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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1899)
THE CXMAUA DAILY TJET3 : TTKTDAY. MAKOIt 31. 1809. 1) ) ANCIENT TRIBE OF OJIBWA Visit to a Quaint Indian Settlement in tbo Swamps of Michigan , \ CLING TO THEIR PRIMITIVE CUSTOMS ( llliiipucM of Tlivlr ll < intc < lltlll tllllllNlrll-N ClINlllllll-N , llll-MN anil llnliliM OpenMr Mfc III .SlIlllllKT. In the forcit mid swamp lands tlmt Ho within twenty miles of the busy city of Baglnaw , Mich. , there nro still to be found innny quaint little settlements of the Ojlbwn Indians , dome time * ? tailed Chlppouan , In i which they llvu In n prlmallvo fashion , only i I imrtlully madofled by Urn work of the tills-1 ! tdonarlcs among them. In ono of the o lit-1 tlu villages thcrn Is nn OJIbwa Methodist ! church , surrounded by the nnclent grave- ' ynnl of the tribe. AVolrd nro the strains of the BOUKI that they sing In their own languor. This Is especially so It ono hears ! ' thorn , tin I have done , while winding through , the woods nftcr the shadows of evening have bottled fully over the quiet forest. Some of those who have been converted to the Methodist belief attend tholr simple In dian Bcrvlco with rigid regularity und take nn active part In the ceremonies , but othcis , iwhllo professing to be Rood .Methodists , Bllll cling to their old faith , carry their pagan charms and secretly attend their pagan cer emonies or "ilanrcs , " as the whites call them. Thcso are alw.iys licld In remote jdaccs , for the Ojlhwn docs not care to In cur thu dl plcasnro of the missionary. The medicine man , or shumiui , no longer prac tices his Incantations and pagan ceremonies openly ; but ho continues to dispense his lierb remedies , sometimes accompanied with the UBO of a charm or fetish , to drive away Iho spirit of disease. Within the last fcw | years the ceremony of Eliciting out the spirit of disease by means of a bono tuba v\as practiced by thcfco shamans. OjilMXl lll < lllN < rICN. Some of these people make n fairly good living shaving out ax handles , whipstocks nml hoops for sale. Jinny of the women make useful baskets of various kinds , which they sell nt the neighboring towns. In this particular region but few , If any , fancy 'baskets ' or other articles that nro macln simply for sale as cuilos are to bo found In season they pick largo quantities of Worries. Jor which they find. , readysale. _ Many of the Indians cairy on farming to"a limited extent , -\\hllo neatly all will Mork l > y the day for other fanners. Ily thcbe means , together with hunting , trapping and fishing , of which they uro very fond , they gain for themselves a fairly good liveli hood. 'Many ' of them dress In our costume , espe cially the younger people ; while some of the older ones still \\car moccasins and other typical Indian apparel. At present the baby Is cradled In a Inm- miock , Ingeniously made by folding a blanket upon two ropes , which are held apart by means of two sticks. Tormerly the cradle- board was used , and many of these still ic- maln , some of them having been In use within the last decade. When the crnrtlo- Hioard was used It was often fastened to a small tree , which , being bent by the weight , gave a gentle springing motion and soothed the 'baby to sleep The method of binding the child to thcho cradle-boards caused the back of the head to become somewhat Hat- te * j w wwws'&Wffl &MM < VHW' , < ! ' < ( / ' < v . . . nr.UJfrfvrCr A ! t..i& < eneil , nnd Iho skulls found In the ancient craves ot this icglon t > liow this deformity The mother now cnrrlcu the child on her < uck and holds It In place by diawlng her blanket or shawl uround It und tightly about her own shoulders. Opi'ii-AIr llfi > In .Siimnu-r. If you should visit uno of Uieso vlllugeti during the wannest v.oeks ot Hummer > ou vvould find many families living out In the open ulr , nome simply In the shelter of a tree , others protected by nn awning made by Htrutchlng a blanket ftom tree to tree , or strewing braiicht'u ver > thickly actuss a framework of poles , while oilicia have n email tout , sometimes no well put up ns to Kervu us a permanent summer house , even in the tlmo of storm. Near thcoe summer homes jou would find n Tripod made of poles , extending over u fireplace , and hanging from It a haukcd branch for the suspension of a kettle. ThlH constitutes tihe summer kitchen nnd It Its certainly u cool one. A fewof these Indians llvo In fairly well- built frame houses , others in comfortable leg huts ; while not n fovv Uro In n kind of rude "leunto " Hark U often cmplpjod In the construction cf tdcso and small sheila or shelters nre made almost entirely of largo pieces of It. The canoes of the Ojlbua of'tliU region uro hollowed out of a whole log ami In \ order to avoid n ducking jou must sit vury still while riding lu ono of them. They are domovvhat picturesque In aim pa and thin in especially brought out when ono ( .ecu t ev- nrul of them m-stllng tncjr nosi-u against the bank of a creek with the cattails and wild rice all around them Looking at buiti ft 6Ccuc , c > cu the nioi > t uulmagluuthu wblto I man can picture the K enns of old , when the 8qu w pu heil these dugouts through the pAtrh 9 of wild rice , drawing Uio rip ened hesd over the blanket frprcad on the cnnoe bottom nd threihlns the grnln vslih two small sticks. in : MI ii , i.n is. : ( , US i-niw Att" lic DiK'tor Sulil lie \Vinilil lie Di'iul In u Miinfli , Medical Mlence occasionally mnkc * a tnl calculBtlon , " wild nn old clllfcll tea a Cleveland I'MIn Dialer reporter. "I never pass ii certain house on lower 1'wpoet trect without renretnboring thnt twenty- eight years ago a certain noted doctor of thla town ho died recently condoniiiod we to death. 'You have but a week to live , ' ho Mid. "This ivas Information ot somewhat sert- oitH Import < o mo , nlUiough , nt that time , 1 didn't much care whether It wa n week or a month. IHit I went to another doctor ' Vro you renlly frlRhtemxl' ' he oskod. 'No , ' l IJ , Tv-o got beyond thnt.1 Then he 10- marked , 'You can't last a month ' Pome- how this corroborative testimony didn't satIsfy - Isfy me. ( Heforo 1 got through my wearch for Information 1 consulted eight doctors And , by the way , 1 was hunting through the second week before I made the rounds. Of Course , they nil ngreod pretty well. The most liberal man of the lot natd I might ipull through for a jcar , but ho greatly doubled It. The other medicos gave me from a week to three months. "Well , sir , 1'vo attended the funerals of flvo of these doctors , and , please God , I'll RCO the other three under the sod before - fore I quit. "Understand me. I was a pretty tough objict nt that time. A bronchial trouble had worn mo to skin nml bono I walked with a crutch and n cane. J could scarcely talk. All the doctors agreed that my lunga were past mending I'lvo of them said I liad but ono lung left , nnd that , they claimed , was on its last legs. "Well , ivhen 1 ivent to the ninth doctor 1 ! was mad clear through. Ivaj ' made when ho looked mo o\cr. I knew he didn't have u blessed Idea concerning ray case. But ho tried hard to look knowing , and went back In his llttlo drug tank nnd presently re turned with a neat package wrapped In white paper. I handed him the $2 ho de manded and walked away. 'Here , ' ho said , jou'vo forgotten your medicine. ' 1 turned luck. VN'o , I haven't , ' T said hotly , 'I loft it there purposely. Give it to the next credulous fool whose case you don't under stand. ' Say , It did mo good to get mad. I went .home , chucked o\cry drug into the ash b'lirel , stajod out In the open air all I could , wasn't the lenbt bit careful about mjself , worked about Uio house e\cry da ? until exhausted , and Ticgan to gtt belter. By Oeoige , Inside of a jear I was In tiptop condition ! Ixmk at mo now. Sound as a dollar. Yes , sir , holenco docs occasionally slip up with consldoiablo unanimity. " : os TIM : HIM : . i\lianslcm , "XVnr anil I'liiKiio 1'nsli Up 1'rlfi'n. The New Yoik Tribune , dlscusbliig the recent advance of 65 per cent In the prlpo of quinine , saj.s the United States consumes about one-half of the world's output. The caui-o of the present scarcity Is at- 'trllmted ' by some to efforts made by London speculators to corner the market. This maybe bo tiuc 'to ' a certain extent , for the funda mental cause Is the fact that the consump tion socms nt last to tia\o overtaken the supply , and the surplus of bark which has o\is > tcd for jears is now used up. The re cent war with Spain caused a big demand for quinine and the opening up of now co lonial territory by boveral countries In Africa and oiBo\Mu > ro has nUo been n potent factor In u-diiclng Iho surplus of bark. The coo- suniptlon of quinine during the last bu bonic plague In India was also Immense. It U t.ild that many cultivators of chln- chona ha\o tuglectcd their trres In reccn years when the prlco fell l > clon profitable flguio and 'dat this has caused the market btilngcncj In the bupply , whlrli is the basis for prtgont iilgh prices. It may take tkmiu > cara to bring Iho crop up to Its former vol ume , If Indeed there bo any deslro 1o do BO which U doubtful on | the part of < tlio plant crs The quinine market Is controlled li London and n "combine" to take advantage of the present situation Is not Improbable As jet Kio ictall diugglst has not rolsei the price of his quinine pills , but this state of affairs \e \ nqt expected to last long. I.OIIlIllll I'NIiriTH. An Kngllbli clergyman , being pestered \vltl olfora from usurers tu advance him sums o money , had the curloEltj to uiuvvvr one b > iiaklng on what turms ho would loan hln i-"jO. Ily luturn of pobt thorn arrived u letter askliiR purlliulara of his rent. life In guratHt- and other Intimate matters. To till ho made no u-jily Then fullovu-d a Jn i M Kin him to cull in London on n cvrtali day , 'o whlib ho HPIII an answer that h did not Inti-iiil to call , and that the monev lender need not trouble himself further in th mutter IJut the affair was not at an end Two days Intel n rogUtoicd Jotter arrlveii lnrlo lng .CS'.i ) In noion , and a form to b I tilled up , promUliiK to pay 300 In thro I months Tim clergjman then put the money , the form nnd the coirispondciico jn th hands of his solicitor , who , after thre werks delij rtturiK-d the notes to Iho usur era and pci a gulm * out of thim for hi ' it' it i T nt'n prt\pnppn PAI I n \\IIAT \ \ OLR CflNCKliSS COSlvS Features of Exponditxirea in the Senate and tbo House. . VARIOUS TRIFLES IN "VOLUNTARY USE" 1,1'iinmmlc , Soup nml Druuo CniixntiKMl li.v ScMiulurs Cleric Illri * nml Mil lion IT ; .Sup pi I I-N I , nu M dry r\l > i-iisrN Co The eecrctnry of the semite nnd the clerk of the house of representatives have cnch to prepare once n year an account of the manner In which they have expended tortaln moneys appropriated for the use of the senate anil the house of representatives. Just why It , Is that the secretary of the senate , bo ho democrat , as he now Is. or a tepubllcan , s Is the clerk of the house , habitually lakes n better > book on this subject than ho officer of the house may bo answered n different wnjs , but the fact will remain , until there is change In the method of making the annual reports , that the senate HI continue to turn out the best book. Ono might Insist that the senate report s the better because the senate Is the more xtrnvngimt body In its use of the public nonoy , or that It Is grandly candid , and cihapa tells more than the less extravagant r less candid house of representatives. : ach house spends pi city nearly all the nonoy It tan get hold of , writes Uio Vashlugton correspondent of the New- York Times And the house Is ut the opinion , nnd sometimes ventures to ay so , that the- senate requires too many \pensivo trlllob too much lemonade or onp to keep up that degtco of dignitj , upposed to be high among those who wear t , which should cluiiacterlro a senator. At 11 events , when the house gets to be ns xpenslvo per representative as Is the senate or senator , the cost of Iho national legls- aturo will bo much higher , the luxuiles ujoycd by representatives will too greater 11 number , the members of the larger house vlll require many moro articles of voluntary use" than they now tall for , nnd ho clerk of the honso will bo able to Illrt Is book In the public eye without fear of cproarh for Its comparative dullness. The secretary of the senate accounts In Is annual report not only for the salaries t ofllcers and employes of the senate , but IBO for the salaries of senators , while the lork of the house shows only the ox idises of the officers and employes and the xpendltures out of the contingent fund. Secretary Cox of the senate handled dur- ng the last year reported by him the yer > argo sum of moro than $1,2.10,000 , includ- ng $27,000 "covered Into the treasury. The clerk of the house manages to show- hat ho handled moro than $1.000.000 wlth- > iit counting the salaries of members. The Ittlo Item of $400,000 a jeur for clerk hire or members Indicates the extent to which ncmbcrs have taken advantage of the dis position of the -people - to supply them with themselves useful the opportunity for making ful as letter writers to their constituents. Ciunlor < f Hi hfiuitc. The senate's candor Is at once illustrated senators publish the names by the fact that of the men and women to whom they pay salailea for clerical service , llcpresentatlvea is credited lo not Each representative with the money ho I'.raws. at the rate ot " clerk hire. .100 a month , for "necessary Ho may pay It or ho may not. as bonio critical persons have suggested , but at all events ho swcais that ho did pay It and that and the government rclm- it was necessary , mrscs him at the rate of $100 a month. The clerk takes his word and his oath for the sake of regularity ; the member taken Iho money for what It Is worth. The sen ate , with less than 100 members , pays about $300,000 for oflicers and cleiks , while the Imuse , with 3.'i7 members , pajs only about $1,000,000 for like purpobcb. Each senator and representative has an allowance of $123 a year for stationery , or ho may draw the cash in place of the sta tionery. The scnato cither needs more stationery than the house , or else repre sentatives need more money than senators , for the accounts of iboth hoiibcs show that it Is the practice for representatives to draw ? 123 Instead of stationery , thus eking out their salaries to that extent. Speaker Hcod evidently needed no stationery during the jcar of the last report ; nor did the late Mr. Dlnglcy , nor Mr. Odoll , nor Mr. South- wick , and a host of others. There were exceptions , of course , among them lielng Mr. Giceiie , who died a Jay or two ago on his way home , and who drew in etntionerj all ibut $10 of ihls allowance , and Jlr. IJar- low of Califoinia , who took 'but ' $3.29 In cash , or ( Mr. Parker of ( New Jerhey , who took all but $7 3J of his stationery allow ance in stationery. The men who took the money presumably did not need the station ery nnd did need JJio money. To suppose that they 'lx ' > ught stationery elsewhere would bo to harbor the Idea that they wished to pay higher prices for it , as the things bought by mcmbeis In the stationery room of the houfco .ore obtained nt prices which no business man , working for a profit , could possibly make to customcis. The senate lias some odd fancies which It grntltkH nt whatever cost may bo neces sary. It Kcts pens 1 > y the fifty grcss ; knife purses to hold the knives , purchase * ! eleven dozen at a time and nineteen dozen at ft. time , sometimc.3 Impelled knives for protec tionist senators ; nlckol-plate < l bankers shears for senators for and against currency reform ; car < l cases by the dozens ; millions of rubber Ttandi , "pop" brushes , sponges moio foreign knives , moro envelopes , more liens , "civil service" pencils , matohwifei papcterles , Ink iby the gallon and visiting cards by the hundreds , into the thousamiri The house liked Imported knives , too , am bought ns many as $000 ivvorth' at a time when It wet * purchasing paper , pens , ink potketbooks , card cases and visiting cards for those who thought they needed Mich articles to Increase their efficiency ns law makers.Vhllo there may ho no dllllculty In accounting for a demand In 1S9S for Manila envelopes there seems to bo homo ground for wonder at the request for "Scotch hones , " which figure In the sta tionery reports of Clerk McDowell Then there were purchases of war maps of Cuba 100 nt a time , nnd others later. About $13- 000 was expended by the house for now car pets and caipet cleaning moat of It foi cleaning , as only about $300 was Hpent foi entirely new carpetfa. The senate epon over $2,000 in the same year for now carpets and a good deal for cleaning old carpets. Itril TII piami 1'iiNlt * li > \ \ lioli'Milf. U takes a lot of red tape and paste to keel the soiiato and the house in operation. The bcnato required more than 1,000 spools o red tape to enable It to tlo itself up prop- crlj for ono year , and In that time it made an experiment with pink tape , without re- pal ting whether that proved to bo n satis factory substitute for the red article. It made moderate use of paste , requiring only five batrclu of It for a year. The house jus gave Itself up to paste , but seems to have had hut llttlo use for red tape. Its con sumption of paste la reckoned by buckets instead of barrels and in 1&9S it consume' ' 415 buckets of paste In the discharge of Its U'Cblatlvo duties. The house does not appear , from its own accounts , to run a dispensary for the gratu itous distribution of drugs , but the senate still indulges In that luxury at the expense of the government In one year it began by buying orders of 1 ooo two-grain quinine pills and 1 000 three-giaiu pills besides uno ounce of itwo grain quinine tablets one bottle of 'lithia 'ablets , ono pound of bicarbonate soda tablets , several bottles ot t > ronmelt7or ! < and a llttlo bromo-llthla and brrmo-caffelne It also botiRht hair tonic by the quirt , rose water , "dandy ' polled ] nnd cnfthrlne powders. June , ISIS , vvna a verv trying month to the senate H needed n good deal ot medicating to keep It going , although the war was "on" and the hotiis was getting along without public supplies of medicines. < 'oiiiiiiiiillnii | ( if 31 * < llrtiu" . Here is one bill for stuff consumed by Hit * otinto. 31ar. 3. Tor 2 bottle * brome seltzer , nt 7Sc ? 1.80 2 Imttles 'bromo ' calMne , SSe 1.70 It. 6 Billions witch hazel , nt i Sue ; i 4.2 ? 4 * gallon ) alcohol , nt J2.83. tj.82 21. 1,030 2-graIll ( | Ultitlie pllU . 3.50 l.COO 3Krnln quinine pills. 3.50 S3. 2 bottles brome s Itzer , nt tCc 1.50 1 3-0 dozen onfebrlne pow < len > , at $2.CO 4.5S Apr. IB. 4A mvllona nlcohol. at li fi3. 12.P1 3 dozen patent leather pol- Jail , nt Jl.CO 4. < 0 2 boltlcs brome cntteJne , at S3c 1.70 S bottles IjroniO poltrer , nt 73c 1.60 SO. * 8 pound sixla-mttit tab lets , nt 70c 21 l.wo 2-Kraln pills 2.rn 22. 3 combnt too l.so 1 comb 20 1 stick co metlnuo is 1 qu-irt CokeN linlr tonic. . 1.0) repairing clipper spiin s. . 1.70' 1 ounce quince seed 10 1 cjaku turnout ! 20 23. 1 pound ; soda-mint tub- lets . ? 0 2 do/en Whlttcmore msspt polUh , nt J2.IO . . . -I.SO Jlny 21. 2 BIO * * * ) mnpic skin soap , nt $12 21.00 21 , fl cases Upbbltt's soap , nt ji ei.oo 2 bottles brome seltzer , nt 7.o 1.30 2 bottle * } brome caftcln * , nt SSe 1.70 1 boltlo brome pejisin . . .75 100 tablets J-graln blsul- phnto ntilnlne S3 100 tablet * ! ,1-graln blstil- ililiiL ; iiulnlnu .50 100 tablet" ' . ' grnln blmil- phato iiiitnlne " ' , 25. 1 bottle llthiii tiildets . . .no 4'4 gnllon.t alcohol , nt * . ' fi5. 12.U. 2il. 1W ( 3-praln sulphate qui nine tablett DO 400 pound * * lump nluin , ( it 2 ; c 10.50 Juno C. > ( . dozen 1'lnaud's hair ton ic , largo 13.50 8. 2 doyen Maurer's rat and roach paste 2.50 S1G0.3 ! Whether H was the medicine or the hot weather , something created n great thirst In the senate in July. Tor th.it month a bill Tns presented which showed that the senate had neglected to pay for the lemonade - onado it drank In 1SU7. And It nlso ran up the price of lemons. This was the bill : July 1. For fi boxes lemons , nt SI . . J 21.tw 3. 3JI pounds granulated sugnr. ut $ t V3 lfi.1'1 2 lioxoi lemon * * , nt $1 . . S.OO f > fi boxe * lemons nt $4 73 . . 2S.OO 7. S boxes lemons , nt $1 73 . 14 IT , * < . 2 coik crews , at lOc . .M ) 9. 337 pounds granulated sugar , at $1 97M.- . 10.77 I boxes lemons , at $1 7" . 1l ! i 12. II bovas lemons , nt $3 . ' " > . 15.73 II 331 iKiunds cranul.ited sugar , nt $4 97H. . IG.Ct fi boxes lemons , i\t J5 23 . 31.V ) 17. 1 boxes lemon t , nL $1 J1 . 21.00 19. ! t bovcn lemons , at $ i 23 . 15.75 i 354 granulated pound i .sugar , nt $4n7's . 17.Cl 21. t boxes lemons , nt $3 2T > . 21.00 J2. " boxes leniono , t J3 23 . 15.73 21 ! . ? * > ' pound. * * grnnuliited supir , nt $3 01 17 91) . " boxes lemons , nt $5 50 . 1C 50 21. 1C < > bo\es Ozonnte Ulthla water fioni Jills1 to 21 , 1S37 , at $ ( ! SS . . . . $7 9.2S Credit bv 4 SOOtmpty bottles returned , at lo each 4S.OO &S1 2S J39S 21 , ( . \polllnarjs water seems to have gone out ot fashion In the senate , but in 1897 that ' body required , along with twenty-six cases of lemons and l Soapouuds of gianulated [ ' I sugar , forty-fcovon C.IEOS of Ozonatc llthla water during ono month. As It brought lemon squeezers and tumblers toy the gross , there can be llttlo doubt to what use these various Items can bo put. ' Hint ! i\pciif l\e PinioriilN. Tunorals have Jicen a but don to both houses and each has published Its hills In its own way. The senate funerals aio con ducted In a very liberal manner , the items of expense not \arylng much in necessary furnishings. The funeral of Senator Harris cost $1,239,77 , including $300 for the casket and moro than ? 2,000 for a special train. Senator ( ! rorsp ; was provided with n enskot that cost $110 and all the cxppn o attend- IHR his burlnl were $1,7 ! 72 Senator \\'t\\- \ tlnll. hi * collortttue , WHS burled In n casket thflt cost $250. was carried to hli grave by n special train and was burled nt a total cost of $3,247.70. The clerk of the house reports three funerals In his account of ex- pcrullturcs That of 13 I ) Cooke of Illinois cost , Including a ensket st $350. $2SS2.25. The funeral of Mr. llolnmn , If the expense li nil accounted for , cnmp to but $591 , In cluding a casket nt $350. Uepto etitittvo I Slmphlim of Massachusetts was burled In n casket Hint cost but $250. but his funeral expenses amounted ta $2,430.S2ory much ! i below the senate average. Telegraphic service seems to cost the senate si round penny. There Is n great number of items made up of small tele graphic dispatches sent by senators "on the public service. " Senator Smith of Now Jersey found occasion during 1S97 to do a \nst amount of telegraphing nt public ov.- peuso. He sent on December 20 seventy- three dispatches lo ns many New Jersey postmasters , at 2S cents each , on January She ho sent ninety more dispatches to ns many liostmasters , and after a llttlo spurt of telegraphing In rebrunry ho broke loose In 'Juno i with thirty-eight dispatches to as many I pcstinasleis , who may have been startled j ' before by his electrifying Intelligence. On June 20 he sent to seventy editors of his own slate dispatches costing 20 cents each. On Juno 2S , for some not apparent reason , ho sent about forty dispatches to na many editors who were not of New Jersey , the cost of each of thceo dispatches being 20 tents. Mason of Illinois proved a pretty good second to Smith In IS'iS Iloth houses buy some things that are useful , but when mentioned In quantities they Inevitably cause n smile. The Bonate purchased In October last fouttecn and one- half dozen cuspidores , made to order for that honorable body from special Utslgn , and paid for them $39 00 a dozen The house Is old-fashioned It uses spittoons where the senate employs cuspidores , nnd It gets them cheaper than docs the senate. This Is about I lie way the orders of the house run : December 4 , O ! club spittoons nt * ur.o $217i December ti , lil'it dozen ilul ) spittoons nt $13 50 17775 Dotembor t ! , 2 dozen liber spittoons at $150 9 00 Towels are used by both the senate and the house In great numbers. The washing costs quite a sum in a jcar. The senate pays 3J cents a doen for the washing of Its towels. The house hag Its towels washed for 25 cents a dorcn. I.-\MI : A ricicM3 .iAi > n. I.Mil KUi'Iirnor'N I'oiinliirltj AVnnliiR III Cireu < llrltuln. It is Impossible to deny , reports the Lon don correspondent ot the St. Louis ( Jlohe- Dcmociat , tint Lord Kitchener Is rapidly losing much of that popularity which caused him to bo so extensively llonl/ed when list In Ruglnnd. Scarcely a week passes without some new point being raised -against him and It : nust bo confessed that in the ma jority of Instances ho has found himself , so far as It is possible to see. In the wrong. Several jears ago the nngllsh government , \vlth a great flourish of trumpets , abolished , thioughout Kg.vpt the Iniquitous corvee , or forced lalbor , sjstcm , by means of which peasants and artisans were torn from their homes and forced to labor on public wor'ks ' for months , sometimes years together , with out pay and receiving nothing but their nourishment. The Suez canal was con structed almost entirely iby means of labor ot this character , thousands of the Felahcen perishing under the 'whip of the taskmaster. Indeed , whenever any question has arisen ns to the nature of the reforms Instituted 'by the English in Egjpt , the abolition of forced labor has always been cited ns the most Important. It would seem , however , that It has been revived by Loid Kitchener , for the latter is building the extension of the Soudan railroad , as well as rebuilding Khartoum and foitifjlng the vatlous points in the Soudan by means of forced labor. The forcing of the labor Is done In a slightly different fashion , naiueljby means of mil itary coiibcription. Tlio civil governors nnd provincial authorities of lower Kgjpt are cnlle.l upon to furnish a certain quota of men for mili tary service , and It is Impressed upon them tli.it aitlsins and mechanics arc the men of whom the army stands in principal need. Thefce men are torn from their families and GINGHAM COSTUMG WITH SIMULATED OVCKDRESS FROM HARPER'S BAZAR A model designed cope.-lnlly for use In wash garments represents a gingham ccatumo with gored overdress and attached skirt. The latter extends under the over drew about three and one-half Inches , wlnro H Is btltchul Into pisltlon. The ovei- JruBS Is faced with a fitted facing , a pattern of whlth accompanies the costume put- loin. The skirt la circular , ibut haa slight fullneis In the luck The waist is tucKol vertically down the back In groups of narrowest tucks nnd similar turk extenJ on cauh side of the front to within a few inchez of the center , where the Ixiillco ends In two long rev-era The } -oko is of tucked whlto duck , which also faces the sleeves r.t the wrist nnd forma the shaped cuff which droops over the found. The ibolt is of gingham , shaped and Interlined with linen , and utitchoU on each side. The upper slcovoa nro diagonally tucked , marked indications for the tucks appearing In the Hleeva pattern. The original model from which the design In taken was made for Harpers Hazar and may bo effectively treated In cbamtiray. zephjr or any of the cheikeJ linens fireat fare should bo exer-Ucd In matching Uie s'ripes In eu < h materials , es ; > o daily when bias cffc U are nought after To nuke this gauicnt for a person of medium rizo twclvo yards of gingham twcmy-four Inchcb witle will bo Tt'.juircil. and a half jard of whuo du k. from their homes , where thejhnve txv'i making from sixteen 10 twenty plmtre * a day nt their rNpcjtlvp trades , are ctit up the Nile thoiiNindn ef mile * aw y for a term of several jcur * . and when lliev reifh tliclr destination are pet to work nt their trade * for the benefit of the government. recelvltiK n * sole remuneration their mili tary pny of one piastre and rations , ( if late tile demand of Lord Kitchener for re cruits cf tills kind IH moro cicesslvc than ever before , and the nntlven nro gradually becoming convinced that KiigHiid'A much vaunted abolition of the corvee tnbor wns i merely n sham , and tlmt It continues under 1 another name. The true reison why there I Is to bo no advance ngnln t the Klmllfn I until rou autumn Is liccnure of the absence of 0,001 Ujtyptlnn troops that Lord Kitchener h.i now under hie command nt Khartoum , who are tJio only ouc available for n march upon the khallfn. Clo < c upon 7,000 nro en- _ tlrely fresh and untrnlne-1 recruits , who i hive never been under Ilro before , nearly all cf the Kgyptlaiis mid blnck regiments thRt were pro-sent nt the battles of the I Atharn nnd of Omdurnnn , having since thnt tlmo completed tholr term of service nnd been mustered out of the army. In addition lo th'tt ' the condition of the Nile nnd the absolute Impossibility by reason of climatic conditions of employing English troop * until autumn renders any move against the khalifa Impraetletblo. Tills | J mou unfortunate , for every day that passes without his bi < ing attacked and crushed bv Lord Kitchener tends to Increase his power and prestige among the nations of the Sou- dun , who tiftturnllv n crlho hl Imnitin' ' fo r on the rnrt of the nnftllth and to nlliRrd m .lernnturiU power * No little comment ban b en rxclti Iv th fact ihul tt-hon nctt lord Kit. ' ' r encounters the klmllfa he will be will i om > of hi * former chief odlror * and i clpal I lout cnant B by his Hide Arcin Hunter. Oeneral Uundle , rolnnnl Maod n RenefHl ItallamftnfT and the InRllh elm- ' the Kn.vpttMi cavalry linvc all left him , i accepted rtlrploymetit In Kmtfand an I I ml In Coli nel Sir IIcRlntiMVlnnnte hns < , \ to be the ch'cf ' of * taff , ia now for remain permanently at Cairo , wtille * * ' P.islia , who xpent * o nuinv , yenifl ns a ci of the dcrvlfllie * at Omdurman. ha * tin up in dlngunt his cornntlslon in thq f > inn nriuy , hta cautloiM remark here i week concrrulnR I > rd Kitchener mid i policy inditing It clear thnt he did not on altrRcther friendly terms ! th his f commanding vfllier Ird Kitchener when list In London \ so much lionized thnt there vvuo < boun I be n reaction. It has now net In , an I u dnllv becoming ll.M-il Dies lllx t'tittiorN Di'titli KANSAS CITY. March 30--Jnmen li , 1 aged 22 jears , colored , wan linniicd in i Jail .vard nt the county Jntl nn lu JO i < > ic toda\ . todaHeed Heed shot Mrs Sunlo Hlnkoslov to it. < u In lie i home In n fit of U'alousv. | ! o ill , i ( i the Fame scnflold on whleh hl fnther. M i i Heed , died In isjil for the murder of Ins wife Jim Heed's mother "Appetite comes with eating. " And the hankering'for " rline comes from trying it. If you're III" ) \ scePtlcai akout Pearline's \\ashinjj , try V Jl li on coarse clothes , etc. , first things < i"// / lnlt ! 'ou Cin { t : uirt nuir' ' ' aiUi sec 10W OT _ > I / / / ' jt savcs Avorlc. 1 hiving seen Pearline's superior work you'll be ready to use it for line , delicate , cobwebby things , ssi Vour onice H in a dliiRlomrnon , 1111- attr.utlvo building You kUk bcc auso the janltoi don't sweep > out room , 01 ilean . \otir windows You walk upstalis , if you have ollke hour * In the evening , ur when > ou fiattuie the Sall.Hh ) to mnkc up on the seventh da > for join omissions of the other six , bei.iuse the elevator ilon't tun. Your wall Is smnkcd with gas and I ho tempctn- ' tuio Is ( iiconlnnd In HIP winter and Africa In summer. You don t sleep nights because \our biv > kn and papcis m.iv burn up nt any tlino You me mining vour nntutnlly oweet lempoi , and still you don't mo\e Into A dully \low of the fountnin nnd palms , and white nnd gold of the Alhambra court will bring back jour formoi sweet disposi tion or pci haps It is bn auso you Imvo hoaidthat theioaio onla halt doyen vacant looms In The Hco Hullding and think Uint they aio not dcFlinhk * These Imludu conio of the veiv linndt-omcpt In the buildinR Uosldes , tboio nio no poor looms In the Ueo Iluilding. The few that me vacant will not bo empty man ) dajs Come nround today and \\a will show them to vou R. C , Peters & Company Rental Agents Ground Floor. OK OMAHA. DRUGS. go2 ) o6 Jackson t. O. RICHARDSON , Preat. 0. P. WELLER. V. Prcat. E. Bruce & Co. , Druggists and Stationers , Dee" B Clraro , VTIncu und Urnndlcn , Cornsr VTA and H rn y Htrwu. CREAMERY SUPPLIES Creamery Machinery and Supplies. Boilers , nnglnes. 1-Vcd Oookcrfl , Wood Pui. leys. Shafting , Beltlmt , Butter I'uck- HSOB of nil W7-909 Jonea St. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. Electrical Supplies , Eleotrlo Wiring' FJolls and Otis LI-jKUnn a. W JOHNSTON. Msr , J510 UawiTrd 8t. John T. Burke , J'O ELECTRIC LIGHT and POWER PLANTS 421 South 15th St. HARDWARE. L ee-Qlass-Andreoson Wholesale Hardware , Bicycles and Sporting Qoudtj , 1219-21-23 liar * nej Btreet HARNESS-SADDLERY. Jl'fr * I It.tilNEII , HAVD f.fl AND CO.KAIIB Jobbtn of ttulher , Aaidlrt'jHardware , Kle , j We : ollclt your ordcri. J3ss HO-.J e. BOILER AND SHEET IRON WORKS i rake. a SnccvHNiirH AVIlNiin .V Drill. < . Manur i < Hirers liolliMs Minlc * xlinK n 1 fcie cliuiKs , vrissure , ifuUrilnc , nbeep dtp , l.u J and .ritei tnriUs , bciili r inbis c n- ftntitly on luind. M-I nil h.ml Imihn bnunlit nml nlil S'IKtnl nnd proiin I 11 repairs III city or country IDtb and 1'krce BOOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS , meriean aad Stoo Go M'frs 1 Jobbers of Foot Wear VYI SI rilN AOENTS TOIl The Joseph Buujjjan Rubber Oo. . Sproguo & Rubbers and Mackintoshes. lor , Klrt ( Milli .V l > 'iiriiiiiu MM. , Oniiiliii. Boots , Shoes and Rubbers aaletroonu UM-llO'-llM Harncr CAhRIAGES. Estab lished , I IU5H. SUe fj , . i , i . , , . u Jlorsc Slotlon , Got a Slnipsou Udt'sy with the Atklutou Sprlnc best anu casual rldtr 111 the woilJ. 1 IDll-l I UfallCf tltll-Ct. CHICOHV Groweri cnl manufucturcri ut all fuiuii ot Clilcory Oinatu-Xitmonl-O'.Nell DRY GOODS. E , Smi If.iporlof anil Jobber * ol Goods , I < urKislun < r Goods AND NOTIONS