Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 19, 1887, Page 9

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY JUNE 19, 1887.~TW SOCIETY QUIETLY SIMMERIN A Decidedly Quiet Yet Pleasant Social Week, BROWNELL HALL EXERCISES. The Eik's Benefit—Monmouth College AIImnI—;he High 8chool Enter- tainment—Art Notes—Gen- erul Gossip, The Week in Society, HBociety in Omaha the past week has been quiet, but little occurring entitled to mention. The Brownell hall exer- cises was perhaps the most mmportant feature of che week, but the extensive preparations for a reception 1n the even- ing at that institution were in vain on account of illness in the rector’s family, The Elk's benefit, a few weddings, a reunion and a number of din- ners complete the bill, leaving only t rush for summer shades the sole notices ble move of society. ‘ithin the next ten weeks a wholesale emigration of so- cim swells will oceur, and it will not be long before there will be nothing to chronicl®of social movements in the Gate City. Brownell Hall. Brownell Hall was a scene of beauty Tuesday. The commencement exercises of that excellent institution passed off' in acharming manner. Six beautiful young girls were given sheepskins, The grad- uates were Miss Ncllie Gandy, Miss Elizabeth Hall, Miss Cornelia Thomas, Miss Florence Ayers, Miss Flora Castet- ter and Miss May Royce, the last named being the valedictoriin, ‘The entire programme was excellent, This school is in a prosperous condition, and reflects great credit upon the rector, Dr. Doherty. The board of trustees passed resolutions expressing their gral fication at the splendid management of the college. On Monday afternoon the alumni of the Brownell Hall met, the president, Mrs. S. H. Windsor, presiding. Mrs. McMurphy delivered a very interesting sketch of the school’s history. Rev. Robert Scott, of Beatrice, deliv- ered a sermon before the faculty and students of Brownell Hall on Sunday last at the Trimty cathedral. The text was from Psalm 48 v. 18-14: *‘Walk about Zion. #+ # Mark ye all her bul- warks.” The sermon was beautiful, and fully sppreciated. »"e THE BENEFIT given for the Omaha lodge of Elks on Monday evening at Boyd's by Roland Reed in his spiendid rendition of ‘‘Humbug” was well at- tended. At the conclusion of the third act Mr. Reed appeared betore the curtain and in a humerous speech to the Elks, presented them with a nrlenmd specimen of an elk’s head. After the performance, an informal reception was tendered Mr. Keed in the Elk’s lodge room. o A PLEASANT LITTLE gathering of the alumni of Monmouth college, Monmouth, 111, was held Thursday evening at the residence of Rev.J. N. Boyd, 627 South Nineteenth street. It was determined by those present to form an association such a8 exists in all localities where & number of the alumni reside. Rev. J. A, Hender- * son, of the Park avenue United Presby- terian church, was made president, and Bruce McCulloch, secretary. Resolutions and greeting of appropriate character were endorsed to be forwarded to the parent association, which meets at Mon- mouth next week. Among those present who are thus bound collego ties, wero Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Henderson, Rev, and Mrs, E. B. Graham, the host and hostess, Dr. S. T. Baldridge, Judge McCulloch and sisters, D. M. Stuart, E. E. Clippinger, G. G, Wnllnce, Bruce McCulloch and R. B. Wallace, The president, Mr. Henderson and Judge McCulloch are members of the college senate, and leave this week to attend the deliberations of that body at Monmouth, » * Kanut BExsox delivered a leoture be- fore the Scientific club of this city Frida: evening at the hall, corner of Sixteenth street and Capitol avenue, his subject being **The Religious Spirit of Our Age.” * ON THURSDAY nt.s‘;'-rin field, 111., oc- curred the marriage of Mr. John Kern of this city, to Miss Delia Bailey, of Springtield. e WEDNESDAY NIGHT, June 23, the He- brew Ladies’ Sewing society will give u concert at the Casino, the proceeds to be for the benefiv of the)ewiuu cemetery. » ‘T'rie SUNDAY School Temperance army ave & picnic at Hanscom park yester- ay which was well attended and greatly enjoyed by both old :md youug. A y Mgz. H. H. MeEpAY gave a dinner at the Millard, Saturday evening, to Mr. G. W. Simpson, of Boston, Mass., president of the Bay State Live Stock company; Mr. J. H. Kimball, and Mr. M. S, Biery, of Bath, Me., stockholders in the South Omaba stock ynrdl.. THE *NA1AD Quc'er:" drew a crowded house at the Boyd 'l‘l:esdny night. e ‘T1E PICNIC of the Omaha Plasterers’ n will take Ylnce at Calhoun to-day. e trains will leave the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha depot at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 o'clock a. m., returning p. m. The procession will start from Fourtcenth and Douglas streets. Agoodtime is nmicixm(ed. Ar THE residence oflhu bride's parents, No. 2015 Burt street, Mr. Carl Benson and Miss Eliza Johnson were married on the 16th inst. Rev. J. S. Detweiler, of Kountze Memorial church, ofliciated. *, v THE MARRIAGE of Miss Elsie J. DeLand to Mr. Chas, K. Groscurth, on Tuesday evening, June 14th, was an event of more than ordinary interest, the {ouug couple being quite well and favorably known in this The bride 18 the eldest daugh- ter of Mrs. Lucretia A. Stimson, formerly a resident of Milwaukee. The ceremony was performed by Rev. A. W. Lamar, pastor First Baptist church. The parlors were very beautifully decorated for the occasion, the emblems being a lock and h-{ with a white dove resting above and holding it. The bride was very prettily d d in cream surah, silk square en- trains with French brocade velvet, Queen Ann callar with pearls and natural tlow- ers. wte ON THE 80th inst. a party of ladies and gentlemen will leave here for Fort Leav- enworth, to attend the marriage of Miss Henrietta R. Wilson and Lieutenant D, H. Boughton, The bride 1s a daughter of General Thomus Wilson and a greag fa- vorite in Omaa society. e ON Fripay afternoon quite a pleasant nment was rendered at the High ich wus heartily enjoyed by the many- present, The following was the programme Piano duett.......Misses Young and Heffley Essa d Demonstration—""The Sonnds We Hear"” vere «Howard Clark Yoeal Solo . .. Mr. France Reeitation—Das Gewitter (The Thunder- storm) ... ....Miss Lizzie Liddell ‘Falk and Demonstration on_Electricity and Magnetism..... Miss Mary Sherwood Voeal Duet s Misses Fannie Pratt and Louisa Holtort Essay--Some Modern Dandies . o5 seaeies . Miss PeSIIITIIE +Mllss Lizzie Morrell Solo — Fruehlingslied. (Spring 5. Weinhagen e Hu- manaphone Miss Jewell MeCune Vocal Solo="At the Ferry”...Mr. Bringham Tils EVENING at o'clock the an- nual choir festival will be held at St. Barnabas church. The following is the programme: Processional yses Paaims, 10th, cvening Mugnifiont. ", ... Nune Dim|:tis Anth .....Hymn 519 ibbons and Purcell " Clark-Whittield rk-Whitfleld J Lord" .. Barnby o Ly mn'od Tmmediately atter service, the prizes will be distrituted to the choristers, in the choir room, ) " or 3, s THE DEDICATION of St. Mark's Eva | Lutheran chapel occurred last Sunday. o T i s Tne Ergs will give an excursion and vicnic at Lake Manawa July 20. * ON MoxDAY afternoon the ladies of Trinity Parish met to prepare for their summer work. An elegant entertain- ment will be given in the autumn by them. e A MrsicALE at the Izard school Tues- day afternoon was well attended and on]nywl. The exercises included some ful pieces of music and were thor- oughly appreciated. ¥ Joseru BukrkeLr, of Chapter No. ames church, will meet the young Trinity at the Cathedral at 7:30 o'clock this evening, and Rector Allen, of Lincoln, will preach to young men, 0 A VERY enjnvnbl hop was given in the parlors of the Paxton Monday evening by the ladies of that hotel. * % : PROGRAMME ot All Snints Church -day is as follows: Holy communion, 7:30 a. m.; morning prayer, 11 a. m.; ening, 7 p, m. %n the morning ¢ choir will sing Garrett's Te Deum and Jubilate in ¥ and Barney's anthem, "“Thy Merey, O Lord, Reacheth Unto the Heav- ens.” In the evening the choir will sing ‘Tour’s Magniticat and Nunc Dimittis in G. e Miss MABEL OrRCHARD, daughter of Mr. 8. A. Orchard, of this city, won many cconiums at a recent exhibition given at the Mt. Auburn institute at Cincinnati, where she 15 nncudlgg school. »*u THE COMMENCEMENT exercises of the high school will take place at Boyd opera house next Friday. 'There are thirty graduates. - To-MoRROW RVENI;(! ‘the Apollo club will give its concert :\t Boyds. THE COMMENCEMENT exercises of Creighton college will take place ut the college hall 'l‘uemlay.of next week. e Tie AcApEMY of the Sacrea Heart will iveits commencement exercises \ ednes- day afternoon of next week. * Tne Misses Sarah and Mamie Me- Gavock gave a very pleasant birthday party yen(erdu{ afternoon to their school mates at their home, 822 North Twenty- first. The following were present: Misses Jennie McCleiland, Clara Riley, Katie Perkins, Stala Shane, Alice Low- Clara Creighton, Clara Van Camp, gie Perkins, Maude H . Rosa Flanery, Lula Miller, Rosa Da Annic Cunningham, Phily Swift, Alice Fure Lilli ni’urker, Laura Cushing, Lucille ng, Mary Tagert, Nellie Galligher, ne Nash, Maggie McShane, Mary McShane, Annie Creighton, May Sulli- van, Annie Sullivan, Dora Bindorf, May Gorman, Kate Manigan, Agnes Murphy, Stala Riley, May Smith, Mary Murphy Mary Hussie and others. Personal. Mrs. C. S. Carrier has gone to Idaho. Miss Grace Heimbaugh has returned. Mr. Arthur McKnight has gone to Den- ver. . S. Rollins and John Kcen are in Idaho. Miss Belle Dewey has retarned from school. Miss Jeanic May will summer at Ann Arbor. Mr. G. Knight White has returncd to Omaha. Mrs. Manderson is the guest of Mrs. annett, Licutenants Mallory and Van Liew are Lincoln. Rev. Willard Scott has returned from Saratoga. Governor Join M. Thaver was in the city Monday. Mr. C. E. Squires has returned from Fargo, D. T, H. Gibbon, of Kearney, Neb., isat the Paxton hotel. H. A. Chamberlain, of Rushville, Mo., is at the Paxton. Mrs, Van Liew is visiting her father at Fort Leavenworth. Mrs. B. R, Vlne{m’d, of St. Joseph, 1s visiting Mrs. Hoagland, Miss Jennie Hayden is spending the summer in Washington. Mr. H. T. Heller and wife of Blair, Neb,, are at the Paxton, Mr. and Mrs, Ben Marti have returned from their wedding tour. Dr. and Mrs. Haskin will remain at Bellevue range until July 31, Cadet Sladen, of West Point, is the guest of Mr. G, A. Hoagland. Miss Mellie Butterfield of Hastings will spend the summer in Omaha, A. H. Winn, a prominent resident of Salt Lake, is at the Paxton. Miss Emma Hoagland has returned from a visit to Columbia, Mo. Miss Edith Russell, of York, Neb,, is visiting Mrs. D. H. Wheeler. Earl Gannett, son of Mr. J. W. Gan- nett, has returned from school. Mr. Wul N. King and wife have re- turned to Omaha from Holdrege. Major W. E, Creary has assumed the position ot paymaster at this post. Mr. I, Hodgsen, sr., and family, arc to spend the summer at Baytield, Wis. Mr. J. H. King and family of Rapid City, are in the city on a pleasure trip. C. L. Shelton of Sterling, Ills., was the guest of 8. S, Auchmoedy the past week. Miss Winifred McChan, of Syracuse, N. Y., is the guest of Mrs. R. M. I'aylor. Murs. 8. P. Tillotson, of Marshall, Mich., is visiting Mrs. Charles Powell, of this city, Miss_Laura Hoagland has returned from Miss Graham’s school in New York. Mr. Curtiss Turner having finished his studies at Yule, will take up s abode in Omaha, A. B. Davenport, D. W. Van Cott, Wil- lis Clark and ¥, Balch lett Wednesday for Detroit. General Crook has returned from his northern fishing trip 1n good health and spirits. H. C. Cook, head clerk for Dewey & Stone, has gone to Springfield, Mass., on o visit, Mrs. E. Haney and mother, Mrs. Por- ter, huve returned from a pleasant east- ern trip. ton, N. Y., where she will be joined in a short time by General Frederick. Mrs. Emerson, of Ulysses, Neb., is the guest of her mother, Mrs, Ww.C. Brooks, of thus eity. Mr. and Mrs, W. Jennings Demorest and Miss Evelyn Demorest were in the city Sunday. Colouel and Mrs. Fleteher have re- turned from Philndelphia, accompanied by Miss Miskey. Mrs, G, S, and Miss Ircne Barues, of m Colorado Sptings, are guests of Mrs, W, N, Babcock at the Millard, Mra. C. H. Frederick in Bingvam Count and Countess Bozenta (Mod- ;v!km left last Sunday night for Cali- ornia, where they will' remain for some time, Mrs, Marie and Carrie Gracomini have returned from Knoxville, lils,, where they have been attending St. Mary's school, Thomas R. Kimball, son of Thomas L. Kimball of this city, has completed his course of study in the Massachusetts in- stitute of technology and will return home 1n a few days. Quite a party of mmlg people will a company Miss Eugenie Kountze on her turn home from Vassar, in a few among whom will be the Misgses M. Williams, Bessie Yates and Messrs, Augustus aud Charles Kountze and Harry nnxi~ Dean Lyman. J. J. Dickey, superintendent of the Western Union, Lonis H. Korty, assi nt superintendent of the Union Pacifie, and is. M. Rheem, mavnager of the Amnerican District Telegraph company, left for Spirit Lake, Ia., Friday, on a fishing expedition. Art Notes, Rothery i¢ hard at work on some beauti- ful vieces of work. 'Neal has just finished a erayon por- trait of the little daughter ev, T Hillton, of South Omaha, which is beauti- ful and lifelike ‘harles H. Dewey has received pan pictures of General Crook, Mr. S. H, H. Clark, Mr. A. J. Simpson and Mr. P, P. Shelby, which are enlarged to life size from photos by a Japanese artist. ‘The portraits are on exhibition at Mr. Dewey's oflice. IN MRS, MUMAUGH'S STUDIO. Mrs. Mumangh's class continues to in- crease daily, so that no matter what the state of the thermome visitor is cer- tain to find the studio wded to its Jim- its. One of the most noticeak was a_pie t order worl Mrs. Mumaugn. The broa mirror is adorned with an oriental scene. A streteh of sandy t merges, at the horizon, i distant, indistinet hills, that suggest the proximity of a more fertile country. peculiar molten sunset of the orient represented with the same iid\'lll; that has been commended in Mr. Heyd's castern subjects, of* whi*h this one is strongly suggesti Anbearded, turbaned sl bk und dark-skinned Asiatic women are sketched with characteristic vigor, and add a touch of brightness to the landscape. The tigures are admirably harmonious h the surroundings, and the drapery is in rich, deep tones, that are striking without being obtrusive. Mrs. Selma Higginson, who has long been one of Mrs. Mumaugh'’s most inde- fatigable pupils, has profited greatly by the superior gift and art education of her teacher, and has achieved creditable results, One of her best is a sunny wood- lana scene, with two figures standing on a rustic bridge that crosses a brook in the foreground. It1s a splendid piece of work. Donce under the close supervision of so competent an instructor, the effort could hardly fail to be a suceess. One of Mrs. Mumaugh's happiest ef- forts in crayon is a portrait of her bright little four-year-old daughter, Beulah, whose quaint old fashioned ways and original sayings have made her the won- der of the studio coterie with whom sha ays been apet. In the crayon ait the chiid's expression is repro- 1 to the life. Her head is archly up- lifted and a knowing half-smile lends piquancy to the baby features. Miss Emma_Balbach, a former pupil, has returned from Miss Grant’s school in Chicago, for the holidays, and is en- gaged in her old occupation of china painting, in which she has done a great deal of beautiful work. Miss Kittie Lowe, another pupil, is expected home from the south shortly, and will be gladly weleomed by her studio acquaint- ances, Mrs, Johnson, a recent acquisition to the studio; has nced considerable skill with her brush. A diflicuit study of fleur de lis, and another of marguerites were exquisitely do s e e CHURCH NOTICES, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCIIES, Southwest Presbyterian—Twentieth and Leavenworth stre 3 Rev. D. R. Kerr, pas- tor; preaching by the pastor and public wor- ship at i0:30 a. m. and 8p.m. Sabbath 5u|{00|, 3p.m. Xoung people’s association, 7T:16 p.om. Park Avenue Presbyterian church—Wor- shipping in Trolell's hall, Leavenworth and Twenty-sixth streets. The Rev. John Gor- don will preach at 10: 50 a, ing.” and at 8 p. m. on *The ot Faith.” Sum&y school at Tuesday June 21, at 8 will Install church. Baccalaureate sermon--The Baccalaureate sermon before the graduating class ot the Owmaha hizh sehool, will be delivered to-mor- row morning at the Dodge Street Presby ter- ian church vy the pastor, Rev. W. J. Harsha. GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, German Lutheran church—1003 South Twentieth street; service every Suuday at 10a. m. Sunday school at 2'p. w. ‘I‘! Jo Frese, pastor. BAPTIST CHURCH. Beth-Eden Baptist church—Rev, IL L. House,vastor; preaching service at 4:15 p.m. at St, Mary’s Avenue Cungmfiullonulcnurch. Sunday school at 3 p. m. Prayer meetin| Thursday eveningat8o'clock. Bu‘nfizl‘hlw.t come; seats free: Park cars pass the deor. METHODIST CHURCIH, The First M. E. Church, South Omaha, will be dedicated Sunday, June 19, Rev. J. W, Phelps, presiding eider Omaha district, will preach the dedicatory sermon at 10: 30 a. m. v. T. B. llilton, the pastor, will preach in the evening. OTHER CHURCIIES, All Suints’ church—Twenty-fifth and How- ard streets; Sunday, Juue 19, Holy com- munioa at 7:30 a."m.; morning prayer, 11 a, . evensong, 7 p. m. In the morning the choir will sing the 'Te De and jubilate in F, by Garrett and Barnby's anthem, *T| Mercy, O Lord. Reacheth "Unto the I ens.” 1n the evening will be sung Magniticat and Nune Dimittis in G, and Sullivan’s anthem, ) Taste and See How Gracious the Lora is.,” Take Farnam and ark Avenue cars to fitth street, or Mary's avenue cars to Fairview str . Phillip’s church (c: g Nineteenth street. Sunda; m. evensong at 3:80 p, m. Need On D. m., the Presbytery Mr. Gordon as pastor of this 12:00 m. 1ool at 2: 50 p, Jolun Williams, astor. "sx, Barnabas—Nineteenth and_California streets. On Sunday, June 19, at 7:50 the annual choir featival will be held. services will be fully choral as usual. evensong programiue will Processional, hymn 519 ing, Gibbons-datishill: hitfeld; Nune Dimi anthem, ‘‘Sweet is Thy Mercy, Barnby:” hymn 520; Reces- sional, hymn lmmediately after the service the prizes will be distributed to the choristers by the rector in the choir ro)ms. Unity church—Corner of Seventeenth ana Cass streets. ‘The Sunday school will unite with the church in a tleral festival to-morrow at 11 o'clock. There will be a consecration of infants and a re<nption of members, Children of the Sunday school are requested to be present at 10: 45." The Band of Mercy will meet At 12: 15, ®St. Mary’s Avenue Congregational church— Rev. Willad Scott will preach both morning and evening, at 10: 30 and % o clock. review- in( his experiences at the American home missionary meeting at Saratoga. Sunday school at noon. & First Christian church—Twentieth street and Capitol avenue; Joseph H. Foy. Li. I minister. Morning service begins” at 10:20; theme—*'The Disciples of Christ—Are They Orthodox and E lical?” 'The evening service will open at 7:30 promptly on this Lord’s d?'. ‘p he| ufr at the usual hour, Sq_m‘ faptism administered. ‘rinity catbedral—Caplitol ayenue, corner Eighteenth street. Holy communion at 8 a. m. Morning service, with sermon by Dean Gavdoer, at 1030 a. m. Bible class and Sun- day school at 12:15, Special evening service inthe interest of young men at 7:30; brief addresses br the dean and Mr. J. R. Barroll, representative of St. Andrew’s Brotherhood, from Chicago, cordlal welcome to all. ‘The music throughout the day will be specially beautitul, P.,m., The ‘The be as follows: Psalm, 10th even- Magniticat, Clark- KIND MEMORIES OF MEXICO. Days of Donbt and Misery Followed by Peace and Bappiness. LIFE IN THE FRENCH HOSPITAL. Curious Sights in the Market House of Thieyes—Scenes Along the Mex« ican Central Railrond—Home- ward Bound, [ TWritten for the Bee by Grace Deane Hunt.] Before bidding farewell to the City of Mexico, will you kindly go with me to the old French hospital which sheltered me in days of doubt and misery, as well as in the after days of peace and rejoicing? Small-pox, contracted | know not how, brought my hittle girl to death's door and to the door of this haven of rest, so often opened wide to the sick. But fortune fa- vored us so kindly in the end that my sojourn there has become one of the ten- der memories of my life. This house I should love to paint could I wiecld the brush with suflicient power; as it is, I can only transfer from my mind to paper a veaceful recollection of it, for peaceful it was ut early morn, at noon, and at night. Peaceful inits early days as a convent, peaceful now in succoring within its tender, gray walls, the sick. Four, low, time-stained walis, and within them a sunny old garden with its well of healing water. Wide, brick- floored corridors surrounded 1t where the weary sick could sit with hands at rest and “watch the flowers dancing and nodding in gay dress, Nodding to so many hop hu eyes, and eyes often dimmed with homesick te: as the fragile beauties brought to mind den of long ago, probably in another country; gardens of their childbhood, where long, bright days were spent by th 1 il , of & long dead mother. or pos y, in pursuit of a butterfly as tantalizing inits beauty and wayward actions as the woman he loved in_after life. 'High up in one corner, hung like & swallow's nest, and cracked like the old building, was a bell of olden time, which proclaimed the hours of prayer for so many years. In passing among the sick 1 would ask them if they wondered, as 1 dig, how many priests it used to’ catch with its brazen tongue, breaking fast before early p rs as it should not huve done. All being Catho- lics, pittied me, but forgave my profan- ity, for should 1 not, without their help, 20 to purgatory? 0! ye of too much faith, thought I, could*you but hear a priest tell one of your faith legends to a herotic, you would begim to open your eves as ours were opened long ago. ~ On first reaching the hospital we were con- fined in the section of the building de- voted to infectious diseases, and, strange to relate, in our apartment was the well stocked library of the hospital, to which came, at all hours, for books, the halt, the maimed and sick, and in various tongues would enquire for la chiquita (the little girl), as the Spaniards called her. Ilove them all,most of all,the short, round,noseless mun who brought so many irrepressible smiles to the convalescing hi young American, also afllicted with small-pox, had occupied the room before us, ly sixteen years old and Is in the country. One night high fever and delirium possessed him, and his two watchers had falleh asleep, Something whispered to him tue situation, for he jumped from the bed, climbed to the high window and leaped into the garden below. A he: ram us falling, but away he fled far into the country. The attendants, waking, fourd their sufferer gone; hospital and grounds were searched, but to' no purpose; the boy could not be found. The next two peons brought lum to the hospita having found him far away by the road- side, covered only by drops of rain from heaver, but they had done their healing work, for fever and delirium were gone. There in that cool reom with its polished white board floor, first Esaw that krench mother of the hospital, who took from me with strong ana:_loving arms, to her heart my stricken child, to bring back to new, vigorous life. Usder her devoted aare the little swoilen face gradually re- gained its shape, while sweet, new" life streamed through her veins. Do you wonder that I love that mother, that the whole place is sacred to me? Asthe vesper bell rings outsits call to prayer, it sweetly call into heaven some soul taking flight from this: nospital, and may it shed everlasting D:’lco within its wails, " One more bit of familiar ground to be gone over this Sunday morning, and we will _loiter no lonfier in the oty of Mexico. It through the portales de Mercaderes, where curions sights can be seen and where many an article of virtu can be bought for a song from the atives, seated here and there upon the sidewalk, their wares spread before them. The greater portion of these articles were stolen through the week by thievingz servants, and brought hare to be sold. Thread your way in among the motley erowd. Indian men and women are busilgkmtuing stockings and selling blankets, cheap jewelry ped- dlers attracting notice only by their guudy dress. Press on until you reach the gracious, polite Turk who sclls rare diamonds and exquisite pieces of china; on to the Mexican who exhibits old rusty nails and_door latches, bits of broken railsas well as telegraph wires, and, for aught I know, telegraph poles. Still on to another who exposes to your delighted vision, Spanish combs. "The last one fascinates you with fans, and such fans from France and Spain as would drive a coquette wild as she thougit of the execution which might be accomplished through them by careful manipulation. Through and over this strange scene lustily shouts the ice of lottery ticket vender, A lady visiting in the Umted States sat for ner !rhologmph, and as they were not completed when she left there, she ordered them sent to her in Mex Time went on, they did not arr One Sunday morning as the lady was walking here, she encountered her own face a dozen times for sale. The photographs haa been stolen from the postotiice and brought here. Now these, to me, Bomelike soencs, are fading nwn{. as withthe flush of early dawn breaking over the city, we bid rood-by to them all and start by the lexican Central railway tor the north. As the landscape rapidly grows in- distinct to my vision, tears come, for this city will be to me in the future, like unto a dream, Passing through a lovely country and the wonderful Noches Tongo, we reach Tula. the ancient capi- tal of the Toitecs and here eat our break- fast consisting of enchiladas, tomalis, and the yeast like beverage, pulque, which is passed through the car windows by smiling Indian women. Proceeding, we reach one of the loveliest bits of Mex- 1c0's scencry; the green, stream fed, be- witching Canada, which constitutes a fit- ting preface to our entrance to the city of Queritero. But here, one is almost appalled at the sight of a magnificent stone aqueduct 100 feet high, which con- ducts the water from yonder mountains to the city. It was constructed at the gersonal expense of a certain Marquis de Villar del Aquila, . Queritero, a city ,d 80,000 inhabitants, though within the tropics, possesses u rfectly delightful semi-trovical climate, ying 2,000 feet below Mexico she is more profuse in flowers, more bountiful in her fruits. Lhe streets are narrow, paved, and very clean; the houses are LYV 18 PAGES. built one and two storles high, are hrmhll{ painted, and the interiors made attractive by prettily decorated court In the morning with the soft air playing avout you, walk lazily along to the quaint, old plaza, rest there, and the luxury of perfect quietness will steal over Wu. A picturesque, primitive people are leading an uneventfu! life around you, and you study it with wonder and pleasure.” On one side of this plaza is an old church of curions architecture, and apparently from out one side of it, amidst beautiful stone carving, spouts a stream of spatkling water, which 18 one of the outlets of the above mentioned aqueduct. The thirst of Queritero is fr:ltilicll from this stream, the water heing conveyed to the population in a la- borious manner. A wheeibarrow con- structed pf framework witih places for four water jars is trundled over the cob- blestones by bare-backed, e-legged peons from ?mu.w to house, back to the stone basin into which the water tum- bles, and, where these water jars have rested on its stone rim for so many years, they have worn pathetic holes to the depth of four or five inches. From here the street cars start for the Herculvs cotton factory, the largest one in the country, manufacturing, prinei- w\lli’. wanta, unbleached ecotton, much used by the peons. If you have grown weary fiore piss on 1o tho tree grown, rose-hedged ' aloemada and as the sun gradually makes its course westward, turn your steps towards historical ground, the “Cerro de las Campanas,” (The Hill of the Bells.) On that spot stood the Emperor Maximilian that fatal Junc duy. A wave of sorrow rolls over the hill bringing with ita glimpse of the nto that summer when Maxinnlian ich great ambition strove to hold against the republicans under Escobedo and failed. Then, life seemed than power, to him, so he endeavored to escape through the encmies lines, only to be confronted again by failure and arrest. Thus the lust days of this ambitious but thwarted life were spent in prison, which place he left only to come here. lmngum the last act; here stood the proud, graceful figure and the beauty of the day and scene struck him even in that awful hour, for heexelaimed: ““What a pleasure to die on such a glorious day as this.”” He beggzed the soldiers to fire below his face, thut it might not be mutilated. On either side of him stood his faithful generals, Mejia and BMuramon, At his feet, stretch- ing towards the silent city, stood the multitude of soldiers, ~quiet and stern, their bayonets glancing in the sunlight. On the slope of the hill he stood, facing the picturesque nestling city in the peaceful valley, with shadows of flcecy clouds dotting 1t. Carlotta across the water went insane at the prospect of this death which he con- fronted so boldly. In the midst of an awful silence, he himself, gave the order to tire, and out on the stillness shivered the quick report of musketry and the Empcror Maximilian lay rolling over and over in death’s agony, while his two gen- erals lay dead beside him, When he, at last, was quiet and peaceful, a murmur arose, growing louder and louder until it reached notes of rejoicing, and the bells of the city cathedral caught it,and peeled forth to the Mexi the ome news, that they were once again a republie, for Maximilian was no more. Thus ended the day of June 19, 1867. B A HEAD IN MINIATURE. A Curlosity of the Preserving Art of the Old Ecuador Indians. There 1s a cheerful little curiosity at the depot of the Scott Stamp and Coin company, 721 Broadway, says the New York Times. It is dark red in color,looks like baked clay, is no bigger than the bowl of a pipe, which it much resembles, and yet s actually the head of a full- grown Indian chicef. ‘There 1s a tribe of Indians in Ecuador, in South America, whose habitat is the eastern slope of the Andes, around the headwaters of the Amazon. Their an- cestors had a custom, which prevailed among several other savage trives, of preserving the heads of some of their dead. Their method, however, was un- like any other known. Theyremoved all the bony structure from the skull, and then, in some way which neve: has be- come known to the outside world, com- pressed the fleshy portion down to the the smallest possible size, and then har- dened and preserved it from decay. The knowledge of the process has been lost to the Indians, and all the heads now in their possession are supposed to be at leat three hundred years old. It is said by the Scott company’s agent that this head is the second of the kind that has ever left Ecuador,the Indians refusing to part with them at any price, as they are semi-religious symbols and deeply venerated, Tho one at the depot has the features perfectly preserved, though in miniature }orm. The eyes are merely little closed cavities, the cheeks are sunken in, while the mouth and ears are a little larger in proportion than in life, having appar- ently shrunken less than the other parts, The thick, coarse black hair, which is about a foot in length, has thickened so at the roots us the !cnl;l)_ bas shrunk that it cannot be parted. There is a seam coursely sewn up the back of the head showi ow the scalp was cut to re- kull. There is also a cord om the seam upward to hang ith, and another set of cords attached by three small holes to the pro- jecting lips. Altogether the object 1s a very strange one, and bears overy evi- dence of its perfect authenticity, I'he agent who was exhibiting it yester- day to any who cared to see it furnished interesting facts concerning Peruvian mummies. Some time ago a tourist ob- tained in Peru a lot of mummy eyes, which were preserved in some way that rendered them imperishable. He gave them to a jeweler to round and polish, in order that they might be setas a lady’'s necklee, and all the workmen engaged in polishing them were seriously poisoned, the poison coming from the dust of arsenic used 1n their preservation. It appears, however, that they wer human eyes, but the eyes of cuttlefish, which are the only c nown which are indestructible, and which were used by the Peruvians to replace the shrunken orbs of the dead. e On Which Side Shall the Waiter Walt. Chicago Journal: As I stod looking in- to a restaurant to-day at the movements of the table-waiters, I wondered how long it had been considered necesary for a waiter to perform all his duties at" the right-hand side of the person he is wait- ingon. 1am very certain that when I was a kid it was well understood that a waiter should wait on a person at the table from his left-hand side, and the ons for such a rnle are plain enough. People are right-handed. When I sit at the table my goblet, napkin knifc and fork ars ac the right of my plate, and the fiublcl generally contains water, while at the left of my |;Jlaw there is nothing. Can anything be plainer than th; under these circumstances, 1t is easier for a waiter tosit down or remove dishes on my left hand than on my right? Even when I am cxnminhuiA a bill of fare 1 hold it up in my right hand and it isa little more awkward to give the walter my order over my right arm than at my left hand. 1f I wish to assist the wauter in landi Eu plate of soup, or if I wish to move a dish out of his way while he is sitting another down I cando it without any trouble if he he is at my left hand, but only at my peril if he is on my right hand. So I think the man who changed the old fashioned rule must haye been an unusually stupid fool. There is another reason why the old rule is far the best, and that is that I am deat in wy right ear, "not PREPARING FOR THE REVIEW, The Democratic Administration Will be Subjected to Merciless Oritioism, JOHN SHERMAN'S CLEAN RECORD The District Commission—The Swed- Question—The Correspond- cnt's Return—Heatl's Lintter, WAstNGTON, June 16,~[Correspondence of the Brk, | —But eighteen months of ' dent Cleveland’s term now remains, and politicians of both parties are gravely and anxiously seanning the horizon, and eagerly endeavoring to foreeast the result of the con- test fn 1588, The result in 1554 was a triumph for the democratic party, but was won by a mere geraten, and neither party is in a posi- tlon to claim the stakes of 1888 as theirs in any event, for neither party has such a pre- ponderance of votes as to justify it in the indulgence of airs at the expense of their opponents, in one respect, however, the republicans have their opponents at a de- cided disadvantage. For twenty-hive years or more the republicans have been on the de- fensive, 1t is one of the easlest tasks in the world to find fault, to pick flaws, aud the democrats have had nothing todo but to crit- icise and object to whatever the republicans did or proposed to do. 1f the democrats had nothing to propose themselves they could always find fault with what their opponents might have devised and undertook to carry out. Now, however, the situation is reversed. The boot is on the other lex. 'The democrats are on the defen- sive themselves, ‘Their adversaries will go into the next contest with dead loads of am- munition, turnished them, too, by the demo- crats, and by their chosen representatives at that. 'r'he acts of their administration will come up for review, and the review will be mercilessly severe. Every joint in the ai will be tried, and every weak woint wi found. And the review will be so close 80 relentless that they will have all th do to defend themselves, without any counter attacks. This advanta, bealmost decisive of the contest. theless, it behooves the republicans not throw away any chances. They must bring out their s est man, and that too, without indulging any previously conceived predilections or sentiments, In this point, too, the republicans have a decided advantage. The democrats can have but one candidate. 1t they do not renomi- nate Cleveland it would a point-blank confession that the first democratic adminis- tration in thirty years has been a miserable failure, If they do renominate, thousands of soreheads and disappointed office-seekers will sulk in their tents “not caring whether eland {s voted up or voted down. On the other hand, the republicans can look their whole ticld over and choose their strongest man., ‘They are not so bound up in the fortunes of any one man as to limit their choice in the least. And the best, mast reliable, most far-seeing men in the party are now counseling together, weighin, :lm clal and prospeets, and strength of of this man and that mnan, and tryiug to de- termine whicn should earry TIE REPUBLICAN STANDARD IN 1888, and when the national convention meets tho delegutes of that great assembly will all have but one thing, will ask but one question, who can lead us 1o victory the mostsurely? All other considerations will be sternly put aside until that one question 1s settled and out of the way. As the wise counsellors and astute leaders of the party scan the field over, and as the rank and fife of the party consider the prob- lem in their everyduy way, the current of conviction seems {o be setting stronger and stronger in one particular direction. As the days go by John Sherman looms up larger and larger in the popular estimation. Ex- pressions in his favor come from every quar- terof the union and from all classes of thinking, wide awake Republicans. And this boomn bears the marks which show that it Is not worked up or,pumped up,by artificial efforts, but is the genui utspoken convie- tion of those from whom they come. Sherman's splendid abilities "as ~ a statesman; his thorough equipment for party leadership, his untarnished record as a public servant, unswerving devo- tion to the principles of the party, his great services to the country in the past and his wide knowledge of public affairs, are attract- ing to his support hosts of men who have either been the partisans, or indifferent to his claims upon the support of his party. ‘The state department has not yet decided the question raised by the Swedish government relative to the tonnage dues, which ~shall be levied upon vessels frow that country on entering the ports of the United States. The Swedish government claims that under the construe- tion of the existing treaty between the two nations made by Henry Clay, when he was secretary of state, its vessels are entitled to admission to American ports at the same rate of charces as are jmposed upon Cana- dian, Mexican and Central American vessels under the terms of the Dingley bill of 1856, Becretary Bayard at first took an opposite view; but the agent of the Swedish vessel owners called his attention to fllu“!l)sltl(ill assumed on the same subject by Mr. Clay, and the department decided to look into the subject further. The other maritime nations of Europe are anxiously nwultlnfi the second ruling of the department on this question, und it is quite likely that the outcome may a serious disarrangement of the port charges upon foreign shipping. The presi- dent nas already issued a proclamation abolishing all such charges agaiust the ships of the Netherlands, it having been shown to him that that country mo longer compels vessels from any other country to pay for the privilege of entering its por GERMANY 18 WATCHING THE OUTCOME of the correspondence between the Swedish vessel men and the United States with pecu- liar interest because she does not maintain EO" charzes against lnmm shipping and as not done so for year. Many years aco the United States reciprocally abolished all such charges; but during the war when every method Of ralsing revenue was erly seized upon the:tonnage tax was established once more. Foreign countries interested were not notified of the change, but not one of them raised an objection. Now that there is a disposition on the part of the United States to increasa its commerce by removing the burdens from shipping to these coun- tries, very naturally think that there should be no diserimination in favor ot any particu- lar country and they will therefore doubtless move on the Dingley nuu:mnu bill as the secretary ot state decides the gu now before Sowe of the actions of the commission which s appointed by law to govern the affairs of the District of Columbia, are beyoud all finding out. ‘I'here no other government like that which ex- ists here and although it is in many respects the best in tie world, It is in others simply as bad as it can be. The commissioners in nosing around among the rusty old law books discovered a blue law some time ago which prevented the sale of bread, ice cream, and clgars and soda water om Sunday. They tried to enforce it and the courts ruled the law void. Now they are going still farther back, and propose to enforee an old worm- eaten and forgotten statute which gives them the right to elose every place of business and 10 sto] mver&'mun from working on the Sab- bath day. While two of the commissioners were engaged in brushing the dust oft this old, forgotten law, the other was nosing round to see what he could discover and he found that In certain sections of the city the residents were not eredited with havine paid water main taxes, He at once made out bills and the result of it 15 that during the the past week, one concern which was con- ducting its busjness in the blissful belief that it was square with the world, s con- fronted with a tax for water mains at the rate of one and one-half cents per square foot on every inch of property owned by them. The total amount of the alleged indebtedness 1s something like forty thous- and dollars. In onc of the suburbs known ag Ledroit park, the residents were frightened out of their boots a ul{ Or tWo ago on receiv- ing notifications of alleged indebtedness to the district at the same rate as that mention- ed above and for the same purpose. One gentleman who has a very nice piace is coolly informed that he must pay $1,000 dol- lars at_once if he would avoid legal proceed- ings. The joke of all this is, that these resi- dents of Ledroit park laid their own wator- mains and made their own connections ten or fifteen years azo and that the one man who is thé heaviest taxed laid a main en- tirely around his property. Of course these taxes cannot be enforced but 1t does seem as though the peopl ho reside in Washington ought to be relieved from the annoyance and scare occasioned by sueh ex- clmnngly bad book keeping s this Instan( shows. The correspondents who accompanied the president to the imountains have alligsu roed. Every one of them is ly-blown to an alarming extent.while Colonel Lamont looks as thouglt he had been shot tull of salt while trying to rob an orehard. The boys tell amusing stories of the efforts of the hotel proprietor to intuce them to refrain from speakin: of the black flies, Bonitiace says that if the president Will persist in visiting the mountains before the ilies leave, usually about the 1st of July tie will be compelied to quit business. P.J. Hearm —— H OW SUMNER WAS STRICKEN. A Pen-Picture ofaScene That Startled and Angered the Nation. John Hay and John Nicolay fn June Century: On the 32d day of .\ln(v two days after the speech (in- which Charle Sumner had excoriated Senator But unele of Representativ Preston Brooks) Brooks entered the senate ¢ ber. The seats were arranged in i« circles, with a railing to separate them from a narrow lobby oropen space next the walls; & broad aisle ran from the main door to the desk of the presiding ofticer. Mr. Sumner’s seat was in the outside row next to the railing, at the second desk to the right from the en- trance and the main aisle. Occupied with his work, Mr. Summer did not no- Mr. Brooks sitting across the aisle to his left, and where, in conyersation w o friend ho was manifesting his im ticnce that a lady seated near Mr. Sum- ner did not take her departure from the chamber. Almost at that moment sho probably arose and went out, for quickly afterward Brooks got un and advan to the front of Summer's desk. The fa attracted tne attention of Brooks’ friend; he was astonished, amid the bitterness of party feeling, to see & South Carolina ‘{rpruwnm!iw talk to a M achusctts Senator. His astonishment was quickly corrected. Leaning upon the desk and addressing Summer with o rapid sen- tence or two, to the effect that he hud reaa his gpecch, that it was a libel upon his absent relative' and that he had come to punish him for it, Brooks began strik« ing him on the head with o guttapercha walking-cane of the ordinary length and about an inch 1n diameter. Surprised, blinded and_stunned by the blows Summer’s first instinct was ta grapple with his assailant. 'This effort, however, was futile; the desk was be tween them, and, being by his sitting posture partially under it, Summer was prevented from rising fully to nia feet until he had by main strength, in his struggles, wrenched it from its fasten- ings on the floor. In his attempt to fol- low Brooks they became turned, and from between the desks moved out into the main aisle. By this time, through the repetition of the heavy blows and loss of blood, Sumner became unconsci- Brooks, seizing him by the coat collar, continued his murrderous attack till Sumner, reeling in utter helplessness, sank upon the floor beside the desk near- est the aisle, one row mnearer the centre of the chamber than his own. The wit- nesses variously estimated the number of blows g]ircn at from ten to thirty. Two principle wounds. two inches long and an inch deep, had been cut on the back of Sumner’s head, and near the end of attack Brook’s cane was shivered to splinters. L There were perhaps ten or fifteen ror- sons in the chamber, and after the momentary pause of astonishment hal dozen started to interfere. Before ti reached the spot, however, Mr. Keitt, another South Carolina member of con- fil‘css, came rushing down the main aisl randishing his cane, and with impreca- tions warning lookers-on to ‘‘let him alone.” Among those hastening to the rescue Mr, Morgan arrived first, just in time to catch and sustain the senator as he fell. Another bystander who had run around outside the railing, seized Brooks by the arm at the same instant, and the wounded man was borne to an adjoining room, where he was cared for bya hastily summoned physician, gt ki B Ignorant, Not Uncourteous. Labouchere, speaking of the American exhibition, savs: “I was much amused at an incident that occurred when wo were allsscated round the arens. Mr. Levy played ‘The Star Spangled Banner® magnificently on a cornct, and, naturally enough, the Americans in his audience stood up and uncovered, The English on all sides, not recognizing that this was to them as ‘God Save the Queen’ is to us, yelled ‘Sit down!' ‘Sit down!’ which the strangers did. But they must haye thought usa wretchedly uncourte- ous nation, all the same.” . BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. Notice of the Sitting of the City Council as a Board of Equalization, ’l‘() the owners of lots or lands abutting upon orudjacent to thestreets, avenues oralleys, or situnted i whole orin part within anyof the districts hereinafter nameod: You, and each of you, ure bhereby notified that the city council of the city of Omaha witl sit as as u board of equalization, at the oftiec of the city clerk of said city,in the Douglus county court house, on Thursday and Friduy, the 2ird and 24th days of June, 1887, 1 1l continue in session on each of said days from 90'clock a. m. to § o'ciock p. m., forthe purpose of equal- {zing the proposea levy of special tuxes and ns- sessments, and of correcting any errors thero- in, and of hearing all compluints that the own- ers of property so to be taxed nnd asscssed mny make, sal l‘]mcill taxes and nssessments being lev) according to law to cover the costs and expenses of paving, Scwer constructing, curb- ing, curbing and guttering, street widening, and the one-half cost of grading, as follows: 0% PAVING. Eleventh stroet)rom Capitol avenue to Dav- enpor st reet, Pa ving District No. 76 Twelfth streot from Capitol port street, Paving District No. Thirteenth street from Capito enport street, Paving Distriet No Davenport 'strect from 16th street to 22nd aving District No, 60, hicago street from Lith stroet to 20th strect, Paving District No, 108, Tenth street from Cenrer strect to Martha streot, Paving Distriot No, 01. Cuming street from $2nd stecet to 8ith strect, Paving District No. 68, Muson strect from 10th strect to 11th strcet, Paving District No. 72, That purt of 11th str street and Jones street in KEWEN sewers o street, between J ving District Constricti District No. 34. CURDING, I4th strcet from Leavenworth Marcy street street from Centor stre th street in Scwer strect to CURBING AND GUT California street from 17th st STREET WIDENING, 27th avenue from south line of Sweesy's ud- dition to north line of same. Lake strect from 16th stréet to 18th street, GRADING. L 24th strect from Beward street to old city mits, 16th'strect from Ohio strect to old city limits, 13th street from alley south of Center strect to Vinton street (Jth “stroet from Pacifle street to Willium ® tol Hill addition, mick's addition i of you ure herchy notified ta suld board of equi time and place above specified to make any complaint, statement or objection you may de- sire concerning suid proposed levy and assesse ment of peciul taxes . J. i, SouTHAwp, City Olerk, Omahu, Neb., June 17, 1857, ———— Notice. FPHE undersismed will rocoive bids until 4 o'clock p me, Butirduy, tho 2th duy ol June, A, D. 157, for the following supplics ta be furnished, und the ofiicial printing 1o bo dong, for the'next fiscal yeur commencing July 1st, 157, us follows, yis Huy, outs, corn, coul und ice: ulso the print. ing of ordifances 'nd oflicial notices from the viirious city aflices. The city counil rescrves the right 1o rejcet uny or all bids, J1odize J. B. SOUTHARD, City Clerk, Dissolution Notice. FPHE undersigncd has withdrawn from the fivin doig business n | Brake, Miller & Co., | deidies