Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 29, 1888, Page 11

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JANUARY INCIDENTS OF THE ALTAR, An Etching— Mrs. Dodge on Plighted Troths. IN HIGH A Dime Musenm Love Affair—After " Many Years—American Girls After Titles—Lapland and Ameri- can Marriages, A ROMANCE LIFE A Seasonable Etching. M. M. in Puek. A satin gown All broidered With pearls, fair, pure and white; A'mist of lace About the face, Clasped close by diamonds bright; A dainty glove 'hat creeps above T The elbow's A snow, L far A shoulder soft and war m; Some lillies pressed Up to her breast; A smilc that hides a tear; Atiny foot Tn glistening boot; s near, A well-bread crush; A solemn hush A promise to obe A golder A fluttering hand; A little wish 't was nay. - An organ’s strain, A three-yard train, A fragrant, rose-strewn path; A fond curess, Eyes that confess The utmost trust one hath A Kiss, a smile— Kind words the whilo— Fond friends who cheer her on; Some good adyice, A shower of rice, —and she is gone, ook Plighting Troths. Mrs. Dodge gives in Harper's Baznar some kind and mother!y advice on the subject of engagements, which young men and women may profit by. She deprecates the haste and apparent non- chalance with which troths are seem- ingly often plighted and as readily broken, and speaking from the stand- point of a *‘good middle aged lady,” who may perhaps be looking on the little drama, suy: In her éyes a contract s a contract, and her engagement of marringe would be binding according to her helief, sim- ply asa contract; and although she might find it absolutely necessary at Iast that it should be broken, she would reach that point ouly after long delay and hesitancy and reluctancy, and never as she would tear off a faded cor bougut and fling it to the gutter d home from the ball. For a girl to hav broken an engagement of marringe in her eyes not at alla trifling thing, but something that causes the girl to be looked at askance, cither as a per- son of unstable mind and dis loyal faith, or as ome whose character had heen found wanting by her lover on her further acquaintance. In her day, when a young lady broke her engagement, or had it broken for her, she went into retirement for a sea- son like a young widow, and aid not brazen it out as if she had done no more ) promise to go to a pienic and had then t!mu rht be of it. There seems to the ¢ if critical onlooker a singu- lar prof ml\h about the busin and she fecls this the most in remarking the careless way in which the cogagement is formed, as if .one rushed into the holy of holies and, without removing the shoes from one’s fect. Better, an infinity of times, thg con- fesses, are all the broken engagements in the world beforehand, than broken marriage and divoree afterward. But in her code of morals there should be neither. The very idea of marriage should be appronched with as much reverence as an altar, and the observer feels it possible that neither youth nor maiden would advance so gaily upon the sacred adytum had he or she any idea of the holiness of the shrine within. Tn some countries, she remembers, the betrothal is felt to be nearly as binding, as formal, ceremonial and ma gious an act as the itself, as the marriage which,” 1 _ome form of religious ief at least. is regarded as ment: and in some parts of our she knows that the affair is so ly conducted that an engagement ver spoken of until preparations are making for the wedding, although this may be going as much too far on the other side. And while this is beyond the censor’s strictesl idea, she would yet have alittle of the church-going oeling about the maiden’s heart in cepting her love 1d she would have the affair take riously that no lover should be reccived as ‘such just for the convenience of the pleasure and attendance, just to lift the vepronch from vanity, or because So- and-So had a lover, but received only when he had come to stay, and wl be was so worthy that the intention w o keep him. Could ot Have His Wife, > spondence St. Louis **He has never seen his This was the statement which foll on the cars of the l'n-.l Di corvespondent as he down West Sixth st Two gentlo- men were standing in a doorway, en- gaged in conversation, nnd it wis the remark of a tall, well-fed, elderly gen- 5 heard., certainly savored of the quee \d the curious corvespondent stopped, determined to tind out, if pos- sible, the story of the man who never saw his wife. tale was drawn out, and 4 strange one it proved tobe. A gentleman who was unot blind, who was in full possession of all his faculti and who had been married for over two years, had never seen his wife. We will call him Frank Green. Wero his veal name known many a fricud nnd mwany a business acquaintance would start in surp, Likewise we will ¢ the lady in the case Miss Black, for it would be decidedly unpleasant for her high connections” in this city, and it would afford too much gossip at the club, were hor true name used. Miss Hortense Black was once the idol of society here, for she was beauti- ful, intellectual and She moved in the highest circles, and no fashionable entertainment was consid- ered a success without her presence. Adwivers she had by the score,rich and por, handsome and homely, but none id she favor. In July, 1885, in company with her parents, who scemed 1o take pleusire in indulging her in overy caprice but who had some wild notions of a high marviage for her,she went north and stopped for two weeks in the pleasant city of St. Paul. On_the last ny of her stay there while riding from one of the resorts in the city she lost hor orimanteau, which con 100 in money and a half dozen ¢ rho!oflx aphs of hersclf., The next morn- ng in the principal papers she offered #10 reward for the return of the axticle, and before 9 o'clock it was sent up to her reow with a handsome little note, snying that the finder did not care for the #10, but begged to retain as his re- ward one of the pictures, She could not well refuse the requdst under the circumstances and replied that he was welcome to the reward he asked. That day the family left St. Paul and m a few weeks returned home to Keos M Hortense had not been when she ived u letter from the finder of the portmantean, containing a likeness of himself, and such words as ave supposed 1o be writ- ten or uttered only on long acquaint- ance. She would never have lied, ordinarily, but she gnzed at the hand- some, intelligent face of the picture and—the letter was answer Other letters followed, and. strange as it may seem, the girl who had refused her hanp to many an old fricud and many a wealth and highl connected one, promised Frank Green, whom she had never seen and knew nothing about, that e would marey him on the see- ond Wednesday in October if he came for her, After the letter had gone she told her parents all, and begged their cness, They were highly indig- nant at the coursé of their daughter, and Mr. Black declared that he would mect the gentleman from St. Paul at the door upon his arrival and order him from the house. True to his word. on the evening of the second Wednes- day in October he and his wife waited }ruli--nfly for Mr. Green, while Miss fortense was ordered to remain in her room under of provoking the divest Frank Green of St. Paul ecnme. He was young, attractive, well dressed and courtly in manuers. He ecarried papers which spoke high recommendation, and which would have gained him entrance to the most ,select companies: but stern old Mr. Black met his every advance with a frown, and the young man was ordered to quit the place and not return “The manner you have taken to win my daughter show part of a gentleman, exclaimed Mr. Black in angry tones. what you should be your heve would not be to take aw: Llu‘ sun- shine of the Thouse. Ma my daughter to-night? 1 am astonished t your impudence. Go! she you! But love knows more w: The old s young mist fuse her wh s not for ays than one. rvants loved their beautiful s, and they could not re- i she asked for a note that was handed in from the back door, al- though they shook their heads gravely. They said nothing in regard to the note to the master, but when, an hour lute vy as the shades of night re falling, Miss Hortense, heavily veiled, took a side door from the house and was ushered into a waiting u'u-nnm- by a stranger, ¢ to sneak, and M, at once informed nnstance, Oh, the sensation of that hour Black hu out and saw the ¢ going nt a lively gait down the A hack was passing, and, entering it, he gave a hurried order to overtake the I o ahend. But the task was not 80 easily accomplishe The runaway couple managed to elude the ivate pa ent for a time, and the latter never overtook them until a- justice had pro- nounced the last word t made the! man and wife. Miss Hortense still wore her heavy veil, and it was not ve- moved until after the trying scencs which followed. Her father, with a wrathful curse. took her from her hus. band, drove with her vapidly home confined her in her room. Never had l‘.mu‘ v Mr. they cver hold up iaie he By morning Mr. and Mrs. formed plans for the would tuke their wi abroad at once, and sce her husband Ain. Accordingl; they traveled the continent for tw rank Green m the mean- maining in Kansas City, cn- gaged in a most prosperous business, but + mourning for his lost wife—the fe he had never seen. Ho knew not e she was, only that she wasnot in Amevica. He was true to his mar- riage s, and he never doubted that the girl whose picture had so captured his heart true to hers. He won- dered sometimes that she did not write to him, and then he thought of the strict watch which doubtless was kept upon her every movement and prevent- ing even a line reaching him. The time young husband. lost himself much in business days would have been an eterni him. Yet he never lost hope entirely that some day she would return to him, and the happiness so long denied would come in full measure. And Hortense Green, far away in a foreign land, grew scrrowful and pale. She had loved, ana her punishment was almost more than she could bear. Noth- Blac > should neve dragged slowly enough to the Were it not that he those ing cheered her, and d; the pallor deepened on her . und she presented a striking contrast to her ormer self, when she was cailed “‘the sunshine of the house At first she tried to see her wrong and do as her parents wished, forget the man who had heen the cause of all the trouble. But in vain: they had been made one flesh one blood, and so it seemed to he She could not forget him, and separ- ation fonly “made the heart grow fonder.” Then she chafed wt the course of her parents. and entreated them to take her back to him. But they became angry and commanded her unever to mention his name u. Time passed slowly ind tn.lll They visited the rts in the world and nd places of in- e little amuseds nes , but the three time found them muech charged. At last the hearts of the parents were touche appearance of their or, ident misery. Mr. g 5 business interests in Kansas required his personal attention.and he decided to return with family at onee aud to 1 toward voung hushand, if he should be sat i that he was respectable and veall loved his danght. It occurred to him that if two y s could not make the two forget” each other a longer time could not, and, taking pity on_poor Hor- tense, the old resolved to try o different course and make the best of it he could, s to aday aftc as City they came back and once found themselves in their hand- some old home. Mr. Black hunted up his son-in-law, found him excmplary and all, and appointed a time for re- uniting the lovers. When the time came there was rejoicing in the Black household. Hortense was pale, but her oyes weve bright, and a look of joyful expectation was on her face. = The mother watched her furtively, and spoke to her in the kindest tones, which were reciprocated. The father was nervous and talked little, rank Green came in. Mr. Black shook his hands, Mrs. Black bowed cordinlly. Then the young husband was formally presented to the young wife—the wife he had never seen until moment. **Mrs. Green, Mr. veen,” spoken in a choking voice by father, Ouve instant they stood rending each other’s faces, and oh! the look of unutterable relief and joy and love that was exchanged. One instant —bowing in acknowledgment of the in- troduetion, then their hands met, their bosows heuved with emotion and two they loft words were breathed almost simulta- neously: “Frank “Hortense He put one arm around her and kissed her and she sobbed for a moment on his shoulder. This was the meoting. To-day there is not a hnwflnr couple in Kansas City than young Mr. and Mrs. Green. Theirs indeed wus a strange love affair. The parents, it is safe to say, will never regret that they relented, for they are now more than pleased with their Kandsome son-in-law. Althongh but a few short weeks have elapsed since the latter found his long- , the young couple are already n oneof the |'iL'Hll‘s1. houses on the East Sidc. A Dime Museum Romance. Philadelphia North American: A wedding will take place shortly which promises to be a big aff The pon- derous “Jersey Lily,” who is now on ex- hibition at the Ninth and Arch dime museum, is to be married to a young carpenter who lives in Conshohocken. Recently the Lily got possession of the hotograph of a young man with blonde hair and blue eyes. The face captivated her and she entreated M I denburg to send for the o he did. It was a case of sight. Since then the lovelorn car- penter has been a daily visitor at the m. you are to he married.” said a re- r to the fair bride yesterday » I think the young m ever so nic iven though he's a cai penter. [ saw he was a level-headed young man. After we're married he's oing to build me a house. Won't that be nicy The wedding will take place at the bride’s residence in Trenton. Waited Twenty-one Years. Cheyenne Leader: One of the pleas- antest men in the territor council is George W. Carleton, whose home 1s in Hillard, and who represents Uinta county. Mr. Carleton is one of the few members from out of town, in either house who is accompanied by his wi well along toward middle life ied a few at first Tnereby hangs a sto Mr. Carleton is one of the ve old l|mv|~4 He first venched Uinta early and was a government cogmized gentile at a time was o popular belief among the gen- Mormons that there were no good tiles on this side of the He soon singled out as an uncomprom foc of the polyzami It was i this time that he first met and fell in love with Miss Snow. a daughter of Judge Snow,a judge of the district court. They were engaged, but things so0on got 8o dingly hot that M. Carleton, tomaintain his existence on the 1ace of the earth, found it very ad- visable to remove from Utah. He finally dvifted into Ulnta. county, became gent at Mil- and is now i cor in m\llinu’ ilvoad ties. Mr. n, it ap- met opposition to his \\nt o g e o period Gt [tehtyone now menntime became her her’s clerk and dmitted to the bhar Last fall fate threw the old-time lovers together again when their hopes bore fruit re. There is not now in Wyoming a happier couple or a couple more esteemed or respected by their neighbors. American Girls Marrying Titles, London Waor irl is about 1o mar i noble coat of arms, the present season Miss Winnaret Singer will oxc plobeian apy lation for that of the Duchesse D In the course of manufactur the title of Camposelice. This title ght from the pope by ar’s present for her life as Camposelice dic e was mous whose sewing widow Duchesse de was harmless agon 18 & paintor of constdernble whose wve frequently remarked lon exhibition. sh aristo ing a bride from the scene of the talent, been n Another member of the En, y is about to United States. e iy tl engagement, the lovers bejng Mr. Hor- ace Walpole, nephew and hoir of Lord Orford, and Miss Louvisa Corbin of New York, nicce of M chin. The marriage, wh plice in Lon- don, will he ashionable f May. The Cc n family win- ‘anncs. The lady is said to have at expectations. And So They Were Married. New York Journal ohn Mather, a young New York artist, | the prize beauty of Killir and the 000 dowry that @ The couple eloped a few da Cummings. a wealthy learned spring was his d John Yorker, K ting like to him and to the rural shades worth. Last July Math of North Killing- appeared on the ne, sketeh-hook and easel in hand, i@ represented that he wanted to teh the scenery. He wed hoard Cumming’s hose into autumn, and 1 1 to stay in order to sketeh the scer in all'its autumnal grandeur, and the time he fine on canvas he had got the grandeu wanted to see what ort of artistic il the place forded in its wintercont,soJohn stayed on. Barly this w Mather and the young lady, Miss s Cummings, ap- vson without the ind after they were nd told all ahout 1y nustere parent in peared before the old man’s consent made one went back it. Like the l\mv the eonvention o had commun- boutsto young Mather vived lust spring, and was part of an ar- visit ranged plan. Lapland and American Marriages. It takes sixteen days for a Laplander tomarry the girl of his choice. How the bride and groom of our land would suffer were they compelled to stand ) fore the minister sixtecn days and peatedly assure that woythy person that they would be true to each other! The few moments that one is obliged to stand up in frontof a large congrega- tion at such & time seems like an age. The man’s knees will grow weak and wabble spite of all he can do, while the dear girl at his side feels as weak as a kitten (the writer has had the sensa- tion described by competent authori- ties). Sixteen long days of this would drive the most hardy person crazy, and even if the loving couple did esea with sound intellect their nerves would beé so shattered that life would be a bur- den. However, there is one thing cer- tain, The knot is tied just as ti, «nt in a few moments as it would be if it took sixteen days, and it is cheaper. If a man paid a ministor for sixteen days’ work at the rate he usually pays for those few blessed minutes he would not have enough to g to keeping house on, to say nothing of his wedding tour. Just Married. They had been married three weeks and had just gone to housekeeping. He was starfing to town one Morning and she followed him to the door. They had their avms wrapped aronnd each other, and she was saying: “Oh, Clarence, do’ you think 1t pos- siblo that the day cap ever come whon we shall part in anger? “Why, no, little puss,” he suid, course n0t; what put that foc into my little birdie's head, eh **Oh. nothing, dearest. I was only thinking how perfectly dreadful it would Te if one of us should speak harshly to the other. Ot h idea “Well, don't think of such wicked, utterly impossible things any more he said. “We can never, never quar rel.” “I know it, darling. dear old precious, good- wait a second, Clarenc note to mamma: the house and time to-day. iood-bye, you ve, and—oh, 1 tten a u run round to it for hersome ou have timg “What is it, little x:n'lu-‘ “Oh, to say if you ‘have time' to do almost the very first evrand your little i U'm awlully busy just now. “Too busy to please me? Oh, Clavence, you hurt my feelings so.” “Why, child, “I'mnot a vhihl. C riml woman, and /d “There, there, my pet. “No, no, Claren if Tw you'd t-t-ry to-to *But Mabel, do be reasonable. “Go_on, Clarence, go on; break my hes *Stuff and nonsense!™ #Oh, 0-0-0h!" **What have I said or done?"” “Axif you need 1 ask! But go. me if you will, Clarenc I — “This is rank nonsense! STl go back to mamma, if you me to. - She loved me.if you don’t “*You must be ¢ “Oh, yes, sneer at me ll“'uh' me. Perchaps you had better strike me!™ He hangs the door down the steps with o jump and s off, mutter- ing something about ,women being the 4 wence; I'ma mar- 1 your p-pet Hate ant = Il make up at_night, I have such a little tiff in the years to come; and_when they are old they 1l “We've lived together forty-five years, and never—no, never —spoken weross word to each other in all that time. e INT DIt ors. Dou't praise the p comes in The railroads are beginning the y, a bad wreckord. A man is known his real estate dec The older we grow the more we see how little other people know. It is an casy thing to it is hard to make it pay It requires some nerve to have the courage fan bafore the bil wr with a great deal nowadays by 1 phitosoplicr, but of another man's convictions Nothin o as a thi ‘The pen i tini y-day note. a mighty engine, and it some- s runs away with the engines ouie people o to Florida to “spend the —and The ice it is tho If low assoc thermometer ‘it upper part of the stat n touched by the fr, futions corrupt good morals has got to clevate i creis more difference hetween ¢ tatlcand free speach than some people to supposc. A new industry is makinz whisky from old vags. Aswhisky makes rogs, this is a sort of reciprocity. The ri old is be the ¢ some pesple never o all their growing w w \ °n a fire in the it often le: should have done. We dou’t se¢ what hope Dakota has of got- into the union after starting that last d onits way. Solomon, when he gave his famous juds- wment, was the, first man who ever proposcd to split the differenc Tt is as dang ppist and his philanti 'u a dog and its bone, an who fails to advertise in dull times a par with the fellow who refuses to cat because his stomach is empt) A great many inventions are being made to kill people casily, but what 1 worse wanted is someting that will enable us all to live casil, kitchen stove goes out s undone those things which it are informed that Russia will not take reassuring to Russia the initiative. lknow t does 1ot W *Too much absorbed in his busi i the comment of a newspaper on the dc a brewer who was found drowned in a tank of his own beer. Some people ure itis certainly is something that assionately fond of sensation of a short Imlmnu 1 He's zot the earth, and he |||n|mM to take a look at the sky. Do not laugh_at the antics of your ¢ said Michel de Moutaigne, the at philo- sobic essayist; “foraught you can tell, he may be laughi L a singul went up n '\\n young ther, “How: two old f live without botk TS @ g they think secd in 4 snowdrif o strawberries the ¢ Discretion is defined as that which enables one to keep a safe dist twoeen oneself and trouble. DPoliceme fest its possession in a most unusual de A svortsman is a man who spends all d from his business, &2 for shot s home at night tired, nga b cent rabbit ho first Ui part of hung by the sen thing betw the orange pecl. Sometimes the man throws h peclinto the gutter, and somc- age peel throws the man into man and times the the son Lan Fto Delieve must leave the > department almost without an “lph 0w u that feud between Colonel Blood rass getting on ! Are they ()n no; the whole thi is happily “T'm glad to hear that.’ “*Yes, the klllvu each other, The newest entertainment in fashionable society in_Washington is a “soirce hypno- tique.” The host and the guests all mesmer- ize one another and then imagine that they are having the best time on record, “There are shrewd, careful men in this coun- try who are bound to crowd the weak to the wall. One of them bought Horace Greeley's autograph ut g sale the other day, and within half an hour Bulldozed a Chines into delivering six stirts and a dozen collars for it. = Undue exposure 10 6 coid winds, rain, bright light'or malaria, may bring on inflammation and soreness of tL Dr. J. Ho McLenn's strengthening Salve widi subdue the inflammution, cool and soothe the nerves, strengthen weak and failing Lye 25 ceuts a box. 1888, ~TWELVE PAGES, o ot e et o - e R e e et Y 11 IN THE FUNNY MAN'S DOMAIN. Another Case of Didn't Know— Very Encouraging. RIP VAN WINKLE'S Cupid In the Eating House—-Why He Sat Down-Always Prepared— A Standing Army — Leap Year Poetry. Another Case of * Didn't Know." With faunty step hie walked along And proud and manly bearing © seemed, while mingling Just out o take an airing. The snow slide came as suddenly As comes a clap of thunder, And just at the moment he Alone was pussing under, "Twas with a fierce, a savage air He rose and thus exploded knew, by jings, the roof was there, But didn’t know ‘twas loaded 1" uf think its I know it.” out of his pocket he hands it to the pa- tient. “Here our case. You sce_that one out of one hundred is cured.” *Well?" asks the sick man, nearly frightened to death at the announcemént. *Well! you're the hundredth Uve treated; the other ninety-nine I lost.” y reminds us of the brev- Cupid In the Restauran: She is pretty and a witty Dimple tumbles in her ching She is tickle and ‘twould tickle You to watch her handle tin; She is pros but the rosy Color m her downy cheeks, And her fru winsome beauty, Rather stuns me when she spoaks, Shie is fotching and a catehing Winner aids her graceful way, With an air, when [ eat there She will pass the time of day ; And I order on the border Of a bankrupt at her back, Fy dishes, fo wishes increase my luncheon check, Will she titter, or will bitter Grief be silenced with a tear, When 1 rried hints I'm married To her fra; ky car! Ah, 1 fear me she +vill hear me With a startled, ‘rightened look, And with smiling ways beguiling o to work to cateh the cook ! He Sat Down. The curtain had gone down on the first act, when a bullet-headed man, who had come in ten minutes late and disturbed a dozen people to get tos chair in the center of the row, got up. It was time for bec He had been in there twenty-two minutes by the watch, and was suffering untold agonies for glass of lager. He rted to put on his overcoat, when the strange lady at his “Yesm.” “Coming huck after you get a drin wy me |u~up:u~n(l bottles—one wi with heer W, I have two whisky and H e other Which will you hat!” he stammered as he looked down upon her with bulging 1l gradually his arms fell, his overcoat sank down on the hnhug i front of him, and he dropped into his eat with a thud that jarred everybody in the row. Jid you ever have a lady hand you a sked of a car con- There were who used to hand me ters.” **And you tlldnl feel like saying ny! no need, T W nickles ready to nge? A Prize Fo n lovely wom 1d buys a remnant strip of braid, What charms can soothe her melanctioly On learnng she can’t match the shades Rip Van Winkle's Drink Discovered. He hung to the lamp post with one hand while he finally succeeded in get- ting a letter into the box with the other. s had just braced up for & walk away n ofticer eame along and wished him *‘a Happy New Y “Shame to you *‘Sheems funny don’t er? “What?" “Why, zhis New Year. gone [ u mean 1887, 'Wh Whaz /hul" Is “Of course.” **Zhen Tam lost! Just mailed letter to iy gi Dated \L 1987. Told her Il be up to-morrow.” - “But she'll reason that you veral on this lead quar- any- always had return for four 1 che r the Answer. W n stoops to foll, the reply. Ole 1987 ish ‘er 188797 mistoolk 111. She'll rea- hat ends me! 0, er won't—no, son zhat I was drunk, and , isn’t ‘el Only three nvl‘l“o-& rot ahead a hundred years! \\Iwu- 1'd been T I got “stone Leap Year Poctry. Washington_Critic. We do not hesitate to sts, That 1838 Iy something very choice and grs, sire to mas, d when they mest their proper 3, Ynn bet we don't exage 3 When boldly we assevers “That not a woman will bo 18 bbling up the tewpting b3. He Was. Detroit Free Press: e was a holated g home. As he turned into from Beaubien, o pede confronted him and ~ if you will please be so kind to tell me what time it is I'd as to ust striking one!” was the as the belated shot out with his v and knocked the fellow into the gutter, vietim erawled out after a period a big ball of « to bleed on, and mut- snow for his nose tered to himself: Wasn't Tin Tuck that it wasn't just alll\lll"‘n ven or |\\~ ! “A Standing \nn “What is the standing army of the United State: ked the teach St are the mer plicd lhn smart boy who came in | l\-lln who h ng on to the straps in the street ca And the principal sat up that night untii the moon went down trying to decide whether he should mark that boy zero, minus, and lick him, or ten plus, and give him a toy pistol. He Had Caught Her Idea Anyhow Washington Critic: An up-town Preshyterian Sunday school teacher has a way of expressing np]nunllm!mu by using the adverh principally, vini- cipally this” or “*principally ihat," and she has an imitative scholar, the son of A congressman, st Sunday she had the boy in the corner. “Do you always tell truth, Tommy*" “Always, miss,” he respomded promptly. “Allways, Tommy?” she inquired doubtingly. “Well, " prineipally always,” plicd, and she let him go. he re- DRINK, ng with the throng, 1 shall re- 1 don't think anything about And pulling a paper are the statistics relative FURNITURE We Are Just Now Clearing Out Our MID WINTER STOCK OF UNDERWEAR! And in order that there will be no mistake about it we have made a HORIZONTAL REDUCTION all'round. Prices have found a level and the man who sells goods cheaper than we do for the next thirty day, will have to sell below cost. Men's fine all wool, regular made, shirts and drawers, both white and scarlet, W. G. Medlicott & Co's. best goods, at $2.25 cuch, educed from $3. Men, s scarlet all wool, wegular made, shirts mnl drawers, at $2 each, reduced from $2.75, Men's scarlet all wool shirts and draw ers, at 75¢, $1 and $1. educed from #1, $1. 25 and 31,50, Men’s imported Shetland wool shi and drawers at $2; reduced from Men's lamb’s wool shirts and draw: at 81.50 each; reduced from 82, Men'’s striped camel’s hair shirts and drawers, at $1.75 cach; reduced from 50. Men's fancy Hu'ipvd wool shirts and drawers atg $1.25 and $1 reduced from $1.75 and $2. One lot of men’s night shirts in plain white and fancy trimmed, at 50¢ ench. They would be cheapat 75. Lalies® exta and pants, reduced from $2 to 81,50 each TLadies' best quality camel’s hair veosts and pants, both plain and striped, ro- Auced from $2 to $1.50, Ladies'scarletall wool vosts and pants, 5 and $1.50 cach; reduced 1, $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75. Ladies’ TOBOGGANS at 50c, 75c and 81 cach; veduced from 75¢, $1 and $1.50, from Also children's heavy UNDERWEAR, At Prices that will Pay 1o Buy tion for the reductions ave 11 sensino. | and Hold Till Next Season UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY For buyers to make a great saving. The stockis rapidly decreasing, so call without delay or send in your orders by mail. ‘We Prepay Charges on Mail Orders, THONPNO, BELDEN & (0, 1319 Farnam Street, Omaha. endelssoln, fisher & Lawrie ARCHITECTS. New Paxion Building. 16TH AND FARNAM STS. HILL & YOONG, 1240 and 1213 Farnam Stract Carpets, Stoves, House Forishing Goods. WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PAY- MENTS. HIMEBAUGH & TAYLOR, ICE TOOLS.| Wire Rope, Buffalo Scales, Scale Repair Shop. OMAHA. DEWEY & STONE FURNITURE. A magnificentdisplay afeverything useful and ornamental in the furniture maker's art, at reasonable prices. Plows, Markers, Hooks, Grapples, Slide Iron. fine white all wool vests s s e b ‘|