Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 6, 1892, Page 9

Tww T THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. “HAYDEN B Bargains in Every Department. The Price W OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 6. %lnck Dress Goods. SPECIAL SALE FOR MONDAY. ‘We have just received a special in: voice of fine goods, suitable for spring Juckets and Wraps comprising all the late novelties in .Inc uard cords, stripe: plaids and checks, which we will hay n sale Monday at 95c¢, $1.00 and $1 /fver yard. Theso are among the ver, ntest weaves, and absolutely worth $1.5 t0 $1.75 a yard. They are worth invest igating., 25 pieces surah twills in stripes at 65¢ wortg 960, 25 pieces surah twills in stripes at 59¢ worth 85 50 pieces imported cashmere, 44 inches wide at 88c, worth 60c. Malards very best satin finish hen- rietta, 88c worth $1.25, We have these goods in jet, raven and blue blacks and are the finest and best goods made; no need to pay other houses $1.256 for the same goods hen you can get them for 88c, ‘ Elegant novelties in Bedford Cords at 81.15 worth 81.60. Handsome novelties in Bedford Cords, 95¢ worth #1. 85, Fine Whipcord Serges, 30c worth 45c. Imported Cashmere, 83 Imported Cashmere, 25¢ worth 37ic A very good Cashmere 124c worth 20 Colored Dress Goods. SPECIAL FOR MONDAY. 84 inch half wool cashmeres, 15¢. 86 inch half wool henrietta, 25c. 86 inch Atlantic F' F', all colors, 35c. 40 inch all wool henrietta, 87c. 40 inch all wool plaids, 85c. 40 inch all wool cheviot stripes, 32ic. 40 inch all wool novelties, 55¢. 40 1nch all wool serges, 50c. o 40 inch all wool herring bone stripes, 5¢, 40 inch fancy plaids, 58c. 46 inch silk finish henrietta, 75c. 48 inch Scotch tweed. 5 89 inch all wool challis, in all the new Crepe trianon, 85c. 42inch Bedford cords, in all colors, . 42 inch figured Bedford cords, in all colors, $1.15. 54-inch habit cloths, 81.25 Carpets. ‘Weare making this one of our most important departments this spring and can show the largest stock and the lowest prices of any house in the city. Some very low figures given this week. Special for Monday. 100 dozen gents’ domet flannel shirts, full size and well made, only 19¢ each. Gents’ cxtra quality black sateen shirts, all made with volkes, only b0c each, actually worth $1. 2 cases of children’s cotton hose, reg- ular made, come in all sizes and war- ranted fast black, only 15¢ per pair, re- duced from 25¢. 100 boys’ shirt waists, come in dark and light colors, warranted fast colors, 25¢ each. 8 cases of ladies’ fine Egyptian cotton vests, fancy fronts, only 19¢ each. 500 ladies’ silk gloria umbrellas, 26 inches. come in elegant horn handles, your choice for 81.25, In this lot will be found umbrellas worth $3 each. 1 cnse of gents’ white merino shirts and drawers, only 89¢, reduced from 50c. 1 case of gents British } hose, only 15¢ per pair, worth 25¢. 100 dozen ladies’ aad perfect fitting, from 75¢. 1 case of ladies’ fine lisle thread vests, fancy silk front, only 39¢, worth 7b¢c. Silks, Siliks for Monday. We offer _special silks, surahs, brocades, ete. Goods in this department at greatly reduced prices. Ladies in want of a good black silk will find it greatly to their advantage to make their purchases on Monday. We still have a few pieces of our cele- brated dress silks left; these silks we guarantee in every respect, at the low price of 95¢; worth really $1.25. Special Lace Sale, 5,000 yards linen torchon, from 3c to 15¢; worth 7c to 5,000 yards demi flouncing, from 25¢ to $1.25. 2,000 yards point de Ireland, ranging from I 5 7.000 yards Vandyke laces to be sold out below cost. An immense variety chaatilly, valenciennes, etc. price from 3¢ to 50¢ per ya Butter. Country butter, 174c, 19¢ _and 2Ic per pound; creamery butter, 2lc, 23¢ and 25¢, made at Dodge, Nebraska. Remember our butter is always fresh, as it is shipped us every day and we sell at lowest prices. California_oranges, 8ic, 10c and 15 per dozen; fancy dates, 5¢ per pound; mixed nuts, 2 pounds for 25¢; Messenia lemons, 15¢ and 20c¢ per dozen. well made reduced corsets, only d0c, birgaing In dress Chinas, satins, crepes, ranzing per yard. ranging of oriental, ranging in Art Department. Special for Monday. 10 dozen fine China silk drapes, hand bainted, Monday only 49¢; vegular price 8%c. 25 dozen drawn thread momic tidies, stamped, Monday only 25¢; vegular price a0e. 25 dozens stamped linen dresser scarls only 19¢, well worth 35c. 25 dozon pair stamped pillow shams, Monday only 12¢ per pair, worth 25¢ per air., p200 dozen all silk chenille balls, all shades and colors, for Monday only 8¢ per dozen; actually worth 20¢ dozen. 50 dozen hemstitched doylies, stamped, at 8c, 10¢, 15¢ and 19c. Don’t forget we sell the finest em- broidery silk in the country av 50 per dozen. A word to the wise is enough. Why pay 10c? We carry the largest and most com- plete s tock in knitting silks, wash silks, filo silk, embroidery silk, chenille, rib- bosine and arasine, 1n fact everything pertaining to fancy work at rock bot- tom prices Cloak Department. We are showing the largest and most complete line of ladies’ Wraps and ets ever brought to Omaha, and cos the lowest. 1t would pay you to amine our stock before buying else- ere. SPECIAL FOR MONDAY. Ladies’ military cape Ulsters, in all the latest patterns, $8.00 worth $12.00. Ladies’ Margurite Cape in tans and gray, 40 inches long, $8.00 worth $12.00. Ladies’ Margurite pe in tan and black, $4,50 worth $8.50, We are showing best three quarters long Reefer, satin lined for $5.00, ever shown in this city, all the latest styles. Our $2.50 and $3.00 Reefers cannot be duplicated in _this city. Misses’ and childrens’ Reefors ~and Jack- ets from 85c¢ to 35.00. These are special low prices. A large line of ladies’ Wrappers. large line of ladies’ Waists. line of ladies’ Skirts. All on Special Sale for Monday. Curtains. 3,000 opaque window shades, desir- able colors with the best spring fixtures, to be closed out at 25¢ each. 2,000 Holland spring shades at 20c. Our stock of curtain goods of all kinds must be reduced to make room. One lot of odd pairs of shades, cheap. ‘We will give some extra bargains in chenile curtains for the next few days A A large very New Spring Goods. We are oficning new goods daily. Our stock is larger and better as- sorted this season than ever. New pineapplo tissue and shantong pongee, 124c yard. New Scotch homespun suiting, 124c. New printed henriettas, 10c yard. New Llama cloth; 10c yard. New Toile du Nord gingham, 12¢c yard, New bedford cords, 10¢ yard. New shirting prints, 24c yard. New 86-inch wide suiting, 15¢ yard. New Brandenburg cloth, 19¢ yard. Now Delhi cloth, 15¢ yard. New teasle cloth, 15¢ yard. New style dress gingham, 5¢ yard. New style indigo blue BH“" b0 yard. New stvles in sateens, 25¢ yard. New *‘La Tosca” gingham, 1240 yard. New 32-inch wide zephyrine, 10c yard. New 32-inch wide zephyr gingham. 17 yard. New 32-inch wide Svoteh-zephyr, 20c ana 25c yard. New novelties in imported sateens, 460 yard. Now novelties in brocaded and striped black sateens, 25¢ and 850 yard. New stock of plain black sateen, 10c, 124e, 150, 17¢, 20¢, 25¢, 80¢, 85c, 874c and 40c yard. New Johnston gingham, 10c yard. New bedford cords, in:plain colors, 15¢ yard. New line of outing flannel at 5c, 10c, 124c and 15¢ yard. New stock of white dress goods. New line of dimity, 15¢, 20c, 25c, 80¢, 35¢, 40¢ and 50c yard, New line lawn checks, 10¢ and 15¢ yard, New line of nainsook stripes, 10¢c and 15¢ yard. Now line of colored nuinsook chaeck, 10¢_yard. X New line of India linon, ¢ and 10c yard. 4 New line of challis, 5¢ yard, New line of 40-inch armadale zephyr, 150 yard. New spring line of white twilled flan- nels, 8-4, 4-4 and 6-4 wide, créam white, 85c, 40e, 50c. 60c and 750 yard. New cream white flannels, £5c, 30c, 35c. 40c, 45¢, 50¢, 55¢, 60c and: 85¢ yar New 1mported English - shirting flan- nels 50c and 55¢ yard. ! New line of spring skirting, #2c yard. New lineof linen just Opaned, our own importations, We carry the Jarg- est stock of linens in Omaha.’ 9 100 dozen 3-4 dinner napkinson special sale at 81 dozen. : 200 dozen 5-8 German snapkins, 31 d lozen. New half bleached damask, 45c, 550 and 6hc yard. e 2 damagk New line of silver blgic! £ 50c, 75¢, 85ciand $1.25 s_va'rd‘ 'thflns to match some of theso new beautiful sil- ver bleached damask. Full line of red bordered damask. New line of towels and toweling by the yard. Now and largest stock of bed sproads ever shown in Omaha. We buy these direct from the mills and retail them at wholesale prices. Have you seen our new stock of mus- lins and sheetings, pillow casing, ete.? We are headquarters on domestivs, ‘We carry the largest stock, we have all the leading brands, all the different widths in bleached, unbleached and half bleached, and our prices guaran- toed the lowest or money cheerfully re- funded. New stock of Gilbert’s linings just opened. We carry a full line of Goddard lin- ngs. Our lining stock is the largest in the west., Special Handkerchief Sale. Not one item that will not be worth your while to investig ate. This sale will eclipse all others. BAD. 100 dozen children’s fancy bordered handkerchiefs, at this sale 1ic each. 100 dozen white hemstitched hand- kerchiefs, at this sale 5c each. 100 dozen fine embroidered handker- chiefs, ladies take particular notice of this lot, at this sale 15¢ each ; worth 25¢ to 35c. 200 dozen, a miscellaneous lot, white and fancy hemstitched and embroid- ered, to be closed out at this sale for 10c. It will pay you to visit our notion bar- gain counter this week. Tea and Coffee Dept. Cocoa shells, 8¢ pound. Japan dust tea, 10c. Choice Japan tea, 19c. Basket fired Japan tea, 25¢ and 35c. Selected natural leaf Japan, 40¢ and 48c. Uncolored Japan, 40c. 50c and 60c, Moyune Gunpowder, 35¢, 45¢ and 60c. English breakfast, 38c, 48¢ and 60c. Formosa Oolong, 59¢ and 70c. We carry a comploete Jine of teas. Our coffees are ronsted daily. Rio coffee, 20¢, 23¢ and 25¢. Golden Rio, 25¢c to 28c. Combination coffee, 27¢c. Choice Guatamala 80c. Mixed Java and Mocha, 82e, 014 Government Java, 83ic, 3 poundas for $1. PRGES 9-16. - NUMBER 261, Jewelry Department. SPECIAL FOR MONDAY, Gents’ gold front patent lever Cuff Buttons, in new designs, 25¢ worth $1.00 Gonuine Bohemian Garnet Eardrops and screw in solid gold setting, 5V¢ worth $1.00, $1.50, & Eardrops. worth on sale at 75¢ for choice e 75, $2.00, “Bright Cut Silver, novelty pins, 15c. B Real Silver Dimes, made into bangle pins, beautifully engraved with real stone sets and place for monogram, 50¢ worth $1.50. Best rolled plate Baby or Shirt Waist buttons with chains, 25¢ worth 75c. Real Rhine Stone Eardrops and Fin- ger Rings, in best rolled plate settings, 25¢ worth $1.00. Silver Plated Napkin Rings, 10c each. Silver Plated Salts and Pepper, 25¢ worth 50c. Rogers’ AA tea spoons, 85c per set. Rogers’ AA table spoons, $1.656 per set. Rogers’ knives or forks, 31256 per t. set. First-class watch and clock repairing at half jewelers’ prices. All work guaranteed. Dress Trimmings. Just received another shipment of those fine imported French feather edg- ings, assorted colors, being sold every- where at 50c; our vrice for Monday is 25¢. 2,000 gross of fine buttons, silk but- tons, crochet buttons, vegetable. ivory and pearls, in all colors and white, in square, round, oblong, quarter moon, ete., ranging in price from 5c to 82 per dozen. House Furnishing Goods. Tubs, 39c. ‘Wash boards, 9c. ‘Wash baskets, 49c. The genuine Western wringer, $350. Wooden frame wringers, $2.15, worth a§pccial Embroidery Sale. 25,000 yards Hamburg embroideries, ranging from 8¢ to 16¢ per yard, 15,000 yards fine nainsook embroider- ies ranging from &c to 25c. 10,000 yards fine cambric embroider- & ranging from 6c to 85¢ per yard. ieThe above are way below the impor- ,mfion price at the present time. ar is Fully On. Read the List. Patronize Home Industry. LETTING DOWN THE PRICES. Potted hams. . Potted tongue Deviled ham. Salt meat. . . Breakfast bacon. Codfish. ... Mackeral ‘e . Boneless rump corn beef. Dried beof Full cream cheese. Brick cheese. Swiss cheese.. Head cheese. ... Bologna sausage. 11b package corn starch California dried grapes. . I mported evaporated currants California evaporated apricots. . . California evaporated peaches String beans, . Lima beans, 20 1b pail jelis Glenwood tomatos, 10c. 8 1b can California grapes, 9c. 81b can California apricots, 124c. 3 1b can California egg plums, 1 8 1b can California green gages, 6o Books and Stationery, Special for Monday. 1,000 paper novels, by the best authors, for Monday only 10e; publish er’s price 25c. » Webster's Unabridged only 90c. Rand & McNally Standard Atlas of the World, only §2.50. 500 pounds fine commerecial note paper at 19¢ per pound. 500 pounds fine Irish linen paper at 25¢ per pound. Fine envelopesat 3¢ per package of Dictionary, 5. 200 boxes fine papateries, for Monday only 9¢ per box. 50 gross lead pencils at 24¢ per dozen. Special bargains in blaak books, memo books, address books, ledgers, journals and day books in buck, half Russian and Russian bound. Playing cards and all kinds of station« ery It will pay you to visit our notion bar- gain counters this week. Hundreds of interesting bargains. If you want something new in veil- ings come to Hayden Bros. Wo carry the most complete assortment in the eity. YDEN BROTHERS---CUTTIN G PRICES. SENATOR DUBOIS ON IDAHO! JOntold Wealth and Resources in Mine, Field 4 and Live Stock, - / SOME NEW FACTS ABOUT A NEW STATE Wonderful Agricultural Reglons—Great Cattle Interests—Over $150,000,000 in Sliver and Hot Springs—Timber, Eto, d Produced—Lakes— [Copyrighted 1892 by Frank G. C irpenter.) Wasnixaroy, D. C., March 4.—[Special Correspondence of Tug Bee.|—Senator Fred T. Dubols, who has written the following article, is one of the brightest men of the United States senato and 18 as wel! posted on the new state of Idaho as any maa in tho union. He graduated from Yale coliege when he was twenty-one, and four years later went to [daho and engaged in business there, He has traveled over the whole state again d aguin since then ana heis thoroughiy wcquanted with its resources and its possi- bilities. He represented the territory for four years in the lower house of congress and was elected for the term commencing March last as one of its United States senators, New Fucts About n New State. Idaho 1s one of the newest states and one the newest portions of our country in that it is less known and less understood than almost any other subdivision of the union, It was made a territory in 1503 and a state in 1800, The possibilities of the Pacific north- “\.west are beyond intelligent guessing, and Iaabo from tms time forward will expand and dovelop moro rapldly and evenly than any of the great new divisions composing that section, 1 @was introduced to an intelligent lady in Brooklyn soveral years ago and my residence was glvon as partof the introduction, She {nquired presently if 1 was acquainted with Tr. Willlam Redmond, *who lived out west." 1 asked what particular part of the west had the honor of sheltering Mr. Redmond. “Really now, 1 am not quite cortain,” she soberly answered, *“‘but heis in Omaha or Idabo or somewhere in that region.” ‘While sufficient general attention has been attracted to [aaho during the past fow vears tolocateit geographically as one of the Pacific coast stutes, and as from 1,200 to 1,500 miles nearer the Pacific ocean than Omaha, yet the knowledge of its resources and capabill ties is exceedingly dim and misty in the minds of American citizens "east of the Mis. sissippl river. There are many and good causes for this lack of information with regard to this favored section, The chiefesy 1s that the state until a receut per.od was off the main line of travel. The great Uniou Pacifio and Central Pacifie railroads ran south of ir, and the Northern Pacific traverses but & small part, Funning but a fow miles through the norih- ern portion of ldako. To reach the interior necessitated an arduous and weary stage ride of several hundred miles which none ‘would undergo unless they haa a specific object in view., Up to 1835 there was but one railroad in the territory, the Utab & Nortbern which an through oue couaty on tho easiorn border. At thattime there were about 50,000 people in Idaho, and at this veriod they first began to develop the various resources of the country. Nearly tho entire thought of the people was ceu- tered on mining until this era in our history. Rich gold placer mines bud been found in various sections of the territory, and the adventurous spirits who flocked to these camps cared nothing for the tame pur- suits of ordinary ousiness, and rushed off to new fields when their present ones showed signs of exhaustion. In 18845 rail- road building began, and with it the gradual settlement of the country by steady and in- dustrious citizens, 'There are now about 500 miles of railroad in the state and 15( 000 people,and agriculture is the chief indus- try. One'reason why this wonderful devel- opment has attracted solittle attention comes from the fact that the increase in population and wealth has been scattered evenly over the entire state. Thero are no large towns. and no particular section has grown abnor- mally, Ranches or farms have beon opened up and mines devoloped 0 quietly as to cause uo comment. Boise, the eapital and largest town, has about 5,000 inbabitants. Pacatello 1u the southeast and Moscow in the northwest have about 3,000 each. Some soven or elzht other towns have populations ranging from 1,000 to 2,000, and each farming or mining community has its village contain- ing from 100 to 800 peoplo. The bulk of the people are on the farms, and thus a sure and lasuing foundation is laid for our future prosperity. The resources of tho state are boundless und another cen- tury will pass before the activities of man fully develop them. Northern Idaho, or that portion of the state embraced within the counties of Idaho, Nez Perce, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone, 18 a mining or agricultural reglon, The Ceeur d’Alene mines in Shoshone couuty are very productive in silver and lead, and the supply of wealth from these sources seems inex- haustible, Kootenai county has fine agricul- tural lands, splendid mineral prospects and water power which wilt bulld up great in- dustries before many years, Latab and Nez Paroe countles are agricul- tural essentially, and there is no better farm- ing country in acy portion of the entire union, Idahocounty is both agricultural and mining. This entire section of north Idabo, containing au area throe times as great as the state of New Jorsoy, does not require irriga- tion, but crops are sure and enormous through the natural causes. Sowe large cities are certain to grow into being in this portion of tho =tate, The targer portion of the state, generally known as_south Idaho, 13 dependent on ir- rigation for its crops. This section, which 1s about seven times as large as New Jersey, like the northern portion, is rich in minerals, water power and productive lands, While Latab county in northern laaho contains s grosperous community of 15,000 who are all ependent ou farming without irrigation, Bingham county in southeastern Idaho con- tains & prosperous community of 20,000 who aro all dependent on farming by meaas of ir- rigation. ~ The soil of north Idaho is excep- tionally rich, and tho yield is equal to the yield of south Idato.” The average yield throughout the state per acre is: Wheat, 30 bushels; rye, 26 bushels; oats, 55 bushels; barley, 40 bushels: potatoes, 250 bushels; hay or alfalfa, 5 tons. Irrigation implies neithera defect uor a aisaavautage, which faot is be- coming generally known. 1t 18 a better tertilizer than rainfall, the bright skies of the arid region are more favorable to veg- otation than cloudy skies, arid soil 1s the most fertile soil, on which account irrigation is now opeuning the best lands of the uvion to cuitivation, irrigable lands are more pro- ductive than those fertilized by showers and irrigation is favorable to the creation of a numerous class of comparatively small pro- prietor: ‘There aré inuumerable small streams runing through the state, creating an abundance of water for all purposes. The Snake vriver carries & volume of water as great @as the Ohio and traverses the state for & distance of about 2,000 wiles. It is navigable for large steamboats for 100 miles dowu the river, commencing at Lewiston, There are probably 6,000,000 acres of irriga- ble lund of exceptional richness yet remain- ing in Idaho unclaimed or untouched. That portion of the state which occuples the west center and of which Boise 18 the pride, while rich in mineral and agriculture, is espocially favored us a fruit rogion. Tho roadiness and cheapness with which the ex- tensive areas of sage-bush lanas can be con- verted to fruit farms have laid the founda- tions of a great fruit growing industry. Apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, prunes and grapes aro grown in tho greatest abundance aud are shipped to tho neighboring states. Within the past few years tho industry has so grown that some of the fruit has found a markev at Chi- cago where it ranks even higher than the California fruit. Straw- Lerries, blackberries, raspberries and dewberries are commeucing to be extensively cultivated. Immense tracts of land peculi- arly adapted to fruit culture have never been touched but nostle along the streams, shol- tered by the mountains, There are eight regular nurserios in the state, all. doing a thriving business, Speaking generally, the soil and climate of Idaho is so rich and di- versitied that almost every product of the farm can be cultivated successfully and pros- perously. Over 100,000 bushels of flaxseed were produced in two counties of north Iguho, Latah and Nez Perce, last year, The cattle and stock industry is profitable, and while the latest consus as l‘l’mwn ina bulletin prepared by Mr. Whitehead and issuea under the direction of Superintendent Porter, September 10, 1891, places Idaho among the first states in the number of its stock on ranges the fiold is scarcely touched, There are somewhere between 15,000,000 and 20,000,000 acres of good grazing land in the state which supported 85,084 cattle, 101,588 horses and 357,62 sheep in 1889, This number could be quadrupled without injury to the stock rais- ing industry., = To be sure almost every farmer has a few head in addition to the large bands which run upon the ranges, The ordinary loss of stoek from all cuusos is about 6 per cent per acnum, Thera are about 10,000,000 acres of timber land producing whito and yellow pine, fir, cedar, spruce and tamarack and somo 0ak. With the exception of Washington it is doubtful if any state produces such mag- nificent imber " as Idabo. It is habitually tall, large and of dense growth and easily goi- ton to market, Allowiug I« the destractive use of timber in the United States, but hav- ing regard also to the compotition of other industries, localities and muterials, it is evi- dent that the lumber iuterests of [daho will afford employment for all that choose to turn to them, for a great number of years—more yours tha. need be scanned by this genera- ion. Mining reluctantly yields the first place agriculture in the products of this state, Lyx; to tho present time tuis comparatively un- known and unprospected portion of our great country has given to the world in sitver and gold, with which to carry on its business, the enormous sum of §150,000,000, These pracious minerals have been washed off of the bed- rock and dug out of the grim hills, New miues are discovered every day, and in addi- tion to gold and siver there are enormous fields of copver, lead, limestone and other minerals. The mining capabilities of Idabo cannot even bs surmised. 1t is the opinion of wiuing experts who have followed miniug over the Pacitic coast that [dano will soon rank first among the micing states. The latest census shows that 09,445 ounces of gold, value 55,708, and 8,434,331 ounces of eilver, value 84,440,347, were produced in 1880, While the lead industry bas spruog into prominence in the state during the past few years, to which time ‘nore was produced to speak of, Idaho now ranks third as s iead anuucor, being surpassed by Colorado and dichigan only. The output in 1859 was 23,172 short tons worth about §2,000,000. Mauy rich mines are 1n full operatios, giviug em- ployment to thousands of bardy wnd exem- plary citizens at good wages, and stimulating every otber Industry aud affording aprofit- and would be almost its entire length were it not for its swiftness, its gigantic falls and its com- ression at intervals between narrow canons, that almost all rounded by rich agricultural regions, so that the prosperity of one goes hand in hand with the prosperity of the other. ‘Lhe towns of the state giva opportunities tomen to engage in any kind of business which sults tneir inelinations or qualifica- tions. It has always sgemed to me thata man of energy and good habits, ordinary in- telligonce and ambition wes certain to pros- per in our new country wbep he might fail in the east through lack of n?porlunity. The school, church and all other facilities * which commend 8 higher form of civilization are equal to those in any eastérn state, popula- tion and wealth being reckoned in the com- parison. To those who Jove nature and out- door sport, Idaho is_very mttractive. Lakes Poud O'Reille and Cpdr d’Alene in the north are remarkable for their picturesque- ness and beauty, The Stosbone Falls in the south are thought by many to surpass Niagara for grandeur, while the hot springs at Hailey, Ketchum, oise, Challis ana other points are becomipg noted as summer resorts, as are also the famous soda springs. On every side are majestig'mountains always changing, Trout aboundfin all tbe streams and prairio chickens and grouse are 1n nearly every portion of the state. Deer, elk, moose and boar aro still plentiful. Probably the greatest charm of Idaho is its climate. Lying on the “other side,’ tho west sido of the Rocky mountains, it escapes the blizzards aud cyclones which sweep the Missouri vallev. I'rom the west it gots the benefit of the Pacific soft winds commonly called “chinook,” but yet-is sufficiently re- moved from the coast to miss the rain and mist which fall so steadily for months alonz the Pacific shore. The climate s bracing but not severe and iz bappily fres from cither torrid or frigid conditions, The at- mosphoere is unusually clear, bright ana ary, the average of fair days belng 300 perannurm. The inhumidity of the airgives the state an advantage which may be expressed by say- ing thai it would require a summer tempora ture of 105 degrees at Boise City to muke one as uncomfortable as 85 degiees would do at Now Yorik or Boston, while 12 degrees below zero avihe Idahoan capital would be no more sovere than 8 dégrees gbove zero at the eastern cities named. . The eharacter of the climate, supplementod by “the elevation of the land above the sea lovel; iasures an ox- traordinary salubrity, 1 T will close this hasty andjmperfect sketch of a very interesting couptry by saying 1daho in its material el nt 1s large enough, rich enough and prolffic enough to serve as a theater for the ities of a great American community for ‘miore centuries then mortal beings axe wammanted to think or dream about. ¥ueo T. Dunors. ——r—— PROGRESS OF THRBIG FAIR, FI)onmurk will spend abogt 85,500 in show- ug us 8 leading feature of dts World's fair exbibit, a Danish dairy, complete and in op- eration, | Oue of the remarkable fetures of tho ex- position will be a series of ‘ religious con- gresses from August 25 through the month of September, 1503, Micbigan's building wui 'measure 100x140 foot and be three storiog high. It wiil be A g VT | material, which with the furnishings will be aonated, An Ohio Worla's (d% mmissionor has es- timated that the exhi fi%n from his stste will spoad upwards of 5,000,000 ia the prep- aration of their exhibits for the exposition. The Califoroia buildingzat the fair will be an imposing structurs of the ‘‘old mission” type, 110 by 500 feet, with dome and costing It will be surrouaded by u hedge of Monterey cypress, Vermont will have a building at the expo- sition without drawing on the slate appro- priagon for the costsof jts grectiov. One hundyed substautisl citizens have gusran- teed 4 §10,000 for that purpose, each one plodging bimself w pay. ‘4150, The governwents of Norway and Sweden have, respeciively, asked for World's fair appropriations of $01,238 and #53,600. In Norway 8 number of privale oilizous are ablo homo market to the farmer. Many more | raising a fund of $10,720 with which to build rich mines lie In the hills waiting to be [ found. Idaho1s poculigrly fortunate in this, hor mijieral bolts are sur- Viking shi) detiord, a few years ago. and send to Chicago a couuterpart of the which was exhumed near San- Connecticut held an fair meeting at Hartford on Washington's birthday, ex-Governor Weller presiding. A committeo of sixteen, two from each county, were appointed to look after the_ state's rep- resentation at the exposition. Sixteen lady managers were also chosen. Subscriptions being called for $10,000 was pledged on the spot. Remenyi, the well known violin virtuoso, has made application for & space of not less than 400 square feet in which to exhibit his groat collection of rare African ethnological specimens. The selection, which comprises over 1,500 carefully solected specimens, has been formed during the last forty years, and is beyond question the most perfect of its kind. — IMPIET1E>, Visitor—1 hear that your new preacher is aman of indomirabte will aud wonderful onergy. Hostess—Indeed he is. He has started in to couvert the choir. Creed revision and higher criticism are oversbadowed by the problem that agitates Presbyterian circles in Belmore, Pa, The Qquestion of questions is: How wide may a minister open bis mouth when he sings! Preacher—De Lawd made Adam out of clay and put ’'im *gin de fence to dry. Uncle Ru- fus—Hold on, dar, Mr. Preacher. Who made dat fence! Preacher--Go long, dar, ye fool nigger. Don’t pe asking dem infidel ques- tions, “Brother Bylins is eloquent 1n prayer,” said one member of the congregation fo an- other; ‘*but I don’t think heis very liberal when the contribution box is passed.” *No, his offerings to the Lord are confined almost ontirely to suggestions.” “De recordin’ angel would hab to work nights, doah bredders,” says Rev. Plunk in the New York Herald, “fiumug down de good doeds ob de folks dat keep Lent jist be- cause it's fashionable an’ because dey am afraid dat if dey doan keep it aey won’t be in de swim.” Rev. Dr. Holman of Minneapolis told a new one avthe big Lyceum meeting Sun- day. It was the remark of a brother minis- ter of the outspoken sort, scmewhere in the east, who said of a man that his soul was so small that 10,000,000 of them could be blown through & quill from the wing of a mosquito into the eye of a fly without feazing the fly an iota, This is gettng things down very fine The late Bishop Doane of New Jersey, says the Philadelpbia Press, was strongly op. posed to probibition and ' his sideboard was lined with brandy, wine, etc. On one oc- casion Rev, Mr, Perkins of the Sons of Tem- perance dined with the bishop, who, pouring out & glass of wine, desired him to drink with him, “Can'tdo it, bh}lup. ‘Wine is a mocker,’” “Take a glass of brandy then,” “No, ‘Strong drink is raging.” By this time tue bishop, becoming excited, remarked to Mr Perkios, “*You'll pass the decanter to the gonteman next to you." *No, bishop, I can’t do that. ‘Woe unto him thut putteth the botue to his neighbor’s lips.” " It was in the old Catholic church in Buf. falo, says the Chicago Post. In the midst of the service & little old Irishman, who was in the enjoyment of a fortune he had worked hard to get, and who was the lessee of the secoud pew in frout, entered, He walked impressively down the center aisle, as be- cowmes & man of independent means. Several strange ladies were ocoupying his pew. There was room for him, but that was not eaough. He placed one hand on the back of the frovt pew, apd, with a wave of the | other, said in @ voice loud enough to be heard all over the churol ‘'Come out av that, now.” Very much surprised and con- fused, the ladies obeyed, and then they were treated 10 aaother sensation by the lessee saying: “Now in wid yez again, and make vourselves alsy. OI only wanted yez to know who owned the pew.” He accom- panied bis command with such & sweeplag gosture wnd winning smile that tho ladies complied aud the wnterrupted priest resumed. BROWNING AND BRUISER Fred Nye Tells of the Latest Oraze Created in Chicago Society Circles enthusiastic World’s EVERY CLUB FUNCTION HAS ITS FIGHT Masters in Musle, Poetry and the Manly Art Commingle ip Entertainments—iow the Congressmen W ged—Wined Not Wisely But Too Well, Cuioaco, Ill., March 4.—[Special to Tue Bek.j—In a social way Chicago has passed the imitative period and fairly entered upon the creative. The latest avidonce of this pro- gressive transition is found in a certain inno- vation whizh bas been successfully carried out in several of the fashionable clubs. It has always beon tho ocustom for the big social clubs to entertain once in a while formally. Every year, for instance, the Ash- land club gives & children’s party and scat- tered throughout the year it has receptions, musicales, cte., to which the publio is in vited accordiug to the discriminating courtesy of the members, The La Salle club is very like the Ashland. Both of theso or- ganizations are on the West side, and on the South side 1s the Farragut Boat club which fills a similar field. The Union League club and the Chicago club are to all iutents and purposes strictly business, and the puroly social events to which they give birth are few snd far between, 1t was the Ashland club whbich had the in- ven'ive audacity to start the fad which is now attracting more than a little attention, and which found a rather prompt follower in the Farragut Boat club. I'he novelty may be briefly described. The club gives an en tertainment ostensibly artistic. It begins with an orchestral overture, if you please, or with 8 rattling solo from a professsional Jauo player, sowething from Wagner, or i(amm, orany of those hazy old iasters whom 50 mauy admire and so few undor- stand. Then perhaps the local vocal celeb- rity, who is a prima donna in her own imagi- nation and in the exuberant faucy of her friends, warbles a few strains from K'aust or the Barber of Seville, Succeeding her, it may be, is a gentleman with a high forehead, a for-away loolk, a carefully traned musical voice and a painfully corfect pronunciation, who attempls 1o trauslato a large number of the stanzas of Robert Browning. Professional Pugs in Clubland, Atthis junctuve, when theaudience is either asleep, in nervous prostatrion or in a con- dition of classical ecstacy, the climax—the feature of the evening—makes its appear- anco. This feature is subdiviaed into sey- éral features, most of them Irish. For in- stanco, ot the Farragut Boat club entertaiu- mont last week it was composed of “Prof.” Poter Shea, “The Illinois Cyclone,” and “Prof.” Harry Finnick, *The Arkansas Kid,' as principals and soveral other ‘‘pro- fessors'? whose names alone are a suficient guarantee of their extraction ue ussistants, Well, directly after Browning had been ex- ploited *‘Prof.” Snea pranced on the stage, clad in lavender tights, two-ounce gloves an 8 haughty air. He was quickly followed by “Prof.” Tinick, and the two, aided between the rounds by their able seconds, belted hammered ang pasted each other for an hour or so, or until one of them was too badly hurt to respond to the call of time. Allhuugc of the minor class,. they were professional prize fighte the winner received a purse contributed bythe club. if there is anyLlbing o tho r Lof contemporary club entortainment to equal \he versatility of tois programme Chicago is will pay a good price to find out what it is. There is one phase of the visit of congress to Chicago for the ostensible purpose of being Lypuotized for the World's fair appro- priation which has not been placed on record, excenting in a casual, incidental ana alto- gether inadequate way. 1t may be that con- gress really came out to seo what had been dono at Jackson park, ana that the people of Chicago really invited them for that ex- plicit purpose, but if some stranger to this country, George Washington for instance, had joined the excursion at the capital, ac- companied it hero and remained with it until its departue, he would have made afidavit that the primary design of the members was to pour down as much strong liquor, wine preferred, as_possible, aud that the great ambition of Chicago was to see that they did it. There is considerable reason to believe that congress did not organize itself into & committee to visit this city, bat mto & funnel. Every excursion = which lefs Washington had a separate car filed with various preparations of aloohol and by the time it reached Chicago the greater part of the oontents of this car had been transferred to the passen- gers. Congress arrived red-eved and with its bair-pulling, It was met by tho local ereat men, and after the usual flubdubbery had been gono through with it took a thore ough Turkish bath, it was then ready for more of “'the samo,” and the local great men took caro that it got1t. Bangquot followed banquet. The Pross club, the Union Loague club and saveral other organizations treated congress day and night. Vinously Witty and Riotously Responsive, Thero was mucn speechifying, compli- montary on the part of the lpcal groat men, exuberant on tho part of congress, The man who probably believes that ‘‘when the wine 18 in tho wit is out” should have becn there, ‘The speakers couldn’t help being witty, even if they said the most commonplace and stupid things, and the auditors couldn’t help laugh- ing. Mombers who, when they rise in the house, clear the galleries and fill the lobbles wero listened to with rapture and inter- rupted overy instant with riotous laughter and applause, From this, however, one must not concelve an exaggerated notion of the festivity, It was neither an orgie nor a devauch, There were no scenes particularly disgraceful, an the few who reachea the axtremity of intoxi cation were promotly taken care of. Th occasion was simply one of mellowness, ris- ing easily now and then to hilarity. But analyzed oven kindly and in a spirit of liber- ality unclouded by Puritanism it was n gratifying, A well known vemperance woman said tho other night at an unreported ment- ing: “Wo may admit, because we can’t help it, the individual right of & high oficial of the nation to drink and to keep wine on his sideboard, but everybody with the slightest sense of decency must cry out against mem- bers of congress making s spectacle of their drinking baoits by carrying car loads of liguors with them while ostensibly engaged 10 the performance of their ofticial duty.” It certainly 1s unfortunate that congress could not have made a careful, thorough and sober investigation of Worla's fair matters, for while the variety of eatertainment fur- nished by the local great men was calculated to wake every member see double for a time, and while no member can say that anything was spared to make him think that he was eunjoying himself, it is probable that a tem- perate examination of the marvelous progress which has been wmade at Jackson park would have been far better for the interests of the fair and the appropriation in the end, Freo Ny, — JOHUNNY'S RECKONING. ans in St. Nicholas. & Jolly plan! Caraline I've thought of suc endar, you know. Seems quite unfinished, tor most mouths keep spiling over so. Now should they all have just four woeks, the pages would loov neat, And"SUrplus duys tosether form wonth iplote, An extra mouth with one odd day—ob, wouldn't it be prime If this were done, und added on to our vaca~ tion tine The cal another e My motber hus sufferad for many long ears with headache. Bradyorotine cu er. G. E.Carter, Holly Spriogs, N, Y.