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! f'HK OMAHA DATLT BEE : SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27. 1887. SIXTEEN PAGES. I JSOME WOMEN OF THE WORLD. The Seven Agoa Womtin'a Plnco In the World. AN OLD-FASHIONED VIEW. 81 rn. Ijockwood'M First KeliuIT Women at tlin Helm Nellie Grant and Fanny Keinble Two West ern DlainiH. Tlie Seven ARCH of Women. 1 / llnftim Dittlti A < h'fitl rr. ( All the world's a wardrobe , J And nil thu girls mid women merely wearers , They have their fashions ami their fantasl"s , And one shu in her time wears many gar ments Throughout her Seven Stages. First , the baby , Bpfrilled and broldered In her nurse's arms , And then the trim-hosed schoolgirl , with her Flounces And small-boy-scoriilng face , tripping skirt- \vaggingly , Conucttlshly to school. And then the Illrt , Ogling like Circe , with a biislnesa-illade Kent on her low-cut corset. Thee a bride , Full of stiangc llnoryvestured like an angel , Veiled vniwronsly , yet vigilant at glatiee , Seeking the Woman's heaven , Admiration. Even at the altar steps. And then the matron , In fair , rich velvet , with snavo satin lined , With * eyes severe and skirts of youthful cut , Full of dress-saws and modish Instances , To tcaeh her girls their part. The sixth ago shift * ! Into the gray , yet gorgeous grandmamma , ' With gold piiiue-nc/ nose and fan at side , Her yimthlul taste still strong , and worldly wise In sumptuary law , her quavering voice , Prosing of Fashion and Lo Follut , pipes Of robes nml bargains rare. Last scene of all , That ends the sex's mode-swayed history , In second childishness and sheer oblivion Of youth , taste , passion , all , e'en love of dress. "Woman' * Place In tin- World Toliiy. . Unltimoro American : One of tlio most conspicuous tendencies of the limes is thu increasing nclUityof woman n tin independent fitctor in the world's progress. Within tlio lust twenty yours Hho has mndu u wonderful advancement in the line of self-assertion. Tlioro is to-day scarcely any avocation and no profession in which she dtics not shine. Hho is in tlio puljrit. Slio runs for olllce. 8ho feeds the sick on physic. She is the ministering angel of hospitals. She pleads hoforo the public tribunals. She edits newspapers. She writes moro books than man. She is n school- toaoher. She is an inventor. She draws big salaries on the stage. She works in factories. She unmakes largo stores. She is cashier , clerk , book keeper , mid o\er.ythiiig else that man makes u living by. The queer tilings thnt who has accomplished are illus tratcd in the curious fact that the best live-stock reporter in this country is u young lady. There is no doubt thai her competi tion IH giving man a close race. Thou sands of young men loaf around the street corners and complain of not being < * " * i4o to got .situations ; but while they > loaf the young women secure the places , do the work and draw the salaries. And it is not only in subordinate posi tions that women accomplish good re sults. As n director of large enterprises she lias shown her capacity and ability. A dozen instances could bo cited of where she has made fortunes' by judi cious mniingemont mid foresight. The complete list of women in this country who have made themselves rich would cause nine men out of ten to open their wide in astonishment. A "Woman's HciiHon. Now York Commercial Advertiser : Gradually wo learn the philosophy of the female sulTragists. To the mind of man it has seemed a strange thing that lovely woman , with all her love of lux ury and refinement , should yearn for the jirivilogo of voting and holding ollico , with all the hardships and disagreeable associations implied thereby. To the masculine intellect it seems that there is hardly adequate compensation , rating woman's sentimentality at her own val uation , in the more- privilege the fo- tnalu sulTragists ask for what they arc obliged to give in return. < But Miss Nellie Luoretia Cooke , the ' .defeated candidate for school commis sioner in Wayne county , has thrown eomo light on this subject. In a burst jbf frankness Miss Cooke opened her jfnlnd to a reporter and confided to him ( the moral and sentimental , debit and credit , of the canvass. Said she : "I bud sot my heart on beating these old republican politicians and being Now York's lirst lady school commissioner , and now that 'it is all against me Jl cannot help feeling about it. We iris always take things to heart moro un you men , I guess Hint's one rea- . n women make such sorry work in . " Thnt Miss Cooko's polities. was sorrow row , but there was a considerable amount of glee to oll'sot it , for she said : * 'I tuko heaps of satisfaction in the thought that I gave the old mossbuek republican politicians who laughed so inueb over my nomination and thought they had so much of a walk over in this district , the worst scare they ever had. " But nlas for the cause of the female Suffragists , tints unwittingly betraying Jn the house of their friends'ns ! Miss Cooke's purpose in thus entering the canvas no higher than the mere Ba.tisfnc.tion of beating those old repub lican mosslmeks of Wayne county ? And do women always make sorry work of polities ? IH the novelty and vanity of being the first woman to achieve a cer tain position the paramount advantage to bo gained by her election ? Alas that Mrs. Ljllio Dovoreaux lilako did not liavo this candidate in training to point one of her only lofty morals with. OUl Fashioned Vlow ofWoiiieii. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps : Much i us has boon said of the oqnulltv of the > Boxes , mid great as is the indignation ot some of us at being considered the "weaker sex , " I am afraid that abso lute equality between men and women is impossible. Nature herself sets her face against it by the inherent desire planted in most wotnons' breast to look up , physically and mentally , to some One greater than themselves ; to whom they can cling , on whom they can rely without any sense of inferiority. Not merely to love , but to worship , to make herself a mat for the man's feet to walk Over , to believe everything he does and Baya is right , to be ready to live for him or die for him , mid merge her own iden tity completely in his. This , I think , is the instinct of most women , or at least the noblest half of them. It is nature , tuid nature , ivo may allow , is oc casionally right. Nature , too , lays down limits boyound which women , in the aggregate , cannot pass. She means them to be not men , or rather imitation inon , but the mothers of men. I am old- /j / c uionod enough to believe that every iJTrl's education , mental , moral , physi cal , ought to to bo primarily with a view to wifehood and motherhood , the high est and happiest destiny to which any votnan can attain. Hut when fate de nies them this ehiofoat ble-sing , as , considering the largo sin-pin * female population in the world , must often be the enso , she still leaves them the ) > os.si- bllity of being the spiritual mothers of a now generation.Vhllo sufficient to themselves , able to do their 'own Jtotin \ : the world , solitary but strong unlnfirvled woman may still keep up , as many an old maid does keep up , the natural maternal instinct , by l > efriend- ingor helping all helpless ereatures , and becoming an ennobling inlluonce to mankind in tlio aggregate , if not to the individual man. Market lug Fashionable. Washington correspondence ! It l. quito the fashionable thing for the Indies of Washington to do their own marketing , and almost any day Mine. I Comoro , Mrs. Sheridan and other soci ety leaders may be met among the numerous stalls of Centre Market. Miss Nannie IJayard drives to the market " every day "and personally selects the best of everything. Miss Vilus is also a connoisseur in joints and their proper accompaniments. Mrs. Nathaniel 'U il- son. Miss Gussy Wilson , the Misses Taylor , Miss Carter , the Misses Pulton niil many others may bo seen on Sat urday morning Milling among tlio stalls. I have u suspicion , however , that the ( lower stands have the greatest utlruo- lion for Iheso younger ladies. They nro so numerous and the flowers so cheap that they are simply irresistible , 31 rs. Iioukwood's First ItebulV. When Judge Urooinnll introduced Mrs. Ilolvu Lock wood ut the teachers' institute lecture course at Media , Pa. , Saturday evening ho said Mrs. Lock- wood had been refused admission to the Delaware county bar by Judge Clayton shortly after his elevation to the bench , for no other reason than that she was a woman. " 1 made the application for her ad mission myself , " said Mr. Broomnll. "Slie came hero to represent a clionl in the common pleus court , and before she could do so it was necessary for her to be admitted to Iho bar. I presented the certificate of the president judge of tlio district court nt Washington , saying she was n member of the bar in good standing. . Judge Clayton looked the . paper over , and not noticing the name particularly was about lo grant the ap plication when I told him the applicant was a woman. 'That makes some differ ' he Miid 'and I will have ence. , to re fuse the application. ' 'Do I understand thai yon refuse to admit her because she is a woman ? ' I asked. 'That is my rea son. ' Judge Clayton replied , and this decision is on our court records to-day. Mrs. Kilgore also lirst applied for ad mission to the Delaware county bar and while Judge Clayton was holding the matter under advisement she was ad mitted to practice in Philadelphia. Her application hero was not afterward pressed and was finally withdrawn. " Women al the Helm. Springfield Republican : "Thlsisns it will bo when all the men have died , " said a well known educator this week in comment upon u unique and.in some re spects , extraordinary school report of it the t town of Charlemont. Turning over the few pages of the pamphlet , ono would receive an impression that it had been issued in an imaginary realm of ' The Princess , " in the country of the Amazons , or in some community from which all men had been exiled and and charged never to return upon the penalty of death. But a more careful look shows that two men hud strayed for | a time inlo Iho enchanted town of Cliurlemont. ( All members of Iho school committee are women , fourteen teach ers are women , and even the printer the report is of the same sex , although she alllxes "book and job printer'1 to her name. In the miiKl of this educa tional garden of women and girls , there appeared only two men , each of whom taught through u winter termand then , probably overcome by Iho lonesomeness of their position , departed to more mixed conditions. It is satisfactory to learn that the schools under the complete plete- form of ' 'petticoat government" have given good satisfaction to the committee during the past year. The report says : "The teachers have been thorough and earnest in their work , as tlio interest manifested by the pupils and Iho progress made in their studies plainly indicate. " Tlio Churloniont report illustrates that women in education are _ also con servative , for the salaries paid lo the two men who strayed into the school for winter-term teaching are larger than any wages given to the women teachers , one receiving $114 , while the highesl salary paid lo a woman foi teaching during the same lorm is $71 ! . Whether the man's services were in- Irinsically more valuable than the ' womm's'or : whether ho was moro suc cessful in resisting the pressure of his employers for low wages , or whether ho prolitod by the smaller competitioi among men than among women for r school position at Charlemont , cunnol be determined until the question o : f women's wages in political econoim shall have been satisfactorily answered Nellie Grant and Fanny Kcmblc. There is ono fact in connection will Mrs. Kemble that 1 do not recall having seen in print. That is her rehilionsbi | to Iho Grunts. It is by mnrringo only , She was tlio daughter of Charles Kein- blo. Her sister Adelaide , who died ii lh" ! > , was an operatic singer of celebrity in her day. She married in 18JIJ one o' her admirers , nn Kalian gentleman o wealth , and withdrew from the stage The name of her husband was Sartoris , and her son. Algernon Charles Sar toris , married Nellie Grant in 187-1 Thus the tie of wedlock mnkes litlli } Nellie Grant of Iho while house a ser of great grandniece of her greatest suc cessor. It was a stalwart family oh Roger Komblp founded , and its ramili cations embrace pretty much all the world , Nol Iho least curious episode o il are those which involve Iho history of his granddaughter with her unhnpp ; American marriage , and which mingle the blood of a race of tragedians with that of one of the greatest soldiers the western continent has produced. Women and Corns. St. Paul Globe : "Talk about men enduring all sorts of agony without a murmur , but I know from experience thai they can't stand half so much pain as u woman , " said a female chiropodist recently. "A everybody knows , a corn is ono of tlio mosl painful things ono can have , and surprising as the statement may bo , women are as much alllicted with this germ of torluro as men. Every nerve in Iho body is in sympathy with a painful corn , and almost doubles one up. So general is this nerve sympathy thai ono often becomes sick. A man never fails lo show il when ho is bolh- ored with a corn , but goes limping along the street very gingerly , but just > show me the woman who will give such ! an exhibition , oven when buffering a hundred deaths , Of course you know I a pretty foot is a weakness with most women , and wear a nice tighl-lllting shoo she will , oven though the heavens fall. Though she may bo sull'oring dreadfully she will ap- . pear on the street , as she al- ways does , erect and smiling. However - over , ono in my business can toll immediately by u certain strained ex pression of the face , caused by a tension of the muscles , that she has had corns. They would ba ashamed to huvo It known that they hnvo tlio faintest suspicion of a corn , and that's what keeps many of thorn on the rack , for fear if they goto a com doctor tome ono will sou them. Instead of the > hoemukor shaving the bhoq to lit the feet , 1 am called upon to sbavo the feet to lit tlio shoo. These painful lil.lo } lumps uro morp prevalent in society than clsowhore , for the HCU- HOII that those who euro nothing for so ciety enro little how they dro.w , and usu ally get a comfortable , roomv shoe. In every day ulTuirH Chopping women ran wear nn ciicy shootind their friends would think none thu los * ot them. In stead of dre-sing their feet so warmly and making them tender.they should wear a stout stocking and thick-soled she. Tht'MJ would prevent corns" . In Now York it has become quite the style to wear such shoos , and coiiK-qiiently few woman are obliged to frequent a corn doctor's room. Women often come in here nlmo-it rendv to faint with tor1 turc , when a few minutes before on the street they wei'e smiilingtmd apparently free from care. No man can do that. A woman will seldom confess , except to her husband , that she has a corn , and a man is always grumbling about It. Yoy ; we have many men and women custom- or.i. The relief wo give thorn makes up for our fee. They are willing to pay most anything. " Two AVestcrn Dianas. 'It isn't always the plonsuntest thing to take a hand in with n wolf. The Ilrst timeI own up , I was a little scared. It happened this way I was with a Cleveland girl by the waytho nerviest girl I ever saw. She hud been spend ing Homo little time at the ranch and hud learned to uo a revolver. "Wo wore on the prairie when wo saw two big grays standing in the trail. Quick as chain lightning shu drew her revolver from her belt and fired. The ball struck Mr. Wolf in the head , killing him in stantly. She was not the least bit frightened , but looked ut it in the cool est way and biiid in the most matter-of- fact voice possible , 'Well , that was a good shot , wasn't iti" "Wo got off our horses , skinned the animal and took the hide home fora trophy. She has it now. I presume. What became of the other ? Oh. I killed him , but I emptied several bar rels and riddled the slnn to it was good for nothing. " 1 biiw this lady in u round up. " "What's that ? ' ' "Well , it's when all the herders or cowboys get together and work up 11 common centre , fencing in nil the wild animals running loose within n certain radius. After they are all in perhaps thirty or forty grajs , seventy-eight or 100 coyotes- then the fun commences , riding to the centre , firing and killing the animals. The round-ups bring in all the boys from all sections around , somewhere from : ! ( ) ( ) to 400. and you may believe there is some lively firing. ' "Well , as I said , this young lady and a friend of hers joined in ono of these round-ups. They were the only ladies in the run and were in charge of the boys of our ranch. No more respect coiihl bo shown to thorn if they had been queens. Every cowboy felt they were especially in their care , and they were watched and yet allowed to shoot to their heart's content , and they did shoot in great shape. Ono came out with seven gray wolf sculps and six coyotes and a polecat. There is a bo'unty on wolf scalps twenty-live cents for coyote and seventy-five cents or $1 for grays , so Iho girls did pretty well. " Two Noted Ijltcrnry AVonu-n. People who read every week articles written by certain individuals like to form some' sort of an idea regarding their personality. Clara Lanxa , who sometimes signs herself "Tho Marchion ess Lair/.n , " is the only daughter of Dr. William A. Hammond of New York city. She is a tall , fine looking , bcnuti- fuf blonde , the mother of two or three beautiful boys , whom 1 have often mot walking in Central Park with their Italian father , the Marquis di Luir/u. Ho is a small , natty , agreeable man , of perhaps thirty odd "years , who came to this country somp fifteen years ago and found u position in a silk house in New York. Ho is also a blonde and has none of the appearance of the ordinary Ital ian. I have known him for many yours and have the highest regard for him. It was my good fortune to bo present at the wedding of Miss Hammond with Marquis Lunxu. It took place in her father's niagnilicent residence , the in terior of which is u perfect museum of art. The match was u "love match" and I think the two have been perfectly happy over since. The Lanzas now have a beautiful home of their own , just east of Fifth avenue and Central Park , in the most fashionable portion of the city. Mine. Liin/.a , like her celebrated father , is much given to writing , and is fond of scientific subjects and transnc- tions , as well as newspaper paragraph- ing. Olive Logan I knew many years ago , when she was an actress , and afterwards - wards a lecturer , living on East Fourth I street in New York , near Washington square. Will Sykes lived in the same house , wrote much for the press and kept big scrap-books. Afterwards they were married , and in duo time Sykes was appointed consul ut CarditV , Wales , where ho remained until ho died. Olive then became a widow and went up _ to London , read much in the British museum and wrote for tlio press. She spent last winter in the city , but seldom went out in society , living very quietly on Capital Hill. She was once quito handsome , but with years has grown very stout , and her hair is now mixed vellow and gray. She is much more al home in London than in an American city , and meets many line people on the oilier side. A F all- New Orleans Times-Democrat : A young lady , whoso homo is 01 Grand Isle , La. , has been making a col lection of the bright-pUunaged birds found on the island , whoso habitat , be yond question , is somewhere in the tropics. The theory is that these birds have been blown into the gulf during the proviiileneo of gales and wuftei upon the Louisiana shore. It is doubt ful if so bountiful u collection of birds could bo made al any other point in Iho country than thnt of which wo speak. A box containing fourteen specimens which wore trapped and prepared for mounting by this young lady , revealed when opened a most gorgeous spectacle , the colors ranging from the brightest scarlet a scarlol beside which that of the cardinal or red bird seems quito dull down to the palest of pinks and blues. Some of Iho specimens wore of Iho lovliesl shade of yellow ono of them plunujged in black and yellow akin to the oriole. Grand Isle pre sents u splendid Hold for amateur oni- thollgibts and collectors. IIONKV FOIl T1IK Ij.VDIES. Uraldod cloth jackets are the caprice of Iho season , Hroadcloth is a rival of cheviot and tweed for tailor costumes. The now long Russian polonaises lire cut with Japanese sleeves. The new rose for this season Is the whlto and spotless "Puritan. " All the new hats have the trimin ings heav ily massed at the back. The newest tnoiro ribbons are -wider und have velvet and plush edges. ; Furry felt hats and bonnets will bo worn as the weather becomes colder. Silver is this season preferred to gold a ? a setting for handsome Jewels. The variety and hats and bonnets this sea- BOOH bus never been exceeded. The most fashionable sealskin Jackets are short and well lilted to the figure. The bride iwor disposes of such duplicate wedding presents us thousand dollar chocks. Hands of golden-brown fur are used upon Corner , ; ' FARNAM ' HELLMAN'S Tried and and True. 13th . Sts. Try Him Again. HOLIDAY SALE ! Commencing Monday , November 28th , 9 o.clock , sharp , at the corner of Farnain and 13th streets. MONEY REFUNDED FOR ALL UNSATISFACTORY PURCHASES. Monday - Overcoat Day. Extra Chinchilla Overcoats , $5 ; same coat sold by all first class houses at $8.50 as bargains. Indigo Blue Chinchilla Over coats , $8 ; same sold with a flourish and an extra size bargain at $12 by others , Our $10 Beaver Overcoats for middle aged men are equal to any $15 coat ever brought to town. Kersey Overcoats , brown , grey or black , at $15 are simply mcomparibie to any garment for the money. Chinchilla Overcoats at $16 , in blue , black and brown , extra fine quality and every coat a pic ture in itself. You never saw the equal or like of our $38 Overcoat , We can't find words to tell its beauty. ALL OUR GARMENTS ARE TAILOR MADE ! ! Boys' Overcoats , Children's Overcoats At prices that will make parents glad and boys happy. ilk toilets of cream , ecru , almond , and apri- ot. ot.A A gold thimble with the owner's monogram u diamonds is n fashionable birthday or wed- ' ing gift. Soft crowned round hats , of cloth or velvet , nre in great favor with young ladies , and are easily made at home. Furs and imitation plush fnrs are coming ire coming into use us trimming for midwiu- cr suies and wraps. Some of the handsomests SP ! "coats" 'overcoats ) reach to the ground and com- ilctcly envelop the figure. Although not admired by all , terra cotta calla suits many women better than any of the uuieter standard colors. Statistics show that there 3,000,000 women who work for a living in this country. All the others gad about and chew gum. O White light wool frocks , trimmed with ribbons and laces , uro the first choice of lit tle girls for Christmas parties. The most becoming furs are these which awe a tinge of yellow in their pile or on Iho ; ips of Iho long black gray or brown hairs. A bluish gray long pile fur , something like Dluo fox , but darker , is used for boas , with n inutT to match. This fur takes the name of Moulton. "Heal" blonde is the present , fad in laees. It is a very Spanish point , and most of-that it present worn is a machine-made "color able imitation. " Mrs. Garllold receives a good deal of atten tion in a quiet wiiy from the English upper classes. She is living quietly at Bourne mouth , and seeks no favors. There is a popular impression to the effect that u woman cannot keep a secret. Vet whoever heard a woman say that her now black silk was p.irty made up of the old one/ / The newest sleuvo is made wide at the top , with small folds on the outer part down to the elbow , from which point to the wrist it gradimllv narrows and is finished oil by a baud and bow of ribbon. The ulster has a rival in the Conncmara cloak , made of Irish frieze , cut like a largo "circular , " shirred around the neck nml across the back at the waist line , with a short shirred all-round cape. At Lexington , Miss. , the men have no cliunco with the women. Miss Dixie Cole is the express agent , Miss Emily Wright is the postmistress , and Miss Mollic Hoskins has charge of the telegraph oftlce. The house of Peter Hlce , In the suburbs of Augusta , Mo. , caught llro the other day , and the ladies of the neighborhood , without wasting time to give an alarm , set to work with axes ami palls and put it out. Miss Kmma Lewis , of Portland , Ore. , has been named us the belle of the coming Wash ington season. She owns u couploof counties in her native sUiUj. and a few salmon-canning factories , and , besides , is said to be a beauty. Kxccllcnt qualities of Kuglish walking- gloves of tine dogskin , to wear with street dresses this winter , are fastened smoothly over the wrists by four lurgo gilt buttons. There are black kid bands nt the top of thu glove. Verv charming neglige garments for breakfast - fast wear are of figured China silks , with col ored silk lace as n pretty garniture down the fronts. Hews of volvcl in different shades to match the divers colors ni'O'put in the lace at Intervals. The Muscovite is the very suggestive name of u graceful costume for street wear. The waist is very long in the hips and a planted skirt if attached. Thcro may bo us much galoon as one desires to help take off the very severe aspect of thu garment. of the prettiest combinations In a SOno easy caboto bonnet is shot copper aim moss green velvet , green ostrich feather fringes around tlio brim , and copper-colored curled cocks' plumes with loops of shot-copper ami nioss-grecn ribbon for side trimmings. Ho "Getting married seems to bo very dangerous now. No fewer than seven brides have been accidentally killed on their wedding - ding day this year I" She ( ingenuously ) "Hut no true woman will shirk her duty , Tom , through a craven fear of death , " Some very beautiful woollen wraps are im ported , and each pattern of thcsu good is. when of a solid rotor , generally accompanied by u Itoinan plaidod or striped material for the skirt iwrtlon. Softer fabric appear in ox- oulsitoly nuo French cashmere with raise. } figures ( n Soutache effects douoln a contrast ing color. Cliangcablc velvet U used for the short wraps made for day receptions and for visits. These most dressy little mantels change from green to red , or from gold to bine , erred red to gray , and are trimmed with a net work of tinsel cords set on their sides from Iho shoulder down , with pcsM'iuentcrio of tlio same metal cords , and cheiiile fringe that changes colors just as the fabric does. Professor Kcdum , the eminent German liygicuist , declared in u recent lecture that the nervousness of women is generally owing to two defects ana-mia , caused by the silly notion that a hearty appetite is unfemiuine , and frosli air starvation , accompanied by n lack of exercise. To their fondness for fresh air , their open windows at night , and their constant exorcise , ho attributes the greater beauty of English women. . Rough cloths of softest wool , woven in Hcr- liu and figured with raised patterns that closely resemble applique work , are very handsome and desirable for winter long- cloaks , uud mink , black fox , or golden-brown beaver is used to trim. These cloths are an excellent investment , us they are elegant in effect. The goods have something the look of dull brocade , and by thi'io appuaranro would prove impervious to rain , or al least bo unharmed by it. Headed trimmings , magnifliceut in effect and elaborate in many instances to excess , are still in the highest favor , and the newest Parisian passementeries and nppliquo orna ments show an artistic and wonderful inter mingling of garnet , pearl , amber , opal , Jet , gold , and bronze beads , these very high- priced adoruings being equally appropriate for dross and millinery purposes. In less ex- ixmsivo trimmings are open-work galleons wrought with shotand rasliiuuivbead-which are used as fancy insertions. Silver and cut- steel passementerie adorned a wedding-gown of dove-colored faille francuiso recently , ahd tlio narrow baud to match that decorated the brim of the tiny gray felt priucesso bonnet cost $13. IJIIUCATIONAft. The second of three medals offered by the London Pharniecputical society has been won by a lady student in the school. The Kov. Or. J. F. Cinuchcr has added (0,000 ( to his family's previous gift of f'JJ.OUO ' to tlio Baltimore woman's college. Manual training has boon introduced in the High school at St. Paul , Minn. , and at a re cent examination thirty-six of the pupils gave an exhibition of sawing boards and driving nails. Miss Helen A Shafer , M.A. , professor of mathematics ut U'ellosloy college , has boon appointed acting president of that institution. She will enter upon Jicr duties ii ] > oii the re tirement of President Alice E. Freeman at the end of the present term. Harvard college observatory , having como into the possession of the Hoyden fund for the purpose of obtaining astronomical ob servations at elevated stations , Prof. Picker ing is prosecuting experimental researches as to the best method of obtaining photo graphs of celestial objects. Marland Cogswell Hobba , A. IV , of the Harvard law school , has been awarded the summer prio of $100. This prize , which is now given for the lirst time , is the gift of the late Charles Sunnier , class of IbM. It is open to any student in any department of Harvard and calls for a dissertation on the subject of universal peace. It will hereafter bo awarded yearly. Helen S. Abbott , of Philadelphia , has been elected a member of tlio Philosophical so ciety in that city , of which Benjamin Frank lin was one of the founders. Only six women have boon elected during the 1 0 years of the society's existence. The flr.it lady was Fiankliu's friend , the Princess Dashkoff. The others were Miss Mary Somerville. Mary Mitchell , Mrs. Agassiz and Mrs. Carl Sellur , of Philadelphiasuthor of "Tim Voice and Singing. " Miss Abbott is admitted for what shu has douo in analytical chemistry. The Paris Figaro gives some statistics on schools in Europe. In Hussia them are : KXX ( ) suhools , having each an average of thirty-Mx scholars. Thislsono school for cvory'J.WX ) inhabitants , ut n cost of less than half n IH-nny n head of the imputation. In Austria , with 87,000,000 inhabitants ; the 29,000 hcliools and l Ooo.OOO scholars , thu avurago number of each school U KM , and the cost per Inhabit ant t > Xd. In Italy , for JiS.OOii.UX ) inhabitants there are -IT.OOO schools. 0110 school for every tiOO people , ut a cost of hKd a head , The nv- orago number of pupils at the school is forty. In spaln there are 3,000,000 , scholars , iW.OOO schools giving an average of fifty-six in each school , and one school lor even ( MX ) inhabit ants , as in Italy The school bill comes to Is ! M a head. The number of schools given for England is , V > ,0X ! ) , which is one for every ( Ml inhabitant ! * , with an average uttemtancu of llfty-two per school , and a cost of Is ( id per head. The Germans have n school for every TOO , giving a total of 110,000 schools , with 100 pupils in each , and Is 7d per inhabitant. Franco lias 71,000 SL'hools.being one for every 500 , with sixty-six in each school. Now York pays $200,000 a year for church music. The first Mormon temple In Wisconsin was dedicated at East Dclcvun last week. Tlio building is small and unpretentious. Mr. Haldeman , publisher of tlio Louisville Courier-Journal lately directed his pastor , by telegraph , to draw upon him for the full amount of the church's indebtedness. The largest Swedish Lutheran church in America is the one just completed in Minne apolis. It will accommodate 5,000 persons. Evangelist Moody has been asked to preach at Its opening. Hev J. C. Kimball , pastor of the Unity church , Hartford , Conn. , who has caused such a storm by his recent sermons in de fense of anarchy , is a warm advocate of tlio Darwinian theory. The students of Dartmouth college have suddenly developed a religious /eal unnsiml among college boys , and have asked to have the old pastor of the Congregational church removed to make room for a moro active clergyman. Archbishop Heissof Milwaukee , says that of the s.ouo.ooo . Uoniun Catholics of the United States : iMKiOiN , ( , ) are Cermaus. Of thu eleven archbishops and sixty bishops only ono archbishop , Dr. Heiss himself , uud the cloven bishops are German. Hov. Dr. Miilcolm Douglass , who was buried at East Wareham. Mass. , recently provided in his will that his body should go to earth in a nine box , and that nobody should runthoiisk of catching cold by standing bareheaded at the grave. ' Gorman newspapers nnnounco the death of .Tohann Hence , the priest who in l l ob jected to tlio exhibition of the holy coot of Trocves , nml who founded a Gorman Cath olic church I > ei seeution drovu him to Eng land , whcnco he went to America. Ho died in a hospital at Vienna. Mamma Edith , can you tell mo what faith 1st Edith fnged 0) ) Oh , yes ? it's believing what you know isn't true. Worthy clergyman ( to small boy with a cigarin hismo-itli ) My son , I am afraid you are inclined to deviate from the path of rectitude. Wicked victim ( to his companions on the corner ) Como here , fellers , quick ! Hero's a dictionary broke loose. " "I have pitched many ball games , " re marks Mr. Stagg , the tortuous twirlcr of Yale , "but I novcr pitched 0110 that I did not ilrst ask our Heavenly Father's assistance. " Mr. Stagg may consider this fair , but these who liuvu lost their money on the assumption that they were witnessing sqnuro games will bo likoH to hold a different opinion. Whiloon his wav to the Episcopal mission ary council m Philadelphia , Hishop Tultlo. of Missouri , lost his satchel , which was Htoleu at Kansas City. The thiuf got for his pains a bishop's robes , a sermon or two and a prayer book. The bishop was mourning over his loss when ho reached St Louis , but was somewhat reconciled when some ladles of his dioc'csi ) presented him with a Lomloii- mndo set of robes , very costly and the linest "west of the Mississippi. " There was a miraelo in a church in Naples last Sunday. A marhlo statue representing ' Maria Adolorata" was seen to open Us eves. Oh , well , inaybo it did may bo it did. Hundreds of people say they saw it. Wo have never seen u statue o'ii | Its oyoa , but wo have seen miracles equally great. Wo have boon in churches where wo wondered that the marble saints didn't order the wor- hhlpiiers to hold up their hands. It was u miraclu that they didn't. "How old was Noah when ho dlod , " asked a butcher of ono of the negro whltowashcrs on the market. "Now , you stop right dart" was the emphatic reply. "Why , Joslah , what's the matter with you 1" "Izo had 'sx | > - riuncc , sah dut's what's do matter wid me. " "How ! " " .list got fru servm a sentence of lliirtj days in de woikhouse kuse I couldn't agree wid de iilo woman whether King Solo mon had red or black hair , noun' want no mo' bible talk fur six months , sab not a talk I" Heading From lU hl to Tjel'l. Ilobrow Journal : Tlioro was no doubt a fjfood reason for the practice of the Hebrews - brows to road and to write from ri bl tote to left. Wo hnvo often .speculated and inquired about itand nliilu wo could not learn anything vor.\ \ tangible in regard to it , wo aru quite convinced Unit tlio ino-,1 pertinent reason lies in tlio fact Unit our vision from right to loftm inueb clearer and stronger than it is from left to ritflit. Naturally , M ) we are informed , tboro in no dilTurcneo in nurvoHorin the optic arraiifjeinont of tlio liuinnn oyw bo- tweun the right or the left eye , yet our own inquiries and observations show clearly that wo are all , or nio.it all , dis posed , when wo tuko an arliclo of iner- cliandisc era pieturoornnytliinK'oKi'for examination into our bunds' , to look at it from right to left , and not from left to right. Sincu we huvo ondcavored to fathom this question , wo can see quito nn niidnntngu to tin1 eye by reading from right to left. Jf wo read from loft to right the parts read are yet continually before us ; while , if reading from right to left , llio purls read nro then beyond our sight , and the parts1 to bo read'aro unobstructed jainw. . Now , when wo write fiom left to right this line we are writing is rather of a delu sion to the eye , while if wo writ" from right to left nothing is immediately in front of our vision hut u clear space. Even the pen and its Mindow cease to o.xerciso n lews disturbing effect from right to left , while from right to loft n.ucli iinnoyanco is experienced by men who have liinch writing to do. Our ob servation shows that , unaware , people use their eyes f.ioni right to left wlien- ovorand wherever tho.y go into close examination of anything , whatsoever that may bo ; lust as they would natur ally raise Ihoir right hand in order to got a clear sense of feeling by touch. Stealing the Throne til' u Hindoo Ciod. J'all Mall Gaxotte : A IJrahmin , named Gopnl ( 'bunder fiungoody , was recently charged at the Calcutta police court by Nnrain ( 'bunder Mookorjce , on behalf of Baboo Kanye Lull Dliur , with the theft of a gold throne of Hi" Hindoo god Shulgram , valued at (10(1 ( ( rupees , n gold Hrahminical thread , and a gold umbrella belonging to tlio god. On the night of the li-itli of September the accused wns arrested in tin- street with the articles in his jiose sioii ex cept the umbrella. On September L'd Haboo Knnyo Lull Dhur , who bud a pnojnh at his house , discovered that the throne of Slialgram ( which was placed in front of the god dess Doorgah in tliodnlnnwus ! ) missing , and also tlio gold Hniliininicul badge and umbrollii of tlio Slialgram. Information mation was given at the local thnnnnh , and the accused was inentilied us having been at thu Haboo's poojuh iiouso on the night of the li-jth on two occasions , the hist being tit about II p. in. , wb"ii ho was asked how ho came to bo lliero without an invitation , find replied that he bad come to see. the poojab. The throne found with the licensed was identified by the complainant as hiH property. Inspector Davis informed the court that there hud been three other similar eases on the three Hiicrobt-ivc niglitw of the poojah's , which were htill undiscovered , there being no trace of the property btolen or thu thieves. Iho accused pleaded not guilty , but was con victed and henced to nlno months im- pribonmunt. Electricity has been found to travnl 288 , < XX ) miles per hocond under favoiablo ciruumbtuncchi
