Nebraska Newspapers

    TTIE 03FUIA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY. "DECEMBER 2U , 1 03-SIXTEEX P VGES.
GEN , GRANT'S GRANDCHILD
Colonel Fr Ts Daughter One of This 8 a-
Boa's Debutante ! in Hew York.
WILL OE COURTED AND PETTED BY SOCIETY
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Dlnnmlon at tlio American SyMom of nilu-
cntlii ? Vaunt ; \Vmncn Icrliuiu' *
Srlinnl for Women FPinlnluo.
mid I'ntlilun Nate * .
P ubnbly none of' this season's debit-
Uv.ac * .n NTOK- York sociuty will receive
| u jrc attention thnn Miss Julln Grant.
Iho laughter of Colonel Fredurick D.
lirnnt , who will bo courted nml putted
quite na much for the nnko of her own
and accomplishments
i i.armlng porsormlity
ments UM UCCHUSO of her Illustrious linen -
on o Miss Grant is extremely pretty ,
havtnir ncrfcctly regular futitures and
aountlnnt lluily li'lit ( , htitr. 5ho IB tnll
and slomlur and carrioa herself in a
manner very stately for a yomitf girl.
Her Nv York dubntvai not her first
exior'onco in fnshiomiblo gayotic * . for
hlic was presented at court in Vienna
lant vear when Colonel Grant was min-
inter tiustria. . iind has seen something
of f hieijjo society since the family s re-
t.irn from Europe.
C hii-airiatiH. in fn"t. hud just bngun to
claim nor for their very own , when
r ilonol Grant took a hoiibc in New York
for Uio vMiitor and established his family
in the motroplla. The house SB rather
email and unpretentious , but Colonel
and Mr * . Grant will do a great deal of
cuter .iimiif * in their delightfully in
formal fashion , and , it 1st needless to say ,
wisl H > ( "instantly entertained them
selves. Mrs. G.-ant , it .vill bo rumem-
borotl was Miss Ida Honorc of Chicago.
but tier accomplishment ; ! and tactful-
nesi have made her as great a favorite
in Now York as in the Lake City.
Miss fnliava * born in the white houbo
ilurinir the last year of General Grant's
term tut president in June. 1S70 , to bo
more exact and as a child was a great
favorite with her illustrious grandfather ,
of whose hous-ehold ho and her parents
were members at the tinio of his death.
Her .ifo abroad has developed her won-
derfullv. and it Is not diflleult to foresee
that before the winter ia over she will
bo one of New York's reigning belles.
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From head to foot , from ton to toe. the
girl of OH IB a thing of color and life and
movement , of picturesque clleet and
pleasing personality. Illogicallydwssbod ?
Why. of coursu ; there has been too
much common -onto in this world. Per
haps the girl of ' 03 is going to the other
extreme. That sometimes barrens.
\nd what of it ? Have you over
thought how imicU. the world owes to
woman's frivolity.-1 Tlio Englishman's
preposterous habit of carryinir a moun
tain of luggage with him wherever he
goes has covered the known world with
railway lines , so it would bo hard to
point to an industry which hadn't been
helped by frivolity. Or to a discovery
or improvement in sciuuce or art that
frivolity doesn't reward by maki'n : use
of it. Take one iuhtanee because it's the
newest. A Swiss aluminum company
announces that after January 1 alum
inum will bo sold at 45 cents a pound.
Frivolity has found a Ufao for the
cheapened product. An aluminum rib-
ben , light , yet fair'y ' btltr , pleasing in
color if shown , but easily concealed ,
bending but not breaking , is now not
uncommon in the hem of a smart gown.
Fin de siccle. indeed !
Denr girl , remain frivolous forever , or
wo shall an-hungored be , many of us ,
and a-thirst aim n-onld ! B more than
ever frivolous , an them mayest. these
dreary days when mills are stopping
and work is scarce ! Shine , for thy
Binning means work , art , food , fire ,
Hhelter ! Fling hiu'h thy pretty alcoves
and cares , or primly prune tnem as it
pleases thee. Not I , at least , shall say
thce nay.
The American system of educating
young women seems to be a popular sub
ject for discussion , articles upun it hav
ing appeared almo t simultaneously in
good journals and magazines , hays
Womankind. We seem on the path of
radii-al reform. Arc we all our own
fancy would paint us. ab educators , or
are wo producing a hybrid ? The true
aim should be to develop womanhood to
its perfection. Are wo perfecting
woman , or are wo trying to bring out a
new creature , wholly and totally un
known to past generations ? Dr. Edson
claims , in an article , that American
women nro over-educated and do not
become mothers as a result of mental
Htram and phyMeal dolleieney :
alto the nondesiro of American intel
lectual women to bear children. Other
articles are against co-education ,
as making the sexes too freely equal ,
and brushing oil that charm of the fern-
inino inlluenco. the hoftoning of rough
ness for women's take. When a woman
becomes a ehum or a comrade she loves
the irrcator charm that hovers around
her , bt'caiiFu alio is a possible loved one.
Tno dif-cubblon of those questions can
hurt no ono. Wo struggle toward truth ,
as walking along a thorny path. The
light is ever ahead , and wo pursue it ,
but wo remember the rough places and
pitfalls , and would warn others A
uioro important subject than the best
HVbtcm of education for these young
daughters , who now are conning their
A U C's , cannot bo found. They are the
questions of the ago. "What shall wo
do with the ( "jming young women ; " ' la a
query not only of interest to ua as par
ents , but to future generations.
Old records say that the law once took
n hand in reducing the size of women's
sleeves in Venice. That was in KlO.'l ,
und its olTeut was soon s-eon in the ex
travagant trains women added to their
gowns. Aa soon as the puzzled luw-
mnkors realized what was the mutter
they curtailed tlio skirt by a hccoml
edlot , to be again circumvented by the
great mugniflceni-u of both skins and
sleeves , which were blazoned with em
broideries of gold and bet with precious
Etenes , These too were enacted out of
fashion , but only while the women wore
getting breath for a fresh contust and a
sloeva that exceeded in eo t anything
that had gonu buforo , for they wuro
both wide and long , reaching oven the
hoin of the dresa. Thu&o were the arm
coverings that called forth the lost
edict from the Venetian somite.
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There IB at Reykjavik , in Iceland , a
most interesting school for women ,
which re profits the patriotic lava and
6 U euurltico of Icelandic womur , us it
was founded and is supported through
the exertions of ono woman , who lec
tures In Europe on the noedn of liui
nutivo island , says the New Yortt Sun ,
and the generosity of uthor women , wlu
brought thuir heirlooms and pourotl
them into the lapof the founder , that she
mignt soil thum und appropriatu thu
procoodu to the kchoul. Thut > o heir
looms were quaint and beautiful bolts
illlgreo tubes for confining thu tassel on
the every-day cap , snulf horns and sil
ver embroideries , huveral women huvn
been bant to Farnpa to ba trained us
Uuiuhura with the money ihaa raited ,
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and many more at home have received a
higher form of education than otherj j
wire would have been powibla. Women |
student * nrtj admitted to the median ! k
and theological seminaries for Instrucj j
tiou and Hnal examinations , and U ) the |
Lfitln ftchnol for exnmination , if they i
have preptirod therawlves. A diploma
from any ono of the > institutions admits
io the Univenily of Copenhagen.
Mrs. Leland Stanford , after nor hus
band's donth , assumed the administra
tion of the business affairs of his large
estnte. No other woman In the country
controls so many millions. She Is wid
to be at her desk nt Palo Alto earlier in
the morning than most business meu.
and is kept busy thu whole day. She
approve * all bills , and looks personally
into all the vast interest * left by her
huslmnd. Her plan is to put nil the en
dowment properties of the Lelntid Sjan-
ford university in a condition to yield
thu largest possible income to that insti
tution. It is thought that the uni
versity trustees will find but little op
portunity to Improve on her work when
the property tlnaily reaches their
hands. Mrs. "Stanford Is OS years old. in
good health , and displays great vigor
and endurance.
Women clerks , or. ns the British scribe
delights in calling them , "fomalo
clerks. " are to be introduced into the
Bank of England. They are to be em
ployed mainly in the department which
deals with the Lssuo and receipt of
note- , and will not be > on view to the
public , for tholr presence at the coun
ters weighing' nut sovereigns In shovels
might Imvo a demoralizing effect on
young stock brokers onculing day. but
once these women clerks have been
tsiken Into the embraces of the "Old
Lady of Threadneedlo street. " no one
can tell to what extent they will displace
men in her alTeetiuns. They may even
get the upper ha id altogether.
At Rothschilds and several other well
known houses women are employed in
considerable numbers in the coupon de
partments , and are found better adapted
for thu work than men. It may also bo
mentioned as a. sign of the times that
Mr. Brass , member of the Metropolitan
Asvlum Board , proposed that four now
clerks whom it is proposed to appoint
should bo women , and Sir Edwin Gals-
worthy admitted that the appearance of
fair dames would introduce a charming
variety into their business.
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Some pretty frames for photographs
that sold readily at a woman's exchange ,
says thu Now York Times , were of coarse
heavy white lace painted with ivory-
white cuaiuul , with- the tlowers and
leaves in the pattern touched with gold
paint. The edges of the frames were
bjund with gilt. The lace was used on
the same frames that are usually cov
ered with whitu embroidered linen or
leather. Frames for small or medium-
sied pictures to be hung up on the wall
may be mndu in the same way. Take
Torchon lace , for instance , and lay it on
a plain pine frame that is cjvcred with
shcllack. When the shollack is cli-y ,
glue on the lace , caver it with the white
paint and lot it dry. Cut the luce at the
earners so that it will fit smoothly where
the frame U mitred. Gilt or colored
paint may Do used entirely for these
frames , but is not as pretty as the white
and gold.
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It is an interesting fact that in Switz
erland , where the same educational ad
vantages are extended to bath sexes , and
in whoj-o famous universities women stu
dents from all parts of the world con
gregate in greater numbers than in any
other country , Higher education for
women , parallel with that , fo.- men , is
not viewed at all favorably. If a young
Swiss girl is to continue her education
beyond wiiat slio getd at the secondary
-cliool. slio ia sent t > some female insti
tute , where she goto a course of study
supposed to be adapted to the feminine
mind , and consistin-r chiefly of modern
languages , literature , history and music.
Perhaps the < = aino men who sit in the
cderal council and help to keep the
imversities open to women would dis
courage , if not decidedly oppose , their
sisters or daughters entering the classes ,
indeed , public opinion is so Htronu-
against it that there are few Swiss
women regular studentg at thu uni
versities.
In Morrison. 111. , there lives a gentle
man by thu name of Green. It is now
flomo twenty years slnco Mr. Green be
came the delighted father of an infant
daughter. In a moment of gay facetious-
fic-B , inspired by his joy , ho named the
baby Olive. It was not many years be
fore Mr. Green was once more a father.
Again it. was an infant daughter , and
the " \ibtlo poibon of that first christen
ing having worked in his blood , ho
named thu second onu Myrtle. A third
time the joys of paternity became Mr.
Green i , and a tliird in/ant daughter
was added to his household. The fattier
s-et his teeth grimly , got out thu family
bible , and wrote in a firm hand "Ivy
Green. ' ' He nirthermoro assured his
friends that if lie should bo presented
with a son and huir ho should look out
Tor tlio youngster's future bv naming him
"Apple Greon. ' ' for then no daughter of
Eve could over resist him.
A certain Mr. Horace Plunkot madu
a ipeuch in thu English Parliament the
other day which i > ont the members otf
into tits of laughter. The occasion was
the debate on the woman's sulfrago clause
in a proposed bill. Mr. Plunkot 1ms
lived ten years in Wyoming , and there
fore spoku as ono having authority. Mr.
Plunkot excited the merriment of his
libtener.s by referring to "a female
jiibticu of the peace. " with whom ho was
well acquainted. He said shu know how
to use her authority and her revolver.
But thu funniest thing was when Mr.
Plunkut told about women jurors. That
practice , he iaid , had been abandoned in
deference to tnu protest of onu man who
complained that ho had to take care of
the baby all night , whilu his wife was
locked up "with cloven good mun and
true. "
I'aslilcin Xnte * .
The latest caprice in footwear ia thu
white antin slinpor.
Mustard-colored gloves with black
stitching are fashionable in Paris and
London.
Aluminum buttons are among thu
noveltiu.s , and thcbu are haudsomo and
artistic.
Ruches of colored crone are used to
head lace tlouncos on satin or watered-
silk dresses.
Fancy mulTa madu of velvet and other
rich materials are elegant rivals of the
plainer drum inulTa or furs.
Narrow bands of sable hoadnd with
jet passementerie about an inch wide is
a modish trimming for cloth gowns.
Mariu Stuart b innuts are again in
fashion and as they are extremely becoming -
coming to many faces will no doubt be
popular.
A new tuxtilo for ball tollata closely
rosumblus crape , axoupt that it shines
like satin und is manufactured in the
moet bountiful colors.
A great deal of narrow black lauo in
sertion or fancy ribbons are usou in moot
capricious wava on chic littlu wool and
bilk-und-wool gowns.
l 1 muled molro antique is a fiuhionublo
falnie of thu season und gowns of it ,
trimmed with guipure do venl&c , are
I w > rn by both young and elderly women.
Beautiful dancing toilets are mudu
changeable * atm brocades , trimmed -vith
lace insertion and edging , with skirts of
accordion-pleated crepon set to a yike of
the brocade.
( "ropons are considerably les the rngo
than they were last "eason. French cash
mere , namel's hair sacking in its varied
qualities and effects , serge and vigogne
being strong 'ivals.
Handsome silk-striped wools are being
formed into pretty "holiday toilets. " '
These make charming drupes , as the
material is fine and the colors bright
and well combined with softer neutral
shades.
Now moires show novel and attrac
tive patterns. They nro striped , shot ,
ilowored , dotted Or barred with velvet
or satin on either the large waved
antique grounds or the moire Francais
surfaces in finer ripples.
Silk and wool mixtures will be largely
u < -cd in the making of street and
church costumes for tho. spring. In its
weaving the silk threads are thrown
almost whooly on the surface of the
goods , and a rich , lustrous effect pro
duced.
Point d'Angleturre Is very fashionable
for wedding veils. It is very cobwebby
and falls more gracefully than any of
thu laces used for that purpose. But
tullu is mfli-c becjining and fulls in such
light , shimmering folds that it remains
llrst favorite.
Milliners are just now showing par
ticular partiality lor all the rich brown
shades and the different varieties of
green , combining them with soft tints of
yellow or pink and varied shades of red ,
from magenta , beet root and dahlia , to
the vivid Russian dyes.
t'cmltiliio Notii .
Maids of honor to Queen Victoria re
ceive a salary of 31.00 a year and are In
attendance at court thirteen weeks.
Street car conductors at Hannibal
Miss. , are forbidden to aid women in
getting on orolT the cars except when re
quested.
English under servants , who are al
ways excluded from the housekeeper's
room , refer to this sacred spot us "The
Pug's Parlor.1
A letter of George Eliot's , in which
she complains of the literary criticisms
of certain persona , was recently sold at
auction in London for 325.
Partridges nerved with stowed peaches
is a specialty of a Dresden hotel , accord
ing to a European traveler , who found
the combination n happy one.
Jean Ingelow appears to be a vary
hospitable woman. She gives a dinner
party three times a week. Her guests
are twelve poor people just discharged
from thu London hospitals.
In October of this year the authori-
tie ? of Dublin university. Ireland , an
nounced that hereafter the junior fel
lowship of the university will be open
to students of both sexes on the same
conditions.
Barnard College for Women , an annex
of Columbia cjllego , now has 103 stu
dents and has secured 5100,000 for a
building fund. It has received 3100.00J
from the Fayerweather estate and 330-
000 toward an endowment fund of $100-
000.
000.Miss
Miss Ethel Arnold , a sister of Mrs.
Humphry Ward , is said to be an un
usually brilliant talker and has been
frequently urged by her friends to write
a book. She had adopted tins sugges
tion and is on thu eve of publishing a
volume called "Platonics. "
The philosophical faculty of the
University of Heidelberg ha"s resolved
that women students can be admitted to
the-degreo of doctor there. In Gottin-
gen also similar facilities are permitted ,
and two English ladies , who have
already studied mathematics at Cam
bridge , are attending lectures there.
It was a German woman. Mine. Emma
Seller , who first discovered the mechan
ism of head notes , thu highest tones in
the female voice. She devoted herself
to the study of thu lurnyx at the dis
secting table , and was rewarded by find
ing two small cartilages in the vocal
chords which produce these sounds.
At the five Swiss universities 27. >
women matriculated , and 102 who had
not been examined were admitted to the
lectures last term. Of all these only
five studied law , the rest belonging to
thu mudical and philosophical schools.
tVmong the matriculated students K1S
came from Russia and nineteen were
tVmuricans.
Manuola y Palido of Madrid is the
only woman lawyer in Spain. On ac
count of this unique distinction her pic
ture was placed in the bpani&h exhibit
at the Columbian fair , and her permit
to practice hung near. She is a remark
ably handsome young woman and prob
ably does not lack for clients.
Miss Matt Crim , the well known young
Georgian writer , has many a smilu over
thu reference of reviewers to'Mr Crim. "
She is a girlish-looking blonde , with
simple and unaffected manners , and a
modest opinion of her abilities. Shu
makes it a rule to write every day , and ,
us Mr. Stedman says that she has gen
ius , she may ba expected to succeed.
A good deal has been said abaut a
young English woman who is an indexer
and has mudo a reputation by indexing
thu records of thu Houses' of Parlia
ment. It may not be generally known
t\\ii \ \ ; a woman has been employed in the
same profession in this country. Miss
Boveridgo lias , during several adminis
trations , as = istud in indexing the Con-
grossijimi Record.
TllK
Jminm' .
wn lians Hi" inutlotosf"
Null of Hello and Nun.
Nun hlufclitid , mid sulil shj didn't know ;
Ilu'lf tried Indlfforunce tohliuw :
Nell didn't drop thi < auDjcut , though ,
And tliuy duvlbed : t pl.ui.
They hung It nn thu clmmloller ,
Hi-foru tlio ChrUtmas iron.
And Hollu .mil Nun boon in.ulo Itclcar i
To every youns man .mmiliit ; nedr
Jim \Yhnro It inn. by feigning fear ,
Aim bo got Ulsseil , you sec.
Hut Nell , I noticed , shutinoil tliu jilny ,
Tnough of the tlinte mo > t fulr.
Hut tTliuii the rokt- were iolnur awiiy
Hut shyly motioned me u > * tuy
And hnutohlnimitt a littlu spray ,
Hhu liTlnod n in hur hulr.
The football ornaments are now in se.ison.
Thu over papular wraatti now surmounts
hairpins of gold and shell.
Thu most beautiful riuis and ornaments of
thu auason are iu opals and diamonds.
It Is n masculine taste to huvo thermom
eters mounted on tusks of ivory and horn.
Thu tnreo strands at a ncoklace of pearls
are gnthured up In festoons by a lava knot.
Mnrquisu rluh's are now three inches long.
Thuy arc evidently , intended only for idle
hands.
The battle axes of par/orated ilt trith a
gam at thu summit jiru pretty and less fre
quent than the sword.
Spoons with unumelea bawls .j not seem
rittin . Tliuy aru. however. Interesting. Anew
now | K > 3n has the Ainariuau flay m thu
bowl.
Enamel ia certainly having a line show.
Thu small boxes of tuumel grow prtiuitu- and
more dainty woe * by wouk. The heart-
shaped baxui are charmingly quaint.
Vienna clocks are uumty panels of enutnol
set m temples of brass. Waltcau acontia are
chosen.
The No 0 Wheeler & . \\'iutan witn Us ro-
arv movement , is the li < tiu t runuinijd
maiHlniMu ttu market , and is unequaiiu.
fjrMi' 1. lurutiilit and luaill , if w.irlt
bt J JV W t.iu liizr & Cj , UU South Sis
teeutli street _ , . .
/.ut ir.
The onrvrns nearly full , when a moJlshlv
dressed voting man. loadwl mth nn ayc lnss
and general air of Ihslttude , oarofulh
gathered up his elongiltfa coat tnils .in i <
settled hlmsolHn the o raer sent. Next to
him sat a matrunly looMne woman , whoso
face wn * expressive ot wrene contentment
Her Ian was loaded 'with- parcels and from
the well filled basket afjftor feet the sturdy
drumstick of a mcm H-o s turkey provoked
pleasant tntk-in uon& . of Thank irlvin
chwh Across the We was n broad
shouldered worklntrmati. whose frayed
troupers and throsdbaraorerco\t betokened
hard times and short hours and a ceaseless
strnccle uiih adversity.
As tlioitndljh yoiine man contemplated tlu
army of parcels distributed nmotu ; the pas
sengers the semblance of an Irtea flitted
across hts iusipU face. "Do you know. " he
vontureJ. ( ? latu-inif toward thu woman with
the turkey. ! dnn t sec why people should
celebrate ThanbsBlvloc this venr. Every
body so unlucky , you know. ImiKB breakIng -
Ing and all that , and p oplu 10 duuced anx
ious after thuir bills. I haven't atn tiling to
be thankful for. I'm sure. '
The man iu the shabby suit bad been nn
interested listener. "Youiu : man , " ho in
quired , "have you earned .1 dollar this year' ' '
"Why , I don't work , don't you kno > v I'm
a gentleman , " rejoined chappie in discust.
"Have you pone home \\lthont a Job ir a
cent in your packet to meet the wife .tail
little ones that you did not know how toke
ko | i warm and feed ilnntii ; the long winter'
Have you seen the pile of coiil in the bin
prow smaller and smaller and the crorory
bid grow bu.'gor and thu rent oomoduu wtnlu
you wore out your only pair of shoos in a
vain endeavor to earn an honest dollar' "
"Sir. I'm uot a iwuper "
"liavo you missel eating thrae tltnos .1
day or tramped the streets at nlcht without
n quarter to buy a bed while lights from
bright windows reilected thu luxury and
happiness beyond your roach ! "
"No , b.ih Jove : " gaspsu chappie.
"Well , then , po home and thamt your
luckv stars that God protects an infernal
idol who don't know enough to take care of
himself.1'
Fifteenth stroot1 ! yelled the conductor ,
and thu victim of hard times buttonnd his
shabby overcoat around his neck and
atonped oil. while the modish younif man ac
quired a headache trying to imagine why
they all smiled.
The fact that Con Uallashcr has ueen in
Washington , very much in search of the ap
pointment as collector of customs for the
port of Omaha , whliu the indications are
that the plum will not come his way , sug
gests the Idea that it Barney Shannon wcro
still on earth Mr. Gallagher would have .1
b.icUor whose utterances would at least at-
tact attention , ovca if they did not take a
priro for elegance of diction. In the tfood
old days of S4 Shannon , Gallagher and Jltn
Stepaunson wore numbered araon ? the
solons wnoso views on municipal nnanco
\\uro aired at the meetings of thu city coun
cil , and it was at ono of these sessions that
Barney , after being frigidly sat down upon
by the chair , relieved his indignation and at
the sama time upheld the righteousness of
his cause in the following strain : -Mishter
Prisidint , Ol don't know mooch about parh-
menthery laws , an' I don't know mooch about
parlymenthory usage1 ; , but I do know this
mooi-h Con Gallnghor is ttiu proatest par-
lymentarravan that ivor passed on par-
lym nthery p'ints in any parlymenthun
body m the sntite"Uv Nubrashky. and tic
says. Misther Pnsullht. mind ye , ho says , i
that It is a weil established fact in all par
"lymenthery bodies tjiat whimvnr two mm.
both numbers of the sainu parlmenthcry
body , both roise to thuir fate at the sainu
oime and adonss the chair , thu fursht man
oop has the Uuro. "
In those days one of the principal d-awmg
arris at the council meetings was the dead
moral certainty of a red hot dcbatu between
Shannon and Stephenson , who. when not en
gaged in bombarding each other with ink
wells und such other bncK-a-brac as was
not tieu down , indulged in oratorical pyrotechnics
technics that mvanabjy paralyzed the lobby.
On ono of tluse occasions Slephenson was
unloading a pasbionatojiarangue , in which
the vehement sentences wore punctured with
gestures that could uot fail to not a job as ad
vance acent for a Kansas cyclone. For a few
tninuies , the gentleman trom the -Bloody
Third" listened patiently , an.l tlien
interrupted to give expression to
this belief , which had apparently
assumed control of him : "Mistticr
Pnsidml. if Oi had th'illj quince uv th'
gmtlemon frum th' Sixth , combined wid my
brains. 1M be a howlv terror in this coun
cil. " Stephunson immeJiatcly sat down , ap
parently satisfied with the compliment , but
it seemed to wear upon him , and from that
day to this the top of his uranium nas been
as guiltless of hair as a billiard ball.
At onu of its meetings the council seemed
determined to pass a resolution calling for
the laying of a four-foot sidewalk , very
much azainst the wishes of Barney , who
was equally determined that the walk should
be "eix fut 'r nuthm' . " "A four-fut walk's
too narry , Mistnor Pnsidint1 ho declared.
"It's too narry Now , suppose , for th' sake uv
a little argymmt. Mist her Pnsidint , that
this ( indicating wita outstretched hands ) is
a tour fut sidpwalk. INOW vo an1 yer wife ,
Misther Priaidlnt.aro comm down this four-
fut sidewalk. Yo an' yer wife are comm1
down ( with a gesture that indicated long
practice in shaking down loaded sacks of
tSratn ) an' me an1 rae svifo are gom' OOP this
fourMut. sidowalk. Mo an' rau wile are aoin'
oop ( and thu accompanying gesture evinced
a desire to shoo a nulf aozen of the neigh
bors' chickens over the back yard fence. . )
Now can't yo see , Misther Prisitiint , that yo
an'er wife 'ud have to shteu off ter wan
sidu to let mu an' me wife go pastit ? "
*
*
At ono time duringShannon's incumbency
in the council a few enthusiasts started a
scheme to have a number of gondolas placed
on the artincial laUo in Ilanscom park. It
seemed to take , und when the matter came
up for action before the council it contem
plated the ourchaso of a whole fleet of gen
dolas. It sa happened that Barney hud
never run acnus a gondola on his native
bo ? , and ho had not extended his acquain
tance m that direciion after arriving
In this country , but , ho was very
certain that Omaha could got along awhilu
longer without adding any of that kind of
live stoclt to her possessions. Ho seemed to
bo imbued with the idea that a gondola was
aorao kind of a duck , geese or swan , and
when the time carao for him to air his views ,
hu said , "Misther Pnsidint , Ol am very
mooch opposed to this wasteful nxpindf-
churo uv pooblic foonds. Wo don't need all
these gundolvs , and I'll bed d If Ol will ivor
vote for thim. It may be slower , hut It is
my opiuyin that wo can pet along wid two
at the pnsmt nino. I will vote for only two
Kundolys , i raalo gur.doly and a female gun-
dolv and let nature take its coorso. "
Barney was liliowisu struggling with an
attack of municipal economy when thu ques
tion of a now city jail was buiug agitated ,
and he contended that inasmuch as it would
render thu old structure a total loss thu
proposition was too extravagant to oa en
tertained fora moraont. Ho llatly declined
to favor thu measure unless it was agreed to
UEU the brick in thu old jail walls m thu con
struction of the nuw builaiiiL' . Onu of the
members wanted to know what was to bo
done with the prisoner * in in a meantime.
"ICape tlmn In th1 qd ) Jail , av ooorse , ontil
th1 new jail Is donn , ' ' was the triumphant
reply And there thg matter has resold to
this day.
DeWItt's Uttlo Early Risers. Small pills
safe pills , best pills.
"Did you dread proposing to me , John ? "
"Oh , no. I hud been told beforehand you
wouldn't accept uio. "
"So ( he young widow is foias to marry
Mr. Jingles t la ho a good catch" ' "I sin
cerely hope so They Ray she used to throw
roiling pins at her nrst husband. '
A young woman in Indiana , engaged to on
married , backed out on the day ui for thu
nodding , giving as an excuse that shu had
boon warned agamfcl the union bv a dream.
' I've noticed ono thing about widows'
weeds , ' * sud his reverence "What's that I"
asku.1 his honor. "They rnroly interfere
with tbu growth of orange blossoms on the
sumo soil.1
The wedding of Mrs Jonnle Cecil Li on ,
daughter of the late George Cecil , of New
York City and William O. Murtu. a son uf S
F1 B. Morse , thu inventor jf the teu-graph ,
WOK place n Now York last week.
Prince , Peter TruuvisKoiUn Russian
nobleman who Is pamttnc Mr ( jlad&tout
portrait , U engaged to be married to a . .ouu
during the q
winter nights which now come on apace will §
shed its mellow radiance over
in many N
5
happy households. There will be home-chat g
and music and games , and , best of all ,
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English woman. Miss Ethel Wright Ho s
six feet four inches tall and bam to bo an
unusually hnnd&omo man.
Mr. and Mrs. William Morse , a Taunton ,
Mass. . couplu have just celebrated their
sixtysixthedding anniversary. Mrs
Morse , in her eighty-fourth year , is doing
her own housewor : : . and hur husband , who
is ninety-two , is still blight and alert.
"Well , young man. " ' said old Mr. Breezy
"while you are at my house I hope you II
feel just like ono of tlio family. ' "ThanK
you. I'm sure I have every reason to '
"What do you mean. " "Yourdaughter has
just said she would be a sister to me. "
The wedding of MIES Katharine Sands and
Mr. Theodore Haveraeyer in Now Yorlc was
much hlco all otner weddings in popular
Grace church. The lights were soft , tbo
ilowers lovely , and there was no hint of
poverty or hard times in the sumptuous
costumes of the congregation.
QLiuutenant Sallos. a Spanish officer , who
was severely wounded while , lighting Dt'sido
his chief. General Margallo , who was killed ,
during the recent hostilities between thu
Spanish troops and the Hit ! rebels , at Mu-
1 ilia , was carried to the residence of the
general and nursed by the latter's daughter.
The tragedy has rounded up with a romance
in thu marnago of the lieutenant and Miss
Margallo.
How many people know that it is lawful
in Massachusetts for a Uttlo girl of ia to become -
c-omo a wifef Who could believe at first
thoueht that many Uttlo girls in short
dresses have been legally married in Boston
during the past year and that the law. even
in the hands of thoughtful oftlcials , was
powerless to prevent it ! The reports of this
year show fifty-seven marriages of girls of
17 or less : thrco of these were 15 and one a
child of 14.
The Now York Herald hears from excel
lent authority that Miss Pullman , of Chicago
cage , is not destined to become a Princess
Von Isenberp-Birstein. Lilto u careful father ,
Mr. Pullman , who was considering the offer
of marriage , wrote to the prmco's family in
Germany , which could not or would not satis
factorily answer all his questions ,
and while ho was willing to setllo a hand
some dot on his daughter , ho did not euro to
pay thu debts ot the pnnca.
The mrm brilliant wedding that has taken
plauo m Honolulu for years oi-cnrrod on the
evening of December 4. whun Commander
William Henry Whiting of thoUnitud States
navy was united in marnago to Miss Henri
etta Afong , at Central Union church , by
Uov. E. W. Beckwith. The woddlng had
been the chief topic among society people
for weeks , and great was the desire to ob
tain invitations. These , however , were con-
lined to thu 400. to which , of course ; , tno
American and foreign naval officers wcro
admitted. _
/.Y TllK EI.KVTUIli.lL
The electric railway has penetrated oven
the fastnesses of the Tvroleso mountains , : i
road twenty-seven miles long boitig projected
between Uiv.i and Pinzolo.
It is reported that the Egyptian govern
ment has decided to authorize the construc
tion of a system of tramwavs in Cairo , and
that electricity will bu the motive power.
Eugenu Baldwin , an amateur electrician
of Montreal , has devised a wind wheel
which , in connection with a dynamo and
storage batteries , furnishes all the lignts ho
needs m his houso.
The property of rubbed amber , oleetriuity.
was perceived by Thalcs as early as thu sev
enth runtury oefora Christ , but heat and
electricity , as practical pruuu movers , are
developments of the past " ( X ) years.
The generation of electricity in a simpler
manner than is now followed in the combina
tion of engine and dynamo has long been
dreamed over and uxponmnnted upon by
Hciuntisis , and various patents have been
taken out for producing a current directly
from a source o' heat. A bomuwhat moro
direct mtjtlicid than that foliowod m the
usual system was outlined at n meeting of
the Now York Elemric soi-iety on November
"J. by Nluola Tesla , whabo namu U always
sugcostive of novel things. His motor , ro-
gatiiud as llttio inorn than n toy a few
years ago , forms the basis of thu eluvtrio
apparatus which ii to inako thu fulls of
Niagara of practical usu. His incandescent
lump , glowing without metallic connuuttou
of any * orl with a dynamo , was characlur-
uad by thu Engineer of London , --opening
up vistas of intiriiio possibilities."and now
hu baa developed a itoam ayuamo of
pttcullur form to vibrate a cell at wire in a
niBgnutio neld and thus give a current.
While thu thurrno-dynaimo efficiency of thu
apjumtus mukt ntxuitsanly tw llmitod to the
sainu laws as Jiher blearn ' 'chinos , in thu
fuglnc-dynuino ( he inernauirai fflilenry is
said to ) as nigh as ' . < - pr "i-nt , and
prrssura it .AO pounds jntuiiu-d 4n a
if peculiar Jeslgn is to . o dstd.
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