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pjlli tiVvi ! * > MiW * H ' * iJ' ; * ' iM , _ , f - r . , ,1. , . , ; . . . . * - , JU : - THE OMAHA DAILY BBEt SUNDAY , OCTOBER 20. 1889.- SIXTEEN PAGES. 13" 1 UNION SEWING MACHIN if * O BH * ' 5"B" ' 'laPv ' * 'ffl 1 is the Best mA vBI We want responsible dealers in all unoccupied territory , and it will pay you to learn tlie termsprices , and tlie merits of the Union before dealing elsewhere. SOCIETY UNDER THE SCALPEL What Bishop Huntingtou IIiis to Say of Uppartondom. AN A8ISTOCRACYOF MONEYBAGS Hollow SlmiiiBVlicrc n. Charming Veil Govern Hidden Horrors null Imtiuliicr Itipxilas Over Dark Depths ol' Silent Ayoiiy. A. Driiivint ! Itnom Ilniiiilv. Tlio vital questions , larno nnd small , touch nt Innt the supreme interest , the llfu tliut wo live one with another. Sturt nt whnlcvor point \vo nmy , it Is nt the great center , our common Immunity , that : ill lines ot anxious Investigation meet. Wo nro lu n scion tillu time , but the pwentla sclcrvliurum is ttio wol- furo of the people , says Uiahop P. D. HuntIngton - Ington in the Forum : AH the signs-of thought ami notions , events , literature , thcso pngcx , the daily press , iiithurinjs ; uml combi nations , point that way. bays ono of the Htudents , "All the problems tire fast resolv ing themselves Into one , thu social problem. Science , movincf alone its own , path , has brought mankind fnco to face with it. " Ana ns the way of science usually is , It IB.attention to the npoarcntly iusignincant and famllar tliut Iln.illy rovculs the hidden laws , and places man iti a larger and better world. Philosophy , history , act , religion have not naid much of the "ovcnlnp party" us it Is or has been , ; mid they nave done llttlo to tuuko it what it ought to bo , Philosophy has found in it phenomena rather than substance , und nu ntiuosphcro not sufllcioutly rare. History tins dealt with larger politics ami deeper dlplunmdcs , bolder strifes , parlia ments more deliberate. No departments of the line arts turn behold high visions or bccu entranced with majestic ideals nmoiig its costumes and decorations. Ueligiou , for the most part htw not scon fit to stop long enough between the .Icrusuloin of tradition mid the ilurlco of foreign missions to Inquire diligent ly whether or not traveling humanity has been \viio.\iEi > AXI > iinmicn und luft half dead there , nnd , after a glance und fin exclamation , has passed by on the other mid more ecclesiastical aide. Hut there , nevertheless , nil the while humanity has been. In that careful preservation by nature of typo us compared with her carolnssnoss of the alnglo life , which Tennyson has made familiar by a poetic epigram , hardly any example - ample is more striking than the reanponr- ance , unucr oil sorts of guises , in every ago , and in all classes , excepting possibly ttio most barbarous , of the gregarious habit of mon and women gathering together nt the promptings of u ttncial instinct , and with no other object , than Us gratification. Not the council of government , not army or school or conventicle of worship , hardly the family itself , discloses a more persistent vitality. Into this popular , diversified , vnguo , umio- ilncd , undefended shape the social nature thrown itself out , Ono of its peculiarities Is its uunauiableiiesi. Wo have designated it loosely and inaccurately. Few words Imvo a moaning less llxed than "party , " and it is not obvious why it should bo applied to a scone where people tire less apart tunn else- whero. As to the "oveninir , " everybody knows that tlio Protean croauiro wo nro tryIng - Ing to Identity is likely enough to emerge at any hour of thu day or night , its two termini bhlftlng with the degree of sanity in tlio community , generally moving forward on noctimil Rcnlo par ! passn with the advance of luxurious foolishness. Wherein a "ro- " dlffors from "assembly' " coption" an , or "ball" from "cotillion " u o party , or nu "afternoon tea" from a tou after Hunsot , or a pink tea from a tea that is green , \vho knowst All wo need is a tolerable common understanding of what wo Imvo in mind , a something too formless for un mstl- .utlon , too irregular for nn orgnnuntion , too vital for a machine , too ho.irtlo'u ' for a fraternity , too lawless for a school , too de cent for a masquerade , with too much lying Tor a bureau , ana too many passions for a [ lagcant. There nro the competitions , mutches , risks , calculations of u perilous ; aino , tlio interchanges of an Imponderable , Immaterial commerce , musical voices from Inharmonious hru.ists , spiteful courtesies , magnillccnt meannesses. There nro bongs of POUCH , Hying arrows of malice and reVenge - Vengo , bonds nnd fragments of friendships , charming volls over hidden horrors.laughter rippling over r&ivs. DEPTHS or SILHSTcoxr , Ono hns only to reflect a moment how con siderable a section of the lives of many men nnd moro women these nctiviths occupy , what capacities they include , wunt force * they engage , the Interplay between lifu nnd life , the Issues nnd destiny of character , the august responsibility , to comprehend that "society , " oven in this limited sense , is a study for the wisest minds. What it is , and what it micht be , aro'lwo questions Shall wo venture on a slight analysis of thu complex molivol First , wo find in it , on the part of the provider , nnd somewhat also with the guest , nn honorable constraint of obligation. To llvo without self-disrespect a householder must acknowledge , in a practi cal way , a Bocial "duty" ov tax , of which custom Is the assessor , curds of invitation nro thu passport , and dressmaker , florist nnd caterer are the collectors.Vc \ must nsl ; the LJivingtons , for tac.V have invited us. " "Wo must inulto a party for the Seymours , or the Seymours will hold a reception of which wo shall know only by a distressful hearing of the ear. " So equity mid thrlls moot lo 0thnr ; favors received and fnvort expected , twin appeals to gratitude , kiss each other. Other equivalents for BUCU hospital ity ore supposed to bo known to "practical politicians. " People like to show what they have , the house they live in , how thov are getting on , nnd the proofs of their taito , such as they are. in furniture- and pictures. The wife of the trader of risinir fortune , or of the member of congress whoso statesmanship has reaped an unpublished harvest in the proceeds of lucrative "appointments , " must malto her little homo exposition. Taking us genial a view as wo can of the tutturo that is in us nil , there is a pathetic soul of aspira tion In pomona feeble. A part of the love of display is un interest in otlr neighbors and a sanguine hope tlmt they will take tin inter * est in us. Is not this looking for approval , ilrat cousin to sympathy ! Motives easily mix. "Come.'fnonds , and share our harm less pleasure ; and without cynically culling it pride , behold thcso hits of elegances which cost us luoL'cy. You shall look nt them for nothing ; and if some acquaintances come who shall neither admire nor love us very much , no matter ; we shall not hate each other the worse. If Now York and Philadelphia and Chicago may 'exhibit , ' why may not iny husband aud I ! " Ono touch of human vanity makes run WHOLE WOULD KIN. Only , this hussif will remember , if she is discreet , that if pomp is too gorgeous the co hesive force is exchanged for rupulslou ; ex cesses react , social classes are driven apart ; roots of envious bitterness spring up. The best-bred will ny , "This sumptuousness is barbaric ; " ostentation is ns vul- car in the rich as in tlio poor ; besides , at wasteful extravagance underpaid workmen and overtaxed women will feel resentful ; what calls itself labor will growl nt what calls itself capital , swear ing communistic oaths or threatening an archic vengeance. As civilization ripens , refined - fined by Christianity , the true noblesse oblige ia found in the simplicity which i * Hie best promoter of equality , the concealed con descension which is not patronage but prin ciple , protecting thn solf-respeot of the less favored , encouraging honesty , abating temptation to fraud and crime , and so exer cising a graceful and gracious ministry of richteousncss. American society has , hero and there , a republican queen who , by a cheerful oxaiaplo of accomplished modera tion , averts disorder , nourishes contentment among plain families , and is u better patriot than the politicians. Ascending still higher , this party-going world might come to a consciousness ot a positive capacity of beneficence. Reaching that elevation it takes rank with great nor mal agencies of human betterment , Intellec tual and moral. People get together with u direct intention to improve themselves nnd one another , und with a inora or los dlstiilct conviction that fashionable assemblings hitherto have been a stupendous Illusion ; scenes from which all serious convictions , by i btiporcillousncss which is nu abomination , or by a silliness which is pitiable , have bceu systematically excluded. All along , In ecu. : ars of thought , from Alexandria to St Louis , occasional traces of this loftier con ception linvo aopoarcii. The social spirit has allied itself with letters , with science , with political reform , with ancient and modern art , with classical learning , with the com memoration in well us the stimulation of genius , and oven with original discovery. Paris pro-emincntly , and lloidnlberg aud Horlin and Eolnburgh bcnrsplcndid witness. The salon has borrowed tlio cleverness of clubs , the erudition of libraries , the conver sational gifts of line women , the manners of courts , the experience of travelers , the im agination of poots. In thcso rara instances society hns liberated itself from the stupefy ing , stultifying OF WEALTH. Fashion has been made a servant , not a mistress. Why should not they , in our cities nnd colloeo towns , who have acquired knowl edge nnd keep a conscience , and happen to hold property ut the same time , conspire to raise the tone ot talk out of the vapidity and vacuity of the average upper-class drawing room ? Why not detach gentility from snobbery , decorum from dreariness } Why not forestall the effects of that calamity wlucu President Josinh Quinc.v , of Harvard university deplored , when he sot the present writer to thinking by saying to him , lifty years ago , of an ex quisitely polished undergraduate wlioso mind was uuon horses und cravats : "This young man hns had the misfortune to inherit n great estate' ! " Why not reconstruct the scheme whereby the highest tribute paid by diixviUliig young men to n young woman who has studied several languages , nnd who might bo the light and comforter of a do7.ou tenement houses , is to remark that sue "looks admirably in oveninc dressl" Is It not n little too bad in n time when there is so much fact to bo learned , so mucli work to bo done , nnd done better than it is , so much wrong to bo righted , so many burdens' weight to he cased , and so many noble enterprises to beset set forward , that ladies nnd gentlemen , ot faculty nna information , should array them selves sumptuously nnd go to moot each other ngain ana again , and stay together for hours , only to look nt a spectacle that is without signiticanco and hoar sounds without sense ; to see unreal manners and hear commonplace speech ; to exchange greetings with the dearest friends only on n crowded staircase , ns the two processions up nnct doxvn meet mid pass , or in a "crush" where the liveliest feeling is fear of dam aging a fabrlo or being mortified by n mis take ; to out and nrink what could bo eaten and drunk with fur moro comfort and safer digestion at homo ; to say what ono only half feels , to persons whom one docs not half like , on n subject that one does not half un derstand ; to pick n way between frivolity and falsehood or wade through a muddy mixture of both ; to cover disgust with a smile , inward protest with spoken assent-or weariness with a jest : and then to go awny at an unhealthy hour witn nothing to re member but A IHUIlI.il ! . A. WHIRL , A JAM , and a secret solf-conte'mpU "Horrid bore , isn't ' ir. ( " said ono victim to another. "Beastly , " was the cordial answer. "Lut's go homo I" "I wish I could , but you see I can't ; lam the hostl" It would bo Interesting to learn how many men , host fjualillod for rendering a party worth going to. stay nway habitually because it is n place whore nothing now is reported , nothing of value suggested , even insignifi cant questions ccaso 10 bo asked , and ease , freedom , ideas , are wondered at ; whore that vigorous turning of one's self about to meet other minds , properly and literally called " .conversation , " is prostituted to a drib ble of fatuous gossip interspersed with stupid and stale- compliments , good humor sinks to simpering , earnestness Is banished as "had form. " Hence came the conversazione , n laudable struggle with the nance and supper and card table for a breath of Intellectual life. Its danger is pedantry nnd prlggishucss. It might begin well enough by dropping or translating its exotic title.Vo are now menaced by a phase of social life which thinks itself best only because it is best nt the bank and tax list. In our richest nnd vainest cities , the capitals of wealth and show and greed , not of Influence or moral power , you Imvo un AKISIOCUAIY A I. ' AMr.IUOAINE , says the European. No "good bocioty" cau bo created but by Independence , that absolute royalty of man hood nnd womanhood which Mr. Coloridgo calls "Individualism , " and which ho pro nounces the true end of social progress. Fashion is dctlncd by the Concord Mon taigne ns "an attempt to organize beauty of behavior. " But she blunders n good deal nt her business , nnd never moro than when she consults posturo-mastors , milliners , nnd court journals rather than native good sense , the Illness of ceremony to occasion nnd of nppoaraiico to reality , nnd the intuitions of those of both sexes who think for them selves , "The llrst point of courtesy must always be truth. " It is all very well for ad miring friends and followers to feast their party favorites nnd oftlcials , foreign celebri ties , stage actors , successful monopolists , parsons who got a reputation for philan thropy by giving nway n twentieth part of their BUpcrlluitics and letting the secret of their liberality bo knoxvn to nobody but the noxvspapers. The ovations , hoxvovar , really belong to those who arc not apt to bo in vited heroes of the field , the factory , the ship , tlio railway , Ingenious xvorkmgmcn in machine shops and mines , men to whom money is not necessity , and whom , there fore , money will not bribe or buy. When wo get the actual democracy It xvill bo riir iir.Ati AitiSTOOuvor , whore the best nro not the most fortunate , and the people elect their leaders xvithout dictation , delusion or u price. Surely the right oftlco nnd honor of nn "upper class" must bo , to lift the loxvcst toward the highest. Ious this appear to bo the chosen work of 'any fashionable and fastidious circlet Or is It rather to accent uate and xviden the line that divides class from class ] If , us an unordalned preacher has said , the transfiguration of evil by good is the divine miracle par excellence , then this performance of gayety , music , dancing ind. smull talk in too small hours has buts mall show in the supreme xvoudcr-xvorking. H has other reasons , other , aims , other methods , other results than that losing of ono's lito to snvo it which , by the general conscntof opio , ballad , romance , and drama , is the master heroism and sovereign conquest of man. Hero nnd there , in corners of the room , maybe bo some slight sacrUlucs.of selfish pleasure for sheer pity's sake , a > Bueriilco of thfl popu lar for the ucglected , of beauty for deform ity , of the strong for the week , of the llat- tored aud favored foV iAJllvod sensibility or n timid stranger. They are not to be despised , yet they are after all scarcely to bo reckoned among the harder tests or grander glories of Christian magnanimity. The wedding gar ments at fashionable feasts are too apt to bo disguises. Epictotus says , "Wo are a suf ficient spectacle to ono onother. " 13eing n philosopher , ho must Imvo meant that wo do actually see each other. What xvould ho say to ono of these complicated contrivances xvlioro the partners make believe see one an other , but sco only a domino ? What would the pugnu Stoic have said to our metropoli tan ballroom morality ? Conventional morals nro a convenience ; but they inspire no virtue ; the purify no corruption. What is exacted virtue but a counterfeit I What is a rootless and insin cere chastity but hypocrisy ! And what is hyproyrisy , in parlor nnd church , but the sin that is nccrr.sT IN If the libertine goes straight from har lotry to my lady's "reception , " Is invited nnd welcomed there , nnd goes back from Lucrolhi to Circe with no senna of sham ? , what ethical Judgment is to bo passed upon the moral standard which the reception and uiy lady represent ? To comprehend what claim this universal nnd perennial element in our collective life has on our sober care and endeavor , wo have only to recognize its capacities. It is more than a play-ground or liiding-placo of heartless etiquette , xvhore pretense and craft , mimicry und spite , skulk nnd dodge and cringe and make faces ; xvhere people "pre sent their compliments , " when they really Imvo nothing to present but suspicion or Jealously ; "x-ery much regret" that they can not bo present xvhoro they covertly rejoice noi to bo ; "request the honor" or "pleasure" of company which hnto or despise , and "ronexv the assurance of their consideration for ac quaintances whom nothing but self- interest or fear keeps them from insulting to their faces or slan dering behind their backs. For dis graces like these society is a Judgment ; because - cause , notwithstanding nil the concealments , through certain luxvs ot Uod's ordaining it is also a revelation , nnd the Nemesis that can not , bo outwitted has recorded in tlio very word "character , " the mark of the man , the reward of every genuine brother In the great brotherhood , the doom of ox-cry trillcr und tlccoi vci * Is not a dlvlno Inxv like this , Inxvrought In our social nature , sufllciont to invest our or dinary socinl scenery with intnlloctunl Inter est nnd spiritual dignity i Without ceasing to bo a diversion from cnre , a relief from toll , a tournament of xvlts , might it not be come , to the humiiu mind nnd spirits , fruit ful , Inspiring , Jubilant , und sncredl Tlio Front Onto. . An old and crippled gate nm I , And txvcnty years have passed Since I xvas hung up high nnd dry. Hctxvlxt these posts so fast ; Hut noxv 1'X'o ' groxvn so poxvorful weak- Despised by man and boast I'm scarcely strong enough to squeak , Although I'm never greased , _ je 'Twas twenty years ago , I say. When Mr. Enos White Came kind of haneing round my way "Most ox-cry other night. lie hung upon my stnrbnard side , And she upon the other , Till Susan Smith became his bride , : - ? And iu duo time a mother. I groaned intensely xvhnn I hoard Uospito I am no churl My doom breathed in u single word ; The baby xvas a girl 1 Add ns she grow , mid grew , and crew , I loud bemoaned my fate ; For slui xvas very fun1 to vlcxv , Aud I 1 xx'as the gate. Then In duo time a lover came , Uctokoning my ruin , A dapper felloxv , Uroxvn by name , The groxvn-up baby wooin' . They sprang upon me in the glonm , And talked of moon nud star , They're married noxv and live at homo Along with ma and pa. My lot xvas happy for a year , No courting night or day ; I had no thought. 1 had no roar , Bad luck would como my way. But oh , this morning , save the ninrkl There came a wild surprise ; A sbndoxv flitted grim nnd dark Across my sunny skies. A doctor xvitli aluioxvlug smile , A nurse xvith a face serene , A bustle in the house the while , Grout Scott 1 What can It mean ? Iy hinges iicho , my back is xvcak , My pickets in n whirl ; I hear that axvful doctor speak : It is another girl I UONKV FOR TUB IiAIUKS. Kid is a popular trimming- Fancy muffs nro out of favor. Noxv bonnets set back upon the head. Linen collars and cuffs are xx-orn again. Trained velx'ot dresses arc liked for recep tions. Galleon girdles are added to many goxvns. Persian borderiugs are the height of fashion. Gentlamen again xvear three studs for evening dress. Ltcht colors predominate in house dresses for the winter. Light otter fur promises to become exceed ingly fashionable. On cloth dresses the ornamentation Is gen erally of a flat description. Immense vc'vot ' croxvnsnro thought stylish on all kinds of lints for children. Feather bands nro used to trim the most dressy volx-et Jackets nnd pelerines. A berry blossom of black enamel xvitli sil ver back makes a beautiful lace pin. White lurs xx'ill undoubtedly bo seen more the coming winter than for some time , Black urmuro silk has quito taken the place ot moire for combining with colored xvool goods. "Observe Mrs. Flocluon mining this xvay. " "Why , she's in second mourning. Husband ? " "No : dog. " Furriers say that beaver is to bo ono of the very fashionable furs next xvinter. It is n becoming fur and very desirable ns a trim ming for goxvns and wraps. A handsome necklace composed of oblong turquoises and diamonds alternately strung together xvlth almost Invisible Units of Hue platinum xvlro is x-cry handsome. Txvo blind man nro on n train. Suddenly loud smacks are heard all over the car. "There , " said ono to the other , "that's the fourth tuunol we have passed through to day. " First Dame Do you over go through your husband's pockets in the morning } Second Uaino-Hub ! Catch mo waiting until morn ing. I go through them before ho goes out in the evening. Mrs. Kustlcr ( to her husband ) I certainly wish , dear , that you xvould keep up appear- nncos moro anil drcs ? better. Now look at Mr. Slasher , hoxv stylish ho Is. IMstlor You forgot , dear , that It was but rcct'iitly that Slusiior fulled. . Mrs. Fogg Tlio trouble with you men Is that you xvon't hoar to reason. If you xx-ould bo uuiiled by your xvifo , noxv , you xvouln got along n good do.il bettor. Fogg You forget , mydoiir , that Adam xvas guided by his wife , and sec what n fix it got him In. An elaborate curling sot recently produced is contained in n solid silver case , the exter ior of xvhich is handsomely xx'orked into pic- turcsque botanical sccnus. The implements , xvhich Include n lamp , tongs , oto. , are also of silver , nnd are modeled after the most ap proved plans , A cluster ring xvhich xvas purchased by a retail Joxx'olcr in Now York lust xvook dem onstrates the high standard xvhich the Jexv- olor's ' art in this country has attained. The design xx-as n copy of the old Louis XVI. style , and consists of a thirteen carat spinel ruby , encircled by llx-o small brilliants ex tending to the Hhank. The ruby xvas of sapphire color and is cut xvith sixty-four facets. Not only do long draperies appear falling from the shoulders of tea-cow ns and even ing dresses , but also upon many of the noxv mantles. A. very clovur English design for a long wrap has a kind of flchu or scarf ar ranged on each shoulder. This is put on full , aud Is then druu < n doxvn each side of the arm to the back of tlio sleeve at the oll.oxv. It is carried irom there to the front ot the. collar at the throat. M'his is formed , of course , of very pliable material. The skirt portion is made quito full , xvlth stoics ut each side of gathered material , heavily hung nt the bottom xvitli pusscmcnterio points and fiingos. The sleeves und front breadths of the mantle nro of silk , and there Is n band of fur nt the nock nnd xvrists , Although there is great x-nrlety In the style of autumn Jackets , there are one or two models which , lead in lax'or. Those arc slightly longer in front than at the back , and they have close-fitting vests attached at the sldc-senms to the loose upper coats. Thcso lines nro followed out In Jackets made of ox-cry sort of wrap fabric from English serge to velvet. Very many of the xvalst- couts nro braided , or , on moro expensive Paris Jackets , nro almost cox'orod xvith silk cord arabesques and points. Dark green cloth Jackets are still in high vogue abroad , They are finished xvith a vest of cream or palo yo'.loxv cloth gnrnitured xvith green braid motifs. There are also coats of myrtle green cloth , xvitli x-csts of a rich mahogany shade , silk embroidered with dark green vine loax-cs. When a girl is ten years old she should bo given household duties to perform ac cording to her size nnd strength , for xvhich u sum of money should bo paid her weekly. She needs a llttlo pocket money , nnd the knoxvlodgo hoxv to spend it judiciously , which cau f > o xx'nll bo gix-cn by a mother to her little girl. She should bu required to furnish a part of her wardrobe with this tnouny. For instance , if she gets 10 cents a xx'oek , she should purchase all her stockings or all her gloves , us her mother may deckle ; and doing this under liar mother's supervision ho will soon learn totraJo xvith Judgment and economy. Of course , the mother will see to It ( hit the sum isHUfllciont and still loax-o a trillo for the child to spend ns tdio pluascs. , 'J'nls will supply a healthy stimulus ; it will give her a proper ambition and pride in her labor , nnd the ability to use money properly. As she grows older tlioso household duties should bo Increased , with thu proportionate increase of money paid for the performance , of them. An Absolute Cure. ThoOKIGINALAlHKTIMK OINTMENT is only put up in largo txvo ounce tin boxes , nnd is an absolute euro for old sores , burns , xvouuds , chapped 1mmis , and all skin orup. tlons. Will positively euro all kinds of pilus- Aslc for the O1UGINAL AHIBTINK OINT MENT. Sold by Goodman Drug company at 2f > cents per box bv mail iiO ceati. SI.SGUljA.ltll IKS. For years n Sprliigllold , Mass. , liorso suf- forinl from n sere shoulder. This week a veterinary surgeon made a oloso examina tion of the Hhoulder mid found n twcnty-llvo cent silver piece deeply imbedded iu the llesli. lloxv the coin gut thereIs a mystery. James W. Monk , of Greenwood , ixlo , , xvlillo passing through a potato Hold ob served al.cn liaxvk sitting on a hand cart di rectly in the path ahead of him. As ha approached preached within a few foul ot it the hnwlc fiercely showed signs of light , and How ut him but ho succeeded In kill' Ing It xvlth- clods of dirt. It wn. $ n very Inrgo one. measuring nearly ilx'o feet from the tip of 0110 xvlug to thn tip of the other. The talons measured nn inch and a nuurtnr. A sxx'iinn of butterflies , so thick ns to Almost obsuuru tbo rays of the sun , passed through Mott , Cnl. , recently. There xveiu myriads of them , nnd miny of Ilium would alight on moist snots in ttio streets , nnd a * they stiiiightonoii up their \viiiHH they looked like miniature pyramids. They xx-oru all uniform ns to size , color nnd shape. Bon Williams of Lansing , Mich. , has a novel xvny of ridding his face ot xvliiskors. Kvery Sunday morning for the past twenty- txx'o years he has sat iloxvu before the glass nnd pulled thu hair out "of thu loxvor p.irt of his face xvith u pair of txvt'o/ers. llu saya that it hurt like moat anything at llrst , but ho don't mind it a bit now. llu is sux-unty- llvo years old. The largest brook trout ever caught on , this continent xvas lauded recently at Spring Crock , N. Y. The llsh xvelghud six pounds and txvo ounces , and Its proportions xi-ero porlcct. This was ono of iho species ot brown trout , the suaxvn of which xvns Im ported from Germany on February IS , 1881 , so that its ago cannot be more than betxx'oou ' lix-o and six years. 1 ho largest ever caught previously xx-olghcd a trifle over five pounds. According to a French paper a sea inon * stcr , such as no lishcrmun has ever seen ho- fore , has been stranded in Hancais Hocks , situated to the west of the island of > .SU llonerat , near Cannes. The creature tuoiis- urus live and one-half metres in length , nnd Is llvo metres round the thickest part of its body. It has a beak resembling that of a parrot und two horns on its head ; its eyes are at u distance of one metro Irom the ex tremity of thu beak. A steer xvhich seems destined to u circus life Is exhibited at Pimlico , Md. H is four years old , fourteen feet In length , fox-en- tucn hands high , and xvoiglis 4,01)0 ) pounds. Nnt content xvith being a curiosity nn to height , the steer has added thu feature of double Joints in his lo s. Some lishcrmen xvhilo engaged near Hoi- fast , Irolaud , picked up u largo seagull , xvhich xvas seen approaching the boat , xvith wings outspread floating on the water , not quito dead. The men xvero puzzled to no- count for the progress it made through the Water , us it went faster tnau the bout ; but as It came near It xvas found that , wound se curely round thu body and under the wings , xx'as a string xvhich they discovered xvas at tached to a largo paper Uitothun flying ahova them ut considerable height. Tlio kilo had furnished the propelling poxx-er. The bird had evidently , xvhilo flying ut Hoi fast , got entangled in the string of a bay's ' kite , had boon unable to oxtricalo itself , and , taking to the sea had been drowned in its cfforts'tb ' obtain freedom. Frank. W. Halo , of Dover , N. II. , lias a squash that xvoighd 10U pounds. It is still groxx-ing , and Halo hopes it , xvill double its present weight. In Ux'onty-olght hours its circumference increased un inch and tliroiy quarters. Son ir. Jim < vjii Cnmj/c/l ) / / Scoft In Serlltner. ' I have done , Put by the lute ; Soncs und singing soon are over , .Soon as airy shades tlmt hover Up ubovo the purple clox'cr ; 1 have done , put , by the lute i Once I sang as early thrushes Sing nbout the dexvy hushes ; Noxv I'm inuto ; I am like u weary linnet , For my throat has no song iu it , I have had my singing minute ; I have done- Put by the lute. Kennedy's Kust Iiuliu Ilittord. Maymo ICelso , xvhn has a fortune In lior volco , has signed xvith the Couruid cuora company. BROWNING SOUTHWEST CORNER 15TH AND DOUGLAS S REETS , KING & CO , OMAHA , NEB. MUCH OP THE READY-MADE CLOTHING IN THESE DAYS IS ONLY MADE TO LOOK AT Or it will go to pieces. Brains have been racked to make it DECEPTIVE and SLIGHTLY , so that it will pass for WHAT IT IS WOT. HOIST Is the popular clamor. You RUN after the dealer who TALKS cheap , He knows Does it STAND the TEST when you come to give it good hard wear ? Do you feel the tricks of the trade don't. He fools the QUALITY like going back for you you on I le gets his PROFIT , YOU get the EXPERIENCE. It's only here and there a COURAGE- SUIT or OVERCOAT of the same sort ? CO. DO this very thing and sell GREAT QUANTITIES of RELIABLE SUITS and OVERCOATS of their own INIMITABLE MANUFACTURE and not only ISTOW ! guarantee SERVICE but GUARANTEE the PRICES , too , to be LOWER'THAN . r1- the LOWEST , for the same grade of goods. Is SUCH clothing CHEAP at ANY price ? YOU are to blame , in part , for the con DBTTT "W'ZHZIEIEtlE ] dition of things. Else in the West can you find such CHILDREN'S SUITS and OVERCOATS ? Such BUSINESS and DRESS SUITS ? Such FALL OVERCOATS and BROWNING KING & CO. ULSTERS ? WHERE ? , . , BROWNING KING & CO.sCorf aa-13- B.W. OornorlSth and DOUGLAS ETRBBTS , OMAHA , NEB. , . ,