Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 30, 1888, Page 12

H ave been compelled to take the \\ LAR ATTE THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY., OCTOBER 30. 1888,~SIXTEEN PAGES. 1888. This room will be devoted to Cloaks, Millinery and Kurs. The phenominal increase in their business since their opening, five weeks ago, has been unprecedented. GOOD GOODS AT LOW PRIGES adjoining room, which will be occupied by them about November I, have been the stepping stones to their succes and which have not failed to be appreciated by an intelligent public. We have just received MANY NEW ADDITIONS to our different departments, and amongthem we call PARTICU- I TION to a lot of LADIES’, GENTS’ and CHILDRENS’ which we take the entire production from Henry Matier, Belfast, Ireland, every year. These goods are the new patterns brought out by them next spring. ULAR GOODS. Childrens’ All Linen Printed Border Hemmed Handkerchief, 215c. Ladies' Fine Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, fancy borders, 1oc and 124c. We offer Ladies’ White and Fancy Bordered Hemstitched and Embroidered, Sheer Linen, 20c. Gents’ Hemstitched, Colored Borders, All Linen Handkerchiefs, 8 1-3, 10c and 124c. chief Department the most complete in Omaha and fully one-third less in price. We do the handkerchief trade in St. Louis, and propose to do it here. In our CLOAK DEPARTMENT you will find many NEW STYLES just received, which we offer at our uniform low prices. Good value for $22.50. PLUSH WRAPS at g14. In our SILK DEPARTMENT see the gt BLACK PEAU DE SOIE, worth g1.50. In our DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT see the 54-inch Pin Check Cloths at 50c, worth §1. In our LINEN DEPARMENT see our $l.25 and $1.75, 34 Double Damask Napkins, worth ¢1.75 and g2.25. In our LACE DEPARTMENT see our new Linen Ruchings from 1oc up, and many other novelties and bargains, Send for catalogue. Mail orders solicited.. them to-morrow, The Same, larger size,3 1-3c. All good value at half the regular price. Express prepaid to all points within 40 miles of Omaha. ANDKERCHIEFS—manufacturers’ Seconds—of Wm. Barr Dry Goods Co, Sixteenth and Douglas Streets. You will find our Handker- One special lot of SEAL A 5 ) AR DU AR at HALF THE PRICE OF THEIR REG- COSSIP OF THE CREEN-ROOM. Anecdotes of Plays, Play-Actors and P lay-Goers. MATED AND MISMATED COUPLES. Fashionable “Supers'—The Kingand the Singer—Bernhardt's Pecu- llarities — An Evening at Booth's Home. Fashionable “‘Supers.” Chicago News: Around at the Chi- eago opera houso there is a heapof fun being had over the applications that come from society people for permis- sion to serve in the large company of supernumeraries required in the pro- ‘duction of Messrs. Booth and Barrett's lays. It scems that wherover Mr. Eoo h appears there is a very earnest ambition among siciety folk to take part in his porformances, just in order 10 be able to say they have “‘acted with Booth.” This harmless vanity has raged to a considerable extent here in Chicago during the last fortnight. A large number of distinguished home folk have followed Mr. Booth through Shakespearean drama, sometimes as & Roman army and sometimes as the Ve- netian populace. One of the ladios who have temporarily joined the list of su- pernumeraries is the wife of a journalist of national reputation. But the “super” who has caused the most prodigious sensation is a certain young millionaire who moves in our most fashionable society and has figured quite conspicuously now and then in rivate theatricals. This young man rives up every night in his coupe to the stage door, dismounts, enters the theater, arrays himself in cheap tinsel, and joins the noble army of super- numeraries with even more enthusiasm than that of tho average ‘‘super” who labors for his 50 cents an evening. When the play 15 over the rich young fellow reassumes his natural garb, finds his coupe awaiting him at the stage door, and drives to his club. He is per- Sotly happy in the prospect of being able to say that he has ‘‘actea with Booth.” There is no tellin what a splurgo he will cut when he gots back into polite society once more. Early Days of Lester Wallack. Scribners: I hesitated long before I made up my mind to become an actor; but when I finally did so, I determinea that I should know my profession from beginning to end, and should depend upon it for my sole support; and the consequencs was that my peor mother often cried in those early days, because I would not let hersend me a five pound note now and then, to add to my weekly stipend of twenty shillings! mus resolved that whatever success I might make I would owe to myself, and not to my father’s name; therefore, a8 Mr. Loster I played the Earl of Roch- ester in the town of Rochester, in a com- edy callea *Charles IL,” by John Howard Payne. I had a very good part—the second part of the iece. Charles Kemble was ing Charles, Fawcott playing Edward and Jones the Earl of IRoches- tor in the original cast, at Convent gar- den. The senson at Rochester was a short one, as my uncle Henry Wallack, who had taken the theater as an experi- ment, had it for only a few weeks. This was my first prof ‘engagement. ly was still one poun week; and I was paid ahout as punctually as actors in small mmcr:nlu were at that time. Three pounds a week was a good salary in a country theater, and five unds was enormous. When we got to arge provincial cities salarics were a little higher, but I very much doubt if any leading actor ai Bath, Bristol, Liverpool, or Manchester ever received more than ten pounds a week in those days. The King and the Singer. Pall Mall Gazette: M. Lablache, the famous singer, has just given another instance of the proverbpial absent-mind- edness of great men. While he was staying at Naples, King Humbert ex- pressed a dosire to make the artist’s personal acquaintance. On entering the ante-chamber of the palace the lat- ter found that the gentlemen present were all personal acquaintances of his, and asked them to be allowed to keep his hat on, as he was suffering from a severe cold. A lively conversation was cut short by the entrance of a chamber- lain announcing that the king would receive M. Lablache at ouce. In the momentary confusion the singer forgot that he was wearing his hat, took hold of another which had been placed on a chair near him, and went before his majesty, who at the sight of him burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. Ut- terly confused, M. Lablache askad hum- bly to be informed of the reason of the king’s merriment. *‘Let me ask youa question first,” replied the king. **Which is your hat—the one you are wearing on your head or the the one you carry in _your hand?” ‘“Confound it all!" exclaimed Lablache, joining in the laughter, “‘truly, two hats are t00 many for a fellow who has lost his head!™ Bernhardt's Peculiarities. London Star: Madasme Bernhardt has left London for Vichy, where she pro- poses to combine business with pleas: ure by tne production of her familiar repertoire and the enjoyment of what- ever the watering place has to offer. The divine Sarah is a woman of exceed: ingly quick, not to say violent, temper, and those who saw her behind the scenes one night can picture to them selves the famous occasion when she called on Marie Colombier with a horse whip and broke everything in the house. The I um curtain had hardly fallen on her tragic death scene in **Fe- dora,” when she was storming and rag- ing at an unfortunate actor, who had chanced to make some trivial blunder during the play, and she attackad him with a vehemence that almost amounted to frenzy, utterly refusing to listen to his explanations. The tragedienne storms are, however, like thunder showers, violent while they last, but quick to pass away, and oven Mile. Colombier has now been reinstated in her favor. It is wonderful that with her unflag- ging industry, and her magnificent re- ceptious all over the globe, Sarah Bern- hardt should be able to keep perpetually in astate of pecuniary embarrassment. She lives a sort of hand-to-mouth exis- tence, possessing u genius for squander- ing her money, whenever she has any, and utterly careless what the morrow m bring forth. Not long ago the bailiffs made & raid on her property, and among other things the notorious satin lined coffin, in which she often slept, was put up to auction and sold for between £4 and £5. She seems to pos- sess the gift of perennial youth, and her friends ayer that she will never grow old. She herself has said that she intends her real death scene to be something peculiarly startling and striking. Sarah Bernhardt is a wonderful lightning ecaricaturist, and there is nothing she so much delights in be- tween the acts—provided, that is, that no contretemps has occurred to rufie her feelings—as plying her genclln the expense of her friends. She and o p— they and Damala can often be seen crouched together, makingeach other’s portraits as fast as they can scribble. Damala has no notion of drawing, but he will often catch a likeness with laughable correctness, and then he is in high favor with madame, his wif She often findsthe pastime so entracing that she cannot_tear herself away from it,and the audience have to heguile the tedium of the entracte as best they may. [ An Underhand Game, Open rivalry is honorable. But any effort to trade ‘upon the reputation of peerless SOZODONT, by forcing upon the ‘)ublic, dentifrices represented as similar or superior to 1t, is an under- hand game. Block 1t by demanding SOZODONT only. B The Problem of a Flying-Machine. Popular Science Monthly. We must admit that a bird is an incomparabie model of a flying-machine. No machine that we may hope to devise, for the same weight of macbine, fuel, and directing brain, is half so effective. And yet; this machine, thus perfected through infinite ages by a ruthless pro- cess of natural selection, reaches its limit of weight at about fifty pounds! I said, “weight of machine, fuel, and directing brain.” Here is another igious advantage of the natural over the artificial machine. The flying animal is its own engineer, the flying- machine must carry its engineer. The directing engineer in the former (the brain) is perhaps an ounce, in the latter it is one hunared and fifty pounds. The limit of the flying animal is fifty pounds. The smallest possible weight of a flying- mchine, with its n sary fuel and engine en without freight or pas- sengers, could not be less than three or four hundred pounds. Now, to cemplete the argument, put these three indisputable facts together: 1. Theve is a low limit of weight, cer tainly not much beyond fifty pounds, beyond which it is impossible for an animal to fly. Nature has reached this limit, and with her utmost effort has failed to pass it. The upimal ma- chine is far more effective than any we may hope to make; therefore the limit of the weight of a successful fl chine cannot be move than fiff 3. The weight of any machine con- strueted for flying, including tuel and engtneer, cannot be less than three and four hundred pounds. Is it not demon- strated that a true flying-machine, self- raising, self-sustaining, self-propelling, 15 physically imposible? e Dr. Jefferis’ remedy cures every case of diphtheria. No physician required. — Mr. Edison's Joke. New York Telegram.—Odd stories are told of doings at Wizard Edison’s home in Orange. One of the most amusing occurrences therve happened not long since when a stranger was visiting Mr. Edison. After an evening largely de- voted to a discussion of electricity, the guest went to bed. He had barely drawn the covers over him and settled down to sleep, when a voice, apparently from the clock on the dressing-case, said, in measured tones: “It is now 11 o’clock.” The startled guest threw off the covers, sat bolt upright, and felt his hair rising all over his body. Could he have been dreaming? No; he was wide awake. Arising, he turned on the electric light, searched every corner of the room, ex- amined the innocent-looking clock, and finally called in Mr. Edison. The latter assured him that there was no one in the room, and with half-quieted fears the guest returned to bed. Half an hour had been consumed in the vain search for the origin of the mysterious voice, and the guests passed another half hour in speculating upon the occurrence. Just as he had per- suaded himself that the sound had been only part of a dream and was _going off into a half doze, the same voice, in the same measured tone, called out: ““The hour of midnight has arrived! Prepare to die.” There was no mistake this time, and the horrified guest, without waiting to turn on the electric light, rushed across to Edison’s room. he wizard, broad awake and half dead with laughter, per- mitted his guest to rap three or four times and then responded to his cuhL “Mr. Edison,” said the disturbed sleeper, *‘there’s something uncanny about this house. I wouldn’t sleep here all night if you'd give me the place.’” Edison suppressed his laughter, heard his guest’s story, and then, going to the the room, showed the stranger that there was a tiny phonograph concealed in the clock and so set as to give forth its solemn announcement of the hours. The offending clock was removed and the guest slept soundly for the remain- der of the night. e ‘When you need a friend, select a true one. Dr, Jones’ Red Clover Tonic is the best friend mankind has for all dis- eases of the stomach, liver and kidneys. The best blood purifier and tonic known. 50c. Goodman Drug Cq ‘Why He Quit, Chicago Times- Senator Cullom tells a good story—and not being given to racticing law much himself he can af- ord to do so—of a prosperous store- keeper in asmall Illinois town, who once practiced law, but who has long since abandoned it. Being met by an old acquaintance he was asked for all the particulars of his giving up the profession. “Didn't it agree with your health?” “Oh, yes,” answered ‘Uncle Joe,” us he was familiarly called by his friends. “Didn’t it pay?” “Rirst rate.” “‘Meet with sufficient favor from the courts?” “All I could ask.” “Then what was . it compelled you to quit it?” “Well, I'll tell you—I was too honest.” A loud langh from the bystanders aroused “Uncle Joe' into earnestness, and he repeated the strange statement and nailed it to his shop counter with his huge fist. But his cross-questioner went on: “When did you findithis out?” “In my very last case.” ‘What was thatd” Onein which I was retained to prose- cute a peighbor for killing a dog.” ““And he was acquitted? So you lost the case, and gave' up your profession discournged?” ' *‘No, he was convicted.” “Then he was puilty?” “No, he was innocent.” *But didn’t the evidence prove his guilt?” *Certainly it did.” “Then why do you say he was inno- cent?” *‘Because I had killed the dog myself afow nights before for trespassing on my poultry, and I came to the conclu- sion that any business that would aid a man to vict & neighbor of his own crimes wasn’t the busiuness for me, so I gave it up.” — All fine Liquor Stores sell Jarvis' best. —~— Cities of the United States. The United States will have, when the count of 1890 comes to be made, more great eities than any other country in the world now has or has ever had. The will be four of a willior inhabi- tants or more. These are New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Brooklyn. There will be seven of half a million or more population. These are the four mentioned, and Baltimore, Boston and St. Louis. There will be nineteen which will harbor more than a quarter of a million souls each., These will be the seven mentioned, and Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Kansas Ci waukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Pittsburg, St. Paul, San Francisco and Washington. There will be thirty cities of 100,000 population and upward, including the nineteen in_the foregoing lists, and Albany, Allegheny, Indianapolis, Jer- sey City, Louisville, Newark, New Haven, Omaha, Providence, Rochester and Worcester. In these thirty principal cities of the country there will be found a resident opulation of about, in round numbers, 1,000,000 *The 320 (or thereabouts) ad- ditional cities of from 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants each which will appear in the census of 1890 will have an aggre- gate Kopulm.inn of fully 9,000,000, mak- fng the total urban population of the country 20,000,000 or upwards. If the country has been growing since 1880 at the normal rate as determined by previous census—that is, an increase 03 33§ per cent for h decennial period —the entive population of the country in 1890 will be about 67,000,000. If, how- ever, as everything goesto show, tho increase has been somewhat beyond the normal rate, and is likely to so continue for the remaining_years of the census period, the grand "and inspiring total will probably be near 70,000,000, [l il 1If you've got a pain or ache or a bruise, Salvation Oil will reach the case instantly. Price 2 cents. Attention Voters.—By resolution passed by our legislature, all good citizens are request ed to use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup and recom- mend the same as the people's remedy for cough's colds, ete. 25 cents He Knew. Detroit Free Press.—Loungers about police headquarters were startled the other day by the sight of a young and pretty girl of eightecn slipping info the chief’ anxious face. “Oh! dear!” she began, ‘‘but some 5 going to be killed, and I want to prevent it!” “Phat's very kind of you,” answered f, us he waved her to a seat. *It's a—a young man!” “Isce. Heis going to hang himsclf on your account is he?"’ “Oh, no, He is going to fight a duel with a—another young man on my ac- count. They are to meet to-night. One will certainly be killed. Please do something to prevent it. “There is no fear, miss—none in the world.” “‘But they will fight.” “Oh, no, they won't. Before the hour arrives one will start for Port Huron and the other for Toledo. That's the invarable rule, and it won't fail in this case.” “*Are you sure?” *'8o sure that if either of them shows up I'll resign my position. I'll have an officer on the watch,” Two hours before the time came one young man left by the Brush street Uepot und the other by the Third street station, and as the chief received the n'Port he said: “Of course. Why not? cent girl.” B How Gold Rings Are Made. New York Graphic: The workshop where rings are made is a curious place, full of ingenious mechanical uprlunccs. Gold coin is putin a small crucible with flux, and the crucible placed inside of & covered pot, which is subjected to th Poor, inno- heat of a powerful flame of natural gas. To increase the intensity of the heata strong blast is produced by means of a fan, making a constant, even tem- perature. The gold is rolled and converted into convenient shape for use, precisely as iron is worked in a rvolling mill. It has passed through grooved rolls of various 5, one after another, until it is fashioned into nar- row strips of the desired width and thickness. There are also other rolls for converting the ingots into sheet gold. For stamping the settings for rings a screw pi is used, dies of va- rious sizes being inserted as required. A diamond ring is thick at the center, gradually tapering in size from the top down A piece of gold, after be- ing cut, is laid upon a metal die and a heavy hammer, working in a frame and operated by means of a rope and pulley. is made to descend, thus giving with one blow the desired shape to this part of the ring. Hundreds of differ- ent dies are necessary for the various stylos and sizes of rings. ‘After the drop-hammer has stamped the gold into shape it is placed in a thin motallic plate containing a hole, in which it fits exactly, and driven through by a punch worked by hand, thus cut- ting away the gold alicring tothe edges, which pieces aro carefully saved. All u‘lung the side of the room are workmen seated at benches, some shap- ing the picces into rings and soldering them together, others inserting and fastening the stone settings, and still others performing various sorts of equally difficult work, all necessary in the making of a ring. In anothor part of the room is a curious bit of machinery which is called a lapida he, and is used for shaping and cutting down stones when ne ary. A round pi of metal shaped like a small grindstone, isset in a horizontal position and is made to revolve. To this emery is applied, and tho stone being held against it, it is soon reduced to the proper dimensions. It is then polished on a similar appliance of wood coated with putty powder. Another inter ing object is the enameling fu h The article to be ornamented, having been previously engraved for the recep- tion of the enamel, is placed in alittle oven coated with the enamel in the shape of a powder. It is then heated until the enamel runs, and is then re- moved from the fire to be cooled and fin- ished. A peouliar process is that of gilding or electro-plating. The article to be gilded is first thoroughly cleaned by a fine brush of brass wires. A piece’ of gold is attached to the ‘maili\'u pole of an electric battery and the article to the negative. I3oth'are then placed in the same solution, and the electric current does the work, transferring a portion of the gold to the object to be plated. i I cheerfully recommend Red Clover “Tounic to those suffering from troubles of the stomach and liver. Iam now on my second bottle, and it makes me feel like a new man. C. M. CONNOR,Nashua, Ta. Goodman Drug Co. Retirement of an_Empress Dowager, The Pekin Gazette contains two de- crees, one by the empress dowager, the other by the young emperor, relating to the retirement from public life of the former. The empress snuounces that when the emperor frst assumed the reins of power she could not refuse nim her assistance in his doubts and diffi- culties, and therefore she constrained herself to comply with the prayers of the ministers and to instruct him in the art of governing. But now the em- peror has applied himself with such 2oul and success to the task that he is able of himsell to decide and regu- late the affairs o they come before him. As soon as his mary riage is celebrated he should assumé complete control of the empire and the board of astronomy is desired to seloct an auspicious day in the second month of the coming year for the ins auguration of the emperor’s unaided rule. The emperor himself dwells og the unexampled manner in which the empress dowager gave herself to the severest labor, toiling day and night and knowing no rest. Sceing now that she is about to retire, his heart is filled with mingled sentiments of gratitude and distress, but he dare not disobey the empress' commands. With awd and care he will give his whole heart to tho multitudinous affairs of the nation, hop- ing to repay the love of her majesty, his holy mother, who nurtured and i structed him. But, as in these times of difticulty, the weight upon hisshoulders will be doubly heavy, he hopes and trusts that the officials, great and small, will share his feeling of responsibility and continue unswervingly to afford him their most loyal assistance. In conclusion he desires the oficers con« cerned to consider carefully what cere= monies should be performed on the oce casion of his assumption of sole powers Detroit Free Press: young farmers were ha up Grand Rivel team was being them said: “Well, Bill “What bee: *“The beer you promised.” “*Don’t remember.” “Don’t you? You were driving along by my place this morning while I was ng the hogs?” A couplo of ng o disputo eonue yesterday. The hitched up when one of hat about that beer?"” to town. I rn twelve shil- lings aigging potatoes and couldn't spare the time. You said come along and we'd sece the sights. 1 said it wouldu't pay. Then you said we might see a big fi I I'd scen ’em and didn’t care. Then you said if I would come you'd treat to the beer. Sol came. Where's the beer?” Dunno.” \in’t you going to buy any?” n d me to come chance to ¢ No. “You hain't! " “No.” “Phen, Bill Simmonds, T want to say thut youare a durned mean man, and don’t you never hase the face to ask mo rin to lose a whole day and ride twen-= y-cight miles to accommodate ! g Take no other, Jarvis' Brandy is best. e A Curious Coincidenco. Detroit Free Press: “Just five years ago to-day,” said a farmer at the "Cén- tral Marl vesterday, ‘I was aomlufi in with a Yoad ot potatoos and & bag fe! off the wagon. When I missed it I went back, but some one had gobbled e “UIpon my soul!” gasped a man who but this is strangel” o years ago this morning I found a bag of potatoes near the tolls gate!’ ¥ It must have been miue.” “Not a doubt of it.” “And—and--" “You'll settle with me, of course, I held them four weeks, at a charge of fifty cents per week storage. I adver- tised them to the amount of $1.20. Then, as thoy were beginning to spoil, I paid and expressman 50 cents to cart them to an orphan asylum, I'll rmi l”uw the ofice and make out your He ran in, but when he came out the farp.er and his team had slid out and were not to be found,