Nebraska Newspapers

    * 12 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : STJ PAY. OCTOBER 10 , 1890 SLXfrEEN PAGES. fl
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CHRIST AND HIS TEACHINGS ,
"What the Churches are Doing for the Poor
and Needy.
THE SELECTION OF A NEW MINISTER ,
Doings of Church People the City
Over Societies Reorganizing
for tlio AVIntcr'H Work
Cliurcli NCIVB.
Christ said that It was more blessed togivo
tbnn to receive. ' Ho said again that of the
tlireo most important nttnbutos of life , faith ,
hope nnd charity , the greatest wiis.chnrity.
Many of the church people of Omaha DO-
llcvo those statements , for they Illustrate
the truth of them every day by
practical Application , Now that the
summer tlmo is gone , the autumn ,
ii rapidly speeding by nnil the Uccn ,
merciless Waits of winter nro approaching ,
those who nro able and willing to assist in
the relief of the poor nnd needy will find op
portunities for the exercise of nil their rc-
sourcct.
Omaha Is unusually fortunate In having so
small n purccntnKo of poor people , but there
will bo plenty for every charitable hand to do
thli winter In nkin ( , ' cnro of the destitute.
There has icon some talk of u re-onjanbn-
tlon of tlio iis&oclato board of charities for
the purpose of supporting St. Timothy
mission , nnd to distribute presents nnd
tl'O ' necessaties of lifo among the poor In
general nil otor the city ,
Some dcllnlto action will ho taken oeforo
rriianlts , < lvln ( , ' day , nnd In nil probability ti
tliaiiUsgivliiK dinner for poor children will bo
provldul. Kov. J. J. II. Hccdy , who hits
charge of St. Timothy mission , nnd severnl
others nro now contemplating some such
cntortulntnnnt ns this , nnd It will doubtless
rulinlnntn in deeds of charity that will lie
far-reachhiR nnd helpful to the unfortunates
who are deprived of tboso common coin forts
in life for which people In even very inodcr-
nlo circumstances scarcely consider it neces
sary to foul thankful.
In All Saints Kplscop.il church the "Worn-
nn's nnxllnry wns orgnni/ed lust Tuesday af
ternoon , This is n most woitby society nnd
will doubtless scatter u ( 'rcnt deal of joy and
happiness in its missionary uork among the
poor and those who nro looklnir for tlio Riild
unco of nn Almiirlitv bund. The objects of
the so < Icty nro both charitable and mission-
nry , and will bo confined to Omrhn and the
Htato of Nebraska. The ofliccrs nre ;
Mrs Augustus Pratt , president ; Mrs.
M , S. Van Doiisen , vice president ; Mrs.
Charles Kotuin , secretary , and Mrs. C. 1 $
Shnolielford , treasurer. The dircetoresses
nro Mrs. M. 0. Nkhols , MM. II. I ? . Cudy and
Mrs. A. 1 . Hopkins.
Miss Adams of Detroit , a Kcncrnl ofllccr in
the Detroit dioccso , organised the society
nnd delivered n very Interesting nddress at
All Smuts churcli on Tuesday afternoon.
The society of the Kings Daughters has
boon organIrcd nt Trinity cathedral. The
principal object of this society is the distri
bution of clothing and other gifts among the
poor.
Many other church societies nro preparing
for tlio chnritahlo work of the winter , ami it
is none too soon.
St. Timothy
The friends of St. Timothy mission in the
city of Omahn are respectfully solicited to
contribute for the work at the mission , upon
the following basis :
1. 1 ho mission U under the ministerial
direction of the Uey. J. J. H. Itcedy. In con
nection with tbo mission , Mr. Itccdy is mak
ing arrangements to conduct a night school
for persons of any ngo desiring to intend.
J , The only pledge on tbo part of the work
ers is that they rci'ogni/o baptized persons ,
striving to lend a Christian lira nt members
of the churcli universal.
3. The teachings of the mission will be
based upon the holy scriptures ns a text hook
nnd guide. Tbo instruction In the Sunday
school will bo based upon the teachings of the
Lord's prayer , tbo ten coinmandinents and
tlio apoitolio creed In their simplest form and
tbo most obvious meaning.
4. Baptized persons will bo enrolled
separately that they may bo brought
under special instruction for their spiritual
good. All families nnd individuals will be
euirolled wlthtlkoirimmes , ngesnnd addresses ,
for tlio puinoso of organ ( ring them Into
classes for Sunday school and week night
school Instruction. The week night school
will bo open to all persons who will observe
its general rules and desire to avail them
selves of the benefits that can lie had , so far
ns is possible to make the arrangements for
their nrcommodntion.
Divine service will consist of the rending
of scripture , singing of Christian hymns ,
anthems , etc. , responsive reading , sermons
and addresses nnd such social means as may
bo found beneficial to tboso who congregate.
All committees are to work under the diroc-
tloa of the missionary and to report to him
from time to time , as to the progress la their
special efforts.
The people living near the mission oulld-
ing nro ready nnd willing to contrlbuto any
labor so far as is in their power to make the
building habitable in the winter. Contribu
tions will bo asked for the provision of ma
terial , and only such labor will bo paid for ns
cannot IKJ secured from voluntary efforts of
the | Koplo ) in attendance in the mission.
Friends lire respectfully urged to make
their subscriptions payable weekly or
monthly during the term beginning in Oc
tober.
The subscriptions for the furnishing of ma
terial and furniture can bo made payable at
some specified tlmo In the near future , and
should bo in such form as can be made avail
able in tlio purchase of the different kinds of
material from dealers In their respective
lines.
Subscriptions for the sustenance of the
work will bo taken separately and on such
rend It inns ns will suit these readv and will
ing to pledge their aid in that special work.
Many families in tlio neighborhood must bo
supplied with proper clothing to enable them
to endure the hardness of the winter : nlso ,
that they may bo able to attend the mission
services.
No pains are spired to teach the people
that they must , use their own energies and
utilize their own means in providing for
themselves and the general work , but ns thov
nro extremely poor , at leant most of them , the
funds accessary to plnco the mission on a
solid basis must come from a generous Chris
tian public. .
From time to time the missionary in charge
will report through the various papers of tno
city the workings of the mission , the needs
of these in connection therewith , and will
suggest further improvements for the per
fecting of the work.
Uev. Outterson , a missionary from India ,
was in Omnlm last week and spent a few
days with Kov. "Willard Scott. In connec
tion with Dr. C. 0. Crcedon of Boston Itov.
Guttorson Is holding missionary meetings
throughout the country. Thov nt-
tended tlio meeting or the mission
ary board at Minneapolis week before last.
They attended the mooting of the Woman's
mlaslonory board ot York last wcokund
spoke to tlio students of Do.mo college at
Crete on Friday. Today they are in Lincoln ,
and next Sunday they will bo la Ouiuha and
will occupy the pulpits at Plymouth nndKt ,
Mary's avenue Congregational churches.
Nov. Mr. Gutterson said the meeting at Min
neapolis was very stormy. The question of
a reorganization of the missionary board
came up llho IJanquo's ghost but the commlU
tee was not ready to rejioru The question of
opening the board to rupresentiitivo member
ship was nlso sprung hy the report of the
committee of nine but no definite policy was
decided upon. Both the close-corporation
adherents and the dolcgnto-representation ad
vocates wont homo believing that they hud
won a victory.
Observation 1'ariy
A most delightful observation nnd high-five
party was given on Thursday evening by
Mrs. M , L. Sheerer or No. 710 North Thirti
eth street. Prizes wcro awarded to the
keenest observers , tbo observers being al
lowed ono minute in which to see a hetero
geneous mass of articles on a tray. Hlbbou-
bodeckcd tablets were given to each guest
nnd a pencil to Inscribe their nnnioand proof
of memory. Partners for high tlvo wcro ap
portioned by flowers , the brilliant sal via and
cranium bclnjj meetly followed by the
sweet pea nnd glove pink. Dainty rcfrcsn-
mcnU wcro served nt midnight , followed by
prize giving. Mrs. llutcblnson of > Vnlnut
Hill and J. V. Patterson , having twin mom *
eric * , played high five for the pruo , resulting
in victory for Mrs. Hutchlnson and owner-
sblpof a beautiful silk bond-post , Mr. Wag
ner took by way of consolation ft Fifteenth
Amendment centteman cook. The invited
gucsU wcro : Mr. nnd Mrs. W. G. Uobn , Mr.
nnd Mrs. V. N. Weeks , Mr. nnd Mrs. C. N.
Haley , Mr. nnd Mrs. Hutchison , Mr , and
Mrs. Wnener , Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kclton ,
Mr. nnd Mrs. ,1 , V. Patterson , Mr. and Mrs.
Uoykendnll , Mr. and Mrs. George H. Web
ster , Mrs. Sndlo Vaughn of Chicago , Miss
Ollio Bcall , Cortlund , N. Y. ; Miss Hesslo
KentCincinnati ! Miss Addio Glllett , Messrs.
S. A. Orchard , II. S. IJclohor , II. J. Matthew ,
Orft and Darby.
Ilomrlens Young Men.
Speaking of the worn of the churches with
special regard for the salvation of young men ,
Mr. Hazlotmi , acting secretary of the Y. M.
C. A , , said to a Um : reporter ono day last
week :
' To ono who carefully studies the condition
ot the young men of this city , some sterling
facts are revealed. A conservative estimate
places the number of young men. from six
teen to thirty years of age , in this city at
'J.r ,000. The relation which the young men in
the average city hear to the entire population
Is ono to six. The proportion of young men
In Onmhn Is much greater than tnls , and by
some la placed at ono to five.
"Of these. UTi.OOO young men , at least 50 per
cent nr < 3 boirding. This estimate Is based on
a test of a representative 1,000 , tt.kon from
nil classes , moro than one-half of whom , to
the question "Aro you boarding ) " answered
In the nfllrmutivo. The greater put of these
l , r > 00 who nro boarding are young men of
limited means nnd small salaries , and In con
sequence not able to occupy elegantly fur
nished rooms ami dine at fashionable hostel-
rlcs. On the contrary , they must content
themselves with plainly f urmshcd rooms and
good , bnd or indifferent hoard , ns the cnso
may bo. In tbo majority of cases they are
entirely without the comforts of home-life ,
mrcly coming in contactoven with the family
In which they nro boarding. Without the
mentis or the audacity to push themselves
into society , and having few acquaintances
w ith married i > ooplo in tlio city , the homos of
our citizens nro effectually barred against
them. Even if they bo members or regular
attendants upon churches , they rarely If ever
are sought out by the members of the church
nnd invited to their homes. Thousands of
young men have bcun in this city for months
and have not in that tlmo seen the inside of n
Cbristinn homo ; hundreds of young men
have been regular attendants upon the city
churches for periods ranging from six months
to two years , and have all this time never
had thrown about them the intluenco of n
Christian homo. I can cite numerous Indi
vidual cases. There nro about tlireo hun
dred young meu in the city in attendance
upon tbo business colleges , many of whom
nro working their way and utterly deprived
of nil scmbl.mco of home life.
"Theso jonngmen have nil , nt some time in
their life , had pleasant homos homes in
which a loving mother or n devoted sister
was the center. While under the influence
of that mother or that sister they wore
shielded from evil. Now , deprived of tlio
comforts of homo nnd tbo influence of loved
ones , made to feel that they are debarred from
association with Christian people , is it any
wonder that they fall into temptation } When
our homes are closed to them and the saloon ,
tlio gambling hull , the dancing hall mid the
house of ill-famo stand wide open nnd offer a
hearty welcome , is it to bo wondered ut that
they seek in thcso to satisfy their cravings
for society , and amid these pleasures llnd
forgetfulness of all their sorrows ! The
greatest wonder Is that so few yield.
"Tho fact that Christian people nro BO remiss
In discharging their duty towards thcso
young may not bo so much duo to unwilling
ness as to Indifference or thoughtlessness.
They do not , see that they nre the guardians
of these young men ; that these young men
as entrusted to their euro by loving parents ,
with the hope that they might hero llnd the
homo influences of which they have been de
prived ! Sav what they will , the Christian
people of tills city cannot escape the fact that
upon them rests the responsibility of shield-
bur these young men.
"It is true that the Christian people of this
city have done something for tbo younir men.
Through the Young Men's Christian associa
tion the church has provided a pleasant
plnco of resort , free from blighting in-
llucnces. But that is not all that is re
quired. Kvcn when under the Influence of
the association thcso young men are still de
prived of the refining inllucficcs of home ,
and it is not until Christian people open their
homes that their full duty will have been
discharged.
"Tho question is nskod : 'In ' opening our
homes to strange young men , do wa not Incur
danger oy bringing them in contact with our
families , our t.ons and our daughters ? ' I an
swer , No. Far loss" danger is to bo feared
from these young men than from the young
men who are dally admitted into the Chris
tian homes of this city , and to the society of
your sons and daughters , without a question
In regard to their influence. The young men
who are neglected in this city nro the young
men whoso modesty forbids them from push
ing themselves forward , and whose charac
ter , with few exceptions , is not such as would
lead them to talto advantage of kindness
shown them.
"Tlio question of ability to entertain these
young meu is a stumbling block to many. It
does not require great preparation nnd lavish
expenditure of money to entertain a couple
of young men for nn evening. It is the homo
surroundings which they need , nnd these nil
have. Lavish preparation Is likely to em
barrass rather than entertain them.
"Now n word in regard to the spiritual con
dition of thcso young men. Of the i5OUO !
less than 2,000 nro members of the Evangeli
cal churches. Not more than 100 are added
yearly to the churchas by conversion. At
this rate it would take 180 years to bring the
18,000 now outside the church to Christ ,
while nt the same time thousands of young
men are coining up to 1111 the places which
these leave. From this it will bo seen , tbnt
unless something unusual takes plnco to
reach the hearts of these young men , a largo
proportion of each generation is as surely lost
as If their doom was already pronounced. In
no way cau the church so surely and s > o
speedily gain tin influence over these young
men as hy milking their acquaintance , pain
ing their confidence and in this way securing
an inHueuce < over them.
There n few ladies who realize their re
sponsibility In this matter , and nro doing all
in their power to moot it. Tlireo in particu
lar have come underjmy notice , viz : Mrs. M.
L. Ware , - First Methodist Episcopal
church ; Mrs. G.V. . Stndden , First
Presbyterian nnd Mrs. F. L. Fitchctt ,
St. Mary's avenue Congregational. Of
course there nro others , but they are only the
exceptions which prove the rule that the
Christian hoimw of our city are practically
barred agulnst the strange young man. "
Cliurcli Notes.
Kov. F. W. Bross of tbo Monmouth Park
Methodist church has begun a movement lor
the building of a new church.
The congregation of the Tenth Street
Methodist church tendered their pastor , Kov.
A. Ilodgctts , n very pleasant reception lust
Tuesday evening.
The congregation of the Newman Metho
dist church will tender Kov. Charles 'NV. Sav-
Idgo and his wife a reception ut the church
on next Tuesday night.
Uev. Bushnellof Arlington , Mass. , pieachcd
a very interesting sermon at the First Con
gregational church last Sunday , taking the
text "Vanity of Vanities , All is Vanity. "
Kev. Mr , Willard Scott lias decided upon a
series of sermons which ho culls ' -Topics for
the Times. " His first of the series will bo
preached today upon the relation of the
church to the working classes.
The Central West is a conscientious paper
with regard to inserting advertisements , The
editor says In last week's edition : "Jn our
advertising columns we admit only such tin.
nounccnicnts as wo believe to be perfectly
trustworthy and reliable. " |
Kov.V , 1C. Uenns of Trinity Methodist
church hai returned from Battle Creek ,
Mich. , bringing Mrs. Bean with him. Tlio
latter lias been ill for some tlmo und has been
taking treatment at the Sanitarium and Is
now recovering her health.
The Seventh Dav Adventlsts are making
preparations to send Elder K. II. Ontxa upon
u crulso iu the South Pacific ocean in search
of Klder A. J. Cudnoy nnd crow , who left
Honolulu for the Pitcalm islands In island
bus not been heard from since.
The general reception of the V. M. C. A. to
bo given to the young pcoplo's societies of nil
the churches will bo held on the 23th of this
month. Great interest is manifested among
the leading workers and the uffulr promises
to bo onu of much pleasure and protlt.
Kov. P. H. Merrill of the First Methodist
church has been granted a ton days' leave of
ubseiico und U rccreutlui ; In Denver , Colorado
Springs and MnnltouCol. Kov , 0. S. Davis ,
editor of the Nebraska Christian Advocate ,
will fill his pulpit today at the morning
serrico.
The Mothodlstn of Omaha nro again agi
tating the Idea of establishing n hospital. A
meeting was bold at the Yountt Men's Christ
ian association rooms lost Mondav nt which
the matter was talked over. Another meet
ing will bo held tomorrow to further the pre
liminary plans.
Ou Wednesday of this week the general
assembly of nil the Congregational churches
of Nebraska will bo hold In Norfolk. The
session will open with nn address by Dr.
Duryea of Omahn , which will bo followed by
other able speakers and writers la the church
closing on Sunday evening ,
The nnnunl session of the Woman's Homo
Missionary union of the Congregational
church held last , week at York was n very
satisfactory gathering. In the election
of ofllocrs for the ensuing year Mrs. A. A.
Stlgor of Otnnha was chosen ns vice presi
dent and Mrs , A. 11. Somers ns ono of the
associate vice presidents.
The Southwestern Presbyterian church has
secured n pastor , ' nnd the people of the congre
gation are looking expectantly for hla arrival ,
which \Ull bo In about three weeks. The
gentleman is Itov. R , N. Atklsson of Qulncy ,
III , Ho Is considered an able and very suc
cessful pastor , Speaking of his coming
to Omulm the Qulncy Whig of October
14 said : "Tbo Kov. It. V. Atklsson has re
signed the pastorate of the First Union
Presbyterian church to accept the pastorate
of the Southwest Presbyterian church of
Omaha. Ho concluded his labors in Quincy
on Sunday last nnd will nssumo the duties of
his now charge on November 1. The depar
ture of the Kov , Mr. Atklsson from this city
will bo deeply regretted , not only from bis
own church nnd congregation , but by the
community generally. The influence of hU
good work hero cannot bo measured by the
boundarlcls of his immediate congregation.
It has been felt throughout tbo city nnd ho Is
n minister whom Qulncy can ill afford to lose
A mini of broad views , n deep thinker nnd nil
earnest worker , Mr. Atklsson will accomplish
great good in any community. Ho will take
with him to his new Held of labor the sincere
regard and good wishes of the people of
Quincy generally. "
JtJKIjItiJHUS.
The fifth annual convention ot Christian
"Workers In the United States nnd Canada , Is
to bo held in the South Baptist churub , Hurt-
ford , Conn. , November ( J to IS.
The receipts of the American board in Sep-
tembk.wcro S.rU ) of which iroi" : was in
donations. For the sumo month last year tlio
receipts were 5Sj,717 , of which $1DU1U was by
donations.
Secretary Mnble of the American Baptist
Missionary union is to visit tlio foreign mis
sions of that society. Mr. George A. Pills-
bery of Minneapolis , paying all the expenses
of the journey.
A beautiful now church , costing ? X" > 0,000 ,
was last week consecrated in New York city
by Bishop Potter. The building is the girt
of the rector , Dr. Charles F , Hoffman , to
the Protestant Eplseop.il church of All
Angels. It Is a memorial gift iu honor of his
parents.
Several Christian ladies propose to conduct
a normal class to promote the training of
juvenile temperance workers in Now Yoik
and vicinity. First principles will bo eluci
dated and methods of caaryiug on such work
will be given and illustrated. Tcauhcrs.Sun-
day school teachers and officers , city mis
sionaries , temperance workers nnd all others
interested in such work nro invited to attend.
The Canadian government has been culled
upon to intervene in areligious dlsputowhich
is now agitating tbo province of Manitoba.
The governor general has received a memor
ial signed by over ten thousand Koman Cath
olics , including Archbishop Tncho of Winni
peg , asking that the nets passed by tbo Mani
toba legislature abolishing Catholic separate
bchools and tlio dual language bo disallowed.
The general theological library ( undenomi
national ) of Boston is now settled In its now
building , No. 0 Mount Vernon street. It pro
vides a complete theological library , reading
room and religious museum , and Is the only
library of this specific kind in the world. It
now contains nioro than 11 ft ecu thousand
volumes , not including the duplicates. The
association contains 600 members and scats a
larger number.
Leo G. Bennett , United States Indian
ng nt in the Indian territory , with jurisdic
tion over many thousand Indinns , in arc-cent
report gives great credit to the Christian
missionaries for the moral advancement of
thollvo tribes. His report shows that the
Baptists , Methodists and Presbyterians have
invested largo sums Iu church p'roperty , that
the number of churches nnd schools under
tnelr supervision has been greatly increased ,
and there is a growing interest among the In
dians in religious matters.
Kecent statistics show that the Catholics of
Germany now control 259 political and ecclo-
siastico-political peiiodicals , ovcrngamst ISO
ten years ago. Of these 850 , the number of
daily Is 80 , while 42 are published three times
a wcok , 5'J are semi-weekly , and fiO nro week
ly. The total number of subscribers is about
ono million , nn increase of nearly ono hun
dred per cent in ton years. Thus , there is
ono Catholic paper published for every 05,000
Catholics in the country , In Austria tbo
Catholic press is almost a failure. On the
other hand. Swit/crland , with a Catholic
population of l,2oO,000 , has 84 Catholic peri
odicals , or ono for every 8oO,000 , wbilo In
Austro-Hungary there is ono for every 650,000.
Dr. Blrnoy cures catarrh , B co
A drove of bogs in Hudson , Mich. , became
intoxicated by drinking the scum from a
snrghum factory , and in the orgies whlcli
followed ono hog was drowned by the gay de
bauches.
A perfect opal , with a movable drop in the
center , was found in California recently. * A
negro at the Kirnborly ( South Africa ) diamond
mend mines found a diamond of the same
character in 1838.
A klttea in Hood river , Oregon , caught a
lizard , but will never catch another. The
reptile , in attempting to oscipn , ran down its
enemy's throat , where It lodged , with fatal
results to the cat.
Chambers county , Alabama , lias a twelve-
year-old negro girl who has been gradually
turniuir white for the past live years. The
doctors say she has lucopatuiu , an acquired ,
non-hereditary skin disease.
A line dog in Dyer county , Tenn. , worked
its way into n hollow stump , and when in
could not get out. When louiid , twenty-
thrco days after Its disnpuearauce , the poor
creature was olive and conscious.
There is n family In Armstrong county ,
Pennsylvania father , mother nnd four chil
dren whoso combined weight is 1,000 pounds ,
nn average of 21(5 ( pounds. Ono of the girls
weighs y < )5 ) pounds nnd Is only cloven years
old.
old.An
An Athens ( Ga. ) man has given to the uni
versity museum the skin of a rattlesnake
killed at Supelo this summer. Tlio rattler
was ten feet long nnd nt the largest part of
the body measured ten Inches In circum
ference.
John Bniner , who died recently near Mor-
gautown , lived oil the dividing line between
Berks and Chester onuntios , the line running
through his bed chumbor , and it was his
boast that ho olways slept with his head In
county und feet in another.
It is not often that grain is found to grow
in n man's boots , but sucli a case Is reported.
A farmer brought a pair of boots to Uuolph ,
Out. , cobbler to bo repaired. When thoshoo-
nviker commenced operations on them lie
found grain growing to the length of several
inches.
A party of boys killed a snakeat Dublin ,
Ga. . a few days ugo. In n few minutes young
snakes wore seen to crawl out of the old
snake's sldo through n hole made bv the
sticks. They continued to appear until forty-
eight , nvoraglng twelve Inches In length ,
crawled out and wore killed.
Engineer Springer of the See line , killed
three deer the other night near Gladstone ,
Mich. Ills engine was running thirty-live
miles an hour when a buck nnd two docs
stood in the center of the track fascinated by
the flush of the headlight. It is not unusual
to kill a singlet ono , but three at once is a re
markable run. -
William Peters , the largest man In Law
rence county , and prohablv the Jargost In
southern Illinois , weighing -IOO pounds , died
at Sunnier , 111. , the other day. His weight
was 40 ( ) pounds nnd ho had been rapidly gaining -
ing , but falling In health and strength up to
his death. A cofllu had to bo made for him ,
as none could bo found In St. Louis largo
enough. His heavyweight was caused by
droiisy developing nn accumulation of fat.
Ho luavca a wife and ono child.
Dr. Blrnoy , uoso nnd throat , Boo bldg ,
I A 1KB
Singular Storlos Brought Out by a Cali
fornia CQrl'g ' Bad Death ,
TRAGIC WORM OF A MATCH MAKER ,
T
"What tlio Jury Pound In the Case of
the Youiigjiirlda AVhoTook Her
Own Mto-Ono I > oiilt- )
homas.
A short time ago Tim Bun printed a dls-
patch from Hcdwood City , Cain , tolling how
Louise Es-dinger , n young girl , had snleidod
on her wedding night. The details o ( the af
fair as brought out by the coroner's Invcstl-
Ration and published by tbo San Fnmclsco
Examiner , furnish n romance of fascinating
interest , bringing to light all the gossip of nn
old-time burg In Saxony or Alsace , Erck-
mnnn-Chatrian would have inndo the tale
n second "L'Aml fritz. "
t'Yau ' Oroucr from tlmo Immemorial hero
kept n bakery , writes the Redwood City cor
respondent of that paper. She balled from
thoancleiit town of Klliigoninuenstcr Iu the
HlicinpfalGermany. . She was n comely
maiden. Twenty years ago , when she landed
in Now York , she wes married to n baker
nam cd Jacob Pfrnnp , who Icncadcd the dally
daily bread of Redwood City until the year
1SS1 , when ho died , leaving all ho bad ac
cumulated behind him , together with na in
surance policy good for $5.000 , which ho had
secured at tbo instance of his thoughtful
wile.
wile.Now
Now , In the old Hhlno towns they have nn
institution which they call a ' 'matchmaker. "
The literal English Is "a coupler. " In Franco
this honorable Institution has degenerated
Into a man-Inge bureau. Of course there are
matchmakers nnd mirrlngc-malcprs iu other
countries besides , but then they nro generally -
orally amateur affairs.
Well , the Frau Pfranp managed the store
end of the bakery , nnd It was n popular re
sort for everybody In the German com
munity who wished to hear what his or
licr neighbor was doing. In thh fashion It
gradually came to take on tbo nlr of a mar
riage bureau.
In 1881 Jacob Pfraug died , and In less than
n year his widow. M.irgarotho 1'frang , neo
Decker , married Chris Groncr , who woiked In
Iladdlcr's brewery hero.
The Germans hero have a list of weddings
achieved under the auspices of Frau Pfrang ,
nnd the marriages seem to have been a suc
cess. But while Fran Pfrang interested her
self In arranging the affairs of her neighbors
she was keeping nn eye open for her own ro
mance.
The Gorman community hns one member
named William Becker. Ho came from the
.same village In Germany as Frau Wrung.
Ills sorrows , however , are as many as these
which Von Goethe gave to Werthor. Ho has
loved tlicFrausincotlio llrsttimo thevplayed
together In the old German town of Klliigen-
minister. That Is ho loved her until she gave
him the mitten. "William Becker seems to
have drifted tq California long after Jacob
Pfraug and the Margurctha , whom ho' had
woocn unsuccessfully , had been married , and
settled In Iledwood City.
At all events' Becker chanced Into the
Pfrang bakery one morning in 18.J and rec
ognized In the buxom "Frau Uacoker" his
long lost Margarethe. Of course the senti
ment of years ago was brought to memory.
Margarethc , however , wns like Von Goethe's
Charlotte. She ( fuielly went on baking bread
while her Werthcr aMied in vain over what
might have been. William Becker , to ease
the strain upon his mind of seeing her mar
ried to another , Amoved in 1874 to East
Oakland and entered the employ of George
Crist , the tanner. Occasionally bo used to visit
Hedwood City for a sight of her , and
Rlnrgarctho on her part constantly wrote
him agreeable letters. Once she sent him a
miniature of herself , for sbo was a woman
who realized tbaj , silo was handsome , and In
describing the rouiinco 'of bis Jlfo William
Becker gavo" the iplnluturo away to the Ex
aminer reporter Justus a man buries bis old
love letters ,
Mnrgaretho adopted a sisterly tone In soms
of her letters , giving' him sound advice as
to where ho should place his money for
safe keeping , and urging him to bowuro of
real estate.
Pfrang was a man well on In years and
with a short , lease of life , so it was under
stood Unit Becker might iliid bappiness some
day. Indued once , and even twice , Mnrga-
reihe revived his despairing affections by
writing him of the pleasant fate that might
await them both. Becker took to Margarotho
all his earnings and put them inberchargo
with tbat unquestioning faith which admits
not of the slightest question or n receipt.
Meantime Wrong's end approached ,
and there wns among the visi
tors at the bakery ono Chris Groncr ,
who worked nt Hndulor's brewery. Groncr
bad Keen in the Pfrang household a pretty
girl named Emma ICruncr , who was on a
visit to Hedwood City for a mouth. Ho fell
in love with her at ( tret sight , nnd talked
freely of Ids passion to bis kind friend , Frau
Pfrang. Ono day , in jesting with her about
the other matches , she had arranged iu the
town , bo said laughingly tuab ho would give
Frau Pfrang a silk dross If she
would arrange u marriage betweeu him
self and the attractive Emma. Frau
Pfraner agreed , they say , ' nnd it was then
only a short time after her husband's death ,
A month or two passed and Frau Pfrang
changed her mind. She found a gentleman
In the city who wanted to marry Emma , nnd
to alleviate the regrets of tier good friend
Chris she changed the name of Pfrang to that
of Groncr.
When poor William Bcckor heard of bcr
second marriage bo was beside himself with
grief. Then philosophy came to Ills rescue ,
Ho did not ask back all the presents ho hid
sent to Margnrctha , but ho prayed ttiat she
send him back the savings of ninny years ,
which bo had entrusted to her keeping , and
so that is way William Uocker goes about
with tbo "SorrowB-of Werther" upon bis
soul , and the romance is simply ono of the
numerous episodes which the Gorman gos
sips hero relate of the actors in the recent
tragedy.
In tno Jury room tonight , it Is said , ono of
the Jurors , a Mr. Soldi , contended timt tbo
facts of the mystery hud not all boon brought
to light , but the other jurors were satis lied
that they hud sufficient on which to base a
verdict. Gno of the guests at the wedding
told your reporter tonight that when Louisa
wished to leave the dunce nt midnight Geonro
Wchrlin turned and said to his now made
brldo , ungilly :
"U Dutcncr hero ' "
your wore you'll stay.
Louise nnswcrea aadly :
"Yes , perhaps I would. "
Dr. Blrnoy , tiUskand throat , Boo bldg ,
An ArVin'i'H Romance.
The October. Ulanlic , in reviewing
the roomily pubshcd } | Autobiography of
Jules Uroton , rotors as follows to the
idyllic romance of the artist's life :
"At Ghent , wjiqro Breton passed three
yearn as an nrt Btnduiit , wo find the bo-
pinning of a llttlo idyl , BO Blight that wo
can almost quote ft entire , but with
something of the grace mid charm of
Amlro Ampere's ? . Ut opens In the studio
of Follx do ViypoT who had three chil
droa.
"Tho oldest , tlio little Elodio , was
growlnginodoHtiysAnindellnublochnrm
Hhono already in her dark blue oyon ,
shaded by longUlcy Inshos , She wont
about the lioubo noiselessly , gliding
i-atlior than walking , her slight body
thrown a little backward , mid banding
under the weight of ft brow already
Borious , the delicate profile of an anpol
in a Gothic cathedral , Her father in
creating her had yono to the heart of
that medieval period which ho know t-o
well. She was about bovon yoard old ,
and aho danced on my knee. "
Years pjianod years full of strugslo
and sorrow. In 1818 , nftor a long nb ]
Hence , ho was once more in Ghent , his
joyoiw nature under the shadow o ( a do-
i which led him to wander solitary -
tary about the streets , under "a nun of
load and a high wind that blow the dust
about in Incesbaut whirlpools moat Irri
tating to thooyes. "
lint there worn consolations In Ghont ,
though not unmixed with dlsquiotudoH ,
the story of which wo have spoken
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"Toward 11 o'clock , before dinner , I
left the studio nnd wont down to tlio
Balou. where my little favorlto was
practicing on the piano her con
servatory pieces , with abrupt move
ments of the head at the dlllicult ] > as-
sagOH , her elbows a tiillo pointed , her
shoulder blades standing out. She was
fourteen and still in short dresses , the
ago of a charming awkwardness , when
the figure lengthens , exaggerating the
slenderness of childhood. Ilor dnrk
eyes , grave nnd candid , yet with tome-
thing impenetrable in their depths , no
longer looked ut mo with these glances
of uiToctlonato mirth fulness which hnd
so rejoiced my heart in the days already
far behind , when she hsid made u collar
of her llttlo arms round uiy nock nnd
danced on my knee.
"I took nn Interest In all her lessons ,
nnd overwhelmed her with nil vice.
Those attentions ombarrnssod her and
fiho exhibited signs of impntionco.which
I misinterpreted , attributing them to
aversion. But. after all. what right had
I over her ? Why was I vexed at her
greater familiarity with " \Vlnno , whom
she addressed simply as Winne , whereas
Bho called mo Monsieur Jules ? She hud
a right to prefer him to mo. And on
what ground did I decide tlmthho hated
mo ? * * * Ono day I wont to hoar
her perform at the concourn of the con
servatory. She played well , and , eager
to offer my congrntulntlonH , I wont to
wait for her at tlio foot ol the Blairs.
She came down soon after with h"tlit
tlo friends. I adv.mcct1 to moot her , but
on seeing mo who turned away bur head
abruptly and walked on without haying
anything. 'Evidently , ' I snlil to myself ,
'Unit child has no heart. '
A llttlo later , seeing hotcomoawny ,
the day of her graduationwith her arms
full of prizes , weeping nt the separation
from her teachers , ho decides that she
1ms "a heart for other people. " IIo
loaves Ghent , taking with him a portrait
of her , caught surreptitiously , und re
turns to Couri'lores , where ho innkes
studies of peasant life , and begins to
paint the Potlto Glanouse , JTo resolves
not to look nt the portrait , but takes it
out again and again.
"And , behold , on tlio 22d of August ,
18.5 , she arrived with her father ! She
hnd bccomoa young Indj' . I was aston
ished at the change wrought in her face.
She was no longer severe. She wns so
! * * * She said
happy to come tons ,
muvoly , 'Tho nearer I got the , moro my
heart bent ! ' What a softness In the
frank glance of her eyes ! Tlio next day ,
when I was alone , she came to mo and
uttered just these wordsI ; know I
have sometimes given you pain. I am
sorry for it. Can you forglvomoV I
kissed hor.
"Two days Inter wo were engaged. It
had all come about la the moat bltnplo
way. I wns painting her portrait in the
studio and when I came to tlio eyes t
stopped , with n sudden sense of oppres
sion and snid to her : 'You undorgtnnd
mo ? ' She nmdfl an afllrmiitivo sign of
the head.Will you bo my wifor The
Mitno motion of the head gave me an
ufllrinntivo answer. "
They wore married in 18" > 8. Happily ,
the roniiiiu'u ' had no such end ns that of
Ampere and Julie. Mine. Hroton IHJ-
catno hot-holf known IIH an nrtlst , nnd
WIIH the mother of Mmo. Vlrginio Do-
mont-Hroton , to whom her father dedi
cates his autobiography , and towhoinho
Is said to have declared many times Unit
she was his mirpcrlor im nn artist.
Dr. Hirnoy , no o mid tliro.it , BCD bldg.
MIIIIIO'H lluy Crop.
It is said that Mulno's liny crop tills
year Is worth $15.000,000 , and yet they
complain of hard Union.
Dr. Uirnoy euros catarrh , Duo bldj ,
"A cheap bargain
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the purse , " and
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Liadies , as a rule , are apt to bo favora
bly impressed by geiit'.ciuoii who ' 'wrap
themselves up in the Militudo of their
own originality , " and defy the -\vorld to
probe the inner depths of llioir bouls ,
Bays the Now Vorlc Ledger. "Woman
is protio to Ijollovo that uliu can road
Much characters likoari open book ; thuL
hho has n key to nil tliolr myfitorios.
Underneath tlio marble exterior who
sees plenty o ( plastic material which
only needs her love and tiuit toloaveu
into delightful and doll 'htln shapes.
Mines of tenderness , of iritolUg'cnco , "f
magnanimity underlie , uho IhinltH , the
bland uppur-cnmt of reserve. Ton of ton ,
after having tried her liutul at work in ; , '
thcjm , she repents of her folly in sack-
Your utterly undemonstrative men
seldom imiko fjood husbiuidB. Undor-
Htunil , however , that there l a widn
dllToroncu between morbid rdliconco and
more Bh 'iiosH. The ah ' v man koopn you
at a ( listatico from h'iiu by Hhriiikiiitf
back from you , the micnnflulnr ( mail by
holdliitr you at arm'H length. A lady \
about to make a oholco for life betwncn
the two will do well toijivoUio profur-
once to the former. Very roborvcd men
\orydiillcult to govern.
Dr. IJIrnov cures caturrh , lloo Mil ? .
The minor * ' unions la Omit llrltalii have
doubled in n your , One IK $10,000 nhoiul la tlui
samu time , Advance ) ofID per cent In wugot
have been won. .
Dr. Blrnoy , uoao mid throat , Ueo bltlg ,