different seaports of
the Pacific for Improper purposes. A law-
has been recently pasted pre\entlng this ,
and no Japanese woman can now leave the
country unless she can show exactly where
she Is going and why.
A foreign lady taking out a Japanese ma d
has to give Information to the government
as to just where she Is going , and sign
such passports and bonds as Mill Insure the
girl being properly cared for , and It Is con
trary to law for girls to leave the country
alone. Systematic attempts linve been made
to o\ade the rules In this regard , and during
my stay In Japan the authorities caught
parties who were smuggling out girls In
trunks. Two girls were put In tight boxes
and were shipped on one of the steamers
as baggage , but before the boat left there
was a cry from one of the boxes , and upon
Us being opened a plump Japaneze elrl was
found doubled up w'ltbln It. She could
scarcely breathe and her htavy clothes had
gotten o\er the air holes. The other trunk
contained another Japnncto maiden , anil U
nas found that this business had been going
on for some time. Tha people concerned
were arrested and the girls were taken back
to Toklo.
CurK1 It.
Between Salford and Manchester. N H. ,
Is a glue factory. A lady , obliged to take
the ride between those two points quite
often , alwa > s carried with her a bottle of
lavender salt * . One morning an old farmer
took the seat directly opposite her. Aa the
train ncared the factory the lady opeacd
her bottle of saltv , Soon the whole carriage
was filled with the horrible'odor of the glue.
The old farmer stood It ts'Iong as he could ,
then leaned forward and shouted. "Madam ,
would ye mind puttla' the cork In that 'ere
bottlet"
THE SLOGAN FOR PIONEERS
Get Together , O.-ganiz ; , ami Pcipstuato
Fritn'Jsliips of Other Days.
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS OF A LINCOLN MAN
Demand fur tlio OrKnnlrntlon of an As n-
chitlou uf Nclirailci IMimrer * What
OtlKT StlltlB llHVO 1)0110 III tllllt
MIIC IlimU of .Vlcinber.lilp.
LINCOLN. April 27. ( Special. ) "Gentle
men , the time has arrived for organizing a
Nebraska Pioneer's association , nnd Lincoln
Is the city In which to organize It. "
The speaker was a small , elderly man ,
smooth shaven , nnd wore gold-rimmed glasses
and white duck spats. He was a cheerful ,
energetic little man , evidently with a good
side outward toward all the world. Ills
signature on the hotel register was , 'nowever ,
unfamiliar to each guest who occasionally
glanced nt It curloiibly. It began , like so
nuny other E'gnatures , encountered In
dally business , with a firm , large
Initial M , followed by a smaller V , and this
by a loosely formed II , after which trailed
the rest of the name deprecating ! ) " . It might
have been Hutchlns , or Hewson or Hutch-
Inson. Neither hotel clerk nor proprl&tor'
could throw any light on 'nls Identity.
Ono gentleman glanced at the while duck
t-pats over the brilliantly polished shoes and
whlipered "New York. " Another pointed tea
a toft wool plaid over the stranger's arm
and said :
"San Francisco. They all carry rugs In
that city , tiie climate changes so often In
the course of twenty-four hours. "
As the elderly incog carefully cut the tip
from a cigar with a minute pair of pocket
scissors Charley Illgg solved the mystery In
his own mind by muttering "dress goods and
notions samples , " and walked away mutter
ing.
ing."It
"It Is true , this Is Lincoln , " continued the
stranger , "but It Is not the Lincoln of twenty
years ago. "
Austin Humphrey heard this and became
languidly Interested.
"Do not misunderstand me. Some towns
have deteriorated In a bcore of years , others
have appreciated. Lincoln Is trotting In I'ae
latter class. The fame of Lincoln as a resi
dence capital city Is not limited by the
boundary lines of the state ; no , not even by
the one recently surveyed between us and
South Dakota. But carpers carp to the dole
ful strain that Lincoln has no manufactories.
Hot. NeUher has St. Paul , Minn. , with 150-
000 touli and 25,000 real estate agents. Even
the Weed Harvester works went to smash
there and left her manufacturing enterprises
nil. The capltol building In that city could
be bought today with a tax levy of CO cents
a head on each Inhabitant.
"Dut , gentlemen , Minnesota has a Pioneer
association which Is the pride of the state ,
and a parennlal welUprlng of pleasure to
Its members. It embraces all creeds , all
fchades of political belief , all social distinc
tions. The late General Henry H. Slbley was
one of the charter members. Ignatius Don
nelly another. There are two extremes for
you by way of illustration , Ilut not only that ,
the parent organization has given life to an
other which will perpetuate the older Insti
tution as the years fall Into the dim , dusty
vista ot the past , It Is the Junior Ploneen.
It Is comprised of the eons of members of the
Minnesota Pioneer association. The head
quarters of boih of these state Institutions
are at St. Paul. They are separate and dis
tinct societies , blended together only by the
ties of Individual relationship. Their period- !
cal reunions have recently achieved great
They are. In fact , to St. Paul , what
60,000 Yards White Goods , Wash Goods
and Printed Cotton Goods ,
Bought at one-fourth thoiv actual value , g-o on sale
tomorrow in the
At
worth
Sic
aya.rd
All the plain Mack
Indiii L.nuis ,
Shining Prints , 'A\V-
-
IiHlliro Mine Pilnts ,
Ni-\v Dress 1'rlnts ,
Worth Si/jc , go ntj li
At
worth
12ic
a yard
All the fine Staple Glntham ,
Sateen Itemnants ,
All the Molic Unlnns ,
Double Fold Cot set .leans , .
And thousands of > aids of line grade
WASH < ! ( > OIS and
IMtlVl'IM ) COTTON COOPS.
Worth lii'jo ' jiml. KO at oc yaid.
Pair ,
Worth $3.99
At $1M a p-Hi \\e \ \ 11 e I nil the mi ill
lotu ff Line I'vnt in in unr Rtotk 'tii'li an
tliie e have l > u . , ! , I or Ti | iilrof a
Kind. They .iu in white and com i.nd
tlm .e oft lai e Hiii'li ifd.ct , and \\oith
up to J.Sb ) a pair , all e at ? 1 US u p-iii.
Worth $6.00
At $2.10 a pair welll sell a n
line of line Imported NottliiKh.ini Lace Cur-
tarii , In Ilni ueN and ciilpme elf-'cts nnd
lil li point , orth up to 'fa.'JO a Jali , > oui
choice , SJ.OO a pair ,
Worth $8.5O
At ? 30S a pair all the beautiful InMi
p dnt and Tambi ur Swiss Curt lins. > n all
the latist design" , flippant K"ods that me
iHuallj. i-old up to $8 M a pall , all ill oi.c
lot nt $ .1 OS a pair.
the meetings of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery nre to lloston.
"Ilut we have the Stnto Historical society
now , " Interpolated N. S. Harwood , who had
been charmed Into the circle by the stranger's
discourse.
"True. So has Minnesota. So have forty
other states. Hut thf members of historical
societies are not bound together by such
cohesive bonds as knit the hearts of old set
tlers. It Is this one clement of congeniality
that endears the grand army comrades each
to each. An Ideal pioneer society Is nonsectarian -
sectarian , non-political and non-combatant.
Those who make history understand each
other better than these who merely meet once
a month to read It. Now , Nebraska has been
making a good deal of history during the
past twenty-five years. lly far the greater
portion of U has been manufactured right
here In Lincoln. Ilut wo have no distinc
tively popular socloty to perpetuate It , to dis
cuss It and to compile It for the benefit of
our children's children's children.
"Do you doubt that a pioneer association
would fill a long felt want ? There Is a let
ter I recently received from a citizen nt
Illalr. Hero Is his business card In the left
hand corner , and over here to the right , what
do wo read ? 'Resident since 1SGS of Wash
ington county.1 The old gentleman Is proud
of It. He would make an enthusiastic
working member of a Nebraska pioneer asso
ciation. And tlio state has hundreds of
them. The society need not be large , nor
expensive. The smaller the more aristo
cratic , like the Sons of the Revolution. Hut
as the state Is among the joungcr of the
sisterhood. It might bo well hot to place the
limit of eligibility too remote.
"I said Nebraska had made con ldc-rable
history during the past two and a half
dpcades. Much cf It I cpn recall , for much
of It I saw and a part of It I was We need
only go back to the period when the Mormon
hcglra from Illinois scattered recalcitrant
Mormons along the banks of thcl'latte , from
Council Illuffs to Sidney. lly far the greater
portion of them made good citizens and suc
cessful ranchers. I can remember w on Ilu'-
falo Hill was In the legislature. He was
followed by Lone Tree Ned from Mcrrlck
county , In a buckskin suit and hair hanging
b ° low his waist , ono of the moat picturesque
figures that ever walked the streets of Lin
coln. He was the first man In the state to
suggest the golden rod as a floral emblem ,
and your last legislature consummated his
wish by patalnc a law adopting It. I can
well remember when the Capitol hotel , then
the Commercial , was spick , span new , and
when Itnhoff ran It. When John M. Thurs-
ton , jiint breaking Into politics , bareheaded
and affable , stood on the tessalatcd floor
and welcomed the coming , sped the parting
guest whenever a state convention or the
legislature wai In session. Not necosearlly
an old man Is he who remembers the time
the legislature went over to the old Kunke
opera house to elect Van Wyck United States
senator. Can't you all remember how the
mouth-filling name of A. S. Paddock rang out
at each vote from the big-lunged gentleman
from Douglas county ? And who deserted
him and who died with him ? 1 have them
all down pat. And who docs not remember
when Frank Welch won the congressional
nomination from General Cowln , and Cowln's
dramatic speech from the Mage , and Q M
LambertBon's splendid , spontaneous effort ,
when he stoo'l on a chair and made the ring
ing speech which broke up a combination
against us and seated the Lancaster delega
tion ? I do , Dut I am going astray and
drifting Into politics , which will never be
come the nucleus of a pioneer association.
"There Is a troop of tragic recollections ,
which , llko Uanrjuc/a ghost , arlte unbidden.
It was along about till * time that the horrible
details of the work , of the Olive gang up In
Ouster county came to the turface. I gazed
upon the charred remains of the old Lone
Tree man and his son-in-law , laid to have
been burned alive , when they were brought
home to their ttrlcken families. Then there
was the Dohannan mutiny In the peniten
tiary , a email history In Itself. It wa thought
that Loulilana wai making national hUtory
In 1873 , when he bad two live governor !
and two separata * legislature * at tha- same
At
Worth
15c
a yard
All the Scotch ( lliiKlunis ,
Kiptich MulN.
I'laln and Striped Xavy nine , .
All the Crinkled and Crcpon Sateen ,
all Coulcd hulia Dimities , go at O'io '
yard. .
At
worth
25c
a yard
All kinds of plaid , checked and strlpcil
White G < ioils. very line plain white In
dia Mnens , line Pteiieh S.iteens , Jn
lltfht and daik grounds ; -10-IiiPh French
lawns , lies ) French percales , all wortlil
li.'ic , HO at JjVic.
T kTTS" " " T&.T
L INEN
COIiuli cxtio. hen\y quality
s oU h Table Uaiii.i" ! ; , vuim 35e
Mi , goes at 33c
200 pieces GO-lneli Imported Tur-
kry icd , good vuluc nt 35o ,
goes at I5c jaid
All the Imported iiiKll h Mni lll"3 ned-
spread' , larKcst size inaileoith Hfiu'arlyj
9 , $1 o'J nnd Jl ! > S , go at
1125
i\tia Inrjfc and heavy Turkish
'
J
and I5c.
18-Inch nil pure IliiPn G'ars '
Toweling" , fast dyt-H , nil sizes ,
8C
checks and colois , win Hi inc. .
time , and when General Sheridan was callciS
on to depose one of the opposing branches.
Hut 3 on and I have lived to see two Ne
braska governors carr > ing on state buslnesa
of high and mighty Inport In the same capital !
building at the f-amo time , nml to the grim
music of ringing musketry as HIP national
guard grounded nrms on the stone flagglne-
of the cnpltol walks.
"I doubt If any of us will forget the mel
ancnoly ro-ults of the April blizzard of 1873 ,
when people and rattio from the north wero-l
blown Into the I'latto river to lo o theln
lives In the merciless storm. Nebraska has- !
had no serious Indian troubles of her own.
but she has contributed troops to the alej
of other states to the northward , as can bo-
graphically attested by General Colby and
Uovcrnor Thnver , Yes , there nr3 remlnls * .
conces enough to provldo food for thought
and talk nmong a dozen pioneer jocletleli
and each year Is adding to the general funur
'
"Now , gentlemen , you have seen Lincoln.
expand from a hamlet on the banks of Salii
creek to the magnificent capital city that' '
she Is ; yearly extending in state Importance
and educational advantages , steadily Increas *
Ing In wealth , population nnd nrchltecturaL
beauty , reinforced by ono of the leading unl ?
versltles of the country , the State Historical
society , nnd the State library , In the veryv ,
midst of the archives of the Btato's history !
and traditions , within telephone call of ex-1
Governor Kurnas , J. Sterling Morton anal
rare old Marl Dunham of Omaha , who would ]
be king pin In a Nehrn ka Pioneer society.
You are the ones to whom , naturally. Is dele
gated the task of organizing this association.
Now is the time and hero Is the pbre. You
lm\c heard that b fore , but Its significance *
Is none the less Impressive. In the Auxiliary
Society of Juniors joti can fed that your
work will be augmented In the present anct
supplemented and p rpetuated In the future/t
Somdetch I'hra I'aramundlr Malm Phulalon.
kern I'hra Chula Chem IClao , king of Slam.
has presented to the Cornell unlveri'ty library !
a Siamese edition of the Trlpitaka. the tacreA
writings of the southern liudlhlsts Tlio edi
tion Is In thlrty-nlnu handkomoly bound vol
umes , and Is presented on the twenty fifth an
niversary of the king's reign. Only a partt
of the IluddhUitlc writings have be n trans *
lated , If the entlro text were translated Inta
English It would make a book three or foun
times as largo as the bible.
The library of the University of California
now numbers over CO.OOO volumes. Including
a recent Invo ce of nrg ish < n I Cc in n books.
It Is fortunate In the receipt of a e Jinplcto
sot of six volumes of the "Opinions ana
Papers" of Stephen J. I'eld | , Junlee of thtt
United States supreme court and honorary )
professor of law In the University of CalU
fornla. '
One of the largest of the Now York gram1 !
nar schools , as It Is also one of the beat ,
and most popular , has an attendance o&
about 3,000 pupils , under charge ef Uanlol.
13 Guddls , tinea 1879. Five full companies.
of the American guard have been organized-
In this school , of which two are composed ot
glrlu , who go through the manual with must
kota , with all the precision of veterans" ,
This Bchcjl Is away up town , on One Huni
dred and Fourth street and AnibterUam a\V
enu . v
The library of the State University ot
California has just received as a gift frornj
Mr. IM II. Coffcy ot San Diego photography
of a Guatemala document dated 1557 , wblol )
contains the dccre-u of abdication of Chariot
V and of the atsumptlon of the throne ot
Spain by Philip II. It U signed by Denial
Diaz , del Cabtlllo and others. f
The Cornell Law school , which was catab\
Ilihe-d In 1E87 , has grown BO rap dly thai ,
the trustees of the university have decided tb
lengthen th" course In law to time yeartv
to take effect In 1807. The school posness&a
one of the finest and most complete law )
buildings In America , erected at a coat ot
(110,000 , and Iti library facilities are leo
end to noneIn the country. It dr.vvi etu
denti from tb mott dUUut elite * In thj
union. . . _ .
