10 6MAHA DAILY BEE , SUNDAY , MAY 25 , 1800-TWENTY PAGES.
LIFE AMONG THE CHINESE
Detailed by Hosea B , Mono , a Former Resi
dent of Omatia.
ECLIPSED BY ALMOST EVERY NATION
Tlio Unlloil States Knjoys Hut Mttla
of the OclcHtlul KliiKiInm'N
Trade with n Miserable
Showing oT Shipping.
In n day's travel It would bo diflU'iilt to
fln < l n inoro agreeable gentleman tluiii Mr.
llosca linUou Morse , who , with his wife , is
now visiting his p.u-cnts , Mr. and Mrs. A. D.
Morse of Omulm.
Sixteen years ago , after completing n col
legiate course nt Hnrvnnl , Mr. Morse nc-
copied n position In the IJnitcl States cus
toms service nnil was assigned to tlio station
nt Poking , China , since which ho Ims held
the same position in Telntsln , Shanghai ,
Pnkholt and _ Hong Kong. In Impaired
health , he Is now visiting this country , wlicro
ho will remain on u leave of absence for two
years
In speaking of the commercial trade of the
Chlucso empire , ho said :
"The tr.ulo with Chinn is chiefly British ; I
think I mil safe in saying that fully 00 per
cent of the import trade Gome's from Great
Britain mid Uritlsh depeudcnclcs. This In
cludes the wares of Urltish manufacturers
mid other products which pass through Hrlt-
Ish ports because that country I'ommaiids the
carrying trade of the world , owing to her
cheap shipping.
"Imports from Hrjtish India nmoiint to
nearly $ , 10,000,000 , largely made up by opium ,
including Persian opium in transit , but in
cluding some $ -0,000,000 worth of cotton
yarn , Imported to weave the strong common
cloth used by the peasantry. ICnglund also
Bonds cotton yarn , say ? 5,000,00 ! ) worth or
more , spun from American cotton , not n
pound of which comes from America. Con
siderable quantities of cotton cloth come from
this country , perhaps 10 per cent of the im
port cotton ; this may bo owing to its
excellence , but I expect China is an outlet for
surplus Blocks to maintain tlio home market.
"England supplies most , nt least's percent
of the doth Imported , while Prance and Ger
many contribute very little.
"China buys in the cheapest market.
"lioth C'hlnn mid Japan arc making a start
nt spinning and weaving their own cotton ,
but they have to use n very short staple.
"An American engineer , A. W. Uanforth ,
is superintendent of n factory at Shanghai ,
with -100 looms anil a proportionate number of
spindles. He has had enormous difficulties to
conteiid against , but continued at his task
with grit and is now scoring n success after
four or live years of hard struggle. "
"In regard to American commerce with
ChimU'1
"American shipping is practically non
existent on the coast , of Chinn. ] think its
tonnage is less than 1 per cent. The Knglish
llag gives noiirly TO per cent. Chinese nearly
! ! ( ) per cent , mid the American llag comes
after the French , German , Japanese , Swed
ish , Danish , Dutch and , I think , Siamese , but
] have not the figures before me.
"American tonnage thirty years ago was
nearly equal to tlio British , and even llfteen
years ago took a good second place ; but , the
sale to the Chinese of the licet of one Ameri
can company in lb7 practically struck it off
the lists , and now the few Americans who
run steamers have to run them under the
British flag and .submit to tlio control of the
liritlsh consulates and IJritish laws , because
they cannot provide intereston their earnings
on tlu > cost of an American-built ship.
"The only American company running
American steamers to China does not touch
nt any Chinese port , sending steamers only to
Japanese Yokohama and lirillsU Hong Kong ;
the latest acquisition to the licet of this com
pany , by the way , which reduced the time
across the 1'acillc ocean from fifteen to thir
teen days , was built in ISb'J ' in Kuirluml for
? i0 , < ) ( ) ( ) less than it would have cost if it had
been built in this country. " "
"What about your own city ! "
"Hong Kong is a wonderful place , ceded
fifty years ago to servo us u naval repairing
Ktiitiim for the British fleet. English policy
lit once declared It as a free port and threw it
open to the trade of the world on equal terms.
As a result the place has developed wonder-
fullv , and apparently the wholoof the foreign
trade of China is filtered through Hong
Kong.
" 1 have no statistics of the value of trade
or property , but in tonnage of the shipping
entered and clea'cd , Hong Kong comes next
after London , Liverpool and Now York ; this
means trade ami money. "
"It has been said that the consuls of the
United States are not men who are fitted for
the positions they holdi"
' 1 wish the people of the United States
realized the importance of reforming no , not
reforming , but regularizing our consular ser
vice ,
" \Vo get excellent men ; in fact , as tlio first
Lord Lytton said : 'I wonder how the Amer
icans get the men they defer
for the money they eive. ' The
consuls in China are very good men ,
but they are no bettor than tlio consuls of
four years ago , or those of eight years ago.
"Our consuls in the east are commercial
agents , diplomatic ivprosentatives mid Judges
at the same time ; and while they may soon
learn the routine of their office , the points
nlVccting Judicial decisions where no state
laws apply and the intricacies of diplomatic
relations with an Asiatic race tire no .sooner
familiar to them than they have to make way
for some one else , who in his turn tries to
learn them.Ve are the only country which
dismisses its consuls in this way.
"What would you think of u proposal to
displace the editor of Tin : Bin : because , and
only because some one else wanted his'place I
1 think Tin : Mm : would 1050 its present lead
ing position If 'rotation in oflleo' wore
adopted. Americans abroad suffer in thu
same way. "
"It has been said the Chinese are not good
business men. Is this truol"
"This is not so. They are excellent Busi
ness men. They arc keen in muking a bar
gain and get tlio last drop of advantage ob
tainable , anil frequently play the game they
do not understand , but when they once con
clude a contract they adhere to It to the letter ,
dllU'flag in thU respect 'from the Jamaneso
mercantile class. The Chinese bankrupt laws
tire very simple. Kvcry cent of the debt haste
to be liquidated , and if the debtor cannot do
it , his family , father , sons , brothers and
uncles , must make up the deficit. Suits are
usually arranged by arbitration of the trade
guilds , which , wield Immense power within
certain limits , even to the extent of coercing
the government. If , for example , some extra
tax is imposed on cotton yarn , the cotton guild
may order u strike , and all the dealers will
close until the tax Is abolished or n compro
mise effected. The solidarity of the Chi
nese is an important factor in dealing with
them.
"Their morals are good. The Chinese-
have theoretically n very good moral basis on
which to work , but their practlcd Is perhaps
is not quite so good. Extracts from Confu
cius and his disciples would parallel the ser
mon on the mount. One such quotation may
be mentioned. 'Do not do to other what you
would not wish them to do to you. ' "
' These classics servo us the basis of till
Chinese education. Hut they do not use them
to develop n system of ethics and moral phi
losophy. Their chief use Is te form the
style and cultivate the memory.
" "The Chinese believe In u future state of
existence. I have seen In their temples
groups of llgiircs giving a plustio representa
tion of the torments of the damned , witli the
devil sitting in Judgment and his Imps pitch
forking the wicked Into boiling -oil , burning
jilts. These figures \yero made centuries ago ,
lioforo this doctrine was preached to them by
Chrlstlons , and these heathens would proba
bly retort with 'nn' you're another,1 when
told that they would bo damned , tlo popular
belief , however , approaches very nearly to
that of the American Indians' 'happy huutiug
grounds , ' in which they will live Just as they
do in this life , only , of course , In perfect hap
piness. Supplies are sent after them by their
surviving rolutlves through the agency of
priests , tlio supplies being made of paper ,
blessed and then burned.
"I have n large two-story house , servants ,
male mid female , horses , carriages , trunks ,
clothes , chests full of money , and bugs of
rice and wheat , and nil kinds of paper , on
wicker frame work , burned at the tomb of u
rich man , amid u crowd of priests , mourners
mid friends. With this belief , the Chinese
ure very anxious to bo burled uumutllutod ,
tnd , if , for example , an arm Is nmpututedtho
uomber Is carefully preserved until the day
of death. Money-paper representation of
lumps of silver Is burned annually at the
spring and autumn festivals at the family
tomb.
"The silver question affects us In China
very much , and we shall bo very glad "to see
any country undertake to lift silver to its
proper position.
"As a patriotic American I nm sorry Atncr-
Icn assumes the solo burden. You may bo
sure that Europe will let her do it unaided.
England and Franco are both interested in
this question , Franco because she has main
tained bimetallism , and on account of her
Asiatic possessions ; and England because of
India and her Immense trade with silver using
countries such as India , China and South
America. The onlv result from the deprecia
tion of silver is that the products of silver
countries are made cheaper In n gold country.
Thus Indian wheat can bo laid down in Eu
rope much cheaper than American , and China
silk much cheaper than Italian silk , and tea
ought to bo much cheaper than It used to be.
"I am astonished at the price of tea in
.Omaha. I got In China the very finest tea
for about lii cents , silver , a pound , say 27
cents , gold ; freight to Chicago Is ty cents n
pound , and tea Is on the free list ; mid yet I
find that you have to pay tl to $1.23 for peed
tea ,
"I read that high prices around add to the
prosperity of tlio country , and that the
country is ruined If you can get your food or
your clothes cheap , so I look happy and drink
the high-priced tea. "
In speaking of Hong Kong , Mr. Morse
states that It Is n city of 200,000 inhabitants ,
of which number 4,000 are Urltish , 7i > 0 Amer
icans , -100 French and the balance Chinese.
The Qhlneso are thrifty , but herd together ,
are dirty ; and have but little to do with tlio
people of other nations , seeming to lack con
fidence In strangers from other lands.
The streets 111-0 narrow and crooked , con
forming to the location of the houses instead
of the houses conforming to the lines of the
streets. Tlio streets , If they can bo called
streets , arc from four to six feet wide , with a
sewer , which is covered with plank running
through the center.
In many of the larger cities the telephone
and telegraph have been Introduced , but the
natives are slow to accl'pt the ways of highly
civilized nations.
The wage question la something that does
not agitate the Chlnuninnjn his native land ,
for there ho works patiently on receiving 20
cents per day , 2 cents of which ho spends for
food , the balance balng laid away until ho
has sufficient to bring him to America.
"In ' the matter of w.ork , " said Mr. Morse ,
"you can get a Chinaman for n song and ,
while he will work till day , he will not accom
plish one-fifth as much as an American. The
work is nil let by contract , the contractor
hiring his men. This man is responsible to
the employes for their pay , and for assuming
this responsibility they pay him a share of
their earnings.
JIOXKV JWIt THK l.A It IKS.
Queen Elizabeth's prayer book is shown in
the Tudor exhibition in London. It is bound
in enameled gold and printed by A. Barker
in ir > 7-l. .
She ( after the bal masque ) The countess
do Hoqiicfort's costume was both clover and
appropriate. He Appropriate , ehf What
was it ( Cheesecloth I
There Is a woman in Atchlson who is over
forty-five , hut her worst enemy , if she had
any , would say that she did not look over
twenty-live. Nothing pays a woman so well
as taking care of herself.
It is quite the thing now to find in the room
of a fashionable photographer u first-class
hair dresser , who will arrange without charge
the fair sitter's locks in cither Greek or mod
ern style and otherwise look after her toilet ,
so that the picture may be perfect in all its
details.
To the list of occupations which are open to
women there has recently been added anoth
er. The emperor of Austria has anthori/ed
Madam Kosti Kirselibamncr to practice as an
oculist. It will bo admitted , even by the
most dissatisfied of her sex , that this is u step
in the right direction.
All womankind is familiar with satin , sat
een , kid , morocco , net and pongee corsets , but
the novelty is a brocaded silk , with n creamer
or pearl ground flowered with rosebuds , pop
py or carnation. Ladies of unlimited fancy
and bottomless purse send in a piece of dress
material , and the corset clerk has the silken
stays ready in a week.
Homo dressmakers who want hints ns to
ho'v to make their own skirts , and who natur
ally hope for styles that are not only graceful ,
but easy to make , will bo glad to know that
many old designs are returning to favor ;
dressmakers are again using the short apron
drapery folded across the front Just below
the belt , and brought back to meet the long-
plaited back.
A Chicago milliner says : "Tho fashion
plates and tlio fashion writers indicated that
everything in the way of bonnets and hats
this season wns to bo flat , don't you know.
Well , there is now a halt about this. There
is going to bo an effort to revive the high
hat and the sky-scraper bonnet. That's so.
Whether it will succeed or not ! don't know. "
There conies from London a now and
rather attractive recipe for tying bridesmaids'
bouquets "posies , " the Saxon maiden calls
them. The method is christened the "chate
laine , " and consists of ornamenting the end
of the bouquet with a multitude of loops of
ribbon of different length , and of the color of
the bridemaid's gown. Tlio loops fall to the
very edge of the skirt , mid in each loop is the
long-stalked bud of a rose some tied in , but
some apparently thrown in.
Formal wedding breakfasts , or such us nro
given in England , have never been very pop
ular here , most brides preferring to given
reception instead , and have tables set with
refreshments where people can come and
help themselves us they please ; but , for the
moment , the fact of a custom being in En
glish one is sufficient to make It obligatory
upon n certain set of people In Xow York to
follow it , whether it is convenient and suita
ble or not , says the Illustrated American.
It is now possible to obtain a slipper or san
dal the exn'-'t shade of the gown , undressed
kid being dyed in all the fashionable colors.
Still it is observed at full-dress entertain
ments that the foot covering more generally
matches the shade of the gloves worn than
the tint of the gown. Economical people
choose neither stvle , but adhere to tlio Kieho-
Heu shoo , beautifully arched , and made of
nluck French kid of the softest quality ever
manufactured. These , with silk hose to cor
respond , are always good form and are prop
erly worn with nearly every sort of evening
toilet. .
It is interesting to see how chatelains nro
provided to suit the temperament of the
wearer. For example , a person of religious
mind has her necklace in the form of a missal ,
her thimble case looks like a swinging censor ,
her vinaigrette an angelic trump. If she is
more frivolously minded her pincushion Is tin
open fan , she has a button hook array In a
case , n small niello or repousse receptacle for
plus , and a dainty box for eachous. If she is
literary she has a telescopic pencil , n small
knife , a stamp box marked "U. S. Mail , " mid
pendant tablets. Among chatelaine clasps
the latest is a flight of swallows.
I'attl us n Follow Passenger.
As iv fellow traveler Mine. Putt I Is
simply charming , writes a correspondent
of tlio Now York Morning Journal. A ,
brilliant conversationalist , her natural
charm of manner wins the entire sym
pathy of her hearer and her sweetness
of temperament prevents self from be
coming over apparent. Quito free from
conceit , no ono would liavo thought that
the quiet , pleasant woman at the cap
tain's table was tlio greatest songstress
of the ago and ouo to whom crowned
heads have bowed in acknowledgment
of her genius. She is a revelation and
a pattern that very much less distin
guished persons bhould copy.
Talking of her trip to America , tlio
diva said it had been ono of tlio most
oharming in her life and successful in
every way , and talking of the reception
accorded her , said it was oven more en
thusiastic than of old.
As regards enthusiasm , however. Mine.
Pattl said Bho found that the French
took tlio palm and that the Mexicans
came next , Americans being a trillo moro
restrained in their emotions than their
southern neighbors.
Mmo. Pattl hud the misfortune to lese
a bag in which was tlio key of her jewel
safe , but a cable at Quconstown let her
know that it hud bcon found and wus in
tsafo hands.
The Chicago theological seminary ( Congre
gational ; bus Just graduated a class of forty-
four students. Of the ten orations delivered
at the commencement exercises one was In
UunUh , ouo In Swedish , and ouo in'Ucrmuu.
1 Nil FOR
Round by round we are rapidly climbing the ladder of SUCCESS. Each season our display of goods is mores
imposing than the. last , Increased space added , new departments opened , larger stocks carried , finer. goods exhibited ,
more help employed , better business system and organization apparent everywhere. The People's Mammoth Installment
House is no longer an experiment , it is an INSTITUTION successful , permanent and lasting , that is , well officered
and managed , that has abundant capital to make its way among the largest houses in the land , that deals FAIRLY and *
JUSTLY with every individual , an INSTITUTION that is growing month by month , and year by year , in the estima
tion and favor of the people , not alone in Omaha , but all the surrounding country.
Bedroom Suits , Brussels Carpet ,
$9.50 to $250 55c to-$1.25
V
Parlor Suits , ' Ingrain Carpets ,
$18.50 to $275 17cto $1
Folding Beds , Hemp Carpets ,
$10 to $125 17c to 50c
"Wardrobes , Lace Curtains ,
.50 to $75 90c to $9
Sideboards , Ice Boxes ,
$12.50 $ to $175 $ .75 to
Hall Racks , Refrigerators , (
$9 $ to $90 $ $10.75 to $35
Extension Tables , Baby Carriages ,
$3:65 $ to $25 $ $2.50 to $38
Kitchen Safes , G asoline Stoves , '
$3.2 § to $9 $ $3.50 to $20
Cane Seat Chairs , Cooking1 Stoves ,
§ 0e to $4 $ Our Motto. $5 to $50-
_ If goods \vo sell do not prove satisfactory , como to us and wo will allow all reasonable
Wood Seat Chairs , claims. Toilet Sets ,
22c to 40e. Prizes Given $1.80 to $12
Everyone purchasing goods from us will receive a ticket for each $10 worth of goods ,
entitling thorn to a chunco for the following pri/.os that arc to bo drawn Julv 5. at 7 p. in. , in
the presence of those holding tickets. All the prix.es arc now displayed in our show windows.
First Grand Prr/.o Ono beautiful plush parlor sot value $100
Our Easy Terms Second Grand Prixo Quo elegant oak elmmbor suit value 100 r Easy Terms
Third Grand Prize . Ouo handsome oak sideboard value 60
Fourth Grand Prix.o Ono celebrated family universal cook steve value M
$15 worth of goods , $1 per week or $4 per month. Fifth Grand I'ri/.o Ono . line oak bookcase ' value IK $1OO worth of goods , $2.5O per week orO :
Sixth Grand Pri/o O.io solid oak extension table value lo
$3O worth of gcode , $1 5O par weak or $6 per mo Seventh Grand Pri/.o Ono gorgeous plush oak rocker value Ifi $125 worth of goods , $9 per woolr , or $12 per mot .
8OO worth of goods , $2 per week or $8 par month Eighth Grand Prix.o Ono line decorated stand lamp value 15 $25O worth of ucods , $5 per week , or $2O per mo.
BRIEF DREAMS OF PARADISE
In Which Eovel the Foolhh Victims of the
Morphine Habit.
THE EFFECT OF THE NARCOTIC.
How It ControlH Men nnil AVomon
in Kvory . Walk of Ijil'o
ami Some Who Jle-
tilde in Oinalia.
Time , Mny IS. 1800 , 4 o'clock in the after
noon , n bright Mny dny with the street
crowded with pedestrians , equestrians mid
passengers in carriages , buggies , bucks nnd
street cars. Place , a Farnam street drug
store. The sodti-wutor fountain is glorious
in marble nnd silver mountings ; the counters
nro beautifully polished , the shelves glitter
with ornamental glass-w.iro in nil the shades
of the solar spectrum. The costly show cases
are filled with all the .cosmctiqucs , perfumes ,
mid toilet articles which the most fastidious
and artificial of fashionable beauties could
desire.
A leading Omaha physician and n reporter
nro conversing in the doorway when suddenly
the former remarks : ' 'There is au item fur
you , look at this woman. "
The reporter turns and beholds n young
women presumably young for her features ,
complexion , expression nnd figure nro of that
peculiar non-committal character which ren
ders it doubtful whether the person bo a well
developed nnd matured young lady or u
youthful and immituro matron with a pair of
toddlers nt homo waiting for mama's return.
She has n superb Jlgure. tall , well-rounded
and Juno-like. Her complexion is clear nnd
white us pnrluu marble. Her eyes ur o large ,
dark and lustrousbut when closely examined
have nn anxious , lurtivo expression which
leads the reporter to imagine tuut a story is
coming.
'That is n morphine fiend , " remarked the
doctor. "Hcrdally dose is largo enough to 1(111 (
you and me mid half a dozen like us. She is
married. She is poisoning herself before the
eyes of her friends , for she has a good many
of them , and they don't know it. "
The incident was suggestive and half a
doicn of the leading druggists and physicians
were visited with a view to ascertaining the
extent of the morphine hnblt In Uinahu ,
"Have I any regular morphine customers I"
rcucatcd ono who caters to upper teudoiu.
"That's n peculiar question to ask n drug
gist. Wo never soil morphine except on pro
scriptions , you know. People can't buy the
di-iiK the way thuy buy whisky or beer. "
"Yes , that's the orthodox answer , of
course , but you have not neon in business so
many years for nothing , andean tell mo some
thing if you want to do so. "
"You are right , I could tell you some terri
ble things about morphine in Omaha and in
most other largo cities , and so could every
druggist and physician of any experience in
tlio city. If every ono of these people would
give you the actual number of people whom
they know to bo addicted to the habit , you
would bo able to publish some appalling .stat
istics. I actually believe that there are
more cases or morphine drunkards
than of alcoholic. I mean by drunkards the
completely dissipated not the moderate pee
ple. There are men nnd women , young mid
old , who como hero with prescriptions regu
larly which wo are morally certain have been
obtained by fraud in some way , but wo can't
prove it ; and , if we could , there are plenty of
druggists who would not try , and they might
ns well gut the drug hero as elsewhere.
"Tho morphine habit goes into all sorts of
society. I know a minister in good standing
who is addicted U ) its use , nnd there are hun
dreds in business nnd the professions who
could no moro fro without their regular dose
than they could live without eating.
'It is a terrible habit. There may bo some
hope of relief from the grip of alcohol but the
victim in the clutches of morphine is doomed.
Homusthavobis 'dope. ' and when deprived of
it will steal or bejj or mnk to any meanness to
obtain it. The habit is a species of Insanity ,
and the victims sccnj to bo gifted with a pe
culiar cunning to obtain the drug.
"Physicians nro responsible for n great
many cases. Ho was u benefactor when , to
relieve the patients sufferings , bo wrote a
proscription for sulphate of morphine , one
gr.iln to bo divided into live powders ; but ho
is the personification of the spirit of evil now
that the fifth of a grain has grown to u great
many grains.
"It is a pleasure to take morphine nt first.
The primary sensation Is one of delicious
warmth at the pit of the stomach. Slowly
and pcivlptibly this diffuses itself over the
entire system. Then a gentle tingling of the
skin and drowsiness nnd sleep.
"His dreams are marvelous nnd gorgeous
beyond description. Hois in another world ,
surrounded by such an atmosphere , such
( lowers , trees and birds as the wildest fancy
never before pictured.
"The dose increases gradually till the
stomacii revolts and resort must bo had to
t > io syringe. The morphine in solution must
bo purchased. Its strength is sixteen grams
of morphine to an ounce of water.
"lly allttlo figuring the exact dose ho wants
can bo determined and the little syringe is
carried in the pocket nul : its contents pi-
Joetcd under the skin , comimmly on the lower
limbs , though sometimes in the arm and In
outlier parts of the body You meet men and
women on the streets every day whose bodies
nro covered with the seal's left by tuo mor
phine needle.
' Gradually tlio dose is increased for the
drug feeds on itself and demands moro and
moro every day. It is no longer a pleasure to
take it , it is the ono thing which must bo
done. It is food , drink and life mid if denied
It , the victim's condition becomes pitiable ,
bis life unbearable , frequently ending in In
sanity.
"There is one inevitable end , the dose be
comes enormous and llmillv ono day one , a
little too largo , puts an end to the sulTorlng. "
Other druggists In Omaha tell a similar
story. Ono on tho'soutli side has discontinued
soiling the drug except on the prescription of
a druggist whom he knows personally. He
was frightened into It.
About a year ago a midillcagcd lady came
into his store with a prescription calling for
morphine powders , live of them , and they
were of pretty good strength ton. Her face
was veiled , but her dross Indicated that Mio
was a lady of wealth and refinement. Ho
filled the prescription and huikled it to her.
Then she asited for a glass of water nnJ ,
thinking she was merely thirsty , bo brought
it to her. She took the glass and dropping
ono of the powders Into It , raising her veil to
do so drank the mixture. Her complexion
wns startling ) } " pale and gave evidence of
pain. Her eyes were sunken and nnxioiH.
She remained in the store after taking the
powder live minutes or so , mid seemed to
grow marvellously younger. Her face
flushed , her eyes sparkled , and she walked
out of the door a different woman than when
Him had entered. When she had irene , the
druggist found on the floor bcsido the chair
she hud occupied the papers of the Jive pow-
dors. While lie was procuring the water she
had put them all together and took them at u
single MOJO.
"When it comes to the point of taking
enough poison in my store to kill half a doicn
men , " remarked the dhigglst , "I think it
good time to quit , and 1 bell no moro mur-
phlno unless I am sure of my authority. "
One of thu eldest drnwist.- the city puts
the number of morphine fiends whom ho
has known In Omaha among the thousands ,
la all classes of life and says that the cases
which have ended otherwise than in the
grave or asylum are very rare indeed.
The common impression that the habit Is
more general among abjndmifd women and
their associates than among other classes is
unfounded. Tills class , it Is claimed , docs not
trv to hide its dissipation and the secrecy
with which the morphine habit can bo in vested
makes It the favorite form of dissipation of
professional men and some fashionable
women.
A number of tno bishops of the Church of
Kugland have declared , it is stated , that they
do not believe in the inherent Immorality of
the houl They do not believe that it isrlcarly
tuught by the scriptures , andluult upou
philosophical theory.
JIOUSIOKHKI'IXO IX I'AKIS.
The Hiii'dens arc U 'itd'at. ' Ill" French
Capital Thau Over Here.
The bunions of the housekeeper in
Paris , writes Lucy II. Hooper , nro a , good
deal lessoned by the fact that so much
work is douo off the promisor. There is
no washing nor baking noi'slairand hull
sweeping exacted of your own uorvnnls.
For the llf.st named of the soruiuesof two
washerwomen nro required , ono for the
host and table linen nnd the other for
tlio family garments. Among the first
named articles llgiiresalargo lot of dish
cloths , for no Fronuh cook , no mutter
how moderate her pretensions may bo ,
will consent to wash out even ono of
tho.so necessary adjunctH to her work.
From four to six dozen "torchons" as
the French dishcloth , or rather house-
cloth , is termed flguro among the first
necessary purchases of a family going to
housekeeping. Those when soiled nro
thrown into a largo box , with a , eloso-
litting lid , supplied for the purpose , to
await tlio weekly arrival of the washer
woman.
The prejudice of French Eorvautfi
against even the most delicate forms of
I laundry work is invincible. I once know
n housemaid who loft the employ of a
! family with which bho had lived for six
| years boeauso her mistress guvo her
homo hilk stockings to wash. Hho per
formed her task and Immediately guvo
warning. "I was not hired to 'soap , ' "
was her indignant romark. In the HIHIIO
way , no cook , however skilled , will con
sent to make bread or pastry. That is
the baker's business , she argues , nnd It
is none of hors. Yet bh will turn you
out any amount of dainty desnorts , pud
dings and creams and ioHios , CharloUo
Kusso or pancakes or fritters , but never
u loaf of broad or u good American pio.
Ono of t.ho trials of the American
houpokoopor in Paris ia the extent to
which her power is Hiib orvlent to that
of the cook. That functionary must and
will do tlio marketing. She gets her per-
contagq on every article that Bjio
purchasesand if called upon to relinquish
those puroulsiles she will incontinently
take her departure. If bho is honest ,
the extra oxpotibo will bo hut trilling ,
u sou on every franc that Bho expends
being the recognized amount , but if blio
bun madu up her mind to rub bur oiii-
the price ? uf all Kind ! ) of inarKi-t- j
ing will bo found to increase with i .v
traordinury rapidity.
Ono thing that t''iids to make In my in
Paris very delightful is the fm-t 'hat '
"Mrs. Grimd" has never taken > ii ] lii-r
rosidont'o thoro. That is to say.on can
live as von like , dross as you liUr. and do
asyouiiko whithout asking \\liatlhjjfc-
personage will say. You arc net i-om-
jiullcd to keep up any particular ( of
living to satisfy her exactions. Nnhody
questions your right to Inhabit n j/i rot ,
to go to pay a visit in a , cab , ( " I" U'rp
a , single servant. In fact , nobody"
troubles hia or her head about tlio
mutlor ,
California K
Pullman tourist sluoping car t xoir
Bioiis to California and Pacific coast
points Icavo Chicago every Tliurhdajv
Kansas City ( ivory Friday via the Santa
b'o routo. Ticket rnto from ( 'In- '
SI".rjO , from Sioux City , Urn ' ,
Lincon or KUIIKIIH City $ : io , ' - .
car rate from Chicago , $1 prr
berth , from KUIIKIIH City $ ! jicr
berth. Everything furnished
meals. These oxcurslons nro per
conducted by experienced i'\-
inanugorH who accompany pintn to
destination. For excursion f < > I | ! i coil-
taluing full particulars and map fuldql ?
and time tublo of the Santa Fi route
and reserving of bleeping car luiihs ,
address S. M. Osgooil , goncral 'it ' ,
K. L. Palmer , traveling agent , A T A >
S. F. railroad , l.'JOS Farnam t-trcit ,
Omaha , Nebraska.
7iidKO Fuller's Military MuMmbo
Chiof-.fustico Fullur looks a j. . I ' " al
moro llko u cavalry oJUwr " ' " 11i0
presiding judge of the Unii < 'I ' * ' lt'a
Hunromo court , savs the Pitt l in.r
patch. Even heated on the bci.di.
the golden caglo Happing its
his head , and clad In the bilk r bt oi
hia olllco , there Is llttlo of the j' ' l - < al
about his appearance. It is Hit- h.ivy
mustache , nearly white , that tl'S '
tlngulshos the ohlof-jiiHtlco from hl
hrothorn and gives him u war-liUo Ivlf
Ho is certainly the handsomest mtu.cni .
tlio bench ; men and women agrco us tgf
that. *
There is a dlffcronco between the c/ar ot
Ku.thiii ami a bare-footed beggar 'flit c/ur
IHSIICS inanifcstocH. but the bt'ft.1" < - > ' '
fcst tocu without Ins shoca.