THE' ' OMAHA DAILY BEE : SXlJNDAlf , MAY 5. iSb'J-SIXTEEN PAGES. 11
THE POINT NEAREST DEAVEN
Among the Cloud Oappod Peaks of
the Himalayas. .
A LAND OF FEMALE SAMSONS.
One ofThoin Cnrrloil a Cottngo Pinno
For Twelve Miles Up a Moun
tain Iho Wonders
or India.
Mountain Ollmlilnt ! in Asia.
( Onpl/rfaMtil / IKO liu Frank a. Cctrpentrr. ]
DAKJEEMNO , March- , ( Special Corr-ci-
nonilcnco of THE linn. ] In the heart of the
Hlmaluyns , In tha midst of mountains whoso
perpetual snows gUtton lllto diamonds under
tha rays of the tropical sun , with oceans of
clouds below run , 7,000 feet nbovo the Jungle
wlicro the Utter hides , and almost within the
sound of the eun of the Kngllsh troops , who
nro fighting on the borders of Thibet , I write
this letter for my American readers. From
ray window I can sec the snow on ICanchan-
lutipn , ' . 8,000 nbovo the BC.I , and upon a
Thlbltnn pony I galloped this morning
twelve miles higher up the mountain to
Tiger Hill , and saw the sun gild the snowy
summit of Mount Everest , wliloh Is a full
thousand feet higher. The top of Mount
Everest isof all the world , the nearest point
towards heaven , Fujiyama , the snored ,
Biiow-cappod mountain of Japan , Is not half
as high as Mount Everest and , If my memory
serve ? mo , the suows of Mount lilnno nro at
leas' , 10,000 feet lower. Go to the top of
Mount Ulnnc , nscond In a balloon straight up
about for two 'mllci , and you have about
reached tlio nltltuda of this highest of
the Himalaya mountains. It dwarfs every-
thine In the Andes and the Alps ,
niiit It IB a ilttlng king to this noblest
range of mountains In the world. Himalaya
means the ubodo of snow and thousands of
Iho peaks nro crowned with eternal frost
tf you could , by rubbing the mir.iclo lamp of
nature , have her genii construct n mountain
rnnpo from Now Yorlt to Denver , Col. , and
make this range as wide as the distance be
tween New York and Washington , extoudlns
It points to douulo that width , you would
have a base somewhat llko that of ttio Hima
layas. On this base must bo built two high
ranges Of mountains with vast valleys between -
tween them malting a double wall between
the north and the south. You must through
out the distance have the moan elevation of
your hills about as high as Mount Hlanc ,
and forty of thorn must extend more than
one milo higher. Every ona of these forty
will kisn the sky above any summit of the
Andes and In many of these vast valleya you
HUO1' Till : WHOLE OF TUB ALI'INK KANGE ,
and at a distance of ton miles from tbo place
wiioro they fell there would bo no perccpti-
blo change In the faeo of nature. Talk about
the glaciers of Swlt70rlnnd I There are gla
ciers in the Himalayas which nro from thirty
ID sixty miles In length and there Is ono
tlilrtv-tlnco miles long which is flanked on
slthor siilo by two gi.mt peaks over twenty-
sweii thousand foot high.
Has nny ono over reached tno top of the
highest of these mountains ? I should say
not. An American attempted it a few months
ace and ho left Darjeeling with a staff as
long ns himself and enough provisions to last
him a month. Ho came back four weolts
later and clai.ietl that ho had spent the night
nn ICnnchnnJnnga.
"It. was ns easy , " said ho , "ns falling off a
log. It takes an American to do a thing that
. you English fear to attempt. " And ho then
' 'went , jni to describe the glaciers In sproad-
eagle colors. Ho told of mountain bears and
polar wolves and discoursed for hours In the
lancuago of Jules Vorno. The English resi
k ilents of Darjeeling cocked their ono-oyo
glassrs at him , and some believed and some
flid not. . About a week after ho had 16ft tno
Himalayas a wealthy English tea planter
came to the station and naked the people
thcro if they had heard anything of an
American named Jones. They replied that
Jones was the wonderful man who had
iisccndcd KanchnnJanRa and they described
his tour. Upon comparison it was found
that the date of Jones' starting up
the mountain was the day before ho
cnmo to visit this tea planter. The planter
said , "He talked nothing of the mountains
to mo , but I found him u good follow nnd
ho stayed with mo full four weeks. Wo
played poker three-fourths of the time ,
ilrauk whisky and soda during the intervals
of the game and the remainder of the days
Jones spent in rending up my library of
mountain literature. He was at this time
doubtless thinking how ho would talco in
Darjeellng and was making up the Muii-
ChauBen story which ho told you. "
Most Americans are satisfied with Dar-
Jocling. It is ono milo and a half
STHAIQIIT Ul' IN TUB A1U
above the sea , and If you could pile seven
towers like the one Just built atParls , osa on
top ot this other , or fasten thirteen Washing
ton monuments into ono long , iron cage and
run an elevator through the whole you would
just about reach this altitude. I doubt
whether there is a village in Switzerland
BO high as Dnrjoeling , and I am certain thcro
is nothing in the Alps to compare with the
grandeur of its surroundings. The plains of
India send up moisture to the Hlamalayas
which gives them a thousand
clouds where the Alps have one ,
and hero you see clouds of all kinds
uinl shapes chaslnc each other over the hills
below you. You sco them crawling up the
Bleep sides of the valleys and climbing to
.vonr very feet when they envelope you and
for ton minutes the mist is HO thick that you
canu-jl sco the horse on which you are rid
ing. A moment later the cloud has passed
and it floats " onward toward the snows
nbovo. At times there are clouds above and
below you. You eeo ghostly masses of
vapor resting In llttlo hollows in the sides of
the mountains us though they had squatted
down there for a siesta. At times they take
the form of men or beasts and In single Ilia
sijom to chase ono another through the air.
In the monimp the sun gilds them so that
they uro mnssus of Uro and at night the am
orous moon throws tier bright tropical ravs
around them. Tlio cloud effects and the
BUOW effects of the Hlmalnva mountains are
Indescribably grund. Tlioy are dlffnrcnt
from anything I have seen in travels of hun
dreds of miles through the Alps and they are
in imray respects uioro interesting , From
where 1 write the mountains form a
Homl'rlrclo about mo and there are
twelve mighty peaks of snow , each of
which Is moro than twenty thousand feet
high. As for mountains of two miles nnd
moro In height I can see dozens of them. 1
nm in the very midst of the Himalayas anil
at what the world says Is the bust point to
view them ,
Jinn hero is fully as Interesting as nature
nnd wo have servants and guides who are
inoro likii the ptoplo of Thibet than India.
Thcro Is no seclusion of women hero und
OltEAT BT1U1TINO GlltLS
dressed In the gaudiest of colors go about
witli Hut plates of gold hanging to their ears ,
each of which Is as big as a tnulo dollar.
They have gold on their ankles and bracelets
of silver running all the way from their
wrists to their elbows. Tholr complexions ,
originally as yellow as these of the Chlna-
roon , are bronzed by the crisp mountain air
, until they huvo now the rich copper of the
American Indian , lioth men and women
look not unllko our Indians. They have the
Biuno high cheek bones , the same souil-llat
noses and long , straight , black hair. If you
will take the prettiest squaw you have over
Been you may have a fair typo of the average
belle of the mountains. She wears two
pounds of Jewelry to the ounce of
the sijuaw. however , ana her eyes
are brighter , and she U fur
moro Intolliticnt. She xvorks Just as h.\rd
and the woman of the Himalayas does much
of the work of the mountains. I seotwotnen
digging in the f.oldi , worklngon the roods ,
and carrying Immense baskets.each of w i oh
Uolds from two to three busholt , full ot dirt
Buuiirpducowithoir back. Just ubovotho
hotel the road U being ropalicd , nnd a sldo
of Xho mountain U being cut uway. The dirt
1 curried for about a quarter of a rallo ana
used iu lllling up a hole iu tuo hllUlde. U is
all done by women. Two women nre dig
ging down the dirt with nick-axes , nnd n half
dozen nro shoveling this into the baskets of
the gjrls who cnrry It from ono place to the
other. These basket rests upon the back
nnd shoulders of the girl , and they arc hold
there by a wide strap which comes from the
basket around nnd over the girl's forehead ,
They eland with the baskets on their backs
while they nro loaded , and ono of the women
who is doing the shoveling has n baby n year
old tied tight to her back , nnd it bob up mid
down ns she throws the dirt from the ground
into the basket. These girls carry easily ICO
pounds , nnd I was told that ono had carried
n cottage piano a distance of twelve miles up
the mountain upon her back. This is hard
to believe , but nf tor seeing the mighty shoul
ders , the well-knit frames , nnd the great
calves nnd ankles of the strongest of them , I
can believe It.
The men nro fully as strong as the women.
They nra not BO tall ns the American Indian
nnd they nro very fierce-looking. Each
wears a great scymcter-llko knlfo In his bolt
and they nro Jusl llko the Thibetans whom I
saw at Peking. They are notorious ns wife-
beaters ami the woman of the Himalayas has ,
us n rule , n very hard time. Many of the
men wear ear-rings nnd the women , both be
fore and after marriage , carry their fortunes
upon tholr persons. They wear strings of sil
ver coins of the sbe of 50 and 10 cents silver
pieces In rows nttout their necks so that of ten
the whole front of n woman's bust is covered
with them and
THE rOOKEST WOitKtXO Glllt ,
has her ear-rings of gold and her nnklcts of
silver. It looks strnngo to BCD a woman
whoso whole waist Is covered with rupees
and who has enough jewelry upon her to
keep her for at least three years breaking
stone upon roads , and I have , during the past
week , seen at least n thousand bnro feet and
half bare calves around which were1 silver
nnd cold bands which would not form unhandsome -
handsome bracelets for our American girls.
Many of them nro fond of stone Jewelry nnd
it great many torquolscs nro brought from
Thibot and sold bore. Ono of these girls
carried my trunk for n 5 cent consideration
upon her back from the station to the hotel
and I sco them plodding up the mountains
with great baskuts of wood upon their backs ,
two of which would form a good load for a
mule.
They work nil day for what would bo the
prlco of n drink in America , nnd their moun
tain huts would be considered hard lines fur
the establishment of nn American pig. Llttlo
low huts thatched with straw and not blegcr
than store boxes. They do most of their
cooking out of doors , sleep upon tha iloor , cat
with tlioif flni'ors , and worship Huildha In a
hulf-civlllred way. Some of thorn use the
prayer wheel nnd this seems to bo the only
invention they havo. The prayer wheel con
sists of n motnl box about us big nround as
ono which holds boot blacking nnd nbout
twice ns deep. Through It n wire is stuck
nnd this is fastened into n hnndlo n foot
long. Insldo the box thcro is a roll Of pray
ers written In Thlbntnn characters arid the
worshipper rattles oft prayers at the rate of
n hundred n mlnuto by giving the handle u
twist und setting the box to rolling. Each
roll records a prayer. Every prayer does
uway with ono or moro sins nnd puts n
brick in the pavement which loads toward
heaven.
I wisb I could give you this ride
UP Tiiitoudu THE OI.OUDS
from Calcutta to Darjecling. The trip to the
foot of the Himalayas , takes half ullavand
the whole of a night and the remainder of
the Journey is llko a carriage dnvu llfty
miles un the mountain. You are pulled by
steam and n dainty llttlo engine riot moro
than ten feet long hauls open cars , no higher
nbovo the road than a street car , over a two-
foot narrow gauge iu and out among the
trees in cork-scrow curves up the mountains.
You rise at the rnto of sixteen foot n minute
nnd go moro than n thousand foot upward
every hour. The train winds in nnd out
like u snake , nnd ttio cars are so small that
they look like the links of a chain. Now the
cncine and the tail of the train seem to
touch. There nro a dozen horso-shoo curves
every milo and you make llguro eights in
cllmoing the hills three times during ttio
Journey. As you risa you sco the little road
In terr.ices on the lulls below , nnd you now
shoot under a hill and corno out In a loop
nud cross your own track by n bridge over
head. The Y system of going up ono lull to
rise to n higher is used , nud ttiero arc a num
ber of double Y's which elevate yea from
ono plain to another. You skirt precipices
covered with green , down which you can
look for n thousand feet , and float outon , the
side of the valleys , which fade away into the
broad plains of Hcngal.J This rail along a
wagon road which led up to Durjeeling , nnd
the speed mndo upon it Is so slow that you
can sco as well as though you were riding in
a carriage. There are many villages on the
way and the train stops und gives you time
to pick llowors and ferns.
In rising you pass through the torrid , the
temperate and land at lust in the frigid zone.
At the bottom is the Jungle Into which you
dash out nf nco fields and which , with its
thick bamboo , its banyan trees , nnd its in
terwoven masses of foliage , forms the
homo of the tiger. As you go through you
can almost sco the bright eyes of this noble
Uengal beast shining out of the darkness ,
and the old residents of India who nro with
you will tell you stories of the tiger hunts
they have hud , and of accidents that have
happened to lone travelers. They will tell
you that the tiger is only found .where
lives the deer and the wild hog ; that if ho
oiico has u tusto of human blood ho is satis-
lied with no other. A single ono of these
tigers is
KNOVTX TO HAVE KILLED
10S people in tnrco years , and another killed
eighty persons per annum. One of the agents
of the Indian forest department tells mo that
about two thousand tigers nro killed In India
every year , and in 188'J , 805 men were killed
by tigers. The English government gives a
reward for tiger killing , and during that year
57,000 was paid for the killing of 1,700 Mirers.
Iu a few weeks thcro will bo an immense
tiger hunt in India. The viceroy will proba
bly attend it. The party will go out upon
elephants , and will spend some weeks in the
Jungle.
As you go up the Himalaya this jungle
gives way to huge forest trees , but the
branches have long roots and creepers shoot
ing from them down to the ground , and tbo
trees nro often from ono to two hundred feet
high. These trees nre clothed with a luxuriant
giowth of mosses and ferns and you see
many varieties of orchids fastened to trunks
nnd hnnging to their branches. Ah you go
up you note the tree fern , n tall , round trunk
from ten to twenty feet high with fern
leaves Jutting out from its top like these of n
palm. The underbrush becomes moro sparse
und as you rise the color of the moss on the
trees changes from green to silver. This
hangs from the branches in clusters , clings
to their limbs like u coat , and makes them
look at n distunca like a forest of green
dusted with silver. As you near Darjeeling
you 11 nil many of the hard woods of our
American mountains ; the rose begins to
bloom nnd thcrti upo tea plantations by the
hundreds of acres.
TUB TIH Or THE HIMALAYAS
Is the bc.st in the world nud I would advise
American housokeopcis to try Indian tea.
There is n tea In Thibot which has the ilavor
of milk to such a degree that whnn used 11
has all the properties of n good tea mixed
with the most delicious of Jersey cream.
This Himalaya tea has the flavor of flowers.
It is pure and clear and It Is supplanting the
Chinese tea in the English markets. The
ten plant grows wild through these Himalaya
hills and in some of the regions near hero it
attains the dimensions of u largo tree. It
was probably introduced from nero into
China. Sill ! It U now only about half a cen
tury since tflrt r.alturo was commenced In
India , and now there are many Indian tea
men who prophesy that India tea wilt even
tually push ( Jlilnoso tea out of the markets
of thn world. Just ten years ago the exports
of Indian tea amounted to 3.JOJO,000 pounds ,
Five yeui s later they had risen to 5s,000OJO
pounds , anil u tea planter whom I met hero
nt Uarjccling , tolls mo that they nro
now milking 100,000,000 pounds of tea
u year in India. The exports of Indian tea
to the United States have steadily increased
nnd wo now talco over a half a million
poundi of Indian tea every year. The lower
LlllH of these Himalayas are covered with
thusa tea plantations. Trio plants look not
unlike well-trimmed box-wood hedges , am
they rlno in terraces up the sides of the hills.
Here and there you may see a gaily-dressod
woman picking their leaves , and now and
then a low shed In whloh the firing is dono.
TUo seeds are sown In nursorlcs Iu Decem
ber und Jununvy nnd they nre transplanted
between April and July , The ground has to
be well drained and I am told that the best
ton soil is virgin forest land , which In India
is very rich. The plants begin to bear about
the third year ana they are at their best
when they are ten years * old. The Indian
ten planters pet about live pickings a year
and often seven. In China anil Japan three
pickings la considered good.
I note fomo curious uuoiufclics Uc'ro Iu these
Aa Himalayas. Many of the rude huts ,
vhlch nreof the same style as they have been
or n thousand years or moroaro roofed with
rnlvnnlzotl Iron nnd the sides oi some of them
jrc sheeted over with jn'.mro pieces of tin ,
xtils tin comes from Pniladelphla oil cans ,
ind some of the mountain hut are lighted
jy the Standard OH company's oil. Calico
from England is coming into use among the
natives und many of the Idols upon being In
serted nro found to have sunken into their
jrnss bottoms the trade mnrks of the Bir
mingham manufactories.
Q. CAurr.XTnu ,
THE SLAVE MARCH.
Terrible Trlnln of Coptlvcn in the
African Kant Const Irnilc.
"Yes. I have soon the terrible slave
march , " said Mr. II. F. Moir , who for
many years has traveled abroad , spend
ing more or less time in Africa. Ho
wus sponlcln of the sutTorltips of those
cnutlvoa who carry great burdens across
the deserts in the African const trade ,
Mr. Moir Is n resident of Now Yoric i
state , and last night in the lobby nt the
Grand hotel entertained u few friends
with u rcoltal of some of his adventures.
"When the slaves nro captured , " ho
said , "they are taken to the headquar
ters of the east coast traders. Thuro a
yoUo is placed about their neck , and is
allowed to remain night and day with
out being once taken off. The constant
rubbing upon the neck chafes the skin ,
and gradually ugly wounds begin to
fester under the burning African sun
shine. The men who appear the strong
est , and whoso escape is feared , have
their hands tied , and sometimes their
feet , in such fashion that walking be
comes a torture to them. And on their
nocks are placed the terrible goroo or
taming-sticks. The yoke is a young
tree with forked branches. It
is tronerally about ilvo or
six feet long , and from three
to four inches in diameter. Ono which
I examined not long ago was about
twenty-eight pounds in woightbut I was
told that refractory slaves tire often
placed in yokes weighing fifty pounds or
moro. Through each prong of the fork
a hole is herod for the reception ot an
iron pin , which , after the neck of the
slave has been placed in the fork is
secure by a blacksmith. The opposite
end is lashed to the corresponding end
of another yoke , in the fork of which
another slave is hold , and thus the poor
creatures havojo march , carrying be
sides this intolerable weight , a load of
provisions or ivory slung across the center -
tor of the pole. Other slaves are in
gangs of about a do/on each , with an
iron collar lot into a long iron chain.
"Are males alone of these captivesV"
asked a Cincinnati Enquirer reporter ,
who was ono of the party.
"Noindecd"said 'Moir. "Women
, , Mr. .
slaves are plentiful. A man with any
spirit can scarcely trust himself to look
at the starting of ono of the caravans.
I accompanied ono which contained
many women. They are all fasto'nod to
chains or thick bark ropes. Very many
of the women in the caravan to which
I refer , in addition to their heavy
weight of grain or ivory , cnrriod their
little brown babies. Thb double weight
was almost too much , and still they
struggled wearily on , knowing too well
that when .they showed signs of fa
tigue , not the slaver's ivory , but
the living child , would bo torn from
them and thrown aside to die. Ono poor
old woman I could not help noticing.
She was carrying a baby boy who should
have boon walking , but whoso thin ,
weak legs had evidently given way ; she
was tottering already ; it was the supreme
premo effort of a mother's love and all
in vain , for the child , easily recogniz
able , was brought into camp a couple o'
hours later by ono of our hunters , who
had found him on the path. Wo had
him cared for , but his poor mother
would never know. During three days
journey out from Liendwo death freed
many of the captives. It was well for
them ; still we could not help shudder
ing as in the darkness wo heard the
howl of the hyenas along the track.and
realized only too fully the reason why.
The attachment of the children to their
mothers and the mothers' determina
tion not to bo parted from their chil
dren , " continued the traveler , "com
bine to carry them along with the
slave caravan that is , so long as their
poor little legs can bear them. "
' 'How can the slaves keep up under
their burdens1" was asked.
"Thoy do not do it long , " was the
answer. "Thoy inarch all day , and at
night , when they stop , a few handfuls
of raw 'sorgho' are distributed among
them , and this is all their food. As soon
as any begin to fail , their conductors
approach these who appear to bo most
exhausted and deal them a terrible blow
on the nape of the nock. A single cry ,
and the victims fall to the ground in
the convulsions of death. Terror for a
time inspires the weakest with new
strength , but each time ono breaks
down the terrible scone is repeated. A
friend of mine told mo that once when
traveling in Central Africa ho was ob
liged to attach himself to an Arab slave
gang , and that the drivers deliberately
cut the throats of these who could not
march. I have also boon informed , "
said Mr. Moir , "that in Central Africa
these slavo-drivors have boon known to
cut off an arm or any limb with ono
blow from their swords. "
Use Angostura Bitters to stimulate
the appetite and keep the digestive
organs in order. Dr. J G. B. Siegort &
Sons , solo manufacturers. At all drug
gists.
Fijian HOURCH.
The ordinary Fijian house looks out
side like a great oblong hay stack ,
standing on a mound raised some few
feet above the surrounding level , with
a long ridge-pole extending beyond thereof
roof at either gable , its ends sometimes
ornamented with shells , says a writer
in the Popular Science Monthly. The
haystacic has a doorway or two , with a
mat suspended in it. Houses with
greater pretensions , however , have the
walls prettily latticed with mods , and
distinct from the roof , which is elabor
ately thatched , with great projecting
eaves. Inside immense posts , usually
of vosi-wood , and a very ingenious
framework , support the roof. The in
terior decorations of sinnott ( cocoanut
fiber ) , always In rectangular patterns
for they do not affect curves are BOIIIC-
times pretty. The black , squared lin
tels of the doors are the stems of tree-
ferns. On a great , shelf overhead is
stored the family lau , a convenient
FiUun word equivalent to the Italian
roba. Hero it comprises their
fishing gear , huge rolls of tappa'
or native cloth , mats , immense
pottery vessels , and the liko. The
shelves were also handy in war time us
a point of vantage whence you could
conveniently spear your neighbor as ho
ontoren , and before his eyes became
used to the subdued light. The Iloor is
strewed with mats , onvhich you re
cline , and is usually raised a foot or to
toward ono end , which enables you to
take u graceful attitudeloaning on your
elbow. Cooking is done in a little hut
outside , or sometimes there is a great
lireplaco on the tloor , conllned by four
logs , the smoke finding its way out
through the , lofty roof. As you enter
the house , you liiul the mats being
swept , or fresh ones unrolled and laid
down. Your traps are brought up from
the boat , and , if this happens to have
grounded .half a milo from the shore ,
you have perhaps voureolf boon carried
to land by these willing giants. A few
words uro exchanged with the village
fL J . _ _ _ ,
or your host fof thetllno being far too
few , to my miiHJLcyen for politeness , I
'
nm told they dty'np expect It.
CRIMEAN BRAZIL.
Tlio hax VleVtnkcn \ of It by tlic
Mnsirfj'oTiho People.
It will throve some light upon tlio
chnrnctor of ttQ ) i nimbi tun ts of Fer
nando do Noronl Rvto know how crime
Is looked upon byttho common people-in
Brazil , nnd I Qtvu.-not bettor snow this
than by relating ji bit of personal ex
perience , says a\wltor in the Popular
Science MonthVyV f
I liad the mipfqrtuno at one time to
wound a Brazilian , laborer in his dig
nity. Ho thereupon threatened to take
'
my'life , and was by no moans careful to
keep his resolutions to himself. As the
carrying out of such a determination
upon liis part would have caused mo
much inconvenience I called upon him
in person , with the purpose , if possible ,
of dissuading him. 1 found that he did
not look upon the condition of a crim
inal with dread at all. Ho told mo
frankly that if ho should succeed in car
rying out his designs ho know perfectly
well what his career would bo. "At
present , " said ho. "I am obliged to work
for a living ; if I am sent to Jail my liv
ing will bo furnished mo and I shall
have nothing to do. If you are dead
there will bo no ono to appear against
mo in the courts as my accuser , and in
the course of a year or less J shall beset
sot free , well rested , and with a reputa
tion in the community of being u man
of courage.
In this case I saw to it that ho had
the opportunity of enjoying the coveted
ottum cum dignltato in jail without
having to commit a crime. But in a
country where wrong-doing sets so
lighllv upon the conscience , and where
It so frequently goes altogether unpun
ished , the criminal class is large , as wo
should ox poet.
Many of the prisoners on the convict
island wore known among themselves
by what scorned to bo very odd names ,
and I learned that they wore nicknames
taken from sorao circumstance con
nected with the crimes they were ex
piating. Sometimes there was a ghastly
sort of humor about these names. One ,
who had murdered a priest , was called
"O Padre , " the priest : anothorwho had
murdered a man for his money and had
found but half a pataca upon him , was
called ' 'Moia Pataca , " half a pataca ,
about sixteen cents ; another , for a simi
lar reason , was called "Quatro Vin-
tons , " four cents.
These are simply instance of how the
minds of these people dwelt constantly
upon crime , how they admired crime ,
and consequently gravitated toward it.
About their work in shop or Hold , the
daily bread of their minds was to think
and'talk of crime in every shape that
diseased minds and perverted natures
can conjure it up. Ono would enter
tain his companions by detailing to
them the story of some crime commit
ted by himself lOr.cjf which ho had knowl
edge , while dwery ono listened atten
tively , like so mnnyi exports. The story
ended , criticism ended , and each ono
would indicate what he considered the
weak points Intlio plan and its execu
tion , and would suggest improvements
hero and there. Ono story led to an
other , and , as jnij.rht bo oxpoctcdiniiuls
accustomed toithistltitrhly seasoned food
soon rejected all other.
BROAD A CLUBS.
One Formed by tadlea in "nn Intcl-
Icctualfy IricUiiod City. "
In an intellectually inclined city ( not
in the uortliehst ) li club of ladies has
lay
Harper's Magazine. Sporadic efforts
have hitherto been made for the proper
treatment of this letter of the alphabet
with individual success , especially with
those who have beoni in Englander
or have known English men
and. women of the broad-gauge
variety. Discerning travelers have
made the American pronunciation of
the letter a a reproach to the republic
that is to say , a means of distinguishing
a native of this country. The true
American aspires to bo cosmopolitan ,
and does not want to bo "spotted" if
that word may bo used in society by
any peculiarity of speech , that is , by
any American peculiarity. Why , at
the oottoin of the matter , a narrow a
should bo a disgrace , it is not easy to
see , but it needs'no reason if fashion or
authority condemns it. This country is
so spread out , without any social or lit
erary center universally recognized as
such , and the narrow a has be
come so prevalent that oven fashion
finds itdiflioult to reform it. The best
people who are determined to broaden
all their a's will forgot in moments of
excitement and fall back into old
habits. It requires constant vigilance
to keep the letter a flattened out. It is
in vain that scholars have pointed out
that in the use of this letter lies the
main difference between the Eriglish
and the American speech ; either
Americans generally do not care if this
is the fact , or fashion can only work a
reform in a limited number of people.
It seems therefore nocobsary that there
should bo an organized effort to deal
with this pronunciation , and clubs will
no doubt bo formed all over the country
in imitation of the ono mentioned until
the broad a will become as common as
Hies in summer. When this result is
attained it will bo time to attack the
sound of u with clubs and mal > o uni
versal the French sound. In time the
American pronunciation will bccomo as
superior to all others as are the Ameri
can sowing machines and reapers. In
the Broad A club avery/ member who
misbehaves that is , mispronuncos is
fined a nickel for each oflonso. Of
course in the beginning there is a good
deal of revenue from this source , but
the revenue dipinishos as the club im
proves , so that wo have the anomaly of
its failure to bo1 self-supporting in pro
portion to its excellence. Just now if
these clubs ctuildljucldenly become uni-
verbal and tho'pofialty bo enforced wo
could have the.means of paying oil the
national dcbt'in a"year.
OMAHA
Medical and Surgical Institute ,
N. W. Cor. 13th and Dodge Sts. , Omaha , Neb.
THE LARGEST MEDICAL INSTITUTE IN THE WEST
FOH TI1TJ TUKATMKNT OK AM ,
Chronic and Surgical Diseases and Disoasjs of the Eye and Ear.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO DEFORMITIES , DISEASES OF WOMEN. DISEASES
OF THE URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS , PRIVATE DISEASES , DISEASES
OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM , LUNG AND THROAT DISEASES ,
SURGICAL OPERATIONS , EPILEPSY OR FITS ,
PILES , CANCERS , TUMORS , Etc.
J. W. McMENAMY , M. D. , President ,
And Consulting Pliystcinu and Surgeon.
Organized with a full staff of Skilled Physicians , Snrpns and Trained Nurse ? ,
This establishment is n permanent medical institution , conducted by thoroughly
educated physicians and surgeons of acknowledged skill and experience. The
Institute bindings , situated on the northwest corner of Thirteenth and Dodge
streets , is composed of two largo three-story buck bindings of over ninety rooms ,
containing our Medical , Surgical and Consultation Rooms , Drug Store , Laboratory ,
Offices , Manufactory of Surgical Appliances and braces , and the Boarding Depart
ment lor Patients , in charge of competent persons , constituting the hugcstaml
the most thoroughly equipped Medical and Surgical Establishment in the West , ono
of the three largest in tno United States , and second to none.
"Wo have superior advantages and facilities for treating diseases , performing
surgical operations , boarding and nursing patients , which , combined with our
acknowledged ability , experience , responsibility and reputation , should make the
Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute tlio ilrst choice.
You can come direct to the Institute , day or night , as we have hotel accommo
dations as good and as cheap as any in the city. .
AVe make this explanation for the benelit of persons who may feel inclined to
go further east for medical or surgical treatment and do not appreciate the fact
that Omaha possesses the largest and most complete Medical and Surgical Insti
tute west of NewYoik , with a capital of over 8100,000.
DEFORMITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY.
U
a
APPLIANCES FOR DEFORMI
Q TIES AND TRUSSES.
IIIUl
Best Facilities , Apparatus and Kerned ION for Successful Treatment ot
every form of Disease rcaulrinur MKDICAL or SURGICAL
TREATMENT.
In this department wo are especially successful. Our claims of superiority over
all others are based upon the fact that this is the only medical establishment nian-
ufactiniiiK surgical braces and appliances for each individual case. AVe have
three skilled instrument makers in our employ , with improved machinery , and
have all the latest inventions , as well us our own patents and improvements ,
the result of twenty years' experience.
The treatment of diseases by electricity has undergone great changes within the
past few years , and electricity is now acknowledged by all schools of medicine as the
great remedy in all chronic , special and nerve diseases , for nervous debility , par
alysis , rheumatism , diseases of women , etc. , and in many eye and ear diseases it
is the most valuable of all remedies.
In order to obtain its full virtues , it is absolutely necessary to have the proper
apparatus. We have lately purchased three of tlio largest and most complete
batteries manufactured , so constructed as to give the most gentle as well as the
most powerful current. Persons treated at this Institute by electricity recognize
at once the difference between our expensive and complete electrical apparatus
and the common , cheap batteries , in use by many physicians. Over 3,000 dollars
invested in electrical apparatus.
PRIVATE , SPECIAL , NERVOUS AND
BLOOD DISEASES.
We claim to bo the only reliable , responsible establishment in the west making
a specialty of this class of diseases. Dr. McMenamy was ono of the first thorough
ly educated physicians to make a special study of this class of diseases , and Ins
methods and inventions have been adopted by specialists in Europe and America.
Ho is the inventor of the Clamp Compress Suspensory , acknowledged the best in
use. All others are copied after his invention. By means of a simple operation ,
painless and .safe , recently brought into use , we euro many cases that have been
given up as incurable by medical treatment. ( Jicud our look to men , sent free to any
address. )
DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR.
"Wo have had wonderful success in this department in the
past year , and have made many improvements in our facili
ties for treatment , operations , artilluial eyes , etc.
Wo have greatly improved our facilities and methods of
_ treating cases by coricspondenco , and are having bettor
success in this department than ever before.
We are fully up to the times in all tlio latest inventions in medical and surgical
operations , appliances and instruments. Our institution is open for investiga
tion to any persons , patients or physicians. Wo invite all to correspond with or
visit us before taking treatment elsewhere , believing that u visit or consultation
will convince any intelligent person that it is to their advantage to place them
selves under our care.
Si'iiee this advertisement first appeared , many loastiny pretenders and frauds hate
come and gone and many more will come and ijo , remembered only by their unfortunate
and foolish victims.
"A urise man investigates Jlrst and decides afterwards ,
A fool decides first , then investiyutea , "
The Omahn Medical and tiitraical Institute is indorsed by the people and the press.
More capital invested , more skilled physicians employed , moro modern appliances , instru
ments and apparatus in use , more cases treated and cured , more successful suryical
operations performed , than in all other medical establishments in the West combined ,
144 : PAGE BOOK ( Illustrated )
SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS ( S.ALHP ) .
Part Flmt History , SUCCORS and Advantages of the Omaha Medical nnd Surgical Instttntc.
1'art Second CnitoriH ! DlHKAsrH of the Lungs. Hlonmcli , I.lver , Kidneys , BUn , 1'llos , Cuncer ,
Caturrh , Ktillcpsy , Hhouniatlsm , Inhulutloii , Tape Worm. Uleotrlclty. Now HomedloH , etc.
Part Third iJEKOiuiiTiKH , Curvature of the Splno , Club Kent , Hip Diseases , PurulyulsVry
Nock , How Legs , IIuro Lip , BurKlcal Operations.
Part Fourth DISEASES or TIIE Kv AMI Hut , Diseases of the Nerves , Cataract , Strahlsmus ur
Cross Eyos.PtcryKluni , Umnnlatod Uyol.l'lfi , Inversion of the IIds , Artificial KJOB , etc.
Part l lmi DIHEABKS OK WOUKN , Lcucorrliata , Ulcorutlon , Displacement ! ! , 1'rolapaus , Flex-
Ions und VcrsloW , Tumors , Lacerations and Cancer of the Womb.
Part Nlxjli UISBASKS or MEN , Private , Special und Norvoux Diseases , Bnormntorrlucu ( Sumliml
WoukneBi ) , Imixitcucy , Varlcouclo , Btrlcturo , Uleet , Byphllls , und all dlvouscB of the Uuulto
Uriuiiry Organs.
rtlQE'ACirC f\Cf lA/mUICTM A BI-FCMI.TV. Wr. HAVE I/ATKI.V
UlotiAcktiO 1/r Wv/IVIbiN AUI.EU A LVINO-IN U < ci-AitTiiEt.T
roi WOUCN Uuitixu CONVINKUKNT. ( Strictly Prhuto ; ,
Only Reliable Medical Institute Making a Specialty of
PRIVATE DISEASES.
All niood Diseases Buccotsfully treated. Syphilitic Polfon removed from tlio system without
mercury. New Kealorutlvo Tieatment forLoea of Vital Power. J'atlcntaunublo to visit us may
bo treated at homo by corrcspoudunco. All communications confident lul. Medicines or Instru
ments sent by mull or express securely packed , no murks to Indlciito contents or sender. Ono i > er
BonullBt < * rvlow preferred. Cull und consult us or bend history of jourcaho , and wo will send In-
plain wrapper , our 1IUOIC ' ! ' ( ) niKN , KKBIii UiKin Private , Special or Nervous UUcueei , linpo-
Icncy , Syphilis , Oleet und Vnrlcoccle , wltli ( juesUon list , Address ,
OMAHA MEDICAL & SURGICAL INSTITUTE ,
uuil SCrrcU , Omitim , Noli.
IELARKE
ESTABLISHED 1351 I 180 8o.i ,
Chicago , Ilia , I ClarkStj *
Tbfl Regular Old-EsUbllsliei
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
liitNl Treating with the Grtttt *
MJLL ajidJOCCESS
Chronic , Neryons and Private Diseases , !
TNERVOUS DEBILITY , Loit Manhood ,
Celling Memory , Exhausting Drains , TcrrlbU
Dreamt , Head and Back Ache and all the effects
( tiding to early decuy and peih | 'i Consumption 01
Insanity , treated ncicnllfically by new neliiodi with
litver-fallmR nucctu ,
SYPHILIS and all bad Blood and SklnDls.
caaeB permanently cured.
* -KIDNUYanJURINARY mpUlntiQlt t ,
Oonorrhoea , Strlctu re , Varlcocela and all tlkeiies
of the Uenlto-Uriniry Organi cured promptly without
Injmy to Stomach , Kldneyt or oOier Org n .
OSNo experiments. Age and experience lm
portant. Ccniulutlon free > nd sacred.
flWStnd 4 ctntt pottage for Celebrated Works 09
Chronic , Nervoua and Delicate Di ea .
Ctf-Thoip conlcmpllting MaiTKCe itnd for Dr.
Clnrke'o celebrated guide Male and Female , each
ts ccnti , both 9 ; ccnt < ( ttnmin ) . Conmlt the old
Doctor. A friendly letter or call may ve future uTcr (
Ing nnd ihimc , anil add c ldenean to life. A7Ilooh
"Life'sSecret ( ) Errori"soc < nliil mpi ) . MrdlclM
and willinRi tent ererywhere , secure from exposure.
Hours , 8 to 8. Sunday * 9 to 11. Addre ,
F. D. CLARKE , M. D. . \
186 So. Clark 8U OHICAQO , '
WHEN purchasing n fine \
Shoe it is natural to so-
Icct thnt which is pleasing to
the eye in style anci finish ; the
material must bo of the finest
texture , and when on the foot
the shoo must combine beauty
and comfort. :
The Ludlow Shoe Possesses this Feature ,
IF YOU TRY ONE PAIR
You Will Wear No Other Mako. 9
Sold by ov r 100 Opaf.'ni In Clilcneo. and the bott
tr.ido thmnxlioiittho United Stntc . t
Bee That They Ape Htiini | > ed "I.UHI.OW. "
IkUCTOK
G. M. Jordan
Lnto of the University
ot New York City tind
llowardt'nlvcrslty.Wush-
lim-ton. D.C.
HAS OFriCR ?
No. iHUaniUUl
"Corner Klttecuth and Hac
iney sts. , Umalin , Neb.
\vheio nil rnrnblo ease
nro treated with gun
CObS.
> . -.x.n , AHTHMV , livsi-iu-aiA , DEAF-
KltKUMATlSM , Attj NUUVOUS AND SKIM
rHTUIItll UItKI ) .
CONSULTATION nt ofllco or by mall , II.
Ollico hours llto 11 a. in.'to4 p.m. , 7 to8p.
m. , Sundavolllce hours from U n. in. , to 1 1 > . in.
M an v diseases arc treated successfully by Dr.
Jordon tlirounn the intitls.iuul It Is tniis possible
for those unable to make a Journey to obtain
SUCCESSFUL HOSPITAL T1USATM KNT AT !
THKllt 1IOMKS. , , .
Send for book on Diseases of Nose , T .roat.
Lungs nnd K r.s
M. M. llnmlln , I'hu'iilx Ins. Co.
S. A Orchard , Carpet Dealer.
John Shelby , Oroccr.
John Hush , City Treasurer
Dii.K.0. WEST'S NEHVB AND DauN TIIEA * .
UK.sr.u guarantee J spoclllc for Hysteria , Dtzzl-
ness , O.mvuMnns , I its. Nervous Neuralgia ,
Heartache , Nervous 1'rostratlon caused by th
use ot alcohol or tobacco. Wakofuluoss , Mental
Depression , Softening of the Drain , resultlnela
lusiinltv and leadluuto misery , decay and death.
I'lemnture Old Ago. llarrenness. Loss of Tower
In either sex. Involuntary Losses and Spermat-
orhcca caused by over-exertion of the brainself-
abuse or overindulgence. Kach box contains
one month's treatment. $1.00 a box , or six boxes
forSri.Ul.sent by mall prepaid on receipt otprlct.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received by
UB for six boxes , accompanied with fu.OO , wo wlfl
send the purchaser our wrlttjn guarantee to re
fund the money if the tio.itment does not effect
a cure. Guarantees Issued only by Goodman
Drug Co. , Druggists , Sole Agents , 1110 Karnara
etreet , Omalm Nob.
COLLARS ,
WHEN YOU BUY A
CIGAR ! i
* * SEE THAT THE * * ,
"RED LABEL
IS ON THE BOX.
JA > IIS : uiciiAitns. ( ! . 1. UJ VKir.LK.
RICHARDS & CO.
,
Contractors and Builders
Room 25 , Omaha National Bank Bu'lding ' ,
OMAHA , . . NIUWABIJA'
DR , BAILEY ,
DKNT1ST ,
Ttelh citrsctoil wltliout ptln or diiniiurjj \ a n > r
' '
u'o'ld dad Alloy rlllliixi at loffeat ratoa.
Bound ruuti i fuil l > r cruvrnliu ,
All lllMni. " r ' < l i"rt'U Icir Inliiru refi
I'nxlcn lllnoL , inih and I'.iri
Ulllco opoii fiom 7 to H uvcii
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0MAHAScad
Scad for Collcgii JounioL >
Corner C'upltol Avc. and JUtli gt
HESS .CURED
iiMl MIIMSIMIUO
ollrcly ov foia * I T
UR CUSHIONS
l ukttu. Kurrr.iful
lfr ll cllitr mneflr , MI , . Half oaiv til
F. HIBPOX , USU llruBdwiir. | .or.lfl ! < .r > 0 > vV rk.
CILLnVKntfi , HUM I ) BUUU u I twit. CUf I VO AOUIT *
With Hucceii'ol Kitierloin : * lor 1
DAiAUIK , JlOt'K. p "
AT OMIK. Blatlnu ,
VnUCVR | > Ddall urinary troubles ea Uy , u.ulo' <
MUNll I ly anil Hnfelvcuiod by UOCTI/1U ( ; . * > >
KererulcuKes cured In su/en clxvi , SoM
ll.Wpor box , all ( trusslitf , er by mal ll fen in Ud
umifi'-v. luwuuu i > i. ti.x , i'jiill