Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1884)
THE bAIL ? BJEE-OMAHA , FRIDAY , MARCH 7 , 1884. THE DAILY BEifr-OM All A , SATURDAY , MARCH 8,1884. luuimimiiiiiwiwimimiinnnii * * \T h T8 Rxmtorcr $100.000.00 Indffcnfllnu rmr tiirht fo the nurbim Iluli Mour tnd < vn rk , UncloubUxllr ha ! to-rt y thj mo t T lu blo Jliill In the woria. Now It tlnAf to non th t w couldn't RffoM to ' u 'rotfft,1lmKJ1110JXlfhlif , | { trncro , ofhlch ho Is thn wrrwcnWUTfl. wm't tlio UliST Wmoliluu Tobacco ever innilc. Tha ftie * of BlMkwrtl's Unll Durhun BrnoVIn * Tobicco f r eirwxJ UiOM of ny other brandI In thaworld , rimrljr lc u o It bMliern , ! . anil will be , the brut thU can l miwin. All dcler h v It. Look foi trtdo-matk of tha IJull on crerjr i > ckieo. , IMPROVED SOFT ELASTIC SECTION In wnmuilcil to wrur Inngi-r. til Ltbo form iicator , witl Klvo b nr 'fatlnfactlon than nnyother ( r . In tlio mnrlost , or jirlco pnlil wll bo rcrundr < l TlioliidarrcmcntHui Chlcaho' * l"-it phyglclani , nrcuni -jny ouch Corrct. Prlro , Zlrnt Haiern Jpott Poatayr ircpold , 81 , HI Alk your tnirrhiint forfiicLi * WMtnioctuixn , UiU tt 34 J Itoadulpu Sk. , t/Mc& : o. JOHN Bf W LEHMAN . DR.KORNE'S ELEUVRiC BELT Will ctirn Nmoimn fi , I.tlnlmfnlthmuntUm I'nr nlynl0 , Murnltfla , hilntlca j Kidney , Hplnu nwl Mrcr I < H rn aflout.A tlilnnllritrt Illlunpp , lljMicpfllL , Coni * l iintlon , PrfrfM.lii | * . Cnlari/i / , J'lU' JpluinT. IinnntfiKj , Dumb Ann ) , ITnlHpmiii Uteri , etc. Only nrlinlllir I lit- nlclMtln AinerliathAtiirniH the Kli-ctrlrltjr mill nine nctliim UirmiKli thn body , and can to rwlmrKfil In an In- tlont by the patient. SI.OOO WouldNotBu ] : it. DR. TIoaxH I w.is a Ictoil with rheumatism &n I cured liy uilnR a bolt. To any ono allllctod with that dlsOASO , I would V , buy Ilorno'M Eloctrlo Holt Any ono can confer with mo by writing or calling ; at my store , 1420 Douglas street. Omaha Nob. WIT.UAH LYONS. MAIN OFFICK Opposite poatoinco , room 4 Fron- scr black. flTr'or ralo atC. V. Qooiltnan'a J > ruu etoro , ,1110 Fmam St. , Omaha. n * < \rn nll H o O D CHICAGO SCALE CO , , ; ros IVAUUI HCAIK , * ui. STUV , . | 4 Ton ( tm > , llruiii Jlux lllrluclcd 24O lit. . nAKMER'8 SCALE. 50 * . The "ifr.L lotcctlvi''rM ) 07. t fffit. * 1 * CIO OTIl til KIWI , nnlnrrd 1 Illl K LI3T . FORGES , TOOLS , &c , S B ST IWHIK HADK Tl > n I'l.lllXiOS , * * i l ii. A 11 uuil jult iirt'ooU. Mia WITH And your work is douo for all time to time to come. WE CHALLENGE The World to produce a moro durable material for street pnvo merit tlum the ' Sioux Fulls Grauite. OIRZXECRS IFOU3ANY AMOUNT O1T -OR MACADAM ! filled promptly. Samples sent and estimates given upon application. WM.MOBAIN&CO. Sioux Falls. DISEASES OF THE EYE & EAR J , T. ARMSTRONG , M. D. , OoU.Xi.Mt ! MXl.c3i Until offlcei are rtpUrod from remit o ! lire , ofll with Dr. TMlrer. Uvco { , ddgbtun Ulock Ifth Mm Pouitut * mrccu. ST , LOUIS PAPER WAREHOUSE , Graham Paper Go , , 17 and 413 North Uiln Bt , Bt. Louis. WJIOLE3ALK UKALK113 IN /WUITINQ AnD 110AUD AND PEINTEE'S STOCK y < ' > h f l'l Inr U g til all _ t3a"t without inM dOp. . On box No. 1 will cow any cue ID four dayi or loia Mo S will oure MM wort oWtluaUi txuie no matter ol bow iidlur. ( Allan's Soluble Medicated Bougies Xo nauMHMd M ct tubebi , oopabU , or oil cl un cb ) wood , te tM n % iIuto produce dypjiM b dUoyiuir tj Citing * ol tlig atoumoJj , i'rloj | 1.6 JMd by all dnwrwU , or niul d cu receipt ol pn jf&t farUiw uutiouUn u'l for ( JrraUr. Tlio Hcsson'B Cntch. 'arowcll to the gfty ball ontrnnclng , Oood-by to the Iancor nn finoj 'or the proxont adieu to all ilnncing , No moro M the hello can I fthino During I/cnt , lie wnltz and cotillon muit uliu The grand Saratoga can rest , nil the partners I hnd without number Mny leave mo to oolltmlo blmt ' Tni Ing Lent. .hi the bran tint nrn niching and dreaming Who called mo ft frivolous flirt Vlion uncmiKcloay ! nmlllnR nnd boamlng I gnvo them the planco * that hurt JJoforo Lontl 'ot still thcro Is ono youth dollghtod , And I am ai happy nho ; 0 won \vhcro the others were slighted When popped ho the question to mo lioforo Lent , nil my love ho can dance like n fairy , HoV going to waltz mo through life ; Cu wonder his step's light and airy , Ho's taking the belle for his wife After Lent. lioro'd ono thing , howo\or , that's jolly , Though Imp-year. I didn't ask him. uRald , "Will you marry mo , Molly ? " 1 answered , "Iguws I will , Join , After Lent , HONEY FOII'THIS rs. Stovlnn , of Auburn , Ky , , has a scrap ullt m do of 11,285 pieces. At n rpcont ball In Tendon a lady were a ross studded with dead robins Vassitr girls have n fire comtiany , but it does ot follow that they use gum lie o. Some silly Now York plrli part tholr hair at 10 side and their name * In the mldillo , A Now York lady wrltcH to The Sun to nay mt her hiiftband annoys her very much by loring , and wants to know what she can do bout It. Dr. Dooms Insists thatklsblng Is an Amcrl * an woaknoftH , hut \v o reckon the doctor never M noticed married men in this country , 'lackland CJa/otto. A IlntTaln woman will not answer n tola- liono call until she hax fixed her hair , washed or hands and brushed her teeth , Blio must o employed at the exchange , rinltod and killed skirts remain in vo uo nd the polonalso Is usually onon In front with 10 two edges trimmed with bauds of fur , a ir cape and mult taking the place of a wrap. A Cincinnati woman iravo her seal skin xqiiotobo sold for the bonolit of the Hood illororn. Her husband Is a briito if ho does ot buy her n now ono , Possibly the lady had n eye to that , Black Kgptlanlaco I * extensively used In HJoront wldtluiover draporloa imd flounces f satin , The finer black lace , tulle and notre ro arranged In graceful draperies over both lie nnd satin toilets. In the Btaloof JIaryland marrlaga Is legally Indlngnnly as long a ) the contracting portion ro satUnail with aach other. This arrange- iont Is said to bo a great safeguard against jur bread. [ Burlington Kroo 1'ross.H A Chicago book agent claims that his wlfo will not llvo with him on account of his buai- ess , Wo don't blnmo her. When she rniacks tin In the face his cheek Is so hard that It .early . , breaks her fiiigora. [ Chicago Sun. llandkorchtofii for doml-tollot are of the fin stand whitest of cambric , and have border * f humming birds , embroidered In brilliant uos or goomotilcat hemstitched denlgnu , with : nets of bright-tinted flowers embroidered pan them. All this talk about the girls botng cra/y for no dress Is not truo. Give them tholr clioico lotwuon n $300 soalskln Haciiuo and n plain 510 ngagomont ring , and ulno out of avery tan iris und a majority of wldowa will cheese the ing , Kays an old bachelor. Dowaro of the women with premature gray .ilr , sayaa Wushington mun. It Is estimated hat in that city thuro are five thousand lailiot vlth snowy bangs und curls , und the whiter- loaded a woman is the naughtier and moro dangerous shu Is In that locality , 1'crelan shawls with nn elaborate silk design n a novel ground are cut up Into \initcn , and liclr line coloring produces an eire < .tl\o wrap or the carriage and for evening woar. Chan- lo of all tlio colors In tlio pattern makes an pproprlato trimming of fringe. A Swiss glrdlo of velvet pointed above and olow , bohlnd and In front , Is worn with a olnted yoke , and pointed cuffs to match , on glit cashmere and surah drosson. Young Iris wuar a full gathered skirt with such a ross , and put bands of the velvet straight round the skirt. A Jloxbury doctor , who detests curl mpors , ualntly says that ho not or could BOO why any , 'oinnn should find it plo saiit to look like the ovll in the morning ( having iu mind the pa- or horns projootlng ever the forehead ) for tha ako of resembling n noeross iu the afternoon. { Boston Transciipt. A Japaueso woman dresses her hair once in jvory four days. The luxury of hearing one's wifo. with the ends of her hair in her tooth , and her mouth full of halr-pius , talking about ho kitchen boiler in the morning before the nlrror , is never oujoyed bv the Japanese hus land moro than twlco a week. [ I'uck , The thief who stele a looking-glass from i louse in this city the other day might have cnonn that It would bo the first thing missed > y the women. If ho had been sharp ho vould hav o stolen the kitchen utovo or tlio nop something that they wouldn't raise BO mlcli fuaa about , * Lilllo Davoreux Blake has carried her woman's tights Ideas do far as to wrlto a lava story In width the girl proposes to the man andmarilos him , To carry out the Idea , slui diould have the girl got Urunk , boat the man , nurdor him und finally ha hanged for the tloody act. It would servo as n warning to muicullne girls. It is stated that dark hatred women are ) roferrwl to blondes by marrying men , To iphold this theory , a Chicago physician has ocontly published Htatlatics showing that In ho area covered by Ida researches blendes are rcnerally admired by poott nnd p ( Inters , but irunottort moro frequently capture the wed ling ring than do tholr light haired sisters. Street milts are made qulto short for this nouth , but llttlo trimmed. These u ho are devout teuton followers usually dross In black undo Dovoioly plain , with plain llnon collar uid oulfs ; a cruss and chain the only orn- nents ; tha capote is plain , with perhaps a few mall jmmpon * on ; tlio black kid gloves , the isual black or dark wrap , and a prayer book loldomlald nslilo. A pretty fuslnoii U to announce n birth by sending to friends handiomo Illuminated cards , iroporly Intcrlbod , In 1'arls the color of the : : ird denotes the BOX , n palo blue card , em ilazouodith dark blue and elUor lottors. > olng for A boy , and palo pink with rose am IUer for a girl. Iu the loft corner are tha 'ather'd cout-of-arma und a monogram , and the particular f > lgn of tbo zodiac dominant at tha .itno of the child's birth. Jewelry npporM [ to run moro than over iu .ho line of bangles. Tha ilander pert bon tour o ( plain gold , however , Is now roplacot ; jy narrow bands ot arouad the outer hall with gems of.Rome dorcrlptton , small dia- nuuds being the most i > opular , Or else one largo diamond is sunk into the solid band , or sometimes a do\lco Iu jewels , such as abut- iorcup , n daisy , a lizard , or a loaf , takes the | ) l ce of the tlnglo stone , A ycry pretty set lately presented as a birthday Rift , cansUtot of % pair of bangle bracelets with hoop ear rings and slender finger ring to match , all set round with tiny diamonds , rubles and omer aids , the genii representing Uio inttlali uf the young lady's name. It is strange , for Instance , what c/reglous HS M men nd women will make of theinieUad Iu dancing the figures of the germon. The young people who uro Delected n loaders op pour to cudgel thtir brains to lnut ordls cu\er flgurei that are olmoht Idiotic. Hero Ii something observed at a largo and fashionable genuauouo night last week. The dancers u era harnessed together in silken ribbon * , it groups of three abroad ; on tha ildo three Indian driven by a man , and on the other throe men driven by a lady. In thin form , to polka uiuulo , they danced from ono end of the ball room to other One can liinglno how utterly absurd they looked , And yet the figure wo considered \try ton , and wa nudentand wl ! ho used a great deal during the Kantcr fcsthl -NewYorkStar. | . "Sal" Ie4 a young girl , looking out of the upi r tory of eiaall grocery and addnwulng another girl who vrua triny to enter at the front door , "we've nil been to camp-moating ; and been converted , no when you want miljc Sundays now you'll ha\o to como In the back way. " In a certain fashionable ) London church ( idles bring their dogi to dlvlno s r\lco. They ind them no much moro appreciative nd well whavcdllitonetti than their husband , [ Bur- mgton Frno 1'rcfls. A Hov Mr. Klrkland , ot 'loxas , Is paid jo loorly by his comrrfgallon that ho worked in a saw mill during the week. A few who ha\e icard him preach wish that ho would work In ho saw mill Sunday. "Arn you golrg to tha funeral this after noon , Mrs. Filpr Mkodono lady of another , in llroadway. "Well , JM- ! rather guess I will If mv huiband don't bring mo hgnio sotno matlnco tickets , " replloil the latter. A colored olddr wai fined $5 in Washington on Monday for throwing a girl out of the church nrid anil down a pair of stairs at n re vlv l. The girl teotlfied that she I.ecamo In terested In the sorxlcosand began to shout A good old man up In Kpplng , X , II. , wont to prayer-mooting the other night , nnd un wittingly fell asleep. Ho won called up to offer prayer , and , being dutifully uunchod by ds bettor half , bellowed otiti "Uol-darn it , Uotsy , klndlo it yoursnlf. " Hov. Charles H. Uaton , of Now York , reaching on gambling said : "To put down gambling It will be necessary bo stop milling n church fairs , and forladlos to give tin offer- ng small odds on races in yonder park. No ninleter who could justify those as a harmless orm of gambling In In no condition to cry out against gambling siloons. These llttlo things ftro the devil's kindling wood , " A Mothodst preacher in Now York recently asked his congregation : "When hall Chris tians love ono anothorl" This Is about OB hard a conundrum as could bo propounded , ror- laps ono Important stop In that direction would jo for ono young lady Christian not to wear a moro expensive soalikln sacnuo than her sister - ter Christian ; and the male Christian should not make a prayer half an hour long and thnn ell his follow Christian a pound ot moat or Hitter two ounces short. A Uc-auty'H Two Ucau\ . ' 1'vo ' got two beaux , " she eald , "twoboaux" ( Hlio warbled In the choir ) 'Tho tenor and the homo both Yours tr ly do admire. 'I alternate ! when fears are scarce AH truths in Bcicods of Vonnor , And stripling volcei fit the day , I patrom/o the tonor. " , 'But whim 'tis night , and horrors throat My timid soul to lasso , . ' crave a volto that frights the foe , And utilize the basso. " Yonkcra uojotto. - PEIU'KIIBIINT DUOPS. Chicago is making propaatlons for the con ventions. All the lamp-posts are boiug firm ly reset. A rare early spring day , served up cold , w ill DO n ploasunt roinomboranco when we are in the midst of the well-cooked days of mid summer , A San irrancisto man was recently found dead with a liottlo of water clutched In his norvolrss hand. The jury rendered the vor diet , "Death by drowning. " The word iliulo has different meanings in different localities. Iu Now York they call a policeman a dude who won't club a man to douth when ho geti ft chance. The following curlouily worded advertisement mont uppoxrcd In a recent Issue of u St , Louis paper : "Wanted A comfortable room for joung man tour feet by ton. " With Tom Ochiltroo making faces atl'unco Bismarck and John Finorty gratiug his tootl at Gladstuno , this country piosont a terrible ojstorn front , [ Atlanta Constitution. Our court has taken active steps toward the punishment of crime , mid wo bdpe that after awhile oven killing a man will ho regarded as n misdemeanor and punlsnablo by a fine. [ Arkansaw Whoop. Wo do not believe the report that Keolytays his motor will bo running when it duinocratic president is dotted. Kecly would not sjy anything that would send the stock down to forty degrees below zero. With her senators falling out of tholr clnirs her governors kissing prime donno , and hoi ministers getting up bogus Interviews , it would Boom that poor old Miwouri Is becomIng Ing giddily sensational in her old ago. " I'vvo hours to the noTt train out ! " ojacu .atcd the mun who had got left. "How Ii thunder shall I bo able to kill the time uuti thouj" Hut ho readily accomplished this by entering a bnrbor shop and waiting his turn to bo shaved. [ LowellUitl/on. With Yellow Calf and tbo revolutionary Manltobansut Wlnnlpec , Kl Mahdl kicking up dido in 1'gypt , the Canadians trying to crawl out of the cracks , and the Irish climbing out at the top , wo think that Mrs. Victoria should stop writing books and go to meudliig her imperial shoo , President Arthur eays that the bapples hours of his llfororo spent in the school room The unhupplost hours of some boys' lives won also spent In a schoolroom ; but the period the president rotors to is when bo wielded the rod , and when ho felt its power AS a correctiv o element. [ Norrlstovv n Herald. A Frenchman writes to the Now York Star "Mr. Utsmurck will affront the United States Very good. So shall wo then take him Into the hands and play on him the hose now When that ho cannot luvo the hog American then hall ho defend from the powerful K gl American his bald head. Bismarck , buhl" "Mr. Ryan , " said a Chicago commissioner ti nn applicant for the renewal of his liquor HCHUBO , 'I thought yon had resolved to qul tha business and devote yourself to the work of temperance reform. " "It'n thruo , every wurrod yor sayln' , " returned Mr. Kyan ; " 1m1 that was befoor I know the convlnshuii was t * mate hero.- [ lira > klyii 1'oglo. She was mad. "Yes , " she cried , "yoiimado a fool of yourself at Brown's last night , yoi uiado ik fool of yourself on tha street-car , com Ing homo , and'you are making a fool of your self now. " Then ho Boomed to relent , "bu no , " she added. "I out-lit not to say that jot make a fool of yomuolf. In my anger I an foigcttlng that jou are a born fool. " Later Ho U now drunk. [ Cincinnati Saturday Night. Don't expectorate on the floor ; It soils the Brussels , mid nukes tha wearing of overshoe , necessary. Try the celling or squirt ever tin transom. Wipe your feet on the mat , if > oi have to bring ono with you. Heavy men vvll not idt down too abruptly lathe raw sllkhund painted cushion urm clrurn ; it wetkons the springs. If you must put your feet on tbo marble top tablet , have a sponguroudy tovvipa up the Htidn * . Do nut smoke ; nothing is moro offensive to thoroporto/s than the odor of a cigar a poor ono. Or oven a good one.unless you have Its mate. Acumipauy all religioiu notices with tha tegular advertising prices Not as a matter of business , but on a ' 'guaran lee of good fidtlu" [ Bradford Sunday Mall GONNUIHA.mi'IES. 1'rauk Gregory , of Great Bend , Kan. , soli his wife for 4 > 75. A young woman of Mouudsv Ille , W. Va. has eloped with u tramp. Carrie Wllcox , of Bradford , Pa. , lias renounced nounced her religion to marry her Hebroi lover , A fifteen-year-old Denver girl , who elopei to meet her lover , took on olght-moutlui-old brother with her , It Is rumored at Victoria , British Columbia that a Chinaman worth SliOO.OOO Ii about t lead to the altar a whltu girl , with tlio con sent of tlio lattr' p reiits. The weddlnjr which ban attracted the mo * attention at Ionia , Iowa , of any for nemo tlm past was that which unltod | n matrimony Lee Fou , the Chinese luundrjman , and bylvl Owens , a joung colored woman. Two women were married to oath other I Virginia recently. It may bo nl right fo the present , but aft r ft while-think of It the children will each have two mother * anne no father -Kentucky [ State Journal. Louis HarrUon and his llttlo California sot brette , Mies Kmuia Bhultr , who is playing ! "Skipped by the Light of the Moon , " wer married the day before their departure froi Han Francisco , much ta the surprise of every body. Lieutenant Danenhowor. who narrowly es coped being frozen tn death In tbo Arctioro jdonn. U to bo msrrlod at Ogwrgo. N. \ . , o the V.'th ln t. It U tmggested that hl u roundingn may bo tropical enough forever | thereafter. ' A young man eendi the following adv ertUo ont to the Boston Globe"Wanted , by landromo , virtuous young man In easy clr- im tancos , of brilliant talents , refined tantos nd loving deposition , situation on son-in-law n n wealthy family. " A Georgia couple devoted tholr honeymoon o killing n luimlro 1 rabbitR % nd salting down 10 moat for future lisa. This may not bo as loasant ft w y of spending the honeymoon as trip to Nlag ru , lint It will keep the wolf way from the door for some tlino. When a man marrloi n naturally shrewd wo- nan his SUCCOKS In life is more than assured , 'ho six weeks1 bride ( if n struggling young ihystdati In ttiln city Imi more than donblod ler husbAnd's ( iractlco by occasionally Inviting 10 neighbors' children Into thn house and ceding thom on mince pie. [ Chlcngo Tele- ram , Mr , nnd Mrs. Isaao Danlstor , of I'ldltidol- ihla. celebrated the ( list anniversary of their narriago , at tholr house In Chestnut street , n Wednesday evening. There woio present 11 the surviving children , with grandchildren nd great grandchildren , and a largo number f relations and friends. The couple were tarried at Mount Hope , near Mlddlotovvn , N. Y , , on February B7J823. Tlio 1)ll/.znril. Boreas , ugly and old , Some five or six agon ago , Found the North I'olo too frigidly cold , And started south nn n blow. Ho mot , In the coureo of his tour , Miss Cyclone , old Tompof > t's pot child ; Tlio vbon mode love to tlio boor , And they wedded , this couple so wild , A conkury or 10 rolled away , When n son to thin pair fortune sent ; The Hurricane taught him to play , The Whirlwind its aid to him font. Tbo Blizzard for so ho.vvas named Waxed proalor as time fjisd away ; For his sharpness bo soon Locarno fainod , And is famed for it down to this day , [ Boston Globe. MUSIOAIj AA'D nitiVBlATIO. Savannah has the oldest opera house in the United States. Mlnnln Palmer will return to America after nothur provincial tour. Lottn is playing to moderate houses at the ) pora Comlquo , London. Kdwln Booth will next season travel under ho management of 11 , M , Field. Levy , the cornotost , is now play ing In a beer oloon Ono by ono the roses fall , The daughter of Ole Bull nppoare to have nheritecl some of her father's genius for play < ng the violin. Miss Oder , an American prima donna , will nako her debut in 1'arix at the Opera Com- : | ue , In Gounod's "Mlrvlllo. " Londoi. Truth says Mary Anderson Is _ no > ottcr player than many au actress earning it a week in a stock company. Mr. Thoodero Thomas' orchestra will assist it the public examination of the students of .ho Now York Colllogo of Music at Steinway lall on HUt inst. Mr. Carl Kosn is about to establish an opera louse in Liverpool , nnd for that purpose II-.B Hirchasod the Royal Court Theatre thorepay- ng about iMU.OOO for It. Mmo. Modjesko's husband , the Count Bo 'enta , muds her a present of a pair of SOOOC diamond earrings tlio ether day , from the ro- suit of a sale of some prize cattle on his Call- ornia ranch , Mary Anderson has decided to play in Ger- nany. That is right , Mary , and when old liisniarck comes out of his box and asks for an ntroduution just say a good word for the American hi g. Mrs. Laiigtry's sooson in Now York has ) eon a complete success. Her next engage nent will begin at Niblo's CJarden oii'Apri . ' 8 , wheu she ulll appear as Galatea in "J'yg inallou und Galatea. " The latest attempt at theatrical manage ment In New York was made by Mr. McGi\- ley , ox-hack driver , undertaker , and saloon cooper. Ho backed Miss Blackburn in Salmi Morse's "On the Yellowstone , ' which is one if the PikeVpojk-i.r-burst sort of plays. Me jiivoy is now busted and Johu Station is with out a rival. Speaking of the complaint against tlio high trices charged bv opera mtnagers , the Chicago Jurront says : "Tho question is , how can the iricon bo roducnd ? If thoto were a multitude of I'uttls nnd Nilssons , their competition for public favor would bring about the desired'ro- luctloii. This same result would be reached , n a great measure , also , if the public were : iroperly educated up to the appreciation , ol music for its own sake and would attend the ) porn , not no much because of curious interest n the performers , personally , ns , because ol the adequate rendering of the music in hand. " The papers have indulged in a good deal ol ot ubout the alleged beauty of Mine , Morcella Sombrlch , the prima donni. If they , were to ; ell the truth , they would say that Mmo. Sombrich is a stout , -short , round-faced , near- lighted , red-cheeked , short-nosod , full-busted lady , with a pleasant and intelligent expres sion , but with no handsome features asida irom v low , broad brow , and very white , oven teeth. If Mmo. Sembrich were not Mine. Sembrich if she were not the great singer eho is , she would never bo ti.ontloned as being moro than passably good-looking. There aio precious W haudsoino women in grand opera now. 1'attl holds her own better than any of her contemporaries. Nilsjon'is massivo. robust , and cold as a Swedish snow-drift. ' GorHtor IE 8 < iuat and Dutch } * , Scalchi was never accused ) f personal beauty , and MInuio HauK , never landsomo , has grown obese. Tilings have , in ihort , como to such npass that he who is blind lotos nothing at a poitormanro of grand opera. [ Chicago News. Tlio Skeleton at the Konst , Ojsters on the half-shell See the bill of faro Toiidetloln steak too. Juicy , rich and rare. Butter on the sldo dish , Crackers on the plate : 1'rizzlod sweet potatoes , Bettor novur uto. Canvas back preparing ; Celery in stow ; Churlotlco russo to follow ; Almonds just a few , Ono email cup of colfoo , Then a ulirarotto ; Caesar ! what a banquet ! Teeth hdglu tovhut. . Wont there bo a sUughtor On the food to night ? A cockroach In the water ! Gono'a my nppotito. blNGUJjiVKlTlES. Tha negroox of Jamaica taar off the husk ol the cocoanut with thtlr teeth , Tha champion well behaved baby Is In i museum1 at Dallas , Texas. It Is petrified , A lady In Wllllmautlo , Conn. , dodged th iiioaslns for eighty-four yean ) , but was uaugh last week. Mrs. JamcJ , of Brockton. Mass. , now 31) ) WAS married wlioiv , she was 16 , and has hue twenty-seven children , Now Orleans has just had a baby showwitl , ninety-nine infanta on exhibition , The firs prize was won byaBovon-montha-oldbaby thn' ' weighed thirty-one pounds. A cane made from a rail said to have been tpllt by Abraham Lincoln in 1800 was among the relics dlsplajod ut the recent celobratloi of a golden wedding In Chicago. A cow > elonglng to Joseph Abbott , of Met- amore , 111. , recently gave birth to five calves one of which U the common size. Tha four smaller ono * died shortly after birth. A cow-horn measuring four feet plover Inches In length , and eighteen Inches around1 the base , | on exhibition at Monticollo , Fla and U supposed to be the largest covv-horn ii the world. A catamount four and a half foot long , that has been engaged for gome time past in the darkey's occupation of stealing lions and goesi from tlm familloa In tha neighborhood ol Ackloy , Iowa , was recently captured iu a trai etbySWAcUey. The Boston bird show embrace * nearly 2.50 < eutrles. It contains a frazlllan macaw that can repeal the tint thirty Hues of the Oocla- ration of Indeoeiidenco and a canary that whittles "Yankee Doodle. " We hardly kuow what the world would do without Boston. A Portland man put a large spider on a floating chip InaiKmd. After walking all about the rides of the chip the spider began .0 cost a web f or the shorn. Ho throw it as ar as tiosstblo in the air and with the wind. It caught on Koine blades of grass. Then .timing hlmnel ! about the spider began to laul the chip toward shore. During the burning of n London mu lo hall a cat exhibited remaikablo pluck and dovo- , lon. Her kittens were behind the scones on , ho stage. She was repeatedly driven back by , ho smoke , but succeeded In roscuelng throe ( Ittcns. She hurried back for the fourth , but returned no more. After the fire the charred remains of cat and kitten wore found lying ildo by side , Mrs. Sleight , of Now York , has for pots a ilnck-and-tan pup and n young alligator. Tlio , ' * o haxo a great liking lor each ether and are together nil the tlrnn. The dog has left his soft cushion to sleep on the hard floor with his jlond. When the dng is called to the dining , room to bo fed the alligator crnop ? after it tu toring peculiar guttoral sounds , showing its displeasure at being left alone. Ono of these Uys the alligator will swallow the dog. BALTIMOKE , Md. . February 29. - [ Special.- ] Laura La Ynrnio , known in all museums and drcusosaa the tattopd woman , gave birth Thursday night In this city to a boy baby , who boars uion his body all the marks pos. Bossed by his mother. The boy is a bouncing ittlo follow , and both ho and hU mother are doing well. Dr. A. Trego Sholtrer , of this city , attndod the woman in her confinement , nud \orymuch surprised when ho found .lio babe's skin marked as if with India ink , Upon it are designs of flowers , loaves , an an chor nnd chain , an eagle , nnd ether figures. A number of doctors ( if the city have boon called n to see the babe , and nil have expressed stir- , iriso at the curious reproduction of the marks on the mother's skin. Tlio Dlniplo cm Hrr Clicck , Within ft nest of roses , Half hidden from the sight , Until a smllo discloses Its loveliness aright , Behold the work of Cupid , * Who wroucht it in n freak. The witching llttlo dimple The dimple on her cncok ! The ( ( irons' lays and glances To lure the sailor night ; The perilous romances Of fabled Lorolie , And all the spells of Circo Are roft of charm and weak , Beside the dainty dlmplo The dlmplo on her cheekl Were those the golden ages Of knights and troubadours , Who brighten olden pages With tourneys and amours , What lances would bo brokon- ' What silver lutes would speak , In honor of the dimple - The dimples on her cheek ! Samuel Miuturn Peck , In the Manhattan , RELIGIOUS. Kastcr Sunday occurs on April 13. There ore 200,000 Catholics in London. Charlotte , S , C , , has a colored salvation army. Now York City has ono church to every fi,000 inhabitants. Pero Hyacintho , accompanied by his family has arrived at Los Angelas , Cul. Ho goes from there to San Francisco. There are 020,000 Campbollites in the United States. They have 5,000 churches and 3,700 preachers. They are strongest h Ohio nud Indiana. A file has been seurod at Luttorworth , in Knpland , for the monument of John Wychllo which , it is intended , shall bo 80 : up to cum- momor.tto the five hundredth anniversary ol his death. 'Among the stained glass windows that have arrived from Vranco for St. John's church , m tlio City of Washington , is ouo ordered by 1'rctidont Arthur , as iv memorial to hU do coated wlfo. An American church is soon to be built in Dresden , the nora 3ary funds having been raised at a series of private theatricals recent ly pivon under the auspices of the American colony iu that city. There are about 00,000 Friends in the United States and o'U mooting-houses. The Quaker meeting-house in Bai'eyvilln ' , Mo. , will shortly hnvo u bell , which will bo the Ii rat over used by the Friends In America. The Baptists of Detroit uro making prepara tions for a national meeting to be hold in that city iu May. The anniversary meetings will begin May 20th aul continue sev en da } s ; from nix hundred to a thousand delegates are ex pected. Montreal has a far bettor right to the title of "Oity of Churchoi" than Brooklyn. Itnot ouly supports hixty 1'rencli Catholic churches , but the French Cathodrul situated thcro is the largest church building on this continent. It is built of limestone , und 15,000 people have often been assembled under its roof. A number of Moravians ot Bethlehem , Pa. , as also tivo of the students in the graduating class of the Theological seminary , have v olun- toorod to go as missionaries to Alaska. It is probable that a missionary , who undeistands the Ksimiuiaux language , .will bo transferred from Labrador or Greenland to Alaska , as preacher , as soon us the new mission is es- tablisod , Among the adherents of the Mormon church In Utah ure 50,000 of Scandinavian and Lu theran stock. A special effort is being made to restore thorn to Christianity The 1'resby. teriuuB are working through Norwegian evtu golista. The Methodists have appointed a Norwegian missionary to Salt Lake , where he has erected a church edifice and opened a school. The Swedish Lutherans have sent a minister , who has gathered a congregation , And a Danitdi Lutheran clergyman will soon commence operations. The latest revised statistics giv o the lloman Catholic population of the United States as (1.0.28,170 ( this year against 0,390,851 last jour. There ure K ! archbishops , 57 bishops , dSi" , : priests , 1,051 ecclesiastical students , I ! 013 churches , 1,150 chuios | ! , 1,170 stations , 2i ec clesiastical seminaries , 87 colleges , tt)3 ) r.cado mics , 2,532 parochial schools , 481.831 pupils attending the parochial schools , 201 asylums aud 131) ) hospital' ' . Thoaii figure * show an in crease of ' 'S'J priests , 217 ecclesiastical stu dents , 372 churches , ( i colleges , 20 acadumlos , 11 parochial schools and 10 asylums , but a do- crousu of ! l ecclesiastical seminaries. KUUOAT1ONAU There are eighty American studnnts attend Ing the University of Berlin this year. New York state hai 1,075,100 children ol school ago , but only about 1,000,000 nttood school. % Thn Massachusetts house has pateed a bill furnishing free school books to all pupils of the public school. At the recent examination of law students in Toklo only seventeen out of 1,017 candidates satisfied the prescribed tests. One of the best Greek scholars in this conn tiy , during a recent lecture on the benefits o a classical education , stated that thuro does not exists a graduate of an American college who can properly affix the accents to a page o * printed Greek , Iluuior 111 tlio Htoinnuli. 'Much of the distress and sickness at tributed to dyspepsia , chronic diarrhoea and othur causes is occasioned by huinoi in the stomach. _ Several cases , with nl the characteristics of these complaints , have boon cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. Other cui us oflected by this medicine are so wonderful that the simplest statement of them affords tlio best proof that it com. bines rare curative amenta and when once used secures the confidence of the people. A Michigan fattier objects to hU sou taking up the study of phj Biology , which Is Iu the ri'gular course of tlio schools. The authorities iiiniBt. The parent thinks he can select what studios ho chooses for his boy , and t\lll take the matter into court. Hothrortl'ti Acid I'liospliuto. Specific Virtues in Dyspepsia , Du. A. JKNKINH , Great Falls , N. . , saya : "I oan testify to its seemingly almost specific virtues in coses of dya- pupaia , nervousness and morbid vigilance or wakefulneas. " A now peat of the Grand Army hoi been organized at Ottumwa. Has the Largest Stools in Omaha and Makes tt Lowost.Trioes. Furniture DRAPERIES AND MIRRORS , 53FJ Juat received nn aasortmont fur surpassing anything in this market , comprising the latest and most tasty designs manufactured for thin spring's trade and covering a range of prices from the Cheapest to the most Expensive. ' Parlor Goods Now ready for the inspection o cus tomers , tlio newesb novelti's in Suits nud Odd Pieces. Draperies. | | i Complete stock of nil the Intest , frr styles iu Turcoman. Madras and * Lnce Curtains , Etc. , Etc. , ' \ ELEVATOR 1206 , 1208 rnd 1210 FnrnntnS * . To All Floors. OMAHA , NEB. Henley , Haynes & Van Arsdel , WHOLESALE NOTIONS , HOSIERY , HINTS' ' FURNISHING 1106 Farnam Street , - . - OMAHA , NEB , RICHA.RDS & CLARKE , W. A. CLARKE , Proprietors. Superinteudne Omaha Iron Works o. P. RAILWAY 17TH & 18TH STREETS MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS JIN H WATER WHEELS , ROLLER MILLS , , ill and Grain [ Elevator Machinery MILL FURNISHINGS OF ALL KINDS , INCLUDING THE Celebrated 'Anchor ' Brand Dufour Bolting Cloth ] ' STEAM PUMPS , STEAM' WATER , ANDJGAS PIPE. BRASS GOODS AND PIPE FITTINGS , ARCHITECTURAL AND BRIDGE IRON. § i iP \Vo arc prepared to furnish plans and estimates , and will contract for the erection o Flouring Mills and Grain Elevators , or for changing. Flouring Mills , fromStone to the Roller System. USgr'iJvpecial attention given to furnishing Power Plants for any pur pose , and estimates made for same. General machinery repairs attended to pronytiy. Ad'lr sq RICHARDS & CLARKE , Omaha , JN Heating and Baking In only attained by uaiuj ; CHARTER OAK Stoves and Ranges , OT WIRE GAU1E OVER DOORS Fct sale by HILTON ROGERS & SONS WAIT A 0. M. LEIGH10N. H. T. OLAIIKE , LEIGHTON & CLARKE , ' . . SUCCESSORS TO KENKAUD DUOS. & CO. ) Wholesale Druists ! DEALERS IN e Paints. Oils. Brusno * * OMAttA < '