Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 23, 1890, Page 3

THE OMAHA DATLY BEE, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1890-SINTFEN PAGES. .- Kelly, Stiger & Co. (Y N k Exceptionally “Low Prices Colored Dress Goods. in BROADCTLOTHS 83c. eloths reduced from $1, 8he 850, HABIT CLOTH. Thirty shades of this cloth, $1.00 $1.00 BROADCLOTH. Rich and silk fin ished cloth in the latest shades, worth 82, now This line of $1.50 $1.50 ch serge with a selec- fty shades, at s0 of colors, We offer one imported Henrictta in new splendid finish, at b obe TWERD CLOTH SUITINGS. 50- inch cloth, the height of fashion, sightly and durable, worth 81, now 6o 6oc ©oc ETTA. The best value in : the latest shades: regular 46 inches wide, silk finish, Bhe HENRI the ma price $1. now 85 85¢ FLANNEL. All wool, 50 inches wide, G 42 1-2¢ NING DEPT, SERGE. SERGE. French serge, 40 inches duced from 65¢ to 50c BOc BOo HENRIETTA, HENRIETTA. Perfect dye and “finish., 55 550 CHEVIOT. CHEVIOT. 40 inches wide, stylish and durable, reduced from $1,25 to v0c V0c SERGE. wide, re- worth 75¢, at c 90c FLANNERKIL. All wool, 50 inches wide. 42 1-% 42 1-20 BROADCLOTH. Reduced from $1.25 to $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 BRILLIANTINE. One case on salo Monday, regular price 7ic, at B3¢ Boo Kelley, Stger &Co. LACE DEP'T.. 40-in Moussaline de Soie In black eream and de te shades, Only $1.15; worth §1. 40 INCH Striped Guaze Draping Net Only 75¢, worth $1 75 ” v 40 INCH 3 Chenille Dofted Drapeing Net Only 81.25, worth §2 Exqusite Novelties in Chantilly Point Gauze Fedora Partcularly adapted for neekweir. Latest Noveltics in Veiling Latest Novelties in Ruchings Including Henry 1V, Pompuadoar, Queen BARGAINS IN LALIES - Handkerchiefs - 100 DOZEN ‘ Ladies' H. S. Fine Lawn Hdkf's With Corded Lives 7 Only 814¢, well worth 12%¢ y 100 DOZEN ; Ladics’ Lace Veined Hdkf's Sealloped borders and 5 1iue Only 64¢, woith gc veining 100 DOZEN LADI1 " Embroidered Lawn Hdkf's With velning, corded lines, ete. Only 12%¢, worth 18¢c 100 DO! N LADI Embroidered Linen Lawn Hdkf's oiloped and 1. 8 borders, latest novelties Only 30c, actually worth 45¢ 5 DO? N LADI FINE Embroidered Linen Lawn Hdkf’s Very latest noveitles. Only soc, actually worth 75¢ SPECIAL SALE OF FANS - FANS Fine imported hand painted and satin fans, $1.25, $1,50, $1.85, $2.25, $2,50 and $2.75; worth almost double the price. All Silk Faille Satin Edge Ribbons Ribbons Inall the new delicute shades, at 6c, 10c and guaz your while the stock for art and fancy work, 5 dn the eity, complete, Lowest pri is Kelley,Stigér & Co. Cor. Farnam and 15th Sts. THE DAY OF THANKSCIVING. How it Origivated and How it Has De- scended to Our Time, THE GREAT FEAST DAY OF THE COUNTRY. by the ‘Ihe Ideas it Suggests and the Affections and Sentime Which it Enlarges. 1ts Observance Puritans— On next Thursday the United States will celebrate the inspiring, elevating, home- comforting festival of Thanksgiving. This feast day has suggested the following thoughts, which Rev. Dr. Duryea, pastor of the First Congrogational church, has spec- fally contributed to Tue Bre: As early s the middle of the sixteenth century it was the custom of the civil author- {ties in several of the countries of Europe, in view of events which were regarded as mani- festing peculiar divine favor to the commun- ity or the nation, to appoint days of public thanksgiving, inviting and exhorting the peo- vle to unite in the observance of appropriate services at their several places of religious worship. These festi were kept with doop earncstioss and fervor by the people of Holland. The memory of them must have been fresh in the minds of the company which landed at Plymouth from the deck of the Mayflower, and accordingly, naturally enough, after the gathering of the first hary- est, Governor Bradford made provisions for a similar observance in the colony This was in 1621, In the records of suc- ceeding years we find notices of special days of Thanksgiving set apart at the call of the authorities of the town or of the Bay colony. T'here was more than one in @ singlo year, when special events seemed to eall for special recognition. The festival was kept at differ- ent seasons in dfferent years. £ In like manner the Dutch governors of the New Netherlands appointed occasional days of thanksgiving, after the custom of the fathers at home; and later, following their example, the Euglish governors of New York did the same. During the entiro period of the revolution, congress recommended the observance of the day; and, upon the ratifica- tion of the constitution, Washington made an appointment ut the request of congress. This he did again in 1 the request of congress, invited the people to give thanks for the restoration of peace in 1815, Since then, at various times, and in several of the states, such days wero set apart, until the period of the civil war, when President Lincoln proclaimed & national thanksgiving for signal victories. Of nec- essity, this ignored the people of the south- ern states, who were, for the moment, re- garded u$ “out of the union.” Since the war the observance has been annual and has pecom e national. The early colonists who originated the cus- tom in this land, and their decendauts for generations who devoutly obscrved it, were thoroughly in earnest about it. They were truly religious men and women. They be- lieved in God, His moral government and providence over the affairs of men and na- tions. They recognized His controlling and directing_power in the course and issue of events. They humbled themselves under His mighty hand, when they were conscious of their wisdeed, and they gave thanks to Him ratefully, when they thought they were led nto the paths of righteousness, and experi- enced, in their seeurity and prosperity, what they ‘interpreted to bo tokens of His favor, protection and help. It cannot be doubted hat they were moved to the keeping of this festival, and to their maunuer of keeping it, by their regard for the ancient religious writings of the Hebrew people, which they constantly read from the collection in the bibles, kuown -as the old testament Accordingly, following the example of the Israclites, they o with the more solemn services of worship, the rites of domestic hospitality and iodulged in good cheer and guve gifts to the according to the pre- Copt, ““Eat the fatand drink the sweet, wnd send a portion to him for whom nothing is prepared.” The youth doubtless al ways gave Jbemselves 0 the eujoymeut tuch Kelley, Stiger & Co. Corner Farnam and 15th Sts. outdoor and indoor sports and pas- times as were practiced by such a serious people in__such austere times, 1f, on the whole, the Puritans were a sober lot, there was a good deal of human nature in them, and with their views of the moral au- thority of the ancient scriptures, they would not be av loss to find a sanction for occasional jollity in the convenient text: *“There is a time” * * * to laugh.” If, therefore, on the whole, the atmosphere of the time was such as to move them to regard the day as an holy day, there was something in the temper coung men and women which nour. ished ‘the germ of the more modern holiday as o time of social fellowship, amusement and recreation. The Dutch, from the nning, were dis- posed to connect with the s ce of Thanks- giving the enjoyment of the good gifts of Providence, reasoning well that one of the best ways of showing gratitude is the appre- viativo use of these gifts in moderate yet zestful enjoyment of them. Besides, their theology was never so stern, and their relig- jous discipline was never so severe, as the belief and regimen of the Pilgrims and the Puritans. 1f we would take pains to geta more intimate acquaintance with the latter, we likely find, however, evidence that there was a gréat deal more of bonhomie in them than We commonly Suppose, There can be no doubt that our early rulers were thoroughly in carnest in the appoint- ment and sincere in the observance of the festival, They were men of decp and strong religious convictions, They acknowledged the agency of God in the forces of nature and the life of man. They were profoundly re- spectful to his moral authority and revealed will. They desired to keep themselves in ac- cord with Him, that He might work with them, to the furtherance of all good and righteous ends, and so in the defense and promotion of the welfare of the people and nation. They called the people to the service of solemn public thanksgiving because they thought that thanks were due to God for His succor and help, and ought to be givento Him from the heart by the united voice of all the people. The f‘l’“ hers of this nation were intelligent, wise and uble statesmen, Of this we are more and more confident as their work is proved by the test cf a protracted expe und under new and complex conditi human society which, it would seem, they could hardly have anticipated. They struck down deep and reached the fundamental prin- ciples on which it was safe to build for all time and all conditions. They were students of human nature, and of the records of long ages of effort to constract forms of social iife and by them to insure the greatest degree of good and enjoyment to mankind. It is not unlikely, therefore, that they pecceived in the annual festival with its accompanying play of domestic, neighborly, and patriotic affec- tions, sentiments, and sympathies, a powerful means of strengthening and perpetuating the national bond, without which civil institu- tions are powerless for security, prosperity and happiness. 1f so, they were' very wise. If not, they “‘builded better than they knew.' The nature of man is of such make and mould that he cannot live, satisfy his needs and cravin perfect himself, and attain his happiness save in association 'and co-opera- tion with his fellow men. He is a mere fragment without real meaning and without complete functions, unless ho is jointed as member into o sociy v. Helis dependent upon co-operation with his fellows for the growth, development, complete use, and per- fect enjoyment of all the powers of his being without exception. From this it follows that men must be drawn and held together, they must be united in sympathy, in a common aim, and in reciprocal services, and their en- tire'sphere of uction must bo so arranged that every activity sball not only advance the immediate good of tha individual act shall also directly or indirectly to the comumon benefit, The problem of all the races which have entered upon the ground of history has been to work out the best form of society possible for the time. 1d 4s S0on A8 progress has been made, the improvement of the members of the society has developed new needs, and the task has been taken up again with now energy and skill. And through all the gener- ations of endeavor, it has been kuoown and felt that the first essential of the social oraer a vital bond uniting each toe , and 'h to all. There has always been such @& tie or several such ties. From the state of lowest savagery up tothe higliest grade of barbarism just on the verge of civilization, men have been held together by living bands. The first, chief, supreme ties have been kiuship and Kelley, Stger & Co. Kelly, Stge € Co. Kelly,Stger € Co. Kelley, Stige & C. Kelly, Stger€Co. SECOND FLOOR---TAKE ELEVATOR. REMNANTS. REMNANTS. REMNANT We have a big lot of short lengths of table linens, all different qualities and ranging in length from 1} to 4 yards. We offer them Mon at less than manufacturer's cost. This is a chance to buy table linens cheap. Remnants of Crash, All short lengths of crash at less than cost pri Tu addition to this remnant sale we will offer 200 dozen _extra fino damask towels, Kunotted fringe, also hem- stitched, at 2ic, regular price 85¢ and ' Bed Comforts Eiderdown comforts, full size, 6 $8, and $10. Special Leaders cen comforts at 1.50, $2, 0 und $3.85; in new de- D, 82, &2 signs. Blunkets, $4.98 a Pai, We have just opened and will place on sale Monday the finest line of 10 and 11-4 white, scarlet, natural gray and steel gray all wool blinkets that can he found in the city. We have marked them for this sale $4.98; many of them are worth 37, SKIRTS. SKIRTS. We show a complate line of and children’s fine koitted also ladies’ sateen, mohair and satin quilted skirts at popular prices; also flannel pattern skirtsat $1.35, $1.50, $1.65 and $1.75. Suspenders, 50c. We place on sale Monday 50 doz men's black and fancy silk finishiedsuspenders, kid ends, we 1l worth 81, Monday sl o pair, Ladies’ Ribbed Vests, $1. One case ladies’ natural wool Swiss ribbed vests, medium weight, $1; this vest would be good value ut §1.50. Mer's Natural Wool Shivts and Drawers, $1. Misses’ and Children’s CLOAKS In all the latest styles for School and Dress Clo: o 4 years, in Stripes, Plain, Plaids, and Figured Cloths, from $1.95 up. 6 years, in Plaids, Stripes, and Plain Cloths, from $2.25 up. § years, in Plain, Stripes and Plaids, from §2.95 up. 10 years, in Stripes, Plaids, Figured (loths, and Plain, from $4.75 up, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years, in Stripes, Plaids, Plain Blanket Cloths and fig- ured materials, at cdomparatively low prices, ladies’ skirts, One case men’s heavy natural shirts and drawers, a great bargain at $1 each, regular $1.50 quality. Kelley,Stiger & Co. Cor. Farnam and 15th Sts. Corner Farnam and 15th Sts. JACKET Aldot of vest front English Cheviot Jackets, hound with mohair braid, worth $13.00; to-morrow $10.00. A lot of fine Beaver Jackets, with ap- plique work on collar and slecves, worth $15.00; to-morrow $11.00. A lot of Plush Jackets, satin lined and 24 inches long,worth $15; to-morrow $10. Alot of Walkers Plush Jackets, inches long, satin lined and seal loop fastenings, worth §25; to-morrow $19.50. | | Corner Farnam and 15th Sts. One Hundred and Fifty NEWMARKETS, difle eviot,Scoteh’ P’laids, Stripes, Pwills, ete.; worth 8, 10, 813 To-morrow’s prices: in all the Beavers,Ch Berlin and $16. §a, §1, 88, §10. Corner Farnam and 15th Sts nt styles and cloths, | | We will offer this week special bargains in our Cioak Department--hundreds of different; styles to select from. We can’t afford space to mention all the bar- gains. We will only describe a few of the many you will find here this week. A Commencing to-morrow we will sell fifty of those handsome PLUSH SACQUES quilted satin lining, seal fastenings and 42 inches long, worth $25. To-morrow $19.7). Our exclusive styles in Novelty Reefer Jackets. faced with astrachan, mink, wool seal, cape seal and silk, at $19.00, $22.00, $25.00 and $28.00; very choice, and controlled exclusively by us. Kelley,Stiger& Co. | Kelley, Stiger & Co. | Kelley, Stiger & Co. Kelley,Stiger & Co- Corner Farnam and 15th Sts. were grouped in the family, the clan or gens, the phratry or brotherhcod, and the tribe, by the bond of blood, the sentiment of race and stock, by common lineage and language. Those who were of kin looked upon one as the children of one great famil and as they thought respecting o another, they felt. And from their af- fections sprang their sympathies, and they pledged themselves tacitly and often form- ally to keep truth, fidelity, and honor one with another. They were bonded to defend and help one another in all the interests dear to eachand to all. No one who has not studied long and patiently the results of the marvellous labors of ethinologists and auti- quarians can possibly estimate and in any vroper degree appreciate the universality and energy of the uniting bond of kinship among men of all races, lands and ages, from the first to the last generations, Equul if not superior has been the energy of the bond of common religious faith and its peculiar sentiments to hold men together in as- sociation for the common defenseand the com- mon good. How true this is, all those know, who rememoer that religion was at first the worship of ancestors. The sensiment of kinship and the sentiment of piety was one and the same. The religious bond and the race bond were identical. The common hearth was the altar, the head of the clan or family was the priest, the common meal was @ religious rite, the common burial place’was & religious sanctuary. When the clans united in the phratry there was set up a common hearth, and community was made manifest by a com- mon meal, He who was taken in by adoption, was initiated by partaking of the food from the common hearth, And this was the altar of united worship. Tle same was true of the tribe and of thegleague of tribes. These all hlnd acommon speech and common religious rites, The religious faith gave sanction to the pledge of truth, fidelity and honor. For the favor of the ancestral spirits lingering about the hearths would be kept or lost according 10 the loyalty or disloyalty of the kinsman to the boud of blood and the covenant of faith- fulness. And when a propounderof faith in- spived piety with a loftier range, and the gods, and finally the supreme God, became the end and aim of homage and serv a no- bler and more powerful sentiment gave vigor and constancy to the ties of kindrea, of fatherland and mother-tongue. All these ideas and their accompanying af- fections and sentiments were enlarged, ele- vated, purified and glorified when Christian- ity begau to teach men of the fatherhood of the one only living and true God to all his off- spring, to the men of every race and land,and the universal brotherhooh of man with mun. But it was then, and remains now, impossi- ble, to remit the use of the ideas and senti in their narrower range and lower The Christian spirit must pervade the v and make it perfect, pase intothe com- munity and make it a true brotberhood, suf- fuse the nation and make it a real confrater- nity and then at last kit race to race, people to " people, unutil the final achievement is reached, “the parliament of maukind, the federation of the world.” Our fathers were mindful of these certain facts while they were at work in the found- ing of & government and the making of o nation. They had respect to the moral law in their legislation, and they dasired the peo- ple to be religious, and wished to use the re- igious sentiments to complete the bouds of fellowship in the community they were form- ing. They were anxious that the solemn sanctions of religion should give force and consistency to the covenant of loyalty. They were solicitous that the spirit of true piety should infuse fervor and tenderness nto the neighborly and national sym- pathies of the people. And because of this all them more they _det wived to allow and protect liberty of relig- ious conviction and practice, to the end that religion might be spontaueous and genuike. We, their sons and daughters, and those who have come to us from other lands’and entered into fellowship with us by adoption, will do well to attain their wisdom, imbibe their spiriv and follow their example, We must take care that we shall be kvit together in true, strong and lasting bonds, and that these may be invigorated by the interplay of the noblest and most sacred affections und seutiments, that we may live together in unity, accord and sympathy, respecting one another’s rights, laboring for one another's goold and happiness, and together striving and sacrificing for the commonwealth, that 1t may grow and develop in_might and glory. the harbor of the pilgrim, the shelter of of a contented, peaceful, loving, joyful peo- ple. And “may the Lord our God be with us as He was with our fathers,” Condition of the Y. M, C, A. The Young Men's Christian association of this city in 1885 purchased their lot, corner of Sixteenth and Douglas, for $25,000, and ou it in 1887 completed the erection of their beau- tiful and commodious building costing nearly $100,000. The property is now valued at fully $200,000, subject to a mortgage of 000 at 6 per cent interest. The rental from the ground floor pays the interest and other fixed charges of ‘tho building and leaves a margin of about §2,500 per yecr to be applied to the reduction of the debt'on the pro % There is an indebtedness of about on the account of the bwlding, not provided for by the mortgage, and to the payment of this the building in- come referred to will be used for the next two years, beginning January 1, 1501, The annual current expenses of the association are inside of $10,000, about one-half of which is met by the membership dues, in harmony with the universal plan of these associations in placing their membership fees at a rate within the reach of the young men who need the benefits of the association, and would otherwise be unable to pay for them, The membership feo entitling to full pri including gymnasjum, with the serv trained instructors, bath rooms, ete, is rlucm at $10 per year; and for limited priv- leges, at &, It the associations were on the basis of a club, where the members are supposed to pay all the expensés, the cost to each member, for the privileges furnished by the association, would be fully per year. This annual need of between £,000 and £,000 for the support of the association work has not been generally understood by the community as it is in other cities, and thedirectors themselves have made the mistake of expecting that the income from memberships would pay a larger part of the current exponses of the associution than has been proved by experi- ence, (,‘nnsm]ueunf' at the end of the last fiscal year, May 1, 1800, there was a_debt on the current expense account of §2,465.46, two thousand four hundred and sixty-five ollars and forty-six cents.) The following statement, approved by the board of directors, is submitted to the community BUDGET OF CURRENT E: For the y Acting genera istant ge nnasium Reading Bath rooms. Evening classes Reception committ Rymnasium Situte committ . Jonal comnite Total CONDENSE] ANCIAL Current expenses to Muy 1, 1801, To be raised by mewmbersips. Amount to be raised by subscriptions, Amount secured to date Balance to be ralsed... : For current expenses last ye Total amount to be raised. International Secretary City, and Mr. Nash, the state secretary of the Nebraska associatlons, who are in the city, will assist the directors of the associa- tion'in bringing the r.eeds of this important and most deserving enterprise to the attention of those who may give it their support, The canvass will be commenced immediately and will be continned until the last dollar needed has been subscribed. Those who intend to contribute may help this present effort by sending in_their subscriptions of $500, §250, $100 or smaller amounts without waiting for the committee to call. Subscriptions may be sent to William Fleming, president of the association. Onurch No Rev. W. K. Beaus of the Trinity Methodist church, in Kountze piace, has a very promis ing revival in progress. The address by L. O. Jones at the Y. M. (. rveligion, Meuj oppressed of every land, aud the huuw—rw(‘ A, last Sunday alternoon drew alarge aucis ence of young men and proved to be very in- teresting and beneficial to those who heard it. On_Sunday, November 30, there will be a meeting, for ladies only, at'the Y. M. C. A, building, Mrs. J. A. Dummett, wife of the secretary at Lincoln, will add the meet- ingon the subject of estublishing a Young Woman's Christian association in Omaha. There is quite a number of prosperous asso- -clations in the state, and an effort will be made to organize one in Omaha This would be the same kind of an organization for young women that the Young Men’s Chris- tian association is for young men, The regular afternoon address at the Young Men's stian association will be 1 today b llege, Atchison, Kan., ing in the installation Turkle, pastor of Kountze h. The football Christian association and the state university team at Lincoln will meet and decide by he- roic contest which has the better kickers on Thanksgiving day in this city Mr. C. K. Ober, secrota tional committee, and Secr begin this week the wo of th T he interna- Nash will of raising the debt Coung Men's Christi ation. rst concert of the star course of enter- tainment given by the Young Men's Chris- tian association took place last Thursday night and drew a very large attendance. It was given by the T. K. quartette, assisted by Miss Westérman, pianist, and Prof, and Murs, Brett, Dr. Dexter, editor of the Boston Congre- gationalist, and consideved to be the leading light of the Congregational church in all matters of church government, missionary work, ete., died last week of apoplexy. The Congregational ministers of Omaha were very much grieved by the sad news. Dr. Dunning, who formerly had charge of the Crete Chautauqua, but wio has recently been assisting Dr. Dexter in the editorial management of the Congregationalist, will now become editor-in-chief of the most influ- ential publication in the Congregational church, ‘The Methodists of Omaha seem to be quite strongly in favor of admitting women-as del- egates to the general conference. In the First Methodist piscopal church the vote stood 32 for and 18 against. In the Hanscom Park church the result was 25 for and 16 against, and in the Newman church the vote was 13 for and 2 against. Rev. H. H. Morse of Rockford, Ia., has been called to the pastorate of the Hillside Congregational church. He is spoken of as a very able and eloguent pastor. The State Uni ty foot ball team and the Y. M. C. A. team will play a game of foot ball at3 p. m. Thanksgiving Day, at the base ball park, North Twentieth street. The game will be played according to the Inter Colla- giate association rules. This is the first time a college foot bull team has visited our city and an excellent game may be expected. The Y, M A. team has several ex-college foot ball play in its ranks and all have been doing good training inthe gymnasium. Tickets may be secured at the office of the Y, M, C, A, Admission 25¢, The first scciety of Progressive Spiritual- ists will meet ever Sunday afternoon at2 p. m,, at the Knights of Pythias hall, corner Twenty-fifth avenue and Cumings street, Collins block. All the churches in the southwest part of city will join in a Thanksgiving service in the Southwest Presbyterian church corner Twenty-eighth and Mason streets, Rev. G M. Brown of Hanscom Park church, will preach the sermon. Fremont is 10 have a Chautauqua assembly next summer, ‘The Christian Park and As- sembly association, which owns fine gounds at Fremont, has decided to open a Chautau- qua. Hon. Jacob Fawcett of Omaha, is presi- l]l’ll', and Rev, George M. Brown of this city, is chancellor, e L Mr, He . Stanley says of Moham- medanism in ¢ “I should say that Mohammedanism is decreasing very fast, 1 do not think there is any possibility of Mo- hammedanism ralsing its head again in east central Africa, aud, as for the west of Atrica—well, I know enoagh of what is trsns- iring there, only I cannot tell iv 1 publie, But I can tell you sufficiently this: I will guarantee there will not be & Mohammedan south of the equator in the whole of central Africa within five rs from now, That is something gained” surely if we can drive thewm north of the equator,’ ——— Albright’s L'iwn.u, suburban homes, THEY SHALL RECEIVE MERCY. Treatment to be Accorded Patients in the New 8t. Joseph Hospital. FEATURES OF THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE, How It Was Established and How It Came Into the Hands of the Present Self-Sacrificing sisters. This afternoon at 3 o’clock the corner stone of the new St. Joseph hospital on South Teuth and Castellar streets will be laid. The officiating prelate, Bishop Scannel of Concordia, Kan., arrived iu this city yester- day and will conduct the ceremonies pre- scribed in the ritualof the Catholic church, The societies of that denomination and a large number of othev citizens will give testi- mony of theirappreciation of the proposed structure by their presence, completion of this new edifice, the old St. Joseph hospital, which has done ser- vice for the last twenty years, will be aban- present hospital was erected in 1870 by the Sisters of Merey and vemained in their charge until the year 1880, when it passed into the hands of the present Sisters of the Third order of St. Francis. These good women have lnbored faithfully and industriously and under their manage- ment the demands upon the hospital so in- creased as to necessitate the enlurgement of the building. In 1882 a new wing w added to the structure. Its present capacity on- ables the Sisters to accommodate and ~ treat ov en hundred patients annually, heso sisters of St. Francis emigrated from Germany during the religious persecu- tion by Bismarck in 1575, and, since their ad- vent to this country, have worked wonders in the world of charity, Their community in this country numbers 250 members, They conduct twenty-two hospitals, four of which are located in this state. Their patience and good works have been watched with interest the people of Omal To the late lam ented Mrs. John A. Creighton is due the credit of proposing the founding of a more spacious building for these religious toilers, This lady bequeathed 0,000 for the pro- posed building, and undoubtedly many of the afilicted in the years to come will kindly re- member her gel ity. This new edifice will be a fitting monument to the memory of her whose deeds of charity while in lifo endeared her especially to the poor, who never asked in vain for assistance in‘the hour of need. The proposed structure will be built of Lake Superior brown stone, Rawlins gray stone and Omahapressed brick. The founda- tion has already been laid and the timoers have been put in place for the first floor. The building is to be 202 feet long with a depth of 150 feet, It will be four stories and a base- ment in height and of Romanesque style of architecture, The hospital will consist of a main structure fronting on Teuth street with | wings runuing east at each extremity and at right angles to the structure, In the basement, there will be the room of the community, the sisters’ dining room, guests’ dining room, convalescents' room and the vault for records, There will also be a room in which indigent people may be sup- plied with food aud where tramps may also kept from suffering the pangs of hunger, In the south wing will be the several store rooms and kitchen, while in the north wing will be located the bakery, linen, wash and other rooms. T'he stories above the basement will be di- vided into wards and private rooms. The wards will be twelve in number, each 15x51 feet in dimensions. The floors will be con- nected by elevators, a novelty in hospitals in this part of the country. The main corridors are eight feet in width, and from these the several rooms and wards open. The latter will be lighted by windows which open upon the street or court, thus insuring to the pa- tient not only light, but what is not less val- uable, a supply of goed fresh air, The exterior of the structure will be com- paratively simple in design, in keeping with the solemn and benevolent purposes to which the building is to be applicd. And yet something in it which is particularly ve, The most ornate work appears around the main entrance, where the tracery in limestone is very pretty. On the arch will appear the words “St. Josepl’s,” and imme- diately above on the pediment the words iton Memorial.”~ A niche has been gned for the facade 1mmediately above the pediment, which is istended for a marble statue of the patron saict of the hospital. The site upon which the hospital stands comprises ten lots, and w; donated to the sisters by Mr. Jolin A, Creighton, who, for 1y years, has been the most devoted friend of the hospital. The building will cost $142,- 000. Some of this money will be donated b; Mr. Creighton and some by other liberal ¢iti. 1 these donations with the bequest of ighton and the collections of the sis. place the structure out of debt. The building will bo completed on January 1 next, It was designed by Mr. Henry Voss and will utending to take part afternoon will enth and Castellar whence they will proceed to the si the ceremony of laying the stone Rev. Fitzgerald, 8. J., of Creignton colloge n add —_— RELIGIOUS, in the Spurgeon refuses to have anything more to do with the Baptist Uuion. Arch deacon Farrar has accepted the chap- v of the house of commons. The Oregon Baptists propose to establish a denominational college at Portland, The Congregational confereace of Cleves land has decided that women may preach ‘he Socicty of Pilgrim church, Lawrence, Kan,, has been veorganized fvith a member- ship of twenty-seven, Dr. Phillips Brooks celebrated the twenty- first anniversary of Lis pastorate over Trinity church, Boston, Novemter 2, The Catholic world is already preparing to ebrate the Episcopal jubilce of the pope, ich falls on I 3. According to the t census of Switzer land, I ns 1,700,000 Protese 8,500 Jews, and 10,0 nts of no religlon. Chaplain McCabe, the well known clergy- man, is authority for the statement that the Methiodist is unow building four churches e one every six hours, The Chinese recently ine demnified tho d 0 the ex- ol by a mob in 185 in the province of Kwong Sal, hi Th Chinamen were baptized the other night in the Emmanucl Buptist church, Al- bany, N, Y.. by the Rev. Henry M. King, Thns s the first instance: of tho admission of Chinamen to & Christian church in that city, The relisious statistics of the British army which have just been issued, are inter- estin, They show that out of u total of 199,478 non-commissioned oficers and men, , or 677 per thousand, helong to the churen, The Deaconesses’ Home, to bo_established in memory of Mrs, Lucy Hayes, the lute wife of ox-Président Hayes, will be located in Washiagton. The object of the institution will be to traln_and _educate deaconesses in the Methodist church, More societies were recorded in the weelk ending October 20 than in any similar period in the history of the movement, 140 in all, twenty of them in Flennsylvania, seventeen in Illinois, twelve in New York, cloven in Maine and the rest scattered through various states, A grand rally of Congregational forces for Nebraska and the Hlack Hills will be held at Chadron, Neb., December 2.4, The Chadron academy will be dedicated, Pastor ¥, L. Fur- geson will be installed over the Chadron urch and these services wiil be followed b a joint meeting of the Black Hills and Nortii western associations. About two years ngo the Sierra Buttes mining company bought the Uncle Sam mine in Shasta county, California, and stopp 4 alk work in the minés on Sunday, A Sunday school was soon started in the toarding house, which led to a rogular preaching ser- vice, and a small Mettodist church has uow been erected and dedicated, Albright’s Choice, manufactory ul‘lcg