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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY JUNE 5 ; 1SS7. T\VELVE PAGES. > ; JHE ELECTRICAL WORLD , ij . H' How to Bccomd an Electrical Engineer ff Bomo Practical Hints. GOT HER FOOT ON THE BUTTON. Incandescent Slclitu A Telephone Story Ktcotro-I'lutlne the Dead Electric Hull ways Tall Chimney ns Conductor. "What course would you advise for a young man who wishes to bo a first-class electrical engineer ? " an amateur asked of a well-known scientist. " 1 would advise you to pursue the studies of one of the lending technical schools in tills country , paying strict at tention to mechanical engineering. Next n year's study abroad in one or more of the polytechnic schools. During the entire - tire course time should bo spent on the oretical study , at the same time by no means neglecting practice in mechanical branches. Therefore , combine shop work with practical and theoretical study. " It ia u common fault in the scientific schools to burden the student's mind with description of machinery and proc esses now entirely out of date , on ac count of the progress in the arts and sciences. The mind is taxed to remem ber A's machine , and H's proccss.and O'a system , and D's operation , and E'a method , and Fs device or contrivance , and the purpose in view which brought to light all these is entirely lost sight of. On graduating , be finds liimsell called upon to give advice or direction to others. Ho often fails : ho has not learned to rely on himself , or had practice in adapting means to ends , mechanically speaking. When he first began scientillo study new methods and processes suggested them selves to his mind. Some , perhaps , were foolish : the rest may have been imprac ticable , and occasioniilly one of some metlt. The instructor , already over worked , has cynically smiled at him ; his courage is gone , and he is now content to bo fed on the husks of old harvests. The fundamental principles of the phys ical und mechanical should bo taught experimentally , the pupil handling the npnarntus hirnholf , and bo given prob lems to work out cxpoiimentally , which have not yet been solved , and enough there are of them , and simple ones , too. Frequent exercises may be given in in- Tcntmif. devising methods and means to accomplish a desired end. An electrical engineer , while not nn inventor to a great extent , should have the learning and training to devise all necessary de vices and perfect all details , for it is on such apparently unimportant matter that the success or failure of a system de pends. Electric Transmission Through Air. M. J. liorgnmnn has succeeded in trans mitting static electricity through the air for n distance of one and one-half meters. One terminal of n Wiedomaun galvan ometer \vas connected to earth , the other to a platinum wire placed in thn llamo oi an insulated lamp. At a distance of one und one-half meters from the lamp an ordinary Kunseu burner was connected to a Holtz machine , the other conductor put being to earth. When the lamp was lighted the galvanometer showed no cur rent , but when the Holt-/ machine was worked there wore distinct indications of a current , which were steady when the disk of the machine was rotated at a uniform rate , and reversed when the disk was turned the other way. Got Her Foot on the Button. Chicago Journal : A lady friend of mine told mo of her first experience with an electric bell. She was visiting the house of a gentleman widely known in ! f the electric manufacturing business , and whoso house is well ilttcd up with all the ! ; modern electric contrivances. My friend noticed that the servant never remained in the dining room , but always appeared at the exact moment anything was re quired , without being summoned , as my friend supposed. She began to think the model servant girl was discovered , but one day the hostess was indisposed and my friend was requested to pour the cofl'ec in her place. Everythipg was going swimmingly until my friend accidentally aud unconsciously sot her foot on the electric button fixed in the floor just at .Ml ber foot. The servant came in and stood awaiting an order. My friend shook her head , and the niaid departed only to re turn immediately and ask what was wanted. This occurred a couple of times , much to the lady's annoyance , when her host laughingly explained things , and she found she had been ringing the bell ever since she had Matedncrselt. _ _ _ _ _ An Electric Globe. New Orleans Times-Democrat : The op nressivo heat ot Saturday night , and the aay condition of the sky yestordaj morning at an early hour , indicated no orlv ram but a surcharge of elcctricitj In the atmosphere. During the earn morning the fitful ( lashes of lightning played acutely around , seemingly with out regard to nervous dispositions nnc sensitive constitutions. About 11:3' : . o'clock the few pedestrians wending then way up St. Charles street were regaled with an electric phenomenon rarely wit nessed except at sea. The raindrops were railing'atrandom , alone breaking int'c the quiet of the hour , when a vivid Hast wu noticed , immediately followed by r globe of golden hue , which , exploding gave vent to a grand shower cf spray-like corrnscations that dazzled the few spec tatora of this gratuitous though bcautifu pyrotechnic. The globe descended at an anglo o forty-live decrees , just above the inter section of 1'oydras and St. Charlei streets , and seemed about four feet in di amctor , and exploded within twenty fee of the ground with a detonation equal t < a thirty-pounder. The electric display will bo hardly forgotten by the spccta tors , as the sight was exceedingly ran and brilliant Incandescent Lights. Brooklyn Citizen : When the Clucagf express started from the Now Yor ) Grand Central depot lastoveing nt ( o'clock the last car of the train attractci attention from the bystanders by tin flood pi soft , mellow light which radlatet from its windows. This was duo to th ton incandescent lights which wer ranged on either side of the car.tho elec trie current to which were supplied b batteries invented bv a Brooklyn man Mr. Kookogoy , of No. 411 Van Uurci .street. Mr. Kookogoy has succeeded ii solving the problem of non-polanzatioi of primary batteries , and this at the e > P nae of years of patient toil. Hereto fore the dlfllcultlcs in producing a stead unit continuous current of electricity b SHMUS of a combination , ot chemicals i battery have been uiuuy aud apparent ! iasupnrablo. The gnut obstacle was the tendency t "polarize , " or fonu salts , which llnall stopped the battery working entirely But patient endeavor at lengt triumphed , and , practically , th Kookogoy battery has placed elcctri lighting within the reach of the mult The apparatus last night was placed b < ' Math the two miildlo.wheels of the en , - ud occuplctl a space of about four fc < quarc. It constated of a battery of fortj two colls. The last was intended fc rcntualtles which might arise , but wn Bet needed. The total weight of the slxty-thrco col wai 000 pounds ; the orUluary stora o ba tones , which iu the past have l > wa use 'or ' Illuminating vehicle ? , wcighlnfr nearly .wo tons. Twelve lights canbe kept buinhigrfor twenty-eight consecutive hours nt a col of JS.OU. The light Is very Mira and white , and , in line , totall yim- Ike the yellowish color of the ordinary ncandesccnt light in which the electric current is derived from dynamos. The car in question wns lit when the train started. It arrived at Albany at 10 ) . m. and restarted on ita trip back to New York at 2 a. in. , reaching the Forty- second street depot at 7 o'clock. All this time , including the four hours' detention xt Albany , the light wns burning with umliinnicd luster. In the oar , to witness the experiment , were Dr. J. N. Thavcr , Colonel W. K. French , Dr. K. M. Koll6gg , and about a do/on representatives of the [ iross. A company has been formed to work : ho invention under the title of the [ iousehold Klectrical Manufacturing company , of No. ISDoysttcct , Now York. It is the Intention of thu company to ipplv the batteries to a variety of domes tic services. Altogether the test was jmincntly satisfactory. A Story of the Telephone ) . Ilartforil ( Conn. ) Courant : Not over : cn years ago there was a little amateur ish entertainment of a now and curious : oy given in this city at thu opera house. Many people believed that the advance stories of the thing must bo gross exag geration. Those who commented inclined : o laugh at the whole notion , and these regarded as among the most amusing de tails of the performance when it oamo about the seriousness and /.eal of those who were connected with the exhibition. We can recall a few , a very few , who pronounced it ono of the wonders of the world , but they made a very small minor ity. Hero is a copy of the "dodger" or notices , printed on blue paper , that were scattered about the city : Tl'.I.Kl'lIO.VK. Konnurs' OPEIIA UOUSK , April 27 , 1877. Frederick oA. Uower will deliver Prof. Alexander Graham Hell's lecture , doscrlblng the wonderful Instrument , the telephone , Il lustrating the same by receiving anil trans mitting vocal sounds to nnd from > ow Haven opera liouso. Vocal nud Instrumental music. will bo transmitted by telephone from Mid- dletown , which will bo heard simultaneously In all parts of both New Haven nnd llarttord opera IIOUM'S. Opportunities will bo idvcn persons to converse with friends who may bo in attendance In New Haven. UKOKOH 11. COK , J. W. HOWEV. The exhibition was held just ten years igo yesterday. The voices from Mew llaven and Middletown were let loose in the opera house hero and heard , though not very clearly. Conversation between parts of the room were carried on through long coils of wire , and thu fact was made clear that the curious game of calling through a piece of wire could be played , Mr. Gower visited the Courant ollicc , then m Pratt street , during his stay in the city , and carried the wires around through several rooms so that some of us C9uld talk with each other , although not in sight at all. , , , , But look at the development of the last ton years ! In that tiuio the telephone lias become an institution of civilization. It is now found everywhere. A genera tion of children has grown up who use it as naturally as they use the horse cars. It is a part of the domestic and social life , as well as absolutely essential to busi ness , and yet is going to be still further developed. Mr. Gowcr , the enthusiastic reporter of the Providence Journal , who brought the invention to this city , has had since then a most romantic career. Following Ins faith he invested in the telephone and made millions of dollars. Ho had the whole Paris business for ono item. Be coming a man of great wealth.he amused himself with ballooning , and finally hu sailed out over thu English channel "ono day on a voyage , the end4of which is not yet known. Ho has tlisapp'carcd , and is supposed to have _ dr1ownjji'd.j Tall Chimneys antl LjlRiitntnc Cou- Electrician : At thi last meeting of the Soclctc des Ingentoiira'0 ' Vll8"M. Debar gave a very graphic description of n case , n which a tall chimney unprovided with a lightning conductor had been suddenly destroyed uy a sort of spontaneous out- bust of atmospheric electricity. The oc. currenco certainly seems to' have been jno of a very remarkable character. At b'rccamp , a village on the French coast , the weather being perfectly calm , no wind , a smooth sea , about 10:80 : p. m. on the night of the Oth of January.M. Debar was standing a short distance from the shimncy of a factory , which rose to a height of thirty meters , when suddenly a vivid blnzo of li ht flashed forth , a tre mendous explosion was heard , and the chimney was seen literally to burst asun der at a point about six meters from the base.thc fragments being thrown in all di rections , inllictinggrcat.uaiuagc upon the building within a radius of 160 meters. The place looked as if it hail suffered from a severe bombardment ; happily no per sonal injury was sustained. Largo quan tities of the bricks seem to have been completely pulverized , and the ground was covered with brick-dust for u dis tance in one direction of moro than 400 meters. We are much surprised to find that M. Debar , after stating that there were many tall chimneys in this district unprovided with lightning conductors , expressed the opinion that the e fleet would have been equally disastrous in any case , ns no conductor could possible have proved a channel for the sate passage of such u terrific discharge. This might easily bo true , but surely M. Debar is aware that the function of a lightning conductor is chiolly to avert the attain ment of such tremendous diii'oroncc of potential as is hero indicated. In the present state of our knowledgotho moral of the catastrophe is certainly not that a lightning conductor would have been un availing , but rather that the owners of the factory have been guilty of the most culpable negligence. Electro-Plating the Dead. Cassoll's Saturday Journal : The dis position of the body after death has been a subject of interest from the earliest re corded era. The classic writings arc filled with references to this matter ; nnd thu various kinds of burial or its equiva lent , and the ceremonies attendant upon the last rites , form no inconsiderable portion of both Greek and Latin litera ture. The ancient kinds of burial were chiolly four burying , burning , embalm ing , and storing ; the latter having refer ence to catacombs , vaults , and similar receptacles. All are too familiar to need more that a passing reference. The cus tom of the Jews seems to hayo been to bury the bodies of the dead ; the Egypti ans were the great masters of the art of embalming ; the Romans excavated the great catacombs , which' nro ono of the wonders of the Eternal City to-day-.whik the practice of burning bodies seems tc have obtained generally among most ancient nations. Modern science , on sanitary grounds , has determined positively against the common practice of inhumation. Wherovortho population is dense as it Is in all greal cities it is Been at once that tin custom of burying the bodies of deceased persons is a certain and fruitful source ol disease. Water and air are alike pol luted and rondereA tangcroils'to life bj the placing in the earth of the llfelcs ! lumps of clay which will in time bo resolved - solved into the original elements , bul which , in the meantime , give forth nox ions exhalations. For this reason the practice of intra-mural burial lias beer. done away with , and modern cemcteric ! are placet ! as far as possible from mum cipal centers. In lieu of inhumation thu scientists of the present day have devised vised four methods namely cremation cementation , coking , and electro-plating Cremation is only the clastic funeral pyre , without any of its unpleasant ant revolting attendants. The body is ro duccd to a handful of ashes by inteust heut in a furnace so arranged that nolh Ing disagreeable passes on" during the process. The process of coking is sim ilar ; but Instead of being burned , the body is exposed to llameless heat nnd re duced to a hard , brittle substance in stead of to ashes. Ccmenattion does not deal directly with the body , but with its environment. It con sists in hermetically scaling the collin by placing a coat of tlio finest cement all around it. The advantages of a sarcophagus are in this way secured without much expense. But tlio latest method , ami ono which is growing into popular favor , is electro-plating. It is the application of a perfectly eycn metal lic seating to the surface of the body It self by the same process as that which produces an electrotype plate. The method is briefly this. The body is washed with alcohol and sprinkled over with line graphite powder , to insure the perfect conduction of electricity. It is then placed In a bath of metallic solution containing a piece of the metal to be used. To this is attached the positive polo of a strong battery ; the negative polo is applied to the corpse , nnd a line film of the metal nt once begins to cover the body perfectly and evenly. This may bo kept up until the coating attains any desired thickness. To this process there would seem to bo no valid objection. In cll'ect it transforms thu corpse into a beautiful statue form , fea tures , and even expression being per fectly preserved. The body being her metically sealed within its metal in- closure , merely dries up and assumes the aspect of a mummy. This method ob viates many objections which have been urged against cremationand at the same time meets the wishes of those whoso sentiment , if nothing else , inclines them to favor the ordinary way of ourial. The feeling of the desecration of the human form divine , which its reduction to a handful of ashes causes to many people , is entirely done aw.iy with , as no rude hand is laid upon the once loved form. No change is brought about in appear ance except that fuco nnd figure are covered with a shining veil , through which the familiar lineaments appear with all their well-remembered character istics and expression. Electric linilwnya A contract has been closed by the Sprnguo company with the Richmond Union railway company to run the road by electricity. The service will include forty sixteen-foot cars , each equipped with two seven and one-half horse power motors , sb as to bo absolutely free trom danger of tiny break-down. Overhead con ductors will be used , und there will bo in all about thirteen miles of tr.irk. The road is to bo running this slimmer , and tlio work of electric construction has already begun. The North Chicago City railway com- are now engaged in layinc their Kany line and putting in the conduit for the now cable road in the business center. To expedite this work , as it interferes greatly with ordinary trallic , the company has put up , at intervals of about a hun dred feet , posts somewhat resembling cibbcts in appearance. From each of these posts an electric light is suspended , and by tlio aid of this light some live hundred men arc working every night. RKL.IG1OUS. A church society has bought the site of a skating rink nt TomahVis. . The next Kplscop.il church 'congress will meet in Louisville October 18. Klshop llnrc , ot Xiobrara , has confirmed 1,300 Indians durliu : his episcopate. Bishop Nliutu will piesldo r.t the Methodist conference at Porsgrund , Norway. Toiieka , Kns. , Is to have n new cathedral , the old building having nt last been sold. The Itlble society has distributed nearly lrX)0,000 ) volumes of the scriptures within a year. year.Kev. . Samuel McHridit tins been called to the pastorate of the Centennial Baptist church , Brooklyn. Subscriptions for the new Christian college - lego In Chicago have reached § 100,000 enough to begin work on. The next convention of the New York and Philadelphia synod of the liotormed Episco pal church , will meet in iScianton. Professor J. M. Stiller , D. 1) . , of Crozer Theological seminary , Is to succeed Dr. K. O. Taylor as editor of the Baptist Teacher. Deacon Georce White , of Sevmour , Ind. , has been expelled from church tor deelaring his belief that the world Is n million years old , nnd Hint It Is likely to stand for another bolero the judgment day comes. The Uiooklyn Examiner , a Roman Catholic paper , says It hns no doubt that n majority ot the priests in the citv of New lork , nnd nearly half ot those In Brooklyn , bellovo in the land taxation theory of Mr. ( ieoige. It denounces the Freeman's Journal for repre senting the theory to bo that "private piop- crty Is n crime. " The Sunday school seems to bo In disfavor with Jews no with Christians. The Ameri can Hebrew snjs : "With some slight modi fications with regal d to degree , those schools are lamentably melllcient. They nio not giving the younger generation nn adequate knowledge of Judaism. They are gradually displacing the chcder nnd the house teacher , but they nro miserably poor substitutes. " Metliiisululi wns contemporary with Adam soniH'J-i : * years , and also with Shorn some OS years ; Shorn was nUo contemporary with Isaac some 50 years , so that during this peilod of some ii.100 > ears between Adam nnd Isaac. Adam could Imvu told the story of Eden to Methuselah and Methuselah to Sliem and Shem to Isaac. Were the anMdiluviaii longevity still prevalent , a man might sav to Ins grnndson to-day : "I was present nt the crucifixion of Jesus of Naznreth. " The Jewish Messenger says : "U Is a deli cate matter to discuss the position of the American Jewish pulpit , orrathertho Jewish pulpit iu America ; but many reasons , not entirely the preacher's fault , combine to rob It of Its utility. These exist partly in the cur rents of our age nnd partly in tliecncumstar.- ees that the sermon has become In too many cases a mere moral preachment , n lecture on some ethical theme of no lelatlon to Sabbath or synagogue. It is no longer acontinuatlon of the bi-ivlcn ; and Its specllically Jewish tone Is often lost in the maze cf pietty senti ment , which might just.is well bo delivered before the First Unitarian society of Tlmbuc- too or the Methodist church of Drnnltown. The Independent has compiled a statistical nccount ot the churches of Christ in tlio United States , showing the number ot their communicant ! ) to be as follows : Episcopal polity Methodists. f..Utl.MO ; Uoman Catno- llcs1,00(1.000 ( ; Episeapaliaiis. iJ'.U.KU . ; Mora vians. 10,03iJ total Episcopal , S,7h7,7 ; . Con gregational polity Baptists. y.Ob'J.OOT ; Con- W0b30 ; Itotoimcd. 2.V. . 'J74 ; Mcthodlst.lGT.iKKi ; jeiman Evangelical , 125,000 ; Mennnnltes. 0.000 ; Uhurch of God , 43ooc--total ; 1'resby- : terlans , 2,710,033. The Christian Leader "What says : do- tormlnostho 'impoitanco' of any question'/ Wo constantly hear some peoplu Inmontiug that some oilier people waste tlmu nnd en emy on unimportant points. Creed questions and fellowsnip qui'stlons speculations as to tlio essencu ot matter or ot mind , Inquiries Into the being of God , tlio nature of Christ , the uollty of the Apostolic church , the truth of the doctrine of evolution aru all regarded by some people as unpractical If not trlval. "i et each of these is an Important question to many good people. Is tliero any test to determine what subjects are Important nnd what not' . ' Can wo do better than to let those who are Interested In any question discuss It so IOMK ns they do so with intelligence and courtesy1 A wealthy brewer of Liverpool having of fered &Mooo ) towards n fund for u cathedral ( Angellcaii ) In Liverpool , much comment was excited. The Chrlstaln siiKKebted thai UUliop Hvlo should refuse ft ; bceing thai every shilling of it represented miserv and degradation of the people. Caton Wllber- force said ho would "sooner see catherdrala rot upon the ground ttian that they should be rebuilt by the colossal fortunes thtt have beun raised from tlio drinking Idiocy of the KiiL'llsli people. " The Uhtistlon Leartei railed attention to a recent pastoral ot UUhop Kyle. In which lie mentioned temper ance ns thn lirst of five points on which the standnrd ol reliulcn should bo ritUcd. The bishop himself , In lib letter acknowledging the receipt of the oiler , expresses "ileii | > trail- Ucatlon1 and tfitJers on behalf of blmsclf , and tlio cliurchmen of the dlocesa "hearty thanki. " .1 SOME DINTS TO HUSBANDS. Men Who Make Homo Happy by Appreola tion of the Wife's Labors. MARRIAGE IN NEW GUINEA. Discontented Wives Enduring Love Cupid's I'rnnks With a McrryQ Mn 111 Xho Ilrltlcgroora of Bengal. The Daily. Who makes the homo of the poor man so bright ? Who Jills the palace of wealth with such ' Who , when you kiss hlm.wlllBlvo youa bite ? Tlio baby. Who In ono moment can laugh and cry ? JJ ho at the came time can yield and defy ? Who Is It ono can't but love , though ho try ? The baby. Who has opinions which no ono gainsays ? \ \ ho naughty pranks with impunity plays ? \V ho Is the monaich of all he surveys , ' . ' The baby. Homo Hlnt.sto Husband * . Ono often reads or hears It said , writes Clara do Vcro In thu Cincinnati Commer cial-Gazette , that the peace and happi ness of the household depend upon the wifts or mother. This assertion is not strictly true. As the mother is or should be with her children more , her inllueiico is greater than any one's else ; but does not the father's daily example sometimes counteract that inlluutice ? Children , says thu Golden Rule , are close observers , unil are apt Imitators of their cldurs. Should the father bo addicted to the luibit of fault-finding , especially in re gard to thu food sut before him at meal lime , and the weary , discouraged wife in the vain attempt to defend tier repu tation as cook arouses Insiro by making excuses , then the children of tlio family will be listeners to an angry tiratlo , or , what is worse , a quarrel , if the mother has not complete control of her temper ; and , of course , they will bo apt to follow the example set before them , and discord will reign in the family. That is not an attractive picture of homo life , yet in some families such a scene is enacted almost every day. Men often mar the happiness of wives and children by fault finding , and surely they add nothing to their own peace of mind by indulging in it. It is just as much the husband's duty to sit down to the table with a cheerful , sunshiny face , and make tlio best of the food set before him , as it is the wife's duty to keep the house in order and pre pare the meals regularly. Woman's efforts to please in the matter of cooking are rarely appreciated , or. if so , she hears no word of commendation. Men do not seem to rcali/.o how much a woman's heart hungers for words of praise from her husband's lips. If she prepares some dainty dish to tempt his appetite , he is too careless to note how eagerly she waits to know if ho likes it. Appreciation is one of the best incentives thu world affords. After the labors inci dent to the preparation of a meal , how it seems to rest u wife to hear her husband say : "How nice and light your biscuits are , " or "Wife , this meal is cooked to suit my taste , " or words of commenda tion. A few words of approval repay her for her trouble. Just try this for oncc.carclcss husband , and see if your wife's face doesn't light up and all traces of weariness disappear on the instant. O , think of the many things you can do to brighten her life. A little appreciation by ono she lovea goes a good way toward making a woman happy. Many n weary wife drags out her life unappreciated , scarcely finding a word of sympathy from her husband. H has cnretul words for the stranger , And smiles for the sometimes guest , But oft for his own the bitter tone , Though he loves his own the best. That such a man's homo is unhappy is mainly his own fault. Dlscontonied Wives , Now York Sun : Why ; is it that so many women of social culture are un happy in their married lifo land discon tented with their husbandsvl Is it not because the pursuits and oc cupations of husbands are apt to unfit thorn to share the tastes and pleasures of wives who have the ambition and leisure to perfect themselves in tha graces and accomplishments of our elegant society ? As many n foreigner of cultivation has observed , and as everybody familiar with our sociul life must oo aware , the women hero nro generally superior to the men in polish , nicety of adaptation to their surroundings , and erven in educa tion , especially so far as concerns the more rotincd tastes in art and literature. This is because the women have more time and so many moro opportunities to acquire what is requisite to cultivation und refinement. Trie husband must rush down-town early in the morning and spend his day in the rough-and-ready contest for money , while the wife re mains at homo with ample leisure to expend the money ho wins for her use in gratifying her desires for solider or superficial accomplishments and social pleasure and experience. Of course ho is likely to full behind her in such cul tivation , and the longer ho delves and she profits by the opportunities his wealth secures for ber , the greater the gulf between them in that respect. She is an elegant woman of society , and lie only a hard-working man of business , whoso daily toil leaves its mark on his mind and his manner. Society is the sphere in which such a woman should shine. Her only chunco for a brilliant career is there , and the impulse which drives a man to seek faint ) In politics or alVairs is in her an ambition for power and consequence in the social world. But whim she seeks to gratify it she may find that her purpose is balked because her work-a-day husband has exhausted his energy before the hour of her activity comes , lie is tired out at the end of the day , and not until the day is over docs the great business of social pleasures begin. With us , too , men are apt to have satisfied their desire for such occupations tit a period of lifo when social excite ment may be most attractive to women. Is it surprising , then , that conjugal dis cords occur in n social sphere where the men. are absorbed in work and roughened by nllulrs , while the women have ac quired the tastes and aptitudes of an elegant leisure ? EndiirliiB Iiove. Springfield ( Mas * ) Republican : A story of long continued love happily culmi nated by the marriage of N.M. Uoodell , seventy-two years of ago , to Miss Saran Hoi brook , sixty { years old , at the house of tlio bride , in Monson , ' recently , the UDV. E. II. Bying- ton officiating. Many years ago when Miss Holbrook was a little girl , she attended school in Sturbridgo with Nathan Uodell. Ho was a somewhat bashful young fellow , who used to carry tier dinner pall to and from the small district schoolhouse. A feeling of interest , to say the least , sprung up between the children , which has appar ently never died out. Nathan wandered away after it time , working as a farm hand till ho had saved enough to buy a place of his own in Crimlicid. Ho had meanwhile met another woman who en gaged his affections , and to whom ho was married , a daughter being born to them. Mrs. ( ioodell and the daughter died two years ago , leaving the old man aloneand so ho remained until riding through Monson n few weeks ago ho mot his early love , who had lived in single blessedness for sixty years , never having forgotten Nathan. The sequel was the marriage. Our Wives. Uuskin , in speaking of the wife , says : "A Judicious wife U always nipping oil from her husband's moral naluro llttli twig < ? tliat nro growing in the wronj direction. She keeps him in shape bi pruning. It you say anything silly , sin will afloctionatcl.v style you so. If yoi declare that you will do some absuri thing , she will find some way of prevent ing you from doing it. And by far the chief part of all the common sense tlior. ' Is in tlioorltl belongs unquestionable to women. The wisest things a mar commonly does are those which his wife counsels him to do. A wife is a grand wiclder of the moral pruning-knlfo. II Johnson's wife had lived there would have been no hoarding up of orange peel , no touching all the posts In walk ing along the streets , no eating ami drinking with disgusting velocity. II Oliver Goldsmith had been married he never would have worn that memorable and ridiculous coat. Whenever you find a man whom you know little about oddlj dressed , talking absurdly , or exhibiting eccentricity of manner , you may bo sure that ho is not a married man : for the corners are rounded elf , the little shoots pared away in married men. Wives have much moro sense than their luiS' bands. The wife's ndvlco is like the bal last that keeps the ship steady. " Cupid's PrnnkB With n Merry Maid. Chicago Herald : There is a young woman on Calumet avenue who has lost confidence in the cllicaev of wedding cake. About a week ago u friend pre sented her with a goodly chunk of that delectable food known as bride's cake. 1 ho young woman wrapped the while , fluffy stull in a piece of tissue paper nnil thrust it into her pocket , intending , ns she said , to place it under her pillow that night and < lrcam about her future hus band. Somehow or other the little pack age got mixed up with a parcel of about the same size and wrapping which con tained pumice stone. When night came the pretty girl stowed what she supposed was the wedding cake under her pillow and then lay down to struggle with some slumber. The dear creature slept , but it was a troubled sleep. She beheld all sorts of hideous monsters and writhing rep tiles , and once or twice during her night mare ( for it was nothing else ) she made involuntary plunges into dark abysses. When morning came the young woman cot out of bed in a huff and forthwith declared a boycott on all wedding cake. Marriage In Now Guinea. M. Itcclus says in All the Year Round the isandcrs of New Guinea are married , not according to their own inclinations , but those ot their parents. They arc most frequently allianccdatavcry tendei age , but are afterward forbidden to as sociate witli each other ; indeed , this is carried so far that the girl may not even look at her future husband. IJoth must avoid all contact with thn members , mas culine and feminine , of the family into which they arc about to enter. The wed ding ceremonies are characterized by a reserve and a modesty very remarkable in a savage people of the tropics. Adorned with the most beautiful orna ments , the bride is conducted at night in a erund torchlight procession through the villaco. Ono woman carries her on her back , while another binds her as though she were a captive , and leads her by the rope to the house of her be > throthcd. i'his is a symbol of slavery , a pouronir of the ancient servitude , which the aristocratic class has pre served There is [ nothing of this in the processions of the poor. On reaching their destination the bridegroom is presented ; o the bnd 's relatives , who lead him into her chamber. She awaits him with her back turned , in dicating that she docs not dare to meet his conquering gr./.e. The young man approaches within two feet of her , turns on his heel , and then they arc bacK to back in tlio midst of a numerous assem bly , the men on one side , the women on the other. After the entertainment the bride is led into her own room , still not daring to meet the terrible glance of her husband , and keeping ! < er back turned lethe the door ; seeing this , the husband also turns his back on her. The whole night is spent in this manner ; they sit there motionless , having some one to brush away the Hies , and without speaking n word. If they grow sleepy some of the assistants , who take turns in doing this service , nudges them with his elbow. If they keep wide awake they are assured of a long lifo and green old ago. In the morning they separate , still without look ing at each other , in order to refresh themselves after the fatigues of the prev ious night. This performance ia con tinued for four nights , and on the fifth morning , with the first rays of the sun , the young people may look each other full in the face. That suttices ; the mar riage is considered accomplished , and the newly wedded pair receive tlio customary congratulations. The nridoprooni Market Ins licneal. A complaint of a very singular charac ter comes from Bengal. Our educational system is said to bo creating n marked clfcct upon the native marriage market throughout the presidency , and the price of bridegrooms is said to bo rising ris ing , it appears , moreover , in proportion to the young gentleman's successes at the university. At least such is the asser tion of a Hindoo pundit who has recently written on the subject to a Calcutta journal. A boy who is fortunate enough to pass his entrance examination at col- leco is now rated at .100 rupees , while bachelors of arts aud those entitled to place the mystic letters "M. A. " after their names are fetching fancy prices as prospective sons-in-law. The result , of which the learned Bengalee complainsis certainly one of the oddest that has ever been attributable to a system of educa tion in any land , and tho.so who are re sponsible for the university competitions introduced into our great eastern de pendency will assuredly bq acquitted of over having'cntertained the idea of corner ing the marriage market.or making their examinations a means of running up the nrico of bridegrooms. It must not be forgotten that the Hindoo has peculiar no tions as to tlio marriage of his daughters- and can not possiblyuo as philosophic in the matter as the less prejudiced resi dents of the west. On the contrary , in deed. To a Hindoo father who firmly bo- ieves in Menu and his prescriptions as to marriacro , a scarcity of bridegrooms , or a price beyond his means , may prove a very serious matter indeed. The Brah min code of laws regards matrimony as one of tlio means of rebirth , and for a girl to remain unmarried after attaining the ago of puberty , Is not only a sin , but an unpardonable sin. It curtails disgrace - grace upon the ancestors of n family and upon the descendants. So far Is this idea carried that a marriage contracted after tlio bride is of mature age that is to say eleven Tears old is regarded by many native legalists as invalid. Hence the anxiety of every Hindoo parent to be troth his daughter before , it possible , she is of ago. There are many districts where the non-marriage of a girl within a reasonable period of her attaining re ligious edolescen/o is regarded as fixing so disgraceful a stigma npnn tlio parents that they will commit suicide. Among some of the subordinate cases a girl is solemnly married to an Ashwatta tree the so-called flcus rellgiosa when all other devices to secure her a husband have failed. It is easy enough , therefore , to understand that a rise in the price of bridegrooms la regarded bv orthodox Hindoos as an } thing but a trilling mattea. CUXNDJUAMTIKS. A man named StcNcns at Oswrgo , X. Y , aged twenty-seven , eloped with a woman aged forty-nine. Mr. and Mrs. Robert ( ! . Atllfck , celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage last Sunday at liollvitr , Mo. A North Carolina clergymen not only re fused to mnrry nn eloping couple , but ar rested thn brldo and telegraphed her fathoi that he had held her .subject to his orders. An English statistician hag discovered thai married men live lonjtcr nml bettor lives that bachelors. Among cvcrv 1WX ) batcliclnr there nro OS criminals ; nmonif niarued mci the ratio Is only 18 i > cr 1CHJ. ) A mnti In Cambria county , PA. , last wcel persuaded his wife tona \ \ her hair cu short , tolling her It was now nil the fashion Ho then took the shorn locks to a ncUhbor Hie store and traded thorn oil for whisky. The Kqultablo Marriage Assurance Associ ation , of IVnnsUvnnla , has collapsed. Tin safest marriau'o assunmcfl association has Im two members , with unlimited drafts on tin bank of good nature and mutual forbearance. . Six widows live on six adjoining farms It the town of YcnniiKO , 1'n. , and. what Is nion remarkable , they are all Hendersons , belnt the widows of the late Henderson brother ? 'Ihomas , Samuel , Andrew , Stewart , Wllllati Riid Alexander. The marrlngo licence lew In IVnnsylvanlr before It was amended by the loelshituro thai has just adjourned , required the applicant tor n license personally to appear before the clerk of the mplmiis' couit In tlio count ) where the ceremony wns to take place. As amended , the law confers on the police mat ; Istiato the power to hear applications and ti forward them to the clerk of the couitlt \ grants the license If the proof Is found siilll clent. It also enables either applicant to op pear by proxy before the magistrate and sub mil the necessary nllldavlts. MUSICAL AND UllAMATIO. A London correspondent writes : Thcro Is nothing going on in theatrical circles but marrlaccs and dlvoiccs. Sol Smith Hussell , who recently bade tarewpll to the footlights , intends to become a plumber and rake in shekels. Lotta's cottage nt Lake Mnhopac Is said tc bo the most notable mid elegant of any of the summer homes of the theatrical people. Buffalo Bill Is writing for the London Globe n series of wild west reminiscences. The picturesque scout Is rapidly becoming a so cial favorite In London. Mary Anderson appeared on last Saturday ill/lit for the lirst time In Kngland as Hlauca In Mllman s tragedy of "Ka/.io. " This ia another nt the pieces which the lady pro > poses to produce during her London season. Josef Hofman. ten-year-old pianist , who has been astonishing the continent with his wonderful precocity , has been pronounced by Anton Itublnsteln to bo the womlcr of the age. All over the continent the critics couv pare him to Moinrt. Considerable dlfliculty Is being oxpcr loneed in securing eligible time for the tom of Mrs. James Brown Potter next season , Hut n lew weeks have been filled ilellnitoly , The lady Is not icgarded as an attraction bj managers of sound judgment. Edwin Booth distributed valuable gifts among his company when It disbanded 10 cently. Ho ave Ids property-man nnd thobov oral other minor employes S1UO apiece , nnd the members of the ballet nnd the carpenters were substantially and unostentatiously re inembercd. The sale of the "Aloha Oo" march , wrltter and dedicated to Queen Kaplolanl by J , lliomn.s Baldwin , ot Boston , has been uupre codentlv largo , the number of copies dls nosed of reaching well nlgb 15,000 within a week of its publication. The town council of Bologna offers for next year a prize of 5000 lire tor the composl tlon of an opera. Only Italian composer ! under thirtv years of ago will bo allowed te compete. The successful work will bo pro duced In the theatre nt Bolognn. The Prlnco of Wales visited the Princess theater last week and expressed himsell highly pleased with "Hold by the Euemv.1 Ills Koyal Highness inquired who Mr. Gil lette was , nnd asked that he be congratulated on his behalf on his excellent pluy. Sol Smith Kussoll and family have gone to Minneapolis , where they will nermuneiitlj reside. Mr. W. T. Adams ( "Oliver Optic" ) Mrs. Uusscll's father , will llvo with them after his visit to Europe , for which he will sail fioin New iork city on May 23. Henry Irving Is very Indignant nt Conue lin's article in Harper's macazlno on dra matic art , nnd has prepared a paper lor tin Juno number of the iNlneteenth Century re plying to It. The English actor considers Coqeulln's reference to him as Insulting. Hober Hllllard , who It is said will play leading man for Mrs. James Brown Pottei during her American season. Is a lirooklyn Ite , nnd was once president of thuAmarantl Club. He is now playing tlih join of tin ( ambler In McKee Uankin's ' " GoUler Giant. " (1j , , jjii j , , , The English foreign office Is tftkrniutons to obtain , tliroiich the embassies-In. L6ndoh , correct copies of all the natiqnnl anthems In use throughout tbe world , for the useot iiillr tary bands called upon to pay compliment tc member * oi foreign royal families 'who may visit England for the queen's jubilee celebra tion. tion.Mine. Mine. Emma Nevada nnd her husband , Dr , Palmer , have a pretty little eight-month. " old daughter , named Mignou. The child wns born In France , her mother Is an Ameri can nnd her father is an Englishman. Mine. Nevada will talk French to her , Dr. Pal met will talk English , nml the nurse will speak only German , so the little one bids fair to be quite cosmopolitan. Minnie Maddern will sail for Europe this month on a curious mission. Her luxuriant rod hair tins been onn of her charming fea tures , but within the last .six months it has been turning darker , and In streaks It Is nearly black now. Dr. Mnuvin-Plcard of Paris , says he ran lestore the sprightly sou- bretto's curl to their original color , nnd fa Miss MniUtern will go to Paris for the sum mer. Overwork Is supposed to have pro duced the phenomenon. Colonel Sam B. Chambers , who died In ( irecnsburg , Ind. , last week , was once the proprietor of the old Chambers circus , and hna a reputation ns n clown. Ho wns known as "Old Silver Top , " nnd after the war , In which ho served nt the head of a Peniibylva- nln regiment , he hccnmo n temperance lec turer , nnd ns such wns known throughout Illinois , Indiana nnd Ohio. ThoBartram & Burbrldgo Comedy com pany , which will eo out next season in "A Night Off , " has hit upon n now method to circumvent the action of the Intor-stato com merce law. nnd at the same time present their comedy with handsome settings , All ot the scenes ot the play taku place In drawing- rooms , nnd for these the orgnnlzation will carry hnndsomo tnpestry curtains , with rings nnd poles complete * . Although these do not weigh moro than lifty pounds nltogethcrtlioy are sufficient to mnke NKvoral very directive nnd pretty scenes. Kev. C. It. Wild , of BaltimoreIn the eour.se of a sermon delivered in that city recently , remarked : "The stiigo must meet the level of those who to to the theater and give what they domnnd. Is there any way of clovatin t It ? Most certainly 1 Turn the best men Into It. Let the deacons nnd elders nnd those who should be be > t attend it once a week. If men were taiiiht to look upon It ns a neces sity it would soon ftiliill its function and be come active tor good. Tlio most powerful nKcnt for the temperance cnuso I know of , more so than lectures or total abstinence laws , Is n play called "The Tiekct-ot-Leavo Man , " what can be more Instinctive than for voting persons to see "Othello , " "Lear" or "Hamlut , " nnd reall/o while seeing them the height and depth of life ? " The body of ( iraco Leslie , the actress who wns killed last week on tlio Denver & Kol Grande railroad , was burled In Brooklyn on Wednesday Inst. Ono of the Kato Custlo- ton company says ot the accident : "Wo were all In the bleoiier. MUaGllpIn wns in the same berth with Miss Leslie. When turning one of the mountain curves the train snapped In two. In my opinion wo were going too fast around those curves , and the jar of the Ilrst train caused n bowlder to loosen nnd roll down the mountain slue. It htruck our car directly where Miss Leslie was Mocplng , broke In and struck her on the brcnit , killing her. The htrnngost thing of nil is that Miss Cillpln was not hurt. " Dramatic News : It Is a good story which Is being told at the expense of Pierre Lorll- lard. In his capacity ns proprietor of the fashionable Tuxedo Park Mr. Lorlllnrd In said to have declared that no actress .should sot foot upon the sacied retreat of fushlon. Now , It just happens that .MrH. James Jtiowti 1'otter wns one of the liiht to take an Interest In the park , and hhe not only participated In tlio amateur performances which wore given there with such n lloutlsh of trumpets , but she bought n cottage there. Since she has become a professional actress Mrs. Potter has caused the exclusive Mr. Lorillard HOIIIO uneasiness. Inasmuch ns < < hft owns n house within the park It would not bo easy for any body to keep tier out , nnd the rule which lias hitherto been rigidly enforced will hardly bo carried out In this Instance. Etelka Wardell , whoso real namu Is Eva Hcaton , and who belonged In IS77 and for live years to the Wheatley dinmatlc associa tion , of Philadelphiaplaylni : under the stage name of Miss De Costa , will get 85,400 as balm for a wounded heart fiom J.oonard F. Tracy. She loved him once , h < * came en- gnu'ed to him a = d loaned him n great deal ot money. He sailed to Kuropo , met Helen Dauvray , forgot Miss Hcntontand married Miss Dauvrav. When he came back to New York Miss Ileaton confronted him with tlio demand that ho cover his borrowing frorf her by a note for SMKX ) duo on domain ! . Sucrl n note , dntcd January IP. 1SSJ. wns part ol the evidence on which a Now \ork Jury last week tendered aertllct awarding Miss Hi-aton 5ft,4W ) , her full claim , Mr. Tracy 13 about toity. and was not nn actor , although ho bt-louced to the Wheatloy when ho lirst met Miss Hi-aton , Julius llulllsh says that ho does not bclle\o Tracy to bo the hUbbanu. of Miss Dauvrny. KOUCAT10NAU , The sweet girl graduated have been busy the past week. Mr. J. Randolph Tucker of Virginia , wild" will ilelher an nddti-ss at Yale college Ini commencement weokhns chosen for hlo sub- Jict , "Tho Federal Convention of 17b ! > . " i The majority of tlio school children , It has' recently been discovered , are taught Herman history only down to thoyi-nr ISl'J. ' 'i'haf remain Ignoiaut of all contemporaneous Ills * tory. Jean Hcnnctto , of the 'i ale senior clasf has been awarded ono ot the Townseml jirl/es. Air. llminetta Is n compositor , anil has paid a part of his college expenses by setting type dining vacation. President Oilman of John Hopkins tin- veisity authorises a denial of the report that the presidency of ( iovernor Stanford's unl- versltj In California 1ms been otl'ered to him , and that ho has suggested any candidate for the post , The German government has closed the school at Stiasbing.estntilishedby Miss \Vnst , daughter of a former piofussoi ot nmtlii'iuatlcs at tlio I'lotcstaut nymnnsium. The lady's offense lay in lunching llttlo Kreneh girls to lead aud wrlto their own language. The chart of thu heavens which the Inter national n.stronomers aio about to prepare will be composed of about 'J.OJO sheets. With iho aid of this chart It will bo possible to "diagnose , " so to speak , the 100,000,000 stars which are said to exist In the liruia- in etit. The senior class at Harvard Is having ft composite- photograph taken. One man pro- , noses taking the senior picture and the Wellesley "compo" which will boon appear , nnd mnl < Iii n grand composite of tlio two which will be the national a\erajo ; typo of the coming American. The recent legislature ot Minnesota passed a law piovldlim for state nsMstanco In tlio c.stabllshmentotjmbllcsrhool libraries which , the St. 1'aul I'lonecr-l'rcss thinks , "may prove to bo ono of those apparently trivial nets which sometimes produce consequences of the litst magnitude. " ltruUI : "In carry ing out this plantho committee to whom wns conllilcd the selection of representative vol umes appear to have done excellently. " T11K I'EKFKOT Self Revolving ton Date Quickest Selling Article Ever Invented. PRICE OF DASHER , $1.25 Needs no talk Inc. butrenllrli the Prottloit Article on the MtirKet. OMAHA , Neb. , April ay , 18S7. 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