Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 29, 1888, Page 9

HE OMAHA SuNDAY BEE PAGES 9-16. | EVENTEENTH YEAR. Morse&Co Monday morning. we will in- augurate a sweeping sale of Par- asols and Umbrellas, all thissea- son’s goods. We did not carry over from last year a single Par- asol, consequently show nothing but new and choice styles, Safin Diuchesse PARASOL The above cut represents our 20-inch Black Satin Duchesse Parasol, lined with fine black and beige silk, and B-inch Spanish Guipure Lace; worth $4.580. We offer them all next week at $2.78. SILK UMBRELLAS, §1.8b. For next week we offer BO Gloria Silk Umbrellas, with handsome assortment of natural wood handles, and warranted to give satisfactory wear. Price next week, $1.88. Twlled Silk Umbrellas, $2.50, These are made of finest Twilled Silk, ebony and snake wood handles, with fine gold caps. The best value in the city for $2.80. Size 28 inches. Twilled Silk Sunshades, $1.35, These come 22 inches, Twilled Silk, natural wood handles, and sold everywhere at $2.00. All next week we offer them at $1.88. ¥MorsaCo Special Prices! FOR ONE WEEK. 66 flomemes During the week we have four special values to offer in Black Chantilly Lace Flouncings. Note the prices: 40-in, Imported Chantilly Lace, $1.10 42-in. French Chantilly Lace, $2.00 42-in, Fr:nch Chantilly Lace, $2,50 42-in, French Chantilly Lace, $3.00 All of the above four lots are worth one-third more than the prices quoted. SPANISH LACE FLOUNCING. These are made of the finest quality of pure silk, are rich in patterns and lustrous in shade. 44-in, Spanish Lace Flouncing, $2.00 44-in, Spanish Lace Flouncing, $2.50 44-in, Spanish Lace Flouncing, $3.00 We confidently assert that we have the only complete stock of laces in the city. ORIENTAL LACE FLOUNCING. Far Monday and during the week we offer two special drives in Cream Beige Oriental Flouncings, 42 inches wide, Lot | at 50c. Lot 2 at 60c. NORMANDIE VAL FLOUNCING, 75¢c. We offer 10 pieces finest quality Normandie Val Flouncing, 48 inches wide, in both cream and white; worth at retail $1.50. All next week at 78 c. yMorse&(o (2-4 MARSEILLES BEDAPREADA. $3.65 Monday morning we place on sale B4 Marseilles Bed Spreads; full 12-4, but slightly soiled in transit. They are worth at regu- lar price $8.00 to $6.00; to close them outin cne day we offer the lot at $8.68. 12-4 Marseilles Bed Spreads, $1.50. We offer again one case of these extra large and heavy Marseilles Bed Spreads at §1.80;regular price $2.00. Plush Stand Covers, $2.00. We offer another lot of Choice Plush Stand Covers in Cardinal, Olive, Gendarme Gold and Scar- let ‘with handsome Persian Fringe border worth at regular price $3.00; our price $2.00. PERSIAN AND CHENILLE Table Covers. Have just opened a new impor- tation of the above Table Covers, we put them into two lots and offer them for one week at $2.28 and $2.60. THE TALKATIVE CGRIPYAY, The Loquacious Cable Line Em- ploye Lately Discovered. HE TELLS SOME FUNNY STORIES, And Gives Valuable Pointers on the Methods of Discerning Kansas Oity People, A BeE representative, while enjoying the benefit of a cheap excursion on one of the cable lines recently, made the acquaintance of the "grip man, who subsequently proved to be one of the most loquacious individuals on the face of the footstool, and the amount of facts, obtained by ordinary observation, which the aforesaid personage has stored in his cranium are wonderful to contemplate. ‘While 1t would be impossible to publish all the information imparted by this walking, or riding encyclopedia, a porticn of the anec- dotes disscminated will be put in type for the edification of the many readers of this issue of the Beg, with the assurance that should the reception accorded the narratives related prove a favorable one, that a synopsis of the gripman’s weekly tales will be given each Bunday. 1 notice,” said the controller of speed as he applied the track brake, lifting the grip car off its wheols, in order to avoid running over a small boy whose indulgent mother had l:crmlll!ml him to imperil his litule existence y playing in the street, I notice we have a great many of late, while ~ those from othor cities and 1 observe that who hail from eastern points, like New York aud Philadelphia, ex- press surprise at the wonderful growth of our city, those who come here from the towns near us-—St. Joseph, Kansas City, Chicago, Dubuque, and other points—ney allow themselves to utter one word of aston- ithment, although the sights they see are en- tirely new to them. During the week just closed 1 have had passengers on my car from all the cities mentioned, and this is about the way they acted: The Dubugue prohibitionist waved his hat to stop the car, and insisted on having the foremost seat, much to the dis- comfiture of a small boy who had enconced himself there. Old Jowa then gazed about hium as though he owned the road, and all the way down Dodge street hill amused himself by using all means to attract attention. When we reached the terminus on Tenth street he wanted us to hold our train in order that he might ‘slide over and get a little suthin’ before we started back.’ But we didn’t wait, and old Cold Water went offt in high dudgeon.” “On the next trip I had a St, Joe man for a passenger. How do 1 know he was from St oet Because he paid his fare to the conduc- tor in pennies for one thy But wait until 1l you—Hold on the; ' exclaimed the puian, as he dropped the cable and applied the brake to e an ice wagon from total destruction, “*How did I kuow he was from St. Joel Well, he stood close to the track and signalled me 10 stop, and then when we were opposite him he jumped back as though afraid of the ma- chine, When he boarded the car he sat down by me, and at once began talking about the Olive street line and the circle cable, and hen I knew he wus from St. Joe. You see car of yokes al street down the river there, and the inhabi- tants have not quit talking cable line yet. 1 b been there,” 'o-day Thad a Kansas City man fora " continued the versatile employe, s he slacked up to allow a commereial tray: ®eler with a big grip to nearly break his neck in trying to board the rear platform. *I can tell one of them every time. - Just pass a va- cant lot with a sign ‘for sale’ nailed on the fence, and the pilgrim from the Kaw's mouth will gn'e vent to & groan that will jar the ach. You see one of those signs reminds nn of home, where there is fortly of thew on yisitors every pieco of property in the city., Every- thing in Kansas City is for sale.” “I had a delegation from Chicago yester- day—t hree ladies and one little miss. They were chaperoned by a lady and gentleman who reside here, and they made at leasta half dozen trips with me, and the amount of language these Chicago- ans scattered over the landscape was awful to think of. ‘Oh you ought to see_our cable line,’ said the eldest, a blonde. ‘Yes, and they run ever so much faster than this one,’ chimed in the second, who was a bru- nette. ‘And carry ever o many more pas- sengers,’ put in the third, who was one of those girls that always makes you look around for a white horse. ‘And carry you ever so much farther for five thents,’ put in the little miss. And so it went until Omaha could not control himself any longer, and spoke up: ‘Well, girls, you have not got any hills on your cable line like this one.’ This remark pleased me[so much that I Jaughed so hard that I forgot what I was do- ing, and let the grip slip off the cable, and did not uw}) until I got past Fifteenth street, where I knocked a dago’s banana wagon into smithereens, I tell you that was funny.” “Now,” continued the gripman, ‘‘we are in the heart of the city, and just watch matters a little and you will see some fun, Observe that colored young man who got on at Eigh- teenth street while we were running at full speed. He will ring the bell for the train to stop at Ed Miller's place,” and sure enough the pmphe(‘e' came true, “Watch him," whispered the gripman, as he stopped the car s0 suddenly the debarking son of Africa came flying up against the front door. *Keep you eyé on him,” he continued, as wiating un- til the descendant of Ham was near the rear door when he shoved the grip in the corner, as it were and started so suddenly that the *‘colored pusson” referred to took a‘‘header” over the rear platform on the granite. “That fellow won’t ring that bell next time, I'll bet & Reina Vie.” “Say, have you ever noticed how various are the sounds of the bells on the cable cars Nearly every bell has a different tone, There is one car on the Harney street linethat when you pull the bell cord there is a heavy dull ‘chug, chug,’ a surly sort of lemme-lon I-don’t-wan disturbed sound that makes the passengers fearful of accidents, The fel- lows that have to do with these sort of bell ring them as little as possible and when they have to jerk the cord they look around as if they were ashamed to be compelled to keep company with anything so sour. They are @ nuisance, the ill-tempered bells, and worry the passengers with delicate nerves, who “know that cable car gongs are intended to warn people of danger, “Then there is the wheezy bell that speaks for all the world as if it had the asthma, and was doing duty when it ought to bein St. Joseph's hospital. How a fellow with such a bell has to jerk away at the cord when he comes to a crossing! He pulls 8o earnestly and witn such an evident determination to perform faithfully his part of the contract that everybody in the car pities him, Some of tho bells tinkle weakly, reminding one of acow coming home from pasture—a very musical sound when attached to a cow, but scarcely stentorian enough for a crowded street crossing. Some make a rattling disin tegrating noise like a tin pan attached to a pup's tail, and some of the cars round the corner with a sonorous ding, dong, ding, doug, like a church bell. Some of the gongs announce the approach of a car with a gentle tapping, like the tick-tack that town boys fasten to parlor windows, or the pecking of a sapsucker on the bark of a dead t Some sound like & charivari to a newly married young couple by a party of boon compan- ions, and a few make one think thata fire engine is coming at full speed. Then there is the gong that explodes at intervals, and the clear toned, merry gong that we are all stuck on. Around the corner we come, play- ing a tune “‘ting, tong, tink-cly-tong, ting, tong, tink-ely tong, clear the track, we are coming. That is the kind of a gong I like. A gripman with 8 good gong 8oon L.comes & wmusician, if he has any musie in his soul, and Le has a different tune for every corner.” “But here we are. at Teuth street june- tion. Going to getoff, ehi Well, tata, I will see you later.” A Flask and a Prophecy. From the Philadelphia Press:” While some workmen in McKeesport, Penna., were l(-nriug down an old byilding they {odnd embedded in one of the chimney breasts a pint flask of whisky made in 1528, and placed there ten years later by Orlando Grier. There was also a tin box containing a written prophecy to the effect that 85 years later (i. e., ’73} slavery would not exist, though it would cost thousands of slayes to make the change. ‘‘Men,” the writer continued, “will communicate from beach to beach of ocean easier than to indicate a lotter. The tallow candle of to-day will not even be used to grease boots. Men will touch the walls as Moses touched the rock for water and light will dispell the dark: ness, McKeesport will become a great place, waxing stronger in wealth and position ’mongst the valleys. Prohib- ition will be a battle cry, with temper- ance a_formidable enemy. The first will fail, the latter prevail for a time, wax weak and men will again court the cup. The flesh of spirits which I place herewith will rise in the midst of a con- flict which will claim it as one of the principals.” Busy and Wicked Leadville. New York Telegram: Harrison avenue, the Broadway of Leadville, is one of the busiest thoroughfares in all the world. All day long and until late at night the street is filled with huge, lumbering ore wagons, past which shoot the light buckboards of the mine superintendents or caterers. Long trains of pack donkeys are loaded at the stores or starting for the distant mines. Express wagons and stages twist in and out among the slower veh- icles and horsemen spur their bronchos through the press, sometimes in the street, sometimes on the wooden side- walks where hurried pedestrians add to the bustle and confusion. . But it is at night that the town be- comes really active, and the avenue is in its glor As early as 7 o'clock the street is erowded with the laborers from the out- lying mines and smelters, and as day begins to fade the saloons blaze forth in all their gaudy splendors, and the class of men who wear collars (a distinetive uniform in the Rocky Mountains)is abroad, stacking chips,” shufling cards and personally preparing for the even- ing’s campaign by the absorption of brandy and soda in surprising quanti- ties. By 8 o’clock the dens of iniquity are infull blast, and work does noteven slacken before 2 or 8 in the morning, after which the night shift, straggling home, fill the places of those who fall aws [eat] One of the larger saloons will hold probubly three or four hundred men, and contains, in addition to two large and well-patronized bars, half a dozen faro banks, as many assorted poker lay- outs and a roulette wheel, all of which are publicly ed and patronized to an extent that is appalling to the ordin- ary observer, There are atleast a dozen of these ‘fluu-u on the avenue, but still the gam* bler’s cravings are not satisfied, and the town boasts three games of keno, a form of gambling which can only be operated in a community like this, as publicity is almost unavoidable in playing it. There are more enthusiasts over this game than any other. It is played with cards about six inches square, on which are printed about forty numbers, in rows of five acevoss the card, The players each purchase one or more cards and the game commences. The gambler or roller sits on an olevated platform on which & table is placed bearing the “duck,” a hollow sphere mounted and revolying on trunnions and having on one side a spout or nozzle. In the fiuak are liftle ivory balls, ou . which are| MORNING, 3Morse&Co CURTAIN —AND— UPHOLSTERY DEPARTMENT. Monday morning we will offer some extraordinary bargains in Lace and Silk Curtains, Import- ing these goods direct from the manufacturers in Europe, we areenabled to sell them fully 28 per cent cheaper than other houses who are compelled to buy from jobbers. S. P. MORSE & CO. $10 a Pair, Florentine Silk Curtains in a variety of patternsand colorings. This lot of Curtaims will be sold only for this sale at $10. a pair; regular price $15. to $20. a pair, $12 a Pair. 78 pairs of handsome Dado Chenille Portiers; all this season’s importation in an endless variety of colorings and patterns. Mon- day’s price $12. a pair; regular price worth $20. APRIL $10 a Pair, 24 pairs of Swiss Tambour Lace Curtains in White and Ecru for this sale the price is $10, a pair,regular price $18. printed numbers corresponding to those on the cards. The duck is revolved rapidly two or three times, then the nozzle is caught and opened and a ball extracted, the roller calls the number on the ball, and each player places a market on the card over that number. Thisis continued until some player has five counters in a row, which corsti- tutes him a winner, and he receives all the money paid for' cards less the per centage of the roller. These pots aver- age about $20, and there are usually a hundred players at one time. So far from any attempt at conceal- ment, the gambling dens and other resorts are advertised in the news- papers, and in a synopsis of the indus- tries of Leadville, given at New Year’s time, the leading journal gives gam- bling a prominent place. and quotes the wages paid to the dealers by the men who set up the game. Fast Work in_a Clothespin Factory. “One cent a box?” ““Yes, sir. We are paid Ic for pack- ing a box of five gross ef clothespins,” suid one of the packers to a reporter for the New York Mail and Express re- cently. *“An expert can pack 100 boxesin a day of ten hours. Sharp work, that handling 72,000 pins a day.” Clothespins are made in the lumber regions. They are usually made of ash, sometimes of beach, black and white birch and maple. The wood is taken to the factory in lozs and cut into lengths of thirty-one inches by circular saws, These lengths are then cut into blocks and the blocks again cut into sticks, The sticks are placed under another saw and cutinto the required lengths, Next the turner takes a haul at them, and from there they go 1o the slotting . mkchin They are placed in troughs by the operator, the machine picking them up and slofting them, They are then' dried in a re- volving pipé-drier, going thence to the polishing cylinder and then to the r. Each pin passes through eight A single plant consists of hoard saw, gang splitter, gang chunker, turn- ing lathe, drying house and polisher, costs from #7,000 to #5,000. The machines working are very interesting. The little blocks of wood 54 inches long placed on am endless belt, which ceds the blocks sutomatically into the lathe. As the lathe is turned the pin is taken automatically from the spindle and placed on a tyrntable and carried to a circular saw, which whittles out the slot in the pin, Itis then finished and thrown out of the turntable by the same appliunce that puts the pins on the table, Falling, they are caught in a basket or barrel and are then taken to the drying house for ten to twenty-four hours, or until dr, The polishing cylinder or rumbler holds twenty to forty bushels; this is run at a slow speed, about thirty turns a minute, and by simple friction and contact they become polished, Generosity Not His Faili The guests at a pecent marvinge feast in this vicinity wefe disappointed. Dur- ing the cvening the guests were each presented with a gmall paper bag filled with peanuts and & few pieces of candy, and at a later houry the Lridegroom an- nounced that suppér would be served at the hotel. So far 1 was satisfactory. The surprise came'when each guest was asked by the waiter to foot the bill for Aissupper. And the newly married in dividual, inJwhose honor the feast was spread, is said to be worth $10,000, Ceuld it be that the wedding presents didn’t turn out as he expected.—Houl- ton (Me.) Republican, 20, 1888, IXTEEN PAGES. ¥Morse&( (URTAT —AND— UPHOLTERY DEPARTMENT. 69c a Pair. 75 pairs Nottingham Tace Curtains, taped «dge, full lengthy both ecrn and white, for this sale, 69¢ a pair; worth $1.25. $1.25a isair. 100 pairs, handsome patterns, Nofting- ham Lace Curtains, 8} yards long, taped edges. Special sale price $1.25. $2.25 aPair. 40 pairs of Nottingham Lace Curtains 8 1.2 yards long, 58 Ties wide; special price $2.25 a pair, worth $4.00. $3.50 a Pair. 60 pairs of choicest patterns of Brussels effect Lace Curtains; these patterns are cqual to the best Brussels Curtains ime ported, both in Ecru and White. Special sale price $3.50 a pair; regular price $5.00 to $7.00. $1.50 a Pair. 0dd pairs of Madras Lace Curtains one to three pairs of a pattern, tLi; lot will be closed out at $1.50 a pair, worth $3.00 to $6.00. BOHLINGHR’S ——IMPROVEDE—— HLace Curtain Stretchers § CUT 3F FOLOING FRAME. Wit Save you Moncy, Time and Labor, Every Hovstkrerkr SnouLd HAVE ONE; tay lady can operate them, For Sale Bv S.P. MORSE & CO PREPARING FOR THE RACES, An Afternoon Among the Flyers at the Fair Grounds. THE JOCKEYS ON THE TRACK Brilliant Prospects For the June Race Meeting — Improving the Grounds—The Horses Now in Training. This has been a great month for jogging the trottters at the fair grounds course, and the trainers have been more than thankful to clerk of the weather. Yesterday after- noon was a delightful one, and the BEe man paid a visit to the park, The track is in fine condition, the grass within the quarter streten has begun to don its greenest hue, and the buds have begun to swell and burst, while the whole field looks bright and at tractive. Work upon the grand stand and amphitheatre, which is to be a convenient building 280x36 feet, will be-commenced by Cortractor Bell Monday morning; also upon the cattle sheds and barns, and the floral hall. Piles of lumber loom up against the summer sky, and all the preparations for % busy month’s work are manifest upon all sides. All the improvements, including the new fencing, are to be completed by June 5th, and on the 12th the spring racing meet will open, and continue throughout the 15th, four days in all. No little praise is due the citizens of Omaha for the renewed interest they are evincing in fast and thoroughbred stock, and within a very few years, if this advancement continues, the city will have a name within turf cir- of which she may well be proud. Already ir is a recognized fact that Omaha can boast of as fine a lot of roasters, promising colts and handsome turnouts as any city of equal dim- insions in the whole great west. A success ful spring meet will go farther toward stimu- lating this emulation in fine horse flesh than any one other thing that can be mentioned, and from the outlook the approaching four days' session is going to be an unqualified triumph, for horsemen, spectatorsand the management as well. There are at present at the track the stables of A. J. Poppleton, A, Thompson, J. H. and John A. McShane, Dick Wild, G, D, Wyatt, L. R. Mayn Al MecCord, Charles McCormick, G, C, Tom Gray, D. H. Reynolds, A, Hj 8, John D, Creighton, Fred Fowler, Mat Wil- bur, J. 8. MeC and others. In all about seventy horses being tracked and gotten in shape for their early engagements, to begin with the races here in June. Coy has in us string Charley MceC b, g. car old, with large and handsome sor g, with 2:84}¢ to his credit; Shane's highbred stallion, J. L. and the gray pacer, St. He is also handling & bay colt, J. W., for Dr. Wertz, Nat Brown's b. g Truéman B. is showing up en- couragingly, while McCoy has a prize in Romeo, & black two year old. Al McCord's b. m. Daisy, is well namea, for she is a daisy, and will be making the quickest of them get before the season is closed. John D. Creigh- ton owns @ great little mare in Lulu C. is a deep bay, clean limbed and neatas a steel engraving. His b. s. George Simmons, is another valuable piece of horse flesh, whose three year old record is 48}, He was sired by George Simmous, Sr.; he by George Wilkes. Mat Wilbur is expecting great things from bis b. g. Billy the Kid. Heis in fine form and tracks well. In A, Thompson's stables the handsome bay stallion, Jack Shulfimnl. 18 & Cox . Jack is & grandson of Rysdyke's Ha Towing Sheppard comes Ethan Allen, & b, 8, and @ grandson of Old Ethan Allen, with a record of 87}¢. Kzelda Allen, b. m. i & very fast fuurnfr r old, while his ¢, m., Betsy Baker, cady bhas a wark of 2:30 $Morse&Co | adies’ Suits, §25. desirable shades of Mahogany and Gobelin, handsomely braided as shown in above cut. These cannot be duplicated under $40. in Omaha. Sale price all next week $28. LADIES' SUITS, $9.00 28 Ladies’ English Cashmere Suits ‘'n two shades, Medium, Brown and Mahogany, box pleated Shirts, long apron front with full high drapery, plain stylishback; just as well made and as’ perfect in shape as our most expensive suits. A bargain at the price $9.00. AGENTS FOR BUTTERICK'S PATTERNS. Salaam, a magnificent bay stallion by On- ward, i8 at the head of A. J. Poppleton’s string. He came from R, P. Pepper’s famous stock farm at Lexington, Ky., and cost 5,000 Bridger, unother handsome bay stallion, five yeats old, is by M Dillic G., by Zulu, 'a bay years old, ~shows evidences durance ' and _ speed, whilo Zulu, a four-year-oid bay mare, has made her nile'in .45 on the road. Susette, by Zulu, and Duranda, bay mares, are three years old, and muéh is_expected of them.” Tho lntfer has a mark of 2:57. Among the showiest_animals at the track are G.M. Hiteheock's team of pacers, & bay and a chestuut, which are bound to be heard from. They are both superb animals, and the chest nut is rated very fast. Al Potter is the possessor of beautiful chestiut colt, o son of Auburn, which the handler says s des- tined to create a_stir in time. Victor Sprague, a gray stallion, 1s the property of . B. Woods. ~ He_is & top-notcher, with a record of 291, Milton G, @ roun pacer owned by M. H. Gobble, tracks well and im- proves daily. Jonn A., a b. g. belonging to J. A. McShiune, is another good one. S. R. Johnson's bay gelding, Mark, excites favor- able commen) every time he is brought upon the track. He is very fast, and becoming faster every day, Kobert'L, Guslish owns Bay Frank, 4217, while A. W. Phelps and son are proud of their wo youngsters by Jack Sheppard, Prince Edward, o glossy bay stallion, and a half brother to'Fullerton D., with a record of .19%, is the pride of Thompson's stables. The Prince as yet has nomark, Colonel J. M. Eddy's buy mare, Mazey, keeps company with the speed’ iest, 'She s promising and valuable, But in speaking of the good ones it won't_do to omit G. D, Wyatt's bay mare Flora. She is a chpper, Her sire jsOceana. Chicf_and st is 4 full sister of Maggie Knox, with a record o1 2414 Dick Wilde's stables, too, are worthy of more than a passing notice. Heading Lis string is tho well known trot ting stallion Trenton. He is o beautiful bay, three years old and was foaled at Fashion stud furm at Newark, N. J. He is by Stran- ger, dum by Jay Gould, second dam by Alex- under’s Abdallih, Thus it will be scen he comes for zencrations bick from producing und fashionable families., He combines the blood of Hambletonian, American Star, Mambrino Chicf and Morizan, He is_a fine, speedy auimal and a valuable _acquisition 10 Omaha's equine interests, 'Wilde also has Annie S., a bay mare by Oriental, and a bay kelding { John—both fine 'creatures, Charles thinks & good car old Wilduir, while L. R. cor Toun Hal, with 4 record of 2:321¢ acts much attention, A, Higgins of Nor- ton, Kan., is tracking his pacing mare Red Star, whom he thinks will acquit herself nobly this season. ‘Uhe only string of run- ners present so far is that belonging to D. H, Reynolds of Galesburg, and among which Glen Daly is u corker. - 'Thus it will be seen » prospects for tho June ceedingly bright and it w tive to say that a success is assured that will almost totally eclipse any of the scesions ever held in this section of the country, Probably the reproduction of the programme will not come amiss, con- sequently it will be found subjoined TUESDAY, JUNE 12, Nettie Pacing, 985 class, purso. . Running, one-half mile and r WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, Trotting, 2:24 class, purse. Trotting, 8 minute class, purse Pacing, 2:25 class, purse.......... Running, 1’ wile dash, ail ages, p THURSDAY, JUNE 14, Trotting, 2:38 class, purse Trotting, 2:2 class, purse. Pacing, free for all, purse Running, 1 mile dash, 8 years years purse Rununing, 1 mile and repeat, purse. “Trotting, 2:46 class, purse. Trotting, free for all, purse 4 \ing, 13 mile dash, noveity, purse.. 10 the first horse at the half mile. to the first Lhorse at the mile, §85 to the first horse at the mile and a halt Among the prominent trainers in charge of the different stables upon the grounds is the well-known and genlal Ben Walker, Billy 316, 'NUMBER »MorsedGo Ladies' Suits, 52, This suit represented by above cut s made of very finest Broadclothy bound with fine black silk braid; comes in Mahogany, Gobelin and Dark Seal, cannot be duplie cated in Omaha for less than $40. Our price next week, $25. LADIES SUITS, $12. These Lad Suits are nade of all ‘wool De Beige, combination of plain, tan grey, with stripe to matehy made and fuy= nished in hest manner; cannot he made for less than $18. N week we offer them at $12. We make no extra charge for alterations and guarantee a perfect fit or no sile. AGENTS FOR BUTTERICK'S PATTERNS, Houston, B. Thompson, Scott McCoy, A. Higgns and Ben Smith, The system of handling horses is some- thing after the following: About 7 inthe morning they are given a light feed, cleaned and brushed up, then jogged any distance from3 to 7 miles. They are then brought in, rubbed, brushed and soaked out and fed again. Inthe evening they are walked, al- lowed to graze a little, then returned to their stables, where they receive another rubbing, principally the legs. Then the feet ar@ washed out and stuffed, and the delicate creatures tucked away for the night. The next meet following that in June, will be during the great autumal fair and exposition which will be held this year upon Septems ber 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, and the board of manae gers hope to make it the crowning event in the history of the association. Flattery Saved the Artist. Detroit Free Press: The other day & man was walking slowly up Miams Auenue and encountered aman walking hurriedly down. They raninto each other, both drew off and apologized, and the one in a hurry added:— “I've been so mad all the morning I couldn’t see straight.” ‘“Nothing serious, I hope.” ‘‘Well, my wife had some photos taken and the artist made a botch job. I am now on my way topunch hig head.” *Can I see them?” They were exhibited, and after & eful inspection the gentleman said:— “My friend, you are way off. The work is well done, and you ought to be proud of your wife's looks,” “Do you mean it?” “Certainly. There are not ten ag handsome women in Detroit.” “Shoo!” A “It’s a fact, and the work is that of a real artist. You should be more than satisfied.” “Well, I declare! Tguess I've been too hasty and I'll drop the matter right here. Glad I didn’t punch the photos rapher’s head,” E*Yes, so am I,” said the other to hime self, us he went his way. It was the artist himself, - What May Be Eaten with Fingers. There are a number of things that the most fashionable and well-bred people now eat at the dinner table with theie to which a fork should nevee be applied. Asparagus, whether hot or cold, when served whole, as it sbould be. Lettuce, which should be dipped im the dressing or a little salt, Celery, which may prope on the table-cloth beside th Strawberries, when stem on, as they usually elegant houses. Bread, toast, and all tarts and smull cakes, 1y be placed in the mos# of all kinds, , which are th & 8poona se, which is almost invariably eaten with the fingers by the most pare ticular people. Either the leg or other small piece of a bird is taken in the fingers at }ushimu able dinners, and at most of the lunchs eons ladies pick small pieces of chicken without using a fork,—Chicago Herald, lons and - Quite Candid, Texas Siftings: Tramp—*I ma, well be frank about the matter. %Vlnll you please give me 15 ceunts to buy & drini( of whisky?” Old Gentleman—‘‘Can’t you buy = drink of whisky for less than 15 cents? “Yes, [ can buy it for 10, and in some laces as low as 63 but Great Scot! whas ind of stuff is ity