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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1887)
SORROWS OF A POOR OLD MAN , The Summer Love Making of the Aged Van Felt Brought to a Sudden Close. FASHION'S ' LATEST FREAKS. Impudent Walters A New Summer Drink Homo Queer Women Gossip of Fashions Clara Belle's Letter. NEW YOHK , August 11. [ Correspond cnco of the UEE. ] Mr. Van Pelt planted Ins family at Asbury Park and figura tively chained himself to his desk in town. .Mrs * Van Pelt bethought herself , the other day , that the insurance on her house hud run out.and , instead of bother ing that poor darling with more business , she would skip up to town , get some needed thingsand , pop in on her husband just before taking the train. How pleased ho would bo , It was hot the muruing she put this plan into operation , but there was her dressmaker away up in Ono Hundred and Twenty-third street , arid she might as well bo killed by one stone as fatally injured by two birds. So she plunged onward. The errand done , she wearily plodded up the long flight of stops leading to the Ono Hundred and Twonty-liftn street station and started on her way. Between Ono Hundred and Sixteenth and One Hundred and Eighth streets nre two sharp curves sixty feet in the air. A train fairly doubles itself , and one can see people as the train winds roundIn the third and fourth cars ahead As this serpentine operation took place , Mrs. Van Pelt observed in the third car in advance , on one of the cross scats , n forward young minx , with a sailor hat cocked jauntily on her short curled hair. Still further swug the car , and the man with the girl caruo within her line of vision. It was then her eyeballs in their sockets danced like peas in a hot pan , for there , witli his profile bent in a sick ening attitude of pleased attention she beheld her husband. Mrs. Van Pelt had a green veil in her bag. She tied her sullcring head up , and crept into the next car , whore in the end Beat she could look past the door handle at the pair. On went the car toward the Battery. It dawned on the woman they were all heading for Coney Island. By boat and car Mr. Van Pelt and his girl nnd Mrs. Van Pelt in pursuit. Wo will not linger at the afternoon concert at the beach , nor touch on the dinner nor dwell on the romantic stroll on tliu esplanade. Then the ntiw stcambtat started with our entire party aboard. It was dark as they neared the city. Van Pelt and his di vinity sat on two camp stools up near the forward rail. The avenging Nemesis was just behind. The girl had wrapped herself in a red shawland produced from her pocket a green veil , to keep her feather from coming out of curl. The lights at Castle Garden catno in view. Her course was not decided on. Matters shaped themselves. Mr. Van Pelt ex cused himself to his young companion. Ho would go aft and get a light. As ho picked his way amoug the camp stools and lovers , Mrs. Van Pelt saw her chance rushed to the minx in the sailor hat. " 1 am that man's wife , " said she , "and I ought to huvo you arrested , the instant we land , for abandonment , misdemeanor and the writ of ccrtorare. " " 1 didn't know ho was a married man , " snivelled the chit ; "he said he was a widower from Indianapolis. I'LL 11UN AWAY FHOM Ulil as soon ns the boat lands , " "I don't care what you do then."said Mrs. Van ; "now I want you to give me .your red shawl and go sit on that vacant stool. Hern's my shawl it's n better one than yours. Go sit on that stool , and if you open your head I won't bo answer able for you when you are in the tombs. " The trembling girl exchanged shawls without a word. She skipped to the vacant camp stool with a sigh of thank- fullness just as old Van Pelt got back. "Did you think I was lost ? " said he , playft'lly , as ho straddled the stool , arid took his wife's hand nnd put it tlfrough his arm and cuddled it. Who shall tell how that deluded old pump waded in'up to his neck In folly ? Thou the wife revealed herself. Van Pelt foil oil' the stool. The passengers thought ho had a fit. Porlmpn ho did. He is convalescing humbly with his family at Asbury Park. No interesting women in town in Au gust ? O , but there are. Fashionable ones , too. What with the tourists who stop to see New York , the residents who como in from the watering places tran siently , and those people who stay here through the summer from choice , Broad way and Fifth avenue are by no means devoid of feminine enhancement. Less nan ton minutes ago I saw A "TUMULT BUSTLE. " That is something now and strange. Until lately every wearer of a big bustle sought to so steady the struc ture that It wouldn't swing or hitch when she walked. But innovation is the "tu mult , " which , as its name implies , is not a thing of culm but of agitation. The tapes and wires of this bustle are so ar ranged that with each step it is wrenched , pulled and tousled by a minuturo cyclouo , "It is so vivacious , tuy dear , " ono of the pioneer introducers explained. There is something new in fashionable drinks , too , and about as unseasonable a : could well bo imagined. Thu ton hat taken to pjlqtio. Pulque has como to town , and from all appearances to stay. An enthusiastic iourniilist who spent a few years in Mexico is responsible. When no ciiuic home he brought several bottles will him , and when they were emptied lu imported a lot more. His friends like the murky liquid , or thought they oughi to like it which is the same tiling , and more importations were the result. Tlu consequence is that it is now exposed foi sale in all parts of the city. Most pcopli have the idea that this national bovcrug < of Mexico is deeply intoxicatieg , stronf enough to overcome a brandy-soaked inebriate , but the very reverse is the truth. It corresponds nearly to lagui beer , and is oven lighter with regard tc tho. percentage of alcohol. New York era have LOTS OV FUN WITH IT , some of them takiug it up because tlnv feel they must , some experimentally others because they really like the stuu The way it is sold at the soda fountain would make a mustang laugh. The' ' pour about two fingers of the clear , o rather chalky pulque into a glass , um then , toll it not south of tlio Itio Grande fill It up with ollervescing soda watet It would bo jiut as sensible to servi musty ale in the same way. A scion of wealthy uptown house hud a case sen homo tlio other day to try. It wusbrough on to tlio table at dinner. The mother c the family eyed the liquid in her glas curiously and said : "It looks like yeast. " "Try it , " said the son oncouraginglj as he emptied a glass and suppressed th wry wrinkles that tried to twist the coi ners of his mouth down to bis cravat. "It smells like yeast , " added mate with a faint , hightoncd sniff , "i don't think it's at all nice , " com muntuu tne daughter sipping. "It tastes like yeast , " persisted th mother in growing surprise. "Call it yeast , then , " exclaimed pap with a grunt of satisfaction at his huinoi "Well , I'm sure I never know whs i yeast was like before,1'said thnduughtci "You would if you'd made as man > 'loaves of broad as your mother hud i ' your ago , Molly. " rejoined the father. Molly disliked above all things sue ! ilujipna ] to tUe huiublo origin of Ui family and gulped down her glassful in silence. In live minutes she said that her lingers tingled and her head felt awfully funny , and then she laughed a silly hat 1ml and ran away to her room blushing. Papa atnd mamma looked at each other in surprise. "I think it does act that way , " said mamma. Papa turned to the pcion who was fill ing up his glass determined to like the drink , and exclaimed : "I guess you'd bettor not bring anymore moro of that homo , Tom. " But not all people are so particular , and pulque is still nourishing. Iho best patron ago of tno Coney Island resorts is that which leaves the city at about 5 in the afternoon. Not only business men , but their wives , daughters , sweethearts , and soforthcomo along , too. They divide themselves be tween the various good hotels and attrac tions , take a bath and n dinner , listen tea a concert , perhaps , and return on the last train. Some of them stay for the night , and this Is especially the case on n Saturday. Ono has to make A KIOHT KOU HIS DINNEIt after the bath. Thn dining halls are im mense and the tables extend all over the broad verandahs , out there arc always many more customers than can bo ac commodated between < ri:30 : and 8 o'clock. It is ono of the amusing sights df the beach for those who are not hun gry to watch the little groups of fam ished men and women surrounding tables where the diners , seem to be pretty nearly through with their eating. There is no system of reserving tables for patrons and the head waiter is powerless to as sist. First come first served. If you are bold and sharp enough to take possession of n table ahead of your competitors. A couple of gentlnmen had been standing at a table for mure than half an hour. It 'was occupied by a young man and his girl when they arrived , and they picked it out because the occupants were just on the point of having their coll'eo served. Ignoring the two gentlemen , who stood over the table like crows over a dying horse , the young man and his girl sipped their codec a quarter of a teaspoonful - spoonful at a time , and chatted and gig gled until from very weariness they gave it up and sought the concert amphithe ater. Meantime they had seen a do/en other tables just out of reach emptied and i taken by moro fortunate hungerers. In a fever of impatience they started forward us soon as the young man and his girl rose , and no they did not sit down. Another young man and his girl were there , and the young man pushed his girl into a chair by main strength to the entire - tire discomliture of the Hungry but chiv alrous gentlemen. The first couple ap parently had been dawling purposely over their colleo to give time for the second end to come up. The trick and its un fairness were palpable , but the gentlemen could not get up courage enough to in terfere until it was too late. The second party was seated and the order given , and the defeated party withdrew. They ound a place finally in ono of the inner rooms , and the' waiter they had to deal with was consid erably llustruted by the confusion of so much work. He brought soup withoflt spoons and THE FAMISHED GUESTS had to wait live minutes before ho re turned from serving another table be fore they could get even the thin consola tion of consomme. Then the napkius wore-forgotten , and when one of the gen tlemen mildly remonstrated the waiter replied in an unconcerned tone : "You must excuse mo , gentlemen , the best of us are liable to make mistakes. " And when after waiting a long time for him to bring wine that had been ordered with tlio first breath , the other gentleman ventured again to remonstrate by inquiring pathetically 'where that wine was , the waiter put his hand on the guest's shoulder , patted it condescend ingly , and said in the most soothing tone imaginable : "You shall have it , dear boy , you shall have it. Bo patient. " And again the gentlemen wore too as tounded to resent the treatment that fate seemed to deal out to them. One of the hottest days of this hot season a stout woman witti flaming face , followed by two children , ran a block and a half down Broadway in pursuit of a car. When at last it was overtaken it was not tlio ono she wanted. A benevo lent elderly gentleman leaving the car at that moment and pitying the woman witli a flaming face and the two children and the disappointment , stepped up to her and kindly asked : "What car is it you wish , niadame ! " "That is my business , please , " was the curt rejoinder , nnd the benevolent gentle man pursued his way reflectively. The incident may be the loss of a helping hand'to some other woman who would be grateful for it. BUT WOMEN AHE QUEEH , if I do say it who shouldn't. I entered t car the other day where a company o : women returning from a picnic occupiec all the scats. A row of unfortunate ! stood hanging to the straps and I joinec the lino. I was less unfortunate than tin others being rather toll fora woman , j fact that brings mo no satisfaction , how ever , except in a crowd or n street car , and tills time it brought mo rather un pleasantly into notice. A very small short woman was standing , who coulc not reach the straps and wlio was otherwise - wise unfortunate , in thatrtno heat hat driven her to the soda fountain , or some other fountain one time too many ; tha is she was slightly elevated though , as I said , not sumciontly so to reach the straps , She attempted to sit on the laps o one or two of the more comfortable damci each of whom pushed her off with : contemptuous remark. This set her irre sponsible tongue in motion and we heart language we do not like to hear. Still when u we.U dressed woman , who loudl ; boasts in a public vehicle of her member ship and influence in the Women's Itelie Corps , permits herself to use such lau guago as this : "Get off my lap , you smell worse thai n nigger ! " and her associates equal ) ; well dressed and presumably member also of the W's. II. C. , all loudly laugh a the elegant speech , what can bo oxpoctci of a half intoxicated creature I wu thinking ot this when this said festive crun ttire pushed herself rudely against me her head not reaching my shoulder , how ever. 1 quietly looked down at .her whei she draw the attention of every person ii the car with : 'There ! that girl up there is a tadj She don't laugh at your nouaenso ! " Everybody laughed then , myself in 3 eluded , a laugh being the best cover t < f my embarrassment. r A great deal is said about the sufforinc t of women from the thoughlcssnoss o tobacco users , and the offenders are generally orally supposed to bo men. I was re 3 cently taking an outward bound trai runl entered the ladies' waiting-room. t was surprised and nauseated , as usua' t with a strong smell of vile tobacco f mean viler than 1 often meet and wens s dcred who was breaking the rules of th waiting-room. Looking about I saw company of people sitting togothoi surrounded by luggage. The smoke was among them and wa a woman. She was si ting shoulder to shoulder with a mar who was half asleep , and held betweo her lips a short , dirty pipe , putting awa vigoronsly with the far-away look of th habitual smoker. I curiously watchc her and wondered if 1 ever could. Befor 1 settled the question the woman rouse herself from the delicious trance , teethe the pipe from her mouth , leaned forwar , t aud put it between the ! > ! > of her con panion , who took up the pumng ' .y.'ici ' she left off und the somniferous spar 'wus not extinguished. I doqided that never could. But can woman's devotio i I and mau'H acceptance go further tha o 1 this ! . CtAKA A GLASS OF FROTHY BEER , The Favorite Beverage-How It Is Con sumed in Omaha Facts and Fancy , S0lv\f SKILLFUL BEER.SLINQERS. The tlard-Worked Jcrk r and the Impatient Customers Beer as a Social Incrodlent Gn8Slp. Written for the Omaha Sunday JJ . In twenty years , lager boor has become the popular bovcraco of the nation. It js drank In the saloon , at the picnic , in the garden , and Is even found in the family which would scorn to appreciate It under the eye of the public. It finds patrons where a dealer in the necessaries of life would drop into bankruptcy. It has dethroned ale and weaned from whisky many a victim who had lingered dangerously near its throne. As a con sequence , there has arisen all over the land a species of massive structures of peculiar shape and design in which it is brewed , and tlinrc hare also sprung into existence edifices of less magnitude , but proportionately as valuable , in which , amidst elegant surroundings , this amber lluid is dispensed to thirsty mortals. In the summer season , especially when the temperature conduces to weariness and thirst , THE IIEF.U SALOON is a thing of exceeding life and interest. It is a babel of many tongues. It is a mixture of many races. It is a collection of thirsty souls , fatigued frames , weary minds and convivial spirits. There arc sweltering bartenders , rushing waiters and the clinking of glasses together with an caccrncss to supply a demand which scorns to exist at the same time in all Quarters. The bar is lined with hasty mortals who imbibe the lluid and ntrain rush into the sunshine and the heat. But the tables are surrounded by more leisurely mortals who drink , think , rest , or discuss such subjects as may to them be of interest and importance. The heat without is forgotten , as the temperature of the frame is reduced by the beautiful , milk-white , TltANSPAUENT DKINK , which , though brought only from vaults beneath , is as cool as if conducted from the Arctic seas. What can bo moro beautiful than this glowing , delightful beverage , temporarily crested with a creamy , snowy substance , which gradu ally , and in countless thousands of tiny globules.rcsolvcs itsclf.not into the nectar of the gods , but the refreshing , invigor ating , motive-inspiring libation of weary mortals ! It Is delightful to the'-yc , and , despite its bitterness , a plcasurr to the taste. It circulates through th frame , producing an indescribable feeling as if rejuvenation were being affected by its rational indulgence. There have been poets who have sur.g of wine , as there have been and are those who have sung and still sing of beer ; but no greater trib ute has ever been paid to the latter than the grateful appreciation accorded it by the rational drinkers of this vast country. Like all great cities , OMAHA'S HBKIl INTEI1ESTS arc of considerable importance , and her beer drinkers nro , numbered by the thou sands. To supply the demand there are live local breweries , varying in capacity from a few barrels per day to about 5,000 barrels per month. During Juno the largest outuut by a single brewery was 4,033 barrels. Another made 8,050 , another it,015 , while the otiiers made a much smaller showing. The aggregate would not bo much below 12,000 barrels. During the month of July especially such a torrid month as that just passed , the output was not less than 13,000 bar rels. A great deal of this was used at home , while some of it was shipped to other parts of Nebraska and adjoining states , Beside ? this home-brow , enter prising beer-men from St. Louis and Mil waukee shipped carloads daily , so that from both sources not loss than from 15,000 to EIOHTEEN THOUSAND BAHUEI.S wore handled hern during the month. Just imagine the number ot glasses which those barrels contained ! Each barrel consists.orisstipposcd to consist , of thirty- two gallons , giving a total of 670,000gal lens , or 2)04,000quartsor-1,008,000 ; ) pints. Ordinarily a pint contains about two glasses glasses not of course of the "schooner" rig. But the skillful beer- drawer has little respect for euch glasses. His ambition is to draw a glass ttio size of which ho knows you feel to be an imposi tion , but with which , in your hypocritical liberalityyou pretend to bosatislicd. Such a glass will contain an inch of beer , striv ing to pull into its depths two inches of foam. This is what is technically termed "giving it a head , " and it is such "head ers" wnich enable the thirsty mortal fre quently to drink at the artificial fount be fore his thirst can be assuaged. Of such glasses there are probably three , and sometimes four , inua pint. The average will bo the former figure , so that in the barrels mentioned , there were shut up waiting the turn of the wrist o ( the tender 18,433,000 glasses. Kntailed at 5 rents a classand , f (121GOO ( , have changed hands. The cost of the same to the sa loon keepers at if8 a barrel would bo 1144,000. Besides the beer raado in this city and elsewhere in this country , several of out loading saloons sell imported beer , the most prominent of those being Kulm- bachor , Pilsner and Kupuzincr. These are much heavier than.thc beers made in this country.the latter being the lighter ol the two , while the former is a near approach preach in taste , though not in hardness when fresh , to American porter. The sale of these bovoratjes is not , however , very extensive. . The brewings require c cultivated taste. The beer made in this city has beer wonderfully improved in tue last ten years , ( ireater facilities have been in troduced into the breweries for its manu facture and this improvement and consequent quent incrcaso of business have conduce * ] to the success of the enterprising firms , These improvements have been largelj stimulated by the incursion of OUTSIDE BKUWKIIS , some of whom ship to this city what maj not inaptly bo termed the best beer it tbo world. Local advancement has ap proacbcd to an imitation of the latter , and though there is yet a perceptible coptiblo difference in thp taste yet the color , and clearness and hoalthfulncss are not far behind The boor of Omaha is generally good and , of some of the breweries , is particu larly fine. Each beer is distinguishec from that of a rival by both color um tis to , and there are some of our honu consumers who can distinguish on bott taste and sight. Hut what would bo the brewer of bcoi without the "slinger" of the sumo ? Tin latter term is expressive , if not entirely correct and polite. It doubtless had it ! inception in largo cities where dospatct was required in satisfyings the cravingi of impatient drinkers. Necessity becami again the mother of invention , and thi hurried and importurned tapster insteai of running to euch party in front of hii countcr.conccivod the idea of "shooting1 or sliding the foam-flecked goblet alonj the bur , until it stood in front of the mat for whom it was intended. Practice ii this custom makes the man perfect afto n tmiOand saves him many a weary stop In some ; saloons in the larger cities ther are riCOVESSIOXAL SLINQEKS send it sliding to thfl customer , whtlo other tenders look out.for the cash. Col- llsions rarely ococi- , though some times the crystal bccr Jadou goblet strikes a snag , and a cent and a bait's worth of boer flows to the floor. As the brewer canrJot get along with- the saloonkeeper , the liUtor without the " " the " " dispense "slinger , neither can "sllngor" pense with the ' "jerkor. " It is the requi site of this man that ho bo able to hoar every order from half a dozen tables at the same time , rush to the bar , "jerk" his glasses together , and return and satisfy his crumbling and impatient patrons. To do this , ho must bo able to carry more than ono glass in each hand , though that is about the extent of the ability of the average mortal who is not of the order of "jcrkons. " The succojiful "jorkcr" un derstands his business , ' Ho groups his glasses on the counter , with the palm of his right hand upturnedand with his left h < j inserts the support of one glass be tween every two lingers and the index and iiis thumb. Ho thus accommodates four. The liases of till-so goblets form n semi-circle around [ the palm of his hand , and beneaththose bases , ho inserts the bases of several mure glasses , some times as many as four1 , jand five , which run up quite a distance on his ample arm. He thus disposed of nine glasses , ail cither , tightly hold by the lingers or braced upon the steady arm , a jar to which , however , would result in a drop in both glassware and lager. , But there are twelve persons waiting for that beer. Ha must make another 'trip or carry the xtru number in the other hand. With- ut assistance , ho decorates the lingers of us left hand as ho did.thoso of his right , nd rushes to execute Jils order with the itcady bearing of a locomotive on a steel ail. Ho strikes his pktrons with aston- shmcnt , and if he bo a genial fellow , ho s sometimes told to "keep that , " or 'take ' one for yourself , " when his sor- Icc.i are being remunerated. There is a ' . mender in this town who claims lie can raw beer and wait upon a thousand lnrsty mortals as rapidly as any man in he country. Ills work in this city for iomo time back would seem to justify his isscrtion and if any bartender desires to est his ability the name of the former nay easily be ascertained. It is this gcn- .loman's boast that ho has carrried in his land and on his arm not less than four- eon "steins. " A "stein" is a stone or lorcclain mug always larger than a beer jlass and generally with a handle , yet , fourteen of these , filled with beer , his gentleman churns to have , at ono ime , served with ono hand to his cus- ; omcrs. There are skeptics among beer- drinkers.bnt this gentleman is open to bo sailed upon to demonstrate the truth of his assertion. Ho is at present engaged n a place in which , between the hours of loon and midnight , ho and another sold nineteen half-barrels of boor. On the basis of the calculation above made , " 1,200 glasses were handed over the bar , 'opresenting ' a valuation of if314.80. Bo- ides , there were hundreds of glasses of other liquids and cigars sold , which do not enter into the computation. " " and " " 111- "Beer-slingers" "jerkers" are - fluid and ill-appreciated mortals , when ho abuse and censure to which they lire ubjectccl are taken into consideration. Hut though frequently contemned , they FUUIT. jargo Profits to be Secured In this Industry. San Francisco Chronicle : At a recent mooting of the Los Angeles county 'omological society'Mllton Thomas , ah experienced fruit-grower , delivered an address on the fruit interests of Cali fornia , which was full of valuable infer mation. The Fresno 'Expositor says : 'We make the following extract from .t for the purpose ol calling attention to , ho valuable method of preparing fruits 'or market" : "I interviewed Mr. itencdict , of the firm of Barnard & Benedict iruit Crys tallizing company. ile < saiu that all fruits can bo crystalllxed.t The best for crystallizing are thorange / , apricot , nectarine , cherry , fig ; muscat grape , 9Bar and plum. For.narnialades , jams , md jollies all the fruit * just mentioned , except the cherry , may bo used. i'lie peach may bo larcJlyuscd for mar- tnahvdes. Mr , licncdTit also said that fruits , such as blaol berries , raspber ries , strawberries , etc. , may b used in any quantity and yet always lind a ready sale at good prices , but of all the fruits grown in California the fig has the greatest future. Wo ahould at least supply the demand of the United States. The variety I would advise to grow are the white varieties. There are now an nually imported from foreign countries vast quantities which wo should pro duce. Mr. Benedict further says that there is particularly no limit to the amount of ligs that can bo disposed of nt good prices when prepared by crystal- ! zation , or dried in n manner to compare with the imported. The guava , he thinks , will bcnomo of great importance when properly cultivated. In the shape of jolly it has largely been in demand amonf epicures , and in this way and in the shape of crystalization can bo sold at goon profits. These gen tlemen have experimented with various fruits and cave succeeded in a way that is beautiful to the eye and delicious to the taste. The tig is prepared by this process and the demand is trulv vonder- nil. There was a llrru in New York which ordered a sample , and as soon as it was seen and tasted they or dered every few days by tele graph. A syndicate was formed and they wore going to order a car load , but of course Barnard & Benedict were not prepared to rill their order. Their crys tallized apricots are perfectly splendid in tastu , as well as in appearance : also the pear and strawberry. Then the Muscat grapes , when crystallized , are the best and most palatable of any. I cannot in this allusion to the most important indus try do justice to it. Barnard & Benedict have ordurs for the next season from every house that has already received samples. They have also a now process for drying apples that maKes the product so far superior to the best evaporated rip ples that there is no comparison , cither in appearance or taste. Their jams , jel- lleraud marmalades , and also syrups , are far superior to all others. What ia the outlook for pears ? : Lot us look at it for a moment. Just [ 'sen' the demand there is for pearft in tbo east. First our pears are far superior and can bo sold in the east some time before thetr pears are ripe. Tney can -nlso be picked some time before they are ripe , and will ripen in ten or fifteen days , or about the time they arrive in the eastern markets. Thou our Bartlctt pears are not only shipped cast , but are canned to a large extout and sent to Great Britain , and s'omn to Kurope and other countries ; andbesides this tueycaii be dried and command fair prices. Then they can be crystalized , and there is n demand for thorn that is dilllcult to sup ply , as at present the supply is not equal to the demand at all. Economy and strength are peculiar tc Hood's Sarsaparilla , the only medicine ot which " 100 doses ono dollar" is true , For fear of losing a day ! work , manj persons put oft taking physio until Sat urday. The bettor plan is to not dehij but take it as soon as. needed , it may uavt yon a hard spell of sicknessIf yoi want the most bone lit from1 the leas amount of physio without causing yoi any inconvenience , loss of appetite o : test , take St. . I'atrlek'a ' Fills. Thoi action on the liver and bowels an .thorough , they give' a freshnes , ' ton < and vigor to the whole * vygteiu and actji harmony with nature. ' THE SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS , Some of Iho Methods Employed by the Sal vation Army. THE DETACHMENT IN OMAHA 'A Paper as Bluer as the Omnlia Deo" Some of the Ijsadlni ; Llglita A Tramp with the Army liy a Wicked llcportor. The Salvation array , llko the poor of which it Is composed , is every whore , and it is a poor town in which the sound of the tambourine and the rattle of the drum cannot bo heard , chasing away the devils , Omaha being a booming city has its army and ono of the evening sights greeting the stranger , is the well-known procession , which reminds him of his homo , if bo comes from a booming place. These people never seem to tire. Day after day they march the dusty streets , in ho.it am ! storm , in season and out , the same old peek-a-boo bonneted fe males , and rcd-shlrtcd men , led by the same old leader who plays two tunes on a brass cornet. Sometimes the tunes get mixed and blend into ono air , but they never vary. Pcoplo know them by heart , and so certain is it after long waiting the cornctist will never learn anv new music , that old debtors promise faithfully within them selves , to liquidate when the leader blows his lungs into space on a now tune. A prowler from the BI-K. : desiring to pray for six bad men in Omaha , followed the army around last night through the streets and wont with it to the bar racks. The noise on the route of march was something to contem plate , as great as that before which Jericho's walls fell ami as discordant as what is usually evolved in hiving bees. The barracks as n temple of worship would never impress the seeker after truth with solemnity. They comprise the third story of the old city hall rook- cry , in which the early city fathers wore wont to meet and devise laws for tbo community and possible schemes for their own benefit. The coal-oil lamps had a ipluttering way of burning last night , as f keeping : time with the music , "tid their general uncertainty , now bright and igain dim , reminded ono of head- 'ights seen in a shifting fog. The re- ifriotis ceremonies of the army are not complex. Noise seems to bo the great Ifisiueratiini. The advice of the veteran to the newly-organized fire company , "lloller all the time , " is equally applica ble to the soldiers , boated on chairs upon a stage , the drooping sisters on ono side , the stalwart brothers on the other , much after the style of a minstrel stage setting , with hoodlums and the great unwashed us an audience , the service opened with irayer. in which the Almighty was re minded how bad the Omuha people were , and if lie did not do something for thorn , they would join Satan at homo sure. Singing followed a rollicking song in which all joined lustily , bass and snare drums , tambourines , cornet and all , half the crowd singing one air and the other half another , the words running : Oh I we are so very hapoy Yes , we me : Oh I we nre so very happy , Yes , we are : For slmiars nre torelven And we're on our way to' heaven , Oh , we arc so very happy , y.es , wo are. Two little children in red dresses then sang a duct , supplementing it with some parrot remarks about the sin- fillnoss of everybody , and then wont to sleep. More singing fol lowed ; in fnot , singing in which all joined constituted the bulk of the en tertainment. The captain of the army , the samu man who played the cornet on the streets , absorbed everything else during the meeting. Ho considerately callta upon the audience at intervals to give himself resting space , for personal experiences of past degradation and present beatitude. Ono shock-headed lad , who could stand as the bad man from Bitter Creak , allowed that ho was saved ; thanked ( iod that ho didn't have to gamble , jnrk beer , or ( and here hn looked daggers at the prowler from the Bui ; ) scratch paper for a living , and then lapsed into silcuco. A swarthy man reminded the Lord of His duties in a tone too low to bo hoard. One soldier said that he felt so happy in his salvation that he would not sell his joy for all the money in all the banks of Omaha , and the audience felt as though they would need a do/.en aflidavits from disinterested parties to sustain his dec laration. A collection was then taken up by one of the sisters , and a fervent "God bless you , " greeted the drop of each nickle. The War Cry , the ollicial organ , was tiicn offered for sale. The fact that the paper contained no advertisements seemed to depreciate its forced circu lation. The captain road several selec tions from it , one , an extract from the London Chronicle , ' commending the work of the array. "That paper , " said the captain , "was once as bitter towards us as the Omahn BEE is now , " thereby evidencing tho'fact that oven the Salva tion army troops read the BEE. The sisters kept painfully quiet last night , not one volunteering to toll how bad a girl she had boon , whcreforo things were moro dull than usual , The prowler tried once or twice to submit the names of his six had friends in Omuha for prayer , but was choked off bv the long-winded cap tain , who insisted upon talking against timo. Several peculiarities are apparent in the organization and its maintenance. The members arc mostly English and it is the only English fad , whbh the Angloimtniacs have not adopted ; their freedom witli the Almighty is of a friendly "old chappio" style and their perfect assurance of sal vation is soothing for the sin-sick soul to witness. They are , however , in habits and attire some degrees from "godli ness , " or the next best thine found in the gospel of soap and their grammar is far from concurrent with school rules. The Omaha detachment is composed of thirty-six members , among whom broth ers t rank Aspinall. Stringer , Largo , Sr. and Jr. Simpson , Northrup , Koolander , Johnston and Peterson and sisters , Lawson - son , Tomsett , Anderson and Joflcrson arc the shining lights. The soldiers sup port themselves by their own exertion , except the adjutant and cadet , who arc allowed a salary out of the contributions. Opinions vary regarding the useful ness of the army in a spiritual view , but they are unanimous in ono thing , viz. that the Salvation braves have at least developed n capacity for street noise that frightens horses and scares the children. SICK headache , wind on the stomach , biliousness , nausea , are promptly and agreeably banished by Dr. J. II. Mo- Lean's Little Liver and Kidney 1'elleta. 25o a vial. Growth of tlio Church. Providence Journal : Not infrequently inquiries are hoard respecting the growth ofChristiauity , and many suem to think that , even if it is increasing In numbers , it is not keeping puce with the growth of population. In order to remove this erroneous impression some statistic * lately published in tlio Independent and Homllutio Review seem worthy of re production. They are taken from the year books of the various churches foi 1887 , and , while of course not absolutely accurate , are substantially so. Tlio fol lowing ttibln shows the present strength , in Order' , , of the .sovcnteoh principal churches and denominations in tin 'United Status. The three columnsTcp This is where the White Sewing Machine l made. Supplies , Oils , Needles , for all machines. Wholesale write for terms to THORNTON MACHINE CO. , Office 121 North 16th street , HILL & YOUNG , 121J anil 1X13 FABNAM ST. FURNITURE Carpets , Stoves , House Furnishing Goods. Weekly and Monthly Pay ments , BI2AK IN MIND WE AUK SELLING Furniture , Carpets , Stoves and Household Goods Of every Description , on Credit at Cash Prices. PEOPLES' ' INSTALLMENT HOUSE 613 N. 16th St. , Between California and Webster , ROSENTHAL & COM Proprietors. 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Dutch Heformort. . . a.OOt 1JU2 2.V.U74 Gorman Kvimifellcal 675 f.iiU I'JS.nos Christian Union. . . . l.MO MK ) moo4 Frlondl . 70(1 ( MX ) 1H5.IKIU Meniionltos . 6T > 0 fiUO 100,000 Adi-elitists . 1,472 IC'l " 7.711 UulvcrnullatS. . . . . . . C 3 0711 31 AM llnltarlani . 345 tfO 211,0(10 ( Moravians . 83 l 10 , N ) Now JeruBHlom . .tXI . 71. * , fi.UlQ Tnis shows a total of 13J.415 ! churches , 91,1)11 ) ministers and 1,018,977 ! communi cants , in a population of something less than 00,000,000. There may bo somii ex aggeration about some of these numbers , but they are pretty certainly underesti mated in others. The Univorsalists and Unitarians are uoubtlcss moro numerous than the table. Hhovs. ) and. the Roman Catholics can perhaps justly claim moro than 7,000,000. A number of the smaller denominations do not appear , so that t.io general result can not bo much , if , any above the actual fact. That the proportion tion of church members to the population is nearly one to three , is certainly a re- inarkablo showing , and will bo a surprise to thnsa accustomed to assert the decline of Christianity. It is evident tiiat the evangelistic and Sunday-school work , which has been carried on with so much energy during the last ten years , is be ginning to sliow Its results in increased monfberchip of the churches. Another table , which it Is not necessary to quote m full , shows that the same de nominations four years ago had ll > * iG10 churches , 81,717 ministers and 17,2(17,178 ( communicants , giving a net gain in four years of lC,325churclQS , ) , 9,694 ministers , and 1,018,711'J ' members. Leaving out the Roman Catholics , the order of growth is as follows : The Methodists lirst , the Baptists second , the Lutherans third , the Presbyterians fourth , Episcopalians tifth , Congregationalitits sixth. Or , to giro the exact ligurcs , the gam in four years lias been : Churches. Ministers. Cotn'cantx Methodists . 5.MB ft.uw f n,7AI iiuptlsts . : iti''i iii4 : ; ) in",4 I.uthoritns . l.ltt Ml lll.Mi 1'rusbytorlans . 1,045 MI'S llli.'i'iu KpUcopallnns . 1,415 201 TK.rao Congreeatlonallsts. . 341 307 48.7IB The largo Lutheran gain is largely due to immigration , but in other respects the gain is most marked in evangelistic and bunday-Hchool work. The Methodist church leads with a net gain of more than 500,000 , while the Unitarian and Universullst columns remain almost sta tionary. The enormous growth of Meth odism may > wcll attract the attention of the student of ecclesiastical questions , since it is-miiinly due to tins energy of that extremely lively member of the Catholic church. Ono .hundred years ago it had about 10,000 members in this country ; now it has moro titan 1,500,000. The growth of the Uoinati Catholic church is still moro marvellous , for while at the beginning of tl U century it could not have numbered moro than 100,000 , it has at present a numerical strcnth of more than 7,000,000. Of eotirso this has a sufficient explanation in the rapid in crease of immigration , since there in no evidence that it is making any remark able gain among tlio Protestaut popula tion , unless it be a slight one among the * colored people of the south. Deducting the Roman Catholic membership , we have 13,018.1)77 ) , representing the present strength of tlio Protestant church In the United States. When wo romeraccr that in many parts of our country the fundamental - * mental work of building churches and ' . ? establishing1 schools has had to bo done ii during the last generation , we can bo measurably satisfied with the progress that has been made. ' , < ( ? An examination of the first table given 'j ! shows ono remarkable fact. Only ono Protestant 'organization , the Unitarian. has more minister.1 * than churches. In all the others the lack of ministers is so' great as to bo a signal of weakness ana danger. The Methodist church alone hns 17,80 ! ) , and the Baptist church 10.r)8 ! ) ) loss ministers than churches , while in tha whole body the discrepancy is 40,485. The number of local preachers and lay readers not counted is doubtless balanced by the superannuated nnd worthless ministers and those engaged in teaching and other occupations , HO that tlicro must bo a demand for some -10,000 min isters to meet tliu present needs of the American church. The legal , medical and editorial profcsiions am over crowded. but the ministry still allbrdsau open Held for young men of ability and learning. That this lack is only a tem porary one is highly probable. 'Some of the reasons which have Kept young men from tlio ministry , a too rigid creed , unnecessary - ' necessary restriction and repression anil insullicient pay , are rapidly disappear ing. During the next generation it is likely that no liohl of usefulness and honor will bo moro fruitful or more inviting than the Christian ministry. The church has laid its foundations in sacrilico and toil , und a noble edifice is to bo built thereupon. The present rate of progress will doubtless bo maintained. Christianity is becoming more aggressive and it is aUo acquiring greater spiritual power. Whatever tliu Christian of to-day may lack , ho is far more of a Christian than ho was 100 j ears ago. Ho is moro Intelligent , more liberal , moro active nt.q more iieaiitifnl in character. Thorcfoio upon foundations already laid , and with increasing spirituality and acthity , It is not iillu to expect the American church to build even more rapidly and wisely. 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