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ESTABLISHED JUNJ3 19 , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY MOHNJOTG , KAY 2 , 1807 TWENTY PAGES. S1NOLI3 COPY imrID CENTS.
We have two car loads of the highest grade of carpets , mostly all absolutely perfect-rsome slightly water soaked on the edges others badly damaged an the outside
roll , but the inside positively sound and perfect , i
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Bargains ISfhaiidBousIa ;
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The prices are so extremely low and the goods so absolutely of the highest grade that tomorrow will be the greatest carpet sale ever held in the west. This is no or *
dinary lot of carpets offered at special sale but the highest class of Royal Wilton Garnets , Wilton Velvet and English Wilton Carpets. These were consigned t ° a
most prominent dry goods house in Chicago , but were railmad wrecked in transit. They were then sold at auction to the highest bidder with the stipulation that thev
be retailed outside of Chicago , We bought the entire lot and place them on sale tomorrow
THE Absolutely Sound and Perfect
OT ALL THE BEST MAKES and
POSITIVELY NEW PATTERNS
Worth
$1.25
a yard
caaagigitafrtwoaa
ALL
FT
THE L i
I bf4fir ! ! L h
Witli or Without Borrloi'S to Match ,
Never sold less than n dollar and a half a yard. A hundred
rolls In all the latest patterns , rich colorings and most artistic de
signs.
signs.We
We None
P offer worth
tomor less
row than
at $1.50 yd
iiMvB" < wvjs > Avev wif.cw' * ! < ? i a * s ya Wt * a wgaj *
? rAll the 75c and.Sl.OO grades of Included in this shipment are 41 Also in this railroa d wreck were
* Urictly alt wool extra heavy rolls only of the finest quality of 50 Bissel's Cycle Bearing
' linen and cotton Carpet Sweepers , They
* warp
Ingrain Carpets 162 MADE-UP CARPETS- are all of the best quality 'and
- 18 rolls ot the beflt three-i > ly All Japanese Matting , 1
, n tnchullng- retail at $3-50 tomorrow as long
With and without borders , In rug sizes ; they ar3 ot ROYAL - ;
, Wool Carpets that uio worth $1.00 a ytinlj These are worth from 23c to COc a yard. WILTON , VELVET , MOQUDTTE AND BODY BRUSSELS , 'In as they last they go at $1.75.
' < these are nil new designs and BO at 43c Tomorrow , as long1 as these 41 rolls last , " .
. sizes to fit rooms , fr"om the smallest to the largest. Bring Remember there are on\ ? fifty , there will
. Tlilnk of It strictly all wool ? 1. 0 they will go at 17V c a yard. These ale In , .
ynrd. the measurements of your Tpom sfld If you get a carpet to fit , ; ba no more- , when these are sold. Cvery-
patterns copied from fine Jloquctte Gar- ' ' . ,
. . body'p price ! g'$3.50 all soundfand-iperfect
C.xrpet for I3c a yard. pets. you will get a bargain ttat occurs ; but once , In a lifetime. go at $1.75.
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, , All the 50c all \vool \ filling Ingrain All the Union Ingrain Car In this shipm cnt there are also 11 bales of all
pets , everybody's price 35c a yard , wool and half wool Art Squares In all sizes. These are
Carpets , in new designs , absolutely ' * special bargains , but we cannot quote the prices , as there
12 rolls in this lot but as'long
only , go are so many different sizes. If you see them you are sure
sound anl perfect , go at 29c a yard. as they last at'19c a yard. to llnd some Immense bargains In this lot.
EXTRA SPECIAL. Specia ! Garpet Salesmen To those who are not yet ready to lay carpets , we will that they can be ordered now and deliv
ered at any future time ; It will pay many times over to attend this sale , as a carpet event of
Our basement salesroom has been cleared of all have been engaged for this sale and this character may never occur again. It is bul on rare occasions that high prade goods of this na
shelving , counters and center fixtures to make room we will make every eflort to wait ture can be offered at such'ridicu ously low prices. But our motto has ever been when we buy cheap , we
for the greatest bargaiu giving carpet sale that ever sell cheap. . BOSTON STORE , OMAHA , 16th and Douglas Sts.
occurred in the west. upon all.
COLORS OF THE ROYAL COACH
America's Smart Sot Follow the Fashion
Promulgated by Victoria.
'WINE "RED , WITH GREEN AND GOLD
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IllUOVIltlOIIH lit KlINlllOIlUlllu TlirilOUlN
' " Vinlblo lu the 1'nrkH mill Iluulc-
viirtlu I'oinilur i.N ivrlllcH fur
City anil Country
Queen Victoria Is directly responsible , BO
cay the carriage builders , for the latest
fashion lu splendid equipages. Having or
dered the vehicle , a barouche , In which she
will drive to St. Paul's cathedral , decorated
in claret color and gold , our American
women have promptly followed suit. In con-
neijuencH on liellevuo uvenuo , at Newport ,
this uummcr. or wherever the hinart driving
contingency collect , the' jublleo colors will
bo yuro to show up conspicuously on the
now canac-shapcd victorias , Herllu coaches
and broughams , especially whcro the mode ,
set by her majcoty. Is carefully followed.
The body of the vehicle- must be painted a
warm,7rlch wlno color , and the running gear
TUB 11ATTLKSDUN AND CLEVELAND
CA11T3.
the same olimle , but boldly decorated lu lines
of apple green , bordered with broad bauds
of gold.
This combination la vastly more showy
than U sounds when described , am ! the gen
eral effect Is heightened by the harness ot
claret-colored leather , elaborately ornamented
with brass trlmmlngu , aud the cushion , tuftIng -
Ing * done In batlu ot the approved shade ,
utuJJcd with brass buttons and finished oft
by gold braid. It la only to be expected
that , having taken the queen's turnout aa a
model , every \\oman bitten with this anglo-
mania as rrgardo her equipages , should
yearn to complete her establishment with
a pair of- cream hackneys , to match In some
degree the famous four veai j driven always
by tbo first lady ot England when on her
official progresses. Cream hackneys ot the
right tinting o ( akin are few and far be
tween , eo that u compromise has been agreed
on by society aud well-matched , bright bays
AT * beyond doubt the moat tpprovtil bones
for women's vehicles. Their richly toned
coats chime ln > well with the general color
Bchome , big plnwhccl cockades of claret ,
apple green and gold ribbon adorn their head
stalls , and the men on the box near claret- I
colored melton coats , white breeches , an !
abundance of brass buttons and coat collars
of either bright cerise or clear apple green
velvet.
COUNTRY TRAPS.
In consequence of these Innovations the
turnouts this spring are worth traveling to
COSTER AND GARDEN CART.
the parks to see , and , though on every hand
ouo hears that the times are aa hard as they
can very well be , never have so many
varieties of elegant and attractive wheeled
conveyances been brought out before. Ex
cepting the above described splendors , how
ever , the majority of them were built to
Illustrate the fact that , In splto of the
bicycles , every woman who goes to the
country buys some sort of a llttlo trap she
can drive , buys It at no great outlay of
money , and distinctly hankers after the
picturesque where she cannot afford to bo
magnificently fashionable.
To those country houses , whcro the law
of hospitality exacts that the guest rooms
shall never bo empty , wonderful long-bodied
buckboards are already being shipped for
use as depot and picnic wagons. This
vehicle Is Intended for tradio between the
railway station and house as a means of
transporting guests and their luggage
simultaneously , or for carrying an entire
house party to picnics , garden parties , etc. ,
sa > Ing by this means wear and tear on
the moro elaborate vehicles. Such a buckboard -
board holds eight or ten persons , and the
coachman , In brown whipcord livery , as
often as not harnesses three big liorsea
abreast for hauling the heavy load.
Another popular contrivance of the
carriage builders Is the roomy , handsome
town sociable , a yellow wood omnibus In
quality , yet the great trade this season is
done In light two-wheeled carts , traps for
small ponies and women whips , of which the
most admired and coveted species Is the
costermongers' cart. An enterprising maker
Imported from London a complete outfit
of cart , donkey and coetcrmonger's suit and
found a market for copies of the original
immediately.THI3
THI3 COSTER'S CART.
The youngest Mies Vanderbllt drives a
coster's cart and sturdy gray donkey about
the roads near her fatber'a country place ,
accompanied by a small and alert stable
boy In co'trr'a costume , and her example
Is being rapidly followed by other school
girls of her own age and set wbo can tcaao
their Indulgent paieuU Into'a purchase of
this cheapest little turnout Imaginable. As
a matter of fact the coster's cart has al
most driven tbe pretty basket donliey wagon
out of the field , tbougb tbo coster's vehicle
U ftctrcely uor Uian * cradle- box oa two
heavy wheels , and the harness of most
primitive arrangement , still It Is now and
picturesque , and that Is the demand of
carriage buying folk this season.
nut above all things , the women who drive
ask for traps a pony or donkey can draw ,
as one of the diversions largely patronized at
Newport , Bar Harbor , Stockbrldge , Lennox ,
etc. , is that of driving every morning to mar
ket and bringing homo the butter , eggs ,
fruits and vegetables for thu day's menu.
Naturally marketing In a stately victoria
and carrying away one's purchases In It Is
a performance In as poor taste as going
to the golf grounds In a ball dre ! > < , accord
ingly the village streets this summer are to
bo filled by 10 o'clock of a morning with
debutantes and matrons , whisking about in
the gayest iittlo low-hung two-wheelers and
handling the ribbons over a brace of big
piebald shctlands , the shaggier the better , or
handsomely-marked Egyptian donkeys , espe
cially Imported for this newly-rlsca trade In
Jackaso flesh.
flesh.CARTS
CARTS AND CARS.
Tito vehicles are of every Imaginable build ,
from the low-swung , blue , scarlet , or yellow
wood garden carts , to Jaunty morvl carts and
nobby Ilattlesden cars. Each ono Is built to
atrlvo at the minimum In weight and deco
rated to make the very braveat show con
sistent with good taste and not to detract too
much from the pretty gowns unty wldo para
sols of the occupants. Not ono of them show
hoods for shielding their owneri' from the
sunlight , and the gentle-eyed ponies answer
to such cheerfully commonplace names , a-i
Tom , Derry. Sparrow , etc. , after the mode
sot by the London coster , who does not be-
them , slnio It costs fecareely more than $50
to set up a renter's cart and donkey , and It
will provo an everlasting comfort and con
venience. Those little runabouts have not ,
however , driven from their , place the tall
carts that your truly expert feminine lover
of horse flesh adopts , and from tbc box seat
of the lofty , elegant lady's * Uanhopes the
coster carte and their Hko arc viewed with
Infinite scorn. _ ,
Of all the larger vehicles ( ho stanhope ,
with a bright brown body and the running
gear all picked out In gold , Is tbe tallor-
drifaed woman's chosen copvejance , for the
dlgn'ky of four wheels la What she now de
mands , and the cushions of tier lofty seat are
upholstered In brown leather and brass
button ? . Brass and brown leather constitute
her harness and Instead of a groom when
driving alone she prefers to take her bat-
eared French bulldog up beside her. Ho oc
cupies of course the low seat beside his
mistress , wears a brown leather and brass
oollar and Is humlliatlngly lashed Into his
place by a light leather strap that hooks to
his collar and then to the pufhlon and holds
him , sometimes against hip ( will , firmly In
the place his owner seems ( o think nature
designed him to maintain. ;
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A SnrciiNtlc Sent.
Aj famous astronomer whoso knowledge of
arithmetical facts was a dreadful engine of
conversation once- diverted lilmself by ask
ing the company If they wcro aware of the
Immense distance they were from heaven.
It was , b * Informed them , BO many millions
of diameters of the solar system and would
take many thousand yeare to travsrpo. "I
DEPOT WAGONS.
Hove In a useless straining after effect. Then
to further emphasize the exceeding simplicity
ot this now departure In equipages , no groom
ls ever carried along to hold the heads of the
ponlcJ and donkeys ; who are serenely driven
over green turf and nariow garden paths ,
right around to the kitchen door , or wherever
the pretty whip may wish to steer her minia
ture turnout.
Though the smart women affect these light'
traps only for morning chopping and calls
and the majority have their ponies trained
to Bland or bear bitching to a piazza , pillar
or tree , country bouso dweller * of less means
will flnd thli fuhloa an Inflnito boon to
All the Best Grade of
Rich and Beautiful
5
ful Colorings.
* ' Most of the Carpets in this lot are positively .sound and perfect.
None worth less than 75c ti yard ; intuiy worth Soe. There arc
tinly 72 rolls In this lot.
GO as "X Ayard
Ibpg as ' 1 $ § \ P worth
thb - % f J U 75c
supply J d 85c a
lalits for _ & * yard.
don't know the distance nor tbe time , " exclaimed - . ,
claimed tbo Scotchman , who was present ,
"that U would take you to get to heaven ,
but I know .this , that It will not take you a
millionth part of the tlmo to go' to tbe other
place. "
The department of labor , of tbe United
States has Just Issued a special report , being
a revised edition of tbe labor laws of the
United States and also of the various elates
ot the union. Copies of ( bo report ere fur
nished free upon application to tbe labor
bureau at
WRITING THE TITLE RICTfl
What Et'iqnotto Requires in Addressing
Public Officials.
RULES LAID DOWN ON THE SUBJECT
DlHtlnctloiiM Which -Are "Goo < l Form , "
l ut Not .VoccM nrlly Illiiillni ;
Title TiiHte lit I'ro- ,
| fCNNlomil Life. I
It Is rather surprising to find that In the
matter of addressing public officials the most
widespread ignorance prevails , and yet U
might , at any moment , bo of the utmost Im
portance that ono should bo conversant with
the particular form upon which custom has
set Its seal. Supposing , for Instance , ono
wishes to address a communication to the
president of the United States , there are two
forms from which ho may choose. If the
letter concerns matters of state or Is of a
purely business nature ho should ute the
superscription :
The President ,
i i Executive Mansion ,
Washington , D. C.
The name should not be appended to the
title and under no circumstances should the
term "white houso" ba used , always executive
mansion.
If the letter Is of a personal and friendly
nature.
I Hon. William McKlnley ,
i Executive Mansion ,
Washington , D , C. ,
Is allowable.
Nothing Is In worse taste than to nddre s
an ex-president by any sort of title. There
may bo many Judges and mayors , but only
ono president , and the title , to far aa the
Individual la concerned , dies with the olllec.
'Members ' of the cabinet should be addressed
as follows :
Hon. Edward Everett ,
Secretary of State for tbo United States ,
Washington , D. C.
With the chief Justice ono may or may not
use the name. "To the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court , Washlngtoq , D. C , , " Is quite
sufficient , If net preferable. It la correct ,
however , to write ;
Hon. Gcorgo W , Harrison ,
Chief Justice of the- Supreme Court ,
Members of both bouses eajoy the title of
honorable , which Is given them , not merely
In the house ( as In England ) , but In the
world at large. They share It with members
of the state legislature , federal and state
judges and mayors of cities. The distinction
Is , therefore , not a specially high one , but
should not bo omitted from the superscrlp-
tlon. It Is very bad form , In either news
paper reports or In addressing communica
tions , to ute tbo expression "Congressman
Smith. " It Is not sufllclently specific. One
should say either representative or senator.
DIPLOMATIC TITLES.
"His excellency , " originally applied to the
prcs'dent ' , has now fallen into desuetude ,
except for the governors of elates and
ministers of the diplomatic corps , where It
1s de rlgeur. <
The old state form of addreiBlng a
In fact all the highest trr.xdo of floor covortngu , In designs specially
adaplod to parlors , reception rooms , libra'-les , emcklng rot ins ,
hulls , stahs , etc. These are grades of ciirpjts shown only in the
most exclusive carpet , houbcs. They afo worth frcin iiCO to $1.00 a
yard.
All Absol-ately Sound and Perfect.
And V " ' Worth
form
tomor $2.50
row to $4.00
for a yard.
ambassador end one that Is still In use is
as follows :
Hon. Thomas P. Bayard ,
Ambassador for the United States of
America.
Near the Court of St James ,
London , Bug.
One should not use the expression "Court
of Berlin , " but Instead "Court at Berlin , "
or what Is better still , "Near the German
Emperor. " In place of "Hon. E. F. Uhl , "
"His excellency , " without the name ap
pended , may be used , as for example :
His Excellency , the Ambassador for the
U. S. of America to Germany ,
Near the German Emperor ,
Berlin , Germany ,
For the general of the United States army ,
If such an ofllco can be said to exist since
the death of General Sherman , the proper
superscription Is simply :
William T. Sherman ,
I General In Command ,
Washington , D. C.
With the commander-ln-chlef the best
usage Is to omit the name and simply ad
dress :
Commander-ln-Chlef
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| ot the United States Army ,
I War Department ,
Washington , D. C.
And the adjutant ,
General Ruggles ,
Adjutant to the Chief , etc.
A few words may also be useful as to
ofllclals outside diplomatic circles. In ad
dressing a bishop , for Instance , ono should
bo careful to use the following form :
The lit. Rev , Henry Cotlman Potter , D. D. ,
Bishop of New York.
In addressing a clergyman , If tbc first
name or Initials are attainable , one should
subscribe.
Rev , William Jones , etc.
If not , then "The Ilov , Mr , Jones ; or , If
a doctor of divinity and the first name Is
attainable , "Rev. William Jones , D. D. "
otherwise , "Tho Rev. Dr. Jones. "
PROPKSSORS AND DOCTORS.
Ono should distinguish vary sharply be
tween the genuine "professor" of a uni
versity and the ex-ofllclo "prof , " If a letter
Is to bo addressed to a schoolmaster or a
teacher of bookkeeping , bay , who lays claim
to the title. It Is perhaps best to favor III in
with the abbreviated "Prof. . " followed by
liln Initials , as , for example , Prof , G , W.
Smith , but If It In oddrefeed lo a genuine
professor write both the tltlQ and the name
or names In full , as "Professor George Wash
ington Smith. " Professor Smith Is proper
only when the message la to bo delivered
by band rather than by post.
There has been an Immense amount of dis
cussion as to whether women physicians
should preflex the titles "Miss" or "Mrs. " to
( heir names. The question has been decided
rather In favor of omitting these titles , writ
ing the name simply diary W. Norrla ,
M. D , Indeed , so common lias now become
the custom that ono may know a woman
Chyslclan for years without ever ascertain-
IK whether or not eho Is a married woman ,
All the papers In medical journals written
by women are thus signed.
These various titles used In addressing tbo
Individual at tbo beginning of the letter
should bo followed by "Dear sir , " "My dear
sir" or "My dear President McKlnley , " ac
cording to the degree ot Intimacy , When
a stranger , "Dear sir" or "My dear sir" Is
preferable. , the latter being the moro formal ,
If a social acquaintance , then "My dear
President Cleveland , "My dear Secretary
Olney , " ' 'Dear Judge Hcrrlson , " etc. , IB the
moat approved manner of address. This
tame rule follows throughout the list , as
"Dear General Sherman , " "My dear UUmop
Potter , " "My dear i'tot. SmlUi. " Wltu
From the Railroad Disaster.
2 BnlcH only of 30x60 fcizqtcst quality
Smith's Smyrna
in Oriental and ,
floral patterns , reg'-t
ularS3,50 rugs , sound
and perfect ; as long-
as these two bales
last take your choice
Ono bale only of best quality g
Sanford's Axminstcr UtoOO rugs ,
worth $3.60 each , go nt SI.98 at
long as they last.
Remember these are small quantities
and will not last long An early call is
iidvisablo , as at these prices they will go
wilh a rush.
ambassadors It Is rather better form , however -
over , lo use "your excellency. "
So much for officials. In the unofllclal
walks of life also moro dlucrlinlnatlon should
bo used. Mr. should tie strictly reserved
for tradesmen , and the more elegant "Eaq. "
added to the name of the professional man.
However , none of thcao distinctions are aa
binding or so freighted with Important re
sults as kindred regulations In letavlemo-
cratlc forms of government- For Instance ,
It Is a rule that the paper on which letlcra
to the queen of England arc written must
not bo folded , and no communication which ,
bears evidence of having been creased will
over find Its way Into her majesty's hands ,
for the simple reason that eho refuses to
look at It , The proper method 1 $ to write *
on thick , glorsy white- paper and to dispatch
the missive la an envelope which flta It.
Bishop Bowman ( Methodist ) , now 80 years
old , him bought a homo In Evanston , III , , la
which ho will spend the remainder of bin
days.
Rev. Ferdinand A , Lltz of Baltimore , the
provincial of the eastern province of the
Rcdomptorlst Order , has Just celebrated his
silver Jubilee.
The Syracuse Herald says that an attempt
Is being made to get Mr. Moody to conduct
revival services In that city , although ho hag
twlco done so and failed both times.
Dean Kurrar , who IB spending a few weeks
In Rome , will deliver three- lectures In , that
city on "Romo In the Ago of the Cacsare , "
"Early Christian Art" and "Mediaeval Art. "
Rev. Dr. Daniel C. Potter , the Baptist
minister of New York who was pitched out
neck and heels from his pastoral residence
by the Baptist City Mission society lately ,
Is now holding nervlces In the parlors of a
flna old-fashioned house on Second avenue.
Prof , Henry A , Beers recalls In The Philis
tine how a stenographer once- proposed to
Henry Ward Bccclicr that bo bo allowed
extra pay for reporting Mr. Deeehor's ser
mons , In consideration of correcting the
grammatical errors. "And how many errors
dr ( you find In this discourse of inlno7v
asked the great preacher. "Just 21G , "
"Voiing man , " said Mr. Bcecber , solemnly ,
"when tlm English language gets In my way
It doesn't stand a , chance , "
The Boston MettiodlatB have been cele
brating tin * fiftieth annlvcrsay of sending
missionaries of their denomination to China.
Their first missionary waa present , Rev. M.
C. White , who IB also an M , I ) . , and Is now
of the Yale corps of Instructors. Tliero are
now In the Fee Chow conference 7,000 con
verts , The occasion waa distinguished by
the singing of hymns In both English and
Chlnrso by Chinese members of the Brom-
fleld street Sunday school ,
Rev , Dr. Henry Collln Mlnton , Stuart pro
fessor of theology In the San Francisco
Theological bcminury , In mentioned tu likely
to be elected moderator of the coming Pros-
bytcrUn general assembly. Ho ues born Itt
Washington county , Pennsylvania , was grad.
uatcd from Wabhlngton and Jefferson col
lege , and from the Western Theological Bttn-
Inary ; was licensed by ( ho Washington
presbytery and then went to the northwest ,
where ho served a prominent church of Duluth -
luth , Minn , While pastor there he waa
called to the Second Presbyterian church of
Baltimore , but was compelled by the state
of his health to decline the call and remove
to California , where , after serving thurchta
In San Jose- and San Francisco , he waa
called to a professorship In the theological
seminary ot the latter city , which ponltloa
bo hag filled with credit lor ne-veral ycaitt ,