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10 THE QMATTA. DAILY BEE * StUSTDAY MA ? 26 , 1839.-SIXTEEN PAGES. f - ON FIFTY CENTS PER WEEK. lion and Women Marry and Italso Families in India. AMID MUD HUTS AND SQUALOR. How tlio Masses Lira find Work In tlio Zmndofttio Hlndoon The Most Beautiful Tomb In the World. rororty In Indln. ! S9 b\i \ tVante O. Cn rftnler. AonA , March 29. [ Special Correspond ence of THE Bni : . ] Povoryl poverty I pov erty I 1 find written nil over India. Its diameters shluo out In tbo shrunken logs nna Hat Btomtiuh of the pooplo. The blaz ing sun paints tbo word on tbo huts ot every Village and tbo squalid want , which flits every part of the cities I have seen , is so plain that bo who runs may read. The condition of tbo Hast Indian people Is fur worse than that of tbo Cblncso. The Koreans are futnnd the Japanese nro wealthy In comparison with the pcoplo around mo. The Malays , the Siamese nnd the Burmese have plenty to rat and lolsurb for loafing. These Moplo work from morn until night nnd go to lied hungry. They nro not moro than half clothed. The masses wear two e trips of thin cotton cloth , and of the 250,000,000 of people in India , four out of llvo go baro-footod. Just below hero about the city of Patnn is tbo great opium producing district of India , and I am told by ono of tbo leading opium ofllceraof the government that the pcoplo of this region Invariably food their children small"quantltos of opium dally , In order that'thoy may by this moans ward off tbo oold and rcduco their appetites. There are in the urovlnco of Bengal alone inoro pcoplo than In the whole United States. Tlio majority of these are farmers nnd their holdings are ono-half aero to tbo person. The mast densely populated of our United Statcsaro Rhode Island and Massacbu- I1- setts , whoso small territories and largo cities give thorn respectively 234 ana 201 people per | \ square mile. A square in IIo is equal to four farms of 100 acres onoh , aud the average of the wlfolo United States is six rnoi'LE TO EACH seen FARM. There nro In Bengali 320 people to each cul tivated 100 ncros , or two people per aero. Our states have largely a city population , and wherever wo huvo a largo average per square nilla a great part of the population lives in cities and make tholr living oft of manufacturing and trade. Here the pcoplo llvo almost altogether by farming , nnd If you will put 320 pcoplo on the richest quarter sec tion you can Und in America and expect them to make tholr living by raising ordin ary crops you get the condition of this part of India. Even with our cities Ohio has only twenty pcoplo to tbo quarter section. Oregon has a little over two , Nebraska two. Ken tucky ton , Kansas three , and Pennsylvania , teeming with mines and manufacturers , has not qulto twenty-flve. Speaking of the town population of India only ono man in txvcnty lives in n town of over twenty thousand Inhabitants. Tbo other nineteen persons llvo In villages and these little collections of mud huts are scat tered all over the country. No ono lives on the land ho cultivates , and the farms nro without fences and are in largo tracts divided up into little fields , tbo extent of which can bo soon by the low irrigating walls nnd by the difference in the colors of the crops. These villages are built entirely of mud. The huts are from sic to fifteen feet square. Tholr roofs are thatched , w.ith straw or with thin brick tiles and thorn are no cbimnoys. Sometimes there is a mud wall around the hut and this wall and the sides of the bnt nro now . .covered with round calces of cow man ure , each tbo slzo of a buckwheat cake and each bearing the imprint of a woman's baud. You see these cakes by the thousand * in the cities and villages all over India and they form the fuel by which tbo rico is cooked and the pcoplo are warmed. It is the duty of the women and girls to gather this man ure. They pick It up with their hands and In front or behind tholr huts mix It with straw uud mud and then , moulding the filthy mass between tbclr palms to the thickness of an Inch , tlicv tatto it and Bluster It on the sides of the hut to dry. VVood is too dear for them , and by such fuel through the raw , wintry mornings the family huddles over the little cooking flro and attempts to keep warm. The babies In many cases wear no clothing , and the dross of the remainder of the family of llvo could bo made out of three ordinary sheets. The smoKe gets out of tbo hut aa best It can , aud there is abso lutely nothing cheering about tbo house. The Door Is of trrad aud the walls are un- plastortid. The family have no chairs and they squat on tbo ground at their meals. The bed Is either tbo floor or a not-work of ropes stretched on a frame of wood with logs Which rnlso it two feet from the floor. It is usually about four feet loug aud three feet wideband the man who sleeps upon it must cthor | bang his legs over tbo end or IIo doubled up. During the daytime tbo beds nro stood 'out of doors , because there is no room for them in the hut , and some of tbo family usually sleep under the over- banging roof in front of the door. Going through Benares in tbo ciirly morning I saw perhaps llvo hundred > people thus sleeping in front of us many huts. They bad no bed clothes under them und none over them. Women nnd men were lying with tholr Jfnoes up to tholr olilns wrapped in the same cotton garments they had worn during the day time. Others were crawling from tholr beds and stooping over tbe smouldering coals which their wives bad Juit lighted. Squalor was every where and .IMKT WAS KINO. Wages are torrloly low and millions of men in India llvo. marry and ralso children on an Income of liny cents a wuok. This is a good Income for u family and women work in tbo Holds for three cunts a day , and many servants not little more than u dollar u month. Tbo embroidery of India Is noted the world ever and there Is as much skill in the making of patterns and doing this wprk on cloth with gold and silver thread as there is In tbo art \vork of the western world. A Rood embroiderer eots from two to tbroo dollars a month , and men working on the railroads ID minor positions get about the same. An American or a Gorman would starve on such an allowance but tbe Indians who got tbls much grow fat. Among the worklngmen of the world they have reduced tbcmsolvesto Ufa least number of wants. They pay no millinery bills nnd they never buvo a tailor. They need neither needles or thread und it in ogalnst tbolr ro- llglon to drink. The Hindoo outs no moat nor any animal fat und be lives on the cheap est of rico and millet , Thesn with veget ables and milk inalca up bis diet , and us a rule ho bus not enough to fill his stomach , whenever tbo crops full there is u famine for bo has not enough Income to enable him to save , und about ten years ago the Eng lish government spent 455,000,000 in reliev ing the wants of the pcoplo. In no mo parts of India , such us Alluhubud , which I visited last week , the population Is BO dense thnt It does not Increase from year to year. In twenty years In this district there was only un annual increase of six persons In every 10,000 , und ut the present time tbo Increase is not much creator. The pcoplo uro so under fed that dsouse ( and death keeps down the natural increase which goes over tbo rest of thu world , and you BOO them apparently tnrvlng before your eyes. This condition of India has been the same for ugcs. The people seem to have always been poor and tbo iUUULODB WKiLTlI OP IMDI1 linn alwas been in tbo hands of the fow. The ErijflUu have their powerful grip on it now , uuu tholr palaces und luxurious residences rttt the fuoo of itie country. They squeeze out of tlio luud JuU about tbo name amounts that tin ) mogul kings did in time * gene by , and bwu at Agra are the rUins which show bow JiiilU was ground down in the past. Hero Is the Taj Mnmil , the most beautiful and the I'VTi'st pleco of architecture ever designed or uulit by iiuui , which wus erected in the ser- enteenth century br ono ot the mogul kings n n tomb for his wife. It lion on the banks of the great Jumna river. Built upon n mo saic platform of stars of black nnd white tnarblo , covering fully two acre * , It rises n beautiful tower upwards for 114 feet. Hero It ends In turretsami from Us center springs n great bubblo-llko doom of white marble , In * Aldo of which a four-story house of fifty foot front could bo lost , but which Is so regularly cut that It might have been the work of n Grecian sculptor , nnd the proportions tions of xvhich are such that it seems In per fect harmony with the great octagonal tower below. The whole is n mass of fine stones and whlto marble no nilald n.id carved that It is more like a Jewel ot mosaiu than an architec tural structure. Its doors are lace work of the purest whlto marble. In its Interior there is enough of this marble loco to fence In n city block. The whole structure is n marvel of workmanship , and Bishop Hohor has well described it in saying that Its artists "designed llko Titans nnd finished Itko Jew elers. It would bo as caiy to tell how the birds sing and t'ac lilacs small as to dcscrlbo the Taj I have visited It again and again nnd I fool with tbo Hussion artist who said , "tho Taj Is llko n lovely woman. Abuse her as much ns you please , but the moment you como Into her presence you submit to her fascination. " This tomb Is almost as perfect to-day as It was when It was built. It took 20ou0 men seventeen years to build It. The average life of man in India is a fraction over thirty years. Estimating this life at thirty-four years instead of thirty the work upon ttio Taj embraces Just 10,000 lives. These 20,000 workmen gotonlv TIIKIH FOOD FOH Tiinm LAHOUS. An allowance of corn was given to them and their overseers cheated them In the de livery of it. It was the sumo with the other grand structures of the time. Within a mlle of the TnJ , In very good preservation , there now stands an Immense fan , the walls of which are seventy feet high and of rod sand ntono carved so beautifully that they would honor any Filth avenue residence , enclosed In n.square equal to four farms of 010 ucros each. This fort was built by the Kmperor Akbar and its Interior Is filled with grand palaces in which the ludlos of his harem revolted In cloth of cold nnd shona In price less diamonds. The'Taj cost about $15,000- 000 , which in the purchasing power of the time of Queen Elizabeth In India must huvo been worth ten times as much as it is to-day. This fort cost countless millions more. Its palaces had interiors wnllod with diamonds and emeralds , and the king who built tlio Taj hud a peacock throne which blazed with rubles , sapphires und emeralds at the back In the form of n peacock's tall , nnd with stones so- sot that they resembled the natural colors of the bird's leathers. This throne alone represented a value of Tjver thirty-two million ! of dollars and his land revenues amounted to $100,000,000 u year. The kings of his time took one-third of the produce of tbo land and the total rev enue of the futher of this man were $250- 000,000 per annum. The extravagancies of these times are unrivalled in history , but it was only the kings who were rich. The people ple were as poor then as they are to-day and the curse of poverty seems to have over hung over the Indian peasant. This condition of affairs exists in southern as well us in northern India , and I found at Singapore and in Burmah emigrants from Madras who looked qulto as thin and who had como there to bettor their wages. Many of these were Kllngs. l < eau , black men , half naked , with long hair handing down upon tholr shoulders they do the work of Ceylon and of many of the islands of the In dian ocean. They are bright und hardy , and are among the most picturesque people ple of India. The most of them act as coolies , but there is ono caste \vhlcii devotes itself entirely to the lending of money , ana this caste , by ban icing ing- , has grown rich. Its members are known as chillies , and they have their money-lending establishments in every town of southern India. They control the capital ot Burmah , and ono street of Ran goon Is lined with their banks. An Indian bank is far different from the money-lending establishment ; in the United States. Take a low , narrow , cell-like room BIX foot high and about ono hundred feet long and put in the center of this twenty-live young men as black as tbo ace of spades. Let each have his head shaved. Lot none of them wear moro than a white cotton cloth about tbo loins. Make them squat upon the dirt floor and in front of each put a Hat table a foot and a half high , upon which lias a lodger , the pages of which are filled with Indian characters. Behind each of these naked figures put a chest about the slzo of the average trunk , with a heavy lock upon it , and lot all be working away as though their lives depended upon tholr calculations. On the outside of the door , under a sort of portico , the chief of the bank sits counting out silver coins to a farmer who has come to borrow. Ho counts very rapidly , and lets each coin strike another as it falls into his hand. By the sound be tells whether they are good or not. Ho exacts big rates of in terest , and 5 per cent a month is nothing to him , if he can get it. The whole rico crop of Burmah is isOWNBD OWNBD nr TIIBSB eniTTiBS before It is harvested , and they own millions of valuable property in the east. They llvo most abstemiously , and it is their business to accumulate money. They bring up their sons to follow their business , aad they are a caste of money lenders. The wives of these chillies are gorgeous in Jewelry , aud though they wear no clothing except the two strips of cotton , some of their ear-rings are so heavy that they pull down the ears , und not a few wear nose-rings four inches in dl- aulolor. As I came out of the Taj Mahal to-day 1 took a ride on an Indian cab. It was drawn by two great white bullocks With humps over tholr shoulders , each of which wus six inches high. Tbo driver sat in front , his logs resting upon the tongue of the cart , and behind him , in a sultcy-llko affair made of bamboo and covered with red cloth , 1 took my seat cross-legged. These carts are used throughout India and thov ore smelt ) und double. They are rudely put together with ropes , and when completed they consist of a structure made of lisblng rods und clothes lines swung upon wheels with a seat resting high above thorn and BO made that they are as easy as any spring vehicle you will find In America. My driver wore nothing but u waist cloth and turban , and ho took mo a mile for 2 cents. Ho twisted tbo tails of the bullocks to make them go , and I noted that the horns of his bulls were covered with gold paper. Thdso bullocks are the sacred boasts of India , and they form In con nection with the water buffalo , the boasts of burden of the country. They plough the land and haul the carts , and at Bonures I visited a temple whcro there were at least a hundred of thorn In stalls around a court yard , and men and women were feeding them with flowers and praying before them ns they did so. Tuoy ore the most beautiful I have yet seen in cattle. With smotlidove- colored siclns they have all the delicate out lines of the Jersey cow added to a najosty of action nnd a grandeur of size , which makes them nobly beautiful , They have oars twice as largo at our cows , und they walk as thougn they contained , as the Indian doubtless - loss suppose , some of the noblest human spirits of the past. In contrast with them the water buIfulo becomes uglier than over. It Is uglier than the hippopotamus , and Is a cow with wide , flat , curving horns , a neck which como * straight out from tlio shoulders. a belly which is bloated und ill-ahapen , ana a thin , straggling , black hair , which looks moro llko the bristles of a hog than the hair of a cow. They delight In wallowing in the dirt , nnd they sooin to have moro o the ' pig nature than the cow naturo. Like the sacred cows they nra milked aud worked , and the butter ot both Is a white , choosey-llko mix ture , which has none ot the flavor of the Jer sey uroum article. The tea merchants of India are becoming alive to the possibilities ot an American trade , nnd I see that the planters in Ceylon are concocting a scheme by which they hope for a gratuitous ADVJiltTISHUCXT IN TUB AMBIUCAN NBW8FA- PEK8. This scheme Is proposed by the Planters' association ot Ceylon , nnd is fully discussed la the Indian Planters' Gazette of this week. 1 take pleasure In giving It circulation. The Bcuurau U that boxes of Ceylon tea of flvo pounds each M sent to the editors of the In fluential newspapers of America , for which tboy urn supposed to puff the article to the extent of a column or so frotn time to time , and the advisability of thla move and tbo way In which It ahall be made , form the sub ject'of the discussion. Ono leading man says a descriptive pamphlet should be sent along with tbu tea , aud that this must , by afl meaus , bo illustrated. "Tbo American , " ays he , "are but poor reader * beyond the dully newspapers. They are altogether too lazy to wade through a long treatise on any subject , however interesting , and only pic tures of the methods of making tea and per- hup * a page of the bright lights among the Ua planters will suftlo4 to catch tholr oyos. To stir up New Vork and Philadelphia It will take from ten U > fifteen thousand nucn pamphlets-and they should bo distributed among the best families , nnd wo must also send along a imin to Interview the tiroplo after wo have made these presents to thu editors , This M refreshing , nnd even more so is n paragraph further on which states that "it is not always the cdltcrs who command the news columns , nnd that a luncheon given to the reporters In the various leading cities might bo productive of good. " The Idea Is that there are In the United States 1,200 edi tors who ought to have caddies of tea , nnd that as usual the givers will receive ton dollars lars worth of advertising for ten cents worth of presents. In tbo meantime America loaves n great deal of money in India every year. I have met n number of American travelers , and there nro a half-dozen Americans at present hero In Agra. Ono of these Is Mr. L. C. Ellsworth , of the Hio Grande railroad , whose homo is at Denver , nnd who Is now traveling for his health. Another is a doctor from Now Hampshire , and a third party is a Mr. Cox nnd wife , of Boston. Mr. Flint , Asiatic manager of the Waterbury - bury Watch company. Is here with his wife , who Is n Washington lady , and 1 met at Cal cutta u number of Americans. Our consul general , Mr. Charles F. Bonmnii , Is an Oregon gen man. and ho has his family , consisting of a bright Wife , n young lady daughter , and one of the liveliest boy-i of ton in India , with him. Mr. Bonham has Just taken n short trip to South India , uud ho proposes to visit Burmuh before his return to Calcutta. Mr , William J. Noad , a railroad contractor of 1'hlludulphia. who has spout several years in travel nnd who is , as ho-says , going around the world llko n watch spring , is In India. Ho has bcon nround the world once and is going around again , narrowing his circle. Ho will spend the winter in India nnd will go to Poking ns soon us the weather permits la the spring. Leaving there ho will pay his third visit to Japan , and thence coming to Australia , will sail for South America , go down ono coast and up the ether , and reach homo in about two years from this ( Into. Mr. Woolworth , an Ohio man from San- duskv , I flnd on thn hotel register hero. Ho is going to Europe with his family to spend a year or so In the education of bis daughter. Mr. Aultman , the big dry goods merchant of Now Vork , has Just passed through India , nnd there nro American travelers on every Indian railroad train. They buy costly goods of the natives and I find tholr orders among the highest of these on the books of the merchants who call upon me. FllAMi G , CAKPESTnU. STORY OF AN UNSOLD BONNET. A Hnrnplo of What Happens Kvcry Day In Old Ijomlon. Pall Mall Gazette : It was evening in Oxford street just before the hour of lamplightincr. The daylight colors had faded and the twilight softness had not yet begun , so that the street picture was printed in unsoitoncd white and black. Gas was beginning to twinkle , however , in some of the shop windows , and up stairs in the millinery show room of Mr. X a boy had just come in with n taper and had loft a brilliant illumination behind him. The light foil upon two figures a customer , doubtful and dissatisfied , and a younsr woman in black who stood before her , displaying bonnet after bonnet. ' 'Yes , " said the customer , hesitat ingly. "Would you not try this on , ma'am ? I am sure it would suit yoU.'v "I don't like a straw bonnet for the winter. " "Wo could make you ono in velvet , ma'am. " " "Velvet spoils so with the rain. Are you quite sure these are all the felts you have that you showed mo ? " "All in brown , ma'am. Wo could got .you one made any shade you like to order. " "Oh , no ; I could not order ono with out seeingit , " said the lady. Then she took up one which she had looked at already , poised and examined it , and finally tried it on , and dcoido.d for the second time that it would not 'do. "It really is extraordinary that you should not have one in brown. " she said in a touo of annoyance. For a moment the girl did not answer ; she had jrrown pulor , nnd her eyebrows were drawn together with an expression of anxiety and apprehension. Mr. X , walking up and down his range of show-rooms , had again oome into sight , and had paused , looking in. "We'd got you ono , ma'am , I'm sure , in two or three days , " she repeated. Now it was the customer who did not answer. She began turning over the pile of un trimmed bonnets , while her pale attendant hovered about her , throwing in propitiatory remarks. Mr. X stood and looked in from tbo wide doorway. She could sco the scowl on his face. At last the customer , finally refusing to take any ether in place of the bonnet which she really wanted , departed dissatisfied. The girl began tremblingly to f > ut together the bon nets. Tears ciimo to her eyes. She had tried her host to sell , and she dreaded the wrath of her master. Ho had boon in a bad temper all day ; why , O why , must this tinner have happened just to day. Mr. X moved away ; she saw him go to the cashier's desk in the next room. Ho came back with a paper and a few shillings , which ho throw down angrily bejoro hor. "You'll just sign that , if you please , miss. " It was an account of the wages duo hor. She looked up at him in mute appeal ; the angry and overbearing face was answer enough. She put her name to the paper , und a tear foil down upon It. "Now you can just pack up your things and go this minute , " said ho , roughly. "I'vo no place for a young lady that can't soil a bonnet. " She gathered up the money and wont mooKly. She was a timid girl , With no gift either for complaints or excuses ; and for girls of that kind the tyrants of this world have no mercy. She wont up-stalrs to the bedroom , which she shared with two others. It was bare , clean , depressing ; about an homelike ns a prison coll. She looked round it , half blinded by her tears , and wrung her hands , murmuring , " \Vhat shall I do ? Where Bhall I go ? ' * The loom was qulto brightly lighted now by the glare of the many lamps in the stroot. She stood as for a minute , then wiped away her tears and begun packing and arranging her few properties - , ties in her box. When this was done she must go forth In } ho everting and lind herself u shelter for the night and for the morrow. To-morrow would begin again the familiar heartbreaking ing search for work , to continue , who could guess , for how loug ? And who could toll what character Mr. X would give of her ? And she had thirty shillings with which to face the world. Her tears began to fall again as she locked her trunk and rose from her knees. She was glad to hide her face with her veil and to steal away secretly , fearing to moot any one , lost the fare well should break down nor courage. So she passed out Into the evoing and into Oxford street the stony-hoartod stepmother. " , Mr. X meanwhile was going home , serene of conscience , to his wife and daughters at Brixtou , giving no second thought to the incident of the afternoon. It is a story that happens every day ; nnd too often the stones of London , If they could speak , the pavements of Piccadilly , the balustrades of the bridges , could toll you how it ends. Sick headache is the bane ot many lives. This annoying complaint may bo cured and prevented bv tlio occa sional use of Dr. J. II. McLean's Liver ana Kidnuy Fillets ( little HE PAID TffiiiTTHB BABY , It Coat HocoJvor [ Admlro $60 to Ohrlaton Oklahoma's Flrst-Born. ADVENT OF T kWANT BOOMEn. Ho Arrived In * S VJ'nuoii Box and the Twinkling 6ns Wore llio Plr t to Welcome Otitlirlo's Visitor. An ItiBr-nlntiii'woinnn'fl Bclionio. A reporter for the Oklahoma Dally Capital , published ntGuthrlomotIIon. J. V. Admlro , receiver ol the land of- flco of the western district of Oklahoma at KlnKflshor , and had the satisfaction of a few moment's conversation with him. "By the way , how's the baby'i1" In quired the reporter. Now everybody knows who "tho baby" Is , for the iiows of the advent on Oklahom nsoll and of the franchise for naming it , to Mr. Admlro , has boon tol- praphed all over the United States , and of course there is some tuixioty as to its health. Mr. Admlro was able to glvo the latest novvs concerning Oklahoma's infant , and very ready to do so , for ho looks upon It almost as if it wore his own. Ho said there had boon a good many erroneous statements In regard to the boy , which ho would llko to corroct. In the first place the baby's mother is a Kansas girl. She was born in that state twenty years ago , and was raised at Frodonia , where she was married a year ueo next Juno , her husband's uiuno being Lewis. t Mr. and Mrs. Lewis wore two of the 10,000 people attacked by the Oklahoma fever last week. They waited with the throng that gathered on the borders of the promised land and joined in the mad race across the country to Kingfisher , April 22. This was on Mon day. They succeeded in getting a lot , which was about all they had until 10 o'clock Tuesday morning , when they found themselves in possession of a boy , the first child born in the newly opened territory. The event was looKoa upon as u very important ono , and was forth with wired to the world. When Receiver Admire hoard of it ho lost no time in going to see the youthful home-seokor. Ho found the mother lying in a wagon bed , without cover or protection from the elements. That night ho took Uis own tent and spread it tight above the wagon bed , while ho slept soundly with the stars for com pany. There was in the population of the town ono day an old woman who was in some way connected with the G. A. il. and the facts coming to her cars , she at once started around to take up a collection for tbp , bone tit of the "child of the settlement , " , She succeeded in getting about 811 , , anjl this sum she took to Mr. Aduiiro , desiring to put the funds in the care of the j government's own representative. , iJElo ollerod to add $5 to the , ( sum on condition that ho bo , permitted to name the boy. Thisr proved an inspir- action to the woman , and she promptly declined the ofTer .sawing that she would auction off the privilege on Wednesday night. , The news was circulated throughout the camp next day apd took precedence in point of imprest above all else. When evening cqmQji housand moaas- sombled to bidjOjiItl\obaby'a \ name and ' ( there was for thc/'tlmo / more excitement over the prospequvV contest than there ' was over corner lots' in Kingfisher. There wore somb'who - had money to spare and the bidding was lively from the start. Mr. Admire sent two or tbreo agents into the crowd to bid for him , knowing that if ho bid himself they would run the price up on him to moi-o than the profits of the ofllco of receiver came to. After a spirited contest ono of the agents had the satisfaction of securing - curing the prize at a cost of 852 , which was paid over for the boy's bonoiit. The crowd insisted tliat Mr. Admire name the child on the spot , but ho de clined , promising , however , that it should have an "Admire-able" name. Ho poatuoued the christening until the mother should bo well enough to take part in-it , and it will probably como off in a few days. Meantime lie wont up homo , ana soon had Mrs. Admire as un- thusiastic over his protege as himself , and ho declares ho would not take § 500 for his interest. His wife gathered a largo quantity oi supplies , the nature of which parents can surmise without de scription , packed a valise full of soft fiannols and ether cunning goods , and Mr. Admire returned to Kingfisher loaded , not for boar , but for baby. Mrs. A's maiden name wns Lewis , which by a coincidence is the baby's family name , though they are not related by tics of consangunity. It itj believed that the name of Oklahoma's first born will bo "Admlro Lewis , " which would bo a very happy compromise and would di vide honors equally between the dcfacto parents and the godfather. _ FINE WAJCH REPAIRING lECEWES PlfofofT ATTENTION , COMPAGNIE Paris Doiyoial U now open. Parlies dotting Kood accommodations on tbe new lance expret * ( teamen of Ilia Famous FRENCH HAIL LINE , Which are noted for their regularity , equal to rail road tralni. In making tbe trip to Havre1'arls In one week , are aiUlied to Hake Early Application for Berths. Tbls li alio ncceuarr on account of tbo hoary ( rare ) durlnic the lining and summer months. McCAGUE DUOS. , 105 South 16th St. , HARRY E. MOORES , 160 : ! FurnutnSt. , H. L. HALL , 1233 Fnrimm St. , J. H. GREEN , 1601 Fnrrmm St. , Auniit' , Uinuhu , Nrb. MAUKICK . KOZM1N8KI , Qta'l weitern Agt. lit ) Waihlogton St. . Cbleao. 1CLARKE Pnrn pnrnflt I ESTABLISHED 13511 180 So. buretarosif ch0ago | , m8 , j ciarkst. The Regular Old-Eslabltdiei PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON li still Treating Kith the Greatwt SKILL and SUCCESS Chronic , Nervous anfl Private Diseases , O-NERVOUS DEBILITY , Loit Manhood , Palling Memory , Kxh u tlnjr Drslni , Terrlblt Dreamt , Head and Back Ache and all th effect ! teadiiiff to early decuy and peihapi Consumption ol Inianlty , treated iclentitiulljr by new nsthodt with never-faUtnc * luccfit. SYPHILIS and Ml bid Elood and Skin DIs. ease * permanently cured. VJ-KIDNKYanil URINARY mpUlnUaiett , Gonorrhoea , Strlctu re , Varlcocela and nil ilUeuet of the Oenlto.Urlnary Organs cured promptly without Injury to Slomach , Kidney * or o-Jier Onr > n . n No experiment ! . Aca and experience lm portant. Consultation free and oacred. OS-Send 4 centi postage for Celebrated Worka on Chronic , Nervoua and Delicate Diseases. /WThose contemplating Mairitee tend for Df. Ctatke'a celebrated suldc Male and Female , each IS cent ! , both 5 cents ( siatnpi ) . Consult the old Doctor. A friendly letter or call may save future nt < r. > Ine nnd shame , ami add golden years to life. 09I > ook "Life's ( SecretRrrora"socntsstumps ) ( ) . Mediclnt HnJ writings sent everywhere , secure from exposure. Hours , 8 to 8. Sundays g to 11. Address F. D. CLARKE , M. D. , 108 So. Clark fiU CHICAUO , ILL. On and after February 22d the Band on tlio STRAITON & STORM'S BOUQUET SE&AKS Will bo as per Fac-Slmllo above. r This clmngo became necessary in order to protect tbo public from being - ing imposed upon by unscrupulous parties , who so closely imitated the former band on these Segars , that it required a careful scrutinyto discov. or the deception. To guard against a repetition of this , \vo have made Trade Mark " THE OWL" our ( ) n prominent feature of the new band. DB.E.C. WEST'S NEHVB AND Bnim TIIRAT JIKNT , a guaranteed snoclllc for HysterU , Olzzl ness. Convulsions , Kits , Nervous Neuralgia Headache , NorToiw Pioitratloncausart by the use of alcohol .r tobacco. Wiikofulness , Mcntnl Depression , Sottunlng of the llrain resulting in Insanity and leading to misery , decay nnd death. Premature Old Age , larrennes ) < ! , l.osj of .Power > n either sei , involuntary Losses nnd Spermatorrhoea caused by over-exeitlon of tlio Brain , snifaOuso or over indulgence. 1'uc.h box contains on" month's treatment , $1 a. box , or six boxes for $3 , Dent by mall prepaid on rj- celpt of prlc . WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES To curonny caso. With each iiruer received bv us for six boxes , accompanied with S3 , we will send the purchaser our written guarantee to re fund thu money If the treatment ilocn not elloct a cure. Guarantees Issued only by Goodman DriiB Co. , DrujjKlsts , Solo Ageuta. 1110 I'arnam Street Omaha ob. WHEN purchasing a fine Shoe it is natural to se lect that which is pleasing to the eye in style and finish ; the material must be of the finest texture , and when on the foot the shoe must combine beauty and comfort. The Ludlow Shoe Possesses this Feature , IF YOU TRY ONE PAIR You Will Wear No Other FJInko. * i Sold by over 100 dealers In Chirac" , and the best trade throughout the United Stuton. See That They Arc Stamped "MJ11I.OW. " LOTS THE LOTSBEST BEST TOWN S OUTH IN DAKOTA f * * -.r > > ' * i i gf J ff3W AT BOTTOM -scns. . A Sure Investment. For Maps. Prices nnd Information , call on or address C. R. SIMMONS , Land Commissioner C. ft N.-W. lly.a Fifth Ave. , Chicago. 111. Dr. J. E , McGREW ONE or T1IK MOST " SPECIALISTS fr 111 tbo Trealmciit of AH Chronic , Morroun aud Frirate Diseased. Bpermatorrbcra , laipoteucy and Falling Uanbood abiolulolr cur d. A cura guaranteed In all forms of 1'ilrata llieme . Hlrlcturoi. Uleet , Ac. Ckturrli , Tbrost , J.anei , and lleurt IKaioi. Itbeuraatlsm , Bplasl and Vuui l Dlteaiei , Ulood and Ukln Diseases trxiIRd auccenfullr. lAdleV and cantlernqn's irsltlng rooms separate r , : Bend'for book , , "The Dark Secret of Man. " alio "Woman aad Her Ulsoasas , " lOo each ( stampt ) . Treatment by correspondency send 'tamp fur raplr. OW1CE : 16TII AND IOUOIAS BTHEBTSi OMAHA , NKU. OMAHA lieal and Surgical Institute , N. W. Cor. 13th and Dodge Sts. , Omaha , Neb. THE LARGEST MEDICAL INSTITUTE IN THE WEST THB TIIBATMKNT Off AI. & Bluonic and Surgical Diseases and Diseases of the Eye and Ear. pgjtgj-wrg | 5Aja * fiJrj IIL - 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 DISEASLS , SURGICAL OPERATIONS , EPILEPSY OR FITS , PILES , CANCERS , TUMORS , Etc , J. W. McMEMAMlT M. S3. President . . , . . , , Ami Consulting Physlcluii and Surgeon. Organized with a Ml staff of Skilled Pliysicians , Surgeons and Trained Nurse' , Tills establishment is a permtuioiitmodicnl institution , conducted by thoroughly educated physicians and surgeons of acknowledged skill uud experience. The Institute buidiugs , situated on the noithwost corner of Thirteenth and Dodge ntroots , is composed o two largo three-story brick biddings of over ninety rooms , containi ng our Medical , Surgical and Consultation Rooms , Drug Store , laboratory , the most thoroughly equipped Medical and Surgical Establlshn of the three largest in tlio United States , and second to none. We 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 the first 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. We make this explanation for the benollt of persons who may fool 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 Now York , with a capital of over $100,000. DEFORMITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY. APPLIANCES FOB DEFORMI TIES AND TEUSSES. Best Facilities , Apparatus and Kemodio.s for Successful Treatment ot every form oi' Disease rcntiirliiK MEDIC Alj or SUKGICAJj TIU3ATMENT. In this department wo are especially successful. Our claims of superiority over all others aio based upon the fact that this is the only medical establishment man ufacturing surgical braces and appliances for each individual case. Wo have three skilled instrument makers in our employ , with improved machinery , and have all the latest inventions , as well sis our own patents aud improvements , the result of twenty years' experienco. The treatment of diseases by electricity has undergone great changes within the past few years , and electricity fsnow acknowledged by all schools of medicine as the great remedy in all chronic , special and nerve diseases , for nervous debility , par alysis , iheinnatuni , diseases of women , etc. , and in many eye aud oar diseases it is the most valuable of till remedies. In order to obtain its full virtues , it is absolutely necessary to have the proper apparatus. Wo have lately purchased throe of the largest and most complete batteries manufactured , so constructed as to give the most gentle as well as the most powerful current. Persons ticated 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 8,000 dollars invested in electrical apparatus. PRIVATE , &PBQSAL , NERVOUS AMD BLOOD DBSEASES. We claim to bo the only reliable , responsible establishment In the west making a specialty of this class of diseases. Dr. McMonamy was ono of the first thorough ly educated physicians to make a special study of this class of diseases , and his methods and inventions have been adopted by specialists in Europe and America. IIo is tlio inventor of the Clamp Compiess Suspensory , acknowledged the best in use. All others are copied after his invention. Uy moans of a simple operation , painless and safe , loccntly brought into use , wo euro many cases that have been given up as incurable by medical treatment. ( Head our look to wen , 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 , iirtifloial eyes , etc. Wo have greatly Improved our facilities and methods of treating cases by correspondence , and uro having bottoj success in this department tlian ever boforo. Wo are fully up to the times in all the 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 a visit or consultation will convince any Intelligent person that it is to their advantage to place them selves under our caro. , Since tins advertisement Jlrst appeared , many boasting pretenders and frauds JMV come and qone und many more will com * and go , remembered only ly their unfortunaU andfoolidi victims. , "A im' e man investigates Jlrst and decides afterwards , A fool decides first , then investigates. " The Omaha Jfcdical and fSuraical Institute is indorsed by the people and the press. More capital invested , more skilled physicians employed , more modern appliances , tnstru- \ncnts and apparatus in use , more cases treated and cured , more successful surgical operations performed , than in all oilier medical establishments tnthe West combined , PAGE BOOK ( Illustrated ) SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS ( BBALBD ) . Part Flrct History , Success and Advantages of tlio Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute. 1'urt second CunoNia DISEASES of the Lungs , Btornacli , I.tver. Kidneys , Bkln , riles , Caucetk Catarrh , Knllopsy. Ithoutnatlsm , Inhalation , Tape Worm , Kloctrlclty , Now Uomedlos , etc. 1'a.rt Third IKroHMiTlK , Curvature of the Bpluo , Club X'oot , Hip Diseases , I'aralysli , Wry NookBowLcKS. Hare Lip. Buwlcal Operations. . . . . . . . , . Fart Fourth DIBKASM or Tin Kris AND RAH , Diseases of the Nerves , Cataract , Strabismus or Cross Byes , PtoryKlum , Granulated Bye Lids , Inversion of tbe Lids , Artificial Byes , etc. srt Fink DISKABCS or WOUEN , Leucorrhcoa , Ulceratlon. OlsnlacouiouU , I'rolapaus , Flat' Ions and Vnrslons. Tutnorii , lacerations and Cancer of the womb. furl Hlxlli UIBBASKII or MEN , 1'rlvato. Bpoclul and Nervous IUeasos , Sporraatorrluca ( Seminal Weakness ) , Impotency , Varlcooelo , Htrloture , Uloot , Syphilis , und all diseases of tlie Qenlto Urinary Organs , sr > IOCAOEC f\tff lAfmUHTM * Bi'ECiAr.Tv. WE HAVK LATZMT UloKLAOE O \ vw lwldlV AviinD A LriMo-jM UUPAHIMSMI rou .WOUKN DUIIINU CoNriwtuBNT. ( Btrlctiy I'rlvatu ) , Only Reliable Medical Institute Making a Specialty of PRIVATE DISEASES , All Blood Diseases successfully treated. Byphllltlo Poison removed from the system without mercury. New Itostorutlvo Treatment for Loss of Vital Power. PatlenU unable to vUIt us may bo treated at home by correspondent. All communications confidential , Medlclnos or Instru ments sent br mall or express securely packed , no marks to Indicate content * or Bonder. Onu'Oer Eonullutnrmw prof erred ! Calf and consult us or send history of your ease , and wo will Bund In- MKN FHBKi Vrlvato. Special - " " ' - - 1 TO , Upon r- Varlc colef with question list. Addrues , OMAHA MEDICAL & SURGICAL INSTITUTE , 18lb taut I > odK Htrvets , Omaliu , Neb ,