12 rHK OMAHA DAILY &EEi SUNDAY , OCTOBER i 1887.-TWELYE PAGES.
MRS , GRANT'S ' OPPORTUNITY.
Offered a Chance of Becoming a Social
Lioness She Declines the Honor.
VANDERBILT'S PRETTY WIFE.
A Disappointed Soclnl Set-Our Ath
letic GltlM Italics Who Don the
Gloves Clnrn Hello's
lie/tier.
NEW YOIIK , Sct. | 23. I Correspond
ence of the Hr.K.l Tlie widow of ( ieueral
Grant has determined not to become a
nodal power. I have no means of Know
ing how much she was inclined that
way nor how long she really considered
the question before deciding it in the
negative ; but it is certain that the Astor-
Vanderbilt clique of wealth and fashion
gave to her the opportunity , and that she
has declined to come out of her itiiet | re
tirement into social activity. The talk at
Newport all summer and in Fifth avenue
this fall was that Airs. Grant and the
younger members of the Grant family
would figure conspicuously in next win
ter's swelldom. It was understood that
Mre. Nellie Grant Sartorls and Mrs. Fred
Dent ( Jrant were getting extensive ward
robes ready for the campaign , and the
tendency was to welcome those attrac
tive ladies right into the inner circle.
The historical distinction of tliU ( nants ,
their fair ( lu.gr.88 of wealth , and their
nkr.Siint personalities combine ! to lit
Ihein to slnno as acquisitions to "our best
families. " The thing was regarded as
being settled. Hut this week Mrs. Grant
has put her Sixty-sixth street residence
into the hands of a real estate agent to
neil , and she intends to go to live in a
Hfth avenue apartment house. Her es
tablishment will there bo comfortable ,
even luxurious , but not suitable for the
giving of notable entertainments. She
might have become nl will a social lion
ess in New York. She has preferred a
calmer life.
Bachelors have suddenly come to the
front as entertainers. Two wealthy beaux
are rivalling each other as hosts to Fifth
avenue ladies and gentlemen. One is
Duncan Cameron , son of Sir Roderick
Cameron , who has just had a resplendent
party at his father's residence , in the
absence of his parents in Ktiropu. The
other , Francis M. Jeucks , who has dem
onstrated that money , adroitly used , will
buy admission for any decent , polite
fellow into what is considered an almost
impenetrable circle. Jencks had neither
family descent to bo proud ot , nor ac
complishments above those of the aver
age of educated young men. lie went
into West Side real estate booming , and
within the past live years cleared a mil
lion or two. When a bachelor gets rich
to that extent , and has plenty of time
on his hands , ho is apt to get a hobby ,
iiencks decided to become a society man.
He has no acquaintance in Astor circles.
Hut ho went down to Newport , rented a
fine villa , behaved well , but conttpicu *
ously made his way slowly but surely at
the Casino , and before the end of the
season was "rccognjzod.1 This autumn
he is the biggest social magnate at Lenox ,
where his house holds the most intensely
stylish assemblages , and ho is a much-
sought bachelor. All of which proves
that exclusive society is ut very ex
clusive.
WIU.1K VANIir.ltllILT
and his pretty wife are having a great
trip around the world in eighty weeks.
That is the time which they have allotted
to the tour. Their ' start in a splendid
iteatn yacht , as big'and complete a resi
dence as the one they left in town , was
chronicled three months ago. They are
now stopping in Scotland. At an inn ,
do you suppose ? Oil , no , indeed. They
have hired Lord Lovat's castle at Heau-
fort for the autumn. The house is only
threii hundred feet long by eighty wide
and no more than thi > ! thousand acres
of hunting lands go with it.The structure
is a restoration and extension of that
Castle Dunie which Sir Walter Scott de
scribed in "Tales of a Grandfather. "
Well. Willie has something like a hun
dred millions , and his wife is the gentle
boomer of the family. When they encir
cle the world why shouldn't they do it
handsomely V
Courtico 1'ounds has come to New
York againand the. hearts of susceptible
girls from Madison square to Harlem are
in a flutter. Ho is supposed to be a very
handsome man and a sweet singer.
Let us critically see just
what sort of a young man it
is that commands the admiration ot New
York girls. 1 was at the theatre when
lie ho made his lirst reappearance thu
other evening and found myself in
the thick of his admirers. He
played the part of a French prince of the
last eentury , n role that required most of
all , grace and dignity of movement and
the exhibition of the manners of a pol
ished courtier. When ho made his
entrance upon the scene there was a
smattering of applause , and after that an
unending cackle of gushing comment.
"Isn't ho handsome ? " "How nice lie
looks now that his moustache is shaved
off ! " "Hasn't ho a beautiful ligureV"
"What a lovely smile ! " "Do look at that
lovely smile ! I do think he's just dread
ful nice ! " These ciimo from all direc
tions , only too audible , and those who
uttered them were handsome , richly
drenscd girls , whoso escorts sat silent try
ing to Hiuilo polite agreement with the
verdict. They were not of the immature
school-girl type , but young Indies who had
had plenty of experience in society to
make them know whereof they spoke ,
Whether 1'ounds deserves the gush poured
ont in his behalf everybody must judge
for him or herself , but that lie is a weak
actor , and awkward at that , is undenia
ble. Considerably under the medium
size , his beauty of liguro is more
the proiluctof enthusiastic imagination
than of nature's gifts. Ho has around
girlish face with liquid eyes and a moutt.
that is over ajar , like a ballet dancer's in
a pleasant smile. He is given to assum <
ing graceful attitudes , and when once he
gets his limbs into repose the effect u
well enough , but the transition from one
pore to another is marked bv various
awkward evolutions His favorite atti
ttido , for instance , is onn that might he
called gcntio horror if it were not for tin
reassuring presence of his elastic smile
He stands with the left foot forward am
the right log bent at the knee and th <
foot thrown so far back , that ho can leai
nway in the same direction until i
straight line from his head to the flooi
would full tar outside his heel. His arm :
are raised and half extended in eithe :
direction , his lingers folded into his ham
to express intenseoariiestno.ss-.though om
of his hands usually holds a hat which hi
waves picturesquely. After main
taining this pee for a min
ute or two ho drops his arm
and his shoulders Hop as ho does so , In
lounges forward on one leg and sidles hi
weight from one hip to the other. Thei
the hat hand comes up to a level with hi
head again , he swings half around on hi
hips , thrusts out his right leg , withdraw
his loll , lifts the left hand to corrospom
with the right , smiles , throws back hi
body , and there ho is in the reverse o
his lirst attitude. There are others , am
he gets at them all in much the same waj
The orchestra has to play softly when li
sinus because
ins VOIPK js TOO i.icuiT
to be hoard above an ordinary accom
. unniment : Hut ho is u strong : iird , fu
thn girl * < ' ( > to inl him , - '
The character this reek jmt for wan
> ; most sucL'osaflilly.'for , ) > ub.Ho udilicatlon. !
iii n now play. Ho is a vacuous innocent
son of a rich father , and his time is spent
in being a club mail , lie Is as innocent
as a babe , so far ns amatory guile is con
cerned , but he and similar chappies
at the club wink knowingly over
actresses picture * , which they carry
in their pockets , or hang in their
rooms ; he resorts to numerous other
devices to make the impression that
he is a devil of a dangerous fellow ; butte
to the girl to whom ho proposes mar
riage he confesses that his reputation is
false that he is blameless. Thereupon
she overlooks his deception and declares
that she loves him lust as well as though
he were wicked. Hut it is as a Wall
street operator that ho is most amusing.
His father cuts him oil' with half a mil
lion. So he decides to go into specula
tion to multiply his paltry fortune.
He is ignorant' even the merest
usages of stock gambling , but
after a course of instruction
in faro banks and roulette dons , he goes
into the street. He makes all his moves
there on the Illp of a coin , and that
method proves . o successful that he soon
beats Ins own father , who is a heavy and
thoughtful operator , swells his own half
million to many millions , and becomes
known as the Young Napoleon of Wall
Street. The town is laughing at this
funnv personage of the stage.
An unconscionable lot of nonsense is
being written about what the doling men
call
OfK A1III.KTIC1 ( Jtltl.S.
You would think that we New York
women had given up housework and sewing -
ing and shopping and reading novels
and all the other feminiiio forms of exor
cise , Including the consumption of candy ,
and tlir.t , wo tire all boxing and playing
tennis in summer , badminton in winter ,
riding horses , fencing , swimming , walk
ing ten miles before breakfast , and good
ness knows what all. 1 have been read
ing it again , and I made up my diminu
tive mind that I would see whether what 1
have been takingfor padding in the shoul
ders of so many gowns is muscle , after all ,
and whether tlin avoirdupois that I sup
posed canio from general beer drinking
and wine at dinner , was what the dear
men call feminine physical development.
Of course 1 couldn't go up to
all the other women like a cus
tom house inspector and say , "Madam ,
please let me see what you have in your
sleeve , " or "pardon me , but I suspect you
are smuggling stoutness in you'- dross
and making bcliovo it is muscle. " I
couldn't do that. Not even Inspector
Hyrnes is enough of a detective for that.
Hut 1 found out all the same.
I found out that the lady has a .swim
ming sehool.here three or four mouths
in flic year ; that site has a number of
little girls to teach though nothing like
so many as used to crowd the baths
along the river front before they grew
common , say ten years ago. I found that
a man on Murray hill has a swimming
school and gymnasium for calisthenics
which is also for little girls and docs not
seem to be over-burdened with business.
1 found that there are two ruling clubs and
six riding schools in town attended by
about two thousand persons , only about
one-third of whom arn ladies. 1 found
that there arc two fencing clubs and two
or three fencing masters , witli parlors for
teaching the noble art of self-defense
against a sort of attack now out of style
and never resorted to by ladies except
in a picture lirst hung in the
Paris salon two years ago and now
hanging in half the tobacco shop win
dows. I went to these clubs ami fencing
rooms , or rather to some. Others I
know about because my faddish friends
have tried that like everything else. Witli
what result ? That there are not forty
women learning to icnce in this town.
Half of what there are seem to lie ac
tresses' who think it clever and .stagey be
cause male actors have to learn it. 1 asked
one of my friends how she liked fencing.
"Why , " she said ; "half a dozen of us
all tried it with the same experience. We
could not get our cjothes on the next
morning. This feminine wrist , is built
for gentler doings. One night's exercise
rendered it as useless and limp as a dust-
nig. Four of us girls arc in a club and
have a Hat together , and thn morning
after our lirst lesson all four of us had to
stay in bed till the landlady came at noon
to sec what was the matter , and learned
that they could not put their clothes on. "
It is just so witli all the talk about pc-
destrianism. Why , the average Now
York girl always rides from Tiffany's to
the shopping stores and from Macy's to
O'Neill'sthat's ' four blocks. She'd be
all pains like a hot-house if she had to
walk that far. Hut Airs. Langtry and her
devoted and athletic admirers are said to
walk live or ten miles of a morning , for
health and beauty's sake , and so the. men
who write about women take it for
granted that all the other women do the
same thing. It's utterly absurd. Mr.
Kdison is a'great invontor.lmt I will defy
him to take a modern pair of shoes , an
average bustle , a glouMitting corset , the
now-lanifleU stocking supporters and a
tailor made gown , and build any kind of
a machine inside that collection , that will
walk live feet without breaking down. It
takes a woman and a smart ono at that
to walk at svll , now-a-days.
As for boxing. Well , now , I consider
that a little too silly for even a man to
accuse women of doing. I know that
men say that there is nothing a woman
won't do if it is fashionable but some
things aren't fashionable and never will
be. Hexing is at the tip top of the list.
There are women who bov.or rather who
liavo tried it witli their brothers or their
brothers' trainersbut it is a perfect farce
in which no blows are exchanged. ' 1 hero
arc only two places whnro a womr.u can
be hit with safety her face ami her arms ,
and those are the very places slio cannot
allow herself to be hit upon for a black
eye would lie worse than death to one of
our sex and what woman who goes to
the opera or dresses for dinner , without
sleeves , could afford to have her arms all
blacked and blued ?
I bate to spoil a good story , especially
one so complimentary to our so\ ; that is ,
if it is complimentary to thins of ns as a
lot of Ama/ous. Hut we are not mom
athlotio than formerly. I do not tliinK
wo are as much so as we used to bo The
growth of population in cities , the in
creasing tendency toward book cultiva
lion among women , the constantly
strengthening demand of our liege lords ,
the men , that we shall bo pretty and gen
tie and dressy and witty , all arc tcuilini.
to repress those impulses that make whai
the world calls "Tom boys. " Let tinj
man who has a si = ter or wife go honu
and ask her to go through oven a dumb
bell exorcise for him and see what she
will say. I will wager a pippin againU :
pair of gloves that she will say ' 'What
in ono ot these dre-s-sesl Why.my dear ,
had to hang a picture to-day and in ordci
to do it I was obliged to undress , " Wi
women can't raise our arms in the clothe
of to-day. Wo may bo angels but on
wings arc pinned down.
CI.AUA HF.I.LK.
Fancy work is a "fad" with mint women
Those who have not time for It sigh fur II
Many who have so wa-tu it in miadlrectri
elloitthat the proJuctot thnlr labors are ill
tetly uiiadapted lor any purpose of use or or
nnmont , and Ho nroiiud until ? ! ! demand fo
rontrihutlnns fitint somochmch tair orolmrll
ahlu ba/ar presents n welcome anil Mueil. .
sci/ed opi > oiUtility to "get rid" of them.
Mi , F. C , llan > ! K. w 1100 reputation ns n
actor is well established , will begin a stnrrln
season about Octobur 17. He Ims secured tli
riu'ht from Mr. Lawrence Harnttt to produo
Mr. Uokur's "t-'ianro aila Klmlnl" and Mi
Ham-It's msion of Miss Mltford's "Ulon/.i.
Krod Lubln proposes trToYon a Chines
thcatro In New York city February 1 , with
play by a celestial company callc
' 'Filial Love. " This Is in live acts and wl
take twenty-six men and twenty-tor
women and children live nights to g <
through wth | Us adventuriw.
If you spit up phlegm and arn trouble
with nicking cough , use Or. J H. Mo
Lean's Tar \Vno } ' Lung Halm , ' . ' 5 .cents
boftlo. . . . .
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH ,
A Talk With W , H. Proece , the Electrician
of the British Telegraph System-
HOW THE WORK IS CONDUCTED
Women.Kmplnycd In the Commercial
Jlppnrtinoni Hcvlcxv or Otto or
the Greatest of Government
ICntcrprlics.
LONDON , Sept. 23. [ Special Corre
spondence of the HKK. " ] A few days ago
I reported a talk with Mr. Lambe , second
end assistant postmaster general , on the
subject of Great Hritain's postal tele
graph system , which congress proposes
to introduce in the United States. Mr.
Lambe told of the tarllls , the special
lines } and something of the general opera
tions of the system. Hero Is what Mr.
W. II , Piccco , known as the practical
man of the Hritish system , and the gen
eral electrician , said about other fea
tures :
"In 1877 1 was sent by parliament to
Amoiica to investigate the telegraph sys
tem there , for the pin pose of improving
our own. 1 visited the various sections
of the country and the large ollices , and
inspected their lines and their opera
tions. With all duo regard to the ex
cellent telegraph service in the United
States , and the great amount of ingenuity
that country possesses , I must say it is
standing still in the matter
of telegraphy. It is now just
where it was a decade ago. One
would think at the first glance that in
genuity would be stunted wlen | the gov
ernment nxsumcd absoluie control of thu
telegraphs and made monopoly ot the
system , and when the operators were
given positions during good behavior.
This is not so.Ve have made more rapid
progress within the past fifteen years
than any other country , and have greatly
outstripped America. This , 1 think , is
largely due to the fact that we have su
perior operators and a superior system
of telegraphy. We oiler a standing pre
mium to\ho men in our employ and out
side the service for Improvements. Pro
motion , vacation and money are the in
ducements. With the security that a life
position attaches , you can see , if you will
think of it a moment , that our system of
employment will bring about more ad
vancements than any other The opera
tors in the employ of the Western Union
Telegraph company or the Haltimoro
iV : Ohio company the two big corpora
tions of America have uo security
whatever ; their employers dismiss
them upon any pretext , and there us
no stability about the organisation of the
'
service in'its details. Here a man is re-
taincd as long as he performs his duty
well , and when nc attains the age of ( JO
years , ho can retire on a pension , The
pension Is about two-thirds of full pay ,
out is graded on a basis of years of ser
vice. 1 have served thirty six years , and
can retire in seven years. My pension
would be in the proportion that 40 stands
to 00. of full pay , or NMKMh of full pay.
"Wo have a complete .system of olli-
coring the telegraph service. There are
seventeen general superintendents or
engineers. Ireland has throe districts ,
located at Dublin , Belfast and Cork ;
Scotland two districts , at Kdinburgh and
( Slasgow. The remainder are divided
between Kngland and Wales. Each dis
trict has sub-districts , with inspectors ,
numbering eighty. Thou each inspector's
district is divided into 'lengths. ' Each
lineman patrols thirty miles of line or
route , and all messengers and govern
ment employes are .specially ins'tructed
'
to have a s'crntiny over the telegraph
property An inspector isnext in rank
above a inieman ; an engineer is over an
inspectjpr and communicates to the gen
eral postollieo department.
"We employ the Whoatstono instru
ment and are enabled to handle mes
sages for the press very rapidly. Our ser
vice is exceedingly prompt. Our general
ollice here , employing ' . ' .000 operators ,
has handled i,0U,000 ! ( ) words of matter in
one night. Male operators are in the ser
vice for press matter , and female.s are
< .iployed in the commercial department.
Our employes get from two weeks to a
month of vacation every year. \ \ o sup
ply all our operators with medical as
sistance and medicine , free. The hours
of their duty are eight a day. There is
extra pay for overtime.
The gross returns from the hnglish
postal telegraph system last year was , in
American money , ! f,87 ! ) ,2K ( ) , which was
if 1,8.)7.770 less- than the expenditures , but
the government paid ! ? lli0OS5 : ! interest
on the telegraph indebtedness , and
franked for fe own service messages
amounting to il : ! , ! > 8r > and lost about
$1,000,000 from the press and other
source * where exceptionally low rates
were made and contracts entered into.
It is seen , therefore , that the English
postal telegraph system , exclusive of the
ntorest on the bonds created to pay for
he lines , is a very paying investment
A gentleman expert in and experienced
in telegraphy and telegraphic business
says that the English rates to the nwse.s
average something like 15 per cent lower
than those in America and that 70 per
cent of the burdens of over charges in
America rest with the common people ,
those living in rural districts and small
villages.
In the Usual year ending March , 188(5 ( ,
there was in operation in this kingdom
170,11)0 ) miles of wire and : nir > : tri,8ii : mes
sages were received and transmitted.
The local tratlie in London is enormous ,
ranging from 12.000 to 18,0')0 ' ) messages
per day In ISliS there were hero sixty
ollices open ; bTU now theio are -180 of-
lieos , handling an average of 15,000 mes
sages a day.
The pneumatic tube system , by whiel
several ounces of telegraphic or mai
matter ran be shot about the city o
London at the rate of thirty miles an
hour , is also under control of the govern
incut and is a great success. It would bo
immensely popular in cities like Chicago
Philadelphia , New \ ork , etc. , where
vast expanses ot business arc condiiftedf
A great many complaints are heard in
England even to this day about the price
paid for the telegraph lines now owned
by the government. Especially the leg
islators hold that the .sum was extremely
exorbitant. It has been suggested by
several high ollioials in the general post-
ollico department hero that the congress
of the United States should iiass a law
practically confiscating the lines by ap
pointing a commission to appraise the
property in existenceand by some means
forcing the owners to sell at the price
t-tipulated by the commission. 1 have ;
observed in all of my conversations with
the oflicers of the government here thai
there is not that high sense of property
rights that exists in America , and there
is talk about its being the proper thine
for the American government to force
private corporations and individuals te
turn over their telegraph property at anj
prieo the government might stipulate.
With the greatest impunity thu olll-
ccrs in the postollieo department here
talk of conliscatio'us for her nnjcsty'i
ervico , and declare that sooner or latoi
the American congress will lose it. '
squeainislincss in reference to taking
forcible control of the telegraph. 1
asked one olllcial high up in the depart
nictnt whether , considering the form ol
government In America , ho would rec
ommend the condemnation of privatt
property for the public service , ami thii
is what ho said , as near as I can remem
ber.
ber."Your goyornmnnt already doe * * thu
thing. It has a monopoly of the malls
& OMAHA CLOTHING CO
SUITS.
We have thli season the. Inrurst as
sortment of suits In all ( trades crvr
ntt an attic. If'c quote a few prices :
lrt class serviceable suits jf4.oO
A Up-top worsted suit , $7.
A flue worsted suit , $1O to f'10.
Our line of nobby chct'iot suits
an't be beat , In style and price ,
$10 to $ JC.SO.
1308 FARNAM STREET
Congress under your constitution can
iiass a law creating a commission to ap
praise telegraph property. That com-
iiission can make a return of the assess
ments , and the money can bo tendered
to owners of the property , and thu
uroporty can by force be taken charge
if. The only question will be the price.
if tlie terms "fixed upon by the commis
sion are not liberal enough the owners
can sue and the courts will determine.
There will bo uo question of the legal
icla under the constitution to do this
liing. This we looked into before the
government of ( Jreat Hritain took charge
of the telegraph. You have recently
mssed an interstate commerce law which
> ractically amounts to tno same thing I
> repose and wo took in regard to con
trol of thn telegraph. "
The telegraph service here is very
T.uch more pcumpt than in the United
States. I have Hied messasos from sev
eral parts of thn kinirdom. and a number
of times in London , for various portions
of this vast metropolis. Ordinarily a
.elegram tiled in any part of England
will be delivered witmn thirty minutes.
Ono which was sent over three circuits
reached its destination within eitrhteon
iiinutes , and 1 am told tins is
jut an average time. There is
10 such thing as an operator being
crowded witli work , out of the ollice , or
saving ai > v one of the thousand -and ono
excuses for not getting on" a message.
Ami private lele < rrains have the same
right to the wire and delivery as corpora-
Ion or government service. There is no
'avoritism. ' There is complete uniformity.
The operators are the. best in the coun
try. There are no strikes , and no errors
on account of inexperienced operators.
J'he most capable men arc at the instru
ments.
In the entire system of large oflioos the
Wheatstone instruments are employed ,
by which 400 or 500 words a minute are
rushed through on a single instrument ,
and there is no possibility of error. I
am told that so excellent is the condition
of the lines that very sul'dom are the
wires down , and it is remarkably infre
quent that a report is delayed. Only the
best of everything is used.
Hut there arc drawbacks to the ser
vice , and some of the most serious ones
are encountered by the newspapers ,
which are the largest customers ot the
telegraph. In another letter on the Eng
lish postal telegraph system I will repeat
a most interesting conversation I had
with Mr. John Moore , the general man
ager of the Central News , which is to
the old world what the United and Asso
ciated pro < -ses arc to America , and in
which Air. Moore recites the advantages
and disadvantages to the press service
encountered in a system of telegraphs
owned and controlled by the government
as against a telegraphic service in the
hands of corporations and individuals.
I will also tell something of the practical
workimrs of the wires and the postal
telegraph ollices , applying them to or
contrasting them with those in America.
P. S ilnvTii.
An Ivy vine has grown through the wall
of the house ot Arthur We.stco.it , of Atlantic
City , and ornaments his sitting room.
Mi. . U F. Davis , ot Harrison. Kan. .a lady
thirty-seven years old , had all her teeth ex
tracted tlireu'months ago. and now nature is
furnishing her with a third set.
A Frenchman rode Into \VatervIlle \ , Ale. ,
with a big Xewtouudland dog hitched to a
two wheeled cart which the animal had
hauled In three days 150 miles.
riicra is a white horse at Koscommon ,
Mich. , that visits a saloon daily lor Its class'
ot beer and gets it. Another white horse at
Hay City takes trips on a toboggan slide and
enjoys them.
Mr. H. 11. Freeman , of Toomsboro , Ga.Jias
a moccasin snake that ho caiulit when
young , placed It in a bottle , corked It up per
fectly air-tight , and for two yeais it has had
nothing to eat or drink and is yet alive.
Thu tw oldest trees in the world are sup
posed to be the ouu in Calaveias county , C.il. ,
that is supposed to be -M'5 ears old. and the
cypress of Somma , in Lombard ) ' , Italy , that
is 1'Jll ) eais old , or planted forty-two years
H. 0.
While a train load ot excursionists from
Los Angeles , C.il. , was spending the day at
Port Halona , a swordlish litteen teet long
ventured within the Hues of thu broakets and
was thrown up on thw sand. Within a fuw
minutes the excursionists had carved up the
big lisli with their pocket knives and tliuy all
carried a supply ot swordlish steak back to
town with tin-in.
At a fox hunt near Tolona , 111 , the dogs
forced a gray tex up a tiee. but thu hunters
would not "shoot , preterring to have him
taken by the hounds. A boy climbed thu tree
to forcu Kevuard out , but when ho dropped
lie eluded the dogs and found shelter In a
hole. Ono dog lollowcd hltn , got the game
by ttio nose , ana pulled him out. hut the fox
watched his chance , made the doff lose his
grip , dashed away , and made good his
escape.
A young gray squirrel found by a party of
children at Ivoryton , Conn. , was cared for
until It had grown large onomh to help Itsoll ,
when it was set at llbeity. The children had
no Idea It would ever come back , but the
same night the squirrel cams to the window
and tapped upon the paue. It was ad
mitted , and the next morniue whisked awav
again. It Ins built two nests , using wiilcl
ever it chooses in the night time , except
when It rains. Then it always asks tor ad
mission to the house.
A real Yahoo girl Is at present on view In
tint panontlcum ( dime museum ) at Cologne
on-thu-Uhltie , Germany. It la a littlu "Kr.uu
cirl from Laos , in Slam. Her skin , even
that ot the face , Is covered with hair half us
Inch to an inch In length , except on the sole
of the feet , the elbows and thu insldu of the
hands. She has bakuntaschen and thirteen
dorsal vertebrse Instead of twelve. In oven
other respect it Is like a human being will
a common amount of Intelligence ami feel
ing. The Kraos are a Siamese tribe , all.'o
them , It seems , possessing the same peculiar
Itlcs as this little girl.
A gentleman walking on the beach near
Oakland , Cal. . was struck violently upon the
head by a haid substance , and , looking up
was startled by a ghostly llutterlng of wings
not a foot away. A great gray gull just es
caped lighting on his shiHildurs , \ \ Ith a half
frightened cry It rose in thu air. Lying 01
the sand was an Immense black mussel , ol
which the gull was trying to make Ida din
ner , The gentleman stepped a short dls
tatice away , when the gull darted down
o * Utd thu mussel , soared to a diwy heigh
HATS ,
Our line of Itats Is live times ns ,
larye an It won last season , and ire
show orer JOO different styles ofhnt *
Tlte Jtnojo Itlock , Vouman's Miller
and Dunlan at tliefollouilnt/ prices :
Hans' Jfats , to to jl.itO.
Crushers from fiOrfo $ V.iiO.
l'"lnc Soft Ifats , 7 > c to fJ ,
L'lne Stiff Jhtls , $ / , V5 to $4.
And ute fiiutrttntcc that our prices
and ( foods gi > ahead of anythlny tn
the market.
and dropped It imon a roc ! ; , which broke the
shell , and the gull descended and dined.
At EnstSaglnaw , Mich. , Richard Hose , a
well known farmer and bee ciiltiiristlias just
been thiougli a singular experience. As he
was taking up a lilvo of honey last Saturday
lie was stung on the end ot the middle linger
of the right hand. In a low minutes he be
came insensible , while his linger and arm
swelled up toeiioimous sl/e. Ills condition
appeared to closelv resemble catalepsy , and
during the succeeding twenty-tour hours all
efloits to restore him to consciousness proved
lutlle. At the nnd ot the time mentioned he
legained his senses and about the same time
the swelling began to subside and has now
almost entirely disappeared. He feels pecu
liar in thu hand and arm , but otherwise does
not mind his exper once. He had been
stung many times bctore , and experienced
Ittle trouble.
imiGUT I-ITI'M ? FOIjKH.
Little Girl "Ma , was Ad-im the lirst
human being' ' " Mother " \es , my dear. "
"Well , who shoved him in his baby car-
ilage'.1'1
Minister fmakinga call ) "And do you al
way.H do as your mamma tells you to ,
Flossie'.1" Flossie ( emphatically ) 1 do , and
so does papa. "
A littlu boy who had been used to receiving
hi ? elder brother's old toys and clothes , re
cently asked : "Ma , shall 1 have to marry
his widow when lie dies' . " '
"S.u- , maw , " Slid a studious little African ,
' ( [ ( 'hlny am stialght down lie on de odder
side , and we arc all whu/.ln' roun'aii roiiu'
on dlslicr earl , what am de reason dat we
nebber gits dliai' . " '
A six-year-old CMilcago boy , whoso fathnr Is
a cornetlst , was very restless the other night
and couldn't go to sleep. Finally , as a last
esott , he called out : "Papa , please play
our cornet ; that always makes me tired. "
This Is the composition a new teacher had
he pleasure of hearing read In a school not
ar trom Concord : "Going to bchnol. 1 like
o go to school when we have a good teacher.
don't like to go to school this term. "
A three-year-old Caiitoriiia boy who had
lever seen a laige body of water except In
the irrigating canals , was taken to see the
ccan. Ho stood a moment in silent astou-
shment , and then burst out with : "Who
urned on ills water ? "
A few mornings since at breakfast , In a
Ich Clifton homo , a little tot paraly/od his
uatenial progenitor by exclaiming :
Mamma , I love you bjttur thn I love oat-
iiKiil. ' * "Do you love that much , dear' " ' was
ho tender lejoimler. "Well , 1 ain't stuck
n it. "
Freddy had been repeatedlv told lie must
not ask people , tor money. Olio
lay ho met Mr. Williams , who could
never resist an appeal trom thu small
boy. "Mr. Williams , " said Freddy ,
do you ever give live centses to little boys
vhat don't ask for 'em' . " ' Ho got the money.
Little Julia is in the habit of saying
Amen" to the grace her papa asks at table ,
and she usually says it heartily and with
motion. Hut she failed to say It altogether
it breakfast a few mornings ago , and sat
ookiug gloomily at the table , wh.ch had
atlier less on it than usual , ami nothing that
Julia liked. Some ono at the table asked
why Julia was silent. "Pub. " she said , with
ino scorn , " 1 don't think I'll say amen for
such a breakfast as this. "
UDUCATIONAh.
Within the laU live months Harvard col
lore has received gifts amounting to S.'t.OOO ,
UOO.
' Hazing" has been abolished at most of
the larger colleges , but still survives at
Princeton.
In the freshman class at Yale are sons
ot Senator Gibson , of Louisiana , and Evan
gelist Moody , of Chicago.
A college for women , modelled after Wel-
leslev and Vassar.ls to bo established at Den
ver. Colo. , us soon as passible.
Eighty yeais ago , society In Turkey tor-
bade women to learn to read. The sultan
hits now started schools for women.
A state university for colored people is to
be built In Montgomery. Ala. Thu city has
given S5.000 and three acres of land to the
institution.
John Hopkins university holds 17,000
shares ol Baltimore it Ohio stock , which has
steadily yielded Sii6,0K : ( ) in Income. The in
stitution may r ( ally be much crippled by the
depreciation of this Investment.
Among the recent graduates of the
Women's medical college In New York city
Is Km Yaniel , a Chinese girl , who had taken
the highest position in the class. She Is an
accomplished scholar , able to conversu and
write accurately In live languages.
The Vienna university was-attended dur
ing the past summer .semustor by n.-JVl stu
dents. 3,008 of whom worn on thu medical
( acuity , an increase ot ! l7t ! over last year.
Thn number of forulgiieis studying In the
university shows also a stonily lucieasr , thn
United States furnishing 71 , almost all of
whom attunded medical lectures.
A college for the training of teachers has
been opened in connection with the New
York Industrial Education association. "As
the law has Its mock courts and the medical
school Its directing room to combine prac
tice with theory , so this college will have Its
model school. " Dr. Nicholas Murray Hut-
ler. of Columbia , has been elected president.
The anatomist , Wunel Gruber. celebrated
recently the fortieth anniversary of his con
nection with theunlversiU of St. Petersburg.
Prot. Gruber is seventy-three years of age
and a Hohemlan by birth. Hn is ono of the
most popular teachers In thu unlversitv.t.av-
Ing had moru than 20.000 students. Ilucom-
plelelv reorganised the Anatomical institute
and "although delivering annually iioo
lectures found time to write morn than .Wl
treaties and prepare numerous anatomical
objects. He has dissected ' 0,000 bodies.
MUSICAIj AND DUAMATIOAIj.
Chin Louise Kullo g ! icturniiig from
Calls-bad.
Jolmmi Strauss lias written an opera
called "Slniplli'lii" . "
"Mine. Kursch-Miidl has been engaged for
concerts and operatic performances , com
mencing In Hoston , October 5.
It Is almost sullied that Pauline Lucca will
begin an American tour muter Henry L.
Abbey's management next spring.
Slguor Campnnlnl sails for Amenca on the '
8th of next month. Thu company he will '
bring with him Is said to bo an excellent ouu.
Alexander Strakosch , the greit German
dramatic reader , has arrived In N < jw ' "
city to begin a six months' tour ot this coun
try.
try.Itobert 11. Mansell beclns his second tar
ring tour In Heading. Pa. , appearing for thn
fust tlmo in a new romantic drama entitled
"Monbais. "
Sibyl Anderson , a daughter of the late
Chief Justice Anderson , ot CaiiruinU. is to
OVERCOATS
1'\ILL.
A full line of llt/hf ii-clytil over
coats , In ni'to nnbt > n ( fr.s/f/ i , , tlfilit ,
medium and dark color * .
A ifooil tuni'ittcil coat fni'ffliJO ,
A fine mfli/mnv / cnnt from $ fito f / , .
An ej-tru flue ctmt from 91 > toi > > .
We cnn truly say our line of nrer-
I'oatit ir $ ncrer Kitt'imnxctl , anil that
otir nriccx are auiau ln'lott > other
/ m.ss , needs only tin inj > e.ciioii of
our yooila toinwe It Is < .
make her debut as Juliet In grand opera
this month In Umbels.
"The Legion of Honor , " one of the most
powerful plays seen In this country lor many
years , will in November bo biought out In
great stvle at Korepaunh's theater in Phila
delphia.
Inire Klralfy's spectacular production of
"Lagardcrc ; or the Hunchback of Paris. "
with Its great cast , splendid scenerv and
beautiful ballet , Is still crowding Nlblo's
thcatie , New York.
Marlon Hooth , who piavs the leading fe
male role In "The Dominie's Daitghtci , "
possesses much of the thoughtful expression
of her uncle , Kdwin Hooth. She Is a daughter
of .liiniiis Hrutus Hooth.
All who lo\e good piano-playing will bo
glad to welcome Teiesa Carreno on her tu-
turu from South America. She is now mak
ing arrangements for a series ot conceits in
New York and other cities.
The new plav that M. Sardnu has made
for Mine. Heinhardt is named "Deborah , "
and it will bn produced at the Porte St. Mar
tin theatre , Paris , in December. It relates
to thu period of the reign ot terror.
Manager Gustavo Amberg , with the aid of
William Stemway and a number ot wealthy
Cciminis , proposes to build a theater in thn
vicinity of Kitth avenue and Koity-second
street , New \ork , for German plays.
No detriment from the inter-stato law Is
yet apparent in business on the load. Kmily
Soldcno , Marie Preseott , Lillian Lewis ,
Lillian Olcott and others , whoso plans were
doubtful during the summer , are at work.
Maze Edwards , manager of the Levy
Operatic companv , comprising Levy , the
cornet virtuoso : Mine' Stella Levy , Llthgow
James. Lulu Klein , Knrico Jiattistlnl and
Max Illr.-clillrlil , will shortly begin a tour ot
the country.
If all that European critics have said ot
Teresina Tun's violin playing Is just , her
American debut at Chickerlng hall. New
York , on October 17 , should prove to he ono
ot the most interesting musical events ot a
season big with promise.
A "Lls/.t society" is about to be formed in
Vienna , the especial object of which will be
to secure the production in a befitting man
ner of the master's works. It appears that
of the 1,233 known works of Liszt , only'-06 ,
or about one sixth , have jet been performed
in Vienna.
Courted ami Herrmann will play Ludwlz
Harnay 81,009 a night for thirty perform
ances in this country. Twelve of them will
bo in New Ymk. Thcie are eight or ten
cities in the United States In each of which
a large certainty can bo arranged tor by the
manager of a ( ierman star.
According to a late Pans pauerthe now
Iron curtain ot the Theatre Krancals is a
gigantic allair. It neither rolls up nor folds
together , but ascends in a solid sheet into the
upper rezions , which have had to bo height
ened to make room tor it The ascent occu
pies a minute and a quarter.
Mine. Hma de Murska has been engaged by
the bo.ird of directors ot the national con
servatory of music ol New York as the prin
cipal singing teacher ot that Institution.
Mine , de Murska will lea\e London for New
York on October 1. The engagement will
not Interfere- with the artist's concerts.
J. H. ( iilmour threw up his contract with
Moiljeska logo to "Laardero" and the va
cancy thus passed along to Modjeska has
been tilled by the engagement as her chief
actor of William Morris , a Hostoniau ot
i twenty-seven or so , with a profound voice , a
good "ph slime , and a graceful stage pres
ence.
Mauricn Strakosch Is reported to be very
III m Paris. His newly discovered nilma
donna , NIkita , for whom he prophesied a
furture moie brilliant even than the career
of Adellna 1'atti , has appeared in London at
thepromenadocoiicei Is under Colonel Maple-
son's management and gained a very mild
success.
One of the wonders of the season will bo
Hoctl , Manager Ambt-rc's thousand dollar
prize tenor. Ho is a short , sllghtlsh man ,
but ho can emit a high 0 with terrilic force
and volume. In tills latter icspect he re
sembles Theodore Waclitel. His social ante
cedents furnish another point of resemblance
lor , like Waclitel , lloetl only a tew jeaw ago
was an ordinary "cabby. "
Miss Emma Abbott says that her voice has
grown strongiir and richer , that she has done
with sowing wild o.its in the form ot "Lucia
and Amina. " and that she will henceforth
smgdramatic roles or nothing at all. For
which reason she will s'ng ' "Kuy Hlas" in
truly regal costume. She will also wear a
crown that bla/.os with ton geuuino solitaire
diamonds. She will also sing "EKa. "
The lirst performance in Philadelphia of
the Hebrew operetta company , which took
place last night at Pythian hall , was wit
nessed by a largo and very enthusiastic
audience. The company Is composed
of actors who recentlvcame to this country
from Koumania , Uussla and Poland. I hey
speak n Holuow-tierman dialect , which is
common to all the Hebrews In Europe and
America.
The approaching American season of
Henry Irving begins Novmnbci 7. Mr. Ir
vine himself will airivo tlia ! Mth ol next
month , or theieabouts , and bis company will
be with him. The intervening two weeks
will bo given to preparation and rehearsal.
His New York nncauomont will be played as
bet ore , at the Star theater , and w III last tor
live weeks , witli "KAUSl" ns the sole attue-
lion. Thoold tariff nfgi : a sn.it will hold.
In his tour thiougli the country Mr. Iry ng
will spend most ot his time In Hoston , Phila
delphia ami Chicago.
The mi'lograph of M. Carpentler , by which
musical compositions are written down or
registered , has been supplemented by a
"melntropu" trom thu satiiu Inventor , which
enables them to be played automatically In
any kev. For this purpose the melograph
hands are perforated , and caused to opur.itu
the melotrope , an Ingenious Instrument
which we need not Hilly describe , and which
Is still In Its experimental stage , \\lththo
melegraph and melotiopo It is now possible
to register an Improvisation or a piece of
classic music and reproduce It automatically.
Wagnerites manage to enjoy consldeiable
comfoit , notwithstanding the piejuillces of
the time. Mine. Joachim , the gieal win-
tralto. writes to the Allgemelnn Deiitscho
Musik-Xcitung : "It Is leally high time that
thn ruinous effect
thi > silly notion concerning
fect upon the VOTO ol Wagner's operas
should h abandoned. I his itivoise is the
truth ; and 1 mainutn that the singing of
Wai-tier's operas tends to mcseive thn voice ,
because husbanding It. There Is no com
poser who , like him , supports the singui by
means of Ills oichestla. which aids thn voleii
In every way , and e\en anticipates the
draiiiiiticexpiusbion.
Thuspectaciiiai melodrama of "A Dark
Secret , seems to depend laruclj lor its suc
cess upon Cioton w.itor. An enormous tank
thureot Is placed upon the stage am on t us
the simulated rwatti takeplace. . Into thii
also the heroine splashes and thi > hem fol
lows anil saves her llle. . is mt , . . , . ; .
ol startling dntmatli ! novelty iibciil this , but
the leal water and thu real splashing eaiijed
not oul > tin ) aalluiy bat t u "olv ot tlu :
UNDERWEAR ;
This heading Includes every yrudo *
of I'ndcru'car for I
f 1.00per suit.
$ I.V < - > irrsttlt. 1
.ft.no per suit. i ,
$1 ? , " > per suit. :
$ V.OO per suit. j
IfiH.aO per suit. |
! fjU,00 per suit. r <
, J , V.,7 ( > per suit. |
And up to the rery best of imported
l/oods that can be purchased.
house to howl with delight when the piece
was pre.sunted In Philadelphia , ( 'harlua
Jefferson , who has purchased an Intciest in
thu piece , has some comical storitM to tell of.
the tank at the Philadelphia theatre.
HOW SO.MIO K.NOIjISlI KINGS 1)1 UD
Kdwy died of gilut.
Chailes 1. was beheaded.
Henry 1. died ot oveieatlng.
William Ktifus was killed by an anow.
Uichard Cieur do Lion died of wounds.
Eleanor , Itlchard 111.'s queen , died In i
monastery.
James II. abdicated by Might ami died in
exile.
Hardicanute died ot icplctlou at a mar
riage feast.
Harold H. wi\s kllUd after a nine-months'
reliii ) ,
William III. was killed by a fall from n
horse.
Edmund 1. died from a wound iccelved
in an atlray.
Sophia Dotothea , wife ol George I , died
in prison.
Edmund Ironsldo was murdered after
leigniug seven mopths.
Lady Ell/abeth Giey , queen of IMwaid
IV. , died in prison.
Edward the Martvr wa nundcml by older
of his stepmother , Klfrula.
Queen Jane was beh ended alter nbrlcl
reiKii , and when only soenteen years oj i.
Edward V. leignod two months nnd thir
teen days betoiu he was muideied.
Henry VI. was murdered by Klrlmd , duke
of Gloucester , in the Tower of London.
K'chard 111. wns slain in the battlu ot
Hoi worth Field. He poisoned his lirst queen.
Anne , in older to make way for a second
maliiagc.
Edward II. was murdered. His queen ,
Isabella , upon the death , b > the gibbet , ol her
lavorite , Mortimer , wa * confined for the rest
ot her lilii in her own house at her own re
quest.
Itlchard II. was mnnleied. Ills second
queen. Isabella , daughter ot Charles V. of
France , was seven yeatsold whim ho married
her. She returned to her lather when Hich-
aid was deposed.
Hcnrv Vlll. romidlated nud divorced his
lirst wife , Catherine tit Arrairnn. and man led
his second. Alum Holoyn. beforn the dhoreif
was secured. Anne lioloyn , Queen Eliza
beth's mother , was beheaded. Henry mar
ried his third wife , Jane Seymour , the day
after the executioner of her predecessor ,
whose maid ot honor she had been. Jane
died in giving birth to Edward VI. Henry's
fourth wife , Anne of Cloves was divoiced
six mouths alter the man iage , and her suc
cessor , the tilth wife , Catheiinn Howard , was
beheaded : Catheilnu Pan , Henry's sixth
wife , outlived him and mairlcd attain.
IIOMK DKCOUATIOXS.
India handkerchiefs ol rich high colors
make most effective table covers it tc.stelnlly
embioidored and edged.
Palm-leaf fans make beautiful mantel and
biacket backgrounds If handsomely palntud
and enameled. The process will pleasantly
oceup ) a git-at deal ot idle time.
Embroidered scarfs ot India muslin look
well draped over thu top ot oasnl-siippoited
pictures. It you must diajiu hung pictures
drape thu lower part of the frame.
Any amount ot time can bo spent and
beautltiiU'ffeeti produced by diawtng ( with
a needle ) dusiu'iis in etching slllc on the gold-
coliued muslin now so much in favor for
window hall-cm tain * .
Piano scarts are rather a waste of ellort
just now. llotli square and upright pianos
have laigfr draped covers. Onentul tin-
selleu muslin , edg.-d with silk tassels mid
graceidly ! diaped Is very effective.
The regularly rural three-legged milking
stool , hand painted , is a tavorlto support tor
brass or porcelain Jars holding glowing
greenery. The jars hide must ot thn paintIng -
Ing , which , as a rule , is rather an advantage.
Very handsome portieres can bo madu on
the old "rag carpet" plan , but the rans must
be of rich silks , caiefully airangod with a
\lowtocoloretfect. A pound ball or the
sewn silk rags ought to nmku a jard ot ma
terial iiliout two leet in width.
Other haiiilsomi ) tablu and piano covers
can be madu ot silk sheeting ol a golden ecru
tint , finished with a band ot nut-biown
plush. Just above tills embioidor a band of.
conventional scrolls in brown and yellow
silks , and powder tiny sprigs ot the same
embroidery all over the suit ace.
Don't place an u.iright piano with its hack
to the wall. Set It acrois a corner , the back
to the room. Place a mirror m the back ,
diapcd on either sidu with ombroldeie.il Or
tuilnl muslin. Gioupa collection of hand
somely potted Oiieiital plants In trontot this
and you will have contorted an essentially
ugly piece ot furniture into a "thing of beau
ty and a joy forever" to eveiybody but jour
parlor maid. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
HEALTH. WEALTH.
DR. OTTERBOURG ,
CJH. lillh and Doilgc Hte , Omaha , Neb.
A ! tusiiitr ! < 'rii liiul % In McUifino
anil * ] criul Pi-itrlUloiicr ,
Aulhori/oJ to Irout nil Cliioiiie , Noit.JU ttil l
"SpnfuU l > i < ) ses. "
( WliL-lhorciiilteil by lippruilonoit , l.ieew or
Contuirloni N-III nil Weuknu s , 'iiltflit limim
l-exim ! DntulitJ.ilO'H of t'X'iill ' ( Hiwuri , NciV-
oui Uelitlity , Illnocl Ui inliir-i , eti' . ( 'iiriioli i ui
pimiatiteeil m innniij rofunilecl. ctmiir " 1Hr-
I lioiisuiiiik dl cif-m curoil Ann mid \ rfiriMCO
Hrr Important All nicillclncg ciiicrlully pro-
I'Hrni ' lor fiii'li imllvUiiul riisu.
> o liijiiriont or | oi iiiion Otiu-
pOIIIMlk 1'M'll.
Notlinn I'nt from biimm-s I'litlrm * ill
ilibtiiiir.i IrOHliiiltir li-ttcr aixletpie- * Mp.li. IMU
Bi-nt i crj whnni 11 o ' I" ' Ifu "r iT'-nkHKu.
> o l t > ln > in rilliiiKOrrteri.
K r t Lents m Mii'iipi. ' "il'iiiail ' lieu nil our
nrllltuillltuititllie , miiln lU'inir R J-MHptoiiil 1st
on which to KH u i nil H'stoi ' > ' ' " H' " ' .i' . "lc
Slnli- your CHSB iiii'l n ml l"r n ri..s All "
ask Mi trial. Seneuy o'.sc.vi-t elttiHi in pur-
Kin or by mull.
01 ncr. not ; it * _ _ , ,
5 to n. in..3l . -iMinl/to8p. m Si.aJaj ( la-
tlu. ! cl. Consulting ruoui No. 4.
