Nebraska Newspapers

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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SVNIUYfl APRIL 2 , ISmt-TWEXTY VAOES.
THE "PRIVATE" LETTER BOX
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AIDJMS CROOKS hm fflfEEN 90005 MEM
MUjCHrln * and S irmnc Mra > Hc Herr < - f o
t Ci er l" Mjn Ml TrtwetewjCBucrr
A ] > j > rlr4 VM ta A'mto 4raftta * Ac- . t
routK f Hnrkil'n utal .
' I will rent me far two ; haw the
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Yef. Bir '
Kenewtrar. I to not ore to % re hi tto
matter '
It was a big fat d dewho wa * taifetoc
An be cave tbe ah i-utimie to the iwiu , the
lilnud ruiibed to his fuoe and he was tmcf
uieaKj With mt ck DerrMMMMHi be Susflj'
pulled on his uz-blood clovwt. cri | > 4 cdns r
liifc poose-nec ken cane. h 4 huftfi | * ntvrMl
toward tbe door , fcwrto ? lHhitid htai & trail
i-f fracrant odors Iron bit "soup plate"
bouquet.
I > -t u * bopf that he will meet her.
Tlit visitor was only one of Sew York's.
chappies wbo wtu > MwKitie t Iwchi a i
romance tbromrb thea i > ucj of the "prirsVe" I
letter IKIE Gay stxt futiushwith plenty of
inoirt-i aud tiote. be will never kuow , until I
IIP reads tint. aiticJe , that his little escapade
tir-inp watched hy the eye tht nerer
Gie we a tirar. "
The man wbo said this had aue eye cov
ered In a baudace. He didn't Iwok at all
lik' \ our stock dettwtdve hi tbe dime uorel.
bat for ouce appearances did not trtcaifi' .
Tt n fr fl'ii ) K-o | ie pu'w.'d in and t ut of
tbe blp drup store in the uect few iMovtub.
Tbe detective aud 1 , stBijdinc uu bt.erved
Jieur the window , saw eumtr.h is tbat time to
convince us that we were en th rieht tract
lit last.
It was to be an afternoon ef strange reve-
Ijitiuas.
The "I'Hvutr" letter noi.
New York citj is literally hoM'yconrtiud
Tritb lliecal "iirivate" letter b Kfs. They
arc found t& c-urar stores. , barber snojis.
baioous. dnip stores , ilnral ehtablishmants.
and in the shops of small tradesateu. Seme
of the- > exes are advertised in the - newspapers
papers the proprietors thus calling imblic
attention to their illegal trade in a fashion
at once drazen and defiant Many of tbe
boies are in stores OB tbe most frequented
a-etues Others are in places known onM
1 1 the Oegiartnieut Tbe proprietor is
usua \ a man wbo makes no ju-etetice of
ln iv me a > o thine of his customers. If you
t. .u witb bin. u little while yon will find
that I. ' u. to all intents and purp8s.es , the
iiijst btuiud fellow you ever had dealiuci.
w.lb Bat thivt s only a rune Whfl b * is
Kaj lug that be knows uothine of the men
Jinl % roofn who patroulae him , be is f > ur-
rept liousli parkmp up some letters to tie
f : > rwarac < o to some uot d confiduuce man or
( Took often too there is every snppestioa
that tin dealer is in learue witb his cus-
I omen
In tbe private letter box lurks crime
In tbe private letter box lurks vice
In tbi private letter bos lurks foolishness
Coutictlnn In Illllirult.
Postofijtu uispoctors sa.tbat . more swindles
are j > ei-pi'trateil throurh tbe aceucy of the
private letter box than turoucb un > other
one postal means The private biM.es are
used BO sa.\ the lusjiectors. tiulj by i ers us
wbo desire to maintain clandestine uorre-
spondt-npe 1 hey are used by persons , who
have winie undcrcround euteifinse on-hand
Aram and aci.in coucreas iuis been jxititioned
to pass n law prohibiting the boxes , but
ncr 3 ct lias tbe idea liecn earned throuch
"
Tin "iKixes themselves look innocent ennuph
ATter.bu : inp our clears tbe detective ar.d
I strolled leisurely around the block. He
said tome
It b hard to cet evidence acainst the
frauds -and sharjHjrf. who uw the jirivate
lioies Tbe law sajs it is a misdemeaiior to
put aurthinc in the mail that is in the na
ture of a swindle , but in order to arrest a
man for seudiuc or for perpetratinc jiostal
IruudsTt is absolutely necessar.v te catcb
liun in the act of dejiositinp or cettinp his
mafl. Bucked up by the illepal postmasters ,
us the confiditatx- men ore , it is welhiiph im
possible to convict one of them Let us now
co back , take a position in a quiet corner ,
and see bow the private letter liex Ts con
ducted. Incidentally. ke p your ejre ojien
lor a fellow with rod hair , crajblue eyes
and broad shoulders He is a danserous
green gwds' man He is % vauted ut head
quarters 1 nm trj-inc to Hud bun todaj "
" \Vrttvliip tl e * narw *
\Ve hadn't been in the comer of tbe snuc
drug store more than a moment or two when
in came a stylish ! } di-essed matron. Her
diamonds twinkled like great stars , aud
when she pulled ber junnt lac" handkerchief
out of ber pocket and pressed it to her lips. .
there was a delicious cloud of rare perfume
She was a handsome womau.
A drizzling ruin was tailing outside "Why
was this woman here * AVuj was she iiot at
home * She takes u little kej out of a black
* atm band bap. pees up to the tier of private
letter boxes , opens one , and peeps slyly 111-
Mde.
Mde.be tahet , out a pink missive.
Her I" t poodie , on u string at beside ,
looks up in her face
Poor doccic ' be cun never tell
Tbe v < iman takes ber letter , hides it in
stantly iu the recesses of her hue. and pninp
up to the counter inquires the price of soap
She oujs a couTile of dollars worth ef per-
1 unit rj' as a blind. You cuu see that she
-dues not can particularly for it
She trips-awni. the blushes of oiabarrass-
meut In her cheeks
That v jniaii is carr.\ inc on some oorre-
siiidf.H | ( ] hii'h she is afnud will be made
luiown to her fuuiflj
In the mist uud rain away she goes , on a
day wheu IK > other woman would think of
stirring outdoors.
Siu u is thu fascination of the private let
ter box.
llraux by tli < sroro.
A moment later in came a young girl Tbe
ulcsbes uf btiardmr school life were still oa
liortlKH-ks Vitn au air ol hvtiitatwu she
came mtt. the drip store phiufed iierveuslj-
iiliout fumbled lor h r U } and opened her
nor.
nor.Kbe took out four letters.
TTom where we stood we conld note tbe
rising cwlor iu her luce There was same
\muaturu ! dciUoutMit alxiut the girl. She
vrus a | in' > to tbe dfdicious sensations o !
rucciving k'tters from uutcuown correspond-
cats ut b was ber oup-tuiiess that she
lilumpod berw if down in a s * t near bj aud
l > roce d < Hi to bastilj utspocl ber mail matter
Thtirewasa blue env ioji a pink ouveloi ] *
and two \cllow eiiveluiHt.
t > be wbi | > i > ed a hairpin nut uf her ip\v-coiltid
"brown blur
Swi h ' Tbe nrst letter was ttiMtupd Hei
eyes dfwoured its oouUmts She read it ovei '
again , tbuo ] > & s id it to b rK > elict Sh f
roud the setuud l U \vttii ttquol atttnmttoa
She raid tbe third letter with heigbtttuexi
color Shr rtiad tbe fourth tetter in ecstasies.
As shr did st < a small clifijiuig. evident/
of some puHU- | , fell unuouvt > d to tbe tk > or It
uunthfr niomeut sbe was gone
1 caref uil.nck . d m way over towhen
tbt bit uf ) Ht ] > er had fallen , and , under oove r
of the piisuug and repasbiug of pttople in tht >
start' uianairud to obtain possession ef tb > e
slip without attracting atttiutiua. It read ai
founws
"Boys' Boys' Boys' Here's fun foi >
you. Am tall , onusiderud good looting
brown hair , brown eyes. volu | tuo forai
would like to oorresKud | with buudseBte oftl
lepe graduate two living oat of New Yori
preferrf d , photos xchane < < d. Address ,
* 'Bttuw ET Bex "
> X Eipntb Avenue ,
Tbat was "Bruwu > " who hud jus !
slipped like a vision of lovtdiuet * out of tht
door Tne sly little rogue hud thus earij ii
life learned the way to tbe private lettft !
"bar. The adverti-emont had iwH > n Inclosed
BO I ccmcludod b > some bupufal twain wh <
didm want to make any mistake.
"Beats jui1"
lliut was the detucuve's comment.
A bampl * KxHWluatl
What does a letter bar cost * asked thi
Tt man a fcmttftfa Mttnw with bangr * bair
-Oar dnllar a month '
Yen Tftnau ktlor * '
iU. rirr me < time for a Month "
Tb pifrwvnfnAmnft a teak
* ' * M8 ? fttlaw * ' * "
- MrMr HareM
To be i
MrMr HttK air Drew "
Trr wnn. bwe fe , ywtr hy * *
Aftwtb * tatkm-BSd * me ttw
mid M me. to a low tow
-Now. tberr fe a tooth *
hi out on lark Y m Mtior the
did nm auk him hta bwhiM *
dMrrj-Bnonce are to hrraaudlei
DlW , VWMET 9flM3bftP C0VW
-Well bere come * a feOowjMW
for .vourcott'
< 'n > Bk I M' thp lloxr * .
A tell haMw-lonkiB ? nan came amblbur
vp te tbe counter Be wa * M * * Ay a
tbwtek be b 4 lisrnn sinter tteaidc tbr fmM-
Uriu te OBtra ) tark all simmer Hi * MM *
wa * a writ That be was a heavy drtaker
went without sa.vinc The man W A aMo-
rrtber dim tigt Ht' In apiwarMce Atove
all lw be bud a batf eye *
Tbat be was a ba4 man tbe dew elite taunt
have craclB4 > d by instinct , for he sVpjied
OB ID.I 1 * > " to attract my uttttntioti 1 loftfeed
Tbe man first of all like all crooks. kejrt
watchiiur tbe real of the p * * j > le in tbe store
He paid t > o attention Vo the b > CM for a riven
fourth of Utne Hi * e.ve. .slowly raiured about
tbe JBIKW It u a trick of ] rictcpjcib Ut U >
watrb utbw j N > | ) le This is esa-rVljr what
this man did
He did not notioe tw ib tbe corner Satte-
fr d at latt witb Int. wspeutiati and appar
ently eotrrtaced tbat tbe ronfwM dear , be
stepped up to tbe tnetal bcnceft. quickly
Milocted the proper one. applied tbe ke and
nut a handful of letters
ID a Bash be hud Knapped tbe door shut
and wafc off down tbe street.
1 looked at the secret service man in
amazetuetit *
Wh * . do yon not arrest tbe fellow * * " I
pa aped ,
Easy. ea y. there , on what Rratnids * "W
hare DO cfaarce aaint the m E On gen
eral principles. 1 should say that be was a
bad man ; but tbe n. re fact that I think .to
would have no weicht viih a jadce aud Jurj
Crooks of all kiud * . use vbe boxes If a crook
wants to enitet his pate in M me dirty wort
he rent < > a imvate letter ttox aud carrn-s u
bis tittCDtianou ! ' uiider Mime assuined name
Now , it is necessary to arn-st him in the
TWJ act of talanr iUt-pitimate mail ont of
the box That , yon can see at a rlance. is
ertreait'lj dimcult to do Supplying that we (
obtained wind of a case , there is ever } profo-
ability tbat the fellow would liljewis be in
formed , and would pive us the slip at the
' lant moment If he did not cull for his mail ,
i what are -we to do' "
H Trfi a Shrew d Gamr.
!
I The next visitor to the prirate Jtte.r hoses
was a whitrUins boy He hold a box under
l oue ann He was a messencer hey The
I usual iu--n arablf dime novel ituck out of his
jxicket He ronsulted a card , went to a boy
I aud took out borne mail matter He then
| went w biHtlitur out of the store
" _ Sunieboa > has seat the boy after the
1 mail. " was the comment ef the detective.
-That is another way of defeating the
j work of tbe secret burooe ' "
"Yes You see a man need not came
after bis mail We might shadow the hey ,
' but theu v. e * rould have to be very spry to
outwit him. If there is uny reason why he
should tie cautions he has already Iwan so
' informed by his employer He misht keep
, the letters a week before he deHrercd them "
j "Maybe he u , workiuir some creen pools
' '
man'
In all prohabiut.If the private letter
boi system were destroved. tht1 bun ent aid
j of tbe creen mods men MJ pljinc their nefari-
I I eus trade would be broken up ToCay nine
i out of ten ereac poods men operate throucb
j the imvate letter bores Tht ? send out
I their lists t > tht-ir eouutr.i victims , teliinc i
them to write or teJecraph to such aud such I
] I n numlwr In all probability the uuinlter |
i jriven is suue sucti iDecitiuiate jiostoSioe as |
! , ' this one Iu due season the letters , h trm to i
JKIUT in The cretai cuuds nian or some mesI I
i M'nrHr calls for the mail He pets it I
j i without trouble That is the bfonnini : of his |
' preat pamo of ctiafideiice Now. then , aletter
l mrrier nuiy have bis suspicious uroused. and
i will report the case at headqiiarturs. but
I what are we to do" We must , first , be prepared -
| pared to prove positaveJ } that the mutter in ]
tbe hci it. illucitimuu then e must actu
ally catch the mun at the bos. takiuc his
mail out This is ne.t to impossible In
munj instances the piojirietors of the shops
are in leupue with the crooks The shot > -
beeitt-rs will then never put the mail in tbe
box. but dispatch it by sj > eciiU messeuirer to
the rooms of the conJideiice sharks. What
are we to do then ? *
-Nothinp. ' '
"That is it. nothing. "
Clutching &t > trawiu
"But how aWut identifying a man before
mail is delivered to him7 * '
That , " said the detective , smilinn , "is
the onl.\ check our d ) > urtment has on the
wfly preen poods swindlers The averape
preen poods man has a peed many fulse
names There is a rule of the jiobtefiice
whubSHjs that if the jKistmaster has rea
son to believe thut the onr calliiu : for the
j suspected mail matter is not the one to
whom it is addresswi the caller must po to
the trouble of satisfying the department as
to his identity New since thr preen poods
man has mail cominp under half a dozen
names , his business is to n verj material ex
tent decreased when it is necessarj" for him
to cihoose between the names He makes up
I for it by reutinp other boxes iu other parts
l of the city Still there is no doubt that in
the end he will cradually be dnven into pas
tures new. uua he will then bepin his busi
ness all over apain in some other part of
the country , for this purj se quitting
Gotham "
"How about the man you were looking
for * "
"Well , it's jretiinc late I see the man be
hind the counter is bec-oniing uneas , } Let's
take a walk before we attract attention
Maj be we'll have better luck tomorrow. "
The next tune yon pet a ciruular stating
that the New Yerk lorer of his race is anx
ious to exchange f4. < XK > for KT > 0 , notice par-
ticnlarl } the address to which you are to
write
It'll be the drup-s > tore-barber-shoj > cand } -
If yon have read this article carefully , yon
will then be just f.T > 0 ahead
Joss HnicuT Gucrsm.
.
L.V.l'lKTLCS.
The itinerary of a Methodist minister
may have its unpleasant features , " remarked
a well known divine to a Cincinnati news-
paiKir man yesterday , ' 'but it has its. advant
ages toe
"There is eue little dried-Hp Sootchinan
' who used to be on the Southern Ohio oonfer-
eiK-e hst who nevej failed to get even witn
! his cuncregation At one station be farad
badl } aud on the last evening be addressed
the church , he began , us all settled back to
listen with ease-
i -Now. brethren , ' he said , 'it is nat fairto
go asltttip as ye always hu' done until I get
ulaug wi' my sermon This is my last one
SB wait a wee till 1 get alatip , and then if
I'm nat worth huaranp , sleep awa' wi' ye.
' aud 1 will nat care hut Oinnat go before I
i ha * commenced Gi' me this oue chance *
' "Anc all well awake
they were prctt } by
that time , so he went on
i " -I shall take for my last test amanp ye
the two strnnp words. "Know thybolf. " but
1 will say l > efort > 1 ht > rin the main discourse. ,
that I would nat advise this ootirregauon te
i make mon } such jirtiitlt-ss aoquaintunces "
' You may Iwliere there was m t a. snore or
I a nod in the house that evening "
' *
The Rev Dr. Blackxrf the Banw.\ church ,
I Glasgow and another minister ouct bpuitt a
vucaUfln : n Cumberhuid. and < m the Sabbath
i atteodud a little Scotch kirk , sitting in a
, remote < < omer , so that the minister BhouM
not uetice them. But tbe eagle eye oftbe
minister detected them uud in the iBt r-
i cessnry prayer he so ex7 > ressed himsalf as to
r mike quite sure of same aiu from them. The
. , ' good man s words were these "Lord , have
, I mercy on Thy ministering servants who
have iKit ] id in upon us so uuex ] > cot < Uy. eue
of them will preach in the afternoon and tme
ether in the evening. "
There is one thing 1 like about the ro-
ligioo thct this here > am Jones dishes up. "
, said a Hoosier. with rod clay on his boots
and hayseed in his board. "It don't inter-
. i fere none with the hinguage a foliar Uses
whsn he is a-lrivin' mules , " *
*
*
* "Which of yonr oongregatioD is the most
regular , doctor" was a&ked of the head of a
fushionahle nock "The serum.uuUoubt -
edij was the twjily
FRAGMENTS OF TIIE FEAST
tin AtfeM&rt Pag
tf the
STtMMtt LITE OF THE AiSWJAttTS
Lurk < if ImtttntrUI f.t li * r O pct * of tbr
OatltwMr Smunipr Tlinetn In W on
at tbrV rld > J' lr.
AJBMMT the InV-trwUmr artksl * * is tb
Mttreh .nnmlw < rf Home a4 Onatry
Mttrxziotis UMrwcital by Jo-ph A.
Nunez of a trip U > CalUwiiia IB 1ST > 4.
Mr XniM t thus deswH * tin ? l.-witic
rtu4i to AmericaV cold fir 14 :
"The Arronautm were advftntnrtm *
eoonffh to brave the } > arUf f both
ooeaus. even in old hnlk-v. muu.r of which
wore unHtsawtHthy and omM furaiih ,
saeoininodfttion- only very question
able clianwier. American enUjrpnr-e.
bowerw. can always accomplish tl ? IKC
sinle. nad at a t rr earl.r f-tare of the
gx-ld fovfr there w re aiaer.rBauiair
from New York to Aspnjwall. oa the
isthmus < if Panama , and front thence the
rieUin- the epidemic had to navigate
the tortuous and difficult * > tream > in
mo- . ! primitive h late and under circuin-
stanof * calculated to daunt the hearts
of any but the mot daria ? and insis
tent. Eren mch would hare bw-n di
eourneed and tnrrtfd back In despair
but for the dazzha < : "vi-ta that honied
uj beyond all present peril , and the fab-
uJovfc. wealth that Deemed inriting- the
prti p of the fear lei * , and faithful. "
One of i < be author's , escitmir ] tersonal
erxri nct- , reltttod a- > follows
"We were ridlne1 blowly and carefully
down a steep hill. The road was wind
ing through a rooky mountain ror e
barely wide tsnonjrh for two bor.semen
abreu-t The side ? -were rnsced and
almost jKjrpendienlar. In the midst of
our jibiorbinff ciiaver.-.ation a sharp ,
shrill. di--.ejrdu.nt cry suddenly rent the
air. It startled us. In a second it was
related , and sounded nearer. The
jndce looked around aif questioning
the direction from whenceit came , sat
isfied himself on that point , uttered an j
emphatic exclamation , and. while g-ir- i
ins ; Horn * direction * that were im ] er- |
fectlv h ard and not comprehended , he
irallo } > t d back in desjmratc haste , leav- '
iae me jwrpkxed and amazed. In less
time than it takes to tell he had disap
peared behind an anjrle in the road. At
that instant the -.ame sharp , weird cry
wa-- repeated , and immediately I was
confronted by the head of a long , heav
ily-laden mule train. The mules with
their panniers monopolized the entire
width of the road. The animals , pain ,
fully lahorin . were n the run. irnwlled '
by the muleteers' cries and whip- . . Be '
fore I realised my danger or could turn i
to avoid it the caravan wa npon me with
irresistiWe inipetuositv. It doubled up
my mole and whirled him around as if 1
he had been a child's toy or a wisp of i
hay. 1
"Fortunately the saddle cirth broke * '
and I was. ' pilled on the opposite aide of
the collision. How I rose and clambered - i
bered up that perpendicular wall in i
time to avoid liein ? trampled to a pulp
beneath the remorseless heels of the e !
pautin ? l ea--ts 1 could not comprehend
at that time , nor have I ever been able
to dee : but there I wa1- and there ] ad
hered , as il jrlued to the rock , until liuth
mules and dan < rer had disapi > eared. The
mulyteers never cast even one 'longing ,
lingering- look behind. '
"To my astonishment my poor mule
was alive. He was amazed , completely
so. but unhurt , for the which 1 thanked
my auspicious stars. Had he been broken
in two. shattered in piece1 or torn to
shreds I should not have been more sur
prised. Tne saddle only required re
pairs , and while devising ways and
mean ? to that end my ab-condinjr friend
returned , looking tmfeiirnedly anxious.
' "Why in the name of common sense
did you not ride on with me when yon
heard that warning cry and my-explana
tion of its meaning. ' the jud-re ex
claimed as he dismounted and stood beside -
side tne.
! heard the diabolical cry , " I replied.
'but had no reason to understand it a ? a
waruinsrt and as for your explanation ,
that assailed me as an unintelligible
jumble of ineoherency. I heard nothing :
and saw nothinjr until you wheeled like
a recreant and most ignOTniniously took
to fh-rht. ' "
Lack , of Industrial Stability.
" "While the political movements of the
century have changed the personnel of
domestic servants in America , the de
velopment of the material resourceof
the country ha ? affected their status.
Before the"preent century employes of
every kind were in a senie stationary , "
writes Lucy M. Salmon in the April'
New England Magazine. "This Was due
partly to a system of indenture which
bound a servant for seven , five or four
years , and "to the system of slavery.
v hich bound the sen-ant for life : partij
to the s-ystem of apprenticeship which
made the servant a member of the fam-
ilv of his master ; partly to the custom
pfevailinr in country districts and
small towns for unmarried workmen in
all industries to Iward with their em
ployers , and . .partly to the lack of
facilities for cheap and easy means of
communication between different sec
tions of the country. There wane
mobility of labor a- regards "ither em
ployment or pluc > of employment a fact
true alike of domestic service and of
other occupations. But this condition of
affairs is changed. The establishment
of the factory r-ystem of manufactures
and the consequent substitution of me
chanical for skilled processes of labor
I broke down the system of apprentice
ship , ano workmen in every occupation ,
i except dome-tic service , ceased to be
I members of the families of their emjitoy-
] er . A greater mobility of labor was
made ] Kw4ble. At a later time the
I great era of railroad development and
similar enterprises gave opportunity fern
n certain mobilitj as regards place of
emplovment.
"All of the-e industrial movements
have been important factors in changing
the condition and character of domestic
service. It is true in a general sen-e
that every creat change in tioonemic
conditions aflects all other occupations ,
even tbo-e not primarily concerned in
it. But domestic service has l een af
fected in certain si eciSe ways. The em
ploye who disliked housework , but to
whom no other occupation has been
oiK5B. could go into factories and mills
since no time was consumed in learning
the simple processes of mechanical
work Every invention formed the
basis for a new occupation. Domestic
t-ervk-e had hundred
- a com
petitions in a field where before the era
of inventions it stood alone. Moreover ,
these new occupations required little
skill , no preparation.
"la view of tnese changed and chang
ing economic conditions it may 1 said
that that immobility of labor which has
beemtid to some economists so great an
obstacle to the industrial advancement
of women practically has ceased to
erist in the case of domestic service.
!
Industrial development has been carried
so far that the problem has oome te be
how to make this form of labor net more
mobile but more fatable. "
The Catholic Miintnnr School ,
The object of the C'athilir summer
fifHfik ? of all "Vi hu > v jmnpir a *
well a * to tb'we of ) ts.ttf t the rih a t
well a * to U i < e of < mJ fll mma- op-
off knowlfde * witbwrtpi imp throus-h a
liUT curriculum a-t tfji. ' lec1 or univer
sity It is w * a ttuf jers stebool : it *
aot a yavwt 7 > wplsJWb < > ol : j cr an oM
Io4k Hcborri : nt r afxtnial or lk it td
fHciiool of aav kind : ' S t a place wb tr
OT rrt )4.v. of asy dnrrw ? or condition.
Ul * itricnH or b-tr j-i , > loop e lie or
H * * be of peed life aiiSicitmn ( Kuj > ti < m. ,
atir ovate and l tirB tVio > tbini < which <
b-loup to a hirbor ttdncatktn. Here , i
in tbe leinure of a rammer vacation , !
* very s-uch } > ww > n TMBV. for tb * par- |
Bteot of a tri&iae1 fee. listen to tbe
Ixjs * thought of tbe wtirld eonden ed
i84 } ireBied itm } > ) y bj un."elflih mu
Vers of rtod . Tbev mar thus , a * in a * i
interval of rerr axion. jmt tb * aieilve i
unr t of tbe latvt "kaowl de ; or dis-
etwery in bi tor.v. natural j cience. liter- '
atvre aad the art . or j > hik-ttily.v. u. < * tbe '
sttodeate in tb < Ke creat < ld ( . 'atholic
uaiv rEitei. which j rerv d aad iui i
crau-H'd all human kiarmtiir * .lc' ( U rh ! H' |
middle HCCu.od jiui-ad it down to modern
men , wwe able to do. i
All tbe e bra lcbe are to b ? offered to
tbo e v , bo at Vend , in tbe htrht aud with
tbe coatwraUn touch of utuversal. i.
e. . Catbolic ChrL'-tiaa. truth. . Tbe oris-
iiial jiro jH-ctu ? held up us H maxim I
Cardinal Newman's declaration tbat
"Truth it the object of taiowledre of
whatever kind : and truth means { acts |
and their relations. Religions truth i
not onlj u portion , but u condition of j
knowledge. To blot it out is notliia ! : ; j
bhort of nnravelins tbe web of nniieri i
sity teachiajr. ' ' To that maxim the
Catholics Summer schoal of America
holds , always.
al CuiuuiottHrultli.
In a notable review of Kansas hi-tory
in Harjier's ex-Senator Intralis dub- the
state the testing rround of social and
pahticu.1 phenomena. He says : For a j
generation Kansas has l een the testing i
trround for every exjHjnment in morals.
politics and social life. Doubt of all ex-
istinc" institutions has been j-esj ectable.
Kotting has been venerable or
revered merely becan.-e it exL-ts
or has endured. Prohibition , female
suffrage , fiat money , "free silver , every
incoherent and fantastic dream of social
improvement and reform , every ecan-
omic delusion that has WwildereeJ the
foggy brains of fanatics , every political
fallacy nurtured by misfortune , poverty ,
and failure , rejected el-ewhere , ha here
found tolerance and advocacy. The en-
thu-riasm of youth , the con-ervatism of
aire , have alike yielded to the contagion ,
making the history of the state a melodramatic -
dramatic serieof 'cataclysms , in which
tragedy and comedy have contended for
the ma-tery. and the convulsions of nature -
ture have b = > en emulated by the
cata-trophes of n'ciety. . There
ha * been n tl > * r peace , tran-
quiiity. nor repft The farm-
er can never foreteU his harve-t. nor
the merchant his gaTu . nor the politi-
cian hi- supremacy - 5v > mething - > art-
ling has al ways happened , or has been
con-tantly antk-ipaVjtt. The idol of to-
day is execrated tomorrow. Seasons
"
of "phenomenal drouth , when the sky
was brass aad the eaptfi irpn.have been
followed by } Kjriodati .of indeicribable
fecundity , in which IJif husbandman has
been embarrassed hyrabundance , whctse
value has Iwen dimuiJ'-hed by its exce-- > .
Cyclone- , blizzards -jiud grasshopjKrs
have befinjjo identifieif Mitb the state in
} > nblic esumationjicp je den > ea by
its namC-wJlile BamVti't-thtrbnae-Brre-
ments of its polities 'bare aroused the
inextinguisftitfble laughter an3 others
have excited ohe commit < eration and
condemoation. of mankind.
3'roliiltiiv
Director General Davis of the TVorld's
fair presents in the North American Re
view in-triK'Uve estimates on tne probable -
| ! able attendance at the fair. He says :
I The average daily attendance at the
I Centennial was G2 ; ! l3 ! : the largest at-
I tendance was 1T4.919 ; the smallest 12.-
I ' 720. The dailj average at Paris was
'
' 130.000 : the largest single day's admi
skin400.WK ) . While the circumstances
! ' and conditions surrounding the Colum i
bian exposition differ materially from !
tlior-e of either the Centennial or Paris I '
exhibition , the divergence is not great
I enough to ailect a very clear conclusion j
I from the figures given. The unavoid- i
i able inference drawn from every inter- i
1 national fair i- this : The attendance is j
very largely drawn from the population j j
I within a limited radius from the
, site of the exposition. Thus , for
instance. the statistics of the
Paris exhibition show that on
days when the attendance averaged
250. ( KIO. at least 1HO.U < K ) came from Paris
and its environs Allowing for the dif-
j ference in national liabits which makes
I the American regard a trip from San
! Francisco to Chicago with greater
, readine than the Frenchman does a
I trip to Berlin : allow ing. too. for the ua-
' limited stimulus to travel given by the
excursion system planned by the railroads -
' roads of this country for the cominc :
j event takinff every possible factor into
account , it seems hardly po-sible that
more than an average of 200.000 non
residents will be in Chicago durin ? the
, exposition. Assuming , then , that 2k- )
i (100 ( will be the largest average of
strangers needing food and lodging in
! the city , no one familiar with the situation -
! tion would he-itate to declare that the
| ordinary rule of ! < npp3y and demand will
] prevail throughout the six months , and
{ that the price of living mil l > e a- reason
able as could be expected.
\Vomnn in ractorn-6.
'The change from individual to col-
Ibctive enterprises , from the domestic to
the factory system , has released a vast
amount oflabor formerly performed in
the house by womettrJCith three results :
either this -work hicrj/l een diverted to
other place . or intoiiher channels , or
has become idle.writes Lucy M.
Salmon in the Neif England ilaga-
zine for April. ' 'The tendency at
'
fir-t wa- wholly in ' * h'e former direc
tion , The hou spinner- and
weavers liocame IQS spinners and
weavers in factories , ttnfl later the home
workers in other line Jwcame the operative
ativein other large establishments. A-
machinery became moiv simple , women
were employed in larger numbers until
in several places ana in several occupa
tions their numbers chewed tho-e of men.
One illu-tration of thu-is found in Mas
sachusetts. where by Jhe census of Iss5
it was found that in eisrht towns in the
Htate , one of them Lo'ftjll ' , the number
of women employed rs the manufactur
ing industries was greater than the num
ber of men.
'Ten years ago a weaver in Lawrence
complained. 'One of the evils existing in
this city is the gradual extinction of the
male ojierative. ' In 1350 in Massachu
setts women predominated in fifteen oc
cupations , including tho-e for the man
ufacture of buttons and dress trimmings.
carj etings , clothing , icotton goods , fancy
articles , hair work , h < > iery and knit
goods , linen , mixed textiles , silk and silk
goods , straw and palm-leaf goods and
worsted gooda. "
| Oar Army of 1'aniloiienu
j "VYe still have on the pension rolls
twenty widows and two daughters of t he
! revolution , writes Colonel TV. t Church
1 in the North American Review There
j are Itf5 survivors and K.057 widows , of the
! war of 1 12 , and ir > 215 sun-.vors and
T.S-tt wtdmvs irf th * Mexican wa . TM
M < t > and 1 > * 1W de-
Jw i < ent -lativf i of the wa-r of tb < " rr-
) > ellif n. with 42 SW rl im nt for f n-
* < Kir tki aad e rlier w r < m the
h < l r MflMMieratjou at the dte n * the
l * t repttrt. Ortol r 12. J1 * ! ) > etiid > < I
3M. W8 claitniMito f < ir inrrw w 'if pm-
< tkm In the five Ktotew \VnnhuwVm. .
< - > rwp w. Dkirt . NetwankR and KMKW .
tberv are now MMM-lr three times MS I
many ix-n ionerax tere were oldie-n ;
fBrxfebod by tb se < ta t to the war. '
rit : 72.WK1 } > en iouer. < to 2fi.2.xoldiw > . ,
This i * dae. of canr.te , to the more-
of nofmlataon to the v o-t , but is a
iljtMstratikm nf the rxVuit of t nr
roll. There are .t .SJWi jtenwkNi-
ers in the l a hUtH\ that formed the
southern ronfederhcv. and KiMIlfi in the
six states that held t > a divided alleri-
auoe , Miss { nri. Kentucky. Tennessee.
We-4 Vkrinia. Mat-viand and Delaware
in all 14rt.70 in tht old "lavetate * . .
The banner stole on the T > en-i < i record.
< > faio. has Wt.- ! ! j nnioneJ'- . Pennsylvania -
vania has Si.870. Is-w York followinc
\rlth 7 : . 2fi. Indiana with H.1.120. niinoi- .
with ra.Sim. Mx-hican with 4.2TiS. and
Wisconsin with 2 > . : i 2. The annual
payment t pensioners , explwdiag arrears
of { tension , amounted la-t year to $116.-
S17.Sti7.24 , and itwill probably soon
reach a round SlftM ) KI.OO.I. Including
arrears. , it vnll probably exceed for a
Uu e an average of 5201)iotl.OJit ) ( annually. .
I
771.1. 7'.17 KV
With the dawn of Easter Sunday the
Lerrteu sackcloth is put aside aud the thea
ters will b * mor largel } patronized Though '
tbe Just past Jortj dnj s have e ii theatrical '
attractions in Omaha that will rauk with tbe
greatest the iiost-Edster pniprams have
features that will cause pHterfamilias several - i
eral SOHSOUE ot searchinc cogitation , while the ,
younger men aspiring to the dignity i
of the paterafmflias will feel
tailed uion to restrict ionic
of their little luxuries that their lady friends j
may not miss tbe entertaiumentK provided b.\ ,
the local manapemeuts All last * * theatrical - i
cal wHi IK- suited dunnr April Emotional I
comedy and farce comedy romantic drama. j
comic opera and praad ojtera are all billed
This is the menu of the mouth ' i
At the Bovd Effl - Ellsler. from the 3d to
the &th Lilliputian Ojiera ( onipany , flth , Tth
and sth. "TheVhite Squadron" scenic
drama Jrom tbe ! th to th l th Joseph .leffer- i
son in "Hip Van Winkle * for one uight.on the
I'.th. Boston Howard Atheim'Utn company.
14th. 15th aud lOtb "The Lost Paradise "
ITth aud istb P'aderewski on the li'th '
"Tar and Tartar" Ojxjra company. 20th ,
21M and 23d Lewis Morrison s Faust. "
2Hd. 24th aud UTitu and the iSostoman Oi > ra
company elosiur the aiontu. opening on the
20thAt
At the Farnam farce coined.1 , will fill
most of the duys or nichti. rather , of April.
thoturh for thrw nights in the middle of the
month liubert Mantell wjj present one or
jnore of his pi-eat romantic interpretations
This is the Farnam' ' * list "The Voodoo "
from the 3d to thir.th "The Merry Cob
bler. " Oth. Tth and * .th James A Uiell.in .
A German scldier , ' I'th to tbe l th Kob-
ert Mantel ] , ISith , 14th and Kith Bobby
Gaylor in "Sport McAllister" once more ,
from the IGth to the 10th Pur Peter .lack-
son , with Parson Davies in Uncle Tom's
Cabin.'tlth to ± id 'A Breez1. Time. " 23d
to Stith "The Smuggler. " 27th to ! ith. Ezra
Kendall opening a four nights enpagemeut in
"A Pair of Kids' on the last day of tne
month
Miss ESie EllBler is iu Omaba this week ,
and at the Bo.vd Tbe bare announcement is
sumuent to tbe thousands of theater croers ,
wbti have found more renuiue pleasure and
p'ofit -vntnessmc tbis creat actress' ten
der aelinttutiou of Haw ) Kirke" than in
looking on balf tbe "jiopular" phi.tsof more
recent productioa "Hazel Kirke' will be
presented tonicbt on an elaborate scenic
scale , with Miss EllMe-r tbe veteran CV
Couldock and Frauk "Westoti m tbe cast
It h > te the credit of both Miss Ellslcr and
ilr. Coaldock that , altboucti. both have ap
pcarea In tbe same plaj time and time acain
yet jteople never seum to tire , and tbejr ajv
jiliiu.se it > us creat now as wben "Hazel
Kirke' was first produced Miss Ellsler's
Hazel is said to show an improvcv
mcnt t ais suaion in rcnnj resjxsrts. jirinci-
paby in an addition of emotional strenrtn.
tbe dramatu pdssare.s beiuc more intensely
rendered Conldoct has played Dunstan so
oJten tbat it is no loncejactiuc vitb him.
but a matter of fact representation witb no
chance to his tremendous power or pbisiral
vzcor. Other members of tue company are
all excellent
Tomorrow evenmir Miss Ellsler will pro-
Quec a play wnich will sbow ber versatilin
as an uctreiis in a wonderful decree Eirypt
Allyn. " In it is introduced a dream mat is
probably more oricinal and afforas a wider
scojie to tne actress , tban any known to tbe
stace Tbe characters are orawn from life
and. to speak lnefiit is a stronc plaj
abounding in dramatu interest
Miss Ellsler's new piaj "Doris. . " will lie
seen for the first time in Omaha on Tuesday
and AVednesdaj evemncs It was civeii its
nrst pmduction on an.stace . in Detroit
Ff bniary ! l. wben tbe Free Press of tbat
citj proclaimed it tbe stniucest emotuuial
domestic comefly Miss Ellsler has iwon s"eu
in since "Hazel Kirke" was written for ber
InDoris" Mr Couldock assumes tbe part
of an old clercyinan very much cm the order
of Dr Primrose * u "Tbe Vicar nfVake -
nela. ' and m Dons Vuue Miss Ellslei bus a
wortbj successor to Hazel Kirke
The Voodoo , or the Lnckj Charm. " will
be presented lor the nrst time in Omaba at
tbe Farnam matinee today contimunc until
\Vednesdaj This farce comedy has the
bicbest endorsement from tbe Boston.
Philadelphia and Providence papers , ana is
said to be an entirelj new departure Its ,
plot hinires on Voodooism a s > uj > erstition
tbat exists amonc a certain element in tbe
southern states and the West Indies Tbe
aul nor has u.iea for a central ficure a youticr
married woman wbo is told b.an . old Voodoo
woman thut bar fondest wish will be cranted
ber if she succeeds in pettmp seven hairs out
of the ueard of a red-whiskered man. Manv
fuun.i situations arise from her efforts to
Bticure tbe required si nepers Thomas E.
Murraj. considered one of tbe Iwst Irish
comedians the stare has known in recent
years , has made tbe bit of bis theatrical
career in tbe part of Michael Mi Mabou. an
easy-come bail-fellow-well-met Irishman ,
The supporting company is said to be ex
cellent including .loon G Sjxtrks so lonp a
bricbt litrbt in Edward Harnsan's force , and
Ada Bothner , famous tbroucb her long asso
ciation witbA Bunch of Keys ' '
The new play to be produced at tbe Bijou
and "Wonderland tomorrow , "The Inside
Track , " was one of Oliver Doud Byron s
createst successes Tbe management has se
cured four star iK > rformer4 and materially
btrnnrtheuod its cuimpauy , so that a creat
performuuce win lie civen .lobn D'Ormond.
wbo has nlread.v booome a creat favorite
with Bijou undutnues.ill divide tbe honors
with Ralph Cummincs. wbo makes his first
appearance tomorrow Mr Cummincs for
| years has filled tbe position uf leading uiun
, with tbe Mcrasoo stock comjiauy at
' San Francisco and is hichly recom-
1 meadttd The star forniue charac
ter will be played by Acnes Fuller ,
already a Die favorite , and Miss Leslie
I Leich , formerly of the Pitou s i k company
] of New York "The Inside Track" is a molo-
I drama of more than ordinary m nt. throuch
I which a vein of oomudy is woven which
I makes it snappy , and it has always proven a
I pl user The costuming and sL-eu ry are
i both macuiik'tmt
t Tb sjiecialttes prwedmp the drama mtro-
duue * tbe Milums. an excellent musical
! team the Austins in their artistic statue
and .lohn Sheridan , ua eccentric
Every lady visitor will receive a handsome
I souvenir at each performance during tbe
! week
i
"The Pupfl of Magic. " a spectacular play ,
i well spoken of by competent critics which
| finish * * the week at the Bord opemug
i Thursday eveulup introduces a uovelt } in
1 the ajqioarauoe of a uuml > er of midget actors
who , ranging from 20 to % year * of age di
not measure more that from 2 * ) inches l ! < 0
inches u > height. But small Ub their sue
, they ore said to be accomplished actors ana
I supers , with no vulgurity or horse plav in
i thttir acting "The Pupil of Magk- ' give *
I all of the little ] xx > ple an excellent chauu1 to
1 display their tai uu. and tbe catch } musir
tne tofucal songs and the bright ana
witty dialogue iieep the SIK C-
tators intert4.ted fmm il-eginwug to
end. The i > tictarmar feat-res are vcr <
j pi-mocn'-ed Pwr Ti'-load of teener" co -
tuwe * d wxwMortwi artl we * * rjtnr the
pnrlwtinn nf tti pl r fw tbe mouoliue nf
which More thMi f4U < * " h Iwfla ot V
The ballet uf the rompMty ity hM < h > ( ne
and wnoef ul dunonn. will be Mm two
rnuM NtOetK Snne of the IU MV ? . i | * -
rtmlJ.v "The Wnndwtwr Wpodii ' re MuMter
jrtwe of Horah rt rW nnuitbk tbe Lali-
pvtfauw hare cnnrded ttie thiMtuni nf thr
rtte of the country
"The Mftrrr CobMw " a ramtHly ,
with tohtt R Frmnt Cuwj i ta the UUe
| rt tijwnc for three aiahte at the FmrnMO
Tbur da.T ermine It ha plot .if exitmtoer-
be iotricar. * . Inwrinr < m U e 'Jtrttme * of a
Onrnmii imhleamn.who. . tnr wrh a Terjr un-
i SBl * et nf cirruniitatineK bomrnxw k struct
coMtkir hi New Ortoaitt. The totwrrt to
swttehMtd thrmMrkmat tht rU m Orfmrtu-
nities JUT rlvtm tor oic < - eKooUent rhantrter
urtatHt dMl tbe comi ttpmmuttBK U e
drama M % td to lx > fully nm > itent to i -
vrcw then all Tbe work IMS ptoat.v of
humor , w bile tbe a } | anmoe of the chil
dren has cnnted outhnsiwim evttrrwhere
Readers of Onwe Ktmnaa's artictoc in
the Omtwry were prti | r < a for the n
wben be apjHwred In this cKj nctnie mmrths
am > . bat tbr pkxiurai > ) e ex1 ut to which li's
wouderfal word pictures carriwl then wn *
most deitchtf ul surprise He was known
us H virorous macamie M-nter but the
fascination of his ormtorr proved far prtwter
ttian had iKt'U auticit ted Takiuc into I
conftideratioG thf e furls witb tbe further |
attrm'ttuD of the presentation rf wtttiy rare
views by tbe aid of a nne sVert-opHcau and j
calcium ucbt. Mr Keiinau's iwturc at lii-
po itkin hall next TburMhiy etrtdnc is cur '
tain to lie very lurrrolj attended The re
served seat sale , at usual prire s. will OJKJE at
Chase Jt Eddy s tomorrow morniue
Paderewski , the pt rless nittawt will pive
a rwcital at the Bt > id on the evemue of
" "
"Wednesday. Ajiril IV
Prai r tions are well forwnrdwl for the
pre t nm < ncal festival to lie civeu in Exp. > -
sivioii hall in Ma.t. from tbe IT.tti to the 1Hth
Damro cb's f nil New York orchestra Sjusu s '
new mititarv liana and a cbi > ru of : KKI voices
uiiAer Prof Torreus w il ! pri > ndt a seanon
of sunc and melodious scmud such as ' . > muha
has never had lielore
A Jtt-tuarkablf. Care of Outof tlir Mt . -tnl
born and Adrravating lMi-1'UM-t.Timt Attllrt
A News reporter learump that Mrs N M
Peters of East Des Monies who was louc af
nicted with rheumatism had been compiete-
ly cured concluded to call on the lad } aud
pet the facts divert ! } from her for the Iwue-
nt of anj of our readers wbo ma\ lie similar
1 } afflicted He found Mrs Peters to t - a
i ver.v pleasant lad } of middle ap < - u. peed
j health aud doing her own house work On
being questioned she said ' 1 had suffered
with rheumatism the greater part of tbe
i time for nearl } seven years At umes ] was
I helpless 1 had doctored u preM deal f .r it
| with physicians and tried electric belts and
I almost everythinp that is rt onnwu'Jfa ftir
] rheumatism , as no oue will suffer itb it as
j 1 did without doing all thai can IIP d'mt ti >
| ' relieve it Finali } a ueisrhbor womuu ad-
j vised me to tr } Chamberlain's Pain Bata
and was so sure that it would help nif thiit 1
procured a bottle It did help mi rirht Ironi
the start but it teak live olH-ent bottles to
cure tne , so } on c n guess how oad 1 wjs as
one or two bottles will cure an } ( irdinar\
< 'ase It is a grand good mediciuf aud Lus
done me a power of peed aud 1 hope * > > . ! wu.
publish the facts in your valuable paper that
everybod } ma } know it' Des Muuie * . i.ai. }
Ne-ivs
People who are interested in mimvmr what
the U-miierature of their i t-t was aftt-r
travelinp ever street ear trac'ks ana ot her
places where salt was used to melt tb" snow
during the past winter should rememtier
that a nurture of two parts of jiouudod ice
and one of common salt will reduce tbe tern
pTature of a bed } surrounded b } it from
511 degrees to zero
In Eucland tradt taU"s away a man's
social stauainc. but sport doesn't An im-
perunious nobleman mav breed hordes and
neD them uud still be in tbe jinnee of Wales
sot But 1ft him sell beef or butter and be
is ostracized Hf > mav train berses for u
salarj and still be a ccnUeman He may be
a starter and stii. ret iu his. social standing
He must not co into trade
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16th and Ta.ms.-m Stre > et .
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"R"c cure Catarrh. . All DKeaHEn oTi1 ! *
Nohe. Throat. CKokt. Stomica. , SovFoit
and Liver.
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CURED
FlLE-i FISTFLA. riHSUHE. permanent'r curel
wiu out tbe ti o of fcnifti licature ur Ckumlc.
At ! nmlnctlc of a p-lrate or dullcaltt naturn oZ
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> zi Uoor to Pofltnfflce
T.be Omaha and Chicago Short Lane
of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Puul
Rr . wap opened fo freight aad pasien-
per traffic. It thet.3 ten short years the
"Milwaukee" as it is affdctionatoly
termed , oy its patrons , has taken
front runic nmonrft its older compet
itors ! , and to-daj stands unrivaled for
Bused , comfo't uud safety Here is
a map 5bow.n its short Une be
tween Omaha , L onnril Bluffs and Ciii-
ca < : o. over vrhicu run-s the finest .Equip
ped E ectric Lighted Steam Heated
Ye&tibuled Tr.aDt with Mugnificent.
Dininr Car service cnroute , P A. JJah
is , the Genera Airent and the Omaha
City Ticket Office is at No. 1501 Fat-
St. .
Lace Curtains.
I In fine medium and superior grades of Brus
sels , Swiss. Irish Point and Nottingham
Every variety of style and color. "We have
bought the handsorrest things we could" See
them and judge for yourself.
CHINA SILKS.
Louis XVI designs in novel shades aud watej *
color effects , as pretty as hand painted ; just
what you want for sofa pillows and other fan
cy work.
work.CARPETS. .
The foundation from which a room is fur
nished is always an interesting theme to us
and will be to you. If you contemplate refur
nishing we invite you to see the new colors
and designs.
Orchard-Wilhelm Carpet Company ,
SUCCESSORS TO S. A. ORCHARD.
Temporary Location Opp. our Burned Store on Dou 'as st.
CORN SPOON
T o be exhibited at tbe ( Vorld'i Fulr.
A NEBRASKA WOMAN " § 5 St
JU le&am : Jewelers bare it.
Traie BC polled MRS. J. H. LYNCH ,
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