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Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18
SIMMER CnMEnRTs-
New improved Ice Boxcs that Are n
JOY 20 the Housck ccpcr.

New improved Ice nONcs that Are q
JOY 60 the Housckc
The best Of the new refrigerators Is nc
longer packed with charcoal, lined with
Zinc, and fitted in a cheap casing, roughly
painted to initiate antique wood, but is now
so clean, improved and handsome a piece OF
furniture that 1t is considered eminertly
suitable for dining room ornamen.ation.
Ice boxes are now made Of every imagin-
able shape-long and narrow, broad and low,
round, hree-cornered and eight-sided, TO
slip into and usurp the least space, and
nearly all are fitted with porcelain lined
water cooler attachments and built to ex-
actly resemble an antique oak chest, a dish
cupboard, or a small separate sideboard.
Instead Of the mirror filled door some of these
small ones have doors Of heavy colored glass,
or 1t consists of one plate OF the heaviest
beveled and frosted crystal, with the family
crest engraved in the center. and just as
many ice boxes now open to the ice chamber
by a side door as are fitted with lifting tops.
The door az the side is an eHviable conven-
fence, however, while pantry refrigerators
meant for large private houses have two ice
chambers, between which is an arrangement
for slipping the inner can OF an ice-cream
freezer, and so preserving the frozen fluid
hard and sweet for many days.
SOME ADMIRABLE IMPROVEMENTS.
But II praise in unqualified terms is to be
accorded the exterior of our new ice boxes,
a word OF hearty commentator must be ac-
corded the interior arrangements. II used
to be the case a few years ago that directly
a refrigerator fell a trine out Of repair, at
every shutting OF the lid or door the pack
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18

Miss Gladstone, who accompanied her
mother and father to Cannes a few DAYS
ago, has taken material for literary work
to be accomplished while there.
Nine, Lillian Nordica, the great singer, is
a granddaughter of the late Rev. John Allen.
an eloquent Methodist preacher, known as
Camp Meeting John Allen"
Miss Thalheimer, the noted historian.
whose home is in one Of the suburbs OF
Cincinnati, brought a beautiful Roman ivy
some years ago from Cicero's villa at Tuscu-
lum, fourteen miles from Rome. 1t is grow
ing luxuriantly at her home,
Miss Mary Barstow, the well-known artist,
has been making a handsome study head OF
a well-known society girl who appears wear
ing the vestments of a nun. The expression
OF devotion on the lovely countenance is
beautifully portrayed.
MIS-. r.. f. Thorne Of Kansas, who pre-
sented Mrs. William Mckinley with the
beautiful lace handkerchief in which she
had placed just 80, 600 stitches, is considered
one of the most accomplished needle women
In America. She does the most exquisite
embroidery.
Alice Stone Blackwell says that in states
where women vote there is no record so far
Of a woman's having gone insane from po-
litical excitement or OF her having com
mitted suicide or drawn q revolver At the
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18

fancy, is liberty gauze, in oriental colors
and ~all-oyer indcscribable patterns.
Some OF the new tailor costumes have
bOlero fronts and narrow position backs,
The vest is a fitted blouse OF fancy silk laid
in soft folds across the front, or else tucked
10 form a deep yoke.
Violcts in all the pretty blue and pink tints
and 50 natural that they look like the real
article are greatly favored in millinery, and
while they are perhaps the most common.
they are the most refined OF all the artificial
flowers.
With the exception Of red. neutral tints are
favored in the material for the new gowns,
but they are relieved from any eOmber effects
by the unique combinations OF lace, colored
silk, velvet, chiffon and black satin which
are employed in their makeup.
The English tailor-made coat has no gath
ers at the top Of the sleeve. 1t has a little
f~uilness, which 10 arranged in small dart
seams covered with fancy braiding. Many
OF the coats are deliberately braided and sew
eral different kinds Of braid arc used on one
garment.
The "sunburst skirt is likely to prove a
very popular style for light, delicate silk,
satin, wool or muslin toilets. The skirt Is
accordion rloated its entire length, without
any extra fuliness at the top, but gradually
expanding as it nears the hem.
Black grenadines, in various conventional
patterns, made ever colored silk are very
fashionable gowns this season, and the
variety of fancy grenadines has no limit.
One novel design is a fine black ground with
a scroll design in white silk threads all over
it. other kinds are corded in bright colors.
The latest novelty in cloth gowns is the
draped skirt, caught up on one side to show
a skirt of contrasting color. Fawn and
white are the colore in the model and brown
and gold braid is the trimming. Another
fawn cloth gown, with a zouave, is trimmed
with black and gold braid and shows an
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18
OLD CASTER BONNETs.
Atlanta Constitution.

NlldHl 'b'ltlllullOn,
Don't make 'em like they use to-done
killed with too much style;
Fixed up with buds an ribbons till you'd
know 'em half a mile!
They all look mighty fancy, in the big store
windows hung;
But they're nothin' like the bonnets they
wore when we was young!
How much completer. neater and sweeter
was the old
Time bonnet coYerin' rosy cheeks and ring
lets black an gold!
Plain, with no ixin's on it-with ribbons
white an blue;
But n kiss beneath that bonnet was as
sweet as honeydew!
Don't make 'em like they use to; yet the
girls that wear 'em seem
Almost as lovely as the girls that made our
boyhood's dream.
But still | sigh to see EN- in the big store
windows hung,
For they're nothin' like the bonnets that
they wore when we was young!
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18
RELIGIOUS.

Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson episcopal,
of Mississippi has been invited to preach in
st. Pauls Cathedral, London. on June %.
The will of Miss Elizabeth Schafer, who
recently died in Philadelphia, bequeaths
most OF her fortune, amounting to nearly
$500, 0G0, to Lutheran churches and institu-
tions.
The will of Miss Winifrede Martin of
Baltimore bequeaths more than $3.50, 900 to
Roman Catholic churches and institutions
The two largests requests are $50 600 for a
Catholic home for old ladies In Baltimore
and SIG, GG6. &c to the Catholic university in
Washington.
Bishop Walden of the New York East
Methodist conference at its session in St.
Johns Methodist Episcopal church, Brook
lyn, yesterday morning, said: THE candi-
dates to be fully admitted to the ministry
as well as those to be admitted on probation
should sign a certificate not to use tobacco
The Catholic Directory for 1897 gives the
following statistics for the United States:
Archbishops, IA; bishops, "A; priests, 10, 752;
churches, 9,670; missions. 5,1S9; UNIVERSE
ties, 9; seminaries, 1903; high schools, S52;
parochial schools, 3,43S, with Sl2, Gil pupils
orphan asylums, 249, with 80, 903 inmates;
charitable institutions. SSS; estimated Catho-
lie population, 9,5OG, APT.
When the Roman Catholic church in Ports
mouth, Va, burned down the other day, the
BAPTIST and the Methodist churches of the
city offered the homeless congregation the
free use Of their chapels until 1t could pro-
vide itself with another edifce, and three
Methodist and one Episcopal c~lergymen
called personally on the priest to express
their sympathy with him and his people.
The archbishops of Canterbury and York
meant to show their anti-Romanism in their
recent reply to the pope's last encyclical
letter, but their courteous use OF the phrase
"Reyered Brother in Christ In addressing
the pope has drawn upon them the violent
wrath Of the ultra Protestants in the Eng
lish church, who regard the pope as anti
christ and the scarlet woman"
st. Patrick's church, Galway, Ireland, a
magnificent structure, has not been opened
for thirty-fve years, because a plot OF ground
in front Of the building was owned by a man
who had a bitter dislike TO the form Of
worship carried on within, and he built a
high wall directly In front Of the church,
preventing access. The man, however, re-
Gently died, and, the bishop having bought
the ground, the church will soon be re-
opened for the first time since 1862.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18
MY nov JAY.


written for The Bce.)
He has seen a single summer,
My boy Jay,
Yet he's something of a hummer,
My boy jay.
Quafing from the fount OF pleasure,
Never stopping life to measure,
Making most OF each new treasure.
My boy jay.
He's the prince Of trouble makers,
My boy jay.
And I know he'd shock the Quakcrs,
My boy Jay.
Yet he's worth a mint OF money
When he looks so very funny,
As l say, GO way, please, sonny"
My boy Jay.
Full OF mischief are his winkcrs,
My boy JAY.
He's a study for the thinkers,
My boy jay.
Every busy mischief working,
Never from his labor Sinking,
Always pulling, tugging, Jerking,
My boy JAY.
Little thinks he that the morrow,
My boy jay,
May be filled with grief and sorrow,
My boy Jay.
Grief he has-the kind that's neeting,
Hardly cries until he's meeting
Some new Joy; some pleasure greeting,
My boy jay.
FRANK L. WILLIAMS
Kearncy, Neh.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18
EuahInn NnIen.

Cloth and silk and wool costumes IN tailor
style are just now receiving special attention,
Bonnets this season are very much more
attractive than the conglomerate creations
called hats.
Amazon cloth in many bright self-colors
is favored by French and English modistes
and tailors.
Cut steel in buckles, buttons,
combs and various designs in beaded effects
are revived again.
In compliment to the queen of England
there is a resemblance among many of the
imported models to styles popular early in
the Victorian era.
Beautifully curying reyers and sharply
notched fronts are characteristics Of the new
elegant Louis coat basques made by Rauch-
nitz, Mayer and Felix.
A pretty material for the popular fancy
waist, which still holds It's own in fashions
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18
stands at the ncad.

Aug. ]. Bogel. the leading druggist OF
Shreveport, La, says; "Dr. Kings New
Discovery is the only thing that cures my
cough, aud it is the best seller / have" j.
f.. Cambell, merchant Of Stafford, Arlz.,
writes: Dr.. Kings New Discovery is all
that is claimed for 1t; it never fails, and is a
sure cure for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. l cannot say enough for its merits. 4"
Or. Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is not an experiment. 1t
has been tried for a quarter Of a century,
and today stands at the head. II never
disappoints. Free trial bottles at Kuhn &
Co., Drug Store.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18

A southern bishop arranged TO spend three
days during his annual visitation at the
home of one of the faithful, whose wife was
brought over from the plantation to be the
bishops body servant during his stay. The
morning after his arrival the bishop having
failed to make his appearance, Jake was sent
to summon him to breakfast. In a few mo-
monts Jake returned, looking much alarmed.
"Where is the bishop"
"Ho say he'll be hoah directly"
What was he doing?"
"A-sharpenin' OBJ his teef."
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18
INPIETlIIs.

A remarkable temperance sermon was that
delivered by a priest in ireland which CON
cluded with this convincing statement tl his
flock: what makes ye shoot at yer land
lords? The drink! Aye, and what makes
ye miss them? The drink
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18

Next Sunday, brethren said Rev. MIR.
Goodman, bcaming benevolently upon his 0e-
sembled flock, II shall preach a sermon upon
the evidences of christianity, and l sincerely
hopo that one of those evidences will be a
full house, whether it rains or not"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18

are completed with green umbrella cloth
hoods that can be adjusted to suit the Iglt
and heat.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18

Some time ago Bishop parot OF Maryland
was the guest of an Episcopal family in West
Virginia. Learning from the bishop that he
hostess went to the kitchen to boil them her
self. While so engaged she began TO sing
the first stanza of the hymn Rock of Ages. 9"
Then she sang the second stanza, the bishop,
who was in the dining room, joining in.
When it was finished there was silence and
the bishop remarked: why not sing the
third verse;"
1.-The third verse ?" replied the lady. as she
came into the dining room, carrying the
steaming eggs. ooh, that's not necessary"
81 don't understand" replied Bishop Paret.
'Oh, you see" she said, when | am cook
ing eggs 1 always sing one verse for soft
boiled and two for hard-boiled.'
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18

II you want a fine extra dry sparkling wine
drink Cooks Imperial, flavor unsurpassed
bouquet unriyaled.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18

Bangkok, the capital OF Siam, is a float
ing city, containing 70,000 houses, each OF
which floats on a raft OF bamboo,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18

No better tribute to the earnestness and
eloquenCe of Father Collins, the well-known
Methodist preacher, was ever given him
than that which came from the lips of the
famous lawyer, Thomas Corwin, on one oc-
casion.
Father Collins was holding a series of
meetings in a town in Ohio, during a ses-
sion of the court in the place, relates Youths
Companion, and many Of the lawyers wan
dered into his meetings, moved, perhaps.
more by curiosity than religious feeling. Mr..
Corwin was one of these listeners to the
earnest Methodist, and being asked for his
opinion of the preacher, gave it in no meas
ured terms.
In earnest!" he said, in answer to a
friends query. 81 should say he was! Why,
when he'd talked awhile, he just said
Gomez to some of the men standing back
where | was, and they marched up in front,
as meek as lambs, whether they wanted to
go or not, SIR"
"Did you go?' asked his friend, curiously.
mo, l didn't" replied Mr.. Corwin slowly,
but l can tell you one thing: was stand
ing by one Of the pillars in the vestry, and
he looked right down at me and said Gomez
and If | hadn't kept a good hold on that pill
lar | should have gone, that's one thing
sure! And as it was, you'd better believe
the next time he said Comet! | didn't dare
look up to see whether he meant me or some
body alSei"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-09-18
Hot i'm the Collar.

Major Hearsey, the gallant editor
Of the New Orleans Daily States is
popularity supposed to write bis
editorials with a rapier dipped in
oil of vitriol. The Times-D Democrat
having made several vigorous kicks
about the appointment of Demas as
naval officer, the Major takes Issue
with that paper and proceeds to skin
Mckinley and the Republ cans in
this style /:
A morning contemporary has de-
nounced the appointment as an insult
to the State Of Louisiana. We think
differently. Louisiana has no re-
sponsibitity for the present admins
tration. Her electoral vote went
heavily against the Mckinley ticket.
The appointment, however, is a burn.
ing disgrace to the Republican par
ty, and especially to President VIM
Mckinley himself, It shows that
the Republican party is as rotten
and rank smelling IS it ever was.
When the head Of the party is so
shameless, 50 debased and corrupt as
to make such an appointment what
must be the balance Of the rank and
f!e?
Let the Republican defenders Of
William Mckinley bow their heads
in shame. If Governor Foster were
the rnprincipled politician his 1efa-
mers Iyingly charge him with being.
he would be an angel of light com.
pared with the foul thing that has
crept into the seat of Washington
and Jefferson through a nasty dicker
with a dirty niger. A great French
writer once said j: "There are two
things that can reach the SUBMITS of
the pyramids; the eagle and the rep
tile" Among a truly free and vir-
tuous people the Washingtous, the
Jefersons and the Jacksons may as
pire to and reach the highest Office
in the Republic. In an era of fads
and corruption the creeping things
that disgrace the shape of our
Maker, the Hayeses and the McKin.
leys reach the top.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-09-18
The yellow Fever scare.

Although it is very late in the sea
son, the fact that yellow fever exists
in New Orleans and Ocean Springs,
has been sufficient to create a panic
in all the gulf coas. country. Bust.
ness and travel are almost suspend
ed, and unless the disease is stamped
out within the next two weeks, the
damage suffered by the business in.
terests Of the section Of country IN.
der quarantine, will be immense and
almost incalculable. This state of
affairs is due chiefly to the failure OF
the physicians in charge to recog,
nize the disease at Ocean Springs as
yellow fever, and the stubborn refu.
sal of the New Orleans Board OF
Health experts, to go pronounce the
disease when it had been recognized
and diagnosed as yellow fever by
competent medical men. II is pecu
Iiarly unfortunate that the medical
profession is still heavily handicap
ped by the old dogmatic spirit Of a
barbaric age. The professional jeal.
ousy and envy displayed by the Mo-
bile and New Orleans experts de.
monstrate very %couclusively the dan
ger that ensues when doctors disa.
gree, and get to splitting hairs. Now
that the danger confronts the entire
country in Southwest Louisiana, our
people should be firm in their deter
minat;on to take no risks, and make
the Introduction Of the terrible dis
ease as nearly impossible as human
safeguards and precautions can rem
der it.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-09-18
STATE OF LOUISIANA-Parish

STATE OF LOUISIANA-Parish
of Vermilion--l7h Judicial Dis
trict Court-Nn. 346.
succession of Dolce. Menard-
Application of ULCER Menerd to
be appointed administrators Of
said succession.
Notice is hereby given to all par
ties interested. or having any oppo-
sition to make to the application Of
Clger Menard to be appointed
administrators of the aforesaid sue.
cession to file the same in writing in
the Office Of The clerk of The district
court within ten days from the date
hereof.
Given under my hand and seal
this llth day of September, 1897.
ALCIDE LEBLANC.
CLERK of C0urf.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-09-18


Forty-three postmasters were ap.
pointed to fourth class Offices in
Louisiana last week by Postmaster
General Gary. The appointees
were recommended by Capt. VIM
berly. Those in this section are
as follows
Erath, Vermilion parish.-J. Fl.
Broussard vice Albert Mestayer.
Lake MISUNDERSTANDING Kingrey
vice Chas. U. Kingrey.
Nunez-Gilhert Labauve, Jr., vice
o. N. Perry.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-09-18

President Mckinley is being trot-
ted about all over Ohio to fairs and
other gatherings where he tells the
assembled natives how prosperous
the country is now in comparison 10
the last few years. The miners of
his own and three bordering States
were on a strike while he talked Of
prosperity and the directors of the
Chicago Steel Plant had determined
to resume work at a discount of Is
per cent on the workmen's wages.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-09-18

We have received Bulletin No. As,
OF the Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, giving much valuable informa.
ton about bugs, fruit tree borers
and other kinds of destructive in
sects. 1t is the report Of the ento-
mologist, Prof. Ell. a. Morgan, and
should be in the possession of every
fruit grower. You can get one by
addressing the experiment station
Calhoun, Louisiana.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-09-18

The temporary fall in the price Of
silver is nothing but o trick of stock
jobbers, and in due time will rally to
its normal monetary value. The
gold bugs and single standard advo.
Gates have entered into a conspiracy
to effectually destroy silver as a me-
dunn Of exchange during the present
administration, in order if possible,
to drive it out Of politics in the cam.
paign of 1900, or rather to destroy
il as a factor in State aud congress
sional campaigns before that time
Crowley Signal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-09-18

1t is said hal the Republicans are
colonizing large numbers of negroes
from West Virginia, Virginia and
Kentucky and putting them in the
larger cities and towns, where they
are to be registered and voted for
the Republican ticket. 1t is gener-
ally conceded now that Governor
Bushnell will not work himself to
death to c a legislature that
would elect Hanna to the Senate,
and that Hanna would not be great
~ ehagrined at the election of Chap.
man, the Democratic candidate for
Governor, provided the legislature
can be made Republican.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-09-18
According to the Pittsbnrg Pos

According TO the Pittsbnrg Post
since the passage Of the Dingley bill,
the wages Of workingmen and wom-
en- in the shops, factories aud mines
of Pennsylvania have been reduced.
II the case of these people Republi-
can prosperity has cut the wrong
way and they will have occasion TO
remember it when with lower wages
they will be compelled to meet the
higher prices which the new tariff
has imposed on the necessities OF
life.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-09-18
DOTS BY THE A
TORONTO, Canada, Aug. "a, 1897.
Editor Meridional

TORONTO, Canada, aug. II, 1891.
Editor Meridional :
The journey from Niagara Falls
to Toronto is very pleasant and the
scenery picturesque. Although it is
August the day is clear and cool and
on the voyage across Lake Ontario
it was too cold for comfort on deck
and only those who wore o~vercoats
and wraps appeared on deck. This
is "a land of ~overcoots." They are
worn here the year round. From
the falls you 60 down Niagara river
by rail, mi road running down the
gorge of the river by the waters
edge, the other running on the top of
the bluff, both in sight OF the river and
its rapids Of boiling. seething green
water until Lewiston is reached.
Lewiston is on the American side
where the high plateau Of Lake Erie
abruptly terminates and the land
sinks 200 feet to the level of Lake
Ontario. Here scientists say the
falls once were and that they have cut
their way up the river to the present
site, which appearances would seem
to indicate. On the Canadian shore
opposite to Lewiston stands Queen.
ston and the river makes a !ordly
sweep to the left leaving q high
promontory on the Canadian side on
the top Of which stands the Brock
monument, a tall shaft with a figure
on the top which seems TO dominate
all the surrounding region. This
monument can be seen from far
down the river, perhaps to its mouth.
1t has a commanding position and
looks very grand. The British flag
waves on the top Of a tall pole by the
side of the monument. The river at
this point entirely changes charac-
ter, from a narrow, noisy rapids to a
broad, quiet, beautiful stream of four
times the breadth it has above. at
Queenston flies the British flag while
on the opposite side of the river
floats the stars and stripes as if in
defiance of each other.
A fine British steamer runs from
Queenston aud Lewiston to Toronto.
| took passage on the Chippewa a
iow-pressure side wheel steamer for
Toronto. Everything on board was
English. The English coat of arms
decorated many parts of the ship,
the officers were English. but the
passengers were Americans many of
them G. A. R. menAwho like myself
left Buffalo to get away from the
crowd.
The scenery along the lower river
was very beautiful. The passengers
and there were many, all enjoyed the
view very much. Just above the
mouth OF the river on the Canada
side is the little port of Niagara-on-
the Lake. The steamer landed here
and took Oh q quantity of peaches.
At the mouth of the river stands
Fort Niagara on the American shore
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-09-18

The Pennsylvania Democratic
Convention deprived Harrity, o
Cleveland mugwump and gold bug,
from his place as the States repre-.
sentative in the Democratic National
Committee. His political grave.
stone should be marked : "Gone to
join Cleveland and Carlisle" May
he rest in peace.