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 , "
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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.
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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.
