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12 flHE OMAHA DAILY BJBflB ; . SUNDAY APKIL 20. 1888-SIXTEEK PAGES , -I , E , CHURCH CONFERENCE , They "Will Legislate For Nearly Two Millions of Adherents. GENERAL MEETING NEXT WEEK. A. Forecast of tlio Questions to l > o Con * . sttlorcd Now lllnhnp to bo Elected Other Important Clmrcli Notes. Methodist General Conference. KP.W YOUK , April 28. [ Special to the l The general conference of the Moth- Episcopal church , which meets quad rennially , will convene on the 1st of May for Us twenty-fifth session , the plnco of mooting beinff Now York city. It mot four years ago in Philadelphia , and In 1830 Cincinnati was the favored place. The local arrangements arc unusually elaborate. The Metrolwlltnn opera house on Uroadway will bo the scene Of the leathering , nnd the elegant hotels In that select neighborhood will shelter most of the delegates. The cost of the building has been provided for by the sale of the olghty- .Tour private boxes It contains. Each ot these accommodates from six to ton persons , and 'tho price for each during the month the body trill bo in session has ranged fromKO to $100. The conference proper will occupy the par quet , tind there will still remain about two thousand scats which will bo open to the 'public. ' This Is admirable. nnd'Wlth the ex ception of these who think that a church condoms theatrical performances ought not to use an opera houpo for the transaction of its most important business , all will no doubt 1)0 satisfied and happy. Tlio conference will consist of about four hundred and fifty delegates. These will come from all pixrts of the country and some of them from abroad. In the M. E. church there are annual conferences to the number of 111. Each of these will bo represented In the general conference by from ono to six ministers and by ono or two Individuals from the laity. The conference which sends two or more clergymen sends two laymen nevermore moro than that number , whllo If only ono minister rocs , but ono layman can bo sent. Among the ministers the ratio of representa tion is ono delegate for every forty-live mem bers of each annual conference , and ono for every fraction of two-thirds that num ber. Formerly it was ono for every thirty , but that made tlio general conference too largo. Many think it is still too large , and the bishops , during this quad- rcnniuin , have submitted to the annual con ferences a proposition to reduce it. This , however , 1ms met an emphatic negative , largely , no doubt , because so many aspire to bo elected to that body. Nor arc the minis ters to bo blamed very much , for it is undeni ably a great honor to go to general confer ence , not to speak of the advantage It is in making other dignities possible. Naturally , from the careful manner in which they arc selected , ono expects to find the church's ' greatest men in her general confcrcuco. But , Of course , all the great men cannot go , because - cause there nro so many of them. Among the lay delegates are found govern ors. Judges and others who are prominent In civil life. Including oven a few distinguished women , like Mrs. Anglo F. Newman , of Ne braska , Mrs. Mary C. Nine ] , of Minnesota , andJFrancesG. | AVillnrdof the whole country. This , by the way , will bo the first entry of the good sisters wlthjn the arena of the general - " oral conference , the male species having hitherto had their own sweet way there , none daring to tnako them afraid , so to speak. This , too , in spite of the fact that the women constitute so largo n majority of the church's constituency. In this now departure some see an act of tardy Justice , and others are so enthusiastic that they think they sco In it al most the dawning of the millcnium. But the cooler heads , led by Dr. Buckley , say these women have no right in that Tjody , and will not bo allowed thoro. The matter has already excited long and heated discussion In the Methodist press , and it will doubtless bo a bone of contention with in a lew days In the conference itself. Doubt less , too , this conference , like its immediate predecessors , will bo asked to license women to preach and to provide for their ordination , n request to which the church lias always so far responded in the negative. Thus "tho woman in the ease" will bo conspicuous early and often , and the promise is that , as usual , she will make , things lively. The general confercnco is the onlvbody in the Methodi t church possessing the power to make or change any of its laws , and con sidering tlio numerical strength of the church , this ono fact accounts abundantly IwtU for the honor inhering in an election to that body and for the widespread interest loll In Its results. Late statistics place the whole number of traveling ministers at 'over fourteen thousand , with nearly thirteen local preachers , while the total membership falls but little below two millions. It controls also 23,000 or moro Sunday schools , in which there are a grand aggregate of people , young and Old , amounting to2lJ0.244. ( Add to these items the additional facts that this church Is raising annually for various purposes ever 810,000,000 ; that Us book concerns did a busi ness last year amounting to two millionsand that it touches the masses of the people to an extent to which , perhapsno other Protestant church docs , and ono sees at once , not only the greatness of tlio church itself , but the Importance , also , of the body which has the eolo right to legislate for it. Usually , though , notwithstanding the great power inhering in it , the general confcrcuco is oxecodlnglV deliberate and very slow to malto plmngos. It looks sometimes , Just before the body con venes , as though it might so transform the organism of the church as to render it mi- rocognirablo by oven its oldest friends. The coming confercnco would certainly do this if it adopted all the suggestions volunteered by correspondents in the church press , and it would not fall very far short of doing it should it act favorably upon the propositions that wil ] bo roado in duo time by Its own members. It Is safe to predict , however , that this gathering will bo llttlo less con servative. If any , than Its predecessors have been nnd that the old ship will omerpo from the foronslo tcmptosts lying before her.not at nil damngod , and with very llttlo alteration in her rigging. It is inevitable , though , that some changes Will DO made. Many clamor for the relaxing of the rule in regard to the popular amuse ments. The strong point with these is that Methodist practice nlong this line is not in tannony with Its precepts , ana that to ro- tam a disciplinary rule which is so often dis regarded , Is bad policy , especially since , whllo it remains , it places Methodism at u 'disadvantage with other denominations. lie- quests for changes in the Itinerant system of the church are very numerous , among these Which are not unlikely to prevail being the demand for the extension of the pastoral limit , eltlior uniformly , or so as to moot special rases and a provision by which pro. Biding elders , instead of being appointed as now by the bishops shall bo elected by their brothers. Possibly too. In the same connec tion something may bo done by way of con ferring moro | > owir ! upon the bishop's cabl- loot , of which the presiding ciders form the component parU. This with u view to re ducing the power of the bishop la the sta tioning of ministers. Another matter to bo onsidorcd and which will probably bo de cided in the ufllrmativo , Is that of extending the power of the laity by ( jiving thorn repre sentatives In the annual conferences. An other question will bo that of union with other Methodist churches. Thcro may bo no delinlto proposition for such union , but the matter will coma up in some form , and a healthy growth of sentiment will bo iudl- ' cated , The conference will also com pie to arrangements for gathering in this country in IS'Jl ' of representatives of all tlio Methodist churches in the world , u similar body to the famous Ecumenical conference which met in 1681 In London. Hut the gieatcst interest will ccntro In the elections. It is not quite true , as some have said , that the conferences will have in its gift a sufllciont number of oftiucs to allow of ono or moro bnlng wmfurroil upon each of the , , . 450 delegates : but it is true , that , If scrvlco on boards ami committees bo counted. It will liavo nearly enough to allow of such distribu tion , U U aUo true , and some think very unfortunately so , that the delegates urt ) , as a general thing , quite anxious to see thorn- selves properly provided for. Charges of wire-pulling and log-rolling have been brought against foimcr conferences which , wore they true , would entitla these bodlos to rank In such matters with an ordinary ward caucus. But It U certain that even luo devil is a * black as ho b sometimes palutod , and it is qulto probable that the ssrao U true of those ministers who nro accused of having rs35V.r33 to tl'o arta at Uio politlciac. Cer tainly there Is an indlgnnnt protest against such condu6t from the rank nnd file of the church , and an extended observation seems to warrant the belief that the conference soon to assemble will bo a reform body , at least in that particular. No ono anticipates , however , that thcro will bo any lack of willIng - Ing Barkis'a , or that any who are Invited to step up higher will astonish the country by declining. -The ofllco of ft Methodist bishop is a very desirable ono. The term Is for lifo , the sal ary largo , nnd the Influence tremendous. The bishop makes tlio appointments , and It Is moderate to Bay that each blsliop In the M. E. church controls on the average a thousand preachers and as many churches. Since the last general conference thrco bishops have died. Tlio matchless Simpson was the first to go , his demise occurring shortly after the over memorable farewell address by which ho brought the conference of ISSi to a close. A llttlo later. Bishop Wiley died and was buried in China , the scene of his early mis sionary labors. Still later Bishop Harris breathed his last In New York. By these losses the Episcopal force of the church has boon reduced to twclvo men , and some of those are not robust any longer. It is inevit able ) , therefore , that now timber will bo needed in the .Episcopal board. Precisely how many now bishops shall bo elected the conference Itself will determine. Some think there ought to bo a big butch of them , the cry of these being for moro bishops nnd fewer presiding elders. Others think the tlflm hns come for n M. E. bishop to preside - side < n Europe , with another In China nnd still another In India. Such propositions as these wcro before the last conference , nnd it was the common remark that , but for the In fluence of the bishops themselves , effectual- Izcd in the votes of the laity , they would have bean adopted. A reasonable prediction would place the number of now bishops nt not moro than live , as moro than that would Involve n radical departure from all recent pi coo- dents. Who will bo promoted to this dignity is ono or the things no follow can tell with ab solute certainty , but ho would bo a poor ob server of events who could not venture a few guesses. It is not improbable. William Tav- lor , now missionary bishop to Africa , will bo made n full-fledged Episcopate. Ho thinks ho is this now , and so do some other peoplo. but if ho Is ho was certainly made so by accl- debt , for the last general conference never intended to make him such a person. Another upon whom the lot is not likely to fall Is Dr. John II. Vincent , who four years ago gave Bishop Fowler such n long and close tussle. Dr. James M. King , of Now York , is another probability , as is also Dr. D. A. Goodsoll , of the same city. Dr. H. A. Butts , of Drew seminary , is also supposed to bo hi the line of promotion. For the two lust named n preference has been 'expressed by some of the present bishops. In the west Dr. Charles II. Payne , of Ohio Wcslcyan university , looms up as a decided probability , being closed followed by Earl Cranston , o f the Cincinnati Book concern. In Now Eng land the tug of war will bo between Drs. J. "iV. Hamilton and S. F. Upham , each of I'koin , In certain contingencies , would stand , n excellent chanco. Dr. Daniel Dorohcs- ; r will also make n strong pull In this sec- ion. Many think Dr. A. B , Leonard , of ) hio , is n possibility. Ho would certainly 10 the lirst one thought of if the lines wore o bo drawn tightly on the question of pro- ilbition. Dr. T. B. Neeley , of Pa. , will bo trongly urged by his section , and will bring o the contest the prestige of great abilities. Vs usual , Ohio leads in the num- ter of candidates. Both Dr. Bayliss , f the Western , nnd Dr. Joyce are talked of , nd each will have from the start consldcr- iblo strength. Besides these many other lames occur , although too many to mention , , mong them that of Dr. C. C. McCabe , the plcndid missionary secretary , whoso irro- istiblo enthusiasm has put $400,000 into the missionary treasury in the last four years , .nd who is popularly supposed , and with oed reason , to bo worthy of anything in the .ift of the church. If the confercnco should take a notion of that kind it could send the ihaplnin into a bishop's ohair with scarcely ny opposition , ami this contingency may rise. Many think Dr. Buckley would bo nado a bishop were it not for his superb .daptlon to editorial duties. Nearly all the general secretaries , the edl- .ors. the book agents and other officials are ikoly to bo re-elected. If , however , any of hcse should bo called to higher positions , or ihould wish to retire into private lifo , theio ivill bo no trouble in prevailing upon others > fill their places , though of this , and all ithcr matters relating to this important con- 'croncc , we shall know more anon. Cupid in tlio Kitchen. N. Y. Journal : A stout tind good- natured-looking : woman of middle ago , "Sllon Markoy by nnrao , was for many . .rears head cook in the family of the late Kov. Henry Ward Beechor. She know how to make up little dishes to tempt delicate appetites , nnd the Plymouth ; > ustor hold her in great rcsjoct on Account of her gnstronomieal skill. Everybody about the house called her lion , nnd she was absolute when below stairs. Several times she had been the ecipicnt of matrimonial offers , which ivere declined with thanks. She told nil of her admirers that so long as Mr. Bcocher lived and maintained a homo she would remain his cook in singlo- lcsseduoss. William Landy made the acquaint ance of Ellen about a year ago. lie is nearly fifty years of ago and had been a widower since August , 1881. Several times a week ho visited the Bccchoi1 mansion to deliver choice fish or other delicacies which had boon ordered from his employer's plaeo in Fulton Market. During these visits ho had opportunl- ips Of conversing with Ellon. Ho told her all about himself and the loss of his wife. His descriptions of the desolution in his once happy homo and of the forlorn condition of his BIX nothorless little children worn very pathotio and Ellen was not backward in expressing her sympathy. Ono day ho plucked up courage suf ficient to nsk the cook to give up her position and accept that of mother to the little Landys. She did not accept , but told the widower that she would give him the preference : if circumstances should permit her to marry. She also learned whcro ho lived and occasionally went to liis homo to sco his six mother- le.ss children. Mr. Bcechor died , nnd tlio old home stead was brolcon up. Ellen had to seek n now homo , and was considering where it should bo when Landy came to the front again and renewed Ins offer of marriage , which she accepted. The wedding ocourrod on the evening of November 0. 1887. The couple wont to live at No. 30 Charles street , nnd soon discovered that they wore ill-mated. On Christinas Day Landy packed up his household affects , and talcing his six children with him , moved to No. SO Now Chambers street , Now York. An action for a limited divorce has now been brought by Ellen. She nlso demands alimony. Landy is nccusd of cruel treatment. Nineteen days after the wedding , she says , ho charged her with having another husband living , and with trying to poison him , and threatened to buy a pistol and bhoot her , and not ouly did he heat her him self , but ho encouraged his oldest daughter to do s > o. All this is denied by Landy. Ho says ho did not want to marry Ellen , hut that she absolutely coaxed him into doing so. She know that ho was poor , yet she was t > o anxious to have him for a husband that the bought him his wed ding garments nnd her own wedding ring. She nlso paid a month's rent for tlio rooms , in which they wont to live , Ono reason why ho did not * wish in marry Kllen , Landy says , was because ho hud so many children , but she pro tested , and bnid she loved children and would bs ( V mother to them. After the marriage she did not keep her promise. She illtronlod the children , and finally compelled the second eldest to leave the house. Ho says he was willing to have her accompany him to Now York when ho moved , but she would not go because she could not ride on top of the truck with the driver. Justice Osborno listened to the ar < rti me nt yesterday on the alimony quastion and reserved hU doui ion. THE BEST-DRESSED WOMAN , Helen Oampboll on the American Woman nnd Dross. THE AMERICAN WOMAN LEADS. Her Skirts Yet Too Heavy nncl Her AVnlsto Too Small Common * . Sense Gowns 1'Inln Gowns the lingo NEW YortK , April 20. [ Correspond ence of the BKK Copyrighted. ] The woman of society demonstrates with fury that , as n rule , she has nothing to wear , nnd that if , nt the moment of speaking , n few rags notquilo unworthy of consideration may bo found in her wardrobe , it is n niero accident , lifo ns n. whole resolving llsolf into iv hand-to- hand conflict with dressmakers , who always provide the wrong thing. Tlio reformer , armed with her divided skirt flnd Its accompanying necessities , waves them wildly in the face of society , allirming that till women have accepted those garments ns the only solution of the dress problem , the only road to the higher moralities , there can ho. no sal vation. Between these two extremes inarches the great army of the mid Sit , class , nn army made up of the "average womnn , " whoso title has become the synonym for the worst-abused class in America. The fashionable woman llnds absolution because she has money and forms purt of the spectacular lifo daily moro and more dear to the rich Ameri can. The ardent vefornjer is forgiven a little over-impetuosity , because ills nt least amusing , and wo must make the most of such amusement as is left for a weary generation. The average woman cornea under neither head. She Is simply the em bodiment of original sin , responsible di rectly or indirectly for nil evils in church or state ; preached nt , and to and for , till if she followed ono hundredth part of tlio precepts laid down for her guidance not one short life , nor ton , would sulllco forttho undertaking. Yet oven now she cannot bo spared , nnd it is in the IIOUBO of her own familiar friend that the now blow in struck , and her defender and advocate asks and must answer. "Is the. average woman overdressed':1" It is to this form that the question comes at last. For it is impossible to deny that the fashionable woman sins bo.yond redemption on this score ; as impossible as it is to alllrm that the energetic reformer can over bo counted as ono of the offenders , and thus once moro the burden rests on shoulders well accustomed to such load , nnd it is the patient , long suffering , most teachable , most enduring , average woman who must serve as illustration and afford such reply as can bo drawn from the facts before one's eyes. What are the essentials of dress ? The question began with titno , yet the an swer , from the old Greeks down , re mains the same beauty , comfort , suita bility. No aross that fails to unite these three can bo counted as fulfilling the mission of dress , and no woman who has not studied in minutest details each ono , her mission as a woman. Beauty leads by divine right , and will load , no matter - tor wliat batteries are brought against 't ; but ono must first learn what consti- , utcs beauty. In these borderlands ono cbtricted to reply in fixed lines cannot wonder. But when ono becks to under stand what over-dressing may mean , a certain necessity arises for palpable mcausuromontSj and these are given when the three requisites of any dross are laid down. It is because the'love of beauty is inherent in all humanity that instant protest is made when angles nro offered us in place of curves , and all flowing lines and grace of drapery de nied. The fabhion-plates may seem to hold denial of this statement , but the fashion-plates are happily not the sum of growth in this knowledge of beauty. Wo are learning it in spite of fnshion- plates , nnd gradually evolving the costume that , with slight modifications , is likely to hold its ground , this being no fixed and unchanging form , but a combina tion best adapted to the wearer's ben so of what is most fitting. Women have learned to study their own figures and their own coloring ; to settle definitely on what harmonizes and best emphn- si'/cs both ; and thus it has come to pass that the American woman is now , if high authority may bo trusted , the best dressed woman in the worl'd. Dor skirts may &till bo too heavy , her waist too small , her sleeves too tight , but this is the tyranny of a fashion from which she moro-and moro emancipates horfaolf ns time goes on. The day will come when every child will bo taught tlio laws of form and color in their application to dross , and any violation bo hold as an offenbo against bociety , to bo instantly frowned down. When that day comes , the thrco essentials wo have specified will enter into every dress. It Is equally certain that for many that day is al ready hero. Common sense is ono portion tion of the average American woman's inheritance. It may bo seriously over laid with prejudices , it may bo ham- porcd in its action by fear of Mrs. Grundy , yet every community has to-day its representative women , leading moro and moro in tholr train , nnd calmly ignpring the merely conventional. These women are not overdressed , whatever glory of color or richness of material may enter in into the com position of their costumes , for with them it is no question of something to bo worn twice or thrice nnd then turned ever to the dealer in second-hand gar ments. It is only for evening festivity or gay lunch or afternoon tea that any deviation from an almost fixed uniform is allowed , nnd hero the very woman pronounced overdressed may have worn the saino co.stuino , with slightest varia tions , two , three nayoven half u dozen years. Tailor-made gowns have brought ahout the revolution sighed for many years ago by sensible women , nnd it is only hero and there Unit ono sees silks and velvets on the htroot , tholr appear ance there indicating that the wcaror there is either underbred and ignorant , or is wearing out her old dresses pre paratory to coming into her real king dom and taxiing thu delights of a sim ple , compact , woll-mndo suit. The shop girl , who follows always close behind , Is learning this , and chooses now a suit of cheap mater ial , bncauso nothing but cheapness is possible for her , but modeled on the se vere simplicity she sees in the dross of her best customers. English fashions nsny have led us astray at times , but wo ewe to them certain emancipations that could hardly have come in any other way. Sensible women had long ago adopted many of them , but fashionable women , some of whom uro not sensible , could never have been brought to low ' heels , and thick boots , nnd plain gowns , and simply drosbod hair if it had not boon "so English , you know. " Simplicity is the last possession earn ed by humanity. Only the highest order own it , for imitation is now own ership , und for many who have adopted n Dimple fashion because it is English , there U no real inward acceptanceof simplicity , aid there will be in.medialo reversion to old tendencies if the pros- sure Is removed , l t'ol ono and all , U close pressed , wilt admit the disabilities of much that they call beautiful , nnd profess readiness for anything demonstrably - strably bettor. & ) J Tlio reformed cf sj pno has failed to make its way Into popular favor ; such costumes nt any rate ns emanates from Lady Habborton Mid other Invoritors of the samo'ordor. It is Impossible for the most ardent ndvocntoaof reform to dem onstrate that boaiuy Alwolla in any of those. It was my tottuno to moot at a scientific convention ! nn English en thusiast who worn Uio divided skirt. She was fresh and fair nnd big , with the deep chest voice of the healthy English woman and the calmiist defiance of any law of beauty or' ' proportion. Her dross was a gray poplin bag , separating below , with a rufllo around the bottom , nnd a moro line of white appearing above the nock-band. It may have boon comfortable , but It was nlso hide ous , and no woman with any real sense of whnt beauty moans would have toler ated It , oven ns'a sick garment. From the fashion precisely ns It stands to-day any womnn cnn plan for herself a cos tume , easy , comfortable and most cer tainly graceful nnd becoming. The short skirt clears the ground well , and Is thus neither worn'or soiled. The dress is often a princess , made , in one " piece , nnd thus in stantly adjusted. The shoes nro low-hoolod and broad , the stockings black or dark. With half-fitting jacket or long clonk ifbrfect ease nnd looseness nro both possible , nnd slcovos may bens ns ono will. Woman's dross has never , in modern times , boon moro really whnt it should bo in all its outward expres sion and adaptation to modern needs. It remains to banish all hands and liga tures , secure ovoti layers for the whole body , abolish hideous steel hunches nnd support the dross so far as It needs sup port by a flounced back to the under skirt , nnd behold the modern womnn emancipated , yet not a terror. This for street and ordinary house- dross , the quality of the material used being dependent on tlio purse of the bu.yor. For evening thcro is greater latitude , and nothing could bo moro graceful or moro intrinsically beautiful than many of the costumes worn , whether by matron or ma'id. The ma terial-is often of the simplest nun's veilIng - Ing or soft cashmere for the older wear ers , and muslins dotted or embroidered for the younger ones ; but the eficct produced by suitable combinations is beyond any to bo secured by more blind expenditure for the costliest thing. It has nlso been demonstrated that a dress may bo so constructed as to remain beautiful oven when quite apart from any existing fashion and many women with very limited means but keen artistic sense are proving this , and appearing nn entire season or moro in what is called 'society" in the same dress modelled after some favorite painter's costume , and insuring always nn instant tribute of admiration. The farmer's wife T3r daughter , the busy woman everywhere , with whom there is little Iciiauro and less oppor- tuning for planning on wearing beauti ful costumes , can btill tukorefugo in one phase of the beautiful : , choosing color and material that-willc unite becomingness - ness nnd utility.r Doing this , she , too will escape the chnrgoioi overdressing , brought against us by hasty travelers through the countrylfor the majority of sensible wornon.1 and their name is legion live below rather than above their opportunities nnd , indeed , their duty in the matter. They are under rather than overdressed , and have much to lonrn before the laws of dross are made plain. The Workings ol'n Blind Reader. Some experiences in hypnotism are thus desoribod in the Now York Her ald : Dr. Ossip Foldmanlate of Russia , gave a number of interesting exhibi tions in "hypnotism" nnd so-called mind reading at Von Taubo's kinder garten , No. 25 East Twenty-first street , last night. For his hypnotic subjects , ho took William Routz , alias "Thompson , " and Harry Seymour. Both are young men nnd very sus ceptible. Dr. William A. Hammond hod previously placed them under the influence. Dr. Feldman first looked Routin the eye and then put him asleep by waving his hands over the subject's forehead. The doctor then placed Seymour in the same condition by a similar process. A state of rigidity , technically known as "totatnus , " was then produced in both men. Feldman then informed them that it was snowing , and they immediately turned up their coat collars and began to brush the imagined snowflakes from their garments. Next the operator made them imagine that they wore rowing in a boat , and that their craft had capicscd. The sub jects wont through all the command ments and struggled for lifo in the sup posed river. Finally ono clutched the other by the hair and gaspca exhausted on the carpet. At this point nn excited Gorman gen tleman broke through the crowd of spectators , and , flourishing his cano , excitedly shouted to Dr. Feldman : "This is enough , that young nan ( pointIng - Ing to Routz ) is my son. I want this stopped. " The doctor immediately re stored the young man Routz to con- sciouHiioss , nnd his father carried him oil , saying at the time : "I am Joseph Routz , ho is my son , und I would rather bco him in state pribon than at this business. " The other subject , Seymour , re mained , and ho ate quinine for candy , sniffed hartshorn for cologne , became Henry George and Dr. McGlynn nltor- nntoly , robbed an Imaginary bank , crow like a cock , became a grovelling dog , nnd finally himself again. Then Mr. Foldmnn experimented on Seymour with n magnet and certain chemical propnrutions , and 'produced different offccts. , . After the seance witn Seymour the subject was naked if ho remembered anything that had , ' occurred. Ho ro lled that he did no | , CONKLINQ AND , ThjE REPORTERS. A Courteous Intercourse With Ncws- impor Men V It lull Never Was /ibiivcd. Now York Sun ; Roacoo Conkling had an exceedingly genial way in dealing with reporters who wore known to Mm. Ho was always happy and pleasant In his manners , frankly ) told them what they wanted to know , but invariably wound up the interview by resting his white hand on the reporter's shoulder and saying. "You will please to remem ber , my friend , that I have not suld anything for publication. " Then ho would explain how publicity might , hamper him in his legal cases. His confidence was always rcfapected. Since ho established himself in Now York ho was frequently called out of bed long after midnight in response tea a reporter's call. Even at that houjr he was genial , witty and obliging , as fur as ho could bo. A short tune ago n re porter told him that ho would like above all things to print some of his confiden tial chats ho hud had with him. The reporter dilated on the avidity wlti ] which newspaper readers would read such matter. The senator only amlloAI nnd said : ' . 'Walt till after my death , my friend ; wait till I am dead.1 To the People Who Have Children ! Children's Clothing is a Matter of Considerable importance. S , L , ANDREWS & CO. , Realizing this tact have made great preparations to dross the children of Omaha , and have devoted n prominent part of our storeroom to making a par lor separate from the rest pf the sloro , that ladies coming to select'for the llt tlo follows a suit , can do so nnd not be molested In the usual way when n clothing sloro is filled with gentlemen doing tholr trading. To mothers who want something cheap for the boys to play In , It will ho pleasing to learn that S. L , Andrews & Go have placed in the children's pprlor a line of children's suits ns follows : A neat little blue sailor suit for 80o , worth $2. Another blue pleated suit with bolt of same material , for 31.00 , worth $3. A nice little brown strlpo suit of Sawyer Cassimoro , 83.60 , worth SO. And have a seat in our Children's parlor , Cor. 15th & Douglas-st. , For merly the N. B. Falconer Corner. Mall orders from any part of tha northwest will ho flllod on nnnroval. and if not satisfactory returned at our oxnonsn. THE SNIPE AND WOODCOCK , An Epicurean Contrast Between the Two Birds. A DAYS SHOOT AT STILLWATER. Wlicrc nnd When to Hunt the Gntny Jack A. Dissertation on Shootliij ; and Kntlnj ; Them Local Sports Find Pleasure lit the Marshes The English snipe , Gnllinngo Wilson ! ! , or "tho jacks , " ns they are moro commonly and familiarly called , In my esteem are the choic est game birds in the whole known world , not even excepting that morccau of the epi cure , the woodcock. I think the latter , so far as its incomparable edible qualities are concerned , Is in a measure , a delusion nnd a myth , nnd that it is Riven such universal pre ference simply on account of the endorse ment of alleged gastronomes and the extreme rarity of the bird. Not ono cook in a thou sand knows anything about serving wood cock , and the bird is apt to come upon the table in as unpalatable a shape as it is possi ble to imagine for anything so dolicuto and dolicious. However , it makes no difference how superbly the woodcock may bo served , ho is not to be compared with the jack snipe. Can a dairitcr , ino.ro tempting or Irrestiblo dish bo conjured Up than these tender , Juicy llttlo habitants of marsh and meadow alTo rd , especially at this season of the year } Take u baker's dozen , have them neatly dressed , split open on the back , nnd with a lump of spring butter , and rplcnty of pepper and salt for c.icu bird , lay them in a dripping pan about two-thirds full of water , then place them in the hot oven , nnd while in process of baking , repeatedly baste , and when they are thoroughly done through , and nice and brown , I'll venture to say yon will ilnd them the most lucious dish you over sat down to. This is a capital snipe country , there being some good shooting within thrco miles of the city's center. Ono of the best grounds I know of in this vicinity , however , is at Woody lake , a few miles south of Couneil Bluffs. It is a long stretch of low-lying , bogtry meadow and woodland , and will afford better shooting than any of the famous grounds along the Illinois or Kankakco. The soil is of the richest , brackcst loam , corru gated and broken with tufted niggerheads ana trickling rills , with either brackish pools or reaches of dead buffalo grass , lying be tween , and making theflnostfeedinggrounds hungry gallinago over struck. The tender green of the dandelion and splattnrdock are now Just pooping forth , while hero and there are clumps of swamp willow , maple , lilipu- tian cano , pucker brush , sere Hags and wav ing reeds which niako it n great rendezvous for song birds of all kinds as well as for frogs , turtles and garter snakes. The jacus arrive hero In thnir greatest flight during the first warm and genial days of April. Ilowovor , they hnyo been known to put in an uppeapanco in open winters as early us the 1st of March , but in small num bers , and restless in their deportment and lying to neither dog nor man. The shooting is now nt its height , and ono of the warm.balmyduysof last week Johnny Hardln nnd I went down to Stillwator nnd did some very creditable work , too , fora starter , without the services of a retrlovor. Notwithstanding this statement I do not deem a dog of much advantage , save for recover ing dead birds , for a dead snipe and all old gunners will hear mo out is about as hard a thing to flnd ns the proverbial ncedlu in n haystack. Without a dog much cnro must ho oxcrciscd'In marking them down , and they should ho gathered at the earliest possible moment , ns the homogonuousncss of u well- ordered snipe grounds is a wonder and u per plexity ulwtiys. It was a lovely afternoon , the ono in ques tion , and our hearts swelled with the an ticipated sport as wo sot in ut the southern boundaries of the marsh , and sturtcd In uniong the tussocks toward the grove nt Its northern extremity , forcing our way through the tangle of ambitious sprouts , herbs and plants , ferns and mosses , over blackened logs , through thickets of yellow tondrllled willows , rod-dyed inaplo sprigs aud creeping vines. The landscape , too , was full of lifo and exhilaration. A wandering breeze swayed the naked i ccds ; the robin sang his blithesome roundelay from the topmost twigof yon tall cottonwood ; the blackbird chirped petulantly from this copse und thuf u couple of jays scolded us from a near clump of maples ; the crow cawed In the distant grove , the hawk win nowed his sahlo shupo far above and the garter Bnuko , with provident speed , made his way into the crypts of dead flags from under our rubber-hoots the whole scene bewil dering the eye and .vivifying the fancy. Wo did not know whether the jacks hud arrived hero , or not , only felt suie that they had from the generally favorable meteor ological condition existing the gentle rains of the few days previous , the frost-froed ground , the starting grasses , the warm , mellow sunshine and soft , south breezes. Nobody knows when the snipe come. Nobody ever saw him como , or leave cither , for that matter , They are as mysterious and silent In their arrival and dcparturo as dis embodied spirits. They undoubtedly migrate by nlght.ridlng In on the first warm wave from the south after the oarltost spring rains have accomplished their mission with the frost in tuo earth. You may visit the snipe grounds to-day and beat them up and down and across and back again until your legs wear out , und never 'Jump n single look or hoar u single "skeup , " the inevitable plaint of a startled snipo. Hut to-morrow you may go uguin and find the meadow full of them. If the temperature is not just-right they will bo discovered only in isolathd hunchosof four or five. They nro uneasy in their habits and will Hush away out of gunshot , the lirst "skeap" often being the alarum for every jock In the Held to rlso. Under such conditions they lire up like a brown and white streak ; their notes uro sharp , disgusted and spiteful , and off they go , nylng low at first , but gradually ascend ing until they uro but a mosquito against the background sky. Here I Imv6 known them to lly for-houra In the most irregular peregri nations , making great curviforms in their aerial diversions now shooting off out of the raiiL-o of vision , but unexpectedly making their appearance again and immediately overhead , as If dropped from the upper spaces , so erratic nnd bewildering are their movements. At irregular intervals during this flight that distinat , but far-sounding guttural whir , that quavering , tremulous , weird hoq-oooooo break * upon the oar , and which ( luacxnu sound d ? isioby the bird A nrotty little soft groy stilt of Saw yer Onsslmoro for $3.60 , worth $0. A nice brown mixed groy suit of Saw yer Cnssimoro for $3.60 , worth 80. These nro specialties and nro sold nt these prices to furnish the llttlo ones In now suits for the piny ground , nt the smallest possible oxponeo to tholr par ents. ents.Besides Besides these great bargains wo have all the loading styles ot children's Kilt sultB In nrotlr soft groy nnd brown mix tures ; blue plaid Kilt bulls , drab plaid Kilt suits , brown plaid Kilt suits , and In fact all the desirable novelties of plaid Kilt suits manufactured by the Scotch Hrm of MnlcomBon & Cot of Now York , who produce moro natty styles of Scotch plaids than any other house in the world Wo must not , however , lose sight of our Jersey suits and our blue yacht cloth suits , in sailor style , trimmed with satin nnd gold cord which makes thorn ox- trcmoly protly. Also our blue yacht cloth suits with sailor collarsjof draoand beating its sides .with Inconceivable rapidity with its wings dunnir hU curvetings in the nlr. There is no telling what a snipe may do , ns Dllly Brewer aptly remarked , his shapely little head Is full of eccentric notions , nnd ho may drop down within a few feet of you , tilting dudlshly buck in the reeds with the noisclossucss of a sprite , or continue his reticulated mitlcs In the air until ho ho- coincs the veriest speck In space and then vanishes for good. At other times you Ilnd them Inzy and sluggish , nnd lying like lead , in fact almost compelling you to kick them up from their wallows in the warm mud. This Is the case when the weather Is sultry nnd si > ring-fovoriBhdcveloplng thus suddenly nfter a gradual moderation of weeks , during which process the struggling nunshlno nnd drizzling rains together have extracted the frost from the ground and rendered boring good for the birds the moment they settle unon their slender legs. Their long Journey , although they make frequent halts for rest , from the south has wearied and hungered them nnd they set to work most voraciously upon their arrival gormandizing themselves on the larvae and angle-worms Into an indo lence and indifference that never fails to re sult in the Jack's woo nnd the hunter's profit. Their slow Hip-flap up from the grass mid weeds makes shooting no trick at nil , and under such conditions enormous bags are often made. Such n day as this was the ono of which I write. For the distance of several hundred yards wo trumped through the choicest kind of ground , with our Lofovrcs half presented , and. nil expectation , but no thrilling "skcnp" broke in upon the medley of sweet vernal sounds and sent the blood bounding with renewed accelera tion through our veins. I was about con cluding that the jacks hnd not yet como in , and had shouldered my picco , when , with startling suddenness , from out the spongy , vegetable debris at my very foot , ono of the little tanny beauties , sounding his warning note , darted like a streak , his graceful shape glancing white nnd russett , first this way and then that , in the bright sunlight , in his frantic effort to Icavo the advancing hoho- moth safe behind. But it was no go. I was quickly unto him despite his quick convolu tions , and nt the crack of my gun ho dove headlong Into the mud. The loud report breaking In so harshly upon the delightful melody of wind and bird , and frog , started up at least n dozen moro , in front , on both sides , nnd oven behind - hind us , none more than twenty steps away. In the Hurry I lost my head , nnd missed with my second barrel , hut Hnrdin , with his usual skill , knocked down a bird with each of his. Well , the sport lasted for hours , and by the time the sun was slanting over the rim of the low hills to the west , wo wore the next thing to fugged , but wo hud mndo a splendid kill and dragging our ponderous feet from out the boggy Held , wo started for homo , which wo reached Just ns the tender tints in the April sky were trembling nwuy Into the soft gray of the deepening twilight. BASDV G. V. GKISWOLIJ. Didn't Sponic For Tlirpo Years. Mr. John C. Davison , nn aged but stylishly dressed man , wanted a divorce in Judge Collins' court to-day. Ho said ho was married to Mary Davibon twenty years ago , but omitted any reference to that space of their married life between 1S08 and 1881. "In the latter nart of Juno , 1881 , " said Mr. Davison , airily , "my wife and 1 started on n tour east. I was going to Kuropo. Wo remained in Now York about ton days , and on July 1 I sailed away and my wife returned to Chicago. I was absent from three to four montlm , and when I returned I wont to my resi dence on Thirty-bovonth street. My wife would not receive mo. She mot mo uf the door , looked nt my features , nnd without a word of greeting turned and wont into n room by herself. "After that it was a cnso of muto-liko silence between us. Wo lived under the same roof , but occupied separate apartments. She never rccogniy.cd mo by a nod or a word ; I Ignored her In the same wap. For thrco years wo lived in the same house and spolco not a word to each other. Then , in March last 1 wont homo ono evening and found that she hud loft , und when she wont all the fur niture In the house , except that In my chamber , wont with her. " "I cannot give a decree In the case , " snld the court. "Tlio husband has made no olfort to reconcile lilt ) wife , and with out nppnrontly knowing why she lind left him ho allowed them to drift further apart withput damming the stream. The kwyer prevailed upon the court to give him a chance to bring in nfftro evidence and the case was continued. Mr. Davison is quite woll-do-do. brown stripe casslmoro to mnko n con- trost , making them decidedly handsome nnd attractive. Our blue , brown nnd croon velvet nnd corduroy suits nro the finest ever produced , For the little men who wear short pants wo have 80 styles of all the Into casslmorcs , In plain neat mixtures , plaids , blue and In faot nil the foreign & domestic fabrics in use S. L. Andrews & Go ; Being conversant with nil the tasty styles , have placed In stock several styles ot the three ploco short pants suits for hoys from 10 to 15 yearn of ago. Ot short pants wo have n full line ranging In prlco from COo to 93. Children's wool , French Ponnng nnd Percale Shirt Waists , wo dare say wo have in the greatest variety. Every lady In search of something for her children , should by ull moans In * vostlgnto the stock of RQYFS flP.ERA HOUSE First appearance In Omaha , Nebraska , ot MR. H. H. RAGAN , In n Drllllant Scries of Ills Fatuous Illustrated Lectures FOR FIVE NIGHTS ONLY. Dates niul Subjects as follovrs : THUHSDAV , HAVRril. "I'AHIS. TUB MAON1FICKNT. " ( Complimentary Kvculng Admission by Invi tation only. ) MONDAY. MAY 7th. TIIK UIIINR AND SWITZERLAND. " TUESDAY. MAV bill , "IIBHIJ AND TlinitU IN LONDON. " MONDAY , MAY 14th. "ItAMUMNQS IN HOME. " TUESDAY. MAY liith. " ( IM.MI'SnS OP SCOTLAND. " Knch lecture nlll bo suporhly lllustrnUxl , Course tlcKut. vlth Bruno rcsur\otl Hcnt cacti evening , $2.50 : single ruservoil scut each evening. 7fic : single mimission tickets , noc. Itosarvoa Boats ut the Opera House box olUce , I'rtday , Mny-lth , ntlin. in. Invitation Committee llov. AV. J. linnlm , Qeo. Tlldi'ii , J. II. Mlllard , James W. Savago. GRAND OPERA HOUSE Three Nights , Commencing Monday , April 30th G. M. WOOD AnrtStioiifT Dramatic Company la DR , JEKYLL AND MR , HYDE , OR Prononncpd by the ChlcaRO nnd St. Ioul3 Papers "The Heat I'lay Founded on Stovciuons Novel. " , APRIL 29 Came Called at S:3O p. in. Tickets for sale at Gotham Cigar Store , 216 S. 18th St. , and Auer- bach & Co. , 218 S. 13th St. IRISH TWEEDS. Got One ttulton Too Many or Too Few Determined always to keep our assortment up to the Htandiird of'ash / - ion , wo have u fresh sup ply of these popular throe-button cutaways , and four-button sucks in the well-known and nlways approved Irish Tweeds i n Summer weights and in llghtand medium colors. Our success in those fnvorlto goods IB n foregone con clusion , and the prices nt which wo olTer them uo argument. Dime Eden Musee CO crsS" cxa co