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- - . , ' - - I-i. _ I I _ _ - = - - - - - - - _ _ , 1 C TIlE ! OIIA DAILY 13 EE : : SUNDAY , \AHOII \ 1 17 , 1S ! ) ; ; . - - - TilE MYSTIC MARDI CHAS : A Great Carnival of Pun , Frolio and Light- Heartedness , - SPLlNDORS Of REX IN NEW ORLEANS - The Heir AllllI\rrnt of I.otlt'ry ICing In the Ionl Uole-Orlln of the Cnrllml , I 1nl8 , ProceInn ' antI ( orcOu Uevel - The MarH Gras bas been celtbrated ) again In New Urlean To those who have never witnesEd this carnIval , the term 'MariI Ura" has rather a vague meaning but to those who have taken part In Its celebra- tons Il name Is identical with fun , frolic pndJ ltglIt-llearte0ne3s. It is a time In ; nd IlI t-hc3tCtnc3s. I I n tme the New Orleans when by general congent care9 nnl , worrltl of life are thrown off for n Ily , nn(1 , ) when , no matter how dark a dour may bt hanging over the horizon , the .fl eye will not he turned toward It for this short space of time . but will be directed toward tim splendor of Hex , Corua and Iroteul with theIr mystic kr . I Is this Idea of perfect freedom from every care that has given this carnival and Its revels such populariy , . WIO IS REX ? Ever since the celebrtons of Mardi Gras have been carried on In Now OrleJn9. this cl > . hOB hen a favorite ' rerrt for travelers of'our who have from every part of our country , come hero nt this time for the purpose of taking hart In them The idea of the whole thing la just this : Once upon a time I was the custom for the king of a country te go each year to the different cities of this renlm for the Purpose of noting their progress. These yearly visits were times of great rejoicing ; . to his subjects . who thronged the streets anxious to catch a glimpse of their sovereign ns he paEsed along Immense banquets were given In his honor by the wealthy . nl11 there were feasts ant revels going on I everywhere , In which all classes were In- eluded. At this time the king , who was always a good one , rewarded those subjects whom ho considered faithful by munltccnt gifts . sent under his signature , with the . royal seal attached , This was an Inspira- ton to faithfulness , When this king was coming was never known unti the royal barge was sighted In the river just a few hours before It landed , ant just long enough for the military to turn out to escort hIm to his stopping place This Ilea Is carried out perfecty , The rex of the carnival Is chosen from among the prominent men of New Orleans but whose Identity ts not known until after his arrival In the city This mysterIous person- age always comes In his royal barge oft the river , having gone a few miles above New . , Orleans and taken It for the IUrpOge , of carrying out the Illusion more completely. Although It I known In this case upon which day he wi arrive It Is not known unt a few hours before just when and where h" wi put In his npllearnce , I Is also never known before what processions the honored sovereign w1 give to his faithful sUbjects. . TiE MYS'I CmEDHATI S. I Is Interesting , both for Itself and as a mater of education , for those who are not familiar with this yearly carnival at New Orleans to read about I , all thus lear how It Is that ( the people , In this part of the coun- try are In the ( habit of celebrating this occasion , and so 1 will gIve a little of thc ( detail of this time-honored custom , which was introduced by the French many ; years . a. , and whIch has been carried on each . , year since except durIng the four yeara. of the wir . with Increasing splendor on each occasIon. ' The revels of thc Mardi Gras Include now four parades The first Is a military proces- sion at the arrival of Hex , and Is Intended merely to escort him to the _ place whore he Is to stay , but after which he mysteriously dIsappears until time for his proccslQn au ' the morning of' the following day , In this arrival of Hex after a fine display of mill- tary are carriages containing the visiting hikes who have come with him and also proinlnent men from all over Louisiana The Icing and his dukes are not dressed In tawdry disguise ns ml/hl he expccted-but In rIch , cstUIl of sik , velvet and satin which en- - dare the closest scrutiny under the brIght lunlght , The day Is always a , pleasant one , for among other blessll/s the king always brings with him faIr weather From thIs time on until after the Hex bal on the following night tim air Is fled with the notes . of the ! royal song , "If Ever I Cease to Love , ' . while I the houseS ant stores of his subject are I decorated with the royal colors , green , pur- ! plo and yelow ) , : pnOTEUS' AND IllS GREAT PAHADE. Tlie next grand procession to which this people of Now Orleans arc treated Is the appearance of Proteus , the god of chnnges. , . The god who upon one occasion may appear aB a lizard and at nnother time ns a giant , wllose scope of disguises Is practically un- limited. This procession Is one of great aphetidor representing some story from mylhology ' This year the admiring crowd was treated to 1 erles of floats representing some of the tales and traditions of our northern ancestors nud Incltding ' the legends of "Asgard and the Gods. " Thee stories of the wise Odin the mighty Thor the beautiful Dahln , and the Iwlckej Loki which are familiar to the Anglo SaxonS as well as to the Dane and Norse men. Perhaps the most striking feat was the "ont picturing the attempt to capture the , Feurls Voit. /hls ' wolf Is the ( representation of rico and crime powerful and resistless . ' I had played around Asgard almost unnoticed until It hun , ! reached so large n size that It was fOIHl impossible to capture it. In vain did Thor forge his chains and In vain did the gets endeavor tl bind hm wih primeval rocks . ThIs strugglt between the gods and ' , the 'woU Is the ' scene depicted upon the float. u/on Thp , god wear the dress of the fifth century , Norse \varrlnrs. and with , the wolf are In the I front of the float . wllo leaning over a rk ! at the back arc two sUllerb mahlcnl watching . ths combat , Another interesting float in the Pretoria pro cession was tl one of Saga , the Goddess of History. I Is she who has collected all the ( , myths nl11 legellls , end written them upon ' endless rols of parchment Those thirstng fOf kuiowheilgo of the past fought her In her crystal palace beneath tl cool river , In this float she can bo Sln seated mettle of her tans/urent abode surroulllet by fair n > 'm/h ntellants , and ready to he consulted by all those who wish to make the m08t of this perhaps her last reappearance among the haunts of men I , X AOAIX , In lie ( . morning of Mardi Gras Hex mallCs , his grand tour through tl ( city for lie ( Ilur- , . Pose of seeIng the progreps of his realm durIng - , tug the pst year. lie ts aceompanlel by a beat elaborate procession of pageants which , . 1 1alll In thl cie . Illustrated sCenes from fairy At this tme the ( srefls ( are full of people of all kinds from the dark.eyet Creole 10 the talr.sllnnell northerner . who Is viewing the ' 1llentors of Ihe ocrl"on for the ( first ( line . 'fhe lost Interesting tart of the day celebr- . tonl are the lakers In the streets. Devils . see.Ilt to b the ( fLworle dltgtllse . IUII one can " ee them ot all Bze ! ull colors running In tnll out In tie crc.srd and playing tricks on everybody , ls much like those his satanic majesty might conceive of as Is posbibho for ( liens to accmplfh , Here you \ I band of ' wid Illanl with 80 mJny Ceathcn In their ornamentation that ( you imagine that there Is , Rat I turkey In the city left In an ) ' attire. Another set of people take pleasure \ In per- lonlyllebl'ans , wIth sucijsuccess that I ' they frlgh\ln \ all lie ( smul children who are i unfortunate enough to see them , A little ' friend of mine , who was terrible ltte 'r ; q Prowl11 dude , became Panic Ilnuel the , - tight ( at them. ( , , . i. 1 no.11ier tavirite tisguhe Is that of colored 5. minstrels , who go bencath the galleries of ; . _ ! ny fair maiden whom they might wish to conlphilnent . anti give her a rousing seren.ide Jut the devils , the indians and nil the other i& Mardi Gras cal only have their fun and cut their pranks during the da ' for ' turlng day . lt 6 o'clock l they are rOlpele'j Iy law to unmask and so ' , litany ot those who enter Into the Rllbois f.f ' . the Iay when . their Identity Is unknown , Inrlnk IIl 11 night tomol on , ) 'rho Iral J0at In the Bu 11afldo always crlea the Doruf Oras or tit ted , literally translated , and Is the symbol of good times . plenty to eat ant general rejoicing I refers to the time when Mar"l Graa was started , anti the custom almost al old 8 time itself when the devotees of pleasure In the wicket ' cites of Italy and Greece plunged for days Into the wildest feasting antI revelry , when they would drink and riot until the whole populace were nearly mail with excitement. At this time the fatted beef was sacrifIced , 1 and It tins sInce been the symbol of all kinds of wild revolt > ' , 1 This year the following floats tel stories ' from fairy hand and hind many scenes from tint ( witching country , calculated to please young and 01,1 , , Hex smiled graciously on his applauding peolle al he passed along , and In some cases presents and boxes of candy were sent off the floats to honored members of the crowd. Es- pedal ( Iemonstratons were made In front of the 1010n Club ' lOUSe , where Miss Lydia Fairchild ) . the queen of the carnival , was I seated The king ant mystic krew dlslp- i heated 8terlously after this procession , antI were not seen again until the celebration or the Hex bal In the evening Hex this year WIS : . Frank T. Howard , son of the lottery IcIng. TIm COIS PROeESSION. I On the evening of Mardi Gras the last great procession of I.ageantsas es through the /as streets of New Orleans. This year Camus , the god of laughter and mirth , ( lie god who never grows old , waR accompanied by ret're- ' sentntons of popular , songs . Tje e feats Were particularly brilliant and appealed espe- cialy to the pOIHlar taste The song of lie southllnll , " /Ixle. " was the best or all , the 01,1 , Phiiiitatioii negro , the melon and the sugar cane weru all tleplcteil Another feat , one of the prettiest In all of the Corus procession , was the "indian's Denth Song. " This represented three Indians In heautful costume In n boat Flleelng over the rIver of /eath to the " I\IY hunln " grounds. They are IlrolHI and great anti , scorn to fl'ar. White bIrds the spirits of their fore fathers who rejoice In the sun , hang over them They flourIsh their tomahawks - hawks antI Implements of war and alhoul'l the ordeal of death Is a terrible one still ns In the song , they have , "scorned to fear tll , ' 11 nALI.S , The old French opera house In New Or- leans Is n historical 111 cl. hero for gener- nlons the grandlsemes nail , grndees of Creole blood have come In costume complete 10 celebrate the grand arrival of Hex and hil crew Into the cly , The bals of Proteus all Comus are very select invitations being Issued with great care and arc not transfer- ahle , I this last rule 18 brolen : anti the fact Is discovered the name at the person In whose honor the invitation was sent Is stricken from the list all they arc never again invited to attend another hal. These balls are carried bals on according to a certain unique custom which Is very Inter- esting and Is peculiar to this carnival time In New Orleans. The whole parquet of tme ( theater Is covered over even with the stage , making lie dancing floor , whIle the ai- lerles are filled with the guests , all In full dross. After the ( procession on the streets Is 'finished the masllers descend from the feats nt the opera house ant arrange themsetves In a grand tableaux on the ( stage There are three great bails , those of Camus , Pro- toils and Hex , each one wIth a queen chosen from among the prettiest and highest ranked maidens In LouIsiana In the tableaux the king of the bal and his queen are seated on a high throne at the back of the stage , whIle the maskers arc arranged hike subject around him At a signal the ( king and queen lend the grant marcb. This Is a most bewitchIng - witchIng sight , the ( costumes of the queen \ueen and her maids of honor hardly exceed those of the krew , ant as they pass up and down on the floor of the theater the beauty of the dressing with the sparkle or the jewels malI I seem hike fairy land Indeed. In the first three dances only the maskers and the Jnlles whom they chose can take part , but after thIs thc floor Is free to any who care to dance. No one'lmows who these maskers are , or who Camus or Proleus are , not oven alter the Mardi Gras. As the dance goes on , a few at a time the ( maskers shill out anti return In evening dress , so that after a while , almost before they are missed from the floor . You find that there arc no inaskers there. One of the dulles this year was 80 years old I 15 known In some way that he has for years and years taken this part In the Mardi Gras . with as much enjoy- mont as a younger mnn The young ladles who are chosen by the maskers to take part In these first three dances are presented with souvcnlrs. Oren these arc , merely bets , flowers . pins , crowns or jewels taken from the dress of the masker anti form dainty mementoes of the occasion. ' These iaskers never In any case make their IdentIty known so that the young lady chosen has to usa all her Ingenuity to guess who her partner may he . and she often fats In the effort , The balls of Camus and Pro- teus are considered more as social events , and Include among their guests principally the society people of New Orleans , The Hex bal Is moro general In Its Inviatons and Is intended as n bal for the people. BEhIND THE SCEXES. Anybody who sees the perfect order of the processIons of the Mardi Gras , must wonder how all this Is acconipllshied . ant still so silently and mysteriously that noth- lag the streets Is known , about I until I Is fairly on I Is the work of three secret societIes , those of Comnus Proteu9 and Rex who begin almost before the echoes of one carnival have died away to make arrangements for another These mystic crews assemble first and suggest plans for the parade of the following - lowing year I takes some time to come to a conclusion on this subject When however , I ts done an architect Is called caled who mnlles water color of the feats , as he thInks they ought to bo , In order to correctly - ' ' recty represent the idea suggested , This Is tone In every detail. Even to the material of which the ( ostumes are to be made. The architect wllo planned the feats this year was a woman'l Miss Wyelh , and she received - ceived $ ,000 for her servlcea I these , water colors ar - approved the next step Is to take the measurement of the members of the crew for their costumes , Then some one Is sent to Paris and the ( costumes are made In silks , satins ant velvets - vets of the very finest qualIty . These arc completed and arrive In New Orleans some takes time about place December I , and the final fitting In the meantime the feat are being constructed - structed ( ( by local carpenters , carvers giders and paple.machr makers All these pro- ceellhllS go an In great secrecy even the "den" being an unlmown plnce. On the ( I night of the proces lon those who are 10 take I hart come unseln to the place where the foals are to start In the darkness they take theIr position upon them , antI not until everythIng Is In line anti , ready , are the ( torches lIghted . BO that the whole thing starts as though springing UII from the ground. You ala > ' nbl where does mill the money core from to canyon all these great par- /lr- ales antI bails , since everything Is compl- mentlry and free to all. 'ho money Is sup- pletl by the ( members of the ( Irew , and by , those who take part In the parade. 'fhe honor of being a duke , a COl us , I Proteus or a Hex Is an honor that ( must be pall for. Hex ( lila year gave $10.000 for Ihe ( Ilsllon he occupied Illrlng the carnival I takes 1OOQ a Illeee to become a duke antI the ( other Ilosltons range from these down to some minor positions , whih can be gotten II low mum $25 : , Somelhns the Hex procession - sion alone cpsis as much as $28,000. This celebration In New Orleans Is one beside which the pdlpunts of the Corso of Home , and hose of the canals of Venice are tame affairs . as they lack the ( exquisite order anti organization which the Americans have /I\'en this IIESSIE AINSWORTH STAI J'OID. p . \o.lorl : Itfthlctloi. The hlccough items to be a motern and dangerous disease . but the ancients knew It Inll precribed remedlel which might nol be trIed advantaseou Galen retom- mended sneezin Atus approve of a cUllpng ! Instrument with great heat to t.1 ! breast , Alexander believed In nn oxymel of 5(101115. Alihara\'lus made use of re' frherant draughts. Hhase put his ( trust In caletclentl , such as cumin pepper , rue ant ( lie like , In vinegar. Hogerlus looked kindly 01 calefacient , Itenu8nt ( and car- mlnltve medicines. - . The Idea Is being ' considered to unite all the women'a clubs In Kentucky In a stock com- 11any for the erection or I handsome "Women's buiding" In Lexington . Only since lat year , when the Kentucky Equal Rights association .ecured the new property laws , huts iueh a project been pOllble In Kentucky , Women could have bu It Ibe bul'd- lug lECorv then , but they could not han held the title. Now Kentucky women own their own lulhlng8 and their own pocketbooks , 100 CONCORD'S SAGE AND POET Emer.on Etched as ne Appeared in the Midst of His Work , CONGENIAL FRIENDS IN TIlE OLD DEN J dlmul Jrlo nccnl R Uny Spent "Uh , the I'oct ' , himself ( 111 J'hloolliher hy JlnRcl ! and } 'lrcythc " ' /Rol-\nlst- I mate of J/s Ilfucnc" , - , ( Copyright , 1SO , ) One mornIng In the summer of 1865. For- cythie ' .lson care to me at my house , the "old CoolIdge place , " In Cambridge , Mass . , saying , "I ought to go out to see Eineri.on but 1 want you to go wIth me A hal hour alone wIth him would deprive me of the power of speech When can you go ? " I was nbout 10 o'clock on hint morning when , opening n low gateway and passing ! through a l'lin , cllccker-board garden , we i stood before the ( out oaken doorway of Mm i I merson's I residence In the very hearl of Concord The house was of dingy white with green blnd -one of those unsIghtly , pack- Ing'Jx structures that arc so common throughout rual New Bngland , and I one's dweling Is an Index to ot 's charncter , this house Indicated that ( time "Iloet philosopher" was much more of a phIlosopher than of a poet Our summons was answered by a prim looking woman who seemed a queer coin- Pound of steel sprIngs , Oswego starch all the ( neatest of Yankee calico. She ushered us Into a broad , roomy hal and left us standing there while aim went 'away , to announce our arr1'al Then I notcel ) that the hal was lined with a dIngy \apor ; ( lint 11 It stood an , ohd-faslilonetl hat stand-garnished with a broad brlmme,1 , beaver anti that i wide , half nalOl stairway was beyond , heading to the second story Hut soon a door Into the front hal opened amI We were face to face wIth the great oracular - phiosopher , A smile was \ ' . ' . ' - L . \ EMERSON on his lips . a pen behind hIs ear and two or three great blotcho of Ink were on as many of his fingers , but he helt out both his hands to us , saying , "Come in . come right Into lY den. I am glad to see ) 'ou. " EMERSON IN HIS DEN I was a low-stutlet apartment , about twenty feet square , with the same ugly paper on thc walls , but this was now party hidden by numerous portraits and engravings. In the center of the room was a round table , on which were some bools and pamphlets , an' ordinary Inkstand and a few quires of packet post paper. Near the table was a solid nrm chair , and scattered about on the floor-under the chair and the tablewere about twenty sheets of freshly wrItten nuserlpts. Evi- denty he was at work ant we should be on Interruption to him 1 was about to say so , when he motioned us to a couple of chaIrs and senUng himself , said again " 1 am glad you have come My Ideas few slowly this morning ant a little bilk will brush me up. " "Then , " 1 said , "you do not always write with the same faculty ? " "Oh , no. I am very much subject to moods. Oren a month passel when I don't " put a thought upon paller. "Well , you have a curious way of keeping your manuscript. " "Yes , " he answered , "on the floor , When I finish ' a page Im opt to brush It aside to be rid of It ; but 1 gather the sheets up before I leave the room , ant I may as wel to that now for I shall work no more totay , " With this he stooped down ant gathered together the sheets that. were on his side of the table while I aided him by pIcking up the ( few that were out of his ' reach . saying as I did so . "I've often wontered at your clear , beautiful handwritng , An expert would he puzzled to detect In your regular . buslness.lke chlrogrophy anything. of a poet or n phiosopher . " He smied , saying. "Well , the frst essen- tint In handwritIng Is leglhlty , " "nut Im surprised to se In your manu- script no erasures or interdelineations. Mr. Dlgelow says you arc terrible upon proof sheets ; that he once set up a book of yours where his bill for the plates was only ' about $400. while for the 11roof alterations 11 was more than U,300 Mr Emerson smiled again and said : "Oh , yesl ThaI was my second volume of essays. I worked very hard over that book , ant I never did exactly suIt ma 1 suppose I am very hard upon proof sheets , for I think no one sholld give any but his most 'mattmre thought to the liubhic. But , tell t me , have ' you nol come prepared to gtva Ile the day ? " "We would not Interferq with your work . , " said WIhisoil . "but neither of us has anytiming pressing to cal him home. " "Then would you prefer a walk around Walden pond or n chat with me till dinner time . and then the afternoon with Hawthorne ant Alcott. Wendel Holmes has sent Haw- there one of your foemE ; he Is delighted with It all would enjoy meetng you. " 'rhere are a great many ponds , " saId \Vlhlson . , "but only one Etmiersomi A tiny with you " would be I red letter day In my calendar "Then let us get out of this ten , " sahl Emerson , rising and leading the ( way Into a rear apart mont , . I have not atempted to sketch lila personal appearance , for I SUPPOS3 every reader has seen one or more of his portrait I have myself seen at least twenty no two or them alike . yet everyone reseinliling him In some partIcular , How- ever , none give any complete Idea of the man-of the serene benignity of his face , the unstudied majesty of his manmmer anti ) a certain unconscious power that seemed to envelope him and to lift 11m for above ofl- tiary humanity. Ho was nearer my Ideal of the ( ChrIst , as He must have appeared when lie lived among men , than any other man 1 ever emicountered . The room Into which ho ushered us was of the same size as the others , but It looked out upon green fields , and was odorous wilm ( a variety of summer flowers All sorts of odd knlck.linacks covered the walls . and on two of Its sides were opcn shelves fled wIth curious 'ohlmel In anthlue bindings , or no blnllngl al all . Glancing over them I SAW they were rare old lomes-hronleles , remnants , quaint old divitmea like Hooker ali Jeremiah 'I'aylor and Ireclous books In black letter , but thtre wa scarcely I mimod- era volume among them. As we seated ourselves - selves \lson said : "I thInk Mr ; I mer- Bon , that I 'Ilve read everything you have ever written . " THE SLOW SALE OF MEHSON'S BOOKS. "And you brought up at the west You surprIse inc. " said Emerson , "My books me' have never had a large saleIt was all of ten years before 'Nature' sold f00 copies " "Dut I Is not so now , " said WIBon , "However your books have always been read by thinking men , who have taken your Ideas and scattered them , " "Yes , " laid Enmerson . "scattered them oten by ntemlltng ( ( to refute them , I think the world lal hot yet come to my way of thinking. " "No , perhaps not , " said Wliisomi . "Tho prophet . " Is seltom I prophet to bls own century - "And are not the ( leadIng minds of the 11rcsent ' time , Mr , Emerson , incapable at rf- I celvlng your les rt J mkCl , "I 1 once knew : one of the great theological lights of New ! Jnplan(1 who bewailed the appearance of 'Nature , ' as a fncntng but very dangerous - gerous publca ton . " "Who was he1' , naked Emerson , with some Interest. "Old Dr. Bmmon I fount the book on his table during thellan year of his life , and you know he lived till he was past 95. " : "Yes ant be was a wonderful old man , I remember the n\IC he once gave to n young clergyman who hnd applied to him for instruction about wrIting his sermons : 'Have something to lay , nail then say I ' What tll he say about Nature ? ' " , "I can't recall It nil but I dIstinctly remember - member that ho Quoted against you what Margaret Mid to Faust : 'What you say sounds very fine , "lt Is very nearly what the priest tells . enl In rerent words. l or al that thou hnst no Christaniy , . ' ' " 'I [ " , " simmpose . Inswcre,1 Emerson , "thnt Dr Emlnons never reflected that the most ecectual way to Preach Christ Is to say nothIng - lag about him , Is there not enough of scrll- mired cant already In the worM without my adding to It ? " EMERSON'S CIUM IN CONVERSATION. Then the talk drifted Into other chnlnels , and Emerson poured forth a mlnglell stream of foetry , Proverb amid transeellentalsm , lie was the most earnest of talkers , and we forgot his wide renown as n writer In lsten- lug to the charm of his conversation. lie seemed to take In the fccllnr tastes anti , prejudices of each of lS by a sort of Intui- ton , and wo IICcel'ed our own thoughts more clearly when they came back to us re- fected from his trnnsilcent intellect , After Iluner we spent a couple of hours wih him all hawthorne , all ( lien . after a brier cal upon Alcott , wo tool the train back to 10ston. I waul like to relate the Inter- view at hawthorne's , but , l1rhnps , I can better fill my remaining space with the views that \lson expressed ns we rode toward homo as to the character amid Influence of I mersan. I OHCB\'I WILLSON'S JUDGMENT OF EMERSON. . BIEISOX" Emerlol , he said , has been jUllgOI by incorrect - correct ctnntiaruln-ns a Iloet ali phIlosopher -hut whl he Is both , he Is much more a great spiritual teacher , and so great Is that qualIty In him that It overshadows , every other , The more ho Is read , the clearer It nppears that he has the structural prlnclille of thought , antI lie spIritual vision , that ennble him to see further antI deeper than most men of onr ( line. lie anI a seer , and he has the literary ability to put hIs thought Into words that sill wing their way around the world , Ills Influence Is steadIly increasing ; and there Is not R cultivated man In this ( coun- try or Englnnd who has not , conscIously or unconsclouslr , heen mnde more lberal In thought , and led to broader views of le a duty by the teaching of Emnerson. No writer of any promInence hns escaped his esclpet litilumemice He speaks from pulpits that op- pose amid deplore his doctrines. Ills brilant 0/- points shine In the sentences of his severest critics. Ills phrases nail Ilhlosollhy are In the ( air ; mCn cannot escape them. I we look Into "Xaturc" ( or "English TraIts" we shall fnd on every page thoughts that have become common property amid are quoted daly by writers who have no Idea whencl' they camne The new man brings new Ideas. Emerson hall to create his audience ; but while he - was doing 10men became grdualy aware that his thoughts had value and they accepted - cepted them , not becnuse they were new , but because they , felt there was a great ethical power behInd tiieni The world has now recognized time seer , and so his words wIll go down the ecaturies. . JAMES p , _ GIMOHE ( Edmund Krle , ) lWO" ' .Nn I'RlfIOIfC.tL'4. TiE ADVENTURES OF JONES-D Hayden Carruth. Cloth . $ , Harper & limos , New York. Frnt Megeath Stationery Com- I pany Omaha These humoroussketches have the unrestrained - strained , reckless , quality that grave - people flail diverting and rejoIce In-rejoicing In situations so wholy ! Imaginary so amusing , so absurd , that one' may just enjoy and be I refreshed , and need not trouble to reason about them ati al MEN BORN EQUADy.Harry Perry nobln- son Cloth ' $ H2 Harper & Dros. . New York From Megoath StatIonery Company : . Omaha. A strike , whlcb 1M' to violent demonstrations - tons on the part of the employes of surface railways In a western team , supplies n portion of Its timeliness ; but . after all . the attraction of the love story Is , In this novel , as In every mirror of lIfe . the mater chlny to be considered ; and the love story Is of absorbing Interest. HIPPOLYTE AND GOLDEN DEAK-Two stores , Dy George Dassett. illustrated. Cloth , $1.25 Harper & Dros" , New York From Megelth Stationery Ccmp1Y. Omaha Time first of these stories deals with a- ParIsian yalet and hts very Interestng share In adventures that tefel at Monte Carlo and elsewhere ; the second has ns its principal characters an Englshman and a pretty "merlcan woman ( who are thrown Into Intimate - mate companionship during the voyage from San Francisco to Japan ) , and afterward other people both Japanese anti English , The development - velopment of the plot Introduces Japanese scenery ant the startng tenouement Is in England . THE PHANTOMS OF THE FOOT BRIDGE AND OTHER STOH - Charles Egbert Craddock. Illustrated . Cloth . $ L50. Harper & nros . New York From Megeath Stationery Company , Omaha. This volume Includes "The Phantoms of the Foot Bridge , " "His Day In Court , ' " " "Vay Down In I.onesole Cove " "The 1oon. shiners at Hoho.Hebee Fails" and " 'he Riddle of the nocl < s. " Perhaps the best sketch of all Is the second , "Uls 'Day In , Court' " -on Intensely human study of the bloody feud . by turns pnthetc amid humorous , ' with n delightful person , Elnnthan DanIel Klttredge . I year of age , Interposed ( between the warring familIes. A FARM hOUSE CODWED-Dy Emory J. Haynes Cloth , $1.25. Harper & nros. , New York From MOeath StatIonery Company Omaha , Time story relates the affairs of a rural community In New England at that perIod when emotions were Intenslned and life was made a passion by the 11\1 war. TilE LITERATURE OF TIlE GEORGIAN I'RA-ny : Wiiam Mlmito professor of Bng- Ilh lIterature In the University of Aber- deem , Cloth , $ ,50 , Harper & Bros. . New York Fmom egeath Statonery Com- pany Omaha A \oulume based upon lectures by the late Prof , Wilam MInto. 'he lectures have been cartuly revised by l'rof. Inlght , and the result Is a delightful piece of work-thought- ful and echiohuurly appreciative . 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't ' . \c hare theta In nil stdl'S , , A 110 mantel ( oI1n bed (01' ( $1OO. Hlmo with mmult'u'ou' top for ( $ I-l.OO. . , 'l'hls . Ino uhht'lght ) (011nl ( bcd , oxucty tOJ like cut , ni IUa.te'ol ouk , polsh Inlshl size Insllo - 4 ft ( 2 wide , Ii t ft 2 lomig-It httiu1Jitstmtb1o . ' ' f : long-It hl jlsilble ! lpO.tel WO\'l1 who sin'limgs Inlle amiti c1itmiiimi to hold bcdtil ag- . sJt'llls anl 01un(8 bclllng- \ WO.th $ ilOO ) mtmmywhmct'o ; oU' iL'lco ) $ : .OO ) , Wo have the excllsl\o smile or the Succcss fold- Ing bcd , thc 'VO'ltl : Fuh' WhWOl' , Everything in Ftiriiiture. Everything iu Bedding. I Evel'ytliug in Carpets. . ' , ( - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ : r1' " ' - ill . . . Everythi.ng n nugs. r I - ' . , , sb : . .I . j _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in Stoves. ( , ' - : . Everytht1 11 ! ' , - ' : r Tables and Picttires. : ' : : il I " " . I You would think this beautiful table was wOI.th I II r $10. So it Is. \O have them In ct'lr bh'ch nu' I I l. ! qIUltJ ( l oak-Illauo olsh Idsh , eli , Pl'lco this 'j ' I ill ! week I , onlj' S-LOO. Out' plcei on thin goods Is way ( ' t = - - _ - _ " below wha you would have to pay gools cheap t - - - - = . " - o- = "c3 ' , \ POOr mst'ticle. ) lu'tcc . \ - 'Vc ctriy : the Inrgcst line of fl'amed plchl'es In cite city nt InIccs that othclcalcl's hayc to pay for them. \Ve hnvc 500 Tl'lbunc pi.tu'c fmmiincs- al ! completc with glass mind mat , 1"lces 5. , 35. , fUc to $1 .00 each Framcs to oi'der at one.lulU dealers' IH'I.cs , A cm' load of RELABLE' GASOLINE STOYES just I'C. . " ech'cdVo bought thcm at less than thc actual cost to ninmiti- ! aj3 fmiottii' . ' OUI' pri . . , wilt bc ' 23 to 5t ) pet' cent lowcl- than other dea h c I's . . _ SCld for our 1895 Baby Carriage Cntalogue Scud for otr 1895 Hcfrigcrntor Cataloglic , BOSTON * STOR6. N. 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LlcTE1v ittti2.IJCPdST - jJSl S. . Creamed Eggs-Dol six eggs for fifteen minutes Remove the shells , take out the yolks carefuhiy . chop tIme whites and mix with six auimahiroommia cut Into slal plecos. Put a tablespoonful of butter In a frying pan ant set over time fire , let mel , add a tablespoonful of flower . mix unt smooth , thin with 1 cupful of creamn stir until belling - ing season wIth salt and pepper , add the willes of the eggs and the lushrooms to the yolks , ant let stant one minute Tale ull In I 'heated ' dish ant serve Immetlatcly , Eggon Toast ( a Creole reclpe-Dol ) six fresh eegs until hard. Take off the shells , chop thip whItes fine , rub the yolks through a sl\vc , and set ' them aside. Iut hal a pint of \ mik In a slnaal saucepan , and set overtime the fire , rub a tesertspoonful of butter and then n tablespoonful of four together and stir Into the boiling milk ; add the minced whites , with sail nnll 11epper Arrange six slIces of hot buttered toast on a dish , cover them with ml layer or the sauce , then ( spreld with tIme mashed yolks ; pour over more of time sauce , sprinkle with salt ant a little cayenne ; set In I very hot oven for two or three minutes and serve Pyramid of Eggs-nol a dozen eggs for I twenty minutes. Mel a tablespoonful of but- ter ( In n frying van add a tablelpoonful of corn starch anti mix until smnoothm add a CUllful of cream , with salt and pepper to season ; stir untIl boIlIng , take from the fire . amid set to keep warm Shell the eggs cut the whites In thin shreds ; chop the yells Into squares . plo them ( In pyramid shape In the ( center of a heated dlshm . arrange the whltcs In a border around the dish , and pour the hot sauce over the whites Serve hnmelately , I.onten Omelet-Dreal six eggs In a owl anti bent unt ( mixed ; add n tablespoonful of minced onion , and a teaspoonful of chopped parsley , Put I small piece of hlter In an omelet pan , shake It over the fire until mneltetl . turn In the am clot and shako over a quIck lIre untl set , Iprlnkle with salt antI , pepper serve Immediately , roil 0111 tur , out on a hot dish and 'I' ' ' - ' Creamed Fisbm-Boil two pounds of any flmme . fresh fish , When tone pick free of skin and hones anti cut Into pieces. l'umt two table- spoonfuls of butter In a frying pan set over the fire to mel , add two tablespoonfuls of lour , mix unt smooth , thin with n pint of milk , and stir until boiling , Add time fish , with six chopped umiusshmrootmis . salt and Isep' per stand the pl over boiling water for fifteen minutes. Beat the yolk of one egg , add It with 1 tablespoonful of chopped Ilarl- hey , mix well and serve hot Lobster Chops-Take a pint and I half of cold boiled lobster , pIcked to pieces , season with a tablespoonful of minced parsley , hal a grated nutmeg , a little salt antI cayenne. Put a cupful of milk on to boil , rub three heaping tealonfuls of flour and one of butter - ter together Illd to the being mmmilk. Beat the yolks cf two eggs stIr In the milk . take from the fire . add the lobster macat mix well , turn out on a lsh to cool When firma make Into chops , roll first In beaten egg , lien In cracker crumbs , put In a frying basket and fry In being fat until broln , Drain , arrange - range on a heated dish , garnish with parsley and serve hot - - - The daintiest underwear Is made of nain- seek or batiste In white or pale color and handsomely trimmed with either narrow ' Valenciennes lace and insertion or Alencon i and Venice laces , with much hand enmbroid. cry for variety . embrOld-j . , - _ -J - - - - - _ " ' ' ' _ _ N " 456" " 456" " 456" l . ' - To Retail Dealers 'of Cigars : . Tn Intt'oduco out' new bran " 456" wihout expense or or tl\clng we wil send you the - . Omaha Daily Bee for ( 3 mouths Gratis With encl thousand cigars pUI'cbusod. These cigat's arc without doubt the lnest $33.00 clgat' " in the mat'ket. GUARANTEED TO BE FJQST CLASS. A trial order wi convince you , Tot'ms 30 ays-2 pel' cent ( O. Clsh , DUFFY 8 CO. , Omaha , Neb. " _ - If I- , - - - - * - - - AR BIN'S VICES AND ViRTUES. Less or the cornier iuimd More : or the Later Thnn Is UenerILty"ul'II080t Like all the rest of manklmmd , lie China- man has his vices as wel as his virtucs But , according to n writer In the Nineteenth Cen- tury . whIle the former are made the ( mot of by his enemies , It Is undeniable that "John's" virtues In foreign lands count still more heavIly against him. Untring industry pa- tence and perseverance . extreme thrIft , the Inborn habit antI faculty of saving a little day by day however scanty his curnhlg -these are the very qualtes that have turnNI sgiinst him the hands of men belonging to n less Industrious , less frugal less provident race The vices of Chlnunen : are magnified out of all proportion to the seriousness that a pretext may be fount for huntng him from the communiy like n lrlsh dog . Let It be granted that a certain proportion of China- men arc addicted to the ( opIum hahlt. My own experIence Is that not 25 'per cent of the Chinese abroad ever use lie ( drug , either to cat It or 10 smoke It , But . apart from this consideration , anti , drlvllg from tim , mind the ubsufly overdrawn pictures that have been given to the worhl of Chinese opium dens filled wih haggard men and ruined women let me ask the very Indlvlt- unls In America anti AustralIa who tire Iou" cst In decrying the Chinese whether drimul . among their ( own class Is not a hundred fold more debasing amid more far.reachlng and terrible In Its rewls ( than Is allium among Chinamen , The man who 11111ros In the drug remains ahsolltely quIescent : If evil there be In the practce , tIme evil affects him alone. The same nsslrcdlr cannot bo , all of time hOOllm of San Fm'ancisco or the ( lor- rlkln of Sy"ney , who , crazed by deluik heats his wife Ind brutaly abuses his half.starved chmil'lren ' . After opium anti Its Incidentals comes the charge of ganibflmig. A 111ca of guIlty may be freely entered : , but there are certain qualifying circumstances that must be con- sidered . There appear ' 10 he three races of men-the Chinese . the Malaya mind the muatives of Manllla-to whmoni iii every gratin , and under all conditions of life gamnbiimmg iii sommme foram or other iii us ( hue treathm of their nos- trilii , fhie love of it is Imuborim ; tile ) ' seemum unable to live contented lives without ( lie pheasurahilo excltermiemmt thmat Its to ito foumimitl Iii games of mIngled chance amid skill , iltmt ummiuimig Cimimiammiemi geiierally , anti cerinlmuly amiiong Cliimuaniemi abroad , the gambling is of a very imilld tylte imutieoi. 1mm mumost cities whore ( hero is a conaitlerahtle alien Cimimiese population (0 ho dealt with , the necessity for lieensliig amuil regulating , or at bait wink- lng at the existemmee of , their gzumblimig imouseis Is recogmmizeti. lint ( lie' evil miever sesummisa proportlomia of amuy more serlouEnes hum our own domestic humid of "Napoleon" or the club rubber of whilst for mmormmmah points so bug as ( he mumhioriiemi ( ( comifimie ( hue gimimmea strictly to time Chiimmatnen themselves-a course feilowoth Iii such cities as Cicutta ammd Sydumey. IL Is ommiy when tim m 1ff-raft of other races mire allowed to "take a hmammii" amid to utilize the Ciiineee gaines , tattles ammtl bamuks for ( ho gratlticatiomm of their own gamnbllmig , lmropemisitles that mummyhiimug ( hIke widespread mmilschilef is wrought. A Clminim- imlati may in rare Instammces lose lila all when gaining amnoimg itimi pwn cOUiur'imlCn , but it ( hiI result does hiaimpen lie OC5 muext day contentedly bade to work anti is mint hlka mmmost ruined garmublers of Etmropean btock , perzmmnnemmiy ( imicalacitaeI ( for honest toil , Tue Clilmiamuman abroaul Invariably lrovides for his owim Imor. and hilt gaummi's arc voluntarily amid cheerfully taxed for tIme purposes of charity. Caim lila Caucasian detractors its Ammuerlea and Australia say % hue caimie ( lung of their ganibling saloons amid race mnectlngs . 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