THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , DECEMBER 18 , 1808. 11)
210-212 South 16th St. MRS. J. BENSON South 210-212 16th St.
Only One Week Till Everybody Wants a
CHRISTMAS PRESENT
Gilts for Lad'es
We know w are showing the finest
line ot Christmas Handkerchiefs ever
shown In thin city and at prices that are
bound to sell thorn.
All linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs ,
from Be up.
Embroidered Handkerchiefs , from lOo
up.
Untaundered hand embroidered Hand
kerchiefs , 15c to EOc.
A sheer all linen hand embroidered
Initial Handkerchief , 15o each 2 for 26c.
A finer quality at 25o each or $1.BO
per box of half dozen , In fancy box.
Hemstitched linen Handkerchiefs from
60 to the sheerest fine French linen for
11.00. )
A handsome French linen Handker
chief , hand hemstitched , Inltlsl , sheer
quality , EOc each or $2.75 for half dozen.
A very fine sheer all linen Handker
chief , with dainty script Initial , 25o
1 ' each or $1.ST handsome box ot halt
i i dozen.
Pretty lace trimmed Handkerchiefs
for 2Gc , 35c , BOc , 7Bc , $1.00 and up.
A large line ot real duchtsse lace
Handkerchiefs , from 7Bo to $12.BO
| | prettiest goods ever shown tor the
i i money.
Dainty French hand embroidered
Handkerchiefs , from $1.25 up to $25.00.
BEAUTIFUL FANS from BOc up.
FANCY RIBBONS for crushed belts
and neckwear.
811k and Wool Waists In all kinds and
prices.
Ladlea * fancy
Hoso. cotton , lisle
or silk , from 2 e to
$2.75 a pair.
Ice Wool Scarf *
and real lace Scarfs
for wrapping head
and neck.
Beautiful Dresser
6tts , Pillow Shams ,
Table Spreads. Sofa
PUlows , Scarfs ,
Drapes , Mexican
Drawn Work , eto.
Handsome silk Umbrellas.
A beautiful line of Toilet Sets brush ,
comb and mirror from $1.00 up.
Elegant hand decorated Trays.
An elegant line of Fancy Baskets and
Decorated Baskets , Including office , in
fants' and work baskets.
Beautiful Sterling Silver Novelties in
manicure and other pieces.
See the new Imported Mosato and En
amel Brooches , Paper Weights , etc.
Ilnfants * Gold Pins , solid and plated.
Enameled , Sterling Silver and Gold
Bracelets the latest designs.
LONG NECK CHAINS In coral , pearl ,
turquoise and Jot , 6So to $6.50.
Stick Pins , Cuff Buttons and Pins ,
Lorgnettes and Fan Chains.
Now and late styles In Neckties.
Neck and Trimming Ruchlngs , from
12Ho up.
DEFENSE OF ECUADORIANS !
Reflections on Theif Character Resented by
a Resident. American ,
NOTABLE VIRTUES OF THE PEOPLE
i Simplicity , Devontneu and
Intelligence Native Chnrncter-
Utlc I.nvtlng Influence of
MUilonarr Labon.
FLAYA RICA , Ecuador , Nov. 1 , 1898. To
the Editor of The Bee : I have leisure today
to contradict a statement , relating to Ecua
dor , made by Mr. Carpenter , your South
American traveling correspondent , In ono of
his recent letters , wherein he dismisses
Ecuador In his summary of tbe west coast
of South America with the brief , incorrect
Uitement : "Ecuador is a priest-ridden
country , 300 years behind the times. " The
tterm "priest-ridden" has always been some
thing of a puzzle to me , but If by thla term
Is meant domination of the priesthood ,
either In Influence or In numbers , In this
Instance , your correspondent is sadly mis
taken. For several months past I have en
deavored to eecuro the services of a priest
( or our people and have offered , In addition
to the Inducements which I have always
understood Is recognized as the special re-
iward of all clergymen , a substantial salary
In cash of this world , and a good living ; but
o far without success. From all the bishops
I receive the same reply to my offers : "I
have not sufficient priests for the needs of
my own bishopric. " The affairs of the
province In which we are located nro ad
ministered by a vicar. Even Guayaquil , the
largest city In Ecuador and the principal
oeaport , la without a bishop , and has been
for eometlme past.
I have attended high mass In the so-
called cathedral In Guayaquil , which mercy
only knows why the conflagration of 1896
spared , and which , by 'the ' way , eatlsfles
one's Idea of a cathedral , both Insldo and
out , as would Omaha's did "cow shed , " and
there saw , as elsewhere throughout the
Christian world , that the worshippers were
women ; more than 90 per cent women , all
dressed In that appropriate church costume
consisting of a block mania about the head
which falls In graceful folds over the
boulders , and a plain black skirt , all of
which gives one an Idea that the women , at
least , are slncero nnd devout worshippers ,
and ore not there for the purpose of criti
cising a neighbor's bonnet. Alongside of
the cathedral , separated only by a board
partition , Is the soldier's barracks , and the
oldler , as a rule , is not overly careful not
to disturb cither the worshipper , the cele
brant , or preacher. The loud , boisterous
and even profane talk Is easily heard com
ing from the soldier's quarters. The clatter
of arms and beat of drums one might en
dure. All of the foregoing , easily sub
stantiated , Is not calculated to prove the
correctness of your traveling correspond
ent's statement ,
llurrlril Olinrrviillon * .
You should hardly expost your readers
to form an opinion of a country or Its
pcoplo upon the statement of one who hnd
not penetrated to the heart of the country.
Who would care to have a foreign people
judge us upon a statement of one com I
missioned to write us up and never go aa
I
far west as Omaha , say. Or , to bring It
nearer home , who In Omaha would care to
have a stranger , passing through Omaha
on tbe railroad cars and seeing no more of
the town than one may see from tbe car
windows , carry away the Idea that they had
Been Omaha ? I recall being greatly an
noyed once In London by a very intelligent
Englishman who said to me : " 0 , I know
your country well ; I went over to New York
once , saw the Bowery and Broadway , went
up to N'lagara Tails , took the Grand Trunk
Into Canada and then tbe Canadian Pacific
out to Vancouver. " And yet thla man
realfy was In better position to form an
accurate opinion of our people and country
uero facilities for intercourse with rt
And we have just what you want A Com
pliment and a truth what they all say
; hat we "have the prettiest Christmas Presents in Omaha. "
Kid Gloves
A large and com
plete line of Kid
Glove * for street ,
driving and evening
wear. Prices from
fl.OO and up.
12-button Evening
Glove * 11.50 up.
We carry the cele
brated P rrln Glovca.
Silk M It tent from
EOo up.
Undmied Kid Mit
tens , silk lined , verr
desirable price $1-00
J1.50.
Fur Collarettes-
Mi kinds , qualities and prices , from
$2.00 up. We guarantee to give you a
bargain In any collarette you buy of ui.
Gifts for Men-
Fine linen Handkerchief ! , with dainty
Initial , at 2Sc each or $1.50 per hand
some box of half dozen ,
A white pure silk Initialed Handker
chief at 25c and 60c.
Beautiful embroidered Handkerchiefs ,
at 60o and $1.15 each.
A very bandaomo line of all linen
Handkerchiefs , lEc , 2Ec , BOc and 75o.
A bargain A very fine plain linen
Handkerchief at 25c coma In one-quar
ter , ono-half and one-Inch hems.
Japanese Initial Handkerchiefs , 100.
A handsome.line of Mufflers at 3Bo ,
EOc , TSc , $1.00 , $1.60 and $2.25.
Handsome Silk Umbrellas.
New Novelties for men.
Handsome Decorated Boxes for col
lars , cuffs and ties , cigar and tobacco
Jars and boxes , office baskets , -toilet sets ,
traveling cases , perfume and toilet
waters. Ask to see our beautiful trav
eling cases In real seal and ebony fit
tings : smoking sets , calendars , magazine
book covers , address books , stamp boxes ,
whisk brooms and holiday cards In cases )
and shaving paper cases , hair , hat and
clothes brusbes , band decorated and
sterling silver and ebony. Ink stands and
pen wipers , ash receivers , soap boxes ,
band mirrors , in all styles , ebony and
Stirling stiver.
molest parts have made us all quite similar
;
that Mr. Carpenter Is of judging Ecuador
accurately from his one stop on the coast.
HTO where I am located , away from the
coast , we employ several hundred working-
men. They come from everywhere from
the West Indies , Jamaica , Satlgua ,
Martinique and St. Lucia , from Barbadoes
and from Mexico on the north ; even from
our own country , for , ono day , hearing one
of the worklngmen speaking a dialect dif
ferent from any of the other English-speak
ing people , I asked : "Who are you ? What
part of the West Indies are you from ? "
"Me , sab , whoso I ? I'so de fust 'coon' dat
eber cams up dls yer rlber. Ise fr'm V'glny ,
sab. " So we have men here from "V'glny"
on the north to Chill on the south , and amore
moro motley crew It would be difficult to
Imagine.
Training ? of Indian * .
But It Is of the Ecuadorian I wish
especially to wrlto you. I only mention the
foregoing to show the opportunity I have for
observing and comparing. We get four
types of characters from among tbe
Ecuadorian. The coast "nigger , " who Is
about on a par with the negro -who lies
around our southern river towns. From
thp interior wo get the pure native descend
ant of Spanish blood and the native Indian ,
tbo latter Is the more Interesting to me. He
comes to us clad only In a breechclout and
a loose-fitting , coarse , white cotton shirt ,
but bo can work and work with an intel
ligence , too , and stick to it ; and ask him If
he can read and write , "SI , senor , carne
no. " ( Yen , sir , certainly , why not ? ) All
the result of the labors of the hated Jesuit.
If Ecuador Is , as your traveling correspond
ent wishes your readers to believe , 300 years
behind us , there are some things we might
go back and lenrn from It to our ad
vantage , 'for ' no one , native nor partial
foreigner , has yet found cause to wrlto of
It , "A Century of Dishonor. ' This self
same Indian may and usually does wear a
rosary about his neck and Is likely to
make the sign of tbe cross before him when '
he steps out of his house to go to work In
the morning. All of which Is his own
affair. But wLen at work ho works a
steady gait all the time this cannot be
said of our Indians nor of our freedmen of
the south. If ono of this num
ber happens to be killed on tbe
works or dies a natural death
and In bringing the remains down for
burial the bearers for any cause place tbe
bier en the ground , the spot Is marked by
a rude cross. This , I believe , was a cus
tom followed In England , and oven to this
day such places are preserved and well I
marked with crosses , viz. , Charing Cross ,
King's Cross and New Grots In London , and
many In the provinces. Should any one at
tempt to molest these , at least respected
spots In London today , they would probabjy
fare badly , and yet no one would think of
applying the term "priest-ridden" to Lon
don. Is not respect for the dead recog
nized the world over as evidence of civiliza
tion ? I adrnlro the old-fashioned custom
of standing , uncovered and bowed while tbe
bier passes. In Europe , where there Is
royalty , this Is tbo etiquette of today when
a member of the royalty passes. How much
more fitting it seems to recognize evidence
of the will of the Greatest Sovereign.
Influence or tbe CuurcU.
Today our native people are celebrating
All Saints' day. The Indian and Interior na
tive sits quietly in his house reading , rc-
fusing to work. You should see what ho
reads pious books nnd Casttllan classics ,
no yellow covers. Tha coast "nigger , " and
some from other countries , are satisfied to
go off on a beastly spree , and such vLle
stuff to get drunk on , but the "priest-rid
den , " pure , , Ecuadorian behaves himself nnd
will bo ready for bis work tomonW , and j
who will say that ho is worse for his rest ,
meditation and prayers of today ! I have |
seen our Jamaican negroes celebrate their
feast day , as they call It , August 1 , In
commemoration of their emancipation , tor
the past two years. The celebration con
sists simply of one continuous drunk for an
entire week , and then another week sober
ing up before they are again fit for work.
It tbe Jamaicans which we have are a fair
sampje of the race , and from what I &av
For the
Baby
Infants' ' hand
some Hobos ,
Bilk Bibs.
Bootees , Capfl.
Cloaks and
Jackets j u s t
the articles for
baby for ChrlBt-
mus.
Baby Rattles , Toilet Sets , Brushes and
Combs , Infants' Baskets , eto. ,
Writing Paper
We have a grand line of Stationery ,
plain and fancy , put up In elegant boxes
for Christmas trade. Prices lOo up U
$1.50 box.
Dainty boxes of Children's Stationery ,
15c , 20o and 250.
Dolls
We have
the prettiest
line of Dolls
ever shown
in Omaha.
The celebra
ted Koatner
head , with
natural hair.
Pink kid
brdies , with
double rlvoted
joints that
novel- wear
out sizes 12
to 24 inches.
A handsome
line of
Dressed
Dulls from
lOc to U5.00.
Boo the now double-Jointed wood body
Dolls , very handsome , strong end dur
able , from $2.00 to $5.00 price is one-
third less than other makes of same
size and beauty.
Calendars
Entirely new handsomest ver
brought to Omaha ,
Baskets
We have a fine line of all kinds of
Fancy Baskets from lOo up.
seen of them on their Island I think they
are , then two centuries and a half under
enlightened British Influence and posses
sion and three generations ot freedom under
the same sovereignty has done but little tor
them. But few can read and wrlto , and
but few Indeed know how to work com
pared with what "priest-ridden" Ecuador
has done for her peons in much less than
century of time. I never heard any one
accuio Froude of being prejudiced In favor
ot the Catholics. Ho says In bis "The
English In the West Indies : " "I had
marked the respect with which the Catholic
clergy were treated in Dominica , and
even the Haytlen republic still maintains
the French episcopate and priesthood. But
I could not find that the Church of England
In Jamaica either was at present or had
ever been more than the church of the Eng
lish In Jamaica , respected as long as the
English gentry were a dominant power
there , but with no Independent charm to
work on Imagination or superstition.
The Olympian gods survived
for seven centuries after Aristophanes with :
the help of allegory and "economy. " The
church of Rome may survive as long after
Calvin and Luther. Carlyle mocked at the
possibility when I ventured to say so to
him. Yet Carlyle seemed to think that the
mass was the only form ot faith in Europe
which had any sincerity remaining In U.
And In another chapter , after visiting Cuba
Froude says : "The Jesuits were as well
spoken of In Havana as the Moravians in
Jamaica. Every one had a good word for
them. They have a college there
where there are 400 lads and young men
who pay for their education ; some hundred
more are taken out of charity. The Jesuits
conduct the whole and do it all unaided on
their own resources. And this Is far from *
all that they do. They keep on a level with
the age ; they are men of learning ; they ar
men of science ; they are the Royal Society
of Cuba. "
Now , If other creeds have done so little
and are unable to do more , even with paw-
erful state assistance , for the people of the
West Indies and the Catholics have done sc
much there and In South America and the
have not yet given satisfaction , what li 1
there to substitute ? Man must have semi
creed or form of worship ; his very natun
requires It. Who desires to be so brutal a
to be brought into this world or sent ou
of It without form or ceremony ? ShouU
the "Imperialist" faction dominate the re
publican party we may see what effec :
prosolytlsm will have on the Latin rac
during the coming generation. And let u
hope for tbe good of all that there will be no
obstacles put In the way of any creed o
form of worship , free and fair to oil alike
I would remark that I have observed amonj
tbe so-called liberals ot tbe race , not nlon
In South America , but In Europe , that whei
they throw off Catholicism they go over t
unbelief and I should warn any Protestan >
missionary minister to beware ot ha
"liberal , " He Is apt to have an ax to grim
and use when sharpened.
Devout People.
The most Interesting type of character
have found In South America Is a com
munlty of negroes , the descendants of nhe
old Spanish slaves , located here In Ecuado
on the Santiago river. They are a mos
happy , simple and honest people , without he
repulsive African features we are accus
tomcd to In the negro. Their customs ire
rather patrlarchlal , and from whom , iree
the-300-or ( morel-years-ln-advance , mlgh
learn something. It is very interesting ti
see the father ot the household at dayltgh
( for here , directly under the equator , then
Is no dawn and no twilight time Is elthoi
night or day ) take bis position and cacl
j member of tbe family , big and little , in tun
' kneel before him , recite a few slmpli
prayers , receive bis blessing for the day ad
the next Instant away. They have tbeli
evening prayers , too , which are on a mor > <
elaborate scale. A very pretty and touch'
Ing custom of theirs is , no matte ,
where a young person meets an aged one , he
younger ono uncovers , falls upon one kne
and with bared head In a most respectfu
and reverend manner recites the bendltc
This finished the Aged ono , with uncover e4
Sterling Silver Novelties ;
In Manicure Pieces , Letter Openers ,
Letter Seals , Button Hooks , Shoe Hooks ,
Shoe Horns , Neil Files , all jeweled top
ped ; Horns , SoUsors , Darners , Vaseline
Boxes , Jew el nil tops , gold or silver ;
Glove Stretchers , Match Safes , Stamp
Boxes , Thimbles , Vinaigrettes In gold
silver or cut glass ; Purses , Belts , jew
eled or plain , oxidised silver or gold ;
Chatelaines , jeweled or plain , oxtdlz d
or "gold from "Sc to $12.50.
Sterling Sliver Novelties from 2So up.
POMI'ADOUH SIDE AND BACK
COMBS In real and Imitation shell ,
rhlnestone , jeweled and plain , from
lowest price up.
Rhinestone Tiaras or Coronets.
Infants' Combs , Dressing Combs , Hair
Hat nd Cloth Brushes.
Our novelties are the prettiest ever
shown In this city such as1 Handker
chief and Glove Boxes , Jewel Boxes ,
Work Boxes , Needle Books , Hand ana
Stand Mirrors , Calendars , Christmas
Cards , Blotters , Muslo Holders , Music
Racks , Vases , Fancy Bric-a-Brac , Brush
and Comb Trays , hand painted ; Pocketbooks -
books , Shopping Bags , Chatelaines , Bos
ton Bags , Manicure Sets , Trays and
Photo Holders , Card Counters , Open
Glass Bags , etc. ; hand decorated Linen
Cases for clippings and receipts , hand
decorated linen Photo Holdir * , Not *
Cases , Calling Lists , hand decorated
Portfolios , linen covered ; Hand Diction
aries , Call Bells , So p Paper , Novelty
Candlesticks , etc. , Tuneaberg or Old
Ivory Statuary.
s
Cotterra Medallion !
Atomizers
The very choicest Perfumes and Tolls *
Waters.
Wo have hundreds of beautiful tilings
for Christmas presents which we can
not enumerate here.
Handioms Atomizers from 25o to $2.60.
Very handsome fancy Ivorlne Basket *
filled with perfume , toilet soap and toil
et water , $2.75 to $5.25.
bead and raised right hand , gives the bene
diction , and , should it happen to be a god
father or godmother , the supplicant Is per
mitted to imprint a kiss upon the back of
tbe proffered band. It is so soon over , but
not quickly done , and done with such a
grace ot manner , so quietly and so dignified ,
to only witness the ceremony has such a
a soothing effect on one that I have often
wished that I were worthy and had the
moral courage and humility to uncover and
bow to receive tbe full benefit of all tbat
tbe aged one has to bestow. I have viewed
this ceremony in the crowded store among
a lot of Irreverent and Irreligious Chilians ,
Jamaicans , Peruvians and Argentinians ; I
have seen it on tbe trails , In the lonely
wooded mountains and on the beach , along
the river sides , always the same , never
hurried and never lacking In genuine rever
ence and true dignity. Ask them who taught
this custom : "Oh , It Is very ancient ; It has
always been the custom among our people. "
I have seen grown-up boys and girls rompIng -
Ing along band In hand , laughing , chatting
and chaffing , each with a cigarette be
tween the teeth , come suddenly upon an
old man ; down they drop on a knee , the
head bared and cigarette removed , the
"bendlto" recited , tbo old man's right hand
. comes slowly out from beneath the folds ot
* his ruana. Is raised and lowered and crossed
. and back again to Its resting place , while
, his lips continue to move and the almost
' Inaudible voice says something that seems
to carry with It comfort and concord. Ob-1
serve the awkward and really rude manners
of a fashionable set In a fashionable church.
They may be perfectly proper In manners in
! a drawing room , but , in a church , bow few
can bow or kneel or stand or sit with be-
B
coming grace of manner. Here Is a people
? I whoso genuine reverence and piety , I pro-1
sume , under most trying and difficult con-
*
dltlons bears with It a simple elegance of
y manner that I have never seen equaled any-
where.
lo Evidence of Honeftty.
- Thelr honesty , too , is a bright Jewel in
their long list of many virtues. Many times
have I had three of these people pulling mo
) 1 up the river in a dugout canoe ; the river
* i is so swift and full of rapids that a paddle
| u of no use ; it requires three experienced
, peons to a canoe , which Is pushed along by
as : I stout poles of a quality similar to our
ut I hickory. The pilot takes his position In the
ild. stern , the other two forward. Contrary to
- the methods of loading generally followed
ct elsewhere In the world the cargo Is placed
well forward In order to keep the nose of the
us canoe well down In the water , else a strong
current might get under and capsize tbo
ore outfit. The two forward peons do the pro
e- pelling by placing their poles against the
bottom of the river , where tbe stream Is
shallow enough to allow , and , where not , In
holes that have been worn by centuries of
° I usage In tbe solid rock bank , and pushing
nt | the length of tbe pole and probably a step
or two It there Is room enough In the
canoe to allow. In this manner the canoe
Is advanced from ten to fifteen feet racb
push. Where the current allows the peons
alternate , viz , , one Is ready with a fresh
I hold to push along as soon as the other lets
- go ; where this cannot be done the pilot holds
the canoe with his pole until the others
catch a fresh hold. It Is something like
climbing a rope band over band and about
as fast , for a mile and a half an hour Is
- real good going. Oftentimes a pole U broken
In strong water , then there Is excitement ,
, If not fun. Every bouse along the river
has a supply ot three poles on band season
ing. If the people are at hrme they will
give you one , or at most charge 10 cents
silver for it , but if no one Is home you
might get your peons to die for you , but you
could not got tbem to go In and take a pole ,
even though you give tbem 100 times 10
cents to leave In Its plsce. Going down
stream is another game and the rarest kind
ot sport. Catching the river Just right , I
have floated down stream , with only a pilot
to guide our little canoe , forty-six miles In
four hours.
I can say more , too , In fa\or of these pee
ple. I can tell of deeds of self-sacrifice , hero-
iitn and valor. I can relate bow one , a stran-
- gor here , whose fellow-countryman writes In-
correctly and slightingly of thete good peo-
mraj ttTT' ? T W * ?
$5 ! X > liA <
IFURS , FURS
Sensible AWARD HlCHIST
Seasonable OMAHA
196
Suggestions
For Holiday Shoppers.
The entire exhibit of Russian Furs from TrauBmississippi and International Expo
sition , Liberal Arts building , which received Highest Award and TWO ( fold Medals for excellent -
lent quality and bust workmanship , is now being closed out at a fraction of their real
value. In some cases we have cut the price to as low as 60 per cent of their actual
worth. Our object in doing this is to Introduce this
exceptional display of fine goods , and to inform vou that we i
are permanently located in Otnnlm and to all who failed to see our exhibit at the exposition < ro extend a most' '
cordial invitation to come and Inspect these llaudsome Christmas Presents ,
Scarfs
Black Marten Scarfs , with cascet of lght rt * Q Bf/\
tails . Ip O.OU
Very finest Stone Marten , with cascet of sixtf Q C rk
tails and two bead . lOiOl/
Mink , with ten sable tails and two -4 Q CS.f\
beads . lO.OU
Blue Fox ( very fine ) Scarf , with full size
head and tails .
Electric Seal Scarf , with long tabs , ten tails
and two beads . . .
Russian Sable Scarfs ,
with six tall .
Capes
Fine Sahallen Seal ( finest quality ) , 2T Inches A ff \ ( \
long , 120 sweep . ± \ JJJ
Flno Sahallen Seal , with six-Inch storm
collar of black marten , 25 Inches long , 95 Off \
sweep . , . OU'UU
Flno Astrakhan , 27 Inches long , 90 Inches
snoep . ' .
Real Alaska Seal Cape , 24 Inches long , 120
sweep , the finest quality
Persian Lamb , finest quality , 24 inches long , -
120 sweep
Beaver Capo , 30 laches long , C C f\f\
132 sweep . ( jJt\J\J
Mink Cape , made from the finest Russian
mink backs , 30 Inches long , 120 Inches 4 fj { 2 ?
eweop . 1 A. O
Collarettes
Siberian Black Marten Collarettes , with
eight tails , 12 Inches deep , fins storm col 20.00
lar .
Black Marten Collarettes , with Persian
yoke , very fine storm collar , six tncncs 16.50
bl b .
Fine Beaver Collarette , with long tabs' , eight
tails 29.501
Floe Beaver Collarette , with three
tails 25.501
Grebe Collarette , combination with Sahallen
seal 12.00
Electric Seal Collarette , very fine
fur 3.00 |
Sahalicn Seal Collarette , with Astrakhan
yoke 5.00J
Genuine Cninchllla
Collarette 35.00
Krlmmer Collarettes , long tabs , In combina
tion with Mouflon , four tails , very stylish. 20.00
Seal Skin Jackets
Seal Jackets , made out of whole skins ( guar
anteed ) genuine Alaska 185.00 8
An immense assortment of all kinds wild animals , from $5 to $250
every ono absolutely moth proof make nice Christmas presents.
Siberian Squirrel Linings for ladles' cloaks. Carriage Vobcs , Muffin and Fur Gloves , |
OPEN EVENINGS. OPEN EVENING&
Geo. de Sosnowski ,
Mail Orders Filled. 321 South Fifteenth.
BETWEEN FARNAM nnd HARNEY
plo , Is bitten by a huge , venomous snake of
the Aykls ( X ) family , the bite of which is
said to be sure death. There la nothing
to counteract the venom injected into the
veins through the 'teeth of the reptile. A
native at hand quickly draws his cuchlllo ,
cuts a deep cross over the wound , tnen
quietly puts his lips to the incision and
sucks the venom out of the veins , so that
a badly swollen and painful limb and a
wretched sickness for a few days Is Iho only
result of tbe accident. This , I can tes
tify , is what Camllio Tulnonees , a poor ,
backwoods native , black , "priest-ridden"
Ecuadorian , did to save a fellow-being's
life' , and afterwards , when offered a sum
of money far below what really should
have been offered blm , if to only recognize
and not reward the heroic act , with un
feigned modesty declines with a simple
gesture of tbe hand and "No , senor. " Why
shouldn't ono defend tbo good name of
thess good people ?
D. C. STAPLETON.
Since writing the above and await
ing lhe fortnightly departure of our courier
for the coast to catch the upbound steamer ,
i I have received a later Issue of The Sun-
I day Bee , containing a more recent letter
of Mr. Carpenter's from Valparaiso , de
! ! scribing the procession of black-robed nuns
and white-robed Magdalens , and after readIng -
Ing the same I naturally ask , "Is your cor-
rosTindont a Turk ? " Certainly he Is not
. an American , or , at all events , has not tne
I characteristics we are credited with by all
1 the world , or at least were credited with
prior to April 22 , 1808 , vis. , absolute fair
ness to all men and gallantry to all women.
Why should the poor penitent have a priest
walking by her side ? He will probably
find things more to his liking when he gets
across Into Argentine. He is liable not
i to be shocked by the sight of penitents
there. D. C. S.
TOLD OUT OP COUBT.
Jim Webster was being tried for bribing a
colored witness , Sam Johnslng , to testify
falsely , retatea the Detroit Free Press.
"You ay the defendant offered you $50 to
testify in his behalf ? " asked the lawyer of
Sam ,
"Yes. sah. "
"Now , repeat what he eald , using his ex
act words. "
"Ho said he would gib me $50 If I "
"He dldn't-speak In the third person , did
ho ? "
"No , Bah ; ho tuck good care dat dar wore
no third pusson 'round ; dar was only two '
us two. "
"I know that , but ho spoke to you In the
first person , didn't be ? "
"I was do fus pusson myself , sab. "
"You don't understand me. When he was
talking to you did he say. 'I will pay you
'
$50 ? "
"No , sab ; he didn't say nothln' 'bout you '
payln' me $50. Your name wasn't men '
tioned , 'ccptln' he told me ef ebcr I got Into )
a scrape you waa de best lawyer In San An-
tone to fool de Jedgo and de Jury In fac' ,
you was do best In town to cover up reskel-
Ity. "
For a brief , breathlese moment the trial
was suspended.
"What Is your occupation ? " the lawyer
asked a boy on the witness stand.
"I work on my father's farm , " the wit
ness replied.
"You don't do much but sit around , do
you ? "
"Well , I help my father. "
"But you're worthless , aren't you ? " was
the attorney's decisive question.
"I don't know whether I am or not , " re
torted the witness warmly.
Then the attorney took another tack.
"Your father's a worthless man Isn't ho ? "
"Well , he works about the farm. "
The attorney here fastened an eye which
gleamed with triumph on the jury and nailed
the boy with a glance from tbo other and 1
said ; "Isn't it true that your father doesn't
do enough work to prevent bis becoming
called worthless ? "
The boy had chafed under these unpleas
ant questions , relates the Baltimore News ,
and summoning up courage , he said loudly :
"If you went to know so bad whether my
father's worthless , ask him ; there he Is , on
the Jury. "
.
j j Village Lawyer ( from Skedunk ) You
! think I must have lots of Idle time ? By
George , I can beat any man In forty mile
of my town playing checkers !
Village Lawyer ( from Splketown ) I can't
play checkers , but I can lean back in a
chair and balance-It on Its hind legs for
fifteen minutes by the watch , and there ain't
another man In my congressional district
who can do that
When Robert F. Thomas was called as a
witness In a suit he had brought to re
cover a partial payment which he had made
on a horse that he considered was not as
represented at the sale , he asked the court's
permission to pray before giving bis tes
timony. This bolng granted , he prayed aloud
for ten minutes , asking that everybody
might tell the truth , that the Jury might
see the horse was not sound , and wound up
Inviting a blessing on the "good democratic
judge ( who was trying the case ) , who had
Just been Indorsed by the solid republican
party of Leblgh county. " The Jury brought
a verdict against Mr. Thomas and he will
have to pay the balance due on the horse.
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
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Ik
Iowa baa 1.002 cremerles. ,
Manila has 150 cigar factories.
Connecticut bos 3.000 clockmnkers.
Canadians are using the horseless sleigh.
Havana has 120 first-class cigar factories.
America has fifty watch and clock fac
tories.
Each person in the United States con
sumes a barrel of flour a year.
There are 450 employes to every 100 miles
of railroad In the United SUUs.
Tbe National Garment Workers' union has
Issued 3,000,000 of its labels during tbe last
year.
The Massachusetts Bureau of Labor reports
that In 1897 textile workers In that state
averaged less than $1.10 per day.
It mey surprise many Americans to know
that 40 per cent of all tbe cotton goods ex
ported by tbo United States goes to China.
Tbe growth of tbe motor industry in
France la shown in the fact that tbe new
occupation demands the employment of 200-
000 hands.
Twenty years ago American shoes were
unknown In Germany. For the first five
months of this year tbo total value of tbe
eboes Imported from the United States was
i $59.500.
Ono reason why the export of cotton goods
, may expand to tbe Philippine islands is the
fact that the yearly Import of cations from
Spain amounted to more than $5,000,000.
The United States heretofore sent less than
$10.000 worth.
The most expensive tobacco ever imported
to this country was sent to the New York
public stores for appraisal lost week. There
were six bales , each weighing seventy-five
pounds , and eaoh tale was Invoiced at $1,000 ,
or at tbe rate of $13.33 a pound. It was
Havana wrappers , the duty un which Is $1.85
a pound.
The returna of tbo corn crop of the south
last year showed a product of 469,887,000
bushels. The returns for 1S98' Rive a crop
of 583,127.000 bushels , which ts fully 125.-
000,000 bushels moro than the south will
consume. Tbo south baa not for four or
five years bought as much corn as it sold.
Last summer a party of potters went to
Mexico from Trenton. N , J. They have written -
ten an interesting letter to tbe Potter's
Journal , from which tbe following excerpts
are taken. "Wo have changed our place for
getting meals , and have to pay $7 per week ,
1 and we cannot get one room for IMS than $40
per month. One of our men bad a cold , and
bought a box of brome quinine tablets which
you could cot in Trenton for 18 cents. The
price In Mexico Is 65 cents. Tbe doctor's
bill for three visits to the doctor's consulting -
ing room waa $10 , A small bottle of Wor
cc-stershtre sauce , which would cost but. a
few cents in Lehman's store , cost hero 90
cents , and a tin of salmon costs $1 ; and
oatmeal the favorite Ulsh of a Scotchman , Is
almost priceless , a luxury of the rich. Eggs
are S cents each .and potatoes are from 1 to
3 cents each. I should sav that everything
one goes to buy costs at least three times
as much as In the United States. A bottle
of beer containing not more than a glass
costs from 10 cents to 25 cents. A Mexican
kllnman gets about 37 cents a day , and tbe
boys who work about the yard got about
12 cents a day. "
HARD LINES IN SIXTY-TWO
What a Veteran of the Rebellion Says
Concerning Hardships ,
ONLY THREE MEN LEFT IN HIS COMPANY
Endorsement on IIU Application fo
Leave Whlcli TclU a. Tale of the
Terrible Suffering of III *
Regiment. . , _ . ,
Living In Omaha today Is a veteran ot
the civil war who has In Jits possession
official documents , relics of tbo rebellion ,
which furnish Interesting reading matter for
those who have found so much fault with the
management of troops during the war with
Spain and who have been free to charge
brutality in the general treatment ot the
men. Among these papers Is tbe original
copy of an application for leave of absence
by the veteran , who was a lieutenant of a
company and who desired to go and see
his brother , who had been captain of tne
aame company. The brother was wounded
at the battle ot Frederlcksburg thirty-six
years ago and was lying at the point of
death In a hospital at Washington. In
fact , bo died before tbo lieutenant could
reach him.
The application was made January 2 , 1863 ,
at the camp of .the corps near Falmoutb ,
Va. Tbe first endorsement was one of
approval by Captain L. W. Carpenter , who
was then In command ot the regiment. The
next was aa follows :
HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE. Jan.
* . 1863. Respectfully forwarded approved.
Captain was wounded severely In the
leg < at Fredericksburg. After his removal
to Washington his leg was amputated and
there Is very llttlo prospect ot bis recovery.
His brother Is in comm id of Company P ,
which numbers three men present. Ono Is
on extra duty as teamster and the other
two are on sick report. His services can ,
therefore , very well be spared here and I
trust ho may bo allowed to visit bis brother ,
that he may bo enabled to render assistance
bo one of the beat officers of my regiment.
JOHN S. MASON ,
Colonel Commanding Brigade.
The application la then endorsed and ap
proved successively by Alt Sully , brigadier
general ; John Sedgwlck , major general com
manding corps ; I. H. Taylor , for Major Gen
eral Suranor , who was father of Brigadier
General Edwin V. Sumner , commander of the
Department of the Mlscourl , and the final
endorsement was by John Tucker , assist
ant secretary ot war , who extended tbe leava
eight days.
The paper has Interest In tbo personal
signatures of the men named , most of whom
were well known In the west , but the state
ment In the second endorsement that but
three men of the company were recorded as
present Is where tbe real story lies. The regi
ment had seen but llttlo fighting previous to
Frederlcksburg , but had been campaigning
over the swamps In tbe peninsula , and the
men of this particular company , as well as
ot all others , were either dead from disease
or sick , The mortality of the company was
large at the battle of Frederlcksburc , but It
only had a small portion of Its original num
ber loft to go Into that engagement and the
officer who holds this paper was the only
member of his company who was not killed
or wounded In the fight. He says his reg
iment was woefulfy depleted by disease dur
ing that compalen and tbo organization was
almotit wiped out by the battle.
The man who has this paper withhold * ) bis
nnrno from the etory because bo says be has
finished fighting battles and docs not cats
to get Into any controversy , but tbe docu
ment Is where anyone can see It who de
sires , and those who see it will know It U
official , Ho gives It out at this time to show
that tbo flolcller who finds faun with hU
treatment In this ago does not know what
real hardships are.
The sooner a cough or cold Is cured with *
out harm to the sufferer the better On *
Minute Cough Cure quickly cures. Why suf
fer when such a cough cure Is within reach T
It Is pleasant to the taste.
