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10 TTTR nitfATIA DAll.V I1RR. KITNnAY. 1M IflCM T\\rHX'PV PAfJliN. INDUSTRIAL RUSSIA omethlnp Abont the Qnoor Business Eu- torpriscs of a Queer People , PROTECTIVE POLICY FOUND PROFITABLE All Imports nro Toxod and So Hcms-Vado Goods arc Obcap. MANUFACTURING AMONG THE MUSCOVITES "Homo" Indu3trios nre Literally Cultivated in this Great Country. METHODS OF THE RUSSIAN MEFCIIANTS Pun dim , Ciiln mid Cuiinrlo * In Commerce liiipnrtiincu nf the "Icnu" TraileIn the llnzimr * Another IZiitliuitluatlo Article Iroiu C'uri. | " Moscow , Sept. 1. [ Special Correspondence of Tun lini ! . j Take n cup of tea with mo u la Ku so whllo 1 toll you something about the ( iuoer business motliods of this queer pcoplo. A barefooted boy brines In the InrRo bra s sotnovnr and wo drink our tea out of Rlnss tumblers wltli nothing but n hit of lomoti and u generous amount ol sugar to iiffoct IU flavor. The Kusslnns do nil tholr trailing ever ten , nnd this commercial center , Moscow , Is full of tea nousos called tralttlw , \vhoro Uioso longhaired merchants alt and anck tholr tea through lumps ol sugar which they bold between their teeth and dicker nnd bargain from morning till evonlnR. There Is no such thing a * fixed prices or quick trades In Ilussla. It takes a man all day to oorao to n decision , nnd he always asks you three times as much as ho expects to got. And stilt the business donp Is onor- inous. Moscow has some business houses which would bo n credit to Chicago , nnd thcro are stores hero as line as you will llod nnywboro In Paris. The wealthier Russians buy the most oxtravacant articles of Jewelry mid wearing apparel , and the arcades of Moicow nro unequaled utmvhoro in the world. Jut t under the shadow of the Krom- llu there Is now ooiiiff built a vast bazaar of nix stories which must cover ton ncros of Kround , and thcro arc many business blocKs iiero which cover acres. There is moro economy used In building than in America , nnd some of lucso vast buildings nro out by wlao paisacos which arc roofed with glass and out upon wnlch open stores about twenty lect front with ( food show wlndowi These windows nro lilted xvlth beautiful eoods , and the shoppers can spend hours In going from ono itoro to nnothrr without getting out Into the street , Itimlu'd Turin .Mi-thoilH. The goods sold uro largely Imported and It Is curious to see how tlm government watches the payment of duty upon them. Every im ported article pays a tax and Hussln has per haps tna highest protective tariff of any country in the world. Every article has to have the stamp of the ravcnuo onicer upon it anu mis stamp is in tno stiapo ol a iittio pleco of load as big around as a silver 5-cent piece , to which are fastened two plouos of ivlro which unite inside of the garment sold. It is impossible to got this wire oil without breaking the stamp , which Is Indelibly pressed Into the lead , and whether you buy a necktie , a pair of stockings or a tncco of Jewelry olry it must have this stamp upon it. To bacco of all kinds is Heavily taxed and cigars are always sold li > boxes which uro wrapped around with revenue stamps ana which have glass tops. If you buy ouo cigar it is In a little glass box , and there are boxes of two cigars , three cigars and of flvo , six , ten and a dozen. Each boars its appropriate stamp nnil the bigirar the box the bigger the stamp. 'Tho resul : is that nil foreign articles nro very high , and Imported cigars cost twice as jnuch as they do with us. Articles manufac tured In Huasla , however , uro che.ip , and it will bo surnrlslnir to many Americans to know what itussla makes. JMiliiularttlrllitf in IliiHHlii. Thorn uro over 1)30 ! ) factories In operation about Moscow , and you can sen the nmoko- Blacks standing like sontlnols hero and there ever tbo Inndscapa , rivaling ( n tholr height the golden spires of the ohurohos. Those factories employ a quarter of a million of laborers , nnd they turn out about $150,000- 000 worth of products every yo.ir. The city of Tula , which is n night's ride from Mos cow , has cutlery works wblrti make nil kinds of Iron and steel ware of tno finest quality. 1 bought a knlfo and n razor during my visit tharo n few days ago , nnd they are as line us mivttiliiir that Snofllolil or Dlrinlnguam can jiroduco. It is ut Tula that the samovars nro made , nearly 1,000,000 worth oeing turned out ovorv year , imu there nru largo pun factories hero which supply the Hussian army. The cotton industry is mainly con fined to Moscow. It has trebled within the last ton years , nnd there nro cotton nulls lioro which would be a credit to Mnssachus- oltH. The woolim factories are nUo Increas ing , and the < liv ; will como when Kussin will inanufncluru most of the gooib consumed bv Her vnfct population. At the prusenl tlmo n largo amount of the manufactures are the losult of homo Industry. The poainnti do a cruutmnny things In tholr homes , und ncnrlv every village has Its spuclaity of some Uuiit nr otlior. Near Moscow the'ro Is n town winch K noted for Its buallnir of gold loaf , and the pcoplo Bf this vlllugo beat the gold out between calfskins , and the monthly wages of n good gold boater Is about $ . There are other villugos which make wire , others which make not.'iliig hut xpcctaclo /rumes , and -town in Tula there nbout L',000 people who Uovoto thunibolves to tlm making nf accordions. Homo of the most beautiful vnro turned out at Moscow is the lucquer papier macho. This Is sold all over Huron j. It has the finish of the Japanese lacquer , and It Is beautifully painted. This is done oy families who have worked nt It for gen era tions. It wiw from them that the old- inHhlonod snuffbnxei came , and they now make sleeve dultons , tea caddies , book cov ers nnd lucquor pictures , Tlin luun IliKliiixfl , f Speaking uf pictures , the icon trndo Is ono of the great Industries of this country. An icon U a plcluro of n saint , the fncu nf which is pointed , but tno body of which a uiado of carved uold , silver or bras * . Kvery man In Itusila has his Icon , and thcro is scarcely a room In a UUSKIHII homo which does not con tain ono of thcio sucrod pictures. They uro nf all fclzctt and prices , from llttlo otiu * no blggkr man n watch , nnd worth only a few cents , up to grout paintings the slzo of u barn door , and worth tons of thousands of dollars. TJiu Uuislan snyi his prayers boforu them , nnd ha looks upon them as the guardian angels of bis It to. There Is no atoro In Rus sia that has not ono of these icons hanging up In It , and If you wlsu to bu onllnuiily pollto you will take off your hat , whun you outer the toro , in honor of It , and If yen "aro n liusilnn 701 : will invariably cross yourself on coming Into its presence. The baby of our consul gonttral at St. I'oters- uurg fell sick during my stay there n few weeks ago , and Its mirsu suld that the undoubted cause of IU Illness was be- cnuso there win no Icon ploturo In ttio room In which It was lying nnd sbu would not con tinue to watt upon tbo child until ono was put up. In every railroad station in Husem tuoro U u shrine of this kind and you cannot get out of sight ofa plcturu of ouo of the uluts , of the Virgin or of the Savior. There urn stores here in Moscow which sell > | iothlng nut Icons and the palming of them gives work to thouiauds , in making ihom the workmen pel prices according to the site of the isluU * ud their number. A good umu can makn three , each containing ono IIgum , in n weak nnd as ho gets BO cents n saint ho makes Jl.fiO nt thli rntn for a week's work. Sorao ol the Icons arn very well pilntod nnd these In the churches nro often studded with Jewels and I ho motnl work 11 of solid gold. Somn Iconx nro holler than others md the most incred nro kissed by thn wonhlpor * and candles burn constantly before them. ItiiMlrt's Cnnilln llii lnp . Speaking of candles , Kussln burns moro to liar population than otiv other country in BuroDO. Shu uses nbout CO.000.000 pounds of candle * every year , nnd ono of the great sources of income of the churchns is tliulr r.indlo sJli. * . At the door of nvory cathedral there nra c.inctla nuddlcrs , who have coun ters before tboin and who soil caiidlos to the worshipers its fast ns they cnn hand them out. Those men are drnisod In the uniform of the church , nnd thov take In prunlps by the bushel. I watched n couple of them fern n long tlmo nt the ontrnnco of the Knzan ca thedral In St , Petersburg , nnd In the course of Imlf nn hour I saw at least , ' 100 men , women nnd children buy candles. It took two men to supply thorn , mid the candles they bought wora of various ) zos and of dif ferent prices , riomo bought ni manv ns n ilozon nnd others wore satisfied with ono. I wondered what they would do with them and walked in behind thorn. The interior of this church U ns large ns the ball of the house of couuress. Its walls nro hung with golden Icons , nnd there nro Jeweled Icons on the pillars and sot Into the solid silver nltar of the back of the church Before onch icon is a silver candlostlcK with n stem an big around ns Orovor Cleveland's thigh , and ris ing from the floor to nbout the height of the spot on which President Harrison's hat rests. The tops of these candlesticks nro in the shane of n dlso and each top has n mini her of holes In which to slick candles. The worshipers whom I followed trotted from ono of these candelabra to another , light ing a candle before each nnd put- Ing it up to burn before the picture. Whllo tnoy stood und'crossed themselves be fore the saints I saw other candles being passed up trom man to man , finally reaching tbo hands of thd church olllcor who presided ever each candlestick , being lit by lilrn and put before the saint. There were probably GOO candles burning at ono time In this ono church and when you remember that this goes on nil over Hussla every Sunday and every holiday nnd during most of the days of the wcok you can see where the candles BO to. A largo part of the cnadles used are inndo in houses and not in largo factories , and In fact the house Industry of Russia scorns to surpass that of tno factories. It is pstlmated that there nro T.'iO.OOO workmen ! n Hussla who make things nt their own homos , and ono authority status'that these people turn out $750,000,000 worth of goods every year. Theio people in , many cases peddle their goods themselves , nnd in some in stances they work for the factories. UuuerTrndns In ltun lu. Russia has in fact many queer trades of which wo know nothing. Along the Volga there nro colonies who maico a specialty of breeding and raising cats , which are sold for the furund which are usualy ills nosed of to peddlers. The cats bring from 5 to 15 cents apteco nu < l the peddler collects them in a bag , kills thorn as soon us ho gets away from the villages in which they have been bought and takes off their skins , which nro shipped by him to the fur centers of the empire. In a village not fat off from the homo of Tolstoi , In Tula , there nro oigbty families who do nothing el so but raise canaries , anu in Turn- uofT thcro is n section where pigeons are bred for the snko of tholr skins , wnlch nro sold at tno weekly bazaars nnd at the fairs. The feathers uru , of course , loft on the skins and they eventually form u part of some lady's ' cloak or hat. In riding down the Volga nt every station at which the boat stopped the peasants would come to the wharves with their wares for sale. At Knzan ragged , bare headed , bare-legged Tartars trotted around with long bars ot what I thought was bees wax for sale , but which turned out to bo a soap which is much noted in Russia. Hero I also found nil sorts of leather manufac tures , from boots and slippers made of llttlo pieces of different colored leather sowed to gether to leather coats and traveling bugs. I bought a pair of boots and a pilr of slippers for $ J , ana I was offered a very good travel- Int ? sntchol of the tlno.st. Russian loatner for tiomo Wonderful Slnuvls. I bought a shawl In Moscow today which is so largo that it would cover the biggest double bed In America and go Una that it will go through a lady's ring. It xvas made by the peasants of Orenburg and is of the kind known as rlntr shawls. It was made entirely py hand , and the line lace worn of these Russian peasants is wonderful. Tbo velvets made by them are noted all ever ' Europe anil somo'of tticir velvets bring $5 u yard. Thov mnKo carpets which uro equal to thosu of Persia and Turuoy , and I mot here ut Moscow American buyers for Tiffany & Co. of Now Vork nnd Bmloy , Banlcs.t liid'llo ' of Philadelphia , who uro sent here to buy the wonderful Russian silver and tliu famous brun/os , which nro liner than thobo of any other part of the world. There is u factory hero In Moscow which makes this gold nnd silver enamel ware which is so rarn und so hlgh-pricod , and the tea suts which were given by the czar to the sea captains who brought over the famine supplies were made here. Ono of the curious sights of the Russian streets Is the lock paddlor , who walks about with bis breast und back covered with locus , which are hung by strings over bis shoulders , nnd this making of looks is ono of the great peasant indus tries. The locks uro nearly all made by hanu and they uio of all sorts and shapes nnd of all prices from a half cent up to . > . Some of them .ire so small that It takes 100 to innko a pound and others so larga that they v , ould drown n cut if ono was tied around Its neck and it wes thrown into n pond. In tliu Huzii.iri. Every city In Russia has its grand bazaar. This Is known us tno Uostlnl Dvor and con sists of a vast building containing many acres and made up of all sortsof shopswhich usually open out upon covered corrldoia sep arated from thu street by pillars , HO that you can walk all around the bazaar und not bo affected by the weather. 1'ho interior of ono of these vast buildings Is made up of courts nnd the stoics run from the arcades throuch to the courts and there nro hundreds upon bundtoJs of stores in every bazaar. These stores are of nil kinds and you can find in one of thosu biiznurs anything you wish from a hairoin to a seolslcln coat and from n tooth pick to a sot of furniture. There are Jewelry stores and clothing stores , storca for the selling of household utensils , Htores which handln nothing but leather iroods and other stores wliiuh deal In books nud pictures. The merchants as n rule nro Russians in long coats with their pantaloons stuffed in tholr boots und their hair chonbod off level with the nock so that It forms u sort of a brush ns it hangs down from the crown. They part this hair in the nilddlo aifd they arc usually long-bourdcd men of the Russian typo. Thciy nro shrewd dealers , but uru very suspicious of ono another and go on the nrlnciplo that everything Is fair In trade. Some of thorn grow very wealthy and some of the llmwt houses In Moscow belong to the merchants , The nobles looked rather down on them until In recent yjars uid today the merchant class Is not as high as the olllcial class in Russia. They are very superstitious und baliuvo in signs and onions , Their hours of business are from about 9 In the morning until about 5 in the afternoon , nnd though they are us anxious to make n good trudo ns our merchants they take moro rest than wo do and they will not open tholr stores during the holidays nor on Sundays. Kvurvthlng is eloao4 In Russia on Sunday , and St. Petersburg and Moscow at this time look much moro Jllto Uonon than Paris. It Is in teresting to watch ouo of these buzaar mer chants close up for the night. In the first plnco ho locks up ovorytnlng In the store and souls It shut. Ho then conies outsldo and closes his winnows and locks the front doors of his shop with a great padluck. Ho then takes n string and tics the padlock to the staple and Joins thu two ends of the string together and nuts some hot soallngwax on thoiu. This ho stamps with his own seal , so that it will bo Impossible to open the look without breaking the Ho.il. Ho then stands In front of his closed dee anu croises him self and says a prayer before ho leaves for the night , and ho will say another prayer bo fore ho opens up In the morning. This Is done by every morchaniandtho crossing and sonling nf thusu padlocks la eomg on all along the arcades nt the hour of closing. tm > or lliuliiiti * sigiK , * The Rutttluns do not advortUo n groatdeal , and n Russian business advertisement loons queer to American eyos. There nro thirty- uix jotters in the Russian alphabet , und these loiters seem to bo n combination of the Clrook , Ch ! o < o ami Arabia nharuclors. A great majority of tno lower classes cannot road them , nnd the rasult U that It hardly pays the niureluvit to advertise. You son fo.v posters about the cltiot , and tbo sand wich man Is ubiont from thojo Russian streets. Mnny of * ie peasants cannot read the signs oa the stores , and for tblo reason nearly urcry store has painted ou iti vfalli pictures of the articles sold within. I saw n barber sign theothordav hero In Moscow which conslstml ot n hare-Armed man shav ing n patient , who sat unright in ono chair , whllojust opposite him satn lady , who was holding out hnrnrm , from which n stream of blood WAS spouting , nnd upon which another hurbcr was performing the operation of bloodletting. In another part of tlia 'picture , on n stool , was a man having n tooth pulled , and the sign intended to convoy tno fact that the Unrbor within ivnsndontlst , n shaver unit a surgoon. A i'o < d store will hnvo a bun- nlo of hay In n doorwav , nnd on thn walls at the sidoof thu door will bo painted horses feeding nnd cows grazing. The * Onlrv signs are rows with maids or men mllKlng them , nnd the tea signs are us ually candy Chinamen , who nro sipping tea. Even the nowoit inventions , such ns the typswrltor , the nlrycln and thu cnraorn , lire painted on the signboards in thli way , und sometimes the whole front of n store will bo covered bv picture * , each of which ropro- Konts some nrtlclo sold by tbo merchant , The wludmvs are filled with samples of the goods sold , find not infrequently articles are suspended on the walla outsldo In order to show Just what Is offered within. Kvory merchant makes his calculations with n box of wooden buttons strung on wlros. Just is the merchants do in China , nnd only the larger establishments keep book accounts. Llttlo business is done bv checks , nnd tbo banking methods of Russia nro so full nf curious features that 1 will treat of thorn in another luttor. PIIANK O. CAIU'IINTKK. J.'DUV.t I lOA.tT . San Francisco bassotnsldo 11,000,000 for the public schools for tbo current fiscal year. The Chicago Theological seminary is about to Inaugurate a now department , designated "Christian Sociology. " Prof. Graham Tny- lor , D.D. , of HnvlfO'-d , Conn. , will conduct thu ( lopnrtmunt. The twentieth annual report of the ( Jnl- cage publlo library shows the Institution ranks second In thn United States , Boston only oxccociine It in number nf volumes , nnd that was established in 1852 , while Chlcneo's was begun In 1ST : . ' . The total number ot books on the shelves of the library Is 177 , ITS , an Increase in the lust year of 10,703. Women nro slowly but surely elbowing men out of the work of primary school teach ing In Great Britain , ns they bavo done to a considerable oxlont in the United States. When Mr. Forstor's not was passed tlioro wcro 2'JS4'J pupil teachers , 1,230 assistant teachers and 13,037 certificated teachers nt work In the popular schools of tbo country , rhcso numbers have now risen to 28,131 pu pil teachers , K,503 ) assistant nud 47,823 cor- tlllcatoif teachers. Professor Henry O. Adams , lu nn article on state education ns oxomnlillcd by the Uni versity of Alloblgan , In the September Fo rum , maintains that , "an educational system which Is part of state machinery , provided the state bo democratic in form , can never como to mean the education of u class , nor can n university which appeals to the people for pecuniary support become n center from which aristocratic ideas or n plutocratic in dustrial philosophy are disseminated. " The report submitted by n committee of the Woman's nlliancoon the condition of the public schools of Chicago shows that thcro are fi3S7S children in the city who are with out scats lu the schools. Besides these who nro shut out entirely from the public facili ties for education , there are 14,340 half-uny pupils , or children who receive but two nnd n half houra' instruction per day. In the cases of those-11,340 a scat In the .schoolroom ac commodates ono pupil in the forenoon and another In the afternoon. 1311'lKflKS. New York Tribune : Rov. Mr. Gooa- enough And now , children , who was tbo man who depended upon the ravens for his daily food ! Johnny David Bennett Hill. Rov. Mr. GoodenouKh John Tugmutton , I shall report jou to your father. Johnny Huh 1 Pop thinks so himself. Ho says that Mr. Hill has been eating crows ever slnco the Chicago convention. Bomorvlllo Journal : The minister who preaches short sermons Is generally popular with the congregation , and , after ail , there Is no direct evidence that bis parishioners don't got Into heaven Just as easily as those of the " " "slxteonthly-my-brethren" kind. % Rov. Plunk in Now York Herald : Do fashnablo churches ' 11 soon bo thrown open again for de fall an1 winter , doah brcddorn , bu' , it ' 11 bo some tlmo before do cobwebs ob sin dat do dobble her bin splnntn1 nil sum mer will bo brushed out ob de souls ob do members ob do different congrcgasbuns. Philadelphia Record : A Kensington gent who Is too religious to swonr hit his thumb with a taclihammor yesterday and ingeni ously gave vent to his emotions without breaking th'o decalo uo by exclaiming , "D-n the devil I" Rov. Dr. Primrose T always iiko to glvo both sides of a story. Brown Then wliy don't you preach n Bor- mon about the gambler who wins big money nud feeds his wife < md children on the fat of the land ! The Rector My dear young Inay , I hope I am mistaken , but I thought I saw you talk ing during the sermon yesterday } Stray Lamb You certainly nro mistaken , rector. Why , I never talk in my sleep. K Wiggsy I not'ccd ' you stick in the middle of ycursormon this morning. Ur. Long wind Yes : when I wrote that iwrt I wat Just after dipping ray pen Tnto the mucilage bottle by mistake. If any of the ministers won any money betting on tbo Sulllvan-Corbott tight , they will undoubtedly put It nil In tbo homo mis sionary box. THJ : itr.ou.iitM } KIDS. Now Vork Tribune : Warren , aged I years , had formed hit Ideas of ungcls and Iholr forms from the study of certain stuol engravings , and told Ills tnothor if she scohloj him nguln bo would "dlo nnd go right to hoavun. " Doing told that that was unsior said than done , and asked how ho would pot there , ho answered without hesi tation : "Oh , 1 would pile up all thu chairs and tables und boxes and ladders us fur as limy would go , nnu then I 'sped nn nngol would como down and dat mo. And any way I'd a good dual r.ither go that way than javo things screwed into mo.1' * Somervilln Journal ; Every Sunday school teacher knows that when n boy comes into thn class wearing a pirtloulnrlyolean anil wide white collar , with clothes conspicu ously nout nnd his hnlr carefully brushed by n gentle mother's hand , ho is the boy she will hnvo to loon out for if she wants to keep the whole class out of miscbluf. Chicago Tribune : Tommy Mamma isn't ' , t uwful slangy to any "got up and gfcti" His Mother It la , my son. It Is very coarse and clownish. Tommy That's the wnv It noundod to-mo when I hoard you lolling Dotty this niornln { to qct up mid got broaKfa'st. "Why do birds in their little nests agree I" asked tbo prottv eojioolma'pi of Freddy Fanglo , i ' "CAU O they'd fallout if they didn't , " Freddy replied , Tommy Say , pawjsr. * PotU lojt the use of his ovoslgtat for tear an hour last night. Mr. Flgtr Why , I uuvor heard of that. Ho v did It happen ) Tommy The Meotric lights wont out , 4 Lttllo Ulrl ( In the park ) These butterflies Is uwful moan. Mnminu Why sol Littlu Girl Quick as I goes lo cbuso 'em they Hies off the walk onto the grass , 'cause ) they known I mustn't ' go thoro. "What do wo got from planting potatoes I" asked a speaker at n Sunday school mass meeting in Nobloboro , nlo. . the other day , and a small boy piped out "Porator bugs I" Llttlo Ulrl What dnos your mamma do slnco thu dog was stolen } Llttlo Hey Ou , she sort o' comforts her * elf with th' baby. Drown You shouldn't ' make fun of thu old , mr boy. Llttlo Johnny Why , dad , the minister said wo should humor the Inllrmltloi of ago. Conk's Imperial Champagne has stood tbo test for thirty yearn. There Is no bettor sparkling wine made. It' * extra dry. IT TURNCD HIS HtAD COMPUT-.U. IM A PECK OF TROUBLE irlitttlcr In lltilmci. Ute Is Indeed no holiday : therein Are want , and woo. and sin , Ueath and Its nameless foars. and ever all Unr iiltylnu- tears innSL fall. Thy hand , nlil friend ! the service of our days , In ililTorlni ; moods and ways , May piovo to those wtm follow In our train Not viiluulusi nor vain. taroll and faint iisochnosof n dream The songs of boyhood sonrn , et on our autumn' boujt.s , unflown with The ovenlnz thrushes slug. The hour draws mjhr , ho'we'or delayed and late. " When at tho'fitrrnal ' sato Wo Ic.'ivo the wonia ; iml works wo call our own. own.And lift vold'h'Hiids nlnno tf * For love to fill. Our imkodnrss of soul HrlngR to thtt gate no toll ; Olftless wo uomo to'Hlin. who all things gives. and llvo booauto llo lives. COttXVIII , ! 1.1TIKS. Wedding bolls anno'linco tbo beginning of the autumn matrimonial harvest. Charles Anthony D.iyor , the Now York artiu. was married in 'Chicago to Miss Meu- ervn Nowelt of ilia's ' city. "Miss Hobson 1s so occentnc. " "In what way ? " "Why , sho'sjgolng , o marry a man bocnusojjho's oncaUod to Ijim. " If n man oan't spell yory well , nnd Is In eve , ho should avoid writing the girl alot- tor until she falls in love with him. After that , sno will not'iuuWo flin of'hls letters. It's a serious 'mistake lor a young man to toll a young woman wboji ho. moots , bur that ho was just thinking of her. That Implies that there nro times wbon thcro is no thought of her In nis mind. When family man who elopes with a pretty ( servant girl gives as an oxcaso that ho wanted a wife that could do her own house work , it will bo no easy matter to find a Jury norolc onongn to convict him. Sentimental people line to think that every nun that dies a bachelor had some love affair in his youth , the memory of which kept him from murr.rinp. Mabel 1 suppose you have heard of sister Lou's marriage ! She's tnlton a Hat up town. Miss Jellus Yes , I hoard she baa a Hat but I didn't know where she bad taken him The marriage of Alias Alice Shoa , second daughter of ( Jcorgo Shea , ox-cnlof justice of tno city court of New Yorir , to Charles Erastus Oliddon , jr. , whoso father was a judge of the suprouin court of Ohio , took place nt Brattlounro , 'Vt. , on the 8th. The wedding of Mis * Mary Ennui Ashley , daughter of ox-Uovornor James M. Ashley , of Toledo , to Kdward Hlngwood Cooper , son of ox-Mayor of New York Abrjm S. lloumt , toolr place on Wednesday at .Monroe CoUu e , Put-In Bay , Ohio , the suminur borne of the bride's parjnts. The postmaster , a juulco of iho peace , member of the town hoard , Clark ol the health botrd , member ot' the board of educa tion , captain of thu flro patrol , and sccrotury of the Jiro department of Manaronock , N. V. * , took n day off nnd KOI married last wook. His name is William A. Boyd. nisliop John F. Hurjt of the Methodist Episcopal church , was married in Buffalo Sept. , 5 , to Miss Ella AIMICS Hoot , daughter of Francis II. Hoot , the luatlmr milllonairo merchunt. OwIiiLto the surious nines * of Mr. Hont the wedding waa strictly private. Bishop and Mis. Hurat loll in the evening for a short , weddibg trip. They will llvo In Washington. The woililing of Mlso Minna Katlmllna ( ialo. the nctross , anji Archibald 'Ciishman Hnynns , took place lu Now Vork last weelc. The ooromonv was witnessed by a largo gnthonntf. Mlxs Uale has been on the stnpo for the last oiijlit years , during which timu sliohas beoq a member nf companies under the inaiingeinoiit of Lawrence Barrett , Daniel Bandiuunn und other prominent nctors , x or wtii. Murat Halstend ha > just celebrated his il'ld blrthdav. Who would have thought iti JiU odltoilal work has thajylm , vigor und vlncgur or : iu.,1'J ( , 'Watch Dou" llolman carries his ideas of economy BO far , tfioy "say , that lip has slgnl- fled o willingness to accept ton uoniphmun- turv tickets to the bpVrrtuK oxorolsoj of tbo World's fulr. . . ; Kossuth , who will bo 80 years old on the first of next montn.'ls. , ' . nbout to publish tbo llrst volume nf tbo memoir * on which" ho has [ ) ueu cnguKoU since ttilirtly after the close of the American civil witr , MaoUurmot , Mr. CJlhp.Uono's attorney trim- oral for Ireland , U on'o/of / the few Iriuhiimn who rotaln thu old titles of chluftatnov , Ho Is the head of the ancient MucUormot family , formerly prlnpe $ of Moyiutv. A democratic riiitAfnoo for congress In Texas has u mustutillA'ihnt ' measures sixteen InchcH from tip to tli. | ' I'ofTor will bldo Ins diminished wblRlwrfir when ho sous that Texan pushing htakiolTco t.Mluuf up Penn sylvania avenue. ) . PntncU Sarslleld Ollmoro , the bandmaster , besides being n wonderful swift muslo pen man , has Iho largor.bHtnok of orchestral scores In America , If not the world. The cash vnluu of bis musical library is esti mated at over $ "iU,00J. ( A man of note every way. way.Owen Owen Chase , n Mnlno hunter , knows the forests of thu Pine Tree state uy heart , hav ing Hunted und woriiod In them for nearly IIfly years. Ho Inn Killed 2.M bears during that pnrlod , and entertains very lltllo respect for bruin's courage. Hosuya a bear in the most cowardly beast In tliu woods , Hon. John P. St. John of Kansas Is still percolating throuirh the cumpitgn In various parts of the country for prohibition and rove- nueonly , Mr. tit. John may nnvor accom plish hla musslvo und baqiiin scheme for pul verizing the rum power bv talking it to death , but ho will always bo cherished as the lonesomost and most picturesque political reminiscence in our belovi'd land. Major J , W , Powell , director of the Uultcd Stntos geological survey , was n precocious boy. Wlion ( inly 12 years old ho took cuitivo of his ( nUmr'a business affairs on a furtn of sixty ncrns , the head of the family having be come so engrossed In abolition work ns to noglt'ot everything else. Much of bis early study was conducted while driving ox teams with wheat to market llftv or sixty miles nwny. These trips were taken n do/en times n year. Conspicuous ns was the late Francis ICer- nan of Now York In his profession nnd ns a servant of the city and stale , ho was de- votcd to his familv nnd never was so happy in when ut his own fireside. His wife nnd eight children survive him. John D. Ivor nun , thu eldest son , Is a lawyer nnd has served as railroad commissioner of Now York statp. Tnreo of the olhor sons nro also members of the Oncida county bar. two nro interested In a furnace manufactory , and ono lives In Now York city. The daughter is unmarried nnd lives in Utlca. Daniel Dougherty , who had soon Napoleon III. 10 thd days of the empire , called upon the fallen mo'nnrch at Cbisclburst in IST'J. Another Plillndelphinn , Morton MacMIchael , was with him , nnd the ox-empress , Eugenie , assisted in receiving the visitors. They stayed ever an hour , engaged briskly in con versation , nnd , in accordance with the usage at royal courts , the Blgnal was given them which terminated their stay. Pulling a dainty watch from borglrdlo , tbo empress said : "Gentlemen , you have just ton min utes to catch your train. " PACTS ABOUT OMAHA , Omaha has flvo public paries. Omaha has sixty-live miles of paved streets. Omaha has ninety-two miles of sewers. There are sixty p"ubile schools , employing 29S teachers. There are twenty-two church and private schools , employing 153 teachers. The school census shows ever 30,930 chil dren of school age. Omaha Is a citv of churches , having1113 houses of religious worship. There are sixty-llro hotels. There are thirteen trunk lines of railway , noveringy3,2JJ rallos of road operated from Omnba. Ono hundred and thirty passenger trains arrive daily. Omaha has the largtut srnnltor in the world. Omaha Is the third largest packing center in the world. Last year the stock receipts were : Cattle , 2,5'W,7'JJ ' ; hogs , 7lliOba5 ; " sheep , "Sli.Slij. J Omaha has the largest distillery in the world nnil ttireo of Iho largest breweries In the Unilod Stales. Om.ilm has the largest wblte lead works in the world. Aside from the packing houses Omaha has KM manufacturing ontarprisus wilh a com bined capital of $ S,933.00U. Last year tholr products amounted to WUOOOJO ; ) , The principal shops of the Union Pacific railway uro located In Omaha. They cover iiftv ncros ot ground and ror/rosont'nn out lay of S-r ! > OUIOU. ( They furnish employment to 1'JUU skilled mechanics and 'JOJ day lauor ors. During the year 1891 iho real estate trans fers amounted to $ l. > , iU9.8 1. During 1SDI the clearings were $221,123- 03. 03.Tno Tno actual real estate valuation Is $213,033 000 , while the assessment for taxation u based on n one-tenth valuation. Omaha has two tilvbanks. " of which nine nro national , eight "savings and ihreo are state banks. The postolllco receipts for the year were $2(11 ( , ! > Sb.J. ! ; ! ( This department gave employ ment to forty-six clerks und sixty-six car riers. umann nas ono or ino most compioio water works sysloms In Iho world. The plant cost ? 7,000IUO ( nnu has J"0 miles of mums. The pumping capacltyis 83,1)00,1)1)0 ) ) ) gallons dally. Tboro are ninoly-llvo miles of slroot rail way , mainly elocirlc. The system employs COO men and operates 273 cars. The monthly pay ooll is f 10 000 Population In IRliO 1.S11 1'oimlatlnn In 1BIM 1IUHI l' < inulatcm In IhtM ID.rilH 1'npiilatloii In JWfl ui.s'tt Itopulatlon in IS'IJ ' U i,4VI We perspire a pint a day without knowing it ; ought to. If not , there's trouble ahead. The ob structed skin becomes sallow or breaks out in pimples. The trouble goes deeper , but this is trouble enough. If you use Pears' Soap , no matter how often , the skin is clean and soft and open and clear. All sorts of stores sell it , especially druggists ; all sorts of people use it. You CAN'T Go TO SCHOOL unless you secure a suit of our cleg-ant , school clothing. Our stockis brimful of the most beautifur'outlits for school boys ever shown in this city. They are the cutest in design we have cveu seen , and they are trimmed in style to make tiny boy happy for half a year. By that time he will need another suit , and so he can be kept happy the year round. Parents you have no time to lose , come on and buy school clothing. ages from > \ to 13 , range in prices as follows : 55c , 75c , 95c , $1,25 $ , $1.50 $ , $2 $ , $2.25 $ , $3. $ ages from 14 to 18 , three pieces , coat , panes and vest , at X $2$2.50$3 $ , $ , $ , $4,50$5 $ , , $ , SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK : Genuine St. * Louis Jeans Pants at $1.75. Ail our $2.50 Stiff Hats this week only $1.25 Men's sewed congress and lace Shoes , war ranted solid leather , at $1.25. ! j3gr\Ve also call your attention to our Men's Clothing and Gents' Furnishing- Goods Department. J. BAMBERGER. Proprietor. The UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS that the Behr Bros. & Go's. PIANO Hnvo aliaiapil , and ( ho hUh praise they Iiave ollritcl from ( ho world's MOST Iti ! NO'VNKl , ) AUTISTS. from ( he press nml from a jinljllo long prujuiliccil in Cnmr of dor nmkos , i | is y-afo l as iimo I'rtt ' tha iiKtramu.-it mini IID povs.s l of UNL'OM MON ATTIUIJUTES. MAX MEYER & BRO. CO. , Sole Agents , Omaiia , Nebraska. Es ta blishcd 1866. Cmcncsmi'S luoucn , RED CROSS . THE . , ORIGINAL AND GENUINE The nnly Hnff , Slirr , uiil rrffatlF 1111 for tal . l.ll.llru n > k DruBSlil fur nicbntirl . L'nsIM HI imiiml lir aj In Itc.l in I (7M m , ulllj IHIKAM oe l l wllh l < . luc r Miou ' ! * ( * nu otlirr kliitl. Jts/iiit fiubitltttHont and /mtMrfonl , , . All . pMUIap ktrlio.r < l toin | > lak wrapprri.ari < luiifi | > rflii nuniltrr. It * . AtDrn Kict'.or irnA nt , ! < > .ln . ilftnipi fur narllc3Ur , . ( tfillinniilali . ntxl MKilUr liir I.iullc. . " tntttttr. l > r rtliirn Mull lIl.tlOK TclllnionUl t.'inH\irrr. . . CHICHCBTEH CHEMIC * ! . Co. . M ill..n Hi * K M brail lornl DrlJKnl.lA. rilll.AOKI.I'llIA. S.c. Gon./g7' ' g noust.n.s DV DR. SNYDER , THD SUCCESSFUL OBBSITY SPECIALIST Tlio followlim ponton" Imvo laknn tfcntmont of Dr. rinrilur , ltli loin of waloht Klvnii liBlow. Tlinjr will cliuorfiilljr iimwur all lii'"lrlui | If mniiipi nru liiclutuil. \\Vlalit Wplulit Iloforn. i\ fur I.oil. JIIIS. IUCMKI. I'.JiHIXHuK , racllluJiinctlon , IOWH . liribs. I7K 11) a JIIIS. Al.ll'li.MAI-f.K , ilregnn.Ma 1IW" ISM" 8. II. i ore. W5" i an" Oniro , Wl HlMKdV V .V WINKI.K , Krnnkllii , III 3. > 3" fjll" MIIH , ( illlltllK M. llhlwull. Cnl 1011" Jills. rUIIAil 1311 so. ! Klfllml. . Luiivonworlh , Km 70" ion" PATIENTS TREATED BY MAIL. No.lnrvliin. no | iiennr iil iiwi , linroil iiuiliin lioil iixetu. Htrlillrvunll'lunilnl. 1 urUriulurianulu * . tlmonlaU ixlilrvM with fc. In etaiuiw , DR. O. W. F. SNYDER. rtoVlcker's Theatre Bld [ | . , Chlcaoo. li' . rile Latest CHICAGO STATIONERY Nothing Better. Our Writing-paper and Envelopes ; Wedding invitations ; Reception Cards are sent , nt reasonable prices , anywhere in the United Stated. Send for samples. STATIONBIIY COMPANY , ( Ute Col > b' Library Co. ) Wabaih Avc. , Chicago. ! 4th iismin 'Year tn UPPCI ? ALTON , ILL. tnu ILL.lyiv Jin. A llioroiiKli school. I'rcpiirn for Oolirire or ) u ' ' Lj WILL'S UROWN , Superl-.tondc' . DR. C. GEE WO Thoonlr lo tllr urUutitjl Clilmio Kit-lit y r ' siuilTo'i yuirJ iirmiticil ciicuvrHluill KIIU/ITII Oliu nu . Trujti iiioj nllflironlao-ii'jtalvun up by nllior iloaturi'H mnl juliliilr wrlta for qiimtloii hlnrU. 1)0 n > 6 tl.InU i our c tie lion jun | IJDO IIM j yoir : iluotur DIM ynu . butlry lliu UlilnuiBiliinlor-urltli hit n nr an I Huiiijorf ill ta noillun , anil rianlrn nuir lionutIK : in I : t unrmnnuntu'iruulrilottiar ilnuLori 041111 it tflfJ ll rlii > , Itnou iiinl ' ' I'laniinulura't iui'j Jloi liU ineillvlniii 'I'llJ world liU trltneti. Unn Ihom in I toilliiiiiiiliililri thrj. ) yo-ir ' prtullaj. Wo liijiirlititl nocuolloiu , no iiarwjUm. ii'J palu t Ucniraont nml yornianent oirj i ni iu-ii ( ully tro.itol mil curI. Klvun up l > y iiiliur ilcc-l'J' ' 1'hot. I'oiijihlln. 4IU llurnoy lroot , cfironlo rliuu- malUmUyenri. kl < l iiitruinl ( Ivor trouUloi , Tie ) . I'ulvurl , KIN nml Kirn nil Htroou. itonorii ilBUIIIly.liiillyutlluii ' , ln i Jf HlrJiulli u'l I vliillt/ . 'J'uuk mutllrlin ) for JUIM lull uol uu rsllor , M , U Anilijroiu. IJJI Cuminotrjot , uitirri uatlimit iiinl bruni'liltls of Ufln ii yoin ilnnUliu. llm for dale tlio following nropnrdl r 'H81lai at IMnjubotllu. ill I'olllo * forfiW , fur IU aur uf AntUuin. Cnlnrrli , riluk llvnilmlia , iu.lljuttloii . Illooil I'lJl.nnlnw. Itlioiituitliin , KoiuilgVoiknJ < l. KMuuy nuil I.Wur Cuiniiluliil. No uvonti. dull onlj lit Cliluutu Meillcluu Cu , Cupltul , I1UXUJJ. OIGie ; , I Glli and Califoraii .Sis. . , Ouib , Neb
