?iut-cf-town custo
Vr fners should or
der at once by ma.iL
THE RELIABLE 8TORE
1 '
Elegant New Silks Attractively Priced
Fashion h Indicated her approval of the rough silks for
aprln dreM and onr showing Includes ail the new weaves la tie
richest colorings.
Itahaxtyatn, Shan tongs, Rajmha,
fancy Iorufeea, Auto Blllta, etc,
all mpst attractively priced for
Monday's Belling, per yard,
t 85 SI. $1.25. 81.50
A ever before at tills time baa
Onr showing of the new weaves
and colorings for spring wear
been so complete. ,
The dictates of your own de
sire and Dame Fashion's decree
oan be readily satisfied at a
savtog bore. As ever, we lead
In variety and quality of silk
display.
FOUR ROCSnVQ BLACK SILK
$1.75 O. J. Bonnet Black Taf
fetas, 86-in. wide, on sale at,
rri $1.19
Heavy Black Taffetas, 36-in.
wide, sal table for petticoats
and linings, great bargains at,
08
Black Dress Taffeta, 27-in,
wide, very special at...(J9
$1.30 Black Peau de Solo. 86
ln. wide, fine, heavy quality,
splendid bargain, yard, 80
Rich Weaves In Plain and Fancy
Silks, Including Messalines,
Peau de Cygnes, Poplins, Taf
fetas, Rajahs, Pongee Dress
Chiffons, Lining Taffetas, etc.
Borne of them displayed In
our 16th St. window the past
few days, almost unlimited as
sortment of colorings and
weaves, regular value np to
flJJO a yard. In two lots at,
Pr y1" 60 nd 30
Mall orders filled at above
prices till Wednesday noon.
Omaha's Headquarters for
Housekeeping Linens
S5 pieces full bleached and silver bleached Table Damask, two yards
wide, warranted pure linen, 11.25 and si. 6.0 .qualities special, Mon-
, day, yard , .
BO doeen all pure linen, full size. Dinner Napkins, worth. up to four
and five dollars per dozen special Monday, dozen $3.35
BO snow white hemstitched Table Cloths, extra large site, German man
ufactureour 2.00 grade, special Monday, each . . . . . J1.1Q
An elegant assortment of all our center pieces, tray cloths and dresser
scarfs, 76c and 81.00 val nearspecial Monday, each 30
Three tables full of high grade Towels, In hemstitched hucks and satin
damasks, containing from 20c to 45c values a anas for the hotel
man special Monday, each 10c. 14c and jjj
One hundred elegant Bod Spreads, come in fringed and plain hem,
heavy and durable our tl.76 quality special, Monday, each Qg
cars'! si - s
Many Price Magnets Monday
in highest seasonable merchandise
The Leading Dress Goods House of the West
Onr vast quantities, ounmperior qualities and our exceedingly low prices, enables us not only to
lead but far outdistance all other competitors in this part of the country in wool dress goods.
ah the leading brands of the old and new world It
j TUB RELIABLE STORE
-iiKU.IJ'iM IKtlU!HMiMlllliJ.iimiiLJiim ni m j '"'Hm
r7ry buying by mail
you'll fnd it per
fectly satisfactory.
(won Qlmnnla A t4. . . . .
ebrated "Spot Proof fabrics. Fredrick irnnu, " ""un raDrics. rrieet.ey s coi-
. . . . - , w.u.ou tauiiio, iu-wb American raDrics, and in ract a 1
products are found here. Several of these Hum. .r .t,i,.M ... !
-v-.j wuuucu iu ui iur umuB.
the leading mills'
lar Price. Afternoon only One pattern
. i .li nf H'v mi .r a v aim. " t .1 .
noon onlr on. nlM , " er 10 l1? our Dew novelties we will sell-fore-
- - "a-v'- swuh in block at exactly half Result
" buuub in Biuca at exactly half Regular Price.
Exits Specfas In Wash Goods, Wol Drtss Goods. Outings Whltt
aocds'our Famous Domestic Room
SALE
Rugs and Carpets
THIS
WEEK
Most complete assortment and very best qualities at less price
than elsewhere, and onr credit system provides for payment to salt
your own convenience. Investigate.
$15.00 Tapestry Brussels Rags,
size 9x12, Bale price. . . $13.50
$18.00 Tapestry Brussels Hags,
size 9x12, Bale price. . -914.08
$16.00 Tapestry Brussels Rugs,
size 8-3x10-6, sale price. 13.00
$12SO Tapestry Bmssels Rugs,
size 6x9, sale price $8.50
$80.00 Extra Axmlnster Rugs,
size 9x12, big range of patterns,
on sale at 323.00
$25.00 Extra Axmlnster Rugs,
size 8-3x10-6, Oriental and floral
"patterns; special $18.50
$35.00 Bigelow Electra Rugs, size
9x12; special $37.08
$25.00 Wilton Velvet Rugs, size
9x12; special $18.50
$13.50 Kashmir, no wrong Bide,
lza 9x12; special $10.00
8J7.50 Kashmir Rugs, size 6x9,
Bale price &5X)8
$1.60 Smyrna Rags, splendid pat
terns, size 30x60, at fiHt
$2.00 Velvet Rugs, size 27x54;
special sale price $1.25
$2.50 Axmlnster Rags, size 27x64;
choice $1.08
No-Piece Curtain Stretchers, bass
wood frame, at 98
7-Foot Window Shades, best qual
ity oil opaque, at 45
7-Foot Window Shades, best qual
ity water colors, at 25
Big Line Cocoa Mats, on sale
at 98c, 75c and 59
Prom 9 to 10 A. M. One case of Bleached Mus
lin, 7140 grade, at, yard 3Ac
All Day 39o Ginghams, 25c black Satin, 25o
Scotch Ginghams, 19o Madras, 39o printed Or
gandies, and other, goods worth up to 50c a
J" at 10c
36-inch French Percales, 25o Swiss Appliques,
39o white Waistings, 15c Long Cloth, 19o Per
sian Lawns, etc., yard 714.3
36-inch full standard Percales, 12Y2o Outing
Flannel, 7V2o Indigo Prints, 15c White Goods
etc., yard gc'
12J4c Vhite Goods, 12y2o and 15o BatisteV7i2o
Turkey Red Prints, 12y2c Silkoline, all at Sc
6y2o Cotton Toweling oc
Also 15 other specials on taiies for all day.-
Shettings, Muslins and Dtmestiks
In Our Famous Domestic Room
. Wo Off Brands, all the Genuine Article.
"Nothing Just as Good or a Utile Better"
Pepperell,
9-4
at
9-4
8-4
at
8-4
at
unbleached,
lHc
Pepperell, bleached 18c
Pepperell, unbleached,
; 154c
Pepperell. bleached.
17Wc
Good, wide Muslin, un
bleached 4jjc
Yard wide good bleached
MuBlln t 45ic
Lonsdale yc
Fruit of the Loom. c
Hope 6jC
18-lnch Diaper Clotb.. 5)c
20-inch Diaper Cloth". . 55c
22-inch Diaper Cloth.. 60c
24-inch Diaper Cloth 62 He
27-inch Diaper Cloth.. 05c
genuine
Diapers are the
Red Cross brand.
SHEETS
72-90 Pppperell 52c
81-90 Pepperell 50c
81-00 Whitethorn 70c
81-90 Wamsutta 05c
72-90 Waco 43c
81-90 Standard 45c
81-90 t'tlca 65c
72-90 Eureka 48c
CASES
45-36 Whitethorn lc
45- 36 Standard 12c
42-36 Standard 10c
42-36 Pullman 18c
42-36 Crescent 12c
42-36 IJnen Finish 15c
46- 36 Fruit 15c
Great Embroidery Sale
Monday ws will alvs our coatomsrs anothu opportunity to (ecur thtlr
ebolo of thosa basutlfal ombroldsriss AT JUST ULr run
'' All k in d or mbr Merit and nsfrt'n.i in matched set,
oil new fmk goods tn the vet" fin.st quality naiiwwtit,
camfcriot, twines and bUit d iint'i baby sris, extra wicU
skirt flouncing, fteavy designs in band and wnintia
iff.
Secured at forced sale at 50c on the dollar, on sslo Mniulav
Jl'ST HALF KIXilLAH PRICES. Come early. Sx-ure first choice.
LINEN LACKS A uplcndid line of Linen Laces, in big oit-
mrnt of pretty patterns, on sale In two lots:
FIRST LOT. per yard. . - 2H BKCOXD LOT, per yard. . .5
High Grade Wash Goods Department
b moil r.
Tha lirfMt ths grantoot vaHetr--tlia baat saUted
aonabla prioad V'.vsh rood darmrtmant In tha ant.
Spring- Kevalaiaa Woven voif-a, Scotch KliiKhimi, Entrllnh woven nov
eltlfa, hYench silk, warp slnirhiitna, Arnold's celebrated silk warn
plain and printed novelties, printed Irlnh dlmltlna, Fronch prlnt(i
bRtinle, Irish pnpllna. mercerized taffetan. printed madraa, Lorrnlna
tlHKiie, Kmbroldcred (ilk orjcnnillen and numarons other lines at per
vnrd 10c, laVio, 16o, ISo, 85o, 39o, 6O0, 75c, $1.00 and $1. DO
Extra Bpcclala 15 pieces of c Silk warp gingham and 16 pieces of
Site silk ,arp mniiSHllne , X5o
For popular priced Wash Goods saa Domestic room.
High Grade White Goods Dept.
This Department Is Now Loaded Down With All Our New
ipting Goods
A Display of New Spring Garment Styles
an JTl f Msortment beauty of style any showing ever made in Omaha
us first as Omaha's style and bargain center. ranJc
?..8,hto ca ft" attention to a very comDlet a k...
ComeZee.fni.SPul" Me Bntterfly SnUs.
for .OTlnr-Uaa linr.r""" ' i0'' J ?rtaia favorite
ttOafk aaay1 A STat SW
EWant Rlllr B-i . P" u flKSO
Women's $6.00 Silk Underskirts, all'colors 'at'.'.'." 2
20.00 Broadcloth Coats Moo-inn $3.3
made of black chlXn hel0" 5"m.?nt8. the lot.
at Baui1 Imel throughout,
a t rwy u 1 ss.nn
7' uu Waists White or ecru, at
?iZ $2-f Umonos on sale Monday' at'
$1.00 Flannelette Dressing R,.. y'
, . n cuoice .... ,4 1
w omens waists, that would sell
93.00
$2.98
08
tH',:ry prloeo that nwan a savins; to you of from 88 to 60
i lba. best pure caue Uranulated Butfar 1 The best crisp P
w fl.00
Monday only 48-lb. sack bast X highest
pataat Flour, mad from tha finest card
winter wheat, per Back $1.80
10-lb. sock best granulated white or yellow
Cornraaal lSo
10 bars any brand beat Laundry Soaps 26o
lbs. ohoioe Japan Rice 25o
4 lba beat Pearl Tapioca 2fio
2-lb. cans f anor Sweat Hiwar Corn fin
z-10. cans xancy wax or Lima Beans
Bfir Grocery 1 Sale Monday
wax or umt k.bii, tu.a
2-iu. cans Bona Decked Toina,toa 8Ua
uanon cane i-umpitina. Tomatoes, Apples,
Peacheti or Plums S60
1-lb. can Royal or Dr. Price's Baking pow
der for 8 Bo
OH or Mustard Sardine, per can 3Uc
The best Soda or Oyster Crackers, lb.... So
The best crisp, Olnger Snaps, lb........ to
bunoh
eriitn Pi,..; ." '"'""' UI
Th Kt ui.ki... TSr.V? 00
The bt fancy'Sw CookleTot
vr 160 per lbV,0r
Ef.f"rHS- 1l5lta viti'DrypricVi'MCora
Make Breaiefast Pood, per pkir 7uS
Choice California Prunes? pe? &. ' 'Ist
Fancy Banta Clara Prunes! Der lb! ?Un
Fancy Cleaned Currants, per lb. . . ' gSS
Fancy California Dried drapes, per it. lo
Fancy Mulr Peaches, per l . ...i jiTS
Fancy Muscatel Raisins, per lb. .... 2o
rrults and Vegetables for Mondays
Cberri boXM fany rlP Florida Straw
i'ancy fresh Shalot Onlona. per bnnchl.oo
ovtdars of pore food products la tha west.
rancy rresti Beets. Carrots or Turnlns. per
60
So
2 heads the best hothouse'Lettuce!
Fancv heasl T .itm.. ...
Fancy large bunches fresh Radishes! '.6c
" uvuivuM rim riuiL Der nnrwn 7U.
.60
15o
7Ho
ancy Cucumbers, each
Kancy ripe Tomatoes, per lb
Fancy lartre Cauliflower, per head
Beets. Carrots Parsnips, Turnips, Rutaba
gas or Red Onions, per lb. ..T7. . 2o
Fresh Holland Seed Cabbage, per lb....:io
Fancy Fard Dates, per lb!.?.. ,!ioc
fancy new Honey, per rack i6o
o jjp rTuit. eacn
Lrire
Cioalng ont onr aeventh'oai 'of Highland
v' Monday at, par doaan, 80,
lSo, 16o, 17Ho and llOo.
vTi p an "ar than apples
.wuu me year.
to eat
-69
English Long Cloths .
25c Long Cloth 1J
19c Long Cloth 10c
16o Lone Cloth 12Hc
12 c Long Cloth 10c
India Linons
25c grade for 15c
19c grade for 10c
12Vc grade for ?Hc
Imported India Linons, 80c, 75c,
65c and 50o
40-lnch Lawns
19c grade : . . . . 12 He
15c grade 10
10c grade 7 c
Dimities
In checks and stripes, at, a yard,
89c. 26c, 19o and 12c
Blanket Clearing
Sale
Last Extra SpedarSalt on Blankets
All 69c Blanketa to
All 1 nn ni..i 'iCF7
i.vv Diwteu 7 AC
1 ec i
A Clearing Sale of White Porcelain
Itn a ,
vvnite Covered Dishes 15c
Dinner Plates, each .3c
Pie Plates, each 2c
Odd Saucers, each lc
Unhandled Cups, each. .' !lc
White Australian China Cups
and Saucers, a set 30c
Open Vegetable Dishes 7C
Large size Vegetable Dishes,
each iqc
Large assortment of Soup
Coupes at, each 3C
Do not telephone but get here
eany ana get first choice.
Try, Hay den's First
All
All fl.25 Blankets..
All S1.50 Blankets...
All $2.50 Blankets. ...
All $3.00 Blankets. ..
All $4.00 Blankets at.
All $5.00 Blankets at
All $6.00 Blanketa at.
All $7.00 Blankets at.
Home Made Oomfortahlna
All $2.10 Comfortables. . L39
All $2.60 Comfortables.. t 79
All $3.00 Comfortables. . 1 95
All $4.00 Comfortables.. 8225
All $5.00 Comfortables.
All $8.00 Comfortables.. S3 50
All $8.50 Com tar tables. . $5)0
80
OS
$1.45
S 1.1)5
83.19
$3.98
$4.25
4.95
Persian Lawns
45-tnch Persian Lawn, regular 89o
grade 25o
25c grade l.Vs
19c grade , 12Hc
40-inch French Lawns
19c grade 100
25c grade .... ....... j9o
60c grade 80c
65c grade 50c
85c grade So
6t. Gall Swisses, $L98. $1.60, 98a,
76c and 50c
Scotch Swisses, $1.00, 85c, 69c,
39c and 25o
Domestic Swisses, 26c, 19c, 16c,
12 c and loo
Hardware Dept.
6-ft. Stepladder, Monday...
4-ft- Stepladder, Monday.. 39
Family Scales, worth $1.60, 79J
$1.25 Ironing Board, with stand,
G9
76c Patent Lantern, Monday 39
6 ft Clothes Horse, worth $1.00,
at 69
25c Padded Sleeve Boards . .15
Child's ilio enameled Chamber. . .ISo
Parlor Brooms, 6 tie. Monday.. 18Ho
BOo brass Wash Boards. Monday BOo
Enameled Rloe Oooltar, I o.t 38o
Large a-alvanlzed Wash Tub SSo
Small galvanised Wash Tub.M...9o
8o Clothes Baskets, willow S9o
LarKe boxes Tooth Picks a4o
Toilet Paper, per roll.. 8H0
80 pkg. Carpet Tacks
BaSTy blue enameled white lined 14.
quart, SOo slae Disk Tmju S5o
Lace Curtains and Draperies
A display whloh rrreals tha riohest. daintiest and moat beaatlrol oonoep.
ttons of the foremost mannfaotarars of tha world, marked at pnrchaae 00m
palllng prloas for MondaTs seUln. Tou'U andonbtedlr par mors UUr for
- ' mam m.m.mmf m'.m. mj .
Tin nti T n. ISi.!.. . .
effects, the most popular curtain of
the season. In prices ranging, per
pair, from S5.O0 to $2&00
Ha4 Had Arabian Curtains, elegant
remaraaDia Dargalna,
natteriui. ajid
at sale price, per pair....
Curtain Madras, at, yard. . .
a, yam
.Sw60
0fU,.5? Onrtalns Oreat range of
beautiful patterns, suitable for par
lor, dining room and library, 4
Inches wide. In white or ecru, at,
D'i' 93.9B, 92.98 and 91.88
Fancy Vets at. yard S9o
8.60 Tapestry Portieres, plain colors,
with fancy bordnra. speolal at $3.98
Sample Bope rortleres Monday at
-si - -at -at .M ai . . ' I
lit" w w wu -""-VLnj-aW- I .M . . 'm I -w MO
J" I 1
Curious Capers of Cupid
T
Casld "Beat a Block.'
ILE "Question Popper," Installed
at Follansbee, W. Va.. Dust
across the river from Btauben
vllle, O., by the eight members
of the Girl Leap Tear club, Is
proving Its worth. 80 far It
has brought about one marriage and one
engagement. Now It Is to be secretly
moved to another girl member's home, and
- the young man on whom It is to be op
erated will be an easy victim, It Is pre
dicted. It only required a week for tha "popper"
to score a signal triumph at tha home of
Miss Bertha McWtthers, where John Wil
liams, It Is said, expected to toast his
shins serenely all winter. They were mar
ried tha day after the popper started to
Work. Two weeks later, Thursday evening,
at tha home of Miss Jean Hardy, the
popper" put the crimp on Samuel Rich
ards. Both young men are helping the
young women maintain tha secret of the
Invention. The other six girls are await
ing their turn, and confidently expect to
be married within six months.
The elub has refused irtany requests
from out of town to divulge the "popper
secret
' Star a d DmaWr,
Formal announcement was made tn
Washington, recently, of tha engagement
of Miss Maud Aahford and former Senator
Henry Oaaaaway Davie. Miss Ashford con
firmed tt. It Is stated that Mr. Davis'
(Beta h ants 1879.)
Chaws WhLH tm SJasa
l7hoopJrig-Caufjh, Croap,
BrwncnitM, Coughs,
Diphtriorfa, Catarrh.
CoaHStoott oaa ba placed in a rem
edy, which for a quarter of a century
has earned nnquallaed praise. JLetiuJ
nights are assared at once.
Cttwtltvssy h m Boost to Asthmatic
UrifU$ ana Mat.
Otaauraus A nttaactle
Ttiaoat lile(a (w she
unriieixl tbroat, of
yuar dj-nggint or rrata
ava. la seamy.
Us) VsaXressks Co,
I SO Rett SU K. V.
gift to tha bride will be H. 000,000. in oon
slderaUon of which sh will waive her
dower, rights.
.Mr. Davis, the candidate for tha vice
presidency on the ticket with Alton B.
Parker. U a millionaire thirty times over.
It Is said. There has been current ever
since the engagement was rumored a story
that Mr. Davis' two daughters, Mrs.
Stephen B. Elkins, wife of tha senator
from West Virginia, and Mrs. Arthur Lee,
opposed the marriage of their father, who
Is 86 years of age.
It la still said that Mra Elkins refuses
to admit an engagement, but that Mra
Lee and Miss Ashford are on perfectly
friendly terms. They have been friends
for years, and the engagement Is the re
sulfj of an attachment formed at Grace
lands, the country home of the Lees In
West Virginia, when last summer Miss
Ashford. a house guest there, consented
to care for the children of Mr. and Mrs.
Lee while they made trips away from
home. Senator Davis was also there.
Though no date has been given for the
marriage, it la understood It will be In tha
near future.
Off With the OldOa With tha Naw.
Twenty-four hours aft she obtained a
divorce In Davenport from her husband.
C. F. Butler of Dea Moines, Mrs. Alice M.
Butler, known as the only woman railway
promoter In America, was married se
cretly In St, Louis to 8. F. Moore of
Coshocton. O.. chief civil engineer of her
projects and her heaviest creditor in re
cent bankruptcy proceedings.
Mra Moore was forced by hr creditors
into bankruptcy. Her only assets were
wearing apparel and personal effects worth
J10. Iter heaviest creditor was Mr.
Moore, who had a claim of nearly $7,000
for his professional servlcea Bhe has
now cancelled this obligation by becom
ing his bride. ,
As grounds for a divorce Mrs. Moor
claimed that she was compelled to leave
bar husband In 1901 in Dea Moines be
came of domeatic trouble and nonsupport
and became a promoter that aha might
make a living for hcraelf and child. Bhe
has one daughter In tha 'teens.
Mra Moore first attracted attention
when aha promoted aad hrnua-ht tn v..
tha Cclfax-Des Moines Interarban rail
way, which was tha first in low .n
now one of tha best urinr h. ...
nicrLea the Bt Joteph, St an berry , and
iNonnern road In Mlasourl, and most of
her creditors listed tn tha hankmai
proceedinga live there. Her last promo
tion waa mi uavenport and Maquoketa,
which was recently sold to St. IMila ,iui
West Virginia persona
la av letter to relatlvas in Des Moines
Mrs. Moors announced that she will con
Onus to promote railways that she may
pay back in full all of her creditors.
i Kelreaa Wada ChaanVart
Dexterity In avoiding a collision while
acting as family chauffeur won for Rob
ert W. Ollmore the admiration of Miss
Miriam Dehors two years ago. Lent week
the two were married In St, Louis. The
new Mrs. Gllmore, IS years of age. la vha
adopted daughter of Mra John A. De
vore. whose husband died, leaving property
worth K50.000. Tha girl was a pupil in the
Prtnclpla school for girls, In St. Louis, and
whan her mother accompanied her to tha
train to see her off to school there was no
suspicion In tha parent's mind that the girl
waa contemplating matrimony. Gllmore
presumably was on his way to San Fran
cisco. Instead he met Miss Devore In St
Louis. He asserts he and tha girl had been
engaged lor a year.
Baaroed.
Th Massachusetts delegation hold tha
belt for lack of personal beauty In this
congress. It waa not always thus. In re
cent congresses the personal beauty of Re
presentative McNary, who had the finest
set of whiskers aver seen out of Albany,
brought up tha average. But McNary la
n longer with us, and today tha reason
was unfolded.
MoNary borrowed a cigar from tha cor
respondent of a Boston paper. In an ex
cess of courtesy the lender struck a light
and held It toward th orifice In McNarys
fac whloh had Just opened to receive the
cigar. Ha miscued and set MsNarys whls
wers on fire. McNary put out th confla
gration, but so much had been burned off
that hia face looked lopsided and he had
cigar. Ha miscued and aet MoNary whls
among his constituents, and when they got
a good look at him a mighty roar of indig
nation went up. -
"Is this the faoe we have been voting
for ail these years?" they demanded,
"MoNary has buncoed us with his whlakera
H Is neither beautiful nor statesmanlike."
And tha revelation mad by the conflla
gratlon wa tha undoing of MoNary. New
York World.
Why UaMa7rtaal Her.
May Sinclair, author of "The Dlvln
Fir," contribute a delightful story to .
the February McClure's "Wilkinson's
WUe." ;
"Nobody aver understood why ha mar.
lied her.
"You expected calamity to pursue Wil
kinson it always had pursued hlmbut
that Wilkinson should have gone out ot
hia way to pursue calamity (as if ha could
never have enough of It) really seamed a
moat unnecessary thing.
"For there had been no pursuit on the'
part of th lady. Wllklnaon'a wife haH th-
quality of her defecta and revealed heraelf
chiefly la a formidable reluctance. It wa
understood that Wilkinson had prevailed
only after an austere struggle. Her ap
pearance sufficiently refuted any theory of
unholy fascination or disastrous charm.
"Wilkinson' wife was not at all nice to
look at. Bhe had an Insignificant figure, a
small, square face, colorless hair scraped
with difficulty to tha top of her head, eyes
with no lashes to protect you from their
stare, a mouth that pulled at an Invisible
curb, a sallow skin stretched so tight over
her cheek bones that the rod veins stood
stagnant there; and with all, poor lady, a
dull, strained expression, hostile to further
Intimacy.
"Even In har youth she never could have
looked young, and .he was years older
than Wilkinson. Not that the difference
showed, for his marriage had made Wilkin
son look years older than he was; at least,
so it was said by people who had knawn
hltn before that unfortunate event.
"It was not even if ahe had been In
telligent Wilkinson had a gentle passion
for the things of Intellect; his wife seemed
to exist on purpose to frustrate it."
"None of Wilkinson's friends succeeded
in solving me enigma, until Wilkinson him
self offered a solution even more baffling
than the original."
oaln ilTldaT Customs.
Imagine if you can the trouble a bride
and groom reared under the most favorable
conditions would have If they were Par
Bees, relate the Boston Globe. The Par
see groom must go with a band to the
bride's house, first having sent ahead
presents of considerable value, varying
according toShis financial condition. " At
Hh threshold his future mother-in-law
meets him with a smile and a dish of
fruits, which she scatters at his feet.
Then the bride cornea forth and she and
the groom are led into a room where their
hands are tied together wltha silken cord.
As the ceremony prsc eda the cords are
passed around their bodies until they are
literally spliced. When at length they
are released they are permitted to throw
rtce at each other. The victor in the rice
throwing contest ia supposed to be the one
who shall boss the home nest. Then both
are peited with rice and showered with rose
water.
In Java bride and groom are rubbed with
the aahes of the red dog's bones, while In
Transylvania gypsy bridal couples are
rubbed with a wea4 skin. In Thibet the
bride's parents put home made butter on
the bead of their future aon-ln-law, while
In certain parte of Wales the father rides
away on horseback with his daughter, pur
sued by the groom; but, like a true parent,
b allows himself to be overtaken. In
Syria tha bride and her parents ride to tie
horn of th groom. Th Iml.r nn.. ...,r
to greet hia wife-to-be. The parents, no
doubt, wishing to conceal their eagerness
to get rid of their daughter, make a show
of resistance. Firearms are discharged, but
tha cartrldgea are blank and consequently
M on U hurt, and th pretendlng-to-t 4
reluctant bride finally yields to her lover's
wines, aa me eighteenth century novel
ist would say.
Light and Heat of the Sun
(Continued from Page One.)
tnflnlteslmal fraction 'of tha sun's
total radiation th earth receive,
and utillsea In order to ' aDore-
clate it, let us consider th distance of
.uw,uw miles which separate us from
the central star, and at this distance let
us see wnat effoct our little globe produces
What heat It intercepts. Let us imagine an
Immense sphere traced at this distance from
the sun, and entirely surrounding It. Well,
on this gigantic sphere the spot Intercepted
by our little earth Is only equivalent to the
fraction one-two thousand one hundred and
mirty-eight millionth; that la to say. that
the dazxllng solar earth radiatea all round
It through Immensity of space a quantity
01 ugni ana neat two thousand one hun
dred and thtrty-elght millions times more
man mat which wo receive, and of which
we have Just now estimated the stupendous
effecta The earth only stops in its passage
the two thouuand millionth part of the total
rauiauon.
It Is absolutely Impossible for our concep
tion to Imagine such a proportion.
All the planets of the system Intercept
but th 227 millionth part of tha radiation
emitted by the central star. The rest
pannes by the worlds and appears to be
lost.
It la not Impossible to express this mar
velous power, but we can admit without
shame that It Ik Impossible to comprehend
It. The heat emitted by tho sun in each
second Is equal to that which would re
sult from the combustion of eleven qua
drillions six hundred thousand billions of
toss of coal burning at the same time.
This same heat would boll per hour seven
hundred thousand millions of cubic miles
of water at the temperature of Ice.
Attempt to understand It! As well might
the act attempt to drink the ocean.
O popes of the Aryans! . O priests of
the Incas! O therapeutists of Ecypt!
And you philosophers of Greece, alchem
ists of the middle ages, scientists of mod
ern times! O thinkers at all six! Ton
should be dumb before the sublime star!
What Is our voice In naturef We may pile
up metaphors on metaphors; we shall only
lower these magnitudes to our own else.
Wa are but pigmies pretending to scale tha
sky.
North Platte Mason
(Continued from Page Two.)
i aUons have among their membership men
known widely throughout the country.
Among these are: W. L. Park, general
superintendent of th Union Pacific rail
road; M. K Barnum of Chicago, Inspector
of motive power of the Burlington system;
Alex Stewart of Washington, D. C, me
chanical superintendent of th Southern
railway system; Colonel W. F. Cody (Buf
falo Bill) proprietor of the Wild Wist
show; Very Rev. George A. Beecher, dean
of tha Episcopal cathedral of Omaha;
Frank E. Bullard of North Platte, o8t
grand master of Nebraska, past grand
high priest and past grand commander.
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