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.EIGHTEENTH YEAR OMAHA , . SUNDAY MOKNING , NOVEMBER i 25 , 1888.-SIXTEEN _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PAGES. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NUMBER KM
Two Hundred
Ladies' Fine Leather
Hand 13ags ;
All Leather-Lined.
None worth less than $2 , and
up to $4.5o.
Your choice Monday , $ i each.
Don't miss these Hand Bags.
Only once in a life-time can
you secure such a bargain.
And here is another :
Forty-five fine white
Wolf Rugs ;
On sale Monday , $2.98 each.
They are sold in Omaha at $8.
We have a few left of these.
100 large sixc
Feather Dusters ,
each ; not half price.
Children's Wool Mittens
ioc a pair , worth 2f > c.
Ladies' Cashmere Gloves ,
fleece lined ,
ioc a pair , cheap at 25c.
Ladies' fine Kid Gloves
with self embroidered backs ,
68c a pair , worth $1.25.
WATCH FOR OUR OPENfMG OF HOLIDAY GOODS !
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LIFE OF YUM-YUM AT HOME ,
Pen Pictures of the Giddy Girls of
day Japan.
HOW SHE SLEEPS AND WALKS.
TIic Opera ( if the "Mikado" at Toklo
How Yuin Vuiu Dances and
H Her Education and
HoiiHolioUl Duties.
KIOTA , JUIAN , Nov. 5. [ Special Corrcs
pondcncoof Tnu Ilcii. ] Prom this old capi
tal of Japan , wlioro the sun shines over
palace and cottage , whore many of the no
blest men anil most beautiful nmiilens of trio
mikado's realm live , I simr the Bong of Yum
Cum. The giddy girls of gay Jnpan nro all
about mo. Their houses nro open auit their
nlmoiul oycs twinkle a welcome as I pass
along the streets. There is no Pooh Bah with
"his do/en different offices to clog uiy footsteps -
stops , nml I can give you some pictures of
yum yum at homo. She is as pretty hero as
over appeared on the American stage. I
like her rich cream-colored complexion. I
have fallen In love with her Jot black eyes
which , though they shine through lids not
half as wide apart as those of Mrs. Langtry
or of Mrs. James Potter Drown , nro quito as
full of soul and quite as beautiful. I like the
llowlng drapery of her costume , and have
become accustomed to the absence of the cor
net and to the itccollcttc display of the bust.
I adinlro her modern taste in colors and the
soft grays and hues of her dress seem to hur-
monizo with her surroundings. The paint on
her lower lip I can over approve of , and the
structure of her oily Jet black hair Illls my
soul with wonder ,
Till ! YUM VUM
of Japan , however , is different from the
American be.iuty who tried to represent the
Japanese heroine under that nama in the
play of the "Mikado. " Olio of the troupes
broughtt ho play to this country and It was
sung , 1 think , at Toklo. It w.is the luughiug
utock of the mikado's capital , and there were
a thousand and ono things olu it which have
no part with the social customs of this coun
try. The hullo of Japan , for Instance , never
knows the rnpturo of a lover's llrst kiss.
Kissing Is not done In the empire of the real
mikado , and Tsuch a tiling as the shaking of
hands is uncommon. Tno marrirgo and
courting customs are entirely different from
ours. Yum Yum can furnish no garden gate
for her lovers to hang over , aim she never
knows the pleasure of moonlight drives. She
lias no gate in the llrst place and no lover In
the second. Her family , If she bo of high
birth , arranges the marriage with the family
of the groom andthu oourtlug.tf thorols any ,
Is dona after the wedding.
The Yum Ygm of Japan thus leads a much
less eventful jlfa thnu thn young girl of
America. She think * she lias fun bceauso
she knows no better , and her chief employ
ment , If sliu bo ono of tlio poorer classes , is
the totting of her baby brother and sister
upon her back. It It thui that tier inotiior
took euro of her , and the cradle for till the
llttlo Japanese babies Is the human back.
Almost as soon us the biby Is born It Is tied
to the back of the children next In ago and
lie moment a mother begins to expect the
ndvcnt of a second baby aha trains her little
daughter in preparation for it. At nrst a
Ight doll Is placed on th j baby's back , then
a heavier ono Is [ substituted , and thus the
weight Is Increased until It approaches that
of a baby. 1 saw last wncU a three-year-old
child carrying a dog trapped to Its back In
this way , and as the baby staggered along
with it , It met u child of the same ago who
had a baby tied on its back , and the two sat
down on their llttlo heels and played to
gether in the mud , The babies did not seem
to mind It in the leaslrand the infant Yum
Yums hero cry less than do our llttlo Ameri
can babies.
HOW SUB liUKSSKS.
As an infant , Yum Yum dresses like her
mother , and the girls of Japan spend less
upon clothes than do their American sisters.
Spring bonnets they never get , for nil
womanhood hero goes bareheaded. Skirts
they do not use , and the long stockings and
the high-heeled shoo never clasp their toes
and calves. The Japanese girl wears no
gloves , and she never loses her shoo-
bu turner. Her shapely llttlo foot , clatter
over the streets In wooden sandal1 } two
inches high , and she holds these on by a
white cord which , tied to the wood between
her first two toes , crosses the foot and is
fastened to the sandal at the heel. In place
of stockings she lias foot mittens , and these
have a "linger" for nor great toe , and they
do not come higher than her ankle at the
leg , Aboya tills comes her dress , and if the
weather bo wet , she will think nothing of
pulling it up to her knees and In wabbling
along with her bare calves showing at the
ack.
This dress , however , is a curiosity. It has
no pins nor hooks and eyes to keep it to
gether , nnd as for buttons they arc u foreign
invention. It consists of a long robe made
of silk erupe or cotton , and this open at the
front like a long jacket. When worn ono
side of it folds over tlip other ut the front ,
nml it is held in place by a wide belt or obi.
This belt is the finest part of Yum Yum's
toilet , and it forms
iuu : ( iiiini.K AMI ni'sTi.ii
all in one. It is four yards long and Its mate
rial Is as rich us her circumstances will war
rant. Sometimes it Is made of magnificent
stiff fabrics and loaded with embroidery. It
is tied In a big buttorlly bow at the back.nml
though not a pin is used it keeps its place
nnd holds the dross back perfectly. Yum
Yum , however , does not want her dross
spread out like the tail of the peacock. She
runs rather to the pull buck and the loose
fohU of the unstarched stuffs which wrap
themselves about the formshowing its every
outline. They impede the walking of the la
dles , and the result is that tha Jap
anese girl totters along In a half
pigeon-toed fashion nnd when slio tries to
run she goes off in a gait lika a cow. The
dross in the summer is open at the neck , and
Yum Yum docs not know what a breastpin Is.
My wife made a girl in the country , who had
ilono her : i favor , a present of ono and pinned
it at her neck. The girl was delighted with
thu present , but she ut once removed it from
her neck and fastened it to her girdle in thn
region of the bustle. The Japanese girls
never wear ear-Hues , and their only orna
ments nro on this belt. The belt is the cost-
llrst p.irtof the dress and I have seen some
which I am told cost as high as S1UU and up
ward , The cheaper ones go as low us a few
dollars , and some can bo bought which nre
made of cotton of bright colors , uud which
cost only cents.
WINTr.lt COSTUMKS.
The dress for winter Is inurh the same ,
save that the stuffs uro wadded , and that
more underclothes of the same slupo are
used. The sleeves probably pinch the arms
u llttlo tighter than In the summer , aud still
they have the same bag-like uppearanro.
Yum Yum's alcoves are tier pockets. In
them sho. keeps her luncti and her paper
pocket handkerchiefs , uud in theut , aaa lit-
tie girl , she carries her piny things. They
hong fully a yard duwn from the wrist , and
they form ono of her mot useful institu
tions of Ilirtution. She does i : t use the
fun to da this , hut she has a language of gos-
lures which will tell a love itory In her
waves of the hand. She uses her eyes , too ,
but rover winks. The same meaning is con *
voycd by the rolling of the eye-halls or the
twlchlng of the left corner of the mouth.
She has no language of the handkerchief and
does not shrug hrr shoulders if disgusted ,
She can turn uu her nose , however , with
quite as much scorn as can a New York
belle and she cuu curl her 'j le red upper lip
Gents' Driving" Gloves ,
250 a pair , worth $ i.
Gents' heavy Knit Mittens ,
calf-faced.
They are worth $1.
On sale Monday , soc a pair. .
Gents' all-wool Scotch Gloves
39c a pair , worth 65c.
Gents' fine
Undershirts and Drawers ,
Swits Conde best goods ,
Worth $3 , Monday , 51.50 each.
Ladies' Fancy Stripe
Merino Hose ,
I5ca pair , worth
Children's Fancy Stripe
Merino Hose
ioc a pair ,
all sizes.
Ladies' Fine All-Wool
Cashmere Hose ,
blacks and colors ,
pair ; worth 4oc.
So dozen Ladies' Brocade
Silk Handkerchiefs ,
dark colors ,
I9c each ; worth
to the same purpose. She is above all tilings
friendly and good-natured and she will gig
gle ami laugh at the same provocation ;
THEY HAVE OQOD rOIIMS.
The Japanese women or rather the Jap
anese young women have very good forms.
They are a lull head shorter than the aver
age American woman , but they are plumper ,
and their non-use of stays or corsets soems'
to have produced a better bust development.
They lean slightly to the front as they walk ,
and in old ago they become stopped. I be
lieve that the women go quicker here than
with us. This is especially so in the lower
classes.
A woman married among the lower classes
11 Japan is indeed a woman spoiled as far as
beauty is concerned. According to the old
Japanese custom , when a girl has arrived at
old maidenhood , when she no longer expects
a husband , or when she has , get one , s.bo.
shaves off her eyebrows and blacks her
teeth. This produces an effect wlichit | , is
impossible to understand without seeing1.
My stomach turned sick when the first Jap
anese married woman I saw , a plump , rosy-
cheeked girl of about twenty 'Opened hpjr
mouth. If you will paste a strip of black
court-plaster over your 'teeth nud try to-
laugh , you may approach it. You cannot
get the lull ugliness of the custom ulUil
you have your eyebrows shaved. It
seems to take nil of the life and beauty out of
the fucis and to turn it into a thing of loathr
ing. The teeth look as th'ough covet od witli
black varnish , and 1 am told that the prop/vr- /
atlon for coloring them Is made of a mtxtur'a
of iron and vinegar. Thi.s custom prevails
throughout the interior of Japan. It the
cities it is falling into disfavor'and the court
ladies and those of the better classes at Tokio
have entirely given it up. It is a very old
custom , and its origin is ascribed to different
reasons. Ono reason is that a woman Upon
her marriage shows by this that slip has de
voted herself entirely to her husband , and
has rendered it impossible for her to bo
tempted by making herself unattractive. The
fact that she must also become disgusting to
her husband docs not seem to Jiavo cntcre'd
into the calculation.
NO 1IHI ) HEADS OH WIIITl : HOIISKS.
Yum Yum's hair is Jet-black. A redheaded -
headed Japanese girl is unknown , and so far
1 huvo not scun u whltu horse in the cmplte.
This hair is more carefully cnreil for than
the many colored locks of the American girl ,
anil it takes a professional halr-drcsscr to
put it up in its wonderful shape of waterfall
and coil. Shu lias combs of a dozen kinds
and she uses hair oil profusely. Her oil is
made of the seeds of the camcllu and ilia tea
shrub , and her hair is HO long that it often
reaches * o her heels , When put up it is BO
stiff that it stays in place and she expects
ono good huir-dressmi ; to last for several
days. This she is able to do by being
careful -in the daytime and by the use of
the Japanese pillow ut night. The Jap.meso
pillow is neither moru nor less than u
thin block of wood about two Inches wide ut
the top and about four inches high. On the
top ol u is a wad of paper to make It soft ,
uud yum yum can lit this under her neck
and sleep away without having her head
touching the bed. She sleeps you know , on
the floor and all of our poetry about dainty
limbs touching the snow white sheets would
not hold good hero. Yum Yum docs not use
sheets and her pillow needs neither pillowcase -
case at tilght nor pillow sham In the day
time. Her night dress is u heavy woolen
nnd well padded comforter under her and
another of the sumo sUa und thickness on
top. A paper lantern stands beside her restIng -
Ing place on the Moor , and she may have loft
her box of charcoal and her pipe within cat > y
reach.
* JUT TUB I'lPK.
And does Yuin Yum smoke ?
Yes , Indeed , she docs , und she generally
smokes a pipe. She likes the weed as well
as her husband , and like him uses tha llttlu
metal pipe of tlio country , bho uses it
gracefully , too , und she always liunda you u
charcoal box to light your pipe If you stop at
a tea house or make n call ,
THE 1-AMII.r 1UTII.
The Japanese. Yum Yum is very cleanly
about her person. She takes a red-hot bath
every day , and does not object at company
being present at thu ceremony. The whole
family bathes , In ttio Interior districts , In the
sumo bath tub. taking turns , and yum yum
If stio be not the favored daughter , usually
trets in on thu homo stretch , The master of
the house has the first bath , then the mis-
Fine Opera Flannels ,
yard ; worth
lee pieces All Silk
Moire Ribbons ,
all colors , all widths ,
Monday , i ic a yard.
Fancy stripe'Velvets ,
still go at 33C yard.
Silk Plushes ,
39C yard ; worth 750
100 pieces Dress Goods ,
at special prices Monday.
Zephyrs still go
at 4 c skein.
Best imported
Germantown Yarns ,
13C skein.
jj Wool Arrasenc ,
* large skeins ,
| 1 5c skein ; worth 6oc.
7 Our Special Prices
' " | on Cloaks
--still
I go
" * Another Week.
tress , then the children in the order of their
ages , and then the servants. No soap is
used in the tub , but tno wnter is not chang
ed.Cold baths are not taken except lor
penance or as a matter of a vow.
und the bath tub Is made so that a fire of
charcoal can be built under it , and I can say
to my sorrow that it feels to the stranger hot
ter than boiling lead. Upon my llrst intro
duction to it I was attended by a maiden who
persisted in helping mo undress and who was
, not satisfied until she saw mo Jump into the
steaming water. My blood rushed to my
head as I sunk into the liquid lire and for a
time I gasped for breath. I came out as red
as a boiled lobster , aitd an hour later going
past the sumo bath room I s'uv a whole bevy
of girls enjoying themselves in and around it.
They did not move to shut the door as I went
by and like all Japaucsc girls were not in the
least ashamed. Su6h' things are after all a
mere matter of custom. These Japanese
With all of such actions are the most mod
cst women I ever seen , and bold
faces nre fewer hero than in any
country IJhnve over visited. At some of ,
the hot springs I saw both sexes , young anil
old , bathing together , and this promiscuous
bathing wns until a few years ago , common
even in the public bath houses of the large
cities. Now there arc still public baths ,
but the women bathe on ono side of a fence ,
about thrjeo feet high , while the men have
tneir bathing quarters nil the other side.
Tlio two baths are in the same room and arc ,
of course , under cover ,
TlIltBK l.ITTl.i : MA1IS.
I saw yesterday hero at Kioto , u picture
which brought back forcibly the words of
the opera of the Mikado. It was the three
little girls at school.
"Three little maids from school are we ,
Pert us school girls well can bo.
Filled to the brim with girlish glee ,
Thrco little maids from school. "
It was through the open walls of a well
kept house. The girls wore looking over two
books together nnd their merry laughter
came ringing onto the street as I passed ,
A tea tray sat beside them and they sat
Japan-liko on their heels. They were in
short , Yum Yum , Pcep-bon nnd Pitti-sing nt
home and they had the advantage of tholr
American counterparts in that their actlug
was perfectly natural , They were working
at their lessons , I doubt not , and the better
( lass of Japanese women uro by no means
uneducated , They receive , lam told.n better
training than the women of any other ori
ental nation , nnd they arc better treated
than those of any other Asiatic nation , The
Japanese girl can , UH iv , rule , read and write
Japanese. She learns all about household
matters and she taken the whole charge
of the household. . This Is her sphere
and she Is known , 'us the honorable
mistress of the household. Her hus
band has no right to bi'incddllng with the
cooking stove. She pays the servants and
the market bills. Jutlie-cuso of the poorer
merchants she often nets us one of the clerks
in the sty res nnd takes' ' the place of the hus
band when he Is not prosoiit. In the country
you will find her oftan-frorklnt : in the Holds ,
und at JS'utUo Isaxy prmit numbers of women
who acted as the leaders of pack horses car
rying copper and goods up and down the
mountain , .Vill , -thjjik the women hero
havn an easier tlmelha'u thos'o of the lower
classes of Germany .or Holland , and you see
fewer labnr-hardchitl faces among the other
sex hero than you tl < ) hmuny ( of thu coun
tries of Europe. "tf
COlllTSIIIl'fANl ( ) MAHltUOE.
The wife is , however , after all , but little
belter than the servant of the husband , and
the tics of murriagibaud divorce uro hero BO
loose that he can dis'ponso with her ut pleas
ure. Marriage in Japan is not attcudcd with
the ttolcmuity and rellzlous ceremony of the
American wedding. It Is a civil contract
and thu negotiation * for it goon , as u rule ,
through the parents. ' The-young man und
woman hava no preliminary courtship , and
the seeing one another for one or two times
Is the only chance they have of deciding
where there is any compatibility of temper
ament When Yum Yum lias arrived at the
age of fifteen or sixteen her parents instruct
one of their friends or u professional match
maker to look about for n good husband fat
her. If they huvo decided upon the young
man they mention his name , and It U the
duty of the frlen to speak to tuo parents of
the prospective bridegroom andarrungu the
matter ; TUU ga-bctwcuu is called uNuku-
chip. Ho appears in every Japanese
marriage , and it would be entirely improper
for either the brldcKivom or the parents to
arrange n match without him. Ho has
charge ] of everything relating to the
marriage. Ho brings the young people to.-
pcther , generally at u tea house , where both
families meet to have a party for the occa
sion , and it is at this meeting that the two
often sec each other for the first time. If ,
"The Mikado " Yum Yum
as in the case of ,
falls in lovfi with her Nanki-poo at first
sight , it is all right. The two giggle nnd
laugh and , examine each other ,
and a few days later , the match
heinc agreed upon. presents pass
between the two parties and the acceptance
of these presents is understood as nn agree
ment that the marriage is to take place. The
presents consist of flvo tubs of sake or rico
wine , of live articles of food , two rolls of
sillc apd a sillien girdle. This is , of course ,
among the bolter classes , The lower and
'poorer send a less amount und u poorer
quality.
TUB WRIIIIINO t'URBMOXV.
The ceremony proper Is made up of the
drinking of sake and the eating of a dinner
together In the presence of thu two families.
The bride comes to the groom's house to bo
married , nnd she brings along presents for
him nud her prospective parents-in-law. She
appears upon the scene in n dress of white ,
which , however , she changes before the cer
emony for ono of colors , which is a present
to her from thd groom. The groom also gets
a present of n town from her nnd put this on.
At the drinking of the wine the bride gets
the first cup und there is nn almost incessant
drinking throughout the ceremony.
After marriage the bride or the wife is
swallowed up , as it were , in the family of
her husband.
Books on the duties o f women urge her to
bo subsorviciirHo her parents nt law , and in
times pastHho was expcctou to communicate
with her own parents chlelly by messenger
and not fo visit them by any means fre
quently. The chief book on woman training
in Japanese- literature Is the Oiuia Dalguku ,
which is taught to ail Japanese girls , and on
which I am told they base their conduct. It
is founded on the principle that woman is
much the inferior of man , and that she is
naturally prone to evil. It says that nine
women out of I'm are suffering from mental
diseases of Intellect , anuor mid resentment ,
evil spenkini' , Jealousy and lack of intellect.
The wife should , therefore , depend upon her
husband's instructions in all things , and the
IK subservient to her father in like dogrco
before marriage ,
A WIIT.'H iiioiiTS ANI > witoxns.
She tins , says this book , no right to show
Jealousy , and if her husband is guilty of im
proprieties she should gently reprove him.
She should go no plnco without her hus
band's permission , and the husband has a
right to bring a concubine into the house If
ho will. The result of this is that concubin
age prevails here to a large extent and the
men of Japan have n low moral standard In
regard to women. The husbnndvhas almost
complete control over bin wife bHie law of
divorce nnd ho can got rid of her If ho will on
seven different grounds.
If his wife has reached the ago of fifty and
is childless ho ran divorce her. If she talks
too much the law allows nlm to send her
away ; if she Is guilty of theft , if she is ad
dicted to jealousy , or if she is disobedient to
her parents-in-luw , she Is liable to divorce ,
and If she commits ndultry she is of coursu
divorced , With such customs it is no wonder
that the number of divorces in Japan is
larger than those of India in Itspalmcst days
of liberal divorce suits ,
A MIAMHI.ESH hOCIAI , ( .TJiTUV.
In connection with this romes the subject
of licensed prostitution and thu selling of
girls by tholr parents to a life of blmmo ,
which has made Japan notorious the Chris
tian world over. The subject , however , Is
too largo a ono to be dealt with in a para
graph , sufllcu It to nay that the evil , though
modified by foreign influences , still exists to
an ulurmln ? degree , and the Japanese plil of
ttio town class would consider it a filial duty
to obey her parents in case they made such a
contract , and that Inttaoccs of virtuous girls
going into houbcs of ill-fume to make money
to support their fathers , make up many of
the moat admired of the heroic stories of
Japanese literature , Such a thing in Japan
IB not respectable , but It Is not dishonorable ,
and the instances of virls leaving such fcer >
vice and bccomltiK the wives of rcipectablo
i case
Comforter Calico ,
yard ; worth ; c.
Red Twill Flannels
a yard.
Fine Dress Ginghams , *
a yard , worth 12 0
Bleach Muck Toweling ,
4 J c a yard , worth 8c.
Ladies' Flannel Skirts ,
6gc each , worth $ i.
Two Gross
Stamped Pillow Shams ,
aoc a pair , worth 5oc.
lee Beaver Shawls ,
$1.39 each , worth $3.50.
75 Fine Double Shawls
$2.50 , worth $5.
Fawn Horse Blankets
At $3 , worth $5.
100 doy.cn
Turkish Bath Towels ,
each ; worth 25C.
men and of moving in the good society' of
Japan arc by no means uncommon.
With the fallen Yum Yum , however , I
have nothing to do in this letter. After she
is married she is us a rule a good and a vir
tuous wife , nnd if my eyes are worth any
thing , I think with all of the customs against
her she manages to rule her husband hero ns
she docs the world Over. The evils of the
Japanese social system 1 may speak of here
after. There are undoubtedly many still.
The picture has , I believe , been overdrawn ,
mid the statement that there are no virtuous
women in the laud of the mikado is about as
true ns that all Americans chew tobacco ,
and that their chief amusement is in spitting
on the carpet. FRANK O. Ctiircxinu.
Tliclr F rtuns.
Gisscft's faml'uUtyirJnc. .
Ho is but a fisherman ,
She an oyster-Heller :
I well , I'll be , if I can ,
Their true fortune-teller.
Ho had lost his heart to her
Love has thrilled his lining ;
And for him her pulses stir ;
That is easy seeing ,
Ho is Jealous as the South ,
Uouud with Love's ] stern fetter1 ;
Shn well , watch her ro c-bud mouth-
She is little better.
So they'll quarrel many n time ,
Quarrel till the morrow ;
Then , like their own sunny clime ,
Joy will follow sorrow.
Doubting , always loving still ,
They will pass together
To the shore whcro comes no ill ,
Strife or angry weather.
Simple tale you say this is ,
Lacking point or glory ;
True , but myriad tales like this
Make tlio wild world's ' story.
UKMGIOUH.
The Catholic population of Connecticut IB
about two hundred thousand.
The number of chapters of St. Andrews
brotherhood is olllcially reported to bo . 'Ml.
The Catholic Knyiew notes with rcgrofn
decline In the practice of offering musses for
the dead.
The oldest Presbyterian preacher on the
Pucitlo coast Is Hov. Dr. Keasoiicr , of Corn-
vlllc county , Oregon , who is ninety years of
ago.
ago.Tho
The Jesuits now laboring In the missions of
that order number 2I77 : , according to the sta
tistics of the Ktudes Ucligicuses. Of this
number 1W3 ! arc priests , D'J'J ' teachers andGiiS
coadjutors ,
The statistics of the Upper Iowa Method
ist conference show l.TWI piobationorV-i-Wn
members , lW ! local preachers , mil churches ,
valued ut 8JUl'.ll ( ! ' , aud IM parsonages , val
ued nt1llui5. ) (
According to an article In the Now York
livening Post , thcru is a marked decadence
In the American branch of the Salvation
Army , on account of the competition of
cheap theatres and dime museums.
Thu Hebrew Journal looks with disap
proval upon the decree of the Utah supreme
court dissolving the Mormon church and con-
llscatlng its property , regarding it as a viola
tion of the provisions of the United States
constitution.
The wealth of. church members In the
United States , aa given in thu census of 1SV.I ,
was nlno billion of dollars. Their contribu
tions annually for missions wns uu uvorago
of ono-Blxteenth of u cent for ovcry dollar ,
or one dollar In every 1,5(1 ( ,
Very Ilov. Arthur J. Donnelly , St.
Michael's church , Now York city , vicar gen
eral of that diocese , has been raised by the
popu to the dignity of domestic prelate in
recognition of his services to religion. Thn
distinction entitles Father Donnelly to thu
rank of right roverened monsrigncur ,
A eood deal of amusement has been cre
ated by the report that the University of
CiiesBCu has conferred upon Prince Bismarck
the title of doctor of divinity. Yet. why
should It seem more uhMird to make a'1 ! ) . ! ) . "
of a man who Is no theologian than to make )
uu "LL.U. " of a uiun won la no lauycr
il
For many years Harvard university con
ferred the doqlorato of laws upon every
Massachusetts governor , including some wlto
probably knew less of lilackstono than Uis-
uaarck does of Calvin.
Sl.NGUl/AUlTlKS.
F. L. Ames , of North Kaston , Mass. , owns
a whltu orchard , the only specimen known of
that particular specie.
A feirtiile blackbird has boon presented to
the menagerie in Central Park. It was
taken on the steamer Moravia on her lust trip
from Hamburg , whcu nearly 1,000 miles from
the coast.
A curious natural phenomenon Is to bo scon
near Pittsburg. So str.mgoly damp has thu
autumn been there that nature in places
seems to have bacn deceived into believing
thut March Is hero instead of Novombec.
Near the Ohio violets are to bo found bloomIng -
Ing in largo numbers , anil willow trees hav *
put out new shoots und new leaves.
Hov. ri. ICcarnoy , of Lubec , and Hov. Mr.
Ilodgkins , of Perry , Mo. , while gunning on
thu uhorc of the south side of the village ,
Tuesday afternoon , discovered what ap
peared to be u sea serpent. It wau about
fourteen feet long , and coui | > oscd of Joints )
about ono inch in thickness connect oil by
sinews , and on the underneath side is a tin ,
uud to all appearance it is a sea serpent.
In front of the provision store of ono Mc-
Muhon , at Crescent beach , near lioston ,
numerous squashes were displayed thu other
day. Haiu drops falling upon thorn from the
electric light wires so charged the vegetables
with electricity that McMahon , in handling
one of the squashes , received a severe shock.
Other persons tried to pick up the squashes ,
with the same result.
Mollic Fauchor , lirooklyn's fasting girl , U
again thought to bo ncaring her end.
"For more than twenty years she has been ,
literally dying. For twenty-two yours baf-
lled science has stood by her bed and
watched. Kightccn montlm ago wise men of
tliu profession said that the end had come .
Since that time she has been in better health
and spirits than at any time since her atrunga
illness began.
About a month ago , however , she began to
full again.1 Her heart , which has been vnry
weak for years , has becoino moro Involve * ) ,
ami not only does thu end seem Inevitable ,
but all about herrealbo that It will probably
come very soon und very suddenly. She HCCH
no ono , KIIVC her physician and nurse , and is
exceedingly weak. "
The Sago and the lm\vr < ; r. t !
A Lawyer who had n , very Important
Case on Hitnd Wont to u Kn'o ( , uiul mild :
"Oh , jrreut nnd wise 'man , toll my
mo how I shall Appeal to the Jury 111
this Cuso In Order to Win UV"
"Huvo you Knots to .Support you ? "
asked the Hugo.
"I linvo , but , nliis ! facts don'tgo
any moro. "
"How IH the Insanity Dod o ? "
" 1'laycd out. "
"Cnn'tyou work in PuthosV"
"Thoro lias been too Much of it in
the pust , oil , S.itfo. "
"How'H 1'rovlous Oood Character ? "
" .Alas ! my C'llunt has nono. "
"And Kleptomania ? "
"Ah ! sir , hut ho broke into a Dwell-
In } ; ut Midnight , and inunt jut u n < nr
Dod'u ( or lie will bo found tfnllty , "
"Has the prosecution any witrieHsus ? "
"J'hoy have the owner of tlio hotiho ,
who swears Positively to ray cliont'H
iilontity. "
"Then I'rovo to tlio jury that ho hus
been htuno-bliml for the past tun yuura. "
MOIAI : , :
The Lawyer Won hi Cute , and the
I'l'Isoner WHS Apolo Uud to wliuu sot ut
Liberty.
Mr. Fred Ward and his company played
"Virginias" in Pittsburg last week In thele
I raveling fcults , tholr wurdrobo having mis
carried , The papers ulaim thu a'ldlencit
adapted Itself to the circumstances butter
than thn company. Klwin Dooth pluycj ,
"liiunlel" under tlio snno conditions neb
lung au ° lu Stamford , Cotm.
