Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 13, 1892, Page 9

PART ONE. THE OMAHA SuUNDAY BEE. o AHA, SUNDAY HAYDEN BROTHERS ——— "'WENTY-FIRST YEAR. : ! PRGES 9-16. l 7 NUMBER 208, MORNING, MARCH 13, 1892-SIXTEEN PAGI Grand Special.Sale Ol OPrIg Wy Goods, Notions, Etc. S Ladies’ and Gents’ Furnishing Goods. Our spring stock of ladies’ and gents® furnishing goods have arrived. Wo are now showing a larger and finer stock than ever. Our umbrella and parasol department {8 now complete. We are showing the handsomest line of handles ever brought to this market. Read a few of our prices, 500 childron’s sun umbrellas, 24 inches nico thing for children going to hool, only 50c each. 1 case of ladies’ 20-inch Gloria sillc nmbrellas, nice oxidized handles, only 81 cach, others ask $1.50. 1case of ladies 26-inch Gloria silk, with fine French horn handles, only 81.25 each, worth $2. Ladies’ 26-inch umbrellas, Milan serge, paragon frames, und elegant cel- luloid handles, only $2.25 each. Ladies’ very fine Milan serge 26-inch umbrellas, come with elegant Dresden china handles, something entirely new, only 82.50 each. 1 1ot of ladies’ 26-inch sunshades, very best Milan serge, come with beautiful other of pearl handles, only $3.50, worth 5. Lupin’s very best Thibet cloth, satin finish 93¢, worth #1.35. These goods make an excellent spring dress, and no known fabric will wear batter. Malard’s very best henrietta cloth, best satin finisli, 88c¢; equal to any in town at $1.25. Fine silk finish cashmere 65¢, worth ine cashmare 33¢; worth 500, Fine cashinere . worth 374c. Good cashmere 12f¢, worth 20c¢. Colored Dress Goods. We will place on sale Monday morn- ing the grandest display of spring dress goods ever shown in the west, Our stock consists of all the latestnovelties in for- eign and domestic goods. Woe are mak- ing spocial low prices and invite the at- tention of all close buyers to look "through our mammoth stock. 88-inco very fine all wodl beford cord made in France, 78c. 40-inch all wool surah twill, in all col Hie. 40-inch_ fancy styles, only 58c. Crepe Treanon in _beautiful patterns, n Germany, 85c, plaids, 50 different 30-inch all wool challia, in all the pretty patterns, made in Germany, 58c. 54-inch all wool habit cloth, for crpes and spring jackets, only $1.25, 48-inch Scoteh tweeds, good valugs, New Wash “42-inch figurod bodford cords, 81,15, KR 40-inch all wool silk finish henrietta, Dress Goods. 6Gbe. 86-inch chivron stripes, 40-inch all wool novelty suiting, very Now styles aro being added daily. [stylish, only 5c. This dopartment takes second place to none in this city. Weo are the first to show the latest styles. Another new line of bedford cords ust opened, which makes 7 different ines of bedford cords on display at 7e, 10¢, 124c and 15¢: two lin at Te, two lines at 123 and two lines at 15¢ yard. We call your attention to our henri- etta black sateen atlsc yard as being - extra good vaiue. Just opened; a new line of sateens in dark ground 'work and fancy colored figures at 25¢ yard, A The largest stock of ginghams [gaucy zephyrs in Omaha. Gros grain dress silks, tho very best Black Dress Goods. at $1.30 and 31.50, Monday $1 and $1.10, SPECIAL SALE FOR MONDAY. I ded pongees, in cream, cheap at We have just received a special in- [$1.25, Monday $1. voice of fine Angora wool dress goods Remnants in silks at less than half v{hil-h“wu will have on sale Monday at {Pprice. the following pri 50 pieces produits Francais, a ver, hundsoo! tyilled material with o fine Glove Department. silk finish, will be on sale at 55¢c. Any this is an immense bu other houge would call them a bargain are sold on their merits. We at 80c, und they are worth it. aim w do what is right. All gloves not proving satisfactory after being war- ranted, will be made good. We are 25 pioces Bedford cords 7Sc. would be called good value at $1, showing an elegant line of gloves in 7 hooks which we are selling at $1 per We are now displaying the finest line of children’s fancy parasols ever shown in the city. Carriage parasols $1.50 anc up. Special in Silks for Monday. Just received—50 pioces of China and Japunese silks, in plain black and cremn, which we will offer Monday at tly reduced prices. Bl and white plaid surahs, worth $1 and $1.25, the low price of T0c. Chinas in new and desirable shades for 45¢. Crepes in all silk, worth 81. 81.10. and stripe Monday at and iness. They 50 pieces cordurette 29¢, worth 45¢. 25 pioces Prince Albert suiting 55c. Sellsreadily in New York at75c. They are very popular. 25 pieces corkscrew suitings at 30c, worth 48c, very desirable. pai ‘We carry in steck a full line of Taf- fotas and silke gloves, 25¢ per pair and 1. l ! | l OVERSTOCKED IN THE Cloak Department. Buing ding wraps wo will make an early snc- | rifice, making a special reduction in this department; the goods being of the new- | est and latest styles and best manufac- ture. sadies’ reofors in all the newest fab- rics and latest styles, ranging from 815, $18 and $20, will bo sold at $10.50, 80 and 32 inches long. Lindies’ Margurite capes, in black, 40 inch es, #4.50, reduced from $8. Ladies’ Margurito capes, in tan and gray, 40 inches long, $7, reduced from 810, Our Margurite capes ranging from 820 to 825, reduced to $15. Ladies’ and misses’ military cape uls- ters mado of all wool herring-buno cloth, in tan or gray, $8.50, reduced from $12 and $15. Our ladies’ and misses’ reefers, all new and very stylish, reduced from $10 to $7.50. Ladies’ reefers, in all the latest and most popular styles 85, reduced from 38, We are showing the largest line of children’s reefers and jackets in Omaha and at the lowest prices. Ladies’ should not miss this opportu- ‘| Linen Dept. Unbleached crash, all linen, 5o yard, Glass toweling, 6e, 8o, 10c and 1240 yard. All linen German twilled crash, 10¢ yard, All linon scotch twillea orash, fancy borders, 15¢ yard. German bleached damask toweling, all linen, 15¢ and 20¢ yard. Turkey red damask, 15¢ yard. Red bordered damask, 25c yard. Half bleached damask, 45¢, 656c and 65¢ yard. Silk bleached damask, 50c, 60c, 75¢, 85c and $1.25 yard. 82-inch German bleached $1.50 yard. 8-4all linen damask napkins, 81 dozen, 5-8 all linen German napkins, 81 dozen, Big varietv of lunch cloths, all prices. Embroidered Felt Goods. overstocked with our new s damask, nity. Hosiery Department. The largest drpartment west of Chi- cago. Complete in every line. We carry nothing but at we can fully warrant in every particular, Our ladies’ fast black cotton hose, Hermsdorf dye, at 25¢ per pair, is the Dbest in the market fo- the price. We carry a beautiful line of ladies’ fancy hose at 25c¢ per pair. We also carry in stock a full line of ladies’ fast black cotton hose at 10¢, 12fc and 15c a pair. ! We are showing an immense stock of children’s hosiery at very low prices. Children’s fast black cotton hoss at 8¢ per pair. 2 cases of children’s fast black cotton hose, regular made, only 15¢ per pair; regular 25¢ hose. Our boys’ school hose, extra heavy, fast black, nothing better made to wear, only 25¢ per pair., Try them and you will take nothing else. Muslins and Sheetings 5 different drands of bleached muslin at 5¢ yard. 4 different brands of fine cambric, 8te, 9ic, 10 and 124c yard. 42-inch bleached or unbleached pil- low casing at T3¢ yard. 86-inch bleached cheese cloth, worth 8e, reduced to close 80 yard. Agplulun's AA brown sheeting, 5¢ vard, Appleton’s brown mustin reduced to 6c yard. Unbleached cotton flannel, 8ic yard. Bleached cotton flannel, 6¢ yard. Double width sheeting at less than cost. Big sale on musiin stards Monday. Take advantage of the low prices. Special bargains for this week. 5 dozen fine embroidered felt scarfs, only 69¢ each, actually worth $1. 10 dozen beautiful embroidered felt scarfs, for this week only 81, worth $1.50. Imbroidered felt baby carriage robes, only 75¢, reduced from $1. Fine eiderdown baby carriage rpbes, only 81,25, worth $1.75. Interesting bargains in our handker- chief department this week. And to make iv interesting to the lit- tle ones, we will let go during this weck 200 dozen fancy bordered children’s handkerchiefs at 1c each. 200 dozen fancy bordered ladies’ hand- ket chiefs at 8¢, regular price 5¢ each. 200 dozen fine white and fancy bor- dered and hemstitched handkerchiefs at se. well worth 10c. Special for tomorrow. 150 dozen beau- tiful embroidered ladies’ hankerchiefs, only 15¢, well worth 250, Dress Linings. Full stock of Gilbert, Goddard and Barton’s linings, tailor trimmings, ete. Best grade of canvas 3ic yard. All colors in plain and fancy selicia, percaline, padding, ducks, canvas, farmers’ satin, serges. etc, Muslin Underwear Department. . Ladies’ chemise and drawers, nicely finished and made from good muslin,.'and M 25¢ and u. & An elegant line of ladies’ night gowns 50c and up. Best line of corset covers in the city, ' 25¢ and up. House Furnishing Goods. Washboards, 9¢. ‘Wash baskets, 25¢. The gonuine Western wringer, $3.50. Wooden frame wringer, $2.15, worth 8800 Clothes pins 1c Mouse trups, 4 Wooden bowls Clothes bars, Clothes forks, be Folding ironing tables, 9%5c, worth $3. Potato mashor, 8¢ Rolling pins, 3c. Market baskots, 3¢, Butter ladles, e, Butter spades, He. Butter moulds, 10c. Wooden spoons, 5¢. Skirt boards, 35c. 3 hoop pails, 15¢. 6 foot step ladder, 59¢, worth 82.50. Combination folding pantry steps and chair, $1.25, sold regular for 84, 4 drawer spice cabinet, 95¢, worth $8. Tooth picks 2¢ per box. We carry the largest and finest line of cutlery in the west, and our prices are 50 per cent lower than the lowest. per dozen, Corset Department. In this department you can flnd al- most any kind of corset manufactured. We carry a full line of Buil’s, Dr. War- ner’s, Royal, Worcesters, and French corsets of all descriptions. Our specialty in this line is our one dollar corset, oqual to anything shown west of Chicago at $1.50. We also make a leader of 50c corsets which canpot be duplicated for lessthan T5¢. Underwear Dept. Ladies’ jersey knit vests, 8c each. Ladics’ jersey knit vests 15 each. Ladies’ "Egyptian cotton vests 19c, worth 85c. We show the finest line of ladies’ knit underwear in the city at 25c. Styles controlled entirely by us. Ladies’ long sleeved vests, Willia- mantic lisle thread, only 25¢ a job worth ble. Boys’ Shirt Waists. 100 dozen boys’ waists, fancy patterns, ounly 25¢, worth 50c. ‘We carry a full line of the Mothe Friend S hirt Wuists ut our usual iow vrices. White Bed Spreads. We are showing the largest varicty and nest assortment of white crochet cilles be spreads at 50c, b5 159¢. 65¢, 75c, “88¢, 98¢, 81.25, $1.50, $1.75, 82, #; |83.50 each. We can s carry the stock and make Examine them. t you. the prices. thoso valuo, wo shall limit two to tomer., place, we shall offor 7 chenille covers, vlain fringes, at tho low price of $1.98 ench. These covers would bo cheap at $3.50 onch, only 6¢ Wo | Chenille Table Covers 1 sale on Monday in our center solect our price all duy In ordoer to tr covers are away from, worth Monday, $1.25 all alike, as below their each cus- At the same time and at the same extra heavy 6-4 lors, exta henvy Also 25 tapestry table covers at $1,25 each. All those on special sale Monday. Laces. SPECIAL FOR MONDAY. 1,000 yards black yacht lace for Mon- day only 8c per yard, worth 15¢. 500 yards black insertion to match, er yard. 5,000 yds- “hand-made torchon lace fo Monday at 7c per yard, actually wort? 10¢ to l5ec. h 500 bolts fine machine made torchon i‘:l?ndny at 5e, 8e, 10c, 12¢, 150, 17¢ per olt. Embroidery Sale. SPECIAL FOR MONDAY. 2,000 yards narrow but neat embroid- ery at ic per yard, 3,000 yards medium width embroid- eryat8¢and s¢c per yard, worth Ge to 10c per yard. 10,000°'yards wide fine Hamburg em- broidery at 10¢, 124c and 15¢,well worth 15¢ to 25¢ per yard. Drug Department. Wright’s Sarsaparilla, 59c. Seott’s Emulsion, 75 Cuticura Resolvent, 75¢. Dr. Simon’s Liver Regulator, 76c. Fig Syrup, 20c. Syrup of Tar and Wild Cherry, 29c. Mellins’ Food, large, 63c. Harter’s Iron Tonie, 75c. Garfield tea, 20c. Lane’s Family Medicine, 20c. Indian Sagwa, 75c. Liebig’s Beef, Iron and Wine, 43c. Liebig’s Beef Extraet, 83c. Jumaica Ginger, 20c. Mother Siegol’s Syrups, 50c. Malvine Cream, 35c. - Malvine Lotion, ola Soaps, 18c. Ayer’s Recamier Cream, 99¢. camier Lotion, 99¢ Ayer’s Recamior Balm, 9H9c. Ayer’s Recamier Soap, 19e. Perfumes, all odors, 19¢ per ounce. Great sale on soup Monday. Patronize Home Industry. LETTING DOWN THE PRICES. Potted hams. bo Potted tongue. Deviled hum. . Salt meat. Broakfast Codfish. .. Mackeral. . . Boneless rump corn beef... Dried beof Full cream cheese Brick cheeso. Swiss chee: Head cheese. Bologna sausage. . .. N 11b package corn starch. California dried grapes........ I mportedevaporated currants. .. Californin evaporated apricots. California evaporated peaches. String beans Lima beans.... 20 1b pail jelly....... Glenwood tomatos, 10c. 8 1b can Californin grapes, fc. 8 1b can California apricots, 123c. 31b can California egg plums, 124c. 81b can California green gages, 12¢o. Tea and Coffee Dept. Cocoa shells, 8¢ pound. Jupan dust tea, 10c. Choice Japan tea, 19c. Basket fired Japan ten, 250 and 85c. Seclected natural leat Japan, 40c and 48c. Uncolored Japan, 40c, 60c and 60c, Movune Gunpowder, 85c, 45¢ and 600. English breakfast, 88c, 48¢ and 60o. Formosa Oolong, 59¢ and 70c. We carry a complote Jine of teas. Our coffees ave ronsted daily. Rio coffee, 20¢, 23¢ and 25¢ Golden Rio, 25¢ to 28c. Combination coffee, 274c. Choice Guatamala 50c. Mixed Java and Mocha, 82c. Old Government Java, 833c, 8 pounds for $1. Butter. Country butter, 16c. 18¢, 20¢ and 22¢ per pound; made by Nebrask a farmers shipped in fresh every day. Ne- braska creamery 22c, 24c and 26c; made at Dodge. Remember we are leaders in first-class butter at lowest prices. telegranh companies that contract to trans- mit messages for the dopartment would handle them themselves, just the same as the railroad companies omploy their engin cors, firemen, brakemen, oto., und the de- partment would have no more control of the operations of other employes of the telegraph companies than it now has over the before mentioned railrond amployes. The only regulations that would be required would be similar to those now exercised over the railroads; numely, a certain inspection to make sure that coutracts are lived up to. A fow clerks might be nocessary to manage the stamp accounts and keep the books and that sort of thing. There could not possibly be any other employment of civil servants involved or any other possible expense.” “But let me keep to my original thought. It was that, with this limited contract postal telegraph, the department, doing its share and the '‘telegraph companies doing their share of the great work of conveying elec- trical letters, millions of people living in the free delivery cities would find a new means of communication among themselves broughy within their reack—a means worthy of these days of American enterprise and_invention and not obsolete for twenty years.” “But Mr. Wanamaker," said I, *‘this does not seem to ba providing for anybody except those living in the 500 cities which have let- tor carriers,” *'I kuow, and that brings me to the second point which I was about to speak of—the second great step in the ideal development of the postul service, that etupeadous, marvel- ous machine for the trausmission of intelli- gence among the people. Here are telephone lines, within cities and outside of them, ramifying everywhere in suburban neighbor- hoods, eoing to almost every popular hoad- quartors in town and country. Bring that great means of conmunication” (by contract with the department, publicly, fairly, eco- nomically, inexpensively, as in "the case of telegraph’ companies) within the reach of ali the suburban populations. Why 1 dream of 10-cent telograms and 5-cent,” is not §-cent telephone messages, Aud how wide-reaching the combination of these two systems would be, one connecting all the 500 free delivery cities—and the number is continually increas- ing by increase of population ana decreaso of limits to which the free delivery may be applied—and enabling these millions of suburban residents to use the telephone in connection with it. Not even the special knowledge of the telegraph operator, as in the other cuse, would be required, for any- body can use the telephoue, and thousands of little centers within easy reach of the big cities would be brought into direct electrical communication with all the other little popu- lar centers, no matter where, in the whole country. There would be no' extra employ- ment of people, no extra expense. That is evident as soon as you kaow what the propo- sition 15, #here could be no additional ox- pouse involved except, as before suggested, n a possible central bureau of a dozen clerks to do the requisite bookkeeping. That is the second point that I thought of when you first spoke to me of the ideal develop- ment of the postal system. “The third phase of it,” continued the postmaster general, “is the rural free aeliv- ery, that is to say free delivery by carrier in towns, villages, and even farming com- munities, not at present enjoying it. We have been trying in forty-six communities, varylng in population from 500 to 3,000, and under all circumstances and conditions, as you may have heard, an experiment like this: We have had the outgoing and in- coming mails collected frow and delivered to every house, and have found . that the in- creased business which these additional fa- ciliies bring to the total of the ofices ex- ceeded by almost §,000 the expenditurs of £10,000 allowed to bo made 1n & year for the purpose of this experiment. 1t is evident, then—indeed we have proved it—that you can spend money for the free 'de- livery in those small communities and get it back, and more too, if you apply it under similar conditions: aud it is equaily evident that you can put ou the free delivery under less favorable circumstances, and still have it pay its way. What I should like to see, therefore, would be & large amount of wmoney appropriated (which, realy, would POST YOUR LETTERS BY WIRE Details of Postmaster General Wana- maker's Plans for Postal Telegraphy. ALL LINES MAY BID FOR THF BUSINESS Free Dellvery to Be Extended— ments in Villages Highly Satisfy tory—A House to House Col- lection Belng Talked Of, xperi- Wasnixeroy, D. C., March 12.—I asked Postmaster General Wanamakor yesterday what he would do to develop the postal ser- vice if he could have his own way and what be thougnt the future of it was. He retlected & moment and said: ““I'nere are four things that I can think of right away that I would do. They are the simplost and easicst business propositions; and vet, consider them a moment with me, and see, wbat a marvelous change they would work in the postal system. See if each one does not commend itself to your ness judgment. Soe 1f you don't even 1 sorry that politics and private interest stand in the way of these improvements,” “You know that I have fought somewhat or a postal telegraph. It has not been pro- posed that the government should purchase for lense existing lines or build any new ones, It has contemplated nothing of the sort, It has merely contemplated contracting with existing companies, or with companies that might be incorporated, for the transmission of messagos at reduced rates in consideration of the colloction and delivery of these mes- sages by the letter carriers of the postofice department. That is all there is of it. But think how much there s of it! Every one of the 500 cities in this coun- try—1 think the number Is about 500 now--which have the free dellvory service, would be in direct electrical communication ‘with everyone of the 500, ana that, too, at rates low enough so that the plain people, who do the bulk of the corresponding in this country, ana not merely Lhe wealthy busi- ness people, could use the quickest means of tercommunication, The telegraph com- nies could afford to do this work thus oheaply forthreo reasons: Oue is the addi- tional patronage that the reduced rates and the regularity of collection and delivery would bring; another is that their items of expease for collection and delivery would be removed; tho third is the useof offices, clerks, stam eto. In otber words, the two great machines of the telegraph plants and the freo delivery plant of the postofice department would fit into each other, helping each other out and doing work at far loss ex- nse than would be required for either to do he work independently, A person dropping & lotter designated ‘nostal telegraph’ in a box in Chicago would have 1t taken up in the next box collection, telegraphed to its des. tination, say New York, and there taken out snd delivered in the first deliy: mit messages by telegraph, just as it now contracts with railroad companies, steam- age drivers, oto., to catry messages sac) ‘The railroads and steambvoats eu- joy bidding, They find the transportation of wails for the government profitable. The telegraph companies would bid and they would find their work profitable.” “But it has been said that this would al require the employment of extra people and tho expenditure of extra money." 1 was about to speak of that. Those ob- Jections are preposterous and a great many Who make them koow hat they are. The not be appropriated, because it woula all como back) for this extension of free delivery in villages and farming communities. That would mean a collaction and delivety of mail from every house within the area served by the postofiice whero the service would be put on, and if you think a moment you will sco that in thousands of piaces, especially whero the telephone service is connected with the telegraph service, woula hundreds of thou- sands of homes be brought into electrical communication with hundreds of thou- saads of others. I don’t say that free delivery could be made universal in this country for many years to come. This is so because of our immenso sparsely settled arcas, for it now costs us 50 cents to carry many a letter tosome remote part of the country; but I do say that we can extend free delivery, and that, too, pretty fast, into the country more and more. 'This, you see, is the third thing, and it brings, as I have hinted, hundreds of thousanas of homes into electrical communication with an indefinite number of others; for the carrier in the vil- lage, as well as in the city, goes wherever there is mail to deliver or collect.” “That is s0 simple that [ should think they would vote the money for it in congress.” T should think s0, too; 1 hopo they will. The trouble is n getting the proposition rightly understood and in understanding not only that 1t is not asource of loss in the end, but tnat it is of incalculavle value to all the country homes that would be affected by the extra facilities for receiving and pnslflm letters and papors. ‘Lhink of the benefit of it to tho papers them- selves, for instance. The business office of & great southern paper1s of the opinion that its weekly circulation, now over 100,000, would be increased by 100,000, 1f the country people whom it desired to reach, and who de- sire to be reached, could only have a chance.” “*What 1s your fourth point in this aevel- opment of the service{" “It is more in the line of tne last than in the phases of it that are electrical, though oth of these last supplement the benefts of electrical communication in a marked degroe. The fourth scheme is the application of letter boxes for tho collection, as well as the de- Livery, of mail from und to everybody’s door in ‘every city, wwn and village, or even farming' community, if desired. You may remember that we have had a commission ‘working at odd times during a good part of two vears examining 1,500 or more models of letter boxes intended for house doora or the frout walls of houses, with this object in view: To find the sim- plest, safest, and least expensive device, either for the reception of mail delivered or for reception and colleotion both, Of course, the dopartment would like to see delivery boxes put in, because then a quarter part, eay, of the time of the carrier force, whish is now consumed in waiting for people to me to doors to receive their mail, ‘would be saved to the carrier force; but that is no reason why the housenolder would want to pay 40 or 50 cents for a letter box for the pur- pose. He probably would bo willing, how- ever, tq put in ‘a box if hecoula have his ' letters collected from the house door by the carrier on his route without, that is to say, going to the corner or wherever the nearest box happens to be, But, however that was or is, our commission pickéd out six boxes as being the best, and we thereupon invited the six inventors to make actual tests of their boxes on separato oarrier routes, so that we could determine whetber the innovation would" be popular, and also whether the present carrier force in agiven commnnity can collect mail from every house, as well as deliver it, without extra expenditure of time, and hence of money. The best tests have thus far been made at St. Louis, and the postmaster there, Major Harlow, informs me that oue of bis carrier routes has been entirely supplied with boxes, that the peopla there and else- where 1n his city are eager for the house to house delivery and collection, and, what is more significant than all this, be thinks that the collection as well as the delivery phase of tue departure has come to stay. ‘“*T'nat is nothing less than wonderful if it sbould turn out, after repeated - satisfatory tests, to be true; for it means that the pres- ut carrier force of the Postofiice department at presentiemployed in some b0 lect lotters from everybody’s door where they happen to be for collection—as indicated by disks which would appear where mail is to be collected—incidentally with the delivery of mail to every door where it is to be deliv- ered, and all this within the same time and wichout any extra expense; or, in other words, the millions of people in these cities have, by this discovery, two great conven- iences which they dia not have before: namely, all of their letters deposited in a safe place at their doors without delay, and, what is more, all of their letters collected from a safo place at their dvors. And you see, as the free delivery sorvice is extended into smaller apd smaller cities, into the towns, into the villages, oven into' the farm- ing districts, these privileges are correspond- ingly scattered.” PERRY S. HEATH, o SUME PROMINENT PEOPLE. Ttere are no flies on Paderewski, The con- stant waving of bis hair alone would keop them off, Loubet, the head of the new French cab- inet, is described as & mao wko has been sixteen years in public life without making a record. President McLeod, who Isnow in a posi- tion to water not less than £500,000,000 of coal railroad stock, was, less than twenty years ago, a borrower of $100 with which to lay in a stock of wineral water as a starter in busi- ness, Mr. Cleveland is 55, Senator Gormat 1s 53, Senator Allison, 63; Senutor Cullom, 62 and Senator Carhsle 56, while Boies, Gray and Sherman are past middle life. Grant, who was inaugurated at 47, is said to have been the youngest president, The late Dr. Junker, the African explorer put more faith in Livingstone's than in Stan- ley's way of advancing through the Dark Continent. He never killed a native and for the most part traveled without a weapon, but still achieved what he wanted, M. Tardien, editor-in-chief of the Inde- pendenco Belge, has beon sppointed director general of the Department of Fine Arts of Beigium. His most prominent rival for the Elm:n was also a disunguished journalist, aron Haulleville, ex-editor of the Journal ae Bruselles. { John Marian Murphy, oue ‘of California’s otdest ploneers, died at Sandpse o few days ago, aged 80. He was the tigstman to take & four-wheeled wagon across the Sierras and was one of the earliest who went across the plains to Californis. He served as a guide for Fremont on ond.ef his expedi- tions, et errepe. ELECTRICAL NOTES, Lynn sends incandesocent (lamps to Japan. A third electric railroad between Minneap olis and St. Paul will be built shis year, According to recent caloulations there are ot present 200 central electrlo light statious in operation in Europe. Edison only owns one-testh of the $100,- 000,000 stock'of the General Electric com- pany, Edison was a poor men a few years 8go. An alloy of copper, nickel and manganese, known as maoganin, is extensively employed in electrical wors, owing to its remarkable power of resisting currents, An insulated bolder for fire hose bas been invented to obyiate any danger that might arise to firemen in case & stream of water struck a heavily charged wire, The cost of lighting for the World's fair at Chicago will be about ten times the cost of lighting the exposition held at Paris. The estimate 1s at present placed at $1,500,000, Itis estimated that the fifty long-distace lines, which the Americen Bell Telephone company is putting up between New York and Chicago, will consume 8,526 tons of cop- per, while the total length of the wire will be 0, miles, The adoption of electric iight and power plants in mining operations is becoming quite general in this country, & fact shown Ly the mumerous orders which have recontly been placed for pumping, hauling, cutting and lghting machinery for & pumver of uld col 1 promiuent mines, WALKING WAS PRETTY GOOD COaptain Palmer Tells of His Tramp Into Omaha Thirty Years Ago. REMINISCENCES OF TERRITORIAL DAYS Some of the Early State Swindlers Recalled —How the Captain Missed His co of Getting an Easy fortune, When an old-timer tells you of his early oxperiences he is very apt to em- phasize the fact that when he came to Omaha his worldly possessions were not great enough to make him an object of envy. Captain H. E. Palmer goes a stop farther thun this. Ho had no more than other pioneors when he came to Omaha, but the manner of his coming entitles him to distinction 4mong the veterun residénts. He walked into Omaha thirtv-two years ago from Bara- boo, Wis., and wasn’t so tired then but that he was able to continue his tramp on to Central City, Colo. From Omaha west Captain Palmer’s journey was a novel one, for every night the bosom of the earth was his couch and the blue canopy his covering. The cavtain says now that he never {imu'noys west across the great state of Nebraska to the mountains, luxuriantly en- scounced in a palace car, without vi- vidly recalling the long, weary and lone- some tramp of thirty-two years ago, and and the wondrous changes which have taken place. The city of Omaha when the captain first set foot within her limits, was but a village, and a village of the shabbiest description at that. There were two brick stores, a number of frame ones, two or three saloons and a handful of cheap frame buildings, and that was all, and these were located almost entirely north of Howard and south of Cass, be- tweenth Ninth and Seventeenth streets, Fremont contained but three or four buildings, Columbus and Grand Island were mere ranches, the latter being the Boyd ranch, Old Kort Kearney on the south side of the Platte river had no buildings or habitations of any kind, but on the north side of the Platte, beyond Kearney, was old Adobotown, & few whisky and gambling shops, just two miles west of Kearney; then came Plum creek Ranch, Cottonwood springs, O’Fallen’s bluffs, Julesburg or Beau- vanix ranch. G. P. Beauvanix was an educated Frenchman of good family, and for nearly forty years was the merchantu prince of the plains, and Captain Palmer has among his army papers an autograph letter from Beauvanix that he prizes highly. Captain Palmer was ordered to take sixty of John Morgan’s rebel raiders, who had been captured in Ohio, from Fort Leavenworth to Kearnoy. His command struck the Little Blue just in time to meet One- Eyed George Bent, the Cheyenne chief, wi’w with his murderous band, had massacred the few settlers, and a num- ber of unprotected emigrants, then in that beautiful valley. Palmer gave them fight and drove the depredators beyond the Republican river, luuving the trail at a point near where Republic now stands. For years aftor this there was hardly a settler west of Lincoln. Since 1 Palmer has been continu- ously a resident of the state, and for nearly twenty years of that time con- stantly traveling to and from every vil- lage-and town of this broad and prosper- ous domain, He has ever been active in politics, Grand Army and Masonic work, and in the transaction of his numerous dutics, has met and become well ac- quainted with every prominent men of the state. He was a member of the re- publican state central committee during the Hitchcock campaign; was a dole- gate from Cass county to_thirteen stato conventions, He is a Blaine stalwart always and was an alternate wat the last national convention. He now, however, that he is ought of politics. The ‘captain admitted to THE BEB that he had missed only one senatorial fight and nhad always been on the win- ning side. Ho remembered some of the scandalous stories of the Butler regime —notably the buiiding of the insane asylum, which cost the state over $160,000 and was insured for $130,- 000, end set on fire by Bill Poole just before , it had a chance to fall down, Pending an in- vestigation and inspection, the adjust- ers, of whom Palmer was one, gota builder from Indianapolis who had just completed the Indiana capitol building to make an estimate of the cost of re- placing the Lincoln asylum, His bid was $062,500, The state officials de- murred at accepting so small a sum_for what had cost the state $160,000, and on which they had $130,000 insurance. They claimed his estimate was so lo: that he could not replac the building for any such figur The nsurance companies were com- pelled to give a half-million-dollar bond to replace the asylum on the same plan as originally built, (yuI, to be, of course, a good, substantial building, Field & Leiter of Chicago, were signers on the bond. Judge Maxwell was appointed one of the commissioners for the state to sottlo the insurance, which was finally paid in cash, 862500, The investigu- tion, erimination and recrimination all ended in smoke and are now dead his- tory, and singularly enough, the captain explains that less than ten days ago he had a bundle of these asylum papers in his hands that had remained in one pigeon-hole for over twenty years, Captain Palmer shipped the first two car loads of grain that were ever loaded on cars south of the Platte river in Ne- braska, and in the spring of '69 filed on a homestead on ground now partly coy- ered by the town of Milford, Sew: county, and though the ground was mostiy bottom land, thought it worth- less and never attempted to improve i losing by the transaction his homestead rights and the benefit of four and one half years army service, which would have been credited in proving up in those days. Buffalo grass was the mainstay for stock and could be found within' fifty miles of the Missouri river. All Ne- braska thirty-two years ago, within twenty miles of the Missouri river, was indeed a desert, and not inappropriately name “The Great American Desert.” There hus been a wonderful climatic change caused by plowing, cropping the country and stopping fires, In those days there was little or no moisture in the ground and consequently no frost in the soil, no rheumatisin, no ague and no l colds in winter or summer, There was no timber except under the banks of liv- ing streams, very fow springs and not one creck where there are hundreds now. “Po the early settler,” said Captain Palmer, ‘‘Nebraska was desolate and blouk, a barren waste, but the change has been groat and now we wonder why we did not camp right here and stay and grow very rich as did the village fiddler of Omaha. If our foresight was as good as our hindsight what & great people we would be.”* AMPIETLIES, The distinguished Scotch proacher, Dr. MacGrogor, & descendant of the bistorio houso of that name, and well known border marauders 1n past ages, once caused a sensa- tion by an_apt ancestral allusion, says the St. Louis Republic. “There was a day,” quoth he, *on which an anoestor of mine was sentenced to be banged. 1have no doubt 1t was for stoaling—considering the way in which the ancient MacGregors got their Ily- ing. But as he was a distinguished thief, he was allowed to select the tree on which he was to bo executed, and with great presence of mind ho chose a gooseberry bush. It was at once objectod that it was not big enough. But, said ho, with great dignity, ‘Let 1% grow! L'm in no hurry,’ " A Baptist minister 0ok charze of a parish near Boston, says the Horald, where he kuew that one man was decided!y opposed to his pastorate. Soon after bis arrival the KHov. Mr. X. callod upon Mr. A. “*Brother,” said ho, “I hoar that you think I am the wrong man to be the pastor of this church,” “Well, to bo frank,” replied Mr. A., *I do think that another would have fillod the place better. ! “Now that'is just what I think,” said_the pastor. “But as long as we hold this opinion 1 opposition to the majority of the parish- ioners, leU's try to be unselfish and make the best of it."" After that call Mr. X. never bad firmer friend nor more faithful champion than Mr. A. . In Grace Methodist Episcopal churob, Bal- timore, Rey. Dr. Harcourt preached on **The Bible Origin of Evil,” taking as bis text Genesis nl., 13: “And the women said, “The sergent boguiled me, and 1 did eat,’ " “It {s the samo old story today,” said the preacher, *kvory sinnor makes an excus t0 hide betind. The woman said “Tho sors pent,’ and the mau said, ‘The woman.’ What- ever we may think of Adam boforc his transgression, his conduct after it m ces manifest the fact that he was sadly lac.iog in the eloments that make up & true g iles man," o*u Rev. Whandoodle Baxter, a visiting man, officiated last Sunday in the p Itev. Aminabad Bledso of the Austi. Lignt Colored tabernacle, si B After the services were over aud doodle and Bleaso were walking Lo, former remarked ; notices, Brudder Bledso, dat mo:t ob de cullud childrens in your taberaacle w.n bery light complected. How Is dat ari" “1 don’t no nufin about it. Dat's dey was born wid, I reckon.” Py 1orRys it of Hlue (lings, \hang- the 10 color Boston Herald: Elder Goodman - My good man, I trust you go to church Slippery Jos—Well, I reckon I ai a Suuday sence last October. ‘Eider Goodman—1 am delighte! 10 hear you say 60, my good man. I kope rou will continue this commeundable regulari y of &b tendance. missed Slippery Joo -Oh, you ken bot ver boots Il keep on golng Uil it gits warmer 'sa this. 1an't de kind of ploke as stays out o doors in & New England winter any wmor 1 kew belp. Dootor—Well, how'dd you feel todayt Patient -1 fell as if" I had been dead & weok. Doctor--Hot, eb i