Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 24, 1889, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 S.P.MORSE& CO 1889-SIXTEEN SILK AND WOOL MORSE'S Silkand Dress Goods Sale MONDAY. Notwithstanding the greatrise io raw material, and the positive advance on manufactured fabrics of at least 10 per cent, we shall sell for the prosent SILKS, SATINS, PLUSHES . and RICH BROCADES And our immense stock of choice goods at less than old prices, We offer Mon- day and during the week. = EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS —IN— BLAGK SILKS. NO:- 1. 18 pleces 50 19 inches wide, at NO. 2. 98 AL 12 pieces 35 22 inches wide, at ' NO. 4. 48 at W 1e NO. 3. 15 pieces 20 inches wide, 10 pieces 23 inches wide, These prices are fully 2 per cont | under regular market value. SEND FOR SAMPLES. ' S,P.MORSE & CO LADIES MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. Wo have just purchased tho entire stock of a New York manufacturer, who dissolved partnership the first of No- onday wo will offer the first in two lots. Comprises Ladics’ Drawers, Chemise, Corset Covers and Gowns, all hand= soxely trimmed with cither lace or em- broidery. None are worth loss than the bulk of them are worth from $2.00 to X ¢ Choice of the lot, Yde. LOT 2: S50cC This lot includes Ladies' Chemise, Corset Covers and Drawers, made of fine muslin, trimmed with ombroidery or lace, and worth from $1.25 to $1.75. Choice of the lot e, Children's Jerseys 29¢. Monday we offer 300 Wool Jerseys, in wine and brown colors, sizes 6 to 14 years, worth $1.00, Monday, 25¢. S, P.MORSE & CO Garment Depar tment. LADIES’ New markets. 0. 100 Lacies' fine Scotch Cheviot New- markets, neat stripes, navy brown and black, worth $12; now 88, LADIES' Newmarke:s. 150 Ladies’ Cloth Newmarkets, black, brown, wine. myrtle and other good stades, handsomely frimmed, stylish shapes, worth $18 to $25; now §12. PLUSH JACKETS. An assorted lot of Ladies’ English Seal Plush Jackets, satin lined, perfect shapes, durable plush, worth trom $16.50 to 818; choice $12. PLOSH WRAPS. . Manufacturers’ Samples, fine Alaska Senl Plush, stylish shapes, satin linings, neatly trimmed, regular price $20 to $25. Choice Monday $12. SAMPLE Wraps, Jackets, Sacques. We bought ai! the manufacturers had, they are worth from $25t0 §30. Monday we offer them in oune lot at $18. S,P.MORSE & CO FEEDING THE FUNERAL PYRES i How More Than Half the World Disposes of Its Dead. HOLLOW-EYED GHOUL ON GUARD. ‘Wierd Scene at a Crematory in Japan —Horrible Obsequies of the Poor of Bangkok—The Towers of Silence, Fed With Human Fuel. Recent lnvestigations show that cremation {s rapidly growing in the United States. There are cremation societies in New York and Washiugton, and there are crematories, in active operation in New York, Buffulo, Philadelpbia, Pittsburg, Detroit, Cincinnati, Bt. Lows und Los Angeles. All of these in- stitutions nave beon opened within the last three years; and the one st New York cre- mates huudreds yearly., Withont doubt more than one thousand persons have been cre- mated in this country since the building of the crematory at Washington, Pa., ond those who desire such a mcans of de- composition are said to be on the rapid in- crease. The home of cremation is in the enst. Siam disposes of most of its bodies in this way, and I saw dozens of corpses frying and sizzling on the banks of the Gaoges, I wvisited a great crematory in Japan where the men in charge tola me they burnt between three and four hundred bodies a month, and I attended a big cremation in Burmal THIS JAPANESE CREMATORY 'was on the edge of Kiota. In going to it1 drove through the streets of shops filled with the beautiful blue china for which the city is 80 noted, and out through flelds of rice and tea to & large brick building on the side of & hill, As I went I passed many funeral pro- oessions, consisting of stalwart Japs i blue gowns and bow! hats, four of whom carried & box awuug on a polo which rested upon their shoulders. This box was much like a child's play-house, and it had ite roof and its cur- tained windows. I was told that it wasa coftin, and that each party carried a corpse, These coffins are about four feet loug, two feet wide and four high. ~They were made of thin white pine, uvpainted and unvar- nished, and each coftin is burned or thrown away ut the same time of the burning of the body. The crematory itself looked much like an American engine room; the furnaces might have been made in America, and they were bnilt so that they opened into an aisle running around o large room, Wood was plled at their doors and a furious draught sucked the air foto their mouths, and the entered the building, but I could hear the crackling and fryiog of the whole the ainly seen. A hollow- - oul presided over them, and he red up the fire his busin as he chatted with me in tious, uate our rates according to the of the body. Amuor'uu:‘mb- . = wmmmw sTYLE AQ o ther of X o give @ :“un- . L i %g 3 £ more money to die here than to live, and the funerals of our congressmen, which are vaud for at extravagant rates by the govern- ment, cost but little in comparison with that of the Sinmese noble. When a king dies in Siam the whole nation takes part in a fun- eral, and $1,000,000 .1d upwards are some- times spent in the turning of the royal em- balmed body iuto ashes. “he last queen who diea at Bangkok was seated in a golden urn for & number of months after her death, and the foreign merchants in Siam bought thou- sands of dollars worth ot goods from Eu- rope und China for the king to give as pres- ents o those who came to the funeral. A great temple or palace with roofs covercd with gilt paper was buily as her bier, and the funeral car was overlaia with pure gold and set with jewels, This car was six stories high, and it was surrounded by TIERS OF GOLDEN UMBRELLAS, All the foreign diplomats attended the burn- ing, and there was a tiger tight, a lion dance aund a tournament among the 'celebrations, The king lighted the fire at6p. m., and he @ave presents of gold and s'!ver as well as a dinner to the most noted of the mourners, It took a full week to perform the ceremonies, and at the close the ashes were tuken in a royal barge and strewn upon the waters of the Menam river. Every man in Siam hos a8 good 8 burning as his purse will buy, but few are able to undertake the expense of building a palace in which to be burned. The average crema- oo tukes place on a pile of wood laid cross- ways, and after it 18 over the. bones are gathered up and tied up in a rag to bo kept as relics, The most borrible of funerals are those of the very poor of Bangkok, The bodies of these are takeu to a temple known as the Wat Sah Kate. Imagine an invlosure of many acres filied with bushes and whis- pering palms, at the feet of which are piles of coftins, and along the roots of which skulls are lying. [Enter this garden with me if you dare, There are no meu to stop you, and you wander in and out through the trees snarled at by lean, hungry looking dogs, until at last you come to a number of low brick buildings. Here you will meet & lean, toothless, parchment-skinned old hag, who hus hair as white sod stff as the bristles of a Chester white pig, and who iles at you through her toothiess gums, and with long, withered fingers beckons you 1 remember her well, and I still_see her in my dreams. Vultures by the hundreds sit apon the trees over her, and as you go in you hear the snarliug of dogs. You look toward them; they are FIGHTING OVER THE HALF EATEN BODIES of men, and the vultures swooping down, flap their wings and attewpt to siece a parb of the prey. Beside the bloody corpses are a mass of half dried skulls and the odd lnfl and arms of the day before, and the old ‘woman laughs through bertoothless gums as she points you to them. Some of the Budd- bists believe that their chance of Nivana or heaven is better in case they give their bodies to the vultures, and some of these bodies have been dedicated in this way. Others ure, as [ have said, those of very poor people who cannot afford the cost of cremation. There is at Bombay a colony of about seveuty thousand Parsces, und the meu, women and uhlldronxhe their bodies to the vuitures. They are fire worsbipers and they say that fire is too sacred to be defiled with a dend vody, and they believe the work of the worms is too slow and too filthy, I visited the Towers of Silence at Bomb: n the top of which all dead Parsees are laid, and whore their bodies are left to the vultures. These towers are groat, white buildings of block ranite, twenty-flye foet high and 2,300 feet n diameter. Kach is built around & central well, and the bodies are laid on the top walls which incline inward so that the rain will wi the bones snd juices down iuto the well, Each well has drains running off into the sea, and each is half filled with charcoal, the top of each of these towers there is 8 sort of grating nctwork, with meshes of dif- ferent sizes, whethier they are intended to hold men, women or children. Surrounding the towers is a beautiful garaen of sux! wcres of trees and flowers, and when I visit this everything was 10 blossom and the sur- roundings were as beautiful as THE GARDEN OF EDEN. As 1 looked at the towers it seemed that each had & coping or frieze of gray about it and this frieze represented great birds. As 1 nearer Inoticed that the birds were ive, and they craned their necks av ovi- utly taking bearers, hile down upon the tower upon which the naked Parsee baby wus laid. Thers were 600 of thom, and they live entirely off of the flesh of dead Parsees. They will strip a skeleton of ever, red of flesh in two hours, and the bones are left under the sun to dry. A day or two later they are pushed down into the well, where they decompose under the pnrifying influences of the charcoal. ‘T'he Parsees alv walk to their funerals, They ure the richest and brightest mer- chants of tbe east, but there is no difference shown as to their condition at funerals. The corpse of the rich as well as the poor lie naked on these towers of silence, the bones of all oing to the same reservoir, and the vultures who today feed on the flesh of Dives make their morrow’s meal off of Lazarus. 1 saw many cremations umong the Hin- doos, and I attended not a few funerals in Indis. ‘I'be bodies were generally carried on the shoulders of men, without coffins, and covered with clotis. In some cases a band accompanied the procession, and the burn- ings were, in goneral, very simple, At Cal- cutta they took place in unroofed sheds on the banks of the Hoogley, but the fires wero built ou the ground and a little hole was scooped out below them to make a draught. At Henares the cremations took place in the open air, and after the body had burned to ashes the N ASHES AND BONES REMAINING were dragged down into the river. The un- dertakers of India belone to the dome or thief caste. These preside over the funerals and sell the wood and light the fires used in cremations, ‘Thoy break the elbows, wrists, kuee and ankle joints before cremating the body, and at Calcutta the body is placed on the fire with the face downwards. It is coverea with ghee or clarified buiter to make 1t burn, and the wood used varies with the cost of the funeral. A rich man will send his soul to heaven with sandal wood, while a poor man takes what he can buy, RANK CARPENTER. PEPFERMINT DROPS. Great head—the volliwog. From the ranks—oleomargarine. Metropolitan *high" art is art that is shut tup' on Sunday. The divinity that shapes our ends, is mostly our divine self. Not in the soup.—The church fair oyster— the rural paragrapher. What Jay Gouid would raise if he were in the horticultural line—water-millions, The revolution in Brazil 1s merely a tem- pest in @ coffeo pot o the rest of the world, When o dude is near sighted and half- witted he gets ou very well with half an eye- glass. Tiws Cauby—I want a tooth pulled; how much will it be! Dentist—Fifty cents. Titus Canby—Here's a quarter—pull it half out. The Cleveland piano dealer who has gone to Canada, is doubtiess in quest of some one who can play him the rogue's march us it should be played. Brown How time flies.” Jenkins—*I am not aware of its speedy passage.” F “Then you have not & note 1o pay.” J.— “Noj 1 hold yours.” Sergeant—What's the charge! Officer— Attempted suicide, Sergeant—Did you catch him jumping overvoard! Oficer—No. Sitting on 8 New York subway mauhole, A man may work eight hours and live, Or even nine or ten; Bat when he works from dawn to dark “1v's all day with him then, Mr, Lyngger—Yes, Miss Dorothy, your father likes me. Samid to me today that I was & young man of ““go,” Dorotl (de- murely)—But—don't you think papa is—in errorf It 1s past 11 now. Boston Girl—Reginald, dear, do you know that one of your trousers legs is two inches shorter than the other! — Mrother—Yes, Amelia, it is the result of my first step in literature. 1sold a poem toduy. “Force, gentlemen,” said the professor, stand power are not always found in large bodies. Sometiuwes the smallest things will be more powerful than great ones. Can you ive me an illustration, Mr, Blowitini" “The uce of trumps, sin, repliod the stu- deot. Bertie—*Is 1t trn:hp.. that conscience makes cowards of us alli"” Pa—*I believe it is so stated, Bertie.” Bertie—*Pa, you ain’'t much of & coward, are youi” ' Pa— +Why, no, of course not—why, yes I am t0o. Don't ask me any more such b quos- tions, you bad boy." DRESS GOODS 40 pieces of the very finest French Dress Goods displayed in our west window; They were sold for g1, $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75; are all pure wool, some mixed silk and wool, are 40 to 42 inches wide, and all Neat Dressy Goods 580 A'YARD. S. P. MORSE & CO. PLUSHES 35C. 20 pieces Silk Plush, light blue, cream, tan, canary, white, gold and brown, only 85c a yard, reduced from 735c. R — PLUSHES $1.28. We closed out a very choice line of Dress Shades, mousse, riseda, oxblood; olive, etc., in the very finest Silk Plushes, suit- able for full dresses, ski;ts, etc., previously sold at §2 a yard. OUR PRICE $1.28. D t—— ~ Buttericks' Patterns, Fashion sheets, delineators, etc., for Dec:mber now on sale. Send for 112 page Illustrated Catalogue. S.P.MORSE & CO--S, P, MORSE & CO THE CAPITAL CITY GRISI. Olose of the Young Women's Ohris- tian Association. AFARMER'S VERY SUDDEN DEATH ] Louls Shumm DI t Father Knepen- bender’'a House—Distriot Court— State Hoase Jottings—The City In Brief. LaxcoLy BureAu or Tus OManma Bes, } 1020 P STrEET, l LiNcoLy, Neb., Nov. 23, The state convention of the Young Women's Christian association nears its close. Ixercises opened this morning with the commana meeting. After the bible meet- ing Miss Iielen B. Aughey read a very inter- esting paper on the subject of “How to In- terest Indifferent Christians.” Miss Maude M. Wotring of Hastings followed with a paper on the subject of *IT'he Duty of the In- dividoal Association to the State and Na- tional Work.” State work for the coming year was then taken up and discussed until the noon hour. The discussion was participated in by alarge nuwber of the delegates, The afternoon session was opened with a bible reading by Miss Naom: Knuight of Chi- cago. Papers by Miss Maggie Ord of Peru, Miss Nettio Dunn, national secretary; Miss Anua M. Reynolds, state secretary of lowa, who also aelivered the address of the even- ing on the subject of *“The Methods and Ob~ jects of the City Association.” At 9 o'vlock tomorrow morning the conse- cration meeting will be held, ana at 8:80 in the afternoon the gospel weeting for women and girls, In the evening at_the dlfferent churches addresses will be delivered by convention ‘workers, after which good byes will be said. A Suaa n beath. Louis Shumm, a well-to-do furmer of Law- rence, died very suddeply this morning in this city. He came hére several weeks ago to undergo medical treatment and was seem- ingly doing well. His tomporary home was with Rev, Father Kuepenbender, pastor of the German Catholic church. This morning he was unusually cheerful and remarked that he believed he would like a drink of a certin mineral water that had been recom- mended for him. Aceordingly, he took a hearty drink of it, but.a woment later smd that he felt badly, stepped into his sleeping room and fell buck dead.! His remains will bo taken to Luwrence for interment, The D.81¢ ¢t Court. Judge Field put in tué'day hearing argu- ments on motions thab/ Had been filed, The Wing Fong divorce case will come up for trial on next Monday. It is said that the plaintift aua defendang,will make & vigorous tight, not vhat either gares about living with theother, but to f"" possession of Eugene Paul, the issue of this marriage. Priscilla Edwards filed her petition today prayiog a divorce from her busband, Dwight Edmunas, and for cause alleses desertion sndcruel treatment. Edmunds is now in Montaua teaching school. 'The plaintiff also seeks alimony in_a reasonable sum. They were married at Blair in 1884, Schuler vs Scbuler is the title of & divorce case flled this afterooon. State House Jottings. Commissioner Steen will spend Sunday at Grand Island, the guest of Captain Heury, :ommludln' of the soldiers’ and sailors’ ome. ‘Lhe Fremont loan and trust company filed articles of ncorporation in state's office today. o -:umury of Incorporators: i $500,000. Hogers, Dr, wl‘h“‘ Latey; treasurer, \ t A largo delegation of the dolegates attend- ing the Young Women's Christian associa- tion convention visitod tho state house toduy. City News and Notes. Dick O'Neill and wife colobrated the second anniversary of their marriage this evening at their residonce, 3036 J street. Hon. C. H. Vau Wyck passed through the oity last night en rout for Jefforson county, whers he wont to look after business inter- osts. December 19 there will bo s local reunion of old soldiers in this city. In the evening thers will bo @ nold fashioned camp fire. Prominent speakors outside of the state will ha present, Farragut and Appomattox posts held 8 joint meeting last night to perfect ar- rangements. Jack Giger, & Burlington switchman, came to the county jail last night, gave himself up and said that “he was very drunk. During the night he was taken violently sick, and this morning is suffering from & severe at- tack of delirium tremens. Ex-Policeman George of this city, who went to Okluboma a few weeks ago, was discovered wandering upon tho prairie in a dazed condition recently, and was taken in charge by friendsand sent home. His actions wero 80 strango that he was taken before the board of insane commissioners today and adjudged insana, and upon proper certificate he was sent to tho hospital for the insano. ‘There will be a colebration of the twenty- sccond anniversary of the hanging of the Manchester martyrs, under the auspices af the Irish-American ‘club and the Irish Na- tional league at_Fitzgerala’s hall, 120 North Tenth street, Monday, November 25, at8 o'clock p. m. R — AN THE COURTS, The Bank of Omaha Oase Reaches a Higher Tribunal. Judge Wakely hcard arguments in the Bank of Omaha matter yesterday., Henry L. Wllson filed a petition in the county court some time ago, asking that tho deposit made h{ himon the day the bank failed be de- clared a trust fund. A demurrer was entered by the assignee on the ground that the county court held no equity jurisdiction, Juage Shields sustained the d€murrer and the matter was taken to the district court, Judge Wakely took the matter under con- sideration, In the case of the Bolin sash and door compuny_vs John M. Rice et al, judgment was rendered by default in tne sum of $1,935.08, / The Omaha coal, coke and lime company has brougut suit on a mechanic's liex for $103.32 against Fay & Byrne und W, A. Pax- ton for material furnished in making aiter- ations in the Merchants hotel, The injunction case of the Millard ostate agaist the city snd the board of publio works, to prevent the latter from lowerin, the sidewalk at the cornor of Eleventh av Har;lfy streets, was continued until Decem- ber 31. Tomorrow morning Judge Hopewell will take :‘r the case of Jobm Dean, who is charg County Corrt, with grand larceny. Lewis Schooler has begun suit ugainst A. O, McCracken to recover $171.85 on a ‘judgment obtained in an lowa court, C. L. Erickson bas brought suiv against Charles Harmon for $1,25 damages for breach of contract, Foster, Paul' & Co., of New York, have brought suit against 8. P, Morse & Co. for $603.58 for goods sold and delivered, Judgment for defendant was rendered in the case of Marwine ot al. vs. McClelland & Co., & suit for coul soid aud delivered, Ln the case of Gray vs. the city of Omaba judement was rendered for the plaintiff, George Nussline wns yesterday appoiunted guardian of Mary Isabel Talbot. Mrs. Fauny R. Smith was appoioted the guardian of Watson 8. Smith. Firat of the Series. Invitations will be issued in a few days for the first party of the Home Circle club, se- ries of 1850-90, This 18 the nigth year of this popular club, and promises to eclipse apy previous year in brilliancy. A business meetiog was held last eveniog, at which iv was reported that forty couple’ had guaran- teed attendsuce. The following ol were clected : 'I"mwdulg J‘d ¥, Mu.:‘n' vice president, ¥ . Pickeos; secrel b Chiaries B BLANKETS $3.95 Monday we offer 10o pairs 11-4 white Homespun Blankets, pure wool, 6x714 feet, reduced for this sale from §6 to $3.95 a pair. BED GOMFORTERS, $1.50. 10 bales of Comforters, good quulity. filled with cloan cotton, # $2 quality now $1.50. Our $22,50 Eider Down Comforters now $12,50, 3 LOTS OF Carriage Robes, AT HALF PRICE! 25 Large Size CARRIAGE ROBES, [ 25 Large, Figured| and Striped Plush| CARRIAGE [ Reversible, ROBES, 25 Reversible Plush Medallion Carriage Robes, Extra Size, e e e e e Black Satin Corsets $1.00. Color warrant- ed fast, not to crock off or dis- color the cloth- ing. New Goods, Worth g1.50. MAIL ORDERS. Send for our 112-page illustrated cata- logue. We deliver goods, oxpress paid, at your nearest railroad station. S.P. MORSE &CO THE OMAHA CUSTOM HOUS Grewth of the Business During the Last Ten Years., ‘With the advent of December comos a change in the local custoni house. The pres ent collector, Mr. R. C. Jordan, who, s an appointee of Grover Cleveland, rclieved John Campbell July 1, 1886, will give way to W. H. Alexander and the wishesof a republican administration, Through an effort made by Nebraska's delegation ia congress a new law went into effect February 16, 1588, raising Omaba from an unimportant ocollecting agency to & port of immediate entry, and since then the office has become a desirable one. Previous to that time it was of amall consequence and very little songht after, os- pecially by politicians, S, A. Orchard was the first colicctor. He opened the port in 1870 and ran 1t two years, Those who profoss to know say that Mr. Orchard gave H, K. Smith, his successor, $100 to take the job off his bands. That statement, however, could not be verified. When Mr. Orchard was asked for a confirmation or denial he laughed and said: “I sent in my resignation one year before Uncle Sam would consent to re- lieve me,” Smith continued to look after the business some three or four years and stepped down to make room for Wv. W, Copeland, whg held it until 1887, when John Campbell was ap- pointed, Hewas there until the democracy came into power and let kim out to muke rovm for Mr, Jordon, The deputy collectors, or rather the in® spectors, provious to Vincent Buckley, who holds under Jordon, were J. N, Phillips, Andrew Rosewater and J. T, Evaus o Council Bluffs. The lutter was appointed, it is alleged, at the request of the lowa dele- gation to succeed Mr, Rosowater, 1In those days inspection was done a’ the transfer. Mr. Rosewater became entanglod in an altercation with the Union Pacific, which lost him his free transportation, and he then compelled them to land ®il cars con- taining import goods at the depot on this side of the river. The matter was referred to Washington, and the authorities thera sustained him, but he wus subsequently re- lieved by the Iowa man. A!mr”firlml came Phillips, who is also to be the inspector uuder Alexander. As statea before, the port is now one of importance, for the reason that importations are large and all s are checked from ships at New York into bonded cars, sealed and not touched until they reach here, Pre- vious to this arrangement they lav in the customs house at New York faur, six and eight weeks, Now shipments from Kurope und Havana come through and are delivered to the merchants here in~ fifteen days, Con- n;‘gnlnonll have been known to reach Omaha within thirtegn days after leaving Notunge bam, England, As an indication of the increasea business of the port during the past ten years the fol- lowing tablated statement is given. The fiscal year begins July 1: Collections, Yeur, 18512, $ 8,302,857 3,058,838 6,201,53 135,23 19,685.58 26,507.16 . . 27,512.76 5.9, estimated ¥ 70,000.00 ‘'ne importations this year so far have been very large, Previous to 1881 the col- lections were 80 fusignificant that they were never iucorporated in sny of the published reports, 1t is stated that the totai amount taken in would not exceed $500. ‘I'ne collector, by virtue of his office, is also custodian of the goveroment bullding. He recvives u stated salary of $350 anoum, CcOm 18sious amounting to 8 per cent on ool- lections, and fees for entries. Under the resent status of affairs this gives him an ncome of neat Ly $3,000 & your. There is not much in the way of gay hife or spicy incident connected with this branch of the government service, It deals for the most part o cold figures and bard fucts. Not long ago an Omaba citizen was forced to $ duty on a woolen comforter ~ that his sister in Germany knit aud sent to him ae a prese ent. He rogistered nlanf. loud and vigorous complaiot, but had to either put up or send the article back; therefore under the oir- cumstances, Lo put up. As wu indication of the importauce tius SRR A ¥ M. R DISPLAYED IN EAST SHOW WINDOW, S. P. MORSE & C©O. UARPET DEPT. It is now gewting late in the season, , |84 wo find wo have a great many shork \ [lengths of carpets in all grades, odd picces in many cases, with no border to match, ich wo will bo willing to close at a sacrifice Monday and Tuesday. Wo shall offer our entire stook of Rugs at & handsome redustion from our regular prices—for these two days only. Brussels Rugs, 19e¢. 200 of these Rugs, 27x60 inches, worth $1.50, markea down to 79¢. CARPET RUGS. For £ duys only we shail offer atspecial prices our entire stock of Carpot Rugs n large sizes. NOTE OUR PRICES: SUYRNA RUGS, 61 feet, $16.25, Regular price $22.50. T-0x10-6 feet, $29.50, Regular price $37.50. 912 fect, §$39.50, Regular price $50.00, Smaller sizes in proportion, These ave Bromley Bros.’ Rugs, the best made 1n the world, Fur Rugs at Specia;l Prices. S.P.MORSE &CO port is becoming as an adjunct to On:aba's business, only last week ropresentatives of a large Philadelphia firm, who import goods exclusively in greatquaatities and sell to tho trade, were hiere looking over the grounds Wwith a view to establishing a branch concern in this eit; HORN L e JAVES THE EKLHORN, He Accepts a Position Canadian Pacific, Tom Horn, superintendent of the Omal division of the Fremont, Elkhorn and Miss: ouri Valley road, has resigned to accept & similar position uuder Mr. Fitch on the Canadian Pacific. This action on the part of Mr. Horn will be a great surprise to the peo- ple who know him, because he s & very popular mau, not only among his employes but a host of othor friends. He has been connected with the Northwestern system in various capacities continuously for twenty- ono years. He grew up with tho road from abrakeman to conauctor, yard master, sta- tion agent, and finally division superintend- ent, which position he has held for five years, His resignation is to take effect December 1. It is understood that Mohanna of the Black Hills’ division will succeed him. With the Omnha Juhbers Gain a Foint. The Omaha jobbers have finally secured promise from the railroads to give them what they have long been fighting for in the way of rates, Ata meeting yesterdsy between the jobbers’ committee and freight men it was agreed that & new tariff will be put into effect December 10, giving the merchants & rate out from Omaha to all points west, equal to the sum of the two local rates, from Chicago to Omaha and thenco west, *‘This action,” said a wember of the commit! *‘will have the effect of completely shutting Chicago and St Louis jobbers out of Omaha’s territory." The Wholesale Druggists’ association of * the Missour: Valley held a banquet and meet~ ing at the Millard hotel yestorday. Their spread was served in the ordinary betweenl. and 3 o'clock, after which such busiuess as de manded attention was transacted. Those in autendance were: ¥, A, Faxon, Kansas City; 3. C. Fox, Atchison; E. Gregory, Lenyen. worth; C. H. Daubech, Lincoin; H. W. Schult, Kansus City; Van Hatten, St. Joey H. T. Clark, Lincoln; C. F. Weller and B, Bruce, Omaha; Mr. Moore, Sioux City and J. H. Richardson of Chicago as an lavited guest, This organization is cniefly social in character, though whon the members of ¢ get together onco every two months Lo wine aud dine they talk over business matters, — - A November Landscape. Mys, Sarah H, Whitman., How like a rich und gorgeous picture hung In memory’s storied hall, seoms that faw scene O'er which long years their mellowing tints have flung, ‘The wayside flowers had faded one by one, Hoar were the hills, the meadows dreary and dun, When homeward, dusky screen Of the autumnal woods at close of day, As o'er o pine-clad height my pathway lay, Lo! at a sudden turn, the vale below Lay far outspreaq, all flushed with purple light; 5 Gray rocks aud umbered woods gave back the glow Of the last day beams fading Into night; While down the glen where fair Moshaus suck flows, With all its kindlivg lamps the distant city rose. wending 'neath the .~ While black is extremely fashionable as & combination and as & trimming on colors, yeb an entirely black dress—especially .'K\.fl silk—is quite without style. There shoul be a combination of lace or colored passe- meuterio. Black lace over black silk” io an excention to what bus been stated reg all black costumes.