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What la Heard, Hcen, Learned nml l'ertl nently Huggc'ted tn the Multitude. Tho approach of tho nnnunl editorial excur sion brings to tho front r hortlo of men nml w omen outeldo tho crnft inn frantic struggle to bent tho railroad nml Inqtoso tliclr timlo slred pretence on thohowstnier men. Tho railroads lssuo transportation with the express understanding Hint it slmll bo used oxcluslve ly for bona lido newspaicr men, but hero coin ex n minister with an unblushing proposl tion to commit a frnlicl. Ho wants to ko along in tho plnco of tho editor of his homo paper, niul appnrently see nothing dishonorable In tho breach of fnltli lio asks. Shame on him I Among others in n banker, n two ior cent, a month follow, who 1ms bled hi neighbor for years ami is well nblo to tiny his way. Ho hasn't tho shadow of a claim on tho railroad and no excuse for pawing ns ono of tho fra ternity. And hero Is tho manager of n thea ter not n thousand miles from Omaha with n little application on account of his program. And ho does't want to go himself, but axles the privilege of Bonding someone else, a bill poster or a super, perhaps. This is tho double distilled quiiitesceuco of gnll. Tho excursion commltteo stand aghast, and there are fears of paralysis setting in, ' V This sort of thing has been tolerated in the past becauso tho gentlemen in chargo didn't wish to tw discourteous and refuse tho request of n follow editor. Hut this is n case In which professional courtesy has been strained. If individual members of tho craft aro so lack ing in self-resjxjrt nnd honor as to connive at the fraud tho committee ought to run n ram rod through its vcrtabrae and stand between tho railroads and tho lmosltloii. It is time the fraternity were freed from this reproach. While tho details of tho proposed excursion have not been settled tho goneral plan has been outlined and tho committee of arrange ments ore working diligently toward Its con summation. Among other things they are figuring on the hotel car 'President," which the Pullman company offers at a reduced rate and a price but a llttlo higher than an ordina ry sleeper. It has In one end a kitchen with all conveniences for preparing meals, and In the body of the car aro twenty-four berths, us many as In an average sleeper. Tho com pany will send along cooks and offers to run the commissary department at an advance of only IB per cent, on the actual cost of tho provisions. With such a liberal proposition as this tiie Nebraska editors have no excuse for lumbering tho aisles with lunch baskets and spirit lamps and cluttering cushions and carpet with crumbs nnd butter. The committee think serloudy of putting roast chicken and ham sandwiches under tho twin. The propo sition is to appoint a committee on commissary .who will see to the economical purchase of 'supplies. Tho editors can get their meals ac almost tho bare cost of the raw material and have them nerved with all tho elegance for wnich the Pullman service is deservedly noted. There is no reason why tho brethren, jxwr and despised though they may be (luring the rest of the year, may not live like lords for three weeks. While In Omaha the other day arranging for the excursion, the chairman of the com mittee of arrangements met Assistant Gener al Passenger Agent Leo of the U. P., and is indebted to that gentleman for valuable sug gestlons and assistance. Not only did Mr Lee cheerfully extend the courtesies of his ewn road, but he took a personal ipterest in planning details and in securing needed co operation from other sources, tiuch a kindly intervention is rare from a way-up railroad official, and the editorial representative grate fully acknowledges the friendly service; but the obligation will be shared by every editor on the excursion, for he will have profited by Mr. Lee's kindness. General Passenger Agent Francis gave the editors the freedom of the 13. & M. with the heartiness characteristic of him, and assur ances have been received of the usual "cour tesy" from the Denver & Rio Grande. This leaves the route of the excursion provided for except the short stretch from Portland toTa- coma. V The advice of Chief Clerk Riley of the Pull man office at Omaha is to take a buffet car instead of a hotel car. It will answer the purpose about as well, and the suggestion may be adopted as a matter of economy. The plan at pretent is. to start from 'Omaha on Saturday evening, July 0. This will enable the editors of weeklies to get out their papers that week, and all Sunday will be put in on on the cars. V Hlnce last week the advauce proofs of the Couiukh'h great serial have been read by three or four persons, and all unite in the statement that the story was of such absorb ing interest that they sat up at night and could not put it by until finished. The story it wntteu by a noted New York journalist, who began as reporter and rce to be manag ing editor of the New York Dawn, supposa b7 the Herald. This serial is different from the average novel with Its intricate machin ery, its wearisome description and Its gushing sentimentality. It is an account of worka day life in New York, delightfully told. The motif ot the story is the lovo of the newspaper man for the prima donna heroine, said to have been Clara Loulso Kellogg, but it is al most an incident instead of the central sub ject, so full is the canvas of other figures and scenes. Nor is the story a procession of rhap-' todies on the heroine or a collection of emo tional analyses. . - We have a view of the charming liome life of the prima donna. An unconventional meeting with a danseuse introduces us to an .Italian family who have been famou,on the stage, A college chumship pa vol tho way In to society. A brother (alls n victim to fraud ulent oMratlous In mining stocks and illus trates rich bachelor life in Gotham. An ad venturer dupe society, and tho reporter, turning detective, tracks n murderor to his doom. Thoso aro some of tho incidents to tho story, but they aro only Incidents. Unllko tho average novel tho fate of the hero and heroine h not bound up In them. Kvoryono has a thousand exicrleuceof little effect upon tho course of his life, and this naturalness Is ono of tho charms of "Taken by Blego." V Tho story will till about twelve pages of tho Couhikh, enough to make n good-sized (took. Instead of being dealt out two or three col umns a week, which Is but tantalizing, the CoimiKH will print faur-ngo supplements and finish it in a few issues. It will begin next week, nml thoso who want the contents of a iHxik for n few cents should have the CouittEH sent them regularly. At tho entrance of Ht, Paul's church Hun day morning sat an old, old man on a camp stool. He held out a shabby tin cup in his hand nnd a placard suspended from his neck said that ho was eighty years old nnd had been unable to see God's Ix'autiful trees and bright sunshlno for forty years. Oh, tho pity ofitl So must have thought all who passed by. liuthowjnany stoped to drop a joor ulcklo Into the cup? Was tho rustle of silk broken by tho click of n dropping colnl Tho Observer sincerely hopes so. Tho old, old man wns tho picture of humility, a sight for an nrtlst soul but mi appeal to a christian heart. Which reminds mo that it Is so very easy to criticise professing Christians for sins of omission. Tho Omaha HrjmhUcim Is making a record in that lino just now. In an article in tho ExctUlor Dean Gardner of Trinity ca thedral (Eplscoiml) criticised tho Sunday pa ler, and Fred Nyo of tho IlejmbUcun took up tho challenge. Ho scored tho clergy and tho church for permitting so much poverty nnd suffering to exist in Omaha, asserting that they would bo greatly alleviated if christians would live up to their prof ousions. Ho offered togivotSOO to the fund if tho ministers would tako a Sunday and mako an appeal to their parlshoners for money for charitable work among tho poor and lowly. Rut they ignored the proposition. V It strikes mo it wouldjiuvo been a splendid opportunity for the clergymen and flie churches to prove their sincerity. Tho mat ter had been talked about and written about until tho public mind was well stirred, and under tho sting of tho scoffers1 chargo Chris tian pocketbookB would have been ojwirmI wide. Dut the ministers claim a position that should exempt them from worldly criticism, and they of Omaha stood on that dignity. It occurs to me tliat that dignity was falso and a lamentable confession of weakness. Tho conditions were rijio for an enormous day's work in tho Master's service, but through personal pique they vat idly by nnd let the golden harvest go ungarnered. And now-Fred Nyo lias taken n now turn at the churches. There Is in Omaha an insti tution called "The Oicii Door." It Is a ref uge for fallen women and betrayed girls who want to lead a new life. Rack of it is an en ergetic ana good woman, Mrs. Clark, who is known to ninny in Lincoln, particularly thoso Interested in tho new state home at Milford. Bbe got from the churches pledge for about 1100 a month towards tho support of her refuge, but the contributions have been fall ing on, until now tuey amount to only lu a month. Mr. Nyo criod "Shame 1" at the churches and then made a personal appeal to the madames who run disreputable houses in Omaha. Eight or ten of these women con tributed $475 for "The Open Door," and the Jiepulllcan published their names and offer ings. Tills is rather a remarkable episode. Very likely there aro several morals in it, but the Observer is not pAld to furnish one ready made and the reader may do liis own moral izingthis time. It's a queer turn of affairs, surely, and from the standpoint of public policy, possibly, it may be criticised; but as newspaer policy it will win if Nye can find enough material to keep up tho pressure. It Is Just such au dacity and sensationalism as this that has built up the New York W'orlil. People crave it and will pay for It, Tho IfbrM has had no appreciable effect on the goodness of Ameri ca, and the good souls who throw up their bands in boly horror at the plain unconven tional talk of Mr. Nye should calm them selves. Tho shock to their moral compla cency may be uncomfortable, but it will do them good in the end and the shaking up will have served the lltjiubllcan,s purpose. . A reader of the Itepubllcan, by the way, cannot help noticing a contrast between Fred Nye and O. H. Rothacker. The latter lias written several things breathing the loftiest religious sentiment, to Which the most pious could subscribe an Amen. Two or three have been poems of exquisite thought and me ter. Among the latest is a page article de fending religion from tho attack of infidelity. It displays a comprehensive grasp of the dis cussion and contains passages with a remark able flow of language and idea. Here is one on Iugersoll that is well worth preserving; V Mr. Ingersoll is the only great philosopher who was ever known as "Colonel" or famil iarly called "Rob." He is the drum-major of tho army of atheism. He creates a profound impression upon the people below stairs. They always crowd up to the area gate with loud admiration to see him imism. With what dignity he marches through the mud I What florid grace Hi the sweep of his arm I What a lovely batonl What an awe-iusniring hat! It is altogether very splendid and very, im pressive. The drum-major has turned more thoughtless fools into recruits than tho ser geant with Ids shilling. Tliis man has done much harm. Athttan wus once tho somber monopoly ot unbalanced scholars. He has popularized it Men with strong brains do not follow him and tlterefore he is most dan gorous. He gives primary lessons In doubt; onuy rondlngs In Infidelity, Ho Isihonpostlo of tho shallow: tho deml god of amateur thinkers. Ho Is an authority In tho kinder garten of speculation. The graces of his ora tory hold audiences which are above tho suit stance of his ieecli. Ho Ixxllzotis Impiety with pretty wonls nnd makes Jests of tho mystery. An eloquent Juggler, ho attack truth with trickery. Ho hides tho snako un der tho tropical luxuriance of word-hlo-woins. Distinctly practical, ho buffet at tho form becauso tho ssence Is beyond him. Ho plys with language in that which Is essentially spiritual and Iteyoud language. Ho answers an organ-tone wfth n Jingle; a poem with n gibe. Ho Is n phraso-huckstor preaching tho gowH'l of unrest; a moment brawling at eter nity, Lacking tho finer fibre himself, he has Ueu singularly Inlluoutlnl in bruising or de stroying It wholly In others. In ono sense ho is a mental phenomenon. His nrgumeuts are not now, nor Is tho basis for his declamatory unbelief a foundation recently built. Ho is on tho snino old forum. Vol Intro sneered lio foro him; Hume philosophized lieforo him; 1'alno rolled and denounced before him. Ho Is simply a repetition of tho sulntnnco with an addition of tinsel rhetoric. They were hard, logical, analytical and sterile. Ho has muiiy musical mannerisms. Ho cover the hardness and sterility with flowers of lan guage. Ho adds to iKirrowod weajions nil ar tificial seiitimelitnllsm, Heauty and brutality go hand in hand In his mental world. Tho in fidelity with which ho lures to spiritual ruin is a Lilith. Tested by tho intellectual stand ard ho scarcely merits tiientbn. Tested by results ho has been tho most dangerous man of tho century. UN influence commands tho necessity of serious combat, V AprojKM llothncker, I notice that ho and ox-Mnyor Vaughn of Council liluffs, with young S. P. Rounds, nro making an effort to resuscitate tho Hastings Utc(tc-,!ounuil, Tho plant or that Ill-starred institution, cost ing about 120,000, is on tho market tor about half that figure. The) gentlemen have mndo tho pcoplo of Hastings those two propositions: For a loan of 1.1,000 free of interest for a year, thoy will buy tho projiorty for 10,000, and gtvo employment to a force of from 50 to 100 pcoplo ;or, second, for a cash bonusof lO OOO, a guaranteed circulation of 1,000 copies at 15 cents per week nnd advertising to tho amount of IVSO0 ior week, they will tackle tho business and "in addition to tho manufactur ing branch issue a first-class morning news paiier." Vaughn is a windy old soul, but is said to hovo a stoicock of thrift on the bel lows, Llko Col. Sellers ho has a new scheme with millions in It ovory faw days but he makes somoono pay for his wind. The Observer loves tho gamo of whist unto crankiness, and his sKrtlvo soul is stirred with righteous Indignation at young Bumble puppy, who has been going about all week bragging about how he won a game of what he Is pleased to call whist. The fellow who sees nothing in whlit but getting the most points In tho sitting so that he can crow over it is to be pitlid. Tho ioor fool is beneath contempt, r uch a ono is Bumblepuppy, and my whist soul protests. V Ho ought not to be allowed to play the game. There ought to bo a law prohibiting it, becauso tho fellow will not loam. And ho even spurns my suggestions, which I am sure aro offered with only the kindest of inten tions. Ho thinks Poole Is a tailor in New York or St. Petersburg or somewhere, and he wants to know if Cavendish is as good as navy plug. He has heard of Proctor Proc tor Knott but G. W. P. do not fit any of tho boys he knows. - He doesn't behave in rules. He plays lor all there is in his hand. He forgets tliat ho has a partner. He has tho damnable sin of leading from a sneak. That is, if he has no aces. He would lead four aces, one after an other, if he had them, and follow with his kings "to make sure of them," he says, with unruffled satisfaction. He knows nothing of the long suit theory. He has heard of the trump signal, but "it's too much trouble to watch." The echo is a mystery, the penul timate lead is Greek and finessing is an incom prehensible science. He had a partner as like unto him as one pea unto another. They won the sitting becauso fortune gave them the cards, and the only satisfaction thoy get out of it is to shout their victory on the streets and taunt their opponents. Yo almighty gods, be just and make these young men to be dumb, or if ye will not be just be kind and give good sense unto them, so may they open their eye and ears to the true whist and the Joys thoreof. Then may they mako thoir cards talk, and the play of them that are against tJiem will be as an open book. Then mar tlwy walk in the Tlirht of signals, ami the Jlnetso shall confound their enemies. Then may they learn that there are times to put tho trump out of the wav Instead of rufllng, and the glory of the long suit will be made manifest, even unto liumblenuunv. The ten-ace shall bo a snare unto the hands that would do them. They shall know the number of trumps not yet cast upon the board, and the commanding cards of the other suite shall be known unto them, even tho lurking place thereof, The echo and tho penultimate shall each bo for a sign, and the nine spot shall speak after the manner of G. W. P. Tho king led shall have a language of his own, and the deuce may alo toll of desires till then unknown. Then may all the tribe of ISumblepuppy learn the joys of pUiylnv whist, and the least of these shall be the winning of a game, and so may ence and forgiveness find an abiding place in the heart of them that have been tried in the crucible of Rum blepuppy. It seems that the Observer's information was at fault in the statement that Mr. C. E. Montgomery owned tho Iota in the site for ,the proposed hotel at Twelfth and N street. tho ground Itelongs to Mr. J. J. Imhoff, who offers it for tho purnoso for 50.000. Instead ,of being a scheme of Mr. Montgomery to work off some high priced dirt of his the In. side facte show that that gentleman has been moved by a public spirit that Is worth v emu lation. Mr. Montgomery has largo prowrty Inter est In Lincoln and waul to see tho city con tinue her innrcli of progress, Ho thinks she ought to have n cmlltablo hotel. While not iw sangulno as some about tho direct return, ho U'llovo It will act a a (tracer and In that way pay well. Ho is not a croaker, and stands ready to (tack hi faith with hard cosh. In public enterprises people nood a holder, Mid In this case It seems to have Iteeii left to Mr. Montgomery to Iw tho dominant spirit. Ho purines tho erection of n hotel. Ho pro pose that a company bo organized with a capital stock of (00,0(0 to build a ftlftO.OOO hotel on the ,V),li00lte. When f.lW.OOO woi th cf slock nro subscribed for ho will loan tho company tho remaining 71,000 for five year at six er cent. Hn also offer to tako 1(),000 worth of the slock, V III order to .tlaco the matter lieforo tho pub lic in understandable form, Mr. Montgomery had a set of plan mndo to show tho structure that could lie provided for tho iri0,(MH). To do this he had to go to Chicago. For example there wns tho skylight over tho rotunda to Ik figured on by competent men Tho cost of that alone U estimated at d!J,000, and tho marble nnd iron in tho first lllghtof thogrnud stairway aro put at $0,000 This represent considerable gratuitous work on Mr. Mont gomery's part in giving tho project tangible SllKJM'. A already intimated, Mr. Montgomery wants a now hotel In Lincoln, nnd says ho is not wedded to any jtartlcular site. If tho Mcllrido or tho Fitzgerald project come to a head quicker than his own lie is ready to take stock in them. That's tho sort of a spirit to muko tho city go, and there ought to Irj more of it. It is iitlcnlarly notable becauso Mr. Montgomery has boon a resident of Lincoln only two years or thereabout. And It Is a curious fact that ho has not been in tho city for tlireo month continuously at any ono time, his interest elsewhere demanding his frequent visit. . At a meeting held on Friday of last week nearly 100,000 of tho stock of tho N street hotel coiiijNiny wore subscribed for. Mr. Im hoff went down for 10,000, Mr. Montgomery for 10,000, Harwood & Amos for 10,000, K. H. Haulsbury for .1,000, nnd tho rest wns ta ken In smaller amounts. WOMAN'S WAYS. Maude Andrew tell how Atlanta girls dress to go riding. Maude give away n good jnany secret, by tho way, in that column she get up for tho Sunday ConntttuKou. Horo )s what she says: "I saw a pretty Atlanta Blrl drew) for her ride the other morning, and hi she donned her garment she was a vision fair to look uiton. After her breakfast, slio took a Turkish bath ami her soft neck and aim were glowiug from It when I entered. Her skin was like opaque white itorcelain over pale pink satin. Tho wearing of shirts instead of chemise is a great thing for riding bablte. The fair maid wore n flesh-colored silk thirt, the valeiicienue ruffle drawn in about the ueck and arms with pink daisy rib bon. Her itantalot wore also of, floih-colorcil silk and black silk hoso covered hor tiny, arched feet and taterlng limbs. Tho corset she wore was something entirely new and 6ut rageously expensive. It cost .'15 and was of soft leather, with only a few bone. It was mndo esncclallv for rldlncr nnd wns firm m..l ilexlble. Such corseU as this ono have ln worn in India, and this was imported from tliat country. Tho leather was of palo tan, making the girl look llko a peach blossom in a brown sheath. The peach blossom liuerted her limbs Into a tialr of nuatlv flrtln t.t i. broadcloth pantaloons; then upon her feet and half way to her knee she drew her riding boot, the vnmiM nt nntant. InaMiar l. ....,. of tan undressed kid. The short, narrow skirt, tightly fitting about the front and hips as a redingote, came next and then the tight ly fitting lovely plain black broadcloth iscit. et. She put a beaver on her finely set little little blonde head, then drew on tan riding gloves and tripixxl gayfy down stairs uutram nieled by frill and laces. Mrs, Cleveland lias by no moans lost her sway over tho fashions, though she no longer holds the position of President's wife at ttio White Houso. savs the Ttmlnn ..', ,! II.. a very simple act of hers a complete revolu tion has been caused in the flower trade throughout the more civilized part of the States. At a luncheon party given by her some three weeks since the tahl mnHo.vii. od with willow catkins, and she wore a clus ter or mem in nor bodice. The fluffy softness Of the irreeulsh vollow rttlWn !, nl..i.,u.i for them in America the name of the pussy willow, and there is now miltn ..,-. ,.. them, not only in their natural condition as iiAuiopecuraiiuuK, out in we counterfeit pre sentment by tho needle's art. Th florbts of ew York wore at a loss to understand the sudden flood of orders for "pussy willows" until they beard of the now famous luncheon, a "symphony in silver gray," to which the soft eheeny yellow green of tho willow buds nuueu wie crowning now. now the artificial flower-makers are all busily reproducing them in velvet, chenille and araseno, and the "puv slea" will soon appear on hats, bonnets, drew and in bouquets for the bodice or the ball gown. A lady who had ordered a braid ed dress panel has now rerolved to have it made entirely of artificial willow buds. A New York florist had five orders in one day for "pussy willow" luncheons. Mrs. Clove land ha brought Into sudden notoriety ono of tho least noticed, least pretentious of nature's early children of the spring. -- the next time you get near any divine creature who you think would do for the heroine of a novel, smell her hair and you may discover what kind of a heroine she is. That's the latent. Every novelist now tells what his heroine's hair smells llko. It's in all the new novels. One which I read this w..k tell that her "wavy warm locks smelted us the new mown hay." Edgar Saltus in his latest keiihatlonol story, "A Transaction In Hearts," makes hU heroine's hair smell like "acorns and pines." This is something ., since Amelle Rives stered it In "The Quick or tho Dead," by telling us that her herolno's linlr struck the olfactories with the Incense of n sKingo. What an Interesting tendency In literature this Is, Every now novelist Is now going to make a study of tho hirsute apjx'iid ago of woman ami give hi rendem tho result of hi burrowing Into tho golden wealth of Gwendoline and Mnud,;lt would seem, there fore, that every beautiful woman ha a Mi liar characteristic In tho perfume of her hair. Mis Irfiurn Dnlntry present her herolno with a smell around tho top of her crown llko tho odor of spiced sands. Tho next will ntrfumo his favorite with soinu other sweet smelling coiiimrloii. U't us put It to tho test and dis cover If this Is n mild fiction or whether our several heroine have heads that will attract our nose ns well ns our eyes. Ami In tills connection, why cannot some of our more en terprising novel writer find out how tho mustache of their heroes smell f AMUSEMENTS. Mazlo, the sorceress at tho Eden Musee, has told so many fortunes during tho past Week that tiio common query in feminine circles has been: "What did die tell youT' and all the ladle have been couijMirihg notes. Tho other features of the week linvu Iteeii Interest ing, and the girl with tho baritone voice hn caused a great deal of discussion, Tho com ing week brings two decided novelties. Ono U l'rluco Clio Mali, n Chinese mandarin wllo rivals Herman in tho mystic art. Tho other I nliu-Suti Sen, a Chinese princess, who will present each lady with a cup of tea made in the manner of tho flowery kingdom. She I accoiuiaiilcd by her two almond-eyed chil dren. On Friday next each lady visitor will receive a Chinese souvenir. In tho theatre Undo Tom' Cabin will Ite presented, assisted by tho Alabama Jubilee Hlngers. a dime ad mits to all. -r- After u two weeks' close Fuuko' will Ito ro oicncd next Friday evening by Timelier, Primrose & West's minstrels. Thoy nro en roll to to San Francisco and after a month in tho now California theatre will do a summer season on tho Pacific slope. They will stop at Deliver on tho return trip and jump theuco to Now York for tho fall ro-orgaiilzntlou. Tho Chicago 7'i'mrs says: As tho curtain arose it displayed a beautiful court scene. Tho orchestra apjietircd as heralds of tho fourth century, the eight end men as court esters and tho rest n Shakcsieroaii charac ter. Tom Dixon, in the sweetest of tenor voices, rendered "Sally In Our Alley" a twos never sung' before, II. W. Frlllmaii ills, played n wonderful bass voice, while Tho. V, Meyers and Julius H'hltmnrk rendered pleasing balluds, tho singing as a whole, being decidedly superior. George Thatcher was ludicrously runny, while tho feature of tho evening wus George Primrose in Ids "English swell." Tho olio included Ilurber In his groat blcyclo act, Itarny Fagan'sconiiany of train ed soldiers and tho neatest of betcho,"Musla and Its Charms." An entertainment likely to attract much attention will be given at Fuuke's opera house next Wednesday evening by the besttalentof Lincoln, it is entitled tho Queu of Fame and forty or fifty, well known (miles will im personate the famous women of history iuat propriate costume. Tho east Include fifty ladles and a chorus of fifty children, who have been In training for some time. Admis sion, U5, 115 and 50 cent. Reserved seate will bo on sale at the ojiera house next Tuesday. PERSONAL. Mrs. Ilurr H. Polk Is visiting otQuhicy, 111. A. J. Cornish will spend the summer in Eugland, Councilman Rice returned home from Okla homa on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Daubach went to Chi cago Wednesday, Mrs. W. H. Campbell is visiting her broth er at Neligh, Neb. Mrs. George Mlnehart returned Wednesday from Columbus, O, Clerk Phelan of the Capital hotel is off for a visit to Ireland. Miss Florence N. Jones of Crete Is visiting S. M. Benedict, her uncle. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ronnoll are off on a trip to New York and Boston. W. J. Marshall and H. C. Mauley have hcen apjiolnted on tho board of public works. Mis Nellie McConnell, the guest of her uncle and family, has returned home to Bos ton. S. M, Benedict has been enjoying a visit from liis daughter, Mrr. E. J. Thayer of loin, Kan. MUs Ada Eiifeld of Burlington, Iowa, is visiting her uster, Mrs Samuel Uerechler, of M street . J, R. Richards has started for Alaska, ac companied by Dr. ami Mrs. Chllcote of Wash lugton, Iowa. Mrs. Dr. Spalding and daughter, Mabel, of Omaha, have been guest of Mrs. L. F. M. Easterday this week. Mrs. Charles Eaton has started on a sum mer trip, during which she will visit in Min nesota and Connecticut, Hovey Barrett, now a shining light In Council Bluffs society as editor of the lttflrc Inr, was a Sunday visitor, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mills of Marietta, O., aro guests of their nephew, C. G, Dawes. Tho gentleman Is a banker. Miss Nellie Baam, of Omaha, came down Monday and has been spending the week with her friend, Miss Fannie Stout. Mr. and Mrs, Tate of Newton. Iowa, are spending a week with their son, "Pap" Tate, of tne uurimgion freight omce. M. B. Knapp, W. R. Fulton, A. L. Frost, W.L. Cundlff and It. S. Mockett have been admitted to the Lancaster bar. Frank Ballantine has resigned his nosltlon with the First Natiuual Bank of Omaha, and ! s once more a citizen of Lincoln, Mrs, Richard W. Johnson, wife of the Cap ital's jiopular chief clerk, started Thursday on a trip to her girlhood's home In England. Charles E. Hewitt, of David City, has lo cated in Lincoln as an insurance agent and bought lilm a home at lu-io Washington ttrwt. Mrs. James McNeeny and daughters, who Were guest of Jnine Anderson and family, have gone on an extended visit to tho I'aclllo const. Miss Edna llcaton, who ha spent several mouth east among relatives, stopping on her way homo ntCraWfonlsvlllo, Ind,,ixpocted homo Unlay. Mr. Mary 11. Morgan of Alma, president of the Nebraska Woman's Belief Corp, who was tho guest of Mis. A. L, Manchester, re turned homo Monday, Mrs, W, E, Morse left Sunday forn month' visit wltli her parent mid old friend at lied Oak, lown. Ed will consequently bo iermlt to "batch It" for nwhlle. Mrs, II, L. 1'o'rymnii of Sioux Falls, ueo Funny Latham of Lincoln, is in tho city for several weeks, tho guest of Mm. 15. l Ewlng on South Fourteenth street. James Hendry, shipping clerk for Har grcaves, wa thrown from a horse Thuikday evening and severely bruised. Ho wu un conscious for nn hour cr two. U. G, Wood of Grant, Neb., a cousin of Miss draco Snelllug, arrived In tho city Mon day nml ha been iomllng tho week nt her homo, corner Sixteenth and Elm, Mis Urunlnger, of Omaha, came down Thursday fr another visit with Mm, Ziemer, or rather Mis Gnmliigor of Lincoln leturned Thursday from a visit among Omaha rela tives. II. M, Icavitt, tho coal man, left yesterday for the old homo nt Kankakee to visit several weeks. Ho was accompanied by a sister nnd cousin, of Kmporla, who Joined lilm hero to mako tho trip George Benimons went to Ienvonworth early in tho week hi attend tho meeting of (ho Kaunas Knight of Pythias nnd meet old friend from Garden City and Coffoyvllle, where ho had store. I Bernard Qulniie, ono of Atchison's soci ety lMiy,wlll Sunday with Ed llomgardner at tho Windsor, Mr. IJulmio Is an old Lincoln lioy and at ono time was quite prominent In local amateur theatrical circle. Col. L. C. Pace and family have Ih-oii en tertaining Judge nml Mm. Jackson, of Atchi son, Mr, l'ace and Ills son Asa returned Mon day from Colorado, accompanied by tho for mer' brother-in-law, W. I. Summer, of Ev nnsvllle, Ind. ANOTHER NEW FEATURE. Having made arrangements whereby wo will Ito enabled to present to our render each Issue a column on architectural designs, wo tako pleasure in announcing that wo Itegih this iiutortant department In today' Issue, on page five. The work of preparing thin feature ha been placed In tho hands of one of the most' noted architect in tho United' States, mid tho fact that euch plan will be fully illustrated and descrilted will make It not only of great Interest to those of ourread em who conUniplnta building, but also to ev eryone who admires a cozy homo, It sur roundings and make-up. Hundred or our citizen would build a home had they any idea of a neat design or knew how cheaply u fine residence could be erected. In these articles detailed estimates and all Information will be given, including views of the house when finished, as well an the ground drawing, diagrams of rooms, etc Tim Horses ut the Knlr (Irniindn. As the tlmo draw near for tho first annual meeting of the Gentlemen's Driving Club the local horsemen can be seen any bright morn ing with their crack trotters on the track at the fair grounds. A Couhikh reporter took a drive out ono morning this week and waa surprised to see tho stalls so well filled with go od stock that is owned right here at home, Mr. Frank M. Pearson, the trainer who baa the grounds in charge, can be seen almost any day working out Maxey Cobb, Jr., and Almoiit Aberdeen, his pet stallions; Charley Tucker with a string of eight bead of promis ing young horses, most of which aro of the celebrated Caffrey stock; C. L. Hooper with Addle C, the little inaro that went out and won her race at the fair last fall; Ben D'or, tho property of Col. Skinner, the liorw that the boyssay drinks nothing but water; Ned V, the handsome sorrel stallion owned by Ben Floyd, of engine house No. 1; 8. J. Odell with Totowoy, his prlro Kentucky stallion, Queen Anne, by Totoway.and Lois, by Electo. all of which aro in the best of form. Uxm the track could also (to keen Iogan B, Joe Green and a fine lot of green colts that do light the homeman's eye. Thn meeting will attract many outeide horses also, as the entries already made will show. There will also bo a running race each day, a feature that helps wonderfully in the trotting meeting, and from the morn ing exhibitions given by the local gallopers they look. as though-they would bo able to make a race worth seeing. Wednesday morning tho two year old Alley "Dot" worked out a full half mile in 50 flat without thekufe of whip or spur. The string of the veteran horseman Jacobs, who died latt week, has bceu shipped herefrom Memphis, where they were ongaged In the spring laces. Several of them will start here under the manage ment of the estate and also i-everal that htve been purchased by Hubbard Bros. At C'lislimuii l'urk. Today will bo University day at Cushman itark. and with fuvorin? wnth-rtliM,.tii,l.nti. nro expected to turn out in force for their pio nic. The park has many natural attrac tions, but the management has added un other in the form of a concert by Mrs. Wclr. Tomorrow Will lie Prnliililtfnn ilnv lll....i.i Skinner and his coldwater hosts will hold an out-of-doors meeting, The cafe will be open and in the afternoon Brown will serve his fifty-cent dinner. Tho urk is but a pleasant drive from tho city and offers delightful shade ami rest for warm and wearied mortals. Many will no doubt improvo the opportunity. Next TllUrsdaV bellll- Decoration 11.. v will be a general holiday, and Cushman Is likely 10 uj iuii 01 nine picnic jiurtlea. A feature of th day will be a concert by the military band, and tho 401110 of ball between tho doc tor and druggists promises lots'of fun, 'IK., ourslon train will Ut run by the B. &'ii: ,u each of these occasion,.. iiirr.i-.lltiLr....,,ii, .i , " ,.5. MI. NW1, cheap transit for everybody. . M -fl 1 ' . I 31 mr)mmi0m H ' 'M'lHWffSTP'l ITi KTTV"T'