Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 15, 1894, Page 18

18 BRITISH BENEDICTS IN ARMS | Goaded to Self-Defense by the Introspective Woman of Today. HEAR THE VOICE OF ENGLAND'S HUBBIES! Stirring the Muddy Kelf-Conselous- ole Want Her to Cense Waters of Her Unhealth ness— Boewnre Lest ) on Marriage with Disfavor, 1 Also L Apparently there fs to be still another re- volt. Women have been in open rebelion for a long time. Lately the daughters have been “asserting themselves in a way that has taken away the breath of thelr aston- Ished parents. And now another revolu- tion sems imminent A man, he must be a married man, for he signs himself “‘Benedict,” has bearded the enemy In one of her own newspapers, the Queen, and announces himself as the spokes- man of a company of men who have taken a solemn oath to do a little rebelling on their own account, says the New York Sun. He says that the worm has turned at last. That despised, belittled, but long-suffer- Ing and kindly, creature, the British husband, has risen in his might,” says Benediet, The British wife may feel Inclined to say “Traitor!” to this Benedict, but according to his predictions her protest will do no good. “The day has come, the hour and the man,” is one of his sibylline utterance “This fs the bitter cry of the married men of England ag; the marrying woman." Just why the marr men, who might be considered safe from the onslaught of matri- monlally inclined wom feel called upon to raise this cry against her, Benedict does not state, but it may be that a feeling of delicacy and chivalry keeps him silent. “Give us freedom, give us toleration, give us, at least, bare justice,” he says. Anl again he becomes oracular, and exclaims: ‘Hear the volce ®of the husbands of Englandl" Then he formulates his complaints. “We protest,” says he, “chiefly against the introspecting woman of today.” The British wives generally say “intro- spectiv in that connection, but it is inter- esting to note this point of divergence in the vocabulary of the British husband. We protest of her who in cold blood dis- sects hier own inner life,” he proceeds, “‘and always and only, to gird at marriage in gen- eral and her own in particular.” It is to be lamented that “the volce of the husbands of England” is not lifted oftener, hecause it is very entertaining to hear such little eccentricities as “we protest of her.” But he goes on to remark: “What if she is sometimes right?” he de- mands. “What if her husband is unworthy Let her for one e an xample from her natural enemy—man. How seldom does his dearest friend hear a mur- mur from his lips. Does he not learn to possess his soul in patience and live down his mistake as best he may? Has it not yet oc- curred to those who so readily take the whole world into confidence, and shrick aloud the history of their fancied wrongs, that in so doing they arc guilty of almost incredible meanness, What! suffer a husband to sup- port them, to heap on them every luxury, every indulgence, asking so little in return, except love and fidelity, and then to turn and rend the hand that feeds them! To give a stone for bread! Let every introspecting woman have the courage of her opinions. Let her leave the life which is one of more real degradation than she dreams of. Or let her hold her peace and cease to stir the muddy waters of her unhealthy self-con- sciousness. So much for our first accusa- tion."” This first accusation put forth by the British husband was shown to a New York woman, not an “introspecting’ one either. “Now, that's all true, don't you know,"” she sald, “only it applies fo so few women that 1t isn’t handy for general use. Because, you see, most women lock up their troubles in their secret souls, at least so far as the outside world is concerned. Let's see the rest of It “‘We also complain,’ ** she read, * ‘of the attitude of women toward marriage.” Why, I thought that was their first complaint. ‘We note, with growing scorn and anger, that most of its detractors are members of the “holy estate.” They have taken on themselves most solemniy certain duties and obligations, yet shirk them all.” Oh, come, now, the man doesn’t know what he is talk- ing about!” exclaimed the New York woman. “ ‘Let women look to it,’" she read on, “‘or the sex may find that men, too, are be- ginning to look on marriage with disfavor. They also may begin to introspect, and to ask themsclves certain questions.’ Heaven grant it!” said the New York woman. “ ‘Hitherto, the sex glamour has been on us,' " she proceeded. * ‘We have looked on feminine foibles with most indulgent eyes, but the time of revolt has come. From today our judgment will be more clear; we shall no longer cry “Kismet;" we shall insist that if wives neglect their duties, turn away from the love of husband or of child, and find happiness anywhere but at home, that (the Dritish husband is generous = with ‘thats’) they shall grant the same license to men, or at least admit that any lapse in masculine fidelity is to some extent their own fault.” “Humph?” sald the New York woman, fold- Ing the paper and handing it back, “‘he isn't & British husband.’™ “Who is he?” “I think he must be the Red King from ‘Alico Through a Looking Glass! In the Looking Glass world everything is reversed.’ Some unsophisticated man will undoubtedly feel that he is telling the truth when he sits opposite_his tired wife at the table and prates of the amount of work his mother and grandmother used to accomplish without being half so worn out as the women of today, who have every convenience to aid them, and yet who appear to be genuinely exhausted when the day is done. 5 He then discourses glibly of the fine con- stitution of those geitle dames who dwelt in that other age and sniffs at the numerous ailments that beset the feminine body now- adays, says the Philadelphia Times, and yet never once does he consider that there is another side to the story the thread of which he never takes up—a side which throws a new light on the subject and which i all in favor of the woman whom he con- siders weak and easily fatigued. Where would the grand constitution of mother and grandmother have vanished to it they had been obliged to run up and down stairs fty times a day? Their home was built on the healthful, simple plan of five or six rooms on one floor, and the stairs were broad and casy and consisted of but one flight, which was seldom used, save at house- cleaning time or when a guest was to be conducted (o the spare bedroom. Then the social exactions of those days were infinitely less than the ones which make such demands upon a woman of any position whatever in theso end of the cen- tury times. Even the mod woman whom the man loves to praise could not cook, sweep, bako and make the children’s clothes It these tasks were continually interrupted by callers or her husband was anxious for her to shine as an entertainer. It the very counterpart of the woman whom the wife is told to pattern after should be graclously permitted to return to our midst the self-same man who has been doing all the praising would be the first to declare that she was not his style at all, In the vague, shadowy past the brisk, un- sentimental, hardworking creature is refined by the distance of memory, but in reality she would not please the 1834 man half so well a8 the wite who could not possibly accom- plish all that other woman did, simply be- cause tho exactions of her life are so dif- terent Tho men are just as wives to shine in society as the women themselves could possibly be. They would aot care for a drudge at all; therefore, if e wife does not take their remarks to aeart, it does not hurt for them to lecture »n what wonderful women there once we I that misty, far-away time when Y housekeeper did her own work and half o the man's as well, anxious for their A vigorous set of collegians are the young pirls of the Wwoman's colloge of Baltimore, which {5 the first one in the world to make shysieal training a full department with wgular instructors and profestors. All students are required to take the course % an tmportant branch of the college curric- THE OMAAH DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, APRIL 15 1804{-TWE I'Y PAGES says the New York Sun. In conse- quence, the girls do excellent athletie work in their finely equipped gymnasfum, un: the Swedish women Instructors. With agility and grace they march, run, vault, pote, mway, twist themselves upon ropes saflor fashion, “‘skin the cat,” as the smali boys say, wriggle through the bars of awing Ing ladders at dizzy lelghts and perform feats of endurance and strength that even their disdainful brothers might admire. The uniform is a blouse and divided skirt of blue flannel, yellow necktie and shoes. There is exercise and exercise! The kind that transforms you into.a lissome maiden “simply this and nothing niore,” seems very mild and perfectly harmiess, and doubtless it s, It's like this She bendeth low, 8he kicketh high; 8he swayeth gently to and fro— 8he treadeth only on her toc And when I ask the reason why, The dainty maiden doth reply ch Delsartean docth 80, She fluttereth her wrists, She battereth her fists, She doeth wondrous twlsts, Though I don't see how she caf She whirls and spins; insists She likes it, till vague mists Swim around her, and she's wan, T precarious business th ring women's lives has become such a at insurance companies disapprove of women as risks, and have dis- continued largely the custom of insuring them In favor of their husbands, fearing that men will abuse their oppor A writer in the American Woman b been inve gating the subject, d has gathered s information wh may rve put won; on thelr guard and cause them to be mor suspicions of the faithfulness and undying flection of their lords and masters. against women s insurance is that they rarely, rue statement of their physieal e aminations may find them in appar- ently perfect health, when, in reality, they have some incurable dise If referenca | made to their habits of life and manner of dress they promptly mssert that they dress in_the most approved and hygienic plan. An officer who may be called cynical goes so far as to state that when women go to have their lives insured they tell only a min of the truth. Companies consider it v to insure property which has no insurance value, and take it for grantel that a woman's income is not large enough to jus- tify any large amount of insurance. It scems that the moral risk of Insuring women {8 far greater than the physic that the woman herself is morally but that the avaricious tendencies of husband make, jt & hazardous experiment. Permitting a husband to put a moneyed value on his wife is fraught with danger which has not been anticipated by loving, unsuspecting wives with their husband’s wel- fare at heart. One large insurance company discovered a great increase in the mortality of their female risks, and upon investiga- tion came to the conclusion that men are not to be trusted. While no cases of real murder have been found inst th J men, physicians were in many cases con- vinced that with good care many a woman might have lived out her alloted time. One method among husbands, after a wife insures her life, is to treat her with neglect, and, when she becomes ill, attend to it thal she' has no medical advice until it is too late. This writer adds that “men have been known to marry women, have their lives insured, give them cause for divorce, and sell them to other men for the insurance.” The news of the engagement of Miss Bessy Kirkland to Howard Gon!d has cansed much interest. Miss Kirkland was formerly a Savannah girl. She was born there and comes of an excellent family. The engago- ment was discussed extensively among old Savannahians who knew her parents well. “I was present at the wedding of Miss Kirkland's parents,” said one of them. *Her father was General W. W. Kirkland and her mother was the daughter of Noble A. Hardee. The grandfather of Mr. Gould's flancee was a cotton factory and guano factory repre- sentative in Savannah. He was a man ot considerable means and high social standin General Hardee was his brother, and ther fore, Miss Kirkland's grand uncle. Miss Kirkland, as a child, was pretty, bright and in every way attractive. She left Savannah some years ago. General Kirkland, her father, was in the United States marine corps be- fore the war. He was from North Carolina and at the outbreak of the war he threw in his lot with the confederacy. The governor of North Carolina appointed him colonel of the Twenty-first regiment of that state in Kimble's brigade. He afterward became a brigadier general and once was employed in the New York postofiice. pitios Black dresses are fashionable, £0 much so it is not always easy to distinguish whether this means mourning or not. For this rea- £on modistes are adding a touch of color. A dead black wool trimmed with crepe is les: expensive by far than the all crepe dresses, which very few wear in this country. Silks are rot worn except for so-called light mourning. Black gros graini promise to be generally worn this spring. The new pieces have medium reps and are of rich jet black, with a soft lustre. For less severe mourning than crepe dead black Henrietta is chosen, made exceedingly plain and unrelieved by white. Simple black wools are also worn, trimmed entirely with the same. In furs black Persian lamb is chosen as the most appropriate. Silver and gold hair ornaments are discarded for those of dark shell. Black- bordered handkerchiefs are still found in the stores, but they are not much in favor, a narrow hemstitched white one being used instead. Heels, it Is said, owe their origin to Per- sia, where they were introduced upon san- dals in the shape of blocks of wood fixed underneath, such being the root idea of those deformities to which lovely woman owes 80 many of her woes, says the New York Journal. A high, unsteady heel, it is an open secret, injures the leg tendons and affects the spine as well as internal organs, which are liable to ba displaced by the thrown forward position entailed. In Persia the first home of the heel, however, th blocks of wood are used Eimply to the feet from the burning sands of country, and were two inches high." With the Persian women these blocks were vastly higher than those affected by men, their height being from eighteen inches to two feet, thus becoming more of the nature of stilts than anything else. Strangely enough, many years after a similar fashion came into vogue in Venice, but the motif in this case was comically different, for *by its means jealous husbands thought they would be able to keep their wives at home." The supports of such shoes in Venice were called “chapineys,” and, to appease the van- ity of the ladies, and doubtless also to sugar the pill, were made highly ornate. The helght of these chapineys determined the rank of the wearer, an extra coating for the pill, *“the noblest dames being permitted to wear them one-half yard or more high.” It is not well to follow tho caprices of fashion in decorating your home. In the matter of wall paper, for instance, take into consideration the size and location of the room. If it receives the cold north light use a warm-tinted paper, while s gray paper may look better in a'room with a southern exposure. A delicate, retiring wall enlarges a small room, while'a flaring, bold design contracts the apartment unto suffocation, And thus, too, you could fill up odd places with painted niches and statuary. A New York artist with a little coop of a studio of one window, painted several windows and an outside veranda and an open fireplace so realistically that the room appeared quite commodius enough, and the fireplace be- came the receptaclo of burnt matches and more noisome refuse of his visitors, thus contributing to the amusement of both caller and called, with a little extra labor to the latter. But, as the epigrammatical Ben Johnson put it, “I have found you an argument, 1 am not obliged to find you an understanding.” This decorative idea is lke reading Milton; it 1s not so much in what is expressed as the train of thought which follows the ex- pression, If you are of an artistic turn, in ever 5o small a degree, you can do artistio things; for all the machinery of Parnassus cannot make a poet of & man who has not the original poetic stuff out of which to build, that The late Sir Andrew Clark, the famous physician, believed heartily in fresh air, simple diet an a cheerful mind as remedial agents. He once visited a patlent whose bed room walls were covered Wwith a paper of most depressing color and pattern, *That paper,” said Sir Andrew, declsively, “Is quite enough o send & healthy man melancholy mad; Its effects upon an invalld, who is compelled to lie still and gaze upon it all day, must be awful. You'll have to move | which | as trans the patient fnto a more cheerfully papered room.” “But, Sir Andrew, this is the bos of them all,” ‘was the remonstrance. “Then,’ sald the great doctor, “you must buy a bright cretonne, or something, and hide these dreadful walls.” And cretonne was pur- ased accordingly. A_Chinaman, lately returned from a trip to Burope, treated his countrymen to the following deseription of the plano: ‘“The Buropeans keep a large four-legged beast, they can make to sing at will, A or more frequently woman, or even hle girl, sits down In front of the animal steps on its tail, while, at the same striking its white teeth with his or her fingers, when the creature begins to sing. The singing, though much louder than a bird's, is pleasant to listen to. The beast does not bite, nor does it move, though it Is not tied up.” man, afe and time Fashion Notes Some of the new French round hats have the entire brim covered with spangled lace. Soamless French walsts are the correct thing of those who are slim enough to wear them, Some of the latest honnets have wide strings edged with lace, which scarf under the chin With the revival of checks comes the old- fashioned Louisine silks, so durable and soft for summer dresses, New bat'stes come grounds, spotted with small flowers striped in open patterns like drawn work One of Worth's fancies {3 the us? of foul silk with a white gronnd and colored figu in combination with black crepon. quite the vogue \den-haired maidens of Gotham wear hug nches pinned at their corsage ste » tied by long, pale-blue r.bbops. The latost decree of Madame e stipu- Intos that evening shoes, eithor black or colored, must this scason be furnished with searlet satin heels A new and beautiful material for trimming dresses is satin muslin. The surface Is glossy like satin, and the texturc is light and almost s India muslin, nue in favor through the scasor y for trimmings, and dozens of yards of velvet ribhons are used on challie, foulard and China silk dresses. Toques are greater favorites with Parisiennes than , but they also are larger and sit down more closely on the head. The prettiost are ent raly eovired w.th flowers, Satin_baby ribbon, narrow and ruflles of fine tinted linen lawn, edged with narrow Valenciennes lace, are some of the materials employed as trimmings. For summor wear nothing looks prettier than a neat dimity dress. These dimities come this season mostly in tinted grounds although white grounds will be extensively worn. Something new is the plain black Hindoo cloth, which takes the place of plain black lawn. Hindoo cloth much resembles black lawn, Is of perfectly fast color and has a very soft finish. Vines, spra mmensely ce, form a white and in tinted and 13 Velvets velvet ribbon tripes and selling de- The na- designs, dots, flowers, geometrical figures are the be: signs in white and tinted lawns. en shades, with neat colorad in great demand. west sleoves for evening wear are either formsd of two puffs, one overlapping | and the « ther caught up on the « utside of the | arm to form a bow, or are made of a series of frills, one over the other. Wide ribbed pique is one of the fabrics for cotton gowns. They come in pale colors as well as white and are made up by Paris dre: akers in very fanciful styles, trimmed very elaborately with lace and ribbon. The *“complexion veil” is a novelty of pale pink Russian net, sprinkled with black spots and delicately perfumed. It is very becom- ing to pale blonds, yet there is nothing so pretty as the regulation black dotted net. atin ribbon, three inches wide, folded to | the width of the ordinary collar and fastened the side in a s butterfly bow, is a change from the shirred velvet collar that has received the approval of Madame la Mode. . Miroir moire antique is/ perhaps the most beautiful silk for evening wear. It is deli- cate in colornig and has a rich sheen, which shows to advantage in the gaslight. Skot silks are much prettier than they were last year and quite as populan. emin Notes. Princess Stephanie of Austria written a novel. Miss Mary Happy was married recently to James Lucky in Halifax, N. S. In 1516 Francis I gave to his queen the equivalent of §16,000 in our money.to buy a hat. The Young Women's Christian association las a branch in Jerusalem numbering about cighty members, Viscountess Aoki, the wife of the newly appointed Japancse min’ster to England, Is a German woman of noble birth. Mr. Du Maurier is quoted as saying that it 1s & perpetual grief to him to have to cover his figures with ““the hideous dress of the present fashion. From 1784 to 1786 the style of hair-dress- ing In Paris changed seventcen times, and went from the extreme of short curls and skull cap to a hat three feet broad. Mrs. Humphrey Ward's new book will be published in England and America early in April. It is the history of a woman whose name it bears, and deals with the social problems of madern life. French people all over the country are preparing festivities in honor of Joan of Arc. Toward the end of April a grand Te Deum will be sung at Notre Dame, and similar manifestations are in preparation elsewhere. Marie Antoinette's lace shawl which sho gave on the scaffold to her father confessor, the abbe, who emigrated, was loft at his death to the Prelate Strobach in Breslau. It has sinco passed through the hands of two or three clergymen, and was finally presented to the church at Nuenedorf by Pastor Hei richs. This winter a clever young New York girl of 19 has been coaching a number of Columbia students who were conditioned in their chemistry examinations. They try to chaff “the little professoress,” as they call her, but they say privately that they have learned more chemistry than all the icarned professors ever taught them. | i | has just [ THE Mme. Carnot is one of the most popular women in France. She has made a success of the once dreaded balls at the Elysce pal- ace. She gives delightful dinners. Her slight deafness seems no drawback. She speaks English very well, is an admirable mother to her three sons and her daughter, and extremely charitable to the poor. Turkish women having obtained permission to practice as physicians in their own coun- try, they are now beginning to study medi cine at various European universities. Three young Turkish ladies, one a daughter of a pasha, have recently arrived in France in order to go through a regular course of med- ical training at French universities. Baroness Tautphoeus, the author of “Quits” and ‘“The Initials,” who died not long ngo at Munich, was o reserved about ler literary work that even her husband knew nothing of it until she had finished her first book. In spite of the large sale of hor novels she received very little money for them because she was so modest in her estimation of their value. Notable jewel robberies in England have s0 frightened a number of women in society possesing magnificent jewels that they won't travel with them any longer. When they begin a course of country house visits they leave their jewels at the bankers and take with them ‘Imitations so beautifully made that only experts could know they are not real. An_English paper for women advises Lon- don brideselect to ‘“take a wrinkle from thelr sisters from across the Atlantic.” This wrinkle Is the singing of the bridal chorus from “Lohengrin” by the bridesmaids at a certain swell American wedding. 1t our “'sisters across the Atlantic” would look this way a little oftener they would find more clever *wrinkles" than they could imitate. The dinner was in progress—it was a din- ner given in honor of some very important new acquaintances. Just before the guests arrived the master of the house had been intensely rude and annoylng to his wite, and she had not forgotten it. There was a moment's pause fn the buzz of couversation ‘round the beautiful table, gleaming with lights, blushing with roses. Then the wife leaned forward and in a voice soft, but loud enough to attract the attention of the whole company, said swestly: “By the way, James, what was that story you told me to lead up 10 in the middle of dinner?" REAL JACK ~ SPRAT An Upset of an 01d Story and a Lesson in Geogray DID YOU EVER SEE THIS STYLE PULZLE ? The Style is Qu| Atluses T New, fo Get Out Your A Try to Win Theso mpting Money Prizes. Here s the oddest paraphrase of a joke said to have once been played on Oliver Goldsmith. Instead of Goldsmith the name Jack Sprat is insert-d and there are some “facts” given abo the Sprats—the'r dispositions, creimstan and family relations. If you lok in places indicated by the numbers you find a geographical name that will plete the sense, and do it perfectly the required name s described anil gested by some cue that foll Young People offers to divide the ten boys anl girls, who passad their 1Sth birthds addressed “Franklin City,” the best seven questions. Iy ness, good spelling, puzzle yet. Tt is a the will com or, sug Harper's no send it Yorlk thirty- corract Squar W ers to those best s meant nswers fres from blots and erasures—best in all respeets. Do not Write out the story, but designate answers by numbers. Put your name and Ires: t the top of the first sheet, and sten our sheets together, On the outside of the envelope put the words “Round Table addition to the address of the Journal the Are you a If not, put st. it wi ate. here a figure bring you @ no fees. at the head of yo a membership certif Mail ‘your answers not later than May 1. Awards and answers will be published in this paper as carl the close of the contest as pos re of this paper, under 18, is entitied to send a solu- Grown versons -may he.p young but may not themselves compete. Here is the unique puzz THE REAL JACK SPRAT. That's all a Sprat couldn’t and his wife ed hoax, that s cat fat. He could 19 cat lean.* You don’t ap- pear to know t ats! Well, thera several of them-“Mr. Sprat, Mrs. Sprat, mountains in Oregon 1 of Mr. Sprat, and 4 fon whose name,’a mountain in Scotland, 2 indicates that he has been baked—six in ail. The Sprats lived In a town in Bosnia 3 whose name indicates cither that it ought to be part of Chickgo, or that it might in- dulge in a Kanshs boom. You can readily find it, and when you have you will exclaim town in Sicily. 45 Jack Sprat was stingy. That was why he and his wife invented their famous plan for clearing the cloth, . He was a manufacturer of islands southwest of Afric. to which he gave an extra finish on an islind of New York, 6. When they were sold he kept an eye on a river in England, 7, where he put the proceeds. His son, rather lazy wit sometimes used a mountain in E , 8, and again Le did not. In cither case Mr, Sprat, the elder, looked alter his river in New Brunswick, 9, because he was trying to make the son fit to become his successor. Ono day the son saw some river in China, 10, on “an island of Norway, 11, in his father'’s barn and at ot his river in New Brunswick, ave a shot at them. When his father bought the river just mentioned Lie got a s one, bocaus? it was cheap, and o the attempt was un- satisfactory . *island of Japan, 13, said old Sprat; Porous Plaster IS THE BEST. » RELIEVES PROMPTLY and & %, CURES QUICKEST, & & B N 2 Are sure to achievea popularity in 1894 never before accorded even to Columbias, Their beauty will appeal to the eye, and their construction to the good sense of every cyclist, while the standard price of $125 must prove attractive to every intend- ing purchaser, A. H. PERRIGO & GO, 1212 Douglas Street, Agent. Write for our complete sundry cutaloga Trya EXACT SIZE' f “nobody ever saw such lake in Connecticut, 14, as those.” Mrs, old Sy rat’s manners had been spoiled by at's parsimony. One day when the cloth was belng cleared the latter took last morsel on the | 2 small town in Monta 15, With more warmth than politeness Sprat_shouted, “Glve me river in Virginia!" 16 The three other mem bers of the family also complained a good 1 about oll Spral’s stinginess. One of m often threatened to smash things to a f of Australia, i7. The Sprats were not what you might call a polite family, and sometimes, when all revolted, old Sprat had an island of Mainc, 18, in the house. At such times he always went out-doors and pretendel, be it night or day, to gaze for the latest announe:d river in Australia, 19. Mr. 's business one day took him a long way from home. Passing a country market he saw lung up a tempting river in Virginia, 20. He also saw a great number good things, cooked and uncooked, that e his starved stomach a twinge of yearn- Just then a man approached, whose a lake in Australia, 21, indicated that he knew somothing about protective fariffs. He had come all way from the island of Greece, 22, that i3 most famous in the world of art. argely cnough, he recognized Jack at once aad determined to teach him a lesson. How much fs that case of river in Den- mark?" 23, asked Mr. Sprat, feeling thirsty, but laving no intention of buying it. His morals, not to mention his pocketbook, would rowarrant it ve dollars,” may have hesides you can carry aws “Five dollars! watered, and the silver dollars in his pocket jingled for joy. He had never be- fora been offered o much for so little, F or lzan, lean or iat, Jack Sprat felt he could eat either; and as for clearing the cloth— hang the clo ome men A with respect to the good world, that they are “in it. felt that way now, and he involuntarily, that could ing. name, replied the man as many other at one time."” old t's “and you things as mouth when things they of old wished, lake river in nnessee 21 him. he thought the luck might not 1la. 18 this man the owner?'* he gaid to hin Maybe somebody else would come and 5o he looked rive , to make certain the nger in sight. “Now, don't county in Indiana,” said to the man who made the offe in no hurry to get home. Don't lake in Iowa 28, me either. If I can't get homa with my_load, why T'll great valley In Utah 29, it on the way e where nobody #hail river in W Now don't, 1 sy, or I'll get Here, you anciont.toyn in Kentucky, 2. You're heavy but juicy, and I'll not mind the fat or lean—sort o' give Mrs. Sprat a surprise. Lay there on my shoulder till you reach my family. Yow're good enough for moun- tain in New Mexico, 33. Indeed, I'll hay to got a town in Texas, 34, I gue No, people would take me for a beggar if I car- ried things that way. There, at'll small town in Indiana, 35, Pretty heavy load, and the robbers may be prowling nbhout. Never mind! On that lomely stretch of road halfway home I'll let the county in Ohio 36, hear town in North Carolina,” 37 And in anticipation old Sp ling it. Then he handed over the five silver dol- lars—he even hated to give them up—and made ready to start. As a precaution gainst the man backing out of his bar d cut his initials, “J. S.” in the d of whatever he selected. And so it was with a peculiar chuckle that he felt, self safely in possession of his pur- chases, and the money accepted withont protest. Bidding the man good day, he to ask V't you stand the bargain?" " said the man, stalking off with things are not mine.” At first e I'm fell to whist- @ Have u freckles, moth, black-heads, o) blotches, sly or mudily skin, eczema, @ telter, or any other cutancous blemish ? © Dagoil wanta quick, permanent and ab @ solu¥ely infallible cure, FREE OF COST © tointroduce it? Something new, pure, © mild and so harmicss o child can \ise oF ® drink itwith perfect safety, If § @ your full Post-offics address o ® TINS MAGGIE K. © 134 vine sweet, D) AGENTS WA PERFECTO! THE MERCANTILE IS THE FAVORITE TEN CENT CIGAR. For sale by all First Class Dealors, Manufactured by the F. R, RICE MERCANTIL! ‘CIGAR CO., Factory No. 804, St. Louis, Mo, in Muine | himself (o his good luck, that it migt | no | tho | Mme. M. Yale's | Secret ORAY HAIRS, EXCELSIOR HAIR TONIC Turns geay hair back to its “original _ewlor WITHOUT DYE. rds me great pleasure the atteation tothe Excels onic, which {8t this may concern: only rem-dy known tr h positively t h e o THIS IS 70 (ERTIEY without dye. I ‘ celsior rd that At wonderful t has made this m, able of ull chemical d ios, Mme. Yale per ox its action le her it has iveab WRINKLES And Every Traco of Ago Re= FRECKLES ana La Freckla. Tonlt those whom moved with the orlginal and only EXCELSIOR SKIN F0OD Mmeo, M. Yalo's Skin Food I, Madame iscovered, compon placed upim the La Freckla, Iy guarant from the skin Kles in oxistence, it mat- L of how long standing. I now make the following of for: Tf, after from one to thres and creates w lsurient growtl bottles'of La Ireckla have been containg mo leal, no sulphur | used according to directions on o any other injurious in. | the bottle, every freckle hns fonts, Dhys and [ not disappearcd, T will then ro- mists invited to analyze it. | fund the full amount of mone n ke every other prepa the said party L o the hair, it ds not | Freckia is absolutely harmless, i 15 the sclence of ¢ greasy: on the con- as water, does and preserving - youth ary. It makes the lair soft | show on the skin, has o n ated and taught b and fluffy and keeps ural action incleariny Tor billd hoads it Is plexion. La Frocida Feommena fined at any fiest class AL dius it. r can be sent for by | e are many imitations, $1.60 por drders promptly filled 7 piists sell it Price battle. N receipt of price—s1.0) per $3.00—two sizcs. Umata Banch Ofc, oo 501 Ktk Bl MME. M. YALE, TEMPLE OF BEAUTY, 146 State St., Chicagd, Iil. wony M. Vi i Is the only genuine Absorh Iooi in the world: it is « pounded by a seeret process known only to Mme. = Yal whom the whole world mius thank for this marvelous rom cdy that feeds the shrunken and impoverished skin by sorption as satisfactorily as we feed the stomach. Wrinkles every. tra age disap- the face, neck waich must be fed pores of the skin youthful, wrinkles g ket for the for move cone of bro Hanly the only on record. It iy falling immediatoly from for only genuine, ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF. INCANDESCENT | ELECTRIC LIGHTS PERFECT NOT A DARK VENTILATION OFFICE IN ‘tHE BUILDING NIGHT AND DAY ELEVATOR SERVICE, wwiss THE BEE BUILDING DIRECTORY OF OCCUPANTS. BASEMENT FLOOR. FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY, Mortgage | REED JOB PRINTING COMPANY, Louns. SPHEN A, CROWIS, Buffet, \\‘}4 1. CAMPBILL, Court Rotunda, Clgars Tobacco OMAHA AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION, Nattinger, Sccre- i TUAL LOAN CIATION, HODGIN TAILOR SKOFR, SEAMANS & DENBDIC nington Typewriters and Supplies. LAWN CEMBETERY ASSOCIA- IMONS, Barber Shop. ISAL BSTATIS AND LOAN G, M AND BUILDIN FORBST TION TRUST Agent Unlon Life Insurance FIRST Conmpany. IPFICT IR WORKS COMPANY, BUSINESS TELEGRAPH RICAN W RN NS I W. CHII FLOOR. | HARTMAN & . HARTMAN MANHATTAN 1. A. WAG cident Tnsy EQUITALLI CLTY. JOHN Al WAKEFIELD, Lumber, | FLOOR, QUITY COURT, No. 6 PROVIDENT LIFE ASSUR. J0-AMERIC ANCE SEOCTETY OF UK, M. T, T COMPAN tohrer, Agent = 8. HOFEMAD GILANT ASPHALT PAVING AND TAUERMAN, ‘Attorney THIC CO) OURT, Rdoms No SMITH, Justice of the Peace, SIMERAL, WM. SIMERAL, 3 ABSOCIATION, D Co. ING. £45 JCIATION. 1. SECOND LIFE I SWART'S PRIVATI C MASSACHUSETTS SURANCI? COMPA t, 1 ROBRI Inspector LIFKS IN R, Agent U ance Company LI ASSURANCE MUTUAL 3 W Office VATER, NCE Fire Insurance, NCE O, ted Stites Ace READING | 80 SORGE I Luw. TURKINGTON, Attorney-at THIRD W. PATRICK, ITED STAT! NCE CO. 15 Law Offices, VIAVI COMPANY, FOURTI LIFE AND ACCI- THOMAS, ) MUT PACIFIC MUTUAL DENT INSURANC! W. A, WEBSTER, Itenl Estate. WEBSTER, HOWARD & CO., surs HAMMOND TYPEWI L. BI Fire In- U TITLE A M. HOPKINS, INTERNATIONAL W. SUES & CO. PORTRAIT TANDARD = AU 4 FORT WAYNE BLECTRIC 0., Percy B Agent DR, 'GRANT CULLIMORE, Ocullst ana | GOSH, Cogl Aurist FPINDLEY, Architect OMAHA COAL 1 EDWARD LI MOONEY, MO, VALLEY Loan (6} THARLIS DIt €.V PARI Heart v Co. w MNITY perapher PUBLISHING o, 8§ o, B CHANGE, AN & INVESTMENT Mortgages ana MAS, nt Bt Tl 4 Wayne Ile CROOKS, Nerves, Stomach and | I trle HAMILTON, School Bupplie FLOOR. ARMY HEADQU RS, DEPART OF THE PLATTE | SIXTH FLOOR. IR EDITORIAL ROOMS. MANUFACTURERS BEE COMPOSING ROOM SOCTATION BEINDORFE, Architect I VERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, | LOAN AND TRUST CO. SEVENTH FLOOR. LODGE ROOMS, AND PEOPLE'S UMERS INVESTMENT HLLTON ROYAL ARCANUM A few more elegant office rooms may be had by applying to R, W, Baker, Superintendent, office on counting room floor.