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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUN&A.T , JTJNE 16J 1889.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
THE CITY OF THE HOLY FAITH
i
Logonda and Blghto of Santa Po ,
the Anolont.
THE CUSTODIAN OF THE PALACE.
ft. Quaint Old ITnnkoo AroonK Spnnisli
Doamnonta of Centuries Pnst
_ Uoinnntlo History and
Cnrlons Tradition.
. BCCIIOH In Snnta Fo.
SANTA Fr. , N. M. , Juno 12.-Spoclnl [
lo TiiK BKi.1-Bnnta Fo , city of the
Holy Fnlth , oldest town In the presi
dent's domain and quaintest of thorn nil ,
whnt a storehouse of antiquities for n
sightseer. In the winter the tide of
California travel naturally ecolcs the
southern channel In Us obh nnd flow
between the enow bound east and the
sup kissed slope. This city of the
Spaniard and the Puobjo and the
American is a llttlo aside from the
through route , and many pass It by.
Others stop In their night from pneu
monia long enough to say they "hnvo
Been SantalTo , " but they lilt hither and
hence ngaln , and It IB doubtful If many
of them got half what the place offers
them for their money. Its history Is
romance , but the traveling American
hns llttlo time or pluco for that sort of
thing , oxcont It ho sot down In the
guldo book , that blessed fount and In
spiration for letter anil tale.
The city of the Holy Faith Is full of
TIII5' ' 8TKANC1E AND THIS ANTIQUK ,
and the traveler whoso sojourn there Is
yet a dream awaiting lulQllinent , as
well as many who have ' "seen" it. will
bo interested in a brlof account of some
of its sights and legends. Quo of the
quaintest things in the old odd town Is
the custodian of thcr paldtio , that pllo of
mud which has boon the central figure
in'throo centuries of history. Although
it can hardly bo said of him that ho has
grown" up with the tinvn , ho is of a ver
ity ono of the "oldest inhabitants"
among the Americans , Having boon a
resident for thirty or forty years. Shag
gy of head , ragged of board and careless
of nttiro , ho is a rollo among the rollcs ,
& lit custodian of his kind. Ho has
charge of such archives as como down
Irom the Spanish conquerors , Mexican
2onornls and. American governors who
have ruled the city in uouturios now
dead , and with true Yankee inqusl-
tivonusa , ho spent years in learning
Spanish and poring ever the ancient
documents. The old man is a mine of
curious lore , and ho has that easy
loquacity which Is so de
lightful In n man with a
hobby if the listener happens to bo in
terested in that particular hobby.
Show an interest in the palace , its his
tory or its contents , display a becoming
deference to the old man's wisdom and
.Importance , and. the floodgates of his
knowledge nro open to you. Ho will
talk familiarly of forgotten Spaniards
with unpronouncablo names , of wars of
rebellion nnd wars of subjugation , of
pueblos and dons nnd plazas , and in his
narration some of these obscure events
acquire an importance second only to
the discovery of America. Probably
the only reason they nro second is because -
cause without the find , of Columbus they
could not have had existence. In his
enthusiasm ho may take the apprecia
tive visitor into ono of the ,
"lEdlStATIVE HALLS. "
It Is a stuffy llttlo room in dust-cov
ered confusion , and might bo mistaken
'
for a deso'rted country school house. A
dozen or two of cheap desks and chairs
are scattered holler skoltor. Tbo desk
of the presiding genius stands
awry on its dais. The intruders
leave footprints as sharp as
though treading in snow. The room is
bare and ugly and uninviting , but there
nro stacks of documents piled haphaz-
zard on iloor or furniture , and in thorn
are bundles of humun interest. Years
ago an ignorant vandal , an American
governor bo it confessed In shame , un
dertook to rid the palace of its precious
stores by soiling some for paper rags
and making n bonfire of others , but
enough remain to satisfy the average
tourist's appetite for documentary an
tiquities.
Give the old custodian a bit of en
couragement and ho will launch forth
in a dissertation upon the curious
papers scattered about. It is enough to
glance inquiringly nt ono of
TUB OLD 1'AllCIIMENTS.
If your curiosity prompt you to dig
down through the dust of a dish-like
spot that stands out Jin relief you will
unearth , lltei'ally , a big wax seal that
will sot your guide's garrulous toncuo
wagging with the deeds of some old don
or lighter , forgotten by all the
world but this doting blblomanlno ,
nnd from different documents ho
may hnvo gathered enough about the
ancient buccaneer to make a fascina
ting history.
The old man can toll an interesting
Btory on the subject of rubricas alono.
A rubrica is a distinguishing mark
that the Spanish ofllclal attached to his
signature a trade mark , ns it wore
to prove its gonuinoss. The custodian
will plolc up n document with a signa
ture having beneath it a flourish like
nrt elongated flguro 8. Another ends
with a spiral flourish , and a third has
curly-ouea on top , and hero the guldo
will explain a rule or law of the olden
"times njtnonp the Spaniards of America.
An ofllclal document , to bo genuine and
of force , had to bo signed with the
rubrica of the person promulgating the
paper. While an olllcial order signed
with a name only was a doubtful author
ity , a document heaving only the ru
brica of the ofllclal was just as binding
as though it had both nnmo and
rubrlcn. If the visitor want a flavor of
Spain and of Mexico ho should not fail
to invoke the willing guidance of the
ynnkoocustodlan.ifhappilj'hoboyotin
charge of the palaco.
The principal points of interest in
SantaPoiaro so closely linked with the
history of the place that its story is
worth tolling. It need not bo a regula
tion history a tedious unromombor-
nblo lUt ol dates and rulers , of wars and
reprisals , of politics nnd statistics but
lusta touch and go sketch of those lead
ing facts which throw a flood of interest
upontho
JMSTQH1C 1-LACK3 IN THIS CITY.
Among the latter nro the palace , San
Miguel church , the cuthcdral , the
plaza and the pueblo , never excepting ,
'Dt course , the strange people , their
abodes and their customs.
It is an odd coincidence that St.
Augustine nnd Santa Fo , so widely dif
ferent and BO far apart , should have
boon settled by Spaniards about the
eomo time ; but the patriotic resident of
Iho woatorn town not only claims
Ilia oldest city in the United States , but
the oldest house nnd the oldest ohurch.
He Insists that that part of the old In
dian I'uuhlo which still remains Is at
least 850 years old , and that San Mlguol ,
though Bcvoral tlmca partially do-
Itroyod , ulho ilntca back nearly three
and a half centuries. But this is antici
pating.
"When Cortez and his maurnudors
conquered Mexico , they found many
binueta of gold and. allvor among the
natives , who Bald they oamo from the
north , and told dazzling stories of the
richness of the mines of that roglon.
Those old Spanish invaders wore not
fighting for glory. Nor did they como
to America for their health. They
were nflor gold , always gold , and they
didn't scorn to mind n thousand mile
walk to sock it. First among the
European oxptororj of the north waa
Nunez. Ho was "followed by Espojo
( "Looltliig Glass , " a family name ) , Cor-
onndo ( "Tho Crowned" ) , Cabozn do
Vnca ( "CoW's Head" ) , and others.
AN INDIAN M2OKND.
Judge Savage , of Omaha , hns related
in a piipor before the Nebraska Stnto
Historical society ono of the traditions
of that time. According to that logcnd
an Indian came to Core-undo with a tale
of n country far to Iho northward ruled
by n mighty monarch named Tartnrax ,
who lived In marvelous splendor. The
Indinti said that gold was so common ns
to bo used for cooking utonslls , and the
war.rjpi'3 of the northern king were hoi-
mot's ' and bore shields made of the
nroolous matnl. Fired by the tale of
golden 'splendor. Cbronado collected n
btlnd of 300 men nnd marched across the
eandy plains of Now Mexico nnd the
pralrioa of Kansas In search of the king
dom of gold. Of coUrse ho failed to find
Tnrtarax , but the judge hns it that ho
planted across somewhere on the banks
of the Platte In Nebraska and took pos
session of the country in the name of
Spain. Other traditions lay Coronado's
course .further to the west , and it is
hkoly he wont ns far north as
Colorado Springs. Scattered through
Now Mexico ho found Indians or Aztecs
or Tiltorj or Pueblos , living In houses
( ail-o-bcs ) clustered In villages ( Pu-ob-
ios ) . At the point now knoxvn as Santa
Fo lift found a big pueblo built on both
banks of a consldorablo stream for that
country. They were a peaceful people
and tingngod In farming of n rude sort.
The date of this event is placed at 1540 ,
nearly seventy-live yours before the
t first English settlement at Jamestown.
Coronndo found little or no cold , but
on his return to Mexico h is story of
populous towns fired the zeal of the
catholic friars , those heralds of civiliza
tion in Spanish Amoricaapd they made
their way northward to convert the
heathen to the true faith. Here begins a
TALK OF ATROCiTY
common to all Spanish conquests in
America. The priests were followed by
an army of free bootors , with a ere in
ono hand and a sword in the other. The
natives were generously
ALLO 'KD TO TAKU TIIEIH ClIOlG'n.
After capturing the pueblo within the
limits of what is now known as Santa
Fo , the invaders reduced the Indians
of the surrounding country to abject
slavery and turned their souls ever to
the care of the friars. The natives
were driven before the lash , to till tlio
fields , work the miuos and carry water.
Tradition tolls of atrocities cruel as
those of aneiont Egypt and barbarous
Assynia. But the red peons were not
submissive , and their masters had to
light frequently to maintain their su-
gromacy. There were many rebellions ,
ut nonohad more than a transclout suc
cess until 1080. The Spaniards were
driven from Santa Fo and kept out
twelve years.
Then followed ono of the pathetic
and remarkable incidents of American
history. Grievous wrongs and bitter
hatred led to the expulsion of the cruel
Invaders , but the natives resorted to a
simple , though extreme measure ,
in the hope of diverting the
cupidity of the Spaniards. The
Indians filled up the mines , carefully
covered up all traces of them and
threatened death to any of their num
ber who should reveal their locations to
the white man.
THK TATHOS OF THIS HATJ5
and desperation is worthy parsing con
templation. Thus ended Spanish min
ing in Now Mexico. Not only did the
drift nnd accumulations of twelve years
effectually hide many traces , but there
BOO ins tp fiavo boon some sort of agree
ment on the return of the Spaniards to
power that they should not reopen the
mines. Of late years the enterprising
American has been searching for the
last diggings with some success.
From 16)3 ! ) up to the American occu
pation in 1840 , a long line of Spanish
and Mexican governors , each supported
by a little band of fellow countrymen ,
lorded It ever the land of the Pueblos.
It was a rebellious people , however ' ,
who frequently kicked against' the
pricks of the oppressor , and oven as late
as 1837 the Indians
KICKED SPANISH HEADS A110UT THIS
STREETS
of Santa Fo like footballs. The first
yankee to visit the city of the Holy
Faith was a fur trader , who struggled
In about 1800. Flvo or six year's later
Lieutenant Pake , ho of Pike's Poiik re
nown , startled the hidalgos by an unex
pected visit at the head of a company of
Americans. But Pike was exploring ,
and not on hostility bent. Santa Fo
came into control of the United States
in 1840 , at the outbreak of the war with
Moxicowhen General Kearney marched
overland with 1.000 men and took pos
session of the old town. So much for
history.
The "Wnvo of Rontli.
Qiaos S. JJnrous , in C/ilwo / ) Time * .
Down in a moment's breath.
Down with its terrible death ,
Cunib the wave ,
Powerfully owooolncf ,
Mercilossjy reaping ,
For the grayo.
Down , and the land luy swept ;
Silent of horror crept
All the way
Till patn sent her crying
From the anguished , dying
With the Uuy.
Down , and thousands , thousands cone ,
Flower ol Ufa and aged ono ,
Gray ana gold ,
Shepherd still , lamb unguarded ,
Friend and fee together warded ,
On it rolled.
Poor , dear faces r.U upturned ,
Urul30 < l and swollen and burnud ,
Mute and chill ;
TIiore la no dreaming ,
No lovc-Ifht ! ; beaming ,
Joy nor 'ill.
Quiet , quiet in rest
As If coOla-drcssed ,
Dead to fear.
Oh , souls in your flitting ,
In that auilduu nulttluf , '
llonuaso hero.
lld the light voices call
Low anboft , ono and nil
Without flight I
IB it clad eternity
Or a sad eternity I
Day or nlghtt
Tlio Fastest Trains In tlio Worlfi.
"Tho fastest regular express trains in
the United States , " said an eminent
railroad man to' a Philadelphia Press
reporter , "arc now In transit dally be
tween Philadelphia nnd Washington.
They run of nn average speed of nearly
forty-flvo miles an hour covering the en
tire run. Of course a. part of the dis
tance is made nt a much higher rate of
speed not loss thnn filxty-ilvo miles an
hour. "
' 'Aro there any regular express trains
in the world that make faster tlmoV"
"Yea , on two of the Eng ab roads
tma record is equaled and surpassed
over lone distances. "
"Will American locomotives cvnr at
tain n speed of 100 miles an hour'/ "
"Not until the locomotives , cars , and
tracks nro built diflerontly , There is
no comfort , not to spook of safety , in
traveling faster than sixty miles on
hour , "
IRVING'S TRIPE AND ONIONS.
A Bit of Realism Neb Soon on the
Stngo. _ _ .
DR. TALMAGE AND HIS BANJO.
How tlio Great Fronaher Kntcrtnlnort
n Reporter Who Called on Him
Gccclcy nnd the Karinpr
Coolness In
Current Anecdotes ,
Congressman Ilouk , of Tennessee , is
wearing a noW suit of clothes , says a
Washington correspondent of. the New
York Tribune. The more" alatdmont of
this fact will not , probablyl strike thn
pcoplo who have not the pleasure pf
Judge Ilouk's acquaintance as ono of
much importance- significance. But
I ' IIoulc.ffl everyday friends Itnow hotter ,
j nnd unless they have seen him lately
they will hardly croillt tho-nows. The
truth is that ho is a man so. careless in
his nttiro nnd no indifferent to his por-
Bonnl appoaranro { hat a slnglo now out
ward garment Isnn Ovont It ! Houk'sllfo ;
the donning of nn pntiro now suit nt
once marks an epoch. It crime about In
this wibo : The judgu wns walking in
Pennsylvania avenue recently with a
couple of western f Hones' , Jwhcn ho was
nccostodby a tramp "wljoao raiment
might have boon fnshlonublo and now
on the day cf Jacksoa't ) first.Inaugura
tion.
" 'SCUBO m'o , way I Interrupt you for a
momontV Will you give mo the price of
a mealy" v
Houk proinptly'vfopliod : "I am sorry ,
boss , but 1 can't help you. I'vo just
boon trying to got the price of a meal
from those gontloui on. I haven' hud a
mouthful of victual to-day. "
"Woll-I say , parll , yoii look It , " re
sponded the tramp , 'as ho sidled up to
the congressman and looked him over.
"Hero's a quarter ; you are worse ol ?
than I am. "
Judg Houk declined the proffered
charity , but ho suddenly decided that if
his npponrauco was such as to excite
the commiseration nnd benevolence of
a Washington tramp itVita , tlmo for
him to visit a tailor , and ho lost 410 time
in doing so. I don't vouch for thin Mory ,
but "they say" that Houk tells it on
himself , and if so it's true , for the
sturdy East Tcnnossecan is as truthful
as ho is both wise and witty.
An old duchess on ono occasion re
quested Dr. Abernothy to pay a profes
sional visit to her house. The doctor
went ns requested nnd was introduced
"
into the "drawing-room , whore the
duchess , with tears in her oycs , showed
him an ugly little monkey , apparently
in great agony , lying on ologunt cusli-
ions and almost buried in lovely lacos.
The doctor foil thoroughly disgusted at
being called upon to act as a monkey's
doctor. Ho felt the monkey's pulse in
silence , examined it with attention and
soon rocogniv.od the nature of its ill
ness ; then , perceiving the lady'n grand
son in n corner of the drawing-room
rolling abouton thd caVpotho advanced
toward the child , examined him aUo ,
felt his pulse , and , returning to the
ducliQ83 , said to her in a. grave manner :
"Madam , your "two sons uro suffering
from indigestion ! By drinking tea and
living on t\jluiu diet thb'y-will soon re-
cove/ . " Avid , bowing" fji-ofpundly to the
stupollod duchess , , the doctor retired ,
avenged. ' '
' "A descendant .of General Artomns
Ward of revolutionary fame says :
"Many people thought tno genial hu
morist , Artomus Ward , was a member
of our family. Ho was not. As the as
sumption ol the name of the old general
annoyed us wo spoke to the humorist
about it and ho said : 'When I took the
name I did not know the general , ' and
then , when told that hoyas one of the
revolutionary generals , ho said : 'Well ,
that's the first I knew of it ; youthful
education sadly neglected ; butsco hero ,
I'll do the best thing I can 'for the old
horo. I can't very well change my
name now , but I'll put in a u in the
name Artomas and drop the a.1 ? '
On the birthday of Napoleon Charles ,
son of Louis Napoleon and ClmrleH , and
a child whom tho-Emperor Napoleon
meant to make his heir , ho and bis
mother were seated at a window in the
palace which opened upon the grand
avenue. A heavy shower had faUon ,
and the avenue was full of pools of
water. A group of barefooted children
were out there in the watorand playing
with little chip boats. The young
prince , richly dressed , in a splendid
hall , and surrounded by his elegant and
costly birthday presents , turned care
lessly away from his toy jand watched
the children with eager interest.
' 'So then , my sou , " said his mother ,
"you are not grateful for your
presents.1'
"Oh , yes , " replied the young prince ,
"but I am so used to toys. Look at those
little boys , mamma. " t
"Do you wish for money to give
them ? "
"Papa , gave me enough this morn
ing. "
'Well ' , what alls you , my child ? What
do you want ? * '
"Oh , " said the young prince , hesitat
ingly ; "I know you won t lot mo , but If
I could go out and play in those beauti
ful puddles , it would amuse mo a hun
dred times more than all my elegant
toys. Oh , please lot mo go. "
So the ronl enjoyments aronotalways
the most costly , and poor children enjoy -
joy liberties unknown to somo' rich
ones.
ones.A
A deslro to BOO more closely the man
who has given us suolf plcostlro"ln na
tural and excusable. 'So much may bo
urged In excuse for the 'numbers that
often boslego tbo stage doorof the Ly-
.coutn. says W. P. Frith in his autobi
ography , their object being a nenror
sight nnd ponhapa n word with the here
or noroine of the evening- .
" .Oh , Miss Terry , it is so klndofyou
to spoaic to us ! Wo do admjro you eel
Wo have boon waiting so longl When
-do you think Mr. Irving is Hkoly to
leave the theater ? "
"That Is more than 1 can say. I don't
think ho hns begun his supper yot. "
"Oh , do toll us what ho has for supper -
per , " said a shrill volco. . -
"Well , " said the naughty Miss Terry ,
gravely , "lot mo see. To-night well.
to-night , I think it is tripe and onions. "
Tripe and onions ! Charles I , after
his pathetic parting with his children
when the tears chased each other down
his face eating tripe and onions !
Aproproa of Horace Groolo'y's In
fluence in the west a correspondent of
the Tribune tolls this story :
In Aberdeen I ran across an old man
who glorloa in nn experience with Mr.
Grooloy , to the Btory of which everyone
ono who moots him is expected to
liatan. Ho waa an Iowa pionoor. Ho
had lived in New England , and onco'ho
heard Mr. Grooloy looturo on the west.
That settled him. Ho took a homestead
in Iowa , near a little town which ho
eoon came to look upon as the best and
grandest spot on the footatool. While
visiting New York afterwards ho
thoucht ho would call oil Mr. Groeley
nnd loll lra about "Kollr Pint. " "So
I wont to the Tribune oulldln' , " ho
says , "an' w'on it como my turn I wont
inter thoirwm where Mr. Grooloy was.
I guess the , , man that was in the room
. before mo' must hav6 rllod him some ,
for ho looked mndan' jest glvo mo n nod
as much as tor say , 'speak quick ! ' Sol
sailed in. I tolo him ho was the moans
o' my goln' west , and I'd eettlod nt
'Kolly P'mt5 on' It was the fin eat place
in the country , nn1 ho ortor put n piece
in the papdr fiayln' so.
" 'Los' sdtf1 s'oz'o , 'alnt that the town
whore nlnalihan was kilt by n desper
ado a little whiloorgoY'
"Wall thoy.lma boon n llttlo klndor
squabble there Oil account of a cowpuncher -
puncher rldln1 aroun' town shootln'
pcoplo , an' I s'poso they was somebody
got hurt. So I SOB : 'Yos , that's the
town , ' nnd ho gave n grunt. I see then
thot I had tor 'polorglzo for the cow-
punohor , BO Isoz , BOX I : 'Kolly P'lntlz
a splendid pluco , Mr , Grooley. It has
the finest soil , the finest nir , you ever
see. It don't need nothln' ' In the worl'
'coppon * a llttlo good eorcloty an' u llt
tlo rain , '
' "Hump ! ' B'OZ'O , 'that's all hell
needs ! ' "
_
Horace Vornot , the artist , was going
from Versailles to Paris by railway. In
the enmo compartment with him were
two ladles whom ho had never seen be
fore , but who were evidently acquainted
with htm. They examined him minute
ly and commented freely on his martial
bearing , his htilo old ago , the style of
his dross , etc. They continuad their
nnnoyancQ until finally the painter de
termined to put on end to the persecu
tion. As the train passed through Iho
tunnel of St. Cloud , the thrco travelers
were wrapped in complete darkness.
Vornot ralbcd the buck of his hand to
his mouth nnd kissed it tvvico violently.
On emerging from the obscurity ho
found that tlio ladies had withdrawn
thoir. attention from him , and were ac
cusing each other of having boon kissed
by a man in the dark.
Presently they arrived In Paris , and
Vornot on loavinp thorn said : "Ladies ,
I shall bo puzzled all my life by the in
quiry , which of thcso two ladies was it
that kissed me ? " _
When Charles Dudley Warner , says
the March Book Buyer , was the editor
of the Hartford ( Conn. ) Press , buck in
the "sixties , " arousing the patriotism
of the state with his vigorous appeals ,
ono of the typo-setters came in from
the composing-ronm and , planting him
self before the editor , bald : "Woll , Mr.
Warner , I'vo decided to enlist in the
army. " With mingled sensations of
pridp aud responsibility , Mr. Warner
roplicd encouragingly that ho was glad
to sco the man felt the call of duty.
"Oh , it isn't that. " said the truthful
compositor ; "butI'd rnthur bo shot
than try to ( sot any moro of your
blanked copy. " ' Thus wo see not only
that men hoU , different motives for
going tp the\\pr , but also that one's
unconscious influence is somotimiis
stronger than , his formal effort. Wo
also get an itten of Mr. Warner's hand-
writinsr rath6r different from that sug
gested by his _ , autograph. The fact is
that ho is sfic i a quick and nervous
writer that it.is.not possible for his ponte
to tnko a l3glllo courao and keep up
with tbo flowof.his ( ideas , and so long
as there is nOjwfir for the compositors
to flee to , the .world is enabled event
ually to read wh'nt ho has written.
Tlio late dohtcnnrinn , M. Ghovroul ,
although ono of , the patrons of photog
raphy , refused 'during the greater part
of his longlite'to havo'liis picture taken.
Not until 1883 , when in his ninoty-
seventh year , did i ho overcome this an
tipathy. "It hajjponert , as ho wrote a
friend , In the following manner : "I
entered the carriage to go to the insti
tute , when a gentleman in the politest
manner possible addressed mo : 'Mon
sieur Chovroul , you can do mo the great
est sorvlco. ' I Toplied that I was in A
grout hurry , but ho porsibtcd and
bogged permission to accompany mo in
my carriage. I nccodod to his request.
He had scarcely taken his place at my
side , however , when ho said : 'Montiour
Chovroul , you can bo my fortune or my
ruin. I am a photographer. ' I trem
bled , but bo added : 'The emperor of
Brazil ( you know Dom Pedro , who is a
true savant and who decorated mo with
the Order of the Rose ) , wishes to have
your photograph , and if I succed in ob
taining your permission my future is
assured. ' I could not resist him , and
in the name of Dom Pedro accompa
nied the photographer to his studio. "
Lord William Lennox in his "Recol
lections" tolls a story of the coolness of
the duke of Wellington. The French ,
with a fresh force double that of the
duke , woro. closing in upon his jaded
troops ono stormy night in Sp.iin.
Wellington completed his preparations ,
and then turning to a scout asked :
"How long will it bo before they can
roach us ? "
"Half an hour , " was the reply.
D "Then I can goto bleep , " ho said ,
and wrapping his cloak about him ho
dropped whore ho stood in the muddv
trench and in an instant was asleep. He
woke when the bugles of the enemy
sounded In his cars.
Napoleon , his soldiers were accus
tomed to declare , not only slept soundly
when under fire , but even when lading
on horseback.
General Grant also had the same
faculty of falling instantly asleep even
in the face of danger.
This singular physical trait is not
moro a proof of courage than a cause
for it. The brain in those brief mo
ments of sloop finds now vitality and
wakens ready for the conflict again.
A story is told of a famous English
admiral , Sir Sydney Smith , whoso
ship , the Antelope , in n terrible storm
in the North sea was driven among thu
rocks. Sir Sydney summoned his olll-
cors to the cabin.
"Gentlemen , you know our condition.
Wo are driving on to the breakers. I
acknowledge Unit I can do nothing
moro. If any of you can mtiko a sug
gestion now id th < o tlmo. "
There wns unbroken silence.
"Then thorO"ia nothing to bo done
but to await our fate. " Ho touched the
boll. ' 'Piorro/bi'lng ' up the coffee. "
A story came from Switzerland a year
ago of a mountain guldo , whoso name
wns noli pro'servod. Ho , with two
others , was loafllnL' a party ever ono of
the moat precipitous pneses of the
higher Alps.1'ho / men , as is usual ,
were tied to cilch'othor by a long rope.
As they scaled- the wall of ice they
slipped on theUdgo of a frightful chasm.
This man was at' ' the end of the rope.
Without his walfctlt there was a chnnco
for the others td 'regain their footing ;
with it there vvas none.
Ho cast a glance down at the dark
abyss , filled with fathomless snows , then
drew his knife Jrom his bolt , saying
quietly to the man next him :
"Toll mother how It was , Jose. "
Ho cut the rope nnd fell , never to bo
scon of mortal man again.
The Wood must bo pure for the body
to bo in perfect condition. Dr , J. IT.
McLean's Snrsaparilla makes pure blood
and imparts tbo rich bloom of health
nnd vigor to the whole body.
They DriiRKfil Each Other.
A prominent citizen of Parsons , ICas. ,
determined to sup with a party of
friends against the will of his wifo. Ho
was resolved that ho would , and alio
that ho should not go. Ills friends
missed him and just for fun invaded hii
residence , whore they found htm nnd
his wife sitting in their chairs fast
ft&lpop. Ho had glron her nn optnto
that no might slip away , nnd aho had
glvon him one that ho might not.
JOHN T.DILLON
REAL ESTATE
AND
LoanCompany
com 40 Barker Block , cor. 16th and
Fnrnam Streets.
Trackage
Property
21 Jots have been sold during
the.pnst 3O days , on lOth and llth
streets , near Nicholas street , by
us. This property is especially
adapted for warehouses coal-
yards , factories , etc. It is easy of
access , three quarters of n mlle
from the postoffice ; is reached
from 10th street , by going east on
Nicholas.
A FEW
Choice Bargains Left
Union Pacific , Missouri Pacific ,
Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri
Valley , Belt Line , Chicago , St.
Paul , Minneapolis & OmahaChI-
cage & Nortwestern , Burlington
& Missouri River , Kansas City ,
St. Joe & Council Bluffs , Chicago ,
Burlington & Quincy Trackage.
The Illinois Central and Winona
& Southwestern contemplate
trackage in the immediate vicin
ity very shortly. Nicholas is now-
paved to lOth street , which gives
a continuous line of level pave
ment to any part of the city.Man y
warehouses are nowin course
of erection in this locality.
COMPAGHIE EEHEHIILE
Paris Universal Exposition
Is now opon. Pnrllea desiring Rood accommodations
on the now Inrcu express atunmcrs of tbo lAimous
FREEH MAIL LINE
,
Which nro noted for their reculiirttjr , equal to rnll'
ron t trains In making the trip ta Havre-I'nrls In ono
iieoU , itro ndvlsol to
HInlo Early Application for Brrlhs.
This I * nlso nccoMftry on account of the houvy
Inn cl during the spring and summer months.
McCAGUE BROS. , 105 South 15th St. ,
HARRY E. MOORES , 1602 Farnam St. ,
H. L. HALL , 1223 Farnam St. ,
J. H. GREEN , 1501 Farnnm St. ,
A-rout * . Omaha , Ncl > .
MAURICE W. KOZM1KSKI.
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 Lutflow Stio3 Possesses this Feature.
IF YOU TRY ONE PAIR
You Will Wear No Other Make.
Sold by ever 100 dealer * In Chicago , and tbo hot
trade throughout the United States.
See Tlmt Thcr Are flumped "r.tmj , w "
Wealth
Dn. K , C. WEST'S NEBVE AND littAiN Tnnvr
iiE.vr , a Kunrautcud Hpecllic far Hysteria , Ulzrl
ness , Convulsions , Km , Nervous Neuralgia
Headache. Nervni-s Prostration caused by tlio
sooralcohol or toli(03o. ( Wakofiilneas , Mental
Depression. Sotwnlnsr of the Urala resulting in
Imnnlty nnd loading to misery , aocay and
death. 3'remnture Old Age , JJnrrenness , Ix > of
j'ou-er in oitLur ser. involuntary l > ossei and
Spermatorrha-fi caused br over-exertion of
tno nram , saifabuKoor overindulgence , Ruch
box contains om < month's treatment , $1 nbox.
or its lioxei for $5 , oont by mall prepaid on ro-
rolpt of price.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To euro any case. With each order received by
Us for six boxes , accompanied with $5 , wo will
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re
fund the money If the treatment does not effect
ncure. Gimnuitees Issued only by Goodman
Drug Co. , Druggists , Eolo Agents. 1110 Karnatn
btreot Omalm b.
Dr. J. E , McGREW
In ( ho Trcfttmeui or All Chronic , Nervous
a'.ia"1'rlruto Discuses.
St. rmatorrliu.a , luipoteuor aud Vulllnif Jtniihoort
absolutely uireJ. AoureKUftfanleed In l | furuunf
rilruto I > l ou ei , Hlrlciurui. ( lioot , Ac. L'nturrb ,
TIi rout , J.UIIKI , uncl Heart ll o o . lllioiimatliiu ,
Bpinul mil 1 uumlol > ltcB e , llluoU onJ Hktu DUeatti
roaro i pur l
anil entlrolr private. . . . , _ .
ConiuliMlun froo. Send tor Uooki. Heoiot and
iratti U ei eiuf jian.'auo'\YRnt aa.iiir i > i e o .
iuo each ( ttuiuvi ) . ' 1 reatroeiit by ovrrt vomloqn |
cud uiui ) for rjpljr ,
OKWOBl JOTU AND DOUtlLAB
UAAII A * * *
OMAHA
N. W. Cor. 13th and Dodge Sts. , Omaha , Neb.
THE LARGEST MEDICAL INSTITUTE IN THE WEST
*
f SOn THE TlinATMKNT OF ALL
Chronic and Surgical Diseases and Diseases of the Eye and Ear.
jJSSsfcsrw-
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. MoMENAMY M. D. President
. . , . . , ,
And Consulting Physician and Surgeon.
OrganM with a toll staff of SkilM Physicians , Surgeons aud Trained Nurse ? ,
This establishment isaponnanoutmeiUcaHnsUtntlon.coiHluctodbythoroiiRlily
educated physicians and surgeons o acknowledged skill nnd experience. Tlio
Institute burnings , situated on the northwest corner o Thirteenth nnd Dodge
streets , is composed of two largo three-story brick biddings of ever ninety rooms ,
containing our Medical , Surgical and Consultation Rooms , Drug Store , Laboratory ,
Offices , Manufactory of Surgical Appliances and braces , and the Boarding Depart
ment Jbr Patients , in charge of competent poisons , constituting the laigest and
the most thoroughly equipped Medical and Surgical Establishment In the West , ono
of the throe largest in the United States , and second to none.
"Wo have superior advantages and facilities for tieatlng diseases , performing
surgical operations , boarding and nursing patients , which , combined with our
acknowledged ability , experience , responsibility and reputation , should make the
Omalm Medical and Surgical Institute the first choice.
You can como direct to the Institute , day or night , as we have hotel accommo
dations as good and as cheap as any in the city.
Wo make this explanation for the benefit of persons who may fool Inclined to
go further east for medical or surgical treatment anddo not appreciate the fact
that Omnhii possesses the laigest and most complete Medical and Surgical Insti
tute west of New York , with a capital of ever 8100,000.
DEFORMITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY.
U
APPLIANCES FOK DEFORMI
Q TIES AND THUSSES.
H
CQ
Best Facilities , Appnratns nnd Remedies for Successful Treatment ol
every form ol' DiHcaso requiring MEDICALi or SUKGICAIj
TREATMENT.
In tnis department wo are especially successful. Our claims of 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
three 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.
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 aud nerve diseases , for nervous nobility , par
alysis , ihoiimatism , 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. Wo have lately purchased three of the largest and most complete
batteries manufactured , BO constructed as to give the most gentle aa well as the
most powerful current. Persons treated at tills 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 , SPEC8AL , NERVOUS AND
Wo claim to bo the only reliable , responsible establishment in the west making
a specialty of this class of diseases. Dr. McMonamy wns ono of the first thorough
ly educated physicians to make n special study of this class of diseases , and Tiia
methods and inventions have been adopted by specialists in Europe and America.
Ho is the inventor of the Clamp Compioss Suspensory , acknowledged the bust in
use. All others are copied after his invention. By moans of a simple operation ,
painless and mifo , recently brought into use , wo cuio many cases thut have boon
jlvon up aslncurablo by medical treatment. ( Head our look lo men , sent free to any
address. )
DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR.
We have had wonderful success in this department In the
past year , nnd have made many Improvements In our facili
ties for treatment , operations , artificial eyes , etc.
Wo have greatly Improved our facilities and methods of
treating cases by correspondence , and are having bettor
suceossintbisdeptutmoHtthnnevorbeforo.
Wo arc 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 UB before taking treatment elsewhere , believing that a visit or consultation
will convince any Intelligent person that it is to their advantage to pluco thorn-
solves under our caro.
Since this advertisement Jlrst appeared , many ooaslmy nrclmdera and frauds have
come and gone and many more will como and go , remembered only Iry their unfortunate
and foolish victims. * .
" .A wlseman investigates Jlrst and decides zftzrwiir
A fool decides Jlrst , then invcsii'jCi.ics. "
The Omaha Stedical and iiury y } Institute is indo--scd by the people and tJia press.
Mart capital invested. irjxz-nKtlled physicians employed , more modern appliances , tiislru-
ments and upparalus in use , more casts treated and cured , more successful awgical
- -fans performed , than in all other medical establishments intlie West combined ,
144 PAGE BOOK ( Illustrated )
SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS ( SIALBD ) .
I'art FIrnt History. Buccon and Advantujrps of the Omitlia Medical and Rurclcal Initltnto.
Vart Sec'ond CimoNio DJHKAHKS of tlio Icings , btomac h , Mvcr.Klilnove.Hkln , 1'llos , Cuuojr ,
Cutiirrli , Kpllopsy. Itlioumiitlsm , Inhalutlon.Tupuform. . J.lootrlcltv. wove Jloirtcdlus , oto.
Vurt ililrcl llimmiiiTiKS , Ctirvuturoof the Bplcx ) , Club I'oot , Hip Dlcoascii , 1'urn.lyils , Vfrr
Noclc , Jo\v7 DRg , Huro 1,11' , HurirleHl Oporatlnns.
Part 1'ourlli-imuABua or TIIH F.VK in n T ! in , DUcaaos of the Nerves , Cataract , Btralilsmui or
CrowHyoa-rtoryelunj. OrimiU'.oJ HyoMils , Iiivorslonof tli"LliM , ArtlUclulKjos , oto.
Part 1'lfth DISEABKS or VfrtUKN , Loueon bin \ , IJIcorallon , DlaplucouiOnta , Vrolnp9U3 , Hoi-
Ions aud Vorulons trmori , J.aoerAtlona and Cunoor of the womb.
Hlxlli DlGcABua OP Maw , I'rlvaLo. BpouUI an 1 Nervous DlsousM , fipormntonlima ( flimilnal
Vurlcoeolo , Btrleturo , Uloot , lypUll ) | . md nil UlBeusosof tuOOculto
A BHKCULTV. WB HAVB
DISEASES OF WOMEN A LriKH-JH
roil WUUKN UUUINO CoNriNKMKNT. ( Htrlctly I'livutu. ) .
Only Kcllublo Mcrtiqal Institute MuUluu n , Specialty of
PIUVATJj } DISEASES.
All Hloort PUonsos successfully treated. Byplillltlo 1'oUon removed from the system without
mercury. New Uo toratlva Treatment for ku of Vital I'owcr. I'atloiiU uimtilti to U U ua iwiy
to treated ut Uoina by oorro t > oU'Plipo | < AH communication * ixmtlilontlul. McdlUnui or
iiuwta sent by mall ur eDroi atiuujw packed , no murks to lodlcutu conlonU or 8cn < l r. orOnu -o [ er
ooaul Interview preferred. Cull mill consult 114 orecivl history of yoiiroabO.au J wo vf III uo'ul la-
plain wrapper , our HOOK TO niltN , KUKUi Upon I'rlvute. Hppcfipr \ | Nuryouj UUooooj , Jinpo-
lunoy , tiyphlll * . ttloot Had Vurloowlo. ivIlU question list. Ad4t > $ ? ,
OMAHA MEDICAL & SURGICAL INSTITUTE ,