Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 10, 1892, Page 9

e R — PART TWO, —l — TWENTY—FIT THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1892—'[‘\\'I<IN'I'Y PAGE ‘ PAGES 9 TO 16. i NUMBER 261, Wash Dress Goods. Now is the time to buy your wash goods if youare particular as to styles, n8 we are showing a great many se lected styles, which we will not be able to duplicate, The latest styles in Brandenburg suit- 19¢ ya ow stylos in enteen, 25 g . Black figured and brocaded sateen,35¢ vard. High novelties in 92, only 43¢ y nch wide Amorican sateens, Sie, ull line of plain black sateens. French sateen,styles rd of Printed henrietta, double fold, 10c yard, 40-inch plain color henrietta, Sc yard. inches wide double fold Armenian serge, e yard. The biggest bargain in Omaha, 86 inches wide, only 5¢ yard. We are headquarters on wash dress goods, We have the best selection and make the lowest prices. Scotch homespun suiting, 12ic. 86-inch fleeced suiting, 15¢ yard. New spring styles in angora suiting, 10c yard. Double fold India cast mere, 124c. All these bargains in our wash dress goods department in new building. Special. There will be o great rush on Monday in our conter aisle, 16th street builing. We have parchased from Murdoch Nephews, who are going out of the im- vorting business, 500 Italian silk slum- ber robes. There are over 20 different styles to select from, they will be sold on Monday it 99c each. worth $2.50. Don’t miss this bargain as there will be a rush for them. They will sell on sight. S We will also placeon sale at same time 200 fancy fringed chenille table covers 99¢ each, worth move than double this price. Also 800 fringed bed spreads, plain white and colored. These spreads weigh over three pounds each and would ‘be cheap at $1.50, on Monday 99c¢ each, On Monday we will offer some extra bargains 1n linen department, also in muslins and sheetinz. We carry the largest stock in domestics and make the lowest price every time no matter what the cost. Carpets. A few more left of those all wool ex- tra super carpets for 50c per yard. Also a good Brussels Monday, 47c per yard, An elegant line of the celebrated Lowell carpets found only at_Haydens We are selling the best white blan wall paper for 4ic per roll and others in proportion. Our curtain department is booming. All lace curtains reduced this week. 50c and 75¢ buys ther, worth § per pair. Opague shades, SOME PRIVATE SECRETARIES Trials of the Men Who Answer the Corre- spondenca of Famous People. PRESIDENT HARRISON'S IMMENSE MAIL All Sorts and Conditlons of Letters Re- celved by Cabinet Minlsters—Frank Carpenter Looks NBehind the § ‘WasniNGToy, April 8,—[Special Correspon- dence of Tue Ber, |—This is the age of the private secretary. Every public man herein Washington requires one or more watchdogs 10 protect him from the public and the richer the man is or the higher his position, the more caroful ave the watches placed around him. President Harrisoa is guarded by mes- songors and secretaries ut every point and every cabinet minister has a messonger sit ung before the front door of his office and a secrotary or two through whoso hands the wvisitors have to pass before they getto the great *1 am,” within, Itis the same with regard to letters as it is with persons. These men receive thousands of lettefs a month and these all havo to pass the argus eyes of the private secrotary, If thoy are important they reach him. If they are foolish, eran ky or impudent they ara vonsigned to the waste basket. President Harrison's mail contains at least 500 lotters every day or more than 2,000 o weelk or over 100,000 year. If he answored theso letters himself it would take all his thmo merely to read them and to die toto replies, aud the result is the mail is weedod out again and again before it reaches hun and only the really important matters a0 called to his attention. These letters are brought to the White House by a spacial messengor, They ave first given inwo the hands of the executive cleri, Mr. 1, . Tib- bott, who opons thom with a steel papor cut tor and rapidly reads their contents, As he g00s over a letter ho passes upou its impor- tance and decides i1ts fateas faras its probable future is concerned. 1f it1s @ request to Prasident Harrison to look up a pension case he marks tho word ‘‘pensions” on 1t and it 8003 to the pension office. If it affects a treasury claim 1t goos to the Troasury de- partment and if it is a vequest for an auto graph or monoy it is droppad into the waste basket. ‘I'ne important letters are luid aside und ave carried in to Mr, Halford, the presi- dent's private secrotary, who uses his hoe on ko opistolary garden and cuts outall letters but thoso which the prasident must sea, By the time the mail gets to the president it has been cut down a hatf or two-thiras and he rapldly disposes of the balance by dictation. Mr. libbott is his confidential stenozrapher and he goes to the president’s room from time to time during the day whenever Mr. Harrison is at leisure and takes his answers to hus mail. Ho tells me the president dic tates vory rapidly, ravely changing & word or a sentence and that ho rapidly looks over his lotters after they are presented to type-writing, ana sigos them Limself, How They Beg of the President, lotters which come to the are numbered by hundreds ry woek. They come from ail parts of the country and & number are received every day from foreign landas. The majority of the begging letters from the differcnt siates are from foreiguers and the only onvs of any sccount that cowe from nalive Auiericans are appoals for aid from churches aud char- HAYDEN BROTHERS, GREAT SPECIAL SALE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT B]ack: Vlr)rrc;s 7(200(1 SPECIAL FOR MONDAY. 48 A bediord cord for spring wraps, $1.50. 48-inch bedford cords, for spring jack- els and wraps, $1.25, 48-inch bedford cords, 81,10, Bedford cords for spring suitings, war- ranted all wool, 78c; worth £1.00. Bedford cords for suitings, equal to anything in the city for $1.25, our pr for Mouday will be 95 Bedford cords in fancy weaves $1.15, worth 81,50, Extra heavy double warp bedford cords $1.23 for Monday. Extra fine tamise, 46 inches, would be good value at $1.50. 48-inch steol ‘gray sylvania, all silk and wool, $1.75. These goods were im- ported to sell at $2.50, 40-inch all wool henriettas 50c. 40-inch all wool henriettas 6Cc. The very best satin finish henriettas $1.15; 42-inch albatross, guaranteed all wool, 59¢; would be choup at 7. inch cashmere 23c. 42-inch cushwmere 38c. Silk Department. Mond; this dey Gros grain dr ally sold for China dres $1.00, Monday, 85c. China dre 1ks, printed, sold regu- r at 6c, Monday, 45¢. Crepes in new shades and worth $1.35, Monday $1,00 and $1.10. Lining silks, 25 Good black su 50c. Velvet for trimming, in new and de- sirable shades, cheap at $1.50, Monday, v we make special rtment. s silks in blacks, Monday, $1.00. silks, new and sold for usu- 1a h, worth G5e, Monday, 1. A full line 25-inch _nplushes, in good shades, worth $2.00, Monday, $1.00, Special for Monday. 25 inch art plush in all colors, at 31.00 per yard, regular price 32.00 per yard. dozen fine momie splashers, stamped, only 19¢, worth 30c. 95 dozen fino linen dresser scarfs, drawn threand and stamped, only 25¢ each. 20 dozen drawn thread tidies, stamped, only 15¢ each to close. Fine linen dresser scarfs, hemstitched and stamped, with commode covers and splashers to match, only $1.75 per set. 50 dozen pair stamped pitlow shams,to close them out only 8c per pair. 50 dozen fine embroidered felt tidies, only 19¢ each to close. nicely , the very best |close 5e por prices in | worth $1.50 to Laces. Laces. MONDAY'S RULING PRICES 50 piec yacht laces to s fino rd. rchine made torchon Ge, Ge, Sc, e per dozon yords. New and exquisite patterns in yi ciennes laces, special value at 8¢, 5 10c, black 10¢, flouncing at 124c, 19¢, 2 worth 25¢ to 65¢ per ) 40 picces Russinn s, 87¢, actually and fish_deapery this weolk price 8ae, 40c, 57c, 676, §1, and $1.25, Point de Irlande is all the go. Weo have it in all widths inbla white at 12¢¢, 15¢, 19¢, 25¢, $1.25 per yard. Embroideries. <“mbroideries. Manutactarers’ odds and ends at i manufacturers’ prices, 50,000 vards all sorts of embroidery and in all widths from 1 to 6 inches wide, all in 5 lots at 1e, 3¢, be, Te, 10 per yard, 10 picces black embroidered louncing ck, cream and 20¢ up to Special Sale of Spring Wraps. READ THE STARTLING PRIC Ladies’ top coats, the very latest gar- ment for spring, made of all the latest fubrics, and satin lined, Top cont ut $4.50, zood value $6.50, Top coat at 5, good value $7, 50, Top coat at 87, good valuo $10. Top coat at $9, good value 812. Top coat at $10.60, good value $15. Theso ave all 84 inches long. Ladies’ spring capes for streot or evoning wear. The newest and latest novelties, Ladies’ spring capes $5, good value at $8. Ladies’ spring capes $6, in tan, black and gray, good value at # Ladies’ spring caves at $12, \dies’ spring €apes $10, good value at $15 and $1 Ladies’ military cape ulsters with de- tachable capes, full 30 inches long— $12 50, tomorrow $ $10.50, tomorrow $6,50, Our spring opehing ealo of ladies’ waists of all the pewest and latest de signs will be pluced on sale Monday at .50, good value 87¢ and $1.25 per yard. 25 picees black and white embroidered flouncing $1.15, $1.25, 8$1.87, $1.50, well 50 per yard. 50 pieces white ombroidered flouncing Monday only 87c, well worth 65 100 pieces fine white embroidered flouncing at 73¢, 98¢, $1.15, $1.35, $1.50, up to $5.00 per yar Handkerchiefs. Handkerchiefs. 100 dozen children’s school halkoar- chiefs at Ic each. 200 dozen Jadies’ fancy bordered hand- kerchiefs only e, worth e, 100 dozen ladies’ hemstitched hand- kerchiefs, tomorrow 5e, worth 10c. 100 dozen ladies’ embroideraed kerchiefs, only , worth 25c. 200 dozen pre embroidered and scalloped cerchicfs, only regular price 35¢ to 5( Just received, the finest and ‘the cheapest lot of embroidered felt table 1] and covers ever scen in Omaha | will be put on sale Monday at $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.65, $2.9 hand- Our Stove Department; The best made on the globe in cooks, ranges, gasoline, gas, oil, and the steel ranges. Baby carriages. Another invoice from $1.75 to #50. 0. Velocipedes, tricycles, wagons and wheelbarrows. ns. Soms of these begging full of pathos and the majority of them are from poor und ignorant peopte. 'The presi- dent is addressed in all sorts of ways. His respondents call him *“His Highness,” lis Excellency,” “Mr. DBen Harrison,” “The Hon. Ben "Harrison,” “His Godhead, the President,” and the letters aro full of the rudest of spelling and writin| bout half of the envelopes are marked ate,” Spersonal,” or “for the president only, and somo of them are sent in care of Private Soc- retary Halford, A large number are sent in care of Mrs. Harrison o are enclosed in en- velopes adaressed to Mrs. Harrison witn a note that she present them to the president, and all sorts of pious dodges are resorted to 10 got the president’s eye. Tho worst of all are the autograph fiends. —Boys and girls, men and women all over the country when thoy start a collection write teiling the presi- dent they want his name first in their hook and they send cards for him on whick they ask him to put his autograph. They want prosents of his photograph, iocks of his hair, and samples of Mrs. Harrison’s dresses for crazy quilts, There is one Ohio man who has written regularly for something of this kind every weok since the president was nominated, The day after tho convention he wrote for two photographs pretending they weze for a Harrison club in his town. “They were sent and a week or so later the man wrote that they must have gotten lost in the mails und asking for more. Other dodges were attempted as to other things aud the man is m‘ugably an autograph peddlor as wellas an autograph colie None of theso autograph leiters are responded to, though some bogging letters and letters on vusiness of various kinds receivo sn answer signed by one of the president’s secretaries stating what has been done with them, The Fair Fig and the President’s Neck- i ty organizat letters aro Some of the letters received by the prosi dent are very funny and sowme are so witty that they command an auswer in spite of the Demon of the Waste busket. This was the caso with a lotter from a young: western girl ast weok who wrote her scroed in poetry and usked for something thac the president bad worn for patoh in 8 erazy quilt to be- sold ata cuurch fair. Her letter fell into the hands of one of the young ladies con nected with theWhite House and sho was so much amused by it that she got a necktie of the president’sund sent it to the girl. The letter is so clever thau I give it verbatim. It roads : My dear Mr. Harrison, Ikuow it's a shume To bother you now; But 1'm ot to blame, At least not so much, For Jack is the one Who first put me up T'o the thing I have done. He toid me last night 1t I'd maue for the fair A crazy patch quilt, And put in 8 square Of something that Harrison Had woru, he would buy The toing for himself, No matter how high The price I might set. And s0, don't you see, 1t T manuge this plan, How nice it will be, Jack gives a neat sum “Toward our fair for the poor, Receiving instead What he values much wore, Aud then wher I marry Daar Jack, it is plain 1’1l own both the quilt And momento again, Now, dear Mr. Harrison Please won't you jus! Your wife to send me "Tis not much of 8 Lask— An olg silken necktie H Or handkerchief, say, Some fragment of what You've worn auy day, Aud not auy further Your patience to tax, 1 will close, just adding This P, 5. 1o say 1f_your own secretar) o out of the way, Or too much engaged | “This petition to read, | Because 1t is small, Just tel! him to heed This admonition, It never is wise The day ot small things To neglect or despise, For sometimos, perhinps, In years not remote, We women mav have "The real right to vote; Then if he wished T'o be President, he Might have some aid From ¢en voor little me. Very respectfully, Queer Letters of Cabinet Ministers, The great. departments et bushels upon bushels of mail every day. It keeps one girl working constantly to merely cut open the envelopes of tho letters received by the Pension offico und the average number open- ed a day is 10,000 and these all have to be disposed of by the various clerks, T'he whole Taterior departuient has a queer cor- respondense and Secretary Noble's mail is full of curious letters about lands and titles peasion sand patents and the perpetual mo- tion crank and the man with a hobby send in their lettors by thescore, There is & mau in Philadelphia who writes the president from six to eicht fat lotters every week and signs himself “His Godhead.” Heevidently thinks be is a god and he is & crazy Washington lawyer who was once an able practitioner, but” whose mind became unbalanced und whose chief business now seems to be i try- iLg to instruct the president, Secretary Foster's Mail, The queer letters that come to the Treasury department ave numbered by the tens of thousands every year. The letters contain- ing conscience money enclose sums amount- ing from teu cents to thousands of dollars and there are thousands of letters referring to war claims and these all go to the second auditor, Secrotary Koster's personul mail amounts to about i50 letters a day. Theso are handled by bis private secretary, Mr. R. J. Wynne,and only the really importaut ones meet the secretary’s eye. Mr, Foster is very charitable but the begging lettors never get to him. Thoy are torn up as a matter of principle and” thrown in the waste-basket. ‘The other day the wife of a state sonator from Ohio who knew Secretary Foster quite well came 1n and took him to task for not answering her letter asking for ad for the Ohio church with which she was connected. Secretary Foster looked up astonished and said: “Why, my dear madam, 1 never gou your letter. You must be mistaken, I did | not see it,” “Well, I wrote it,” was the lady’s answer, “and I stamped it, sud I know it must bhave come here.” It must have gone to my private secre- tary if it did,” said Secretary Foster. ‘*How about it, Me, Wyrne!” speaking to the man .across the table. “Do you romember the madame's letter (" “Yes, Ido.”" said Wynne. I remember 1t very well. I tore 1t up and threw it in she waste basket. Idothat with all such let- ters, aud if I didn’t you would be as poor as a church mouse before this administration is over. They come nere on all sorts of pre- tenses asking for thousands of dollars, and if they were answered or considered, ail your time would be taken up avith them.” Mr. Wyune then explained to the lady how these letiers came in and she left the oftice, scelng that 1t was impossible for Secretary Foster to attend to them, but asking Mr. Wynne to hereafter make an exception in hor case. This be promised to do. A vast number of letters are received by Secretary Foster in regard to green goods circulars, and the men who writd them always say they are willing to help the secretary ferret out the offenders for consideration. There is little toy now sold which through a trick enables one to apparently make good green- backs out of white paper. It is done with genuine bills, however, and is ouly a clever sleight-of-hand arrangement. The other day the secretary received a letter telling of this trick and sayiog that the litue clothes- wrinfor-llkn machines would make any kina of bilis from $1 up to $20, that the machine would be a very bad thing for the govern- greatly reduced prices. Ladies’ wash wravpers and loose made in the very latest s yles, rappers 87e, 0 wrappers . 1,75 wrappers 81,25, $2 wrappers $1.87, Furniture. REMEMBER WE!CARRY A FULL LINE OF FIRST CLASS FURNITURE. Note our prices: Bedroom euits, 810,50, $14.50, $15.5 $18.50, $19, $19.50, 823, $3 Extension tables, $3. #8.50, $9, $9.50. Center tables, $1.25, $1.50, $1,95, $2 50, $ 50 up to $13.50; all oak. Sideboards, $15, 816, $17, $20, $22, $23, Bed lounges, $8.50, $10.50, $11, $12.50, $13, $14: ull have woven wire mattresses. Mantel folding beds, 16th Century or ntique finish, with first class wool mat- tress, $20, worth and never sold for less , B4, $5.50, 'than $25; a rare chahoce. Parlor suits, $27, '$20, 885, 6-piece suits; our prices 0. kipds .of chairs and rockers ave 20 BBF cent less than the regular price for' sup g%ods; our sales prove this, ¢ - . Hendqunrlars.nr»gsprlngu and mat- tresses. Holels andl boarding houses furnished with all kinds of mattvesses at 'spet:iul prices. ’ Watches! Watches! Watches! SPECIAL SALE ON MONDAY. ents’ silverine Ilgin, Springfield or Waltham, stem wind and set, warrantec first class timekeepors, $1.75, $10. ionts’ gold filled nd watch with Elgin, Waltham movements $15 and $20. ies’ Boss fillod satin finished hunt- o watch, set with jewols, stem t, with Elgin, Springfiold or movements $13.50, jewelers’ 5 to $10, Ladies’ gold filled hunting caso watches, stem wind and set, Elgin, Springfield or Waltham movements, $0.75, jewelors’ $15 to 525, chatelaine hunt- watch with full jeweled move- stera wind and set $1 4o, jewelors’ prices $12 to 15, Solid gold baby rings 9c. 14 karat solid gold wedding rings 99c, worth $3, Solid silver thimbles 13c. Beautiful real shell pins orna with goid and brilliants 85e, $1.50, Gents’ patent lever buttons 3¢, worth $1. 50 Grecian hair bands, 17 Silver napkin rings 10 Rogers knives and forks $1.25 por sot warranted 12 dwt. Rogers A. A. tea spoons 83¢ por ting case stom- Springfield or jowelors’ Waltham albumum cuff ) set., Logers A. A. tablo spoons $165 por sct. Nickle alarm elocks All goods warranted as ropresented. Why pay fancy prices to jeweler First class wateh and clock repairing at half jewelers’ prices. All work guaranteed. Saddle and Harness Department. Wo are hendquarters for cowboys’ stock saddles. We have the largast line of any house in the city and the best makes; also a full line of side-saddles, Uu;r%zy tops of all kinds made to order, sunshades and umbrellas for buggies, buckboards, carts and wagons. _Single and -double harnesses from the best to the cheapest, straps of all kinds, halters, whips, curry combs, brushes, collnrs, sweat pads, bridles and every- thing belonging to a first class harness shop at the very lowest prices; further- more, everything guaranteed to be of first class stock and manufacture. meiit and that he would expose the man if ho were paid for it. He Got Ten Dollars, The private secretarios are expected to keep beggars and cranks away from their chiefs, and it will by surprising to many to know ' that boggars come right up to the ofticos of the cabinet ministers and try to got at them while they are at work. These men wear all sorts of clotBes and it is hard to de- tect the crank or mendicant from a business man, One calleda at the Treasury-department the other duy and said he wanted 10 see Sec- retary Fostor, whom he knew very well. Mr. Wynne received him ju the ante-room. The man wora clothes of .8 preacher’s cut aud ho had a whito cross un-the lavel of his coar. He said be was a ministor and that be had known Mr, Foster 1n Obioand that he merely wanted to pay his tespects to him, He pro- testod that he did net want any oftice or any monoy but merely 'to shake hands with his old friend the se¢retary. Mr. Wynne con- cluded to risk him,. . He was admitted. Sec- retary Koster did nbt remember bim but he talked in s most familiar way and finally struck the secretary for $10. As Mr. Foster ook this out of his pocket and gave it to the man he looked at Wyane as if to ask how the man got in there, and Wynne stepped up to him and said : “Didn’t you saythat you did not want cither monay or an office and you would not ask Secretary [oster for anythingif I let you in¢" ‘The man said: *Yes, I did, but I changed my mind about the money ufter I got in and 1 forgot what I told you.” “That seems ratber thin,” said Wynne as he let the man ouf, ‘and Ican assuro you you wou't get in again.” Wanamaker's Mall Bag. The postmaster géneral perhaps receives moro begging lotters than any other cabinet minister, He is known to have an enor.nous income and the vast sums which ho has spent on Sunday schools and other churities have made bun the target of ull the professional and other beggars of the Unitea Ho gots thousauds of leyters every yvear of this kind and churches pf every denowmination, Sunday schools and’ leoture rooms send ap- peals to him every day for aid. He gets hun- dreas of lotters from cranky business men asking for a littie ital to start them on the road to fortune, andi{his letters for charity come from almostievery country of the world, One lies lare me from Germany. 1t is not transla at there is a brief con- nected with it this brief states that “Gottlieb Hess. off Saxe-Meiningen, Ger- many, states that B in the habit of keep- ing daily family pi and that he can play the piuno, He thi these family prayers might be much mopd fmpressive 1f the sing- ing could be acco ied by & piano, bitt ho is 100 poor to' buy, ad asks Mr. Waua: maker to send him’ o&m for euough money to get one.” . Some These letters sentea to the pogy ouly tnose of real . It 18 imposs r Beggars, of course never pre- tor general, und it is it that ever meet his investigate tho cases, sent genuine want, ;Gould would bo too small to satisty .1 lgoked over s large number them today in a pilo woich represented the pickings of those received dupiig the past week or so, Igive a few by way of illustration. Here is one from the sauth; Mr. Wanamaker: 1am a poor colored boy not bavieg o ghanee to school, never seen the inside of collgge, Bot mble Lo get books. 1 ask you, "{f areu &ud ntmp‘PnL. elp‘au Sun- day school, 0 name.of the L.ord, pieaso $0ad mo the B0k aal16d 2o A metican Gyelo: edia coutalning 2,700 .~ 1 take all my dlo time trylag to- and write and 1 ibink vou are a great good man. Our the fortune of postoffice box fs 186 “Yors tritly, — Here is a r from_{ ha, . written evi- deutly by aSwede, w! ¥, Wana- maker for # or o 50 cents, or 25 cents,” and closes 1 You n} rich and T am peor. If you gend me soma, 1 will very Shaskfol. &mflfluoh&wufiofi aud ool & few of U uote soript Tuey offer to sell biblés and un:.l":; everythiug under the sun, r, Whoa- maker,and the appeals foraid are based on all sorts of grounds, from prospective marriages to nossible breach of pron:ise suits, _Sumo of the letters state that the writers will vote for Wanamaker as president if he comes out. Hero is one: “Sir: Tam on tho warpath again, beggin’ is better than steeling. i think where there 80 much welth and grandure among tho citizens of washington the president and con- gressmen they might help a poor republican from being sold 0ut by the sherift for $50 in- tevest. I work bard every day as my nurvest hauds show it drink no strong drink and make the best of everthing 1 can’t keep tho wolf from the door. Could you sponk a word awong the welthy and belp me a littlo this spring. It may be like broad cast upon the waters when you cono out for president, if not i hope to meet you in the kiugdom.’ Requests for Loans, Requests for loans come from everywhero and _they range in sizs from $10 up to thou- sands of dollurs, A Wisconsin man wants $200 to tako the mortgage off his farm, an Ohlo woman wants §100 which she will pay as soon as she can. A Kentuoky mother o boy who is in some sort of trouble with a girl and needs money to get outof it, and there are preachers aud business men from everywhero, Here is a letter from Oregon from a woman who wants $500 wuich she will pay in three yvears, and here 18 another from one of the northwestern states asking for 3,000 to lift a mortgage from a farm, Many of theso letters state that “The Lord loveth a cheerful giver,” they are full of *God bless yous"” und of pious cant, and o greut number of them are from professionals who are evidently working the world for all it is worth and this is one of thair methods. I would say to them, however, that it is purely a wasto of postage and that such let- ters never meet the eyes of the men thoy are intendea for, Frang CaureNren. ————— IMPIETIES, The refrain of a story to which a friend call the Chicago Inter-Ocean Bystander's autention has been rinzng in bis ocars for many a day. A little girl's pious father was wont to cominent bitterly upon tho evil things be saw and heard, aiwavs ending his denunciation with the consolatory refiection, “Well,it's none of myLusiness.”” Oue cold win* ter day the httle lady was out riding in the city, wrapped in furs and closely wuftled in warin robes, when she saw a child of about ucrown age scrambling along on the icy pavement crying bitterly—the tears almost freezing on her checks. She was very poorly clad, hayiog only some rags ubout her foet, leaving the toes bare to snow and frost. Ihe sight made a deop improssion on the little oune's mind, All duy long she could talk of nothing but the poor ragged little girl, and in her prayer before rativing she was moved to.lay the matter before the Lord in the fol- lowing adddition to her accustomed nightly potition s “*Aud, ob, Lord I saw a little girl today. It was awful cold and there was suow in the street, bug she only on & thin, ragged dress aud no shoes at all. Ob, dear, she aid look so cold, and 1 dia foel 80 sorry for her, but it isn’t any of our business, is it, Godt Awen.” . e T “My brethren,” said the flustrated preacher who was making his first attempt to preach without notes, “'yeu have all heard the old saying that whom the gods would de- stroy they first kill. 1 mean,” he said as he became conscious that there was sometking wrong with the quotation, *‘that when the gods get mad they—er—but not w dwelt on | this aspect of tho case, I would beseech you to consider, etc.” 0 e wa‘i‘er_l suppose you're looking for- ward to Kaster with a great deal of pleus- .ureable anxiety. Rev. Dr. Primrose—Yes, indeed, It de- altogether upon the nuwmber of mar- inmy congregation whether I goto Kurope or spend the summer in Jersey, e A clergyman one hot Suuday observing & deacon asleep in church, called out: “‘Brother Austin, please opea the window & liitie. Physiclans say itis uohealty to slesp iu a Warm room, House Furnishing Goods. Tmported engrave everywhere from $1, tomorrow The Western globes sold 50, our prico Washor warranted to be the genuine Washer. Crystal berry dishes 95: this is Western 100 Why pay Wood frame wringers $1.75. Lamp burner and chimnoy 10e. A compiote lamp for the price you pay for a burner elsewhere. A solid steel ax 0. Hammers e, Wash bowl and pitcher, 20c each. Chambers, 85¢ each Tron hound 6-foot step laddors, Tea kettles, 1 Dippers, 2ic¢ Wash basins, Sugar bowls, Butter dishes, Spoon holde Creamers, 3. and $1.00 for the samo daish™ else- Cups and saucers, 2i¢ ench. Hanging soap holders. 5o, where? 100 pieces decorated dinner sets $7.00, i 1 colors, Toilet sets $1. Tumblers le each. Copper bottom wash boiler 50c. Wash boards ¢ Folding ironing tables Dinner plates, 2i¢ each. Portable gas lights, $1.30, generally each, de each, Iron frame wringers $1.50. Buttor crocks, Se por gallon. sold for $5 to 6. Wire toaste 5 Children’s garden sets, 2 Shovels and spades, 39¢ each, Special for Monday. 100 dozen men’s fine sateen, madras and cheviot shirt 100 dozen Blackstone shirts, double be actually worth 7ac. 200 dozen men’s suspenders, special price, 25¢, worth 50c. ‘We will sell all our silk umbrellas at half price to start the season, Ladies' jorsey ribbed vests, 25, re- duced from 40c. 1 case of children’s fast double knee, sole and toes, ¢ from 40c. 1 case children’s fast black hose ouly I:: x‘:leduycml from 25¢, adies’ real kid gloves, black and col- m'?. Yd;}mgk,nlll, %nrth $1.50. Ladies® silk Tafteta gloves, 85¢, ro- duced from 50c. e 1 case boys’ shirt waists, percale and domet, 25¢, worth 45¢. We have o lot of corsets in odd sizes and makes, we will close out at 35¢, 30c $1 and 50¢ worth to $1.25, HERE IS THE PROPOSITION this sale only lc. unlaundered 2k front, and 50e, black hose, ¢, reduced Simple Conditions Upon Which the Appeal for Nebraska Central Bonds is Based. EVIDENCES OF GOOD FAITH PRESENTED No Money Asked Until the Work is Com- pleted—The Company Proposes to the Entire Cost of the Oxana, April 9.—To the Editor of Tue Bee: Iamasked on every hand, by people Wwho seem to want to give the Nebraska Cen- tral propositions careful consideration, ques- tions which show that the propositious have not been carefully read, nud that the terms of the same are not correctly understood by the puolic. Please publish the following brief resume of the conditions : The Proposition to Omaha. First—On condition that the Nebras ka Central shall purchase the tract of land located within the district bounded by Elev- enth stroet, Fiftesnth streot, Chicago streot and California street in the city of Omaha, being a tract about one-eighth of a mile wide by one-quarter of umile long, and ercot thercon a Union dopot at the corner of Fif teenth and Chicago streets, sard dopot, to- gethei with the other railway in.provemsnts upon said grounds to cost mnot less th $400,000, the eity 1s to deliver to the compan when suid im $150,000 of 1ts Lw e b per cent bonds. Secoud—When the company has comploted not less than 100 miles of railroad east of the Missouri river and counccted the same with the lines of two or more of tho railway com- panies named in ssid proposition (none of which are now doing business at Omaba or Council Bluffs), and when, and not until one or more railways in addition to the Nebraska Central railway shall be actually using said union depot, the city shall deliver to said company $100,000 of its twenty year 5 per cent bonds, The Proposition to Douglas County, First—On the completion of u double-track steel railway bridge over the Missouri river at the foot of Cass street Douglas county shall deliver Lo said company §250,000 county bonds. Second—That upon the completion of a double-track ratlway from the west ap- proach of the bridge to South Omaba, including & large smount of dou- le-track elovated road and & aouble track tunnel, Douglas county skall deliver to said company #250,000 additional county bonds, TPlease note that not §1 of theso subsidies is 1o qe delivered until thy improvements con templated are actually comploted. To insure the ity and county tho greatest beuefit in the oréction of Lhese )uprovements the any agroos that in gousiderapon of r i the subsidies it will atlow all railway --uuum.\%- desiviog Lo use n&. l‘ugud,l: u} torun thew or ight ! woor t kit Dridge’ana’ over said urack rallway Detween Omala and Omatia, ad their passenger trains a8 sald bridge und into sajd union depoty “upon just % equul térms. - Within s ¥ear, By the terms of both proposiiions the com. pony must ‘begio the erection of the im- provements witkin oze year from July I, 592, sud pusk the same to completion with- QUL WBReCEssAVY ay, wnd complota the same within th ears fvom the aforssaid data Lo avold Rossibilivy that tue oom- Ilour. Pillsbury’s bost N Washburn, Crost All leading brands...... Minneapolis best Suporlative Snow Flake o Very bost die Besi kiln dried corn meal. ) flour & Co,, & I ‘alifornia pitted plums porated apples........ California evaporated peachi Salt Lake peaches. Pitted cherries. .. Evaporated raspborri Imported French prun Curgd Turkish prunes. Californin_apricots Ruisit 24¢, 8o, Soda crackers Oyster eracke Imported chos Mixed pickles. ... Potted hams (por Potted ox tongues cured ham s hams sausngo. Sugi Bonel Bolog Head cheese Supolio iy PFinest Scotch orange mar put up 1 Paisly, Scotlend 1 pound can cov % 2 pound can cove oystors. Imported French Soup Terr pin, ox tail, Mulligatawne consomme, julienne, percan..... 20 o Green turtle, chicken, mock turtle, Potlcany e o 25 0 Vegetable, printaire, mutton broth, beef, tomato, tea, bouitlon, por can 2e 3 pound ean best pumpkin o e 3 pound can best elum chowder. ... 10 ¢ 3 pound ean best baked beans. 15 ¢ 1 pound can best little nock soft shell clams pound can by 2 pound can pineapple. . 2 pound can binckbor. ies 1 gallon can best Now York appl Butter. At Hayden’s you can buy country bute ter for 15¢ and 174c per pound, and Dodge creamery for 18¢c Monday.’ Art Department, Just received, a beautiful line of chenille flowers and art novelties, ; Will be placed on sale Monday af 10¢c, 16e, 1te, 25c¢, 85 pany might begin the work simply to hold its rights and nov progress with it, itis spocifi- caily nrovided that should work ceaso for a period excecding ninety days, before & sum exceeding 00,000 shall “have ~been ex- pended upon_ sald project, it shail forfeit all right to receive sald bonds. : I will refrain from all comments, because T want this article to be so oriel that everyone Who 1s interested in this subject will read it. The Cost of 1 desire to say further; That in deférénco to tue sentiment expressed by leading citi~ zens that we should pay the entire cost of the election, we have decided to do so, and are prepared 1o enter into a contract o that efe fect. K:spectfully, J. H. Doso N IN THE LABOR FIELD, ) Rochester has 3,000 electric workers, France leads Kurope in the employment o} women clerks. Great Britain boasts of 10,00 teetotalers among is railroaders, British statistics show that miners arenot u short-lived class, There were nearly 700 lives sacrificed by mine explosions in ISurope and America last vear. The marble monument to the Chief of Po- lice Honnessy of New Orlaans, who was ns- sassinated by the Matia, 15 being cut up in Mame oy Italians, A new industry has been invented by & clever girl. She calls herself an aceol and auditor for large households. pleuty of employment in looking after tne business of a few families of large expendi- tuce, whose heads have not taste for the work, To remember people’s names is a great thing. A man in a great wholesale establish- ment in Chicago is paid £7,000 a year just for remembering names. His business is to speak to every one who comes in by uama and to iutroduce the customer to the clerk of the department sought. If Le does notin- troduce the person to the clerk by nawme, the. clerk is expected to find out the name and communicate it quiotly to the gentioman, near the door, who bids him or her good-by by name. This always flattors people and they come back again. The hanabook by tho Federa of Labor shows the strength of the sey ~four tional trade unions of the United States to 075,117, Tne Carpenters’ brotherhood leads with 65,000 members: Amalgamated [ron and Steel workers, 60,000; lron Molders? Unlou of North America, 42,000; lnternas tional Bricklayers' and Stonewasors' union, #5,000; Brotherhood of Locomotive Hngi noers, International ‘i'ypographical union, Cigarmakers' International Brotherhood of lLocomoti: 3 United Mine Workers, 20, eymen Bakers' National union, 17,000 Journevmen ‘Lailors’ union, 17,000, and’ the Brotherhood of Railroad Traiumen and Brotherhood of Paiuters aud Decorators egch with 16,000, The visitor to Medora, the little Das leota village that was the scene of some of the exploits of the Marquis de Mores, is pointed out as object of great interesty the ‘“chateaw’ where the eccentrig French noblemun lived. The ruins of & small stable mark thespot whero he fought his battle with an overwhelntiing posse and killed one of them, while he put the rest to rout. Afterwards whes @& mob tried tolyneh De Mores, the sheri offered him protection, **3iere, non!” #aid be. 1 hafo very goot pistol. I vill shoot the first faillo that offers m vat you call insoolt.” ‘Thon the mur: quis ‘walked about in a yery nonchalen$ mauner, and the crowd admiriug his pluck, failed to molest him, Very thin tulle veils in pale blue, lavendei pink, pale greon and scariel srg worn wil light wvenlng bounois.