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Lincoln, Nudkasica, Satukday, Junic 1, 1880. Twisuvic Paoics.
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BYE THE BYE.
Tho promise of a new theater has proven a
pretty will o'-tho-wlap. Tholnsttlmo It paused
In IU eluslvo flight It hovered over tlio corner
of Twelfth nnd M streets, but It hus gono
glimmering again. It must bo eonfescd that
this will-o'-the-wisp attends strictly to busi
ness, and If somo of tho gentlemen who bio
chasing It would get down to business too
there might bo substantial result.
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The CouiUKn of several weeks ago made
public tlio plans for a now theater at the cor
ner of Fifteenth and O. Ostensibly It was
nn.enterpriso of tho Modern Woodmen, but,
as I then explained, the Woodmen were only
to buy an upper story or two. Tho scheme
was essentially that of Messrs. Van Dorn and
Hawjer. Hearing of this project, certain iter
sons interested in property near Twelfth and
M tempted theso gentlemen with a bonus 01
-Jl,500 to plant their building on tho M street
corner. Each of tho gentlemen agreed to put
In 110,000 as a starter, which would havo
madoapotof $11,500 to legin with. Later
they were to put In $15,000 each, making an
aggrcgato of $71,5000 and tho balance of tho
money they needed was to 1 raised by mort
gaging tho rrocrty. Tho preliminaries to
tho deal wcro made and tho prospect was fair.
The deed was made out nnd deposited with
the German National bank. The Interested
parties mot at the bank to mako th transfer.
One of tho two enterprising gentlemen had
his check for (10,000 ready. The other said
he hud not realized on property ho exjiected
to sell, and ho nsked his partner in the scheme
10 endorso his note for 910,000, claiming ho
could get the cash on It. Of course that
pricked the wind-bag and tho scheme dis
solved in air.
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The proposed. Bite belongs to Ed. II. Sauls
bury of Chicago, who, bye tho bye, isono of
the pushers back of the project for a hotel at
Twelfth and N, Just a block north. Ho bus
subscribed to $5,000 worth of stock and hus
a double interest In doing ko. Tlio hotel
would enhance tho valuo of his propoity, nnd
he expects to get tho contract for its consti uc
tion. Saulsbury, you remember, or at least older
residents will, Is n Lincoln man. He learned
his trndo as carenter right here. He was
not only n hard working, frugal voting fel
low, but ho developed ability us a contractor.
He began In a small way. His llrst savings
bought about a quarter of the block nt M nnd
Twelftlr streets when Lincoln dirt was cheap.
As toon as ho was able ho put up a house on
it, paying for the lumler with his Jalor.
This was followed by another and another,
nnd Saulsbury soon had a haudsomo income
from rents nloue, Dut ho continued his indus
try, and in a few years had five or six thous
and dollars laid up in bank.
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About six years ago Baulsbury removed to
Chicago and bought a largo piece of ground
at Hyde I'ark. Ho got it at a very small fig-
uro anu uuut nimseir a nouso on one corner
of it. He continued in his buslnew as, a build
er, and his Hyde Park property grew in value
year after year. He sold it recently at eighty
six dollars a front foot, and is said to, have
made $80,000 from this one investment. Sauls
bury Is said to bo worth about two hundred
thoucand. Ho is hardly forty, ami consider
ing his humble beginning his rlso Is startling.
Hut tho men of a ast generation have not
corralled all the glory of getting on in the
world at a fast wce. Dyo-the-Uyo has in
mind two young men right hero in Lincoln
now who began llfo as stable boys but bid
fair to become men of menus and Influence.
Each won tho resjiect of his employer wlillo
at his menial employment and was given
larger opportunities to show his mettle, Both
young men are filling places of honor nnd
trust, are mnklng money nnd saving It.
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Tills oiera houso business has lcen a worry
to Ed. Church, The projectors asked him If
he would take its management. Ho assented
and at their request named n satisfactory sal
ary. They accepted tho proposition but no
contract was made. They gavo It out to the
reporters that Church was to I hi the malinger
of tho now house, and the statement wander
ed down east and into the dramatic pa-iem.
Since then Ed. hus been overwhelmed with
letters nnd even a telegram or two. Tho
communications wero from builders, dealers
in supplies and managers. Church has spent
n peck of postage and mental effort in oxplnlu
ing tho situation, and Is sorry they speko.
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Hon. William II. MiCann of Hay Springs
was in town the other day to renow his ac
quaintance with the world. Tho name of his
town struck me as odd, but on inquiry I
learned that It had u very natural origin. In
the years ago when we young fellows studied
geography together the maps showed n Great
American Desert that took In pretty much all
of Nebraska. Cultivation nnd Increased rain
fall has changed all this, but fifteen or twen
ty years ago the sand hills of Nebraska were
practically a desert. Hay Springs is up near
Chadron, on the trail to tho lllnck Hills,
Near the place nro some never-falling spring?,
nnd round about them Is always to bo found
a luxuriant growth of grass. It is easy
enough to surmise how the locality acquired
its name and won a blessed fame at the
mouths of the men who traveled this weary
trail.
McCann has an Interesting personality. I
am told he is not yet twenty-six, but he has
won distinction in state politics. Ho was in
a railroad ofllco at Cincinnati, and, suffering
from ague, he canio to Nebraska for his
health. In the fall of 1884 be left the Elk
horn, which had then reached Valentine,
think, and plunged into the unknown north
west. He took up a claim at Hay Springs,
went back cast for tho winter, and returned
In tho spring. Boy as ho was, ho jumped Into
the political swim and was a member of tho
legislature ot two years ago. How he suc
ceeded against old schemers is n, mystery, but
a mutual friend tells me ho hod to travel 1700
miles to get to the convention that nominated
him, TKejdlstuice is exaggerated probably,
but tho trip was without doubt one of tho
most rcmnrknblo In political annals. Tho
convention was held at North Platte, Mi
Cann had to comedown tho Elkhoru to Nor
folk or Omaha and go thenco over the Union
Pncifla to North Platte, mnking a round trip
of twelvo to fourteen hundred miles. McCann
was one of tho shaping forces In tho legisla
ture of two years ago, and, though nn out
sider, wielded consldornblo Influence In the
late unlnmcnted. Ho has grown up with his
section, has liecomo interested In various wy
itig enterprises and is getting into that coin
fortnble condition known as well-to-do. He
wears tho tltlo of colonel as n member of the
governor's stnff and nn olllcer of militia.
Apropos the death of AVnshlngton Irving
Illshop, tho so-cnllod mind render, nnd tho ox
ioso In thn CouitlKi- of the pretensions of
Seymour, -mother alleged thought reader, a
rtveiu interview wun Uhurles Howard Mon
tagu throws Interesting light on tho subject,
Mr. Montagu was mentioned in HrcthoDyo
us nn amateur who iwrfornu-d Bishop's tricks
mid claimed no supernnturnl powers. Hu is
city editor of tho Boston Globe and legan ex
porlmentlng on tho theory of Involuntary
muscular action, after hnung attended ono
of Bishop's porformunces.About two years ago
no gavo puuiioesiiiiiiiioiis to prove Ills theory,
oven going to New York, whero ho went
through tho more dllllcult nets of Bishop with
marked success. His font of going from tho
theater In a carriage to tho Hotel Dam, with
an inverted bandbox covering his fnce, no-loin-muled
by a committee of three portons,
and finding n diamond pin secreted on tho top
of n chest of drawers created a jKisltlvo ton-
sauoii.
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But to tho interview: "The claim publicly
made by Mr. Bishop," said Mr. Montagu,
"was thnt ho wiKKed Into a hypnotic condition
similar to, but not as intensa as tho hysterl -nl
trances Into which somo of Charcot's patients
pass at L Snlpetrlere, Paris. Hypnotized,
inn noi completely so, was Ufshop's assertion.
There was, of course, nothing of tho kind.
There was naught that savored of a meta
physical phenomenon. It was simply tho
clover act of a veiy clever and almost abnor
mally ncute iiiun. 1 havo the U-st of rwismw
for knowing this, nslde ft om the very nccu-
rnto Kiiowicuge i okss or Mie means and
ngoncles etnplojeii by myself in doing tho
snmo things. Mr. Bishop udmltUsl to mo
without any reserve that ho deciided ution
the snmo means a mj self. Tho conversation
occui red after I exposed his claims of hypno
lizatlon. We met iiimI com-micd notes. Ho
explained thnt it was a matter of business
with him dollars and cent t ho same as with
fakirs and sleight of-hand -icrformerB. He
was better qualflled to conduct the experi
ment than myself, because he was In train
ing, so to spenk. I wnsnn umnteur with but
littlo practice, but yet I succeeded liettor than
he in koiim-of tho acts, uud nearly as well In
others.
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"Mr. Bishop associated during his earlier
nays wun palmers, magicians, sleight-of-hand
men, or whatever you may call them. The
ho-callod science of mind reading was known
to Bomo of tliee people years ago. Ono in
particular, u man of tlio name of Brown, used
to perform in a rather crude way tho act of
rcadl-ig names from letters strung across the
stngo on ft lino. Mr. llkliop obtained his start
from Brown, and ho improved the original
idea so that you would not have recognized It.
He used to peck down beneath his bandago
whenovor he could, and every act was ac
complished in a thenti leal sort of way. He
would locate satisfactorily to himself the ob
ject borne in the mind of tlie person whoso
hand ho held, nnd then ho would turn nwny
only to return nnd reach tho object with on
Impressive gesture of his luuid, Tho simple
act ot touching tlio object unHccomauled by
n stagey gesture would not havo the impressive
effect on tho audience that the other method
would. Ho informed mo that lie practiced a
great deal In finding an object in tho lnrk.
Ho would observe u speck on tlio wnll nnd
then he would darken the room and train
himself to wulk toward tho given jwlnt and
touch it with his linger promptly.
Tho disgusted dealer llnnlly olTored the de
caying fruit to a farmer to feed to bis hogs,
but had diniculty in convincing the granger
that It would not 'kiIsoii his swine.
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Tho growth of tho bnimnn tindo has Ikhmi
something remarkable. At tho tlino of It
Introduction In Lincoln there was but ono
ewsel In the business, making nbout two trips
n month. Now there nro fifteen stenulers
devoted to tho trnus-iortiitiot- of this one fruit
In Its season. Bananns are cut gioeii and
shipped to Now Oilcans, liefiiR distributed
front that -o!nt. Some time since a train
carrying fifteen carloads of the fruit was
sent through to Now York, and oven Llucolii
dealers buy by tho car load. Tho cheapness
of the fruit Is ono of tho remarkable thing
ultout tho business. Iist Saturday night
they were offered In this city at live cents n
dozen.
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But ns remarkub'.o as has levn tho growth
of tho Amerlcnu consumption of tho buuntm,
It Is exceeded, probably, by the duinniid for
light summer drinks. Many of us can recall
tho days when Ice cream and soda w nter were
rarities to lie approached with keen apprecia
tion. Now tliov are so common manually
sodu water stands do twenty to thirty dollars'
w orth of business In n day, tint that Is above the
average. And yet, one day last summer I Inr
ley sold $110 worth of drinks nt his stand. Of
course thnt wns exceptional, but It indicates
tho great demand for aerated waters.
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Mr. Adams, by tho way, hus liecn through
a remnrkablo exjierleuoo. Hwlsau old resi
dent of Lincoln, but lc turned recently after
an alnwuco of three years, which ho siient in
u hospital. Ho has suffered lrom gravel for
twenty-llvo years, and U-Ing nil old soldier ho
went to tho homo at Lcnvciiw orth. His case
ticcuino dangerous, and tho surgeons told him
his only chance for mo wns to submit to an
operation. Statistics show thnt Imrely one
patient in ten survives this piece of suigery.
Tho surgeons also told him that If the 0xnv
tion wero unsuccessful h would die within
three days, but if he survived that length of
time ho might llvo twenty yearr. With n full
knowledge of the danger Mr. Adams decided
to take the slim chance of an oHratlou.
lie hud to undergo the tlrst part of it without
taking an anesthetic t kill tho imiIii. Tho
agony must have lieen exquisite. His system
would not stand tho shock of the cut lie oper
ation nt ono time, and he was on the table
eight times, nbout two hours each time. Tho
patient sntslouien wuscutojicn, parts of his
internal gear sliced off and tho wound
njwed up with silver wire. Mr. Adams
proved to lie tho tenth man and returned to
Lincoln a few days ago.
prairies of Nebraska, and soiif-where on the
Pintle i Ivor planted tho cross nnd took hw-so-wion
of tho country In thonnmu of tho king
of S-Niln. But Tartarax wns nowhere to lw
found, Presumably ho had cauwsl Cortmado
to bo guided out of his way,
While the story may In juirt lie considered
purely mythological, yet It has In It many of
the elements of grandeur and magnificence.
For today tho fublod realm of Qiilvern with
Its wealth, and tho seven cities of Ullxiln,
teeming with their pros-icroiiM thousands, are
here. Tho prospeious realm which tlicSau
lull cavaliers had dreamed of was to be In tho
letter days, and Is now. And I offer as it sug
gestion to this committee that the pro'or Ktr
traynluf King Taitarax nnd his retainers,
bearing their shields ami s-icnrs and mounted
on hoisolxickcntcilug tin-city on tho after
noon of the Fourth of July, followed by Cor
onado and tho Spanish cavaliers with trades
dlxpluy In pahule would bind tho past to the
present, nnd all tend to make u gorgeous
spectacle, and an appropriate one, Urn, for
tlio legend of Nebraska is ours, and will blend
well with our pi-os-iorlty and our patriotism
on this occasion.
There can lie n -wtvlllou ercct-il on tho pub
lic square, where at night lieneath brilliant
illumluntions there can I hi a grand mnsqucr
ndo bull In progress ns well ns sienklng from
the grand stand.
Should this suggestion lie adopted I would
suggest that Judge. Savage himself be Invited
to act as King Tartarax and we will help him
issue his royal edicts. First, ho commissions
nlxitit 000 generals, commanding them under
nln of great torture to bring their kinsmen,
their i etniners nnd their slaves attired In their
armor mm projier rcgnuu, encii bearing n
mighty sxnr, to uwvinlile at somogiveu point
nt ii o'clock on tho afternoon of tho Fourth of
July when they nre sup'siNcd to tnku posses
sion of tho city.
Another edict can then go out from Tar
tarax commanding merchants to decorato
nnd llliimlnnto their places of business, to pro
vide n sultnbledlsplny of their wares In the
mighty procession,
Tho third edict call lie sent to the vnrlous
towns tributary to Lincoln on thnt dny.
There enn bo displays of flrewoi ks and prob
ably a balloon ascension.
PEN, PAPER AND INK.
AMUSEMENTS.
Fuuke's will havo h novelty Monday even
lug In tho form of n ballad concert by tlio
Ludwlg concert company, At Its head Is
William Ludwlg, nnd among Its members are
two prima donnas, Miss Adelaide Mulllii and
Miss Annlo Iiytou, These ladies are charm
ing ty'ic of Irish womanhood. Highly edu
cated, young and pretty, they are -(really ad
mired In their native Dublin, lids company
sings tho most familiar of tho old nlmtlmtniu
dear to tho heart, nnd nro said to havo
miilcuxl a -sipnlnrns well as an artistic suc
cess, (INCK -IOIIK WITH UK.
John B. Polk will play n return engage
ment nt Fuuke's ii'ixt Tuesday evening In his
funny piece, "Mixed Pickles," This Is ono of
those roaring farco comedies which nre de
signed to make people laugh nnd llvo longer.
"Mixed Pickles" Is one ot the best known of
them nil.
Till: M1NHTHEI.H.
"Tho w hole question of mind-reading de
ponds u-xm n familiarity with the ready ol
servuuee of trifles. Tho world is full of little
things which puss unnoticed by OOU men out
of n thousand. The story of the basis of my
success Is that I depended upon two rules
first, I followed tho lino of least resistance in
favorable subjects whote arm or hand 1 held;
nnd second, witli contrary subjects I acted
opposite the Hue of tho greatest resistance.
Mr. Bishop did likewise nnd so does the Eng
lishman, Stuart Cumberland, by nil means
the cleverest mind reader in tho world Mr.
Cumberland expotcs tho metaphysical or hyp
notic claims of Mr. Bishop in a recent articlo
in the Nineteenth Century Itevlnv. By con
centrating your mind upon tho otiject under
consideration nnd by following the Involun
tary and almost imerceptflile muscular move
ments of the erxon whose mind you are sup
posed to be reading you will accomplish your
end."
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Here is tho testimony of Montagu and Cum
berland and the confession of Bishop thnt
mlnd-readliig as such Is a fake. Mr, Monta
gu explodes tho idea that tho work causes an
intense nervous strain. Poor Bishop was the
victim of epilepsy, which ho tried to make
tho public believe was nervous prostration re
sulting from his performance. Ho also in
dulged to excess in opium, absinthe and other
stimulants, and it Is no wonder he died sud
denly in a fit.
Bunanas at the grocery store, bananas at
tho Ice cream parlors, bananas everywhere!
And yet a fow years ago they could hardly be
Igiven nway In this same city of Lincoln. On
Eleventh street just aside from O is Chovront's
fruit store, and at that stand the first bananas
seen in Lincoln were offered for rale. Among
the clerks is a Mr. Adams, who brought tho
flrft bananas to tho city in 187S. People
would not buy the strange fruit and it hung
until the skins turned black, Mr. Adams
then tried to induce the publlo into a liking
by giving away the bananas, but one taste
was enough for the few who ventuml a trial.
The.ount(t! ofllco had one of its periodical
earthquakes last week, aud Mr. A. B. Hayes
comes out of tho shuttle ns nssoclato editor,
while the foreman, Mr. James Mahouoy,
weirs the belt as manngliig editor, (losslp
gives vnrlous reasons, more or less plausible.
But they do say that the Journal -icople havo
become frightened at tho mid of tho Omaha
pa-Kirs for Lincoln patronage and will retali
ate. It is solierly stated that tho Journal
will send a man to tho wicked city to run an
Omaha "bureau." What tho bureau Is like
ly to accomplish is a problem too deep for
Byo-the-Byo to tocklo on its present salary,
But tho Journal and its managers have
been potent factors In tho political and com
mercial life ot tho state, and they nre fnvor
ito subjects for gossip. One of the latest
pieces setnlloutlsiimoosln'. It Is given out
that Editor Gere muy havo tho 'XHtmnstcr
ship on ono of two conditions, namely: Ho
must resign his editorship or ho must change
tho policy of tho pnper nnd sup tort constitu
tional prohibition. The man who tells this
story nctually believes, or pretends to U'lluvo,
Unit President Harrlron has named such n
condition, nnd he explains it on the theory
thnt n mnjorlty of the cabinet nre for prohi
bition. "What fools thei-o mortals le," to In
sure! V
An ellort Is being tuiiilo to celebrate tho
Fourth of July in Lincoln Inn novel manner.
The proposition Is to hnvo n sjicctnelo similar
to tho mnrdl gias of Now Oi leans or tho
Veiled Pi ophetscf St Louis. Tho Idea is to
base it on tho legendary story of Nebraska's
discovery by tho Spaniards us told by Judge
Snvogo in n historical pnjer rome years ago.
Tlio proosltkm comes from Moi.MgcrMeIt.oy
nokls, and his letter will not only give an In
teresting synopsis of the legend, but It will
show great -Risibilities If tho pio-Kcd spec
tacle lx) entered uoii with enthusiasm. Mali
nger Mclteynolds bus been made chnitmun of
the celebration committee, nnd his idea en li
no t Iki explained better than by quoting his
letter. It is as follows:
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I wotiH suggest to this committee thnt In
view of tho fact that the Fourth of July cele
bration has met with th unanimous approval
ot our citizens that an innovation on the reg
ular order of such oekibrntions be inaugurat
ed. And for a change I can think of nothing
more appropriate tlian tlie representation of
tho beautiful legend of Nebraska which Judge
Snvago has so graphically told in a paper
read lieforo tho state historical society. As
Judge Savage tells the story, somewhere
nway liack down the corridors of time, when
S'Mtnlsh cavaliers were inflamed by the suc
cess of Cortex in Mexico and Pizarro in Peru,
that there came an Indian to tho Spanish
general, Corouada, with tho wondrous tale
that far to the northward were the seven
cities of Clboln In the realm of Quivera; and
that this realm of Quivera was ruled by the
mighty monarch Tartarax, who lived in mag
nificent splendor: that gold was so common
among theso people as to Ixi of but little
value; thnt they mmlo utensils and farming
implements out of it; that the monarch Tar
tarax and his subjects lived In regal splendor;
that their warriors wore helmets and bore
shields ot solid gold; and tho slaves of this
mighty monarch numbered thousands, to do
his slightest bidding.
So magnificent wero these tales of wealth
aud opulence that Coronado raised an army
of some tlireo hundred cavaliers and led them
over the lllo Grande river, across the sandy
dosert ot New Mexico and over tho plains i.f
Kansas until at last ho arrived on the fertile
Aileltiert Hamilton, of Now York, a well
known writer on legal subjects, presents sta
tistics In tho Juno fi'ontm to show the un
necessary cost of liuurnnco by reason of what
Is practically a "trust," maintained by tho
great eoinpnnles. He favors government In
surance and corn-Mires the cost nnd security
of our private lystem with the systems ot
public Insurance In New Zealand and Ger
many. Mr. Hamilton points out also the yet
undeveloped possibilities of insurance as n
substitute for charity organizations.
W. Blackburn Harto, nn editorial writer
for the Toronto Mult, writes in tho Forum for
June on The Drift Towards Annexation. He
mniutains not only that commercial union
nnd thereafter -xilltlcnl union of tlio United
States and Canada are Inevitable, but also
that they arc deslrablo for Canada, and that
tho Canadian politicians of all parties know
this, unwilling as some of them are to confess
it. He -tolnts out also what ho conceives to
bo the absurdity of Cauadr.n continuing tho
colonlul relation to Great Britali-.
In Serllmer for June begins the series of
-opular in tides on the practlcnl nppllcntlons
of electricity. The opening -xiper by Profes
sor C. F. Brnckett, of Princeton, is entitled
"Electricity in tho Kervlce of Man." It Is nn
Introductory puer which sets forth some of
the common methods by which the morn im
portant electrical phenomena nro produced,
thv laws which they reveul, and tho princi
ple involved in measuring electrical quanti
ties such ns the Volt, Anqx-ro and Ohm
terms which have lately comu Into nenernl
use, though not popularly understood.
Tho Juno Outlay has an article on the Core
of Dogs, by that well known authority, I).
Boultou Herruld. iovers ot tho horso will
read with pleasure Juno Days in tho Saddle,
by C. 11. Crandull. Ciicketem will be inter
ested in Cricket in Australia, by G, II. I)
Gossip. Camping Outfits and Equipment is
an article of value to ull who wish to sjiend n
summer in tho woods. How OTulllver Bard
won tho Chumplonshlp will interest wheel
men.
The June Mauazlne, of American llintoru
opens with u sketch of the The Historic Cupl
tul of lown, now the seat of tho State Uni
versity, written by Mrs. Eva Emery Dye, of
Inwn City, and nothing more readable, can Ixj
found In tho magazine literature of the mouth.
Tne second contribution is mi account of The
Ancient nnd Honorable Artillery Company
of Massachusetts, by C. E. S. itusuy, M. A.,
the romautlo story beginning with the llrst
settlers of New England, and closing with the
recent Interchange of civilities between the
Ancient and Honorable Inidon nnd Ameri
can Artillery companies, tho two oldest mili
tary organizations In the World.
Alameda, a Tale of tho BuoIKm Madros.ono
of tho Globe Library published by Ituud, Mc
Nally & Co., appeals strongly to that class
who are pleased with BIder Haggard's works.
It tells of a strange people living In Mexico
who havo customs never heard of before,
and tho story is grow-some enough to satisfy
the insatiate for new sensations.
Tho OrcWimd Jonfi- has from the first
been noted for its Indian papers. This month
it Is the Indians ot the Southwest. The lend
ing article is on the Yuma Indians. Tho
writer has long Iteen engaged in Investiga
tions of the language, traditions, customs,
characters, etc., ot this tribe. The descrl
tiou of the old chief Fusqual, lately dead, is
especially striking. The pictures Illustrate
the persons, drexs, dwellings, -lottery, wea
pons and implements of this trllw. This art
icle is followed by one on Prof. Ciuhlng's dis
coveries among the dead and burled cities of
the "Shiwlan" race; It gives it full statement
of the results of the Hemeiiway expedition,
with Prof, dialling's muin conclusions us to
tho true origin, nntlqulty, etc., of theresur
rectsl pueblos.
It Is within tho liouuds of truth to suy Hint
Thatcher, Primrose & West glvo one of the
very liest minstrel iei 'orniaiiees ever -Mien.
Thoy actually gave us something now lust
night, nud tho sensation was pleasing. They
hnvo gotten out ot the old burnt cork ruts.
One of tho chief departures Is white faces In
tho first part, aud the x.'rformors nro cos
tumed as ShnkcsiHirluti characters. The tra
ditional "afterpiece," usually u "rotten" xr-
lormance, is done nway with. Urlgluallty Is
the rule nil through nud T P. & W. nro to
bo commended for giving us something new
in n minstrel show,
1IAIIIEH AT Till KIIKN JIUHKIt.
Lincoln will have her first nmiiial baby
show next Vveek. Tho entries nt the Museo
huvo Ihi.ii lurge, nud Mninigcr Iiwlor will
certainly havo n platform full for you to do-
ciiie which is tlio prettiest, lx-st nuturcd,
cutest, etc. Itlsad.-clded novelty and will
doutitless provo a drawing curd for tho wm'k's
ontert-ilnnnmt at this opiilai- family resort.
Vnlunblo prizes are oirored uud the entries
nre from some of tho liest families. Tho bawl
ojx'iih Monday afternoon and there is no
doubt it will lie n howllnc success. In tho
BIJoti theutorlum Baby Adams nud u special
ty company will produce tho charming littlo
sketch, "Edltha's Burglar." This, together
with n vnrloty entertainment, will give the
Museo n strong bill down stairs. Friday, as
usual, each lady visitor will receive a useful
present from the management. Saturday is
tho school children's day, when 10 cents ad
mits to all parts of the house.
K1HK JUniI.EK HINd-Cim.
Tho world famed Jubilee Slncers from Fltk
Univeislty, Nashville, Tenn , have been se
cured to give one of their lulmlUible concerts
here on next Friday evening, Juno 7th. This
is the oi Iglnnl compuuy that devoted over
$150,000 of Its enrulngs to tho building of
Fisk University, thnt mmlo two wonderfully
successful tours abroad, the guests of kings
uud queens nud prime ministers, nnd that
sung by speclul Invitation for President
Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Arthur,
"I never soeujo.ed music" -'lev. Charles II.
Kpur-goon,
"That iinislo touches; It takes hold." Crown
Prince of (Icr-anny,
Bescrved seats nt Barley's after Wednesday
morning.
oohwi'oktiik noun.
Bobt. Brown has sold the furniture of tho
People's theater to tho owner of the o-xirn
house nt Fulls City.
Mis. Potter and Kyrlo Bellow will lie Joint
proprietors of a coiiipuny next -mukoh and
"Antony und Cleo-mtrii"' will Iks their main
attraction,
Sluco March I, 18b3, there have been sixty
one divorces In dramatic circles. The most
iuqsirtant are Paulino Hall, Fuiiule Daven
Kirt and Maggie Mitchell.
Current gosslii in New York city has it thnt
Maggie .Mitchell will snll for Euro-xi nt the
close of her season, to be married to Charles
Alilxitt, her leading man.
with the back pages cunningly closed together
by means of mucllagn. Sho hollnved, In com
mnn with many other disnptK-lntcd contrlb
ntors, thnt tho CY-ifiir- ieoilfl did not read
the MS.H. -Mint them. It never entered tho
thoughts of Mrs. Wilcox thnt anything writ
ten by her might not ho suitable for a well
conducted innga-ino. But In this instance,
ns In her previous experiences, Ella's story
wns politely declined, It hnp-ioiicd mxhi nfter
this that Mrs. Wilcox mot ono of the assistant
editors of tho tVnfiic In a social way. Noxt
day she sent him n story ai-compaulisl by n
long letter ot entreaty that ho should use his
liillueuco on tho iiiiigarlno to havo her contrN
tuition nccepted. Ho turned tho letter nnd
tho story over to ono of the renders. Thnt
Kvtitlfinnn presently discovered thnt tho story
was, with the exception of n newly written
front page and n French title, tho sumo as
tho one formerly sent by Mrs. Wilcox. Since
which episode Ella and the Century ptxiplti
have not sKkcu a they passed tiy,
-
Mrs. Wilcox's Ideas, by the way, are not
ul wnys im clear as they might lie. At n Bo
hemian luncheon, soon after her newspaper
wnr with Mrs. Athertou, sho wns dilating on
what It pleased her to term a masterstroke In
drawing Invidious comparisons between Mrs.
Atherton's physical charms nud her own,
"And," she addod, smilingly, "there Isn't a
man In tho city who doesn't envy my lius-band."
PERSONAL.
The choicest brand of cigars, the finest
fruit and coiifecttuuery and the various flav
ors ot pure ice cream may lie found at Mor
ton k Lclghty's new stole, 11U0 N street.
WOMEN'S WAYS.
After nil the society girl should not bo ex
jx'cted to know everything. If she can keep
up n uii ner now ounces, llio inlest kinks In
dress und nrrungemeiit in hair, the newest
tiilles In jewelry und -km fume, she ought not
to uo mirdened with book lore, even to such
Inconsiderable trifles us telling tho mnguzlnes
one from nnother. It Is uu actual fuel thnt u
lienutlful girl, n great belle In hersoelul drele.
uud u favorite wltlm long list of mnscullno
victim--, recently picked up, from u friend's
lllirory tulile, tlie latest Century. "Wo used
to take this," sho remarked us she inn her
jeweled lingers through tho iiges. "No,
iM-llove It was the other one." "Whut other
onef" usked the hostess. "Do you menu liar
ptrr "Yes, that's it, Harper; but It wusn't
uurjter that we took; It was this one, I know,
I remember It now, because I know It had
this Fears' soap advertisement In the back
of It!"
The Chat of Cedar Baplds, Iowa, describes
novel accessories used by a club of married
people who dissipate mildly with cards. At
the entrance to tho house hung a red Indian
blanket, nnd u boy In Indian toggery attend
ed the door. Against tho stairway wos a
auoe filled with ferns and flowers. Tho par
lors were hung with Indian draperies aud
picture, and each guest wos presented with a
miniature birch bark cunoe as a souvenir.
Each cuiiee was Allied with lilllcs of the vn'
ley. On one side was a verse from Hiawa
tha, while on the other was a hand painted
illustration of the verso given. Fur keeping
tho scores were provided little buckskin twigs
In which a In-an was deposited when a gnmo
km won. Among tho decomtlons was a
framed letter written by the Indians. It was
a sorles of crude pictures, provided with a
translation. The prlzns consisted very appro
prlutelyof Ixuigfellow's "Hlawntha," Coop
er's "Last of the Mohicans'1 und Helen Hunt
Jackson's "Itnmonn,"
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox hus been trying
very hord for Miuie jwirs Iwck to get Into the
Century columns without coming any neurer
to success than the bric-u-bruo dc'utrtment.
Not long ago she sent n story to the magnima
Jnines Uslwlth is Improving.
W, W. W, Jones Is In Eureka, HI.
dipt, nnd Mrs. Philllpsnro In Chicago.
(. I), Bcmmbllug Is visiting In Indiana.
Anson Becker lias return's! to Waco, Tex.
Mrs. J. II. Taylor Is visiting ut Monongahe
la, Pn.
Dr. mid Mrs, E. D, Buckner nrrlved homo
Monday.
W.T. Van Dorn stinted Tuesday for Han
Diego, Oil.
Mrs. S. P. Vanatta ot IiiitUmouth Is visit
ing relatives.
Mrs. Frank Mauritius has lieen visiting at
I ea veil worth,
Mrs. Senator Taggnrt ot Hnstlugs was In
tlio city this week.
C, L. Hopper went to Raiidwlch, III., to
bring back his wife.
C. M. McCaddon, now of Grand Island, was
In town Wednesday.
Harry Ilanuu of the M. P. put In several
days at Kansas City
Will Lett, now or Denver, was In town this
week grasping friendly -minis.
Prof, Fontaine lias gono cast aud will spend
tho summer In Franco nnd Spain.
Mrs. Kolx'rt Walker of Grant has been vis
iting Mr. and Mrs, J. A. Hoyden.
One hundred Engraved Calling Cards and
plate for '-! 50 at the CouiilEH olllco.
Fied II. Gadd of Omaha was n Sunday
guest at his father's. Also Miss Belle Sellnrs.
Max Hlch.nowof Blnl City, Kansas, was
in town this week shaking hands with old
friends.
Hovcy Barrett, now of tho Council BlutTs
Ileflector, was back Monday on that -icriodl-cal
trip.
Lcayltt Bumhum of Omaha, ono of the re
gents of the University, was In the city
Wednesday,
Mr. George W. Bouuell, deixit ticket
agent for tho B. & M., hns returned from tils
eastern trip.
Mrs. John Kohrun'gnnd Frank C. Zohruug
arrived homo Thursday evening from Hot
Springs, Ark,
Dr, Billings aud family huvo taken up their
residence at the Capital for the remainder of
their stay in Lincoln.
Mrs. U. J. Ernst Is showing her friends n
collection of curious things sent her by it mis
sionary friend In India.
ltev. Cuitls, who tid the nuptial knot for
Senator Pomi and his brldo, at Friend, was
accompanied by Mrs. Curtis.
Sniuuul Wessel Is swinging 'round the circle
of New Yoik and Philadelphia, nnd expects to
s-icud the itimmer in tho eust,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Alt Shilling hnvo returned
from their Illinois visit, nud were accom
panied by Mhs Maggie Doreuce.
William I'opo of Chicago wns in the city
Monday on hU wny to Friend to attend tho
wedding of his brother, Senator Pope.
Ilev. E. J. Ijunpton, u Christian clergy
man from Palmyra, Mo., has been looking
over tho city w Ith u view to locating
Mrs. II. M. Busline)! Is visiting ut her old
home, Queen City, Mo, Mr, Buslmell uc-com-uuifcd
her and went firther east,
Mrs. 1). W. Bower is visiting at DtwMolnes
nud will also visit In Chlcngo and La Porte,
Inil., during an absencu of several months.
Chancellor Crelghton of Wesleyan univer
sity and Prof. Aylesworth of the Christian
university will make addresses at the Crete
Chautauqua.
senator Pox of Friend was in the city
Monday aud T. It. Sylvauus gave him a
learned lesson on the duties and rts-omfbll.
itles of married life.
Miss Bertie McMlchael, who had been vis
iting In tho city the past month, the guest of
Mrs. H. Musselman, left for her home lit Red
Oak, Iowa, Saturday.
L. W. Bllllngsley wus Decoration Day ora
tor at Beatrice and I. W, Lansing at Pawnee
City. Mrs, lousing assisted in the latter's
program with a recitation.
Mrs, Niemeyer of Hastings, one of the
guests at the Tnggart-Willlnms wedding, lias
been sendlng a part of tho Mwk with Mrs.
E. K. Crlley at the Windsor.
Mrs. C. W, Mosher hus Ix-eii 1,11 joy IinjrtVii
It from her parents, Hon. and Zn, Henry
Mansfield, and from Mr. and Mrs. Lee New
ton, all of Peoria. Mrs. Newton is u sister of
Mrs. Mosher nnd will tie rememtiered by
many from n former visit.
J, U. Illgiiibothum hns been culled to hit
old home at Manhattan, Kansas, to assist in
the settlement of his father's uHfairs, which
necessitates his leaving Uncolii permanently,
Mr. Higlubothum hus been a prominent fig
ure iu social and Elk dixies, whoso members
will regret to lose him from among their
number,
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