THE OMAHA DAir ' BF.E ; SUNDAY , APRIL n. l-TO-TWENTY VVGES.
THE BELL
Dodge and 15th Sts.
New Goods arriving daily.
Now capes tit SIl.lJU , W.6U , $5.00. up to
MO.UO ; Bold cluewhcro at $10.00 to
K0.00. !
Our vu'ucs in this department cannot
lit * equalled in Otnnhn.
New muslin underwear nt lower prices
for nice. peed i than unywhoro elbc.
V 'f linvo just lumodoled our corset
department , moved it upstairs.
llcst values in Oiniilm.
Dress Goods.
00 pieces piukod from our All at
forward stock this season's
poods plaids , stripesplain , 49c
mixtures , 75c nnd $1.00
Per yard.
All nt
Another lot , 50c nnd COc
qualities , 'IS toJO inches , SBc
medium weight goods ,
Per yard.
Wool Laees.
50 nieces brown , navy , Jl _ .
'
W.IIP. blade and myrtle2 XCx
to 4 inches wide ,
Per yard.
NEW LACKS. NEW TRIMMl'NGS ,
NEW VEILINGS , nil at lowest prices.
100 dozen fast stainless Se
black hose , till bi/.es. limit
( > pairti to each customer. Per pair.
Linen collars. 12c ; were 20c-
Fast blurk bocks , Hoc ; were ! 55c.
Si K end suspenders. 25c ; wore 50c.
Medium weight underwear , fine qual
ity , fahii-lii nnd drawers , 50c ouch.
See our assortment of hoys' hats ,
fromSCc to Si. 50.
An elcgiuit black stiff hat for ! ) Sc.
Wean Boll youa good glove for
wof kingnien at I'.lc ; r. bolter ono nl 50c ,
nnd the bent street g\u\c \ in the city for
$1 00 per pair.
CO pieces choice , selected
patterns , light and daric lOe
clTocls ,
Per yard.
Another lot printed mus
lin , new weave , handsome lOe
colors , light nnd dark
bhndes. Per yard.
Jewelry.
Solid gold baby rinsrs , 23c.
Solid gold ladies' rings , 7oc.
Sterling silver lace pins , 16c.
Misses' gold and silver hair , bands ,
? 5c.
Chain bracelets , 35c oaeh.
[ tolled plate oar drops , 2-3c and Soc a
pair.
The latest style in hair ornaments , all
prices
All c-coiis warranted.
Men's fine dress shoeg , $1.00.
Men s veal calf , congress or laca ,
& 1.2 , " > .
Men's calf shoes , lace or congress ,
$2.00.
Boys' grain school shoes , 2 to 5 , $1.00.
Men's fine dress shoes , 12 to 2 , OOc.
Our Indies'$1.SO dongola is hard to
beatLadios'
Ladios' fine dross shoes , cloth top ,
2.00 to $4 00.
*
Granite ware , wooden ware , hard
ware , cheapest and best in the west.
Garden toots , hose , etc.
8 bars good soap for 25c.
0 pounds of rico for 2jc.
Good flour , 76c.
Uncolored Jiumii teas , K2c , 3Sc nnd
40c.
40c.Try Fllckingor's canned fruits.
THE BELL
Dodge and 15th Sts.
A msrKr.iKit TAIL.
A Mute Suny wort , "Mollior. dwr ,
May t n out to piny ?
The mnI \ I * hrttftl. the hei
Or , mollwr , don't my
"Oo forth , my snn. " HIP mother wW.
Thr HMt "mfd. "THkp pwi-r M y.
) our RtiPUK ktM-w nfd. | nwl palnlod road ,
Hut ( lew knot I < H * ' ymr whrti. "
"All , VIHIHlierrlod. . ntirl wiiRht the street
With him M-W full of elw
TinwlirtlH'i rlmiigwl Kiifl snow and sleet.
And rrlcti fell xtoadlly
Tnrpw Httow drift * unite , thrt-vr watery ) > eel ,
lie flue with inltianil mum-
hnld lie , "Tluwzli 1 i l walk by rule ,
I uin nut rite , 'tN
"I'd like If nieiit sum Kindly solo ,
I or hoar miu il.inzori weight ,
Aim yonditr stairs n tiiHirhurous v * hole
Two slew ha * IM-CII my Rule.
"A | > i"ire of bred , n nlro hot < .tuko ,
I'd chews If I were liornu ,
This crew nl fute my hnrt will brake ,
Kye love knot thus to mum.
'Tin weuJi uml pull. I've niNt my rode , "
Hut here u carte came putt.
Humid hUhlud were safely toud
Hack two Ills home at last.
The legislature of Pennsylvania pasted a
bill providing for free text books iu the pub
lic schools of the state.
G M. Holdt has Just entered as a student
in tlio agricultural department of the Util-
ver.sity of Georgia. This venerable freshman
is OS j irnrs old.
Hussell Sapo hits plclcod out the Hens-
scalur Polytechnic school and the femulo
seminary in Troy ns the institutions ho pro
poses to endow with over half a million
Prof Joseph Swain , now at the head of
the department of applied mathematics at
Leland Stanford university , has been elected
president of the Indiana university utDloom-
higtoii , and will probably accept.
The 1"0 student farmers of the Minnesota
State university agricultural department
have closed another year of combined study ,
practice and experiment on the state farm
und have adjourned to the farms of Minnesota
seta for the summer
In thenumlHTof professors and instructors
the Cniversity of Pennsylvania now stands
second , beinp exceeded only by Harvard
aiiionp the collepes of the United States , lu
the number of students it has passed Yale
and ranks third ainnne such institutions.
The committee at Harvard uhich has in
clmiye the erection of the Phillips BrooKs
house has already secured subscriptions to
the amount of $ .V ) , < XK ) or more. Within a few
days It will bepiri a stematic . eflort to raise
the necessary iOOWO ( , especially iu Boston
and Cambridge.
It is believed that William AVelphtman's
ofier of $1KKX ( ) ( ) to thePeiins.Nlvanla Museum
and School of Industrial Art , to aid in jiur-
chasmir an additional building for u new
school of art. will be withdrawn , as the re
maining amount ( over J-4UO.OI.Mi necessary
to accomplish that object has not been se
cured.
The legislature has passed the appropria
tions for Mlchican university for 1MKJ Thcv
amount toH(00. : ! ; ( . Of this amount § H2r > 00
is for current expenses. $ S7,500 for a new ad
ministration building ana ? - _ > ,5K ( ) for an ana
tomical laboratory. The new law providing
for funds by nil increase of the tnill tax from
one-twentieth u > one-sixth of a mill does not
take effect until a jear from now.
TVof. E E. Barnard , the discoverer oj
.luiuter'R fifth satellite , has received the do-
dree of doctor of sciences from Vanderbill
university IIo was a student in that insti
tution before poinp to the L.icls observatory ,
but did not complete his course. He was
ntiout to begin a lecture in Nashville the
oilier evening when President Garland of
the university conferred the honor in behalf
of the faculty.
It is proposed to introduce "stamp saving
banks" in the Boston public schools. From
various ofllces colored stamps ol six de
nominations and stamp cants will be ob
tained. To eaPh person wishing to become
a deiwsitor the local treasurer phes a stamp
card , and sells as many stamus as ho has
inone.for. . . Thyse sumps must be pasted
on the card. The card when full will proba
bly contain about $ . " > As soon as the child
has stamps for that sum the money is taken
and deposited for him in some savings bank
that he may designate 'Jho .r > once de
posited he begins again , and the small sum
grows to a larger one under his hand. ' If he
wishes to withdraw he presents his card and
draws all that is on it.
CO.V.M Itl.U.lfiE ! , .
The marriage of Miss Mary Skerritt ,
daughter of Commodore Skerritt , U. S. X. ,
to far. Fred Mattisou , will take Place in
Washington on the lUtli lust.
The engagement between Flora Davis of
New York and Lord Terence Blackwood has
oscillated from announcement to denial ull
winter long , but recently it has been em
phatically corroborated The date is not
determined , but she will IKJ married in
America , and her dot is $ 00K)0. ( )
Minnie I never would marry a near
sighted man , would you' Mamie Why not !
I should think it must be real nice to have a
husband who could see you perfectly while
he was walking with you and not be able to
see any pooil looking girl who happened to
pass on the other side of the street.
The announcement of the engagement of
Commander Whiting of the Alliance to Miss
Ah Fong of Honolulu has created much talk
In San Francisco society and in naval circles.
The young woman Is beautiful and accom
plished , but she is only one quarter white ,
being one quarter Kanaka and one half Chi
nese blood.
Wednesday last the wedding of Miss Paul
ine Williamson , daughter of General James
A. Williamson , and Mr Hey Jones , son of
Senator Jones of Nevada , took place in St-
John's church in Washington Miss Will
iatuson is a very pretty little blonde , wtm ,
with her twin sister , made her debut in
Washington society but two years ago. al
though owing to her father's ullluial position
their homo has been at the capital since her
childhood. She is an accomplished youuy
woman , having traveled extensivelj through
out the United States as well us in Europe.
The invitations for the wedding of Miss
Cornelia Martin of New York to the Earl ol
ifr
Graven have not yet been sent out. neithei
have all the arrangements been completed I
It will IK ) the most brilliant wedding evei
seen In New York and as interesting as an.\
event of the kind , not only on account of the
rank of the bridegroom , but also cmimrtotht
youthfulneas of the bride , who will lad
more than six month : , of being IT years ol
ape on her wedding dav The wedding pres
ents already received by the bride to be ari
magnilieont. All the titled relatives of Ix > rt
Craven have been most lavish with then
gifts.
gifts.Marie
Marie Haveuieyer and Perry Tiffany 01
Ne York will be married in that city ot
the 2'Jd. The Havemeyer weddings an
famous for some novel features The lasl
one at Newport is still discussed as that ol
the wonderful breakfast. The guests wen
seated nt small tables , upon which ifo
iwiut lace covers , and ate only from the pole
service. And since this latest weddinf
takes place in New York it will surpass thi ;
others Miss Havemeyer herself is n notice
able plrl with a line tigure , soft dark hail
ana brilliantly brown eyes. Her gown ii
heavy white satin the fabric par excelleiici
for eddiiig dresses combined with brochi
velvet.
The Episcopalians of flavensvvood , a su
burb of Chicago , have declared war 01
"high church" services
Kev. M. J. Suvuge lias been selected i
deliver the jwem at the Phillips Brook
memorial service In Boston April 11.
Dr. Tnluiago has paid $10,000 toward
liquidating the debt on the Brooklyn taber
nacip ; $ ,10,000 additional would remove th
indebtedness
Jay Gould's children are about to build i
church to their father's memory nt Koj
bury , Delaware county , N. Y. , the plac
where he was born.
Rev Dr II. M. Wharton. pastor of th
Bruntly Baptist church of Baltimore , 1
to assist Dwlght L. Moody at the Chicagi
meetings this summer.
Chicago has now a population of abou
1,500,000 , of whom only M.7S7 are members o
the Protestant churches , and 13G.OS4 are en
rolled in Sabbath schools.
Hcv Marion Munlock , assistant mlniste
for the Kalamuzoo Unitarian church , am
Miss Florence Buck , late preceptress of tb
High school of that city , have received unai
imous call * to the ministry of Union churct
Cleveland , O. Both ladies are now in Oj
ford police'1 Enelnti'l and will return In
July to nMume the
llev Ira II. C'hane of Snginaw , Mich has
Instituted suit In the circuit court ttgaiutl
Hon. T A Tantivy , Vim cat KHI-I r
Mtatiarl Burly and J C Curro.r lor clamagts
in the sum of fM.OUU , the charge beintr eou
sinrnoy slid slander
Tli * sUtlntlrs nt the Moravian church In
the United State * for the year ending De
embfrH1. IHtU , show that there nre In the
live districts into which the church 1 di
vided IV,101 communicants and 1.28U noti-
oommunk'nnts There Is an Increase in the
former of issi and a decrease In the latter of
109.
109.Hev
Hev Emma Bailey of Mansfield , Pa. , hns
been sued for flliKK ( ( damages by a sister ,
who declares that the reverend Emma "went
for" her vigorously in a rot-wit sermon The
damagi she probably sustained Is not being
able to talk hack.
The arrangements for n series of cvaugell-
cal incetlnps. to bo conducted by Dwight L.
Moody In Chicago during the fair , have-been
completed. The evamrelist hiis surrounded
himself with a staff of ahlo Christian work
ers from every p.irt of this country and Eu
rope , aud tircpuratlotis have been made to
hold meetings each night in every part of
the city , beginning May 1
While conducting a prayer meeting in a
series of camp meetings in Mtutheni Geor-
pla Hev. John Farrar suddenly started
nJT on a run , and was soon followed by his
entire congregation At a dlstanco ot sev
eral hundred . \ards a little black doc. which
tiad caused the stampede by running off with
the preacher's hat , dropped the tile and the
excitement was over , but the flock , upon
learning the cause of it all. was In no mood
for further prayer , and the meeting was
abandoned.
The Salvation Arm , ? has secured a site for
its now headquarters * In New York It is iu
Fourteenth street near Sixth avenue , and
the irround is at present occupied tiy the bar
racks of the armj It was purchased for a
sum of t&M.OOO. and covers an area of about
li'.OOO square feet A four-story , fireproof ,
iron buildmp will be erected. On the ground
lloor there will be an auditorium which will
seat a.KX ( ) people , and the other three floors
will bused for oftices for the army. Mr.
Balltngton Booth has been asked to receive a
large farm on Statcn Island , upju which to
establish a colour for those rescued from the
slums who are willimr to do farn. work
O. B. Stevenson , assistant superintendent
of the northwest district of the American
Sunday School union , has just made his an
nual rciwrt to the national society In speak
ing of the special work done in Iowa during
the past twelve months he says the mission
aries have organized 1211 new Sabbath
schools , gathering into them -111" teachers
aud 4.00S scholars They have organized 107
other schools wilh ! ! 5s teachers and 'J.fiS'J
scholars Besides this the } have addressed ,
visited or otherwise aided 2,4other ( \ schools
with lO.M teachers and lKlKKi ( ; scholars ,
distributed ' _ ' , ( ! > bibles and testaments
among the needy , visited 'Jfl.400 famlles , dis
tributing Jl.JL'O north of religious literature ,
besides delivering II.'JIT addresses and travel
ing ' . ' 4..M4 miles. Dering the year forty-two
churches have developed from these schools
the missionaries have planted , and a.BTiO con
versions have been reported.
Mignonette may be kept as a t > ot plant for
years , provided no seeds tire allowed to de
velop.
A new begonia. Vernon , is represented as
producing flowers in a few weeks from seed
lings. This is a new departure.
The orchid salpiglossis is a new variety It
bears immense blossoms of rich velvety pur
ple , exquisitely veined and feathered with
yellow.
Tulips have been par excellence the dinner
table decorations lately. On one occasion a
large round table- arranged with twenty-
four covers , had a central mound of > ellow
daffodils , with four smaller ones round the
outside , each holding a candelabra.
To keep cut roses an authority recom
mends changing the water twice a day ana
clipping the ends of the steins at each chang
ing , t'se cool , not cold water. Put white
and jcllow roses near the window ; set the
vases holding the red and pink roses in a
dark corner of the room.
The largest and finest vew in Scotland is
nt Braigeuds. Renfrewshire. . It is of a con
ical shape , and being a comparatively young
tree , is iu a most vigorous condition. It
covers an area of alwut 2.TO feet in circum
ference , and rises to a height of forty feet.
The hole is eight feet in diameter.
'Little Midget" introduction
roses are a new
tion , said to bloom in a few weeks after the
seed is sown. They belong to the polyantha
class of roses , which are very profuse in
blooming and. like them , are perfectly hardy.
They are very dwarl , and the roses are only
an inch across. They continue from late
spring until frost , increasing iu value year
after year.
The dwarf calla is pronounced a gem for
the window garden. It prows fiom ten to
twelve feet high , with as perfect a flower
spathe as its taller-growing relative. The
great recommendation is the small space it
requires and the small size of the pot. Of
course , the flowers are smaller than in the
case of the ordinary calla , but this is not a
serious disadvantage.
A wi iter in the American Florist , in speak
ing of the preparation of hotbeds , gives
tha suggestion that u mixture of fresh
spent hops from a brewery and stable
manure in equal proportions , not only pio-
duces neat longer than manure alone , but
the remains of the mixture , when thor
oughly decomposed , make a most valuable
ingredient for potting soil.
The city of New York has becun the work
of creating a great botanical garden Some
time since a law was enacted providinp for
a grant of 2T > 0 acres of land in Broux Park
and * TiK.000 ( ) from the citv upon the condition
that $ i"iO,000 be raised by private subscrip
tions for this purpose. The amount neces
sary has been given b.\ ten gentlemen pledg
ing ? i-i,0K ( ) each An additional 250,000 is
being raised in subscriptions of $ TiK)0 ( and
$10,000 each , mid when it has been secured
papers will be circulated for general sub
scriptions in nnv amount from fl upward.
A garden must be laid out with especial
care for its masses of color , writes F Schuy-
ler Mathews in the Ladies' Home Journal
White may be separate , connect or offset an v
. two masses of decided color -with excellent
s effect. White geraniums are pretty neigh
bors for the crimson phlox Salmon-rose
pnlox is the more beautiful besides pearl
nasturtiums White candytuft harmonizes
r well with nan-keeu-colored calendulas , and
blue hadhelor's-buttons are the brnrhter be
e side the Prince of Orange calendulas But
e here and there we must have white , some
flag of truce or cider-down poppies , alba
if phlox , double white petunias and stocks and
ife some white asters Colors which we would
e better not place side by side an ; salmon pink
and magenta , pink and yellow or rod. blue
r and scarlet , crimson and j ellow or orange.
The irregular outlines of a color mass in the
f garden are just what will lend it u peculiar
u charm What is more lovely than a bank of
yellow daffodils , or a field of golden-eyed ,
silver-rayed daisies' A patch nf color need
not necessarily be straggljng , it may be com
e pact and distinctly defined , and yet not be
o forced into a geometrical figure. The charm
d of a Japanese garden lies in two things , the
g color masses posesses the feredom of nature ,
C and nil forced growth is distinctly on lines of
Irregularity.
Ir
I'nlnt tlmt diaiicrs Color.
It is reported that a chemist has in
vented a paint that is sensitive to
changes of temperature. At ordinary
temperatures it is a bright yellow , but
as it grows warmer it begins to assume
n- an orange tinge , and at a temperature
nm of 220 = it Injcomes red. As it cools it
assumes its original color , and it may be
to heated over and over again with the
cs same effect. It is suggested that this
paint may lx > used to great advantage
Isr on parts of machinery liable to become
r10 heated from friction , where it would at
10 once report any abnormal rise of tern-
perature by its change in color.
X"
Adilcn Acalust Tuhllc Aixilogicfc.
Kate Field , to emphasize her advice
ugainst apologies to public or private
Is audiences , tolls this story : "The first
time 1 apologized to an audience was in
an interior town of New York state ,
wlionf-owing to the miscarriage of raj-
of trunk , I was obliged to apjxmr on the
n- platform in a traveling gown. It was
an eminently respectable gown and had
id er 1 not been goot.e enough to exhibit dis
bo tress few would have known that it was i
bon not what is classically called store )
, , clothes. * * * The next morning , in
: -1 the only journal of that town , I read a
or
We have another store next door , and have painted the front white , you will notice the change-
Now we can show goods with a little more comfort to you and with much more
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satisfaction to us.
tip
You should see our new things
Beautiful , light materials for summer ,
An artistic touch and the effect is just right.
Rugs will Decorate the Wall
the walls in the new room , and can be seen by a peep in as you pass- '
17
aid )
long tiriino on my tlisrespect to an audi
ence mudo up of the elite how ] need
not think myself -hUjtyrior to clothes and
how my indifTerenei to appearances was
so pronounced as toijpstroy the charm of
tlio lecture , if it had any ! Not one word
more regarding the lecture ! "
LIFE AND DEA.TH.
A Hit of Hustle Color Toiichlngly Ie-
plrteil.
Kate Field's Washington : The night
accommodation had just pulled out from
the little town of Green Valley. Before
it rounded its first curve two groups of
carriages drove up from opposite direc
tions to the dilapidated depot. In one
there were four or five carriages full of
young people a bridal party. As they
reached the platform and saw the out
going train , there were exclamations of
regret nnd disappointment they were
just three minute * too late. The little
bride looked very gloomy. Was it for
this she had donuod hot- traveling suit ;
borne up so bravely when bidding the
old home goodby : carried herself with
so much dignity while taking leave of
her guests' ' Must she go back and take
another start tomorrow ?
She hud always disliked saying good
by , and she disliked still more going
back and repeating the performance.
Her husband laughed as lie said : "Why ,
that was only the accommodation tlio
express will bo along in a half hour. "
"Oh , yes , " answered his wife , "but
the express does not stop at Green Val
ley. " s-
"No , " said another voice , "it dashes
through hero so fast that , a Marie
Twain says , it takes two people to see
it. "
They all laughed a little , but the
bridegroom began to look glum , too.
"Well , " he said , starting away , "I'm
going to interview the agent. "
Presently he returned , jubilant.
"It is going to stop tonight , " said ho.
"Here are our ticket ? . "
The little bride once more looked
happy , but incredulous.
"Strange , " she murmured. "I was
on that train once and just begged the
conductor to let me off here. The mon
ster refused ; said ho could not stop un
less it was a case of life or death. "
"Oh , well , " said one , "this is a case
of life ; it is your wedding day , you
know. " And they laughed and chat
tered a they waited' for the midnight
express.
The procession Trom the west was
smaller : there wertr-only three vehicles.
They did not huaijy nor did they exclaim -
claim at the outgoing train. They knew
the express would ibtop that night , and
why. They talked but little , and the
ono for whom thlS""Jouriiey was taken
said nothing at all A
They stopped at iho end of the build
ing farthest from the bridal party , and
the men in the wagi/u lifted out a long ,
strong box and placed it UJKUI the plat
form. Then a man in the carriage
helped two women -out and started to
escort them to tho""waiting room , but
ono of thorn the ono in black drew
back when she heard ' the gay laughter
and talk , saving to'fho others : "Go in if
you wish , 1 will fat ? > 'y ' outside ; " so the
man brought some chairs and they all
sat by the long , strong box.
Presently there was heard a low ,
rumbling noise. The little bride caught
the sound first.
"It's coming. " she cried , "gather up
the baggage , it won't stop two minutes. "
Then as the train pulled into the sta
tion there was shaking of hands , and
kissing , and goodbvs , and tears and
laughter of such close relationship to
each other that it was hard to distinguish
them.
The other party heard the train , too ,
and saw the light , but not so soon , the
woman in black not until the rumbling
sound had become like the roaring of a
sea. Even then they did not hurry ,
They knew the train would wait that
night to take on one passenger.
The whistle blew , the engine puffec
and punted and sprang forward with a
power that caused a lurch all along the
train , and the muss wai again in motion.
Midway in a rear car sat the little
bride where she had fluttered into a
seat , wondering if anybody admired her
new traveling suit , or would have the
least idea she was just married. Then
she nestled up to ihe man beside her
and forgot there was any one in the
coach but themselves.
A few seats behind them sat the
voinan in black , where she had dropped
nto thq first empty place she saw. She
drew her veil closer about her face and
also forgot that there was anyone on the
Tain save her own sad self and the si-
ent passenger ahead.
In the express car the silent passenger
neither forgot nor remembered.
Faster and faster sued the train in the
darkness with its burden of life and
death.
riirB and the Cholera.
Paris Cosmos : Flies are the agents of
[ iropagation of a largo number of contag
ious maladies. Persons are very often
inoculated with carbuncle by flies. Some
experiments of Cornil have demonstrated
that they can carry the bacillus of tuber
culosis. Dead flies , when dissected ,
often contain bacilli which have been
absorbed from the spittle of consumj-
tives. and these bacilli preserve their
virulence. Dissemination of the germs of
vellow fever has also been attributed to
Hies. Some recent experiments of Mr.
Simmondi of Hamburg prove that flies ,
during a cholera epidemic , may be a
dangerous factor in the spread of the
malady , when they alight on food ,
which , like soup , milk , sauces , are an
excellent medium of culture for the
comma bacillus. Mr. Simmon-li took
nine flies from the recently opened in
testines of a patient who had died from
cholera , and put them in a large bottle
in which they could ily about.
In from five to fortj-Qve minutes
each of these flies wa- > put in a tube
containing liquefied gelatine , which ,
after being shaken , was emptied on a
saucer. In forty-eight hours all the
saucers were covered with abundant
colonies of the comma bacillus. In an
other experiment six flies were placed
under a glass , with o fragment of a
cholera patient's intestines nnd after
wards in a large va e where they remained
'
mained for an hour and a half. 'Then
each of them was put in a tube of gela
tine. When the gelatine was poured
out on saucers it gave birth to innumer
able colonies of the comma bacillus.
I.omlou Iu riKiiren.
London has 700.000 dwellings , 10,000
new ones every year ; ; ! 7,000 marriages
annually.
Its 110,000 streets would reach from
New York to San Francisco.
More Scots than Edinburg , more
Irishmen than Dublin , more Jews than
Palestine.
Ono million souls or moro who are
occasionally objects of charity.
Burns O.lKtO.OOO tons-of coal per year.
Shelters thirty persons whoso incomes
ai o over 8T 00,000 a year each.
Spends $0,000,000 daily.
Has ninety-nino banks. One the
Bank of England turns out } l > fi,000,000
in notes per week.
The clearing house business is 8 > 40-
000.000,000.
There are 400 newspapers in all lan
guages , circulating 1(0,000,000 ( copies per
week.
Ten million letters are delivered
weekly , 0,000,000 telegrams yearly.
Cold Weather In Humla.
News from St. Petersburg February 25
was that for more than two months past
the thermometer there had registered
from 13 ° toIIO3 below zero , Fahrenheit.
The intense cold weather had continued
throughout almost the whole of north
ern and central Russia , and many por-
sonb had lost their lives through expos
ure. Twelve peasants' children in a vil
lage in the province of Kalouga started
from sohooi-ono night , against the advice -
vice of the schoolmaster , the tempera
ture bein ? 31 = below zero , and wer
found next lUiy fro/cn to death on the
highwaj , having been overtaken bj a
snow storm.
A MARVELOUS ADVENTURESS.
Story of Mailiiinn Apjiarutl , Who Oclraudcil
tliti Sm-llh of I'nrlH.
Should a complete history of the more
notable instances of audacious chican
ery in the Paris of the second half of the
nineteenth century ever be written , the
story of Madame Ammruti , the direc
tress of the "Consiller des Dames et
Demoiselles , " will certainly be one of its
'
most piquant chapters. 'The lady , it
seems , succeeded for many years in gain
ing the confidence of merchants and man
ufacturers by pretending to bo an ugcnt
commissioned to furnish for various ]
European courts , and by a rare combi
nation of audacity and plausibility she i
contrived to persuade her unfortunate j
dupes that she was doing them a great
favor when she received the spoils of
their looms or their stores , and to con
vince them that there were satisfactory
reasons for delay when she was unable
to Fettle their accounts.
Now and then a creditor would wax
impatient , and , without hinting.or prob
ably feeling , any doubt abimt the goinl
'aith of the fascinating commissioner ,
would announce his determination to
ask for payment directly from the
crowned personage whose patronage had
been secured. Madame Apparuti. how
ever , was always equal to such mi oc
casion. "Pray don't do that. sir. in the
name of heaven , " she said on one occa
sion : "you cannot guess the mischief
you would do. You would compromise
Prince X , the grand chamberlain ,
by whoso favor wo were lucky
enough to get the order , and who
will , as you may guess , expect his com
mission. " This was all the more satis
factory as an excuse since it was sup
ported by an olhcial letter , written on
vellum ornamented with the chamber
lain's crcst.proinising payment in a short
time. Once when one of the lady's dupe *
who had been honored by a large order
of goods for the Ilussian court was un
duly urged for a settlement of the ac
count. Mine. Apparuti boldly proposed
to go to the Russian embassy"and under
torno pretext or other managed to make
her way into one of tlio olllccs. coming
out again with an envelope containing
ten 1,000-franc notes.
"There , " she said , in giving the
money to the creditor. "the ambassador
on his own authority has paid this sum
on account , but he let me know at the
same time that it would be an exceed
ingly stupid blunder to press for the set
tlement of the account jut at present. "
The creditor was almost ashamed of her
previous impetuosity , and felt more than
honored in being allowed to give credit
to a lady who was on such excellent
terms with an ambassador. The ingen
ious swindler , indeed , was accomodated
with further credit to the amount
of $00.000 by the penitent fur
nisher. These are only two
of the many stories now being
told in Paris about this skillful
thief , who died without having entirely
lost the confidence of the men and
women whom she had so cruelly robbed.
There is still a mystery about the auda
cious woman's story. No ono seems to
know what she did with the largo sums
bho managed to obtain. Her habits
were simple ; she kept no carriage and
had no expensive jewelry. Instead of
having hoarded money , slio seems to
have died penniless , and had even to
borrow 100 to pay her traveling ex
penses the last time she went to Denmark -
mark and Russia.
Irt > luiid.
The population of Ireland in 181)1 ) , ac
cording to revised returns just issued ,
was 4,031,246. The natural increase of
population , or excess of births over
deaths , for the year was 22,117 , and the
loss by emigration was MtG23 ; 21.475
marriages were registered within the
year , and it is significant of the relig
ious feeling which exists in all parts of
Ireland that only 399 were by civil con
tract in the reglatraru' otticos.
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