TIIE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE.
TCorernber 10. 1005.
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Has'gaimis LHleire, There,, HveirywfaeE'e
All departments throughout our groat store extend to you bargain op
portunities vthlch tiona can afford to miss, which economical buyers
will not miss. Read taese prices.
8
THE LEADING DRESS GOODS HOUSE
OF THE WEST
We tarry and soil wore fine, np-to-dato Drees Goods than any other
bouse west of Chicago.
BLACK DRESS GOODS
Priestley's and Lupln'B Mack will go as follows, for Monday only:
Any $1.25 Black, plain or fancy 6.1o
Any $1.60 fancy or plain "3c
Any $1.98 plain or fancy black c
Any $2.50 Black $1.25
Any $2.98 Black Hi. 49
Any $3.50 Black $1.75
Any $3.98 Black $t.
Any $5.00 Black $2.49
COLORED DRESS GOODS
Any $1.00 Colored Dress Goods 5c
Any $1.25 Colored Dress Goods B8c
Any $1.50 Colored Dress Goods Te
Any $2.00 Colored Dress Goods .....08c
Any $2.50 Colored Dress Goods $1.25
Any $3.00 Colored Dress Goods $1.49
Any $4.00 Colored Dress Goods $1.98
Any $5.00 Colored Dress Goods $2.49
Everything Just as advertised, except Lansdowne at $1.25, no change.
Evening shades, cream, ceil, hello, canary, Nile, etc.
$1.00 Voiles, $1.25 Voiles, $1.50 Voiles, in evening shades 89c
$1.00 Eollennes, silk and wool 39c
$1.00 All Wool Silk Finished Henrietta 49c
$1.00, $1.25, $1.50 Cream Serges B9c
$1.00, $1.25, $1.50 Cream Mohairs 69c
Closing out all Bearskins and Astrakhans at less than half cost.
Mail orders tilled until Thursday at above prices. No. samples of
goods advertised.
Main Wash Goods
Department
Here Is the Fine to Buy Fine Coeds
Be-'ittful Whit Mercerlied OBn
Waistlng. worth 39c and 49c..
8!c Swisses, 2Sc
at. yard
78c Challles, 40c
at. yard -Trw
$100 SHk Challles. . BOC
at. yard
$1.00 Fashion Silk. FlQc
at, yard
PrM of Toklo Jap Wash ROc
Bilk, at, yard "w
BJc fine Printed Organdies, !Qc
at, yard
40c fine Printed Organdies, 25 2
at. yard
Prints, black and white, flic
at. yard "aw
prints, navy, eli-"
at. yard "
rerrnlee, at, yard, 10c, 74c g
and
Madrasses, 10c, 7V4 Rr
and : "W
lOO.flOO yards of alt kinds of Cotton
(nods on sale Monday, at, yard.
IZMrC, lOo. 7o. 6c, 3V4C 2C
and 8 w
BS-lnch extra heavy Wool Suitings.
no Id at II. yard, Attn
'a.rd "
LINING DEPT.
The greatest lining department in
the west. Everything at the most
popular prices.
Skinner's Satin, the best f PA
1.JU
made
Opera Satin, 36-in. wide guaranteed
for two whole seasons, f Aft
I.VU
at ,
Sampsons Lining Silk, an all silk
taffeta, guaranteed for C Q
two whole seasons, at, vd.Jt)C
Lustral in over 100 shades,
at
Gloria, the best lining made,
ot
All silk Serges for tailor linings, at
yard, $2.50. $ 1.08, $1.50
and
Lining Cambrics,
at
All other linings very low price.
Send for samples.
35c
35c
liner, nt
1.00
3!c
Mail Orders
will be filled on
all goods
here advertised
unless otherwise
specified. "
Send at once.
uJaylj lUJL5jvJS
THE RE; LIABLE STORE.
Samples and
special catalogues
are sent free to
all out-of-town
customers We
guarantee satis
faction on til
orders.
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Great Sale of Carpets and Rugs
A very fortunate purchase enables us to offer you high grade carpets and rugs at a
great saving Monday. See this great display, whether you are ready to buy or not.
60c Union Ingrain Carpets, extra heayy
quality, in this sale at, yard
29c
76c All Wool Ingrain Carpet, the very best 7 1
quality, pretty patterns, at, yard J I 4C
75c Tapestry Brussels Carpets, with or without bor
der sale price, per AC,
yard tJC
$1.10 Velvet Carpets, about 25 rolls in the
lot-i-while they last at, yard
$4.00 Smyrna Rugs, all wool, 3 feet by
6 feet size special sale price
62!c
2.50
$1.25 Wilton Velvet Carpets, with or without bor
der sale price Monday 7"5
yard f
35c Smyrna Rugs, all wool, 17-inch by 30
inch size sale price, each
Best quality Heavy Granite Art Squares,
9 feet by 12 feet $5.50 value, at
$18.00 Tapestry Rugs, 9 feet by 12 feet
great bargain Monday at sale price
$25 Axmlnster Rugs, 9x12 size, In great
assortment or newest designs cnoice
SB
...19c
. 3.75 8
14.75 A
1ft 75 I
at, yard
68-Inch Waterproof
or Repellents,
regular 75c goods, flQf
v.rfl
All-Wool Serges and Cheviots, CAn
75c (Trade, at, yard J"w
49c Plaid. Monday, OOc
at. yard aS-W
49c Mohalra. all fancies, CKA.n
at. yard JL-
S9c Dress Ooods, all kinds, c
at, yard "J'
25c Dress Goods, fifteen dlf- 12 If
ferent kinds, at, yaid ,"'w
Monday only.
25o Cotton Broadcloths, I5o 121c1
grado, will go at. yard
60 0(10 yards of cheap Wool Dress
Ooods to close at once.
ORE AT LACE SALE
MONDAY
An Immense line of Val and
Torchon Laces and Insertings,
worth up to 15o per yard, on
sale Monday at '
yard w.C
Val and Mechlin Laces and In
sertings, just the thing for
handkerchiefs, on sale Mon
day at per
yard
Satin and Taffeta Ribbons,
worth up to 30c per yard,
special Mon- If. CM
day at, yd IUC-JC
OHIO A.-- a
7:c-5c
Unprecedented Bargains inOur Cloak Dept.
Our cloak buyer has gone to lew York and during his absence the word
is cut and slash in prices. This week will be the bargain opportunity of the
season. '
Exquisite Gowns Many of them direct importations from Paris, Berlin and
London, at JUST HALF ACTUAL WORTH-
$ 50.00 Gowns at $ 25.00 $100.00 Gowns at $ 50.00
$ 70.00 Gowns at $ 35.00 $200.00 Gowns at $100.00
All Opera Coats Must Go This Week Our entire line of Opera Coats will be
sold at JUST HALF PRICE. Don't fail to see them Monday.
Exquisite Street Suits that sold regularly at $45.00, $50.00 and $60.00 silks,
velvets, broadcloths and fine cheviots; choice while Q Ofl
they last, at J.UU
$22.50 Eton and Chesterfield Suits-A shipment which should have arrived
last week just received most exquisite creations ever shown in QA
Omaha at special price ITnU
Stylish Coats In great variety of plain colored and fancy mixed C QQ
fabrics, regular $12.50 values; special Monday, at
9.90
. 1.50
.12.50
.5.98
...89c
.2.98
...98c
.2.98
$15 Coats in the new Paddock and Empire
styles, in plain and fancy mixed fab
rics very special values at
$320 Coats, the most artistic styles and finest fabrics
plain colors and fancy mixtures CSf
great bargains Monday EaZr V
garment we have
Ladies' Coats The most beautiful
ever shown at the price perfectly
tailored and a splendid value at $25
special Monday at
Great Sale of Manufacturer's Skirt Stock Thousands of
nign grade garments pricea at a savings 01 10
to you. Don't miss this opportunity
Skirts worth from $3 to $15 at $O.OOf
$7.50, $4.08, $3.08, $2.08 and
18.50
1.50
-great values
A Beautiful Line of Children's Fur Sets just received
very special values at our sale price 1 cii
tlO down to V
$3.00 River Mink Scarfs
at
Handsome Astrakhan Cape
at $50.00 down to
$10.00 Martin Scarfs special
at
Women's Waists worth up to $3.00
at
Women's Waists, in silk, fine vestings, etc.,
worth up to $5.00, at
Children's Dresses, in all newest styles,
worth up to $2.00, at
Women's $5.00 Silk Underskirts, in all sizes
and colors, Monday at..
HARDWARE, STOVES AND HOUSE FURNISHINGS
it
h '.1;
22 pounds best Cane Granulated
ttngur for $1.00
48-lb. bocks Fancy High Patrnt Min
nesota Flour $1.23
10 lbs. best Granulated Cornmeal.lSc
6 lbs. best Pearl Sago, Hominy, Bar
ley or Farina 2.Tc
STOVES! STOVES! STOVES!
The Kendall Patent Air Burner. A
perfect magazine teed base luatlnif
oft coat baseburnor, consumes prac
tically all the soot, smoke and gases.
A phenomenal fuel-aaver, will give
more heat with the same amount of
furl than any other atove on the mar
ket. Come and see it fc!fi.50
The Universal line of double heat
ing base burner, the best on tarth,
up from $29.50
The Globe line of Steel Runges, none
bettor, we have them up from 125.30.
A car of Air Tight Oaks.
11-inoh Oak t.93
lo-lnch Oak 17.49
Hole Laundry 2 95
13-inrh Oak
lMnrh Oak $949
18 Wood Stoves 1.4
ODDS AND ENDS.
See what others advertise them for.
5-lb. Decorated Flour Boxes &9a
Savory Iloasters Mo
Hath Tub Soap Dishes 10c
The best Food Chopper 09c
2 Wood Coat Hangers, for ftc
5-qt. Granite Coffee Pot 39c
Stove Boards 29c
Elbows Be,
Radium Stove Enamel 10c'
Flour Sifters 8o
No. 8 Copper Bottom Boilers 69c
No. 8 Never Break-Skillet 27c
Stel Bovs1 Ax 40
4 qt. Granite Cofte Pot ire
Coal Hods 15o
Stove Pipe sc
LINENS AND MUSLIN
Oil Boiled Table Damask, regular 40c value in green, red, blue and brown 58 inches
wide fast colors to close, (Monday only), at, per yard
Mercerized Table Linen, regular 50c quality,
68 and 60 inches, 10 patterns riQc
to select from, at, per yard -w
58-lnch all linen sliver bleached Damask,
regular fifty-five cents qual- CQn
lty, at, per yard
ffi-lnch Satin Damask, regular $1.00 and
1 1.. quality, for Monday only, RQc
at, per yard Jw
19xl9-lnch all linen Napkins, assorted pat
terns, regular $1.50 quality, j(J
at, per dozen
A good Napkin. 19xl9-lnch, made for hotels
and restaurants, a snap, at, 43c
per dozen
HVCK TOWELS-We arc closing out
several lines at the following prices.
18x36-lnch, regular 10c quality,
at
lSx36-lnch, regular 12Hc quality,
at
20x45-inch, regular lsc quality,
at
20x 45-inch. regular 25c quality,
at
6-4 Tapestry Table Covers, in Oriental and
fancy designs, regular $1.39, $L75 and
cioius, to close Monday,
at, each
...5c
..71c
..10c
..15c
81x90-inch TJtira Bleached Sheets, regrular
75c quality, for Monday only, ' ftlp
at, apiece VJJC
81x90 Seamless Sheets, regular 60c
quality, at
18c
A good Bleached Sheeting, full 81 inches
wide, worth 25c per yard (10 yards f OJL,-
to a customer) at, per yard '3
45-Inch Bleached Pillow Casing, regu-QT
lar 15c quality, at, per yard -S
36-lnch Bleached Muslin, regular 7o qual
ity from the bolt. (10 yards to a ,1.,
customer), at, per yard
8 bars best brands Laundry
Soap 20c
Washing Powder, per pkg 2c
Gillette's Washing Crystal, pkg lc
Fruen's Wheat Wafers, made from
the finest Minnesota Wheat, per
pkg 12Hc
It's to Your Interest
2-lb. can Sweet Sugar Corn 5c
2-lb. can Fancy Wax or String
Beans Oc
2- lb. can Early June Sifted Peas.7c
3- lb. can Golden Table Syrup. .8 l-3c
3-lb. can Boston Baked Beans. 7 He
1-lb. Jar Pure Fruit Preserves..7c
Oil Sardines, per can 2 He
to Bum Ynur Groceries J " "'v Heust c,v"
JU UUy tUUf UfUlCflO rtople the Betltfit ,r the Trust Fjhfj
Condensed Mince Meat, pkg,..7c
Soda or Oyster Crackers, lb Oo
Sultana Fruit Wafers and Sweet
Crackers, lb
Milk Crackers, 6 lbs. for 23c
Tea Sittings, lb 10c
Fancy Santos Coffee, lb 15c
BUTTER AND CHKF.SK PRICES.
Fancy Dairy Butter, lb 18c
Fancy Separator Creamery But
ter, lb 23e
Fancy Brick Cheese, lb 15c
Fancy Wisconsin Cream Cheese,
lb 15c
AT
GIGANTIC SILK SALE
Monday the balance of the Morris Kauphman A Co. fine Silks, along
with our large stock of High tirade Silks, at l licnomenal Irlrc Reductions.
Black Silks from the Morris Kaughman & Co. stock their $1.85 and $1.76
36-Inch Black Taffeta wer guaranteed fitra fine finish, at, yd. $1.25
Their f 1.35 and $1.45 fine Black Taffeta, full 36 inches wlde very spe
cial number at, yard l)Xo
Their $1.75 Black Peau de Sole, 36 inches wide yard $1.25
Their $1.39 Black Peau de Sole, S6 Inches wide yard $1.1(1
Their $1.25 Black Peau de Sole, 36 Inches wide yard OHc
Their $1.10 Black Teau de Sole, 36 Inches wide yard )c
Just received, a line of new Fancy Silks in neat patterns for the latest
evening wear and fine waists, Silks are worth $1, Monday special. .OOc
Plaids for waists our stock is especially fine, showing a large assort
ment of the latest colorings Monday offerings are bargains at $1.50,
$1.23, $1.00 and flOc.
Moire Silks Just a few suit patterns left of our $1.00 and $1.25 values,
to close Monday at yard 73c
Silk Crepe de Chines, 30 colors to select from the finest Crepe, that soils
for $1.25 yard, at 83c
Another fine line of Silk Crepe de Chines, 24 Inches wide, a complete line
of colors, our 85c values at yard 03c
Our stock of Colored Taffetas is the largest In the west. Every line is
complete as to shades.
Wlnslow Taffeta, 27 Inches wide, $1.00 value at yard 73c
Extra fine Color Taffeta at yard .....50c
The best 19-inch Color Taffeta at yard ftOe
Another good Taffeta special, 19-inch, at yard 83c
Novelty Silks, in Parisian, Dresden, checks, stripes and figures. In white
ground with colored figures and dark ground with light figures, for
waists, fancy work, neckties, gowns, street suits, etc., $1.50 and $1.25
Silks Monday yard 08c
We are sole agents for the Moneyback Silks. Your money refunded
if the Silk does not wear. No chance to run. Special sale Monday on
the entire line of Moneyback Silks.
UNPARALELLED REDUC
TI0NS ON ALL PICTURES
Special, 10x12. brown oak frame,
colored Dutch subjects, very neat.
desirable pictures,
each
15x10 oval picture, dark frame, gold
tipped, colored figure and land
scape subjects. 'Price
each .'
Fancy Fhoto Frames, some
thing new, at, each.,
Hundreds of the newest things in
framed pictures, ranging in priot
fi;om $2.50 down f
to JC
Anything you may need for prizes
nt card parties etc., can be found in
large variety Hud the most reason
able prices.
39c
35c
25c
Omaha
Sheet Music
Headquarters
A complete line of all
popular and classical
6heet music always car
ried in stock. All the lat
est hits, both vocal and in
strumental. Come in.
Hear them played.
Flannel
Department
Here you'll find the greatest
Blanket and Flannel Department
in all the west. Be sure and read
these prices:
15c beBt made yard wide Outing
Flannel Monday at, yard..0 4c
40c all wool Skirting Flannel at,
yard 20c
10c Comforter Cretonne at, yd. 5c
25c White Wool Flannel at,
yard 15c
10c Sllkoline, all new patterns, at,
yard ft He
12 He Light and Dark Flannelette
at, yard flc
15c Cotton Flannel at, yard. 7 He
20c Swansdown, to close out, at,
yard 10c
Bed BlankeJs
Full size 11-4 extra heavy Cotton
Bed Blanketa on sale Monday
at, each 0c
Only two cases Cotton Sample Bed
Blankets, worth 85c, to close out
at, pair 40c
$3.98 all wool large size White,
Scarlet, Gray and Fancy Plaids
at, pair ' $2.08
$2.98 White Wool Filled and
Gray, to close out at, pair. $1.59
$7.00 all wool scarlet and gray
Bed Blankets, 72 Inches wide
and 7 feet long, at, pair. . .$4.08
Ilome-Made Outing Flannel Bed
Comforters, each $1.25
$2.75 Home-made Bed Comfort
ers, made of best Arnold's flan
nelette, on sale Monday,
each $1.08
WWVK VXww , . . .. in-,nnnarlrinnnj1
A CORNER IN SIDEBOARDS
This is Your Sideboard Opportunity
Have You a Sideboard f$r Thanksgiving?
A delayed shipment of Sideboards has
been turned over to us, so that we can sell
the lot at factory costi
Solid Ouk Sideboard Size of top, 22x4 2;
French bevel plate mirror, 14x24; base fit
ted with three drawers regular price $15,
now 9io
Sideboard Size of base, 19x39; French
bevel plate mirror, 14x24 was $13.85.
now $0.85
Quartered Oak Sideboard Polished, swell
front; size of top, 22x42; French bevel
mirror, 14x24 was $18, now $12.83
Quartered Oak Kidebourd Swell front; size
of top, 22x42; French plate mirror, 16x30
was $19.50, now $15
Quartered Oak Sideboard, was $21.00.$! 1.50
Quartered Oak Sideboard, wns $22.76 .$12.75
Quartered Oak Sideboard, was $24. 50. $14.23
Quartered Oak Sideboard, was $26. 25. $16.50
These are all new styles. All have large
French Plate Mirrors. Come and see.
Fancy Domestic Swiss Cheese,
lb 17Hc
PRICES AT OMAHA'S GREATEST
FRESH FRUIT UEIT.
Bushel boxes of Fancy Colorado
Readstreak Eating Apples. . ..$1.49
Bushel boxes of Fancy California
juin.riiini"iri-ii-inriii- -i- -
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Bellflower Apples $1.75
Bushel boxes of Fancy Colorado
Winesap Eating Apples $1.08
3-bushel barrels New York
Baldwin Apples $1.50
3-bushel barrels Greening Ap
ples $4.50
Quaint Features of Current Life
Explaining the Tronble.
1 1 1 F ANY ONE wonders at the queer
fti T I stuff which emanates from this
'1 1 sanctum." Bays a Kansas paper.
"this may be partial explana
tion: t'pstulrs there is a sewing
muchine, a bt-ginner orf an alto horn, a
cornet players, three pianists and two vio
linists. In the adjoining room is a gasoline
enulne with a had cough and an Industrious
Job pres. The schoolhouse la only a block
away."
An Embarrassed Editor.
'"Why are all millionaires represented to
Ik.- either fat or bald-headed?" asks a cor
nspondent. Really, this places us In rather
un embarrassing position, replies the Port,
land Oregonian. We haven't a hair on our
liiad and tip the scales at 2$ pounds avoir
itupnis, so we might be called fat and bald
lieaded. Your question, however, is easily
answered. To be fat a man must have a
tlear conscience, a good digestion and an
even temper. Baldness Is usually caused by
the gray matter of the brain circulating too
rupldly and wearing oft the roots of the
1 air. A man thus blessed by nature cannot
help but get rich.
Heroism for Toksrcs,
During the South African war one of the
privates in a llrlttah Infantry regiment per
formed a very gallant deed, lie dashed for
ward from the trenches across the veldt,
which was being swept by a hail of bullets,
lifted a wounded comrade in his arms and
carried him safely Into shelter. The oolonol,
who witnessed the action, before the day
was over called the private before him,
praised him for his heroism and told him h
would be recommended for th Victoria,
crosa. Later on the soldier was relating the
incident to his cvi.iradrs. "lis Sold some
thing about the Victoria cross. I didn't
think anything about crosses. What I know
Is that I wasn't going to leave Robinson
lying out there with ail the company's
.'bacca In bis haversack."
Panto Over Toad.
While at churvh In Rumford Falls. Ma.,
Miss Unio Mackle of Rumford Falls gave
a scream at the altar rail, and pale and
trembling left the building fainting. The
cause of her alarm was a fat toad which
bad hopped across the platform in front of'
her.
Rev. Louis Lcland. a Jesuit father from
Montreal, has been conducting a mission
for women- at the new church of St. John
the Baptist. Whether the cool, dark, stone
stairway proved attractive to the toad, tr
some boy on mischief bent started It down
the aisle, the toad escaped the hurrying
feet of the worshippers and was not seen
until it crossed the altar platform. A long
tin of kneeling women, waiting for con
fession, were thrown Into punlc by the
screams of Miss Mackle.
.'
Cnrrled Ills Fore In His Kor.
A Chinaman In Pittsburg sat atollJly In
the corner with his hands tucked cure-
fully In his nts pockets In a inxntr
Chinese have. When the conductor ot the
night car came to him John withdrew one
hand, applied it to his ear and took out
a dime. Even the conductor, accustomed
to the eccentricities of ail sorts i.'.d con
ditions of men, acknowledged that lc was
a new one. A New Yorker on the ,car
aid carrying their fare In their ears was
a common trick If the Chinese in New
Tork. They sit with hands In pockets
as If guarding their money but all the
time they carry It la their ear In ear of
robbery.
Progress Made in the Field of Electricity
Curious and Romantic Capers of Cupid
4
Aa Electrical Exposition.
LECTRICIANS an Dlannlnc to
El hold an exposition of their handl
I craft in Chicago early In Jan
uary. One of the prominent fea
tures of the show will be ma
chinery for a Jumping spark created from
the largest number of amperes and the
higheet voltage ever produced.
Many other features are being planned,
some of which will be new. It Is proposed
to have the various telegraph and cable
companies race around the world with
messages, some going by way of Bun Fran
cisco and others via New York. The
rieanages will leave the Coliseum at the
same hour each day the contest is on. The
wireless telegraph will have dally demon
strations, inaugurating the series with a
message to President Roosevelt announcing
the opening of the most up-to-date exposi
tion in the world.
There will be wlrehss telephoning in
fact, it looks as though the available ZSif
square feet will b to small to accommo
date the applicants for space. Edison, the
"w-iiard," may be here, and during the
progress of the exposition many of the
technical clubs and associations from the
various parts of the United States will at
tend, as well as organisations representing
affiliated interests.
Odd I see of IUe Telephone.
The telephone has come to be of assist
ance In about all the vocations and avoca
tions of the everyday world, relates the At
lantic Monthly. Not only has It annihi
lated time and spac on the " superficial
earth, but the Norwegian fishermen drop
Into the ocean depths a line with tele
phonic attachment by which the swish of
It is approaching herring, codfish or mack
erel Is communicated to the anxious listen
ers above.
In some of the most delicate operations of
hospital surgery the telephone proves help
ful, and In ordinary medical practice the
country mother raises the baby to the
transmitter In order that the physician In
the village may determine whether or not
the cough la croupy.
Concerts have been transmitted mora or
less successfully over the wires, and Sun
day morning preaching effectively con
veyed. After a recent revival, in which
cores of eager "seekers" had put in their
requests for prayers, the evangelist handed
his secretary a list of names with their tel
ephone numbers and with the instruction:
"Just call up each one of theuc sisters and
brothers tomorrow morning und ask them
how It goes with their souls. Tell them to
keep on with their prayers and inform
them that I am praying for them right
along."
Municipal Mailt Plant In New York.
New York City's first experiment at mu
nicipal lighting will be started shortly. It
la a lighting plant which the city has been
constructng on Delancey street, under the
Willlamsburgh bridge approach, which la
now almost completed and nearly equipped.
With the lighting station the city has built
an Incinerator. The fuel used in this will
be the vast quantities of waste paper and
other -rubbish gathered annually by the
street cleaning department. The power de
veloped by the Incinerator will be used to
generate electricity In the lighting plant.
The electric light plant will have a ca
pacity of about A horse power and will
light the entire Willlamsburgh bridge. It
Is probable that a surplus can be used In
case of necessity for lighting the eight
school houses which the city Las built at
various places under the long bridge ap
proach. The plant is being equipped with
duplicate machinery. It one set gives out
or must be cleaned, the alternate one can
be used.
The cost of the electric light plant and of
the Incinerator has been about HOO.OuO.
For more than a year the Willlamsburgh
bridge has been lighted under contract by
the Edison Electric Illuminating companies,
which are a part of the Consolidated Caa
company. Aa the city will soon light the
bridge itself, it will cancel this contract.
Wireless Telegraphy In Englnnd. -
An interesting parliamentary return Just
Issued gives some particulars of the first
three months' working of the British wire
less telegraph act. Part of the return re
lates to licenses, seventy-eight applications
for which have been received; the majority
of these are for experimental purposes, but
a fair number are for commercial pur
poses. No less than four companies have
applied for licenses to establiHh stations to
communicate with America; two of these
have been granted, one is under considera
tion, and the fourth is offered with an
alteration in lo-allty. The paper also con
tains particulars ot the working of the
arrangement between the poetofflce and
the Marconi company. It seems that 111
mexsagea have been received by the post
oftVe for transmission to outward-bound
ships, of which twenty-one could not be
delivered (in six cases, at leant, through
the senders' fault in transmitting after the
latent guaranteed time). The number of
messages received from ships at sea Is
1,&5. which, if it does not represent a very
groat volume of business, still serves to
how that the system is beginning to de
velop la practical utility.
Twin Sisters Are Brides.
MIXUP was narrowly averted at
V I the altar when the double mar-
n. I rlace of the Hall sisters took
place In Sioux City. Their trous
seaus were exactly alike and
the minister and the bridegrooms. Thomas
Evanden and Charles Allen, had to take
their word for It ns to which was which.
Knowing the sisters were capricious the
bridegrooms feared a practical Joke.
The brides are so much alike that their
own husband can tell them apart only
by their wedding rin(f. They were knrn
the same hour, baptized the same .ay.
started to school the same diy, donned
new dresses and new hats the same day
and were always careful to have their
wearing apparel exac tly alike to the near
est detail.
Their parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hill,
christened them Mamie and Minnie, but
were always st the mercy of the (rlrls
when it came to Identifying them. When
they became old enouuh to have suitors
the aspirant for the favor of either of
the twins found himself ut the mercy of
the other. If the luttr inslNted that she
w as the one he w as wooing he w as urn Me
to argue the pojnt. Conscnuently tsvir
suitors were forced to come in pair, and
so long as both were thoroughly satisfied
they wore their rtnifs and ties In such a
manner as to enable the young men to
tell which was Manle and whlrh Minnie.
Mlttened on tbo Hun.
"She cost me IVJ and then I lose her!"
This was the plaint of Christopher San
tons, a young business man who has made
bis competence. The two were childhood
sweethearts in sunny Italy long ugo and
when the ardent lover dtvartod tor tbo
United States to make a fortune for the
bride-to-be Marie Cortella promised to be
true and to follow him when he should send
for her.
Santona prospered. He had a snug bank
account, a cozy little home, a growing busi
ness. He sent I'.DO back borne for Maria
and the other day she sailed for the land
of gold. Alas; on the trip she met Louis
Coupera, an old friend. He was even mora
ardent and confiding than Christopher and
h won Marie. So Instead of his bride all
that poor Christopher found at the rail
way station In Sioux Kalis was a tele
gram from the faithless Marie telling him
that It was never to be.
"Perhaps It is all for the beat," sighed
Christopher, going back to his empty
home.
Married In Haste.
A few weeks ago there appeared la
Johnstown, N. Y , a handsome young fel
low who took quarters at the best hotel
In the place. He was so aifreeubte ami
gentlemanly that he soon had a host of
friends who were proud to call John Gerald
ij'Klwell "Jack "' One of them was Miss
Harriet Varul, i kxiI, among the handsomest
of the town's many belles.
"Jack is so different from most Johns
town nun," she exclaimed. "Hi knows
how to entertain and make tilings agree
able for everyone."
Jt was love at llrnt sight A month ago
they were niarri-d. Iio lwell brought his
briil'" to this city and ihey begin house
keeping at S42 Wet Fifty-eighth street.
Then came the bride's little awakening
from her dream of bliss an anonymous
lett-r told of another wife and hlldren,
and now the case la In the hands of law
yrrs. Surely IXxiwtU wtut uuUk most
Johustown niiDl