THE OMAHA DAILYBEE ! SATURDAY JUNE 11 , 1881. POETRY OP THE TIMES. I AVixnt to lioiAn IiiRnn. 3 w nt to I * .in IiiRim -And with the Inpim > stand , ' - A lilnnkct on my ulimildera Ami n rifle in my haml , „ * . "With not n lick < > f work to do Throughout the HVP long vo.ir , 15ut dr.iumy ration * niul innkc nqnnt > ' Tcr ski | > < > ffoii thi-lf far. - -New [ Orlcatii J line * . HinwAthn Ro-Vnmpotl , An unto the Imw the cnrd i < So vnt feiiftto unto linocoo , Thmtph it bent him , it oK-yod him : Though it drew him ytt it followed , Scnrv eftch wrre they of other ! Thni'the lordly Itoccoo Conkllnp Said within hlimelf nnd pnndcrcd , Much perplexed liy varinm fri-lingn , J.istles' , inneiiif ? . Imp' ' " ! ? , fcniing , Dreaming rtill "f next election , Hulling t < > take the confection From nil coiners : "Very fierce are ( Jftrfield'fl minion * , Of ton there W.T wnr between u , There are feinU yet iiiiforeottcn , Wound * thnt aclic and ftill may open. Would I court thu bold , ) ohnkclry That our trihoi may ! > < united , That old fuwU "my l > ofor ottni And old wound * limy ! > < lieak-d fiirev'r. " Thua jinkr llfaunth.i Conkllng ; To him elf , and winked and chuckled , Too Thick. Khfut , goMcn curls a tangled mass rliw t" her miowy brow : 3Ii < manly fnnn he In-lit as ho wild To himself , "I'll Ki s h r now ! " lln iirewd hie lips tu the shilling Ktrnnds , < A l > ecs for1 the honey neck ; 3 < nt , when he let # > , lu mouth WM Allied So tijh that lie couldn't peak ! She saw his aukxvnrd flight , and tinned A unit of crinisoii'Krvun , .And t'a i > ed , with a frightened look , ' 'O I/iinl , I forgot the handollnc ! " [ Brooklyn Magic , MY CONFESSION. It was doubtless n terrible .calamity. 1 tried to reason with my husband , : ind persuade him that , after nil , it was wh.it might bo expected. I re minded him that over since thai in surance company had failed , nnd thrown him out of employment , ho Lad been tramp "That's the word , " ho interrupted , fiercely. "You needn't Bay tiny more. That cavers everything. Tramp ! That's what , I have come-to , at last. A tramp. Look nt that boot ! Mr.Niir.n ? Never. Look at it , I Bay-look at it ! " T had been looking nt it ever ainco lie put it on the fender. It wan terri bly broken , to bo Buro. It was like the one-boss almy , nnd had given out all over at once. So had Charley. All hia patience , perseverance , and persistency liad oozed out nt that awful hole. "A man can stand anything but that , Kate1 , ho 'said , mournfully. "Ilia overcoat can become weather-beaten to all the colors of the rainbow ; the knees of his pants may grow baggy , and the Beams white ; his lint , so long -is it's felt , can got to any condition. Hut n broken boot ! Oh , great Heav- tm ! I wish I was dead ! " "You moan , nclfixh wretch ! " I cried , .Hinging my arms about him "What would become of mo nnd the chil dren ? " "Your people would take care of you nnd the youngsters , Kate. I'm only n elog and n curse to you , my dear. Your people would bo glnd to ho rid of me. " "Oh , Charloyl" I cried. Hut tliey wero. Thero's no doubt about it. On that dreadful day Charley kisaed u.s nil an usual < vhen ] Ao went out. lie seemed to be calm er and more resigned. But I remem bered the ghnstlincss of liin mnilu when ho drew n rnbbofiover his boot. The day was curtniiily unsuited to rubbers , nnd Charley Untied them in any weather , lie was- calm , but it vim the calmness of despair. Days and weeks , n whole month , went by , and Charley did not come'back to tm. My family decided that'something inu.st bo done. They appointed a con ference to meet at my house , which was already rented , and the now lessee desired immediate possession. My family were fur from sympathizing [ in my nwlul nusponso nbont Charley. 'Their convictions were very decided , "lie must hnvo gone nnd drowned lumsolf tlmt very morning , " they said ; nnd added , with an air of com mendation * and relief , that perhaps it was the beat thing he could dq under the circumstances. My heart was full to bursting. I ( low into a passion of grief and rage , nnd drove them nil from the house. "You'll Bond for us whim you got cooled down , " they said , ' And doubt- Jess , I should , if Aunt Hurin had not been * belated at thu family conference , ami arrived when my passion was nt itiTlowost ebb. I was aa ii'np us n rnj { , and quite as helpless. J"'Just like Vjinj" said Aunt Maria. MA 'more selfish , cold , heartless. set of.peoplo thVLord never allowed to Jive. " This consoled'iind strengthened me , "Wo began nbun , . them , and I felt better nnd stronger. Aunt Maria's wa.9 one of tho"i > Bcheming , turbulent natures tlmt' had never agreed'with mine in the nays of my prosperity , but it was u ki.id of bitter tonic to mo just then. "I'd 'a givun 'om a piece of my jnindif l'd'agot hero in time. Hut , you BOO , Mrs. IlOgcra-you know the woman that kept the boarding-house. " I shook my head. Aunt Maria's presence was already losing it streng thening and consoling qualities , . "Well , Bho died last night , and Mr , Chandler lie came to me to talk things o-ver. I've boarded there oiF and on , boforp and after your uncle , Job died , for nigh on to fifteen year ; and Mr , Chandler's wife she died the very next sunnier , nnd he's kept hi * uecond etory front over since. You eo , ho owns the house , , and like enough lias a mortgage on the furnir ture , Jlo'ii a wishy-washy sort of man tliat 'most anybody can got the best of Good gracious mo ! " . "What is R , Aunt Maria ? Wat's the matter ? " "Why , souls and bodies ! if thcro ain't a special providence in this thing , jny name ain't Maria Peckhum. It came to mu then , iust like a llash the hull thing. Why can't you stop into Mrs. llogera place , and earn Jivii } ' for ypuruelf and children ? Mr , Chandler wants aomo one right away. It'll bo kind o * conifprtabjo ( or mo tc have some 0116 there that I can depend fo'rfable txr youiq | li v.flpmo.ono'yoi : can depend on ; and Mr , Chandler , il you get the right side of him , is n. easy as an old shoe. The funeral " 1 ! como off to-morrow. Her children ' 1 ! hev to bo divided round among the. relatives , I'll go homo now and talk the hull thing over witli Mr. Chan dler , and you como around to-night and settle everything. There's noth ing like strikin' when the iron's hot. It don't do to let the gnus grow under your feet. That was the trouble with Chnrloy ; howastooslowj hadn't enough push about him - leastways that's what the folks say , " "Slanderers ! backbiters ! falsifiers ! My Charley was the best , the dearest "Yes , yes , no doubt ; but ho ain't lioro just now to earn a livin' for you iiid the children , and you don't want ! o sponge on your folks. " "No , no , Aunt Maria , anything but that. " "Welt , the ways of Providence is nscrutablo. It seems to bo app'intcd hat you should take that house. Mrs. logon dyin' that way , just in the lick of time , and your lievin' a row vith the folks it's wonderful 1 I'll go ionic right away , and hov a tiOk with Air. Chandler before ho falls in with oinobody else ; ho'll lot you hov the iirnitiuu on installments , I know , any- vay , Hut I'll go homo and sue about t , and you como around to-night , d'ye tear , Kate ? " "Yes , ma'am , " 1 said , and gulped town a High that was almost n groan is she disappeared. The connotation lad all gone out of her presence long igo , 1 suppose 1 ought to have been grateful. My need was desperate. nit Aunt Maria made thu proposal o repelling thu poor dead woman , ho division of her children , the nortgagu on her furniture ; I couldn't yon HOC much comfort in the kitchen til-cloth sticking to the floor. 1 ookod upon my children as they rooped in , shabby but rosy , from heir winter sport , and wondered liow hey would faro among my hard- icarted relatives when nly turn chmo 0 die , and theirs to bo disbanded , } harley ajid 1 had always Raid we'd ather die than board or keep board- sin. Charley had died , possibly ; but ho children and T were left , and omething had to bo done. It seemed is though Mr. Chandler was my only lope ; but I went around thoru with a icavy heart and nearly tumbled oF ho stoop when T saw a flutter of crape on the boll handle. I never in tiio vorld could have gained courage to mil it. Fortunately a young man : amo out. 1 ( dipped in , and ho lammed the door iiflor him , and wont vhistling his way down the street , . crept by the parlor lloor , whore oino people stood in groups , talking ind laughing quite unconcernedly in n the awful presence of death itself. L'ho difdipr wore clattering on the [ umb-waiter ; a woman came down the itairs , Hiniling and happy , cloaked and looded for the opera. She carried a luge bouquet in her hand , and I vondorod how nho could pass the par- or door. The people in the house nay say what they please about my ioolnoss and assurance , but I should > o very sorry to have as little heart as hoy. Aunt Maria was already hag gling about the kitchen oil-cloth , and lothing would do but wo mimt all go IOWM and see that it really did stick to .he lloor. Mr. Chandler was a short stout nan , with scurcoly any hair on his liead , and a short little nose that ho liad to keep purched in the air BO his spectacles wouldn't fall otf. His eyes wore very round , and hia cheeks ivero fat and red , and a fringe of white neard gave him somehow a very be nevolent air that was calculated to m- Bpiro confidence. Wo descended into , vhat BC''inod to mo the very bowels of .he earth , and as wo entered the big cavernous gloomy kitchen , there wasa scamper that betokened rats , and an irmy of Croton-bugs lied at our ap- iroiich. T was weak and nervous , md uttering an exclamation of terror , clung to Mr. Clmiuller'a arm. " ( Jed bless my soul ! " miid Mr. jhandler , utarting haek. "Oh , it' , 'ou ! Don't bo frightened , madam. Don't bo at all frightened. I'll take care of you. " Ho had himself been considerably shaken by the sio : and quality of this subterranean army , and it was evi dently a great relief to him to tind somebody oven more startled than liimsolf. Ho took the hand with which 1 had grasped his arm and held it in liis own , assuring mo that ho would protect mo. Nevertheless , L was glad when ho was HO easily persuaded that the kitchen oil-cloth would really stick to the iloor , for although 1 was very favorably impressed with Mr. Chand ler as to domo.stiu confidences , ho was not the champion I would choose in a combat with rats and Croton-bugs. Aunt Mariu seemed more to the pur pose. Shu gathered up her skirts from the first , and suomod prepared either For battle or for flight , and was the last one to mount the lower stair. Mr. Chandler protected me all the way to Aunt Maria's door , and bade me goodnight - night , with the hope that all was ar ranged satisfactorily. 'You've as good as feathered your neat already , " said Aunt Maria. "I'm ' ijliul you were a black dress. " "I had no other tit to put onro * " phod , "It's just as well , " she continued , "for I told him you were a w'dow there's no nso onteiiu' ' into partie'lars about Charley " "It's nobody's business about Char ley. " "That's what I thought ; HO I Baid you were a widow , and I only men tioned the twins. I didn't speak of the boynor you don't look old enough anyway -nobody'd dream they belonged to you , and Mr. Chandler's naturally of a timid turn , and it might spile everything at the start , They never need come where he is , They'll eat at the second table , and play 'out In thu street , and in > a boardin'-houBo there 'H lots of things that onlygrowin' boys can oat , "so they won't count , It's all fixed. You're to come to-morrow after the funeral , and take hold at oust. Bring the twins right up to my room they're nice gentle little girls and I'll fix 'em up with "pink and blue ribbons. As for the boys , let them play around till night-fall , and then slip in the basement way , " It was all Aunt Maria' * fault every bit of it. I was too duzod and bewil dered at first to offer any objections , and BO many tilings happened in thai dreadful three months that I never had a chance to make a full confession of my domeitio affaire to Mr , Chan dler , < ' ' | ' ! V ' I \ / ( \ f A its being his duty as well as his pleas ure to help the widow and the father' less , I felt as if I must tell him all about Charley and the boys ; but the adversocircnmstances under which 1 labored rostr.iined me. I had been compelled to ask him fur an advance ; there was a great deal of expense at first , and I was such a novice at every thing. I felt , compelled to avail my self of all the sympathy possible ; but I was confident that after the first three months were over I could get along without Mr. Chandler's help , and then , no matter what Aunt Maria said , I determined to tell him every thing. Ho was entitled to' my confi dence , and I only awaited n favorable opportunity to give existence to Char ley and the three hoys. Everything went nlonif like clock-work fora while. If T hud only put my whole mind to it , I might have mastered everything before the cold weather sot in. And I wouldn't have fallen behind ui lamentably in my accounts if I had been very careful , and severely watched the scraps and crumbs that Toll from the bo.irding-hoiiHo table. I was perhaps too good to the tramps and beggars , and fed too many of the wanderers that came to the b.i.iemont door. In vain Aunt Maria scolded , and vowed she never came down to press tor crimps but she stumbled over a tramp. In vain Mr. Chandler mildly remonstrated upon the loss of two ivcrcoatsand a set of razors. They know nothing of the way I felt , or how my heart heat sometimes when at twi- ight 1 saw a big , broad-Bhonldered , sandy-haired fellow standing there , with broken boots. It took mo a good while to grow calm and collected , and n the mean while ho had eaten a good nany slices of bread and meat , and lerhaps stolen something from the hat ack in the lower hall. In truth , it was impossible to per suade me that Charley was dead. I 'olt that some time howould come .0 mo : ' 1'or Love will dn-am and 1'aitli will trust ( Since Hu who kiutwit utir IUHM ! in just ) Tlmt omelmwHomu\vliiremcft\vouiuiit. " And it was the most natural thing n the world to look forhimasntramp. That last sad morning was photograph ed on my memory when ho stood bo- 'ore ' mo BO painfully shabby , and with inch broken boots. I couldn't give lim UTI ; 1 wouldn't. I got so tired of \lr. \ Chandler , with his bland respec- ability , his funoreal'broadcloth , and lis high hat , his over-ready money , ind his never-endini ! remonstrance md advice. T did so long for dear ) ld impecunious Charley , and "after l < niff Brief and pain , To feel tliu uriiH of iny tmo love Jtiuind me uncu iwnin. " What wonder , with a mind so un- lottled , and a heart so open to vaga- ) ends , that I was cheated and robbed md driven to the wall , ami the second nonth came so appallingly soon that I lad to got another advance from Mr. handler. It was the most astonishing thing in .ho world that , although 1 never had in easy moment in that dreadful louse , never did time fly so quickly , fho third month was upon mo before [ could realize it , and it was a matter if glad surprise to mo that I had not joforo mo the awful necessity of an- ither advance from Mr. Chandler. I was not perhaps , any better off so far on actual money was concerned , but 1 was longer established , and able to get credit outside. I always endeavored to treat the trades-people with every possible consideration , and they were very kind to mo very. Everybody knows what an awful winter it was. I had never had any experience with water-pipes. On the irst of the month a cold wave started lirect from the north polo , and came with incredible velocity , as the bird lies , straight to that doomed board- ing-lioiise. It froze the water-pipes ill over thu house , Hoddened the bread , petrified the clothes on the inu , paralyzed the potatoes , also ipples , turnips , cabbages , and every- .lung else that I had put in by the ( iiantity for economy' * * sake. The BUII went down on that day'n wrath. Three days after , it rose on mother , mid if the end of the world liad como with it , I should havu been only to glad. Gabriel's trumpet would have been a welcomer Hound tome mo than the stop of Mr. Chandler that 1 heard appro.iching my door. I knew ho had been hunting all over the house for mo , and I had tied from room to room , from stair to stair , till at last I had taken refuge in the garret lloor , which the children , the servants , and I shared together. The awful fact was .that the man's liousu was ruined. The weather was dreadfully against me. Even the old est inhabitant of thu hoarding house declared that ho had never known BI eh sudden and remarkable changes. Without a word of warning , like a thief in the night , the calamity came. The pipes throw oil' their icy fetters , and burst. Thu deluge was nothing to it , Doforo anything could be done , seven - en different veilings wore frescoed and tattooed in a most unhappy manner , seven different carpets were drenched , and the ocau ] > aiits of seven different rooms were hunting me to bay. I sent for thoealciminerH , thu plumbers , and the carpet men , and found out how much it would cost to put Mr. Chand ler's house in order again. Then I lied to my room , J throw myself on the bed , and utaivd at the ceiling like a maniac. There was nothing tlio matter with that ceiling , for the demoniac pipes stopped tin the lloor bolow. The stoniness of my gaze was occa sioned by the climax of my difficul ties. How could 1 see Mr. Chandler/ / 1 had ruined hiu house , cheated him' out of his money , and unless 1 could go on plundering and cheating him , 1 couldn t go on with thu boarding house. If 1 IHIIN'T go on , I couldn't pay Mr. Chandler ; if 1 Din go on , 1 might only plunder and cheat him the more , 1 never had boon good nt prob lems. At school 1 had always been stupid with given qualities , yet given quantities wore my only hope just then , BMr. Chandler was nipping at the or. 1 burst into tears as 1 undid thu bolt , and begged him to forgive all the trouble and expense I had caused him. His ceilings were speck led ; his carpets were drenched ; the jilumber held the very foundation of nil house at an emperor's ransom ; 1 was already hopelessly in his debt , and yet must have more money , or give up and die. "JIuw much innjfoy ? " said Mr. Chandler , ( very gently. "Don't ' cry , my child. How much money ? " Ex- piring hope began t" revive in my ag ( itmed breast. ' He took my cold bami within his own. "How much mono } will it take to repair all the damages hero , and put the house in order for n now tenant ? " Down sank my heart like n plum met of lead. I looked up in his face , and was startled to find a new oxproS' sion there : something indefinable , 1 could almost say heroic. Aunt Mariu could never call that face "wishy- washy. " It was string and noble , lit was evidently not to be trilled with. When my miserable confession w.-n made , ho would spurn me as 1 deserv ed If I had only been brave ami true from the first' It was too lain now. How I hated Aunt Maria ! I thought of thu terrible winter , of the icy streets , the prejudice people have against tr.unpn particularly so many , six of us six , tin- twins , the three boys , and myself. I tl.isped my hands in atfony. "What will become < > f mo and my children f" 1 cried. "Come , " ho replied , with unspeaka ble teidcrnuis ] 'VMIMO out of this room into the open garret. So ! Now the whole world may hear and see us. Is it not BO , my child ? Wo are not afraid of idle tongues. ' " "X no , " 1 stammered , my heart in my throat , for fear mio of the boys sjiould pop his head Up the garret stairs and call mainin.i. "You " ho continued are so innocent , ued , "so free from liypociisy and de ceit , it is hard to make you under stand that I can not any longer ( end you money , or help you in the way that I have done. The wicked iniiu- pndoos of slandering tongues that stub in the dark have left me hut one way to protect you. 1 wonder if it will be as holy , as sweet , to you as it is tome mo ? 1 wonder if you would bo glad to give up this vile nest of scandal al together , and keep boarders no longer , but a homo for a husband , who would adore you , and would love and cherish your dear little girls as his own ? " Ho didn't mention my dear little boys , who were out risking their lives at coasting that very moment. What a noble , generous , altogether perfect old gentleman ho was ! If Charley had really been dead , and I had not been thu miserable imposter that cir cumstances had made me , my poor , desolate , widowed heart would have melted to him , 1 know. That heart was desolate enough , God knows , but it wasn't widowed ; 1 was sure of that. Tim timn for my dreadful confession liad come. It was so hard to lose the onu thing that seemed left mo just then his confidence , his esteem. 1 Felt cold and faint and sick. "Dear Mr. Chandler , " 1 began , "a liomo and a husband would be very aweet to mo. " And Heaven was my witness it would , only not just the husband ho meant ; and I was just go ing to tell him so , when Uridget put her frowzy head above the stairs , and Raid a man was below that wanted to BOO mo , and wouldn't take no for an inswer. "It's the plumber , " ! said , tremblingly , "or thecalcim''nerortho carpet man. Oh , Mr. Chandler , dear Mr. Chandler , I cannot face these people ! " "You forgot that you have given mo the right to .sharo your troubles , " ho said. "Como , my dear , wo will face this person together. " Wo found him in the parlor a big , broad -shouldered , splendid - looking fellow , with a new ulster on , and a very becoming hat , and a perfectly splendid pair of boots , without n break in them. The twins were clinging to each of his hands , and around him were dancing and howling like In dians three dirty little boys. "Momenta there are , nnd this was one , Snatched like a miimtu'n gleam of Mm Amid thu black simoon's eclipse. " "I've got it capital position , Kate , n a now company out West. C ot the r'omigstcra ready as quick as you can. I'll explain everything on the way , " Haul the person. "Who is this man ? " said Mr. Chand- or to Aunt Maria , who had been irought thither hy the wild yells of the dear little boys , and stood like a lillar of salt in the doorway. "Who s ho - her brother ? ' ' "Her husband , " said Aunt Maria , "And these boys ? " "Her children. " " ( Jed bless my soul ! " said Mr. Chandler ; and these were the last words I heard. I fainted dead away n Clmrloy'H arms. Charley and 1 , the twins , and the hreo boys started for our now homo n the West the next day , from whence I write this poor , weak , but contrite confession to Mr. Chandler. LBM BBNTON On the Now Bible. 'or HID St. I.nuU . Dis heah now Hiblo , chillun , am wino tor make trouble. Tor bo shuah lit wont make no dif'ronco in terbac- cor worms an' imsloy weeds , an' do mount ob time dotyo ol inns' fling do 'ostive hoe. An' won yo bows yo jacks to do brilin' sun in dat backer patch , yo'll link "one day am a tout ) . md yeahs , " jess saniu as under the ole varsion. Hut hit am gwino tor make a heap ob dif'ronco tor yo fader , who hub ibod fob do las' hixty yeahs 'cordin' tor do old varoiuii. Dem sixty yeahs was libed wid do umlerstandin' dat dar was a boll. Xovr , of ho b'leovs dis io\v varsion , dar's oiur fifty yeahs ob life wid do curb-bit on jess do sa'mo as lost. lost.Ef Ef hit hadn't er been foh dat bod- deraomu word in dat ole varsion yo fader would hah a bij , ' farm an' a hmii- dred mules ail' been justice ob do peace widout a break eber since do war. Tink ob do time ! * dat word in do ole yarsion hub porvonted him from climb- in' inter do henroos' in do dark ob do moon ! Tink ob do money ho could hab made in dog trades ? Time and time agin ho hab been tempted wid do jiowrful bribe of 81.50 tor fib his jestico oh do peace decidoin do udder way , Ho lay dat SI. 50 on dat side ; do scale on hit drops like a rotten apple. Utit foh ho could scoop in do seduction Bumpfm icss idlers chuck dat bodder.somo word outen the ole varsion right outer do udder side do scales , tin' do beam jess r'ar up like a buckin' mule an1 snatch yo faderout- on do roach of dat money. Ef dis now vursion had been out long ago. do supreme court ob dis township could 1mb foun' judgment wid men ease an' comfort ter hitsolf in lots ob coses hit 'members. Den dar's ricKlebbil any inohl How'syo fader gwine tor 'splain do times when ho falls from tjr.i.'e ? Wen do preacher como 'long a-i' cotch yo fader , one of do pillers of do cliun h , nl de liosa lace on .Sunday , yo fader aller go ter do class ineetin' an' tell de bredreii do debbil done hit. Now , dar's no dhbbil lur onload outer Wat dooi desoyallcr cooi.s keer foh a DKMON ? riiigh-uuh ! Dey nebbcr mind do debbil hisself. Yo ol clar out to dat b.icker patch now. Yo fader wanJster figgcr out do 'mount ho hab los' by de delay ob dis now varsion. Dar's a ctumbof consolation in do fac' dat do change am gwino ter make thu justice of de peace hi/ness mighty liboly. Koso dis change hab jess tuk hell outen do Bible an' put hit inter do pvople. Yo heahs my horn tootin' now. A Pretty Gorman Custom , Litter tn Sprhi-nHil ItcniMlr.ni. | There is a hcatitiftil custom among the Hermans of having chorals played from the church lowers at regular in tervals of the day. H i * tuid they first derived the idea from the Arabs , who at certain hours of the day and night are called to prayers by the long , wailing cry of the mticzxins from the minarets of the mouqucs. U'lion I first heard this music in Stuttgart , coming , as it appeared to mo , from the heavens , I was puzzled to know its object and the sources whence it came. 1 gazed above and around me , but 1 failed to detect its source. The beautiful melody , softened by distance was floating in the air. It was like the invisible heavenly choir that en raptured St. Cecelia. A few days afterward , happening to be in the iamo neighborhood and at the s.ime lionr of the day , 1 was more fortunate n my discoveries. I again heard the music from above , its pealing notes coming to me from some fur distance iko the strains of a church organ. Near mo was the Stifts Kirche , an old church built in 1308 , which has at tached to it an immense octagon tower rising up to a hight of nearly two liundrcd feet. Encircling this tower near the top is a balcony on which I at last espied the authors of the strange music. Several men with brass instru- iiients were perched on that giddy Ilight playing sacred music. When they hail finished one piece , they moved to another position on the bal cony and played a different tune. Four selections in all were played one toward each point of the com pass. On making inquiries after wards , I lound that this playing from the church tower had been in piactico fcr more than a hundred years. A Herman lady "onco upon a time" belonging - longing to one of the noble families bequeathed a sum of money , the in come of which was everafter to be devoted - voted to paying the expenses' thi religious observance. The clause in her will stated that chorals or selec tions of sacred music wore to bo played from this church tower twice a day , punctually every morning at the rising of the sun , and also from half-past 11 to 12 at noon. The musicians for their services are paid two marks ( fifty cents ) a day each a mark for the morning and a mark for the noon service which , for walking up and down that long flight of steps in addition to playing several pieces of church music , is a small enough remuneration. Chorals are also played from another of the church towers in Stuttgart by a brass band , and also from church towers in Lud- wigsburg , Hosscnstcin , Pricderichs- liafen , near Stuttgart , and in others of the very old German cities and towns. The Donkey of SHOE. The donkeys of Suez , as described by Capt. Jones-Parry in hia "Jour ney Hound the World" : "The inevi- : able donkeys were meekly awaiting us , reckoning , poor beasts , doubtless MI their harvest of blows , as their owners reckoned on their harvest ot Rasters. They ( the owners , of course ) liavo a quaint habit here of calling : heir donkeys after European celebri ties , and it is wonderful how these Arabs pick up their information. One rascal , who called himself 'the Sheik of the donkeys , ' was extremely well up in his lesson. 'Sar , sar , ' ho cried , 'too nnichy line donkey , this MM. licsant'ft fruits of feelosophe ! " Or jgain , 'Yon ride , sar , good donkey , Mnudee Brnnsconihc ! ' My rascal in formed me that I was riding 'loo much ill donkey , Pope of Rome. ' I looked it him in surprise , and the cunning fellow , fancying I was a Roman Cath olic , and was displeased at the nso of that name , immcdiatelycorrectecl him self , and said , No , no , too much Hinli- op of London ! " George I Graham , Esq. , of 8,20 North Nineteenth street , Philadel phia , Pa. , a widely known journalist , innonnrea his loss of a war inherit- nice in the shape of a chronic case of rheumatism , by the nso of one bottle of St. Jacob's Oil , after all other spe cifics had proved of no service. WOMAN'S ' WISDOM. Now Haven Palladium ; "Sho nsists that it is more impor tance , that her family shall bo kept in iill health , than that she should have nil thu fashionable dresses and styles _ ) f the times. She therefore BOOS to itt that each member of her family is supplied with enough Hop Bitters , at the first appearance of any symptoms of ill health , to prevent a tit of sick- icss with its attendant expense , care md anxiety. All women should oxer- crciso their wisdom in this way. " jl-eoditw-15 GREATEST REMEDY KNOWN. Dr. Kind's Now Discovery for Con sumption is certainly the greatest medical remedy ever placed within the reach of suffering humanity. Thou sands of once holnless sufferers , now loudly proclaim their praise for this wonderful discovery to which they owe their lives. Not only does it posi tively cure Consumption , but Coughs , Colds , Asthma , Uronchitis , Hay Fever , Hoarseness anil all affections of the Throat , Chest and Lungs yioids at once to its wonderful curative pow er as if bv magic. We do not ask you to buy a large bottle unless you know what you aso getting , Wo therefore earnestly request you to call on your druggists , Isu it MuMAiiox. and get a trial bottle free of cost which will con- \Inco the most skeptical of its wonderful - ful merits , and show you what a regu lar one dollar size bottle will do. For sale by Ish & McMahoii. (4) ( ) More Popular than Ever. THE GENUINE y New Family Sewing Machine , The jiopiilar demand for the OF.Nl'INK MNOKH In li7D ! etccwloil that ol any piwlnui year during the quarter of a century In w Mi.li this "Old llcllablo ' Machine has IJMII before the imlilic , InlSTSwe fold . 3GG.422 Machines. JnlS79wc oM . 431,107 " KXCCM OUT any \ > n\ Ions j car . 74,736 " OUR SALES LAST 1 KAtl WKI1E AT TIIK RATH OK OVER 1400 SEWING MACHINES A DAY J'or every business day In the } car. REMEMBER : THE " OLD RELIABLE" THAT KVEKYY.1 \ \ , SINGER SINGER si\vixo : MACIIINI : HAS THIS is TIII : STIIOXOKST , SIMPI.K TUADK MAIIK CAST INTO Till : MOST IfKAIIIKSiWISO : TIIK 1KOX STAND AND IS- ! MAClllXi : KVKU YKT COX IIEDDKU IX TIIK AIIM OF STIIUCTED. Till : MACIIINK. Principal Office , 34 Union Square , N. Y , 1.riCO Subordinate Offices , In the t'nltcil States and Canada , and 3,000 ofllcia In the Old World South . J. S. -AOENT FOIl- THE GHIGKERING PIANOS , -1 - : AND SOLE AGENT KOH Hallet , Davis &Co. , James & Holmstrom , and J & O. Fischer's Pianos ; also Sole Agent for the Estey , Burdett and t e Fort Wayne Organ Oo.'s Organs. * ' "AVE "AD YEAns " 218 Sixteenth St. , City Hall Building , Omaha , HALSBY V. FITCH , : : : Tuner. V > . & v jy 6x- ' , \ v > V < < ei-v. L s * # C " MAX MEYER & BRO. the Oldest Wholesale and Retail Jewelry House in Omaha. Visitors can here find all novelties in Silver Ware , Clocks , Rich and Stylish Jewelry , the La test , Most Artistic , and Choicest Selections in Precious Stones , and all descriptions of Fine Watches , at as Low Pri ces as is compatible with honorable dealers. Call and see our Elegant New Store , Tower Building , corner llth and Farn- ham Streets. MAX MEYER & BRO. MAI IETER & BRO , O 3MC .A. 03 : TIIK LEADING mm HOUSE IX THE WEST ! General Agents for the : Finest and Best Pianos and. Organs manufactured. Our prices are as Low as. any Eastern Manufacturer and Dealer. Pianos and Organs sold. \ for cash or installments at Bottom Prices. f * * A SPLENDID stock of Steinway Pianos , Knabe.- Pianos , Vose & Son's Pi anos , and other makes. Also Clough & Warreu , . Sterling , Imperial , Smith American Organs , &c. Do- not fail to see us before pnr- chasing. 4 WM. F. STOETZEL , Dealer in Hardware , Cooking Stoves TIItsT Stove Repairer , Job Worker and Manufacturer OX * Tenth and Jackson Sis. , - - - Omaha , Neb- " " "DIRECTORY" LEADING WESTERN HOTELS. HOTELS. TOWXS. SUMMIT HOUSE. SWAN & DECKER , Creston , la. JUDKIN3 HOUSE , JUDKINB&BRO. , Red Oak , la. MENDIN HOTEL , ADOLPH WUNDER , Mendln , la. THE CENTRAL HOUSE , JOSEPH SANKEY , Walnut , la. IVE3 HOUSE. O. T. IVE8 , Hastings la. COMMERCIAL HOTEL , WM. LUTTON , Vlllisca , la. PARK HOTEL. W. J. GARVIN , Corning , la. DELDEN HOTEL , A. W. OELDEN , Woodbine , la. LUSK HOUSE , JA8. A. LU8K , Logan , la. COMMERCIAL HOTEL , O. F. CASSAOY , Denison , la. BURKE'B HOTEL. E. R. BURKE , Carroll , la , OLIDDEN HOUSE , 6. M. LEWIS , Glldden , la , SCRANTON HOUSE , OOS. LUCRAPT , Scranton , la. ASHLEY HOUSE , DAN EMOREE , Grand Junction , la HEAD HOUSE , JOS. SHAW & CO. , Jefferson , la. MERCHANTS' HOTEL. CHENEY & CO. , Sioux City , la. CHENEY'Q UNION HOTEL. CHENEY BROS. , Mo. Valley June. , la. CITY HOTEL , CHENEY & . CLARK , Blair. Neb. , CITY RESTAURANT , J. J PUCK , Dunlap , la. CHAPMAN'S SESTAURANT , T. Q. CHAPMAN , Stanton , la. LAUQHMAN'S RESTAURANT , W. LAUGHMAN , Shelby , la. NEOLA HOTEL , F. SIEVERTZ , Neola , la. WOODWORTH HOUSE , J. R. CALKINS Atlantic , la. CENTRAL HOUSE. S. P. ANDERSON , Malvern , la. EMERSON HOUSE , A. L. SHELDON. Emmerton , la. CROMWELL HOUSE , MRS. R. COCHRAN Cromwell , I . WALTON HOUSE. T. O. WALTON Onawa. la. FIRST NATIONAL DANK , PlatUmouth , Neb. CHAPMAN & MCLENNAN , ATTORNEYS AT LAW , 144J MORRISON & BROWN , 4J SMITH & STRODE , " . . It I W. H. HARTIQAN , ' M. O'DONOHOE , SI C. E. WE8COTT , CLOTHIER , P. B. MURPHY , DILLIARD ALL , QEO. EDQARTON , a-- - I. N. HICKS , CITYJJESTAURANJ. W. B. CHITTSNDEN , GROCER ; 'I f