22 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY. MAY 19. 18 9-TWENTY-FOUR PAGJB&
Do
not
waste
your time. , „ " > ; .
in shopping
about the many
different Jewelry
Stores , but come to : *
us at once. Buy direct
at headquarters. Within
the last ten days we haVt
received many novelties in
Jewelry appropriate for the sea
son. Some very handsome Brooches *
and Bonnet Pins , mounted with diamonds
monds- Our stock ol American Watches
both Silver and G-old , is by far the largest
in this state. Our assortment of 18k and
14k Wedding Rings is so complete that we
can furnish any size and weight without any
delay. We are daily receiving the Ja-test pro
ducts in Solid Sterling silver , and best Silver Plated
ware , especially suitable for Wedding Presents.
THE FIN
MAKING YOU A
to
Opposite Paxton Hotel , Streets ,
GOOD-BYE TO THE BUSTLE ,
Where Once Was a Mountain Now
Stretohos a Plain.
FASHIONS IN THE GARDEN CITY.
The Quaint Empire and Dircetolro
Costumes IJecollctto Dresses Grow
ing More Conservative IJlR Hats
nnd Flower Onrdcns.
The Thlnz in Chicago.
CHICAGO , May 17. [ Special Corres
pondence of THIS BKE. ] The last week
of genuine summer weather , which
Chicago has harbored and which has
toyed with the thermometers until the
murcury found itself at 88 ° and 00 ° ,
has not been without its advantages. It
has at least served to give the good people
ple of this city a little foretaste of what
was in store for them in the way of
summer stylos. Dame Fashion has sot
the seal of her approval on the quaint
Diroutoiro and Empire costumes , and
that is sulHcient to make them exceed
ingly popular and much worn. But
there has boon n most complete revolu
tion in dross this spring , and nothing
that was worn last year can posbibly do
service this. There is a revolution in
everything , oven to underclothes ,
T/liich , instead of the soft white muslins ,
tire being made of black silk ,
a fine soft grade being usod. If a skirt
is worn at all this is also of the black
elite , but the proper thing now is to
wear no skirt whatever , allowing the
long empire dress to cling closely about
the ilguro a funny notion , is it not ?
The plan will bo a great boon to the
servants , however , by lightening the
wash. Even bedspreads nnd pillow
BhaniH are o ! black bilk or some lighl
weight material. The rule does not
hold good in the hose , however , as
those aro.boing worn now to match the
costume ; stripped tire very popular , but
plain are also shown. Miunsollo's
ihoes are no longer plain black , the
newest designs being of russet leather
and light tan , prettily ornamented witl
patent leather , The vamp of this las
named with cloth upper the shade o
the gown makes a very smart foot
wear. The extreme is shown in every
thing , it being almost impossible for
one to got anything that looks louder
or gaudy. Green in all its
shades is decidedly favored , especially
the ono that reminds ono of County
Limerick or the blarney stone. Tan
IB combined with this shade very much
and another pretty combination is ma
hogany and pearl gray.
Many dainty white llannol costumes
will dot the scenery this season not only
In the way of boating and tennis cos
tumes , but for the btroet an wolf. The
picturesque emu1 dresses have de
cided
THE KATK 0V TUB 11USTLK ,
" *
fiuit"long-abu8od , long-sulTering , and
much overworked piece of mechanism ,
Die it mubt , and die it has. For months
past has its awful doom been talked of ,
thought of , and dreamed of , but It was
pretty generally believed that to part
with it wad impossible , and to think ol
the dear thing as passe was heartrend
ing , but nevertheless U has had to go
to make room for iucrctibing popula
tion until now there in uot a bustle , not
u reed to bo scon , dresses hanging aa
limp and flat iu the back an iu the front.
m Sashes are in high favor , and lend
the fiuiahlug touch to the long , full , uiv
draped akfirts , the abbreviated babj
wnlbts and big putted staves of the em
plrtJ. Of course , with this style gowi :
the broad-bruBVHwd. low-crowned hat ii
vorn , and , in fact , the big hats are so
n favor that bonnets are rarely seen ,
i'lowors are the inevitable trimming ,
nany of the hats looking like regular
Dutch gardens. The shades of differ
ent Mowers are sometimes so antago-
listie that ono wonders that they don't
ret into an out and out sc.'iip. With
, ho adoption of the big hats they have
, ried to introduce the habit of roniov-
, ng it at the theaters , but the dear
creatures who wear thorn don't propose
to take them off and put them where
nobody will see them ; they much
prefer to keep them on and bob their
their heads about to display its beauty
from every angle , while the long-
stemmed ( lowers on top dance a regular
merry-go-round , as if they know folks
were all looking at them and wishing
they wore up there. *
The combs that are beingworn are
growing so largo and pretentious that
if they keep on they will obstruct the
vision
AS HAD AS Tim IlIO II AT.
When the style originated they were
merely little pins of one prong worn
perpendicularly in the hair to keep the
bonnet from sliding oaek. But from
acorns grow tall oaks and so it is with
the comb. Instead of ono prong , four
and even live are soon surmounted by a
huge semi-circular crown often of gold
studded with precious stones. These
however , are the coveted possessions of
only the few , while the rest content
themselves with ones of tortoise shell
ornamented with silver or gold filigree-
StringH of gold beads are very pretty
and much affected by those who are
able to have them. Bracelets are most
ly in the style of the narrow ,
wire hoops largo enough to
slip over the hand. There are
as many as twenty of these all on ono
hand , none worn on the other , and all
loose and slipping and sliding from
wrist to elbow. Fans have grown so
elaborate this year that 845 or $50 does
not go very far. Three long ostrich
plumes fastened together with a small
tuft of feathers bespangled with silver ,
and with gold , silvery , ivory , or
tnothor-of-peurl handles are very elab
orate.
Evening dresses are '
NO l.ONUUIl OUT AS LOW
as formerly , and elbow sleev98 are more
frequently seen. Brides of 1889 wear
their gown high neck and long sltxjvo ,
especially if a church wedding , and it
is now looked upon as an evidence of
bad taste for nor to wear decollete.
The mode of wearing the hair has soon
many changes of late , but the present
finds it either high on the head or coiled
low on the neck none of the betwixt
and between being allowable. The
young ladies braid the 'hair in
two or three strands which are coiled
so as to cover the entire back of the
head. Bangs are light and Unify , but
still cut in the V shape. It is a pity
that the style of dressing the hair
changes so frequently , for no sooner
does a woman grow attached to a cer
tain way , and deft in arranging it , than
she finds it is "out , " and for the next
month her life is made wretched trying
to coax the straystubborn locks into the
now way. But so it goes , and each
year brings about its own fancies and
Us own fads , and verily , wo say , "Van
ity ! vanity ! all is vanity ! "
Bomchodv'H Darling.
Voi * HVi. ) Dnlli/ .
Somebody crawls into mumma's bed
Just at tlio break of clay ,
Snuggles un and whispers loud ,
"Somebody's como to stay. "
Somebody rushes throupti tbo house ,
Never once stuits a door.
Scatters tier playthings all around ,
Over tlio nursery Itoor.
Climbs on the fence nnd tears her clothes
Never a bit. cares stio
Swings on tha ( 'uta and makes inud pics -
Who can somebody boi
Somebody looks with roguish oycs ]
Up through her tangled tiulr
' Soniolioity'n mo , " she suyg , "but theu
Soincoouy doesn't care. "
f HIS STRANGER NOT AN AEEL
A Romance of a Frontier Town In
Nebraska.
A BANDIT BOLD WAS M'WATERS.
He Married the Pretty InnKlitor of
"I'arsoii" JDaviF , Who Clung to
Him Until the Very
Lust.
Wyoming's Iloninnoc.
In the year 185B , Wyoming was a
typical border town. Four or more
liundred "wayfarers" called the place
liome. Some were lawless , while others
wore peacoaolo and lawabiding. This ,
liowovcr , was characteristic of the place
throughout its history. For nearly a
decade the town vied with Nebraska
City to become the principal place in
the southeastern part of the state then
the territory. But the first station
north of Otoo's county town , on the Mis-
faouri Pacific , is not the Wyoming of
oven a quarter of a century ago. Still
two miles farther north an old tumble
down stone house marks the sito. This
is nil there is loft of what was once an
enterprising and thrifty little city.
It was hero that 4,000 Mormons
passed the winter of ' 615 and ' 07 en route
to the "Colobtinl City. " It was hero
they took up their overland routes the
spring following. The stone house re
ferred to was built to store their eata
bles in during the winter , and since
then it has boon used as a sort of
freo-for-nll tenement house. When the
mormons deserted the place the town
possibly numbered 200 people. There
wore two general stores and thirty or
forty wood-colored dwelling houses. A
small , one-story inn , presided over by
"Parson" Davis afforded comfortable
quarters for the weary traveler and
board by the day or woo'k for the homo-
IOBS. But the hostlery has long since
gone to decay. Not oven n hitching-
post marks the location of its once fa
miliar face. The old town sito.a beauti
ful one , too. for it covers a section or
two of level land , overlooking the Mis
souri river , is overgrown with hazel
brubh and the stalky prairie sun liowor.
Few points in the slate have
A SIOKK WOXDKItPUb HISTOUY.
The Telescope , ono of the first news
papers published in the statewas issued
there in 1850. And , reaching almost
up to the old town site , are the broad
acres of General Van Wyck'b beautiful
homo.
But my story has to do with the old
town in 180S. At the close of a dreary
clay in March of that year , a tall , spare-
faced man with restless , pale-blue eyes
alighted from his jaded steed and
asked for quarters for the night. The
hospitality of "Parson' ' Davis was
cheerfully granted. A hotel guest was
too rare in the burg to bo Mightingly
turned away , and the stranger was not
only made welcome , hut as comfortable
as the accommodations would permit.
The hotel register was not in use then ,
and the stranger's name did not become
known until the next day.
On arising lie went to the stables to
look after his horse , which ho did with
'groat care and solicitude. His gaunt
condition evidenced that ho had boon
ridden very hard , The good pnrsonhow
ever , was there before him and watohed
him curiously as ho lifted the horse's
loot ono by one , and then proceeded to
curry and rub him down ,
"Looks as though you had rode your
horse pretty hard , " observed the land
lord interrogatively ,
"Yes , rather , " vrns the reply. "I
100 DOZEN
gem Knives or Forks ,
1.45 Per Set.
. .
Regular price and sold everywhere at $2.50.
WAlUHLo / AT I lUM
FOR-
rode him woll-jiigh a hundred
miles yesterday. * " Ho seems a little the
woi-bO for the wear , and I guess I'll have
to ' lay up for awhile. Can you Kocpjno
i'few days and furnish stable room for
my horse ? "
"Certainly , " the parson pleasantly re
plied , "but what's your nemo and whore
did you como from' ? "
"My name is McWators and I came
from eastern Iowa. I'm looking the
country over and expect to make my
home bomowhoro in Nebraska. Maybe
I'll stay hero. " \
"Good country ; you can't bettor your
self , and I'll treat you well as long as
you stay with me , " said the parson.
"Como , lot's go to breakfast , I hear the
boll ringing. ' '
Days multiplied into weeks and still
McWaters , whom the boys soon learned
to call Billy , tarried at Wyoming , the
guest of Parson Davis. Ho seemed to
have plenty of money , was generous and
soon became a prime favorite. No one ,
however , was able to learn anything of
his antecedents. When questioned re
garding them ho gave evasive aimwers
or turned the subject of conversation.
It boon became known that ho wits
AX JJXl'KHT WITH A UKVOLVBU ,
and his target practice provoked great
admiration among the boys , and some
of the older citizens as well. IIo often
mounted his horse , which proved to bo
a long distance runner , and put
ting him into a keen run
would ride midway between
two telegraph poles and put throe bul
lets into each of them before getting
beyond shooting distance. It was not
uncommon to EOO him knock down a
quail or prairie chicken on the wing
with an ordinary Colt's revolver. Such
shooting was considered marvelous
then.
In those days the social circle was
somewhat narrow compared with that
of to-day. The * outlying country was
much more sparsely settled. Old and
young , therefore , made McWators wel
come wherever ho wont. But his at
tentions wore mostly directed to Lizzie
Davis , the parson's second daughter , a
very pretty girl about twenty years of
ago , and in less than a year it was
quietly given out that Mae and Lixxie
would'wed. Everybody seemed to talco
it us a matter of fact , and nothing
strange was thought about it. Indeed' ,
almost everybody thought it a splendid
match. Early lui 1809 they stood side
by side and pledged themselves , ono
unto the othor.jttp love , cherish and
obey "until deathus do part. " .
Shortly after their marriage , how
ever , a sudden change became appar
ent. Mack did a igreat many strange
and unaccountable" things. IIo would
leave his bride of' wfew weeks and bo
gone for days. At one time the weeks
extended into months. True , he would
return , but under strange and peculiar
circumstances. ] } \ his wife knew whore ,
ho was during hifl absences she kept her
own counsel. tfinally people com
menced to tulle , and some said unkind
things. o"v
"Where does hoiget his money to live
in this way ? " , i <
"How sun ho wfMrd to dross his wife
as njccly as he dacfe ? "
These and dozens of other similar
questions wore asked , but no satisfac
tory answer would be given. Talk became -
came loud. IIo was accused of being a
member of a gang of outlaws. Some
openly alleged that ho was a member of
the James and Younger band. This
subsequently proved to bo too true.
The old iidago , "murder will out , " was
verified soon after.
During the winter of 1809 , a gentle
man by the name of Hart , of Cans
county , I ssouri , chanced to visit
Wyoming , and while there saw and
recognized MoWators , who , ho stated ,
had served with Quantroll during his
desperate guerilla warfare throughout
the war of the rebellion , and was then
foremost with the James and Younger
brothers.
After this ho threw off the mask and
became the implacable enemy of every
person who said hard things of him.
To his friends ho remained the same
urbane and a liable gentleman , never
letting an opportunity pass to do thorn
a kind turn. In ' 71 , however , ho got
into an altercation with a young doctor
at the postofllco in Wyoming and shot
him down. The doctor's wounds proved
fatal , but ho lived several days after he
received them. Mac was arrested and
tried on the charge of manslaughter ,
but was acquitted on the ground of self-
defense. But , throe years later , ho in
dulged in another shootinor scrape at
Nebraska City , following two young
Germans to their death , but ho
managed to escape pending the trial
and made his way to San Francisco ,
whore he was recaptured in 1875. Dur
ing his journey thoneo , however , ho
committed the
JIOST COLD-llLOODlCD 3IUHDiit
of his career. I have this from the lips
of ono of his relatives by marriage , and
it has never been given to the public.
When ho escaped from the jail a t
Nebraska City , ho was provided with a
horse by some ono , and ho started on
his race for life and liberty westward
over the prairie. On his second day
his horse gave out and lie was forced to
abandon him , and make his way on foot.
While in Washington county , Kansas ,
ho spied a herder rounding up a herd of
cattle on a good pony. Approaching
himho addressed him In his suave way ,
and asked to examine a Winchester
rillo lie had in his hands. This the
stranger declined to do , evidently sus
pecting that all was not right. But
Mack persevered , and linally secured
the gun , ostensibly to try it on a herd
of antelope , that wore Griming nearly a
half mile away. No sooner , however ,
did ho get the gun into his hands than
ho turned and shot the herder dead ,
mounted his pony and galloped on in
his journey. The body of Iho herder
wttb found the day after , but his mur
derer wasnover arrested and tried for
his crime.
The history of McWntor's capture in
San Francisco has not been forgotton.
IIo was returned to Otoo county and
tried for killing the Gorman , and was
sentenced to the penitentiary for a long
term of years. While there his insub-
ordinatcjspirit assorted itselfand in 1870 ,
in an attempt to load an insurrection
among the convicts , with the hope of
securing his liberty and the liberty of
others , lie was shot and almost instantly
killed. Thus ended the career of ono
of the most desperate criminal ih Ne
braska's history ,
Lizzio McWaters
STOOD I1V HUIt IIUSI1ANI )
through evil and good report. During
his long trials in the district court of
Otoo county she was constantly by his
side. She visited him in his lonely cull
and bought to cheer him by sympathy
and tonilor , loving couiibol , nui when
the sentence of the court was
rendered nho heard it with her
babe in her arms , and a wail
of anguish went forth that many who
were present still have reason to re
member. As she clung to her husband
with bitterest sobs and tears for the
last good-bye , outside of prlbon walls ,
the court and great throng of spectators
wiped from their eyes the tears they
could not keep back. When she heard
of the last act in the drama of his life ,
'she ' again bought him and for a time it
seemed that she could not be comforted.
But this can bo said of Mrs. MoWntorri :
She never forgot honor or the Christian
principles taught her in childhood. To
the last she retained the conlidonco and
esteem of her relatives and friends , and
to this day she is the Lizzie of youthful
days , pure , true and innocent. But in
her case , as in hundreds of others , time
removed the sting of grief , and five
years afterward she married a second
time , more worthily and to-duy lives in
Washington Territory comparatively
happy and contented.
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DONATIONS OF WEAR WOMEN
The Secret of the Bravo Qouoral's
Expensive Expenditures.
HAS ONLY A MODERATE INCOME.
Dut Ills Fnlr French Worshippers
Mnke Sutl Inroads Unoii Their
Own Fortunes In Order to
llccupcrnto His.
\Vlinc Boulanglsm Costa.
PA1US , May 13. [ Special Corre
spondence of THE Biis. ] It has always
been a umttor of wonder to political
economists how a man can live on the
interests of his debts. There arc scores
of 'gentlemen in London who are crip
pled with debts , who have no visible
incomes , and yet who live like million
aires. But all of those sail out excep
tions pale before the career of the bravo
general. Boulanger's income all told
his salary as a retired general , plus his
pension as an officer of the Legion of
Honor docs not exceed $5-100 per year
at the outside , and yet it is an open
secret that
HIS KXl'KNSIiS 15XCKKD $30,000.
Laguorroi a second-rate lawyer from
the provinces , one of Boulangor'
most trusted henchmen , with one-half
the amount of genuine income , can af
ford to pay $25,000 cash for a morning
newspaper , and to live in a manner
that would do credit to a successful
banker. This also may be said of Na-
quot , of Luissnnt , and Lam. None of
thorn have incomes in excess of $0,000 ,
and yet each one of thorn spends four
limes that amount. Tlicbo are simply
the individual items of yearly expendi
ture of the loaders of Boulangistn. The
caubo itself necessitates un annual out
lay of $250,000.
"Where does the money como from 'i
Every one Knows that Boulangor is
simply a tool in the hands of royalists
and imperialists , who hopu , by pushing
him to the fore , to create anarchy
and dissatisfaction , out of which
the Count of Paris , or Prince
Napoleon may reap success. Republi
canism HO far has been a failure in
Franco , and the cry of the people lias
been for a man. Those who expect to
reai > a hurvosl from the approaching
revolution taking advantage of the
Frenchman's love of hero worship ,
adopted the war cry of the disalTeclod ,
and they will minister to the wants of
Boulangism juts so long as this put-sing
elTorvoboncu suits their purpose. Apart
from the personal intercession of the
Count of Paris and of Count Dillon with
Mr. Campbell and other leading English -
lish banker by which over 30,000 alar-
ling was borrowed upon the contingent
of Uoulangor's election to the presi
dency , thegeneral's most munificent
supporters have been a lot of
WJAK : AND SHNTIJIKNTAI. AVOMKN.
Ona gave him 60.000 francs not long
ago upon his mere promise to aid the
Catholic causa when ho came into
power. Another made him a present of
I/JO.000 / francs , and lilted upan oxriuisito
little apartment whore HIC could re
ceive lierhoro without being d'sturbed.
This gem of a retreat was furiilHliud
upon time various notes being given
to furniture dealers. AH the time of
payment drew near , the woman who hafl
given her last penny to the general ,
WIIH unable to provide for their pay
ment , and to save u ludicrous exposure ,
her friends came to the rescue.
An Italian known to dealers
the world over , hoops a brie a
brae shop in Paris , which is celebrated
for Ha rare and costly treasure. A
friend of mine , also an Italian , droppo
in not many days since on passnnl
Meanwhile a carriage , perfect in all
its appointments , drew up before th
door , and a woman , elegantly attired ;
alighted. She told the proprietor thai
she wanted a handsome bron/.o to fit
into a corner niche. Ono was shown. "
her for 1,600 franco.
"Ilavo you nothing raoro elegant ? "
A pair for 12,000 francs wore brought
out. She still asked for something
more expensive , finally the proprio *
tor exhibited the most beautiful collcq *
tion in his shop a pair of figures foV
50,000 francs. She paid for thorn at
once , and aaked that they bo sent to the
residence of General Boulangor , but refused
fused her own ntimo us the donor a
anonymous present of $10,000. Th
Duchess d'Uzos , whoso name is so often
linked with that of the general , and in.
a manner which must ho embarrassing
to her grace.has been so lavish in hot
outlays that her own income is seriously
reduced. It is assorted that Boulangor
has received in money or present
FIIOM THIS WOMKN OK ritAXC'H
over 550,000 francs , and that Lagucrra
drags oub a miserable existence upon'
charity to the amount of 100,000 franca
or over per year. Boulimgor's ciga
bill averaged over $100 nor month ;
while the celebrated restaurateur Du-
rano claimed in dinners given by tha
friends to the various moniborH , oxoe '
$ 10,000. An approximate idea of eosfl
may bo gleaned from the following es
timate :
Francs.
Uoulnnpor , over ana nbovo legiti
mate Income 150,000
Lnuuorro 100,000
Laur 50,000
Mainiot fiO.OOO
Lussant 60,000
L' Borrlnoo fiO.OOU
Houlimglsm 1,000,00(1 (
Oilier expenses riOO,0XI ,
Total 1,050,003
This is a vary moderate estimate.
Count Dillon , who received on a com
mission from Boulangor-1,000,000 francs ,
when the general was secretary of war ,
is now almost a pauper. Tlio treas
ury of the national party has
run out , and there in a great outcry fo
more money. It SH a matter of grave
doubt whether England's bankers will
care to make any further advances on
such questionable security. Kvory day
that addH Hsolf to the li'fo of the re
public weakens Boulangism , and if tha
exposition proven a success it will bo a
strong element for the government.
Boulangcr made a fatal mistake in rnn-
niiig away from the first murmur ol
danger , and already there are scores of. i
deserters from his ranks. Former ud--J
admirers begin to wonder if their hero ,
\vio ! fears n. battle , who p re fern to live
on public charity , and whose conquests
are among women , in , after all , a man
count upon in the hour of danger.
II. II. 13.
A itlii'.r Tlilriy.live Hundred VrarwOlU
The Smithsonian institution has re
ceived a gift of great antiquity from the
Chinese minister. It is a "jado" ring ,
about ten Inched in diameter and one-
oighlh of ( in inch in thickness , with a
hollow cantor about four inches in di
ameter. It is of a palo lino.
The ring is known as the "Him Pole"
jowelof the dynasty of Han , an old-
tlmo monarch of U.500 yearn ago. Court
olllcialsof that day wJion an audience
was accorded thorn by the emperor ,
hold the ring with both hands and
thrust their lingers into Jho opening to
guard against moving their hands
while aildrefaslng the throne , the em
phasising of their remarks by Nourishes
of the hands presumably being contrary
to olJIcial etiquette. The ring wa-t used
as an oinblom of Hiibmisslon or rchpect
for the bovoroign. Jt WIIH r < contly un
earthed from a Bopnlcher , having boon
buried with the ownor.
OVowHiai | > uiM In looland. *
There are Hlx newspapers published
in Iceland.