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THE DAJLY BEE OMAHA'SATURDAY , DECEMBER 9 POETRY Ol ? THE TIMES. The Wish-Done. Th y say the boys are horrid thing" , And don't know how to act ; They're nothing , thouxh , to I tell von It' * A fact. I saw myielf the whole affair , And watched the fun begin ; Twa < Sue that laid the spiteful plot To Uko Amelia In. At dinner , Mella twitted Sue About a beau she'd lost , And though Sue kept a mulling faoo , I saw how much It cost. I knew that romethlng had to come ; Boy * like an honest fight , But girls will smile nnd klsi. and then { Do samethlnc mem for spue , "Juiit put the winh-bonc , donr , " oald Sne , "Aixivo the parlor door ; Tour huiband he ths first will be Who tepi Iho threshold o'er. " She helped AmelU mount the chair ( I watched It with A grin ) , Then beckoned with her fiugt > r-lp ! , And called the waiter ID. Harper's Young I'coplo , How They.'ArrnnHod It. lie itrnitglcd to kits her she struggled the tame To prevent him , to bold and undaunted , Ai If tinltun by lightning he hoard her exclaim "Avuunt , tlrl" find cd lionvruinlld. But whin ho returned with the fiendlsbcit laugh , Showing cleirly that ho WAI affronted , And threatened by main force to carry her of/ , She cried "Don't ! " nnd the poor fellow don'Ud , Then he meekly approached and got down at her foot , Praying loud ax before ho hvj ranted , "That iho would forgive him , and triad to bo sweet , And said , "Can't you ? " Iho dear girl recanted , Then gently he whlipered , "IIow could you do BO/ I certainly thought I WAR Jilted ; Say , come thou with me , to the parson we'll go Sty , wilt thou , my doart' andsho wilted , Then Bayly he took her to see her new home , A shanty by no means enchanted , Saying , "Hero wo shall live no longer tc roam , Say , ( han't we , my doart so the ; shanted. HONEY. FOR THifl LADIES. Black mateliiMo drew goods are much rued In mourning. There Is no torture that n woman would not suffer to enhance her beauty. Mon taigne. Rupslan women , it Is said , are never leal , out of their torvant tIrls. ; What are Itui * Ian [ LOU ma-'o oft Flat gray wool droiseg , worn with pale pink ttlinmlngs , ia the latest fiuioy intro duced hy Sarah Hernbnrdt. Blue und rod cloth pelisse * , with Miaul- dor capes , are thu favorite wraps for little people , buth boyH nnd girls , The latest fancy for tioolllDfjorlo in to unltOHovoral color nit ) the ribbon hews that mingle with the lacoi at Iho throat. Grown.up Japnnctn women play with dolls. In this country they gi > to parties and flirt with fjps. Philadelphia Mown. Every lady should have A plush jacket In black , teal Lrown or como other color which will harmonize with uny kind of a ikirt. ikirt.Tho The ftuicv work ol Iho moment ii the orcclietlnir of fiwl'o-culored twine u ( un bleached cotto'a into collnrs and cuffs for dresser , Orv AtuontH long ngo laid aside are being * rc f.itlv brought to light to supply the do- Wand from all tides for passumouterlo and cord tilmnilng. Philadelphia young men have organized the "Fine from JSaogod Hair Club us au offnet ngulnut the young ladlen * "Free from Cigarette Smoker.1 Club , " i Speaking of schooli for glrli , wouldn't it bonetit ilia country to hire a man to Id. form the hlondoi that red hats are unbe coming , Atlanta Constitution , Imitation stained ulusa is besoming very popular , o'pocl.illy for home ] where tlie via * I ram the buuk windows Is of a blank wall or nolghbjr'g yard , with It ] weekly dfipl'iy of linen. Ovorsltirts cut open bora and there and Inco.l together with nllk uortia nro now and eifoollve. With evening cojturncs of ailk or ratln the bodfco id made to match , aud the lacin j done under the nrms. Pedentiianlsin In in rogue among fash- fonable people , and it ia now the proper thing for youLg ladles to take constitu tional uiorn'ng ' walks. This Is certainly a sensible fashion. Women of the world never use harsh ex- previous when condemning their rivals. Like the savage , they hurl elegant arrows , orcnuionted with fenthern of purple and azure , but with poiuoned points. Plush-colored frames are decorated with email beads or tiny braes-boaded nail ? , or by painting ft upray of apple or orange blofHoma in one of the upper corners and n bird upon the corresponding one at the bet tom. tom.Btrdi Btrdi of every description ore used to deoorftto inuff . Duplloaten of thoxo soleot- ed for Ihe'mutl arc generally worn on the bat or bonnet which acoomp&nleti It 8 Jtno of theiie ornithological ollifjlen are too Urge for cpod taste. Tasked sleeves , fitted very cloicly to thu arms , ' are een upon a number of Imported droB ! of artUtio , cathetla iiiiko. The itbrlajutut beiiaft Mid pliable when this ityle"BRilteve It adopted. Brocaded or plalded eklrts nru n good deal worn at preient , with cloie-fittln ? Jersey batqued nl plain velvet In black , dark'green'dark blue , or wiuo color , and trimmed with a passementerie of gold and Irldeioent tend * . Ltdlli will do well thU lenson to lookup tbclr hclrloouia lit the shape of fanoy buck , les and clasps , an ornament of thlaileacrlp. tlon hrebxceedlog'y fa hioa&hlo. BuoUlet , both little and largo , of gold , silver , jet , poirl of brooza are worn upon ( ha drem. o''rn in pluco cf buttons , For outride wraps plain velvet U voiy fashionably worn both for largo nnd small oonfecttom ; and many reJIngotod and long onn ueu are beluK made of It by principal inodiiUa. The trimmings are of fur nr of jet m'n'ilnnt * , and exceedingly wide paua. menterin liandii , SsylMi military rcdliiot | i of dark bine cloth h vt the utanding collar , pockets , cuff * , BUI ! double-brt > a teU frout trimmed with f liver braid lu UoaianiiwlRns. Down the back of the skirts lii not a double row of lar.'o idlver bnttonu , In deiignj of old Roman medallions. IJ | J-eau coven are now majo In crash , a dtnlKC vl leuvou uud tlowera lieing gou- eraliy worked in liiieii flou , Thay can bo washed , nnd on thl * aarouut have much to recommend them , The work is usually solid , and they nro finished off by an In sertion of drawn work and ft Inge , Handsome tidies are trmdy by ttitchlni ; cretonne figurra of bright UuU upon dark- colored plush with gold thread or narrow gold braid , Oord of mixed color It tewn . around the edge uud n heavy tassel < Io. peed from cuth corner , Wood batketa uro decorated in many fanciful way * , the most popular being by hangings upon tbo one Mo of deep garnet , kcrliu'pnsutceu ' , with frluire of the aauia color , r > ' motto worked In K n > in tou stitchs 'i ap on more wood , the wind is chill , " \ hi'i on the other tldu a collection of fir 001.1 * 'Brvta a ornament. Kachionable bed quilts are uowr of satin tit lily embroidered. The center , for in. sUnce , of heavy white mtin , upon wbfch a design of Qoweri and leave * ia ombroid. ered , sunouudmg a monogram. A border- . log of babr I lu ktln about eighteen lookt * In width , ha * running design la white silk , and ch corner Is emhroidoro-l in a different ptttern in tlmllu stitch , An Irish Rlrl , whn had applied for a position In which iho was required to d general housewotk , WAI askel by the tnij- tress if f ho ever made fires. "Share , that's a strange qucstfoti for nmiied woman to be axin' me , " res | > ocded Bridget. "Be- Borra , mutn , I nlver did make fires , but rvenoobjeollon to ba ttfther t'aohln' ycr husband. Brooklyn Hagle , "John , " said the cashier's wife , dropping Into the bank in the midst of a shopping trip , you forgot to leave mo that money this morning " "What name ! " Asked the cashier , without looking up. "NameI namel" ejtflaln.cd the lady. "I Am your wife. " "No doubt , no doubt , " answered the osahler mechanically , and going on with his writing ; but you will have to bring some one to Identify you , " Among the most costly materials forile- ga t winter toilets nro brocades and brccv tellt * , with brillianUycolorud tx < < tlei < on grouuh ; Ottoman silks , in all the hl < h art rhadetv InmpA * , hiving plain grnunds bro caded with stripes catered with fljwcrsi magnificent Indian ttlnsuts , woven with threads cf teal cold or i liver , and d.iuiaskn , with huge vilvet fhvrers on natln grounds ; theui In dcllcilo evening tintr , or In the f Aihlonnblo coUts of olive , olectrlo blue , bronze , KgyptUn red , golden I rown , royal purple , term ootU and ilia cudlo-'s ihvjoj of green , Buttons may atmoil ho clns'od among the luxuries of drcns. In point of elegance and In the matter of pilce they have never been extolled. Among the novel styles are those of gold or silver , set with mock gemn , in Morcoquo or rio-entlna designs , Thcio are models of art And Scanty. Tlicy would also bo models of extra-franco were It not for the fact that they wll never tat- nish , being of the genuine mem. They can , therefore , bo transferred 1-om ouo costutno to Another , until they havt 'pald for thomseUcs , " Another beautifuUtylo of button is a cut jet , in mnsaio dosims , with monogram or creit of ncmi-precujis stones In the cantro. Thcsi stones may b > of any color , o ( hit the hue accords will that of the costume. IMPIlflTIEB. The revision of the Old Tettamcnt wll not bo completed for six months yet ; bu the world will go on as usual till then , "Oh , Lord , " prayed an Ohio minister "Thou hast soon by the morning papon how th Sabbath was desecrated yester day. " A Philadelphia preacher told the womot of his congregation that Divine truth couic not find its way Into hearts that wore cramped by corsets , Tblmage has hut doubU About Noah Don't ( toe why they might not have had o man In those dayi who could run as goat a menagerie an Barnnm. A western deacon , who was caught with A pack of cardtl J his pocket , tried to palm hlmielf off na toithotlc. Ho swore he was always fond cf engraving ! . Mr. Spurpoon. when asked to support a certain school board candidate on the cround that the mt > n belonged to the Blue Uilibon nitny , replied : "Do you think I ATI going to support a donkey just because bo has a 1)1 uo ribbon ou him ? " The Hov. .T. P. May , of Memphis , refined - fined communion to nn excommunicated member of hln thurctT , and the latter at tempted ( o whip him. The dominie waa equal to the occasion , And the other id in the hospital. Ingerooll cleared iOOQ by hU last tliroo lectures In Chicago. ThU shows that Infidelity - fidelity payn tolerably well In this world , however wo may doubt its success In the next : Incidentally it also hhows that Chicago ia a pretty rlpo field for au able- bodied missionary or two , "It'f no use talking , " said Deacon Jono ? , "about ministers' ions never amounting to anything. There's Parson Blblepounder'H son , now. as smart and promising a yountf in n as there Is in town. " "Very true , " replied Hogg , "but , you know , Parson Bibleexpoundor isn't much of a minister. " Pastor Dalrymple , of the Methodist church at Somors , Conn , is endangering his income by opposition to social kissing. Ills salary is raised by entertainments in which klsa game * are a feature ; but he bat taken a firm stand against suoh diversion , thus cutting off an Important vouroo ol revenue. Tba Hov. Olia l n AckwoHh wa ap pointed by Blibop Brown pastor of the jjlou Methodist church at Leo , Mass. , bul ho got no further than the text of hla firI sermon when tbo Kev. John Cloyd , the former minister , aided by two trustee * , nulled him off the platform and huilloil him out cut of the IIOUHO. It ia to bo in ferred that the appointment was not nc- coptablo to the congregation. Tim dancing lady , who tries to wear the ekirt of her dress under her arm and the want around hdr knee ) , and kicks her Blip- lera clear over the orchestra chairs oveiy light , gota JGUO a week , nnd tbo clly mis- iouary gets f0 0 n year ; the horua > race coops in $2,000 the first day , and the sburch fair lasts a woolr , works thirty of ta best women nearly to death , and oomea mt $40 in debt. The recent mobbing of "Gen."Booth , of lie Kirglhh Salvation army , at Hereford , ccan agood btory of a utalvvart Kentucky iroacher in the days "befo1 do wall , " He vta once condnctlni ; a revival service , vlren ho WAS nnnovod by the Indecent con- luct of a couple of rowdies. Ho went up ,0 , them and rebuked them , when one re- ) ltod : "Wo heard that you work miracles , md are corao to BCD if it ia true. " "No , ilr , " r.aid the preacher , taking off his coat , "bat wo oaat out devllt ; " and ho forthwith : at them out. Net Tltoru , the actor , WAS living at VVashliiKtoii some years ago when the Owl Olub wfs In its Infanov , One day hln wife piid a vlilt to Now York , and AS she left him at the depot she told him to bo a good boy. Sbo Raid she would pray far him thitt night. Ned replied , "Well , if you dn I hope you will pray that I get a hand cffour Jick , for I am going to the Owl Club to play pokur. " After the tr in pulled out ha carried out his resolution , and , contrary to bis utmil luck , ha won right nlocg , After playing half the night with good oardj , ho looked at tbo baud denlt him , xml exclaimed 0.1 bu made A hrga bits "My llttlo woman is at It , mire enough. " Ha had the four jacks and took thopllo , He says he believes now in the ofiioacy of prayer OOMNUBIALITIB3. A Kentucky fanner lott four daughters In one day by marriage , Miss Lilian Norton haa married Mr. Flower , but will not leave the stage. Only seven d ya elapsed after the wedding - ding of A man at Dubuquob fore he eloped with the brldo'it couilo , The percentage of Insana persons In Iowa alwnfH was un usually high. The ( seventieth Anniversary cf the wed ding of Mr. nnd Mrn. Joeltb liurd , of Bunnlrgtou , Vt. , ban jufct been celol rated in the homo where they began houtelteop- Intr. They are 01 and 87 ycwa of ago 10- fpectlvdy. There is a J. P. in Allamakee who does tnarrlajea by tbla formula ; " 1'hein as this court has joined toiethsr let no man put asunder ; but let little children oomo unto them , bo help mo God , " The oerk ! and saleswoman in Ovlngton'a cblim store In Brooklyn who figured for fun In a mock marriage , and afterward dlicorerod that the colored porter wheel ol cl t d Is a rrgulir clergyman , are now puzzled how tn get a divorce. A woman got a divorce from her hus band , In Orsijon. on tha ground cf cruelty. Ho reformed acd wanted to mirry htr Bgklu , to which she oonscuted ; but hi afterwards changed hU mind , uud now she U tulmc him for breach cf prowUe. The cldett daughter of the inarqult of Queenshury Is declared to bate leoeutly mauled a baker. Her age f forty , and her husband's exactly half her own. The lady , It stems , wai a pitroneu of a charity school In which tbt young man learned bla trad * . Ths twin daughters of Bishop Andrew w * veddtd to Dr. Lovett fcod Jodfi Merrtwe-kther , of Newton , Ga. , but both brides soon died. The widowers then matried two mora of th lishop.i dangh- ter . For thi te end lime they were be- waved. nd thov have for tbo third time married sister * . A bride and bridegroom , having been shown politely over the whlta home the other day by one of the ptlvate secretaries firolhfr men in wMllng , Iho groom , In taklna leave of him , bunded him a dollar bill and cried out : 'Take that , Mr. Ar thur ; If I'd have como and seen you before election , darned if I wouldn't have voted for you , " And the secretary kept the d 'liar ' and the compliment without a word. You see he hated to undeceive the happy f el. low and deprive him of his snppoied pleas ure In having seen Pre ident Arthur. The matrimonial chances ol A young lady in life have bom determined partially by an old maid In Philadelphia. .Having kept the rtcord.of 1.0CO of her acquaint ances whs have been led to the nltar , she fmda that the chincei letwcf n the ages ol H and 40 , are as follows ! There are 32 chances at the w of 13 and 16 , 101 chances at 10 And 17.210 At 18 And 19 , 220 at 20 and 21 , 105 at 22 and 23 , 02 at 24 f nd 25 , CO at 20 and 27 , < at 23 and iO , 18i at 30 and SI , 11 61131 And 33 , 8 At 34 Mid 35 4 at 30 and 37 , nd 2 nt 38 and SO. It wll therefore bo wn that from 18 to 25 Is the golden flood tide of matrimony , and that it U at there ages that the most chances are taken in the great lottery. MUSIOA.L AN-JDRA.MA. 10. Lawrence Barrett entertained Boiton al this week. Ada Urny is traveling through Indiana and Illinois. Ganevieve Ward was acting last week In Brighton , England. Putt ! cannot bo Induced to ling In any of Warner's operas , Mary Andcrnon playtd in Plttsburg dur ing the present week. Pauline Lucca is creating a great furor .tbo Imperial opera house , Viinna. of Lydla Thompson ant Mitchell are about to become AC- Buret , the violinist , In conjunction with Popper , the 'cellolst , is giving concerts in Lisbon , Mr. Birtley Campbell's new play , " 31. berla , Imi frored a pronounced success In San Francises , John McCn\V > ugh W1U bo the Christmas attraction at thb Chestnut Street opera house , Philadelphia Mr. Charles E. Ly-ko Is negotiating with Joachim and Saintcjaensforatournee in this country next seaso > . Kublnnteln hni just competed a ballet entitled "Tho Vineyard. " to b , producsd In St. Petersburg next January. Mits Kllfson i Is so pleased > vlth her reception In thli 'country ' that she h g in. timatvd that she mitibt possibly inak [ t her homo. MIiis Clara Liulso Kellog ? , a itod by a strong concert company , will give a con cert in tlip Central inualo hall , Thursday evening , Die , 14 Kofsini'n "Semiramide , " with Paltl SciUchi. and Gilatsi in the loading , roles will bo the most important event in Maple- son'd opera Hoasou. The return of Slg. Salvini to Chicago is announced At tbo Grand open house on the llth lust. , when ho will present bis fainotii Interpretation of "Othello. " Edwin Booth recently played an Im mense engagement Su Dublin. Tha critics there are "down upon" his Hamlet , but they regard bis Hichelious and Bortuccio as "sublime. " Madam Albani will appear at the New York Academy of Music on the 12th anc 13th of December at the public rehearaa and concert of the Oratom society. One of the greatest sensations of the operatic Benson will be Colonel Maple- poa' * production of Koasini'n "Semirnm Idi1 , " with Patti as the heroine , Soalchi as Arsace , and G assl in the leading male role , Wagner'H "Tannhausor" has lately been produced in St. Petirsburg , this being the first porformunco of the work in Russia It Is said to have been enthusiastically re colved. Karl Formes says that "in nu country of * ) o .th > rv mure beautiful vutcea to be found than wo have in the Unitet States , " but , probably , nowhere are more voices ruined than in tbla very coun try. Arrangements have been completed for a musical festival In Minneapolis nex May , under the direction ol Mr , Theodore Thomas , the "Ilederaptlon" being ths loading choral feature of the scheme o programme * . Of Col , Maptcsou'd troupe the New Yorlc correspondunt of The Washington Star writes : "By the way. it seems rather odd that the organization should ho oallet : [ talUn. MIerztvink ! , the tenor , a Polo ItoBfliu ! in a Hungarian , Havla a Georgian , 3odo ! an Alioilan , Jnch a German , igufy an American , G.tUzzzl an Italian , Mlcollni Frenchman and 1'attl a , Span- ah. " Mrs. Langtry'ri Juliana has Impresaei ! Vow York critics favorably , even The Times finding In It points for praise , while , ho chivalrous Mr , Winter ia nappy in at nat belli ? grautod an opportunity fur the roneit although poetic expression of his admiration for a beautiful and very charm- ng lady , He does it , hnwuver , with reter- vatlon , for , bo says , "aho nhinea a ice ehlnrc , and fur the eame reason. " EDUOA.TIONA/J NOTES. Williams College haj just arranged a lourno in graduate astronomy. The col- Cfo 110w boa 251 students , Since Urn modest beginning thirteen yc ra ago cf Qlrton College , the woman's college at Cambridge , it has twice been found necessary to make consldcralilo ex tensions. Two of the most accomplished kinder garten workers of St. Louis have been in. vitod by the Canadian Govemmeut to in- troduca their eyftcm In the American dominlonv of the Queen , The now Yale dialogue showa a total of 1,090 utudents coujlut ; from All purta of the country. AU the diptrtmentt ere now equipped In an oxcel'ent ' manner and are in the Lwt working order. Some of the trustees of th IOWA Agri cultural College r.ra endeavoring to elimi nate from the curriculum vhatovor Jiuy not pertain directly to egi ( cultural educa tion. Nearly all the alumni and the Blu- douts forcibly object to any changes , The Teachers' School of Hcienco e tab- lUbed at Boston fome yc ago baa now been assured a permanent existence by counectiou with the Lanell Institute. It rives to the teachers of Boston and 1U vicinity the opportunity to attend lectures on phyelolo y , gejlogy and other branches of tclenoe , An Oxford oorreipouieot eayi that out o ! tbo 338 rouident members of convocation 200 are college ollkials and 170 of them are engaged lu teaching on behalf of the col- lojei ta dlattuct both fr > m private teach ers nud Irciu university tenchern. . The number of undergraduates on the books la 2,800 , an.I the cillejen thus provide already one tr&chvr to every sixteen or cereutccn studcnla. At tbo recent mictlcg of thu Maine Peel- agogloil Scciuty tlieucntlrirent of the mem bers Beamed to be oppoeed tn tha marking system In school * . l > r uclpsi Kounda , of Farmlngtdu , declare i thit much cf the marking U bbeer nonsense , bejldea being u great burden to good teacfwa , He udded that ha had civen up tr > bij ; to find out a pupil's knowledRo by EearjElng examina tions. He held brief examination * t un- expeyted timei' ' . KeclUtiniis , be added , oact > ot bo judged co uilnutdy a by tenths vitbout Interfering with tire liiatruction. When you fi el ont o ! eorta , have His blue * , melancholy , tto. , Ik mu t tin fudlgosHon that atl you. Brown'fl Jroa Blttcri earea It , SINGULARITIES A. fpring In St. Tammany parish , La , , ponr forth clear , o Id water all dAy long , but at luoKOt gofs suddenly dry , dissharg- ing no water until the tun Again rises. A genuine kangaroo rat WAS recently caught InTehcma county , Cal , It looks very much like tbe Norway rat , tut has shortr forelegs And a pouch for iti young , a * doea the kangaroo. Five rncnndd' by actual cMint , are at pre ent on exhibition in New York city , with All the returns not yet In. F.Ach maid Is "ths only genuine" one of her rare species ever captured. A natural wonder in New Jets y , U a girl at theVlnthnd high achool , who Is making a steady gain In weight of half a pound A day. Ago , twelve years ; weight , at lAt tdvlcei , 1'JO pounds. A man drawing a telophonn wire icr M one of the electric wires in Hock Island tbo other dty received a shock which caused him tn fall to the ground , a dis tance of twelve feet , like a Ing. The elec trlcity burned a yellowish scar acroBi the palm of hli hand , but otherwise ho ap. pcared to Le uninjured. A few miles awy from Philadelphia are livlntc a family of triplets , two men nnd n women , who are flxty year < i nf age. They Ate the children of an old Lutheran clergy man named Kolllerf. and ate all halo anc ! hearty. These ttlpleln have alwaya lived together. The brotherj are married , but the sister has remained a spinster , A Phlladeliuta bird fancier mf : ' 'ion can tame a canary Instrfc of tix hours by depriving it of food for that length ol time , and then puttluc ynur bind filled with seed into the cage. Repeat Ibis At Intervals , and the bird will teen Income tame enough to fly about the room and como to you when you whistle for It. " Four till men attracted much attention among the croud of paesenierR in the Jer sey City depot of the PcnnsUvanla rail road ou Saturday evening. Two of them were teven Icot tall and broad in proportion tion , a third wan about six feet , eight Inches , and the fourth , a boy , waa a little over six feet. They are brothers of the Shields family , from Texas. The tallest are twins , and are 21 years of age. The boy ia 18 yoirs of ngo. They said their father was seven feet high , and that they had three brothers in Toxin of that height. No lesa than thirty varieties of the American agtve or maguey plant grow iu Mexico , no part of the country being with out it. No other plant , it Is said , baa any thing like the inlrinsio value of this. It can bo utilize. ] for four distinct' industrial products , all tf them important. It pro duces the celebrated Tequila brandy , made by a system o ! preparation and distillation which haa bem famous slnco the days oi the Aztecs , It also produces n quality of molasies said to bn preferred to any made from tugar caio. Ita leaves , when pressed , produce a fibio in nil respects equal to the finest Yucatin hentqucn jute. Hopes tnada from It tre of unequalled pliability and ttroagth. And , lastly , Its pulp is unrivaled - rivaled for the manufacture of many quali ties of paper. The capabilities of tbe PUot ate no where developed in Mexico. Where the mumU-jctmo of pulque or bran dy 1 followrdno olhcr use is mide of the fibre , though the proc/isa does not in any way injure it AS jute. The nlant grows wild overywhir ? , and could doubtless bo much inctlifiec and improved by cultiva tion. PEPPifflSCflLiNT DROPS. Somebody srys that "ballet glrla nro not HI bad as they re painted. " We hope not. They are pnhled frightfully. Boston Post. California tfurea that one acre of vine yard pays ns imoh as ten acres of wheat , but Borne foils grow wheat just to be obstinate. , Texas Slftinis : Vfhm nn obituary notlca loads : "No fuitber tee"t hla failures to dis. elmIt mrm * , "Whisky killed him. " Mince piu teiBon is here ; nnd those who can afford itBill now dream of elephants with four trntka and mulea-with illumi nated heads. N A Coloradosherlff undertook to arrest a cinnamon heir latt spring nnd i | n bed yet. Sheriff a should take clnnsmt < a in their hot whlsiy and leave bears alone. The trasabippet has , according tots size , 120 th klckiug power of an nveragt iiii.ii. It Inlnt be exuting 'tluiei fur tha yfung Rra-ishoppers which go courting and find the old man at home. The hggging power of the common black bear has been greatly overrated. He can exercise no greater pressure than a stout man , but he obtains unpleasant re sults by wing the claws on his hind legs. After a young man L s spent BIX weeks trying to write the Lord's prayer on n space the size of a three 1111 pitce i''a real mem to figure that he rtuld nave sawed and split 20 cords of wooJ In that time. A young lady inquires : "How can I avoid being nddrensed if I walk out nt night without a protector ? " If you wear an old hawl nnd carry a clothe * basket yon w'H not bo disturbed. The Bee-keeper * ' Journal officially an nounces that Ilia honey bee cannot hear. That's too bad. Half the fun in lifting n boy about th'roe feet high in in hearing what he uayo when he comes down , A now book Ia called "How to Keep n Store. " It Is a work of several hundred pages , and life is too short to read it. The best way to keep a store i * to advertise judiciously , nnd thui prevent It falling into the hands of the sheriff , Knrrhtown Her- ald.r ald.rAn An editor returning home one1r morning ubout 8 o clock waa mot in the boll by his vigilant spouse. "Alas , " the said , ' 'that you have been detained by another breakage - ago of the press. " "Nay , not so , " he re plied ; "neither hat the presa broken down jor have I beau detained by getting out the weekly1 , but it waa a email game of 10 cent ante which hindered me , " A Kansas man , upon being roused from lis bed At 0 a. TII. to split klcdlingr , Indul- ; jd In heathen , language , and wished fomc- ilng would como along and convert cvorj' . bing combtuitC.e ) into kindlini ; wood , tfoxt day a ovcloce came howling along and knocked h'is house into kindlinga , nnd , 'ot ho was Qot' atUfiod. It < a impossible , o please eojno men. "I Invo com ! t1:111 ytu , " said a matt entering ; an Arktams newspaper office , drawing a pistol and confronting the cdi- : or. "You pub'islied an article tory to my character , nnd it U my duty as t husband and father to kill yon , " "I am rtad cf it , " thu poor editor replied , "I W H ust thluklni' of committing suicide " 'Well , If that's tbe case , let a go down and take something , " "Now you move mo to emotion ; " and the two deadly ene mies went cut together. And yet some leoplo are in favor of prohibition , TAr- cansaw Traveller , Called to Preach- Wo fool called upon to preaoh a few gos- icl facts facta that are worth knowing , We want everybody to enjoy all that la loaeiblo In this world. We went all those who are suffering from rheutnatlnn. neu- algia and all aches , sprains end palps to inow that Thomas' ICclectrlo Oil ia an nn- 'ailing and splendid cti'e , rjrORTUE PERMANENT CURE OF y. GO'riGTBPATDON. c'u \ other oix'traji c ? jrovalost 'a thli r , c .ntry u OcMtip tj a , met uorcmcdr , ' ' .iivprr-juallodtUee ' , l-otolKIDfitV- ' > . T M ft o rp. \ > vlatci'cr tUo cau , r sv - Li tto the COM , tMfl rc .e , y \.lovrrc ! it.TITJ3 TITJ3 dlrtrcialn com- , lat -t ti very rjittobc i v-it % oti Ur4Uon , KlJnfy- i. ' . . i' " ; ' < r.iliowciUcnoiJpirn and 115V .aa.aycv-v U Jn4ofPllf veawhcn ' .1 / . ' ' . yitlcUa * aud icuvllcinca havobefaroriU- a htTO either OCU.MO trouble * A irW package of "nLAOK-DRAUOHT EMIS NEW M OMAHA CTTJST AND READY FOR DELIVERY Four Feet Wide BY Seven Feet Long , LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE MAP OF THE OITY EVER PUBLISHED. } Compiled under direction of An drew Ilosewater , City Engineer , And Examined and Compared by George Smith , County Surveyor Theieby making it the \ - OFFICIAL MAP OF THE OITY. 3rer Six Mouths work upon It at a Coat of about $1,500. CONTAINS EVERY ADDITION laid out up to this date. Also nil public and private buildings of note photographed thereon. Shows all New Eailway ana Depot li round 8 , All property shown aud doacrlbod within half n milo eouth aud west of city limits , nnd all within ono milo north of north boundary of city. Fully Mounted , Colored , Varnished And Cloth Backs. PRICE $7 E I HBWftgilt 1 lea PUBLISHED BY Geo. F. Bemis Heal Estate Agency , lOtb tnjlDouKiaa Street * Single Breooh Loading Shot Buns , from S5 to JIB- DonbloBreooil Loading Shot Quns. SIB from to 876 , Muzzle Loading Shot Buns , from 18 to 826. Hulling Taokl , Base Balls and all Kinds of Fanoy Boons , Full Stock offlShow Oases Always nn Imported and Key West Cigars , a large line of Meer schaum and Wood Pipes and everything required in a first-Class Cigar , Tobacco and NStl0 * Si ° Fe > Cigars from $15700 per 1,003 upwards , Send for Price List and Samples. o. . i' KNs oSa'Si 1213 Farnam St > Omnha. WILLIAM SNYDER , MANUFACTUnnit OF OFBUGGI1S , Firs-Olass Paining anil Trimming , Repairing Promptly Done , 1319 HavnoT. "or. T A. M. CLARK , Painter&PaperHanger SIGN WRITER & DECORATOR , H A.L3 & RETAIL WALL PAPER ! Window SMos1 aud Ourfcains , CORNICES CURTAIN POLES AND FIXTU11ES. S Paints , Oils & Bmslies , 1O7 South. 14tli Ktrcot OMAHA. - - NEBRASKA DIRE3TORY OF IEADIHG WESTERN HOTEL EOTELS AnLI.SQTON , WEATHERLY HOUSE , REYNOLDS HOUSE , 8ARATOQA HOTEL , MARSH HOUSE , COMMERCIAL HOTEL , ' HALL HOUSE , CITY HOTEL , COMMERCIAL HOTE- , GRAND CENTRAL MISSOURI PACIFIC HOTEL , COMMERCIAL HOUSE GREENWOOD HOUSE , ENO'8 HOTEL , EXCHANGE HOTEL. METROPOLITAN HOTEL , MORQAN HOUSE , SUMMIT HOUSE , HOUSTON HOUSE , REYNOLDS HOU8C , WALKER HOUSE , COMMERCIAL HOTEL , CITY HOTEL , PARK HOUSE , NEBRASKA HOTEL. MERCHANTS HOTEL COMMERCIAL HOTEL. PARKS HOTEL , OOMMERO AL HOTEL. DAGNELL HOUSE , COMMERCIAL HOUSE , JUDKINO HOUSE , BALL HOUSE , COMMERCIAL HOUSE WOODS HOUSE , DOUGLAS HOUSE , BEDFORD HOUSE J'JiOPRTKTORS j. Q. MciNTinn , A. G. WEATHERLY , O. C. REYNOLDS , J. S. STLLLINIUB E.MA"'i , JOHN HAriNAN A. W.HALL OHENEY SEOLARK. J. Q. MEAD , ] E/8EYMOUR , P. L. THORP. A. O. OAARPER , W.MAYFIELD , e. OTOHCY. f. U CNO , O. B. HACKNEY , FRANK LOVELL , C. L. QRUBB , BV/AN A BECKER CEO. CALPH , O. M. REYNOLDS , O. H. WALKEP , 8. BURGCQ3 , Dl A. LLIAM3 , MRS. M. E. OUMMINOa , J.fU AVERY , Q. W , BURK. F. M. PARK , HENRY V/ILLS , CHA3. BAGNELL , WM. LUTTOM , FRANK WILKINSON , H. H , PERRY , B , F , STEARNS , .JOHN EOKERT , J. 8. DUNHAM , J. T. GBEEN , VQWKF ' Ims'n , Net , Manning , ! owa , Coon Rapids , owa. iiifcrd , Neb OFtOWNSVILLfc Htti Btromxburg flo Lculivlllo in . \ Hnrdy ; Neb. Greenwood , Neb , Olarlnda , towa Eremont , Neb * Ashland , Neb Atklnton , Neb Quldo Recd , N , Oreoton , l , Exlrm , la. Atlantic , la , Audubon , la , Neola , la Harlan la , Oornlnff , In. Blnnton , CurllnatonJur tlon , K Blnnchard , lu. Shennndoah la , Dcyld City , Neb College Sprlnas , IB Vllllsca , I * . Mxlvern , Is , ld Qrova , la Odobolt , la Oiceola , Neb. Olnrkt , Neb. Bedford la. ARLINGTON HOUSE , J. W. BLAOK & BON , Murjsvlllo Mo NORFOLK 'JUNCTION HOUGE A. T. POTTER , Norfolk Junction Mib WINSLOW HOUSE Q. McOARTY , Boward. Neb AURORA HOUSE M. E. JONES , Auroar Nen OROZIER HOUSE O. R. CRO7IER , Bldnay. Neh AVOOA EATINQ HOUSE D. W. ROOKriOLD. Avoca l . CENTRAL HOUSE LOOKWOOD & 8HATTUOK , Rod Oak1 FOSTER HOUSE Oapt. JOHN FOSTER , Lewis , l . WHITNEY HOUSE E. HAYMAKER. Orlswold , la. DEPOT HOTEL , O. L. CHAPMAN , Dunlap , la LU8K HOUSE. J A. LU8K , LoEan , la. DOW 011Y HOUSE , W. H. MORTON , Dow Clta. 'la JAGGER HOUSE JAGGRR& CON , Denlson.lB. UAUMON IIOUSITAMA. OITY. IA. . irarmon & Kealen Prop AND Delicious Bever. age , "THE OOP THAT OI3EERS. " "BUT NOT INEBRIATES. " OUR DINNKIl PA11TY 1ms finished ho la t bgttlo of "HUB PUNCH. " 'Then , my dear , ilon't forgot to remind me to otder n f refill supply to-morrow. " "THE HUD PUNOli'Ms prepared BOO. v by Meiww. 0 , II. GllAVKS & SON. iooton. It ia made of tbe best fiuiporteu irandy nnd Santa Cruz rum , united with he juice of fresh lemons , nud the finest white sugar , and ii really a dellcioui , a pure , and a reliable article , that baa me with the incut cordial appreciation of all who tried it. Bee tint you set the eouuine with the acBimlleof "OllUSTEK IJ. GUAVKS& SUNS" on the capsule over the cork of each by Grocers and .Wine Merchant * everywhere. Trade inppllei at Manufacturer' * prices 17 H. A , MoXamara ; famillea supplied by JL IL Gladstone , Omaha Neb Sionx Gitj & Pacific THE SIOUX OITZ P.OUTB Bam a Bolld Train ILronfih ( rev Council Blufis to Sfc , Paul Wlthowt OhariBO Time , Only 1 } Hours OOUNOIL BLUPFB 10 B7. FAUL. UQniSAI'Oiail DUI.C7.H OK BIBliAECK iciftU i lnt : I'j Horthmn lovni. UtonttbU nd lHYrU. T 3 ll/io Is c-nulpi d with the ImprOTjd V/dli v'.iocj AutOffitltij Atr.bnke and 1111 ! * JMtictra Co. r in J Butter : nJ tci M'KR'j S/.IT.TY AKI > OOHFORT ! j cj ! urr wl PallzBa Pcltco Sleeping Ooi inn thrcusb Vt TBOUT CUAKQE between Eia s CityaoJ Cfc fie ) , via CaoDJ'J ' Bluflu wJ ir C" liKlDilwv ctou rtclSa SrerUcr nl Coaa rtl t'\iXt : Lt 7.JO p. tr dally c-j irrWal of Ktnui fit , Xt Jrwriliant C ncill Rlnto triln hem llsffuih. Arihc ! it Bloui City 11:40 : p. uj. . * s ' xl tU * n Uil a Da.ol t a , P ol a , 11 n.-a IKK ncuaa K < ADVAKCK o ? iKT omsn HOOTS. iHTT.cntmVicr ! n terlcs U a Slcn-j City Son rouiritijIUiccgb ' ( lie < iuJ.- . uu i".k , U ntu . . S. WAaTfcEB , J P. . BDCHA.UW . - ' . . * Urpc.-ial'.nasBi. ( Jim risj.Atoi Wl3 ml Valley Ik. V. B. JUAVlti EoutbHc ll I'issonjter " Blufli BULBS Tnllns. And all other lor Fall Planting. Ltrgutt u x > rt. meet everbhovru la Chicago- Illustrated Catalogue free. Send ( or IL Hiram Sibley & Co , , BEEDMEW , 2CO-KX3 Baadolpb 8L