TTTT1 OMAHA DAILY BEE : SFXDAY , OCTOBER 10 , 1808. in
I IX THE BACKWOODS OF CHILI
How the Country is Being Opened Up to
Settlement.
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( Copyright , 18H by Frank O. Cnryenter. )
CONCEPCION , Chill , Sept. 21.Speclal (
Correspondence of The Ucc. ) I hava Just
returned from n rrlp through the backwoods
of Chill , a region which travelers Beldam
visit and of which many who have visited
this part of the world would doubt the ex
istence. Northern Chill Is u desert. For
1,000 miles south of tlio Peruvian frontier
there nro not enough trees to furnish
switches for rim public schools. I rode
hundreds of miles south of Santiago through
irrigated farms , where the only trees to bo
seen were those planted along flic borders
of the ditches and It was only In the neigh
borhood of Conccpclon that I found woods
of any size. From hero 1 have ROUO a
day's rldo by train to what ) Is known us the
frontier. I passed many vast farms cut
out. of the forest , where the stump-filled
Holds reminded mo of the newly nettled re
gions of our wooded northwest. South
Chill Is covered with forest. It contains
Homo of rho best land In the country and
it has so much rain that the farms do not
require Irrigation. This country has been
a wilderness until within recent years. Now
the government Is opening It up to settle
ment. The railroads are being steadily ex
tended further south and new towns and
villages nro springing up along them.
In u Chilian Frontier Town.
These frontier towns remind ono ot the
new settlements of the United States. Take
Tcraueo , for Instance , where I spent some
days last week. It Is twelve years old , and
it has 10,000 people. It covers about as
much Ejiaco as an American city ot the
earao size. Its streets are wide and filled
with black mud , and Us one and two-story
houses which line theni nro wooden. They
Jiavo rldgo roofs , and many of them are
mcro shanties. Every bouse has a flag
staff , und although the cllma'o hero Is
about as cold as that of Washington , not a
house has a chimney. The people generally
bollovo that flrca are unhealthy , and like
the Chinese rely upon their clothes to keep
them warm. The Tcmuco streets cross ono
another at right angles , and In the center
of the town thcro Is a park or plaza of
about an aero , where the military band
plays and where the people walk about on
Sunday afternoons and stare at each other.
It has a club , where you find the last
English , German and Chilian papers. It-
has thrco hotels , two French and ono Ger
man , all ot which are better than the
hotels of towns of the same size In the
states. It has plenty of saloons , where
raw alcohol Is sold to the peons or labor
ers and the Indians , but fewer than an
American town of Its character , where the
liquors arc drunk on the spot. It has
Catholic churches , und already our own
Methodist Episcopal people , who have dona
BO much for education In Chill , have cstab
llshcd a missionary church and a. school
here. The street scenes of Tcmuco are dif
ferent from those of our frontier. There
are more queer costumes. There are
dark-faced Indians , Germans and well
dressed Spanish Chilians. Men with ponchos
chos over their shoulders , dark faces and
the air of brigands drlvo ox carts which
lumber through them. Each man carries a
goad fifteen feet lone and directs the oxen
by striking them on this side and that.
Now and then you sen teams of six and
eight ot these beasts. The oxen are the only
draught animals , excepting the Blx ragged
liorscs which haul the two cabs between
the railroad station and the hotel. U Is In
ox carts that the thousands ot bushels ot
wheat raised near by are brought to the
markets. Oxen everywhere do the plowing ,
the hauling of lumber , the draylug and
everything that heavy horses or mules do
with us. The method of yoking the OXPII Is
the saroo here as all over Chili. The yoke
rents on the neck just back of the horns.
It Is tied by straps to the horns and all of
the pushing or pulling ot the cart or plow
' rnusl bo , done with the h.en l. The yoke Is
a heavy piece of wood and eo fastened that
ono ox cannot move his head without the
other , and so that. It Is Impossible to swing
It from side to side. The tongue of the
frontier cart Is as big as u telegraph pole.
It la a part of the cart Itself and os the
oxen work they have the weight of this
resting on their horns. It seems cruel In
the extreme and the oxen seem tome to move
painfully along , with protruding eyes , as
they drag their heavy loads.
How I.mill IB Sold III Chill.
In company with Don Augustln ? Balza , the
government Inspector of colonization , I nmdo
a trip Into the wilderness over the thirty
kilometers of new railroad , vhlcn Is . hnost
finished , but not yet ready for trafllc. The
road Is being built ) by the stateto open up
I now .lands and It Is part of a system which
will "extend from ono end of agricultural
Chill to 'the ' other. The road Is well built
with sixty-pound English rails and the
Kngllsb four feet eight-Inch guagc. U will
cost , excluding the bridges , about $12,000
gold per mile. The rolling stock
will be American and it was In
n. Baldwin engine and on Amer
ican handcars that we made a part of our
journey over the Hue. The steel
bridges , and there are cwo , each ot which
costs more than $100,000 , were bought from
France , although why America did not net
the contract I do not know , a largo number
of the best ot the present railroad bridges
having been Imported from the United
States. The stations were built and a wide
epaco fenced In about each of them. Theie
nro as yet no towns about the stations. The
government regulates such settlements. It
lays out Che { own lots , giving them at a low
price to actual settlers. The railroad to vu
boomer thus has no chance along ( he uew
state lines of Chill. The other government
lands arc sold In large lots and at auctions |
wblch are held In different ! parts of tbo
country once or twice a year. Just now
money Is scarce here and valuable lands go
very cheap. The land Is usually sold in
pieces of 1,500 acres , but ono purchaser can
buy at each sale up to 6,000 acres and It ho
wants more he can , of course , purchase the
additional amount through a third party or
under another name. At such sales 250,000
acres are sold at a time. The land brlugri
from $1.75 to $33 gold per acre , according to
Its position and character , and the buyers
must pay only ono-thlrd cash and the re
mainder without Interest In feu equal In
stallments running through ten years.
Many of the rich men of Chill have become
so by buying these lands. They rapidly In
crease In value and the only provision re
quired by tbe government Is that I'be pur
chaser put a fence about the property he
buys.
Cltlllmi IinnilKrnntft.
Chill has been very anxious to have Im
migration and it has In the past offered
extraordinary Inducements to colonists.
Each male Immigrant was given 100 acres
of land , a team of oxen , a cart and a barrel
of nails and 300 boards to build him a house.
Ho was also loaned money for his passage
from Europe to Chill and was paid $15 a
month for the first year of his residence on
the farm. He received In addition fifty acres
more land for each sou over 10 years of
age , but was expected to pay back all ad
vances , the whole amounting to about $600 ,
except the laud , within eight years from bis
arrival , These terms have , I believe , been
discontinued. Under them great numbers
of Germans came Into Chill and today parts
of the New South Chill are largely Ger-
raau settlements. The cities of Valdlvla'
and Puerto Montt , situated at harbors on
tbo Kouth coast , are almost German cities ,
and the most of the property there belongs
to the Germans. They own great wheat
farms about Angel nnd Tralgucu , which nro
also large towns In the region south of
here , and they have established tanneries
and breweries In a number of places. The
trees of South Chill furnish excellent tan
bark and great quantities of solo leather
Is made at Valdlvla and shipped thence via
Hamburg to Russia. There Is a great deal
of good land hero and It can bo bought
very cheap , but I would not advise any but
those prepared to farm In a large way to
come to Chill. Labor Is cheap and tbe
ordinary American cannot compete with tbo
Chilian rote in prices. There Is room for
our people only as proprietors and man
agers. Such men , with a capital of $10,000
and upward better $50,000 or $100,000 than
$10,000 can make money here In farming
and land speculation.
Chilian Farms nm IiivcMiiiflU * .
The papers of Santiago , Valparaiso and
Conccpclon are full of mortgage foreclosures
and at forced sale some of the best ot the
big estates are being sacrificed. Owing to
the extravagance- the people , the proba
bility of war with the Argentine , the fall
of silver and tbo money complications ot tbe
country , times were never so hard hero as
they arc now. I am told that estates which
paid as high as 20 per cent on a valuation
of $300,000 n. few years ago can bo now
bought for $100,000 and less. Many of these
farms are irrigated. Two big estates near
this city are to be sold within the next six
mouths. Ono contains 40,000 acres and the
other 24,000 acres. They will not bring
more than one-fourth their actual value ,
and will , I am told , pay a big Interest. It
takes a great deal of money to stock new
farms of this size- , but their profits nro pro
portionately great. It Is Impossible to work
them without money and I hear of rich
farmers who by the present financial con
ditions are anxious to borrow money at
high rates ot Interest. One case Is that ot
a man who owns at least $1,000,000 worth
ot unlncumbcred real estate. Ho wants a
loan of $200,000 on It and will pay 10 per
cent luterest. He cannot get the money of
the banks , for they are overloaded with
real property and at this writing ho expects
to place the loan with one ot the big in
surance companies ot New York. Tbe banks
hero get 10 and 11 per cent for money and
charge commissions In addition for making
loans.
Street nnd Stcniu Itnllrondii.
I had a talk last night with Captain Wll
Ham S. Wilson , an American who has lived
out hero for the last llfty years , on the
chances for American capital In Chill
Captain Wilson comes of one of the old
families of Washington and Baltimore. Ho
Is now over 70 years ot tge and has re
tired , but bo has In his day been ono o
the noted sea captains ot the Pacific. He
was 13 when he ran away from George
town college to go to sea , and at 23 years
ot age , In 1849 , ho was In command of the
ship Home of Batlmore. Ho joined our
navy during the Mexican war. in 1849
ho came to Chill as commander of th
clipper bark Bella Vista , built In Baltimore ,
and for years had charge of this and other
American vessels on this coast. Later on
ho became an officer ot the Chilian navy ,
took part In the war with Peru and wa
also a naval commander In Chlll'a war with
Spain. Ho has also been connected with
come of the biggest coal mines of thl
country as manager , and although h'o Is no
In actlvo business he is well posted 'on nl
things Chilian. Said he : "Chili Is poor
In money only. The resources of the coun
try are great and the chances Just now for
safe and profitable Investment are many.
What our capitalists , who are after such
things , should do Is to Invest a few hun
dred dollars In steamship tickets and come
out hero and look Into the field. ' They
should bring engineers with them , nn'd thus
bo able to tell just what the different
properties are worth. Take , for Instance ,
this town of Concepclon. It contains 40,000
people , and Is one of the best cities In Chili.
It is only eight miles from Talcahuano , a
town of 10,000 , on the best harbor south of
San Francisco. It has a naval dry dock
end five lines of European steamers call
regularly there. Wo have hero a , horse
railroad , which Is now paying 6 per cent
dividends on Its capital of $250,000 Chilian ,
or about $50,000 gold. This road Is fop "
salo. It can , I believe , be bought for the par
value of Its capital stock and the system , If
made an electric one , would pay enormous
dividends. It has now ten miles of track
and tbo city will grant charters for cxten-
Little Fuel
got * a long way
in a Jewel Stove or
Range. That's because
they are built upon scien
tific principles. The saving
in the cost of operation the
fJEWEL caving in the cost of repairs
makes a Jewel Stove or
Range an investment that
gives you life-long comfort
and satisfaction. Famous
f over thirty yean over
3,000,000 now in use. Ask
the dealer for Jewel Stoves
and Ranges and look for
the tradt-mirk.
IIARGEST STOVE RANT IN THEWORU
Jcvr l BtovM r fold bf
A. C. UAYMI3II , mil I'AllNAM ST.
slons to tbo other streets and a branch
could bo built to Talcahuano. Wo nre , you
know , hero right In the center of the great
coal regions of Chill. The screenings of the
mines can bo used for generating the elec
tricity and these coat here only 35 cents ot
your money a ton.
"There Is also a chance for a stcnm rail
road near here , " continued tbo old sea cap
tain. "Tbo government and people are
anxious to have one built from I'cnco on
the coast flftoen miles to Tome and tbenco
north to connect with tbo government line
at Parral. This would bo over 100' miles In
all and It would pay well , as the route goes
through a rich country. The government
uould probably guarantee 4'per cent on
tbo cost of construction. At least that Is
v.Uat they have offered an English company
upon the plans which have already been
made for the road.
Money in Mliim.
"I think there is n lot of money to bo
made in Chilian mines , " Captain Wilson
went on. "Somo of our best copper mines
nro Idle for lock of money to work them.
The ere Is In sight , but there Is no money
to get It out. The nltrato fields are spotted
with English companies , who have put over
$100,000,000 Into them and have taken vast
fortunes out. They will tell you they are
losing money today , but their stock has
been watered acaln nnd acaln. The coal
deposits about here are very valuable and
only n small part of them are being worked.
They extend for about 10 miles on the edge
of the sea , the beds sloping down under the
water. The Couslno fortune of millions was
made out of the mines at Lota , about twen
ty-five miles from Concepcton , and those
of CoTondl , near by , which nro now being
worked several miles under the oceaa , are
very valuable. Twenty miles away , on
Aranco bay , there Is a coal property that I
was once asked to manage. Ono million
dollars had been spent upon U and 1,000
men were at work. I saw at once that the
work was going the wrong way nnd that the
seam went down under the sea , Instead of
Into the land. I stopped. the works at
once and upon the Investigations of the
engineers the works were- closed for lack of
money , the company becoming bankrupt.
That mine could now bo bought for $20,000
in gold nnd $100,000 put Into working It
would produce , I believe , $1,000,000. I was
once the manager of the big Puchoco coal
mines , which nro of the same character ,
and which now produce 100,000 ! tons of coal
a year. They are situated on Coronet bay
and wcro at the time I bad charge the prop
erty of Ualtlmoro men. I took out 110,000
tons of coal the first year and wo made
throughout an enormous profit , running as
high at times as 50 per cent a year. This
coal region Is , you know , practically the only
ono on the west coast of South America
and all of the ships must coal here. I know
there are a number of good properties of
this kind. All that the capitalist needs to
do is to bring his experts out here nnd
investigate. They can tell from these other
submarine mines just what tbo cost will be
and the probable profits. "
Conl Under ( lie Sen.
. Thcee coal mines of Chill are exceedingly
Interesting They are far different from any
mines wo have In the United States , and in
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some respects are far more difficult to work
The seam of coal , which Is at its best abou
five feet thick , begins at the shore and runs
down under the waters ot the Pacific ocean
The rock above It Is slate and shale , so com'
r > act that the water docs not drip through
The tunnels are so clean that you could walk
through them In a dress suit without dan
ger of getting dirty. They are worked with
the latest machinery , and during my vlsl
to them I had several experiences which 1
Is hard to realize could take place In Chill
Think , for Instance , of riding on an electrl
trolley coat train through a tunnel over a
mile long under the Pacific ocean at a speot
of twenty miles an hour. Imagine mines
lighted by electricity forming a catacomb o
corridors and chambers under 4ho waves
Realize that just above you great steamship
are floating and that the coal which Is being
taken out of this bed of the Pacific Is being
ahovcled Into -them. Picture sooty miners
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half-naked , blasting out the coal and loading
the cars , and follow the train carrying twen
ty-scvcn tons of black diamonds to the shaft
where a mighty steam engine lifts four o
them at one tlmo to the surface , and yoi
have some Idea of what is going on at th
Lota coal mine. These mines are now pro
duclng 1,000 tons of coal a day and 750 mlu
crs are employed within them. They pay
profit running high Into the hundreds o
thousands of dollars a year and arc as care
fully managed as ai y of the great coal prop
nrtles ot our country. I asked as to the pa
of the miners and was told that they re
celved from 90 cents , to $1 Chilian , or fron
31 to 35 cents of our money. I wonder wha
our Pennsylvania miners wourd think
that. The Chilians , however , have thel
houses rent free and coal Is furnished then
at cost price.
Connliio fortune nnd Itn I'nlnoen.
These mines were opened by Don Matlas
Couslno In 1855 and they formed the founda
lion of the Couslno fortune , of whleh yo
have read In the stories published abou
the late Madame Couslno , tbe so-calle
richest woman In the world. Her Incom
from the mines and factories at Lota Is sal
to have been $1,000,000 a year. If so sh
spent mast of It , for the estate , now tha
she Is dead , though still large , Is many mil
lions short of the amount at which it has
generally been estimated. The Senor Cou
slno who was her husband must have been
a man of great ability. He owned copper
mines , silver mines and big estates , and hb
established hero a copper smelting works to
carried in the steamers belonging to the
estate. Under him the town of Lota , which
now contains about 14,000 people , grew up ,
and In the different Couslno works and foe.
torles here more than 3,000 men are now
employed. On a mountainous little penin
sula , above the coal bed and just opposite
the smelter , Is Madame Couslno's famous
park and palace of Lota. It Is one of the
most beautiful parks of tbo world and a
fortune has been spent in making It so. It
Is even more beautiful than her estate of
Mocul , which I visited from , Santiago , and
Is full ot wonders of landscape gardening
and picturesque effects of land and sea.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
TcleKrnpIi Illiiiiilem.
Two funny telegraph stories are printed by
the Plttsburg Dispatch on the authority of
a former employe of tbo Western Union
company.
He was receiving a dispatch from Albany
In which the sender was not overcarcful In
the matter of spacing his letters. Lawton
took tbe address as follows : "Dr. A. Wing ,
room car agent , Central depot. New York. "
The dispatch came back with the mar
ginal report that there was no such person
at the address named. The operator at Al
bany was called up and explanations fol
lowed , In consequence of which the address
was changed to "drawing room car ngent ,
Central deoot. " A still more absurd mis
take was once made In tbo same offices when
a telegram was received for "James W.
Qlles , pie clerk , Brooklyn nasty yard. " This
was afterward amended to read : "James
W. Olllesple , clerk , Brooklyn navy yard. "
The StttKu Home.
The audience listening breathlessly to the
hoofbeats of a galloping steed , on whose ex
ertions tbe fate of several people depends ,
would experience a painful chock If It knew
that a grinning propertyman was wearily
beating out the noise. This man holds In
his bands a pair of real horseshoes , mounted
on wooden handles , and with these be vigor
ously pounds a piece ot granite suspended
> efore him by four ropes. Man , stone and
lorsesboes are confined In a small eentry
> ox , tbe door of which Is gradually closed ,
o suggest that tbe noise Is dying away In
ho distance.
You Invite disappointment when you ex
periment. DeWltfs Little Early Risers are
ileasant , easy , thorough little pills. They
cure constipation and sick headache juat as
euro , < 8 you take them ,
VIADUCT 1 PLANS PREPARED
City Engineer Believes Ho Has Pilled All
the Bequirements.
ALL SOLID. MATERIALS WILL BE USED
f llullt on the I'lnin 1'rnjionvil the
Structure IVIII Xot Interfere
with Trnlllo oil the
Street IlcliHT.
A solid , safe , substantial stone and steel
tructuro will supplant the shaky ram-
hackle viaduct which at present spans the
allroad tracks on South Sixteenth street , If
he plans and specifications for the new
rldgo , which have been drawn by the city
nglnecr , are accepted by the railroad com-
anlcs. It wilt bo as economical a viaduct
13 can bo constructed to meet the require
ments Imposed and Is will call for the ex-
endlturo of eomewhero between $150,000
, ud $200,000. The plans and specifications
ave been completed and will bo submitted
o the city council In the near future.
There will bo a number of radical dlffor-
nces between the new viaduct and the old
inc. The proposed structure will bo built
u a straight Hue ; the old one has a sag In
ho middle. The new viaduct will be built
f only solid materials , steel , asphalt , con
rcto and stone ; the old ono Is
mainly of wood. The reconstructed
irldge will have space outside the street car
.racks on both sides for the passage of vc-
loles ; the old ono had room only for the
trect car tracks and vehicles had to proceed
long these traks. The new viaduct will
lermlt of traffic along Sixteenth street be-
icath It : the old ono destroyed the value
of the street as a thoroughfare.
The proposed structure will be 1,573 feet
Inches In length , the same as the old one.
t Will be much wider , however. The road-
ivay will bo thlrty-fivo feet four Inches from
iurb to curb ; the roadway on the old ono Is
iut twenty feet. The street car tracks will
iccupy thirteen feet and ten Inches of the
ipace ; a passing car will occupy ono foot and
line Inches more space. This will leave a
ipaco on both slues of the track with cars
standing on them of eighteen feet , or nlno
ect on each side. This IB ample for almost
any sort of a vehicle.
The space between the street car tracks , as
on the streets of the city , Is to bo paved with
brick , t'ho remainder will bo laid with as
phalt. The sidewalks will be of concrete
ind will bo five feet wide , the game width as
hey are at present. The railings are to beef
of steel ; they are now of wood.
1V111 N t OliMtruet the Street.
While the viaduct itself will be wider than
: ho old one , the supports beneath will oc-
upy much leas of the street space. At pres-
; nt trusses eighteen fecU apart hold up the
structure. There are so many of these that
traffic Is impossible under the viaduct. By
the new plan these numerous supports will
give way tto but five steel towers , 100 feet
eight Inches apart. They will extend to the
railroad tracks and from that point to the
other end of the viaduct the supports will
consist of two stone pilings Instead of three.
The pile which disappears was built
on the Union Pacific roadway
and the road will therefore bo
given additional space for tracks.
The four small trusses that now arise
above the south end of the viaduct .will be
replaced by two. The southernmost truss
will be entirely done away with , because It Is
unnecessary. The next two will bo sup
planted by a big : span 260 feet In length.
The fourth truss will bo built beneath and
will not appear above the viaduct at all.
As has been said , these plans haye been
completed and will bo presented to the
council In tboinear future. They will prob
ably be adopted , and will then bo forwarded
to the railroad companies for consideration.
'I ho i.lty engineering department feels that
It has planned for as economical a struc
ture as can bo built and fulfill the condi
tions , and therefore believes that no radi
cal changes will be made by the engineers
of the railroads.
When you call for DeWltt'a Witch Hazel
Salve , the great pllo cure , don't accept any
thing else. Don't bo talked Into accepting a
substitute , for piles , for sores , for bruises.
TOIiIl IX AX OUT OF COURT.
"I suppose , " said the admiring friend ,
"that you gave a great deal of thought to
that big case you just won ? "
"No , " answered the lawyer. "I never gave
a bit of thought to It. But , " he added re
flectlvely. "I sold a lot. "
In attempting to name ten Roman em
perors on an examination' for the bar , a stu
dent mentioned Antoninus , crassus. and sev
eral other names ending In us , closing the
list with "Augustine , the founder of Chris
tianity , " but added , as an afterthought ,
"This was before the birth of Christ , of
course. '
A Philadelphia undertaker who was the
administrator of the estate of a servant girl ,
amounting to about $1,100 , genArously pro
vided a "first-class funeral" for her , and
thoughtfully retained over $800 of her estate
to reward himself for his generosity. In the
opinion of the orphans' court It Is said that
an Imposing corcgo of twelve carriages was
provided , with six professional pallbearers ,
each adorned with a buttonhole bouquet ,
whllo the procession of mourning relatives
numbering but five persons , was not slnr
llarly ornamented. The court adds , "Thli
was evidently an oversight ) of the under
taker. " A $500 silk-lined , gold-handled
cedar couch casket was provided and usec
In the procession and charged In the bill
but amid the many details of EO elaborate a
ceremony and during the very natural aglta
t'lon of the bereaved undertaker , a cheap on- -
was accidentally substituted for It befor
tbo Interment.
A Georgia correspondent sends Note am
Comment the following ; As suggested b
your editorial on "The Right to Overrule a
Bad Decision , " I would refer you to th
following extract , delivered by Chief Jus
tlce Bleckley , In the case of Ellison agalns
Georgia Railroad company , In which a rail
leal change was made In the law of amend
ment of the state ot Georgia , 87 Ga. , 691.
"Bleckley , Chief Justice :
" 1. Some courts live by correcting th
errors ot others and adhering to their own
On these terms courtt. of final review hoh
their existence , or those of them which ar
strictly and exclusively courts of review-
without any original jurisdiction , and wltl
no direct function but to find fault or see
that none can be found. With these exalted
tribunals , who live only to Judge the judges ,
the rule of stare declsls Is not only a canon
of the public good , but a law ot self-preser
vation. At the peril of their lives they
must discover error abroad and bo discreetly
blind to Its commission at home.
Were they as ready to correct them
selves as others they could no longer speak
as absolute oracles of legal truth ; the reason
for their existence would disappear and their
destruction would speedily supervene. Nev
ertheless , without serious detriment fo the
public or peril to themselves , they can and
do admit now and then , with cautious re
serve , Chat they have made a mistake. Their
*
rigid dogma of Infallibility allows ot this
much relaxation in favor ot truth unwit
tingly forsaken. Indeed , reversion to truth
In some rare instances is highly necessary
to rhelr permanent well-being. Though It
is a temporary degradation from the typo
ot judicial perfection , it has to bo endured
to keep the type Itself respectable. Minor
errors , even It quite obvious , or Important
errors If their existence be fairly doubtful ,
ORCHARD & WILNELM
GREAT \
We have rallied our forces charged our guns and cleared
our decks for action This October Sale must be the greatest
victory in our history We have planned this campaign by buying
vast qnantities of goods at the moment of opportunity you can't
help but surrender to the values and prices we offer in this sale
We never speculate in merchandise the advantage we gain in
buying we pass along to our customers our gain always your
gain Here are the goods here are the prices :
"We have a lot of short lengths of very
fine Carpets beautiful for rugs which
we will close out at only 40u , 50c , G5c and
S5c a yard In this lot there are Brussels
Moquettes Axminsters and Wiltons
in short lengths
40C 5tC ) 65C d 85C yard
All the Misfit Carpets in every grade that have accumulated in our work
rooms during the season now on sale Hero is a chance to get a good carpet at
little cost Bring your measure Nothing in this lot sold for less than 75o a yard
and up lo 82.50 for the Royal Wiltons They will all bo sold at 50c to $1.00
nothing more than § 1.00 a yard.
RUGS.
The greatest .value to be had are the
Rugs We make up remnants and odd
stocks It's our/ / loss but the least loss we
can make on these remnants We have
.about one hundred of those made-up rugs
on hand now Here are a few of tue sizes
and prices :
Sxfl Brussels 9.00 Sxll9 Brussels $11.00
7-Gx7-3 Brussels $ C.50 8-3xlO-fi BrilsselH 12.60
8-Sxll-C Brussels 15.00 8-3x10-6 Axmlnster 17.50
8-3x10-0 Brussels 12.50 8-3x10-0 Velvet H.50
G-Sxll Brussels 11.00 GxlO-ti Velvet 8.50
S-3xlO-0 Brussels 3.00 8-3x0-3 Wilton H.UO
8-3xlO-r Brussels 8.00 7-GxS-a Axmlnster 11.00
8-3x10-7 Brussels 11.00 8-3x12 Moquuttc 15.00
S-3xlO-G Brussels 12.00 X-Sxll-9 Brussels 13.50
S-SxO-fl Brussels 9.00 7-6x7-3 Brussels . . 7.UO
8-3x9-9 Axmlnstor 12.00 7-3x8-10 Brussels 7.50
SAMPLE RUGS only 50 They are full
3x6 feet with fringe the usual price is $5
we bought this small lot cheap and you
can buy them cheap only
fifty in the lot don't delay. .
Iron Bed Steads.
AVe tire lipndqunrtcrs every shape every price the
bed we soil at Sl'.fiO is 4.0\0.0 , l'/i post , \ \ ugiof \ \ \ head
CO Inches , three coats of white enamel , solid knobs , best
wood castors reversible rail that so many want a new ,
artistic design , not worth ? 5 , but $2..r 0.
Tor § 0.00 we sell a full size extended foot brass rail
and brass trimming , heavy castings , reversible side
rails , suitable for any spring this is u good lied for ? ( ! ,
We also carry some very line iron beds , with patent
.side rail attachments to make bed rigid thuso are made
In very artistic designs , combining brass and Iron en
amel all the enamel Is baud polished to give It a per
fectly smooth tlnlsh the.se beds are taking : the place
very largely of brass beds and make beautiful furnish
ing range 'from $1-1.50 to $25.00.
Real Values in Art Squares.
The assortment Is so large you can find anything
you want In color or design the patterns are the choic
est we have ever shown.
7.xl ) Kevei'rilble Art Squares , $3.50.
The uood heavy all wool Art Squares , the kind that
keep their colors and wear satisfactorily , recommended
ly U8-7M.X9 at $0.00.
The very heavy Ishpehan weave , not reversible , but
heavy enough to lay well without tacking "i&xD at
$0.75.
may bo adhered to and repeated Indefinitely
but the only treatment for a great and glar
ing error affecting the current administra
tion of justice in all courts of original Juris
diction Is to correct It. When an error of
this magnitude , nud which moves In BO wide
nn orbit , competes with truth In the struggle
for existence , the maxim for a supreme
court supreme In the majesty of duty as
well as In the majesty of power Is not stare
declsls , but flat Justltla ruat coelum. "
To Millie Your Wife I.ovc You
Buy "Garland" Stoves and Ranges.
Jj.VST OK Dim FIGHTING LING.
Clinton Scollard In the Independent.
Perry and Porter nnd Balnbrldgr , hall ,
Men of an elder day ,
Heroes who feared neither gun nor Kale ,
Bold In the fiery fray !
Jones , the llrst of our sons of the sea ,
Farracut , bred to the brine
Cheers for them till , but a three times three
Tor the last of our Dentingllnu !
i
What did the valiant commodore do ?
Bwlft at the peal of war
Ho Bailed the Orient sea-drift through
For the Isle Corregldor ;
Ilan the forts with a laugh of scorn
At the dreaded Spanish mine.
And lay In the hay ut the burnt of morn
The last of our fighting line !
Olympla. Boston and Baltimore
A tii I hint Hiiuadron they !
And they Hhulled the ahlpa and they shelled
the shore , ,
And they silenced Cavlto ;
And whllo the nhot wunt hurtling by
With tt deadly whir und whine ,
Ho watched from the bridge with a kind
ling eye
The last of our fighting line.
Shattered and sunk and beached and
burned ,
Woe for thn ships of Spain !
Never a prow to bo homeward turned
Over the restless main !
A glorious victory ! What of the cent !
Lo , not a single sign !
For not u man of the Meet was lost
By thd last of our lighting line !
perry nnd Porter nnd LJalnbrkige , hall ,
Met ) of an elder day ,
JJ urn fa who feared ntnther gun nor gale ,
Bold In the llery fray !
Jones , the llrst of our sons of the nca ,
t'arrasut , brnd to the Urine
Cheers for them all , but u thrco times tlirce
For the ! : u.t ot our fichtlng line !
A stubborn cougn or tickling In the throat
yields to One Mli'.uto Cough Cure. Harmless
in effect , touches the right spot , reliable and
Just what-la wanted. U acts at ancn.
Wo will offer 100 pieces of elegant now
colored backs Tapestry Brussels Carpels
in two grades at SOc and 75o a yard
These goods bring in other stores G5e and
90o a yard We bought them at a special
price and pass it along to you
and
FINE CARPET RUGS We have in a very
choice lot of imported Eeal Saxony Rugs
suitable for parlor and dining rooms at
much less price than these goods have
brought wo are selling a 0x12 size an
excellent value at only $57.50
A new lot of 9x12 A
Kulah Hugs at $25.
Our assortment of Axminster Wilton
Imperial and Royal Smyrna Rugs is the
Largest in the west and we guarantee to
match New York and Chicago prices on
these goods.
Lamps and Jardiniers ,
This department has not been the result of growth ,
lint has siirun Into Importance from the amount cold.
We sell lamps on our usual basis of prnllt , which
brings them within satisfactory , buying reach.
Lamps and Globes , with variety ot colorings and
decorations , $2.00.
Very decorative square lamps , with globes to match ,
$3.50.
$3.50.Opal lamps and shades , decorated , $4 , . ? . " > and $0.
China lamps In Dresden , Lowelsa and Itookwood
wares , $8 , JjSlO , ! ? ! : . ' , IRlii , , .f'23 very artistic wedding
presents.
Leather Couches.
We are going 1o offer you Honiething you want a
genuine leather couch made to order tut'tcd , tempered
bteel springs , warranted ( o stand up ( we warrant It )
under ordinary conditions could not be sold for less than
$ . ' 15 , we have pre pared to make It up for ? 2U you can
select the leather to be put on.
Another shape , very large hand cut leather fringe-
special value at our price , $37.50.
Once more we must mention the best WP can
make -aucli couches have been sold at ! f05 and $85 , but
Us down away down to 5.10.
" \Ve \ have the Hnest velour covered couch ever shown
last week's sale on those continued at $15.
Oil Cloth.
All widths , l"c square yard.
Bisseil's Carpet Sweepers.
$2.00 , $2.50 and § 3.00.
Of the
Mississippi JJ
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Exposition
at
Omalta
Eighteen hundred
and
ninety- eight
Forty-eight
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Comprising a
Handsome
Souvenir
of the
Exposition
At the Business Office of The Omaha Bee
X. JS. Jiy ninlls cents extra for