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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY APKIL 24 , 1887. TWELVE PAGES. 11 HUE , PATH'S ' INCONSISTENCY , / A Oostnmo of Seventy Ycara Ago Adorns a Bustle of the Present Day. 6ACRELIGIOUS STARING. Jlmpltnl AflHiiclntlon Festival The Woman In the Hoi An Abbrevi ated Skirt -.Domesticity at Sea Clam llolto'fl Chat. NKW YOKK , April 21. [ Corrcpond- cnco of the HKK.J The newest nfl'ecta- lion of the Fifth avenue girls Is called the baby stnro. It takes the place of the roguish glance and the shy droop. The operator of a pair of eyes opnns them to their widest , lixes them directly upon a man , or any other object.nud calmly keeps them there so as long as circumstances permit. Neither ogle nor wink is rccog- n/cd ! by the cool orbs thus employed in the infantile act. They scorn aware of nothing beyond the merely ocular mani festation. It Is a curious freak , this baby stare , and it puzzled all observers for a week ar two , until it became com paratively common among the very swell maidens of the Hill. The most remarkable feminine staring Ims been lately done in the church of tho.Kov. Dr. Hebcr Newton , whoso ad vanced doctrines have several times brought him into famous collision with lits Episcopalian bishop , but whose con gregation was formerly more intellec tual than modish , But fashionable girl nlrangers become more numerous from Sunday to Sunday , and these visitors sweetly requested the ushers to scat them in tiie gallery. The reason was simple and silly , ( 'ourtico rounds , a pretty tenor of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas , is an alluring portion of the quartet in the choir , and the girls desired to turn their IJAIIV STAKES ON HIM ns ho hanir. The pastor has put a stop to that sacriligious sort of adoration , how ever ; by issuing an order to admit no outside girl to the gallery , except as the guest of some pow owner. The greatly observed vocalist is Patti , whose Carmen is something of a relief to these who have been accustomed to her in other roles. She wears no dresses with immensely long trains , which have to bo swung and kicked into recumbent , retro gressive submission. I noticed that the men in tlio audience were not unmind ful of the fact , and viewed the adoption of an abbreviated skirt with true operatic interest. And yet it was simply n walk ing dress , and when in repose gave no more than a reasonable suggestion of the diva's foot. I am inclined to think that the superficial masculine observer would have said , that P.itti dressed with refer ence solely to the natural demand of the role. As the cigarette maker in the first net THE COLORS OK HER COSTUME were chosen with the nicest taste , and the lit of the dress to her liguro was per fection ; but nevertheless it was in violent \ contrast to the commoner costumes worn by the chorus women , who wore sup posed to bo her associates intho , factory. The same general effect was maintained in the gypsy scone. The star never Kliining to the superficial observer by the undue brilliancy of her clothing. But I think I may bo allowed the claim of of the introduction was this : "Tho action pf the opera takes place in 1820. ' And yet underneath the Spanish exterior of Patti's 1820 costume I detected the presence of a fully developed 188 ? Parisian uustlo. And thu same bustle , or one just like it , extended the grace of Patti's form beyond nature's limits when she denned n gypsy dress , i-'or my part , I think that this costuming was eminently proper , Hang anachronism ? Ono must look as attractive as possible when so much depends ponds upon it in public life. The fact that Patti was to sing a role new to her made it an ultra-fashionable event , and every wealthy body foil bound to go. Among thorn was the wife nn out of-town millionaire. She came near making n bigger sensation than Patti herself , and for a timu at least eclipsed the diva. She came twenty minutes Into. II r box was next that occupied by the Astor's , and therefore in a position to show oil' its occupants to the best advant Y URO. When tins lady came into view , fine had on a gorgeous crimson wrap , th ihishing brilliancy of which it would bo dillicult to equal. She was evidently no ) uwaro that there is an ante room to each box provided for the special purpose of removing wraps , nnd putting the finish ing touches to one's toilet , before enter ing the auditorium. Or , perhaps , she knew this , and ignored it , and adopted her extraordinary course in order to bo seen of nil. It seems hardly probable that shn should be deliberately so ridiculous , but the effect was the samo. With her bril liant wrap over her shoulders on which poised a head that ran over with short curls of thu blondest blonde , she MAUCIIEU INTO THE BOX nnd proceeded rapidly to the very front rail. There she paused a moment nud surveyed the house nnd the stage with an expression of haughty interest. Then she took off her wrap , and in so doing she throw her arms out wide on either side , and nourished thorn , nnd the wrap with thorn , until it seemed as if she were waiving a crimson 11 ae at n passive bull. The attention of everybody in the house was directed ta her , though there could bo few who were not astonished observ ers of her dramatic entrance. Her escort cert , n palo slender young roan , hastened to take her wrap and retire it to the ante room , but that did not end the show. Up to this moment the lady had been stand ing , looking , coldly about the house al { the time , and now she sat down with an uxtravnnt swaying of her body , intended to bring her tourn- nro into safe bearing , and thnn frightful to relate , produced from some where a pair of long gloves , twenty buttoners - toners , and deliberately put thorn on. In so doing she stretched nor arm vigor ously to its full length , with many a wry look us the gloves pulled on hard , nnd buttoned , buttoned , ono after another , until her costume was thus far complete. The house looked qn in amusement , but the lady , far from being disconcerted , tictually seemed to enjoy it > It took more than ten minutes for her to prepare to attuiul to the opera , and then the curtain wont down on the tirst act , and all through the lobbies , and in the boxes and * * the orchestra chairs , this extraordinary behavior was moro discussed than thu performance of Patti. The fomlno section of tall Focioty gave nn Euster futo in aid of the Hospital and Prison association at Dolmonico's. Tick ets of admission cost $3 eaeh. The fete was held in the ball room , in which ( low ers were sold , une in the little rooms ad joining ice cream.nnd coflco were to bo bought. There was nuisio in the balcony , but nobody minded that because it was made by stringed instruments ai\il wits not loud enough to interfere with conver sation. Thrco hundred and iixty women and fourteen men bought tickets and wont to thu foto. A lot of men bought tickets and didn't go. There was great adversity of opinion among the wpman concerning the proper costume to bu worn upon such an occasion. Homo ap peared in street dress with cloaks and AM. MANNKIt Or OUTSIUE WltAM. nnd kept their wraps on. Ono young woman had a red and blank rig that would have done very well tit a fancy b ll. A largo triangular absence of clothing on her back exposed her shoulders and most of her spine. She had ii mole too , although It was pretty well down below her shoulder blades nnd cbiild have boon concealed easily. A lady behind ono-of the booths seemed to have mndo n mistake nnd put on the tri angular cut bodice a wrong side to. The mistake was partially concealed by a bit of lace nnd some powder. Everybody wnlkcd nround the room nnd chattered , nnd when cuch ono had bought a ilowor and put it In her dress , thcro was nothing moro to bo done at the booths , unit the Indies behind them joined in the general clnck of tongues. Airs. Paran Slovens came in , wnlkcd throngtr the crowd at ono side of the room a in ! took rofuiro behind n cake staml in the corner. She remained there , talking with people and looking at the crowd from under her heavy oyo- lids. Two very distinguished loaders of society entered and wuro greeted by the managers ot the foto. They were on the , list of patron esses. A table was brought out and set in the middle of the hall for the two pai tronesses. and colTuo was served to thorn thcro. Tim table was in everybody's way and so wore the patronesses , but the rniddlo of tlio hall was the best pluco to sit and bo socn. When the people tired of the guv rev elry of walking about , they stood still , anil when they tired of stundlng.still tlioy moved about and collided with each other. Tlioy didn't tire of talking , nnd so tlioy didn't stop that nt all. Tlio re was noth ing else to do except to listen to the music , nnd nobody did that. Ono of the fourteen men had gray hair , n very rod face and a single eye glass. IIo wandered about alonn in solemn silence - lonco and had a joyous timo. It was n society affair and ho was discharging his duty by showing himself. The other thirteen were very subdued nnd kept In the corners. Some of them were quite pretty and talked all the time ; but most of them scomrd cither frightened or frightfully" bored. It was intended to have some dancing , but when everybody wns thcro tho'floor was too crowded , nnd when the Hoar Was available the men had escaped. The fcto lasted three hours and was a great social success. "Tho great dcutcronormy is com mcnccd. " said Mrs. Jimmorson , ( she was referring to the summer exodus from Now York ) , "and wo are all interested in pncilics for .sen sickness. " A pacific for the Atlantic is something much ncoded in this day and generation. Every ono going to soi : has a theory , and usually some panacea , for tlio woes of tnal do ruor ; but along about Harnegat light house tlioy throw up all idea of euro nnd just submit to fate. Under no circum stances , pcrhup.s , do wo HOC so much of the resources , the character , and the inner nature of our friends ns at son. They got past dissimulation. Ihu potty hypocrncics of lifo socm to got beyond their roach. A man may live twenty years OK LAND WITH HIS WIFE , and got really introduced to her the second end dav at soa. A woman may View the head of her husband opposite her neat at table , nnd on the adjoining pillow , for * "yonhs nnd yeahs. " as Mrs. Fioronco says , but she confronts the real iclmbnd for the first time when he turns his de spairing gaze toward her from over the rail of an ocean steamer. On an outgo ing vessel there was a floating hospital of these sufferers , and day after diy : the snip's company sat down with about six of tlio 260 cabin passengers to dinner. Tliora were n party of tourists on board , under the temporal nnd suiritual guid ance of an old baptist minister from some western .state. He had n doz.cn young and pretty girls to take care of , and a well-worn article of wife as assist ant. Poor old man had boon lixcd up for foreign ports , nnd aftur going tooth less for years , n brand now upper and under set of Htoro tooth had boon put in. Pa had given his mind to the art. of vanquishing sea sickness. H < J got his party up on deck , ho rattled the .stewards for mattresses , and bv the time wo got to Sandy Hook , ho had thorn all in reclining positions. Lemons , champagne , parched corn , chloral and clam juice had bcon variously rocomended. lie made tlio rounds with u lemon and gave every one of the girls a squeeze. Ho followed it up with a "small bottle" and a teaspoon. Ho tramped up his row of girls with a , paper bag of pop corn , and he tramped them down the line with clnfn juice. As some one hud ndvisod them to keep their oyus on a stationary object , most of thorn read their last letters from homo. "This sea sickness is moro n matter of the mind than anything else , " said ho. "Mens ngitat raoloin , " said I in roplp. "Very true the great Latin poets wore generally correct , " assented Pa. Just then Ma. who had been sitting on a camp stool tolling mo of going to Now York on board a Perry Anger in ' 40. madn n ghastly face at mo and described n helpless circle in the air with a limp arm. She was TOTKO TO THE SHIP'S SIDE as the iirst contributor. There was a click , a glint in the sunlight , a gurgle , nnd the upper and under sot of tooth wcro in the "bosom of the ocean buried. " She made the rest of the passage behind n handkerchief , nnd whistled her lamen tations for f 73 "just thrown away. " A fashionable couple had the next tnto room. The husband was the only man outside the ship's craw who was not sea sick nnd ho took a villainous advan tage of the woman. "I know 1 can't live , Hennery , " she said ono day. "I can't say as I sco how you can , " re turned the truthful spousoj "don't die with any secrets between us , or nnyting on your"mind. " I didn't think thcro was nnyting loft for that woman to give away , but directly I hoard her faintly confessing that she expected to meet : m old beau , of whom the husband was suspicious , in London. An admonitory kick on the partition was no earthly sort of good. She'd got to tolling nnd the.ro scomod to bo no end of it. lint silence af tor a while announced she had got to tlio terminus - minus of the confession. Then the tinrsh brute of. a husband had his in nings. "VOIT I'OOIl , SILLY IDIOT , " ho said , "after tolling mo that , yon M bet ter catch something nnd die as quick f.s possible. No ono over did die of soa- sickness. wish to the Lord they did. You can stay right in this stateroom , nnd go back on the ship , for I never will tuku you offit. " "Wow ! wow ! " wuilad M nrin , "what will booomo of mo ? " And I often wonder what docs become of tlio women nftor n .sea-sick passage. Certainly it scorns they are of no earthly attraction to their lawful owners , nftor the disclosures of these iconoclastic days at soa. Miss Fluta Magildor came on board with a largo Saratoga trunK , anil had it toted Into the statu room which she was going to share with a woman who had traveled "Why , what can you bo thinking off" groaned her ngrioved shipmate , who could hnrdlr get in or out of bed with the big trunk filling the room. "I am going to make toilets nnd wear decent clothes , " replied FluU. Shn sal down to eat a big dinner while yet the bay of Now York lay tranquilly nbout her. She turriod over the nuts nud wlno till the merry little breakers outsuto Quarantine thrilled the ship to the centre. Fluta then grow gray round the gills. She was escorted to the state room. Under the bows of the big trunk she did up ouo Bide her front hair on a crimuiug pin. Tire opposite lock was ir her nerveless lingers when she fell of the stool and into her bunk. She novel moved ngaln till the steamer struck thi Mersey. Then she was carried off the ship on a litter witli ono side her hair crimped like a darkey's wool the other tralirhtcr than a loon's hind leg. CLAUA BELLE. CITIZEN JOHN SHERMAN , How the Ohio Statesman Dispenses Sweet Charity for Sweet Charity's Sake , EMANCIPATION DAY DOINGS. Senator Hlicrmnn'n Lovely Foster Daughter A Bashful Cotiurcss- man Bitting Down on Opera Shari > ors. WASTIINOTON , April 13. [ Correspond- cued of the BEK.I To road the press dispatches - patches sent out of Washington to "load ing dully uapors , " ono uii ht infer that wo were holding a continual political con vention for nominating presidents , hav ing at our disposal several innocent men to torture ou the political gibbet. Wo read that i Senators Allison and Sherman wore locked i ut , lilco lighting cocks , for two mortal hours in the committee room hav ing a regular bout over who shall be the the next candidate for United States pres ident. Strange proceeding ? for two prominent statesmen with two such cool head si Now 1 Ir.ivo my professional doubts about the heavy door of Senator Allison's committee room ever beln g locked while the committee's uro in session , or at any time while being publicly or privately occupied. ( Thu lower committee rooms sometimes hr.vo locked doors while giving wet lunches ) . In the lirst place , the appropriation com mittee room i well guarded. There is always a crim messenger sitting at the entrance with a "bo watchful and be ware" expression ou his sad face , to keep out intruders. No brass-clad press re porter would over venture to walk over that grim messenger's live bouy tbe ex pression of his ' sphinx-likp face would molt the brass at onco. Wo have to have tliain hero in Washington these sphinx- like fellows -for several reasons. If Allison and Sherman wcro in close em brace in that committee room for two weary hours , no doubt they were dis cussing thocoerclan bill and ) ti\ingup the feasibility of not attending other people's funerals. We have quite enou gh caiiho for shedding honest tears at homo. SENATOlt SIIlMtMAN AND HOME HUM : . Senator Sherman showed his devot ion to the Irish cause and "homo rule" , by attending the theater to sec Dion liouci- c.iuli in "Tho Jilt. " Ho hud sent Ills re grets ut not being able to b present at the anti-coercion meeting ncld tlio saino evening. Not like his celebrated nephew- in-law , Don Cameron , who always sits boxed at the theatre , Senator Sherman sat midway of the orchestra chairs , ac companied by his adopted daughter , Miss Mamie , and two other pretty girls. Sherman's name being prominent before the country as a possible candidate for the presidency in 1838 , nil eyes and opera glasses were leveled ut him , anil How mindful ho was of this marked at tention his face did not betray , save that ho gazed about smilingly. Of all im movable faces , Senator Sherman's is the most pteadfust , usually , but when he does smile wo are reminded of our youthful delights over a jack o' lantern in a dark night. After letting his grey eyes wander about the theater to see who was there everybody likes to know what kind of company ho is keeping Sherman discovered oY-Conirrossnitui Amos Townsend , of Cleveland , 0. , sitting stark alone by himself , and so the dis- iuguishod senator leisurely pulls htm- soil up and walks around the circle. shaking hands with several on route , and nabs tlio bashful Amos and brings him all covered with blushes to his party whore there was an. empty chair to bo illed. Mr. Townsend being a "lone man" in Ohio it is the French for "NOT TIEU TO A WIFE , " n other words an unfortunate bachelor , of arts ) , modestly seated himself beside ; ho fair Ohio maiden , with Sherman on ils right standing guard. Sherman ilways looks well after ttio l > ooplo of his own state , is ndecd a strong believer in "homo rule. " As the play progressed Sherman jecamc so absorbed in the scenes on the stage that ho lost all thoughts of Amos 1'ownsend and tlio side issues. It was in teresting to watch the staid old senator. Those who believe Sherman to bo a cold , unfeeling man , should have seen him with lower jaw dropped , eagerly watch ing the love-making on the stage. "Why , [ never did supposu that John Sherman could bo worked up to that kind of a pitch , " said an unbeliever at my back. Why , just loot at him , his face really grows sublime with emotion of the tender kind. It is as good as a circus to see him laugh. It appears that the old coon hasn't lost all of his sentiment lor love romance after all. How horrible it is to misjudge the inner lives of these men in public life. " Uy this time lioucicauit , as Miles O'Hara , had the audience wrought up to the highest pitch of excitement over the supposed oss race going on behind the scenes , and the players themselves , all onthiismm , carrying the audience with them in the wildest excitement and imprest , and none Deemed more excited and intensely interested than the COM * iiiuurEi * JOHNSIICKMAX , " and none cheered more loudly to bring the famous actor before the curtain than ho. At times it was a tie which wo en joyed the most the piny on the stage or watching the play of emotional footings on Senator Sherman's faco. John Slier- man never did pose for society , and never has boon rouownod for his social attainments. His personal attractions nro not especially winning. A baby would hardly hold out its little hands to bo taken and kissed , on short acquaint ance , and yet ho can bo , and is , ouo of the pleasuntost entertainers , in his own house , In Washington. Ho ft fond of having a friend to dinner in a homelike way. Although at times ho gives "swell dinners , " they are not to his special liKing. Senator and Mrs. Sher man's evening receptions this pnst sea son , have been among the most agree < able ; the senator has a way of slipping around among his guests , in a gracious , graceful- , graceful , way looking .after each ono , especially the strangers in a way to put them at their case. J have recently hoard many things of Sen ntor Sherman's private and domestic life which give the lie to his being such r Bullish , cold man. From ono who knows being on the most friendly terms witli the senator and his family , I am told tba ho is really a generous man. giving away largo amounts in dollars to all kinds o' charities and helping the deserving pool generally. In his own state HE IS MOST LIUKKAL in giving to all sulVering humanity. He helped most generously those who suf fered from the ovorilowcd districts along the Ohio rivor. lint , I asked , why is i that the public do not know of benato Sherman's generous deeds of cltarity "Simply because ho does not wish ti have these things talked of. Ho is truly a modest man in private life and docs no wish to be overwhelmed with publi thanks for private deeds. " "There is no mistake that Sherman is after the white house ? " I asked. "Not a bit of it , " re plied the Ohio friend and devotee tollowor. "Sherman fully believes tha ho can make a good president and so do wo who know him best. I have inst como from New York whore I have boon fooling the pulse of Wall street , and when I say Wall street I moan the financial part of New York anil that is the largest half and to a man they have full conndonce la John Sherman's ability to conduct the finances of our country with safety. " "Is Senator SherranQ the very rich man. that he reported to but" . "No" replied tbe Ohio political wire ONLY ONE -MAN IN OMAHA I 1 Who has any connection with the American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association and hence he possesses facilities for buying v ' " WALL , PAPER Over all others , and now he proposes to give you the benefit of this advantage , We open for sale on Monday a large invoice of goods just received , comprising numer ous patterns for parlors , dining rooms , and halls , for TEN CENTS PER ROLL , Hundreds of New Designs from 12c to 15c Per Roll. A large assortment Rich and Artistic in Designs , suitable for fine residences at 25c to 35c Per Roll. We invite special attention to the wonderful d ecorative material callled Unexceptionally beautiful and artistic in design and finish. A descriptive cata logue of this material FREE ; HrMDV I rUMAM 1508 Douglas-st. , Between 15th Lnmi LLrllVIrtl and 16th , North Side. puller , " he is not. Mr. Sherman lias often talked with mo about the over esti mate of his wraith , lie has had a good many irons in the lire , in a business way , and at times hn has been MltlVUK TO T1IF.VALL pretty closely. "His style of living in Washington docs not suggest a Califor nia gold mine , or a never failing oil well. " I replied : "Ho seems to live well but not extravagantly. And if ho docs donate to charity liberally it is all to his credit that lie does not stand on the street corners and throw dollars to see the gamin scramble for it , as ono of our distinguished public men of Washington'did ' year ago last winter , the son-in-law df Ohio's other senator. Society is nil agog over the coming of tlio diva 1'atH , the 3d of May. Ad slio is to bo here but one night in Opera , tickets will bo sold , fi'om seven to five and S3 at the very loWest. and tiicso will tail into the hands of sharpers so that to hear Patti will nioat { I starvation to me who would rather hear her than own a corner lot in Paradise ! The sharpors'got a Mack eye when Sarah fiornliardt was hero ; they bought up the choice scats for the best plays and hold them so high that they grew mouldy on their hands. While wo are in the protection business hero in Washington , it is to be hopod'that our district govern ment will protect the poor man's pocket from sharpers ! Life is a howling wilderness to the 'average housekeeper to-day for our colored servants are nil on the streets , emancipating midst thunder , lightning and a perfect sheet of rain Hooding the streets. Most dismal day for celebrating , but what cares Liberty for thunder , lightning and rain ? It is a good thing for people to cook their own dinners sometimes ; then they will know how easy it is to burn the meat an d spoil the coffee. Cox. MUSICAL AND DUAMATIC. Wilson Darrett will sail for London Mav 10. Helen Staudlsh , It Is said , Is engaged to be married to Sam Sotheru. IMon lioncicnult wrote "The Colleen Bawn" In live days. Dion says ho will cud Ills dajs In America. liaron Von Tnvern , the new Austrian minister at Washington , is a line musician. CnmllleMnorl , a young soprano ot Chicago cage , will stiii ; with the linston Ideal com pany next season. Captain Paul Ooynton , the rubber-suit swimmer , has bcnn en jaed to travel witn the Barn urn circus. Vlda Croly. daughter of "Jennie June , " will adopt the stago-or be adopted by It , if she has the ability next season. The old Stongton , ( Mass. ) musical society , now In Its second hundred years ot exist ence , celebrated caster by a concert. The debut of an American singer In Milan Is announced. She Is from Sau Francisco , her stage name Is Anita Alamcdo.and .sho au- po.tred as Amiua In "La Sonnambnla. " Hon. Chas , F. Crisp. congiossman fiom Georgia , isfthe son of William 11 , Crisp , an actor who had a wiUo reputation thirty years ago and was very well known In liostou. Emma Hay den Eames , soprano , of Ooston , ha * succosstully passed the preliminary ex amination at tlio Grand opera , Paris , and expects to make her debut there within a year. year.Admiral Admiral Porter's sensational novel , "Allan Dare , " having boon dramatued and produced in tlio West , \vill bo forthcoming at the Fourteenth street theater , New Voik , next season. Jennie Yeamans bnasts of wearlnz a piece of Llama lace in the last act ot her new pUy , "Our Jonnie , " which is seventy-two years old , belli ? a present from her grandmother , who U still llviiv. . Savs the Hour : Nobody can reach Mary Anderson how to make love , excepting Love himselt. Kven 1'attl was comparatively cold until cupld cauiorto her dicssed as the Mar quis do Caux. Kato Claxton l.s to produce n now play from the French entitled "The Uraln Stealcr. " The translation is by Cu/.aunxn , who Is travelino with tlio comnany and re- lieawliu the play. It Is to bu tirst played at MoVlcker's theatre , Chicago. Charles MM > Mson's health has been run ning down of Into. For n chance of air , ad vised by his physicians , hn will hie himself to lirazll , accepting an oiler trom lom Pe dro to assume the unties of Inteiuhuit to the Itoyal Opera Uou > o ot Hlo Janelio. If AmericafcoiUil oill all her singers home what an operatic stage wo mU'lit have , lias- trelter , Nordica , Duttl , Marie Engle. Minnie Hank and Nevada this does not begin to ex haust the list ot lyric artists of high rank whom our stave claims as Its own. "Anaichy. " Uie play by Mr. Steele Mackayo , wllMiavo Us lirst presentation at liiuTaln.on May 'M. that being Mr. Mackaye's birthday , and uiilfalo the place of bis birth. The production there is In response to an In- vltatlonof 3,000 cltUons of the LaKn City , who wish to tender u compliment to the Buf falo play-wrlght. Queen Victoria has Informed the dean of Windsor that she will accept the dedication of a collection of jubilee hymns with new tunes. Among thu authors of these hymns arotho bishops of Uipon and Kxeter , and ilevs. John Ellcrton and S. Itarlng- Gould , The list of composers Includes thn names of Urs. Hridee and Rtalner.SIr George Elvoy and Mesars. Barn by and I'arratt. A remarkable accident occurred iccontly In the theater at Newcastle-on-Tyne , Eng land. In the course of a performance by Carl Rosa's troupe ot Nordlsa. The itorm scene was on. Too sound of thunder was made by heavy cannon balls rolling along , gutters lined with iron , twenty feat above the stage. The ball was dislodged Immediately after a flash of llybtola ? , and fell amid a group In the wings , on tlio head of a stage eaipenter , who has since died. Campanlnt used to become 50 realistic in certain passages that women with whom ho sing were half atrald of him. While he was tender and natntal as a lover. It was in .scones of anuer and jealousy that his dra matic Instinct had most sway over him. He was so splendidly ferocious once as Don Jose , about to stab Minnie llauk as Carmen , that she had to bioak the spull with a smile , and to whisper , "Kemcmber , you are not really to stab me. " The now nursery spectacle. , "Snowflako , " bv Howard P. Tavlor , to be brought out at NI bio's. Now York , at the beginning of next season , Is said to contain ellccts entirely new to the American staco. Thcro Is one scene where the largo staen will be tilled with moving animals , from the elephant to the frog , all dancing under variegated calci ums to the music ot an animal orchestra. In another scene It Is converted Into a bower of gold , the human lignres , animals , birds.trees. etc. , presenting a moving mass ot animated gold. EDUCATIONAL. Professor Todil , of Amliorst colloze , will go to Japan to observe the total eclipse of August Ib. Senator i'avno. of Ohio , has given JSl.OOO to the School ol Technology at Emory college In Georgia. Evelyn college for young women , soon to be opened , will bo under the direction of 'ilnceton professors. Miss Charlotte Lane , of Bralntree , Massa chusetts , has been appointed assistant libra- Ian of Uowdoln college. Eight cIris now in Wellesley cello 'o Intend o tuvnilsblonarles. Happy cannibals ! The Wollcsley Ilavor is delicious. 1 he report comes from New Haven that William Walter Phelps has given 535,000 to Yale university as a fund for the study of civil government and political economy. Over 833,000,0000 has been contributed to ; he colleges of this eountry by twenty men. Three of these twenty Stephen Glrard , John Hopkins and Asa Packer gave over $14,000,000. A teacher In ono of our grammar school * } was giving her class a lesson on the art o1 putting words into sentences. The words selected , with their doiirtltlons , were , "aque duct , a conductor , " and "effervesce , to work. " One of the sentences handed in read : "My father is an aqueduct and has to effervesce very hard. " "But auntie , " said a Vassar pirl , "all the researches of modem science convince us that evolution Is the only tlioorv to which we can attach any confidence. " Amiable Aunt "Well , my dear. If you won't disturb my ancestors In the Garden of Eden , I will prom ise not to teed peanuts to yours as the z oo- loglcal garden. " Thn trustees'of the Coe Colice , at Cedar Itapids , la. , have elected Professor Samuel J. Kirkwood , jr. . president. He Is a nephew of ex-Governor Knlcwood of lu. . Is forty-seven years old , was educated at Indiana university and for seventeen years was protestor of mathematics and astronomy In U'ooster , O. , University. Columbia Is the llr-t of the old-fashioned colleges to confcran honorary degieo upon a woman. No woman's name appears in the long list of such honors distributed bv Har vard anil Yale. Miss Amelia B. Edwards , the lady so distlnzulshcd yesterday at the centiiulal celebration of our local university , Is the English novelist whoso works of hetion wcio familiar in Hie youth of mnn whoso giown-unsons and daughters have read them over again. She Is not yet sixty years of age , but hho beuan to pour stories into the Lon don magazines when she was scarcely twenty. It Is not , however , on Miss Edwards as a novelist that the Columbia bestows the compliment. Her parchment specifies that she Is made a doctor of lettois as being an "archiuologlst" and secretary to the Egyptian exploration fund. SINGUhAJUTlUS. A man In Illinois has made a curious col lection. Ho has n little dirt trom the grounds of every state house In the union. An Oil City boy has a pair of Cochin China rooster of enormous sl/e that he hitches to a small wagon of his own construction , and dtlves them about the premises. Charles Johnson , of Grlllin , ( la. , says that he has a cat that turned fiom Jet black' to gray from grief at being separated Irom his children , to whom it was ure.itly at tached. A clti/on of Albany , Ga. , who has an Ivy- mantolcd oak In his yard in which English sparrows nest , made a raid on It the other day and captured sixteen eggs and two bush els of nestSj The birds have gone to work rep.iliin , ; damages with great Industry. Juno , the huso dromedary which fora number ot years In tlio Woodward eardcns San Francisco , has been the chief attraction to the children , wlio rode her In throngs , Is dead. She was sixty-one years old , and left an interesting Inlant nearly /one-year / old. Near Oakvllle , W. T. . Is the burnt stump of a cedar tree , probably the latget on record. It Is a hollow shell , 50 teet high , b7 teut In circumference 1 foot tinm tin ground ; 73 , U feet G Inches trom the ground , and 54 feet 8 Inches , 0 feet Irom the ground. The cavity IsU.i feet at Us largest diameter. Rochester , N. V. , boasts of a girl child with two tongues. Now Maryland Is proud. The wife of ono of Its oldest cltl/.cns has given birth to twins who are splendid specimens of babydom. The happy father , be vein 1' . Mason of Asmiltli's Island , Is so\cnty-three' years old. The air of the Island should bo Bought by desponding husbands and wives. Evidently , U has a rejuvenating quality. Henry Itay.of Gllmer/I'ex. , has discovered the secret ot the quail's being able to bide ao well. He was walking In a field when a covey was flushed. One alighted near him , and the moment It' did so seized a dead oak leaf , crouched to the ground and threw the leaf over Its back , so that It was hidden com pletely from vlnw. Mr. Bay said ho had to go and turn over the leaf before he could bo- lleyo his own eyes , , < A gentleman from Andrew county , Mo. , says : "Three months ngo Sirs. Emanucl Baiunvs , ot Andiew county , gnvublithtoa male child , ami at the timoot its birth half or its body was white and halt coal black. Ono part of the body , that is from a line drawn straight down from the middle of the head being white , while the other was black. The parents at lirst thought It only a tempo- lary treak , and that the child would soon have Its natural color , but there Is still no change , nor Is there likely to bo , for the color on both sides remains the same as at the birth of the peculiar being. RELIGIOUS. Father Mctllynu Is to speak In Boston on May 8. Plymouth church , Brooklyn , will dispense with Its 55,000 choir after May 1. Mr. "Sam" Jones will soon begin "re vival" work in San Francisco. There Is much commotion on the band lots. Kov. Dr. Henry M. Scudder has resigned the pastorate ofthe Plymouth Congrega tional church at Chicago , and will go to Japan as an independent worker In the mis sionary Held. One of the oldest preachers In the country Is Elder Phillip S. Fales , of the olu Camp- bellltechurch In Nashville , Tonn. Helms prenched there since Its dedication sixty-six years ago , and his age is eighty-nine. Archdeacon Farrarsays that "ho who talks of missions as a failure uses the laummgo of ignorant error as an excuse for unchristian sloth. " In nine cases out of ten the men \\lio speak of the work of missions as unpro ductive know next to nothing of what has bceu dono. "There Is no unbelief. Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod And waits to see It push away the clod , lie trusts In God. Whoever sees 'ncath winter's field of snow , The silent harvest of the futuio irrow , God's power must know. " John Kuskin denies that ho Is.n Uoirmn Catholic. He says : "I was. am and can be only a Christian Catholic in the wide and eternal sense. 1 have been that for live and twenty yeais at least. Heaven keep me from being less as I grow older ; but 1 am no more likelv to beccmo a Koman Cathollo than a Quaker , Evangelical or Turk. " Itev. Kobert Collyor. the popular and gifted preacher , discussed "Tlio Moral Influence of the Secular Press" at a meeting of the Uajn list Social union , in Now York. In his ro- maiks ho admitted that he read his Sunday morning paper at breakfast before ho ro- toucheu his sermon tor church , and thought ho got some good Ideas that way. The Independent says that"If Evangeli cal Christians should come cenoially and practically to believe that another probation awaits in the future those who here have not heaid of Christ a probation longer and ap parently more piomlslug than is offered in this lite" Its ' 'most serious judgment" Is that "enthusiasm for Christian missions would fall , effort would decay , contributions would come only of a matter of traditional habit , and tlio stimul ttod bialn ana heart ot the church would no more be devoted to vast endeavors on behalf ot those lor whom bettor things.were believed to be prepared In the gicat and near hereafter. .DAKOTA'S .MISFORTUNE. The Evil Influence of the Railroad lioMty In Dakota. Bdiloi/df Tor. .lUinir < u > ell Tribune. The Farmers' alliance in Uakotti hasn't yet got through passing resolutions of censure against the last legislature because - cause of its extravagance. The farmers are both surprised and disappointed at the result of the winter's work. They oxDcctcd to sco the expenses cut down and certain laws passed for tlio taxation and regulation of railroads. But a dif ferent result followed. Not n single anti- railroad law was passed , and the appro priations .exceeded anything before Known. This possibly could not have been avoided. Hut the farmers are not 'looking at any dillicultics which may have been in tlio way. They see only the result. The Farmers' nllinnco voted to send ils president , II. L , Loueks , to Bismarck to look after thu interests of the farmers , and -omo are inclined to censure him be cause of the failure to got anything done. Tlitose who do this , however , shut their eyes to the real situation. Kach of the railroad companies which enter the torri- torv had at least one lobbyist ut the capi tal. What could u farmer oven oho of the best and most intelligent of men do against the odds which ho had to face - against some of the keenest , shrewdest and possibly the most unscrupulous men , whoso business it is to "get there , " quite regardless of thu means used to do so , and especially when thcsn men had several acknowledged supporters in the legislative halls. Indued it would have been surprising if any important unti- rallroad bill had passed. It so happened then that the farmers' movement in Dakota , so far as it con cerned results last winter la u failure , lint lot no ono mipposo for 11 momenl that the movement has failed or that the farmers are dihcourngod. On the con trary , now alliances are being organized everywhere , and the movement is gath ering a degree of strength that is full ol Import for the future. At present the farmers nro groping along in the dark in search of relief. They haven't yet learned just exactly to get what the\ want. They know that together with taxes and high interests and small re ceipts for their produce they have little or nothing left from their year's income nftur meeting nil obligations. They see dourly the evils wnieh exist , but the remedy -there's the rub. In their efforts to bring nbout reform they nro apt to spread over too much ground. At n mooting of the territorial iilliiuice last your u long lint of grievances was drawn up , and the result i.s that no thing has been douo. The liring along the line has been done too loosely nnd at too long n range. After the farmers huva decided upon two or three things which need to bo douo most of all , and devote themselves exclusively tq those , success will crown their efforts. High taxes , high interest , high transportation * charges , unjust grading of wheat , nro in juring the farmer , nnd n remedy will surely oomo. As has been said the farmers nro or ganizing in almost every county in Dakota , and it will not bo Mirprising if by the time the next legislature i.s to bo elected they include in their membership the great majority of the voters of the territory. Granger legislatures do not always accomplish nil tlmt is expected of them , but the agitation is bonctlcinl all the sumo. It serves to show the power the farmers have if they euro to exercise it. It is pretty early to predict , but still the prophecy Is ventured that Dakota's next legislature will pass so called antl- railronoVlcgittlation , though the character of the legislation is not heroin ojtuor out lined or endorsed. While the farmers have failed so far ns the passage of laws is concerned , they have accomplished , through their alli ance , a few things whioh arc vurv grati fying to tliom. . At many places they have established co-operative ware houses , nnd this has generally bean the moans of increasing the price of grain in some cases nsmucb as live cents per bushel. In the purchase of coal , binding twiuo nnd barbed wirethey have effected a decided saving by buying in carload lots. Jn this wny.thoy are having nt both suds. If to this tboy could mannge to keep out ot the olutohos of the 2 , 8 and 4 : > er cent , per mouth throat-cuttersandin [ not , avoid nil-high interest and mort gage foreclosures , witli the attending ex cessive attorney's.foesthe farmers would prosper , oven if they failed in the legisla ture. Wholesale and Retail. Solo luonts In Omaha for the celebrated SWHUT'S NOV15I.TV CAlUtlAHK. I'rlcna frora fUHtof.'i-i. Oiinrnn teed ono third less than otb crs nsk. Horn ! for uittuloinio nml prlco Iht to H. HARDY te CO , The 99c Store and Bmiai' : , 12OU I'Ymirtm-Al , , - Onmltu , Feb. MEDICAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE Cor. 13m ST. and CAPITOL AVE. , OMAHA , NEB. 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