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THE OMAHA DAILY. BEE : STJNDIAY , JUKE 30 , 1889-SIXTEEN PAGES. TilE' SIEGE OF SEB4STOPOI. . tlno of th'o Most Momornblo Event in Military Hlatory. HARD LIFE IN THE TRENCHES. Dlengrn Cloililnc runt Mlicrnblo Kooil Invalid * llolWod Admittance ta the Motplfnt DccniiRO TMy \Voro Nocdctl nt Their I'osTs. Anil Yet These Mon AVcrn jilorry. - I diuly Tno6t mon * now tiray with yours , mtiny crippled or infirm from wountlsor hnrdshlps , in Whoso sober gn.it it is tUlHcult to tfocognixo the wild ensign or the reckless captain with whom I laugnod tlmo nway thlrty-throo years riffo in the Crimea , saya Gunoral Wolsoloy In the Youth's Companion. They carry nothing that indicates to youth of tills generation how gallantly llioy fenced with death in the dnys when one gallant soldier was to England \rorl\i \ scores of the Vestrymen \vh6 nowadays call thoimolvca statesmen. ' To thorn , individually , the roninm- 'branco of the cmol sicgo , of that first winter on those blcnk , cold heights nround Sobtmtonol. spanks of floblo endurance - durance and daring deeds. P6oring back upon that vista of years , 6110 sees the bright living faces of gallant com- rmles whom wo laid In shallbw , rouky craves there , and It dooms hyt ytistor- 3ay that their joyous laughter rang loud as their strong- , manly hands graBpid ours as wo mtil in those trenches. TJ6foro the winter of 1851-ST sot In with ail its rnlin snow , piercingly cold Winds a > id unusual rigor , llfoin the tronchtB , during the day , was by no \noans unpleasant. To the young , earnest , nnd eager soldier It was , of 'conrSo , full of Interest , "although nftor Hit bhttloof Inkvrtnan it was very ovi- jdent to those with any knowlcdgo'of war that a winter of trench-work was Ijoforo us. Even the o of us who wore well-rend In the History of our sieges in Spain Junde'r Wellington and wo had very few amongst us then vho know any thing at all of military history hhd little cdhcoptlon of wha't a siege would ho In 'such a clinmto and at buch a distance - tanco from liomo. The ordinary routine of daily duly was OH follows : Tli6 companies detailed for the trenches from ouch b\Uiilion : "fell in" about 5 o'clock in the mOrning - ing and murchtid in the dark to the first parallel , where they wore told 611 by the Hold officer on duty to thc.il * sev eral posftibns in the miles of Siege works wo hail conbtructod. If your post was ih th6 batteries in reiir , you had hn 'easy time o'f 'it. You fired an occasional guii at some working party of the oliomy , nnd you had a few ttiOrtar 'sholls "buck in rbtui-n. The large-sized Itubstnn shell was bigger than our thirtoon-inch shell , then the largest in bur army or navv. You watched what seemed its Slow , solonm flight through the heavens. Owing tolls woodenfun6'itinado a noise which is best reproduced by the words "pit6hah-tewlchtah. pitchah-'towich- ativh- " Those shells often "burst in 'tho air , when their grout splinters'oivoh'of hiany poiVnds' w > igh"t , came tearing through the air itith fi rushing sound'of anger entirely unlike the seemingly dignified procedure of the fcholl itself bofoio it burst. When those shells did not burst b'e- fore they struck the ground , they fell with u heavy , booming thud that Bcemcd to shako the neighboring earth , burying themsulvcs some feet if th6y fell in out * parapets , and when they burst , like a small mine , they drove chiy and stones about into bhowers of dust. Happily , the pieces into 'whliilrthoy burst worofiu'ilciontly large lobe easily soon by the quick and experienced eye , nnd ci5nb0uontly ] to bo dodged with tolerable certainty uy tln agile man. At llrst , all thought it netossaryfjto Ho down until the shell burst. Uy doing BO , ono presented a far smaller mark , and when lying on the ground it is often easy to obtain cover for the header or body. The short period when the fuse hissed and seemed to splutter between the shell striking the ground nnd its burst ing \\ns always one ofsuspense , when mien hold their breath Sf the shell was near. With what a pleasant fooling of relief ono rose unhurt after the explo sion. What numerous instances of hair-breadth escapes could bo related. This practice of lying down for a mortar shell had com.o flown to us from the days of Wellington in Spain , and possibly ' from those of Marlborooirh in Flanders' . Sebastopol was an immense uvsoiiiil for both army and navy ; its stores of guns , mortars nnd of ammunition wore practically inexhaustible. For every shell wo could bring fi-om England and convoy to our trenches , the Russians had IHty on the spot ready for uso. Those whom duty took most frequently to the trenches \\oro at last to accus tomed to this shell llrittff , so export in tolling by the sound of the shell's flight whereabouts it would fall , that after sonic tlmo they became very indllToront toil. The olflcer I relieved ono evening bndo mo good-by at a mortar battery , where at the tlmo a sort of duel was being - ing carried on with the Russians , whoso iu-uctico just then wus bad , and their fusns still worse. A'fiholl of their had just burst far up in the air , somewhere about Its highest point of ( light , no- fore the mocking Inughtor it occasioned had entirely ceased , a sergeant I'utno running back to report that my friend , vfho had only just relieved mo , was killed. . When In the ant of Hghthighis pipe , a lively splinter of the shell over whoso utitimoly ox plosion wo had boon so merry , had Killed them on the spot. The siege' of Scbastopol IB without doubt in many ways the moat romarU- nble one in history , minus the Homer to sing its eventful btory. Its length ulonu would inalco it memorable , if no other circumstances combined to do to. Oh , how nover-ondlng it seemed to us ! Especially to the young and inex perienced , it was iw if wo had become uoldlors.oxprosfaly to take our turn day nftor dnv , and night nftor night , in its over-oiidlng trench duty. When in camp , nt luust during the summer , wo ate , drank and wore merry , and raced our ponies to our great satisfaction. Thank Godl It Is impossible to repress the bubbling spirits of fresh , spuikling , manly youth. The maudlin , puling , poor-hearted creature to bo mot with often in the garb of a man , oven in armies , soon discovered ho had no calling' for sol dier's life. Ho felt he had had enough of it after a week or two on the daily ration of ono or two hard navy bis cuits , with a piece of very heavy , rod "salt junk"about as Jargons an old- fashioned Match. Personally I managed to obtain enough food I say nothing of its qual ity thanks to my enterprising ser vant. Ho was a Londoner , and so alt > o "Was a commissariat butohor who was ca'npwd near us. The offal of all UuaU ; killed is by custom the perquis ite of the butcher , so a bargain was , Btruck Lotwoon the two cockneys , in | uccordanco with the terms of which I I paid him a guinea u week , and ho sun- R piled mysqlf und servant with hearts mid Hvwa , Our clothing was as insufficient as our food , and not suited to the rigoroui clitnato of Hid Crimea : , In the winter the cold was oxCcssrvft Hu1 o r trenches were often for days mere ditches of mud and wator. All ranks suffered much , accordingly , from the Want 6f long boots , In rolurnlhglo camp ono afternoon , I overtook a merchant seaman , who had come from Balaclava to haVe a glimpse of Sobastopol. Ho stopped to inquire the road , when my eyes soon fastened 6n the good , warm pea-jncket and long boots ho wore. 1 felt they were just what I wanted for trench worki A short bargain made them mine. We parted 'IhbrOUghly contented , ho with my sovereigns in nis pocket tq got back td his ship as best h6 could , without the coat and boots which 1 carried off In triumph. 1 have always felt how much lowed my g6od health to this change meeting , and toy servant's cbntrnct for oll'al. I confess that I never pitied or felt the loa t tiomposslon for myself or my brother ofTIcors ; all my sympathies\voro with the ran It and llle who could not ntTord to buy boots or food. Day after day I haVe keen the half-fed , poorly clud private soldier struggle with feeble limbs "to the trenches , trying above all things for his own credit as a soldier , nnd for the credit of his regiment to keep out ol hospital , and , what ho termcti , Nit his duty. " Many I have scon rbturn from the trenches to lie down in tholr tents , and there die from actual want of proper sustenance. Our doctors said'thatthbir most heart rending duty then was , day by day , to refuse admittance to hospital "to those whom thev know to be seriously ill , and So reduced in strength by dtarrlura and dysentery as to bo r6nlly unlit for duty. They did so , because the necessities of our position required the services of 6vory man dapablo of carrying-a rifle. Our , numbers we're 'so weakened through losses in action and the winter hardships- , that C6mpanios often marched tb tno trenches e&nsis'llng of \ not "more than ten mon each. Ind6cd , with all the information , supplied ron these heads tb 'the Oliomy by our own newspapers , it was often a wonder to us at tbo lime that the Kusj- sinns did not'make ImoV6 BOi-tlcs. The march to the trenches was nf- ' fec'tod in the dlvVk when pos'blblo , so that the arrivals of the reliefs nhould no't attract th6 enemy's attention. Dur ing the winter days our usual work was clearing the drains and the batteries of' ' mud'nndA'atei' , filling sahd-Diicts f6r the next night's wont , relaying gun plat forms , and whatever could bo done without'tho'enemy's knowledge. Wo aid not cnrto to embark upon any work that would entail throwingdarth t ovi > r the parapet , f6i * the momtmt wo at- tomjitcd to d6 soshell after shdllfas "poured upon us , to which , with our very 1 limited supply of amlnunition , wo could not reply. Wo were'forced ' to husband all the ammunition we had for the much-'tivlfi'cd-of and long-ckpeoted fcvent , "tho next bombardment. " Ttto cbndition of things under which sieges should be , and ? almost nro , only ' undertaken'Was ehtirelj re-versed. Wb were content not , only to carry the siege on without having subdued the liro-of the place , but it was the attack- ing'nhd not the defending side wlioso Supply of shot nnd shXsll.wus limited. \Vh6 n _ jK ) led in the advanced 'works Tin occasional tnusketry'duel was star ted with 'th6 Russian Viilo-plts. I have -soon men , when amusing thonibOlvcs iit this game.jump up and expose thoiv bodies to the 'sharpshoot ers. View , trusting to being able to Jump under cover when'they saw the putt of smoke from Vhe hostile loophole before the bull6t could 'reach them. To put your cap on the cud of a rainYAd. and bhow it over the parapet to attract the enemy's lire , was a voiy 'common pas time. The mGh on the lookout told stories , talked of homo and , th6ir sweethearts , read any available bcraps of books and newspapers , slept and played games. I was eating my breakfast very carlv ono luorning in a ritlo-pit wo hud just taken from the enemy , and became in terested in some men near mo who wore playing pitch and toss with half- ponce. A fine-looking young fellow of the party , * , \5th his halfpence- poised on a piece of Wick , was on the point of throwing them up In the air , when I heard that horrid "thud" I know so well , the sound made by a bullet as it strikes a mhn , and tho. I > lay6r and his halfpence fell nt * mytloot. He was stone dead * without a sigh , exclamation or movement of limbs oi _ * muscle. A chancd bullet , In ubiniftg through a Band-hug' loophole , had struck sorno stone that cau&cd it to glance do < vn- \Vards. 1 have always vcmomuored the cir cumstances , because it is very rarely a bullet causes such actually instantane ous death , Uut very many were the curious circumstances uudor which death and wounds presented them selves. I shall mention ono remarkable instance. I was sitting pome yards In the rrar of our lirst parallel , alongside , an olllcor who was giving mo instructions for the coming night. Two sergeants stood to gether faoiiig us , listening to the or ders which 1 wrote in my pookot-book. Whilst so occupied , in what wo con ceived to bo a very safe spot , down turn- blod4 > olh the bergoants in front of us , a shell rushed mist so close that wo felt its wind. One man's head had disap peared , and the other's face was horri bly mangled , his jawbone , as wo suii- potod it to bo , obtruding from a ghastly wound , The next morning I Inquired In camp how the man was , and learned ho had not boon touched by the shell , but that his terrible wound had boon made by the jawbone of thn other sergeant , which was drtvon into his face. In deed , a little rollcctlon ought to hnvo told us that no man could bo seriously \\oundod in the head by the blow of a shell and still live. The day duty , especially during the winter , was generally light , but it was a cold , wet and dreary occupation. Wo were relieved about sunbot , when generally well soaked through wo marched homo to a very wet camp'all round which and in which the mud was nnkludcup. No dry clothes , or warm lire , or hot meal awaited our return Almost every olllcor had some sort of a raised bed , out the sergeants and pri vates alikeblopt on the wet ground in their wet clothes , and wlth.only n cou ple of dump and very inferior blankets as bedding. The private's supper was some biscuit and generally a "tot" of rum , with sometimes , If the camp was w6ll man aged , a tin of hot tea. A pot of jam or a box of btirdinos , with ration biscuit was the onicor' * usual evening meal , but as our servants did not do trench duty , they were generally able to have hot tea or some hot preserved soup ready for their master's return from the tronuhos. What did most to kill our mon was want of fuel to cook with. Before any lira could ho jnndo , mon hud to march a mile or two to dig up the roots of Iho brushwood that had stood on the hights at Inkerman. The brushwood had quickly disappeared , but their roots constituted our coal mine during our llrit winter. It was a sad sight to BOO the poor , wet and tired soldier on his knees , trying to kindle enough tire with those daiap roots to boil his kettle. A QUAINT OLD MISSION TOWN , The Vlllngo of Ban Juan Cnplotlauq In Southern California. WHERE ANTIQUARIANS LINGER , The Adobe Cliupcl nnd Us Iniotr.MIng Helios Hcnhtlriil Scenery nnd LttdRlonn Fruits of Uio EnntA Anna VnUcy. A Memory or Ot\ior "Days. " Los AXGKTKSCal. , JHme 55. [ Special to THIS BKIC. ] In a sequestered , vale loading from Iho nigged Santa Ann Tillls to the ocean , in the extreme south east corner ol Los Angeles county , is a qXiitint old mission town called San Juan Caplslinno , to distinguish it from San- Juan-by-tho-Sea , a village n few miles distant. This nnclenl Mexican hamlet was the scone of some of Father Junl- pora Sorra's most successful labors. Tt was the second mission in southern Cal ifornia founded by that indefatigable missionary padro. The adobe church was begun in 1770. The carved and crumbling corridors of the old chapel are Ih6 delight of antiquarians and tho1 ancient walls have a place In the efforts of scores of amateur artists , not to speak of their value to the best of landscape drawings made by several talented knights and ladies of the paint brush. The tile roof , the mission pmicls in the floor , th6 grass-grown court , the anclc-nt belli , and the distinctive - tinctivo Jesuitical architecture are all u6ted with interest. The building wa A Iliil0l : ( * AOIIIHVKMKNT for tho'mission fathers and their chris- tiani/od Indian disciples. The art by Which some Of the building material was wrought and how it was cemented is lost. Men send to 'Great Britain for Portland editiont , in these days , but the monks who redeemed this land for Christianity more than a century ago , managed to build with a skill which the ' generations of atmospheric- disintegra tion and long neglect have not been able to undo. But interesting as the old church and its surroundings tire from an historical point of view , and apart , froth its sacred sepulchres of faithful pries nnd earnest converts , and its hallowed shrines. Caplstinno Contains attractions 6f a more modern and worldly character. The homo of the late Don Juan Forstor stands at the crest of a declivity front ing on the dreamiest , most idyllic of bomi-tropicnl gardens , with the most luscious of fruits upon ovo'rgraon trees , Some tall and stately , other.- } spreading their low inviting brandies nearer the earth , and bordering the "banks of a lucid B'.ronm , coursing ; its Herpontino way through the luxuriant vegetation. The air is fragr.int with sweet perfumes and bowers of llqwors bid the visitor ro- cltno in their midst'to forget the world , nnd live In tin . HD10N or tlM-OUlIIDBKN riliriTS. The ranch is seven miles by fourteen , and contains 145,000 acres. It is about to bo sold to an English company for an English colony , and the visitor wonders whether the romantic homo of the old Spaniard \\ill bo as charming , as peace ful and as hospitable when its now owners enter its lovely precincts , and burden its now sordno beauty with the clamor of Iho strniiffo voices of the Anglo-Saxon farmer , tearing up its virgin toil and planting dwellings and orchards , where now the lonely shepard is the only human being that startles the wild animals and the only human voices are the soft calls to the grazing sheep. But coming back from the hills and mesas , the canons and valleys of thin beautiful and fertile ranch to the garden - don and the homo , there are cupids , bowers and lovers' lanes , where the lux uriant foliage moots above a narrow foot | iath , and the sweet song of the mocking bird can bo heard night and day among th6 overhanging branches. Even in the languorous midday hour these retreats are cool , nnd arc lighted "Only by gl&ncingr beams between the close touching loaves. Oranges , lem ons , iiomegrantes , nectarines , apricots , olives , bananas and 6lhor sohil-tropicnl fruits , hang in clusters Inviting nnd 'delicious ' , and Tar more toothsome if partaken of amidst Ihoir dreamy surroundings than when oaten in. the marts of trade or picked from the abundance of the market man. Tim interior of thA low-porqhod and rambling adobe mansion , hidden by vines , is riot loss interesting than the spacious grounds. Every nook and cor ner being filled with OIIAVK IULICS : AND cuitiog. The walls of this old-fashioned Spanish dwelling are hung" with paintings in oil and water colors not ohoap chromo- like dnuba , but works of real art. The tables in the parlors nro solid marble , imported and inlaid with Mexican onyx or more highly colored stone , in unique designs , covered with globes , vnsos , cavd-roeoivors and other costly bric-a-brao. A private Ohapol in the house a characteristic of many of those ancient Spanish homes overlooks the grand old ruin at the mission. It contains an elaborately carved crucifix and alabas ter statue of the Virgin , and beatific saints in purest Parisian marble , which nrn the adoration of all visiting Cutho- 1163. 1163.To To the stranger tho' ranch extends a generous hospitality nnd Capistianrt a hearty welcome. The natives em ployed on the big ranch or dwelling in the shadow of the old mission tire simple minded , contented and kind. Tholr sincere affection for the old church and its memories nnd their kind words for the deceased lord of this realm uro CHA1DIINO IN TlTKIll BIMl'MCITY nnd recall with keenest interest the stories of the days xvhon Americans and their money-getting eagerness worn not known , but when each community followed implicit * , ' the guidance of the faithful padre , There is much that the hurrying , driving nnd sordid fortuno- flcoking yankee could loni'ii of these black showlod , dusky native Call- lorn inns. San Juan Caplatrano is a favorite re sort of artists. Ono scarcely over visits the ancient mission villngo but ho will find ono or inoro enthusiasts with pen- oil sketching ono or other feature of the lovely and romantic , though lonely spot. Fifty or inoro are _ said to have congregated here at ono time and every aspiring gcnuin among thum carried away a sketch book 'filled with flicker ing inspirations of grand results there after to be accomplished. It Is a health giving spot. The son is a brief step distant and mountains are reached In a few minutes gallop or drive , along old nnd broken roadways , made by the In dians before the Spanish settlers had come amongst them. It is n quiet , restful sort of spot , without Hotels , without town lot status , without real estate owners in short it is about the only primitive Moxlcan settlement still undisturbed bv the march of progress. It would bo well to hot aside the ground occupied by the Wlmhltnnls nnd the church nnd e\prc * % forbid the impious AThorlcnh from tJ-SRIng or owning any part of U so that there might remain nt least ono oxnmplo > ka civilization now almost passed awa ? , W. B General Jaoquomlnot , S. A > ) r < > o < l in ffiw York Sun. What conflicts you \\nyt \ your blade in I know not It nnyMrlo knows ; Uut I know tlmt thoTjhooniloat rrmlden S < iy yours Is Uid qucenllcn rose. A'ndvh6Vould not 6nvy , on 6ctng , It blusn from heriUfiom of enow , The ojrtiulslto i-lCMuro or bclh < r The rod roso'of Jaequominol t Wlionco oarao Iho deep hue ol your flower I \Vn It Ubfrod by the blood Df the Too \Vho f6U In aroain-bnttlci your power , O General Jncqucmlnot \ Wlmtlr you have fnllocl In tnim-slnylng In history's pantheon to pee Tls sweeter to hoar the world saying : " You ft\-A us a bcnutlful rono. " MVSIUAIj AND tmAMiVTIO. Sara ftornhnrdt is thinking of playing in Zola's Tiicrcsb Uaquln. " 'MnrtuCcl l\ho fiamo of n now Italian com poser , ft trio by whom wfts lately bi'ought out in London und wm pronounced n remarkable work. The Bellini theater in Nnplos recently pro duced an Italian version Of Nicolal's "Merry \Vlvo < of Windsor , " wnlch mot With great succoss. Lnwrcnco fiari'o'lt ha sailed for Europe. Ho hones 'to Improve the glandular nllecUon from which ho is suffering by the use of the waters at Crusnauli. M. Vladimir do Paohmann , who has n rep utation as a Chopin player , recently gtivo two piano recitals In London , at which the piOKrnmmo wus inado w > entirely of works by the Polish tone pool. Rose Crtphlun doiilos the report 'that she has separated from her husband. Slio states that slio has a bad ia < to of hay foror and it Kolngto California for rollcf. The Chtncjo luok approclatlba of the "stage. As soon as n Colcstltil enters upon the ataijo ho is deprived oC citizenship nnd nis children after liim for four generations. "rnmihuusor , " in the Paris version , has hfcen produced at ICarlsruho , and is said to have roll6ited the highest credit on Kaubll- moister AI6Hlwho "dlreotcd the performance. The Hrst performance of Richard Wagner's "Nibeluugcn Tetralogy" to T > o given in a foreign oign tongUe will occur nt Pesth In the fall , whoa the cntiro work will bo sung iu Hun garian. A monument is shortly to bo erected to Robert Schumann in Zwlukan , hrs mitivo city , for which 0,000 marks has been Col lected , and besides U.OOO muiks voted by the town itsolf. Mr. David Laurie of Glasgow has refused $10,000 for the fauioas lAl.ird" Stradivarius violin , UutSlS.OOO has now be&a offered on behalf of an American , nnd the matter Is under conUldoratlon. Lyrim Thompson is a wonderful woman In her way. No < v that she is talking about bid- diag.fnroivcll to the stage , It is remembered > that thirtysevcn ycais have elapsed since she nppearod upon it as a loading dancer. The former director of the Paris opera DopuluirC , M. Gamier , 'has applied to t'Uo Ejryptian government , .for the privilege of giving fo'ur months of French grand and cOmio opera at Theater Chcalvial.in Cairo. Among tho'plays wnjoh Mr. "Henry Irving hopes to bo able tojjqduco ( is ono dealing witti the lifo of Qljeqn Mary. Ono of the characters is that of n court Jester , and it is probable that should -"Mr. living present the play Mr. Marshall P. ( .Villdor may appear 'in ' that part. . Verdi is said to bo 'at work nt present on an opera , "Homeo 1inn * Juliet , " lor which A'rrigo BOTto has written 'tuo libretto. The role of Rdrn'eoTt islmibrtcd , Is destined for the buritonjj , Maurol , . who created lago on the occasion of the initial representation ot "Othello. " V. It is stated that VcruTa "Otollo" will be produced next winter nt , the Pans Grand opera , wfthJj3auL.dorlo3zko aa Otello and Aiadamo Molua 08 Pisdemona. ' Thcso are ists , and also EdouSrd Ro zko , have just , re newed their contracts with MM. Uitt and Gailhard. Audran's "Lo Grand Mogul , " which , In Its English adaptation , "The snake Charmer , " llrst Drought Miss Lillian Russell loruurd in comic opera , has just succeeded "Tho Mikado" attho Freidrich Wilhelmstadtisch'es theater In Berlin , where the latter had a career of 100 nidus. Now that John Gilbert has loft us , the question arises what Mr. Jefferson will do ! It will be dlfllcult , indeed , to lind anybody to play old comedy on level terms with Tlor- unce , Mrs. John Drew , and himself. Death lias robbed playgoers of a treat , eagerly ex pected , but expected , unhapnlly , in vain. 'Iho Carl Rosa "Grand Opera" company is now resting , having concluded a prolonged and highly prosperous tour. It will start Bgain early in August and produce in coUrse of the season Bizet's "Pearl Fishers , " Wal lace's "Lurline , " Macfarrco's "Sho Stoops to Conquer,1' nnd Wbbor's ' ' 'DorPrelschutz. " Tliero Is a prospact of a second visit to London tf ) Herr Angelo Neumann and his "Rings des Nlbeluiigon" company. Taking into consideration the greatly increased pop ularity of SVagner's ' works since 1S82 , there is little doubt that , given a suitable theater , reasonable prices , und good performance , the ventura would prova a substantial suc cess. cess."A "A Feat Spiel , " in five acts , by Otto Dovricnt , was performed in tbo largo Con ceit baal In Fraiikfurt-on-Matno during the past month. It is , as its name shtiws , a play of n religious tendency , portraying several events in the lifo of Luther , and was first produced on the stage in Jona In 13 Si ) on the anniversary of the gieat reformer's 400th birthday. News of Mary Anderson does not qulto dispbl the fears eutertained by many of her friends as to tbo state of her health. It wus cabled frelii London recently that she "is gradually recovering her nervous poise. " Yet it is also declared tlmt time booked for her nt certain American theaters next sea son is not likely to bu illleil , und that other stars have been offered the dates. The announcement is inailo by Director Stanton that the Munich tenor , Hcrr Vogl , has been engaged to aingat the Metropolitan opera house next season. Homrlch Vogl was born in 1845 near Munich. In early lltu ho was a school teacher in u village In the Bavarian Alps. In 1805 his voice having at tracted a great deal of attention ho wont to Munich , where ho passed an examination in hinging so Bucccsstully that ho was immedi ately' engaged for tuo Itoyal opera of that city. CON N U It LY btTI B 3. Mueon , Gu. , boasts ( it four elopements ono day several weeks ago. The marriage ul 'throo ulsters to three brothers Is reported ; b ContorvllIe , O. An old fellow slxt nlno years of ago Ibd n blushing brldo Uf sixteen to the altar re cently nt Veik Contorl N , V. The nowa eoitioa from Tahiti that Mr , Doty , the American consul l there , has led "tlio beautiful Princess IJolpua" to the altar , The llrsl llconsofqrtlionmrrlagoofa white man to v. colored woinaij , la Plttsburg was In- sued recently , ihoutfh not a few licenses for the marrlaeo of white Women to colored mon have boon Usuod , i I > Lieutenant Joseph Lolslngor , brothor-In- law of Prlnco Alexander of Buttonburg , It Is clvon out , la ubout toniarry Louise Kopek , daughter of the head gamekeeper of tlifl Dag- nalska forest In Huricao' . .lohn Williamg.a baiffiolor in Augusta , Mo. , was told that a cortaiu widow hud set her cap for him , und John wus BO afraid that ho might bo roped Into marriage that ho went to the barn and hanged himself. Nugtoy You xvantcd to got married bad enough , Lord knows , whoa I took you. You'da married a fooL Mrs. Nagley ( meekly ) Well , don't twit mo with what I have done ? We all make mistakes. Tbo only way to 6lvo the problem , "is Marriage a Failure I" Is to try It. It re mind * us of tbo story nnont the toadttool nnd the mushroom. How can you tell a toadstool from a mushroom ) By eating it. If it Is a toadstool ; ou dlo ; If It U u mush room you dou't. , Says an old woman in Barry's "When a Man's Single : " "I mind when Jeomea Gowrlo epulred ( courted ) mo. 'Yo wud rathqr hue Davit Curly , I keu,1 ho saya. 'I dlnna denjH , ' I saya , tor tuo thing was well kon't. ' 'butye'll do vara well , Jouuaes,1 soys 1 , and tuarry him I did , " - * - r v This Means Business. A look in our Fifteenth Street window will convince you that we have made A DEEP CUT IN PRICES. Our Goods are all tfEW , FRESrt arid RELIABLE , and marked in plain figures. We do not mark our goods up first and then give a discount , but we do give you the bohefltof a Genuine Reduction in Prices Men's ' and foulhs1 Soils , - - now $12 $ and SIS and $18 $ Men's ' and Youths' ' Suits , now $8 $ , $18 $ and $12 $ Same cut prices in our Children's Department. . Don't forget our Fifteenth Street Windows. , KM A CO , The Leaders of Popular Prices. Mail orders will receive promp't atteVitlon. S. W. Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts , Omaha. * ONE SCHOOL'S ' GREAT WORK , Those- Who Call the Council Bluffs School Alma Motor. RESULTS OF THE LABOR'OF YEARS Sonic Are married and Some Ate Dead , Some nt Homo ami Some Abroad , Hut All Are Kccomiiieiiilcd. Pnr'oolilal Schools ih the Bluffs. During the past week the coinmencoraont oxorctsC * ot the two parochial schools of the city , St. Peter's and St. Francis' , have taken place , nnd Wcro both events of sufficient Importance - portanco to deserve more than passing no tice. The former Is a now educational Insti tution , having been opened less than a year atfo will , it has an attendance quite remark able for the. time since it was started. It Is the parochial school ot the Gorman Catholic parish , and Is In charge of Rev. Herman Mengwasser. The school was built immediately after the splendid now church of this congregation was completed , the people boinfr satisfied that a Duilding for the purpose could bo erected. The ladles of the church were largely Instrumental In raising the money necessary for its erection. It bids fair to soon do a very important part In the educa tion of the rising Gorman generation of the city. Its llrst commencement exercises were held Tuesday evening , and the excellent manner in which the pro gramme was rendered reflected the highest credit on pupils and teachers , A part of the programme was in German , so that not only the Americans , but the dis tinct Germans in the audience were highly entertained. The smaller cupils played Quito a part In the exercises , showing careful training for thu parts assigned them. The evening's entertainment was a pleasant sur prise , oven to thbso who thought they were Well acquainted With the progress the school was making , and will result very beneficially to tbo Institution in the future , St. FranoU' academy Is a much older In- stltutlont and needs no Introduction tb the people of Iowa , Nebraska , Kansas , Missouri and Minnesota , all of which states have sent scores of pupils , In years gone by , to recelvd the advantages offered by Its score of able Instructors. The academy 1s In churge of the Sisters ol Charity , and the superior ad vantages always offered by the sisters' ' schools are hero found in their nearest approach preach to perfection. It Is ono of the oldest educational Institutions in this part of the .country , having been os-1 tabllshed hero nearly twenty years ago. During thd past year there were enrolled at the academy flfty-elcht boarder * nnd 175 day scholars. A class of four young .ladles was graduated. The exorcises occupied two oveningg , Wednesday evening Was devoted to the smaller pupils , who participated In a very pleasing programme , nnd the com mencement exercises proper were hold Thursday evening. A fine art exhlbltloh , the work of the pupils ot the school , wus dis played in the studio and parlors of the Insti tution. Many of the pupils uro among the lenders in Council Uluffs society circles nud have availed themselves of the thorough teaching to bo secured hero. Some of the llnest artists In the city are graduates of the academy. Asldo from the many landscape painting In oil und crayon , was u largo collodion of ar tistically executed articles In fancy embroid ery and line ncedlo work. To give a corn- pieto list of the many exhibitors and their work would bo impossible , but among thofto deserving especial mention are Misses Mag gie Gibbons of Orleans. Nub.Davis of Knox- vlllo , I'USBOO Keating , Gertie 1'usey , HIanoha Arkwrlght and Sophia Corner of Uils city. Their work Is not only creditable to them as artiste of ability , but to the painstaking at tention and watcufulncis of their teachers. The academy was crowded on eaoh oven , ing , and many , unable to llnd scats In the croxvded ball , passed the tlmo pleasantly la tbo art rooms above. The school Is ono In which not only the Irish population , but the entire city as well , takes grout Interest , ana in it * gratifying successes of each year all must fool a vcfWonnbla atno'unt of hon6st pride. C. n. II. H. Alumni. Thn eighteenth anniversary reunion and banquet of the Alumni association of the Council Blu'ffs high school was held hist Tuesday evening in the auditorium of the Bloomer ichool building. The weather was voiy stormy , nnd the attendance was much smaller on that account than would other wise have been the case. The reception committee consisted of Mis. H. Kisser , Miss Vcrnio Reynolds , Miss Kate Hlaxsim. The auditorium was very tastefully de corated with appropriate mottoes nnd flow ers. Down the center of the room were ar ranged rows of tables , around which t'lio ' company gathered to taKe Dart in the exer cises nnd discuss the choice viands. The St'ryk-en-Bluas'-Lust club played several selections from "Olivette , " after Which the oration was 'delivered by Finley Burke Esq. E. M. Thornton 'followed with a vocal solo , entitled "Anchored. " After the reception of the class of 1S&S , refresh nionts were served. A number of toasts wore happily responded to by many of the older graduates who are now among the most prosperous and respected residents 'of the cfty. Several fine instrtiincntal und Vocal numbers were Interspersed through the programme with pleasing effect. Tlo | fol lowing is n complete list of the graduates of the school in thu past nineteen years : Class of 1871 Mr. John \V. Balrd , Mrs. Lenu Barnett CMnao , Mrs. Kato Stone Meigs , Mr. Orvllle UoKnv. Class of 1872 Mrs. Mary Warren Dalloy , Mrs. Hiittlo Williams CSrnV , Mrs. LUzio Oliver Gleason , Miss Vurnie Kovnolds , Mrs. Ida KirkpatHck Shfipard , Mis. Ingleata Smith Ware. Class of 1873 Mr. Flnloy A. Burke , Mrs. Clara Newton Hope , Miss SI olio. Graves , Mis. Mangle Field Glover , Mi * . Eva Bur roughs Huigh , Mr. Herman Punsch , Mrs. Elhi Humphrey Stinson. Class ol 187-1 MM. Parthcnla Joffofls Buiko , vMrs. LUzle Cassady Burke , Mr. Churlos M. Ilatlo. Mr. Henley J-,00 , Mrs. Frunhlo UIco Otis , Dr. Frank W. Porter- field , Mr. George Forrest Smith , Mrs. Jennie Patton Wcldensall. , v Class of 1875 Mrs. Coral Fleming Ask- with , * Mrt. IilzMo Knabe Burstow , Mr. Hornro Evans , Mr. Eugene A , Houuhtoh , Mr. Krnest E. Haft , Mrs. LqlUo Oblingfcr Hade , MUa Ullle Millard , Mr. Arthur L. Mungor , Miss Belle Mcrwin , Miss Mury Mlchuolson , * Mr. Martin Reynolds. MI- . George I ) . Hice , MUs Gertie Sharp , Mrs. Emma Blyler Stewart. Class of 1870 Mr. Charles J > Buker , Mrs. Eva Hewitt Bench , Mrs. Lilllo Keller Brown. Mr. Alvln J. Caugher , Mrs. Ella Hewitt Cowlos , Mrs. Llzlo Crocker , Mrs. Annie Blahchdrd Hrittikln , Mrs. Kolllo Graves Eels , Mis. Uachuol Fisher Harmon , Mrs. C.inlo nice Jnenson , * Mrs. Ada Creek- well Keith , Mrs. Isabella Fulrman Pnulsoh , Miss Battle HOBS. Mrs. Nellie Ulmichnrd Swani Miss LIzylo Stuart , Mrs. Eva DeKay Stuart , Dr. Herbert A. Woodbury , Mrs. Mamio Hue WrlgliU Cluss of 1837 Mrs. Constance Williams Benson , Mr. Krmilc II. Evans , Mrs. Llzilo liandall Odoll. Miss Katie Payne , Mrs. Lucy Williams Si'/uh. Mrs. Kato Hooten Sprniruo , Miss Laura Scott , Mrs Joslo Knuuo Tuto , Mrs. Susie Baldwin Walker. Class of 1878-Mrs. Cftrrio Thlekstun Hal- linger. Mrs , EAlePutton Bowman , MUu Kate Blaxslm , Mrs. Ida Harris Bonn , Mrs. Alice Mottnz Cooper , Mrs. Ida Noaok Frazlcr , Miss Bettlo Graves , Mrs. Mary Kccso MoMlllixh , Mrs , LaUra Casey McBride , Mrs. May Ba ker Hostariok , Mr. Walter I. Blhlthi Mr. Edgar A. Scott. Mr. Walter E. Tostovln , Miss Delia Thrall. Claon of 1870 Mrs , Jon n In Millard Ashlon , Dr. Fred W. Houghton , Mrs. Jennie Beobo HuOghton , Miss Anna Obcrholtzer. Cluss of 18S0 Mr. Gttlen Allison , Mlu Bar bara AndersonMr. William Balrd , MUs Hen rietta Donahoy. Mm. Etta Durfce , Mrs. Ida Cook Hail , Mr. Doll O. Monron. Mr. George Wlltum , Mrs. Mary Marstmll Well * . . Class of 1681 Mrs. Curno Shepard Bars- tow , Mrs. Lena Wllnon Colllstar , Mrt. Olive Woodbury Grconlcc , MUs Katu Gornar. Mrs. Carrie Duncan Banna , Mlsi Lu Mlllrau , Mr. J. It. Tate , Miss Kuto Troy nor. Class nf 1S82 MUs NellloClarendon , MUs Nellie lialn Ham , Mrs. Tllllo Autonreith Montgomery , Miss Eftlo Moon , Mrs. Vinnlo Rosa Osborne. Mrs. Uoiiilu Lyon RUsor , MUs Nellie Backott , Mrs. Molllo Mcatley Shuttuck , Mrs Mury Motaz Tucker rihd Mrs. Lena Potnrson Woods. , Cluss of 18$3f-Mi9s.Lucv Blanchnrd , Mrs. Alllo A. Baker Bm-nott , Miss Myitlo Board- roan , Airs. Kate Ron in Larson , Mi's * Kiln Mcjlntosh , Miss Grace tiwcnriniron , " IJr. Chnilos Wrtodbury. * Mlss Inez Young and Miss Carrie y.imnuchlon. . Gins' ' ! of 1SS4 Miss Jennie Baldwin , , Mi Agues Blnncmml , Mrs. .laiiotto Gemor Lange , Miss Anna Mi\vcs , Miss Clara Movers , MUs Ruth Phillips , Mr. W. If. Plumcr , Miss May Sims , Miss Mary Swanson - son , Miss Plitubo Shontz. , , Class of 1SSS Mlns Ada Bolin , MUs Anna Bowman , MUs May Cole , MISS Mhry A. Damon , Mrs. Mate Obeiholtzcr Davis , MUs Roberta Hnttenhauer , Mr. Lemuel KnOtts , MUs Maud Oliver , MUs Margaret ShonU , Miss Helen Sjwonor , Mr. John SUVestcr , Miss fda Wallace , MUs Llcia Young , * MUs Amanda umuoiilcn. Class of 1680 Mrs. Mary JosselynAHon , Mist * Mary Davcnjtort , Miss Julia Jud on , Mr. George Mayno , Miss Jilsio Pu&y , Miss , Stella Sutton , fllr. Emiiier Tinloy. ClaMrif 1887 MUs Ada i\fn woVth..Miss Myra Brifrgs , MUs J'oMo ClaustnMiM , Dora Grass , Miss Nnnnlo Hardln , MUs Iva Hat- tenlmuer , MUs Mury Muns > on , MUs Ldttla- 1 Pile , Miss Clafn S6utinvoll. Mr. . ISmll Schurz , MUs Mary Tiriloy , Miss May KI1 * more. ChiRs of 18SS Miss Margaret Brltton , Miss Lena Clausen , Miss Carrie Clifford , Miss Kdith Fletcher , Mr. Churlos Huntington , MUsJpnnlo IIowo. MUs Grace V. Hulfloy , Mr. Edwin Mitchell , MUs Mary McMillan , MUs Mary E. Oliver , Mr. Paul Tulloyu , MUs Lena M. Wallacu. Glims of ISSO-Mr. William J. Mcl3 Brdck , MUs Lena Buadlo , MUs IlolOn liown'inu. ' MUs PcarloChamborlln.MIss Uichl6D'ckoy ' , Miss Grape FostoiMis. . Lrma Van Ocisoti rullor , Mr. Frederick Grass , Miss ( Jan-la Henn , Miss Lillian Hurts MUs Huldu Luchow , Miss Jennie A o , Miss Nellie Par- flons Misft Julia Wnlkor , Mr. Einest Woodbury - bury , Jr. , Mr. Leo Witter. "Deceased. The event was ono which will long beta * momuoied by all who attended. KDUUATlUNA.Ii. . Mary FUher , a colored glrl ( is Valedioto * rliin of thu Atchison class of the AtchUon high school. Mkrlii Mitchell , for many yeiil-s professor of astsonomy at Vassal * college , .U rpportcd to bu lying near the point of death ut Lynn * Mass. Her ailment Is general debility , duo to old ago. Rev. lavld Swing , of Chicago , the Pros * bytoriun "heretic , " has been elected a trus tee of Noithwestern univukslty , but in tha face nf vigorous opposition from the cduiitry mombcrs of the hoard. Dr. Popper , provost of the university of 4 Pennsylvania , grvatly wants to resign hl vl post , but the trustees will nut hour of It. Ha gets f 5,000 a year salary nnd gives the college JflO.OOO a your from his uwn pocket. The ' 'two ' huhdrod nnd flfllcth anniversary of the cstublishmunt of the Jitst publld school In the United Suites , sustained by a direct tux on Iho pceplo , " wus jield at MootIng - Ing HOUBO Hill , Dot olicstor , MastjachUBOttsv onSitluiday. Fmnco has more than half the pbpulntlori Of the United Stutcs. but npuntU Ions than oni-fouith Mr publlo cdhc.ttlon. But thin nionoy goes further and accomplishes moid than lor the same amount In Uio Unltul Stales. In the mutter of u.luuatuif | the oyft and tusto und muscles for practical purposes , Fiortce outstrips us , Prof. E. B , Andrewsof Cornell university wait elected piealdeut of liiown by llmuiiiiu- Imoils vote of the t-oHiolixtlon. Prdf. An drews U of the class of 1870 , Brown , aim lius been u profcsnor of history and political economy hero several ycaiu , He was pio- ftssior uv Cornell of sociology ar.d polltlcut ceotiomy. Colgate University is to bd thd now namtf of Mtulison university ut HnmiUon. N , Y < Originally named aflcr the great federalist nrotldcnt , U now ndopu thu name of two benefactors , Samuel and Juntos B , Colguta. of Nfaw Yoik , the sonp manufacturorB , Who erected the Colgate ( academy building ut tha co t of JOO.OOO. What nro you old PreubyterluhH Mole- ing about you old poasum-onrod houiulsV If a innn wus to cotno to my town und tulle about my church Hlco I huvu yours , I would olthor uowlildo hlui or build a now church.