Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 11, 1887, Page 9

o Shcuis § S ’ : o y " THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SU PIEMBER 11. 1887.—~TWELVE P . —== GOING OUT OF B % Tdaf 7 AGES NDAY USINESS =— ‘ To Retire from the Business. WILL QUIT FOR GOOD. New York DryGoods Store Closing OutSale ENTIRE STOCK OF DRY GOODS AT SLAUGHTER PRICES Ladies, Do Not Miss This Everything Must Go. Chance of Rare Bargains. NOTE: Splendid chance for merchants to lease store and buy part of stock and fixtures of the best lo- cated stand in Omaha. Joun H. F. Liuyma s~ & Co,, 1310 and 1312 Farnam St. A VISIT T0 THE FATHERLAND, The Experience of a Beo Correspondent on the Banks of the Rhine. FROM COLOGNE TO MAYENCE. A Quaint Old German Village—Some Old Castles—The Famous Heidel- berg University — “English Spoken’' People, MunicH, August 26. respondence of the B feeling somewhat akin to genuine sorrow that we took leave of the quiet city of Brussels and bade adieu to the jolly bachelor doctor in whose luxurious home we had been so royally entertained. Yet we were very auxious to get to Cologne, whence we were to take a trip up the Rhine to Coblence. | There was very little of interest at Co- logne except 1ts great cathedral, which all critics acknowledge to be the finest Gothic edifice in the world. When 1 first set eyes on its gigantic towers they seemed to look down upon me like old friends, for how many times I had secn them (and who has not?)on that well- thumbed page of the old geography which has been out of date many years. Imagine, if you will, an immense mass of stone, rsing doubly higher than the five-story business blocks around it, shaped like a huge mouse crouching upon its haunches with its vars—the two monster towers—reaching sublimely into the sky to the height of 500 feet. Such1s the appearance of this king of cathedrals at n distance. The workmanship of the interior and exterior, which I shall not attempt to describe, is of the highest or- der, and is in strict accord with the gigantic proportions of the building. T'his great mass of masonry is about the only redeeming feature of Cologne. The fine appearance of the city at a dis- tance is soon forgotten by the visitor who wanders through her dirty, narrow streets, whose sewers run above instead of under ground. In a desperate attempt 1o get a breath of pure air one evening, Professor G. and myself wandered out across a pontoon bridge over THE SWIFT FLOWING RHINE, and soon found ourselves in the midst of A mammoth beer garden. Aha! The German in ms element at last, we thought, guzzling beer and smoking his big porcelain pipe on the banks of the Rhine. In the matter of beer we were disappointed. Not a beer mug was to be sel On the contrary, everyone was drin i"i wine. Rhine wines are the natural beverage in the Rhine towns, and very little else is drunk. In other re- spects, however, the native German cor- responded to our ideal. Big, wise and contented, he sat with his smiling wife and lmrpy children at a table loaded with wine bottles, pufting great clouds away from his first after-dinner pipe, nodding his head to the beat of a melo- dious Strauss waltz, and casting admir- ing glances at his favorite daughter, who sat opposite. As I sat thus, gazing at the typical German in his fatherland, my mind could not help wandering from him to the vivacious Frenchman, the snob- bish Britisher and the purse-filling Amer- ican, and wondering at their difterent ideals of human happiness. The evening was uali*n‘.t(ul. with a clear sky and full moon, and 1 shall never for- ot the rxctum which presented itself as looked out over the famous old river spanned with piclnmu‘:le bridges and lined with shaded walks, to the city whose gray monotony was broken by slender spires; all of these again were dwarfed into insignificance by the mas- sive outlines of the cathedral, or kolner dom, as the Germans call it, rising on a slight eminence, originally formed by old Roman fortifications. Next morning we began the trip from Cologne up the Rhine, not, however, until the head waiter of the hotel had hounded us to 1lslP0raliun with his bottles of genuine ‘‘Eau de Cologne,” which he contidentially informed us could not be gotof any other man in the city. The gentleman in full dress was wild when we said we had no money nor room for his bottles, and we afterwards learned from him that we enjoyed the proud distinction of being the only per- sons who ever failed to make an exten- sive purchase. The Rhine from COLOGNE TO MAYENCE well deserves its great reputation for picturesque scenery, and the tourist whose time 18 even limited to ten weeks should by no means fail to see it. Steam- ors make regular and frequent trips be- tween these places, and the time and expense are nothing compared with the beautiful pictures which present them- selves on every side. The trip from Co- logne to Konigswinter is the most modest part of the route, and furnishes a good introduction to the exquisite combina- tions of rural and listoric scenery which follow. We stopped at Konigswinter, a auaint old German village with narrow streets and big-roofed houses, situated at the foot of the celebrated ‘‘Siebenge- birge” or Seven Mountains, whose dark outlines were plainly visible from Co- logne, The Drachenfels, though not the highest, 18 the most popular of these mountains, whose summit, & narrow rock 1,000 feet hifih. rises almost perpen- dicularly above the Rbhine, and subports the ruins of an ancient castle. The view from these ruins was most beautiful. The long green slopes of the other moun- tains were on one side, crowned with rugged peaks, while on the other lay a * broad fertile plain, dotted with farms gradualiy sloping tcwards the river. The varied tints of green, yel- low and brown formed by regularly shaped fields and pastures made the most beautiful landscape I had ever seen, while the winding river and wooded hills in the distance added equally sur- pnsflinfi charms, o We had no time to visit the other mountains, but descended to our anti- quated hostelry and drank our fill of the sweet w. alled the dragon’s blood (drachen’s blut), which grows on the sides of the mountains. Let me say that anyone who drinks wine (and he gets little else that 1s fit to drink on the Rhine banks) should always order wine which is grown in the immediate vicinity, as it is always very cheap and never any other than the genuine article. The Rhine from Konigswinter to May- ence cannot be justly descrihed in a- letter like this. THE RIVER STEAMERS, which are provided with everything for the comfort and convenience of trav- elers, make the trip in about two days, stopping for the night at Coblence, 1 know of no better way of filling forty- eight hours cram full of genuine pleasure than to make this trip in the tine weather of spring or autumn. Villages as old as history are thickly scattered nlonf the banks of the Rhine, and behind these rise beautiful hills whose sides are covered with vines and whose summits are crowned with the ruins of some ancient castle or with a innacled villa of more modern date. There is a fuscinating charm about these old cnstles, and especially about those which are connected with an interesting legend of the warn, of the crusades, or of some love venture of the vahiant knights who used to inhabit their walls. Byron and Longfellow have immortalized many of these places, and anyone will be well rfimid for making even a short study of them, From the Rhine we went to Frankfort and to Heidelberg, with its university and fagmous castle, the grandest ruin in all Germany. It is much larger than Warwick or Kenilworth, and occupies a commandirg position above the town. The architecture and sculpture of the vurious parts of the old pile are magnifi- cent even in ruins, and the massive tower walls; thirteen feet thick, show that the castle must have been a wonder of strength as well as beauty. The stiff-capped + umversity students were to be seen 1n all parts of the town, and especially around the beer halls, where they very oiten congregate, and where those delicate ‘‘points of honor,” made all the more dolicate by much beer, are so apt to conflict. There are more sword fights among German UNIVERSITY STUDEN than anoutsider would think. A word, or even a look, is suflicient cause for a chal- lenge, which consists of throwing down a glove or giving a card with the name and address of the injured party. Yet these fights are by no means al of hfe and death. The combatan: always well padaed and protected e where except on the face, and a slight cut there is enough to end the fight. The motion of the weapon is a slash rather than a thrust, and the injury done is sel- dom any more than a scar, but some- times an ugly one. About every third man one meets in Heidelberg earries one or two long scars on his face, the cheeks and lips seeming to be the favorite loca- tion for a healthy looking gash., They are proud of them, too, a8 it shows that they had the ‘‘sand” to go to the front, even if thoy did get the worst of the battle. Romantic and ‘‘honorable’” as all this may be to the German, a sensible out. sider can see nothing in it but disgrace. The pernicious practiee is thoroughly established, however, and it will doubt- less last as long as the walls of the old Heidelberger: Schloss remain as a re- minder of knightly honor and the knightly way of maintaining it. I'must not omit mentioning the great tun of Heidelberg, which is very care- fully preserved in one of the wine cellars and is very nearly as celebrated as the castle itself. The tun is nothing more than a monster wine cask, capable of holding 800,000 bottles of wine. It is as big as a house and has a platform on its top sometimes used for dancing. By its side stands an elfish statue of the court fool, who is said to have drunk eighteen bottles of wine every day. If this state- ment is true, his foolship’s title was in nowise misapplied. We found many Englishmen and Amer- icans at Heidelberg, many of the gardens and vpromenades being so much fre- quented by them 1n the evening that one could hear nothing but the English lan- guage there, In fact, we have found s(-xn-n of English speaking people every- W re on the continent. In every conti- al city of any size the placard nghish Spoken” is disvlayed in most of the best shops, But it does not follow that the “‘English spoken’’ is a model of correctness and intelligibility. The vis- itor will in most cases do as well to speak the foreign tongue if he has any knowl- edge of it atall. Asa rule FRENCHMEN AND GERMANS are much less acquainted with our lan- age than we with theirs. If one reads flench and German passably well, he can pick up enough common phrases in a week 1o enable him to make himself per- fectly understood. I am at present at Munich, the capital of Bavaria, a delightful city essentially German, but not unlike Bruseels in its eneral make-! We have spent four ays in visiting its galleries and museums and find them very interesting. Half a day served to take us through the royal n{nce. the residence of the late mad filn‘[ of Bavaria, who committed suicide. The town is full of nificent buildings and monuments erected during the reign of this weak-minded and extravagant sovereign, one of whose chief ures was to occupy a front seat ata grand opera performance to which he was the only listener. The American in Europe is at once struck with the spparent supertluity of European mldnerf. Helmets shine and spurs rattle at all times and all places. Halt the men one meets on the street, especially in a German city, wear uni- forms. 1 this is not to be wondered at 1n view of the fact that all Europe, from Calais to St. Petersburg, is one vast martial oamp. ' English soldiers look well, but rather dudish, except the High- landers, whum everyone_ falls in love with at first sight. The Frenchmen are inclined to be small, but look as if they could fight like tigers. kor fine appear- ance and intelligent faces, the German soldiers are vastly superior to all the others, while their brethren from Switzer- Jand have long been a fayorite butt of ridicule, Munich is especially alive with shoul: der straps. At any hour of the day one can see columns of troops tramping hither and _thitler, always accompanied by a fine band of music. A crowd of anxious spectators is always seen follow- ing these cavalcades, and among these curious camp followers one hears noth- ing but the English language with the Yankee twang. this military array as un every-day matter, but the American usually thinks as I heard one of my youthful country- men remark to-day to his maternal, “A fellow'd think they was havin’ fourth o' July over here all the time, wouldn't he, maw?®’ “Yes, dear,” was the reply, and with this my learned but perspiring friend, the profcssor, caught my arm and 8aid he couldn’t keep up any longer. So we cast one longing, lingering luok be- hind und started back to our hotel, while the boom-boom of the big base drum softly died away 1n the distance. FRANz SEPEL, —_— BOOK REVIEWS, L. HERBERT ANDREWS is the author and Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, are the publishers of a late novel bearing the simple title: *Only a Farmer’s Daughter.” The book is in phamplet form andis a simple tale woven in a decidedly inter- esting style. It is barren of the usual objectionable features in the average novel and is worthy a place in the 1amily book shelf. R Tue READEROf the *'Upland Mystery,” a recent publication from the house of Laird & Lee, Chicago, is not disap= pointed in a perusal of this novel which 18, as its sub-title suggests, ‘A tragedy of New England.” This work is the pro- duction of the ch of Mary R. P. Hatch, and is decidedly interesting to all who relish aark and mysterious tragedies penned with uxcellu.x'n skill. " A PRACTICAL and scientific treatise is that entitled “Artistic Horseshoing,’’ written by Professor G. E.Rich, and published by M. T. Richardson, 57 Rose street, New York. In this book are numerous 1llustrations of shoes designed to cure different diseases of the feet, and to correct improper action in trotters, pacers, ete. Professor Rich makes in all fifty-three different shaped shoes for different purpot and the most impor- tunt of thesc shoes are illustrated in this book. Professor Rich is a practical horse-shoer himself, having worked at the business all his life,and the directions which he gives, therefore, for shoeing horses and making shoes, are thoroughly reliable in all respects. Illustrations are presented showing the ditferent bones of the horse’s foot, together with their uses, Itis handsomely bound in extra cloth, and beautifully printed oun fine, heavy suner-cnlenuu:od paper. **s ONE OF the most promising personages of the literary world just now is Miss Marietta Holley, popularly known as Samantha Allen, or Josiah Allen’s wife. She became a favorite very early in_her literary career, and each new issue from her pen has aaded to her fame, until, her latest work,‘‘Samantha at Sarataga.” Messrs. Hubbard Brothers, Philadelphia, are the publishers, and the book is a de- cided hit. Preparing for this work, Miss Holley went to Saratoga and spent an entire season, with e‘; s and ears open,and with brain and pencil vigorously at work. She went in her famous assumed role of Josiah Allen’s wife her imaginary Josiah at her side, with his characteristic blun- ders, faux pas, and quick, boylike enthu- siasm. As Samantha Allen, Miss Holley is observant, unsophisticated, outspoken, Ana sound to the core on every question of propriety. Such a couple in the whirl of Saratoga would certainly develop many remarkable situations and utter many funny comments, It is here the humor of the book arises. Plain, back- country, village life, and gay, artiticial Saratoga life are so wide apart, that each side becomes ludicrous to the other. PERIODICALS. THE NEW volume of the English Illus- trated Magazine to be 1ssued in October will be interesting. Mr, H. D. Traill will contribute a monthly article of criu- cism on matters hiterary, social and art- istic. A paper on “Personal Reminis- cences of Charles Dickens” will also ap- pear in an early number, and this will be followed by a series of letters of Charles Dickens never before published. Fiction will be represented by Professor Minto, under the title of ‘‘The Mediation of Ralph Hardelot,”” and there will be stories by Mrs. Molesworth, B. L. Far- jeon, J. S. Winter, and others. In poetry the editor promises contributions from Mr. Swinburne and Mr. George Meredith fer the early numbers. Herbert Railton will furnish for the same series of papers drawings of the picturesque scenery of the old coach roads. For the frontispiece the editor announces that arrangements have been made for the reproductfOn of designs by Sir Frederick Lelfihlun, Sir John Millais, James Sant, E. Burne Jones, C. ynpler Hemy, ete. e THE STUDIO hus ceased to be an ex« periment and 18 now firmly planted in the public good will, The July number begins a new volume—the third—and no other art journal published anywhere offers a more varied and valuable gramme than the one which this jour, nal announces for the coming year. Etchings by the best talent at home and abroad have already been published, and more are promised by such names as Rajon, Chase, Blum, Bacher, Sidney L. Smith and ‘icnry Farrer, while every number contains copies of pictures made from the originals by the new photo- graphic process. The July number contains an etching of Mrs. Grover Cleveland by Rajon, which is one of the most beautiful works of the kind that we know of, and, in addition six full-page iliustrations, three of them from etchings by Rem- brandt, to accompany an article by Mr, Edward H. Greenleal, the curator of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and three from ori{tinll paintings in the Durrand- Ruel collection. The portrait of Pope Leo XIII, by Gaillard; *“I'he Poor Fisher- man,” by Purvis de Chavonnes, and the | “‘Death of a Bull,” by the sculptor Fal- The natives look upon | guiere. Mr. Paul Rajon, the distingunished ro French etcher, while in this country in | the winter of 18867, received from the editor of The Studio a commission to execute a portrait of Mrs, Cleveland for that journal. Mr. Rajon welcomed the opvortunity to add the portrait of Mrs, Cleveland “to those of the other dis- tinguished personages'of our time whose faces he has etched; and Mcs. Cleveland having amiably consented to give the artist a sitting.” Mr. Rajon wasinvited to Washington, and made the requi studies at the White House. In two sit- tings the artist securad a successful like- ness, and from thig' drawing he has made an etching which is pronounced by those who have seen it who are familiar with his works, one of the most brilliant and expressive of all hm:mm-ms. e Tue Foruy for September will fully maintain its reputatidn as the most inter- esting of periodicals. ln a lenglhg and very entertaining artiole, United States Senator Ingalls discusses the sixteenth amendment to the ' constitution, and shows conclusively that suffrage 1s not a right but mlhcrn‘)rlvilene.pruphcsying that woman will be accorded ~the ballot when she, as an entirety, demands it, and society needs it and not before. The balance of the number contains interesting articles as follows: Is Canada Misgoverned? The minister of the interior. Books That Have Helped Me. Rev. Dr. Augustus Jessopp. Concerning Men. The author of ‘‘John Halifax, Gentlemen.”’ What is the Object of Life? Prof. E. D. Cope. The Manners of Critics. Andrew Laug. American Geographical Names. Bishop A. Cleveland _Coxe. Great Telescopes. Prof. C. A. Young. The Gist of the Labor Question, President John Bascom. l'rolit-slmrinf{. Nicholas P. Gilman. Ignatius Donnelly’s Comet. Prof. Alexander Winchell, . * *"e 'fHE SEPTEMBER Century has both a v and a volitical flavor, in each of which respects it makes a strong appeal to current interests, The second part of “*Snubbin’ Through Jersey,” by Mr. Hop- kinson Smuth and Mr. J. B. Millet, is even more rollicking than that already puablished. ‘The illustrations, by Hopkin- son Jmith, George W. Edwards, and O. H. Perry,realize and supplement the text. Other papers of outdoor life (and cultivative interest in the Century series on photogranhy) are devoted to “The Amateur Photographer,” by Alexander Black, and *‘ Che Camera Club of Cincin- cinnati,” by D. W. Huntingdon. The constitutional centennial is taken note of in an article on ‘‘The Framers and Framing of the Constitution,’’ which is contributed by Prof. Jobn Bach McMaster. p Two pictorial papers relate to Monti- cello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, of whom there is a frontispiece portrait, engraved bg Thomas Johnson. "The illus- trations of these papersare by Harry Fenn, The Lincoln history reaches a subject of special current interest, namely, Lin- coln’s nomination and election; the spe- cial topies being the two Baltimore con- ventions which nominated Douglas and Johnston and Bell and Everett respec- tively, the Chicago convention which nominated Lincoln, and the campaign a which followed; after which coni chapter on “The Beginnings of the bellion,” including a temperate cousider- ation of the purposes and organiztion of the secessionists. In addition_to letiers from Henry A. Wise, James M. Mason, and the famous arlet Letter,” by Wil- liam L. Yancy, letters of much interest, hitnerto unprinted, are presented from Governors Wise (Va.', Gist (S. Kllis, (N. C.). Thomas O, Moore (La.). Pel and Brown (Ga.), A. B, Moore (Ala.),and Perry (Fla.). Among the illustrative ma- terial are fac-similed of Lincoln’s letters to Pickett concerning’ the presidency, and of his letter of necevtance, together with portraits of John C. Breckinridge, Joseph Lane, Georgze Ashmnn, Hannibal Hamlin, George W. Curns, Willam M. Evayts, John Bell, Edward Everett, and Herschel V. Johnson; also views of the Republican Wigwam, at Chicago, in which Lincoln was nominated, the state house, at Soringtield, and a grou’u( the famous “Wide-awakes'’ of the Tincoln campaign. The entire nuntber is espe- cially interesting, and one of the most valuable yet 1ssued. - The leading paper in the always weicome Magazine ot American His. tory for September is a biographical sketch of the distinguished revolutionary officer, General James M, Vernum, from the pen of Judge-Advocate Asa Bird Gardiner, US A., L.L.D. The second article **How California Was Secured,” by Hubert Howe Bancroft, will command universal attention; it is clear cut, con- cise, and informing to c\o*r‘y American, Then comes “‘Our evolutionary Thunder,” by James D). Butler, of Wis- consin, short, but admirable in 1ts scope. Nothing in this number, however, will attract more genwne apvreciation than the fourth paper, entitied ‘“‘Union, Se- cession, Abglition, .ag illustrated in ¢ careers of Webster, Calhoun, Sum- mer, by W. M. Dickson, of Cincin- Itis followed by the “United States and the Greek Revolution,”” an article of exceptional merit, by Hon. Charles K. Tuckerman, *‘The Mayas; their Cus- toms, Laws, and Religeon,” is the sixth article, by Mrs. Alice . Le Plongeon, who_has 8pent many vears in Yucatan, A Patriotic Parson'"is a biographical sketch b{) Rev. Dr. Lamson. The curi- ous will be entertained with “Running Antelope’s Autobiography,’’ chiefly given in pictograph—the In s novel method of chronicling events. The shorter tnnurs are of much 1mportance. “H. C. an Schaack’s Historical Treasures,” notably; and Oriental Documents con- tain the ‘‘Memorandum of Route Pur- sued by Colonel Campbell in 1779, from Savannah to Augusta, Georgia,” anno- E\lt‘m! by Colonel Charles C. Jones, Jr., R » The Political Science Quarterly for September opens with the _ second (and final) portion Dr. E. R. A. ®ligan’s inter state commercial law. L, J. Huff gives an interesting account of Ferdinand Lassalle, the founder of the German social democratic party. S. L. Osgood (England and the colonies) ex- amines the causes which led to the American war of independence and maintains that England was legally in the right. Prof. Morse of Amherst col- lege, discusses the cause of secession. William Adam Brown (state control of industry in the fourth century) describes the socialistic experiments of the Roman empire and their failure. The Quarterly contains, as ususl, num- erous short reviews of important publi- cations in history, statistics, economics, volitics and law. *e Tue St. NicnorAs for September opens with a delightful frontiece piece by Mary Hallock Foote, illustrating *“Tip Tyler's Beautiful Mother,” a charming tale of life at a seaside watering place, by Nora Perry. A paper that will interest boys 18 the article on **Christ’s Hospital—the fam- ous ‘“blue-coat school” of London— where the scholars never wear hats, dress very nearly asthe boys did when the school was founded hundreds 6f years ago, and have many quaint and curious customs. E. S. Brook's *‘Historic Girls” series, of “Christina of Sweden,” who was much more like a boy than a girl in her nature, and was, in fact, crowned “king" of Sweden, will interest the boys and girls. “The Boyhood of William Dean Howells' is pleasantly treated by Wil- liam H. Rideing, ana'will carry encour- agement to nmuf' young literary aspir- ants; General Adam Badeau writes com- prehensively and llmllmxl‘y of the **Bat- tle of Gettysburg,” and of Pickett's filorious but futile charge, while George . Manson shows the )'ounf; man who 18 “Ready for Business,” and wishes to be- come a ‘‘Sea Captain,”’ the bright and seainy sides of a sailor’s life and the best and safest way of accomplishing his am- bition. The entire number is an exceptionally interesting one. —_— ALVAN CLARK. An Omaha Man Pays a Tribute to the Late Eminent Astrologer. To the Editor of the BEE: The article which appeared in a recent issue of your paper has induced me to relate my personal transactions with the eminent telescope maker and astronomer, the late Alyan Clark, who ranked so high in the latter science that the honor of membership to the astronomical societies of both England and France was conferred on him. Before he became a maker of telescope lenses he had for some time been a por- trait painter, being in fact rezarded as one of the best artists in Boston, his studio being at 111 Tremont street. I have in my possession a portrait painted by him at that time. In my profession as optician, I was often applied to for optical glasses for the making ot lenses. Thus I formed the acquaintance of Mr. Clark, who became my chief customer for that article, sup- plying him with discs whose diameters varied from five to twelve inches. He had previous to this time made a tele- scope for a clergyman of Maidstone, England, that excelled one in the posses- sion of that gentleman made by the cele- brated Fraunhofer, of Munich. His reputation as a telescopemaker soon became world-wide, and being ap- plied to Tor telescopes whose object glasses were of larger dimensions than any he had hitherto made,he placed him- self in correspondence with the manu- facturer Chance, of Burmingham, Eng- land, (not France as the articlc yoir paper stated), from whom he obtained all his later and larger diameters, such as the twenty-two i lens that he made for the Chieago telescope, which 1 saw at his residence in Cambridgeport lying on a handbarrow, under the hall stairway, for quick removal in case of emerg: ‘The value of the lens alone was estimated at $10,000. Subsequently he made the Lick telescope of California and the Russian glass. The former a glass of 86 inches in diameter, the latter 80 inches. I muy mention that prior to his coming to Boston, he had made, while in Pittsfield, Mass.,, an improve- ment in the accuracy of the sight of rifles, Of this, however, [ have no per- sonal knowledge, nor of his making pat- terns, which I saw mentioned in one of your recent papers. ferred to is in error in what 1t says of C: balsom in conneetion with the object glasses of telescopes. In my long ex- perience as an optician it is._only opera glasses to which [ know it to be applied; never to telescopes of any kind A, PRINCE. e RS NEW YORK “SLUMMING." A Strange Craze Which is No Longer in Fashion. New York commercial Advertiser: ‘‘Slnmming,’ "’ said a private detcetive the other day, “has gone out of vogue almost entirely as a popular_recreation for the members of Gotham's_ ‘good society.” Three or four years ago it was ali the rage. It was an absurd and never very healthful custom morally or phys- ically. Butit came from London, and that,of course,was suflicient to commend it as a fashionable folly in New York. The pastime was simple enough in itself. A party of half a dozen young women of good social standing, sometimes accom- panied by two or taree young men of their own set, but more often without the knowledge of their male friends, would decide on a trip through the low quarters of the city, The time selected was always late at night, generally from 11 to 1 o’clock. Often the trip was taken after some evening entertainment at which the more conventional modes of entertain- ment had been exhausted. “I'he young women would rendezvous at the residence of one of their number, divest themsclves of their jewelry and other finery, and array themselves in the oldest and shabbiest garments to be had. Nearly always, too, they donned hoods, capes or shawls to conceal their faces, When they were all ready they sent for a detective .from some of the private agencies to act as guide, Then hey set out for a nocturnal jaunt through the slums. “‘I have been out with a score or iwo such parties in years gone by. 1 used to take them down through the Bowery, which, by the way, was.a good deal more dangerous thoroughfare then than it 1s now; across through Hester or some neizhburing street into the dirtiest tene- ment quarter of the east side, and back through the Hebrew market, Muiberry and Mott streets, winding ur the trip by giving them a sniff of low lifo. ‘It was surprising how resolutely nearly all the young women stood the or- deal. ~ The very ones that I should have taken to be the most fastidious seemed to stand it best. Yonng women who,doubt- less, would have fainted dead away at the sight of a drop of blood, and gone to bed for a month 1f sewer gas had been mentioned at home, wfllhll trot alon, blithely through streets recking with sidewalk garbage and the varied odors of humanity huddled in a hundred tene- ments. They would peep into ‘dives’ and ‘joints’ of the lowest order with un- shocked modesty; witness an occasional street brawl, at a safe distance, with, ap- parently, as keen a relish asa profes- sional slugger, and sometimes insist on bemng taken inside a concert garg an opium den. Probably this intere phease, or, rather, paradox, in feminine human nature, is to be accounted for by the sustaining power of a morbid cari- osity which temporarily blunted the finer bilities. At any rate, thatis the way I accounted for it. “But the experience could hardly have salutary effects upon the young women. Many of the sights witnessed were indel- icate, to say the least; and an acquaint- ance with the dark side of life1s not necessary, it seems to me, for the best development of womankind, wtich, otherwise, might never be obhged to come 1nt contact with it. “Of course, thera were exciting inci- dents in some of the slumming trips. I remember being out one night, about three years ago, with an unusually ‘swell’ ‘party. ‘There were five young women wio all lived in as stylish houscs as any on Fifth avenue. One of them in partcular was of very high fumily. Two especially favored young men were per- mitted to :lccomkmny the party “We started about 10:30 o'c made the rounds without incide: as lower Mott street. As we turned into Mott street, a crowd of Chinamen were standing near the corner above. They were gesticulating and jabbering angrily. Just before we reached them, one of the heathen drew a long knife and plunged it into another Mongolian’s breast Then the mar with the knife uttered a fearful yell and started down the street toward us, brandishing the dripping blade as he ran. The young woman of whom I speak was on the outer edge of the sidewalk. I grabbed at her as the murderous China- man rushed down upon us, and tried to ret her out of his track. All the rest of the party had eleared the way. ‘This particular young woman wasn’t quick enough, and the next instant the almond- eyed murderer was upon her. 1 don’t think he meant to harm her, but she blocked his path and he was run- ning for hs hfe. Before I could snatch the young woman aside, up went his bloody knife, and flashed down again. “The young woman dropped to the sidewalk, but before the rampant b tnen could rush on I felled him with a heavy walking-stick which I carried. The other Chinamen, who were in hot pursuit, then pounced upon him, and ore him, struggling frantically and trying to slash somebody clse with his long knife, into a neighvoring dive. *When I picked up the young woman, she was unconscious. All the other young women began weeping and wuiling that she was killed, and the two dudes stood transfixed with terror. I sent one of them on the run for a eab, wishing to avoid the publicity of calling an ambu- lance, and, when the cab arrived, drove with the insensible girl to the nearest drug store. ‘There it was found that her dress bore thefonly actual wound about her, the knife having struck a cor set steel and glanced ofl. She had faint, from fright. She revived ina few minu but the episode broke up the part sluinbers for that night, and, in fact; | don’t beli any of them or their friends, to whom the story was told, ever have indulged in the diversion since, “By the way, the young woman in Question bas since been worricd to ® man whose name is well known in Wall street. “‘A few experiences like this may have been as effectual as anything else in puts ting an end to the fad. Anyhow, as started to say, ‘slumming’ is now a dea letter with the ‘good society' in New York.” [ . CHURCH NOTICES. Central United Presbyterian Church, Sev- enteenth street between Dodge and Capitol avenue—Services at 10:30 a. m. and 8 p.m. Services conducted by Rev. A. 1. Wilson, of Majors, Neb. Weekly prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 o'clock, and young peoble’s pn}'rr meeting on Sabbath evenings at 7:15. All are invited. Calvary Baptist Church, Saunders street— Rev. A. W. Clark will preach at 10:30 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Sunday school ut 11:45 a. m. Presbyterian Church, corner Dodge and Seventeenth street—Services at 10:50 a. m. 130 Preachine by the pastor, W. Iarsha. Sunday school at noon. First United Presbyterian, 012 North Eighteenth street, Rev. Edwir 8. Graham, pastor. Public_worship at 10:50 a, m. and p. M. Sabbath school at noon. South-West Presbyterian Church—Corner Leavenworth and ‘Twenieth streets. Rev, David R. Kerr, pastor. Services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sabbath school at 12:15 p, m. Young people’s meeting at 7:15 p. m. Gen= eral praver meeting, Wednesdgy at 8 Song service Wednesday evenlng, at 8:: Welsh Presbyterian—Services will be hel at the residence Q{ Mr. James Griffiths, 1718 Dodee street. Preaching by the pastor, Rev. William R. Williams, at 7:30 p, m. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. First Congregational Church—No preach- ing serv{lco to-day. Sabbath school at noon, as usual. Trinity Cathedral—Capitol Rev. ; Yonng people’s meeting at 6:45 p. 1, avenue and Eighteenth street. Services to-day at8 and 12::'&& w. and 7:80 p. m. at 12 Dean's bible class Searmon by Dean Gardner. Strangers wels, come at every service. At the 5 a. . [an the 7:30 m. services all seats are free. North Presbyterian Church, Saunders street—Rev. Willlam R. Henderson, will conduct service a%10:30 a. m, p. m. Sunday school at noon. Young peo- ple’s meeting at 6:30 p. m. Strangers made welcome all the services. Unity Church, corner of Seventaenth and Cass streets—Services resumed to-morrow. Rev. W. E. Copeland will preach to-morrow at1la. m. No evening sermon, German Lutheran Church, 1005 South Twentieth street—Service every Sunday at 10a.m. E. J. Frese, pastor. Park Avenue United l’renb() terian Church, corner Park avenue and Graut streets— Preaching in the morning at 10:30 and in the evening at 8, by the pastor, Rev. J. A, Henderson. Beth-Eden Baptist Church--Rev. H. L. House pastor. DPreaching services at 4:15 p. m. at St. Mary’s avenue Congregational church. Sunday school at 8 o'clock p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, Strangers welcome, Seats free. ‘I'he K Mr. Detwiler and other promi- nent speakers will address the Gospel tem- perance meeting, Sunday afternoon, in the labernacle, Capitol avenue, colnmencing at All are invited to atfend. All Saints’ Church, Twenty-fifth and How- ard stre Morning ptaver at 11 a. m,, even- v 7p. m. The choir will sing S Deum in C and Tuour’s Jllllflfle in C, and the anthem, 'O, Taste and See,” by Sullivan. t. Mary’s avenue cars to Fairview street, or Farnamn and Park avenus cars to Twenty-fifth street, West Ilamilton Street Prosbyterian Chureh —Preaching at 4 ]'). m., by Rev. W. J. Harsha. Sabbath school at 3 p. m. First Baptist Chureh, Strangers’ Sabbath lome, corner FKifteenth and Davenport streets—Rev. A, W. Lamar, pastor. Pieach- ing at 10:30 a. m. and 8 p. m. Mornin theme: **Chril Condemnation of Evi Jud - ment.” ning theme: “Things Hard to Be Understood.” bbath sehool at 12 m, Prayer meoting Wednesday c\'rnhllg at P; P m. All are cordially invited. Seats ree. Cherry Hill Coneregational Church—Sun- day services: Morning, 11 o'clock; evening, 7:800'clock. 'The pastor will preach in the morning. Subject: *“The power of the Gospel.® Tay. M. 8. Holt will preach in the evening. Sunday school at 2:3 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:50, Saratoga Congregational Church-Services every Sunday wwening at 7:30 o'clock in the Saratoga school house, Subject for sermon September 11: *“I'he Christian's Duty to the World.”” Sunday school at meeting Friday eve 50, “The recognition seryices of the Beth-Eden Baptist chureh were held at the St. Mary's Avenue Congregational chureh September 4, 187, Delegates were present from the six Baptist churches of Omaha and the two from Council Bluffs, Ia. ‘The exercises were simple, in accordance with Baptist usuge, but none the less impressive. St. Mary’s avenue Congregational—Rev. Willard Scott pastor. Service at 10:30 a, Sunday school at noon. No evening sery d lowa Penrions. ot. 10.—(Special Telos ram to the he following lowa pen- sions are the issue of August 1887: Mexle can war—Mary D., widow of Samuel Badam, Henderson; Mary, widow of Charles Oex- n, Fort Madison. Originals—William 8. Centerville; John V. Hoon, Mon- min; Spotswood P, Vance, Albla; atrick Killen, Springfield. Increase —Jlacob A, Rupert, Lisbon; David Martindale, Marion; Eli B, Cramblett, Ames, Mexican war—Andrew Cork, Knox- ville. Originals—Oliver 1. Titman, ¢ William H. Hopkirk, Agency : George Miller, Charles City; George A. McChesney, Toledo. Increase— 1l Warden, Fairiield; John Loden, Kewell Junction. Nebraska WASHING TON, Nebraska: Increase—Lyman H. Foskett, Rulo, Restitution and’ increase—Mareus Desch, Aboryille, Iteissue—Ezekiel Mabin, Hewinesford, Mexiean war—George 5. Culbertson, Dorchester, . - S many localities Hood's Sarsapa- n nlll:x is in sueh weneral demand that it is the recognized family medicine, People write that “the whole neighborhood is taking it.” ete. Particularly is this true of Lowell, Mass., where it is mad where more of Hood's Sarsapar sold than of any other sarsaparillu biood purifier, Itis the great remedy for debility, serofula, dyspepsia, biliousness, or any disenre caused by inipure state or low condition of the blood, trial, \