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% . . - . 12 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : StHSflMY , AUGUST 4 , 18S9.-TWELVE PAGES. Taking Notes on the Holy City From Mount Zlon. THE BELLES OF BETHLEHEM. Girls AVho Don't Hldo lliclr I'rcity Fnocs Umler VcllH Ijlkn tlio TnrU- iBli Women Among the Caves nnd Cntncomlis. The HnllR Whore Plldtc Sat. ICowrtoMtA KtStm Frank O. Carpenter , ] jEiifSAi-KM , July K ) , 1889. ISrccial to Tnn CKB. I 1 wrlto this letter on the housoton of u bishop's residence , on tlicjtop of Mount Zlon , In the center of Jerusalem. My American typo writer stnnds within thirty fcctiof the great square tower of Dnvltl , the bane of which % va undoubtedly built before Christ. At my loft , surrounded by the yel low stone walls of houses , Is the dark green pool which Hczckluh inudo to supply the holy cltj with water lu cnso of u so'tro ' , nnd beyond it , out of the honeycomb of bulldltigi , Bulncs the great bronze dome , which stands over the spot on which Christ wus vruclllod , and In which Just now nro worshipping pil grims from every quarter of the Christian world. In front of mo , not half a inllo away , on a great plateau covering thlrty-llvo ucros , Is a big octagonal tower with u bulbous bronze dome. It Is the Mosque of Omar and It stands on the very slto of Solomon's tem ple , whllo nt Its left i the church built on the Koman mosilo ; lloor of the house of 1'ontlus Ptlulo. The horizon on all sides Is bounded by hills. . .leiusnlem lies In if nest In thu mountains. It Is built on an Irregular plateau with valleys about It und steep hills running straight up from these to the city nnd to the higher hilts on the opnosito sides. Around the edge of this plateau runs a wall about thirty feet high , and within this wall Is Till ! JCKUSAI.EM OP TO-PAY. It does not cover , nil told , much moro than the area of 5 three hundred acre farm , nnd a good walker cuu uiako the circuit of Its walls in an hour. Slttngnsl ! am , unon the site of ICIng la- ) vld's palace , I sco the whole city spread out below mo. What a curious city it Is. In my tour of the world I have found no place so full of strange slphts , of picturesque char- nctcra , nnd so different In every parttclar from every other part of the world. Aside from Its wonderfully Interesting historical associations , Jerusalem to-dtiy Is a city uf Itself. Forty thousand people arc packed within its narrow walls and it looks moro like u ercat honeycomb tlinn a city. The bouses nro piled ono updn another In all sorts of Irregularities , nnd If you would take a half section of land and scatter over the whole great quantities of gigantic store boxes Just us you find them back of a large store , you might got souio idea of Jerusalem ns it looks to mo from Mount /inn. These houses have no chimneys and their stone roofs nro In every cnso almost flat. Many of them have LITTLE llEl : HIVE DOMES juttintr out of their center and If the town were on a level these domes would look like the hay cocks of a great meadow at time of harvest. Yellow limestone Is the material of Jerusalem. The wood used in the build ing of ttio whole city would not last an American family a winter , and the roofs , wiills mul Hours of these thousands of houses nro of cola yellowish white Hmo stono. Even in the bishop's mansion , which is one of the finest in the city , 1 gut out of my bed on to n stone floor and I walk to my breakfast thTougn stone halls , down stone steps. Thcro are no wells in this city of Jerusa lem. All of the water comes down in rain , and the trees aid gardens of the town can bo numbered on your lingers. The hills about the city nro almost as barren ns these of New England , and the only foliage visi ble Is the dark silvery green of the ollvo orchards on the Mount of Olives and along the hills between Jaffa and IBcthlehcm. The only rcen to bo seen is in an acre or BO of common Insldo the walls ot the temple pla teau , nnd hero and there a bouso top , which by age has gathered a coating of dirt from the duaof tbo city , nnd on which the green grass has sprouted. Hero and there you sco ruined arches which are too dangerous to be Inhabited by the bees of this human hive and on ttieso the moss and grass grow. There Is ono green bushy tree ut the base ot Mount Calvary , and a solitary palm looks out over the city , besldo the business street named after King David. It is not an attractive looking town , and Its glaring cream white makes a ore the eyes under the rays of this tropical &un. The walls of Jerusalem are clean and well cut , nnd they bava not the dilapidated condi tion of these of the cities of China. They are entered by gates winch are closed at night , nnd at each of these gates Motiammo- dan soldiers stand , and exact a tax on all of the produce which coinos into the city. The main business gate Is that which loads out behind the tower of David toward JnlTa , through which TUB llKTHLEIinM OIIIL3 bring their vegetables each morning to soil , and through whloh all of tbo imports which rome by sea nro brought in. This gate lies at my ( cot , and I can see the curious throng which passes through it day In and day out. There nro donkeys and camels with great loads on their bacda. There arc pilgrims by the thousands , nnd all of the various charac ters which nuiKO up this cutiouH people. There goes a donkey led by a fat Turk In a yellow gown and red turban ; bo tit barefooted , and hu Is bringing wood into town to sell. The wood Is the roots of olive trees , and his donkey load Is worth Just 25 cents , nnd ho has Imd to pay 8 cents of u tax upon it at the gato. There Is n Syrian bcduln upon u irniy Arabian pony. Ho sits ns straight ns n tolocraph polo nnd ho looks with wondering glances out of his fierce blacu oycs at tlio crowd about him. Ho has n black und white woolen blanket on his back , and his head is covered with a grcmt ynllow handkerchief which Is bound about the crown with two strands of hair cord as lilg around , as your jlngor. Hehlnd him como throe camels loaded with the oranges of Jaffa. Each carries a cart load in two crates which hangon ouch side of Ins back , and they grunt and grumble ns their boduln driver drags them along by n string tied to their noses. Next comes a troop of Turkish soldiers In blue European uniforms and red fez cups THEY KNOCK ASIDE TIIK C1111IBTIANS ns they go along , und It makes one's blood boll to know that this land wnlch Is the holiest of till to chrlstluu nations Is in the bands of the Turks , The sound of the Turkish band Is continuously heard in Jerusalem. The Turkish sword and gun Is everywhere , und the holy sepulcher itself is guarded by Turks. There U a market msido the Jaffa gates nnd I can BOO It just under mo ns I write. Ciruat piles of oranges nnd lemons llo upon thu Hag sidewalk and there are scores of women with baskets of vegetables before thorn. Many of these are from Uothlchom nnd the Hcttilouem girls are the prettiest you see In Jerusalem. They have straight vroH-roundcd forms , which they clothe In a long linen dress of white , beautifully em broidered in silk so that a single gown re quires many months of work. Tlila dress ia much Uko an American woman's night gown without the frllU uud laces. It falls from tbo nock to tbo foot and is open at the front of tbo nock In a narrow slit as far down as a modest dccolletto fashionable dress. Over this they have sleeveless cloaks of dark red stripes and their heads are covered with loug shawls of linen beautifully embroi dered. Just above her forchord onch girl carries her dowry in the shape of a wreath-liko strip of silver coins whloh stand on end fastened to u string and crown the forehead with money , Some of the girls have several rows of tucso coins and BOino have crowns of gold , Not a few liavo coins of ullver and gold the size of our twenty-dollar gold pieces hung to string * about their necks , and none of the women n inn rnnin PRETTY PACKS , ns do those Mohammedan girls near by * who In shnpolcsi white gowns with flowery white and red veils covering the whole of their faces , look like glrlt playing ghost in white sheets. Uculdo these are Russian girls In the peasant costumes of modern Europe nnd Jewish maidens In gowns nnd flowered shawls. Thcro nro Greek priests with high , black caps , and monks of all kinds such as you RCO under the Ulack Cowls of Europo. The Syrian , the Turn , the Ueduln , the Afri can , the Armenian and the Greek are all in that crowd below me , and among them all Is the form of the ubiquitous American trav eler , who In pith helmet hat and green tun umbrella has conquered the east as well as the west. \Vhat a Babel of sounds I Tlio nolso of the city comes up to my house top Uko the buzzing of 40,000 swarms of bees nnd the city grows stranger nnd stranger us I try to comprehend it all. It is now moro than n week that I have been wandering through It , und I find it moro Interesting every duy of my stay. The streets of the city are so narrow that no wheeled vehicle can go throUKh them , and Jerusalem Is more LIKE A VAST CATACOMII than n town. Many of the streets arc vaulted over and you will often pass for a half-uiilo through what tnluht bo called a subterranean cavern lighted by openings from the top and pierced nt the sides with cave like stores. The smallest business shops In thmworld are in Jerusalem , and n great many of thu stores are no bigecr than an ordinary dry goods box. They have no windows and the only light that they got comes In from the front. I stopped this afternoon before u shoo shop , nnd , out of cu riosity , took Its measurements. It was a hole In the wnll cut out with a base four foot above the cobulo stone street. A rude stone two feet high was the stop by which the shoo- inalccr crawled Into It. and it was Just threes feet wide , live feet , hleh nnd eight feet deep. It was as dark as a pocket , nnd the shoemaker - maker squatted In the cntrnnco with a board on his lap ami he had tilled It completely. He was working at a pair of rough Uoduln shoes , and the owner of these squatted cross- legged In his hare feet while the cobbler waxed his thread and In pulling It was careful to move his hands toward the street and back Into the shop. The .simp xvas so small that had he pulled his thread In the ordinary way ho would have barked his el bows against the walls. There are hundreds or such shops m Jerusalem , and the average business place Is moro like a bank vault than anything olso. Next to his shoo shop there was a Jerusalem restaurant. It wus an oval hole cut Into the hill twelve foot hleh , eight feet wide and forty feet deep. At the front was the COOKING STOVE OF JEIIUSALEM , consisting of n rude slab of limestone with holes bored into the top as big around as a workman's dinner bucket , and with other holes piercing thc.se from the sides. A few Inches from the top of each hole \vas a rude iron grating , nnd upon this the charcoal was laid , and by the draft whluh came In from below the cooking wus done. The slab was mounted on cord wood posts and it had llvo lire places. At the back a rough table with out a cloth wax set for the guests , and the only chairs were little stools n foot high and about a foot square , the seats of whlcii were of woven coras. I was much Interested in a Dcduin inn , which I next visited , and I imagine that this inn was much the same us the stable IN wincii .ii'.sua CIIUIST was born. It consisted of a scries of vaulted chambers , the walls and roof nnd floors of which wore of stono. These chambers , like thu stores , had no lights and they covered altogether about the area of a good-sized house. Entering the narrow door I found four donkeys and two camels in ono vaulted compartment. Upon a ledge near by , with nothing but a dirty straw mat to separate them from the stones , three Ueduin tueu in their black and .white gowns lay dozing. In another cave-like compartment were several horses uud the only sign of civilization was a European lamp , which was burning American coal oil in the back of another cave. Through my guide I chatted with the keeper of tno inn , and ho told mo that his charge for feeding , keeping and washing a donkey or a horse was 5 cents a day. As I chatted a loui- balred gipsy-looking woman entered and I was told that ftho was the wife of ono of tno sleeping Ucduins. I looked at the food for the camels and was shown n chocolate brown cake which was made of the refuse from the making of olive oil , and upon asking to see an oil mill I was taken to another cell-like cave near by where a Mohammedan and a uocro were grinding out some of the delicious fluid winch wo mix with our salads. At the side of the door to this cave there was a siono lodge as high us a pavement , and in the center of this was a hole as big around us a flour barrel in which , with his clothes tied up about bis waist , nilli bare Ices and bare feet , an Ethiopian whose sweating face was as black as oiled ebony was standing and TUl-ADINO TUB OIL out of the ground and mnsbcd olives. I peeped over Into the well in which ho was standing and I saw that ho had a linen cloth luid on the top of the mushy-like mixture. He trumped this cloth into the olives with his feet and taking it up wet , wrung the oil out into a red clay basinfrom whence it was poured into pots to bo strained for the market. Further back In the cavn stuod a tall , un gainly camel and a very small , knotty little donkey , who were munching away while the mill was not going. These were the animals who grind up the olives , and in another cave opening into this I could sou the mill itself. It wus much like that of a threshing machine or tbo bark mill of a country tannery , nnd the camel and donkey went round and round in n circle hitched to u bnr which turned the mill. Four mon slept in these caves , und there were n half dozen others looking on while I made my notes in the establish ment. Nearly all of the business and manufac turing establishments of Jerusalem are of this cuvo-likc character. There Is a nest in the city known us the bazaars , and this is made up of long streets vaulted over with thuso caves , opening out from the walls on both sides and with , every sort of work going on In them , Tno tools nro , I doubt not , the same as these which were used In thu days of Herod and Christ , and the crowd of cus tomers Is much the name. Above these streets and above all of this under Jerusa lem houses are built. The city has a half a dozen different levels and the Jerusalem of to-day is founded upon tbo remains of SKVEIUL JEIIU3A1EM8 OF THE 1'AST. In souio places by excavation , other houses and temples have been found below the level of the present city , and there is perhaps no city in the world which so well uuys excava tion as this ouo. Just outside of the present city in building a new monastery , the monks have come upon some very line mosaics , and they claim to have undoubted evidence that the spot on which their monastery stands Is the plnco upon which St. Stephen stood when ho wus stoned. You see Greek und Komuu capitals in many parts of Jersulalem , und the whole of Palestine is honeycombed with ruins. If the fund , which Is now talked of in America , for making excavations at Del- phos In Greece were devoted to Palestine there Is no doubt but that under the proper explorers It could accomplish wonders. It must bo remembered that Jerusalem has been almost entirely destroyed a number of times , and tlint it has undergone two score of sieges. The walls whiuh surround the city , and especially these which run up from Solomon's temple , are from eighty to ono hundred feet under ground , and these were undoubtedly at ono time on a level with Jerusalem. I visited the church of St. Anne a few days ago and was shown u marble pil lar ns largo as any of these in the capital at Washington , which had been dug up a few days before , nnd there are vaults and tombs , houses and streets under tbo present city of Jerusalem qulto as interesting ss those whlcii have boon unearthed at Pompeii In recent times. I have been taken down to tbo orig inal lloor and court In which I'ONTIim I'lLATK EXAMINED CIIIIIST , and I have had hundreds of antique silver nnd copper coins offered mo which undoubt edly date further back than the time of Christ. These walls found underneath Jerusalem are many feet thick. They are built of great stones and some of thorn are so carefully - fully put togetueri that a knife bludo cannot bo inserted between them. One who has not visited Palestine can have no idea of its wonderful ruins. The tombs of the kluge on the edge of tbo city are large enough to put a city house inside of the pit which , cut out of the solid rock , forms Urn entrance into them , and a recent excavation ot the pool of Dothesda shows that it Is eighty feet deep and that it covers nearly an aero. Now streets are everywhere found ami under the thirty-five acres which is now devoted to tbo Mosque of Omar and which the Turks will not allow to bo ex cavated , tbcre nrc sorao of the MOST WONDERFUL HCIN'8 OF ItMTOnT. Just outside of this temple tbo earth hn been excavated for 175 feet before tbo rock upon which the foundation walls rests has been found , and In ono plnco nlono there was found 000 feet of n gallery. The whole of the spnco under these acres is honey combed with vast tanks and thcro U ono bcro that will bold 2,000,000 pultons of water. It is supposed that there are ; n number of valuable old books under this territory , nnd. the Jerusalem which In now covered with houses lias as many tiers of dwellings below it ns above It. The upper city or the town ot to-day Is made up , ns I have said , ol a series otstono boxes piled ono on the top of the other. Each great stone box Is a dwelling , and these dwellings are as curious ns the vault- Uko stores. Few of thorn have nny windows nnd most of the rooms nro of the same cnvo- llko character. I hnvo gene through tbo houses of Jaws and of G rooks , nnd I find that multitudes llvo In a slnglo nest of rooms , nnd the old story of the Psalm comes back to me : "Jerusalem n city is , Cotnp.ictly built together , Unto that plnco the tribes go up , The tribes of God go thither. " The town is as compact to-day ns It was when DAVID TltnUMllED ttl'ON 1118 IUBI' , nnd the tribes not only of Palestine , hut of all the world , i-amo here to worship. There nro magnificent monasteries scat t ore J throughout the city , and on tbo very top of the Mount of Olives , a grout Husslan church , lifts Its bulbous domes toward heaven. In the Gar den of Gethscmanc , whpro Christ Bpcnt the night before ho was crucified , there Is a resting nluco for pilgrims and the Roman Catholics have 1,500 brothers and sis ters In their monasteries and convents , whllo the old Armenian church has a big monas tery near the gate of Xlon , which contains ISO monks , and which can nccommodnto 2,000 pilgrims. There are Greek Christlatm hero by the thousands , and there nro Syrians nnd Copts by the hundreds. There nrn Abyssinian priests with faces as black ns your hat , and you may see every costume and hear every language in the worshipers who gather around the holy scpulchcr. The Jerusalem of to-day is the mccca of millions of souls. It Is to hundreds of millions the holiest spot on the face of the earth. And among the others , whom I have met in Pal estine , is the party of American Hoinan Catholics , the flrst pllgrlmngo which has ever been made to the holy city by n band from the United States. It Is above all a religious cjty , and , stranger than all , it is ngam be coming n city of the Jews. The Jews uro fast coming back into Palestine , and the Jews of Jerusalem , who now make up a large part of the city , are fur different from their brothers In any other part of the world. Their movement toward the holy land U strange , and their life huro is so interesting that I have uiado it the subject of Inves tigation , the results of which I will give you next Sunday. FUANK G. A Five- * out Venn * . S.imnd .Uiiilum I'cclt , ill Iloston TraiHcrlpt. If weary of plodding a bachelor's way You long for connubial glee , Don't linger in doubt till your tresses turn gray , But sue while still supple of knee. And when you rush forward on amorous feet , Like a bravo knight to do or to die , Select n wee maid who Is graceful and neat A Venus Just llvo feet high. Tall women look well on the tragedy stage , Majestic and stately ; but yet You don't want a woman to rant nnd rage , Hut a dear little creature to pot. You wish ono the size you can toke on your knee , And kiss when your labors are by ; And that is the reason I say she should bo A Venus Just live feet high. A tall girl ! Don't wed her , dear boy , I im plore , Not even the belle of the town. 'Twill take twenty yards or a half a score moro To mnko the dear creature a eown. Thou tli Ink of her gloves , and her shawls. nnd her shoes Largo sizes are dearer to buy. A man of sound judgment will certainly choose A Venus just llvo feet high. If you walk witb Miss Lofty und treat to ice cream , In summer refreshingly nice , "Tis " exceedingly costly to win her esteem , Six saucers will hardly sufilce. In winter wheu oysters are toothsome and good , You'll never get off with a fry ; When you foot up the column you'll wish you hud wooed A Venus Just five feet high. The Venus of Milo is lovely in art , But tbo Medici give mo Instead , If you marry a woman as high as your heart She'll always look up to your head ; And wanting u woman to love und to kiss , And cause all your sorrow to fly , Choose ono who will give' you perennial bliss A Venus just five feet high. ABANDONED AT SEA. Stowaways Thrashed and Then Ijcfe on a Barren Rock. Chief Ollicor Zollingcr , of the Bra zilian tntiil steamer Fiminco , now moored nt Roberts' Stores , Brooklyn , is charged by a number of the passengers with having shockingly ill-used several negroes on the high seas , and nlso with leaving three of them on a barren rook miles luvny from land , says the New York Herald. Early in the evening of Sunday , July 7 , after the vessel had loft St. Thomas , four negroes were found concealed in the coal bunkers. They were hauled up on deck by Acting Cnptiun Zollin- gor , it is stated , and beaten with a stout board until their heads and faces were u , muss of cuts and bruises. Zollingor , it is alleged , called for u. belaying pin and continued the attack on the < lc- fonselcsb stowaways despite the pro tests of some of the pussqiigai'd , who had boon attracted to tha'dcck-by the piteous cries of the unfortunate men. The second mute was ordered to'intui a boat und take three of tho.stowaways tea a rock in the sea a considerable distance away. The rock appeared to bo about a half mile long and thirty miles from land. The negroes were thrown overboard from the boat , and two of them finally reached shore by swimming , while the other would have drowned had ho not boon rescued and taken ashore. The fourth stowaway had manured to escape - capo the further fury of the captain by hiding himself. A search was made for him , and he was found and again lll- treated , tuul several shots fired over lib head with a pistol. All this was done- in the presence of the lady passengers , who were in the cabin crying. A Balti more physician approached the captain and asked him fur thu sake of tlio ladies to cease torturing the negro. IIo then hud the negro blindfolded nnd thrust over the side of the ship , where ho was left for awhile , und then taken on board again. ' v CJAs the vessel nonred port n young man named J nines Burke , who Imd been put in irons before the ship loft Rio be cause ho hud accldontly dropped BO mo rubbish that soiled the dress of some passengers who wore coming aboard the Finance in a tender , was usked to sign in the log book the statement of the rea sons for his punishment. Tie wrote that ho had been drunk and disorderly , but us the ship landed ho went to u lawyer und laid the matter before him , claim ing that ho was assaulted without provo cation , and what ho signed in the log book was forced by throats , Second Ofllcor Zollingor Eyolyii is also accused by Burke with ill-treating him. Chief Ollicor Zollingor was not aboard his ship when a visit was made there yesterday , nnd all that Ollicor Evelyn would say was that Burke was disor derly and deserved Ills punishment. IIo would say nothing regarding the stow away n. SKETCHES WA STREET CAR , Odd Bits of Ulo no Wo Sao Thorn Evety Day. SHE WAS A SWEET YOUNG THING , nut MioOlcl AInlil Scowled When She Jabbed Her -\Vltli Her 1'nroKol ( * \ Modern Strret Oar Incident * . She boarded n green car out on North Eiphtccnth street and the young mon with cigarettes on the rear platform shifted their positions to ones more favorable to a diligent study of the picture. The whtto-chokorod bold-head on the op posite sent twistad himself round and leered cast the ORO | of hl morning papar with ono wicked old oyo. The .two younR Indies with lunch baskets and a typowrlter cast of countenance took n rnpid but thorough inventory tuid looked up- pcnllnh'Iy Into onch other's eyes with n mu tual Dld-yoil'Ovort expression , Her curly blontlu head was burSei1 In u wilderness of white leghorn , illusion und flowers ; her dimpled , pink-nailed nunibor two hands were encased In bliick stilt ( mitts icrinltiatitiK somuwlioro near the shoulder ; the tips of two little russet brown shoes bnrol.v touched the lloor ; a tremendous BHBI onswixthod her plump little nVuro from under her nrrns to below her waist ; her cheeks luul the bloom of the peach and her blue eyus Klnnccd nervously up under long dark o.vo- lashcs. On her loft nrm sno cnrrlcil n imir- velousl.V'WrouKlitshomiinK-b.iK , mid with her right she engineered a parasol taller than her bewitching Httlo self. She climbed Into n sent near tbo front of the car , mid began the Inevitable hunt for n fate. From the depths of her hand-bat ? who first , fished up an cightccn-lnch pockctbook , scattering over the lloor a miscellaneous as sortment of chewing-gum , hair-pins , ulovo- butluneis , caramels , scraps of paper and hnndkcrcliiefs. Then she began the collec tion of her scattered pronerty , while the lofty parasol toppled for a moment and came down with a crash oti a shining silk hat in front. With a blushing apology she snatched li back , punching Its hu o handle Into the face of a frowning summer just behind. Gradually , with many a plunge and strug gle with the unrulv parasol , order was re stored , nnd the exploration of the poclcct- Dook begun. Ua recesses voro Intormltmblo , and the amount of briu a-brac in each scpar- ate aad particular compartment would be di til cult to conceive. As the fruitless search proceeded the little fingers grew nervous and the peachy cheek grew crimson. The Interest wus Intense. Old Hald- hcnd , in his absorption , had drop ped his paper altogether , and loaned forward wit'i his htmds on Ilia knees ; the cigarette smokers wore almost , breath less in their attention ; the typewriting oper ators became sturtlniily eloquent with their did-you-cver glanoes ; even the driver al most forgot his tbrulto as he starott bick through the window , when with a last despairing plungotho little hand went down into the shopping b , < g and drew forth a live- dollar gold piece. There was an audible sigh of relief an the passengers settled bactt in their seats to meditate over tlio mysteries of the feminine podtoUwok. A case of love's young dream appropriated two scats of un uvotiuo car at the corner of Fifteenth and Farnntu. Half a dozen others entered at the siuno'timo. Two had changed their minds at 'the corner of Harnoy und Btepued off unobssrved by the driver and without depositing their nickles. The young man had paid his fare while the driver was performing n war-dan : e at the brake in anticipation of a-collision with the cable. The young man-was bashful and nervous , his hands toyed incessantly with his watch- guard or his handkerchief. Ho was hard hit , new at the business , nervous and mak ing the supreme effort of his life. The case was so palpable that before the car had gene two blocks up Howard the passengers were nil qi'iotly but Intensely Interested. At this juncture the driver began regarding the cou ple with cursory but curious and inquiring glances which gradually changed to a cold , stony stare that apparently fascinated the youth. The handkerchief and watch guard came into more constant and violent use. Ho shifted about in his scat like u victim of St. Vitus dance. Ho llushed nnd paled and mopped the perspiration from his face , he plunged violently into suasms of conversa tion but irresistably and invariably his ago nized gaze returned to the snakelike unwink ing stare of the eye in the window. Every eye In the car except two was glued upon bun. The exceptions had un amused twinkle , and were fastened upon u paper. The hands of the young man wont aimlessly through his pockets , and the Indies of the party grow sympathetically uncomportable. Without removing his eye the driver jerked savagely at the faro bell , and the young mun danced wildly out the door. Evidently he wus meditating flight , and the driver shoved his head through the door and bawled : "Faro , hero , young feller 1" Then the owner of the twinkling eyes came to his relief with the information that tile missing fares had escaped at Harnoy , and an audible smile went round the car , while with llaming checks the young man and his adored got off the car. + L * Ono ot the passengers on the Dodge street cable , the other day , wus a fine looking old gentlouinn , dressed in a noatly-tlttlng black suit with a white vest. Almost down to his waist flowed a carefully combed and trimmed snow-white board , and his hand rested on a silver-topped , silk umbrella. As ho left the car with his erect and dignified carriage and vigorous step ho might have been the personification of the eventide of n long life well spent. It was Dr. David Wilding , of Crescent , la. , u patriarch who has passed Ins oighty- flfth milstono , und whose seed , Uko Abra ham's , is as the dust of the earth. On an ordinary postal curd , in u clear , firm hand with a line pen , ha bad written : "I , David Wilding , son of Henry and Jennet Wilding , born in Longton township , near I'roston , Lancashire , England , in the year of our Lord 18U4 , came to America in the spring of 1611. In the full of 1859 I re turned to England : In the spring of 1SGO I once more cumo to America and located in the vicinity of Council HlufTs. .Since then I have traveled to Salt Lake City and back , I think , six timca,3each jourdey being 1,010 miles. . My family Is very great. My chil dren are all living , ten In nunioor. I cannot tell the number ot toy grandchildren , groat- grandchildren and great-great-grandchil dren. Years have gone by since ono of my daughters-in-law wrote to mo stating that she had had twenty ot my great-grand children to toke dinner with nor ono day. 1 had a nephew who lived In Hulton , Lan cashire , England. and a nephew , John Wild * inland my iileco ; Ann Wilding. I would like them to BOO this from their uncle. "DAVID WII.DI.NO , M. D. " Dr. Wilding isjiow living with his young est son in Crescent ! In. The Worl I' * 1'ullcht Chimney. The tallest chimney in this country is the now stuck of the Clurlc Thread company , at Kearney , nour Newark. N. J. , Buys the Philadelphia Record , It is a circular shiitt 835 foot high anil 28 } foot in diameter nt the base. Th's ' chim ney cost $30,000 und contains 1,097,000 bricks. It was finished in September last , hut its supremacy among Ameri can chimneys will bo hriof , for ono is now being erected for the Full Rlvor Iron Works company , in Pall River. Muss. , that will bo 810 foot high and 80 foot in diatnotor at the buso. Chicago's highest ohimnoy is .130 foot tall. Amor lean chimneys , however , tire moro pigtnioH beside some of the tail Scotch ana English stacks. The great Townsend - send stuck at Glasgow , the tallest in the world , is 451 foot high and. 82 foot in diameter at the buso. Ton'nant & Co , , of Glasgow , huvo a chimney } foot by 40 , and the mills of Dobsou & Barlow , Boltonj , Enplnml , have an octagonal stack 8074 foot high anil JtB foct 10 Inches In diameter nt the bottom. Xlic Klnir'M Dlnry July | .j , ITH . John IP. ClMitiolck ( n The Utnturu , "Ulcn , " ho wrote , because It chnticcd that dny There was no hunt of fawn , or stng , or All else was nothing to the man who were The crown which once the brows of Hugh Capet Had nchod beneath , eight centuries nwny. blnco then what weil-bolovcd and hated moro Hnd worn It lightly , or with anguish sore , Some strong to rule mid many but to slny. "Nothing 1" And while , ho wrote the souse- less word , The tocnin rang in Paris ; the human flood Poured onward , raging till a cntno whore stood The bnstllo. Soon the foolish king had bonrd How prone It lay. Behold his aimless \vlt ; Ho and his kingdom were as ho hud writ. BITTEN BY A SCORPION. A Doutor'H Ilnrrlbli ; K.xporlcnco In the \VllltH Of MvMCO. Dr. Gcorgo Mallott , of Brooklyn Citv , who ia on his way to the mining camps of the Interior of Mexico , writes from Liis Yodras the following story of his journey mul his e.xporienco with u ( scorpion : "I started across country on mule- buck with u dangerous looking guide , whom 1 feared might nt any moment cut my throut while iislcop for the little money 1 had. fortunately , ho did noth ing of the kind , and turned out to bo a very good mun. The third night out I had an experience that I would not re peat for all the wealth of Mexico. It was just dark , about 70 : : ! , when 1 dis covered a light up the wide of a moun tain and though it would boa good time to camp , us wo had been in the saddle almost constantly since 8 o'clock that morning , Wo nmdo for it and found a little shatity inhabited by two horrible looking specimens of humanity in the most abbreviated of costumes. "Tho guide told them wo wanted to stop all night , and the female prepared a corncuko for mo. As they , of course , had no chairs , I sat on a low stool in front of the lire to oat it. I was scarcely seated before I felt something on my neck , and putting my baud up , felt an exceedingly severe sting on my left index linger. It almost made mo'howl. I immediately tied my handkerchief around it and stopped the circulation and then sucked it , and the old woman parted with u chow of tobacco for it. In about ton minutes the stinging ceased ana I thought it was all over , when' in tense vertigo came on with much vom iting and retching1 , then a sense of great weakness and collapse , uccomuunind by a profuse cold perspiration , then a sharp tingling began in the bitten linger , ex tending over the hand and up the arm , then the other arm and hand , then both feet tingled and ntung like an elec trical current , and yet they were com pletely dead to till external impressions , ana I could bcarceiy move them ; then my face began to feel the same way. I called for water and was terrified to find that I had lost all benso of taste , and my jaw was getting stilT and I could scarcely articulate at all. "Just imagine my feelings no ono near but those almost savages , and they understanding not a word I said , and the horrible sense of impending death duo to the depression caused bv the poison. I tried to ask if there "was a doctor anywhere near , but could not even speak English now , ana of course they could not understand me. It was simply horrible , and I thought surely I was dying , for the dead feeling seemed to be extending , and I could scarcely move a muscle. With a great eltort I made signs for a bottle of claret that I happened to have in my bag to use in case of bad water. Most of this I drank , and it braced mo up some so that I made thorn understand that I wanted hot water , and it seemed almost a vetir before they got any. When it cum u.nl- though they could not bear their hands in it , I put both hands and feet in it without fooling it. Then I made them rub hard , and this they did all night , and by morning I slept for about two hours , being perfectly exhausted. On awakening I felt much hotter , my limbs tingled just ns though they were asleep , but I could use them ; by moving about the sensation began to return. "As &oon as I could got up I got into the saddle again , hoping to reach some civilization in cabo I should get woreo. The journey was just half over , so I pushe'd on for Yedras and soon found that the exercise was of benollt , the tingling ceased , and by that night I could taslo the food. I ate the next morning and had no signs of the pre vious night's experience , except a loss of sensibility in iny loft arm and hand and a feeling of great weakness. Now , five days after , I am entirely well except copt that I have no fading nt all in my loft index linger and half of back fore arm up to the olbqw. I wus told hero that it was a scorpion that bit mo and that I was luckv in getting out of it so easily. I am all right now and appre hend no further trouble. ESTABLISHED 1858. CX3 Side Spring Attachment ; no Hortte Motion. MANUFACTURER. First Class Carriages on hand also built to order. Repairs Promptly Executed. 1409-1411 Dodge St. , Omaha , Neb. Dr. J. E , McGRE W ONK OF TIIK MOST BllCC'USHFlII , C3T SPECIALISTS In the Treatment of All Chronic , Nervous and 1'rlvato Discuses , Bpcrmatorrhocji , Imputcncy unit Knlllnf Mnnliood , nliKOlutfly rurt'O. A cutu Kimuuitccul In ull forum or 1'rlvulu ll cu t'8 , btrlcturen , lili-cl , ulo , Citturrli , Tliruat , l.iinift mul HtmrlBOU | U . Itlieumutltni , tiplnul anil Kcimilo DlniMistsa , lllouU und Skin Duutiaeo treated iucco lully , l-ullo ' | auil Runtlvmcn' * wultlnjf ronrui ncparuto ami eutlrvlr iirivutu. Cotnulutlon Ir . Bchil for bonki.Tlie Hocretand Private Dlseviua of M u , | lko Wuuiau mitl Her IJU- cnia * . IGo I'tieli ( Iniupt ) . Trfutineut bjr correspond- unco ; tuna mump for reply. Oillce Kith uud Douglas Sis. , OnuiLu. OMAHA N. W. Cor. 13th and Dodge Sts , , Omaha , Neb. THE LARGEST MEDICAL INSTITUTE IN THE WEST FOU TIIH TIIBATMRNT OF ALL Chronic and Surgical Diseases and Diseases of tha 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. MoMENAMY M. D. President . . , . . , , And Consulting Physician nnd Surgeon. Organized witli a full staff of Skilled Physicians , Surgeons and Trained Norse * . This establishment Is a permanent medical institution , conducted by thoroughly educated physicians and surgeons of acknowledged skill and experience. The Institute biddings , situated on the northwest corner of Thirteenth and Dodge streets , is composed of two largo tlnce-story brick bindings of over ninety rooms , containing our Medical , Surgical and Consultation Rooms , Drug Store , Laboratory , Offices , Manufactory of Surgical Appliances and braces , and the Boarding Depart ment for Patients , In charge of competent persons , constituting the largest/ and the most thoroughly equipped Medical and Surgical Establishment in the West , ono of the three largest in the United States , and second to none. Wo have superior advantages and facilities for treating diseases , performing surgical operations , boarding and nursing patients , which , combined with our acknowledged ability , experience , responsibility and reputation , should make the Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute 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 feel inclined to go further east for medical or surgical treatment and do not appreciate the fact that Omaha possesses the largest and most complete Medical and Surgical Insti tute west of New York , with a capital of over $100,000. DEFORMITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY. fed APPLIANCES FOR DEFORMI H Q TIES AND TRUSSES. Dost Facilities , Apparatus and Remedies lbr"Sucees l'ul Treatment ot every form or UiHcaso requiring MI3DIOAL or SURGICAL TREATMENT. in tnis department wo are especially successful , our f minis 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 three skilled instrument makers in our employ , with improved machinery , and have all the latest inventions , as well us our own patents and improvements , the result of twenty years' experience. The treatment of diseases by electricity has undergone great changes within the past few years , and electricity is now acknowledged by all schools of medicine as the great remedy in all chronic , special and nerve diseases , for nervous debility , par alysis , rheumatism , diseases of women , etc. , and in many eye and ear diseases it is the most valuable of all remedies. In order to obtain its full virtues , it is absolutely necessary to have the proper apparatus. Wo have lately purchased three of the largest and most complete buttorie's manufactured , so constructed as to give the most gentle as well as the most powerful current. Persons treated at this Institute by electricity recognize at once the difference between our expensive and complete electrical apparatus and the common , cheap batteries , in use by many physicians. Over 8,000 dollars invested in electrical apparatus. PRIVATE , SPECIAL , NERVOUS AND BLOOD DISEASES. H Wo claim to bo the only reliable , responsible establishment in the west making a specially of this class of diseases. Dr. McMonamy was ono Jf the flrst thorough ly educated physicians to make a special study of this class of diseases , and YiiH methods and inventions have been adopted by specialists in Europe and America. lie is the inventor of the Clamp Compress Suspensory , acknowledged the best in use. All others are copied after his invention. By means of a simple operation , painless and safe , recently brought into use , we cure many cases that have been given up as incurable by medical treatment. ( Read our look 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 ot _ treating cases by correspondence , and arc having better success in this department than ever before. 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 nil to correspond with or visit us before taking treatment elsuwhero. believing that a visit or consultation will convince any intelligent person that it is to their advantage to place them selves under our care. Since this advertisement flrst appeared , many wasting pretenders and frauds have tqme und gone and many more will come ando / , remembered only by their unfortunate and foolish victims.I . , , . - , , , / " /I wise man investigates flrst and decides afterwards , A fool decides first t then investigates , " The Omaha Medical and Sunncal Institute is fnclor&xl by the people and the press. ore capital invested , more skilled physicians employed , more modern appliances , instru ments and apparatus in use , more CORKS treated and cured , wore successful tsurytcal operations performed , than in all other medical establishments tn the West combined , PAGE BOOK ( Illustrated ) SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS ( SIALID ) . 'nrl I'lrnt History , BIICCCSH nnd AdVantUKua of the Omulm Medical and Surirlcat Institute. ! art Sccoiiil-CiiuONK ! DihKtHKH of the I.unifrt , Httmmeli , F.tvcr. Klclnovs , Hkln. JMIon , Cancer , C'utjirrli , Krilii | ! y , HliotiiimtUiii , Inlmliitlon , Tupu Worm. Illoctrlclty. Now Uoinudloa , eto. I art Thlril lKroiiMiTJi : . Curvature of tlio Hplno , Club Foot , JII | ) UlBcafcun , I'aralyila , Wry Noek. How Ix T8 , Hum I.lp , BurKlciU Operations. I'urt I'ourlli-Di.sKAHKS orriiK KYK ANII IUii , UlBoiiRogof the Nerves , Cataract. Btrublamui or CroHS KUMI. PtorVKlum , Orunulutixl Hyo Mdn , luvuntlon of the 1,1 c ] , Artificial Uym , uto. I'urt I'll ehDIHKASKH or WOUUN , I.uucorrliinu , Ulconitloti , DlaiilucomcnU , 1'rolupsun , Flex ions und Versions , Tumors , Lacerations and Ounuor of the Womb , Part Slxili DIUKASKK or MIN : , 1'rlviito , Hpuolut ami Norvonx ninctwcs , 8i > orinatorrmca ( Homtnal Wiaknusfl ) , Impotuiicy , Vurlcocolo , Stiluturo , Gleet , Hyplillln , und all clttcuses of tlio Quulto Urinary Organs. _ . A Pi'KOiAiiTV. Wis HAVK li\Tr.tr DISEASES OF WOMEN A Irj ( MN DKI-AIITME.NT I OH WOllBN DUIIINO COMflNttJKNT. ( Btrlctl ) ' I'dVUtO ) , Only Kcllublo Medical Institute Malciiif , ' a Specialty of JMUVATI3 DIS15ASKS. All Illood Diseases succcBsfully treated. Byplillltlo PolKon removed from the svbtnm without mercury Nuiv Jtuetoratlvu U'loutmunt for Loss of Vltul I'lnnr. I'utlcntBiiiiulitu to visit us may Lo truutcxl nt liouio liy corretK > ndonce. All communication ! confidential. Medicines or Instru ments sent liy mull or exiiniiH soouroly puckod , no murks to lu'JIc.ilo contents or bomior. Onu nor Wtiul Interview preferred. Call and consult us or Bond lilitory of yonrcauo , und wo will Bond In- plain wrnpjur , our HOOK TO .TIICN , KKKI ! ; UKm 1'rlvaU ) , Special or Nervous Dleeiueii , Jmpo. leney , bypMlle. Oloot uud Viirlcouilu , with ijueutlon list. Address , OMAHA MEDICAL & SURGICAL INSTITUTE , 18IU uud liodiio Strecto , tiuiabo , Neb *
