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wife of -- 1 WBSBWe C_ litttiudtolii, i_notbin« better can be Mid > that we've eaten up ail our bread, • up oar drink and gone to bed. WHERE I SPENT MY I08EY. BT ISABEL A. HALLOX., 3,-, :• HAD been xnak- ing up my mind for two years that I would go abroad, and, when a wom­ an says making up her mind, and takes that length «f time to do It, you can usually con­ clude that she means that she is making up her parse. That was just it. I had tan-cent banks, five-cent banks and penny boxes, and all the little change ' we t into these, and at the end of the month they were all emptied and the money taken around to the bank to add | to that which was to be need for going to*pnsh . . . inahle hats bare atrimmiBf of It, while innumer­ able court aresseS are decorated with it." Determined to argue it out, I an- b we red, "Bat yoi see things are cheap- er!" "Will you promise me not to buy any materials that are not cheaper than the same fabrics would be in your own country?" I promised witljont a minute's heaita tion. -I- The very day after I reached London I started out lor my shopping. First of all 1 wanted some pretty cotton dresses. You know the kind--zephyrs, sateens aod a printed lawn. I found them pretty enough, but I clutched my pock­ et-DO ok mst a little bit tighter when I heard the prices. The one which I have sketched and marked No. 1, and winch ig an ordinary black and white zephyr gingham, which could, of course, be gotten in any color, blue and white, pink and white, the cream effects or the dark colors, WHS, I found, 25 cents a yard. I could duplicate this in Philadelphia for the same jiiice.^n Boa* ton for the samo,and in New York at HAKCH OF the least* among ownpeople. to the Because to look .the V> * :;̂ ; * t •* !>.' ' V : • £** Y 4>?r" "ii CtULUZ (No^jj "SS away. TThen I saw a lovely new ma­ terial and felt that I should enjoy a frock like it, I would give a eh rue of my Shoulders and say in a most contemptu­ ous wav, "Wait until I get on the other ride: I'll get these things for almost nothing." Getting things for almost nothing is a feminine vice. Whether the average •woman is not sufficiently imbued with honesty in early life, or "just what is tbe reason nobody knows, but a woman never stops to consider that, when things are gotten below their value somebody is being cheated,.and there­ fore things for almost nothing come un­ der the head of petty thefts. But get­ ting things for nothing on the other side of the water is, after all, a method of Spoiling the Egyptians, and consequent­ ly seems only right and proper. After Ml the saving and the talking and the waiting and the hoping, the eventful day came when I sailed away, robed as Simply as possible, and with the deter­ mination to come back possessing >///;/ . " '«°*s) . .V* ^0,̂ ̂ one shop for 24 cents and at another for 19 cents, so I concluded not to fill my trunk with that material. - -X- Then, as I had read in English novels of heroines who looked like angels in printed muslin, and felt that. England was the place for them and the one place where these could be gotten, I drew in my mind'B eye a sketch of a Sale, rose-colored muslin with a pink ower in a tiny wreath upon it made to look like a symphony with decora­ tions of lace and pink ribbon. 1 had seen just the sort of stuff I wanted on the other side, but I declined to buy it, preferring to wait and get it for a "mere nothing" in London. The English sample is sketched at No. 2; its price is 18 cents a yard; that which I had seen in Philadelphia, and which had brought joy to my soul, was 15 cents a yard. Since, I have found out that it would be the same either in New York, Boston or Chicago. Another little roll of money, which was marked "For HTEBtt tfethes that would make the Qneen of Bheba turn in her grave with envy. _t_ • I shouldn't be a woman if I didn't talk, and consequently before we were half over two clever men were thor­ oughly informed as to why I was going; khat is, the principal reason; to furnish any wardrobe for a song. One night as ,-we sat looking at the stars and wonder­ ing about them, one of the men said to me: . . A "Do you think yon are very patriot­ ic*" "Of course 1 am," I answered, indig­ nantly; "why, I think we have the best countrv, the best government, the best men, the prettiest women and the finest fruit in the world. Of course 1 am patriotic; 1 inherit it. I didn't exactly sign the Declaration of Independence, but an ancestor of mine saved me the trouble, and it is just as well he did, be­ cause) my signature is one of the seven mysteries of the world." "Well," persisted he, "do you think It is very patriotic to save up all your money and go to England and France to Spend) it?" "Oh!" said I, "but you get things so Cheap over there." He looked at me ss if he were amused. "You look like a woman with some sense; do you know what ruined Ire­ land? Absenteeism. Do you know what will discourage manufactures in this country ? The fact that the de­ mand for a certain line of goods Is not sufficiently great, the fact ttiat the peo­ ple who have the money go away to spend it, and most of all the fact that American women do not know the meaning of the word patriotism. They have an idea that it means nursing the rick in time of war and applauding the militia in times of peace. What it real­ ly means is doing the very best for your oountry that you can, and the very best, just at p/esent, is the encouragement of Mime industries. Look at the Queen of England ! When she was married she made Honiton lace fashionable because the lace workers were complaining of hard times. See what the Princess of Wales did three years ago, after her visit to Ireland; had some of her most lawn dress," went back inaa inner pocket of my purse. I shrugged my shoulders and concluded that it was be­ cause these were expensive goods; and now I have made up my mind to get something that would cost a little more, though first of all I wanted a printed challie to be used for a house dress; not the very fine ones, but one I could wear, and which would look pret­ ty and ladylike. They advertised them in all colors at a very well-known shop, and down 1 went to got iny stuff, whicn, by the by, to make an Irish bull, I didn't get. At No. 3 is the sketch of the English sample which cost 16 cents a yard. I can get equally aa good in New York for 10 cents a yard, in Philadelphia for 12J and in Bos­ ton for 15. Another little package of money went into that part of the purse that I began to call "the pat­ riotic side." 1 commenced to think just then, and it seemed to me, with de­ signs just as good, material just as dur­ able in the fabrics at home, I was a bit of a donkey to come abroad and pay more for tbe same things, granted that it was only a few pennies. -I- My sister was a little more persistent, and said: "I am going to try and get a sateen," and we got a sample of one. It's No. 4 on the second group. You see it was a bit of an advantage that I could sketch a little, so I drew this for her. The result was that there is writ­ ten in her note book: "Price of sateen 25 cents in London; I can get it for from 10 to 25 cents either in Philadelphia, Boston or New York, and that at 18 is just as wide and just as good." We had read and written and upheld English wools; we had insisted that nothing could be got to equal them, and so went out to get a blue and white cheek suiting to have a jaunty costume made in which to go yachting. First of all we went to a famous tailor shop to see what they would make a suit for, because their advertisements ?Tere so lovely. We soon found that English advertisements are not always what they seem, for the sim­ ple, stylish frock of the picture was ex­ tremely dowdy in reality, and after looking around it was decided that the OneSii'Juid ever the water was forced to exact in adapting his mate: female lam divine. American women are not on the streets tbe dowdies English women do. The check *citing marked No. 5 in my picture will cost in London 70 cents a yard, in New York, Boston and Philadelphia it can be got­ ten for 80 cents; that's 20 ceuts differ­ ence on the yard. -t- "Serge,,' said I. "We have always heard of that. We will get a dress of it if we don't of anything else, a dark blue serge; it is so ladylike and so useful to have, and so altogetherdesirable." We grew quite rapturous over this; we were sure that it would be cheaper than any­ thing in America, and more desirable. We round it, not heavy in weight, not closely woven, indeed, one of the party called it "sleazy." Its price was 48 cents a yard, and a friend who had been pickel up ou the WAV had on a dress just like it, the material of which had been bought is Philadelphia for 37 j cents a yard. Later OD it was dis­ covered that New York furnished it for 30 and Chicago for 35. I did'nt want to go home without a single new frock, so knowing that the English were gieat on tennis, and al­ most every dressmaker you approached «»ke<l you if you didn't want a tennis costume, I determined to get one. The ^design was the light flannel drawn at 7, T7ith lines of wu blue and brown going over its white ground. It cost me 25 cents a yard, and at a first- class store at home I could set just the same thing for the same money. Now, all these samples that I have drawn, and that I am talking about, do cot c o m e f r o m e x t r a v a g a n t p l a c e d b u t i n ­ stead from the shops freuueiifad by the middle class, to winch you and I, my friend, belong. Many of them were samples quoted as bargains. Just what bargains thev were you can see. My experience is the experience of hundreds of women who do not stop to think that in going over, and spending their money in a strange land, they are absolutely and honestly, or say rather dishonestly taking the bread from the workers in their own country. 'As- a people we are young, but we have abil­ ity and energy, and we can make just as ^rood stuffs as are made on the other vide, but we won't make them until we •Mure encouraged in it. It is snobbery of iiiB worst »ort to gioat over material be- ^ng "imported;" it is patriotism of the pest to show a good fabric, and to claim that it was designed and made at home. The women of this country can do so much toward making it the greatest in Jthe world, first by guiding the men in fthe way they should go, and next by encouraging home industries. There •would be a hundred thousand workers wher©_ there are a hundred thousand idlers if the factories were at work sup­ plying our shops with American mater­ ials, if the women of America would be m patriotic as were their great-grand­ mothers, and decline to wear anything that was not wrought by American loom! and sold in American stores. I had written home some of my ex­ perience about getting things for noth­ ing, and in return a letter had come to me, enclosing samples of American silk, the black silk that almost every woman likes to have in her wardrobe, for it is a gown suited for so many occa­ sions. The letter said: "I enclose some samples of black silk; unless you can get them cheaper, or better, for the same money, 1 will buy my gown at home." For the quality that in New York was $1.49, I should have to pay $1.70 in London; for that which was $1.09 the price was $1.25; there were cheaper silks, but they were poor in quality, and would have lasted but a little while, and every woman knows Jhow very, very mean looking is a shabby black silk. We found handkerchiefs about the same price as in this country; that is, the nice ones. Veilings, collars and cuffs, and the very small etceteras of the toilette, do no^vary much in price; but as in Lon­ don the Princess of Wales, or Bome great beauty, will Bet a fashion, make one style popular and force a run on it for the season to the advantage of the shop-keepers, they do not BO ofteai have great quantities of* small belongings left on their hands which must be sold, no matter at what price. In black materials--cashmeres, hen- rietta cloths, grenadines and lace brill- iantines--the prices are about the same. One style of lace brilliantine which sells #n London for 35 cents a yard can be .gotten in New York or Chicago for 30 cents. White caehmere, 39 inches wide, pale blue, pink, and tbe various standard colors, sells for 75 cents a yard, and I can get it quite as good, and for less money, in either Philadelphia, Bos­ ton or New York. It was rather a sad experience, this going over and expecting to get so much for so little, this having my belief in the great desire of the English people to sell me much for nothing, shattered; but, after all, I had to confess it was a good lesson, and I did have the moral courage to keep my word and bring my money home with me. On thfe steamer I met the same man who had given me such good advice on mv way over. He looked at me and said: "Well?" And I answered, "I am bringing my money back to tbe iand of the free." Being an American gentlemen lie did not say, "I told you so," but he could not resist asking, as he took my hand: "Where did you get your gloves?" I never had a hatchet except a choco­ late onfe, but I looked in his face and told him the truth. "In New York. The English gloves are not adapted to the American hands, and tbey are not half as well made, and tbe same fault can be found with the French ones. In New York you can get them to fit all kinds of hands, long fingers and short ones, broad and nar­ row ones. You can buy gloves in Lon­ don for 50 cents a pair, but they are not worth wearing; they are old-faBhioned in color, badly cut, and altogether un­ desirable. In Paris they make a greet fuss about making gloves to order for you, but they can do that in New York, do it just as well, and the colors are as novel as those shown in Paris. Since I have been away I have learned what you mean by patriotism. 1 have learned now the women of a country can make it prosperous and great, and 1 have come home with a respect for the Americun workingman that I never had before. I believe he can do anything he wants to; and if there is anything that thev know how to do on the other side that we haven't grasped yet, we are rich enough to buy that knowledge and to have it ta vie Lit in our manufactories. We can import knowledge and pay a proper duty on it. Look at my watcb! Made in Philadelphia at a factory where George W. Onilds employs 700 women to polish and etch cases. It keeps bet­ ter time, and it is just as pretty as any good gold watch made in the famous watch-making districts, and it didn't cost a cent more than one would on the other side. Now, in buying a watch at home, you can get one just as good, you en­ courage industry, and you tend to make rich and good and prosperous your own country-people, and that's what we all ought to try to do. Naturally my friend and teacher felt a great pride in me, for who does not like a proselyte? And in me he had a most enthusiastic one. I am prepared to say that while it is delightful to go abroad "strange countries for to see," I ODISM. story, ana the tree one, of where J spent my moseyafter all, i. e., at home, rHEIR TWENTY - FIRST QUAD- ~r'<<<RENN1A1. CONFERENCE. A STRANGE PACT. Aaiilcora m4 Atton Prefer r«ranblt l« GalfeTortM* rril Notice*. The clioping of newspaper notices fot. people whose names frequently appear* Interesting conference of Methodist ministers, the twenty-first quadrennial session of the • at Omaha ot Some of th« iCoM Kmlnent UlTtneo of the "World--Beporta from the Bliiiopi of India and Africa. Aa Aagnit Body. Omaha has been the scene et a most in print has gotten to be such a bus! ness that there exist several bureaus in New Y or k alone which drive a profit­ able income from this i appeal to the harmless vanity of . people. J asked one of these professional ippers" a few days ago, says the Chi* cago Herald, to what an extent authors and literary people in general patron­ ized his bureau, and his answer was in­ teresting. "You may b© surprised, but we 'clip! notices for fully 80 per cent, of the fa* mous authors of the day. You see if* •• saves them the trouble of reading a great mass of papers, or of worrying their publishers to see the press notices of their books. Some of the authors ' wffl be taken for the Am?r ican^utthremity. A resolution unanimously passed ask­ ing all the societies of the Methodist Church to decline to ask for or receive any financial aid from the United States Government for any educational or re­ ligious work--whether among the In­ dians or others. It was stated that the Methodist Church,aa a church, had never asked for or received any such aid, though some quasi-Methodist organiza­ tion had received a few thousand dol­ lars. The Methodist Church goes ou record as being utterly opposed to the government assisting any religious body in a financial way. If any denon^ina- are peculiar in the orders which they give. "One of the best known writers of the day is impartial and his order is to send him notices of every kind about himself or his works, good, bad or in­ different. Another doesu't like to read the aatavorabia reviews, and so we have to read everything that is printed about him and sent him only the flat­ tering notices, Some writers don't care a rap apparently for personal no­ tices and their orders call for only such m refer to their work. Others, again, say that they can get all the re­ views of their books from the publish' ors. and c>u*> «.Losa which deal with their own personalties. "It is a curious thing that the average author would rather read a notice about himself than about one of his published works. I have found that authors, m a rule, are greatly influenced by tbe senti­ ments of the newspaper notices sent them. They dislike adverse criticism just as much as do the actors. "I remember one writer, of one of whose books some of tbe ugliest re- views I ever read were written; but as his order called for 'everything' we sent them to him. He stood two or three envelopes full, but then wrote a caustic Setter «,w! diRcont.inuo<i «er- vice. As a profession, however, we much prefer to "clip* for authors than for actors or ministers, for example-- especially the latter," A GOOD PLACE TO VISIT. Cobm Whaa Too Wish, and Stay aa Loif ailon Pleaie. Australian station hospitality keeps the latch string always out and says: "Come when you wish, do what you like, and stay as long as you can." A writer in the Manchester Times says that the Australian host places himself, his family, and all that is" his at the ser­ vice of the guest--fishing-tackle, breech­ loaders, horses and servants. Such hospitality is rarely abused, though tbs writer mentions one exceptional case, where the guest prolonged his visit un­ til it wore out his welcome. To one station came a visitor, whose original intention of staying a month was reconsidered, and he remained two. Six months passed, and he was still there. He enjoyed himself hugely with horses, dogs, and guns, developed an encouraging appetite, and his host did not complain. After about nine months, the host's manner became lens warm, and at the end of the year he spoke no more to his guest. The latter was not sensitive, but lingered on for the space of a second year, when he d®- Eirted and went to visit somebody else. urine these two years he was never told that he had stayed long enough and would do well to go away. At the opening m e e t i n g i n B o y d ' s O p e r a House, 509 of the 5 2 2 d e l e g a t e s were present, in­ c l u d i n g m a n y from the United K i n g d o m . A l l the bishops were present. The body was called to order by Bishop Bowman, and after appropriate ' ceremonies, Dr. Monroe was chosen BISHOP SB BOUQUETS BY WIRE. Flower* for Year Sweetheart la Roane or St. Petersburg. A novel and very remarfcaole Indus­ try has recently been started in Kansas City, says the Star. It is intended for the convenience of persons who have friends in this city or abroad to whom they may desire to pay polite little at tentions. Suppose that a lady of your acquaintance is at present in Vienna and you wish to send her a fresh bou- Suet. It is very easily managed. You rop in at a certain florist's on Broad­ way and pick out the flowers suitable for your posy. Within two hours the bouquet se­ lected is delivered to the intended re­ cipient. The florist has an agent or correspondent in Vienna, to whom he cables the order, Btating the number of flowers of each kind, etc., and the name of the giver is written on a card tfnd attached to the bunch of blossoms before it is conveyed to the address in­ dicated. Itis the same with other cities in Europe and America. If your lady love is in San Francisco you can send her a bunch of violets or a bouquet of roses by wire, ss it were, within a few minutes. Dangers ot Painters. The man who invents a method of handling paint and lead mixtures with- our danger of painter's colic as a result will reap a fortune. Some men are not subject to this complaint, but great •umbers have been forced to give up the painting business from their liability to sudden attacks. Lead poisoning is one of the most dangerous afflictions known to tbe human race, and numbers of paralytics are now in our hospitals whose infirmity is due to the lead con- tained in paints. Diversified Tastes. The Singalese eat the bees after rob­ bing them of their honey. Quas, the fermented cabbage water of the Rus­ sians, is their favorite tipple. It is de­ scribed as resembling a mixture of stale fish and soapsuds, vet next to beer, it has more votaries than any other fer­ mented beverage. In the West Indies a large caterpillar found on the palm tree is esteemed a luxury, while the edible nests of Java swallows are so rich a dainty that the ingredients of a dish will cost as much as $60. Sheep aa Beaats of Burden. Sheep are not commonly regarded as useful as beasts of burden, but In i large part of Northwestern India thou­ sands of sheep carry for many miles the commodities that are purchased by the sale of their own wool. Tbe mountaiu ! >aths among the foot hills of the Mima- ayas are so precipitous that the sheep, more surefooted than larger beasts, are preferred as burden carriers. The load for each sheep is from 16 to 20 pounds. Insects Like Flower Buds. An insect of South America has its fangs so like the flower of the orchid that smaller insects are tempted into its jaws, while certain spiders double themselves up in the angle between the leafstalk and the stem, and so close­ ly resemble flower buds that their un­ suspecting prey approach to their de­ struction. A SNAKE has been found in Irelsnd at last. A Belfast newspaper says thai a snake 7£ feet long and nearly 7 inches in circumference has been killed at Nora's Glen. It was taken to a con­ tractor's yard in the town, where the reptile was inspected by a large number of people. Ah examination of applicants for teachers' certificates will be held at Supt. Peckham's office, corner of Sev­ enth and Prairie stmets.Wednesday and Thursday, June 8th ana 9th, beginning at 9 o'clock t.u. JOHN WCSLST. Secretary, and the lay delegates, at their own requ est, were accorded seats apart from the ministers. After the usual scramble for eligible seats, two hours8 time wa* given to the episcopal address, which was delivered by Bishop Foster. The pict iho re­ port stated, had been a prosperous one for the church. Work In the foreign field had been given special care, and numer­ ous visits by the bishop to foreign lands had been made with beneficial results. The book concerns of the church are the largest in the world. There have been no dissensions in the church and there is more intelligence and less big­ otry in the pulpit. The membership during the past four years has grown rapidly, and now num­ bers 2,293,614 commu­ nicants; 442,000 souls have been added to the church during the four years by confes­ sion of faith; churches have increased 264, with an increased val­ uation of $18,321,321; contributions to all so­ cieties have increased $334,135. The Epworth League received s^reat, praise «s a m«Hi ator"between the Sunday school and the church. It has in three years sprung up from naught to 8,000 chapters with 500,- 000 members. The National University at "Washington is announced as a cer­ tainty and liberal endowments asked for, as millions will be necessary for its equipment. The woman's college in Baltimore was also commended. "The church demands an American­ ized franchise as well hs a naturalized franchise," said the Bishop. "The con­ tinuation of foreign languages and cus­ toms in this country is wrong, and we are openly opposed t o the teaching of for- e I g n languages in schools. The cen­ tralization of wealth is denounced, and if not arrested there will be danger to the BISHOP FirZGEBALD. R{)d ^ fun<J. tions. The church must act. It cannot side with wealth; it must go with the toiling mass. Total abstinence is im­ perative, and complete' prohibition is urgent." Bishop Thoburn, of India and Mayal- asia, in his report, said the Methodist Church was teaching and preaching the gospel in India and Mayalasla in thirteen different languages. The work in India was in excellent con­ dition, but the need was great. The work­ ing force from Amer-' 1 c a h a d f a l l e n o f f some, but the work h a d c o n t i n u e d t o grow. The member- s bp had increased nearly 30,000 during insnop ooon&itk. the quadrennial. The Methodist Sun­ day schools in India now havo a mem­ bership of over 55,000, an increase of 15,000 during the four years past. In the day school? the church had 29,000 native pupils of India. Tho report warmly commended the work of women in tho missions of India. The church has established three publishing houses, and is sending out pamphlets and peri­ odicals in n ne different languages from its own presses. "The day of small things is past," sa!d the Bishop. "We must take up the work before ua and carry prnotically the responsibilities laid upon ue. We do not know what may happen to-morrow, but we do know that the sun never sets in the morning. Itis just morning in India. Let us up and be doing while the daylight lasts." Bishop Taylor, of Africa, undertook to read his report, but having been a preacher for fifty years without ever having read a sermon, he broke down on his manuscript. By con­ sent of the confer­ ence he was permit­ ted to lay aisde his paper and talk. Be­ ing one of the most ready and powerful speakers in the Meth­ odist Church, he had fair sailing, and soon BISHOP WAI.DZW. had everything his own way. Although about 80 years of age, he does more work than almost any other preacher in the convention, and is held in the highest regard by the clergy and the laity. He is one of the marked characters atneng the bishops, though age is telling on him. At the close of the bishop's address he presented to the conference a native African girl about 4 years old, and only nine months out of heathen Africa. The little girl was placed upon the speakers' table amid great cheering. When Bishop Taylor said that tho child had been out of hea­ thendom only nine months, Bishop Fow­ ler added: "And is now in the general conference." This sally brought down the house. Bishop Bowmau stepped to the table and took the child by the hand, at which a colored delegate shout­ ed that now prophecy is fulfilled in that "Ethiopia has stretched forth its hands unto God-." The blushes of Bishop Bow­ man, as he was the one that took the outstretched hand, created a storm of applause. This was one of the most pleasant incidents of the conference so far. In the diseussion of the American university and Christian education, all the addresses were with reference to the proposed great university at Washington, which will be open only to college grad­ uates and the doors of which are not to be thrown open until an endowment fund ot $5,000,000 has been secured. The nature of the scheme was set forth by Bishop Hurst while presiding. Kev. Dr. Moulton, the English delegate, was called for by the audience, and re­ sponded briefly, expressing his approval of the magnificent scheme and faith in its consummation. It was announced that several 'subscriptions had already been promised, Mrs. McCabe taking the first share of $1,000. Another sum across thq water is only waiting for some one to go after it. A resolution was adopted asking the bishops to desig- legislative body of that church. | tion cannot live without government aid, " the feeling was that it would be better for it to make an assignment and go out of business. A complete separation, of church and state is an absolute neces­ sity, and by this action of the General Conference the Methodist Church has joined hands with the great Baptist Church, which, so it is claimed, has never received any government aid for denominational purposes. The farewell remarks of Dr. Moulton, the Wesleyan delegate, were in good taste, and were heartily applauded. Bishop Vincent's response in behalC of the conference was eloquent and com­ prehensive. The conference joined in singing two verses of the hymn begin­ ning "Blest be the tie that binds," and Dr. Moulton left for his home iu London. Most disorderly scenes were the rule d'j.ring tho diccu^slon c»t tli«i i ul«» of or­ der, for the laymen are jealous of their rights, and the clerical brethren are equally desirous not to lose any of their prerogatives. So much time has been wasted that it would seem it would be well to adopt a set of rules that will not have to be tinkered with every quad- rennium. There are too many parlia­ mentary martinets who can tell the dif­ ference betwixt the north and northwest side of a hair. Those who are stick­ lers for the niceties of parliamentary law obstruct legislation, though they ex­ hibit their skill in debate. The laymen were anxious to have a rule passed that would give them the advantage in putting the clerical dele­ gates on record, but by a separate vote of orders they failed. The lay vote for this change of rule was 113 and clerical 48; total 161. But 216 clerical delegates and 37 lay voted against, and the motion was lost, and the clerics scored a big point. Among the Pleasant incidents of ths session was the marriage of the oldest delegate, Dr. John L. Smith of Valpa­ raiso, Ind., who has passed his eightieth mile-stone, but who is as vigorous as most men of 60. The bride is probably 50 years of age and is sprightly and First art*! Hanging in ty--Two Murderers KxwnM- ffnilw ' Crop Ualletln--Crazy Deed of CfcaaSaft aXo»e-Stek swalm r-zf*- •v*-. % I BOTD'9 OPKRA nocss. handsome, and no one wonders why the veteran minister has chosen such a com­ panion for the closing years of a busy and successful life. The venerable groom is as gallant and as happy as it only coming out of this teens.. The committee on the World's Co­ lumbian Exposition reported, and the report was adopted. It sets forth the Christian character of the discoverers of America and of the founders of thiB Be public. It recounts the expressed opin­ ions of the fathers of the nation, and of Abraham Lincoln, and other suoh men. The following resolutions in substance were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That to open the gates of the exposition on the Sabbath would be to a fillet 2,500.000 Methodist* and 10,003,000 adherents, and would shock the moral sen­ timents of all civilized nations and violate iholawofGod. Resolved, That Concress should condition all appropriations upon the written agree­ ment that the gates shall be closed oa the Sabbath. The action ot the general conference has been telegraphed to both houses of Congress and to the President and to the officers of the World's Columbian Exposition. While the conference is heartily in favof of the exposition it is heartily opposed to its opening on the Lord's day, and the utterance of the highest and most infturntial body in the Methodist Church will powerfully affect tho entire denomination, and will have much to do with the exhibits and the at­ tendance upon the exposition. The great debate of the conference upon changing the constitution of the church was carried on at almost in­ terminable length, extending over sev­ eral days, but always with lively in­ terest. The main quest'on was the right of representation of laymen. The final action was regarded as a victory for those who held that the plan of lay rep­ resentation is not a part of the consti­ tution, but it was not satisfactory to the committee, because there were many other things in tha report that they wished to havo discussed. Dr. J. M. King, of New York, a lead­ ing candidate for the episcopacy, ofered a resolution for a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States. It relates to tho protection of the public schools in the United States agaiust re­ ligious encroachments and *to define the attitude of the churches with relation to the schdols. Dr. King spoke earnestly in behalf of the resolution. Ho wanted the confer nee to indorse the bill which has been prepared upon the subject of the complete divorcement of church and state. The passage of this bill would save the public schools from sectarian influence, he said, and would remove a great deal of politics from the churches. The resolution was adopted. One of the colored delegates offered a resolution pledging the colored Methodists to loyalty to tho church, and one of the most interesting debates of the session took place, being conducted entirely by colored delegates. Four speeches were made and the speakers c mpared well with any of the white brethren. One of the speakers said that the complaint named by Dr. Buckley as bishop-phobia had attacked the col­ ored preachers as well as the white, but as the colored preachers were the pupils of the white it would be natural for the pupils to follow the example and teach­ ings of their intructors. It was de­ cided that there was no necesity for any utterance concerning the loyalty of the co'ored people, as for twenty-five years they have been faithful and true to all the interests of the Methodist Episcopal church. Nearly all the evangelical churches in Omaha, led by their pastors, showed marked attention to the general confer, ence, openimr their pulpits on the Sab» bath and their church edifices during the week for committee purposes. In re­ turn lor this courtesy the conference voted to place chairs on the platform with the bishops for the use of the pastors of On.aha. CHICAGO saloon-keeptrs are in favor of having the World's Fair closed oa Sunday. This is one of the things the good people have overlooked.--Errand JUaeid* U«4«tte. v . ; Trmn Ymr Mil KtoMCT FOLLOWIXO is the last weather bulletin of the Illinois weather service: . The temperature of the last week hMt ' ^ been below the normal throughout the 0 State. At the central office the dally ^ deficiency was 10 degrees. Cloud§f weather prevailed. In the extreme -0 southern counties and western half oC "*• the central division the amount of rain* - fall was above a seasonable average. 4^ y In the other counties from which re^'r^cj p o r t s w e r e r e c e i v e d t h e r a i n f a l l w a s b e - : P low. 4 IT would be difficult to find a proudefa happier community than was that .J Cairo, the "Egyptian City," Monday. A. government warship, the Concord, ott* . ~-| of the famous White Squadron, wait coming. The Concord came to anchor in ten fathnms of water immediately is ' ; front of the city, and was boarded : , the Reception Committee, headed Iqg. •" Chairman O Hara, Capt. W. P. Halli- '<j day, and Mayor Thomas W. Halliday* Vrhc lutrcduCCu tut OOiuijuiiit^ ; -J mander White. Bepresentative Greest J delivered the welcome address, whiefc } was gracefully responded to by tb* Ml Commander. All the water craft in the; harbor were brought into use as ferries* and from 1 o'clock until sundown thoek . , :t sands of people visited the first sea- going vessel that ever came so far uy '"3$ the Mississippi. ~ ^ CHARI.ES JONES, aged 24, Ansa Devan, aged 15, Julia McFarland, aged _ 17, ail of Eden, went to Sparta. Oa their way back to Eden, Jones produced S a 38-caliber revolver and said to Miss f, Devan: "Will you marry me?" "Yee, right now," she replied, "if you give ma the revolver." "You Me," replied Jdneat , . > 51 "You promised me this before, and %J after* ard went back on me, and now K tj^ intend to kill you." He then fired two shots at her, one taking effect in the !i head and the other in the back, killing ^ hi r instantly. Julia McFarland jumped from the cart, and Jones followed. He ' walked a short, distance from where !m> o ;• 5!;$ had shot Miss Devan in the cart, she* u himself in the head, and fell dead. Tbe horse became frightened and ran off a ^; with Miss Devan's body in the cart, ft was stopped two miles away. DAVIS and Henry Dickereon are dead. / T3j They were executed in the Nashville jail- yard at 11:25 o'clock Saturday mornings for tho murder of Marcus Dietsch, a Kussiian Jew peddler, at Richview, Wash- ! ington county, the night of Dec. 26 last. jj iind the ends of justice have been speed- : ̂ «y met. A breakfast of beefsteak and < " | eggs was furnished them. Dickersea fate heartily, but Davis sparingly. They then dressed themselves in new suite furnished by the county and retired , to their cells for prayer. Sheriff White went into the jail with the visiting sher- ; ̂ iffs and read to tho prisoners the death warrant, which they listened to without any emotion. DaVis had been crying , jfl but ho wiped away the tears. The con- t CI flemned men were left to themselves and \ ̂ .spent the time in prayer until the arrival i tof Revs. Thompson and Orr. The time In jail was devoted to prayer and consults^- . , tion. Just before the black caps were pat ' over their heads Diekerson looked around |i|§ curiously and said in a calm voice: a ^ "Farewell, gentlemen,"and as the blade cap was drawn down he said: "Oh, Lord, - ' save me; oh, Jesus, save me." Davis prayed long and with a loud voice for - fi grace in his dying hour, and asked for- giveness from all present for his sins. -Vj Davis was pronounced dead thirteen V11 minutes after the drop fell, and Dicker- 'jj son two minutes later. The body of ^ Dickereon was cut down afier twenty- two minutes, and Davis after twenty- "j four minutes, and placed in coffins, after examination bythe attending physicians, | who pronounced both their necks dislo- cated. After the required medical ex- jf.1 amination the bodies of the executed :-.{W men were placed in the custody of rela- tives, who conveyed them to Richview to be buried in the cemetery, onl^a ; short distance from the spot where the most brutal iuurder In the history ot the county was committed. ^Ifl DR. Cvi?rs TEF.D, with his "College of Life," is raising a tremendous hubbah , vj in an aristocratic suburb of Chicago. ^ He has purchased a row of fiats, and transferred his whole colpny them. <j- Citizens' mass meetings are being held, ;|jf| at which are told stories of wrecked homes and ruined reputations. The owners of property in that vicinity are vfY> almost frantic in their endeavor to oust Teed, who claims to bo a Christ, and it ," is likely that force will be employed. COMMENCING at Happyville, eight miles west of Whitehall, the Illinois /• ^ River extends from blutf to bluff, a die- | tance of four and one-half miles. The v i area of overflowed land in that county S|| alone is fully to,000 acrcs, half of whieh " ,•••- has been in cultivation for years. No crop of any kind will be produced oa . - 'j this land this season. The water is still rising, and the sand ridge north of the } Chicago and Alton track will probably , be entirely submerged. The water is within a foot of ths top of the draw1- s table of the Chicago and Alton bridge over the Illinois River. Within sight / ̂ of the track seven dwellings, four at f:/•' five barns, and a warehouse are par- tially submerged. It is thought now that the Sny levee, about which gravv r Nj apprehensions were felt, will be able te .**' J* withstand the immense water pressnpe . exerted against it. / THE other night a young woman booked at the Hyde Park Police Station on the charge of being drunk and dig* orderly. She lives in Brookdale. She was in a most pitiable condition, a total nervous wreck bordering on delirium tremens, besotted, ragged and dirty. There still lingered about her an air ol refinement. The appearance of heir father at the station in search of her, and the hearing later before Justice Porter, elicited a sorrowful history of a wrecked life that led to her dismissal. THE United States man-of-war re­ cently at anchor off Cairo is named Cofe* cord. Peace, Amity, and Brotherly Love would seem to be equally fit names ft* a floating engine of death. MRS. F. C. Collins, Brighton, En­ gland, is ascertaining through corre­ spondence the American record of he* husband, Andrew G. Collins. She ha* written to the County Clerk of St. Clair County for a copy of the marriage license secured by her husband in that county a year ago. She charges he has been married to several women. She will sue for divorce and prosecute ht* husband if he is found. A MAX supposed to be William Hawle® ^ was struck and killed by a Chicago anil Northwestern engine at Chicago. An­ other man stepped suddenly in front of an incoming Northwestern train as H was passing through the yards and was instantly killed. Papers taken from hie pockets gave evidence that he was a Mr. Holly, of Oregon, on his way East. An officer found Peter Williams lying near the Northern Pacific Railroad tracks at Francisco street. His skull •was fractured. The physicians thiols that he may die. His son-iti-laW, Nicholas Kaner, with whom he living says that he thinks Willijyns attempted to jump from a suburban train and i- . ...;«*/-•> r*. ..