Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 11, 1887, Page 5

s e (HE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1887.~TWELVE PAGES. B. FALCONER MOINDAY. Special Sale of Black Dress Goods, Colored Dress Goods MONDAY. BLACK GOODS DE- PARTMENT. ‘We open on Monday the finest line of Black Dress Goods that can be found in any store. We are sole agents for B. Priestley’s Silk Warp Goods in Omaha. We also carry a full line of Priestley’s All Wool Goodsin a great variety of different weaves and at popu- lar prices. There is no makeyof black goods that has the same finish, style and wear as Priest- ley’s. Infact to know that you are buying Priestley’s black goods is a guarantee that you are buying the best that can be pro- duced at the price, and every yard will give you most excellent service and satisfaction. B. Priestley’s All Wool Goods. ALL WOOL DRAP De ALMA. 88-inch all wool Drap De Alma at 88c. 88-inch all wool Drap De Alma at 98c. 4 40-inch all wool Drap De Alma at $1. 40-inch all wool Drap De Alma at $1.18. 40-inch all wool Drap De Alma at $1.28. ALL WOOL MELROSE CLOTH. 42-inch all wool Melrose Cloth at 88c. N. B. Falconer —— UMBRELLAS AND HANDKERCHIEFS. MONDAY, 42-inch all wool Melrose Cloth at 98c. 42-inch all wool Melrose Cloth at $1. . 42-inch all wool Melrose Cloth at $1.28. ALL WOOL CACHEMER DE L’INDE. 42-inch Cachemer De I'Inde at 88c. 42-inch Cachemer De I'Inde at 98¢, 42-inch Cachemer De I’Inde at $1.10. ‘WOOL BIARRITZ CORDS. 40-inch wool Biarritz Cords at $1.28. 42-inch wool Biarritz at $1.80. WOOL PANAMA CLOTH. 42-inch wool Panama Cloth at $1.40. 42-inch wool Panama Cloth at $1.68. ‘WOOL MERINO COPURE. 40-inch wool Merino Copure at $1.10. 42-inch wool Merino Copure at $1.28. 42-inch wool Merino Copure at $1.80. WOOL CHECKS. 42-inch fancy Wool Checks at $1.10 and $1.28. WOOL RAVENNA CLOTH. 40-inch wool Ravenna Cloth at 8Bc. 42-inch wool Raven na Cloth at $1. 42-inch wool Ravenna Cloth at $1.28. B. Priestley’s Silk Warp Goods. SILK WARP DRAP DE ALMA. Silk warp Drap De Alma at $1.68, $1.78 and $2. Silk warp Maria Theresa at $1.88, $1.80, $1.78, $2. Silk warp Camel’s Hair Twills at $1.80, $1.68, $2, $2.28. Silk warp Camel’s Hair Serge at $2, $2.28. Silk warp Camel’s Hair Mourn- ing at $1.78, $1.88, $2, $2.28. Silk warp Henriettas at $1, $1.28, $1.88, $1.80, $1.78, $2, $2.28 and $2.80. Silk warp Copure at $1.88, $1.78, $2, $2.68. Silk warp Camel’s Hair Dia- gonals, 46 inch, at $2.78. Sllk warp Nun’s Veiling, with border, $1.80, $1.78, $2, $5.28, BLACK GOODS. SPECIAL! SPECIAL! 88 inch all wool Tricot at 42{c; ‘worth 8Be. 44-inch striped Suiting at BOc; worth $1. 42-inch all wool French Serge at BOc; worth 78c. ALL WOOL CAMELETTE AND FRENCH SERGE. SPECIALI! 78c. SPECIAL! We know that at this price we offer goods that cannot be dupli- cated at less than $1.28. They are especially cheap. 44-inch all wool French Serge at 78c; worth $1.28. 44-inch all wool French Came- lette at 78¢; worth $!.28. SPECIALI! $1.001 SPECIALI 42-inch all wool Surah. 44-inch French Twills. 42-inch Prunnell Cloth. 44-inch Fantaise Cloth. 44-inch French Serge. Allat $1 per yard and worth $1.68 Colored Dress Goods. SPECIAL! MONDAY! 1 case fine Scotch Plaids, 44 inches wide, at $1; worth $1.88. 1 case B4-inch Dress Flannels at 78c. Sold all over town at 98c. French Dress Goods. We have just opened our Fall Stock of French Dress Goods and beg to say that they are the cheapest goods ever laid on our counter. 1 case 42rinch French Foule Serge at 88a. ¢ 1 case French Twills at 78c. Sold last season at 98c. 1 case Foule Serge at 78c. last season &t 98c. 1 case Frehch’ Diagonal Suiting at $1; worth $1.88. 1 case 48-inch Gilbert Suiting at BOc; worth ?Bq. Sold Costume Cloth. French Costume Cloths, 2 inches wide, at $1.28, $2.28 and $2.98. Handkerchiefs, Handkerchiefs, Handkerchiefs. We open Monday over 1,000 dozen ladies’ white and colored bordered handkerchiefs, manu- facturer’s seconds. These handkerchiefs are not damaged in any way, only slight imperfection in printing and weaving. We will also place on sale over 1,000 dozen of finesheer all linen hemstitched handker- chiefs. These handkerchiefs are the finest made, and cannot be bought in any retail store at less than 78c. They are perfectly plain and sheer, and come in 1-4 inch, 1-2 inch, 1 inch,2 inch hems and are elegant goods, and ladies that can appreciate fine goods willbuy a great many of these handkerchiefs. HANDKERCHIEFS 8c. 200 dozen black and colored hemstitched handkerchiefs at Be, worth 10c. HANDKERCHIEFS, 7jc. 74c HANDKERCHIEFS. 200 dozen black border hem- stitched handkerchiefs, in 1-4, 1-2 . and 1 inch hem. Also colored bor- ders at 7{c. worth from 18c¢ to 20¢ At 1Bc. 200 dozen ladies’ black hem- stitched, also colored borders at 18¢, worth 28c. Speciall Speciall 100.dozen ladies’ very sheer all- linen Hemstitch Handkerchiefs, in 1-4, 1-2, 1 and 2-inch hems. Elegant goods, and are worth and sold in other stores at 78c each. Our price Monday is 28c. This is one of the biggestbargains ever offered by us. We also show a big line of Mourning Hemistitched, Hand- kerchiefs at 28¢; worth 8Oc. EMBROIDERED HANDKER- CHIEFS 28Bc. BOO dozen ladies’ fine white Scalloped Bordered, also finely Embroidered Handkerchiefs at 28c; they are worth from BOc to $1.28. Remember these are manu- facturers’ seconds; thereis a great choice amongst this lot. EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFS 200 dozen ladies’ very fine white and colored bordered embroidered Handkerchiefs at 874c; worth $1.28. MONDAY. UMBRELLAS. UMBRELLAS. UMBRELLAS 4,000 dollars’ worth of Ums« brellas will be placed on sala Monday. These Umbrellas are all guaranteed to wear, and the silk is guaranteed not to cut in one year. 26-inch Umbrellas, with silver= tipped handle, at $2; worth $8. 28-inch Umbrellas, with silver- tipped handle, at $2.88; worth $8 GUARANTEEDTO WEARONE YEAR. 26-inch Umbrellas, with gold= tipped handle, at $2.80; worth $38.80. 28-inch Umbrellas, with gold- tipped handles, at $8; worth $4.80. 26-inch silk Umbrellas, with natural wood handles, at $3.28; worth $8. 26-inch silk Umbrsllas at $8.78§ worth $8.80. 28-inch silk Umbrellas at $4.28; worth $6. SILK GUARANTEED NOT TO CUT OR BREAK IN ONE YEAR. 28-inch silk Umbrellas, with, elegant gold and silver handles, at B; worth $7. We aiso show you a line of the finest Umbrellas ever shown in gold and silver handles; ver new and nobby. N. B. Falconer EXHIBITS ARE POURING IN. Oarpenters Kept Busy Enlarging the Ac- commodations For Stoois. NEBRASKA'S GREAT FAIR. Mismated Couples Keeping Up the Record in Their Applications For Divorce—Bold Burglars Brought Back to Lincoln, [FROM THE BEE'S LINCOLN BUREAU.] ‘Though the state fair officials materi- nlly enlarged the capacity for this year's exhibit, before the fair had fairly begun they were short of stalls and space for the large number of stock and other ex- hibits which have piled into the grounds desirous to show to those attending what Nebraska can do in the way of’ stock, grain and fruits. Despite the fact that yosterday morning opened up with a drizzling rain the officials and every em- ploye were busy arranging and making temporary accommodations for the large surplus which could hardly have been an- ticipated. The western counties of the state have large and fine exhbits. Chey- enne, Keith, Buffalo, Sherman, Custer, Brown and other western counties which were supposed by many to be almost un- Inbabitable from their reputed desert lo- oaiion, have grand exhibitions of their soil productions besides some choice samples of fruit. The stock exhibits are nearly dou- ble those of any previous exhibit during the twenty years in which the fair has been held. Horticultural, agricnl- :uhu. machinery and art hail are already ull, One county from Dakota, three from Kansas and four from Colorado have takon the aavantage of the opportunity to advertise their locality and products to the great throng which is already pouring into the city from the four quar- ters of the globe, to the geographical center and great corn belt and stock raising country of the world, To witnoss this grand exhbition, even in its uncom- pleted and confused conditon, makes one rojoice ns did the ancient Roman who 'was proud to be a citizen of so great and wealthy a land, The officials have announced next Tues- day as ‘‘school” day when all school children under fifteen years of age and saccompamed by their teacher will be ad- mitted to the grounds free and the teachers in charge will also come in _uander the same complimentary, ‘The ofticer’s headquarters are far more convenient than heretofore, while the fa- eilities tendered to tho reporters of the daily press are so arranged that it gives them a good apportunity to prepare a full and convise report of the day's work. The OManA DALy Bee and World are the only state papers on the ground which will oecupy tents. A large portion of the employes will necessarily have to work on Sunday in order to have the accomodations ready for exhibitors on Monday morning, Raining throughout the whole day made 1t very unpleasant for unloading and bandling material and stock which came almost in train loads. ‘Thé 1.eavenworth light battery is here and will drill and perferm evolutions which will materially add to the iuterest of the fair. A car load of Iowa's finest Percheron stallions will be ‘flrmnt at the Btate fair from Cedar Rn& 3 Mossrs. Field and ‘Huber from Yuma, Colorado, arrived in Lincoln yesterday with a car load of products representing Washington county in their state, at the state fair. Their exhibit represents what Colorado can do without ll'l'iEBflDll, and the home seekers who visit the fair will not fail to appreciate the display. The 1nanagers of the fair in making arrange- ments for exhibits from counties outside the state have received more returns of this character than exvected. Superin- tendent O'Brien, of the State hatchery, will arrive to-day with the live fish for the exhibit. It will require nearly an en- tire car to_transport the tanks of fish from South Bend to the fair grounds, Dr. D. E. Salmon, chief of the buraau of animal industry, is expected here to- day and will spend a few days in look- g over the display of stock at the fair rounds. The doctor stands at the head n his profession of veterindry surgeon. It is quite an advertisement to have so Atm‘flnent a gentleman present during the air, KERPING UP THE RECORD, As the time for holding the district court approsches,the mismated rush with one accord to the courts for divorce. The coming court will have the full comple- ment of such cases, the following being the latest additions: E. Alonzo Philleo asks divorce from his wife, Mary E. Philleo, on the ground of desertion, the claim covering & number of years back, Elizabeth H. Chidestor sues for divorce from her husband, Ben- amin H. Chidester, They were married n 1884 in lrving, Mich., and the com- plaint recites that she has been deserted and that he has failed to support her. She also asks the custody of their child. Dora Villwock seeks divorce from her husband, Albert Villwock, al- leging as her grounds desertion, drunk- enness, abuse and ill-treatment. Fred D. A, Clasen asks divorce from his wife, Margaret Clasen. The petition is unique and recites a condition of infelicity in the Clasen family that is too harrowing to repeat. The couple have been mar- ried since 1872, and the desertion is of late occuercnce. The total number of divorce cases to come before the court at its next term is already between thirty and forty, and the numbers are on the increase. COMMON BURGLARS. The two boys brought back from Fort Scott, Kansas, on the charge of burglar- izing Humphrey Bro's. store, have had their examination and on the ewideace have been held 1n bonds of $1,000 each to answer to the crime. These boys, Dud- ley Cochran and Frank Root, are of ex- cellent family and while they are facing the penitentiary they are getting their just deserts, although their people are suffering for it. The burglary was casily traced to them by their own admissions and the further fact that they furnished a couple of boys a stock of knives to sell. From this act they were traced to Kan- srs City and thence to Fort Scott, where they were eaptured. PERSONAL, Dr. Gerth has just returned from North Platte where he has been examining some fine stallions reported to be di- seased, but the doctor found them frec frowm any disease whatever. ——— Nilsson at Home. From El Imparcial: Christine Nilsson the wife of Count Miranda, has furnishec and decorated her apartments in a style that has become the talk of the town. The dining room presents a most original appearance. The walls are pa- germl throughout with hotel bills, settled y the diva on her professional tours, The drawing room is decoratea, in lieu of paper-hangings, with the faded leaves of all the wreaths ever received by the artiste, arranged in the form of asales. The celling is entirely covered with gilt foliage. @ walls ‘of the boudoir are covered from floor to ceiling with the | musical score and the text of all the airs which Mme. Nilsson is accustomed to sing. The bedroom of the countess is turnished with extreme simplicity, but the walls are completely hid from view by Swedish landscapes, which three French artists have received a commis- sion to paint for the songstress who has left her country never to return. The billiard room of the master of the house testifies to the anxiety of the ann donna to convince her husband of her great abilities; for here you see affixed to the walls thousands of reports and criti- cisms in all langnages, cuttings from all the newspapers in the world, o MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD, Uncle Rube White, Aged 115—Sylvia Dubois, 124 Years Old. Higginsville, (Mo.,) Leader: One of the occasional sights on our streets is a very old colored man b{‘ the name of Reuben White. Uncle Rube, as he is eneull{ known, lives near this city and frequenl ly comes intotown. It is appar- ent to every one that he is a very_ old man, but few know bis real , and he is probably the oldest person in this state or United States. He himself does not know his exact age, and when asked in what year he was born, replied: *I dunno, sab, but I was 'bout five year old when Gin'ral Washington crossed the river in Virginny an’ fit the battle of Norfolk. I’member seein’ him cross all his army, an’ it took all of Sun- day and Monday to git 'em all over. 'member specially two red things (epau- lets) on his shoulders, an' the milk-white hoss he rode. O, {el, sah, I 'members mighty well 'bout it, an’ when de gin'ral was made president, we didn't none of us have to work." From this and other statements Uncle Rube must be 115 years old. The old man 18 fairly well preserved, quite able to go about, and even cut a little wood. He was eighty-odd years old at the time of the late war, but does not remember events of that period so well as those of his early childhood. Sommerville (N. J.) Letter: During the last week a grml many people from Hunterdon and Summerset counties hayve gone to the top of Sourland Mountain to pay their respects to Sylvia Dubois, the negress, who is 124 years old. For the first time in her long life, extending over nearly a century and a quarter, Sylvia 18 sick. She is not seriously ill, nor does she suffer much pain, but she 13 confined to her room. The doctors say Sylvia is merely sutfering from old age and that she 18 liable to be bedridden until she dies. The old woman, probably the old. estin the land, is as talkutive a8 ever and has a joke for every visitor. She 18 ver, oor, and as her illnesss s iable to prevent her from making her usual autumn tour of the counties, people who know her are taking or sending her money, food, fuel, and clothing. “Sylvia is nursed by her daughter Elizabath, who is eighty years otd. Elizabeth is as vigorous and active as a young girl, and is still more than a match for any man on the moun- tain, Only the other day she ordered a big, burly tramp, who came to the door of the eabin in which Sylvia lives, to leaye. He declined and she at once taekled him. They fought about five minutes, and then the tramp turned and ran, being completely used up. Ehz beth suys she broke his nose and knoc soveral teeth down histhroat. As for Elizab®h, she escaped with only a few bruises on her arms. She says the tramp never struck her face, as she warded off all his hlows. . Omaha Business Uollege, Send for College Journal.. The largest practical department in the west, ver 500 graduates holding positions. Address o .. Geo. B. RatuBuy, Pro, RUMP STEAKS WILL RISE. Reasons Why Oattle Growers Exspect Higher Prices For Beef. WHY CHOICE CUTS ARE DEAR, President Sturgews, of the Cattle Trust Thinks Beef Will Be Scarce Next Yearon Accountof Losses From ©Oold Winters and Drouth. Chicago ‘Tribune : The cattlemen who are in the city in attendance upon the meeting of the executive committee of the Consolidated Cattle-Growers' asso- ciation have views of their own upon the subject of the cattle und meat market and the relative prices. In discussing them yesterday Mr. Thomas Sturgess, of Wyoming, the president of the great range cattle trust which has been organ- ized, said : ‘““The whole subject has been treated with a ridiculous lack of informarien by the press. Writers who were utterly ignorant of the facts appear to_have un- ertaken to discuss them without at- tempting to investigate even the plainest matters of statistical information.” *'Well,” said the reporter, ‘‘give us an instance.” ‘‘There are so many_of them that it is hard to choose. If I had the printed matter before me I could point them out. But here’s one. Think of the utter obsur- dity of saying that there are from 28,000,- 000 to 30,000,000 marketable steers in this country, and about as many female cat- tle, hy, the best possible estimates vlace the total ownershlp in this country at about 43,000.000 head, as com- pared with about 45,000.000 in 1885, The total ownership, you know, is hard to get at, but ‘the most casual reference to astatistical table will show any one that the annual pro- duct of the country,is between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 head, and that shows the folly of any paper’s saying there are or ever hus been 28,000,000 to 30,000,000 head of marketable steers in this uuuntrz," “'But the cattle market is frightfully low, isn't it#"" “Certnillly!' *‘Well, there ‘isn't any corresponding change in the price'of meat tothe con- sumer?"’ “Yes, there is: The mistake has been made of lunpnnnfi that there was a wide Emr(gm m the killing and dressing of ee. ¢ *‘Yes,” suggoested Mr. John Clay, the Chicago cattleman, ‘‘but Amour knocked that silly when he said he’d rather kill and dress for” $2 a head for somebody else than buy on his own account.” *“There is no great margin,” continued Mr. Sturgess, *‘when a woman in New York or Boston can buy ten pounds of good clean, lean, clear beef for 50 cents. No one can think for a moment that the prices of meat have not followed the cattle market. Of course there's a hun- dred pounds taken from the loin of the finest prime cattle, for which there is the greatest demand, and for which a high price is paid. Thus it is that porter house steaks and tenderloin steaks keep the same old price. 1t's exact)y on the same principle that sweetbreads still cost a dollar. They're scarce. But when you consider that there still re- mains of the carcass 400 pounds of good nourishing meat that can be bought cheaper now than ever before, any one will reulize that the price of meat by followed that of cattle. Unly theordinary butcher buys a creature at 5 cents, that's cqual to 10 cents dressed, and theén you see he has to sell the greater part way below the cost price.”” ‘‘Well, what is there in the talk of & scarcity of cattle impending, in your opinion "' “Well, we think there will not be a beef famine, but a scarcity that will cause a decided advance. 1t can be reasoned out thus: During the last six months there have been more female cattle or breeding cows thrown upon the Chicago market than ever before during the same period of time. With the prevailing prices of beef and cattle it has become unprolitas ble to keep them. Then, too, for three years there have been severe win- ters in different parts of the range country. Last winter thore was a henv% loss in Northern Montana and Wyoming, tne winter before that there was a frightful loss in the Indian territory country, and the winter before thatit was in the New Mexico and North- ern Panhandle country. Added to all this there was a terrible drouth this spring from January to May in all west- ern ‘l'exas, and thousands of cattle per- ished. Your own drouth has feut thous- ands of cattle to market, and ydu must understand that when 1 spoke of the wiping out ot the breeding cows I re- ferred to the country directly tributary to Chicago. 1 mean Illinois, Missouri, lowa, and Wisconsin,” ‘“*And, too, you must know," suggested Dr. Ames the Montana man, “‘that hard winters are hard on the cows m the range herds, for they are, as a rule, the weaker creatures.” “When do you think the scarcity will begin to make itself felty’’ *“Ihat cunnot be definitely stated, but Brobnbly within six months, and when it cging _ there will be little it any relief for two years or more. You must learn that the present low price for cattle here covers only the ordinary grades, and at present choice prime catile are bringing better prices. The low ebb has not been caused by tke shipment here of any great number of range cattle, The drouth in the immed- late vicinity of Chicago has loaded the market wilh native cattle, and the drouth in Texas has started the regular runs from there alittle cerlier and a little stronger than usual.” “Is there, then, nnylhinfi in this story that some diseasé had broken ont among the range cows which prevented them breeding?"’ “Not anything. That's all nonsense. You see, somebody who knows something about cattle ought to write the solemn statistical articles for tee press or else more pans should be taken in the in- mvestigation.'" ——— Faithfal to the Last. Galignani’s Messenger: A touching incident of fidelity of a dog has just oc- curred in the east of Paris. Some gen- darmes, going their rounds a day or two since, found on a waste land near the Menilnontant gate, & man hanging to a shrub. His suicide was a most determ- ined one, for his legs were extended along the ground and "his hands touched the soil, 80 low was he suspended. Be- tween his legs a dog lay sleeping. The poor animal, when aroused by the foot- steps of the gendarmes, tried to make them understand in dumbshow what had happened to his master. The body was cut down and carried away to the morgue, in spite of the frantic protests of his four-footed friend, and the latter was locked up. The animal was released and made straight for a house in the Rue des Haries. 'h.e police, on arriving there, found that a working carpenter wus missing, and the dog was recognized by the concierge as belonging to him, The animal! has been adopted by some of the inmates of the hou e Hava your pietures framed. at Hospe's, { 1513 Douglas st 3 PAID A PROFIT OF $948. A Poorly Dressed Rubber Buys a $14 Pool on Ben Starr for $12. A Somerville gentleman who attended the races at Hartford last week relates the following interesting anecdote: “‘I was watching with interest the sale of pools. When the pools were offered for the 2:23 class I noticed an old timer buy a pool on Ben Starr at $15. After he mado the bid several friends told him he was foolish to buy a pool on a sure loser and the lowest-pri horse. When.the flool seller called upon those who had ought to come forward and get their tickets they did so with the exception of the old timer, who had temporarily left the track, evidently for the purpose of not beiog a loser. ‘I have ono pool ticket left. It’s on Ben Starr. Will the gentleman who bought it come and get his ticket, cried the pool-seller several times. No one came forward. ‘I'll sell this ticket on Ben Starr to the highest bidder. 1t was knocked down for $15 and there is $960 in the box,’ said the pool-seller. ‘I'll ive $8,’ cried a spectator. ‘I will give Ew forit,” cried the pool-seller, ‘and it anyono wants to give $12 for it _he can have it." 'L'll take that ticket,’ said u rubber employed about the track, as he elbowed his wnly to the stand, Tho fel. low was poorly dressed. He fumbled around his clothing, first taking u bill from one pocket, a silver dol- lar and coin from others, until he count- ed out the required amount, and then be- came the possessor of the ticket. Eleven- horses started 1 the heat and Ben Starr was first under the wire. The same num- bor of horses were in the second and thira heats. Ben Starr also won these heats, Three straight heats for Ben Starr, in 2:383, 2:21§, 2:224, and the favorite was in fifth place. The rubber was all smiles as he approached the pool stand and presented his ticket, receiving in exchange $960, a clean vrofit of §)48 in little more than one hour, 'The old- timer, who played the sneak, felt very sore, and a large number of spectators, iuoluding myself, were sorry that they did not buy the ticket on Ben Starr for the paltry sum of $12. e THE FOLLY OF YOUTH. Young Men of the Present as Com- pared with Those ofa Past Generation Springfield Republican: A Boston paper told the other day of a3 man who, mecting an old friend and inquiring casually about the members of his family, mentioned his son. “My son,” replied the other, with a frankness which secmed to indicate his sense of the use- lessness of disgu the sad fact, ‘‘has gone to the devil.” The bare and naked consossion was moroe oxpressive of the heartache of the parent, facing the de- cline of life in the certainty that the bearer of his name was leading a worth- less career, than any terms of grief could be. It was unadorned misery itself Yet what a common situation coming to be! schooled, edy is this The young men are od, and “many of them college educated, More money, en- deavor and affection are lavished on one, upon an average, than were spent upon three boys in the last generation. They have gymnasiums provic to cultivate their physieal constitutions, and from two weeks to two months in the year to g0 canocing, boating,eamping, yachting, rocking, rusticating; *‘ronghing” it in too many senses, Y 11 these things are too often abused by being so employed as to make the lusts of the body sustain greater indulgence. As one confessed ufter two weeks in the mountains, from which he returned rather pale: “You see the fresh air in the mountans and a good appetite bwlt me up so that I was cable to smoke double the number of cigarets a day. ' This is the kind of man who 15 thrown out of West, Point by his bollow chest ' and spindling build. The class is repre- sented by the young fellow who had been educated at Columbia and was found dead in his bed by his parents returnin from Europe. The cigarette had stoppe the heart and all the promise of manhood was turned to ashes, Another Columbia man—Willard Snowden, son of the Rev. Bayard Snowden of Fort Hamilton—has died from internal injuries received last year in a canerush, But this was a mere loss. In how many other cases is there not mero loss, but wrong, often degradation and guilt, and perhaps crime, as in the case young McNeily. We believe the profes- sional base ball fever is a miserable de- basement of youth. The city of Boston bas gone crazy over the playing of a lot of hired mercenaries, thirty or fort; years of age, nine of whom were late) fined $25 each by their employers for an. i 1tating use of spirits. Very re- blo people have crowded the svec- tators’ sents. 1t is of no particular value to the boys. In fact, the boys cannot get near the playground, and the games are ]nnfialy attended by the worst elements in the city, as well us by some of the best.- The whole thing teaches the youth that a great and indolent rrofvs.,-mn has been built up on what should be a manly sport. We are not clniming that the” young men are worse than in former genera= tions, for the data for comparison are of <o little value that all such contrasts are utterly worthless. But we do claim that 1 was 80 much done tor youtn, and that the resulting products are still in too many cases great disappointments to those on whom has fallen the burden of raising the coming generation. Time will pass on, and some of those who now pile up the misery of pareutal hearts may yvet know ‘‘how sharper than a sers p;-,nlgs_ tooth it 1s to have a thankless child.” Al Scen and Heard in a Bank, Ckicago Hera As queer things haj pen sometimes at the banks as anywhel clse. It was not long ago that o galoot- ish-looking fellow walked into the First National and asked for a certificate of deposit. He counted out his money and handed it through the window.” The teller took it, counted it, and threw it into his box. Then taking his great can- vas-colored book, wherein are entered the signetures of the thousands of people who hold certificates of the First National, he threw it around und passed it through for the galoot to sign. The next instant, whnen the teller looked up, the depositor was half way down the big bankin, room with the great book under his arm and making for the door, There were the money boxes to look out for and the drawers to close, and the clerk could get out in pursuit only by running down and around 100 feet of counters. He didn’t try to do all these thinga. e hallooed to the nearest cus- tomer he saw outside to run and stop that fellow with the great canvas-coys ered book. That was no diflicnlt matter, The man was making his way painfull; and slowly down Dearborn street, an came back cheerfully, He thonght that the forty-poand book, he said, was his certificute of deposit A rather nice looking but matronly looking young woman began depositing $100 a week at tne First National, She came so regularly, always with the same. amount, that the young man at the wine dow made bold to congratulate her that gne was doing so well in her businesa, “Don't give me away,” she gad, in & friendly tone, My husband is a bare tender.” SRl Bald Knobbers Plead Guilty. JEFyERsoN C1Ty, Mo., Sept, 10,—The trial. of the Bald Kuobbers cane to & sudden ters minatigh yesterday afternoon by the.defends ants in'a body éntering a plaa of guilty, Sem tence was deferred.