Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 18, 1893, Page 10

VIEWING THE EMPIRE CITY [ Tmproesions of a Pilgrim in New York's Orowded Thoroughfares, . STRIKING FEATURES OF NEWSPAPER ROW Lofty Domes and Low HBrowed Venetlan Palnees—Brooklyn Bridge and Pro. Jectod Mates—Advantages of Market Houses. Mankind loves a multitude. Whether drawn togother by idle curiosity or in the pursuit of happiness or business, there is a species of magnetism about a crowd that “age does not wither nor custom stale.” Now York city is the home of multitudes Thero they flourish and wax corpulent. In its ordinary condition, the city is a huge Jostling, dodging jam of humanity and ve- thicleg—an animated sardine box of maginfi- cent proportions. Imagine & million and three-quarters of people packed into a space of 27,000 acres. Four-fifths of this number are anchored on Manhattan island, comprising 14,000 acres. Substract from that the Central park arca of 820 acres and an idea may be gained of tho size of this mighty wetrovolitan jam. To New York's daily throug must be added the tens of thousands living in Brooklyn, on the Jdersey side and up the country, but doing business in New York, and a countless num- of transients. i 'he area of Manhattan island, into which this vast population is compressed, 18 equal to one-sixteenth the area of Douglas county, Nebraska. It occupies less territory by two square miles than the city of Omaha. A strip of country one mile and three-quarters wide, extending from Ilorence on the north to the Sarpy county line, will hold all people and parks on the island, and have room to are. ‘That part of the city north of the rlem river would haveample space within the boundaries of Council Bluffs, The total erep of the city would make 169 farms of 160 acres cach. Add to this the area of Brook- 1yn, Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken and uttenburg, with a population approaching 8,000,000, and the total would not equal the area of Douglas county. The water of the inner harbor could be thrown overflowing the boundaries. Hustio on 1ty Native Hoath, It1s o mistake to suppose that the im- erial west enjoys a monopoly of the modern ustle. Collectively tho west developed o 999 pace. Iudividually we “lay supertiuous” when measured by the gaitof the metropolis of the nation, Sprinting is compulsory. The tides of humanity and traftic wbich meet_and struggle for advantage at street i down town reuder agilivy of limbs f one desires to prolong life. The rushing and jostling of people are continu: imes terrific. At the romin ferries, throngs rush out and ash through an opening in the stream of traffic as though life depended on the exertion. - To a westerner reared amid ample sur- roundings and breathing God's free air at first hand, the jam and jostle and the cramped streets of New York are a source of wonder not unmixed with pity. Peter Minuit who joshed the aborigines with gew- gaws and secured title to Manhattan island, nor the succeeding Knickerbockers down to the present century, did not dream the, were founding the commercial and financial heart of the new world. Their notions and their foresight were as contracted as the streets they past are the “‘wide streets” of today, and many of them prominent in business and historic associations would not rank- beyond respectable alleys in Omaha. Wall street— the terrorof the populist, the nighthorse of the free silverite—is more impressive in imagination than on close acquaintance. By careful driving two corringes may bass an opposite directions between the curbs and WO pedestrians abreast require the width of the sidewalk. Perhaps these contracted surroundings account for the western im- pression that the financiers on “‘the street” cannot see through silver rimmed spectacles, Small as it is Wall' street holds the longest end of the country’s pursestring and is hal- lowed in the nation's history by the lumin- ous fact thaton its curb Washingtop took of ofice as first president of the tes. A World Beater, is one of the wonderful res of the world, It is the North river of land traftic, the man artery of the motropolis. Compared with the narrow inter- secting streets 16 1s a broad way, but not the broadest in the city, nor does it equal the width of Farnam street in this ‘rom Bowling ( 0 to Central park it is almost B straight line, being broken by Union and Madison squures. ‘Lhroughout the entire distance it 1s lined with mugnificant struc- tures, representing the ancient and modern in architecture and construciion. The lower end is deve principally to insurance, bank- ing and brokerage, railway and other ofices and the wholesale trade. From Ninth street up the retail trade monobolizes the street. Trafic on the street is enormous. The busi- ness on the street alone taxes its capacity Every cross street swells the throng. especially during the afternoon hours, 1o see it in ull its fullness, with its crowded cars and vehicles, fringed with hurrying pedestrinns and sturdy policemen breaking 8 hole in Lhe jam, is to witness a panorama of animated coufusion in which patience aud subdued profanity are conspicuous clements. Ben and Norace. Park Row facing City Hall square em- braces as much if not more life and activity thun any cqual space in New York city. Here are clustered the giant molders of pub- lic opinion of the nation, the news center of the world, Ordinary traflic makes pedestri- anism thore anything btut a pleasure. The ceaseless streain of humanity poured into the m Brooklyn bridge at times r ress a jostling delusion, and sl you have business inone of the oftic are often obliged to watch for u break in the current to dodge into a doorway. T'he benign countenance of Ben Franklin in front of the Times building in vain admonishes the surg- ing crowd to cease its struggles, Fifty yard: away the bronze figure of Horace Greeley gets in front of the ‘Uribune building, out of whichi in life ho was rudely cast. The face 18 ealm and peaceful, withouv a trace of the storms that marked his life and In‘uuwlll itto a melancholy and disastrous ciose, The dis- tinguished carcer of the founderof the I bune, his joys and sorrows, successes and de- feats, high hopes, grand accomplishment loyalty in the days of rebellion and charity ot its close—the breaking away from Grant and the republican party, the independent movement culmingting in the democratic forlorn hope of twenty-one years ago, aud the crueity that found solace only in death— all the deeds that marked a lofty and ilius- trious life sprang up in thought us T contem- rlntcu the inanimate figure of Horace Gree- oy, Involuntanly I saluted, asa tribute Lo ono who in his wisdom framed the words, #Go west, young man,” which have been to thousands an elcetric beacon in the path to wealth and wdependence on the plaws and mountains. i without Broadway thorough Foutures of the Kow, The reconstructed Times building as well as the rejuvenated Tuues aro veoent and notable additions to the features of the row. The tall tower of the Tribune, casting a shadow over the Sun, is now a memory. The tower remains, but it and all the sur- roundings are overwhelmed by the lofty Pulitzer building, in which the World holds court, Asun advertisoment and a finuncial venture it is a splendid success, the rent yoll amounting to the handsome sum of $150,000 annually. Add to this the profits of the World, estimated at 300,000 4 yoar, and one may readily’see what & suug fortune an- mually pours iuto the strong box of Joseph Pulitzer, A marvelous success, surely, achieved in ten years. ‘lhero is an ex- trewely pathetic side to the picture, Mr, Puliteer is vractically blind. He is unable 1o reud a line of printed matter. It is said that when, 4 fow wecks ago, the 100 page anpiver: vumber was issued, marking the World's tenth year, he wanted so much %0 sed tho illwminated title page that he took It to the door and held it between his * eves and tho sunlight, Tears tlled his oyes as he confessed that he could discern but a faint outline of the page. Despite his great misfortune he holds 4 marvelous command of every detail of the World ostablishment. The Herald's Venetian i ‘The hand that shapes the d ce. K tiny of the York Herald is Lothing if not original. New \fhuur @b howe or abioad Lhe band moves THE _OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDA in some unexpocted way a new wonder to perform. Unique and surprising in method and number of journalistic new rtures, Tike distinction characterizes the Herald's now home. To many the removal from Brondway and Ann streets is regarded as a sacrilege, beoause much that is revered in New York journalism clusters around Park Row. Memories, no matter how much re- spectod, are trifles in the scalo of modern nowspaper growth. The old homo of the Herald has outgrown its usefulness. It is cramped and crowded aud the noise and jostle of trafic and throngs render removal 1o more commodious quarters and comforta- ble surroundings a necessity as well as evi- dence of sound Judgment. The trend of life in New York is distine- tively up town and the Horald is the first to join the procession. While the great heart of finance and commerce will remain down town, modern facilities of communication annihilate distance and render unnecessary the nearness of headquarters which former conditions demanded. Indeed, the wisdom of the change becomes more apparent when it is considered that the location is in the midst of the great hotels of the city and is comparatively free from the nerve-wrecking rattle of traft The new Herald building is eminently characteristic. It is unlike anything else in the country. Other great newspaper build- ings in the city attract the eye of the visitor by reason of their height, The younger Bemnett ignored the tashion by rearing a two-story structure, It is located at the intersection of Broadway and Sixth avenue, id extends from Thirty-fifth to sixth streets, picce of ground, having o frontage one feet on Thirty-fifth street, 212 Broadway, 187 feet on Thirty-sixth stroet and 198 feet on Sixth avenue. It is w Bill Nye would call a “low-browed building.” At a aistance it 18 unattractive, but on close inspection its great size, polished columns and lavish ornamentation compel adm tion. The architecture is Italian ren: sance, modeled aftera Venetian paluco. The 1 the square on Thirty-tifth st s well as the ground floor on the Bro ay and Sixth avenue sides, are recessed, a long line of polished white marble columns supporting the floor above. The outer shellof the building is cream colored terra cotta, beautifully ed in columns, panols and floral v. A clock, bells and chimes, simila to those in the clock tower of the Piazza San M of Venice, surmounts the cornice facing the square on Thirty-fifth street. Besido it are two figures representing type sotters with mallets in hand ready to strike the hours, half and quarter hours. Statucttes of Minerva surmount the corners and between these something like a score of owls, emblematic of dom. These birds will not be idle figures. Small incan- descent lamps will be placed in the heads and at night these bright-eyed owls will blink and wink in a manner startling to the belated and weary rounder. The first floor will contain the counting room, the press room, the stercotypers, mail- ers and distributers. The second floor will be devoted to editors and correspondents. The composing room, 7Ux163 feet, and the art department, will be in the loft, lighted and ventilated by skylights, In the basement are the engines, boilers, nachine shop and store rooms, ‘The building throughout is arranged so as to afford the greatest facility for the pro- duction of a metropolitan newspap Iv is commodious and complete in every detail and an enduring monument to the originality and enterprise of James Gordou Bennett. Market Housos, If the penny wise and pound footish oppon- ents of a market house 1 Omaha could be induced to visit and examine an institution of that kind in New York city, the expe ence would open_ their eye: ment of these miflstones Lo prog: shadow of foundation, it is passing str: the sharp, experienced traders and house- keepers of the metropolis cling tenaciously to market houses. As a matter of fact the markets not only cheapen the cost of living, but concentrate houschold necessities 8o as to relieve purchasers of great physical exertion which would be re- quired under other conditions, and protect them from the extortions of corner grocer- jes. I spent several hours in Washington market and wandered through its labyrin- thian paths under the guidance of Major. Dennis Guilfoyle. Mr. Guilfoyle weighs ubout one-seventh of a ton, and his broad, generous proportions are a silent but elo- quent tribute to market house provender. son of the price of meuats in ning in New York shows but slight variation. The differeuce ranges from 1 to 2 cents per pound higher in New York than here. As the bulk ew York's supply comes from the west s cvident that New York enjoys ex tional favors in freight rates, or eise prices m Om: The supplies of game, fish, fruit and vogets almost endless variety to select from. , mspection and the greatest cleanliness is en- forced. Over-ripe fruit, stale vegetables and tainted meats are promptly destroyed. So great is the demand for space in the rket that y spare inch is occupied and the aisles cramped. Stands on the market have o substantial vi I was informed some of them, having a regular, established trade, and occupying o space of 10x20, would readily bring $20,000. On the Big Bridge. To see New York without promena the Brooklyn bridge is much the same as doing Europe without visiting Paris. 1t i fashion the charms of which compensate for the exertion, In daytime a comprehen- sive view may be had of harbor, sea and cities, but at pight the view affordsan in- finite variety of life and color. I stood on the bridge one of those great, warm, ywondrous evenings of early May. Banks of fleecv clouds hung lazily in the aw, as if pendant from the stars. A full moon rose majestic- ally clear as though from the bosow gf the Atlantic, bathing the scene in mellow golden glow. The river wi alive with craft, dashing hitber “and thither, each with rea and bluish signal lights and tho cabins illu- minated with electric lights, refle gi- gantic prism of color on the ugitated waters, Bartholdi's *‘Liberty" mile away illu- mined a broad circle 805 feet above the water. Bright shafts of light marked the n strects of Brooklyn. On the New York side the 1lluminated dome of the World, like a mass of molten metal, glowed above the surroundings, by far the most con- sepiuous beacon at night. Elecurie lights talerly defined the near-by streets, und in- durable lights glistanal ia ¢) untles s win- cows. Away in the distance the search nigh on the tower of Madison Square gar- den thre oroad belt of light against the Sturry horizon. Almost beneath my feot trains of crowded cars passed without caus- ing a tremor of this mighty monument to Roebling’s genius, New Bridges Projected, Ten years have passed since Brooklyn bridge was completed. KEvery year increases its burdens. In 1883, the year it was opened, a fraction over 1,000,000 railroad pussengers were carried across. Two years later the nuwber reached 17,000,000, Last year the number of passengers reached the euormous aggregute of 4LTT2808 at 2 cents o head. This is exclusive of foot passengers and ve- hicles, To meet the steadily increasin trafic, which now, at cortain times, tax the capacity of the bridge, two more bridges over the Edst river ha been authorized, and will be built by private capital. T'hey are to bo known as the Broadway and Fulton street bridges, so named after their respective termini in Brooklyn. The New York end of the Broadway bridge will be between Ri ington and Delancey strcets. 1t will have a total length of 8,578 feet, the center span be- ing 1,670 feet. The Fulton bridge will cross between the Broadway and the present brideefwill be & trific shorter than the Broadway and cross Front, Water, Cherry and Monroe streets to a junction with the elevated system connected with the Broad- way bridge. The estimated cost of both structures is 20,000,000, These are designed not only to expeaite travel between Brook- Iyn and New York but also to counec elevated railroad systems of both eitie: afford facilities for unbroken trains from W city The passivg motr river. suspension, ding on most daring project of all, one sur- any hitherto undertaken in the oliz, is that of bridging the North 1t is to be & combiued cautilever and arting from the New York shore about Seventicth street aud striking the Jorsey highlands between Weehawken ane Gutlenburg. From pier to pier the bridge will be_three-quarters of a mile long and will be 150 feet above low water mark in the conter. Five times the amount of steel wire on the Brooklyn bridge will be used iu the new bridge. T'nere will be room for eight. railway tracks and two footways, All thiat is needed to make the project a cer- tainty is the approval of the plaus by con- cross B Stopped at the Waldort, of course. The pittance of §00 a day for the royal suite has a tendency to eive the travelor that restful oxclusivenoss he hunsm for. 1 sal stopped there. I was dosirous of getting a distant view of tho imported chef whose salary of £10,000 a gm\r crowds dnn(nl‘mul‘ near the lofty heightof journalism. 1stopped there—long enough to giance at a regiment of uniformed porters and valets standing in statuesque pose in marble halls, and de- parted without getting within range of the incandescent flaming in the spotless bosom of the clerk. Advancing Values. M1 feeling toward Chicago regarding the World's fair languishes. It is notout-spoken, though the gall of defeat still rankles. The success of the Lake City has shaken the villars of provincialism and convinced Goth- amites that thero is & large slice of country and several millions of pretty li hlr people beyond the boundaries of the pire l‘,llf'. “It was fortunate for New York that we did not get the fair,” said a Willlam street broker. The sentiment so staggered me that 1 asked him to repeat it. “The city is crowded as it is,” he explained. *“With the fair here, the 250,000 or 500,000 people which it would add to the population, would render the city unbearable for six months, Instead of infiated real estate prices which the fair would cause, we have steadily enhancing values, normal activity in building and arc in no danger of a relapse, which, with the fair, would be inevitable.” Now York presents many and varied at- tractions to a visitor. The display of wealth is a8 conspicuous as the shadow of poverty is well under cover, Stirring sccnes of b hife, the ing currents of humanit and places of amusement opportunities for enjoyment reation, for education, for business or for scattering a fortune; marvelous achiave- ments of human skill and enterprise—are thero in their highest development. Won- derful in its supremacy and admirable in its external aspect, the Empire City fully justi- ties the pride and loyalty of its residents. T. J. B\ — —— INDUSTRIAL NUTES, The coloring of achieved, - The management of the Roading refuses to treat with men representing organized labor. Three thousand men are on a strike against a_reduction of wages in the mills of Bedford, Mass. Numerous experiments to determine the best fire resisting materials for the construc- tion of doors have proved that wood covered with tin resists fire better than an iron door. The Saturday half holiday is steadily gain- g ground. The Penusylvania legislature has recently passed a luw making it com- pulsory, which is copied closely after the New York statute. The smallest holes pierced by modern ma- chinery are 1-1,000th part of an inch in di- ameter. They are bored through supphires, rubies and diamonds by a machine invented by one John Wennstron, which makes 22,000 revolutions a minute. The wages scale for the ensuing year which was acopted by the Amalgamated as- soctation of Pittsburg provides for the same rates in all departments of all iron and steel mills in which the association is recognized as prevailed during the past twelye months. ‘I'he Automatic Telephone and Electric company of Canada intends, it is said, to lay a line of copper wires on the metallic-circuit plan from Halifax, N. S. to Vancouver. This is a distance of 3,500 miles. The ¢ cuit will be in sections, and be available for communication to many intermediate points. A dispatch from Helena, Mont., states that Superintendent Sommers of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company is buiid- ing a telephone line between Livingston a Missoula. Tt wiil be a metallic or twe circuit and furnished provements in long-distance transmitters, ete., and will be one of the best constructed long-distance lines in the northwest. In some of the Glasgow ship yards an elec- trically driven rotary planer is now used for smoothing the decks of ships, an operation which when performed by hand is exceed- ingly laborious, The machine looks like a lawn mower and is handied in much the same way. This suggests that the invention of an electrical lawn mower would not only meeta long felt want of the suburban resident, but would at the same time assist4n improving the load curve of the loeal electric lighting station. A new electrical device for heating, in- vented by two Belgian scientists. has de- veloped o temperature of 4,000 degrees con- tigrade, or 7,200 Fahrenheit, and the invent- ors claim that by the use of a stronger cus rent a temperature of 8,000 degrees centi- grade may beattained. If this process shall turn out to be something more than a mere display of an electrical toy it may find im- portant use in chemistry and in the indus- trial arts. The amount of power required to operate a street railway by electricity is much reater than generally comprehended. The Yity Railroad company in Brooklyn, for ex- ample, is now building a plant which will comprise eight engines of 1,000 horse-power each, and six of 2,000 horsé-power each, all of the cross-compound condensing type. The smaller engines have cylinders 20 and 48 inches in dinmeter by 48 inche while the larger engines have 32 vlinders and 60-inch stroke. The main Aft of each of the latter is 24 inches in meter and carries a fly-wheel 25 feet in meter weighing seventy-five tons. The armatures of the dynamos are built up di- rectly on the main’ shafts, in the manner now ~becoming quite common. Although these engines, when taken collectively, rep- resent an enormous amount of power, never- theless, they are only of about two-thirds the capacity of thosé on the Campauia, which fact gives a good idea of the require: ments of modern marine engineering. aluminium has been nd THE YOUNGSTERS. Eugene Field attributes this story to Franklin H. Head, the historian of Jyokyl island. I first met Julian Hawthorne at Rome very many years ago. He was then a child about 9 years old. His father was at that time at work upon his novel, ‘I'he Marble Faun. 1 got acquainted with the whole family—Nathaniel and his beautiful wife; Una, the oldest daughter; Julian, the boy, and Rose, the little girl. Tt wasa most in- teresting family. Ithink that Julian was as typical a boy as I ever met with. I recall how one day at dinner his mother said to him in o tone of tender reproach : “\Why, Julian, don't you think you've had enough to eat? “To this the precocious child responded: **No, mamma, I guess not. I hain't got the bellyache yet! " * «x Speaking of children—a story told the Philadelphia Press man by a mother of two little twin girls is very funny. The children were full of mischief and the wonderful resemblance between them served frequently for the subject of some prauk. One night tho nurse was giving each of them a bath, Having finished with Edith she called for Edna. Anbout an hour later, hearing the children laughing in bed, she entered the room, say- ing: What are you children laughing about?" 40, nothing,” replied Edna, “only you have given ith two baths and haven't given me any.” Tomniy—1 think grown folks 18 a awful nuisance. ; Jimmy—What for? Tommy—'Cause when a feller tries to talk to thom and entertain ‘em thoy tell him to run away, but when he is eujoyin’ hisself ull by his hisself then they always want to come wonkeying around aud bother bim. Those two boys never did like each other very well, says the Washington Star, and when they were seen talking together in the school yard a crowd gathered around them in expectation of a lively tame, “Hello,” said boy nuimber one, “got your r cut.” 'Spose I have. Is it any of your busi- can guess who cut it, in two T don't want uo trouble with you.” ¢ father cut it “Naw he didw't. Thought yar was smart got fooled, didn’t yor!” “Well, I've 'got auother guoess yet. yer mother that cut 1t.” Aud then the group that had gathered about saw the excitement that they had come after. "Twas Little Johnny—Mr3. "Talkemdown paid a big compliment to me today. Mother—Did she, really? Well, there's no denying that woman has sense. What did she say? Little Johuny—She said she didu't see .NY you cawe to have such a nice little boy @s 1 awm. PREPARING A ROYAL WEDDING Much Tnterest T.h;ln the Nuptials of the Duke of York and Princess May. WEDDING COSTUMES OF ENGLISH MAKE f—— Many Rioh Gifts from All Over the Realm ~Who Will Be | Present—-Provision for Thelr Faftro Hyme and Mnlnl.fnnnct. Loxnow, June 6.—[Correspondence of Tire Bre. ]—Love does not make this sordid little world of Tondon go ‘round, but its fair coun- terfeit, in the form of a royal wodding, can koep trade lively for several months and counteract the offset of several bank fail- uros. The English factories are ever busy grind- ing out grist for their world-wide commerce, but from the excessive gratitude expressed because of the Princess May's d jon to have her whole troussesu madae of British 2oods it seems that the usual way of royalty when it would have it8elf gorgeously clothed 18 to sell its sovereigns in foreign markets. Yet there is no reason why Princess May should not be a bouny bride in hor English wown, though it will undoubtedly lack the clegance always lent by the Parisian touch. But that the great mob that will line the road to the chapel royal in St. Jamos' palace will not miss; the wedding guests will be discrect.and not try to outshine her royal highness and the Goerman house of JUNE 18, 1803—~TWENTY PAGES will b decorated and arranged possible a8 1t was thirty rincess al of England was married. The oor 18 to coverad with crimson carpet, the altar draped in red volvet and the pew will be replaced by chairs covered with sca let oloth, The gold communion sorvice will bo used and_the state cohair will be placed near the altar for the queen, who will be surrounded by the royal family and foreign guests, The ohapel rogal will hold only 450 people comforeably, so the number bidden o wit- ness the marriage veremony will be limited to the numerous members of the royal fam- ily of Great Britain, tho representatives of foreign sovereigns, great officials, cabinet ministers and a fow important peers. All others whose position entitles thom to an in- vitation to the wedding will be entertainod at luncheon at Buckingham palace and be presented oftieally to the duke and duchess of York. So far as the people are concorned they will see quite as much of the pagent as if the wedding took place in Westminster, as the carriage processions will be the same All tho morning gruests will be driven to St. James' from Buckingham, Mariborough houss, Gloucester house and tho Palace hotel. Queen Victoria will uso the grand state carriage, drawn by six croam-colored ponies, and will lead the procession to the chapel. Directly all are seated the duko of York will arrive from Marlborough house and will be followed by the Princess May, supported by the duke of Teck, the duke of an:bridge ana cight bridemaids who are to be selected from among the daughters of rs. The archbishop of Canterbury, the bishop of London, the bishop of Rochester and Canon Dalton of Windsor will tie the kuot according to the most elaborate form of the established church, Guests of High Degree. The coremony will be witnessed by the king and queen of Denmark, the maternal grandparents of Prince George, the duke of Aosta rnting the king of Italy; Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia, who will represent the emperor of Germany; by the much as onrs Ao when the THE DUKE OF YORK AND PRINCESS MAY OF TECK. Guelph will be a little more solid with the British tradesman. The Princess May will in the meantime have some very good gowns of English silk and broadcloth, Scotch tweeds and cheviots, Irish homespuns and poplins, Manchester cottons, Belfast linens and cottage made lingerie, laces and embroideries and Liberty silks. Her mother, good-natured Princess Mary of Cambridgo and duchess of Teck, attends all the indpstrial sales patronized by the aristocracy, makes a little speech and buys a gown or other articles for her daughter's wedding outfit. This is duly chronicled in the court journals and the charity bazaars are immediately thronged with purchaser Priceless Wodding Gifts, The buying of gifts, too, is felt in the trade. When half a million pounds is being spent for costly trifles in ornament and art, business receives an impetus. Doubtless philanthropists would have liked it better had the bride and groom diverted all these offerings 1o some charity, but there is no doubt that the British merchant prefers that the overflow shall land in his own pockets. Tt pays him to stimulate gift making by starting a subscription. So it comes about that corporations are rivaling each other 1n lavish expenaiture, London will easily lead the list with the magnificent dismond necklace and solid silver table service that will include hun- dreds of pieces of the rarest design, many of them massive. This will be presented by the city corporation and a subscription is being generally signed by the merchants, bankers and citizens for another of. equal magnificence. In Ircland the management of a suitable gift of Irish manufacture is in the hands of the famous court beauty, the duchess of Leinster. The marchioness of Salisbury is the center of the movement in Hertfordshire; Lady Eva Grevilleis secur- ing money from the girls of Great Britain, The city of York will remember its prince and the naval forces will unite in a splendid offering. It is impossible to compute the number of gifts to be bestowed by boroughs, institutions and private individuals among the wealthy nobility. Some of the money will flow over into ««* Saxe-Coburg-Gothas, the Mechlenburg-Stre- One of the 'monies wi uples still 1d Prine the presence of several rc their honeymoon—the Pi Froderick Charles of He the latter of whom is_Princess Margarotho of Prussia, and the Duke and Duchess Aibert of Wurs temburg. “These are tho people who will sit “above the salt” at the wedding breakfast in the HOME OF THE BRIDE AT RICHMOND, The orps, peers, dining-room of Buckingham palace, humbler guests, the diplomat; ministers, ex-premiers and officers of the houschold will be served in the galle Then there will be a reception in the state partments, after which the bride and groom will start on their honeymoon, which will probably be spent at Sandringham in Bach- elor cottage. In August they ure to visit the king and queen of Denmark in Fredensborg castle, Copenhagen, where the ¢ and czaring, King George of Greece, the princess of Wales and the duchess of Camberland are to meet them. It will be a strictly family party, as indecd would any gathering of sovereigns in Furope, When they return to London they will live in St. James' palace, a residence that the sovereigns of Great Britain are fond of bestowing on hel to the throne. The good Quoen Anue was graciously permitted to live there with her stupid Géorge of Hanover, and the future great duchess of Marihorough by her brother-in-law, William of Orange. The last occupant of the house was the duchess of Cambridge, and it was being re- decorated for the use of the duke of Clarence at the time of his death. KEven now the principal bedroom is furnished in white and T w2 3 ——— Tm F BUC INGHAM PALACE, WHERE THE WEDDING BANQUET WILL BE SERVED. taddl, he$, 0y flel m;g i fers in Kensington, where vulgar trade sel- dom intruds Luké Fildes of the inuer guild of painters has &’ commission to paint portraits of the royal lbvers for the editor of the Graphic. Thé ‘offcial portraits, how- ever, that will hang “omong the dead and zono members of the 'family in Windsor stle will be paintdd by Prof. Angeli of Vienna. This was ‘hér majesty's decision and, as might be supposed, has created no littlo ill-feeling among the portrait painters of England. Where the Knot Will Be Tied, 1t is due to her majesty’s queer taste also that the barest chapel in the ugliest palace of Europe is selected as the place for the ceremonies, This is that hideous red brick palace known a8 St. Jumes, always used in comparison when it is wished to speak of a royal residence that is uglier than Bucking- haw. Westminster abbey 1s really the only Place in -London big encugh for a smart royal wedding, but that is too suggestive of departed greatness. St. George's chapel, Wlndsur, had been selected in which to cele- brate the nuptials of the late duke of Clar- ence and is obviously not spoken of for the present occasion, and the chapel in Buck- ngham has been turned into a greenhouse. Besides, the chapel Nfill in St. James has associations dear to the heart of Victoria. Here she was wedded 0 Prince Albert and the Empress Fredorick was married to the crown prince of Germany, The interior blue after designs made by poor Prince Eddy. On the ground floor is a suite of apart- ments looking out upon Cleveland row. The dining-room isextremely old-fashioned and comfortable, with a fireplace and reccssed windows. All the rooms face the north Cleveland row is a dreary street without a gleam of sunlight. 1t will seem gloomy in- deed o the bride after sunny White Lodge at Richmond. But the young couple will have Bachelor cottage at Sandringham when they wart togo tothe country and in the course of nature 1l possess the wmansions of the prince of Wales and ultimately of the queen, Must Keep the Wolf from the Door. What they will live on is another question. The ess May has no dower, as the duke of Teck is the most impecunious of all the royal family and has besides three sons to set up in bus Three years ago the prince of Wales was given an annuity of £35,000 per annum by }nlrlmm\:ul with which to provide for his children. The lion's share, of ¢ 0, goes 1o George, the cldest son and heir pre- sumptive to the throne, but he will hardly be allowed more than £20,0000f this un- less the duchess of Fifo reccived her dower in & lump. Should the princess makes. To bo sure her wedding prosonts will aggregate £500.000, hut m,\.: {:n-wnu oan hardly bo used to pay board bills. 1t may be that parliament will bo called upon to voto an extra allowance for tho duchoss of York, and undor cortatn circumatances it might reasonably be expocted to do so. It is not generally known that at the be- /et , 0 ' e eyl s BN wiil lumn‘u# HOME OF THE BRIDEGROOM AT SANDRINGIAM, ginuing of the present reign the crown su rendered largo resources and an immense amount of r ate to the government upon condition that suitablo mantenance was furnished for the various members of the rc ly. Tho nation has the crown prog ana now parliament fights shy ot appropriations to support sprigs of royalty. JOVOAL — Those visiting the World's fair will find it to their adva 2o to arrange their trip so as to include in it a visit to St. Louis, known both as the “City of Conventions” and tho al City of America.” Besides being commercinl and manufacturing metropolis of the west and southwest, St. Louis is also noted for its lavish hospitality, and it has raised the largest ontertamment fund on record. Its magnificent railroad connections muke it oasy of access from all parts, THE COLON LIESSON, Abram Pine in Cloveland Plain Dealer, the colonel said, v in dune, afternoon; s 21 might, ey wouldn't bite— Though the waves run low, With u silyor An’ the robin sang his churp. “Then T knew, 't o Al u An’ conviction stolo On my startlod soul, As 1 watehed the glitterin’ spray Where tho fish leapt out, And round about 1 seemed tor suoll That old-timo holl *At T heard the saints portray. “So 1 seizod my Jug, an' rod, an' line, An' a quick departur An' I vowed on high I'd be durned of T Would visit a lake or brook On the Subbath again, But oh, jist then It entere 1'd been so fall ‘At Ihadu't Daited my hook!" —————— STUDENT LIFE IN RUSSIA. Rigorous Discipline is the Rule at Moscow and Petersburg Universitics. the student scarching and Nowhere in the world 't to such a strict, s discipline as is tho student in a an university., From his entrance into school the boy of 10 or 11 years of age has to go through along and ted 5 proc of training, the nature of which, according to the New York World, tends more o fit him for army service than to fill the professor's chair. Inthe prepara- tory class the boy is taught the names of the royal family in order, and the names of the entire dynusty in their rank and order. These he must know by heart. Next comes the way to render honor and salute all military officers should heaneet them or spe about them. THere also he must learn by heart the Russian national anthem, “God Save the ar.” Next come marching and the various military com- mands. An account is kept of the phy developments of each by, so that when he is J6 years old it can be i if he is fit y At this time the scholar receives a passport of *identifi- cation” and a book containing the rule and regulations which are to govern hi life in the institution. The discipline the Russian student has to undergo may preduce one of two results. The student may be obedient or abjectly slavish, or the rules and laws by which he is gov- erned may give him foed for reflection and create a natural aversion to the au- thoriti Here are some of the Each student must wear amilitary uni- form with brass and nick ed but- tons which have to be polished eve day: each student must also clean hi own shoes: mustache znd beard are not allowed; hair must be clipped close; smoking and carrying a cane ure forbid- den, as well as the use of any intoxicants whatsoever. While walking to and from school the student must carry on his back his knapsack filled with hooks, weighing in all about twenty-five or thirty pounds, This he must do in all kinds of weather. The student cannot attend any social or public gathering or entertainment; neither can he go to the theater or concert hall. He must not be on tho street after 7 p.m. Ho must not read any newspaper whatsoever, or any books but those written by Russian authors and approved of b the censor. Any one observing the vio- lation of any of these rules may demand the student’s passport and return the same to the authorities, for which the inforn recgives a reward, while the student is punished by being locked up for twelve hours in a dark room. Secret societies or organizations among the students are not to be dreamed of; neither arve students pef mitted to gather into groups. Two may converse or speak with one another, but three together arve not allowed. A young Russian who says he attended one of theso institutions is authority for the statement that there isalways among the students one spy in ten, The samo person declaves that when a spy makos an unfavorable report the student report- ed against suddenly disappears. In the year 1885, he aftirms, there w twenty-one disappearan in the St Petersburg upiversity and double that number in Moscow. If inquiry is made for the missing student, the inquirer will be told that the young man was con- sidored a dangerous subject to the com- munity and was therefore removed out of harm's way. The teachers, profes- sors and dircctors of universities are ap- poined by a body selected for that special purpose by the czar himself. Many parcnts, knowing the risks and the dan- gers their boys are subject to while in a Russian university, ~educate them abroad. Th oung man sent abroad for education is looked upon by the au- thoritics as a dangerous subjc full of liberal ideas ana opinions concerning publie problems. S He Knew Its Worth, Dr. M. 4. Davis is a prominent physician of Lewis, Cass county, lowa, and hus been actively engaged in the practice of mediciue at that place for the past thirty-ive yours. On the 26th of May, while in Des Moines, enroute to Chicago, he was suddenly taken with an attack of ' di Haying sold vequirements: remedy for the past knowing its reliabi cent bottle, two doses of which complet cured him," The excitement and change of water and diet incident to travehng often produce a diarrhoea. kvery one should pro cure a bottle of this remedy before leaviug home wed o —_— Little Dot—Mamma, 1 was playin' with your best tea set while you were away, an' when you brlug 1t ol for company you'il be shocked, 'eausé you'll think one of the cups May be left a widow befove the death of the Queen or prince of Wales there is Do pro- vision for her except what Ler father-in-law has o hair in it, but it isn't 4 hair.e DO Mamma - What is itt Litble Dot~It's only & crack. HOTELS, WORLD'S FAIR. HOTEL BOSTON ® ¥ fAene PROPIRIRTOR, (European Plan.) | Natl Bk of 1il, Ref. At olegant now Brick and Ston e Struoturs, cor nor of CotaRe GFOve Avenio and fith streot, con- shsting of 20 Roams, a1l Iight And airy, WIthin few minutes walk of “Grand knteanee Grounds. Conveniont Lo all stre ted rallrond, Wo aro b you t onrs and olova- YOUE room oarly. an outside room BOSTON offel @o to Rostaurant o hotol 18 0n of the propriovora of the BOSTO! w hiy Melont gua: Anteo of first ol ses For further infor P Aton Address LIP MURPH 11810 124 The Columbian Hotels 7036 Cottage Grovedve., Boston Store, 1o WOorld's Fule | oking onr rooms very fast. and would § i Chicago. i <« 650 Rooms p> Reduced Rates for June Rooms $1.00 Per Dey and upwards, . wecording to location. d’Hote or A La Carte. fivst ¢ Rooms reserved for any date desived. The Hotels comprise seven large, subs- stantinl, brick and stone buiidings and nine cottugos, all well finished and handsomely furnished. Every room outside light. Located, within six minutes’ vide of tho ain entrance to the exposition. Four ars run Girectly to the Expos sition Grounds. NEW YORK OFFICE, 172 BROADWAY. The Midland Hotel Cor. 16th and Chicago. Jefferson Square Park, Just Opene Amerfean plan, 821 |, § ture entirely new, ! or dny | Spoctal tatos I car linoa to and from depors and fare 0f b gher ' ¢ ry room en outside room. tric lights, call bells, gas, baths, ote. M. J. FRANCK, | The Mercer. Omaha’s Newest Hotel. Cor. 12th and Howard Streets. 40 rooms 40 roc ) por day 15 with bath it 83 per day, with bath at $4.50 per day. cot, | rutshed Throughout C. 8. ERB, Pron. ANNOUCEME Cor. Cottage Grove uve. and 64th &t, Chicago. First class. Euro penn Supertor Lining Room & { i initen walk from Worla's Fair DELAW ARE Rates moderate. ~end tor elrou > ——lar. W. N ELOUZE, supt Headquarters for Western World's Falr Visitors, (CR=E=han AN =] The Liatest BEAUTIFUL EFFECT, TONE AND NESS, AN ART TREASURE. OALL AND EXAMINE THIS WORK IF YOU ARE THINKING OF HAVING A LARGE PIOTURE MADE THIS STYLE IN 1 ) URAME AT 8 EXTRA WITH EVERY DOZEN CABINET PHOTOS, HIGH CLAS3 P R IL, AT POPULAR PRICES, 813-315-317 Soath L3t 1 Strost, OMAHA. ) CRRIARED YEERAR Dr. W. H. BETTS, Famous Firm of i Drs. Botts & Botts Plysiciens, Surgeons and Specialists, #Aro they doing a largo business? 18 n question often asked concerning Drs. Betts & Betts. Inquirers are requested to read tho following summary and judze for thowselves; Number of yenrs 1n practice. ... ..., Ofces In operation tn various citles. ... Asslatants omployed : &5 Cupital invested 1n business AVOrago unnuil expenses. Average annual recelpts Number cuses in 27 yeurs Complote cures effeoted. . Groatly bencfitted ... Lelieved and improved. Not cured, T eaasiie Costof proposed new institute. Cost per annum of advertising .. 43,000 Roal estate owned by firu, 200,000 No wonder that Dr. W. H. setts, the head of this great firm, s ro- terred Lo by bis friends as “the gray- Dhatred old doetor.” for 10 his untir- ing encrgy and perseverance, hls slgnul ubility, both ns o buslness and profossional man, has the husl- ness of the fitm grown fiom nbso- Lutely uothing o Its present glgan- tio proportions. To creawe and malntaln 50 groat an entorprise 15 onough 1o turn siy man gray.while the glow of honest pride that s in his kindly face, his ruady fe ures and quick, firm. el all Lespeak the joy he feels in the groat success ho Lias won and tho Zood hoe hus bestowed upon his fo Jow man. Tho sick and the suff fng wili find fo bim & trae and last- ing friend DRS, BETTS & BETTS, 119 S. 14th Street, Cor. Douglas St. 125,000 DISORDERS And sl the ot EVILS, WEAKNESBES, DEBILITY, K - gompany thow (0 wen QUICKLY NedrLy Colten, SN sraslori Kivon Lo every part of the body. 1 wi ‘curely packed) FIREE to any suflor oo that cured we of those Lroubl A BRADLKY, BATILE CBERK M1 NE o | Bullding and furni- by the wook { i Menls, Table Tverything R