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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , APIUL 10 , . 1802-TNVENTY PAGES , 15 t UK Jl' MA. MA ORDER IDEPARTMENT Sample of the title page of our new i3O page Illustrated Catalogue just issued. Write for it. The finest catalogue of House Furnisnings ever issued in the U.S. TV ) YOU lira nt n dlilnnre ) Bond mi-US CATALOGUE ) - - ( U 3 two-rent Mnmi > nnd yon will , rpoolrc br return mall tliolnrcml rntnloiitio oi llotiro limiHliltm WRITE I PLHASK bear in mind , only represents n fractional part of lloixl * lit tlio Unllcit Stnte * V\n I our stock. But also rctnombor wo hero show our jiKSl Cnrpel pur freight * IUO tulles Smnilcs | or 1 sryfjKS. outNKVVl _ T GqODS nnd our GUEATHSf HARGAIN3. Wo have ONK PIUCE for nil , nnd you can " CAN order by mull nnil bo ' Y"OU i FOR. send for goods und'bo as wall served ns though you visiUd our stpro. well i > orvotl ' though you vl- Disabuse vour mind of the error that housekeeping goods cannot llnj In bnrlni" our store. . itulToil Oonclo trltli nro Kieclolor oowoil tip , bo shipped to you nnd arrive In the very pink of condition.Vosow unit reiicli you In perfect eomlltlon , them up in burlaps , stuff sumo with excelsior and they actually ronch linncver Rtoat tlie distance. orator you in bettor shape than as though they wore sent across the city on Catalogue one of our teams. Kcmomber , wo keen everything for the homo , from the Lower A CARD. 'Fill L ? rooiilo's Mnnimntli ln tnll > . input lloimo l < one of tlio Inri- Southeast Corner of the Collar to the Upper Northwest Corner of the CM nnd mott rcllnhla oUnhlMi * Attic , nnd our Mull Orders are perhaps larger than all other Furniture E ARE aware of the fact that the remarkable motif In tlio II S. nnd our romlori rely on tliolr , their tuny tooili or Ilou-ofurnishlng Establishments In the WEST combined. able growth of the PKOI'UCS MAMMOTH prices nnd tliolr nun Ice. . MAILED FREE. SEND FOK SAMPLES of Carpets. Oil Cloths and Linoleums. f iNbTALLMKNT llousuhns not only as . Send for Sample DiMics. Send for Special Catalogue of IJiiby Carri tonished the west generally , but it has ages , Rattan Goods , Folding Hods , Chairs , Refrigerators , Church and aroused the jealousy of the trade farand " I MANHAtl ) "Nul Lodge Furniture , Desks , Olllco Furniture , etc. Send a trial order. 'near. Wo do not know , however , ns wo /V ItnltPd Stntn * cnrrlen nl nil SEND IT NOW. are to blame for selling goods lower than tinier for linnietllntu tlellser ) Mich nurcil imortmiMit of Oirpct , lln- they have over boon sold , and at prices peril's anil Ituui n * iloai tlio vrldp which dealers hero in our largo Cities nwnko. provtunho I'ooplo i Mitin niotli Iiitt llmi'iit llon p , nml nt Bay will not pay a living prolit. If the pupuHr price * , not onljr juit iu v best Manufacturers , far and near , choose ( as they do ) to make US Tins inn nliynyn " SOMJ OL'TLIU' 1 oit Tliniu GOODS IN Tliu WKST , and nro willing to make us largo concessions in view of the fact that they thus sell more goods , and nro at nd ristc or expense , pray are wo to blame ? Wo huve never asked or demanded in any way , anything but a "Fair hold and no fa ANOTHER CARD. vor. Our motto is "Live and lot live. " Wo were bold enough to in . troduce Eastern methods into IhoVost , chief and foremost of which is E ARE able to adequately represent our our "One Price System. " This is , indeed , the chief Coriior Stone to goods , as this catalogue attests , and the our prosperity , and the main secret of our being able to build up such f least person in the remotest hamlet in an extensive 'Mail Order trade over Nebraska , Iowa , Dakota , Wyoming , the West can buy by mail any article in Minnesota , Montana and on to the Coast. Wo tnko pleasure in promptly our stock nt the VilUYHAMi : t'ltiri : i aid answering all inquiries and wo guarantee satisfaction. by the Mightiest Dignitary who visits Hir btoro. As to prices , wo do not , and honestly can not , iihk the same that the small Establishments do , and this is in SOI.I > on our partia no wav disparaging to them. They are GOODS anywhere tills Mdo I only getting R fair margin AIIOVI : THE IMUCI : TIIKY AIM : om.iiii : > TO of ono-fourtli.or Hie I'nclHo one-Httli Oconn down. Ono-third Ual , l'A Y FOR THKIU GOODS. A word to the wise is sufUi'icnt nnco monthly Ono price tu all. Now about our Liberal System of Payments. Our "Terms" hdiod- ulo on the inside of cover explains itself. We give all the time needed by any person in which to pay for till the Furnishings required. Wo sell on time ATSAMi : vint'i : AS'rou CASH , and charge no Interest , i or " ii \TO persons ordering liy mnll over i down , balance monthly. If paid within sixty days , nothing extra is pnl'l muro for nn nrtlclo than Is WRITETO cu tnracr who % Ml our added ; if a longer time is taken , we add a nominal charge of 5 cents on WRITE more Wo pay frnlght lOOrallus each dollar to cover the actual expense for carrying the account open a series of months. No ono need wait until ho or she is forehanded before making the homo a place that the Children will remember with l > KMKMllKll.ffokeep overruling delight. Many who are now living in Sumptuous Homes would still bo -FOR. -iv northunst used In the corner home , of from tl.e ntilo tlio upper to without the meagre comforts of lifo had they not availed themselves of the loivur southwest corner of the our Partial Payment Plan. Carriage Catalogue foliar. ODIlMnll Order llcpnrtniont hnn tbreo Mutioiirnphurs uml type writers for tlio nlo inirposo of qnnwcrlni ! explicit ! ) nil communi cations frotn uur out-of-towu cu - MAILED FREE. People's Mammoth Installment .11 House , 1315-1317 FarnamSt Ml 'IS ANTIQUITIES OF SALVADOR Goorso W. Mercer's ' Rambles Among the Ancient Euins of Central America. A CITY BURIED BY AN EARTHQUAKE gclentlllc Turtles Semiring the I.niiti A Cato Tltut KltnU tlio Miiimnotli Ono of Kentucky Itlrli Find of Ancient 1'ultcry. , . U.s-ios , Salvador , C. A , March S. irrospondcnco of Tun Biii.J : In Iho early t , of the sixteenth century tbo vast do main , now known as Central America , extending - tending from Mexico to the Isthmus of Panama and including all territory between tbo Atlantic and Paclllc oceans , was called Oimtonmla. From that date a few traces of history nro in oxlstoiico from which wo can obtain a meager Idea of tbo notable events which oc curred in that country during Iho next hun dred years , but hoforo that data everything is durlt , and vo can only make conjectures and draw our conclusions from tbo wonder ful aud interesting disco voiles that have boon mudo there In the last few years. Prom the relics nnd ruins and antiquities that have boon recently brought to light wo have posi tive evidence that Central America ut some far distant tlmo was Inhabited by a race who wore masters In sculpture and architecture , In science and In engineering , but as lo what race it win , where tbo people caino from , or at what time tboy llourlibod , no one has yet boon able lo iloterinlno. Tbo localities in which the principal ruins are known to exist nro the ancient cities of the Yucatan uonlnstila , the rulnod city nt Quingun on the oust coast of Guatemala , uud tbo ono at Copan in the republic of Hon duras , The latter place bus recently at- traotod Iho particular attention of tbo nrcbicologlcal world , nnd the Honduranian goWrnwent granted not long ago a con cussion to the. 1'oabody museum of Harvard college , allowing them the free use of the ruins for purposes of exploration. At tbo moHunt 111,110 , u party of gentlemen from that Institution are nn thoriold _ , and although ibo excavations have bcon going on but a short tlmo tbe discoveries already made are pufUoiontly encouraging to KIVO AuMiriiiU'o of hpli-mliil ituiulta. At Copan , hi particular , a great many ovl donees of an antique habitation nro visible .without any excavating. Numbers of splen didly carved columns , often sixty foot high , usually surmounted with some work of ouolont sculpture , are to bo found almost anywhere in the forosta about Copan , govern ! arches , tbo Ilka of which Irnyo never beuu found ojsowhero on tbo western hemis phere , protrude more than twenty feet above tbo surface , und from the width of their col umn * it is estimated that tbis is not ono- half tholr oullro height , A great many pieces of broken pottery , many jars , yhsos nnd poU , which are still Intact. , fuifl , a Jarcu and varied collection of , etoiip' onirraveii images have alreadv been ( akon out , and 1 am told that tba lza and quantity of these increase as the excava tions proceed. Nearly all the articles so far discovered are cither beautifully engraved with Animals or ( lowers or are covered with bteroBlyphlca , tba Hey to which has not yet been determined. The members of the parly now at Copan are highly elated with their success aud say that they are confident that the rums of Copan uud iboio in the otbor Central Aircricau states will definitely prove jS\b * oxutocco of a civilization whlcb lived and perished oven before the Aztecs of Mex ico. As yet none of tbo tlguros or hieru- so far examined bear auv resom- eypbios tbe relics of tbo Aztoo civilization , Hid the carvings and eculpturos are said lo ' " superior toany jut found which are KUrlbutnd to tbo period of the Aztecs , % Tbo Qulrlgua ruins havoiiover boon ex plored by oxporti In archoiologr , and as they nro situated In a region which Is five day's distant from the nearest port or rail road , in a locality In whloh yellow fever is always prevalent , it Is probable that they will not bo visited by the scientific party now in the country. I am told , however , by the gentlemen who own tbo finca on which they are situated , that they are even moro extensive ana scorn to have an earlier data than these of Copan. In tbo northern part of Guatemala , not far from ibo boundary line of Mexico , in tbo wildest ana most remote region of tbo cordilleras of Central America , there is said to exist a cave which can rival Tli Alnnimoth Cave of Kentucky in extent and magnificence , and which for the numberless curiosities nnd wonderful ap paritions to bo iseou tboro would ho worthy of a description In ouo of Hldor Haggard's novtils. it box never oecn explored to any extent by white nion , and tbo Indians who llvo in tbo vicinity bold it in such superstitious rovorcnco that they can hardly bo persuaded to go within eight of its entrance. A mining engineer who was prospecting in thiit vicinity told mo that ho visited the plnco and spent several hours in tbo cavo. There is nothing very rornnrkablo except tbo beautiful limestone for the 11 rat 200 .feet , but then tbo explorer enters a passage almost too small to allow a man to stnud , at the cxtrcim ity 'of which is a room of circular shnpo which is at least 200 foot In circum ference. Around tbo walls of this room nro arranged u series of shelves , built out of sulid rock nnd readied by sovoial stone stairways. Seated on tboso shelves , at a distance of about eighteen foot apart , is a collection of stouo Idols , extending around the whole room. The smallest of tboso stone imacos is about two and a half feet high and all tboso on the llrst shelf nro of that sizo. There are thrco shelves In nil and on tbo upper ono of tbo tbrou trio images are about six feet blgh , At ono extremity of the room , on the toil shelf , Is a uptcndldly ouravnd tbuir or thronu , in which is seated a stone Idol not less than elcbt feet In height and rrownod with n wreath of delicately carvoil marble. Between tbo lips of this king of Idols is placed a ruby of considerable size and smaller stones of tbo satno variety uaoiu his eyes. In the canter of tbo room is u stouo fountain with a basin twenty foot in circumference iiround the entire length of which nro placed stone engraven lions of anmll size but of splendid sculpture. The gentleman who described this place to mo has in his possession ono of the smallest of the idols , a relic wbioh his party brought nway with them m a mem ento of tbo cavo. Ho Hnds It necessary to put his mptnento on exhibition before any aUdience to which ho relate * his story , for few people would bollovo without proof such n wolrd and unheard of tola as ho lolls. In another apartment of tbls cave ho as serts that bo discovered at least u tundrod earthenware jars each ono of which con tained the skull of a human nome. Tbeso tars nro arranged in a line near tbo wall of a long , narrow passage , and ubovo i-acU Jar is an Inscription in hclroglypblcs , probably giv ing the description of its oivnor or tbo date at which it was placed thero. I'urloiii c'lillci'tlon nf Cofiini. The parly in question also appropriated as rolic'-s iovoral of tbeso singular bead cofllns and have In tholr possession many otbor curi osities from the rave which clvo absolute evidence that it was at some distant porlod tbo place of worship of bomo unknown raco. This cave would certainly bo very Interest ing to persons inclined to bo antiquarians , and there is a probability that it will shortly bo nivestteatcd in a scienllilo manner , as tlio United States conmil general iu Guatemala is much Interested In such affairs and has al ready begun a thorough svsumi of exploration - ploration in ono locality , with the ul timata intention of extending this work to all places important to archaeologists. It ls a well known /not that Guatemala and all Central America is a laud subject to fro- ( jnont and often to violent ami destructive earthquake : . , out it Is probably not generally known that tbo capital city of Guatemala has bcon twlco destroyed and twice moved from tbo locality iu which tbn disaster oc curred. When tbo conquering Spaniards , under Pedro Alvarado , tint- entered Guate mala in the curly part of the sixteenth cen tury they found tbo capital city , then called Aim * Longa , located In a most beautiful aud ferttla plain which Is now called tbo Autl- qua vnlloy. This valley is surrounded on all sldoa by high ridgoa of rocky mountains whoso lofty peaks extend far above tlio sum mit of the ridge line tbe watch towers on an ancient fort. The most Important , of these ueiiks are tboso of Aqua and Fuego , both volcanoes which glvo evidence of violsnt eruptions In former times. "At the tirno the Spaniards took possession of the country tbo crates of tba Volcan do Aqua was a vast lake ot tvutor , tbo accumu lation of centuries , out the Volcan do Fuego was in n stnto of soinl-acllvlty. The Span iards Boouiod to have no fear from those sources , however , and erected a city of considerable - sidorablo magnificence on tbo slto of Almh Longo , Here Alvarado llvoci as governor of the province under the king of Spain until the year 1541 , wbon the lake in the crater of the Volcan do Aqun broke through the side of thn mountain and with tbo force of a Johnstown flood completely demolished the city nnd destroyed most of its inhabitants. A subsequent eruption of tto snmo volcanoes covered the ruins of Alma Longa with lava and it has slnco ' been known us "Clndnd Viojo" ( the city of the ancients. ) The few inhabitants who escaped destruction removed further down the val- Icv , which is about thirty miles in oxtont. arid laid tbo foundations of the llrst Guate mala , n city which grew rapidlv in wealth nnd population , nnd which , through the in- lluonco ot the Spitnards and the clcrgv , soon became ono of the llrst cities of tbo Spanish possessions in Central America. The Kurtliqimlio'ii Dm into tins Work. Although tbls city from Us foundation was peculiarly subject to earthquakes , many of which were quito disastrous , the industry or perseverance of its people did not jrivo way until the city was totally destroyed In the year 1773. Accoidiug to the testimony of an author of that period the city bad been very unfortunate from the early part of that yearned nod the people were in such terror of tbo earthquakes that they ilcd from their houses at tbo least quake of the earth. As a conscqonco , when the disastrous shocks of July " 0 Jn that year first began to bo felt every ono lied into tbo streets nnd plazas as tbo only place of safety. If the accounts of the tlmo are authentic the shocks of this oatthquako are among the most violent in history. The earth seemed to move in horizontal and vertical jerks , und sometimes to tike tbo motion of sea wavoi. The shocus lasted from four to ten minutes at n lime and continued all night lonf. .Largo crevices opened in tbo earth , Intu which many people wcro tumbled hoaalong to de struction. Many were suffocated by the duht and lima from fulling houses ; und to add to tba misery , tbo immense aqueduct , which supplied tbo city with water , broke loose with grent destruction , drowning many and ronaermg all efforts to sava prop erty useless. After tbo survivors had somowlmt recov ered from their confusion und terror iboy found that the cnttro city was completely do- moralized. Uesidos the majority of all the smalt buildings In tbo place nil the chief edi fices wera destroyed , including tbo govern or's pnl cs , ibo residences of tbo archbishop and mayor , the mint , university und several largo academies and seminaries. The church , however , was the chief loser , all the principal churches being entirely demolished , aa well ai sixteen convents and monasteries , four hospitals and three prisons. Although so much destruction had been wrought by the earthquake , tbo majority of tbo people oscaiKiJ with their lives , and after tba "Coumel of the \VU . " and tbo "forces of the valiant" had delib erated on tbo matter ibo inhabitants decided to move away from tbe valley and out of the unfortunate district. They selected us the slto of their now capital a beautiful spot about fifty miles distant nnd there built tbo city which is at present tbo pridn und too capital of the Guatemala of todnv. The old city Is now called Antlqua and is probably ooo of the raoit interesting and ro mantic plucas In Central America for tbo evcry-dny traveler to visit. For some years alter the great eartbquaka faw pooplu re mained In the vicinity , but the wonderful fertility of the Antlqua valley has gradually led people to return ther ? , and todiy the town of Antiquu is a bustling little coffee market. On a person's first visit to tbls town ono cannot ibolp being Immediately Impressed with what tbo stately grandeur and magnifi cence of the place must have been. The churches and monasteries wcro especially splendid with their bronzed and glided ceil ings , tboir enormous choirs and domes , and tboir labyrinth of vestry and communion rooms , all erected with walls tlx orolgbt feet thick , showing an idea of permanency a well at of ooouty. No construction of that airo , however , could prepare for sucn ruthless de struction as tbo earthquake of Antiq.ua , and the greatest ana 'strongest of nil these substantial edifices are now ruins. The anclout edifice formerly known as the monastery of Belon is ono of the most exten sive ruins In Antiqua. It. covers In-all about eight acres of ground. Within its walls are two immense churches , ana before tbo days of tbo earthquake it was tbo homo of moro than a bunarcd Franciscan monks. A few years aw this building was pur chased by an enterprising Spaniard , Scnor Don Jose Maria Fernandez , who has recently turned tbo place into n nirnituro factory , and today ono can find sights far from nppronrl ate in that splendid old homo of the monks. The whistles and blasts of steam engines ring through tbo corridors of the finest old chapel in tbe establishment , the buzz of a hundred saws Is heard in the sacristy , the private appurtments of the nbuoy in command i.ro storou with cofllns ot tbo latest , patterns , tbo .fonts for holy water nro now tilled with lubricating oil , the statue of the Virgin Mary has bcon tnkon down from its pedestal which is now occupied by a clock of larcro dimensions , nnd tbo bonco of the pious saints who died in tbo days of yore have been taken from the crypt to fer- tlliza the coffco land in the roar of lha fac tory. Hurled Treasures of ( ho Church. Many other scones of tbo same kind greet one's eye in all parts of the town. I noticed an ordinary appearing butcher shop , built of mud , adorn oil with n splendidly carvoa aoor and casing , which would and probably had done credit to some extensive mansion , Tbo only livery stnblo In Antiqua bus for nn en trance an nrch carved out of solid stone , with the well sculptured llguro of a lion guarding each approach. Tbo whole city of Antin.ua is undermined by an extensive system of subterranean passages connoctinijoachmonnsterv and con vent with thuothor nnd tlio entire lot with the palace of the archbishop and the palace of the governor. Tboso passages have bcon but little explored nnd ate to a Brent degree broken up nnd In ruins. It is said , however , that they contain a largo amount of treasure nnd valuable belongings to the church , which were hidden there by tbo clergy at the tlmo of tlio earthquake. Taking it as a vvbolo , Antlqua , with Its busy populace , worftlngund living among tbo classio old ruins , gives tbo visitor a vivid contrast botwecn the past and tbo present , tba romantic nnd the real , and is surely a hi place for some second IJulwer to produce a a novel equally as interesting as "Tho Last Days of Pompoll. " lk . MCIICCII. _ _ CouNX-ir.ni.urri , la.-Aun. 8 , ' 00. Dr. J. B. Moore ; I foci It Is nOt.Uitly n privilege , but a duty , to say a good \v\jW \ for your Catarrh Curo. After ( Iiiuinring1i , < aith several of tbo best specialists of the country without relief. I was ndvlsod to try vour Catarrh Curo. and am pleased to say I nin iJIOTrolv cured , Yours truly , ' ' - 'W , A. STIIOXCI. Traveling Agentftiijrbank * Scaio Co. For Halo by nil druggisisi When his wlfo sugLrosti the inevitable Easter bonnet the avcfftjgo husbund nes a feeling n if a cold castony wind were blowIng - Ing through his stnrboanl whiskers , A I'rlze Uiurlr. If a frojj in nt the tfjjbm ] ! | of n well , ton feet dcop , how iniiny ( lays will it who him to trot to the torrtf Jio cliintH up ono foot ouch cliy : tuid sllilod buck six inclius ctich niuht. . qjj- Ono Hundred Dollars in cash will ho puid to the person Who bonds the first correct unfawor to the nbova pri/.o pu < > zlo , nnd elegant piilr of Uininond ear- riiifs in solid pold sattinjjb given to the or sending second correct answer. A comptotooiliumtion nt liuslnoss'collcfro ' given for fourth correct answer. An Imported Music Uox ( playing nix pieces ) given for llfth correct answer. A nil ! ; uro.-s puttorn for eucli of tlio next llvo correct answers. A handsome parlor lamp to each of the next ton. AND A SOLID Gou > WATCH rou TUB rutyr cuuitKtrr A xsVKII PHOM UACH STATIC. livery pordun answering must enclose six U. S. two-cent stumps for two sntn- plo coplob of Iho tlnest Illustrated publi cation on this continent. We glvo those prizes simply to IntroJuco it. Address , LADIES' I'I IOKAL WKIKIV ( ' 22) ) Tor onto , Can. ron.ir. KaJ.mno ( finDitpitch. / ) . In the house of a gentleman in this city wo saw a poem written on the fly lent of nn old book. Noticing the initials "K. A. P. " nt the bottom , it struck us that possibly wo had run across a bonanza. The owner of the book said that ho did not know who was tlio author ot the poem. His grandfather , who gave him the book , kopl an inn in ClicstcrllolJ , near Richmond , Va. Ono night u young man who siiowcd plainly the murks of dissipation rapped at the door , asked if ho could slay all niirlit and was shown to a room. That was the last they saw of him. When they wont next morning to call him to breakfast , ho had gene but had loft the book , on the lly leaf of which ho had written these versos : I.liOVAMK. Leonnnio Angels named bor And th y took tbo light Of tbo laughing slurs , and framed her In a sulto of while And they made her hair of gloomy Midnight , und her eyes of glowing Moonshine , and they brought her to mo In the silent night. In n solemn night of summer When my heart of gloom Blossomed up to proot the comer Like a rose in bloom ; All forebodings that distressed mo I forgot as joy caressed mo Lying Joy that caught and pressed me In tbo arms ot doom. Only spako the llttlo lisncr In the angel's tongue , Yet I , listening , heard bor whisper : "Songs mo only sung Hero below , that tboy may grieve you Tales are told you to deceive you So must Leonardo len/o you Whllo her love Is young. " Then God smiled , nnd it was morning Matchless nnd supreme , Heaven's clory seamed adorning Earth with its esteem ; ICvery heart but mlua seemed gifted With tbo voice of prayer , and lifted VVbero my Loouanlo drifted From mo Ilko a dream. U. A. P. Heally J. Whltcomb Ulloy. HUSKY fOll THK A.1 / > / / : . The now silk bcngatlncsaravery handsome and nro much used for visiting und promenade - ado costumes. After a young woman fiats to bo thirty sbo stops calling attention to bor birthdays by giving parties. flower bats will bo universally worn dur ing the early summer , nnd for tfioator wearer or atsUmmor festivals tboy arc lovely. The Tartan sleeve Is of Scotch cheviot , wl'htwo guuntlut cuffs in darJrpusb. | and light colored silk , edged with double corelng. Kusstan blue , a "dark electric bluo. Is tbo numo given to a urotty color which Is said to bo tbo newest shaao for gloves and Block ings. "Your wife must take moro exorcise. " "Out , doctor , what can I Uo < Sbo refuses to stir. " ' 'Give her some money lo co shopping with. " Tbo Welch orown i * the name of ibo odd- looking high crown which is conspicuous oji many of the now hats. It Is very quaint and unusual. Hruldod robes are not now as much In de mand us embroidered robes , which coino in beautiful spring shades aud uro omoroldcrcd In lloral patterns , wheels , circles aud crescents - cents , Handkerchiefs' are very much to the front , nnd women nro spending their incomes upon them as of yoro. The simple , dainty bits ot filmy lacu and Insertion are higher priced than ever. Hunker Miss Bond is quito a Uollo. Go lin Yos. but i can't iuy I admire her excessively , She told mo to go homo at 1 1 : ; K ) last nlL-lit. " Hunker Then sbo is u II ro belle. " Irish point lace and embroidery is used on iu miner cuaHles , silks aud ibo imported ginghams , and rlbbou outers largely into tbo ornamentation of such dresses as wall as lace or embroidery. Importers of tbo choicest French millinery announce that the largo brimmed Leghorn hats , that never go wholly out of styloarn to bo among Ibo most popular and most ornate of summorbcnd covering. Fashionable modistes are making dainty chemisettes and blouse vests of pink , white , cream and palo blue surah or silk batiste , to bo worn with open-fronted toilets tboy are finishing for summer wear. There is a very largo Invoice of tbo very popular challios uud pretty ilgurctl veiling's this season , these goods having In a largo de gree usurped the place of the Fionch ginghams , batistes , chumbrays and other wash fabrics. Cropons deeply crinkled of soft , Una wool goods , dainty snow-llakoa crepes , and dotted or striped fabrics iu slllc nnd wool , corduroy materials us sbeor us cropou , yet ribbed like Bedford cord , are nil popular dross goods this season. A bnndsomo coat is made of gray cloth with a sleeveless jacket of olaok lace over it. Tlio lace jacket is open iu Ibo back as well as the front , and the cloth back Is embroid ered with jot linos. The sleeves have cuffs of lare over cloth. Nearly all of the spring walking dresses have a deep band of waterproof goods on the under side of tbo skirts that nro cut to sweep tbe ground , The band can bo brushed and sponged each time that it has dragged the mud after it. Biotelies , braces and suspenders nppoar upon very inanv of the ohurmini ; French dresses for summer wear. Some of the grace ful brotelios diminish to n more point below the waist line , widening gradually to almost cover the shoulders. For an Easter gift give a llttlo girl a doll sachet. Let tlio doll bo Japanese and dios-t It in China silk , liberally supplied with too powder. The initiaU nnd tlio dnto may bo painted or otnbroldercd on tbo front of tbo skirt , which is made iu the form of u cushion. Tbo Importation of shot-silk parasols is very largo this season , and these with models of lustrous corded silit simply Hiiisbad with gathered frills o ( the same , or with double silk tape fringes nt tbo edge , will bo very generally carried , except on dross occasions und in carriages when something very smart is In ordor. The fashions for the spring are In some re spects usually graceful and piaturesque. Mantles und long capos were navor prattler nor made in moro becoming style than now. Tboy are composed of aovorul materials , ns a rule , silk , velvet , lace und jot mingled to gether as suits the fancy , and the results are very pleasing. A pretty dross for n llttlo girl may bo made of palo apple croon pongee silk. It may bo smocked across tbo yoke nnd around the cuffs. With the dress gees a palo pink sash of tbo full width of tbe pongoa. The sash should bo earned loosely around tbo wulst und lied In ibo back In two bows und two long ends. Veil pins are now quite necessary in order that a woman's toilet should bo complola Of course sbo wears a veil , and in tbeso davs it Is attached to , her hat by numerous pins ; half because It is the fashion und half because u gives her comfort. Those pins are usually Jowullod ; bugs , buttorJIos and bowknots are usod. Now dross galleons sboxV boautlfullv shaded od arabesque leaves , palms and scrolls , liny rasas in ribbon work , Ilowor bouquets In solid colors , ulbo Persian effects ilcli In cut jot , and mixtures of reseda with rose-pinx und damusk-rtid , unge-green ullh copper- pink , otc. Largo and small buttons , stamped and enamelled , ar < i made to match tlioso gal loons. An Kaitor bonnet whlch"U as stylsh | us It Is odd has the brim of black lace studded with jot. Below tbo brim 1 a tuft of orange shaded anemones with bluett centers. They are arranged quito high on tbo side , A huge orant'opllk boiv fornu tbo soft crown of ibo brninet and act * as the trimming for both back und front. Narrow black velvet is used for the tic-strings , Wbito in croum or ivory is said to have re sumed Us old supremacy fn ovonlng gloves abroad , while taking high place iu nnlllnory and gowning , especially iu full dress , where wholly wluio toilets , white hats adorned with either white plumes or ( lowers , white parasols , fans , ana cwou while sandals and wblto silk ho o , will bo in blgh favor. Silver bouquet holders are now made small enough to hold a boutounicro. A small glass bottle In the exact aliapo or tbo bolder is pub within it and filloa with water , tbis is placed in tbo button-hole and the stems of violets and other spring ( lowers which are in the water nro kept fresh ana fragrant for nn as tonishing length of time. Those llowor- holders promise to bo very popular Easter gifts. Ir you do not use a wbolo bottle of Cook's Extra Dry Champngnont once , u rubber cork will keep It for days. ii > vu.iTHt\tr. . Three hundred nnd sixteen Americangirls are tcacblng in China. The New York Times claims that city is tbo pioneer of American common schools.1 Berlin university is the third largostln the world. Paris , wilh l > , ' lf > students , and VI- cnnn , with G'J2U , , nro inrgor. Tbo town or Washington , Mo. , at Us annual spring meeting , refused to appropriate any money for n free high school , out voted to os- tubllsh a liquor agency. The annual catalogue of the Michigan uni versity discloses tbo fuct that it bus tbo larg est attendance of any American college or university. The attendance this year is , ( > ' . ) 3 Oroou What is tbls university extension , anyway ) Uiowno Oh , it's a cbaritabla dodge foroxtaudlnc to professors In third class colleges opportunities to deliver locluros at $10 a lecture. * To got rid of tbo married teacher question in Germany tbo minister of education has passed a decree that tbo engagement of it teacher ends nt the close ot the year In which she innnics. The division of Iho Tiidun estate in flow York has boon completed. Over $1,000,000 was divided nr.vonc the hairs and $1,700,000 placed in trust for tbo library the save of Granimcrcy park designed to found In Now York city. The directors of tboPresbyterian * college * at Caldwell. Idaho , have decided to build , thli summer , n brlclc building for school pur poses , to u > n 510,000. The site has boon so leototl and the clearing ef the ground com * mcncod. Thorn are over fifty undents pledged tor tbo full term. Mrs. Mary Shuliion Barnes , wlfo of Pro fessor Karl liarnos of ihe chair of education in tbo Uolund Stanford , Jr. , university , has been unpointed assistant professor In modem history in the same institution. Her wiirk will bo ( or ibo present In thn history of 'tho nineteenth century nnd in tbo history ( if 'tho ' Spanish West , in which course the history of California will naturally form u loading part. | Prcsiaent Harper of Iho Chicago univer sity offered Prof. G. 11. Pnlmor of Harvard $7,000 , nnd bis wlfo , Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmar , 1,000 to coma to Chicago , and later bo increased tno latter llguro to $5,000Hut the Boston Advertiser intlmatoH that this lloarulllv is not lo bo uccoplcd , as Prof , hnd Mrs. Palmer prefer to remain la Cambridge. Fuw college classes have contained so many men destined to bo distinguished in afior life us tbero wnro In a class that was graduated nearly half a century ngo ftom au unpretentious and now unknown academy In Frankfort , Ky , In that historic , class were II. Gratz Brown , ( i. G , Vest , T. T. Crlt cn- aen , Joe Blackburn.V. . C. P. Biccklnridgo und John Mason Brown , They ull lived within u few miles of Frankfort , wora brought up us boys together und yjoro luuirht by tbo same iualnt | od | school master , a man immoa B , B , Bayers , who bad more than n local reputation us a dis ciplinarian. t rinaiiriiil AdifirlUlug , ' Of all branches of advertising , the cndoav * or to roach tbo investor direct , with real es tate , utouks , bonds , mortgages and mlaos , forms ono of ibo most InturuitUiL' , Wo have boon very much interested , therefore , in reading u ithort , sensible boon ; "Ciuu ; How to del It , " Just issued bv Lord & Thomas , the advertising ngonls of Chicago. Homo fuc-slmllo loiters attesting to the result ! of tuu plan outlined in the book are Included. Doublloss they would send n copy of the llttlo nook to any ono sufllcloutly Interested lo tend for it. A very simple hat is made of black chip , with n band of yellowrlrnw lot Into l'io prim a llttlo above the odga. Tbo brim Is broad and lluted at tbo front and turned up at the back and ibo "crown , " which U 10 % i intmei ) with trirntnlug.