Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1897)
20 TJ1E OMAHA DAILY STTNDAY , at AY 23. 1807. ILUlllilllillilll illliililllM I ' 'BOY LIFE INJ IIAUO PHYSICAL TRAINING ! OF YOUNG Grtc.cc an n. tvliolo has bcc.i mod- einlzcd and civilized And nineteenth con- tiirylzcd along with the rot of tlio world , that part of It that ojciipha Us rocky south ern peninsula , the ancient Peloponnesus , and which Is Etlll known liy Us claralcal name of Sparta , ban Changed least of all. The Spar- tana nrc n nation of athlete. ! . At work or at play they arc always trylrg to develop wind nnd muscle ; their games aru all trials of strength and skill. There Is no other place- In the world where a deformed or crippled person Is locked upon with so much pity n ? among the modern Greeks. The physical ( raining of the young Spartan begins almost &a eoon ns he can walk and talk. At the ago of 4 or G every boy In u - nmlncd by a phyBlclai' to discover whether lie I * physically round and able to n ml ergo the hard training which Is part of his edura- Vs5- A GENUINE AMPI1IHIAN. tlon. Unlcsn It Is found that the hey haa Boiiie ailment which would make It danger ous for him , ho Is taught to sleep on the hardest of hard beds , to rise at 4 In the mornIng - Ing , to go with bare feet and head In cold weather , to.run , to leap , to wrestle and to bear pain without flinching. A boy who cried If he got a thrashing would be looked upon an a coward by all his playmates. It is not dllllcnlt to believe that such a training builds up strong , sturdy , fearless men. KILLING TUIIKS. At 5 the Greek boy begins to attend the government school , where he learns to read .nnd write , to know Greek history and to bo patriotic. It Is Interesting to a foreigner to note how persistently the love of country is drilled Into the schoolboys. Twice a day ( ho children sing the Greek national hymn , which tells how their grandfathers threw off the yoke of the Turkish oppressor sev enty-five years ago. One of the favorite games of the Grecian youth IB to play at killing Turks , It Is no uncommon sight In Iho smaller towns and oven In Athens to ecu half a dozen or more youngsters en gaged In this Interesting amusement. In throe miniature battles the Greeks are al ways victorious , and the boys to whom falls the lot of becoming Turku for the time being have to submit to being killed In a variety of blood-curdling ways and to being left for dead In the street until their conquerors permit them to come to life again. Then the two parties change places and the former Turks , now become Greeks again , have & chance to show how they would deal with the enemies of their country. The Greek schoolmaster is apt to bo a well-built fel low * with the national fondness for all klndii of open-air games , who will encourage his KILLING TUIIKS. boys to excel In all such eportu , to try a dash barefooted Into the enow on a winter day , and to know the delight of a dip Into cold water of a morning , YOUNG AMPHIBIANS. Tha influence of thta kind of training ehows Itself very clearly In the garnets of GrtHik boya. They nearly all Involve strength and skill and most of them are played In the open air , for the healthy young Greek likes to upend nine-tentha of his waking hours out of doom. Putting the quolta the disks hau been called the national gatno of the Greek * and almost any day one can roe groups of men and boya busily occupied In trying to outdo one another at It. Fre quently alter the Sunday church service half of the congregation will adjourn to tbo nearest open field and upend the greater part of the afterncon In hurling the dUka. Dut of all tbo Greek boy's good tlmeis the best are the hours which ho spends on the water , or in the water , for ho Is n genuine amphibian anil learns to swim almost before ho kuu\\ how to walk. The whole of this southern peninsula Is no cut up by narrow bays and deep estuaries that no part of It Is more than a dozen miles from the sea. Boys of 6 and 6 are taken out by their fathers or older brothers and taught flrit of all not to fear thq water , then to awlm aud float tail dlT . youDEitcra who. look u 10DERN OREF.CE , TH VT IS STILL KEQUIKUU SPARTANS , though they ha-1 escaped from carolc. s nuiec girl ; * go plabhlng along in the face of blf HIM. ? , as plump and Jolly as young cuptds The boa' race. Icmmoclr mid In Greek , Is It ; high favor , and the Spartans are ull acconv pliplicd oarsmen , nut Iho controlling pa . elon ot the Greek youth Is to dive from the highest ruck ho can find , going straight a ; an arrow from a bow Into the water , where ho paddles about below the surface until he has madu his friends believe that he Is dead , ulicn ho bobs Up rcrcncly , laughing at their alarm. Swimming under water Is a trick ol which the joung Spartan It thoroughly mus ter , and races of 200 yardD or more beneath the surface arc part of his amusement. Still diving seems to have the greatest fascina tion for him , and the rocky shore outlines of his native land glvp him plenty ot oppor tunity to indulge his fancy. At the rlik ol being accused of stretching the facto I will nay that I have repeatedly seen young Spar tans for their own amusement dlvo from the summit of cliffs sixty and seventy feet high , and I have been told that leaps of 100 feet are not considered extraordinary. It makes a stranger hold his breath to see these lithe young fellows go shooting through midair , but the boys themselves revel in the sport , returning again and again for another tiy. "It Is a grand feeling : It Is as If one were flying , " explained one curly-headed lad , and In truth it looks very much like flylni ; . Every Greek boy grows up with the ex pectation of serving In the army. The regu lar term of enlistment is three years. The sons of the wealthy may buy exemption from two years of service by hiring substitutes , but every citizen of Greece Is required to glvo at least one year of his life to the service of his country. Therefore jsv-ijry Greek has at lecst a taste of military llie and discipline and a smattering knowledge of military affairs. ( March 25 is Liberty day in Greece , and It Is celebrated in much the same manner as our Independence day , with fireworks and speeches and processions , and a salute of 101 guns from all the batteries. And on Liberty day or any other of the 3G4 for that matter It would bo Impossible to convince any Greek boy that all the Turks In Europe and Asia could over conquer his beloved land. And all American boys will hope flat ho Is right. nOBEUT EAHL. TIIK POOR sciioouiASTnu. HIM Uc-coril of 11 Vlxlt to 1C Inn Freil- vrlclc ( lie ( irvut. The prettiest glimpse ono can get la the world now of King Frederick the Great is through a queer , clever llttlo paper written by a poor village schoolmaster. It is the prettiest and none Is counted moro authen tic , for the poor schoolmaster was recog nized by all who knew him ( moro than 100 year ago ) as an honorable gentleman aud one of the most truthful and simple soula alive , and ho had his little Interview -with his king and tells only what ho saw and heard with his own eyes and cars. Ills name was Liusenbartb , and ho was a clergyman as well as schoolmaster , and he lived In the Thuringcn hill country , in a llttlo village called Hcmmblen , and hero Is how lie came to go and see King Frederick In his grand place at Potsdam. 'That great adventure began with his receiving the offer of a pastorate worth na much as ? 100 a year , and with a house and garden patch thrown In , a great chance- for rising In the world for poor Llnsenbarth. The offer was made by the nobleman who ordered such things In those parts , and the nobloraan'a wife had her finger in the pie and spoiled It for the poor schoolmaster , who was a nobleman , too , In his way. Llnsciibarth's own story Is full of Latin phrases , exactly as If It had been written by Scott's Domlnio Lamrson. He says he at first thought here wan a vocatlo dtvlna , but when he found If ho took the living , lit ) must marry her ladyship's wait ing maid , wllly-nllly , ho said , "here was a marriage on constraint , " and that no honest man could accept such an offer ; so ho , you may bu sure , refused It. "However " he bays , "it was very Ill- taken of mo ; all over that region I was cried out upon as a foolish , headstrong peroon. " To bo sure , In lera than three yearn the man who did take the living and the wlfo to gether died , and ull of the neighbors agreed It was becausj of the wretched llfo the ex- lady's maid U'd htm , and they took a new and kinder view of Llnsenbarth , but long before that they 1ml fairly driven him out ot iho country , "telling me to my face I would never be thought of for promotion again , " says be. Ho wan Cl yearn old , but he > received , late In the day as it was , to go seek hta fortune that Is bread and butter at least In Hcr- lln , He had In his whole hardworking life oived up about J300 , and that he took with him , and in such a shape ! all in a little coin called batzen , of which ho had about 9,000 In a sack. And the very first thing that happened to him In llerlln was that at the cuE'tom house they took all of his batzen away from him. He did not know It before , but ho learned now very quickly that King Frederick did not allow these batzen to cir culate in Prussia , because they were made of silver adul'mted with copper , and were not north what they claimed to be. Here was a how-d'ye-do , Indeed 1 The cut-torn house people sealed up his bag , and would have no mere ) ' on him ; more , they told him ho must take the bag away in a day or two , though it would be a crime to break the seals In Prussia , and ho with not a friend or a cent. It seems he was traveling with a feather bed among his baggage Irn't that a German touch ? and he finally found a poor Innkeeper la a low street who ald be would lodge and feed him for a while , be cause ha could pay with ( be bed and some books he' bid. Now for weeks he tried to K t ooiiio r drew ; one lawyer tri d to help | him but all failed , and finally the pcop ! < ' In the Inn eald ; , , . . , . . , , "Why don't you go to the kins' " An ; OHO can takea memorial to-the king fit ccr tain houis. Write out your cate , be clta and brief , and go to tire palace : " Llnsenbarth did that , and walked th twenty miles to Potsdam , "where the klm was In his summer palace. This was li August , 1650. UP saw the king In the gar den , walking about , -nd some officers cami up and questioned him , and told him to go Ir and npcak to the king , that ho was In an tin common good humor. Hut Llnscnbarlh wa ; too seated , he durst not venture. And thei .the officer ? , half fpr fun , half for kindness 'dragged the old man In to the gate , and put his papers ( he had his certificates of clmractci with him , poor soul ) In his right hand , ralscc aloft , and left him there. "I perceived well enough they were pleasei' to make gnmo of me , but I stood all tht MMif , " write * he , "like a wall , being full ol fear. When the king tinned around and saw this extraordinary machine" he means hlnv self "he gave such a look at me , like a Hast : of sunbeams glancing through you. " The king beckoned him , took his papers , read them , and asked him many questions , heard all about buw his visitor had ntudlod theology and homolltlcs at Jcnd , and promised him his money hack , with Interest. The king said ( he custom house people ought to have let him send his money home , to be changed for sound coin ; but as they talk the cloclc strikes 12. and the king says : "Now I must RII , they are- walling for tholr soup , " and he leaves Llnsenbarth standing thcio In the sun , not knowing just what to do next , for he has eaten nothing for twenty- seven houis and ho has not a penny. Hut In a moment out comes u servant hunting for "the man who was talking tn my king , " and ho takes Llnsenbarth Into a room , where a fine dinner Is spread on a little table , and wculu him there and w.-.lts on him ; think what a feast was there ! nnd Llnsenbarth tells that "a plateful of big , black cherries and u plateful ot pears the waiting man wrapped In paper and stuffed In my pocket to be a" refreshment on the way home. " And how do you suppose ho went home ? In ono of the king's own wagons with si-rvnntH to take care of him , a present of 15 tn gold from the king and an order on .hu custom house for his money , an order : hat the amount of It should be given him , with no deduction , in good coin , and that ' wasn't all ; a servant was sent to pay his score at his Inn ! Was not that a flno royal way of putting a wrong right ? Llnsenbarth ells how white the custom house people turned when they read the king's order. Ho Ive-d twenty-seven years In Berlin after this , leaching up to his death , and three years befoto he died writing his otory of how he met the king. VIRGINIA FUENCH. ins Sufi' CAM n i.\ , Joyful Sport of T\ri Oiimliu lloyx on the Sliot-t-H of lnkt * MlvIilKiiii , The following Is taken from a letter re- iclved here the other day from one of our Omaha boya living. In Chicago near Lake Michigan , which will surely Interest the chil dren. "Yesterday wer went over to the lake , which , as you know , is just a block away , and we sailed the little ship. The little ship , I must tell you , has a history ; for Ueddle and I captured It rescued It from total demolition on the ibreakers took It home , where I put a new mast Into It and rigged It all up new , an\l now Deddle has a nice new little hhtp. But first , where did It come 'rom that Is a question which worries un ; if It came from clear across the lake , which think highly probable , then we ore all right ; but if It belongs to sonic little boy in the neighborhood , then iwe had better look out or we will have a fight. "Doddle and I were over to the lake on Sat. urday night , when looking out on the water I discovered at about COO feet from shore an object that ecemed to be a piece of a tree ; wondering 'where It could have come from , I continued to watch It ; soon I determined that It was a little ship In distress and I called Doddle's attention to the fact that we were about to rescue a ship from the dangers of the deep. We watched and 'waited for half an hour , when I began to fear the ship never would get In to shore , though It was doing nobly , with all Its sails set and Us flag llow- Ing In the breeze. Finally It came to within ten feet of the shore and I was so Impatient on Dcddlo's account that I could wait no longer , but waded Into the water after It Ilia delight knew no bounds ; he danced about , and all the way home he hummed a little tune , as he always does when he Is happy and contented. So I took the ship homo and worked on the broken ( mast until nearly 1 o'clock at night , when I finished It completely , and yesterday It sailed Ilko a little miniature 'Defender. ' We , that Is , Deddlo and I , took it to the lake again and set Its sail so that it would come back to us If we should turn It loose ; we did this and in half an hour's time In the face of a otrong wind It sailed out to the distance of 100 feet turned , and came back. It was as great epon for mo as It was for Deddle , as I had never sailed a boat 'before , and did not know the first principles of setting a sail ; but a few trials taught mo a good deal , , and wo went homo very proud with the llttlo sblp which we had saved from wreck and-which oecmed ! o want to come back to us. " A. CANDY PULL. iVeo Bessie had n toffy-pull One sunny afternoon ; She would not wait till It was cold , And pulled It far too soon. [ Jpr golden hnlr was hanging round , I don't know how 'twas fixed , But somehow In the pulling- Alas ! the two got mixed ; Could you have heard her mamma scold ! And wluit her papa said ! le took her to the barber shop And Hlmved her curly head , < And now when she BOOS to the park , Where nil her playmates meet , 'hey say , "Here comes n llttlo boy Tripping1 up the street. " ESTELLE SHUSIAN. North Platte , Neb. : 'iiATTin OP TUB YOU\OSTICUS "Freddy , " said the teacher to Freddy Fan- gle , "you have spelled the word 'rabbit' with two t's. You must leave one of them ml , " "Yea , ma'am , " replied Freddy ; "which ine ? " Little Sister What's th < J dlff'renco 'tween Jectrlc'ty an' llghtnln' ? Llttlo Brother You don't have to pay nUthln * fur llghtnln' . Johnny , who had been out to dinner , came homo and told his mother they had stewed putty blowers. Subsequently It came out that they had macaroni. "What did Noah live on when the flood subsided and his , provisions In the ark were exhausted ? " asked rf'Suriilay school teacher of her claps , "I know , " squeaked a llttlo girl , after the others had given up. "Well , what ? " Inquired the teacher , "Dry land. " The Preacher Willie , what Is your Idea of l.eavcn I mean , what kind of a place would you like heaven to be , aud what would you Ilko to bo there. Wllllo ( after eorno thought ) I'd Ilko to have it a ten-aero lot and mo the pitcher for the champion nine. "Don't holier so , baby , " said little Bess to her Infant brother , "If you do , you'll grow up to be holler-chested , and that's a awful thing to be. " Four-year-old Barbara went to church with her two sisters and came home crying. "What Is the matter , dear ? " Inquired her mother. "Ho preached a whole s-fermon about M-JIary and Martha , " sobbed Barbara , "and never said a "vv-Word about mo ! " The little girl was a member of a large and noisy family. She was visiting the house of a neighbor ono day. There the nUienco of children and perfect quietness , of the house Impressed her. "Mrs , Illauk , " she exclaimed at last , "ls It always as quiet here ? I don't ece , " drawing a 'long breath "I don't bee how you can breathe. " "And what was dene to the serpent , Tommy , after Adam and Ere were forci'd.to leave the Garden of Eden ? " "He was sentenced to travel on his thapa for-llfo,1 ! returned Tommy , IlucUlfii'H Ariiluu .Salve , The best Salvo In the world for cuts , bruises , sores , ulcers , sail rheum , fever eorca , tetter , chapped bai\d.s , chilblains , corn , and all skin eruptions , and positively cures piles , or no pay required. It la guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Prlco 5 cents per box. For eale by Kulin & Co. Mrs. Grant , Mrs. Hayes , Mrs. Garfleld , Mrs , HarcUon am ) Mrs. , Cleveland were total abstainers during their reign In the white house. Mrs. Garfleld , Mrs. .Harrison and Mrs. Cleveland never furnished wine to their cucsts , except at state dinners , when their husbands wished wlnea to be served. U la us Id tt at Mrs. Grant waa the first woman to move against haYJng wine , in the , white Loiue. Mrs. McKluley i * a total abstainer. BOSTON'S ' HONORED CITIZEN Long and Distingn'shcd Career of Edward Everett Halo in Many Fields. NEWSPAPER MAN , AUTHOR AND PREACHER III * AiimiichliiK | Vlilf < > Thin Clly Itoi'iilU SOUKnf ( he lllNtory of UN Kirn I fill nml Inter- VNlllIK 1.1 ft1. . Dr. Edward Everett Hale of Boston will visit this city again on Tuesday ovcnlni ? , Juno S , appearing at Boyd's theater , where ho will read his own story of the war tltno , "The Man Without a Country. " In con nection with the visit of the well known preacher and author , Ilev. Newton M. Mann of Unity church , who has been a personal friend of Dr. Halo's since both were young men , has prepared this eketch : "Dr. Halo was born In Boston April 3 , 1S22 , and so has Just passed his 75th birth day. Ho was much felicitated on that oc casion by the Boston press , and m.iny fresh sketches ot his long nnd honorable career appeared. Boston takes an honest prldo in her distinguished citizens , nnd surely she can boast a long list of. great names. Some of these have gained a national reputation and , shaking off all provincialism , have ccino to be thought of less as citizens of any town or state- than aa citizens of the Uulted States. Edward Everett IHIo Is one ot thoso. Has ho not In fact of all living Americana the most extended and the most cnvlnblo eputatlon ? Othcio there are more din- tlngulahed In special lines and for spechl services , but ho has come to the front In many fields , aud Is as little provincial In the mental as In the material world. "Dr. Halo's childhood experiences were provocative of Interest In affairs outside the l > rofcfslon to which ho was destined. His 'alher , a distinguished civil engineer , bccim ntcrcutcd In the building of the early ral roads nnd he relates how 'When ' 10 or 1 years old he would ride In and out of Bcuto tvith his father on the flrst engine Importci : rom England. 'At that time , ' he says 'thcr wcro few details of railroad construction li ivhlch I was not ! personally Interested. ' Bu : hroo matters did not divert his mind froi ; its school studies ; perhaps they stimulate ilm to proficiency. Ho Is said to have bee ; reading Latin at G years of age and at 13 h entered Harvard college. Notwlthstandlni Ms present rather towering stature he wa hen one of the smallest , as he was th 'oungeflt of his class. He was graduate' ' Holding the second place of honor and w , isslgncd the class poem. Ho was then cars old. THOROUGH IN NEWSPAPER WORK. "His preparation for Uie ministry wa peculiar and partly explains his ab'llty to d iome other things besides to preach , ifibtea if going to a theological school ho won : bade o the Latin school where he had prcparei 'or college and spent two years teaching am itudylng. After that he attended lecture : and did considerable literary work , writ n. ) ftcn for the Advertiser'Which then belongo : o his father. In fact there was nothln about that newspaper establishment that b did not make hlmsclt able to do. from th etting of the typo to the production of th editorials. He kept the hooks , conductc the correspondence. He knew shorthand an could take the place o' a reporter on oc caslon. Mrs. Whitman In the Cosmopollta sajs : 'He reported Mr. Choato's eulogy o Harrison In full. Ho repotted Mr. Wobste. when ho announced the Aunk.'i- Hill munu ment as completed , and also Lla famou Faneull hall speech , when he declared tha ie was not going to leave Mi1. Tyler's cabinet , Such was his preparation for the ministry aud he still thinks It the best he could havi had. He says'The man who Is to preach t men of affairs must live among them , lea what they read and , to a certain extent , kno\ \ what they know. ' "Dr. Halo commenced nl. work ns preacher In Worcester , whore he remalnei ten years. Then , as since , preaching wa but a minor part ot his work. Ho took liand In a hundred other things , all of whlc were made to conspire to the same end , o uplift the human world. No public In erest escaped his attention , and the hlstor ; 'f ' his life there Is a history of the town an if the country for that period. In that clt. 10 found Frederick Greenleaf , the orlglna f Harry Wadsworth of 'Ten Times One Is 'en. ' There ho was married to Miss Per ; lns of Hartford. At flrst ho seems t < lave thought his church -work ought to ab orb his attention , but the outbreak of th Ivil war forced upon him another view. Ti uoto from Mrs. Whitman : " 'From that time on the whole countr ; ias claimed him , and with right. What wai he church If there was no nation , and selfish ndecd was the man who could take no reader outlook. ID 18CO he Joined Sallg ac's drill corps , the first military organize- ion in Massachusetts ( outside the old mill- la ) , of meu preparing for active service. Before twelve months had passed , ho became in , ofllcen of the organization , and men , now major generals , are Indebted to him for heir early drill. With him his people icard the call and obeyed. Soldiers from illssourl , who fell at Shlloh , were shirts nado by the women of his church. The oung men offered their services nnd were ient to the front , nnd the flrst teachers em > Ioyed by the United States to teach thi reed negroes were teachers from his Sun lay school. ' WIDE RANGE ) OF ACTIVITIES. Edwin D. Mead , In the New England Mag azine , pays : "When one really pauses to con sider the range of Dr. Halo's Interests and activities , over and above his constant , reg ular work as a preacher and a philanthropist , ono Is certainly amazed His stories alone fill several volumes ; and It Is not right to say that no American has written better Christmas stories- cleverer short stories al together than ho. Ho has written some of the best ballads wo havo. Ho has written histories of Massachusetts and of Spain. He has written several volumes of practical ad- vlco for young people. His Interest In so cial and Industrial reform has borne fruit In books ; and there Iti a great literature. In cluding works like 'Ten Times Ono Is Ten' and 'In His Name' which we will not at tempt to classify. But It Is not as u literary man that Dr. Halo Is to bo judgod. Said Mr. Howella ono : "Mr. HaleIs moro than a literary man ; he is a great citizen. ' This , wo think , Is the true word the word to emphasize. Ho.Js ft giat citizen. Ho Is Boston'u greatest cltlften today. His life is explained , the wliola variety falls Into unity when wo say and e j that his aim has been to make his clty--hls state , his nation , pre cincts of the kingdom of God. Ho has poured out his llfo idtid genius for his own day and own people ; Had he chosen to bo e. man of letters pure and simple , ho would have taken place I in our highest rank. Had ho chosen to bo a journalist , pure and sim ple , Greoley would 'not ' have been moro In fluential , As a preacher ho has few equals In rousing and eSlfylug power. Through the hundreds of Lend a Hand clubs which owe to him their Impulfooho has almost become the founder of a new church , nnd club and cermon , article and book , have all had one aim and end a better , brighter and moro beautiful .society ) a moro heavenly civic life. life."As "As a fitting memorial of Dr. Halo's 7Hh ! birthday the Lend a Hand clubs are raising $30,000 to furnish the organizations a head quarters and a home , upon Iho walls of which stand out their now famous motto : "Look up and not down ; i Look forwdnl and not back ; Look out and not In ; ' ' " Lend R j IMAUI.VA'KO.V. Wortliworth. Within the soul a faculty abides. That with ItitcrpoxlUons , which would hide And darken , so can deal that they become Contingencies of pomp ; und nerve to exult Her native brlHlitnohB. As the ample moon , In the deep Btlllnem of n summer vv 'H HlHlnn behind u thick and lofty Krovc , Duron , like an unconsumlng lire of light. In the green trees ; and , kindling on all uldcs Dielr leafy umbrage , turns the dusky veil Into a substance glorious as her own. Rev. Dr. John W. Sarles , pastor-emeritus ] f the First Baptist church ot Sbelton , N. J. . who hu Just celebrated the golden jubilee of lilu ministerial life , la known and revered throughout the atate ot Mew Jersey. from Remnants Those wishing artistic furnishings at mcilium prices have the bct ; chance dunim ; this week. Our business has been so successful that we have more remnants on hand than usual. Hence this offer. These remnants have been made up into rugs. Look at the prices , and to appreciate the values we request you to call and examine them. 10.6x12 3 Wilton Rug $20,00 6. OA1.0 ! Body Brussels Rug. . . .T : . . . 12.50 10.6x 7.9 Wilton Rug 15.00 6.0x 7,0 Body Brussels Rug 6.00 10.6x11.9 Body Brussels Rug 22.50 6.0x11.0 Moquctlc Rug. . . 1 12.00 8.3x 8.0 Brussels Rug 9.50 8.3x11.9 Brussels Rug. 15.00 8 3x11.n Body Brussels Rug 19.00 6.0x 5.9 Brussels Rug 3.25 8.3x11.6 Brussels Rug. . . . T 15,00 5.0x 9.9 Brussels Rug 3.50 8.3x13.6 Wilton Rug , 20.00 \ 10.6s 8.3 Velvet Rug 17.00 8.3x11.6 Wilton Rug 18.50 6. Oxl 1.3 Body Brussels Rue 1400 8,3x10.6 Axminsler Rug 17.50 Large lot of Miter Rugs 75c and $1.00. itraw Another cargo of these goo Is , new patterns and weaves China Matting 12ic to 18c ; Japanese Cotton - ton Warp Matting 2Jc , 35c ; genuine Tuxedo Mat tings , most durable , < 15c. The quality of our mat tings is the best we have ever offered. Bamboo Furniture A full assortment of Bamboo Stands Screens Book Shelves Paper Racks etc. A good bamboo paper rack to hang on wall 45c Bamboo tabourette or jardinier stand $1-00 Bamboo fire screens , each 50c Bamboo cabinets 60c , 75c and $ t 00 Carpets , Furniture , Draperies , 1414-1416-1418 DOUGLAS STREET. GOSSIP .V1IOUT XOTHIl l'KOl'1.13. An English paper tells a etory of the late Count Glrichcn when ho was an ambassador in London. At a dinner party It was his hard luck to have to conduct to table a lady of a taciturn and unresponsive nature. To all his polite , nothings she answered never a word. Nothing daunted , he continued to ply her with small talk , till at last she nlowly turned her head toward him and deliberately yawned. The count was equal to the occa sion. "Ah , madam , " he said , loudly , "I also have gold In my teeth. " Judge Levl Davis , who died the other day at Alton , III. , was In early llfo the best known lawyer in Illinois. Ho was prominent In politics as a whig leader , and served two terms as state auditor just before and after the capital was moved from Vandalla to SprlngflolO , one term under a whig and ono under a democratic administration , the office being appointive at that time. Ho was a friend and associate of Lincoln , Douglas and Trumbull , and was a comrade of the former In the Dlackhawk war , In 1S32. The father of Senator Forakcr of Ohio was a farmer with eleven children and money was none too plenty. The boys all did -work on the farm and the ono - whoWBH one day to bo governor and senator was taught to wash and Iron , to milk , cook and spin and to pick the geese at the proper time of year. His first schooling was In a log cabin and It was there he wore his famous coffee sack trousers , which his mother provided for hln : when ho had torn all others beyond recognl tlon. Captain Henry Homoyn , who was tried by court-martial at Atlanta , Ga. , Is one of the few army ofllcera who possess a medal of honor awarded by congrets. Captain Ilo- raoyn's medal was awarded for "most dis tinguished gallantry In action against hos tile Nez Perces Indians at Bear Paw moun tain , Montana , September 30 , 1877 , in leadIng - Ing his command into close range of the enemy , there maintaining his position and vigorously prosecuting the fight until ho was severely wounded. " The medal bears the following Inscription : "The Congress to Captain Henry Itomcyn , Fifth United States Infantry , for Gallantry at Dear Paw Moun tain , September 30 , 1877. " Prof. A. E. Grosvcnor of Amhcrst college , who has epent many years In Greece , says that the English language has changed more In a few generations than the Greek In thirty centuries. The ancient type Is fre quently eeen , both In men nnd women ; the modern sculptor could find models almost fac-fllmlles of these after which the grand old masters chiseled their masterpieces. "Tho most beautiful woman I ever saw In all Eu rope , " paid Prof. Grosvcnor , "was a Grecian girl. She was only a servant , and totally un. educated , but her beauty was almost divine. She died afterword , I learned , of fitarvatlon , Her employcr'e circumstances caused it , I believe. " Jilra , Samuel Scpvllle , tha oldest living child of Henry Ward needier , recalls us fol lows their Hfo In Indianapolis : "My mem ory Is best concerning the house which my father built. Just before we left there , and which wo were destined to occupy but a few weeks or months at the most. Ho painted Ills hoiiRo with his o\vn \ hands , helped , { be- llevo , by his brothers , Thomas and Jamrs. It was a short walk from thn church , and ivhen It was building wo used to go up there ind stay all day long shutting up our llttlo : ottage , where our homo was , pending Its completion , My recollection of the church s of a big , square building , but It wan douht- lesa greatly magnified to my childish eyes , especially when there were not many big julldlnei there , I Imagine. " When Admiral Drown retires from the lavy. In a few weeks , ho will become a res- dent of Indianapolis. "That Is my old " "arid of tl'o loveliest iome , ho says , ono ilacce In the world. My wife's friends and ny friends are there from which you must lot Infer that we haven't irlends every where. You can Ball around the world all rour life , but you never form friendships and ittnchments llko'thouo that uro made in the arly days , when the heart Is young. Ie- ) ililcs , I'll b'e tile only'uilmlral In Indiana- ] la ; whereas , If I settle In Washington , I'd > o one of forty. When it mm goes Into the : lub at Indianapolis and Inquires if any ono ias seen the admiral , they will know that 10 means Drown ; but when such a question s asked In Washington , forty old coves will ush up and answer 'I'm here. ' " Major nichard M. Venable of Baltimore act I'rlnco George of Greece on board the 'cw York In 1S9I , "tho rrlnce. " he says , was txtrvniely democratic , apparently. In la Intercouieo with those on board the New 'ork. Ho readily made friend * with all , -ho Keemed ( o Interest him , and conversed eadlly on varloug topic * . He appeared con- tantly on deck and in the imoklng room f the Yctscl , and was at all lime * approach- able. Ills greatest Interest seemed centered in the sports aboard Iho vessel and everything connected \\lth seafaring. I remember there were a number of games of ship cricket played , which attracted his attention. Then there were games of quoits , which also came in for a share of his appreciation.0 had a number of potato rices for the children during the voyage , and those the prince en- teied Into with hearty spirit. " STOUII2S AHOtT IMtn.VCIimiS. A Hatch Collfctcil In the VvHtthulu of Illni-riiiitH' dull , Preachers' yarns have kings of their own. Many a good story Is being toM among the circles ot clergymen about the ante-rooms of the Delaware Avenue .Methodist . church , the headquarters of the Itinerants' club , relates the Buffalo Express. Of course. It wouldn't do to spin thCEo yarns within the boundaries of parishes , hut the precincts of the clerical club form , suitable quarters for the relieving of pent-up humor. The round-faced , gray-haired , chubb bodied preacher from down In Pcnnsylvanl told about a minister who was preaching ill funeral sermon of the husband of a splrltua Istlc medium. The woman wasn't ut a ! pleased with the discourse , and at Its end sh arose and said thai she had just had a con vcrsatlon with the spirit of her departei husband , and that ho declared that ho utterl repudiated every word of the pennon. The astonished dlvtno recovered himself t say : "Well , that's the first time I've eve : been sassed back by a corpse. " It Is a custom among the Methodist preacl ers to open their annual conferences with th hymn : "And nre we yet alive To see each other's face. " In a certain town where the conferenci was held , the preachers were treated wit ! extraordinary hospitality. Every house keeper had the table groaning with frici chicken and yellow gravy. All the cholc fowls were killed off to satisfy the white cravated epicures. The day after adjourn mcnt , the evening paper of the town had a picture , showing the scrawny-looking youni roosters peeping at each other out from unde the barn , and then crossing their necks , say Ing : "And nro we yet alive To see each other's face. " The long , lank presiding elder , who ha : fifty-six circuits meaning appointments or hl.'i district , told of the dear old sister who prayed "Lord bless our presiding elder as h goes from circus to circus. " A clcrgymon who has traveled much In th south , told of Dr. Dashlel's ' reception In a large negro church down that way. The doc tor wan prominent throughout the whole church , so the pastor thought he was tolling the truth when ho Introduced the stranger as follows : "Ilreddern and sisters , I now hah do honnah oh Intrcjudglng to yoh re rebhcr- end Doctor Dashiel , who am do sounding brass and do tinkling cymbal ob de Mefodlst church. " Ono of the preachers who has passed three score and t n told of the searching character of the examinations of candidates for thu ministry In the early days , Once a stern- looking , sober-faced old minister a.slied a harmless-looking , quiet young man who thought ho was called to preach : "Would you bo willing , my young brother , to go to hell for the glory of God7" "Well , I hardly know , " said the youth , "but I won't object to your going there. " It was a fad-looking silk hat that catno to town with the meek-looking brother who ar rived over the Lackawanna. He explained that ho had placed his tile , crown down , on the seat In front of htm. Unnoticed , a stout woman came In and squatted down on that plug , telescoping It as Hat as a below tho-Tcrraco pancake. While 6lie- was apolo gizing , the divine broke Inwith : "Well , madam , I might have told you that that hat wouldn't fit you , " "At a funeral I held out In the country , the other day , " fcald a rural preacher , "a raw ploughman caimi up to me and said : 'Say , 1)111 ) was a patriotic sort of a cues , Let's " "Tis of Thee. " ' " sing "My Country . At a village prayer meeting li.nnin brother betamo very enthusiastic. Jumping up to glvo IIH | testimony , bo said : "Dying and going to heafen Is shust like hutchtn' chicken * . Soon we'll puret our shells , flop jur wings and fly Echtralght to beaten. " Ones parson told of a wedding In the early layu , at which the groom offered the preacher i quantity of beeswax as a fee , money being scarce. Tbo preacher xald there wasn't enough been wax to pay for the ceremony , and , is thu couple had no more to add to the [ > ll , the prospects of matrimonial negotia tions seemed broken off , when the bride ilurted out : "Well , elder , couldn't you marry as far as the beeswax will go ? " Ono of the preachers ban a little aon who aad been praying every eight for six wccka that ho might bo lvca a. bicycle , Tbo parent * thought him hardly old enough to ride a blcjcle , but , thinking a tricycle a good com promise , ordered a three-wheeled vehicle to bo put where the heir apparent could see It as ho rolled out ot bed In the morning. Aa the little fellow saw tht Rift ho rove-ently looked upward and said : "Oh , Lord , don t you know the difference between a bicycle and u tricycle ? " A little boy of MetlicJIt-t parentage wsa with his uncle while he advised the hired man to get ready for the maple sugar season by making tap troughs tilt of sweet cldero. "Say , uncle , " eald the boy , afterwards , "do they over make sap troughs out of presiding elders ? " _ lliiOUl.V ) M > VK SO.VG. Ilnyniil Taylor. From the Dc.oert 1 come to thee , On a .stallion shod With lire ; And the winds nre left behind In the speed of my desire. Under thy window i stand , And the midnight hears my cry ; I love thee , I love but thee ! With a love thnt shall not die , Till the turn grows cold And the stars nro old , V And the loaves of the Judgment BooV \ unfold ! Look from thy window nnd see My passion and my p.iln ! i I Ho on the sands below. And I faint in thy disdain. Let the night winds touch thy brow With the heat of my burning sigh , And , melt thee to huar the vow Ot a. love that shall not ( llo Till the sun grows cold , And the stars nro old , And tbi > leaves of the Judgment BooV unfold ! Mv steps nro nightly driven , 15y the fever In my breast. To hear from thy lattice breathed The word that Hhtill give me rest. Open the door of thy heart , And open thy chamber door , Anil my hisses shall triirh thy lips The love that shall fade no moro Till tbe sun grows cold. And the stars me old , And the leaves of the Judgment Boolr unfold ! ASTIIO.VO.MV KOK A Jv.\M .SMA.V. A ClixU.tiny lie IlcKiilnicil hj- the JHovcnit'llt nf it Slur. When some crank makes the "discovery" that lie points of the compare can he ap proximately determined by looking at the sun and using a watch to show the divisions of the plane , It Is apt to go the rounds of the pre-33 as bomethlng very peculiar , says the Marino Journal. If this discoverer wcro sufficiently conversant with the principles of navigation lo note for the public benefit that the running of a wctch or clock may bo regulated by observing a star , they might confer some practical benefit. This ' ! ii a very simple thing to do , and might bo ot great use In a country place where accurnto time Is not always obtainable , but all that Is necissary Is a llxed location on tlio earth'a nurfaco and any old thing In the way of a timepiece. Choose a south window from which any other fixed point comparatively near and high , such as a chimney , sldu of a building , etc. , may bo seen. To the eldo of a window fasten a piece of card having a small hole In It no that by looking through the hole with uno cyo toward the cdgo of the elevated < > ! > - feet , some fixed star may be seen. Watch the progress of the flar and the Instant It vankihcfi behind the llxed point the oKierver must note thn exact time It disappears. Watch the same htar the following night ind It will vanleh behind thn name object lust three minutes and fifty-six Kf'conds , sooner. If the timepiece marks 8 o'clock f when the star disappears ono night. It ' ihould Indicate three minutes and fifty six iecondH leaf than 9 the following night. If several cloudy nlghtH follow the first ob- iervatlon of the star It In only necrwsary to nultlply three minutes and fifty-six nccnnds > y the number of < lays that liavo elapsed dnce the observation and deduct the predict - ict from clock time to find the time thu star vlll pass. Of counm the same star can only be ob- ierved during a few weeks , for OH It galnn learly an hour In a fortnight It will , In a ihort time , come to the meridian In broad layllght and bceomo Invisible. To make iuro the observer Is watching a star Instead if a planet , ho Miould notice that tar winkle , whereas planets glvo a steady light lecausc reflected , and If hn wishes further Fsuranco ho may observe that all fixed tars appear to maintain the same relative icoltloii with regard to each other , mot > t lotlceablo 'with the different stars In the onitellatlone , whereas a planet changes ll lace with regard to the other Atari , Th n nethod of verifying time Is easier and inoro ellablo than a nhadow on a mm dial In ho famous observatory at Greenwich , Ifng- nd , from which longitude Is counted , the lock bywhich chronometers are net l rog- lated In Jiut about thli manner , but ovur 00 of the fixed stars arc observed , The bservatlonu are taken with a telescope , croro tbo center of which U the Uno of ft pldcr'i .web to mark the tuerldUu. /