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The Omaha Sunday Bee. c
PAGES 11 TO 20. 8
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
03IA1IA, SI' 2s DAY MOIttttKG, JULY 21, 1901.
SIXG.LK COPY FIVE (TEXTS.
"MAKING ROOM NOT MONEY."
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A otiU.ux,u Jir.iu o.-vi-nii"JiMjjn TU UliTAI HEADY C ASH AND MAKE UOOM VOW IMMENSE l'UKCHASES OF FALL GOODS. LAY IX YOUK
bUPPLIEb OW AND SAVE FFLLY FIFTY 1EH CENT. (AGENTS FOU THE KUTTEKICK 1'ATTEliNS.) .MAIL OUDEHS FILLED.
Big Black Taffeta Sale,
Monday at Hayden's
COO bolts of fine black taffeta, pure Mlk, i
heavy rustle, and silks that wo can rec
ommend, ht the DEEPEST CUT PRICES.
19-lneh wide, worth 75c, for 36c.
Several lots of silks that
at prices that will move
Finest summer silks, worth up to $1.00
BO nt 23c.
FOULARD SILKS-worth tip to $1.00
for 39c.
WHITE COnDED TAFFETA worth $1-
The biggest sale oit Black
All fine Imported makes, nil double
width, some worth $1.60, $2.00, $3.00, $4.00,
on saIo Monday nt $1.00.
CREPE DE CHEKE3 In all colors, pure
silk and sell regularly at $1.00 and $1.25
on saIo Monday nt 69c.
mEE EXHIBITION-
AN INTERESTING PICTURE-Wo will
The Big Store's White
Goods Department
KEEP COOL DURING THIS HEATED
TERM.
We havo still a largo assortment of our
finest opera batiste, Persian lawns, mulls,
Swiss mulls and India linens loft which
we are selling below manufneters' price.
We aro clcarlg out the wholo of our flno
white goods to mako room for tho fall
stock.
48-ln. opera batiste, regular price $1, at
5714c yard.
India batiste, regular price 75c, at 3714c
yard.
I'otslan lawn, regular prico 60c, at 25c
yard.
48-ln. mull, regular prico $1, at 60c yard.
India llnon, regular prico 1214c, at 714c
yard.
Madras cloth, white, regular prico 60c, at
30c yard.
Stripe fancy white goods, worth 25c, at
12V4c yard.
Dimities, Btrlpe, worth 30c, at 18c yard.
Check nainsook at 4Ho yard.
Chock and stripe dimities at 5c yard.
English long cloth, 12-yard bolts, 80c.
Piques, whlto, 15c and 1214c.
Carpets
SPECIAL SALE OF MATTIN03.
China mattings, 10c, 12c, 15c, and 20c.
Cotton warp Jap matting, worth 30c, 19c
yard.
Special sale to close out balance of Jap
porch blind they are made of the outside
of the bamboo, the kind that wears.
6x8, go at 90c.
8x8, go at 11.29. , .
8x10, go at $1.39.
8x13, go at $1.75.
Drapery
Monday we put on sale a new lino of
Flemish Tope portieres tho line Is 'just
opened thereforo the styles and colorings
are complete they run at $1.50, $1.76, $2.25
and upwards for tho very fine ones.
TOWNS THAT RIDE THE WAVE
Qnaiit Qrnpi of Fiihin' Hmti Aiohwtd in
Ohmpiftkt Baj,
COMBINATION OF RAFT AND VILLAGE
Curlona Slake-Up of the Working
Population of the Floats Hard
Work Dnrlna" the Short
Herrina" Season.
Where the Susquehanna empties Us
waters Into Chcsapeako bay there appears
every spring a Uttlo group of villages which
rise and fall with the tide, maintaining
through each season tho samo rclatlvo po
sitions. Each of these floating towns has
Its population of fifty or sixty men, Its
lodging houses and eating houses, Us
streets, and Its local government. Thoy
nro virtually temporary municipalities, en
during for the fishing season, and govern
ing themselves after the law and customs
of the "Susquehanna Flats," as tho fisher-,
men call their unique settlement. Each
year they send back Into tho country mil
lions of herring, shad and rock, and while
theso fish aro running tho Uttlo raft-cltlcs
aro tho busiest, most bustling communities
in all Industrial America.
Early In tho spring, when the treos are
wakening their vitality tor the coming
fruit, tho herring and shad leave tho salty
occnu and seek the fresh waters of the
Susquehanna, In which to spawn and breed.'
Before the first school passes tho capes
the proprietor of tho llsh-packlng estab
lishment has made ready for tho season's
work by getting his floating towuB In ship
shape, or perhaps It would bo moro nc
curato to say, In town-shtp-shapc. The
float proper Is ISO feet long by CO, built of
two layers of logs on pontoons. From
this an apron or Inclined plane, forty feet
wide, Is built out on three tides, forming
an artificial shoro for tho dragging up of
the seine. As early nsJho middle of March
tho doors arc uunallcd and the buildings,
some olght or ten, aro prepared for use.
They form two rows facing upon tho nar
row avenue which runs lengthwise of tho
float. Rooms for cooking, eating and sleep
ing, tool houses and englno rooms make' up
the mnln street! "Night-Owl's avenue," tho
men call It, In commemoration of tho lato
hours they keep In finishing up a large
haul.
Anchoring the Town.
When tho sotne Is tarred and hung, the
engines In running ordor, and the workmen,
who make up n class unique In Its Incon
gruity, have arrived from various quarters,
tho mlnlaturo town, with smoke curling
from Us chimneys, leave Us winter moor
ing and is towed down stream. All the
fishing Is done on the shoal or shallow side
of the flats and when tho spot la reached,
which by right of occupancy belongs to the
proprietor, four huge piles, each weighing
ono ton, and shod with pointed Iron, which
pass perpendicularly through wells or holes
In tho raft, aro unpinned. They drop, their
weight sinking them deep Into the bed of
the river and the float, left free at the
wells to rise and fall with tho tide, Is se
curely anchored. The outer edge of the
2I-lnches wide, worth fWc-for 41c.
27-lnohea wide, worth $1.26-for 66c.
36-lnches wide, worth $2 for 8Sc.
64-lnchcs'wlde, worth 13 for 11.65.
we are going to close out
them quickly.
on sale for 45c.
HEMSTITCH WHITE TAFFETA, worth
ll.S0-at.69c.
100 BOLTS 27-ln COLORED TAFFETAS
worth $1.0O-for 6714c
Grenadines ever held.
have on exhibition In silk department, a
large picture of the celebrated Wlnslow
Taffeta Silk' Tilill.x. These mills cover SO
acres of ground and have- In their employ
3.600 'workmen. This picture linn Just ben
received by Hayden llros., direct from the
mills and all who see It will be Impressed
with the Immensity of this wonderful
American, silk plant.
Our Large Domestic Dept
10-4 bleached sheeting, regular price 2714c.
at 20c.
0-4 bleached shooting, regular prl. i 23c.
at 18c.
8- 4 bleached sheeting, regular price 2214c.
at 1614c
9- 4 brown sheeting, regular price 20o,
at 16c.
8-4 brown sheeting, regular prico 18c,
at 16c.
42-ln. tubing sheeting, regular prico 16c,
at 1214c.
45-ln. pillow casing, regular prico 15c,
at 11c.
42-ln. pillow casing, regular prico 1314c.
at 10c.
Yard wide brown muslin at 414c.
Yard wldo bleached muslin, nt 4&ic.
Extra quality cambric, 10 yards for $1.00.
Wamsutta cambrlo at 10c yard.
Extra quality long cloth, worth 15c yard,
at 9c.
REMNANTS OF SHEETINGS AND PIL
LOW CASINOS.
Our Mammoth Linen Dept
8-4 2-yard pattern cloths, bleached, worth
$1.75, at $1.20 each.
10-4 214-yard pattern cloths, bleached,
worth $2.00, at $1.40 each.
12-4 3-yard pattern cloths, bleached, worth
$2.25, at $1.60 each.
8-4 2-yard pattern cloths, silver bleached
worth $1.60, at 95c each.
10-4 214-yard pattern cloths, silver
bleached, worth $1.76, at $1125 each.
64-ln. bleached tablo linen at 18c yard.
64-ln. brown tablo' linen at -35c yard.
58-ln. brown tablo linen at 2K varrf.
jj 68,-In., bleached Irish linen, worth, $1.00
yara, ai bsc yara.
72-ln. bleached Irish linen at 60o yard.
. 72-ln .bleached Irish linen, worth $1.25
yard, at 85b yard.
72-ln. heavy cream damask nt 48c.
64-ln. heavy cream damask, worth S5c
yardat 55c yard.
Oil boiled red tablo linen, worth 60c. at
45c.
Remnants of linens and towellngs.
apron Is loosed nnd allowed to sink of Us
own wolght, If old nnd water-soaked; If
new, It Is weighted with gravel until It
rests upon tho bottom. A break-water Is
built somo twenty-five feot from tho float
on tho up-etresm side, forming a Uttlo har
bor for the landing of tho tug which. tows
the scowloads" of fish to tho packing house.
When all Is ready for tho first haul a
heavy boat Is manned by twenty weather
beaten mon, ready to lay out tho seine, and
tho .engines, ono nt either end of the float,
wait for orders. Tho end of the heavy ropo
which lies colled upon tho eclneboat is
made fast to tho steam capstan, tho tug
catches tho tow line from tho bow nnd the
order "Give way" puts every oar in stroke.
Off they go, looking lllto huge spiders on a
single web, as tho brail line pays out over
tho roller at the stern of tho boat, and n
heavy load It Is. Tho boat 18 fifty-eight
feet In length and tho wot seine, weighing
from threo to four tons, fills half of It. In
tho forward section aro tho men facing tlie
crow's stroke, and the captain who steers
from amidships. When nearly a mllo out
tho sclno starts over tho roller, unfolding
without; hitch or tangle, from tho uneven
looking mass. Fastened to tho selno 120
yards apart are quarter posts, and as each
slides Into tho water tho captain signals
to the lookout on tho dock of the tug that
ho may know-Just how many sections are
overboard. Thoy havo headed home before
the last post goes ovor and the other brail
lino follows.
Stenm nnd Mimule.
Tho crew Is veil practiced and they get
aboard the float quickly. Tho line at each
end Is parsed around a capstan, the engine
starts, and tho selno Is drawn In while the
boat's crew 'enjoy a smoko In the' bunk
room until tho whistle brings nil hands on
the platform. Twenty, men at clthor end,
With leather shoulder braces, put their
weight against tho seine. Tho capstans
start on tho quarter lines, which aro run
out to tho quarter posts one after another,
for without tho help of steam tho work of
pulling through tho water 5,000 feet of
selno would bo colossal.
Tho wholo process moves llko clockwork
a class of well organlied and quiet
lnborers working under n system so well
planned that tho captain can at any moment
turn to chat with visitors and tho work
still go on. Nearly all signals are given
by tho steam whistle. As the seine reaches
tho apron, should the strain upon' the quar
tor lines becomo too' tenso and tho hauling
too heavy for tho crow, a signal brings
nil to a standstill. "Got the nigger." calls
the captain, and a sraalUBelne Is brought
out and put aboard a row boat, all this
meaning ,tbat a very' largo catch Is In tho
selno and must bo' handled In sections.
Tho largest haul ever made and handled
was 700,000 fish, and It took all day to, land
nnd get them away. Larger numbers huvo
been surrounded by seine, but rather than
have the. fish .spoil on their hands . the fish
ermen push tho seine down with an oar,
lotting, tho captlyes escape, untllthe num
ber remaining can be successfully .handled,
nut two or three trips of the "nigger" are
necesiary as rule, and the selno empties
upon the float a silvery mass of squirming,
white bodies. Coaran sand Is thrown upon
them as they flounder' and the scales are
whipped off. Tho fish are then pushed Into
boxes built under trap doors. Throuuh
.these the water runs and tho fish are
quickly washed, then scooped Into baskets
and emptied Into the scow. Fifty thousand
Booming the Furniture
Business
LETTING DOWN FURNITURE TRICES.
We are now making the lovtest price
vcr attempted on first-class up-to-date
new goods. Sovcral cars have Just come to
hand. If you need anything In furniture at
thla time It will pay you to come here.
Oak chairs, golden finish, carved backs
for 50c.
Oak rockers, golden finish, carved back,
nracc arm, $1.00.
Two cars of chairs and rockers go In this
sale nt half what Is usually asked for
similar goods.
Flno box framo chair, cane seat, high
back, finely made and well finished; a $3.50
chair, for $1.75.
All lawn chairs and rockers nt cost porch
rocker, splint scat, green framo. 75c
Large arm chair, flat arms, green frame,
$1.95.
Rocker to match, $2.25.
Fpll roll rattan arm rocker, high back,
especially corafortablo for porch or bed
room, prico $2.50.
Rattan Morris chair, ndjustablo back,
brass rod, $3.50.
You can now buy sleeper go-carts below
cost send for catalogue.
Fancy pieces for Ihc parlor settees, nrm
chairs, corner pieces and Roman scats, at
specially low prices.
We can save you money on picture
frames..
Our own special artist will enlarge your
photo in any finish you wish.
When you aro out figuring on furnlturo
call here, we have a plcasnnt surprise In
storo for you.
We nre making the price on furniture
these days and cannot bo undersold.
Hayden's Clearing Sales
The greatest mid-summer wash goods
sale Is now on nothing but bargains.
.85c novelty embroidered French rebes
fabric, 25c yard.
76c, 65c and 50c silk striped dimities,
25c yard.
85c and 75c French woven novelties, 25c
yard.
'35c nnd 25c finest Imported Irish dimi
ties, 15c yard.
$2.00 hand-loom embroidered St. Gall
Swiss, 50c yard.
90c embroidered zelpak (Austrian manu
facture), In black, red, lavender, cadet,
hello, nnd pink, with whlto embroidery
work, 39c yard.
C9c silk mull, plain colors In fancy
weave, 35c yard.
19c and 15c fancy dimities, 10c yard.
Grass linens, all the new stripes, figures,
etc., of this most popular summer fabric,
10c yard.
35c and 26c fancy Madras cloth In the
very best colors and designs, Including the
new greens and tans, etc., 15c yard.
60c quality puro linen (shrunken) shirt
ing, 19c yard.
(No samples sent of these fabrics In
clearing sales.) '
HAYDEN
fish aro cleared away In twenty-flvo minutes
by tho land crow, tho boat crow resting In
tne meantime.
Dnlly Hound.
'Occasionally a herring Is thrown aside.
It la becauso It has been smothered under
water nnd therefore would bloat up nftcr
being cured. A shad keeps as well after
dying under water as In the air. When
all tho fish aro landed tho boat's crow re
loads the sclno upon tho boat, colling It
symmetrically, layer upon layer, while tho
land crew rests. And so each day Is spent,
beginning Monday morning, sometimes at
midnight, never later than 4 o'clock, and
lasting until 9 at night, no stop being
mado for regular meals. Tho altcrnato
hours of leisuro aro used for that. The
tides two ebb and two flood each day aro
carefully watched, as upon them depends
the exact direction In which tho sclno Is
taken out and tho time for beginning each
morning. Coffee Is to be had for the ask
ing nt any hour and a peep at their culinary
department Is most Interesting. The three
cooks will tell you that two wash boilers
full of coffee, twenty-flvo loaves of bread,
one and r half bushels of potatoes and 110
pounds of fish aro used for one meal;
seventeen barrels of flour 300 pounds of
coffee and two tons of bacon during the
season. The men aro allowed no liquor,
but plenty of substantial food, and are
paid about SO cents per day. A windy day,
when tho water Is rough, becomes a holi
day. Then the one vlco of the fishermen,
that of gambling for chewing tobacco, is
freely Indulged In.
Most of these men work year after year
upon tho samo float, coming from oyster
fisheries down the bay, some few from I
their winter quarters tho almshouse and
others from nowhere. The last, professional
tramps, leave each May with good shoes i
and clothes and bodies free of rum, only
to show up the following March In the
most filthy nnd pitiable condition. They
must, however, represent the bettor elo-1
ruent of hobodom to be willing to work for
even a fow weeks and come back year after
year. They are not always to be depended
upon, howover, to stay throughout tho
wholo neaton. When the feet of some
Weary Willie grow tired of being so often
wet and long for rusty roads, or the thought
that upon being paid oft he will own the
price of many whiskies, demoralizes him,
he turns Into his bunk "sick" nnd the men
enjoy tho Joke. The crow's Jester builds
up a little grave in tho box of sand,
marked by his name, and beforo tho witty
remarks aro exhausted the weary worker
has been paid off and sent ashore by tho
tug.
Huge ditch.
This year there were seven floats In op
eratlon within a dlstnnco of eight and a
half miles, representng an average of 10,
000,000 fish caught by each, or 70,000,000 In
all taken from tho Susquehanna Flats In
five weeks. Most of theso aro herring, which
are salted and sold, largely In tho south. A
limit of 6,000 barrels Is placed by law upon
each packer.
Tho shad are not caught In such large
numbers, for they do not swim much with
the herring. The glllers catch a good many,
tho United States fish commission at Havre
de Grace paying them 25 cents for each ripe
shad spawn. These are used at the hatch
ing station. Most of the shad, whether
caught In a selno or gill net, are shipped to
Philadelphia. New York consumes all the
Closing out nil the Summer Underwear, In Ladies',
Men's and Children's at less then One-Half Price.
1 lot of ladles' fine lisle vests, In white
nnd fancy colors, worth 25c, at 10c.
MEN'S 75c UNDERWEAR AT 25c.
All the men's flno balbrlggan and fancy
colored shirts and drawers, that sold up to
75c, on sale at 25c.
MEN'S $1 UNDERWEAR AT 33c.
All 'the men's fancy colored balbriggun
shirts and drawers, that sold up to $1, on
snlo at 35c.
MEN'S $1.50 UNDERWEAR AT 50c.
All the fine lisle thread shirts and draw
ers, that sold up to $1.50, on sale at 50c.
MEN'S SOCKS AT LESS THAN ONE
HALF PRICE.
All the men's socks that sold up to 60c,
In blnck, brown and funcy colors, will be
sold at 10c, 16c and 19c.
MEN'S $1 SHIRTS AT 49c.
100 dozen men's fine colored laundered
shirts, with two separate collars and sep
arate cuffs, In all the latest styles, every
shirt a regular $1 value, on sale at 49c.
MEN'S 60c SUSPENDERS AT 25c.
200 dozen men's fine muslin gowns, all
2c Lace Sale Monday
All kinds wash luces.
All kinds torchon laces.
All l(nds vul laces.
23c LACES ONLY 2c.
We aro clearing up our season's lace
business and will have n
GRAND 2c CLEARING SALE MONDAY,
lc E.MI1ROIDERY SALE.
All kinds embroideries, lc.
All kinds lnsertlugs, lc.
5c nnd 10c embroideries nnd Insertlngs, lc.
5c RIBBON SALE.
All widths all colors silk ribbons, satin
ribbons, taffeta ribbons, fancy ribbons, all
ono price, 5c.
Bed Spreads
k SPECIAL FOR MONDAY.
1 case extra largo and heavy bedspreads,
each 39c.
1 case bedspreads, extra heavy, worth
$1.25, each 75c.
1 caso extra largo and heavy spread, rcgu-1
lar $1.35, each Sac.
1 case extra large size bedspread, worth!
$1.50, each 9Sc.
1 caso extra heavy and large fringed bed-i
spread, each 75c.
1 caso extra large, heavy, colored bed
spread, with fringe nnd without fringe, each
$1.25; worth $1.75.
Wall Paper and Paints
Handsome assortments and surprising
low prices bring Hayden Bros, tho business.
Nlco whlto blanks at 3c per roll up.
Large stock of ready mixed paints at 9Sc
gallon.
Room molding at 114c per foot up.
Varnishes, stains, enamels and brushes
at greatly reduced prices.
rock, having a buyer stationed at Havre do
Graco during the Ashing season. Rock nre
sold by tho pound.
While aboard tho float ono Imagines It
half wharf, half ship. When It salutes a
passing craft or answers a salute, It 13a
vessel; when ono walks down Night Owl's
avenue, It is a Uttlo townlet on a bank that
he passes through. Not until the atrnngo
craft Is back In Havro de Grace docs It ap
pear as It Is n raft bearing tho sleeping,
eating and working apartments of a largo
crow of workmen a Ashing settlement rid
ing the waves, tho building of which costs
$6,080, an artificial island of the greatest
commercial Importance upon which Is car
ried on ono of the liveliest of tho nation's
multifarious Industries. D. B. DORTON.
QUAINT FEATURES OF LIFE.
There appears to bo no limit to tho curi
osities of crime. In a murder case at Vienna
the charge Is mado that a banker obtained
a largo legacy by employing a ventriloquist,
who uttered testamentary words which ap
parently camo from the lips of the dying
man.
In a complaint filed In court a Chicago
woman speaks of her husband thus: "He
won't walk any way In the houso but back
wards. Ho has not Bhavcd or cut his hair
for six months. He .smokes In bed In tho
mlddlo of the night, and sometimes gets up
tn tho night and sings. Ho always throws
matches over his right shoulder, no mat
ter whero they land, and twice set a bed on
fire. Ho won't allow anybody to pass him
on tho right side, nnd I ask any right
thinking man to look at hlra. Just sco what
I've got to put up with."
Rev. Heddlng Blehop Leech of tho First
Methodist church of Hackensack, N. J., bo
lloves in solid comfort at his services In tho
summer mouths. A week ngo ho cordially
Invited women to attend hU church baro
headed cid then complimented them for ac
cepting his Invitation. Last Sunday even
ing, looking to his own comfort, ho
preached with an electric fan in operation
on tho pulpit platform and his congrega
tion later congratulated him on the Inno
vation. Incidentally, ho preached about
Sunday baso ball In Hackensack and said
the authorities must first stop the moro
fashionable Sunday golf.
Moro than 30,000 birds' eggs, represent
ing years of effort In finding them nnd tho
expenditure of thousands of dollars to mako
up the collection, havo Just corao Into tho
possession of John Lewis Chllds of Floral
Park, L. I., a wealthy seedsman who
founded tho town whero he lives. When
all theso eggs corao to him Mr. Chllds
will havo the largest and most valuable
collection of North American birds' eggs
In existence. The collection, for vhlch ho
has paid $25,000 In cash, was sold to him
by Miss Jean Bell of Philadelphia, a noted
ornithologist. Miss Bell spent twenty
eight years In getting together thU rare
assortment of eggs and many an exciting
adventure was associated with the work.
Mrs. C. Newman of Cnmpboll Park, a
Chicago suburb, was building a handsome
white stone houso, when some ono dis
covered that the bay window extended four
feet over the building line. Neighbors
attacked her In the courts and the house
had to come down. Sho hungered for re
Ycuge, Engaging the services of an archl-
extra long and full size, worth 7Cc and $1
on sale at 39c and 49c.
All the men's fine shirts In white nnd col
ors, that sold up to $2, on sale at 9Sc.
CHILDREN'S SHAWKN1T STOCK
INGS AT 25c.
We will sell slmwknlt stockings, nil sizes
from 6 to 914, In the flno ribbed, for boys
or girls. This Is the first timo that chil
dren's shawknlt stockings have been of
fered nt 25c In Omaha, Buy what you want
of them the best made.
SPECIAL SALE ON LADIES' AND
CHILDREN'S STOCKINGS.
All the ladles' Btocklngs In fancy colors,
that sold up to 39c, on Rale at 19c.
All tho black laco llslo thnt sold up tn
60c, on Bale nt 25c.
All tho ladles' black and fancy colored
hose, that sold up to 25c, on sale at 1214c.
Ladles' fast black full seamless, the regu
lar 19c quality, nt 10c.
Children's fast black seamless stockings,
mado with double heel, toe nnd knee, nt 10c
and 13c, worth 25c.
Crockery Department
100-plcco Imported English dinner sets,
$5.49.
12-plcco fancy decorated toilet sets,
$3.49.
6-pleco fancy decorated toilet sets, $1.79.
6-pleco plain white toilet sets, 9Sc.
8-ptece fancy water sets, 7Sc.
5- plcce plain opal water sets, 19c.
6- plcce crenm sets, 19c.
Imported Fleming water cooler, regular
prico $2.75, now $1.95.
Pint fruit Jars, 4c each.
Quart fruit Jars, 514c each.
2-quart fruit Jnrs, 614c each.
Root beer bottles, 614c each.
Jelly glasses, 2c each.
Gas mantles of 10 different manufactures,
from 6c up.
All other goods In this department nt
equally low prices.
Good Eyesight is
Invaluable
If yours Is falling visit our optical de
partment; fren examination; perfectly fitted
glasses; lowest prices.
This Is n proposition hard to beat.
Alumlnlco frames, with flno crystal lenses,
$3.00 values at $1.50.
Gold-fitted frames, all. sizes, $3.50 value,
$1.59.
Colored spectacles and eyeglasses, a sure
protection from light and heat, 25c and
up.
Tobacco
Standard navy, per plug, 33c.
Horse shoo, per plug, 41c.
Nerve navy, per plug, 33c.
Fruit Juice, per plug, 10c.
Climax, per plug, 40c.
tect sho began to put up n shanty on the
slto that will squat as a reproach nnd nn
eyesore. Campbell Park Is a beautiful
place. Tho shanty stands with Its bach
to tho street. A man who never before
had dono any painting was hired to smear
It yellow. Then In n local paper appeared
thla advertisement: "Wanted, a noisy
family to occupy n new house; niUBt bo
nt least five boys; red-haired ones pre
ferred." John Hubbard, GO yean) of age, attended
church services at Mllford, Conn., last Sun
day dressed Just like n woman. Hubbard
has stdcwhlskcrs. Ho woro a woman's
whlto duck suit. It was Btlflly starched
and the skirt did not go much below the
knees. A yellow silk ribbon made the bolt
for his waist. Tho neck of tho dress was
cut quite low, on account of tho heat.
Black shoes, covered by black "spats,"
were worn, tho tops of the shoes coming
to within n few Inches of tho end of his
duck skirt. Ho woro a largo straw hat
and carried an umbrella. Hubbard, In this
queer rig, marched Into tho First Congre
gational church and strode down tho ccntor
alslo to a pew well up toward tho altar
rail. He did not mind tho gaze of the
worshipers.
On leaving Hubbard walked over to his
old-fashioned buggy, got up on the seat,
Jauntily enough for a man in skirts unci
drove off with his old horse. His Sunday
dress is patterned, ho claims as nearly as
he can mako It up, nfter tho stylo of cloth
ing that Christ woro when on earth. He
has peculiar Idea on religious matters gen
erally. "Come back nero a mlnuto If you havo
time," said a New York stationer. "Did
you ever see anything llko this?" he added,
as tho customer approached.
"This," was an announcement got up In
regular wedding card stylo on heavy whlto
paper. The stationer read It aloud:
MRS. ISRAEL MURRAY
requests tho pleasure of your presence at
the celebration of her divorce
from
MR. ISRAEL MURRAY,
Wednesday evening, July tenth,
Nineteen Hundred nnd One,
nt Nino o'clock.
He paused nnd lodked at tho customer.
"Well, I'll declare!" gasped tho cus
tomer. "Surprlso you?" asked tho stationer.
"Well, rather," returned tho cWomer.
"'It's tho funnleRt thing I ever heard of."
"It's a new one on mo, too," said the
stationer. "I've printed a good many odd
Invitations and announcements In my time,
but this thing of celebrating a dlvorco Is a
decided novelty. I don't know whothor
tho customer Is over going to becomo popu
lar or not, but If thoro nro many peoplo
In New York as glad to bo released from
matrimonial entanglements as Is .Mrs. Is
rael Murray I will probably print n good
many such notlcos in tho course of tho
net fow months."
Hot In MuutlnvfHt AkiiIii.
t KANSAS CITY. Mo July 20.-Annther
hot wave prevails In tho southwest. Prnc
tlcnlly no ruin has fallen over this section
In tho past twenty-four hours und tho lndl.
cations for today und tonight are for fnlr
and continued warm weather. The only
rain reported this morning- was at Manhat
tan, rcntral Kansas, whre n local shower
fell. In Kansas City ut 11 o'clock tho tem
perature wus 3 degrees higher than at tho
samo hour yesterday, the weather bureau
recording 97.
BROS.
Monday In the Bargain Room
Everybody In Oinnha will remember Inst Monday In our Bargain room ns the busi
est room over seen In this city. Hut on next Monday we will ccllpso anything
ever beforo attempted In this city. Over 2("00n yards of tho finest Imported wash
goods", percales nnd dress goods, boys' olo thing, Indies' and gents' furnishing goods,
etc., nt less than one-third of their real value. IT IS SIMPLY AMUSING TO SEE
OTHER HOUSES TRYING TO MEET THESE PRICES.
50,000 yards of Olengarrlo Ginghams,
worth 10c ynrd, 24c.
SS.ouO yards of fine 13c Seersuckers, 2'4c.
10,0v0 yards of 36-Inch Percales, worth
12J40. nt 214c.
io.COO yards of 1214 Lawns. 314c
28.000 yards of 15c Batistes, 6c.
23,nno yards of 19c und 23c dimities. Ba
tistes. Organdies, etc., nit will go nt "4
30.(ni0 yds, Irish, French, Scotch Dimities,
worth from 3oc to 30c; woven Austrian
Novelties, sold for 60c, etc., nil go nt 10c.
Clearing Out all Summer
Silks in Bargain Room
60c Summer Jnp Silks, 23c.
SOc Hammer Fancies nnd Tlnlns, 15o.
10c Foulards, 39c.
"? Fancy Waist Silk. 39c.
21-Inch Satin, worth $1.00. nt sue.
rcgutar price. f ther e"k8 al onc-,hlr'1
Dress Goods
J yards of 75c Black Crepon, ftSo.
y'Tds of $1.60 Black Crepon. $1.9S.
All wool German Henrietta, worth '75c,
all colorn nnd black. 25c.
fie .Muslin, unbleached, 3ic.
10 Blenched Muslin, 4c.
r'ic full Standard PrlntH, 214c.
6c Shirting Prints. 21,4c,
noshcag Apron Chocks, 45ic.
Kc Towels, 2!4c.
15c Towels. En.
23u White Goods, 10c.
' r,'.5VCSl colors," 6c.
15c Whlto Nainsooks, 5c.
Hardware, Stoves and
Housefurnishings
A CARLOAD OF GRANITE WARE ON
SALE AT LESS THAN WHOLE
SALE PRICE.
2-qt. coffco pots 23c
2',4-qt. No. IS saucepnns i5C
5-qt. preserving kettle ;jc
2-qt. No. IS pudding pans .: ;.. ioc
9- ln. pie plates gc
1- qt. No. 52 rice boiler 33C
12-ln. spoones jc
No. 26 wash basins j)C
4-qt. No. 4 Berlin kcttlo S4C
2- qt covered palls i5C
10- qt. No. 110 water palls 390
No. 9 cups 6c
No. 410 dippers nc
No. 1 cuspidors i5C
Summer Goods to Close
Out
16-ln. lawn mowers $2.49
Wlro Screening iy0
Spiral springs gc
Solid steel grass hook 150
$1.50, 12x24 steel wagon 750
$2.50, 14x28 steel wagon $1.19.
Screen doors 5gc
Spring hinges 7C
Fly traps 130
Tool steel grass shears 16c
$2.00, 13x26 steel wagon 98c
3 arm lawn sprinkler 930
STANDARD AND SISAL BINDING TWINE,
7c.
HEAT IS DEAR WREN WANTED
QuiBtitiei of Cftlario Qciig to Wast Now
t Et Ohirlihcd Lattr.
PROSPECT FOR COSTLY COAL IN WINTER
Dispute Between Minora nnd Owner
In Knnan nnd Miasourl May De
VUtted Hcnvlly on Hnnac
kcepera Later On,
How'd you llko to havo your hard coal
stovo fired up today?
In tho spring tho thoughts of the young
man turn lightly to love. After tho Juno
wedding Is over tho groom's thoughts
should turn heavily to household ex
penses. And tho man who has presided over n
homo during a Nebraska winter will tell
you that tho fuel hill In a cooler for tho
ardor of bomemakcrs.
Women wearing laco yokes In their
dresses and men clad in tho thinnest shirt
waists tho law will allow aro having ter
ror struck to their hearts by tho an
nouncement that coal is to take a tour
starward.
Over glasses of cooling mint Julep men
aro discussing tho probablo advance In fuol
and women nro swallowing tho Inventions
of tho soda man with a bituminous coal
discussion that would melt a glacier.
By seashore, on board ship and In the
mountains, plensuro seekers aro heaving a
sigh nnd planning a reduction of expenses
that they may pay threatened Increases In
their coal bills. It Is cruel of tho coal
operators to plan a combination which
threatens bo many changes In household
plans, but thoy will do It.
And that, too, at a tlmo whon It Is a
mighty sight too hot to think of nnthraclto
and when tho torrid air Is too voluminous
to warrant evon a suggestion of bituminous.
l.nriic Co 11 mi in era InfTrr.
Omaha Is at this tlmo facing tho proba
bility of higher prices on bituminous coal'
during tho coming winter, especially In tho
grades used by largo consumers, steam,
coal and mlno run, tho sorts purchased by
tho packing houses and other largo con
cerns In carlots or greater quantities. Tho
largest part of tho coal used In tho homes
comes from Ohio and Iowa and thero is not
much probability of an advance In theso
grades except as they aro forced up In sym
pathy with the coal from tho Missouri and
Kansas mines, which Is moro generally used
by tho largo consumers. At this timo tho
miners nnd mine owners of tho Kansas
Missouri district nro conferring nt Kansas
City, whllo thoso of tho northern Missouri
diatrlct aro holding session near tho mines,
Tho points at issue between the miners
nnd owners havo not been given general
publicity, but It Is stated that thoy aro far
from reaching an ngreemcnt, as tho legal
representative of tho owners' association
met tho offlcors of tho miners and abso
lutely refused to accedo to the demands of
tho men In tho MlBsourl-Kansas district,
which Includes tho mines at Rich Hill, Pitts
burg, Chcrokeo and other email places In
Boys' Clothing
Hoys' 25c nnd 33a Wnsh Pants, 10c.
Boys' 35c nnd 60c Cloth Pants. 13c.
Boys' 75o and $1.00 nil wool pants, I5e.
Boys' $1.60 and $.'.00 Long Pants, waist 24
to 31, at 60c.
Boys' 50e Wnsh Suits, 15c.
Hoys' $1.00 BIouso Suits, up to 4 years,
23e.
Hoys' $1.25 Crash Suits, 45c.
Boys' $2.60 Outing Suits. 95c.
Hoys' $3.00 Cloth Suits, $1.45.
Boys' $2.50 Ulojso Suits, 75o.
Ladies' and Gent's Fur
nishiug Goods.
600 dozen Men's Colored Laundered Shirts)
! srtmrtito rnltnrn nnd enfTit. wnrrnnl.,l ,,ll
size and perfect, worth $1.00 to $1.25, at 29c.
20) dozen Men's and Boys' Working1
Shirts. In medium nnd dark colors. Every
shirt warranted perfect und full size, worth,
73c, at 29c.
Men's nnd boys' 39c shirts nnd drawers,
15 cents.
Men'n nnd boys' 70c shirts nnd drawers.
2o cents. '
Ladles' 15c Vests, 41jc.
25c.''ntC,10cnni1 CIllltlre,,''' Stockings, wortli
Men's nnd Boys' 10c Hnndkerchlefs, 2!4o.
10 dozen fine Hnmmocks Just received
nnd will bo closed out chenp.
Groceries
Wo have Just received a car of tho very
finest catsup. This Ih regular 23c catsup
which wo placo on salo Mondny 3 full pint
bottles for 25c.
3 lbs. California dried peaches 25o. '
6 lbs. ruby prunes for 25c.
3 lbs. fancy ring npplos for 25c.
6 lbs. good Japan rlco for 25c.
4 lbs. superior washing powder 25o.
10 bars best laundry soap 25c.
4 cans golden pumpkin 25c.
3-lb. cans snucr kraut S l-3c.
10 lbs. brcakfust rolled oats 23c.
3 bars tar soap, worth 25c, for 10c.
10-lb. Back whlto or yellow cornmcal, 10c
3 largo bottles assorted pickles 23c.
Gloss laundry starch 4c pound.
Choice Rio coffco, clean, very best 04
markof, at 1214c.
Big Specials in Meats
No. 1 sugar cured hamB, 1114c.
Deviled ham, per can, 4c.
Sugar cured bacon, 11 He
Rex veal loaf, per eon, 10c.
Cooked pickled pigs' tongues, ,20c.
Fancy Oerman summer sausage, 1214o.
Rex chipped dried beef, 10c.
Fresh dressed spring chickens, 17c.
Cheese and Fish
Wisconsin full cream cheeso, lpo.
Young America cheese. l2Un.
J
Appctltost cheese, each 414c
No. 1 family whlto fish, per pound, Be.
io. 1 lamiiy ncrring, each, -140.
that part of tho country. A representative,
of tho Missouri nnd Knnsas company la
Omaha Bald today that tho probabilities
woro good for a strike, which would affect
all of the Missouri nnd Kansas mines, nnd
thnt If this takes placo thoro would bo u
consldornblo advance In tho prico of coal
in Omaha and tho state In a short time.
No Mercy for I'nrolinnrrft.
"Tho last tlmo there was a strlko thoro,"
he said, "prices In tho manufacturing cen
ters were regulated only by tho necessity
of tho purchaser. Hero In Omaha coal
which sold at $2.15 to $2.25 per ton sold na
high ns $3.25 per ton, nnd in tho atato tho
prico was evon higher. The stocks of coal
on hand nt this tlmo are considerably heav
ier than thoy wero at tho beginning of tho
last strlko for tho renson that many of tha
consumers havo Increased tho uso of 'steam
coal' or 'screenings.' This coal does not
cost ns much as mlno run coal and Is easier
handled. Its use leaves at tho mines tha
lump and nut coal which is taken away In,
tho mlno run, so wo havo much of that
grado on hand,
"If tho strlko docs not take place I can
sco no reason for a matorlal advance la
prices, although It is poasiblo that Ohio
coal will bo n Uttlo higher if tho ruMorcd
combination between tho miners In Ohio
and Pennsylvania Is perfected. Tho wost
em miners thoso of Kansas, Missouri,
Wyoming, Colorado and tho Indian Terri
tory havo nothing to do with this combina
tion, nor Is It generally understood that tho
Iowa and Illinois miners nro In It. Fow ot
theso miners sell east of tho Mississippi
river, with tho exception of tho ealo ot
Illinois coal In that stato, and It Is tho ob
ject of the combination to control the east
ern markets, whoro prices havo bcon any
thing but satisfactory."
Tho prico of hard coal Is $1 higher than
It was nt tho samo time Inst yenr, and tha
samo that It was during tho wlntor $9.50
per ton. Reports Hhow that tho nnthraclta
combination Is holding together better than
was expected by rotall dealers, nnd that
the prico hero will bo no lownr than nt
prcsont, with the probability or n furthof
ndvanco about October 1.
DYNAMITE IN A RUNAWAY
WiiKonloud of i:ijiIon!vch In Dumped.
Upon tho Mtrert irlth No
.Serlnim ItcNiiltH,
A largo crowd gathorcd nt Elovonth ana
Farnam streets Friday afternoon to oxnm
lno tho wreck of a delivery wagon, which
had Just been upsot nt that point by n run
away, but thero waH a goneral scntterlns
when, a moment Inter, It was discovered
that tho wagon had contained blasting pow
der and dynamite. Savoral sticks of dyna
mite, ono of them somewhat disfigured by
having been run ovor by a wagon wheel,
lay In tho gutter, and besldo them wero two
kegs of powder.
Tho runaway started from Elovonth nnd
Hnrnoy streets, n block away. It was brief,
but highly ontortnlnlng whllo It lasted.
After running n block ono of tho wagon
wheels struck tho curlmtono; tho driver
was thrown out, tho load dumped promis
cuously In the gutter nnd tho team ran on.
to bo caught on Farnam streot near Tenth.
That tbo dynamite or powder, or both, 644
not explode seems a mlraclo, Tho tvfea
belonged to W. O. Clark.