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Dress Goods- *
Our Big Bargains.
CO pieces of very line Fiench
Serge , nil wool. In black nnd
39c
colors , advertised elsewhere
at 48o per yaul , oui pi Ice . .
75 plccoH new Novelty Goods ,
very line nil wool , sold else 49c
where for 73c , this bale
100 pieces oil wool ClmllK In
all coloi , light and dark , in iSc
the newest patterns , woith
2Sc per ynitl
74 pieces of Silk I'lnlfch Henri
etta , nil wool and a full line 35c
of color ? , n big vulue nt
E6 pieces Diagonal SergeIn
nil colors ; thin new Seige Is 17c
a bargain at UOc , this sale. . . .
Wash Goods-
75 pieces Trench Crepon. silk
stripe , very pretty patterns
woith 33c
CO pieces Tambour Mull In a
very line line of colors and
patterns ; woith 23c
43 pieces Plls p , In the newest
patterns , and llnest color
ings ; these goods nro some
thing entliely new , worth
> 25c , this mile
CO pieces Prince01) Lnvvn , In all
colois nnd patterns , good
t i'nlue nt lOc , will go In this
tale nt
100 pieces Pongee , n big bar- -d f\--
gnln , In all the new patterns , IOC
t mostly nil Untk
Just received , a nlco lot of
/ Dimities In nil the new ami < /T > i . _
) pretty patterns , wilt go In \ " j\\2
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I this sale at "A
f Dimities In nil patterns , n r \ i
/ beautiful line , worth twice * * * '
. what we auk , this sale
* Hero ! < a special cut on Pllste ,
. we have n big lot of them
In light nnd dnik patterns ,
they are all beauties , this
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i JfiJE SAGE OF ARBOR LODGE
Secretary Morton Discirses Farming ,
Farmers nnd Farmers' ' Wives.
SOUND MONEY IN THE BUSINESS
A Disquisition on Various I'lmscs of vVontorn
lrnrm I.Ko , Spited ultli Stories nml
llarb Wlro Tnct * by Undo Sam's
Olllclnl Farmer.
( CopyrlKhleil , UK , by Trnnk Q. Carpenter. )
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Juno 20. ( Special
( Correspondence ot The Bee. ) I called on the
( Hon. J. Sterling Morton , the secretary of
agriculture , last night and asked him to give
mo some points for the cities which are
turning their vacant lots Into potato gardens
tor the poor. The secretary of Agriculture
believes that there Is money In fanning. Ho
la a man of much wealth , and a great part
of his fortune has come out of the soli. He
Is highly cultured and college-bred , but ho Is
as plain In his ways as was Abraham Lincoln ,
and bo has practical Ideas of men and things.
Llko Lincoln , ho has a story to Illustrate his
every point , and , like Lincoln , ho Is more of
an optimist than a pessimist. Ho thinks
that the farmers of the United States have
us good business chances as the members of
any other profession , and ho says that those
who mix their manure with brains seldom
fall to amass wealth. Ho his ot late been
maklns a stuJy of the ccnlltlon of the farmer ,
and ofJils possibilities outsldo ot the old lines
cultivation , and ho Is full of now sugges
tions. Ho Is a great advocate of email farms ,
and he tells mo there la a good deal ot monej
be made In potatoes.
MONEY IN POTATOES.
Said the secretary : "There Is no doubt but
that there will be a large demand for all the
potatoes that these cities will raise this jear
and for jears to come. We raised last jear
more than 170,000,000 bushels ot potatoes In
the United States , and these brought about
$91,000,000. The crop was , however , not
enough by millions ot bushels to supply the
demand , and potatoes always bring a high
price. This Is especially so In the cities , and
It these people will work there Is no doubt
but that thty can make some money out of
thcll' crop. The great objection I have to the
method being employed Is that the land Is
given to the poor for nothing. It ought to
be rented to them at a very low rate , and jou
would then find ten men engaged in the cul
tivation of the soil where one is doing It now.
People don't want what they can get for
nothing , and measures like this tend to the
, education of the paupers. "
TUB HOMESTEAD ACT.
"It Is a good deal like the homestead act , "
Secretary Morton went on. "That was ere
ot the worst things for the farmers of this
country that has ever happened to them.
It eucouraged pauperism and fraud. Before
the homestead act wai passed you could pre
empt a quarter section of land , and by pajlng
a small prlca for It you could get a title to It.
The result was that no one took the poor
lands , and the man who waa a farmer hid to
be thrifty and Intelligent to succeed.
"The homestead act cave the land for noth
ing , and many ot thow who took advantage
ot It were lazy , Ignorant and thriftless.
Some settled on lands for the mere purpose/
ot Belling them as soon as they bad tecured
their title * Others proved up their lands ,
paid the dollar and n quarter an acre which
the government demanded , and then mort
gaged them to It lid fullest extent and
ekipp d out. After living on the land a
short time , they could get a title for a
quarter ccctlon upon the payment ot $200.
The money lender * were \accustomed to
loan at leait $700 upon a quarter section ,
lad , tlili gave tbe mortgagor | 500 clear
Special Drives in
. . . Silks
to pieces Wa h Silks , In veiy
prettj' patterns anil coloring" ,
We value , will go In this
tile at
CS plctcs China Silk , In all
cole s. li eluding blJik , a good
value at J3c , sale price
Ciiallis , Calicos
and Giiikams
2 cases of Ciiallis , In extra
pretty patterns , ical value
OC , this salc .
1 en = e of light Shirting Prints.
nil new patterns , eveiy jnrd
worth Sc .
ISO pieces dark Prints , In very
di.lrnbla patterns , a good
vulue nt C'ie .
1 case of Apron Ginghams ,
veiy largo abtortmont , regular -
lar Cc quality .
100 pieces Outing , nice new patterns -
terns , the regular 7' c quality
150 pieces Dre = s Olnghnms ,
worth Mic pel jard , this sale
COO pieces Dutch blue twill calico
ice , 29 Inches wide , sold at
special sale for 10o per yiml ,
jou can have all jou want at
100 pieces fancy high crado
Ticking , regular 23j quality. .
150 pieces white Sinker Tlan-
nel , regular b'ic kind , for u
profit. Thoutands of acres of land which
was utterly worthless were proved up In
order to get these mortgages. The owners
left as soon as they had obtained the money
and the eastern men who furnished the
funds had no assets but a lot of sand hills
to show for them. They paid the loan
agent 2 per cent for making the loan and
required no security. The agents worked
for their commission and not for their em-
plovers , and the result Is that there are
thousands of mortgages In Kansas and Ne
braska today which are not worth the paper
on which they are written. I have traveled
over much of that mortgaged land. I re
member ono farm In which a plow stood
In the desert near a shackly shanty , and
upon It the farmer had hung a card which
read :
'Take the D n Plow Too1 !
"In another part of the sand hills , where
the soil was mUerably poor , I saw a shanty
on wheels. I asked my driver who could
possibly live there , and who would be fool
enough to take up Mich land as that. He
replied that all the land wo could see had
been entered and proved , and that that house
was wheeled from place to place , and that
ono man after another had lived In It for
a short time In order to swear that ho had
a house on his land. As soon as they
got any evidence of a future title they bor
rowed the $200 from the agent , raid this to
the government and then took $500 fora mort
gage on the quarter section representing
$700. I do not mean to say that many of
those who took advantage of the homestead
act were not honest men and good farmers ,
but the principle was bid and It encouraged
pauperism and fraud. If , for Instance a rent
coulil bo charged for these lots equal to , say ,
one-tenth of their annual taxes a mc-e i o n-
Inal price the people would rea Ue that tt e/
were paying for them and they would not
lose their self-respect. "
MONEY IN FARMING.
"You say there Is money In farming , .Mr
Secretary , " said I. "The general Idea Is
that the farmers are going to ruin. They are
rushing to the cities and they are complain
ing all over the country. How Is this ? "
"It Is not half as bad as It Is painted , "
said the secretary. "The farmers are making
as much money as any other people In the
United States. They don't make as much as
they formerly did. No business Is doing
that. Why , we used to get 10 per cent for
money out west on gilt-edged security , f
have paid 12 per cent myself , mortgaging the
best of real estate to get It , and have made
money out of U. You can now borrow all the
money jou want for C per cent. The people
are now contented with small profits. It
Is the same In the mercantllo business. The
storekeepers used to growl when their profits
were less than 25 per cent. They are now
glad to get 8 per cent. The truth Is that
the farmers' profits have fallen the least and
failures arc proportionately les among them
than among any other class of business men.
Take this matter of mortgaged farms These
farmers are doing business on borrowed capi
tal , and now and then one of them faU. !
The majority of merchants do their buslnew
the same way , and 90 per cent fall at same
tlmo In their lives. I believe the percentage
ot failures In the dry goods business Is fully
aa high as 97 per cent. The majority ot the
farmers succeed They pay their expenses
and In the end own their farms. "
FOREIGN MARKETS FOR THE FARMER.
"The trouble with many of our farmers. "
continued Secretary Morton , "is that they are
too apt to put all their eggs Into one basket.
They do not diversify their crop , and the
failure of a single staple causes the ruin of
the whole section. There It a vast market
'
for the American farmer In foreign lands
I which has not yet been touched. We must
. study the wants of the people abroad and
raise food for them. This Is the chief
work ot the Agricultural department to
day. I am having our consuls and minis
ters all over the world Investigate the mar
kets for American goods , and tt Is sur
prising what a variety ot valuable informa-
I tlon they ure sending tit to us. We might
[ sell millions ot dollars' worth ot teed pro-
Linens
100 pieces Crash ; this towcllrg
Is the rct'iilnr 5o kind , UiiJ
tale , per jnrd .
All Linen Toweling , the lOc
quality , you can have all jou
want at .
Towel" , In good large sizes ,
worth We , this sale .
150 Tied Spreads , worth $125 ,
will go on sale at .
Hosiery
100 dozen ladles' niack Ho c ,
new and fresh .
Just received , 200 iloyen Indies'
Ulntk Hobe , lOc quality , this
bale .
Ladles' Black Hose , the big
bargain .
200 dozen ladles' Seamless
Black Hose , worth 2J'/c .
Corsets
Keep cool In one of our Sum-
mur Corsets , worth CGc .
Carpets
and Draperies
Nice Wool Caipct , In nil designs -
signs , per jard .
Chenille Covers , all colors .
ducts to England yearly. Take the matter
of eggs. England Is now Importing more
than $18,000,000 worth every year The
little country of Dolglum , crowded as It Is ,
sells $3,000.000 worth of eggs for British
stomachs , and France gets $7,000,000 n year
out of eggs which she supplies to John
Hull. With our vast area , and our so-called
starving farmers , we do not raise enough
eggs for ourselves. We Import them by the
millions , and the cackling of the tens of
thousands of Canadian hens Is heard dally
over the eggs which they are laying for
the United States. Eggs ore beneath the
notice of the average American farmer.
His wife may , perhaps , get a bit of her pin
money out of the chickens , but that Is all.
"Wo import a great quantity of cabbages ,
and we buy fruit and nuts which i\e might
raise ourselves , to the extent of millions
of dollars a year. Wo are shipping more
butter ever jear. but New Zealand and
Austialla are crowding us In this line.
They are sending vast quantities to Eng
land , and selling It there for a shilling a
pound. Within four jears the consumption
of butter In England has isen | $10,000,000 ,
and the Australian export has Increased
nearly $3,000,000 during this time. Many
parts of the southern states ure now rais
ing dairy products , and in east Tennessee
the chickens and the eggs last year brought
In more money than all the wheat. "
POINTS ON HOGS.
"How about meat , Mr. Secretary ? Is not
that market well cared for ? "
"No , " replied Mr. Morton , "the meat mar
ket Is not half worked. We ship great
quantities to Europe , but we do not get
the best prices. Take our bacon. Tt brings
9 cents a pound In England. The Danish
bacon sells for 14 cents a pound , and the
famous Wllkshlre bacon Is worth 18 cents
a pound. Had we gotten the best prices
our bacon would have been worth $10,000-
000 more to us than It was last year.
The English like a lean bacon ,
and packers there buy hogs according to the
thickness of the fat upon their backs A
hog that has fat two and one-fourth Inches
thick brings a shilling more per twenty
pounds of Its weight than a hog whose fat
on the back is three Inches thick. The
English want lean swine. They will not
buy any hogs that weigh more than 240
pounds , as they know that bacon from such
hogs Is not In demand. Here our ambition
Is to raise fat hogs , and I have seen car
loads of swine which will average 400 pound :
In weight. Still we have a great trade In
farm products with England. Tully half
of all our foreign exports go thsre. We
send more than 100,000 tons of hay and more
than 30,000 tons of cheese to Great Britain
every jear. We send only 2,000 tons of
butter , and Denmark beats us In this ar
ticle alone by 48,000 tons yearly.
MACHINE FARMERS.
"The trouble with us , " the secretary of
agriculture continued , "is that we are too
luxurious In our methods. We have been
making money so easily that we can't ap
preciate the changes in conditions the world
over , and we have not tried to adapt our
selves to them. Our farmers ore machine
farmers. They raise practically nothing that
cannot be raised by machinery. Take the
matter of wheat. The farmer now
rides the plow as he breaks the soil. He
rides as he harrows , and he plants his fields
with a sulky drill. The crop comes up ot
Itself , and when It Is ripe the farmer again
takes a ride on a reaping machine with an
umbrella over his head , and when he Is
finished tbe machine has cut and bound his
grain. A steam engine does his threshing ,
and a small part ot the straw forms the
fuel which makes the steam. All this IB
exp'nslve. and If the wheat brings a low
price , or there Is a crop failure , the farmer
runs behind. He does not watch the small
leaks and ho does not raise tbe llttfe things
which pay so well. Take the onion crop.
Onions always bring a high price here , and
It pajj to raise them. We Import vast
quantities and the American farmer leti the
outsiders have the profit. H ti to all over
tbe country. The farmer of the south sticks
to his cotton and tobacco , and he ot the
north and weit to his wheat and corn. "
FARMERS' WIVES.
"What do you think ot tbe war our larm-
Men's
Furnishings
125 dozen men's balbrlggan
ShlrtH and Drawers , worth
60c , this sa'o . . .
75 dozen Shirts collars nt-
Inched , neut stripes such as
> ou pay 75c for
Men's Negligee Shirts extra
Kood ( iimllty , In 5 shades ,
, worth 7Se , this sale
109 dozen men's black and
lirown Hose , worth 23c , this
Bale
OUT fcllk Neckties cannot bo
duplicated elsewhere for less
than fiOc , this sale
Men's Hockford Hose , worth
lOc , this sale
Ladies'
Underwear
EO dozen Indies' ribbon trimmed
summer Vests .
Millinery
Who ever hcnnl of < nich biff
, bargains ? Ladles' Trimmed
Hats .
Largest assortment of Flowers
in the state .
lOc , 15c , 25c niul
Black Chip Flats
i
A nice Sailor Hit
ers live , Mr. Secretary' " I asked. "Would
it not be bnter If they lived In villages , and
not on their farms ? "
"In many respects , yes , " was the reply.
"The farmer's wife has a dreary lot. She Is
In most cases llttlo better than a slave to
her work and her house. She drags out a
° ad existence , scrubbing nnd cooking , with
few resources outsldo of herself. I can't
Imagine nn > thing much worse than her con
dition , and it seems to me that the European
sjstem of farm villages Is better than ours
And still , the most of our farmers' wives
are br ght women. They are as a rule Indus
trious and good business women , but they
get little for It. I believe In making women
to a largo extent the business partners of
their husbands. They are not so In the case
of most men. Take , for Instance , a story I
heard the other day about the family of nn
old fanner In Indiana. The man and his wife
had lived together for fifty jears. Their chil
dren had grown up and left them , and now ,
at 70 , the farmer found tlio burden of his
work too much for h in , and he decided to
sell his farm and live off of the interest. It
was worth X40.000 , but when the deed came
to be made the farmer's wife objected.
She said she had helped to pay for the
farm. She Had worked all her life for tt ,
and she was bound to have wine of the money
which It brought before rhe signed the deed
The law j or and the husband were dumb
founded. They had not anticipated such a
complication , and at last one of them asked
the old lady \\o\\ \ much she thought the ought
to have. She hesitated a moment , and then
said that she believed she was really en
titled to ask for as much as $2. Of course
she got it , but think how little money she
must have had in the past to have made such
a fuss about this.1 amount.
ONE RICH FARMER SKIMPED HIS WIFE.
"I am surprised how incin men are some
times to their wives ; " continued Secretary
Morton ; "not only farmers , but other men
as well. Woman Is naturally a self-sacrific
ing creature , and she submits to many a
thing a man would not think ot tolerating.
Speaking ot little meannesses , let me give
you an Incident that I saw myself during the
days of the war. I happened to be In a ttoro
In my town ono day , when an old fellow
whom I will call Jones came In with his
wife to buy some goods. JThls man Jonet
came from ono of the mosti celebrated fam
ilies In the United States. He settled In Ne
braska when It was etlll a territory , and by
economy and thrift he had na\v gotten a farm
of something like 1,000 acres. He was known
to have money In the bank nnd was considered
wealthy. Well , shortly after he entered the
store Mrs. Jones took up a piece of calico
and admired It very much. As she looked at
Ithe said to her husband :
"Pa , I ought to have a new dress , and I
like this very much. Don't you think we
could afford to buy U ? "
"Oh , I suppose so , " replied the old man ,
and ho thereupon asked the clerk the price.
Ho was told It was 50 cents a yard. Old
Mr. Jones raised his eyes at this , and asked
his wife how much It vvouljl take. She re- ,
piled she dldnt' think she could get along
on less than twelve yards , and ho answered
"Why , ma , twelve yards of that goods at
50 cents a yard wculd cost $6. Now , don't
you think that that Is pretty high ? "
"Yes , " she replied , "I do , but I need the
dresj "
"Well , " said the old man , "times are hard ,
and I do wish you could get along without
It Just now. Couldn't you ? "
"Yes , I suppose I could , " replied the old
lady with a elgh , and the calico was dropped.
A moment later old Mr. Jones asked the
same clerk If he bad any tcbicc3 , and whether
ho had any of that good old Virginia leaf
which they used to keep In stock.
The clerk said : "Yea , we have , but It's
awful high. It'a $2 .a pound , and I think
It will go higher before It gets less. We have
Juit one caddy left. "
"You think tt will go higher , " replied
Jonei.
"Yes. " eald the clerk , "It' * sure to go up. "
"Well , you might put me up five pounds , "
said the old man , and a moment later I
saw him carrying It out of the store. He
bad cot IS to Jrend ( or bU wife's calico
Shoe Dep't.
Wonderful Bargains
SCO pairs women's Tnn Ox-
fonK mil-row s-quarc anil
pointed , worth $1 r.O . , only. .
623 pairs women's dongola
hninl turn Oxfords , neullo
toe ; this Oxford Is 11 hummer
and sells anjwheio for $133 ,
nt .
COO pilrs women's dongoln Ox
ford" , In both Miu.irc and
pointed teen , u shoe that jou
will say Is a gr nt bargain. .
210 pilrs women's vlcl kid
Tan Oxford * , with the now
tuzor toe ; this phoe sells for 4
$3 and Is u dandy ; In this | *
-
Falo .
1G5 pairs women's dongola
Prince Alberts , new needle -rf
toe only ; this Is n great bar- | f
pain at .
' donco'.a Jnll-
210 pill s ladles' -
ette , latest stjio. with 4
large buttons , n good $ j W . I .
shoo for .
9G5 pairs ladles' dongola but
ton , narrow squaie anil
Iiolnted toe , nicely trimmed ,
patent tip ; a great hit .
1M palis chllds' tan oxfoids ,
sizes 2 to 3 .
49c
Chllds' oxfords .
"
ChlhK tan strap "Upper with
large buckle , only .
Jllsses' tnn Oxfords .
238 pxlrs boys' tan Shoe" , a
new and nubby shoe , worth
SJ 50 , this sale .
320 pairs men's tan Shoe" , new
rntoi toe , u shoe worth $100 ,
Uits * ale .
220 pairs men's satin oil calf
congress and lace , all solid ,
woith $ J59 .
wi : HAVE ALL sizes IN Tiin ABOVE
ADVUIIT1SEMUNT.
dress , hut he thought nothing of putting $10
Into plug tobacco. This Is a sample of the
klnJ of treatment some wives are receiving
e\ery day. I don't suppose old Mr. Jones
realized Ills selfishness. Ho probably loved
hta wife , but ho had been brought up the
wrong way.
WHERE HOTELS GET SCRAMBLED EGGS
The conversation hero again turned to
eggs , and Secretary Morton told me how
the dealers sometimes attempted to put up
corners on eggs. "The eggs , " said he , "are
bought from the fanners at from 0 to 10
cents a dozen , anil they are put Into cold
storage. Before packing each egg Is tested
by placing It between the eye and a can lie
The good eggs are laid on their ends In
box.3 , a little compartment being devoted to
each egg. The temperature of the cold stor
age Is about 40 Karenhelt , and at this tem
perature the eggs will keep for months
Tlure are millions of eggs told as fresh
which are many weeks old , and they are
bought when cheap and eoM when dear. It
will surprise you to know that there are tub
eggs. Just a ? there are tub oysters. These
are the eggs which are -broken In packing.
The dealers throw them Into a bucket , the
shells arc picked out and they are fold In
bulk. Many of the big hotels buy them , and
they use them for omelets and scrambled
eggs. I usually eat my eggs In the shells
at botch.
botch.SPRING CHICKENS ON TAP.
"It Is wonderful , " Secretary Morton went
on , "what they keep In these big cold stor
age plants. Let me give you a secret as
to where the spring chickens come from
You know they are sold In the markets In
April and May. You can go Into the res
taurants here and get a spring chicken
any day after May 1 , This Is before the
hens have e\en begun to hatch. Where
do these spring chickens come from ? You
might think they are Imported. Not at
all. They arc summer chickens and fall
chickens. They were hatched out too late
to ha\e enough feathers to successfully
stand the winter , and they were killed and
sold to the cold storage people. They
packed them away and kept them until
the spring , and then brought them out for
sale. I have been In large cold establish
ments and have seen thousands of such
chickens laid away on shelves and labeled
'broilers. ' You could Just as easily have
spring chickens at any time of the year.
All kinds of game are now kept In cold stor
age Prairie chickens are frozen In the
United States and shipped off to London ,
and many of our wealthy men have cold
stoiage houses connected with their kitch
ens , In which they put game and fruit to
bring out again when It Is not In season
Most fruits will keep well , and strawberries
and grapes can bo preserved In this way
for months. "
AMERICAN HORSE AND HORSE MEAT
"How about the great American horse ,
Secretary Morton ? It Is said his days arc
numbered. "
"I far that Is true , " replied the secretary.
"The electric car and the bicycle have taken
away his occupation , and I expect to fee
the day when our carriages will be run by
electrlc'ty. ' The blc > clo of the future may
have a storage battery , and the day ot high
priced horseflesh outsldo of the sporting and
racing stock has gone forever. Why. wo had
an application a few days ago from cno of
our experiment stations. The man said he
wanted a team of horses , and the department
wrote him that It It did not cost too much
his wish might be granted. He replied that
he could get a good team for $25 , and we
allowed him to do so. I am driving ! a
horse myself now for which I paid $ SO. He
U 4 years old and a good roadster. You can
got a good horse almost anywhere for $50
and It Is said that In the far west they are
turning the horses out and tlelng placards
to them , upon which are printed the vvordt ;
'He who feeds me can have me. ' "
HORSE MEAT AND HORSE SAUSAGE.
"I see that one of our contuls > In Germany
advices the raising of horse meat for export
to that country. What do you think of that ? "
"I believe more money can be inadeTn rail
ing other kinds ot meat. " replied Secretary
Morton , "and I do not believe In these stories
about the money which Americans can make
In shipping horse sausage to Germany. The
Germans have a tariff on horse meat ot more
than 2 cents per pound , and the French have
a similar tariff. It Is true that horre. meat is
used more extensively every year In Europe
than In the past. Between 1889 and 1893
more than 100,000 horses were killed there for
human consumption , and In 1893 the total
weight of dressed horse flesh used amounted
to more than 48,000,000 pounds. They use
every part of the horse , and they have horse
steaks and horse reasts , and there are horse
meat restaurants , "Rhere you can buy horse
soup. I would not like to cat It. I feel very
much concerning it like my wife did about
ono of a herd of deer which we had on our
place In Nebraska and which was accidentally
shot. It was a pretty llttlo doe , and when It
\\as brought homo It still had a blue ribbon
tied about Its neck , which wo had fastened to
It. It was very fat , and as I looked at It I
said : 'Well , there Is ono thing about It , you
can give us some fresh meat. ' My vvlfo re
plied : 'Why , you don't think you could eat
that ? Why. my dear , I would Just as soon
think of eating a s-llco of one of the children. '
It Is the same with the horse. It Is too close
to us. Wo love It too much to ever want to
eat It , and it will be a long time before there
will be a market for horse meat in America. "
HUMUIUUX.
The CongrcgitlonallEts In this country num
ber CS3.539.
Tor the last eighty-three years the Church
of England has been spending $15,000 a week
upon her schools.
The late Dr. Miner , the venerable Boston
clergyman , attributed the vigor of his old ago
to his dally horseback rides.
The Protestant Episcopal convention of the
dloceso of Malno has Just granted to women
the right to vote In parish meetings. \
At the Episcopal convention of Delaware ,
held last week , S. Mlnot Curtis , now 70 years
of ago , was elected secretary of the dloceso
for the tMr.y-fiftli consecutive lime.
The old Brandywlno Baptist church at
Chadd's Tord , Pa , has Just celebrated Us
180th anniversary. George Whltefleld preached
there In 1770.
Fong Fee Fins , a Chinamen of San Fran
cisco , Is an enthusiastic and efficient member
of the Salvation army. It la rumored that he
wl'.l soon be sent to China to organUo anJ lead
an evangelistic movement of the army In that
country.
Rev. Dr. J. C. Morris , pastor of the First
Methodist church at Birmingham , Ala , has
his congregation "by the ears" for roughly
denouncing card plying for prizes. Ho said
In his sermon last Sunday that If the officers
of the law did their duty many of those gam
blers would bo arrested.
It Is estimated that the Protestant churches
of America. Great Britain and Europe are rep
resented In their work for other lands by
9.000 missionaries and more than GO.OOO native
worker ? , and have expended during the last
year about $12,500,000.
Father Harmar Denny , the priest who Is
said to have converted Mrs. Ogden Godet to
Catholicism , was originally a Protestant He
comei of the famous Plttsburg family of Den-
ny . and U himself a millionaire
Tha statistics of the Methodist episcopal
Church South for 1894 show 13,475 church
edifices , an Increate of 390 ; C.7SO traveling
preachers , a gain of 299 ; and 1,390,377 church
memberi , Indicating a growth during the year
of G7.1C7. There are ttOO.SCG scholars In the
Sunday tchools , of which there are 13SCI.
There are H.083 pastors and 1.4C2.7CO members -
bers In all the colored Methodist churches.
Ilev. Dr. Rufus L. Perry , who died a few
days ago at Brooklyn , was born In slavery In
Nashville. He escaped to Canada at the age
of 18 and there gained the rudiments of an
education. Later he entered college at Kalamazoo -
mazoo , and , after Graduation , studied ( or the
Notions--
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Thimble . 1C
Corset Laces per pair . 1C
Spool Thread . 'C
Rubber Tip Pencils . * C
lr
Six Envelopes . " - '
SU Sheets Paper . 1C
Ono dozen Safety Pins . 3C
3C
100 yards Spool Silk .
4C
Sewing Thread .
Best IJubber . OC
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Silk Elastic .
Shoe Strings , per bunch .
Handkerchiefs . . . . .
Hotter one1 ? .
Ladies' line Handkerchiefs .
Combs .
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Halrplnt , bunch . 1C
Hat Stilngs .
Pearl Buttons .
Dres Buttons . OC
Dress Buttons . OC
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AIL ORDERS RECEIVE OXJfl SPECIAL ArTEKTTIOWi THIS SALE WILL LAST A WHOLE
" nn p ' - - - 15th and Dodge Streets , Right on the Corner
j
HaptlH ministry. Ho was one of the most
Icirncd preachers of his race , being a flno
Hebrew , Latin and Greek scholir.
Dr. Cyrus ? R. Teed , the head of the rellglour
sect called "Korcscli , " Is arranging to take 4
party from western Pennsylvania to Estero ,
Fla. , In the fall , where he proposes to start a
c-immunlrtle colony on the co-operative plan.
and accoidlng to his peculiar Ideas. He will
purchase a steamer to take hie colonists down
the river to the Gulf of Mexico. He hat
purchased land at Estero , which will accom
modate 10.000 Inhabitants. This number ha
expects to have there within one year. Tha
colony will bo divided , ono section to consist
of celibates.
The financial statement of the Presbyterian
Hoard of Foreign Mlwlons for the jear endIng -
Ing April 30 , 189ri , shows that the total re
celpts were $800,378 , against $841,553 for tha
preceding > eir. Tlio total expenses , Includ
ing appropriations for the fields , Church at
Home and Abroad , etc .were $1,015.757. Td
this must bo added the deficit at the begins
nlng of the year. $102,597 , making a total
liability of $1,118,354. Deducting the In
come there remains a deficit of $251,970 ,
which Is lessened , however , by a gain o (
$38,872 In exchange on silver and by unused
appropriations amounting to $38,221 , so thai
the real deficltl Is $174,883.
/.V/JUAZ'lt/.IA
The Illinois Steel company of Jollct , 111. ,
will build an additional mill , In which cm-
plo > ment will bo given more than 1,000
men.
It Is estimated that the output of bicycle !
this jear will not bo much short of 45,0,000.
This Is evidence that the vvoild Is certainly
moving.
A new shoo manufacturing concern la soon
to bo established at Mllford , Mass. , which
will give employment at the start to about
150 hamte.
The employes of the Acme Iron company o (
Oswego , N. Y. , have been notified that thcl
wagea will he Increased 10 per cent , which
reatores-thcm to the standard of 1892.
Tha largest tcleeraph odlco In the world It
In the general postolllce building , London.
There are over 3,000 operators , 1,000 oi
whom are women. The batteries are aup
plied by 30,0 0 cells.
A chemical works on the banks ot tha
Rhone , In the canton of Geneva , Is devoted
to the manufacture of artificial musk and ,
It Is found that the fishes , more especially
the trout In the river , which are caught In
the neighborhood , have a musky flavor.
An automatic shoo shining machine (3 ( tha
latest product of Inventive genius. When
jou want your boots cleaned you sit down on
the teat provided nnd place jour foct through
an opening In the casing onto the boot rest.
Within six months It Is qulto probable.
that plans looking toward the construction
of a gigantic steel plant on the banks ot
Lake Erie , at a point near Cleveland , will
bo well under way. The plant In every
respect Is to be n leading rival of the
Carneglo anJ Dethlehem Steel company.
John D. Rockefeller of the Standard Oil
company and other millionaires , It Is said ,
have agreed to furnish the ncceattary financial
aid.
Advices from New Bedford , Mass. , itata
that the contract for the mills of the newly ,
organized Whitman Manufacturing company !
has been awarded and work will noon begin.
The plans ca.l for a two-story building , 125
by 790 feel , together with a two-story store
house , olllce building and a cot op hoite with )
a capacity ot 7,000 bales of cott-n. Thcro
will aho bo a wa'te house , machine ihop ,
boiler house , etc. The mill will employ 7CO >
hands.
The lateit novelty In the paper world la a
telegraph polo made of that very useful ma
terial , These poles are compoied of paper
pulp In which borax , tallow and other In-
gredlent are mixed , Thin Is c , U In a mould ]
In tuch a mai.ner as to give It a hollow cen V
ter throughout Its entire length , with a clone
fitting cap tarred on top. These pries are
said to be lighter and stronger than similar
sized poles ot wood and to be uaaffectei bjf
sun , rain or dampness.
