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12 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MAUOII 27 , 1892-SIXTEEN TAPES. Malta as Soon Throtlgh the Eye of nn En- thusiastio "Qlobo Trottor. " AN ISLAND RICH IN BIBLICAL HISTORY ricttliTMiuo Sronnf Hint Inloxlcnto tlio Honsos-CTypts t Wlilrli Hie ITlinlllvo Christians I'loil rorHholtrr Mono- lllliii of n 1'iittt ir : . Kilgar t , . H * < ifrmmi.1 The visitor to Malta Is n long whllo In tlr- Ingot the hlstorlo , architectural ana social attractions of Vnloltn.pspcclatly In the sunny winter tlmo when day nnU night scorn filled with on endless round of brilliant scones una gaiety. Hut it Interest In the splondld old city of the knights should botfln to wane , there would btill bo found mi extraordinary charm In iho easily made excursions to vari ous points of Interest In Malta and the adjoining - joining Islands , mid n most pluaslnp study of the peasantry under their curious condition * of environment. From Valetta ono can reach the remotest points In Comino and Ooze , oven b.v row or still bonti , with donkeys for the Interior loit ering , and return to the city within daylight hours ; and as to Malta itself whoso length Is no moru than clghtuon miles , with an ox- trotno breadth of loss than twelve 1 htwo often walked from VnlotUtoKort St. Luclan on tbo southeast const , to Cltln Vocohin , tlio ancient capital of the island , to St. Paul's bay , mid to sunny , silent DlngUon , the extreme - tromo southwestern coasl , arriving sltll In tlmo for a Maltese breakfast which , If not a nioal of dainty perfection , always possesses iho arislouralla quality of Interminable delay. The coast scenery of western Malta and all of Ooze Is very beautiful Indeed , whllo occa sionally It roaches positive grandeur. For the blolo student there nro the scene of the shipwreck of St. 1'aul mid several places raado famous bv the apostle's stay upon the Island. Vet tbo'slinply ourlous traveler there are the many ruined summer palaces of the crand masters , ancient and Interesting for- tnllccs nnd palaces of thu luijulslllon. The antiquarian will discover n larger number of prehistoric remains than upon any other equal area , wl'U catacombs ns line as thosa of Svracuso and greater than those of Home. Geologists ilnd extraordinarily favorable con ditions for researches , owing to the bare , de nuded condition of the island , with Its roclty Bcasboros nnd noble cliff oxposuros. And naturalists haunt the Islands In winter for studios of Its rich and winsome tenantry of migratory birds. 'i'ho most beautiful examples of coast sccnory ai-o to bo found upon Oozo. It Is so near that a day's excursion in a little Molucca , manned by two or thruu picturesque nnd incessantly chattering boatman , will give ono ti continuous fenst of changeful scone , nnd almost a complete survey of alt coast points of Interest. The shores of Malta nro completely lined with ilshormen or women nnd children Kalhorlnir seaweed for enriching the scant soil of the island , and every little cove is alive with color and louudful with song. Even in winter the sparkling and phos phorescent waters of tbo Mediterranean are hero bland and warm to the touch , and the young Maltese disport in the waves during their arduous labors like bevies of playful seafowl ; whllo Iho most dangerous ell Its and precipices are so crowded with them In their quest for eggs , the young of the seafowl inhabiting the crannies of the chff9nnd for the various forms of vegetation which are stored with miserly care for fuel and manure , that , at some distance the blending of colors of costuroo with the grays and greens of the Island crigs : , often gives tbo curious illusion thst the sea walls are aflame nith gigantic tropical llowors. Gnzo , which is called Gruidlsch by the na tlvu Maltese , contains no town , although tbo tiny Island , which is but six miles bror.d and eight miles long , is thickly In habited. It has six villages or cnsaU. These with the outlying farms , for It Is u very fertile island and under the highest Uogrcoof cultivation , are , or wcro In the old times , protected oy nn anclont thoueh massive fort called Habato. It is most picturesquely situated at a great elovu- In the center of the island. From its walls , with a Hold glass , I have looked upon tbo splendid panoraipaof Malta with its terraced Holds , its old walled villages , its mabsivo palaces , unit tbo far white city of Valetta ; to the north viewed Sicily with the glisten ing cone ofEtna above its dark and slender thread of horizon line ; and soon upon the shimmering Mediterranean blue , tno lonely islets of Linosaana Lampe-duaa , half way to the Tunisian shores of Africa. The topography of Gozo Is very beautiful It is charmingly diversified by hill and dale. Mmiy ofits sunny valleys nro natural nnd nrtillcial gardens of wondrous luxuriance. I have nowhere seen their equal , save in those marvoious garden vales behind beautiful Pal ermo In Sicily. The shores present , save at very few points , perpendicular sea walls ; and on the western and northwestern coasts they often rlso straight from tbo water's edge to a height of over 2,000 icet. Those abound In caves of great slzo nnd splendor ; their sides and brows nro the haunts of myriad sea fowl ; tholr heights hero and there show stunted and lonely palms : and the u'.r about them with the sky above are often almost whlto with millions of the slowly sailing nnd exquisitely beautiful little Adriatic gulls. I cannot vouch for the emotions of others , but as I first tramped over Iho heights of Nusulnr , descending into the vmloy beyond , and saw spread before mo tbo Day of St. Paul , a souse of awe mingled with glorious elation came with the stillness and beauty of the spot where the heroic npostlo was ship wrecked. The bay , which is about two miles long and ono in breadth , is situated on the northern coast of Malta , nnd is hardly dis tant a brisk two hours' wall ; from tbo city of Valotta. Countless excursions are niado hither by water from Malta's capital , and often the roads are filled with all manmir of vehicles currying pious or curious pilgrims. I preferred coming in tbo early morning and alono. As I stood on Nasclar heights , the sun was Just rising nbovo the promontory of Una ol Kaura. Its rays foil softly upon the sleep ing waters. They gave tbo llttlo memorial chapel a bright and smiling face. Tuoy deepened the ehadows on the eastern shore , where fishermen wcro lazily spreading tholr nots. They plorccJ the copses nnd chines of the Mcillba slopes , disclosing their huts and cabins of the lowly folk who are nearly as naked uud qutto as listless of civilization as were their "barbarian" forefathers among whom St. Paul was cast nearly 3,000 years ngo. They mellowed the grays of the mass ive walls of the ancient Salmotm palace , which crowns tbo Mclllharocks to the north west. And where the llttlo island of Gzelor , llko a bit of the clllTs tumbled Into the sea , at the north showed Its aafTrony surface be tween the blue of the bay and tbo sapphire of tbo sea , they ( loaded the great statue of iho saint with such transcendent shine and corning , that the quickened fancy , for an Instant at least , swept across tbo centuries and basked In tbo very presence of that far nd mighty soul. A winding road skirts the beautiful bay. An anclont wall half hidden \ritb shrubs and llowors forms a boundary wltho'socond ; pleas- Riit roadway behind. The Ilibormon with their riots , some donkeys gracing at the edge of the hill-slopes , seagulls In countless num bers , and a half-nakedladurgingalongahord of goatti with rocks and cobbles , were tha onlv living things In vlaw. Soon a kindly- raced priest Joined tno. Wo wandered down the mad together. Ho bad come with the key of tbo llttlo chapel which is sot on that point of the shore on which tradition holds Paul's barU was wrecked. It U a tiny chapel with an Interior of ut most simplicity ; but three of Its pictures , ivhoso subject * are the shipwreck , the mlra- clo of tha vloor , and the healing of I'ubllus' father , are remarkable , whllo the yearly vottvo offerings , the good father told me , uro very great Tha priest's adios and blessings foUowod mo from the place , nnd as I turned my steps toward ancient Citta Voochla , the last object in St. Paul's bay my eyes rested upon was the loago of straggllnz rocks "whoro the seas root. " It was rimmed with a shimmer of glistening ripples as tiny , shining and slum berous as though but echoing tbo dreamful songs of sirens inviting to a haven of endless sleep. Ulgh upon a hill seven miles to the south- wait of Yaletta stands Citta Vccohla , the walled capital of the Island before Grand Master John do Valolto built tbo splendid city which now crowns Mount Scohorrns. At thu beginning of the Christian era it con tain od the house of the "chief man of the land1 who BO "courteo usly cnlrcuud" tbo Milnwrcckod Paul. lt Cathedral of St , Paul had Its traditional orlcln during the three months' residence of iho apostle , ns.Publlus . Is stild to nave given n portion of his own pal- nco ns n site for Iho first church nnd to hnro officiated In It ns Malta's llrst bishop. That was a long tlmo ago : but the mill- quoted character of the city draws ono kind. Iv to these old and loved traditions. Seen from n distance , Its nllfihty Walls , cumbrous structure * , flat roof.- " , v.ist palaces nnd 1m- mcnso domes , rising llko some far and fnncl ful mountain of dream-built cubes , pillars , arches nnd cnpplntr denies render It the most Imprcsslvo structural perspective In Eurooe. When Valetta was built ths former grandeur of Clttl Vccchla departed , lly nnd b.v the great mansions wore transformed Into semi naries , monastciles nnd convenes , nnd thus thov remain. Its tremendous wulls shut 111 few others than monks , religions students , nuns mid novitiates. The great statue of .Inno , queen of all the gods who presided over mnrrlacT , which Is cmoedcd In the main gateway , socms strong ly out of place ns the escutcheon of a city of religious recluses. Tbo buildings nro nmslvc , nshen-colored by time , mid strangely Mien I. 1'hn streets nto narrow , slmdowfui mid still. The great dun geons beneath the hit go sanllnrluin , once the palace of the glurnll. or the three magi- strntos of Iho city , mo ni moro palnahlo with silence than nro these high walled narrow streets. No sound i beard save the clanging of bolls as the call to ondlois devotions. Then the thoroughfares nro suddenly filled with bowed nnd darK-robcd llguros foi n mo ment , nnd nculn ns suddenly become lifeless , dark nnd still. Tlio catacombs lionualh Clttn Vecrhln nnd the prehistoric rock-hewn tombs of Mr.nldra are almost u wclcomo relief froni the solem nity nnd solemn shades of this old place. The passages nnd chambers of the catacombs are lacxlng mural decora tion , but they iu-o of the s.imo char acter ns these ut Syracuse mid nro much larger than nny single examples to bo found nt Homo. They nro hewn out of ; ho sott stratum of the upper limestone oti ivlilch Citta Vccchla stands. You roach hem through a perpendicular shaft , nnd n 'ow stops bring you Into n po : feet mnro of .unticls . leading in every direction , with srypts on each sldo nnd nt every possible evcl. Tncso tunnels mul tboh1 branch tunnels com interminable. I counted upwards of ,00epnrato , sepulchres , nnd thuro uro no loubt many thousands. Ono passage or gal- cry of vorv largo proportions was found ivhlcn opened Into capacious squares or chambers , where the crypts wcro fashioned ns though for thu moro distinguished doad. Their proportions wcro moro umplo , mid they ivoro bettor formed in every respect. In juany , n real for the head and neck as raised mid hollowed in excellent contour ; nnd by the side of other * wcro excavated niches for urns nnd the lump for votive and other sepulchral olllccs. However ancient was the race that cxcn- .nted or required nuch n vast area for burial , _ t Is certain that these crypts were equally ns extensive In the days of the Romans , a , DUO years ngo. They nro completely barren of all remains , ns they wcro for a long tlmo used ns abodes for the living , the primitive Christians having iled to thorn for refuge ; nnd they have been on vnrloun occasions the abodes o' the curly Mnltoso when Hying from the swords of the Goth. Vandal , Moor mid Turk. No ono has ever fully explored thorn , and 1 find from the natives that the bcllot is universal nmong them that subterranean inssnges load to Valetta and other rcmoto joints In the Island. / These are not the only prehistoric remains of great interest to bo found cm tbo islands. Diminutive catacombs nnd rock-hewn tombs are accessible in nearly every important val ley , ravine or rocky gorge In Doth Mal'n ' nnd Gozo. Exter.tivo catacombs are founds ut Mlcabba , Tower Nndnr , St. Paul's nnd Mel- llhn bays , and Mnaldra ; while at Hhagtar-Klm and Mnnidra in Malta uad nt the Giant's cause- tower in Gozo , I saw megalltbtc monuments rivalling In massivcnoss and mystery the Stonehongoof England , and the vast pagan monument of Now Grange on the Boyiio In Ireland i was shown n great and solitary monolith standing near Har Hassan cave on thosouth coast of Malta. There is a dolmaulilco ruin on Cordiuo hill overlooking Valotta. And I measured up right blocks in the Hharglar Klin ruin twenty-four feet high , whlto In the cyclo- pcan giant's tower I found several with u height of twenty-eight and thirty feet. Tholr additional length beneath the debris surrounding them must have boon consider able , AH of these tremendous monoliths were put in plnco thousands of years utro by n people capable of quarrying and transportIng - Ing them from sundstonn beds nearly n milo distant , for the purpose of some form of adoration. They did their work 'so well that , whllo all other traces of tholr race are lost , these rauto monuments hnvo brought the story true from almost unrecorded lime of tbo eternal principle of worship in the heart of man. From my habit ot wandering alone , ar.d much in the country , in foreign lands , I have como to regard their birds as my most charm ing chance acquaintances. Absolutely with out trees , iavo these transplanted nnd nur tured llko exotic llowors , Malta would hardly bo regarded as the haunt of birds. And yet I hnvo seen or hoard here in midwinter nearly every ono of the loved and bumble sort well known in summer time in northern climes. Along tbo stony roads I bavo kept exultant pace with the hoping stonccbat and redstart , and chirped back a cheery greeting to flocks of cbnfilncbos nmong iho white nnd gold of tbo orange trees. Climbing the cliffs , or pothering among the ruins , tbo melodies of of thrush or linnet have Hooded the sky from the oltvo trees in the valleys below. Cross ing the walled fields I hnvo often como upon marshalled hosts of titlarks. Ucoks , wrens , crossbills and fieldfares all welcomed mo in a homeland language I know. The call notes ol the rood sparrow peopled the famous Island of the sword aua cowl with olden forms nnd faces ; and as the oalmy ovonlngs came , the stllllcldlc , murmurous nnd ovor-plnintlvo songs of the blackbirds thrilled ma with half- forgotten voices , until my heart cried out : Thus , ansol of our latcrdsys ! Wltn ovor-hovcrln ? . unseoiiliand Aru Unshod upon anrh'.lmllni ; ways Tbo hidUun hlirlncs wu iimlarHtnnd. Wo climb the i ust'cd sleeps of Truth , And fuller. Lot thy I HI plnss brlns 1 ho lesser to the liuvor Vouth ! A no to. u tonu , tbo humblest thing , Sweeps Irrcslatless all between. And there the Now plays with the Then \Vlieroonco our heaven wus lived unseen , And where , lllio pilgrims cninc ujtuln , Wo boar the lilnokbirds , nestling , sing Their tender songs of evening ! KIIOAII L. WAKEMAX. Tilt ! ULK 1'INE JIUX. . Frank Stanton in .rlflimfd Conrtttutton. Wo didn't care in tbo long ago . For easy chairs 'at were mndo for show With velvet cushions in red and bluck , An' springs 'at tilted a feller bucu Afore bo knowed It llko them In town Till his heels flow up an' his head wont down But the sent wo loved In the limes o1 ynro Wuz the ole pine box by tbo grocery store I Thar It sot in tbo rain an1 shine , Four foot long by tno mcasurln1 line ; Under the cnlny-borry tree Jos' n * cosoy ixs uho could bo ! Fust hoadqunrtcrs for Information Best o'.o box in tlio whole creation : Hacked an * whittled an * wrote with rhyme An' so blamed sociable all iho tlmo. Thar wo plotted an' thar wo planned. Head Iho nnws In the paper , and Talked o' pollylictks fur an' wide , Got mixed YD as wo argyiledt An1 the ole town fiddler sawed nwar At "Die Dan Tucker" and "Nelly Gray I" Oh , thoy's boxes ( till but they aliM no more Like tbo ole plno box at tbo grocery store. It ain't thar now M it wuz that day- Burnt , I reckon , or ihrowod uwny ; An' some o' inn folks 'at the ole bos kuowoi Ii tur along on tbo dusty road ; An' souio's crest over tbo river wldo An' found n homo on the other side. Have they all forgot ? Don't tuoy sigh no more For the ole plno box by tlu grocery storoi Slouly Watting Auuy , Ono of the most distinguished cavalry louQora durinjr the war wu.3 Mujor-Gon- oral AUroJ Ploasanton , n , native of Washington. How many people know that he is spending the last years of his llo ( In a. email room of n poor hotel in that city ? Ho Is not in want bolnc In receipt of u good income , having been placed on tlio retired list of the army with the rank of major by special net of congress , but ho aulfors greatly from 111- ness. It la salt ) ho is greatly emaciated and that men who know him and were intimate with him when ho was the gal lant nnd dashing commander of the cav alry corps of the Army ot the Potomac would not recognize the fighter now. HE'S ' IN A PECULIAR DILEMMA Eoma of the Philosophical Reflections of nn Artificially Ralormol Jag. EFFECTS OF COMPULSORY SOBRIETY A rftyclutlnglcal Climlllc itltin of Itio Vurl- CMIS rrnilnots ol I tin Illrliturlilo In. Mlltiitrs liy n .Alrmlirr of tlio Iiijcctril 1'nitiTiilty. 1 have ba'coma D3sso sod of nn over-pros- nt uonsclousncss of n certain peculiar physi- al plicnouionon which gives rue to n com- ilcx sorlos of mental emotions nnd rollsc- Ions very dlillcuit to nnnlyro or classify , juch an analysis or classificalton may poasl- > ly lia n mailer of supreme Inilifferonco lo ho great mass of thinking humanity , but , or what I am Jusllllo 1 in considering an Im- > ortaut oxcopllo.i myself , It Is na unsolved iroblom which beslridos the nock of my nenlnl self wllh the persistence of n verlt- blo Old Man of the Sea. Tbo phenomenon Is that I nm mid bnvo icon for some ihlrty days n reformed "Jag" nnd the problem Is whether Iho agerdzata of onsallons consequent upon n realization of his fact Is to bo classed as pleasurable or mlnful. Of the fact Itself thcro is no doubt , f 1 may place any credence In the word ot ho medical gentleman whoinjottod my arms ull of bichloride of rfomolhlng and after landing mo a receipt for $75 look my right mncl and looitlug mo In the o.vo solemnly In- ormod thai I was once mora a MAN In very nrgo capilnl loiters. It only remains for mo o cxlrlcalo mysoli from iho mental dtfll- cully which keep * mo perpetually mid mo.i- otonously revolving nuoul ihu mlieliolo lo.il circln uf "sorry for It glad ot it. " Tlioro Is a negative port of satisfaction In ho moro laot of having onca boon a "Jae" inalasous to the ncgativn feeling of plcnsuro and buoyancy experienced upon the sudden removal ot n'lumplni ! tootliacho or nn un fortunate bill colloc or. The subject really comes back to n normal condition , which by contrast becomes a stnto ot exultation. So the artificially reformed "Jag" squares hli shoulders , clcvutcs his chin , pats himself ap provingly on the head and strides oil bis way thoroughly Imbued with tbo idea that 10 Is a tbuiiJcrlng lluu fellow and that all thu rest of the world musl nocassarlly bj of the s.uno opinion. ' The unforiunalo whoso rotrospootlon re calls no jng L'pjcti can in no sensu apprecluto Iho dollghU of these rclUctlons. Ho c.in tuvcr realize the exhilaration of waking in .ho morning-with no red hot bill in his stomach ach , no Egyptian mummy tnsto in his mouth , ind with his head still sixnndsovcn-oluhlhs. ( la knows nothing ot ihu restful fculmi ; which .steals swooUy over ono as ho mentally j rasps the fact that it will not bo necessary .o rearrange his disordered faculties in order o determine whnro ho had such a coed tune , low ho reached homo , and to call forth from the yawning vacancy of the dead past an outline of thu cOL-k-and-bull story ho told ils wife the night before. Such n man will never caper arjout iho room UKO a playful kitt2u simoly because ho U not com pelled to step around the corner mid pour a cocktail down his stirinklng throat before ho can face Iho fried o gs with an unflinching cyo and sniff Iho aroma of the breakfast coffee with no thoughts of Iho instability of a homo on the rolling doup. He never ex- perioacos that pleasing glow with which the reformed jug burns a ho passes a saloon door with two Oils in bis pocket. In fact bo never docs and never can know what it is to bo [ icrpotually bowing his graceful acknowledg ments of the floral tributes and rounds of npplnusu bestowed upon himself by himself. On the other hand for , sluco this U noitber tin advertisement for an nnti-.tg inslltullon nor a to.npcrnnco boom , but simpl v a Dsychologlcal dissection , it must bo ad mitted there are two hands IhU novcr-was- n-ag ] individual was spared some regrets ; sumo unconscious yearnings for the luminous intervals which glimmer through the ml its ot the pa it when all was gold thai glittered and everybody w.is a fine singer and an elo- o Jen t speaker. This in brief is the balance shctt of the reformed Jag of Iho Conquering Hero variety. There is another closb which may bo de scribed ns of the Interesting Convalescent typo. These are largo healthy men for iho most part , with lurco eroans nnJ moans and a soulful yuaruing for human sympathy nnd coddling and ginger tea and footbaths. They requiiotho most careful handling or Iney will Dreak. Drunkenness in their opinion M an erratic epidemic which pounces upon Us victims hapnazard nnd enmeshes thnir limbs In lU snake-like folds whllo they are asleep. Ho .speaks of his treatmout as the tlmo when bo was under the care of the doctor and ho lives In porpctual terror that tbo defending arm of his ninety-pound.wifu may bo lowered or the solid phalanx of frlonds may bo bro ken when his frightful and relentless enemy may pounce upon him , yank him Into a grog shop and pour a glass of whisky down bis throat. The disgusted variety furnishes another interesting typo. Ho looks upon drunkenness as n species of dnmphool- ism nnd charges along his appointed way , viciously kicking his toes against the door posts and street lamps , and filling the ntmosphoro with sulphurous anathemas of the class of idlcts , ot which bo is a member , who cannot take a ilrlnlt without getting drunk , tlo bolivcs in tbo treatment of bU particular brand of insanltv by heroic reme dies , such as hanging oy Iho thumbs , bury ing in quick lime or decapitation with a garden 1100. Ho tooic n savngo delight in watching the operator Jab the noodle ihto his arm , and d'us not look upon himself as in any bonso "cured , " but simply muzzled. Ho does not expect to Do "cured'1 until the lool-killor completes his contract. Tnuroflaotloiib of the roformud-for-rovonuo- onl.v vurioty are of n sorrowful character. Ho was working on a salary and wanted lo feel moderately certain that ho would not bo thrown down tno elevator shaft before the next pay day. Ho feels n llttlo like the con quering here variety , but is free to confess ihnt if ihoro were no difllculliea nbout salary ho could have n good deal of fun of the lurid sort. Another class falls under thn bond of "Hot- llo ballered voternn.i" very conveniently. Tholr bosoms swell wllh prldo ns they refer to their exploits In the drinking way. And when two or tbreo are assembled together they never weary of recounting tbo adven tures and episodes ot the bottle ongagemcnls of the dead past. They smtlo pityingly over the drinklnc achievements of these modern days and wllh a Ihoy-could.nu'-thov-woulo air refer vaguely to thu time when men drank like men nnd not llko boys. Tbcso are very interesting characters when they are boxed uad laid away in stonerooms. . Still another clasu may bo cburaclo-izcd as "graduates. " They always speak of iho "In- stituto" and the "profesBor" and the "class" which wont out when they did. In tlmlr view drunkards are nol reformed but educated. 'Iboy wear badges nnd form clubs and try to roalto themselves and every ono oUi > believe thai they are glad they have rcuchod a plane where the thought of going "out wllh the boys" is repugnant. These nro only n few of the very mony types , which the recent upidemlo of booze curing is making familiar lo iho public , al of whom will iurnlsb profitable subjects 01 Investigation for .metaphysicians and pay- chulogUls. Pastor First Baptist church , Pleasant Grove , la. : Dr. J , B. Moore , Dear Sir : My wlfo has bean nflllctcd for several years wlln a complication of kiduoy nnd liver troubles. Your "Treo of Life" has boon of great uenc- ilt to her , Sno Joins tno In thanks to you auii ox Dresses tbo wish thotothen suffering from similar causes may ilnd equal relief. Yours , Uov. J. W. Carter , Pastor U T. church. For sale by all druggists. Kitvv.iriox.it. At recent sales of school land in North Dauota , prices ranged from fr ) to t-lU an acre. acre.The uoiv catalogue of Adolbort college and of Western Hcsurvo university at Cleveland shows about HUD students and professors. The number of lady students In Switzer land Is continuously increasing. Out ol 701 students at the Zurich university , no le s than V n uro ladies. The Johns Hopkins university has been presented with a rare collection nf Greek win ) Unman nnlui. irathoivd hv un urnliutnln cist during rilTOSTily-flvo years' rosldon'co In Italy. KB A couMcln Huislnn language nnd lltora- turo vlll bo jra-cd al Cornell noxl lurm by A. R BnbliiB 3 ftu library slnff Th Is is iho first , , lrction , , n this has been nt Cornell. Tlio minuet JUiWIcatlon bv the senior class nt Welloilo.v lUw'cnr will bo different in character frcm&gosc of preceding years. It vlll contain K dlcotlon of Wcllcsley songs with words nntrffiusio In full. Llontcnmit Tottcn , Instructor In military actlcs nt Yale , complete ! ) his engagement in ' that capacity next Juno. Ito is thu man \vlio5o carious Interpretations of astronomi cal events hnvo recently attracted much notice , gSRi The South'vpJkota teacher * ' oxnmntstlon 'or 1892 for flvb years' certificates mid llfo diplomas will 06 hold March ill and April 1 , ntSpearfl.sh ; September 1 nnd ? , nl Abor- locn , iirooking.s , Mltohcll , Sioux Falls and Ynukton. John L. Woods of Cleveland has given ' > \,003 \ to the woman's collosu qf Western { escrvo untvcrsliv nt Cleveland'us a memo rial to his wlfo. This sum makes up fc.'o.OJO vlilch has bcon received in iho llrst year of . 'resident Tliwllie's administration. Miss LiOuUa Mncdonnld , the recently iloctod principal of the now university col- oge for women ut Sydney , N. S. W , Is only II years old. She has n nplcndid record ns n lussio.il scholar mid n student of cl.isstc.il itstory , ana has n reputation ns nn nruhmol- 0-lst. i'bo authorities of the now Chicago univer sity nro pcrploxed by the unexpectedly mi- ncrous npnllcations for admission. Thcro are alroadv nbaut 1,101) ) on file , mid It is ostl- n itwl that bv the tlma the Institution Is enuy to open , next Octobsr , there will bo I.OJ'J students ready to bepln work. Prof. Eugonn Wnmbaugh , now of loxvn 3tnto university , will bo tbo dean of the now nw school of Western Uoiurvo unlvorsliyjit Cleveland. lit ) Is regarded ns ono of tbo nest promising of the younger law icachcrt. lo was trained nt Harvard , practiced law for niiipyonra In Cincinnati , nnd i * now lln- < hlng his thlr.l yoirivs Tirofossor In Iowa State university. The rcoeluts Irani school land .sales In vllnnosotii forms n pcrnrhnunt school fund ncBrojmliiiR ? ' , i.OJl,00'J. ) Uovenuos from this soirres ; promise to incienso r.ipldlv. Iron ere has boon found on some o the remaining school land. Inslciul nf selling Iho hind n aw wasonnctPil authorizing lo.ises , thu state o rceutvd n pur oont of the oilput. Thu 'orixslght will add $ luj,00l > lo the school fund this yc.ir. The slalo owns IDJ.OOU acres of nlncral l.uitl. Next I nil women who have tukun n col- oxlalucauwo cjn enter the post-graduate courses nt Yale. It i * not uo-cducnllonnl In .ho ( 'cnt'rnl scnso , and Uoos not involve Hint doa. The undergrndunto courses will re- mltio.xclusivel.v lor yoiins men. But it .U offering lo young women the advantages of Iho lilchcr education which the colleges for women hnvo not , the facilities to give. It is n stop lot-ward in the general movement of advnncomontAud university extension. K OP TJIK MUKTU.UiKH .KlK.lt. n'ndoi fur The Itee. "Who bids for the humoslcad ! " the nuction- eor cried , As ho oliinboJ'o'ri'a box 'noath an old apple tree ; " 'Tis not very ldag ; , nor 'tis not very wide ; There is only ten acres loft of it , you \Vitb the houso-und tbo barn and this old orchard here' Whoso fruit oknls that which tompto.l Adam and Rva , And Is worth qf Itiolf a saursum every year : Y\ \ So what am I ottered ? bid up if you plonso. " , , -H' A gray-beaded nninv with a face of dull care , Tottered pa > t undsat down in an old rocking - ing chair. "You follors alljiUiiow wby it's offered fur sale , 'Tlio the oiviuctodhoped ( to die hero I confosji , But n mortgagOTTOUknow , must bo paid without fajlu , . , And the holue'rs. of this cannot wait upon ' ' " death ; . Everything hcz baen done Dy duo process o' law , An' thu place ordered sold by thu agent and heir , And Iho lltlo is clear , you'll not ilnd tiny Hiuv ; Ef you don't believe mo ask Grandfather BUir. " The ptay-neadea mnn in the old rocxing thai Just nodded his head , that was Grandfather Blair. "You follors don't need to bo told nny moro , You all know tbo story as well us myself , How grandfather movo'duntho place hero before " Us fellers were born er laid up on the shelf ; How tbiovos and misfortune took most o' his laud ; How death his took all o' his family but ono , An1 tho' I'm no preacher , I can as a man Say 'twould hov been boiler if that ono "bed gone. " The gray headed man in Ibo old rocking chair Bunt his head for a raonieutand murmered a prayer. "Tho tarms of the sale you can read on the bill , The cash to be paid when Ibe sale is com plete , With possession at once , for grandfather will Bo moved to the poor houses some time iti the week ; So what am I offered ! start or up ; make a bidl I'd buy It myself If I could for ther sake O' ' the many wild romps I'vo had here when a kid , With gr.indij. l-naalf sumtimos for a mate. " A tear trluklod down not the only tear thcro The face of old , grayhoadcd , Grandfather Bl.iir. "Well , what am lofforadr Why boys , jor us dumb As a man I once knew , who , so it was said , Hodn't spoken a word for ton year , not a ono ; But folks hod an Idea , 'twas 'cause ho was dead ; You'll glvo me a dlmo ? Well , now , I do- clnra , Iur original humor that isn't so bad ; Say , what'll you tnko for aloelt o' yor hairl Are you uurs vou ain't cra y I then mob bo yer mad. " A smile , could it bo ! Oh I a ornilo wis so rare On the face of old , gray-hoadoj Grandfalhor Blulr. "Ono hundred , younaidl Please pardon rati then , Ono hundred I'm ' dUerodwho'll ninko It the l wo I ' " , ' " ' \Vbv , Iho sum that Is offered ain't largo enough , men , To pay for ihyiworth o' till * orchard to you. Three hundro'J , thdt's bolter , Tno four did you sayj Four hundred , Jftva hundred , you're lalk- mg nt last , j 3 twajiftpu'll bolh have lo Fivo-HHy tiy pay ; Six hundred I'm .otferod who'll maku it the half ! " 00r Ob , pitying muolsj ! j\hat look of despair On thn face of oliL ray-hoadotl Uraiidfa her Blair. tui Six hundred onoaioarc sure yor all done ? Six huudiod twlU44 you must talk mighty fait , lailt Spnak up prelly nuidk , cr forever bo dumb ; Tbo third time i charm , and i''s also iho last. t tic Six Wby , what ia tbo mailer ? Here , somebody , quick ! Bring n gloss o' cold waiorforUrandfalhor Blair ; Ho B'joras lo ho ailing. Grandpa , nro you bland buck there , you fellers , and give him some air.1' Butdoath Ima hung o'er them , unseen , like a pall. And crandfathor died on bis place nf tor nil ! A. E. VAX VII-SAN. ; WASIIINUTOX , Kis. Nouuo. Unscruiulous | dealers have been dotcutod sclllnir spurious Bitters under tbonamo o' India nnd Indian Bitters ofour "I'VMI- ncdy'a East India Bitters , " Wo i lu 1 prosecute all such por-ions to the u 1 oxtBiitof the law. Our"Ewt India" Blttt-.s nro novur sold in bulk. Call for the genuine , which are manufactured nnd bottled uulv by oursMvcs and uador our Undo mark label Clothes /On ncoount of HollmnnA \ going out o ( business. ) at % Price Hellman , during his 36 years in business in Omaha , and all the time at 13th and Farn'am , never misrepresented his goods to any living man and he does not intend to now. It is true that the abuse of the " Price" expression by irresponsible dealers has created a wrong im pression , but no one who knows Hellman , for a minute doubts that goods go at " Price" at Hellman's when he says , "as he does now , that you can buy spring suits and overcoats. Your choice of anything in the house at "J Price. " There is no need to tell you that " Price" of 3O is IB or " } Price" of 2O is 1O. You know that. You realize that. But when you come in and see the elegant goods that are being sacrificed at % cj Price" you -will realize more what you have a chance to get and when a year or so from now the suit is worn nearly out from con stant wear in season , you will wish you liad bought two of them at "j Price , " for you will never again buy them at "j Price"as Hellman means it , which is "j Price" and not a cent more. Hellman , 13th & Farnam HON. FHEKKIUC1C DOUOL.ASS And tlio rroonian , tlio Great Nccro Nowspa- l > cr , Published lit President Harri son's Home. The twenty-five or thirty years of freedom and citizenship which the black man has had in this country bus demonstrated nis sterling worth and Iris ability to cope with the whlto man in nearly every profession. In the pulpit and in journalism , perhaps more than in any direction , has ho shown his ability to keep up with , and in tact almosl lead the procos- slon. There nro moro than 200 colored news papers published In the United States. Tlio largest , the greatest and most successful ono is tbo Froomnn , published at Indianapolis , Ind. , President Harrison's homo. It is a uegrc Journal in the broadest sonsc , that its typo-setters , nrlists , editors , and in fact all of tno work dona on the paper isdono by colored people. Another novel fcaluro of Iho paper is that it is illustrated , nnd each week is full of illustrations showing the witty and humorous side of negro life , nnd civibg the pictures nnd sketches of repre sentative colored men and women who have won distinction In the last two decades. Hon. Frederick Douglass writes to lha ed itor ot The Freeman thus : "CEDAU HILL , ASTIACOSTA. D. C. , Sept. 13 , 1891. My Dear Cooper : Great Is your cour age in publishing such a paper as The Froe- man. I thought I showed some confidence in mvself , nnd some faith in my people , when moro than forty years ngo 1 bug-in the publi cation of the Northern Star in Hochestor , N. Y. , but my courage was feeble when com pared with yours. You have taken uoon yourself a peculiar burden that cnrtainly amazus mo , and I have been lookine and lis tening for Iho word 'failure. ' I can not Im- nginohowyou keep up such n paper. ou have ability I know , but something moro tbnn mental ability is needed to publish a paper like your paper. You need mouoy as well as mind. Yours , "FaKiinatcK Dounnss. " Tbo Freeman is an eight page quarto paper , printed on fine book paper , and gotlen up in nrllstlc style. It is recognized as the na tional organ ot the uino millions of colored people in this country , and is a fearless and independent champion of their rights. The subscription price is SJ.40 a joar , n very low prlco when the style , quality , and general worth of Ibo paper Is considered. Agenls are wanted in overv city and town in the United States. Sample copies ar.d Instructions will bo sent to all persons addressing The Freeman - man , Ed want E. Cooper , publisher , Indiana polis , Ind , WHEI-IXO WATKK , Neb. . Oct. 23 , 1833. Dr. Mooro. My Dear Sir : I have Just bought the third b'ottlo of your Tree of Llfo. It U indeed a "Trco of L\o. \ ( " Dr. , when you so kindly pave me that first bottle my right sldo was so lame aud sere and my liver en lurked su much that I could not llo upon my right side nt all. There was a soreness over my Iddneyu nil of the tlmo , butnow that trouble is all over. I sleep Just ns well on ono side as on the other , nnd my sloop rests and tofroslies mo and 1 feel the best I'vo felt in fifteen years , and I Know that it U all duo to your Tree of Life. , Your * very tr ulv , D. F. DUDWJV. SHORTHAND LESSON , IJy F.V. . JlloiibiT , I.KSSOX 3. The drat four lines in the following cut o.iiiuuti the key to the writing oxcrciso given in Lesson ' ! : Line i-'iftti Desk , same , nose , Mexico , vet- Eel , sway. Sixth Hell , case , fuo * . lave , sake , set. faiuoui , safe , shows , feovonth Smoke , batten , basin , clozonvolehs , sur veys , passage. Rife-nth Mason , bessr , sup- | OjO , muscle , dUnoso , nice , snakca. TUB "i"ClllCLE. A small ciralo ntlnrhru to cither end of any of iho stio'.to conscnants , icprosonts "s" or "z. " It Is attached lo lha insldoof curved ohaiaclers. To straishi cliaraotrra it is ut- laohod as follow * : To Ihe upper side of horizontal , to the loft hand sldo ot "ray" cyu "h , " end to the riKht nido of all the other * . > Vhen the "s" clrclo occurs between two stroke consonants which form nn nnglo , xvrito the circle on tbo outside of the angle , as in "desk , " given above. When the "a" circle occurs between n straight and curved consonant , write It on the insldo of thocurvo , as in "basin. " When the circle occurs be tween two straight consonants written in the snmo direction , write it on tlio proper side of Iho llrst consonant , as in "Mexico. " it is evident , from exercises sent in for correction , that Lesson 1 ha.s not boon ns carefully and thoroughly sludled as it should bo. Nearly all questions asked are fully ex plained in this'lcssbn. , ' U lliti M ( Jpfore retu'ijg take a large pair of old , ind iprcail mutton tallow Inside , ilso all ovct Ills hands. Wear the Klovcs all night , and \vaslr the handavlthollo oil aud hlto castlle suar .he nt morning. The above , together with 1001 other thlnni equally If not more Important to know , Is fount' in the handsomely illustrated new book Jus ; published by DriRpftciRptk JSJvLlu ULJLPvllu America's most gifted , popular and This book they send to any address on f 4 cents to pay postage iiut DRS. BETTS & BETTS ito more than write valuable books which > ht ) llvo to those who need them. They cure Catarrh , Piles. Stricture , Hydrocele , Varicocele , Gleet , Spermatorrhoea , Syphilis , Gonorrhoea , Lost Manhood , Blood and Skin Diseases , Female Weakness , Effects of Early Vioa. and every form of Nervous , Chronic and Private Diseases. c ' .Joni-.tallon free. Call upon or address rrfl Man p , jRS. BETTS & BUTT , 110 South Uth St. , N. K. Corner Mth and Uoujrla * Sis. Omaha. Neb. LoDuc's Periodical Pills. The Kriinoh rotnody a-ti dlrootly upon Ilia geuurotivo organs nnd ouroi supprosilon of Ibo menao' . J.'or tliroo for ii , mi J o-iu un mailed. Should not ha u o.ldurlii ! > ruiiiiioy , Jobbttri. i c ijljUandtlioiiublloui > pllodbyUo3diniia fl . f f 0 OUlilbii OF JEN Eaeily , Quickly , Permanently Hefltorod. VnnUuess. ? , 'crvon uc , llebllll > ' > nna all tha ( rain of otlts from carlr errorsorlntor extctses. tbo re ultii of oycrwort , f ItVness , worrr , elc. * ull Btrcc tti , tlevclopuiert , BUI ! luuo irlti-n to ovcrjr orgun and portion o' thu b dr. tliuilo ) | , natnrst inclbixli. IiuuieUUto linproveuipnt w.en. rnlluro Impossible t.KK ) rcfurenccs. Uook , explauatluu Olid proofs nmllocKiuialcdlfrco , Ad < lre s ERIE MiOIOAU CO. , BUFFALO. M. f QONIRRHEA , QIEET AND LUC3ERRHEA CURED liisd-traliv the Krenrh Itemedy. eiitUlod.Tho Kiau It illssolnis against and U nbtorbi'd Into the inllamed parts. Will refund inoner It U doe * uotcuM. orcaus 4 fctrlctura. 0 intleiuen liero ii a rellablo nrtlcla. I in let-is or S for Ji by mall prepaid. Enow , Luna & to , Omuliu. BY DR. SNYDER , tTb.0 Successful Obesity Specialist. HrB.Maltto JiotlonllcM t > fcirn aud tutor treatment by Dr. Snjdcr. FANXltANrisro , Jlnrch 10 , 161G. Dr. Snyder Dour Mr When I liet-'nn tnkliiK 5 our nicdlclnu I xulcliril IbltK itoundti.tiut four mi'ntUs' trentm-nt with JOH reduced my 'velijlit to IM.k ; pounds. 1 nine ) lin < l nilpllntlim of tlio Lenrt. but nf tor Inking } our mcillclno I ui : < riirc'il of Hint ntUlctlnn : It na until- IIIK but fntty ilcTC'JicrMtlmi of the hcnrt , nnri now I niu iiHhcnllhy as I wns nlicn K > yrnra of we. lln- fore taklnuyour trcntii.rnt 1 conlil hut nlcup nldttn and frequently liml to Ret up nnd wiilk tliu Hour , but non 1 can slceji iu nunnilly tin a child. Tim JolloivliiK llKtircH till ! miutr my itclijIiU nml iiicnNurciiiciiia before and after four luonLna treatment. Unforo. Aficr. Loss. Welclit lh".iUpounds. . 130j pounds 53 pounds llust. . . . Jl Inches. . . . .I2 lnchc9 BK Incites Wiilft . .32 Inchon 241 * Inches 7H Inchoi ! * . . . . Inches. . . CO Inchus. . 11 Indies Klve montliH hnvo now elapsed since t Mopped Inking ) our treatment , nnd Ilinvomit yet rognlned a pound lu n eight. I can not thank you onoiiKli for w lint you hnro done for uio , and therefore with ronlldciirp 1 recommend you ns n skillful physician for Ihodlaeusa of otiosity. Vou IB truly , MHti. I ) . Al.VES , IKl Mnrkot-sL PATIENTS TREATED BY MAIL. . TfofitaiTlni ; , no Incnnvenlonco , hnrmlwisnna no bia ( olTocU. Btrlctly conlldpntlal. 1'or circulars and to * Umonlals address vl til Co. la stamps , DR. O. W. F. SNYDER. MoVicker's Theatre Bldg. , Chicago , III. f. Safety Razors If you havs never shaved before , it is absolutaty impos sible to cut the face. II is specially adapted io the youug just beginning to shave , to tha old with trembling hands , to ihse who hare very tender faces , and to all who consider their time of va'ue , as thsy can shave with ease , comfort and safety , 1511 Dodge St. DR. J. E. McOrREW , THE SPECIALIST , PRIVATE DISEASES AND ALL DISORUEKS AND DEBILITIES OP YOUTH AND MANHOOD , 17 YiiAIlS1 liXPEUIIiNOD WIUTI3 VOU OinCULAH.3. 14TH & tfAltNAM BT8. , OMAIIA NEB