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JLJE OMAHA. DAILY BEE : SATUEUAY. APHIL 15 188 *
DEWEY & STONE ,
FITENITU'REI '
ORCHARD & BEAN , J.B. FRENCH & CO. ,
C A R P ETSI GROCERS
I. OBERFELDEI & CO. ,
WHOLESALE IILLINERY AND NOTIONS ,
1308 and 1310 DOUG-LAS STREET.
Spring Goods Receiving Daily and Stock very nearly ! Complete
sso'sc.tsccsxrjn' 30
OJL9
WHOLESALE AND BETAII , DKALEK IN
SE3t
Lath , Shingles , Pickets ,
IJ 5 , BLINDS , B/OLDINGSME / ! [ , GEM7
MTSTATE AQENl FOR MILWAUKEE CEMSNT COMPANY ]
Near Union Pacific Depot , , - - OMAHA.NEB
Special Attention ,
Is Once More Called to jthe Fact thax
Bank foremost in the West in Assortment and
Prices ot
FOB MEN'S , BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S WEAR.
AI.SO A COMPLETE LINE OF
Furnishing Goods
Hats and Caps
Wo nro prepared to moot the demands of the trade in regard to Latest Stylet
nnd Patterns. Fine Merchant Tailoring In Connection
RESPECTFULLY ,
I. HELLMAN & CO , ,
1301-1303 Farnham and 300 to 312 13th
WM. ROGERS
Manufacturing Company. ,
-MAKERS OF THE-
Finest Silver Plated Spoons and Forks.
The only and ( ! Uional plato that
original firm
is giving for instance
Rogers Bros.
stance - single
Lirt
All on Spoons ,
9
Forks and plated Spoon a
Knives plated triple thickness
with the greatest
plate nly on
of care. Each
the B o a 11 o a
lot being hung
on a Bcalo while whore expo d
being plated , to to wear , thereby
i i
insure a fall do.
making a single
posit of silver on
plated Spoon
them.
them.We wear aa long asa
We would call
a * triple plated
especial atten
tion to oar soo- ione ,
Rival. Tlooed
All Order ) In the Weat thonld be Addressed to
Wholesale Jewefer ,
OMAHA , KEB
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A DEN OF DIRT.
Celestial Sleeping Apart mem te
in San Francisco ,
Dls iittlns Slfflits In the Mongol Inn
Quarter.
San KrRncltco Cail , April 7th
Yesterday raorninjj , shortly nftor 1
o'clock , Sergeant Harmon , accompa
nied by a posse of hia men , loft the
Old City llall for the purpose of dis
covering individuals who were guiUy
of violating _ the pure air law. They
wended their way to n largo three-
story and basement brick structure on
ho north aide of Jackson street , below -
low Stockton , wliich they hnd boon
n formed was Tilled with Chinese
Bloopers. The upper stories are reached
by a narrow flight of stairs , the stops
> [ which are covered with dirt half an
inch thick , while the walls of the stair-
ctiso and the coiling are covered witli
amoko and soot from numerous open
Tires and Chinese tallow candles burned
n the hallways us offerings to thn
licathon gods. The basement , whicl
ton feet wide , is approached bj
rickety , not ovor-socuro staira.
ivhich leads to a narrow private alloy
running the entire length of the house ,
and from which entrance is obtained
nto the basement rooms. One ot tin
first rooms nt which the sergoan
knocked nt was ono in the basemen
nearest the street. Not receiving an ;
response to repeated knocks , the uer
geants used his No. 10 brogans in <
lead of a knocker , and brought into
cquisitlon the only Chinese word
with which ho is acquainted , that was
"Ilimonah , " which means "open,1
iVftor a number of vigorous kioko
uflicicnt to nrouso a few oleopy Mon
golians on the opposite side of tin
alloy , and cause them to open tin
doors of their rooms ajar , and pee
mt , and "himonah" had boon rp
leated time and again , some one ir
: ho room exclaimed in a voice indica
ting clearly that the owner thoreo !
had been awakened from n sound
loop , "Wassa matta ? "
"Open the door , and bo quicli
, bout it ! " said the sergeant.
A CHINESE LODGING.
"All light , " came the response :
which was followed by the turning
if a key in the lock , the drawing of i
ipring catch and the shooting back o
iovoral bolts , and the swinging opoi :
if the door.
As the sergeant and his men filed
nto the room , an elderly Chinaman ,
with wrinkled features , short gray
queue , and attired in baggy pataloons
and not over-clean blouse , stood hold
ing the door with ono hand , while
with the other ho rubbnd his oyesl
nd as the last officer crossed the
ihreshold he muttered , in a tone ful
f astonishment , "Noo chunmutyeah
' ' " ' "
eo coonl' "What'sallthat gibberish ?
, skod the sergeant , gazing the while
t the speaker. "Him say , 'Wassa
natta , wha foah ? " ' volunteered a
oung Celestial who had followed the
'flicors ' , moved by curiosity to learn
he object of the early morning raid.
The room in which the oflicera found
measured ton feet in
.eight with a depth of thirteen foot ,
, nd a width of fifteen , and contained
,950 cubio foot of space , or within
fty'fcet of the amount rcquirod in a
oem to bo occupied by four sleepers ,
langed around throe sides of the
room are wide shelves , on which is
spread matting , and above this is a
platform across the width of ho room.
On this , as on the shelves below , are
spread pieces of matting and wooden
blacks , which Chinese use as head
rests or pillows. The atmosphere of
this room was heavy , the stench of
opium was detected the moment the
door was oppnod , and breath
ing was diflicult to these
who are unused to inhaling the
air of a Chinese lodging place. Prior
to the advent of the olliccra this at
mosphere was inhaled and exhaled by
seven adult Mongolians , who wore
sleeping on the shelves and platform
described. The sleepers , who were
moro or less stupid from the effects of
the poisonous drug the Chinese love
so well , were after some difficulty
aroused and made to dross themselves
the sergeant having concluded to ar
rest them , as there wore three more
in the room than the law allows. They
were then inarched to the central sta
tion under escort of two policemen. /
A DISGUSTING KIQHT.
The sergeant then tried the doors
all along the alloy , and ono near the
rear of the basement yielded to the
touch. As it was pushed back , a
sight was presented to view which ,
had it boon seen by those ardent sup
porters of Chinese , who live east of
the llocky mountains , and whoso
only knowledge of the Chinese and
their habits is based upon the rose-
colored pictures presented by the paid
agents of the coolie imp or tors , it
would have done moro to change
opinions on the subject than all the
arguments that could bo made b'y the
ablest senator or representative from
the Pacific Coast in the course of a
month. The room into which this
door opened is not moro than twelve
feet wide , and on each side are two
rows of wide shelves , ono above the
other. These run along a depth of
eighteen feet. The height of the
room is not more than ten feot. Be
tween the rows of shelves is a narrow
passage which loads to a small room ,
not moro than 5x12 , which is divided
by a rude partition extending about
two feet and a half from the roar
wall. In one-half of this is an open
fire-place , constructed in the rudest
possible manner , and on which the
occupants of the room , or the major
ity of them , do'their cooking. The fire
place lias no chimney , and the imoko
arising from the few bits cf
kindling with which the Chinese ccok
their rice and boil their tea escapes as
it may until it reaches the front door.
In its passage it floats to the coiling
and walla , begriming them with soot ,
which renders the place almost as
black aa if painted with coal tar. Im
mediately adjoining this open fire
place and fully open , is a closet , from
which arises a stench that is almost
unbearable. The shelves on the side
of the room to which allusion has al
ready been made , are concealed from
view by curtains , or , moro properly
sneaking , pieces of dirty Boot-covered
cloth , extending from ceiling to floor ,
and have been , for want of a better
name , termed
"OPIUM C00CHK3/1
Tot is Is difficult to understand why a
few board * , clumsily nailed together
and covered .with matting , once of n
light straw color , but now soiled r.nd
almost unrecognizable 'from the
amount ot Accumulated dirt , an in
crustntion of mud , soot' ' and dust
should bo termed a couch. Bohim
those filthy hangings wore discovered
ton Chinamen , alongside of each an
opium lay out and pipe , some smok
ing , others stretched out nt full lengthen
on their backs , stupid from the intox
ication ptoduced by opium , with their
mouths agapo. Some were utterly
unconscious , but their eyes wide open ,
as well as their mouths , nnd their
sunken , pallid cheoksgavo them the ap-
oarrthce of corpses. The ntmoBphoro
n this room , as in the ono praviotitly
risked by the oflicora , WHS impreg
nated by the funiLU of opium , but
was far moro dense , nkid rendered
breathing still moro diflicult. The
poisoning exhalation coming from va
rious sources , when bronthod by the
Dllicors , who but n short time before
had been inhaling' pure nir , made
lomo of thorn sick , nnd caused theme
o _ leave the filthy don. But in ad-
ihtion to what has already been de
scribed , there was ono sight
r
which was still moro revolting.
\djoiniiu- the onlvanco , sat on n hiijli
itool a wrinkled Chinaman , not less
han fifty years of ago. Ho was at-
ircd in a suit of Chinese clothing
greasy and filthy. The arrival of the
> IUcers did not seem to disconcert
iim ( for ho never moved from the
losition in which ho was in until ho
ivns forcibly removed from his seat.
was seated nt n small , narrow table ,
the top of which was ns dirtytns the
rest of the articles around him. On
this ho had before htm a bowl , in
which there was a mixture of rice ,
lights and greens , which ho wan con
voying to his mouth by means of a
couple of chopsticks. Directly in
front of this was n small coal oil
lamp and an open fire in n coal oil cnn ,
the blaze of each casting n fain
light to enable him to soc what ho was
doint' . About twenty inches from
and directly in front of him was a
candle box on end , and in this was
burning punk , 'allow candles and n
lamp tilled with nut oil. It was one
of these altars which are to bo fouiu
in almost every Chinese house , but i
differed from any over soon by tlu
writer in this , that it waa inhabitcc
by insects. On the sides , top am
back were hundreds of cockroaches ,
from the eizo of a pin head to an incl
and n half in length , and in
numerable black beetles , running
up and down , and from oido to side ,
ns if cxerciaiiiK in the warmth of the
burning oil. Every now and then a
few of the larger and bolder roaches
loft the shrine ( if Confucius and wan
dered to the place where the old man
sat , and some were so bold that they
walked up the sides of the bowl out
of which ho was taking hia after-mid
night meal and inserted their nntoumm
in his food. These pests did not ap
pear to annoy him , for ho did not dis
turb them except when they advanced
a little too far in the bowl ; then ho
removed them with his chop sticks
and continued his meal ,
The whole gang was arrested and
taken to the central station.
Across the Garden Wall.
I looked across the garden wall.
And saw her there I Beo'her ' yet !
A little thing that played at ball. ,
What mattered fright ? what mattered fall ?
I climbed I broke the peach tree's not
I looked across tbo garden wall.
And , curls and pinafore and all ,
Beheld her never to forget
A little thing that played at ball.
Grave bos she grown , discreet and tall ,
Since , when the morning dewdiwere wet
I looked across the garden wall , '
Since she was five years old , and snisll , '
With slipping sish nil crooked set ,
A little thing that played at ball.
But Etill , sweet wife , when I recall
How first wo loved , how first wo met ,
I watch across the garden wall
A little thing that plays at hall.
MAY PnouY.v.
Gratofal Women.
None receive so much benefit , and
none are so profoundly grateful and
show such an interest in recommend
ing Hop Bitters as women. It is the
only remedy peculiarly adapted to the
many ills the sex is almost universally
subject to. Chills nnd fever , indiges
tion or deranged liver , constant or pe
riodical sick headaches , weakness in
the back or kidneyspam in the shoul
ders and different parts of the body , a
fooling of lassitude or despondency ,
nil are readily removed by these bit
ters. [ Courant.
WESTERN
C. SPECHT ,
Proprietor ,
1213 Hainey Street ,
OMAHA , - - - PJB ,
MANUFAOTURE118 OP
GALVANIZED DUUT
Cornices ,
Dormer Windows , Finials ,
TIN , IRON S SLATE ROOFING , -
3pecht'a Potent Metulio Sky
light.
Patent Adu | table Ratchet Dar and
BRACKET SHELVING ,
urn the Koaeral State Agent ( or the abort
no of Koodi.
IRON FENCING.
Jreitlngm , Daluitrade * , Verandat.rOfflca and
Bank Ralllngf , Window and Cellar
Quardi ; ale
GENERAL AGENT
Peer on and Hill Patent Intlda Blind ,
POTidtl
John G. Jacobs ,
{ Foi/oerlyol GUh4J cabi. )
UNDERTAKER
lOBH BTiBLlE , < IftOXI UCUAMr ,
Prculdent. Vice I'ica't ,
W. 8 , DKUUKR , Sec. anil Treu.
THE NEBRASKA
MMUFACTUEffl. } CO
Lincoln , Neb ,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Corn Plantert , Harrow * , Farm Rollori ,
Sulky Hay Rake * , Bucket Elevating Wind
ml &c.
We are prepared to do job work and muni
taring ( or otuer partle * ,
Addre all otden
NEBIUBKA UANDFACTUBIHO CO. .
laoom Mw '
Sioux City & Pacific
THE SIOUX CITY ROUTE
Runs B Solid Tr ln Ihronith from
Council Blufia to 8t , Pmil
Without Ohanjto Tlmo , Only 17 Houn
II IS
2.OCP UH.E8 TUB siioniKST UOUTK
nov
COUNCIL BLUFFS
TO ST. PAUL , MINNEAPOLIS
Duurrrr on EISMAUCE
tnd ! 1 points In Northern loir * . UlnnfsoU tnd
Dakota. Thl line la equipped * lth the impror d
Te Hnrjti < w Automatic Alr-lnko ud Ullla
rutlorm Courier &n < l Bu'sr : nJ ( or
HPEGD. SAFBTt ANU COMFORT
Is nnmmnnod. I' lln 'i riUf .Slofiilnc CAt
runthroitRh WITJOUTllIANOKIieltrocn K u
KN City ( Mil Si. I'&UlU COUUCll Bill ! ! ! AQ
Sioux City.
Trains Ictvo Union TicUc Tran lcr t Conu
ell Bhifta , n ( 7:35 : p. m. dilly onrrhkl ol KMISA
City , St , Jo cph Mid Oounrll ItHiUs tmln from
the South. Arrlvl-iir M Hloux City 11S5 ! 1 > , m.
amlnt the New UnUn Diipot ni SI. I'aul at 1J3 ;
noon.
TEN HOUnS IN ADVANCE OF ANYIOTUKH
HOUTE
jCTTlcinrmbcr In ( siting tlia Sioux City Kouti
yautfct n ItiroxiRh Trnlu , The Khortc t Line
lli Quickest Tlma nud .1 Comlcrtablo Kldo In th <
Throi ; h iX'vrs betttrcn
COUNCIL DI.OKF3 AND ST. PAUL.
jC3"Sco that } our Tick cti load \la tlio "Sloai
City und Pflilflo lUilrO d "
J. \VATTLB3 , J. n. BUOI1ANAN
Siipcrliitcniloiit. Qen'l I'AM. Aecnl.
P. K. r.OENSON , Atn't ticn'l P&8 . A1 ! . ,
MUsonrl Vnlloy , lous.
\V. K. DAVIS , Southwoit rnAircnt ,
Crmncl tlliifti T"
CLEVES BROS. ,
ARCHITECTS.
i'ubllc DuIMiiurn , Churches , llojldonces ,
Stores In o\cry bt\la.
Alt nt n glven to Patent Ofllco Draw Ins * .
10 , Crclj > htort Dlock , Omaha ,
N ebraiko.
SYPHILIS
n any atago J
&
Catarrh , 2 Q. *
ECZEMA ,
Old Sores ,
3 g en
BOI'LS Pimples , , f ig
or any
Srin ! <
Diseas .
Oures WJien Hot Springs Fail
MAVRRN , Ann. , Ilav 2.1S81
Wo ha\o rase1 ! In our own town iulio Ihcd at
ncl wcrollnally uiroil with B. S. 8.
JlcCAinioN & Muiav.
IF YOU doubt , como to rooim and WE WILL
CUHE YOUR OH charge nothlnz ! I Wrlto ( or
particulars and copy of little Book
to the Unfortunate Hugorlng.
DexterLTiomasMro.
WILL BUY AND SELL
CONNECTBD TIlH Wirn.
Pay Taxes , Rent Houses , Etc.
ilir TOU wxnt TO BUT on BRII.
C Offic * Room 8. OrelnVro | o'0"lt , 03uluu
AND-
Fixture Works
nd Frcncb Double Thick Tlat and Dent Bhow
Case Olaca
0. J. WILDE ,
1315 and 1317 Oass Street ,
fo < -
THE KENDALL
PLiIffl& IAOH1E
DEESS-IAKBES' ' COMPANION ,
It plaits from 1-10 of a n Inch to
rldth In the coarsest folta or finest silks
It docs all kinds and styles of I lilting In usa.
No lady that docs lior own dross-making can
.fiord to do without one m nice plaiting U
lever out of fashion , If seen It eclli Hoolf. For
Machines , Circulars or Atont'a terms adOrcoa
CONGAR & 00. ,
113 Adams St. Cbicaco 111.
OB. F. SOHERER ,
Physician and Surgeon
CHRONIO DISEASES , RHEUMATISM , Etc , ,
A SI'ECIAI/ry.
Mcclclncs furnlabed at offlco.
> fflco No. 1411 ! Kanih-vm St. . between llth and
Htli , Omaha , Nun. 128 '
ei.OOO Reward will bo paid to any
beuilat who will ntid , on analysis 100 bottles
I. B. U.ono partlcloof Mercury , Ioddo | Fotos-
luui or any Mineral Bulibtoncc.
BVflfS SVKBWIO CO. Props.
Atlanta , Oa
Prlco ol Small nlzo , Jl.OO.
Largo elze < 1.76.
Sold by KKNNAUD DUOS. & CO. ,
nd Druititlsta Uoneral' ' "
M. R. RISDON ,
} en'l ' tarance Agent
'boeulK AusuraiKU Co. , ol Loudon ,
Vcatcbo83er , K , Y. , Capital . 1,000,000.00
bo Mcrclnnti , of Newark , K , J. ,
Capital . 1,275,000.0
Hard Flro , PblUdelpbla , CtplUI. . . . 1,200,000.0
Iremen'i Fund . 1,239,016.0
Irltleh America Assurance Co . 1,600,000.0
Offloo , Boyd's Opera House.
We are prepAred to ( urnlih Band ol the very
est quality for bulldlux iiurpox.8 to any part oi
lie city , af reuouablo prices , or at the pit. ID-
ulr Jat the pit
35th and California Sts ,
Oook & Isaacson
J. L WILKIE ,
XIANUFAOTUHEn OF
PAPER BOXES.
5il8 and 220 S. 14th St ,
OUT A TFT A , " "
tuf * tn
"WINE OF OARDUI" malcea
clear cowpluxlona.
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SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK
OF
Men's , Boys' and CMldren's
H
Ready rfor Inspection I I
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Palace Clothing House ,
THE LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED
1316 Farnam Street , Near 14th ,
HOUSE SHOE STORE ,
Under Boyd's Opera House. *
Are noW daily receiving large Stocks of
And invite the people to call and examine
Goods.
Good , Goods ! Low' Price s Ba
AND SQUAKE DEALING AT THE
"Opera House Shoe Store. "
1an31-J3m
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CLOTHIER !
Is Now Located in His New Store ,
1308 FARM HAM STREET.
One Door East of the New York Dry Goods Store.
AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
NEW STOCK OF SPRING SUITS ! LARGEST VARIETY
OF BOY'S 'AND ' CHILDREN'S SUITS EVER SEEN !
CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK.
- - 1308 FABNHAM ST/ /
tuos-thvr sat
The Oldest Wholesale and
Retail-JEWELRYEOUSE
in Omaha. Visitors can here
find all novelties in SIL
VER WARE. CLOCKS ,
Rich and Stylish Jewelry ,
uhe Latest , Most Artistic ,
and Choicest Selections in
RECIOU3 STONES and
all descriptions of FINE
WATCHES at as Low Pri
ces as is compatible with
honorable dealers. Call
and see our Elegant New
Store , Tower Building ,
corner llth and Farnham
Streets
THE LEADING
MUSIC HOUSE
IN THE WEST I
General Agents for the
Finest and Best Pianos and
Organs manufactured.
Our prices are as Low as
any Eastern Manufacturer
and Dealer.
Pianos and Organs sold
for cash or installments at
Bottom Prices.
A SPLENDID stock of
Steinway Pianos , Knabe
Pianos , Yose & Son's Pi
anos , and other makes ,
Also Clough & Warren ,
Sterling , Imperial , Smith
American Organs , &c. Do
not fail to see us before pur-
chasinp.
' MAX MEYER & BRO. , ,
MANUFACTURERS OF : SHOW GASES
Large Stock Always on Hand.
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Opera House Clothing Store ! I
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Dally Arrival ! of New Soring Good * la
Clothing and Gent's ' FurnisMng Goods
- r GOODS MARKED IN PLIAN FIGURES , ,
And Sold At
"STRICTLY ONE PRICE ! "
I am Belling the Celebrated Wilson Bro.'s Fine Shirts , known
as the BEST Fitting and Most Durable Shirts Made. * "
217 SOUTH FIFTEENTH STREET. tt ,
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