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Commencing Saturday , July 28th ; ' 88
The entire stock formerly owned by the New York : and Omaha Clothing. Co. , at 1308 Earnam Street
will be sold withoiit reserve. EVERYTHING MUST GO.
A sixty-five thousand dollar stock of Men's , Youth's , Boy's and Children's clothing , Hats , Caps , Gents'Furnishing Goods , Valises , etc. , to b3 sold
at once , at prices far below manufacturer's cost. The New York Banks must have their money.
ARGAINS FOR EVERYBODY.
Hovuo dos Doux Mendes Criticised
by the Secretary.
A GREAT ARRAY OF STATISTICS.
The Secretary or the National Lmnd
Jjcnguc Claims That the Gov
ernment of BiiKlnnd Is
to Illume.
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LINCOLN , Nub. , July 20. To the Ed
itor of Tun BKI : : The nrticlo which np-
] ) carB in your issue of this date taken
Irom the "Hovuo dos Doux Mondos" is
cnlculntoil to mislead your readers , as
i being the opinion of an independent
party on the merits of the Irish ques
tion. There is nothing independent
about it. It is simply a rc-hnsh of the
ancient platitudes of the "Irish Loyal
and Patriotic ; Union , " dished up by a
French "chof. " The writer Hays : "No
country exclusively agricultural as is
the case of Ireland deprived of manu
factories and machine shops , can sup
port a population ol over ono hundred
to the square mllo. Therein lies the
whole Irish problem. " This frenchman
says the population of Ireland is in the
ratio 109 persons to the square mile ,
that the soil of Ireland is poorer than
that of England , that therefore the sal
vation is in wholesale emigration. Now
here Is a comparative list of the popula
tions to the fcquaro milo in the follow
ing countries , taken from a little work
compiled by W. C. Higgins an English
man :
Belgium" 409
Knglund and Wales ! ! & 9
Jxaly ' 2J3
Germany 201
Holland . - . 185
Franco ISO
Switzerland ITS
A ustria ITS
Ireland 100
Now because Ireland with only 109
persons to the square mile is poor and
without manufactures , this logical
Frenchman says the people should em
igrate "on masse. " It is in the memory
ot man that Belgium was a wrotclicm ,
misgoverned province , subject to Hol
land. The Belgians secured homo rule
and under its benefits are to-day capa
ble of supporting in comfort , on an arti
ficial or forced soil , 409 persons to the
square milo. If homo rule has boon so
prolific of blessings to the Belgians ,
why should not homo rule bo the
panacea for Ireland's ills instead ol
wholobalo emigration , as recommended
by the writer in the ' 'Revue. " His con
tention that an exclusively agricultural
country like Ireland cannot supuort
more than 100 persons to the square
milo is simply an absurdity. Ireland
has a total acreage of land amounting
to 20,19,2,185 acres , divided as follows :
Ufcflcr towns , wnsto , bog , mountain ,
cto 4,153,85 ,
Under plantation or forest 824,001
Under tillage 5,012,05'
Under pasture 10,071SSI
Now of the land under tillage ant
pasture , the greater portion is sccont
to no soil in Europe. If then the pros
populatiou , in spite of a horrible systoir
of rack renting , can live on 5,042,05'
ncrcs of producing soil , how much mor <
could bo supported if half , oven , of tlu
land under pasture was devoted to till
ago. A simple sum in arithmetic wil
give solid facts in reply to the Frond
man's theory. "What the soil of Irolatu
can support has boon variously estimated
mated :
John Stuart Mill says 15,000,00
Sir Kobert Kane 20,000,0(1 (
Gustavo do Ucaumont 23,00.1,00
Arthur Young 100,000,01.
In reply to the statement by th
writer in the "Rovuo , " that Ireland'
soil is poor and inferior to that of Eng
land , I will quote some authorities bet
tor known to the Engliah-spoakini
world. Do Lavergno , in his "Essay o
Rural Economy , " says the soil of Ire
land is superior to that of England. Me
Cullooh , a Scotchman , is his "Statistic :
of the Bcitieli "Empire , " writes of Ire
land as follows : "The luxuriance of th
pastures , and the heavy crops of oat
that are everywhere raised , oven wit
the most wretched cultivation , attest it
extraordinary fertility. " McComblc
late M. P. for Abordoonshiro , anothe
Scotchman , says : "In the elements i
natural fertility , only the richer pnri
of Knglandand very oxcoptlonaljparts <
Scotland , approach to it. " The level
ness and fertility of Ireland have clainic
admiration in all ages.
In the state papers of Henry VIII. w
road of Ireland :
"That it the lando wore put once i
order as aforesaid , it would bo not
other but a very paradise , delicious i
all plcasaunco , to respect and regard '
any other lando in this worldo ; ina
much as there never was straungor i
alien poison , greato or smallthat wou
avoid thorofro by his will.noiwithstan
ing the said misordor , if ho might tl
means to dwell therein his hones
saved ; much more would bo hie desi
is the lando wore once In order. "
Of course , the "mUordor" moana U
tubborn disinclination of the Irish
bo. tolbod of their acres by English a
venturers. Ignatius Donnelly's frien
Lord Uacon , expresses his opinion
Ireland thus : "For this island , it is e
dotted with t-o many dowries of natui
con idcriiij ( the fruilfulncss of the to
the ports , the rivers , the fishings , t !
the quarries , the woods and i/lhor in
tcrlaU , and especially the race ai
Reiteration of men , valiant , hard ai
active , as it is not easyno not upon the
continent , to find such confluence of
commodities , if the hand of men did
join with the hand of nature. "
In a similar strain writes Lord Duf-
forin , formerly governor general of
Canada , and more recently of India , in
a letter to the Times in 1807 :
Some human agency or other must
be accountable for the perennial desola
tion of a lovely and fertile island ,
watered by the fairent streams , caressed
by a clement atmosphere , hold in the
embrace of a sea whet > o aflluonco fills
the richest harbors in the world and
inhabited by a race valiant , tonilor ,
generous , gifted beyond measure with
the power of physical endurance , and
graced with the liveliest intelligence. "
What is the human agency that
curses this lovely island and its gifted
pooploi1 Is it an inhcriont huyness in
the peoploV John Bright says the Irish
are not lazy. These aro'his words :
"lie might have wild also that there
is no people , whatever they may bo at
homo , moro industrious than the Irish
in every country but their own. " The
London Daily Telegraph , a most un
friendly organ , writing ol the people in
the congested districts of Ireland some
ten years ago , desciibcd their leading
characteristic as "u fierce thrift. " John
Morley said in 1880 : "I for ono have
long had a high appreciation of the
great qualities of the Irish people.
They are called idle , robtless , discon
tented. Idle ? The Irish people htivo
done the greatest part of the hard work
of the world. Idle ? when the Irish
peasants and generations of Irish peas
ants have reclaimed the land , the harsh ,
thankless land of the bog nnd the moun
tain side ; have reclaimed the land
knowing that the fruit of their labor
would bo confiscated in the shape of
rents. "
Laziness , then , is not the source of
Ireland's misfortunes. What is , then ?
Two Englishmen will answer the ques
tion the Rov. Sydney Smith and the
Marquis of Salisbury , the loader of the
present tory-unionist government.
The Rov. Sidney Smith says : -'With
such a'olimato , such a soil , and such a
people the infonorit } ' of Ireland to the
rest of Europe is directly chat-gable to
the long wickedness of the English
government. " Hero is an extract
from a speech made by Lord Salisbury
in 1805 :
"What is the reason that a people
with so bountiful a soil , with such enor
mous resources , lag so far behind the
English in the race ? Some say it is to
bo found in the character of the Celtic
race , but I look to Franco and I see a
Celtic race there going forward in the
path of prosperity with rapid strides.
S mo say it is the Roman Catholic re
ligion , but Hook to Belgium and there
1 see a ueoplo becond to none in Europe
except the Englibh , for industry , singu
larly prosperous coiibidcring the small
apace of country that they occupy , hav
ing improved to the utmost the natural
resources of that country , but distin
guished among all the peoples of Eu
rope for the earnestness and intensity
of their Roman Catholic belief. There
fore I cannot say that the cause of the
Irish distress is in the Roman Catholic
religion. An honorable friend near
mo says that it arises from the Irish
people listening to demagogues. I have
as much dislike for demagogues as ho
hos , bat when I look to the northern
states of America I see there people
who have boon listening to demagogues
but who undoubtedly have ) not boon
wanting in material prosperity. It can
not bo demagogues , Romanism or the
Celtic race. What then is iff I am
afraid that the ono thing that has been
peculiar to Ireland lias been the go\ em
inent of England. "
The name and authority of the Mar
quis of Salisbury in connection witli
such a statement make further commenl
from mo suporlluous. The secret o !
Ireland's misery is not over population
but alien legislation , and the remedy is
the same that cured a similar disease it :
Belgium independence nnd not cmi
gratiou. Yours faithfully ,
JOHN P. SUTTON ,
Secretary I. N. L. A.
MUSIOAli ANO mtAM/lTIO.
It is stated that Lotta has never appcarci
in the city of Milwaukee.
To Aronsons me extended the "Nadjy1
tour west to the Missouri river.
Maurice Barry moro has written a corned ;
which ho thinks of calling "Transfusion. "
Mrs. Langtry will give a special perform
unco by request at Long Branch In August.
Mr. Nnhnn Frnnko Is a member of Mi
Anton Soidl's orchestra at Brighton Boart
I.aura Moore , Colonel McCnull's "Pockc
Pnttl , " will snil from Huvio forNowYor
City August 4.
Courtico Pounds hns been engaged to en
nto the tenor role in Gilbert and Sullivan1
forthcoming new opcia.
Unndnian and Mansfield will Jokyll-um
Hyde it together In London. And will nc
the Londoners bo tired !
Kate Claxton hns purchased from Franci
Rclnau an adaption from the Gci man ei
s- titled "A Widow's Hoiioiuioon. "
A dramatization of "Little Lord Fauntl
i roy" will bo produced in New York nt tl :
Hrondwny theater next November.
10 Mine. Mcdje.ska will take a rest this yea
but will also devote some attention to tl :
i-o study of now plays with u view to the futiu
Charles Wyndhain and his London Crltc
10 Ion company will reach this country aboi
tea December and their tour will last unt
a- April.
ad. . Mr. Dion Boucicault Is rehearsing some i
d.ot the members of the pupils' company oftl
Now York Mudlsou Square theater lu "Lc
n- Astray. "
e "MUs Mather will phiv under Mr. Hill
II , management orpluy under none , " was tl
10 tone statement of Mr. lllll'i lieutenant to
a- western manager.
aul
ul Helen Mundulurr , a goigrouMy
id Itulluu surra singer who cUhn * tn uuve bet
born in Venice , arrived in the steerage of the
French steamer on Monday.
"Madclainc , " n comic opera , with words
by Carl Hauscr and music by Ludwig Englander -
lander , both of Now York , has been pio-
duccd at Hamburg , Germany.
Miss Maddcrn will open her season nt
Holyokc , Mnss. , August S'J , in her new piny ,
"Jemima. " which is n domestic comedy , nnd
will bo the feature of her repertoire.
London theaters will bo occupied next sea
son by Uichard Mansllold , Minnie Palmer ,
John A. Slovens , Laey'fl "Still Alarm , "
Grace Hawthorne and Daniel Handmann.
The prize of 10.00U francs offered by the
city of Paris for the best musical composi
tion was kept back for the reason that not
ono of the compositions was considered
worthy of it.
"Judge Not , " n domestic drama which has
met with considerable success in England ,
will probably bo presented by Miss Eftle
Ellslcr before the close of her engagement nt
the Mndison Square theater , New York.
Benson Sherwood is busy building the now
scenery for Uoso Coghlun's new play of
"Jocelyn. " It will be painted by Cluules
Wittiam. Hawthorne is now at work on the
new costumes and the play will be produced
under the personal supervision of Mr.
Charles Coghlan.
William Dean Howells shows his de
ficiencies as a writer of comic opera by some
thing ho calls a "lyricated farce , " which ap
pears In the last Harper's Weekly under the
title of "A Sea Change. " It reads like a
poor imitation of Gilbert , and the drollery is
infinitely fatiguing.
The number of performances of Shakcs-
perian plays on the German stage last year
was 717. Twenty-five pieces were produced :
"Othello , " 00 time- * ; "Hamlet"S3 times ;
"Tho Merchant of Venice , " 67 times ; "Tho
Tnming of the Shrew , " 07 times ; "Homeo
and Juliet , " 01) ) times.
The Journnl du Havre has found the note
do nnissanco of Sarah Liernhardt. She was
born in 1843 at Havre. Her mother was the
daughter of n Herlin oculist , and her father
was n government ofllclal , who afterwards
committed suicide. Sarah's original name
was Uosnlto. This disposes of the story thnt
she was Dutch.
Mme. Cottrelly will go to San Francisco in
October to till an engagement of "fourteen
Sunday nights at Baldwin's theater in Ger
man comedy. Mine. Cottrelly first gained her
reputation ns nn nctrcss in this line of work ,
nnd she is n grout fnvorite nmong the theater
goers of the Pacific coast , who have already
made up n largo subscription for the season
in anticipation of her coming.
In ' "The Fairies "
Wagnor's now oporn , ,
there are several tableaux in the llrst net ,
which take place in the garden of the fair
ies. There is n ballet like it in "Tnnnhau-
ser. " The second net takes place in the pal
ace of the Arindal , and in act third there is
a terribly deserted place with precipices and
perpendicular cliffs , nnd then the flnnl scene
in the Pnlnco of Arindnl. The story is
nkln to "Lohengrin. " King Arindal loves
the fairy Idn. She promises to bo his upon
the condition thnt never shall ho ask who
she is nor whence she comes. Ho promises ,
but nn old witch , Jnmn , mukos him forget
his word. Tlicro is n drcadfufnoiso In the
orchestra nnd Idn disappears. The king of
the fairies condemns her to wander alone on
the earth until some human being comes to
deliver her.
IlELIGIOUS.
The Roformcd Presbyterian chureh synod ,
nt its recent session , directed the local ses
sions to prosecute , according to church disci
pline , members who advertise in Sunday
newspapers.
Mrs. Cleveland has consented to net ns
treasurer of the funds fur the American
chureh in Herlin , and will solicit contribu
tions nnd personally acknowledge by letter
nil donations sent her ,
The Methodist Episcopal church , during
the past twenty-three yours , has given moro
than $ yOOD,000 to church extension and aided
over six thousand churches , not six millions ,
as was stated lust week.
The national conference of charities and
correction , in session nt Buffalo last week ,
elected Bishop Glllespie , of Grand RnphU ,
Mien. , ns president for the coining year. San
Diego , Cm. , is the meeting place In ISS'J.
Prcsbyterinnlsm in Now England has
steadily Increased during the last five years.
Slnco 1SS3 the number of churches has in
creased from eighteen to thirty-one and the
membership from 2,875 to 4,5b3. A church
has recently been established in Newport ,
U. I.
I.Tho
The Canadian clergy are urged by the
Quoboo Chronicle to preach short sermons
during the heated term. Ton or twch'C
minutes is the limit It would ullo'v , nnd II
believes thnt In summer a ministers popu
larity varies inversely ns the length of his
sermon.
The will of Mrs. Lconnrd Church , of Hart
ford , Ct. , wns offered for probate ycsterdny ,
The estate is estimated nt Sl.COJ.OOO. Fifty
thousand dollars is given Mrs. Smith , the
city missionnry , to bo used nt her discretion
for the city mission society , nnd smullci
amounts nro given to various other loca
chnrltics.
Honorary degrees were conferred at Cam
bridge university upon the bishops of Nev
York , Minnesota and Fredericton. The sen
nto was crowded with spectators , who loudlj
cheered the recipients of the honors. A pro
, cession was formed after the decrees hai
. been conferred nnd mnrchcd to Kings College
lego chnpel.
In the year 1850 the Mormons had fem
missionaries In Scandinavian countries , win
In that year made 135 converts , of whom sov
cnteon emigrated to Utah. Daring the thirty
two years following the total number of con
virts wns 13-J.770. of whom 21,000 oinlgratei
to Utah. In 1SS1 there were sixty-one mis
sionnrica In the field. The nverago yenrl ;
number of converts for thirtytwoears wa
4,141) ) . The number of Scandinavian Moi
mons now in Utah , according to best authoi
itics , is between thirty and forty vhousmul
Most of them have come from Dcnmnrli
Sweden and Norway have sent nbout equn
numbers.
In the United States circuit court nt Ne\
York City Judge Wallace , on the nppllcatio
of United Mates Attorney Wahlcr , slime
the decree overruling the demurrer of th
rector , churrh wnrden , etc. , of the Church o
the Holy Trinity , In the action brongh
against them by the United States. The su :
was brought by the United States under th
alien contract law to exact the proscribe
penalty for bringing the Uev. E. Wnlpol
warren to this country from England t
preich under contract. A Judgment of Jl.O'X '
the full penalty1 and costs will boentere
Immediately on behalf of the United State
against Jho church. The case will bo n ]
n pealed to the United States supreme court.
VULTURES OF TENTH STREET
The Snares They JLay for Verdant
Rusticity.
LICENSED TO CHEAT AND ROB.
I .a
The Methods of TJieic Hints ot Prey
Who Fatten Off the Hustle
on a Permit of the
Citjr.
Snltlo Auction Houses.
Situated on South Tenth street nt Inter-
vnls of perhaps a block , and n half , nro three
rooms , the doors of which nro closed only nt
night , nnd where from Vhe top of the portal
the red Hag of the auctioneer over floats.
From the Interior of fyjese places can bo
beard from morning until night the "Dollar ,
dollar , dollar ; make it a half 1" of the In
dividual with n pair of healthy lungs , held
in place by n paste diamond us ho endeavors
to sell a "solid gold watch left there to bo
sold by a lady In hard circumstances , who
desires to ralso enough money to take her to
Denver where she has friends , " Outside
the counter nro generally two well dressed
men , who invariably rniso any bid which
maybe made until the right figure is reached ,
when down goes the hammer and behold , the
purchaser Is sent to the cashier's desk ,
where ho parts with his shekels nnd lenves
for homo to ruminate over the inhumanity of
man toward man.
The first of the auction houses is located on
South Tenth near the Union Pacific tracks
nnd directly opposite Pnxton & Gallagher's.
The ruling spirit Is n ypung man of about 155
nvordupois , named Connor. Ho has for
assistants ono young mnn who sometimes
dresses in nsult of light1 clothes and another
who wears u snuff-colored outfit. Each
chautjufi his dress'oncain a while-in order
that ho mav not bo remembered too often.
iTostcrday afternoon Conner was singing his
.ollar-dollnr in his baritone
- song four-by-six ,
vhon n BKE reporter happened along. ThU
imo it wns n "solid coin silver watch , the
iroporty of on engineer , " that was being
old. The watch was guaranteed to bo all
vool nnd a ynrd wide , would not rip , tear or
run down ut the heel , etc. It was wound up
n the presence of the nudience , consisting of
ho two cappers , two men who were supposed
o bo suckers , and the reporter. "Capper"
Vo. 1 started it with his finger , the thing
inving nearly run down. Then No. 2 raised
ilm n half. One of the outsiders bid $ 1 nnd
.ho "capper" raised him ono. All this time
ho auctioneer was dwelling on the merits of
, ho ticker nnd explaining how the poor en
gineer , who was 911 ! of work , had been com-
) olled to part with his' favorite timepiece.
Then "capper" No. 2 bid $8 , but the bid was
not raised , and a double-action revolver was
idded to the lot ami the price jumped
to $12. Then a pair of "solid gold
diamond studded bnttons" raised it
o $17 , no outsider bid nnd the
; ot was sold to the "capper. " Ho had but
; 10 nnd offered to pay that nnd the rcmnin-
lor August 15 , whereat Mr. Conner informed
ilm in tones very forcible mid manner very
dignitlcd that "the house sold goods for
: ush and if ho had nob' ' enough , why , not to
jid. " As the roper-im of suckers had no
more money , the bid of $10 was taken as n
starter and the ball again jut in motion
while another twist of the balance wheel
again started the watch. But the two men
mentioned ns supposed suckers had seen
through the llims.y trick and left and the re
porter did not want to buy , so the gang bo-
Look themselves to the sidewalk to look for
fresh victims.
The above case happily ended well for
everyone concerned except the auction house.
But such is not the case always. In a great
many cuses u victim is caught and then the
services of a policemen are brought Into
requisition. Sometimes the victim's money
Is refunded but such is the excep
tion , not the rulo. All the houses men tiono
are guilty of the same practice nn
ono is no better than the other. They nro
clothed with the legal authority to. con duct
an auction house by a license issued by the
license board. Of course In this day of news
papers It Is asserted that n man who is swin
dled deserves no pity , but there are thou
sands of Ignorant people who can ho thus
taken in. Some time ago a petition wns cir
culated and signed quite extensively , asking
the license board to refuse those houses li
cense. It was doubtless pigeon-holed. No
notion has been taken in the matter. The
police who patrol the beat on which these
places are situated sav that they receive
complaints almost daily , but what-can they
do } They nro under no orders tonrrestanv
ono. So they content themselves with send
ing the complaints to the licenso'bonrd.
In order that the fratld may bo shown up
in its proper light the figures subjoined will
convey n fair idea ot the value of the prop
erty sold over these counters. All goods nro
puichased nt wholcsalound as the "cappers"
mentioned always ir.nko the first bid , a sale
is never made except nt n big profit.
The watcues nro Bristol movement and
cost as follows : Shell case very nice cloak
ing , usually the "property of a man from
Philadelphia who pawned it for $05 , " nnd
which soils from $8 to $12 , and sometime ?
higher , 82.50 nnd f2.75 each per doren.
Ladles' watch , "belonging to woman whose
husband died last water nnd who to buy
bi oad was forced to put up the ticker for
WO , " $ J,40 each per dozen. Plain gold cased
watch , "property of a farmer who sold It for
$ S5 to clear up n mortgage , $2.40 each per
dozen. Bell metal casu watch ( silver ol
course ) owned by u railroad engineer for
merly on the B. & M. , now on strike , etc. , "
$ .5.25 and $2.50 each par dozen. Fancy gold
rings "loft to soil by party in need of money
to cct to Ogdcn in this evening's train , " C
cents each or 75 cants per dozen. Acordoons ,
genuine , imported from Germany or sonic
other foreign country , sull for $5 and $0 ovci
counter nt auction , regular price on thlrtv
day's credit , C5 cent \upKce per dozen. The
rule which applies to the above goods ulsc
applies to nil other goods palmed olt upon
the unsuspecting purchaser.
The figures on the goods mentioned were
given the reporter itstcrday by n Joweloi
who keens them la stuck and oilers to hcl
them ut the figures quoted and he guarantees
them to be absolutely correct. He assert1
thafho has tried in vula to break up the nc
furious business , butt ! iaj failed by reason o
the proper authorities Uldng the mutter in
hand ns rcqucstcd."Onl.v-.ln one Instniuc , thli
man claims , has unytUinj ; been done , am
then the board refused .one license , but t
capper nnpicd Golden immediately obtained
one , nnd his business still continues. Ot
Into Iho number of complaints arising have
become very numerous and scarcely n day
passes without some ono being lleo ccd.
SINGUtiAIlITlKS.
At Halifax , recently , a perfectly formed
egg , shell and all , nbout the size of a robin's
egg , wns found in the yolk of a hen's egg.
OAn Australian family of freaks hns Just
boon brought to England , consisting of four
children , the youngest of whom is eight
years old , flvo feet cloven in height and
weighs ISO pounds.
A child lately born near Mnysvlllo , Ky. ,
according to n dispatcli from Mint place , has
no arms , but n protuberance extending n few
inches from each shoulder nnd terminating in
the fingers. "Its legs nro very short nnd
stubby nnd turn backwnrd. "
Lightning played n queer cnpor on n rnnch
ncnr Buffalo , Wyo. Tor. , recently. It struck
n barb wire fence , nnd for n aistnnco of 403
ynrds molted the barbs without injuring the
strnnds , nnd pulled ono end of the stnplcs
holding the wires to the posts.
John neil , residing In Rcdmon , III. , Is the
owner of n horse thnt Is twenty hands high ,
weighs 2,500 pounds , nnd is said to bo the
largest , horse in the world. It is live yenrs
old , never was off Kail's fnnn , never hns
been broken , nnd hns never been shod. The
blacksmith ut Kcdmon is ufraid to shoo the
horso.
"You had better tnke thnt pipe out of your
mouth , it will draw lightning , " said n colored
mnn near Acreo , Ga. , ns Nellie Brown , n
colored cook , wns smoking n pipe in her door.
Instnntlv there was n blinding flash und
Nellie fell dead. The lightning struck her
upon the top of the head. The colored people
believe the pipe drew the lightning.
Jim Blevins , living near White Rock , Tex. ,
killed n vi'ry largo chicken snnko a few days
airo , and noticing the snake's body was un
usually large and Ill-shaped , mndo an Incision
and found it to contain a large cow horn nnd
n the horn n prairie rut. It is supposed that
, hu snake chased the rat into the horn , and
: o secure the rat swallowed the horn.
A Jersey cow down In Georgia wns so inconsolable -
consolable for her coif , which died at six
weeks old , thnt she would neither cnt nor
allow herself to bo milked , nnd became no
end of n nuisnnco. In this extremity her
owner was ndviscd to put the cnlf's hide
where she could see nnd smell it , and now
the mother is scrcno nnd stands nn/zlinp
nnd licking the hldo whllo the milkmaid
doftlv draws from her several gallons of rich
milk.
A young woman on her way homo from
hurch in Mentone , Ind. , the other night was
caught m a thunder shower and struck by
lightning. It is reported thnt though ter
ribly frightened she managed to reach
homo. On cxnmlnntion she found thnt the
fluid hnd bent two of the hairpins on her
head and actunlly melted ono , but the skin
was not abraded , und she wns not injured a
article.
Some strange things wore brought up from
the earth whllo drilling wells near Albany ,
Ga. White pine logs were brought up from
n depth of 700 feet. Mr. Merritt , at n doptli
of twenty-seven foot , dug through n mass of
seven feet ot petrified bones. They wore
thigh bones , ribs , finger bones , teeth , nnd
with these remains of some forgotten race ,
immense bones of animals now extinct. A
Mr. Bowles , in digging out for a mill founda
tion , caiiio upon tno shore of an ancient
ocean. This sand showed the ripples from
the waves nnd was covered with marine rc-
nnins , shells , shnrks1 teeth nnd bones of
deep hen monsters.
The schooner Paul Boynton at Portland ,
Mo. , from Georges Banks , brought n fish
which ns yet lacks identification. It was
caught in deep water on n hnlibut trawl nnd
weighs 175 pounds nnd is about ns largo as
the top of a hogshead , being almost ns brond
ns it is long. When caught it was n bright
red color , nnd marked with beautiful silver
spots thnt varied in size from about the di
mensions of a five cent piece to a silver dol-
Inr. After being out of water some time it
turned , except the fins , to n purple color , the
silver murks rctnnlning unchanged. A fin is
situntod Just back of the gills and well up on
each aide of the body , and another is located
underneath. The tall is short and broad.
liDUCATiONAlj.
Thlrty-flvo women nro students In the Lon
don School of Medicine for Women.
Mrs. Gnrfiold , widow of the president , has
given $10.000 to Garfleld university at
Wichita.
San Francisco pays heed to the eternal fit
ness of things by hiring Mr. Wallop to teach
in her grammar school.
After n warm contest. Miss Ella Lobon hns
been elected superintendent of eitv schools in
Partland , Ore. , nn will receive ? 3OTO.
Toshitnke Okubo , n young Japanese stu
dent ut Yale college , is the son of a premier
of Jnpan , who practically ruled the empire ,
but was assassinated in 1878. Young Okjbo
will bo graduated next year , and on his re
turn to Japan will receive a government po
sition.
Miss Colqnttt , daughter of the Georgia
senator , and Miss Brocklnridgo , daughter of
Representative Brecklnrldgo of Kentucky ,
have applied for positions as teachers in the
Washington public schools. Their intention
is to prepare themselves for missionary edu
cational work in their respective states.
The national educational council ut San
Francisco , Cal. , has elected olUccrs for the
folio wing year as follows : President , G. L.
Picknrd of Iowa ; vice president , W. T.
Harris of Massachusetts ; secretary nnd
treasurer , Marie Nicholson of Indiana ; mem
bers of the ovecutlve committee , S. II , Peabody -
body of Illinois , James Haldwin of Tex us nnd
James II. liakor of Colorado. A tribute to
the memory of Dr. Andrews of Marietta , O. ,
late member of the council , was riad by
Prof. Sheldon.
A Boston school teacher who hns mndo
notes of some of the qilccr snylngs of her
pupils , gives as samples the following :
Asked to describe the character of Alexan
der the Great , one said : "Ho wns proud , of
medium height , with small eyes und bend
inclined a little to one side. I think , Miss
Blank , it was the loft side , " In giving an
account of a battle , another said : "The sol
diers fought with such bravery that after
they were killed they crawled along on the
giound und slashed at the legs of the
enemy. " Hero are three inoio : "Henry VJH
of England , married his brother's deceased
wife. " "In the Hist century I'ompoli and
Horculancuin were covered with an erup
tion. " "Then there was a resurrection ol
Pompey's sons In Spain. "
Dr. W. 1C , Brooks , of John Hopkins uiu
vcrsity. IIUH been appointed a naturalist o I
the United States llsd commission for the
summer. Major McDonald , the fist , commit
sioimr , has placed at his disposal one of UK
fl *
vessels belongins to the commission , nnd a
p.utof the summer will be spent in cruising
or natural history specimens in the gulf
stream , nnd the remainder in carrying on re
searches in the station nt Woods Boll , Capo
Cod , Mnss. Dr. F. II Hcrrick , a special stu
dent for several yenrs nt Johns Hopkins uni
versity in zoology , has been iqipointcd pro
fessor of biology in Adelbeit college , Cleve
land , Ohio. Dr. Julius Nelson , n special stu
dent nt Johns Hopkins university , has been
appointed professor ofoology In Rutgers
college , New Brunswick , N. J.
110X13V VoilrHI5 hAlllKS.
Green will bo the ruling color , vnricd nnd
mixed in many wnjs.
Deep orgungo tints , as well as nil the di
luted shades of gold and cowslip yellow , nro
in high favor.
Flowers nrc much to the fore this season ,
nnd have quite taken the place of fcnthers for
millinery purposes.
Black nnd gray nro still worn for walking
costumes , but nre seldom plain , being gener
ally combined with color.
Tailor-made gowns nro elnborntcd to suit
dress occnsions by smart additions of milt-
tnry-liko silver and gold braiding.
Low hats of fine black fancy straw , turned
up at the back and side , nnd tied on the top
with green ribbons nnd white lilac , nro
popular.
Flannel is still the favorite stuff for tennis
nnd ynchling costumes , but serge and Jersey
cloth nro profered by the best dresser * , if ex
pense is mi object.
From Pnris comes the mournful news thnt
the bustle hns n new lease of life , and is
likely to die hard if it dies at nil before the
oncoming of the empire gown.
Very wide ribbons now appear in the loop-
ings of lace net and illusion gowns , nnd rich
graceful knots with fringed ends uio fnr nnd
away better style than nny sort of bow.
Japanese cottons , showing all boitsof Im
possible blue figures upon their white
grounds , nre mndo up into serviceable and
quaint-looking parasols for country use.
The bnstlo has diminished , the towering
height of hats and bonnets have come down
to n very becoming medium , the dlsHguring
high pointed shoulder effects have vanished.
Airy-looking bonnets nro mitde of net in
i 1 colors over wire to match , shirred or
r.ithcrcd , in poke shape , und almost smotli-
red In field ( lowers most harmonious to their
me.
India pongee is moro worn than for years
s used for hats , cloaks , costumes , blouses
and is often combined with dark green , or
imokcd with that color if the gown is of ono
jue.
Embroidered Swiss muslin gowns have the
scollops running lengthwise on sleeves and
waist , uud three panels on the skiit , in front
nnd at the sides , between which appear wide
jlcats often edged with folded ribbon.
Miss Alice Harrison is n member of the
Irm of Storrs , Harrison & Co. , Patnesvillo ,
D , , under the name nursery , florists nnd
seedsmen. Miss Harrison Is n practical .flor-
stnnd un uctlvo member of the firm.
The pretty summer silks known ns bengn-
Inos. in line reps , nro of nlmost us light
weight ns the French foulnrds. These are
mndo up in plnin colors , in stripes , and
checks , nnd in lovely pompadour designs.
Ono very good black silk , mndo in good but
unremarkable style , can bo mndo by adding
different vests , collars , cults , und so on , to
ippoar nt least half a dozen gowns ; BO suc
cessfully , too , ns to deceive the very elect.
Lady Georglnn Lepgo mndo up n woman's
eleven for a game of cricket with the girls of
.he Birmlnham High school , unit the mutch
wns played on the Earl of Durtsmouth's
grounds before n largo nnd select company.
Ono player made thlrty-iiino runs.
The fnmous "Nellie Bly , " of the Now York
World , is a pretty auburn-haired girl with
pretty brown eyes und sweet face. Her
name Is Miss Cochrano and It goes without
saying that it will bo famous if the young
ady continues her daring exploits in Journal-
Ism.
Ism.An
An Allentown ( Pa. ) firm of tailors em
ploys a pretty young lady as collector. If a
debtor murmurs something about being short
of money and hints at "culling again" she
smiles sweetly at him nnd takes n scut from
which she seldom rises without the money in
her hand.
Miss A. L. Wilson , general manager of the
San Francisco Breeder nnd Sportsman , is
ono of the best Informed persons in this coun
try on the pedigrees nnd history of trotting
horses. She Is ulso un ublo writer on turf
mattera generally. The sox seem to bo innk-
ing "good time' in all directions.
Very many ladles still prefer the deep tan-
colored gloves to the newer tints of p vie
yellow cowslip nnd primrose the shades are
willed. These nre not buff , neither nro they
the beautiful chamois tints , but they are of a
dye that with a deepsning of shade , would
soon reach the popular orange color.
The favor which India silks and foulards
enjoy is duo to the fact that a gown made of
them Is always bright and neat In appear-
nnco. They me much cooler than nny of the
corded silks , nnd so far pleasanter for hot-
wnathcr wear. These fabrics lend them
selves to any sort of draping nnd trimming.
At this moment then o nro two lending t.vpo
of dress skirt ; the ono rather plain on the
front and sides , with most of the fullness
massed compactly nt the back. The other
model shnws a plain underskirt with very
long drapery arranged in classic grace , am !
In a manner Impossible to describe. These
totally different fashions nro equally populni
and depend entirely on the figure of the
wearer , the material employed and the Btvlo
desired. The sumo may hosnld of the differ
ent modes in boilices ; they nro selected with
regard to tlto llgurc the sharply pointed
corsage for wouion at all inclining towards
stoutness mid the draped nnd pleated bodice
for the slender ,
The "sash costume" is n style quite the
rage abroad. This , for a tall , slim llgnro , is
charming. The dress itself is of some goss :
mer material , u prinnoio crepe , for instance
or a baa material stilpcd with moire. Oi
this delicate gown a broad snsh of bilk or
gau/e Is taken from the nhouldcn * In fron
und drawn together nt the \\aist , forming * !
long V. It falls from the belt on each side o
the skirt. It is then doubled back up ovci
the hips to the wulst behind , whcio It la
caught up with much grace and fastened by a
cluster of Mowers , and from thence It descends
scends , and so hici cases In width us to become
the train of the long clinging dress.
PmcKi.Y ASH Brn'Kits is an nnfnU-
inar cure for nil discuses Qriginutini ? it
blijnry dornn oincnts caused by the ma
luriaof miasmatic countries. Nootlie
medicine now on snlc will so effectually
remove the disturbing elements , and n
tlio Minio time tone up the whole system
It insure and t > ufe In Us notion.
WHAT IT COSTS TO BUILD ,
A Comparison of Pdcos of Thla and
Last Yonr.
MATERIAL SOMEWHAT CHEAPER.
L Drop in Prices on Hrlok , Iiimlirr and
General Mutter lined in lUiild-
liiK A lUno In Doors
niul Sasli.
After n ninn nttnins his mnjorlty , nnd bo
hinks htmsolf of getting innrricil , his first
bought Is , generally , "How am I to pro
vide n cage for my bird I "A great numbei
isunlly solve the problem by renting a dom
ctlc , whllo 801UO build ono of their
wn. To these who contoinplato the latter
ction it will doubtless bo gratifying to note
hat this your n houses can bo erected much
hcaperthan last , nnd whyl NotbocnuM
nbor Is very much cheaper , although It i3 ,
nit because material is lower in price than n
year ago. In Omaha houses are cither brick
or frame , and lu the majority of cases tin
collar wall * are brick , very few arc stono.
When stone is used , rtibulo is the exception
nnd not the rule , and the nrico nskoa this
'ear is the same as last , while rates in cut
itono are the s.imo us for the past two years.
Jrick this year nro laid in the
vail at ? ' .t and $10 per thou
sand , whllo last year the nrico paid was
from 10 to ? 12. This of course applies to
ordinary brick. Pressed brick which nro
seldom used except in the more expensive
residences nro more costly. The reason as
signed for this reduction in price Is that
hero are more brickyards in operation than
there was ono year ago nnd the demand is not
quito so great. Ordinary brick can now bo
purchased at $0.50 , $7 and $3 per 1,000. In
regard to lime , lath and sand all three ar-
.icles are now much cheaper than before.
Last year hmo was sold at DO cents per bar-
el while at present it can bo purchased at
! 5 cents. The price of sand depends upon
the quantity purchased , but for ordinary
mrposcs or for ordinary dwellings sand cau
bo bought nt $1.25 per load. This figure
does not materially differ from the price
> iiid last year. '
Lumber is n commodity the price of which
s regulated to a great extent oy the providi
ng rates on railroads , but the following
comparison shows that at present the price
asked is much lower than that paid in 1887 !
Joist from 2x4 to 2x10 varying from 14 to
20 feet m length sold in 1887 at from Sl7.no to
S23por in. 2x13 of the saino length sold at
$18.25 to $21 per in ; timbers 4x4 and 8x8 ot
the same lengths as quoted nbovo varied In
irlcof rom $ 18.50 to $ ) .
The prevailing rates uro as follows : For
forencoof * 2.fiO4x4 ; and 8xS , $17.50 nnd 431 ,
n difference of M.50 average.
AVhile No. 1 boards sold last , year nt $18.50
per in , the price now is 18. All others in
proportion , a difference of $1 all around.
Siding sells this year nt * 11.75 to $30.50 ,
while last year the price was & 12.50 to $31.50.
Coiling , which was then quoted at ? 14 to $31 ,
according to quality , can now bo bought for
Sill r,0 and $33. Flooring whlch.uow soils nt
$18.50 nnd Ml , then brought 81(1.50 ( nnd f.15.
Finishing last year sold at ? 37 nnd $51 , this
voar * 30 and $50. The difference on lath
and shingles Is about 5 per cent in ( uvor of
the present year's pi Ices.
The only articles which have advanced to
any extent nro sash , doors nnd blind * . Last
vear ordinary grades of sash sold ut $1 nnd
$1.50 ; blinds were quoted nt the same fi'gflra :
doors sold nt $ 1.50 and § 2.25. The pried this
yeir is 10 per cent in tulvnnco. Minor
material is somewhat lower than at the time
referred to. Paints , oils and glnss are nil a
fraction lower in prico.
Contractors nro building this year much
cheaper Urn n last , owing to the competition
being more lively nnd material cheaper.
Vrnmo houses can bo erected nt least 10 per
coct cheaper this year , according to the
statement of a lending contractor.
I
YOUR \
All 1. .S-i and l,60
Straw '
All M find ? f
Btlrt linn , non
.Notice in Cuntruittera. ,
Sealed bids will bo ruculvecl by the bonul of
sclionl dlstitct. No. ono. of Nqrtim totinty. Kun-
sas. for thu eioulon and completion of 11 two
story elulit loom buck school building , atvord *
IIIQ topmns unil HpuclDcutlons now on oxlillil.
tlon ntthe clcrlc'i ouico.ln Norton , Norton conn ,
ty , Kansas. Abe for placing a itumlurd leuui
hoatlns wpparutus. Each Tjlrtilor will ba rol
iinliciltopntup a certlHed ch clc for MM. a *
ujwrht mouty , and to Die nn approved bond la
Uoublft the amount of his bid. Ulilnlllbor * - .
celyejlupto a o'clock on Ann. Kill. Jiw.
bgircl reserving ih * rlijlit to or
Wl