Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 26, 1889, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TEURSDAY DECEMBER 26. 188 CHRISTNAS DAY IN OMAHA. How the Anniversary was Cele- Lbrated in the Gate City. Joy REIGNED UNCONFINED, Obsrved by Saint and Sinner Alike ~Christmas in Charch, at Home, in Hotel, and Ball Room—Notes. A Day of Rejoleing, Omaha celebrated Christmas yesterday in the usual hearty manner for which the city 18 80 Justly celebrated. The day was all that could be desired, and the weather remn ded ono of & Mexican winter iastead of a locality where people occasionally freezo to death. The street cars were thronged all day with bappy sight-seers, and many pleasant ex- cursions were taken. The usual eating exercises wore Induiged an, and many a fine, fat cobbler and tooth- 1 exterminated, The hotels did meals for their guests, and the stranger within their gates had no occa- sion to grumble. All the churchies observed the occasion by appropriate services, and in the evening the litule ones were gladdened by gifts, The following are some of the events: day’s Exposition Hall, In the Exposition hail the children’s Christmas tree was one of the most unique featurcs of the celebration, The tree, like the lass who was loved, wastall and siender, and its branches, though not far-reaching were numerous and beautiful. It stood upon the atage decorated with a limitless variety of tinsel skeins and _gaudy toys, whic glinted 1n the white, soft light which illum- mated its brauches. ‘The illumination was effected by a number of incandescent lights, one of which, at the top, like the star at Betnlehem, scemed 10 gleam with surpass- ing briiliaucy. The stage looked like a hastily improvised ‘warehouse, There were several thousands of packuges of popcorn aud candy, and hun- dreds of apples and toys of every descrip- tions under the sun. Then there was Sonta Claus, who made his entree behiod a Henry-Dixey elephant, the motive members of which were supplied by & pair of lads from the Nebraska wnstitute for the deaf and blind. Tuen there were a number of self-sacrific- ing ladies and gentlemen who dispensed with lavish generosity the gifts which had been collected, accompunying the dispensation with genial amiles and cheering words, Among these were Rev. C. W. Savidge, Rev. /. J. Hursha and Prof. Then there wore the children. There were possibly 2,000 of them. ‘Ihey rauged from Tiny Tim 10 the gruff-voiced urchin far in his teens. They came alone and n families, with empty hands und left with hands, pockets and mouths loaded with toys and filled with corn and sweetmeats, The ball fairly overflowed ‘with collections of small humanity of every nationulity under the sun, and all were as merry as kittens in a basket of wool. A large umount of clothing and substan- tial food had also been donated for the oe- casion. This was sont 1o the mission on TDodge street, near Thirteenth, where they were put into bundles. Half a dozen carri- ages were in readiness and well loaded with these necessaries. They were then driven to various parts of the city and, under the direction of charitable ladies, well unlonded at the homes of poor and enfecbled people, to whom they were both a neccessity and & luxury. The Schuetzenverein, The German Schuotzenverein gave & con- cert and ball at Germania hail last evening. The concert commenced about 9 o'clock with a march by Prof. Schunke's orchestra, fol- lowed by a potpourri eatitled “The Musi- cian’s Dream,” a medley of popular German melodies. Louis Koch, the well known German actor, recited “The Dying Tragedian” in a ‘dra- watic manner. Miss Minna Brandt then sang the fairy song from *Mignon” entitled “I Am Tita- nia’ 1 excellent style. The little lady has @ voice rich in sweetness and of great power d purity. Her rendition of ths aifficult song was such us to draw forth prolonged applause, to which she responded with a German song _entitled ‘“Tho Forest Rose. Bhe was presented with a magniticent bou- quot of roses. The Turnverein quartette, composed of Messrs. I", Lehman, H. Haubens, A. Graf and Lows Kauth, sang “The Poscher," and mers encored, responding with *“The Forest ose. The last number on _the programme was a rtfinurri y Misses. A. Peters, R Rosicky, . Nollmann, Al Peters, T. Kaufman and Messrs. W. Rowan, W. Boekhoff, E. Kunuf- man and Ed Dworzak, all pupils of Prof. E. Dworzak. They played in good style ana were loudly applauded. After the programme was comploted a flue supper was served in one of the ante rooms, ter which the floor was cleared for danc- ing which was continued to a late hour. At the Coliseum. Christmas was celebrated at the Coliseum 1ast night by about one thousand people, who ‘watched the bicycling, polo aud other amuse- ments, and skated and danced to their hearts’ content. The evening’s entertainment opened with a three-minute bicycle ruce between Bobh Gernung, Frank Schill and Albert Hubbard, the latter being given a bandicep of three laps. It might as well have been a dozen, for he was not in the race from the start. Sehill and Gernung made a pretty race for twelve laps, wnen the formor lost a pedul, By mutual agreement they ugreed to run a mile t0 sce who was the victor, 1t bade fair to be a close finish, but Gernung fell on the turn and lost. Then the Omaha Guards’ polo team and the Millards played a game. If the Guards counot fight any better than they can plbav polo Omaba wouid have to hire some soldiery to protect her interests, The the first eoal five then gave Mil- on a foul. The last goal of the innmings was made by the Millards in 1:30, ‘The second inning was a walk-away for the Miliards, who made four goals to the Millard’s one. Skating vhen indulged in until 11 o'clock, after which a fancy dress ball was indulged iv, which was largely attended. At Trinity Oat ral, Trinity cathedral was prettily dccorated houor of the Messiab's birthday. Evergreen trees stood in two corners of the choir loft. “The railing in front of the pulpit was inter- lIaced with vines and the woodwork of the chancel throughout was outhined with ropes 1 evergroen and the candlestick supports entwined with the same decorations, while pretty wreaths were hung at the apex of each choir loft, The altar was beautifully decked witn holly, white and red carnations and roses of the same color, The services were the sawe as those of any Sabbath morniog, but the music was exceotionally 5 Master Archie Pratt, who developing @ fluo soprano voice, sang the offertory with fine effect. Dean Gardoer announced that Bishop Worth: ington, who was to hayo delivered the morn- sermon, was called elsewhere, Ihe dean he would not attempt to take the bish- op's place and deliver & sermon, but would merely wish the mucufilun @ happy Christ- mas: bot & merry but a happy oue, as doubt- less thore were many who could not be werry but could be happy. The Knights of Pythias, Laly division No. 8, Uniform Rank Knights of Pythius, gave unother of their enjoyable parties atthe Metropolitan hall last night. ‘The attendance was good and a merry Christ- gu was brought to a close in fitting style, e proceeds of these entertainments are to hflad to u{mm- expenses of the division ©on its trip to Milwaukee next June to attend the national encampment of the Uniforw Guards won minutes and ds one in the Banquetted His Olorks. Mr. A. tiospe gave an elaborate banquet 20 bis clerks aud employes last night at his residenco. Thore were Lwonty quests, an oxtensivo menu was discussed. tho evening tho clerks presented M. Hospo with an elegant office chair as a mark of their appreciation und esteom. Mr. Hospe was completely surprised, as the @ft w entirely unexpected. He responded in a fow words exprossivo of his gratification at the appreciation euidroced by the gift, A pleas ant evening was spent_and the guests de. parted wishing Mr. Hospe many returns of the day. and During The Hebrew Masque Ball, The Hebrew Young Men's Literary cintion held a masque ton hall last night, the procecds of which will be devoted to the Beth Zion Sunday school rocently established at the corner of Tenth and Farnam streets, Tne attendance was large and the mosques numerous, The grotesque predominated. Prizes wore awarded to the best masque among the ladies and also the gentlemen, asso- io dance at Washing- At the Theatres. Christmas proved to be a big day for cvery theatro in town. Monager Boyd said that his receipts were larger than ever before on any similar occasion, Audiences that packed the house from orchestra rail to galiery wall attended both porformances. “Poarl ofy Pekin,” & spectacular, lesque Chinese opera, was the at- traction, and it is safe to say that no other traveling show would have given Omaha's seckers after holiday enjoyment more satisfaction, It is just the kind of an affair that ploasos ono's sight, charms his hearing and makes him laugh all he cares Lo laugnh. 'The opera has in ita character called 1I'yfo0, governor of Pekin, who hus a charming daughter numed Pearl. ' 1t comes to pass that a dushing young quartermaster, Polite Picrre, of the French navy, who is accom- panied by his wife, Fannotte, vfoo’s housohold, tries to buy Chinese maidens 'he sces, splendia time, wnen Fannette becomes ungry and locks him up. He is liber- uted” by Tyfoo ana carried the = governor's palace. I'yfoo compols the young oficer to marry his daugbter, and during the cxciting events hourly oceuring while his domestic disturb- ance is going on wany funny things happen. Tyfoo, of course, is constantly surrounded with ‘an_imwmense force of men and womon bur- all the pretty and is having o attendunts, who comprise the chorus, whilo Faunetto hus with her several Erench sailors and four charming waiting maids. Lo Harrison, ns yfoo, fits the part most admi ably and plays it to perfection. It gives him an opportunity to work in a_great deal of clever specialty business, and his talents ns aversatile comedian have placed him 1 the front rank. He takes immensely with an audience. Miss Ada Jenoure, who nssumes the roleof Pearl; Miss Bertha Fisch, as Fane netto; Edward Webb in the role ot Pierre; Gilbert Clayton as Sosoriki, chief of the “Imperial Tigers,” and John C. Leach as Sing High, a Chinese attondant, play their respective varts very well. Leach does a bit of imitation and character ucting in tho second act that is highly artistic and_credit- able. ‘l'he performance was applauded re- peatedly from begining to end. ‘Ihe music 18 waeful'and full of pleasing harmony, and the piece is put on gorgeously. Careful atten- tion has been given to scenery and costumes, and both were strong features in the genecral effect and pleasure of the entertaiiment. One of the four pretty I'rench maids, Miss Hatlie Deloro Barnes, has something of an interesting history. _About one year ago the son of a San Francisco millionaire named Barnes foilowed her to New York, where they were clandestinely mar- ried. The affair kicked up a terrible row, and a report has been circulated to the effect that Pupa Barnes offered Miss Hattie $100,000 to leave his son and have the marriage an- nulled. Whether she took the money or not is not known, but the young lady proposes to file suit for a'divorce as soon as the company reaches 'Frisco. There was wild sport and terrific enthus- iasm at the Grand last night, “McCarthy's Mishapa’ attracted an audience that filled the bouse. This had such a spirit bracing offect upon Ferguson, Marr and the eutire company that they gave an extraor- dinarily good performance. The assault and battery and cirous acts of Ferguson and Marr, as well as the marvelous dancing of Lizzie Daly and her litule five-year-old daughuer set the audience off into screams of laughter and applause, The matinee was also large. The Eden Museo did its share of business. Immense crowds atteuded every perform- auce, both afternoon and evening. = A BAD DAY FOR OFF1CERS, Newman’'s Chin Bitten Off and Everly Breaks a Log. Officer Newman is minus a portion of his chin, und Mattie Reed, a prostitute, is in jail charged with mayhem. ‘There was a fight at No. 910 Capitol ave- nue, and Newman was summoned to quiet the riov. As soon as he entered the house he was seized by a colored man and a white man, who began to punish him severely. Mattio took a hand. in the game, and clasp- ing her arms around Newman’s neck, bit a hure piece out of his c ‘fhe trio then escaped, but were afterward captured. The notorious Belle Frazier was implicated, und was ulso locked up. A young man named Jones, who clerks in a hardware store, appeared 4t police stavion to try and get the' Reed womun released, but wae given a very cool reception by the cap~ tain in charge, who promised to inform his parents, who are said to be respectable people. Officer Everly Injured. Officer Everly stepped on a banana peeling at Fourteenth and Farnam street last night and broke his leg. He was taken to the Cozzens hotel und the fracture reduced by the city physician, e A Onristmas Night Row. There was an affray in & houso of ill fame on Ninth strect—said to be Fannie Clifton’s lust might about midnight, in which two young men of the town whose names could not be learned engaged in a desperate con- flict in which one was seriously wounded in the abdomen with a kuife. A cab was called wnd the wounded man sent home. No ar- rests, R — THOS# WHITE CAPS, The Other Side of the Story from a Visitor ac Holyoke. Hovroxs, Col., Dec. 2.—To the Editor of 1ue Bre: Although the trial of the so-called White Caps 18 progressing, and all is quiet among the peopls, the giowing reports sent out by resident correspondents are con- domned by the best citizens, who recoguize the White Cap chargos as the outgrowth of the late bitter campaign, in which the de- feated factions are venting their spleen on MoPherson, the clerk-elect on the people’s ticket. McPherson carried all but one pre- cinct against both the democratic and repub- lican candidates, against the united efforts of the B, & M. and the Lincoln town- site companies. McPherson's euemies rasped the opportunity to connect im with outrages to prejudice the peoble against him in the contest now pending, rom. apearacces thelr. efforta whi prove futile. Judge Glynn is presiding carefully, aud from every iudication the trial will be a usoless expeuse placed upon the couuty, Donivan of Holvoke and xllen of Sterling are suowing -Jvlendhl ability, and domg good work for the defense, as is also Garrigues of Greely for the state. W, R. Davis. Buntix, Dec. 35,—The publio health pu- thorities report a great increase iu the cases of influenza and aggravation of the disease, with au inorease in the death rate, In Mu- nich the diseuse is spreading and the hospi} tals are full, A There was a row at the dance at ‘Washington hall last night, Two or three disorderly persons engaged in a riot and were arrested. Ed Ball, a dranken man, was arrested last night for stealing a horse belong- ing to William Sievers, a Sixteenth street grocer. Ball found the horse tied and drove off with it. - SOUTH OMAHA NEWS, Attempted to Murdsr Bis Wife, Jotin O. Gorman, a Third ward brute, re- siding on Thirty-sccond street betwoen R and S strects, took a butcher knife Wednes- day eveniog and attempted to carve his wife becanse she would not give him 10 cents to buy liquor with. The woman was not ser- iously inju Heis a hard case, and this will likely wind up his career, Obristmas Gifia, The Omaha Packing company presented each of its married employes with a Christ- mas ham. Messrs. Waggoner & Birney and Burke & Frazier remembered the empl of each division of the Union stock yards Christmas day, and the yard men fully appreciate the thoughtful Kindness of these commission firms. Superintendent Jamos Boyle product department at the packing houses of Swift & Co, was the pient of valuable gold iwatch, chain aud charm and an oxquisite ring by the emoloyes in his de partment. Messrs, Burke & Frazior, the commission firm, presented the packing houso buyers, Messrs. PatrickJ. MdGrath, Captain Wil~ liam 13, Bell, Michael B. Muroney, William Wallwork, Jacob Lobman, John H, Wall- work, Leroy Hotgh, Theodore J. Sanders, Churles Bogart and John Moss each with au nt silk umbrella, The aporeciating employes of the packing firm of Swift & Co. presented Superinten- dent A, C. Foster with a par of olegant seal-skin gloves, a valuable chair and other acceptable Christmas 1ementoes. Cashier J. S. Bangs was remembered by the embloyes of the packing houso of Swift & Co. by handsome gold ornaments. F'red Walters of the enginecr's department of the packing houses of Swift & Co. was re- membered by fellow employes and carries a fine gold watch asa present for Christmas, 1859, of the hog Back to lta Plios, The friends of South Omaha who were surprised to learn that it had fallen this year from third to seventh place in the hog pack- ing industry will be pleased to learn vhat it has resumed its old standing, beng led only by Chicago, with 1,070,000 hogs packed for the season: Kansas City, with 533,000, and is third, with 175,000, whilo Cincinnati, with 169,000, and Sioux City, with 166,000, occupy fifth ana sixth places respectively, Accidental Shooting. J. C. Robinson, employed by McFarland & Holoroft, was accidentally shot in the left side by Frank Neil last night. Tho doctors pro- nounce the wonnd very dangerous: but not necessarily fatal, Notes About the City. A. L. Day found a gold _pen. on the side- walk in front of J.S. Rich's store on N street. Arthur Rushford of the force in Swift & Co.’s packing louses was taken suddenly iil Wednesday morning. ohn Chuoil of the Exchange hotel force and Miss Carrie Jeliuck of Linwood wero married in Omaha Tuesday and loft at once for a visit with friends at North Bend. Mrs. Joseph Cunzell 18 listed among the sick. George Scharooski was slightly injured by having a load of wood overturn with him. A_regular old fashipned before-the-war old Virginia social and fostival will be held by tho congregation of the Christian church, Albright, Thursday evening. Samuel Lillies of this city and Sallie Hoh- nan of Omaha have taken out a marriage w wed. Charles F. Durand heid ticket No. 155, and drew the horse and buggy raffied off at the Buckeye stables, Omaha. About People, Mr, and Mrs, Frank Hayward Thursday morning will drive over to Creston, Ia., to malke a short visit with friends, John Carroll, who has been visiting friends in Jowa, is back receiving a warm welcome by friends. Mrs. Kate Ball and Mrs, Sophronia Soash have removed to Marshalitown, Ia. John Schreamer has gone to St. Joseph to spend the holidays J. A. Hogle of North Bend spent Christ- mas with his brother, Hollis E. Hogle. Mrs. Andrew Wishard of Ashland 1s the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Ritchhart. Constable A. C.McCracken is spending the holidays visiting his mother in Burling- ton, Ia. Mss Ida Wolf, an accomplished young lady of Crete, is the guest of Miss Maud Hayward. Messrs. W. T, Keenan, Courtuey A. Ho- rine, John F, Walters, and Charles F. Red- dington, who accompanied the remains of the late Frank S, Dewey to Chicago, have returned. They state that the funeral was a very impressive one, largely attended and the floral offerings profuse. J. B. Erion is home to apend the holidays. M. C. Robinson, known in base ball circles as “Chub” Robinson, will leave Thursaay for a ten days' visit with friends in Detroit, Mich, Have you tried McClurg's Pastry Wafer Sodas? They are delicate, crisp and delicious. e LOVE POWDER OF NO AVAIL. An Estranged St. Louis Wife Caunses a Clairvoyant's Arrest. Sr. Lours, Dec. 25.—It was a story of witchery and deceit which Mrs. Kate Glesel- maun poured into the earof Assistant Pros cuting Attorney Dierkes at the Four Courts this morning. Later Mrs. Gleselmann told the same tale toa reporter. As aresult of her application Mr., Dierkes is- sued a warrant, charging Mme, Marie, @ local oclairvoyant, with fraud, Mrs. Glesselmann lives at 2219 Frank- lin avenue. $he 18 married, but has sep- arated from her busband. The two have been married five years. Mrs. Glesselmann said: **At first my husband and I lived very happily together, Then we began to have trouble, It was partly his faultand partly mine. We were both in the wrong, but we could not see it at that time. We agreed to separate, 1 to have my ohild and he to con- tribute half of his earnings to our support That was almost two years ago. Isaw my mistake after s few months, buc my letters of penitence were never answered. I vainly tried in mavy ways to again win the love of my husband. ‘Then I saw the advertisement of this woman and called on her. She said it was the easiest thing in the world to win him back. I gave her §10 and she gave me a black ball of some sort to throw 1n the river at midnight and call my husbaud’s name when it touched the water, 1 did so, but it failed to work, [ went to her again and she smd I must have made some mistake, I gave her another $10 and she gave mo some love powders to burn in the house at daybreak and nightfall,and whle burning call my busvand’s name. Still he did not come, Theén she gave me other charms, and as I had no money she took some of my pictures and furniture. The charms were no use. 1told my friends about it and they said she was a fraud, 1 have sworn out a warrant against her.”” Mme, Marie was arrested and gave bail, A i TO CHECK MORMON POWER, Governor Thomas of Utah Gives His Views on the Vexed Question. Pirrssuge, Pa, Dec. 25 — Arthur L. Thomas, governor of Utah, who is a native of Pittsburg, is in the city visiting relatives Talking to a reporter today he dis. cussed Mormonism at some length. ‘It ie ke,” he said, “to think that we have succeeded i breaking the political power of the Mormons in Utah. I should estimate the vote of Utah at about 25,000, of which a little more than 8,00 are Gentiles. Of the twenty-four counties the Mormons have control of all the ‘county afficials in twenty-three, and of 878 election precinots in the territory they control 853 Our v. tories in Salt Lake and Oregon have been a mere entering wedge in our fight against the Mormon church. , *'My idea of the'best plan for ing the coutrol of the offices frou the Mormons to the Gentiles is that about bhalt the county Oflicers, such as county recorders, assess- nl'la selectmen, superintendents of schools and county clerks, should be appointed by federal muthority, The recorderships are the most lucrative county offices in tho terri- tory, that at Salt Lake being worth from 220,000 to $25.900,p vear. All county officers have t_ paytheir 10 per cent title to the Mormon chu which gives that body from £100,000 to #1358, 040 a year to beused in Wash- ington and gisawhere for its own benefit. These good Wesitions are made hereditary among Mormong,descending from father to son. ~With tha). assessor they form the county boards of, equaiization and control assessments apd,valuations, Avostate Mor- mons claim that these boards treat them un- as s0on. a8 they teave the church, The selectmen, wijth,the superintendents of schools, control thie appointment of teachers and educatioval, affairs gencrally, which isa particalarly wmportant matter, it is neces- sary to attagk,the political power of the rmons by some such method as that I have suggested. [ believe that the government will favorably considor the plan.’ Pttt ol o THE BUG-BEAR OF HIGH LIFE. How Mailds are the Torments of Fash« fonable W en. A maid used to be considered a lux- ury. Now sheis the torment of the fashionable woman's life. If she is Englisn her manners arve very good for awhile—she does her duty and is well behaved, Butsix mwonths in this en- lightened country and her quiet man- ners become insolent; she can’t dress you without referring to the dutchesses and countess whom she has waited before; your table and your letters and Kknows exactly how much money you have in your pocketbook, says the Now York Sun. If you should object to any of her weak- s and summor up courage - enough scharge her, you had better have her trunks examined before she leaves and you will bewise if you tell your husband all about her, for the chances are that, pretending to know something about you, she will attempt a little scheme of blackmail immediately after she has left. If she is French she stays just long enough to get acqnainted with Ameri- can habits and then she leaves you in a great hurry, either to marry the cook und open a small restaurant, or go into the hairdressing business. The Irish or Scotch maids are usually honest, usually impertinent, usually * know lit- tle, but are as faithful as dogs, so that because of their virtues you may forgive them the rest. There are women in New York who do not dare to discharge maids—who live in deadly terror of what they are going to do next; who have been foolish enough to let them find out something, it may be a little something that they do not want either mother or husband to know—and so the maid levies tribute, gets irocks that have ~ only been worn once, has her wages paid her in advance, and is worse than any skeleton at a : e she is with you nearly all the time. Not long ago at a smart luncheon served by a- gorgeous butler and three footmen, & woman said: *'O, dear, I think L shall go crazy if they put in it a paragraph about me.” The reference was made to a personal paper. The hostess looked silence at her guest, and after the'servants had left the room sai “My dear, why in the world did vou say that before the servants? -You evidently do npt know the English one. My butler is perfectly capable of writ- ing you a letter démanding n certain sum of money, or threatening just such a paragraph a8 you dread. The Eng- lish servant has no more idea of honor than a caunibal, and not as much, for a cannibal eats'you out and out, and does not make life horrible by spinning out the agon ‘When it is thought what an easy life a good maid hasit seems strange that more women,'bi#learning hair dressing and by learning to be syitematic, do not apply for such positions. She isseldom asked to eat with the rest os the house- hold; she has much time to go out, and her work is always easily done and not dirty. A good maid is ?nr_ beyond ru- bies when it comes to a question of value to her mistress, and ratber than stand all day long behind a counter, get small wages and poor food to eat, and no time to call my own except when I was so tired I could not enjoy it,J would study the ait of dressing people, saving them steps, of doing their hair, of keep- ing their wardrobes in order—in short, of being a perfect treasure of a maid, and a perfect treasure of a maid can ot $50 a moth, a pleasant room, a great deal of time to herself, and a number of presents. The perfect maid, like the perfect woman, is hard to find. —-~— A BIRD WITNESSES A MURDER. The Whippoorwill's Mind Affected by Whar He 5 ‘es. The New York Sun’s correspondent tells the story as it came to him from the lips of areputable citizen of Austin, Texus: “In the suburbs of the city there stands in what is known as Horses’ Pasture a solitary oak, under which, at 1o’clock upon a aark and uiet night,a man was foully murdered. e was in the possession of money which he had foolishly displayed in a saloon,and when he started for home he was followed by two men, who of- fered to drive him to his destination. Too drunk to be cautious. he accepted and was taken into their wagon. They drove aimlessly about until he foll asleep, and then proceeded to this gaunt oak, under whose branches the deed of death was done. *There hn%pened to be in the branches at the time a whippoorwill that saw the foul deed, watching each motion with an interest so intense that it attracted vhe attention of the mur- derers. And since then upon every night at the stroke of 1 the bird comes back to his resting place, and, in a note that is far more plaintive than the usuakutterance of its kind, sends forth the peculiar ‘whip-poor-wiil!’ He never fails; his song is heard at noother time, and no other bird is everseen upon that tree. Idonot attempt to account for this. T only tell it as it is.” o .— PUGNAGITY IN A WOMAN, g A Refined Lady Controllad for a Time by a Pagilist's Spiric. It was at a #piritualistic seance in San Francisco, miid the Chronicle is re- sponsible for thae ftory. She isa refined, sensitive, edupafed, womanly woman; but she went ta aspiritualistic meeting at & mediumls establishment. There were several *other ladies there, and suddenly she fourid hersell attacked by a curious nervouspess, which developed into an iusane desire to tearthe l‘ulychu kuot off the back of the woman’s head in front of her. The sensation then began to ingrease in volume and change in chatacter. She felt inclined to double her fist*and hit out from the shoulder. It kbpt increasing until she could no longer resist, and she rose and strode across the room and, banging her fist on the table, called out in a de- cidedly masouline tone: *Oh, I would iull like to clean this room out! Wow!”’ Then she came to her senses and with many blushes and much confusion be- gun apologizing to the company, They did not seem at all moved or surprised. “Doa’t apologize, Mrs. Vs nothing,” said the medium, ‘*‘You were simply controlled by Yankee Sullivan.” ——— When Johu Arnold, aged seventy- eight, goes whirling through Provi- dence, R. [, on 8 bicycle, the Rhode Islanders are certainly pardonable for o:;u‘sluiux their eyes and mouths very wide, « NELLIE BLY, Her §traggles for a Foothold in New York Oity, “Nellie Biy,” the young woman who is now “‘putting a girdle 'round about tne earth,” is a Pittsburg girl. She bas, says the Philadelphia Inquirer, been engaged in writing for & little more than three years, IHer first attempt to gain a livelihood with hor pen was made e n 1886 on tho Pitts- burg Dispatch. She had written a com- munication to that journal on the con- dition of working women in the city of Pittsburg, and there was so much or wal thought in her deductions that she was requested to send her namo and ad- dress to the editor. With this she com- plied, and as o vesult she was engagod 10 follow up several of the suggestions sho had made, “Nellie Bly's" first 1important mission was a trip to Mexico, wherg she trav- < months, learning to speak th fair fluency in that time. When “Miss Bly” veturned to Pitts- burg she was put in charge of the soci- oty column of the Dispatch, alternating this work with writing theatrical notices and criticisms and in preparing articles on woman’s work, With her added experience these papors attracted attention in New York and were fre- cuently reproduced in the metropolitan dailies. This gave “*Miss Bly” the idea that she could better herself in N York, and she secured a letter of intro- duction to Joe Howard jr. from one of her newspaper friends in Pittsburg. Arrived in New York she presented her lotter and was given soveral large chunks of fatherly advice and the cheerful opinion that she had made a big mistake and ought to go home. s dian’t go, but sought out Foster Coute! managing editor of the Mail and I press. It was just at this time that A drew Carnegie, the millionaire, had taken unto himself a bride, and it was estimated that if Miss Bly could inter- view Mrs. Carnegio such service might be acceptable. Small hope was held out that success would attend this effort, asthe most expert interviewees had tried it and failed. “‘Miss Bly” started in, and by persoveronce and the oxer- cise of a little feminine dinlomacy ob- tained a complete and exhasutive talk upon every subject that would be of in- terest to woman readers. Like all beginners in newspaper work in the big city ‘‘Miss Bly” speedily reached that period when 1t appeared that there was nota single new thing under the sun to write about. She thought and thought, and tried and tried, but met rebuffs atevery turn. Sbe was boavding at a modest little boarding house way up in Harlem,w the fare was justabout generous enough to support life, because of the moderate price paid for it. Cheap as this living was, it could not be paid for without an income. The little store of money that the girl had hoarded was becoming rapidly exhausted. She was indebted to herlandlady and could not meet the obligation, To make matters worse iss Bly"” one day lost her purse, and with it every dollar she possessed in the word. This misfortune did not discourage her, however, and she was too proud to make her loss known. she walked six to eight mile she had actually no money to p: fare. The situation began to look des- perate. Days were slipping by and the board bill was growing. Something had to be done, so, without much hope of success, lotters .of _intro- duction were obtained from Joe Howard to every editior in New York. Aftera struggle and the exercise of a most traordinary amount of patient perseve ance interviews were obtained with the editors or editors-in-charge ot the Her- ald, the Sun, the Times, and the Tribune. Not one of them professed to believe that ‘*Nellie Bly” would be a profitable investment. The old and favorite method of politely disposing of the applicant by taking her name and address was adopted, and Miss Bly was informed that if her services were needed she would receive a notification by mail, Then the young woman, who refused to be disheartened. betook herself to the office of the World, and secured an audience with Joseph Pulitzer. It took the proprietor of the World ahout fifteen minutes to make up his mind that “Nellie Bly"” might be made useful. He engaged her and for her first assign- ment she was directed to visit the de- partment for the insane on Blackwell’s Island, ostensibly as an insane patient, and describe its workings thoroughly. ‘I'hese instructions were carried out and resulted in one of the most remarkuable stories of its kind ever printed in a newspaper. For three days “'Nellie Bly’ rehearsed her part, She bought books on in- sanity and studied carefully all its phases, She stood in front of a mirror with disheveled hair and practiced rolling her eyes and contorting her features uatil she felt that she had studied her part well and knew it. It nad been agreed that she should remain in the asylum for six days and then her release would be secured. With her raiment disarranged and the pretended glure of insanity in her eyes she wandered into a police station, seom- ingly too much demented to give any- thing more than her name—Nellie Brown. Justice Patrick Gavin Dufly committed her to _Blackwell's Island, and on the follow- ing day the snewspapers con- tained accounts of the mysterious young woman who had been found wan- dering in the streets with reason de- throned. Dr. Field, one of the most eminent alienists in the country, pro- nounced the patient to be *‘hopelessly ¢ insane.” Hundreds of visitors came to . see her, but not one of them could tell ;| who the stranger was. On the fifth daj ! the patient made a narrow escape froi: » discovery, She had learned to bear the scrutiny to which she wassubjected daily | with tolerable composure, and when on that day she was touched on the shoul- der by the nurse and turned around she almost fainted. There stood a Piuts- burg newspaper man who had known her well in her own home. He was then employed on a New York newspaper and had been directed to investigate the case of the mysterious stranger. The recognition was mutual, and the newspaper man was 80 astonished that he “couldn’t speak, He had no idea that Nellie was shamming, and thought that she had become suddenly insane. He was just on the point of making the girl's iden- tity known when she, divinine his pur- pose, got close up to himand whispered: “Don’t betray me; will explain dater,” The visitor understood the situation in a moment, and gave a glance that meant compliance with the request. Nellie Brown remained in the institu- tion for thirteen days. She thought she nad been forgotten, and actually began 10 believe that she was doomed to re- main forever in the world of lunatics. Relief came at last, and then the story of her experiences, which set the town by tne ears and created consternation among the officers of the asylum. ksl -l Steve Franklin's Ramble, One of the most marvelous freaks of sompambulism ever known in Bruus- wick, Ga., is described in the Macon Telegraph. The participant in the semi-conscious night perambulation was a negro named Steve Franklin, and the course of his stroll was from Bruns- wick to the now docks and return. Franklin is a day laborer at the now docks and assists in londing ves- sels with cotton. He usually returns to the city about 6 o'clock in_the ovening and spends the night, In order to roach his work in due time next morning ho leaves Brunswick at 4 o’clock. One night lasy week, about 10 o’clock. he arose from his bed, dressed himself and struck out for the scene of labor. On arriving he discovered that he had forgotten his dinner, and at once rovarsed himself and returned to Brunswick. He was just entering tho city when he suddenly awoke. It wus several minutes boforo he could take in the situation, and then he was so badly frightened as to almost g into convulsions. FASTER THAN THE WIND. rmous Engine Which Ninoty Miles an Hour On the Big Four road, between Clin- cinnati and [odinnapolis, 18 an engine which advances the maximum speed lim{t enormously, says the Indianapolis News. Itisone of five engines built according to the patent of an inventor named Strong, and being tested by the Big Four people. The engine is built for both strength and speed, and the tests of it have shown wonderful 1 sults. Itisclaimed for it th: it capable of hauling a heavy train at the rate of from sc 3 ninety miles per hour, and tho tests made this week, while not severe, have tended to sustain the claim. Superin- tendent Bender timed it on an eight- mile run east of the The eight miles were covered in six minutes with perfect ease, not the shghtest evidence of ning being perceptib! The engine 1itsolf contains many novel features in canstruction. It has cylinders in which the escape of steam, after it has been used, is o arranged as t0 be a vast improvement over the com- mon arrangement. The boiler is very long, and there are two fire-boxes. An ingenious contrivance consumes the gases and smoke, so that economy in the use of fuel is one of the advantages claimed. The fireman has a cab to him- self at the rear of the boiler, while the engineor occupies a separate cab perched on the top of the boiler, a little to the rear of the center. The engine weighs sixty-five tons, and rests upon eighteen wheel: Its d re sixty- eight inches in diameter. Probably the fastest run on record was made recently on the Canada South- ern road by a special train bearing the Vanderbilt party. The track was straight and fine, and the train ran 1 miles in ninety-seven minutes. According to computation just issued by an eminent statistician, the cost in human life of the of the last thirty-four years has been 54,000 souls. 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