THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUKJTAY , APRIL 3 , 1S87.-TWELVE PAGES. ' J MAIDENLY AND MATRONLY , 'Ohoico Selections From the Sacred Domain of the Heart-Keepers. BONANZA BEAUTY , BIRDIE FAIR. CroTcr'n Klfltcrs Vlctoi'ln's Habits "JIocliiR Corn" nt Kljjlity Mod- Jcskn , lho World's Since Ka * vorlto Gossiping Clnn s. The SOUR or ttic Flirt. f'nim ( Jrljt. With feet ( julto weary nnd worn , With eyelids heavy nnd red , A woman reclined on a ballroom chair \Vhen \ she ought to have been In bed. Jtlehlrlchlrtchl In her low-necked silk admired , lint still , with n voice of dolorous pitch , Stic muttered , "I'm awfully tired ! " Danre ! dance ! dance ! Till your head begins to swim ; DancoEdancutdnucul And whirl \\lth n horrible vim. It'.sohltobnaKlrll I would teach them n lesson of wit. Tor when they jjet Into this maddening whhl They never know when to quit. Oh.clrls with mothers dear ! Oh , younu and Kiddy wives I And you'll find th.it never n bit remains When you get too old to illrt ! The President's Sisters. Correspondence Philadelphia Press- Mrs. Hoyt , thn president's .sKtur , left thu white house to-day for n visit to Beatrice , houthuastern Nebraska , where her t\\o wins arc in business. Miss Rose Cleve land is still with her friend , M'ss ' Nelson , in New Yoik city , but will return to Holland Patent next week should the wiow in thu Mohawk valley disappear. Mrs. Yeomans , another sister , residing noiir Roehe.itcr , has never yet visited the white house , having a husband in del icate health and a young family. The president and Mrs. Cleveland were desir ous to have Mr. and Mrs. Yeomans and Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt como to thorn hero last Thanksgiving week , but neither the health of Mr. Yeomans nor of the vencr- iible mother of Mr. Hoyt. who resides with her son , made it possible to accept this invitation. There is still another sister , Mrs. Hast ings , thu eldest of the tamily , who has been tor more than thirty years a valued missionary of the American Hoard at Ceylon , llcrlinsband is president of the Jall'na mission college. Five or six years ago , at the death of her mother , Mrs. Hastings came home for a few months , but the elevation of her brother- the lircsidency has had no power to attract her even temporarily from the endeared work of her lifo. lour of her children lire in this country , and the remaining two. after being educated here by her brother's help , have returned to thu mis sionary ground , the son to follow thu fathers calling. Of the two sons re- inaining here , the elder , who is in bank ing business In Hartford , is to bu mar- licd next fall to a member of the present graduating class of Smith College , who will travel with her parents the remain- dcr of the summer in Europe. Thure would bo great joy in the Cleveland fam ily If Mrs. Hastings would consent to join this party in Europe and return with them for a short slay , making it the oc casion also to meet her young sister-in- law of the white house , to whom the fam ily have become dcvoutedly attachedbut this would scarcely consist with her ideas of iidelity to her work. Mrs. Hastings onoe said that shu thought she knew the sorrow of parting when she started from homo with her husband for their mission ary field , but she had found that she did not really know its depth till she was compelled to send her young children from her to bo educated. Thu eldest of lier daughters , Miss Mary Hastings , vis ited Washington last winter during her Eominary vacation ; the younger is a pu pil at Smith college. Queen Victoria' * ) Habits. Herald of Health : In ordinary life the nncon is done breakfast before 0 o'clock , bhe rides or walks every day in fine weather , and reads , writes or draws after luncheon. Her greatest happiness is de rived from association with members of her family. Affairs of state are discussed with the minister in attendance between breakfast nnd luncheon , nnd when any thing of serious import is on tapis the pleasures of exorcise are neutralized by anxiety. Queen Victoria always nays considerable attention to the sanitary condition of the palace in which she re sides for the time being. Her relish for outdoor exorcise enables her to appro- elate pure air , and to sco that her living nnd Bleeping apartments are properly ventilated. For some time after the death of the prince consort the intensity of her grief told very sevoraly on her physical condition. The lirst evidence of this came in the shape of an attack of neuralgia. It only required a very short walk to produce a strong sense of fatigue nnd headache. She suflurcd very much from sleeplessness , nnd was constantly under the cnro of n physician. Now that she is approaching the fiftieth year of her reign , after twenty-seven years of retire ment , thu queen has begun once more to lake interest in worldly things. A Itonnnzn MnUlon's Fete. San Francisco Chronicle : IJirdio Fair. Iho only daughter of the senator and bonanza king , was eleven years old last Wednesday , nnd in the evening her mother , Mrs. Theresa Fair , gave a fancy dress party at her residence on Pine street in honor of the event , to which about fifty of HIrdio's little friends wore invited. The guests enjoyed several dances , nnd at 10 o'clock they marched into the dining-room , whuro supper was Bcrvcd. On the centre tablu was a rep resentation of the ocean , and a mermaid was seen driving a team of four .soft-shell crabs through the waves. She was dressed in green tulle decorated with chains of shells , and a silver pond Hlv was in her long light hair. Toto-a-teto tables were distributed around the room , and each one was adorned with lemons and oranges. The porcelain cabinet was also decorated with this fruit , and across the front was a terra cotta ribbon , on which , in quaint lottcrs , was thu inscription : ( JraiKcsand lemons say thu bells of St. Clemens. A chime of golden bolls hung over the ribbon , being Irregularly arranged. On the tacu of the lower left-hand cor ner of the mantle mirror was n silver web , and the strands spread out to the other sldo and above , whore there were branches of fruit trees in blossom. Sit ting on thu mantle was little Miss Mullit , whosu plate of curds , and thuy wuro but partially consumed owing to her fright when she noticed the hungry look thai the big black spider \ thu web bestowed upon her. Whun every ono was seated a major-domo brought in an iuiinensn piu , which was placed buforo Miss Hindu to bo cut. Thu sl/.o of thn plo caused her to demur a little at lirst. but she linallj cut around the edge of the top crust which wr.s then lifted up , nnd two do7.ui lire canary birds flew out of ttin centru mid puarclicd upon thu boughs , etc. Undue Corn nt nn Au of Kli hry. Kokomis ( III. ) Special to thu ( ilobo Democrat : Mrs. Mary Swords , \\ho wil bo eighty years old next Apr.I.is as uctivi as any woman twenty years hur junior Shu attends church uvcr.y Snlibath regard IfiM of thu weather , and Iht-s by hi < rsi > | f flolnghorown housework Las ! scinoi she cultivated Yogctnhb's CI-OM II for her own use , beside * duvoUiii. nini-li Umuam labor upon her ( lowers , of which she is rcry fond and hus-.i great vaViuty. Las \ October she went on a visit to Ohio tin- iccompnriled. She was born hi York county , Pennsylvania , married in 1923 , novcd to Ohio in 1830 , and to this county n lS5tt , whore she has resided since. Her itishand built the second hoti o that was erected In this town. Ho dieil in 1875. J'ho old lady has six children living and four dead ; has hail thirty-six grand children and thirteen preat-Krandehll- Iron. She very seldom n cs glasses , her eyesight being good enough except in reading small print. Sirs. Ijangt ry'n Retiring Nature , New York letter in the Itoston Times : Mrs. Lnngtry is very fond of our Ameri can delicacies , IPO cream , soda , and fre quently pays visits when out upon one of her walks to the famous shops where their are found in their perfection. She is rarely recognized by cither attendants or custo mers. and in this way is remarkably Free in her comings and going ? . It would surprho anyone who did not know lior personally to learn how "shy" a woman she really is. The unbecoming jrowds of market boys and messengers that wait for appearance from house- door to carriage probably have no con ception of the relief with which she turns the lirst corner and escapes their ga/.o. Often she sends her coachman away for ten minutes , knowing that in the mean time the crowd will have dispersed. When this is not possible , she fairly makes a run from door to carriage , is tucked in as hurriedly as possible and Hies away. MrH. Cleveland Calls on Moctjcska. Baltimore American : Mrs. Cleveland braved the storm this afternoon and drove down to Albaiigh's with Mrs. Kol- soiu , Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland and two other ladies to attend the matinee. After the performance the white house party went behind the scenes to call on Mine. Modjeska. It was Mrs. Clove- land's first visit to the mysterious region beyond the curtain , and , like everyone who goes on the stage for the first time , she walked timidly for fear shu would fall down a trap-door. Modjeska re ceived her visitors in the dressing-room , and after a little chat took the lady of the white house for a tour of inspection over the stago. Mrs. Cleveland was charmed with all she saw , and wanted to know how the curtain went up and the scenery moved nnd all the wonderful workings of the stage. Glvinc n Ho-CnlloU ActresH Points. Louisville Post. "I would like to give one word of advice to Mi&s Agnes Herndon - don , " said a bachelor whose hair is lie- ginning to turn gray. "It is that she wears her bust too high. Mebbc you think I do not know about such things , but I have made female beauty a study. Miss Hurndon has a magnificent form if shu would refrain from deforming it in the manner I have indicated. It was never intended that a woman's bust should swell directly out from her throat , but her body should be formed in grace ful curves. She reminds mo now of a blower pigeon when ho has his neck in- Hated. " Some Very Llclit Ghat. Extracts from a London Letter : Girls aru never taught to courtscy now , as they used to bo. A real , old-fashioned 'courtesy , " as it used to be spelled , is quite an elaborate performance. My mother had lessons in it when slio was a girl. First.you draw back the right foot , , getting it straight behind the other , and down you go , as far as the supple ment of your limbs will permit , coming up "to the recover" with all weight on the right foot , and the loft pointed out most daintily. A curtsey is about the only thins ; in the world that is helped out by the high-heeled uhoc. * * The prettiest ball dress I have lately scon was a white one made in semi-Greek stylo. I wish I could sketch it to you , for I am curtain It would suit your slight liguro to perfection. It was not a bit Jiko Mrs. Pfuift'ur's gowns , buing guiltless of embroidery. * * * I wish you would remember to tell mo whun you write if American women wear thosu horrid gilt hairpins. In my opinion they are absolutely hideous. A hairpin should bo an accessory , not an accentuated fact. It should be invisible. Thusn odious things bristle all ovur the coiffure , carefully calling attention to the fact that kelp-polorcd or mouse-tinted hair is not gold , and thus inviting com parisons. * * * Mind you tell me if American women have smaller feet than English women. Three Wealthy Now York Women. Three of the wealthiest and most prominent Indies of Mow York are spend ing a few weeks in Philadelphia nt the Aldmo hotel , whuro they each have ele gant suites of rooms and their own servants. They are Mrs. Lennox Ken nedy , Mrs. UosGvelt Schuylor and Mrs. Van Kenssolaor Crngor. They nro all ac quainted in Philadelphia and have had many callers since they arrived. From hero they will make trips to some of the notud winter resorts , winding up the season in Florida. Gossip For tlio Ladles. Jcnnio Juno yields the palm to Amur- lean women for hualthcomplexiontaste , and good lumper. Women's work is too often bodly re munerated , but it is well to realize to what a degree. A lever of statistics has calculatcdthat 10,000 stitches arc required for a hand-sown shirt. The queen of Sweden lias had all the models of the Stockholm Rational Dress association submitted to her for inspec tion , and has expressed her approval of them , as well as the work and general purpose os the society. Miss Nollin Henderson , of the Queen's school , Chester , Kngland , has gained thn silver medal offered for competition by the Musical International college at their examination in music at the Liverpool centre hold last December. Mme. Alboni has ottered her services to thu syndicate at Florunco to sing on the occasion of the reception of the re mains of Rossini in the Church of Santa Crocp. Alboni was the special delight of Rossini in her rendering of music. Miss Alice Longfellow is one of the oflieurs of the society for the collegiate instruction of women , and is often at the Iliivard annex building , where , they say , Fhu Is regarded by iho students with n love amounting almost to reverence. Mmo. Marie Ro/.o , by invitation of the governors , visited the now JafTray hos pital , Birmingham , recently , and spent a considerable timu in various wards. Mmo. Ro/.o sang several songs to the pa- tiunts , to their evident delight. Ladies wuro thu winners of sixty-thrco of thu prizes and certificate given away at thu art distribution at the Dover School of Art , which took place recently , nnd of thu wholu number of prizotakors nearly all thu principal honors bulongud to thum. Mine. Li'goll' has been accorded an an nual pension ot 000 francs by thn Ministro du ( 'Instruction Pnbliouo. Mme Logon" was thu mother of Remain Legoir , thu medical i-tiulont who .sacrificed Ills life in submitting to a transfusion of blood. A fctreot in Paris now bears his namu. The dowugrrumpress of China has re- fixed to adopt thu additional honorific title that thu emperor , thu princes and miiiUturs havu petitioned dor to assume in order to confer distinction on "the principle ) of governing by means of tilial piety. " In a reply marked by nobility of fruling , thu empress points out that "the performance of a son's duty to his parents lies in deeds , not in fair words. " I'hn lady mayoress of London was pro- in tlio drawing-room of the Mansion - sion tiouso recently with a case of gloves bv the Worshipful Company of ( Jlovors , in token rf their appreciation of her hus band's services to the city. Ton prcscnl consists of twenty-four pairs of undressed < id gloves of the finest quality , the ma jority having , In accordance with exiti ng fasRlon , as many as twenty buttons. The gloves were enclosed in a Russian .eather . casket , with a slls'er inscription. 11OM3Y Toil TUB IjAUIKS. Stripes rule in the spring fashions. Masque bodices are entirely out of favor In Paris. Snutl simulated canes arc a novelty for spring , The fancy for ribbon trimmings ] Is Kaln- Intc ground. PIcot-edRcd ribbons nre the most fashion able tor L'urnlturo. The blossoms of the crab apple furnish the "very latest" perfume. Myrtle leaves arc ndxed with orange blos soms In bridal wreaths. Wraps and jackets will not bo fashionable for street wear this sprlnc. The darned thread lares , and old > 'or- mandy laces are In ure.it favor. | rtificial linn era have fjlven place to leal ones as trimming for ball dresses. Floral mtiirs of natural violets , rose-buds and the like , are carried by bridesmaids. Sarah Kernhardt drinks a bottle of stout for lunch every day. Extremes still meet. Colored handkerchiefs niobut lltt'o ' worn and silk ones are entirely done away with. The newest blue Is the "jubilee , " and the newest shade of pink Is called "Charles X. " A fantasle In tans Is one of black crape or cau/c buaiitig the monogram In diamond dust. The handsomest fans of the season consist of white feathers mounted on tortoise-shell sticks. Skirts fur the street remain short , but all house and evening dresses must bo deinl- trained. Kaster brides must carry bouquets of As- renslon lilies , white lilies , or white chrysan themums. Neapolitan violet is one of the most delicate of the new tints , but It Is becoming only to extreme blondes. Prettv bonnet-strings are of pearls In the shnpuof akur , with a mliiiaturu gold pad lock In the centre. The ruunln for embroideries In brilllantcol- ored and worthless stoues Is .still unabatedIn spite ot Its bad taste. Fashionable walking boots are frequently made of may or havaua-colorcd leather , lin- ishud with patent leather. Apricot , rose , copper , pale terra cotta , bl.sque blue and appln green aru shades now worn by dnylhrlit In ParK The fashionable bracelet Is almost thread like , and has heart or horseshoe ornaments or lows of diamond-sot forget-me-nots. It Is possible that with the lower cut vests now worn the old-fashioned bow will como Into tavor acain for masculine day Near. Pure nnd cream white silks and satins , made up In nil thu fashionable Conns , will be the proper thing in men's neck gear all sum mer. mer.There There Is a revival of the fashion for sum mer ilri'.sses ot wearing an outer waist of transparent mntenal. high necked and long sleeved , over a decollete under waist. Stamped leather Is "the only wear" for card cases and portc-inoiinaics. A popular style Is nn immltatlon of old India blue china. These nre mounted In old silver. One of the latest novelties In variegated gold work Is a pin representing a side view ot a parrot's head , with opaline rutlled neck , diamond eye and beak of polished gold. A perfectly Imitated ten rose in plain Uo- man gold half opened and having the tip of the bud set with ; i diamond , is a charming example ot thu ( lower bruoch , now so popu lar. "Ai.diron-rust , " a frightful brownish green , and "liver of sulphur , " an Indescrib able color seemiiiff to blend yellow , green nud red nru colors said to be popular In IMrls. The latest form of London bonnet Is the "Uuhrens , " named after one of thu many young women who have rejected Lord Cairns , It Is a very small capotu In black and gold. At Lenten service : Miss Molly. "Come In our pew , Kate. " Miss Katu "Oh , no ; como In outs. We've got such nice , com fortable , hluh cushions. They don't strain your polonaise a bit. " It Is Bald that a woman has little or no sensoof humor , and It must bo true. Other wise she could never get past the love , honor and obey part of the marrlagu corc- mouy without laughing. A breach of promise camera Is a late Inven tion. It goes by clock work , nnd when con- realed in a parlor ornament perfectly repro duces e\ery act of the young man who Is call- ins on the dauehterof the house. The mille- nium Is not far oil. An exchange Is asked the question : "How shall I stult a deer's head ? " h depends upon thu party naked. If shu is a rich dear , tell tier you lovu her for herself alone. If she Is poor , insist that you love bur just as much as if she were an heiress. An Illinois paper has the following : "Tho funeral services of the late William P. Lewis were somewhat hurried , to enable his estim able and grief-stricken widow to catch the S o'clock train for Chicago , where she coos to visit friends. Patches and powdered hair are noted at the theatres , and the fashion In not confined to the stage alone. Some ladles use court plaster , but a tiny dot of black velvet , with a little adhesive substance applied to It , Is thought to prove far more becoming than tbu less dense , lack-lustre. At one time there was silence In heaven for halt nn hour , which some men take for a proof that there aru no women there. But there are. That accidental silencu was caused by the women all happening to -arranging their toilets at the same time , and each had a roll of hair In her mouth. Arizonians have been unearthing female skeletons which have been burled 5,000 years , and claim they belong to a race that stood eleven feet hlali. The jawbone , how ever , Is no longer than that of a female of the present day. What a pleasure It would havu biiun to have lived lu those days. A .London lecturer says : "Not one woman in ten thousand has room Inside her clothes for the rlso and fall of her ribs In breathlntr. " We believe he's about correct , for wo notice that a great majority of women nt the opera breathe outside their clothes trom a small neck of open space just below the chin. "I'm for that follow laying , and will eet him yet , " said nn angry lirooklynlto to his Boston wife. "You shouldn't say 'laying for him,1 Harry , " conccted his wife , " 'You should say lying for him. " "I should do nothing of the sort , my dear. Pin no law yer , " he replied , and the lady retired in con fusion. Jet bonnets In princess or fish wife poke shape the latter with Its narrow pont-houso front are trimmed with towerlnir , upright bows of ribbon In the now colors of Charles X , pink , vivid scarlet , terra cotta , chartereu- se , or primrose. These bonnets are a very good Investment , for the bows can bo changed from time to time , one correspond ing to any particular dress taking its place for a time. Among the minor details of evening dress nro dainty ribbons that tie around the neck. The ribbon Is moderately wide , and , as a rule , is fastened to a foundation of still' net , which prevents its wrinkling. The bow at the back is compact , and the ends but little longer than the short loops. The bow is made up , as It Is called , not tied each time the ribbon Is worn. Black ribbon , velvet studded , with a single diamond ornament , or Its likeness , n Rhine stone.looUs very chic , and serves admirably to set off , by force ot contrast , n good complexion. When the ends of the ribbon are not short , curiously enough , they are very long , reaching always below trie waist ; but when thin style Is chosen a narrow ribbon only Is worn. EDUCATIONAL. Harvard Is to have a summer term for training teachers. Cleveland I us decided to make manual training a prominent part of Its school sys tem. tem.Cornell Cornell has the largest Young Men's Chris tian association of any educational Institu tion In the world. Lately It has been notable how manv north ern bequests there havu beun lor southern educational institutions. Leydon university , In Holland , Is the richest In the world. Its real estate alone Is said to be worth $4,000,000. Hawaii Is not unprovided with educational facilities. The education act compel * the at tendance at school of all children between the azes of sis and fifteen. The government supports free public schools o-it of a tax of 83 per head , paid by every male Inhabitant of the kingdom between the axes of twenty and sixty yearn. A tendency Is obscrvabla on thu part of many young teachers , whoseenthusloam and imagination are roused by the rreat discov eries ot modern science , to substitute in their Instruction t.lip.mothod of discovery for the method of oxtiusltloiii F.xccptlmr for ad vanced students , tn university courses and the like , the substitution Is rather contusing than beneficial. ' A new departure. In normal education Is to be made this coming summer by thu Intro duction at Harvard collcgu of n summer course of physical training for teachers. The demand for compdtcnt Instiuctorslii thuSar- gent system ot examination and physical training has becomu so great that It has been decided to open the Hemenwny gymnasium for a eourso ot ti\e weeks' Instruction In thu theory and practice of physical exercise. According to'thn t.Mudlcnl Review , "a most Important advance hns bcun made In thu menus of communication between deaf mutes , which can be made use of to the greatest advantage In schools. The palm of thu hand Is divided Into dirTcretit portions , cauh of which coricsponds to a letter of the alphabet. For example , thu eminence be tween the lirst nnd second joints of the Index linger isV : that between the second and third is M , nnd so on. " The London Lancet sees In precocity sim ply the early or premature use of the higher cerebral centers , particularly thee which stand In near relation to the senses. Even when the higher Intellectual centers nro nirectcd , the excitation may usually bo traced thiough channels which originate lu the senses. The calculating boy Is gifted with a specially ncute pcicuptlon ot sight or souutl- piiantoms , which nre so clearly apparent to his consciousness that he works out sums mentally with the ease of nn expert usltie slntu nnd pencil. In like maunern purson of keen sound-phantoms may compose music or make verses. MUSlUAIj AND DRAMATIC. The latest success is "Donnybiook , " In which Tony Hart Is making n great hit. "Mind rentiers , " and all that sort of people ple , are becoming veiy tltusomo to the public. Holand Reed Is so successful this season that diamonds are beginning to sparklu loith trom bosom and lingers. Mmo. Emma Novnda's recent engngement nt Nice was simply a series of triumps. She sang In Florence last week. Billy Arnold , of the variety stage , at ouo time had f-lO.COO cash. Sitting In trout of the ten-spot nt thu bank lost It. Several hundred ladles stood up through nn entire matinee performance of "Fedora" by BernlumU In New Voik last week. A cold spring wells up directly under the center ot thu Now York academy stage , nnd never ceases to How , winter or summer. An Indignant audience howled a whole company fairly oil the stngn In Milwaukee , for getting elf a series of too familiar Jokes nnd puns. Eil Stokes laughs nt the Idea of his build- lug a minstrel theater on Twenty-Fifth street , lie never paints things black. Ked Is his color. Washington has moio places of amuse ment to the squaw mile than any oilier city in the United Stales , excepting isuw York , of course. Mr. Abbey will probably r.ltcmato Mme. Paul lu Italian opera with Mine. Bcinhnrdt in French dramas at the London Gaiety theatre this spring. John T. Raymond will produce "A ( ! old Mine" in Memphis , Tenn. , lor the first time. The comedy Is l > y Brainier Matthews and Ucoige 11. Jessup. Lillian ( .iiubb , according to different re- poits , is engaged for next .season with Nat ( inodwin. E. K. Kiel' , Miles nud Barton and Rudolph Aronson. John W. Keller , the author of "Tangled Lives. " has written another play , the action of vvhlcli passes in Mexico. Robert B.Mnutell Is to produce It next season. Thu 1,000th nk'ht ot "Adonis" occurred In Chicago last week.1 Dixey made a departuio by making up tor Irving nnd Booth in thu presence and sight ut thu audience , who howled. C. H , Hoyt's'Iatest ' skit , "A Hole In the Ground , " Is hallcdas ! n success. It was pro duced at Columbus , O. , Inst Monday for the benefit of the Elks , and nearly every sent was sold. CeraldineUlmer'and the sweet little pocket tenor , Courtice Ppuuds , do not love each other any moru auJ "never speak as they pass by. " Ueraldiue Is said to bo In exceed ingly bad health. Mme. 1'attl 'is qtiite expert with a billiard cue , nnd Nocolinl' plays a really first-class gamu. George ijl&sson. the bllhard cham pion Is to bu a guest of the diva at her castlu in Wales next summer. Mmo. Minnie Hank Is now on nn opera tour In Holland , under .Mr. Schurmniin's direction. According to the foreign papers the prlma donna slugs in Italian and thoiest of the compaii ) In Dutch. Hans Von Btdow , In spite of his rudeness and eccentricity , is the most popular of ( ier- nian pianists. Ho conducted a Beethovun cyclus In Berlin lately , for which all tickets weru sold three weuks before. Fears are openly expressed by John ( fil bert's associates that his acting darn aru nearly over. His late Illness , though not alarming , showed the veteran comedian to be lu a very weak physical condition. It Is stated that electricity will put a piano out of tune. What Is more badly needed Is something a little more powerful than elec tricity something that will put certain pianos out of the house next door. Mrs. Langtry says that she will bring out "Antony aua Cleopatra" at the New York Fifth Avenue theatre , on September It ) . Langtry as Cleopatra ! There Is a sort of Olcott "Theodora" llavor about this. In hair dressing there i.s an attempt to make It fashionable to wear the hair low on the neck again , in twolongctmtclalno braids. This style suits very few ladles , and the colt- furo Diana will hardly give way to It Jennln Yeamans has received a present In the shape of a banjo ornamented with silver and pearls. A handsome case accompanied It. The gift was anonymous , and the re cipient cannot oven guess at the name ot the donor. The new play which David Belasco and Clay M. Greene have written for Lotta , and for which that actress has agreed to pay S3.000 , 51,000 ofwhich has already been given , will bo entitled "Pawn Ticket 110 , " and will bo produced In April. Mme. Pattl will reach Now York city to day , and will rest for a week. Her present season has been the most successful one finan cially she has ever had In this country. , and she will take to Wales witli her as thu proceeds - coeds ot her season's work nearly If not quite s-.s.'i.ooo. Chenille spotted net Is greatly worn In black , silver gray , red or brown , for veils that reach the chin or only cover the eyebrows. Very small tinsel dots on red forms a becom ing veil. A ne\S' net has a cross-barred sur face , like the ground of some old laces , and Is thicker than the spotted nets. Largo meshed net with scolloped edges Is also fancied. Swing backs are nut on dresses for girls above twelve years of ago. A dancing-school dress of cream surah Is laid in box pleats all around with draperies of tulle. The pointed basque of surah has putfcd sleeves and bro- telles of tulle. Sashes of ribbon about four Inches wide are worn on ouo side In two long ends nud a number of loops. Thesu dresses do not qulto reach thu ankles. "Miss Mnry Anderson's experimental pro duction of 'A Winter's Tnle , ' at the Theatre RoyalNottmghamon Shakspearo's birthday. Is , I hear , to DO on a very elaborate scale , ' ' saystho Londun World. "It is anticipated , from the careful .study which Miss Anderson has bestowed on the play , that it will create a great Impression. . She will probably intro duce herself as n living statue , after the man ner of Galatea. The variety of colored beads was never so great Pink , amber , pearl , pule blue , green and white beads are shown , and are used to form whole bonnets In the snmo manner that jet has been hitherto used. The head-trellis bonnets , on \ lro foundations , nro shown trimmed with a scarf of crepe or of Hsso , put almost Hat on the top and falling down on the sides , in very \yldo strings , making a low capot , that will cqiumend itself to theater goers and those who sit near them. ' SINGULARITIES. Mrs. N. L. Allen , of Fort Valley. Gs. , hns n gourd which she claims to be over UOO years old. It Is as hard as slate metal. The remarkable story comes from Col orado that a flock of Hiiowud-under sheep lived two weeks and grew fit feeding on each other's tleece. Mr. ( Jen. Howard , of Dublin , Ga. , has a young chicken that has two heads , four eyes nnd one wing. Thu chicken Is on exhibition at his place of business. In a study or pigs the American consul at Copenhagen has added thirty pounds to the weight of some animals by having them dally washed. Besides cleanliness , easily masticated food gave striking results. When whole corn Is fed them , only half It Is avail able as food , the other half passing away In an undigested form. O. S. Graves , of Neola. Iowa , writes to the BKK : "I havu a curiosity lu the shape of a $250 TO $350 Will buy first class lots in Sntinders ifc Illmobnugli's Highland Park. Only one-tenth casTl balance five or ton dollars monthly payments. For beauty of location this property can't be beat , and wo ask investors to examine it before purchasing. 10 per cent discount to those buying by the acre. We also have the following list to which the attention of the public is invited : llcantlful improved lot on Dodge street Corner 17th nnd Davenport streets , Lots in Sannder * & Hlmcbnnglis Hlpa * near High School , flU.OOO. Cash $5,000 , S8fl33 foul , ? : ! G,000. , land Park Addition , from $ ' .Y > 0 to $ JJ50. bnlance easy. Tor few days only. Corner lOtli and Douglas streets , COxUVJ One-tenth cash , balance in monthly pay * MO feet on Luuvomvorth street with a feet , Has , 100. incuts of ยง . "ior$10. CO foot , street on cither . side , and alley in Lots In Washington Square , from $2 , 00 Lots in Kilby Place , $000 to $2,300. roar only $70 foot. One-fourth cash , , . per to $1,000. , . balance to suit pnrclnucr. This bar- Lots on Saundcrs street$100 front feet. is a - ' iruin. Lots In Sattnders & llinicbangh's Addi Lots on North 20th street , Iroiu $2,000 ( { oed lot in Highland Place , $3,200. tion to Walnut Hill , from $ IM > to f 1,000. to $1,000. The Belt Line is within blocks $1'JOO cash , balance 1 and 2 years. of this addition. depot two 41 foot on Farnam , well Improved , for Corner 18th nnd Chicago streets , $15,000. , . . Lots Mt. Pleasant Addition , from $20,000. One-half cash. in . Good lot South 10th street. Call for Corner loth and Lcuvenworth streets , $ MO to $ . " > 00. Ten pur cent cash , balance- on f xlOO feet , ij'-'O.UOJ. In monthly payments , $5 or $10. terms. Omaha Real Estate k Trust Co 150-4 = MAHA EIGHTS If yon are the fortunate owner of a few dollars and are ambitious to get ox IN Tin : WORLD you can make a TDOint by exchanging thorn for a lot in , Omaha Heights , which is not WILD CAT , but a legitimate , Safe investment , 01' w would not bo advertising it. The new Northwestern line will bo in operation and a DeiDOt established by August , when values will double. JUST THINK ; OF IT I And a ten mintites ride from or to the city. Prices , $250 and upward ; one-fifth cash , balance easy. Come quick before prices are advanced. CLARKSON & BEATTY , Office open nights. 219 South 14th Street. THINK A depot on the grounds and a five minute's ride from 8LHi * . HEIGHTS Will bring you within 4 blocks of the Union Pacific Shops or Smelting Works. $250 TO $550 "t i Will buy a home in this addition on small payments and if you study your own interest you will not pass this opportunity. REMINGTON & McCORMICK , St"t Carriages to accommodate all 220 South 15th St a. ' . The two extra legs are on It , back , just behind the shoulders. They aru perfectly formed and do not bother the calf in the least. It was ten days old March 27s and Is as lively as any calf , as hundreds who have seen it can testify. " A cat belonging to the four year old son of Henry Clinch , of Woodstock , 111. , ran into the house the other day and made a great commotion until Mr. Clinch concluded to lollow It to thu barn and BOO what was thu matter. The cat led him to whore his child was lying unconscious under a heavy door which had fallen. The boy would have baeu suffocated In a short time. Dr. John T. Boyd , one of tlio most Intelli gent and prominent physicians of McDulliu , Ga. , tolls of a remarkable freak of nature which recently came tinder his professional observation. A few weeks ago a buy child was born to one of his patients , ( a white lady ) and strange to say there was no hand on the child's left arm. The arm terminated about midway between thu elbow aim the hand. Mrs. Kretsclicr , a Cerman lady of Bridge port , Conn. , gave birth recently to a male infant which has an elephant' * head and In place of a nose a short trunk. The mojth and lips protrude like those of an elephant. The child weighs about nine pounds and can bo fed only with a spoon. 'Iho mother vis ited the circus winter quarters during the past winter and was terribly frightened by thu elephants. A novel rat-extcrmlnator was used with good effect by the man who HI us the dynamos names In an electric llzht works at lilrirlnc- ham , Conn. , a fuw days a o. Ho scattered pieces of meat on the lloor and connected thorn by wires 10 the dynamos , and dead rats wore found by the hundreds the next morning. They nibbled at the meat and were Instantly killed by the electric current. In Denver , III. , tliero Is , laid by a local lien , an egg that Is attracting considerable attention , and justly too. It is smaller and lighter than an ordinary oig , and will not lie or stand In any other position than on Its small end. If stood on the largo mid , It will quickly turn to the othnr ; and If pushed down on Its side. It will jump up again. It dons not appear to have any unusual weight in the small ond. A Missouri farmer , driving home at night from St Louis , dropped a coat and a bax of oats from his wagon without knowing It. Ills dog knuw it though , and lying down by them watched them for three days despite all ulforts to coax or drive him away. At the end of that tlmo the farmer came back. Ho said that he had been wondering what had become of his coat , bag and dog , and hearing of a do/ actinic strangely on the road , cumo to see If It was his. A San Francisco paper states that a resi dent ot that city is the owner of a hen which has developed a curious trcalc. She lays nothing but eifirs of large size , measuring MVW ud one-half incbM by slxandon - haU , and Utereaboats , and MCH wtf coptaltu UM vtllu fully as ( area M fottn4 la orvbianr staai-Mtt. ThMO double yeUMtf ' " , Uu BtwprUtnf hi WE HAVE .TL'NT OPKNKD .l.V ENTIRELY XEW LINE OF Fine and Medium Clothing , For Men , Boys and Children. Prices tlio Lowest for Good Gootls. Suits f font if 2.7.5 tofXO. . ROBINSON & GARMON,3 'Miifc .7" Itmnfics' Old .SY mf , Hill Farnam St. each alternate day , as might bo supposed. A breed of hens which would possess thin pe culiarity always would bu a valuable acquisi tion. All Rx-iovernor Oj Inc In Mnisnclm- ButtH Prison. Boston Record : In the hospital , ill with general debility , is another famous con vict. His namu is Mo. < fiS ox-ovpnior ! ! Moses , of South Carolina. This old cut- ! prit is pretty well broken down physic- , ally. Ho Is an objcot of pity , for if hn ! were sot loose to-day ho would bo utterly unable to do anything for himself , lie is a man of medium ( might , with hollow checks and sunken eyes. Thn olllciats bay he has a consumptive tendency. .Some one asked him a fuwd\ys : ago what was the CMM of the breaking up of bit haalu ; Ifo replied that it wan the effect oi epluM , to which be had been addjcted tor many year * . . ThU may explala Ute consumption. Mosul Is Iho brightest niiiii intellectually of all the prisoner * . Ho lias a wonderful command of litn- giia < ; u and of the facts stored In his bruin. Ho was placed in the hospital bo- cati u he WHS unable to work , and spends his time writing and re.-ulintf. Ho la now inakin < r a translation of a fuw French novels , which hu liopos to soil when ho li Fault * of digestion canso disorders of tin : liver , and the whole system becomes durangi'd. Or J , H. McLuan'x Strength * tiling Cordial and lilood Purifier jwfw fccti the process of tllgustion and assimi lation and thus makes ptr.o blood. A .student in thu Yule law school en- cugud for two muab n day in a New llavun boarding house and then mode such havoc at the table that thn landlady watched him and caught him in the not' ' of pocketing bread , cake , cold meat , but * ter aiid plckeU , ii. ;