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Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-22

Excellent Program Rendered by VO-
cnlists and InstrumentaIists.

Excellent Program Rendered by yO-
cnlists and Observation-Disclosures.
AS a delightful conclusion of the Illinois
day celebration, the Illinois commission
gave a reception and musical in the parlors
of the Illinois building which was tastefully
decorated with roses and greens for the oc-
casion. The soloists included Mrs. Katherine
Bloodgood of New York, Mr.. Allen Spencer
and Mr.. Justin Thatcher of Chicago. Each
was received with hearty applause. the rich
strong contralto voice of Mrs. Bloodgood
eliciting several encores. The program fol-
lows:
Bluette, to q Water Lily........M acDowell
La Fileuse. Raft
Momento CappriccioSo. .,...Van WeSterhou
Mr.. Allen Spencer.
Thy Beaming Eyes,,........... MacDowell
Where Blossoms the Rose. Clayton-Johns
NOcturre NeVln
Mrs. Katherine Bloodgood.
Etude In nat LisZl
La ~Campanella LisZt
Mr.. Allen Spence.
How i Love H.. WINE
In Bygone Days..........G. w. Chad wlci
Songs in Araby. CLAY
Mr.. Jutin Thatcher.
The Beautiful Land of Nod in MSS, :,
Songs from Persian Gardens ...,.".....
Liza Lehman
Mrs. Katherine Bloodgood.
oh, Fair, oh, Sweet and Holy. .Cantol
| ChanSOnette DehoVeI
Mr.. Justin Thatcher.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-22
Two More Specials

From our special piano offerings for
this week.
Victor pianos manufactured and war
ranted by Bush & Gerts Piano Co. OF
Chicago. Cabinet grand, full size, wal
nut finish, automatic duet desk, folding
fall board, three pedals and ivory keys,
fully worth $4,000. Special price this
week. S2S5.OO.
Shubert pianos. full size upright, hand
some walnut case, three pedals. carved
extension music desk and roll fall board,
the most expensive style made by the
firm. Regular price, $4,000. Special
price this week, $4,000.
A. HOSPE,
Music and Art. 1913 Douglas
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-22
Getting Down To Business.

A circular was sent out the very next
month after the commission was appointed
inviting the county boards throughout the
state to cooperate with the commission; In
fact, it was decided to proceed In this
manner at the very first meeting OF the
commission, which was held in the Copeland
hotel at Topeka on April 6, nine days after
the commission was named. At first the
county boards had some doubt OF their
legal right to made any disposition of the
funds such as the commission suggested, but
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-22

Town State Commission Meeting.
The Iowa State Exposition commission
held a meeting yesterday to complete ar
rangements for carrying out the Iowa day
program. Secretary Chase reported every
thing in promising order and the commits
sioners were enthusiastic over the prospect
of a large attendance from all over Iowa.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-22

briefly and the president closed his speech
by defeating the Illinois building to the
use of the public.
Colonel Carr announced that Governor
Holcomb had com to Omaha to assist in
extending a cordial welcome to the people
of Illinois who had come to Nebraska to
take part in the exposition, and had con-
sented TO say a few words.
Governor Holcomb was greeted with APP
plause and spoke briefly regarding the visit
of the Illinois people, expressing the salts
faction given the people of Nebraska by the
visit of Governor Tanner at a time when
his presence is required in his own state
The governor spoke of the appreciation OF
the people of this state for the substantial
manner in which Illinois has assisted in
making the exposition "A success and closed
by assuring the visitors that the friendly re.
lations thus established between the two
states will be maintained.
It the conclusion of Governor Holcomb'l
speech Secretary Hambleton read letters anC
kilograms of regret from Senator w. e
Mason. Alice Bradford Willis, president o
Illinois federation Of Woman clubs; Rober
T. Lincoln. Charles G. Dawes, Joseph w
Pfei1er and Adlai e. Stevenson.
Beveridge on "Past ana Present."
Hon. Joseph l.. Beverage. former COVER
, nor of Illinois, was introduced to speak OF
the subject. Past and Present" He wa
greeted with long applause.
! He spoke with feeling of the emotio
! which filled him as he recalled the pas
5 when he first took up his residence on tn
prairies OF Illinois fifty years ago. TIL
r beauties OF the virgin prairies were com
, mented on as a thing unknown to the gen
, Grafton which came later to hnd the Ian
: covered with fields OF waving grain an
i dotted with comfortable homes. The earl
settlers laid broad and deep the foundation
on which their descendants nave erected III
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-22

Mrs. Katherine Bloodgood.
OH, Fair, oh, Sweet and Holy. .Canto
ChanSOnette DehoVe
Mr.. Justin Thatcher,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-22

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-09

the chamber We're drawn, and through
them Came ELISA, clad in her splendid
robes OF office. and wearing upon her brow
the golden crescent of the moon.
How goes it with the prince. Metem?"
she asked in her soft voice, CHANGING anX-
ioIsly toward the couch, which was half
hidden in the shadow Of the wall
Look for yourself. lady" answered the
FhoeniCian, bowin~ before her.
ELISA. Eiissa"' cried Aziel, raising him
self ana opening his arms.
She saw and heard, then with a low
cry, and swiftly as Il swallow swooping to
its nest, she ran to him and was wrapped
in his embrace and thus they stayed, muir
n.urins words of love betw cen their kisses.
rs it your pleasure shat l should leave
YOU" asked Me;cm. presently. NO? Then,
prince, world have you remember that
you are still weak and should not give way
t. violent emotions"
Listen. AZci, said Elissa Untwining
his arms from about her neck there is
no time for tenderness. moreover, you
should show none 10 one who is stu the
high priestess of Baaltis. although in truth
she worshiDs her no longer. 1t was noble
of you. indeed. 10 offer iictrse upon Won
der altar that my life might he saved but
when / prayed you not. ] spake from the
heart. and bitterly. bitterly do I grieve
that for ny sake you should have stained
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have given you nothing, except the most
common of all things-a woman's love-"
That most perfect of all things" he an
swered, (which 1 am glad to have lived to
win."
Yes, but not at the price that you have
paid for it. / know well what it must have
cost you to cast that incense on the flame,
and l pray to your God, who has become
my God, to visit the sin of 1t on my head,
and 20 leave yours unframed. AZiel!
Aziei! woman or spirit while l have life
and memory, l am yours, and yours only
clean-handed l leave you, and if we may
meet again In this or in any other world,
clean and faithful 1 shall come to you
again. Glad am to have lived, because in
my life 1 have known you, and you have
sworn you love ms. Glad shall l be to live
again if again I may know you and hear
that cath-if not, it is sleep / seek; for life
without you to me would be hell. You
grow weak and I must be gone. Farewell,
and, living or dead, forget me not swear
that you will not forget me-
Il swear it, he answered, family; "and
God grant that l may die for you, not you
for me-"
THAT is no prayer of mine," she whis-
pered: and. bending, she kissed him on the
brow, for he was too weak to lift his lips
to hers. Then she was gone
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await US. Oh, Prince Aziel, l should have
Cone we'll to go as l might have done when
you and lsSachar were taken after that
mad meeting in the temple, from which
never looked for anything but ILL., but .
grow foolish in my old age. and thought
that l should like to see the last of you.
Well, so far We are all alive, except Issa-
char, who, although biaoted. was still the
most worthy of us. but how long we shall
remain alive Il cannot say. Now, our best
chance is to defeat Ithobal if We can, and
afterward, in the confusion, to escape from
Zmboe and join our servants, to whom
l have sent word TO await us in a secret
place beyond the first range of hills. If
we cannot-why, then we must go little
sooner than We expected to find out who
it is that really shapes the destinies of
men, ard whether or no the sun and moon
are the chariots of Ell and Baaltis. But,
prince. you turn pale
1T is nothing" said Aziel; "bring me
some water; the fever still burns in me-"
Metem went to seek for water. while
ELISA knelt by the couch and pressed her
lovers hand
Il must stay no longer" she whispered;
land. .Aziel, l know not how or when We
shall meet again. but my heart Is heavy,
for, alas! l think that doom draws near
ne. l have brought much sorrow on you
AZit1 and yet more upon myself, and /
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-09

again by saying that I've read the whols
pa per, ads. and all, and she asks me to try
bit OF the lemon pie that she's brought
In on a saucer, covered with the prettiest
napkin in her house. try to crawl out of
this by telling her that Til he tickled to
death TO eat.it just as soon as / finish my
cigar, and I let the cigar go out four or
five times. and smoke IL lingeringly when
relight it. She makes 1t her business.
though, to stay until she sees me Eat SONS
of that pie. or course, I've got to tell her
that the pie is simply heavenly. When she
goes my wife picks over the crust that Iva
left on the saucer and says to me: Did YOU
ever in your life see such doughty stun
This does not reassure me to what's
going to happen to me internally in the
middle of the night.
by this time three or four of my boys
friends from the next block have stamped
ed In at the front door. The boys from the
next block are ostensibly brought in by my
boys for the purpose of comparing the fol-
lowing days lessons. and they all adjourn
to the upper part of the house. i'm accord
ance with instructions. / hear 'em jawing
away at each other after a while and by
the time 1 reach the upper part of the
house they've got far as in-fiehting ami
hitting in the break-away, and / have 10
pry them loose. The same boys are around
the next night, however. notice.
Daughters Young Man.
by this time, perhaps, my eldest daugh-
ter makes her appearance from the up
stairs region, all prettied up, and she be-
gins to work me right off. She gives me n
chuck or two under the chin, and 1 know
that she's about due to say then: Papa,
would you really mind not smoking down
stairs any more tonight? Mr.. So-and-So
is coming, and the smoking down stairs is
so horrid; now. isn't II, you dear good old
thingp What's man going to do when it's
thrown out to him in this way. except TO
crawl upstairs and hide out of sight? Mr..
S0-and-SO' is a1l1p- mated If a Kid
as I've made him out. that you wouldn't
pick up on remnant counter; but he gets
the bulge on me- all the same, for he occu-
pies the whole lower part of the house I've
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES

Ihs regular meeting of the Junior c. E
Union will be held next Mon6ay evening at
Luther Place Memorial Church at o'clock
The topic Is, How to Interest the Sunday
| School Children in Junior Christian En-
deavor."
An April fool social was held by the Y. p
| s. c. E. of Faith Chapel Presbyterian
Church on the LIST inst, at which those
| present enjoyed a musical and literary pro-
gram and refreshments. Among those TAX
ing part in the program were Mesdames
Isel and Went and Misses Isel, Davis,
| GODDARD and Woodbridge
The Christian Endeavor topic for tomor-
row is "Conquering the Fear of DEATH
The Endeavor Society of Mount Vernon
| Place M. L. Church South will have an
| Easter song service at $3.50 tomorrow even
| Ing, in charge of Mr.. Page L. Zimmerman,
| chairman of the union music committee
| The Y. P. 8. C. E. of Garden Memorial
| Presbyterian Church has accepted an invi-
| tation to participate in the flag raising eel
ebration at the new engine house in Ana
| costa mentioned in recent issue of The
| Star, and delegates from the society will be
present.
The Junior Society of Union NJ E. Church
gave pleasing and successful olde folkes'
| concerto on thu evening of April /, the pro-
ceeds for missions. This Is the sixth year
| this society has supported an orphan in the
| school at Chinkiang, China, besides giving
TO Mary Reeds work among the lepers in
| India and contribution last year to the
| famine sufferer
| The Sunday school room of the Church Of
| the Reformation has bright new carpet
| on it which the Endeavorers helped to buy
| Services have been held at this church each
| night this week, and the juniors will hold q
| special song service tomorrow afternoon.
Tomorrow evening thu prayer meeting
| committee Of the Y. P. S. c. e. Of Central
| NJ. P. Church will have charge Of the church
services, in the absence of the pastor, Rev
| D. L. Greenfield, who is attending the con-
| ference Of his church, now in session in
| Baltimore.
The latest statement of the enrolment in
| the Tenth Legion is S,123
The young ladiss of the First PRESBYTERIAN
| Church are doing much good through their
sewing guild. The weekly meetings are in
| teresting and instructive, and the guild has
societies this winter.
The c. e. Society Of the West Washing
| ton Lutheran Church takes charge of the
| meeting at the Georgetown branch of the
| Central Union Mission once a month
Calvary Baptist intermediate C. E. Soci-
| sty held It's semi-annual election of officers
| Tuesday evening, choosing the following:
| President. Sackett Duryea; vice president,
| Eunice Berry; corresponding secretary,
| Fern Hoskins; treasurer, Dana c. Holland;
| recording secretary, Albert Wells. OF the
| Us members now enrolled, q will shortly
| graduate into the Young Peoples Society.
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vases filled with perfumes Behind these
again marched the mourners, women who
sang funeral dirge, and from time to time
broke into a wall of simulated grief Nor,
indeed, was their woe as hollow as might
be thought, since from that mountain path
they could see the outposts Of the army Of
1thobal upon the plain, and note with a
shudder of fear the spear-heads of his
countless thousands shining in the gorges
of the opposing heights. 1t was not for the
dead Baaltis that they mourned that day,
but for the fate that overshadowed them
and their city of gold.
May the curse Of all the gods fall on
herr muttered one OF the pr1estesses, as
size toiled forward beneath her load of Of
feriEgs; because She Is beautiful and pet
tish we must be put to tho spear or be-
come the wives of savages," and she point
ed with her chin to ELISA, who walked in
front, lost in her own thoughts
Have patience" answered Mesa, at her
side; you know the plan-tonight that
proud girl and false priestess shall sleep in
the camp of 1thobal.''
"Will he be satisfied with that" asked
the woman, land leave the city in peace ?''
TT seems So" answered Mesa, with a
laugh. though i is strange that king
should exchange spoil ana glory for a
round-eyed, thin-limbed girl who loves his
rival. Well. let US thank the gods that
made man foolish and gave US women wit
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to have known each other all their lives
and the small boys are confidentially tell
Ing each other what great and illustrious
men their respective fathers are. This is
the western way Theoretically, it's beau
tifuL In the abstract. neighborliness of
this sort is delightful to contemplate. The
western idea of neighborliness has invaded
the east. l like to stand off and regard
it as practiced by the people three squares
away from where 1 live.
States His Complaint.
Now. I'm what you might call a set
tied man. Ny wife has had me in hand
for twenty-five years. and she's got me
trained. I don't care to go down town
at all any more after return home in the
evening from the office. It's a whole lot
OF a job. even. for me to take my wife
TO the theater orce week. Ny idea of
comfort after I finish the meal that's wait
ing ne upon my arrival home is the even
ing paper. an easy chair and plenty Of
tobacco. On stormy nights 1 am permitted
to taste the Joys of this idea-three or
four nights month. maybe. My itinerant
neighbors get the rest Of my month of
evenings. My men neighbors are fellows
that I've known for years, most of EN-
and most OF them, too, have got such pleas
ant homes that 1t seems extraordinary
to me that they don't stay in them oftener.
They doa't. Ny men neighbors each spend
an hour or so with me about two evenings
q week. I've Just about got my cigar well
aglcw and have settled back to read the
headlines on the first page of the evening
paper preparatory to going over it all in
detail. when the man living three or four
doors down runs in.' OF course, I've got
to Hello, old man. him, tell him to sit
down. hang up his hat and overcoat and
settle back and make believe that I'm en-
Toying his views on the Cuban question.
Now. this man has always read the evening
paper from start. to finish before he runs
IN on me. How the dickens he does 1t
DON'T know. But he has got all the news
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-09
CHAPTER XIV.

Two hours had gone by, and procession
of priestesses might be seen advancing
slowly toward the holy tomb along the mar
row road Of rock cut in the mountain face
In front of the procession, wearing black
veil over her broidered robes, walked
ELISA, with downcast eyes and hair I'M
bound, in token of grief, while behind her
came Mesa and other priestesses, bearing
the offerings to the dead in bowls of ala
baster, food and wine. and lamps Of oil and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-09
A CRUSTY OLD CHAP
Who Takes Little or No Stock in His
Neighbors.
WANTS some EVENINGS TO HIMSELF
Draws the Line on the Dropping in
Habit.
GROUNDS FOR COMPLAINT
GROUNDS FOR COMPLAINT


" "A . lON A l. L. 4 L
wonder whether /
am naturally unsoci-
able, morose, sulky
and a bad pill in gen.
j. eral in SO far as my
relations with my
neighbors are con-
cerned. or. whether
I'm simply growing
old and intolerant,"
said a Washington
man who has fallen
into the habit of
Self-analySis To a
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Die resd about such-and-such' I've rot
10 lie and answer Yes to prevent him
from telling me all about it-for l like to
get my news at first hand. Then he drags
ne into an argument. I don't like TO ar
que, for I'm fully aware that my views
on all human affairs betokea a disordered
mind, and my wife tells me that when L
get INTO an argument l give vent 10 ugly.
brutal and vicious expressions. But my
neighbor wants TO inform me what he
thinks OF the mediation of the sultan or
something like that, and after awhile ]
md myself getting hot around the collar
and saying to myself. L wish this chuckle-
headed idiot would let me read my paper
ana then | fan into the argufying trap
he has laid Tor me, and talk through my
ha:, ard jeoparaizs my digestive appara-
tus-and what's the good of IL all? Neither
my neighbor nor 1 amounts to leaky
beanbag in the councils Of the nation: we
both did our musket packing a matter of
thirty-hNe years ago and where's the
sense OF our gettirg ourselves purple In
the face lambasting each other over a
question where We have no cut-in whatso-
ever? Ny neighbor doesn't look at il in
this way. however. and when he finally
gets up to go always feel that he's say
ing TO himself. Well. IL this man isn't a
mulish. bull-headed bigot, just show me
one. that's alli
More Interruptions.
When he finally goes. and 1 am again
settling myself back to read a line or two,
my wife's bosom pal-'we understand each
other so perfectly. you know. my dear is
the way / hear them tossing posies at each
cther-runs In My wife's bosom pal sess
that am trying to read my paper. and she
says to me: Now. don't let me interrupt
you. by any means-go right on reading
Then she sits down and talks to me. i lie
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-09-10

A lady from the country. who re-
Gently had occasion to send 20 town
for suit OF boys clothes, took the
measurements herself. She received
the following reply:
Dear Madam. Your favor received,
but we regret to say thas We have no
clothes such as you want, and We
doubt if they can be found outside Il
museum with a fat boy. Fifty
inches round the chest, twenty-four
round the neck and sixty round the
waist is a little out OF our line Pos
sibly you might squeeze the boy down
a little, but this would hardly be adj
visable, for, as you say, he is only
twelve, and the chances are that he
would grow with all you might DO.
We would advise you to take the
youth TO some wholesale tailoring
establishment. A boy with arms sixty
three inches long and legsjust six feet
to an inch is little beyond the capa-
bilities of this establishment, though
we study to please.
The lady has since learned that she
used the wrong side Of the tape
measure. Pearson Weekly.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-09-10

The only instruments known 90
these tribes were the drum, the rattle,
and kind OF hageolct.
The drum and rattle were used IN
accompanying the voice. 20 accentuate
the rhythm and 70 assist IN interpret
ing the emotive impulse of the song.
Shaking the rattle and beating the
drum with clear, sharp strokes served
not only TO mark the time, bat 70 Sc
cure the coordination aud unity Of
movement of the numerous voices IA
the choral. or 20 enforce precision az
motion IN the dance. The trcm0lO OF
the drum OF rattle was 20 express the
awe and trepidation felt when APP
preaching the supernatural, or when
invoking the aid of the occult powers.
The hageolet was a rather rude IN
strument, having 4 range limited 20
eight or ten notes in the treble clef
Owing 70 the lack OF mechanical ac-
curacy in its manufacture, this range
varied with every instrument, as did
also the quality and value of the tone
relations. There seems 10 have been
only one requirement Of the maker
namely. that when the hagelet vas
, blown with all the six holes stopped
there should be strong vibrations II
the tone produced This instrument
was used exclusively for solos by the
young men Of the tribe, and, in spite
OF the inaccuracies OF pitch arising
from its imperfect construction, SONS
OF the melodies composed for II are
not without hints of beauty ourna
OF American Folk Lore.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-09-10
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