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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1890)
I 1G THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , . JANtrAKY 12. 1890. SIXTEEN PAGES | the land of the tohhllo , ' [ I Some of * Ko Sights Soon by the I Gubornatorlnl Party t . CORDIAL RECEPTIONS EN ROUTE . Ilnw Itrurlvcil bjr tlio Mu\lentts Oilm Ht'ivnlloiiH l > y tlio Wnysldi Ito Binrccs mid ClmrncloriHtlofl , < > l' this Country I | Ti ) Old Moxlco I s Cut op Mexico , Dec SJ rSpcciril to The | iii-h i- I it - pa.ho mittor of n k V-jbS ' N "I 1 trip to Old Mol W'1'A \ / ice \ winch luid ' W V'K ' \ been illiciissod * W iM\ | \ 7ill y " 0 | " ° ° ' our \ v rS li Pnrty 'or mora | - \ * 3K& llln" lWQ 1Cir9 A 3 , > ll9t'lool < Jcl"ll , ° t r\ f iiL * 'M form lint Novciir ( L , , fe ito ber wlion Govb ? ( V \ft v1f ornor . Tlinyer t Al % nsml , n few o / ? ' ? * iV' ' r * frlouils to Join ji w wJr lllm' ' " n vislt t0 i 9SJJWw ! V i a tlio iiticlunl homo > , nt Monto7umn. It wns nitrocd to charter an i excursion 1'ullinr.n mipplled wltli it ioolt , l porters , nnd wpII stocked with provisions [ enough for ft twonty-flvo days trip , tlio ' fc cxponsii to bo shnrint pro rntn About No- * vcinber 1 superintendent V. E. Thompson or I tlio U. Si M. , lmviiit' decided to ejult rail m rending nud lent nimr of our projected trip 1 decided to invite u few personal friends nnd $3 $ Join our party for tlio pleasure of moro company nnd mutual enjoyment Wo rcn- i dozvouaod nt Lincoln Dccumbor 14 nnd left , there ntSU0 ; p. iu tlio s.imo evening In tlio lHillman car Wnnderer und U. & , M. No 31. ! > Our correct passenger list disclosed tlio i names ofs > . " Governor John M , 'llinyor and wlfo ; J AuditorThonins H. Benton , wifoand cousin ; ' Miss KtigllMi ; Comtnissioner of Public , I.niuli and llulUIIti s John Stocn nnd wife fl wnd Mrs M , K. Wright of St Louis ; GonC u oral A. V. Cole nnd wlfo of , Tunfitn ) ; Golonol V UK I'nlmer , wlfo nnd daughter und Miss ' l Anna Iwivlngstona of l'luttsmoutli ; Mrs ft General Hates of Aurora ; Superintendent ; D. E. Thompson , Dr II L , . 1'alne , J.V. . * Trammel ) . Mrs M. 10. Whoelcr ami Miss nnna FunHo of Lincoln ; Miss Jeanette Miller hi of ChiuiiKo ; S. L. Hipleyinati of St Liuis , l { nnd Hon John M. KnRan of Hustings Net ) . I , Our route was via the Missouri 1'ueillo to i\ \ Bt .I.ojis , Little Kock , Tox.irknna , Fort ' Worth , Kl I'a9o and over the Mexican Con trnl to tlio capital of Moxtco The events of ( onch days trip , scones nnd sights bv the [ w.usido would 1111 a hook , Interesting to j every member or our party , if not to the j general public , but it Is not mv purpose to ,1 write moro thin an outline sketch of tut ) SI trln , At.lelTerson Citv Sunday afternoon U wo wcro mot at the depot by nil the state tl ofllcers , who were Sundnying at the capital i Homo newspaper man had telegraphed them j from Ivansus City that the governor of Nol ' braska nnd other state oMccra had Invaded 'i Mlbsouri They were on hand to bo Intro s duced nnd oxchaugo civilities and to extend ' to us nn invitation to stop over nt the A capitul , promising us the keys of j the city , otc Wo wcro compelled k to declinu on the erounit that the invitation i had not been leceived from Governor Fran ? ' cis , who was nt his St Louis homo , but J chiefly for lack of time On ni riving at the St Louis station GovI " i , crnor Francis entered our cur nnd formally extended to us the hospitality of St Louis % nnd promi > od us a royal good tlmo If wo | WJUld stop over a day or two Ho thought SI It would help St Louis chances for tbu i , worlds fair Ho was introduced to nil of * our party and made a very favorable 1m- S pression during the hours visit Wo loft | St Louis on schedule time and were soon ! 1 Bleeping uwny the second nlglitout The , | first rays of the mornings sun found us in , 2 the lonely woods of Arkansas From d iv- : j light until noon wo were moving through ono , y stretch of woodland Hero nnd there a ole.ir- | Ing , a dingy , homely railway station in the j ft center , a few stores and saloons and verv S ordinary looking dwellings , now and then a R v log hut , a few acres of cotton and some corn t i to change the monotony of the view The i § people wo saw looked as they used to talk years ago ; "If youoi9 : will let weans nlono " i High Five , a gnmo plajod , with fltty-two , i ploces of paper , made raunv of us often for i gotful of the uninviting scenery wltnout | Little Hock , reached about noon , was a welcome - ) come chungo of scene The city luj s on a high bluff skirted with i evergreens , and is fioin the lirst a pretty sight It shows ovideuco of prosponty and I ; recent growth , also of much wealth At the j " depot wo found qulto n party of prominent ; . I citizens awaiting our arrival Ex-Congress man Logun , II Hoots , and many others , 1 whoso names I have forgotten Ono of the I ! party had served on General Thayer's ' stuff f during the war , and I noticed the tears in , his eyes as ho grasped Ins old commandur by the hand Ho told us in talking of the Gen . eral In a "don'tyou doubtit" sort of way that Thayer was'tho ornvest oMcor that haa ever coinmandod him Carriages were in wait log , and as the tlmo schedule gave us an hour nnd llftcon minutes wo were invited to ride noout the citv Wo visited the capltol nnd I I wcro Introduced to the state ofllcers Wo > i fovinu the cnpitol building as some of us saw it moro than twenty-seven years ago , no change , no signs of repair or now point , Tlio building has that sombrero appearance of n majority of the southern cnpltols , and n more sombre appoarunco from the fact that it una draped In mourning The stars and I stripes , God forgive them , at half-mast , ail 1 because of Jeff Davis , who was not hunged on a sour apple trco Wo found Governor Knglo of Arlinnsns , a typical southerner , a tall , dark-complexioned man , who scorned thoroughly glad to sou us , wanted us to stay o woolc , would provide quarters in his house for the ontlro party nud niako us hll happy , Wo begged him to omigralo to Nebraska at least to make us a visit In sou n country where cornstnlks grow as high ns a mooting house Btcoplo lie told us that ho wns born in Arkansas I think wo- made him regret the unfortunate cir 1 cumstnnco Our • iiftornoon ride was a contlnunnco ns to scenery of the fore part of the day Tcxarkana , near the ex troiuo south i- west corner of the state , was reached soma tlmo after dark Tho'J'cxui and Arbnnsas boundary line passes through tno depot Our party enjoyed a twenty nilnutos' promenade and as many times from Arkansas to Texas I and back Dallas Tex , , for breakfast , third day ou' . was the tlrst llvo , growing , pushing town that wo had seen bIiico loavlng St Louis Many mautffactories were seen from the cars , large blocks of brick buildings , now i and old , old ones crowing higher and chang ing front gave evidence of a prosperity ro- inlnding mo of Omaha Wo were out of the timber In the fullest sense of the woid I , Dallas is In a prairia country , the soil looks productlvo nud the appearance of the city attested the fact , Fort Worth about 11 a m „ wo were met by a delegation of prominent citizens , nccompuuicd by i\band , to dlscourso > sweet inusio and to help thorn porsundo us to stop over Just for ono day , if no longer Thov remembered aovornor Thayer as having been there Inst spring , the guest of Governor Hess at the spring exposition , Nothing could Induce our party to ston ever Wednesday noon , the 18th found us ottho depot at El l'nso , at the end of a thousand miles udo through Texas , Hero , too , wo wcro surpnsod by a reception Carriages ' were awaiting us and Judge Mucker cap tured Governor Thayer nnd his wlfo for > dinner Others of our party fared as well After dinner wo were driven nbout the city and iulo old Mexico A. J. Simpson , tutu or Colorado , our consul at Juarez City ( lately • known as El Paso Del Norto ) acted as our escort Near Juurcz City wo were shown an elegant country homo belonging to Mr Alexander , a uativo of Texas , who has lived : in Mexico for many years His wine cellars were tilled with the product of his own vineyards and his homo most elegantly fur nished , Ho mudo us a present of the ontlro plantation to have anc" to hold as long us wo remulucd Heturuing to Juare * City wo Inspected the old church said to bo STO years old Wo buw the records as far baok us ItijO These previous to that data wcro burned i during one of their many revolutions The Mexican customs house otllccr catuo into * our car which did not cross the harder until 0 ia m. , apparently only for an introduction to the governor nnd party Ho ndrls&l us thnt no hail heard nt us through the Mexican minister at Washing ton and that ho wasn't gbing to shako the contents of our valises out upon the Hour , His men put on the stamps wlthoutoxamiiia tion , on exception , that made otht > r les forlunato travelers render A now feature of { railroading was noticed hero A company j of soldiers took possession of the smoking car ! It was the usual escort that ncconiw panics ] i every passunger train In Mexico The number varlos from tun to llftv Wo were told that they wcro to protect the train from robbers-and to arrest tlio oiiglneor nnd con ductor | i In case of any accident to the tiaiu or Dissengers Theynron sorry looking lot of fellows and if I was n lone passongcr I'd want some ono to protect mo from the soldiers Chihuahua , 221 miles south of Junrc7 , cap Itnl of the state or that name , was reached bv ; breakfast time , fourth day out , on thu lllth From the station wn saw a city lying in the valley of a buautiful stream , 0,000 feet nbovo the level of tlio ecu , with inountnin peaks : close by , , 0t ) . to 4,0' ' < 0 feet Higher ; a city of hU.000 Inhabitants , not a frame building in It , nil stone or ndobo with flat dirt orlllo roois , only thrco or four other : than churches above two stories in height ' ' Many tall , commanding cathedrals rlso up above the level of the business houses In the heart of the city the uinlti cathedral , which wns n hundred years In building , cost $30t,00J ) , nnd was built from the tax levied on the product of ono silver initio lUtoen miles south Its towers nro over 20J feet in height The wall floor and roornroof stonu nnd thoio is not n sent In the church , The Unadolupo cliurch , thrcu miles west and the great stone uiueduct | sixty to ulghty foot , above the ground Just southwest of the city , were conspicuous features of the picture It was the llrst largo ' Mexican city over soon by ourpirty.l Wo could Binell it half a uillo uwav From Chihuahua south the ride was full of Inter est and our cars sometimes full of dust at Juarez City , our point of entrance Into Mexl Ice 1 < , wo were less than 8,500 feet nbovo the suu level : nt Chlhuahun over 0.IXD feet ana from thoncn to the CUV of Mexico from 5,000 8,5011 foot above the sea . The Mexican Central runs on a high table land i , or elevated plateau between two ranges of mountains , the Sierro Mndro to the riglit , and a range of foothills to the loft until Zaeatecas , the capital of the state of that name , Is reached This city Is the center of the great mining regions of Mexico and is the point where wo crossed tlio range nnd dropped down on streams liowiug to the lacillc Wo passed through Santa Hosalle , Jltnlyo , Mopin , Ijordo nnd Torreoutho latter point j , being where the Mexicau International from Eagle Pass connects with tlio Mexican Central From Chlhuahun south to Lcrdo lies 1 thu great cotton bolt of Meilco , and wo saw thousands nud thousands of bales ready for transportation lying along tlio trucks and at the haciendas or farm houses The , appearance of the mountains hero Indicates great volcanlo action and they are beyond a doubt full of mineral Zacatecas was reached • by us ubout neon the UOth , three und a half J nnurs into It is u wondurful city built ' m a ravine vury near the top , of tlio Sierra Madrcs The station is on the dividing point and from the platform sticoins of wnter : can ba soon llowlng to thu Gulf of Mexico i and ' to the I'ncliie ocean Like other Mexi can cities the chuichos und cathedrals of Zncatocas nrc Jho most prominent and were , ns ' thick as stacks of grain ou u Nebraska farm ' 1 ho city has many reduction works , for silver ores from the mines , which could [ bu J seen on both sides of the titicK Fiom L Zaeatccns wo went down sovou miles to i Gundulupe , a city otSO.000 population , tlienco > down n beautiful valluy for ono hundred I mites to Aguas Calientas , the eapitul of the I J state of that niuiiu This is tne Junction of ' thu ] road from Tainpico , now couinletcd to ' 155 miles west of Acuas Calientas , and I which will soon bj e < ttonded to San Ulus ou the ' l'acillc coast Here wo found the pri vate ear of General Don Carlos Dicz Gnt- ierrez , the present governor uf the state of Sim Luis I'otosi , who had coino ever from his ' capital suvonty-fivo miles east accom panied I by his family and stall en route to the national ' capitul His car was attached to ono ' ti nin ahead of ours und verv soon the two governors were reminding each other of the tiiuo und tlio dry country Governor Gutierrez ' ( Gyastlcutus for short ) w.i4 prompt to call upon us und to introduce his family und stuff All the talking was dona through ' interpreters Later iu the day the gallant I Mexican gave himself away trying to make ' ono of our ladies understand a compll- mentary ' speech ana talked pretty irood Eng lish After this Governor Gutierrez had to talk ' American to our party nud I guess ho has ruined his health by the effort Wo found him a very entertaiuing , handsome man , richly und elegantly dressed , costly diamonds on lingers and shirt front , tall , commanding , in appearance every inch a soldlor The goveruur was delighted with the change that has taken place since the railroad Invasion of Mexico and expressed unbounded hope in the future of the repub lic Fcr fourteen years Mexico has oajoyod absolute peace und all classes begin to sco the ; benollcinl result The governor holds the ! rnnk of general in the Mexican army and has been thrco times governor of Sau Louis I'otosi , Ho served one tortn as minister of the interior under Presi- ' dent DiU7 , during which time his brother was elected and surved as governor , which leads to tno beliot that the family have what wo Americans term a cinch on the olllco ' The governor remarked that since the days of-tho Moxlcan warnud up to witlilu a few months past there had bean u bitter feeling against the "Gringocs , " nnd that ono year ago in the city of Han Louis I'otosi , a town of 00,000 people , there were only llvo rcsl- ' uont Americans , while nt the present tlmo there nro over two tliousand 'I his , ho said , was a good imlicatlou of the tide of einlgra , tion that is breaking upon Mexico from the nort hern republic Our chat with bis Mexican excellency was interesting Wo were all reminded that this Old Mexico country the oldest In the world aud llrst iu America settled by Europenns is but partially developed At Yacatecas the mining operations have beou conllned to a " tract of Und of less than 810 acres , which "luivo been worked slnco the days or Cortez's Invasion , nnd slnco the keeping of a record thu product the value of thu output has noon over Sli00,000,000 ( in gold nnd sllvor The Sierra Mnurn lunge in Moxlco is 2,000 miles long How ninny acres of gold and silver 1 ! The farming und fruit region } of Mexico can bu made to produce ten thousand , yes a huu dred thousand to ono moro than now pie duced , The people nro favored with all Kinds of , climate , from the ton Id heat of the tropics to the temperature of eternal unovv clad opeaks. . Hut as yet the former are 500 years behind the age They plow with un 'ox and an nss htob ! m to crooked sticks , their carts nro clumsy vehicles , burdens are carried on iburros and on the heads und backs of human servants The Mexican excels us In polite ncss , in bull Ilghtiug nnd iu the building of > churches The Mexico of today , however will bo hut a frigmont of history ton years i hence when thu business nun of tlio north bogln their invasion in earnest Of a population or 10,000OOJ ono-third , nor linns , llvo on 110 a year , r $1 a year as far ns production goes Five million nro but a grade higher , They llvo on I'ulkey nnd tor- tlllas dress scantily , slocp on the ground , do any little work und whllo happy , are almost absolutely non-producing. At Aguas Calientas wo had an opportunity ' of BQeing llvo hundred to ono tliousand of these socoud class citizens inking their daily bath Aguns Calluntos signifies hot water , nud they have hero the llnoit hot water spring in Mexico , The springs are about two mhos from the city Wnter from which Is convoyed to the city through two stone aiiuodiicts Ono entirely covered givo9 to the city baths clean water , The main bath house Is n largo ono-story / stone building with an inside court and pil- lured porch surrounding The open court is full of line trees and ( lowers , roses and gor- miliums tomptinu to Nobrasknus , rotnombor- ing ttio day of the month December 21. I'From this purch doors open into separate stone rooms , roof , shlo and iloor and bath tub all of stone Iho open nouoduet is within ono foot of the closed ono nud built of stone The trough or wnterway Is ubout two aud a half foot wide and three foot deep and Is quito full of water It is tatd that at any time during daylight for ai davs of the year men , wouiuu und children can bo seen bathing in this trough oranuoduot , We saw at least llvo hundred , possibly a thousand , of all ago * and of both saxes strung along the rditch or aqueduct buttling or urcsslug or J washing their * dirty cotton shirts The bnthiug suits were quite unique , some were about as largo as a good sized llg leaf Unit dren from ouo to tea wore many of thorn qulto naked , the men and woninn were a trlllo moro modestly dressed All seemed io greatly enjoy the wash nnd apparently cared uothlug about how many hundred dirty people were getting the first use of the water In the current nbovo thorn A thousand human bolngs in the same oath tub , all soaping and scrubbing them * solves will volt Join them In the bath ! Excuse mo but thU Is what wo saw at Agues Cnllentes and ono of our party took sovernl photographs of tbe scntiu from different points So wo have the documents to provo the statement Down the old channel south of the present nquoduct , nro tubs or holes cut In the rock , where , nccordiug to tradition , the llrst man nnd , womiti used to bttho I biliovo myself that | the garden of I" len wis In old Mexico.1 Wc were four hours late pulling Into the Mexican Central depot in the Citv of Mox lco , Iflil hours from the tlmo wo loft Lin colu , over six and one-half days , 1,135 tml'-s noutn of the Texas line As wo alightad from tlio train wo were met bv Colonel H. Corolla of President Dliz's stiff and the Mo clcin na tional | band , forty-four pieces , which played Hill to the Chlot" as tlio train entered the depot ] Wc were then escorted to the Hotel Jardiii where the band gave us u novor-to- bo-forgotton soienado , playing a medley made up of all our national airs It was a most royal nnd unexpected treat , that elected from us hearty choovs in return , After n bath , a change of clothing and a dinner wo were out strolling through the strangest looking city outside of Jerusalem ; population ' ' 1100,000 , streets mostly paved with cobble stone narrow iu the business portion of the city , from 20 to 80 foot wide ; shlo- walks from 3 to 20 feet wide : buildings are of stone or ndobo , nil with Hat roofs , very honvy ' doubly barred und Iron utrnppod doors some n foot thick opening into store rooms or Inner courts All the llrst storv wiudows crossed with heavy iron bar3 gnvo to each building the uppoarnnco of a prison Wo walked ; and tried to talk to the natives . "No comprohondo " Neither did wo Some bought J curios nnd some , including myself , tried to drink pill key tl.o nntlonal bovcrago sucked from a mn.ni ly poant by n dirty Mexican j and packed to market in a hog skin J It looks like pile blue soui milk nnd smalls to Hades ' 1 he llrst smell Is not unllko the scout of n sun scorched swill bnrrcl nnd n box of warm llmbergor cheese , but It Is right good so I tried to make myself bollevo It tast03 n little line koumyss The Mexicans drink ! it as thu Dutch do their beer , and it is no moro Intoxicating than boer It is mescal j that knocks down moro effectively than j Sullivan could do it If you have an enemy r and you want to get oven send him a bottle of mescal , ono good smell of it will make ! him drunk If ho takes n glass of It balnnco . your account qui kly cr clso you will bo In his debt Some of oar pirtv attended J the J Uioatro nud paid , ns was required , lor ono net only nnd that was enough So wo spent the llrst dav in the A/tccan cnpitol , A few of our party attended • * arly mass Sunday morning and saw guard mount nt the ' I'alaco I'lnra , at 0 a. m. . and at II o'clock visltod J the Alameda or great narlc From 11 to ] 12 every > ody gojs there for a walk , and to listen to the ultcrnnto playing of two of the llnest military band in Mexico I saw J several uictty senoritas there , also Bomo verv liomclv girls , the best of thorn piint nnd ' powder and yet belong to the upper class \ The atmosphere compels this paint Ing ' protection , they s-iv. Mexico is cursed with beggars Thov arn everywhere ' You sco them the last thing before going to bed and the llrst thing on awakening ' Tiiev nio omnipotent at tlio hotels , in the churches , on your doorstop Hideous , ugly , deformed , crippled , they dog your footsteps constantly Ono soon learns : to pay no attention to them , but yet thov are 1 a nuisance They nro one of the blots on Mexico's fair picture Sundnv afternoon at 3 several of our party a bull light ten miles outside the city The i others i romaim-d within the citv some ut church i and some at the hiving of n corner stone ! for an American hospital The Mexican Central railroad furnished us with a special car Iu half an hour wo , were in the frame boxes erected on the i upper tier of at least twenty seats , ono above i the other , overlooking the arena nud view ing the snmo kind of u circus the Iiomuns , used to delight in Thoseeuo before mo nnd a i glnnco at the surroundings gave my mind an i mnrcssion to the off cct th it the two scenes , Homan and Mexicin , were but n few months [ npart I weaken in the attempt to describe j a bull flirht Wo have all road of the bar barons exhibition , yet but few co-tiproliond. The bull fighter , the hoid clown in the ring , the ono who acmallv kills the bull , is a big gcr man In the estimation of the second [ class people who patronize the bull llglit than the president of the republic , who bears the same name Dliz Ho marches , into the ring , from a side gite , a half dozen ! piendcres , human bull teasers with lnm , all [ dressed a la circus , tlchts and gilt ; the band 1 playing Hall to the Chief " A couple of f horsemen ride in as be3t they can on $5 00 ) horses thnt thov want killed To put the horses nt a disadvantage they blind their eves The bull Is admitted nt an oposito gate Just as ho passes the gate an nttond- nnt 3 lbs a dart with a paper rosette on the bulls right shoulder This Is to mnddon the bull Then the fun beglus 'Iho null Is pricked nnd bled tormon od and weakened 1 nigh to death : a horse Is gored , rider thrown , but unfortunntely never hurt The horse may bo lead from the ring stopping on his entrails or , norhaps killed outright When the bull refuses to light the bull stinker stabs him with the sword Ho must Rtriko between - tween the shoulder blndos nnd the blade of the sword must go in at least three feet or ho must try again Four or llvo horses were killed nnd as many bulls , and not a man hurt , before I became so disgusted that I loft without getting u return check Wo were all glad to get back t3 the city and better pleased to hoar from such men as Governor Gutlcrucz und Colonel Cnnollla ilia' the next Mexican congress was liable to enact n law prohibiting bull lighting as a public oxhibl- tion , Paimeu PEWISRtllNT IlltqPS Ono swallow doesn't make a summer , but It may bring on uu early fall Dent allow yourself to bo carried tiwuv by enthusiasm you may have to walk buck In the national flower discussion the marry-gold and toddy biossom have been grossly neglected Tlio western mayor who refused to lot the dead past bury its dea 1" without u per in It wilted when informed that it had u poetic license "I see the English syndicate poonlo are nftor oar paper mills now " "Indoodi 'lhoy'vo beeu nftor our dollars so long 1 { didn't think they'd get down to our mills " The chiropodists now furnish their patients witli button hooka with handles so long that one is obliged to go out in the next room to button her boots , for fear of injuring the colling Mrs , Wickwiro HonryI really must have n new bonnet This old ouo is u sight to boholu Mr Wickwiro And only yesterday you told mo it wasn't lit to bo scon I am jsorry to rufuso you , but I cant encourage such Inconsistency Little Hrothor Cant you walk straight 1 , Mr Mangle ! Mr , Mangle Of course j can Why doyou uskf Little Hrothor Oh , , nothlii' ; only 1 hoard sister say shed make you walk straight wlion she married you , , And ma said shed help lior They soy General Sherman is very fond of Gorman opera I wonder why It uppaals to him so full of clash and roar , llko a oat ? tlol" "No , 1 dent think that 1 guess its because Its the only musical place ho can go without hearing Marching Through j ; Georgio ' " Unusual Consideration Mr , W. The idea of n man coming to the theater In such an Intoxicated condition Ill have the uahor rotnove him Mrs W. Lot him ulone.John ' , I think ho is very considerate Ho got all ho wanted before ho came In and will not bo likely to annoy people by going out between acts , 1"Poihaps , " said the fresh young man us ho plumped himself down on the sofa bo- rtween the tvvo giddy girls , perhaps you rWi'ro discussing some cholco secret ! " "D 1 , no , " said one of them , "I wus Just saying to Mlnnlo that nothing should separate us , but really J didn't expect it to happen so soon " And tlio beating of his own heart was all the sound ho heard ' "I have here , " Bald the drummer , some thing entirely now in cigarettes This brand " Hotall Dealer Chestnuts 1 I've ' heard that fioiu every salesman who oomos ' lu " Yes , but I happen to bo tolling the truth , Hero is something now In cigarettes Never boon on the market before " Hum , What is HI" Tobacco " "No , " said she , with the complacency born Of kuowing that she bad the prettlost and ilmoit striking costume in the ballroom , "I dent care much for dress I like to feel that I , for one , am above such vanity , you know , " You are , ladeed , " said bor admlr- ing couipaulon Head aud shoulders above it , as everybody hero will say , " FISltr MASONIC GRAND LODGE _ _ _ Organization < of the Torrltorinl Grand Docly ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI MASONS - . • The ( irnml Mnnters of .Mnsmis HvJ jiresM 'llivlr Views on the I'rerou- ntlvus ul' Grnntl Mnstors Nesvs nud No ten In thu Lotlgi-H. l-'lrst Gi ami Lodge A l-\ * \ . M. o Tlu grand lodge , A ApA - M- / / \ for the territory of Sr v/ * /ly Nebraska , was or- < s. / 0datilzod at Oinaha ' \ / / \ on the 2-lrd of XX September , 1S57. In ncconlanco with the previous ngrcoinout.niid appointment of the musters and wardens of the several lodges of the territory , nuiucly : NebrusknNo lsi of Hellevuo , GlddmgsNo 150 ; of Nebraska CUV , nud Capitol No 101 of Omaha , u convention was hold ou that dny for the purpose of organizing a grand lodge for tlio ton Itory of Nebraska Urothers Hubert C. Jordan of Capitol . lodge ] ( , L. L Howou of Nobrnska lodge , 11. N. Cornell of Glddlngs lodge , were appointed - pointed h commlttoo to report on the action nccessary'to carry out the design of the con vention At the afternoon session the committee reported - ported nn order of business , providing that the master of tlio oldnst lodge represented preside , and that thu charters of the lodges represented und the credentials of the rep resentatives bu presented and acted upon , utter which the convention should procaod to thu election of onieurs , The report was adopted and a lodge of I I Master Masons duly - opened with David Lludluv of Giddings ledge in I I the chnir ( L. li ICinuey , mister of Capitol | j I ledge , , waiving his rlgljt ) ! H. C Jordan of Capitol lodge acting us senior warden , aud L. L. Howon of Nebraska lougo notiug as Junior j warden A committee consisting of Hrothors Howon Jordan and Cornell wus appointed to axammo the eh-irtors of lodges claiming , to be represented in the convention and tlio crcduntinls of the representatives umier the saino Tno committee suhmltlod a report stating that the following lodges were dulv char tered and represented as follows , to wit ; Nebraska ledge , No 1ST , of Hollovuo , Sarpy county , chartered by the M. W. grand ledge \ of Illinois , October li , 1855 , and repre sented , ns follows ; Brother L. Ii Kinney , worslilpful master ; Urothor L. L. Howon , senior warden , und Hrothor John A , Nye , Junior j warden ' Giddings ledge No 150 , or Nebraska Citv Otoo ( county , chartered May 2j , 1851 , by the M. ; W. grand lo.lgo of Missouri , and rooro son ( ted as follows : Brother Duvld Llndley , 1 worshipful , master ; Brother II N , Cornell , senior f waidon ; tlrothor William Anderson , 1 junior j warden Capitol ledge , No 101 , of Omaha , chattered Juno 3. 1S5" . by the M. W. grand iod 'e of Iowa l , aud ropiesoatcd in follows : Brother George ( Armstrong , worshipful master ; Brother I Charles Vv Hamlltoa , Junior war den ' ; Brother Hobort C Jordan , junior war den Thcso brethren worb duly declared to bo entitled ' to seats in the grand lojge , and the convention ' proceeded to ( ho election of of- floors ' , with thu following result : Hobort c Jordan of Omaha , grand master ; ' L. L. Uoweu of Bellevue , deputy grand master - tor ; David Llndleof Nebraska Ciiy , senior grand ] warden : L. B. Kinney of Believe , Junior ' grand warden ; William Anderson of Nubrasktt City , grand troasjiror ; George Armstroirg " of Omaliat graud-socrot iry Tlio grand olllcors weroilnstalled bv Mo3t Worshipful brother I. A. W. Buck of Illii nois Tlio following onicors , uppilntod by the grand I master , wore also installed by Brother Duck : II N. Cornell of Nebraska City grand marshall ; J. M Chivinuton , Om iha grand I chaplain ' ; Charles W. Hamilton , Omaha , senior ' grand deacon : John A. Nye , Bellavue , Junior grand deacon ; J. I' . Manning , Omaha , grand tylcr The grand lodge was then declared duly orguni/ed , und a committuo consisting of Brothers Bowen , Armstrong aud Cornell I were appointed to rep n't a constitution , by- laws und rules of order for the government l of the grand ledge and lules and regulations for subordinate lodiros Tlio cominitto sub sequently submitted a rcnort , which was adopted It was resolved to renumber the lodges under the jurisdiction of the grand lodge ae- cording to the ugo of their charters On motion of Hrothor Cornell , the nnmo of Giddings ledge was changed to Western \ Star , aud the subordinate lodges were then numbered us follows : Nebraska , No 1 , at Bellevue ; Western Star , No 2 , at Nebraska City , - und Cnpitol , No . ' ) , at Omaha Brothers Bowen , Lindloy and Armstrong were appointed a committee to draft and j procure the passigo of a suitable uct of In- corporation of the grand lodge at the ensuing session ot the general assembly of Nebraska It was ordcroj that charters Issue from the grand ledge to the several lodges under its jurisdiction , and the said lodges were authorized to sunoudor the charters undar which they had boon working to the several I grand ledges from which they issued After deciding that the next session of the grand ledge should bo held at Nebraska City on the llrst Wednesday in June , 1853 ' , the grand ledge closed its session Two Or mil M.i t ! • • ' Opinions The following extracts from the addresses of the grand musters of Illinois and Missouri 1 taken from tno Alasonlo Hovlow und Voice of Masonry , December number , will bo of In terest to the ancient craft Masons of No- braskn Grand Master Smith of Illinois referring to thoconiinoiit of the committee on , foreign corrosnondoiica regarding the simtl- meats of that Jurisdiction on Scottish nto mutters lias u dlfferont opinion of the pre ' rocativos' of grand master * from that eutor- tained by some of thu recent grand masters of some other Jurisdictions , iloro is what ho thinks about the matter : " 'If there is n kingdom the size of Hhodo Islund over which reigns n prince moro Im- beetle thuu another , that rulers weakness and tyranny are excused as sanctioned und authorized uudentlui unwritten law of the 'Dlvlno rights of kings , ' So , ol the decisions of a vacillating and arbitrary grand master , His every act forvwhlch there is no luw or 'landmurk' ' ho claims luwful nnd justlllod us u prerogative grand master ' Wo uon't believe in either Wo bollovo i .n the doetrino of America ! 'lhat all uion are born free nnd equal ; ' the rulers become such by the will or the people , and are tJ govern under constitutional and statute law , Wo thought wo hud so uxpressed oursulves In our former uddross to the e-ratid lodge , Wo know that wo were so understood by our own grand ledge , but it doesi seem that our remarks > , our nttempt nti wit , wus no moro uudorstood by some distinguished writ ' era on Masonic correspondence than wus Mark Twaui'si to the Hussiun Murl : hail boon tolling of his perplexity ut a crois- road where there were to many llnge.- boards , under allof which there wus uu ad > ditional ouo bearing thu following inscrip- tloui "l'hoso who cant road will inquire ut the blacksmilh shop " Ouo of tlio audience moetiug with Mr Twain u few duys later said to him : Mr Twain , I was very Btupid the other evening I coutd not sou the point of jour joke as to the signboard at tbu cross roads 1 lay awake all nigiu thinking of it , when It suddenly came to mo I have j laughing ever it ever sluce , and thinking whut a joke it would bu uoon the follow if the blacksmith wasn't In , " Wo commend the above to the distinguished writers who have charged us with bellovmg In the Di viue rights of kings and the prerogatives of grand musters " The following excerpt from the report of the committee on the grand masters address was adopted us the sense of the grand ledge on this subject ; " 'It has over been held , and rightly , too , by this grand ledge that lt can recognize nothing but thu three degrees of symbolic rMasonry. . Of other so-called Musonio bodies , this grund lodge ofliclally knows nolblug I and such bodies are not pro do r mutters n I discussion for this grand body ; nnd tha grand ninstor states facts when ho says Cornonulsm nnd all other Isms nio unknown tii' this membership , and cannot bo ofliclally presented to this grand ledge , or any con stituent ledge lu this jurisdiction , ' 'lha following Is un extract from the ad- drrss or tlio grand ninstor of Missouri I do "l'ho grand ledge of Missouri is happily exempt from the presence of of thosa nnnoy lug { ' and pestiferous olomants which Invo causcil much confusion among the workmen elsewhere Our members are nctuatcd by n tmo and Intelligent loyalty to symbolic Masonry nnd have not become lnfattl itod with ! a doslro 'to follow after straugo gJd * , ' nnd give pro-cmlucnco to modern ritcism ' No occasion h is arisen from this grand lo I go ln make dollvcrancas for or against claim nuts for recognition ns to their lcgltlnncy , therouv perpetrating the folly of endorsing or condemning systems ubout which wo cm know ) j nothing as York Masans Our hippy freedom from nil complications nud disturb ances will contitiuo so long as wo pursue our linn i ot duty , nnd sturdily withstand nil ap peals from any sou ro i to champion systems foreign to our ancient nnd honorable fra ternity If such svstouu am nil that their votaries claim surely they uood no recogni tion from York nto grand bodies If they nro not what they assume to bo the loss wo have 1 ; to do with them the bottei It w ill be fur 1 pj.ice and harmony Let thorn sovorcly nlono " A. Inml A. M. A meeting for the election of directors of the Mnsonlo temple craft was hold Tuesday night i , nud resulted lu the election of the fol lowing 1 to servo lor twoyuirs : L. M. AnJor- son II C. Aikln , T. IC Sudborough , V. P. Mussulman , L. M , Hlieom and William Stov ers Messrs Anderson and Atkin were re elected , the others nro now members ' IC oil . District Deputy W. L. Seism Installed the ofllcers of Myrtle ledge Monday night Grand Chancellor Micturtatul installo the ofllcers of Mirathon ledge Monday even lug I J P. Lund , the Gsrinan deputy , Installo d the ofllcers of Planet I0J50 last Monday evening The lodges at Llncaln are nliatit to nagiu the erection of n Pythian castle hall , to oai $10,1,000 , u good pirtof which has bacn sub scribed The Pv th Ian club oloctodoflleers as follow b last 1 Monday night : Grand Clianoallor John Mucfarlnnd ; , pro3idoiu ; Dr L A Merriam , first i vice president ; J. W. Mltcaoll , second vice prosldont ; W. G. Shoe'coy , thlru vieo presidout j ; F. J. Sackett , treasurer ; W. L. Seism ! , secretary G. C. Uacfarlaud instillcl thoollliirs of Nebraska ; ledge No 1 , W'oJnosd ly nljht , usslstod , bv D. G. C. Will L Saisai and G . M. at A. II It Weber After the careniony was \ completed an adjournment was taken to Getty's , where supper was served Two more ledges will soon bo in full working . order iu this city , making seventeen in nil , " said a prominent IC of P. the other day "If the brethren who are working so hard to organize now lodges would uovoto tliuir ' time to increasing the membjrsliip and hooping ' un the interest in the lodges ulreudy established the offjct would ba much more bcMiclleiul Thera are enougii lodges iu the city ' now , moro In fact , th in em reasonably expect J to exist in a healthy condition , und u halt should ba called in this inattor of st.irt- Jnga | j now lolgo ove-y month The result will be the same as in the uniform rank , winch went do in daft on the ldaa of having n regiment in Omaha , and now the inevitable result is becoming apparent Ouo division has had its charter withdruwn uud there is a prospect that ono or two moro divisions will meet the same tute bolero very long " O.iolc lodge conferred thrco ranks Thuis day ' nlghtson nlno members of tlio ledge re cciitly started 'Iho membership is to be conllnod to priutors The ledge wi'l ' moot in tiio new Pythian hall on Sunday after noons This is the llrst lodge in the city to .ba organized for the puiposo of restricting Its memberbhip to uny trade or profession The ide 1 has been tried in o thor cities und is found 10 produce the most satisfactory re sults General Cnrnnhun is expected in Oinuha some i time next month to vi3lt the divisions of i the Uniform KatiK Northern Star ledge is the name of the now ledge which will occupy the now Pythian hall on Friday nights The oflieurs will bo instullod next Fnduy night I. O. O. K /f " Pj _ ) Evans , Installed vL : ' = ; = thooflloorsof Gabion Link ledge D. of It , last WoItoiI ly nlglit , A number of visiters from Alphi ledge wore pro3eat by Invitation The oxor- > , cises closed with a supper iu the usual Ho bekah style Special Deputy Grand Patriarch F. C Hryant , D. G M. Johi Eva-is and Patri- urchs J. F. Saaaloy , II M. Brumal and A Vincy , want to Plaits.niuti 1'uosdiy night nnd installoJ the ofllcers of Mystic on oimimant l'ho install ition wjs public After the ononnjaiant olllsors had baon in- stalled tlio ollljjrs of the subardinata Joigo nnd the Itebakih dograa ledge wore installed by Patriarch Bates anil Sister Bivd rasnao- tlvolv The entire work of installation wis conducted in the mou ofilaiont m mnor , the ofllcers balug porfoet in their savoral pirit Tlioceromanloi were followad by a suppar Goodrich hall association will give an ether ball und supper rii33 lay night This will bo the last of the saisaa and ovary effort is being made to have this oao of the best of thu line sonos of parties given by the association H. X Deputy Supreme Hagont Gsorgo Ker is at Hastings organizing a council of the order Ho reports the -ospacts are gael for n flour ishing council , and expects to have Jt iusti- luted iu ubout tvvo weeks On Monday evening next Jnnunry 13 Union Puelllo council No , 1009 will instnll the ollicors recently oloetcd for the coining I year It is espacialiv desired th it nil mem bers be present on this occasion , mid mum bors of other councils will be cordially wel- co nod ut their hall in the Continental block ThonHlcors elect uro as follows : Heont , J. F. Coykonali ; vice regent , Jatnos U. Preston ; orator , Frank Calloy ; past regent , J , IC Chumbors ; socrotnry , I L Hlchards ; collector , S. W. Lindsay ; troasur- or , Win Gyger ; chaplain , Win 1 * . Davl * ; 1 guido , J. H , Sheldon ; warden , C M , Nettle ton ; sentry , Gee H , Gilbwold The ceremony of installation will bo cou- ducted by Mr J. W. Mavnard , deputy supreme promo regent In charge of the council On tomorrow also It Is oxpectcd that un In- torosting report will bo roeolved from the committee h ivlng in charge the arrange moats for the social and musical entertain mout to bo given on tlio 27th iiut An elub- orate pjogrammo Is to ba presented on that occasion , to which the wives und intimate friends of members will bo Invited K. O. 10. lied Cross castle No 4 , clouted the fol- lowing oflleorsnt their lust ragluar nioolln < i V , C , W. G. Cronlstor ; N. C , h , L. Habb , V. O. , J. S. Cinfaron ; II F. , It Tlzird ; V. II , W. O. Perry ; S. H „ U. H , NaidU ; M. of H „ M. IC Over ; C. of E , C. 1 $ . Holoa ; IC of E „ L. C , Erven Itod Cross castlojiold another of their very pleasant parties rrlday night The com mltteo of arrangements , Messrs , J. S. Cam eron , It Tizurd , W. O , Perry , M. IC Over , inndo on unusual effort to make this the most successful of any of the parties , and they certainly succojdod The hall was well filled I I and everything passed off pleasantly , CLOTHING - = ' OMAHA N. W. Cor 13th and Dodge Sis , Omaha , Neb THE LARGEST MEDICAL INSTITUTE IN THE WEST roil THU TMUTMnNT OK A Mi . Chronic am ! Surgical Diseases and Diseases of tlis Eye and Ear PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO DEFORMITIES DISEASES OF WOMEN , DISCASKS OF THE URINARY ANDSEXUAL ORGANS , PRIVATE DISEASES , DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM , LUNG AND THROAT DISEASLS , SURGICAL OPERATIONS , EPILEPSY OR FITS , PILLS , CANCERS , TUMORS , Etc X W. McMEIAMY , M. B „ , President , And Consulting IMijsiuinit and Surtrcon Orpiizcd wiili a il staff of SKillCu Pbysiciaiis , Surgeons al Trained Nurses This establishment is 11 pel niitncnt nip < llcil : institution , coiitlucteil by thoiotitrl ly educated pliysieians and suigcons of aeknowledgr-il skill and eMmiiuiieo The Iiistitiitubuidiiiirs , situated on the iioitli\vi > st corner of Thiiteonth and TUhIko streets , 1a coiniuised of two laige thiec-stoiy bl iuk biiidlnps of o\of niiudy looms containing our Medical , Surgical and Consultation Rooms , Drug Store , Laboratory OflTces , Manufactory of Surgical Appliances and braces , and the Boarding DeparU ment lor Patients , in cliaigu oi competent persons , constituting the lttigesi and the most thoroughly equipped MediealaiHlSurgieal Kstablishinent in the Weal , of the Unco laigest in the United States , and second to none 0110 Wo have aupeiior advantiigus nnd facilities for treating diseases , iierfonning surgical operations , boarding and musing patients , which , combined with our acknowledged ability , experience , responsibility and reputation , should make the Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute the fust 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 tlio bcivfit of persons who may feel inclined to go fuiither east for medical or suigicat treMmeat and do not appreciate the fact that Oniahit possesses the largest and most romplclo Medical and Surgical Insti tute west of Now Yoik , with a capital of o\er 8100,000. , DEFORMITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY ui v lfij r r\ APPLIANCES FOlt DKFOHM1 ? * Best Facilities , Apparatus ami Rnmedlps for Successful Treatment ot every ibrni of Uiboa.so rcnuirinir MHlHCAIJor SUKGICAJj TKKATitllSNT In this department wo are especially miccessful Our claims of superiority ovv all 0II1018 aio based upon the factthat this is the only medical establishment man ufactuiing surgical biaces and appliances for each individual case AVe have tluee skilled instrument makois in our employ , with improved machinery , and ha\o all the latest inventions , as well as our own patents and imptovemonta , the result of twenty j ears experience i EJXjESO EtXOjSOj T , t33-flL.TPZV031 > JI ! ] ' . 'jjl ' The treatment of diseases by electricity has undergone gtoat changes within the jr p st few years , and electricity isnow acknowledged by all schools of uiedicinoastho gioat remedy in all chronic , special and ncivo diseases , for nervous debility , par alysis , rheumatism , diseases of women , etc , and in many eye and oar diseases ib \ . \ the most valuable of all lomedios In order to obtain its full vittues , His absolutely necessary to have the proper apparatus We have lately piuchased thico of the largest and most tomplelo iwttoiios manufactured , so constructed as to give the most gentle as well ns the most powerful current Persons treated nt this Institute by electricity lccognlzo it once the dlfferenco between our expensive nnd complete electrical nppnialus and the common , cheap battorles , in use by many physicians Over 3,000 dollars .uvosted iu electrical apparatus PRBVATE , SPECIAL , NERVOUS AWD BLOOD DISEASES Wo claim to bo the only reliable , responsible establishment In the west making a specialty of this class of diseases 3ir. McMenamy was ono of the flist thoiough- ly educated physicians to make a special study of this class of diseases , and hia methods aud inventions have been adopted by specialists in Europe nnd Amciica ' lie is the inventor of the Clamp Compiess Suspensory , acknowledged the best Iu use All others aio copied after his invention Uy moans of a simple operation , * painless and safe , recently brought into use , wo cine many cases that have been , address givpn up ) as incuiable by medical treatment ( Ifrad our book lo men , sentfict (0 ( any , _ " 1 -r - ( t tfgs gp\ DISEASES OF E3-2-E3uajKTX > 33 A.3Jt- * - > P ° nave , la < 1 wondeiful success in this dop.titir.iwit . In the rtrr - P11 ) 'clll't iul1' ' have made many Improvements In cur facilt- 'QsOljy sD "cs for treatment , opotatious , artilloial eyes , etc txBSSSi&r casks thkated by letteh , z ziU&j Wo have greatly inipioved our facilities and mfthods of treating cases by correspondence , aud ate having better success m this deimitv mout than over bofoio Wo aio 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 poisons , patients or physicians AVe invite all to correspond with or visit us before taking ticatment clsewheio , believing that a visit or consultation will convince any intelligent poison that it is lo their advantage to place them selves under our care Since this mherlhement first appeared , many boasting pretenders and frauds have come and nonn and many more will coma und yo , remembered only by their wifoi lunula andfoolnh victims "A wise man investigates Jlrst und decides afterioaids , A fool tlecides first , then investiijates , 1' Tlie Omaha Medical and tjttraical Institute is indorsed by the people and the press More capital invested , more skilled physicians employed , more modern appliances , instruments - ments mid apparatus tn use , more cases tieatcd and cured , more successful mvilcul / ) ) atwns performed , than tit all other medical citubliihmenl3 In the Jfb < combined 144 PAGE BOOK ( Illustrated ) \ SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS ( skud ) . 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