Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 29, 1888, Page 13

THE CAPRICIOUS ~ SPOOKS. An Unearthly Hobgoblin Tetrifles a Policoman, BY A GHOST. Reminiscences of Salem Witchs craft-Turned to Stonc—A Cunning Musion. DRIVEN OUT Reminisoence of Salem Witcheraft, Boston Traveler: The homestead es- tate of the late Orin Putnam, of Dan- vers, is 10 bo so'd at public auction. The estate is of mueh historical interest,and upon it is the Kebecea Nourse house, famous in the annals of witcheraft, and whence Rebecea Nourse was taken to Gallows Hill in Salem and hanged, Jnly 19, 1692. A suggestion was made a year or two ago that the town should pur- chase the estato for park purposes, and a letter of approval of the project was written by the poet Whittier. proposition, however, wns not enter- tained, as the vrico asked was consid ered 10 high. The Coming Ilinsion. TLondon News: A lady will, we are told, soon appear in London, who is an apparition at first, afterward a solid.pal- pable,and even a somewhat fat lady; then she retires from her fat and her solidity and dissolves into airy nothing- ness. In the center of the exhibition room a globe will appear without,appar- ently, anything suspending it or sup- porting it. From that globe, after the mystic words have been spoken, to the accompaniment of weird music, a fomalo form will be seen to- emerge (draped), but hardly recognizable, so vapory will she be. Then she will gradually solid- ‘ ify, nourished on nothing Sn much de- sired attainment in these hard times), and after smilingly, but speechlessly,in- terviewing the publ 11 %ru(l\mlly become vapory, and retire finally to her residence in the hanging globe. Turned to Stone. An Augusta (Ga.) special to the At- Janta Constitution says: A most sin- gular discovery was made_in the Au- gusta cemetery to-day, In accordance with instructions received from mem- bers of the family, the remains of S. Gillett were exhumed by Cemetery Su- perintendent Bryan and interred “in a different section. When the grave diggers had uncovered the coffin and went to remove it from the grave, it was found that two men could notbudge it. Usually after a body has been in the ground for several years it becomes very light, but it took six men to lift this one from the grave. This singular fact induced Superintendent Bryan to investigate into the cause, and it was found that the body was completely pet- rified, and was as hard and solid and heavy as a rock. It was ina wooden coffin, and the top had decayed so that the glass had fallen on the face. The weight of the glass had somewhat disfigured the nose, but with this ex- ception, and the sunken appearance ot the oyes, the face preserved its familiar appearance. When_ buried, however, the face was clean shaven, and when looked at to-day it was covered with beard several inches long. The face wasdark, and presented tho appearance oi iron, looking not unlike a metal cast. Superintendent. Bryan and those pres- ent, after making the examination, proceeded to bury the remains in the new lot, but the story leaked out this evening, and Undertaker Platt and others will make an effort to get the consent of the family to again exhume the body for the purpose of making a more critical and scientificexamination. The remains were buried less than four years ago, and the short time in which Petrification has oceurred makes it a re- markable and unusual case. Driven Out by a Ghost. Albany N.Y. Journal: The latest sensation at Little Falls, N. Y., is a haunted house, and many believers in *‘spooks” actually think that the ter fied people that were frightened have the best of reasons to vacate the dwell- ing, which they did without much de- lay. No. 20 Porteus streetis a dwelling oceupied by two families, that of James Carnoy on the first floor, and Mr Moynahan, a_ widow, and her child: on the second. These families have o eupied the house for the past two months. Of late they have been startled by hostly and unusual noises, such as a 8ry, sopulohra) cough and the slamming and opening of doors, If a door was closed it would suddenly spring open without the aid of visible hands, and if it was open it would close with a slam in the same mysterious ways. In one of the rooms occupied by the Carneysafter dark the dry coughing commences, so ghostlike in sound, as Mr. Carney de- seribes it, it makes the hair rise on the head,and can be distinctly heard all night long, and apparently comes from under the bed, Doors locked at night are found un- locked in the morning,and yet there are no signs that a human hand has un- fastened them. The families being un- able to solve tho mystery of these ghostly manifestations have vacated the house. - Last’ Monday night the eoughing and opening and closing of doors so demoralized them that they %00k refuge in one room. There were seven in all, but still the ghost was not disturbed by their presence, for it kept on coughing and making peculiar noises tho entire night, and the coughing al- ways proceeded from the same spot un- der the bad, It wasa long and fearful night, and the inmates of the haunted house clung to each other and waited with beating hearts and terrvor in theiwr souls for t break of day, when the invisible spirit would vanish. With its disappearance the cuughiu% ceased. The night was one long to be remembered, and they shiver now when they think of it. The following day after their usual exper- ience the premises were vacated. Policemen Territled by Hobgoblins Pensacola (Fla.) correspondence St. Louis Globe-Democrat: A short time since two foreign sailors were drowned in the harbor here. and the stevedores say that their ghosts walk, and.nothing can induce the majority of them to go near the wharves at midnight. A dozen sailors of a British vessel lying at anchor a quarter of a mile from shore came ashore on liborty, and, like all Jack-tars, had a jolly time, ending by getting drunk as 8o many lords. ‘I'wo of them missed the return boat, and on going down at midnight found out that thoy were left. Being just far enough “over seas’ not tu know the dangers of the strong tides, they undressed and plunged in to swim out to the ship, leaving their clothes on the whart, Some negroes passing by stole the clothes. The next day the bodies of the two men wore cast ashore a mile be- low town, The secoud day after a darkey came jnto the police station, and handing the captain a package, told him that it contained the clothes of the two sailors. The negro added that the men who had tulken them had given them to him to roturn, as the ghostsof the two men had sppeared to them in nature’s garb and with howrible imprecations demanded their clothes. . The frightened thioves did not dare 10 keep them after this, and roturn them at once. The chief laughed at the tale, and putting the clothes to one side, thought little more of it: The next day the pa- trol who was stationed at the central wharf, where the sailors left from asked for a change of station, alleging that the cold night air_from off the water was bad for him, He was given another post and a different_officer given tha beat. He, too, applied for a change, and successively six different officers gave up the place. The chief then io- vestigated and told the following stor; ““Atabout 11:80 the attention of the policeman on duty was attracted by o noise like as if a swimmer was climbing up the side of the wharf, Suspecting thieves he hastened there. and opening his_ bull’s-eye lantern he threw his light on the spot where the noise was heard. As the rays illuminated the dock there stepped into_ the cir- cle of light the ghosly forms of the dead sailors magnified to hage proportions, stark naked, sea- weed clinging to their hair, and thei faces and bodies horribly eaten by fish and crabs. They stalked by the officer without seeming to notice him, and roinn to the spot where their clothes had been left, appeared to be hunting for something—their vain search seem- ing to render them perfectly furious with rage. The officer dropped his lantern and fled. The others all corro- borated his tale and related the same general experience, save the last one, who added to his story that _one of the spectral figures came up and attempted to embrace him, with a drunken leer on its corpse-like face. No officer is stationed there now and not a darky in the city would go on the dock at mid- night for 81,000. During the day hun- dreds of people have visited the spot and commented upon the strange tale. The officers are laughed at by many, but they stick to their story and refuse to do duty on that particular wharf. ULARITIES. Philo Lynch, wiord county, is the mother of 'soven children, a 1l un der two years of age. Kighteen months ago she gave birth to triplots, and -a few days she gave birth two boys and two girls. A lemon was picked at Los Angeles, Cal. the other day that weighed three avd three- fourths pounds, was six_and one-half inches long and five inches in diamoter. The troe on which it grow had buthalf a dozen lemons. A farmer near Chebanse, 1L, having an ox that did not obey orders, concluded that the animal was deaf, and’ bought an ear trumpet, which worked with great success. The animal had lost its appetite, but, with its veturn of hearing ate heartily. The ecar trumpet is fastened in place by wires around one of the norns. While Daniel Lowry, & negro laborer, in Marlboro county, S. C., was cutting a log in the woods, he striick tho rim of a hollow, out of which suddenly jumped a rain frog, which was porfotly transparent and apparéntly in good health,” The frog survived but a fow moments after reaching the open air. It is cstimated from the state of the log that the frog had been in it for the last thirty years. A devilfish or ocean vampire was acciden- tally caught near Vera Cruz, Mexico, in a fishing seine recontly. Ropes 'waore thrown around the monster, and by the aid of horses it was drawn to the shore. It weighed two tons, and when spread out on the beach dead presented every apyearance of an enormous bat or vampire. It measured fifteen fect long and seventeen feet wide from the edges of the pectoral fins, and its mouth was five feot across. A number of them had been seen for some time, but all efforts to catch one had proved futile. - Hassan Toolidge, of Ward City, A. T., will probably soon bo seen in a circus. He has devoted his spare time to educating a black snake, and has taught ita number of rems able tricks. At the word of command the snake will tie itself up into a Turk’s head knot and remain in that position until re- leased. Then it will stand straight up on the end ofiits tail and hiss an accompaniament toa violin Which its master plays. The intelli- gent roptile sces to putting tho chickens in their coop at night, and if one happens to be missing it will thresh and hiss in a most alarming manner until. Mr. Toolidge’s atten- tion is attracted. Its favorite resting place atnightis in one of Mr. Toolidge's long boots. Liberty Hill, Ga., 15 the scene of a peculiar phenomenon. A wall on the premises of H. Lec went dry just after the ecarthquake of 1836, and had to bo sunk eight feet deeper before the flowof water was resumed. A few days ago the family of Lee was much alarmed by loud reports from the well, sounding like powder blasts or the firing of cannon. On Saturday night another detona- tion was_heard, and the water suddenly shot like a geyser nearly to tho top of che well with a risc and fall like the drawing in and expelling of the breath in human respiration. The water thus expelled is boiling hot. Peo- ple for miles around are flocking to the scene and the scientists aro much excited over it. An animal, different from any ever before seen in that part of the country, has been destroying sheep, swine and calves in Barlow county, Georgia. The animals were found dead With a wound in the throat resembiing stab of a stilletto, A farmer who sur- ed the beast in the act of trying to kill a calf the other night, says the crea- mbled a coyote in 'its movements, but was unlike any other animal that he eversaw. It wasofa dark copper color, with possum-shaped head and small bead: like eyes, the tail bushy and ercct, and the body long and smooth,” Men have banded together and searched for it day and night, but have been unable to kill or capture_it. On one occasion a pack of hounds pursued it, when sudden'y the leading dog came whin- ing back with a stream of blood oozing_from the throat, and in half an hour died. A scientist by the name of Gredulet has offered $100 for the animal dead or alive. i i A 22 il EDUUATIONAL. Harvard colloge is_about to erect a new dormitory on Holmes field which will be callea Hastings hall. The school teachers of MoPherson, Kan. have “struck’ because they were refused pay for the timo which they lost during the small-pox episode, Cornell has added to her faculty Prof. L. H. Bailey, now of the Michigan state agri- cultural college, and Prof. . 1. Androws, of Brown university. Tho university of Zurichhas sixty lady students, forty of whom aro studying medi- cine. The uuiversity has in ail over 700 students, 149 of whom are foreigners. “Tho Rev. Dr. Andrew P, Peabody, of Cam- bridge, Muss., learned to read bofore Lo was threo years old, ontered Harvard college at twelve, and graduated at fifteen, being, with two exceptions the youngest graduate on record. There is a fund of $20,000 being raised among the leading dye merchants aud man- ufacturers in New England to establish department of dyeing and printing in the course of ndustrial chemistry, in the Massa- chusetts institute of technolog; At @ teachers’ examination in Jones coun in answer to tho question, “What I8 ene?” @ young lady applicant for a cer- tificate to teach school answered: “‘Itis the soft spot on the top of a baby's head, which gradually becomes harder as the baby grows oider.” Some years ago Sir Donald Smith, of Mon- treal, gave $120,000 for the purpose of endow- iug a faculty for the higher education of women, He 1ow pr % to suppleme former gift by a quarter of a miilion doilars, and ap iosutution to be called the Royal ctoria college will be established in Mon- treal. Prof. E. I, Andrews, of Brown univi having been called te the chair of po economy at Cornell university, the Boston Herald thinks that ‘“one of the abstruce problems he ought to clear up for the bene £t of his pupils is why a crack ball plaver or @ French - cook can command twice us big a salary as a college professor of politieal econ- omy.” The profcssor's salary, by the way, is §4,000, President Martin Brewer Anderson, of Rochester university, has resigned after thirty'five years' efiicient service, the resig- nation to take effect at the end ucademic year. :JI.: l;llhldml lll) lhi; executive duties, he is at e head of the departwents of psychology &nd poliviest ecouomy. Hefore Laling his present position Dr. Auderson was professor of *hetorio and modern history at Waterville (M®.) college, now Calby university, Of the institutions which have assisted the high er education_of women_in this country, Troy semmary (1821), Oberlin college (1885). Michigan university (1870), Smith college 187%), Harvard Annex (1870), and Byrn awr college (1885), merit segecial mention, since cach marks an epoch in the history of a movement to which each made an essen- tially original contribution, and to whose course each gave a distinct impulse, President-elect Patton, of Princeton col- Joge, told the Chicago alumni Tucsday that there would be no remodeling of the college to emphasize singie branches of study, but simply & pushing on_in_the progressive line of university development, keeping pace with Harvard and Yale, but he nevertheless da red that Dr. McCosh's wonderful work in philosophy made it the duty of the univer- sity to devote to that department a full, large and conspicuous place, Columbia college has at prosent on fts roll 1,820 students, who are divided among the differen! ‘hools as follow Arts,280; mines, 230! law, 461; political scionce, 61 medicine, 800; library economy, 80: deduct for repeti- tion, 51; total number of different individual students, 1,820, Thisis an increase of 250 students over last year. The number of stu- dents in the collegiate course for women is 18, whilo 26 women are in the school of libra- ry economy, thus making 54 women stu- dents of Columbia college. —— Moral Oblig ation. Philadelphia Ledger: The truth that every new right secured involves new obligations and new duties nceds much more emphasis than it at present roceives. The desire to gain rights is strong enough and sufficiently mani- fested, but t{o desire to fulfill worthily the trusts they impose_is comparatively weak. A man chained hand and foot is certainly deprived of the right of free motion, and justly demands re- lease. But directly he is set free a mul- titude of dutics and obligations spring up. Where shall he direct his steps? How shall he use his hands? What good thing is he to bring out of his lib- orty that was impossible before? 1f he uses his newly-found power only to abuse and maltreat his fellow-men, it may well be doubted whether, after all, his former state of restraint were not preferable. So with all other vights—free thoughts, free speech, free press, free labor—they are bless: ings in proportion as thoy are exereised for good; when they are used in the in- terests of selfishness and greed, or to destroy the rights of others, or to break down law and order, they cease to be benefactions, and if carried in such di- rections beyond certain limits, society justly vetracts the boon. Rights used in the cause of wrong certainly forfeit th claim to recognition, and rende! their very name an absurdity. It is time that more emphasis were lald upon moral obligation, both as between man and his fellow-man and between man and the community. Too many people are developing a keen insight into what they suppose others ove them, while maintaining a dullness of per- ception truly alarming as to what they owe to others. Clamoring loudly for their own rights, they forget how many rightful claims of others they are constantly withholding. 1t is, of course, only the few extremely pronounced cases of this injustice with which the law can deal. By far the larger pro- portion are beyond the reach of law courts. The father of u family, claim- ing the right to order his own house- hold, robs his children of the most sa- cred rights, and through avavice, self- 1shness, or ill humor, wrecks their hap- piness and prospects. Or an avaricious manufacturer, who claims the right to manage his own business without inter- ference, so manages it that his work- men must labor at starvation wages, and his customers must_pay full price for an adulterated article. Or the la- borer eagerly claims his right to labor at pleasure, and to cease when he will, yet utterly disregards the same right of his fellow laborer, and compels him, by threat and penalty. to abstain from working at his command. Thus, in the name of liberty, many an act of tyranny flourishes; in the name of free- dom, many a feeble one becomos en- slaved; in the name of human rights, many 2 man and woman is cruelly wronged; in the name of free speech, many a fair reputation is ruined, many falsehoods disseminated, many errors taught. What is needed among us more than the insistence of rights is the enforcement of duty. It should be impressed upon the minds and hearts of all that a right is not something merely to secure, to rejoice in, and to uso at pleasure, but that it is a solemn trust to hold, an obliga- tion to fulfill, a power to wield, a re- sponsibility for which each who possess it is accountable. The question s0 often asked: “‘Am I receiwving all the rights to which Iam entitled?” should be coupled with the more im- portant and searching ones: “Am 4 using all the rights with which Tam invested for the best good of society? Am I giving to others all the rights which belongs to them, as far as my power extends?”’ It is this atti- tude of mind which gives breath and dignity to life, and ses justice and generosity to their rightful places in society. ~Only - men live for som thing higher and nobler than self can they attain their true value, and only as this is done habitually by individual can we hope to see an elevated and prosperous community. A movement in this direction is being made by the formation of societies, whose object is said to be ‘“‘the d ination of a knowledge of the principles of good citizenship and the promotion of the observance of the duties imposed thereby.” We gladly welcome all such endeavors, hoping that their influence may be widely diffused and may help to place the whole doctrine of rights upon the firm and sure basis of righteousness. - Mr., Conkling's Property in Washing- ton. Mr. Conkling owned a valuable build- ing lot in this city, situated at the in- tersection of Rhode Island avenue and A streot, which he bouglit many yoars ago at a very low price. 1t is now ' very valuable, being one of the most attrac- tive lots in the eity. and would sell for ten times what he paid for it. He had several offers from would-be purchasers, but has always refused them, declaring that he would not dispose of the prop- erty for any less than it had cost him in taxes and interest on the investment. 1t is thought that amount can now be obtained and it will shortly be put in the market. An intimate friend tells me that the estate will not amount to more than $60,000 or $70,000, exclusive of his resi- dence in Utica, which is now free from incumbrance. Although his fees were lar, and his income amounted to $50,000 or 60,000 during the last three or four years, he has devoted the most of it to the payment of his debts and to reimbursing the family of ehildren who re robbed of their fortune by Arthur Johnson, his friend. e Grant's Birthplace. The birthplace of General Grant, in the village of Point Pleasant, Ohio, is still in good repair, and used as adwell- ing. With no accident it will last a century yet. ‘The Cincinnati centen- nial managers have offered & big sum for the old home, and the Columbus ceutennial managers have offered $1,000 for its rent, with u guarantee that they will replace it unhurt upon its founda- tions when the centennial is over, Itis not, however, on the market, (URIOUS FREAKS OF WOMEN. They Are Larger Waisted Now Than Thirty Years Ago. A NUN'S CURIOUS ESCAPADE: She Falls in Love With a Female Pe- destrian and Adopts Her—Latest Fad in i Ball Programmes and Bills of Fare. Parted by a P Philadelphia News. She asked him for a protty pin, But he, alas! he had no tin! Poor boy, His joy Had sad alloy ; The maiden he had hoped to win Looked on him as it were a sin To have no tin. Serenely did the maiden say : “We'll henceforth go our separate ways, For, nowadays, Tho rule that wooors must obey, - 1 wis, TIs this: ‘Who has not gold Shonld not be bold." ‘We're strangers, as we did begin " So they were parted by a pin. Her Portrait. New York Telegram. A swoet, grave face, a straight, slight form, And oyes that seem to gaze and gaze At cloud and sunshine, peace and storm, Still hidden in the unborn days. A child’s unconsciousness of ill, A woman’s sympathy, a mind oo near to heaven and childhood still To harbor aught untrue, unkind. ‘With fancies tender as the leaves Just budding in the early spring. Such garlands of sweet thoughts she weaves As quaint old poets loved to sing. 1 feel I have no place nor part, =3 No chance of harmony in sooth With this child-woman’s slecping heart, Her queenly and unconscious youth. But would I have it otherwise? Nay, sweet, thy calm I would not move! With throbbing heart and conscious eyes, Thou wouldst not be the maid I love! An Interesting Contest, Two French ladies lately agreed upon a trial for a thousand francs to sec which could make her tongue run the faster. The contest was to endure for three hours. One pronounced 203.5 words, reading from Eugene Sue. The other pronounced 206,311 and won the prize. That is, ofcourse, owing to the liquid- ity of the French language; however, a gentleman who tried to break the rec- ord scored a record of only 119,412 words. Ball Programme: vircling the Wrist Like a Bracelet. A novel ball programme says the Now York Mail and Express, consists of a neat, thin, cardboard band an inch and a half in width, edged with gold, which encircles the wrist like a bracelet, and is easily closed and unclosed by means of the thinsilken cord which suspends the pencil. “Dances” is inscribed on the overlapping flap, the date and resi- dence below, and the dances in rota- tion all around, with space left for the gentleman to write his name or initials. These novel ‘‘bracelet programmes” can be had in white, pale blue, or pink, and stamped to order at short notice. here is another; is is a menu. Tt is alsoabracelet and is fastened by a dainty colored ribbon bow after the menu is stamped or written and passes over the folded table-naplk These are in white or delicately tinted card, and a pretty and novel. - They can be stamped with crest if required, ¢lose to the bow, where ‘““Menu” is written in gold. And here are other novelties in the same line. There are some Irench menus, with pen and ink sketches, which are uncommon and consist of sets of six, issued fresh ever month. Among the subjects are scenes at race meetings, visitors to art galleries, fashionably attired femlae figures step- ing out of a large broken egg in vartous positions, others caught in the rain, ete., all artistically and quaintly drawn. Two slits are cut 1n the paper and the menus slipped in, so that they can be used gs often as they are not carried off by the guests, which is so frequently done. This does not finish the new menus, beautifully colored with buttercups, daisies and violets; another of Watteau figures, each one a picture; an old En- glish one in imitation of discolored edged parchment, with narrow double ribbons run down the sides holding the seal and “‘Ye Lysteof ye Dyshes of ye Refection,” illuminated above in old chavacters, others to fold up, represent- ing a natural looking slice of toast, ete., are all popular designs. Two Curious Artists. Says the New York Graphy is a picture in the Academy by A’Becket, the chum of Bertha Von Hil- lern. They are a curious pair. Miss A’Becket has been a nun, and through some inscrutable logie still claims alle~ giance to the Roman holic church. and in some still more inscrutable way the church accepts that allegiance des- pite her broken vows. She went along with the rest of the public to see Miss Von Hillern when she was walking in Boston cleven or twelve years ago. She left the hail late in the evening and after she got home and in bed she was haunted by the thought of that woman going on, round and round through all the long night hours, and finally about 2 o'clock she got up and dressed and went back there. Everyone was gone but the trainer and a sloépy attendant or two. It was the last night of the engagement and the trainer was very anxious about Miss Von Hillern. He welcomed Miss A’Becket’s arrival eagerly assomething to excite and interest his charge. He begged Miss A’Becket to walk around the track a fow times with her and talk to her. She did so, and became 80 in- terested in the conversation that she walked on till daylight. From that night the two women have been great friends, Nis§ A’Becket was painting, and, with 'characteristic impulsiveness and belief fn” her own intuitions, she declared Miss' Von Hillern ought to be a painter,’’ that she’d make a great painter, that she must stop walking and go tod[m.infind. Miss Von Hillern ac- cepted the dictum, and the two women have sincethen spent most of their time together on a lovely farm in the wilds of West Virginia. They paint to please themselves, and sell principally to peo- ple who are fascinated with their ro- mantie history and ways. They are satisfied with their work, but it hss no great standing among painters, and is not often admitted to the exhibitions. Miss A’Becket’s trees in the academy are one out of half a dozen she t. The men say she has talent, but no di cipline. She lives at the Sherwood with a brother, who used to be a monk. He paints, too. As might be imagined, they were not brought up Catholics, but were converts in their youth., They are u picturesque pair. Maria Women are Bigger Now. “Women are certainly larger than they used to be,” said a dressmaker to a Mail and Express reporter. *'What makes you thing so?”’ was the quo?. 1y order beoks, for one thing, ke a4 by mother and myself for atmost years, Every drossmaker has a rece of the measures of regular customers. I have never destroyed any of ours, and the older boaks are entertaining memo- randa. See, this little black-covered book is for 1859. Open it anywhere you please. There you have it, all the proof you wanted, Miss —, waist measuro 18 inches; Mrs. ——, 20 inches; and the bust measures and skirt lengths are in proportion, Turn the leaves, you will nd 17 inches, 18 inches, 184 inches, 19 inches repeated continually. Some- times you come across ono as low as 16 inches. I think I can remember making dresses when tho waist was only 15 inches. Nearly all the en- tries are for slender women, narrower chested than I cut for now and not so tall. T took a fancy to go over the list quite systematically a few days ago. 1 took fifty women whose gowns my mother and I cut in 56 and ’57. The average waist mensure is only twenty- one inches, and I can tell by the names that some were middle-aged, heavy women whose figures carry the average up. I should say that mostof the young women had waists not over twenty inches. Indeed, I know the girls used to come to me when their wedding trousseaux were ordered and tell me they must be laced to eighteen inches for the bridal gown to be fitted, for it wasn’t the proper thing to be any larger than that on one’s wedding day. “How big are girls now? New York girls of twentv or twenty-two years old will average waists of twenty-three inches at least, If they are five feet seven or eightinches tall they will have twenty-five or twenty-six inch waists. There are plenty of women who are not ashamed of .waists considerably lavger than that if they are well formed in proportion. I should say that women were an inch or two taller and three or four inches larger round than their mothers wore. Healthier? Oh, that goes without saying.” HONEY FOR THE LADIES. London sanctions for street wear long veils of gray gauze tied in @ big bow under the chin, Colored satin straws are in_great favor. The feather trimmings are put on quite at the back. The empire gown adwits of no Lustle, but what it lacks in that particular it more thau up in cash. surah, with Wattaau em- broidery, are_worn in' Paris on the stroet under coats of fine black or suede wool. Insilk the old-fashioned lastrous taffeta and soft twilled surah with chine figures are more new than either pretty or serviceab] Green in all shades from apple to sorpent copper, terra cotta, Indian and Siam reds and mouse gray are the preferrad shades for spring wear. The handsomest _empire gown .yet secn is of black net with gold embroidery and spangles, and @ big moire sash with gold alls at the ends. Flounces arevery much revived, and may be put on the skirt. pretty much as you will, provided only that you do not let them go regularly over it. Full sleeves come more and more in fash- fon, and among_shapes the log of mutton is theone oftenest chosen, especially for lace or other thin stuffs. The very latost brooch adaptation of the superserviceable horseshoe is two shoes of silver, whereof the smaller hangs from the larger by a golden nail. The new straw embroide: s the most styl- ish garniture for white canvasand crepeline corsagos, though they may have a bare sus- picion of steel or gilt passementeric. Corsuges run more and more to_extremes, e cither short,round and very fully draped, & clse preternaturaily long, straightand slender, both in outline and in ornament. A white straw ‘“gypsy” trimmed with white lilacs and olive velvet makes one of the ideal bonnets for dressy wear all sum- mer, with costumes of almost any descrip- tion! Fashion prophets declare that silk is again to become as generally worn us it was before jute and other nefarious admixtures shook our fuith in and preference for this elegant waterial. Gray suede or dull green cashmere is made up into simple but stylish polonaises, lightly trimmed with the nei steel gimp and worn over skirts or striped moire or bengaline, whose lighest moiety matches their hue. White pilot cloth dresses, gold braided.with jockey caps to match, are in high fashion for morning wear and tennis at Iortress Mon- roc, where the grass is green and velvet like, and the flowers are in bloom on every side, Among the most stylish summer thin stuffs are shot veiling, with_inch-wide silk sel- vages; canvas, with Paisley bordors and crepons, and crepelines of wool and silk or linen, wrought all over with dots or self-col- ored embroidery. Lexington (Miss,) has three feminine resi- dents who play an imvortant part in keeping the town in communication with the rest of tho world. One of the ladies aforesaid is postmistress, another express agent, and the third has charge of the telegraph oftice. For every young woman there are sum- mer afternoon gowns of big flowered cream silk, made with the gatiered belted waist, long, curved dravery falling over a petticoat of white India silkc tucked and trimmed with wide valenciennes insertion, High and very stift standing collars ar still the rule; to which, however, there are some notable exceptions, in which the collar is mot only conspicuously absent, but the open neck slightly pomnted at tho front, and a soft fall of lace turned over and ending in a jabot half way to the belt. Many of the new parasols of silk or satin are lined with Pompadour foulard silk, with lace or net puffed or fluted on the outside. Other styles are of moire, bordered with white satin bands and white lace. These are ospecially designed for garden parties, coach- ing, the races, and like occasions, but not for promenade. Tan, both light and dark, cream white, ccru, mushroom, pearl, Roman red,all shades of yellow from jonquil'to deep safffon, and a *very pale tint of absinthe green are tho tints most gencrally used for the new French fishu vests, The fabrics are satin-striped faille, surali, and satin-striped gauze, Bengaline, crepe lisse, silk canvas, and China silk. Shoes are in s0 many novel and stylish de- signs that every induccment is afforded women to pay special regard to this portion of their dress. Kid, both dressed and un, dressed, is dyed in dark shades of color, and every style of modeling finds a representa- tive. Ladics’ shoes are made with grac fully shaped medium high heels, toes neither 100 pointed for comfort nor yet too broad for grac The very finest wool textures—cashmere, drap-d'ete, thibet and 80 on—come in all the lovely shades, with wide silk selyages for combining with silk of the same shade. Moire shotsilk or hun%fllmu is usually chosen and over a petticoat of it the wool appears as @ full softly-draped polonaise, in whose trim- mings, facings and accessories the silk reap- pears. Mrs. Maria Coleman, the sister of William 8. O’Brien, the late Nevada silver king, has decided to build a hotel at Sutter and Powell streets, San Francisco, that will eclipse any- thing of the sorton the Pacific coast. The lot 1s 287x157, and the hotel will cover all of it. Mprs. Coleman was the beneficiary of her oth will, and has ample funds 0 exe- cute her most liberal plans, The very highest novelty is silk embroid- ered with~ wreaths, vines, wheat sheaves, what not in - Watteau colors. It is wrought all along one edge and trimsethe bottom of the skirt, which has drapery of shot veiling the collar, cuffs, vest and edges of the drap- ry, and also forme the half girdle, which is sewed in under the arms and ties over the loose vest very low iu front, One of the contestants in a walking match in progress in Chicago is Esther Causten,who is only twelve years old. She is described as he champion child pedestrian of the United States,” and already has a record for speed and endurance, having walked a half mile in three minutes and thirty-two seconds. She began her career as a pedestrian at Elgin, 1L, when only four years ol ‘The fashionable spring jacket is made tailor-fashion, tight-fittiug at the back, with loose fronts. Itis made of cloth or fancy woolen, to suit the dress, but the frouts re- main open from the neck downward. The Fgvers ou the fronts and on the sleeves aio of the woolen riaterial, neatly stitched. Enormously large fancy metal buttons are placed in a row of three or five upon each sida, but are not intened to be fastened. The Isacst importation of bonnets show a brilliant invoice of models, all light, airy and excoptionally attractive, —Thoir garnitures are likewise ethereal. ft olive nets, tinted etamines, silk crepes, grenadines, and tulles aro profusely employed, mingled with flow- ers of rarest beauty. Among the dainty sum- mer bonnets are those of Tuscan_brawd, dot- ted all over the crown with pearl beads and trimmed with pearl gimps and_picot ribbon. The soft grenadine ribbons prove wonder- fully pretty and effective on summer bonnets and hats. Jot beads aro used to dot the crowns of deep yellow satin_braid bonnets, trimmed with black moire ribbon and prim: rose clusters, mounted as aigrottes. Some of Brother Gardner's Reflse- tions. Dotroit Free Press: ‘“Man is an on- reasonable animal when you cum to fig- ger him down,” said Brother Gardner, as the meeting quietly opened and Trustee Pullback finally got soated. ““When Tgo to trade hosses wid a man I expect he will p'int out all de ring- bones an’ spavins on his beast an’ lot me concenl all do ailments in my own. “If my naybur hain’t got suggar to lend, de fackt riles my hull fam’ly. If 1 havn’t a hoe to lend him I ealmly ad- vise him to buy one of his own. ‘‘We git together an’ agree that de kentry ar’ gwine to de dogs on account of dishonest office-holders, an’on leck- shun day we turn_out an’ work hard for a rascally candydate bekase he has promised us a fat 'pintment. ““We see de need of a stringent law. an’ we ’leckt our best lawyers to de legislacher to make it. De law cotchas us an’ we go to dose same lawyers an’ offer ’em a bribe to find a kmp-“;olo. “*Waydown Bebee buys a hoss. He serimps on de hay in_order to buy mo’ plug terbacker fur himself, an’ bekase de hoss begins to show his ribs, Brudder Bebee howls about the dishonesty of do farmer. **We sot on d» fence an’ injoy de sun- shine an’ cou nt up how many bushels of turnips orter grow while we are off fishin.” If we are short on turnips we excuse ourselves but blame de Lawd. *“We kin see whar’ de man next can’t afford to keep two hired girls an’ buy his wife a sealskin cloak, but it is all ri{,,vl\t fur us to buy a pianer an’ put up a lightin’ rod on a good deal less wages. “De man who gits up in Jinuary an’ howls fur spring kin allus be found cussin’ de hot weather *bout de middle of July “If Samuel Shin lends Pickles Smith a couple of dollars, he can’t sleep nights fur fear he won’t get it back. 1f de con- trary ar’ de case, Samuel kin sleep till 9 o'clock in de mawnin’ an’loaf all de rest of de day. “Let a friend cum to us wid de toof- ache an’ we kin can calmly give him di- reckshuns how to reach de nighest dentist. Let us have an achin’ molar an’ we expeck every pusson to break his back huntin’ up some remedy an’feelin’ SOrT; Take us all in all, an’ we ar’ & selfish, onreasonable, inconsistent lot, an’ de only reason de Lawd lets us lib on is bekase He hain’t got no place to bury us all to once.” The committee on progress and art, to whom was submitted the query from Boston, *Does an old two-shilling fence standing in front of a $10,000 house rep- resent progress or bull-headedness?” re- ported through their chairman as fol- lows: “De queshun has been duly consid- ered an’ frequently turned ober, an’ dis committec ar’of de unanimous conclu- shun dat she does. On motion of Giveadam Jones the re- port was accepted and the committeo discharged from the further considera- tion of the same. —_——— Fit for a Museum., Joshua L, Hawkins,of South Hawkins- ville, Me., is one of the most eccentric men in the country. He is ninety-seven years of age, yot lie obstinately refuses {0 spht a cord of wood before breakfast or to walk ten miles a day. His cond tion occasions his family much unecas ness. WHY WE WIN! {1 9% SIORE 1209 Farnam St. Triumphantly in the Lead With Many Imitators But No Equals, Prices That Can't be Downed Special Sales Monday and all Next Weel. CROCKERY. Wash Bowls and Pitchers, 45, Plates e, fe Cups and Saucers, 33 per sot. Hotel Platters, 65 Hotel Bakers, 65¢, dozen, Platters, fc, b, te, 10¢ to 45c. Fine line of Decorated Ware in open Stock, TINWARE. Apple Corers, b Stew Puns, 10c, 12 Brass Match 3 . Tea Kettlos, Copper Bottom, 49c. Ple Tins, je, Dish Pans, 10c, 1. Coffee Pots, 1 Steamers, Grate Broile Deep C Frylng Pans, 10c, 16¢, to e, GLASSWARE. Creamers, 10c, 12¢, 1ic Sugars, b Butte: Tumblers, be, e, 10c, 8auce Dishes, 2, i Lamps, ic, 2 Feppers and Sait Looking (3 lasses, oc, Gompletelin: of fine D Tumblers, Water Sots, Jugs, Vinegars &c., &c, HARDWARE, CUTLERY. Potts 8ad Irons, §1.65 set. Btee] knives and Forks, 60c, Fine Steel Knives and Forks, Carying Knives and Forks, ¥ Minciug Knives, 10c. Bird Cuge Springs, & Tea Trays, be, 10¢, Flower Pot Bracket, Othber Articles, * WOODENWARE, Coffee Mills, 2ic, F7c, 45c to R 2 und 3 Hoop P'als, | Tubs, e, 49, Bic, & Wash Boards, Novelty Wring: Troning Boards, % Clothes Lines, , Brooms, 10¢, 22e. ‘B¢ Btep Laddors, 7ic, & Jet ve Frames made to order at ¥ less than others ask, It means money for you to trade ut the 99 CENT STORE, 1209 Farnam Street. H. HARDY & CO, Wholesale and Retadl, 6e, 10, and & Thousand HIS LIFE SAVED. The Narrow Escape of Mr, Iteiul Murphy. He Recovers His Health After Bolag Told That He Could Only Live Throe Months—Given up by ¥our Physicians, Some elght months ago there came to Omahn an eminent physician who, atter looking over the city and sadisfying himselt asto it greatiiess, located an office and opened it for general practice of medicine, maki 5f catarth and thront nod ing troub physician was what is known in the as an advertising physician. He coms vertising in the daily papers, not as the & advertising doctor does, promising to cure manner of {ncusalle diséses. but "'ML not promise anything but publish the testimonial of some person whom he cured. These testimonials have not besn from mythical persons, but from well citizons of the city, citizens who are known and wide, and who give thelr testimony vol {le‘. Most of these pationts were people heo n treated before by different Who did not bonefit them in the least and tried patent medicines to no end all as a last resort had come to_this ¥ where they obtained not only a reliaf, 3 caland permanentcure, ‘The physi to s DI J. Croeap McCoy, lute House to the Uellevue Hospital, New York eity, who has gained or Rmuole wide fame ke cosstul physician,in the west as woll onst, Among the many patients of D, M wasa JQung mian, Michnel Murphy, who ones. leventh street botween Jackson and Mr. Murpliy was formerly an employs of the Omiahs Barb Wire works, and was very well thought by his employers. He took sick about aio and was compolied to stop work, he following to tus Interviewer, ) los. MICHAEL MURPHY. T commenced to feel poorly a yoar ago last fal about Fair time. I kept getfing weaker an Woaker, o much so that 1 could hardly walk & Dlock without hecoming entirely out of wind. X had had a cough forsome time, but it kept grow= ing harder and harder until it Almost exhausted me. Afteru long hard, cough T would spit, up some, but it was Vet hard to remove. I I flesh rapldly, so miich so thatmy clotfies were entirely too loose for me. T had night sweats very bad, my coughing kept me awake nights a great deal, and in fact I got up in the mornis more tired than when I went to bed. Woul feel some fever in the morning and again in the evening, or rather about 4 or 5 o clock. 1hadno desire for food, the sight of it used to sicken me, In fact it was of little use to eat, for even the lightest food would not stay on rhy stomsaly 1¢ was 80 weak. My lungs were very sore, and 16 produced sovero puinto cough, 1f anyone would have told ‘me that T would pull through I would not have Lolieved it. In act T was told by four physicians of this olf that1 could not ba cured, and one dogtor tol me I would notlive threé months. Ihad the testimoninls of Dr. McCoy {n the daily pas pers, and at last mother thonght we had better 0 and see him. 1 had hardly been out of the ouse for six or eight months, but we managed to gt there, and saw the doctor. He did not uarantee to cure me,but thought my life mlxh& o prolongred in comparative comfort. I decide to take trentment, and was benefitted at once. Bofore going to hiu I cold not hold anything on my stomach, but since the first treatment, have Tiot throwh up once, 1 commenced to gain in flesh and strength: my cough has left me: my lungs are no longer gore: and in fact, feol the strongest partof me. 1 can take good long wulks now. Of course I am not as robust now aswhen I'was a boy, but I feel in good health, and feel positive that the doctor saved my lite, My trivnds meet mo while I am takiig my daily walks and are surprised to sce me, in tact some of them thought I was dead. I have had them tell me 80, buf I am « pretty Hve man, ag you can see, 1am more than satlsfied with'my treatment by the doctor, and 1 feel that I can not say enough for him and I advise all my friends who are afllicted to go and see him, Can Catarrh Be Cured? The past agemight bo called a superstitious one. The present can more properly be called an age of surprises, for many things once classed among the impossibilities have now become everyday possibilities. It would besuperfiuous to enumerate them, But nave wo reached the utmost limit? Haye we? Physiclans who claim to make certan _ailments the hwman body is subject to u specal study, and claim to be able to cure such diseases, are'pronounced by other self-satisfied practioners as presumptuons; but does thelr saying so mako it s0? The man' who cam come the nearest to uvcrrumimfl the see; impossibilities of others s now all the rage, well does he_or they deserve tho success thoy have Inbored so hard to_attain. Dr. J, Cresap McCoy orhis associates do not_make claims to anyilung marvelous, such us xuising the doad and giving them new life: neither do they claim to give sight to the blind; _but thelr new and sclentific method of treating catarrh they have cured and do cure_catarrh as Yell as bronchial and throat troubles. They make catarrh a speclalty, because it1s one the most prevalent and troublesome diseases that the people of this climate are heir to. Since Dr. McCoy and his associates have located in this city they have treated with success hum- drods of persons whom other physicians have told their disease was classed among the in- curables. Do they not publish from week t0 week in the daily pspers testimonials from some of their many grateful pationts, giving in each case the full name and address of ‘the per- son making the statement that the doubti and skeptical may call and interview the sai people prior to visiting the doctor's offices for consultation. The people advertised as_cured fre by no means obscure or unknown, but in the minjority of cases are citizens well known by the business people and community at larg and it will more than repay any one" suffe from catarrhal aflection to visit those whose statements aro publishied, or consult with the the doctor or his associutes at his office, A LEADING PHYSIOLOGIST Advances His Theory of Catarrh and Consumption—His Advice on the Snhjecr, One of the best learned physicians of modern times, in an article on catarih and consumption says: *“The treatment of consumption has made great sdvances by the introduction of new rera. and bas enabled the close student and pectiist to establish indications for remedies long in use, 5o that by their methodical applica- tion better resulis are attained than were for- ata time when consumption and pgarded as equally incurable, and somewhut similarly treatoo ho troutment of consumption demands & careful avoidance to all agents calculated to ause hyperemia of the lungs und brounchisl ca- arrh, Persons in whom a tendency o eon- sumption 1s suspected should be treated with tho greatest care and attention, { “Finally, whenever there {5 the slightest suse Diclon O & predisposition to cousumption, eve catarrii, no matter how slight, should be t with the utmost care, which must not be relaxed until the catarrh {5 entirely well. This rule, so obylous from our point Of view, 18 very fre- quently violated: “Many patients fall a victim to the desply rooted prejudice that u neglectod catureh uever leads to consumption, DOCTOR ), CRESAP M'COY, Late of Bellevug Hospital, New York, Has Offices No, 810 and 311 KAMGE BUILDING, OMAHA, NER, Where all curable casos ire treaed with coss. Modical diseases troafed skllifully, Consump- tlow, Brights dlavane. Lyspepsiv, Wieunatism. 2ud all NERVOUS DISEABES. All diseases callar totho sexos @ speciaity, O TARET JURED. Many dis Mooy thus possible tey to obtal thielr homes. Office bours ¥ 1o 11 a. m, w,, BUNDAY HOURS suc ATION atomico or by matlal, 305 i treated Aticcoss Ul 3 Uransi dhosied Siceees o8V W 5 xr those nnable 10 niake the jonr- esslul hospital trestment ot 2 oM ';:""I'L“‘m vk prow| ufi comts in stamy s by 4 “Address all niall to Dr. J, . C. Uiland ZliHamgs bulldiag, Oam,