K THE OMAHA DALLY BEE : SUNDAY , JUJLAr 1H , 1800.-SIXTBBN PAGES. s Toilers in the BUcksmith Shops of tha Union Pacific. HAMMERING OUT COMFORTABLE HOMES , the Clerics' Victory The Fomal Clerk * May Yet Organize The I/ottcr Cnrrlcru Gen eral Labor Notes. The man who stands nround the up town MackMnlth Bhops and watches the bars of Iron converted Into various useful articles bai but llttlo Idea of the mnpnitudc to which tha trade cm bo can-led. To form any concep tion of thU , the individual who thirsts after this kind of knowledge should pay a visit to the blncksrnith shops of the Missouri Pacific company , which are run in connection with Ihoir general repair shops , situated on the north bottoms , nt the foot of Cnss street. Thcrocnn bo seen the daily toilers , who nro doliiB work that would cause "Tho Vltlago Blacksmith" to acknowledge that bo know nothing of hLs own trado. Tlio shops referred toruntwenty-sixforgcs , anil Instead of having tboold-tlmo bellows and a boy leaning over the handle pumping wind , the power is furnished by a huge fan , more properly Imown as n blast. To work this un engine is locntcd In the southwest comer of the building , and connecting the engine Is a bugo galvanized pipe , four feet in diameter , near tbo mouth of which Is a fan , or paddle wheel , making hundreds of revolu tions every minute. .lust nbovo the fan , twenly-six small pipes Icavo the largo pipe , each ono running to a forge. The lire In the furnaces Is lighted , the fan begins to revolve and iu a short time the blast bceins. As soon as tbo blast Is strong enough , the fires In the forges are lighted , and from that tiinountll thcnftornoonwhlstlo blows the blacksmiths are busy. The forges are In rows , ono row down the castsldoof the building , another along the west side and two down tbo center. The morning call goes forth , the fires are lighted , and clothed in garbs consisting of a thin shirt , n thinner pair of pants , and a pair of low , thick bolcd shoes , the blacksmiths and their helpers begiu lho work of the day. The helpers are men wlwo duty It Is to handle the iron , see that the ilres nro properly coaled , and do striking when it Is necessary , which ii most of the time. Tlio foreman , who is the "boss" black smith , Is A. A. Oipson , and for twenty-four years , summer and winter , ho bus dally stalked about the shop , seeing that the men are doing their work well , nnd uro making things as they should bo miulo. A foreman's task Is not an easy one , ns while bis muscle is act burdened by the con tinuous swinging of the hnmmer , his brain 1-t busy , ns upon him rests the whole responsi bility. The foreman must take all the orders from the superintendent of motive power and machinery , ho must see that every article when it leaves the shop is nn exact pattern of the model ho receives from the pattern room : bo must account for every pound of coal used in the forges ; ho must render an account uiion the llrst of each month of every pound of Iron received , nnd must also show how and into what it has been manufactured. Of course nil of'this clerical work does not devolve uion him alone , as ho has assistants , but ho is the responsible party und the ono who is known at headquarters -ivlujn ttio monthly so.tlhmcnt rolls around. To give the reader an Idea of the work , and the amount of material used , the books of Mr. Oipson show that during the month of Juno his men draw on the company for 202,4.r > l pounds of Iron , and when It loft the shop It wont out In tlio term of car axles , shafts , bolts , etc. , but It had all been worked over and wont out In a different form than -when It loft the rollIng - Ing mills. It IH a mistaken Idea lo suppose that all of the Iron used Is hammered Intoshiipo by hand power. Steam power gets in Its work to a yrcut extent , especially so In forging car axles and the like. For doing this work there arothrco steam hammers , 0110 capable of striking a blow o.pial to it,000 pounds ; another with a lr > 00- pound stroke , anil the "baby , " which strikes a blow of 1,000 pounds. Kaeh ono of tnoso hammers work upon the same principle ns a pllo-drlver , and as the red-hot , Iron Is swung by u crane from the foi-go It goes upon un liiiinonso anvil. A sprlijjrls touched , nnd hi nn Instant lho pow erful blows uro rained down with lightning raplditv. Tlio largest hammer is used almost oxclu- cluslvoly in making car axles , driving shafts nud heavy bridge Irons , and last month worked over 08,317 pounds of wrought Iron. The next hammer , or No. 2 , does track work , that Is. It makes truck bars , "chairs. " etc. , and during Juno handled 47,533 pounds of iron. The llttlo hammer has a work of Its own to perform , nnd docs nothing but attend to the forges und works over iron that Is too heavy to bo handled by the smiths on their anvils. In making car axles it is supposed they are forged from sollu bars of iron , but such is not tbo case by any moans. They are made from rofuso. Out along the various lines of road nil o the old coupling pins , links nnd spikes are monthly shipped to the shops , being billed us "scraps. " When these scraps reach tboshoi tuoy are unloadcilplacod la piles and thoi built up In cord-wood style , In blocks sixteei Inches long and twelve inches high , 'these plies of iron are racked up close to ono of the largo forges. To mnkn a common car axle these plie.s of Iron are lifted over the lire pot the blast turned on , and nftor they reach t welding heat they go under ono of'tho steam hammers , nnd by a few blows become a mas : of solid Iron , and are known as "billets.1 Three "billets" will makon bar of iron three feet six inches long , six laches wide anil three Inches thick. Three of these bars con lain sufllcient Iron for a freight car nlo. For the nxlo for a locomotive ttio scrap iron Is welded Into "billots" three foot six Inches long and len inches wide , nnd ten o : them nro used. Tbo welding process is simple , as lho Iron U kept In lho forgo tuntll it is broughtjto u whlto heat. This being accomplished borax Is spread upon the surface and tuo whole moss racs under the hnmmer , when by a few blows U becomes a solid bar and Is ready to go to the locomotiveshops.wboro His turneddowi to tbo proper size and shape. I In making bolts and small bars rolled Iron from the rolling mills is used exclusively. It goes Into the shops In long bars , passes to n man who measures the lengthand uuts on Ino chalk mark. The next step is the cutting which Is done by a chisel operated by stcau power. U ho pieces of Iron then pass to the forges , where the beads are made by hcathif , ono end , after which It Is upset They then go to tlio thread-cutters where with dies of hardened stce threads are cut don and tlio burrs llttotl ou The bolts are then complete and are ready to bo counted und sent out. In the blacksmith shop , as la all the othci departments of the shops , each man has hli Individual work to perform , and the man who twenty years ugo commenced making bolts Is possibly doing tbo snmo class of work to day , so that a man who may bo a tlrst class blacksmith In Ills own particular Hue , ma ) know knothing about the class of work tha Is doiui by iho man who U working at the next forge , AInny of lho men have grottii from boyhooi to old ngo over their Irons and fires , Gut ii doing so they have hammered out comfort able lionuis , M they have always rccvlvoil good wages and are beyond want. Tlio Letter Ciu-rli-rn , Tuesday ovcniug the Omaha letter carriers held their caucus , nt which they clecUn Gcorgo J. ICloffnor us a dolcgato to roprosen them at the national letter carriers1 convou tlon that convenes nt Boston August 15. The representation in the convention Is on deleifUo from every city having 150 carriers or leas. The principal matter to yoino before the convention will bo the recommendation t congress us to whether carriers shall bo pen stoned on half pay after a continuous service of twenty years , or tha salaries Iu flrstclas citii o Increased from $1,000 to { 1,200 , am those of carriers la second class cities f roi | ST 0 lo 8I,0- per year. New York , Brooklyn and Philadelphia where many of tbe carriers have bouii in tin crvlco from U > n lo fifteen years , a strotKf effort will bo made ta force a resolution In nvor of the pension. In tlio other cities the carriers will almost to a mim veto to nsk con gress to pasi the Increase of salary bill. Tlio convention will bo composed of ! BD delegates , ind if Now York , Brooklyn nnd Philadelphia can swing nil of their delegates Into line the rostorncrs admit that their pet racasuro will w defeated. The Clerks' Victory. The 7th diy of July will hereafter bo n hoi- day with the store dorks of Omaha , espcc- ally so with tha shoo clerks , It being the day upon which they adopted the early closing hour. Summer after summer thoclcrks have mot nnd resolved for shorter hours , but until this summer passing resolutions was nil that was ever accomplished , for when they got right down to the point some weak-kneed clerk kicked over the traces and tlio work went by default. Non- the dorks have realized the accomplishment of their fondest Idea the stores are closed when the 0:80 bell strikes , nnd their evenings are their own to spend as they may see lit The history of the movement Is an Inter esting one. Two months ngo , ono Sunday afternoon , n few clerks from three of the Douglas street shoo stores mot , and nftor dis cussing the outlook for lho summer's trade , ono of them suggested tbo Idea thai It would bo a good plan to once moro try the schcino of early closing. The others , knowing that time and ns.iln the movement had been defeated , solely by the inactivity of otbcrclcrks , gave the matter lmt a passing thought , but promised their support. The ofllccrs of the Conlral Labor union lioard Ihal Ihu boys wcro again moving for shorter hours and appointed a committee to watt upon them. A consultation was held , a paper circulated , and 100 clerks signed a call for a meeting to bo held the following The Sunday rolled around but only seven clerks resjionded , tbo others being nt Ilans- com park , Munawa and other places of amuse ment. Another meeting was called for the following Tuesday , to bo held In the Young Men's Christian association building , but [ Iko the Sunday meeting It was poorly at tended. Then a largo number of the clerks gavoup in disgust , saying , "You can't do it. " Lwt the workers wcro not discouraged and a few nights later they met la Outo City hall , when a temporary organization was started. This Instilled new llfo into tbo scheme nnd another meeting was hold at which twenty- five now names were added to the list. At Ibis inocllng It was decided to go Into the ICnlghts of Labor as tbo United Clerks' as sembly. An organizer was sent for and the assembly was put upon Its feet and the char ier lUt hcldopeu for thirty days. At the end of the thirty days the member ship had Increased from twenty-five to ono hundred nnd soveiity-llvo and the boys ex- crtod an Influence that was felt. A committee was appointed to await upon the merchants undadviso them that on Juno 2fJ a demand would bo inudo that upon and nftor that date all stores should close atO : ' < ! 0 p. in. Most of the merchants took kindly to tlio plan , but argued that the notice did not give tlioinsunlcicnltlmo to make some changes that would bo necessary. An extension was granted until last Monday , with the understanding - standing that Saturday evenings should bo excepted. Monday , tbo 7th Inst. , was nn anxious day for Iho clerks. While they Ivid every coall- denco in their employers , they still hud some doubts as to whether or not tlio doors would closo. They were not disappointed , for when the 0 o'clock boll struck , almost every propri etor along the principal streets of the city de liberately walked to his front door and hung up a card bearing this inscription , "This atoro closes ntf ) p. in. " The clerics had won a victory , and half an hour later they walked out of their places of employment the happiest lot of men In Omaha. Hegardlng the effect upon the merchants , those who have adopted the plan state ' that instead of their trade having fallen off , It has increased , and almost daily they see hun dreds of new faces In their places of business. Upon investigating they find the people nro Knights of Labor , their wives and children , who now will trade at no other storca except these where the clerics belong to the MSOIU- Tlio Voinnli Clerks. Upon the question of orgaoUlag lho female clerks , shop girls and kitchen help , the Cen tral Labor union lias practically given up in disgust , nnd the females are liable to bo loft to work out their own salvation. A few weeks ago tbo hopes of Hie members went up llko n skyroekol , lo como down a few days later with tbo cusloimrry dull Ihud. Heading rooms and coffee rooms were contemplated and the prospects were bright. The workers of lho Cenlral Labor unbn were besieged with letters and personal calls for help. The hand was hold out and grasped by the young women who earn tholr few paltry tiollnrs by tolling from inornliig till night ever counters , sowing machines , pots and tubs. But tbo grasping was about all there was to the move ment. The Ladles' ' assembly of the Knights of Labor hold the mooting and resolved that nil of the young Indies should have relief and shorter hours. This aetioa was duly reported to the union , which iu turn resolved in the sumo line. Committees were put to work to bring about the relief sought. The young women wcro visited nnd the time for holding a meellng was set , but Ibcro was a bitch anil the shop and store girls objected to organising with the kitchen girls. This diniculty was remedied by the promlao of separate societies , and work was started anew , with the promise of two strong organi zations , but Instead of success , Indlfferenco followed , and what at ono time promised to bo n grand accomplishment in labor organiza tion , proved lo bo a howling failure. Later in tlio season , possibly , another at tempt mny bo made lo bring the female tellers within tlio fold , but for the present the move ment will not ngaln bo agitated. To Close or Not. to Oloio. ( bum , July 11. To the Editor of Tm : BEU : Toolosoor not to cln. o : That Is the qiiostloii. In order to show the public at largo just this much-talked and how - - loiig-workod-for subject of early closing stands , It becomes necessary that both sides of tbo matter ha scon. As n Farnam street increnniit has given his standing on the subject In an nrtl- clo purported to have been gotten up by his clerks in his absence and which appeared In the Omaha pipers July 7 , wo take the oppor tunity to apprise the public of the facts in the mailer. About three months ngo , when the shoo clerks began agitating the nmttorof shorten ing their hours , which was from 7 and 7:30 n in. to U and 10 p. in , , a petition to close at U p in , was carried around to all tbo rota ; shoo nrms of the city. "Wo succeeded la getting all of them lo sign It except the Far- mini stivot merchant , and ho gave us a verj cool reception and said ho could not ulTord lo close bis store earlier lhan 0 o'clock p , m. The matter was dropped for a week or two but It was ngnlti revived and the gontlonua wns oneo more visited and again said thut ho did not propose to close his store before 1) ) p. n After his last refusal to sign the potltlon ho goes to the Omaha papers and advertises to close bis store at 8 o'clock p. m. . thinking that ho would i | ucll tbo mailer and that the other shoo dealers would fall in line and fol low him. Hut not so. Wo then proceeded to our work of enrlj closing without his co-operation , and on Julj 7 all the shoo dealers la the city , with three exceptions , closed their stores in the evening. la the article published oa July 7 It was stated that ttioyolso have a half day off on Friday afternoons. This , too , la n now move , and has boon brought about by the action ol the clerks' assembly in lho uialtcr and the gentleman's men can well thank us for this and all other privileges they now enjoy , but which they heretofore novcr Icnow It would seem as though they were aa un grateful set of men whoa * they como out wltt tholr signatures to such a ploco as was pub lished July 7. Hut wo look at it in a differ ent light , for with them it was a matter o : worker play , uud who can blame them ; Their employer claims that his men nro satls- lied with tholr present hours and do uot care to close at 0:30 : p , m. Hut lot that bo as it may. It matters not ; that is not the point. A majority of the shoo dealers do not employ enough men to grunt tholr clerks such terms ni ho has , but are willing lo close their stores ntO:30p. : in , and this is something that al can Join iu and none bo the loser. It certainly shows a very uncharitable dU xwltlon to hold out on such terms , ami wo md reasons to bcllcvo that ho , aa ono of the Idost nnd largest shoo dealers In Omaha , would bo one of the first to take hold of such move. UNITBH CLtmus' AssnMDbr. The SwItchmcn'B Picnic. Omaha lodge 2fo. 11 of the Switchmen's Intual Aid Association of North Vmcrlca gives its annual picnic nt Waterloo odny , the excursion train having been cudcrcd the order by the Union I'aclllo rail1 road company. Tbo proceeds of the oxcur- Ion go Into the general fund of the ledge rcnsury. The lodge In this cltv Is In n pros- wrous condition nnd has added a largo num- > er of new members during the past year. Tlio Imlimtrlal Field. Detroit has women carpenters. In Juno.13,210 Immigrants arrived. Cannes 1ms women street cleaners. A Now York union ha ? a musical club. Now York has a board of walking dele gates. Spain talks of llmltlngn day's work to eight lours , Brooklya Ocrman trades have a Central union. Sundcrland ( Eng. ) colliers want a sovou- lour day. American machinery sells in Franco nnd Germany. At Plltsburg 2,003 holler-workers struck 'or nine hours , St. 1'nul barbers close at 8 p. in. and at teen on holidays. Brooklln tin and sheet-Iron workers are out for eight hours. Now York women nro organizing to stop shopping after 5 p , m. Grass widows will not bo made factory Inspectors specters In Now York. Tbo Yorkshire ( Eng. ) miners' ' union has 10,000 members and $175,000. Clinton , la. , has the largest sawmill la the vorld. It cuts 350,000 feet in ten hours. The butchers' Inbor bureau at San Fran cisco cannot supply the demand for men. The cigurnnkcrs are slowly but surely winning their light for an advance of wages. The union carpenters In Worcester , Mass. , vent on strike on Monday for a nlno-bour lay.Tho The Brotherhood of Painters has 75,000 nembers nnd tulles of eight hours for May 1 , 1801. Birmingham miners want 10 per coat ad vance. They have to compote with 1,000 convicts. The men employed in tbo mind in Cabi net , Mich , , have demanded a 10 per cent ad vance In wages. Minneapolis has twenty-three Hour mills , with a capacity of 4'i')0 ( ) barrels. One mill makes 7iOO ! barrels a u.iy. The Now York Worklngmon's society Is against a Wednesday half-holiday iu places where Saturday trade Is busiest. In New York fifty free doctors attend Iho ; > oor In lho summer. Frco medicine Is given and Ino King's Daughters send Jlowors , etc. Now York locksmiths and ralllngmakors won nine hours from a boss who said ho would rather throw away ? T ,000 than accede. Fifty years ago the lirst power loom for weaving carpets was set In motion by 13. B. Blgolow of Boston. Ten yards a day was its original capacity. At Cincinnati 1,003 carpenters will bo ac ceded nine hours and ten hours pay. The rest will bo supported by un assessment of ? l a week on those employed. Two hundred girls employed In the strip ping department of Lorillaru's lobaeco fac tory In Jersey City , went on strike on Mon day for an advance in wages. Ono hundred boys nud girls of Woodland , Cal. , whoso ages range from twelve to nine teen years , have formed a Co-oporutlvo Fruit Canning and Drying union. E'ourof the most prominent contractors in .Tcrsoy City have conceded the eight-hour workday to their men who nro members of tbo United Order of American Stair Builders. The minors of Butte , Mont. , own a big hall , hnvo ! ) ,000 members in lho union and Si.l.OOO. The twelfth anniversary of its organization was celebrated uy a parade ana mass meeting. It is said that the "World , Herald , Sun and rimes of Now York will follow the Tribune in the use of typo-sotting machines. Prob ably half of the 1,000 compositors will bo dropped. The flint glass workers at Pittsburgon Friday last presented to the manufacturers tholr sculo of wages for the ensuing year. It advances wages about 12 per cent. The man ufacturers "havo the matter under considera tion. " Tlio miner * In the Phtlltpjburg. Beech Crook mid Osceola bituminous coal districts in Pennsylvania have prepared a circular de manding of the mine oiKrators n higher scale of prices , with increased pay for "dead" work. Ono thousand operators In the silk mills of John Copcutt and the Tatroon mills , owned by W. H. Copcutt , in Youkcrs , N. Y. , went on a strike on Monday against a reduction oJ ir > and 5 per cent in tholr wages. They of fered to accept n reduction of C per cent , but the companies refused to agree lo this. SOYTIIK SOXQ. Andrew Lang in fi'cw 1'oih Sun. Mowers , weary and brown and blltho , What is the word mcthlnks ye know , Endless over-word that the scythe Sings to the blades of th'o grass below , Scythes thai swing in the grass and clover , Something , still , they say as llioy puss ; What's the word that , over and over. Sings the scythe to the flowers ami grass i Hush , nh , hush t the scythes are saying , Hush , and heed not , and fall asleep ; Hush , they say to iho grasses swaying , Hush , they sing to the clover deep ! Hush , 'tis ' the lullaby Time Is singing ; Hush , and heed not , for nil things pass , Hush , ah , hush I lh-i scythes upswinging Over the clover , over the grass 1 'JHK TOMBOl' KVK. In the Town of iJIddan * According to an Aral ) Superstition. The Arabs claim thut EVO'H tomb is Jidtlmi , tlio bonport of Mecca , says the St. Louie Republic. The teinplo , with u palm growing out of the solid stone roof ( n uurioblly which of itself \A \ tlio wondoi of tlio Orient ) , in supposed to mark the last restingplneo of tlio flrst woman. According to Arab tradition Eve meas ured over two hundred foot in height , which strangely coincides with nn no- count of our Ih'Ht parents written by ji member of the French academy o ( suionces a few yours ago , who alsc claimed ahoighth of ever two hundred foot for both of tlio tenants of the Garden of Eilon. Kvo's tomb , which is in a graveyard surroundoil with high whlto walls , anil which lins not been opened for a Binglo interment for ever a thousand years , ia the shrine of thousands of devoted Inhmaelitos , who innko a pilgrimage to the spot every fiovon yoiuu It IH hotnmod in on all sides by tlio tombs of departed sheiks and other worthies who hnvo lived out Ihoir dnvB in that region of scorching nun and burning sands. Once each year , on Juno a , which in , according to Arabian legends , the anniversary of the death of Abel , the doors of the temple 'which form a canopy ever this supposed tomb of oullrst iinothor remain opan all night , in spitu * / the koopor's olfort to close them. Terrible cries of anguish nro said to omit from thorn , ns though the memory of the first known tragedy still haunted the remains which blind superstition believes to bo deposited tliuro. * Announcement. C. B. Moore & Co. , have boon appointed wholesale aironts for the celebrated waters oi Excelsior Springs Missouri. AVonilcrfnl Social Concession to Ma tcrnlty. It Is now perfectly permissible for n young mother lo walk along lho streets of Now York with her child. Heretofore such a thing has not boca countenanced. She mlgh lead on ugly , heavy-Jawed bull dog by a string , carry n pug or terrier or accept the escort of Iwo men In no way related lo her she might also have the attendance of n mah nr num servant with aa Infant , or run about but to IK ) alone with an infant was the won possible form of street etiquette. Dr. Blrnoy euros catarrh. Bco bldff THE REEPINQiflF A HUSBAND , You Should Noithqj Frcozo , Stow , Roost or AN IOWA WOMAN'S ' WITTY ADVICE , Max O'llcll on flip Danger of Writing Iicttcrs llcnmi-knblo Instances or Woman's Presence ot'.MIiul Tlio Ile.3t Clinrin. At n meeting of the Woman's club , Mrs , II. C. Young caused qulto n stir by her re sponse to the toast "Our Husbands" says n Marshnlltown , In. , special to tbo Chicago News. Quoting Burns , Mrs. Youns begun ! "Husband , husband , ccuso your strife , No longer idly rave , sir ; Though 1 tun your wedded wife , Yet I'm ' not your sluve , sir. " "Ilowslmll wo preserve our husbands ! " continued Mrs. Youiif ? . "In selecting your msband you should not bo ( juldcd by tbo silvery appearance , as In mackerel. Nor by the golden tint as found In salmon. Bo sure to select him yourself , as tastes dlfTor. Do not go to market for him , as tbo best nro nhvays brought to your door. It Is far bolter to Iwvo none , unless you know how to prc- servo him. Some women do this by keeping lilm iu hot wutor. Others lot thorn freeze by their carelessness mid Indifference. Some keep thoni In n stow t > y Irritating ways nnd moods. Otliors roast them or keep them In plckloall their lives. "It cannot bo extracted thut any husband will bo tender and good managed In this way. The only true way to do with him Is to preserve him. To do this you must Imvo a preserving kettle of the finest porcelain ; or , if that Is unnttam- nblo , nn earthonwiiro pipkin will do with euro. See that the llnoii in which ho Is to be preserved Is nicely prepared. Tie him in the kettle with n slroiitf slllc cord called 'comfort,1 ns the onocalled 'duty' Is apt to bo weak , and ho might liy out of the Icnttlo and bo burned. ( You must remember that hus bands arc llico crabs and lobsters , they have to bo prepared while ullvo. ) Muko n clear , steady tire out of love , neatness mid cheerful ness. Set htm as near the lire as socms to agree with him. If ho sputters nnd HMOS do not 1)0 ) anxious. Some husbands will do this until Ihcy are quite done. Add a little supar occasionally In the form cf what confection ers call 'kisses , ' but bj careful to avoid pep per and vinosar , ns thcao things spoil the flavor. A llttlospice Improves thorn , but It must bo used with good Judgment. Do not stick any sharp instrument into him to see If ho is becoming tender. Hut stir him gently. watching the while lost ho lie too Hat umi close In the kettle , for then ho soon becomes spoiled and use-loss , Watch him carefully and you cannot fall to know when ho is done. "If thus treated , you will Had you Imvo a well-preserved husband th.it will provo a joy to you nnd the children , nnd ho will Iceop its long us you need him unless you become euro- less mid set him in ton cool a piano. " A Idas ? for the beautiful ro'.nn called hcnio , And n 111:111 : that tin * Maker. UnJ , Shall look upon ns llo did ttio llrst , And hay It 1.4 very sooj.1 AVninait'H I'rcpoiKioof Itllml , Ilavo women , in thulaco of sudden dauper , moro of thut quick wit which la known as "presence of mind" than t'lcnl In the nature ot thinpp one inhzht expect to llnd that they have , says the "Woman About Town" of the Now York Evening Sun , for the ability quickly to perceive i. an emergency nnd In stantly to adopt means for meeting It is only another manifestation o that leaping of the foininino mind towurd conclusions that we call woman's Intultlon-Min instinct which is displayed in the females of the entire animal khisdom ua well nsiu.woman , nnd which is particularly marked in u saving impulse Iu the presence of danger. Two days ago something happened over In Brooklyn which gives color to the clalui that women are rc.idior wilted Iu this particular than men. A llttlo girl , la attempting to light the gas in the baby'a sleeping room , set lire to the luco curtains. .Three young women , who were walkin/j / in the adjoining yard , hoard the outcry of the child , and snatching upsomo watering pots which stood near by , rushed into the house and up Into bedroom. The flro had by this time spread to the bed on which the baby lay. The first poured the contents of their wdthuring pots upon the bed , nnd then carried both the children ton ploco of safety , then turned to aid the mother in tearing down the draperies and extinguishing the Humes. All this was planned unit executed so promptly that heforo the flro engines could reach the spot the lire w.is out and the young women were receiving the congratulations of some men who had stood In the street looking on , unil who hud not enough presence of mind in the face of danger to oiler assistance until all nccii for it was past. Another incident illustrative of the same thing came to us a few days ago from the west. A man had caught his foot in some unexplained way at the side of an elevator shaft. The elevator , heavily loaded , was coming down from nbovo. While ho was making every possible effort to loosen his foot u little girl employed in the establish ment hastily caught up u knife that lay near bv , cut his shoelaces , and pulled him back just as the floor of the elevator touched his shoo. shoo.A A last and plcasantcr Instance of the ready wit of a woman , moro Instant and cnlclont than all the wisdom of two philosophers , is the one told with gro.it enjoyment by was it Kdward or C wrlcs Emerson I concerning the difficulties into which Ualph Waldo Kmerson and Inmsolf found themselves led by a frisky calf , and the solution of thcso diflieultlcs by the ready wit of their Irish maid. A young calf had got out Into the barnyard , and the philosopher nnd his brother were called upon to driv-J it back into the barn. Thov pulled gently at the rope about its nock , but Ik wouldn't bo led. Then they pulled hard. So dU the calf. The impelling force was then applied from behind. The calf lay down. The two wise men then drew to ono side for n few moments and applied their deepest philosophy to the solution of the problem. The result was thut they settled upon the "shooing" process that Is the favor ite amusement between women and hens. This went on for some time , both men scam pering hatless uud breathless about the farni- ynrd , iho elate calf bounding nnd running In the wildest manner , and leading In every direction but toward the barn-door. Them the Irish maid came to the rescue 1 With u snilT of unconcealed contempt she stalked hoforo the outwitted sages up to the calf , thrust two of her fingers Into Its mouth , und led It , eager and docile , into the b.u-u. Don't Wrlto Too ninny Bottom. It is a notlcctiblo fuct.thnt women , especial ly French women , huvQ always had n weak ness for nouring out their feelings In loiters , never dreaming that they were doing mis chief. A woman not only wants to know that she is loved nnd see proofs of it ; she wants to bear it , to have It constantly repatod to her. Judging man by herself j she thinks lo attach til in to her more lirmly by treating him as she loves to bo treated , \vrltos Max O'Uoll in Iho Now York World. But man Is of u dif ferent mould. It gives him pleasure to know that ho is beloved. Love mm then , mos- dames. But If you want to keep allvo the llnmo that burns iu his henrt for you , do not toll him. and , ubovo nil , never write it ; you will spoil everything \ you do. Ono might tell tho'(1wliolo history of love and its victims by merely compiling the love letters of women. Most , women who hnvo to complain of the noplcptof , lucir lovers have been the victims of Ihuir own over-demon strativcness. With aIittlo , diplomacy am much sllenco they would have kept the coveted otod heart wurui. But when It had showt signs of cooling , the moro the pen protcstcc tholr love the moro the uvil grew , until , whci reproaches followed upon pleadings , tbo las spark of tenderness In the truant expired , Some of the strongest-minded women have succumbed to this fatal impulsiveness in love nmtlors. "You no longer love mo us much as I love you , " wrote Mma. do Stacl lo CarnilU Jordan. Camilla was udamantc , nnd turnet a douf cur to the eloquent but useless com plaint Poor Mmo. do Staol 1 This was he second experience of the kind. Sbo hai long before penned letters of the same stamp to Benjamin Constant with much the same result. lie was 111 named. Even Hnchel- , the cool-headedwns ixstrayoi by her pen Into weakness. It is true tha history say * her undecipherable billets doux added a certain attraction of mystery lo Ib love which thuir author had Inspired. Never thelesa , it is moro lhau probable that a too SUMMER SCHOOLS -ATTUU- Standard Biisiness SCHOOL ANI o ) Shorthand Hpwritiflj FACULTY , DEPARTMENTS. W. T. LARIMORE , PRES , , ANO PROPRIETOR. Is'OHMAL. A. CONG , A. M. , PRINCIPAL. ENGLISH. Language. Ommnmr. BUSINESS. Didactics. Klocutlon. ' Ithetorloand Ilook-Ucculng. BUSINESS 1'lUCT.ICEi FRANK E. BELL , INSTRUCTOR. HANKING.SIIOUTHAND. SIIOUTHAND. Short-Hand and Typowrltlns , nnd General Ubportlnj , J. P. BYRNE , M.ACCTS. THLEGUAIMIV. Muster of Accounts , Ilook-keoplnij , 1'EN AHT. rcnniniiHlilp , Admit HinlnrM , KI.OCUTlONAUYo Arltiimctlo nnil Commercial Law , F. A. ASHBERRY , INSTRUCTOR TELEGRAPHY DEPT. AND OPERATOR. SPECIAL TEEMS. Tuition Reduced to n Minimum * ' SPECIAL TERMS. Oominan llrnnchos. Including ( Jrtimmur , Tuition Reduced to a Minimum. Arithmetic , History , Heading , Siwlllng , \o M PJ ? liortliaml , nix weeks J3 00 The nbovo with I'omnnnMilp B 01 Typewriting , HX weeks 300 The wanio with IlooK-keopIng ft W I'omuanshlp , six wi'elc * ; i 00 Chlldron'M Class 8 M Ilook-kcoplnj ? , six weeks 3 04 NlghtUlassin any department B OJ WILL OPEN FOR A SIX WEEKS' COURSE , JULY 14 , 1S90. Instruction Thorough. Modern nnd Practical. Children's Class will bo oriraiiizoil ntlOn. in. Wo can nccommodnto one hundred children. FIRST FIVE LESSONS IN PENMANSHIP PRKK. I'rof. A. G. Onp will ftvo spticml attention to teachers UcnlriiiR to review during the summer. Prof. Onp has had over lHtee.ii years' experience in County InstiUuo \VorU. Tins institution equips n student Tor a business or commercial life , in a thorough nnd practical manner. Our tenchnrs are chosen from the loacling pofcssors of tholr respective linos. WHY TOIL ON AT THE GRIND STONE'/ / If you would better your condition iu lifo. thorouplily prepare yourself for a coed position by tutting a Uusiucsa or Short hand course , .it the STANDARD BUSINESS COLLEQB Alto SCHOOL OB' SBOHTHAND. _ The Summer Olnsa Will Oyo i July 14 , 1090. Call at our Rooma in the Now York LIFo Bnlldlnjj. iood ncqunlntanco with tbo second of the three Us might have made nn unhappy woman of the grent tragedienne. Happily for her her style was Inconic , There were ivasons for this. Orthography and callcra- iihy were not her stroiif ? points , and ns time is short , so were poor Kachel's epistolary ef forts. Luy aside the pen , ladles , while yon are In love. If you want to BOO your Hoinco always ardent and nUcntlvutako u hint from liachcl , iibont the tclcKraphlo style nud , if need bo , the wire lnsto.ul of the pon. No more long letters , full of sweet otilpouriiitfs of the heart nnd IOIIK'UKS ' lor the next meeting , but an oc casional tcloirani , HouiothliiK In this style ; "Busy and tired. " "Don't come. " "Cull Friday. " "Health peed , thanks. " Nous uvons chnugo tout cola , says Sganarello , when his patient's futhur mildly remarks that ho always thought thought the lipurt was on the loft. Poor llttlo fomhuiio hoai-tl It would not , boa bad thine if ono could put itnn the right a In Sgnnarellc ; It has suffered so long on the left. Tbo Women of Aries. Superbly situated at Iho point where the two streams divide , the Arles of today troubles Itself very llttlo about either Its mi- dent glories or its possibilities of modern im- provcment.snys a writer in the July Century. It is n city of dreams , where visibio relics of all the apes group themselves with careless giMco und a result of perfect unity. 'I'ho far- fumed beauty of the Arlosiennes Is of n dis tinctly Greek typo , straight-featured , low brewed nnd delicate. It is enhanced by their graceful black costume , with swelling Helm of white loco and coquettish llttlo cap of the sumo material set high on thehcad and bound with a broad black ribbon , ono end of which is loft free mid falls to the shoulder. Young nnd old , those women , almost without excep tion , Imvo luxuriant hair , curling lightly about the temples. The suuillneas of the head as compared with the size of the nock another strikingly classic feature accounts in part , no doubt , for their superb carriage. Tins , too , is a beauty which they seem never to lose. I have soon a heavy woman of sixty , with the murks of sevens toll about her per son and carrying u big burden , who crossed the central squuro of the town with the step of 1111 Giniiross. Water and lOvoiilnn Deiv. So-called were the most dollcato textures for ladles' evening dwssos over woven. They were manufactured only in ttio city of Dacca , Bengal , and wcro regarded as the very llnost fabric that could bo made , says a writer In Harper's Bazar. In the latter part of tbo last century and the earlier year.s of the present over forty styles of these "Dacca muslins" were In market , all manufactured from a peculiar kind of English thread twist. A ploco of the precious goods sufllcient for a dress , "liftcen feet in length and n yard In width , " weighed but 000 grains. This ex quisite "gossamer cloth" was valued .it . 10. In the native dialect it was called "abrawuu , " signifying "running water. " In Inter years this remarkable skill of handicraft must Imvo greatly degenerated , for In 1310 the finest that could bo made of dimensions above mentioned weighed 1,000 , grains and could bo purchased for JCIO. Women as Dluors Out , Women as din era out uro rarely sought after , says the Illustrated American. At the conventional dinner party they are present in nuinbors oquul to mulching the men guests , hut in selecting the couples the hostess usually asks her women for tholr beauty , chic toilets , or because they happen to bo wives of the men she desires ; very seldom for any individual quality they pos sess ns table ornaments not moro than ono of iho sex in uVo hundred ever being able to meet the requirements laid down for men. Ono reason for this is their timidity in speak ing or sustaining n conversation before an assemblage of people , nnd the other may bo explained by their utter IndltToroncu to storias und anecdotes. A Joke or absurd in cident that a man will roll imder his tongue , laugh over , and repeat for years , will scarce ly tickle lho rislbles of his wife. Ho thorough ly enjoys an audience who will listen to his talk , whether grave or gay , nnd ho never hours n good thing said without storing It up for future use. The art which enables ono to .strength en the current of wit or wisdom set flowing round the table is of a high order , and it seems a pity that , when every day sees the ranks of masterspirits Incroaslng.womon should always bo reckoned as non-conductors. The Testy ( crimtii lOmpross. The empress of Germany Is said to bo a young woman of exceeding llcry temper , says a Hauover letter to the Chicago News. She was n Schlcswig-IIolstoln princess , and was \vitbstrlctsoverlty is a thorough housekeeper as well as a prollclent scholar. But amiability is not her most notable char acteristic. Of course nho cannot quarrel with her husband , for thy ctlquctlo of the court is distinctly rigorous ; but tbo empress is nt lib erty to quarrel with everybody else , and of this prerogative the young woman avails her- solf. Some of her outbursts of temper have been of a most humiliating character , betray ing u coarseness ono would hardly expect to moot with in royalty. The empress Inclines to stoutness ; her features are ratbor heavy , but the expression of her fnco Is kindly. She Is ono year older than her husband. As for the ex-Empress Frederick , mother of the present omntM-or , she Is a plcturo of her mother , tbe queen of England. A. Olrl'H lloHt Charm. My dear girls , keep yourselves looking as sweet nnd dainty as possible , says a writer in tlio Ladles' Homo Journal. Never under value the cliar.ii of an ngreeablo appearance. It U the most delightful letter of Introduc tion that can bo given to a stranger , and there Is no reason in the world why every woman should not bo ploasantto look upon. A famous woman oncosald , "Thcronronougly women : there are only women who do not understand how to make themselves buautlful. " This is absolutely truo. Bo the right thing for you to do Is to sit down , think it over and make yourself the charming example that points tuo moral of this. Patient Ijlttlo Algerian "VVIvoH , The same general rule that the wife shall wait upon her husband scorns us prevalent hero as Iu Algiers , writes a correspondent of thoUllca Oborvor. At the station wo saw a beautiful young wife , of whoso iirotly fea tures I caught a brief glimpse as she was ar ranging her head drapery , She hud como to see her husband off by tbo train , and not only carried hU hand-luggage to the station for hlm.but stood in Hue ut the ticket oftlco while ho lounged about and smoked with his friends- After a weary wait she carried hU packages again to the train , nut them iu tbo car for him , nnd then took his proffered hand and bending low over It kissed It reverently , And - thisVM a dcllcato looking girl about twenty years of ngo , dressed In garments of the Ilue.it tcxluro.her neck , arms and ankles covered with Jowols. while her lord nnd mas ter was a stalwart young man not moro then thirty years old. 1'oor bUtcra of lllldnh. A LKOl'.ND OK Sl'IUIT LAKH. Boston Glebe : Amid lho rook-built solitudes of the Cojw D'Alono mount ains , in the far northern portion of Iihiluvjuul under the shadow of tower ing ponies , lies a beautiful shoot of water known as Spirit lalco. Many moons ngo so runs the fanciful legend told yet In the topocs of the redman man it wns lho homo and stronghold of the once powerful tribe of Iilnlios. Then Gray Kaglo wns hetul chief and enchuiu of the tribe , and Dancing Flower , his only daughter , wns famed as lho most beautiful maiden in nil the northern country. She , llko most maidens who hnvo at tained the ngo of eighteen , hud a lover , a young chief of lho Crow * , named Kun- ning Wolf , und , as the two nations were porjxjtually at war with ono nnother , the course of their love did not run smooth. "Whilo she wns yet a child , Gray Kaglo hud betrothed Dancing Flower to Black Hawk , a chief second only to himself in wenlth nnd authority ; hut the fair glii regarded with great disfavor the suit of the warrior whom her father had chosen , nnd ns she grow in years nnd beauty her strong dlsliko grow also , until , stung by her coldness anil disdain , Black Hawk had so fur forgotten his prldo and man hood as to go to her father with n bitter complaint of her rebellious conduct. The old chief , in a towering rage , dragged his daughter before Blaek Hawk , swourinfr by the graves of Ills ancestors that she should wed him uro the waning of another moon or dio. Dancing Flower pleaded in vain for moroy or ronriovo. The grim old chief would not bo moved or rolont. At hist , in very hopelessness , she conscd to struggle agaiust her fulo and Bank into the passive sllcnro of despair , though in her secret heart she vowed that rather than marry her hateful suitor she would lling herself from the great clllfs that overhung the Inko. Tlio days lied by , and the ovll hour was at hand. Eluding her watchful guardians by some subtle feint , Dancing Flower stole away into the depths of the forest at early dawn of the day whoso nurplo close might see her an unwilling bride. Fur from the lodges of her father she sped like a frightened fawn , till aho reached a deep glade that had witnessed the wooing of the hapless lovers in brighter days. Dancing Flower sent forth the shrill whirring cry of the wood duck , n signal known only to her lever nud borsolf. Presently the sharp bark of the moun tain fox was hoard in the distance , nnd in a mnrvollouBly short space of time Dancing Flower WHS clasped to the breast of her dusky lover. Nestled in his protecting arms , and uovorod by the gay folds of Ills blanket , the dnrk-oyod maid poured forth the story of her persecutions and despair. EunningWolf listened in grimsllonco. When the story was finished ho gave vent to his ponl-up rngo in a yell of anger nnd donanco , and , brandishing'his sealping-knlfo abroad , ho swore n bitter oatli to spill the lifo blood of his rival and boar off his bride in triumph. " with Flower " ho "Fly mo , Dancing , pleadod. "Iloturn no moro to lho lodges of your people. Fur away toward the setting sun wo will socle n now homo nnd a now lifo together. In some green vnl- loy of the western hilla wo will build our camp lire where the foot of the Idaho hath no vor trod. I will hunt the spotted untolopo for thee , and the red doer of tlio forest. The winds of the desert shall not touch thco rudely , and the sunshine of thy presence will make my ledge beautiful forovor. ' ' But to his passionate pleading Danc ing Flower turned a deaf onr.Voll nho know the alcoploss vongcanco of her futlior. the snnko-liko cunning of Black Hawk I Long ere they lind loft tlio fast nesses of the Cojur d' Alcno hills they would bo overtaken her lever put to the torture , mid aho herself dragged mvulc to n fate Inllnituly worse than death. No ; tlioir cano was hopcluss. But nt loiiMt they could dlo togothorl She would return , nnd when the fateful moment came lot Running Wolf rush In and wrest her from the hands of hoi- cowardly porseuutor , dealing to Black TInwk the blow that must also tscal her fate and that of her lovor. And BO it wns arranged.Vlth ono long , wild , clinging orabraco of love and despair they parted. "when the moon rises ever Spirit mountain and BCUS her fuco In the clear waters of the lalco , I will como ; bo rcudyl" Saying this tlio Crow turned upon his heel and vanished into the tangled forest. Sorrowful , yet thrilled by a gleam of of hono. Dancing Flower Btolo back to tlio lodge of her father und watched with mingled feelings the preparations for hotmurrlugo. . The space In front of the grout council house was choson. and already the squaws were heaping up huge piles of brush and fat wood for the liruH that were to light then1 feasting and inorry making. ' The council house stood upon a groan nnd level spot within a stono'8 throw of the lalco , and where the stupendous ulIITs that walled the silvery shoot dipped sud denly down , forming a natural and gigantic gateway that sot upon the sandy margin of tlio waters , Ju t around the mighty jut of the but tressed portal , in a hidden cove guarded by ono watchful sontlnol , lay the cunoea of the tribe the frail Hoot by moans ol which hunting and war parties travorbcil the waters of the Inko. A Htrnngo nnd ominous stlllno.ss foil upon this hidden nook ns the day word in n stillness broken only by the soft applng of the water in thudnrk roi'osnos of the slioro nnd the faint moaning of u Itful wind among the ghostly nines that crowned the binnmlts of the elllT . The purple dusk came down upon tlin hills of Ciutir D'Alono , and wrapped ihont the lonely valley nnd shining hike. The stars unino out In the dark blno vault above , already silvery with the In.stro of lho rising moon. Tlio festival lli'ott were kindled , nnd , crackling anil leaping , i-ont uprent ( showers of golden and rosy sparks that lillod the air lllco tlrotlIOH. Already tlio tribe wns beginning to gather in gaily bedi'/.cncd groups before lho council houso. The hollow boom of the tom loin ininglcil with tlio hum-so gutlorals of the imii-rlngo ohant , Miuml- 111 } ? a weird measure for the moro wolrd dunco. To anil fro the little dnrlc llgtires of the daneors , us ducked in gala rybus.nwl urowncd with garlands of forest llowors , in the midst of her maidens Dancing Flower came forth from her futlior s ledge and wan led toward the council house , where the grout inon ot ( ho tribe awnitod the beginning of the ceremony. Aa fiho moved slowly forward with bowed head nnd lagging f > ton the moon just touched the peak of Spirit moiintatn and the wild mournful howl otlhoinoun- tain wolf rose above the Jubilunt noises of the revol. Dancing Flower's heart leapt with a strnngo joy , but the next Instant her spirits sank. Now Unit deliverance had come HIO shrank in Kiiddon terror from the ordeal. She looked out ovoi- the sea of copper-colored faces surging about the Ih-os ; how would ono mini bo ho over so hravoand powerful coposingle-hand ed with n thousand. And nor Hinall hand closed convulsively ever the hilt of a hunting knife she hnd concealed In her bosom. Gray Eagle strode to her side , and taking her by the wrist led her before the old medicine mini , while the dismal notes of the torn torn Hounded In her car. That venerable Individual , wrapt In the the axaltatlonB of an energetic "pow wow , " kept up lilu frantic tom-tom beut- ing , while the motley throng crowded closer. Sullenly out from the midst of his braves stopped Black Hawk , a hateful lire hunting in his snaky eyes ns they rested upon the cold , averted fnco of. Dancing Flower. A glow of ovll triumph transfigured Ills dark fnco , and his broad bosom rose nnd foil with stormy passion ns ho stretched forth his hand to seize thu rulu'ilant prize nhuosfc within his grasp. At that moment the moon robO full ever Spirit mountain , and the Inko sparkled like a shoot of molted silver as tiio mcdlcino mini for an inslnnt ceased Ills grotesque incantations. There was a rush na of a mighty wind a Hash of Btool in the mingled moon nnd flro light a wlld-oxultnnt yell nnd a smothered cry ; and before the startled Iduhos ooulil recover from tholr Htunned surprise Running Wolf hnd the gory sump of Blnck Hawk at liin bolt , ana , with the slight form of Dancing Flower In his powerful nrms , hnd cleared the In tervening space nt a bound nnd leaped into his waiting canoo. Ono wnirring stroke of the supple paddle , and they are out upon the waters md away beyond the reach of tlio yoll- [ ng throngs who crowd the beach with wilder yells of bnflled rage ns they dis cover tholr dodd wmtinol nnd the use less canoes of their rulneil fleet. In vain they shout nnd goHticnlnto , sending ( light nftor llight of arrows In the hissing wako of the Hying biirlc. A lltllo while and the fugitive lovora have vanished In the dimnoss.of the dis tance and tlio night. Fired with halo and vongennoo a nicked hand of warriors at once sot out for the opposite shores of the lake , vow ing nollhcr to sloop nor rest till thu spirit of Black Hawk wns appeased nnd Dancing Flower , restored to her people , wns delivered ever to tlio judgment of her angry father. They never returned no noul of that chosen bund the llowor of the Jduho braves. But days afterward a canoe drifted ashore , ami In it , transfixed by many arrows , were found the dead bodies of Dancing Flower nnd her gallant lovor. Thov Inld tliom side by sldo under the shadow of the mighty cliff , where the silver ripples of the luke lapped softly and wondering winds stirred thn tall grnasos with a mournful dlrgo. For they said that ono BO brnvo nud frnvr- loss as Running Wolf deserved his brido. The aged chief never recovered from the Bhoclv of hlu dnnghtor'u loss. And ever since the legend runs when the full moon rhlos ever the peak of Spirit mountain , anil her fair rollec- tlon touches with soft lustre the dim pling waters of the lake , a shudosvy canoe , bearing two phantom forms , Is BOOH iidrlft In lho pearly brightness of the moonshine. And ns they glldo out Into the unfnthonmblo dimness of the water nnd the night the shrill winds bring to the llstnlng oar tlio faint , wild imtsioofn panging dlrgo ; the ghostly echo of the ( loath song ( ihantod by Danc ing Flower and her dusky bravo a they United away Into the happy hunting grounds of long ago. For tennis gowna nnd blouses thuro la a striped , waslmblo twill culled Itaynus Pr.rlt thut ICiiKllxh field clrls are very partial la Tlio muuirial may bo hnd in Htrfpod aud splashed effects , nnd will wear llltc .surge. Dr. Blrney cures catarrh , Boo bldjf ,