Angnot fl, 1005.
TIIE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE.
ALL MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED
And satisfaction guaranteed. Send for catalogues and samples of nev fall goods.
They're free for the asking.
MAGNIFICENT BARGAINS FOR MONDAY
general clearing up sale of all summer goods. Unequalled values in high grade
merchandise in all departments.
High Grade Wash Goods Department
riolne out all urimmpT pond. Thv will fro at the prices vrc are making on thrm. NO OTHETl
IIOU'SK IX THIS OU ANY OTHER TOWN WILL MAKE THE FOLLOWING TKICES:
T
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Unmikbed bargains
in linens, ShrtMig O
Wash Goois tor
Monday's buyers.
In the Great Domestic Room
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I 1
1 1
GOO plprrs of Batistes, Organdie-", VoIIps, etc., C
tlint sold from l.'c to 2.V a yard, at yd V
l.OOrt pli.fcn of all fin Batiste I'rrcalps. I'oka Dots,
Irish Dimities white ponds, fancy white mercer
ized goods. etc., that cold from
lJ'Jc to 31c a yard, at yard I iC
y pieces of mercerized white goods that
"... ;j!te, 40c and r.'.k? a yard, piques,
Marseilles, ducks, etc., all at
25c organdies, ail fine flowered,
at yard
31k; silk organdies, all fine flowered,
at yard
40c silk organdies, all fine flowered,
at yard
COc fine orcantlles and silks rarraux, Mon
day only
The real imported figured Irish dlrultles,
at yard
Wool Dress Goods
MAKING ROOM FOR OUR NEW FALL STOCK. COME IN AND WE WILL
MAKE YOU A FEW INTERESTING FRICE3.
tO Inch. 64-lnch and extra fine finished Si
cilians, all colors and black
fine heavv poods worth '"lOr1
76c and $1.00 -at, a yard
60c and EOc mohsirs and wool suitings. In
M and 40-lnoh wide for 21c
Monday only at, yard ,cW
$1.25 all wool suitings, 3 lots
good colors Monday
75c
Hosiery Bargains
An importer's sample line 50c
to $1.00 Hosiery val- fj
ues at 25c and Ui
Ladies' Hose made of the finest
imported ingrain lisle in full
lace or lace boot style a full
line of sizes in the very newest
colors 50c to $1.00 values
Monday at 25c , C
and UC
Ladies' 19c and 25c Maco Cotton
Hose very special val- J?
ue Monday, 10c and
Optical Department
Big Special Sale in
Toilet Paper, per package 2Ac
Largo package Tooth Ficks 21fcc
Sink Shovels, each 2V-c
3 Uoz. Clothes Pius for 2Vjc
Metal Towel Bar 2c
I'kg. assorted Tacks and Nails 2VjC
Box Wax Tapers 2V;,c
Mincing Knives, each 2U;jC
80 to 00 I) Nails, per lb 2VaC
Vi lb. Sealing Wax 2V..e
10-qt. Galvanized Water Tall 10c
12-qt Galvanized Water Pail 12c
Recent Progress in
"Liberty" a. ad the Wireless.
SUSPICION that the statue of
liberty Interferes to some extent
with the transmission of wireless
telegraph messages in New York
harbor has been entertained for
several weeks, says the New York Tri
bune. It was first excited, we believe,
by puzzling failures to communicate be
tween points In the city and steamships
which were aground near Sandy Hook.
Corrolvoratlve testimony Js now supplied
by naval officials who investigated the phe
nomenon after the government had expe
rienced a similar difficulty. The huge mass
of bronze on Bedlow's Island seems to
serve the purpose of an upright wire at a
regularly equipped station, absorbing Herts
waves which Impinge against It
If the experiments already made do not
answer all of the questions which are
raised by this discovery, It would be well
to have tho Inquiry pressed a little further.
Electro-magnetic waves are supposed to
spread from the center from which they
are generated in steadily enlarging cir
cles. It Is important to know, therefore,
how large an arc of these circles is affected
by being Intercepted. At how great an
ngle from the path to the receiver will
the observed effect be Insensible? Again.
It Is desirable to learn how much more
of an obstruction the Statue of Liberty
Is than an ordinary upright wire, and
whether or not It is feasible to overcome
the trouble by an Increased output of
power in creating the waves. These and
other uncertainties must be cleared up
before wireless telegraphy can fill its
destined sphere of usefulness. '
It is not altogether impossible that the
observations made in New York bay may
assist in unravelling mysteries which havo
bothered Marconi himself. He found, two
or three years ago, that the mountains
of Spain apparently affered no serious
obstacle to wireless messages which were
sent to Gibraltar from Poldhu, In Corn
wall. However, though the distance be
tween tho latter point and Genoa "was
much s'lorter, communication with the
great seaport of northern Italy was less
' easy than it was with the fortress at the
entrance of the Mediterranean. Some
hindrance operates in the one case and liot
in the other. What can It be? The Alps?
Mont Blanc stands directly between
Poldhu and Genoa; but for the reason
Just mentioned it Is doubtful whether tt
Is responsible for the mischief. Or does the
Eiffel tower Interfere? That huge struct
ure Is nearly a thousand feet high and is
composed of metal. If lines be drawn on
the map from Poldhu to Paris and to
Ocnoa they diverge about 12 or 13 degrees.
not tho material of which the tower
EXTRA SPECIALS
FROM 9 TO 10 A. M We will spll fast color
ehallls fine Persian designs
12 yards to a customer, at,
FROM 2:30 TO 4 P. M. We will sell extra heavy
tierman Uue prints, the 10c grade at, P"
a yard : JC
OPENING UP OF OUR NEW FALL GOODS
The most beautiful Flannelettes, In alt the fine
Persian designs at, a yard l.Sc, 15c, f f
12'ic and , . 1UC
New fall checks and plaids for children's school
dresses at, a yard 10c, 15c, 12'v.c "
and 1UC
New Fall Linings now arriving. SEND FOR
SAMPLES.
old at
10c
12k
15c
19c
25c
15c
All colored voiles
(no blacks)
59c
Any 11.60 sailor suiting RQr
(colors) ,w
Any $2 50 sailor sultinK
colors only
1 20
A great many other bargains In wool
dress goods
Men's Neckwear
1,000 dozen Pure Silk Ties at
10c and 15c The entire surplus
stock of I. Isaac & Co., Broad
way, New York Shield Bows,
Tecks, Stripes, Four-in-Iland,
etc. all pure silk and actually
worth in a regular way up to 75c
all fresh, new goods, in very
best colors and patterns, divid
ed in two lots for Monday, at
15c
and
SPECIAL SALE
Gold plated or Aluminum Spectacles,
with fine imported lenses, no.
worth $2.00. at JOU
Gold filled framed Spectacles or Eye
glasses, guaranteed 10 years, 1 CO
worth $3.50, at l.Ut7
Hardware Dept.
Small size Steel Frying Tan 0c
Medium lze Steel Frying Pan lie
No. 1 Galvanized Wash Tub 2ltc
No. 2 Galvanized Wash Tub 3!c
No. 3 Galvanized Wash Tub 40c
Galvanized Refrigerator Pans, each.. 29c
5-tie Parlor Broom 25c
4-tle Parlor Broom ' 20c
No. 8 Copper Bottom Wash Boiler. . .8l)c
Special sale all next week on the best
Graniteware. It will pay you to see It
and get our prices.
Is composed bring It under suspicion In
spite of this angle? The Statue of Liberty
may hold the right answer to that ques
tion. Cities and Tuwai Linked.
Electricity has wrought tremendous
changes In street car travel, says the Bos
ton Globe. By means of it the much-talked-of
rapid transit has been realized.
Now, with electricity as motive power,
citizens are conveyed swiftly in cars along
miles of streets and through subways, and
also In elevated structures. The suburbs
are quickly reached by the trolley systems
and the passenger traffic has increased
enormously in every part of the country.
The cost of these electrio systems has
been great, yet the distance one may ride
for a 6-cent fare la many times greater than
a few years ago. Before the consolidation
of the railways In any large city II cost
two and sometimes three fares of 6 or 6
cents each to go to points now reached by
a single 6-cent fare.
This present rate of fare has largely In
fluenced tho upbuilding of the numerous
towns adjacent to large cities. It may be
Justly claimed that the trolley system has
had more to do with lessening the over
crowding of our large cities than any other
agency, and that It will continue to have
that effect in the future cannot be doubted
by any Intelligent observer. In fact. It Is a
common observation that the trolley has
linked, or chained, ak it were, our cities
and towns, serving to bring communities
In closer touch for social and business pur
poses. All this tends to the general pros
perity of tho places covered by the trolleys.
Posterity's Told Light.
Our children's children will expel night
with a bright effluenco derived through the
medium of an exhausted glass tube contain
ing tt small body which can be made to
phosphoresce when bombarded with elec
trons. That Is the gist of a study of the
lamp of the future by Dr. J. A. Flemhig in
the Electrical Magazine. But "the author
fives rein to1 his imagination," avers the
Electrical Review, which, at the same tlm-3
finds the plan worthy of serious consider
ation as an "Idea of the ideal lamp towarl
which we should strive." Placed at suit
able points ubout the small body in the ex
hausted glass tube of Dr. Fleming's Hy
pothesis will be "eletrodes arranged so as
to project the electrically charged matter
leaving their surfaces upon the liody, and
thus bring it into brilliant phosphorescence."
The substance which phosphoresces will be
selected so as to produce, if possible, only
luminous rays. Or If this cannot be done,
the luminous rays must greatly preponder
10c
and not over
a yard
5,c
Great August Clearing Sale
ladles' Rrady-to-Wear Garments at unequalled bnrRaln prices. The crowning
this fact, that only once a year Is such a grand opportunity for bargain getting yours,
TWO $30.00 SILK COATS 48 Inches long,
piped with green, very handsome y Crt
garments will go at choice
A HANDSOME COAT 27 Inches long, made of
Rilk lace over tnffeta, former price A AA
$27.50 Clearing Sale price J.)V)
A BEAUTIFUL TAFFETA REDINGOTE with
deep applique collar and extra full 1 f, CI A
6klrt a $3o.00 value, Monday, at.. ITT.U
25 STYLISH SILK COATS 48 Inches long, as
sorted colors, regular $20.00 and
values Clearing Sale
price Monday
12.50-15.00
30 EXQUISITE SUITS-Xo two alike, mag
nificent creations In the richest materials, un
surpassed In style and beauty $40.00, $50.00,
Kd.S,.Tta.,.u.er: 20.00-30.0C
STYLISH TAILOR SUITS-Regular
$25.00 and $30.00 values Clearing
Sale price
10.00
We have just received an elegant line of XEW FALL SUITS and now have them on display ready for your Inspec
tion. We Invite the women of Omaha to come In and irot acmininted with the newest styles for fall wear.
NURSES' DRESSES
at
FROM 8 TILL 9 A. M.
Women's 50c Kimonos,
at lLi
'FROM 9:30 TILL
at
oai arm chair, spring seat, uphol
stered in velour, old price 7 QP
$0.00, now JJD
extra large parlor chairs, upholstered
in tine silk tapestry, flowered, genu
ine mahogany back, old price T QP
$7.00, now J, J J
Field of
ate. "In other words," adds' the Electrical
Review, "we must have a cold light. We
must so use the electrical energy as tq pro
duce light without converting it Into heat."
However:
The idea of using prosporescent bodies Is
old. The problem, of course is to obtain a
lamp which can be made to phosphoresco
at will, and which will give sufficient light
for practical UBe. Dr. Flemmlng's plan Is
based upon the following idea: It la thought
by some' that the luminous energy radia
tions which we recognize as light are pro
duced only by vibrations of the corpuscles
themselves. The longer or so-called heat
rays are due to vibrations of the atoms of
matter as a whole. If we can cause the
corpuscles to vibrate without setting the
atom as a whole Into motion, we should,
according to this idea, be able to produce
a cold light. This does not mean that the
radiations do not represent energy, but
merely that there are none of these lower
vibrations which we usually class as heat.
We are, of course, a long way from this
Idea. At the present time we are, for a
lack of better method, forced to produce
light through the medium of heat that is
to say, according to the newer Idea of the
method of producing luminous rays to mako
a body luminous, we simply, by heating it,
set its atoms into such violent motions as
to get corpuscles of the atoms themeslvcs
into vibration. The useful work done Is
then only that which sets the corpuscles Into
motion. The movement of the atom as an
atom gives rise to the heat rays, and ex
cept In so far as It brings about the more
rapid vibrations of its corpuscles, is useless
and presents a waste of energy. We are
probably as far from this Ideal lamp as we
are from what might be described as an
ideal telephone.
Hovel Type of Dynamo.
For use In connection with a motive
power of varying Intensity, such, for In
stance, as that of a wind or water mill, a
dynamo giving currents of constant inten
sity with any value and in proportion to
the speed of the prime mover, would evi
dently be of the utmost utility. This result
liu.i been obtained, at least partially, by
the aid of a number of complicated gear
ings, but these, apart from their consuming
a large amount of power, reduce the re
liability of the plant. Especially for the
lighting of railway trains will the dynamo
Just brought out by the Allgemeine Elek
trlzltats Gesellschaft. the Invention of Dr.
E. Rosenberg, be extremely suitable, and it
may be stated that quite a number of
trains belonging to the Prussian and Bava
rian stale railways have already been
equipped with this practical system. The
principle underlying the construction of
this novel dynamo may be brief) described
THE RELIABLE STORE.
Our Silk Department
Monday Will Be Another Great Day lor Silk Bargains
Just Received A line of fancy and plain silks the ad
vanced fall styles; special Monday, $1.10, !)Se S.V and
The famous AYinslow taffeta, the most reliable colored
We recommend the Winslow for pood, hard wear;
showing one hundred colors at, yard
ON THE BARGAIN COUNTER Fancy silks at,
yard, 59c, 4."c and
MONDAY ONLY 36-inch black taffeta, $1.00 qual
ity, yard
27-inch $1.00 black taffeta; special, yard
$1.50 black peau de soie, 27 inch wide; Monday, yard. .
$1.00 black peau de soie, 20 inch wide; special, yard. .
3fi-inch black China silk, $1.00 value, yard
WHITE
$25.00
$20.00,
Special Announcement
An immense and complete assortment,
Monday Hour Specials
I FROM 8:30 TILL 0:30 A. M. Women's I
Q Wrappers, a small lot slightly TCI
laCi damaged, at, choice DC
damaged, at, choice AiJlii
10:30 A. M. Children's 75c Gingham Dresses,
Something to Interest You
We have Just completed our inventory and find a
good many articles that have served as samples dur
ing the past season. These we have collected together
In one place and offer you for Monday some rare
pickings. The following items will serve to show
you what we are doing, and it only remains for you
now to earn from 33 to 50 per cent by buying now,
for money saved is money earned and here is the
easiest money of the year.
6 upholstered chairs, spring seats, mahogany
and oak frames, old price $4.25, now
1.95
damask
1 mahogany parlor piece, silk damask
upholstery, red, old price
$8.85, now
4.95
1 mahogany divan, silk damask uphol
stery green, spring seat, fancy frame,
G legs, old price $12.t0, 7 Or
now.
.US
Electricity
as follows: The transversal field at right
angles to the primary field, which occurs
In every ordinary dynamo, is rather a
cause of disturbance owing to the deforma
tion it produces, and is therefore. In the
case of ordinary dynamos, counteracted by
giving the magnet system and the armature
special dimensions, or else It Is avoided by
the use of special auxiliary devices. But,
by adding a .second pair of brushes, tills
transversal field has been utilized by the
inventor, while the brushes corresponding
to those of an ordinary dynamo have been
short-circuited. As regards the magnetieal
conditions of. this machine, its original field
the flux of which leaves, the lower pole
traveling upward through the armature to
ward the upper poles can be very small in
the event of the machine running at full
speed; In fact. It suffices to induce a small
tension in the armature, to throw the nor
mal current, or part of the same, through
the armature, while the brushes are short-.
cliculted. The armature current will pro
duce a transversal field of much greater In
tensity than the primary field, which is dis
placed by V0 degrees In the direction of ro
tation, its axis of symmetry being hori
zontal. As Is well known, the armature re
action will always weaken the field inten
sity at the front edge of the pole shoes,
while reinforcing it at the rear edge. There
fore, if the machine be rotated to the right
there is always superimposed a north pole
above the left hand half of the upper pole
shoe and a south pole above the righ hand
half, while above the right hand half of thes
lower pole shoe a south pole S and a north
pole N are superimposed above the left
half. The polarities due to the first field
will be combined with those of the trans
versal secondary field to form one result
ing field.
The auxiliary brushes in the vertical
axis are influenced only by the horizontal
secondary mid, and, as this field becomes
Inverted with opposite rotation, the brushes
will yield current of constant direction.
The amperemeter, or voltmeter, of a sim
ilar dnamo which has been connected to a
resistance, the angular sjieed of which Is
resulated from the maximum limit dow.i
to the smallest values, will renviln nearly
Immovable, especially In the event of the
machine working at ielatlvely small ten
sions. The machine accordingly regulates
Itself to a pra. tlcully constant current in
tensity. If the external circuit contains a
constant resistance, a tension of nearly
constant value will be obtained from a
given minimum number of revolutions,
while In the event of a storage battery
being inserted in the external circuit the
tension will depend on the number of cells
and the charging condition of the battery.
The dynamo tension adapts Itself to the
tensions in the mains.
69c heavv Cream and Pleached All
Linen Table Damask lSc
special at yard
tl Pleached and Unbleached AUr
Table l)am!k at yard V
tl to Full Blenched and Double
75c
taffeta,
28c
75c
75c
. .$1.00
75c
69c
Sntln Iiainnsk and
Pleached Herman Pnm
ask 72-ln. wide, at yard...
$160 pleached All
klns-z:x;2 Bite at rer
60c Sheer Linen
wide at per
yard
Lawn,
25c Belfnst linen
Waist Suiting, at per
yard
TUc Lowell
Mills Pleached Mus
lin 3fi Inches wide, at
per yard
7V.C K. H. soft finished
(anihrlc SB Inches wide,
at per yard
Continues
sale of the season. Rear In mind
and don't miss Monday.
10.00 AND !fl2.r0 CKAVEXKTTE
In tho npwost stylos nnd best
colors, at, choice
13 COATS
.5.00
that sold at
1.98
LIXIvX WASH SKIRTS
$5.00 and $i.oo your choice
Monday
$8.00 AND $10.00 WALKIXC, AND
SKIRTS very special values
Monday, at
Women's $2.00 Uwn Waists)
at
Women's $4.00 Jap Linen and Lawn
"Waists, at
DRESS
4.98
79c
1.50
98c
35c
1.50
Women's $2.50 Dressing Sacques
Clearing Sale price Monday
Women's 75c Dressing Sacques,
at ,
Women's $3.00 IIome-Made Wrap
pers, at
,
1.98
FROM ft TILL 10 A. M. Women's
$1.50 Wash Underskirts, f C
at OtC
at
35c
2 mahogany divans, silk damask uphol
stery, both good pieces, old T PA
price $11.50, now I .D)
2 heavy oak rockers, upholstered seats
and back, veroua, old price A Cl
$8.00, now T.JU
4 mahogany corner chairs, upholstered
spring seats, silk damask, old A C(
price $7.85, now, each T JU
2 two-piece parlor suits, oak frames, on
upholstered In tapestry, the other 4 CZI
in vcrona, old price 115.00, now.....ct''
A FEW POT BOILERS
White enamel stool, 25c
A (rood Hassock, 25C
White enamel paper holders 25c Cn
and lJ,
Flate rack with brass cup hooks, ())C
Eleeant colored pictures In black An
and (told frames, for
Christy and Jtussell pictures, framed f 2
in the most annroved manner, for.
Carpenter's Letter
(Continued from Page Five.)
and skill that one who has not been bred
to. It is likely to fall."
Crop from One Farm.
Since I had this talk with Mr. Bock I
have mude some inquiries into the cost of
tobacco farming. It is enormous. Some of
tile farmers spend $5uu an acre for manure,
fertilizers and tents. It costs IJXl or t&H) to
roof an acre with mosquito netting or
cheese cloth, and there are places near
Havana where $.uu worth of manure Is an
nually put upon tobacco lands. Down in
the Vuella Abujo ll costs in the neighbor
hood of ii.OuO a year to run a tobacco farm
of thirty-three acres and fit the crop for
the market. If the crop is a good one it
should yield a profit of (2,0u0 or Xt.uOO, and in
some cases the yield is enormously greater.
One of the most successful farmers here is
Louis Marx, an American, who has some
thing like 160 acres of shade tobacco, sit
uated within a short distance of Havana.
His receipts from his tobacco last year
were something like S1.5U0 an acre, or in all
t:V,(tO. How much of this Is profit I am
unable to say, but the farm must pay ex
ceedingly well.
Speaking of the tobacco lands .of the
Vuella Aba Jo a curious illustration of their
value was seen in the recent extension of
the Great Western railway, which goes
down through Plnar del Rio. When this
was planned it was found almost Impossible
to get the right-of-way. The farmers
would not give up the tobacco lands and
one of them agreed to let the road cross his
farm only upon the payment of a good
price and the condition that he should be
allowed to scrape the soli to the depth of
one foot off of that part taken by the road.
This was agreed to, the railroad hauling In
other earth to fill up. The tobacco soil Is
shallow, but Its constitution is such that
with the proper treatment 11 continues to
produce year after ear.
World's Blaaeat t lliar Factory.
The United States annually smokes 4o,
Oou.OoU or 5o.'m.iiuO Havana lyars and also a
vast amount i t Havana smoking tobacco
and cigarettes. No chewing tobacco Is
rn.iile here tunl the Cubans seldom smoke
pipes. One i.f the chief lndustiies of Ha
vana is clear making. The city lias more
than Uv cigar and cigarette factories, em
plu)ing In the neighborhood of 20,ou0 hands.
Some of these are enormous, and one
which I visited la by farMhe largest cigar
factory of the world. It is known as the
Cabanas factory, and It la situated not far
from the Prado and near the sea and the
harbor. The building is one of four stories
and it consists of great rooms running
around a central o.urt, so that everything
Is flooded with light and fresh air. In this
factory onjy the choicest tobaccos are used.
Vluch of the wrappers cost 16 and upward a
66c Standard Plearhed
Sheets, 81 xW size, at -each
Seamless
40c
45e ready-to-use Pleached
vrd a.t.7.,,r.r 324c
12Vc ready-to-usc Cases
4Jx;!fi size at
Silver
U5c
Nap-
Fine Printed Batiste wot th
up to 15c, at - yard
Printed Hatlsles worth up
to 10c at per yard ,
"c double warp Turkish
Towels-each
lfc larg-e Huck Towels
at each
16c hemstitched Huck
Towels at each
Linen
frl)
36 Inches
25c
finish Shirt
12'tc Fringed Damask Tow-
els at each
6c heavy Twilled Toweling
at per yard
7c linen finish Check (llasa
Toweling at per yard
12 If
C?
Pleached
12Hc extra heavy all linen
ley Pleached Toweling
at per yard
All Mail Orders Filled and Satisfaction
Grand Embroidery Sale
MONDAY.
THE GREATEST BARGAINS EVER OFFERED IN
BROIDERIES.
35c WIDE EMBROIDERIES inC
per yard w
This Is a great snap the very finest fab
rics and work, only 13c a yard, Monday.
75c CORSET COVER EMBROIDERIES-at
39c
The finest line of corset cover embroider
ies shown In Omaha at, per yard, o9c.
Li.V FINE EMBROIDERIES
49c
m, per
Only a limited quantity of this lot. Come
early If you want 11.50 embroideries for 49c.
GRAND HANDKERCHIEF SALE.
Saturday we place on sale a beautiful line
of fancy scalloped, embroidered and lace
trimmed handkerchiefs 7aC
35c values at, choice 2
Also an elegant line of 1,500 count pure
China Department
Sale Extraordinary
GENITTNK HAND PAINTED ROYAL.
VENICE FLATES beautiful hand tinted
head In center, maroon and emerald
borders. These plates are never sold
regularly at less than AO
J.00 to JlO.uO a great snap I f rt
Monday at " v
Every plate is stamped, guaranteeing its
genuineness.
Art Pottery Jardinieres 7-Inch 25C
Regular 25c to DOc Gilt Novelties 10c
Tumblers n Tin top Jelly al
each 1WI Tumblers at
Large open White Chamber I5c
at
Children's Mugs In Imported Hoi-
land ware each
All goods In our odds and ends room, both
decorated and white. In china or f f,
porcelain, will go at each, 6c, 3c and. w
Read
the
Big Store's
Highest Quality, Freshest
48-lb. sacks fancy high patent Minne
sota Flour per sack $1-48
10 bars best brands laundry 8oap 25c
4 pounds best bulk Laundry Starch lac
The best Pearl Tapioca, Sago or
Barley per pound 3c
On Time Yeast per package 2c
Xcelo, Malta-Vita, Eg-0-See or Dr.
Price's Breakfast Food lc
Fancy, crisp Soda Crackers pound.... tic
Fancy, crisp UlnBer Snaps pound 44c
One-pound cans Fancy Alaska Salmon c
011 or Mustard Sardines per can 4c
Potted or Deviled Ham, Tongue or
Beef -Tc
One-pounu package Macaroni k',sC
Large bottles mixed sweet Chow Chow,
Gherkin or Onion Pickles bottle 8H0
The best Mixed Pickling Spices, lb 20c
THREE BIG TEA & COFFEE SPECIALS.
Fancy Golden Santos Coffee, retailed
everywhere for 20c and 25c our price
this sale 15c
pound, and some of them are almost worth
their weight In sliver.
I was taken through this establishment
by Mr. Townsend, formerly of Washington
City and one of the chief employes. We
went first to the basement, which was
filled with bales of cigar leaves wrapped up
In the leaves of the royal palm. There
were several rooms filled with such bales,
and I was told that the tobacco In them
was worth at least $300,000. I watched the
opening of a bale and went with the cigar
leaves from room to room until I saw the
whole process of cigar making.
The leaves are dry when they come to the
factory, and they must be dampened before
they can be used. This is done by spread
ing them out In tho court and sprinkling
them, after which the are so soft that they
can bo handled without cracking or break
ing. At this time the leaves feel like the
finest silk. They are of a beautiful brown
and as soft as woven cobwebs.
-An Acre of Cigar Girls.
Leaving these rooms we entered what
might be called the cigar factory propur.
I mean the rooms where hundreds of men
and women were making cigars. The first
hall was large. If you will imagine an
acre of girls, each with her sleeves rolled
up to the elbow, her head bare and her
arms moving like lightning, you may have
some idea of what I saw in this hall. Every
girl had a barrel between her knees with
tobacco leaves laid on the top. She picked
up leaf after leaf and tore out the stem,
putting the rest of the leaf Into the barrel.
The girls were of all classes, colors and
ages. Here was a negress as black as
your boots, there a Chinese as yellow as
gold, and at the next barrel a Cuban of a
rich Jersey cream. Most of the girls were
young and not a few pretty. Some were
humming, some singing and others chat
ting as they went on with their work.
There were about 400 In the room, and they
were the most strenuous women workers I
have ever seen. I asked as to their wages,
and was told they were paid by the piece,
and that they made from 11.75 to t:.'M a
day. The total wages of these 400 girls
are more than JNOO a day. They are among
the highest paid women laborers of the
world.
The work was dirty, but the girls were
surprlsliiRly clean. They have dressing
roopis with all toilet conveniences con
nected with the fa tory. and they powder
and primp every day before leaving. In
deed, on the street one would not Imagine
them the same girls he had seen stripping
tobacco.
Iliuh-Prlrrd C luar Makers.
All classes of labor In Havana cigar fac
tories are high. From each establishment
no cigar goes out which costs less than
10 cents, and the most of those niade re
tall from 25 cents to tl. The Iwst cigar
rollers receive 14 and upward a day. Men
who strip the leaves and prepare them fur
the rollers get $4.54 per day and some of
Sheet-
lUc
Sheets,
e Ftica Mills Blenched Sheet-inR-2'.
yards wlde-nt- 224.0
per yard
2fe Somcrsett Pleached Sheet-Ing-r,
yards wi.lc-iit '.211(3
per yarl .VW
lSo Pleached Pillow Casing lie
42 Indies wide at yard
16c Pleached Pillow Casing
9c
64c
4c
4c
l()c
4." Inches w Ide at
..124c
per yard
All our Wash Voiles-sold
un to 2ic yard, at yard.
5c
All our French Ginghams that
sold up to ll'Hc, at R,
yard c,w
All our fall stylo Prints sold
up to 7,c. at per CiC
yard
All our yard wide. Percales-
MAC
3
34C
,
4qC
Barns -
84c
sold up to Wo, at per CtaC
yard
Guaranteed.
NEW HIGH GRADE EM-
linen handkerchiefs regular 15c
values, at, choice
A full line of fine Swiss Initial
...74c
handker
chiefs regular 10c value 2C
All sllRhtly soiled handkerchiefs, from 15a
to 2'ic
go at,
values
choice ..
5c
27'v- rrpperall Pleached
lug 2', yards wide, at
per yard
OTHER SATURDAY SFECIALS.
:,1c Turn-Over
Collars "w
10c Pearl Buttons 2iC
per dozen
All silk ribbons, regular 2c 1()c
values-at, yard
25c wash belts IOC
at
50c silk belts IQC
at
Flannel Dept.
15c cream, white, blue and rink twilled
Baby Flannel at
yard
Best made 12'ic Outing Flannel-light
and dark, at-per 7'
yard 2
10c extra wide and heavy C
Shaker Flauol at yard U
10c Silkoline at- I
yard O2C
8VjC Comforter Quilting at C
yard JC
25c White Wool Flannel at C
yard IDC
20c Feather Ticking at "Jin
yard 12
Grocery Prices
Goods and Lowest Prices
Fancy O. G. Mocha and Java a de
licious drink and beautiful aroma
this sale, per pound 250
Fancy I'ncolored Japan or Sun Dried
for Ice tea this sale, per pound.... 26a
BUTTER. BUTTER. BUTTER.
Very choice Dairy Tablo Butter, lb.. 21o
Fancy Separator Creamery Butter, lb. 22o
CHEESE. CHEESE. CHEESE.
Fancy Wisconsin Brick Clieese, lb.... 15o
Fancy New York White Cheese, lb.... 15c
Fancy Wisconsin Cream Cheese, lb.... 15')
Neufchatel Cheese, each Ho
FRUIT. FRUIT. FRUIT.
Fancy, large. Juicy Seedless Lemons,
per dozen 20o
Fancy Grimes' Golden Tolman Sweets
or Duchess Apples per peck 3fo
Iarge, ripe Bananus per dozen 15o
3 measures Fresh Roasted Peanuts loo
Fancy Fard Dates per pound
Colorado Honey per rack luo
the rollers work by the piece, making muAf
more. There are 800 men In the factory
who do nothing but roll cigars; each makes
his own kind of cigar and works on that
kind year in and year out.
Cigars are of many varieties, lean and
fat, long and short, light and dark, big
and little, pretty and ugly. The cigar mak
ers go In as boys and work at the trade
all their lives, learning It so well that the
manufacture becomes almost automatic,
and they could roll cigars In the dark.
A singular feature of these cigar factories
is the professional reader employed by
the cigar workmen. In each room, In a
pulpit fastened to the wall high above the
workers, stands or sits a man who reads
for hours to the men and women below.
They bring the dally newspapers, poetry
and stories, and, In fact, anything that
the workmen demand, and read away hour
after hour. They are chosen for their
voices and ability to read, and the usual
rate of pay la about $10 gold per day.
The men pay them out of their own wages.
They are a feature of almost every fac
tory in Cuba.
Among the Cigar Packers.
I spent some time In the rooms where
the olgars are sorted and parked ready for
the market. Every one Is gone over again
and again. Those of the same color and
size ate put together and after this they
are laid Just so In the boxes. The ring
labels of red and gold are put on by girls
who hold the labels between their lips In
such a way that the dry ends are moistened
by the saliva. The other ends are muell
aged and the fastening Is so done that the
saliva does not touch the cigar nor carry
any strange microbe to the mouth of the
smoker.
Speaking of high-priced cigars, some of
the boxes exported from that factory re
tail for $?50. They contain one thousand
cigars and are put up In cabinets whlcsi
would be fine pieces of wall furniture.
King Edward of England and other Euro
pean monarch! order such cigars, and I
doubt not some which I handled may yet
kiss the lips of a king.
During my stay In the factory I asked
some questions about the rare of cigars
and how to smoke them. They should be
kept In the boxes until used and If possible
at a temperature of about 65 degrees
above zero. A good Havana cigar Is a
delicate article. The leaves will take up
moisture like a sponge and will absorb
any Impure air or bad smell. They evapo
rate as quickly as they absorb and If the
box Is left en and exposed to extremes
of heat or cold, moisture or dryness, the
cigars are ruined.
The experts tell me that Havana rlgara
should be smoked slowly. You should putt
away at them, reducing a perfect com
bustion or the delicate aroma will be lost.
The man who would putt furiously at a
Havana (igar Is as foolish as he who,
would gulp down a fine old wine or fall to
sip the brewing of the choicest Chinese tee,
FRANK Q. CA-RPHNTsia.
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