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BUILDING.
4
Horrors.
down the pictnrcJ ,
JnstnR ! ofT the wnll -
"Not nt homo this morning"
Should thcro bo n call.
Tonst nnd eggn for bronkfast
Things tiirnod upsldo down- '
Wlfo nnd clrls nnwlng ]
Husband skips for town.
Taldnp up the carnets
Tacks nnd dust for lunch
Boy , for asking questions ,
GoU from ma n punch ,
Wnshtng oT ( the windows-
Doors nil open wldo
Slio with pall nnd dust pan
Used to bo my brldo.
No fire In the furnace
Iloll goes on n ring
"Cleaning homo to-day , m'm
TJrst day of the spring. "
t A doctor calling
Wlfo done up In bod.
Husband ficooU for drug store ;
Clerk asks who Is dead.
Night reporter's I torn :
"Coroner had n ring
1'or n 'still' found floating
1'lrst ono of the spring.
Verdict of the jury
Voroman , sly old niouso
"Suicide from torment ,
Caused by cleaning house. "
{ Chlciigo Herald.
IIONEY Toil
When the \vlnd blows great Rims It plays
avoo with ladles' bangs ,
" 1'inpor nulls caraood , price $25 nnd up.
arils. Is the sign of a Philadelphia artist.
Girls who haven't yet taken advantage of
i.ip year Imvo resolved that It gives them the
riviloge of proposing for the ico-cronm.
Bonnets grow from microscopic dimensions
i eccentric shapes and enormous size , nnd
ion suddenly become smaller than over.
Professional beauties nro said to bo going
ut of fashion in Knplnnd. The advent of the
.mnrlcnn bonuty hni driven .them out of the
narkot.
ASPhllndolphlan has discovered that n
wealth of nunny , poldon hnlr" changes to an
nmtstakable rod in color about six months
'tor marriage.
A busy domestic scone : Girl in the parlor
utttng down tarpots , mother in the kitchen
utting down poaches , and little boy in the
antry putting down jam.
Ladles who never owned ono now go Into
roxvdod drug stores nnd sny "Pleaso glvo mo
wonty-flvo cents worth of camphor to pnck
way my sealskin eaciiuo in , "
A St. Paul girl is so thin that her lover lias
o take two turns around her with his arms
ofore she can enjoy merely nvcravo comfort
rom a hug. [ Bismarck Tribune.
When n Sioux City clrl wants her feller to
0 homo she lets down nor back hair. A Bur-
ngtou girl's generally comes down by that
mo , nnywny. [ Burlington Free Press.
A Georgia girl la seven foot high. When
or lover wishes to whisper burning words of
iloctlon in her oar ho Is obliged to use a stop-
iddor and a balancing polo. [ Bismarck
"Vlbune.
In Wurtomborg girls are not allowed to
anco round duncoi until they are sixteen
ears old. How nlcol They are just the right
? e then to begin to want to. [ Burllngtuu
'roo Press.
When a Boston girl desires to shako a lover
10 says : "You will greatly oblige rae by
making your exit. " In Montana , whore hu-
uago Is scnro , the girl simply points to the
oor nnd says : "GUI"
A Dallas , Texas , man has lo t three daugh-
ers by elopement this winter. Ho looks so
atlsfind with himself that the girh are begin-
tug to suspect that ho furnished the rope lad-
era himself.- [ Philadelphia Call.
"Pink Dinners" have now taken the place
: "blue ones" In Now York't fashionable
rclos. Everything in the room is pink , and
10 favors include a horn of plenty to which
k ty pink streamers are attached.
Tbo bans has fallen into disfavor among the
ushtonablo ladles , They never know the real
IdeousnoBB of the thing until it was adopted
y the giddy young men who sharpen their
ooth on cnno heads and umbrella handles.
Sealskin socquos should bo very reasonable
n price next season. Ono vessel has just nr-
ved at St. Johns , N. Ii\ , with 28,000 seals
aught within five days , and reports that two
ther vessels with 55,000 moro are following.
"And do your workmen , " asked a London
Isltor of n Lancashire mill owner , "do your
rorkmeu really llvo in those hovels ? " "Cor-
.oinly not , " replied the master. "They only
oep there. They llvo in myf.mlll.-Tho [
'ontomporary ' Review.
"No , " said a fond mother , speaking proudly
[ her twonty-fivo-yoar-old daughter ; "no ,
lary isn't old enough to marry yet. She
rles whenever nuy ono scolds her , and until
lie becomes hardened enough to talk back ,
igorously , she isn't fit for a wife. "
Gray Is to bo the fashionable travelling
Irnss for Indies this SJ.IHOJI , cither of cloth or
mo woolen goods. All the various _ tint * will
> o worn , from the very lightest tint to the
ark stono-gray. Thny willbo made plainly
nd tight-fitting , with jackets of the same
material.
No Norwegian girl is permitted to have a
ioau until nho can bake bread , and the coneo-
uenco is lhat she is en adept in that ruliuury
nt long before eho masters tha arts of dane
ng , painting frightful looking objects ou
ilnnues , and spoiling brass by hammering it ,
[ Norrlstown Herald.
At what Idioov will the frivolous female
mind hoaituto ? Shallow girls iu Chicago are
wearing wlirs in imitation of Kllon Terry's
ilondo frizrcs , nud ono dealer says ho has Bold
127 of them already. In order to wear the
vlgs properly the wearer's natural hair must
jo partly or entirely removed ,
Ho wns just ou the point of proposing aud
she , with a palpitating heart , was straining
ler ear to catch the words she no longed to
ioir when a llttlo inousu ran acrcus the floor.
'Did she scream or faint ? ' * you ask. Oh , no ,
goutlo inquirer , she old not. She paid no at-
.outiun to the mouse. [ 1'hlladelphla Call.
"And ao you are cngngcd to Mr. l'l p-
doodle ! " said Kclith to her dear friend , Marie.
"Yes. " said Marie , enthusiastically , "and he's
a perfect gem of a man.1' "Is ho a lawyer ,
ihyslciau or merchant ? What is his busl.
iobs ? " "Oh , he's not doiuv anything now ,
jut ho blown on the harmonlcou beautifully. "
It i the custom for an Athenian girl to wear
on her head all the money vho posses in order
; hat nny young man desiring to marry her
may know ho\v much her dowry Is. It Ik dif
ferent In this country. It U the custom for
nil American girl to marry her young man and
then wear all of his money on bur head ,
[ Cliicago Hun.
Many brides will not Imvo plain gold bands
for wcddlii | { ring * , as a now fashion is coming
Iu iu thufcO circlets. Narrow bunds of gold ,
\vithsimtU diamonds aud rubles set deeply ;
others Imitating ivy nnd oak loaves In
precious itoniMj , and rows of rmall pearls
mingled with diamonds are used for wedding
rings.
Btyllah ladles are wearing llttlo gold-framed
mirrors and gold kunpurooa on their waUh.
dining. And unw when a fashionable dude Ii
talking with a pretty girl he In afraid to say ,
"What a malty Icaumroo you have on jour
WAtch-chattil" { for fear tlmt ulio will reply.
"Oh , 110 , iudnad ) tint Is only a llttlo mirror , "
Burlington 1'roo Press ,
Parasols proper urejdalntlor than over , and
show otto or two new ehaoj [ of dlstliiUuUhed
beauty. Of this class is " 1'lie Star , " Iis
canopy it formed by two squares to placed
Hut tno corners of the upper deuend over the
fctralght bldoa of the undur , which ii of plain
twilled silk to form the lining , Kach of the
eight points is trlmuin.l vlth wlda Pompa
dour lace , ms.kli > g double ftutooni. These coma
In plain ur broo&do Halt u , and some of One
pictured I'rmich cretonne are quite as attract
ive as nuy of the nntlu affairs uud juit us ole-
gnutly riuUhed. la black satiu , lined with
III to or twllleif cllktf , or Iu white satin , richly
embroidered , these nre exqultlte.
Color Is agog from the tojia of our paraiol *
tothatoAu of our HtoikUKa aud with uuch a
beautiful , ttudy In chrouiaUw an Buir'a cor-
tier wlnduw g.tve to ull the putlog throngi
last wouk la tha hosiery dlenlny > , oue dare not
talk about the toi < kings tint respect them.
K'lvoj i , Having i > nly toiulicr tnifB or delicate
I djci. Blocking * are as much a law unto
themselves sa thn fancies of thn womnu who
I uotr them , and their beauty WM never o en-
( tlcinjf CM thla toason , Piioca ire low , too ,
1 oven for the fluent ilk hona , though oue hard.
I ly think * * f prltos in the jircseuco of * uch
bounty ns some of these Blockings show , nay ,
for inttanco , thuso with pale blue Instep' ,
molting so languidly into the mystery of the
black web tlmt forms the main part of the
stocking , coming up like n llttlo sanrlal about
the foot nnd joining tha ted where the drsnmy
blue caroMcs them undur llttlo notches like the
cirri of a .Tune sky ,
Each season ndds n newer grace nnd per-
foot ion to mnwols nnd nmbrelUs. Ono nf
Lhoj-o new /natures in both Is the patent
ftpring-nctln ) ; catch for holding the pnra'ol or
umbrella open or cloned The old wire spring ,
nn enemy to glove * and patience nnd generally
out of order when most needed , belongs to the
| ) Mt. The sticks nro made of the Wolchsell
the German cherrywoodAfrican bamboo ,
| ialm fibre nnd other woods taught to grow
when green Into fantastic shapes , curling ten
drils , uplked roots and largo tings which ore
convenient for the wrists ; box-wood , which Is
stained nf n dark color nnd carved In relief ,
nnd white holly treated in the same manner ,
ongrnvod on the polished whlto surfnco with
block Incised Hunt , Other sticks nro fashioned
to rocolvo the decoration * nt the handle of
knobs of Doulton wnro , very much llko Scotch
agates. Homo of the balls that complete ban
dies are of sterling diver In filigree decorated
with gold butterllloi and flowers In relief.
A FABlilimnlilo I'cnllcnt.
Don't you think that my row suit Is stylish ?
You sea It's the titio Lenten gray ,
Lou's Is black , but I think this bettor ;
Moro appropriate , too , ovcry way.
Then just look nt the llttlo nun's bonnet ,
With nlmost no trimming , you see ;
And the chatelaine with prayer book hung on It ,
I think It's as cute as can bo.
You know It's thu latest French fashion
To dross very plainly in Lent ,
And lay aside jowoli nnd lace ,
To show your religious Intent.
3o I tnado up my mind that this season ,
1'or a clnngo , I'd beery devout ,
But that church twice a day Is fatiguing
I shall Uud ere Loiit'H over , no doubt.
It isn't the afternoon service
But getting up onrly , I mind.
31111 , tno girls nro nil going to do it ,
And I don's wnut to bo loft behind.
DcMiles , the now curate Is charming ;
His reading is perfectly sweet ,
l'"nnny Harris Is silly about him
That girl has no end of conceit !
Why , she really thinks ho ndmlres her ;
So she goes In for church work , you know ;
That's why she's so awfully pious
Good-bye , If you really must go.
[ Airs. M. P. Handy in Hamper's Bazar ,
RELIGIOUS.
A colored Salvation Army has oslegod
Chnrlotto , S. 0.
Good Friday on the llth and Easter Sunday
on tua 13th ot April ,
The revised version of the Old Testament
will bo Issued complete in September.
A carload of Mormon converts loft Knox-
vlllo , Tomi. , early lost week for Utah.
Ohio has COi Presbyterian churches ; Illi
nois , 47i ! ; Minnesota , a now etnto , compara
tively , has 211.
Mr. Spurgoon has just fallen heir to n largo
'ortuno loft by the late Joseph Pool , of Lei
cester , England ,
Moody and Sankey are reported to be labor-
> ng with great success among the poorer
classes of London.
The Colleglato Iloformed church in Now
York , founded iu 1G2R , is the oldest occleslan-
, lcal corporation in the United States.
Three now bMiopa will probably bo elected
> y the Methodist General Conference to moot
n Phllndoluhta on May 1 , mid Chancellor
Vincent , of Chnutauqua University , nud Dr.
tfindo , of the Northwestern University , are
named as prominent candidate * .
Of 103 Congregational churches iu Wiscon
sin , HO have 100 members cr more , whllo 70
: hurho3 Imvo Ices tluin 25 member * . The
Baptlets of that state nre almost exactly equal
: o the Congregutlonalists In numbers , and also
n the rel.itiva strength of the churches.
In tha revival meetings of St. Louis , con-
iluctod by llov. Thomas Harrison , there have
been 1,020 conversion * . A jubilee meeting
was hold last week , at which Bishop Bowman
nnd BUhopa Hnrgiovo , of Nashville , nnd Porker
ker , of Now Orleans , were prcaeut and rnudo
addresser.
The frco church experiment is being tried
pretty widely by the Episcopal churches of
Boston. Of the twenty-two churches and
chapels in that city , thirteen ore "free , " and
In the dioroto more than half are "free. " Of
eight new buildings converted or opened dur
ing the post year , ull but one nro "freo. "
ThoEnglMi Baptist Handbook for 1F81
reports ; 2,693 churches. 3,738 chapels , 1,039
pastors in charge , SO 1.80members , 437,187
Sunday school scholnrs. Thu number of
churches has decreased In the past ten years ,
though the number of chapels has Increased
from 3,172 to 3,738. During the same period
the increase in Sunday scholars has been 100-
000.
000.Tho
The Protestant churches nre represented to
bo making rapid headway with religious work
in Mexico. The Presbyterians have 53 ml -
nlonarlcH , over 7,010 communicants , and -100
children In their mission schools. The Epis
copalians report 45 places of worship , 1,500
communicants nnd 400 scholar * in tholr mis-
nlon rchools ; the Methodists have 80 mis
sionaries nnd teachers , and n largo number r-l
members in their churches , nnd other do-
nomiuatl'iDs nro meeting with equal success.
MUSICAli AND DRAMATIC.
"Bollmon'Ms to bo tha title of Suppa's next
operetta ,
P.ttti say s she will sing only ono more year
in public.
Mrs. Langtry will open nt MoVlcker's EaS'
tor Monday In "A Wife's Peril. "
NiUton nnd Sembtlch both pay that they
nro uncertain about coming buck to Amoiica
next season.
Mine. Thee will make another tour of thu
United SUtoa under the management nf Mr.
Gtau neat season.
Miss Minnie Palmer will sail from Liverpool -
pool nn or about April 7 , and will act iu thin
country next scnsou.
Anton Itublutteln nmdo n clear pi oft t of
5,000 on the five courerts which ho g wo ilur
Ing his recent stay at Vienna.
The soanon of twenty-lour orchoUral con
certs under the direction of Mr. George lion
Bcliol baa just closed In Boston.
Mr. H. S. Perkins is to make a musical tour
of California , t iking with him n chorua of
about 100 people , Riving concert * on thu way.
Mr , Atkinn Lnwronco , loading man in Bart-
ley CampboH'H "Slbsiltt" company , has been
ro-ongnged for the same position for next sen-
ion.
Genovlovo Ward has been playing iu the
Kiifct Indies , npitoarlmc at Mich plucen at Ley-
pore , Delhi , Agra , Lucknow , Bonarrs , nud
Calcutta.
The one-hundredth representation of "Alda"
will soon 1)3 ulven nttho Grand operj houo In
1'ntir. Verdi will to preprint , and ulfort *
lm\o been made to have him direct it ,
A now touor , M. Goynrro , lias croatml quite
nu excitement iu Frnura for lila superb Miuxlnr ; ,
ItU voice being couipuro.l with the old fnmuu *
vocullits Kubnl and Marlu by the votaruu
ctitlca.
Mary Anderson will not return to thin
country iu the summer , us reported in some
quarters , Shu will tout in Kuri > pe , and re
open the Lyceum early In the fall with
' Rotnoo and Juliet , "
Colonel Huverly will netid tha lurgext mlu.
strol compauy to London uud PnrI * In Mny
tlutt 1m * uver crossed tha Atl uitlo. It will
uM Muy ] 4. raid open ut thu DruJy Lane
Theatre , London , May SI.
Mile. Nevada , tha American prlma donna ,
hu made a great nuccoja Iu Par ) * tu "Lucia "
Ho1 voicoUiK'ld to Iwpuro uml Uute-llkaln
ihuracter , which In oounectiou with lior grace
ful Rppejrnn. e , won for her a quick reoogut-
tlou ,
At the May Festival In Cincinnati , which
will lost from May 20 to 24 , the following
wotks will ba the chief attraction" ! Gr.unod' , .
"Hedeuiptloii , " Hanilol'a "Urnoj In K > l t , "
Brahin'i "Ucnulein , " IJnathiveu'ii Filth aud
Ninth Symphonic * , ud wjl1 } " * " ( eleolioiM
fiom Wagnert "Dutchman , " "Tannh inser , "
"Lohfliieriu , " "Nibolungun , " "TrUtju" aud
"PartlUl. "
Lawyer Edwin U , Ro > t was thu htro of the
hour lr the Motrop'llUn Opara hniuM ,
New York , the other ulrfht. Thu f .Milonkble
fools who OvCtipy the boxes for fHrtiog and
go n > lp were ftonoliy no otm could tnko nny
comfort In opera , nnd Mr. Hoot got up In the
stills nnd inrulo n brief and cotlrtemn spcndi
to the most olfotirlvo boxful. The nnalenco
npplaudod him llko a florin , nud the fools
kept slid tbo reit nf the evening ,
London la to Imvo nn oloctrlo ballot nt
cnAtor-ttrno. The ntago will bo darkened fern
n moment , only to bo instantaneously illumi
nated with hundreds of ballot girls in nrmour ,
nnd every point of it pricked with stars of
electric light. An Inuonlous Frenchman Ii
the nuthnr of this dovlco. When ho nrrivod
atjtho Charing-Cnun station , with his ballet
dru s nnd mnchinory , ho was promptly nr-
lustud ni n Parisian Fenian , and had to prove
his connection with the theatrical trade before
ho was released ,
The grand orchestra being arranged by Mr.
ThotnM for his western tour will conMit of
twenty lirst violins , twenty it > oond violins ,
sixteen violas , sixteen violoncellos , clghtaon
double bassos , four harps , four flute * , tour
piccolos , four oboes , ono English horn , four
clarionets , ono ba < s clarionet , eight bassoons ,
ono contr.i bassoon , olgbt horns , four
cornoti , eight trumpets , two tubni , two ket
tledrums , one small drum , bass drum , and
cymbals ,
Mr. Manlo < on is n ely old puts. Ho has
made ns his rharo of the profits of the Califor
nia season nbout00,000 , nnd ho does not pro
pose to lose this. Ho knouv , however , that if
lie comes back to Now York and attempts to
uivo such a vp < ing season as ho usually gives
no will probably use up nil this money , nnd
ni'iro , too ; so ho has announced that ho will
only glvo two weeks of opera nt the ncadomr
In the spring , nnd for these two weeks he in
filing to put on his strongest attractions
'attt nnd Scalcht In "Somtrnmldo , " nnd
Pattl , Gorstor nnd Sralchl in the "Hugue
nets , " will bo his chief attractions for this
short season , and I bcltnvo that ho Is uot
going to tike nny X'ibscripthms , All thu seats
Mill 110 sold at the highest prices , nnd ho pro
poses to take in onouxh montiy to moro than
p < iy his oxpenKci. The SC > ,000 that ho brings
with him from California ho will tike over to
England nu-.l Invest in English funds , which ,
though they pay small rales of interest , nro
pretty tnfo.
Tlio April Kool.
Fulr WAS her young nud girlish f.ico ,
Her lips were luscious red ns wluo
Her willowy fonn betrayed n gruco
That seemed to mo to uo divine.
Ono evening ut the trystimr-plnco
I asked this inaideu to bd niluo.
Unhappy , thrice unhappy youth
Was I ti c mrt the cru-htug blow-
But why ilhl.iy the ttwful tiuih ?
/iprll-foolod ice years ugo.
Killed with u cluelly , grim dlnmay ,
AH kucLlitig ut her fcot I heard
Thl ) fair but cruel angel say _
That lust , unhappy , severing word ,
I fluttered hopeluFHly uway
Liku souiu lorloru and stricken bird.
For years I played n cynic's putt ,
For yo.irrf I nursed my tecrotlwoo , ]
And this reflection galled my heart
Sbo April fooled mo years ngol
But she is forty nov and fat ,
And vanished all her grace * nro
Aud many n lusty , brawling brat
Pulls at her ekirts nud culls her "ma , "
And I have information that
Her horrid husband tends a bar.
And when I see that fleeting yours
lla\ changed my quandam angel so
I thank my Htara , "mm grateful tours , |
She April-fooled me years ago !
[ Chicago News.
PEPI'KUMINX DKOPS.
The buckwheat cake and snusago gravy
must go.
You can now go to Mexico for fifty dollars ,
but you will find it a good deal cheaper to
stay nt homo.
A barber ub'ont to bo hanged said "Nocks ! "
and then the trap-door fell. Those present
considered it a good choke.
The man who began keeping n dlnry at tha
first of the year is still keeping it , but he now
uses the pages as citraret-paper.
' 'No , ' the said sweetly , "I don't object
to the smell of a cigar : it'a the smell of tha
smoke I don't like. " [ Burlington Free Press.
The way to distinguish between dairy but
ter nnd olcomurgurinu is to draw a fiuo tooth
comb through it. If it comes out covered with
hair it is dairy butter.
A Philadelphia organ-grinder has sued a
woman for libel. In amomontof exasperation
she culled his poor llttlo unoffending monkey
a dudo.-Philadelphia Call
Just as you get comfortably fixed in a street
car , the conductor alwajs tells you to "move
up. " Aud wo often wonder why It is-that ho
tolls the other fellows " "
uovor to "move down ?
"In tearing down a house 150 years old , iu
Rhode Inland , lately , the workmen found a
lot of leaf tobacco and 100 old-fashioned
cigars. " Tula would seem to indicate- that atone
ono time cigars wcro made of tobacco.
An old lady in Now York olfered the dis
trict attorney six eggs as an inducement to
show leniency to her son , who had been in
dicted for stealing , but the oiler was refused.
Egca tire only twenty-five contu a dozeu.
"Why didn't I go to her assistance ? " said
the mau who had staid iu bed wlnla bin wife
laid out u burglar , "Young man , I've had a
number of tusalos with the old gal. nnd I
knew that burglar had trouble uuough without
my giving him any. "
The suburban citizen must soon put his
lawn mower in tuna uud play upou it while
hu is renting after hi * day of toll. It ia dur
ing this rocieation that ha calculates that , by
luwu measurement , it takes about a million
feet to make a yard.
"Yes , " said the actor , "I've had hard luck.
1'va been hurt in a smiish-up , had my pocket
picked , my wordrobo had been burned , my
wlfo bun oloped. But I dtuorvu It ; I don't
kick. I have helped to intlict 'Uncle Tou'a
Cabin' on this country. "
In the genor.d rejoicing over the Increased
use of stampj and the decroiced use of pos
tal c.inla since the Introduction of two-cent
pontage , the people have forgotten that the
change will rou n village poitmastenhip of all
the uttr ctiveno8J of that ollico which grows
out of reading the postal cards.
EDUCATIONAL.
The girls nt Vaisar have a fire company.
Eighteen colored to-ichors nro employed in
tha Nnahvillu , Teuu. , public schools.
Eighteen thousand huU mlttuns nnd wrist
lets were mudo by utudimts of thu Humptoii
Indian school lust your.
President Seolye of Amhnrat , belloves in
compulsory phj lcal oxerciaa in ugliest ) . Couii
pulaoty menul cxerchu ml ht nluo boa good
ucliomo.
The teachers ot the Philadelphia public
schools have contributed over 97tXI to a fund
for thu relief of tholr fellow toachora in the
Ohio valley ,
It id hard work to keep Arizona kchoola
supplied with toicliora from tlm east ; tha
teachers noon yield to the matrimonial blan-
dlhlmiHiU of the lonely mluers.
Fruuce Is inukltig great progrocs in the im
provement of her educational agencies. In
1SC5 thura were but 4,683 schuul libraries :
last ) oar , however , the number hud increased
to nearly 30,000 , beuldod 4,000 free public
UbrurloH.
Of the 40,000 Indian children now living iu
this country , over 10,000 uro beiug educated iu
government uchools. This fucc in all the moro
rignlUcuut when itia lomtiiubered thatuo B > * -
touiittto work had boon umUrtuken uuttl the
latter pure of Geueral Grunt'u administration.
Forty Shux Indian bojn have recently or-
rited in Ynuktou , Dakota , ns the liitt iuutal-
men' , of [ iiipilit for a school that Bishop Alarty
has reocnvly tstablliihed in that city. UbUiu
tlio ouly bcliool wo t of the Allr-Khitulcs Unit
take uii the work bo uu by Hampton and
Curll.le ;
A Up petition fi > r giving colored Uilldron
more rights Iu Ataiisacuu'PtU colored school *
WM Blguoil , without leadiug , by u Urge nuui-
bor of v'luluotit jti'lg.w , pullUeiuiiu nud buti-
utua UiOii , without icuiiril tu color , Thu open
ing mutanca wan : § ' \Vo , the uudeiulguod pa
ruuU of colored children , "
Piofn 'nr Felix Adler , thulrmnu of tha so.
clety nf Ethical culture , No v York , rounutly
publubed report on tha operation * of tbo
uorUupmou'd soliool of thut city , Thoroaru
four cUsiot , luvlng 141 puplU. They uru
taught frea luud drawing aud modelliv.
Theru In u wbll conducted department of nat
ural bdeuoo.
The recent death of Henry 0. Lord , a rail-
nronlduut of Cincinnati , I ecalU tha fuct
. hu aud tuvon brnthera were grkdiiatod
! from Dartmouth collcaQ dmii-e the adminis
tration fc. their father , tha Jlcv. Dr. Nathan
Ixird , who WAS president of tba institution
fi-om 182.S to 160J , This CMC In probably unparalleled -
paralleled in the collfglato records ol this
country.
In California they are beginning to plant
mulberry trees around the publlo school
house * , to that the teachers mny bo nblo to
supplement their salaries by raising silk
worms during vacation. The Silk Culture
Society of Philadelphia suggested n similar
[ mllcy In Philadelphia , ni this seems to bo the
only ch nco of raising the starvation wastes of
nur tchool tnvchcrs.
The ScnlHkln Snuiuo MiiHtUo.
A JUIDRN'H LAMENT ,
"Ohl Mamma , get the camphor out ,
To sprinkle o'er my sacnuo ,
For xprltig U hero , beyond n doubt ;
My sealskin I mint pack.
It has sheltered tno from wintry blast' ,
From chilling hall and snow ;
But whllo "ethereal ralldnots'1 lasts ,
The noitUkln sacquo must go )
" "Tis hard to part with what wo love ,
This parting glvea us pain ;
Still there's a hope there Is , by jove ,
Next fall tto'll mootngaln ,
In winter we'll be reconciled ,
Till then I'll stand the blow ;
With summer zephyrs nro so mild ,
The Hoalekin sacque must got
"I with iu summer 'twas thn style
To wear n sealskin sacquo ,
For then nt mmdy Coney Inlo
No attractiveness I'd lack.
Yet such n thought most fnoli'h I ? ,
My poor heart fills with woe ,
When I with ' '
say lachrjmary 'phiz ,
The sealskin eacquo must go. "
[ John Bolivar , Jr.
ISri'IEXIES.
Ilov. Thomas K. Bacon'a parishioners asked
him to resign. This will tickle BiHtnarck.
If Joseph Cook were n trillo moio religious
hn would make n xory good newspaper para-
A church organ in Georgia , not working sat
isfactorily , was examined nnd found to con-
tnm a dead frog. Not much music iu a dead
frog , certaiuly.
Glove contests are not unknown to the fair
sex. Did you over i-eon young lady putting
ou iv pair of tiqht kids wuilu thu laat boll is
tolling for church Sunday morning ?
By a now law iu Arkansas tie saloon can bo
built uithin C40iods ( .f . a church. But the
natives dodge this law by building the saloon
first. Then they erect the church ri ht across
the road.
The first record of a billet show is found in
that part of the Bible where Moses is ppokon
of M coming down from Sinai and findlug the
mon of Israel bowing down before a calf.
Dr. Purry , late bishop of Melbourne , used
to relate that on ono of ills official rounds ho
wns dining nt a settler's cabin "In the bush" ;
hU plate became empty of the solitary veg
etable comprised in the primitive bill of fare ;
and then oue of his hosts juvenile sons sup-
"Lord" and "God"
poring to bo interchange
able terms and having heard the guest ad
dressed as "My Lord" piped out , "Pa , wou't
GoU have eorao moro potatoes ? "
A paper published nt Mulchon , Chili , says ;
"The Indians hero held n villatun lately. This
is n religious ceremony , or offering up of prayer
for rain , on which occasion they plant a Hatred
tioo nnd dance around it. Each one is sup
posed to bring a black sheep , which is
slaughtered and the blood thrown into tha air ,
whllo nil the time the sorceress is hidden up
in the tree praying away like mad , The cere
mony over , they all got on n blazing drunk.
Four days after this ono the rain fell. "
ANew _ York publisher of Bibles recently
received an extensive order from the proprietor
of OLO'S of Chicago's largest hotels for "fine ,
showy Bibles , with hand.'ome covers. " Sur
prised at the order , he asked tbo lioted man :
"What do you intend to do with them ? "
"Place them in the guost's room. You nee ,
I have mode arrangements to keep a lot of
democratic delegates to tha convention , and I
want to give them everything new nnd novel
and what they are unaccustomed to. "
"But would you not like to htvo the hotel's
name stamped on the coveibj It will coat but
little and prevent their bcin ? stolen , " said the
publisher.
' "Oh , no , " replied the other. It is unneces
sary. They won't steal them. "
J -TO.
SINGULARITIES.
A Buffalo physician lays tlte large increase
in the number of midgets and dwarfs in thu
past fifty years to the consumption of nicotine
by fathers whit smoke exclusively.
JJJA doer was lassoed near Aaiador. Cal. , ro-
coutly , wh'ch had , in addition ! tojlt-vo i largo
aud well-developed antlers , 4boata doen ur
more small horns protruding from different
parts of the head.
George Simpson , of McGillivray , Ont , ,
found a petrified man on his farm which meas
ured 7 feet 4& inches in height , and WHS al
most perfect in form. Parts of the body were
white and the rest was of a dork grayish color.
Two spcred birds , known as the Ibis , and
worshipped by the Nubians of Africa , are
amongtho attractions at the bird show In Bos
ton. They were captured by an enginuer of
the Stanley expedition whllo engaged in ex
ploring the Nile ,
John McLunoy , of Baltimore , has an oyster
Bettor dog that he can depend on for UO big
oyutojH every day. The dog wades around
over the shallow bed dragging his busy tail on
the bottom. The long lialrn tickle the cold
blooded bivalves BO that they nab hold and
hang ou until they ara dragged ashore. He
wus offort-d a nice figure to send him to the
Now York bench show , but it came just at a
tlmo when the dog wns so busy that ho couldn't
spurathe time.
A laro pcopo of country south of Cedar-
vlllu , Kan. , is Infested with wild dogs. Lur
ing the time the ground waa covered with
nit > \v they made several raUa on aheep nnd
cattle pens. They have killed two largo steers
for ouo man , nearly wiped out two flocks of
dhoep and eaten up two litters of fine pigs.
Several expeditions have b ° ou organized
Httainst them , but they wcro found to bo more
difficult to o pture than wolves. It hai now
been decided to resort to cold poUou.
. Thousands Upon Tlionnnnln
of dollars have bean spent in advertising the
cclobrnted Jim-dock Jilaotl Jlittcn , but this fact
uccouuta only in part for their enormum sale ,
'llielr merit has mudo thorn what they nro
thubcwt blood ruediulnn uver duviued by uiun.
S. L. Lnlghton , nf North Possadonn Cal ,
has killed a lionesa which was robbing bin
corral. An examination of the boost nhowtid
lu > r to ba a powerful creutuM fix font three
inches long nnd t\vnntyef ! < ht iuchca high.
She was in tine condition , with claws and tooth
iu sharp , serviceable order , and weighed about
i00 ! pounds.
Acid I'l
No Physician Need Hesitate.
Dr. S. V. CLKVBMJKK , Chicago , 111. ,
snys ; "Horsfprd'a Acid Phospliuto should
bu modu nfllciiml. It ia thu most uligiblo
form for theiulmumtratumof phosphorus ,
and no physician need hcsiUto tu urdur it
01 : Ilia prencription blanks. "
In recent weatern political convention nn
ex-preacher wuo is now a politician , dtfurnd
thu following-resolution : "Hoiolved , That the
weak nlmll iuherit tha earth ; tud , further re
solved , that we are the weak.
Guro Tlmt Cnlcl ,
Do not suffer your Lururs to become dlioasod
by allowing a cold to continue without uu ef
fort to cure it. Thousand ) have died prema
ture deaths , the victims of Conaumptioiid , by
simply iieglbctlug u cold.
DK. WM. UALL'd BALSAM for the
LUNGS will euro Colda ; , Couglis and Con-
biimtio [ surer and quicker thau any other
remedy It acts almoatliko maylo in many
ctue * , and In othora its plfoct , though slow , U
mure if penliteil iu , according to dlructious.
HCIII'H Cnrbollo Halve
Is the Best Salve for Outs , Bruises , Sores ,
Ulcers , Halt Rheum , Tetter , Chapped HanoU ,
Chilolalns , Conn and nil kinds of rikln Enip-
tiom > , Freckles and Pimples , Got Henry's
Caibolio Salve , as all otiwra are counterfeiU.
Price 25 couU.
Dr ] vfotfH Liver
Thcfo Pilla have cover been advertised very
much , but they have just a much intrlmlo
merit as tbougn thev were puffed to the aktes
by indiscriminate mucrtlsluj , Try them and
ba couvlucdd ,
The Largest Stock in Omaha , antllilMes the Lowest Prices
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Its.
DRAPERIES AND MIRRORS ,
Just roooivod an osiorlmon' far surpassing anything in this market , comprising
the latest and most tasty designs manufactured for this spring's trade nnd covering
range of pnccs from the Cheapest to the most Expensive.
Parlor Goods Draperies.
Now ready for the inspection of cus Complete stock of all the latest
tomers , the newest novelti' s in styles iu Turcoman. Madras nnd
Suits nud Odd Pieces. Loco Curtaiii ! ? , Etc. , Etc.
H31o rant Passenger Elevator to all Floors.
1206,1208 mid 1210 Ffinmm Street , - - - - OMA.HA , NT3B
WZBZOjGIE :
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Fine Havanu , Key West and Domestic Cigars. All Standard Brands Tobaccos.
Trial Orders Solicited , Satisfaction Gnarantoefl , I ° 7 PARHAM BT" ° MAHA-
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