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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1889)
M 2 THE OMAHA 'DAlLXT BEE : VMONDAY , DECEMBER 1) ) . 188D ,1 , ' " ' HEBRASKANS , STAY AT HOME _ m _ m now Our Own atato Oomparos With H Washington H IN RICHNESS AND FERTILITY , _ M m _ | Tim Now Northwestern Commonin B wealth Is Knr Surpassed Ity Hint H In Wliloli "Wo Iilvo-Not An H Eldorado l" A Visit to Wnntilnirtnn _ M Brattle , Wnsh , Dec 3. [ Spoclnl to Tnn H U E.l Sitico my last communication to Tim 1 Ueu 1 have received Bovcrul letters fromyour B Humorous renders In ruforenco to the new j state of Washington , winch 1 will try to H answer 1ft this letter _ _ t \ Th3 slate Is divided Into two parts nnrurnit M 1 nliy by the rahgo of Cascndo mountains H ; which extend from south to north ntiir Its _ _ t | cuatcr The dlfTeronco In the seasons , ternf H pcrnturc , crops , etc , between cast and wast H Washington Is as murkod ns if they wcro H thousands of miles apart Tills accounts for H some of the sccminc discrepancies in uaws- fl I jiaper rcpoits of the state For example in H J east Washington thcro Is not much rainfall , H ) und crops are unrchablo , much ns In Idaho H nud Wyoming . la cast Washlneton also the H | winters are savoro , with much snow and H wind , ft Is qulto different in west Wnsliiiigbr H ton Thcio is plenty of rainfall and in gensh H oral , Instead of one crop there uro nt least H two during the year Tie | grasses do ex9" H ccodlngty well lioro , yielding Immensely the H Urst crop of the season , followed with n fair H second crop On the west of the Cascades Is H nlsoairroat fruit country , apples , pcurs , H prunes mid all kinds of small hcrrios doing H j Wall , and all very Juicy and finely flavored H j' A far us winter is concornd in west WashSi H | laqton tlicro appears to bo much moro rain H , than In summer , und the uverugo toinporam _ _ \ ; turo is a little lower , with seldom a frost H j or a snow , and when it docs snow it very H 3 soon molts off and passes awav There Is H Very seldom any wind nndcortainly no heavy H Rtorms There Ib sometimes ngalo for u few H hours on the btrnlts of L'uca , West Wushbl _ _ T ington , commonly culled the l'uget sound H , country , Is devoloplng very fust Villages H ere springing up , towns and cities nro boine : H built Into magic , and rcul ostnta Is increasing H In vnluo very fast la all west Washlnutou H AVI 111 all these excellent features , not'vlthw H standing at this time of the year the grass is H broon und outdoor flowers may bo plucked la j December , this country is not a pane 9 } disc Thcro mo drawbacks which if offset the pleasant features to some HfL extent Ono correspondent desires to Hlf know whether it is r.s healthy a stnto as Noa 1 braslm I have not the experience , having fj been hero for four mouths , to ennblo mo to tj tlctcrmhiu tlint point , but lam now of the K opinion that It is not ns healthy hero as in H Nebraska The cliuuto is damp , and in cool Hj weather is rjuito dlsngrceublo and pcoplo uro Mt npt to coulruet sevcro colds , sere throats , in- 1 tluonzu , malaria aud typhoid fever The latto ff tcr discaso hns prevailed iu all the larger i towns during the past season HFi Onp farmer desires to know about the oxw tl tent of funning out hero There is little S lurming compared with the pr.ilrio states , 1 ] for genurnllv thcro is so much timber , from j the largest tree to the smallest Uirulj , growOJ j ing on the land hero that it H is worth about Sioo per ucro , H. to clear It , Hence the newness of the B country , together with this obstuclo in the 1 i ivny , would indicate that farming is not m carried on to ii great extent , it follows j thcroforo that these who have farms are M reaping the benefit by trotting largo prices B for their products , and cleared land is higher I ) price toduv perhaps than it will bo in Hl twenty years hence Hl Wo nave two United States senators , mas- 1 Rlvo in both body and intellect , now at the 1' pallonal capital taking euro of our diversified H ' interests , assisted by mi old Iloosior friend H of mine , Hon John L. Wileon , in the house , H If my predictions fall not , ho H ; Will bo a second Colfax in H ; , , _ that body , having , as I bcliovo , H many manly traits of that distinguished H statesman and orator We , of course are H looking forward to the developments of our H tnuny resources , such us our extensive coal H mlno , our nbundanco of Iron ere , our line B , ipjaries of stone , mines of sllvor , lead und H gold , mines of the best lime stone in the H West , our vast forests of the finest of fir , H cedar and spruce trees , aud the cultivation H , of the soil Speaking of soil , however , I H tblnlrthcro Is but little soil here whiuh com H - pares with , tbnt of oustora Nebraska in richi H , • ticss aud capacity to bring forth excellent H orop3 , and ho wbodoosnot want to spoculuto H In rcul cstato , and has a good farat in NoI H brash a , with good health for himself and I H family , will do well to remain l B where bo is , and spend his B . days in lighting railroad corporations , B If the reader would visit Seattle expecting to see a nlco looking town now , ho would bo H ivoofully disappointed The faot Is , build 1 lngs are boinp croctcd on every hand the i 1 ground Is all torn up and the streets filled i H with brick and mortar , * umber and ether 1 tiullding material v/hllo the city Is being 1 lionovcotnbod with excavations for water B pipes and sewers A. Ii Ball B ' BUOTllEUHOOl ) OK ST AN OKU W. H ' 'Xlio IJolcgatoi Ijlston to Words or H Wisdom In Different Uhiirohes H At 8 a. in yesterday the delegates In at- H tendanco at the fourth annual convention of H , the Brotherhood of St Andrew nsscmblod la H ' Trluity cathedral to listen to the address of | ' Scan Gardner Tno reverend gentleman H ti took for his text Luke 11:25 : , Blessed are B tboy that boar the word of God " The B holy bible , " said the speaker , "is a subject B f of perennial iutorost Men never oxhuust Hu its treasures Today , the second Sunday of , H" Advent , wo contemplate the blulo as the k' ' word of God a volco from the Infinite - H toacning humanity how to live , how to suffer H und how to dlo The world would bo upon | K durable were It not for the various words jw and voices that coino to us out of the great realm of Unite existence Wo listen spell > bounu mid gaze with rapture upon iho ulter- ' uiiocs of these who make no claim to intplra- II tion who simply work and speak with the K. use of natural gifts The skilled orator lifts E won to the topmost crest of the wuvo of hu- K. . man fooling , the sweet singer culls out the strong omollons of pusslon orsympathy , the ' [ . ; cunning artist peoples our world ' • with Images and vlslora of ideal ' . life and beauty Hut how shall woostlmato . the cburactor of the word of Qodl Hero wo Jl , . . etand on the shores of time and before us is It the great ocean of otornlty There Is it gen I oral impression or instinct of immortality This is ull , until out of the vast illlmitublo Is ' depths of pace there comes the word of God I' , and wo are mudo to unow the sccrots of that I far-off country This word of God spoken [ I * of by the prophets was explained by the com * J iug of the word of God lucurunto J Two thoughts follow as a reason for the j cxcollcnco of Gods word First , Its super J natural oharactor Second , its intriuslo { j tnorlu We afllrm the bible Is inspired bo- j cpusnjt has u supernatural origin and it tolls j , , of sui > ornatural events Tno bible as a whole j > has bean created by the pnwor of God It I . speaks with certainty because It is the ex- prcsslon of perfect kuowledgo U deals with : spirit as well us with matter because God is a spirit and the hlddon thlugs of the world , I , are revealed to him I • The ( UfUculty with human opinion regard ing temporal affairs ib that the basis of human I thought and uuuiuu belief is ever shlftine VJ . ouly with Hid data of post experience bo- ' ,4oro lilft that the eyes keenest pliilosopaor J I the wisest scientist can put forth u slngln , proposition in the realm of sclonco or phllos- ; . ' Pby , aid / ( ben tbeso men of learning usually ' r eo ( heir favorite tbeorlos overturned at , Icastonco Inthoirlifo time They caunot M I bco the future , hence the Idlouoss of mere \ . . human peculation , God gave the power of \ speaking from the standpoint of perfect knovrledgo to the various writers of the bible f- > Hence thpy have made no mistakes ' . , ' Then , ugain , the bible deals with suoer- r natural ' events and affairs It Is the ono source of kuowledgo regarding the eternal I , past ' or the eternal future Wo are made to w ir fcuow that boyoud the oonflnes of the present ? - lOxistence there Is a lana that Is fairer thua , j , this No human being would over have l . , thought gut the ton comwauduteuts or the I . ormou on the mount "l'he bible Is read by moro pcoplo than IK , i ny other book It has held spellbouud the B ' ; ( hearts of nations Sutcs have been founded I on Us principles ; kings rule by n comimct based on It , Thcro Is no now religious idea given to the world but thot is merely the do- volopmont of something given In the bible its very translation has scttlod the idioms of speech "IJcloved , lot tis take up this volume - umo with the Idea thnt it is the volco of God pleading to bo heard Learn to look upon your bible ns your most valued companion it is i n precious treasure It Is dally bread for the hungry soul Jt Is that ono book in which wo find ctornal llfo nnd the tosti- inony of Jesus Christ Its surfuco treasures nrobeyond compare Ksjilddcn tronsuros nn glorious as the gems o " rarest hue Tnko the book into your bands und read a few versos every dnv- " * t AT ALL SAINTS At 11 a. m. the delegates nssomblod nt All Saints church , Twenty-sixth and Howard streets , wboro they llstouod to nn addicts iy Ulsliop Worthlngton The bishop said tin early lifo of Christ ns revealed in the apocrypha showed that from childhood up J" the uga of thirty when the Messiah comD meneed his ministry , was not ono of idle ness , but was ono of activity ; ho was always nltondlng to his duties whether inlnlstoring to others , working in the carpenter shop , or asking quostlons and teaching the loomed doctors in the temple j Wo should follow his example There should bo close conai ccntration of effort This is better thun individual effort Wo should not expect to ba dragged on to heaven by the ministration ° J. ono ordained of God Wo should unite with him to save othcri This is what the Brotherhood , or St , Andrew is doing It should not bo our solo object in Ufa to build packinghouses , to erect palatial ro3lL donees , to develop a great Business or ole vato ourselves socially , but to do nil in our power to clovnto our follow men Dear brothers mid slstors , this Is your work Wo should share with the clergy und the brothof- hood their work This obligation Is not poS cullar It rests upon nil who are baptized to do the missionary work that the brotherhood is ] HtteStpttng to do The Into pnmo minister of Kngland , Mr Ghulstono , devoted the Sun day following his election to his high ofllco to worship Sccrotary Wnnamakor goes to Philadelphia regulurly every Sabbath to at tend to his religious work Mr Cornelius Vanderbllt attends church regularly every Suiaay ilo linds time to attend the sea men's meetings nnd visit the hospital monthly All in the hospital ho knows by nulno How cheering It must bo to the BUirorera to have such n man ns Cornelius Vanderbilt to address them by name ? Who ol you will prctond that ho is moro burdened with business cares than Cornelius tVnndor'x blltl Who will compare themselves with Secretary < Wanamaltor or that grand man Gladstone ? How lyour excuses fade away and lcavo you speechless I What wo need is a baptism of the Holy Ghost that wo may have moro of the enthusiasm of youth The work of the brotherhood begins at homo by the llrosido Precept Is far mora tolling than cxnmpIo.-Your work is at the ofllco , the bank , tbo counting room , the shop or whereo ovoryolinro After the slnginc nnd ether exorcises Mr Guy W. Hogg of Chicago was Invited to say a few words Mr Hogg said that some peoJ plo Imagined that to bo a missionary one must go to India or soma island with an mi- pronouncablo name That they imagined that the work of cvangollzition belonged to the clergy That is u great mistake The Brotherhood of St Andrew is to meet this very purpose Its object Is to win young men to Christ To show thorn that thcro is some greater object In lifo thun that or merely wonting from duy to day for their wages without nny other thought The work of the brotherhood Is universal and is not only an aid to the rector and the church to which the young mou belong but a blessing to hui niunlty iK the Arinnxooir n conforcjico of members of the brotherhood was held at.1 o'clock In Young Men's Chris tian , association hall , ut which time reports wcro lecelvod of tbo condition und progress of the various ehaptors in the state At 4 o'clocic ' the doors were thrown open . . and the publio admitted The subject of the address was The ( Young Man aud His Llfo , " Mr John I. Ken nedy of Omaha speaking upon the topic , His Pnvuto Llfo , " and Mr Guy W. Hogg of Chicago upon His Business Lifo " IN TnU EVEN-ISO the brotherhood occupied scats in Trinity cathedral After the usual evonmg service i Doan'Gnrdner ' Introduced Mr A. P. Hopkins , , the newly elected president of Trinity chapter - tor ot the brotherhood Mr Hopkins gave a short sketch , of the purposes I of tbo organization und then intro duced Kov W. O , Pearson of St Johns church , this city , who addressed the congrogntlon upon the suoject , The \ Brotherhood Its Nccossity " The speaker referred bnofly to the necessity of the organization ns nn assistunco to the clergy iu bringing an organized body against any evil Ilo admonished > the brotherhood against be ; ing i over confident because of tholr rapid growth nnd advised thorn to bo careful and conscientious in thelroirortsseoki , > igstrongth in I prayer und counseling with the clergy in nil matters Mr Kaymand Stryko ' r of Lincoln was next Introduced I and spoke upon the subject of brotherhood I Briefly stated , the object is to spread Christ's kingdom among young men ; , " or to retain the young men of the church ' and prevent thorn from losing till in- terest in church work by giving them a par ticular field ia which to labor Mr Guy vV Hogg , the next speaker addressed [ - dressed the congregation upon The noces- sary qualifications of , n true brotherhood man " The spoakcr said ha realized the im- ' portnnco of being tbo last speaker of a con ! vontlon of this kind whorotho members would soparalo for their homes in various parts of tbo state and would bo likely to re ; member strongly the last remarks they heard One of the qualifications necessary to a true brotherhood man is that ho bo a Btudent ot the bible Another is that ho Bhould bo a man of prayer After these two things others will follow Mr Hogg took occasion to call the nuonlion of the brotherhood to the fact that there is somothiug wrong In Nouraska , because the poor attendance at the meetings of the con vontlon Jt is claimed that there are 139 members In Omaha alone , yet there were only thirty-live nt the altar rail in the morn ing to piay for the prosperity of the brother lmod Ho thought It would bo bettor not to have so many members , but have a few earnest workers In conclusion tbo spoakcr said ho would leuve , as a last word , the lomarkof one of the clergy : The clergy need you ; the clergy bless you ; the clergy bless God for you After the botvIcos were closed the mom bcrsof the brotherhood adjourned to the lower room , where prayers were Bald for the future prosperity and guidance of the orga- nization , and numerous remarks mudo by these presout Karowolla were said and the fourth annual convention of the Brotherhood of St Andrew , dioccso of Nebraska , was ut au end * ii.\i to mBT Funeral of the Ijate GoorKO Cramer Yosteriltiy The remains of George Cramer , the sales , man for Q , tl Mack & Co , who died Friday , were tcadorly laid away yesterday afternoon in Laurel Hill cemetery Though without a rotative nearer than tbo fatherland where his aged parents will rooclvo with sadness the announcement of his death the deceased was not wanting la frlenas His Interment was witnessed by more than a hundred of the leading Germans of the city , with all of whom ho had been long ao- Qunluted and by whom he wus greatly ud- mlrod The remains lay In state In a beautiful casket In Uroxol & Mauls ' when tboy were viewed for tbo last tloio by mourning friends On the lid lay two beautiful wreaths of llowors , ouq the offering of Mr Jr aud Mrs G. H , Mack , and ulso a beautiful : floral lyre which had boon given by bis asso- ' clato tvorkmon In Mr Mucks store : Mossri T , II Bruoslng , W. J. Tricic P. J , VauSlyvlc , A. McLeodM. . Saxo and Claus Gooseh Shortly before the casket was closed Mr ] J , It Houck dellvorod a few Improsslvo to- marks on the certainty of death and tbo emotions which that certainty aroused The pall beurcrs were W , J. Frlok A. Mo- ' Loud , T. Buesslug , C. Mioj B. Lamb and P. iMoy Tbo funeral was under the auspices of G. II Mack and Mr , Wetter and nothing was loft undone as ovtduoce of rospeot the de- coasedl Clirls ImurliHoii'a Iturlnl Chris Lsurltseu , who died In St Joseph's hosplul Friday lust , was burled yesterday In Forest Lawn cemetery , the funeral mgsmgmmgmgsSSSSSSStt services bolng held in DrexM ft Mauls , Kov , , IC C Had hold t , pastor of the Danish \uthoran , church , onicfntcd Tbo pall boarit ors wcro Louli Casper , Louis Peterson , Gustavo | Hall , T. H. Koohlor nnd V. Hanson , Tort Onntlin News . The Fort Omaha Socmt club gave another of tli6lr dances last week nt the post hall , Untieing ; nnd musio served to pass the do- llghtful ; hours and a most onjo > able time was had | by nil , Among these present were : Mrs , nnd Mrs James H. Williams , Mr nnd Mrs j \ 1) . O. Alnsworth , Mr nnd Mrs J. Luchslngcr , Mr nnd Mrs Fog , Mr and Mrs v ! , Hale , Mr nnd Mrs Murray , Mr and Mrs Hyon , Mr and Mrs Forbes , Mr and Mrs Williams , Mr , and Mrs Mcohnn , Mr and Mrs , Dunham , Mr nnd Mrs Richardn son , Mr nnd Mrs Olscn , Mr and Mr . Wood , Mr and Mrs Cook , Mr , nnd Mrs ilnycs , nnd Mr nnd Mrs , Shaw Mlssos How , Campbell , Kortcmnn , Hasinusson Kinnm nnd Mary Dolpor , Mary , Aniiio and lJcrtlm Sullivan , Mary nnn Annie Dully , Ftj-nu.Cody , Hlwood , Powers , Engor , Cowley , Kortmnn , Hlln Latch , Fox , Gould and Gouch Messrs John Cody , Plntoll , Carl Williams , Goilach , Davis Stahl , ICurt7 , Parsons , Hkc , Younrf , Hubbard , Thompson , Hell , Payne , Fitzgerald , Cnsoy , Boyle , Mornn , Anderson , Lee , Seen , Qutnu , Brown and Weeks Lieutenant Edwin V. Bookmlllor , Second Infantry , with Sergonnt James Bunnan , company T , Corporal John Collopy and Muslclun II B. Andersen , company B , Private - vato Tnomas N. Koyes , compauv F , and Julius 0. Finger , company K , Second in- fantry , ns guards , will proceed today to tho1' Loavcnworth military prison with the fol lowing military convicts to bo confined nt Ihatplnco : Frederick J. Kuiie , 11. Hawley , Otto Uuhl , James H , ICcurtoy , Ocorgo W. Heed { nnd Kobort Wilson ' Lloutonant John Kiurio , adjutant of the Second Infantry , loft Fort Omaha yestordny for Chicago to visit his family During his nbsonco Lloutounnt John Iv Warmg , Second Infantry , will nctni adjutaut The finally of Dr Hallldav has rejoined him at Fort Omaha Dr , Brndloy's family hns also Joined him at the fort Mrs II B. Sarson , wlfo of O , M. Sarson , guvo ! a very pleasant social last week at Fort Omaha , . • The gonernl court-martial , of which Major Butler Is president , resumed jts sittings on Thursday last , and tried two cases of do1 sertlon from ether posts nud organizations , namely : Pnvato Joseph Wolncr , Buttallou j , Fifth artillery , a deserter from Fort Ham ilton , and Charles II Caddy , Company D , Twonty-second iutuntry , u deserter from Fort Keogh , They both pleaded not guilty of desertion , but guilty of ausenco without leave ] ( , though ono of them , Pnvato Caddy , had been absent nearly throe years An lltuortalnlnir iraroler John McCarthy and his wlfo arrived in m aha Saturday evening , tlrea and worn out They stopped here to rest up , having tnado a tour of Eunpo and other foreign sections - . tions of the earth They nro at the Paxton McCarthy U a Jovial man who can give In- formation to a coninanion about the Sandt wieh , islands , Samoa , Australia or nny other foielgn , country that may como up in a con ; vcrsntional way He wus mot by n reporter ut the Paxtou last evening und in a brief couvorsnllon stated some very interesting experiences The I gentleman and his wife have Just returned from : Honolulu They will visit the principal , places , of interest lu O in ill in today and Btart for their homo In Svrucu e , N. Y. , tonight Mr McCarthy is a splendid entertainer and . can talk the nvcrago man to n finish Ho | i is nn undertaker At the time of tbo Johns town flood Mr McCarthy was one of the i first undertakers to ship In n car load of : cofllns for which ho made no charges George ( Uomfnco , Jr , lending manforPatti ' Uos.i ] , und Mr McCarthy mot for the first ' time to-dny sluco the separated in Honolulu ' weeks ugo X AVIfb Bnittcr , E. R. Briggs who lives near the corner of , Twenty-ninth nnd Leavenworth strcots , wns arrested i last night for being drunk and dls- orderly ( and boating his wife Ho went homo In | a festive mood and amused himself by slapping I his hotter half nnd otherwise nbus- Ing I her until alio was compelled to summon n i policeman who gathered him in and soot him I to the station A31USKMRNTS. Tbo Grand opera house furnished another indisputable evidence of the popularity of Sunday amusements last night The at > traction was the Social Session ' ' Every seat in the house was occupied and people were evou turned away BRISVITIKS The tall , elderly lady who bought two ounces cream of tartar and two ounces sulphur - phur mixed at the drug sturo on Sixteenth und Chicago strcots about 5:30 : p. in Satur- day took the wrong package Koturn same at ouco - Coiiiiiiciiiornf ivo luxorcfsos Wasiunoton , Doc S. Wednesday at the capitol will bo dovotc-d to programme exer ; : cises commemorative of tbo contonnl.il celo- ! bratlon of the Inauguration of Gcorgo Wash lngton Thosenato and houBO will assombla together In the ballot the house , and there will bo music ' , a prayer by the Chaplain of ) the senate , an address by Chlof Justice : Fuller and the benediction by tbo chaplain of the house Thcso oxerclscs are to bo at- tended by the president and cabinet , tbo su- promo court , the delegates to tbo Pun-Amor- icun and International maritime conferences aud ether ofUciuls It is not expected that any business of lm- portanco will be completed in tho.senato this wcok Bills will bo introduced and referred nnd some ot the committees will begin tholr regular work Tomorrow the republican icaucus commit too on committees will moot , and It expects to conclude the work of rear raiigoment at that session so as to report to itho caucus Tuesday , Action will probably [ ! rbo taken on the nominations sent in by the ' president last wcok These number lai all recess appointments except that of Judge Brewer • 'flio Flro Kocurll New Youk , Doc 8. The flve-story build lug at SO East Fourteenth strcot , ocouplod by dealers In silverware , printers npd sta- tlonary , a chocolate manufacturer and an Importer ot French satin burned this mora > ng ; loss $205,000 , covered by Insurance Two of the firemen were ovcrcomo by the smoke , but were rescued nnd will recover Humiiolut , Kan , Dec 8. The flour mills ot Lindsoy & liobson burned last night ; loss $100,00. LocKroiiT , N. Y. , Dee 8. The flouring mill of Saxtou & Thompson burned today ; loss $250,000 , ; insurance $100,000. , • ft a I n fitorniH in California San Fn scisco , Cal , Doc 8. Ono of the heaviest rain storms for yours prevailed throughout California for the past two weeks und some damages resulted thorofrom , especially lu the lowlands of the Sacramento vulloy In general tbo rain has boon most welcome nnd a lurgly increased orca of fait Bown gralu will result Telegraphic ad- vices Indicate that thousands of acres 9' oranges and fruit trees will bo planted in northern nnd southern California aud hun dreds of now vineyards In the Fresno rasln , district Itcokicss Willi Ills Gun iNDiANArous , lnd , Dee 8. This evening John Arnold shot and fatally wounded his wife Carrlo , seriously ivoundod Jobu Poe , nnd then turned the revolver on himself und flrod The wound indicted , however , was only slight The shooting was caused by the announcement of his wlfo that she was going to leave bira and apply for a divorce ' A Bail Caioh Kansas City , Mo , Doc & August Jaooby > discovered a burglar in his house last night and attempted to capture him The burglar shot Jaooby fatally and cscapod To Hear Paul CniOAOO , Dec 8. Vice President Morton deand wlfo arrived In the city today to attend the opentng ot the auditorium * To ilootor the Czar Bkblin , Dee 8.-Prof. Loydeu hastily left ' Borllntoday for St Petersburg , havingbeen summoned to attend the czar tmmammaMMSSBi A COMEDIANS ' ( ASSION FOR GRAY ttotnna Kocl'fl(1cnsnii ( < i lorttio I'nltli Within Htm Rolftml Rooil,9 fdnflnoEs for fjrny hns froqliontly I , bcoil a Stilijoot , saj-s the Now York J World , for Jokltip remarks ntnonjr liial ncqunlntnnPc ? . That there might bo , n. studied moarltnr ; In the prcdomiti- nnco of prny iji tlio actors costiuno never suggested lisolf until the other dlcht J There pees Ru dntid Ills ugly nrny cent . , " wns tha idle rotnurk tlint iiisplrod tlio-thought. 'lho ! actor , when ques tioned nn the subloct , remarked : Yes , you nro right I do nlToct grny ns a color for cause It lias a deeper slgiiKlcniico to mo than to most people j \ am so thoroughly under Its lnlluonco that I would nut think of undertaking nii.vthlng J * Important unless orrn.vcd iu Its ' sober tints I have boon thus attired - tired In the most important events in my lifo My debut ns a child actor was in i a gray dress When I struck out for Hiysulf Into strict comedy , it was the mature tone of most of mj- clothes This fooling is as strong today In mo as it was in the ettrly days of my professional struggle I would no moro think of trying a now ohurnctor unless gray was to , bo u pronounced color in my stage wardrobotliati . , many good people would think of beginning a journey on lVldny ' "It is nil well enough for you'to luugh at the idea , but there tire a great many things wo nccopt witblii our minds and ho.irtH J | ns-a basis nt right und conduct that . look bad in a tnuthomiitical glare , just the Biime I like grav-hoadod characters iu my plays My best friends are , and huvo always boon , these wear ing i us glorious crown of dignity nnd years I discharged two loading ludlos from The Woman Hater because they refused , to wear gray , on the ground that it was unbecoming to their peculiar typo J of beauty My fatbor and grand father had the saino wonknobs , if you choobu to call it such , so , I suppose , I Inherited - horitod 1 tlio projudlco They , possibly , had ] it instilled into thorn by thoQuakor atmosphere in which they llvod " SHE BOUGHT HIM SHOES . And Dirt the Little Boy nny StockJ lii , ? Well Unrlly Busy Fourteenth strcot wns the scone yesterday J nftornoon ot a prottybitot unostentatious charity and warm-heart- cditfss that mndo its luclcy witnesses feelas if the world was not such a elfish - fish j old planet after all , says the Now York Times As might bo expected on a school holiday 1 at this season the south side of the t street held hundreds of youngsters intent ; on getting a good view of the wonderful , hlghts in the sho\y windows nnd the majority of thorn wcro by no , moans the woil-dressed and tenderly carcd-for ehildron1 , who could bsito ' ly hope 1 for a sbaro ' f the displayed truns- uros at Christmqs time On the coa- trury | , moro thun half of the little folks , wcro from the poorer quarters of the town ' Few ot thep were so warmly dressed ' that the dainpehill , atmosphora was ' robbed of its jiotvor to make their teeth I chatter and ttj hunch their little shoulders ! up , nndj ' many of them looked us , if their ordinary faro was anything but i , nutritious au 'd utllcient Hut they fought ] ns eagerly , lor good positions be " - fore the show wiiidowsund criticised the wonderful toys as interestedly as if they know that they had only to chose and what thov " wished for would be theirs , . Ono group ofexcitod youngsters con tained a lltuo c 'bifp not moro than seven , years old , who were ' itcpat several sizes , too lurgo for him , wrapped tightly i across-his breast , and the smallest pair 1 of tattered brooches tha c hey ever put on His thin littlologs wotb destitute I of shoes or stockings and blue with the , cold , but ho scurried along in a pair of old rubbers at the heels of his compan- ; ions as merrily as it ho were rigged out in a Lord Fauntleroy costume lie wns juit saying to the boy nearest him , Hey , Bill , look at dut big taggor in do winder , " when a very pretty girl , handsoraoly dressed , came swinging I along and caught siuht ot him Her blue eyes filled in an instant , and , without stopping in her walk , she seized the little chap ' by the shoulder and turned him around into Sixth-nvonuo so quickly ' that bis head must have swam She took him into a shoo store there , boutrht him a-sturdy pair of shoes , gave htm a twenty-llvo cent piece with an injunction - junction to buy therewith a pair of stockings , and was on her way to Four teonth street again before ono could T sing the ballad of the little green poach The youngster did not thank ! her Ho probably was bo surprised that ho never thought of.a little thing llko thnt Did the little boy buy stockings ? iWoll , hardly When ho got out in the rstreet he simply said , Como on tailors , ; peanuts , " and they wont Blmvlne the Heard The earlioat reference to shaving is found in.GonesIs xii , 14 , where wo road that Joseph , on being summoned botoro the king , Bhaved himself There are rsovoral directions as to shaving in Lo- vitieus , and the practice is alluded to in many other parts of the holy scriptures , Egypt Is tlio only country mentioned in the bible whore shaving wits made a practice Tn nil ether countries sueli an act would have been dobnslng in the extreme Ilorodotus mentions that the Egyptians allowed the board to grow when in mourning So particular were they as to shaving at all ether times that to nogleot it was to sot ones self up as a target for reproach and ridicule When the Kgyption nrtists intended to convoy the idea of ttaioan , low , slov- only follow , they always ropreseated him in full board Unlike the Romans ot a inter ago , the Egyptians did not con line the shav- ing prlvllogo to free citizens , but obliged tholr slaveWo shuvo both board and head I" * The priests worolabout the only class of citizens who habitually shaved the head except the iluvos About three hundred years before Christ it becumo the custom ot tbo Ilo- mans to shave rogilarly | According tJ Pliny Soiplo Afrtft nus was the iirut Roman to shavj daily In Franco the dshaving custom was brought about by Louis XIII comma to the throne young , and beardless Jf t'lio Anglo-Saxonb were their bearpr until at the con | quest they were compelled to follow the example of the Normans , who shaved From the time of Klward III to that of Charles I. , bonrtffc were universally worn , In the time of Churlos II mus- tacho and whlskors only were worn , nnd soon nftor the reign of that raon- arch the shaving practlco boenmc gen oral , Answered Correctly , Detroit Free Press : A toaohor in ono of the publio schools of Detroit was glv- ing a lesson on patriotism The clnl- dren seemed to know very little about Washington except the hatchet Btory , and that ho was a great and good rami , which they had read in the second reader , At last the toaohor said ; You slay homo from school on Wash lngton'a birthday , but you never do bo on my birthday Why not ? " And with surprising omphaslB oarao the answor'Causo : ho never told alio " Beechnuts Pills act like magic oa a weak stomach OPENED ( HIS ENGLISH EYES A British Tourla' Tolla Wlittt Ho Saw in Amorion IS OUR AMISTOCRACY VULGAR ? ahlsMnn Thinks Thcro Is nn OfTcns- Ivo Air of MnncySeokliig About It Tlio Self-Sntiwllcd Gollminlto Ah a Drltlsh Cousin Siuv Us , . I passed for nn educated man In Europe , but when I landed in Now York 1 found myself shamefully ignorant ot ono of the most rcmnrkablo countries on the fuco ot . the earth I prided myJ'J self on being n man of tbo world I was at homo In Rome , Paris , Constatitlj noplo , as well ns in London I spoke nil moilot'ii latigungos ; and had bcon accustomed - customod to the most fashionable so- cloty . of Europe I was growing blaso the shallow gayety of Paris palled ujion mo I was tired of the art nnd nntiquln ties of Rome I hnd exhausted Constim- tl noplo and the Orient , aud , to cscapo ennuiI determined to pack up my traps nnd . pay a visit to our American cousins I , was not so hopelessly Ignorant of America ns the Italian counlobs , who , when contemplating a visit to the United States , asked nn American friend whether it was not dangerous to venture oulsido of Now York on account of the Indians But , I am bound to confess that my knowledge - edge of American geography was very limited I thought , if I over thought J about , the matter at all , that Now York was the ciipitol of the United States , Of Savannah , Atlanta , Baltio moro , Lynchburg nnd ether towns , moro or less important , I hud not so much as cvon heard their names New York is a city of strange and startling contrasts , snvs n writer in tbo No.Nnmo Mngn/.ino. In ono Bection , you : 11 nd houses which , in magnificence and ' all the conveniences of life , surpass the ' palaces of European kings ; in the very next street , perhaps , you I1dI a populace 1 composed of the roftise of the world 1 , forming a seething mass of vice and villain ) * . This hideous contrnst ot gigantic t wealth and abject poverty must bo oxtretnely dishartoning to the 1 humanitarian , and absolutely disli pairing 1 to the philunthropliist , but , ns I did ' not visit America on missionary work ' , I.will not uncover this cesspool of 1 Now York life To nay thnt Now York is a big town is the truth , but ' , it is not the whole truth , New York is n wonder , a mars vol ] , a miracle , but it is not a ' representative American city , for it has ' moro Irish than Dublin , moro Gert mntiB ' than Bremen , moro Jnws than Jerusalem Its feverish activity , tlio rush ! of its pcoplo , the roar of its streets , ] its steam cars Hying through the air and ' ever rivers , its busy docks , its nuigniiicont ' hotels , swarming with hur man ' lifo , all go to make the most ox- trao"dinury'city ' on the face of the earth ' During the six weeks that I stayed in Now York , I wna n close student of its rnon , women , manners ana morals It was a novel and interesting experience for mo , and I enjoyed it I did not visit America to make money , ns most forI oignors do I am a man of independent means , with literary and artistic tnstes , to whom humanity is a favorite study , and money of no u so except as a menus of gratifying my personal tastes The wealth of the Asters would bo of no.uso to mo ; iu fact I would not bo troubled with , the enro and anxiety of possessing it Having these idoiis about money , it is quito natural thut the money atmosphcro of Now York stilled mo , as it must nil truolov- ors of 8wcctncss and light It is not only down town , " in Wall stroct and its vicinity that this dense and vulgar - atmosphere prevails It oppresses liltowiso , in the luxurious drawing rooms of Fifth avenue ; it drives the visitor from the crowded hotel parlors to the privacy of ones ' own apartments , Itoffondsyou on Broadway , it assails you in the splendid drives of Central pnrk ; it moots you face to face in the 1 fashionable clubs ; it is here , there and everywhere The beautiful girl whoso 1 lovely manners enchant you , is also 1 tainted with this vulgarizing love of money The man of wealth marries a l girl who has great expectations , " nnd thus has grown up a sort of money nris- tocracy , whoso only claim to distinction is the possession of money and wbouso 1 tholr money only in self-gratification , The wealthy class of Now York is only a little less dangerous nud a little less offensive than the pauper and vicious 1 class Rome foil , not from poverty , but from too much wealth Now Yorkers En- sneer nt - glishmon insular " " ns , prejudiced - diced , " etc But , if there 1b a moro insular , moro prejudiced , moro solf-satislied being on thiB earth than 1 your genuine Gothnmllo ( I believe that is the right word ) , I should not care to moot him Ho may travel all ever the world ; ho may llvo in the oust und in 1 the west , , but ho still maintains that New York boats all creation Ho shows 1 his appreciation ot his favorite city by kooplng away from it as much us pousl- bio Hu spends the summer nt Newport - port , the winter in Florida , the spring in Washington , nnd two months of au- tunin in Now York In fact , Now York is not a desirable placotolivoiii There is loss homo-life in it than nny city I have ever soon , always oxceptlng Paris Now York is a city of Btrangore of I travolera , of people who llvo in hotels . and boardinghouses , of mon without homes and ot wnmon who do not want thorn All AmoricniiB and many foreigners - oignors go to Now York Boonor or later Tlmso who Btay do bo for the same reason that certain persona stay in a place which is never mentioned - tionod and seldom thought ot in polite socloty , because they cannot got awav While England honors her poet lauronto of four Bcoro , and Qladstono Iteops tbo loadorahip of a great political party at nearly the same ago , America worships youth and strength The sot ting buu has no attraction for the young giunt of' the west Few old mon uro seen In Wall street There are plenty of men there with bnld heads and gray hair , but they nro bald from work , not from time ; they are gray from worry , not from years Jay Gould , the Moph- Utopholos ot the Btreot , is a broken down old mnn nt the ago of fifty-three ; Vanderbilt died u physical wreck before ho had rotichod what tlio French call the youth of old ago " The business mon of Now York live fust nnd die fast , Literary men lly from Now York moro jlwillingly than Lot lied from Sodom , The commercial atmosphere ot the pKco hoB the fatal olToct upon the in- tolloctual , as the deadly nlerht shade ba3 upon the animal , lifo They have it is true , a small resort of little ihmon , which they call the "Authora * Club , "IsupDOso because there la scarcely a handful of authors among Its mom bora , who ara chiefly journalists , SramutlBts and newspaper hangors-on. Edmund 0. Stedtnnn , the no-called bankor-poot , who is nothing of a banker and very little of a poet , is compelled zsssssssssssammassaBSm tollto in Now York ton months In a Js ; the snmo may bo said of poor Stoddard , whoso greatest distinction is that Pee once th renton oil to kick him out of his olllco Upon this honor Stod dard ] has mndo something Hko $1,000 by describing the affair , ever nud over again ; , for various magnainos nnd nowe- pnpers This is wlmt I have boon told , but the Amorirnns tire very fond of poking fun nt ignorant forolguors , " and this may bo ono of their jokes But j the fact remains thnt Stoddard was kicked ] Into tiolico , or rather the moro faot of being threatened with n kick by Pee has given him a certain distinc tion , Und Pee actually kicked Stod- durd the latter would have boon mmlo immortnl ' The world owes Pee many thanks for his moderation on this occa sion | sion.Tho The lifo of a Wall street magnate is not till coulour do rose ; outwardly ho anpcnra rich , brilliant , important ; really ho ii oflon a more drudge whoso life's ' blood supplies the money for nn extravagant wlfo to shine in splendor Ho is the worm thnt mtikcs line dre sos to < ndnm a dashing wlfo nnd fashionable dnuglitora , while ho grubs in bis olllco from ' morning to night Mrs Dnsh- nwny's husband is a Bam plo ot many a rich Now Yorker Mrs Dashaway is ono of Now York's most fashionnblo ladies She dresses nmgnillcotitly , drlvosa stylish btiroucho nnd gives silporb partics.OHor lifo is ono coiibOless whirl of plonsuro Her mornings nro spent in shopping " visiting , gossiping , nttonding milliners receptions , " etc Mrs Dnshnway's husband Isu Wall strcot banker Ho 13 at his ofllco at 10 every morning , where ho works hard until 5 lu the evening Ho returns homo worn out with his days toll , and Ih it not natural thnt ho should ' o.xpocthis wllo to umuso him ? Ilo is Tend of music nnd she slugs very well , but the Idon ot n lady of fashion playing or singing for the nimisoment of her husband is simply absurd Ho hns boon pouring over his cash book all day , and it would bo Biich a relief it Mrs Dashaway would read him the evening paper } but the bare hint of such a thing would nstoti- ish her immensely Mv Dashtiwny after his days work , needs repose nnd rest ; ho should bo nl ed to enjoy his cigar in pence But no Mrs Uashn- way is fond of society and the opera so ho must enenso his tired body in an tin comfortable suit of clothes , and escort her to the oporn , where ho has the plcasuro of seeing some fa" ! iioniiblo dandy making love to his wlfo under his very nose , or ho thoii goes with her to some party or other , where he will hate to wait , hall dead with sleep , until 3 in the morning , while Mrs , Dashaway is lauding the German with the Inst French count At the clubs , in society , down town , up-towuovory where , 1 hnd hoard of the old Knickerbocker families , of their re serve , their high pretensions , their , long 1 decent I wns told that they looked down upon the Asters , the Vnndcrbilts , and other social leaders 1 of the present day aa rich par \euucB. So , I thought I would investi gate the Knickerbocker chum to blue blood I found that boiuo of tbo ances tors of these haughty aribtQcruts could not write their names , but were obliged to make their mark when they trans ferred land or houses Others wore en gaged in occupations , which , although eminently useful , are not regarded us aristocratic Brazonuos-o's grandfather drove a milk cart , ho drives a four-in-hand. This ones maternal Jgrandfather made breeches I , the other-sold snuft ; another made shoos they all mndo money and their descendants are people of fashion , live in Fifth avenue palaces and look down with aristocratic contempt upon the honest mon who are trying to make a living by the same means that their ancestors made fortunes They talk of conts-of-artnB , though their grandfath ers once had not coats to their backs They talk of their family crests , not knowing I that a orcst is a device com memorative of some incident in the history 1 of the family thnt boars it The family f crests of the aristocratio families i of Europe originated in tlio 1 glorious deeds of their found ers BOino gallant feat of arms ; some heroic action ; some personal prowess i ; a lady rescued , a castle saved , 1 a battle won If the deeds of tholr ancestors were , commemorated < upon their crests , what ; would some of Now York's proudest nd most aristocratic families proclaim [ to 1 the world ? A cabbage bond would [ announce i thnt a Now York family of [ the 1 highest social position owed its po- sltlon i to successful imirkot-gardouiug. Think of the grandmother of ono of j ono i of the KnioUorboclcors soiling car . rots i nnd cubbngo in the old Bowery market i ! To many a cold winter and [ summer i boat aid she expose her von ornblo < bend that her family might bo 1 rich , respectable aud aristocratic But t these tilings have boon long forgotten , and i , by the aid of a courtly and-woll- pald herald , the family has bcon able j.o truce its descent from some old burgomaster - omastor ( who never oxiBtod An ingon- ious coaca painter has designed a crest for the family carriage which would 1 astonish the horald-king-nt-arms , but it gains the admiring glances of the ignorant multltudo , and that is all Bulllcient i for its solf-satibflod owner So much for Now York aristocracy I On to Uhlontto IsniAXAFOMs , lnd , Doc 8. President Harrison spent Sunday very qulotly nt the resldcnco ot Ins son-ln-Inw , Mr MelCce , at- tending church raorninp ; nnd evening Tonight ' - night the party boarded tholr prlvatocar and at midnight the train pulled out for Chicago Silll Sinokliiir Buttb , Mont , Doc 8. Smoke arose from the shaft of tbo Anaconda mme today snow Ing that the flro Is not yet out and tbo shaft was closed up again VeHuviiis Active Home , Dee 8. nurthnuako , shocks wcro felt today In tbo central portion of Italy , Mount Vesuvius is tn a stale of eruption , Is a constitutional and not a lop.il discaso , and therefore It cannot be cured by local ap plications It requires a constitutional rem edy like Hoods Sarsaparllla , which , working thiougli tlio blood , eradicates the Impurity which causes and promotes the disease , mid effects a iicnnanent cure Thousands of pcoplo testify to the Buccessot Hoods Sarsa- yarllla as a remedy for catarrh when other preparations bad failed Hoods Barsaparllla also builds up the -nbole system , and makes you feel renewed In health and strength M r mm ! tHMMl A ISP j POWDER Absolutely Pure Tillspottilrriiutur varies A marvcluCmirUr strength anil whnlnsomoncts Moro pcnatmil * cal ' tlmn the ordinary Kind * , nud cnntiot uosnlil In competition with Iho multitude , ot low toil short welnlit nlinn orplHHphat powdnrH SoUX • i mil 01 mm itov.vi , iimuno l'owiuai Co , 101 Wall St , N. 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CURIOSITIES OF PLAGIARISM The llnblL of Imvlnir CI n I in to Other l'ooiilc'rt Iilterary Work The soltlng un of a claim to the authorship ot Little Lord Fauntlo- roy by nludy whoso literary work has never attracted public attention to her bolf , must , biiya the Now York World , awaken intcrcel in tlio phenomenon ot n malady not yet classified by tbu doc torn , but familiar to all editors , critics , and publishers The diseuso is akin to the opium habit in its persistencyin the onso with which it is acquired , in the obstinacy witli which it resists treatment , and in its effects upou the moral character ot its victims Tlio characteristic symptom ; ot the ailmuiit is tm irreslsll- blo disposition to claim to have written other peoples literary works It has never been dolinitoly determ ined whether the disease is infoctlnus or ] not , but there is a strong suggestion that it is so in the fact that the most robust moral health bcoiiis to alTord no secure immunity from its attneks , Lot us consider a few typicnl cases The Into Dr Holland was the instigator of the Sao Helm Btorlcs , They were written by a person or persons perfectly well known to him Ilea consulted ! from time to time concerning thorn : ho rcculvcd them In manuscript , suggested occasional clinngos , many 'of which were made , nnd , as the editor of the magazine in which they wore pub lished , hu drew checks in payment for thorn Ho confidently bohovod , there fore , thnt ho know who wrote tbo . stories as ccrtninly as ho know who wrolo Ins own Dooms And yet there were three on ti rely ronutiibo porsous , all nccountcd truthful , ench of whom solemnly assured Dr Holland that ho or she ' , in fact , wrolo tbo stories , each hav ing a ditleront tnlo to loll of the way in which the manuscript was stolen William Cullcn Bryant once told the prcsont writer that a person who wai not born until yearn after the Urst pub lication ot "Thniuilopsis , " vehemently claimed the authorship of that pee in j and went away indignnnt when Mr Bryant declined to surrender hiB _ own pretensions in that particular : : ! 1 The number of porsous who wrolo ' ' S.iow" estimated Beautiful was by thoi late Richard Urunt White at twenty : ' four and everybody rotnembors how many tlilTorcnt persons produced ' All ( juiot Along the Potomac and Bock Mo to Sloop " The curiosities of plngiurism are otid-i loss and sometimes very startling coin cidences nriso in connection with them The prcsont writer , then editing a wcoklv periodical many years ago , had offered to him an artiolo which ho had himself written and publishing anony mously in a daily newspaper two years earlio r. The artiolo was written for n temporary use , and there was nothing in it to cause any reader to remember it after the immediate occasion had ' passed away It the plagiarist had olTcrcd his literary swag to any ether editor his theft would not have boon suspected Hia ill luck led him to sub mit his manuscript to the only person in the country who could hnvo known its origin and real authorship A rural clergyman in Now York had tlio courage upon ono occasion to ofTor a literal transcript of Dickena' "Chrlst- mas Carol to a Now York editor for sale , and when the editor objected that the work was already widely known as Dickens , the clergyman solemnly protcstod that ho could not imagine how the author of "Pickwick' ' ' could have got at IiIb maiiu8criptwhloh had boon locked up for years ( ' " Didn't Oiro Kor Gormnns A friend who has just returned from Pnrla tells mo an amusing and charac- toristio anecdote bays a wrltor in the Critic During the recent exposition there was a little railroad , llvo miles ip length , running around the grounds The track ran in and out among the grounds , and bo near them that a pas songer's heal or arm thrust out ot the window wns in danger of bolng kuockod off Toprovont accidents of this sort , warnings were printed on largo posters and tneked up at intervals of n few yards along the ontlro track They are printed in almost every known language , including Asiatic and African tongues , shorthand and Vela puk My friend counted over thirty languages and dialects You would have Bupposod that none wus ommittod in such a list But there was one omls- slon and a very important one Not a siuglo word of warning was printed n Gorman ! 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