Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 20, 1883, Page 2

2 THE DAJLY BEE-~OMAHA SATURDAY, JANU ARY 20 [——— POE.RY OF THHE TIMES, A Parody, ““Give us a fowl!" the housewife said, The market stalls & storming, While the hungry-looks of the crowd un- od, BShowed similar wishes forming. They talked of birds, but not of beef, Forgot was the weather murky; E ioh housewife had her own beli But all said: ‘Tarkey! Turkey! —Cari Sohurz, Poverty. In dayw of old shelived & wo shipped saint, Her bumble, lowly mien by ail adored. Men loved the maid for following their Lord. And though thelr love, perchance, wasc 1d and faint, Not like the passions of more human birth, It wudn pure a.d sacred fame, they wsid, And she was or.e whom good men vowed to w And thus abjare the luring snares of earth Alas! a time went on such love grew rare, And with men's favor went her honored name, Till sesrs and cold contempt beceme her share And she was fain to hide her head for shame, At length, when left by 1, crime sought ber hand, And now his sons and her» infest the land, ~The Academy. Black ana Gold. Only » golden hair Found on my coat to-day— Why thould my Iady stare, ‘Why, wear an fnjared air, ‘Why should :he say *Live, we must tever— Farewell forever? Ourse os that golden hair Found on my coat to-day! However cawe it there, By mewns or foul er fair, I osnnot say; But this I know, alack! My lady's hair is black. —Denver Tribune, The Snow Pall. ‘The snow had begun in the gloaming, And buslly all the night Had been heaping field and highway ‘With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemloek Wndn ul:"nl“ loo‘dnl:k for “:.n .Io:l, And the poorest twig on troe ‘Was ridged inch deep with pearl. From sheds new.roofed with Oarrara Came Chanticleer’s muffled crow; down And still fluttered down the enow, 1 stood and watohed by the window The noineless work of the sky, And the sud.len flurifes of snowbirds, Like brown leaves whirling by, I thought of & mound in sweet Auburn, Where u little headstone stood; How the flakes were folding it gently, As did robins the babes in the wocdv. Up spoke our own little Mabel, Saying: ‘‘Father, who mukes it snow?” And I'told of the good All father ‘Who cares for us here below, Again I looked at. the snow-fall, And thought of the laden sky That arched c'er our firat groat sorrow, ‘When that mound was heaped so high, I remembered the gradual patience That fell from that cloud like snow, Flake by flake, healiug and hiding The scar of vu+ deep-plunged woe, And again to the ohild I whispered: “Theaunow that busheth all, Darling, the mercitul Father Alone can wase it fal!, Then, with eyesthat saw not, I kissed her; And she, kissing back, could not know 4 That my ki was Folded close unde given to her sister, despened snow, mes Kunssell Lowell, ————— HOUNBY POR THn LADIES, Blender glass sce.t boltles are among tho uselers und fashionable tnfles of the honr, O /I» in natural feathers are now popu lar orouments, snd are ‘een every- where.” Black silk snicts with panels of black velvet are worn with the tight-fitting black velvet barques now #o tashionable, ani the outfit is deviared the acwe of elcgunce and gentility, Iu is related that at a house-warming up towa the other day, they washed down the front stoop with champagne, “for luck.,” Fashionable extravagance could not possi- bly o lower, ‘T'hs ruffs which are 10 generally worn at present were in fashion in the time of Hes They were then an adjunct to m eculine dress; they now hold their place in n lady’s wardrobe, Embroidery may be said to have broken out ina freah place, for eyening toilets are now completely covered with s inass of embroidery that represents the labor al- most of a lifetime in some instances, Cashmere Jerseys are mow worn with cashiere akirts, says a fashion authority, aud are bustoned down the front with gili snd silver buttons, They make a thin girl look a4 if she belonged in the bospital, contrast, There is n *‘golden olive” which only brunettes may wear, and they must not by sny means let dlt-rpulnlmenl or anything else feed on their damask cheek; or, if they do, they must wesr pescock blue, or & warm seal brown, not golden olive, Cottage] capotes have a square crown, shelying down in the cap fashion, and & distinot brim, somewhat lifted from the hair and projecting slivhtly, In this shape two colors, or two shiden of color, are generally employed. | There is no srbitrary dictum in the shapes of hats, The selection is made In accordance with the suitableness of the ne Lo the features of the wearer. ‘‘The Vandyke" is perhaps the favorite. 1t has a slizhtly conisal crown, and a broad brim tilted np on the left side. PEPPERMINT DROPS, Patent medicines are now made that will cure everything except hame, A New Jersey man has patented a stove that explodes at 10 o'clock at night. He has four daughters, An exchange wants to know; ‘““What are our young men cowing 10? Coming to nee our girls, of course, Skeletona are now sold at the ridicu. lously low price (f $25. At that rate al. wmost every family can have one in the losert, A bald-headed man, who had heard that the hairs of » man's head are numbered, wants to know if there i+ not wome place where he can obtain the bick rumberr, ‘When an Iowa anti-profanity sociely gets into financial distress it gets some |mb mun to join, and then arranges to have him *‘accidentally” sit down upon an °gg. They mirested » man in Brooklyn the other day for ‘‘pretending to be a police- man, @ was found guilty on the ground that he was asleep, “pretending.” A New York divorce lawyer's advertise- ment reade, ‘' Hymeneal imcompatibilitise, as & specialty, oarefully adjusted. 'Tia slavery to detaln the haod after the heart hath fled.” A New York hotel keeper has over 810,000 invested in horseflosh, and some people are wishing he would sell one of his horses and buy a few towels for upper bedroo ms, Prof. Langley, of Plttsburg, discovered | the job to a remarkable new black spot upon Venus | bid should be the during her tranit through that city, is the usual experience of visitors in Pitts. | « burg, They are lucky if they get off with only one spot, Bjornatjsrne Bjornson, the His parents intended to o+ jorne Bjorjors, but the ' box gave out reached, at was considered Hy Inmmrlv. $2,074,813; total cot:ivativns, | 811,200 42, LM ') WTTH EDUOATIONAL The controversy as £5 the advieability of supplying frea text books in the public schoois promises to be endless, The teachers’' convention which recently met in Swo_ Francisco discussed the matter glon without hell was pork withont salt. | 0/ oy CiihCut reaching any conclu. |h}¥ hope ,Ir“dny ymxdr prayers every | yion. night,” remarked the good pastor to Miss | " oo 0 , Two Iadirs—Mre, Mumford and Dr. o I'ad““ AR fa seniyy Rachel Bodley, dean of the wotnen's medi- g ool £/ Uy me & prayar| .l college—have taken their seats as members of one of the district school bosrds of Philadelphia, They were cor- dially received by the other direct rs. The most fmportant step reoently taken in Rassian education ie the instittion of & special school for the instructi n of the daughters of the poorer clags of - Rursinng Midfle-clars education is already well provided for by private ins:itntions and the public gymnasia. Lectures on the principles of the com. mon law sre to ba given within & month to the pupils of Lase'le reminary, The reason given for this wise innovation is the practical ignorance of many women of the siroplest elements of financial security snd of ordinary business forme, Superintendent Coffin, of New Albany, rend a papor to the Iudiana teachers re- cently, on the teaching of thrift in the public’ schools. He suggested that it should be tsught, first, by example. Teachers should be careful mot to waste chalk, paper, wood, coal, ete, Second, it NOTHS, Senator Ben Wade nred to say that reli. “‘Wrong Uses of the Bihle” in the title of & new lecture by » New Kagland clergy- man. It presumably refers to the perni- ofous custom cf pressing autumn leaves be- tween the pages of the book. A minister who was rpeaking about heaven eaid: ‘'No feeble idiom of earth oan describe or portray the beauties of that place,” He way ready to ncalp a reporter the next duy, who rendered the eentence: *'No feeble idiot of earth,” etc, A religious tra t, called “Put Not Your Trust in Princes,” was thrown into the sa- loon of a simple old German, He read the title and toliloguized: ‘‘Vell, I don’t put some drost in brinces, Dey must pay der cash in dis ¢hop chust der same as der vite mans, A Porilaud revivalist is by business an auctioneer, He is quoted as exc'aiming in the midst ot a fervid_exhortation to sin- ners: ‘‘Twenty-nine I've got; thirty shall Thave 'em? Blees the Lord! Taeng ne ars saved; .:‘vho will come nex!? Shall I may be tanght by percept jSpend lees than huve thirty? you eain, pay rexdy meney, never borrow The sums of money reilized from the [nor lend, keep s regular account of all sale of tho eggaof a certain Gaorzia hen | that is earned and expended, have savings are religiously devoted by the bird’s owner | banks for sehools, t the missionary cause. Bhe possibly | mpe St Louis Post-Dispatch ssys that does not know that she ‘fs “Iayiok” ub | the atate university of M swuri ia wrotoh: treasutes in heaven, and if she did know | ediy managed and poorly st pported. *Its it she rfirb-hly would aak fornothing more | buildings are unfit for their purposes, the than & Henry Ward, olaes rooms are ineufficient and badly A Wisoonsin farmer and deacon was | heated, there is no accommodation worth oaught dumping a heavy stone from his | speakiog of for students, and the zeal and of hogs, batween the publio scales and | energy so creditably shown by all con. tock yard, He declared before s md with the university, curators, church committes that some enemy bad | faculty and students, painfully mocked put the extra weight in his wagon, but | by the contrast with the ancient, rlnkatt‘ there was plenty of evidence that the same | and poverty stricken quarters in whiol thing had happened every day for a week. | learning is compelled to house itaelf. The prayer at the daily opening of the | The new St. Paul's achool at Garden seesion of the New York state asiembly | City, L. . I, will be opened on February 1. costs just 83, Inssmuch ae the money is | The basement is owushd by the heating expended for salary for & chaplsin, and |a atue, kitchen and laundry and store- since it is not exactly desirable to dl-’p.nu nl:,op:l Un the first floor are the head REMEMBER THIS. If you aro sick Hop Bitters will surely aid Nature i» making you well when all else fails, If yon are costive or dyspeptle, or are suffering from any of the numer- ons disenses of the stomach or bowels, it is your own fault if you remain ill, for Hop Bittersa are a sovereign remedy in all such complaints. If you are wasting away: with any form of Kidney disease, stop tempting Death this momont, and turn for a cure to Hop Bitters. If you are sick with that terrible sickness Nervousness, you will find a ‘‘Balm in Gilead” in the use of Hop Bittars, If you are a frequenter or a resi- dent of a miasmatic district, barricade your system agaiust the scourge of all countries—malaria, epidemie, bilious and intermittent fevers—by the use of Hop Bitters, 1f you haye rough, pimple or sal- low skin, bad breath, pains and aches, and feel miserable generally, Ho Bitters will give you fair skin, riol blood, and sweetest breath, health and comfort. In short they cure all diseases of the stomch, Bowels, Blood, Liver, Nerves, Kidneys, Bright's Disease. $500 will be paid for a case they will not cure or help. That poor, bedridden, invalid wife, sister mother, or daughter, can be made the ploture of health, by a few novelist, The stiff rails were softened to swan's | narrowly escaped having a middle name. | ‘dead dog.” | bim Bjornat- | kind of a jojtjorjonjenstjse Bjornson, before the | on the third syllable of the middle name was | bition, with the observance, It has bee: that a sayh owest, Says Evangelist Barnes in of David, he came humbly, He did not say he was the son of Ji thing of that kind, D. D, T want to be; dead dog. Keep right on, Brother Barner, and when you get there if you don't find “a front seat and & tab” await- n suggested | maste: might be made by awarding | ing-rooms and students’ quarters. On the 't urlrlu elergyman whose ilee MpIAbOMACE Samme. it (s tery | AR mae e eatiag.soom; st Rpiliey A A ed glass He :'A:'x:?l"b'n‘:.'-:u“. Londo;. Thhey gen{ blbll)ieuld d:- + 3" ' quotations, the design in| 0 trace the e | Roriotarad” riattoay betweas. s s T2 1aad £0 108 Eoks ot yoreirs | katataiand, dormisarits, and there & peod rooms, the parlors, library, din- floor above, work is confined to the chapel. ‘The recit tion rooms in the west wing, the . | dormitories in the main building and east hospital qusrters sre all finished. The indows are all of stain made in igns and light. The unper floor is devoted toa gym- deal of work remains to be done. A new bell and an illuminated clock havs been A household writer makes an_essay on | iog you, you may feel assured that a mis. | Placed in the steeple. “How to dress green turtle,” plest way would b gathera and tucks on the bottom. & habit of with: rawing ite head frm view, the turtle needs no hat, The sim- @ to put him into a skirt | your coming, of sackeloth cut biss on the back, with take has prevented the announcement or The Bcston Congregationalist says that Haying | the Rev. George Harris, of Providence, R 1., who has been elected by the trus. tees and approved by the visitors to be In a Cincinnati eourt room the other | Abbott professor at Andover theological day a witners swore that he never saw his | seminary, atated to the visitors th: mother-in-law and did not know her name, It made the jury so wild with envy that they forgot all ‘about the case and could not agree on a verdict, At a dance given in North Carolina the other night one man was stabbed, one shot, two cluvbed, two had hones broken, one woman had an eye put out snd the house burned up, Those present call it a real old-fashioned good time. “I'm g to a masquerade ball this ing, and § id to tl your ‘a b:)h. I'ma mllkx:l:n. 3 "Ah! you' tter put ou a pi of pumgps snd go aisguise2 as a waterfall,” Miss Ewoily F2~'¢hfui, during a lecture in fhe west, said that ‘‘no great good had ever been accomplished in the world thas women did not have a hand in it.” where. upon » Kentucky politician got up and aaked her it woman in the in- troduction of whisky iothis ocountry. Some men's deas of “a great deal” differ from that of some other men, Sentimental insoriptions do not always have the effect their authors intend. In the cemetery of Pere Lachaise are two columus, side by side, with the insorip. tions (in Frenoh, of conrse): ‘“‘Adele R—, 1845," I wait for yon. On the other: *'Louis R—, Hero I am, 1881." Beneath the last some g.min has in- ecribed: “‘He took his time,” RHLIGIOUS. There are 84 Sabbath sohocls in Syria, with 8,794 pupils, The auction wala of pews i Beecher's church netted $47,000, The native Christians of Madagasoar bave given & million dollsws during the last ten yewrs, for the apread of the Gospel. The United Presbyterian church of Scot- land is engaged in rasing $10,000 for the repair of the church building in Jamaioa, Thoe missionary eollection in the Metho- dist Epircopal church for the past yoar ex- ceeded the year Lefore by over 850,000 At the next general assembly of the Free church in Scotland, there are expested to » | solemnly : ““WWhy are you so late?” asked an Austin | be 200,000 rignatures to s protest against school teacher of a little gir), who hung | the Introduction oi instrumental musie, ber head and said: ‘'We have got a little| The Protestant Episcopal church hes baby st eur bouse.” **Don’c let it happen | wixty-gix hishovs, 8,675 clergy, 3,047 pur- sgain,” said the teacher fiercely, snd the | jshes, and 844,888 communicants, ~Itscon. littlo girl aaid ste would not, and took her | tributions, §7,958,485, show & gala of over seat, 1,100,000, Very wide sashes of withetic ribbon are| The recent collsction taken up in all the to be revived for next summer, and the | Roman Catholic churches in the Arch- young girls who always desire to bo taken | diocese of New York, by order of Cardinal tor “‘sweet sixteen” wre in a condition of [ McCloskey, for the bencfit of Pope Leo delight edging on modern insanity, XUIL, amounted to $18,362.86, Terra cotta, as a favorite color, is hn'n:rv Brooklyn has 285 churches, with a popu- a run equal to that enjoyed by turkey red, | lation of 566,789, or one to every 1 988 per- and everything is terra cotta now, from | gons, Thero nre four large ciiies in the Mr. Higlty Tighty's horse on the avenu | country that have more churobes in pro- to Miss Flora MoF imeey's eight-buttoned | portion to population. Tha churches in t there in, in his view, no scriptural warrant for the doctrine of future probation, and that he himself does not mssent to it, although he would not feel constrained to condemn harshly those who find refuge in such a hope from their difficulties in regsrd to divine justice, It is certainly kind in Mr. Harris to give the rest of the boys an even chance, Of acertain man who had just died, & sweet-temperad Christian neighbor sai ‘“John Stark is de hDY. with all my heart he has gone to”— well, one of Mr. Vanderbilt’s dashes will express the locality. 1'he minister was Mb‘"% 'H:' could hcdhm 1::1- you, aal st yo « !ndul - hope of that kind?” +/Ob,” was the reply, *‘my hope was based on my love for my fellow-men. John was a queer body. He never belonged to an organization of an; kind but he somehow mansged to sm: the whole thingin a little while, and 1 thought, perhaps, if he has gome to the place above mentioned there wouldn’t be much of it left by the time vou and I get ~-I brg your pardon, parson.” 3 OONNUBIALITIES. At 4 fashionable wadding in Boston the floral piece Auspended over the bridal cou- plo wan a yoke. Mics Mury Barrett, eldest daughter of Lawrence Barrett, is engaged to mary the Baron von Roeder. The young woman who gave her haid to o gentleman of 90 yeare, unys that dried fiuit is much better than it looks, Maine must be an escy state to get un- marriod in, Last yehr 2,400 divorces wera granted, or one to every ten marriages, A despatoh from Loadon announces the morcings of Mr, Charles Gillig of the American_Exchange, to Miss Amy Pas- singham of Cambridge, A Brooklyn lady caught a burglar in her room and compelled her to marry him. Since thia terrible punishment there has been a great falling off in the number of robberies in Brooklyn. Johann Strauss, who was divorced from his second wife a fow months ago, is about to marty again, His bride isa widow of 27 years, o Jewess, whowill have to change ber religion but not her name. Leonard Woods Richardeon, professor of modern languages in Teinity college, Hart- ford, was married in Toronto on the 26th ult, Occasionslly a man is married who has a chance to out-talk his wife. @The Louisyille Courber-Journal of Wed- nesday prints as the second item under the general head ot ‘A Horrible Record of Christmas Tragedies,” an scoount of a fashionable wedding at Covington, There are some very good mewspaper mon in Kentucky, A Montana paper reports that a girl traveled all the way from Maasachusetts to Bozeman, in thab territory, to marry man whoim she had never seen, but who, by correspondence, had promised to wed her, MUSIOAL AN ) DRAMATIO, Jobn §T. Raymond is acting in New ork, Krnest Stanley lost 89,000 with his Al- lied Shows, Charlotte Thompson is Eyre-ing herself in Georgia, Joseph ¥, Wheelock inon the New kog- land circuit. “‘Iolanthe,” in ths smaller towns, is not raisiog any enthusissm, W. H. Gillette is reported to be writing a play for Etie Kilsler, Mille, Rhea will shortly appear in a new pleco entitled the *‘Adventuress.” M'lle Rhea's engagement with the Chase Brothers has yet three years to run, Salvini wil not go to San Francisco, He loies 810,000 by refusing the engagement, The Emma Abbott opera company will open the new opera house in Minneapolis, ‘The Chicago newspaper Philistines arore with one accord and ‘‘went” for the Jersey Lily. Nat C. Goodwin has been added to the list of stars engaged for the Dramatic Fes- tival in Cincinnati, ‘Within six days no Jess thom six compa+ ples have collapsed, Three or four back counties to her from yet, Mrs. McKee-Rankin has entirely recov- ered and appeared with the company in ‘49" at the Park Theatre, Boston. 1t is all but settled that Miss Margaret Mather will brave the perils o5 New York criticism for the first time next month, Jobn McCallough, next season, will have an entirely new set - of costumes., Frank D. Millet, of Philadelphia, has made the designs, Minnie Palmer was tho recipient of a handsome orayon portrait of herself, in St. Louis, from Manager Robertson, of the People’s Theater. Willism M, Connor_will shortly resign a8 manager of John McCullough, to be- come the Jandlord of the St. James Hote!, New York, O, Chizzola, Salvini, says he for next season, divulge, Maggis Mitchell denies that ber daugh. ter, finchon Paddook, is gosg on the stage. Sheis at present at achool, not dreaming of such a career, John R. Rogern has made excellent terms for a searon of twenty-six weeks in Kog- Jan cotland, etc, with Miss Minnie Palmer, which begins in Jure, Fitteen years ago John A. Stevens, at prosent starring in *'Unknown,” carried a banner and led the supers at Holliday Strest Theator, Baltimore, In Juve next Jeffreys-Lowis will go to Englsnd, whero she intends to remain dur- ing the summer. Next season she intends to star in the part she is now playiog. The following operas will be eiven af Cincinuati opera festival: S, Afrioaine,” ‘*3ofi Tell,” *‘Semiramide,” lander,” and *Don Giovanni.” At the close of the performance of “The Lady of Lyons,” ia Philadelpiaia, recently, the present manager of bas engaged a bright star The name he will not bottles of Hop Bitters, costing but a trifle. Will you let them suffer? New Life is given by using BRowN's IroN BiTTERs. In the Winter it strengthens and warms the system; in the Spring it enriches the blood and conquers disease; in the Summer it gives tone to the nerves and digestive organs; in the Fall it enables the system to stand the shock of sudden changes. In no way can disease be so surely prevented as by " keeping the system in per- fect condition. Brow IroN BITTERS ensures per- fect health through the changing seasons, it disarms the danger from impure water and miasmatic air, and it prevents Consump- tion, Kidney and Liver Dis- ease, &c. H. S. Berlin, Esq., of the well-known firm of H. S. Berlin & Co., Attorneys, Le Droit Building, Washing- ton, D. C., writes, Dec. sth, 1881: Gentlemen : 1 take pleas- ure in stating that I have used Brown’s Iron Bitters for ma- laria and nervous troubles, caused by overwork, with excellent Beware of imitations. Ask for BRown's IroN BiT- «ZRS, and #zs:s¢ on having it. Don't be imposed on with something fcom- mended as “just as good.” The genuine is made only by the Brown Chemical Co. Raltimore, Md, A DELIGIOUS DRINK In Hot Weather Mix with Fine Tce. In Cold Weather Mix with Hot Waver, Add Lemonade (when Convenlent) to the Taete. 35 HAWKINS ST gloves, Morocco note paper seems to have hit the popular fancy, and may be waid to be “all toe rags.” Ity surface s ciinkled after the m wuer of Russian leather or of alligator skins, aad it comes in various colore, Beaded veils that only come to the tip of the nose are more or less worn and are supposed to enhance ycung ladies’ appear- auc: on promenade. But if the truth Brooklyn wre worth £9,276,500, Ths various funds of the Eoglish Pres- Lyterian church close with the end of the yoar, and it is feared that the foreign mis. sion fund will show a deficit for the twelve months of at least §5,000, The Amerl:an Baptist Home Missionary Sociaty in its fty y * history has psid 81,700,000 for missionary services, $1,000,- 000 for educational work among colored people and Tadians, and has loaned $800, were known, they are chiefly worn to hide & yood deal of paint and powder, which eight out of every ten fashisnable women use nowadays in great profusion, Fiower fichus for eveuing wear are in- cressivg in popularity, For some time past thoy have been mads partly of lace, | sud 'thiso who (have contributed to the with flowers as a bordering or heading to the wide lace ruffle at the edge. Now they more frequently forw the wholo fichu, which almost covers the shoulders and carves to the waist, wing off in front in trailing ends of delicate {1 )wers aud half- blown roses 'The latest crnzo among the ladies is & *hair album” —gontlemen's hair, Ic is no pactionlar compliment if » young lady these days sks you for a logk of your hair. 1¢ you grant the request the lock will be tied with s blue ribbon ard go fato the *hair albui” aleng with the bair of crowd of o'ber follows, Over it will bo written your name receiving the lock and peneral rewiarks as to personal appearance, etc., which may or may not be complimentary is never to bo séen by other than feminive eyoe. w the slbum 000 for the erection of 331 churches, The indefatigable Chaplain McCabe, of the Metaodist church, haa (succeeded’ in accompliahing the projsct in which he en- tored some years ago, of raising & fund of 300,000 for church extension. Both he fand are warthy of wll praise, The gay letter-writer, however, was not to [ Mary Anderson was presented, by the be found when she arrived, The Detroit News is reeponsible for the statement that & Teoumseh Mich,, belle will s0on be married in & airof black silk stookings which her grandmother was mar- rlod in forty years ago, 1f she could only ot in addition her grandfather's hat of forty years ago, & paper collar, a smile and novel costume, but to be married in noth- ing but o pair of black silk stookings is something which the town officials oug!t to provent, Money for the Unmarried. One of the most solid and substan. tial Institutions in this country is the Marriage Fund Mutual Trust aesocta- tlon of Cedsr Raplds, In, During The following are the principal statiztics | their first year, ending January 1lat, of the Protestant ¥ pise: disna for the year just proy sed: uts, nicants, 3 scholar» debte, $ The whole chure ¢ school teac offeriogs, & lu:u{ 17,122, es of this country annually f tonevoient aud congregaticnal purposes i 106 962,000, Of this large h amount collested for parely benevolen! purposes iv $31.339.140, ' The amouut con. maintensnce of_the ohurch sustaining th ministry, ete., 2,566 statistios of the for the past year are Biven i Year Book as follows: Number of chus amount contributed by ithe | tho lead o t g United Brethren | ried | There are threo shades of olive, which |4 463, baing an increase of 63; me color, being set in the r fnor key, suits | 156 being an i blondes equally with brunettes, trauspar, | proschers, 963; i 2 ent of compl It would be an error | meotivg hous 22; P in art to set & pale face in & frame of sad- | number of Sabbath schools, 3, 180; dest olive. On the other hand, cheeks | school officers and teachers, 25,600; & under whose delicate skin the red bloed | day school scholars, 165,743; conversions in cowes and goes, each coming snd going to | the Sabbath school, 4,465; i school be clearly marked, gain ineffably igun the } contributions, $53,247; value of church | this churely in In- | 1883, thoy pald over ' §30,000.00 in Y alue « perty, $471,640; baptisms—nadults, 103; v and | their certificato benofits to their members, and the groatest eatisfaction prevails among holders, They are ;| organizsd under the laws of Towa, and their officers and directars are among nd mort prominent busi- ¢ | nesa men ot Codsr Rapids, Every un- 8| parried person should have a certifi- cate lo this sesociation, Tt is s'wplondid investment, as safe) age, color of your eyes, date of | tributed for church purposes, that is, the | secure and sure ss a government e|bond. You oan just as well have a A sum of monoy to commence mar ifo on a8 not, Oy 200 mem- | hars have been pald off, receiving yver 300 per cent. on their invest- Send a postal card for free plan, Good agents can get territory if applied for " | soon., fully detalling the which is the fivest known, Write to-day, pone it. notloe, Do not poat: 4-1lm & pair of spurs she certainly would have a | Mention where you saw State Fencibles, with a superb crown of solid silver, richly set with jewels, The 7 date Efixed for the Philuarmonic Musical Festival in Boston is the 9th of May, and will consist of four conoerts and three matinees, Thse orchestra will have 100 competent musicians, with & chorus of 5 John E. Owens, the actor, complains that one day be is reported to be worth a mi lion and the next to be a beggar, He owus & farm of 236 acros, gu-t outside Bal- timore city limits, which is assessed for a value of 03,000, The librette of ‘‘Aida” was written by Marietts Pasha, the distinguished Fayp- tologist, and given by him to Felicien David, who, however, was unable t . fur- pish the music in time. It was then of- di, who socepted the task, the sum stipula being $30,000, He com- menced work the eame day. John McOnllough has given seven per- formances in Brooklyn, at Haverly’s Thea- ter, to crowded houses, and he now goes to Boston, Soms fden of the enormons popu- larity enjoved by this great tragic wotor way be gathered from the fact that the ac- tust receipts from his two weeks in l'l‘ - delphia, ending on the 6th inst., were §19,. Male stars have proved a better attrac traction st the Graud opera house, Den’ yer, than the (female. 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