10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , -APKIL 29 188S.-SIXTEEN PAGES. UN WIN'G MACHINE. Ill order to protect our canvassers from any suspicion of fraud , and to assure our customers tKat they' ' are not being defrauded , we publish , below tlie retail prices of the different styles of Union Sewing Machine. Awarded first premium and gold Awarded all first premiums at medal at World's Exposition , New Omaha Exposition. / Orleans , over all competitors. * Sews backwards as well as forwards Does Embroidery of all kinds equal wards , making perfect stitch either to hand work. way. FACTORIES Af TOLEDO. OHIO , U/S. A , r Style No. 3 $55 Style No. 4 $6O. Style No. 5 $65. Style No. 6 $75. Style No. 7 $75 These are our retail time prices , the only deviation being on very short time or for cash , in which case we give a discount accordingly , and customers can buy ! jKst as cneajD from any of our dealers or canvassers as they can directly from this office. We are asked sometimes why we askhiger prices for the Union than other , sewing machines can be bought for. The reason is that it is worth mpre money , and that this is true we offer in evidence the wonderful popularity achieved by the Union. In the face of the most determined opposition and at prices higher than is asked for other machines , the Union commands a readier sale than any of the old line sewing machines. The records of the freight offices will proye that more Union Sewing machines are shipped into Omaha than all other makes of machines combined. There are many machines cheaper in price than the Union but do you want a cheap machine ? Do you not want the best machine and is notj \l \ the best , the cheapest , although it costs more money ? Consider these points and try the Union. It is the best and on that account cheapest. Responsible dealers wanted in all unoccupied territory in Nebraska , Iowa , Minnesota , Dakota & Colorado , For particulars address , IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD. The Progress of the Russo-Grook Church in America. CONVENT ABUSES IN PARIS' A. Heathen Institution Under a Chris- llan | Ouiso JBoy-Cotting Itc- .llRloua Butchers An UnderGround - Ground Chapel. A Peculiar Religions Boycott. Chicago Tribune : A very peculiar boycott has boon inaugurated in Mil waukee , Wts. . against ( our butchers. They are iho orthodox butchers and moat Boilers for two orthodax Jewish congregations. The members of each are very poor and were not able hereto fore to enjoy the luxury of a. rabbi , prayers at their Eorv ices being said by those who are able to do BQ. Then a committee of both the Montefloro and the Anso Jacob congregations hit upon a novel plan to secure the money neces sary to pay Mr. Kumaschorsky , an orthodox rabbi at Chicago , who had boon selected. They demanded that the four butchers wore to pay 1 cent for every pound of meat which was sold at their shops. In vain they protested that their profits did not allow of this novel tax , being just sufllciont to main tain their families. The committee urged submission , but failed. They then declared the boycott by proclaim ing that the meat sold at those shops were not clean , und not treated accord ing to Jewish rite , and consequently unclean. They sent out postal cards to nil orthodox Jews in the city , asking thorn not to patronize the rebellious meat venders. Two of the butchers have boon compelled to close their shops , while the other two intend to call upon the courts to protect them. An Auolont Undo r roiiiHl Chapel. Globe-Democrat : An interesting dis covery has boon made in an old Spanish mine on the property of the Corralltos Cattle and Mining companyon thoCasa Grande river , in northern Chihuahua , nn immense estate belonging to El Paso nnd Now York parties. The mine is called the San Pedro , and there is on it an old incline going into the moun tain at an angle of forty-five degrees , nnd evidently following the richest ore Etrenk in a zigzag manner. At the end of this inulino a subterranean chamber was found , which had boon fashioned evidently with great labor and trouble into a regular Catholic chapel , The chamber is borne thirty feet high. Seats have been cut from the solid rock run ning all around the chapel , and so have boon an altar and a jwlpit. The whole was found neatly whitewashed , and pre sents a peculiar and weird aspect. The ancient uhupol could bo used at n mo ment's notice us a place of worship. The whole country adjacent to the Casa Grande and Santa Maria rivers is full of objects of interest to the archtrol- { oglst and naturalist. Prehistoric ruins nro found everywhere , many of them clearly traceable to the Aztecs , but oth ers evidently anto-dato any authentic records of history. A richer Hold of ex ploration and investigation cannot bo found ny whora in Nprth America. A Ilogua Convent. ' . . St. James Gazette : A sham--convent JUst teen- discovered iu Pant. . . 'The case is attracting much attention. It abounds , a correspondent says , in scan dalous revelations , and it is simply nmu/.ing that the police know nothing about the place until quite lately. The "false convent" was opened about six years ago by two termagants , who orig inally had been expelled from a relig ious congregation of which they wore members. The "mother superior" called herself "Sister St. Adalbert , " and her artful assistant was "Sister Thorebo. " Thov "sailed" under Fran ciscan colors and were the habit of that order. Little difficulty was experienced in providing funds for the bogus estab lishment. "Sister St. Adalbert" in veigled a wealthy old spinster , a Madamoisollo do St. Andre , to come and live in the , convent. She did so , and , being half crazy , allowed the so-called "nuns" to do what they liked with her self nnd her money. They shut her up in a damp room in order to accelerate her death , and told her that if she dared to leave it she would bo "everlastingly damned. " Poor Mile. St. Andre took this extremely bad language for evangelical truth , and- lived on half-starved , cold and com fortlcss in her miserable room. She had a female friend , however , who came to visit her and saw through the frauds of the sham "sisters. " Nevertheless , this person fell a victim to the wiles of the female swindlers and was actually shut up herself with Mile. St. Andre so , at least , it appears from the particu lars furnibhcd by the police ; but the point is still involved in a little mystorv. As to the "boarders" and "novices" of the establishment , they were girls from bix to sixteen. Some of them paid for their support , while others were received gratuitously into the strange nunnery. All , however , hud to work like slaves with the noodle , the sham "Bisters" having succeeded in obtaining orders from leading linen drapers in Paris and the provinces. "Sister St. Adalbert" had also a retreat for old men in her monastic inclosuro , and had been very successful in obtaining funds for the institution. The police * have un- cnrthod the scandal owing to the pro testations of the parents of pome of the "boarders , " who complained of the way in which their children had been treated by the pseudo nuns. "Was 11 a Spirit. Philadelphia Press : A few months ago young Barnes camn to Chattanooga from Georgia and formed n partnership withM. J , Nix to engage in the boot and Hhoo trade. After a few weeks Barnes sold out to Lewis Owens , one of the wealthiest and best Icnown men in Tennessee. It appears that Barnes and Owens quarrelled over the settlement , and , after being struck in the face , Barnes drew hla revolver and shot Owens three times , the third shot being fatal , though not instantly. The wounded man was carried to his house , where everything possible was done , but nothing could save him. How ever , ho fought desperately to boat back the rider of the pule horse , and so gallantly did ho struggle that ho lived several days. Saturday. January 14 , camn and Barnes was for tha second time taken before * the magistrate , and after n stubbornly fought trial lie was released on ball , the magistrate holding that , inasmuch as the victim of the shooting was still alive , murder was not committed. The next aay Owens grow worse , and toward evening sunk into a stupor. Those who had boon watching by the bedside knew that the end wag not far oil. Among those who remained through the night was ox.-Muyor'Slmrp. A lit tle alter 4 o'clock Monday morning Mr. Shnrfi left the room , in which-the wounded ir.an "was lyingf for a .moment , and a circumstance that soon occurred is the feature of the story. Mr. Sharp does not like to talk of the matter , but ho consented to toll it to your corre spondent , and his own words are used. "I was standing , " ho said , "with my elbow resting on the mantelpiece look ing down into the lire. The coals were nearly consumed and the apparent ef forts of the embers to burst again into flumes reminded me of the heroic efforts of my friend to got a fresh and stronger hold upon the soul that was surely though slowly slipping away from him. And I was running over in my mind the vicissitudes of life ; how licet of foot mis fortunes are ; how sorrow comes across our path nt the meridian hour of the brightest day , leaving a shadow by us. . "The lines of Horace came to me 'Palo death of equal tread knocks at the cottage of the poor nnd the palace of the rich. ' The thought was still lingering in my mind when I was aroiibed by a tap on my shoulder. Supposing some one had entered while I was absorbed in thought , I turned to answer , but no one was there nnd the door was still closed. I was startled , and immediately turned to the wounded man's side , where I found the watchers as pule na the watched , and trembling like aspen leaves. They asked mo if I had been making any noise , and on assuring them to the con trary they looked at each other in amazement. They said that just before I entered the room a sound as of the moaning of the wind seemed to pervade - vado the room , and peculiarly appalling sounds not loud , but ominous wore distinctly heard , and that for an in stant the lamp , which had been turned lo > v , almost wont out , and the little light left scorned to shine as though through a fog. "What it was I know not , but it couldn't have been fancy on the part of us all. There were two other watchers besides myself. Besides I was in a sop- uruto room , with the door closed , and I had said nothing to them of the tap ping on my shoulder. If I were a spir itualist I would believe that the bout of Lewis Owens , just starting on .its jour ney homo , stopped to say good by to mo , for when wo wont to look at our charge ho was still in death. " Mr. Sharp is one of the best-known citizens of Chattanooga , a member of the bar , ox-mayor of the city , intelli gent and fearless. Ho is so well known and his word so trustworthy that these who have heard the story cannot but believe that something supernatural attended the flight of Lewis Owens' spirit from its prinon homo of clay. A Word In Defense of Inspiration. LA.MONI , la. , April 21. To the Edi tor of the BEE : In the BKU of April 18 I find an article under the caption of "Solf Constituted Diety , " over the sig nature of ' 'Minnie Rath "Winn , " in which , among other things , the doctrine - trine of inspiration is severely critclBod. The shot , so to speak , is lircd at Utah Mormonism in particular , nnd all other Monnoni&ms , including the original , in general , in which the author brands all alike with a want of fidelity to the gov ernment , and na the scum and slum of society. Perhaps the lady is not nware of the existence of the reorganized church , ( so-called ) , and its very em phatic declaration of principles in re gard to the government. As to the cranks , false Christs , nnd deudbcats generally , she tolls us about , and the enormities of Utah blas phemies wo will no.t take issue , for wo deplore their existence as much as she docs , but as to the general scope of eound or original principles wo tuko issue , td-wit : Faith , rfcpontanco , bap tism for the remmission of sin , laying on ofhunds for continuation and gin of the Holy Ghost , and for the ordination of the ministcry , and for the healing of the sick , the resurrection of- the dead , and eternal judgment ; also , the doc trine of inspiration , wo do take issue. The reorganized church is under the leadership of Joseph Smith , son of the murdered Joseph Smith , with head quarters at Lamoni , Decatur county , Iowa , nnd this church now numbers bomo fifty or sixty thousand members , mostly nil ofyhoso feelings would be wrought up a little were the lady to say in their hearing that they are among the slums of society. The main thing objected to in the article - ticlo referred to , seems to bo the doc trine of inspiration. If it bo a fact that inspiration is a delusion , then the whole religious fabric founded on the Bible is a mere machine by which , as she says , ' 'the leaders" in religious movements go into to gull the people in order to make a living without earning it. And if inspiration from God over existed there is no reason why it cannot exist now. It seems to mo that a government would bo rather a tame ono whoso olllccs vycro all assumed , and whoso head existed in such a way as never to bo seen or hoard from by any one of its subjects or citizens. No ono can doubt there being great differences of opinion regarding points of doctrine in the Bible. How are wo to arrive nt the truth in regard to these points without the advantage of inspiration from GodV The simple fact is wo cannot , and that is the reason that religion in bo diversified at this ago of the world. And there is another thing which is a simple fact take away DiHpirationund then the doc trines of deism , infidelity , paganism , and every other ism is just as true as Christism or Godism , nnd the whole profobsion , including pagan worship , is but an artifice to delude the people into supporting an avaricious priest hood in laziness and extravagance. You knock the props from under inspira tion , and you knock thorn from under the whole religious structure which has the Bible for its foundation. NATHAN LIXDPEV. Aspect ofSpRClnl Creation. Popular Science Monthly : Nothing has brought out the difllculty of the "special creation" theory more strongly than the modern soianco ot comparative embryology. It has added enormously to our knowledge of this existence of ( apart from UH suggested explanation of ) rudimentary organs , nnd rudi mentary organs have always been a ditllculty in the way of the "special creation" hypothesis. Take the cube of the whalo. As Prof. Flower pointed out at the Reading church con gress. it posso&bes in the embryo state a complete set of teeth , together with rudimentary hind-legs , furnished with bones , joints , and muscles , of which there is no trace oxternullv. Both teeth and logs disappear before birth. On the theory that the whale is a descendant of n land animal , which used both logs and teeth , they are intelligible as sur vivals in a creature to which they are apparently useless. But that God should have created those structures in a now being , which had no organic re lation with other created forms of life , seems almost inconceivable.Vo can neither believe that they were created "for more sport or variety , " onr that they are "Divine mockeries , " nor as an ingenious but nnthropomorpio writer in the Spectator suggested , that God economically kept to the old plan , though its details had ceased to have either appropriateness or use. The difll- cultics are oven stronger In the case of man and the now woU-knowh facts of his embryonic life. How is it possible , in the' face of thosfc , to maintain tha wo have in man a creation independent of the rest of God's creative work ? Of course , if the theory of "special crea tion" existed cither in the bible or in Christian antiquity , wo might bravely try and do battle for it. But it cameto us some two centuries ugo _ from the side of science with the imprimatur of a pur itan poet. And , though scientific men are now glad to palm off upon theolog ians their own mistakes , religion is not bound to wear , still less to bo proud of , the cast-oil clothes of physicial scioucq. ItELilGlOUS. Ono thousand sinners have lately been converted at a Methodist revival in New Yorlc. The paschal canillo in St. Patrick's cathe dral , New York , is ten feet , six inches high , weighs seventy pounds , and cost $250. Ilev. Wallace Nutting , who has not yet completed his studies nt Union college , and who at ono time met the expenses of his edu cation by working as a waiter , has received a cull from u Congregational church in New ark , N. J. , nt a salary of S2.000 a year. A man in Charlottetown , Prince Edward's Island , disinherited all his relations and loft $40,000 to 13ishop McEntiro for the erection of a now cathedral for that city. The bishop refused the gift and declined to talto the whole or any part of the unnatural bequest. A pure blooded Aztec is among the party of Mexican pilgrims now Journeying toward Homo. The most valuable single present to bo given by the pilgrims to Pope Leo is a masslvo cross of solid gold studded with precious stones , it is nlno inches in length , and is said to bo worth upward of $80.000. The body of n Hebrew stock broker was cremated at Woking , which IB u mortuary uburb of London , last week , being the first ( instance of n Jewish cremation in England. A delegate from a synagogue was present , nnd Hubbi Marks will conduct services over the incinerated remains to-morrow , which will establish the precedent of u Hebraic sanction of cremation , which has hitherto been withheld. It has been decided to innko Christ church , St. Louis , of which Ilev. Dr. Montgomery Schuyler lias for so long boon rector , the cu- thcdral church of the dloccso , under the name of Christ Church cathedral. An un known friend , through the blshop.hns offered towards nn endowment $25,000 for the catho- > al and $12,500 more in cuso thu vestry of Christ church will also ralso Si2,500 In order to nmko the amount up to $50,000. The ves try at once agreed .to this , nnd the first named sum , $2.1,000 , , Is now in the bishop's hands , invested in bonds. OPascal Porter , the "boy preacher , " who has been accompanying Hov. Sam Jones In his pilgrimage through Kentucky , is do , scribed as "a handsome olovcn-year old lad. Dressed in Knickerbockers nnd plaited blouse , a Jaunty little hat nnd high button shoes , he makes no more impression upon the casual observer than any ordinary well- dressed boy of cloven , but a close scrutiny will show the observer that there Is something - thing unusual about the lad , The impres sion Is made when ono looks at his largo , brown eyes , that have in them nn expression beyond boyhood a thoughtful light that In dicates developed intellect. His manner , also , while eminently boyliko , is so full of nervous force as to at ojico hnju-cis a close observer. " In Church. Yanltce lllaile. I feel n solemn sanctity , Sweet rest of soul is mine , My heart abides in pious peace , My bonnet sets divlnol Grace , hko a river , tills my soul , In chnstcd Joy I Bit ; I feel religion's deepest power ; My sacquo's a splendid tit. A holy fervor penetrates My soul's remotest nooks , An earnest , chastened , fervid joy- How neat that ribbon looks I The good man tells of Christian pcaco. The organ's anthem swells. I liiitho in streams of pure delight , My dress cost inoro than Nell'b. 0 holy rest I O Sabbath calm I O chastened peace scrcnol 1 feel thy deep abiding spell. How dowdy is Miss Green I .1 feel a pure religious glow , O rapture undefined 1 ' .1 know tny bonnet looks as nice To those whd sit behind. The Country Editor's Wife. Montreal Gazette. You have heard of the country editor's llfo , With its cares and worry and doubt , Of the shabby genteel of his seedy clothes , Of his diamond pin and his calm repose , His happiness , money and gout. But say , have you heard of the editor's wife ? Of that silent co-partner , who , With n blending of sentiment , beauty and skill , With temperate knowledge , with tact and will , The whole of his labor can do ? It is she who embroiders the garments worn By the editor's hard old chair , Now dressed with cushions soft nnd neat , And trimmed up with tidies and ribbons sweet , Which once was so poor nnd so bare. If the editor's sick , or away , or behind , In need of more hands or more haste , She directs his wrappers so they can bo read. And writes his leaders right out of her head And willingly makes his paste. She reads the magazines , papers and books , As the cradle she softly rocks ; While the editor sits in his easy chair , With his fingers thrust in his tangled hair , She quietly mends his socks. Then she reads the ads. with the editor , Just to find what each has paid. "But the column ad. of the Jeweler there , " So ho says , "and tbo harness and human hair , Must bo tnlicn out in trade 1" She wears the corsets ho got for ads. , And rattles his sowing machine ; She uses the butter and eggs and things The country subscribers so faithfully brings , With a cheerfulness seldom seen. But her life so full of merry delight Has ono dark cloud , alas I Though she shares his ticket to circus and play , To lectures and negro minstrels gay , She can't use his railroad pass ! When tlmo hangs heavy on his hands , She beguiles the hours uwny With Joke and Inughtcr , mueio and song , And pleasant talk , and thus ripples along The whole of each leisure day. Oh I who would exchange this sweet content , This simple and trusting lifo , For Unit of n queen of royal birthl For the happiest woman on all this earth Is the country editor's wifel IMJ'USTIKS. A young lady in Pittsburg Is being tried by hur church on the charge of stealing a towel. Hero's hoping nho will bo nicely white washed -as defendants in church trials usu- ully arc. 'Tho Salvation Army at Newton , Kan. , is preparing for a grand Jubilee. If the people In other parts of Kansas hear n strungo racket boino night they will know what U means. In the Pccshawur cemetery In India Is the following amusing epitaph : "Sacred to the Memory of Hov. . missionary , aged , murdered by his chowkldar. 4Well done tliow good und faithful servant.1" Now York gossips say that some of Now York's fashionable men manage to pay their club fees by Judicious renting of the family uhurch pews during the periodic yearly lilt- tings of the family ilrom one fashionable re sort to another , A minister overtook n Quaker lady and po litely assisted her in opening a gate , As she was a comparative stranger In town , ho said : "You don't ' know , perhaps , that I am Mr. , Haven't ' you heard mo preachi" "I have heard you try , " was the quick re joinder , Cno hundred years ago thotown of Wilton , N. II. , passed the following vote : "Thattho town provide OPO barrel West India rum , llvo barrels New England rum , ono barrel good brown fcugar. half a box good lemons , two loaves of loaf sugar for raising und framing said meeting houso. " Minister ( to sick official ) You nro aware , dear brother , that you are about to die ) Sjclc Onicial Yes ; I am aware of it. Minister And do you feel that you can go with resig nation 1 Sick Ofilclal Yes ; but I'm ageing without resignation. Wo die , you know , but we never resign , Pompous old teacher ( to class In sacred history ) What weapon did Sanuon use to kill the PhilUstlnes. No ono remembers. If , O. T. ( who believes in suggesting answers , touching his chin ) What is this ? Bright boy ( who takes the hint and remembers it all now ) The jawbone of an ass , sir. George Cull , of Dnllasburg , Ky. . when a boy of only seven years , memorized and roJ ! peated 1,800 verses of tfao Bible. His mcm ory was so strong that nftur hearing n sew mon preached lie could repeat it verbatim. ' Yet , for all that , he did not turn out well * for ho was sent to jail later In life fdV horsd stealing. f "Ma , " said Bobby , on his way homo from church , "was old Mr. Bentley blown up by dynamite ? " "Certainly not , Bobby ; dldn'tf you hear the minister Hay that his last houra on earth were peaceful ) " . "Yes , ma ; bufl the minister said that ho was gathered to hid fathers , nnd I didn't know but what ho was blown up by something. A small boy Is rath slow In comraittinc prayers to memory , and require a good deal of prompting. The other night ho began blfl regular prayer in his regular way. "Now I lav me , " and there ho stuck fast. "Down , " said his mother , prompting- . Whereupon Johnny Bet oft again with great ! alacrity and fluency "Down came a black bird and nipped off her nose. " "John , dear , " called out the wife from the head of the stairway , "do you know it's long past midnight ? Must you work so hard oil your next Sunday sermon as early in tha week as this ? " "Coming In u moment , my dear. Don't bother mo , " replied the rovcrcnu , spouse from his study. "Let mo see wheroj was Ii If a hen and a half lay an cprg nnd d naif blister the purzling thing , anyhow 1" Vnntlcrbilt'fl Lmokoy. Young William K. Vanderbilt hod two lackeys of pronounced type. Ho and his wife have only been back from their yachting tour around the world for ft week or two , and therefore their mansion at Fifty-second street and Fifth avenue is gu.cd nt with interest. The long-locked doors and the closo-cur- tamcd windows are reopened , and there is a stir of lifo about the place. Tliq Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum is di rectly across the way , and from the upper windows of this charity instltUf tlon the ambitious youngsters may gaze right into the abode of enormous wealth. Several hours after they have quit thoic own beds they are every morning' treated to a portion of the la/.ior rifting of Willie Vandorbilt. That is to say ho completes his toilet at a glass between two front windows nnd in full view of those orphans who have the opportunity to look. Ho is attended to by a vnlet nn English product who from morniiiw until night wears a swallow-tail coat } black trousers , white vest and an air of solemn molancholy. Ho pulls his owner's boots oil and on , fixes liis neckties , folds his coat nnd vest up deferentially for him to put thorn on and la inobt obsequious in all thcbo services. Then there is an older and fatter follow , who wears an Knglish livery , including a velvet coat , kneo-brcechos and some frills of linoii and mini nor. I To is u sort of majordomo - dome and tremendously consequential , The master of tlio house bears himself easily under all this weight of attend' mice , He nets as though ho had been used to it all his llfo , and really shows no porturbatlon in the presence of hi.i hplendcnt menials. As for the orphan boys who watch this sort of thing they nro fi'co to indulge their ambitions iu imagination. I visited the iiibtltulion , and in making a round of the urchins L abkcd one whether ho would like to grow up and bo a man like that. ( Hera I pointed across the street to Ynndcr hilt und the liveried ilunkoy , who were both in fcight ut a window. ) "You mean the man in uniform , don't you ? " the boyh-esnonded , Evidently ho didn'fj know Vanderbilt as ti millionaire by sight and saw nothing in him to envy ; but the servant was gorgeous and oiuj could too glory in him. Airs. Paul Wlerdcnbccher. of Milwaukee , has a thrcd yjar only baby that weighs enl r three pounds. IU arms uro to tiny that the * mother's wpddlng ring will easily pats ovof , them up to the shoulder. , '