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Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21

but the scattered ones have outspread
ones. Lace will be much used on para
soils, arranged TO form q double fan In
each division.
Linen collars are still favorites for morn.
ing street wear. The straight stand.
inc band, made TO lap, aud worn with
fancy button, or with q short space, the
corners curved and wrought with a tiny
leaf, are both liked. Another style has q
tiny edge turned over, this wrought with
0 delicate vine Of embroidery.
Embroidery on elk gauze continues to
be used as an elegant trimming to plain
and brocaded silk grenadines or gauzes. A
charming dress Of this kind Is composed Of
narrow ruffles Of silk epbroidered gauze of
o pale pink hue, the corsage reaching far
below the hips, being of pale pink otto.
man silk, trimmed about the square neck
and upon the edges Of the elbow sleeves
with the embroidered gauze.
Some Of the new patterns In straw lace
bonnets are almost az Intricate and deli.
cate as Guipure lace designs. These bon.
nets are light, airy, and very attractive.
Their garnitures are cor~respondingly light
and ethereal. Soft tinted silk mulls
and gauze are used, as wells as wreaths
Of fine flowers mingled with delicate
vines.
Tufts. aigrette, Of ostrich feathers, and
tiny birds are ~favorits trimmings upon
elegant evening dresses of silk or satin
At o fashionable evening party In this city
recently o dress trimmed with birds was
composed Of Brussels lace skirt and sop.
phire.blu velvet train, with q fight Of
blue birds on the lace skirt and one or two
upen the corsage. Another lady wore q
mouse.gray velvet, with train depending
bird was placed on the right shoulder, and
another on the left hip, with its bill fas.
tened In the folds Of the drapery.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21

cashed and get s. out of me when 1 only
intended to give them fifty cents"
A clergyman was induced to visit q
theatre one night by the report that q re-
vival was going on there, but was dis
"Blsck Crook"
An English shopquerulously remarked
TO his servant that he was dying. well,
my lord" said the good fellow, I'VE are
going to . better place." John. " replied
the prelste, with an air Of conviction.
"There 10 no place like old England"
"Children, what must O man do before
he can 90 to heaven!" asked q teacher In a
Sunday school. A good boy would have
known the proper answer at once and re-
piled that q man must be at least decently
honest, O condition which would exclude
nearly every Office holder in this country
since the declaration of independence, but
isfactory, answered: HE must die, sir"
A Baptist preacher in Northern Texas
made his congregation laugh for half an
hour without stopping. He intended to
rebuke the female members for extrava-
ganoe in dress, and thinking that garbage
was q more elegant form Of the word garb,
ut uhbu IL ~ uuulucE VI tiucb Wibu bfOnb
effect. He said among other things that
It was displeasing to the Lord for christian
women to be carried away with their gar
bage.
"What Newton Ia 1t that the papers are
talking abou,?" asked o gentleman just re.
turning from Europe Of q friend in one Of
our uptown clubs the other evening. SIS
It my cd friend General Newton, Of the
army
mot 81 actly." was the reply, "but l am
not surprised at the mistake, FOR both the
Rev. r Heber Newton and Gen. Newton
are engaged In the same business"
whats that?" asked the late arrival,
why, removing Instructions from He'll
Gate"
A certain miniiter Of the Kirk Of Scot.
land, now deceased, had prepared with
great care a series Of discourses on the
parable Of the ten virgins, and had made
use of them rather oftener than some Of his
brethren thought he should. On the even.
ing Of o communion Sabbath, when assist.
ing q brother clergyman in the same pres
bytery, he delivered one Of his series, which
his friend had heard more than once.
When the services were over aud the two
ministers were on their way to the manse,
the one said to the other: IMAM, John, /
really think you should gle up the virgins;
!e're fairly maxim auld maids Of them"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
CONNUBIALITIES

Saturday Is the favorite wedding day
with the French people.
The Oldest groom in Georgia Is Robert
Andersen, Of Walker county, who, at the
age Of 81, has just led to the altar o blush.
iug young woman OF %.
John Winans, the democrat who beat
Charlie Will AIMS for congress in the First
Winconpin district, was married Thursday
to Mics Fannie Russell of Antwerp, N. Y.
The marriage Of Prince George of Vale,
to . Belgian princess has long been fore.
Swallowed, and isl highly probable. Through
an infusion Of new blood.
Prince Thomas, Of Genoa, cousin and
brother.in.law of the reigning King Of
Italy, was married Monday at Munich to
the Princess Isabella of Bavaria, q first
cousin Of King Louis.
"Never marry for wealth." says an au.
thority on life, etc but remember that 1t
is just as easy to love O girl who has good
house, with an estate attached, as one who
has not anything but an auburn head and
an amiable disposition"
A Kentucky boy Of IA has Just married
q girl n year younger. They are not old
enough to know b, tier, but the parents and
preacher should have been. There Is no
occasion for snch unseemly haste in order
to preserve the Usual democratic majority
u Kentucky.
In San Francisco, last week, Mr.. John
Waterman Gray, son Of Mr.. Douglas Il.
Gray, Of Hsrrisonburg, Va, and at present
clerk tf the surveyor general of Arizona,
ct Tucson, wal married to Miss Nina,
youngest daughter Of Judge Joseph Bald
win, the author Of "Flush Tunes" and
other productions.
The London Truth says there are rumor,
that In process Of time Prince Albert Vic
tor, eldest son Of the Prince of Wales, will
be advised to select as his wife the Princess
Clementine, of ,Saxe.C oburg, daughter OIL
the King and Queen of the Belgians. The
Princess Is now only thirteen years old,
and the young Prince six years older.
Annie G %uinness, lof New York City, Il
only 16. but has got far enough along tc
fall in love with Hong Gee, a Chinaman
and with feminine perversity declares she
will marry him by and by. She will make
q sweet little bride for Hong, having grad
uated from the penitentiary and taken Q
post. graduate course in q house of correc,
tion
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
PEPPERMINT Q

By the way, hasn't II occurred to any
one that Adam was Number One!
Taking care of the baby ia q delightful
occupation-to read about in the story
books.
1t is said that the empress of Austria has
taken to fencing. Perhaps her ~neighbors
keeps chickens.
A corner In onions Is . hard thing to
make. They give themselves away when
gathered In any large quantity.
A philosopher says: "Hay smells the
sweetest after 1t is cut" In that respect
Limburger cheese cannot compete with
hay.
In view of the fact that Solomon had
seven hundred wives, the minister of the
church which he attended must have had
q sort Of picnic.
One of the easiest ways to become insane
Is to take a gas bill to the office Of the COM
pany and ask the manager to explain why
It Is fifty per cent greater than it ought to
be.
The new discovery that kissing cures
freckles may be ali right, but the difficulty
with o youth who has the complexion of
an African leopard is that he can't get any
girl to kiss him.
A Kansas paper In its dramatic per.
sonsls" makes pleased mention of the fact
that 'the donkey which will appear on the
stage ut the Whitley opera house this even.
Ing. Is CHARTERED at the Gilchrist livery
stable"
The editor Of the New Orleans Picayune
having been thinking deeply upon the sub.
ject concludes that lone egg, a day Is about
the best O hen can do. She has no idea
| sc k.vsno anxykhtpn latI nuar So. tha .aws
day."
A young man In love has as much pa.
thence as a cat, and that's saying a good
deal when we remember that q cat will 81,
upon the backyard fence and sing MA.
riar" for six weeks at a time when he feel:
lonely.
Il should like to have that baud" said
he critically, rs he looked overthe shoulder
Of u fair whististe. you may II. YOU
like" was the soft reply. And when,
next morning, he came q little to himself
he found that he'd proposed and been &C
copied.
A 10y of eight years, in one of the Mas
sachusetts schools, was asked by his teach
err where the zenith was. He replied
''The spot in the heavens directly owe
ones head" To test his knowledge fur
ther, the teacher asked: Can two person
"They can" Slow" IF one shout,
stand on the others head"
Yankee invention bursts out in strang
places. In a single week there were issuet
patents to New Englanders for O non-hea
conducting pail, = putting out machin
which no hrst-class editorial room shoul'
J be without, q spark arrester which
thought TO be an Improvement upon tn
original spark arrester-a pretty girl; an
o~arIstarter, which, however, Is not de
signed to supersede the old.fashioned mule
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
MUSICAL AND

Adelina Patti will sail for England April
"a.
Mary Anderson will appear at the Lon.
don Lyceum on September /.
Col. Mspleson has secured the services
Of Sig. Perugini for next season.
Henry Z. Abbey has engaged Nine.
Scalchi for o short concert tour.
Three wealthy gentlemen Of Paducah,
KY, will build an opera house there this
spring.
Miss Sara Jewett has not yet signed any
contract for mex season, but has definitely
left the Union Square theatre.
.Signor Salvini says he has no intention
Of ever returning TO America, and that all
reports to the contrary are untrue.
Remonyi has found q twelve year old girl
In Texas whom he p%ronounces the greatest
violinist America ever produced.
j. M. Hill, Margaret Mather's mana.
ger, predicts that his star will have q for.
tune Of S250,00j within six years.
No less than 1851 candidates presented
themselves for the fifty scholarships Of.
fered by the Royal college Of music in Lon.
don.
The new music hall to be built this sea-
son in Cleveland Is to seat over 1000 per.
sons, and will be fitted for operate per.
formances.
Vienna papers announce that Frau
Lucca Is to appear at the Imperial opera
from October to February, and Mapleson
AYERS that she will be with him.
1t is now said that I heodore Thomas Is
the leading spirit in the project for O large
Music He'll in New York, which has been
quietly pushed for some time.
Col. Mapleson has been negotiating with
the committee Of Music Hall, Boston. to
produce italian opera there next feason,
Instead OF ct the Boston theatre.
Fred and Victoria will, 1t IL said, be the
only remaining mem: ers of the Vokes fam.
lily upon the stage next season, but
they will head o company bearing the old
NAME.
A young man recently married an act.
ress, and not wishing to let his friends
know all at once, told one to break the
news gently. "Tell them frat that l
am dead, and gently work up to the eli.
| max
The Boston Ideal company will bring
out next season 0 new opera by s. L Stud.
ley, the musical director Of the compsny.
It has been com pleted for some time, but
Mr.. Studley will add two numbers before
1t is produced.
The management of the Cincinnati dra.
matte festival contemplate o change In q
portion of the weeks programme, substi.
tuting ''The Hunchbsck." May /, In | Gu
Of Romeo and Juliet" as hitherto an.
nounced, and presenting the latter play at
the matinee on the 9th, the date originally
assigned for The Hunchback.' The ad.
vance sale of season tickets had up to the
9Th inst. aggregated S64,425 20, $50, 1885, 20
Of the amount being for premiums, leaving
only 1,237 seats as yet unsold.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
EDUCATIONAL T

There 10 not q school house in Issaguena
county, Miss.
AL the schools In Germany have decided
to adopt the new method Of spelling.
A movement Is on foot to extend the
course Of the law department Of the Mich.
gan state college to two years Of nine
months each.
The Jews In Great Britain are said TO
have more children who can read and
write, In proportion to their number than
any other denomination.
William and Mary college, the Oldest In
the country, has closed. The one student
who attended last year has been forced to
pursue q college course elsewhere.
A scheme Is being projected In Boston
for the cooperative education Of cooks.
One thousand housekeepers are to pay s5
apiece to maintoin q school, pledsing
themselves to employ none but graduates.
The free evening drawing classes re.
GENTLY established by the legislature of
Massachusetts In several of the larger
cities of the state have been very success.
full.
1t Is stated that Piul Talane, CT New
Jersey, will add 1896, 600 to his previous
large gift to the city Of New Orleans for
educational purposes, on the condition that
his former donation shall be free from
taxes.
Archbishop SpAlding has secured the
sanction Of the pope for the erection Of a
Catholic university Of the United States,
for which 81. 600, 900 has air eady been sub.
soribed, The university will probably be
erected at Milwaukee.
Baltimore has o city college. with an
elaborate course Of studies and hourishing
business colleges, but no place for that
preliminary Instruction deemed 30 essential
for others Is provided for him who intends
to follow some useful occupation and to
earn his living by his hands as well as his
head. In short, the monumental city
needs . trade school.
The educational bureau" of Cleveland,
O., is doing good work among the working
people Of that city. Started but two years
ago, and then on Q very small scale, II
has gradually widened its sphere of use.
~fulness, and the last report states that
over 5000 membership tickets, ct 81 each,
have been taken by employees In stores and
shops, and IS, COO books have been distri,
buted among them.
The cvercrowded condition Of the
schools In Chicago 10 attracting consider.
able attention In that city Just now, and
the local newspapers are loud In their de-
mands that adequate accommodations be
provided. According to the last census
there are seventy.si III school houses In the
city. with 155, 166 pupils, or an average OF
2,041 for each building. The superintend.
emit states that last year there were 154
double" divisions, or 9,2i4 pupils, who
could attend school but half the time or
account of lack Of room. Besides this,
the schools are not properly distributed
throughout the city, the most populou.
districts having the least schools.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
IMPIHTIES.

The Lord may call a man TO preach, but
he goes out leeturlng Oh his ivy account.
Sitting Bull, 1t ia announced from Mil.
waukee, is about TO Join the church. Sit.
ting Bull Ia like q democratic statesman
alwaysi In favor of reforms when the spoils
seem far of.
One Of the best definitions Of faith was
given by a brieht Sunday school boy to his
teacher: "As near as l an make 1t out, 1t
Is feeling pc. fectly sure Of a thing when
you have nothing to back 1t up"
A man IN Vermont broke into church
and CARR, d away the melodeon. There Is
more than one way to build up the congre-
cation of o church, and yet there are
threats Of arresting the man who abducted
the musoal a~ggravation.
oeFeel bad to think I put that faro chip
in the contribution bcx by mistaken" said
the Louisville man. 81 reckon l do. That
was q Is chip, and they'll go and get II
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
POETRY OF THE TIMES.
A Clear Caaa.

A Clear Case.
Auburn hair, inclined TO curl,
Honest eyes and winning smile;
Form TO set the brain awirl;
Lips that might q saint beguile-
That's the girl.
Taller than the maiden coy,
Truthful, fearless, handsome, strong,
Heart OF gold without alloy,
Hating ne'er twixt right and wrong;
That's the boy.
Window panes festooned with rime,
Leafiess trees and hillside bare;
Town clock sounding midnight chime,
Street lamps cleaning here and there
That's the time.
Nesting ut the mountains base,
With its one Ions, quiet st Get
Clasped In winters white embrace;
Quaint old village, prim and neat
That's the place.
Truant arm and shy embrace,
Tender VOWS In willing ear,
Kisses on an upturned face,
Whispered, eyes, I love you. DEAR
That's the case.
Buffalo Courier.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
What the Girls Need .

Father and mother sorrowing sat,
Their faces puckered with care,
Pon'dring what they should do with their
girls
Their girls with the auburn" hair.
"They play. and the sing and they Dance"
she said,
sand they sketch with pencil and pen;
They speak German and French, and
draw
Oh, yes!-any object but men,"
"And there they all %stick," the old man
growled,
with their gabble and Dutch,"
As he gave the poodle beneath the chair
A prod with the point with his orutch.
"But what oan they do that Is useful"
he yelled,
With o word that was really shocking;
"Can they sweep, or cook, or sew, or
clean,
Or darn the holes In their stockings!"
Darn the holes Ia their stookings!" she
said,
With Q half hysterical shriek;
"Ah, indeedl What the poor girls need
L. q thorough knowledge Of Greek"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
RELIGIOUS.

Rev. Tom Beecher Is preaching in the
open air in California.
The UniversAlists have in the United
States 741 churches, 707 ministers, and
85. $50 communicates.
There are now between three and fou,
hundred Christian schools in China, con.
tanning over 5000 pupils.
The Mennonites In this country now
number 410 churches or organizations, 25C
ministers, and about 80, 900 c~ommuicants.
The Methodist Union In Canada ha,
been ratified by the quarterly boards, 52s
voting for II, 81 against, and 8 tie votes
being cast.
The Congregational ministers of Chicago
have taken an important step toward re
forming the divorce laws by refusing to
marry those who have been divorced TO,
other than S~oriptural reasons.
SOME people say the missionary spirit In
the churches Ia dying out. The fact that
the sums contributed by the various Pro.
testant churches have increased in eighty
years from $240, 900 to sc, 250, 900 does not
confirm the assertion.
Bethany Presbyterian church, Philadel.
phia, had the remarkable accession on
Sunday before last Of $50 new members.
The church has been without o pastor for O
year, and Rev. Henry MoCook took
charge Of special services In February last,
with the encouraging result as stated,
1t has been decided to close the Presby'
terrain theological seminary, ct DAnville,
KY, ct least temporarily, because OF Q
lack OF funds; its endowment not being
efficient to maintain even four professor
ships. The seminary was opened In 1853
and has instructed about 260 students
over 100 pursuing the full course.
The Catholic church has trebled It.
churches In Great Britain and increased
it's membership two a half fold In the las
forty years, The Tablet now claims il
all English speaking countries 1875 sees
ii, 444 priests, 1886 churches, and Is,
906, 900 persons who are connected more o
less closely with the church. One.thir,
o, the bishops, three.fourths of the priest
and A per cent of the membership is in tn
United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
His Wife SHED.

His Wife SHED.
Arksnsas Traveller.
II has de wust luck OBJ any man ]
cher seed" said old Isom. "What'.
the matter now9" asked the governor.
"Why, sab, my vile run away an
sprained my shoulder" II don't un.
derstand how your wife's running
away could sprain your shoulder. SIT
war dis way. Some time ago my boss
died, and since den I has been workin'
my wife ter dewagon. She's a power.
full stout oman, and could pull twice
as much as the po' ole hoss. Wall, de
udder day, while I was drivin' along,
We met q preacher In de road; my wife
SHE'D, turned de wagon over, an
sprained my shoulder"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
SINGULARITIHS,

Cincinnati boasts that there is q u
lady in that city with a full beard.
In q Boston shop window is q bridge
rads Of 800. 900 miles of spool silk.
A paper pulp chimney fifty feet high has
been put up at Breslau, Germany.
A Paris surgeon advertises that he will
supply people with all the dimples they
may desire at q napoleon apiece.
The wooden model of Q revolver, which
the famous Colt made when but sixteen
years OF age, Is one Of the many curiosities
OF the immense Colts armory In Hart.
ford.
A visitor to Rio Joneiro writes that the
burial caskets in that locality are covered
with black, red or violet material, berdered
with gilt tinse, giving them The sprightlJ
air of bonbon boxes.
Owen Lovejoy's historic press, whichtht
foes Of abolition threw into the Mississippi
river at Alton, Ill :, ia now In the possess ior
of on Iowa editor, who offers to change II
with the Illinois Historical society for
new power press.
In April, 1880, Miss Anna l.. Hoffman
of New Albany, Ind, was run over by
railroad train and had her right arm snc
left hand cut of. Through skilled treat
ment her life and left arm were saved. A
reporter who visited her a few days age
found her in good health, cheerful anc
making herself generally useful. By aic
Of an artificial hand. made by her father
she can pump and carry water, bring II
coal. write q good hand, and play the piano
almost as dextrously as an unnamed per.
son.
The birth of an eccentric in Turkish
Kurdisten ia announced by the Diarbekii
newspaper. The infant, who Is an objec,
of interest not unmingled with an alarm tc
the neighborhood, was born with q bearc
snd moustache, a perfect set of thirty.twc
teeth, and with no fewer than forty dis
tinctly ormed fingers. Its behavior from
the moment of its birth has been far from
satisfactory. 1t is excessively noisy anG
violent, owing to the cruel bites it infict,
on all who come within reach of its mouth
It has been found necessary to extract al
Its front teeth.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21

An Undonbted Blessing.

About thirty years ago, q prominent
Physician by the name of DR.. William
Hall discovered, or produced after long
experimental research, q remedy for dis
eases Of the throat, chest and lungs, which
was Of such wonderful efficacy that it soon
gained q wide reputation in this country.
The name Of the medicine is DIR VIM.
HALLS BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS,
an may be safely relied on as q speedy
and positive cure for coughs, colds, sore
throat, &c. Sold by all druggists.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
A Welcome

Far In the sunny South she fingers.
Yet slowly comes along,
With fairy garlands In her fingers,
With snatches of sweet song.
Her eyes with promises are beaming,
Her smiles will rapture bring.
The sunlight from her hair IL streaming
Thrice welcome, lovely spring!
She brings us gifts, the royal maiden,
Fair flowers to deck the hills;
With primrosts her arms are laden.
Bluebells and d. ffodils
Pale rocuses have come before her,
Wild birds her welcome sing;
Ten Thousand longing hearts adore her
The gray worlds darling, spring.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
New Life

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in the Fall it enables the
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II. S. Berlin, Esq.,, of the
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1881:
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Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
The Banging Mania.

The Banging Mania.
o. see the young girl.
In beauty rare,
Sans kink, sans CURL
Banging her hair!
And hear the young man,
At the piano there,
Hard - he can
Banging bis air!
A young mother stands
Oppressed with care,
With slipper In hands
Banging her hair!
-CollegiAn.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21

Said q wise old doctor at Nordhoff,
st. Jacobs Oil is very much boughtof
It's kept for the sake,
Of each pain an sche
That any n has ever thought of.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21

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