THE OiMA I A TY pEI3 JUNE 19 , 1802RiTWKV PAGES ,
Dress Goods.Department. Siin IMpla Department SHOE. DL PT
. Is located on the lsl l Side of the aloro , and Is tilled with o.t.t-aiiiE ) from the
Tomorrow morning will t/fjlr / 200 boaullful Gloria UmbrollasJ with Oxidized to the colling.Vo olTor for this week : "
This doparfmont cotwUU of a line selected stooK of bran now poods. Head
' 'Silver ' or Natural handles for V"1 ' Oxford Shoe for 75c.
prlcoe lor Ihh wcok , commencing M'onday. ( > Ladies' $1.25 Dongola
Ladies' $1.50 Patent Tip Oxford , 9Sc.
Best all wool Challis , only 47'c. . SILK MITTS. LADIES' UNDERWEAR. '
. Ladies' $2.00 Patent Leather Oxford , $1,25. ,
Pine Diagonal Beige Suiting's , 19c. * * 400 Silk Mitts for Uoc. l.sn ' 60 do/on ladles' Llslo Vests , silk neck , '
81.2-5 genuine Kid Glove ? , Jl'Oa only 2'ic. Ladies' $2.25 Button Shoe , Patent Tip , $1.50.
Beautiful half wool Challis , only 13c. , e Ladies'Silk and Llslo Mixed Vests , *
' Genuine Poster Glove , 31.00. J nn worth 81.00 , will sell for 05c. We will sell our $3.50 beautiful Dongola , Cloth Top Button or
Lansd'own , in-all the latest shades , $1.25. Examine our stock before . Sic Lace , for $2.00.
nnd
Best Dress Linings at lowest prices. Everything Prices the lowest. now gunrimlood. Monday. wll buy our Swiss Hlbbed Undorvcsts Gilt Edge Dressing only 15c.
N- ELGor - Dodge amd IStft NEl. . Oor-'Dodge eiiid. 15tti Sts- N- ExOor. . IDodae .anid 16t > li Sts.
STATIONERY DEPARTMENT. THE Men's ' Furnishing Goods Dep't.
price 100 81.25. flno Mexican Hammocks , with spreaders , usually sold at 31.75 ; cut- All This Week we will have a Special Sale
Best woven hammock with pillow only $1.08. '
200 boxen paper and envelopes , good quality , 5c. . in this Dep't.
Flairs , Hags , nags at the lowest prices.
JUST READ THESE PRICES.
Orders taken for engraved visiting cards , weeding Invitations , announcements .
'
ments , etc. Mon's 7oc triinmod'nightshlrta , 'We.
Northeast Corner Dodge and 15th Streets. NEW Men's Men's 50o $1 bulbrlpjran bnlbrigfjan undershirts undershirts. , Toe. 25e.
STORE Men's $1.60 lisle shirts and drawers , Doc. . , , " , ' ' - ' * *
Mon's $1.60Madras ! shirts , only $ I.oO. ' ' ' " "
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Men's 2Sc Karl & Wilson style ijoHiirs , 12o. | ' "
DEPARTMENT.
JEWELRY . Mon's ! I5o all linen ' culls , ICJc. , ' ' , * '
Men's 75c nocktl'oa , largo size , 33c.
Wo can save you CO per cent In medium priced jowolry. Mon's 75o jean drawers , 50o. '
' COo breast pins , silver plate , 2oc. '
Lndlcs' " Men's $1 Inundorod shirts , 37lc. \
' , gold plate , 60c.
Ladles' 81 breast pins H Mon's r > 0c sllit embroidered suspenders , lOc.
Ladles' and Mon's ' gold rlnjs at just ono-half price.
Ladies' and I gents' jrold watches 812 to 823. Don't miss the great underwear sale at the Bell this week
Clocks , silverware , watch chains , etc. , etc. , at rodncod prices. Lowest prices and best goods.
Northeast Corner Dodge and 15th Streets. K. E Oor. Dodge & ISth Sts. Northeast Corner Dodge and 15th Streets.
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HOUSE FURNISHING DEPHRTJVIENT. MOODY , ACKERMAN & WILLIAMS , HHRNB88 DEPARTMENT-
Read and come and see for yoursslf. Bargains for this week : We carry the most extensive and complete stock of first class
All Copper Nickle Plated Tea Kettles - - $1.50 Harness in the state of Nebraska. Read our prices for good goods :
All Copper Wash Boilers 2.00 DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT. 50 Set $ 7.00 Single Harness for - $ 3.90
All Willow Clothes Baskets , Omaha made ,85 35 Set 10.00 Single Harness for - - 5.76
For Monday tbo following1 prices road : Set 15.oo Harness hand made 8.00
Good Si/c Sprinklers .24 IJost Standard Prints , nil good patterns 2c 25 Single , , -
Light Ruled Lap Boards .82 Best Lancaster Ginghams , choice styles liic 10 Set 45.00 Surrey Harness , reduced to - 28.00
Folding Clothes Bars. - Pine Scotch French Ginghams - 13 c 20 Set 35.00 Hand Made Team Harness - 25.00
strong- 45 Best Ginghams , all colors 10 c
Fancy Flour cans , large . Good Quality Towel Crash , all linen 0 c 300 good Whips will be sold at - 40
.90 Challis , all pretty o Uterus , good quality I c We have stock of from 4c to . .
2,000 $4.00.
a Whips
over ,
CO inch Red Ttihlo Llnon , only U3
Screen Doors , Screen Frames Wire Screen Turkey c
, Poultry
, Nettinw
Nails , Tools and every description of useful hardwafeSKPHL0nusnEnS | l' Saddles ' $1,70 to $20. livery thing proportionately cheap.
a Don't iniss this wonderful sale.
GOODS These are all now goods and choice patterns , and everything just as advor-
N. E. Gor. Dodge arid iBMi l.reoL9. tised at Tin : BUM , , N. E. qorj. Dodge and ISth Streets. N. El , Oor. Dodge andlol.li SLs. W. C. ICeifer , Manager.
HAT DEPARTMENT. NOTION DEPARTMENT.
Children's Children's COc 75o Straw Cloth Caps only OOG Mon's $1.00 Straw Hats only 50c Embroidery Silk , all colors , 5c per dozen. Corsets , Ribbons , Laces , v
' 25o Straw Hats Caps 350 Mon's $2.00 Straw Hats only 81 00 Genuine 30-inch Whalebone , 2oc. Buttons , Fans , Veilings ,
Boys' ' ] QO 100 dozen Sou Handkerchiefs will bo sold for 12Jc. Bolts , Klastics , Crochet Cotton ,
Boys'60s School Hats jvjc ALL THE LATEST STYLES IN MEN'S HATS AT JUST ,
' 200 dozen 60 School Handkerchiefs , lie. Purses , Paris Bags Trimmings ,
Dross Ilats from
Boys' { 500 to $1 00 200 all . Etc. , Etc. , Etc.
' , yards over Lace , worth 82 , for $1.
Boys' Yachting Caps , gold trimmed 500 HA.LK PRIOR- 15 ) Ladies' 20c Hose Supporters , only 7c. -A-LxLx RB1JUOE1D.
HA.T DEPARTMENT ON SECOND FLOOR. N. E. OOR. DODGE AND 16TH STREETS. N. E. OOR. DODGE AND 16TH STREETS.
THENEW DRY GOODS STQ-Rg Lf B. Wiliams' Block--- & Cow Dodge and 15th Streets
OPERA FESTIVAL FOR OMAHA
Subscriptions Being Asked for a Season of
Music in November.
BUFFALO BILL WRITES OF HIS RIDERS
C-'HiickH Trying to Illval the Fonts of the
AmorlCiin Con boy * The .Season of
KuiniiKir ( > | > uru Nttiirlng It it Close
Thuiitrlcnl Notes.
Miss C. C. Tcnn&nl Clary Is planning an
operatic festival for Omaha to bo hold ut the
lioyd during the week beginning November
7. The company is tn bo organized and re
hearsed In Now Yorlc by Max Morotzok , and
will give two operas. Tickets for the season
will bo sold at the rate of $0 ( or tbo lint
lloor and $5 for the balcony.
Miss Clary Is now In Omaha anil * Is
asking prominent citizens to encour
age the outorpriso by subscrib
ing for tickets in $100 lots. Sbo
has already raised over Si,000 in this man
ner from such representative ! people as Her
man KounUe , Thomas Kllpntrlck , J. N. H.
Patrick , II. II. Medav , P. P. Klrkondall , John
A. McShano , Mrs. T. L. Kimbnll , Prank
Murnhy , Dr. S. D. Mercer , John Creighton ,
John I. Kedlek , Mrs. It. O. Gushing , W. A.
Paxton , Lowls Hood , J. M. Woolworth , E.
W. Mush and K. A. Cudohy.
Outside of Now York and Chiijago there Is
no regular season of legitimate opnra tn
America , and other cities huvo to depend on
DCOiislonal traveling companies or bo satis-
Hod with thut which passes as comic opora.
1'ho object o ( the proposnd festival Is to
prove the way for a regular season of class
ical opera tn Omaha. Miss Clary Is of the
opinion that Onmha is able to support sucii
in enterprise , and is glvini ; freely of bur
time and energy to demonstrate it , Sbo
promises that the company will consist of
supablu MUROM , who will ctvo lluUhed and
lhorouhly | urtlstlo porfornmncos.
Hufruln.Ulll's \Vlld\f osi Is winning now
triumphs in England , und Nobrusxa's fa
mous citizen continues to receive tbo dis
tinguished consideration of the masses and
( ho classes. Ho has added a now fouturo to
bis show by exhibiting wild riders from all
parts of the \voild that their uuhlovomonts
may bo comimrca with those of our own
western cowboys. In a Into letter to the edi
tor of THK UKI : Hon. William P. Cody suys
that a picture of 'I'm : lir.t : building orna-
aients lili tent nnd U much admired. Tbo
latter continues :
"Mv now addition to my wild rldors of the
world are creating u wild and novel sensation.
Anolui.'r party from South America havu
lust arrived. I nm gottlii ) . ' touothcr the wild-
ist , most novel , iho largest show ever con
ceived for the World's fair. I inn repeating
iiy forinnr success hero In the metropolis of
tuo world.- Nebraska to the front I"
Inclosed In the letter was a cllpplntr from
i London paper describing some o [ tbo now
rivals of the American plainsmen , It con-
tuincd the following broad stateinoiilswbicb
ro too ludollulto to bo uccoptud on this side
of the Atlantic without question :
Tbo cowboy has ut last found a poor In the
matter of horjomnnsnlp. The Cossack from
tne east lias coma to contest the palm of
horsemanship with the cowboy of the west.
Yesterday a contingent of some ton Georgian
L'ossacUs'mado their bow to the public at
Karlscourt , und gave n marvelous exhibition , '
U'ticv ere oven tnoro plolurotiiuo than the
cowboy , and are capable of greater things In
tbo saddle. Tuo performance began with
what perhaps bad best DO termed
it musical rldo , tbo borsomon can
tering slowly round tbo ring while
they bang a at run ire , weird rofroln , whlcU
W04 at oucu harmonious and barbaric. The
train they lifted was touched with a Chopin-
eiquo melancholy , and to the Imaginative oar
clearly suggested the sadnosi of tbo Illimit
able iDOW-covorod itoppo. Some of our
inuslctant ia search o ( fre h motifs might do
jvorso than "convey" these Georgian tunes.
Desisting from their music , the horsemen on-
torcd upon the o noble teats of horseman
ship which have mndo the Cossack's name
wonderful. The Cossack seems to ho part
nnd parcel of the horse ho ridos. Ho can do
anything nnd ovorythine upon the nnimal.
Ho stands on his head , ridoj backwards , aim
generally proves that horseback is to him n
more extension offtcrr.1 flrmn.
*
Omaha's summer season of light opera
will close either this week or next. The
Dodd company has made nn engagement to
spend the vacation .season nt Gurlleld Beach
on Salt Luko. opening at that nlaco on Julv
4. A summer tho-Uor is bolng built at the
hooch , and tbo engagement is for six weeks
The western management wants the com
pany to put In the last week In Juno at re-
hoarsnls , but Manago-- Burgess wUhos to
keep the company at the Farnara street tho-
ntor until July 3.
A great muny requests bavo boon mndo
for Pinafore. The theater owns a sot of
scenery for the old-Umo favorite , und Mr
Burgess Is anxious to glvo hU patrons n ro
vlval of It. The Dodd company has already
boon under the Crawford management six
WCOKR , nnd the engagement will have con
tinued eight if Manager Burgess insists on
carrying out his plans.
The musla at Hanscom park this afternoon
will ho furnished by the Seventh Ward
Military band , which has arranged the fol-
lowlne program :
Iteiiilnlhcoiiccs of Donl/ottl . Arr. by Henloko
( ilorla , from the Twelfth Mass Mozart
Overt n ro Celestial. Uellgloiis I'rondvlllel
Mnrch Oniiiha L , idles Stolnliiiusur
Overturn The Amu/on Kleslur
Soloctlon , from ojier.i Iulinthn Sullivan
TioiiNiiruVnlt7 from ( Ivpsy Huron . .tjtr.iui
Intindnetlnii nnd llrlital Chorus , friini
third net I.ohcm rin Wncnur
Iteiiilnlsceneos of .Moyerhoor .Arr. by IlenluUo
l'urniihr.180 Moilluy In r Itiiliunslnln
Overturn Unncerto Adler
National Air Star Kp.inslnd Itanner
COMHI ) ) Of tllU .StllU.
A Now York benefit for William Mostayor
aid not p.iy > cxpons'o3.
George H. Adams , the clown , will bo with
"Paiitasma" next , uonson.
Lolo Puller has bonn engaged to do her
serpentine dance In Berlin.
Princess Dolgoroukl , the Husslan violinist ,
has not boon a success in Now York.
In Philadelphia alone twenty-four places
ot nmuHomont have been destroyed by llro.
Lola Puller , who sued Mlnnio Rouwood
for Imitating her sorponUno dunce , has lost
the suit.
Uobert Uowulng and his wife. Eugonla
Blair , will Oo soon next season In a now play
entitled "Crois and Crown. "
Charles Han ford has bougctlho properties
made Lnwrcnco Birrott for a revival of
"Julius Cunar. " and will star In that trag
edy.
edy.Tho
The xvord Ijanjo Is corrupted from bandore ,
through ni-gro pronunciation ; and the instru
ment Itself Is a representative American pro
duction.
The Idea of Mr. 13. II. Sothorn , nn English
man bv birth and Instinct , roprosontlnc
American dramatic art at tbo Vienna exhibi
tion , should tickle our national sense of
humor
H. C. Chamberlain , whoso admirable work
in tUo Dodd Opera company has boon n feat
ure of iho light opera season , Is nn old
Omahan. Ho was In the employ of the Union
Puclilo for several years , and about olnvoii
year * ago played in "Damon and Pythian' ' nt
the Acaaoiuy of Muaio , now the People's
theater.
Mr. Henry Abbey has signed a contract
with Mr. Henry Irving and MUs Kllon Torrv
und their entire company to make a tour la
the United btatos in 1811.1. The tour will oo-
cupy thirty weeks and the play that will bo
presented will bo King Henry VIII. , which
has had a successful run at the Lyceum tho-
utcr in London ,
LI Ulan Husioll wbon asked about the report
port that ho was colngto marry her mana
ger , T. Houry French , laughed , thought for
a moment und then said. : ' 'There is no
truth lu that. I am not going to marry Mr.
r ronch. As a matter ot fact I am not going
to marry anybody. I am uot looking for n
husband. I ao not wish to got married ,
i ou can say I am going to bo a sister to Mr.
Prench , but oot a wUo a sister only. "
Frederick Pautdlng , who is an earnest and
enthusiastic actor , has given uptha idea of
starring again , and will probably Jolu Iho
support of icrao established actor. Mr.
Pauldlng's production of "Tho Struggle of
Life" was an elaborate one , and ho made nn
extensive tour in nn effort to force it into
public SUCCORS. But the public Is peculiar
about melodramas , nnd this one did not tako.
Clowning has taken such complete posses
sion of the light opera stage of late voars
that high , ovun respectable , musical pprfor-
nancc has almost boon banished from it. It
s a great pity. It ohould bo the case that
vbun a good toner or baritone loses his
vogue on the limited grand opera boards ,
where more vogue counts for so much , ho
should stop naturally Into light opera whore
10 can delight many' , rather than Into con
cert whore ho can delight few.
In speaking of Mascagnl recently Verdi
nado this confnsslon : "Wo older musicians
lave boon obliged to write interminable
; rand operas , spread over four hours and a
I'M , to Introduce'choruses which have netti
ng to do with the story , to elaborate simple
situations , and to write lengthy arias , with
ill sorts of accessories , instead of keeping to
ifrlsk dramatic action. And now wo see
spring up n young composer with Immense
talent and great facility of invention to glvo
us n serious opera in one act without all this
tra-lu-la , and in which the notion never halts.
I regard it as a happy Innovation , und am
not surprised that our public have received
it with enthusiasm. " *
That the future of the chorus girt is always
hopeful has many instances In pioof. Our
own divlno Lillian Kussell , today Iho most
expensively paid priraa donna in the world ,
begun only about liftoon yoart ago in the
chorus , and for a season or two she was sat-
isliod to appear almost In a chorus part at $40
a week. The first performance that gave
her any name was at Tony Pastor's theater ,
where she san > ; n &ort of burlesque Josopbino
in ' 'Pinafore. " Pauline Hall was a chorus
girl as short a time slnco as ISSi. Her last
performance In thut capacity was at what
was called the Cosmopolitan theater , where
now stands the Broadway , in a performance
ol "Patience. " She began to attract u good
deal of attention by her unquestionable
beauty , and she had the good sense to have
her voice cultivated and lit herself for the
position of prima donna of the Casino , which
nobody thought she was fitted for , butwhiah
she lllled satisfactorily. Another who
is now well paid Is Marlon
Manola , who sang chorus parts in England ;
and another surprising example ot success is
little Delia Pox , who , up to throe years ago ,
appeared In a ton-cent opera all over tbo
country , and whoso compensation was oven
Imroly that of a metropolitan chorus sincor.
Delia Pox now gets f.00 ! a wook. Marion
Munola , with loss talent , gets $100. Pauline
Hall heads her own organization nnd makes
a great deal of money. Lillian Itussoll's com
pensation this season bus been all the way
from SIDot ) to $ liiOO a week , as she has an
Interest In.tho receipts.
Interesting facts came out in the recent
English parliamentary hearing of the thea
ter managers'pel itlon ngnlnat music halts.
There are , It seems , about : ! OJ music halls In
llio United Kingdom , employing on an aver
age about ton "turns" ouch night. This is
exclusive of pier pavilions and taverns ,
\vhoro entertainments of the variety typo
are given from time to time. Of the -iUOJ
odd turns In actual employment , only about
400 are engaged In London. The hlghos
vu ndovillo performers are In London enl
about half the year , having to travel the rest
ofthotlmo. It is tha absolute free hand
given to ftcrforiuors 'at these { halls that
brines out talent. Any cue can , without
great difficulty , obtain a rehearsal
and on engagement choose what line ho llnds
moil to bis liking. On the regular stage It
may bo years before an actor gets cast for a
part that brings bis inherent ability to the
surface. ' Instances of this are Innumerable ,
Henry Irving , who has beoa foremost In tbo
effort to curtail the province of tha vaude
villes , U himself a line example of the earlier
struggles of legitimate actors. Most of the
English inusio ball porformora work hard
and got fair wages , all things considered.
Cases ore rare where a salary of loss than
$10 a weolc Is paid , oven for a single-handed
performer ; and , although it Is true that cer
tain big favorites llko Jonnlo Hill , Bessie
Bonohlll , Marie Loftus , and others obtain
almost princely pay during such time a-i they
remain popular , yet the average wages
throughout the United Kingdom will proba
bly bo about 5 a wcok. Singers in the
muslo balls must frequently produce fresh
songs at a heavy expense for author's fees ,
and oven then few o ( the many songs enjoy
a long run. Tbo majority either fail to nit
tbo taste of the publiu or prove utter rub-
bUU. Ttioy hava uo stage accessories , such
as elaborate scenery , ballot , or chorus , to
iclp them.
TUK.ITVHSI
The Dodd Opera company has succeeded
n pleasing the public to a greater degree
with "Glrolln-Glrotla" than with any of the
ithor operas that they have presented.
1'ho.Sunday patrons of the Parnam Street
theater have not yet had an opportunity of
soaring this bright , tuneful and beautiful
opera , and for that reason It will bo sung
this afternoon and evening. It will then
clvo way to "Olivette , " which will have its
tlrst production hero by this company at the
Barnaul Street theater tomorrow evening ,
and will bo sung every night and at tbo
regular matinees until further notlco. Tbo
season of this company Is drawing very
rapidly to its close , and for that reason all
who uoslro to enjoy summer opera at popular
prices should avail themselves this week of
the opportunity to hoar "Olivette. "
Tao rendering of Schiller's "Mario
Stuart , " which will take nlaco at Uoyd's
opera house on Thursday , Juno30 , promises
to bo an Intellectual treat. Tha cast is com
posed of Omaha amateurs of unusual merit
nnd being in aid ot such an admirable insti
tution as tho''Nobraskn Homo for the Aged"
the house ought to bo crowded. The play
will bo preceded by a Inutrliublo farce.
The fjljou Opera company , including the
popular Ulnohart sisters , the hnndsomo
dancing twins , the Warren sisters , Prank
Wiulo , Ed Weston , , Curlbo r. Shady , Shad-
ricks and many others , will present thn
"Mikado" the first half of the weokand com
mencing Thursday night tbo over popular
opera , "The Mascot. " The prices remain
the same : Admission. 10 cents ; balcony
seals Q cents , and all down stairs 10 cents.
Ice water , oloutrio- fans , comfort , conven
ience and safety with the best opera com
pany you cvor hoard nt cheap prices ara the
inducements offered by Manager Lawlor at
Wonderland next week. Performances at
2:30 : , 4 , 8:80 and 030. ;
' Late to bed and early to mo will shorten
the road to your home in the sklai. " But
early to bed und "Llttlo Early Kiso' , " the
pill that muitos life longer and bolter and
wiser.
IilliisynnriiftlcH Don't Count.
Now York Ilorultl : ' 'Mtiilam , " said
the street car conductor to a young Indy
In a blue cullco frock , "you huvo u do
undoryqur whiuvl nnd you must leave
the cur. " , ui
"Wlmt ! LcAvo'tho car , " vociforntod
the woman. "I have jiald my furo
and I urn Koln Pt6 stick ri ht where I
. ,
am. t f i
"Thou 1 ehaltpul youolT , " replied the
disciplinarian HI ijhio.
All at once iHuv nolnt came into the
woman's lionulrT"Glvo back
, mo my
f.iro , " she said Vl'I t'otIn hero In good
faith , and whonjl'pald ' my faro a con
tract was compWtod , You mint olthor
carry it out or return my cash. I'm
not rodponulblo bocaiuo your cranky
directors don't ' 4jlu dogs. "
The Btroot muolllulal stopped the
car and liuiloil.n uollcoman. The point
was stated , and liio tlilof catcher , after
pondorini ; for al/ow mlnuloa , observed :
"I ain't no jujj { > o nor I ain't ' no jury ,
hut I claim to im osomo BOIIBO.
"Under your system you might make
rules that passengers mustn't wear rod
neckties or rod nos.es or thpoa dollar
trousers , and altpr they had paid faros
show 'em the rules and put them olT ,
"Thoro is no end to the rules you
might make to bunco folks out of their
rldo , and every time a chap looked cross
eyed , you could turn to rule No. Jliil ,
providing that ho mustn't looic cross
eyed , and then dump him lu the ( -utter.
"Tho thing Isn't ' fair. There ain't no
law to it , and it don't go. "
Turning to the young womanho said :
"You slay where you are , mum , " und to
the conductor , "If you try to put her elf
without giving hur buck her fu.-o , I'll
club your head oil. "
Ting wont the boll and off wout the
car , dog , young woman and all.
DoNVIli'a Sanuparilla U rollaMo.
NEW HOME OF THE SECOND
What is Being Done in Preparing the
Ground at Fort Orook.
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY SURROUNDING IT
The tirnnil View lu nil Directions
From the KoHorvoIr 11111 A Flno
Supply of Water
How .Secured.
At what particular date in the history of
its Van Wiukloau existence the lltllo town
of iiellovuo was long enough awake to build
a sidewalk does not appear , nor Is it par
ticularly clear why its somnambulistic energy
found this particular vent , slnco the
sidewalk promises to rot silently away
from lack of foot to wear It. But tbo
sidewalk Is there ana the visitor to Port
Crook will probably use it la the hone of
being thereby guided Into a region of shops
and stores and pooplo. and some sort
of a bureau of Information which will direct
him to where the men lira working on the
now post. This walk will lead him along
a road which winds uu the hill along the siao
of a little ravine , whoso sides are carpeted
with n tangled mass of ferns and vines , and
over which the long branches of olin und oak
und maple intorwoavu themselves tn a cool ,
green arch. Ho will hoar no sound of ham
mer or saw. nor any human life , but such a
glorious medley of sweet-toned bird-songs as
no never hoard boforo. There nro hundreds
of them meadow larks , thrusbo , catbirds ,
orioles , robins all piping , whistling , trill
ing , tinUling in such tone * of sucti liquid
sweetness ns belong to the slucors ot uo
other country in the world.
A quarter of a mile up this road the side
walk coaios to an end but the visitor has
reached no town. There are some largo
rumbling two-story wblto-palntod buildings
iu tbo middle at large half-kept gardens and
shaded uy tall olui trees which look like Now
Hampshire village hotels. There Is a one-
story building with wooden shutters for
the front windows wbloh looks lllto
a deserted bowling alloy , but which a
weather-dimmed legend proclaims an em
porium for general merchandise. A little
farther on there U another of similar aspect ,
but two stories high , In which Is the post-
o111co and where may bo found nmoug the
coatlcss loiterers some ono possessed with
sulllclont energy to polut the way to the
reservation. Beyond this Is the pralrio , llko
u smooth shaven lawn , fading out Into the
dim purple of the bluffs overlooking Platti-
inoutn. Crowning A hill which rises boldly
up on the right is Bellevue college and
scattered about over thn level green plateau ,
on which Is the site of the Omaha which never
came , nro about n do/on old-fashioned resi
dences peeping out through the vines which
envelop them , and thu trees which 'ahado
their lawns. This Is Bolluvue , iho lazloit ,
loveliest , droatmoitHpot in Nebraska. Port
Crook Is two miles northwou of thu vllluiro
und ho who Journeys ihlincr via Bolluvue
will walk ttioio two miles , for a conveyance
Is not to bo had for love nor moaoy ,
The work Is at a particularly unlntornstlng
stage Just now , but ono may gather some
Idea of what Port Orook will bo when it U
completed. The reservation , as nearly everyone
ono knows. Includes Ul'j ' acres of land , which
Is now surrounded by u high board fence ,
decorated with signs which inform the pub-
Ho thut the land Inclosod is the property of
our Uncle Sam and thut uo hunting Is nl-
lowed thereon. On the northwest corner of
the reservationwhoro the ground Is low and
Is touched by the railroad and the weeded
bonus of the Popllllon crook , is the site
for tbo pump house , upon which work is
just about to bo begun. Pivo wells bavo
boon dug hero something over 100 foot deep ,
which will furnish an inexhaustible supply
of water , a * ono may surmtio from a glance
at thu surrounding laud , which Is sprinkled
lu every direction with bubbling , gurgling
springs of clear , cool water. Should all these
fall , there Is tbo crook , which U never dry.
Prom the pump house , which will bo a
handsorao brick structure with a
chluiaoy soventy-lvo fuot high , tbo
water will bo forced through pipes burled
In places thirty feet under ground
to the reservoir away .over on the other side
of the reservation. This reservoir Is circular ,
eighteen foot deep , built of stone and con
crete , protected by an Iron roof , and will
hold 500,000 gallons of water. It Is situated
on the summit of a hill , from which there is a
muenlllcont vlew.not only of the fort , but of
miles upon miles of country beautifully dl-
vorsillod with river nnd stream , woodland
nnd plain , ravine nnd bluff.
Swooping around under the bluffs on the
east , in a long , bold curve , is the river , a
gleaming white band of silver. A little nearer
at hand nro billows ot follago , among which
twlnklo the tents of the soldiers ut the rlllo
range. Through the green plain on the west
a fringe of low growing trees twisting about
aua doubling upon itself marks the course of
the Pnullllou crook , nnd a few mllea up the
beautiful valley of this stream n whltosmoku
cloud indicates tbo position of the South
Omaha factories. Per beauty of location tno
government would huvo sought a long time
to have done so well.
Just now the contractor for the water
works and sewerage is laving his pipes. lie
has soventy-llvo mnn at work and is only de
layed by the failure to secure material as
promptly as ho can use it. Tbo troachos nro
of an extraordinary depth nnd without some
explanatory assistance the visitor will
scarcely make much out of them.
The plans of the reservation contemplate a
handsome paved roadwuv around an oval
shaped parade ground , with Its longest di
ameter about a mile in length. On the west
side of the parade groands are to bo looatml
the barracks , a large T-shaped building fac
ing tha west. On t.ho opposite sldo of the
parade grounds and situated on the fildo of
the bill , commanding a view of the vusorva-
tlon and the surrounding country , will bo
built the onlcors' quartan , facing
two semicircular stroots. The water
works system follows the outside of this
oval and is supplied with n number
of llro hydrants , yard hydrants , etc. The
sewerage system of course corresponds with
the water system and empties into tbo Papil-
lion. All tbo roadways are to bo paved in
accordance with such specifications us would
astonish the Omaha Board of Publlo Works.
ICoofo & McGarvov , wno nro the water
works contractors , will soon have tholr work
completed and bids have boon asked for on
thu roadways.
\\tfJlllft TIkS.
"I felt so cheap during the ceremony , "
confessed the bride to her dearest friend.
"Wny , my doarl" "Uooauso pa cave mo-
away. "
Cupid Is getting bow nnd arrows roailv for
the summer season. A iiaoullarity of his
shooting is thut the moro Mrs. uo makes the
better the girls nro pleased.
Miss Cuthormo Hastings , a nloco of ox-
Proililont Cleveland , wan married on Thurs
day , lu Hartford , to Irving I * . l\ooJ , pro
fessor of now testament in a Chluajfo col-
lego.
Almost every young man wastes more or
loss time In thinking Juut what ho Is going
to say whoa the tlmj cjmoi for him to pro
pose , but ho never savs It , and a year after
wards ho couldn't toll you what ho did say.
On Tuesday Nahant , Mass. , was the scone
of n iiraltv wedding , that of Mlsd Constance
Cabot Ledge to Mr. Augustus ( Jardlnor. It
was celebrated In the nluturosquu little
church und all of the fashionable summer
colony attended In full force.
Connectlmit , the "land of steady habit , " Is
not very steady in thu matrimonial habit.
The dlvorco record for 18'Jl shows n goodly
number of inlillu. In IS'Jl VJJ couple worn
divorced nnd Ml ) in tbo previous year. The
report shows also that slneo IbO'J over 30,000
persons have boon divorced In this stale.
An approaching London wedding of in
terest U that of Miss "Polly" Sorgor , ono of
the prottlo-tt girls of Philadelphia's smart
sot , to 4kTom" Bradleo of Boston , son of Mr.
Fred Braaloo , president ol the Somorm
club. After u short honeymoon abroad the
young couple will return to this country and
spend the midsummer at the Bradloo villa ut
Nahaiet ,
A smart Boston wedding occurred on
Wednesday at the quaint little vlao-covorod
Episcopal-chapel at Boutuborouzh , at high
noon. It was that of Mis * LouUa B'irnelt ,
the fourth daughter of the millionaire Door
Poet farm owner , Mr. Joiopli Burnett , and
Mr. Charles PrancU Cliomo , Jr. , sou of the
president of the Ola Colony railroad. The
bride's brother , Kov. Waldo Burnett , per
formed the ceremony.
John H. Mackoy nnd Miss HonrlottaPotor ,
both ot Snn Prauclsco , wore married in Chicago
cage last wcok. Muckoy's name is familiar
to most of the peoplebut especially so in turf
circles , his father , John Mackov , being man
ager of John Higgln's Runoho Del Paso stud
at Sacramento , wbilo ho himself is manager
of Millionaire W. O'Brien's MncDonoughs
Menlo stock farm near Munlo Park , in San
Mutco county , Cal. The bride , a charming
brunette , is a daughter of Mrs. S. Peter of
San Francisco.
A good-looking , well-to-do nnd popular
vouug bachelor of Sllvorton , Mich. , was
being teased by the young Indies of a club
for not getting married. Ho said : "I'll
marry the girl of your club whom , on a
secret vote , you elect to bo my wife. " Each
girl wout into a corner and used great cau
tion lu preparing her ballot and disguised
the handwriting. The result of the vote
was that there wore inno votes cast , each
girl receiving ono. The young mnn remains
a bachelor , tbo club u broken up and tbo _ .
girls are all mortal onomlos. f f
The English marriage settlement , which
eooms a ruclo Interruption to thu noosy ot ho-
trothal days , Is A wlso provision for the
sterner necessity of practical lifo. By its
conditions , neither adversity nor extrava
gance , gambling nor bankruptcy , differences
nor estrangement , can affect the wife's
settlement. It is Invlolato from creditors
nnd cannot bo reclalm d by the husband.
Many engagements nro hopelessly ship
wrecked on this rank of the marriage portion
tion , however , and many n fair English
maiden is left fanuv free because of thu
dreaded Interview between exacting lathers
and Impecunious suitors.
.i i io.\.ii
Silas B. Cobb has given $150,000 to the
Chicago university.
Edinburgh university is ono of the chief
medical centers iu the world. It was founded
in 15S3.
The now law governing the construction
of school buildings In Now York City pro
vides that they must bo llroproof.
A movement is on foot wbloh promises to
result in the establishment at Kansas City
of ono of the most extensive art schools la
tbo west.
The oldest nnd largest modloal school In
America is that of the University of Pennsyl
vania. It was founded In 1705 nnd has gradu
ated 10,4r > S men.
Dickson county , Kansas , has a county
superintendent of schools who , when ho
visits school * , tnkos nlong n box of tooU ,
saw , hammer , otc. . und lUoi nil the broken
seats , decayed uoor stops and dilapidated
brooms ho comes across.
Dr. Churles Kay Pnlmor of Bridgeport ,
Conn , , whoso son Alfred died J'ist before
Jlmshlng his iiourio at Yale , has given to tbo
university , as a momoilal of tils son , n
scholarship of (10,000. The scholarship will
p.iy tbo oenollclurv's tuition fuos nnd give
him $151) ) besides.
England , with iilnnty-fourunlvorMtios , has
2.7A1 moro professors and HIMl I tnoro stu
dents than thu ! ! UO universities In the United
States. The revenues of Oxford and Cam
bridge represent a capital of about $75,000-
000. The University of Lolpsio Is worth
nearly ? 30,000ODO ,
It Is loss than tnlr'y years slnco the lint
great woman's college was founded , und
there uro now-10,000 glils studying In tha
different colleges , and several thousand more
who huvo graduated nro distinguishing them-
soivos bv good work in the various depart
ments of art , lltoruturo and sclonco.
Thirty yuan ago there was not a school In
all thu southern states lor colorud people ,
and of the 1,000.000 slaves vet ut liberty only
seven und onu-hiilf in lucli 1,000 oouli runif ,
Toduy not lois than U.'JSO.OOO coiorod people
In the southern states can road , The United
States coininUulonor of education reports
over Ul,000 schools for noirroo * that form a
part of the publlo school system of the south ,
In which am enrolled moro than 1,100,000
boys and glrU. At thu present time tharu
are in all iho southern status about seventy
Institutions for the hluhur education ot
negroes , where the graduate * are prepared to
touch their own people. In them schools uro
about 1,0JO loaouors and IG.WtO pupils.
The complicated condition of storage bat
tery litigation has boon further untangled by
u recent decision of iho Uunnau courts u it-
holding the Pauro patent * .