Convents to L»et. One of the problem* that confronts France. subseiupnt to the enforcement of (he new law governing religious in stitutions. is what to do with (in* vast properties and buildings of the exiled monastic orders. in Paris two of the largest religious estates are those of the Carmelites. They occupy ground of high value in the capita! and suburbs. There is the aid convent in the Avenue tie Messlne, =nugly ensconced in a beautiful orch *rd, surrounded by a high wall, on which is a balustrade surmounted by Gothic sculpture. In front of the con vent proper is a high triangular ve randa. above which is the inscription: "O Maria immaculata: Ilegina Car meli. ora pro nobis." What a mock ery is the "To let or for sale" sign near it! Close to the figure of the Vir gin are the words "Propricte a vendre. .Supcrflcie 7,000 metres environ. S'ad dresser los Kindis, mereredis. veruire die a M. Borme. Notaire, Hue de Ber lin. 88." This epilogue of the act of the French chambers is seen on all sides. The fine chapel of the Carmelites on the Boulevard Gamhetta at Fontaine bleau can be bought for a song com paratively. The worst feature of the situation is the Imposing structures which encumbei most of the piopcr \ . q. MoiiH»terv of the Carmelite*. ties. As it is there is a superalmnd unee of churches in the land and re ligious sentiment in France is rapidly on the decrease. The buyer of monas tic grounds wants a bargain since it will be costly to pull down the enor mous sanctuaries upon them. Only a few of these edifices have passed into tile hands of the Protestant denomina tions. which are working zealously to fan the dying embers of faith in France. Boring for Turtles. Young Bob Newell gave a public “turtling" exhibition Sunday after noon on the north side of the road to the river. He caught twenty-five o£ tlie reptiles in a little over two hours, and a crowd watched his performance. He carried a pole like a pitchfork handle, with a hook at the end of it. He would sink this at random into the soft mud until he struck the hard shell of the turtle; then, with a sim ple twist of the wrist, he would drag it from its bed with a long, strong pull. The turtles he caught ranged in weight from four to twenty-five pounds, and were worth from sixteen cents to $t each.— I.aeon (III.) Journal. New York Countess. Miss Anne Leary of 3 Fifth avenue. New York, lias been made a Countess by Pope Leo in recognition not alone of her munificence along educational and charitable lines and her per.-oual piety but because of her unceasing ef forts in behalf of the Church of Rome in America. I'p to this time only two American women have been distinc tively honored by the Pope—Mrs. dohti Sherman and Miss Gwendoline Caldwell—who were decorated with the Order of the Golden Rose. Muss l/eary is well known for her many act3 of charity. Bellevue Hospital has been a favored n c ipient. Another of her charities is the Stony Wald Sani tarium for consumptive working girls, and she has given liberally to many churches and educational institutions. Miss Leary’s father was a wealthy hat ter and the pt rsonal friend of John Jacob A-to.-. I!« Ivne»Av Horae*. The propensity for gambling is pro verbial. Another illustration with an amusing sequel occurred on Fifth ave nue. In New York, when one of tim horses of the ancW-nl iage line actual ly became so devilish that the driver had to say “whoa" two or three times. “Wonder what’s the matt >r with that horse?" asked a man of his friend. “I’ll bet he smells something to eat." ‘Til bet you i dollar,” replied his friend. Then they walked around the corner and read over th doorway this Bigu: “Corn and Oat Ex-Empress Eugenie. A cablegntn says Eugenic, widow or Napoleon 111., ami for a tiuic Regent of i!.o Empire or France, is spending the last days of her life with four secre taries writing and dictating her men: — mil IT ~ hi AS m ” ‘ oirs. material for which in being sift- | eel out of some 150 boxes of p?rsona! | and political papers. Those papers! have been carefully preserved since Eugenie left France an exile thirty years ago. and are believed to contain greatly interesting revelations in re gard to Napoleon III. and the causes that led to the fall of the last empire. The ex-ruler is now 70 years old, and moves about in fctr bouse and grounds in an invalid's chair. She gas twice within the last two years been falsely reported dead. M. dc Blowitz. Retires. It is announced that M. de Blowitz has resigned the Paris correspondence of the London Times and retired to private life, and that he has been suc ceeded by Arthur Fullerton, an Amer ican. M. dc Blowitz, who is credited with having invented the interview in journalism, began his work for the ! Times in 1671, a few months aftei he had earned the gratitude and confi dence- of M. Thiers by notifying the government of the doings of the Com mune in Marseilles, wheie he was a teacher of languages. His intimate re lations with the statesmen of Europe lias enabled him to give the world news which no other correspondent could get. and his dispatches to the Times, being repeated from London to other | countries, have made him known wher ever newspapers are read. Our Shoes in Ireland. At the Gaelic school meeting P. O'Neil Larkin spoke o! the coming excursion from America to the Irish i exhibition in the city of Cork next May, and made the announcement that two shoe manufacturing firms of thi-s state will establish boot and shoe factories in Ireland, which will give employment to many hands, and it is expected that several factories will result from the exhibition, which will be the commencement of indus trial prosperity in Ireland.—Poston Globe. Red Dragon of Wales. There will be rejoicing in Wales, and among loyal Welshmen the world over, now that the Red Dragon of Cad wallader is to find his due place in the Heraldic Achievement of the Princes of Wales. The order of the King in Council is “that there be added to the achievement of the Prince of Wales the badge of the Red Dragon.” This ancient badge is to be borne—as a badge, of course, and not quartered in the shield of the Prince—on the sinis ter side (the spectator’s right, that is) r.f the royal crest as heir apparent, 'fhile the ancient badge of the ostrich t < athers is on the other side, the c rest and the two badges appearing thus in line over the shield. I!amorous Side to :t Coin. A coin of considerable interest to numismatists has Just been sold in Germany. It is one of the few coins in the history of the world which can be accused of having a humorous side to it. In 1ti79 the Danes descended on the port of Hamburg, but their attack proved unsuccessful. The inhabitants of the town struck a modal to com memorate the occasion. The legend ' on Hie coin was as follows: “The King ; of bonmark has been to Hamburg. If | thou wouldst know what he achieved, j look on the other side.’’ It is need ' less to add that “the other side" is a 1 Lla^k. Unique New Violin. The Stroh violin made its first ap pearance at a special concert given at the Prince’s Restaurant, Uimlou, by E. Muddoek. who has furnished the following description of lire violin's construction. The vibrations of the strings are conducted by means of nn ordinary violin bridge, whlrh rests upon a rock ing lever to the diaphragm and reson ator. The lever supporting the bridge oscillates laterally upon the body of the instrument, the end being at tached to a diaphragm of aluminum by a email connecting link. The dia phragm is held in position between two India rubber cushions by means of a specially designed holder fixed upon the body of tIre violin by two brackets. Attached to this holder is the trumpet or resonator. The body or main support of the instrument it is no way employed for sound pur poses; it simply holds the variouf parts of the violin together and sus tains the enormous pressure of the strings when tuned. The disk or dia phragm which represents the belly o) an ordinary violin is perfectly free tc vibrate, the result being that when the strings are set in motion by the Low (he bridge and rocking-lever vibrate accordingly, and thus every vibration is transmitted to the diaphragm. The diaphragm sets in motion the air con taincd in the resonator, the resonator augmenting and distributing the tame to the surrounding atmosphere. Lesson to Bankers. The Jewell County (Kansas) Repub lican tells a little story in illustration of the circumspection with which coun try bankers must handle their custom ers. A Kansas banker lost patience with the “dribble-drabble” business o( a man/who caused the hank a lot of trouble in bookkeeping, and the cash ier told the man that his account was not desirable. In a little while the man died, leaving a large sum In life insurance, which was deposited by the wife in a rival bank. And a little later still she married the best customer the first hank had. and induced him to re move his deposit. And the lesson is that all banks should treat us kindly, for there is no telling how soon we may leave a lot of vengeful widows to deposit the i.fe insurance elsewhere and marry away the bank's best customers. New Bahamas Stamp. Of interest to philatelists will be the announcement that a new postage stamp has been issued. It is specially designed for the mail service on the Bahama Islands and has been manufac tured for the British government by Whitfield, King & Co. of Ipswich, Kng land. The issue is of the 1 penny series, and while not remarkably or nate, is still, in a sen.-.e, artistic. The view in tiie center of the stamp is ot a place locally known as the "Queen's Staircase.’’ The picture shows the new stamp considerably enlarged. Mixed IlfliitliMinlilpii !x>rd Cheshatn, who kept his fifty first birthday last week, was doubly connected, and in a curious way. with the late Duke of Westminster, who was not only bis brother-in-law. but al-c his fathcr-in-law, as Lord Chesham married his Grace’s daughter by his first wife. Lady Chesham was, in con sequence of this double alliance, sis ter-in-law to he,- own father, while the Duchess of Westminster became moth er-in-law to' her own brother. The duke was. further, grandfather and also uncle by marriage to Lord Chesh am’s children, while hia own children by his second wife were at the same 1 time 1,1s great-nephews and nieces. * Florida's Unin^o Crop. The time, is close at hand when Flor ida will ship as many boxes-of oranges i as she did before the great freeze > f I 1SJ5—namely, 5,000,000 boxer,. It it h--'. I ! not been for that disaster she would • bo shipping more than S,(DO,000 now. DICK TO SOliTil OMUI4. Return of the II*mm unit Parklttff Com »»*«»>• to tlir .Muffle C ity. OMAHA, Neb.. Jan. 13.—'There is a very agreeable report current in South Omaha to the effect that the Ham mom! Packing company, which sum marily abandoned its South Omaha plant something ovar a year ago and removed its men and its business to its plant at Hammond, tnd., and St. Joseph, has come back to South Om aha to stay. After it pulled out of South Omaha its plant there was al lowed to fall Into a state o-f desolate fc ruin, lmt when the plant at Ham mond was burned during the past summer, it returned to South Omaha, rehabilitated its old house and be gan killing there. At that time it was emphatically stated by Manager A. H. Noyes that the return to South Omaha was merely temporary, pend ing the rebuilding of the Hammond house*. There appears to be no ques tion, however, that South Omaha pos sesses merits as a stock mart that no packing concern can afford to ig nore, and it is now said in South Omaha packing circles that the Ham mond officials have experienced a change of heart, in consequence of which their reoccupanc.v of the South Omaha field will be permanent, while the plant at Hammond will be aban doned. NEBRASKA AND CUBAN SUGAR Senator Dietrich Oppose* Extending Fa vor* to the Inland. WASHINGTON. .Ian. 13.—Senator Dietrich is opposed not only to free raw sugar from Cuba, but also to a large reduction in the duties levied by the Dingley tariff act upon raw sugar. "I do not believe,” he said, "that any general benefit to the Cuban peo ple would result from a reduction of the duty on Cuban sugar, but that such benefits as would flow from such reduction would lie reaped by the Su gar trust of this country and by a handful of Cuban planters. 1 am also opposed to a rebate to the Cuban planters upon the sugars imported into this country, because it would find its way into the hands of the Sugar trust, which during the past season has been trying to destroy the beet sugar industry by selling sugar in localities where that industry is now established at prices below the cost of production. IN CONDEMNED FELOYS CELL. Murderer Calm Notified of the Supreme Court'* Declftlon. LINCOLN. Neb.. .Jan. 13.—Warden Davis of the state penitentiary has removed William Rhea, who is sen tenced to he hanged April 25, from his cell, and notified him of the deci sion handed dow'n by the supreme court. Rhea looked squarely at the warden during the recital, and. it is stated, that not a muscle in his face moved. He refrained from comment ing on the judgment. After being or dered to take a bath and after his cell was thoroughly overhauled he was searched and placed behind tlie bars once more. From this time on ho will be watched more closely than ever and every avenue of escape will be closely guarded. A few hours lat er Rhea was singing as joyfully as if he had just been notified that free dom rather than death stared him in the face. ColnmhuR I*rlc«t Transferred. COLUMBUS, Neb., Jan. 13.—Rev. Father Mareellinus Kollmeyer, the priest in charge of the Columbus Cath olic church during the last six years, and a clergyman to whom the com tnunieants of the church are strongly attached, has been transferred to Quincy, 111. Seriously Injured in lVriTli. WOOD RIVER. Neb., Jan. 13—D. E. Wilcox, who until four months ago ran a drug store at Wood River, was jeriously injured in a railroad wreck :it Colllsbtirg, Mont., Monday. News from there reports his condition as very serious. Elkhnrn Valley Medical Society NORFOLK, Neb.. Jan. 13.—'The Elk horn Valley Medical society had a well attended and profitable meeting at the Oxnard. Interesting papers were presented by a number of physi cians. K-itll Kcsnltn in Deutli. HART1NGTON, Neb., Jan. 13.— Frank Stoppart, living seven miles north of this place, accidentally fell 1 from a load, crushing his skull. He died about an hour later. I'ortifH Cat tie in in'* Name. SUPERIOR. Neb., Jan. 13.—Harry Witt, giving his age as IT and his home as St. Louis, was arrested near Supe rior on a charge of forgery. Witt ap pealed in a dry goods store with an order for a bill of clothing and shoes. The order bore the name of Enos Les ter. a wealthy cattleman. The mer chant suspected that the order was u forgery and stepped out of his store to inve-.figate. In his absence Witt fled, hut was later captured. A GHASTLY MIDNIGHT VISITOR. With Throat Sla*licl>niftttnit Killed. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Jan. 11.— Word was received here of the acci dental death in a saw mill at Liver more, Colo., of C. C. Richardson, son of D. Richardson of Alda. THE liVE STOCK HARKET -- y I utrst Quotations From SoaOtl* Onuli* and Kansas t'llyv BOl'TM OMAHA. Cattle—Th« re was not it heavy run of cattle, so that trade ruled active, with tin tendency of prices upward. AH the packers seemed to have liberal, orders, and It did not take long for the bulk of the off’ rings to cluing’ hands. There were very few corn-fed steers Inrhuled In the receipts, and for that reason the few hunches of cuttle showing quality that were on the market sold to good ad vantage. The market could safely bo quoted strong and active, and some sales were made that looked 2V higher than the same kind of cattle sold for,the llrst of the week. The commoner grades of steers also brought good, strong prices today. The row market opened active anti stronger and the hulk of the offer ings changed hands rapidly. The demand was general for the medium grades and earners, as well as for the better grades Hulls also s dd freely today at strong prices, and the same was true of veal calves and stags. The supply of Stockers and feeders was light again today, while the demand was stlflhdent to take all the better grades at good, strong prices. The common kinds also moved without much trouble nt fully steady prices. Hogs Receipts of hogs were just about normal, hut It was noticeable that the quality was b-tter than usual. The mar ket opened fairly active and a ldg nickel higher than yesterday. The heavyweight hogs sold largely from fit, IB to $b.60. Me dium weights lining at largely from W.l’i to $ti..?0. and the light hogs sold from $3.73 to Sd. 15. At those prices the hogs changed hands fairly rapidly, and it was not long before the hulk was disposed of. Toward the close, however, trading was not as active and buyers seemed to have their more urgent orders filled. She-p Conditions governing the she-qi market wen much the same as they were yesterday. Receipt swere very light, and as (lie demand was Ills’l’al prices ad vanced KXhlfic. I^imtis sold as high as $!5.tm. yearlings sold at l.'Cwethers brought and ewes $4.n0. It was a very active market and everything was sold as' rapidly as unloaded. It Is very evident from the way buyers nre acting that supplies are not coming forward rap idly enough to meet the demand. There were not enough feeders offered to make a test of the market, hut It is safe to say that anything good would sell at strong prices. KANSAS PITY. Cattle— Hc#*f steers. 1 54/25 c higher: other rattle.' steady to 10c higher: choice export ant! 4i5.25; eanners. $1.50*12.50; bulls. $2.50*14.25; calves. $.1.10*/6.00. HOC1S Packing hogs. 5c higher: pig?* and lights. 10*i25c higher; tt»n. $6.(10: hulk of sales. $5,754(6.50: heavy. $6.506.(6.60: mixed packers. $6.ir/*i6.50; light. $5,404(6.50; pigs. $5,304/5.35. Hlietj) Htid I ninths Lambs, strong; year lings. 15c higher; fed lambs. $5.00*15.90; fed w thers. $4,004/1.75; .yearlings. $4,754(5.25’ < wes. $3.5o*i4.lo; culls and feeders. $2.25*0 2.75. Off fOR YfNfZlJf LAN COAST Kear«-ige mid \ t suels of Squadron Sail fov I.a Onajri WASHINGTON. Jan. 11— It is prob able that Admiral Higginson, with his flagship Kearsarge, and several other vessels of the North Atlantic squad ron, will shortly repair to Venezuelan waters, making Ills headquarters at I.u Ouayra. The ships which Admiral Higginson will take with him on this cruise will have an unusually large complement of marines aboard. These precautions are taken not with any offensive intent toward Venezuela, but merely to guard against an outbreak of anarchy and rioting in the event that the revolutionists should prevail over Castro's forces in the field. Ow ing to Admiral Higginson's high rank he naturally would command and joint operations that might be inci dent to the landing of naval forces of various nationalities. Fumtou Arrive* From Manila. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 11.— Brigadier General Frederick Funston arrived here from Manila on the trans port Warren. General Funston comes home on sick leave. While his condi tion has greatly improved since leav ing Manila, lie has not yet entirely recovered. General Funston said his leave of absence was for two months. He thought he would have it extended and it was possible that be would not return at all. General Funston had as a fellow passenger Brigadier General Robert Hughes, who has been on duty in the Philippines for a long period. I)onl« tin** Into a Lawsuit. CHICAGO. Jan. 11.—Benjamin F. Williams, a former follower of '•Dr.” John Alexander Dcwie, began suit in the circuit court of Cook county for damages in the sum of $10,000 against •'Dr.” Dowie and elders for alleged conspiracy to alienate his wife’s af fections. At Boston plans for a $100,000 lec ture hull for Harvard university were tiled with the superintendent of build ings. Its auditorium will accommo date 700 students. French Revenue* I>e rpm« PARIS, Jan. 11.—A decrease in the revenue returns is again shown by the iigures given for the last three months, which are 8,271.844 francs be low the estimates and 20,105.000 francs below the returns for the same-period of 1900. The total deficit for 1901, compared with the estimates, is 111, 000.000 francs. The falling off is at tributed to the non-importation of wine, in ccnsequeiu"' of the cxcep tioual crops cf 1900 and 1901.