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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY'AM AY 3 , 1891-TWENTY PAGES. RURAL AND URBAN GROWTH The Modern Municipality of O&uiparatlvoly Recent Origin. BY NO MEANS A LOCAL DEVELOPMENT , AUcrrcl Condition * of City Mfc Give nn Incrcnncd Imiiorfimcc to the I'frpIovInK Problem of Mu nicipal ( JoviTiinirnt. The history of this century has to record many vital changes In the condition of civilized t ized man. In nfmost every department of human activity transformations nro soon Tvhlcu In reality amount to revolutions. The entire economic aspect of the civilized world has bo"ii altered almost hovond recognition , and this alteration has been accompanied by many Interesting economic phenomena. Of thcso none has been mom far-reaching In Its inftucNco than the massing of vast num bers of Individuals Into limited space of terri tory , whore they have united to form nn organl/atton known as n municipality. In the modern city Is assembled an aggre gation of people differing from ono another In origin , race nnd habits , but forming , for Iho purpose of governmental administration , u collective unit. The modem municipality , Whllo tracing Its fundomental basis buck at least to the times of the Homan republic , iJ , M It now exists , of comparatively recent origin. The conditions of llfo as found In the city of today differ radically from thosox jf a century ago. Urban society is n species ! Istlnct from rural sodety and demands its Pwn peculiar forms of social regulation nnd political administration. Rapid urban do- rolopmunt Is by no means local In character , tt stamps the growth of the whole civill/oa tvorld as the most distinguishing feature of the present century. This marvelous change Is amply substan tiated by statistics r.iui Is stiown In the most marked degree bv the recent census of the United States. Although the population 1-cn.ulrcd to characterize u settlement ns urban In contiast to rural is merely nn nrbltrary distinction , yet the facts are estab lished even if the figures tend to confuse - fuse statistical comparison. In 1790 , irnmo- tllately after the organl/atlon of the federal Union under the present constitution , but U.ir ! > per cent of the total population lived in ritins having 8,000 or moro inhabitants. Only ono city. Philadelphia , had over 10,000 residents whllo the entire urban population of the country amounted to 131,471 ! souls. In 1800 this numbur had risen to 59 1'J per cent of the entire enumerated population. In 1700 six cities only WITO assigned sufficient population to entitle them to the appellation 'urban" while according to the recent con- * us , ttiero are now -113 placed In that classifi cation. Thus the proportion of city residents has Increased gradually during the past cen tury from one-thirtieth to nearly one-third of the total population. Up to IbbO , the increase Was quite regular but in the last decade , It tnado a leap from U'.f > 7o 'J9. la per cent show ing an accelerated tendency of our people toward urban life. The increase in the num ber of cities has never boon greater In nny census period than during the last ten years. Of thi ) 2aJ ( cities enumerated In ISM ) only nine have since decieased In sUe , while a few urban centers , especially in the west and < fcouth , have had an almost incredlblo growth. , Jn Tnroiria nnd Spokane Falls , Wash. , for example , the proportion of increase for that time has boon 3iB9 nna fi.WJ per cent ro- ipectlvely. In 1880 Now York alone had over a million Inhabitants ; cow three cities -tan point to u similar record. Since the pre vious census eight moro cities have crossed the 100,000 mark , making a total of twenty- eight having moro than that number of In habitants. This urban population is very Unequally distributed over the country. In the north-Atlantic division over half the people llvo In places numbering over eight thousand residents or moro. In the iiorth- central division the ratio is a little over ono- fourth. It is comparatively small in ttio southern states , being a trifle over in per cent , while In several commonwealths it is loss than 5 per cent. The urban population of the west is moro important , figuring nearly 30 per cent of the total and having In creased during the last decade considerably foster than the whole population. Dlf wo loon to Europotnooyo meets the same phenomena. In England and Wales 0(5.0 ( per cent of the population were living in places pfovcrthroo thousand inhabitants In 1SS1. xho Increase of urban population ( during Jtho past century is shown by the fact that l on- uon tn 1801 comprised 10.78 per cent of the total number of Inhabitants of England and X Wales , while in Ib81 this percentage had In- Nfl eased to U.C'J per cent. Germany lu ISM ) had 41.4 Inhabitants out of every 100 residing In ( editors with over two thousand resi dents. Ono hundred and sixteen towns of 9,000 inhabitants and over , h.id7.nOO,2-9 people ple , or 10 per cent | of the total population. The cities , wbllo not very largo , are exceed ingly numerous. In the same year , IbSO , forty-four pcnplo out of every 100 in Switzer land wore classed as urban , and among other nations of western Europe tlio nvcnigo ciiy population Is much hlchor. The movement for participation In city llfo is almost world wide in extent. The historical growth of the urban centers of the two nrlnclnal continents , exhibits tlm I ill to red condition of the population within tlio \ cities' . People of the present time can realize 1 With ( llftlculty the lack of conveniences in the cities of antiquity. It is true that Homo l'i the tlilo of her glory built magnificent aqueducts and public baths in which an abundance of water was supplied ; but thcso streams , conducted through masonry leaving them opi'n to tlio air \\cro liable to 'frequent interruption. To their exposure was duo to seine extent , the control over the inhabitants exerted in later times by the boselging bar barians who could cut oil or contaminate the main water supply at will. The streets wcro for the most part unllghtcd while police powers wore scarcely over effectively ex erted. Homo was but ono city in the empire , yet it wns the model for the others. The cltlos of the imddlo ages , were for the most part , dons of darkness nnd disease. The plague , once started , was loft to wear itoelf ouC whllo the conveniences of city life were unknown. A largo part of the Inhabltints worked daily In tlio Holds nnd consequently \voroessontliilly rural in character. The growth of London has thus been de scribed by Jr. Albert Shaw in a recent num ber of thu Century : "London today Is llvo times as largo as it was at the opening of the present century. From 900,000 at that time- the population grow to lr,00 , , ( > 00 in IbliO ; and by isVi It find increasei ) to ' . ' .fiOO.OOO. Since tJb-W , it has mom than doubled. The ptosent sovereign hits witnessed n gain of ' . ' 00 per cent or moro since she bngati to reign There are three or four dwelling houses now for ever } ono that was visible at the date of her coronation. In the past forty j ears from two thousand to twenty-five hundred miles of now streets have boon formed in London. London Is not an exception. All thu other great towns of England have grown up as by magic within this conttirv. And the same statement applies to these of the continent. Paris Is llvo times as largo as it was in 1M)0 ) , lierlin has grown much moro rapidly than Paris ; Vienna has expanded murvolously slnco 1840. Underground sewers were entirely unknown In London until ISill and they \\oro not numerous or extensive in IMS. 'Not a single largo underground main had been con structed. There was not In London at that time a good pavement nor a broad , conven ient thoroughfare. The river was without an adequate supply of bridges and without suitable embankments and retaining walls. " Oas , llrst practically applied in 170S , was used to light Westminster bridge lu 1SIH , but only became common In London after ISlrt. in the United States , New York , ns the largest city , may well stand as the tvpo which all otunrs follow In 17'JO ' it ranked second In the list of American cities with a population of ! Ul,13l. lint It soon forged ahead and continues to rotaln llrst place by pointing to over n million ana n half inhabi tants , Yet iU corporate limits are artificial ; taken us a geographic and economic unit it contains over throe million people within a radius of fifteen miles and Is outranked In size by London alone. Still it was not until 184U , when ItOO.OOO people had conrregatod in the city , that the Croton aqueduct was completed. 1'rovlous to that time water had been supplied from wells and distributed tlit-ouch bored logs only supplanted by cost Iron pines In IKf. ! . The lirst attempt to light Iho streets with pis occurred in 1S23 ; oloctrlo tt ht was not Introduced uutii IJWI. Other American cities have had n similar progrms , in some instances moro rapid although upon u smaller scale. 'Io nttempt to nnnlyse the causes of this wonderful development Is almost n hopeless task ; the factors nro too many and too Inter woven with the whole progress of our Indus trial system. A few of the moro Important results are moro potent and moro easllv re cognizable. In the first place It means that n continually Increasing proportion of the total population of the world Is being enabled to exist without applying labor dlroctlv to land nnd to enjoy thu benefits of city llfo. In the United States this proportion Is considerable over one-third , while the city life , although accompanied by attendant evils , Is becoming moro and moro attractive. This Increasing proportion docs not .signify that the rural classes nro dying out. They nro growing ab solutely If not relatively nnd It Is scarcely probable that the world can ever contain n smaller number of agriculturalists than now. The ratios of urban and rural to the total population do not vary Inversely , but nro rather two variable's approaching the same limits nt different rates of speed , Uoth nro progressing whllo ono gains upon the other. Secondly , every Increase In urban popula tion makes certain undesirable features stand out more sharply. Few nro able to change their position m life. The existence of these who dwell in cltlos must bo made moro satisfactory slnco It , Is only in urban centers that vice and poverty obtain extreme sway. Hut moral as well as social reforma tion can no longer seek Individual converts ; It must act upon masses In order to accom plish appreciable results. Hellef can bo given to the lower classes ns n whole In the in creased nctlvlty of the municipal govern ment. The movement In this direction as now begun , aims nt supplying public pleasure grounds , public ; baths , public libraries , pub lic museums , common schools and technical education. The streets nro kept better , water Is furnished cheaply by the munici pality which nt the same time Is tending to absorb other necessary Industries of service that depend almost entirely upon the use of the public highways. In the third place , a wider administrative field reflects upon municipal expenditures. The Initial provision of thcso various insti tutions and their further maintenance- made the tax rate Jump with marvellous rapidity. American cities spreading over unbroken soil have hod to Invest hcavllr in what may bo termed Its industrial plant. The rise of enormous municipal debts repre sents the drafts which have boon made upon the future in order to assist In the undertak ing. Municipal taxation Is gnlningupon state and federal taxation nt a rate not far below that of the increase in population. The real and personal property within the munici pality may riso'in value at a greater or less ratio : yet nevertheless under ttio present system of unequal assessment It is municipal taxation which is bearing most severely nnd it is municipal taxation that most urgently dejiiaads reform. Finally the financial administration of a city is not nlono under stress of incieasing popu lation Thu larger the urban center the moro complex becomes the entire system of popular government. The cities are the stumping grounds of our Immense foreign population and it is safely asserted that much moro than one-half of our nnturall/cd citizens dwell lu the numerous municipalities. Where ono resident scarcely knows his neighbor by sight it is exceedingly difficult to keep n check upon the suffrage. Electoral reform Is called for particularly in the largo cities and the adoption of the Australian ballot system is thu Ural step in the movement. City gov ernment affects each citizen much nearer homo thiiii state or federal governments. This is the point where the pressure of out- political system is centering and municipal government promises to afford the test which wilt decide the supremacy of popular demo cratic institutions. VICTOR HIMKWATEK. A verv small nlll but a vorv irood ono. Do Witt's Little Korlv Ulsore. See thee beautiful lots in Halcyon Heights. Crary & Cr.iry. FJEM'l'KK.'UIXT IHUH'8. The dogs of war are pointers. Gene up In smoke The rocket. Old-fashioned nookwoar Hornp. Two sides to it The jaunting car. Have their annual openings Canals. Not expensive , but high Liberty caps. Away up in art The ceiling frescoer. The last is never ilrat In making shoos. A walking delegate The messenger boy. Don't call a spade n spade when it Is a shovel. No man over vet minded his own business who didn't got Into trouble. Don'tloso sight of an honorable enemy ; ho'll make a good friend. The egg Is hardly a coquettish aff&lr at any tlmo , but there is no denying that in this gay spring time It Is full of chic. The weigh of the world Is short , according to some merchants. The phrase , "Tho sound of the grinding Is low , " must have originated when the merry- go-round was invented. The man who has no oar for music may bo able to hear plainly , yet he is tone deaf. Fashion and decency should bo always on good terms. However great some men's abilities are , their liabilities are always greater. A man is frequently known by the company ho keeps out of. Honesty is the best policy , because it Is the only policy which insures against loss of character. Straniro that a round dozen shoula bo a squnro dozen. \Vheu the painters strike they don't brush up matters a bit. Thnre Is ono good thing about your last year's straw hat. It fits. "Somo men can't stand suspanso , " as the philosopher said when ho witnessed a hang ing. ing.Where Where there's n will there's a way , of course. When a woman has a will she haste to have her way. Ho who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured hU own. People who are given to laying up grudges seldom accumulate much else. Tlio man vho sits down on tha road to suc cess and waits for a free ride Is sure to bo loft. loft.A A poknr player "straddles the blind" when ho rides a sightless horso. K6me of our people who oxperiooco so much difticulty In keeping up appjarancos should try a hand at keeping down expenses. A fool can fall In love , but it takes a wise mau to conceal It. A revenue cutter the coupon shoara. A man ran subdue the elephant , the lion and the rhinoceros , but the tiger generally gets thu bast of htm. The pretty girl is nature's edition do looks. In n flirtation each party to it thinks ho Is fooling the other. A hot summer resort Trying to keep cool by using n fanfaronade. No matter how dull business becomes the wages of sin are Just the same. Dogs nro now wearing their spring pants. There is very little security In n lightning bolt. bolt.A A double Insult to toll n Boston man ho doesn't "know boaus. " A church with a poor foundation never gains anything by having a very tall steeple. See these beautiful lots in Halcyon Heights. Crary & Crary. Got prices on Halcyon Heights of Crary & Crury. Him. Cigarettes ore supposed to have ca used the death of Johnnie Cling of Snn Francisco. The boy was sixteen years of ago and , un known to his parents , had contracted the bad habit of clgarotto smoHlng. His fascination for the habit , It Is said , became Irresistible , nnd It was on Iho fatal dav thnt ho obtained the cigarettes that caused his demise. Im mediately after Htnoklng ho became deathly pale and was suddenly solzod with vomiting and congestion of the stomach , A physician was summoned , A ghxnco told that the youth had been poisoned through the prac tice of the deplorable habit. All the reviv ing measures known to the medical profes sion were resorted to to save his llfo , but tone no purpose. After llvo hours of dreadtul pain death relieved the sufferer , his last mo ments being spent in great agony. Got prices on Halcyon Heights ol Crary & Crary. See thosa beautiful lots In Halcyon Heights. Crary & Crary. SOCIALISM'S ' DISINTEGRATION , Chicago No More the Hot Bed of Rampant Anarchy , FRED NYE BECOMES A STUDENT , The Society ofConsoclntlvc Equltnlilo Commerce nml AVImt It I'ur- IHISCH Doing tor Down- Truildcti Iliuiuiiilty. CIIICAOO , April 30. ( Special Correspond- ctico of Tar. HEE. | There arc some persons who , remembering the Haymarkot riots nnd the execution of the anarchists , believe that socialism Is rampant lu Chicago. This Is an error. Whatever socialism hero may be , and no doubt as great n variety of things Is sheltered under that numo as under nny other , it Is not rampant It Is questionable whether It Is oven respectably couchant. As the socialists are enlisted to break things , they hold their meetings at U o'clock on the llrst day of the week ana break the Sabbath. A generous providence would , however , forgive them for last Sunday's mootlne , for I have seen Sunday schools far uioro riotous and sacrollglous than that was. The place of meeting li Wavorly hall , and the only thing lomantic about it is the namo. The hall Is on the third floor , and as ono toils up the narrow Mights of stoeu stairs ho panes a cheap coffee house , from whoso open door the odors of counterfeit coffee and of veritable - blo onions emerge In clouds. The reputation of this cafe and of the lodg ing house bosldo It is as unsavory as the fumes of the edibles or is there such n word as InodlblosT which are offered on the rude counters at socialistic prices. It was just S ! o'clock when I entered Wa- verly hall lust Sunday and saw two moil standing near the frontbf along , narrow room the floor of which was strewn with chairs and the walls of which were blocked off with stool engravings , possessing neither merit nor pertinency. At the head of the ball was a dais , and on the duis a high backed oruu- inentod chair resembling an effort of an amateur stage carpenter to prepare a throne for the king In an amateur thealiical. As I approached the two men ono of them criodout : "Is there gum'to bo n nioctmir hero today ? " That was the question on my lips and 1 told film so. This socialist had one log and a crutch , ono shirt which wasn't meant to bo worn outside , the beard of a \\cok , a considerable amount of grime hero and there , a high forehead , brown roving eyes and ttombling hands. "I've Just been running for alderman , " said ho after ho hud ascertained that I was in search of Information instead of in a po sition to give it. "Yesf" said I , "wcro you elected ? " "Not by a - sight. Hut I got twenty-six votes and might have got a hundred more if I hadn't told the boys I didn't want 'em to vote for mo unless they voted for the whole ticket. My uamo Is Uobert Schultz and I'm from the IHoody First. How long yea been a member ? " 1 explained that I was not a socialist yet , that I had cotno with the intention of inves tigating and learning , if possible ; that I was prepared to Join the minute I had been con verted. "O , " said Mr. Schultz , "you'll have to read a long time an' hear speeches an' speeches before you know anything. " "Doubtless. How long have you been lull ? " "Slxyears. " "Do you like ill" "My Uodl" cned the man , picking up his crutch nnd shaking it , at mo. "I snould think I did ! It's beautiful I'1 Then the tor rent broke looso. Everything was to bo done away with wealth , poverty , labor and Idle ness , crime , law , slavery , liberty. Life waste to bo ono grand and glorious vacuum. Espec ially , said Mr. Schultz , were the big build ings to bo torn down. Ho was death on the fourteen story buildings two stories , ho said , were enough for anybody ; moro stories moro people , proud , haughty , rapacious , and ho didn't btlievo in the electric lignt which , ho said , got into his head and made him illtzy. It was an invention of capital and took the money ) ut of the pockets of laboring men. Finallv jo rambled oil into n mass of unmeaning phrases composed partially of "fraternity" and "illegal accumulation" and "gen eral distribution" and "tho crnno of wealth anil poverty. " AH this time the other socialist stood with his mouth open. It was so largo and so open and so altogether Interested that it scorned as though ho heard with It. Ho had llttlo gold rings in his ears and there wns something the matter with his eyes , ono of them appearing to look at ono corner of the ceiling nnd other at the other. IJut ho didn't say anything. At the risk of breaking up the meeting , 1 dotnchod myself from the current of the oratorical socialist's eloquence and floated down stairs In half nn hour I returned Four or flvo persons worn standing at various attitudes on the stalls , uncertain wl.othiir to go up or como down. Among them was a fat woman with a red faoo who urged mo to come up , and said that if wo would all como up wo could have a meeting by ourselves , whether tinvboay else came or not. So wo all went up. Next to the fat woman , the most enoruetlo person in the congregation of eight was a smooth-faced man with light blue eyes , a long uoso that had a point like a triangle , nnd a generally philo sophical cast of countenance. As soon as uo reached the hall ho nnd the fat woman fell to arguing vehemently as to whether a meetIng - Ing .should bo held. She desired to make a spuech ana didn't see how It could bo done without a mooting. Ho didn't object so much to listening to her , but contended that if they held a meeting they would have to pay for the hall , whereas if they simply sat around and talked they wouldn't. There was something humiliating about the way in which law. with a capital "L , " in ttio shape of a possibility of hall rent , crept into the meeting of the socialists and para lyzed their wildest dreams. The largo old woman sat on an auditor's scat and fanned herself , and the philosophi cal man produced his hobby at once and rode It as though It were a broncho. Ho was ho said , a prohlbitiouist--a Oer- mau prohibitionist , The best way to betrin to do away with nil law was to prevent liquor selling. Out In Indian territory the government had placarded the trees , notify ing the whites that any of thorn who sold liquor to the Indian ] would bo subjected to big lines and imprisonment. Wasn't It a satire on our institutions that the government should talto such rigorous measures to koap the savage's sober , while it licensed the sale of rum to its own citizens. A bushy whiskered socialist sitting in the window thought that socialism didn't consist of passing sumptuary laws , but of wiping out nil law. Ho was in favor of making whisky free. Tnen those who couldn't con trol their appetites would drink themselves to death and leave the field to stronger and bettor men. The prohibitionist retorted that socialIsm - Ism meant anything which might bo conceived for the bonoflt of humanity , and that there was no use talkIng - Ing about the millennium so long as drunk ards tilled the strots , jails , homes , hovels and palaces. A florco young socialist who was lounging lawlessly on the amateur throne interrupted the debate to remark that his notion of social ism was that it constituted the best way to got the loaves and fishes. Ho was out for the loaves and fishes and If the socialists couldn't direct him on the road ho thought it better go over to capital at once , body and soul. soul.This This brought the fat woman to the front. She stopped on tbo dais and with a crecn pamphlet In her hand , announced passionately that poverty had boon done awav with and that the whole problem of wealth had boon solved. The event had taken place In San Francisco lost wook. The society of Con- sociotlvo Kqullablo Commerce had been established there , $ TX,000 worth of stock had bccu sold in ono day , and in six mouths there wouldn't bo such a thing as a poor man or woman In the United States. < This scorned so pleasant that after she had concluded her oration , which , although delivered in Kng- llsh.possessed that profusion of big words and wild Ideas which force. a listener to wonder whether the orator or himself U Insane , I nskod her the particulars , of the San Francisco revolution. The woman's name Is Mrs. F. I { . Emmortz , and she is the special authorized solicitor for nd ndvocatfl of the Koroslmn system. ICoresh , as nearly as 1 could ascertain , wns u sbopbord of Israel. What ho may have said 3r done In the former life docs not appearbut Mrs. Ktmnortz says that ho has at length ar rived on earth neain , and that ho will "looso the bonds of wlcKodness.wido the heavy bur dens and let the oppressed go froo. " The Koroshnns are , as a sect , about ton years old. They have a Una building on the south side , In a wealthy neighborhood , which they call the College ofLlfo. . A paper Is published there in tKoir interest , with the startling title , The Flaming Sword. Its ed itor Is Cyrus just Cyrus. The Koruslmn systory ds divided Into three departments the churalO triumphant , the M > - ciety arcti trlunjphaiit nnd the college of life. Hollgiously the sect appears to bo Swcdonborglnn , as that dreaming gonlus Is frequently exalted both by the Flaming Sword nnd the worthy Mrs. nmmeiiz. The Society of Consocmtlvo Hqultnblo Commerce , which has rorcntlv abolished poverty , Is a branch of the Koreslinn system. Its scheme Is simply the abolition of all middlemen. "Thoro should bo no middlemen , " said Mrs. Kramertz. "Thoy are the people wuo sap the Industrial llfo. The Consoclatlvo Kqultablo Commerce has done away xvjtti them. 1'roducer anil consumer may now deal directly with each other. The Consoclallvo Equitable Commerce Usucs tlcknts worth WO each , wuich are u od as a medium of exchange between the producer and the consumer , thus wiping out all transactions in money , which Is the cursu of society. " "Hut what are you going to do with the middleman , who will bo left without employ ment ! " I tusked. "They'll Join the society. " replied Mrs. Kmmertz , with the smile of ono who tind do- strox ed an adversary. "And how-do you got those $ T > 0 tickets ! " "If you belong to the society jon can get them at a reduction of ! i" > per cent. " "IJut what do you pay for them with ) Monoyl" "Of course. " I thanked Mrs. Emmertz for the llghfwhlch the ICorcshan svstom had Hung upon society , including myself , expressed an appropriate gratification nt the abolition of poverty , as certained that my small change was still In my pocket , nnd started for the door. As I looked back up the stairs 1 saw Mrs. Emmortz and the prohibitionist half way down and the other opponents of society fol lowing straggllngly. The man who had been out for the loaves and fishes looked as though ho were still out. Nyn. Constipation poisons the blood : DoNVltt's Llttlo Kurly Hlsers cure Constipation. The cause removed the disease is gone. Got prices on Halcyon Heights of Crary & Crury. Dr. Birnoy euros catarrn. Boo bldj ; . S1A ( i Vll liiTIKS. John 13. Hughes of Tyndnll , S. D. , has a bcifor not quite a year old that has a call by her sido. Jud Millard sent an egg to Clo'xr Lake , S. D. , the other day which is now on exhibi tion. It measures 5 by b inches , and weighs five ounces. Two out of half a , dozen ciscocs fro/en in a bunch lor many months , nnd bought of n huckster by Lovl Uendor , of 1'leasant hill , Huclcs county , 1'a. , thawed out the other day , nnd commenced td.s\vim about In Hen- dor's spring house. * < is There was foaled on John Mcek's ranch a colt that , had it lived , would have boon n cu riosity , says the Hucluh ( S. U. ) Globe-News. Its legs were scarcely larger than a man's thumb , nnd It had no ribs nor spinal column ; In fact. It seemed to bo short on sausage enve lopes , and when opened was found to contain nothing but water. 1 > A Georgia veterinary surgeon has per formed nultu a skillful operation on a raulo. The animal's hoofs had grown out about cinbt inches long nnd had remained in this condition so long that It" was walking on its hind legs , something like a bear. The sur geon had three inches of its hoof sawed off and had it shod in such , a manner as to straighten it up on its ( cot again. At Green Castle , Ind a loud roaring scund was heard , and heavy black clouds were oo- served passing rapidly over the city. Upon close observation it was found that the clouds wore composed of millions of buns about ono inch in si c. They passed from the west to the cost and the noiuo of their combined wings made as much sound as an oxpioss train at full speed. Several were captured , and are said to bo of the "Juno bug" variety. Iv. N. Klrkpatrlck of Pueblo has the hide of a wild uog shot in Clark's canon which measures niuo feet from tip of tail to end of noso. Tnc animal is said to have been very destructive to stock , and nil efforts to kill it for a year past have failed , until a cancn ranchman got a bead on the animal the other day while it was Killing a call. The animal was a cross between aNowfouudlaud dog nnd a gray wolf. Prof. G. A. Rogers , the aeronaut , has been exhibiting in Boston a very rare species of a brown adder. It was cloven and one-half inches long and with two distinct heads , ono and ono-quarter inches from the point of con tact , had the nppcai-ance of two snakes artistically rolled into ono. This peculiar freak of nature was killed a few days ago by a sovon-year-old Milton , N. II. , boy , who per formed the feat with a stout stick as tno adder was coming out of a small pile of rocks. Sco these beautiful lots in Halcyon Heights. Crury & Crary. Got prices on Halcyon Heights of Crary & Crary. Sunday C'oslnn nnd World' * Knlr. The Independent prints replies from nearly n hundred bishops to the question whether , in tncir opinion , the exhibition at Chicago should bo openoa on Sundays : "Of the six Uoman Catholic archbishops , three decisively urge that the exposition bo closed wholly on Sunday , while three others would open It In the afternoon , while out of sixteen bishops four would close , olavon would open and ono declines to express an opinion. Of the bishops of the Protestant Episcopal church twonty-two would close it altogether , two would open it on Sunday afternoons , nnd ono leaves his views doubtful. The eleven bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church are a unit in favor of closing , and so uro the four bishops of the United Brethren of Christ , the tnreo bishops of the Evangelical association , the live bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal /.ion church , the ten bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church , south , the three Moravian bishops , the two bishops of the Colored Methodist Episcopal church. Of the six bisliops of the African Methodist Episcopal uhurch , fhu have nn question that the exposition should bo closed all day , whila ouo wouliLihnvo It open part of the day. ni "It will bo soon that with the exception of the Homan Catholic church , whoso members are largely of foreign origin , and moro than any other portion of ouri country influenced bv European customs , the overwhelming and almost unanimous decision is in favor of closing , which wo may regard as a national verdict. It is , howovw , remarkable that while the Koman Catholic bishops stand eleven to four In favorkbfoponlng the exposi tion on Sunday afternoons , the archbishops , who really bettor represent the American sentiment in their uUurch are equally di vided. " , ' . Sco these beautUu } , ' lots in Halcyon Heights. Crary & In many cases it slipuld bo transposed thus : " 1 am saddest when you sing. " See those beautiful lots in Halcyon Heights , Crary & C'rary. III. T. VKI.IV ( IIIUItAl'Il'H OltlKVTAl , CUKAM , UK MACIUAI. Itr.Al'liriKlt. ItrmoTraTan , liuiile | , KrerL- 1m , Mutb I'tlchn , IU li and hkm l > UtM , uua miry kleiubli on vbnuty , fuul diflrd icltu-clion. It liu IUlO.1,1 ttlt ) tOft Ot < 0 ri. ana It 10 rralr 4w < tugtelt tn UtrureltU jirop- mlniAila. . At 11 [ t lui cuunttrftlt of * lmll r name. Pr.l * A. h ) er nal'l to A lady of the haul-ton U | tle ! ) "Afjou liullttKlllllwltifm , I rvwnimtrul 'llou- raud'tCrrain'utha Irut harmful ulall DID rkln t > rt | > r . IJonfc. " For Mtlu by II IhveKliiU and Fancy Good * l em In the UnlUul RtAtei. Uan < U < dtitl Kiirci * * ' 1U.T. lluriilhS. I'rvv'c.U Orat Janet SU N. Y. JGHILJDREXN'S AT GOS : Natty little suits that fit well , wear well and are sure to bring people back to trade again : eniffl < { 9 FJfl Idlll iMlllo W.JU , Non-ripable Scotch Cheviots , neat , nicely made ; correct for school or knockabout. Knoc Paul Suits 13. Handsome plaids and checks in blue , brown and gray , all knee pants run in ages 4 to 14 years. BOO Boys' Long Pant Suits , $4 , $3 , $6 , $6-BO , $7 and $ S. You'll bo surprised nl the quality and make we'll show nt such low prices. They're not tnndo for advertising purposes , they're made to WEAR nnd BUILD UPTHADEON. BI-IIRLT WA.ISTS. For children's boys' and ladies' wear. Novelties Not shown elsewhere. See our shirt waist dis play in Douglas street window. Money Cheerfully satisfy.BROWNING KING & CO goods do not satisfy. , , S. W. Corner I5th and Douglas , THE RELIABLE CLOTHIERS. FOR NOTICE TO DRUGGISTS , In order to satisfy the public that we mean what we advertise , you are hereby notified that if there is any complaint made , or people are not satisfied with the effects of the Turkish Rem edies , that is Turkish Tea , Liniment , Cough Cure , Asth ma Cure and Halm's Golden Dyspepsia Cure , to notify us and return empty package and we will cheerfully refund the money. Respectfully yours , Turkish Remedy Company , Omaha , Neb. Great frenh I'reitcriiition , Curei playort out mnnhood , nmkc soclttjr n pica- euro nnd mnrrlccl llfo nutlsfnrtoiy. 1" short It res tores that vitality Unit belunp ! to n lu'nltliy j-mmu tnan f211 pitckHKC , or 3 fur $ " > Sent per mull , In n plnln sealed envelope from observation , on receipt of price. The Klniler Druii Co. , McCurmlek \ Lund. U. llolA'sllu. . Omaha. A. 1) . Kustor , Council lllnn KsTAlll.lsIIlll ) 1CM. A. J. SIMPSON , 1400 and 1411 Dodge Strcut , Oiuahu , Nob. Side Spring attachment no liorio motion. lIUlljUBIIS Of First Glass Carriages , THELE AD ING STYLES. THE LOWESV PKIOE3 VOL'll I'ATUON'AHi : frOI.ICITKI ) . ImKuroponn tnia preparation Impart * a penrly complexion , looks Ilko uprliu water no lend or diunaKlrm InnrvdlonH. wiur.inted Ihnboitln America FJapatWaite , orl for Ji Sent unrwhoro prepaid on receipt of prlee , or ( ' O. I ) Klniler Drue Co. . I.eslli ) , V l-cillo lUiiKiOOdiimu l > rilk''o.Um.ilii ( , A 1) . I-outer , Council KERVE AND BRAIN TRHfflflENT. Specina fnr hysteria. Dlfiineat.FUKini ! alir1a , Wuko ( ulneii , WenUl iKJprtiiaion. Softening or thu drain n > nultlnt ; H Imfinitynv ! Uarlint , to rnt pry decay an ! dwith , PremMuro Old Ape , liarrennesj I.OSP of Power ta either BOX , IrvoHntary Los n , nmt HiiernutoT-rhro cAnted bv ovt > r-ei itio > of the hraln , M > lr-&buFe or over Indulgence. Knch box contains on jjnonlt's treat ment. i a box. or atx for 83. pent br mrJ I prepaid. With oacb order for fcU boxes , will ttmt iiircbaHer fniaranteo to lafund mcney if tno treatment falU (0 Cute. Uuarajitoes UBTHK ! onananumoeold uiilybr GOODMAN DUUG CO. , liurarnnin St. . - - Umulia. Neb Gunui'i'lnini , ( Ih't't and l.vut'orrliaen cured Inidiiys by Iho I'roneh Keinudy en titled thu KING. It illsohea'alnst und Is absorbed Into tno inllami'd parts. Will rofnml iminny If Itdousnot I'tiro or causes stricture. Uuntleiiiun , hero is a reliable article. & ) : t piu.'kau'o or " for t"i per mull prepaid. Mcf'or- mlck& I/mid , Omaha ; O. A. Mplulior , Howard ftlnvpw and K .1 Hcvkoni , South Oman ; A. U. Kostor and M. I' , nils. Council lllulls. LOUVRE GLOVE G 1506 Farnam Street. Wishes to call spci ial attention to the following numbers : No. 37-4 Button Kid Glove , In Tans , Browns and Black , A.t Sl.OO No. 47 , Four Button Suede , in Tan , Slate and Black , At Sl.OCX SEE SHOW WINDOW. The Only Exclusive Glove Store in the City MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED. DEWEY & STONE FURNITURE CO 1115 nnd 1117 Farnam Street , Omaha , Neb. ESTIMATES FURNISHED. CATAI.OC1UKS rUKMSUEO TO OUT-OK-TOWN I'MITIES. Piienolino J 3D 3 CURES ( D Colds in the Hoid by ore applica * tion. n Catarrh r in a very thort 0 lim . 0D rr D H&y Peyer from three to fivt Cfl 0 } dayt. Cflrj rj Q EinchB insltntly. 50o ftr Bottle. t CV. LEE WING Chinese Physician 15'13 Larimer St. , Denver , Cole SPECIALIST. To tlionoMirtorliK from the ctlecta of nny of thu following dl-ente * , nnd rlu < * lro ho'ilth , fliMiild wntoheo U Inu ntonca AllrtUe IMM pecnllni to worn * en , tnllliijs' MenkiifMH , lost man homl nervonndhu se * , poxnal dlsenni' * , Htmilrril wouknuin , youthful fully , urlimir troub le" , kidney unit lUer troulile , heart iJlicnir , InrilK- pitlun chest unit Inn * trouble iiiiitiinitlon | , bron chitis tuuiilii , tolrti.mtlimu , cjitarrh , nil itlientenof tbo blood hcrofiiln , irphlllii , illM-imrjt of prlvuH nature , conorrhon , uluet pills tumors , cancer , nail rbenni , rhuunmtlum , pnrily l iilUkliiil ! o MJ , toi' tlloiiODi , d ) > pepHln , iicilllilltl" , diufneai tul'llHMi i.oro eye" , eruptions tapeworm , tlt , m.U.-irln. und disease' of the Kencirutlv corKim * . no mutter of him IOIIK Mainline AiMiroironrautcoil In oiory cnxu 01 money icfunded Ifou have fulled to get cured cliewliere , ( In not de iin1r , butclvo IjKK WIM ! "nil find lm u u i lint Itli him , hit h li Mrlclly cunHlilun. tlnl ( 'miMiltiitlun ex.imlnntlon free Only a mnnll nun for romedlo < Thoni > .indi Imvo been cured of Ulltercnt < ll ease < by lo Win * Clilneno V i- italilo remedies , Many testlmnnl.ili < n bo found lind oeu In life ollico , or lcner papers Addron , LKlVINCr. ! . 1543 Larimor StD6ttvor , Colo. Kncloso Btnuip for reply THE ATTRACTION FOR MONDAY WILL BE fl T 1(1 ( 11A11 s Continental Clothing House