THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUISTDAYJUNE 2 , 1839.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
ALONG INDIA'S ' HOLY RIVER
The Mighty Ganges and Its Thouo-
ands of Worahipors.
WITH THE FATHERS AT BENARES.
A Ilcllclon Which Tenches Clcnnll-
fl A Million Years of Hcnvoii
For n ilnlr The \VIicnt Plains
of Inilln.
A AVnmlciTiil Stream.
tCV > ) n/r/0Mfvt / JR'fl l > v Frank Q. Carpenter.
JtllENAitE3I April 3 , 1839. During the past
ttirco wcoks I Imvo traveled alx hundred
miles around the holy Onngos river and the
click of my typewriter now falls upon the
air In unison with the prayers 'nnd the
pplnshlng of the thousands of pilgrims who
nrd bathing In ill waters. Uonnrcs Is the
Mecca of the Hindoos and the Ganges Is to
the Indian moro than the Jordan is to the
Christian. On the top of n house boat with
six ml-turbumicd , black-faced , and barelegged -
logged rowers , I slowly drifted past the
bathing ghats this morning. The sun was
just rising nnd over fields ot grcon extending
for mile's nwny on the loft of the river its
rays came to gild the brass Jars which each
pilgrim carried. It turned the scini-lmro
brown skins of the men women and children
to a rich mahogany and brought out the
sfiadows in the fort-llltc walls ot the temples
lining the other side of the river. It was
a scone for n painter.- The wonder
ful colors of oriental humanity mixed with
the glorious red of nature filled one nhnost
with n feeling of worship , nnd the muttering
Of the prnyors of thousands with their
strange incantations and mysterious postures
tbrowtan indescribable wierdness over the
Bccno. Fantastic and foolish as some of the
actions seemed , I could not forgot that this
spot is to one-sixth of the human race the
holiest place ou the surface of the whole
world , that out of every six men , women nnd
children on God's good earth ono believes
that If he washes hero
HIS S1N8. VJ.OAT AWAT
on these waters to the sea , nnd that if his
nshcs'nro hero burned his soul goes straight
to heaven. If the Hindoo in accents of
prayer utters the name of this river within
ono hundred miles ot its b.inics the net
ntonoA for the Bins of three previous lives ,
nnd if ho has his head shaved at n
point which lies two hours ride by train
from where I am now writing , and the hairs
fall into the stream , for every hair that
floats away ho will have n million years in
paradise. This place is at Allahabad , whcro
the river Jumna flowns Into the Gauges , and
hero at certain times of tUo year thousands
of Hindoos may bo soon on the banks of the
river holding their heads over the water nnd
allowing barbers to shave them , ns it were ,
into heaven.
And do the people really believe this ! I
assure you they do , und their belief is n
practical one. too. It is not n faith without
works by nny means. Tins town of Benares
has n population as big as that of Cleveland ,
Cincinnati or Washington. Just now the
mornings nro cold and the nir is raw and
piercing. It Is the duty of every one of
these people to coma before their breakfasts
nnd bathe in the Ganges. I found the banks
- of tho'river filled with them this morning.
The city lies cloao to the river and for three
miles along its banks are great temples ,
from the walls of which stone steps lead
down into the Ganges , going under the
water and out into the bed of the stream.
Each or these temples has perhaps ono hun
dred of these steps from Its base to the
water , anil tlicso tlireo miles of such steps
were filled with worshipers. All wore Hin
does , and none > vor blotbed in anything but
the thinost of cottons. There were shriveled
old men ant' ' women wrapped around in the
Binglo breadth of dirty white cotton , stand
ing up to their waists In water nnd holding
, their long , thin , bony arms upwards while
with chattering teeth they muttered prayers
to the gods Siva and Viahnu. Now and
then they ducked down into the water and
ns. they came up they gasped and looked
colder than over. There wore plump girls ,
whoso nut-brown skins glistened as the
water trickled down them and whoso bright
eyes flashed a half rougish.
.OLANCB AT ME I1ETWEBX TI1E1U 1'UAVnilS.
1 j As they raised their arms I noted that each
bad gold and silver bracelets upon them and
Bomo of the country maidens had bracelets
ono nftor another from the wrist to the ol-
> jew nnd from thence on to the shoulders.
Many wore great nose rings , nnd as they
throw back their heads I could see that their
ears wore punctured with many holes and
fr that each hole contained a bit of gold or sil
ver. Most of them , however , hid their faces
t nnd not a few wore high caste Hindoo
maidens. As they stopped out of the water
their bare limbs shouo under the sunlight
ftnd against the dark brown back ground
( lashed heavy stiver anklets. They did not
bathp with the men ana as a rule they hud-
filed up in little groups by themselves.
At many of the temples there
Were ledges built out over the
l-ivcr and hero men gathered up water
In their hands and mutter prayers over it.
Each man nnd woman had a brass jar , and
ns they left their bathing they carried some
Of the holy water to aid them in their wor
ship in the temples. There wore thousands
Of maid servants carrying great bowls of
Ganges water on tholr heads nnd steadying
tuo burden with ono brownbaro arm ns they
tvalkcd up the stops. The costume of the
Hindoo ls a picturesque ono. It is ono long
trip of cloth wound about the person so that
thp logs and urms nro bare. Sometimes
bright colored shawl * are added by the
Wealthier and a bright turban or cap covers
the head.
Mixed with this gaudy , splashing , sputtor-
fngthrong Just above the water wore square
benches covered with umbrellas as largo ns
the top of u summer house and under these
at-wrinkled old priests with boxo of rod
paint beside them. Eaoh worshiper oamo
to these priests na ho flnUhed his bath
* nd tno priest , dipping his linger
Into the paint box , mode one , two or throe
marks upon his forehead. These marks
Vroro to remain on until the next day's bath-
liig and they wore the signs of the gods.
Among the bathers were poddlcra of Ganges
Water. Those carry the holy fluid In Jars to
Villages for out in the country and eaon pil
grim who comes takes a load homo to his
relatives.
Uut It is not nlono at Benares that the
Ganges Is holy. Prom its source in the Him-
hlnyas , where it Is supposed to ( low from the
ma TOE 01visiixu ,
11 along the winding fifteen hundred miles
pf us course , Its waters are sacred ami puri
fying. 1 found thousands bathing at Cal
cutta and inuuy Hindoos make a alx years'
Bllgrimugo from the aouroe of the river to
Its mouth. There are hundreds of places
Upon its banks which , like Uonores , uro ea-
pcclully aacreJ , nud there U an Island at the
tnouth which ia annually visited by a largo
pumbor of pilgrims. This is icnown as the
Island of sugar. At Allahabad tuo Hindoos
ay there nro three rivers which come to-
fether. One of these is the Jumna , the
ther Is the Gauges , and the third conies di
rect from heaven and Is invisible to mortal
yes , (
\ \ ' * a wonderful river , and how wonder
ful it Is , it is impossible to know without un-
flerBtandiug the geography of this semi-
ontinout of India. If you will take your
map of Asia'you will llnd that India in much
tl'o nbupeof U1 * equilateral triangle , tno base
PI which is the Himalaya mountains and the
pox of wjiloh rests in the Indian ocean ,
pacu ; side of this trlanglo is nearly two thou
sand miles long and two side * of' It are al-
IBOSI bounded by water. It is a country of
magnificent nlsUnecs , From Calcutta to
Bombay In ns far ns ( n from London to Na
ples , or nboul the distance thnt Mow York is
from Denver. The distance between Iceland
nnd Spain is just about ns far ns n straight
line from the Himalayas to the apex
of thn trlanglo and the nron of the
wh oo is equal to tlio slzo of Europe
without Kuisln , or nearly one-half of the
United States. It Is n country of mountains
nnd valleys. The lower part und the greater
part of the center is nn immense tableland
nnd between tliis table land nnd
the Hlmnlnyn mountains thcro is a wide
strip of vast plains through which the mighty
Gnngcs runs multho bullc ot which has been
mmlo by the rich fertilizing earth which aha
has brought down from the mountains.
There Is no doubt but that in the far distant
post the greater part of India was an
Island , nnd if you could sink these Ganges
plains ilvo hundred feet downxvnrd the sea
would rush In and tha Himalayas would bo
divided Irom the plateau of South and Cen
tral India. These plains nro the richest pnrt
of India. They nro the most thickly popu
lated nnd it Is from them that n great bulk
of the rice and wheat of India comes.
The wheat nrea of India Is lucreas
Ing year by year. It is now nbout equal to
the wheat area of the United States and its
product compotes with the America wheat
in the markets of London. For this reason
these plains nro doubly Interesting to Amor-
leans and the influence of the Ganges is felt
moro nnd moro every year In the stock exchange -
change of Chicago.
The Ganges not only made but she nour
ishes those plains. She Is called by the Hin
does "Mother Ganga. " From her source in
the Himalayas to her mouth in the Hay o :
lioiignl , she has a fall of more than two ani
ono-half miles , und ns n fertilizing bearer
SHE SURl'ASSns ANT KIVKll
on the fnro of the globe. Egypt is the gift 01
the Nile. You can lose Egypt m tlioso
plains , which nro the gift of the Ganges
The mighty Nile , with its unknown source ,
does not carry down as much water as thii
holy river of the Hindoos and her nmximum
discharge nt n distance of 400 miles from the
son , with many of her tributaries
yet to hear from , Is one-third greater
than tlmt of the Mississippi. Whore the
Ganges rises bursting forth from n Himn-
laynln glacier it Is twenty-sovon foot wlue.
It falls 3..WO feet in the flrst ten miles of its
course , and it hiis an average depth of tniitv
foot BOO miles from its mouth. Its delta is as
wide ns the distance from Now York to
Washington , nnd hundreds of mouths run
from this width back in a sort of a pnrallollo
gram for 200 tulles more , whore they unite.
The water of the Uny of Uongal is discolored
orod for miles by the mud brought down b\
the Ganges , nnd the whole country is fertil
ized by it.
The water is the color nnd thickness of pea
soup , and the silt or mud is so rich that these
vast plains usu no other fertilizer. The
crops nro harvested by pulling the stalks out
of the ground. No cows or borsoa nro
allowed to pasture in the fields and t lie it
droppings are mixed with straw am
mud nnd then dried nnd used as fuel. In this
Gauifos valley nature is always giving , but
never getting. Every atom of natural fer
tilizer. Rave this Ganges silt , is taken from
the soil. Still the land is as rich as guano ,
nnd it produces from
TWO TO FOUll CHOPS UVfiUY TEUt.
About Calcutta the alluvial deposit is 400
foot deep , nnd an experiment was lately
mndotogotto the end ot it. A well-was
sunk , but at the distance of 231 foot the au
ger broke. At this point the end of this rich
soil had not been reached. The amount of
fertilizing material brought down by the
Ganges has boon lately estimated , nnd scion-
tiflc Investigation shows that BOIUO distance
above the point where it unites with the
Brahmaputra its yearly burden is the enor
mous amount of 355,000,01)0 ) tons. A thous
and-ton ship is by no means small ,
and a fleet of 850,000 such ships could nol
cany this burden. The average freight car
is thirty-four feet loug and it takes a strong
car to carry llfty tons. Suppose our freight
cars to bo sixteen feet longer than * .hcy are.
Load upon each car fifty tons of this ferti
lizing mud nnd it would take a train of more
than seven million such cars to carry the
yearly fertilizing output ot this crent river.
If these cars' were on aslnglo track the track
would have to bo 07,400 miles long. It would
reach twice around the earth nnd leave
enough cars to run two continuous trains
through the center. The most of this silt
comes down during four months of the year
nnd if there were dally fleets of 2,000 ships
each containing 1,400 tons of mud during
these four months they would just carry it.
But this is the work of the Ganges alone.
It is five times.us much as is curried by the
Mississippi to the gulf and further down the
rivei , where the great Brahmaputra joins it
nnd flows out into its hundred mouths the silt
output is still greater. During the rainy
season alone the river hero carries out enough
silt to load 13,000 ships with 1,400 tons each
every day for four months. During the
rainy season this whole delta of the Ganges
is covered with water to the extent of about
thirty feet. You see only the tops of the
trees nnd villages which are bulb upon the
hills and the river further up the country is
diverted by canals from its course to every
part of these vast plains. The best of the
wheat is irrigated and the water being al
lowed to Ho upon the land drops the fertilizer
nnd enriches it. All over India , or through
the part I have traveled , I see this irrigation
oven now going on. Much of it is done in
the most primitive way. Two half-naked
men stand Just above the river with u basket
hung by long ropes between them. This
basket is water-tight and by a swinging mo
tion they scoop it down into the river and lift
the water up Into a canal nbovofrom whence
it runs off into other canals over the fields.
Here at Benares bullocks nro largely used.
J'ho water Is stored in great wells and it is
drawn from them in skin bowls , each of
which holds nbout a bushel of water. The
bowl is a pig's skin kept open with a boon of
wood nnd to its top by four strings is fasten
ed a rope. Tnls rope runs over u rude pulley
at the lop of the well and at a distance of
twenty feet from It , it Is tied to tuo yoke of a
bullock , which , led by n man , raises the
bucket to the top of the well. Hero it is
pulled over Into a trough. I am told that this
mode of irrigation is faster nnd cheaper than
nny of the niuchino methods employed nnd I
see it everywhere. Of late years the Eng
lish have bcea spending Immense sums in
irrigating India , and millions ot ncres of now
land have been brought under irrigation. In
1&S3
MOKE THAN TWKNTV-riVn MILLION DOLLARS
was spent in Bengal olono , and the wheat
lands are found to produce best in
those provinces which can bo irrigated. I
do not remanibor the average wheat produc
tion of the United States per ucro , but I
think It is larger than that of India. Hero it
only thirteen bushels per ucro and the wheat
is not moro than a foot high. The heads of
the grain , however , are well filled out though
it Is not worth as much in Mark Lane as the
better classes of Australian or California
Wheat ,
1 had always looked upon India as a rice-
eating country. I find that u great number
of the people here cat wheat and grain. In
northwostorn.Indlu only about 10 per cent of
the people'eat rice and in the prison at Aura
I found that the prisoners "were fed upon
grain. Everywhere the mass ot the people
seem to bo underfed and the leanest , scrag
giest specimens of humanity I Imvo over soon
I Und In tins rich valley of the Ganges.
Whore nature has done everything , the people
ple are starving and you can have no idea of
the skin and bone men and boys , whom I see
dally by. the thousands. The costume of the
people is such that tUe arms and logs nnd
often the breasts nud waists are bare. There
scorns to bo uothlng but skin , bones nnd
sinews , and the nvoraKO thigh is not bigcer
than muscular .American biceps. There
lire no calves whatever and the joints at
the knees nnd the ankles are extraordinarily -
ordinarily large , Nearly every man you
meet , If ho bo poor , has wrinkles m his
belly nnd at every railroad station you find
gnuut , dark-faced , piteous , lean men , who
SLAI'TIIBIU BAKU STOMACHS
to show that they tire hollow and ask for a
baoksbUU. Wuxos Bro nilsorably low.
Farm laborers got from < 5 to 8 cents a day
and masons 10 oonta u day. Even travo lors ,
who have to pay the highest wages , can get
good English speoklnif servants who will
travel with them und feed themselves for 33
cants a day and less than that if takeu by the
month.
This valley ottfco Ganges has more people
than It can support and it is probably the
most densely populated part of the world.
The people llvo In villages , and the average
town consists of ouo-story raud huts too poor
and illy ventilated for American pljr pens.
You would not thinic of having such out-
liouscs as the rosldubcos of the majority of
this vast population would make , and a largo
p ? ? f i"dltt' aua especially in the best part
of this Ganges country the holding * averaKj
from two to throe acres apiece.
At four to the family , this
represents a half 'acre per per on
or over twelve hundred persons t * r square
unlo. Vrlionit U remembered taut tueso
people llvo by ngrlcultura It will bo soon Ui R.
this rendition is far worse than Hint of China
or nny pnrtof Europe * . And still th6 people
nro bright. They nro brnlnytoonml you will
find few sharper business men , bolter cut
fnccs nnd more polite pcotilo thnu these people
ple of India. Tholr faces In this part of India
have much the same chnrncterlstlcs ns those
of the Anglo Saxon. Those of the higher
cnstes nro moro like those of tbo Greek nnd 1
see faces every day which , if the skin were
white , nny American might bo proud to own.
They belong to the same race germ thnt wo do
nnd under the satno training nnd ohrlstmn
influences they would be strong competitors
with us. But what cnn n man do on six
cents n dny , or how cnn n man Icnrn xvboa
lie hns to struggle to exist } Tha population
of India Is continually increasing. England
cats the lion's share of the products of tbo
country and though the people nro perhaps
better off under her government than they
bavo been tin the past , it Is the sumo old
story of her wealth going to the rulers nnd
the people workiiiR'thelr llcsh off tholr bones
to support them. The governor general of
India , who by the wnv , is the rich Marquis
of Lansdown , gets $100,000 a year. Quito n
contrast with the wages of the masses nt six
cents n day. Isn't it )
FltANK G. CAHl'EKJEIl.
BRAVE GIRLS WERE THEY.
Killing Two HlK ICnttlcsnnkcs Tlmt
Attacked Them in the "Woods.
Two younff Indies residing near Web
ster , a , few miles south of this city , In
Hancock comity , mot with a terrible
ndvonturo to-tiny while hunting wild
blossoms in the dcop timber which sur
rounds that locality , writes iv Ltillnrpo ,
111. , correspondent. The { , 'irls for
they tvro not moro than eighteen or
nineteen yours old sot out curly this
morning , hoping to Rather inuuy wild
blossoms to be used In decorating R
school IIOUBO. They chose to go deep
into the timber , und dose to the local
ity known as"Crookod Crook Bottoms , "
which In the curly spring is prolific
with wild blossoms and ilowors , not to
say hideous and deadly reptiles.
The young misses , however , had lit
tle fear of snakes , ns they hail boon told
that the season was too curly. So they
Milled about from ono imlch of posies lo
unolhor , pathoi-ing tlio pretty ferns
und blossoms , and now and then a delicate -
cato wild flower in some hidden nook.
Thus were they busily engaged when
Alice , who had preceded her companion
a little way , uttered a series of screams.
"Maud ! a snaicol a horrid big snake ! "
Strange to say , Maud did not run nnd
scream. She hurriedly grasped a heavy
dead limb lying close by nnd hurried to
whore her companion was holding her
skirts and screaming in terror. There ,
within ton foot of them * , lay a huge rat
tlesnake coiled to strike. The creature
darted out Its deadly fangs again and
again , while its rattles gave incessant
warning.
"Stay right whore you are , Alice , "
whispered Maud. "I'll ' slip around and
kill it with this club. Pick up that big
stick there , so as to bo ready if I fail. "
Quietly and bravely did 'this young
miss creep around behind his snake-
ship. Then a well-directed blow , ac
companied by a little scream , was deliv
ered upon the head of the venomous
rattler. But it was not sutiiciont to
cause death , and Maud was aiming an
other blow when the hoi-rilled screams
of Alice claimed her attention.
"Maud ! Maud ! hero is another ono a
monsler. Como , quick ! "
BuPMaud was now battling with the
first snake , whseh had turned upon her.
In the meantime Alice made a furious
onslaughtor upon the second rattier ,
beating the huge snake to the ground
as it rose up time and again. Belli girls
fought heroically for a full half-hour ,
finally killing bothsnakbs. Ono rattler
measured ten feet in length and the
other seven.
The girls are now the heroines of this
part of Hancock- " county ; > rlt was not
known that snakefl j > f , this , size were
numerous HereatTotrts hut it is now-
thought that Crooked Creek bottoms
are full of them. Seine of the farmers
talk of organizing a snake-hunting cx-
pedillon lo clean out the reptiles , as it
is considered dangerous for any ono to
Visit the botloms when the snake season
arrives. The young ladies who are the
heroines of the adventure begged so
hard that their names bo suppressed
thai the wish is granted. It is ooliovod
thai many men would have lied from
Iheso two snakes , but the bravo girls
stood Ihoir ground.
Hriijnniiu Fraitklln'8 Mnxlms.
Keep thy shopand thy shop will keep
tlico.
Creditors have holler memories lhan
debtors. *
Foolish men make feasts and wise men
oat them.
When the well is dry they know the
worth of water.
What maintainsone vice will bring up
two children.
If you would have your business done ,
go ; if not , send.
Silks and satins , silks and velvets put
out the kitchen fire.
Not to oversee workmen is to leave
them your jmrso open.
Want of care does us moro damage
than want of knowledge.
If you would know Iho value of money
try to borrow some.
By diligence and Dorsovcrcnco the
mouse eats Iho cable in two.
Experience keeps a dear school , but
fools will learn in no other.
Now I have a sheep and a cow , every
body bids mo good morrow
Early to bed , early to rise , makes a
man healthy , wealthy and wise.
For ajjo nnd want save while you
may , no morning sun lasts all the day.
Work to-day , for you know not how
much you may bo hindered to-morrow.
I'ly pleasure and it will follow you.
The diligent spinner has n. largo shift.
Diligence is the mother of good luck ;
and God gives all things to industry.
Industry needs not wish , and ho that
lives upon hope will die fasting.
Tlioro are no gains" without pains ;
then help hands , for I have no lands.
Lying rides upon debt's back ; it is
hard for an empty bug to stand upright.
Buy what thou hast no need of , and
ore long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
He that by the plow would thrive ,
himself must either ( both ) hold or
drive.
Women and wine , game and deceit ,
make the wealth email and the want
great.
At a great pennyworth pause awhile ;
many are ruined by buying bargains.
If you would have a faithful servant ,
and ono that you Hlco , servo yourself.
For want of a nail the shoo was lost ,
and for want of a shoo the horeo wao
lost.
lost.Plow
Plow deep while sluggards sloop ; and
you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
Who dainties love shall beggars
prove. Foola lay out money and buy
repentance.
' Always taking out of the meal tub
and never putting in soon comoa'to the
bottom.
Drlvo thy business , let not that drive
thoo. Sloth makes all things difficult ,
industry all easy.
i
If you feel unable to do your work ,
and have that tired feeling , take Dr. J.
U. McLean's Sarsaparilla ; it will make
you bright , active and vigorous ,
There will DO a spectacular production ot
'Tuq Gron Metropolis,1 ! a melodrama by
jeorgo Jossop snd Ben Tonic , In Proctor's
.Twenty-third st root 1 heat ro , Now Yorx , next
autumn , with a view to a long run.
Ladles never have any dyspepsia after
a wlno glass ot Angostura Bitters , the
genuine of Dr. J , G. B ( Slegoj-i & Sons.
Ask your druggist.
MADRID SOjEETS AT NIGHT ,
* i *
The Debs po TJholr Slooplurr lu thp
Tlmo.
BEAUTIFUL' ' LADIES OF SPAIN.
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They Are Sealant Their Host on the
liovuly 'I'rtlnicnmlOB of the
the
t )
Mko a J'oot.'fl Dronin.
I know of Jew more picturesque situ
ntiona for a city thtm tlmt of Madrid ,
says the correspondent of a Now York
paper. Lying at an olovntlon of nboul
twenty-live hundred foot nbovo the level
of the sou mid in the neighborhood of a
range of mountains which , oven In sum
mer , are crowned with snow , the capital
of Spain is partly encircled by the ro-
mantle Manzanares , which Hews close to
the city walls.
Madrid is rapidly divesting Itself of
Its Moorish character and throe-fourths
of the city have already assumed an
essentially modern aspect. Tills is
especially true of the heart of the
"cindad , " the square known as "Puerta
do Sol , " whore ton streets and all the
tramway lines moot , and whence they
diverge in different directions like so
many arteries. The importance of this
square lies in the fact that it is the
heart of Madrid and the center of its
trafllc. Iloro are situated the principal
government buildings , hotels , restau
rants and cafes. It is hero that Mad-
rilenians and ox trail joras rendezvous to
gossii ) , and politicians congregate to
discuss nnd settle the affairs of the na
tion. The restaurants and cafes are
very largo , but not so elegant as those of
either Puns , Berlin , Wion or Roma , noi
ls the colluo as good , but the chocolate
and sherbet are most delicious. There
are no newspapers at the disposal of the
customers 01 these different places of
resort , but any one can buy the local
shoots at the door , whore tlioro is gen
erally a small nowstand. Most of the
Spanish dalles soil at 1 cent , but they
contain very little of interest to for
eigners. All classes meet in these res
taurants und cafes on equal terras. The
peasant , the shoeblack and the scaven
ger think they have as much claim to
the title of caballeros as the politician ,
the dude and thoofllcor. In those places
of public resort prevails a curious cus
tom , which may be an old relic of Moor
ish days in Spain guests call the atten
tion of the waiters by clapping their
hands or whistling , as ono clous when
calling a dog.
But the "dons" have more than ono
peculiarity , aiYfl old habits have taken
such a strong'hj > l(1 of the people that
it is next to * impossible to eradicate
them. IndotSAv it1' ' seems to mo that the
Pyrenees are1 to 'the ' Spaniards what
the great walls of China are to the Chi
nese , a bulwark 'behind ' which people
entrench themselves and resist innova
tions. Spain' is fully 100 years behind
any other European country. Worse
than Russia , Where the eighteenth cen
tury belongs itself j for Spain's 100 years
of backwardness are grafted in three
dark centuries. 'Three-fourths ' of the
people can tioithOr read nor write as
yet , but are Well satisfied so long as
bull lights and oilier barbarous institu
tions are kopt.up. '
Generally Speaking Madrilonians
sloop in the day .time and move about at
night. Indeed. , the streets of the city
are well-nigh deserted from 10 a. m.
till G or 7 o'clock in the evening ,
when every ono hastens to the Prado ,
the great public promenade of Mad
rid , to enjoy the cool and fragrant
brcoy.os and stroll about through the
spacious park and lovely gardens. The
procession to the Prado is a bit of gen
uine Spanish local color in cosmopolitan
Madrid. Many either ride or drive ,
and no other 'city in the world can turn
out so many teams of Andalusian horses
as proud and as graceful as their mas
ters and mistresses. The Prado , at full
promenade time , and especially the
evenings of Sundays and holy days , pro-
gents an animated and most interesting
sceno. IIow gracefully the senors and
senoritas flutter along the gay parterre ,
where many colored uniforms and
diversified costumes sprout out in every
direction to divert and do homage to
them. Hero assemble the beauties of
every part of Spain , and in no other
country in the world can there bo soon
a brighter display of female lovlines
than of the Prado of Madrid.
Although the French fashionable
bonnets are gradually invading Spain
and becoming much in vogue among the
Spanish belles , the elegant national cos
tume , the mantilla , is still predominat
ing. It is worn and arranged with a
natural grace which enchants the be
holder. A Spanish lady seems always
to have some little matter to adjust
which sots on" to advantage the quiet
elegance of her deportment. The man
tilla is drawn a little more forward or
gently moved a little less ; it is crossed
in front or uncrossed , and through its
transparent network of blonde lace arc
BOOH the lovely head and beautiful
throat rising from a bust of most ele
gant contour. These mantillas are both
wlii to and black , but the latter are , to
my taste , the most becoming.
And the abanicp ! the fan ! Oh , what
magic there is in that little zonhyr-
coaxing telegraph ! Folded and un
folded with a careless ease which none
but Spanish women can display , moved
quickly in recognition of a passing
friend , elevated , opened over the head
to frame it , fao to speak , the fan plays an
Important and most attractive part in
the hand of a Spanish lady. During
the delightful summer nights , when the
moon sheds her mire light around , the
Prado presents' * h'o most romantic pic
ture , Canonical ! Hr the blue vault of
heaven , with 'till 'Its bright spangles ,
many a love tule is there told
and listened to" with favor. In
the Prado 'flr ' 'assembled ' nightly
the cream olof i the society of
Madrid , and it'niay > ho said with truth
that there is n 'sociability ' on this beau
tiful nromenndd thht does not oxidt in
places of uimliftfoub ronorts in larger
metropolitan clllcrr. Individuals nnd
families are known to each other , tlioro
is n succession salutations and greet
ings , and to a loolcdr-on it seems as if
the promonndors.Uworo vast lines of
family or friendly connections. The
botanical and' public gardens , called
"las dolioias , " which adjoin the Prado ,
add greatly to thoi bounty of this lovely
promenade.
The royal palace , which is ono of the
most magnificent castles in Europe , rises
dazzling white against the sky on the
opposite side of the city to a height of
100 feet , It Is built on the site of the an
cient Moorish Alcazar and occupies an
area of 221,000 square foot.
Upw ujl Downs.
'
London Pick'-Mo-Up : .First Citizen.
I 'hoar that young Algernon Flt/-Deuce-
uco is going to marry and settle down.
Second Citizen. It would bo moro to
the point if ho wore to marry and settle
up.
up.First Citizen. What do you moan ?
Sjtond Citizen , Merely that I have
the misfortune to be his tailor.
DffiRKE
tSTAOLISrUD 1851 ( ISO So.
Chcng0 | , | | | 8 , ICInrkSt ,
TJioBogiilarOId-EstatjMea
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEOH
lutlll Treating with the Grwlett
iSKILL and SOCCESS
Chronic , Heryons ana Priyate Diseases ,
Bi NERVOUS DEBILITY , Lost Manhood
Palling Memory , Exhausting Drains , Terrlbl *
Dreamt , Head and Back Acne and all the effects
killing to catly dccuy and pcilupi Coniumptlon o
Insanity , treated scientifically by new methods will
Mver-failinit nuccrii.
Oy SYPHILIS and all bad Blood and Skin Dll
aici permanently cured.
9-iCIDNBYand URINARYoomplaltiti.Qleit
Qonorrhoea , Strlctu re , Varlcocela and U dlieaie
of the Oenlto-Urlnnry Organi cured promptly wlthou
Injury to Stomach , Kidneys or oJier Organi.
ftNo experiment ! . Age and experlinca 1m
portent. Consultation free and aacred ,
9-Send 4 cents poitage for Celebrated Work ! 00
Chronic , Nervoua and Delicate Diieaict.
WThoto coTitemplatlBB Mairlace icnd for Dl
Clarke's celebrated guide Mnle and Female , eact
15 cents , both 35 cents ( stamp * ) . Coniult the ol
Doctor. A friendly letter or callmay are futuretuffer
Inn and ihame , and add golden yean to life , A3 Iool
"Life's ( Secret ) Errors , " joccnts ( damps ) . Mtdlcln
and writings tent everywhere , secure from exposure.
Hours , 8 to 8. Sundays 9 to ti. Address
F. D. CLARKE , M. D. ,
108 So. Clark SU CHICAGO. ILL *
LOTS IN THE
AT BOTTOM PRICES.
A Sure Investment.
Kor Maps. 1'rlres nnd Information , call on or
nddrcas 0' . 15. SIMMONS. Land Commissioner
C. & N.-W. Ity. , 23 rifth AVO. , Chicago. 111.
Health is Wealth
DH. E , 0. WEST'S NKIIVE AND BHXIN Tiinvr
MBNT , a guaranteed specific for Hysteria , Dlzzi
ness. Convulsions , Fits , Nervous Num-al la
Headache , NerTons Prostration caused by the
uaeof alcohol < , r tobacco , Wakefulness , Jlontal
Depression. Softening of the llrnlu resulting In
Insanity nnd leading to misery , uocay and
death. Premature Old ARC , Jliirrennos' ! , Io.ss of
Power in cither aex. Involuntary bosses and
Spormatorrluca caused by over-exertion of
tno Brain. BaifaDuse or overindulgence , 1'uch
box contains onn month's treatment , ? t "box ,
or six bodies ior5 , sent by mall prepaid oirre-
colpt of prlco.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To euro any case. With each order received by
us for six boxes , accompanied with 85 , wo will
fiend the purchaser our written guarantee to re
fund the money if the treatment does not otfect
a cure. Guarantee ? Issued only by Goodman
Drug Co. . Druggists , Sole Agents. 1110 Farnam
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 Shoa Possesses this Feature ,
IF YOU TRY ONE PAIR
You Will Wear No Other Mako.
Sold by over 100 rtwvlers In Chlcnco. and the boat
trade throughout the United States.
SeoTbut They Arc Stumped "I.Uin.OW. "
touttii : mm
Paris Dflirersal Exposition
Is now open. Pnrtloi Jcilrlntr xood accommoJatlons
011 the now InrRo expruea steiuiion of the Famous
FRENCH MAIL LINE
,
Which are noted for tholr rcKiilurlly , equal to rail-
rou'1 ' trulns , In maklnK the trip to Ilnvru-rarls In ono
week , itro uiivl o 1 to
Make Early Application fur Hcrtlis.
Thli Is alio ncci'ssary on account of Iho Iicary
trut cl UurliiK the sprint : and sumiuur months.
McCAGUR BROS. . 105 South 15ih St. ,
HARRY E. MOORES , 1C02 Pnruam St. ,
H. L. HALL , 1223 Par n am St. ,
J. n. GREEN , 1501 Parimm St. ,
Aiiuiit' . Oiimlin , Nrb.
MAUIIICK W. KOZMINSKI.
Oen'l Western .Agt. liO Washington St. , Chicago.
A full set of teeth for Si. I'nlnloss nxtractlon of
ei'tu without chloroform , uta or other. Ulllujj at
DR ? BAILEY , Dentist ,
3121'nxton lllock , llth and Karnam til * . Open m cnlnxs
Dr. J. E , McGREW
ONE ur riu : tioxr
1ST SPECIALISTS EI
In tuo Treatment of All Chronic , Nervous
iintl I'rlvnte Diseases.
SperraatorrUtca , Iraputoucjr and Falling Manhood
sbiolutoly curoJ. A euro uuamntoed I" * U iorni of
"lUtto iJHemoi , htriuurtii , uleet. Ao. CHtnrrb ,
I'linmt , I.unK . and Heart nlieaiei , , liueumatlim.
Hjjlnul iiud * ' male l oato > , Ulood und Hklu l > lte * > oi
rcatoil succoajfulljr.
J.uUlet' and uentiem n'l waiting rooms iejmrate
mid vntlruly pn l . . _ . .
Ouniultatluii trvf. Bend lot book * , "Tb Dark
> eeret of M n. " Rl o "Woman and ller Dlieam , "
Do rarb ( ttampi ) . Treatment by correspondency
end 'lamp for reply.
OMICK : 1BTH AND DOUQLA8 8TUHET8 ,
OMAHA
Medical and Surgical Institute ,
N. W. Cor. 13th and Dodge Sts. , Omaha , Neb.
THE LARGEST MEDICAL INSTITUTE IN THE WEST
1011 THE TllBATMENT OK ALIi
Chronic and Surgical Diseases and Diseases 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. McMEMAMY M. D. President
. . , . . , ,
And ConsultingPliysiclnn. . and Surgeon.
Organized witt a full staff of Skilled Physicians , Surgeons and Trained Niiim
This establishment is a permanent medical Institution , conducted by thoroughly
educated physicians and surgeons of acknowledged skill and experience. Tlio
Institute bindings , situated on the northwest corner of Tliiiteontli and Dodge
streets , is composed of two largo three-story brick bindings of ever ninety rooms ,
containing our Medical , Surgical and Consultation Booms , Drug Store , Laboratory ,
Offices , Manufactory of Surgical Appliances and braces , and the Boarding Depart
ment for Patients , m charge of competent persons , constituting the Inigeatand
the most thoroughly equipped Medical and Surgical Establishment in the West , ono
of the three largest in tno United States , and second to none.
We have superior advantages and facilities for treating diseases , performing
surgicul operations , boaiding and nursing patients , which , combined with our
acknowledged ability , experience , responsibility and reputation , should make the
Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute tlio 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 tlie city.
AVe make this explanation for the bcnullt of persons who may feel inclined to
go further east for medical or surgical treatment and do not appreciate tlio fact
that Omaha possesses the largest and most complete Medical and Surgical InstU
tuto west of Now York , with a capital of over $100,000.
DEFORMITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY.
M
APPLIANCES FOB DEFO11MI-
TIES AND TRUSSES.
Best Facilities , Apparatus and KcimultaH for Successful Treatment ot
every form of Dlucuso requiring : I > I ! 3DICAIi or SURGICAL
TICK VTMJ3NT.
In this department we are especially successful. Our claims or superiority over
all others are based upon the fact that this is the only medical establishment man
ufacturing surgical braces and appliances for each individual case. Wo have
throe skilled instrument makers in our employ , with improved machinery , and
have all the latest inventions , as well as our own patents and improvements ,
the result of twenty years' experience.
E52 EOia3E1LIO ! 2L3Li T'lO T A 'OnVgJBKra ? .
The treatment of diseases by electricity has undergone great changes within tha
past few years , and electricity isnow acknowledged by all schools of medicine us tha
great remedy in all chronic , special and nnrvc diseases , for nervous debility , par
alysis , rheumatism , diseases of women , etc. , and in many eye and ear discuses it
is the most valuable of all remedies.
In order to obtain its full virtues , it is absolutely necessary to have the proper
ipparatus. Wo have lately purchased three of the largest and most complete
jatteries manufactured , so constructed as to give the most gentle as well as the
most powerful cnricnt. 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 dollar *
.nvested in electrical apparatus.
PRIVATE , SPECIAL , NERVOUS AND
BLOOD DBSEASES.
We claim to be the only reliable , responsible establishment in the west making
x specialty of this class of diseases. Dr. MeMonamy was ono of the flrst thorough-
y educated physicians to make a special study of this class of diseases , and his
nothods and inventions have beim 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 moans , of a simple operation ,
minlcss and safe , recently brought into use , wo cure many cases that have boon
; ivon up as incurable by medical treatment. ( Read our book to men , sent free to any
address. )
DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR.
We have had wonderful success in this department in the
past year , and have made many improvements in our facili
ties for treatment , operations , artificial eyes , etc.
We have greatly improved our facilities and methods of
treating .cases by correspondence , and ure having bettor
success in this department than ever before.
We are fully up to the titnoa in all the latest inventions in medical and surgical
operations , appliances and instruments. Our institution Is open for invostlga-
lon 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 this advertisement flrst appeared , many boasting pretenders and frauds have
come and < ione and many more will come and go , remembered only by their unfortunatt
and foolish victims.
"A wise man investigates first and decides afterwards ,
A fool decides first , then investigates. ' ' '
Tlie Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute is indorsed by tlie people and the preu ,
More capital invested , more skilled physicians employed , more modern appliances , instru-
nents and apparatus in ti.sc , more cases treated and cured , more successful surgical
operatiom performed , than in all other medical establishments in the West combined ,
144 PAGE BOOK ( Illustrated )
SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS ( SIJUID ) .
Part First History , BUCOOBS and Advuntnirea of tlio Omaha Medical find Surgical Institute.
I'art NeconelCmiONiu DIHKASEH of the Luaya. Stomach , Ltvor , Kliliiove , Skin , Piles , Cauoor.
Catarrh , Uullopsx. UliomnatUm. Inlialutlou , Tape Worm , Itloctrlclty , Now Ilomedloa. cto.
[ art Third lEroiiniTir.H , Curvature of th Bplno , Club Feat , Hip Diseases , I'aralyiltfrr
Nook. Dow Loirs , Hare Lip , Surgical Operations.
Part I'ourtli DiSKAica or TIIK KYB AND lUn , UUoasea of the Nerves , Cataract , fltrablsuiui or
. .Cross Kyoi.l'toryslutn , Granulated Bye I.lclH , Inversion at the Mils , ArtltloUl Ityon. oto.
Part Vlltk DtSBASES or WOMBN , Ijoucorrhuui , Ulooratlon , DlsplacouicnU , 1'rolapsui Flex-
lous and Yerelons. Tumors , Lacerations and Cuncnr of the Womb.
l art Sixth UIHEAHEB or Mxtf , Private. Hpeclal and Nervous Discuses , Bpormatorrbtna ( Seminal
Weakness ) , Iinpotoncy , Vurlcocele , Stricture , liloot , Syphilis , nud nil diseases of tbo Qeulto
Urinary Orraus , . . _ _ _ _ _ .
niQETAQFTQ flP lA/DIUIPiy A BI-KCIALTV. We HAVE IMTK.Y
UldtlMoElO WlSrVlUHI .
\ AUUI.U A LYING-IN UicfAaxuunx
ro WOVIKM QUIIIMO ( XiNiriNEUENT , ( Strictly Vtlvule ) .
Only Itollablo Medical Instltnto Making u Specialty of
PRIVATE DISEASES.
All Blood Diseases luooeisfully treated. Syphilitic I'oleon removed from the nystein nltbout
mercury. Now Koatoratlvo Trvaiimmt for Loss of Vital 1'owur. I'utlentsunnblo torlslt usinuy
bo treated Bt homo by correspoudinico. All coiniuunlcutloiis confidential , Modlclium or lintru-
inenti Mint by mall or express ? aurely packed , no murku to Indicate contend or ne di > r. Unu er
Bonal iDtnrrlew prufi'rrc < l. Call and consult us or tend history ot your ease , and we will tend lu-
jilaln wrapper , our UOOK TO ffiKN , KHKKi Upon 1'rlvata. BpoobU orNurVom Olnoawi , Imio | >
leuoy , ByphllU , Oloot und Vaiiuucole , with cjueeUon list , Aadreea ,
OMAHA MEDICAL & SURGICAL INSTITUTE ,
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