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in TT-TT ? OMATTA HAIT.Y RUWHAV .TAVITA V 1R02 RTYTRRN PAHHS GOSSIP -ABOUT STATESMEN Otories of General Benjamin P. Butler and Senator John E. Henna. PAN LAMONT AS A CABINET MINISTER fiomethlne Atmtlt Srimtor ICrrinn' * Hunting Advmitnrm-llrii Iliitlrr'n l-nw I'rncllca v nnil III * VUO.OOO Mortpmfo A Now Ntury of the Hpooin. WASHINOTOX , D. C. , .Tan 20. [ Special cor respondence of Tun Bnn. ] Senator Kcnna's death has robbed the boys of the United States of ono of the most Interesting boolcs that has over been planned for their amuse ment. Senator Kcnna was n great lover of children , and ho could hold the attention of boys for hours by telling them stories of his hunting adven tures. Ho was n great hunter and ho spent a largo part of every summer camping out in the wilds of West Virginia. Many of his friends at Washington have received pres ents of game from him , and ho could shoot etralglitcr and kill more deer than any other man In Washington. Ho was ono of the best nmatour photographers In the United States and ho left hundreds of snap shots which ho lind taken In the mountains of hunting scenes and the negatives representing these nro carefully classified and stored away In Ills library. For many years ho has boon taking photographs and his pictures repre sent nil sorts of hunting and fish- Jng , and they nro the Uncst col lection of the kind in the country. During the past summer ho planned a book for boys which was to consist of his stories of hunting and sporting and was to have been illustrated by thcso pictures , and it was to have been entitled "A Book for My Boys. " The region in which Senator Kcnna lived was a picturesque ono and ho has scores of photographs of his children nnd also many of Ills brother senators. Ono of the finest pictures that was over taken of the late Senator Beck of Kentucky was made by Senator Kcnna. It represents Senator Beck sitting under a great oak tree with his dog besldo htm and the picture Is most lifelike. It Is the best photograph that was over taken of the great ICcntuckian. How Kcnnii I.OHt n Door. The most of Senator Kenna's pictures are Instantaneous ones , and It was long a hope of his that ho would bo able to photograph a deer on the Jump. At ono time ho had made nil his arrangements fora photograph of this Jcind. There was a deer in the bushes and ils only way out was through a narrow gorge whcro It would have to jump a stream. Kcnna had the boys go Into the bushes to Start up the deer and ho had his hand on the bulb ready to press It when the deer should appear. As ho heard It crashing through the brush , however , the spirit of the hunter overrode that of the photographer and ho dropped the camera and picked up his gun , nnd as the deer sprang forth ho killed It. In speaking of this not long ago , ho said ho x-cgrottcd very much that ho had lost the picture. There ls > ono story concerning Senator ICenna which would not have appeared in tills book had it been written. No ono likes to publish a Joke upon himself , and In this case the joke was decidedly on Kcnna. It occurred at a deer hunt which a lot of hunters of his neighborhood got up. It was decided before they started into camp that the man who mlssinl a deer ut his first shot during the excursion should bo lined by losing the tall of his shirt. Kcnna was already in the United States senate and ho was the guest of the occasion. When the door was roused the back woodsman gave him a better position than nny of the others and as the fvaceful animal came within range of his rlllo he thought ho had him sure. But fate w.j against him nnd ho missed. The others of the party were In the roar. There were a number of shots nnd as no ono was near him ho thought no body saw him lire. When they returned to the cam ] ) ho showed his re-loaded rifle and said nothing of his failure and was congratu lating himself on his cscapo. As soon as the hunters were all In the cabin , however , ono of the party testified to the tad shot and in less time than it takes to write it the sena tor was down on the floor and every man In the jmrty had a souvenir cut from the unmentionable - mentionable part of his unmentionable gar ment. Senator Kcnna took the Joke well. Ho .was too much of a man to got angry at pure fun pud ho was considered ono of tno best fellows In the senate. Ho was ono of the strongest thinkers and ablest speakers of the senate and ho was packed full of com mon senso. Ho died at the ago of 44 , hut his llfo in experiences was longer than that of most old men. Ho matured early. Ho was n private In the confederate army at 15 , a member of congress at SO nnd at 117 ho was the youngest man in the United States sen- nto. Ho seemed to have a strong constitu tion and his death was u surprise to every one. Htorlr.i of Hen Ilittlcr. It Is queer how death treats public men. On the same night that Senator Kcnna died on Capitol hill in Washington another states man passed away. 'His deathbed was lo cated not n stone's throw from that of the young senator and , like Kcnna ho had kept his llfcwork going on until the last. Ho was , however , thirty years older than Senator Kenna and ho was a figure in the public eye nlmost before Senator Kcnna was born. I refer to General Benjamin F. Butler , who also began llfo young , but who for nearly half a century was a national diameter. Had Kcnna lived thirty years longer how much moro might ho have accomplished. Ho was only 8 years old when John Sherman came to congress and ho was still a boy when nialno was in his prime. Ho was only 13 years old when Ben Butler Jumped into national promincncp at tlio Charleston convention , and when ho started into the confederate army us a private Butler had gone through his career at Now Orleans and had become a major pcnoral. Every day of Butler's life for moro than half a century was packed full of activity. His lingers were on the keyboard to which are attached the wires of the great things of our nation and ho accomplished every year moro than many a dozen other public rs i. A close friend of his who was associated with him for years In business told mo the other night that ho made moro than $50,000 annually at his law practice and that his Income from his work often ran Into the hundreds of thousands n year. His gubernatorial campaigns cost htm $100,000 npleco and when ho ran for president as the candidate of the labor party ho had to mortgage the big gray stone house which ho afterwards sold to the government to got the ready money ho needed. I know a man who hold a mortgage of $00,000 on this property lor some years and I am told that Butler spent every cent of It nnd moro In his cam- l > algn. Ilou Under' * Law rractleo. Shaking of Ben Butler's law practice ho had many big cases before the supreme court which netted him fortunes , yet 1 happen to know that ho did a largo amount of "thank you" business. Ills heart was as big as his body , and while ho charged millionaires tens of thousands for his work the juror got It for nothing. ,1 remember an instance hero nt Washington which happened only a year or so ago. A soldier's widow who occupies o very rcsponelblo position in ono of thu de portments had a boy seriously injured hi a railroad accident , She was too poor to em ploy a big lawyer and the railroad cori > ora- tlon laughed at her demands for damages. She went with her story to General Butler , Ho received her in his ollleo on Capitol hill , grunted as she told her story , but when she had finished It ho said ho would undertake her case for her and would not charge her a cent. As soon us the railroad company heart ! that Butler was her counsel they came to terms and were glad to compromise at good round figure. This partner of Ben Butler tells me there vms no harder worker In public llfo than he. Said ho : "Ben Butler once told mo that ho would rather try cases of common drunkenness al (10 n suit than remain idle. Ho was the por- Bonification Of Intellectual activity and thu gray matter of his brain was a great olootrio dynamo which was never Idio. Ho was sys- tematlo in Ills work and lie kept his uapera hid letters carefully arranged and filed a way for future use There Is a gniat amount of jnwritti-n history In h's ' correspondence and I will not bn surprised to find that he hns loft considerable unpublished manuscript. Ho was working , not long ago , on a iccturo on Tudas Isom-lot. and his Idon was to prove that Judas wns the purest and noblest of the twelve n | > ostlt" . Ho claimed this last on the ground that .Itnlas nlonn appreciated the s'rontness of Christ , nnd that ho Iwtrayod liim to ( tlvc him n chance to assert his Rrc.it- 11089 , Buppnslnff that ho would , by a word , crush nil his vnetnles nnd make himself the king of the world , Urn lutlfr'n Oncer DrrM , General Butler courted notoriety moro than any othorm.m ofhls greatness on the stage of statesmanship. Ho did this not only by his actions , but In his dress and ho seemed to have as many different costumes as nn actor. At ono time ho appeared hero In an overcoat of beaver fur with u hat of the same m-itorlal , making himself look for all the world Ilko a great animal. His co.it was big enough fora good-sized tent and his hat was pulled down over his ears so that ou only saw his great round face with Its cock eye loo'.slng ' out of one side of It. At another time I remember ho trotted around In a great whlto sombrero with a stick In his hand and ho novcr appeared on the platform of an ovcnlng savu In a dress suit with a red rose In his buttonhole. Many people assot'l- ate this rose with his love for his wlfo's memory , for It Is said that she always pinned such a flower in his buttonhole before ho loft home for his day's work. - Since ho loft congress Ben Butler has spent a largo part of every year at the capltol. The doorkeepers know him well and they WCTO prepared for his queer freaks in the way of dross. Ho had the right of eutrco to both house nnd senate and ho usually went In without tiouble. At the first of ono session , however , ho appeared In his gorgeous whlto sombrero , his patent leather pumps and his dandified suit. Ho came to ono of the rear doors of the senate chamber nnd started to go In. The messenger was a now ono. Ho thought ho was running the capltol and ho put his arm across the door and told General Butler to stand back. "You can't go In there , " said he. "This door ! s only for senators when the senate Is In session. ' General Butler looked at him and growled out : "I am Butler and I have a right to go In. " ' Oh no , my antiquated masherl" replied the doorkeeper with a wink at a bystander. "You nro trying to play mo for a sucker I You think 1 don't know Senator Butler ? Ho comes from South Carolina and ho Just went In through this door. You can't got in. Go up and mash 'em from the gallery , my dandy. " General Butler was paralyzed for an In stant , and then wheeling upon the astonished doorkeeper he fairly yelled : "Butler of South Carolina bo blanked I I am Butler of Massachusetts I Governor But ler , you impudent fool I" And amidst the the profuse aiiologics of the doorkeeper ho went Into the somite. Ho had , of course , the right to do so by virtue of his being an ex- congressman as well as governor. Many stories are told hero of Ben Butlci-'s wit. Ills brain was as quick as a flash and ho had ono of thu most sarcastic tongues that over cut a soul or cracked a Joko. I heard a story last night of his remark at the close of a congressional speech of John A. Blngham's. Butler did not like Blngham but the speech was an able ono and at Its close the house was wrapped In silence and you could have heard a pin drop any place in the chamber. The congressmen were ready to burst into applause when Butler , cocking his queer eye , said in a stage whisper : " 1 always did Ilko that speech. " This meant , of course , that Bingham had but ono speech and that ho had spoken It many times before. It effectually settled the applause. A New Story of tup Spoons. I heard a new spoon story concerning But ler last night. His enemies never tired of twitting him on the Infamous slander which was charged against him in New Orleans , and during his campaigns in Massachusetts there were always allusions to "spoons. " Ono night ho was speaking In a little town on Capo Cod. The meetingwns held In the town hall , a rickety old building with a wooden celling. Butler \vas the only orator of the occasion and It was supposed that ho owned the town. Ho was standing on the platform denouncing the stealings of the op posing candidates when a largo tablespoon attached to a thread so'Hue that It could not bo seen slowly descended through a crack in the ceiling until It stopped and quivered in the air , almost touching the fuzz on Butler's bald crown. The audience roared with laughter. Butler looked up and saw the spoon and the joke was such a good ono that ho laughed himself. Ho tried to speak and finally got the ear of tlto house. Ho said : "I see thcro Is some opposition hero. But if it is congealed if it stands alone like that spoon It will not trouble mo much. " The crowd roared and Butler carried the town by a largo majority. This spoon talk , however , went on for some time , until Butler finally got tired of it. Ono night while ho was addressing a big manu facturing towp In Massachusetts someone in the audience howled out "spoons. " Butler stopped and asked the speaker to como forth. Ho waited a moment and no ono rose. Ho then said : "I would Ilko to see any respectable citizen father such a charge against mo. I have beard this matter jested about and 1mvo seen it printed in the publlo press , but here tofore I have considered it beneath my dignity to notice it. I am getting tired of it now and I would like to end it by making some man pay moJioavy damages for llbol. " This settled It. Butler's speech was re ported and ho hoard nothing moro from SIKIOIIS during that campaign. lion Ilutli'r'H Nnrvo. There was never any doubt about Ben Butler's nerve. Many instances of his bravery have been told and ho has never been accused of cowardice. Ho showed his courage a number of times before the war began and I have heard a story how ho saved a crowd at Ixjwell ono night from a panio when Uufus Choato wns speaking. Butler was then only 2S years old. It was during the Buchanan campaign and Choato was ad dressing a crowded house in the biggest hall of the city. There was great enthusiasm and when thu stamping was the loudest a crash was heard and the cry went forth : "Thu floor is sinking 1" Every ono turned pale and the audience rose for a stampcdo when young Ben Butler came to the front of thu platform and called the nudicnco to halt. Ho said there was no danger and that the architect of the building was present and that they would go together and ex amine the building. Choato then went . on with his speech. A moment later Butler reappeared and smilingly told the audience that thcro was no present danger , but as the hall was overcrowded they had better quietly adjourn to the public square whcro Mr. Choato would finish his speech. The crowd went quietly out and the catastrophe was averted. As Butler stopped onto the platform ho had deceived them by his smil ing face and with a half laugh which came from his lips as ho whispered to Mr. Choato before ho spoke to them. These were the words ho whispered : "Mr. Choato , I must clear this house or wo shall all bo in hell In llvo minutes. " Two wonderful things about Ben Butler were his memory and his jtowor for sleep. A Washington correspondent told mo the other day how ho called UIKIII him ono day for an ititorviuw. General Butler had been work ing right along for eighteen hours and ho was still nt work when the correspondent entered. Ho heard his request and then said : "I would Ilko to talk to you , but my mind is full of this case and I will have to sleep first. If you will wait twenty minutes I will glvo you an In ten-low. " "All right , " said the correspondent , and Butler went into the next room. At the end of twenty minutes ho came out as fresh as a daisy and his iniiid was as clear as a bell. Ho has slept just twenty minutes and I nih told that ho could sleep at any time and in any place. Ho of ten slept In his chair In his office and neither his mind nor his memory over scorned to fall him. Ho was noted for his kindness to his friends and when ho was elected governor ho was surrounded by officesoekeis. Ono of these , nomed Smith , came up to him and said : -General Butler , I have dona all I could to have you elected and I want you to rcinombar mo now when you como Into your kingdom. " "Ah , " said General Butler , "what Is your " namoJ" "Smith , " was the reply. "I have worked for you for years. " "Ah , Smith. It scorns to mo that I remem ber you. You played mo false at a conven tion just fifteen years ago. You promised to vote for mo , and you votud for my opixmcnt. No , Mr. Smith , 1 don't think I shall need you. Good day. " Secretary Dnnlul I.miuout. There seems to bo no doubt that Dan ! Turnout Is to IK ) on" of the cabinet of 1'rcal- , dent < Cleveland , nn 1 tin probability Is tlmt ho will bo the business manatterof the ad ministration. PresVlont Clovelnn 1 has im plicit | confldcnco In him. and there Is no man j In the Unite , ! States who has moro common scnso and Is possessed of so much ability In this way as Lament He has a wonderful knowledge of human nature. Ho can read a man at a glance , nnd his face la such that you can never toll anything about thu mind behind It. Ho systematized the work of the whlto house during the last Cleveland ad ministration , and he attended to everything , from the laying of the president's dinners to giving sucrgcstions as to Important appoint ments. His honesty was novcr questioned , nnd his fidelity to his chief was perfect. Ho could dispose of business rapidly. Ho Is broad enough and bU enough to consider the whole country , nnd with all his notoriety ho never allowed the taffy which Is so freely given , to all men of prominence hero xat Washington to disturb his digestion or affect his manners. His llttlo blonde head did not swell under the heated air of Washington adulation and ho was ns simple , plain and honest at the close of his term as at the be- ? Innln ? . Ho Is a good manager of men nnd ho will make a good cabinet officer. His wlfo Is a handsome young woman who made herself noted hero for her tact , common sunso and sociable qualities. Shu is a fair typo of the sensible American girl , is well educated and has moro than ordinary musi cal tasto. During the last administration she cared moro for her homo than society but she had many friends and I predict that as a cabinet minister's wlfo she will bo a popular hostess. FIUNK G. ir m'.u.v. Truth. Onward Christian Soldiers ! Un to lii'utlirn lands ! I'm ver books In your pockets , miles In your hands. Takit Ilio Imiipy tidings Wlii'ic trade can bo donoj Spieail thu peaceful gospel WlthaUatllnggun. Tell thowiotched natives Sinful are their hearts. Turn' thulr heathi-n temples Into spirit , nmrls , Anil If to your preaching They will not succumb , SubHllluto forhurinous Adulterated rum. TeVJ them they are pagans In lillick error Mink , Make of them good Christians , That Is make them drunk ; And If on tlio blblo Still they dare to frown , Yon must do your duty Taku and shoot them downl When the Ton Commandments Thurnuttn understand , You their chief must hocus , And annex their land. And If they , mlsiuildud , Call you to account , Rend them In their lu Thu tiuinioii on thu Mount. If. splto all your teaching , Trouble still they give ; If , spile rum and measles , Somu of thorn still Hvu ; Then , with imrpotu moral , Spread false tales about Instlsati ) a quarrel. And lut them fight U outl Tuft's college is to have three lady students in the college of letters and three in the di vinity school. The projected dental school of Harvard college - lego will rcquiro f 150,000. It will have ac commodations for 150 students. Prof. William O. Summer has resumed his chnir of political economy at Yale after a year and a half's absence In New York. The position of instructor of oratory and physical culture In Colorado college has been conferred upon J. Foster Tucker of Boston. A bust of Hannibal Hamlln has been placed In the library at Colby. Mr. Hamlin was an interested friend of the university during his life. life.C. C. P. Huntlngton of the Central Pacific railroad has given J100.000 to maintain a reading room inthe Wcstchester , N. Y. , library. The Pearsons' hall of science of Bcloit col- K'go was dedicated on the lHh. ! The build ing is the result of a donation of 812o,000 , by Dr. Daniel 1C. Pearsons of Chicago. The elective courses for the second semes ter at Vassar are being prepared. Hereafter fifteen hours a week will bo required of the sophomores , instead of fourteen as formerly , Prof. Henry C. Adams of the University of Michigan , ono of the earliest Johns Hopkins graduates , has begun a course of twenty lee- tures on political economy at the latter in- stitution. The library of Syracuse university re- ccivcd an addition of 3.000 books during the year , making the total number of volumes 43,000. The valuation of the university property is estimated at $1,100,000. There Is a row in Parsons college at Fair- field , la. , between the professors and the students. The former propose to don long black gowns and mortar-board hats , and the students object to anglo-manlac innovations. Some ono has computed that 'the college dndowments of Massachusetts foot up to § 10,050,000. The buildings and grounds are worth $5.013,00i ) . while the scientific appara tus of all tliu higher institutions is worth $1,020.000. Henry J. Furbcr , Jr. , Ph. D. , son of the Chicago capitalist , has been appointed lec turer on the history of economic theory at the Northwestern university , and will begin his lectures next week. Ho graduated from Hallo in Germany , receiving his degree from that institution. Brown university catalogue gives the fol lowing figures : The faculty and allied ofllc- crs number 02. There are JMO students , dis tributed as follows : Graduates , 88 ; seniors , 02 ; junlois , * 85 ; sophomores , 88 ; freshmen , 111) ) ; select course , 01 ; women's college , 80. The library Is ronqrtcd to contain 80,000 bound volumes and 30'OOU unbound pamphlets. There are thirty-five kindergarten schools in San Francisco , all maintained by charita ble people. Eighteen are permanently en dowed. Over H.OOO children were on the rolls last year , and over 14,000 have been trained in thirteen years , The schools not supported by individuals or associations de pend upon voluntary contributions , which como from all parts of the world. In a recent address President Eliot of Harvard dwelt on the Idea that the unno ticed influences in the education of the young often do niunh to mould"character. . "There are , " ho said , " bits of poetry in my mind I learned In infancy which have stood by mo In keeping mo true to my Ideas of duty and life , Hathcr than lese thcso I would have missed all the sermons I ever hoard. " The Hopkins mansion on Neb Hill , San Francisco , has been transferred to the State university regents in trust for an art school and gallery of paintings. Edward F. Searles , who miMCs the gift , also guarantees fTi.OOO . for five years toward the expenses of the school. If sufficient Interest bo shown by others ho hns promised to increase this gift. The Hopkins castle , us it is called , is one of the most conspicuous buildings in this city , and it can bo easily altered to suits its now uses. uses.Each Each flf the sovcnty-nlno bishops of the Roman Catholic ! church will send answers to the pope to fourteen propositions sent to them by Mpr. Satolli. Nine of these proposi tions have already been made public , and the other live , which had been withheld , are as follows : All faro must bo taken to erect Catholic schools , to enlarge and improve these already established , and to make thorn equal to the public schools in every way. When there are no Catholic schools , or these in existence are not equal to public schools , children may attend the latter , the question being loft to the Judgment and couscicnco of the ordinaries. No ono shall bo allowed to teach in a parochial school without previous examination as to fitness. Normal schools to bo established where they are necessary. Everybody is forbidden , cither by act or throat , to exclude from the sacraments us unworthy parents \vlio cheese to send tnclr children to the public bchools , The "No. 0" Whoclor & Wilson is the only lock-stitch machine made that will maintain an even and perfect stitch at different wpoeds. Sold by Goo. W. Lancaster & Co. , 511 S. 10th street. Dr. JCohn ( or Cohen ) , the poor canon , son of Israelite pcr.ianta.wbo was recently raised to the richest archbishopric in Europe , that of Oluiutz , wont to meet his father and mother at the railroad station , whcro ho kltscd tbuli- hands in lowly humility and affection , and has installed them in his episcopal palace. For taat "out o' sorts fooling" Tuke Ilrotno-Sulucr , lOo a bottle. THE FASHIONS FOR JANUARY M it Brief Descriptions of-Somo of tlio Notable Gownsfofntho Season. i 4 AN UGLY GIRL -W A PRETTY HAT ThoSkntlnfI'rock Hint Now Clntlir * on tlio A "roti of Clown * nt n t Mill- lilt yy Milliner/ . Nr.w Yonic , Jan. 20. Correspondence of Titn BIE ! Do you Itnow n woman In 18SO furu when you see horl I mat otiu nt nn ex hibition this morning nml she \vns rcnlly more of n curiosity than -any of the curios. She hail light , fuzzy hair jiokitit ; out from under n big soalskln jwko' bonnet mul she had a broxvn cloth tailor dress that was not In any way unusual. Hut she had also a fur collar that came away down In sloping points upon her shoulders and readied to the middle - dlo of her back behind. This collar seemed to bo made entirely of sable tails and in front it had long squaro-coi-nored ends that reached to the ground. Somebody behind mo said those ends were "stolo-ahaped , " and prob ably they were , but I'm not well up on stoles. All that I can swear to is that the effect of two hugo balloons of sleeves swelling out from under the pointed cape , or rather up from their points of origin , In the most enormous mud ever carried , was wlcrdly peculiar. The muff was soft , shapeless and "squashy. " When you sco a sight Ilko that It gives you something to think about ; you don't waste your morning. What I think Is , how woe fully abused that unhappy word , "pictur esque , " is these days. But I went to an 1SSO dance the other night ; that Is , to a fancy ball where every body was supposed to wear the Simon Pure "granny" outfit , instead of Us modilloU and "Wortliifled" 1893 version. It was fun , because - cause the Invited guests were not afraid to carry out the contract. They made them selves thlugs of capes and llounces with a courage that was admirable and astounding. They nodded their turbancd heads and shrugged their sloping shoulders and pli-on- otted on their pointed slippers till * wo wall llowcrs looked and looked again and smiled half sarcastically. It's a very easy thing after all to slip backward. Where's the scnso of talking of a woman , oven If she bo a Kansas woman , for the United Suites sen ate , when the frocks of two generations aio fit as If they had novcr been laid asldo ? The ' 'advanced" woman hasn't journeyed so very many leagues , with all her talk of her travels. What did they wear ? Well , here's a pic ture : THEATEIl AXI > WJ.VCEItT TOILHTS. I saw a number of frocks at a morning con cert yesterday that wore- better worth de scription. A voun'g southern girl was the prettiest creature In sight , with her costume of pink velvet lending an extra blush to her warm brunette skin. A little white lace bib , Just now one of fashion's pot notions , was lot into the front of her waist and edged about with black astrakhan. She were a black velvet hat with heavy plumes. Miss Pauline Whitney was ono of my neighbors , eating ) > on bens contentedly out of the same box with another tall , slim girl. She is not pretty. A society reporter , who has J every opportunity to know , was telling me yesterday that In her opinion there isn't a single girl who is pretty in all Now York's Four Hundred. However , Miss Whitney is well gowned. She were n heliotrope cloth bodice with very full sleeves and with a wide sash of heliotrope velvet , tied behind. Her sib little capote was of shaded violets , blending together Insensibly. Her companion was In a dark green ben- gallno frock , each seam of the skirt being outlined with a narrow bead galon. The front : of the bodice was quite full and was partly hidden under a jacket , whoso velvet ground was sown over thickly with almost infinitesimal preen beads. Within eyeshot were hats you had to look at. You couldn't see beyond them. Pokes and coalscuttles obscured the view and plumes stood up so straight it didn't matter a bit that only capotes were under them. An artist's wife , who is famous for her toilets , were n big violet velvet hat with two great velvet wings In front and between them a tuft of violets. There were more violets upon the crown and yet otticrs standing up in nn Igrolio behind. A bonnet that was pretty. If for no other reason because it was small , was of white cloth dotted with gold and trimmed quaint- ily with wlilto satin rosettes and sable tails- The wearer of this odd bit of headgear was in a black velvet robe with n white bodice sable trimmed. A Christmas bride were a black velvet hat trimmed with mistletoe. A pretty combination of blue and brown appeared in a brown foil hut with small blue rosettes under the brim and turquoise blue accor lion plaited bows. WIXTEII At the winter's reception the ono thing you will notice most'jrpmlnent | is that velvet is worn whenever tp | | ( faintest suspicion of an excuse for putting tl > < oi can bo found or imagined. Entire dJi' * Js of velvet are the hobbv of girls In their teens and of matrons In their sixties. At tho. linnual reception of Sorosls at Sherry's the other evening black velvet and purple velvqt and green velvet and crimson velvet and shot velvets of all shades and combinations of shades walked about and hobnobbed with ono another. They had voluminous alcoves , ono and all of them , and the more stately had deep berthas of old lace that were magnificent until they hocamo monotonous. Some women were no Ornaments with these robes , others added jewels or plumes. The llnt'st I noticed coatumod was n young married woman , who , like so many of her ago and BOX , hns written a mediocre book or two. Her pown was an opal-tinted velvet , white lor the most part , but dimpling into a flame-shot pink nt every rojsonablu oppor tunity. A whlto velvet was worthy of comment also. A line of pearl * ran up each seam from the hem to bosom , where the long strings were gathered in a kuot and fell again in heavy rope girdles , The full sleeves were of whlto satin with lace frills. Some ptvtty skating drcises have been brought out by the cold weather. Ono of the season's debutantes a young southern plrl , curiously was on the Ice at Central park n few days ago In a short black serge skirt with n trim black velvet toque lh t finished her off most plquantly. She looked like a Dresden shepherdess on skates very pretty , but all your time was taken up wltu hoping she wouldn't tumble , slid was so certain to brenk If she got a knock of any kind. A brilliant blonde girl were dark blue cloth with mink bands about the skirt and n blue velvet Ku.islnn blouse bodice fastened with big dull gold buttons. Her skating cap w.is black cloth with n black plume fastened with gold. A dark green skirt flashed hero and there In all sorts of fanciful evolutions. You could not help following Its progress because a shaggy tartan blouse was worn above it whoso colors stood out brilliant and strong. The skater carried n nablo inufT and wore a velvet toque with dark green plumes. You don't see so much good skating as you might look for , and yet you wouldn't lee ! : , perhaps , If you remembered how mild our winters have boon for quite n good many years. The old skaters have stopped skating and the now ones got llttlo enough practice in all conscience. Theater gowns are about the most Inter esting we sco now. A soft mouse-gray cloth was ono of the best on the stage nt D.ily's the other evening. The sleeves were of whlto cloth wmbroldored with silver , and the neck and hem of the princess robe were embroid ered with Astrakhan. In the Ixix at my right was a palo girl In a preen and whlto gown. The I'rock was whlto , I believe , with misty green draperies. The green and the whlto were both of light , soft texture , and blended and melted Into eni-U other until the effect was wralthllko. The gray felt hat was a little more substantial , else I should have felt as If I had s\t ; three hours in a ghost's company , or so I believe. A Louts XVI. flowered silk was n deal more substantial. It has rose-colored velvet sleeves and a bertha of old lace quite of this world , worldly. A freck of scarlet cloth was certain to be looked at. That is what makes scarlet fashionable , I suppose. Its skirt was made more brilliant yet with gold embroidery and its bodice had n gold embroidered belt and u black pelerine. Have you noticed that this month's flowers , when artificial , are all frosted ? The ball powns are looped with rose garlands that are powdered as if they had bloomed out of doors and had been handled by Jack Frost , who yet hadn't hurt them. Violets ami chrysanthemums are treated after the same fashion , which is brilliant enough , if unnatural. Mr . Cleveland wore powdered flowers at a musicale the other day frosted geraniums on a frock of dark green with crimson ribbon , trimmings. KM.KOsnoux. . Unlike the Dutch Process No Alkalies ou Other Chemicals are mod In the preparation of W. I1AKEB & CO.'S IBreakfastCocoa which ill alitnliitclt/ pure nnd soluble. I ItlwHnorrthniithrcetlmea \ ( ha strength of Cncna mixed i with Starch , Arrowroot or , ' Sugar , nnd is far moro eco nomical , costlny less than ono cent ti cup. It la delicious , nourishing , and EASILY DIGESTED. DIGESTED.Sold Sold bjr flrorers eterynhore. W , BAKER & CO. , Dorchester , Ma & THE NEW YEAR Is full oflirlcht promise to those in tlin full onjoyninnt of health , strength mul limnly vicor , but lllli'il with lU-spiilr tor these \rho Imvnpermittee ! 'lioniHoliflg to liooumn anil reoinlii the hopeless utiit lirlplcss victim of Nervous , Chrowic Or Private Diseases. What can tlio future hold in store for you if you are gullerlni ; the nconles uf ilUoano which Is fust cut tut ; wny your vital forocc , yoiirrnorKyuiulyoiirllfu' . ' Nothing hut the liorrlliln ulnckiivgn of tli'ipniriuiil oe , nnliiH < < jou ut onci ) Ix'cln n cimro ot cl < 'iitlllc trcnl- mcnt hy akilllull , compotout nnd nxjiorl- oncnil specialists. Are you u victim of any of thu inyriiiil kindred illi tlmt miloobln unit uimliire ? lfno , como to uant enc for n Iroo continuation , or wrltu UH fully , encloslnc stamp for reply , nml you vt 111 revel vo ndvleo tlmt will In nil probability nave your llfo. Dnlnyti nro ihingorciuf and there la no time so j ooU IIH now. Send 4 cents nml rrcelvo n Ropy of our II- luitrnti'd now hook of I'lO paeon , full ofvalu- itblo Information. Call upon , or addrcsj with stamp. 119 South 14th St. , Cor. Douglas St : , OMAHA. NK11. Omaha's Newasl Hotel COR. 12TH AHQ HOWAB3 3H. < 011001119 nt n.W par day. 10 Ilooms nt Fl.OJ per day. tOIlroinj with Until at $1.0) per flay. 10 Ilooms with Hath nt H .il to II5 } par < 1ty. OPKNED AUGUST 1st Modern In livery lleupxct. .Noivly Cnrnliliod Tlirongliout. C. S. ERB. Prop. t.ft t.n ft ftp tin Wm. T. Wood & Co. ' * fi liS S PLOWS , MARKERS ir , irtl TONGS , tl RUN IRON Jas. Morton. &Son Co. 1511 Dodge Stroot. Columbia. This last week we have $8.75 $ . been selling a whole lot of suits at $8.75 , and that they are bar gains is evinced by the fact that"we sold so many of them. , We have picked out a whole lot more and placed them $8.75 in the same . lot. Those had we on sale were our $10.50 suits , and there arc. a few of them left. Those we now put in are our regular $15 suits , made of chev iot and cassimcre , cut $8.75 in sacks and cutaways. The colors are varied and stylish. We have all sizes. You will certainly appreciate these when you see them , for no one can duplicate them. Natural Underwear We have received two cases of these goods bought for early deliverybut were not received by us until this week.They were to be sold at $1.25 a garment , but 5 * rather than have them left on our hands would rather they were on the public's body ; therefore , have put them down to the actual cost price. 75 cents. See them in the window. Columbia Clothing Company , 13th and Farnam Streets. FOR FOLKS Dr. Edleon's FAMOUS PILLSA-ND- BANDSand OBESITY FRUIT SALT reduce your weight without dieting ; euros the causes of oboalty , such as dyepopsia : , rhourmt'sm , nervous nesa , catarrh , kidney troublcn ; keeps iny you < hoaltny , aiii boautlflos the oom- pioxlon. : CllICAnO IlOAIl ! ) npTHADR , I i caln write yon to s.iy I liuvu lost 11 pounds , milking 43 pounda lost In ID WOOKD by uslnu 4 I'ottlos of Ir. Ellison's Obesity IMlls mul vro'irliulild Oboslty ll.ind. Vary truly yours. CiiAnir.i ! II , Ki.vn. Prof. HAI.I : . Chlciigo University , wr tcs to the UlilriiK" UurulO. Sept. JS , 1SWJ : Corpulent inon should imy same uttonllnn to n'liiontliolr wok litYlioii n mini Is troubled with rheumatism , dynpopsl.t. Kidney trouble or nur vousuess the rotlncliiK of uolL'ht Is slower , until the Obus.ty I'llls hsivo cured the dlsoHsn tlmt caused obesity , t'lio ptlU soften anil bnautlfy the > > ! c n of the face. I nin at llhnrty to olto a euso ) n point , Under my ii'lvlco Mr. Armour nsuJ nn Killson Oboilty linml ; im ! ribotthis of I'llls und lost "J pounds In b woolts. Other p.itlunt.s have boon equally rucosbtucL Bund monsuro ut Kos. 1 , U , 3. Prioo 32.50 to 3j ( inches , and 10 cents extra foi- cueh additional inch. Pills $1.60 a botllo , or three bottles for SJ.00 , oiiounh for onotrciitmcnl. Obesity Fruit Suit SI.00 per bottle. You win buy. the I'illu , JJiuida mul Salt direct from our stores , or by mail or ox- press. /Corrcspondonco and goods forwar ded in plain , sealed puokugo. NOTICK. Or. Edison's Kleotrio Jlolts nnd Fingof Kinpra nro sold at our stores. Send for our special Electric Uelt Circu lar , sealed. Electric Bolts 31.00 and up. Insolca 50 cents per pair. For Sales btj Druggists- Wholesale druggists of Now York City who carry our fjooda in iHock : Charles N. Urittonton & Co. , McKcdbOti fc Robbing. \V. II. Scliiutfolin&Co. And oilier loudini ; houses. LORING & CO. , Proprietors and Gon'l Agents , 42 P West 22nd St. , Now York City. 10 P Hamilton Place , Lioston , MIIIM. 31 P East Washington St. , Cliiopro Hi. Cut this nut and keep it , and send for our full ( eight column ) article on Obesity. WANTEID- Special Agent in Omaiia Va doilro to entfiv.ro a np'jclal locul reurcnen- t.itlvu to liundio our u'ootlsjn Omiihii , ami to nny lady or gentleman ivitli niilllty wo o.-m of fer n plnaH.int. parinnnuul nnd prolUnblo liiw- liu-ks Wo will run n 10 Inch aclvt. In this mi- per fri-o of chnrpo to the nuoiit nnd Insnrt tnolr numo nnd undress nt the bottom. Will nlso fnmltli all iho prlnloil matter mtnilnil frcoof clnir fl 1'or particulars address. - 'lv- Inzoxporlfnci * . eta , to l.orltu & Co. , HSritutu St. , Chloaito , III. rpUK OUOWN OV IIKAIITV. " A I'KlirKCT Ibuit I.nitlei'Cornro , will | ig < ltlralr Incronno tlio ilio of jour Imit from tlir u to tire Incboi or inoner refcmiluU. 1'rloe , UM. hcaloit particular ) Joitsnui. rorrusiiomlor.c" nacroillr contlilentlnl , Cocoro llmtr. Hi. Jotepu Mo , . MARRIAGE PAPER US&'B.VsJS ' : 11IX. IMfUf UwJ , PROTECT YOUR EYES ' AND USB Hirscjiberg's ' Spoclaclcs and Eyeglasses MavMcjcrBro CO.MPANV , Sole Agent for Omaha , Tlio RC.150H for IMI'OHTICI ) IIAltlZ .MOUNTAIN CANAU1K3 Is commcnclm. Wo will roeulvo tlio llr t lul Jnniiary Kith , Tliuro nlll bn liuml/i'ilH of i uiiarlot in Holo'l from ; boliiK perfectly nrnl tliorounhly trHlnud tncy will ho Ilin ht'itnf tlio oiisun Ueeprolln nlll clmiik'O with ' MWi'ot I'utl-notos nun Join ; mills. Wo Ktmrnntuu full &ntlflfacllon nnd ulilp to nn/ lolnt by oxprcsi with Hfuty I- rlco III l > o * ,1 HI cnuli and oxtrn line nolcclcil flnuara flM , Ko- nmk-j ! Gaisler's ' Bird Store , 10(1 ( N. Iflth St. . Omaha. You don't ni.-od to sacrifice thu llvos of your loved otic * when Dcplitlicria anil Membranous Croup wlllondniisurtlio neighborhood of yniirhninm Thnrolsn sure HimiMllo iiieillolMi TO 1'KK- > VKNTcont-islon of tlioni , nnd thorn I * nlu u \ sure spoolllo inudlolno for The Cure of Them when they have not run boy OH J hum in ru ion 4 Wrlto to It.C. SIGia InCrcle Neb. . . , , . , If In iiood of any trenlmtmt. nnd you wlllllnl that his truntimmtil ) isutl on ninny yours' ex- punmonts nml study -li isHuouroil linn n .suo cess whii'hwlll not-dN&ppoiiit you. Dr. 0. CJro Wo the fn- Olil. elan of 0 in u h n . h us over 1,100 HfltO- III ( I 11 t H in 1 ra to f ill put units who havn liounoiiroil by him. _ _ _ Una of ilio most Miccomful pnyslolnns In Oinutm to- Uny l Dr. D. Ooo Wo. who foe the pi t t o yonrs hug lioon Oon ! moru good for nuuurliiX huiimnlty tliun nil oilier npuulnlUtu In tha The uoetoronn miccossfully wont you by mall nnd euro you. n lie h > < n ilono thousand * of otlitirs. will ) liU wonderful Ohlnmo nimo- dlCH. Do not delay until your dUrumo In beyond - yond nil help , lint write to him If you cannot call upon him nt onuo mid lie will clvo you his fiindld opinion of your C HO. Kxnnilnu- tlonii free nnd It will cost you nothing to note aii't ' w.th him. Uueitlon blankHbunt upon up- pllc.ition AiUlrim * . DR. C. GEE WO , Sl ! < N. JOUiHt. . ( t