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Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24

little, went away from the bowl, sat down,
washed herself, waited for digestion to set
10 and do It's perfect work, then ate a little
more. retired, did the same thing over
again, and 30 occupied a couple OF hours.
A perfectly formed and healthy child,
weighing less than one pound, was recent
v boIn TO q woman in Ashland, Ohio.
An effort IL to be made to raise Bra.
lillian red antichokes In Florida. II IL
said that from 800 to 1900 bushels can be
produced TO the acre.
Mira. Marion Pool. Of Chattanooga, has
given birth TO a child which weighs one
AMI one.half pounds. A common finger
ring will 90 over it's arm to the elbow.
Thr Charlottesville VA Chronicle says
that O turkey with thirteen legs, three
heads and two gizzards, came into pos
session Of o minister in Charlottesville.
Such a monstrosity Is preferable to o do
nation party anyhow, although It's capacity
for eating and tearing up things Is about
She same.
A man in Santa Rosa, CAL, has . hen
with q very progressive turn OF mind. she
has scratched around and laid for her mas.
ter o pair Of eggs OF entirely new design.
One egg contains the yolk, the other the
white. Both are Joined together by a
l%egumentous membrane, something after
the style of the Siamese twins.
A white quail was killed near GallatiD,
Davies county, Mo, and sent to Nc
Quown & Co., Browning, NJ, by William
Hildiman, a travelling salesman from st.
Joseph. When it was received 1t was in
the flesh. They took It to q taxidermist
in New York, who stuffed AMI mounted 1t
in nice shape. 1t is considered quite q
curiosity, and beats Polk Miller's bird of
Richmond.
The great grand.daddy Of all the turtles
was caught out at the Spence lake q few
days ago. by Mr.. s. J. Harrell. The
Quitman (Ga) Free Press says that he
weighed SO pounds, measured 4 feet and 3
in lenptb, 2 feet and 10 inches in
width, and 10 inches between the eyes. In
his stomach was found three big catfish,
two moccasins, and old fish basket, four
lightwood knots. an old pair OF boots and a
Jug. The toots and the Jug are
supposed to have been lost by q seining
party last summer.
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The Rhode Island Universalist conven,
tion was held in First church, Providence,
on the 9Th inst.
The Wesleyan Methodists Of England
have expended nearly 1926, 900, 600 in the
erection of chapels during the last twenty.
five years.
The two hundredth anniversary of the
establishment of Presbyterianism in
Maryland will be commemorated at Reho-
both in June.
The Baptists have opened o new chapel
to accommodate about 300 worshippers in
the Trastevere, or the part of the city of
Rome beyond the Tiber.
The statement wa made at the Baptist
minister's meeting in Chicago, that one
hundred and four persons had been re.
ceivd into the Baptist churches of that city
during January.
The efforts of Bishop McNamara, of the
Independent Catholic church. have at last
been successful, and he has secured the
| establishment of the First Independent
or Reformed Catholic Church of Chicago"
The Swedish revision OF the New Testa-
ment is to be published next year. The
Swedish Lutheraus in this country have,
it is said, 800 congregations, $50 pastors,
and 10000 attendance upon their services,
and their strength is growing rapidly.
The leader of the Episcopal ritualists In
Cleveland, Ohio, is Father Hinkle, rec.
tor of Grace Episcopal church. He has
just added to the modern improvements of
his ritual a confessional and the granting
OF absolution for sins. Bishop Bedell and
the congregation are yet to be heard from
on the subject.
The supply of acceptable ministers Is
below the demand, and the religious Jour.
mails are quite seriously discussing the sit
uation. 1t is reasonable to expect o lack
of candidates for places in the far west,
but The Congregationalist makes the state.
ment that twenty-five of the "leading and
most c. mmanding pulpits" of its denomi.
nation in New York are vacant.
! In New York there are 4S9 churches, 81
of which are Protestant Episcopal, sc
Presbyterian, SO Roman Catholic. SO Meth.
odist Episcopal, 43 Baptist, 20 Jewish
synagogues, q Reformed Dutch, 20 Lu.
theran, 8 African Methodist, z United
ed Presbyterian, 4 Universslists, 4 Friends,
3 Reformed Episcopal, 3 Unitarian, 2 Mo.
ravian, II Union or undenominational, and
40 miscellaneous churches and missions.
Statistics show that the growth of the
countries is constantly on the increase.
The number of Catholics in the British
empire and the United States is 10, 600, 900
souls with 1875 bishops, IL. 900 priests and
$4,000 churches. In Great Britain, ex.
elusive of Ireland, the Roman Catholic
statistics for the years 1910 and 1880 com.
pare as follows: churches, b22 in 1910 to
1861 in 1880; colleges and schools, 40 to 514;
clergy, GA to 1882; laity, $50, SEQ to l, 1884,.
600. At present the Roman Catholic popu.
lation in Great Britain have one church or
convent to every As square miles, as com.
pared with 162 square miles in 1910.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24
NOTES.

New Zealand has introduced the
American common school system, and has
1856 schools and GA, 406 scholars.
Columbia college, which was started In
1859. ON the proceeds of q lottery, now
has an endowment of 90. 00O, 900, and / ,Sh7
students uins
In the kingdom of Siam, all college
students are allowed but two wives. This
Is shameful. They are putting more rules
on every year. After Q while they will
probably DO limited to one. The fresh
men should certainly kick.-College Mer'
curry.
The mayor OF Brooklyn recently at.
tended an exhibition at . kindergarten,
and In closing his address to the children
quoted that classic rhyme, "The rose 4
red, the violet IL blue; the pink sweet, ant
so are you" And he didn't quote 1t right
either.
The Philadelphia school boys are invet
crate cigarette smokers, and 1t Is esti
mated that rs per cent OF the male pupils
smoke. Moral suasion Is used to break NJ
the baneful practice. A circular setting
forth the denominations and hurtfulnesl
Of tobacco-especially Of bad cigarettes
lis pasted inside the cover OF every tex,
book.
A boy paid his first visit to me of tn,
public schools the other day as q scholar
and "a he came home at night his mothel
inquired: swell Henry, do you like go
ing to SCHOOL," "Oh." he replied, in al
excited voice: II saw four boys licked
one girl got her ears pulled and q BIZ
scholar burned his elbow on the stove.
don't want to miss q day"
Two school teachers of Lynn, Mass
have shown the world how to administe
an artistic whipping to o scholar, One o
them held him, an eight.year-old boy, ant
the other pounded him ''up and down, al
around" with a sharp-edged ferule, unit
his body bore q striking resemblance to
barber pole. For this piece OF amusemen
the young ladies have been invited to seel
new worlds to conquer.
Kindergarten methods are making pro
gress. The legislature Of conservative Mas
sachusetts has before 1t q bill to provid
for instruction in the elementary use o
hand tools in public schools. Whethe
the measure passes or not, the fact that !
Is seriously discussed Is interesting .Legis
lators and instructors are beginning {
learn that the ''three Rs" and some DIR,
grammar and formal geography are no
] the whole Of education. even for common
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24
SINGULARITIHS.

flokerel weighing twenty-one pounds
wa recently caught In Fox river, Wis.
Henry TulsemAn, Of New Jersey, re-
Gently caught q very large black bass in q
muskrat trap at RAnoocas creek.
Seven million rabbits have been killed In
Australia In less than year, and yet there
isno sign Of diminution. The have become
IN intolerable curse.
Miss Marian, Of Germany, is II years
old. 8 feet 2 inches bigh, and weighs $50
pounds. What o mother-in.law that girl
will make when she gains experience.
In a Bethlehem, Pa, shop window are
a pair OF spun silk glove, made In 1888, and
they are almost a fac simile of another
pair lying alongside and made in 1883.
The Hartwell (Ga.) Sun says that Bob
Curry's eander has plumed its wings for
its eternal fight. 1t was Matched in the
year 1857, and was 25 years old when It
died.
A large sperm whale Is ashore on Smiths
Point. Chess peake bay. The tale of the
whale, as It ! eat the water with terrific
force, kept the oyster PUNCHES at tails
length.
The first piano wal made at Padua, in
Italy, in I'LL. by Christofori, The first
one seen In England was made by Father
Wood. a monk, and very few were made
there until after 1760.
The mongooses, to which the farmers Of
New leland look with hope and more OF
less confidence as the means Of eItermin.
ating their plague of rabbits, ,have arrived
In the colony, after q comfortable voyage
from Calcutta.
A half starved cat In New York, on
] being placed before q gen erous meal, ate q
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24
MUSICAL AND

Efie Ellsler Is studying Juliet"
Tom Keene has made $50, 900 In two
years.
Laura Don has returned to New York
from Nice.
BAndmann's professional experiment In
India Is reported . failure.
"Iolanthe," with It's fine singing, capital
acting and rich o. stumes, has made Q hit
at the Fifth Avenue theatre.
Robson and Crane have leasad q lot op-
posite the Central Music hall In Chicsgo,
and will build thereon q theatre at q cost
Of 500, 000.
The fairies in the ballet at the Savoy
sheatre, London, now carry electric stars
In their hair. Very pretty effect, but q
little risky.
A drama on M. Gambetta's life is now
being played at IN American theatre.
The piece proper is In four acts, with q
prologue in two scenes, 'Gambettr's First
Love-"
Emma Thursby, who goes to San Fran.
cisco as the leading soprano Of the Thomas
concerts, will be accompanied by Maurice
Strakosch. The programmes for the fes.
tiyal are being arranged by Mr.. Thomas.
The Maurice Grau opera bouffe and
comique company includes Nine. Theo. NJ.
Capoul, and a complement Of 1875 persons.
Ninety performances Of thirty. FIVE different
operas were given in Mexico, South
America and Cuba,
One Of the reasons why the manager Of
a theatre neat New York will not pay
Lester WallAck $3.50. claimed to be due
him for playing "Rosedale, " is that the
receipts fell of because WAllaek, while
playing on the stage, tried to open Airta,
tions with ladies in the audience.
An opera founded upon passages In the
life Of Louis Quatorze has been composed
by Homer N. Bartlett; the libretto furn.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24

school children. This is something gained.
II the high schools attempt too much, as
there as reason to believe they do, thecom-
mon schools err In the other direction.
Not that they impart too little book learn.
ing. but that they fail TO cultivate habitu
Of observation In the absence Of trained
percevtive faculties ~accurate knowledge is
out of the question.
Mr. George Darwin, the scientists eldest
son., who has Just been made professor Of
astronomy in Cambridge university, is
said to possess more than his celebrated
fathers versatility, all Of his fathers love
Of thorough work. and no little share Of
his fathers power Of exposition. Though
only SO years Of age, he is q Fellow Of the
Royal society. He is not merely an as.
tronomer-he Is q ~geologist, q biologist
and q chemist, and is distinguished in all.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24
IMPIETIES.

Connecticut has 1,055 clergymen and
1889 b~artenders.
The Hottentot question 10 the Sunday
school and missionary meeting was thus
settled by DR.. j.. G, Holland: The woman
who makes flannel shirts for the Hotten.
tots is very apt to have Hpttentots in her
own house whose shirts n Ms mending.
eyes, SIR" says thsESdwood man,
willing to sacrifice himself He threw
down q straight flush hand the other night
to 60 and pray with o dying man who
sent for him. I call that true martyr.
DOM"
Rev. Mr.. Talmage says the eye winks
8 5000 times q day. When the owner of
that eye enters q drug store, the clerk be.
hind the soda.water fountain can pick the
right wink out Of o hundred the first time.
MIR. Talmage fails to explain this wonder.
full undertaking power on the part Of the
clerk.
A Brooklyn man, in an address before
| the Young Mems Christian Association Of
that city, said that the travelling statesmen
were the best missionaries in the service of
the society. This may be true as to Brook
Ign, but in any other community such an
assertion would be regarded as the most
delightful atheism.
When Dubufe's celebrated paintings of
Adam and Eve were on exhibition, Mr..
McNab was taken to see them and asked
MS opinion. Il think no great things of
the painter, said the great gardener.
why, man, Ewes temptin' Adam wi q
pippin Of q variety that wasna known until
about twenty years ago."
When he had called the meeting to order.
Brother Gardner arose and said "Gen.
len, 1t 1t wasn't for de wheels on q wagon
de wagon wouldn't move. When de wheel
Is on, den what!' Grease" solemnly ex.
claimed an old man. "kerrect," whis-
pered the president, softly rubbing his
hands together. I'VE hez de wagon an
de wheels. We will now pass de hat arounI
for de grease"
In q certain church this winter attemnt,
have been made to take up contributions
for four different objects, but In each cast
the collection has been postponed on 40
count OF stormy weather and small attend
ance. Goldman, who Is o parishioner, say
he Is about to change his tactics. Here
after he will stay at home pleasant Sun
days, and be most %scrupulous In bis attend
ance on the most disagreeable.
"Marv. NV Iowa ID vor ramanhs, Az.
text this morning: HSoN, mana + rsna
remember enc teIt. I've snch : had maro
~" "Marv.n saId her mother, sdiJ vo,
notice Susie Brown," ooh. YES What
frisht, She had on bsr last vaar,. honma
I. done nm. alnea Urasn siII' 4 hisc[ iso
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24

For Throat Diseases and Coughs
BROWN BRONCHIAL TRocHEs, like all
other really good things, are frequently
initiated. The genuine are sold only In
boxes.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24
PEPPERMINT o

Old tomato rams always look best in your
next door neighbours back yard.
A Detroit barber has the lockjaw.
None OF his customers are willing that he
should find the combination.
'The Black Hand In Paris means a
secret order of ~sgitators and assassins. In
this country 1t means q spade flush.
That was q very mean republican who
kroke up o democratic reform convention
by sticking his head in the doorway and
yelling, "Come out and take q drink"
After all, there Is o vast deal of common
sense In the remark of the deserter when
he said: "I'd rather be a coward all my
life than be a corpse for fteen minutes"
Sitting Bull says he would not return to
the warpath on any consideration, but
he feels as If he would be O success as q
railroad ticket.scalper in Denver or Omaha.
When q doctor Is caupht digging up a
corpse they kick up an awful row and put
him in prison. and all that. 1t seems hard
to punish q man for digging whsre he
planted.
The telephone is in the Sandwich islands,
and as 'hello" in the native dialect Is
Observation-Disclosures" you can
imagine what kind Of o time they have of
the central"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24

An Oregon paper shows the danger Of
sudden interferences In scientific pursuits.
A lot Of brass buttons and colored beads
lying with certain bones led to the con.
clusion that 1.-THE old rooster had suicided
by swallowing q soldier"
"No," he said, ''I'm not Q bad.tempered
man, but when somebody takes my tooth
brush and puts In place Of it another that
has been used to apply hair dye, and I get
H. not surprising that said Gosh durn
Thirty years ago q mar could only get
his portrait In the illustrated papers BY
performing great deeds of valor; now the
quail o day for two weeks. This is another
evidence Of the rapid strides this country
Is making in the industrial arts-or some.
thing that way.
Many Philadelphia business men now
sale house sent q lett or of this kind to q
small dealer in the far west. The western
man returned It with the indignant com.
ment: II just want You to understand
that ! amt no schoolboy. 1 can reac
J writin' as good "a anyone"
Five men leaned up against the bar TO,
q night cap. One drank whisky becaus,
the doctor ordered It; two othert drank
hot scotch because they couldn't sleep
y wink without 1t; o fourth drank brand,
for his cholera morbus, and the fifth maj
: drank whisky because he liked 1t. AM
) there were only four liars In the crowd.
!, If there is anything In this wide worl
= that makes o man Thoroughly sick 1t is {
: run half q block with might and main t
q ! catch n horse. car which he hears but can
= : not see, and to arrive ct the corner out @
= !, breath and in o lather Of Precipitation
Z only to discover that the car IL going tn
wrong way.
While q doctor wa visiting q sick WI
n man In Rowlandsville, Pa, two childre
poured . pint Of molasses into his silk ha'
which he didn't notice until he put the ell
on his head. Language cannot descrit
his feelings; but 1t Is said that he will pet
tion the next Legislature to pass q bi
making It q criminal ofiense for Q child
be born under IL years Of age.-Norri
town Herald
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24

Leading physicians and
clergymen use and recon-
mend Browns IRON BIT
TIERS. 1t has cured others
suffering as you are, and it
will cure you.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24
Oh,MyBack!

That's a common express
sion and has a world of
meaning. How much suf-
fering is summed up in it.
The singular thing about
it is, that pain in the back
is occasioned by SO many
things. May be caused by
kidney disease, liver COM
plant, consumption, cold,
rheumatism dyspepsia, over
work, nervous debility, &c.
Whatever the cause, don't
neglect it. Something is
wrong and needs prompt
attention. No medicine has
yet been discovered that
will SO quickly and surely
cure such diseases as
BRowN's IRON BITTERs, and
it does this by commencing
at the foundation, and max
ing the blood pure and rich.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24

Loganspor,, Ind. Dec. I, 1880.
For a long time / have been a
sufferer from stomach and kidney
disease. My appetite was very poor
and the very small amount ! did cat
disagreed with me. was annoyed
very much from non-retention Of
urine. l tried many remedies with
no success, until | used Browns
Iron Bitters. Since I used that my
stomach does not bother me any.
My appetite is simply immense. My
kidney trouble is no more, and my
general health is such, that l feel
Ike a new man. After the use Of
Browns Iron Bitters for one month,
I have gained twenty pounds in
weight. y. b. SARGENT.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24

The Waiting knights Templars will
please bring lanterns and blunderblusses
with them, as the city of San Francisco no
longer lights her streets and shows q dispo.
sition to relapse into barbarian SIAN
Francisco Report.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24

An Albany man invented a fre.escape
which, on his attempting to try 1t, actually
knocked him down in his room and broke
bis leg before he could get it to the win.
dow. -Somerville Journal.
When Q California school.ma'am can
seize q 3-year.old steer by the horns and
wrench his neck six inches out OF true,
what earthly show would o boy IA years
old stand of cleaning out the education
{ undryi
Maine alone made and sold 90, 600, 900
sticks of gum last year, and at least seven
eighths was chewed by women. A cotton
rag with q little peppermint essence on 1t
tastes better, lasts longer, and 10 far
cheaper-
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24

The center pieces are interchangeable and 70.
versible. II prevents the counter from running
over, requiring no heel stifeDers.
The Agency for these goods In this town ha
been plat tew
Others cannot procure them.
Call md xamine o full line OF Leather and
,,Candee" Rubber Boots and Shoes with the Re
ersible Heel. MRS. NJ PETERSON,
31-3m Louisville, Neb.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-11-03

swamr slih W. stnil Hnten. sHt fifs.4a
tioulh, N ~ W. Ffalfie. We found m me
hinhway, hlf h1tY i~laa shoehlnaiy mutt
iaiHi.
Hfffgfffivr hasilia Apaebes ~ ihs
lGth surrendered " Lieutenant Hunter
Haur Hawi Al
fnf hea'h " Nta David Moses, aeet
seventeen years, aud Weighing sli tsunds,
VITO va fsesnily married IN Sew yofk
inn'euin, occurrvd IN baltimore on the nth
u fatty degeneration n the heart.
Az Mineral Ridge, a., w. tellrh dfoppei
liflitei newspaper intn "a we'll lev
DAYS ago, when there was ~ explosion,
aud tr drriur was fatally Injured and
several others we're severely hurt
Tne discovery was made on me- nth
near Wailreon, o., that ucorFc w. win.
inms, q farmer, had been killed In his
barn, hia wife murdered IN tho house, and
thclf babe left 10 starVe, but II was suhse.
qnenily rescued by the nolshbora. Tho
arrest Of n suspicious character named
johnson had been made, aud Williams
watch wa. f9gga sag l9n 9g H. Jss.Jgs" Noo,.n =,
sL Louis, Is to the ,iIcct that poker is n
game ofchanco, aud comes under the John.
son law making gambling felony.
SENATE OGLr, Of Galveston, Tcx., waa
on the 10Th sentenced 10 nincty.nine years
In the pcnIteniiary for completely In the
murder Of Allcn aud William Sanes.
TnE Republicans of thn First District Of
North Carolina have nominated Judge &.
e, Pool, Custom Collector at Elizab.th
City, for Congress. The Judge is brother
of tho deceased Congressman, Walter y.
Pool.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-11-03
Foreign Intelligence.

THrRE were four additional deaths from
cholera on The sd at tho Arab village near
Alexandria.
On the 2ad n was reported that IN.
Egyptians had completely defeated III
Mahdi, the False Prophet.
OS the 23d blacklist circular. contain.
ing the names Of the jurors In the Phmnx
Park murder trials, was mailed to lhous.
nnds Of Dublin's citizens.
AT ten o'clock on tho morning Of tho
I'D the Marquis Of Lansdowno landed at
Quebec. and was Immediately sworn in as
Govcrnor.Genernl Of Canada. Tho popu.
lace exhibited mnch enthusiasm.
Ir was announced on the 23d that order
had been restored nt Port.au.Princc, Ilayti,
where 1880 lives were lost aud 100000
worth Of property was destroyed auring
the recent massacre.
IT has been announced by the Poor. Inv
Guardians of Limerick, Ireland, that they
will erect one thousand cottages for labor
ing men.
ApvIcEs Of the 9th from Constnntinopls
state that many deaths from fcyer and ex.
posurc were threatened IN tho districts r..
Gently wrecked by earthquakes unless help
"as 80, e.o'n."s' m-",ei', anu D"''''
'"s '''s'''" ms VIZ" ''''., "''''''
lhk secretary OF the western Iron Asso
ciaVon, Joseph ~ "eehsi VINO returned
from Europe on inc .ih' gave gloomy
account OF the condition OF ulo inborer and
in'chhnic' onoihiro OF the pudding
furnaces III Northerh England y" saih,
were idle' ana mills were WORKING but part
Oh tue Time Aroitrauon' no stated was
becoming a factor IN the se'tlement of
labor Questions
At ir Oreukot, large 'own twothirds
OF tho way between fnris aud "eneva,
Tour ionnhrym"n were aeeihentally Killed
Few days ago.