THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , AUGUST 22 , 1SSG.-TWELVE PAGES. 0
RIFLE RANGE AT BELIEVDE/
The Annnal Eifle Oompetition of the De-
panmcnt of the Platte-
DESCniPTION OF THE RANGE.
How the Shooting IN Conducted The
System of Credits Target Prac-
tlco Skirmish Firing
The Contestants.
[ Written for the Omahn Sun < lny llff. }
It is ninny years since Uinnlii : stood in
danger , so to speak , like Hirnain
wood , of moving to Hcllovue.
Since th.it time the one 1ms ascended to
inctropolltnn greatness , while the othur
lias maintained the commonplace level of
rural simplicity. Since that time the
greatest attention that lias been directed
to the little city over the Missouri , is that
now occasioned by the forthcoming rillo
competition of the department of thu
J'lntto.
To tlic uninitiated It may be well testate
state that this competition is an annual
occurrence , und in it is centered the at
tention of almost every soldier In the de
partment. It is not devoid of interest ,
however , to others who arc not of the
army , especially sportsmen who follow
the scores us they appear from day to day
in thu public prints. Two years agowhen
thu competition was held but a few mill's
north of Omaha , the pleasant days
brought to the scene the pretty features
and beautiful eyes of many of our society
Indies who professed the deepest inter
est in thu target work. Tilts interest was
by no moans decreased if thu marksman
was a handsome young fellow , and above
all , if ho wore a shoulder strap and had
not yet been branded on the shoals of
matrimony.
The remoteness of the range from
Omaha , however , need not be oll'orcd us
nn excuse for not attending the com
petition this year. There are two trains
in the morning on thu 15. & M , at 8:10 :
find 0:80 : o'clock , u.ich of which stop
within a short distance from the range.
No trains , however , return until 0SO :
o'clock in the evening. Hut , what wit h
the attractions of tiie range , the neigh
boring river and the leafy woods about ,
Ihcro is sulHcient to engaged a pic-niciug
coterie until the approach of evening.
Besides this , there is a mail road
which leads through South Omaha , by
the industries lately established there ,
and then skirting the hills to the south ,
nnd finally roundingthat upon which II.
T. Clarke has erected Bt-llevue college ,
finally leads in a sinuous way through
n leafy wood to the range. It is un
derstood that a number of driving parties
are to take this route during the contest ,
which commences on next Tuesday.
There will be but one thing to destroy
the pleasure of the drive , and that is the
information which is likely to be imparted ,
that the wells which fecit the Hi'Tap -
pio. " along side of which the road winds ,
nro not of Cologne.
When you break through the hist circle
of the wood you enter upon a .stretch of
tuc4ul/ lilUu less than half a mile in
length itnrl akont one-third of a mile in
width. Here , while on all sides thick
woods abound , not a tree is to be seen.
A few did hold po est-ion of the tract ,
but these have been sacrificed , anil on
this trrcen lined meadow is the range.
On the right is a little cily of glistening
tents , the lirst being thosi ; of this ollicers.
Then coiews an open space , in the middle
of which stands a tapering tree denuded
of its limbs , from the top of which the
stars and stripes , wave in the evening
breeze. Facing Vnis space from the east
nro the licndauartors , of the ollicer in
charge. On the nor L. side of the area
arc other ollicer headquarters. To the
northward of these is the ollioors' mess.
Then follow the privates' quarters , their
mess , commissary , dug outs and other
essentials. Still farther to the north is a
frame building which , in the distance
nnd surrounding foliage , suggests old
Sluloh church. Hut closer observation
leads lo the discovery that it is the bakery
of the camp.
THE 11ANGK ,
practically speaking , extends from south
to north. At the former extremity n row
of posts have been extended across the
meadow , the two end ones being one
hundred ay > A twenty yards apart. This
representio / width of the range. Hopes
pass through these , and forbid beyond
them the intrusion of the stranger during
rillo practiceor competition. At the
other extremity are two huge banks of
earth , one higher than the other , and
liKe two terraces , extending toward the
cast. Behind these banks are eight
white squares , each with a black dise in
the middle. These are the targets. On
the bank in front of each of these targets
is a Inrgo ( iguro easily visible to the
naked eye , running from left to right ,
nnd one. to eight , each designating the
iinmbor of a target. The targets are forty-
five feet apart. Leading up to the
banks in front of the targets , are eijrht
rows of small , white posts , about a foot
above the ground , and forty-live feet
apart from cast to west. Longitudinally ,
however , they divide the range at one
hundred yards intervals , and six occupy
each line between the two extremities of
the range , thus making the distance- from
end to und of six hundred yards. Out
side the ropes is a Miiall stand for judges ,
spectators , ammunition and an ollicer to
communicate with the men at the targets.
At the latter place the men are said
to bo In thu "pits , " that is. they stand be
hind the bank mentioned , which is
braced behind with a frame revetment.
Thu top of this wall of earth is four feet
thick , while at thobafo it is about lifteen.
The men behind are con siderably below
the narrowest part of the bank , over
which all thu bullels aim to pass , and are
consequently almost beyond thu reach of
n deadly iuN ilo. Three years ago' at
Fort Omaha , ! was shown a jagged lissuro
in thu ton timber of the revetment ,
through which a low anil miserable shot
had ploughed its way , about a foot from
the marker's head.
Thu targets , on closer inspection , nro
light pine frames , over which cloth is
( stretched to its utmost tension , On this
is pasted a cream-colored paper , six by
six , feet. In the middle of this squnru is
a black disc , and this is surrounded by a
large circle enclosing n smaller one.
This is the target for long range , or TOO
yards. Two of those targets , one above
thu ether , are set in frame , describing a
perpendicular. Thu frame is adjusted to
n bar , which may bo easily turned. When
in this perpendicular position , one. target
is visible abovn the bank to the marks
man.Vhen thu hitter shoots and strikes
thu target , thu men in charge of the
Eamo turn the bar , and thu struck target
is turned below , while the other , at the
Eamn moment , appears above , The per
foration made by shot is covered byndiso
of gummed paper about the si/.u of a sil
ver quart"of a dollar , When repaired ,
the target is ready to bo again turned to
thu idm of thu marksman , because the
one which took iu nhicu has by this time
been treated to perforation also. The
hitter is brought down und pitched up
like thai just described. And thus , the
work goes , quietly , methodically , with
careful attention ana n thorough roali/u-
tion of the importance of the duty. Two
men work each target , one to turn it nnd
signal the shots made , thu other to repair
the rents made by the bullet * . These
men are always privates , but they are in
charge of n commissioned olllccr.
Neither kno'w.s who is shooting , whether
friend or foe. nnd consequently cannot ,
If he would , be guilty of n favorable re
port for a bad shot. The pits , it is true ,
are connocti-d with the spectators by tel
ephone , but that is always in charge of
the ollicor in command , nnd is never
n ed to facilitate or accomplish an un
worthy act.
Hos'ulcs the target mentioned , there is
one for short range , six by four feet in
fii/.c , with proportionate circles sur
rounding the black disc. This is for 200
mid MX ) yards.
The pits are a peculiar place lo be fern
n nervous individual. Eight men arc al
ways , during practice or competition ,
liring before them. Only a bank of earth
is between the mortal and sudden death.
And. as a eonM'qm.'tioo , many mortals
cannot divest themselves of the fear that
perhaps "a bullet may come through. "
In the stillness of the place the civilian
hears a sharp rille ciack. There may be
several in rapid succession , and several
may be audible at the same instant. The
volume of noise is conditioned upon
these circumstances. He cannot see
the lla-.ii , nor observe the murks-
man. The latter , too , is ignorant
if the civilian's etirUWitj' , and lircs only
with the intent of reaching si "bull's-
eye. " Simultaneously with the explosion
ot thu weapon is heard a slight sound ,
akin to that of the snap of the fore-linger
and thumb. I'lio bullet has .sped through
the target , nnd buried itself in the wood
or been drowned in the river beyond.
And yet but a fuw inches nro be
tween the mortal's head and the bullet's
course. The target is examined. The
marker sees thu holu and signals the
judge at the other extremity of the
range. This he does with iron dies , ac
cording to the number made by the
marksman. If the soldier strikes the
black center , he is credited with live.
That is signalled by the marker running
up a white iron disc upon a pole , above
the bank. The circle outside the center
counts four , which is marked by a red
disc ; the ne\t counts three , signalled by
a black cross on a white ground ; the next
circle counts for two , ami is announced
by n black disc. Should the marksman
not hit the target at all that is announced
by a red ( lag. which the soldiers call a
" ' . " Besides this
"llanncl bull's-eye. target
practice there is also what is known as
sKIKMIMI KIIIK.
For the first time , this part of the work
will be conducted ditl'orotitly from what it
has been hrrotoforo. The targets have
been discarded , and silhouettes of men in
standing , kneeling and reeumbtmt posi
tions substituted. These silhouettes are
made with a steel frame covered with
cloth , upon which dark paper is pasted.
They arc placed sit regular intervals. If
the skirmisher hits the recumbent dum
my , he is credited with live , if the kneel
ing one , with four , and thu standing one
with three points.
Skirmish tirmc is by far the more diffi
cult feature of the competition , espec
ially as above described. It requires
celerity , quickness of ncrccntion ami
accuracy under vastly different circum
stances from target work. The soldier
is supplied with foity cartridge-- , one man
being assigned to each silhoutte , at 000
yards. At the command , " .skirmishers ,
attention , " each man loads , and at .sub
sequent orders he advances , breaks into
a double time r.ntil the command to halt
is given. Sights are adjusted to the dis
tance and portions for firing assumed.
Six seconds are allowed forthis , when the
command to lire is given. At the last
note of the sound , liring is commenced
and continued in the discretion of the
competitor for hftpon seconds , when the
command to cease firing is given by the
commanding ofliuor. The skirmishing
lasts t vo days , an advance and a retreat
being made each day by every competi
tor. This is by far the most intere-iting
feature of the competition and well
worthy the attention of visitors.
In the target shooting , each man on
each day lires ten shots at each of thu
( li-tanccs , 200 , . ' 500 , SCO and < ! 00 yards.
The shots at 200 yards are lired .standing ,
ut ! JOO kneeling or pitting , and at .000 and
000 , lying down. In the latter posture ,
there is quite a number of attitudes , each
man seemingly having a peculiar ono for
himself. Throe years ago I saw Lieuten
ant Mcrrinin assume his 000yards position
upon a wet sod , and remain immovable
for minutes while making his shots.
They went to thu bull's eye , too. notwith
standing the diiTioulty. For the second
time that year ho stood at the head of the
department team ; later , at Lcavenworth ,
he shot to the lead of the division team ,
and later still in the year , at the same
place , ho stood at the head of the army
team , in which the best shots of the ser
vice competed. Now , with a brcastcov-
ered with gold and silver medals , with
gray hairs , yet a comparatively young
man , he is barred from further compcti
tion , and the young men of this depart
ment have now an opportunity to emu
late his example.
TIIK sor.niF.ns
engaging in this competition come from
every regiment in the department , ono
man from each company and two
ollicers from each regiment being
the representation. The regiments
now in this department art .10 Second ,
Sixth , Seventh Seventeenth and Twenty-
lirst infantry , and Ninth oa\alry. From
the competitors , the twelve men who
make the highest aggregate score in both
target work and skirmishing will bo se
lected to compose the department team.
The two men next in record to th'j.su
twelve will be selected as alternates. Thu
team meets the the ether teams of the de
partment in the division of the Missouri ,
at Leavenworlh , on the liJth of next
month , to form a division team , compo.-od
of thu be.-st shots in thu division , and this
division team will moot ( hose of the ether
divisions at the same place to constitute
the army team on the same plan. The
man standing at the head of thu army team
receives a magnificent gold medal , which ,
last was won , as heretofore remarked by
Lieutenant Merriy.ni of the Fourth in
fantry.
Major Guy. V. Henry , of the Ninth
cavalry , and Inspector of rillo practice , is
in command of this competition. His as
sistants are Captain .lames Ulio , Second
infantry , commanding rillo camp and
cxccutivu otlicer ; Second Lieutenant
Charles I ) . Cochran , Seventh infantry ,
adjutant nnd statistical and financial
ollicur : Second Lieutenant K. H. Hrookn ,
Twenty-first infantry , acting adjutant
quartermaster and ordnance olhccr , ami
Second Lieutenant 11.1J. Styor , Twenty-
lirr.t infantry , and commissary olliour.
The range ollicurs are as follows : First
Lieutenant James M. Burns.Seventeenth
infantry , Second Lieutenant V. J. Drum-
back , Second infantry ; Second Lieuten
ant E. F. Taggart , Sixth infantry ; Second
end Lieutenant Charles H. Mtiir , Seven-
teentli infantry , and Second Lieutenant
H. H. Benluun , Second infantry.
To-morrow there will bo preliminary
practice , Tuesday the competition will
begin , followed on Wednesday at 200.
) ( ) ' , MO and 000 yards. On Thursday
skirmish tiring will commence , and on
Friday there will be regimental team
matches , bull's-eye liring and depart
ment competition and skirmish tiring.
The olUccrs iu charge are courteous
gentlemen who modi kindly coinidora
tion from our peopletho more so because-
of their having reconlly comu to this part
of thu world. "I am satisfied it will bo a
pleasure to them to be able to extend
their courtesy to the extent of making
agreeable any visit of inspection
which may be made them by our pee
ple. E. A. O'lJniES.
A Left Hower.
T'o/rt.-j-f Stalmnan ,
1 met n sitl upon tlie sticot.
As pretty us & llouer ,
1 tipped my hat : she ilul not bow ,
Jiut looked qulto awful sour.
1 felt just like thu jack of chilis ,
When spades are triunjis , that hour ;
Of course YOU know just how Unit U
licit like " U . "
a "It Jt > cr.
CALIFORNIA'S ' LONG BRANCH ,
Where the Placid Pacific Takes a Brighter
Hue Than Elsewhere-
A SHORT VISIT TO MONTEREY.
The Most liciuttlfiil Summer Resort
In the State The Drives and
Walks ami Ilnths
Perfect.
SAX FuAxn-ro , Aug. 1C , [ Corres
pondence of the BKK. ] Mr. William
Wallace , of the Omaha National , said to
me just before the Nebraska Editorial
excursion left Omaha for the Pacific
eoa.-t , "If you go toCsilifornia , visit Mon
terey and the Hotel del Monte even if
you see nothing else in thu whole state. "
With this injunction on my mind , I loft
the excursionists ( who < o itinerancy did
not include Monterey ) and took a run
down there with a party of triends In
cluding Mr. and Mrs. Dewey and Miss
Hello Dewey , of Omaha. We spent yes
terday ( Sunday ) in admiring the beauties
of the place , its uncqualcd drives , its
cosy hotel , and we urge upon other
Omaha friends who may travel this way
the same injunction that Mr. Wallace
gave me.
Tno fastest train on the Pacific coast
runs from San Francisco to Monterey ,
125 miles south in three and one-half
hours. It is through a beautiful country ,
the Santa Clara valley , past long stretches
of cultivated fields and by suburban
towns where the wealthy people of S.ui
Francisco have their homes Mcnlo Park ,
Redwood and San Joio.
One feels at home as soon as he enters
the spacious rotunda lit the Hotel del
Monte , especially if it be evening and the
ladies are gathered about the big lire-
place , where the logs burn merrily. For ,
bo it known , the nights are always cool
at Monterey and the days of such airrce-
able , ilelmhlful temperature that the dif
ference between the winter and summer
range of the thermometer is marked by
but a few degrees. The hotel is roomy
and comfortable , the dining room one of
the most cheerful I have ever seen , and
tin ; cooking quite perfect , including glo
rious Jish irom the bay near at hand.
Ono runs over to the club house , if it is
evening , and watches the hellos anil
beaux play at ten pins ; or lingers in the
spacious parlors or the ladies' billiard
room , reserving thu walk around the
grounds until morning. And when
morning comes and you glsuicu outsit the
artificial lake , with its geyser-like foun
tain sending up a cloud of water
from the center , on which the sun
beams turn to violet and crimson
and gold , and through the waving
branches of the giant oaks beyond catch
a glimpse of the turquoise blue of the
Pacific , which boars a brighter color near
Monterey , they say , then you exclaim ,
"This is indeed the resort of all resorts ;
if there bo a paradise on earth it is
here. "
Then step out into the grounds , for
which nature bus donu much , but for
winch a corps of forty gardeners is con
stantly doing more. A range of pebbled
walks runs out under the trees through
of emerald bordered
grass-plots greenness ,
dered "with ilowers , such as ono only sees
in California , with a cactus garden here
and a fernery there , and "hollyhocks all
in a row. ' , ' and hedges of foxgloves ten
feet high , and roses without
end ! In shaded nooks are
swings and tctors and slides for the
children , while the older yotintr folks
take delight in the croquet and tennis-
grounds. There are three tennis courts
made on meadows , the division lines
being painted plainly and all surrounded
in the high retaining nets of wire ,
making the most complete arrangement
for the game I have over known. Here
is a trimuo.ss and a finish , about the im
provements bore that display a master
hand.
The little town of Monterey , historic
ally famous , lies about a mho away , and
on the road is situated the immense
bath house , on thu decoration and im
provements of which $7oUOO has been
lavished. There are two hundred and
ton dressing rooms , and the four im-
monsc tanks are heated by steam. As
for surf bathing , one can got that outside
in the bay , a magnificent shoot of water
twenty-eight miles from point to point ,
and the beach is considered by many the
finest on the coast.
The sleepy old town is quite a study for
the eastern bred who , for the first time
sees a relic of the Spanish dominion
here. It was in December , ICOi that Don
Sebastian Vi/cayus , acting under instruc
tions from Pllilip 111 , of Spain , sailed
into tlu placid waters of this bay and
took possession of the country , which he
named in honor of Caspar "do Zuniga ,
Count dp Monte Key , Viceroy of Mexico
and projector of the expedition. It was
their intention to found a church there ,
but one hundred and sixty-eight years
passed before a white man again trod
that shore , when the good pauro Jnni-
nero Terra , of whom wo have all read in
Helen Hunt Jackson's beautiful novel
"Homona , " headed sixteen missionaries
from the Franciscan convent of San Fer
nando , and founded thu Carmul mission ,
tin1 second in California.
To roach this ancient building , now in
ruins , hut still showing its admirable design -
sign , one takes the celebrated seventeen
mile drive , undoubtedly the most pictur-
esquu in America. It is through grand
woods , full of wild flowers , every now
and then emerging to skirt the foam
Decked shore or climb some hitting
promontory that gives a furoft'view
across the deep blue sea. Did I say blue ?
That is not enough ; wo see a prism bore ,
a dash of sapphire now and then , and
emerald , mingled with opal and cream
white , all rising and falling and chang
ing tones with every swell of the ocean
or every passing cloud. On rocky islands
near the fahoru t-cals and sea birds dis
port themselves , and sit Cypress Point
ono comes upon a groyo of trees that is
worth crossing two continents to sou
giant , ghost like trues , shrouded in moss
and ( locked with sunlight , all heavy
topped with gnarled and twisted limbs
and stumps.
Allttlu beyond the end of this mac
adam road is Carmul mission , where lie
the remains of lifteen governors of the
Plato , und the tomb of tlm apostle of Cal
ifornia , .Jiiniitorii Tumi , who died in 1781.
Hero the lirst potatoes in California
WITO raised , In 1S20 , about tlm time when
the misiion wr : wctJthk'st , and the fath
ers po.ssossoci 110,000 cattle. W.OOO sheep ,
3,000 horse.-- , with mw.'hundiso rained at
. Vj.O-X ) , and silver to thu amount of
$ -10,000 , all of which wnro converted to
secular uses ten year1 ? later by a docrcu
of the Mexican congress , and the peace
ful existence of thu little community
rudely intomiiitcd. CJ.KMKNT CHASE.
They Mot by Chance.
They met toy chance , the usual way ,
Ucnvn In [ lit ! memlow near the lane ,
Whcru thiivu thu furns and llow'rets jjay ,
And wild birds Join In sweet retrain ;
\ most enrapturing retreat
A calm , sei'lwtod in-sHntr place
A iipot wlii-ro lovers fnvo lo meet
AuU lik'iul their souls In love's embrace.
The dow caressed the tiny llow'w ,
The moon rolled slh-ntly above.
And all throughout too liar.y nutira
The niKhlln nlo .snus to his love
Tlicrer was the vcryiteuco to pay
Down In the mculow l > y tint IHIIO
They | iH-t by chancf , tljc usual way
The cow RUti ti'.iit 'cru laiiway train.
THE SHAH OF PERSIA'S HAREM.
ttcAtily ntitl Vote tit the Only Perqnl-
eltc < > Tor KnieMim lt I'ortal * .
St. James' ( Tazcltc : Under former
reipns in Persia the rule was that no
male person ovdr : tcn years of ago
ago should be found on the line of route
of a royal wife or daughter. It was death
to disobey this order. HVPII now Euro
peans wisely avoid unpleaj-a'ittios by
turning down a side street when they
hear the shouts of "Gitchin" U. e. , "Io-
gone" in Turkish ) from the eunuchs who
nccomi a'iy the palace ladies ,
The latt1 American minister , Mr. Ben
jamin , made a great mistake on " 11100 -
ca ion by neglecting this plan. With
true American simplicity , ho was accus
tomed to ride through the streets with
only one servant. .Mooting the proces
sion one day , ho failed to turn out of its
path. The result was that his servant
wa < beaten , and lie himself was hurtled
into a byroad. Next day he duly lodged
a complaint of this treatment , and had
to put up with the apology "that natur
ally , the royal servants would not rccog-
ni/.o a ono-lior.so minister. ' "
( Soneral Gorstcigor Kahn , an Austrian
ollicor of engineers , many years in the
service of thu Shall , was wiser in his gen
eration. Ho met the late queen-mother
and the royal ladies when he was on foot ,
turned his face to the wall like a native ,
and , as each carriage passed , deliber
ately saluted from the back of his head.
The ladies screamed with laughter , and
told the shah , who persuaded him to repeat -
peat his novel salutes , and then congrat
ulated him on his discretion.
A good deal is known of the royal seraglio -
aglio from thee who have had opportu
nities of scoing it ; but these persons sire
few. A French planiste. Mine Hadji
Abbas , an aged French woman who
passed forty years in the royal palace as
interpreter to the roval lailios , ami an
Italian lady , the wife o"f Msistnullul-Mam-
alck , were the only persons in Persia
who could really speak on this subject
with authority. During my long resi
dence in Persia I only know of one harem
tragedy ; in that case a black slave was
pistolled and a lady died. But those ac
cidents did not occur in the king's pal
ace. I remember an unfortunate who ,
while ho was engaged in excavating a
watercourse , suddenly found himself in
the royal harem , und nearly died of
fright , but the kiiic seeing how matters
.stood , pardoned him.
Fresh acquisitions for the seraglio ar
rive frequently , at times in batches. The
mode of getting rid of those who have
coas"d to please is simple and yet in
genious. I'liero is no sowing up in sacks ,
no casting from towers , no bow-strinjr.
no poisoning. Some provincial general
is informed that ho will bo favored with
a wife from the royal haroin. To re
fuse is impossible : the disgusted lady ar
rives and is placed at the head of her
new husband's household. She usually
insists on his immediately divorcing his
other wixcs , and in any case treats them
as inferiors. Oneof _ my Persian friends
was ( Jeiicr.il F Khan. He became the
recipient of ono of these royal favors.
She led him a sad life , and her never al
luded to her but ( in a whisper ) as "the
old camel. "
Beauty and youth are the few and
simple qualitications for entering the
royal harem. Varioife accomplishments ,
such as singing , phfying on the ham !
drum , the tamhourinu , or the harmonica ,
are often acquired after the lady has boon
received into the seraglio , livery lady
who becomes a royal Wife has a separate
establishment and servants of her own in
the harem enclosure Only the fresh ar-
rivsiU , and those who have failed to
please , live together in a sort of barrack ,
under the supervision of the Amin-i-
Akdas , an old favorite who acts as a sort
of "mother of the maids. " Every Thurs
day there is a kind of review , the Shah
personally inspecting the whole estab
lishment other tlmiPtho recognized wives
and favorites. Tho'throwing ' of the hand
kerchief is no invention , and has not
gone out of practice.
The number of legitimate wives ( or
akdi ) for every Mussulman is four. Thu
head wife , the cousin of the shah , having
the title of Shnkuos-Sultana , is the great
granddaughter of Futteli Ali Shah , a
nionarcn whose family was so large that
110 of his descendants were alive at his
death. This iady is mother of the crown
prince , or Valiad. Her marriage with
the king was one of policy. The next
wife in seniority is the daughter of a son
of Futtch Ali Shah. She is only known
to rumor as haying a somewhat sharp
temper. The third wife , and the actual
, is the . She
favorite Anys-u-Dowlct. has
boon a legitimate wife nearly ton years ,
is very fat , fairly good-looking , and is
said to oc very good-tempered and at
tractive. She actually accompanied the
shah as far as Moscow on his lirst
journey to Europe ; but the at
tempts to sec her by the Russians of all
classes woio so pertinacious , thsit , to her
great disappointment , she was sent back
to Teheran. The An.ys-u-Dowlot had immense -
monso influence , and yet she never takes
a bribe. But her own family is well
cared for. Three of her relatives fill im
portant positions at the court where their
reputation is not that of their royal Kins
woman. The whole family were the
children of n village- miller who lived
near Dimarvend , a nearly extinct vol
cano , which , capped with eternal snow ,
towers over Teheran , and may be scon
at a distance of 203 miles.
Of the Scogahs , the mother of the /il-
es-sultan , the king's eldest .son , is the
senior. Shu looks well after the interests
of her son. She was a poor Kurd ! girl ;
her brother , who occupies the ollico of
master of tin ; horse to his nephew , is an
extremely rudu and rough kind of person-
sure. Thu mother of the Naib-ii-sultanen ,
a favorite of the shah , ( whom ho much re
sembles ) , ranks next. This lady also is
not of royal blood , being the daughter of
the maimar-bashi , or head architect.
The amusements of the ladies are tea
parties , music , story-tolling , the bath in
which they spend many hours picnics ,
excursions in the royal carriages , .smok
ing , and the eating and making of sweet
meats and confectionery and pickles.
The honor of being selected to accom
pany tin- king on hi.s hunting excursions
is much coveted and jealously intrigued
for. When in the largo glass coaches of
the king the ladies are not cruelly careful -
ful to conceal their charms from the
casual European. Most o : those who
were in the habit of driving on the ( Jula-
hak road , the drlvo outside i'uhoran ,
have caught many glimpses of the
royal ladies as their carriages
passed the vehicles of the Foring-
his at a gallop , These lights of
the harem aru much bedizened and
much painted , and as A rule and uxeu | > t
forthuir inagnilieuntpyes ugly. Possi
bly thu ladles do not gu out till they have
become a little pasiwetA or not , perhaps ,
till increasing obcsltV renders carriage
exercise a necessity. It must not bu sup
posed that all or even most Persian ladies
aru fat and ugly ; ( hat would bu quite a
mistake. Lifu in the royal harem tends
to fatness , perhaps.
Formerly thu king's harem was gov
erned by the shah's mdthcr , who has im
mense influence with her sou. She was a
stern monitress , and harem executions
under hur rule were frequent. This
clover woman had her detractors , who
made her out a sort of Catherine ot Prus
sia ,
It may bo true , or it. may bo false , but it
is related as characteristic of the appoint
ments made in the Now York custom
house by Collector Iledden , recently re
signed , tliut Super ! 'endcnt of the Barge
Ollico Whalon WIIB asked a few days ago
whether a certain steamship had been
spoken , when ho replied ; "I ain't heard
her spoken of. "
Fresh cures of throat and lung troubles
ruako Itcd Star Cough Cure more popu
lar.
IS BOUND TO CLOSE OUT
And for tlie Next Tliirty Days
Shop , fernier price , 'Jl.'O ; now ' ,10 c < MiN.
Ladies' Fine Kid Shoo * , former pi-ire. ? ! .50 ; now $1 Mi.
Ladies' FiUi- Shoes , fernier prie $ t ; now 82.1(1. (
Liulies * Genuine Kreni'h KidShops , fernier price 87.50 ; now SI.50.
Metis' Working shoos , fernier price , SI.50 ; now Sl.io.
Mens * Fine Shoe- ' , former price , .V > 0 ; now 81.05.
Metis' Good r.tlf Hoot , former Price S3 ; now $2.20.
Moil's Genuine Veal Kid Hoot , fernier price 83.75 ; now 52.50.
3lonV Fine Shoos , fernier price S1.50 : now 8Ut5 ,
Moils' Wool Hut' , fernier price $1.0 : ) ; now " 0 cents.
Metis'Genuine Fur Huts , former price $ l."iO ; now $1.
Metis Fine Fur Hats , fernier price. $3.50 ; now $2.20.
Men's Working Shirls , former price ttt cots ; now 10 cent. " .
Men's Fine Working Shirts , former price 7" ) cents : now 55 cents.
Men's Fine White Shirts , former prk-o * 1 ; now 5 ! ) cents.
Men's Fine Hosoni Shirt , c iilur ultneheil , fernier price , ? l.'jr > ; now HO cents.
Men'- ? Overalls , former price. 7 e ; now I5c.
Men's Jeans Pants , former price. SLIii ) ; now 7 ; { cents ,
Men's Good Working Pants , former price , f l.'J."t ; now ) { . ' { cents.
Men's Fine Dres * Pants , former price , 41. 0 ; nowSl.ltJ.
Jlon's Fine Dross p.inls , former price , fU.t'iO ; now S'.MS.-
Trunks , former price , SLOT ; now 75 cents.
Trunks , former price.SInow ; ; * ! ! .
Good Zinc Trunks , fernier price. $ < i.50 : now Stt.SU.
Thread Laces , former jirice , 10 cents ; now i cents ,
Thread Laces , former price , 15 cents : now 7 cent J.
Threud Laces , former price. tJO cents ; now Jk-cnts.
Thread Lutes , former pric ? , H5 cents : now 10 cents.
Torchon Luces , former price. 30 cents ; now 11 cents.
Torchon Laces , former price , 27 cents ; now 17cens. (
Ladies' Gnuzc rndonvear , former price , 40 c-Mits ; now 2.1 cents.
Ladies' Gauze L'nderweur , foriner jirice , 50 cents ; now .TJ 1-3.
Liidies' ( iaii7.c Underwear , fernier price , 05 cents ; now U7 1-2 cents.
Ladies' Hiilhrigcran Hose , former price , 50 cents ; now 25 cents.
Ladie.s' Halhriggnn Hose , former price , 05 cents ; now M cents.
Ladies' ' Hrilliant Lisle Hose , foriner price , $1.25 : now 75 cents.
Laies' Ki'I ' Gloves , former price , 75 cents ; now 50 cents.
Ladies'Kid Gloves , former price , $1.50 ; now 75 cents.
Ladies' Kid Gloves , foriner price , $1.75 ; now $1.10.
Ladies' Gosguniers , foriner price , $1.25 ; now DO cents.
Dress Gools : , double width , former price , 10 cents ; now 7 1-2 cents.
Dress Goods , foriner price , 12 1-2 cents ; now U cents.
Dress Goods , foriner price , 15 cents : now 12 1-2 cents.
Fine Plaids , former price , 20 cents ; now lit cents.
Fine Plitids , former price. 50 cents ; now 30 cents.
Hrocaded Dress Clouds , former price , 50 cents ; now 35 cents.
Cashmeres , former price , 35 cents ; now HI cents.
Cashmeres , former price , 50 cents ; now 30 cents.
Ciishnicivs. foriner price. 05 cents ; now -to cents.
, ,
The prices given above are at and below cost , and will rapidly eloso out the stock. Our stock is large ami complete
and prices arc nil marked down us proportionately low as on the iroo.ls mentioned.
( ill and < > ! < > South Tenth .Street. STOJ&I : .
MENARESOTWHATTHEYSEEM
Faces Which Belie the Characters of Their
Owners-
CHARACTER READERS' MISTAKES
Some of Omalm'H Men Who do Not
"Size Up" According to tlic
Principles or Physiog
nomy.
'Do you see that portly irontloman sit
ting over there ? " said a commercial man
to a reporter , as the two were enjoying a
quiet after-supper smoke in front o'f the
Millard hotel la t evening. "Well , his
hobby is character reading , and ho calls
himself a professor of phrenology and
physiogomy. His title is Prof , ,
and ho has achieved some notoriety in
in the cast. Pump him you may bo able
to write up a good article from what ho
tolls you. "
The "pointer" was sullicicnt , ana the
newspaper man , self introduced , was
soon talking with the professor.
"Yes , " said that worthy , gazing down
upon the interviewer through a pair of
gold-rimmed eye glasses , "man's face is
to me an open and interesting book.
The Creator has , in his infinite wisdom ,
printed every man's characteristics on
his face. To road ttioso characteristics
requires a rare species of natural talent ,
keen discernment and largo experience.
Some men have typical faces , that to thu
student of physiogomy reveal the nature ,
occupation , and you might almost say ,
the history of their owners. 1 rarely or
never make a mistake in reading them.
Let me try it on some of those people
passing by.
"Ah ! There passes the sclf-satislicd
man of the \vorUl. Ills cyo , his face , his
manner , all indicate that , to use a com
mon expression , he 'feels his oats.1 lie is
a man whose every action proclaims , 'I
am successful. ' Am 1 right ? "
"Quite correct. That is William A.
Paxton , ono of Omaha's wealthiest and
most successful citizens. "
"Aha ! " rejoined the professor glee
fully , pleased with his lirst success. ' 'Let
mo try it again. Ah , hero comes another
subject , See that ruddy , open face , that
ponderous abdomen and that fatherly
look. Surely they belong to the presid
ing elder of the Methodist church , or ,
possibly to n bishop. Only yellow-logged
chickens and the society of confiding Bis
ters give that bland , easy manner. Doyen
yon know him ? "
"yes , " answered the scribe , "I do. Hut
I am afraid you am t-lightly oil' . That
man Is C. S. lliugiiib , ono of Omaha' *
best known saloon men. "
This ratl r stunned the phrenologist ,
but ha continued :
"Observe- that tall , powerfully built
man coming across the street. Surely
his splendid build , muscular frame , nnd
long easy stride , proclaim him to be a
pugilist * "
"Wrongngam. That's Rev. T. ( J. Hall ,
pastor of the Southwest Presbyterian
church.1
"Aim ! See that gentleman now pass
ing in front of you. There is no mistak
ing him. Ho is certainly a minister era
a theological student. Thntinilo , spirit
ual face , that sad , far-awiy : look , all do-
chirr ) him to be to bo a mini wliusa mind
is not on worldly thinga. Surely J am
correct ? "
"Well , hardly. That gentleman is Dr.
McMenamy. a well-know physician. Ho
is anything but a preacher. "
Nothing daunted , the professor contin
ued : "There is another typical fsico--tlr.it
of a three card inonto man. See that
sharp eye , that hca\y , b'.uok moustache ,
that hat pulled down ! ow upyii hij fore
head , that active , yet stealthy move
ment T cannot bo mistaken. Ho is a
. "
card-sharp.
"No , " said the reporter , cmphaticaljr ,
as the professor looked at him in an in
quiring way , "that is Kcv. C. W. Sav-
idge , pastor ot tlie Seward street Meth
odist church. "
"Well " the "re
, replied phrenologist ,
member that there are exceptions to all
rules. Ah ! here conies another typical
lace. That gentleman I should take to
be a capitalist of ample means with noth
ing to do but to invest his money. His
look of self-satisfaction , his easy , careless
walk are the c of the millionaire. "
"You arc wrong again. That is Pro
fessor Patsy Fallen , the boxer and teacher
of sparring. Ho would take it as a deadly
insult wore you to call him a millionaire
to his face. "
And so the professor rambled onnever
discouraged by the mistakes ho had
nu.de. Henry ilornberger and Dr. Mer
cer happened to bo passing down the
street and ho immediately declared that
they weru Nebraska farmers who had
wandered into town to see the sights.
Hegazed iinoii the thoughtful face of W.
V. Moro and declared that it. belonged
to a professor of mathematics in
sonic college. John Francis passed by
stud the phrenologist , takinghiscue from
the bland , persuasive smile , decided that
Mr. F. was a typical confidence man.
Rev. W. J. Harsha came dashing down
the street behind his span of thorough
breds , and it did not take the professor
more than live seconds to make up his
mind that ho was a turfman. When
Tom Murray passed by ho broke out e.s-
tatically. "Do you sco that man walk
ing with stately tread" There is one
born to command , to direct and push
any schema which would fail in the
hands of men possessed of Joss indomi
table energy ! The lines in his face indi
cate determination and .steadfast pur
pose. Is it not so ? " In a fo\v words the
reporter gently explained how sadly the
professoi had missed the mark. This
was the last straw that broke the camel's
back. The professor , with a look of dis
gust which no ordinary pen could portray
tray , borrowed one dime from the re
porter nnd walked away. When last
soon , ho was scokintr consolation in the
foaming depths of n "stein. "
TJ1K MOW mtlUCJR.
Property nelnn PuroJiaHod Tor the
\V < ! ritnn > Approach.
For some time past the Union Pacific
has quietly boon buying up land in the
neighborhood of the west approach to
the bridge. It was declared ono day last
week that the company had got about all
the properly it wanted , and that the re
cent purchases were for the use of the
now union depot.
Upon inquiry of the proper officials
thifts denied , and the statement made
thht the depot site had not yet been de
termined on.
' Had It not been for the opposition of
Tfjntli street property owners to a via
duct along that thoroughfare , " said an
oillcistl , "tho union depot would have
been pr.iclically completed , whereas we
arc at a loss where to put it. No , " ho
continued , "tho land \vo arc buying now
is for uv ! ; in making an approach
to the now bridge for wagons and the
stroft ii ! r tracks. You may see the pro-
po.sud coin-go of the road by this map i
liavo bore. The route taken starts from
a point near the corner of Sixth and
Lcavenworth fctrcots , and without refer-
diico to ( ho .strcetK ihomKolvoH runs in a
couth and eastern direction to the ijridgo ,
crossing to tlie east. The road will go
througii blocks U07 , 03 and 215. most of
which is now owned by the road. The
roadway will bo enclosed on isithtir side
by cut stiuio walls , and thu entire work
will bo made as artistic and substantial
as
1 Colored men propose to raise * 1,000- ,
) to erect nuinuini'iit.s \Vaahiiijjtou
I to tbo Uuyfactors cf their race.
A CHAPTER OF EARLY HISTORY
Something About Scrip-Town , Now a Portion
tion of the Oity of Omaha.
EARLY LAND SPECULATIONS.
The Present ! ; ; > Value of Itota
AVhioli Were Once Heifer
for $ l"n per Acre.
The growth of Omaha is so remarkable-
that few people stop to consider that it
was once a suv.ill town. The city of
Omaha proper was laid out in 18 , ) un
der the supervision of A. D. Jones , who
is still a resident of the place. Expecta
tion ran high , and in the ensuing year
1,000 acres of laud lying north of the city
limits , and running cast and west along
the north line , were laid out into lots ,
and called North Omaha-or Scrip-town.
It was joined on the north by Saratoga ,
which was then a rival to Omaha , and
whoso limits commenced on the south at
a point near the present fair grounds.
SOHIl'-TOWN
was a fruitful source of speculation , and
a great deal of money was invested in iW
lots. The land was taken and occupied
under the town-site law , and when it be
came of value a question was raised sis to
the legality of the title. A portion of it
had originally been taken up by a man
named Robert Shields , who soon after
wards abandoned it , when it was laid out
in town lots. An old man named ISeson
bought Shields' riiiht and squatted on it
A couple of Council HluiTs speculators
na mod Cassiday and Test in turn pur
chased Shields' title to the land. Shields
in the meantime had returned to Omalui
nud taken up his claim again. Cassiday
nnd Test realised that the property would
become valuable , and they endeav
ored to perl'oet si titlo. bomo pro
ceedings wore gone through before
the commissioncTof the general land of
fice at Washington and finally a sort of
patent was issued. It failed , however , of
being perfect and tlm Council Hind's men
despairing of making anything out of thu
land disposed of it to John I. Hodlck.Thn
latter gentleman commenced to dispose
of it to different individuals. Thnro was
a great deal of litigation arising out of
it and there is n question to-day as to the
title of n portion of what wits known as
Scrip-town. While Cassidy and Teat
wore endeavoring lo gam si title Dr. ( .Jil-
bert C. Monncll , who was thu mayor of
Omaha , was selling lots in Scrip *
town proper. Ho claimed titU
by purchasing from the gov
ernment. After n doubt had been
cast upon the legality of the city's title
Monell llled the land for entry in the
land ollico hero ami in duo con I'M of time
purchased the land at govermiiunt prices
for 1.25 per acre. He then continued tliu
titles to the land ho had already f old ,
giving to each purchaser u warranty
deed.
THE i\III : V MAI'S
of Omaha t-how the plat of .Scrip-town
and it makes a continuation of the city
from Nicholas street north , The blocks
and lots and streets conform to those ot
the city proper , only the lots are a trlflo
smaller. After the dispute over the hind
commenced the plat vas left oil'
the regular maps ami it
was marked in thu nainr-s of those who
took it up under the general laws , liar-
bach's. E. V. Smitli's , Deniso' * , Paul
son's , LaKo'd and Foster's uddltlor.M , nnd
many other parcels of land are Jocntud
on what was then known ftt Scrip town.
A number of Omaha mini interested
largely iu the property , anicsg thoui
being Hyron Heed who U said to have
lostconKldiirr.blc money on his purcluuaa.
It is now nearly all occupied by houtoi ,
and is oun of the most dcMniblu portions
of the city. Many of the lots hove bo-
rome very valuable selling as luyb aa
j ( fa.OOO and $0,5UO cuch.