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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , JANUARY 27 , 18SO.-SIXTEEN PAGES. 15 FORT OMAHA LIFE DESCRIBE ! Interesting Fnota Gathered at Oui N oar-by Garrison. A STRCLL THROUGH THE POS1 PutlPH of tlio Onicors mill Knllslci flli-n , Mow tlic-y K t nml Work , null the A ICt'Joyod Tlir Lot ol a Holdlrr. Omaha is the lioiulqimrlers of the de partment of the I'lutto , United Slain ; uriny , and lias witliin its limits Fort Oiniilin. wliero tlicro is now iunrtorcd | the Soconil ro iincnt of infnntry. Com paratively liltlo IH known by rosidontf of the city iihout llfo nt the fort. OJ Oinnh.iVi population many nro eintiM'ii pi-oplu. to whom this aubjucl Is entirely now. To the old rcaidonts Ills un old but l the siuno time an i/itcrostinp sub ject. For the bcnoCi. of all these the writer spout a diy at the fort rccontly. and BOi'tircd piifllcicnt data for an entire Ttio fort is situated about four miles northwest of the center of the city , and is a beautiful place. The paraduground , about four ucrns in extent , occupies the center. On the north , east and south eiduH are situated the company quar ters. band quarters , guard house in id other buildings , while on the west Hide are the ollicors quarters. As above stated at present the Second regiment infantry is quartered hero. This consists of the regimental stnIT , oflleor.s and ten companies umlur com mand of a colonel. To the north of the l > aradu ground is the hospital , a largo two-storv brick building ( the liuost ono in the iiostl. which in furnished with all the modern improvement * * , heated by nt earn , etc. The term of enlistment in .tho United States army in live years , 'and once a recruit passes ttio examina tions , he it > there to slay. The men ap pear to bo well satislled with their lot and are a guntlomanly not.Vhilo not having exactly the comforts of home , they are well lukon care of and are in thn main healthy and happy. The llrst place of interest to visit is the COMl'ANV Ql'AKTKItS. At this post there are -ton company quarters and quarters for the band. There arc few posts in this department ( the IMiitlo ) that Imvo wor.so quarters than Fort Omaha. The quartern of the unlisted men are all built on the same plan , and that a very poor one. More attention seems to have been paid to uniformity than to health or comfort. They are one-story buildings , with an Jj in the rear , which is used a company lutchcn and dining room , that portion connecting the two buildings bcingusod for the lavatory and barber shop. The main building is usud as living room , drill room and dormitory. It is one lurno room without an ornamental fea ture about it. It is heated with two ordinary stoves , ono at each end of the room , and in extremely cold weather the men roast on ono side and freoxo on the other , and in summer the only way to keep cool in the room is to open all the doors and windows , and then go out and lie under the trees. Tli'j sleeping accommodations will compare favorably with those of an Ohio river Hat-boat , the bunks being arranged on either side of the room , the space- between them depending on the sue of the company. If small there will bo plenty of room , but if a full company bo present they will bo close enough together to look like a contin uous bunk from 0110 end of the room to thoother , and to ono now in the quar ters it would bo necessary to mark his place to find it again. Hut at this post the companies are seldom up to full complement , and in consequence there is suUlclont room. The arrangements for keeping cloth ing and equipments nro very neat and pimple. A shelf about six feet from the lloor over each bunk- the roceptablo for the clothing , neatly folded , and upon 11 row of pegs just bencalli the shelf hangs the equipments , haversack , can teen blanket , bug , cartridge bolt , etc. orricuns' QUAKTKHS. The ollicors' quarters at this post are now much bettor than those of the enlisted - listed men. They are not , however , all built upon the name plan , as are the latter , but there scorns to huvo been no particular style followed. Some are frame and others brick buildings , and those built whore the post was first es- blihhcd are nearly as bad as the bar racks. Lately there have been a few repairs made On some of them , and more arc being repaired at the present , the war department having- appro priated money for that purpose re cently. Olliecrs are usually assigned to quarters according to rank , the com manding oflleors having the first choice and then on down to the junior lieu tenant. Some olllcers are content with one or Uyn rooms furnished in simple style , while others are dihsatislied with any quarters they got. Ono would naturally suppose that the lower the rank of the ollicer the easier tuiliblicd ho would be , but hucli is not the case. Captains and majors EonuttimcH chooao the smallest quarters in the garrison. nil' : II : : < IIMINT.U , HAND. The regimental band consists of twen ty-one musicians , and is in command of a leader. There ano two principal mu sicians who rank as sergeants , the se nior buargent having charge of the roster , roll culls and ditii'iplino , and the junior borgeat charge of the moss. The duties of the members of the hand are light compared with those of the pri vate holiliorri. In the summer time their duties are at guard mount at 0 a. in. , rehearsal at 10 o'clock , afternoon con cert on Monday , Wednesday anil b'ri- iluy , and dress parade every evening at Hunsot , weather permitting. In tiio winter lime they practice and play for the dances and balls of the olllcers only. They have quarters of their own The members of the band have plenty of opportunity to eujrago with private partU'b and make considerable extra money by bo doing. The entire band is often engaged , and being an excellent oao , commands good prices. Tno pay of the musicians is the same as that of a private. The principal musicians re ceive $ 2 , the sumo as a sergeant in the line , while the loader gels fOU per month. The mini enlist as musicians , but can for bad behavior bo reduced to the company. The loader , being as signed by the bocretary of war. cannot bo reduced , but can bo transferred. HOSTKll OK A COMl'ANY. A company is composed of three com missioned olllci'rs captain and llrst and second lieutenant and forty-eight en listed men. Among the oalisted men are ni no non-commissioned ollicors ono first sergeant , four sergeants and four eor-xirals. Thcro are also two Hold iniibloiiuifl , or bugloi'H , who have no rank , hut are graded above the private. The II rat bcrgoant is responsible for the condition of the barracks and the cleanliness of the men. Usually a non commissioned onieor is detailed in charge of the quarters and they are re- biwiiBiblo for that dtiy. being relieved the next day by a likn detail. Sorfrcanta Bro available for all details. For cpt- porals the usual routine dutlos arc guard , fatigue and escort duty , such a conducting prisoners to the military prison at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas The daily routine duties vary at the different posts , being arranged by the commanding olllcor. Those at For Omaha for the winter months are as follows : Hovellle at 0 o'clock , followed fifteen minutes after by the discharge of a gun and the musicians Bounding the march live minutes later. At the fcoun-i of the "assembly" ro'l ' is called bv the sergeant. Then follows the breakfast call. At n o'clock comes sick call and guard mount. Next is com pany drill from : ! ( ) to 10:40. Then fol lows on Monday and Thursday from 10U : ! to 1150 : ! the school for noncommissioned missioned ollicers. and on Tuesday and Friday the school for commissioned of ficers. At 11 : . ' ! ( ) is orderly cnll , dinner cull at 1'J , fatigue call at 1 , recall from fatigue at i)0 ? : : ) , llrst retreat call at fif teen minutes before sunset , second ro- trcat or assembly call at sunset , supper after retreat , ta'too ; llrst call at 8:15 : , assembly call at 8l : ! ) . CIIANCKS I'Oll MICCHAXtC * ? . A mechanic enlisting has the same dutlos to perform as the other enlisted men , but can bo detailed for extra dutv and receive extra pay for it. A good barber can got the company "hop and make from $ . ' ! 0 to ? ! ! 5 per month over his pay , his extras coming from the men of the company in exchange for hair cutting and shaving. Carpcntord , masons , or any mechanic detailed on extra duty receives 60 cents per day ox- tra. Teamsters get ! I5 cents per day over their allowance. Men detailed for extra duty are changed from time to time bo as to retain their proficiency in drill duty. Clerks in the quartermas ter's ollleo receive 815 per month extra , but extra clerks at reirimontal head quarters receive no extra pay. No gambling is allowed" , but is in- tlulged in on the sly , and many shrewd men make largo gams thereby. There ire a great many married men in Die army , but no married men are enlisted or re-enlisted unless by special iiormissioii of the adjutant general. At me time men who were married had .heir wives carried on the company JooUs a laundresses. o many to each company , they being furnished quarters mil drawing rations the same as enlisted men , but by act of congress .tils has been discontinued. Hut the narried men still occupy the quarters .hat were erected for the use of the 'oriner laundresses , the gentle sex joing found a necessity for the laundry Jusinehs connected with a post. China men wore tried , but wcro found ilieoin- > otent on account of their inability to iroporly mend torn clothes. run iio.si'iTAr. suuvtci ; . Congress passed n law authorising what is known as the Hospital Corps , comprising enlisted men of the "lino. " Tiie qualilication of the hospital service s determined by the post surgeon , who ins immediate command of them. A nun must bo in the service at least ono voar , and must be a man of intelliironco uul steady habits. The men once in .ho corps arc non-combatants and are unarmed. The uniform of the corps is learly the same as that of the itifiiutry- non except that the trousers arc a lark blue instead of a nky blue cloth , ho stripes are of green and an inch vide and the cap ornament i.s a bright notal cross. The men are under the charge of a hospital steward. Hospital btewardb arc in two classes , first and second , and have to pass an exami- lation that in many cases vould do credit to an M. D. J'ho best men in the army o-day belong to the hospital corps. 'very man is instructed in nursing the sick and caring for the dead and voundcd. In connection with the hos- iltal corps is what is known as company ittor bearers , four to each company , vho go with the lied Cross ambulance. L'lioir duties are to carry the dead und voundod to the rear , whore they arc at- ended to by the surgeon and nurses. They are instructed in their duties .wice . a week and are recognized by the cd cross worn on the hloovo of the ) louso. THE UKOKt'ITINO RKltVICK. The rocruuii'ig tor the army is car led on in nearly all of the largo citio md in all the military posts throughou , hc army. The ollicer in charge is gen rally one who understands human mi- , uro and is a judge of character. With inn there is usually n. detail of four en isled men who have immediate charge ) f the rendezvous and examination of ill applicants for enlistment. Some nen enlist from necessity , some from uriosity , and many because they would Iko to bo a soldier. The latter make > y far the host soldiers , as they seldom bsort and generally come from good amities. The examinations are quite uvero and only about ill ) per cent of all examined are accepted and borne of those ire rejected on final examination.Vhoii hero are ton or more accepted recruits it the ronde/.vous they are forwarded to he general recruiting depots at David's sland , or C'plumbns , O. , when they are ' gain examined , and if they pass 'they ire , to all intents , a soldier. They aru hen issued a uniform and are drilled wo hours each day for thirty days.aftor vhich they are taken up on this books ) f their company as a private , having > een carried on as a recruit up to this line. After having been at the depot or four months they are sent to a rogi- notit and absigncd to a company , where hey remain until their enlistment ox- ilres , unless they desert or are dis charged before that timo. Till : I'OSTCANTKU.V. The Pott Canteen is ti relic of the 'Vouch army. The one at thi.s post was established about one year ago , and iroved a good thing for the enlisted r.cn. The funds necessary for its in- luguration wore voted by thu company ommandnrs and taken from the com- Kitiy funds. The profits are turned ver to the companies in the bliapo of lividends , and the companies are thu toi'kholdors. When boor and wines voro nold the dividends were sometimes is much as $10(1 ( per month , and were cry acceptable in equipping the coin- mil \ mess with such tlun h as are not Honed in the rations , By recent or- iors from the hocretary of war the iquor business of the Canteen was abol- shcd , and the dividends have fallen oiifcidcrably in consequence. The busi- o.ss was done principally on the credit yr-tom. Men wishing credit would pro- un : a chock for a certnin amount from .he company commander , which would How him credit for that amount , and hould he fail to make payment for the ' aino at the following 'pay day the mount would bo deduced from the \ \ iduid of ih , icompiiny. 15 , ( tOO Howard 2jifiOOO For a bettor or morn pleasant remedy or Urn euro of consumption , bronchial roubles , cough , croup and whooping o-igh than SANTA AIUK , the Call" ornia king of consumption. Every ) ottlu warranted , If you would bo cured f that distrusting disease , catarrh , usu CAMFOUN1A CA.T-U.aUUU , $1 a jar ; y mail $1.10. SanUiAbie and C'at-H- 'uro are sold and warranted by Good win iJrug Co. _ _ "Said PuBlm , " nit American comic operu In hrco lu-ts , by lUcUunl Stnlil , originully iveii t Iho Tirol ! opera Uousc. Sim Francisco , vus lirunl in Philadelphia , last vvcnk. at thu < rand opcru IIUUHQ. The uiiiijto Is * iiM to bo imcfnl and cntchy , UIGUR ! ) pajsrsslng little ! lulm to bo called original The actlou of ho j'lot proceeds fioui Coiistunliiinjilo to liuuut'tau , OUR NORTHERN NEIGHBORS , Canadians and Their Ouatoms tie Soon by n Nobrasknn. THEY'RE DECIDEDLY ENGLISH. No I'roipeoi or I'cncablo Aiiiipxniinn Old Kojjy Itarmnrs Peculiar Ilusl- ness People Ovorilono Moral- llj WIIRC WorlcerH. A Nebraska ! * . In Canada. TOUOXTO , ONTAltio , Jan. 20. [ Special correspondence of Tnu Bin : ] Q.-Ilow is the Untied Slates bounded on the north1 A. By the Dominion of Canada , and the British possessions. The question and answerhero quoted from the geographies in use in the common schools of the United States , affords the only Information of the greatosl of the British possessions that is held by the average American citizen whoso homo is removed by a few miles from the Canadian border. True th o histories of the great republic con tain accounts of the bailies of Iho war of 18112 which occurred in Canada , but , they fail entirely in giving any account of the growth and progress of OlTIt 11UKI.Y XOUTIIISIIN' XUIO UllOlt , md it would bo hard lo convince the native of thu western or southern states of the greatness of this domain of the quocn. Ho will bo Blow to realize that the Dominion of Canada is arger in area than the United Slalcs , and settled with a class of citi/.cns who are as desirous of build- ng ii ) ) their country every wayhowever they may fail in oxeculioii , as the mo t /.ealotis boomer of a western state. The eccnt talk of annexation aad the ac- , ion taken in this direction in the American congress is doing much .oward TUUXIXO ATnXTlOX TO I'AXADA md her people and industries , and Tins JKK readers will perhaps bo interested n the impressions formed , in a two- roars' residence in the dominion , by an Jmaha newspaper man , who until two V'jars ago could not have answered In- olligenlly if asked whether Ontario is , he name of a town or a province. Can ou , now ? Entering the dominion by crossing the Detroit river , a magnificent stream , at Detroit , the brakeman gives you your first intimation that you are on Canadian soil by his cry of "Windsor , " and you are in a Canadian town of 5,000 'coplo , but too near the largo city of Jetroit to have any special national characteristic except its naino , which Hits vou at once TIIINKIXO Ol % IIKIt MAJ1SSTV. If the name don't , an elongated do- cendanl of John Bull , with heavy sidc- vluskors and a decided drawl in tone , iocs when he demands an investigation of your baggage. The rod tape o bo average American government ) tlcial ) is bad enough , but icuven deliver me from the clutches of ho English customs house inspector. lo is slow , painfully slow , deliberate to vn exasperating degree , and as curious is an old maid clerk in a country post- ) flice. The fact that ho spent half an lour examining the baggage of a nowsd > aper man is evidence enough of hi. ixed policy of deliberative proceedure- lo appropriated a half box of "im ported" cigars that were made on Tenth street in Omaha , und read through sovorel bundles of rejected manuscripts or the purpose of seeing whether or lot they contained any secrets of state or matters that could bo classed under , he iiead of treason to her majesty. As ic road the documents carefully his serious illness a few days later did not surprise mo. Our train was a heavy one and wo wcro consequently delayed several hours while this Al'l'UNDAniS OK ItOVAI.TV pried into the family secrets of the boveral hundred impatient passengers. Wo escaped from him at ast and were whirled through the most 'ortile portion of Ontario , the Garden of L'unadii , skirting the north shore of Lake Erie on the line of the Michigan Jentral , an American railroad whoso thorough equipment and rapid transit ire a constant astonishment to the oisuro-loving slow-going Canucks. Motiving Windsor the brakosiiinn kept reminding mo that I was on English soil by bawling out the names of the ' owns'through which ve passed , liascx , Uaidstone , Woodsloo , Charing Cross , 3harham , Thamesvillo , and so on to Condon. At the way stations , too , I missed the Irish hack-driver , the ( .ler- nnn hotel keeper standini * in his door vlth his while apron thrown over His shoulder , the elongated Yankee porlor or the villajo hotel and the generally cosmopolitan air that charactcri/es the crowd that invariublv welcomes the ar rival of the express train at Iho country station through "tho states. " An Irish- nan or a Cerman hero is an exception. KVKUVTlllNd IS KNUMHII. The Canadians , while boa ling of .hair own distinct individuality as Canadians , ape the English ancestors n everything dross , conversation , nannpr of conducting business , and even in prejudice of ovoiything that is of "Yankee" extraction , i was sur prised , too , at the general application > f the term " .Yankee. " Any citi7.cn of ho United States , hail he from Maine or Texas is. in Canada , a Yankee. The amo as a Vormoator is called a Yankee n Omaha , and a bean-cater a Yankee outh of Mason and DixonV line. They ino the term "Yankoo trick" if somo- hing especially despicable comes under their notice , and always refer to .ho disagreeable weather as "regular Yankee weather , /.ealous annexatipn- sta amoiii ? the citizens of the union vould have their ardor cooled i.v spending a few months among ho farmers and country people of Can- ula , and learning from them direct tow little they think of American poo- do and American luws and customs. Ontario , with horaroaof 180,000 , nquaro lilies , ia for the most part an agricul- .ural district , although on her northern ) oundarios art ) ! XIIAl'.STI < UhS JUNKS OK COAT * AND C'Ol'l'KU . 'hat lie waiting for the coming of American capital for their development. HHitlieni Ontario has been redeemed romonojvabl forestand is now ono of the Incut farming and fruitcountrios in the vorld , peopled , however , by a chws of armors who are A century behind their American brethren , but have not found t out. They plant their corn with land plantorti yet , always cut and shock t in the fall , husking it from the shook , [ 'hoy have heard of corn pi an tors that ire drawn by horses , and BO mo of thorn 'saw them on exhibition when they WJ5NT WITH UNUM' JAKK o thu fair in Detroit eleven years ago this fall " but can't como , you convince horn that such things as the chuck- ewer and the devices for planting corn > y machinery really exist except in the ortile Imagination of the Yankee who oils them of such wonders. I spout evoral months among the farmers of voatern Ontuiro and can speak with cnowledgo of their peculiarities , Most of thorn are woll-to-do and add yearly o their buvinb's by a oyfatomutio couroo * * * by Factory No , 378 FOR THE BEST CLEAR HAVANA CIGAR for GALLON Goodman Drug Co , 1110 r.irnnm W 1C llamlltou , loin uuil I'.mi i in Oiniilin Drui ; Co , l.'il't Doduo M .1 A PulliTiV fo. Htli .uul noiii-la S II KuniswoiUi ' ' , No-'lirii'iiiufnui W A loil-ltiT. ! No'.Vi'imiUiiS ! ( ! I'T I'uulsoii , Kith ntulllovnnl .1 DUoule. lUtli .uid lll > kory W S M.llllUll , IGlll lUlllClUlltal ilVDUUD .1.1 llmil lifiSoiilh linhstrppt. (1 ( rMiiuio , ihll North intli wtrcot Knlm \ Co. , 1 1 Siiutli Kith street II HI Iyer , ituliortson , Neb. Clms Knlsor. llnllulin , Nub. I ) I Clark. Croslon. Neb. II l.simpotV I'o.Slilmul Ciinilncf Wl Wniil.HllN HitliKl Cliirt'liiloii Drue ytore , 'JTIli atul LnUo its K II Wllchv. Splivlor. Neb 3 I.ullluTout. . \ \ ' . \ nuiiv. Kb lcll ( ! MorKiin'o. . Council llluir.s. Iowa ,1 Dlrkcy. Co'ilioll Illnlts I ) , I. Clark , Oiuston Nebraska. A Kouut..iiinn , rremunt , Neb i : II Trn-y A Co , Norfolk , Neb T \V Snillb. lllue SnrliiRS , Neb ASIe.n , Anhluinl. N'oti C iiiiiuoli : > th , ISIi St .Mnrj-'s live. Oniuha II A McDonald , Council H'lills , U. TO lllfkmnu , UralK , NL'U. .lamps Kennedy. Uocatur Neb. PEYCKE BROS. Co. , - - Sole Agents , Omaha , Nebraska I Any dealer purchasing 1,000 of the above cigar can have his name in the this advertisement of close dealing and niggardliness of oxpendiluros that would turn the stomach ach of thu average happy-go-lucky yet prosperous western farmer. The average - ago farmer hero when he goes to buy anew now wagon , purchases only the running gears and repaints his old wagon Voxor , makes anew 0110 out of rough lumber , thereby Caving about &UO and goes around as a voiibeciuence with a misfit outfit that a .western farmer \VOt'MN'T \ IN'SUI.T HIS IIOKHICS by hitching them to it. They have been for two trenerations ut work here in western Ontario and have attained about the same degree of progress that will be found ! in a Nebraska county ten years after battlement. They are a .peculiar class , hardworking ing , penurious , old-fashioned , slow , stubborn , and above all , self-as sured , [ n fact , they're English. Many of these peculiarities arc common , too , with the business classes. Merchants seldom reinvest their profits , but save them. An Omaha merchant worth 820,000 has il invested to the last cent in his business. The Ontario merchant worth a like amount lias $10,0)0 ! ) in his business and the other $10.000 hid away in an old sock or deposited in somobank drawing i ! per cent per annum interest. And yet tnoy wonder that their prov ince fails to keep pace in the march of progress with the states across the bor der. XO YOt'XO 3II5N XIJii : ) Al'I'lA' . The bu-iincxj of the country , too , is in the hands of the older heads. It is an exception , not the rule , as , in the west , to find a young man , say yet in his twenties , occupying any position of trust. To get such a place an applicant must bo of well-known ancestry , and is required to go through an appiontico- ship lasting an ordinary business life time. Kvon then ho is rewarded by a salary that would seem small to the skilled mechanic in a western city. In the city of Toronto , with its population of 170,000 and boasting an enterprise like unto the western article , experienced bookkeepers get from S ( to $10 per week , and the number of clerks who work for $ ; ! 0 a month is many times greater than the number of those who got a larger amount. This in face of the fact too that expenses of living there arc not 10 per cent le&b than they are in western cilics. Yet you will find it a standing matter of astonishment and wonder that young Canadians by the thousand yearly seek employment in the United States. They are aston ished at the statistics which tell them there are 70.0110 Canadian born citizens employed in Chicago , They can't un derstand why this is so unless , , oh , con soling theory , they are gMAgTKIl THAN THK YANKKI > > and thus able to secure good positions wherever they go. This condition of wage alTairs is found in Ontario , Quebec and the eastern provinces. In Manitoba and the northwest , the Yan kee spirit of enterprise and business methods prevails and the condition of the wage worker is greatly improved. My impressions do not extend to that promising part of the dominion. CANADIAN .MOIIAI.ITV. The averdro Canadian , 1 find , i.s puffed up with the1 idea that this is the most moral plot of ground on the footstool. He iniag'iiie's that crime and licentious ness in tile ilalcsespecially in the west , are too coninion to attract attention and ho weaiM his 'M-ani-holiur-lhan-thou'1 air with Hs6lf-assuraiico that would bo amusing If It were not buch an aburd ovidoncopf 'ignorance. In Toronto the street cuffs 'aro not allowed to run on Sunday , " nd newspapers are printed , boolblaclfa'UVo prevented from earning enough lo [ ftfrcnabo a meal and a lover of an ufturHlltinor clear on Sunday must make 'bl purchase on Satur day. Any infraction of tliei-e regulations is considered a direct blow ul the jri'idijd public morality of the city and is ( mulshed by every penalty allowed by a rigorous fanatical luw. In face of Ihuso facts I will make the asser tion and defy successful contradiction that there are MOIIK WOMKNOK ILL HKI'UTK in St. John's ' ward in Toronto than huvo boon in the city of Omaha for ten yours , and that if the police of Toronto were as strict , in tills mailer , as they aru in Omaha , they would have to use the fair grounds or Quoon's park to hold the chippies and street walkers that would bo arrested on Yongo , Queen , York , Front and King streets any Sunday evening in the year. Oh. yes ; iu > a very moral town NO have hero. I'll venture another assertion , to the effect that there were moro murders and at- lemplcd murders in the city of Moi.1 ' troal , 100,000 puoplo , in tho'vcar 1883 , than there wore in the fao-called "fron tier ' towns of Deiner , Kuti na City , It Muion , tUlinmlOm \v ! ' llmt-.ky , Illli nml Wllllums T W Smith. No lOSl S IDtli St A Srhrutcr. No TitT'i ' r'ainum SfplicinlierKor A Summers. : Mliund I'nr.-.am .1 W Clink. I'.irk nvcmid ooiwortli A It Slinunou. 1-ti I'nrk Aye Von Krouo .V 1'nlil , ITih and Uurk 81 I ! , lauio , Norlh icth yt Ilistlttiti * DrillSloie , ISth and Doilco. S Itharlci , ZTI&Cumlnir street. A S Knnwlo-i. Illli Ninth S.i'inilern.street ' M II drovj. littOl lai-kstroet lliciV Itlroh , ralrtlold No b. J.W White , Mo.ukmln > vi > . Neb , U.K. Duiilmr , Ashland' Nub. Cl' Ilviins " 'M ' ( iranlbt ia : iioti. i.Hki > .st 81 ( iiillaphur , Cnunrl llllulTs O 13 ItottlK , Council Illulls llilmnilni ; r \ Hotluix-k. lied Cloud , Neb It. C Hiultli , Arlliiplon , NflirasKn. I. . M. Mii'-kli'in , Fulleitou , Nub uskn , lV ! Iliowu , IVntrul City , Nub A Ainundson , llurtltiKtuu. Neb N Nelson , Hurt Ink-ton , Neb II' Mmnii'l , Scrlbnor , Neb C'rNt Melclier. SouthOiniilii : , Neb. Clnijiln A. Sou , Dooattn- b , W j | Harmaii , Mlssouiri Valley In. Omaha and St. Paul , with their com bined population of over a half million TOl'UII , IMMUUAL. VANUISKs. i 1 I have had this charge of "Yankee wickedness and general immorality" tin-own at me so often by pompous Eng lish disciples of godliness that I am afraid of losiusr my temper if I go into Ihe matter further. There is very much of ( rood in Cana dian customs and laws that Americans mifflit copy with advantage , and of these I may speak in u future letter. II. H. Ii. IMP1KTIKS. An town , dparnn has boon arrested for scll- iiiff whisky. We suppose he was a spirit ualist. A HoHtonian speaks of "those two great inlidc-ls , Hoburt Ingeruoll and Kobcrt , His- mere. " It looks now as if round dances would never be able to sijuarc themselves with thu ministers. The minister who , sixty .years ago , preached the sermon in Ch.ica.fro , still lives , und hu is still of the opinion that Chicago Is good missionary ground. A lake of lurid and sulphurous fire has been discovered in Indiana. There is a lake of this kind reserved lor the wicked else where , but the Iloosicrs undoubtedly need one Immediately for home use. Mrs. Smith "What do you suppose makes the new minister so undcrsli-cdf Ho looks as if he Imdn't irot his Krowth. " Mrs. Has- com " 1 dunne , but I kind o' suspect he was brought up on the Shorter catechism. " In the Chinese Sunday School Teacher- How ninny are four and fourf ( No answer. ) Teacher If a man brings you four collars , another man brings yon four collars , how many colljrs * Pupil ( nrompt\ ! ) Sixteen cen tee ! An excited clergyman wrote to n Wash ington editor asking if it was true Unit there would he dancing at Harrison's inaugura tion. "Yes , " replied the editor , " .md you had belter engage your partners now. There'll bo a lush , " Tue phrase "put him into the soup , " which wo regard us a piece ol new slnng , hus long been in use in the uncouth tongue of the i-'iji Islanders , where it possesses u literal pig- ultlcancc , and is regarded as no Joke by the American missionary or other unfortunate wayfarer who is "put into the soup. " Sensational preacher ' 'There is no use talking , 1 must start another live topic in order to keep some of our Jlekle pewhold- ers from going to Snorter's church. " Wife What topic do you think of .slurting this tune ! " "Well , the wickedness of the d.ulv proas would bo a good subieot. All the big papers would renort my sermons und 1 shall he famous in a month. " HINGUIjAUITlUS , Henjamin Lewis of Pittsburg has a llirec- nionthn-old baby weighing a pound and ono- fourih. Us mother weighs IsU. The mite is lively. One Vail , a railroad hand at Knoxvillii , Tonn. , rolled down a bluff , ! ! 00 foul , ana lodged in -i tree top , but received only slight injuries. A bird that belongs in the Desert of Sa hara , and seldom is seen elsewhere ( only once or twice In Kuroiie ) w.is shot on the is land of Moon , In Denmark , some weeks ago. A singular accident happened at Albany recently. A iioron being ridden was sud denly p.iraly/eu und its hoofs gave way , turning up to Its fetlocks , while the horse c.iuio down on its tinkle bones , Fne company No , 10 of Cincinnati owns u dog which is said to Imvo saved the live * of several llrcmmi. The iinlia.il in described UK u larf.'o , handsome Newfoundland , and Is credited with being ublo to climb a ladder three stories high. A rat owned by a farmer who lives near Norwich , Conn. , has developed a fancy for stealing clothespins. While Iho animal H never known to touch cloiuu.splns belonging to its owner , II brings humu ull it can tlnd 1.x mg round loose in the neighbors' yards Within the last three inonilm twenty eight doica have been brought home In this way. Another case of u colored man ( Sroano Howell irradunlly turning white haa come to light In Midvillc , ( Ja. As fur back ns the rebellion Howell noticed white spots on Ins body. His hands are almost as white as u Caucasian's , und his skull Is of the sume color. Ho says that his father was what is known us a "tender man" that is , he would blister umlur u hot sun. Green also blUters when cxiHiscd to thu hot sun , MelConna , the ' 'glass eater , " gave a pri vate exhibition at 1'hiludolpniu recently. He ate a large piece of Hint glass lamp ohliiinei. several ounces of sharp pointed tucks and then topped off his repast by devouring a live frog , Ho is only ! il years of ago , and his CHSU has nuzzled numerous physicians. Mc- ICenna does not grind thu glass into small particles , but swallows it in large pieces. In addition to carpet tucks , ho swallowed u lot of cigar-box nulls and then offered to rnasti- cute u huge ten-Denny null. He took a big frog from an aquarium und carefully adjust- in ) ; It , gave one gulp , and then allowed the spectators to feel it kicking Inside his fatom- ach. ilui-t > ronl'i > Acid l''or Night Sweat * of roiisumnUon , gives speedy ltd Hell. IWTI.ulJO I'll Illsliop , Stiunucri mul l.ukii II II Sterns. l > t > S | i > th .1 U ( it'tly , 1417 Ooiiuliis K Hulliiuiir.U/l North liltli 1'li.i.s Illnu , IWIT Mnton St CM trlssey , 31th mid I.nico CornishV 1,0 1'evre , 'J'lth ' ntid I.'ikc * .Iiivii Colteo House , UIKUonglus street It M Hum a , 17-tSt Mnr > SIIAVUIIH ( i V 1'nlnior A C" . lllu.lt. Xwb .1.1 ( Jreer , Noitoii.llCiuisus .lohn Moran. Callow iiy. Neb. I. P. Iti't-d , I3lli iindi'ntiliiil nvo It H'lwartK , 1717 \\ivryVnvo. . I'otwlu \ ( llildnnl , f.188 lijth st W Wiilkiir.tlllNIIUhst Kd Hull. I'tan , Neb AC Klini , I'ilgor , Nell. A. S. Know les , Sanndors St , City II Itls-hton , Counril Illnlts Otto Cnvi > y , Krlciid. Nolirnska. ( JiMiriro II'Smith. Newinan'n ( irove.N'ulirast'O Uroll llinforil \ Co , It.UtloCieek , Neb K H DownIVudor. . Neb T I' Chirk , rendor. Noli UOMS llros , llowellH. Neb B .1 Oik'll. l.llirnln Nell. Ceo 11 llollnnd. Itod Cloud Seu. S'Mniermiui. uperlir. ( Neb. 121 > U CATION AIj. It is proposed in Now York to opond $193- 00(1 the current your in teaching German in the public schools. Prof. .Joseph Levering has been connected with Harvard college for ( illy years. The circumstance was celebrated with u dinner m his honor. The Now England conservatory of music has asked for a grant of $ Jll)0,000 ) from the state of Massachusetts. This institution is u cluster of schools for the education and cul ture of women and men. Professor William P. Trowbrldge , who Is at the head of the engineering department of the school of mines in Columbia college , is the originator of the proposed department of electrical engineering in that school. President Dwight , of Vale , says that the university needs $ i0inoo ! , endowment to pay the ordinary running expenses. He suggests that the sum bo raised by every alumnus giving n small amount unconditionally. The effort of the University of Pennsyl vania to excavate the ruins of Babylon and thu desire of Harvard to dig up thn Temple of Apollo at Upliihi have led Princeton to plan an expedition for collecting fossils in the bad lands of Oregon. It will bo gratifying to the many friends of Itoanolfo college , Virginia , to learn that the present session is prosperous ono. The students como from fourteen states , Indian territory and Japan. Tim Choet.iwH have been seiidmi ; students lo Kounoko for eighteen years. Miss Mary Cnrrctt has given & ! 00,0no to provide ; suitable quarters for u school in I3ul- timore in which girls can bo prepared to enter Hrvn Muwr college. She is personally supervising the work on the building , und it is understood that when it is finished bhu will attend to Hie school's endowment. The students at , Montreal who went on a strike because a classmate was expelled lind themselves in an undesirable position. They expected that after ti few days they would bo coaxed by the college authorities to return to their studies. .As their expectations were not reab/ed , they asked to bo readmitted , but Imvo been refused. Fourteen New Kngland colleges Amherst , Huston university , liowdoin , lirown , Colby , Dartmouth , Harvard , Smith , Trinity , Tufts , Wellesley , Wesleyan , Williams , and Yale have now joined the Commission on Advance JOxnniinations. This body is composed of one member from the luculty of each college rep resented. It object is to ( dovale.tho stand ard nml securu uniformity in the amount of pre | arator.work. . \ . In the last ino.years , while the population of Ihe earth lias doubled , the membership of various Christian churches has moro limn trebled. President Pulton , of Princeton , is to lec ture on ' 'Tlinism" before tbo students of the Hartford Theologk-.il seminary in February and Murch. Presbyterian missionaries have found favor with the shah. They tire now building at Teheran u mixHion IIOUBO , hospital , and school for boys and girls. Tliesiiperiiiliniilont of the Now York city missions has issued nn urgent appeal for vol unteers' among the city U help in the ser vices at various city institution * . Miss Stirling , the salvatlonlsl , who was imprisoned in the catlu of Chlllon for no other crime thun a share in the tmlvullon exercises , lias been released after iiinety- nlnu days of imprisonment. Hoy. William Martin , u Methodist minister - tor , who di"d in South Carolina last week , at the ago of eighty-two , had boon sixty-onu years u minister. Pail of the time he was u missionary uinung thu Cieolc and Choctavv Indians. The Methodist Order of Deaconesses. Hano- tiiined by the general conference of last May , grown upaco.louses for the order uio nlrcuiiy established In Chicago und Cin cinnati , and well under way in New York , Detroit , Philudi-lplilu und Hoston. All Sournchurcli ] , of Now Yorlr , n. Hober Newton rector , hud In ISM ) twenty-eight bap tisms and forty-seven coiillnmttioiin , and has now upon ! tn roll TIOcJinmiiniRatits. U maintain * twenty-six guilds und relief ussu ciulions for touching and charitable work. Haltimore's First Mc'lhodislchurch , which once atood quite m the city's heart , has moved out to a magnificent now building erected In the suburbs ut a cost < if $ ' . ' 50,0110. The ceiling is painted to represent , thu heavens us they appeared ou Uio night of dedication. State Line. , Itrlfnsl , Dublin mid liiL-rHiol | From New York Every Tuesday , Cabin IKUHIIKO f n arid J-Vi. ucf.ordlni ; to locution of stutc ruoiii. Kxrttrnlim tfi to f.M ) . Htcerui'M tuand Irum Kuropa ut l/iwust Hut x. AIKTIN II.VI.DWIN &ico. . OKU' ) AKvutx , M llr adwiy , .Now Vork , JOHN IIM'.CSKN. ( join \\YstiTii AioiU. ! IAt ltttiidiilih [ HI , Chicago , HAIIHV K MOOIti-1 : , AKIIIII , Diiiiilia Itcducuil Cabin KaUji < lo Glasgow ICx- hibitloa. .1 Itood. anh uud draco / Stt > vons , Hlil North ilst SuydiirA : lllnklo , North hlth.St .1 II HchLiltt , Cuiiilngs uud SiiimJors Max Noiir , (11 ( 8 ItlthSt Miithuun > V CiiiiMlimlnini , MW North lf > tU .1 I I'nioliivur. Il4t < ir > tli .1 N llrnko , Louisville , Nob. SS AliliollNliluinl , Noh N H Wllcnx. rapllKou. N" > > M C ll.'Hslor , C'h-Rr Water , Neb M.MIlllngiT , Oxrnnl. Nob. .1 A Ilul7.cH , llnS Illth st A 1C Anil-Mill. 171" SI Mnry'nuvo. A Illtjorwnntoti , Nob- S.I ( iuiiilmnn TAlnmgo , Neb A II I'hlllips. .Nolliih , Nob. .1 T Mnllj nau\Sntti > ll , Nob. 1. M Mnrklom. l-'nllorton , Noli J /.liiimcrmun ills 8 H.I list Ton i ; lralon , Albion , Nob. Jnlin 'Oibln , Storllnjr. roUirnilo. Miner A Co , HIV. Nubnifkn. I'hillp Kiaus riivtlsniDiilli. Nub A n roNtnllro. . Council nliinc. | O\TB. , I'lmilus Haoor .V Co , Council ItUiQs. low. % Kil-ur ( Atilln , twin nonplus street , JJ. $ . Torbltt , ' .M ) l-'arnam tr et. OMAHA MEDICAL.-"SURGICAl INSTITUTE N , W. Cor. 13th & Doclffo Sts. FOR T11K TllEATME.XT Of AM , Appllanea : for Dofornntlee and Tracscn. lion facilities , apparatus nail reinoOlaa fur micccsi fill trenlmunt of ttverr farm of ell. ionic loinilrlnn Modlcnl or SurKlcnl Trontnient. FIFTY ROOMS FOR PATIENTS. Hoard nttentlancei Lot Uojjiitnl uocoiuinoJa- tlnriH In HIM w * dl. \YniTli roll UniclII.AHS on Doforniltlcs mill Urnroa , Tru ua , Cluli Vuat , ( Jurvuturu of thu HpInD , I'lluK , Tuinorn. rancor , rntnrr'i , llrnuchllls , inlitil.itlon , Klvctrlclty. I'nriihrnlK , Knlleii'v. KMnKr. Illnilder , Kyi ; , Kar , MUla nua lllooil.ntvl alltiurKlCHl o | > onilloiu. Dlsoasas of Women n Spoclally. llooi ; o.s DiMiAjii4 : ur WnuttN I'HKK. DULY BELIABLE MEDICAL INSTITUTE MAKING A HI'M'IAI.TV Of PRIVATE DISEASES. All Illood lUim | .i nucccJufully triutud. Sri > UIMtla Polfoo ruuiuvod fruin thu Hyaluinrlthnutiinirctirir. . Nuw rosiiiratlvotreiitmont tor ln nl Vllsl I'owor l'anon > utmbl lo vliltiu may b trcHlod nt lioinu by corrciuomlnnt-r. All ii'imiuuiilcutluna cuiiUdviitluI , Muillilnui or InalrmuoiiU tunt lir mull or xpriS % nocuroly iiHL'ktid , no innrka tu Inulcntu rnutoriti or anndrr. Onit per oual lalervloir iirulerrcd. Call tmil cfiiiniilttM or send lilnlory of your cuuu , uud wo will tend In plain nruppcr , our BOOK TO MEN , FREE1 Upon 1'rtvattt , Hmtcln ! or Nt'rvoun lHeitfl04 , linpo * Iriiojr.H/plillN.Oloul uncl Varlooccli ) , nltti gnealtoii list , AddruJJ Omaha Mrdicnl and Mitrgical Institute , or Cor. Kith and Dodge HU , , OMAHA , NIIl ) . is Wealfli 1)11. I ! , I' WKRT'riNKIIVK AMI HllAIN 'J'lllHT- MIMii : Kiinrnutfuil hpurlllc for llyhlurla , Dl/.nl- nrsH. ron\nUloiiH , MtfrvuiiB Nuuiulglu , llruilachi' . Nervous rioilrntlimrnusri ! by tint iiHi'or uli'iihol or lohiiTo , Wakufnlnmt. , Mcntul l > ] il'osslnn , HofiiMiliiK of thn llruln rosultlng In liiNimlty uuil landing to mixer ) , iler.iy anil ( li'iilh , I'ruiniiliiru Old Age , llarrcnni'm. Iwnat 1'uVMjr In ollht-r sex , ln\otiiiitary l.otsoH and Piiciinntoirhiru canseil by over i-xcilloii of tlin bruin , half iilniMi or over Indnlgi'iicn , Hucli IKK miitalnH IIIIK mnnth'H tn-iitmunt , il a bor , orslx hoxit < furW , hunt by mull prepaid ou ru * > lpl of jirlce , WE GUARANTEE SIX DOXES Toruriinuy taw , Witli eHrli onlttrri'wu'i'd liv us for nix liuxi'M , lu-comnuiilud with * 1 , va will Kdiul the puiclmsiT iiur wrillnn guuranteo to ref - f illlil Din niouoy If thn truntmunt diKM not ell ret arum. ( Jiniriinli-i-s IHSUI-U only by ( liimlmaa l > ruiio. : , lluigglhtH , Solo AgfUIH , Illli Karium HUecl , Omaha , ub. Tlie'LUDLQWSHO ! HUH obtained iv reputation whorovur in troduced for "UoiWKin STyi.K"rnit- , I'KOT Kri1 , " "COSIKOKT AND nifltAIIII.- rrv. " 'J'hoy JiiivonoBupiirioM in Hiiud Turns , Ilutiil WolUt , Ooodyoar WoltH , nml Macliino Sowuil. l iulipH , imU for the "U w.o > v" BIIOK. Try tlioni , lind you will buy no olhur. l OCbrf V. KIBOOX , Mr.U llri.njvr. , , lvr. viLL r/iiiiiuii.i.nru ! > uuiiai-ajj , l