Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 20, 1889, Page 13

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, = UN L ' 1 NN N[ | tution, too irreguiar for an orgamzation, too SOCIETY UNDER THE SCALPEL [ ¥ sce s o vitioes o s fraternity, 100 lawless for a school, too de | —_— cent for & masquerade, with too much lying for a burcau, ana 00 ms ssions for o ! What Bishop Huntington Has tO | nageunt. There are tho competitions, Say of Uppertendom. matches, risks, caleulations of a perilons game, the interchanges of an imponderable, AN ARISTOCRACY OF MONEYBAGS hitherto have been a stupendous illusion; scenes from which all serious convictions, by u suporciliousness which is au abommation, or by a silliness which is ptiable, have been systematicaily excluded. All along, in con, ters of thought, from Alexandria to St Louis, occasional traces of this loftier con- caption have appearcd. ‘The social spirit has lied 1tself with letters, with science, with biitical reform, with ancient and_modern t, with classical learning, with tho com- memoration as well us the stimulation of genius, and even with original discovery. Paris ‘pre-eminently, and Heidelberg and Berlin and Eoinburgh bearsplendid witness, i'he salon has borrowed the clevernces of clubs, the eradition of libraries, the conver- sational gifts of fine women, tho manuers of courte, tue_expericnce of travelers, the im- immateril commerce, musical voices from inlarmonious breasts, spiteful courtesies, magnificent meannesses, There are songs of peace, tlying arrows of malice and re venge, bonds and fragments of friendships, charming voils over hidden horrors,laughter rippling over Hollow Shams Where a Charming Veil Covers Hidden Horrors and Laughrer Ripples Over Dark e X TRt ARGy “One has only to reflect a moment how con- . Depths of gony siderable a section of the Lives of nany men DEPTIS OF SILENT AGONY, OCTOBER 20, 1889--SIXTEEN PAGES. . independence, that absolute royalty of man- hood and _womanhood which Mr. Coleridge calls “individualism,” and which he pro- nounces the true end of social progros Fashion is defined by the Concord Mon- taigne as “an attompt to organize beauty of behavior.” But she blutders a rood deal at her business, and never more than when she consults posture-masters, millinors, a court journals rather than native good sense, the fitness of coremony to occasion and of appearance to reality, and the intuitions of thoso of both sexcs who think for them- selves, ‘“The first point of courtesy must always be trath.” It is all very well for ad- miring fricnds and followers to feast their party favorites and officials, foreign celebri- zo actors, successful monopolists, philan- ties,” 8t persons who get a reputation for and more women these actwitiss occupy, | agination of poets. In these rare instances | thropy by eiving away a tweatieth part of i A Drawing Room Homily. [y (capasitics they include, what, forcos | society ha liborated itsel £rom the stupefy- | their superfluitics aud letting the scorat of T 1t oy eng \e fntorplay between life and their Liberality be known to nobody but the i vitul questions, lavge and small, touch | iy 3 5 L 3 lh. vi »V"I“‘ e i i life, tho issues and destiny of eh r, the TYRANNY OF WEALTIL newspapers. ‘The ovations, however, really { at last the supreme interest, the life that we | yugust responsibility, to. enmprehend that ) belong: 1o, those. who ave: fot bt toibein- | live one with another. Start at whatever | “socieiy,” even in this limited scnse, is & Fashion has beeu made a servaut, ot | vired—heroes of the field, the fact B | point we may, itis at the great center, our | study for the wisest minds. What it is, und | Inistress, Why should not they, in our eitics | ghip, the railway, inzenious workin HOTRR Iy ERRC AT IS £ anxious | What it might be, are two questions ud colleze towns, who have acquired knowl- | yychine shops and mines, men to whom $ St Sl A e il |, Shull wo venturo on a slight analysis of | edge and keop a couscience, aud Lappen { money is not a necessity, and whom, thero i LSUB on ¢ are in a sciontific | tye complex motive? First, we find in it, on | to hold property ut the same Ume i foro, money will not bribe or buy.' When % i time, but the scientia scientiarum is the wel- | the part of the provider, and somewhat also | conspire to raise the tone of talk out [ (oo tat tye's Al democracy it will be faro of the pooplo, says Bishop F. D. Hunt- | with the guest, an honorable constraint of | Of the vapidity and vacuity of the average s S : 3 ington in tho Forum: All the signs-of | oblixation. To live without self-disrespect a v|H-m--('].\~;’m wing room? Why not detach THE REAL ARISTOCRACY, o i om gentiiity sncbbery, decorum from acknowledge, in a practi- scholder must thought and uctions, events, litorature, theso | BOpSCholdor tmust, Acknowladee, in o R en | cal way, i 0 dreariness? Why not forestall the effects where the best are not and the people elect thei the most fortunate, leaders without ! pages, the daily press, gatherings and combi- | custon is the assessor, cards of invitation | 0f that nity which President Josiah | dictation, delusion or a price, | nations, point that way. Says ono of the | are the passport, and dressmaker, flovist and { Quiney, of Harvard university deplored, |~ Surcly’ the right oftice and honor of an I students, “All the problet fast resoly- | caterer are the collectors. “We must ask | When he set the present writer to thinking | «ypper” class” must be to lift the lowest ;i | {ng themselves into one, thy social problem. | the Bivingtons, for tncy have invited us.! by saying to him, fifty years ago, of an eX- | toward the highest. Poes this appear to be { fiad 2. i s “We must make a party for the Seymours, | awisitely polished undergraduate whose | tho chosen work of ‘any fashionable and 1 Science, moving alone its own path, has | o the Seymours will hold a reception of | mind was uvon horses und cravats: “This | fagtidious circle! Or i6 it rather to accent- 8 brought mankina face to face with | which we shall know only by a distressful | young man has had the misfortune to isherit | yate und widen the line that div S5 b it And as the way of science usually is, it | hearing of the ear.”” So equity and thrifs | & great estater” Why not reconstruct the | from classt If, us an uncrdained preacher i ia.attention to the apvarently insignificant | meet tozother; favors receiyed and favort | schemo whereby the highest tribute pald by | has said, the transtiguration of evil by good f T runila LAt HAALIY raveats /thie MR expected, twin apneals to gratitude, kiss each | dawdling young men to a young woaisn who | jg the divine miracle par excellence, \ T N o other. Other equivalents for such hospital- | has studied several languages, and who | then this performance of gayey laws, and places man in a larger aud botter | fry are supposed to Lo known 0 “practical | Wight be the light and comforter of a dozon | mugio, dancing And. small talk i world. politicians.” . tenoment houses, is to remark that sne | tny’ small hours has buts mall show Philosophy, history, art, religion have not People like to show what they have, the “-;;"kfl1!\“1!;:3:[1‘?, 'i‘nS‘""\‘.Zifi u’-“css:‘ ll'«mfl‘ i" ll!lm Nu\-l'vnu“ wond ~l-|\;’urkuu'!i 1” b e Uecan i mart il iett house they livein, how they ure getting on, | PO 8 ] bk © | has other reasous, other awns, other methods, (L LT ”‘]”. evening party”! s it is or | BAGSEIAY O S loir tasto, such as thoy | When there is so much fact to be | other results than that losing of one's life to Lins been; and they have done little to mako | S0 o BEOOEe OF CIr Hate, Such o8 (UEE | jorned, s muen work to be done, | save it which, by the geueral consent of epic, it what it ought'to be. Philosophy has | 87®; i furaiture and, pleutes, | She WA | and donle better than it is, so much wrong to | hailad, romance, ang dtama, is the master found in it phenomena rather than substance, be righted, so m v burdens’ weight 1o be member of congre whose statesmansnip conquest of heroism and sovertign nan. i and an atmosphere not sulliciently rare, | hus reaped an unpublished harvest in the | Cused: and so many noble enterprises to be 0 and thorc, in coruers of the room, may History has dealt with larger politics and | proceeds of iucrativ Spolntments,imusy| S orwacd, jtuatilndies fandi gonteman, o yme_ slight sacrifices of selfish pleasuro l ANE b make her little home exposition. Taking faculty ana information, should array them- shi sake, a-sacrifice of the povu- deopor_diplomucics, bolder strifes, parlin- | i s jow ag wo can of the miiture tt selves sumptuusly and go to meet each | jar for the neglected, of beauty for deform- ments more deliberate. No departments of | fPRi & I K00 S O e i | Other again and_ again, aud stay together foc | ity of tho strong for the week, of the fut- hours, ouly to loock at a that is without signifi without sense: to see unr the fino arts has beheld high visions or beeun entranced with majestic id tion in persons feebl of disploy is an inter A part of the lov in our neighbors and s among its al manners and down m been ke: to eat and arink what could be e ad drunk with them for nothing; and if some acquaintances come who shall neither admire nor love us WRONGED AND ROBBED and left half dead there, and, after a glance spectaclo ance and bear sounds d | yot they are after all s or in a “crush” ! Jerico of forcign missions to inquire diligent- | less pleasure: and without cynicaliy calling et and pa Filawhethon or no S T ioa Uheholt theas bite of elopances | Where the livehest feeling is u foar of dam- ly whethor or not traveling humunity bas | it pri ‘:\;%ln‘lw lm\'ll’v;'su bt hh{l” wances | LI Tabrlo or being morified. by . mis: - far more comfort and safer digestion at home; to say what one only half A for Mjured sensibility or a T tored and favor timid strangev arc notto be despised, reely to be reckoned § ; s and decorations, IReligion, for the | @ sanguine hope tuat they will take an mte L 2 i LEeL) It costumesiand docorations, il for tho | O s, _ Is not this looking for approval, | hear commonplace speech; to 186 | mong the havder tests or grauder glories of most part has not seen fit tostop long encugh | G361 U8 15 hot this oakinie for whirovily | greotings with the dearest friends only on | christian magnanmuty, Tho wedding gar- botween the Jernsalem of tradition and tho | i ocome. famde fnd shuro onr napm. | crowded staircase, as tho two processions up | ments at. fashionable foasts are tao apt to bo iictotus says, “We are a suf- e toone onother.” Deing a opher, ho must have meant that we do 1y see each other What would he say of those complicated contrivances aisguises. ficient specti to on ol § atter; we shail ot hi where the partuers make believe sco oue an- { und o exclamation, has passed by on the | sech Diher tho wores: It uall ot hate | fecls, to_persons whom one doos ot hall t‘n!f..».-, but 'soe only a domino? What woult other and more ecclesiasticat side. Butthere, | Philadeiphia and Chicagzo may exhibit, why | 1ke, on asubject that one does net half un- | tne vo said 1o our metropoli 2 Beovertholads, alll the while humanity may not my husband and L7 Ono totich of | derstand; to pick a way between frivolity | tan morality? Conventional ; noy 3 R and falschood or wade through a muddy | morals ave a oniantn. BT ; cen. ixture of both: to cover disgust with @ | they ~ inspire no virtuos the purify THE WHOLE WORLD KIN. Ouly, this hussif will remember, if she 1s discrect, that if pomp is too gorgeous the co- In that caroful preservation by nature of type as compared with her carolos the single life, which Tennyson has m sness of de wember but smile, inward protest with spohen assent,"or weariness with a jest; and then to go away at an unhealthy hour witn nothing to re- no corruption. a counterfeit core chastity but hypocri What is exacted virtue but What is a rootless and insin- And what is i o Y xc! o ; ox- vprogrisy, arlor and church, but the { familiar by a pootic epigram, hardly any ox. | hesive force is exchanged for rupulsion; ox hyprogrisy, in par § S i A i cesses react, social classes are driven upart; A BABBLE, A WHIRL, A JAM, sin that is ample is more striking than the reappoar- | rootg of envious bitterness spring up. ‘I'he A lasa0rct seifiooa tomptilL Albor DERPEST 1N DAMNABLENESST ance, unaer all sorts of guises, in overy age, | best-bred will any, *This sumpt aud a secret self-contempt! “Horrid bore, TR ) spstal ot bt Y ation, uiuonsness 8 | fsn't 161" 'said one victim to anothe If the libertine goes straight from har- and in all classes, excopting possibly the | barbaric;” ostentation s us vul [ “Heastly,” was the cordial answer. “Lov's [ jotey to my lads's. creception,” is invited most barbarous, of the gregarious babit of [ #ar in the rich as in the poor; | go home!” “I wish Icould, but you see I | and’ welcomed there, and goes back from | men and women gathering together at the | UeSides, at = wastoful ' extravagance | can't; Iam the host! Lucretia to Circe with 1o sense of shat promptings of a social instinct, aud with no [ TN ,“;‘l sl eyl L TR bor It would be intercsting to learn how many | what ethical judgment is to be passed up other object than its gravification. Not the council of goverument, not army or school or conventicle of worship, hardly the family itself, discloses & more persisteut vitality. Into this popular, diversified, vague, unde fined, undefended shape the soc nature throws itself out, One of ts pecul will growl at what calls itself capital, swea ing commuaistic oaths or threatening an- archic vengeance, As civilization ripens. fined by christianity, the true noblesse obligo is found in the simplicity which is the ritios 1o | Lest promotor of equality, the concouled con- 1t is & place where nothing new 18 reported, cant questions c best qualified for rendering a party rth going 1o, stay away habitually because - | nothing of value suggested, even insignifi- © 10 bo asked, and case, freedom, ideas, are wondered at; where that vikorous turning of onc's self about to meev the moral standard which the reception and wy lady represent? "o comprenend what claim this universal and perennial elementin our collective life has on our sober care aud endeavor, we have only to recognize its capacitios. It is more than a_play-ground or biding-piace of its upnamabl 5. We have desienated it cension which is not patronage but prin- | other minds, properly and literally called | heartless ctiguette, where pretense and craft, loosely and inaccurately, Few words have a | $IPle; protecting tho :<V|r~|c~p§~r-|j)f the less | vconyersation,” is prostituted to @ drib- | mimicry snd spife, skulik and dodge and meaning less flxed than “party,” and it is faVOred, = encouraging honesty, abating | ple - of faluous - gossip intersporsed | cringe und make faces; where peoplo “pre- ! not obvious why it snouid be ubplicd to a | temptation to fraud aud crime, and 4o exer: | with = stupid and stalo compliments, | gont their compliments,” when they really Boono where people are less apart than clse. $1810€ b gracoful and gracious ministry of | good humor sinks to simpering, earncstness | hayo nothing to prescnt but suspicion or whore, As to the “evening,” cversbody | Tiehteousncas. American socicty s, here | is banished as “bad form.” " Honce came | joulously; “very much regrer” that they can P knows that the ©’rotean crealure we are try- ‘T‘w‘rh?‘ 8 Il’fl'"f' ionn queen .who, l‘n\ the conversazione, & luudable struggle with | jiot be present where they covertly rejoice nov ing to identity is likely enough to emergo at | (heerful example of accomplished moder the aance and supper and card table for a | to be; “'request the houor” or *‘pleasure’’ of any hour of the day oF night, its two termini | tion, averts disorder, nourishes contentn breath of iutelicctual life, Its danger is | company which hate or despise, and *ronew shifting with tho degroe of sanity in the [ fuonE BIvH ABE (o8 dndis @ better patriot | pedantry and priggishuess. 1t might begin | the assurance of their consideration for ac- . community, generally moviug forward on | than the politiciaus. well enough by dropping or transiating its | quaintances whom nothing but self- noctural scule pari passa with the ndvanco | Ascending still higher, this party-going | exotic title. We are now menaced by a | jnterest or fear keeps them from of luxurious foolishuess. Wherein a_‘re- | world might come toa consciousness of a [ pbnse of social life which thinks itself best | jnsultiug to ~ th faces or slan- ception” differs from aa ‘assembly.” or | positive capacity of beneficence. Reaching | 0nly because it is best at the bank and tax | qering behind their backs. For dis- # “ball” from a ‘cotillion varty,” or | thatelevation it takes rank with great nor- | }st. Inour richest and vainost cities, the | graces like these society is & judgment; be- an “afternoon ten” from a tea aftor | mal agenciesof human betterment, intellec- | capitalsof wealth and show aud groed, nov | cause, notwithstanding all the concealments, of influence or moral power, you havo an ARISTOCEACY A L' AMERICAINE, says the European sunset, or & pink tea from a tea that is green, who knows! All wo neced is a tolerabic common understanding of what we have in mind, & something too formless for un nsti- tual and moral. People get together with a diroct intention o improye themselves and one another, and with a more or les distinct conviction that fashionablo assemblings HOY Does it STAND the TEST when you come to give it good hard wear? e NOTIFER SUIT or OVERCOAT of the same sort? » HONESTLY NOW! Is SUCH clothing CHHEAP at ANY price? dition of thing . BROWNING, KING & CO, ' 8. W. Corner 16th and DOUGLAS £ TREETS, OMAHA, NEB. Do you feel YOU are to blame, in part, for the con- No *'good society™ can be created but by through certain laws of Goa's ordaining it is also a rovelation, and the Nemesis that can- not be outwitted has recorded in the very word “character,” the mark of the man, the BROWNING, KING & CO,, MUCH OF THE READY-MADE CLOTHING IN THESE DAYS IS ONLY MADE TO LOOK AT “FHHANDS OF'EY Or it will go to pieces. Brains have been racked to make it DECEPTIVE and SLIGH roward of every gontine brother in the groat brotherhood, the doom of overy trifler and deceiver. Is not u divine law like this, inwrought in our social nature, sufficient to invest our or- dinary social scenory with intellectual intor estand spiritual dignity! Without ceasing to be adiversion from cave, a reliof from toil, n tournament, of wits, might it not be- como, to the human mind and spirits. fruit- ful, inspiring, jubitant, and sacred! el The Front Gate. Denevr ey ublican. An ol and crippled gate am I, And twenty years have passed Since I was hing up high and dry Betwixt these posts so fast But now D've grown 80 powerful weak— Despised by man and beast— I'm scarcely strong enough to squoal, Although 1'm never greused. ity years ago, I sa finos White Came kind of hanzing round my way "Most every other night He hung upon my st And she upon tho othor Till Susan Smith became his bride, Aund in due time @ mother. "Twas tw When M d side, I groaned intensely when T heard— Despite I am no churl My doom breathed in “Phe baby was a givl! Add as sho grow, and grow 1 loud bemoanod my fate: For she was very fuir to view, And I—1 was the gate. single word; and grew, Then in due time a lover came, Betokening my ruin, A dapper fellow, Brown by name, The grown-up baby wooin”. They sprang upon me in the gloam, And talked of moon and star, Thoy'ro marricd now and live &t home Along with ma and pa. My lot was happy for a year, No courting nigit or da 1 had no thought, 1 had no fear, Bad luck would come my way But ob, this morning, suve the mark! There came a wild sur A sbadow flitted grim and davk Across my sunny skios, : A doctor with a knowing swmile, A nurse with a face screne, A bustle in the house the while, Jreat Stott! What can it mean? My hinges ache, my back is weals, My pickets in a wiirl 1 hear that awfui doctor | It is another gir FOR THE Kid is a popular trimmin Fancy muffs are out of favo New bonnets st back upon the head, Lanen collars and cufis are worn again. ‘Irained velvet dresses are liked for recep- tions. RAONEY LADIES, Galloon girales are added to many gowns. Porsian borderings are the height of fashion. Gentlemen wear throe studs for evoning dr Lieht colors predominate in house dresses for the winter. Light otter fur promises to become oxcoed- ngly fashionable. On cloth dresses the ornamentation is gon- crally of a flat descriptio Immense velvet crowns are thought stylish on all kinds of hats for children. Feather bands are used to trim the most dressy velvet jackets and pelerines. A berry blossom of black enamel with sil- ver back makes a beautiful lnce pin. White furs will undoubtedly be seen more the coming winter than for sumo time, Black armure silk has quite taken the place of moire for combining with colored wool goods. “Ohserve Mrs. Flockton coming this way." “Why, she's in second mourning. Husband “No: dog." Furriers say that beaver is to be one of the very fushionable furs next winter, It is n becoming fur and very desivable s a trim wing for gowns and wraps. A handsome necklace composed of oblong turquoises and diamonds alternately strung again Is the popular clamor, the tricks of the tr PROFIT, de—you don't. YOU get the EXPERIENCE., N SEWING MACHINE @ n g own G if You are Dealing in Sewing Machines, You Might as Well Handle the is the Best and Defies Competition. togother with almost invisible links of fine platinum wire is very handsom: Two blind men are on a train. Suddonly loud smacks are heard all over the car. “Thiere,” said one to the other, “that's the fourth tunuel we have passed through to- First Damo—Do you ever go through your husband's pockets in the morning? Sccond Damo—Huli! Cateh me waiting until morn- ing. 1 go through them before he goes out in the ovoning, Mrs. Rustler (to her husband)—T cortainl, wish, dear, that you wonld kecp_up appear- ances more and dress better. Now look at Mr. Slasher, how stylish he is. Rustlel You forget, dea: that Slasher fuiled. Mrs, Foge—The troublo with you men is thav you won't hoar to reason. If you would be euided by y ¢ wife, now, you would get along a good deal bette Foge—You forget, my dear, that Adam was guided by his wite, and see what a fix it got him in. An claborate curling sot v 18 coatamed in a solid silve jor of which is handsomely worked into pic- turesque botanical scen Ihe implements, which include lamp, tongs, ete., are also of silver, and are mo after the most ap proved plaus, A cluster ring which was purchased by a retail jeweler in New York last week dem onstrates the high standard which the jew cler’s art in tis country has attained. “Mho design was o copy of the old Louis XVI and consists of a thirteen carat spinel encircled by five small brilliants ex tendiug to the shaunk. The ruby was of sapphire color and is cut with sixty-four facets. Not only do Jong draperies appear falling irom the shoulders of tea-wowns and even- ing dresses, but also upon many of the new manties, A& very ciover Bnglish design for aloag wrap has ‘o kind of fichu or scarf ar. ranged on each shoulder. This is put on full, aud is then druwn dowp each sido of the arm to the back of the sleeve at the elbow It is carried from ther collar at the throat. course, of very portion is euch side of vily hung the bottom with passeme points and fringes. Tie sleeves and frout breadths of the mantle arc of silk, aud there is a band of fur at the nock aud wrists, Although there 1s great vari of autumn jackets, there ar case, the exter- to the front of the ‘rhis is formed, of The skirt h stoles at in the style one or two mocels which lead in favor. ~These are slightly longer in front than at the back, and they have close-fitting vests attached at the side-seams to the loose upper coats. 'These lines are followed out in jackets made of every sort of wrap fabric from Lnglish sergo to velvet. Very many of the waist- coats are braided, or, on more expeusive Paris jackets, aro atmost coverod with sillc cord arabesques and points, Dark green cloth juckets are still in high vogue abroad. They are finished with a vest of cream or palo_ye'low cloth garnitured with greon id motifs, Thero are also coats of myrtle en cloth, with vests of a rich mahogauy hade, broidered with dark green viie ves, When a girl is ten years old she should be given household duties to perform wc- cording to her size and strength, for which a sum of money should boe paid her weelly. She needs a_little pocket monoy, and thc knowledie how to spend it judiciously,which can so well be given by a mother to lior little girl. Sheshould be required to furnish a part of her wardrobe with this money. For instance, if she gets 10 cents a week, she should purchase all lier stockings or all her gloves, as her mother may decide; and doing this under her mother's supervision she will s0on tearn to -trade with judgment and cconomy. Of course, the mother will see to it that the sum is suflicient and sull leave o trifle for the child to spend s she ploases, Tuis will supply a healthy stimulus; it will give hier u proper awbition and pride in bher tabor, and the ability to use money properly. As slie grows older these houschold duties should be iucreased, with the proportionste increase of money paid for the performance of them. = . An Absolute Care, The ORIGINALABIETINE OINTMENT is only put up in large two ounce tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands, and all skin erap. tions. Will positively cure all kinds of piles- Ask forthe ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINT- MENT. Sold by Goodman Drug cempany at 25 cents per box—by mail 30 cents, that it was but recently ) cently produced | tandaa SINGULARLLLE S, L - est. The UNION | We want responsible dealers 1n all unoccupied territory, and it will pay you tolearn the terms,prices, and the merits of the Union before dealing elsewhere. | UNION MANUFACTURING CO, 1607 and 1609 Howard Sirest For years a Springlieid, Mass., horse suf< fored veterinar from a sore shoulder, surgeon made a closo Ihis week & XUl tion of the shoulder aud found a twenty-ivo cent flesh, James while 50 hed silver picee deeply How the coin got w. passing vod nEen hawk sitting on a { rectly in the path ahead of bu, showed signs o but from the tip of one other, arter. imbeddod Bouk, of through & potuto within a fow foet of it the ho succcoded’ in with clods of dirt. It large oue, measuring in the thero is a mystery Greenwood, fold_obe Land cart die As ho ap- e, hawk fight, and flew ut kil wis uearly wing to tho tip The talons measured an inch A swarm of butterflics, so thick as to almost obscure the rays of the sun, passed through Mott, Cal,, recently. ‘Uliore weio myriads of them, and many of thom would alight on moist spots 1 the stroots, and as thoy stmaightened up their wings they looked like minature py nids. ey were all uniform as to size, color and shape. Ben Williams of Lansing, Mich., has past tweat o) novel way of ridding his face of whiskors Every Sunday worning for th two years bie ' hus sat down before the el and pulled the buir out “of the lower pact of his face with a hurt like 1 he don't mind it a that it pair of twed most bit now five years old. The | this cont Creek, N. and ty periect. brown ported from 80 that its age five und six ye fously wei pre: st brook trout Ihe largest ¢ o caug He says anything at first, but Ho s seventy ) inent was landed recently at Spring Y. The fish weighed six pound: wees, nnd its proportions were This was onc of the species of trout, the spawn of which was ime rinuny on February 15, 1not be more than be er caught cd a triflo over five pound Accordinie toa_Lrench paper 1584, woon n sea mone ster, such as no fisherman has ever seen bo- fore, Lins been stranded in Bancais Rodks, situated body. 1t purrot to the near C: etres round the thic nd vwo horns on its neads ro at a distan, tremity of thi west of n has a beak resembling th 2 of beuk, one metre trom the istund of s, The creature mens- oSt part of its its c. the St A steer which secins destined to a circus life 15 ox years old, teen hands high, and weighs content it, the steer double joints in his Soma fishermen whi aud Not he fust, ibited at Pimlico, Md, It fourteen feet in with belng has wdded the eng picked up wings outspread floating on the wa quite deaa, the progress it itw as it curely round the body was a string which they discovere cpo paper Rite then flying above he kite had The bird tached to a them at furnished Ihe wen v o puzzled nt fas near it w nd unde 1sidorable heignt. the propelling power. rod near a large se. which was seen approuching the boat is four length, seven- 4,000 pounds, W curiosity feutur Hol- r, not [ made through the er taan the bout; but s found that, wound se- the wings, Wi had evidently, while fiying av Belfast, wot been una nglod in'tho string of a boy's kite, had loto extricate itsolf, and, taking to thie sea hud been drowned 1n its efforts to obtain freedon Frank. W. Hale, of Dover, squash that ds. H., weighs 100 pou has a it'is still | growing, and Hale hopes it will double its present woight. [u circumference inci quarters, twenty-eizht used an inch and Sone. hours its threos Duncan Camphell Seott in Scribner, I have done, Put by the lute; Sones and singing s0on ave over, Soon as airy shades that hover Up above the purple clover 1L ve dono, put by the lute— Ouce I sang as carly thrushes Sing about the dewy bushes; Now I'm muti Lam liko a weary linnet IPor my throat hus 10 song in it, 1 have bad my singing minute; 1 have done—~ Put by the lute. - Kennedy's Last India Bitters. Mayme voice, company. has signed - bas a fortune with the Conreid Kelso, w TLY, so that it will pass for WHAT IT IS NOT. PRICK?Y PRICKY You RUN after the dealer who TALKS cheap. He fools you on the QUALITY, QUS dealer occasionally dares to oppose this popular fallacy—buy ONLY good fab rics— able g se ONLY good trimming rments, guaranteed ALWAYS to give CO, DO this very thing and sell GREAT QUANTITIES of RELIABL —hire only s satisfaction. slled workmen, produce ONLEY relia BROWNING, KI NG & UITS in hor cpera SOUTHWEST CORNER 15TH AND DOUGLAS § REETS, OMAHA, NEB, He knows ; Ie gets his It's only here and there a COURAGE- and ()\']il{("()A'l'S of their own INIMITABLE MANUIFACTURE and not only guarantee SE the LOW Such BUSINESS and ULSTERS? WHERE? - BROWNING,KING & CO., Such FALL LVICE but GUARANTEE the PRICES, too, to be LOWE ST, for the same grade of goods, BUT WHERHK Else in the West can you find DRE Omaha, Neb, RTHAN and such CHILDREN'S SUITS and OVERCOATS ? ? OVERCOATS S.W. Cor. 15th and Douglas-sts, S rameeay