Nebraska Newspapers

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Hnehory About It.
CAN'T KEEP VICTUALS WART
Shortcoming of iho
Kiiuhcn llcntilirul Hut Ham-
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l'cc | ) Into the Attic.
National .Mansion Misfit * .
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WAIIIINUTON , .March7. . - - [ Special to Tu
"All liouies whoraln men Imvo lived an
died
Arc Imiintcd houses , Through the opci
door A
The harmless phantoms on their errand
.
Wlln feet ttmt mnko no sound upon th
floors. "
"Ihrra nro moro guests at tnblo than th
llOSt'fl
Invited , thu Illumlnatocl Imll
la thronged with ( pilot , Inoffcniivo ghosts ,
AB silent as ttm pictures on thu wall. "
Shall wo hnvo i now white housol
All U'liahliiKton Is talking nbout It. Mrs
Harrison lias expressed her sentiments as tc
the cramped condition of tlio present struct
urc , and n sub-commiuoa of the acnnto wit !
Hpoonor ut Its head , Is considering plans am
invustigntmi ; the condition of iho urcscn
structure. There is n strong soiUlinuiil
against chiuilnff ( ? the present building uriO
the chostsol the presidents of the past net
whispering warning words into our states
men's ( Jars they walk to the man
Bion. 1'iit , pussy , baltl-licadcd .lohn
Adams In unco breeches and gaiters is fjiv-
ins his uxpeiicnce as lie lie opened the build
Ing in 1MX ) and his prim wife Abigail pro.
tests ngalnat the mutilation of the east
room in which she dried her husband's
shirts. Ued-headod. frccKled-fuccil Tliomna
Jefforaon seems rcaly to jump out of lua
frame In Klijah Milliard's rooms when the
subject Is mentioned in his presence , and
the ghost of Dolly Mitdlson in Inch redtur.
ban and gorircous gown changes its features
from pleasant to severe at the thought.
The white house is a p.irt of the history of
the country Within it John Qulncy Adams
schemed with henry Clay against Andrew
Jackson , and before the llrcplucctj that now
warm the shins of Harrison , Old Hickory
sut In wrapper and slippers and smoked his
corn-cob pipe. It was here that the presi
dent's grandfather passed his last hours.
mid here , foxy , dapper , scheming Martin
Van Huron laid his plans for n re-election ,
which ho didn't get. Hero Frank Pierce
told stories and here James Buchanan
strutted through his four short years of
t'leatncss. It was hero that the great
Abraham Lincoln lived ami upon those walls
lire photographed the words of Grant and
Oarlluld It was bore ttat President Cleveland
land showed tiimsclf a man and hero today
I'rciiident Harrison Is malting the history
which will llx the fate of his party at the
next presidential election.
Nol The ghosts of the ijrcat statesmen as
well as those of presidents and their wives
protest against tno doing away of the white
house. It may bo added to or it .may bo
turned into the business ofllces of the presi
dent , but
IT WIM , > 'iviu : : in : nnsruoriu ) .
Thcro is no doubt but that it is too small.
AVhen John Adams occupied it the country
had n population of little moro than live mil
lions. The United States lias now nutirlv
seventy millions and thobusiiwRsnf the pres
ident's oflleo hns so grown that nearly the
whole of the exeeutivo mansion Is occupied
uy It. When Abigail Adams came into it she
huu too much room. Mrs. Harrison has
barely space to turn around in and she has to
recelvo her friends in one of the halls.
The white liouso today is like n big hotel
nnd President Harrison is the landlord.
Every man nnd woman who cotncs to Wash
ington thinks lie has n light to enter his
house without knocking. "I hey tramp over
his carpets with their muddy boots , ask all
sorts of Impudent questions of his servants ,
And the chances nre that they rorry away a
bit of the furniture. Kvcry now and then a
Dieco as big as your hand Is clipped out of
one of the Inco curtains by n relic-hunter ,
nnd during President Lincoln's time a woman
was caught In the very net of cutting the
costly curtains of the East room. She cried
when she wns found out and she wa * taken
up weeping to tbo president's room. Mr.
Lincoln looked at her sorrowfully and told
her Unit the best thing she could do was to
leave the oltv. It Is the same with the cush
ions of the furniture and it is by no moans
safe to let sightseers move about save under
the eye of n guide. These guides nro ; ho
president's servants nnd they have all thov
can do to ktcp the crowds out of the most
pnvnto parts of the house. Not infrequently
visitors want to see the kitchen and all the
homo llfo that Mrs. Harrison gets must come
from n little space on the second lloor.
Lot mo give you a plain , practical descrip
tion of the whlto house ns it is. Tno presi
dent's grounds cover ninny acres. Tlio" are
surrounded by n high iron fence with irroat
iron gules and the grounds arc tilled with
line old oak trees. On ono sulo of them is
the treasury , tomb-like , and on the other
eldo Is the biggest granite building of the
world , the $13,000 , UOO structure known as
state , war nnd navy department To the
south and back Ot the wliito houao bovond a
wide pnik Hews the muddy Potomac and In
front runs the busy street of Pennsylvania
Dvenuo. The white iiouso covers n third of
nn nero. It is n long , rectangular , almost
squatty two-story structure with n wide
porto cochero having n lloor as big as that of
the average two-story houses. The porto
cochero is uphold by lonlo columns as big
around as the largest oaks of the forest
and Us roof supported by these is of the
Grecian order. Around the roof of the
whllo house there Is a marble fence about
ns high IIH a table and made of round marble
pillars the sUe of a baoo ball club. The
building haa.il basement under it and two
rows of big rectangular windows' look out of
the stories aoovo thin. The basement windows
dews are square and die most of them look
as though they needed washing.Vuto
walks load up in ilio shape of a tiMf-moou
from Pennsylvania nvenuo to the whlto
house and you walk half the length of the
house before you got to the front door. As
you do BO you can look right down Into the
basement and If your eyes are sharp aboul
every other day of the week you will see n
number of colored girls here with Irons m
their bauds polishing the president's shirts
und putting the tlnishing touches on baby
McKco's unmentionables. It on leaving the
nintiBion you wnllc over toward tno state ,
war and navy departments your nostrils
may bo saluted with the hog and hominy
which is being cooked In the president's
kitchen and you may see the president's
colored lady chef producing those oxquislto
dishes which are making the state dinners
so famous. In other words you see directly
Into the kitchen of the whlto liouso. Ii Is
not half big enough for nn establishment
of our president , and it has none of kne mod
ern conveniences for keeping dinners warm
which the best restaurants of the country
'
contain. ' 1 here Is u big range at one side o'f
the room , und ihcro Is another little range
In the scullery beyond. 'I he cooking uten
sils are of copper and the walls are plastered
und not tiled.
The entire front of the basement of the
whlto house is tnUcu up with kitchens und
Inundry. Mho bacx baa the store room , a
furnuce mid xvlmpor It low in the oar of
our church brother n blllard room. Mil
liards huvo been played In the white house
aver Mnco the days of John Qulnry Adams.
President Arthur could hnnulo neuo equal
to Sloason , John Quincy Adams bought the
llrst uillmrd table that was ever used In the
whlto IIOIMO , und his oxtravugnnco in this
respect was made u campaign issue , and he
eventually paid for the table out of bin own
pocket I don't Itnow that President Harrison
risen plh > , but the table is there in the
basement and ho can If ho will.
Let tu look at the llrst lloor of the whlto
house. Guards it und ut Iho duora and n
cliint Apollo in the shupo of Colonel Dins.
moro inspects every man who comes In. 1'ho
doors are of inahog.iny and the knobs iiro as
big almost as the head of n baby You turn
them aud on brass hinges the great doors
turn luwurd und you tire in the tiled vciti *
bulc at the back of which thcro Is n wall of
mosaic of beautiful stone * and colored glass
which reminds ono of tno Jeweled palace of
Frederick the Ore.it at I'otsilum Thli wall
wnirmulo ny Tiffany. It cost many thousands
of dollars but ono old lady who looked at It
labtwcek told the Kimra she wns "K\M \ to
sco President Harrison 'had bccouin econom
ic I nnd that ho had saved the country money
by making n glass wall of old broken bottles
mid It's real purty , too , " the old woman
said , "nnd you wouldn't think It honie-niado. "
It Is hero the Marine bund plays at the pres
ident' * receptions but them Is nothing homo-
Hue about the Vestibule. 11 is so big that
$ o\\ \ \ could build nil eight-room house itisldo
of it and thirty men could m.iroh nbrest
through It without touching their elbows.
Just next to tins at the left Is n hall with
stairs leading to the president's oflicc. nnd
on the other Mdo of this hall is the mighty
cast room. You never see Airs. Harrison or
any of the family upon tlicso stairs. They
are the property of the public and the
tKASEt.K S TIIEAI ) OK TUB COt'XTLKSS CP.OW1)
which besieges the president noes Its muillod
way up and down them. The cast room be
longs to the people. Il Is always open to
visitors , nnd the only use that President
Harrison gets from It Is In crowding his call
ers into .1 at a big presidential reception. It
is ono of the most bountiful rooms in the
world. Its walls arc painted in silver nnd
gold and Its colling Is three limes ns high ns
that of an ordinary room. It takes 142 yards
of UrusaelU c'irput ' to cover II and the vel
vet In which your feet sink Is of the color of
Ktruiu.ui gold. The most wonderful thing
to mo In this room is Die chandeliers. Each
one of these U mode of 0,000 pieces of Ho-
hcmian glass , and thej cosi ? : > , COU apiece.
There are elghl mossivc mirrors , each as
blir ns tuo tiilli.ird tables , set into the walls
about the room , and when the chandeliers
arc llj-'hto I these pendants are reflected like
diamonds in these mirrors nnd the scene is
indescribably brilliant. Still you might as
well furnish n uirn or a bowling alloy and
call It n parlor as to think of using this big
room for tliu living room , or the homo lifo of
r. private inmil } , and if President Harrison
wanted it he couldn't got it , for the people
havn monopolized It by the precedent of gcn-
arntions.
It is the same with the green room , the
blue room and the red room. They me full
of beauties in furniture and hangings but
they are as much shut out from the every
dnylife of the president ns the parlor of a
New Encland farmer's wife which is dusted
every ilav but never used except for compa
ny. It is In the blue room that President
Harrison with his wife standing bosUlo him
shakes the hands of the multiludo ut n big
inception , The room is ovul in shape , lln-
ished in blue satin fresco and its diameter Is
about that of a country church. Still it Is
hardly largo enough for thU purpose nnd
when the crowd is out of it it is too largo for
common uso. Thcro are many dining rooms
in Washington larger than the state dining
room and 1 can count on my lingers n dozen
which are more beautifully furnished.
There are none of the conveniences for serv
ing a great dinner and those thousand dollar
feasts which the provident gives liavo to bo
largely gotten up outside of the house am
hired waiters liavo to bo brought in to pas :
the victuals. The dining room used by tin
family or the private dining room Is at the
right of the voslibulo. Tins has to b <
turned instds out at every big reception foi
the table must bo removed and shelves put
around tltc loom lo hold iho hats and coats
of iho guests. At such re
ccptions the state dining roon
Dccumcs 11 ladies' dressing room and more
fuss Is made in the executive mansion overi
time the president receives than you make
In your own homo when your daughters art
married. Not long ago there was
A MAN'IKI , 1IEI ) IX Tim UECni'TION KOOW
opposite Elijah Halford's ofllce on the second
end lloor. 1 passed through this room yes-
tcrday nnd noticed that it was there still ,
but whether it is used or not I do not know.
Think of the president of the United Statea
being compelled to liavo n wardrobe bed in
one of his parlors. It is true no ono knows
what it is , but it makes ono think of the oc
cupant of u second-class boarding house who
is trying to Keep up appearances and pretending
tending to have n suite of rooms when ho
gets along with only ono.
There is a general plan about the white
house which when once understood makes
the building simplicity itsolf. If you will
taknu rectangular covering one-third of an
acre and bisect it lengthwise by n ball eigh
teen feet wide vou will have the general
plan ol the building. On the ground lloor at
the enit nearest the treasury the Brent east
room cuts oil'a part of this hall and runs the
whole length of the building. The vestibule
and the private dining room and the dress
ing room are on Iho north of this hall and on
the south are the green , blue red and state
dining rooms. AH of the rooms of the build
ing thus go off from this hull and all are of
the same length , viz : about twenty-eight
feet. At Iho extreme end of the lower floor
It u great shed of glass covering the urea of
several ordinary houses and making up iho
conservatories ot the whlto nouso. This is
no part , however , of the original structure
and it noad hardly bo considered as con
nected with it.
The second floor is on the same plan. All
of the rooms are big and three-fourths of
tt.om are made up ot oillces. The living
rooms of the president are at the west end
of the second lloor and Mrs. Harrison has
only four good sized bed rooms. It takes
about an hundred yards of carpet to cover
cnch one of tfiom and she has turned Iho
lower end ot the hall into a sitting room , and
tlio children are using the httln private of-
llco at the northwest corner of the building
whore President Arthur used to receive
liin most Intiiimto friends. In addi
tion to these four bed rooms
two ot which arc in the north and two on
the south sldo of the building , there is n
little bed room which wns originally Intended
for a dressing room on Ilio southwest cor
ner , and u servant is lodged in a nail bed
room Just over the vestibule , which is seven
feet wide und eighteen feet long. Thcro is
nn elevator loading to tins floor , and there
nre two or three bath rooms huddled to
gether right over tlio big entrance hall. The
larger bed rooms have no bath rooms con
nected with them , nnd this is the case with
the president's bed room which opens into
the ofllco or library where ho r ccivcs bis
callers.
The business ofllccs of the white liouso
take up the whole of the eastern portion of
the second lloor. Entering the big front
doorjou turn to iho loft and march up a
pair ol stairs about live tcet wide. You
note that though the carpet is now the
TIII..U ) OP THE OFr.CK [ SCCKER
has worn off Us nap , and at any hour of iho
morning you pass the most noted men of the
country on the stairs They stamp along as
though they owucd iho building , and mosl of
them think ihoy do. When you reach the
second lloor you llnd that your sur
roundings are those of a business establish
ment rather than the o of a private residence ,
Two colored gentlemen stand nt guard at thn
door and u gray haired Gorman short and
squatty sits before u little desk as you enter
the hall. Ho is In the corner made by the
partition which has occn run across the hull
to civo the presidents wife a silting room
nndas tin looks al i oil his back is turned
toward the door or the room in which the
cabinet moots. This man is Sergeant
Loefllor. Ho is the president's messenger
and ho bus been hero for almost n ecoro of
years. Ho is in a measure the watch dog of
the president and ho curries all the cards of
noted visitors in lo Mr. Harrison. Ho has
Boino limes to deal with cnuiKs in case llioso
pass by the giant form und blue eyes of Col
onel Dmsmoro bolow. Sergeant Loelller
makes about the sixth guard you have
passed since entering the white house.
You nro motioned by him to the loft
und turning your eyes you MM u cauplo of
colored guards ono of whom is the watchdog
nf the privatesecretary. . You RO by these
into u big reception room which is over the
end of the cant room nnd which is llllod with
very ordinary furniture. It is here that the
ofllccseekors cool their heels until the presi
dent Is ready to receive thorn , and It Is here
that Colonel Croon the cashier of the prosi
Jcnt sits , in a lltilo room beyond Hits there
Is n telegraph oDlco and hero the president
has telephone connections with all of the
[ rout doimrtmoiiU. Next to this there Is an-
uttier otlleo in which clerks worlt and the
lower end of the big hall has boon parti
tioned off and made into an olllco. In tha
southeast corner of the building , Mr. Pril-
Jon , makes up with bis line Italian hand the
commissions that the president gives to of-
lleers and next to this olllca und opening into
ibo hall is the private secretary's
room. This is ono of the big rooms
} f the building. It takes 103 yards of caret -
| ) ot to cover it and It has windows which
command u beautiful view of the Potomac.
iV cheery wood lira burns on onu side of it
uid in front of the windows and behind u
jli ? Hat desk si'ts iho little live fool eight
umtomy who represent * to most of the cull-
> rs the president of the United Stairs. The
irlvato secretary of the president holds an
> nice fully as important us that of u cabinet
Minister , aud Colonel UttUord tills U well.
Ho Is a dnrK-fuce , ! , black-oycd sober .young
man of about forty years of aaa. Ho does
not weigh over I1.1 , " ) pounds and his fnco Is of
an Intelligent cast. Ills forehead U broad
and full , his nose thin and his cheeks rather
hollow than full. lie dresses well but hart
not tire rough and ready democratic pir of
his preikcoonor , Colonel Lu.nont. Tnero
nro no quarters for hi * accommodation In
the whlto houao nnd ho must como hero of len
in the evening and consult with the presi
dent upon the business of the hour ,
The cabinet room lies between the prlx-ato
secretary's room nnd the library , In which
President Harrison sits. This room Is al
most entirely lilted with a long dln'ng ' table *
which runs from ono end of it to thu other
Around this table nro nlno high-backed
chair : ) , and there are writing materials
placed nt different stations upon It. Theru
is n big glebe In ono corner of the room und
It Is around thu that the president , Secre
tary Hlulno and the other ministers stand
whllo tbo discuss International questions.
The cabinet meet hero .about every other
day mid they usually spend several hours at
n session , The room Is of such u nature that
It cannot bo uaed for anythlmr else than the
mooting * of the cabinet , nnd it is a business
ofllco pure and simple. In It huvo boon held
all the cabinet mooting for several adminis *
tralions , though President Lincoln used to
hold hts cibinot meetings In the room now
used by Colonel Hnlford.
run I'ltEsinr.xT's omen
is in the library. This room is n big oval
requiring HI jniMs of velvet Hrussots lo
cover its lloor. It has windows looking out
upon the Potomao and It is 59 foot wldo and
S3 feet long. The president's eallors uro
seated on chairs about the room and ho
usually stands with head bunt over ns ho
talks with thorn. Ho receives nearly everyone
ono who has business with him and ho Is bo-
sa'ged by a host of congressmen nearly
every day. U Is this room which forms his
homo and his business is always with him.
His bed room is next to it and iho ghost of
work undone must hover over him as ho
sleeps. The president of the United States
never gets through with his work and there
ought to bo Aomu arrangement t > y which ho
could get away for u certain tlmo during the
day from the care of his ofllcc. Ho ought
not to have to eat and to sloop bat hod in the
perspiration of onice-seeklng applications ,
nnd there is no other business man in the
United Stales who would cndiiro such sur
roundings as Iho environments of our presi
dent.
The mile of Iho wliito house might bo
supposed to furnish sonic room. It docs
not. 'Iho roof Is so low in some places that
you cannot stand upright under it. All the
light comes from Iho skylights und the place
is lit for nothing but a luinber room. In it
nro stored President Harrison's trunks ,
liaby MuKoo's easl off clothes , nnd the old
turnituro of Iho executive mansion.
11AT.S AND SI'IDKUS
nro about the only inhabitants and the top
of the white house is moro like a country
garret than the nttie of a two-story houno
covering a quarter of an acre and situated
in ono of the greatest cities of the Unilod
States.
The truth about the matter is that the ex
eculivo mansion would do very well for Iht
private residence of the president or for his
ofllces. It will not do for both nnd the states
men appreciate It. In 18S2 Senator Merrill
bud , a bill which passed tbo senate appropri
ating $3JO,000 to uuild an extension lo the
while house , and Mrs , Harrison lias said thai
there ought to bo two wintra added to it. She
would remodel the conservatory , ndd n hall
of painting und statuary und would leave the
present building us it is sandwiched between
the ends of these two wings. In this way the
historical associations of the 'building would
ba preserved and Mrs. Harrison's ideas are
much oettcr than that of Senator Ingalls ,
who was in favor of adding a story to the
building. The white Iiouso has cost already
about $ J,000OJO. It took $301).000 ) to build it
nearly one hundred years agoand inoro than
$1,70JC)0 ( ) have since been spent upon it. It
is lull of bounties in tlio way of furuituround
pictures , and though it costs us more than
$123,1)00 ) n your to pay the presidoiH's salary
and keen up his establishment wo uro ricu
and can afford it.
FlltMv G. CAKPENrEK.
EOIJ HUKDETTIO.
Sonic Interest Ins : HcitilncsccnccH nt
the Humorist byV. . CJ. Albright.
In speaking about advertising and his
faith in iho dally newspaper as the most
legitimate and prolitablo medium , Mr.V. . G.
Albright , relapsing into uremmoscont mood ,
remarked :
"It may bo news to you that I at ono time
had aspirations to become a croat newspaper
man myself. While clerking in my father's '
store at Fort Madison , la. , some sixteen
years ago , I cast about for some occupation
with which to 1111 m the leisure hours , nnd
conceived the idea of establishing a news
bureau for the proper collection and distri
bution through the medium of Iho press of
all iho important events transpiring in our
city and vicinity. Tlio result wus gratify
ing. I became correspondent for quite u
number of papers and added many u pretty
penny to my then meagre Income.
"Among other papers for which I acted
was the Burlington Hawkeye , then in its
ascendency nnd Justly regarded as ono of
the spiciest and ablest newspapers in the
country , and throuirh my connection with it
became acquainted with Kobert J. Hur-
detto , the famous humoriat. Hurdolto
had worked on iho Peoria Transcript before
coming to Hurllngton and whllo known as
n conscientious and efllclont newspaper man ,
was not considered a particularly shining
light among the profession unlil Frank Hat-
ton discovered the humorist in him. Hatton
ut that tuna controlled ino Hawkeye and
made his discovery in the following remarkable -
able manner : When calling nt Hurdotto's
house ono dny , ho found Mrs. Hurdollo , wheal
al that tiuio wus a continued invalid , sitting
upright in bed with u scrap book in her
bunds , laughing uproariously. She laughed
until the tears ran down her cheeks and it
was sometime- before she could stop and ex
plain to Iho astonished Hatton the unuso of
this str.ingo hilarity. "I was reading some
ot Kobort's squibs , " she explained at lust
nnd handed the book to Mr. Hutton , who at
once bucatno deeply Interested in It. Hur-
detto bud made a practice or jotting down on
scraps of paper , cards or anything within
reach in that peculiar style of his which
afterward made him so famous , any llltlo
tiling occurring to him ns funny , cramming
the -'copy'1 into hU pockets und un
loading thorn upon his wifo's
bed on reaching homo. They amused her
and were written solely with n view to af
fording her a little amusement during the
long and weary hours of sickness. Mrs.
Hurdotlo had preserved those little Jokes in
u scrap book and would frequently pick It up
to whllo away the tlmo. This time she hud
not picked It up In vnln. The future post
master general's keen perception told him at
once thai ho hud siruok in ibis modest book
wealth and fnmo lor his paper and his edit
or , Obtaining the loan of tbo book he took
It to his sanctum nnd in the next issue of the
Hawkeye there appeared a whole column of
Hurdotto's "squibs , " under the head of
"Editorial Dots. "
Hunletto was furious a-id upbraided his
frlond for -trying to tiiako him the laughing
stock ot the country. ' Hut Hatton Insisted
on continuing the publication of'the articles ,
which were reproduced by many of the lead
ing papers in the country aid tu tlmo beeamo
yurt of the stock in irudo of Iho press all
over Iho hind. Tens the Burlington Hawkeye -
eye and Uoberl J. Hurdotto soon became as
fumiliar to every reader in the land as the
noonday sun. Offer ? of positions ar.d
invitations to lecture thenceforward ruined
upon Hurdctto , who , hoVovor , remained
loyal to the frlond who had 'broughl him
oui.1 I had Iho pleasure of accompanying
Mr nnd Mrs , Hurdctto on n trip to Putin-
Bay on an editorial excursion und had occa
sion to note Iho really touching tenderness
and devotion with which the funny' man of
the Huwkoya cured for hH loving wife.
They ndoroa and lived for cachoihcr In the
literal scnso of the word , their marrmgo
having taken place at what was then con
sidered Iho death-bed of Mrs. Hurdotto.
The physicians liuii given her up nnd nho
was asked for any dying request sue might
wish to ma'.to ' , when uho gasped out 'Hob-
ort. ' UurdcttQ was sonl for and married
her there and then. His wife proved a most
nngollo helpmeet to bun , notwithstanding
her constant aillngs. Her delicate womanly
sensibilities , bright intellect atul thorough
knowledge of everything thut can interest u
well-educated man , made her invaluable to
him nnd they wcro but seldom voparutod
during life , Mrs. Hurdotlo oven accompany
ing her husband on nil his Journeys , whenever -
over the sluto of her health would permit.
Hurdotto 1s now n man of wealth and po
sition ; ho bus mingled with men in nil sta
tions of life , ha lectured In every principal
city of the unlou , and his career has been
such tbat particular events may well bo be
lieved to hnvo lokf/Uielr distinctness In the
grand lotul , btltf V doubt whether ho will
° vor forgot the occasion of his lecture on
"Iho It so nnd Talr of the Moustache , " do-
llvercd In Mount Pleasant , la. ThU lecture
wns given underf'thc ' auspices of the Hur-
lington boatlnijrufoclntlon , } , which is very
high-toned and contains among | t members
a ruro amount of ( tellcct , tiilcnt and wit.
There is nn lnsancn yium at Mount Pleas
ant , nnd It had bW.1 nuietly arranged among
the members of the association that every
body In the audience should choke down any
rlsiDR mirth , nnd , , < jnipl.v stare at Hurdotto
like an assemblage of harmless lunatics
'Ibis programme'Mis carried out , much to
the chagrin nnd wonderment of Ibo lecluror ,
until , In dcscrlbimj the rise and full ot tlio
moustache , ho cnmo to Iho passage "her
face was very much Hushed , nnd Tom bud
enough llrst-class complexion on his shoul
der to go around u female seminary , "
when ono of the scholnra from the ladles
seminary , also located at Mt. Pleas int. had
lo RIVO vent to her feelings and bum out
In pen ! of silviry Inuchter loud nnd long.
The rest of iho audience , whllo likewise
overcome with emotion , carried out the
programme , however , but It was evident
they were on the point of exploding , when
ono of Iho Invilcd guests , n tall , line looking
gentleman from Chlcirgo , himself no moan
humorist , who had preferred n soul among
thu nudlonco to his proffered place on the
platform , ailomptcd to check the risibilities
of the young lady and prevent a general
outbursl. He rose in his seat to the full
height of his majestic form , deliberately
turned nround und guvo the still luughing
young lady such u look of astonishment and
scorn ns ouo might Imagine in u sedate dea
con frowning down upon illbohavod children
In church that brought down the liouso.
Not u man or woman in thu uudienco mudo
onother offorl to rcaisl. Such luughing ,
yelling , screeching , clapping of bunds and
stamping of feet had probably never before
greoled Hurdotto at any of his lectures.
Ho had already bacnmo uneasy ut the incx-
pllcablo soberness of his audience ,
his slight form bctravod his ner
vousness visibly and ho doubtless remem
bered that the town he v/ns speaking In har
bored several hundred Insane patlcnls who
mlghl provo Jusl such Iniorested listeners as
were tposo before him. Laughter is contag
ious and Hurdetto himself joined In the gen
eral hilarity , and thereafior could proceed
only with dinioulty.
"Wo do not hear so much of Hurdctto now
ndnya as wo used to , which is truly u pity.
Ho bus done much good to mankind in general
oral by his writings , both humorous und pa
thotie , for nearly every ot o of his jokes con
tained some good lesson ; in fact , they were
largely based upon the smaller failings of
humanity and exposed n good deal of Iho in
nulo cusedness ot iho average mortal. They
have been as a mirror to many n man who
had considered himself quito a model until
reading some of Hurdotto's sarcasms appli
cable to his particular case. The world
would bo better of ! if there were moro Hur-
dellcs. "
Children who uro troublotl with
worms may bo nuick.lv relieved by civ-
iiiff thorn Dr. J. II.'McLenn's Liquid
Vermifuge. Ji kilh and expels worms.
GltANI ) ISLAND'S hCHOULS.
hike Everything l .l o They Arn oftliu
Very Uc t.
GIUXD ISI.IMI , Neb. , March 23 [ Special
to Tins Bii.J : : Thu educational advantages
of Grand Island nro of the best. The value
of school property tilono is Sir.'j.OOO. There
nro six school buildings , four of which uro
line brick and stone structures , and two
frame. ' 1 here is a corps of thirty-live leacn
ors under the supervision of City Superin
tendent It. J. Hurr. The high school course
is nn advanced ono and includes the higher
mathematics , all of the natural sciences and
three years of Latin and German. Pupils
graduating from the high senool uro ad
mitted to the stuto university on diploma.
In connection with thu schools lliere is also a
night school for the convenience of those
who cannot attend during the day.
The Dodge school'occupies ' u block in the
Second ward. It Is n twenty room brick und
stone building , including llvo recitation
rooms nnd a largo physical and
chemical lubratorv. It is heated by sle.-im ,
has seventeen touchers , find all grades , in
cluding the primaries and the high school.
The Howard school in which all branches
up to the high school are taught , is situated
in the lirst ward , and occupies n block. It
Is a flftcon-room brick and stone building ,
including three recitation rooms. It has
twelve leachers nnd is also heated by stoiun.
The Warner school in the Second ward
occupies n half block , is a two room brick
und stone building , r.nd has two teachers nnd
primary grades.
The Platt school is a two-room brick and
stone building , occupies u quarter of a block
in the Fourth ward , has two teachers and
the chart and lirst primary grades.
The Evans school is n ono room frame
building , occupies a quarter of u block , bus
ono teacher and primary grades.
The Handy school in the Fouith ward is a
one-room frumo , for primary grades , and oc
cupies a quarter ot u block.
Great interest Is manifested In the schools
nun no expense is sp.uoJ in making them
llrsl-clnss In every particular.
The State Security bunk building , u brick
with eut-slono trout , is mi oleg.uit structure ,
und would dn credit to Farnam street in
Omaha. It is now nearly completed und will
soon bo ready for occupancy.
The Grand Island & Wyoming Central
rullwuy condemned a. right of way last month
for a bolt line nround the eily , nud work on
the grade is snort to be commenced.
The various aMianco organi/utlons in Ibis
county are making things hum. The Cairo
boya have incorporated und uro now shipping
from four to ton carloads of corn per week.
There are dozans of strangers on the
streets daily , seeking locations for enter
prises of various descriptions , und the idea
is prevalent that Grand Island will have u
rapid growth this coming summer.
Entirely now ideas in Ens-
tor Cm-do , Eggs and Book-
lots.
CHASK &
UIjISIts AM ) Sl'ATIONHIlS ,
VIjIlK AMI I'JU.VrHltS ,
ll.'t Hoiuh Kllli Struct.
Itantity Hmv Acquired
. There Is rothlng that adds moro attraction or
beauty to the Inimin face than n nice complex
Ion Tlio qnoKtlon la often asked , How is it pos
sible to regain a bo.iutlfiil skin ? 'Jhls Is quickly
nnswcrcd-thcroisbilto.io method of acquir
ing U and that Is by renewing the mln. nut
how cixn the skin bo renewed ? Only by a gradual
process or removing Iho outer cuticle and draw-
lug from underneath nil Impiulilcs , leaving the
under ssln n-oo from discoloration- ) blem
ishes. The nature of the akin Is such that Im
mediately under the outer layer thor > > Is n line
and beautiful under skin Ilka that of tlio young ,
and utter the old skin hits been removed this mi-
dnr stein takes Its place. Is there n romoily that
will do this without Injury to the under suln ?
There Is but ono nud that Is the World Kenown-
od I'a-o Illcuch , mnnufuctnrr-a by Mme. A
Hnpport. the leading complexion specialist , of
New Voik. This article , bo Moi removing pim
ples , blackhead" , jiiotlr ; freckle" , brown spot * ,
sallowness. wrinkles ot the outi-r skin , ot.- . , ,
brings bu-.l : a natural healthy and youtiifnl
color , and is a decided benollt to all complex
ions , as It llrms tha sUn , thus praventlng tan ,
clntllii ? and wrluklg. Mme Ituppen has given
evident anil convincing proofs of the elliclpiicy
ot Pare Illcaeh by clearing nno-hnlfof tliofncos
of patients and Inviting the public to call before -
fore , during and after trovtmcnt. ami the most
skeptical could not but remark the wonderful
powCM of her tonic. .Again she oilers to euro
or icmovoby the use ot Face llleaeh any ca o ot
pimples , moth , freckles , etc. , free to any ono
willing to liavo halt thulr faces cleared utu tlmu
and allow the public to call and see thmn at her
olrtco In New York City. Tare Illench does not
show on the face and Is entirely harmless to the
inoitdeliuo complexion. The US3 of ono bottle
will show udecl led Improvement , nnd a great
ninny uro well unoiignplonsed ono bottle ,
but to thorougnly clear the complexion it us-
niilly requires throe. Price , $ ; pin- bottle ; tnree
bottles $ ; > . Kvi-ry ludy should not full to send 4
cents fjr circular.
MADAM A. UUl'l'l'.ltT.
Complexion Sperialln , : iaat : 1'otiiteenth
htroet , Nuw Yore Uty , N. Y.
AT TME
PARIS , 1389 ,
lha Highest Possible Premium ,
! FHD ONLY > GRAND - PRIZE
FOR GLVfiwG MACHINES ,
W S AV/ARDED TO
WILSOR MFG , i ,
THE-
-AND -
ACROSS © F THE * *
LEQONQF ! , HOUGH ,
WAS CONFERRED UPON
NATHANIEL WHEELER ,
The President of the Company ,
WHEELER & WILSON MFG , GO ,
185187VnlMrtli Ave , Clncaijo.
SOI > ESY
'P. E.FX.ODMAN & GO
220 Xorth IGth Stror-t. - Oimilm.
Chicago Kloctrlo Light
ENLARGING CO.
a Writtfor catalogue ;
niiii trrmi. I'
245.258 E. Randolph St. Chicago
COLLAR ,
In a fo\v diys the
flrt Importation In this yeur
ot Gray African Parrots
and ns 1 liavo ninny orders for
ttiumon Irind nlreaily. I IIOK
toHL'cuie youonoof thvsoruro
but
EXCELLENT TALKERS ,
by plvliiK ordois liy Monday
nnd Tuesday.
MAX GEISLER ,
No.117 South IStli Street , Omnliii , Nob.
WI7 QPTWni7R OTTC ! Omaha
or lilN Olin U 1 lo ,
Mucliiiiiloill Knirlncc-r luul Draftsman , ( \mipl. 'tn
I ranliiK" . S-iK'tlHratlimi nnil biipirliitrmlnmt.1 , to
Klmator * MlllK Kai't rle , or Snuthll Macluiu'r ) ,
lucInK" . aii'l Hint ) I'lluts luinlsliuil.
1'ATBNT OI'llCi : WOKK A MT.r | , \ | TV
Member AMiuricmitoclely of Mechanical l.iiKinccr
I 1
/ j
The demand for Enstor Gifts Is Incrcnslng every ycnr , nnd to
supply this growing trtxdo In Omnhn , wo hnvo mndo extra cffot late
to secure every novelty mtxde In silver. Thousands of new atiiclca f * W
for ladles nnd genllonvni.
Bed Rock Prices. Inspection Invited.
O. S. RAYMOND , Jeweler , I
Douglas arid 15tli Sts ,
The Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute
For tlio treatment of nllfJIHONIC ANDPt'lKSIOAI , IIIHKASUS Ilrnco" . Appllnnrcs for itrfnrm t rs r.nfl
Trii ! 0' Ill-it l'nclllt' ] | Alipirntiinnnd Itetiieillpi fur HurcpMfnl Tnitmrul of vicry ftirni if I'M- | ' O rn-
qnlrliiKMpillinl or ' muiralTrratmnnt MNKT1 IIOOM- * roll I'ATinNT llu.inl nnil Alt < iiilnn. i > llo t
Acrnuimoilntlnns West Write fur circulars on Pufurmuir * nntl Ilrnpt Trm CM ( lull I t > i t ( lit \ niuii i of
Bplno. I'llc'i ' 1'inniirn tamer t uUirril , HrondiltU. Inhalation Klcrtrlcllr I'tirnl ) > ' , Kplk'i" < I1' ' > I ail
ilcr , U > c Kar. Skin nnil Illunil nnil nil yurijU'iil Operation DISKASKS OK WOMIIV ni.iciialn | llo. k , C
1)I I'.T < C3 i f Womrn Kroo W < > liavo lately mlilml n 1 tins In Dt'iinrlini'it fur \\.men linrinjj ( .i llncmriit.
iS-lrlrlly 1'rlviito I Onlv lli > ll.ilili > Mpillcnl Innltulo Mnkini ; n "puilnlljr of I'llIVATK HISKAsps
All Illoni ! llM ) > n e > iiiirio < trully IrcntPil Hyi'liUlUc I'olii'ii n > tmcil I mm tlio ) MiMi > wilhcin mrrriiry.
J en lli' tiiratlvo treatment for l.c M of Vllnl I'ont'r I'urtU'i itti.ihlo to \ Mt IIH nia > lie troniiMl m In tn [ if
corrpsponilrncc. All c omnUMiIu.tlcnis c < iiMilennal MiMUlnc nr liKlrnmcnls spnl l > v mull nr I , . 'I M <
curi'ly packed no mark * to Indicate rontpntaor senile ; dmi'r | < < onal Inti'rvlpn prpfprrpi' I nil i > ml ill
us 01 Bcr.il lililory of your ranti.icl wu will rend In plain wr.iipi | > r our HOOK TO MHN KHI'f upon 1'iltiito.
Special or Jserunn llipa c , ItMHilenry Hpldlt ) dliel and Vntlnuulr nltli ijiiontloti ll > l AIUIICMI
Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute - I
C'oniiT tilh nnd Ilurncv Htweis. Oinahn Nib.
The ONLY Linvn or flanlc-n Hose MADK which will -.l.
400 POUNDS PRESSURE.
Uic BEST 9 it ivill WST the
A hoeo which will rte ( jooil work in m .st cities , \vijl not Kivo sitlsfaetlmiiii
Oinalia. on in count of tl.o , extreme , Idijli pri-s-ur , . > lillo Ue.Uory roiuiilnin nf
other ho-,0 , ueliiK n'tiirnud in liirue ( innutltlps Ix-canse it la not stronir cno i 'li -o
Mhiid the prcfjiire -FISH UIIAND 'l-gmir.intaud to stand the nlghost mesiuro
lor , llo ly all dealer. ; , or "
OMAHA RUBBER Co.
,
1O08 Farnam-st. , Omaha , Neb.
Wholesale or Retail.
j EUIBf1
/V - = g , WC---B- . >
m m JrJ nLnlJc i
W. BAILEY , Dentist ,
Paxtoai Block , 16th and Fariiam Streets.
Kici''nnd havino wmun theost two
Are Here to "
months largely increased oiti-
office room , are now belter prenarecl to turn out the best Hnss of
work , and much more rapidly than hereto'ore. ' We make a lull s < t
of teeth on rubber lor FIVE DOLL A US , guaranteed to be ns vv-i
made as plates sent out ofany clcntnl olfloo In tins country. Do not
let others influence you not to come , but make us a call and bee lor
yourself.
Teeth extracted WITHOUT PAIN , and without using chloroform
gas , ether or electricity. Fillinq at lowest rates. Remember tin ; lo
cation. DR. DA ILEY , Dentist , Pnxton Block.
Open t'on i UBS until K o'clock Tuto elevator on 16th stroot. lUtli imd I'm u un.
Cut this out. Mention tlilsu.U ) T
. .A.-
J. EJ&CiIt'lJICK A. 'IP t'OJVTKA < 'T K ,
iu.pitisi.NTiNj : ; ( ( IIIOAGO oi ru i ;
'
r.slnnates and plans fiirnls-Lcd. C'orreepondcneo solicited.
H02-833 N Y Life Building , - Omalm.
Of Every Design and Finish.
HIMEBAUGH & TAYLOR , 1405 Dougias St
ntorl yVnFm t 1O , 'Of. Improvotl July SO , 1889. WITH
' '
CENTS' WITH sum
0,4 AfKIAHCl
ATTACHED.
BELT ,
Dr. Oalvanlc licit ana fiaipeniorr * IM
( ostlvcnoss. ' DUcaacs.Ncrvoiisnoss.'lrcmtillnff , iincit UK * , v"fi .K
oUyniiilnn caUBei I'cmu o.
'lon' * 'emalo Complaint * , in fact ull nervous ill6cueccpcrtamlnK to Male or
Weakness rthaus ' . Mho
o
WocliallcnKOtlio or i WorlU to reduce a belt that v , til comare with It. 1 Ho current IB under ho > .ontro
But > neorr.
wearcrnndcanbc made
we Vn s of men U connected
' ' / < wtmi wo wjirruriir. you cau ' "rnu iuu . . . " to treatyoaroclf with olcctncit/
days' trial , und If t docs not I'roi'fl fo on or < f .ijinvuloi" Klvlm'initrucllon i bow
oVtt j'nlK '
1h\rrcfl
CotW
nailno0cu } The OW3SN ELECTBICJ BELT cfe APPLIANCE CO. , 306 North Broadway , St. Louie , Mo.
and 826 Broadway , Northeast Corner of 12th , New York City.