MONDAY MONDAY
Is LINEN DAY STON OMAHA STORE Is LINEN DAY
Chlldrcn'6 25o
Drill Waists
and flno
Muslin Drawers
lOc Each
25o Plain and Fancy
Jet Trimmings
21" " ! SB s 8 *
Yard.
I5c Silk and
Mohair Braids
in plain and fancy
colors ,
5,000 bolta of
Velveteen
Skirl Binding
at Bol
At 3jo per yard
Dress
Crinolines
In black , oroarn & drab
\Q \
15c Hustle Taffeta
Skirt Lining
30 inches wide ,
Yard
3U-lnch wide
Lonsclale
Muslin
Gjc g ratio of
3G-in. wide
Standard quality
Red and Black
Calico
THE BEAUTY OP CUR NEW
DRESS GOODSANDSILKS
Wo are showing for Monday some of the
most High Art Novelties
Including Irrldoscont Silk nnd Wool Novel
ties , Persian Brocades nnd Stripes , beautiful
illuminated colorings , two nnd thrco toned
effects , Scotch Mixture Tailor nt75c
Tweeds , Cheviot nnd Bourotto Weaves.
This U n beautiful assortment of hlnh grade fab
rics nnd on sale In our dress oods department nt YAUD
A beautiful line of
Spring Novelties
in open work lace Etainines , silk and wool
Matelcsso , Sail Cloths , Broad Cloths , in
all the new colorings , and a score of other
beautiful weave ? ,
On Sale at 89c and 98c Yard.
Moro than 150 pieces of flno
DRESS GOODS
In plain fabrics , Henrietta and French
SorKos , Fancy Knall-di Novelty Effects and
Imported Scotch Uhovlols , on sulo on front
bargain square at 'Ma yard.
co pieces of Fine Dress Goods
In strictly all-wool new spring novelties ,
Scotch ChcvlotB , Homespuns , extra wide
Imported l > lnck nnd colored Henrietta nml
French Serges , new basket weaves , new
Dlagonala and new ladles' cloth. These
poods acp the quality that Is always
known ns Me dress Roods , on sale on bar
gain square at 23c per yaid.
25c Double Fold Dress Goods at
the Price of Ordinary Calico 7c yd
These are yard wide Dross Goods , now , fresh
patterns , small checks and plaids , dark
grounds , beautiful combinations 25c quality , onsalo
at 7c yaid ,
THREE SPECIALS
44-inch
English Mohair
BRIiLLIANTINE
Very high lustro , perfect in weight ,
color and finish , 75c quality on salts at
YARD
42-inoh Fancy weave
all beautiful largo designs , 75c
quality , now goods , 40c yard.
Exceptional Bargains in
New Novelty
Black Goods
Great assortment of weaves , on
sale at 750 and 980 yard
RISE AND FALL OF PITIIOLE
Where the Oil Boom Originated Now a
Sheep Pasture.
DRAMATIC CHAPTER OF AMERICAN HISTORY
Griiiililu Story of tliu IH'ulnnliifiH of
tlio ( ii-cut I'c'lroH'iiiu ImliiNtpy
lionCo I on i-l Dm lie mill 11111
Sinltli " .Slruek He. "
It Is related ot a discouraged pioneer resi
dent of what afterward became famous as
the Oil Creek oil regions of Pennsylvania
that his Interest was sulllclcntly awakened
by reports , which reached him In gome
way , of possibly rich deposits ot coal oil
across the Canadian border , to can so him
to leave Oil Creek and repair to Canada.
It Is not surprising that a resident of the
then undeveloped Pennsylvania oil regions
should have easily been drawn elsewhere.
The regions were n wilderness. The chief
1 TUB OUIGINAL DHAKB WKLL ,
arena of the subsequent oil activities , the
Oil Creek valley , from Tltusville southward
to the Allegheny river , or to the present
alto of Oil Cl y , q distance ot about twenty
miles , was practically uninhabited. Titus
vlllo was a llttlo lumbering village , whose
chief Industrial and commercial Interests
consisted of the saw mill and general store
of Brewer , Watson & Co. A river tavern ,
. - \vhoro the Alleghany raftsmen slopped ,
* T marked the site of Oil City , Hack from
1 the creek and rver | hills were scattered
the log cabins of the hardup but healthy
pioneers , whose hardships were the trying
ones of all settlers in wilderness regions ,
And for whom substantially the only means
of raising tholr tax money was by periodical
trips for extra work to the lumberiutj and
ratting regions ,
It U not a inatler Of wonder , therefore
( bat the dlducartened settler of whom the
Incident referred to ta related was bo easily
attracted to Canada. One of the objectionable -
able features ot the farm he left , according
to the story , was the oozing of a grccn'dh
cum to the surface of the streams , GO much
that at the point where lilt horses and rattle
drank tt wng necessary to construct a tur-
face dam , la order that the animals lulgbt
drink without being compelled to dip through
the noxious deposit floating on the surface of
the water. Tills floating substance was of
an oily nature and long had been used In the
war palnto , rites and medicines ot the Indians
of the regions , from whom it derived Its name
Seneca oil. No thought , however , ot the
Immensity of the supply or of the multiplied
usca to which it might bo put was enter
tained by any one. The oily wealth the
restless wettler sought In Canada failed to
materallze at that time. Meanwhile , In the
form of the despised scum oozing from the
old oil crcok farm he had deserted. It was
marine the effort nature afforded to force
upon the world more flttirg recognition of
the volume and value of it stored In the hid
den natural reservoirs from which it camo.
FAILURB OF FIRST EFFORTS.
This oil found Its way to the surface at
various points along the crock flats , notably
In the vicinity of the lumber mill ot Urower ,
Watson & Co. , perhaps a mile south of
put upon it for medicinal purposes , and the
gathering of It principally by the process
Tltusvllle. Eventually a high value was
of soaking It from the water with blankets
became qulto a profitable business. It
also had a limited use as a lubricant , and
a more limited USD as an Illumlnant In
Its crude state. In 1852 Dr. F , U. llrowcr ,
son of Ebenezcr Drew or of the firm men
tioned , took a bottle at the oil to Prof.
O , P. Hubbard of Dartmouth college , at
which Institution Dr. Hrewer hod been a
student. Prof , Hubbard's verdict was that
thp product was valuable , but would not
ho found lu sufficient quantities for com-
' mcrclal purposes. Some of the oil was also
left with Prof. Dixie Crosby ot the same
college. Like Prof. Hubard , ho was Im
pressed with ( he value of his product , and
later sent hln son , A , II. Crosby , to Titus-
ylllo to make further Investigation. In
1S5I George H. lllsscll of the llrm of nis-
tell & Evalcth of New York , lawyers and
promoters of Block companies , mining and
otherwise , took a health trip to New Hamp
shire , and while there renewed an arqualn-
1 lance with Prof. Crosby. The oil subject
\ was brought Up by UH latter , Dtssell be
came Interested , and \ho result was the
formation later In the sable year of the
I Pennsylvania Rock Oil company , capitalized
at 500,000 In shares ot J25 each , and made
up mainly of New York and Now England
stockholders , with a small TUuavllle reprc-
peiitp.tlou ,
The base of operation was a pUce of land
secured from Urcwpr , Wation & Co. . taking
In the oil spring near the talll. The com
pany was not a succcFf , except perhaps lu
the sloci.-placlng sense ,
Thrco years later , primarily through the
NEW SPRING SILKS.
Japanese Wash Silks M
In stripes , checks nml two toned
ofTectd In the regular way these
goods are worth a5c , on sale at
15c yard.
WORTH3fic
Print Warp Taffeta
In Dresden Designs , in the leading com
binations , a'l new colorings , purple , green ,
and every color imaginable , for Waists and
Dress Trimmings , on sale at 390 & 500 yd.
39c and 50c
23 inch black all silk
Satin Ducliesse and
Moire Velour
Special price 75c yard
24 inch extra heavy
Black Gros Grain
Dress Silks
7QC yard
Greatest assortment of
aim/ ] /
All now combinations , on sale at Too , USc and SI.23 yur d
LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS
AND SEPARATE SKIRTS.
All in the newest styles on special sale Monday.
200 sample suits , in a great variety of style ? , many
of them sill : lined throughout , skirt and blaxior ,
at special prices for Monday.
Ladies' Separate I
of extra finality brilliantine -
liantino , lined nnd in
terlined throughout , 4. }
yards wide , aSIl.OO skirt
on special tale for Mon
day
Worth 83.00
83.00'S
'S Bl
efforts of James M. Townscnd , a New Haven ,
Conn. , Investor In the stock of the original
company , there was a rcorcanlzation in
the name of the Seneca OH company. The
land ot the Pennsylvania company was sub
leased on a royalty to the new organization.
The latter sought to develop the property by
means of trenches and other crude methods ,
hut was unsuccessful. At this juncture Mr.
IHssell happened to notice In the window
of a New York drug store a circular de
scriptive of a bottled preparation called
"Kler's Petroleum , " which came from unit
wells at Tnrentum , Pa. , and had boon put
up by S. M. Kler , a Plttsburg rcflnor. ' ( he
circular set forth that the fluid was found
at a depth of several hundred feet In sink
ing the salt wells. It had been encouir'ro'l
In other regions In the drilling of Edit wells ,
but , as Its real value was not then recog
nized , It was- considered a nuisances to he
gotten rid of In the best available way with
out spoiling the salt wells , just as the strik
ing of salt water subsequently In I lie rMll-
ing of oil wells became a ulmilar annoy
ance.
OIL , AT LAST.
This Incident suggested to Mr. UUaell the
Idea of drilling Into the rock for oil. Tlie
other stockholders were favorably impressed
with the suggestion , and on May 1. IS5S , the
company fient to Tituavllle , to take charga
of its work , Colonel Edwin L. Drake , who
had been a railro.id conductor at New Haven ,
Conn. , and was a small Investor la the oil
slocks. His ealary was to bo $1.000 a year ,
and the company had provided him with
$1,000 with which to go ahead with the work
of sinking a well. The little village afforded
hut few of the necessary equipments for the
worlc , and the nearest railroad station , Uric ,
Pa. , was forty miles away.
Presently his funds were exhausted , and
the company , losing faith In the enterprise ,
and becoming Indifferent , failed to advance
him more money. It was then that Colonel
Drake's troubles began. The drillers he had
engaged failed to appear. Tlily was duo
In part to the report spread over the regions
that Drake was crazy in believing that oil
would bo found by drilling Into the rock.
Dnt his faith on tha. ! point waa unshaken ,
after his study of the salt wtlla and other
Investigations. Itidlcule , coupled with Im
putations of Insanity , only eervjd to Intensify
his determination to demonstrate that the
theory waa correct. During that summer
and the succeeding fall , winter and spring his
experience was llko that of many another
experience before and since , of moneylrt > a
custodians of an idea , derided at the time ,
but dtdtlned subsequently to become famous.
It wee not until the middle of June , 1859 ,
that he was abe ) to proceed with the well.
Ho was enabled to do so then , not through
any aid rendered by the company , but
through the sympathetic personal assistance
of H , U. Kktchor and Peter Wilson of Titus-
vlllo , who provided him with local credit
and Indorsed at a Meadvllle bank ( about
thirty tulles from Tltusvllle ) the paper on
which ho raised the necessary funds to go
ahead with the well. "Undo Hilly" Smith
and hla two sons , drillers from thu Tarentum
salt well regions , came on to take charge
of that part of the work , which waa done at
that time by old spring-polo process , On
Saturday , August 28 , 1S59 , the drill at the
-iiallow depth of sixty-nine and one
alt feet , about , thlity-flve feet In
i'e roclc , dropped Into a crevice ae
the day's ' wcik was icing finished , and the
tools , were pulled out until Monday morn-
Ing. The following day , Sunday , the senior
driller , "Ur.de Hilly , " took a , stroll down to
the well and saw what , Seemed to be oil
within a few feet o ( the top. He dipped an
Improvised butler Into the well and It came
up filled with petroleum. Thus was the first
oil well conceived and completed. As h&s
been Indicated , It was not the first artesian
well In which oil was found , but tt was the
first well sunk for oil.
BOOM DAYS.
The period Inwhich the high tIJo mark
was reached in the regions , In thu volume
Our initial Monday sale was an unparalleled success. Nearly
the' entire city was on hand , as the bargains offered were something
never before heard of in Omaha. All the week we have been opening
cases and bales of new things bought especially for 'this Monday sale.
This second sale will by far eclipse for bargain giving anything we
have yet attempted.
All hotels , restaurants , boarding houses and housekeepers will
do well to attend this Monday sale.
All the -week we have been beseiged with the question , "What
are you going to have on sale Moday ? " So here are the bargains :
100 pledca of Itlchnrdson's Son's & Owens' Two cases of 72-inch Bleached and DO pieces of K.\tra , Heavy
41.00 quality of i
Silver Bleached
Bleached Satin Scoteh Unbleached
DAMASK
Nothing as fine I ? sold In nny store In Worth up to seventy-five cents n yard , Iloffiilnr 3D cent grade , Goes Mon-
America for less than fl.OO. Monday \vo ns a Monday bargain goes ut 85 cents a day at 15 cents a. yard.
offer 100 pieces nt D9c yard. ? yard. i
Worth Worth Worth
$1.0O 75c 39c
Two cases Red bordered An innnonse lot of extra
largo size bordered and
Turkey Red Table s fringed
Damask
2j and 3
Fringed , yards
Regular 2oo quality , goes long worth $1.50 each , worth 10 cents eace , go
tomorrow at lie yard. Worth 33 < go at 3"c each. Worth $1.50 at 3iu each. Worth lOc
500 dozen full ? i size i 500 dozen full 9i size Silver lilcachcd , Wo will sell Monday 10.000 yards of 30-Inch
wide llnest quality pure.
Double Safin Damask ftepkins German Damask Napkins ,
These arf highest grade and worth $3.50 a Worth $2 dozen. These are cut ready suitable for shirt bo ems , stamping' , otc. ,
dozen , Mojday they go at $1.59 dozen , for hemming and go at 7''jC each. and all kinds of art and fancy worU , this Is
and tomorrow at
a regular $1 quality goes
Dozen Worth Yard
Worth $2,00 Worth
Dozen .00
l ooj dozen all linen 10,000 yards of all linen 10 cases of Cotton 5 ciis-'s of regular 15o pi
IlfUItTOWELS SI.1XO J CIIASII TOWKLIXCJ TURKISH TO\VELS
p Up
In fringed nnd hcmmo
the tegular price la ' , SI the regular price is EC ,
B S'/iC
they nro the regular ] 9o / go to morrow at 0 cents 111.
quality , RO on sale tomorrow go tomorrow at : 3M.C n.Ul go ' on sale tomorrow at each uu
at yard 2'ic yard
morrow
Worth Me Worth Worth Co Worth Uo
l.COO bleached and un-T J A big table of all sizes of An Immense lot of 1 big table of fancy
bleached Turliisli Wash k THAY COVEItS 310 Cut Out Work Scarfs
HlfUIC TOWELS c Rags squares and splnshcrs - I
lOcc worth up to 2oo each " ? u
large size , worth lOc , go 5.
. each worth 50c'go atloceach
worth 5c , go at Ic. at 31 c atloceachWorth
Worth lOc Worth vBc Worth 23c Worth DOc
? 4
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\FOIITO.VATI3 PL'IIOIIASK I'-KOM A , UAMCIIUI'T MAXUFACTITKEII IS.VAlIIjliS US TO OFFER IIIO IIAItGAIXS IX
CROCHET nnn s :
We will -tell full Blzo 75c Extra larse nml heavy Uenilar $1.23 quality , bclllea 2 cases of extra heavy Mnr- All the $3 finest quality Imported
CROCHET ( lliltTS
qualltS' CROCHET SPREADS " I'A-rrnux dun/rs ported
Croclirt Heil Spread * Co tomorow at "Jc. MARSEILLES QUILTS
. hemmed nnd ready for ,
worth 9 c , go at COo. use
at 25e each. EO tomorow nt S8c. ; o nt Jl.fi cachO .
SOc worth § 1.25
worth 98c
worth 750 980 worth $3.
of business , In Interest and in population ,
was in the six years following Qolonel Drake's
strike. The climax ot that period found
fully 100,000 people in the regions which had
been practically a wilderness but a few
jears before ; and In this estimate no account
is taken of the tender transients whoso courage
age- failed them after they ; had found their
way into the regions by wagon , by raft , on
horseback and on foot , aniS who waded out
as soon as they could , bearing with them
nightmare recollections of canals of mud
called roads : ot floundering mules , horses
and drivers ; ot Bo-called hotels and boarding
houses where entrance to the dining rooms
at .meal time- was frequently by the flying-
wedge process used by the foot ball players ;
where the floors as well aa" the beds of the
sleeping rooms were ciowdcd with tired
humanity , and where the cracks In the drying
green lumber of the walls Were often so largo
that the inquisitive rod squirrel had llttlo
gnawing to do In order to effect an entrance.
The three chief characteristics of the mul
titude of people- thus drawn together wore
their general good nature , their quickness
to respond to calls of distress , and their com
mercial honor. Deals Involving amounts
equal to fortunes were carried out without
the scratch of a pen. Mpn who verbally
agreed to toll the output of their wells for a
certain period at a stipulated price faith
fully kept their promise , regardless of subse
quent fluctuations In prices. Uy way of Il
lustration , an Incident may he recalled v/liero
a producer thus verbally agreed to sell his
oil for a period of several months at 20
cents a barrel. Though oil went up In the
meantime to { 7 a barrel , he delivered the
product of his wells , according to piomlee ,
at the 20-cent rate. It was ( he same In the
purchase or rental of lands , and in other
transactions. Peonlo kept their word.
! There was a general BCHBO of safety , too ,
i which scema remarkable now , even to those
'who shared In that feeling jit the time. In
'the transaction -business people carried
largo amounts of inouey .cvlth them timid
all kinds ot surroundings , anil at all hours
.of the day and night. Banking agents , sup
plying currency at this point nnd that , rode
through the regions with ( their saddlc-bagj
stuffed with money. Selllnft and purchasing
agents for other Instltutlcws traversed the
regions In this way , cafrymg fortunes with
COLONEL'S. L. DJIAKE.
them. They were well known , and no con
cealment of tholr business was attempted ,
MONEY PLENTIFUL.
Money wag kept In all Itlnila of Insecure
places , and the contents of tome common
oince safes ran Into millions of dollars. Yet
with all the dlislpatlon and wickedness de
veloped. It was not until well toward the
close of the vlx-year period Indicated that
the first murder for robbery wai known to
liavo occurred In the whole country.
Though the striking of the IJraka well
caused feverish excitement at once , nn iir
mediate Influx of people to the regions and
sent skyward the value ot lands along the
creek , there was a bar to the boom in the
limited means for storing and marketing
the product. Within three- years the supply
co much exceeded the demand that the urlce
dropped from SO cents a gallon to 10 cents a
barrel. Among the large wells ot this
period was the flowing fountain well , struck
In May , 1SG1 , on the flats about seven miles
below the Drake well. It was the lirst well
drilled to the third Band , and the oil and
gas poured out In a manner which gave
that sand an Immediate popularity. Septem
ber 20 , 1SC1 , the Empire well , drilled near
made the whole valley well-nigh a contin
uous city. In point ot rest and quietude
there was no night. Work went on by
night as well as by day , and the sound of
the hammer nnd saw , the creaking walking
beam and pulley , and the various other
noises of that character were hoard at all
hours. It Is left to the imagination to pic
ture In what ways nnd to what limits the
revelries and orgies of the tougher ele
ments contributed toward making night as
wakeful as the day. All the roads , old and
new , were simply a scries of mmlholeS. muck
and ruts. Caravans were wallowlng.through
them all the limo , and the bides of the loads
were strewn with the wrecks of vehicles
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A TYPICAL OIL TOWN.
the Fountain , began flowing at the rate of
2,500 barrels a day.
Then came the Phillips well on the Tarr
farm , struck November 14 , 1801 , and start
ing at the rate of 3,000 barrels a day. These
were the three leadera among the largo wells
at this dote ; of the smaller 'wells there were
several hundred. For lack ot etorngo and
shipping facilities an Immense quantity of
oil was wasted. In 18G2 a mnall lake of
petroleum was kept between the Fountain
and Kmplre wells , and many a boatload was
procured from It at 10 cents a barrel ,
At this period shipping and refining fa
cilities began to multiply more rapidly and
thereby to Increaeo the value of the product.
An Ice gorge contributed to this advance
by breaking looao in December at the mouth
of the creek and reducing the visible supply
of petroleum. It smashed Into 350 boat
loads of oil lying in the Allegheny river ,
causing a loss estimated at $350,000. Smal
ler wrecks of this kind were of frequent oc
currence , both on the creek and river.
AT HIGH TIDB.
The thrco years following were the hlgh-
tldo years of the business. On May 20 , 18C3 ,
the Noble & Delamater well , on the Farrel
farm , began flowing at the rate of 3,000 bar
rels a day , and In a little more than two
months there was sold from It { 354,000
worth of oil. The Caldwell well , which was
deemed to bo Interfering with Its produc
tion , waa bought for fl7G,000 and plugged.
The Bales of oil from the Noble & Uela-
mater well during the next six months
brought the amount received for Its produc
tion to that date up to more than $1,000,000 ,
The whole regions were now teeming with
multiplied activities. Kvcrybody either was
rich or expecting to become rich immedi
ately. The Oil creek valley for practically
Its whole length , with Titusvlllo ut one ex
treme and Oil City at the other , was a eon-
cave forest of derricks , where a great army
of fortune hunters had encamped , ICvery
oil farm aloug the creek was a town , aud
and all kinds of overland freights , thrown
off to lighten the loads.
EHI3 TIDB.
In the yearn 18C4 and 18C5 the climax
period WOH readied , It was In the latter
year that the famous I'ltholo , which was
located a few miles cast of the Oil creek de
velopments , sprang into existence. Within a
few months It acquired all the conveniences
of an Interior city , and had a resident and
transient population , which caused the busi
ness of Its postodlco to rank third among
Pennsylvania postofllccs , Philadelphia ntaml-
ing first and PUUburg second. The city van
ished almost as rapidly as U appeared , and
the situ of U has long been ucrvlng the un-
rnotropolltan purpose of a sheep pasture , It
wag In 18G5 also that the stock company
craze , In which many millions of dollara were
drawn from people 'in all walks of life. In
every quarter of the country , and In other
countries as well , reached Its greatest in
flation and ; caused the speculative bubble to
burst.
All that now remains of what were formerly
lively oil towns are grassgrown excavations ,
like these of old battlefields , and uuggcstlvo
llko them of the waste ot energies in the
accomplishment of the achievements ue.so-
elated with them. An Idea of the magni
tude of the oil buslnesa of the whole country
will bo conveyed by the statement that nlnco
Its Inception there liua been received for ex
ported petroleum and ilu products alone , an
aggregate amount exceeding the present total
money wealth of the United Slates , In gold
and silver , as shown In the latest nummary
of the latter In the treasury reports.
Colonel Drake was horn at Greenville ,
Greene county , N. Y , , March 29 , 1819 , nnd
died at Ilethlehcm , Pa. , November 9 , 1881.
He acquired a comfortable fortune through
his ( strike , but uubaequently met with finan
cial misfortune , and became broken In health ,
eventually becoming an Invalid , Old friends
rendered him financial autUtanco In a mode t
way , and In 1878 the Pennsylvania legislature-
1,000 Indies' lonp
sleeve Jersey ribbed
VESTS
Each
75c Ltidles'
Lisle Thread
Vests
silk trimmed , high
nnd low nouk , bin ok ,
cronm nnd funcv
colors
! 9ct25c
1,001) ) plain wlillo and
fancy bonier , fhcer
India Iilncn licm
at Itched
Handkerchiefs
\vhltocrcam and
own eolotod
I"
% c
20e wide and narrow
Embroideries
3C and § C
Yiird
23c Indies' nml
gents' purn Irish
hemstitched
Handkerchiefs
QgEach
Too U
Drawers , Slcirt.s ,
Gowns , mid Km.
brokler y Trini'd
Cirsut Coycr.s ,
I )
Kaoh.
$1.51) ) Nif-lit Robes ,
Uinbrulla Skirts
nnd Skirt Chcinls'u
$1.00 II. & H. und
Warner Bros,1
Corsets ,
1C
granted him a pension of $1,500 n year , which
continued until lite death , and thereupon
reverted to hla wife.
KEMfilOL'S.
The Cloverport ( Ky. ) News Informs tlnj
country at largo that the good pcupla of that
town have "all Joined hoard and hands ana'
gene to worlc In earnest and propose to
nialco it mighty hot for satan. " Kentucky
may come out all right after all.
Cardinal Svampa , archbishop of Polosna ,
is looked upon by the superstitions as Pope
Leo's successor. Ills name mmis "flames
up , " and the next pope Is designated in thu
hook of prophecies as Ignes ardcns. Moiv-
ever , he was previously bishop of Forlc ,
whoso patron la the Madonna of the lire.
It Is an interesting fact , brought out by.
the recent anniversary of the Scotch church ,
that Dr. Vermllye , EO lung uenlor pastor of
the collegiate church , wan at the .ige of 54 , a
student at Yule college , hy the aid of funds
provided by the Scotch church. Dr. M.IS-OII ,
pastor of the Scotch church , taught him
Latin and Greek.
The rumor that Rev. Dr. Henry M. Pield
waa oborlly to retire from his long editorial
horvlco , the Now York Evangelist pausing Into
other hands , Is fortunately unrounded.
Though Dr. Field ill&poBcdi nf part of-his In
terest to Presbyterian friends three yeara
ago , when ft corporation wna farmed , no
further change has been made or la thought
of.
v The Protawtant Episcopal church , or at
least n certain Hcctlon of It , Is considering the
advisability of employing evangellrftB or "lay
readers" more extensively. Even the con
servative Church Standard has been arguing
for their employment , miggeHtlng that thcro
Is a Held where the lay evangelist IB specially
needed and where the uidulned mliilului L-UU-
not take his place.
The pope lia hot aylilo a KIIIU of nearly
flOO.OOO , the Interest on which v.lll be em
ployed In constituting a certain number ot
prl/ca for the INit Catholic historical worka
which may bo published In Italy or abroad.
\Vlth this object hlu liolluesn has appointed
anolljcial commission In order to examine tha
works , and IIUH himself sketched out thu
program ot the competition.
itev. Dr. Augusta J. Chapln of Chicago ha
returned from a year'B travola In Europe and
lo now vlolting friends In Io ton. She la
an alumna of the University of Mlchlxan ,
< ; a > 6 tlio New York Tribune , and Is said to
bo thu only wuman upun whom hax been con
ferred the degree of doctor of divinity. As a
clergyman xlio has made n crcdltahle record
In the various pastorates uho hau held In
Iowa City , la. ; Lansing , Mich. ; Pittsburir ,
I'a. ; Aurora , 111. ; Omaha and Chicago , Sim
Is devoted to liar profession , and declare *
that , with all her experience behind her ,
If It were hero to choose her vocation anew ,
she would Btlll be a minister.
THE 01,11 ( iRI.VD ,
Cleveland Lrailer.
Sometimes I look upon tha rich
With envy In my Im'nm ,
And think how pleasant It would haTe
To Just "Haw off" and rout-
To smoke rlg'trH ' nml loaf around ,
While othiTH worked away
With plenty "halted down , " of course ,
For the futuiu rainy day.
Oh. what n joy 'twould he to tell
The man who IJOHHCS me
That I W.IH tired of his style-
To brace up nnd he free )
And , In the lazy mornings , how
I'll like to lie abul ,
And what a pleasure to get out
And be a thoroughbred.
Such thoughts I have nometlmcB , but , when
I'm III nnd have to stay
Indoors u day or two , nil , then
My envy fades uway ,
I think of ull ( he lioys at work ,
And know no pc-uce of mind
rntll they let nit- out nnd I
lluLood old crlnd.