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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1888)
. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE PART II. , PAGES. 9- : EIGHTEENTH YEAK. OMAHA SUNDAY MOBNING , JUNE 24 , 1888.-SIXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 0 Before taking our semi-annual Inventory , we will close out all short lengths and odd pieces of Carpets from 1O to OB yards at EXTREMELY LOW PRICES. If you bring In the measure of your room , we can find some piece that will cut to advantage for It , and while it will be a bargain to you , wo are pleased to clean up stock , and willing to sacrifice on It. W We have Just received another large invoice of Japanese Joint- loss Matting , very novel patterns , and shown only by us , Our line of cheap Mattings are the best value offered in the city , from 19c per yard up. P We also have another lot of Hassocks at BOc each ; a good bargain , as they have always been sold before at $1.OO. We undoubtedly have the larg est and best assorted stock of Car P pets in the city , in a WILTONS , MOQUETTES , o WILTON VELVETS , BODY BRUSSELS , TAPESTRY , w KIDDERMINSTERS , K-l LINOLEUMS , - and OIL CLOTHS. Kln Also a Large Variety of ( n MATS , RUGS , w ART SQUARES , HH and DRUGGETS. HHa Omaha Fortuno-Telloi-s Asked to Throw Open the Doors. HOW THEY WORK THE PAKE. An In vent itiutor Goes the ItoumlN niitl Exposes the Silly Twiulille With Wlifch the Credulous I'ub- lic in tlio Clali'VoynntR. In Ingorsoll's recent reply to Gladstone oc curs ono of those metaphorical passages for which the gifted infidel is noted , and it is apropos hero because it serves as an excellent picture of the laud of superstition. Ho says : The dark continent of motive and desire has nqvcr been explored. In the brain , that wonderous world with ono Inhabitant , thcro are rcccs&cs dim and dark , treacherous suuda and dangerous shores , where seeming sirens tempt and fade ; streams that rise in unknown lauds from hidden springs , strange seas with ebb and Hew of tides , resistless billows urged by streams at Hume , profound und uwlul depths , hidden by mist of dreams , obscure and phantom realms where vague and fearful things are half revealed , jungles where pas sion's tlccrs crouch , and skies of cloud and blue where fancies ily with painted wings that diuzlo and mislead ; and the poor sov ereign of this pictured world is led by old desires and ancient hates , and stained by crimes of many vanished years , and pushed by hands that long ago were dust , until he feels tike somu bewildered t > luvo thai Mockery has throned and crowned. After this exquisite imagery any ordinary | dccrlptiou of the homo of htuiuiu hopes and I fears would bo commonplace indeed. Hut a word us to the prevalence of superstition. Observation extended over a series of years leads to the conviction that few , very few persons are free from superstitious notions. The monster seems to have captured most in tellects and usurped the throne of reason , often banishing reflection and judgment , making couilicrs of the passions and slaves of the virtues und breeding vice and cred ulity. Superstition llourisnes most luxuriously in ignorance , but the people of all ages und countries und conditions have believed In the power of professors of tbo mystic nit to foictell the 'future. Chinese - nose , Hindoos , Turks and Chnbtlnns have been believers lu this ability of certain per- bens to lilt the veil und taken peep ut coining events. The iccords of cUlrvoyunco nre us old as History. Pliny was induced to nclle\o tliRt the foul of Herinotlnlus of Cluzomcnao could Bcp.irato from the bo ; and m.iko won. derful predictions , Tlio classic * rt'clto as a fact that on tlio day of ttiokittlsof Phan-alU a pr.oit mui.ed Cornelius , of renowned piolv , was -ibo | to give u pcif-vt pictuieof tianspir- Ing events although he w.n > far away from the scene of action , In tlie city of Pndan Socrates and Apollonius clulitica to po.iuss cOulivoyant power * . 'I Ue writingof Cicero dlsc'.ObO nn investigation of the i.i.-.iir.s < .f tlio sects. Tort ull ! un gives an actount of the do ingfj of two femuk-s celebrated for their { > Ivty and ecstasy , and ho declares 'hat lliev en- tcr.'d into the ti.uicc stntu in the mJ. ! < t of coiiBre-jntlous and lewaled cete.-tiiil hci'rcls un.-i know tl.o Itinermuit lifuiisof theper- bens preaout. Saint Justin alMnur-u that iho t-yblls i-ould icitd the lutmi-and TJCtea Pluto us coinciding with l.i > vif.vs. Uut wa r.ccd not po to the nrcients. Wo ran find | 'Untyof ( ividencas of thuuhund-i'.ice of lucb practices In tbU eiUiiitcned any ur.d ,1'iUi eAucated hind > jl u\f.i All o\urtlu \ country nru people who Iho upon ton lupri fiid four * of th croduloa. by tmtiinng the nlmleblr dollar * /ro'n their i > ouua > riih huntyoa uicmisc.s of inforir.i-.Ucn ub.nil their future. iVrluae tellers uru uomerju * * uud do a thriving Mi it.c s. TUti'r ' pyiti.ts ! : pf forttuicY tb mtitfiiuc'jy tlr.v.-si i.i.forra - i. of I JTUN Ladies' Fine White Suits. 6 STYLES TO SELECT FRDM---CHOIGE FOR $10,00 , "We have just bought at our own price the entire stock of White Suits remaining unsold in the hands of a large Eastern manufacturer. We cannot go into detail here , but will call particular attention to six styles of fine White Suits , new , stylish designs , made of fine White Embroidered Linen de India in the lot which we offer Monday and during the week at $1O.OO a suit. The cuts above fairly represent three of the styles , the other three are equally good , if not better , not a suit of the lot is worth less than $18. OO , arid many would be good value at $2O.OO. _ Olxoloe for On.e : "VT'eefe. & 1O.OO a , S-u.it. Imported Madras NOIL SILK PORTIERS Feather CURTAINS. Pillows. Less than Half Price. $4.8O Neil Silk Portiers , 5i * w a MBB i For $2.75 a Pair. BO pairs fancy striped tick $0 Imported Madras Curtains , Feather Pillows , 6 Ibs. to pair , For Pair $6.BO Neil Silk Portiers , orily $1.O 8 a pair ; usually sold at $3.5O a $2.OO. $1O Imported Madras Curtains , For $4.50 a Pair. " " * $1B.OO Turcoma n Portiere. 08 a For $5 a Pair For $7.75 Pair. $12.BO Imp'd Madras Curtains , a . BO pairs fancy striped tick A handsome brass trimmed Feather Pillows , 0 Ibs. to pair , For$6.5O a Pair pole complete , free with each pair only $2.OO. This is , our regular IlnnOtoinelra-h trimmed pole , complete , free $3.OO quality. vithcach pulr. to give the artistic effect of light and shadow. A few events Unit occur in almost every lift' , u number of glittering generalities , and the picture is big enough und bright unouch to satisfy many people that they have their money's worth. Omaha has n number of clairvoyants and fortune tellers , and u Hci : reporter visited several of them to 390 what he could llud of interest. The lirst madam called on ( they nro all madam it's foreign and Frencliy.vott know ) claimed for herself gifts and powers whoso enumeration would make a respectable catalogue. Hot"parlor" was found m n second story out-of-the-way flat. It had not yet become acquainted with luxury , which may bo owing to the fact that the madam has boon here but four weeks , hardly long enough , the reader will admit , to get well established in the hearts nud pockets of Omahans. The room was cheaply furnished with a table , three chairs and an abused ingrain carpal. In one corner was a sink with n piece ot soap on its outer ledge looking over for n soft spot on the lloor to land. Several glasses and a limp , dibcouniged dish-rag completed the sink's complement. Another corner hold a gasoline steve , and in a third was u trunk , while a basket of clothing had to find breathing rdom on tlio back porch. The only ornament was a gay lithograph representing a girl handing a package of tobacco to the passen ger of a departing steamer. As the red and iiluo girl leans forward her draperies are raised , and the Intent of the designer Hcems to have boon that bold , bad man should measure the virtue of the tobacco by the length of leg ex posed. The madam was something less than fifty , uad built on a broad-guii'io pattern. Her huir was hlnndu und powdered , and at n lirst glauco had the appearance of u wig. She was docked out in un uiry white gown , trimmed witli cardinal ribbons , llko u girl , un "old girl" to n T. "Will the gentleman have n trnnco sitting , or learn his futo from the cards , or by meas urement of the head I" The gentleman thought ho would take the tninco route as being the moat , wonderful , thu best fur observation , and the most likuly to give him the worth of his ? 2 cash , spot. The madam said she was controlled uy an Indian maiden , who would answer all ques tions , while the medium would bo profoundly ignorant of ull that was said. After u mo mentary stare at thu Innocent coiling she closed her eyes , drew tlio ll < ls up with u twitch , gave u biddy shudder with shoulders hunched un to the cars , put a growsomo con tortion upon her face , and with n wave of the hand was off in the land of spirits. " 1 amVanita , " said the oracle. "I loved a italo-faec , but my father , the chief , took hU lilc , and I have sliico devoted myself to the horvko of white braves. I um uncdu- e.itoil in your language" but shu spoke ex cellent English , just the same. U'miitti then let herself loose on a pretty talk about , how the noble red imin , the child of nature , saw the manifestations of the Great Spirit la thu rustling of tuo trees , the babbling of the brooks , tile , etc. , "but the white man lusts after money , mono ; . ' , always money. " Then she pnveeded to tell "tho bravo" how and where to ihul his fortune. "Taki'tl.o iron horse you understand } r.nd go fur uwiiy , many leagues from here , beyond tlio betting sun , mid you shall ft nil a mine , rich mine , with silver mid iron in it. " Tlion she in-gpil tlio uforoanM ' 'bravo ' to gi > ut oner , before it should ho too everlastingly late. The investigator iihked for more doll- nito directions about tlio trip. Wanitn cr.llod for a pencil and wrote "Mexico. " That was explicit enough for any reason aide man , but the Indi.in miiidon toU thu ro- | Ki tcr that when he got thuro "ho will find the Jiniio 2.SOO feet towurd * tai > sctuug MUI. " Surely a blind man ouvjiit to Hud th.it. Laor | , in the in-rforinance Micrcfruvtl to tbo for tune as coming from the cwt. and again fciivo Oi3 iiuiuiier b.u : w days oflifc. Ho \iUu.tm \ > ly uskcd whtu tcrnd the fortune , \ oil.be in that oasc , but an iutr.jinrtuno hbuaaor made WoiiUe tly ( lie track and land on a new subject. This wat. the extent of the "po-jr Into the fuii.ro. " and the liHiLu-.td' ii < 4 > d about lit * past. The ubtutu Indian maiden ricld he hud seen much ti cubic , but v.ucupiuty g.-u boy .ticiw.UisUmllni' . giorcl r.Uoia his chances jo the inuirlmout-a maiket , tua : r. duu gav6 a conllde-it b'M-t-.ke iho hon v YdluiuivU-uUoVii's. " .Vtul 1 Uuvo I'jcoi" She had found sure footing. The astonished subject learned Unit ho had wronged u trust ing white dove , and was u terribly bad boy. Ho was urged to go back to her and right the grevious wrong. At his apparent reluotum-u to make the amendo honorable- , the old lady turned the tap on her mouth mid let flow a stream of platitudes , of sentiment and of mawkish pleading. Satisfied that ho had all the information Wanitu could give him about his past , present and future , the visitor rang down the curtain. At intervals during the talk the madat'i put her head in her right band , while the elbow rested on the table , und muttered : "Jt is dark all is dark. " The attitude was ono of profound thought , and usually followed a question. She punc tuated the communication with frequent con tortions and passes ot the hands , and came out of the trance with u spasm of extra vigor. The notes of a piano floated in at the win dews , and the madam said she was fond of music. She wished she could afford a piano perhaps the visitor would turnlsh her ono ! The seeress became sociable and chatty. She lit u cigarette and offered the stranger her pack and a light. She brought forth a glass of lemonade for him , and after ho had taken ntasto * iio , with tbo nonchalonco of good fellowship , drank out of the other side of the tumbler. The reporter sat down to do some pertinent quiz/ing , when a Mrs. Somebody , a friend of thu madamo's , catnu in. Madame offered her a cigarette with an apology that she feared she was presuming , because Mrs. Somebody hud such excellent habits In other respects. Thu madame explained - plainod that the Intruder was u roomer of hers , and suggested that the young man should go and see "what n nice room it is. " The woman took the hint and went. Tlio seeker after information demurred , but the old lady got up and insisted. She almost cm- braced the young scribe and urged : "She's a nice , respectable woman. Do go and sco how comfortably she is ilxed. You'll bo kind to her and do what's right , won't you , deariol" That "dearie" settled it and the explorer having ovlmusted the main performance , concluded to take a look at thu sido-show. Mrs. Somebody was forty , quite likuly , but she was anything but fair und fat , She was lank , lean , angular , homolv , and looked like u worked-out farmer's wife who has been fed on corn-meal and salt park. Shu told n tale of sorrow , She hail been desurtod by her husband , and then by her "build fellow" alter ho had squandered all of her itOJ. Yes , In answer to queries , she believed the madam did n good business , She had All kinds of pconlo for customers , but u great mnny of them were evidently well-to-do , well-up persons , There had been four other visitors that day. Two of them wore young ladies , fashionably dressed , and a third was nn oulerly lady of line nppcanuic-j. Hero were $11' ' us the madam's receipts for ono single day. After telling her story Mrs. Somebody throw out a suggestion that made thu reporter blush , and he lied. After his llr.st experience the spoker after truth thought it convenient to have u mime , and ho tucc ? sivoly impersonated Messrs. 15 rows tcr , liurlingamu and Hoggs , Ho next encountered a clairvoyant who claimed the right to practice medicine. She was u rather good looking woman with rather-dark huir , u petite form and a face of more than ordinary intelligence. The doctor informed her visitor that consultations were free , and as the price seemed to fit tha condition of his packotbook ho took ono She throw her hand across her brow and with a far-away look ( one of those looks that the boy with the apple lmt > when the other boys want u blto ) bhe begun to diagnose the case , "You are troubled with thumping in tlio side when jou climb the stair * , und u dizzy feeling- " About ut tills point she was Informed that her visitor wa * tougher than a pine knot , und came to see about u sick woman , "Oh , yes , 1 too ; your wife. She is a bjuo- eyed Indy , witb light hair und she has been troubled with nervousness for three years. I sot ) it ull now. You have come to the right place , 1 in euro her. I can will any ouo to tie just what 1 please , and it will bo done. " If the man that this female doctor knows ut > Urowfatci * lias any wife at all that wife hasn't a hiuo eye in the front of hrr head r.ur a yellow .hair on the top of it. As the doctor told Urcwster to bring lii wife to heriKlkeon Saturday , it is presumable that fill ) "willed1 ths suggestion sUonld bo c.i. n < : > \ out. In ills bci.rcU for uiutc.'U ! the litci\t > ' . \tor discovered several advertisements in Tin : Hi.u , and he got around to answer two of th-m. The "ml" of the lirst read as follows , to-wit , to put it legally : ] \r.UAMK WINTEIlS-mrted dead trance - i cl.iltvnyant and astrologist ; can bo con sulted on all iitiiiirs of life or death ! ru-unlUs tlio epiratol , causa * ) In-k and Hixsedy mar- nnju-i , HhowM photo of rntiiro wife or hiibbiind , lo'ates dlsuiMH and euros thorn by massage und niiuneti ; tie.umont ; liui tlio ccloltrati-d Hindoo charm lor luck. All tho-o In trouble will do well to call 0:1 : this Kitted soeress glvis you a correct written rca-Un- ? through malffor * . ' . with lock of h.ilr. Tlio madnmo has taken p.irlors ut 417 South Eleventh struct , second llujr , parlor , * . ' and J. That announcement o'f tlio madam's seemed to lit his case about as snuu' as n tailor-matlo suit sots to the shoulders of a Broadway belle , and ho concluded to make a call. Four hundrol and seventeen South Eleventh street is in a ruw of two story bricks nt the corner of Howard. Ascending the uncar- pcted stairs , a female was seen sitting in the back room. This female proved to be the madam and thu room to bo the "parlors" she hud taken. Tlio gentleman gave his name as Hurlingame , and unnouucd his recent arrival from Chiun , v "Ah. yes ! " exclaimed tha madam. "My control informed mo last night that I was about to bo visited by n nephew of the late Anson Uurlingamo. " ' Thishoomed good , as the visitor didn't know before what kind of reception he might expect. The "parlors" are an unoar- pctoil back room , furnished with a round tublo , chairs and n xiuk trunk. The madam gave the information that she had taken the whole flat and was renting furnished rooms ; that ono of her rooms was at present occupied by u "Pinkie" detective anil a friend , and that a short time ago an other had been occupied by a couple that she feaieu were practicing the panel game. Hurliugamo gave the madam to under stand that ho did not take much stock In the fotiino telling trade as practiced by modern seoressos , The ma/lam / moved lier chair a hitch clpser and remarked , with n sly wink : "What a lovely blue eye you have. " Under any name thu here of this tale is awfully modest , and this wink , with the largo warmed up siiiilo that opened out un der it , made him blush like n lobster. Ho had serious thought" of jumping out of the buck window , but the porch was full of clothes that wouldn't fit anything but a big woman. The madam volunteered the information that her weight was ll.ri ! pounds. She has a shock of yellow huir , ' * which she wears cut short , possibly so that/no inducement will bo hold out to the urchins to sing that familiar song about getting'it out. She admitted that the fortune-telling business was a "fuko , " so far us she was concerned , and said : "I never try to fool such intelligent gen- tleinon as you with the nonsense " About this time J real good-looking young man , from some owelry store , cumo ins bringing a banglb UVacolet strung with dime , bearing various Honograms. After the young man's depatturo madam opened the zink trunk , took cyt another bracelet , and when she cumo hide sat down so close to Uurliiigaino that tljera was no chaiico for the air to circulate between them. She put on the same old sinllo Und said : "Darling. I wantito put gold dollars on this bracelet. Won't yu give mo ono with your Initials on it I" { ' "Darling" thougi.V possibly ho might , and bho then suggcstodRhat , If he would bring it down ut U | a thd evening there would bo no one else In the housj und u good time inlgnt bo had. If she fjjils to sea him ut 0 those , lines will inform JILT that ho is chasing after the other forfuno tellers to SPO if any of thorn cau indicate the whereabouts of the pleasant clime where gold dollars , with mon ograms on them , grow on the bushes. Shodliin't 8howicr * Hindoo charm ' 'for luck , " nor for the boor , cither , but she said she was a native ofiNou York city , had been in California , und incidentally guvi ) the im pression tUut she wns longniL-ly looking for a sucker that would tpay her freight back to the land of gold anU centipedes. She showed her horseshoes , which she kei > t for luck ; also her slippcM , which she kept to cover some feet and inoro corne , and gave it out cold that a present of a pair bt the latter would bo nc- eeuted. Ths visitor left his name with her and carried away tbo impression that she nas a'fruud us u clairvoyant/ Having l st ODD SETS GRAND MARK DOWN To Clear Our Stock. Owing to the IntonessoCthosea son , we find ourselves left with mnny odd sets of Unco Curtains , and to make a speedy clear ance beftro stock takinq , wo propose to inaugerato for Monday and during the week , one of the greatest bargain sales wo have ever made. $1.OO Nottingham Curtains For 58c a Pair , $2.2B Nottingham Curtains For $1.25 a Pair. $4.BO Nottingham Curtains For $1.95 a Pair. $ B.BO Nottingham Curtains For $2.75 a Pair. $7.BO Nottingham Curtains For $4.00 a Pair. $1O.OO Nottingham Curtains For $5.00 a Pair. With all of the above , excepting B8c Curtains we will give free a handsome brass trimmed pole , complete. $1O.OO Irish Point Curtains For $5.75 a Pair. $1.B.OO Irish Point Curtains For $7.5O a Pair. $2O.OO Irish Point Curtains For $12.00 a Pair. With these we also give free a handsome brass trimmed polo complete. his name , the truth-hunter was forced to find another , which he did on tlio way to tlio fol lowing : \fADAM KCCI.KS. clairvoyant. Towers nre l'Mnost remarkable , us Is tuitlllt'd liyull who IIUMJ met her ; reputation us n clairvoyant lias long been est imixhed , and hlio 1 one of the In-st fortune-teller- the world. Itooiu 1 , , ' lfJ North Sixteenth street. This inudiini is old enough to lie the mother of thu otliers. She is very liy in her business - ness , too , nud says that she is making money. "Hoggs" had hurdly got seated when she ac cused him of being u reporter. This rather made Uoggs think that the old lady might have had n dose of printer's ink some tune , but he succeeded in lulling her sus- picipns. bho wanted to re.id Hoggs a lilla of letters about her wonderful gifts , but he don't like to hoar women read and excused himself. She claims to bo a daughter of the late Judge O'Hrien , who , in his day , was a somewhat noted criminal lawyer of Chicago , and assigned as a reason for being in the iortuno-telling business that a scoundrel in Chicago had borrowed ? Ii ( , ( > < > ( > from her and run nway. Hero Hoggs was cheeky enough to intimate that if the madam co ld see away off into time to come she ought to have been uhle to know that tlio aforesaid rogue would skip with her cash. She had no reply for this. When she gets one that IB satisfactory Uoggs will como up to her "parlor" and bring the crowd ho spoke of and have a S.MIICO Tlio reader has a fair idea of Onmlm clalr- ovoyunts , ' sceresses ; und fortune tellers. The conclusion of any intelligent person must bo Unit they arc unmitigated In cuds. Tlio conviction would bo ineradicable if the reader could have listened to the silly twaddle - dlo to which this investigator subjected him self. That people will patroui/o such bare faced deceivers is proof of the sway of super- htitlon. AIUKlOAIj AM ) imA.MA.TIO. Fanny Davenport's recent two weeks' ' on- gaecnicnt in San Francisco amounted to over flU.OOO. The run of the "Lady or the Tiger , " at Wulluck's New York theater will close on Juno .JO. Miss Amelia Summcrvillo has received nn offer by telegraph from .Mr. John Cobb for u season in London. The recent production of Homo's new play , "Drifting Apart , " in Hoston was repurtcd u substantial success. Harry Miner has sued Mrs. Potter to re cover * yfet5.-lU : , being money advanced to her at various times last fall. J. M. Hill's " 1'ossiblo Case" Combany open their bcason at the Hollis Street theater , Hoston , on September ! i next , The fact that Sarah Uernhardt lias in her possession feOO unread plays illustrates ouo of the sad features of contemporary life. D Joseph Jederuon is spending the summer on the shores of Huzzjrd Hay , Mass. His next tour will begin on September ' .M. A play of "Jekyll and Ilydes" is ravaging the rural districts , from which the fanners have found shelter in the seclusion of thur homes , The "Pearl of Pckm" will after nil not go to London this season. The imiginilecnt cos tumes have all been packed away until thu fall , when the 'Pearl" will maUo a tour of the country. When "La Marclmudo do Saurivcs" Is pro duced in America them may bo u "howl" throughout the Jundj but it will "get there" all the same , unless the adapter tampers with it too much. Kit Clarke is still up in Canada on his fish ing trip , where ho hns met with great suc cess , Mr. Clarke may bo termed an Ameri can nomad. It is u fact that l.o owns tlio llnest trout and salmon tackle m this country Mr. Jauies Owen u'l'ommi , the tragedian , is not without it hu-it ot boUwirs in bib histrionic- ability and it is contldi'iitly ' stated that ho will jet bo seen lit Now York with tl.ti fuwauie. icsullhu is thought to be en titled to. Hey i and Thomas \vill have "A Tin Sol dier , " "A Hole in the Ground , " "A Mid night Hell" on the rowl next boason. "A Hag Haby" has burn helvml , but Uy 11:3 : middle of the season Air. Uo.yt will have it comedy ready , which ho is iww linisliln. n his cojqtry houu iti ChariestJ'.j.i , .N. II. The ArirU'an lour of'Tti will Ix'flu ; .t Uis Waiu.it b. A ( / ) 5000 Pairs U ) MUST BE SOLD ! > At 25e. O 12 | "KETROGRADU" SEAM , PATENTED. dt The above cut represents our K ! 12-inch Black und Colored Milan ese Lace Mitts , worth DOe and OOc a pair. For this week at 20c. > Black and Colored ad ESE-LACE MITTS , are ar roM H roro These are fully 18 Inches In length ; come in Black and Even ing shades ; are worth 7Bc to OOe . this sale offer a pair. During wo your choice for OOc a pair. ro roro T inn yirnrpn JO , row ron . . "KUU. TASIIION PATENTKD. " These are full 14 Inches in length ; are finest quality made , and cannot bo duplicated under $1.OO. Choice of colors and black . at BOc a pair. S. P. MORSE & CO Philadelphia , early in September. After u round of the other eastern cities it will bo put on nt one of the Broadway theatres , Now York , for n run. The piece is dehcribed as being an English melo-drama of uncom mon strength and action , A strange sort of theatrical crank has been discovcied in Paris at thoAmbigu. It is a woman who Hits nightly in one of the galler ies and learns the pieces by heart. It is said to take her eight days , and she recites with the actois in n whisper. Her neighbors are surprised to hear her answering the cues before - fore tlie actor is heard. Nat Goodwin will play a London season next spring , having signed a contract with Manager iJdwaids , of the Gaiety theatre. The will bo "A Gold Mine " oi > oniiig play , by Loarmor Muthcws and George .Icbsup , and the engagement will begin with the London season on March 1. Goodwin will also give u round of familiar plays. CONNUIUAljITIIJS. A twining lock of woman's hair The lover's heart bets In a flutter , But when he's wed , it makes him swear To find a sample in the butter. Why is n lover like a kernel of cornl Be cause he turns palo when bo pops. A good many women who have married dry goods clerks have got two yards of illusion as a premium. The man who marries a rich woman never forgets it ; the man who marries u good wo man never regrets it. Mollle Garlicld has married J. Stanley Brown , and It Is to bo hoped she will make J. Stanley comb out his first name. The most unique runaway yet is from Byrdstown , Ky. , where a hid of thirteen ran away with uud married a damsel just twice his age , Mury Whctstono is the name of nn eastern girl who eloped with a barber , und the bar ber Is in great luck. Ho can sharpen his ruzorb on Mary. In u divorce suit in Sacramento the hus band acknowledged that he had contributed for the support of his family during tlio past seven years the sum of $7 , A Washington , L ) . 0. , woman who Is try ing to iet a. divorce from her husband , alleges that a bhoit time ago he tried to take her lite by chloroforming her while she was asleep. Talk of inothers-iii'law and son in.luw not agreeing , " remained Titmursh , "My inothor-in-luw and I agree. She sayn 1 oujjht not to have married her daughter , and I coincide with her. " This in from a recent issue of "Tho Tombstone - stone Warbler : " "If NulaTwigg.tho BUI vant girl in Portland , Ore. , who lucent ly fell heir to frW.UiO , will cull at this olllce , she will hear ot .suiuctUing to her udvuntago. We are u bachelor. " A few years ago It cost JT.fiO to got mar ried in Manitoba , but the government mis recently i educed the fee to . ' .50 , und there is much rejoicing thereby , But is not IIIOKI every girl u little do.tr , whatever the inur- ruigo fee may boi Miss Mary Stauffel , of Schuylkill , Ponn. , died live minutes after her marriage to Luke Fisher. They were to have boon married u week later , but the poor girl v/as fatally hui t , and expiesscd a with to die hih wife , o the bad ceremony was hurneJly pcrfur.ued. The Lancufilor , fa. , woman who only cats once every ftfij-fi-ur d'iys has received J100 ofters of inaiTbufo fiom young Philadelphia Inwjir * . tibe defined them ull on tUo ground thai sinue slie enjoy * only itevun meals u year she wants to be suie tliut sue will KU tSivai. , An odd cicp munt occurred fn Indianapolis , A womnn , : irivU'l ( on the chur o of murduij WIIH scr.t to tbo hospital for in < diiai : tinn- uicnt. 'J'htfro she bscatr.o nwj'.iiii.'ited vu'.lia fruiterer iioiu cl.roiiitt rliciiii.aliBiii , mul , though he touiU wal.c only by the nut c.1 u crutih ami cane , tlrj cjujilu rjaniijcd to oiopo Mr. Wabconi , of Indiana , | ia been tnnrrtcd throe tiuisa. In that there Is nothing veiy iL'narluble but it i > a trifle odd Hint hu three w.vcsvciM aitu-ri : i , ttnd that wtcb of the last twi > ccrc.uouic * . Vrat performed with. lu. the day of mo dead wife' * burial , nr.d by the iuis . ! ! > : il v/ho oiUoiatbd at thu funi'.ral. The Us : a-\i ottxuiuu v-ai jut. : u Uuy or. two ago. and the groom was seventy-nine , tha bride seventy-one , mid the one witness n great grandson and great nephew , Ires ; oct < ively , of the blushing pair. That's What's tlio Matter. Why is a man so cross and glum ? Why does ho look so mad ( What makes him keep so awful mum I What makes him feel so sad ) Why , now , Just sco him slam around And bang the olllce door ; Just hear him make the room resound , So llercely docs ho roar. And now he's still and mum again , And never speaks u word ; What is it gives him such a painl What bad news has ho heard ) Como hither and present your car , And keep still as u mouse : In onu hhort line I'll make it clear His wife IB cleaning house. Aliout Summer Itcllglon. By common consent the activities ol the church in tlio cities nro either in termitted or abated during the hcntod torm. Bays the Philadelphia Times. To close IIOUSCH of worship altogether , uu- lobs /or necessary repairs , does not ap pear to be exactly the right thing , as thuB an unfavorable imprcHBion in likely to bo miulo on the public mind touching the great interest involved , bcHides the putting of the ciin't-gel-iiway popula tion to a serious disadvantage in oarry- ing _ out tlioir convictions of duty. Neither is it admirable to fill tlio tem porarily vacant pulpitH with unaccupta- ule and inillcient supplier Kar wiser would it bu to haveonio strong instructive and attrac tive proai'hor proclaim the truth , evdn if it should bo to bovoral contiguous iiutl united congrognlionri , in this wn'y furni&hitig him with an oiicouni''iiijj audience nud kindling thu iiiitliuwiii-jm which is chFentiul to the completeness of all public nsr-dinlilies. ity mn'li n course the good cause would bo propelled with GUCCI'S * , and the depletion of churches averted which tb no hard to bo overcome by the autumnal xoal of the guardians of the folds alter their return , to their routine of labor. Ono thing in certain that the Bummer vacation oj pislom ; and poopU ; la not an ttetua llo B to Christianity.aseomo good pvoplo ocin , to fcur it is , Pastoral life is hi all ro spoi'ta , an irknoinu and exhausting onp , and mi til res iutarvuU of travel and ro- po-o to glvo it pui'manont fro > hne8a and force. The rugnhir vUHorfl to the sanctuary , abe , nuod reoreutlon , change of Bconery , and now fnirnmndtngH for u time , that their dr/ioping energies may bo revived. H-aiife , nil reasonable- ) people should be moie than reconciled to the brief nl > M < nue of tholr Hpiriiual over > oors and foHow-uhurchmoniburj. Kt-pcciiilly should thin be bo in r niuru- brance of the fact that auth absenl'jus ( irologltimatuly iiipjiopod to curry with them the spirit of tlioir profosjioiiH , dohig good HB they bavo opportunity whcrov r tlmvo [ , and ttuu inuking what mi ht apjjonr a local lose to reli gion < i n'or.orul sum in the grand result- Many -.pirltiinlly iiu tiu.ie nuigflibui1- nuna bv the luouiitnin or the eoiuiclv , liHf exerriijnfed ] largo ui.d InBtlngbinis- flt from tlm tompoiT.ry ro-sidenco o honc\osnt ! visilcr-j. _ _ \ t rn The oldest novtrpapei1 in the wliolo I uidr world is the ICltitr-Pau , or Capital Sheet , puhiiehod in Ptilcin , It IIrut np- iicurud A. I ) . 911 , but cumo nut only at liTOjrulwr intorvuli. Since th your ! i61 ! , however , ii has been publ hed weekly u d of uulfonq tiltijow'it n- su three editionfa'daily , . . . -i 1