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THE GOUIRER
cities of Nebraska including Lincoln
and Omaha, in order to perfectly com
ply with the law, are closing at six
o'clock on Saturday night as on other
nights.
Therefore be it resolved, That it is
the sense of this meeting that this ac
tion is commended hereby, and that to
the oxtont of our power wo will sustain
these merchants and wo trust that re
tailors of all classes of merchandise and
family supplies will follow this whole
some example; and it is also roeolved,
WANTED TO BE A MAN.
rh Youiifr Woman Who Went to Chi
cago In Mn'a Clothing.
MIbb He' lie Dickey, the younjf lady
from Delaware who recenty visited Chi
sago In men'H clothing, has told the com
plete Btory of her adventures. It ap
pears that for years she has had an
overwhelming desire to be a man. The
Impulse to see the world as a man sees
It grew upon her to such an extent that
she finally decided to leave home. She
secreted a suit of her brother's clothes
In the woodshed, and Eoon after noon
on March 24 she sllinipd nulntlv Into
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relay system, which will oblige many Then B,,e walked calmly out of the yard
youuir women, unattended, to do fn !n front of her I"" to the road lead-
youug women, unattended, to co to
their homos in distant parts of cities as
late as ton o'clock at night; and
Resolved, That we will refrain from
shopping after six o'clock and will urge
our friends to do the same.
The trend of discussion waB most
favorable Persons from different
points expressed much interest and
expressed the beliof that women need
only to have their attention called to
the great injustice of exacting long
hours of toil from both men and women
that some trilling purchase may be
made after six o'clock.
Yours for human progres,
Caroline M. Woodward.
Old Medal Flowed Up.
A Waterloo, Iowa, jeweler has an
Interesting relic in the form of a
medal cast in 1809 In commemoration
of the consummation of a treaty of
peace between certain Indian tribes
of the Ohio valley and the United States.
On one side the medal benrs a bas-relief
portrait of President MadlBon and
the words: "James MadlBon, presi
dent of the United States, 1809." On
the obverse there are symbolical de
vices, one being a pipe and tomahawk
crossed, the pipe overlaying the weap
on, indicative that peace Is supreme
over war. A puir of clasped hands are
shown, the wrist of one hand being
naked and the other showing the em
broidered cuff of a Boldler's coat
sleeve. This particular medal was
plowed up In Nebraska, and waB about
eight Inches underneath the surface of
the ground. It Is of silver.
Eccentricities of Composer.
Writing of the eccentricities of Herr
Straus, the dance music composer,
Vienna writer says he is as nervous
as a composer as he is as a director.
Clad in a velvet costume, with patent
leather boots reaching to his knees,
his eyes aflame, and in a fit of Inspira
tion, he goes striding through the
house like a maniac. If inspiration
does not come to him in the salon, he
clutches his papers and goes to his bed
room, or to his wife's boudoir. Some
times the waltz begun In the parlor
is finished in the kitchen. Mme.
Strauss, who appreciates ' er husband'?
habits, has half a dozen pianos scat
tered through the house, and in each
room a table with writing materials,
so that in what"er nook her husband
finds himself he is quite at home. Mme.
Strauss was once a favorite actress on
the Vienna stage.
Ing to Klamensl station on the Balti
more & Ohio railroad. It was then
about 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
She followed the tracks three miles
without meeting anyone. Then two
men came In sight, and, for fear of de
tection, she turned aside Into a field
and made her way to Newark, where
ne iook tne 3 o'clock train for Balti
more. By this time her parents were
searching the country for her In the Im
mediate vicinity of their home. Reach
ing Baltimore, she stopped for an hour.
Then she bought a ticket to Chicago,
and left on the 7 o'clock train over the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad. All the
money she had on leaving home was
120. She reached Chicago on the night
of March 28 with $3.48 in the pocket of
her trousers. Her original Intention
was to go to Denver or San Francisco.
In both of those places she has relatives.
After her arrival In the "Windy City
she was at a loss to know where to lay
her head. She was afraid to go to a
lodging-house, so she concluded to walk
the streets rather than run the risk of
being detected. For two nights she
tramped the sidewalks of Chicago be
fore finding a place of shelter. At last
she found a big lumber yard near the
lake, and there she spent five nights
among the piles of lumber. What little
food she ate during this time she pur
chased at cheap restaurants. In all of
these she seated herself at tables along
side men. For three nights she occupied
a corner in a box car standing on a side
track of the Illinois Central railroad.
One of the employes discovered her and
demanded an explanation of her pres
snee. She maintained her fortitude and
succeeded In escaping arrest. She went
on In this way for two weeks until, over
come by exhaustion, she ."ell HI, and
was removed to the Cook County Hos
pital. The Incessant tramping and the
clumsiness of her brother's shoes caused
severe Injuries to .her feet. Upon re
moval of the shoes at the hospital flesh
came off with them. A diagnosis of her
case was made by the physicians in
charge. While making an examination
of her lungs he discovered her sex. She
told him her name was Hettle Dicker
son, but subsequently admitted that it
was Hettle Dickey, and that her home
was In Stanton, Del. After listening to
her narrative the doctor notified her
parents. On April 24, one month from
the time of her disappearance, she wrote
to her mother, describing her sufferings
and asked forgiveness. She reached
home a week ago, and, with the excep
tion of a slight feebleness, she was none
the worse for the experience.
Will "Moatttlae" No More.
Five well-to-do farmers residing
near Sylacauga, Ala., were sentenced
by Judge Bruce, in the federal court, to
imprisonment for life. The crime was
the murder of W. A. Thompson, who
was to have appeared against two of
the prisoners as a witness for the gov
ernment in a case of illicit distilling.
Robert Taylor, the sixth defendant,
turned state's evidence at the prelim
inary trial, but the day he was to tes
tify at the first trial he mysteriously
disappeared from the courtroom, and
baa not since been seen.
A Kindergarten Conundrum.
In a Utlca kindergarten school a few
days ago the subject before the class
was the hen. Among other questions
asked by the teacher was, "What does
the hen have that we have?" the
teacher at the same time placing both
her hands on her head to indicate the
portion of the body referred to. The
teacher was much surprised as well as
amused when a little girl quickly an
swered, "A comb!" The teacher had
placed one hand on n comb In her hair.
A Gigantic Painting.
The largest painting in the world,
exclusive of panoramas and cyclora
mas, is "Paradise," by Tintoretto, In
the grand salon of the Doge's palace
at Venice, be)pg 34 feet wide by 34
feet high,
A .fudge of FitcfM.
Cecil Rhodes Is a man of very simple
tastes, remarkably unaffected, and
plnln-spokon. He has an Iron will, but
Is soft-hearted, and is a philanthropic
dreamer as well as a man of deeds. Mr.
Rhodes judges men very quickly, and
by their faces. By merely looking at a
man once he can make up his mind
what sort of a character he has to deal
with. Once a friend wrote to him ask
ing him to do something for a young
man who was anxious to go to South
Africa. The King of the Cape replied
to this effect: "Send me hi photograph
and I'll let you know by return mail
whether I can do anything for )in or
not." Ex.
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Are cordially invited
to call at our
NEW WARE ROOMS
and inspect out Fine
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We have just received largo lines of
Ladies' Dress Skirts in up-to-dato shapes
and Btyles all well made and finished;
vhIuob unsurpnBsod.
BROCADED MOtiAIRS-82, 8150,
82 75, 83.00, 83 50, 83.75 and 84 00 oach.
STORM SERGES- 85.00, $G 00, $0.50,
$7.50, 88.00 and 89.00 each.
NOVELTY CLOTHS -In check,
stripes, plaids, etc., all wool, a large lot
your choice $3.00 each.
SATIN AND SILK Pitt n or trim
med 87.00, 88.00, $9.00, 810, 811, 812,
813, 815 and up to 82G each.
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We own and occupy tie tallest mercantile building in the world. We have
over 3,000,000 customers. Sixteen hundred clerks are constantly
engaged filling out-of-town orders.
OUR OENERAL CATALOGUE is tho book or the people-it quotes
Wholesale Prices to Everybody, has over 1,000 pages, 16,000 illustrations, and
60,000 descriptions of articles with prices. It costs 73 cents to print and mall
each copy. We want you to have one. SEND FIFTEEN CENTS to show
your good faith, and we'll send you a copy FREE, with alt charges prepaid.
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She had sent off a telegram and was
waiting for an answer. 'Suddenly tho
peculiar halting click of the receiv
ing machine Hounded in the olllce, and
he said to her companion: "That's
from George, I know. I cun toll his
stutter." -Modern Society.
Kllloil by Corn Htuhble.
Word comes from Coldwnter, Mich,
that Dorr Manleo, son of a Ilranch
county farmer, wns wrestling n u corn
field with a companion when ho roll
upon a corn stubble, it penotrnted his
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