Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 2, 1888, Page 12

HE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDA SEPTEMBEK 1888, —~TWENTY-FO UR PAGES. —=BENNISON Next week we will endeavor to make everybody happy ‘We haveiffiled up ever that we know will bring the crowds. est and finest in the west, and if you expec every department. Silks, Silks, Silks. We will place on sale Monday, n num= ber of Bluck Gros Grain Silksat prices uever heard of before in Omaha. 10 PIECES Black Gros Geain Nilk AT 75¢ PER YARD, We g Mee nothing has ever been shown in Omaha at $1.00 per good. T R T—IE TN 8 PIECES Black Gros Grain Silk AT $1.00 PER ¥ \lll)‘ never sold less than #1. yard warranted, on sule one week only at this pr Black Gros Gram Silk AT $1.10 PER YARD, would be cheap at $1.50. Every yard warranted, on sale just one week at this price. T R B A T T A R s -5 PIECES Black Gros Grain Silk ¢ AT 8148 PER YARD, really worth 2.00. Kvery yard war ted, one woek only at this price. 10 P1 Black Satin Rhadames ER YARD, Bough'.m.u very low figure to close. We will give our customers the benefit of this purchase for one weck at 84c per yard, veally worth 81.50. Ask 1o see it. yurd s | 25 Pieces Fancy Stripe SATINS 20c¢ PER YARD, Suitable for Sashes.fancy Trimming in light colors oul 'hey are worth 75¢ u yard. but we “will sell them forone \toonl nyard, SILK PLUSHES | Stk Finish ~ Herietta 69c. 50 picces fine in' 12 inch Henrietta Cloth il the new shades, also blacks. On all next \\m-k at 69¢, worth #1.00. Sllk Finish_Henviettas 98ec. 50 pieces extra_fine silk finish T n- rictta, full 46 inch wide in all tiene The same quality is sold io | Omaha at £1.50; our price for one wee's L is 98¢ a yard. ALL WOOL LADIES' CLOTH 28c¢. 100 pieces all Wool double fold Ladies Cloth in_Greys and Browns &c. New Fall shades. This price is for one week only. 28¢ a yard. 1519-1621 Doug" s Street, Omaha. ARPETS, | Our ! a yard, yard. and new carpets. get our prices. 150 pairs gains. BENNISON BROTHERS, BUMAN RELICS OF THE PAST Men and Women who Have Passed the Limit. CAN USE SCYTHE AND SAW AT 88. Sawing Wood at 82—-Longevity in the Island of Jamaica—Quite a Pe- destrian at 106—Ameri- ca's Oldest Woman. Sawing Wood at 82, The Boston Globe says: As fat and olly a man as one would meet in a day’s journey is Joseah Laferriere. of this town. Hois aged 82 years. ‘He is a pleasant facod old gentleman, with an animated expression and clear eyes. He hus an excellent head of hair and a long, flowing beard. His eyesight is excellent and he can thread a needle with ease. In height he stands about five feet five inches. He has an excel- lent appetite, and says that through all his long life he hus eaten anything and everything that came along, and can and does do so still,even eating atnight awithout any bad results. He has never fbeen very hungry—that is, he could endure great hardships without that Heeling of faintness common to most anen, and has never used tobacco in any flfrm and although not a total abstainer e has been temperate, having been in- “oxicated but three times eighty-two years, as he told ydbur correspondent. With a naive smile, counting them upon his fingers. The uld gentleman has made up his mind, he su to spend the rest of h days here with his son-in-law, L. bert of Worcester street. He has b('('u entirely free from sickness during his life, excepting an illness of brief dura- tion one ye ago, and he weighs 142 pounds, which is more than he ever weighed before in his life. "He still works, and exhibits a huge pile of wood that he is sawing. Some years ago he counted up seventy grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildven which, with the ten children now living and their descendants since born, will make about one hundred and twenty-five souls. Longevity in Jamaica. Panama Star and Herald: In the Jamaica papers we vead the following obituary notic “Died, at Palm Pen, 8t. 'lhmn\-} e-Vale, on the 7th inst, Catherine Crowell, a native of Spanish Town, aged 122 yes One hundred ‘and twenty-two \c'\rs' A respectable age, and one whi mortals reach. It speaks well for the Isle of Springs when such instances of longevity are reported, yet all residents on the ‘isiand weil know thatitis u healthy country, and that it is very doubtful indeed” whether its mortal returns are not smaller than those of more temperate localities. This fact becomes self-evident to all who visit Kingston and any of the other towns, where the number of middle-aged and ‘f"d people immediately attract atten- tion. Quite a Pedestrian at 108, The oldest Jeffersonian dem-crat of the ecountry has been discovered by a New York Sun reporter, Patrick Col- 1ins, of Brooklyn, according to his own statement, is now 106 years old, and even atthis advanced age, isintelligent aud active. Noone would suspect from his bearing that the old man carries the wolght of 106 years upon his shoulders. He 13 nctive in body and his mind.is very clear. He qufl’vm from deafness, that defect cvidently annoys and confuses him at times. Notwithstand- this, however, Mr. Collins is always IJINQ' and certainly displays great in- terest In t affairs of the day. id, “[ can very distinctly poeall, aldn Iam, the times of Wash- CURTAINS. OIL: CLOTIXS. Just received 200 rolls fine Mojuettes, Wilton Vel- vets and every grade of Tapestrys of all popular makes, ‘all patterns in Ingrain are beautiful. They are indeed an immense bargain. will continue the sale of our Floor Oil Cloth at 35¢ yd. These goeds are as heavy as any quality sold at 50c We make a specialty of refitting and laying old We employ an expert shade hanger. When you want any curtains made or hung, call and CARPETS. We offer next week, as a special sale, 50 rolls Ingrains at 55¢ We Lace Curtains to close, at 98c, $1.48 and up to $3.50, that are decided bar- We will say to the people v131t1hg the Fair and other attractions CLOAKS ! OCLOAKS! PLUSH SACQUES $18.90. For one week only we will sell 200 Ladies’ Seal Plush Sacques, 40 inches long Quil Satin - Lined Chamois Skin Pockets, Seal Ornaments, &c., at the very low price of $13.90 each, worth and sold by other houses as a lender at 00, Plish S $23.90. One week only we willsell 100 Ladies’ fine Seal Plush fine quilted satin lined, 4 seal orna- ments, chamois skin Pockets. This is indeed a great bargain; the garment is worth £85.00. We only make this price as an inducement to early purchases. . LADIES’ NEWMARKETS $8.50. 200 Ladies’ brown striped all Wool, Tailor made Newmarkets, full back and shoulder cape, a handsome garment and at the price quoted, $8.50; early purchas- erssuve just 15 per cent. Ask to see this garment. acques 42 inch long, | LADIES JACKET $2.95. 250 Ladies' Grey and Brown stripe all Wool Street Jackets, usually sold at $5. During this sale just to keep thinesa humming, our price ch. CHILDRENS Sehool (loaks $1.68. 200 Childrens School Cloaks,Greteh Skirt, ages 4 to 10 yea 11 at one for one week only, $1.68 each. These are worthy of your immediate atten- LADIES’ Prime Kid Gloves $1.18. We will place on sale Monday. and continue the sale one week of 200 dozen Ladies’ Prime Kid Gloves, ourown im- portation in tans, browns and greys. ¢ are better than any Glove sold in Omaha at $ . Every pair fitted to the l hand. BROTHERS,=— v department with new and desirable goods and at prices that our Clo.ak Department is the larg- t to buy a cloak this winter, we will save you at least 15 per cent by buyiny now. Special prices in Cotton Flannels .5¢. " “lannel, thi i, on sale for oue wed - e APRON CHECKED GINGHAMS S¢. Apron Check Gingham brown, blue and green, a yard, Tl R0ed i Vst 49c, 100 dozen Ladies' fine Jersey Ribhed Lisle Vests, low neck, no steeves: i ecru, pink, blue and lavender. 4 each, worth up to 1. DOWN COMPORTERS $6.00. We will place on sale next week 100 Down Comforts at $6.00 each, never sold for less than $10.00; also finer grades o :d with fine I'rench Satines at special prices for one week. People | visiting the city can suve monioy by buy= {ing next week of u-& pricos are .00, #8.00, $8.50, )00 I" 00, $13.00, 813.50, $15.00, 810, 04) each; prices guar- anteed. 200 pieces | worth 8¢, in nm- wee 1519 and 1521 DOUGLAS STREET ington, though I was not an Ame then, and I revere and honor his mem- ory,but during more rec T was of an age to take mor terest in the hopes and aspirations of efferson was my favorite.” . Collins is quite a pedestrian, and even now takes u walk every few days. He says that he will walk “up to the polls in November as briskly as any of them, and deposit a vote for Clevelin d and Thurman, Can Use the Scythe and Saw at 88. Paul Globe: John Nelson was June 1, 1800, - at 1 o’clock a. m., at Bergen, Norway. He came to America in 1845, settled ‘in the state of Wiscon- sin, and remained there until Novem- ber, 1869. Then he came to Leroy, Mower couuty, Minn., where he is now living. With the exception of abroken hip, which was caused by a fall on the ice 1n 1870, he is hale and able-bodied. Last year he cut the hay for two cow s with a scythe and raked the same by hand. He saws all of his wood and makes his garden, and now has under- taken a large lot of grubbing to do this summer in connection with the cutting and putting up hay for two cows. America's Oldest Woman—Is 117, Globe-Democrat: Word has been re- ceived here from Austin, ' of the death at that place of Mrs. Frances Ba- deth, at the age of 112 years, who was be lieved to be oldest woman in Amer- The person who can_undoubtedly slaim to the latter distinction is Bridget Dooly, of Mineral Point, ,who'is in her 117th 3 was born in Iveland, April which fact was recently authentica from her parish record by a Catholic priest of Mineral Point. She has re- sided in Wisconsin since 1827, has been a'widow for a quarter of a century, and for several years past has been at the head of the houschold of herson-in-law, who is a widower. Mrs. Dooly hasnever worn glasses, has no dificulty in hear- ing, and is possessed of all “her other senses, though cousiderably fechle. Oldest Man in Sandwich, Ninety-two. Patrick J. O'Neil, now ia his ninety- third yeur, is the oldest pe Sandwich, Mass. He is a native lmd, and came to this countr) ninetee on s old, going to Mewfound- he cn"u'ml in the fishing nine y 28 i baker, 1h Mass.—Is 'S \\UIuL’\l nl the sea. «He was in New Orles ing the tervible cholera sieg hundreds were dying daily. He also remembers the sad scenes incident to the cholerw troubles that visited Boston about 1832, He went to Sandwich in 1854, and then built the house that he still occupies. He is a greut walke and often ta a skip to Sagamor two and a half uuh distant. Therve is |u~u|mhl\ no more regular attendant to St. Peter’s lmmx\u( ‘utholic ehurch than g the fact mlu away. 1mr.xtu. l\(lu“ and lhnl hu u'mlu 1 expects to vote for C lm( lund this fall. His health is extreme!y good, but his eyesight is failing sow hat. She Loves to Work at 91, Globe Democrat: Mvs. Laura A, Russell, who vesides at Bluffdale, 111,, is now ninety-oun yoars of age. Sho was born at Vergennes, Vt. Her mai- den name was Laura Ann Spencer. She was the daughter of Captian Gideon | and Elizabeth Spencer: She came west with her parents in 1818, aud on_Octo- ber 25 of that year she was married nl Whitewater, Franklin county, Ind., John Russell, a young wman who luu. graduated & fow fiu:u': before at Middle- bury college, Middlebury, Vt. Ho had became acquainted with her while teaching at Vergennss. Thoy then moved in the spring of 1819 to St. Louis. where Mr. Russell nnszafl for one year in mhing achool; thence they moved to Bonhomme, St. Louis county. fn 1820 they moved out of Missouri and came to Bluffdale, T11., Mrs. Russell’s preset hmm. Her hu-«bund died Janu- ary 21, 186 She can sull walk around very well, and as she has always been a great worker she becomes fretful without work. Onlyafew days ago she knit her grown g v of socks in two days. Hel arkable. She says she can remember going with her mother to hear the memorial exer- cises over General Washington. She remembers distinctly the battle of Plattsburg in 1812, of hearing the roar of the gunsand seeing the smoke of the battle. Mrs, Russell’s health is good, oxcept thatshe is troubled with palfi- tation of tho heart. her son, Spencer G. Russell, who is an attorney at law in this town, She has two other children living. Mrs. Rus- sell has seventeen ;,vrmnl -children and twonty-seven great-grand-children. Engineer Ericsson, although eighty- five years old, is as brusquely youthful as ever. I asked him once to What he attributed his surprising mental and physical juvinility which enables him still to work out the most intricate problems, and to spend many consecu- tive hours daily perfecting his great solar engine, which stands in his “back yard and is the mystery of the neigh- bors. His reply was in effect that hard working and plain living conducted on an un\'uryinu system were all the secrets, He eals every day precisely the same amount at pi ely the same hours and to this rule there is no ex- ception. Charles King is the name of a man h\lng at ’\h(ldlvlon, Mass., who is 107 He has over 600 descencants » was horn near Que Jan- He foaghton the British side in 1812. He now weighs 182 pounds, although only five feet five inches in height. He has attained his great age without the aid of tobacco, nevor hav- ing used the weed in any form. Mrs. Precilla Harvey, living near Little Rock, Ark., recently celebrated the 103d anniversary of her birth. She is in excellent health, and is able to walk a long distance without fatigue. She has outhived all her children and relatives except one grandson. The death is announced in London of Tsaac Strauss, in his eighty-third year., He was a noted musician, Sir Richard Owen, the comparative anatomist, has entered his eighty-fifth year in capital form, mental and physi- \i Nathan Cook, aged ninety-three, the oldest man in Bellingham, Mass. father of Justice N. A. Cook, died Thursday, August 9. R There is no decided change in hair dress- ing, although there is a standing promise that this will oceur in the near future, when the back hair will descend to the nape of the neck. But this change need not be antici- pated; the hair will remain high for some time to come. Small, curiously wrought combs, set with glittering gems, ‘are worn, with here and there a large hairpin to match, "The hair 18 carried up from the neck and formed into a graceful double knot, through the pins are run. *JAcoBs_ou GREAT nEMF.I)Y FOR PAIN. e OVRES e Sintion, Buoumatiom, Nouralia | ubuge, 00 e ings, 'irulu. Brulses, BI!II. ‘Scalds, and Dealers A. Voge! e, PifyConta =R ‘Baito., Hd e Charles b = She resides with | AMERICA'S MINERAL WEALTH Report of the Chiefof Mining Statis- tics for 1887. THE NEW MINERAL DISTRICTS. A Decrease of Gold and an croase of Silver—Gravel and Quartz From Alaska to Mexico. In- Precious Metals. San Francisco Examiner: David T. Day, the chief of the mining statisties department, has furnished us advance sheets of his forthcoming report for 1887, He says that the total value of gold produced in 1887 was $33,100,000, a de- crease of 31,900,000 from 1886, Silver in- creased from $51,000,000 in 1886 to #53,- 441,300 (coining value) in 1887. Cali- fornia is still the largest producer of the yellow metal.the yield of her mines exceeding $13,000,000. Last year the net gain to the country of bullion and coin by imports was $28,500,000, and we used in the industrial arts about $14,- 500,000 worth of gold and $5,000,000 worth of silver! The product of these ous metals in the United States ap- pears to be more than one-third that of the whole worla. In 1886 the world produced about $99,000,000 of gold and $126,000,000 of silver. The world’s an- nual consumption of gold and silve nearly as can be determined, is respe 000,000 and 000,000, [ suver. 5,000 8 308 00| 3,500,000 1,000/ 14,900,000 Aliska Arizona California. The yield of other metals wer lows: The total production of copper, 184,670,524 pounc The total value was $21,052,440, average of 11.4 per cent per pound, “The total consumption of copper in the United States increased by 14 ver cent. The production of lead was 160,170 tons, valued at $14,463,000. The pro- duction of white lead und the several oxides from pig lead; increased to a total of ubout 75,000 short tons, The producers’ feturn of zine show an increase from 2,641 short tons in 1886 to 50,540 in 1887, The price in- creased to 4% cents per pound. The production of zinc oxide was steady at 15,000 tons, valued at $1.440,000, Production and value of quicksilver increased from 290,951 flasks, valued at $1,060,000, to 825 flasks, valued at $1,420,000, Except 65 flasks from Ore- gon, the total supply came from Cali- fornia. The supply of nickel fucludes 183,125 lu oF Faletalio nickel, Total value, I'hu nn)ilu(‘l of cobalt oxide includes 5,769 pounds for potters’ use, and 12,571 puumL of oxide in matte. Total value, $18, \hlpml'nls of chromium from Cali- fornia increased to 3,000 long tons. The total value in San Francisco was $40,000. The total production of manganese ore in the year ending December 31, 1887, was 34,524 tons, valued at $333,844. The production of manganiferous iron ore was 211,751 tons, valued at $600,000. The production of argentiferous man- ganese ores was 60,000 tons, valued at about $600,000. The antimony production, all in Cali- fornia was 75 tons, valued at 315,500, The production of aluminum’ bronze cased to 144,764 pounds, valued at 905. Other alloys, principally of iron and aluminum, amounted to 42,617 pounds, worth 817,000, Considerable search produced 448 ounces of crude platinum, valued at 31,- 838. Part of this came from British Columbia. The total production of all kinds of commercial coal in 1887 was 123,965 short tons (increase over 1888, 16, 046 tons), valued at the mines at $173, 530,996; increase, $26,418,241. The total production of coke in the United States for the year ending De- cember 31, 1887, was 7,857,487 short tons, valued at $15,723,574. This is the great- est product ever reached in the United States, being 1,022,419 tons greater than in 1886, Total production of petroleum—2§,- 249,543 barrels of forty-twogallons each. The total value, at an average of 60 ants, was $16,049,726, ho production of natural gas in the Unted States in 1887 was cqmmlout to 000 short tons of coal. T in rage value of 31,50 a tol make the value of the gas $18,5 Direct returns from producers, show a total value of building stones of $25,000,- | 000. Value of brick and tiles, $10,000,000. This represents an incroase of about 13 per cent in the production of brick and a decrease in tile, owing to the drought in 1 in Indiana and Ohio. The production of lime is estimated at )00 barrels with an average value of 5) cents per barrel. "The production of coment {rom natur: rock was 6,602, , valued at 774 cents per barrel, making $5,186,877 as the value of the year's product. The value of burh-stones is estimated at $100,000. In Ohio and Michigan 37,400 tons of grindstone were produced, valued at | 224,400, Total production of corrodium from North Carolina and Geor 600 short tons, with a spot value of $105.000, Novaculite 1,200,000 pounds, valued in the rough state at $16,000. Of infusorial earth Maryland pro- duced 3,000 short tons, worth 15,000, A flm.xllq\muul\' vas produced in No- vada and New M Production of borax, 11,000,000 pounds, all from Cahifornia, and da. Total value, $450,000, at 5 ¢ents per pound for the average grade. Sulphur production, about 3,000 tons, from Utah, prth $100,000. The im- ports of Sicilian sulphur were 96,852 tons, valued at 81,688,301 yrites---Production, 52,000 long tons, valued at $210,000, at $4 per ton at the mines. Barytes—The production _increased to 15,000 long tons of crude barytes, valued at $75,000 at the mines. Gypsum—The estimated total product was 95,000 short tons of erude gypsum, valued at $425,000; 162,154 long tons of crude gypsum were imported. Mica—The production increased 70,500 pounds, valued at $142.250. No shipments were reported from the Black Hills or New M co. The use of waste mica is increasing; 2.000 tons, worth $15,000, were ground in 1887, Of iron the statistics for 1887 were: Domestic iron ore consumed, 11,3 00,000 | ¢ long tons; value, 833,900,000, Imported iron ore, 1,104,301 long tons. Total iron | ore consumed in 1887, about 12,404,801 long tons, or 1,554,868 tons more than in | |w- Pig-iron made, 6,417,145 long ons; value at furnace, $121,925800, Stevl of all kinds produced, 8,83 071 long tons: value at works, $103,811,000 ‘Total spot value of ali iron aud steei i al | 10 inerease in production of the first stage of manufacture, exclud- ing all duplications, $171,103,000, an in- crease of $28,603,000 as compared with 1886. The total product of asbestos hardly exceeds 150 tons, worth $4,500. In addi- tion several hundred tons of fibrous actinolite were used for weighing paper. Including ochre, metallic paints and small quantities of umber and sienna, the production of mineral paints amounted to 20,000 long tons, selling for $310,000 at the mines. The graphite production at Ticon- deroga is reported unchanged. Total production 415,000 prunds, worth $34,000. i Of fluorspar the production remained constant at 5,000 tons in Indiana. The total value was $20,000. Of mineral waters the product which was sold amounted to 8,259,600 gallons, worth 31,261,473, A tabular statement shows an aggr $,056,345 for the year, This is the largest total ever reached by the mineral industries of any coun- try. It is nearly 373,000,000 more than the product of the United States in 1886, All the metals increased in quan- tity, except gold and the minor me nickel, and nearly all increased in price. he signifieance of this is seen in the the fuels necessury for reducing these metalsand | preparing them for us All of the 1s, including ase. more carelul cany : than has been pos: in previous sars. 1t is not probable that the total vecorded for 1887 will be equaled in the prosont year, 1885, - n Tllh LADIES, Waists will be worn with elaborate trim- mings. Large round hats are promised for autumn wear, “Trimmings of cut steol on a background of black stuffs are still wora. For fotes and garden parties, Pompndour muslins are very popular with young gi Flame and flesh-color ble I\Alt (l in new shot silk hats shape, trimmed with wat tumn flowers and foli Feathers and ribb will trim fall hats and the latter will have plain cdzos, with a cord or satin stripe interwo long it Gireen will e more than ever the wear in autumn silks and ribbon, and the gray and bronze green shades are easily first choice. A very new fancy is the overdress et from soft wool, that is laid all over in fine flat tucks, by ‘consequence turee-ply all through. Mask veils of white net, with a thick woven sclvage that simulates a hew and tucks, are new and stylish beyond every- thing. Big, low-crowned hats, trimmed with bows of bl ot ribbon and long black feathers curling flat along the brim, are now ready. Gowns for autumn and winter will be | made in directoire styles. Polonaises, redingote gowns and pleated skirts are the principal features, Black watered skirts, draped with oro cado gauze, edged with chantilly lace, and worn with bodices of Chantilly net, make thoroughly elegaut toilets for dress occasions this season. The *sash toilet” 8o popular in Paris, is particularly becoming to tull, slender ' fie- ures. The dress is made of some light diaphanous material, usually striped or in | pompadour desigr | For autumu wear there are shown dvess ing-jackets of white and croam fanuel serge and alpaca lined with bright silk, and with | collars and cuffs of matcling velyet, or elsc of Bulgarian embroidery. Two materials appear in most cloaks and manties. The nuns’ cloak, made full und of in_ directoiro red rivbon a re exhibited ! car on the Los An {ear was a evers, flowing collars and velvet yokes aro some of its features, ling Normandy cloaks in own, gray and dark-green cash- with close coat slooves, with long, n sleeves above, that are trimmed with ian galloon, like that on India wraps are very comfortable. Nearly all the new fall stuffs show solid colors, with stripes of different weaves, or else have plain, lustrous surfaces that make them a godsend to those dull brunettes who have been for so long smothered in loose weaves and rough texture. In sashes there is o wide choice, 1n shape, hue and stuff, but the wide half belts coming down from under the arms, the soft, loosely-knotted Turkish sash and’ those of fine diaphanous stuft that recalls in tint and he rainbow and the wings of Cupid y long favorites with the best dress. Great simplicity provails i the decoration of dress skirts, both for the house and the promenade. Many of the skirts are full and uugored, the bodice fitting like a glove, and pointed front. and back. To this 18 smocked or gathered the skirt, which is trimmed 8t the foot with rows of moirc, with a Groek finish in soutache, with passementorie, braiding, or bias band a of volvet the shade o} the dress. . Black lace over white lace is very beauti ful in effect, especially in the eveniug, with diamond ornaments, Some of these charm- ing gowns are demi-trained, and they are now even adopted by very young ladies in black lace over mauve surah or pink silk batiste. The trains are very much narrower than formerly, and arranged so that the pet- ticoat and hodice are quite distinct, With undraped skirts many _corsages will be worn made of different fabrics from the skirt, There is one style called the tunio corsage, because the hm“u' is ullm.holl ta portion of the ove which is scarcoly Visible, oxeopt at the back. It is a variety of polonaise, but much less enveloping than that garment usually is, leaving much of tho skirt exposed, instead of conecaling it. There are, besides, belted corsazes also difforing from the skirt in kind. which have the fronts replaced by a pleated plastron of silk, mus- lin, or faille—sometimes of lace, according to the toilet in neral. English house-jackets, to be worn over : made of India and in beautiful pen, ‘lluloml Russian inal, tnd eream-wiito. not braided or trimmed with gold_ of gimps and g.alloons, smocking is em- and in this case there is either a ed yoke, the fullness velow this gath- ered into a narrow waistband, or otherwise biue, Whe » smocked at the models,und at the wrists onty with the former styles. Servico, **One train 3 the Ogden «I six times with the past six and while I want to swear at the tilal Pa ment, [ foel that > first p:u[um!\' “due the Pul company. Why is it that the chu on the Pullman ears between her the east are so high? Thirteen dotlars between here nnd Omaha,for twonights and thre is an outrage. Aund such accommods s! The carl e in was pretty good, but the poor weople who were going to Portiand and os Augeles—whew! They had an old run that I vow 1 rode on in en Chicago and St. Louis, d the Wood- stock, and is one of the first cars that Pullman built. It has little old red plush scats, with backs 1 th of a comb, ‘The plush was w i D The lavate s were old fash- ioned, the aked and the vesty on modern teavel. Yet they charged full rates, and people hmlmt.k.- upper berths at that. This complaint seems just, The time between San Krancisco and New York | sufficient length to quite cover the wearer, is made of eam tuffl and is lined throughout with Mantles for wear in the latc summer and cutiy fa'l are made of watulasse silk, sili- | cienne, velvet or fancy cloth, The suage of | the wantie varies widely. Tne dircetoire has becn cut down from scven days to a trifle more than five, yet the Puillman people charge just as much for their wretghad — accommoedations ns wus charged sixteen years 8go, when the sc-called “‘palace car’ seryice was first estublish