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12 . THE OMAHA DAILY BKMS SUNDAY , AUGUST 28. 1887.-TWELYE PAGE A' THE FEMININE DOMAIN , Eolation of Women With Money Matters , JflAID OF ALL WORK IN SOCIETY i * tamtnlno Industrie * A Blmrp Imna- > Mo Gotham' * Tall GlrU-Fc- MalcM Who Pcnoo A Girl's Trl- uinpli Woman alltlea. Two WOOCM. Wafhtnulon Critic. luck Dlunt once loved a maid whose hair With term cotti mlttht coin pare. "My heartbeats for you. " ho said ; "Ho matter If your hnlr Is red , With mo the color tins no heft" And ho got loft , toreo Smoothly later came to wee. ltd he with pnsslon tender , too , 1 love you , and nil that M you : Those lock * of dnlnty golden hair Cho nunllittit kissed and lingered there I'd give my nil for one wee curl. " lie eot the girl. Women and Blimey Matter * . Wall Hamilton in Cosmopolitan : The riation of money h butane of the many delations that should feel the benign and taping touch of woman. It is chiefly japortant because of its ministering power , because it is servant of servants its brethren. It Is not to bo disposed of by setting up a separate purse , any more than by setting up a separate chil'l. [ f a man counts a woman lit to bo the mother of his children , it is little that she should bo fit to expend money for their rearing. If a man is gentle and soft enough to cpmo into tender contact witli his little children , ho must be malleable enough to bo shaped right in regard to the money that they and their mother require. If course , if a man is over brutal , and lie woman over sllly.thcrcmust be disas- [ cr.whnthor there bo one purse or twenty , ir none. There may well bo women who mvo no sense about money , just as there ir women who do not 'know how to [ bring up children. It is a defect of char acter. Such women are a failure iu pro portion to their defects , and their defec tive work , it cannot bo denied , is evil. But if both husband and wife are of the common type , honest , sincere , devoted Briu fairly sensible , a patient , continuous and not unlovely process of consultation nnd conciliation and compromise will bring them eventually into a clear under standing of relative values. Requirements of n Hoolniy Woman. Society is not the place in which to preach woman's rights or temperance , and bliu who should undertake to set a linnor table by the ears , so to speak , [ with an expression of her deepest convic- Itlons , would bo pretty certain to receive o second invitation. There tire those rho go so far as to say that the society Kirl should have no convictions but the [ convictions of her own acceptability. She Imay have interests , but no hobbies ; nt the same time she must not bo shallow. Btlll , the girl who ignorantly aspires to flooloty puts clothes first and culture last , has more or less contempt for everything but her fallals. It is manner that carries the day , and good-nature and kindliness , oven in society the art of making others haupy , of amusing without apparent [ cflbrt , of being invariably agreeable. Moods should not belong to a society jirl if she would be a success ; she must illow herself to bo bored with a smile.sho nust submit to disappointments with a jonrnot , for society has its price like > thor worldly things. Feminine ImliiHtrlon. London ( triiphio : Feminine industries [ of the world are to bo extensively ropro- lontcd at the Glasgow exhibition next pear , 'ihere will bo a special women's section , as the lady presidents want-to show exactly what share women bear in the manufactures of the present limn. Jot only needlework is to uo exhibited , out such mechanical branches as leather dressing' , bookbinding , fishing taeklo manufacture , glovomaking , and the like. Decorative industries , including carving , brnsswork , painting and cnirravmg , will Hud a place as well as female hygienic clothing. A Maid or All Work In Society. Detroit Tribune : "Last season my maid of all work asked early in the spring if she might not have the month of July. I aaid yes , not realizing the trouble there was in getting help , " said n prominent Detroit lady , "As I could not find a ser vant I decided to close the liouso , and gofer for a month to one of the fashionable beaches near homo. While watching the bathers the morning after I arrived , 1 noticed one , a pretty-looking girl , pict uresquely dressed , who struck mo famil iarly. As she came near I recognized her as my maid Julia , notwithstanding nho had changed her hair from dark brown to pale gold , and I spoke to her. To my surprise she entirely ignored me , never showing by oven the rising of an tyebrow that she recognized mo or the BOlldren. On returning to the hotel I found that she was registered under the name of n Inond of mine , n well-known society young lady , who.sonamo sue kept ( luring her stav there. Why didn't I expose her ? What would havu been the use ? She wore better clothes than I did. was bright and pretty , and had gathered around nor the cream of the society there. The probability is that if I had aid anything no one would have bo lliaved mo. I Pretty Sharp fora Lunatic. I Baltimore Sun : An elderly married Natty in Uyliold , who possesses property Ha her own right , had frequently cx- loressed a desire to make a donation to Mho church with which she is connected I when a suitable occasion offered , and ac- Icordingly when the society determined MB repairing and remodeling the meet- ling house , the minister , as chairman of he soliciting committee , called on her or a contribution and was presented With a check for $500. The good clergy- loan went homo highly elated , but was Merriblv taken back the next day when he lady's husband and son called to pro- Beit against her munificence. fPtuiy declared that she had not boon in Iher right mind for n long time and didn't Know what she was doing when she fielded to the undun mlluonco brought to mar upon her. Though the minister ew that she was as snno as. her htis- Iband , to say the least , and the contribu tion was perfectly voluntary , yet a dis- Bclination to become mixed up in legal proceedings , which were hinted nt , in- Einccil him to send back the money. So ar 10 good , but now comes the sequel. ETho husband recently sold a tract of and ; the deed was duly drawn , signed md sealed by the grantor , who passed It o his wife to sign for rollnqulshment of lower , but to his astonishment she inter- Bx > * cd a slight objection. "No , I am not n my right mind , you know , and my act would bo void. " was her reply , and in pito of all solicitations she refuses the ourtesy of her autograph , and the old gentleman still has the land on his hand ? nitoad of the money Is his pocket. I Tall Girls of Gotham. I Now York Sun : Are the young women > f this town at the present time taller md stouter than its belles of twenty or fchlrly years ago ? Old follows say they mn. and the height and. weight of the fctidonce which they introduce cannot all to glvo strength to their assertion. Bui these far-seeing old philosophers klw want us to believe that our girls are how less beautiful than the dames oi Bormor times. Wo can't. The law of fcallautry forbids us. Our girls are im- tense , and arc still progressing with Eiffmutlc strides : but that they arc in any Bwpeci less lovely than the little natures of long ago we must deny. lflT ( out two iuobcs , wo believe , is the exact height of one of the famous ittit- utcs of Venus. If that statute , like some of the imngoj that fro read of in fairy .ales , could come to life now and got rigged up in all the fascinating tocgery of the present fashion she would only bo n mite among the tall and stately beau- les of Broadway. Five feet two may lave been the standard height of long ago , but not of this time. Every evening wo empty out shopfuls of girls from live feet six to live feet ten , and every one of them carved like the statue of liberty. Tall old gentlemen can't see this fe male encroachment upon the stature of man , but short and middle-sized old fel lows are constantly remarking that they have to look up or straight ahead now , where in former years they looked down. The fact seems to bo that the modern Now York belle Is a great big girl with an enormous hat , small feet , and a tournuro Hko the overhang of the volunteer. Glrla Who Fence. San Francisco Chronicle : It is said that Grecian women would enter the arena in the old Olympian days and wrestle with one another to encourage their children and strengthen themselves. Thus Spartian mothers had Spartian eons , and the name to this day Is synony mous with bravery and physical endur ance. In these modern days Indies , as a rule , consider that their constitutions are too delicate for any greater physical cxcrclso than a gontta Htroll or a little shopping , and so many a physician has deplored the absence of proper bodily uxerciso among the fair sex and has preached wise though Ineffectual ser mons about the nncd of it. Hut fashion , like a miracle , will do what preaching will not do , and , as In thu cast fencing has become fashionable , and the fashions travel with the star of the empire , so fencing is now being introduced in this city. An American Girls Triumph. Pittshtirg Dispatch : The ceremony of defending a thesis is the final exorcise which is exacted of a Parisian medical student iiroparatorv to receiving the college diploma. The occasion always draws together the friends of the stu dent , and is generally fringed and varie gated with fun and frolic , with gifts of flowers , and with a complimentary din ner to the now-mado doctor of medicine. Hut the chief feature of this day is a severe examination of the candidates by the college bigwigs , who sit in solemn slate , arrayed in red bilk gowns anil wearing hcarlot caps. The candidate , whether male or female , is dressed in a black gown with a white lichii. And when Miss Hradley stepped into the arena , clad in this traditional garb , the general comment of the audience was : "How like Portia in the trial scene of the 'Merchant of Venice. ' " It was known to Miss Hradloy's collejro mates and other friends that , her thesis would be on "lodism , " and that she had taken a year to write an elaborate book on the subject , which will soon bo repub- lishcd in English from the original French. For an hour and a half she was questioned with great shrewdness and ability by four of the loading professors of the Ecolo do Mi-decinc Drs. Fournicr , Gautier , Porchet and Hobin. Each of these gentlemen had previously received a copy of Miss Uraclloy's bold book and they had bought their copies at the examining room , with multitudinous interrogation marks on the margins , showing that the now treatise iso had not only been carefully read , but had excited much curiosity and atten tion. Miss Hradloy had the great advant age of nn unhackneyed theme , which she skilfully illustrated by a numerous array of unfamiliar facts. Her triumph was of a peculiar char acter. Her foui examiners said to her , with admiring frankness : "You have been working a new field : we cannot agree with many of your conclusions ; further Investigation may laad cither yourself or us to different views ; but , meanwhile you have presented to the college a thesis which does you uncom mon honor , and for which we nnani inously award you the maximum mark of merit. " After the announcement of the award , Miss Hradley was entertained at dinner by Miss Augusta Klumpkc , the first fe male physician who has ever been ad mitted to practice in the hospitals of Paris. Hoth these ladies are Americans Miss Klumpkc from San Franeisco.and Miss Bradley fiom Now York. The granfathor of the latter , Henry Hradlev , was once a candidate for the Governor ship of the Empire state ; her father , Ogden - don Hradley. is'a banker , and the Itight Uovcrond Bishop Nealy , of Maine , is her uncle. Fanny Koinlno Still Allvn. Albany Argus : The other day I drove from Pfttslield to Lennox- charming ride , and at the head of the hill where stands to ! old Congregational church , 1 gave the horse a breathing spell. The day was hot and still , and the graveyard , with its turf closely cut and its towering trees , wore an inviting look. In the dis tance was the sexton , sickle in hand , levelling the struggling tufa of grass that were climbing about the old headstones. Ho proved to bo a remarkably agreeable and intelligent man. and 1 accosted him : "Can you tell mo whether Fanny Kcm- bio is buried hero ? " I asked , glancing around for such an imposing monument as should mark her final resting place. "No , sir , " ho answered , and after a paupo , which somehow piqued my curi- ositv , ho added : "She isn't dead yet sir. " "Not dead " I ! stammered. "No , sir. For the past three or four years 1 have been asked this question a dozen times every season. Some puoule toll me that they havo'come a long dis tance to see her grave , and n few huvo appeared not over pleased to learn that she was still alive. Miss Kemblo is quite old now , seventy-live or seventy-sixth at least , but she it * living in England. Not long niro wo got a letter from her saying that very likely she would visit Lennox this fall. This created quite a flutter , but since then wo have heard nothing further. Wo have had the old clock in the tower there , which Miss Kemblo pre sented to the church , overhauled and re paired. If she comes hero she will got a warm reception you may bo suro. " Nolllo Gnulil'd Iiovor. NKW YOIIK , August 20. A young fol low , said to bo employed on a railroad at King's Crcok , W. Va. , and who calls him self J. M. Ttabor , has been trying to captivate Miss Nellie Gould , oldest daughter of .lay Gould. Some time ago ho called at Mr. George Gould's otlice with a letter of introduction , purporting to have boon clvon by Frederick Geb- hard. . His letter did not appear to bo genuine , however , and ho loft suddenly. Very soon after that Miss Gould re- ceiroa markeil copies of papers in which Traber hail contrived to have favorable notices of himself printed. He followed these with letters of a cra/y nature. , nil of which wore confided to the waste bnsKiit. Recently ho got the following notice of himself printed in a western paper : The ciungoniont Is announced of .Miss Nellie. Could , eldest dnnuhter ot the Now York millionaire , to Mr. .1. M. Trnber , a bright young railroad employe at King's CrcokV. . Va. It Is said that the nuptials will be solemnized early next yoar. This was copied into the Graphic and called forth this card from Mr. Gould yesterday : Hear Sir : The inclosed cannnl crept Into yestontixy'8 Graphic : This Traber Is un doubtedly a halt crazy crank , who has b en writing letters for the past year or two to my daughter , though a total stranger. I should 11 KO to know how such a report was set afloat Yours , truly , JAV GOUI.D. Mr. Gould's reply to inquiries last night was that ho had nothing more to say than bo had snld in his note. Gentlemen Callers for Pafttlmc. As to a ) lowinH gentlemen to call merely as pastime there can bo no serious ques tion raised. Every lady has the privi lege of choosing her company , and If she llnds among her gentlemen acquaintance Ivro or thren who are able to entertain her she certainly has the right to oncour- ngo them to call. If , however , she leads them to think that she is in love with them , and Is playing for keeps , she will bo doing wrong. No sensible lady would do this , but would , o conduct herself that the gentlemen would understand that they were merely calling for the pleasure there was in it , and that whenever they found something worthy of more serious attention they would bo excused. flow Women Talk of Each Other. Women are never satisfied. Thny are forever picking at cacli other , criticising and finding fault. When one cots a new gown nearly every other one jumps on it and metaphorically tramps it in the mud. So It IB when she gets a beau. Her dear girl associates will tell her awful things about him , make remarks about his feet and his hands , criticiso the style of his clothes , smile sweetly before his face and laugh at him bchldd his back. You know you do , and there is no use denying it. You may not mean any harm by it , but how would you like to have your best young man treated in this way ? Were women a little more philosophical they would find It possible to get along among themselves without so much clashing. Their glasses appear to bo adjusted to sec only the faults in e.ach other , and none of the good traits. This adjustment is quite fortunate , no doubt , for the men , as it show ; their follies quite dimly and makes their virtues shine with creat brilliancy. Dear knows ! May bo it is best as it is. Were women able of seeing all the virtues in their own sex the poor men might have no show at all. HONEY roil TIII4 LADIES. Blotting paper nlnk la a new color. Sailor lints are all the rage In London , as tliev nro with us. Crepon Is a new French fabric , looulng like crinkled vclllnc. The latest fad In Michigan Is to wear a thcr mimieter tor a bronstpln. \Vomeu will bo Interested to know that the bustle Is of Persian origin. Twelve women do Inspectors' duty In the New York custom house. A 1'avorlto French combination of tints Is that ot Hun blue with lavender. A pretty Polish clrl i.s the olllcial Inter preter in a liullalo jiollco court , The rounh cottons of last year , with boticlo and f rise ellects , are entliely out ot syle. A new trimming Is made of six nr seven rows of extremely narrow ribbons , called the baby ribbun. Theie Is a fashion of feather stitchlnc the K.itize sleeves and jilastroni of many light dresses this season. There aio women of artistic taste who make a living by paintingt < cieciis nowadays. Tuey nro done on satin. Mrs. Ole Hull Is In New Hampshire for the summer. She Is 1'alrly well-to-do , and Is growing old trnccfuly. ! The llrbt exclamation of a hello on enter ing the cathudtal at Milan was , "Oh , what a church to get married In. " The leg-of-mutton sleeve , it appears , Is slmplv the lesnlt ot a conspiracy niiiniiz fashionable dressmakers to iliivo out the jer seys. seys.Whito White muslin vest or flastrons are mailo very lull In pull's m-ro-s the chest , separated by tucks thronsh which narrow ribbons are Urawn. The first Danish lady physfelnn , MissNeil- son , has just begun to practice at Uopenlia- um. : Shu look hur ilcgiees with the highest honors. Miss I'lekett , a sister of the famous leader of the char.-t ! at Oi'ttysbing , has heen promoted meted In a 81,000 place In the Inturiorde- partment. Theio Is only one woman employed as station agent on the wholit Grand Trunk roan. Hut she Is described as a "hustler" at iho business. Sailor collars , combined with a tichu or scart emK ere mailii of palu-blnn cotton or rcarletsllk and worn with \\liitu\vool 01 China .silk dresses. One of the prominent pcnplo In Paris is Jtosnia Yokes , who is there to < i-cure a stun- ni ng wardrobe. When .lack Frost Begins to colu. the leaves she will return. "Can it be trite , " said a temalo filetid to a feinaln medical student , "that you havu act- uallv dlisected man' " ' " " n "Ohlyes , was the reply , "hut it was an old man. " Nine hundred and httv women In Town own nr.d m.uisco tarms. Six more huve stock faimsand twentv dairy farms. The Iowa women propose to keep the pot boiling some WAV. WAV.The The Princess Plenat.ile N now n waiter- girl In a second class Vienn.i cafe. .She qn.ineled with her telatives las-t winter and tried life In a London music hall for a Inlet' period. The elegant Indian woman , "Hrlght Kvei , " now Mrs. Tibbie * , Is m.ikin ar rangements for a scries of lectures in Lon don on the wrongs ol the Ninth American Indians. The young man who wants n coed wife should skirmish mound WuHculey colli-L-c. There me : ,00linnet wives iu the institution , and they are nil taught to sew on buttons nnd boil potatoes. Cocks' illumes are arranged In most varied ways tor trlicimliu autumn lints and bonnets , nnd there nrc also some ostiich feathers in clusters ot tips and dunii-loni : plumes which will bo used later for \ \ inter hats. Mrs. Lena Hall of St. Louis , lias implied to the health commKsioner of that city ( or a burial permit. She says t-iie Is 107oar . old , bnnnot live a great while and is anxious to make her funeral preparations during lite. The very last chances of fashion arc being made for the summer ot 1SS7 , which Is going into history asn season of which dressers need not bo aslu'iued of. save in the ono mat ter of bustles. Already the dimensions ot that monstrosity are dwindling. Ribbons will continue to be used for bon net trimmiiiL's in widths varying from two and n half to four or live inches. Double stripes of satin nrc along the educ.s of double eros- rain ilbbons , while others represent ladder stitches , ami others have crepe-like borders The following advertisement appeared in a recent number ot the London Morning Post. "Young I'll 1 , who cannot oDIaln em ployment and desire * to keep respectable , needs help ( about 1U for outlit nmi passnfe ) to co to America , where she Is endued to bu married. " Kmlyn A. btawardson , son of Thomas Mewnrdsun ot Johnstown , Pa. , has just won the high distinction of ranking f ° u > t r t the examination for admission to the school of Sculpture In the llcaux Arts nt Paris. There were seventy contestants gathered from al most every clvllued country on thu earth. The latest crnzo among the Indies Is n "hair album. " Vonng men are besoudit for n lock of hair , < uul the request Is such a Mattering one that they are only too happy to comply when the right damsels apply. The contribu tion Is tied with n blue ribbon and goes Into the hair album along with the halrot a crowd of other fellows. The triumph of the qulck-actin t camera Is complete. A successful photograph has been taken of a lady's features nt the instant she was telling another lady ot h < > r trouble with the now girl. Thu outlines of the spcakei's lips nnd chin \vcro clearly dulined , although the movement made by these must havu been Inconceivably rapid. Amateur dressmakers nro anln advised that thiee breadths of silk nre nitaln used for the entire back of the skirt , drapery nnd lower skirt being thus combined. These Are cut halt a yard longer tbnn the founda tion aklrt , are set In many lapped plaits , meeting In the middle nt the top , nnd are then turned over in two pointed ends In the tournuro. The greatest latitude is allowed In arranging .inch draperies at the top. Miss Knte Kldor Is a bright , bravo Kln- inundy , .111. , girl. She has taken up two claims nearbanU Fe , Kas. , and Is living upon one. Her residence Is a sod shanty. She Is enduring n deal of hardship to get her land , but she knows It will pay and is de termined to win. She Is about twenty-four years old , tall , plump as n partridge , nnd a brunette \\hoso ready wit never tails her. She Is known as "the Princess of Tlnney county. " A London correspondent writes that she has been much struck when attending wed dings and other afternoon celebrations at which smart costumes are the order to observe that.Jewelry is being worn again on all occa sions. Thu fashion has been rminlne In the direction slnco the beginning of the season and now that tint Princes * of Wales has an nounced her Intention of encourauluir It , with a view to stimulating the manufacture ot jewelry , the fashion will spread more rapidly. Ladles wear jewel * literally morn- Inr , noon and nUht. For toma time past the diamonds nnd pearls and other gems worn lor personal adornment wvro onlv produced on state occasions. Now , howe\'ef , nt con- vonttal dinners among the well-to-do classes ono sees the Indies blazlmt In the glory of jewelry. The most notnblo Incident of the new departure Is the fashion ot wearing costly brooches In bonnets and In dresses for morning wear , and jewelled Hops at all times. Ever since Eve first pnt on corsets there have been flippant allusions made to a sup posed fondness that young ladles cherish of having their waists squeezed. No visible proof of that weakness has ever bten offered to the public's gaze niuil icoentlv. Hut it's hero now. anrt the girls can't dodge It. The silver cirdlo business has become fashion able , and young men who are addicted to the arm act are as blue as policemen. It's hard enouKh to make an Impression through corset armor , but when a sliver log chain is added humanity gives up and takes to lamp posts. Naturallv , It Is worn around the waist , because Us too big for the neck-and a girl couldn't grab her skirts with ono hand nnd her back hair with the other If she were It around her arms. A smelling bottle , a box of caramels , a powder pntr , or , in factalmost anything can bo hitched to the front end of the gifdle as an excuse for wearing It. It Is n convenient place to carry surplus hairpins. Within the last week or two Fifth avenue and Madison avenue girls have bloomed out with girdles. They are an expensive shackle. London tailors and Importers furnish hints of the cloth gowns In preparation for the tirst cool days of autumn and tor early winter. Smooth cloths will be used again for dressy suits , two colors In rather marked contrast appearing In one costume. For these combination cloth costumes the lighter color w'll ' be used for the lower skirt nnd vest , with a dark basque and drapery ; the ttimminz Is braid on the vest and lower skirt of the dark color used for the upper part ; thus serpent cre.cn cloth will be draped over a skirt of gray cloth which Is elaborately braided with green like that of the overdress ; another gown has a skirt ot tobbacco brown cloth with a polonaise of dark blue cloth , nnd the brnldlni ; on the light brown vest nnd the sklit border is of dark blue like that of the polonaise. When a laeket is added It matches thu color of the upper p.iit of the gown ; small mantles nnd still smaller shoul der canes are made of combinations ot the two colors softened by the nso ot braid In complicated designs , nnd of fringe made of the build. Pinked edges nre uc.iin seem on Imported cloth gowns , forming side bands , yolks , boideis anil vests , made of alternating rows of dark and light cloth' , as iiinsy color with tawn , or Havana brown cactus red. SINGULARITIES. Ills reported that a woman sixty years of age , nt Itoseville , Ark. , recently gave birth to twins. A Paw Paw , Mich. , hen , nineteen years old , Is complacently sitting on twenty-two egi-s of her own production. A young lady In West Greene , Ala. , Is seventeen yoirs old , weighs 'orty-ono pounds , and measures thirty-nine Inches in height. ( toldon trout nro found in but ono plnoo In the world that Is In the hronks of Mount Whltnev. up near the banks of everlasting snow. They have n golden stripe down each side , and are thu most beautiful fish that swim. The toads of Westlield , Mass. , run n rl * k of dyingot starvation. They collect at niulit in great numbers under thu eleeti ic lights on the more quiet streets and there chase the shadows of the countless Insects that flutter around the licht ahove thorn. During a conflagration which raced In thn woods near Salem , III. , a Hock of i-hi'op of about 150 vmo feeding In a pasture over which n tire was swceplutr. Thev uished pell-mell to an elevation in the Held and im mediately bunched thuuiclvcs with their young in rt circle and began moving in a clr- elc , tieadiiii ; the woi-ds and crais into the dry earth until tlm liiu was out. A Uoclielle (111. ( ) has a falsu tooth set on a ptvnt , and sneezed out the other dav while feeding the chickens. The old hen thought it was a train ot corn and swallowed It as noon as it stinck thu ground. Alter a long chute the fowl was cnptnied , beheaded , Its erop opened , and the tooth found and rr- stoied to the young lady's month , where it ntterward helped to mtisticatntliu old lieu. An Orlando ( l'I.\ . ) tirm-while having a number of lemons squeezed Kiiilny , cumo across a very peculiar ircak of nature in the shape of a perfectly torincil lemon growinz inside nf another. The Inside timt is about the size ot a walnut and is peitect In every lespeet , the only difference between It nnd tint oiititdu fruit boin. : that the color of Its skin Is of a lighter and clearer jcllow than Us outside or parent. A novel contest Is reported ns havlnir oc- ctinedn few da.\s airo atMerrhnncpint , .Mass. William N. Currier has n duck pun on the banks of the Merrimac river , In which nro seuerai ducks. On the day referred to n largo rat \ sited the pen and beuan an attack on the inmates , which was repulsed by the old bird , who won several roundsbut alter nearly nn hour of hard lighting the rat i.-ot a hold on thu duck's neck nnd wounded it so that it died soon niter. There is on exhibition in Now York a llowcr called the "insect-catcher. " Its petals are white and it is about the slx.u of an npplo blossom , which it somewhat resembles. Its interior formation is such thnt the proboscis of anr insect , sturchiiut tor tuo ( lower's lionov , once Inserted cannot bu withdrawn , and the harder the captured inset struggles the tighter it I.s held. One of the plants on view held cap.vo a butterfly which , unless ideated , will bo held till it starves to death , It will then dry up and bo blown away by the wind. The county clerk of Lonoke , Ark. , says that ongoing into his irarden latelv ho no ticed n jaybird cutting queer antic"and soon discovered that it was lighting a snake , ilo watched , nnd as the bird darted at it the snake , which was Ivlnir at full leuu'th , would tuck Its head under Its bodv. Thi > continued some time , until nt last the blid lalsi-d the snnko up that Is , about six feet of it and it tell dead. Ilo describes the snake ns some twelve teet Ion * and eight inches In diameter arid uite u'recn. Frank Darker , of Providence , is the pos sessor of a litter of kittens which can well claiir. front rank among tint freaks ot nature. The four living aio suit of imitation of thu Siamese twins.the qnarteto holn gnttnehed to gether by a ligature , which connects the ab domens of thu lour little ereatmes. The spnen between thu kittens is about one Inch and a half , and the cords form two triangles joined at thenpex. the four ends connecting with thu kittens. Three of the fulincsu nre of thu color known as Maltese , whllo tlm fourth is jut blnch and smaller than his brcthcin. Three miles trom Monroe , Gcorgln , Is a to : house , the home ot Dennis nnd lietsy lirou hton. Seven weeks ago n child was born to them , which weighed nt birth baiely two pounds. The child's full immo is Mar tha Ann Mary Magdalen Frances Cleveland. At lirst ultiht tlie littlu ono'.s featiues seemed slichtlv drawn , but form nnd features nre aliku perfect. The head Is the size of nu or dinary npplu , the hand not HS broad as a man's thumb , and n small coffee pot would mike a commodious aboilu for it. The mother savs there is nothing the matter with It < l.les' small , dat's nil. " A man In Norwich , Conn. , Das a bull-dog that Is not In nny sou HO Ktyllsrt. Kxternnlly and eternally he makes bi < t one Impression on the mind , and that is that he Is a typical relic of savagery. When ho rets ready for business he slips Ids muzzle off his nose and casts It around near his ear nnd goes In , nnd when the conflict Is over ho slips It back with his paw , replaces his nose la thu loop and trots nlong so demurely that no one would dream that ho ever had a canning thought In his cranium. Slnco his trick , has been dis covered by his owner , ho has felt a harder pressure on his nose , and ho travels now .like a dog that docs not think "that life is wortk liviny. As Ceorgu E. Hobbs , brnkeman on the 8:30 : a. m. train from Portsmouth to Doston , was passing through the cars one morning he thought ho heard thu twitter of a bird , which he finally traced to the stove. On unlocking ana opening It he discovered an English sparrow's nest , on which was a sparrow sit ting on foureggs. He took the bird out In his h.uid , and , on putting It back , It settled down on the eggs again as though the Inter ruption were the most common thing In the world. Tlm car , No. 20. is In constant use , and the stove has been locked since the ad vent of warm weathur.so the birds must have carried the material for the nest down the funnel and llonu hundred1 } of miles In doing IU One of tlm four first prizes awarded at the Vienna conservatory was taken at the recent annual examination by an American singer , Miaa Ida Schnyler , of this state. MUs Schuv- ler went to Vienna I wo years ago after studyIng - , Ing with Max MareUuk At the College of Music in Cincinnati. She Is * dramatic so prano and h r .register reaches up to D In " * * * * . * t > * 1 ' * QUAINT . STRATFORD-ON-AVON * , A Bee Correspondent's Visit to tha Tomb of Bhakipoare , THE POET'S BIRTH PLACE. The Old Cemetery The Kcnllwortb of Victoria A Gllmpso at Oxford Franc Bepnl * ' V Abroad , LONDON , Avigust 10. [ Special Corre spondence of the BEK. ] My last letter ended with nn account of our visit to Warwick. Thus far in our sojourn in England wo had made stops only in the towns. Wo were now very glad to get it good opportunity to see English country and village life on an excursion on foot front Leamington to Stratford- oil-Avon. The dlstanco is about ten miles , but the temptation was so great to ride the first two miles on a train , that we really walked only eight miles. "It's not well to walk immediately after breakfast any way , " the professor said , und I was not slow to agree with him. Our breakfast was perfect ! ( Polly looked particularly sweet. ) It was chops , of course ; every other meal is chops at an English Inn ; but they were excellent : 1 never before know why English chops were so famous. And the morning was beautiful ; too beautiful to last Polly said , so we took umbrellas. Wo enjoyed the train ride to Warwick all the more be cause wo had laboriously followed the map over the same road the day previous and wo know the principal buildings and streets perfectly. English train cars arc shorter than our hosro cars , but they are provided with seats on the roof , so that the number of passengers is no less. We took scats on top to get a better view. The walk to Stratford was somewhat tiresome , but we enjoyed it little less on that account. It is more of n pleasure to walk through the country hero than at homo , because the roads are provided with gravel walks for persons on foot. Scttuus are also provided at conveni ent intervals and on the whole the path of the English tramp , or of the Ameri can tramp in England , is not altogether unpleasant. There are many inns along the road where a prim miss would slake onn's thirst for a two pence. We walked leisurely , often resting under a fine old elm , or .stopping to watch the farm hands make hay with their clumsy old scythes and quaint looking two wheeled carts , with three or four horses hitched tandem. STIIATPOHU AT LAST ! Stratford-on-Avon the immortal - - , where tal Shakspearo lived and where his re mains lie buried. The village , which contains about i',000 people , like most villages in England , is old .mil quaint. It has the same mouldy looking stone buildings , the same crooked streets , the same poky inhabitants , the same number of ale houses in fact it has nothing to distinguish it except Sliakspeare. The people of Stratford ought indeed to love Shakspeare who has done so much for them. If the great poet ever did a charitable act it was lobe born in that town where the great great grand sons of his neighbor'.s descendants might eke out an existence from the pockets of the unwary pilgrim. Hundreds of people , and many of them are Americans , visit Stratford every week. On the day of our vlit the inns wore all crowded and wo had a dillicult time getting a dinner. The mi : > iioitsK INN' , which Irving has made famous in his Sketch Book was cspcially well patron ized. The most intesting building ; in Stratford , ot course , is the house in which Shakspearo was born. The pic tures of this building give a very good idea of it. There is nothing to mark it trom other equally old buildings in the Vicinity , except the carriages and throng of visitors usually seen at the doors. The windows of the room in which the poet was born are covered with diamond- scratched initb.ls. To mo the barely leg ible W. S. , placed there by Walter Scott , was most interesting. Wo had the pleasure of watching Shakspcaro's noor old chair while it was gently "sat upon" by about one hundred and litty CHATTKltlXr. M'l'NO LADIES. from a neighboring boarding school. I must also mention the old desk which the pool iifcud when attending the grammar school. There were numerous pen knife engravings on the desk , but Shaks- pcare's own name was no where to be seen. This shows that vVilliam either win a good boy and didn't do the carving or that ho did do it and didn't want his name to bo known. Leaving the house we walked down past the tumbling old grammar school to Stratford church where the poet lies buried. His grave is in the chant-el of the church , marked by a plain llag-stpno on which is written the familiar inscription winch has kept it un disturbed so many years. The bust near the grave is the best ono known and rep resents Sliakspeare as more of a ruddy , round-faced Englishman than do most of his pictures. 1 have not time to mention many interesting little relics which are shown in the rooms of the house or in the different parts of the town. Our visit to Stratford was highly satisfactory and it is n visit which no one going to England should fail to make. Wo waited until train time on the banks of the Avon in THE OH ) CEMETEUV. near the church. There is room for much of the sentimental in writing of a delight ful rest under the branching elms of such a hallowed spot ; but 1 am not much given to sentiment now , especially when I remember how quicKly our condition was changed "from the sublime to the ridiculous. " I said we waited until train time ; and wo did most literally. In other words wo saw that Iu order to catch the Leamington train wo must eel to the station in less than no timo. In a second wo were giving the villagers an "exhibition of a good 220 yards dash. They wore horrified at the Ameri can way of "catching" a train. English men don't "catch trains" as a rule. They walk liesuroly to the station an hour ahead of time and wait. Next day wo took our accustomed train ride to Warwick. This time our objec tive point was Kcnilworth castle , the ruins of which are on the Strat ford and Coventry road , four railo3 from Warwick. Wo were again advised to walk , being assured that wo would onjov the walk exceeding ly. The road from Stratford to Coventry has long been famous. Two Englishmen once bet that each could name the most delightful walk in all England. Ono named the road from Stratford to Cov entry , and the other the road from Cov entry to Stratforu. From AVAUWICK TO KEXILAVOHTII is but a part of this road , but it is enough to give ono an idea of the whole. The road lies between two historic places , and through the most beautiful of English farming country. It is as clean and well paved as the streets of any city , while rows of well trimmed elms and sycamores stretch away in graceful curves for miles on either side. A wide , shaded walk on ono side is reserved for pedestrians , and on the other side the turf is kept soft for riders on horseback. From the road could be seen farm houses of ovcry description , including the lowly hut of the commonest laborer , the neat cottage of the small farmer , und the lordly mansion of the earl. Amidst all this variety wo could not but notice on every unmistakable signs JUMBO IS DEAD And Maud S. Has Retired from the Track But we have the Largest and Finest line of Carriages , Harness , llobes , Blankets , Horse Clothing and all kinds of Turf Goods , ever carried \ bit ana firm in the elf// / . 200 Sets of Team , Farm , Express , Coupe , Light , Double P Sinylc Jfitri neu , for talc , regardless of cost. Sole agentu for the California Iforse < * JVonc genuine unless atamned , " . / . A , McKcrron , S. F. " Western Agents for the celebrated Toomey Sttlltl/ . Step around and when yon ra ready to buy call on MlTVllKLL < C 1IAINEH , S > W. Corner 16th St. and Capital Avc. , Omaha. ( BF.AK IN MIND WE ARK § ELMXG Furniture , Carpets , Stoves and Household Goods Of every Description , on Credit at Cash Prices. PEOPLES' INSTALLMENT HOUSE 613 N. 16th St. , Between California and Webster. BOSENTHAL & CO. , Proprietors. HOWE & KERB , FURNITURE 1510 DOUGLAS STREET , rw ( Opposite Falconer's , } RILEY & McMAHON , Real Estate and Loan Brokers , 310 South Fifteenth Street. oils lots In Patrick * nilil . , from (1,000 : $100c 3h Porno ileBlrnlilo trncknge lots. ( Hm'M , bulniK'l ! to fUlt. th. elty. Nice acres In IlimlleUl cliciip. A flno nero In Wjishlngton Illll HILL & YOOM , 121J and liilX FARNAM ST. FURNITURE Carpets , Stoves , House Furnishing Goods. Weekly and Monthly Pay ments. of thrift. Everything looked cleanneat , jinil in its proper plnco. The wixlk over this roud was so charming that the live miles seomcil no more than two. Passing through the one long street of the village of Kenilworth wo saw on an eminence to the left , the inajustic ruins of the castle. So many far worthier pens than mine have written the past glories of Kcnilworth that I feel abashed nt mentioning the nlace at all. If the reader would get an idea of the former magnificence of 'Ins ' castle let him read Scott. The his'pry ' of Konil- worth in its glory is the history of Kng land for that period , just as the history of Versailles is the history of France dur ing the times of Marie Antoincttn. But the Kenilworth of Victoria is not much iko the Kcnilworth of Elizabeth. Noth ing is left now but IMMENSi : HARE M'AM/3 which lift their battered towers to the sky and cast n gloom ever everything which surrounds them. It's court dillcr- ing from that of Harwick castle , is divided into an upper and n lower part by an abrupt hill which rises in tlm centre of the yard. This makes the eastlo walls very uneven , and adds to the sol emn grandeur of the sceno. Notwith standing the rough treatment it received from Cromwell , the ojd pile is stately and magnificent even in its ruins , and will probably stand the storms of centuries to come. To reach Leamington was hut a matter of ono hour by coach , and the next morn ing , ut ten found us locked up in one of the stuffy old carriages of the Great West ern company , thundering along for Lon don. Of the many noted points along the way , Oxford was the only ono at which wo hail time to stop ; und indeed our visit there scarcely deserved the name , since our hours might have been changed to weeks nnd then we should not have seen it all. Hawthorne truly says that it would take n lifetime , and morothan one , to comprehend und en joy Oxford satisfactorily. Ho had , however , the ono consoling thought Unit no ono over saw moro square foot of Oxford per minute than we did. The buildings of the various colleges of Oxford university uro so vast and so numerous that I shall not attempt to de- scriho any one of them. First let mo say that the Kuglish or European idea of n university moans something more than the American. Ox ford university is an immense institution comprising fifteen fully equipped col leges. Jv.ich college has n separate build ing or set of buildings , built liKe most European residences , only much larger. in the shape of a siiuarc. with a largo arched gateway winch leads from the street to the court-yard. The dormi tories , recitation and dining rooms are in the various parts of this building , all facing the court or quadrangle. .Somo colleges are larger , some smaller , many of thorn greatly resembling thu eastlos in point of ago , size , and architectural beauty. Sometimes there are moro than ono court , the nxtra buildings consisting of chapels , libraries , labra- tories , halls , etc. The chapels of some of the colleges were extremely beautiful and were oven as grand ns the old gpthjn ca thedrals wo had seen at the beginning of our tour. One can got something of nn idea of the vastne'ss of Oxford from thu statement of , ouu of the , proctors who said that the town was not so full by 7,000 as when the colleges were all in session. \Ve left Oxforil in dcspairal being unabla to spend more time in her noble old hallti where so many men of letters have spent their student days and where the only Tom Brown cut capers which are familiar to every schoolboy. Then wo thought of the comparative ; insignificance of our institutions ol higher education in Americawhero every other school house is called u college : nnd every other college a university. FltAN SEl'EL. RI5LIUIOU8. The Hov. Dr. Kdichlll has declined the bishopric of Nova Scotia. Australian Presbyterians are raising S'iWjOOO lor church extension and education. i The African Methodist Episcopal churcU proposes to relebrato the centenary of Its or * ganizvtion In November. As many as twenty Congregational churches have been organized within two years in Southern California. A force ot'J.000 colporteurs distribute ser mons among the non-cliiirch-fjoins people ol Berlin , tiermany.Moro than 100,000 tori nions are thus distributed each wenk. UIMiop Tut tie , who has been missionary bishop of Utah. Idaho nnd Montana tui -rr twenty years , has become blhhopof the Mis < sourl and will henceforth resiilti In St. LonlfU The archdiocese of Philadelphia has con tributed 811,007.01 to the nouro and Indian missions , thu laiu-ust amount collected In any diocese. New York coining next with Of the 270 Lutheran chnrnhni built In 18S < 5 , li ! { were Commit , 02 English , 117 Swedish , 'J'- ! Norwegian , 2 Danish. Besides thi'so there Slavonian , Finnish. Iceland and Bohemian Lutheran houses of worship. A banker at Sendla , Jauan , a non-Christian has civon 10,000 yen lover SSOOOJ to the school established by the American Hoard In that city , with the distinct understanding tnatltls to bo a thoroughly chrbtlan Insti tution. The great canio meeting of tlm season opened at Ocean Crovo on last Tuendny , and will coiitliined iliiririK the following tun days. Thc'c meetings have heen attended In former years by upwards of 100,000 peoulu dnriiiK the sessions , and thi ) attendance thin year promises to equal If not surpass thnt ot the last few years. A couiilo of I'rlnceton students have been canvabolni ; ninety-two colleee and semi- narles for the names of students willing to become missionaries. The volunteers In clude twenty-live trom Amherst , Williams nineteen , Andover fourteen , llaivard nine , Coanell thirty-live , Obcrlin 110 and I'rlnceton NUiiiinary nnd collefu forty-el'lit. ( The ( 'atnolics of Lawrence , Alass. , con nected with thu AiiKiistliilan churches , havu formed a church debt society , which now numbers upward ot lifleon hundred members , who pled.e hums niirilirfrom 51 to S'i > each aiinnally towaid piylim the dnpoiltor.-t In the band ot the AiiKiistlnian friars , who bec.unu bitiikrupt In IWI. It is expected by this means to pay otf the entire debt in tun years. Sarah I'urnhard's object in making : v put. of u tiger ( sat lias ut k'ligth bucn made public. It is unnounceil in tlm Parisian pajiern that her tl er is a most intelligent animal and has learned to tell a creditor as soon as it sees one. It in further remarked that the tiger is gener ally at largo in Mine , llcrnhardt's draw ing-room. The post-mortem examination in the casi ) ot the famous Russian editor , lint- koir , revealed the fact that ho died of cancer of thn stomach.