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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.
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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
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