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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY APRIL 15, 1838 —-SIXTEEN PAGES. J. H. MAHLER COMPANY, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL o Low Prices the lever that attracts thousands of purchasers to tha popular CARRIAGE DEALERS, wmmm And Sole Manufacturers of the Celebrated DAISY BUGGIKES, (The best buggy on wheels for the mor.1ey in the United States), have located a branch house on the Corner of 16th and Dodge Streets Where they wi | keep all kinds of first-class vehicles, Road Wagons, Sulkies, Carts, Express Wagons, Cabrolets, Delivery Wagons, Rockaways, Farm Wagons, Our stock is selected from the best material in America, and will be sold as low as by any Our catalogue will on careful inspection convince any dealer that we are Buggies, Phatons, Surries, Landaus, &c, house east or west. offering Better Goods for Less Prices Than Any Other House in the West, We challenge any one to produce as good a buggy for the money as our “DAISY,” 7,000 of which were sold by our company alone last year. HEADQUARTERS--St. Paul, Minn. BRANCH HOUSES--Fargo, Dakota; Sioux City, lowa; Kansas City, Mo.; Omaha, Neb. Omaha House--N. W. Corner 15th and Dbage sts, J. C. SWA N, Manager. Omaha, April 15th, 1888. ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMAN, A Bright Girl Who Wields was furnished by her son. At a late hour to-night the physicians had no hopes of Mr. Johnson’s recovery. not elected, as her purty was not strong enough. but when it is, Miss Willard thinks Mrs. Bittenbender will be one of the first to be elevated to a judicial pe- a spray of grape leaves sown ith sced are, as lace pins, quite charming. Corsct fronts of striped stuff appear below plain uppers, and have usually the side forms front and back of the stripes as well. A Girl's Invention. the S s =S ? Her legal attainments, as well 3 3 b Springfield Republican: In a remote cal for the cause, led to he Fashion seems again about to hoist the Sledge in Her Father's Shop. but decent part of Boston has lived for | lection as superintendent of legislation | Plack tag, and decree that somber hue is the s A0 ; b cen & M| correct thing for woman’s outdoor wear. about fifteen years an English family | and petitions of the National Woman’s Black velvet princ oo AN aitnlreonta A BOSTON GIRL'S INVENTION. | of rather unique intercst. The father | Temperance union, and the dutiesof | \¢'ocumy lace, are much affected by the i3 served in the war of the rebellion, | thot office have required her te make | stateller sortof matrons to whom they are nn-l being a partial invalid in conse. | her residence in Washington during | vastly becoming. A Fair Prisoner Who Eluded Her ) b | the sessions of congress. Jackots for service come in. rough cloth of uenc: , receives a small pension, which Keepers—An Energetic Woman does not o fax toward supporting the | M Bittenbonder is a native of | small ehecks: for dross they are smooth, ul- L e o fumily Na R T Bradford county, Pennsylvania, and | most lustrous weave and in solid tones’ of llllll can draw'his pension and suffer hi stant pain. The mother is ¢ woman, with large brown eyes and pale checks. She has had_a toilsome life, rather bright colors. Shirred or pleated bodices of red surrah di- vide honors with the ever-faithful ) the corsage for wearing out at home skirts past street nseefulness. her maiden name was Ada M. Cole. She graduated froma commercial collego in Binghampton in 1869, and from the state normal school at Bloomsburg four Lawyer. Crumbs From Cooking School. & R i e el By 4 E ot corle | years latter. She married a young v . i N 10::,‘\‘11':':“;"( ontinual variation, not end- | indeed d‘ql_h‘.-.s done all sorts of worle | 30 fhther- | Sho marriad G youns | A New York woman was given $,000 for s oty. to try and cke out the family support. [ SOTSPNTE Hwyor WG Ehey WeRt 1O | tho loss of her scalp ina railroad accident The ing re el Two daughters, the elder somewhat | Nehrasci, where she helped. out her | g week. This seems to be pretty high with The art of seasoning requl weful g husband’s limited income by doing edi- noted in her neighborhood as a heauty study. It is one of the fine arts. ] v o E i Aashatcaclling|ey 6iescalp. i onchers of conkory command twico | #nd & small boy make up the halance of | forial work on - the ' local ‘paper. | yyith a lace slip of black, another of white, okery B he housahol A thotahldesoaratal She rend aw under her us- | and silk petticoats of different colors, the the salary of teachers in public schools, | the household. = Although desperately | 11455 jnstruction, passed an examina- | economical dresser can outdo the chamele In order 1o perfootly dizest and as. | POOF: the family has been as proud as | o AN JIOD, peRac i DS RAs | ooRanileg) Bieesction piido Mo ohameleon i I!’l‘nl‘(; ;. per ”-‘1’ y1 <.|;,-l~l..x'uf 8- | [ucifer and scemed bound to accept no | HOB o {1|!_ open r“-“ib 'L"-]d ol ).I\I‘n. Iuthe natter of change, at a very trifling ex- able to the palate, oo W@ beaceepts | more charity than was absolutely un- | BUSUID IR wWORIS SERMLING KLU DAF | PNCL oy aiges 1ap over to the Teft hip.and APIPi0: 310 Da:AL0: S avoidable, though thereare plonty of | 10 ‘abraskn, Husband and wife bo- | o o0 e o ping. from the oghor Sult is used to develop flavor in f0od: | well-to-do people around them who | CAme law partners under the firm name | 20 one side differs in draping from tho other, condiments and spices to modify and | would gladly contributed in their aid, | of H. C. & Ada M. Bittenbender, and | [0, (RO other loop, fold, pleat or eontrol flavors, as every member of tho family com- Llyn ml.. “»""}I‘.»'i““, *'f"‘l""u;‘» They I \rinkle under the sun. % i No grander achicvement is possible | manded” respect. They hav come | hemoved to Lincoln in Deccmber, 1883, | 4 blaci moiro skirt, that may be worn un- to woman than that of making and [to be known oven yutside [ Mrs. Bittenbender has travelod | aor draperies of several bright hues, suitably keeping a perfect home. their narrow cir from their con- t;“"“‘k’"‘l‘"“"'{“ MOTRERONDING "‘;""'“ toued down with black moire bows, is an e ARARRIARS e | e L e he courts and is treated everywhere | cellent purchase for those women who care \ The order of men and women we are | staut effor s th op. s ATy 1yon, h with the utmost courtesy. She his been | to combine style with economy. depends in . great measure upon the [ ing now this thing and now that. | L ol BIEE GO RTINS B0 AT BRI (50 e vt Tkt mro FONTMCRI. b (FEORY, mOnSUES. MDOR B arstiie aifailsdbantil et sh oot tima nitted to the ited” States district i fine double width, light weight oc at and the homes we live in. g ; D Cliat i gt raAtD s IO Y R AR e ago; but at lust the family has struck | #n¢ for Nebraska, and cx- | serges A Soup stock should bo strained through | 4203 but utlust th K K| pects to be admitted to the United | placo of the lannel suits which have a conrse sieve; the brown papticles in it | Something that will give 50 A1 | States supreme court during her present | been considered an indispensable costunic contain much of its flavorand nutvition, | comfort if not comparative wealth. The 1 0705 BP G HT B, in the make up of a lady’s wardrobe. A properly propared soup or broth is | handsome ighter is credited with Y L The woman with a twelve button kid glove i o B Mot ne b i | the discovery, which is simply a new A G e on her hand is quite as happy clnging 10 g Nt ’ I i iddes i method of treating photographs in re- Sipce Aegnes Mol 2d edi- | Brosk strap as she would be sitting oc- as eaton. Amorfcan housokeepers do | Lioquttion, THor mbme his hoon gi Since Agnes McLellan assumed odi- | ohpving the apace caleulated by the. saallocs not approc and eco- nomic \te hygicn torial control of the Seward (Neb) Dem- to it, and her work is getting more and corporation to be sufiicient for three adults. value of soup. QU mose circulation every day with of | oc © has been the recipient of con- The chemist of the Alpha oil company of A Fair Young Blacksmith. course an increased inflow of dollars to | siderable notice from the press, nodoubt | Port Sarnia, Ont., is a young lady, an avannah New: A cortain man in | the family treasus She has secured | largely because of her extreme youth, | dopted daughter of Mr. Hall, whose pro- cess of refining is inuse in the establish- a patent on her pro All the pho- | Miss Agnes was born at Darl othorpe county, wh ks at the 1gton, o 18 very sk illful n her professic DEnihorpe county, who works at tho | yopuphers are puzzled by the work and , on January 5, 1873, and is now in o s very sk iyl in bhor profasslon. rade of Dblucksmithing, never being | would like to have it for use in thei ixteonth yé On attoining hop | Forhousewear in iho dim and distont blessed with ason to help him in his | bus , as they see that this girl is anth birthday she was placed in | B3mmer nothing is better or more ladyliko B Aoy 860 | X D f than the plaid and striped nainsook, while shop, has o duughter who well supplies | getting as many ordors us she can 1l | charge of the local pgo of hor father's | st it s strived huinsaok, ” whilo tio doficiency. She wields the sledge | at the good price of 3 for cach cabingt | paper. In the fall of 1886 her father | saryieable sutoens Wil agan be lony avor: with a g tid power that would put | reproduction. The: pictures are the taken sick, and for weeks was un- | ites, many members of the sterner sex to | same size as tho original cabinet photo- [‘able 10 write oven his name. The | The young woman whoso leapyear pro- shame, and withal is described as a | graphs, but softer and more pleasing in | daughtc hered the news, prepared | posal 1a rejested mny. ecording b tradition, most uttractive young woman. tone, and are mounted under thick | copy, ran the tinanc part of the in- | claim a new silk dress from the object of her plate glasswith beveled odges. How | stitution and occupied the editorial | affections. This is why tho tailor-made girl She Hid the Pistol, she malkcs her copies nobody has been | chair with charming grace and [ colors perceptibly when you scan her new Staflord Springs, Conn., special: Mrs, | able to find out as yet, but in” the slar unusual ability, During the sick- | 80Wn- George Johnson was arrested here yes- | Of the day her work “'goes.” of her father, lor mothor | White vests continue to rago, Now white AEABAII A8 O & ke £ il , and then came a time | Sergein tucks orboxpleats isall the wear, terany charged with shooting her hus el aled, "Sana b i aalial g, il Mre UL IWSKA SRS IohIe f AL bie oM band while ho was asleep during the | i (pa) spe A fow mornings | young editress must neods care no only | Hireatened with white piques ones, ‘stiflor |lu,‘h|. .n‘ 1“1‘1:.,11 v.lm'll.‘dm‘uxal;« trouble | 40 hon the jailor at Mayville went :wl n..,‘ newspa o Antareatatnginas gzl;wm:““ of mail, for wear with wash had existed between the two for some, look afte: % poiny Y , | father, but attend his wants in the sick owing to Johuson paying attentions to | 0 10 6A for )"l’ prisonors ]“l’ founa tho | ;b or and manage all the houschold | 1"‘|'“‘ silks aroall the rage, and besilo. the other women. ‘The couple retived early | On!¥ occupantof the female department | 4ud office affairs. Tu all she has | MRLAE pAHOEIACSOS blooks, Dars, skrine been | fowers, won an _enviable go-ahead, wide-awake, le business woman . llan is an estentatious littls interlaced rings, come in hu; branch designs that sprawl in the most in- ebriate fushign over the delicately tinted ground. the night pr berg, ® € missing. Th around the loc! the fastenings. ous, Miss Nellie Som- edish girl of twenty-one, door had been burned until it gave way from She th on the night of the tragedy, and ahout midnight Johnson was awakened by a sudden shock and intense pain., His wife was not heside him, but his cries suecessful, and has reputation as enterprising | | Miss Mel Copper in all shades grows more ana_more for assistance broug er from o . n_escaped by erestel e 3 3 hora | ‘:“.x:x:'r:n" ‘Il ght her frow Au ad lawering herself. by means of bod. |28 '“'v”»\ »1_\.Inn ted in her news- | the rage, and is combined in _stripes, checks joining room. Upon examination it was | SwOring hemsell by mean oot e | paper work, beloved by her friends and | and borderings, with white, black, sied found that Johnson had been shot, the IM‘\_“, Sy _‘I" ‘l-"l‘"'t“!“- !_“. "!"".‘ “‘)“ highly esteemed by her newspaper | aud various brown shades, while the mix Bolll having ontored bis nady Toioe 3 ard and tho fact thatthe | j dthven everywhere tures of its own wnes 48 numerous as N T o couniry was full of scarching partics, ’ they are indescribable. Johnson is In & very eritical condition | 1be little jail-breaker writes si HONEY FOR THE LADIES, The full effects pow so prevalent in sofy here is no hope his recovery. rem hed Brocion, where she break —— wool may have their clumsiness somesw Mrs. Johnzon was arrested. She at | asted with a posse of her pursuers and | tood in front of her dressing case mitigated by a band and bow of ribbon ti first rosted all attempts to search he histoned to their plans, She then | a woman fair ir the glass she saw— | at the collar's left side, a similar one tied Gins Touted AL AsONIN 44 Be ey | walked to Donkirk, in all . distance of i the red grew deep on that charming face | the sleeve at the elbow, and & ribbon girdle Neath the deft caress of the rabh to subdue the full vest. tweaty miles, and took a t: Daw. n for Mon- revolver was found tied securely to one s he laughes arsel » - of her aclos. One chamber was empty, where the now is. Miss Somberg | Aud she lauglied w herself, commenting, | The summer wrap grows more and more a s ounted for the possession of the | 18 under indictment for the L ¥ of | Phe rouge was used: * iat thay like, | L& of hasds and palotics, Sud the greatost weapon by saying that she had recently | #3500 wor th of silk We wonen are wiser than the men (1 agrms X g o b P P X by syl v i 2 MDA 16 Wiker Ll the | trier | BAI belt, which, begiuning under the arms, een pursued b, n unknow man and A Woman Lawye al " ¥ s Who never strike ties in a full bow at the back, thereby mak L obtained it to protect herself, ~ She = % An L Draperies of the new bordered woolens are | ing less conspicuous the bustle’s threatened donied all knowledge of the shooting of or News: Mrs. Ada M. Bitten- | never lommed absence. her hushand isa Nebraska woman lawyer. coch or camel’s hair.onriched with | Both the crimital and the msthetic in ‘'he court room was thronged this | She is also an nctive Woman's Chris- | plick stmding is both serviceable and stylish | stincts of western young women seems to bo ,:"l,...“m“ at the examiuation of Mrs. | tian Temperance union worker anda | O h'e ?;_ e 2 1. | Preternaturally developed. A gang of girls Johuson \0 prisoner ut first seemed | delegate to the Wamun's o i .. funcy for braiding grows tremend- | under thirteen have been arrested in Illinois uncoucernod, but mt intorvals after- | sion o W gt ;":""'_Ilh{"ur:_ ously apace and very shortly will bave all | for stealing millinery goods. They wero wards tears came into her oyes, and she | ventio > Nebut - TRAFINS J0F 148 QW+ bound to bave Easter bounets if thoy weat ety <18 y a8 ntion -of the Nebraska prohibition | Moire basa new lease of favor and divic t0 jail for them. ® n\l\u signs of weakoning, Justice.| party last summer she waschosen us Lonors easily us the spring silk with fai 7\ a ¥ that < Resloy ovdered the secused to give ! the nominee for the position of udge of | franoaise arid pews do soir 1 Dew draping stuff that seems @ cross be bonds i; the ‘amouut of $10,000, which - the sacond judicial district, Bho was | Pink pearis alteruating with diaonds aud - een Jace sad ‘grenadine, having lace g ures upon a fine close-woven ground, has by 1209 Farnam Street, Read the list of BARGAINS: TINWARE at less than factory prices: Wash basins 5¢ s Diary pans 8¢, c, 90, 120, Rinsing pans, 10c, 14¢, T7¢, 23 ie tins, 3¢ each. Perforated pie tins each. Graters for horse radish 5¢ each. Stew pans 10¢, 12¢ 19¢ 23c. Stew kettles 10¢, 12¢ 16¢, 19¢, Double match safes 5o, Fgg poachers, entircly new, 85c. Coffee pots, 10¢, 15¢, 20¢, 25¢. Half-copper tea ettles, $9¢, worth $1.50. WOODEN WARE Chopping bowls, 10c, 15c House brooms, 10c, 14e, 19¢, i3 pins 20 per dozen. Coffee mills, 25¢, 87¢, 48c, to 85c. 2- hoop pails, Dest make, 12. Paper pails, best make, 25c. Tubs at 89¢, 49¢, 69c. Zine wash boards, 120 each. 3-Hoop Pails, best IIlfll(fll 68c. Ironing b\mlds at 23c, Clothes lines, 10e, 14¢, 1¢ arms, ¢, to 10c, Hat Hooks 5¢ 10¢ and upwards. 19¢, 25c. c.Clothes 8le, , 23c. 7o, Towel e —— LLOW WARE Clothes baskets at 48c, 59¢, <m Hampers at99¢. Lunch ba E to 47c. bhupplnu h CROCKERY prices: de, be, Ge, Cups and sauce ¢, Ge, 7e, 8e,to Hdc. Bukers e, 6e, Te, 8¢, Uh to 2. Jugs. 10¢, 12¢, 15¢ 18¢, to There 15 o Use TfllklllE We are_headquarters for bargains in house furnishing goods. Bargainsin children's carriages. The largest stock, lowest prices of any house in the w Bowls, C per set. H. HARDY & CO., The 99¢ Store, 1209 Farnam St., Wholesale and Retail. Send for Catalogue Omaha, Neb. 13 Business Buoming SUMMER WRAPS AND PARASOLS Having bought a line of manufacturers samples of Ladies’ Summer Wraps, at seventy-five cents on the dollar, we are prepared to sell them to you ATLESSTHAN MANUFACTURER'S PRICES. And still be making a good living profit. We ask an inspection. We know we convince you that we can save you money. Parasols, PParasols, We have justopened our stock of Parasols and claim for them that they are the best values, in prices ranging from $1 to $5, in this city. We make a Specialty of medium priced goods and can give as good styles at from $2 to $3.50, as are usually sold at $5or $6. Do not fail to see them. Our stock is all rew and fresh. Remem-~ ber cashdrives a close bargain with us. THOMPSON,BELDEN&L 1319 Farnam-st,, Omaha. so won the at present it it in reason of width and strength feminine heart that. though comes in black alone, we arc promised the near future in all imaginable colors, French milliners haveadded to their dainty novelties very charming vests, fichus and collars, made entirely of fine flowers and leaves, the fichus coming down to a point in > is tront, whe from which ta graceful belt bouquet, Ltrailing garlands of maiden’ hair forn, rosc sprays, arbutus vines iu blossom, fern fronts and other delicate greenery. Miss Ifclen Blanchard, of Philadelphia, is the possessor of a very large fortune, which she derives from her invention of the “over attachment for sewing machine 1o She money neces v for patent oftice fees, and now enjoys “an income that is excecded by that of but few women in that city of rich spinstes The fancy for dresses is noted in. otherwise all black, golden-green moire sash, green ribbons made into ing ends placed on the The bodi is mocked, and has a belt of betelles of green ribbon. Ivory and cream white lace dresses aroc made up in_all styles noted for black, and are equally fashionable with green trimmings. The fabrics composing the gown, waist coat and shirt front very frequently differ in kind; for example, a dress of golden brown India cloth has a vest of plain golden-tan velvet, with am colored pongee shirt front: or, again, a dove gray Henrietta cloth has a Roman red vest dotted with gray, with an ecru shirt-front, The dress fabric is laid next to the side of the vest, and cove:ed by a band of rich silk cord passementerie, or 6lse vet revers tapering from the shoulders to a point below the belt. Pretty httle Bulgarian capes camel hair, bordered with gilt or silver and furnished with a hood green with black lace ribbons added to toilets for example, o wido with narrower osettes, with flow- left side of the skirt, of white ord, the country when only necded. There are also summer jackets of white eloth, with diagonal row of gilt or sil- ver on a single revers in front. There are also sling-sleeve capes of tan, gray and Suede cloth, slashed with red or brown velve slightly braided with metal cloth. shion inclines to parasols of unusuall dimensions, with generally ve tentious handles made of wood mauy curious and unique way sore, foulard, and China silk costumes, the darasol is matched to the dress, Plaide stiped, checked, or flower-brocaded costume With tus- can casily be matched by a parasol of lik design and color, as nearly every pattern and huois exhibited in fancy sunshades. For full-dress toilets are displayed a luxurious array of novelties in crepe lisse, white and tinted lace, beaded net, shirred and pl tulle decorated with pearl embroideri ver or gold silk canvas bauded with velvet ribbon, shot satins embossed with gay pom- padour designs and lined with pale primrose silk, and those of wate flower-brocaded and finished with shepherd’s crook handles, IMPIETIES, '" at last the preacher said, And lest he start again, A deacon murmured in lis dread : “Amen 10 that umen. Kansas is taking its annual “Ame dose of Joe rsons, says he received in cls of upples and a sil sermons over 121 1 ent but two bai hero is no letter in Volapuk, and such being the case we wonder what the coming man is to say wheu he steps intoa pud dle on a dark night Mus. Bascom—""The kins lost all Lis mon Fork ' lot say that Jim Simp 7 in a Pharaoh bank in 1 tell you, them kgyptians air a The childven of Israel found According to a western exchange the em ployment of pretty young ladies as ushers at the Congregational church at Ottawa, Kas., has broken up several Sunday polser clubs at that place. A Jersey City Science gets high pets; but has made no cure yet a sinecure. Rev. Stiggins—Ifseo 5,000 marriages were j woman is trying the “Chris cure on sick dogs and cats. from the owners of the In fact it is my lovi prfurmed that cver s und | last year. Mrs. S.(who receives all the mar riage fees)—Don’t you think you could get o call to Camden, Georget General Booth, of the Salvation army tends to assail the wickedness of C with a brass band of eighteen picce general is believed to hold insurance policies on the lives of his musicians. Tt is a little singular that just as soon as the governor of Massachusetts ascertains the day when the baseball season begins he straightway appoints that day to be a season of fasting, humiliation and prayer. v. Dr. Teiss, of Philadelpt has been g with indifferent success to farmes It was time wasted. Ev good i knows that Job took cousiderable pains raise the first large crop of boils on record. ““Who was the wisestman!” asked the & day school teacher. ‘“Solomon,” promptly od a little girl. “‘And who was the holi est?” “Moses.” ‘‘Moses! What makes you think sof"’ Jecause I often heard papa speak of *Holy moses.’ " A clergyman in Branford, Conn., while officiatini a recent funeral thought he saw the corpse’s eyes open. We only wonder that such instances are rare. The usual style of funeral oration ought to be enough to make the deceased open his eyes. A college student was invited out Sund to occupy the pulpit in a little country town After what he considered a masterly effc on the subject of “Lazarus and the rich man’' he called on a good old brother to pray and was somewhat electrificd to hear the following: “O, Lord, we thank thee, that we are not like this poor despised beggar La zarus who we've just ben a listenin’ to.” At the funeral of a theatrical man in Chi- cago the other day a unique floral design was displayed. It was in the form of & coupon ticket with the words: in- HEAVEN'S CHOIR. Reserved Seat Ticket, RIGHT. A western literary eritic inadvertedly got hold of a copy of the new testament, which the sporting cditor had left lying on his table. 'The reviewer glanced over several of the last pages and then wrote that Rider Haggard nad great dea) t the author of the story called had evidently been inspired “King Solomon’s Mine,” *8 improbable works by the same advised him to be original he an imitator, Ina certain Boston church, on a cold Sunday, while the minister was d ing his sermon, the tou thought the f in the furnace nceded attention, so he went for, as lations" usal of other author, and after and not down into the cellar and be o shalke the fire and put on coal. The registers all being open the sound of the raking and coaling came up very plainly 8o much 8o that one of the deacons got up, marched down the aisle and down into the cellar. What was the astonishment of those sitting near the regis. ter to hear come up: **What in —— are you making such a noise for, and disturbing the congregation!” The question now before ing is the deacon’s name. US. Mrs. VanCott is holding r in Denver to great multitudes, Mrs. Leiand Stanford has recently given a fine memorial chapel to Trinity Protestant Ipiscopal church, San Francisco. The number of Sunday school teachers in the world makes a great Lost. There are computed to be 16,447,990 of them. Work will be begun in a few weeks on the St. Simeon’s Mission church at Philadelph & memorial to the late Hishob Stevens. Rev. Russcll Jennings of Decp Conn., who died Thursday gave ing his lifo at leust $200,000 in erocting Baptist churchés. vival meetings River, away dur- aiding and One of the oldest religious edifices in the country 18 the Old Swedes' church at Wil wmington, Del., which was built in 1695, It is @ quaint and curious structure of stone, its walls overgrown with iv as originally erected. Mr. Fulton, a br left £27,000 to the F it stands just wer, who died recent eo and United Preshy torian churches. This has given riseto a lengthy correspordence in Scotland as to whether money given by brewers should be Roceptod or refused by christiag Shurohes Cawaden | - A stained-glass wiadow was roceatly set up in the parish church at Elstow, the birthe place of Bunyan. It for tho jubilea memorial for Elstow, and is the fifth window of stained glass thit the church now pos- s0s: Two of the others illustrato the “Pilgrim's Progress” and the “Holy War.) In the Umited States there is one_ minister % 700 people; in China, one ordained mis: sionary to 1,000,000, OF the 200,000,000 of Africa, 140,000,000 have not been touchied by christian teachers. he United States has 50,000 preachers, while India, with five times the population, has 700 ordained mission- arics. ~The chief supporter of the Chinese mission in Corea is Ah Hok, a wealthy and generous Chinaman, who, a fow years ago, gave $10,- 000 to the Anglo-Chincse college at Foochow, and more recently a_church at Hong Kong. He gave $1,000 to the Corean mission, ane hnn«nlfnunummm-d the two Chinese mis- sionaries who went out. In advising a class of embryo preachers at Hoboken, N. J., Bishop Fowler reminded them that they must *“preach sanctification, not cranktificition,” and that they should put. ideas into their sermons, even if the; had none of their own—“but,” he added, * you steal other people’s ideas,be honestabout it and tell where you got thom. Mrs. Esther Frame, o Quak ss, who has been conducting revival s in Nash-~ ville, is described as an evangelist of great ulnl\ly and a speaker of more than ordinary interest. Sho is a small woman, of middle age, with a pleasing faco. Crowds have heard her preach, and_those who went 1o hear her out of curiosity returned with reverence. As aresult of four woeks rovival meotings in Providence, condueted by persons handed in cards profc sire “to lead u chr 1 life:” nine Congre- gational churc hes 1 364; thirteen Baptist ch. i eight 'Methodist churches, 148; fnul Free Baptist churches, two Preshyterian chureches, 1215 three churches of other denominations, 5 52, and 120 pressed no church preference. —— How Eli Would Avoid Strikes. Eli Perkins the Annanias of America says: Theother day Isaw quite a group of Eunglish engineers who have already come over from England to better their condition, When I asked them what puy an engineer rveceived in England they said HIrom $35 to $75a month, *And these are skilled asked, *Yes, ics in tive “Would they come to America if they sw a place was open’?” M course they would, I could b 1,000 skilled engincers out of London in a week'if they could be arante #1,000 per year. Your men?”’ I killed mechan- worked seven years an make a locomos they are They have shop. ~ They I ngin ire not engine They nre nol mechanics. They are simpl vanced tiremen, Our men are »gillud men This m\m spoke the truth, Mauy of these Koy n now running 1 wn(-n\h Grand Trunk--the very best enginecrs ther Wien the Wilkesbarre and Scranton miners, seven years ago, werc gewting #5.50 por day they struck for $3.75. The ninc owaers shipped in 8,000 Hungar- ians. Now there is o surplus of miners d they are working for $2.50 per day and if all worked they could work only 170 days a n year. Strikes among the miners don’t hurt the country now. Let t be a surplus of engincers. Rails road managers can bring engineers wages down to #1,200 a year and make future strikes harless if they will now send agents to Eogland and start the surplus English engineers this way. An Absolute Cure. 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