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Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-01
About stage Falls.

"Want to know how we fallyn' said
the beautiful, graceful woman to a New
York Sun reporter recently. WHY
see, this way. First your knee, and
then your hip, and then your shoulder,
and you are down. and the graceful
figure was prone on the carpet with
out-stretched arms. Every fold OF her
lace drapery in the prettiest possible
place, not an inch Of her ankle or CLEAN
of her snowy skirts was visible, and the
falling had been as noiseless and grace
full as u butterly's dip and swoop down
to the heart of a rose. Then, with a
supple grace and quick, agile spring,
she was on her feet in a second.
I'm this way-sideways, you see;"
and with a dip and curve, and sweep
of the lace draperies down she loatcd
as swift and noiseless as a swallows
downward sweep, and she lay appar-
emily l~ifelcss, with her face hidden.
Another little spring and she tloated
backward into a chair so limp and faint
that even the smile on her lips hardly
treasured you that it wasn't an actual
sudden faintness.
1--WE are taught in the schools. and
practice OF a rug at home at first, you
known; and of course we get many
bruises while learning. We fall first to
the knee, and then to the hip. the
shoulder, and down. OF course we do
this very slowly at first and awkwardly,
but we do it over and over again until
one fall blends into the other so COM
pletely that you cannot distinguish it.
oh, yes, it is hard at first, but ali there
is to it is to take all the will out of your
body and collapsc.n
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-01

CHARLES CARLSON 81 FARNAM STREET,
d stone mason in the employ OF Judge Haskell
MIR. Carlson has been q resident of Omaha for
about one year, anq prior to that time was a re-
sident of Iowa, and for about six months past
hadquite an experience which we will give in
his own way.
Last fall i caught a severe cold, which both
cred me q great deal, causing me to cough
continually, until at last | commenced to raise
large quantities of blood at every coughing spell.
1 felt tired, drowsy. and depressed in spirits;
soon nv breathing became short and my chest
would sometimes feel as il it was bound light
by somhthtng. would go to sleep as usual,
when I v would wake up with Wheeling, Iwould
be in bed and open the windows, and with my
mouth wide open gasp for breath. | would
often sneeZe and run at the nose: my face would
persplration break out all over my body; my
breathing would be short jerking, and could be
heard all over the room. my feet ana hands
would be cold, and ! often felt as IL | would never
come out Of it. Sometimes these spells would
only last a few minutes, at other times perhaps
the tightness would let NJ, especially after HAD
raised quite a quantity otvery enaclous mucus.
i consulted quite a number or physicians, VINO
only gave me temporary relief. had often
read DR. McCoy's testimonials in The daily papers,
but was somewhat skeptical. At last decided
ly, and told me | had the asthma: said he could
benefit me, and ! started treating with him.
TIL. was early in May. Ills treatment relieved
me Mt once. l had no severe spells after the first
treatment, and for sometime now have MOI had
Il symptom of my former trouble, do not whee2e
or cough at all, and feel that | am ~cured-even
after one months retainer | felt ali right, but
decided to take another month to be positive of
u radical cure.
/ can Cheerfully recommend DR.. Mccoy. as he
has cured me, and ! know OF plenty of persons
that he is treating who are improving wonder
The ffth candidate mentioned aboveis Mr..
Carlson, who has been Il candidate for health
and has been very successful in his candidacy.
Mr.. Carlson, whose portrait graces the column
above, resides at No. 81 Farnam street, and is
willing to corroborate this statement to any one
doubling it, who Will address or call on him
there.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-01
They Broke Him In.

a verdnnt young man visited an Aus
tin (TeXas) express office the other day
and inquired if they wanted Il man to
run as messenger on the railrod, says
the Texas Siftings. The boys hadn't
much to do that day, and they cOnclud-
ed to have II little fun with the rustic.
They said they were looking for the
right kind of Il man to put in charge Of
an express car on Il new line that had
just been opened through a very dan
gerous part Texas, but hat they must
first test his fitness for the position.
They wanted to know whether he had
the necessary nerve to withstand the
shock OF Il collision or to resist train
robbers. He said he believed he had
the nerve, but they might test him in
any way they thought proper.
Then they put him into n crOckery
crate with a lot of stone coal, and stove
plate, coupling irons. broken railroad
lamps, and water coolers, and rolled
him down stairs into the cellar. This,
they told him, was to see how he would
behave when Topped down an embank-
meut in an express ear. He stood the
flop very we'll, considering that he was
a green hand at railroading.
AS he was e~ndcayOring to crawl out,
they dropped II box of merchandise
marked 4" Gluss-handle with care
down through IA hatchway on top of
him and during the confusion incident
to disencumbering himself of the de-
bris, four masked men jumped on him
with slungshots, and then bound and
gagged him, pistols being discharged in
close proximity to his head, meanwhile.
Then they chucked him into an empty
~coffin-boX, stood him on his head and
yelled 4" Fire :"
An explosion of dynamite immedi-
ately followed, which bic v the box open
and drove the would-be messenger
through a two-inch partition. When
they dug him out he appeared to have
grown twenty years older during the
civil service examination. He said he
knew it was n hard life running express
messenger on a Texas railroad, but he
had no idea that it was as rough as
that. He added that he didn't think
his parents would like him to follow it,
and if they could find some man to
make the trip in his place he would
prefer to consider himself discharged.
They let him OFF reluctantly, assuring
him that his qualifications were first
class. He was next seer inquiring his
way TO the nearest powder mill. He
said if he must work out he preferred "a
situation where he would be safer than
in an express car.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-01
GENERAL BEN HARRISON
Zoe Standard Bearer Of the Republican
Party. 49,.
a Short Non-Politicnl Sketch of the
Candidates of the Republican
and Democratic Parties,
The Candidacy of an
Omaha NJ an.

Now that the convention Of both great pohtl
cal parties have been held and we have the can
didates, the political pot will be boiling until
next November, Nearly fifty years ago the
grandfather of the present republican candidate
was elected president and held Office one month,
dying in Office at the end of that time, The pre-
sent Mr.. Harrison is a man well known TO the
peopl 10 of the United States, being what is termed
p self made man, born in the humble walks OF
life he has, by his untirlng energy and. unap-
proachable integrity, risen TO the top Of the lad
der of fame. The candidate for vice president on
the republican ticket is also a well known man,
having been inpublic life for a long time. OF the
candidates Of the democratic party Mr.. Cleve-
land has been president for nearly four years
and It is unnecessary TO say anything of him as
be is well known, as is also Mr.. Thurman. who
has been in public life for n long time, having
been a United States senator for one term and
held numerous Offices. There is yet another can
nidate of whom we wish to speak, one who Is
not nearly so well known as the four mentioned
above, but who passed through his term as q
candidate and is now a happy man. The gent.
lctnan In question Is
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-01
A Conducive Manager,

Benedict, the minstrel, said recently
to a writer in the New York Clipper:
''People get funny ideas about minstrels
backing up, but the biggest crank
ever came across was in a new town in
Kansas. The manager was much newer
than the town. He had never had Il
minstrel company in his house before,
and while we were getting ready for
the parade he came to me and, calling
me aside, inquired: Say, when you
give n minstrel show do the stage hands
black up, too?' They do said | to the
Jay, when the manager understands
his business. 1t gives a harmonious
effect to everything and is conducive of
success | learned afterward that he
dropped into an Office of an editor and
found the definition of the word cOnduc-
i've and used it in the next
ment for his hall. He called it the
Grand Academy of Music, though.
That night after we vent on the stage
we found all the scene shifters BACKED
up, and | thought the boys would spoil
the whole thing by laughing, but the
immediate presence of the stage hands
put us in good humor, for everything
went with u Zest. Next morning the
local manager babe us adieu at the de-
pot, and as he shook hands he said:
Come again, gentlemen, / will make
everything as conducive as possible,
even if | have to black up myself
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-01
FIzz! BANG!!
Grand Celebration Of the 4th Of July,
The CentStOre
1909 Farnam St

Fine Works, Flags, Lanterns and cell
ebratlou goods ut our low and popular
prices.
Z packs Fire Crackers for Csc.
Torpedoes, &c a package.
SC buys n Cap Pistol and 3 boxes caps.
sc, lOc, 25c, SOC, 45c, soc to $l.O0 buys
a good assortment OF fire works.
Roman Candles, lie, &c, Sc, Sc, Sc, loo
to 25C each.
Rockets, &c, sc, Sc, Toe, 15c, to SOC.
Pin Wheels, 1c, PC, SC, sc, &c, l0c and
all other pieces at equally low prices.
Goods are first class and all colored.
Mail orders solicited.
In our every day selling" depart
monts we offer some extraordinary bar
gains, commencing tomorrow.
TTNWARE.
Was never heard of SO cheap.
Dippers, sc, Sc, Zoe.
Covered Buckets, &c, 10c, 15c TO CSC.
Tea Trays, SC, Zoe, l5c, 25c to doc.
Children's Trays, 25c, 4Sc, 75c.
Pudding Pans, sc, Sc, Zoe, 12c to 25c.
Milk Pans. &c, SC, Sc, l0c, l2c, 25c.
Pie Pans, &c each.
Perforated Pie Pans, &c.
Dish Pans, Toe 15c, 20c.
Rc-tinned Rinsing Pans, 1892 s to 45t
Bread Pans, SC, 10c,
Dust Pans, SC, Sc.
Stew Pans. sc, 10c, 15c to 25c.
Tea-kettles, Acc to 95c.
Coffee Pots, 1Oc, 15c, 2Oc to 95c.
Dinner Buckets, lSc, 25c to 4sc.
WIRE GOODS.
Tea and Coffee Strainers, &c and 10c.
Bowl STEAMERS, &c and 10c.
Wire Potato Washers, SC.
Vegetable Strainers, 10c.
Wire Brothers, &c, 10c, 16c.
Wire Egg Beaters, &c.
Rotary Action Egg Beaters, 10c.
Spiral Wire easy" Egg Beaters, loo.
Wire Coffee Pot Stands, 10c.
Wire Sponge Racks, 10c
Pot Cleaners, SC, 10c, l5c.
HOUSEHOLD HARDWARE.
Tack Hammers, &c and l0c.
Tacks, best, &c a paper.
Hatchets, good quality, 10c.
Screw Drivers, sc and lOc.
Padlocks, l0c.
Shelf Brackets, &c and 10c a pair.
Mincing Knives, &c and lOc.
Table Knives and Forks, 10c a pair.
Best Table Cutlery, SOC and 99c set.
Monitor Lamp Stove, 99c each.
Lemon Squeezeas, lOc.
Tracing Wheels, l0c.
FRYING Pans, 10c, 15c and 25c.
Ice Cream Freezeis, S1.9S to 4.95.
Thousands of articles in these depart
ments that we have no space to mention.
WOODENWARE DEPARTMENT.
Wood Spoons, Sc.
Chopping Bowls, lOc, 15c, 25c.
Potato Washers, SC.
Rolling Pms, 5 and 10c.
Wash Boards, 10c, l5c, to 25c.
Knife Boxes, l0c.
Towel Racks, l0c, 15c and Csc.
3-arm Towel Racks, SC and lOc.
Salt Boxes, Zoe.
Hat and Coat Hooks, SC and 10c.
Clothes Horses, 4Sc, 74c to 99c.
Pals, l2c, l5c, 1Sc and 25c.
Tubs, soc, ACC, soc to S5c.
Cutting Tables, SOC each.
Lap Boards 99c each.
Brooms, 10c, 15c to 25c.
Croquet, 75c, S5c and 99c.
Scrub Brushes, sc and 10c.
Shoe Brushes, 10c, l5c and 25c.
Whisk Brooms, lOc, l5c, 19c, 25c.
Our usual patrons and visitors to tho
city will find it greatly to their interest
to look through our mammoth stock.
90 CENT STORE,
1909 Farnam Street. Established Il
Years.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-01
A Crushsd Trage dian.

The fun when began with Dr.. Lam
dis's appearance at Industrial hall re-
Gently, says the Philadelphia Inquirer,
came near having a serious ending be-
fore the close of the performance. The
audience had been pelting the actor"
with oranges, paper halls, and ham
sandwiches, just before the close of
the act Lands strobe down to the foot
lights and managed to make himself
heard long enough TO offer a reward Of
SO for any one detected in the act of
throwing vegetables IN the stage. Just
as he stopped back a decayed orange
came whizzing through the air and
struck him on the tip Of the nose. With
a wild yell he seized a wine bottle and
tlOurished it in his hand. This had no
effect on the audience, and he was
greeted with another fusillade of sand
wiches. lands. enraged at the treat
ment he was receiving, threw the bot
tie into the corner of the right gallary,
which was crowded with men and boys.
One man lodged and just escaped being
hit on the head with the bottle, which
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-01
Is Il.
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What a lot of really useful
articles can be bought for the
small sum of FIVE CENTS in
each and all of our depart.
ments. 1t is no use trying to
enumerate these, as our space
is limited, and every word
counts.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-01

struck against the wall and smashed in
a thousand pieces. This incident put
a sudden end to the performance. The
audience guted the aetors.and the play
from the time the curtain first went Zip
until. lis nnnl. snddhn fall.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-01
How Maggie Mitchell breads Fan
chiOn."

| was talking to a member of Maggie
Mitchell's company the other day, says
"a writer in the New York Graphic, and
he says that the way that little lady
breads a performance of "Fachon" is
pitiful. 1t is still the piece she has to
rely GU to make her money; she scarcely
expects TO more than keep even while
playing other things, so bent are every
body on waiting to see her FanchOn.
She has been before the public in that
twenty-six ~years-she tells it herself
and her houses are still crowded for
that performance. Once On the stage,
once in the first scene, she says that
for the time being all tastes yanishes,
and she is simply F%anchon, as she has
been-with intervals for rest and re-
fr~eshment---all these years. But be-
fore she goes on her loathing of the
part really makes her ill, and it in
creases with each successive perform
ance. In the day all the company un-
derstands that she does not want to hear
it spoken of, or, above all, she can't be
induced to hear the music of the famous
"Shadow Dance hummed. She hates
the sight of Autographs or bills of her
self in the part.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-01

The plasterers' laborers of Toronto, Ont,
have lost their strike for an advance of 2%
cents an hour, They will work another year
at the old wages.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-01

1t is curious how fast the sentime ntal
seems to be dying out of human nature.
Watch the audience at a play. Time
was that when the hero kissed the her
Dine the audience would feel a subdued
sentimental excitement. and when they
rushed into one another's arms a wild
rush of applause would greet the
meeting. Now it is as much as the
situation is worth for a man to put his
arms around and kiss q oma on the
stage. Even tho beautiful Mrs. Lang
try, when she laid her head down on
her dear Algy's sholder in 'As in a
Looking Glass" was met with a smile
from the dress circle and a little
''cheep" from upstairs. Mrs. Potter
got plenty of laughter and smiles for
her love making, but it is a general
kind of a feeling, and is growing so fast
that even Sarah, the divine, herself
would be liable TO awaken a gentle
snicker." | am told, however, that this
change, however, is merely a phase of
public feeling. The old business is
still as popular as ever in private So
ciety. They say it can not be improved
upon. What do you think?
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-01
H~ofsfords Acid Phosphate

For Sunstroke. -
IL Relieves the Pr~Ostratson and Ner-
yous Derangcfnent.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-08-01
SUNDAY Services.

More than two hundred voices joined in singing
the familiar hymns Ring the Bells of Heaven
and lover There at the opening of chapel ser.
vices, Sunday morning An atmosphere of cheer
fulness pervaded the services. manifesting itself
in the singing and prompt attention of the audi.
ence, and the interesting sermon.
The morning lesson was from Luke vi. 37-49.
Text Matthew xiii, 80: Another parable spake
to leaven which woman took and hid in three
measures Of meal. till the whole leavened."
Beginning with the natural lesson taught by the
parable, Rev. Albert preached most instructive
sermon. the central thought of which was the
natural place of christianity in the soul. mot
something foreign to man. but something akin to
him." The soul he compared to citadel with
two doors. one leading downward, the other up.
ward toward heaven. The weakness of all men
at times, the extremes Of despair and hope which
WELD the controlling power in all mems lives,
was illustrated by the question asked by the dis.
ciples when Christ said to them. lone of you shall
betray me- Their answer was els it IT' A
short time afterwards they were calling upon Him
to show them the Father.
In the course Of the sermon he said: Christi.
anity comes down to open the upper door Of the
citadel of the soul. Love is the chain which joins
man to God. Christianity says do right. This
does not simply mean avoid doing evil Some
persons think they have only to avoid doing evil
in order to live christian lives. 1t means a great
deal more than, this. 1t means, set your eye on
some noble purpose in life and do it. Don't say to
the young man full of life, restrain yourself, but
let that natural energy which God has given him
be directed to some right purpose. The boy goes
to the saloon for company. Teach him that relig-
ion means good company and the building of a
character that will stand for life and eternity 1t
is advantageous, convenient, to do right by do
ing no wrong, with some persons When they die
the most that can be said of them is. He did no
wrong Mems minds are confused on this matter.
Christianity is u condition of right, separate from
me and separate from you. Christ laid down the
one principle. you must do the truth. For this
principle he laid down his life and thereby con.
quered the world"
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-08-01
Prison Music.

AT the Western penitentiary in Pennsyl-
vania, there is nightly concert given by
what is probably the largest orchestra in
the world. 1t is composed of at least three
hundred players, who never see one another.
The music begins precisely at six o'clock
seven. Within that hour the cOnvcts are
permitted to make. each independently, as
much music or discord as he pleases.
The prison is. perhaps. the only one in
the United States where the inmates are
allowed to cultivate the art of music, and
the privilege is deeply appreciated by them.
Just before six O'Clock they may be seen by
the officials sitting with their instruments
in readiness. As the hour strikes they
begin to play, and rattle off tune after
tune during the appointed time.
AS may be imagined, with several
hundred instruments playing at once, it is
impossible to distinguish any one of them
from the rest or to tell one tune from an
other. AS the waves of sound rise and
mngle, the listener can only be reminded
of wind bowling in the distance.
'They look forward to this hour with
great pleasure" said one of the keepers to
a reporter. ''Music is the only thing that
varies the mOnOtOny of their lives, and
taking an instrument away from prisoner
is about the severest punishment we can
inf1ict.''
AS they were talking, there was a mo-
ment's silence. 1t was a few minutes be-
fore seven, and man began playing
Home. Sweet Home" on a violin.
His neighbOr accompanied him on a
guitar. and in a short time they were Joined
by a flute, cOrnet and mandolin. The pris-
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-08-01
Too Much PrOVerb.

While the prisoners in the Austin Jail
were out in the yard few days ago, two
of them were under sentence to the peni-
Tertiary, were heard comparing notes about
as follows:
II don't believe in proverbs" said pris-
oner number one, lit is believing in pro-
verbs that brings me here''
''HOw SOP" said number two.
''Well, you see when was a boy. often
seen folks pick up pins. and when l asked
them why they did it they said.''
IF you pin and let it lay,
You will have bad luck all the day"
''Yes that's 50. T've heard that myself
well, it don't work. l have picked up
a pin. and Tve had bad luck ever since. l
was arrested the very same day, and now
I've got to 20 to the pententiary for three
years."
what has that to do with picking up
pins?" asked number two.
''Well you see the pin picked up was
diamond pin worth $3.50. l believed i'm the
prOverb about having good luck. so picked
up the pin in show case, but they tele-
phOned for policeman, and here l am,'
and he winked at the jaler.
The other prisoner was silent for mo-
ment. and then said:
w uCu L COllc W JllIIk I'll IL. DTOVcTDS
are what have brought me into this fix
How SOP" asked the man who had
picked up the pin for good luck.
well, l had heard about hOrseshOes
bringing you luck. so l picked up horse
shoes. HOrseshOes are my weakness"
Then hOrseshoes you went off with
were fastened onto another fellows horse,
weren't rhey?" Queried number one.
Jess 500
when get out Pm not going to tamper
with any more proverbs" remarked num-
Der two.
ME neither" responded number one.
Fall in. boys" said the jaler. and they
went back to their coy retreats on the in
side of the jail.-Texas Siftings.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-08-01
Rough Diamonds.

For The Mirror. .o,.--- .,s -'F'-%s 80.
Rough Diamonds. ...
People of good sense are those whose
opinions agree with ours.
The highest rate of interest that we pay
is on borrowed trouble.
Goodness is just as much of study as
mathematics.
Trusting to luck is only another name for
trusting TO laZnesS.
Incidence may not be a crime, but it is
liable to be at anytime.
If you want good general idea of a
mans character, find out from him his Opin-
ion of his neighbOr.
Dissatisfaction with everything we come
across, IS the result of being dissatisfied
with ourselves.
To be thoroughly good-natured. and Yet
avoid being imposed upon. shows great
strength of character.
IT you analyze what most men call pleas
ure, you will find it composed of one part
humbug and two parts pain.
Most people when they come to you for
advice, come to have their own opinion
strengthened, not corrected
Pleasures make folks acquainted with
each other, but 1t takes trials and griefs to
make them know each other
COunselng with fear is the way towards
are made: cOunseling with hope is the way
heroes are made: cOunseling with faith is
the way Christians are made.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-08-01

Political economy, the science of the WE'LL being
of society the material side, has hitherto
secuted the idea that the welto-do section of So
criminals and paupers, with the helpless and the
infirm with those who down in the race, it
it has refused to itself that while religion
and philanthropy might concern themselves with
such obstructive and incapable persons. political
economy had nothing to do with them No more
found its way into this world nor has any untruth
ever borne terrible and abundant fruitage.
1t is beginning to be that the chief function
of society is to preserve its members: that the
work which il relegated to little groups of
ligious or philanthropic people is its chief con-
Germ; that society is safe so long poverty and
crime abound in it; that state is safe 80 long as
some men refuse to work and others live by crime
No observing man doubts that are now passing
through great social changes. and while many are
filled with fOrebOdings to the outcome of the
present crisis, others see in contemporary move
ments the slow evolution of a new and sound con-
ceptiOn of social life. They see widening and
see new and profounder feeling of common hui
mainly: they see the growing apprehension among
men of the great truth that the well.being of
every individual is the first and great interest of
society at large they the possibility of a COM
plete and rounded society instead of the chaotic
to-day.-Christian Union