Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 4, 1887, Page 12

i Bl AT T i T e THE OMAHA DAIL From Darkness to Light! The Silver Moon shining out from the widows of heaven, gives light, hope and joy to a world in darkness. So do the astounding revelations, conmendations, te4timonials, praises sworn evidence, happy results, speedy and permanent cures performed by the The above cut is a good representa- téon of the genuwine Carbolic Smoke Ball, with our patent Smoke Emiét= ter or Liberator attached. famous Carbolic Smoke Ball OTER CL.AINMS: Cures .Are Permeanent. CATARRH—Cured in three months; warrsnted. be taken in chronic cases. The *Dobellator’’ should also ASTHMA—Cared in nearly enr‘{ oase; relieved in five minutes, but the ‘‘Debel- lator Package'" must be taken with HAY FEVER—A oure e “Smoke Ball." uaranteed if taken in time. No symptoms of the dis. onse returning. The ‘‘Debellator Package'' must be taken in conneetion with the “'Smoke Ball. BRONCHITIS—Cured used with the “Smoke Ball. in every case; warranted. The ‘‘Debellator’ should be " DEAFNESS—Cured in from three to six months if the drums of the ears are not destroyed. Hot salt water used 1n connection with special instructions. EYES —Granulated lids, weakness of the optic nerves, ete., cured in four to six weehs. Relioved in five minutes. CROUP—Reheved in three minutes, and cured in twenty-four hours. ULCERATION OF THE LUNGS—Relieved in five minutes, and cured in one week. The ‘‘Debellator Package'' niust be used in addition to **Smoke Ball, NEURALGIA—Cured after the third dose, and it yill not return if the remedy is oceasionally used. SNORING—Three doses each night, before retiring, cures this trouble, e DIPHTHERIA—*'Carbolic Smoke'’ destroys the germ of this disease, and shoald be given as a preventive. COLD IN THE HEAD—Cured in fifteen minutes. COLD ON THE CHEST--Cured in twelve hours. “DEBELL.ATOR.” A companion to the famous ““Carnolic Smoke Ball'’ in the successful treatment of Catarrh, Asthma, Hay Fever, Bronchitis and Ulceration of the Lungs. Also an infallible compound for Liver, Spleen, Kidneys, Bladder, Malana, Jaundice, Dys- pepma, Piles, Moth Patches, Complexion, Suppressed Menses, etc No houschold should be without these infallible remedies. WA RINIITCG. The price of the Carbolic Smoke Ball 1s $2.00. It has never been less than tlis price, and we warn the public against any and all Smoke Balls which are offered them for less than $3.00. There is only one Carbolic Smoke Ball manufactured in the United States, viz: at Indianapolis, Indiana. Insist upon getting this Ball and sccept no other. ASTAMA. 16 Years Standing, Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. I' have suffered with asthmas sixteen years. Many times my life was despaired of. Physicians in Kaston, Pa., "em,!l Jity, N, J., and in Philadelphia troate me, and, 1n fact, spent hundreds of dol- 1srs; found no relief. 1 have used your medicime for over two months; have not had an attack, and fcel permanently oured. You have my sincere thunks for whint your Smoke Ball and Debellator done for me. PuiLLie C. Korp, 4351 North 20th street, St. Louis, Mo. Sworn to before me this Tth day of &Drunrg, 1887, A. A. PAYSON otary Public, 8t. Louis, Mo. AN AFFIDAVY Catarrh of 5 Years Standing Cured. OMAHA, Neb., May 11, 188; Carbolic Smoke Ball Company—Gen- tlemen: I have been a constant sufferer from catarrh for the last five {nm I bave tried many remedies that claimed s sure cure, but received no benefit from any of them. My head at times wounld become so stopped up with mucous mat- ter that it was impossiblo to breathe through my nostrils. My sleep was also broken by chok‘n:fi sensations caused by the dropping of the mucous matter into the throat. I first received a free test of your Smoke Ball some three months ago, and was surprised to find that it cleared my head in a few minutes and gave won- derful relief. I then purchased a ball, which I have been using since, and can now say I AM ENTIRELY CURED. I sleep well at night, have a good appetite aud feel like a new man. Yours truly, NEwWTON HALL, With Omaba Republican. Subscribed in my presence and sworn 0 before me this 1ith day of May, 1887. W. W. KEYsor, Notary Public. A PROMINENT CITIZEN RECOMMENDS THE SMOKE BALL. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company—Gon- tlemen: I have used your Carbolic Smoke Ball for catarrh and throat troubles, and can recommend it as a pleasant and effective remedy. It is a sensible way of treating diseases of the head and throat. Yours truly, S. A. OrcuaArp, Wholesale and Retail Carpets, Cor. 15th and Farnam streets. . HAY FEVER. A DISEASE TTIAT HAS BAFFLED THE SKILL OF THE BEST PHYSICIANS CURED BY THE USE OF CARBOLIC SMOKE BALL, OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 1, 1887. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company—Gen- tlemen: This is to certify that your Car- Smoke Ball has cured me of Hay a disease that has annually at- acked me for the last three yoars. The attack generally came on ahout the first of August, but this season it came about the 35th of July, and seemed to be moro ssvere than ever. Breathing through my nostrils was almostimpossible, as the masul passages appeared to be entirely %fld. My eyes were also badly - ed, and my’ iunenl health much im- d. A friend advised me to try the o Ball, and I immediately " pro- eured one and commenced using it. The first application gave me relief, and in than a week all symptoms of the had disappeared. Yours truly, CHas. F. PoTTER, Supt. Mo. Valley Sand & Gravel Co., rd of Trade Building. The only relief received was from hypo- dermic ‘“1!50“0"' of morphine—the Ball cured him. Read: INDIANAPOLIS, May 13, 1887, Having been a sufferer for more than Our Office Parlors ° honestly and truthfully THAT | thi i wwelve years with that terrible disease, Asthma, which incapacitated me fi business, and causing much of the tim untold suffering, I h: cians and many remedies from special ists. Some of them gave me momentary relef, but soon it returned with more virolence than ever. 1 finally had to re- sort to merphine by hypodermic injec- tions so as to get some rest while under its influence. My breast and arms are all scarred over from these injections, and I-was completely discouraged. See- ing a circular from the Carbolic Smoke Ball oftice, I ealled in to see what new “humbug” it was, and thougnt I would bluff them by requiring a guarantee, and at the same time mnhnfinn offer of $1'00 for a cure. They kind informed me that they could cure me for $3 as well as $100, and offered a free test, which gave me relief. Yet 1 was not satisfied, but called several times, and bought a Ball and Debetlator; commenced using them according to directions. This was in September, 1986, At that time, while under treatment, [ was engaged 1n shlr- ping horses to Buffalo, and was greatly exposed at night, but kept using the Smoke Ball; continued to improve, and in November I was a cured man; and last winter I worked in the steam, heat and cold, and have had no symptoms of a return of the disease, and I certain} feel grateful to the Carbolic Smoke Bail for this miraculous restoration to health. Jas. L. KyTE, 200 Blake St. bscribed and sworn to before me 19th day of May, 1887. [Seal} B. F. WrrT, Notary Publi Croup, Whooping Cough, etc.—Whoop- ing (}oughb mfi in 8‘z ours. OmAHA, Nob,, April 33, 1887, Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.—Gentiemen: Some time lso induced me_to try your Smoke . At the timeI had a child suffering with a very bad whoopii oough. He could hardly lie down, as it bronght on strangulation from the {vl\lo‘m. and in his efforts to throw off his stringy phle; he was constantl, vomiting his food as fast as taken 1n. { made him inhale the smoke from the ball three times for a day, and inside of 48 hours broke the cough up. From the start the smoke altered the character of the secretions; they became loose and easily thrown off in the form of matter, and the child recovered fully in afew days. Since that I have used the Smoke Ball in my family for all ordinary colds, for which it gives stant rallc¥ and a speedy cure. Respectfully, &c., " D. B. BEEMER, Commussion Merchant, 801, 803, 805, 807, Howard. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 22d day of April, 1887, [Seal] W. W. Kevsor, Notary Public. A physician cures bis child of croup with Rlc Smoke Ball. P Carbolic Smoke Ball Co., Indianapolis, Ind.: My bttle child one night had a severe attack of croup. Iused the Car- bolic Smoke Ball, which I always keep in my house, and it relieved it in a few moments. It went to sleep and slept soundly. I have used it for many dis- eases, and from my own personal expe- rience I can recommend it as wonderful in its curative effects. N. P. Car M. D., Mapleton, Ind. SORE THROAT AND COLDS. OmAHA, Neb., Jan. 8, 1887, Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.—Gentlemen: I have nsed yonr Carbolic Smoke Ball for colds and sore throat and find it to be an infallible remedy for such troubles. Yours truly, = Dg. A. 8 BrLLiNGs, Southeast corner Dodge and 15th Sts, .my mouth, Each Ballis inclosed in an individ- ual box, covered with our registered jabel bearing note at hand. A Great dl‘unny Medicine — Headache Colds. and Cols OMAHA, Deb,. Dec. 27, 18886. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.—Gentlemen: Yeour valuable remedy, Carbolic Smoke, as applied through your Carbolic Smoke Ball, has been used in my family and has afforded immediate relief from head- ache, cold and catarrh. In fact, if prop- erly applied, I consider it a specifio for those con‘Plnlnu, and 1 believe it will cure any disease of the mucous mem- brane thal can be reached by inhalation. Yours truly, 3. C. Forpy, Trunk Manufacturer, 1406 Douglas St. WIHAT ONE SMOKE BALL ACCOMPLISHED IN A MONTH! Carbolic Smoke Ball Company—Gen- tleman: This 18 to certify that I have been troubled with catarrh for the last three {BII"- I have used many remedies bat failed to receive reliet from any o them. The disease continued to grow worse until it affected my voice very mueh, and also caused the breath to become very offensive. I have been using one of Jour Smoke Balls now for & month, and can_notice A DECIDED CHANGE IN MY CONDITION. M; throat has ceased to trouble me, my i:ea is perfectly clear, and 1 am satisfied that 1 can obtain a cure from yonr remedy. Yours tauly, PHILIP MILLER, Barber 111 South 15th Street. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 17th day of June A. . 1887. CHARLES L. THUMAS. Notary Public. A Remarkuble Cure. The Smoke Ball Saved Her Life. Mrs. C. A. Newman Cor, Cumings and 27th Sts. Omiaha Says: Carbolic Smoke Ball Co, Umaha, Neb. Gentlemen: 1 take pleasure in_ recom- mendi Yofl! remedy, the Carbolic Smoke Ball, for [ believe it has saved my life. I have been troubled for years with what was considered to_be an in- curable case of Catarrh. Have been under treatment of several well known physicians of Omaha, but could receive no relief from them. My condition con- tinued to grow worse, until at last the disease began to eat through the mem- branes of the nose and mouth, making breath very offensive and causing sev- eral pieces of decayed bone to come from I had given up all hopes of ever receiving a cure, but decided to try your remedy for a relief. I not only re- ceived relief, but am happy to state that Tam entirely cured, I have been using the remedy now for four months; m general health is much improved, and am satisfied that the Smoke Ball does all that you‘?lnlmalor “ifi o C | olly, "Mm. m NEWMAN, Res. Cor. 27th and Coming streets. LEAFNESS, W. L. Adams, Esq., Completely Cured of Catarrh and Deafness—Read: St. Louvis, Mo. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.—Gentlemen: Catarrh attacked me seven years ago. My symptoms were those which are usu- nlry characteristic of the disease, coupled with that of Deafness. My hearing was 80 impaired as to render it imponssible to hear any ordinary conversation. Thanks to your Carbolic Smoke Ball, my catarrh is cured, as well as my deafness. Ican hear the tickingof a watch. W. L. ApAMs, 7637 8. Water St. Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 18th day of May, 1887. WaLTER C. CARR, Notary Publie. ver 114 South 15th street, one door south of the Postoffice, areopen to the public from 8 a. m. to 8 p, M. A Free Test Is given all who will take the trouble to eall. Mail Orders reatment generally sufficient for a cure. The comple te treatment sent to any address on receipt of price $3, and 4 cents postage. Smoke Ball $2, Debellator $1. | Carbolic Smoke Ball Company Over 114 8. 15th St., (Creighton Block, Omaha, Neb.) FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. ‘from bemeath the One complete R A SORT OF HALF-WAY HOUSE b Between Earth and Paradise, Where Iowa Methouists Most Do Congregate, THECLEARLAKE CAMPMEETINGS A Splendid Place For Flirting—Happy Young Men and Bright-Eyed Beautiful Girls—A Popular Resort For Missourians. A Readabie and Raoy Letter. CLEAR LAxXE, Ia., August 31.—{Corre- spondence of the Bre.]~To the lowa Methodists, Clesr Lake is a sort of hialt- way house between earth and paradise— with this advantage in favor of the lake ~—that although you have to go through the disngreeable form of dying to reach the last named place, nothing more in human than a jaunt over the Chicago, Minneapolis & St. Paul railroad and its connecting lines, lier betwcen the Metho- dist’s earthly home and Clear Lake. It is easy to understand the Methodists' love for this_beautifal freak of nature. All lhron*h June and July that denomi- nation holds big camp-meetings on the northwest shore of the lake, where the enthusiastic follower of John Wesley can sing and shout and grow good twenty- four hours in the day, seven days in the woek, and four weeks in the month. Stern religion relax somawha! X daughters of tie chur and solemn Indeed, with as much gusto as their stiff-bearded fathers, when they are attending divine service in the pavillion, and the hand- somest young man mlg‘xt ogle his eyes out before he would receive a response lashes the charming worshippers at such a time. But the wicked correspondent, whose duty compels him to see every- thing, has en sadly shocked of late. And when the moon glistens on a million white-capped waves, these same protty, black-eyed Mothodists can be seen on the beach stydying lunar and stellar vhenomena (of which none are half so bright as their own dear eyes), reclining on the shoulders of the naughty young man who ogled them. And nevera word do they say, you may believe, when the young man's -tmn% arms embr— dear me, I really do hate to say the word—well, any way, it is the last thing people do when they becomea familiar with that frightful monster, Sin, about ich Pope writes so much. Handsome young Methodist ladies are the same the world over. The world sees them, and their eyes are on their prayer-books. But, you, gentle reader, you on whom the down has hardly yet appeared, you know that when the world does not seq them—only the moon and yourself, and the 1nvisible corkespondént—sne can look up into your eyes with a glance that {xou could not resist if you were a million mos as sirong, snd shys in a voice softer than the moonhght: ‘‘Why, how car I be your wife?"’' You haven’t asked me yet!"” "If all the 'suspender buttons you now owned or ever did own, should come off; it & million red ants should craw! up mside of your vesture and take a million distinct and 'sepatate mouthfuls from your none too corpulent body, if anything in fact, fairly teeming with satanic attributes, so. to" speak. should happen to vou.fioufloul not notice it. That dear little Methodist' girl has your heart, ana you are tbo happy to notice anything else. Pretty 'soon there is another Methodist home, and in the course of years a lot of little Methodists are climbing over your knees, or gomg to Clear lake and gntfinx married just ISID\I were. nd the correspondent was foronce cognizant of an approaching mnrrhaEe which he did not chronicle until the proper time. But just now Clear Lake 18 pretty well deserted. The musical jubilee, which winds up the summer meelings, was over long ago. Big-hearted Mr. Webster,who is seventy-two years old, and looks as if he had "been growing fat all the time since he was a good deal less than one minute old, runs the leading Methodist boarding house. His place is sadly de- serted, and the dinner bell which was wont -to call good Methodists to an eaually good dinner, is now silent. Only down ob the lake shore,where the wicked old sinners from Kansas City hold high revels, is there any life. Even the few Wwflondly inclined followers of ealey, who still remain in the cottages on the camp grounds, go about in an apologetic way, as 1f ng & universal pardon for remaining 10 the town. Next to its religious phase, the chief characteristics of transient society here, is 1ts exclusiveness. All society here m: be divided into two cliques, one being com Mothodists, the other of Kansas City people. Any one who is so unfortunate as to be born outside of the Methodist church or Kansas City will find ahsolutely no social privileges here. Everybody knows what Methodists are. We need not farther speak of them in this connection. There are very many, however, who are not so fortunate asto be acquainted with the denizens of Kan- sas City, and a few words concerning this second great clique in Clear Lake society m;y not be inappropriate. our or five years ago somo resident of that city of hogs and railroads and no north pole, wishing to escape the fiery tortures of an earthly shool, fled to Clear Lake. He became enamoured of the crystal water, the beautiful bays and beaches, and the en- circling fringe ot forest and white canvass. He told his friends at home how happy he was. The next year these same friends came in swarms. The rich- est one of them, a corpulent, good natured fellow by the name of W hittaker, g,urchlsed the leading hotel, the *Lake 1ew,”. and christened it the ‘‘Kansas City Viila.” This hotel is given up al- most entirely to THE MISQOURIANS, The outsider who enters the dining room and modestly asks for a place at the table is struck with the idea that he has accidentally stambled into an ice box, and hastily withdraws amid the withering glances of 200 /scornful eyes. A great deal of the land about the lake, which sells in places llong the lake front for $20 per front foot, is being bought by these Kansas City people, !vho are ereci- cottages. he ‘‘bon ton" society of Kansas Clotd. if indeed the term is nol paradoxical, does m}t eomia m:mr;mnllfin unfi olass of people who are. ly wel fioancially, and must exercise eocon- omy during their_vacation wanderings, who come here. The besi table boa here can be had for #5 a week, and a roomcan be had for a dollar more. There are handsome gottages. The most expensive one did mot cost over $1,600, and was built by four or five people i ‘I'here are no private exception of the one, of Council Bluffs w Pl y acres and the finest place on the lake, on the side oppo- site town. Row boats are let for only $3 a week, and all the lake crafts are owned the two firms. Prices of all commod are umeedh:glv low. Thus it is that the majority of those who cfmz.fmre :lf:hpoogh of lm:!‘:sd mu:s— clerks, sm: op-keepers, stenographers and the like. gome of the Methodists who come here are wealthy, but they come atrictly for the meetings, and ex- pend very litte mo! Newspaper men 0 the place, They find it difficult to exercise that reckless prodigality which is characteristic of them. They absolutely can find nothing on which to spend their money. Anether feature of the place is the en- L G R e T S A A R R RGN RV A2 000307~ A hotel in the town to accommodate runners and the regular traffio, 18 the only one within five miles of the lake, Kansas City villa and the Wehster house are only boarding houses, Thore are scores of coitages, ton times the number of tents, but no hotels as at Spirit Lake. Formerly there was a great railway between these two Iakes, So tbmnufi-ly did the Methodists and « peo- nsas City take possession of ake, that very few others came there, and éplm Lake now leads its for- | mer and exceeding beautiful rrval 1nfl- nitely in enterprise and the surround- ings that go to make an attractive sum- mer resort. Spirit Lake 18 now the great resort for Omaha people. The absence of style at Clear Lake is noticeable. A GENUINE DUDF, the first of the season, appeared on the veranda of the Kansas City villa recently. Hia white ethenial pants looked like in- fant balloons hung around bean les. His coat and vost were skin tight, whiié the tiniest possible hat lay en couchant onastll smaller hend.” A Methodist preacher, “who was unacquainted with the geography of the country,” having Just arrived, and had wandered by acci- dent into the Kansas City villa, stared at the sudden apparition in balloon pants and parachute feet, and almost fell into the lake, Then he smiled grimly, show- ing with but one or two vaoancies, afset of glittering teeth. “B; the ghost of the ‘umplnl John Wesley,”” he exclaimed, *4is that the sort of things our meetings produce?"’ and he took the first train for home dis- gusted. The boarders at the Villa rubbed their dirty top boots against the balloon trousers, accidentally of course, and then were profuse in apologies which did not serve to remove the stains, Girls jauntily swang their croquet mal- lots around wtth apparent carelessness, 80 a8 to knock the tiny hat from the tiny head. Of course they were so extremely sorry that the dude was “‘weally sawwy that they had deemed an apowlegy necessawy, you knaw,” but for all that his hat kept assuming more and more the appearance of & badly burned gri dle cake, Ha made his debut at 10 o’cloc at 11 o'clock he fled 1ncontinently to hi room. When lhe next appeared, so conrsely was he dressed the landlord mistook him for one of the roustabonts who have charge of the boats, and ina right royal way ordered him to_bail out the big fishing scow at the end of the pier. The poor fellow was so much frightened by the morning’s experienco that he meek! x obeyed. He was the first and last of the Clear Lake dudos. It is against the moral law of the place to wear ought but a flannel shirt, while socinl astracism follows tha man who dares wear trousers that cost more than two dollers and a quurter, We are speaking of masculine attire of course. FRANK BELLEW. It is needless to say that Frank Bellew of New York, has about completed ar- rangements to sgend his summers at Cloar lake. It will be remembered that Frank is the founder of a school whose ideas of masculine aitire are not those held by Oscar Wilde. At Clear lake he would find lots of sympathy in the mas- culine dress line. THE BOARDING HOUSE TABLES, Despite the low charges, the boarding houses here set an excellent table. One thing that strikes the boarder as being a trifle incongrous, is, the almost entire absenoe of fish as an article of diet at the boarding house. I agree with Euphenia, in Rudder Grange, that people who go fishmi are expected to oooasionally have something to do with fish. But eyidently the Clear Lake boarding house keepér does not think so. Only once, duringa week's stay. did we have fish at our table, although the boarders were almost con- stantly fishing with good succoss. CLEAR LAKE FISH are exceedingly delicate eating, and the daintiest epicure would find in them his ne plus ultra. They tell a story of a Chicago gourmand with a oultivated palate, who had heard ot the delicacies of Cleur Lake fish. Early in the summer he came here and stopped at the Kansas City Villa. As luck would have it, tish was served at his first meal. The deli- cate white and brown morsel placed be- fore him, floating in a little ocean of sauce, caused the water to run down thc corners of his mouth until the lake began to rise perceptibly. He tasted. There was something wrong ahout the flavor. He called the attention of the waiter to the fact that the fish tasted quite stale. That functionary stared at him in amaze. ment, “That can hardly be possible,” he said at length, ‘‘for they were uhip'gad from Chicago on‘{ three days ago." The epicure hastened back to his home by the I':I;:“ where at least he could get fish But 80 much is said and done at this beautiful place that if it were all re- corded I doubt whether all the news- gnvers in the world, not excepting the EE, would be able to hold the chroni- cles. As I finish, the mo:n is Imuzlnfi il}‘!i over Dodge's Point like a silver stu n the bosom of the sky, and in the per- fectly smooth surface of the lake a mock moon is reflected, elongated in the water till it spreads from shore to shore. The swoetest tenor voice 1 ever heard sing- LY 8 ‘‘WHITE WINGS" in a tone so full and clear that even a quartette of enthusiastic but somewhat husky bass voices are unable to mar the beautiful melody. From beneath a great brimmed straw hat comes the sweetest laugh in all the world, and I know that the angel who rooms just across the hall from me is out boating with that eat big yawp of a fellow from Kansas City— plague take him. How can she be happ; with him! And the intricacies of this vroblem are so great that I throw down my pen, and wonder that of a sudden the moon seems so much less bright, and that tenor voice sounds so much harsher. Waell, well! Even newspaper correspon- dents have hearts ke other peorla. and BEE correspondents are about like the rest of them, I guess. How can I throw my heart into this article, when it is away out in the center of the lake.in pos- session of the prettiest little woman in the world, and she only encumbered by its possession! Pshaw! If my love for BeE readers were not so much greater than any other affection of mine, I would feel badly over her indifference. A great big tear drop has oomrletely blotted out my name, and so I will close this screed with only the signature. S. T —_————— RELIGIOUS, The Friends of Engl: crease in membership Accordin| Testament of Moab. ‘The next_church con, uisville, Ky., from ctober. Father Riordon, of Castle Garden. is solic- Iting subscriptions to meet the constantly in- creasing wants of his Immigrant mission. ‘The Catholics of Buffalo claim their mem- bers at 90,000, out of a population of 250,000, or more than one-third the whole number. ‘The officers of the Plymouth chureh, Brook- Iyn, have not yet decided whether to make o call for a permanent pastor or for a tem- porary one. ‘The sixth annual Baptist congress will be held In Indianapolis, November 15 to 17. The first toplc will be “The Organic Union of Christendom,” Dr, De Costa, rector of the church of St John the Evangelist and leader of the White Cross army in this country, has started on a flylng visit to Europe. Rev. J. V. Schotield, D. D,, after many ears of service in St. Louis, leaves on Sep- {ember 1to accept the pastorate of the High street Baptist chureh, Des Moines. On the 21st of July the Methodist Mission- ary society laid the corner stone of the first Protestant theolozieal seminary to Mexico at Puebla, *“I'he City of the Angels.” The Cumberland Presbyterian now have 2,516 churches and a mewmbership of nearly d_report a slight in @ past year. to a London paper the New Arabicis in demand in the land will be held in @ 18th to the 2lstof one hundred and thousand, llcation house at Nashville, Teen., is cred- .y=r aclear profit of $3,150 for the past The African Methodist En:leoul church m‘m to celebrate the eentenary of its or- g:n zation on some date in November next, ter to be decided upon, the order of ex- ercises to be fixed by ench conference, quar- terly conference, and paator and churob. Aecording to officlal accounts it appear that during the last year 271 persons were received iuto the protestant munity in Berlin, of which number elgqht,v-elxm were Jews, whilo there were 109 secessionists flonrm sism, seven of whom embraced Judaism, The report of the board of Catholie Indlan missions shows that there ara thirty-live boarding schools and twenty day schools conducted under their supervision, the pupils of the former numbering 1,505 and at the lat- 0. The amount alloted to these schools %\M United States government was $102,- The new English church at Coganhn?en s 1o ba opened during the nn&'mnr ing visit of the Princo and Princess of Wales, who have taken a greas interest in it, and_contributed very largely te its adornmont. The interior 18 very ornate, und the reredos, font and pul- Pit, whieh are of terra cottsand Doulton Ware, are most artistic. A number of English hizh churchmen and Roman Catholies have arranged to set out on llfllfimlu’t to Lindisfarne, on the North- umbrian coast, to celebrate the twelfih cen- tury of the death of St. Cuthbert, the patron saint of the country. The pilgrims will travel barefooted for three miles over wet mmla:hu men leading and the women fol — SINGU LARITIES. Michlzan has a duck with four wings and one head. Last week a twenty-foot long shark was found high and dry on the beack at Savin ock, Conn. It {8 supposed to have been g}um ashore during the storm of the night fore. Jasper Caler, near Fabyan’s, Mass., has one of the rarest animals ever seen in the White mountains. It is & white _chuplne. s Db one, too, walgbing twenty-ive pounds, an fls\f’ 80 tame that it eats from its owner’s 2 A foolish woman at Niagara Fall: ted, in spite ot the objections of attendants, on taking her threo-months-old ehild through the Cave of thy Winds, When she came out the child was dead, having been suffocated by the spray. W. H. Thomas, of Grand Rapids, has two fm' curlosities In hishonse. In fraveling hrough his rye field he discovered a stalk of rye surmounted by two perfect ears. On Saturday Iast his wife presented him with triplets, all girls, the combined weight of which was ten pounds and ten ounces. The father, as well ‘as the mother and babies, is doing well. A natural curlosity has been discovered at Solothurn, Switzerland, the eentre of a larze watch manufacturing district, It is the nest of a wagtall, built wholly of long spiral steel nnnvl:lxn‘)wuh the least part of vegetable ot animal fibre used in its construction. The steel shavings are half a millimeter thick and about twelve centimeters long. The nest has been preserved In the museum ot natural nistory. A Virginia ontloman relates that while fishing r chubs the other day he saw a ter- 1 into a chub’s where the B deposited her spawn, when the male chub sighted the intruder, caught nim by the tail, backed out sbout six feet, and threw him (the terrapin) about twenty feet clear ot the water. This fact is vouched for by several gentlemen of repute who wit nleucd the summary bouncing of the terra- pin. An Ogdensburg newspaper says that some of the citizens of the Fourth ward of that town have for some time been annoyed by their cows coming home at night without the usual amount of milk. They watched their cows in the bopes of discovering the offender, and they were successful, for they saw a strange dog approach one of the cows and rub up against her legs. The cow put her foot back, when the dog sat upon his haunches and sucked her dry. He was as {-t as ascal from the milk ho had been tak- ng. A Conway (Mich.) roosterthat is equally well provided with physical and moral cour- age not onlv had the backbone to_elimb into a slek hen’s nest and finish her job of hatch- Ing out a batch of tifteen chicks,bus has since cared for them against all omers, including a biz and ravenous hawk. ~The bird came swooping down and had nlready seized ona of the chicks when the rooster discovered him. With a savage scream he sprang upon the hawk, seized his neck with msmufimned his spurs deep in his sides, and belabored him with his wings until help came and the hawk was dispatched. LoxG GROVE, la., Anfiust 31,—To the Ed- itor of the Bee: John Hardie, of Plymouth county, formerly of Scott county, Iowa, has a blind mare that last sprinz gave birth to a colt that Is almost as much dog as colt. The thing has neither mane nor fore top, has a tail exactly like a greyhound, lonf‘ slonder, and turning up at the end: has a full set of teeth like a dog and will eat meat. When told to do so, it will run_after and chase the calves and chickens just as a dog would, In other parts it appears %o be more colt than anything else, It is a very strance and wonderful fresk of nature. M. O. A strange bequest and & strange house- holdnrg 8ays the American Groce, was that which my friend’s father recoived trom his randmother. 1t wasa land turtle that she ad cared for and petted for forty years, It had the range of the house, answered to its name, Dan, would come after its food and eat out of hand. When ready to take his long winter sieep Dan would peck at the bureau, when his mistress would wrap him in flannels and tuck him away in a drawer, where he rewained dormant until spring, Dan lived tive years with the legatoe, and when he died “an allicator took its place. ‘The latter thrives and is as tenderly cared for as a pet canary or Scotch terrier would be Highland, N. Y., Aueust 27.—Living near this village is a family named Booth, all the members of which are blind. Two of the family, a brother and sister, are deaf as well asblind. Having been educated at an insti- tute for the blind they aic¢ highly accom- plished In mln{ ‘ways, particularly so in music, and one of the brothers, whobas a fine tenor voice, s an inimitable mimic. Young Booth while on his way to Poughkeepsie, on bofrd the ferryboat Doughty, the other day, was introduced by some of the passengers io ive his *‘thunder storm” selection. Thun- er storms have been of a daily occurrence of late here, and when the portentious rumbling sounds reached the captain’s ear—who, b[y the way, Is no beardless youth—he ran to his headquarters on the main deck to geta roll of canvas used for eovering a portion of th deck during a raln storm. When the captain staggered back under his heavy load, he was Rreeted by ut of laughter from the pas- sengers. e PEFPERMINT DROPS. The ordinary gambler isn’t mueh on decor- ative art, although it may be said that he is interested 1n ji pottery, The “‘swilleg schoolboy” is beginning to draw down the corners of his mouth atthe idea of going to school next week. Fireman, to foreman—Where shall I play the hose first? Foreman—Play it on the night watchman until you wake kim up. ® Mr. Jones of St, Pau I, Minnesota, has had thc‘a blood of a live lamb introduced into his veins. ‘The man who left home to spend the sum- mer with his family has just returned. The summer Is not yet spent, but his money is. An exchange asks the question how to revent the pollution of water. One of the Rou remedies known is to keep whisky out and drink it clear. ‘There is & man in Pittsburg named Whe- lan who lives on crude petroleum. Ile is the only rival the Standard Oil company has not yet crushed. A muzzled dog unuin{ Jdown the street, attracted the attention of a five year old, who observed, “*Gosh, mother, that "dog’s got his bustle ou the wrong end.” Although tobaceo has gone up, a five-cent cigar 18 still sold for a n ‘The relations between tobaceo and a five-cent clgar is not close enough to hurt either, 1t 18 probably untrue that Jay Gould clips off his coupons with his lawn mower. He keeps lis bonds_in a water main and his coupons float off into a tank. A little girl's father has & round bald spot. KI“'“‘? him at bedtime not long ago, she said: “Stoop down, popsy dear, I waut to Kiss the place where'the lining shows.” _ ‘The best imitation of the urm;z of the bobo- link is by the waliter girl when she says without taking breath: ~ “Liver steak-cold- roast - eold - corned - beef- egys-ham-lamb-and sausages.” - riry Phrenology was once quite a sciencs, bul in these days of swelled "heads, sore heads, dead beads. and Dlock heads, the phreacio- He Is now ripe for Wall street. d the pub- ’ [4 ist's powers have proved tmadeq necessities. F ‘I'he real estate craze in nln‘ bas even drlumnlh- Ia oy w: ting & preser Emu direction: “Take and the remainder {n one and two years, cured by mortaage.’ “Can you spare a trifle for a poor blin man?’ “Why, hang it, man, you look as | you could see first rate]” O, c«flllnl‘. amonly g In place of my blind nd’ who has no time for himself, as his daughtel is getting married -hy." i i In an advertisement by a railway compa; of some uncalled for goods, the letter I ad been dropped from the word Iawfal, and tread: ‘‘People to whom these packaves are directed are uested to come forwa snd pay the awful chiarges on l::o same. ¥ . Spurgeon says: A wild goose noeve In\;':':?:uw ege.” ,Y:o. it never does; but the ege will become tame, Mr. Hnur‘eom. if you keep It long enough, Tame? Insipid, sirg insipid. im ter that I8 will begin erow wild again; wilder than ever; so wild that its own " mother wouldu’t recognize it. She wouldn't want to;- she would want ta disown it as unfit for amy use save to attend un popu lar lectures. Pt HONEY FOR THE LADIES. New jackets are much bratded. Strings again appear on bounets. ‘The newest red 1s old rose. Corsages are still to be excoedingly varled. We are to have another season of checks ered wools. A buckle with a glove buttoner attached if anovelty, belin blue 1s the fashionable ceruliam this fall. Honlton lace wlll bo in highest fashion for bridal toilets. Dots, big and little, appear on some of the' new fall fabries. Bengalines come In soft, dull finish, with Iarge reps this season. i All shades of yellow are used to brighten the effect of dark fabrica. Diversity will be the prevailing charace teristie of autumn fashions. Jackats have close coat sleeves, with but- tons and buttonholes at the wris Next winter will be emphatically a “silk" as distinguished & ‘“‘woolen’* seaso! New hats in felt or beaver or hatter’s plustt come 1n all the new dark and light eolors. White wool costumes are the favorita ;remin the country for the month of Sep- T, Hairpins of massive gold, with & substan< tial gold ring dangling from the upper end, are made. Ashes of roses i3 revived among the mew wray tints and takes the name of Mal< MAISON Kray. The puffed sleeves have had their brief day. Straight sleeves will rule during the fall and winter. ‘The hideous fashion of rasse terre skirty seraping the street pavements in the back threatens to return, ‘The new felt bonnets are so_soft that tha fabric I8 made up in pleats over a frame just like plush or velvet, There is a very small smelling bottla shown, having agolden chain, by which it iy attached to tho bracelet. Zigzag stripes, bars and checks in vanish. ing effects appear on the new fough and wooly cloths for fall wear. favorite colors in stralght, upright s on round hats are old rose, bronze n, and almond shades. Pinking” will come in again with l}rlnd rush. It will be applied to & variety of ma- terials and all sorts of garmsnts. Blown glass beads and pearls are certain to be among the most fashionable of dress trimmiIngs during the fall and winter. ‘The tailor gown Lurulufned to its proper place this season, being the suit of norning, not afternoon wear. for utility, not oc- easions. ““Well, Mary, how do you like your new glmf" “Iean’t tell vet, positively; lynll mow the first day the ladies are all politgd ness liself.” Girdles of ropes of beads of passementerlé, and of seal and plush are to replace those of metal saddie girth and leather thathave beens worn this summer. Dressmakers who pleat and zather a quant- ity of stuff about the dress wearer’s licure arenot following the best models. Simplic~ ity will rule next winter., Homely Iady, seated in front, remarks mentally—Professional beauty is she? I wouldu’t stand there to be admired by the men, not for all the world. Double-breasted, loose-front jackets or coats are shown for rongh-weather wear. They are loose and comfortable, but set in wellto the figure in the back. Some of the women at Saratoga during the past season changed the colored ribbons shout their pug _dogs' neck twice a week. Life with them has lofty aims. A fashion writer says the next goneration or two of women will abolish corsets. They will have to, or the next generation of cor- sets or two will abolish women. Straight, upright feathers, mostly _the wing and tail quills of the domestie fowl, are considered the most stylish decoration for French and English round hats. In the same pew in a church at Des Moines sit each Sabbath day two women one of whom is the widow of four ministers, the other the widow of three ministers, New woolen black novelties have bars, dots, eorded, and plush and velvet effects on diagonal, rep, cashmere woven, chevron, herring bone. and diagonal grounds. ‘The day has come for rubies—the; popular. Brunettes and rubies will Jn the ascendant for this senson at least, Blondes must resign their lead temporanily. Mrs. Goff, of Pleasant Valley, Wis., who was elected town treasurer, has just secured her office in spite of vigorous olp sition on the part of the male office-hol J:;‘s of the town. Corsages are as long as ever, cut shorter on the hips. with longer points in front and narrower postilions on the back, narrower waistcoats, and fuller draperies and trim- mings on the bodice. In tailor made gowns smooth surfaced clothes will still be used for dressy suits, twa mardedly contrasting colors in one eostume, the lighter color for lower skirt and vess, the the darker for the basque and drapery. “What 1 dislike about the hotels,” fllll’ Miss Culture, “is their gregariousness,” “Well,” responded the Chicago maiden, rather’ bewildered, “those faney puddings never did azree with me either.” Housewife to new domestic—Thero is ong thing I wish tosay to you. ‘The last irl had & habit of coming Into the parlorand playing on the ‘nnnu whenever she felt like it. You never play the piano, do you? “No, mum. But Ol think Of cud learn wid a little show - in’ from you.” Boston seems to be the paradise for feiale gamblers. At one of the bueket shops pat- ronized by the fair sex over a hundred ladies canibe seen daily gesticulating wildly, witn cheer, sob or laugh, as the case may be, and occasionally also fainting—the last resort of lovely women. Short velvet jackets. made aftor the K us- sian fashion, ‘with silk facings and a pre- fusion of s , are among the fin. ported novelties, re ones made in the Austrian way, reaching only half wav to the waist, apd completed by ‘s full putfof silk, which also extends up the front to form a vest. Fashion in husbands chan, does in everything else. A spell azo he had tobe a co: nan to be au fait. Now it is necessary i to be a Mongolian In order to be in stvle. Soon the windows of Chi- nese laundries will be 8o darkened by tash- fonable girls in search of husbands that will be neecessary to light the gas 5o that work can &0 on. Very short mantles are to be worn this fall, e ially b)fyonnx ladies, and then there any of half lengths, the front tabs reaching as far as the knee. ‘I'ie long mantles are entirely ignored, and the backs are invariably made short and pleated. and slashed so as to set well over the extended tornures and bustles which are still die- tated as proper by Dame ¥ashion, The recklese, diotie lay of good clotnes and jewelry by tl new people’” who overrun the watering places has had its t, and has done a world of good in v. ‘The most fashionable woinen ssem ormed an informal alliance. Here- halt dozen eostumes will earry a well-bred woman through a the prominent resorts or the are ] same as it Lomdaded, He—"Then you love me? She—I do. Ho —And I may speak to your She—Nol Speak to ma. Pa ain’t anybody in thig house, Fihue e X A domestio difficuity in Parisian high life: Marquis—Aro you not the mother of my children, madam? Marchioness— Bome of them, sir,