Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 8, 1893, Page 13

OUR SUPRENE COURT JUDGES Bomething Abont the Men Who Compose the Hichest Tribunal in the Land. HORNBLOWER'S ACCESSION TO THE BENCH History Shows That Skelstons Hiave Growa Fat In the Position—Large and Small Moo Most Have Served Lengthy Terms, of Them Waen Oct. '#b.—[Special Bre. | William B. Hornblo tatest addition to tho s ipreme court, little man with a big head. His body larger thia that of General Joe \Wheeler or tor Mahone, but his head is bigger of T Reed of Maine. He does not pounds, and his supreme court gown requires only half the cloth that it takes 1o fit out the forms of Justices Gray, Harian and Stephen J. Field. The supreme court is rapialy changing. Six vears ago there was hardly a little man on the bench with the exception of Justices Bradley and Biatchford. Now the heads of the justices, as they rest againsy their high chairs behind the long desk, run up like the teoth of anold saw, and the ponderous dig- nity of the court appears to be passing away. Chief Justico Fuller himself is a little man. He is no taller than fornblower and his legs are 80 short that he has to prop his feet up with a stool in order to rest easily in his chair of state. Ho forms a striking contrast to the two men who pre. ceded him. Salmon P, Chase was six tall, and you could not have put his great dome of a head into a peck measure. Mor- rison R Waite weighed more than 200 pounds, and his every motion was heavy and “dignified. Take Chief Justice Fuller ouvof his gown and he looks like a gray- haired boy. He 1s not as big as was Senator Spoouer, and like Spooner he probably fre- quently grows indignany at the idea that a man, to be great, ought to be at least sev teen feet high. As to the other justice Harlan is over six feet, and he must weigh in the nexchborhood of 300 pounds. great, broad-shouldered, round-limbed giant, with the red corpuscles which denote plenty of fron shining out of part of his frame. ilis eyes are bright and full of life. His step is vigorous, and he keeps his Joints well oiled by long walks, He somotimes walks from the capitol to his home, a dis- tance of three miles, and 1 frequently seo him measuring off the sidewalk at a pace of four miles un hour. The most of the judges walk out to the capitol, and one of the funniest sights is to see Brower and Harlan coming on a dog trot down Pennsylvania avenue with the chief Justice in the middle. They have taken off thewr gowns, aud though by looking at their faces you can tell that they aro ominent men, the view from the re presents two ordinary mortals in siouch hats with a little man under a silk plug in the middle. WOne of thY biggest men on the bench is Justice Gray of Massschusetts. He is fully as tall as Justice Harlan, and weighs more. He runsrather to adipose tissue. His face reminds me of thebest pictures which you see in the magazines of the babies which are aavertised as being brought up on artincial food, and his fiesh looks clean enough and sweet cuough to eat. He is a sober man. however, und his six feet two is oue mass of Judicial dignity. He prides himself on his position, and fie thinks the three greatest things on earth the supreme court, the state of Massachusetts and Harvard college. His uncle left in the neighborhood of §100,000 to Harvard, and he gave $25,000 to the college library. Judge Hornblower's Famous Ancest y is rich and blue biooded, and with most of the justices Gray's grand father made a fortune in ship- building, and he had at one time square-rigged ships on the ocean, born in Massachusetts in 1750, and h when he died, the richest man in the s Itis from him that a part of Justice Gray wealth com he new justice, Mr. Horn lower, traces his ancestry back to England Josinh Horublower, the first of the family who came to this' country. sailed to the United States in order to build a steam en gine here. He brought all the parts with him from England, and he put up the first steam engine ever put up in the United States. He was pot more than 25 years old at the Lime, and the cogine was used n the Schuvler copper mines in Hudson county. sey. After it was finishe proposed to go back to Eng land, ~ but the owners of the mine persuaded him to stay, and he married Elizabeth Kingsland, who was the descend e of the judges of the supreme n New Jersey in colonial days. It from this woman, his g t grand- mother. that the new justice sprobably in- ability, for ohe Judge Joseph Hornblower, one of the most famous lawyers New oy has known. He was chief justice of the state, and he wrote a number of Jaw books. He was the youngest of twelvo children, und was so sickly that h be sent to school. At the age of 16 hoe b stroke of paralysis, and he lost the memo of everything he had learned up to that time. Ho bezan all over again as soon us he was cured, and inst the advice of every one studied lnw. He worked right along up to the time of his death, however, and be came very famous, living to the advanced He had eight children, und one o was William H. Hornbiower, the of the new justice. Ho began life by studying law, but was converted and dropped the law for theology. He became a Presby- terian preacher, and died of Lysis just [ten years ago. 'Justice Hornblower, after graduating at Princeton, began his practico Now York. Kvery one kunows how he imade himeelfl famous there, and how his practico for yoars amounted to three or four times the sum he will get s o justice of the supreme court. His Magnificent Country Home, The new justice is said tobe rich. He has wade a fortune ab the law, and he in- herited, Lam told, & pretty penny from his ather. He will probably build a® house in Washington. Judge Hornblower's summer home wll at Southampton, L. 1, He has just finished building o large cottage there. His houso is surrounded by six acres of ground, and the lot has a front. age of 500 fect, ‘The cottage 18 u Lwo-story and attic buildiug with wide veruaadas run ning around the front and sides. 1t is mude of clap boards und shingles, and has cost, all told, about ®0,00, 1t conlains over a score of rooms, aud it has a most elaborate sys of subsoil drainage. All the sowage from the house runs off into a gre L away from it. Itis nere reduced w a pulp and by me A siphon and a large num- ber of subterr an ins i off wmto the soil. The house itsell is lighted by electricity, and one of its promineut features is o bug hall, with & nuwber of lurge roows apening into it Blue-Blooded Justices. Speaking of the, blue-blooded justices, tice Stephen J. Fiold can trace his ancest back to the food. One of nis grandfatn, wiis in the revolutionary army as a captain and his father went to school with the father of Willian M. Evarts. His three brothers all became famous, sud the family has for the past ifty years been oue of the most noted iu the couutry. Justice Harian belongs to one of tho oldest fawilies in K. tucky, aad his father was stloruey genera of that state at the time of nis aeath, Howell Jackson is also blue-blooded, and Justice Browu comes from oue of the Brown familics of New England, which is noted for its fawous men. Hewas bornat Loe, Mass , and Lam not sure, but I thiuk one of his cont mections was Jobn Brown, the revolutioni of 177475 'This man was seut to Canada by our forefathers Lo excite the people to voit. He went around pretending to buy horses, but i reality talkiog up the revola tion which ufterward resulted in tho war of independence. He afterward went with Etnan Allen on his expedition W Canada under Benedict Arvold. He dia not like Ar- Bold and left biw prophesying that be would HGTON, Justico to is a and dowi Jus. is no | prove a traitor, as he did. Justice Shiras comes of good Pennsylvauia stock, and his mother was the daughter of Rev. G. . Pea- body, one of the most his day Queer Coineldences About the Some queer things have happened to the men on the suprame beneh. It is strange that Justices Shiras, Brewer and Brown should have gone to school at Yale at the samo time and in the same -lass. They graduated together in 1858 1.1 Shiras won the Hadley prize of that yoar. It is strange that Justice Stephen J. Field and Justico Brewer should both spend the earliest part of their lives in Asia Minor and should come together in_the highest court of the land Stephen J. Field went to Asia Minor when he was 15 vears old to visit liis sister, who had married & missionary, and he stayed thero until he practically” acquired the Ori- ental langunges. He is iow one of tho beat linguists on the bench and he speak & half dozen «different tongues and read more. Justice born in Smyrna, the same place to which Stephen J. F 1 went, and not more than a_year or so after he left. His father was a famous missic vho wasthefirst oneof the Am hers to volunteer to go to Smyrna blished the first newspaper that was ever published in that city and he introduced schools and the printing vress. Ho was a graduate of Yale and a writer as woll as a preacher, ed- itor and teacher. It was he who married the sister of Stephen J. Field. and it isa curious thing that uncle and nephew thus sit sido by side on the bench of this the highest court in the land. It is queer that Shiras, Pield, Brewer and Hornblower should all be' the sons of preachers, and strange that Hornblower should hav been educated in the law by his uncle, Justice Bradley, and so soou succeed him after Bradiey's'd Justicen. iarly Lives of Our Judges. Tace it stated that Justice Hornblower is the youngest man, with the exception of Justice Story, who' has ever been appointed to the supreme bonen. This is a mistake. Hornblower is 42 and Judgo Story was ten years younger ut the time of his appoint. ment, and William_Johnson of South Caro- fina, who was appointed by Thomas Jeffer- son. was only s of age. He stayed on the bench thirty years, and if Hornblower lives that long he will got just 300,000 out of Uncle Sam'’s treasury. Among the other younw justices of the supreme court Bushrod Washington, the nephew of George, toolk his seat on the supreme bench at 36 years of age. and he stayed there for thirty-one year Thomas Todd of Kentucky, who was ap- pointed at 42, being exactly the same uge us Justice Hornblower, remained ninetecn years, and Joseph A.'Campbell of Tennessce was also 42, living only eight years after his appointment, while Henjamin R. Curtis of Mussachusetts served ouly six years. As to the present justices, H of Kentucky was 44 when he was appointed, Gray was . Brewer 52, Brown 3 and Chief Justice Fuller 5 when they first took their seats ou the supreme bench. Justice Field was 47, and he has been on the beneh for thirty-two years 1, at $10,000 a year, would equal £320,000. 1 sno telling how long a man will live after he has been appointed to tho supreme bench, There is no softer snap in Uncle Sam's gift than that of the supreme court justice, and_a skeleton appointed to the supreme bench is liable to iatten up and last a gene ion, A Story of Chief Justice Taney. Take, for instance, Chief Justice Taney. He was as thin as a rail when he was ap- pointed and he seemed to be juston the edge of tho grave. No one thought he would outlast two months, and when he was appointed fifty-nine of the leading lawyers of the United States laid their plans to be- come his successor. He lived just twenty- seven years after that time and he died at 7. Just before he was appointed a_lawyer wanted to get him to try o case. The case had been in the courtsa long time and two of his lawyers had died on his hanas. He called upon Taney, but said nothing about the case. He was asked why he had not cmployed him. He replied: “I would as soon think of hiring a corpse. That man won't live six weeks.! It was the same with Justice Bradley. Ho seemed all skin, bones ana brain, but he held on for year after year, and, though up- pointed at 57, spent more than a ecore of sars on the bench. Few judges have had ) long terms as Justice Field. Justico Miller served twenty-eight years, Chiof Justice Marshall thirty-fourand Judge Story of Massachusetts the same time, Bushrod Washington sat on the supreme bench thirty- one yoars and Johnson of South Carolina served thirty years. All of the bresent judges have i right to retire at 70, but they will get their $10,000 a year as long as they live. They now have private secretaries in addition to their salaries, and cverything is done to make their work easy for them “’heir expenses are as great or as little as they choose (o make them. society or not, as they choose, and v spend ' their salaries in onter- Judicious investments let them accumulate is no verson’s business but their own. Poor on Ten Thousand a Year. A number of the justices have aied worth much less than they were supposed to have had. Justice Miller received betwoen $200,- 000 and 00,000 from the government and died comparatively poor. Justice Bradley was making from $0,000 to £50,000 u ) roat the law for sowe time before ho was ap- pomnted to the supreme bench, and he brought a fortune with him to Washingion, He lived very simply and left a good estute, Chief Justico Waite made a greatdeal at the taw, but not a money saver, ana thot us bich as £0.000 at a time when he died he left but hittl His most valuable picce of property was his house, which was worth in the’ neighbor- hood of #40,000. Salmon P. Chase left a house in Washington and o place in the country ne: ot Kate Chase Sprague, but she is now comparatively poor, and though her land has risen in value it is by 10 means a large cnough property to enable her to entertain in anything like the style she displayed when her father was alive and she wus trying to elevate him to the pre ideney. 1don't know what Justice Stephen J. Field is worth. He could have made a fortune at the law had he atuck to the prac- tice. He has entertamed o great deal sinco he has been on the bench, aund | doubt whother hehas a large fortune. Ilo lives just opposite the capitol, in the building that was uscd as a prison durj the war. He has a comfortable home, which is well furnished, and his library is one of the finest in the country, Justice Brown is said to bo wealthy. He made a great m. me for years in Detroit, and Justico Shiras shoula be rich, for it was reported ut the time of his appointment that he had given up a law practice worth from 20 §75,000 & year to take his place upon the bench. Justice Hornblower 'is said to be throwing up a practice worth $40.000 a year, and the Tuckiest man of the judicial nite to. is Howell Juckson, who was elevatod from u lower salary in judicial lifo to the £10,000, the private and the honor of the supren died poor. He owned an esta of acres in Mississippi, but the land worth littlo and it brought him no i 10 speak of Staniey Matthews' household furniture was sold at_auction here ubout i week ago, and the wile of Justice Woods, though she Lus a competency, is uot rich, Judges with R te of thousands tories, 1 wish some of the supreme court justices would write their autoblographies, 1 would like to know just bow Justice Brown snot that b lar who was attempting to rob him. You know the story! The burglar stood beside Brown's bed when he awoke in the night and covered him with a pistol. 1 want your watch and key. Give them to me and ['ll make no noise, and your life is safe.” “All right,” said the future justice, aud puttiug bis hand under the pillow, he pulled out a revolver, got the drob on the burglar ana killed him before he had time to say Jack Kobinson. This is the outline of the story, ana it may not be exactly correct. There is 1o doubt, however, that Justice Brown kitlod the burgiar, and i something like this way. Take the life of Justive Stephen J. Field. Waat stories he could write! His whole carcer has been filled wilh interesting epi- sodes. Oue | bave heard occurved while the cholers was raging i Asia Minor. The wis sionries worked among the people and Justice Field, then a ooy, acted as a vurse for cholers patients: One night he was at a diner and he saw ouo of the servants who were waiting on the table full dead. There was cry of “the plague” and in & moment the house was empty. ‘Think of bis early struggles in Cali- fornis. He landed in San Francisco with $10 in his pocket, aud the next morning, after [ ing bis bills, he found e had Just §1 loft. 16 had, however, sixty-four old uewspapers which be bad brought frow New York. e famous preachers of | ‘They can go | 50,000 | THE OMAHA DAILY BE | g0t & boy to seli_thess, oftering him hait, T'hey sold for #3481 apiece—and the &30 thus gotten started him on the road to for- tune. He had to defend himself in those days, and while he was in the legislature he sent a challenge to a man named Moore, who had insulted him. The man who carried the challenge was David C. Broderiek, who was afterward shot by Terry, and Terry was, you know, shot not long ago by one of Field's friends Broderick saved Field's life early in the 50s. As | hear the story, the two men were standing in a botel in San Francisco, when Broderick saw a Spaniard throw back his cloak and level his revolver at Field. As guick as thought he flung him. | self between the two men and pushed Field | out of the room, and his action saved his | lite. Such stories told by Justice Field | would be full of interest. 1 doubt not the | other judges could give somothing almost as romantic, but there is little probability that they will be heard from just now. FRANK G, CARPENTER. . b STORIES AROUT PREACHERS. He was a preacher, had gone to America, come back in his old days and married the widow of a publican, says an Knglish paper. Timothy still preached a t nd occasionally figured av an cisteddfod. The wife managed the public, and she had suspicions that Timothy slipped into the bar now and then his nose was goiting redder. One day sho taxed him. **Ah, Timothy, I have found you out. 1 know why you Fiso fn th You you,” “Watched me Now morning so early. g0 into the bar and drink. I watched ' said Timothy, aghast. “Oh, you wicked woman to try and take away the character of a minister." But 1 am sure, claimed, “f put a bottle of brandy in the corner and 'tis all \" hereiteratod ; “‘you wicked woman “I'll swear it,” she continucd “You will, will you?" ho cried. did you say it was?" A bottle of brandy,” she screamed. You lie woman " he roared; “it was gin, it was." “What e Thera s the story of a gentleman _who in- advertently slipped a blue poker chip into the church collection plate, and then called upon his pastor with au apology for his caro- osaness and a silver dollar instend of tho chip On, no," said the man of God knowingly, “‘that's not en ma divine was even shrewder. The collection will now be taken,” he said, “and [ wish to remark, further, that poker chips don’t go any more. (et em cashed before you come and bring the money. Lam forced Lo this decision by the fact that som of the brothren have been shoving off chips of their own make on us, and letting the laugh be on us when wo went to get them cashed at the Dewdrop Fortune par- lors.” At a reception iu Chicago the other nighw to the world's parliament delegates, Kov. Dr. Rovert Collyer of this city toid a story which run us follows: A farmer meta par- son and said to him: “I remember a sermon you preached twenty years ago.” “Indeed,” replied the parson, “and what was the text?"” “L'don’t remember the text, but the sermon remains in my mind.” “And pray what, then, was the substanceof the sermon?’ “Well, 1 ean searcely word it proverly, but it amounted to this—that ‘theology is not re- ligion by a — sight.’» Strange, even to irreverence, were the titles of some of the sixteonth and seven- teenth century sermons. Of such were these following: “Baruch’s Sore Gently Opened and Salve Skillfully Applied,” “The Snuf- fers of Divine Love,” “A Spiritual Mus- tard Pot to Make the Soul Sveeze with De- votion,” “Crumbs of Comfort for Chickens of Grace,” *A Balance to Weigh Facts In,” “*Matches Lighted at the Divine Fire,” ete. Member of Congregation—You say, doctor, that somo of the Buddhists and Bralmins at tho parlizment of religions secued o be as holy and as deeply learned men s any you ever met? Rev. Dr. Fourthly—Indeed they did. Member of Congregation—Yet here you are with a subscription paper for the beneflt of *‘our wissions in Tndia!" FE ol DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures piles. EDUCATIONAL, Chicago has just opened forty-eight night schools. Vassar has over 460 eirls envolled and more are coming. Four_of its freshmen are daughters of graduates. | Princeton college may institute a schaol this year. The University of Pennsylvania cided to offer among the college courses this yenr one designed to preparo young men for newspaper work. [t will b in charge of Prof. Joseph Krench Johnson, and will cover a period of four years, It is aunounced that Kditor Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun will deliver o course of lectures at Union collego this fall upen “The Press and Jourualism.” Bistop John F. Hurst of the Mothodist Episcopal church, who is at the head of the movement to establish a great university at Washington under the auspices of that church, reports encouraging success. Among recent dounations is one as lary 1y that had previously been made, the name of tho donor, however, being withbeld, Amherst col e, who injured in a western railroad cal weeks ago that his lifo was despaired of, has S0 far recovered that ho has returned cast. His shoulder is still stiff, but he hopes soon 10 resume his college duties. medical has de- r Book of the Univ 2. Kukula ities of tho tes that there are aniversities. That in Pars leads students, followed ad Berlin'witl stis the uni Leone, Africa, students and five instructors Miss Julis Stevenson, daughter of Vice Pregident Stevenson, is & member of tho entering freshmen class at Wellesley col- lege. Miss Stevenson’s younger sister is at- tending the Dana Hall preparatory school in Wellesley. The only living descendants or relatives of Stophen Girard are threo old ladies now re- siding in_France and i destitute circum- stances. Oue of them. Mrs. Margaret, Lardy, 4 nicce of Girard, has lately applicd through tho French consul at Philadelphia to the oard of City Trusts for a small pension. The net incomeof the estate for 153 was 204,147, ‘here are 185 malo teache Is of Boston and 1, go salary of tho fo latter $i0.( of O United States d a nephew of Worly now 1 with with eston the Bay, with twelve in the public The 15 $240.00 per nge, N. J. sson of a minister o Switzer- General Grant, has intea _instructor of Freuch and in Lehigh umversity, and hus | entered upon his dutics there. ~ Mr. mer duated from New York university in 1850, studied Lt two years in Columbia, and has since taught languages in Fushing insti- tute on Long Islanc Bishop John H. Vincent of the Methodist Episcoval church has recently been ap. pointed a member of the board of university s at Harvard. Bishop Vincent is known through his work in Sunday schools and his connection with the Cha- tauqua_ movement, of which he was the riginator. He is 61 years old and has been v ever since his eighteenth year, niversity of Michigau recognized the world over a5 among the foremost educi. tional iustitutions of the age, has commenced unother college year, with the largest fresh- wan class iu its history, and with all the other accepted evidences of increased pros- perity. A Like aratifying report comes from Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Williams, Dartmouth, Ambherst, University of Chi cago, also from Vassar, Wellesiey, Smith aud practically all the liberal seats of learn- iag recognized in this country. Ak L g ague as & rostorer has mo equal, tra Ory lmperial is pure, delicious ana sparkling - Rev. 8. B. Halliday, who will be remem- bered as Henry Ward Beecher's faithful as- istant, was stricken with paralysis last Tuesday while sttending a reception at Plymouth church. Although the veneraole minister is 51 years old, his recovery is hoped for. His portraits bear a strikiug resomblance Lo Mr. Beecher. DAY, BlroBER THE THEATERS, Undoubtedly, the v o “America’s Ropre sentative Tragedian, belongs to Thomas W Keene, in view of the fact that he is the only American actor now before the public who confines his attention exclusively to the classic drama. McCullough, Barrett Booth are dead: Kewis is now the American artist whe presents the great roles of the legitimate, which have always been favoriv with a large majority of theater-goers and which, even in these de generate days of farce comedy and s more su ntial society orama, are still dear to the pubtic heart, Mr. Keene has in the past been a particular favorite with Omaha audieaces and his engagement at Boyd's,which opens tomorrow evening, prom ises to bo very suc Monday even- ing, Shakespeare’s sublime drama, “Richard IT1," will be given in a grand scenic produc- tion, Tuesday, “Richelieu;” Wednesduy cbeth.” Of all the master works of the of Avon “Richard" is perhaps the one which has attained the greatest popularity The story of the crooked-back duke of loucester, who subsequently, through his gorous and unscrupulous policy, became England's king, is familiar to almost ove choolboy, certal ery theater-goe Whether or not S peare has treated Richara with all the tion he de- serves, lie certainly has made him a most pow ul and fascinat L The role 1s one which was ever a_favorite with Edmund Kean, with the elder Booth and with every Kngiish speaking actor who has had the témerity to attempt classic tragedy. “Romeo and Juliet” will be presented at the Wednesday matinee by Mr. Keene's com- pany, Edwin Arden as Romeo, Mrs. Florence Rockwell as Juliet, Frank Hennig as Mor- cutio und Mrs. S. A. Baker as Nurse. The prices at the matinee will b 25 and 50 cents. and only John Dillon opens a four-night engage- ment, commencing this afternoon, at the Fifteenth Street theater, forme Grand Ope in the latest comedy succ ‘A Model Husband." The story deals with the fortunes and misfortunes of a Now York stock broker, who has long experienced the unpleasant restraint placed upon him by his strong minded and jeaious wife. After many years of fominine “reign, during waich time the henpecked husband has continued to say, “'yes, my dear,” to every command from his better half, the wife ventures to leave him alone while she goes away on a visit. This proves a turnings poiat” m the husband’s reer which leads to the many ridiculous ents and laughable situations which befell tho “Model Husband.” He reckiessly takes advantage of his freedom from petti- coat government to have what he styles '« good time.” He passes himself off as a sin- gle man, attends balls, clubs, operas, etc. and leads his younger associates a lively race of gaiety. Mr. Dillon is delighted with his new com- edy and fairly rovels 1n his dual roleof a hen-pecked husband and gay deceiv Today (Sunday) Vance's great comedy- drama, *The Limited ail,” will close its engagement of six performances at Boyd's theater by giving two performances, a spocial Sunday matinee at 2:30 this afternoon and the closing performance at S this evening. Elmer E. Vance, proprietor, manager and author of “The Limited Mail," is a living testimony to the truth of the assertion so often made, that “*blood will tell,” and that pluck and push itself to the front. As 1890, Mr. Vance was train dispatcher at Columbus, O., on a salary of $0 a month, Duriug the intecim s k of his instrument he wrote what has proved the most financial success of recent years, “The Limited Mail.” The play netted him a clear profit of $50,000 the first season. “The Tornado” comes to the Fifteenth Street theater for threo nights, commencing Thursday, October 12, “Patent Apvlied For' will hold the boards at Boyd's for the lastthree nights of this weel. e g AN APOSTROFHE T4 BRYAN, Tribute of a Venerable Turne Citizen -Down Congressman. Osama, Oct. 7.—To the Editor of Tue Bek: Al the mysteries of creation, of the infinite, of the comprehensive developments of human thought, of inherited intelligence and the unlimited expansion of the human brain have created an unnavigable broad ocean, un impassable wall as high as the clouds to close the avenues of penetration to mortals from investigating the hidden treasures of the laws of nature and the im- possibility of the humau intellect to com- prehiend the immortality of the soul, the in- finity of space, the vastness of the universe and the incomprehensible mystery of the croution. All these fanciful dreams I have fished up from the bottomless abyss of the ocean of my brains. All these luminous planets of revelation I bave brought within my mental vision through my telescopic con- ceptic AlL the pictures of the brain that nted with the colors of the rain- bow, all that I have ibed of the treo of knowledge clothed with its sweet-scentod perfumed foilage of intellect, and as the world rolls ‘on and obeys its heay- enly functions in develobing the hid- den creations of the laws of nature, among the monsters of the ocean, the monsters of the trackless wilds of the un- discovered continents, the mysteries of the plancts and the stars majestically revolving in the unknown infinity of space, governed by the laws of gravity. just so the Creator in His suscrutable, divine, theosophical con- ceptions, in the unfathomable originality of all the I8 constituting the arcof - ating worlds and populating them with im- morwal souls to be Ilis combanions with Jesus in His sacred mausions, who sent an electric spark of life into the infinity of chaos, who with one thought, one breath, one word, brought forth the population of the beginning of time, filling its profound abyss with human understanding und oiy- ilization—just 50 the Creator of worlds has given the brain of some wmen the brilliant, enchanting, golden touches of His divine, resplendent art, opening to the miud a new field of enius and cloquence, enabling it o soar above the conventiomalities of schools and college: and to carve out & new road to fame and immortality. Such is the prodigious or figurative mon- sters | have described that tho world in its aecades of time is throwing out to the sur- face iu its evolutions. W. J. Bryan stood up n his youthful manhood on two memorable occasions in the halls of congross on his rirst entrance in that body as a member from Nebraska. In his first eloquent speech ho exploded the fallacious sophicism of the Me- Kinley tarift bill fixing tho tariff dutie imports and exports on all kiods of duti mercantilo goods, and in his seco on the meeting of the present congress ibso- lutely paralyzing his hearers by the e of ‘his beueficient policy of the {ree coinage of silver and the onditional repeal of tho Shorman act 1 his young manhood just budding into the ossows of effulgent creations of genius from the plastic abyssof his fertilized brain, for three hours he' held the congress of the United States, distinguished senators, for eign awbassadors and crowded galleries, spelibound by his maguetic eloquence, like o mountain belchiog out its hot volcanic lava of modern s ndtional policy. His genius, his tal walory were like the s of the vens, flashing forth from the laboratory of his precious memory brulliant, dazzling genis of thought from o supernaturally gifted mind. If these won- dorful developments of W. J. Bryan's mind and brain now on the threshold of activity, what may we not expect of their full watur- ity and development. His fame Lias been indelibly carved on the columns of immortality, and, like a flash of lightoing. has luminated two coutinents, crossed two oceans and is now in the corner- stone of the temple of antiuity JOUN M. CLARKE. —— DeWitt's Witeh Hazel Saive cures buras, to the ———— The archbishop of Ciuterbury razeivas a alary of 75,000 & year. Mext to the quesn he occupies the position of the head of the church. The archblshop of York and the bishop of London receive $0,000 each; the bishop of Winchester nearly as mucn, and other salaries cf the Episcopal body range from $10,000 to $25,000, - One word describes it-"periection.” We re- ferto DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve,cures plles PAGES. 13 IXTEE 'An October Message from Morse’s. | We have had our opening. They came, they saw, and- cap= tivated. Such, indeed, was the universal expression, and evevybody | voted that the display of fabrics was the choicest, the newest, the larg- | est, that has ever been seen in the west. Openings are great things-- they serve to elevate the taste and diffuse a wider and broader culture in the minds of the community,bringing them in touch with the products which the most skillful artisans of the world have given their best time and brains to produce. Surely, to see and be able to choose for yourself from such a vast collection of pretty stuffs and fabrics, is a privilege notenjoyed by all people. We have brought them to your doors, and the BEAUTIFUL is within the reach of all. All that is massed in our great building is now on sale-=a stock of nearly $B00,000--goods that have been selected with great care and an eye ingle to the wants and needs of this com munity. They were bought right from the best sources of supply-—from the fountain head. We get as close up to the manufacturer as it is possible to do, and are thus able to supply you at the lowest possible price. We have a new and desirable stock, a rearranged store, with 88 departments conveniently located and stocked with a varied and choice line of goods, which are offered to the public at PO0PULAR PRICES. We believe we are in a position to fill a long felt want with the people of Omaha and surrounding country, namely, by affording them the facilities of procuring all the newest and most desirable goods that fashion and good taste demand at the lowest possible prices, combined with intelligent and prompt service and the best surroundings, OUR 33 DEPARTMENTS. First Floor: Dress Goods, Silks, Trimmings, Linings, Wash Goods, Fur Trim- mings, Buttons, Flannels, Blankets, Cottons and Linéens, Hosiery and Underwear, Men’s Furnishings, Laces and Veilings, Gloves, Ribbons, Handkerchiefs, Notions and Toilet Articles. Second Floor: Ladies’ and Ch-ildren’s Shoes, Boys' Clothing, Muslin Underwear, Corsets, Books, Yarns, Knit Goods, Art Goods, Umbrellas, Third Floor: Cloaks, Suits, Skirts, Furs, Butterick Patterns, Millinery, Fourthy Floor: Carpets, Oil Cloths, Curtains, Rugs, Draperies, Fafthe Floor: Dress Making Parlors. Basement: . Crockery, Glassw are, Tinware, Housefurnishing Goods. OCTOBER AT IMORSES. October Message on Dress Goods. Popular Prices. Our new dress goods department now occupies more than half of the Farnam street wing, with the best light and largest assortment we have ever shown. Be sure and visit us for dress goods before making a purchase of a new fall dress. Courteous and obliging sa espeople will be glad to show you all the new fabrics, 2 Our leader in colored dress goods for this week: A line of so-inch fancy two toned hop- sackings, with silk shot effects, that are well worth $1.50, on sale at $7,00. Our leader for this week in black goods: A jo-inch fine silk warp henrietta at $1.265, October Message on Silks and Velvets. Popular Prices. Silks and velvets occupy one-third of the Farnam street wing. Truly a arand spot for them. No such light for silks anywhere can be found; no such varied line of biack and col- ored silks, novelties, evening goods, brocades and ‘kindred stuff for house, strect or party wear. We can show you a very handsome line of silks and they will please you Our leader for this week in this departmrnt: A line of silk faced velv regylar ¢1, 25 goods, at G9cC. October Message on Flannels and Blankets. Flannels and blankets on first floor, back. The most attractive and accessib.c department in the city. A varied and complete stock. It fills the bill, Our leader for this week: Large 11-4 white blankets, full 574 pounds weight and extra quality, at $5.00. October Message on Linens, Etc. Popular Prices. Our linen department is now located rear the door, aud stocked with damasks and all linen goods from medium up to the better grades. Everything that a linen stock should have we aim to carry. Fifty feet of space for linens. Our leader for this week: A line of 72-1nch cream damasks, in handsome patterns, GOc. October Message on Cottons, Etc. Popular Prices, A convenient place for those very necessary goods. You can't help finding them, just | below the linens, left aisle. Our leader in cottons for this week 9-4 Fruit of the Loum sheets, with two inch hem at top, ready for use, per sheet, GOcC, October Message on Cloaks. Popular Prices, Our cloak deparrment occupies the entire 3rd floor of our store. We are the only house in Omaha sending a regular trained expert cloak buyer to the marke We are, therefore, sure of securing the latest styles in vogue, our goods are right in style, fit and quality, and we invite comparisons as to price. We are already running ‘way ahead of last Fali's record in point of sales, which proves that we must have the styles wanted. Our leaders for this week in cloak: Jackets with Worth collar, full back, large sleeves, with and without fur edging; materials, kersey, beaver, cheviot and clay diagonals; come in black, navy and browns; gio, $15, 818, 20 and $22.50. October Message on Carpets and Draperies.Popular Prices. The throngs of happy people who attended our opening pronounced our ¢ rpet and drapery departments UNIQUE in every sense of the word. We get our carpets and draperies from the mills direct, and we cannot be outdone.in this line. We have the best car- pet expert in the west in charge of this branch of our business. A fine line of Wi tons, Mo- quettes and Brussels received for this season’s trade. Our leader this week in carpets: A line of handsome styles of Brussels at 85¢. October Message on Crockery, Etc. Popular Prices, Our cntire basement—with nearly 10,000 square fect—given up to ching and glassw. housciurnishings. We import our own decorated ware from France, Germany and Auetel undersold, Our sales have heen i ing v onth in spite of the times., - Ladics will terest to look into our claims for heing HEADQUARTERS on these poods. New goode ar all the tim Leaders for this week in hasem : plates 19¢; 500 hisque g painted china cake plates 25¢, vinue 50c; china fruit plates de, valuc 15c.A 25e bar namental articles, nothing worth under 40¢, Sce this table, Octoker Message on Hosiery and Underwear, Popular Prices, 80 feet of counter for hosicry and undurwear—right aisle commodious—nothing tin Omiha, Everybod n love with it, Our stock is well selected and is bo to go off quickly under the influence of our * Po, r Prices.” Be sure and carefully inspect our stock before you buy. Our léader for this week in hosicry: ' wooien ribbed hose that are good value In underwear: A natural g vest that is considercd good value at 50¢, for 25¢, October Message on Men's Goods. Popular Prices. Our men's furnishing goods department | indergone aradical ¢l lh,: department is now close by the door, left of entrance fect of room. Choice stock at popular p. £ Gentle will find this a convenient place to supply themselves with every necessity, We are doubling ¢ sales this season. Our leader this week in furnishing good Men's unlaundered shirts, of Dwight Anchor cotton, r Morced front and back, a good value at 75¢, for this week, 50¢. October Message on Kid Gloves. Popular Prices. We pri s on our kid glove stock, The iest corner in the store and gentlen r Located near the door, right le. Weare the best glove ivery pair warranted, Our leade gloves, $1,25, Men’'s gloves fitted, adics’ mousquctaire, suede and glace,both hook and fastentng, well worth $1.35, at 83¢. Our glove department is fast becoming the popular glove stock of the west. Other 8pecials for Tnis Week, Popular Prices. a ll wool Chieviot pants, 5 S initial handkerchiefs, colored, hemstitched and eme broidered, great value at As long as they last, our lot of wide laces, in black, cream and white, all silk, at Our Lace department is the langest in the city Men's colored hemstitched handkerchiefs, a special lot, balf valoe, . Do Your October Tading At HEINA O . S T IRy 60005 60, MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED, Agents for Dr, Jacger's Sanitary Underwear, were s, good shades, Popular Prices. =u-brac and We cannot be wd it to their ine in and are coming s at 25¢, value 5055 hand. n table with usciul and or- ym doorway, convenient, quict, clea nd nd 50 feet devoted to agents for the celebrated Reynier for this week; Men's English ladies’ glove, walking il sale of ribbons all the week. Nos. all ut oue price, 5o 16 and 22, all silk with satin eage, 12¢, Muslin Underwear. We have just received a choice lot of gular 7oc goods. We got Lhe ) while they last at 47 5, 7 and 9, with satin A ladies’ night dres Just lot wuch under i Take th