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THE OMAHA DAILY BEF. : SUNDA.4 * JULY 9 , 1893-S.TXTEEN P'AGES. 13 ECHOES OF THE ANTE-ROOM Initallixtlon of Officers In Many Masonic Lodgoi Last Week , WORKMEN'S GREAT PICNIC AT COURTLAND ft ctri ot the Wok Am one the Secret Boelttliii of Omntin Ooati Prefer Urns * Thll Hot \Vralliet Fr - teriinl The Installation of officers by the Ancient , Free nnd Accepted Mason lodges of tbo tate has been occupying the nttontton o' the Masons during the past two weeks. Tlio ICwtnR lodge installed Its ofllcors Saturday evening , July 1 , n small number of invited guests witnessing the ceremonies. Follow ing the Installation ceremonies n banquet nas given by the ladles at the leading hotel of the city. The o moors installed are s follows : H. V. Hlleman , W. M.s W. K. Holding , H. W. : E. C. French , J. W. ; D. UrionT. j G. II. Benson , S. ; A. A. Kgo , S. I ) . : h. A. Combes , J. D. ; W. W. Bothca and F. 11. Hlgnold Ss. , nnd O. W. Fan-oil , T. nine Valley lodge of Wllbcr held n pu Installation the same evening , the visitors bolng numerous. The ceremonies were per formed by Dr. K K. Ooodoll , assisted by .1. II. Grimm. Chaplain Dlffonbaehor delivered n short nnd interesting address. The follow- . Ingare the onirors : G. H. Tracy , AV. M. ; P. F. Dodson. S. W. : C. II. Goodoll , J. W..I. ; F. Chnloupkn. T. ; S. C. HoHkor , S. ; Joseph F. Kyle , C. ; F. .T. Robertson , S. D. ; T. .1. Taylor. J. D. : K. M. Thompson nnd W. L. Love , S. ; ll. F. Clnrko.T. Amity ledge No. 1110 of Hay Springs Installed - stalled Its olllcers Saturday , July 8 ( St. John's day ) . The now oftlcors are : C. Pat terson , W. M. ; W. M. Fonl , S. W. : J. W. Mossor , J. W. ; F. M. Godfrey , S. D. ; Joe Boll. .1. D. : H. Cornell , tyler ; C. E. Mnys.T. . , and M. I' . Mussor , S. Thooniccrs installed by Wlsner ledge are as follows : N. C. Soars , \\T. M. ; H. D. Dolly , S. W.V. ; . Armstrong , J. W. ; L. S. Strain , T. ; H.Kliizcl , S. ; A , J. West. S. D. : W. T. Grimes , .1. T. ; Dr. U Hiloy and O. U. Thomp- on , S. ; , f. W. Brill , T. Plumb lodge No. 180 of Grant has Installed oftlcora ns follows : W. M. . D. J. Fink ; S. W. , V. A. Cannon ; S. D. , W. L. . Hutledgo ; J. D. , C. II. Collier ; S. . D. E. Gray ; T. . P. H. John neil ; T. , .1. U. Furman. The following are the newly installed of ficers of A mythyst ledge No. I'JO of Gaudy : A. P. Tin-box , M. ; I. N. Froman , S.V. . - , W. T. Hanks , J. W. ; J. H. Iluehes , T.S. ; K. " Douglass , S. ; F. E. Witt , "S. D. ; C. M. Fisher , . I. D. ; John Coon , T. ; C. C.Copley W. M. Wilww , S's. Rtystlo Tie ledge No. ICO of Tlldcn Installed Us nowoflicors as follows : C. U. Uurnhaiu wM5 Bn - Mills , S. W. ; T.V. MoDonald T w . R u Williams , S. D. ; Allen Hop kins , J. D. ; C. H. Snider , tylor. There will bo a. special meeting of Ne braska ledge No. 1 at Free Mason's hall , Sunday , July U , ut 1 o'clock p. m. , to attend the funeral services of our late brother , William P. Houso. All master masons in vited. E. U. Dufllo , master. or rytiiian. Dauntless No. 59 Is the tiamo of the now ledge recently instituted nt Wood Ulver by Grand Chancellor Dale. The Shelton , Glb- _ _ bon nnd Grand Island lodges sent uclegn- tlons , among which were numbered some good workers. The ofllcers of the now lodge are : H. M. Jones , i' . C. ; S. N. Taylor , C. C. ; U F. Miller , V. C. ; A. IJ. Kcrk , P. ; C. W. Hooten , M. of W. : W. A. Colwoll , K. K. and S. ; J. Forsytho , M. of F. ; C. W. Mercer , M. of E. ; M. 1. MoCarty , M. at A. ; I. IL Shlck , L G. ; M. C. Wingert , O. G. Another now lodge Is Olympic No. 82 , of Battle Creek , Instituted by Grand Chancol- or Dale. Union ledge of Madison had the work in charge and It was an nil night's task. The oHlcors nro ns follows : It. D. Scott , past chancellor ; J. M. Hush , chancel lor commander ; J. J. Daniel , vice chancellor ; J. F. Hester , prelate ; Ed Tanner , master of work ; A. 1C. AVorrlck , keeper of records and seal ; William Hates , master of finance ; J. L. JCnesol , master of exchequer ; A. G. Meyer , master at arms ; A. Callun , inner guard ; W. U. Fuorst , outer guard. The Infant lodge of the jurisdiction is located at Scribncr. Grand Chancellor Dale instituted the same under the most auspi cious circumstances. The ofllcors chosen are as follows : George Huffman , P. C. ; A. J odnlsky. C. C. ; Henry Schnak , V. C. ; F. A. Schultz , P. ; G. II. Hoffman , M. of W. ; H. Loowontteln , 1C. R. and S. ; I. Edelmaler , M. ofF.H. ; Hell , M. of E. ; C. Ehlers , M. at A. ; H. Soidel , I. G. ; Can T. Tellyot , O. G. A. division of the uniformed rank will soon bo organized nt Noligh The second annual ball of Salad in lodge of Silver Crook , recently given , proved an en joy a bio success. A fine piano now graces the ledge rooms of Couor do I con lodge. lion. Wilt U. Dale , grand chancellor of Nebraska - braska , was In Omaha Monday evening and attended the meeting of .Myrtle ledge No. 2. ± 10 was accoinimniod by several members of the ColnmUus ledge and they were given an exhibition of the woru of Myrtle's team. The knight's degree was conferred on two candidates. Mr. Dale pronounces the order In Nebraska ns prospering beyond measure. now lodges bolng instituted regularly and the membership climbing up steadily. The Omaha knights have commenced talking of thu reception nnd entertainment for the K rand ledge , which convenes in this city in October. As several hundred mem bers of the order from all parts of the state will bo present It will prove no easy matter to handle the crowd , but tlio Omaha boys nro noted for mooting nil demands and when U comes to dispensing hospitality they nro perfectly nt homo. Orilur ol the ICnutnrn Stnr. Fidelity Chapter No.10 of Shelton in- I X T. tailed the now olllcers Wednesday evening. Subsequent to the Interesting ceremonies refreshments were served , and the evening passed In social intercourse. The officers nro as follows : W. M. , Mrs. J. H. Heathor- ingtonj W , P. . J. F. Ltppencott ; A. M. , Miss Ella Dradlr.yC. ; , Miss Nellie Harman ; A. C. , Mrs. J. W. Owen ; S. , Mrs. C. S. Unlloy ; T. , Mrs. H. F. Sammous ; Ada , Mrs. M. E. Gilbert ; Uuth , Mrs. George Mortimer ; Esther , Miss Hello Hontloy ; Martha , Mrs. A. II. Morris jElocta , Mrs. O. C. Hancock ; C. , Mrs. J. F. Upponcott ; W. . Mrs. W. H. Hontley ; S. , George Thomas ; O , , Mrs. G. C. 1'uxton. Clay Center chapter Installed ofllccra Tuesday ovonhig na follows : W. P. , H. E. Stoli'S'W. M. , Mrs. Jennie Stein ; A.M. , Mrs , Ida Glllotto : S. . G. A. Shlke ; T. , George Cinnamon ; C. , Mrs. Nettle Gardner ; A. C. , Mrs. Sadie Martin ; Adah , Mrs. Kmllln Shlko ; Uuth , Mrs. Sarah Tutllo ; Esther , Mrs. George Cinnamon ; Martha , Miss Emma Cummins. Imli > | > < mdrnt Ordttr of Mild Follow * . A now ledge has been organized at Grnnl frith a uhartor membership of twcnty-flvo. Tuesday of this week will bo Odd Fellows day at the Fremon' Chaut'kuqua assembly nnc a largo number of Omaha members of tht order will bo present. The orator of tin day will bo Heprescntutivo J. S , Hoagland o Norlh Plntto. Uoboknh locee No. 44 of South Omaha ha : Installed the following olllcers ; Mrs. A. V Miller , N. ( > . ; Mrs. George Housman , V , G. Mrs. Claud Talbot , T. ; Miss Cora Morrison . S. The Omaha lodges Installed newly electee oftloors the past week. Monday night Stati ledge No , 10 Installed Its ofllcors , Allemanoi lodge "No. 8 Wednesday evening , Cantoi E/ra Mlllnrd No. 1 Thursday evening ant Omaha lodge No. 3 Friday evening , Tuesday ovaning of this week Hoacon ledge No. - < will Install its onicera. Modern IVoodmmi'tif America. A camp of Woodmen was instituted ai Gaudy last week , with a large charter mem borslap. Following are the oftlcors of thi camp ; V. C. , H. F. Williams ; W. A. , J , M Caress ; E. H. , O. N , Callendcrj C. , S. E UoUKlass ; M. J. U Hrown ; W. , S. T. Dlxon S. , William Thomas ; board of managers , D N. Callendor , C. C. Hanks and John Pcnuor The members of Ivy camp , No. 3 , Hey a Nolshbors , attended the funeral services 3f tholr departed neigh bor , Mrs. C. E. Sutler Hold , josterday afternoon nt 2o'cloV ( . Tin services were held at 044 South Sevontecntl uvonuo. t The data for the nlcnio to bo given b ; camp I'JO nt Courtland beach has been uu jiouucod tor Tuesday of Ihiz week. Th s committed In charge it oomposoil oV. . E. Cady , O. H.T , lliopcn , J , B. VanGllderftndO. W , KeoJrtth 1) . I. Thornton nt master of coromonlei. The Afternoon trill bo ilovotoJ to Mnujomonti anil some of thorn vrlll bo worth miles going to witness. The follow ing races and prlto * have been arranged for : Gontlomon'i sack rnce , tact of flour ; ladles' cifg rare , souvenir spoon ; fat men's race , walking itlck : cents' running race , Wood * man gold pin ; liuueV running rnco , silk para sol ; Rents' walking raco. pair of slppon ; gents' boat race , box of cigars ; ladies' boat race , pair of kid plovot. Luncheon will bo served at 0:30 : o'clock and dancing trill bo commenced nt 7:30. : The Onto City orches tra will provide tlio music , and ttio Wood man nro anticipating a pleasant tlmo. Ancient Order tif United Wnrkmrn , Omaha Workmen celebrated the natal day In approprtnto stylo. A basket picnlo nt Courtlaml beach was the feature nnd it proved a magnificent success. Fully 000 Workmen and their families feasted at the boaoh under the shndo trees nt the noon hour. During the afternoon and evening they joined with the vast throng assembled thcro In the festivities and had a royal good tltno. Hebron lodge No. 123 has olcctod o dicers a * follows for the onsiilng year : 13. II. Ilcadtoy , M. W. : Uouert Ualtton , P. ; II. IlooUott. O. ; P. W. Hobotisoo , It ; B. P. Young , P. S. ; J. A. Aj-ors , K. H. ; Charles Howell , O. ; G. M. Fowler , I. W. ; Aaron Wilkinson , O. W. Wnhoo Workmen colnbratcd the Four'th In grand stylo. The local ledge gave n regular old style Fourth of July cnlouration. The people of thnt town nnd the county turned out In crowds and fully ,1,000 of thorn \voro there. The speeches wcro good , the music line , the fireworks beautiful , nud everybody had nn enjoyable time. Monday of next week will bo Ancient Order of United Workmen day at the Fremont - mont Chaut.tuqua assembly , nnd It will bo imulo an occasion of great interest to the members of the order. At 2:30 : in the after noon Grand Master Workman Tate will deliver - liver the address of the day and there will bo apcaklng by other prominent members. The Omaha lodges liavo endeavored to so- euro n largo enough crowd to run u 'special train on that duy , but the project has boon abandoned nud these who nro Inclined will go on the regular trains , one faro for the round trip bolng announced , A largo num ber will attend. Union Pacific ledge No. 17 of this city has oloctcd the following olllcors : William II. Woods , P. M. W. ; Henry McCoy , M. W.j John O. Palmer , P. ; I. N. Woodsido , O. ; George U. Johnston , II. ; Eli Garratt , F. ; S. 11. Patten , H. ; O. Hoehmnn , G. : E. It. Glllt- gan , 1. W. ; A. W. Faith , O. W. ; E. K. Womersloy , J. P. Ix > rd , Howard Cook , S. M. Campbell , examiners. Washington ledge No. 27 , Degree of Honor , of tills city has chosen ofllcers as follows for the ensuing year : Mrs. William Turner. P. C. of II. : Mrs. S. H. Patton , C. of II. ; Mrs. M. Smith. It. of H. ; Mrs. William Taylor , C. of E. ; Mrs. Ixw Pixloy , U. ; Mrs. M. C. Mltcholl , P. ; Mrs. C. W. Beach , H. ; Miss Mattie Stringer. L. U. ; Mrs. Lohncs , I. W. ; Mrs. luncs , O. W. The grand ledge of the Degree of Honor for this jurisdiction will assemble in Geneva in October. The lodges are preparing for the annual election of representatives , which takes place in the near futuro. There are 20,000 German Catholics in San Francisco. Kov. Dr. Samuel Hart , a professor of Trinity College , Hartford , and secretary of the House of ilisuops , lias boon elected bishop of the Episcopal church in Vermont There are forty-seven Chinese temples fn the United States , valued at 0:3,030 : , claim tug 100,000 worshlpors. Forty of these torn pies nro In California , four in Now York , two in Idaho , and one in Oregon. Ilov. Dr. W. II. Furnoss is the only stir viving member of the class of 1820 ( Har vnrd ) . Ho is 01 years old , but though ho is the senior alumnus Dr. Hussall of Barre , Mass. , is ouo year ahead of him In the span of Hfo. The most liberal contributor to the Meth- ouist Episcopal Mission in Singapore is a Chinese banker , Mr. Tan Jiakklm. Ho gave $1,500 for the mission In that city , and col lected from his Chinese irlends nearly 5,000 more. Probably the largest Idol in the world is the ' 'Sleeping Idol" In Bangkok. It is at least 10 ! ) feat long , and is made of brick , ana heavily gilded. The feet are five foot long , and the soles are beautifully inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Jay Gould's daughter Is erecting a church at Uoxbury , N. Y. , to bo dedicated to the memory of the great llnancior. Unadorned , it Is to cost f 150,001) ) , und its furnishings are to bo of the richest thai are aduilssablo in a house of worship. Six yoirs : ngo there was not an organized Unlversalist church in California. Now there are six , with 480 communicants. Four churches have boon erected at a cost of over S100.000. They have raismi over J10.000 dur ing the past your for church work and ever $50,000 for educational and charitable inter ests. ests.Tho The Board of Managers of the Domestlo nnd Foreign Missionary Society of the Pro testant Episcopal church have made tholr annual appropriations for work In this coun try , amounting to $253,435. Of this sum $57- 800 Is for work among the colored people in the south , and $11,205 for work among the Indians. Kov. DoanGunn.priost of the Church of the Immaculate Conception of Now York clty.will probably bo selected to 1111 the vacant chair in the see of C'oncordia , Kan. At u recent meeting of the archbishop and bishops of the dloceso , held at Dubuque , Father Doau'a name wus the first choice of the three sent to Homo. Thu committee on the observance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the consecration of the first bishop of Albany , which occurs next year , has ilocidcd to ouild cimptor house as a lilting recognition of IMshop Uonno's labors. Kov. Chnrlos S , Olinsted of Coopcrstown U secretary of the committee - too , which desires to raisn 525,000. When President Dwight of Yale conducts sol-vices in the college rhnpol ho usually prefaces - faces his prayer by saying : "I ot us unite lg prayer. " At the oloso of last term , however , ho rose in hisdignlficdmannorandobserved : "Gentlemen , this Is the last time wo shall moot for dovotloiml exorcises during the present collcgo yoar. .Lot us therefore unite in prayer nnd thanksgiving. " The Yale mon are wondering if ho really meant it. An edition of the bible in Syrlnc , which Is soon to bo Issued by the American Bible society , almost simultaneous with tlio dis covery of ouo of the early Syrlao texts of tlio now testament in an eastern convent , lends to curious rolloctlon , says thu New York Tribune. Among the Syrians tlio testament hud its origin , and the remains of their old tovts are af jjroat vuluo to modern scholars in settling the wording of , tlio Scriptures. Yet our missionaries turn round and spend years in translating from English for the prosuut Inhabitants of western Asia the book \vlileh in a nioasuro cama to us from tholr fathers. Truly , tlio candlestick seems to have boon taken away from seine of the churches , All thn cooking at a club house In a west ern city is ilono by oloctrluity. The moats broiled by the process are so ( julckly cooked that there Is llttlo rluineo for them to lese : oittier julco or flavor , and for that mason they are nearly perfect , All sorts of uten sils aud apparatus are now manufactured for convenience in electric cooking , ns the visitor to the Electric building at the World's fulr will discover when ho sees the tea kot- ties , coffco pots , sauuo pans , broilers und dialing dishes. The electric even is an ad mirable Invention , lilted with n glass door that it Is unnecessary to opjn while the cooking is In progress , and a thermometer that shows the exact doxreo of heat in uso. The ovens do not heat the place whcro they nro used , as they are of liusslan iron lined with wood and ashes , thus preventing radia tion. They are lighted by incandescent lamps. Klcctrio Hat irons tluit ono may Iron with all day are also to bo had. A I'ulutur for Uicyole Illileri. Irvln AY. I-arimoro , physical director of Y , M. C. A. , Dog Moluos , la. , says ho can con scientiously recommend Ctituuborlnln's Pain liiilm to uthlotui , gymnasts , bicyclists , foot ball players and the profession in general for bruises , sprains aud dislocations ; also for soreness und stiffness of the muscles. r- Mr. Lkirlmoro has used two bottles of Pain Ualtu and U enthusiastic in his praise of the remedy. When applied before .hy the parts become swollen it will effect a euro y lu ouo-haU the time usually required. H ' also curui rUouaiatlsm. For ale by drug- gUU , EVE'S ' DAUGHTERS TEMPTED Woman's ' Serpent of This Day Beguiles Her to Drink. ALARMING SPREAD OF ALCOHOLISM The Drink llulilt Gathering Dnngcroai IlomliTRy In the Hlghcd Soclnl Knnki of Now York Wh t the Doctor * Think About Jt. Three cases , very similar find very un usual , have crept into the New York po- llco reports of the past four weeks. Taken as Isolated facts they wore sad enough , but as straws , showing which way the wind of custom blows , they were of startling Higmficancc. The chief figure In each of thcso cases was ft woman of education , culture , and position , and of fliilllolont. beauty and womanlinessto win lovo. Yet , at the head of each pitiful tale was written the word drunkard 1 The mysterious case of Minnie Porter was the first , She was taken from the Everett house , whore she was suf fering from the olTccts of n prolonged debauch. She died , in Bellevue hospital , without regaining sufllclont consciousness to make any statement , The second was the case of Mrs. Bruce Crane , the wife of the artist. She was brought into the police court in a state of intoxication. Iler husband accompanied her and liroko down com pletely as ho told the story of his in effectual efforts to reform hor. She was pant to some institution. The third woman was Mrs. .Frank W. Palmer , who was found dead in her room at the United States hotel. Alcoholism was the cause. She had been roared in wealth and luxury , had boon carefully educated , and had led the choir and played the organ in un Episcopal church. Three such cases , one following close upon the heels of another , would seem to have some unusual significance. Did they indicate that thcro is an increase of drinking and drunkenness among women ? If so , what is the cuuso ? In the first place , there is such nn in crease. This fact was questioned by some of the sources of information con sulted by the New York Sun reporter , but It is'provod by the reports of Bellevue - vuo hospital , as well as by the police records. The register at Uollovuo shows that in 1888 the number of female alco holic patients was 87. > ; in 1881) ) there were 1,012 ; in IS'JO , 1,023 ; in 1891 , 1,154 , and in 1SDU , 1,211. Thus there was an increase of : jiJ ( ( cases , or about 38 per cent in four years. Of eour.se , there was a definite increase in population during the same time , but the ratio was far loss than that of the advance in alcoholism. These reports show another interesting fact. Of the 875 cases In 1888 only four teen were fatal , while of the 1,211 cases In 1892 there wore fifty-five who died in the hospital. Tills shows that the fatal cases were more than trebled during the period when the admissions increased only 37 per cent. Drunkenness is there fore not only much more general among women , but the vice is aiso becoming more destructive in its consequences. Thisj.-ecord of facts tallies well with a statement made by Dr.V. . E. Brill visiting physician to Mount Sinai hos pital. The reporter asked Dr. Brill I ho considered that alcoholism was on the increase uruong women. "As a habit , perhaps not. But as a disease , yes , " replied the doctor. ' 'What is the distinction between th two ? " ' ' 'a habit' of 'By drinking , I moan taking wine with meals , or regularly without any striking effects. Dipso mania , the name by whioh physicuim call alcoholism when it is a disease , is a morbid appetite , which recurs at inter vals with irresistible force. This species of drinking is on the increase. The cause is nervous degeneration , to which Americans are particularly liable. " T. B. Crothera , M. D. ( in an interest ing article recently published in a medi cal journal , says : "The terra alcohol ism is generally used to describe a class of cases which have beoomo disease by continued and excessive use of alcohol. In reality an increasing number of these cases begin to use .spirits in excess sud denly and pass rapidly into the chronlo state. The use of alcohol is only a symp tom and the cases are not these of true alcoholism , because they nro due to other causes. Inebriety would bo a more accurate term. " Dr. Crothors goes on to say that the moderate drinker of the past has in a measure disappeared. Now wo have the impulsive , maniacal drinker , who , after brief preliminary stages , becomes nn excessive user of spirits. In this class come the periodical inebriates , who , at fixed intervals , develop un un controllable appetite. The interval b'o- twoou these attacks is often exactly reg ular. In ono case it was ninety-one days and two hours ; in another , sixty-two days nnd four hours. It is this abnor mal , diseased appetite for liquor which Dr. Brill says Is growing more common among women. Admitting the fact that drunkenness is more prevalent , the question arises as to the class of society in which it has gained the most ground. It is true that there has been nn increase in the drink ing habit among the lower classes but it is not a striking ono. Such institutions , for example , as the Isaac T , Hooper Homo at 210 Second avenue , accommo date about the same number year after year , with but little variation. The Magdalen Homo on Eighty-eighth street has received about 250 inmates a year for the last twenty or thirty years , with very little dllToronco among the annual records. The police reports show un increasing percentage of arrests of women of this class , but observant men nnd women of the world claim that it is in the upper ranks of society that alcoholism la making its gains. The statement has boon often made that Now York society women are moro given to drinking intoxicating liquors than are the women of any other eltv in the country. ThU la unquestionably true If the ranpo of comparison IB lim ited to northern und western places. It may bo that the traditional use of liquor in the Boutli brings its cities nonror to the mr.rk. Ono thing , however , is ab solutely certain , and that is that in no city in the United States , San Francisco perhaps excepted , is there so general n public indulgence in wine by women us in Now York. San Francisco , furthermore , is not exactly a parallel case , for the class of women who drink in public there is of a distinctly differ ent order from the society women of Now York , The tlmo-honorod remarks about the feminine habit of snatching fifteen min utes from an arduous shopping tour to lunch off ice cream und cold water must bo revised. Perhaps it Is because tholr mothers followed this custom that the present generation till rats after nomo- thing hot and stimulating , At any rule u growing proportion of feminine shop pers , and callers , und mutinoo goers , have taken to dropping Into thuir favor ite restaurant and ordering something which comes in u long-stemmed glass and is not taken with a spoon. At Malllurd's the essentially feminine bill of faro , with lls croquettes nnd salads nnd Ice "brb'nm , does not oven turn the plijj4 to announce the slierry cobblers , rnllk punches , cpp nogs , nnd other conceptions with which the less reckless feminine thirst is as suaged. At the Brunswick , Dolnion * Ico's. the Waldorf , or any other of the fashionable restaurants , the fairest and most Irreproachable women may bo seen any day sipping cocktails , cordials or French liquors. In the evening , the ladles' ht tlio Table drink whatever la or dered by the host. f The moro harmless of wines , such ns claret nnd sherry , are apparently for saken in public. It .is chnmpngno nt the dinner or theater party at night , nnd It is n cocktail or some liqueur In the af ternoon. The homo dinner nnd lunch are the occasions when the regular table wines nro in UBO. There nro hundreds of women who drink to this extent nnd. are by no moans counted as vic tims of the liquor appetite. Where they will' bo in flvo years it Is not safe to predict. Perhaps they will bo drinking brandy , whisky , cologne , anything with alcohol In It , to satisfy their mad craving. And then they will die in dllorium tremens and the doctor will kindly shut the door on the family skeleton amf sign n death certificate with n long Latin name of some ( ilsoaso of the nerves , these modern - orn scapegoats of the ills whioh flesh is heir to. A well known woman physician , who as had fifteen years practice in this Ity , says that she 1ms about ton nlco- ollc subjects on her list of patients. She docs not make u specialty of the Vhing. Thcso cases came to her by nccl- lent , us It woro. She would bo sent for Because the woman or girl was 111 , and vould , on answering the call , find the itttlent unmistakably under the Influence f liquor. "In such cases , " she says , "I never make any remark about It. It is of no use nt that time. But the next time I go I say frankly : 'See hero , weren't you under the influence of liquor the other ilay ? ' They always deny it , but after a 'Ittlo talk I got them to admit it , and , hen comes the whole story , and a sad mough story It is , too. The older ivomon. I find , have acquired the habit ihrough social drinking. They take ivino at their meals , a glass of whisky era a eooktail now and then through the day , and after the social round is over and they are in their own rooms they drink enough 'night caps' ' to send them stupidly to bed under the cure of the mud. By noon the nextdaythodrunken stupor Is ovor. Any calls in the mean time elicit the information that madamu s suffering from a severe headache. You know a headache covers n multi tude of sins. " "What do these women drink ? " ' 'Whisky principally. Sometimes brandy. If they cannot got these they will drink cologne or anything contain ing alcohol. " "How much do they .drink ? " "It differs in different cases. Most of them will drink several glasses of whisky straight. The cases which trouble mo most are the young women the girls. With them it is almost always u hered itary appotilo. They take it first per haps in some sickness ; and it needs but a short time for the ease to become ono for a physician. Ono girl , a patient o mine , has at times ajjnad craving for whisky. She gets well , drunk and then she is filled \ylth disgust and re morse nt the thought of what she has done. She promised'mo faithfully some time ago that she would never touch liquor again , but it was not long bcloro I was called there in .hasto and found she ban boon drinking heavily. ' 'She told mo afterward that after she gave mo the promise to quit she had thrown away every drop of liquor in the house in order to bo free from the temp tation. She got on all right for a time until a slight illness cume , und with it the longing for liquor to stimulate her , She said u devil seemed to whisper to her to take just a teaspoonful , but not to take any more. She sent out and got a quart ( if whisky and took the toaspoon- ful. That was" enough to make her crazy with the appetite , and she drank the whole quart. It would have killed her if nausea had not saved her b ; bringing it nil up again. That wa' throe mouths ago , and she has kept hoi promise since then , but" and the doc tor shook his head. "It is hereditary with her , poor girl. " Dr. Grace Peckham Murray Bald tha : it is not possible to tell whether drunkenness - onnoss Is on the increase. She admits thnt drinking is , however. This in crease , she says , Is merely n reaction. Forty years ngo it was more common than it is now. Every ono , even ministers - tors and good old deacons , kept all sorts of ' 'hard" and "soft" drinks to offer to their thirsty guests. Intemperance be came such a great evil that a reform was necessary. She thinks the tora- . poranco movement has seen its height for the present and that a reaction has again set in. The pendulum is swinging back again und hundreds of families whenever never had winoon tholr tables ton years ago are serving it now. Still.another woman physician said that In many cases the habit of drinking was preceded nnd accompanied by the cigarette habit. The extent of the pre valence of this habit among girls and women it would bo hard to estimate , nnd the tobacco habit , so the learned doctor says , induces both thirst and nervous de rangement , both of which conditions make heavy bids to alcoholism. As for the cause of it all , ono man says it is un accompaniment to the increased laxity of morals in critics , particularly in Now York. Another says It is be cause of a lack of religious sentiment in the community two answers which spell the sumo thing. Another says , uud yet others , that it is because this is a luxurious ago , and the people who have acquired wealth are living at a homestretch stretch gait , and alcohol is the whip that helps them keep the pace. However that may bo , the serpent which , according to ( tradition , lurks in the bosom of the wine glass , has appar ently begun a Bocond tomntatlon of live , und Eve. alas ! seems Inclined to listen ns she did of old. ' ' Hot Wonthor Iniuranoo. For 25 cents you can Insure yourself nnd family against any bad results from nif attack of bowel complaint during the sum mer. Chamberlain's ' , , Cello , Cholera and Dlarrhoja Komody is a certain cure for these diseases. It costs but fifi ccnts , For sale by druggists. , , ( .t BDVOATWXAL. The annual school census' ' shows a gain of 2,000 children in Minneapolis. The senior living graduate of Drown uni versity , it Is believed , is Itor. Dr. Goorpo Wuro Brlggs of Cambridge , Mass. , a member - bor of the class of 1W5 , who is now in his eighty-fourth year , Ht. Kov. John J , Kcano , rector of the Cathollo university at Washington ; Kov. Thomas K. Lounsbury. Episcopal lilsuop-olect of Massachusetts ; Hon. Klchard Olnoy , attorney general , and lion , Robert T. Lin coln , ox-United States minister to England , were recipients ot honorary degrees at the Harvard commencement. Chancellor Sims of Syracuse university has renewed the announcement of his In tended retirement , made at the sonit-annual meeting and withdrawn at the unanimous request of the board of trustees. Ho has oo- cuplod the position for nearly thirteen years , and stated at the semi-annual session the other oay that ho felt that the tlmo bad couio when ho noodcd a change of occupa tion. The university has prospered greatly under hl charge. Hx-Sonntor D.iwcs of Mnmchuvolls. U Is understood , will accept the looturcshlp in United States history recently offered to Dartmouth college by Gardner Q. Huhburd of Washington , a graduate of Dartmouth In the class of Ml. Mr. D.iwos ( rill lecture on the civil nnd political history of the United States since the civil war. Mr. Hub- ban ! is ono ot the warmest friends of the venerable ox-senator and was especially In terested in the testimonial plvon to Mr. Dawcs by his Massachusetts Xrlonds on his retirement from public Hfo. In order to cncourago young men to pro- pure themselves for the profession of Jour nalism , the proprietor of the Now York Her- < xld has founded prizes In six consptuou American institutions of learning , Thc o prizes nro to bo awarded annually at Har vard , Yale , Princeton ana Columbia , nt the College of the City of Now York and at the University of Now York. The awards ara to bo made on commencement day or nt any time chosen by-tho faculty of each institu tion. The prizes are to bo medals or small sums of money , equivalent in every case to the annual Interest earned by $1,000. Any undergraduate member of the senior class or special student of satisfactory standing , who has taken the prescribed course of his college - logo or university in political science and Kngllsli literature , may coinpoto for the prlzo. The competition U to bo In the form of essays in KnpllMi prose on subjects of con temporaneous Interest In the foreign or do mestic | K > ltcy of the government of the United States. IXlWHTHfAl , MATTEIIS. Hats cost Americans $300,000,000 annually. America produced 201nil , ) pounds of alum inum In 181 . Ton thousand coal miners are on strike in Kansas and Missouri. The colored people of Virginia , pay taxes on property valued at $13OlX,000. ) South Carolina is the largest producer of phosphates In the world , loading with 000,000 , ons. iVtlnplato factory at Ellwood , 111. , has losod , being unable to come to an agreement , vlth its mon on the question of wages. A typo of firearm has been Invented In England by which compressed pas Is utilized 'nstoad of powder as a propelling force. The total production of the six boot fac tories m the United States was 27,033,3 ) iula , against a total of 12,001,833 pounds ast year. In Bengal , India , thcro nro three harvests reaped every year pease and oil seeds in April , the early rlco crop in September , and ho great rico crop in December. Experiments made at Cilasgow , Scotland , lth lap-welded steam pipes show only n slight dtlTcronco in the matter of strength between the solid plate ana the weld. Ono of the latest mechanical improvements n metal working isa system of rolls for wrapping narrow plates of stool Into a bar , , vhlch is much stronger than u solid piece of ho same sue. It is reported that New Orleans is to have ono of the largest cotton manufacturing plants In thn country. The amount Involved is stated at $2,500,000 , but nothing tangible lias yet developed. A recent mineral find Is about to bo developed opod In the Chiekasmv Indian reservation , south of Quthrio , Old. Immense beds of as- haltum , rivaling these of the island of Trinidad , have been found near the Arbucklo mountains. The quality is the very best and the quantity sufllclcut to pave the streets of every city In the west nud not show any diminution in the supply. The problem of silent machinery running appears to have been broaght n stop nearer solution by tlio introduction in Austria of cog wheels made of pressed raw hide , which are to work in conjunction with wheels of cast Iron , stool and other metals. The now wheels are said to possess great strength. They do not require lubricating and are , therefore , clean in operation. It is claimed that they substantially reduce the vibration of the machinery in which they are used. They can bo had ready made or in the form of raw hide disks for shaping by the purchaser. They are supported by n wooden I'rainnwork and after bolng cut the wheel Is covered with n shellac solution. The greatest draw' back to the now wheel is its comparutlvo ox panslvoncss. These who nro interested in the treatment of silver bullion nnd other products of silver mines have given considerable attention of late to a now methodof , reduction und refining , of special value , it is claimed , in respect to facility and economy , ns com pared with thoordinaryprocoodingin vogue , The process , m question , it appears , is much shorter and cheaper than any other In use , with the additional advantage of less handling of the metal being required , the important fact being stated that silver is thus refined to 9.03 and gold to 9.90. both o thcso points representing the maximum re quirements. The process makes a cjmplott separation of the pold , silver and copper , and , ns the operation employed is known a : the wet process , It does away with any resort to matting and roasting furnaces. JV-KII IX yjSXTIOXS. A micrometer screw , having Its bearing pivoted to calipers ut the end of ouo of the cahpor loas. A stool or Iron box column composed o flanged bars , each riveted bv a flange to th' ' web of ouo of the adjoining bars. A pair of tailor's shears with a nnat spring support to relieve the hand of the weight of the shears when cutting long lengths. An automatic boiler cleaner in which the water circulates from the boiler into settling vessels and thence back to the boiler. A machine for making cans , including all the operations of cutting the tin , putting the parts together , seaming , wiring and burnish ing. ing.A A substitute for rotten stone for polishing wood , consisting of oil and sulphur boiled together and mixed with turpentine und salt. salt.A A power operating stone cutter surrounded by a weighted Jacket and suspended to trun nions , whereby It may be moved and hold in uifforont positions. A tool box comprising a single block made up of slabs so grooved and titled that a tool may bo readily Inserted or taken out without interfering with other tools. A roofing plato constructed on the edges with moldingshaving transverse strengthen ing ribs adapted to ongngo with similar moldings on the adjoining plates. A mercury thermometer with a transpar ent sualo board , having three concave sides , on which are shown the fahronhelt , centi grade and rcaumur scales respectively. A grained drawing paper flat on ono side nnd on the other provided with regular pyramidal projections , whoso apexes aro" arranged ut equal distances from each other. An improved nosepiece for eyeglasses , having two neat lateral pads projecting backward from each of the vertical clips , whereby the classes are more securely hold at any nnglo. A machine for breaking pig Iron , consist ing of u reciprocating hummer , carrying dies , arranged .stepwiso so as to strike the pigs in succession , nud mechanism for feeding the Iron forward. A transit frame for pile fabricsconstructed with arms engaging with sliding rod , which prevent ono layer from pressing against the next ono and having pins which hold the cloth distended , A flexible tubing formed from a helical metallic atrip , which Is so coiled that the convolutions form cones , ono within the other , nnd are scoured by pins and holes on the edges of the strip. A tool for removing burrs from the Interior of n plpo , consisting of n body provided with n longitudinal cutting edge and clearance space and a snrlos of stop shoulders to boar ucalnst the ond'of the pipe , French ingenuity has contrived nn Im proved stone-cutting saw of remarkable efiloiuncy a circular saw having Its edge sot with black diamonds in the same way as the straight bbvles : but as the strain on the diamond is all In ono direction , the setting ting can bo made much tinner. ' lllitory is Illitury. All Impartial historians giro to the Norsemen the honor of being the dis coverers of America , says the St. Louis Republic. However , but few of them ever give thonumeof the mil discoverer According to the most authentic records monks from Ireland discovered Iceland about the year 725 A. D. About 135 years later the Norsemen ( knowing nothing of the discovery made by the Irish monks ) also ran afoul of the little boreal island. In the your 874 these BENNETT'S GRAND SOUVENIR SALE , I NOW IN ruii * IIX.ASV , KVKUY ONE ANXIOUS TO OBT ONK HA.VB YOU GOT A TICKET YKTJ FURITURE. Slnco moving this department on goc- end floor our snlos hixro Increased dally. Our largo stock of fine nnd medium priced goods nt extremely low prices It what talks. In order to olosn out our stock of refrigerators nnd baby imr- rlnpos wo will soil thorn nt coat this week. Ice boxes , d4.ST > and up. Re- Irlgorators , S5.H5 nnd up. Bnby car riages , 83.50 and up , Cnntor tables 25c and up. Now is.yottr tlmo to got ono. JEWELRY. Everybody can nfford to own n good wntch now. Our goods arc the best mid prlcos the cheapest. Wo begin as low nn OSo for n watch thnt will keep good tlrao nnd run up to $23. In making these prlcos we have not taken into con sideration the cost. RAZORS. These who shave themselves nnd bar ber's , attention I Lot of razors to close nt 75c. You mixy find just Iho ono you want In this lot. They are a bargain. Cost will "cut no figure" In this watch , clock nnd jewelry sale. 8-day gone strike clock , S1.08. Pocket knives , largo assortment best goods made , 5c and upwards. All guaranteed. It n knife breaks wo glvo you a now ono. HARDWARE. Axe handles , 5c kind to close at Co each. each.Hummocks Hummocks , all at special prlcos. Wash hollers at bargain price of G5c. Garden hoes , oc ouch. Garden sots , "Oo per sot. Tea kettles , all copper , 98o and 81.10. Omaha Loan and Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. SIXTEENTH AND DOUGLAS STREETS. Capital $100.000 ; liability of Stockholders , S200.99D 5DI7D O CT . M T Intoroit n.itd on SIX MOVP113 ! 4' { U3r O3nt onrtlrtE H Irdri OC.1N I MONTHS' OortlUoilOi oC UapjuU 4 per oont Intorojt EimaBa on uuukaornunt * enterprising sons of the Vikings luul planted n colony on tlio island , which soon became' nourishing settle ment. In the yenr 8U3 Eric the Hed dis covered the east coast of Greenland and skirted along1 it for many miles. In l)0."i ) ono Bjnrni , who wa < making n , trip in his uessol from Norway to Iceland , was driven from his course and finally found "limsolf , vessel nnd crow , in a harbor on .ho coast of Nova Scotia. These facts , being indisputable , should accord to IJjiirni the individual honor of being the [ liscovorerof the Western continent. But , ho Scandinavian historians , when press- ng their claims of being the true discoverers of America , seldom mention Bjarni , seeming to prefer conferring the honor upon ono Liof , u son of Eric the Rod , otherwise known as Lief Ericson. This man Lief seems to have deliberately left Iceland witn the avowed intention of planting a colony in the Now South west this some live years after the fate ful voyage of Bjami , who was the real pathfinder to the new world. Kt-lcson's colony svns landed at what is now Ithoclo Island ( known in Norse history us "Vin- "and" ) , and was maintained for many years according to si'iino writers , until llnally wiped out by the plague. The Republic is not exactly in favor of changing "Columbus Day" to "Bjarni Day , " but history is history and must bo truthfully recorded "though the heavens fall. " BEFORE THE MAST. A. Hoy's Prospects in the Unltoil States Boys of peed character , who have no physical defect , and who can road and write fairly well , are admitted into the navy between the ages of 14 and 18 years , says Harper's Young Pooplo. Betwoou 14 and 15 years a boy must measure 4 foot 0 inches In height , and weigh not less than seventy pounds ; between 15 " nnd 10 , 4 foot 1" ! inches , and eighty pounds ; between 10 and 17 , 5 foot 1 inch , and ninety pounds , and between 17 and 18 , 5 foot inches , und 100 pounds. They must servo till the ago of lil as boys and junior uoamon , and after that age they rank as seamen or potty officers. They are now allowed a sum of $15 for outfit , a fact which considerably en hances the advantages of the service. To discover the exact number of potty ollicors on board a fully equipped ship is by no means an easy task ; but , at all events , the numboroftho.se minor prizes is encouragingly largo , while still higher up , ns the linul goal of the common sailor's aspirations , are the substantial berths of the four warrant ollicors hold by the boatswain , the carpenter , the gunner and the Baihuakor whoso pay and privileges are the same as these of the junior ollicors. And now as to the rates of pay : The pay of boys enlisted as third-class ap prentices is 89 a month , the next promo tion , to second-class apprentice , brings $10 ; the next , to first-class apprentice , $11 a month. Further on wo have Bocond-olass Bcnmon apprentices , with 81 ! ) a month , followed by first-class sea men apprentices , with $24 a month , those two grades corresponding respec tively to ordinary seamen and able Him- mcn , or simply seamen , whoso pay is also 810 and $24 a month. It can thus bo soon thnt a first-class seaman apprentice und an able BOH- man got cuch the respectable mini of $288 a your , which Is $128 in excess of the highest mini pidd to a lirst-clnss seaman in the British service , the only other navy in the world worth consider ation on the score of pay nnd promotion. There is , besides , the daily ration of . ' 10 cents , which runs through the ship from the apprentice to the commander , for , Htrange ns it may appear to some people , Uncle Sum distributes just the fame faro to the ollicors as to the apprentice , and that , too , onljfcvhon on sea duty. There are no other allowances whatsoever made to the otllcors ; they have to fur nish all tholr own mess equipments and everything else. Haloly ot 1'rUont. Abundant evidence is daily forthcom ing that prisons are not by any means to be rolled on for the safekeeping of these whoso liberty has been temporarily re stricted by the pronouncement of the law. Given a certain amountof patience , ingenuity , alertness and nerve , and the chances of a criminal's eventual escape from enforced confinement be come , in many cases , quite appreciable , Should , however , the latest Improve ment in prison construction be adopted this possibility would bo reduced to a minimum. It is proposed to build cells of Iron or steel intercommunicating pipes In which water would bo main tained under pressure. The theory of the inventor Is that an attempt to break out of a dungeon thus constructed would result in damage to the toll-tulo tubes , the smallest puncture in which would cause a leak , of which quick notice WOODEN WARE. Spleo cabinets only 48o. Wnsh board * , lOc. Doublo-hnudlo market baskets , Jo. ! Wo nro unloading toduy A OAlt ol wootlonwnre , whioh will boon sale Mon * tiny nt very low price * . In tlio lot nro 1,1:00 : bvuhol bnskote , to bo gold for lOa. Churns of nil kinds nt bottom prlcos. 1,200 market baskets , So onch. Largo line willow cloUios-buskols cheap. Knskots of nil kinds. Now Is the tlmo to got your baskets of us lower than over before. They nro nil now. Fresh stock just bolng un loaded , ANNEX BASEMENT. Pictures nt half prlro. "While woolen blanket" ) , to close , at your own prices. Truiilsa and valises , cut prices. Crockery. A big and varied assort ment nt very low prices. Toys and novelties. Hoys' carta , wheelbarrows , wagons , doll buggies , all In the Annex Basement allow prices. Bo sure nnd inquire nbnut the ticket nnd GET ONK , which will ontltlo you to a 8OUVENIK. They are to bo glvop. only to these who trade with W. R. Bennett Co. , I5O2 to 1512 Cnultol Avc. MAKES THE BEST Photograph REASONABLE RATES FOR 7G20 Dotijr/ns Stroo. ( From IT'S , Journal Prof.W. H.I''ckelvliomnUesnej ; claUyofEjilep3yl IIM without doubt treated uicl cured morocancj thai ) an/living Physician ; lilsBiicceBg Is astonishing. Wa liavoliojnl of cas8nf20yenrs'Hnnillni ( ; cured tjyliinu Jlopublislu'snvnlualjlowmk on tills dlscaso which lifi semis \ \ 1th a I.argo bottle of Ills'absolute cure , free to nny euffprerwliomnyBPiid tholr I'.O.undKxprcssad' . dross , We nihso \ miyone wishing a euro to nddrcsiv Prof. W. H. J'KKKE , 1D. . , 4 Cedar St. , New York. A Successful Photo Is oomDosod of flvo requirements : flood I.llfonoHH , Good ] * onof CootCieinciiiI Jiffoet , Goad 1'lnlHlilny. The above can bo obtained at High Clnn Pliotograpliy. At I'opular I'rlcos. 313-315-317 , S. IGtU .Etrcot. Oumliii , Nob. DOCTOR SPECIALISTS nit , I' . i SIMIU.KS. Con-mltln * Rritdunu ) of Itusli Molluul ( Jcilluu. ( lO.S ) hlTl/r.v'l'loN J < 'itii.j : Kor the treatment o AM ) PRIVATE DISEASES We euro Catarrh , All DUoasox of the None , Throat. Chojt , StouiuoU , jJowol * uud l lvor. * Blood , Skin nnil TCitliioy DKoasoi , Feiimlo W nlm n . . < CURED. 1'll.KH. FISTULA. F1SSUKK. i > i > nnauuntly cunyl , without thcuwiot kiiUn. llxauini orc.itimlc. All Miiil.'ulliiH o ( ; v i > rlvaui or Uullcato iiiituru , of ultliiir BISX , poHltlvuly uurml. Call un or uildn.-HM , with Htnmp , fur Clrculura , Vroo Hook nntl llwlixvi , Dr , Searlos & Searles , ll ? KoxL lioor to fostoftloo , * TJTIJATI VC Catarrh Cure ooro o ia r b JillVlX III 1 O All drucxliu. Wo unli. would bo transmitted to the wardora by the reduction of pre.s.-niro , und the consequent quent Hounding of an alarm. The ideu It ingenious , und whether or not It should provo to be practicable , It may form the nucleus of u feasible plan of the safety of prisons.