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12 THE'OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , 9
MARCH , 1800--T WENT Y-OFOim PAGES.
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Commencing Monday March. 10th , we will inaugurate a series of sales tha'tf will simply pulverize all previous efforts and will make old regulars quake in their
"boots when they read the prices. You will always fcnd withus the best of goods and the Brices the lowest ever quoted in Omaha. Remember we do not sell irashy
goods , but the very best goods at the same prices cheap stufi is soJd at. Our buyer , now east , has sent us a great many new goods the past 1O days and advices of
car loads more coming , so , watch lor our advertisements , they are sure to bring you out. Our Basement will be open Monday with the largest line of house furnish
ing goods in Omaha , and will be sold at Halt usual retail prices. 1,000 pieces new Van Dyke Point Laces in cheap , medium and good. An elegant line Black Fish
Net 40 per cent less than usual prices.
LINEN LACES , LADIES' . LADIES' Basement Bargains !
Wash boilers , copper bottoms , 55c ,
Superior clothes wringers , i
Yard. Ansonia clocks , 50c ,
Tin cups , I pint , 2 for 5c ,
IfiO pieces Hand Made Linen Torchon Ono more day ; cholco of our flno Greatest bargain over offered in
Lncos ; all now patterns. Some very Kid Gloves , in tann , brown ? , blacks , Omaha. . THere are only 87 pairs in the Tin dippers , 5c.
wldo onca. None in this lot worth less grays and opera shades ; formerly sold Pine fancy figured all-silk Drapes , lot. Our buyer closed thorn out at one-
than I6o and up to 25c. Choice Gojard. Monday only. 100 dozen LatUcs1 Jersey at $1.50 , $1.76 , $2.00. 32.2/5 / and $2.60 ; with slllc fringe ends. Wo bought thorn fourth price. Wo give you the boiloflt. Tin cake cutters , 2Kc-
Ribbed , clioic Monduy. 08o pair. None fitted or cheap and offer thorn to you very cheap , Ilandsomo dados , solid ehonillo curtains 5-cases Lonsdalo 30-inch Blenched
Vests In white and ,
sey cream only 30c each . in all the new.and late colorings , Muslin , Monday only , at 7Jc a yard.
at only 80 each. Not . moro than six sold exchanged ; get your right size. , worth 81. $4.08 a piiir Monday ; really worth only anil Flour scoops , 5c.
to any one customer. sold in Omaha at * 10 to $12. Flat irons , all sizes , 25c ,
' Patent flour sifters , I0c.
LINEN LACES LADIES' Piro shovels , 5c-
, Night Gowns 3spper bottom tea kettles , 30c ,
] airy pans , 5c , 6c , 7c ,
Joffee pots , lOc , I5c , 20c ,
C lalf gallon oil cans , I5c ,
Yard. Jne gallon oil cans , 20c.
"ojlet paper , per roll , 5c ,
300 pieces fine Torchon Lacos. also a 03 dozen Ladies' Mother Hubbard
nice lot of flno Smyrna Laces. This lot Night Gowns , tucked yoke , ruffling 00 dozen Satin Damask Towels , 2 *
is really worth up to 60c yard. Your 100 dozen Ladies' Solid Comfort Cor around neck ami cuffs ; best quality of Our buyer closed out over 1,000 in this knotted fringe and plain fringe ends , 20 pieces black all-wool Henriettas , , V | in
choice , lOcyard. sets , in white and ecru , at 60c pair ; just muslin ; only 60c each , worth SI. Don't lot , worth up to 85o each ; cholco Mon fancy borders and plain white , extra silk finish , nt Ooc and 76c a yard. You TOWBl rOllBrS , lOCi
what you pay others 75c for. fail to iisk for this gown. day , 2oo each. liirtfo size nnd very fine quality , only can numbers save ut just the So prices per cent quoted. on these Ask two to bgg rnn UcalciSj inninrn ,
Soccanh ; cheap at 50c. see our specials at (35c ( and 76c a yard. I
Daf OI1 ,0ft ,
' Bird seed , Ib package , 5c ,
BLEACHED
LADIES'
Milk Skimmers
3c
, ,
LINEN LACES Large size Hatchets , 20c ,
, Night Gowns Small size hatchets , I0c.
12 marbles for ic.
Frying pans , 12 'c , I5c , 20c.
12k - Good scrub brush , 5c ,
; Yard. . 1Ox-i 50-foot ' clotheslines , 5c.
Children's tablet 3 , Ic ,
Jumping ropes , I0c.
This lot is tfio greatest bargain over 68 dozen Ladies' Mother nubbard 10 pieces fine Bleached Satin Table
offered in lace. Over 200 pieces and insertions 75 Ladies' Black All-Wool Stock ! nett Night Gowns , tucked yoke , with Ham This lot is simply . wonderful ; , all-Bilk Damusk , OS inches wide , utti&c and 75c 200 Boys' Knee Pants , ngos 4 to 13 MOnkBf ] WfBllCflBS , lOfJ.
sertions to match. You cannot pass Jackets , with vest front , diroctoiro burg insertion , made of the finest mus Drapes , wilbbolUng cloth band hund- a yard ; formdrly sold at 8Gc and 81 ; yearn , only 13c a pair. Wo can so 1 you fattRV Uailltfl'J S Inn flflih
thorn at 12Jo yard. None worth less style , a nobby jacket , onlv $5 ; worth lin and would bo cheap at $1.23 ; yours piiintcduud ' each sUl < < f'ingo ) told onds. all colors . , . Monday they go a * ( > 5c and 7oc a yard ; 11 ( land v all-wool Pants at 50c u pair , all J , ? ' . ' . ' " ' " \ . ' .Va" *
G'Jc lessthan S1.25.
than 36c and up. $7.60. Monday for 75c each. only ; never best va'uc ever offered iu table linens. they arc worth just $ j. Children's high-chairs , 59c.
THE LABORER AND HIS DIRE.
Condition and Prospects of th'o
Striking Coopers.
WHAT THE TAILORS CAN EARN.
Profit * of ii Cllnpinc Btnolilne
Knrniiics of the Coal Miners
Cnrpontnrs anil Joiners
General Labor Notes.
Striking Connors.
Kavly last vvook all tbo union coopers em
ployed in the pacitmg houses at South
Omaha dropped their Immmcrs , throw asldo
their bailUcU aprons and walked out. A
general strike was declared.
? ho trouble arose over the bosses cutting
rtio pay from JSJ to $2.50. The uion refused
to stand the out und quit work In a body. A
numlmr of the man have loft the city and
gene to Kentucky where good.ooopora uro
just now In demand. The men who will ro-
inain are confident of whining tbn HtrlUo.
As yet the bosses huvo been unabloto secure
any scab coopers. Thu Coopers' union la in
a healthy financial condition. Ttioro nro
nearly onn huudrod members. Only u fuw
coopers either in Ounihu or South Omahu
nro non-union men.
"Ton yours ago , " said onp of the strikers ,
coopers got IS cents upiuco for mulihiK
tlorcos. At that lima they got S2.CO ami $ i
yor day for pacuins liouso cooDoraRo. Now
they uro getting ! 15 nnd 40 cents for ilercot in
Chicago aud South Oumtia , and the bosses
want to cut our pay to $2.75 per day. It Is
much harder to work In the packing bouses
in the summer tuuu In the winter , owing to
tbo nocossity'of BpenUlnfT so much tlmo In
'ho chill mom. Iu tbo wmtorwhen tbo tem
perature Insldo. and out U moro equable U is
impoislblo to muho full time. At tbo tlmo
of tbo walk-out a number of the coopers
vtoro only making half tuna. I know of 0110
Instance where a good man worked nineteen
straight months at Fowler's packing homo
and only avuragcil $1.70 a day. His wages
, vero at tbo rate of ? 'J.60 per day. So you
Ian BOO how much tlmo wo are compelled to
loso. "
In case the bosses hold out , ana the treas
ury of the Coopers' union runs dry , the
fttrllccrs will bo promptly assisted by other
unions both Iu Onmhu and South Omaha.
A Profitable tmluHtry.
"What pay do you follows KOI for clipping
a horse ] " was asked a burley negro as ho
ran the clippers up and down the loft leg ot
a chunky chestnut gelding in a Sixteenth
street barn.
"Does you moan what do wo pet , or do
boss ! " replied the Ethiopian as ho kept uhoml
with his work without even lookmir up.
"Woll , either , or both. "
"Tho boss ot from * J to $3..V ) a head. I
got 50 cents nnd tbn umn who turns tbn crank
on the machine gets 51) cents. Tbo bojs gets
tbo balance. "
A clipping machine costs from ? : K ) to (50.
Thuro Is Itttla expense attached to tbo run-
nlng of one of thorn , and wbon kept busy
have proved to bo a very profitable Invest
ment. A horse can bo bandsomnly clipped In
loss than an hour. In Omaha there nru only
three .n actfvo bcrvlcu. and all of them uro
uomg u thrifty business.
TnilorH nnd Priam.
Tbo Customs tailors' independent union of
Ouialm has finally tiled Us articles of incor
poration with tbo tccrotnry of state and
ashed for a ulinrtor. This act cannot but
causa strife und rivalry among the Journey
men of this city.
As si u tea In THE HEE last Sunday there
will bo two unions , namely a branch of the
custom tailors' nutloual union anil the Inde
pendents. Tbo latter , of course , U purely a
local affair. The national union allows only
ono organ ( ration to be established la a city ,
la case of a strike , or the need of aisltunce ,
the national tailors are not expected to as
sist the indoDCiiidcots and vlco versa.
The trouble among the tailors arosu over
tbo management qf the local unlnn. It was
not a question of wngos , us has been orron-
ously printed in some Omaha papers. Some
of tbo members were dissatisfied with the
ofllcers and their conduct. A few of tbo
bosses wcro umong the first to null out. They
wore , followed by a number of Journeymen ,
mid iio\v the whole matter is In the bunds of
n committee from thu central labor union.
The scale of prices , signed by all the mem
bers of the Independent union , is as follown :
UXlfEUCOATS.
A a c
Ircii"crmt5 . . 1.J13 .10 fii : ia $
Duublcrlironati-drrock . 13 U ) 12 .V ) II CO
lloublc-broHstfcl i-miiwnys . , . I'-'OU lira 10 UJ
Mniclo-broattcil cutaway . UN ) II U ) U to
Doublo-bruuttviliiuck. . . . . : > .t > ii III BUI
blnglo-brcBStoa suck . . . . . . VUJ 8 6U 1 IO
OVE1KOATS.
Doablc-brratloil surtout only . 113 00 f I'50 fit W
Doublo-breusloJ Mirtont , fprlni ;
uooils . . . 1175 1100 in 50
FlUKlo-brcnitol surtout . 11 iJ 1160 10 50
SlHKlv-brcitstoU 8iirtuut , spring
goods . i . 1025 1003 9M
Double , or simile-breasted surtuut ,
lly-froiit mien . . 11 75 11 W 10 1)0 )
Double or Blnxlc-bivaiitctl fly-front.
mfk.anrlnuK'wda ' . , . 10 H ) 10(10 ( 0 ffl
8tiiKlo-bri'nsloiliiinlwittMiiit : ily . 1101) 10 OJ 10 UJ
bliiK.o-brca toU uncle , without Ily ,
ilirttiir uooils . . . . . 975 1100 875
lloublv-brcusli-il itlslor or llv-front. . 11 ( II 10 U ) 10 ( I )
Mniilo-brciisteU Ulster or fly-front. . . . W W 10 m 'J Ml
Tut ! same , i > rliiR B0 d . . 10 00 U W U U )
MILITARY AND LIVLltV.
Same as oilier goods , Bniuu stylo.
VESTS.
Uonlilo-brenstcd . , . I n X $ .1 OH S 2 75
bluglo-broaalcil . ill * ) a 15M
PA NTS.
1'unts . 13 H ) Kl HI 61
Clas A fcmonth'fiisml cloths , beavers , ilocfkln.
trlrotit , iilunvs , Venetians , i-ropon , velvet nnd llk.
Clim ll-Hlr.solt-facfd Ix-nviir.i. Milton * , worsteds ,
ribs. ilhiummK Imntetx. Mr' ! > ; , plaliU , etc.
ChmO-Cliovlotsi , mltlnu * , cnsaliueros , tweed flan
nel , Scots , mixtures , etr.
etr.I
I OATS.
Are allowed four pocket * , nock pad nnd ntlnuettc ,
clotli under arm luulMnu'lo stitched. Tlio lollowlng
.ro extras :
A H 0
forded edao . { 75 $ 75 $ 7. >
Iro. it eoala bound Uair and half . I U ) I UJ 1(0 (
All oilier cents . , . . . > . M U ) to
KlatbraUl . , . .r. . 1(0 ( 1 IU 1 UJ
Double Mltched . , . f"J AA
f-eamn. ulct-'IOhtltclilMl or wcltoil . 75 7ft M
kramn.iloublQittlchedurlellwI. . . . 1 ( JO 1(0 ( 75
ftlk faclnu . t . 7S 75 M
. . , , '
Hajispcr pair . 25 2& SO
Kxtni | : kut > , racli. . . ' - > J )
OpunliiK nt liands , with notion lioloa K 25 a )
Intcrlliilnii . " > U > : u
lumi . . . 35 M
Mylnbark . " ' 25 >
Olio not button ) . , . n . > . ' ) <
hldoedKfi . . . . . . ) J IJ 15
Corcrcu buttuui , fHch . , . . . . 5 B 5
'
Rdncs hand tttslif I . , . . . . . 75 ,75 W
Try on. with back ami Dbouldora
basted . ' . . M SJ
Try on , with back , and ono uluuvo. . . . 75 7J 75
Try on , wttli skirt , laiiet | | unU ldo-
body bailed . . . . . 1 CO ICO 100
Try uii , wltli klrt , lappet and collar
basted . * . . . . . 1 5 125 1 u
Skeleton tmitoJ , lllcollur | and both
aleuves . , . 160 IK ) 1 { 0
. . .
8llk Wlnicto odKO . IW 1W 1
Capuson vouti . . . . . . . . ! l W - W
VERTS
Are nllowcd four pnclceln , tlnulo lltcbcd eduos or cut
lit bottom , Tlio following arc oxtnisi
Plat braid , plpo or cord . S5 M 25
Hound half una hair . 25 V5 15
KxtrupookvtD.cach . . . 15 15
CovorlUK buttons. cacli. . . . , . . . / , . . . . 6 o D
I.upiH'l.wllU slmvrl collar. . . . . . . . 25 Si SO
Try uu . . . . . . . 25 25 25
I'ANIB
. \ro nllowod two front , ono hip and ono watch pocket.
Thu following uro uxtrn * ;
Heamswpltcd , with or without stlln * "a ) 20 15
heami iHiniul. Kal oun . . . .15 M S3
t < t > anis flat , bralili-d . 25 13 U
( OimocrKod thniuRIUMit . . . . . . . 25 25 25
M > am > half ocriiod . * . 15 15 15
htrlpo over > lduicanis , any color. . , ' . ( > ) la ! &
llio.ut fall * . . . . . M 10 M
Kxtm | H > ckoU. cucli . 25J.i ii
l.liifilall through . . 40 4,1 tit
llalfltned . . . , . , . 31 20 20
Flaps on pocketi. pair . 23 25 25
llutlon hole pockl , each . . ft 6 6
Double ulrapaorulupttiiU . . . . . . . . 25 25 25
All work not mentioned above will bo paid
for at the rate of 'M cents per hour , The
above prices arc to bold good until inarch 1 ,
18'J3. '
18'J3.Tho
The officers nro Jonas. Ilolmsgrcn , presi
dent ; I' . J , Molutidor. secretary , and John
Jacobson , treasurer. There wora nine sign
ers to tbo articles of incorporation.
"Tho incoming officers of the Illinois State
Minors' association are urpod to glvq their
best efforts to effect a union among minor * , "
said un Omaha coal dealer , "and it will no
doubt prove/ great benefit. They uiako the
following prajwiltion ; ( I ) A means of pro-
voutluft foolish oouiuotitiou ia tbo selling
urlco ofcoalj (2) ) a fair advuuco lathe wa
ges of miners nnd mine laborers ; (3) ( ) more
uniform conditions in soroening and vvulgh
ing coal itt tbo mines ; (4) ( ) the appointment
of n Joint arbitration board to adjust , in a
jionceublo manner all controveraieo
and grievances (5) ( ) the cooperation
ation of mlno owners in the
eatiibHshincnt of ix relief fund , to bo used as
a relief to wiJows and orphans and miners ,
and also to help tboso who are so unfortu
nate to bo disabled oy accidents in mines :
(0) ( ) the reorcnnizatlon of the interstate plan
in adjustinc mining rates. An eight-hour
resolution was adopted and ono requiring
tbo approval of mining and hauling con-
traots by tbo cxeoutivo board. The stiUq
labor bureau was1 indorsed and reports
called from it every your.
Uho committee on Ibgislation recommend
the enactment of a law establishing semi
monthly payments ; abolishing tbo infamous
s.VBtetn of truclt stores ; the examination of
stationery engineers ; a law malting coal
screens uniform throughout the state ; the
amendment of the mining laws so as to pro
vide for the inspectors of the rosnoctivo
mining districts , or some other competent
person , to net as sualor o ( weights aud
measures ; for the adjustment of scales upon
which coal is weighed at the rninos.
After much controversy the prlco for min
ing coal at Osage City , where all the supply
is furnished for the Santa Fo railroad , has
boon satisfactorily agreed upon between the
owners and laborers. In ttio suoimor soion
tbo men will bo paid S1.40 per ton and in the
winter $1.00 per ton.
Census 'Inkers.
Tbo men appointed to taito the school cen
sus huvo begun tbo work inct are progress
ing rapidly. They uro allowed 0 cents pay
for caca name. The work must be com-
plated by April 1 , and it U expected that
moro inon wilt have to bo employed to tlnish
the work by that tlmo. The men who are
now engaged in gathering ttie names tire as
follows :
First Ward Pat Foloy.
Second Ward .fob Mariott.
Third Ward Frank Hiinmar.
Fourth Ward James E. Carpontnr.
Fifth Ward Joe Schiller.
Sixth Ward E. T. Glenn and Georpo P.
Stonoy.
Seventh Ward Charles L. Thomas.
Eighth WnraH. . W. Uoynolua.
Ninth Word H. L. Soward.
llailronil Ijiiliororn.
There will boa great deal of work for
laborers on Nebraska railroads as soon as
the soring weather opens. " said an attache
of the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis &
Omaha road.
"Our compaoy alone will entirely rebuild
eighty bridges nnd UDO miles of roadbed ,
rails and ties will bo probably rotnodlod. As
u usual thing tbo work of repairing the
tracks and bridges is completed about
November 1. Uu ( that will not .bo tbo case
this year. The men will bo allowed to work
until they are compelled to atop on account
of the weather next winter. Urid/o car
penters get from f'J.T.O to Ki.50 per day and
track men from $1.50 to ( X Hundreds of
them will bo employed ,
Ilnnie-Maitu 1'ronscU Urlck.
To Jtbo Editor of TUB URB i Why soud oft
for flno pressed brick when they can bo man
ufactured hero at homo , mid create mi Indus
try that will glvo employment to luborlng-
mon the year round ) Wboro are our capi
talists ! Let thorn Invoatltrato thU. Tlinro
Were shipped Into Omaha from abroad , liwt
year , 1,000,000 of pressed brlcK , .Tho writer
of this M a practical man and is willing to
put money Into this enterprise. Ho will cullen
on any person \ylio desires U and explain
the system to them If they fuel UUo entering
Into such an enterprise. The manufacture
of prbisea brick is sure to bo a bcneilt to the
City. MANUlr'AClUUElU
Tim Car pent UN.
The Carpenters' and Joiners' union still
holds interesting meetings In Green's hall
twlco each month. The aitondanco Is always
largo , and a satisfactory fooling prevails all
along the lino. Aid ban boon uskad from
this union by tbo striking carpenters at
Dallas , Texas , and was freely given ,
A Imbor DJoatlnv ; Called.
By no invitation of the Rev. John Will-
isms , rector of the St. llaraabas church , the
president of the Central labor unloa has
called n special meeting for this afternoon
utaiO : ! o'clock.-ttt'Gilte "City hall , for trio
purposeol going in a body to Hoyu's oporii
liouso to hear an uddress delivered by thn
Uev. James O. T. Huntlnirloii on "Messairo
of tbo Church to Empto.yera. " All ollioers
and members of the uniim are expected to
bo present.
The Pnliimrs' I'otltion.
The painters and decorators of Lincoln
have notified tbcir bosses thai in the future
they will only wont , nine hours a uny. Lin
coln has a strong union in this trade. The
name craft in Omuhu will follow suit in , a
very short time. ,
Ijli 1)111 * NcKCM.
Great preparations nro being made by the
members of the Central labor'union for
their annual ball. The duto has been set for
April 10 ut Wusbington hall. Julius Myers
hui ofTerrd to furnish : ilargo orchestra , with
purhaps , thirty-llvo pieces , frco of charge.
'I hu assistance of'all
the trades unions in
Omuhu Is solicited.
The reports of all the trades unions In
Omaha which h.ivo boon made to tbo Central
labor union during the week , shows an m-
orcuso In work everywhere.
The union oarbors complain that their
meetings uro very poorly uuondod Blnco Sun
day closing-controversy has been practically
nettled.
J ho | co men nro still workiuc a day nnd
a night forco. The ieo is now nbout olovoti
inches thick and there is no imnccr but that
onnughofit will oo 'secured to "make next
season tolerable. _
AN INFIDEL'S "PHILOSOPHY.
Kxtrnordlnnry ljiit : .Momnuts of u Vt-
oiniii University lpof"fnor.
A most roinurkablo doath-boil bcono
tooU jjluco in Vionnii tjiroa wetiks ago.
The here of it was u young1 professor tit
"
the university there , "stiys the St. Louis
Globo-Dotnoerut. IIo wus a man of
great brilliancy and loiirning. His loo-
turos concorniiK , ' the inner Ufa of the
Boul were famous among' the sUulunta ,
who visited thorn in crowds. IIo wua
regarded by his follow professors in tbe
philosophical faculty as the coming
man in tbo department of psychology.
Socially , also , ho WUHII man of consider
able prominence. Ho was married into
n wealthy family , und tool : every oupor-
tunity to ifot for bis wife and three
children all the pleasure that the gay
Austrian capital affords. At tbo thua-
tro , on the promcnudo atul at thn great
court balls Uo was ono of the most famil
iar figures.
Four years ago ho foil ill of tin incur
able disotisu , and his phyek'iuns warned
him that only a'radicil change from
his gay nioild of Hfp could hinder for a
short tlmo the progress of the timitidy.
The young profus'sof- answered quietly
that ho wpuld did as a philosopher
should die , without an effort to defer
his last day , Tie dto , drank , studied ,
lectured mid danued' ' exactly as ho did
before the doatcn ) warned him. A fuw
woeliBiigo ho lay 'down on his deathbed ,
lie road the samci books and tulUod of
the same frivolofi ajnusomonts as usual
up to one evening1 about three weeks
ago. At 8 o'olocl ; the doctor then told
him Hint ho u-oiild die within n few
hours. The youug.'professor disgusdod
many topics entirely foreign to the sub-
ieot of his fast-ii'iYprowhiiifr death with
hia wife till midnight.
"I feel well , .very well , " ho snld to
her finally , "so well that I would Hko
to drink a bottle of champagne with you
before I go. Idas tno for I may go
while you are itivuy and then have the
wlnu put on Ice , " His wife oboyod. A
few minutes later ho took the bottle
from the servant's hand , poured out the
wine for his wife and himself , emptied
his glass to her health , flung it on the
floor , und dropped buck on his pillow ,
doiid.
TJio Vionnu , dallies , which have a
constitutional prejudice against print
ing the full namu of any man of high
social standing , mention the here of
this strange scene only as Herr Prof.
P . Ho was an Infidel.
CURED TOE lIIU.i $ BY FAITH.
Some Good Storioa About Man and
Oth3r Anmals.
A DOG IN THE ORGAN LOFT.
' 10
He Trie-t to .ToliKjIn tlio Sliiefnc But
Created u I'umc Sowed Witli
H'cr Tcraii Chicago
Enterprise.
Tlin Curious Shlo of Ijli ! > .
A curious instance of the effects of
th'o Christian science craze occurred
here recently , says a 'Eau Claire , Wis. .
dispatch to the Chicago Horald. There
is quiie a largo circle of students of the
science in this city and they hold reg
ular meetings' for the dlcussion of
methods and cases. One of the number ,
a gentleman who resides just out of the
city , had a sick horse on his hands.
The veterinary surgeons could do noth
ing for the animal , and the local
Christian science exports failed also.
Thereupon the owner of the horse , hav
ing plentv of time and not caring for
the expense , wont to the telegraph
olilco and wired an account of the ease
to a Christian science professor in
Chicago. The symptoms were given
in thu telegram , and the Chicago expert -
port was asked to treat thu case by the
usual mothod. The hor.so was at that
time apnarontly on its last loirs. The
Chicago scientist wired back that ho
was treating-tho horse to the best of his
ability , and was thinking hard. With
in five hours the horse was well and
eating oats. The cuso was duly re
ported at the next moisting of the circle ,
and the members are purduinfr their
experiments with renewed faith in the
science. .
Park avenue , East End. Presbyterian
church was the scone of an unusual musi
cal event on last Sunday evening ,
writes a correspondent of the Pittsburg
Press. It caused no little commotion
and amusement among thu members of
the church choir.
The innocent cause of the disturbance
was a little .Scotch terrier belonging to
the family of a young lady who acts as
the church organist. lie had slyly con
trived to follow his young mibtross , un
known to her , from homo to the organ
loft , and , after securely ensconcing
himself in u comfortable corner , waited
patiently forllio evening sorvlco. The
organist was very much surprised , ,
shortly after commencing the voluntary ,
to hoar aHta'cesslon of uopulchral groans
from the cornor. On investigation she
was L'omplotolytakon aback on discov
ering the liltlo Scotchy. which jumped
nnd frisked about , exhibiting its croat
dohght. It was evident the canines
soul was thrilled with joy , but nover-
thclost * it was out of the question for
him to remain a member of the choir !
and ho was promptly ejected.
This incident over , the choir pro
ceeded to sing an anthem , but they had
not sung through the first vorsu when
from the outside was hoard the unmistakable
takable- of the undaunted
takablehowling to -
rior. It had returned to the attack nnd
scorned bent on joining iu the singing
by hook or crook. This caused o sus
pension of muslo by the choir , ad between -
twoon the mild panic and laughter cre
ated by the renewed attempts of the
faithful animal it was impossible to go
on , The musical prodigy was again in-
gloriously ejected , this time with moro
force than att'cction and again the serv
ice proceeded.
But it was evident that the canine
meant to stay on till the tonninaiion.
Still , as the next hymn was being sung ,
the fur-off echo of a now familiar voice
was hoard from the back hallway ,
whore ho had boon banished. The
young people were almost exploding.
Finally the canine musician was
drugged outside and gent hlmio under
escort to prevent his return.
There died at Sugar Island last week
a woman who could have raaao a for
tune in a dime museum had she chosen ,
says a St. Johns , N. B. , dispatch to the
Pittsburg Post. It was Mary Goodhuc ,
known in all- the country round as
"Tho woman who sewed with her
mouth. " She was born of French par-
outage about fifty or IIfty.-llvo years ago.
She had no hands or arms or legs or
feet , or at least none in any way de
veloped , those members never having
grown after she was born. Ilor body
was of full size and her mind was fully
developed. She was very intollitront ,
conversing very frcoly in both French
and English.
In early life she developed a fondness
for sowing ; but how aim , was to perform
this task when she hadno hands or
oven fuel to assist her in this arduous
work ? She astonished her relatives by
beginning to sew with her mouth.
Finally she became so export that she
could cut the material with the scis
sors , thread the , needle and then define
fine sowing , using only her mouth for
for all the operations. A great many
people from thin city and from the sur
rounding country witneused her per
form this wonderful work , and some
people have in their possession squared
for patch-work q nil IB done by hor.
She pieced a number of quilts and
could make one known as the ' 'Log
Cabin" variety , a most difficult task to
perform.
It is said that Barnura , hearing of
this wonderful woman , offered her
nrgo pay to go with his show. Mary
would have go no , but her family ob
jected , and so she remuincdut homo.
Ono of the brightest advertising men
in Chicago made his rise through the
fall of another. It was uomo years ago ,
when , as a more boy , ho was tramping
the streets of Chicago broke and in
search of any sort of a job which offered ,
says the Chicago Herald. His last
nlckln had gone for food , and one after
noon ho was walkintr through a down
town alloy , tired and disgusted. Hap
pening to glance uuward ho saw a boy
leaning out of a window. In a moment
the hey lost hit ) balance and
foil to the ground with the
customary dull , sickening thud.
The discouraged man hastened
to the boy's side and discovered that
death had boon Instantaneous. Look
ing up at the open window from which
ho had fallen the man counted the sto
ries and tnoii sought the stairway near
by. Mounting the stairs ho dashed into
the editor's room , for it was the olilco of
the Pralrlo Farmer , aim.blurted out :
"Do you want a boy ? " Looking up in
surprise the editor answered , "No , wo
have a boy. " Then the man said , "I'll
bet you haven't your boy just foil from
the window and is dean. 1 want hia
place. " Investigation found that the
man was right , and ho was engaged for
hl pushing way. Slncu then ho has
risen by degrees and made money , and
Tory few of his friends know how ho
gained his placo.
-
A largo yellow cat , with whlto points ,
started to cross East Main fltroot , just
opposite the Arcade , on Saturday after
noon when traffic was at its climax ,
Ilor olmncos of getting acrqsa the street
safely did not Boom to bn thu best , aa
she shrank back terrified at the approach
preach of a street car , dodgojj under
the wheel ! ) of an oxuross wagon , and es
caped being run over by a grocer's de
livery cart by less than half the length
of her tail , which was not a remarka
bly long one , says the Rochester Hor-
ald. A newspaper man and a disciple
of Blackstone , both well dressed and
sober , stopped thoughtlessly in the
middle of the street to watch th.o feline.
"Hot you she gets caught , " said the
scribe. ' 'Take you , " resuondod the
lawyer. Just then the Livingstone ho
tel "bus struck the first man athwart
the fifth and sixth ribs , knocked oft his
hat and woll-nigh floored him. Simul
taneously the other man got n wlincU
from the off horse's head that nearly
took his breath away. "IIil" yelled thtf
driver , "are both of'you'followaasloop-
The men beat , a hasty retreat to the
sidewalk. "Where's the cat ? " asked
the newspaper man. "Tho cat bo
blanked ! " naid the other. Just then
they caught sight of the venturesome
creature Bitting on an orange box under
the awning and complacently arrang
ing hortoilot.
A wealthy but rather eccentric gen
tleman named Ramouding recently died
In Paris , and by his will the widows and
orphans of the victims ot the terrible
explosion in the mines near St. Etienne
arc left over 1,000,000 francs. Ramoud
ing , previous to his death , created some
astonishment by ordering a coffin of a
special pattern , a stop which ho followed
up by purchasing some ground in the
cemetery , in which , also , by his instruc
tion H a vault was -built. Room wasal -
lowou'm the aubtcrraiiean chamber for
three coffins. "I * > TiaU bo quito llt my
ease , " was the grimace ply of M.Ram-
oudiiur to some oneTwho interrogated
him on the subject. , Monday was devoted -
voted to the inditing , of a number of
letters , but no mittptcions scorn to have
been oxoitod by '
thpfnwn's Btrango con
duct. The following morning no was
found dead. " '
How MRH | lJri < lou ( | AVrltcn.
Miss Braddon is one of the few liter
ary women who have not allowed them
selves to bu spoiled by .success , and who
have no hesitancy aboilladmitting their
ages , says the Now York Worlu : On
the contrary aho is rather proud of her
iifty-throo years and Ufty-thrco novels ,
although flho is reluctant to talk about
her books , dismissing1 inquiries with
the assertion that she "can't toll how
they nro written. " *
Four days of the week she writes
steadily , forbidding oven the postman
to disturb her , and the rest of the time
is spout in the saddle , where her think
ing ia done. She studies Dickens for
style , weaves her plots from suggcHtions
of old newspaper clippings , which HIO
has been collecting for the last thirty
years , and edits her copy as aho writes it.
Ilor husband publishes horhooks and
is pronounced her bovorost critic. Their
acquaintance begun , it is Bald , in a
wrangle over the first manuscript she
submitted , and the able defense that
won hla admiration afterwards captured
hlj affections. Notwithstanding the
halt hundred books that have pahscd
through his hands this husband-pub
lisher finds now nnd startling faults In
each Huccoodlng volume to criticise.
Mlbs liraddon is fulr and rosy in face ,
with bright auburn hair , blue oyon , an
gular in build , and of nervous tempera
ment.
Notwithstanding the vary tiresome utlllza
turn of Us name , "Eiffel "lower" colors and
designs in trimming rotnaln in fnsliinnabla
favor.
Manhood RESTORED.
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