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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1908)
n ftMaaWVi r ragfiiggceiH Showing o2 New Spring Merchandise .Monday Tim OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FERIUTART 2. 100S. rl H m - - . m Mm I & I THB RELIABLE STORK I -J Greatly underpriced, together with stupendous clearance burgains in winter inorohandise constitute greatest fait day of the season and oq of great saving interest to our thousands of cutoiinra a fitting start of the month of this the February. JL THE RELIABLE STREv High Grade Wash Goods Dept. As usual we lead all others in high grade wash goods new' Scotch ginghams, new English voiles, taffetas, bengalines, poplins, etc., new French novelties, voiles, checks, stripes, new Swiss" embroidered novelties, Arnold's celebrat ed silk printed goods; Gaily & Lord's celebrated silk warp ginghams; Anderson's world renown ed Scotch ginghams and everything in high grade wash goods, ujto-date, from 12VaC to $2.50 per yard. Fov popular priced wash goods. Be domestic room ad. High Grade Wool Dress Goods We are now opening up our new foreign wool dress goods department and in order to make room we will close winter goods at the following reduced prices: 85 pieces of German, French and English fancies that Bold at fl.60, $1.98 and $2.60 yard, all will go, at, yard 58 80 pieces of 27-Inch and (2-Inch Walstlngs that Bold from 76c to 11.50 yard, all go at,' yd. 33 e 26 pieces of Priestley's $1.50 black Dress Goods, yard 50 All our Bearskins that sold up to $7.60, all colors that are left, to close quick, yard OSc All winter Broadcloths, In colors only ' (no black) will go at ex actly HALF l'lUCK High Grade LVu7e Goods and Linens Embroidered Swisses, hard work, direct from Switz erland, white French novelties, English Jacquards for waist- ings, etc. High grade Dress Goods, $2.50, $1.50, $1.00 and f5c Scotch Swisses, $1.00, 86c, 75c, 65c, 50c, 39c and ..... 23 Domestic Swisses, 2hc, 19c. 15c and 12H English Jacquards, from $1.04) down to 2o Domestic Jacquards, 39c down to 12 Scotch Madras from 50c down t 15 Domestic ' .Madras 2 5c down to 12K India LlnoUB. $1.00 down to lOt Persian Lawns, $1.50 down 10 French Lawns, 48-Inch. $2.50 down to . 10 40-inch Lawns, from 50c down to 23k English Long, Cloths, from 2i.c tio.vn to lOif For popular priced white goou's see domestic roam add, at yard, from 12'c down to 5 Dianket Department All Blankets COTTON HLAN 60c Cotton Blankets, at $75c Cotton Blankets, at ... . $1.00 Cotton Blankets, at ... . $1.25 Cotton Blankets, at ... . $1.50 Cotton Blankets, at Extra specials will be closed out as follows: KKTS , WOOL BLAXKKTH $1.50 Wool Blankets, at .... $2.00 Wool Blankets, at ... . $3.00 Wool Blankets, at ... . $4.00 Wool Blankets, at . i . . $5.00 Wool Blankets, at ... . $6 Wool Blankets 7.60 Wool Blanks on home-made comfortables: 33 OFF. ..35c M9c 68c 87ic 73c ..95c 1.39 1.79 2.39 $2.05 $3.38 Domestics and Linens in OarfAMMi&VE We have no competition, all the jrenuine brands no just as good." . WTDB BII4CHED MEXTXKCt. -4, all brands 23Vto 10-4, all brands 8420 8-4, all brands !4Uo UKBI.SACKXD SKHZTU.OS. 8-4, all grades....: ISo 8-4. all grades 8O0 10-4, all grades Sso T1SD WXDB BLBACHED. Alarka .4'0 Zodiac 5lao Brlc-a-Brac So Woodbury O'o Ballardvllle 7e Hop. , : 7Vio LonRdale B'o Fruit of the Loom O'.so TABD WlOB UJTBI.EACH.ED. Brendal Mills 4o Decatur LL 60 Gnble Wo rralrlo King . ? , Tto &EADT MADE SHEET. - 72r90.vgood neimd... 33o 72:.0. standard 43o 72x90, good quality 63o 72x90. fine r 39o 81x90, seamed 3o 61x90. good quality Sua 81x90, good quality 1 59o 81x90. fine 65o 81x90. extra Rood 75o PILLOW CASES--MAJB. o. 10c. 'I He, 12', o. ISO, IBo CIKEM TOWELIItd USBT.EACHED 6c, 70, Bc, ' lOo. 1340 LITTER TOWEII3Q BLEACHED (Ho, 7Ho, 040, 9Ho, 10"-o COTTON TOWELIMO. 3c, 3c, SC. 6He Elegant New Spring SUks-fZWJffiZX, A veritable feast of spring silk beauty, together with saving opportunities Monday that Insures bothloHsnre and profit to our throngs of customers. - KAJAII SILKH Plain colors, checks and stripes. riNJAll POXGKKH, elei?nnt assortment of all new shale?. Th choicest line of these beautiful and nonular silk fabrics It h&a ever hern Olir lillHKllt tn nffer Vnthlnp more stylish for spring wear all greatly underpriced. Monday, limit of one patl.rn to a customer, yd QsC i-ongees -in me new rough weaves, Auto 811k, Rubyratt, Cyrene, Etc., in all colors, at, yard $1.50 SI Choicest Hulling, Novelties Elegant new walstlngs that are unequalled display of very best weaves, at, yr(l ;854-81.00-$1.25 Our 91.50 Black Swiss Taffeta, in Monday's sale, at $1.00 Color Taffetas, messallnes, loulsienes, Including black or white, together with a choice line of suit and waist lng novelties, sold regularly up to $1.00 yard, Monday? at.... 49 Natural Jap Wash Silks, at yard, 2 Be, 39c, 49c and 65 Novelty and Plain Silks Uvular 50c values on sale in domestic room Moiiday 35 Font norsixG ulack silk IIAHGAINS hOur $1.35 First I'rlzo Tnjfot.t MG-in. wiae, flionuay $1 in Our $!.) First IYiz 1 afHt.wTin wide, Monday, at, r.rd. si. ti. 1, (Miiict Dress Talfela in. wide, Monday 351.15 Mail orders rere.vod uji till V (Tii-"cl;y noon filled i( these pric-s. Su.Mtdcs of spring silks free to out-of-tovn cut- tomers. Cotton Dress GoodsfWash Goods, Prints and GINGHAMS DEPT. -In Our Famous Domestic Room, 7'6c Prints, fine colors, full stand ard 3'iC Martha Waphlnglon Prints 'jil-ic Genuine Red Seal. A. F. C. .and Toil du Nord Ginghams, from 2 V. to 10 yards In piece., fjp Remnants of India Linons and 40 Inch I,awna, worth to liic. . 5 Closing out 12c Klannelettes, at 5 19c 40-inch Lawns 10c 25c Dotted Swisses, at.... 10c Genuine Amoskeag Apron Checks, at 5?i Soul hern Apron Check, fast rol O'S ' 5 12 Vic Amoskeag Teaeeldowns at 714, 10c Outing Flannels Remnants of 10c Outing Flannel at 34 Rest Table Oil Cloths, in fancies only, no white.. 12H White Trble Oil Cloth . . l 36-lnch double fold cotton Suit ing, fast colors, regular 25c value 7H 25c white wove Flannel.... J 5 35c white wove Flannel.. BOe white wove Flannel.... 25? 39c Wool Eiderdown lt) 50c Krlnkledown '234 Monday Will Be the Last Day of the Greatest Bargain Sale of high Grade Rugs and Carpets Ever Held in Omaha $WO,000 stock of rujs and carpets, alPnew spring patterns, at sweeping price reductions. No seconds, miimatched, soiled or in ant wj digged goods offered in this grzai sale. Every piece of goods guaranteed by us to be absolutely penect ana iusr as represented or money rerunaea. rour Times ins assortment tor selections hen that you II find elsewhere in Omaha. ' $25.00 Axminster Rugs, 9x12 size, floral and ori ental designs, splendid assortment, your choice at $17.25 $15.00 Tapestry Brussels Ruga 9 wire 9x11 size, big range of patterns, on sale at. .$9.90 $13.50 Kashmir Rugs, 9x12 size, handsome ori ental designs, "no wrong side," colors, abso lutely guaranteed, choice, at $9.48 $23.50 Brussels Rugs, extra heavy quality, 10-C-xl2 size, choice .$15.98 All Axminster and Wilton Velvet Carpets, with borders to match, that sold up to $1.50 a yard, in this sale at, per yard. $1.05 $5.00 Axminster Rugs, ;56x72 size, in this sale at, choice $2.89 $1.50 Smyrna Rugs, 30x00 size, on sale at 79c $2.00 Velvet Rugs, size 27x54, on sale at $1.19 $50.00 Royal Wilton Velvet Rugs, 9x12 size, as sortment of rich colorings and patterns, un- equalod elsewhere, sale price $32.50 $18.00 High Spire Tapestry Brussels Rugs 10 wire 9x12 size, splendid line of patterns, at, chice $124)8 $12.50 Tapestry Brussels Rugs, 9x12 size, great est bargains ever shown at, sale price, $7.98 75c Ingrain Carpets, big line of patterns, at, per yard r 55c All Tapestry Erussels Carpets,. with borders to match, worth regularly up to $1.25 a yard, on sale at, yard. .J. 72V&C Many other matchless bargains in high grade Rugs and Carpets in this sale. We guarantee every piece perfect or money refunded. You will find it will pay you well to Try Haydens' First. Out-of-town customers should take advant age of this sale. MAIL ORDERS FILLED if received before 6 o'clock Tuesday P. M. 75c Mlover Embroideries 29c By far the, largest, best selected and lowest priced line of Em. broiderle shown In Omaha. Our buyer "was one of the first In the New York market, and the lines of embroideries we will show the coming season will undoubtedly surpass In high quaUty and low price any to be found elsewhere in this section. The Allover Embroideries on sale Monday are a fair sample of the matchless bargains we will offer throughout the season. See them.. Every yard. shown In this lot worth regularly from 60c to 76c. Fine patterns' for Infants' pBrir-nt8, and large showy patterns 4 for ladies' ahlrt waists the greatest snap ever offered, U1 Aa THREE OTHKR SPECIAL LOTS MONDAY at, yard , . , 1st Lot Embroideries, in medium width, on Bale, at yard 3Hk 2nd Lot Embroideries and Insert lngs, worth 10c, at -ard 5k Zion City Lares The ' lace that pays no Import duty,,. remember. We are sole Omaha agents You can save the 60 per cent duty by buying Zion City Laces the best made. ' Bid Lot Embroideries and lnsertln gs, worth lBc and 20c, at TliJ. 73c Skirt Flouncing, 30c A beautiful line of patterns in ex tra fine quality. 18-inch Flouncings and tancy Walstlngs, actuar values to 75c, in one lot, Monday, yard 39i A few Snaps In Our Crockery Dpt. FOR MONDAY . 1 quart Baking Dishes, each.. 7 Cuspidors, each 74 2 quart Stoue Pitchers, each lO4 Decorated Dinner Plates, ea. J( Decorated Breakfast Plates, at. ach 50 Decorated Soup Plates, at, ea. 7 DecoraU'd Six-Piece Toilet Sets, "V 81.29 Don t forget to ask to see our 25c gas lights. Immense Shovsing " Advance Spring Styles Most Attractively Priced New, Suits, New Waists, New Jackets, New Skirts in all the choicest designs, materials and colors upon which Dame Fashion has placed the seal of her approval. A more attractive early showing was never offered. Hundreds of Elegant New Suits, in prod igal variety of popular fabrics, ranging in shade from the daintiest spring shade to the rich blacks. Designs show beauty and individuality never surpassed. Tail oring is artisticly perfect. You'll be - delighted with the values shown Mon day at $20, $25, $30 $35 and $40 NEW SPUING JACKETS The swellest line of spring styles ever offered in Omaha at this season. Fine chiffon Eroadcloths, Coverts, etc., In all new styles including the nobby tailored ef- f i .at . JS7.50-S10S12.50 S15.00 A Great Line of New Skirts Ele-ant in fabric and finish; perfect In style and fit; French voiles, English Panamas, Etc., in all newest shades, priced at $7.50. SI 0.00 $12.50 P to $30.00 MANY DELIGHTFUL BARGAINS IN WINTER GARMENTS 100 Stylish Coats worth to $25.00, 58 Inches long iu uw ciiuiun oroaaciotns, satin lined through- u ue Monaay $5.00 $10.00 out- $12.50 Coats Monday $3.05 75 CoatB in the lot, 62-Inch length, in fancy mixed fabrics, many worth $12 50 to close, at $3.95 $20.00 .Tailor Suits, $7.50 Made of all wool cheviots, in prince than style, actually worth $20 on sale Monday, to close $7.50 Women's $2.50 Long Kimonos 980 Women's $6W . Silk I'hderskirts, all colors, at $3.05 Unmatched Assortment of New Waists, linens, lawns, lingerie, etc., in the ever popular Marquise, Tuxedo, Savoy and Empire brands. A more attractive lot of dainty style" ideas was never offered anywhere at our early sale prices. The thoughts of the very best designers re produced in these beautiful waista priced below real value Monday each, at $1.98, $2.50, $3.98, $5 to $15 All Fur Scarfs in this sale at Half and. Less. From 8 till 9 a, iu $3.98 Jap Silk- Waists, $1.50 at Special Sate Boys' Knee Pants Suits & Overcoats Monday All styles Suits in sizes from 2Yz to 14 years; Overcoats from 1xz to 8 years, regular values to $6, $1.95-$2.95 Mall Orders filled on all Items here advertised except In case of Hour Sales or where otherwise stilted. Write at once stating from which paper advertisement was taken. From 8 till 10 a, m. $1.50 Coney Fur Scarfs, at ' 250 From 0 till 11 a. m. Children's Coats, worth to $5.00, choice t $1.00 From 10 a, m. till 12 m. Women's Waists, worth $100, at 1 Buy Your Groceries at Hayden's tl lbs. best pure cane Granulated Sugar for n.oo 48-lb. sacks best fancy high patent Flour for 1. 35 10-lb. sacks beat granulated White or Yellow t'ornmeal 15c lbs beat hand picked Navy Beans.. 2ic 6 lba. choice Japan lUce J6c Oallon cana Applea, Tomatoes, Peaches, Plums or KtrinKlena lieans 35c 10 bars best brands Laundry Soap . . . inc Burnham's Hasty Jellycon, per pkg..5c Klpe or Stuffed Olives, per bottle.... 9o Peanut Butler, per Jar Se lf V. ii Win! to Savt Yourself 25 per cenf to SO percent On Your Housekeeping Expenses The beat Soda or Oyater Craok?rs, lb. tic The beat erlnp Dinger Snaps, lb 6c The beBt criap Pretaeia, lb 6c The best Micl.iKan Butter Crackers, lb. 5c The beat fancy Cookies, regular 12 c and 15c grades, per lb lOo Choice California Pruned, per lb 5o Kancy f-'anta Clara Prunes, per Ib-.jc Fancy Muir Peaches, per lb 12Hc Fancy Cleaned Currants, per lb lie Fancy MuNcatel Kaialnx, per lb 8c Fancy Beeded Raisins, per pkg 7JtiC Fancy Uoiden Santos Coffee, per lb.l5o Fancy Porto Rico Blend Coffee, Ib..20i; Fancy Ankola Blend Coffee, lb 25c The best Tea KLftinga, per lb ldo VEGETABLE AKD TST7IT PRICES. Freeh Cauliflower, per head. Fresh Spinach, per peck i'resh Shallot Onions, 3 bunches Fresh Carrots, per bunch Fresh Turnips, per bunch Fresh Beets, per bunch Hothouse lettuce. 2 heads for.... Fancy Head Lettuce, per had 7o Fancy Wax or Green Beana, per lb. . .20c Two heads fresh Beliuvua Celery.... 5c 7 Vic ,2Uo ..5c ..6c . .5c . .6c .5c Try HJWDEaVS Firs Two bunchea fresh Parsley 6c Fancy Holland Heed Cabbage, per lb., lc Brussels Sprouts, per lb 16c Rutabagas, Turnlpii, Carrots, Beets, Parsnips or Red Onions, per lb 2c Fancy, large 3uo size Lemons, per dosen 12c Fancy Popcorn, 3 lba. for 1 US Black Walnuts, per peck. 3i)c TUe btst Mixed Nuts, per lb 10c KXOHZJUID ItATEL OKA OB BAX.E MONDAY. 126 size Highland Navels, per doi. 150 size HiKliland Navels, per tlos. 176 size Hlglilund Navels, per doz. 200 size Highlund Navels, per doz. 2a0 size Highland Navels, per iloz. 288 size Highland Navels, per doz. There is no substitute for the High land Navels. The richest and sweetest orange that grows. 30c 'Jhc. 20c 1 fie 12c, lUc Hayden Bros.' Cut Price Drug Department Don't miss Monday's big soap sales. Soaps worth 12c and 15e go at three for 10c Ivory Soap 4c Pear's Unscented 9c William's Shaving Soap '.6c 25c Talcum Pawder, Eastman's 8c BOc.Gettlng's Massage Cream (one day) 21c 25c Swan's Down Talcum Powder, special 25c Satia Skin Cream 25c Lusterite Nail Enamel, -lb. 20 Mule Team Borax 10c Chamois, special 6c Chamois, snecial Dabrook's, Lily of the Valley , .8c ,10c l'Jc , .7c .0c .Sc Li lac, MiiBk, Heliotrope, and other bOc odoi-s, special for Monday, per ounce, at .ac We carry a full line ht vaccina tion shields, absorbent gauze and cotton. Buy tt Hayden's.cut price drug department. Gleanings from Story Teller's Pack A Mark' ( KMurct. "Andrew Carnegie," said a Pittsburg millionaire, "enjoys a Joke. One of his jokea made me laugh on my last visit to gkibo Castle. Mr. Carnegie was entertaining at the time a Montenegrin prince. The morning sfter the prince's arrival we set out In a k huge motor ear for a long run, and aa we whined paat an inn a great crowd of hlghlandera. roee from the benches before the inn and saluted ua. "The prince seemed amased at the High land dreaa. "'Why,' he' asked, 'do Uiese men go bare-legged? " 'It Is a local custom,' said Mr. Car negie; ' mark of respect for you, sir. In aome places people take off their hata to ahow honor to distinguished visitors; here they take oft their trousers.' "Dundee Advertiser. "U1Ib4 Te'aM ' RaarkabU Memerr. Th C.eath of Thomas Warhurst, who was for many years manager for "Blind Tom,' lie negro pianist, and who acted In that capacity also for Heller, "the magician. and for eeveial minstrel ahoma when that form of entertainment was.lu its senllK. recalls one of his professional experiences to which he frequently referred. "We were to give an afternoon and an evening per formance in Albany," be Jd to a New York Tribune reporter, "and I was taking Tom' into Tweddle hall, when a lot of well dressed children stopped and looked at in artiat. One little girl said: 'I wish I could hear him play.' and I asked the whole lot to come In and I'd treat them. After much persuasion I succeeded in getting the little girl who waa responsible for the Impromptu concert to play for me. Tom listened, ana when he had fixed the simple melody niadt his usual geature of delight and then sal down and played the little girl's 'company piece,' first aa ahe had played It, errors and all, and then with hla own variations. Vv't had a splendid' house that night, although the advance aale had been poor, auid I al ways attributed the full bouse to the talk which the children's experience bad created In town that day. It gave me a valuable cue and we had frequent experiences aftei that some of them not entirely accidental like the one at Tweddle Hall." A OsuiJbi Carnal lsseat. On Mary Twain's seventy-second birth day a Hartford clergyman said of him: "No wonder he finds happiness In old age. All the aged would Toe happy if they were as sympathetic, and aa kind aa he. He la constantly going out of his way to please others, and the result Is that he Is constantly pleasing himself. "Listen, for Instance, to the Quaint com pliment be paid me the last time be caiue to hear me preach. He waited for me at the church door at the end of the service, and, shaking me by the hand said gravely " 'I mean no offense, but X feel obliged to tell you that the preaching this ' morning has been of a kind that I can spare. I go to churoh, air, to pursue my own train of thought. But today I couldn't do it. Tou Interfered with me. You forced me to at tend to you, and lost me a full half hour, I beg that this may not occur again.' " I $v she Was la No Hurrr. The Rev. Dr. Wallace, new pastor of the East End Baptist church, brought a new one to Cleveland with him. According .o the story, a Boston girl got on tlie street car one day carrying one of those muffs the size of an ordinary hassock. She had only one hand In the muff. A ' young man sitting next to her took advan I tage of the opportunity to slip his hand Into the unoccupied end of the muff. The Boston girl turned upon him aeverly. "I could have you arrested for such a fa miliarity," she said. "But." ahe added. "I'm from Boston and I purpose to keep calm. Now, I'll Just give you ten minutes to let go of. my hand." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Saved Wedded Same Nlgtht. To end the old year right and to start the new daa the same way waa evidently the desire of George H. Roseman, 23 yrara old, a machinist of Garrett. Ind.. who was converted the last hour of 1!M7 and married the first hour of lSuK. Roseman and his fiancee. Mice Lena Wade, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wade, attended tlie watch meeting at the Metho dist church on New Year's eve, and be fore the meeting' closed Roseman Joined a number of other converts. After the con gregation had dispersed Hone-nan produced a marriage certificate and suddenly asked the pastor. Rev. P. K. Powell, If ho would perforin the ceremony at once. The pastor readily acquiesced and at 1 o'clock mude Roseman' and Miss Wade man and wife. "Mamma, here's a, question that has al ways puzzled me," said S-year-old Marjorie, perplexedly. "How Is It that when I am dressed i wear all my clot Ins, but when you Ureas a chicken it has nothing on at all?" opening the pamphlet the other pages were found to he blank. Carpenter's Letter (Continued from Page Two.) takes a whack at the wild beasts during the Intervals of his editorial writings. Mi. Lor.gaortii lit.$ done some newspaper wtork In the I'nilrd Slates, and waa editing a utwbpaver at Cairo, Egypt, Just before he came here. Another paper uf note la The Star of )ast Africa. This la owned by Mr. Low. the brother cf A. Maurice Low. the Weil known Washington correspondent of the Boston Globe and London magazines. The Star Is very American in its methods, and It delights In sensations. Last week It published a supplement consisting of a pabiphlet of sixty-four pages, on the out side of which was printed in large type the words. "What the British government La doing fu British Dust Africa." Upon Hotels ls Africa. Nairobi hus three hotels, the Norfolk, the Stanley and the Masonic, and tlie ac commodations In them are comfortable. 1 am stopping at the Norfolk at the upper end of the town. It Is a low one-story building, with a wide porch in front, sepa rated fTom the dirt street by a, picket fence, and shaded by eucalyptua trees sighing and moaning. The charges are 13.23 a day, Including meals, but I have to l.ave my own servant to make my bed and attend to my errands. I have a room at the back with a fine view of the stable, and R German sportsman next door, who has a little cub lion about a big as a Newfoundland dog, tied in a box outride his whitlow. During a part of the day he lets the baby lion out. and ties him by a rope to one of the pillars of the porch. The animal seerns harmless, but his teeth are Miarp. and he is entirely too playful to suit me. Besides he roars at nltflu. The hortes here are fairly good, but the charges fur them are high. When I ride out on horseback it costs me $1 1 an hour, and the carriage rates are still more. Ti.e Ix-ht way to sret about Is tn the Jinriklshas, using netroes as beasts of burden For a long ride over the plains horses are necessary. Amerlraa Trade. As to the heavy hauling of this part cf Kast Africa It la mostly done by the sacred cattle of India. I mean the clean- cut animals with great humps on their backs. They are fine looking and are ap parently well bred. Some cf these beufcts are hitched to American wagons brounlit out here from Wisconsin. I saw such a team hauling a Kentucky plow through the (streets of Nairobi yesterday. Indeed, I find that American Roods are slowiy making their way into these wilds. Ameii can axes, sewing' machines and American sowers and planters are sold by the East Indians. The druy stores carry our patent medicines, and every market has more or les American cottons. The wood cutters are using American axes, but they conl plain of the flat or oval holes made for the handles. ' They say that a round hole wouM be better, as the natives who do the wood cutting are clumsy and tlie handles snap off at the ax. If round holes were used, heavier handles could Iks nut In and the natives could make them themselves. .ISallrond aad telegraph rater. Nairobi promlaea to become one of the railroad ceniera of this part of the world. It Is the chief station between the Indian ocean and Lake Victoria, and a road la now proposed from here to Mount Kenla. By1 and by that may connect with the Ger n un road from Taiua to Kilinanjars. Tiie country through which tlm fganda railway goes Is among the poorest iu the colony, and the Mount Kenla road will open up a rich agricultural reginn which is thickly populated by trlbce more than ordinarily Industrious. The railroad shops Sre here, and the employes have a larse collection of tin cottage, for their homes The headquarter, of the railroad. wiiie all the chief officers stay, are one-siory tin buildings, and tiie telegraphic offices aie connected wltji them. Both rnllroiids and telemapha are run by the government. The telegraphic rates are comparatively Inw. Away out here In the wMdi of Africa one enn Hend messnges fur more cheaply II, an In the I'nited Hiutcs. I can send eight words from here to 1'gainU for 33 cents, and can telegraph to Ixindon about as cheaply as you ran tel.gra.iii from New York to Ban Francisco. This Is so not withstanding the difficulty which the lineman have to keep the wires in shape. I have already told you how the natives steal the wire from iiic .rules and make bracelets.-, anklets and earrings of 11. They can use It for trading, nnl In some dis tricts It will pass s money. During the Nandl rebellion. fort-ndd miles of wire weie carried any un.l never recovered nnd In one of the provinces adjoining t'giinda, shove Lake Victoria, the natives are so crazy after the copiH-r wire there used that It Is almost Impossible to keep the lines up. Another serious dunrer to the telegraph Is the big aranie. The giraffes reach up and piny with the brackets and 'pull the wire this way ml t' at. At Naivasha. the Iilr-lMipotiui'l huve (imp or I'r'ce butted down the p-iics, and I i!n.le-s:and they have been doing considerable damage to the lines along the coast near the Tana river. In the heart of Pganda. the mon keys have a way of swinging on the wlrea and twisting them together which stops the trsnsmlHHion of many messages. so Unit. Indeed, the way of the lineman Is paid. FRANK Q. CARI'JUNTiaL j i