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Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
HORACE eREELEY's DAUGHTER
Living a Useful Life at Her Quiet
Home in New York State

From time to ting, reports creep into
the newspapers that Miss Gabrielle
Greeley is to take up one cause or an
other and plead it IN a public way be-
fore New York audiences, says the New
York Press. Such areport may be true,
because Miss Greeley is II young
of great intelligence and with decided
opinions on the prominent questions Of
the day, although she has not made u
study of them. 1t might be expected,
too, hat the daughter and only surviv-
ing child, of Horace Greeley would
fancy holding n prominent position in
society, and one which it would be so
easy for her to attain; but such a report
is not true, because she has chosen
other duties and n vocation that does
not in any way place her before the
general public.
To have known Mr.. Greeley was at
least to have heard of his country home
at Chappaqua, and to find mention of
that simple little village nestled among
the hills is to hear now of Miss Greeley,
the great mans daughter. Ask the
very COWS in the fields or flowers along
the roadside and they will have some
thing to tell you of the loving kindness
of this gentle m Without a dis
senting voice her face is called beautiful.
I1er lcuSuTSS III ISpOSc uTc CliSSlC, anu
when animated---the eyes CHANGING
beams of sunlight, the mouth opening
over teeth of dazzling whiteness---they
produce an imprint on the mind of the
beholder that is not easily effaced. No
bangs or wavy locks of hair are needed
to enhance nature. The brown tresses
are drawn back in the simplest manner
and form n knot Just behind the ears.
This is the sort OF face that q wide
brimmed Gainsborough hat with float
ing plumes becomes so we'll, and Miss
Greeley wears one sometimes. Her
garb in the country is plain and com
Portable, but everything shows to ad-
strongly built young woman
The Greeley farm is only a brisk five
minutes walk away from the village,
and its land borders the high road.
The house, which is merely a spacious
cottage; was built for u farm house, but
has been used as the family dwelling
since the original home was burned, al
| event which took place several years
ago. The happiness being deprived
| Miss Greeley OF sharing her home with
| her sisters three children-they hav-
ing been entered as pupils at the con-
vent OF the Sacred Heart-she and
three other ladies live together in the
utmost peace and harmony. Each car
ries on her w pursuit, sharing equal
| and sharing alike the burdens and joys
of housekeeping. There is a shoe fac
tory at Cbappaqua which employs 30C
hands, and these. people live in and
about the village. A settlement Of
Quakers in the vicinity adds to the pop
"
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27

Max Meyer & Brother for the floor of their
lately vacated iewelry establishment at the
corner of Eleventh and Farnam streets.
What was the price he paid for
the floor, or how much gold and silver he eX-
pected to harvest from the plant he refused
to state, desiring to leave it to the firm to
tell themselves. Next day the reporter
called upon Messrs. Max and Moritz Meyer
at their new store, and the gentlemen stated
that they had not sold the floor, but only the
~scrapings therefrom, and the filings in the
c%reyices. For this the firm had received
nearly 800, and Mr.. Max Meyer volunteered
the information that during the short time
they had been in TIE manufacturing OF jew
elry they had received the sIiG little sum of
over 1000 for the refuse from tnei". estab-
lishment.
mo, we didn't sell the floor outright,'
claimed Mr.. Moritz Meyer, 'for the reason
that we were not prepared to take it up.
There is, without doubt, a mine of gold and
silver dust beneath it, and it will some day
bring in a great deal of money. We consume
n large quantity of gold and silver in our
business, and at the end of the year box up
the refuse and sell it,"
''How do you save it," quired the reporter.
SIN various ways" was the reply. First
of all the floors are carefully and thoroughly
scraped betimes, and the %scrapings are
dumped into barrels. Then there are the
hands of the workmen."
"What of themln
Before leaving their benches and tools
they thoroughly wash their hands and clean
their finger nails. While they are at work a
certain amount of the gold and silver adhere
to the flesh and finds its way under the finger
nails. The wash water is saved and after a
nights stand the metal sinks 20 the bottom
of the dishes and in the morning the water is
drained off and the sediments thrown into
the waste barrel, which in time is sold to the
men who deal IN it.'
"What else is there that is valuablel"
"Many things. The aprons and caps worn
by the men find q ready sale, as do the cru
cibles in which we melt the metal. The lat
ter we never use but once, then break them
up and throw them into the refuse barrel.
A large amount of gold sticks to them, and
they bring a large price"
The working benches and chairs of the
workmen bring sometimes large sums of
money, and in all probability when the
Meyers get ready to tear up the floor of their
discarded building a-neat little bonanza will
be brought to them.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
The Old Curiosity Shon.

In a currentnumber the London Tenn
pie Bar will say: One of the most anus
ing characters in the 'Old Curiosity
Shop" is that of the small slipshod girl
who wore a dirty coarse apron and bib,
which left nothing visible but her face
and her feet and who was called ''The
Richard Swiveller, in order ''tO make it
novelist took his first impression of this
domestic young person from q maid-of-
all-work possessed by the Dickens lam
den Town. She was an orphan from
the Chatham workhouse and continued
TO wait upon her employers during their
incarceration in the M~arshalsea. Like
young Charles Dickens. she had a
lodging in the n~eighborhood OF
the prison, that she might be
early on the scene Of her duties;
and when Charles met her, as he would
do occasionally, in his longing place
by London bridge he would occupy the
time before the gates opened by telling
her most astonishing iictions about the
wharves and the tower. But | hope l
believe them myself" he would say.
The room which young Dickens then
occupied WAS a back attic in the house
OF an in5olgent court agent in Liant
street, Borough, where Bob Sawyer
lodged many years ~afterward. His
landlord was "a fat, ~good-natured, kind
old gentleman. He was lame, and had
a quiet old wife; and he, had q very in
nocent grown-up son, who was lame,
too."o The elderly couple and their
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
N. B. Falconer.
Ladies Hosiery.

We have a few odd dozen of Ladies'
Silk Plated Hose in colors that
have been sold at 1925; on Monday to
close out the lot we make the price
SOC a pair.
Another lot at 79o with white
split feet comes in tans, navy blue,
brown, wine and cream; $1.75 is the
regular price, hut to close out this lot
we sell them Monday at 100.
N. B. Falconer.
Opera Hose.
Ladies' Silk Plated ORE ra Hose in
cream, pink, blue and blacks that are
worth $3.50; Mondays price is 81.
N. B. Falconer.
Black Silk Plnited Hose.
At one dollar. We will sell Monday
an elegant black Silk Plated Hose
that is worth 81. rs.
N. B. Falconer.
Black Lisle Thread Hosiery.
Ladies' black Brilliant Lisle Hose
at 42c, would be good value at Csc.
Ladies' black fancy ribbed Lisle
Hose at Acc, they would be a bar
gam at 95C.
At 33C a pair we will close out a
lot Of colored Brilliant Lisle Hose.
N. B. Falconer.
Fancy Lisle Hose.
Odd lots Of Ladies' fancy Isle
Hose that have been selling from
$1.25 to $3.50, we close out the lot al
at Csc.
N. B. Falconer.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
T~elegraphic Communication Between
China and europe.

New York Commercial Bulletin: The
%conventiGn recently concluded at Chefoo
between the representatives of the two
telegraph companies ha"!ng cables
landed in China and the Chinese tele-
graph administration has created some
alarm among the foreign mercantile
communities in China, and it has not
yet been ratified by the Chinese govern
ment, although the agents of the cable
companies concerned spent the winter
in Pekin for the purpose. The Great
Northern Telegraph company of Copen-
hagen and the Eastern Extension COM
pany of London, it will be remembered,
have divided the territory in China.
The lines of the former run north
through Japan to V%ladivostock and
Eastern Siberia, while the English
company's lines run south through
Singapore and India. T~elegraphing TO
and from the interior is done over the
Chinese lines, and, under arrangements
hitherto existing, the Chinese tele-
graph administration received SOC per
word for messages sent abroad from the
interior. Under the arrangement pro-
posed by the convention the Chinese
would receive zoe. The companies,
says the minister, charge cable rates,
although most of the service is by land.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
N. B. Falconer.

ulation another and quaint species Of
mankind. The country is broad enough
to admit of more than one creed, and so
there is room for the pretty little
church with r~itualistic services. which
has helped much toward providing for
Miss Greeley her vocation.
In her own words it is higher than
the Roman church," which might NEAR
that it was more full of symbols and OBJ
servances than the other, or that it led
to a higher and straighter road to
heaven. Certainly those who come in
daily contact with Miss Greedy, unite in
thinking that any road that she might
choose to take must naturally lead to
heaven. She is q kind of high priestess
or bishop in this church work, and it is
mainly through her endeavors and the
cooperation of her friends, with the
assistance of the clergyman, that the
little edifice stands free OF debt, and
that the seats are open absolutely free to
the congregation. 1t would be trespass-
ing on sacred ground to give a more
detailed account OF the good
she is constantly doing, the heart full of
sympathy that she gives out to all
claimants, whether men, m or chill
dren, and the good seed that is being
scattered by her in every direction. If
she lived in New York her sphere would
be broader, and she would undoubtedly
be a leader in some of the advanced
movements of the day. She loves her
country home and her retired though
busy life, and finds little reason for
studying the rights of protection or the
wrongs of free trade, except that she
lovingly leans a little more perceptibly
toward the tree her father helped to
foster. and she has a womanly and in
stinctive sympathy with the claims of
women--working ONE most of ALL
who desire to better their W condi-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
N. B. Fdconer.
Surah Silks.

Surah Silks in stripes and checks
at SOC, worth 95c.
Changeable Surah Silks at soc, reg
ular price S1,25.
Plaid Surah Silks heavy weight at
S1.0O, reduced from $3.50.
Black and white striped Surahs,
also Sheppard checks at 95c, would
be good value at $1.25.
Black beaded Grenadine at S1.50,
reduced from $3.50.
Black beaded Grenadine at $3.50;
reduced from $500.
Black beaded Grenadine at $3.50,
worth S4.75.
Black beaded Grenadine IS. worth
1926.
Black beaded Grenadine 1925, an
elegant design, covered with beaded
drops, worth $40.
N. B. Falconer.
Embroidery Department.
To reduce a stock Of Embroideries
that we find larger than we want at
this season, we make special prices
for Monday these pre-, IS will be found
lower than any yet made at any
special sale. At 54o we will sell a lot
Of embrolderies that are really worth
12@c. At SIC, the lot we show
would be a big bargain at 15o.
At114o yon will find some elegant
goods that would sell readily at zoe.
At 19c, in this lot you will find bar
gains which will be a surprise to all
we only sell them at 19c to reduce
stock. They are worth from SOC to 35c
At 274c. This is one Of the largest
lots we have, and to sell them fast,we
make this ridiculous price; many OF
them are worth SOC.
N. B. Falconer.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
N. B. Falconer.

night four more youthful robbers were
placed behind the bars at the city
prison.
The last gang, like the others, Is the
result of reading cheap and vicious lit
erature and smoking cigarettes. The
boys are thoroughly hardened and de-
PRAYED, and the youngest, Il lad of
twelve years, is the worst one of the lot.
They all live with their parents in the
Potrero, but never go to school, and
lead an idle, vagabond life. which
finally leads them to steal. They con-
fessed to several reporters last night
charge the police have against them is
burglary, and each of'the boys has two
charges to answer to.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
N. B. Falconer.
Curtain Department.


Fancy Colored Scrim Curtains.
On Monday we offer so pairs of
fancy coloyed Scr i'm Curtains at the
ridiculous price of s1.95 pair. These
goods are shown in two colors and are
very desirable as a cheap summer
drapery. Remember the price on
Monday, S1,35.
Nottingham Lace Curtains.
The finest line of medium priced
Lace Curtains at SO, 81, and IS, even
brought here.
Also for Monday so pair full tapped
edge Nottingham Curtains at S5C
per pair.
Madras Curtains.
$1.57.-36 pairs Madras Curtains at
1857 per pair, worth $500.
N. B. Falconer.
White Lawn Suits.
We make special mention Of two
numbers of Ladies' White Lawn Suits
for Monday; we have the finest stock
and the lowest prices of these goods
ever shown here. The prices are 1915
and $6.75.
SO. 75.-Ladies' White lawn Suits
pleated Blouse waist, full tucked
Skirt at 1915.
Sc. 75.-Ladies' White lawn Suits,
Basque waist, full trimmed Skirts at
1918,
These are two Of the greatest bar
gains evcr offered at the prices quoted.
N. B. Falconer.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
Boy burglars I'm frisco.

Youthful deprayity is causing the de-
teetive branch of the city police force
more trouble OF late than any other
causes of crime, says the San Francisco
Examiner, and the art OF catching boy
is, by practice, making several OF Cap
tain Lees detectives particularly skill
full. Nearly every week for the past
two months an organized gang of boy
criminals have been arrested, and last
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
SmokIess

English mechanical engineers are de-
voting much study to the thermody-
namics of the gas engine, and radical
improvements in the present types OF
such engines seem probable as the re-
suit. Mr.. H. Guthrie recently exhibited
at a meeting OF the Manchester Associa-
ton of Engineers a model and diagrams
of an engine intended to dispense with
the w~ater-jacket and to regulate the
cutoff and power without cutting out
whole strokes-two features in the
soto" engine which, it is claimed,
cause a loss of so per cent in the
efficiency and create u~nsteadiness in the
work. Mr.. Guthrie claims ito ave
half the present loss caused by water
jacketfng and to get out of the cylinder
of a given size just about three times
the power of the ordinary Otto-type
engine" His model is designed for the
use of the ordinary city gas supply but
is claimed to be equally we'll adapted to
the selt-containing type (the so-called
"~Caloric") by attaching to ii Il gas-gen-
orator. by this ean one would not
only be freed from the monopoly OF the
gas companies and ''trusts," " but the en-
CINE would have a much wider field Of
usefulness. A generator no larger than
an ordinary vertical boiler would on
tain fuel enough for a whole days work
without recharging. For street rail
way use such a self-contained gas en-
CINE would possess the advantages of be
ing practically ~n0iseless, of emitting no
steam, of making no smoke, and OF put
ting into the atmosphere only one
fourth the nOXious vapors per horse
power now sent from the present steam
engine furnaces.
An English authority has computed that in
the last three or four years more pigs have
died in the United States from cholera than
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
N. B. Falconer.

only son were dead when these particu-
lars were related by Dickens to his bio
g%rapher, who informs us that they lived
still very pleasantly, in another form.
as the Garland family in the "Old
Curiosity Shop" Turning to a minor
character in the story, it is said that
the first study for the poet of Mrs. Jar
ley's waX-works was made from one of
the rhymesters regularly employed by
Robert Warren, the backing manufac-
turer, whom Dickens remembered SO
we'll.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
n. b. Falconer.
Torchon Laces.

Three special lots Of hand made
Torchon Laces will be placed on sale
Monday; the prices are 10c, 124c and
15c. These laces will be found a lit
y
tie dirty, but they are all perfect with
that exception, and are worth double
what we ask for them.
We also show a lot CT Cream Lace
Remnants at wonderful prices.
N. B. Falconer.
Pearl Buttons.
We imported an immense quaint ity
Of Pearl Buttons, and can in conse-
quence sell them cheaper than they
can be bought wholesale.
Pearl Buttons 10c a card; 9 dozen
on each card, and all sizes.
Fine Pearl Buttons 15c a card, of Q
dozen, all sizes.
Super Pearl Buttons all sizes at
2Oc per yard, Of 2 dozen,
N. b. Falconer.
Hammocks! Hammocks!
1 bale Children's Hammocks at 40C
worth Csc.
1 bale full sized Hammocks at 81,
regular $3.50 quality.
l bale full sized Hammocks at $1.35
worth SO.
nj ID Eo1oo-
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
N. B. Falconer.
Lace Flouncings.

LdCe lOulClnSS.
We have always made a great
Speciality Of black Lace Flouncings,
and we will open Monday a lot Of
goods that we know are cheap; the
patterns are choice and new; the
black Spanish Guipure Flouncings, at
S1.19, S1.50, s1.65, S1.75 and s1.s5;
we know are worth at least 25 per
cent more than we ask for them.
The black Chantilly Flouncing at
95c, S1.25, $3.50, $1.75 and 1926, are
just as cheap as the Spanish Guipure;
These goods we have just bought at
special sale and much below the mar
ket value. N. B. Falconer.
Wool Dress Goods.
We make special inducements on
colored Wool Dress Goods for Mon
day.
A lot of 24-inch Dress Goods at
TIC, regular price 15c.
A big lot of Checks, Plaids and
DrOcaueS at lZ2c, regular price v
40inchOuting Flannels at 29c,reg-
ular price 45o.
40 inch French Novelty Dress
goods with plain to match at soc, re-
duced from $1.35.
AZ inch Cashmere Serges in all the
new colors at Csc, worth S5c.
N. B. Falconer.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
A Mysterious French Rifle.

Paris Correspondence London Tele-
graph: We have had abundant eyi"
dence during the past few months Of
the pains taken by the authorities to
prevent the secret of the "Lebel rifle"
and its cartridges from falling into for
eign hands. Arrests have been made
from time to time on the faintest sus-
picion of foul play, and it is affirmed
that officers nave been so careful that
not Il single French soldier knows the
color OF the powder which he is using.
The number of rifles and
cartridges supplied to the different
regiments has been accurately noted
down and not a day passes without a
s%crupulous examination Of the stores.
AT intervals during the twenty-four
hours the rifles are counted to ascer-
tain that none are missing, Lists are
made of the cartridges dealt out to
each company; of those fired off and of
those returned TO the commanding Of
ticer after the days work, In short, if
each cartridge were a priceless dia-
mond it could not be kept with greater
solicitude, while as for the rifles, one
would almost imagine that the fate of
an empire depended on their retention
within the walls Of the barracks.
FreHchman still maintain that what
aver the mishaps which may have be-
fallen other inventions, no foreign gov
ernment has yet succeeded in prying
into the mysteries OF Colonel Lebels
masterpiece. They consider their new
rifle second TO none in the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27

n. B. Falconer.
White Goods.
Another grand bargain in White
goods for Monday; Canvas Checks in
white at Sbc, reduced from 15c.
Lace stripes at lie, reduced from
17lc.
Special.
Cream Lace Batiste at 10c, worth
35c.
Cream Springtide Checks at 15c,
reduced from Csc.
Victoria Lawns at 10c, worth 15c.
N. B. Falconer.
Wash Dress Goods.
Crinkle Seersuckers in a large
line of stripes, at SC; regular price,
121c.
Batiste in all the new figures and
colorings, at SIC, regular price, 124c.
Zanzatar and Puritan Suitings III a
beautiful line of stripes, 124c, worth
Tic.
Striped Seelsuckers new stripes &c,
worth 1910.
Dress Ginghams Sc, worth 10c.
N. B. Falconer.
Corsets
All sizes in fine summer Corsets at
69c, reg ular price S1.00; and French
woven Corsets at G9c: all the other
stores sell them at S1.00.
N. B. Falconer.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27

N. B. Falconer.
Linen Department.
25 dozen Turkish Busters Slightly
soiled) at 35c per dozen; worth s1.00.
100 dozen imported Turkish Wash
Cloths, (bought at auction) at 55o per
dozen, worth 75c.
so dozen large Turkish Bath Towels
at 15C, regular price 25o.
65 dozen Fancy Turkish Towels at
25C, worth 40c.
25 dozen extra large white Turkish
Towels at 35c, worth So.
100 dozen elegant Damask and
Huck Towels at 25c, Broche Borders)
worth 35c.
$1.00 Per Dozen For Mondays Sale.
so dozen red bordered Damask
Doylies at 81. worth s1.374 per dozen.
Lap Ropes! Lap Robes!
We will continue our sale of linen
Lap Robes on Monday at the same
prices quoted for Saturdays sale;
these goods were bought at less than
cost to manufacture and are almost
worth double what we ask.
Linen Lap Robes, Acc, worth 75c.
75c, s1.25.
s5c, s1.35.
s1.OO, $500.
Odd Lots Bed Spreads.
We will sell all our odd Bed Spre ads
at special prices on Monday to clean
up the stock. There will be bargains
amongst them.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27

An English authority has computed that in
the last three or four years more pigs have
died in the United States from cholera than
have been raised in the British isles. .
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27

There is no quicker of handler way Of dis
posing Of refuse, soda, muck, weeds, etc,
than TO rot them down in a compost heap.
Surely dead animals are best disposed of in
this way. The most common fermenting
agents used in the compost heap are stable
manur and night soil
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-05-26

Smugglers must lie awake nights
trying TO evolve new schemes to evade
the payment of duties; at least, / i'm
agine they must from the number of
new schemes l am obliged to be on
the lookout for No sooner do we be-
gin to look for passengers with the
thick soled shoes made by European
shoemakers to accommodate the dia-
mond smugglers, than we have TO
keep our eyes open 10 detect the wo-
man with the bonnetful Of Jewelry.
We seize enough, heaven knows, but
not fiftieth part OF the contraband
goods brought into this country are
ever detected. The articles which
seem to be most favored by the Snug
glers are diamonds, jewelry, and
watches, although silks and costly
dress goods are by no means despised.
Diamonds, however, hold first rank,
because of their portability and the
small space which they occupy. Search
n the most unlikely places has often
revealed mine of wealth. Only a
Jew days ago, In the travelling bag of
tourist just arrived, was very in
ocent looking piece of toilet soap,
which would never have been given
second glance by the inspector IL 1t
had not been for the evident anxiety
displayed by the owner of the bag to
get it back. Almost ashamed Of him.
self the officer pulled out his pocket
knife and attempted to pierce that cake
of soap. The travellers jaw fell, and
the officers knife-blade met an OBJ
struction at about the same time.
There were just $4,000 worth of rubies
and diamonds inside that partly used
cake. -JeloelerS Weekly.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-05-26

The SON OF the master OF the chapel
Of the Palace Royal Of Pesth. he did
not grow up wild like the savage
Tziganes, who run the plains Of the
Danube. His musical instruction was
very thorough and his education as .
man was perfect. Noticed by the
Emperor one day while executing .
solo for the violin from an 0 Salutaris,
composed by his. father. and ordered
TO Vienna TO play in the concerts Of
the court, he produced profound
sensation. During the winter he was
the reigning sensation. and attracted
the women not less by his beauty than
by his talent. He was twenty years
old, with a most gentleman-like bear
ing, pensive air, and eyes of jet,
brilliant and soft In which burned all
the flames of the Orient.
no BE Continued