Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 13, 1887, Page 11

e - —— ey “fHE _OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1887.~TWELVE PAGES. WOMAN'S LOVE FOR WOMAN. Practical Words From Female Workers in the Grand Industrial Army. LEISURE'S LITERARY LUNCH BweotSceventeen—Ingersoll's Gracious 1a Wheeler Wilcox— Beautiful Canadians - General Gossip of Society. for Woman. rt, good night,” she Woman's Loy “Good night, dear 1 said, Clasping my hand at parting, And as 1left hier standing there 1 feit the tear drops starting. For like a benedietion breathed On suppliant low kneeling, Fell soothingly upon my ear, “Tiose kind words tull of feeling. They sank into my inmost heart, Renewing every powes Ash -sent dew re The faintund thirsty flower, A woman T, with human needs, iuessed by this gracious wonan, -voiced blessings near and far. y shall illumine. Would there were more such hearts as hers, So godlike, although human ! For rarest of all eartily loves, 18 woman's love for woman. Philadelphia Record: Doubtless a puis- sant reason for the low wages of women is the oversupply of women. In the good providence of God there 18 no over- supply: but an apparent oversupply is made to appeac in the ealeulation of the cceonomists, who, without inquiring why it isso, are ready with their statisties to show that the gleaners in the field of Jabor*ure always in excess of the gl ngs. Within the past twenty y women have pushed themselves by dint of underbidding and proved steadiness into many oceipations theretofore mo- nopolized by men, The progress of in- vention has aided this tendency by ere- ating new occupations. The b telephony, tyve writing, ching, and all the wonder- sl contrivances for knitting, weaving, sewing, spioning and kindred industries have created a demand for Iabor precisely suited to the quick and nimble fingers of womankind. But the ve! low wages y all the eallings, new he labor of women has to some extent supplanted the labor of men furn- 15h proof that the of employment should be further widened, The very fact that it is possible for women to sup- port themselves without resorting to matrimony as a matter of business cal- culation has no doubt add to the roportionate number of the unmarried. Ll so far as this has been the case has served to retard any improvement in tho rate of wages by increasing the numl of employes in’ probable excess of creased cmployment. Unlike me men cannot undertake e of a household and go on with other forms of labor. When a woman marrie an end of book-ke telegraphy or short hand writing. steps into a more natural and important but more. independent occupation, and makes for another womun. But the zos there are the less room is. a question for statesmen whether »s that encourage factories and dis- ge farmers are better or worse for ¢ mass of the population. 1 am in- { to think that farms should be pre: ferred before factorie rmers cannot get along without wiv Ihe workers m factorics, both men and women, may iv od. Very many of them can never aflord to live in any other way, and 80 antagonize one anothér in the battle of life.” This is dreadful. It makes one aulmost sympathize with the wish of Thomas Jetlexson, that a sea of fire had been interposed betwe this country and the manufacturing nations. "The UnitedyStates, though the greatest of agricultural nations, is rapidly becom- ing great as o manufacturing country. We Bave many factories and are con- stantly getting move. The pressure, however, for factory employment be- s more intense ?'n‘ur by . One of relieving this pressure should be msisted upon; child labor should be dispensed with. The laws intended to pre- vent it should be so amended as to provide ans for enforcement. Just as tion of mported labor from other countries under contracts based upon wage systems not suited to this free country would improve the condition of men who work in mines or build rail- roads or engage in other forms of un- skilled Iabor, so the abolition of child labor would be followed by a widening of the field for the lubor of women., Em- ployers should not be allowed to force down the wages of the grown mother or eister by pitting against her in the strog- gle for existence the poor children who ought to be in school, and who are phys- ically dwarfed and mentally benumbed by the drudgery imposed upon them. Women who are workers in the grand urmy of industry are profoundly nter- vsted in every possible industry” which tends either to narrow or to enlarge the number of hands to do or the work to be done. W hatover oecupations in which men exclusiv engage reacts upon the occupations in which men compete with women, If boys eannot get to be machinists or far- mers or engineers, a larger number of them will be clerks, salesmen, tele- graphers and e-writers. As a beginning, in making room for waore women there is no more promising lield than the one indicated. There ought to be no cessation in the effort to keep infants out of the factories. If no place were thereby made for girls out of vork who are old enough to work, still the humane side of the matter ought to en- ;3»,:-» the mind of every thinking man and the heart of every good woman. Seventeen, Mrs, tielle Morrison, Bhe stands with ber face to the setting sun, Her hands clasped loosely across her gown, And weaves bright day dreams, one by one, In the erimson elouds where the sun goes down, From the sunset landa comes the prince so hold, With his gleaming sword and flying steed, Her heart is tilled with a Jove untold, And she suiles to hasten bis laggard speed, He w l{l bring her from out lis cloudland lome A ring and a robe of wondrous dyes, Aud tgether the whole wide world they’ll Toam With love for a guide, unaer purple skies, Was ever in life a thing so bright As & maiden’s eart fo her dreamy teens, hen every lad is a beited knight, With wold and jewels to crown their queens? “The light goes out In the western sky, The erimson fades to a sombre gray, Aund she ]lurus away witha nuuflmuuu-u sigh, She must wait for the prince another day. Ab, maiden mine, with your heart of gold, Could 1 Keep 'you thus, with your castle ght, But alack for the ring and prince so bold, . They will fade away like the sunset bright. Ingersoll's Gracious. Tribute, New York Sunday Journal: “You bave written won-der-ful lines. You make won-der-ful poetry, it delights we to read it, and I am “truly glad to meet you.” Such were the words of racious, honest and earnest greeting to rs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, the fair poet- ess, by the great iconoclast. Mr. Robert G. Ingersoll, on the occasion of one of his lute receptions at his home, No. 89 Fifth ayenue, New York, [t was a social noident of no ordinary interest, this wiling each other these two ships d genius as they passed by on the ocean of time, each bearing its precious cargo of human heart food;the coming together of the very extremes of strength aud tenderness, of the most beautiful and soul-stirring eloquence of the age. He heid her hand some time in his and gazed earnestly down into the fair, childlike, happy face so eagerly, scarching his,very much as if he were 2 to stoop and kiss it, but he did you yw—he only lovked so. Mr. s born looking 0. The gathering was a large and brilliant one, and Mrs. Wilcox w; the center of attraction throughout the evening. She was treated with marked distinction by her distinguished host, who sought her frequently, and togetiier they carried on little duets of converse not often excelled in charm even in New York parlors. One little strain, for in- stance: “‘I hold you to be mst rhythm,” he said; “and [am a gr liever in rhythm, coupled with thought, of course. Do you know,'*he continued, “what rhythm is? It is the rise and fall, the swish and swing of the blood in the frame, produced by emotion, in poetry or music; whether grave or gay, courageous or fearful, ma- licious or loving; whether the surging " not, Ingersoil w tides of passion, the dancing rinples « innocent joy, or the placid faction. tlowing on bright akies of a cloudless conscience, Beautitul Canadinn Girls, London Truth: Last night, at house-warming soiree of the Can commissioner and Madame Heetor Favre, there was so much pine, and it was so charmingly arranged, that had the nymphs of & Scandinavian forest came in they would have felt at home directly and complimented the lady of the house on the use she made of a kind of verdure sacred to them, — As it was, there were some very fair flowers, who came from the northiside of the St. L snee and the great American Ia They did not at semble in type Uncle Sam's nicces. An air of freedom 1s common to all, but they struck me as preserving more distinetly race peculiarities than Iadies do from the United States, The French type has immense in Canada—at stin the femini of the population, without grimace, gained part where politeness s and art and artitice are luid aside, nnless in the arrangement of toilet. I had no iden what an_amount of gracefuilness a_strongly Scoteh type could involve until Lsaw at this soiree a Canadian girl, tall, slender, admirably built, self-reliant and resolute. The neck (white as snow) was strong enough not to scem long, and long enough not to ear strong, and the seif-reliant air 1thought some of the a little rude in color— fac were ness of the complexion s Christine Nilsson was when she young girl. Still, there was uty in this fresh strer white tints, and us to the redder than ripe cher th of pink and , they were Gossip for the Ladies, A commercial college for girls h just been established at Chartres, Frano Fencing is « popular_fad among fash- ionable women. One New York teacher has forty pupils. The lifo of Mr ard, is to_form on Siddons, by Mrs. Ken- of Mr. Ingram's Ly raming School for has been opened in” connection ational Temperance hospital. Wheeler won the prize over 80D artists students for her study of Pen- clope, since put in tapestry by the **As- cinted artists.” mpbell hesitates between the lceture platform and a book. Having the sanction of the queen she will doubtless succeed in whatever she undertakes. O. Sata Sun, the first woman in the kingdom of Jupan to be admitted to the charmed circle of journalism, has be- come associate editor of one of the best pers in Tokio. Jennie June says thut women were born o be troubled with corns, bunions and dressmakers, and the more one kicks against it the more sorrow she will call down upon herself. Great oaks from little acorns grow. One of the most promising of American sculptors 1s Mrs. Caroline S. Brooks, whose first work, “lolanthe,”” modeled in butter, attracted attention at the Centen- nial exposition. One woman has lost her grip upon_her “rights.’” Dr. Mary Walker has given up ull hope of becoming presulent of the U]niu:d States. But it must be acknowl- edged she has clung to her convictions manfully. Five young women are studying in the law depariment of Michigan university this year. One of them is the daughter of a'promment lawyer in the Sandiich Islands. She intends lulilrnuticc her pro- fession 1 her native land. Rey. Florence Kalloch fills the pulpit of the Universalist chureh in one of Chi- eago’s suburbs very acceptably. She was ordained eleven years ago. Cidy Brabazon is at the hea sehenie in England for providin, esting work for aged women, especially those in work houses and institutions, In Holland women are rapidly usurp- ing the ocenpation of pharmaceutical as- sistants, Out of a total of fifty-five can- didates, nineteen out of thitty-one fe- and only eight out of twenty-four v essful in the recent Mme. Boucieaut, the principal pro- prictor of the Bon Marche, in Paris, who abounds in good works, has made over §800,000 to the Society of Mutual Aid, founded by her late husband in connee- tion with (ke establishment. She retains only a life interest in the income. In Armenia the bride is not allowed to speak in the presenco of her husband's mother and in Persia the mother-in-law is an objest of special affection on the part of daughter and son-in-law. In Algerix the bride always rides to the wedding on a mule led by the bride- groom. The wedding oceurs at his home and on reaching the door he lifts the girl from the mule and carries her inside, the assembled damsels and youths weantime pelting him and switching him with olive ranches. Italy no woman seems to have de- served special notice for literary work done during the last year, but 1 Hun- finry we . find a woman’s name—Mme. ivzky—recognized as foremost in the wr mr:uf fiction, This lady has also brought out a play—""Countess Rhea"— :{mt scems to huve attracted some atten- 0] x-Empress Eugenic has sigmfied her approval of the marriage of Princess Letitia to Prince Roland Bonaparte, Now nothing appears to be lacking ex- cept the consent of the young lady. Prince Roland’s income from the Monte Carlo gaming tables aggregates §150,000 a year. They were seated at a late Sunday din- ner when the door-bell rang and the ser- vant handed a card to the mistress of the house. ‘‘Good gracious!'’ she exclaimed, our minister, and I've been esting onions!" **Never min my dear,”’ re- plied ber husband, “you mneed not kiss him to-da; A petition 1s being signed in Germany asking the government to open universi- ties to women. Female students have been allowed from time to time to study at Heidelberg and Leipsic, but not to take their degrees. Germany is behind several other continental countries in this reform movement. About fiye hundred workwomen are employed at Berlin in the manufacture of shoe rosette: The sale amounts to about one million yearly, and the ro- settes are exported to all the European countries and North and South America. The Prussian state railways have for some time past ewployed women as gnards at erossings. The work consists chiefly of the closing and opening of the bars and the lighting and swecping of crossings; and the women in most cases, are either the wives or widows of guards. Their pay is from sixpence to tenpence ver day. RUSSIAN ADVEI‘{EEE ON WHEELS I had been spending a week with s friends in a quaint old village a few m outside of Moscow. The morning of my departare my host, looking exceedingly grave, besonght me to take a droshky from the village, and not ride the jour ney back., 1 lavghed and smd the ride was nothing, 0, it is not the ride I mind,” said he, “bat your being alone. There has been amutiny lately among the soldiers M-——, numbers have deserted, und it said that twenty are in the forestat Kalga, living by robbery. Be that ast may, two travelers have been waylaid on the road there within the last wee I remenbered that in coming to my friends house the road had pas through a wood for about a mile. ’ s must have been Kalga I started on my machine at a pretty fair pace, but, the road being bad, I had to slacken a little. It was still daylight as I entered the forest, but the great pine trunks, with their enormous branches radiating out from the top, soon shut out much of the light. After gowng, as [ judged, about twomiles, 1 could searcely sce anything beyond the edges of the road on either hand. Holding my head stooped, looking to avoid stones on my ith, I suddenly became conscious of a A ball whizzed past, and looking up, I'saw ark ficure bound out on the road a few yards higher up. My resolution soon taken: I turned the machine, and dashed back in the di- rection of the village: but another tlash from that quarter and the hot sting of a bullet as it grazed my shoulder told me 1 was surrownded. But even in that mo- ment, the flash showed me an openi the forest to the right, where a small by- road joined in. I turned the bicycle almost thrown oft’ by ling along at a rapid from pursuit. By an oversight my would-be m one av me unaccountable murderers had le nue of escape, which the shot which- was meant to kill 1d revealed. I eoncluded that this track must lead up to some farm- house, and rode on steadily. Aftér riding a long time 1 heard a slight sound as of “yak,” ST stopped and dismounted in order to li After a while I heard it ai concluded it must be a some farm-yard near. rode on redoubled rate. The only thing that perplexed me was that the sound eame from behind. But this I'at- tributed to some curtous echo. Soon the sound grew Jouder, and it wus plain that whatever it was it came from more throats than one. 1t like a bark, y it was not the bark of a dog. In 2 moment the hideous truth burst in upon me. The sound was {1 they were following me; they w ing up on me. They were not dogs. They were wolves, For a moment I felt asi were no power in my limbs. Only ng effort I managed to work the machine at all. Even in these few s onds of terror the brates Inulflm ably approached. Regaining cBurage, I raced for my life. | certainly forged little, but I could not keep up the o ing in Mounting ngain 1 and closer undoubtedly they were coming. And now, as the brutes ining on me they ceased to yelp. was even less endurable. ‘To think of death (and o death so horrible) coming thus, silent and inevitable, in the darkness of the night, in the midst of a Russian pie forest. 1 could now hear the scurrying, pattering sound they {ped over the ground. mes a solitary yelp would break Ines, and onee of twice, as if pre- certed, the whole pack broke into a fearful chorus. The moon was now up, and I could see as I looked back the hungry pack a hundred yards behind; all but one , famished brute, who, with red tongue loling out, was, T saw to my horror, without tén yards of me. Just then the noise of a torrent burst on my ears, a wide open space in the center of the forest lay before me. Run- ning through the center of it shown in the moonlight the foaming waters of a mountain stream, It lay down in a low but steep ravine, its rocky banks rising straight to the height of ten feet or thereabouts, On the opposite side I could see the white road still continuing. Further on a 1ight beamed out. 1 shouted loud, but it only seemed to set the wolves behind me yelping more fiercely than ever But, looking ahead, [ perccived that the bridge, if ever a bridge had been there, no longer existed. It had probably ome flood in the river, Despairingly I looked at the light t lay only a few hundred yards away from me—thut light that promised shelter and human companionship to me could I ch it. 1 shouted and shouted n. 1w 3 vor. 3 hether to end my life at once by ing over the precipice and into the torrent or to dismount and die standing i about to adopt the tter course T perveiyed that the bric not entirely gone; one solita ? pine l\iu;]k spanned the torvent from clift’ to cliff, In a moment I had decided on my cou I grasped the handles tightly and put on the fastest speed I could, for I knew that the faster the W the more accurately I could steer. I murmured a prayer. I was on the beam. Fortunately it some- what planc on the top. Steadily I kept my eyes on that narrow track— every little unevenness, every knot in the timber I had to steer clear of. slightest jolt would have east me into the swirling waters beneath. 1 may say with truth t the texture and out- line of every inch of that beam are im- printed on my memory to this da; I remember even how the rough, jagged edges of the bank that still clung to the trunk stood out against the background, or rather ‘‘underground,” of white, rushing foam. So intent was I ot it that for the time I gave not a thought to the wolves that had forced on me 80 hazard- ous aride. Butiwice a thrill ot terror ran through me as the trunk tilted over to one side and threatened to pitch down. Yet it must be remembered that all this took place in at the most three seconds. Now, I was nota foot from the other bank when the beam gave a third tilt over. Ileant again to the other side. This time in vain. Before 1 well knew it L was falling, But T made o wild spring towards the bank. Fortune favored me. I landed on my face into a cluster of bramble bushes. ‘I seized hold of them, and though my logs hung over the preci- pice I pulled “myself up. Below me [ heard a splash caused by my machine as itfel. A moment later ‘there was a louder one. Iturned to look, and saw, with the greatest joy Iever felf, the beant was gone! I heard a smothered yelp below me, and saw the wolf that hnl(’l’o - lowed me so closely swept down by the torrent. He and T must have becn to- gether on the beam, Words fail to de- seribe the torrible din of the infuniated pack when they saw their prey had escaped them.” I now looked up the road, and heard answering shouts in the direction of tne light; a door opened, as Icould see by the increased brightuess that beamed out. There is little else to tell. T spent the pight in the peasant’s hut. The next day I'reached Moseow but little the worse for wy terrible ride. ROYAL DUKES AND DUFFERS Singing the Praises of the Dake of Wash ington, "All Hail Oan't Beat Him." AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BRUISER The Kalamazoo Bisbop and the Ballet —The’lime Question—The Greek Actors Must Go — Humor- ous Selectuions, Hail to the Duke. Washington Cr President Cleveland has been ereated duke of Washington by Rex of the New s Mardi Gras, Hail to his Grae The Duke of W And Prince of All haill A'l hail ean’t beat him, If this thing keeps on; Therefore we do not fear ive him hail Right to his tace, by thunaer, For this i8 the kind of a Hairpin we are, And don’t you forget i He takes his Dukedom from “The Rex of New Orleans! He takes his Princeship From the wreeks of party | He takes an oflicoseel By the napo ot the neck ana tho of the pantaloons Lim down stairs! s his Bourbon with nd water in it, es things pretty they come! He also takeés the cako Away from the victors And gives it to the mugwomps, Which aceounts for the odor of sulphur At demoeratic leadquarters ! Over the fence is out, Bul so far h ¢ is merely On the fenees therefore But we digress! Hail to his Grace e Duke of Washington ie Prince of C, S, R, O, haill! shineton | T T John L. Chicago Sullivan's Autoblography Mail: A Minneapolis paper announces positively that John L. Sullivan will write a book. The Mail has no disposition to dispute the assertion, butif John L. writes the book without the aid of an aanuensis it will resemble the following: | CHAPTER T, Yer got ter know where I fiest peeped Is'pose. Well, I was . Boston kid yer know, an’ used to flash my flippers on”de blokes peddlin’ papes. 1 peddied papes wen I was live, an’ I knocked "emall out, you bet. iR 11 His nibs sent me to sc de books into de Boston nixey school. His nibs knocked y dat night, but I mashed me bruder in de nose and skipped. CHAPTER IIL. 1 faked for a livin' den, you bet. Wen I was dirteen I busted "a cop. Den I caught on 1o a vrity show; dere’s where [ learned to slug, yer know. Den I landed up against dis mian Ryan. it 'im onee in Nor 'im dizzy. He's no good, Leans an’ knocked CHAPTER IV, Den I wrassled de booze. Pat Sheedy he struck in ' wanted to run me up aginst Ryan in Chicago. Ryan tramed, yer know, an’ den fluked. Sad he loved bis mudder an’ couldn’t. He's no good. Me, nir Parson Davies, nir Sheed don't tuke no stock in ‘im. CHAPTER V., Den me an’ Sheed an’ de parson did de 'Frisco racket. Dere I hit Ryan once more. Knocked 'im cold. He ood. Den 1 queered my arm on Cardiff. “Wen T meet Killen hitat. L'l just find his nose and Dut seutles it. JOIIN LAWRENCE SULLIVAN, The Light-We ht Champion, n' ‘bout great assenger in the Chicago Herald fighters, ud a y ng ex ought 'o know the boss .s'hl;_yi:;v'r in o He's a good the light-w mpion of Smith- vill A *Who did be ever lick®"” “Well, he never fit much with nobody. You sce, he's a coal dealer-—ha-ha-ha! " shouted a dozen voicesat once, as the man from Smithville beg: aughing at his own joke. “Yes, h2's the champion light-weight on chestnut, or egg, or range, or lump, anywhere you Ko S P s an i'uul;xl man, he is and never squarc—ha- ha- Showing What's in a Name. Detroit Free Press: He was his fortune told. *'I sece,” medium, contracting her eyebrows and turning her toes m, *I sce the name John.'" “Yes " said the sitter, indicat- ing that he had heard the name before. “The name seems to _haye given you a great deal of trouble.,” It has.,” “This John is an intimate friend.” “That's ) said wonderingly. *“And oft do things you are sorry fc is_influence over you is bad.” 7 S Bug you will soon have a serious quarrel,when you will become ged.” “I'm g of that. Now spell out his whole name. The “mejum’ opencd one eye and scudied the face of her sitter. Then she wrote some cabulistic words and nded it to him in exchange for her fee. “Do not read until you are at home,” she said solemnly. © “It is your friend’s whole name.”” When he reached home he lit the gas and gr: amined the paper, There he read in picket-fence characters the name of his “'friend.”” *Demi John having said the The Bishop and the Ballet Girls, The Reverend Bishop of Kalamazoo Once went behind the scenes, To see for himse!f if it were true, What be'd heard of footlight queens. e was dazzled at first with the glare of gas; The carpenters knocked him down, ‘The prompter forbade him this way to pass; He was sworn at by the clown, Ha stuck In a groove and fell in a trap; Was hoisted to the flies; But arrived without any further mishap, As they rang up the eurtain’s rise. And there In the wings, all drest in smiles, Stood two preuy ballet girls; Both wrapped in tarletan skirts, with piles On their heads of pufly curls, “is head is bald—he must be eay,” "Snj’. Governor! Who are you?” “My dears,” did the reverend wand'rer say, *1'm the Bishop of Kalamazoo,” “You're just thaman, dear Bish!” they cried “0ur young Ideas to raise; *To teach oyr fect how not toslide, “And show us hieavenly ways, “Our feet are sore as we onward tread, “And our shoes are full of holes,” “Oh, how can I nelp you?” the Bishop said, *Dear, give us a Cure of soles,” A Western Puff of an Actress. The Snubbington Ga i “Miss McWhiflington i wliful, cither on the In the her’s hornpiy epic and cause oue to dream of heaven; her arms, to the shoulder unadorned, are of more than earthly mould; her face brings back Byron's most lascivious pictures, and-—- but we remember her busband only paid for four Lines,"” A Break by a Rural Member. Bedford (Pa.) Gazette: Each member of the legislature is supplied by the state with stationery and $100 worth of stamps. One of ford county’s members last dent clerk for his Week applicd to the ,"" and, upon being furnished with paper, envelopes, ote., said “Now -1 will take my stamyps, if you please.” CAllL right, sir,™ answered the clerk; “what denomination Ah! er-um,” stammered the states- man; “why, I'm a Methodist.™ But he got his stamps, allee samee, and they were not all of the same denoruina- tion. The Greek Actors Must Go. New York Journal: Mr. Charles . Hoyt, the Boston dramatist, 1 he was glad that the production of “The Achar- ns’ had been a failure; he took it for grauted that Colonel Hamlin's verdict reflected the opinion of the better class of New Yor goers According to the ve ugene Field, of the Chi Mr. Hoyt believed that should ~ be protectod sion ot foreign authors who, having faited of sue home, sought to impose their worthless work upon the public of this country. “When 1 wrote my plays of ‘The Rag Baby' and ‘A Tin Soldier,’" said Mr. Ho, t was under the impression that my rights as a native auther would be recognized and conserved, otherwise 1 would never have turned my attention to dramatic composition. What induce- ment have I to exhaust my intellectuals upon productions of this character, if consarenceless and mmcompetent foreign seribblers are to be suffered to put them- v glad that v 1 it 18 no more than right, I think, t the com- pany should go back to Athens broke, Az for this man Aristophanes, he has probably learned a sorry lesson. 1 I never recognized him as a competitor, and am happy to think now that 1de elined_an introduction to him at the Hotel Vendome in Boston last sunimer!” The The soldier’ Lhe shop nibl ‘The lover's age is cot ‘The Inwyer's age is di { The preacher’s ase is rumin-ag ‘Lhe cook’s aga must be pott-a “The German's age is saus-ng But the best and worst is marr It Was Time For His Wifo to Interfere Detroit Free P “Whatis this to- boggan business that we read so mueh about in the pupers?™ he rand River avenue story he and his wife stood w hand: thastove, “Why, a tobe with an FS OBl *You get up thers with vour sled, take a pretty girl on for partner, and down you go like greased lightning.” S are liing, are the, “Oh, yes *‘Lots of "em around?” “Dozens ot ‘em.” ny toboggan nigh here? ow, that's enough,” said the wife as she turned on him. “If there was twenty toboggans between here and the city hall yow'd go right along and scll them butter and eges and then jog home with me without a slide.” “Yes, I reckon 1'd have to,” remarked the old man, with eful sigh, and cet to brown asked in a other day rming their unning down,” sugar and baking powde: Settling the Question, _He sort of squeczed himself in the po- lice headauarters erd hat in hand, and he shambled up te Sergeant Martin's desk, bowed very low, and inquired: ““Am de boss ossifer in?” Y g, §ir.”? “Wall, boss, T wants to know "hout dis time bizne I'ze bLin hevin' a heap o’ trubble fur a week past.” “What time are you running on "’ “Dat’s what | want to find out. One feller tells me to zo on soler time, an’ another tells me standard time, an’ my ole woman sl got a third time, an’ 1'ze all mixed up. Ttole de ole woman dat T was comin’ down to git periice time an’ to it.” “Well, set your watch at 1:28,7 “Yes, sah. ” Dat’s de fust satis DIve had in two hall woeks.” He pulled out an ancient “turnip,” felt around for a key, and had just got ready to set the hands, when the erystal fell out and smashed, there was a long con- tnued whirring among the works, and as he keld the time piceé to his ear and kshun shook it the internal mechanism_ fell on the floor and rolled under a bench., “T speckted sunthin- of the sort,” chin d began to quiver. “Dat comes to run on thre s0rts o' time. ten kin stand an sich foolin’ as dat, an’ I might a knowed the man as his t. “What will you do now Nuftin’. Dat settles time on dis en fur de nex’ six months, an’ lze gwine to get up in de mawnin’ when Ize hungry, an’ go home at n arter de ole woman has got de wood in,” ——— A Defense of the Malignod Bustle, A woman in San Francisco Report. ‘Lhe bustle eauses man more anxiety than sins of the masculine sex put to- . lie worri and writes and wches about its weight. ‘Chat is be- use he has never felt of one. They are not heavy. ‘They are made of wire or cloth stuiled with hair, and when they are firmly fastened about the waist they take the weight of the skirts from the hips and support it. The dragging feel- ing that the two or three skirts and th. dress give is quite eased. One become: unconseious both of the skirts and the bustle. As to whether petticoats are per- nicious or not is another question, They are very popular. and, besides, there s no alternative but trousers, whicn man guards with a frenzied fury, visa high platform - EARLY DAYS ON THE MISSOURL A Story From Facts, Written for the Omaha Swunday Bee by *“Wren™ It was along in the fifties. The land bordering on the Missour: that is now known s lowa and Nebraska, was ealled the extreme frontier. A swarm of hardy adventurers had passed across it, bestow- ing scarcely a thought upon the wealth of rolling prairies, agavith foverish im aginations they rushed toward the Gol den Gate. A few less ambitious, wearied by their long march from the east, gave up the phantom chase, and on the rich bottoms of the murky river, began to rear their homes. Of this number were two families from the chivalric hills of Kentocky, named Jewett and Vineent, They had started from their old homes, filled withYhe scin tillations of & hopoe of wealth to be gath ered on the shores of the “peaceful” sea Fime and try and toil had cooled their ardor to such an extent that when they reached the ke of the Misson point a few miles below Nebraska City, it was no disappointment to find no means of crossing at hand. The scene around them was inviting. Why not stake acluim among the tall grasses of the Towa bottoms? The time was autumn, and the rich hs sunlight that flooded the praivies charmed them. ch family, like most Kentuck ountain families, consisted of boys and girls i the regnla tion order from three to twenty one years. Houses were built close together —houses of the kind that have sheltered the noblest men and women of the west houses, built from the sods of the pi 0, defying, alike, the storms of summerand the snows of winter, Neighbors were searce, but of that ¢ whose tame for generosity has flo; ed from tho western frontier, 'titl all the civilized world has sung its praises. The mnearest market w Nebraska City,then a depot of supplics for the cara- vans that frequently set out to thread the mazes of the plains, All preparation possible was made to meet the terrors of the coming winter. But winter tarried. October came and passed. November, wrapped in the same mellow light, wore still an October hue. Not until the new year took its piace in the eyele of time did the clements pre- 1ny change in the perfect, autumnai ne. One morning, however, in_the tirst week in January, the haze was lifted from the prairie, and in its stead a chill ing wind from the cold, grey clouds of the northwest, swept down™ the bottom and played like a thousand Aelian harps, its melody upon the dried blades of tall grasses. The river, from the melting snows of its mountain home, nad been full to its ©ks through all the placid autumn, Toward evening, the clouds grew darker, the wind = blew shriller, cotder, more fitful. Hardly had the stock been sheltered in the stables of bush, when « few white shots from the advanee pickets of the clouds gave warn- ing of the nearness of a storm. Nignt came, and with it the blackened wings of the tempest. For days it raged almost incessant strong v. The tufts of grass, enough to stand the first rlxhv cane domes of snow—ai river and hills, cne sea of er) Inside the new sod abodes the time huad passed not unpleasantly With games and song and laughter, they had, inde been merry prisoners. At last, tow one evening, the wind died away in a sul- len moan, and o'er the tops of the tall Nebraska blufls, the sun sent his pale wel- come to the valicy below, “Te storm had ‘passed. The night was beautifully clear; but, ah! so cold. The morning found the river locked from shoro 1o shore—the one gray spot upon the white-veiled tace of nature. t to the world without, the two fam- vied with each other in making a sunt httle world of their ow 0l Ldays, no serious doubts d turbed them, hut when more than a week had come and gone, and the sun still rose from a bed of ice to nlow a field of frost all day and send his evening glances from a peak of snow, the older people talked somewhat timidly of vanishing supplies. Another week had passed—a week filled with disturbing thoughts, softened only by atinge of hope—the im- nable for of the brave. The e came for action, Supplies must be obtained. Life and death were the issue. “Throughout the day the sun shed around them his delusive warmth. ~Tho nights were bitter cold. One evening, gathered at the home of the Vincents, the families discussed the situation. Plan after plan was suggested, but disposed sible. At last the elder t h Vincent and Ray Jewett, hit upon some- white. thing, as they thought, at least feasinle. They brouched 1t to the old peovple, but au t it met with littie encouragement from that source. At last Carl, who had been the originator of the plan, said: “Something lis to be done, and for one I am in favor of utilizing the means within our power.”” After some further discussion, In which the boys come the strongest points of the tion, it was decided to let the boys “as a last resort,” the old fol lan was th The boy [nrnu;.zh( their skates from with them, were to skate 1 City, get what suppli could enrry, and return the same d The exact dis- tance by river none of them knew. The next morning was sele s the time to start, Carl and Ray were so excited with anticipations of the coming adventure that they searcely slept during the night, and were up and dressed by the first peep of dawn, The families gathered on the had home who old shore to bid them bon voyage, and as the first red beams of the sun burnished the CATAL This is one of the handsomest plots in Omaha or inside the Belt Line, Indeed this is essentially inside property. Lots can now be purchased at from $1,400 to $1,800, onc-quarter cash, balance in 1, 2 and 3 years. Parties looking for good lots and near to street cars, should by all means see us before purchasing, This plat lies immediately between Saunders street and Omaha View, and is onthe direct line to Fort Omaha. , at g friends behind, and the sharp ring of ti steel echoed from shore to shore, a8 sped around the bend in the-river. time after noon reached, without {incident wor mention. After a short rest and chaso of a fow groceries, for whi their destination rthy the ch paid a fabulous vrice, the loads were Justed in game bags, brought for the pa pose, and full of hope, the home began, Several mile hind them before t sun had suddenly v low upon billow'of western clot of ominous warnings, down upon thom. T strokes until the field of ic ghde from under them. No use, ary snow flake struck the t and sent a score of in as many directions other, until the winding sheet of in the blinding s art, full of that tehed the western by helloing, but as they b wearie the storm thickene them, the iterim became more prolonged. told of friends res hills bore 1t back and again he only to have it tilled with cent, returned from snow. Wider and wider he ¢ fruitless search, but no friend, Could he be i voice failed to have r hossible, home, with d the stream, Darkness w ing, but down the river hight—a lantern swinging on itido him home, How e inquiring almost ap) In the n o Ho nstened unanswered trace wehed him and friends, and duty , e E give way h him. 11, out, but fright chained h he closed his eyes to his cortain fa life passed beforo him as his body shol through the tr lerous air hole. heavy id, nstead of being ath the chilling waves, 1, he looked around was he? Se roof of it ay in the sp ' on ¢ J le an nnmense, ited cavern. gorgeous in its el , met his wondering eyoes. towly the truth dawned I'he rive at which 1t below him 1 Thus he water, the ice aboye that below him ment from its frailness to pr to the waters below. howls of the ad frozen f L been made a ice-locked could not r c that gave some hope brain. It fr Tuking the groce w them on the ice e aboy knife he eut a hol in the gave it time to thoroughly soak. holding it by the str end upon the ic did the e 0. falterin, but he ce, but e does not fe vible prison from which | would mak. mellow with sun; 1it. He oon after Ray had lisnppearance, and presence had wafted dispelled told of his mysterious when the joy of bi 1y the fear of sorrow the shadow of gloom, | audience his thrilling ad and 1 upon had failen from the high stage st, and the jour had slipped noticed that the fed himself, and bilg as, were sweepin They quickened their scemed ice Brave A ds from ceth of barbarism, they did not despair, For a time they kept close to each oth for ha ctween their shout Ray gave shout that even on the wings of the wind| The echoes from the: Again 1t his voico on the winds, a mournful ae: the mountains of cled in hig| of hig n advance, and his Tt was At least, in that direction Ia; Fille thought to. What jar i allen upon some: i buried be Stunned, in utter bew eral feet . beautifally unknowrn tloor of the same it until lost in gloom, dimly: ytaliza. er date, between high and low him out of reach, threatening every mo- cipitate him e conld” hear the il the rippie of he thought of death cavern filled scape he must, above, but an idea ashed througn his cold above—int HORSEMEN! And Lovers of Well-Bred Horses TAKE NOTICE. FOR SALE. REGALETT, brown maro, and yearling fily Al D ) me. WoonwonrH, ¢ 1t colt Avo T biy colt, sired by All . DOLLY it § by Ali i NNTE SCAMI tk forbodings he pushed on down f: ntime what had become of Skunming along through the blind: ddenly felt the iee tried to ery tongue, and Hig him, ica He' nsely, ies from amo bag, package by package, he With his ice beneath, 1d dipping the heavy bag in the water, Then st the heavy The elements s weight upon A moment more_ha nopy above him, docs not The blinding snow beats him in The ter: had escaped the bleakest snow storm b nd due to’ fonl” April 17th, 1887, brown mare, by Al m wo hind . dark bay filly, fonled in B, 1 by Oriontul, 18t dam. Lady Afl Time) HORN, drab by filly, foaled in"81,sired by Oriontal, 156 dam’ by 1ts 2nd by Voluntecr Chief, he Tor full purticulurs, divect to ED. REED Care of Omaha Merchants Express Co A, NERB, The above stock oan be scen at any time, on 20th St., One Block North of Lake St, il have been sold oM All Time and Orier to Jus. H, MeShane, ED. REED b We say it without reserve, that no cheaper property, when location is considered, can be found in Omaha. We handle good property in all parts of the city, Lots in Washington Square, from $1,800 to §3.000, city water in front of every lot. Terms easy. Lots in Saunders & Himebaugh's Addi- tion to Walnut Hill, from £450 to #1,000, The Belt Line depot is within two blocks of this addition, Lots 1in Mt. Pleasant Addition, trom $350 to §500. Ten per cent cash, bulance in monthly payments, 5 or $10. Lots in Baunders & Himebaughs High- land Park Addition, from # to §359, One-tenth cash, balance in monthly pay- ments of §5 or §10, Omaha Real Estate & Trust Co We have for sale: Lots in Kilby Place, $900 to $2,8)0. Lots on Saunders street, from §1,800 to £7,000. Lots on North 20th street, trom §2,000 to $4,000. » Lots in Hart’s Addition, near Sacred Heart Conyent, for §1,500, Myers, Richards & Tilder's Addition, one lot for #3060, one-third cash, Good for three days only. First class corner on Dodge street renting for §3,000. for $38,000. now Good for a few days Terms easy. 44 feet on Farnam street, in business portion, for §42,000, or 22 feet for $16,000, , between 12th s, two buildings on same On Dougla and 13th str for §33,000, street, 44 fee A bargain, A good corner on Douglas for $25,000. 44 feet on Farnam, well improved, for| $15,000, Good lot on South 16th strect. terms. 1504 FARNAM STREET. Call by Volunteor