Newspaper Page Text
SHE OMAHA DAILY BEE : HTXDAT , NOVEMBER 21 , 188(1-TWELVE ( PAGER. \ ) 'T I1 V1UPP tV.tl TtlP1MHP ( iLhAMXGS Km iIIE URLS , An Analysis of Uo Work nnd v7nges of \7otnen in the United States , A WHIM OF FICKLE FATE. VtirlMis Ucpllcs to the "XVIint Slmll I Toncli Mr tnr-7--Womrii ntxl Their Vo cations This ( ilrl oC tlio 1'cHoil. I'niTflpimslvp. He Invcil me. hut I loved not him. I know not why. It was \vhlia Of tickle fnto's Hint ho should pour Out nt my I eel such lavish store Of Invo and hervlce , nil iu vain. I knew Ids worth nnd it wnspnln To i < aln him so ; > et not one word Ot his sweet plendlims over stlircd H s | onsivo echoes In my breast Or woke my licait from Its calm rest , I Invcil him , but hn loved not me , I Ion rd , I Mtiitcu'lrd to hi ; free ; 1 felt It sliamu to love > insnnilit , Mv love by MO sweet scivlre bought ; Yet nil In vain. Did hut his face Aitpp.ir , a ul ry filled the place Willie he was near. Ho must have rend ' homi'lliliiir ' , I frar , my ulnnros saM. lint he was only my kind friend , And so continued to ttic end. Thou , Is It true thai hive's beget Hy lovlnuV Ah. 1 fear me not ! Or I hail lo\eil thu innn who poured Out at my feet .such I o inilloss hoard Of truest'lovc ; or else hadbeon Loved by thnt other innn. to win Whose lioait 1 had well-nU-h furuot To woo Is not the woman's lot. Wlml > ! n > U'oinon Ilo ? Philadelphia Record : Thu question "What may woman do ? " i.s frequently mut with the reply "What may woman not doY" and so far as their capacity is incliiuud , thu answer is a very fnir ono. When it comes to the question " \Vliut may a woman do profitably1'it i.s alto- uutltor n diU'crcnt mutter. Thu women who work for thu most part do so bueause ncctoMty ( .ompuls them. To claim that they stand bhoulilur to shoulder with men in thu everyday battlu for pure love of it i.s claiming altogether too much credit for the sex. I do not mean to imply that women as n rule would prefer idleness , but there are a thousand dillerent occupations that employ their minus and hands if left to their own sweet will , occupations in which they would lind delight , while the employ ment to which thuy arc driven porforcu is not infrequently a "deninition grind , " Hut tlmt is nuilhur here nor there. There aru over H.OUU.OOO womun in the United States engaged in other than household occupations , and with its overgrowing - growing proportion , both from natural increase of population and theeoutintied _ crowding of tliu great tinny still seeking employment in now channels , thu ques tion of what womun may bust do pre sents itself every year with renewed force. Of thu Il.OOO.OOO women employed outside the shelter in this country a care ful L'Btimatu places 000.000 as agricul tural laborers , mostly colored women in the cotton-fields ; 040,000 are cm ployed in thu various manufactories , 630,000 in luundries , vt-0ODO ! arc milliners , and 210- ( ) t)0 ) dressmaker. ' ) ; 60,000 work in tailor shops , and C'JU.OOO ' are saleswomen , teachers , telegraph operators , bookkeep ers , typewriters , etc. The learned pro fessions also have thuir quota of repre sentatives of the gentler sex , thuru buing no less than 2o)0 ( ) female physicians in thu United States. Thc.su , for ihu most part , find that thu profession pays well , and , although theru has bcun n great outcry against women studying medicine on ac count of undue strain upon their physical H.Vrttems ( even so far as the assertion that a largo proportion of thu English womun who practice mudicinu become int-ane , which has , however , not been corrobo rated ) , there seems to bu no established reason why a woman may not bu a doc tor , or a preacher , or a lawyer , if she has the requisite talent and perseverance. As far as thu choice of occupation , women are in these latter days , almost as free agents us aru mun , and may do what ever they can. With the question of higher education and its eli'oct upon the physical condition this articlu bus nothing to do. Thu Hon. William Dowdltch , in his "Forgotten Women of Massachusetts1 says that there aru in Uoston 120,000 young womun working for an average of less than $1 a week , and furthermore , that there are many irraduatcs of the Boston public schools , acknowledged to be the bust in world , who are working in shops for the miserable pittance of $2 a week. A con temporary takes t p this statement and makes it the excuse for a tirade against thu selfishness and greed ot firms who thus put thuir employes on starvation wages and reap profit therefrom. Mr. liowditch also furnishes statistics as to thu proportionate pay of men and women. Hu gives the following table of diUcruncus established in some manufac tories : ' 'In thu manufacture of cotton goods the men mule .spinners receive $ l.r > 7 a week , men frame-spinners $1 a week , and men ring-spinners sj3.08 a week more than women who do precisely the same kind of work. ( Jirls a.s spuro hands in reeling and wurping earned $ , 1.11 a week less than men , although reckoned us second hands at the work. Iu thu cloth-room womun were paid f--l'J less than men. In the manufacturu of musical instruments women action- makers earned ( I.CO less pur week than thu mun. In thu manufacture of paper girl finishers earned fl.7I ! less than thn mon. Women rubber-makers received f-15 ; ) and womun spoolers.r > H less than thu mun doing thu samu work. " Touching upon thu bookmakers , Mr. Itowdltuh says : "Men proof-ruadurs receive - ceivo $1218 more than women proof- readei H. Women press-feeders were paid | 3,8J ! less than thu innn , and women book compositors a week less than mun , " ( iranting that Mr , Howdlluh's figures are correct , and that thu women did equal work and did it just as well as thu men , tliu fact remains that labor is a market able commodity , and tlmt when thu sup ply exceeds the dum.unl the price- must go down just as thu price of wheat ami wool depreciates when thuru is more on hand than the people can consume , with u inauiti'.st advantage In favor of thu wheat and wool , however , as it can bu stored In warehouse * nnd await thu an- Millions moment for making its appear ance in the market , whllu the labor ma- chiuo must go on eating and drinking , and demand raiment and shelter. What , then , shall the woman do ? Thu nnswur is not far to sues. Thuru aru plenty of occupations to which shu may turn tier hand , eminently feminine occu pations , too , in which t > hu will not bo obliged to compute with man. Dressmakers - makers and plain suwers find plenty of work to do , It requires , it Is true , some traiiiing before onu is competent to do MUisfaetory work , but those who are competent need not hick for fairly re munerative employment , lint , if all other sources fail , thuru aru widu open kitchen doors welcoming thousands of workingwomun to domestic service , and it is probably thu only branch of female employment whuru board and wages are given to thu learner. It is safe to say that every poorly paid shop girl in thu land could , in tins way , lind a comfort able home and fair pay Just why thu girl apparently endowed with common sense ileelines to accept domistio service isdillicullto understand. Much of this feeling is Undoubtedly due to false notions of dignity ami independ ence : Deluded voting , women , working in sonic slit/p / for s3 or § : it week , don' ' v. < iit : to put th msclvos.ou . alr-vx.1 with l'r deft in thn kitchen. Docs their $2 or > ? : t a week pro'orvo them from coiitart with those wlto are inliiiUolv > vor < o ? Is standing behind a counter soiling tapu nml buttons more respectable than swooping and wailing and cooking ? C'lt-nrlv there is something wrong In our political economy when 00,00i ! girls in our land arc allowed to grow up with Midi erroneous idons of tlio dignity of labor , What is al1 Iho learniiitr gleamed from books worth ) f tlioro is not learned at the sawn time the lc son that all work is honorable ? Higher education with all Its vatinlod advantages is a delusion and a snare If it does not carry with tt this truth , and teach women that to do what they can best do , whether it be washing dishes or translating ( > rcok or Hindos- tauee , is to maintain their own self-re spect and gain thu greatest measure of thu resicct ; of their fellows. The philan thropists of the laud , too , will lind their labors In behalf of their unfortunate sl.s tcrs grc.ttly lus eiied when this fact Is generally undcr&tood and Its force fully appreciated. A I'ocin of IIV A SlISCKI'Tltll.l. MAX. 1 love to dream when 1 take my sleep Of a maiilcn 1 oncondornd : How wo used to wander bcsltio this deep Whern the inlu'lity billows roared , And Kathvr shells trom tlm Hlilulus sands , The shells that Jay thickly theic And none were wlille as her lovely hands , And none so smooth as her hair. 1 love to dionm of her anel face And her teeth like a row of pc.arls , Her swan-like nock with its queenly KVACC ll'df hidden hy gulden curls ; And there was one nlnlit It was lorn : ape Thnt I asked her to be my bride , There came to her ehi ulc a crimson Rlow , And she shed u tear as she sighed. And my honrt boat fast with n wlerd delight , Kor I knew whnt the answer'd ho. And I sei/.ed her lingers and Hold them tight And duniTd in u lover's L-lee ; Hut her vnicu was low and huruvcs were sad And her heniitoons brow was irravo , And sliemiitteied , ' 'You'll make my 1ms- IKUH ! mail If he hears you go wild and rave. " Various IleplloR to n Very Important " Question , Charleston , ( H. C. ) Dispatch : At a so cial gathering some one proposed tins question : "What .shall 1 teaoh my daugh ter * " The following answers weru hand ed in : Teach her that 100 cunts makes a dollar. Teach her how to arrange the parlor and the library. Teach nor to say "No" and mean it , or "Yes" and stick toil. Teach her how to wear a calico dress , and to wear it liku a queen. Teach her how to sew on buttons , darn stockings , and mend gloves. Tench her to dress for health ami com fort as well as for appearance. Teach her how to cultivate llowcrs and to keep the kitchen garden. Teach her to make the neatest room in the house. 'J each her to ! have nothing to do with intemperate or dissolute .young men. Teach her that tight lacing i.s uncomely as well a.s injurious to health. Teach her to regard thu morals and habits , and not nionuy , in selecting her associates. Teach her to observe the old rule : "A place for everything , and everything in its place. " 'leach her that music , drawing and painting are real accomplishments in the homo , and are not to uo neglected if there bo time and money for their use. Teach her tlio important truism : "That the mure she lives within her income tlio more she will save , and the further she will get away from the poorhouse. " Teach her that a good , steady , churchgoing - going mechanic , farmer , clerk , or teacher without a cunt is worth more than fort ? loafers or non-producers in broadcloth. Teach her to embrace every opportu nity for reading , and to select such books books _ as will give her the most useful and practical information in order to muke the best progress in earlier as well as later home and school lifu. Women and Their Vocations. San Francisco Report : Sonic women stand on the corner and wait for their vocation to hunt them un. Others start out with stout hearts and willing hands not only to meet but to seek this voca tion. The first lot go through lifu grunt ing groaning Thu second laugh and are merry. Witli the first necessity is a ty rant to be defied and cheated if possible. With thu second it is a master , cheerfully if not delightedly obeyed. The < Jlrl of the 1'orlod. ( ' ail Hamilton , in Nuw York World : Shu has been duly and amply forewarned. Shu has read about herself till it might well seem that whatever solid virtue she should attempt unto , all sweet spontane ity would bu utterly impossible. Not a quarterly reviewer , not a monthly maga- /.inist , not a weekly religious and family newspaper , scarcely a daily morning re porter , liic had tried tils hand at hr ; edu cation , her development , her weakness , her costuming. From a thousand sources she knew the risk she ran in loving line clothes and yachting and crinklcilliair and the Episcopal church. But shu went gayly on crinkling her hair and reading her pravurs. Shu knew for she had perused it a hundred times that she ought to stay at homo and knead bread and sweep the hon u and make it pleas ant for her brothers ; instead of which she went to school herself , studied ( ireek and the higher mathematics and gradu ated just like a boy. Kven tnat did her no good. She had learned her anatomy pertectly well just how many bonus she had , where thuy were single and where they were double ; where they were jointed with a ball and socket and where they were jointed with a hinge ; what they were expected to do and what would bu thn tqrriblu consequences if they were compressed. Yul she laced them in just us vigotously and relentlessly as had her grandmother before her who had nuver a bonu on her conscience , and lied about it just as Innocently , roitoratcdlv and un- convincingly. Nay , with all the abatruso metaphysics and mathematics and all the concrete .science and languages which she had , ns it were , taken aboard , and danced along her buttorlly life , loving her dance and her butterllydom no less for her dainty dalllancu with soiunco , for which , in truth , she never possessed a grand passion , and only wished she could bu more of a butterfly than fate had per mitted. So needless is all anxiety lest by any tortuous process whatever a sow's ' ear can evolvu itself out of a silk pursol And then , of course , to point thu moral , she madu a foolish marriage , Reared not only with refined tastes which is desirable but with expensive tastes which is unluuKy she must needs fall in Jove with n young man similarity roared , who hud correspondingly fallen in love with her b\\ged and blooming face , with her light feet , ho ready lau/h , her niorry voicu a young man who had n < ) fonuiui to maintain her in the llowory paths she loved , who had nothing to help himself with but Ins fresh , young manhood , un- assoiled , trained by a good education , good blood in his veins , good principles in his will , good habits behind him and a stout heart for what should lie before. Whilu thu novelty lasted the glamour lasted ami the heavens smiled , but when thu stress of lifu began ; when a new fjttlu soul looked helpless and unknowing into their own shu knew , both knew , that thu reign of the butterfly was over. The young man must fare forth for bread thu wide world over. Then arose tlie yonn j woman a uirl no longer , but a youthful mother of the period , witli her child in her arms and fared forth by his side , , . Tor llio I.jullca. llrct Uurte's story , ' "Thu Cjueun of the 1'inifo hit ? . ' is t : > In lilu trit.'d b > Katu In Lombrrp , the crtpilal of ( iaiioia. a new technical school has bom opoirod for girl. " , enabling tin m to loaru trades and industries of various doHTiplions , ns well an n training school for women servants. Mmo. Hartholdi is as enthusiastic as her husband over the felicity of site and the monumental suoco s of the statuu of liberty. She has received an extraordi nary number ot social cou-tcsics during her stay In Now York. The empress of Japan has nnt an order fordrcs os to a Paris milliner to the amount of ilo.O'JO. Shu has ailthorlwMl the ladies in her court "society" to adopt , the Knropoan garb , and has herself ap peared on a public occasion in a toilet. Miss Lynn Linton. says an Knglish paper , recently asked whuthor the higher education of women paid. If it does not in London it doo.s in Philadelphia , where thoio nru eight female physicians whose avuragc earnings are over JL'.I.OOO a year each. each.Mr.s. Mr.s. Knlo Chase Spraguc is devoting herself to the education of her daughter * , and Is happy in thu work ami in the pos session of powerful and devoted friends. She is still beautiful and fascinating , and young enough to rather enjoy than other wise the spiteful allusion to her successor , in a recently printed letter , to her having been thirty or forty years before the public. Mr.s. Warren Nowcomb , who has given $100,000 to Tnlano University , New Or leans , as a memorial of her daughter , is a native of Kentucky and a resident of Now York. She is "well known in Now Orleans , having resided there many years. Although thu most important , this is by no means the first of her public chanties. Dr. Mary Putnam Jacob ! and Miss ( Sracoll. Dodge , daughter of Mr , William K. Dodge , have been proposed as mem bers of thu Now York board of education. Two vacancies iu thu board will occur this autumn , and the number of wonmii touchers in the public schools i.s very large. Mayor ( trace , in whom is vested the power of appointment , has not yet sigmliud his intentions iu the matter. HUSK OK A I'KltSlAN IMllXC'K. How Ho Convicted the Murderers of An I'Inullsliman. St. James ( la/.otto : On the side of thu road to Shirax , thirty miles before the city is reached , going north , stands a bare pole. This marks the place where Ser geant Collins was found after his mur der. Sergeant Collins was an inspector of thu telegraph line , a man of great per sonal bravery. Accompanied by Ills wife , two servants and two muleteers , hu started on his inspection duty. Collins was hardly convalescent from a fever attack when hu started , and hu had no choice in traveling but to lie on a mat tress Hung on the back of a ninlu. At early dawn one day a muleteer sud denly cried : "Sahib , they have blocked thu road , " and looking ahead , the ser geant saw somu men iu front who were covering him with their guns. At the samu moment these men ordered him to dismount. Now. the sergeant was the bust shot in Persia. " 15c oil ! " ho shouted , firing his revolver twice. The robbers rushed in , liring as they o.lmc , and Col lins was flit in two places , death boimrin- stantaucous. After boating the lifeless body with their iron-headed sticks , the robbers blindfolded and carried oil * thu wife and thu two servants , detaining them in a dell till after midnight. At thu persistent instigation of the English minister at Teheran , thu Persian authorities arrested the three principal robbers. Another of them committed suicide to avoid capture ; another had died from a gunshot wound , apparently inllicted by Collins , lint tiiu Persian au thorities , though they had got the crimi mils in jail , scorned very loth to bring them to justice. Hut at length Miiv.a Hassan Ah Khan. C. S. 1. , our agent at Shiran , succeeded in goading tlie prince governor , 11 , H. A. XilesSultan' into trying the prisoners. The procceitings were very curious. There was no doubt of thu guilt of the men , but there were no wit nesses of the murder. The sergeant was dead ; his wife and their two servants had boon frightened out of their wits , and the muleteer declared that he could remem ber nothing. The Til-es-Snltan , finding that the English minister would not re main satisfied , ordered the robbers to bu brought before him. Tlie prince gover nor himself embodied tlio law. Half a do/.en courtiers lolled against the wall , their arms respectfully crossed upon their breats. Seated upon n silk mat tress in a corner of the room , his back supported by gold-emboridcred cushions , the yoiimr prince twiddled his mustache , or playcil with the jeweled hilt of his saber , or toy-ed with the buckle of price less tirilliants which formed the central ornament of his plain leather waist belt. The three men were dressed as villag- ois usually are , in tall felt caps and long felt coats. When they were hustled into the hall of audience they were still heavily ironed , for thcso men are ottoii desperate criminals , and would not hesi tate for a moment to murder their jailors if they thought they would thereby secure a chance of escape. On entering the royal presence they bow almost to tiio ground. "Salaam ! " they shout in a Kind of chorus ; your villager or tribesman never speaks , hu always shouts , "How do yon liku prison ? says the prince , nodding to them with a smile. In reply , the Imifdits assert their innocence , call ing at every sentence upon heaven and the prophet. "Are wo not harmless tradesmen , wo who live in your royal highness' shadow ? May we" be your sacrifice ! " Thu princi still smiles bland ly. "Ah. my friends , " says ho , ' 'I , too , am a .Mussulman. Wo' are MIISMII- mans here ; and and , in fact an unbeliever more or less doesn't much matter. You have truly done a good deed. 1 shall not really punish , but reward you. Tnat you killed the Forni- ghi there is. of course no doubt ; and so 1 must punish you nominally. What I propose to do is to cut oil'a joint of ono linger of each of yon , lint , what is thatv Nothing. Your dresses of honor are ready. You will put them on anil will be instantly liberated. And now , my children , " says the smiling prince , "tell me all about it. How did yon manage it , oh ? " Thu astonished prisoners received this speech with a burst of joy All shouting at once , they hastened to give the prince full particulars , "The Kuropean fired twice from ono pistol may we bo your sacrilice ! and then we all fired together , lushing mon him. Hu was but a Euro pean may your shadow never bo less ! Wo trust in the clemency of your royal highness ! May wo bu your sacrifice ! " The smile faded from the face of the young prince-governor , his likeness to the shah , his father , becoming very ap parent as his ooiMitenanco darkened into ferocity. Hu had got at the truth , and without nioro ado nodded with appropri ate significancu to his chief of police , thu Famish-bashia burly black-bearded man who stood behind thu criminals , Thu prisoners were removed ; they wore hur ried into thu public square , In which the palace stands , and their throats were cut. Thb bodies lay exposed till sunset , a ter ror to uvil-doors. A rod granite tablet in ouu of the ohrls tian churches at Julia , subscribed for by tlie engineer and non-commissioned offi cers in Persia , commemorates the death of Collins. A three-year-old child in Htirrisburg got a bottle of whisky and drank two ounces. It then full into a drunken stupor per and its lifu was saved with dilliunltv. It came out of the stupor with every indi cation of having a tremendous ! hoa'di and demanded water continuously. MANAGEMENT OF HOMES , Economy in tbfyllsmafcolcl trail the Keeping ' , of Accounts. SOME HINTS -ON WINTER WORK. Aitvlun to I'nfRntH nml 'I'lio Ornamental Kiliieatlmi of Glrl , mill Tlinlr L'scl'uliics in. Home Hi-lp. I tomb niul t. Slay , slay at home , my heart , niul rest ; lloaie-ee ] | > ili : , ' limits niu iiniiplcs-i , 1'nr the e tlmt wnmter they know not where Arc lull of troublfnnd full of ca"o ; To sttiy nt liomc is best. Weary nnd homesick niut distressed , They wmidiT cast , they w.ilith'r west , Anil nru battled utul lieuteti : ind blown nbout liy tint wlmts of tliu wilderness of doubt ; Tostayathoiiiolsbest. Then stny at home , my heart , and rest ; Thoblul Is Knfr.iLin Its in-stj O'er all Hint flutter their wins and liy A hawk Is hoverliiir In Iho sky ; To stay nt home js best. An lO.xpcu n Nuw York Commercial Advurtl.Mir : Too many persona Intvo n happy-go-lucky way of looking nt life . If they ilnslru anything they procure it without tliu slightest regard to Ilio expediency of the purchase or tlie state of their exchunuer. If tliu thing is wanted , it must bo had ; something must bo curtailed later on to inako up for tliu money when it contd ill bo spared. The tower is built before the cost N counted , anil the end is bitterness of spirit and distress of mind. Thorn is no way of living within a moderate in come except by rigid account keeping. Souiu one says : "Oh ! What is the u.io of bothering about account * ? No right- minded person of moderato means would buy things for which she cannot pay , nor would her housekeeping eost more than she could afford. " Granted , in .some s [ a Mill eases ; biit the urcat majority arc not careful to spend n penny less than their income. An uccount nook con scientiously kept Is a bulwark of strength. show tig as it does every article needed lor the proper liialntetianco of a family , with the eost thereof. Young persons contemplating housekeeping should. ap portion their incorno and live strictly within Iho limits of the amount sot apart for each subdivision of domestic expend- ! lure. This is the- only safe ruli1. ami it should never bo iviolated. Peace if not happiness ; will b'q scoured by its observ ance. It is very certain that unless the outgo IKS carefully watched it willexcectt the income. "But if the income be not adequate to the means of a relined taste , how can one live within it1' Tliu answer is very simnle : Piactiec s-ulf-dcnial and learn to manage. The family , if unabio to bring up the Income up to Us require- incuts must live down the facts ot the case. Persons brought up in luxury and with tastes of the 'utmost roliiicmcnt are very frequently compelled by reverses to change their muderof living from alllu- oneo to comparative poverty. Although onliged to perform menial ollicps , to live in humble nons.cs > ' they never give up the thousand ami onegr ices that cost nothinz anil goes so farVto beautify life. Their meala , though pls in.fvre daintily served , and their simply toilets arc tastefully made and becoming ; Good AdviuO ; to , Housekeepers. Boston Heralds' One of those mysteri ous "lioiisukuuHHtav ] vrho are constantly enlightening tliuvvorld about the best way to dust a roam or to spank a baby gives this sapient&dvlce : "Another rest- tul and really uddnyuiical tiling is to hnvo a lounge in the .kitchen where you can lie down easily , -With twenty minutes change of position ? * refreshing article to ; read , or a nap , .yoit'will bo surprised how yon can turn oil' ( ho work afterward. " It's to be hoped that the cook or the maid- ' of-all-work won't se'o this , for a toungo in the kitchen woiild lie such a nice plan for accelerating the work of a house , besides , having conceded that , the next require ment must bo n piano. If a woman "does her own work" she can lie down when or where she pleases while waiting for the dinner to cook , but the chances would bo the dinner would be ruined. There is no economy in that surely. People who can't sit up ' 'during business hours" are to bo pitied , but don't let them advocate "a lounge" as a remedy , because it is a clumsy piece of furniture that would bo awfully in the way of the pots and pans. "Winter Fancy Work. As a foundation for fashionable fancy embroidery unbleatthed sheeting or mus lin and llannel are used quite as often as the expensive satin , velvet ami plush. Velveteen and diagonal serge come infer for a good share of popularity. A handsome table cover consists of a square center of biscuit-colored Roman diapered .shouting with a. beep border of white satin , edirod with biscuit-colored fringe , and painted with peacock feathers at each comer and sprays of clematis and passion ( lowers al raeh side. Foreign ladies , who have plenty of leis ure , Imil amusement in embroidering coarse sacking cloth for the walls ami door curtains of their boudoirs Tno wall panels can be easily removed when chaniring house , and thus in the end are cheaper than paper. No lady of fashion in Paris would over dream of _ having the walls of the bed-room and sitting room papered. These , her especial homo living apartments , are hnng witn silk or satin and even with velvet. The most simple nro hung with cretonne. These hangings a r < > llxx-d top and bottom to three brass rods , which with the hangings may bo re moved from house to house. Easily made and very pretty is a hand screen of a palm-leaf fan cut to oak-leaf shape and bound with embroidered rib bon , edged with gold beads , A center pim > of leaf-shaped old gold plush is or namented with an nntunin leaf in vari ous colors , in silk-umbrohlurcd applique. The celled handle is tied with silken cord and plush tassels Hnish the screen. Decorative chair bucks are made of Madras muslin , with ! the pattern outlined iu gold. Strips of muslin , bordered with luce , have oilon a hand of gold embroid ery across ono endi ' The thin curtain silk in delicate maize nnd pink shades is a good groundwork lor an outlined de sign on gold. Anot bur easy way is to lay a cheap light pattern } htcu across the end and outline it withgold. For serviceable wear chair backs are made ot coarrio brown linen , embroidered in red , blue ami gold woolens and. zephyrs , A TaUciti > | l'nrentn. Undo Sam , iu'Williiimsport ' lireakfast Table : Family soe'rcts should not be talked over before little children , lioing without policy ihoy uru apt to ean.su trouble by speaking' out at the wrong time. It i.s neither wiuning nor childiiku to hear little childro'ii discussing grave and important domestic subjects , liku parrots , prattling what they have heard their mothersMV.Vhoeontaininuto their pure minds with envy , malice , jealousy and revenge ; which Jsorgo in the social world like waves upon the sua ; or , why put thoughts into their little heads to cause a sickly growth of sentiments nml qualities only belonging to men and womonV Let children be children a.s long : is possible. Keep their minds in the nappy atmosphere of beauty , purity , music , poetry and proper thought. Thus will their minds more perfectly develop their utmost possibilities for good If cares oppress and sorrows weigh upon your heart , for heaven's sake , gooil mother , do not try to throw your burdens olV upon your little children , They are not old nor strong enough to carry them without beiiu ; dvyutfud or deformed by tin1 load Tlu'.r time is coming. > so ino t' . cipia trouble Giw'them a ohn.iee to prepare for nv fate that the future may bring forth , that they may bear thrir bunions nobly , bravely , having cheerful ness to endure and still bo happy. A person who has no happy , careless child hood to recall is not apt to be cheerful. Shadows of sadnes < falling thick In voiilli are never wholly lifted , however brightly the sun of pro'.peritv suincs In ( he noon day of life. Children are the musk- , poetry , and Mowers of humanity. Why strain the tender strings to make discord of their native harmony ? \ \ liy spoil the sweet rlivmes of their happy , careless hearts by crowding them with prose ? Why force a delieato hot-housegrowtli on Mowers that tlourish be t in the pure , fresh air and sunlight ? Let children be happy and careless as long as they can. To IIP 11 them the whole1 lcs ons which .shall duvulou their minds in common sense practical views , which will savu them from building upon the quicksands when they are men and women. ISIrls .Should 1)0 UHCful nt Home. Ilarriaburjc Independent : There is n large class of American people of opu lence , men of acquired anil inherited wealth- who do not hesitate to inculcate the belief among their children , and es pecially their daughters , that it Is useless and unnecessary for them to learn to do anything useful In connection with do mestic manual labor. It is no uncom mon expression in tliu higher circles ol society for ladies to declare : "My hus band" or "my father is rich ; why , then , should I demean my.-clf by manual labor ! " In such "society" It is deemed vulgar for u lady to know how to do u u.sctul thing in connection with house keeping. Parents In these oases rear their daughters not to learn to do the useful , ami many mothers whose husbands are under a hard strain every day iu the year to Mud the wherewithal to keep up ap pearances impress their daughters with the idea that labor is degrading , and that a hand that shows any sign of manual work will not bo sought iu marriage by a gentleman.Vo \ conti'ss we do not know how true this is. If it i.s correct then Indeed is it the evidence of a lack of manhood , and if it is not true It is a wicked libel on the characterot an Amer ican giiitlumaii. ( Jii'ls who won't learn t : > do useful things at homo beoauM ! their fathers are rich lose opportunities to lit thenit-elvus to meet the cMgcneics and the accidents of life. It has always been the custom for the princes of ( icrmany to learn trades. The bourbon princes of France all ac quired trades. .Some of thorn were print ers , bookbinders , shipwrights , house-car- pouters , joiners and painters ; they did not follow these vocations but they un derstood Ilium. Itnyal and princely ladies of ( icrmuny and franco nndui > land every function of housekeeping and know how to perform it. They can go to the dairy and the stable and handle milk or , \ cow and a horse with dexterity and satisfaction. The prince of Wales is a bookbinder ; each of his brothers has a trade , and his sous are now learning trades according to their tastes. All the ladies of the English royal household un accomplished iii practical things tliuy- kuow how to do useful things , even if they are never called upon to perform them. The mnnkislmuss or sentimentality which encourages girls not to learu to do useful , practical and strcngthing labor is a debascnu til of the noblest impulses of nature. When .such an inculcation is encouraged it tends to deprive girls es pecially trom developing their mental ami physical forces , to ' enervate them and improve functions which , if properly trained might dovolopo the good and the the grand in their character. Work properly performed is a recuperator , not an exhauster , ot mental and physical forces. Knowledge is power , is an axiom as old as truth. To know how to do tlie useful Is an accomplishment of which any girl can , bo proud , and especially an American girt. THE OLD DETECTIVE'S ' STORY. As an old detective who has lauded his full share of criminals on the gallows and behind the bars , I have had some rousing adventures and queer experiences. One of these has been called to mind within a day or two by reading ot the death of a man in a neighboring city. For con venience sake 1 will call him Charles Lennox. 1 was attached to the force of a western city , and we had been running iilouir for many weeks without any break on the part"of evil-doers when a murder oc curred. The janitor of a bank was found dead in the business olllce of the bank , with the outside doors open. The man had been struck on the side of the iicad with some heavy weight and his skull crushed. Nothing had been taken from the bank , and so wo reasoned in this way : The robbers had called the janitor to the door on sonic pretext or other , and as soon as he opened it they rushed in and dealt him the blow. It was the night be fore a local election , and the approach of people who were carousing or elec tioneering had rattled the robbers anil they had lied. In these days a Dank rob ber would have cooly shut the door and gone to work on the safe , but they were a dillerent class of men then , If they had not been , we should have probably argued dillerently. An inquest was held , a verdict ren dered that John Shields came to his death at the hands of parties unknown , and hu was buried , ' ' 'he robbers had not loft the slightest clue behind them , but as 1 was ambitious to maku a name I was al lowed to begin work on the ease. In a town twelve miles away 1 found , after a long hunt , a livery stable man , who had let a hor.-o and buggy that night to two strangers , whom ho accurtely described , and whom lie believed to be two brothers. They told him they were going to Ames- bury , but I traced them straight to lilankville , which was the place where the murder occurred. Tin ? town where they hired the horse was ( Kosshurg. and tliey had come there b } train in tint af ternoon. They could have come down to Itlankvillu by the same train , and that they did not I arirued was a sharp trick en their part. They had driven away at 7)0 : ! ) o'clock. The bodyof the janitor was found about 10. The Morse had been returned just before inidn'.gnt. ' About ! ) o'clock , us I had forgotten to toll you , there was an alarm of lire in lilankville , rum the lire department was called out to quench a lire which hail heun set in one corner of a largo tannery. The Humes had not got much of a Mart and were speedily drowned out , anil the ease was reported as the work ot boys , 1 hail , then , after two week's work , a clue. Two bank robbers , doubtless from Chicago , had come to lilankville to do IIP a bank , but had been Irightitned away aftar committing a murder. I know just how they reachi'il Hlankvilloaud ju t how they left it , and I had descriptions of both , You may say 1 had but little to work on , as the men had come two hun dred miles , and might not then bo within a thousand , or if they were , they had changed their identity , but even thu smallest points will encourage a duteu- live who lias his heart in his work. In describing the men the stable-keeper , who was naturally observing and had n good memory , remembered that the older one carried a lop shoulder , had gold till ing in his front teeth , and there w.is a tremulous motion of the eye-lids , You have observed this in people. Those who do it would stammer if they do not wink. There were no points in the description of the other which would serve to iden tify him on the ttreet. Hu simply "looked enough like the other to bj his broiher. " I spent two weeks in Chicago looking for mymln : , and , although I was well as sisted by thol utcctives , my search was ruin , Mo ouu ould remember a crook of ' th.it . tiv ! oiiplion 1 was at the depot ready to take the train for home , when I ( ran across the Chicago , Burlington .V Quttiey railroad detectnv whom I had not seen for several months As wo talked about the Hlaukvillo murder I gave him - \ description of my mon , and I had hardly done so when he replied : "I know ther.i both , or at least win-re they can be found. I saw thorn In U yesterday , ami they arc often on the road.1 The town ho named was about soventy- live miles from Hlaukville , on a cross- line r.iilroad , and I had not been iu it two hours when 1 located my men. Tlioy were brothor.s.and one kept a bakorv and the other a saloon. Both had the reputa tion of beini' peaceful , law-abiding men , and they had families. It therefore be hooved mo to go .slow , and the arrests were not made until tl-.ny wore posiliyolv identified hy the livery man and I had positive evidence that they wore .xwa.y from homo at the time. In each case , when making the arrest , 1 was asked concerning the nature of the oll'unse or crime , and 1 replied that it was for the murder at Kossburg. The prisoners were strangely silent , and , though seemingly anxious about the fut ure , they refused to talk of the case. I took them to Kossburg , put them In jail , and In two or three tlays they wore ar raigned. They had sent to Chicago for counsel , but hu had not arrived. Tempo rary counsel appeared for them , they pleaded not guilty and in an hour or two were returned to jail. You may now ask yourself what case 1 had against the brothers. As I looked it over I cainn to the conclusion that my work had just begun. Thov had left home without noise , if not secretly ; had hired a horse and buggy under false pretenses ; had driven secretly across the country under cover of darkness. They wore ob jects of suspicion , but I had no proofs. It was my duly to hunt for proofs. I went to tlie hank to have some questions answered. It was iu summer and the front door stood open. A new janitor had been employed , and as I entered the cashier was saying to him : " .John , get n. paper and wrap around that brick which holds the back door. It is no ornament as it is1 : Naturally enough I glanced down at the brick. As tlio lauitor lifted it up 1 took it from his lianil , ami the next in stant I made a discovery. There wns a clot of dried blood on the brick , and in the jlot were sticking several hairs which I knew had come from thu janitor's head. I had madu an important discovery , but had at the samu timeruiuudinyor.se. The brick had been in thu ollice a year or moru. The blood and the hairs were evi dence that it was the weapon used to strike the janitor with. Then followed the queries : "Would men eonio to rob the bank without weapons ? Was it likely that the brick was used ? " 1 replied to those in the negative , ami I walked straight over to the jail anil into the presence of the prisoners and said : "Neither of you is guilty of the murder of the janitor. " "Wo are not , " they answered. "You were not near the bank that night. " ' "We were not.1 "Hut yet you had a secret purpose in coming'hero that night. " "Wo had.1 "What was its" "We will not tell. " That ended the interview. .Mind yon , every man m the community believed them guilty of murder , and I was the recipient of praise on every hand for what was termed a clever capture. You may think it strange that I went away from the jail as fully determined to clear them as I had been to convict them. The drawback to good detective work is thu hesitancy to drop a falsu scent , or to admit that a pet theory is wrong. 1 re turned to the bank and asked for the average health of the dead janitor , lie had been heard o comidain of pains around his heart , but otherwise nothing coufd be saiil. " ( lentlomon. " I said to the bank ollieials , "vonr janitor had "one to his cot for tho.'night. A sudden illness sei/.ed him. and in iiis alarm ho made his way to the door to call for help. Ho. had got the door open , when ho foil to the Moor , probably dead , and in his fall his head ' came in' contact , witli the brick. " "That i.s theory , " they answered. "But I will furnished the proofs , I want a post-mortem examination of the body. I liad hard work to get it , but the re sult was that three reputable doctors found that the man came to his death from heart trouble. They mixed iu > omo professional terms aim some Latin , but that was the very substance ot it. The day the two prisoners were discharged from custody I said to them : "I caused your arrest , but. I also brought about'.yonr liberation. No-v tell me what brought you .to lilankville that night. " "And yon will keep it a secrctV" "Yes. " "To burn that tannery. It belongs to an estate in which we.should have shared , but we were defrauded of our rights. In revcnire we sought to burn up $15,000 wortli of property. " 1 kept the secret until both were tlead. How Tlioy Jti' un Mfc. Allorton , Morris and Cudaliay , the .three . Chicago-stockyard capitalists who have sull'ered ino.it from the strike , began life as laborers. , Nets Moirls i.s a Bohe mian , and when ho lauded in Chicago ho worked in a slaughter-house for ? _ ' a week. ( icnoral Superintendent Kerrigan , of the whole live or six thousand miles of the Missouri Pacilie system , began his career as an ordinary axeman on the Iron Mountain road. He handled the axe well , and was next made roadman. Ho was absorbed in his work , and thn company recogni/.eit his indii.itry and value , and lo-ifay ho receive * $10,000 a year for managing the system. Vico- President Hoxie himself , whom the Knights of Labor regard with so much bitterness , was in his early life a laboring man , even performing such duties as Inking care of horses. Hut he did that work thoroughly , and when ho was twit ted with having once been a hostler , ho laughed and replied : "Yes , and I was the best one in Dos Moiucs. " The late I'rcsuleiil Kuttor , ot the Now York Central road , begun life as a station agent on the line of the 10no road , but ho wasn'tsatisllcd simply with being prompt and accurate with his accounts. Ho made a study of the freight business , so far as he could at his station , anil opened the eyes of the manager with his valua ble suggestions and his quick and sue- ccsstiil solution of some ol the trouble some problems of freight transportation that he had to meet in that early day , be fore the business was systematized and so well undcr toi > d as now. Some years ago two long freight trains met at : i biding on oiutnf Iho Illinois prai ries. The siding was not long onoii h to allow the trams to pass. 'Iho assistant manager ot the road happened to be on one of the trains , and he was at his with' ends to know what to do. There stopped up a young brakonian who raid ho could manairo the trains so as to enable tnem to pass. The engineers laughed at him , but , the manager asked him to explain. With a stick ho traced In the ground his plan , and it was so simple that every ono at once comprehended it. In litteen min utes thu two trains had b"cn moved bv , and the operation is now universally adopted on sidings that are too short. It is called sawing. Thu young follow , while riding ou the top ot his ear across the dreary prairies , had studied out and solved this problem , and when the oppor tunity came ho was ready for it. lie in now the general manager of tlie gi'eiit Northwcit system. ANARCHIST PARSONS' ' TOE , Her Efforts in Working up Sympathy for the Uontlomncd Anarchists. SHE DRAWS LARGE AUDIENCES , A Dr rt Ipilon of ttic Determined \\onihn null ( tor .Methods. Nnv YOKK , Nov. 18. [ ( . 'orrospondonco of the Hr.K.j A conspicuous woman hereabouts i.s Luoy K. Parsons , tlio wlfo. of the condemned Chicago communist , who says she i.s probably thu ono woman in the United States who has never suf fered headache or backache. She pos sesses apparently perfect health and a large store of vitality. She is comely , tall , almost robust , with a much better figure and n f\co more nearly Imudsomo than are possessed by the majority of her sex. Although she is go.nor.illy spoken of as n negro , shu Is a Mexican and has the Mexican gray black .skin and Mexi can features , with full lips and hair slightly inclined to kink. Shu has n pleasant smile , high chock bones and ex pressive black eves. Shu has undurtnkon to.save the nocks of thu Chicago com- munlst.s by making public sentiment 111 their favor. Whether shu succeeds or fail ! in that , shu is likely to tix herself permanently AH A t.r.\iiiit : of the wilder socialists. She has pres ence and magotsm : in a largo degreeami if she had a little more intellectual power to put into her speeches shu might become to the socialists what Anna Dick inson was to Iho early abolitionists. As it is , she makes a pleasant lignru on thu stage and delivers a fairly good speech. When Mrs. Parsons spoke in Cooper Union hall , Iho other evening. It was to an audience of at least three thousand , the most of whom were evidently in sym pathy with both the speaker and what she had to say. The audience consisted prin cipally of men. men.Till Till : UKIl I'l.Al ! of thu radicals draped the buck of the stage and some of the men wore red ribbons bens in their l.utton-hole.s. Most of the men had their hats ou and a good many were smoking. A singlu request from Mrs. Parsons was suuioiont to put. out the cigars , but it rouirod ( | a second ap peal and a general cry of "hats oil' " to get all the heads uncovered. Sno saya Unit her audiences are always sympa thetic , although they apparently contain a good many unbelievers. In Now Haven the Yale students were out In force , and in Philadelphia shu addressed nearly four thousand persons. She pos sesses ONI : iMroitrAXT TIIISU that the woman lecturer generally has not a good voice tor public speaking. It is strong , clear and penetrating , and does not grow siiicak.v | tor rasping after the first few sentences. Her manner ou the stage is quiet and dignilied , and her few gestures are graceful and earnest. She dwells a great deal on thetloplorabhj condition of WA < JK WOIIKKHS , and draws such pictures of tlio inevitable consequence of trying to live on a dollar or less per day. Then she arraigns tlu ) present economical system and traces it to the ills which alllict Mioiety. She gives an account of the principles of the Chicago cage communists , and tells how they would like to see society - , ciety org.ini7.ud. She usually gives a description of the Ilaymarket meeting of last May. She charges no admission , but a collection is taken , so that each auditor may pny what ho thinks it is wortli. Sirs. Parsons in conversation' , ! ! ? almost as strong iu her denunciation of other factions of the anarchists as of the capi talists and their corporations. People learned in the doctrines of those French men who fathered the theory of anarch ism say that their Chicago brethren are away oil' the anarchist mark ; that thuv are not anarchists at all , and have no right to call themselves such. They con tend , however , that they are the lti.M. : SIMON ITIti : ANAItrillSTS and all others are imitations. Mrs Par sons says that the majority of them are communists , though there is a wide dif ference of individual opinion among them. She is an anarchist and her hus band is a communist , but she smilingly adds that there is no division in their household on that account. The mem bers of tlie Chicago band are muted on onu thing , that the present , governmental system is thoroughly bad and ought to be abolished. That i.s ihe initial step in anarchy , lint after this they are divided upon the best means to establish peace harmony and universal prosperity iipon the earth. Some of them believe in a sort of universal co-operation society , which shall run everything for every body's benelit. They are tlio socialism. OtliorH.umong whom Mrs. Parsons counts herself , think this is fallacious , and there ought to bo more opportunity given to individual cllbrt. lint thuy are a unit in wanting to sen thuir present state smashed to bits , and that , too , as soon as possible. Mr.s. Parsons' .statement of the anarchistic and socialistic theories lacks clearness and logical sequence of means and ends , and you get up from an hour's discussion with the. fooling tlmt you hav en't taken in knowledge , to ( ill your ca pacity. This is how it is that this woman would have a more brilliant future if her brain were bigger. If she had as much mental ability 10 put into the preaching of her doctrines an she has magnetism in setting them forth , she would KOOIIinalio herself a power. However , If you 'don't oare much whether you got exact , know ledge or simply a general impression YOU will not care greatly about that when you see how deeply in earnest tlio woman is and how intensely she believes all shu says. OMAN JA.MT.S. OMAHA MEDICAL & SURGICAL INSTITUTE , J Cor. I3INST and CAPITOL /.VS. , OMAHA , HED. Best farllltlcH , nini.-ir.itim unit ' . , iiif < lice for am n ft- f ully treating r. | I umfcofinrill iMimtturcIrilttGra \ \ IliTIirouCll'.n I.A' < > : i IHfnrwUlcHtuiilUrni rx , Club IVcl , Curvatmu i f lioH.lic [ , Dltcufo of Wo men , I'llff , Tiir.iorf. Cam in1 , Cntarrli , Ilrniiclilllv , l'arul/fl , Killi' | | > ry , Itlilnry , JSIadikr , lljc , I'.ar Illiln n-.iil Illo il. il nil HiifiiiiuTr.llui. ! . . PHIVATK CIUCUr.AIt TO HEM' ' On I'jhalf , tiiici I.ll fllul Nnruiia Blu'Bfiw , Km > \Vt-jUiirM.tii.iTinatorrliu-J \ , linii&tcucy , byiilil U , ( iuuoirliu'.i. ( fluit. Varlcitei-lr. ( lenllii L'rliisry ' "C"1'1.Only ' noliablo W3EDICAL IN STITUTE liiaUiii ; a na-i-lallj' of tlio uliovc- II3I.U. ' I ( ll ( ' : ib'K , New f : > kturiilltvTrcntmcntforliOjftofYlfal Power. All C'UNTAI. ! < > ! ' * find II. dOD DlKRAHI.if ffdf.l UllUt- ever tmifc j > r < > < ' .ui < il , biucirtfully 'm.tul ullhnut uerrury. .Mcihelnr * or Imlnimo .1 cut by mall or csnrf > H , tuiurrly iiarUeil frurn u-cr > iilloii. Cull HIM ! oufiilt \ , or u-ml M > lory of c.'sf Ml.li FtuDip. All c 'iiiiiniDlciilioiiu tlililly ruul'.ili mini , Firt llff\VH \ KiTl' eoriiit'i-iJt . Ilimilauclatlriul- LIU llUUlli J amiTrtii-ormlile AcMn-K" nil Iniira OMAHA MRDIGAL & SUfMICAL INSTITUTE. Cor.lOth St. fc Cnpftoi Avo. , Omi A II. C ( > MSTOfK , G-enl. Insurance Agent And Real Kslntc Itrokcr , llooiii iuci-fltitnii Illooli , Diniilia. Ins rnnc * \ \ rutui In luliiibl'j cmnimnlun lute ] > f't > t > vul