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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1893)
I' I THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. n-a TWENTY-S ECON D YEAR. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , APRIL 30 , 1893--T\VENTY PAGES. NUMKKll 215. jEWTIFCL AS A POET'S ' DREAM I 'ntnre's ' Matchless Exhibit in the Horticul tural Department at the World's ' Fair. REVELATION OF FLORAL MAGNIFICENCE I u [ null Troploil I'lniitu ( iorcroiu OrelilcU , J.mcly lto of , Miih'iilllct nt Itliitiloilun- < lro IH n id Otlior I'morlus I In Inllnllu ViirKtj. I * liveliest of all Ibat the world offers to the memory of ( oiumbus in Iho ciiy of whlto , p liners is Iho splendid horticultural display. tOcuroId , lohn lliorpe , who looks like Abrn- rhnm Lincoln nnd can m.iko n dr.v stick bios- , * om , Is the real head of this department Ho incsides over n vast building , from the middle of which rises n glass eloino i'J'J feet ' jhicjh ami IM ) feet in ellametor 'I he space under Ibis fane bus two great wings ending In pavilions But the most notable point In hortlculluro is the outdoor exhibition Uight in front of the tinge building is a wooded Island in tlio lagoon Prom its shoies tiall aquatic plants In cm Ious patterns At the southern end Is n garden of fit ) 000 roses laid out in a lubrinlhal design nnd suiioundod b } u gar landed feme of roses eight feet hvh in thu " ( .enter risi s a pagoda coveied with clematis of nil hues This gaiden is nn aero and a quarter in extent and contains over 1(5,000 ( varieties of the lose There are foil } eight pxhibitors and Ihe } have levivcel mm } of the loses th it were once fashionable but have been forgotten 'Two-thirds of the loses nro h irdj and the icst aru tender , liku lei roses and othei varieties that need the piutcttionof hot houses as n uile The finest elispla * . comes from Belfast , Ireland but California , Holland nnd Ueimnii } , nu close competitois The beaut } nnd fragrance 'of ' this spot may bo im iglned b } the fact that thermal gin of each gioup of loses Is rnaelo up of Howeilng honosucldos tiailing on the giound. .lust south of the rose garden nro the rhododendrons of laigland , Holland , Belgium nnel Ameru a grouped for effects of massed color , and scallot cd among them are hundieds of Japinese , Umopean and Amer lean lilies 'Turning northw ml on the little island the visitor comes to a plate iu of old fashioned English gaiden How us , thu sort of things Loiel Binun mentions in his tin lint plan of u peifee t gaielen Heio no m nigolds , sweet Y/illiams tuimioses , larkspurs , Michaelmas daisies niclseoicsof othoi sentimental sug gestions I hirnl rriRniiicf * . Then tomes a hngo gioup of trees and nhrubs gathered together for strange con trasts ot leaves and show ing de pii lutes from noimaltpcs T tier onto quivering aspens tail poplars , beeches , but lies , willows , ma lilts , elms , aahesundsmnl n tncsallleading toward u dalntv , sweet smelling garden of frmiu.il flowering plants llko sweet peis rnlgnonuttc nnd nasluiliunib Boond this mo lo ho found all manner of Howciing sluubs spnea elut/la , hvdrangea , Hose of Sharon and still farther on thu ( outran group of cviigiccns , among them laiocednis junipers , aibor vita mid tutnir- neks. Htslng in the green confusion will bu clusters of dahli is Hero the , lap ineso yill ige suiioundcd b } Us native gaiden ionics inlo view Thi \t \ garden is one of Iho mcisl inteicsting sights on the island Ills eaieel foi b } Japmeso gar donei s in costume and woi king w ith pi iml- livoupparalus All sorts of elvvatfed pines eedurs mid other growths will mingle their funaslli shape In the gcnoial plan , fiom \vhlehthuvisitoiscaii at n glance see the p origin of much that is wild and giotesquo In thu decuiatlvo ait of Japan Theiu aio man } wondetful palms and stunted tiees that have grown feu centime , and -no still vigoious Tliu eastern effict Is heightined by lock work and tinkling , inuimuring watci falls Coming back from Iho Island bv a grace ful hi idgo ono st mils in tlio lo.ulw.u facing the east fncnclo ot the hoi tic ultuial building nnd sees spieael out bofoio him a gorgeous , bpeetacular displa } of masbi'd ciimson , seal- let , oiango and salmon coloied Picneh can nas dlspiajeel b } New Yoik Pcnnstvani.i nnd New Jerso } This magnificent Held of color is a thousand feet long ami eighty feet decn. it contains over . ' 0,000 plants In bloom And behind this io\al scat let pomp , in the * , recesses bclwc'cn the main entrance anil the wings aio planted ovei a bundled thousand panslcs I hirt } seven thousand of them , selected fur the beaut } of their tints , are combined in one vast seiollliko design T he-re are in this cxhibil MO vailoties of pansics , lepiesentlng the glowers of the whole world The minus and panslos nro out of doors nnd foi in a staking base for thu line architecture of the monster building Un the west side of tnu building is an out door exhibition of small greenhouses und gaidens showing how easilv and chcapl } Iho } m.av tie obtained and kept This elis- pla } is intended lo em outage Iho am items to go further than potted plants placet ! in Pinny windows and to Inspire gaiden build ing among the common people A , Tropic ill l' < ir < t. Inside of the buileling , undei the vast dome , is n tropical foicst lovciing a moun tain , nt 'ho base of which are at ranged the most beautiful plants known Now York , New .leisej ami Ponnsvlvania havoathiid of the space at the foot of the mountain Ilciunic te > be found the late Jaj ( ! onld's rostliest palms A J IJruxcl s rare growths , ( ieurgo \ \ C h lids' sac.o pilms and tico ferns in fac t the bulk of his line collection and lomaikablc specimens from the con eeivatoiles of J B Colgate and Lrastus Coinli'g In the tropical forest nro six or eight cenluiv plants , anel the } have been delected so that theio will alwavs bu onu in b'oom dining thu fair Ml Thorpu lias scoured lho lounliv for speilinens of night bloomingcueus nnd has secured over " 00 M his will enable htm to show two or three In bloom overv evening bv electric * light Under the tangled growth of thu fenest Is n erslul cavu Iho walls and roof contain four car loads of cislals and stalactites brought fiom Dcadwood Tlio cavu is lit by electric ! } Water chips from the stalactites und Hushes Into cr.vstal pools In this glit tering space the horticultural department will make seed tests and keep growing plants tn oiclcr to leain how lone the } will llvo under a stiong electric light Australia leadb all other countries in the range and character of her display The Australians have exploied the wilderness in seal ch of hoi lu ult iital vv undei s , and have sent to Chicago specimens so rare and vvondeiful that the specimens themselves may novel again see theii equals Think of tico feins thill } feet high , with their fait } like blanches sptc idlng out over } ourhead llko vast creen plumes Hoitlc I'ltuilsts who have trav'led fur and wide * look with amaze ment attliPMO extraoicllnai ) ferns and ox nmino them foi hours Then rhe ro are nlrds' ne'st feins with a spread of tetn teot , rising ton height of eight feet Thu btaghorn ferns which attach themselves to teak wood trees and in time snffocalo them , aio moil- Bleis Nothing like ) them hasover been seen before Some of them are from six to eight fret high ami seven to eight feet indinnetcr U ho } nro perched on tenkwood slumps und overgrown with vines illusti-.Uing the con unions in which the } thilve. Jipnnrtc I ) ilntineis. In one of the wtntrs thu Japanese have ; built nn Indoor ganlen , with little fish ponds midges lighthouses pillar lanteins and n wull The odd gioupings of smill ( lowers mo surioundcd b } space s Illled vv Ith sand ol \arlous c-olc'iB , on which nro traced pattern ; which change over } dn } The sand take * : the place uf glass in n Japanese indoor gar den. Inordirnot to dlstmb iheso tracerlc ! the \lbltor steps oil stones laid in an irrcgu Jar pathway. This garden is entirely UK vork of Un ) Japanese and no ono else will be 'to touch U. A glance r v ala th < Inct that they nro content with ( lowers ns they find them and ninKo no attempt nt h } brldlrnltonor crossculture of any kind They have no double roses 'Iheio never was n simpler or tnoro certain evidence of the in fluences that hnvogovcined JnpanesoeiccOta- live nit fiom time immemorial Germany has nn exhibition of azaleas , p ilms and ihododendrons without n touch of grace or imagination about It Belgium's sec lion Is tilled up with b.i } lam els ami hamlboniu tree peonies Great Billain has n supetb arm } of oiehlds from Ke-w gardens und othet fnmous consctvaturits Joseph C'hainbe'ilaln and Sir 'I revor Lawience have made prlneelv contributions All through the British exhibit can bo found pioof Unit England Is thecomtr } for laicand costl } plants nnd that in spite of AUK riiMii millionaires a higher pi lee will be p ild In London for a real I \ unieiuo plant than in anj other place 'I hue seems lo hive been an understanding uinontr the Biltish exhibtlois lhat no ordinarv plants should be sent , so lhat their section Is leally a soil of horticultural museum Mexico has a good showing of orchids and cacti , C'osta Klc.v dlstlaS ) coffee plants and Guatemala lllusttatcs all her peculiar native growths In tliu American Pectin i. In the big American section are to be seen all the nolablo plants of commerce such as sugar canes , eotfecs teas and d.ves 'Iho famous anthurlum fiom the white house is thete to be seen , with its lonir , slender leaves and sen let flower Missouu is con spicuous for } uec.is eenlui' } plants and India- itibbei trees Massachusetts fuinlshes rare p thus and among the m is the line coins Aus tialus fiom the crinseivatorj of Piof Har- geiltuf Haivaid univeibit } Beautiful lui tains of blooming cobca scaiidens hang fiom evei } conreivablo point of the beams and celling 'Ihe whole in- tciiot of the building Is draped in this deli- i ate gieentiv , touched with put pie blossoms 'I ho vines have been so skillfull } .11 ranged th it at times thev seem to bo pait of a woven fain ie thtotigh which the light softl } lllteis fiom above lleic and theie In unespecleel nooks aio liltchui plants , ice pi nits sensitive plants and Venus' ll > tiaps Visltois aie allowed , under \nopei \ stipen vision , to e\penmcnt with some of the cmious giowths In older to heighten the genet il effect of 10 hoiticullui il tils pi i } theio will be 11 isbes of begonias and other brilliant iowcis giouped about in the gieen spaces iom time to time Sixtj live huge bushes f Maigueiites and a similar number of cailet s iges are mingled logclhei as one ITcc t foi the opening d iv 'Ihe cut How ei show consists now piincl 'illy of loses , hncmtlis tulips , lilus and at nations 'Ihe } will be followed by conies , ivies and lontcmpoiancous blob- ems ' 1 IICMO How us aie foi sale lo a limited xlenl 'lo the vvcstof the hoiticulluinl bull'Un0' lethegieit gieenhouspb , In which delicate 'i ' miniature plants me kept until read } for ixhlbition Between Ihe gieenhenises aio ituatcel the fuinaccs and Ihe loom in which cids aio planted It will suipiisoisilois lo know lhat most f the level } ( low ct ing plants which be ir ho names of distant countties weio not iiought to AmciicA in pots 'Ihe horlkul- uial department sirnplv leccivecl the di } ic'cds , with biicf elcbcriplions of the plants nd the names of the exhlbitois A majotit } f these seeds weio planted in boxes last ear b } Mr 'Ihoipes assistants and weio ov eloped duiinij the winter ' 1 heio v\as no iuv. of telling in advance whether seeds veto wotth all the labor and stud } devoted o thclt care until Ihe plant glow anel blos- I't'ilHt fur Orrlucl Iover . rrom time to time there will bo Intel na- ioiml dlsphis for awntds of pin ticular loweis 'Iho oicliid show , foi instance will won Mav ! i Great Btitain nnd An erica , v ill exhibit neail } 4,0X ( ) plants Ml Thorpe aj s that it w ill unquestionably be Iho finest sxhlblt over seen in urn or an } other cour- 1 } 'Iho piincipil Amciican anuleurs in his competition me Mr Ki lib ill of Uoehes- er , N Y , Mr Coining of Alban } , and Mr. Ames of Boston So fat the hoitlculluial department has 'ound that outside of New Yoik state and Jiioortwo points in other oastein states theie is no seiious lloiiculturo woith speak- "ngof Iho west is povert } stricken in the natter of line cultivated ilowers and sluubs Mr 'Ihoipo sas that this exhibition will "mvo a wondeiful effect in stimulatinga lo\o 'or laro giowths , and that Just as the sculp- AH es in the nit section will soon begin to ap .tear in the nrchiteetuio of Iho weslcin towns and cities , so the marvelous lloweis nnd leaves biought from Iho famous eon seivatoiies of the world will take their .ilucs in thousinds of weslein conseiva- lones Onl } a few weeks ago Ihero was a .lisphi } of Peisian violets , ilowcis that had never been seen in the west befoie , and ahead } the wcstcin peaplo aie planting them. For several v cars past nearly nil the slnie pencils used thioughout the United Stales have been made ntono fnetoiy iu Chntlotles- villo , VH ' 1 he line Japanese cement Is made by mix ing lice Hour with a sullicient quantity of cold vv a tor and then boiling gently , with con- slant sllriIng Thu Tin and Sheet Ironworkers union of Chicago has formed an alliance with Iho Coinicoand Sklight Makers union of the same cltv The unions have mutually agreed to demand n minimum of ! )5 ) cents per hour and eight houis per elav The demand will piobabl } bogianted 'Iho giealest work of piIntinp over under taken is supposed to bo the publication by the gov eminent pi lining ofllce of 10 000 copies of the "Hecnids of IhoViii of the Rebellion" in IJO ioal octavo volumes of 00 piges each , at a cost ol fl/JM.OOO This woik will piob- abl } bo finished next vear 'Iho souvenir commitlco for Iho Intel national Tvpographkal convention offoi n pi i/o of $ W1 for Iho best spcei-nen of a title jiago for the work about to bo issued under Iheii dim lion Thu conditions aio that the pigo is to bo printed In ono coloi , tpo inmsuroment to bo foit-two picas deep and sKtv-ono picas wide Specimens to be sub milled not later thin Ma } 1 Papier macho , which can be compressed almost to the solulit } of iron , piomises lo como into vogue as a building mateiial A pouablo hospital largo enough to aceommo date twenty beds has been made of com- piessed paper Uver } p.ut of the building is numbeied and the whole can be picked up in such away as to be cariied by three transfer trucks 'Ihcse tiucks are so planned as lo foi in the b.isis of tne hospilal , T shaped Joibts of Iron keeping Iho founda tion steadil } in place. Over Das comes a llooring of compiessed and varnished paper boauls which adapt Ihumsulvcs admirabl } to cleanliness The walls uul ic'iling ate o'f the same malorlil , while thu beams , com posed of thin galvani/ed non wire , connect jurallel w ills Holes aio bo led between the walls nnd coiling for pm noses of ventilation and the windows aiu inado of who gnu/o , with n tianspaient coating Sueh a build ing n ould bo of great scuvico In tioplc.al counti Ic3 , especially , if in addition lo Its lightness and slicngih U can bo m ido liie- proof. A piomlstng Industrv has been started In outh Auslialla in a somewhat cuiious wa ) . The central agricultural bureau of South Australia was recently notified thai n weed of ver } pronounced odoi and aggiessivo gtowth had taken possession of about thico acres of soil lu the southern portion of the colon } The settlers in the neighborhood of thu bwamp whuro the plant had established itself were inclined to look with distinct dis favor uinrn the 'weed , ' whlih Iho hoiscs and cattle would not cat and which spiead so lapldlj It was prcsentlv found , how ever , lhat Iho weed was no other than the lavender plant , which , though of no use as a fodder , was otherwise a most profitable irop , as two or three tons cvl p con stuff taken from it will } toluwhen distilled b } a very simple process KM woilh of lavender oil in addition It would give 1 ( XXI po.inds of lav ender water , worth 1(1 ( cents apounuaftei thu llrat distillation and 'M cents a pound after further distillation Iho settler w he was shiovrd enough to make Inquiries befotc rooting up his unknown crop has decided , or the evidence of the agilcultuial bureau , not only to carefully cultivate what lavender he has , but to plant leversl acres beildci. CONGRESS OF THE NATIONS Midway Plaisanco at the World's ' Fair the Abiding Plncn of Orientals. HABITATIONS OF ARABS , TURKS AND MOORS An International Hcnntj Show Which I * the Center of Attraction for I.ovealek Itumcos A Model of St. T here are many queer things nt the fair with queer names Theio is the "Midway plalsancc , " lor Instance "What on earth docs that mean' " most people nskwhen they hear It for the Hist time Whalevei It ma } mean elsewhere1 , in Chicago It means slmpl } n collection of side shows. T he "plaisanco" is an avenue lined with buildings in which entcilainments ate given , but wheio the 1 midvvav" comes tn it is hard to guess The n line was selected b } a commltlec of leading citizens who wanted to get up something high toned , or , us the } put it. "nobb } ' " It Isceituinl } a ver } nobb } name and no other word so well descnbes it To call the thing an avenue , it was decided , was too common place Indian names me considered vulgar bm my Illinois people , and so they boi- ruwed n word from the Piench. It Is along the "Plus sanco" that is the oielmai } inonunciition that the Jahawk loves to linger There hu can sec Turks , Moots and all manner of wild men living In subjection to the laws of Illinois , but doing it in their own w.isomo , half naked and unwished and others anointed with gii-iso and pel fumes But the ja.vhavvK lias to pa } 01 his fun In Iho 'Plus sanco are a couple f do/en shows audit costs 1i5 nnd 50 cents o see each one This side show avenue is n milo long and t sm u-ks Just a little bit of Conuv Island It s operated under theoo of thu fair inun- gement and it Is in tlio ground * * . , strictl } peaking , admission being included vv ith a 0 cent Woild's fair ticket It is ver } broad , 00 feet wldo over all. Ever } "concession- he" moio Piench pas n percentage of us icceipts to the World's fan wiis and ncans committee Ouiranties arc afforded hat Iho exhibils aio wotlh Iho price of ad- inssion. On the lowm of ISiitn'l * A Tower of Babel Is built near the en- tanco to Ihe Plaisance It is 400 feet high ind has a diameter at tlio base of 100 feet Ibis towet deviates from the plan of the Jilglnal b } having a double track ilccttic il ircular r.ulwa } from the bisc to the top. A hlmoof bells is installed at the top , from \hich a good view of the grounds is had Loiel and Lad } Aberdeen have been inter- 'sleel in making a displ.i } of Ihe cottage in- lustrles of Iicl mil Tower ing over a row of rish cottages in facsimile is a lopioeiuetion of Donegal castle Thioughout this exhibit there aio specimens of the work of Irish ic.is nits and some of the people themselves tKcii } cow has been brought ovei specially 0 show one of Ihe means of livelihood Lace sand shawls .no made and bold hot o 1 he simple aichilectuio of these homes , like that of the convent of La Itibrdn , is n pleas- nil relief to the eo aller Ihe slucco lloiveis ind figures crowded on lo so man } of Iho ociiUllngs Come wilh mo lo Cairo" It is shown by a licet scene peopled with moio than 150 L\minus who were taken from the midst ot their dancing , smoking and tiadimj and lumped into the Wimlj Cit } Dale blown beauties trom the b inks of the Nile , who dimeo voluptuous mcasures.look coeiuollishlj upon Iho Yankee , Iheii big ees winning his ittcnlion as soon ns Ihe } Hash Ihem upon him The } wear spangles , ch ilns , beads und Ilt bauds Kiialf } has shown Ub what thuv .no like in hib speclacles Black slave bojs wait upon the clalnlv Indies , some of whom cover their faces in the modest fashion of thu east Aiab trades , donkey bos nnd camel din ers are theio While Iho el meets ute per- fonnlng in the thcalei the merchants sell beads , tin bans or shells from the Heel sea and other cmlosillcs , all at Chicago puces , and tlio snake chaimois Mioduo reptiles and the magicians show their familiarity with the blaek arl Theio nio performing monkejs , lee , nnd parrots It is trul } a glimpse of un enslern clly , and hero and Iheiu ones gets a whiff of rt. An old priest goes up into the lower of the mosque at Ua } bleak nnel calls upon nil believ ers in Mohammed lo pra } . The people per form Iheir ablulions and then bless the prophet. When thoh.no done Uns Iho long bcaided merchants take then * pipes and squat in the bua.us , looking indolently at thu passers bv , while thu women nnd childreng.ue iu wonder anel smile knowing ! } at the ignorance of their was betra.ved by the An cncans who arc us great a show to them ns they aio to the purchasers of nd- mission tickets SomiMVlmt f'H' , lint n Hunutj. Fanda , a gaudil } dressed woman , rather fat , is the beaut v of thu party , and among them aio l'gptlans boning such names as Patima Osman , Hosma Hint , MitwallNabi- vveih and Palml Houti Some of these names will bo found on signs In Chicago after the fan is over , foi the people from Cairo like the prosperity that the } see around them In this countr } Cunosilies of divers sorts from the museums of Cairo and Alexandria maj be seen Prom Cairo to Stamboul isn't much of n Jump Let us make it Ono of the old streets of Stamboul is reproduced and ten anted with people from that city and fiom Constantinople , who show piott } much the same soil of entertainment as their Cgvptian neighbors Ono of their features is u lire department such ns is in seivico nt the city of tlio ( lolden Hoin The lire pump , which has a big capaeit } , is slung on poles on the shoulders of the natives , who tiot through the streels aslonlshinglv fast When the } reach the tire the water is sup plied to them b } earners , who bear leather bags thnt nre refilled from the wells ns fast as their conlents are used up Turkish luncheons arc peddled by cos tumed natives , who servo them from a tray These moving lunch counteis do u big bubi- ncss nmong those not of a suspicious nature Kver } where is observable Iho eastern indo lence nnd love of luxur } No American messenger bo } or officeholder can have .no thing to sa } about leisuie in the piesencc of a'Tuik A saudlo belonging to the sultan of Turko } is placed in Iho liansporlnlion building , nnd vvh } there , heaven alone knows It is cov ered with led plush and gold , and it beats Mr B nnum on his own ground It is used by its owner enl } on the most solemn occas ions , and there cannot bo an } more solemn occasions In Tutko } , it is supposed , until It is returned to him Arab hoises of puio blood were allowed b } thu sultan lo bo ex- potted This Is contiar } lo iho Turkish law , bul his majesty wanted to allow Amcil- cans to see how Intel lor his steeds are to these bred on this side of the ocean Un u Heel of SlUor. A silver bed , owned bj one of the sultans ofTinke.v nnd saU to weigh two tons , is in the collection , and n Turkish tent once belonging - longing to n Persian shall und used b\ him in traveling II is made almost whoil } ol embroidered clolu Near tlie Tunisian and Algei Ian section Is a Moorish palace modeled after ono of the old stlu temples which aio found in-jpain .Mid northern Africa .A restaurant accom' nludating 500 people in the palace shows thai the Moois are a pr.adlial races * In the building is an immense collection of gold coins An Algerian merchant who erected vil lages at the tlneo last Paris expositions hu : put up a building in which are quartered ; largo supply of natives who maintain t bazaar , in which are displajed precioui tones , swords , pistols with antique Hint ooks , daggers , Inccs , brocade" , cushions nnd a"blo covers. In another store nro found lerfumcry , seraglio pastilles , attar of roses nnd sweetmeats , though these nro not half ns sweet ns the dreamy damsels who sell hem to jou A Bedouin camp , presided over b } n real Uedouln chief , who , of course , "ould cut a throat with no compunction , is liovvn 'Iho dnncing girls who swaj nnd rcmblo with simulated emotion keep the mil crowded with spectators Javanese to the number of sovent } , have milt a village In the stloof their lountr.v m the Midwa } plals.ince It Is made of > imboo poles , split bamboo nnd palm le wcs mil thatched with native if r.isses A set ecu ) f split bimboo and leaMH cmlrcles the vil- ago to keep out these who haven tpild 1'ho .Invanese girls dance to the music of an oichestra nnd puff cigarettes Ihej are little tlo bits of ireatuies with black shinj hair In the center of the settlement aio two ) ig bamboo poles w 1th holes cut through hem When the wind whistles thiough hose holes n stiango mclodj is produced thatnnlics the.lavnns feel homesick and 10 nantic All soils of bilious nnd maudlin .houghts trucl thiough their brains while this music Is being inaved bj the gale ' 1 hey got more of this music In Chicago than in Java , ns thoio is a gieater supul ) of wind \\lth the Jav.imso is an old priest named Hadji , who has n gicat Influence over his leek 'I he } aio n ver } laz } late and get tiled of w oik about once a dajthiowing down their tools and sajimr the } have had enough in a wa } that would command the ulmliation of a labor agitator. > ot n I.ulior Hut the old priest knows his business lust as soon as the } ( [ tilt he has n vision in whlih it Is tevealed to him that If tlic * } do not at once lesumo Ihe } will bo dovouted b } red devils or develop horns nnd a tall Heing n knowing man , the priest nlwas sides with capital , and if ho sees an } visions favoiable to n generil discontinuance of all labor he c nefull } keeps them to himself Humllit } and puull } of clothing ate char- acteiHtics of the Javanese and both chai- iictt ilstiis have bien eaicfulU encouraged bv the Uollniidim who lontiol the Island One of them , a lual pi Into named Haden Soi'kmadiluga speaks Dutch and ( terman , but no English Some of the dancing ? lils are quite coineh 'llu-y weir their black hail in knots ana cut aw a } the bings fiom the forehead w lib a i a/or When Iho weather gets warmer the } will bo seen In a single piece of cloth wound lound the bodj , 11 the opponents of decollete di ess in Chicago will allow them to Hut urtil that tlmeai- ilves thev are to bo observed in heavy trouseis , wondcting if summer will ever come remarkable displa } in the Plaisanco Is that of feminine bc.iutv A building has been -put up nnd in It are Installed lift } } oung women , who icpiesent the stvloof face of \aiious nations and their fashions in cos tumes The } wore got together b } a Chicago beauty collector who spent some months In l uiopo advei Using for tvpcs of the diffeient races Minister Lincoln when the pattj were in Southampton notified them that the } weioiolating the contiact laboi law in coming to Ami nca which was not so , ns congiess exempted the Wet Id's fan from the lawAftei the } aiu\ed in Chicago fill then cobtumes woio buined In n Hi o that vcij tie ill } burned them , too All these had to bo duplicated and the girls sit in their p iv ilions Mid smile da } aflet day 'Ihe management contiacted lor smiles lust ing six months \Vlirrn the Lovoflrk Linger. Ixn csick Konieos linger round the beauty building and make the air resound with their mournful lamentations As the show is under the management of the fair eveiy- thing ib couect ns far as ch-iperonngo nnd protection from champagne supper otteis ate conccincd There is a tacit at'i cement that none of thu guls are to get mauled until the fan is over , and then .they w ill bo nblo to select nnj kind of men tic ! } prefei from the w lid scramble that w ill take place for their hands It was thought that It would be hard to got half n hundred gills each ono prettier in lici own opinion , thin any of the others to agiee , but theie have boon no lights and few displa } s of Jealousies on account of icil or fancied supeiiontles of costume. The Vienna gill is a musician , undothets have ac complishments as dancers Hussia , Greece , Hal } , Geimuii } , Fiance , Iceland , Austria , Bohemia , Hungaria nnd Chicago mo equnll } well lepicscnted , and there are beauties from dineient pails of the United States 1 lungs run luigel } to eating on the Plals- ance Chicagoans nro never reall } hnpp } unless they cunusethotho suillx ' 'oiium'1 on their words In various p.uts of the city ts 11 "Scenntorium. ' a "Massagoilum , " where missagois administered , and It is oven said a "Peanutorinm , " while edible nuts aie displacd on sale Ills therefore not sur- piising to llnd among the side shows n "Nntatorium. " This institution is reall } a Vienna bakery and restaurant with 'a ' swimming bath attached to It , so as to give souio excuse for the use of the name. " Special luck it is s lid attaches to all buildings the names of which end iir'oilum " In Chicago the termination is added to nouns to conve } the idea of immenslt } A museumorium menus a big museum , a concei toi ium a large concci t , a stulionoiium a huge tallroad depot Iho baker } teaches the art of making good biead It Is slid b } some people that good biead was not so common as It Is now in the United States before the Philadelphia ex- position was held with Its intere.- ting Vienna bakeiy Most of the Mooilsli pilnco , which was built bv n Chicngo firm , is devoted to a res taurant , or , ns the } call it sometimes in Chicago cage , a "gasuonomoiium " 'llieto the vvny- faier is not fed in Mooiish silo , bui can get a bloodtate poiteihyuso stoakif hewants Cail Hagenbeck , n fnmous German ani mal lamer , has n building with n hall scat- Ing 5 000 people , In which ho gives his per- foimaiues lie domesticates the lion so that ho will lie down with the lamb , and tigeib and vvildiats become so tame under his caic , it Is s lid , that they aio no moio dangerous than guinea pigs Such animals ns these he does not coop up in cages , but gives them plenl } of hie lining snaco and they live to- gelher without lighting German } has a village in whiih the arils- lie and meicanlllo tastes of her people ate combined 'Iho Germars have put up a model of a town of the middle nges , and theio aio houses of the Black foicst and the other divisions of Iho eiapirc The houses aie tilled with oilginul futniture Dr Ulric Jahn of iieilln manages a Gorman ctlmologi cal mubcum A nuHlol of bt Peter's at Home , which was begun in the } ear 1000 and finished in 1700 , is exhibited in the Midway plalsaniob } L. ao U Spliidon It is of carved wood , coaled with a substance in imitation of maiblo , .ind Is constructed on u scale of ono-sixtielh This makes It about thtrt } feet long , llftcen feet wide and fifteen feet high It is ulaced in n building of Romanstjlc , which contain ; besides Iho model the portraits of man } ol the popes 'Ihen there nro models of the cathedral of Milan , the Piomblno palace , St Agnes chutch nnd Iho Koman Pantheon ol Agrippa The attendants in this buildlnp ntcdiesscd in the uniforms of the Vat lea i guards o A business man from Cincinnati tells ol the harsh means he adopted to secure peace in his np'ghborhood ' The place was alliictet b } a } oung man who ptacticcd on the pi me he practiced loud and long with the windows dews open and the people writhed am ! groaned and cursed to no effect The busl ness man , w ho lived next door to the pianist hlied n hand organ by the day , with a boj to go alomr with II , and the bo } s insttuc lions were that ho should play ut an opcr window , striking up ns soon ns his cmploci had gone to his onlce and letting up ns soot ns ho got homo At the end of the secom da } the pianist moved. The strength of the linguistic , instinct ii children Is shown by the remarkable shift : the } will make to llnd forms of exprcssioi for their perceptions or foellncs An exam inatlon of these shifts will show that tli encrg } of the child manifests Itself atom precisely the same lineus have- been takci by the language of the nu.es of mankind tc ward iheir ullimato forms Thus , lacklni the word-wido" slid " a little ono "Opci the door loud , " extending the meaning o the word "loud" precisely as wo do who : 9 wo apply it colloquially to colon. GOV , JI'KIXIEY ' ON GRANT Eloquent Eulogy of the Silent Soldier Delivered orod at Galena , III SUPREME IN WAR , SIMPLE IN PRIVATE LIFE Ill * Youth anel tint striiRcIci of III * Carl Miuihnod " V Man front Iliu t'eoplr , fur the l'reiili | < lend Netcr Above the reeiplc. " Thursdnv of last vvcei ; the inauatil il e-ele- bratlon ot the blith.lay of Gcneial U S Cliant occurred at Galena , 111 Among the trlbules paid to Iho mcmor } of Iho deid heio was lhat of Gov ei nor \\tlliam McICinlo } The gov01 nor said "Mil PRESIDENT , CiTi rvs OF Guisv LAIHIS ANDGt-sticvics Icannot foibeirat the vei } outset to e\puss to jou the ver } great honor which I fiel in beins pel miltedin the city of Galena , lo slmievvtlh vou in the observation of Ihe sovenl.v Hist annivcism of the birth of thai gieal soldier who once be longed to vou , but who now belongs to the ages No hlsteir } of the war could he wilt ten which would omit the stale ol Illinois 01 the clt } of Galena 'Ihev contilbutecl the most conspicuous names in all that greit civil conflict the civil and the mllitaiy luleis Auinhun Lincoln and TUbses S Ginnt [ Applause | And no hlstcu.v of Ulsses S ( Unit e in bo wiltten 'vithout coming unbidden from over } lip the name ot the cit } of Galen i , and no histoi } of that gieat soldier can bo told that will not men lion the name of Gcneiil John A Kiwlins , also a i evident of joui cit } | AppI luso | You have a pioud histot.v Giant gave his svvOKI aim his sot vices to his counti' } at Galena and gave the cotmtr } bick to Ihe people nl Appom itlox Ho piesuled ovei Iho Ihst union meeting ever held in Gnle-ni nnd ho pu sided over the greatest union meeting over held benealh Iho II ig nt Ap pomatlox IGreit vpplausc ) He was litllo known al Ihe liist meeting , Ihe wholu vNoild knew him at the last Not n NlUion uf Hero \ \ orhhlporM. 1 We ate not a nation of heio woishlpois , our popul ir f.ivoiltes aio soon counted \\ith more than 100 } o.us of national life crowded with gteat events anel maikcel b } might } struggles , few of the gieat actors have mete than survi ed the genoiation in winch thev lived Not has the govein mcnt nnd its people been ungeneious to its greal leadeis , whether soldier or states man , for the republic has been just and , I believe , geneious lu ils public men , } ot less than n score of them aio remember ed , and the student of histoiv can enl } tecnll some of its most distinguished but now foigotton , names Who can lecallinthis gieal audience the presidents of the United St itos in the order of their administiatioiis' Who can recall ttio goveinotsot this meat common wealth since ils form itlonhocan ! recall thoUnllcelSlales senilors who have rep- resenled this gioit commonwealth in that gieatcsc of all pailiimentar } bodicb In the world the senate of tlio United Stales ! They vvcro iciuescntatlvo men ot then times , Ihov weic populai favontes , andot the' } ' have pissed from mind and from tecol- lectiou nnd aie left with the iclio hunteis to discern their gieatness and disclose llicir names ' Let mo call to } our mind the list of these remembered Washington nnd Adams , Hamilton and .Teffeison , MadUon and Tr.uik- lln , Clay , Calhoun , Webster , Lincoln , Gai- lleld , Seward , Chase , Htauton , Sherman , Sheridan nnd Giant. These so impressed the tunes ; these so molded and shaped ideas , these so diiecled legislation , these so promoted nnd enlightened public sentiment ih it their work o'cileaped the limit of their lives and strelihed out anel inlo Iho future Ihoy are rcmembeied because the } stood for ideas They lepiescntcel some gieat cause , and in Iho main contributed some gieitgood for mankind and for Iho i.ice , nnd liie } will bo remembered because their woik rests upon the becnock of great in sults , and n gtateful people have ahead } crowned them with unfading lauiols and will guard with s tercel vigilance their illus trious names General Grant was ono of these "On Friday moinlng Jul } 23,18S5 at n few miniitcb past 8 o'clock , Geneuil Giant died at Mount McGregor in thu state of New York , aged 0i years Ho had been nn in- tcnso but patient sufferer for m.mv months from a dread nnd fatal disease , nnd while death had been looked for nt any moment , when It at 1 ist did come it sent grief into the hearts nnd homes of the American people penettalod with sorrow all lands and all nations Ills Karl ) Life Uneventful. ' The dislineulshocl citi/en whose life we commemorate , and the anniversary of whose birth we pause tocelebiato today , was bom at Point Pleasant , in m } own native slale , on the S7th dnj of April , Ibii His eailv life was an uneventful ono Ho did not differ from the boys of his lime , and gave no more ptomlse than did a multitude ) of the .voulh of his own age and slalion cither of the past or the present. Ho spiang from plain but in- clusti ious parents , and w ith faith anel coui ago , and witli a will and mind for work , hu con fionled Iho pioblem of life At the ago of 17 ho was sent from ono of the Ohio distiicls as a cadet to Iho West Point Mllitat } acad emy His piedecessor had failed to pass the necessaiv uxainin ition and the vacanc } was filled b } } oung Grant. At tnu ac idem } ho was marked as a painstaking , obsening , plodding , peislstent pupil He neither giael uated at the head noi the foot of Ins el iss , but stood twenty-second in a cl iss of thirtv- nlne His tank at gnduation placed him in the infantry arm of the service and in ISl.t ho was commissioned aid breveted second lieutenant in the fourth United Slites icg' ulais On the Jlst dav < rtpf Julv , is > 4 , ho resigned his commission in the aim } , after cloven } e.ns seivico theiein a seivico eredilablo to him In oveiv pai ticular , but in no sense so rnaikcd as to distinguish him from a scuio of othcis of equal rank and oppoitunit } ' As a private citirai ho was lilllo known , eilhcr at St Louis , Mo . whete ho first took up his residence , or heio at Galena , wheio ho subsequently located his home. In busl ness he did not get on well His business undertakings In Missouil pioved mortifing failures , and at that time \vouldhavo been called n ver } unsuccessful mm His father-In-lavv had given him a few acres of land near the cit } ofSt Ixuls and there ho constructed n lop house for the famll } resi dence AH indicating ins ill luck and h nd lines at that period no significant ! } and with thai unaffcc led frankness alwa.v s so conspicu ous failed his humble homo Hard Scrabble ' Joining his father in Ibis ell } in tlio leather business ho was moiu fortunate , and when the war came on he was fairl } comfortable , nothing more In his } eara of povert } ho demonstrated ono hUh quality , that of in dusti } , l-o was not afraid of hard work Ho made a full hand in felling timber and haul ing it to market He labored w ith his hands m his fattiei's lanner } 'Iheso accomplish- mentswcionot taughl atScst Point , but his strong nnd stuid } n.ituto , so maiked in later yeais did not bin Ink from the roughest : and most menial labor to provide for and maintain his fa.nily. 1'irnt to Ili'spoiid to the Gall. "Ho was 1)9 ) jears old when Sumter fell , and vvilhinlcn davs ho was in the clt } of Spiingfield , 111 , with a company of ins fel low townsmen and jours , offering their services for immediate dull at the front Although frlendl } toward Ihe south as ho had alwavs been , his old aim } associates and closest friends being ehlcll } fiom that section , ho was not for un Instant incsoluto erin doubt as lo the pathvvav of dut } , but swift to tendei his skill , his experience , and , if iceiulrcd , his life for the cause of the union On the U'th ' of Apiil , 1MJ1 , when oilier men weio hesitating and \v a voting , he wrote to a friend 'Now Is the time for men to piovo their love of countr } , now nil part } distinctions should bo lust sivht of nnd every true patriot bo for maintaining the in tegut } of the gloiIous stais nnd snipes the union und the constitution No imp ir tialmancnn conceal from himself the fact that in these troubles the southerners have been the aggressors , and the administration has stood purely , on the defensive , more on the defensive than she would d.uo have done but for her consciousness of stiength nnel the ccitnlnty , ol nirht prevailing in the end' 'then his e.ves penetiated the fulifrc , and in the same letter he declares lint 'In all this 1 can but see the doom of slaverv ' "His bio id vision s iw with elonnoss what few others weio given le > see or believe at th it early da } , mil he lived to witness his piophcc } of ly'll ' ilpen Intogloiious fulfill ment ami to him moio than am other man , llvltrvor doul cltl/on or suldiei wan Abra ham Line oln Indebted for the' power to en force the gteit pi iclam itlou of emancipa tion IGieat applause ] SIUIC < HII ! | f KIIM the I lr l. "Prom this loil prattle state he muched with his legiment to the tin bulent state ot Missouri , whcio oiulniMns weiu life anil open war was tin c'.rtc tied joining the forcet undei Gunoral Pienuml On August 'JII following he received a commission as bilga- dler geneial of volunteeis , which was his Hist iceoi'iiitfem fiom the ptcsident of the United Stitcs \vassuccpssfiil almost fiom the be'ginnlng of his militaiv com mand Iltseailioi lIKe his later blows wine tclliagl } disastrous to the eni'inv 1'lrst ut Padiic ah , then Hirht Ing with Polk nnd Pil low at Belmont , again at Pent Heni.v , which he captuted Ihen hu detiinnne'd to do- stto } Poll Donc'lson , and with n late cool ness ami deliberation hu settled himself down to the I isle , which he succes fnll.v ac complished on the 10th dav of I'ebiu n.v , isdj Aftei two da.vs seveio battle I'.1 000 prisoners ind their belongings fell into Ins hands and the victcuv was swee ping and complete Ho was immedialelv c cumins slimed a major generil of volunteers in tee- octillion of his In illi ml li iinnph tin 1 at onie siTinoel the conlldence of the president the ti listing faith of the loyal ninth while the men at the front turned theli c-.ves hope full } to their coming commander I'ol- lowing Donelsoti c imo blood } Shlloh almost lost to the union aimv on the Hi si d iv tut nod bhis skill and pciblst cut deter inlnatlcin inlo a glonous victcu } on the second 'Ihen Iiikn indl'oiinth sue eeedecl b } a seiics of despcratee nvage incuts 'llu-n the unmatched tiiumph at \ Ii lisbui on Independence dav lstit [ Clieeis ] Tins was the cio vning gloi } of lit ml and his noble armv "Pic slilent Lincoln publlcl } thaiii < cdhlm foi himself and in the n imo of the people for his im strmablo sei \ ie cs to Iho union e ruse ' In the midst of all these honors the silent soldiei stood umnovod , with gratitude and not foi a si. gle lust nit lost his steadv head Pawning Ilitteiv did not spoil him nor public acclaim blmke his iiiirgcil natuie He moved among his men and before Ihe counti } Iho bame gie it , unostcnt itlous , self reliant com mander as vou see in vender statue in voui beiutiful pnk ted i } , erected bv } om friend , Ml Kohls lal , heio inoui citv He looked the Hist time I siw him nb he looks in this beautiful la VMI toda } Cennin iiidc-r oT All Ihn Army. "On Iho 17th of March , 1WM. a little moio than thieo .veats fiom Gianl s ekparluio from Galen i , v\hiru ho was dulling vour loi.il companj , he assumed control of all the feeler il force's wherever located and in less than four let. n months Lee s iinuv , the pi rile and the1 gloiv of the eonfcdoiatt' government , suiiendeicd to tne victor ious boldici "The union w is sued with libeit } and we piav both tiiuv beeteinal I he HKial turns given to Leo at Appomattox revealed In the bicMst of the bird lighter a soft and gen erous heart Ho w mted no vengeance , ho had no biltcincss in his soul ho had no hates tc avenge He believed in war enl } as a means ot peace Hislaige gentle naluio made the surrender as CMS } to Ins illustiious foe as was possible Hu said , wilh thu bioaelcst hum initj 'lake join hoibcs and side trims , all of } our personal proper ! } nnd belongings , and go homo not to be dis- in bed , not to bo punished for treason , not .0 . bo outcast , but go cultivate the fields ivheicon } ou fought and lost. Yield faithful illeginuo to the old Hag and the resloretl union , und obej the laws of peace ' e < i lier-cl Oiiini'h I'llvatc I.ilc' . After discussing General Giant's political career since the war the speaker s ild Ills pi iv ilo life was beautiful in its pur- tj and stmplie ity No iu ovei cut oath it is said , ever passed his lips after ho arrived at manhood and his con\eisation was as chaslo and unaflccted as thai of simple childhood His relitions with his farnil } weio tender and aftcctlonato and with his olllccis and soldicis coidiil and consideiato Ho was a tvpical American , free fiom ostentation , easilv approached Ills whole llfo gave H oof of his nationality , u man fiom thu jicoplc , of Iho people , foi Iho puoulo and never above Iho people [ Applause ] Tor weeks duiiug Iho scigo of \ kksbuig he was without bnggago or servant , mrnp chest or tent , sharing the rations of Ihe private soldier and sleeping on the giound with no coveting but the heavens above him On one occasion , in Iho depailment ho was com manding , the steamboat captain disci Imi lated against the private soldier anel woulu not permit him to ride as a cabin passenger on cent il lei ins w lib oflleers and the li av el- ing public generall } This coming lo Iho general's knowledge ho issued an immediate iintl Dorcmptoi v order forbidding sue him- Ameilcan treatment and punishing with ex treme seventy in futuio discrimination against the bravest and best , his allie's in the great conllict Ills tender ness and 10 sped foi the voluntcei soldicis was pro vorhial in over } army vv herein he served , and an } slighl lo them he repelled as a per son il Indignit } "Onlj a few } cars ago , in ono of his Jour- nos tlnou h the south > vhen he was icceiv- Ing a great ovation , the coloied men crowded his hotel to look into his l.uo nnd giasp the hand of then gieal deliverer To this Intrusion - trusion objection was made , and the coloied men wet o about to be ejected when the old hero appeared and in his quirt way , full of earnest feeling s lid 'Wueio 1 am they shall come' ( Gieat appl nise ] Ho be lieved in the brotherhood of lean , in the po litiial ciualitv | of all men , ho had secured them with his sword and was prompt to ecojnuu them in all places and ovei } wheie ' But , in } lilends death had marked him foi a victim He fought il vvllh his iion vv ill and his old lime com ige , but at last , v folded , tlie Hist and only tln.o Iho gniat soldier was over van tuilhhod , ho had louted eveiv othet fee , ho h id triumphed eve i every other cnoni } , but this last ono eoiiqueie'd him , as in the end ic conquers all It , however , staved its fatal hand long enough to penult him to Hnish Iho last great woik of his life to write the his tor } he had nude 'liuo it had ahead } been w r n ten , wiltten in blood , In Iho agony of Ihe d , ing nnel in Ihe tcais of n suTeiing na lion , written in the hearts of a patriotic people 'I ho rent } pen of othois hud told moio than a ttuusind times the matchless stoi } , Iho artist had a hundred limes placed upon canvns the soul Stirling scenes in which ho was the central liguro the sculptor hid cut Its over } phase in enduring marble , } ot a kind Piovulenco mcicilully spared him a few months longci Dial he w ho had seen it und diie-cte-d it should sum up the great work wrought b } the grand aim } of the lopubiio unde-r his magio guid ance " Marriage as a swindle is being tinned to profitable account by a counlo in Indian Tor- iilor } 'I hey go to n minister employ his herv ices to unite them in the bonds of mat- ilmon } , the man then tenders n $ - ' < ) bill and asks Iho elergmnn lo lake out ( ! > and give him the change The IJO bill Is a eotinleifoit 'Then thev go until they find another unsuspecting clergyman and repeat the process The game has woiked so well that this Interesting piir have accumulated a surplus There is no question of the va lidity of their marriage. Thn Bon Marc ho in Paris Is said lo em- plo } 100 men who do nothing but watch for shoplifteis This one establishment alone ai rests fiom U.OIW to l&.UOO iicnple annually who have been caught stealing Probably if , ! 0 000 or40,000 moio who don't geit caught are added , an Idea can bo fnrmud of the way Woptomanla nourishes In Prance Among the In trans of Washington , Oregon gen and Biitish I olumbla all white men nro known as liistonmcn and in en the wagon ro id is called Boston hojihui " 'Iho hub is natuuill } pruud of this It is supposed that thu lolobntlon of Boston in the vernacular of Indian tribes on the Wher hide of the con tinent came from thu fact thiit many of the early traders hailed from Boston , RELATIVE OF WESLEY IN RAGS Story of a Man Found in a Little Hovel in Omaha. POVERTY AND PRIDE OF AN OLD MAN Illi Out ) I'oisciilon nn t nllnlihril 11HIM of C'luirhtimlp ) Hint HIM No * r llvrn I'nhlliilu'il A Homo Alter lenri ol I'tlt illoiu In the pist the bottoms l.vlng to the north * eist and south of this cltv have ftequontly been the homes of men and women who ha\o seen better daj s 1 he\v hive been Inhabited b } men who have hold portions of tiusl , men. who hue been stitoMiioii.inen who used llvo Ilguics in estimating their wetlth , women who weio queens In soiiet } , womc'n lellned and possessed of all the accomplish ments that mono } could help them to no- quito I'lieso homes h ive i ot been selected fiom choice , but fiom necesslt.v , having been broughl about b } business faltuios In other cities , b } misfoituno and scotes of other CTllbCS Vesteidav , however , the count } agent , U in Il'irr ' , tine u thod a case th U Is of mor than usuil inteicst , as the pnrty Is from stcnk that his a woildwicle leputallon nnd stock tint plived an Impoitnnt pint til spio.idlng the Chi Uli in religion thioughout Ihls counti } liuir was InvestUaling a numborof appli cations for aid which came fiom the notth bottoms In pissing a sm11 shant } covered with tir piper , situitel at a point that would bo the Intersection of Sixth and Giace sticets , if Grace was extended , ho ki'o keel at the door , thinking lo en er and see if Iho ou'upanls weio in need of the neo- ess.uics of life In a moment the door of the little hut was opened by n BW cot-fiu od old mm whoso whlto hall , neatl } combed bick behind his o.us , hung in giaioful waves ahout his shoulders. His form towered sit feet in height and wn as stiaight as an auow Ho seemed In per fect health , though neailv blind Beside him stood n woman , while ) halted , small in stituieand possessed of a face Unit might set v o as a model for the ai t of those ulptor. Accepting the Invilition , the countv agent enteie'd the little house to find it neat and clean , although it was almost empl } , so far as household fmnituie1 wis t'oni'otnod , only c out lining a buiken stove , an old bcelsteael , a table , thiee ihilis and an old-fash ioned hair tiiinlc Silling Jown upon ono of Iho ehaiis , Buir engaged in eonveisitlon with the old man , who said that his name w.is John Wesie } Hop kins , and that he was 70 } ears of ago 'Iho name stiuck Umr as being somewhat pee ullar , and ho nt onio piopounded a soiies of intenoijitoiies Ihe questions were nil nnsweicel , and if the answeis woio true the } show that fui some time Omaha hn been the home of a noted Individual who hns mcist sueressfull\ concealed his identity. Mi Hupkliis dcclaied th it he was n elitcct line il dcbcendant of Chatles Wesley , the great Methodist hinn writer of Ijiialnnd. He s lid his father was a second cousin of Ch ulcs Wesle } , that ho w is bom near 13p. woith , l ngland , and ill it with his parents ho came to this counti } when a mere boy , sotlling nt Geneva , N V He had frequently ho ml both his father aud mother speak ol Chailos Weslc > } . Umr doubted the story , but to furnish conclusive evidence of its truthfulness the lu mini went to thu ti'Unk and drew fotth a mall piekigeot manuscript , yellow with > ge and upon which the willing was almost ibliteialed This was placed in Burr'a i indb , with the Injunction that the gicatcst aio was to be exemsod In Its handling , lo insisted that it was ono of Charles Vesle's hmns vvhie h had never been com- iletcd and consequently had never been lublished After some pcisunsion Mr. Jutrwns allowed to make n copy of the 'ocument , which Is as follows : Kvor noiirur , blessed Loiil hhlncs on me , 1'hy spirit. 1'urest tlulioi In Thy word Shall m } Koul Inherit ; All ibout. 1110 be urns 1 by jract Thnn the himllKht clearer _ And the blc sslngs of 'I Iiy fuca , ficarei , enur ncaiur. , Nearer , over neater , nearer To my i-oul , te > my soul , Cometh hiaxenly Kruotlnt ; , lIlesHiul nerds lupentlni ; , Neaioievor ne.irrr. Kxer ncnri'r , ev'ij hour , Cuincilh Th } toinoriorr. And the slnnrrs shrink and cower 'Ne'ath their guilt lend sorrorfl nut my soul exultant crlos As Iho nay KIOWH dreiarnr , All Is hrluli ! nhe-ro Jreus llci ISc Hte-r , e' e-i nc irer , KM rural CM come 1 lion clown , \\licn the > night Is elarkeat , And the starb After leading the foiegomg beautiful AOtdsMr Buns doubts were dispelled anel 10 was convinced that the old man was the person ho lepicsented hlmsolt to bo , but his inqulsithcncss led him to make B0m f Hither inquuios. Taking up the thro id of the narrative the old man told the county agent that after so- cunng the best eelurat ion that could bo ob tained In the little towns suirounding hl "ionic , and whe-n he had leichcd his majority .10 went to Vliginli , where ho man led anel at onre > e > ngaged in fanning Ho accumulated wcMllhei } lapidh and became a slave owner At ono tune he was possessed of 1ft } slaves , all of which ho freed in 18(11 ( , Just bofoto the breaking out of the civil vvnr. Hav ing nt that time about $5,000 In cash he , with his wife and ono son , the only child , icinoved to Ihe old Trench town , Cnhokia , in Illinois , a short distance below St Louis , whciolio ic'bidod until the } c.usago Dur ing his icsldenco in Illinois ho did not pros- pe-i nnd things kept going from bad to woise , until ono veirng ) , wli n ho came to Ihii city Upon 10 idling hero the llllle sum of money was about exh lusted , nnd being lee old lo work haul , too proud to nsk foi char ity and too hone-it to steal , Ibis old m in iniel his wife llve-il the lives of a couple of her mits , having nothing to do with Ihulr nolgh- bois , Iho other botlomdwe-llcrs Afler homing Ihe ! stoi } the counly ngent asked the old man If he would accept nld from the countj The question was an- sweieelvvilh a positive "No , " ho sajlng that he had received a letler fiom a son residing at Wlrt eourt house W Va , und that h had intended to go theio as soon as ho could getaway The letlei contained n check for $100 anil n reepiesl to come and spend his few remaining jears in ease Olio Ihlng he would usk of the ngent , and llmt was to assist him to Iho Missouri Paclllo depol 'ibis Mr Burr was willing lo do , and taking off las coat ho was soon at woik helping to pack the trunk and a small box , both of which Inst night found their way to the Webster street depot , fioji which the night tialnboroMr. nnd Mrs Hopkins on Iheir wa } to meet their son , whoears ago gave his parents up a dead. Coin collectors especially value the "trial pieces , " or oxperime'iitnl coins that lire made b.v artists connected with the mint for sub mission to Iho. coinage committee of con gress when a change of doslgn IB contem plated As enl } tenor a dozen slrikci ara made of each pattern , the } are extiemely rare The seeretari of a late member n ( tlio pieslelent s cabinet sa\s that the con- giessmen who get these trial pieces ara usually ignorant of their value , for ho hat seen them paid out for shoo blacking nnel told tea Muhamtncd A U Webb , the American mussulman , sas "The malority of the In tellectual mosli'ins today believe lltUqJn the supposed miracles attending Mohammed'i nativlt } and } onth The koran itself BUVI that Mohammed was merely a man , and ho himself taueht that ho was no more than others There Is no reliable evidence of any thing supernatural attending his life beyond nhat is compatible with modern UuoiopbXwi