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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1906)
8 TIIE OMAIIA ILLUSTRATED BEE. February 11, 1901 DEUaY.OIPP.dRtUWITIES PEIftl F YU lOSDM Our Silk Department Bargains Our Spring llks are now arriving, and In order to make roonf we are obliged to sacrifice all broken lines at greatly reduced prices. Monday's sale offers to economical buyers an unusually great sating opportunity. A beautiful line of cheeks In browns, blurs, trrays, greens, etc., regular 7ic Jt K values, at, yard $1.00 Messallne. 20 Inches wide, all colors, at, yard , $1.00 and 11.25 Crepe de Chines, all colors, at, yard , 85c 85c 75c Colored. 10-Inch Peau de 1Q,, Cygnes, at, yard Ow C. J. Bonnet 27-Inch Black Taffeta, 70f nt, yard New Laces. New Laces. Our stock of French, English and German Valenciennes Laces for the 1906 season is now complete. All the dainty new patterns so perfect In make they can scarcely be distinguished from the real vals., and at prices ranging from 2c to 23c per yard. A special discount given on all Vol. Laces when sold In original bolts of 12 yards. SPECIAL. CORSET COVER EMBROID ER RIKS We have Just received a beauti ful line of very fine high grade em broideries for corset covers regular $1.00 per yard values on sale Monday JQp at, per yard Sale of Linens 73-Inch Bleached Satin Damask Ta ble Linen, regular $2 quality, yard. 1.49 72-Inch Bleached Satin Damask Ta- 'IQ .ble Linen, regular $1.75 quality, yd,,1J 72-Inch Satin Damask Table Linen, regular $1.60 and $1.65 quality, yd. - 63-lnch Silver Bleached German Damask regular $1.10 and $1.2o grade, lr' per yard 8-inch Silver Blenched German Linen- regular. 85c and 90c quality, at, per yard yj 73-lnch Unbleached Irish' Table Linen regular $1.00 and $1.10 quality, 7C at, per yard M Special Notion Sale. ' 'One day In each week we hold a Special Notion Sale, tlsed is sold at one-half to one-fourth regular prices. Strictly fast black Darning Cotton, Darning Eggs with handle, Ol - for for All sized Needles, package per C Hump Hooks and Eyes, nj) Hooks and Eyes, per 2iC car Crochet Silks, per ball Best quality pins, per package- 2ic 2&c Warren's Feather Bone, per 7Ac vard "w 20c Needle Books, for 209 yard Machine Thread, for Aluminum Thimbles, for 44c . 14c lc Hardware, Stoves and Housefurnishings HALF PRICE GRANITE WARE PRICK HALF We are . having a Great Sale on Gray Granite Ware. You know none wears like the good old Mile gray. We will continue this sale for tills week, llelow we give a few sample prices. 17o Wash Basin now , 26c Five-Quart Sauce Pans for 10c 10s 20o Windsor Dipper 10C 17c Five-Quart Pudding Pan 10c for 20c Stew Pans for 10c Nine-Inch Pta Plates for lOo One-Quart Pudding Pan for 10c ...:..5c 5c 10o Basting Spoon e for 85o Coffee Pots for :...i7c Special discount on all beating stoves They must be sold. Entertaining Little Stories for Little People The I.tttie House that Grew Big, care, so she hurried back. This is called in HIS is such a teenty-tonty little stlnct. but lnatinnt 1. ,. 1 I house," complained Morris. He 4 I nad been shut Indoors for a weeK, TJf and he was tired of wandering 'iy1 from the kitchen Into the sitting 1 oo.n and from the sitting room back again. If he lived In a splendid, big house like Marjory Brown's he could wander, an' wander, an' wander, without turning back. I don't believe there are many children that live in a house with only five rooms In it. countln' the pantry." ions, spiders, lizards and like creatures, pointed out to me a bronzed and weather Mamma was sewing on a dress for Mar- Cut this terrible bird ''can be, made per- 1 beaten old man over 90 years old. Jory Brown. She looked up and smiled a fectly tame. j "Do you see any passion In that old little.. On the Guiana plantations he may be : man?" said he to me. "I. guess you don't know the King Island Beel fraternizing with the chickens, ducks "You don't; well, I can make him a per- Uttl boys," she said. "They only have and turkeys, accompanying them In their feet volcano to you. I'll Just mention him one room in tneir houses. And sometimes two 4r three families live together In one." "Mamma Lee! Then It's a story. Please begin at the commencln'." "It's a true tory. Up In the northern part of Bering sea there Is a steep, barren, rocky Island. . Oh, it is very steep and bar- ren and rocky. The shores rise straight up into the air 800 feet nearly, and, bung somehow to the bare rocks, one above an- other, are forty or so strange little 'houses.' We should not call them houses at all, I expect. "The whole island Isn't more than two miles long, and at Its widest part hardly a mile across. The sea at the foot of the cliffs is Icy cold. It Is almost always win- ter on King Island island. The King Island Eaklmc for they are Eskimos has his win- ter ho an dhls 'summer cottage.' The first- Is only a cave In the cliff, and the last the very strangest, ugliest little .tent' no, they are more like square crates cov ered with walrus skin. ' "The 'furniture' Is made up of a bench round the room, to sit on daytimes ' and sieep on nights. The queer stone lanio 1. all the stove there Is. but It doesn't mat- ter so much about that, because they eat nearly all their food raw. They never tasted any vegetables, Morry." "Not any 'tatoes or squashes? Or or green corn?" "No, nor any other green, fresh thing. On the whole Island there Isn't a tree or a bush, Morry. There's only a kind of gray, weedy grass and some kind of moss. That's the way the King island little boys live, year la and year out. . There are long. rFV H.rlr ,V, . 1 -, . . r".: ,'.' ' """" " mg"i. w, ju. auypuae UK UIUS DO)'S 00 to pass away the time then?" N3h, I don't know," breathed Morris. "I can't Imagine." He got up and went Into the sitting rooiu and Into the two airy bedrooms; then he came back to the kitchen again. The little "teenty-tonty house" had been growing bigger and bigger. '"Oh. I wish those poor little King boys could live In a nice, big house like this," Morry cried. Sunday School Advocate. A Robia that ReasoBea. .Showing the motherly cars of a robin, an, exchange relates the following beautiful in stance: "A robin's nest was filled with young ones In sight of a friend's window. The mother bird was away, when a violent thunder storm rame up. As the heavy Urops began to pour down, she returned, and the little ones greeted her mouth, expecting the usual food. She. pressed .them down with her foot and sat on them with extended wings to shed the hard rain, and remained there till the storm was over. "Was there net a process of reason here? 'Jibe saw, the henry downpour of . rain and thinking of her exposed children, believed they would be hurt or drowned without her C. J. Bonnet 36-lnch Black Taffeta. I C at, yard 85c 27-Inch Black Taffeta, at." yard fl.Oi) Black "7-lnch Taffeta, at, yard $1.26 Black 36-Inch Taffeta, at, yard $1.39 Black 30-Inch Peau de Sole, at, yard 69c 79c 89c 98c Our Spring Samples are now ready and will be sent promptly on application. $1 PILLOW RIBBONS at 29C Great bar gains In strictly new pillow ruffllngs. Come In all the new colors, bolts of 4V4 yards. Just the length for pillow puma. Entire bolt $1.00 value special, (tp Monday, at OVt and Muslins 64 and 66-inch Unbleached Irish Linen regular 75c and 85c quality, fn at, per yard J Pattern Cloths In bteached and unbleached, plain and hemstitched border all round, 8-4, 10-4 and 12-4 sizes, nt a piece, lid $4 50, down to $1.50, $1.35, $1.24 and.. i.lU 9-4 Bleached Pequot Sheeting ' ".- worth) 3o yard, at. yard SJW 45-ineh Pillow Casing, bleached, reg- Olr. ular 16c grade, at yard IS5fc Fine soft finish bleached Muslin, (free from starch), regular 8c grade, CSp. at, per yard - Every article adver- 5c Dress Shields, pair per 25c Hose Supporters, for 10c ' Valentines at Half Price We are clearing up all valentines at just half regular prices. lc Valentines, i., now . J 2o Valentines, 1 ,, now AO 20o Valentines. now t 30c Valentines, now 40c Valentines, now Boo' Valentines, now $1.00 Valentines, now ,10c "l5c 20c 25c 50c 4o Valentines, now 2c 6c Valentines, o 1 now ' -a" 10o, Valentines, now 5c 15c Valentines, 7 now ,Kj $2.00 0 Valentines, j, 00 no 39o Chambers 19c 30c Colanders 15c 35o Berlin Kettles 17c 39c Dish Pans j lOc for 25e Coffee Flask 15C 75c M-Quart Dish Pan AQc tor 69c Water Pails 43C 25c Tea Steepers 1Tr for . w 75o Rica Boiler 49c before moving them to our warehouse. I without the process being made known." Three Queer Birds. The trumpeter bird Is the ragpicker of the woods and swamps of Guiana, where he Is always at work at his trade, with his stomach for a pack and his bill for a hook. Ho performs a most useful but most extraordinary service, devouring a perfect multitude ut snakes, frors. mm. wains, aetenaing them from their enemies, separating quarreler with strokes of his bill, sustaining the young and feeble, and waking the echoes with his trumpet while he brings home his flocks at night. The trumpeter la as handsome as be is useful. Noble and haughty In his aspect. ne raises himself up on his long, yellow- s"erea legs ana seems to say, I am the trumpeter, the scourge of reptiles and the Protector of the flocks." In outheri Africa there Is another great exterminator of reptiles snake-eater or Beerctary bird a magnificent creature which ttack lhe largest serpents, making a 8nlel1 of hl wings and a sword of his beak The name 01 "secretary bird" Is der,veo from the Plumes proJecUng back- ward from hl head whtch I0011 Ike quill pen" carrle1 behind one's ear. DOUU1 America, m me very neighbor hood of the trumpeter's home, there lives the "kamlchl," or "kamlkl," who wears a sharp horn projecting from his forehead and a murderous spur upon each of his wings. With these three -weapons the serp ents that he attacks are powerless against h' nd arf ea""f put to death- The secretary bird, the kamlchl and the trumpeter form a valiant and useful trio. The trumpeter has two merits above the others the ease with which he can be domesticated and his great musical talent The natives have a saying that ha has swallowed a cornet.- Whether promenading or war-making he fills the air with his trumpet calls, and at the sound of bis voice of brass the reptiles take to flight. -T" ."i T." " ' " '""" " """"" WOrU. Having killed the serpent, the trumpeter sounds his blast of victory as he had sounded his charge. Youth's Companion. Rational Greetings. "How do you do?" that is English and American. ' r.. . '. "How do you carry yourself ?" la French. "How do you stand?" is Italian. "How do you find yourself ?" la German. "How do you fare r' Is Dutch. "How can you?" Is Swedish. "How do you perspire?" Is Egyptian. "How is your stomach?" "Have you eaten your rice?" Is Chinese. "How do you have yourself ?" is Polish. "How do you live on r' that Is Russian. "May thy shadow never grow less r Is Persian; and all mean much the same thing. When Women Carry Pistols' , . . t-viaeniiy the man was a footpad. The woman did not quail On the contrary, she took a pistol from i her muff. "You horrid thing,", she said, "if this Was loaded and I knew how' to cock it 1 VA make you go right away." .' Before he got over his astonishment the ' lolice arrived. Philadelphia Ledger. if jiff OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUE WILL SOON BE READY WRITE FOR II NOW An Attractive Array of New Spring Garments After months of careful preparation, we are now ready to show the greatest stock of beautiful spring Suits, Coats, Waists and Skirts ever brought to Omaha. Their tasteful refinement and elegance Is unsurpassed, and ma terials and colors conform to the very latest metropolitan ideas. They will be on sale Monday at most attractive prices. See them Monday.' HIGH CLASS TAILOR SUITS In grays, blues, browns, tans and blacks, five dif ferent styles to select from, made ta sell at twenty-five dollars t( Oil .Monday, at IV.Vtl NEW COVERT COATS In all the most approved spring styles made of best quality Mohegan covert, at l-'O, $18, S lf $15, $12.50. $10, $7.60 and O.wU NEW SPRING WAISTS In lingerie, pon gees, silks, etc., white, black and all colors greatest assortment In the city, fill $12 down to $3.98, $2.98, $2, $1.60 and W CRAVENETTH COAT, SPECIAL-New spring styles, made from Priestley's ciravenettes and worth $15 to $20 In two lots Monday, special, at fl tn $12.60 and .VIJ jjj sua Greai Sale of Rugs Dependable goods at prices this great saving opportunity. $12.50 all wool Art Squares size f 7E 9x12 feet, at $11.00 all wool Art Squares size 'AOS 9x10 feet 6, at .'J $S.P0 all wool Art Squares size, 74x9 feet, at , 6.25 $6.6o all wool Art Squares size J 7C 6x9 feet, at . O $4.50 Smith Axminster Rugs size 36x72 inches, at .... : 2.75 $2.75 Smith Axminster Rugs 7? size 27x63 inches, at s. O $2 CO Smith Velvet Rugs slza I Oft 27x54 Inches, at , The Highest Quality Groceries For less money than you' can buy them 22 pounds Finest Pure Cane Granulated Sugar $1.00 48-pound sacks very highest patent Min nesota Flour, nothing-, finer made, per sack $1.25 10-pound, sacks best Granulated Corn meal i.... ' ...j. '. .' 15c 7 pounds best Michigan Hand, Picked Navy Beans 25c 8 pounds best Breakfast Rolled Oat meal for ..,uu 25c 10 bars best brands Laundry Boap 25c Tersely fold A Lost Opportunity. WANT to tell you one more story, the story of the lost opportunity, said Mark Twain in a speech. Young people dqn' realize the full sadness of It, Jjut w ho of us older people doesn't know the pathos of the lost opportunity? In the village which Is a suburb of New Bedford a friend of mine took ma tn th. dii-.tinn nr . nn v,n something very casually." And he did. Well, that old man suddenly gave vent to an outburst of profanity such as I had never heard In my life before. I listened to him with the delight with which one listens to an artist. The cause of It was this: When that old man was a young sailor he came back from a three-year, cruise and round the whole town had. taken the pledge, He hadn't; so he was ostracized. Finally he made up his mind he couldn't stand os- traclsm any longer, and he went to the secretary and said: "Put my name down for that temperance society of yours." Next day he left on another three-year cruise. It was torture to him to watch his men drink ing and he pledged not to. Finally he got home. 1 He got a Jug of good stuff, ran to the so ciety, and said,' "Take my name right off." "It Isn't necessary," said the secretary. "you were blackballed." These Kxplaaatloas. Senator Foraker, at a dinner In Washing-, ton, quoted with a laugh an extravagant and incredible statement that he had read in a magaslne. When some one attempted to explain, he said: "The thing is preposterous, and all 'the ex planations In the world won't alter its pre posterousness. These explainers. They are never at a loss, are they? They remind me of old James Scarlett of Ralnsboro, "There was nothing which James Scarlett of Ralnsboro could not explain. "One winter night he was reading- a vol ume of the Seaside library to his family gathered about the fireside. With his spec tacles on bis nose he droned along like this: " "Gwendolen de . Vers Hastings lowered her limpid blue eyes, and Lprd Algernon Mannerlng took her slim-white haqds In bis, and crushed her to him In a passionate embrace- " 'At that moment, five minutes past 12 sounded from the castle belfry, and ' "But here young Miss Scarlett inter rupted. " 'No clock could strike five minutes past IV she said. " 'Certainly It could,' James snorted. 'It was five minutes slow.' " I BfWlartr's Answer. , Eugene Morlarty, who seemed to be a fix ture In the Massachusetts legislature some years ago, was at one time on the Worces- ,er "chol board' A feUow memb,Br' R'v- D. O. Mears, more than hinted at one tneet- ing that- there were si!0sether. too many Irish names on the list of Worcester teaoh ers. The charge passed unchallenged at the time,, but at the next meeting up rose Mr. Morlarty with this little aem: "Mr. Praal. oent, at the, last meeting of. the board some ' one.lntimated that there are tee many Irish names on our list of teachers. The next rMNssia Si 'f. ' v i ; ;"" .:;V THE RELIABLE STORE EXQUISITE SAMPLE SUITS-Very spe cial values Monday, at $75. HI) $60, $50. $40. $35, $30. and AO.WVJ WOMEN'S SKIRT SPECIALS. Fine Voile Skirts In newest designs, pleated and handsomely trimmed Q ( well worth $15 Monday " w WOMEN'S WALKING SKIRTS - In prunellas. Panamas, nan's veiling, serges and cheviots worth up to $13 fi 11 Monday, at J' JlJ JUST A FEW ITEMS to remind you that our clearing sale Is still In progress. WOMEN'S WINTER COATS $10 -4 O" and $15 values, at "' WOMEN'S WINTER COATS-H3 Q Qft and $20 values, at O.-W Furniture Department The Home of Priceless Furniture ' HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY! It Is conceded by all that the prices we make on Furniture are lower than the prices aBked elsewhere on similar goods. AH our goods are marked In plain figures. You all know tilts'. To make It Interesting for the next few days we will give you 10 per cent discount from the marked prices on all bills purchased. One article or more. Only goods excepted being Kitchen rhnlrs and Mattresses. DO YOU WANT TO SAVE 10 PER CENT? Come now. It menns a great saving. The repular price of Wool Top Mattresses is $2.25. Wo have made arrangements whereby we can sell you what you want for $1.76; any size no discount. Mattresses $1.75 for a few days. which will make your bank account look , ' $7.60 Blglow Imperial Axminster C Rugs size 36x63 Inches, at w. M U $6.50 Bundhar Wilton Rugs size 4 7 36x63 Inches, at ., $6 00 Smyrna Rugs size 4 feet x A (( 7 feet, each 1-.WVJ $25.00 Axminster Rugs GO pat- t$Q terns size 9x12. at "hP $25.00 Velvet Rugs size 9x12 ft great bargains, at 1 A - $18.50 Tapestry Rugs best qual- 7S ltv aiiA Bi12 at t4W Good quality Floor Oil Cloth Monday, at, per yard 16c at wholesale. 1 pound can Assorted Soups 6c 2-pound can Fancy Sweet Sugar Com.. 5c OH Sardines, per can; ............ ........... 8c Bromangelon, Jellycon or Jello, pkg...7Hc 1 pound cans Fancy Alaska Salmon..'.. 9c 8 cans Fancy Table Apricots or Peaches, per can ,. . 12c 4 pound cans Breakfast Cocoa . .'. 7tyc 1 pound package Condensed Mince Meat 6c The best Soda or Oyster Crackers, per pound i c Tales Both day I went up to the publics library and saw our genial librarian, Mr. Green. 'Mr. Green,' I sez, 'have ye a dictionary of American names?' '1 have," sez he'. "Is it completer ses I. 'It is,' sez he. 'Can 1 take it home?' Sez I. 'Ye can,-' ses he. Mr. President, I took It home; I searched It through and through from cover to cover. I found no Mears in the book, but I found that Michael Morlarty was one of the bodyguard of Gen eral Washington!" Boston Herald. Aa Hoaest Man New School. Casslus R. Peck, assistant United States district attorney of Oklahoma, at a ban quet In Guthrie recently spoke on honesty. One thing he said was this: "What are we coming to? Are we coming to such a pass that our ideas of an honest man will correspond with the idea of old .Hiram 8troode? " "Hiram Stroode, for the seventh time, was about to fall. He called In an expert accountant to dtsentagle his books. The ac countant, after. two days' work, .announced , to Hiram that, he would be able- to pay bis , creditors 4 cents on the dollar. . "At this news the old man looked vexed. " 'Heretofore,' he said, frowning, 'I have always paid 14 cents on the dollar.' "A virtuous and benevolent expression spread over his face. " 'And I will do so now,' be resumed. 'I will make up the difference out of my own pocket.' He Didn't Ge Vr. H. A. Buck was. calling on Prof. Jenks of Cornell at the St. Francis hotel the other , day. They were exchanging raillery and beclouding the ambient atmosphere with much smoke, when-a brass buttoned bell- boy cut short their banter by handing the Cornell professor a card. "Pardon me a moment, Harry," said Prof. Jenks, as be proceeded to read an inscrip tion on the card- It read: "Some years ago, on the occasion of a visit to Alaska, I enjoyed the pleasure of meeting your father, and I would be deeply sensible of the privilege and honor of shak ing hands with his son." "How old was the man that sent up this card?" asked Prof. Jenks of the bellboy. "About SO, sir," said the bellboy. . A thought clouded the brow of President Roosevelt's representative for a moment. Then he wrote something on the back of the card and handedlt back to the bell boy. The something on the back of the card read : ' "My father died thirty-seven years ago. If you have any other good reason for wish ing to see me I should be pleased to have you come up." San Franrtsco Chronicle. Bunkoed Again. The manager of a New York theater tells the following story t During a performance of "Rip Van Winkle" by the late Joseph I Jefferson,' the manager, who was standing in the lobbv. nhurvrd a countryman hover- ; ins about the entrance in an uncertain way. Finally, as with a determination to go the ' limit, the countryman bought a ticket and entered the house. , A little while after the j manager happened to be in the lobby again, when the countryman came out with an ex pression of Intense disgust upon his fact. "Well, how do you like) the show?" the manager inquired,' with secret amusement. The irate farmer grew confidential. "Say, mister," he replied. "I'm a-gouy taw hin mi.hi. hard time SDlalnin' to 1 Maraady what I done srlth them-tsw el- lire hut vu ki. I mn't tU. si I mill It tow sa an old feller JM up on liokar air0, ALL MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. " WRITE FOR SAMPLES WOMEN'S WAISTS that sold up ftOr to $2.60, at : $5.00 Astrakhan muffs, In this f 0(1 sale, at i.wv I Women's $5.00 and $6.00 Walking O fSrt Skirts, at - W Skirts, at Bee our new home made wrappers it f 1 9R KWI 1 75. tl Ml nn.l I'"1 FROM TILL A. M. Women's $1.60 Waists, at 49c FROM 8:30 TILL 9:30 A. M.-$2.00 QQn Knit Tun t In.1or.Wlrt -"J FROM 9 TILL 10 A. M. $2.00 Eiderdown Dreslng Sacques FROM 9:30 TILL 10:30 A.M. 76c Flannelette Dressing Sacques, at 79c 25c Monday cheerful, You cannot afford to miss Good quality China and Jap Mattings, at, per yard - Sample lot of OH Shades 50c values, at 15c 25c 75o all wool Ingrain Carpet extra BSp heavy, at, per yard 4JcJC $5.00 Irish Point Lace Curtain- qu Monday, at pair "O $1.60 Lace Curtains t C at, pair $1.00 Lace Curtains at, pair 75c Lace Curtains at, pair 69c 49 BUTTER AND CHEESE SPECIALS. Fancy Separator Creamery Butter, per pound i 19c Full Cream Cheese, per pound 12o Fancy Full Cream Brick Cheese, lb.,.. 15c Fancy Domestic Swiss Cheese, per lb 17Ho ORANGES. ORANGES. ORANGES. Fancy -large Sweet Juicy, Highland -uval Oranges, M for 25c Extra large fancy Sweet, Juicy Highland Navel Oranges, per dozen 20c Grim and Gay go ter sleep, when I could a-gone up ter ther tavern at tlier Corners an' a-seen old Bill Hardtree dew It fer nothln'l" A Pointed Question. . Mr. Brown had Just had a telephonic con nection between his office and house and was very much pleased with it. "I tell you. Smith," he was saying, "this telephone business Is a wonderful thing. I want you to dine with me this evening and I will notify Mrs. Brown to expect you." - Brown (speaking through the telephone): "My friend Smith will dine with us this evening." "Now' listen and hear how plain her reply comes back." Mrs. Brown's reply came back with start ling distinctness: "Ask your friend Smith If he thinks we keep a hotel." New York World. His Point. During the recent municipal campaign In , Indianapolis a colored man who was speak ing In. behalf of Bookwalter, endeavoring to bring the colored men who were "out of line" Into the republican fold, had an ex perience which Is told with great relish by politicians. He was billed to speak at a ward meeting one night, and, after being introduced, he began something after this fashion: "Gentlemen and Fellow Citizens: I am glad for this opportunity to address this gathering here this evening. For the last twenty years I have been a voter of Marlon county" "Mlstah Chairman," Interrupted a oolored man named Hawkins, who was on the op posite of the election question, and who did not like the speaker, anyhow, "Mlstah cbjlirman." be shouted. "Ah. wants to make a point." "Well, state your point," dlreoted the chairman, angry at the Interruption. Clearing his throat, Hawkins took the floor and said: "Mlstah Chairman, de gentleman says that foh de past twenty years he has been a votah ob Marion county. I knows ob four years de gentleman spent up in Michigan City. Da's mah point!" Indianapolis News. Mark Twain on A. Ward. Mark Twain's story about Artemus Ward is one of his funniest yarns. One day when Artemus Ward was traveling a man ap proached him in the train, sat down, and said: "Did you hear the last thing on Horace Greeley?" "Greeley? Greeley?" said Artemus; "Hor ace Greeley? Who is he?" The man was quiet about five minutes. Pretty soon he said: . . "George Francis Train is kicking up a good deal of a row over in England. Do you think they will put him in a bastile?" "Train? Train? George Francis Train?" said Artemus solemnly, "1 never heard of. ' h!ui. . This Ignorance kept the mn QU'et fifteen mlautcs. Then he said: "What do you think about General Oraiifa chances, for the presidency? Do you think they will run Mm?" "Grant? Grant? Hang it, man!" said Ward,, "you appear o-know more strangers than any man I ever saw." The man was furious. He walked off, but at last came back and said; "You confounded Ignoramus, did you ever j bear p Adam?" .... f , i Artemus looked , up andtsald: Adam 1 What was bis other namef-Judge, High Grade Wash Our line Novelties, etc. Is complete; French Wool finished ' batiste, ovcrllne checks ...J5c looks like fine wool goods, per yard New Printed Batiste, fine colorings, per yard New Silk Organdies, regular 89c grade, per yard New Printed Silk Organdies, 59c grade, per yard New Plain Bilk Organdies, 60o grade, per yard l2Jc 25c 39c 25c New Beautiful Zephyrs, ftQc Ar var - if New Scotch Ginghams, per yard New Scotch Ginghams, per yard 124c ...15c 19c New Scotch Ginghams, per yurd . ., Popular Priced Wash Goods In the Domestic Room 60.000 yards of the fine Wash Goods, new spring goods, at the most remarkably low prices offerd this season In Omaha. A. F. C. Toile du Nord and Amoskeag Dress Ginghams, the liVc grade, 'J In Monday at, yard A IBc new Printed Batiste, 71r at, yard 2 w Full Standard Indigo Blue Prints, Sc at, yard uv Ftill Standard Black and WhTte ft?e Print. at V.H u4 l,0u0 bargains In Short Lengths and Mill High Grade White Manchester Mercerized Novelties, at, yard, 75c. 50c, 39c, 25c, 19c Cn and wl- St. Gaul Hand Embroidered Swisses, at, yard, $2.50, down to $1.00, 75c 50C French Hand Embroidered Mulls, at, yard, $2.60. down to $1.00. 76c 50C Domestla Swisses, at, yard, 60c, f 39c, 26o and WW Grand Display New Spring Wool Dress Goods Wm. F. Read's Lansdowncs, in nil the checks and plaids, makes the most mag nllleent spring dresses. We also have them In eighty new shades, at, I OS, yard I.Sw Sublime, an imitation of Lans- Qfir dowhe. at, yard Ow Priestley's Black ' Dress Goods the finest blacks In tho world Queen's - f Cloth, worth $1.50, at. yard I.wU Queen's Cloth, worth $1.98, f en at, yard I. WW Men's and Ladies' LADIES' SKIRTS Made extra full beau tiful lace and Insertion or embroidery flounce and underlay dust ruffle, T -i r worth up to $3, at $1.98. $1.60, $!Kc. wW LADIES' GOWNS-Made extra long and full Trimmed, with laces, embroideries and washable ribbons, worth 'ILn un to 12. at. SSo and WW PRETTY MUSLIN SKIRTS-In knee lengths, at, 60c and 25c FROM TILL 10 A. M. Ladles' gowns, corset covers and drawers, well made, lace and embroidery trimmed IQr worth up to $1.00. choice wS MEN'S NEGLIGEE 8HIRTS-In fine In Our Flannel Department 69d all wool 44-Inch Skirting Flannel A Or per yard w 40c all wool Eiderdown, to closa 2elC out, per yard Regular 12Hc and 10c Flannelette, suita ble for ladles' wrappers, at, Ctr per yard wv Regular 15o and 12V4C 36-lnch wide Out ing Flannel, to close out, at, HkC per yard 0" BIG SALE IN BEDDINGS. Regular $7 Oregon City Wool Bed A Oft Blankets, to close out at, pair ,..--w Regular $4.00 all wool gray and white Bed Blankets, 60x80, to -close out, y sfl at. per pair '.. A.DU - Curious and Romantic Capers of Cupid Fought a Duel for Girl. N A duel, with a girl aa the prize ME for the victor, reports the Rich mond (Va.) Times, James Walker, son of a prosperous farmer, was shot and instantly killed by his etcr Forbes, also a farmer's son. in lurael Hill, Prince Edward county. The men fought with pirtols. They went from a ball room together and took aim by the light pouring through the windows. Forbes was engaged to wed Miss Rosa Carew, and he escorted her to the, ball. Walker hod been an old sweetheart of the young woman, and when they met at the ball he renewed his eult. There had been reports- of the engagement being broken between Forbes and Miss Carew, and It appeared these were confirmed by her en couraging Walker. She danced with htm repeatedly, until Forbes' Jealousy drove him to fury. He went to Walker and upbraided him.- Hot words were exchanged and the two decided to fight to the death. Without telling a word of their Intention to anyone they disappeared from the ball room, and the pistol shots stopped a dance when It was In full swing. A silence fell over the brilliantly lighted room, and then several persons rushed to the windows. A sight more dramatic than If shown on a stage met heir gaze. Two beams of light poured out and one fell on Walker, flat on his back, dead, and the other on Forbes, standing with the pistol still ready in baml and with his face, still set in hate and determination. Miss Carew became hysterical when she realized what had happened and Is In a serious condition. Forbes is in the lockup. Takes Fourth Wife at Seventy. Relatives of William Adams, a prominent and wealthy farmer who resides four miles east of Jeffersonvllle, Ind., were surprised to learn that he had been married In Louis ville to Mrs. Sarah Adallne Heuser of Crandall, Hurrlson county, Ind., and was well on his way to Florida for a bridal trip. It had been known for some time that Mr. Adams contemplated getting married, but objections were interposed by his rela tives and it was thought the match hud been broken off. When he left home he did not' tell his housekeeper, she being the only other member of the family, what his intentions were. Mr. . Adams and Mrs. Heuser met In Louisville and the ceremony ; was per formed. The marriage Is the fourth of the groom, who will be 70 years old next May, and the second of the bride, who is 48 and was divorced from her first hus band. When the friends of Mr. Adams learned of his marriage they began at once to in quire when he would return home, and the reception he will receive promises to be one that he will not forget soon. Mr. Adams owns one of the best farms In Jef fersonvllle township and takes a pride In raising fine crops. la the His lit Direction. A clergyman, who Is absent minded, tells how he once unconsciously helped a bash ful swain. Ha was pondering something theological, when a neighbor's daughter, walking by with her diffident lover, called out to him; "Oh, doctor, we are Just going for a ramble. Won't you Join us?" "With pleasure. Do you want the cere mony in a church?" The bashful lover was suddenly fired . with an enthusiasm 1 that: four years of gnawing; at his heart Utncs bad failed to arouse, ' ana he rainy Goods Department Organdies, German . Novelties, Silk Wm. Anderson Scotch Madras Gingham, per yard New Shirting Madrnsses, per yard New Ktipllsh M:idraasos, per yard Iridescent Silks, per yard Gun Metal Silk Wosh Goods, per yard Wash Messallne, all colors. per yard 86-Inch Silk and Mercerized Eollennes, per yard 25c 25c 39c 50c 59c 59c 59c 1.000 different weaves of high grade Wash Goods, too numerous to mention, from 10c to $2.60 per yard. Samples free to out-of-town customers. 32 and 36-Inch Percales, at. yard A fine line of 36-lnch Percales, at, yard i Bost Flanelettes made, 36 Inches wide. at. yard 7c ..5c 5c 32-inch wide German Calico, ft.r nt. yard , 03 Arnold's Worsted Effects, sold at IDr 19c and 25c, at. i . v 15c neat bright Plaids, 7aC at. yard Ends will be on all Bargain Squares. Ends will be on all Bargain Squares. Goods Department Soveuse In Linos, In Cnrreaux and plain, for Lingerie Waists, at, yard, ClQc 69c, 49c and W-W Art Linens, Shirt Waist Linens, Embroid ered Linens, Handkerchief Linens, Colored Linens, etc., at, yard, Cr' 7Ec, 59c, 49c. 39c and Send for samples of all kinds of Wash Goods and White Goods. Free to out-of-town customers. J?runellas, the $1.50 grade, 1 f1 at, yard Iwt Prunellas, the $1.98 grade, 9: at, yard ! sSO We carry the grandest line of Colored Dress Goods ever brought Into this city Panamas, Koliennes, Batiste, Prunellas and all other weaves, at, yard, $4 On, down to $1.98, $1.50, $1.26. $1.00 1Kr and OC Our Evening Shade lines are replete with an mo newest spring weaves, ncn it, yard, from $2.50 down to-.. mty w Furnishing Specials madras, chambrays and ginghams and with silk or mohair bosoms. Collars at tached or detached. Come in all tho new spring patterns, and are worth Sltr $1.00, Monday OWL. M EN'S INDERSHIRTS Heavy fleece lined worth 69c Monday, 25c MEN'S LISLE HOSE In black, tans or fancy embroidered worth up to lOc 39c Monday, per pair, 19c and FROM 10 TILL U A. M Boys' waists anil blouses In outing flannels, glngliams nnd madrasses. all sizes, worm ud 15c I to 60c, at Extra heavy tan and gray Bed ISf Blankets, to close out, at, palr.,..www Full size 11-4 extra heavy Cotton Bed Blankets, regular $1.26, to close out, at per pair c,v Regular $1.89 and $1.75 extra large size white Cotton Bed Blankets, f S at, per pair ' Home made Bed Comforters, 82 inches wide and 2 yards long, regular 1 12 trt elnaA nut. each S.W Regular S9c full size Bed Spreads, Marseilles patterns, each 55c Regular $1.76 extra large and extra heavy knotted fringe, cut corners, for f 0"i Iron beds, each " shouted: "Yes, yes,' if Maud consents, th sooner the better." Maud consented. Yerkes-Mtsner. The bride, Mrs. Mizner, formerly Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes, Is 61 years old. She is fond of travel She Is devoted to art She loves the companionship of young persons and clever persons. She Is very charitable She Is to build a hospital, She Is worth J2.000,0u0 In her own right, has Jewels estlmiited to be worth 11,000,000 and enjoys the income on J7.50O.0OO for life. -The bridegroom, Wilson Mlsner, is 29 years old. He Is cool, worldly wise and a typical man about town. He Is fond of travel, has been almost all over the United States and spent three yeirs In the Klondike seeking gold. He Is Just 6 feet S Inches in height, has oroad shoulders, large blue eyes,' blnrk hair and strong, even, glistening white teeth. His nerve has made htm the hero of many tales of daring out In San Francisco. The Klsalnsr Record. The east side, New York City, declares that the wedding of Solomon Levin and Miss Mollie Mogllewsky in the Kamlnetx Podolsk synagogue, 60 Attorney street.. February 1, was the finest seen, in a long time. The brldo was kissed 718 times. This Is said to be the record for bride kissing on the east side. Mrs. Levin Is none the worse for It. Wedding; .Novelties. The recent wedding In New York at which the bridesmaids were representative of six nationalities and each felicitated the bride In the language of her own country, was an odd affair, but probably not so well received as the speech of a young EnglUh man who was culled upon to propose the toast, "The Bridesmaids." Apprised of his ordeal In advance he had devised an escape and with the single statement that silence was golden he brought from his pocket a set of gold bangles, which he bestowed upon the attendants of the bride. At a wedding feast at Dol, In Normandy, the demand for a speech resulted In the production of a guitar, upon whtch the speaker accompanied himself while he chanted the jSJSjses of the bride. Had he stopped there all would have been wel), but he chanced to a praise of his store end the guests threw him out of the house. Doubtless a similar fate should have be fallen the sharpshooter who wrote the name cf tie bride upon tho wall with plNtol bullets, to the serious damage of the wall paper. Almost as odd' was the per formance of a German music hall per. former, who, when called upon for enter, talnment, mounted the table upon Ills" hands and balanced himself upon glasses, cup and other furnishings. Explaining His Condition "And you tell your wife everything?" "Well, yes." 'Did you tell her that 1 brought you home the other night when you oouldn't remember your street or number?" "I didn't tell ber that. She looked out of the window and saw you." "And what did you lull her?" - - "I told ber that you had one of the worst oases of contagious Intoxication I bad ever ' been exposed to." C'levelaad .Plala Tsslir