Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 10, 1887, Page 13

DON'T FORGET THE DEVIL. M. N. B, Good parsons all, with one Throughout this mighty nation, Are gathering up their gri ks for A month or two's vacation, And thur are wise. Whate'er man's walk His calling or his station, He's better for » little “loaf,” A playtime, a vacation. And ministers are like the rest. How wise soe’er thelr teaching. The shepherd and sheep both need Some respite from the preaching, But there is one who never tires, Who works while they are sleeping; ‘Who has patrols on every beat, Their cunning wateh a-keeving. ‘While Soldiers of the Cross sometimes. Grow weary, tighting evil, The one who never weakens, nor Cries “Halt!” is Mr. Devil. Oh, Mr. Satan is the man Whose cheerful occupati Ne'er palls upon his sp Ne'er takes a day’s vi Btill 1et our wood folks take, each one, Of rest his rightful ratio; Remembering though, who 'tis that works While they are on vacation, sttt ey THAT COWARD. BY THOMAS M'NALLY. On the river line of Missouri, in 1861, lived two families, small farmers, and both without paternal heaas or guides. Dugal Moore, with his aged mother, con- stituted the one; Allen Dean, with mother and sister, held the other and ncighbor- Ing homestead, Both young men were not yet in their majority when the stirring events of se- cession racked the union. They had been close friends since boyhood. All the sur- rounding country knew that Dugal and pretty Jennic Dean, Allen's young sister, were and had been devoted Jovers since they were old enough to know the mean- ing of such a word® likewise that the two farms were to be united as well as the lovers 8o soon as. ‘‘things became more settled.” But “‘things' became more and more unsettled, and when the clash of war eventually caused all to realize that strife was a fixed and inevitable f then the troubles of the expectant pair grew, to hem, far darker than the clouds that lowered over our land. For Dugal had the fixedness of his own opinions, and from the first he had been an outspoken advocate of the Union, while Allen, hot-headed, as strongly espoused the cause of the South, When the call of the drum roused men t) arms Allen was among the first to en- ' list under the confederate flag. Every- body expected that Dugal would be equally prompt to fight for the stars and Btripes: but Dugal made nosign. He had carefully weighed his duty to his country and to the old mother who had long over- taxed her strength to support him in his helplessness. If he left her she must starve, and to all the entreaties, demands and threats of those whose principles he Bupported his answer wassimply: 'L can- spot leave my mother.” “Mammy “calf’ they called him and many other hard names. They pronused to see that his mother should want for nothing, but he, having the long, clear head of the Scotch anc try, could easily see what such promises ‘were worth when all about him were as poor as himself, and when the whole country was quickly becoming depopu- lated of every available men on one side or the other.” So he stuck to his resolu- tion, and in a little time was really the only able-bodied young man in his sec- tion. And all scouted him and avoided him, and with finger and tongue pointed him out as *‘that coward.” It was hard on a young fellow of twenty who had been popular for those feats “of strength and agility that are there so highl[y estimated, and who had been respected so greatly for his common sense thut his elders often sought and were guided by his advice. And, worse than all, Jennie Dean cast him off; she could and would have decided with lim politically, but to have the loverin whom she had so gloried called “that coward was far too much for a girl of that section to bear, and she held her head higher from him than all others. Dugal stood even this without remon- strance, though no one ever knew how deep the iwon entered his soul. He worked like a slave, and better, with his surplus and hands he was always ready to aid the many poor women who then stood badly in need of help, and though even those who received his bounty said was only “‘trying to curry favor;” yet with a scornful contempt of men, arties who visited his scction, saved him rom violence and death. 3 In the later part of 1862 Jennie Dean was roused one night by a few clods thrown against the window of the room in which she slept. Fearlessly she peeped out; quickly she darted to the door of the poor house, now poorer than ever, and, opening 1t, admitted a worn, starving, ragged soldier, who, once he had reached shelter, needed the assistance of her arm to guide him in, It was Allen. Detailed for a scout, he had been pursued by Union cavalry, and, boy-like, vearned to sce those he loved, ad used his knowledge of by-paths and sought his home and those he knew would shelter him, hap what might. Tenderly he was cared for and cried over and fed and doctored as best the sister and mother could with the few simples at their command. Then he was hidden in & little used loft under the roof and ull was quiet. i Half a mile away, sitting head in hands by the bedside of the mother to whom he was so_devoted, was l)u;fiul, *‘that cow- ard.” But though the body of his par- ent lay within his reach herspirit had fled not half an hour before. The poor woman had bravely borne up against the ill-repute of her son and the neglect of her former friends, but hard work and the quiet, inward suffering of woundea prided had worn her out at last, and only at the last she had secemed to fully understand how and why her son had as he did, and with her parting breath she blessed him and told him time would make all things right. As the stalwart youth sat there, won- dering in his misery to whom he could apply for help, he heard the tramp of horses on the road. He heard them balt. There wasa shout. ‘“‘Hello, there! House!" Motioning the old negro woman, their only servant for years, to go out and seo what was required,he resumed his moody silence and posiure. How long the woman was gone he did not note, but she returned erect, with the fire of wrath in her eves. “Iia! Mars Dug’l. Dat’er stuck up Miss Jinnie 'll sing todder side 'er mouf fore long I reckons. Dem dars Yan- kees, an' deys goin' ter coteh dat reb All'n wots come skulkin' back yer. Dey didn’t jist know de road, but I dun tell ‘em de way, shuah!" Then Dugal arose with his face white with rage; that woman had never been nearer dead than that moment. “You murderess!"” he hissed, and sprang for her. But he restrained him- self as she cowered before him. “Let the dead bury the dead,” he mut- | tered, He gave her some directions as to going for the one person on whom he could d. end, in case he did not return, for pay- m the last service to that cold clay that he left; then went and kissed the lips of his dead mother and strode out into the darknes: Swift as a deer, quict &s a panther, he made his way to the Dean house, by paths that would be inaccessible to cav- alry: 1f Allen were there, his plans were Mready made. The friend of his youth must be in h!dln% and Dugal knew the old homestead so thorou, hly that he was certain where to find him. He reached the back of the house just as the troo) drew up before it, Qulcklly he climbe: on the roofof the “lean to'’ and quietly he entered the little apartment. A few rays from the moon showed him a gaunt form stretched upon a hastily made bed on the floor. He knelt down and put his hand upon the figare. In an instant the man rose and teied to grapple with him, then fell back with a groan. “Allen, man? Allen, dear? [t's me, Dugal. Do nothing, say nothing. They shall not take you.” There was ‘a noise at the door, the seream of an elder and the wild protesta. tions of a young woman were mingled with the grufl, firm voice of a man. “‘We'l! 'search the house, Miss, and if he ain’t here there's no harm done, but search it we must and will.” Dugal was busy all this time, and as Jennie with her frail body was trying to bar the entrance of the officer and his men, behind her appeared a figure in butternut, a ragged attempt at uniform, Don’t harm my mother and sister; [ will go with you,'" said the new arrival, Jennie gave on nce and sank senseless upon the floor; the old mother was long since blind and specchless from fright. 8indly the truops secured their pris. oner and hurried away from such a scene. It was early morning when they reached the headqguarters of the com- mand. The colonc] was & man who had suffered much; he believed in a war of retaliation. He neither asked nor gave quarter, ‘The prisoner was brought before him, “Who arc you?” ““Allen Dean.” “‘What regiment?” nth Alabama. “‘What are you doing in our lines?” “On a scout,” ‘“‘Shoot him at noon!" was the quiet but stern order given to the licutenant and the doomed man was murched away. Noon came, there was no time for much prayer or question, and the unfor- tunate had made no sign. The “firmg detail” had been made, troops were ranged about, the prisoner was brought from a tent used as a guard- house and placed before an open, shal- low grave, Five minutes and all would be ove A sorry-looking mule eame forcing its way along the road; on it was a young n who swayed from side to side with nkness and whose thin cheeks burned vith fever and exeitement. So sudden and strange was his appearance that he forced himself through the line before in- as thought of and, tottering toward the condemned, he threw bis ary 1? about him, then facing the troop he cried: “Iam Allen Dean—I am a rebel; this is Dugal Moore, and a true union man.” There was a confusion of course—there was an inquiry; for the colonel, though hard, was just. “Why did you personate this man?'’ he asked. “He was my friend before the war."” *‘Has he a sister?’”’ asked the shrewd der. has, sir,” replied Dugal, and his pale face blushed. I thought so—there's always n woman in it,” said the colonel to himself, but he said no more. Dugal was set free prisoner, but was released in time to at- tend the wedding of uie and Dug: The former “Reb,’ unfit for service, stayed at home. Dugal entered the Union army, served through the war and left it with high rank. Many are honors that have been heaped upon him and many more he will yet receive at the hands of those who once branded him as “That Coward.” e TWO QUAKER WEDDINGS. Peculiarly Interesting Events in Phil- adelphia Soclety. A Philadelphia letter says: Society has been showing a good deal of interes 1 the marriage of two maidens of ricl Quakers families. The one was made wife with all the simplicity of ceremor characteristic of the disciples of Fox in the old days. The wedding of the other was a great fashionable crush, with abundance to eat and drink and & great show of gowns zmll? vels. The father of the first girl has a million or two made in the shipping trade, and hecould have made a great splurge had he chosen. But he still has a profound regard for the book of discipline, and his child was mated as decorously as her mother had been before her. To be sure, there was some latitude asto the color and ma of the gown, and there were signs of a festival here and there mn a mild way. It was an evening wedding at the bride’s house. The coming of the event had already been announced in meeting, and no ‘objection was made, though the groom himself was not any too strict in the observance of the so- ciety’s rules. But that does not count for as much nowadays as it used to, and the mateh was considered an excellent one sl around. The bride and groom, hav- ing made ready, came down into the parlor—very plzinly furnished with stiff- acked black mobair chairs, all sitting primly around the Is. The bride wore a white silk gown, not too long in the train, with a tulle'veil and orange blos- The goom was in a regulation evening dress. The relative d other invited guests and the immes umilies of both the parties, of course, were ail as- sembled. The bride and groom sat down for a few moments on chairs placed for them over at the head of the room. Not asoul spoke till the groom, rising, tended his hand to the bride and rais her up. And there before the IP le he plighted his troth and she prof d her love for him aud gave herself to be his wife and promised to love and obey him for all her days, Then the marriange contract was produced and the groom and bride signed. Then the parents put their names there and all the rest did the same, till the paper was quite full, After that there was some feasting; tea and buns, and cold meats, some confections, and so on, were served. But, though there was no loud laughing, no boiste! ousness at all, no compliments, and y was ‘‘thee,” or “Thomas,” or ohn,” “or plain “Jon and nobody tried to lord 1t ostentatiously over the servants, yet there was a vast deal of joy shown in the shining eyes and in the sweet smiles, and a great deal of true entility manifest in the appearance and chavior of the company. This was an “old-fushioned” wedding,and the people for the most part “old style friends,” who are not very numerous now, even in the “Quaker City.” But the few among the guests who were not members of the socicty found the oceasion delicious in its plainness and a vast deal more enjoyable thun most of the “new style' erushes. The other Qi maiden w; the chief figure in a splendidly dressed throng. Two thousand people had been asked to her wedding, which took pla at the country place of her mother, fif- teen miles out. The elder woman has some §3,000,000. Her ughter came out last autun nd she gave a round of costly entertainments in the girl's honor, S0 many people in society were thus d nnder ebligations that a much er proportion of the cards than usual were aecepted, The family are Epi palians in these later days, and the cere- mony was performed at the picturesque- looking stone church about a mile and half frow the bouse. After the wedding there was & fete champetre at the resi- dence of the bride's mother, with great ossiptng and drinking out on the lawn. I'ne bride wore something altogether new in the way of wedding clothes. Her own was made in the classic style,cling- ng close to her fine fig t was of Bengaline silk, moderately docollete, with ghort sleeyes, The skirt was alto- Allen remained a or gether without trimming save the edge, which was adorned ‘with silver an pearls. A broad girdle encircled the waist and fell in front quite to the hem of the dress. The bridesmaids, of whom there were eight, were in white erepe, Wwith big hats trimmed with wild flower: The wealthy mother of the bride was her- self brought up in accordance with the rules of the Society of Friends, and in her youth wore a trim drab gown and poke bonnet. Her own mother, who 15 still living, continues to be a professional member of the society, p8ses 1N ap- proved simplicity, and says ‘‘thee” to every one. ——— CONNUBIALITIES, A bride has been selected for the emveror of China and the wedding festivities, which are shortly to take place, will cost 85,000,000, The king ot Servia, it is said, will marry one of his wife's forner dames of honor if he succeeds in obtaining a divorce from Queen Nathalie. A widow at Hartford, Mich.,fifty years old, has sued a widower eighty years old for a breach of promise, claiming $50,000 damaze. The widower is worth £300,000.' “1he love of money is the rvot of all evil.” Oue of the bridegrooms of the week com- plained of the clergyma “A widower who you married at Easter,” said he, ‘“‘tells me that you charged him very much less.” “Lrue,” said the Rey. Dr. H——, “but he was a regular cusinmer.” saron Huddleston, the distinzuished Enz- udge who married the beautiful Lady a, sister of the duke of Albans, re- cently found it necessary while trying a bre of promise suit to have vlucidated the meaning of the Littie crosses at the bottom of alove letter. vedding ocenrred of the Neck Tycoon hotenough to smother e was married in haste to the M. Quadroon; I'ne Jaguar Another Ate a Monkey Vive at the wedding-feast And waraged to perforn A similar feat on a barrel, at least, Of the clam before the stcrm. Lucie Stuart, the only daughter ot \ | A. Stuart,the principal owner of the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, West Vir- ginia, and one of the belles of “the White” for the last four years, was married at the family residence, Elk Garden, Russell county, “a., recently to Mr, Campbell, of Wy the: ville, Va, The bride is a niece of the famous confederate cavalry chieftain, General “Jeb” Stuart. An interesting engagement just reported Is that of Joseph Anderson, brother of Mary Anderson, the actress, to Miss Gertrude Bar- rety, second daughter of Lawrence Barrett, the tragedian, Both of the *contracting ties are_well known in England and the United States. Mr. Ander: is a tall,hand- soime young man, and he has haa considel able social suceess in London, His specialty is fashionabie clothing. The Jewish ndkin,” or marriage broker, in Brooklyn, N. Y., spent some time in en- deavoring to negotiate a marriage between a customer who agreed to give 10 per cent of his wife's dowry in case of success, and one Kate Woll, who was tha possessor ot $2,000. ‘The shadkin’s powers of persuasion were un- equal to the job, however.as thegitl protested cant’s mouth aud nose were too e, broker and his client fell out over the matter, and the result is a lawsuit for damages between them. One of the swellest season will be that of Thurlow Weed nephew of the Iate Thur- d, and Miss Frances Isabel Morris, dauehter of John A. Morris, the Louisiana Iottery kine, whose fortune’ is estimated at from $10.000,000 to 815,000,000, Miss Morris is his only child. She is worth £500.(0) in her own r{um. and on her wedding day <he will receive $1,000,000 more from hei d gent father. ‘I'he ceremony will tak attae family country seat at Throge's N Westehester county. housands of invita- tions will be sent out to all sections of the United States—to New where Morris married; to Chica A co and to Europe, where the elect went to s The Morrises, it i d, intend to make the wedding an epithalaminm in e sense of the word, a general rejo over the recovery of their daughter, s been quitell for several years, The magnilicent residence will be literally filled with the choicest lowers the world” ean produce, and the days following the wedding will bea series of fetes, lisl weddings of the ———— EDUCATIONAL. Aristotle will absorb the attention of the Concord school of philosophy this sumier. Fourteen women have just been eraduated from the New York medical college for women. In Washington territory a Chinaman has been made a school teacher for the benefit of his countrymen. Queen Margherita, of Italy, is a proficient Hebrew scholar,and reads the Old Testament in the original with ease. Miss Mary Curran, of Bloomsburg, Pa., a student at Dickinson college has won the prize for excellence in oratory over all her male competd tors. At the beginning of its ter: ber, the university of Kansas w dition to its general and special ¢ four years course in electrical engineeri Dr. Lucy M. Hall, of Vassar, tinds that fewer Vassar girls are absent from recitations on account of illness than Ambherst boys, She does not take into account the rible drains base ball and boating make up the vhysieal strength, One hundred and six boys have passed the examination for admission to the We: i academy. Forty-seven failed to p estimated that ninety per cent of who have just entered will graduate in 189 If they do the government will have a big surplus of military genius unless we happen to have a wav by that time. Subjects of the graduating essays in girls’ schools this year show that the old, endeared upon the secrets of the universe iven away to themes practical. At the commencement in the normal school the jeets thi r were, i i Superiol ching.” ligher Women,” “Woman’s Position,”” Heroism” and other topics of a similar nature. ‘The university of Illinois Is an industrial as well as a literary institution. It hasa long list of professors and instructors, many of them well known throughout the country for special achievement in special lines of work, The university, whie at Urbana, ., is growing constantly in numbers and in power. Its influence in making industrial life at college popular is felt very emphatic- ally throughout the reglon whence its stu- dents come. Minister—Do you bet on horse races, dea- con? Deacon—No, parson, [ bet on horses, Sunday bull fights have been added to the list of entertainments for visitors at Los An- geles, Cal. Mark Twain passes the contribution box at the church in Hartford which he attends. 1t's a neat way to get out of chipping in. Some man who would invent a new swear- ing word that would be as expressive and of- fective as the old favorites, and at the same would not be wicked, would surely fill a time long felt want. Tp at Grand Rapids, Mich., the spirits are coming back ana whistling duets at every seance. That sort of thing ought to end at the grave. Duet whistlers, it has generally been believed, sutfer annihilation. The deacon’s wife wanted to jot down the text, and_leaning over her scapegrace nep- hew, she whispered: “Have you any cards abont you?” *‘vou can't play in ehurch,” was the solemn, réproving dhswer, and the good :\‘munn was 50 flustrated that she forgot her ext. A man who knelt down in Broadway, New York, and prayed God to “save New York from the k:rlmrlnns was arrested on sus- picious of being insane, Ltis not surprising that the New Yorl authorities lhuunl eon- sider that man insane who supposed that any ower in existence eould save New York rom the politicians, John Siayback, whe superintends a Meth- odist Sunday school'tn New York, is cred- ited with having made over $200,000 as one of the recent bear skirmirshers, He sold 10,000 shares of New York & New England railroad stock short at 60 and 61, and “cov- ered” at an average of 52 making over 850,000 on that one gamble. Slayback is chiet of that bear contingent labeled by a “""i Hebrew operator “The Christians at ork."” —_— Imperfect digestion and assimilation roduce disordered conditions of the sys- em which grow and ‘are confirmed by neglect. Dr.J. H. McLean's Stregthen- ing Cordial and Blood Puritier by its tonic properties cures indigestion ‘and gives tone to the stomach, THE HIGH-BOUNDING BRONCHO., Dakota Bell, ‘Lhere was '_I young tnan who came out to the ‘wesl Came out from the east that Is shop worn and busted— And 'x':.nuch there occurred that troubled his But chiefest of these was the broncho he trusted | For that br;mcho he bucked,and that broncho @ tore, He llp‘ned up behind and he reared up be- ore— ‘This self-rising broncho, this rip-snorting oncho, This broncho which made the young man 80 disgusted | lie mounted the critter to take a short ride’ And tried %o start off with a Central Park trot, Hulnfltl{r‘fincho had cussedness stored in his b And mentally whispered he guessed he would not. Thun,he crooked up his back with a terrible hump, Got uT m\,ms hind legs and proceeded to ump— And ti ll“ young man shot through the atmos- phere— Away toward the firmament calm and clear, Far up among the stars so |I|1h‘ That mighty wheel athwart the sky; Up from this world of doubt and care, Up from where bronchos pitch tear— This high-flying young man, this sky- seraping young man, This young man who mounted the broncho which seemed hung in the air, rorsiede="fie HONEY FOR THE LADIE! Bustles grow smaller. Lustrous light weight mohairs are azain used for traveling dresses. Very small ornamental-headed pins are much used for dress purposes. ‘The belted blouse waist is tho style for wash frocks in this midsummer weather. Detachable collars and cuffs of velvet and velveteen are worn with wash froeks. Two sets of velvet collars and cuffs can be worn with any number of wash frocks. Twenty American women haye pictures on exhibition at the Paris Salon this season. "The immense variety in parasols is one of lllm prettiest features ot this season’s fash- ons. White dress fabries of all kinds, but es- peeially white wash goods, are in demand just now. The favorite pin and brooch of the Parisian ‘woman is ornamentea with one or several dogs’ heads. A frock of brick-red and white stripes worn on a hot day in Juty looks as if swearing at its wearer. Kven the gauntlets of long gloves are do t ted and barred in some cases to mateh the toilet this season. Smali bonnets and tiny togues and turbans and very Iarge Directoire hats are the favor- ites Ilinery this season. Two colors that actually swear at each other when worn in the same toilet in this hot weather are heliotrope and red. An Ohlo girl claims to have gone three weeks without eating anything, 8he prob- ably doesn’t eall ice-cream anything. ‘The Parisian safety pin for dressv pur- poses has pearls, crystal, amber, coral and other beads strung on its connecting wire, Prevalent extravagance, if notnonsense, is shown in the newest tennis racquets, which have the handles inlaid with pearl, silver and gold. ‘The doz’s head, and especially the pug, is the favorite decoration in boudoir brie-a-brac and dress accessories at the moment in Paris. Ornamental lamps, made entirely of elass, and mounted on a s d of imitation marble, are seen and appropriately referred to as the Jatest thing out. Some Washington ladies have introduced the fashion ot wearing rines on their thumbs, and each, ot ecourse, thinks herself thumbody in consequen A new size in fashionable note paper and envelopes is perfectly square, of an unusu- ally heavy quality, and the note sheet does not require a fold. Mrs. Shaw, an 1ndiana woman, is making afortune out of a dust-pan. She' thought as sho worked, and her bright idea is turning into bright dollars. Accordinz to the senson, puz or poodle dozs, wearingsilver collars ana foot orna- ments, are the “invariable companions of grand Parisian ladies.” Larce artificial butterflies, made of gauze of feathers and tinsel, withtiny jeweled eyes and penciled wi are pretty worn in the hair on dressy oceasions. Large flats of lace, white and cream col- ored, made up of lace flounces over white millinet frames, make the coolest and most becoming of all summer hats. A Philadelphia firm makes a practico of giving an excellent lnce cap, trimmed with lavendor ribbons; on which are embroidered the words, “One- Hundred Years,” to each woman in the state who lives to celebrate her 100th birthday. ‘T'he last recinient of the cap was M \lmiy !Ih'um'r. of Derry, who was 7, 178 Tis3.” saida lovesick swain, if Twere i:ht star, how brightly would I shine for you.” “What a pity,” "she said musingly, “that you can’t shine here. He went out directly, Mise Maud Naftel has just been elected a member of the Royal Society Painters i Water Colors, She had several pictures in the present exhibition of the Society of Lady Artists in London. Tt is the fashion now for society women to dabble in literature. Mrs. Potter Palmer is the latest recruit to the ranks. She read a Some of the Tendeneies of Mod- at the lastmeeting of the Chicago Friday elnb. ‘There is an old lady in Georgia who wil never send one of her danghters to Vassar colleze. “What with their coats, av’ vests, an’ jockey hats,” sha savs, “women is nigh enoueh like men now, thout makin’ bache- lors of 'em.” Young man (to messenger hoy)—What did the young lady say when you gave her the flowers? ~ Messenger She asked the younz feller who was sittin’ on the poreh with her 1f he didn’t want some for a button- hole bouquet, A New York girl has given a jeweler an order for a silver belt in links. “Instead of Roman medallions on thelinked plates, how- ever, she wants the features of some of*her }‘nlmu male friends cut in bas-relief. and has urnished the photographs. An experienced camper-out advices as la- dies’ costumes for camp lite, short flannel dresses, with warm jackets, heavy broad-brimmed hats, rubver circul and shoes, bathing dresses, shoe-ba and flannel wrappers to sleep in. There is quite an_effort to popularize leg- of-mutton and _bishops’ sleeves, but the ight coat sleeve, in one or another form, holds, holds its place among fashionable and unfashionable people, but now-a-days it is not tight, but loose above the elbow, ‘The St. Paul Globe relates that two girls who roomed together in that city quarreled, and during the nieht one of them got up while her companion slept and with a pair of scissors cli‘wfi(l all the hair from the head of the other girl. It was a mean piece of re- venge. Says the New York Tribune: So many ladies now want to ride on the outside seats of the Fifth avenue stages on pleasant even- ings that it 18 impossible to accommodate them all. Many of the ladies who are for- tunate enough to secure the coveted seats ride up and down the avenue two or three times, much to the dis:ust of others who are waiting along the line for a vacant seat. The company have ?’;m\ ided a ladder for the ac- commodation of ladies at Fifty-ninth street and at Ninth street, but many of the ladies scorn to use them, preferring to mount just like men, aided, of course, by their escorts. RELIGIOUS, Spurgeon is only fifty-three. He has had a world wide fame since he was thirty, Six bundred Baptist preacheis in Eng- land refused to sign the total abstinence pledge. ] The colony of New Enclanders who have ust founded New Enzland City, Dakota, ave begun well by providing that religious services be held ever Sunday. The Wesleyan Misslonary sotlety has been in existepce for 100 ‘vears. When Queen Victoria. ascended the throne iifty ¥blru ago, it had fifty-one missionaries in oreign lands: now It has 824, Then it had fifty-one Sunday school teachers and local preachers: now it has 8,651, The fiftieth anniversary commemorating the first introduction of ‘the services of the Protestant Episcopal chureh in Iowa will be celebrated in Trinity parish, Davenport, 1a., July 16 The Rev. Dr. Louderback, as the oldest living rector of Trinity ohurch, will by Invitation preach the sermon on that oc- casion, Winnipeg give the lle to the saying that there is no Sabbath west of Chicay ' The streets aro emm{Q and the churches rull. There 13 said to be church accommodation for 15,000 in A population of 23,000, and it is utilized. There is no street car {raflic, all places of business are closed, and the people njoy one day of true rest. ‘There arrived in San Franclsco n few days ago from Japan a tall, aristocratic woman clad in black flowing robes bound at the waist by & broad leather belt. She proved to be Sister Olza, a missionary of the Greek church in Javan. She is the i‘n\ml«x! Olga Pontating. member of a noble Russian family. Some years ago she was in attend. ance on the czarina ussia, but tinally en- tered a religious order. She Is in poor health and is now on her way to St. Peters- burg. The congregational society of the Pacifie coast employs twenty-\wo American teachers and eleven Chinese assistants. 1t has five schools in San Francisco and fourteen els 7 t year the pupils numbered 1, Chinese converted in these schools join the Congregational Association of Christian Chinese, the conditions of membershiv being the same s to a church, ‘The association has 420 members, 117 being also members of churches, $1,057.15, Sunday. October 2, will be tha thirty-fifth anniversary of the foundation of St. Ann’s church for deaf mutes, in New York. In speaking of this event' Dr. Gallaudet, tha rector, says: “It was the first church in Christendom to undertake systematic pastor- fal work among deaf mutes. With its free seats and frequent services on Sundays and week days, and with its special sign service for deat mutes, it has ministered to a large number of people. ays A correspondent of The Philadelphia Record: “I'have been spending some days at Nazareth, Penn., where the Moravians colonized under the' lead of Count Zinzen- dorf as far back as 1741, and I have been amazed at the patient zeal and self-denying 1abors of the ploneers of that day. The old iphrata house (whose foundations Georze Whitetield laid) built in 174142, is as strong as when first erected, and looks as if it might have been built "last year, and Count Zinzendorf’s “castle,” erected in 1755-57, is sUll an imposing edifice, and its massive beams and walls bid fair to last conturies. The beautful, thrifty village of Nazareth seems still to be pemeated with the spirit of its found and a more charming spot for mimner rest could not be found. for- still shade its streets; the ‘Sisters’ et faces a maidenly row of poplars; the pines and beeches keep guard over the quiet cemetery grounds, in whicn the dend repose under the plainest of burlal stones; the trombonists still continue to lead the funeral processions, and the only modern innovation seems to be the battalion of gray- uniformed cadets of Nazareth hall, the sehool whicli the Moravians have conducted with 80 much conseientious care for more than a century, and among whose pupils my own son Is enrolled. It has always seemed to me stranze that no rieh man has arisen_to endow Nazareth hall (whnich wave the union army five generals during the late war and contributed three to the confederate side) orthe Girls’ school and Moravian college and ‘Theological seminary at Bethlehem. These institutions have sent out many thonsands of educated men and women during the century that has passed since they were founded, but the property they owned has been earned by them, and in the matter of benefactions the world has passed them by,” —— MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Last year its contributions were Aimee, it is said, will stick to burlesque next year. Charles Cophlan will remain with Langtry next season, Mrs. D. P, Powers will ancisco next March. Augustin Daly will open his next London season with “The Taming of the Shrew.” Patti is now having her jubilee In London, 1t 18 paying even better than the queen’s. Lawrence Barrett, since the close of his prosperous season, has been resting at his country seat at Cohasset, Mass. an violinist, Hettie Car- penter, uses h was a gift to the young vrodigy from Emperor William. Miss Marguerite Hall, ot Boston, has been d with mueh favor in London musical and her singing has been highly commended by her audiences, Mme. Nilsson has been presented to her young countrywoman, Mlle. Sigrid Arnold- sen, of the Drury Lane opera troupe, in whom she predicts another Nilsson. Henry Irving, in recoznition of Miss Ellen Terry’s success in the “Amber Heart,” pre- sented her with the play, which he had bought trom the author, Mr. Calmour. Adolf Neuendorff will superintend the early production at Berlin ot his opera, “Prince Waldweister,” which had two weeks of prosperity at the Thalia theatre a month o 50 AZO. The Liederkran; Mrs. be seen in San Social and Musical club, of A York. has o 500 members, and a new club nouse that cost, furnished, more than $500,000. The initiation fee is $25, and the annual dues $80, Margaret Mather's next season August 25, a Rochester, N. Y. Paulaing, Milnes Levick, 0’Kane Hills, Jeannet Ilarold, and Mrs, Smith, are among ! engagements for her support, “Thisbe, a tragedy by Alexander Dumas pere, will be added to her repertoire. Miss Clara Louise Kellogz is in Europe. She will sojourn for a brief time in London and Paris. " ‘I'nen she goes to Carslbad, th Suropean mecea where wearied Singers re cuperate In - summer, She will be absen about three months, and on her return make a coucert tour through the west. The owner of the New York academy of music is about to make some important provements in that place of amusement. I'he 0x and middle tiers will be rearranged and fitted with comfortable chairs like those in the parquet. In those circles there are 204 seats, but when the change shall have been made there will be 425, The work will be begun next Tuesday. 1.. C. Hensley, of Conyers, bearing the date of ecly, of Ashville, Aln. the inscription : opens Frederick Antonious warious Cremounentis Faciebat, Anno . ‘The violin is still in excellent condi- n and has a good tone. Mr. Willlam ght, living in Crawfor ove, northwest of Ashyville, is said to have a violin in good condition made in 1714 Mlle, Florence Me ist and composes in szt of the Future,” attracts -Meyer, @ young plan- Paris, is ‘called “the Her brilliant P]l\‘lln( at audiences. — Although very young sl Iready favorably kuown as a cowposer, having published several succ ful works for the voice and piano. ~She is now engaged on an opera, which is to be pro- duced next year at the Royal Opera house in Berlin, and ot which she has written the text as well as the music. ‘The manager of the new Warder Grand opera house, Kansas City, “in order to offer theater-£oers an opportunity todo away with the nuisance of being compelled to stand in line for hours at a time when big attractions are playing,” has prepared for sale 100 coupon ach one containing 200 tickets, These s'will be sold for 8200, or at the rate of 81 per coupon. The ticket will be good for all attractions, no matter what may be the price for the particular oceasion,” How the coupon holder is to xet a seat is not stated. At the National Music Teachers’ agsocia- tion meeting held at Indianapolis this week, a notable feature of the programme the first night was the prominence given to Ame can music, both in the concerts and the d cussions. ‘The composers whose work fur- nished the selections were Arthur Foote, F. 0. Dulcken. F. Van der Strucken, H.' . Huss, J. R. Paine, Otto Singer and Dudley Buck. The vocalists were Mrs. Emmn Thursby, of Brooklyn; Mrs. Hattie J. Clap- per and’ Mr. William Courtney, of New York, and G, Gottschalk, of Clicago, The junklst was William ., Sherwood, of New ork, It has been authoritatively announced that all ereditors of the National Opera company will be paid dollar for dollar, and that the company will be in the amusement field next season; in fact, several contracts have al- ready practically been closed, Thomas held a conference with Mr, ence and Mrs. Thurber last week, and the future plans of the corporation were fully discussed. A satisfactory arrangement was made with bim anc he will be retained as musical conductor. Mr. Ludwig and other principals have been re-engaged, together with choristers and thirty odd members of the ballet. Those who have backed the great enterprise financially are satisfied with the artistic success of the venture, but are disappointed in the result from a business view. Not less than $500,000 fnas been put up to keep the company atloat, and the receipts have fallen below that, or at any rate there Is every indication_that they bave. The deficit is not far from $150,000, 50 faras known at the present time. ‘Ihe ac- counts are in such a muddied condition that it will take weeks to find out just what the stockbolders will be required to supply. ~—=HILL & HOWE & KERR, FURNITURL 1640 DOUGLAS STREET, ( Op posite Falconer’s.) YOUNG=— 1213 Farnam Street. FURNITURE, CARPETS, STOVHS House Furnishing Goods. - = R gl GOODS SOLD ON CREDIT AT CASH PRICES AT THE OPLES' INSTALLMENT HOUSE. The Most Liberal Credit House in Omaha. 613 N. 16th St., Beiween California and Webster, Come and make your own terms. Open evenings until 9 o’clock. No connec= tion with any other house in the city. Goods, of every description, We Keep a full line of Household ROS»»EN?HAL{ & qo,, 717’ro!)rietors. RILEY & McMAHON, Real Fstate and Loan Brokers, 310 South Fifteenth Street. 109 feet on Harney st., $4 1,000, Lotin Cleveland Pluce, $1,000. Lot cor. 15th and Cuming, 16,009, Acre in West Omaha, $7,000. A Pootical Appeal to Tenderfeet. Dakota Bell. Don’t prate about our cyclones, our bliz- zards and our storms; don’t weary us with chestnuts on the way our wind porforms; these yarns were long ago called in—it's vo had our due—it's time to drop these fairy tales and give us something Come out and get acquainted; don’t stay at home and pout: we only ask inspection to remove all honest dount; we ha attle by the thousand ahd corn and hay galore: we c:lm teed the half of Europe und still have plen Just come and see our wheat erop, our No. 1 hard red; of all the favored western states its place is at the head—our famous cattlo ranches, too, the highest praise command, and nowhere on this continent is better grazing land, With building stone for churches, for schools and business blocks; with mines of gold and gypsum and silver-bearing rocks; with growing, thriving cities that are marvels ot the plaini; with sturdy we. tern rustlers full of muscle, grit and brain, To our educational system we can point with honest pride; graded schools and col lege buildings meet the eye on every sides churches rise as if by magie, and cultured homes appear, where once the humble shanty housed the sturdy pioneer. B PEPPERMINT DROPS, The plumber’s bill now subsides for the mosquito’s bill, The balance of trade often gives the purchaser only about fourteen ounces to the pound. 1s there a marty In hist'ry’s nful annals With him whose wife still makes him wear Hlis heavy winter flannels? 1t is not justice to putone lawyer on the bench at a small salary, and allow other law- s to talk him to death and collect large }ce for doing it. An inquiring man thrust his fincers into a horse’s mouth to see how many teeth it had, and the horse closed its mouth to see how many fingers the man had. ‘The curiosity of each was tully satislied. A German photographer has succeeded in catching a bullet in'its flight, butas he caught itin his leg science won’t be boosted ahead any distance to speak of., & Tolift the hat with ease and gracels con- sidered an accomplishiment. Certain board- ing houses want to catch the fellow who lifts half a dozen hats at a time whenever the hall door 1s left unlocked “\What's the matter with your eyes, Joe?" “Been shifting ashes, Bill. The wind’s against me, no matter how 1 turn.” *[ never got ashes in my eyes. Joe” ‘“How do you avoid it?” ““L'let my wife sift them.” A coroner's jury, at the inquest of a man killed while walking on a double track rail- road, brought in a verdict of “accidental death: deceased being cross-eyed, was un- able to tell on which track the train was com- ing.” One of the employes of the Atlanta street car stables does quite o business in cat cul- ture. Iisfeline nurscry consists of box with slatted sides. ~ The | been frequently annoyed by what the box contained, of asking questions he lin ard on the box with the followlng leg Iarge letters: *“This is cats. A murderer in jail at Memphis, Tenn., was permitted by the jailer toattend a pienie in one of the suburbs of the city a few escorted by a guard of one man. ‘| oner had a fine tine, and the moral ef his presence amonz the innoeent seckers was perhiaps not mnsh worse than if ad remained in his cell and been over with floral gifts from admiring Murder is getting to be too " in this country anyliow. —~— SINGULARITIES, A Roscommon eounty (Michigan) farmer owns a rooster that ehims with a big biack snake. The two hunt together for food assist each other in and insects being their partic; ¥ the fowl doing most of the hard worle, W ever he runs across a particularly fine fat frog, he will strut about ft, ruffie his feat and cluck in order to eall 'his sinuous fx T. 1. Mitaiue, proprietor of the Moore who can ‘ln‘r 5501988, 15th st., $ 1,700 452150 Saunders st., $1,200, Acre in We Omaha, §10,000. 44 feet on Farnam st., #50,000. house at North Branch, Mich., has a dog that Koes up stairs and rings at every door along the ball, and should some drowsy guest tal to reply he bangs the bell against the door arks until he gets a response, At noon the bell through the village to notify rders that it is time to eat, and when- ever he comes across a boarder he will not se ringing until he hears the ** urk,” for which he 18 waiting, also does much of the marketing.j The following first-class fish stor in a recent letter to ‘The Jacksonvillo News: Not long since the sloop which earrles the mail between this place and Apalachacola was capsized ina squalland sank in twelve feet of water. ‘The crew got safely to shore. The next day another sloop and schooner went out to raise the craft. A huge shark idently in possession, and 1t yas sable to first dispense with his company. A shark hook was baited, and after a half-hour’s coaxing he took the balt | and hook and was hauled on deck. On cutting him open it was evident that he been in the cabin ot the sloop, as they found three eanvassed hamw and the leather mail pouch, all of which were saved in good order. one pair of new shoes, | One of the celebrities at the Dickertown, | 8 July 4, was the horse Rostless, yk's Hambletonian, foaled in . He went into tho war in 1561 at the head of the Fifteenth Now Jersey, carryll Colonel Fowler on his back. Restiess se) at the post of duty in more than thirty battles and skirmishes, including the bioody e ts at Fredericksburg, Winchester and Gettysburg, and he the scar of a wound received in the I named battle, The veteran war horse Was RAgO- the Wilderness, hunumhl{ retired from all labor three years | 5 ago Into Tree quarters on the farm of his owns er, the Rev. A, D. Haines, near Hamburg, { his thirtieth year. ~'The horse is nof thy and spirited and bids fair to live. cral years long e ——— A dnst Judge, Arkansaw Traveler: Justice (to proses cuting witness)—*'Now state your case a8 briefly as you can.” Prosecuting Witness 1 will, your honor. I'm & stationer, and this morn~ ing this man came into my house and says: “*Have you any black mk?” “* Yes,' I replied. “uJot black?’ “Yog *CWall it turn: black after awhile, or will it write black at once?’ **‘Writes black at once ‘Jet black? ‘Yes. ““‘You are a har,” and with that, your honor, he turned to walk out and when I put. my hund on him gonn'y, intending to ask for an explanation of his curious con- duct, he wheeled around and knocked me down.” Justice - *“T'his is a rather intercsting casi You are a ioner, eh?” rosecuting Witness— i’us, A yAnd have” you really got ' any black ink?" ustice (after a moment are o liar, A suag has alr been encountered in the Protestant Episcopal eathedral ens terprise, which was 8o promisingly floated. It does not amount to a disaster. but it is, nevertheless, a damage. Bishop Potter has a_ Burchard in the per= son of Reetor Morgan, of the very rieh ] E i fashionable Church of the Heavenly | e, The sull greater wcclebration of Queen est, in Fifth I'rinity chure Victoria, Mor, His principal point was that a memoris al window had been devised for the pros ted eathedral, and that in the colored giass Vietorin was goiug to be extolled und gloritied, Now, no queen, however aminble, can be greatly venerated in the city of New York, and already the cans vassers for contributions to the cathedral fund are wanting to know if a Viotoris window can possibly be a feature of the structure. Itis understood that Bishey Potter has assurcd several persons tha no such thing is likely,