y ) SUITS TO ORDER $20 to $50 tailor! If you live out of town address our mail-order de partment. MEN OLD IN YEARS ONLY Group of Omabam Who Har Puied tho Meridian, but Are Still AotWe. NEBRASKA OZONE THE ELIXIR OF LIFE "Uncle lllll" Snowden Ik a Con(nli1e mil Dr. Ilnctrim. TIioiikIi Almoat 100, Glvf Mwilu I,pnn lu- plrntlon liiTlimf Kxntnplcs. It baa been remarked that there aro a great ninny men, old In years, but young in every other way, who aro earning their liv ings anil lending nctlvo Hvcb In Omaha, and to tho casual obBervor this seems to bu true. About every fourth mun a person incotH on tho streotB appears to bo well nast tho mlddlo nilleatotio of earthly exist ence. Perhaps It Is tho Nebraska ozone, or It may bo tho wbolesomo water and rich, brown beef of tho prairies. In any ovent, Omaha seems to hnvo rather moro than Its auota of men old in years only It has boon said that 50 Is the youth of old ago, and that n man who has lived right ought to bo Just In his prlmo at that period of his career. Most of tho world's successful men havo achieved bucccss after that age. A fow freaks of history havo reached tho zenith of their power In tho 30s or even 20s, but these are tho exeep tlona that provo tho rule. To men of CO who Imnglno they aro old and thorcforo unfitted to ongago actively In affairs thcro should bo not a llttlo en couragemcnt In tho lives of Dr. Charles liaetens, William Suowden and Ellas Olsb, nil of this city. Tho combined ages of theso energetic men nmounts to 221 years, yet, nfter talking with them or watching them, work for a fow minutes ono would scnreoly call them old. And they aro not old, save In a comparative seuso. "To ono left stand lng on tho shore," says Ambrose- Illerco, "tho bark that has but Just left Its moorings teems to havo accomplished a great part of tho voyugo to unknown climes," yet, tho one left standing on tho shoro Is not a competent Judgo. Sirvc Writ n( So cut -tl vr, William Snowden, constnblo for tho county Judge, has passed his 70th year. Ho wns bom in tho bltio grassNreglon of Kentucky nt Nlcholasvllle, and, whllo still very young, removed with his parents to Missouri; where ho made bis homo until no camo 10 umnnn in isai. from Missouri j expense of tho king of Holland. Ho pre be enlisted In tho army and fought during t ferred Ilrussols, nnd studied tho violin with m: Shall Nicoll Make IGHTY strides with large M We have earned our big business by simply and we are still growing. Bv pleasing our trade imitators but thus far we stand alone as the Leaders and Promoters of Men's Fashions. We copy after no one. Year after year we have raised the standard for Tailoring higher and higher with lower and lower prices till we have brought the price for superior made garments within the roach of all. We want you to place your order for Spring Garments here! We shall strive hard to merit your permanent patronage. Polite salesmen will aid you in choosing but won't urge you to buy; that's not our way. Our facilities for garment makiug are broad but we would advise you to order early. 209-211 So. Fifteenth St. Karbach Block. tho Mexican war under Generals Taylor and Kearney. When tho civil wnr broke out he Joined tho body of men known as "Curtis' Horse," and served with them throughout tho cntlro four years. Owing to the fact thnt there was no governor of Nebraska nt that tlrao to commission them, the "Curtis' Horso" was finally mustered out as a regiment of Iowa volunteers. When Mr. Snowden enmo to Omaha he worked iu tho brick yard, having tho con tract to supply bricks for tho first stato capltol. When tho brlckmakors had fin ished pressing a largo number of bricks and had arranged them for drying, somebody stolo the canvas cover and n heavy rain spoiled them all. Ilrluks wcro hauled from Council Muffs to build tho capltol. Last year "Uncle Hill' attended tho per formance of Penman Thompson In "Tho Old Homestead," and when tho actor re peated tho line, "I am 66 and spry as n kitten!" "Undo Hill" turned to his com panion nnd whispered: "Humph! He's not so warm! I'm 75 and spry as a kitten!' Those who know him nro wont to refer to him ns "ono of tho hoys," which ho ccr tolnly Is, ns much as In his earlier days. In his work ns constnblo ho meets with mnny novel experiences, some of them rather Ill-suited to a man of his yenrs It would seem. Many persons seek to ovado Bervlco of pnpers, and try to dodge the constable, but ho Is seldom outwitted by such ns these. Ho sometimes has to ad vanco upon a house through a dark nlley and enter It by wny of a back stalrcaso, but theso aro commonplace adventures, In deed, In tho life of Omaha's earliest citizen. VlrliiiiNO of Ninety Summer. Tho oldest musician In Omaha, no doubt, is Dr. Charles lindens, who boards, with his wife, nt C20 South Nineteenth street. When nuked his ago ho said, "I am really ho old that If I told my ago pcoplo would not bollovo it. Here in America when a man gets to bo of a great ago everybody thinks ho Is worn out and good for nothing In tho old country n man may become very old nnd no ono wonders nt It." However, It was learned from other sources that I)r liaetens has passed Ills SOth year. Not withstanding this advanced ago ho is still ns halo and hearty ns many a person of fiO, nnd takes groat pride In tho fact that ho still retains a full set of natural teeth. Ilr. liaetens wns born at The Hague. Ho land, and was educated at the Ilo'yal Music school, his tuition paid by tho king of Tho Netherlands. William I. And nfter a course school, his tuition paid by tho king of The gained tho "prlx do Itomo" (first prlzo), which gave htm tho privilege to study for two years either at Tarts or Ilrussels at tho A famous Medicine Here is a bottle, which is familiar in thousands of homos. For hul f a century it has had a porinancnt place as a family meiUclno. Tlrao has not dimmed its reputation, or popu larity. It has advanced in splto of many imitations. ttostetter's Stomach Bitters is tho standard remedy for Dyspepsia, Billiousness, Constipation, Nervous ness, Sleeplessness and Kidney Disorders. It Is AraerlcVs famous family medicine. Sold by Druggists and Dealers generally, with a Prlvnti lloveuuc Stump over the neck of tho bottle. TTTR OMAHA TJATLV HETS: STXDAV, MAHCII 10, 1001. have been made in the Tailoring business and chiefly by one house Nicoll The Tailor and busy stores in nearly every prominent city of America. it returns and multiplies as it ought. Like all successful originators we have manv Do llorlot, and composition with Foils, tho director of tho conservatory. After this ho went to London and becamo a member of Her Majesty's Iloyal Italian opera. Ho has been nt various times during his life associated with some of the greatest artists, such as Joachim, Vlcuxtemps, Mme. Schuman, Sir Charles Hall and others. In compel lug 'c prlzo compositions ho has been very fortunate. His fantnsle, "Albion," so frequently played by tho Sousa, Inuca and Bclstedt bands, brought him tho first prlzo of $1,000 nt tho Alhambrn In Loudon. Ho has published besides this many com positions for tho violin and other Instru ments. Ho was for somo years band master In tho British army In Indin, a much desired position, with a captain's rank nnd pay. In 1872 ho camo to New York, engaged himself as n member of Theodoro Thomas' orchestra, and went with him In 1877 to Cincinnati as teacher of harmony nnd composition, remaining there until 1SSS, when hn camo to Omaha nnd mado this city his permanent home. Dr. liaetens Is nn affablo old gentleman nnd hns mndo many friends in Omaha. Ho is of n philosophical turn of mind and loves to discuss questions of philosophy and history, whllo his favorite pastime is play ing whist. Ho Is very nctlvo and every day may bo found nt his vocation of teach ing music, which ho follows with as much enthusiasm nnd prido as a virtuoso of 30. KIiiiIh Collln-Ti'liitiiiliiK Salutary. A man who, though ho has Just turned CO, Is still in active lire, Is Kilns dish, coffin trlmmor. Owing to his lino of em ployment, ho has seen many of the dnrk and llttlo known phases of life, and has withal a most Interesting personal history Ho was born on n farm near Mountjoy, l'u.. at a tlmo when Indians wero still bit prenio In this western country. As ho did not funcy life ns It then was on tho faun, ho began nt an early ugo and learned tho printers' trade, which ho followed for nlno and a halt years beforo coming to Omaha. Whon ho struck Omaha In 1875 ho found employment at various occupations until four years later ho went to work for M. O, Maul, nnd slnco then ban followed coffin trimming and undertaking. Mr. (Jlsh has had several novel experi ences nnd nt least onco ho met with an adventuro that resulted In a moral lesson for tho person chiefly ,conserned. It was about midnight thnt n man supposed to bo dead was brought Into tho morgue. Mr. OIbIi did not believe, however, that life was extinct, and covered tho man's faco with u cloth dipped In Ice water. After a whllo tho "enrpso" showed signs of routing to, whereupon all his friends left tho place. 1 In a fow moments ho opened his eyes ana starvti vacantly around at tne comns In tho morgue, and then, ns tho truth dawned upon him, exclaimed, "I have taken my last drink!" Ho recovered from tho shock in n short time, but never forgot tho lesson nnd from that day to this has not tasted a drop, so It Is said. Kiiik'Kh Out n Labor I, air. NEW VOKK, March O.-AU tho held up claims of contractors who used stono quarried and dressed outside tho atnto nro to bo paid. Tho court of appeals has handed down nn opinion suylng that tho law passed several years ago at tho In stance of several labor orcnnlzntlonH was unconstitutional. Tho penalty of violating the law, as u stanus, was tne wiinnoimng of the moneys duo the contractors. Tho claims now hold up In Now York City amount to about JMO.OuO, but the decision of tno court or appeals involves tne pay ment of millions of dollars In the future. TirnHpil Htono now mav lie lirniuht frnm any stato In the union nnd used on public works In tho atato of New York. Tho opinion was written Dy justice u urien. C. M. Garwood, nn attorney in Denver, Colo., Is the possessor of a meerschaum nlno that Is morn than 2(0 vears old. It was brought to tho United States by Mr. uarwoou s Krcai.groat-Kreat-granafatncr in 1717. Your making splendid Made HOW VACATIONS ARE SPENT Spring Zerbyrs Dire Bits to Thoughts of Annual Outingi. SUMMER GIRL BEGINS THUS EARLY TO PLAN VMIoiin or llllliMvy Salt Water mill Attrarflvo 'ale hex l.uoni I i In the lllittniici- Vni'iitlon Syntcnis In Viikuc In Oiauliii. With the appearance of summcr-glrl tog gery In tho show windows nnd tho recur rence of spring zephyrs comes tho thought of annual vacations. Mountain and soashoro resorts aro being dlscustod by Omahans. Saratoga, Atlantic City and Newport aro being considered by tho fat pockctbook crow and depleted purses nro being matched up with dollar-a-day summer hotels where guests tako most of their accommodations In expectation. "Tho tablecloths havo holes In them, the dishes aio cracked, tho rooms aro small, tho beds aro bad and they don't havo much to cnt, but tho air ts good and tho men that como thcro aro dead swell. Oh, wo had n lovely tlmo last summer nt tho Mountain House. Threo college men. May and me won them out tho llrst day," an nuburn halred girl remarked to a companion In a Far nam Htreet car. "Wo got all kinds of collcgo pins nnd learned seven different yells. I sprung my French on them and mndo a hit. They said It wns I'nrlslan all right. May sung for them. Her volco isn't very good, but alio didn't havo any com petition. "May thought sho had landed (Icorge, hut ho didn't oven Bend her a Christmas pres ent, ami Julia sayn that he's going to marry a co-ed over at lloulder. Anyway, wo had n good tlmo and we're going back again. You'd better como out with us, Maud. Tho threo toys aro golug to bo thcro again. It'll bo great fun to seo Oeorge try to sqiiaro It with May after Julia has been knocking tho way alio did. Julia's cousin lives In Boulder nnd sho wroto her nil nbout George Goodby, You'd better como with us." Tho car had renched Sixteenth street and thn auburn-halrcd girl nnd her lunchbox hustled off toward ouo of tho department stores. Mil- Dlil llo). mo gin h conversational voice was a trlllo heavy and all tho passengers In tho car had heard every word ebo said. Tho bright Bunshlno and tho girl's summery talk prompted two old men who snt near tho front of tho car to discuss vacation. "Ooln' to Mackinac this year, Tom? tho older of tho two men asked. "Well, hardly. I talked so much about tho good llmo we bad last year that my wife a decided alio wants to go up there If sho says anything to you. remember that I m goln' with her. Lovely placo! Why, of courso I'm goln' to Mackinac. July 20 sho nnd Mrs. Hanks start with mo to Mackinac. Ilut on July 10 I will receive telegram from my manager In Crow canyon calling ma to Colorado to look after my mining Intorosts." "All right, Tom'. I'll remember that Mrs. II. wants to drag mo off to a houso party about that tlmo. July 18 I'll bo called to Colorado, too. We'll meet nt tbo Ilrown Talaco for dinner July 20. If you get to tho table beforo I do, remember my weak ness for trout." Torn left tho enr at Fourteenth street. "fay, Illlnky won't havo much of a swell tlmo out at Sarpy Mills to tho picnic. I wius tho fifty-yard this year. Ragscy's hlttin" wlnd-klllcrs again and they hain't done a thing but put his blowers on the bum. Ho pinched tho cur bv syelath pring - to - Measure Garments last year and I'll chain him to the stone pllo nt tho next picnic or quit wearln runnln' trunks." Tho auburn-hatred girl's chatter had re vived memories of tho newsboys' annual picnic at Sarpy Mills. Illlnky was something of a sprinter him self and ho didn't chooso to agreo with his talkative partner concerning tho result of the llfty-ynrd race. "Do you think tbo Halo clrlil cop out tho give-away In tho woman's handicap again this year?" Illlnky aBked, In tho hopo of shifting the conversation to other events. Mln hain't eat no plo all winter In the hopo of landln' that go and Bhc throws cinders In tho eyes of everything in Ram cat alley." Tho car emptied at the Union station and the two boys got so busy selling papers that further discussion of their summer outing was discontinued. Myntf-iiiN of ViiunlliiiiN. Two weeks is the Btandard vacation for the busy crews that work in the offices, Atores and shops of Omaha. June, July and August aro tho popular vacation months and a goodly sharo of wage-earners In tho city aro granted a leave of nbsenco on pay. Undo Sam Is ono of tho most consider ate taskmasters In tho city. Mall carriers, postofllce clerks and other employes of thn government aro allowed an annual vaca tion of flfteon days and their pay en velopes suffer no shrinkage ns the result of this cessation of toll, tJovernniont em ployes aro docked for time lost In excess of their vacation period, whether on ac count of sickness or for other cause. In tho city hall thero Is no fixed rule governing tho vacations of clerks and other regular employes. The head of each de partment Is allowed to regulate this mat ter and In most cases vacations of two weeks nro granted without any loss of sal ary. It Is not customary to dock em ployes for tlmo when they aro kept away from work on account of sickness. Two weeks of vacation without loss of pay Is allowed tho assistants at tho public library. In rase tho assistants loso any tlmu on account of sickness they draw halt pay during their absence. Members of tho police und flro departments aro granted n vacation of ten days on pay. Winter la Sunratcil. Employes of tho railroads centering In Omaha aro urged to take their vacations In the winter tlrao, Summer Is tho busiest tlmo with railroads. None of tho companies has any fixed rules concerning tho length of vacation, that being a matter which Is left largely to men who are In charge of various departments Most of tho regular employes of tho companies aro granted a vacation of two weeks with full pay. Tho foromeu and ofDcemen of the Omaha Street Railway company nro granted two weeks' lenvo of absenco on salary, but con ductors and motormen nro not paid for any tlmo they ore off duty. Regular employes In the court houso aro usually allowed a rest of fifteen days with out loss of pay. In tho banks and offices of tho city tho same rulo provalls In tho caso of persons who have been regularly employed for somo length of tlmo. Nearly all Omaha wholesale houses and large retail stores grant vacations to por sons who aro In their employ during tho ontlro year. Tho length of the vacation varies, but In most cases from seven to fifteen days' rest are allowed without loss of salary. quaint fi:atuhi:s ok life. "Down on the Delaware-Maryland penin sula tbero Uvo two families who, nccordlng to the local prints, are named Day and Sunday," said Representative Hoffeckor of tho first named state to a Washington Tost man. "The Day family baa seven daughters and tbo Sunday family has seven sons. I am reliably Informed that five of the Day girls have already mrrld that number s Garments? at a moderate price 209-211 So. Fifteenth St. Karbach Block. of Sunday boys nnd that still nnothcr Day girl Is about to becomo tho wife of another Sunday boy. In view of this, why Isn't it appropriate to say that every Day will bo Sunday by and by!" Tho Kansas delegation nt tho national creamery buttermnkers' convention In St. Paul n fow days ago wore largo chamois skin sunflowers nnd flaunted on their ban nors u Carrlo Nation hatchet, with tho legend: Huttcrmllk Is all our drink Ah wo go smashing on! A Grundy county (Knn . j) physician ro ccntly sent to tho address of ono of his patients a bill for professional services nnd within ten days received tho following lottcr written on tho back of his memor andum: "Deer Sur this noat was put In my box by mlstaku I han't tho man heo's dead and ain't any relation of mine any way, I dont seo how your conshens will let you dun tho dead. Why dont you llvo a better crlston llvo nnd lot llvo and try to meat that man who dido In heaven which ts worth moro than forty dollars to enny doctor." Mr. and Mrs. Danlol Wlgle, who llvo on a farm near Grcensburg, Pn., wero born in the same noighborhood In which they havo always lived, In tho Bamo year, 1807. They wero married sovctity-threo years ago. For tho same length of tlmo thoy havo been members of tho snrae church. Thoy havo a family of flvo children living, with twenty grandchildren, thlrty-slx great-grandchildren nnd ono great-great-grandchild. In tho early days of their marrlago Mr. Wlglo travoled nil over tho neighborhood as an Itinerant tailor lly 1850 ho hnd saved enough money to buy tho farm on which they havo lived for flfty-ono years. A king has many privileges, says tho St. James Gazette, but the oddest of all King Edward's Is surely the right ho has by statute to tho head of every whalo caught on tho coasts of tho kingdom. Tho tall Is to go to Queen Alexandra, tho object of tho division being to guarantee that the queon's wardrobo shall be furnished wiMi whalcbono. King Edward Is not likely to recelvo many whales, however long ho may reign, but thoro are many perquisites of tho crown which are not so raro as whales In England. Tho king Is entitled, for instnncc, to ovcry sturgeon brought to laud in the United Kingdom; ono of them, caught In tho Thames, wns on tho tnblo nt Queen Vic toria's wedding banquot. Tho king should rocolvo, too, every yar from illvora persons a tablecloth worth 3 shillings, two white doves, two whlto hares, a catapult, n pound of cumlnseed, a horso und halter, a pair of scarlet boso, a currycomb, a pair of tongs, n crossbar, a coat of gray fur, a nightcap, a falcon, two knives, a lanco worth 2 shil lings and a silver needlo from his tailor. An old man who has been a farmer for fifty-seven years In Missouri says; "When I began farming I plowed with a wooden plow, cut wheat nnd onts with n sickle nnd threshed them out by tho tramping proceed, cut tho meadow with a scytho and used a wooden-tooth harrow. Much of tho wheat and corn I raised was eaten by deor, tur koys and prnlrlo chickens. It was no un cotrmon sight to aeo as many as twenty deer In a herd, Just think of tho Jump from nn ox team to a rallroadl I remember m first trip on the cars. It was in 1870, I think. My wifo and I drovo from Harmony to Ashley to seo somo friends, When at Curryvlllo wo concluded to take a trip up Into Audrnln county to Vandalla. Woll, when tho train startod and wo were moving over tho pralrlo tho oxpcrlenco was so pleasing and novel that I couldn't bolp thinking of tho wonderful age. It felt so good to bo wheeling through spaco that wo remained aboard until wo reachod Mexico. It was wonderful to go tbst far and back In a day." IT TROUSERS TO ORDER $5 to $12 In our windows this week you will get a taste of what's up-to-date. 'I $1,000.00 IN GOLD FREE! FOR CLEVER PEOPLE WITH BRJMHS. 31 1 1 7 1 15 j 14 741201 8 jl225 I3fl5 Theso two lines of figures in tills id vertlHonient spoil two words niaklnir tho naino of u vury popular Now 'iorlc City Monthly Magazine. 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