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r PHRT THREE. PRGES 17 TO 20 , TWENTY-SECOND YEAH. OMAHA , SUNDAY MOUNING , OGTOBEIl 2 , 1892-TWENTY PAGES , NUMBER 105. WOHAS IS RUSSIA Wliora the "Gentle Sex" Toil at tbo Hardest Tasks and Seem Oheorful. WOMEN VOTE IN THE VILLAGE ASSEMBLIES Labor Fifteen Hours for Fifteen Oonts and Do Better Work than tlio Men. HORRIBLE HONEYMOON OF RUSSIAN BRIDES Daughtcr-in-Law's PoiStion in the Houso- Lold one of Slavery or Worsa. CHARACTERISTICS OF EDUCATED WOMEN "Uiirp" Ailinlriis tlio Ituiilnit l.mly unit Mo- clatuj Tluil In tint Alullcr nl .Miirltul Clinittlty Stinlliis Ill-enMimliTraduced t'rco ThliiUllig DniiiHclk. Moscow. Soot , in. ( Spocinl Correspond- jcncoof Tin : Hii.J : : Tlio womou of Itusslnl } low aliiill I describe thorn I They iiro llku no oilier women oti tbo face of the globe , nit 1 still among their millions they huvu tvuus of almost every race of \\otniin known to man. In St. 1'alorsburtf jouscethu fuir-lialrcd , bluo-o.vcil , frcekloii- fncod maidens of Finland walking tlio streets Mdo by sldo with the i-nd-haired girls wbo h .vo been linportod thltlicr from tha Cau- caus and Georgia , nod hero at Moscow you HCO the Tartars , the Coisaclci and lha Ar menians mixed together with the other dlf- Jeiont types ot the oltthty provinces of this Viibt cmolrc. Along tbo Volga you will moot Ultr/rent ) costumes utid different races of women at every landing pluco , nnd the girls of lilltlo HussLi wear uiffcront clotbcs and have diflurunt manners from those ot Great Kdsslaiuid South Husbia. Hero in Moscow tliuro nro a vast number of gypsies , and Uus- eiai has tbo Imrcm of the Mohammodun , tbo p6Vynndry of the Himalayas and all tbo ' v'lirlu'd combmatlous of civilize. ! love ami > nnrrluo. The pure Kusslaus look upon marriage much as wo do , and of Into yoaw tbo rotations of the sexes among tha uppof classes liavo been nltnobi ns free as tliov are with us. Tbo ttusslan lady of today uas nor friends among tlio young men of her ac quaintance , and though sbu ruroly uoos out without u chaporoushe luceivoj bur callers ji her own nome ana her ideal murrlugo is ono of lovo. Of late years the laws of marriage bavo been radically changed , and now females are lot-bidden to wed save between the ages of 10 und OJ. Mon cannot marry until they are 18 nor otter they are SG , and divorces are loss common in Kussla than they are with us. Tha cburoh of llussi-a objocti to more than ono marrlnco. It has Its potmncos tor second nnd third murriugus , and a man who marries a fcurtU time Is excluded trom the holy com- liHinloii. Few marriages are made li tlio upper 'classes without the consent of the parents , niul In most cases the woman is ex pected to bring n very respectable dot with ber. 1 know of an American girl who recent ly married A Itus'lan noulo. The noble came to America ana tlio wadding was celebrated in ouo of our largo citios. Before it took place , however , the groom called upon the bride's father and asked about tbo settle ment. hiirprUeil tin , Ainorlui > ii I'upii. " \VhntbcUlomonli" said the old man , wbo bad considerable wealth , but wbo bad not hitherto baU u daughter marry European baron. "Tuo scttlemont upon my wlfo , " wns the rooly. "ion't you Intend to give bar somo- thln'u nt tbo time sho.s marriedi" " 1 tmd not thought of It , " replied the old mnn. "And how much do you think she oughtto have ) " "Well , " suld the Russian noble with a lionuanu a haw , "it seems to mu slio ought to bavo at least STiO.OOJ. It would not bo a bad idea If the sum was $100,000. " I don't Know whether the old man objected Oriot / , but us the story Is told hero ho raised th'o 850,000 and put the securities for It In tbo bunk to his daughter's orUor befoio the man lago took place. Tlio Russian woman now has moro riehts nftor mnirlajio ihan she ever bad before. Two hundred year * ago sbu wns llttlo moro limn aslavo und tno husband's borso whip nhvaja hunt ; over tbo bed of tbo married , ) ) | iir. imd it was used freely. Women were then seldom soun upon the streets and Peter tnc Great had a way of Kicking thorn when lie mot them hero or in St. Petersburg and tolling them that their place was homo and that tboy ought to bo in it. Tlio wife boat- iii ) : of today is almost altogether confined to the pens mi Is , and the Countess Tolstoi tolil inu that oven tbc peasants were improving in tbo treatment of their womeu. The peasant women have In fact many ilchts of whloh the women of other parts of the world know notliliiL' , In tno communal systems by which the villages of Kusslu arc governed the women stand on an equal footing with tbo mou us regards tbo distribution of property , and they have their hharo of tno property of the village according to their slmro In tno wont. According to Hussion law tbo legitimate wives nnd daughters of tbo man got only one-fourteenth of iho family In- lirrltiuico , but by tbo law of'tho peasants the right of inhciitauca comes from \\orlcnlDiic , and there h no distinction bo- uvecu wives mid concubines , Tlio husband inherits tbo wife's property only when they Uavo lived tocothcr moro than ten years , and o.herwlsc It pees back to her pirents , Tlio peasant u onion tnko part in Iho village usscmbllcs ana widows who are thu heads of iumlltos bnvo the right to vote. There are cases in which the whole village assembly divides iho land of tbo village , and u woman limy be nwyor of the village if she is elected m such. i ; < | iml night * In l.alior. The peasant women of Russia are all hard workitra. You see them everywhere In tbo Holds mowing and reaping , spading up tbo ground and raking tlio liny and doing hi fact vvcrythlng that man can do. They work in i-'angaol twenty or thirty , and each gang of women Js luually directed by a man , wi o iittH ai ovLT.set'r ana who noops ihnm at their worit. Tboy go Into iho fluids almost us soon as thov are old enough to waik and they work until they are gray-haired , hard labor boon takes ma beauty out of thorn ana tha older women hnva faces like leather , full of wrinkles and furrowed with care , Tha younger girls aio plump , brik'ht-a.vcd and , In eomo casua , pretty. J have been fobeauti ful woman among tbem , but lliero are tew very ugly ones. The typo of tlioHusslan peasant's face is that of the best t ; pa of u kind mother and thu must of tno faces show strength of uhur- UCUT una umuy ot them are what you would call Him looitluc. .Marriages among iho prnMinU nro made both on tbo grounds of convcnlenca mid low , Tbo sexes associate no closely together in their work ana in tbo villages that they have u cuanca to got thoroughly acquainted with ono another , ui.u ugooa urnnif woican Jtut doubles tbc wonting lorco of iho man who marries her wlttiout very nmtorlally Increasing bU ex- pctisou. Neither BOX among iho peasants spends much upon dro s. Tiie women wear iiotb- ' Ing Lut h'unUorchlcfs upon their beads -vhllo working In tba Holds ana tholr feet nro gen- rrully bare. In thu summer tuco shoos at tbev use ar inado of bark , woven Into tbo form of stlppors like basket work , ana In the winter they put great heavy boots of felt upon their fcut. Neither sex wears itocU- L ingd ami they wrun f cotton rag aroutm too foQlaud up tboaiiulc * to about the mlaalo 01 tht c U , tylok 11 round and round with a atring. Their dresses nro short and they tuck them un while they nro work- Ing. They wear llttlo or no underclothes ana their summer dress consists of this skirt , n chctnUo and u short sack , which extends only to the waist , liven on a fete day their dresscH nro not very expensive nnUncos- tumc consisting of a whllo chemUo cut low at tbo neck with long , full sleeves and drop ping down to the knees , with mi apren tied nround over tha bust , constitutes n woman's outllt. This cbctn'isc-llko dress Is fastoncd over the bust nnd under the arms nna is bold by braces over the shoulders. The npron is tied arounu tbo waist , as well as over the sbouldors , nnd tbo skirt reaches nearly to the feet. The dross Is embroidered with a erosi stitch of rod and blue , nna the nock nbovu tbo chemise is often covered with strltiL's at beads. | 2oik I'lltt'im Hours lor I'lftrrti Crtit < . I'lioso costumes vary in Ulffotent parts of tbo country. In Llttlo Ktusln the dresses nr often ono mass of embroidery , nnd the women wear n very pretty embroidered crown over thulr heads , nnd Iho arcsscs coma high about tbo nuck. Tbo ntirsos overywhuro bavo costumes of their own , and Iho Finnish girts , who net as the wet nurse ? for the btihioiofSt. Ptilcwburg , always have crowns upon their heails , and you can toll a nursa ns far as you can sco her. Tha peasant woman Knows nothing of the corsol and she has no Idc.i of fashion , Tha neoplo wonr Iho sumo costumes from year to year , und the peasant dross of todny Is Ibu nine ns that of generations ngo. I aw in Kazan Mohammedan woman vbo were sacks ever their heads vlih thu sloqves hunglnir dov/n on ho shoulders und with only u crack nt tbo rent through which they coulil sco ns thov vent along the street , and tbo dross of these vonici , was almost exactly like that of tha voiiicn of Korea. 1 saw other womciifthoro vhoHU bauds and brcasls worocovcrod with gold coins just like those of tbo woman whom ou sco in tbo Himalaya mountains ot India a tno borders of Tibet , and luuso Tartar vomon have thn same bronzy faces nnd high iheckbonos that uro found In thu girls of the llmalayu mountains. Thny nro ol Mon golian origin and they loolc more llko Cnln- su tlmn Russians. The coins which thuy veararor.nl coins , and thov generally rep- pscnt tbo dower which the \fomnn brings nto the family when sbo is married. Some ot the women of Little Russia li.ive a similar vuy of ornanienting themselves , nud I got u ihotopranh of ono Who had n breastplate 'oveiml with gold coins and whoso bead was oadod down wltb them. Speaking of woman's work nmone the lo.isants. tbo hardest Held work Is done by ho women und they got lower wncos than tbo men. Their hours nro from 4 in the noruing to 7 or 8 o'clock in tlio evening and ! > cants n day is bie wages. If they receive rood their wages are oven .ess than this , nnd n some parts of Russia girls got S cents a lay and board themselves. In other regions their wages rise as high ns 'M cents , nud In a very few parts of the empire they ate paid even moro than ibis. Tboy are us a rule batter workers tbuu the men and thov do iot seem to appreciate how badly off they aro. 1 ho r thorn singing in the Holds ns I travel through the country nnd tboy do not boom to tnmk tbolr llfo a bard onu. Tnoy seem to think they were made for work nnd married or single their life is ono of toil almost trom birth until death. "Thu Children ( if tlio Dovll. " They marry young and tbo rule hero is a argo family. Nearly ovary woman you sco us a baby at the breast , nnd Russia has iicrhaps more children to tha population tbaa any otbor country on the globe. Marv rmses umoncr tno peasants ara often ar ranged by the parents ana there nro frequent love matches at which the priest Is not called In. Tbo habits of tbo people arc such that It is n wonder there is not even n greater per cent of illegitimate oirths than there a re. The sexes hard together like cattle in thcbo lUUc Russian huts , and young girls nnd un married men and tha women nnd men of several inmllles will crowd together upon tbc Icdv-o of the Russian stove , and there is no such ihing ui single beds in a Russian VillrtKO. Above Iho peasants is ibo merchant class nud tbc women of this class arc 10 u larco extent different from these ot the nobility or ibo peasants. They do not do the hard work of the peasants nor have they the intolllgonco of Vheir sisters of the nobility. The mer chants of Russia form lo a largo extent tbo middle class und tha merchants' wives and daughters are kept out of .sight. They npenu their time in dressing , smoking and calmer , nnd their husbands when ttiov chat with their fellows about women usually spi-ak of them as "tho ubllJioii of the devil , " and they nro full of all sorts of superstitions con cerning them. In none of tbo Russian churches is a wo man normlltcd to go Into tbu inner sanctuary and If one Is going out hunting il is consid- oicd bad luck lo meet a woman and ho bad bettor turn back. Tha daughters of these merchants are often very religious nnd very superstitious. Their marriages nro usually made by match makers , und tbo merchant Is ox peeled to give a good dowry with bis daughter when she enters matrimony. LOUT ongago.ncnts nro not common and they seldom lust more than two or three months. Among th'J peasants tba girts usually weave and embroider tbolr own wedding gowns and they begin to gut ready for mar riage as sonn as tboy are old enough to sow. Among tbo merchants after a girl is engaged her friends como In and help her saw upon bar wedding outlit and sbo has sowing cir- clai and quilting boas In preparation for ihG mnrrlago. Tncso sawing circles nro held during the afternoon and after tea iho bride groom and a few of bis bachelor friends drop in and the girls and the future bride bavo a dance with them during the evening. Totigli Tliiiu of Itunalan llriilo' . Russian marriages generally take place at night nnd the ceremony is performed by the priest. Tbo bridegroom meats tbo bride nt tlio church and Uje pair carry lighted tapers with them to the altar , Tbe taper that burns out lirst is supposed to indicate the nuutli or Its holder. After tbo ceremony tbe bridal party walk tbroo times uround the part of the church where the cross is , and after tlio benediction they kiss tbe holy pictures of the church and thuy kiss each ether tbroo times during tbo ceremony , \ytiou the whole ser vice is over the bridegroom leads tbo liriuo to Ins house , where his peasants greet him and wnero tboy are blessed with brand and salt. There Is a wedding supper after Ibis and during it tbo bride and bridegroom geoff off lo bud. Every Rurslan man wears boots and It used to ba tbo custom that the bride must pull off her husband's booth ibo llrst night of the marriage. In ono of those boots before going lo tbe ucddpig bo usually secreted u sum of gold or silver , but he dl'd not tell bis bride In whloti boot the money was. if she got the rigbv boot Iho money belonged to her and her husband bad 10 draw nIT tils own boots In tbo future. If nno cot ibo wrong ono be bud ibo right to use ber ns n bootjack whenever bo pleased. This , however , was a custom of Ibe lower classes , and II is now moro honored In tbo breach tban the ob servance. The Russian bride , however , has her hap- plo l tiiua just at ihu marriage. Tno peasant's wife has , perhaps , us hard a lot as any wo man In lha world , and Ibu Is especially so during iho first years of her married life. She Is the slave of her husband , and , what is wor c , sbo Is usually the slave of her mother- In-law , nnd she Is treated as badly us tbo wlJow Is in India. Hero , where the families of three gaiinmtloni often live together In n but of ono or two rooms , the young bride Is not welcomed , and tbo husband can do little to protect her. The oldest man of the family Is boss of Ibu household , und the Russian author Tikhnmlroy gives a number of songs \\lilchtllustralohow tha bride Is received Into the family. In f.lllle Russia they say : Wbo U to bring the walerl Tbo duugntor- In-law , Wbo Is to bo beaten ! The daugbter-ln- law. law.Wbv Wbv Is sba beaten I Because she U the daupbtor-ln-Uw. As noon as she coniM Into the family tbo older members of It make war uealnst her. Hays father-in-law ; Tboy have brought u a bear. Says mother-in-law : They have brought ui an eater of teen. Say the brolherlnlaw : They have brought us an unclean thing , Sny the aunts : They bavo broueht u a splnccr of naught , \Vomtu ! or tlio Higher Llu i. And 10 the young woman iponus Uerhoney moon , mid so she lives until sho'becomes an ' old woman and Is ready to avcnco her wrongs upon her daughter-in-law ot the future , Think of the troubles of woman und of the horrors of having to rniso families and go through all the pains nnd troubles of inoinor- hood under such circumstances. Still this Is what these pooiilo do , while laboring day nftor day in tbo llclds , accomplishing on tbo poorest ot food the work of nblo-bodlcd man. The women ot the higher classes of Russia nro ainoiiL- the bott educated nnd most Intel- lluont women of the world. I mot n sweet litllu Russian on tbo Volga stemnboat Mis- suurl , wno tola me she liked philosophy but ter than llutlou , and that the only novels she cnrod for were ttioso she could have In her own life , She wns on her way to the summer resorts in HIP Caucasus , and sbo bud the same loving and lovnblo ways of the summer girl of America. 1 had n delightful tluio with her until I hnppencd to mention that I ivas iniirnoct , nnd then she forsook mo for thu bachelor from America who was tr.ivol- ing with mo. She r.itbor thought 1 was going through Russia under fatso pretenses b3ciiuso I had not n plain gold ring on tha \vcddtng ( Incur. And she said every married gentleman In Ru < sia had to wear ono. She spako Ungllsh In a sweet broken way nuil talked French und German fluently. Every girl , In fuel , in a well-to-do family in Russia begins to pratllo in foreign languages almost us soon as she cuts her llrst teeth. She has thiuo or four govnrnossos nnd sbo learns her French , German and Eng lish as u child. Many of the ladles of tno higher classes here bnvo been educated In tbo collages of Hnroiic , nnd , until within a few years ago , n woman could got a good collects education in Russia. All of the fomnlo colleges but ono , however , unvo boon abolUhed , as tbn gov ernment thinks they nro thu hotbeds of nihilism and they were closnd by Ibo im perial order about llvo YO.IM ago. In 1S7J a woman's medical college was opened at St. Potorabuvu and It hud about luo students , und durlnu the ton years ot its existence U graduated COO woman doc tors. It was closed , however , ana though there uro borne women whn still piacllco medicine in Russia , the bulk of them nro permitted to do their work only ns assistants , and they are tolerated only ns an oxpnrimcnt. \ \ lion the present tvar came to tbo tbiono ho prohibited the practice of mod- iclno by woman , but tboy have 02011 allowed to practice , though their work is In reality contrary to the law. ColU'KCS f r < ! lrl * . A largo numbiir of women are school tench crs here In Riibsla. nnd there are . " > , OUO school mlstros os in tbo empire. Women do a great deal of business m tha stores. Tboy not as nurses in the hospitals , and some of the Inrpost charitable institutions In Rus sia are practically managed ! > v women. Tliuro is an institution nt Moscow which is known as "Tho College of tno Girls of the Nobililv , " and I uudur.stnnd that this institu tion has branches in other parts of tuo cm- plro. It is for ihu poorer classes ot the nol'los , and the girls nro tuugbt nt the ex pense-of the czar. I vhltcd the school here and I have never scon prettier or brighter girls. After their graduation many of them will bouoinu govoraobSCR and others will go into the schools of the couutrv to teach. About twenty years aiio seine of the lending women of Russia were nihilists , and there are many free thinkers among lha Russian Ir.Jles of lodav , ihough I huva .seen no shorl-lmirod women us .vat. Alexander H , though ho wns liberal in other things , omld not toinruta tha bhort-bah'ca clrls , and the free-thinking girls of bu llnio had a costume of their own , and ono day ouo of t'lom met him on the struct. Stio bowed to him as bo passed bv and ho , looking very curiously at nor , returned ber salute. Tha next day she received a sum- nons from the police. Sbo wu terrifiedand she went to Iho supanntuiidcnt , who told her that the emperor huJ said ha was much ills pleased with her and she woula have to sigi an ngr < 33munt not to author hair In tbo. fir turu or go to prison. She signed the ugroc incut. It is generally supposed that these womci of the upper classes of Russia ura very lee a in their social relations , and the story bus gonu forth that every Russian noble has i mistrcs-t m addition to his wife , nnd that i Is not uncommon for lha wlfn to have tic lever in addition to her husband. This is Iruo to n certnin extant , but not moro so , think , than you will ihul la some , of the otb great capitals of Kurcpo. There are us many faithful wives and husbands In St. Petersburg ns there arc In London , and the fact that 2,000 wlvns care enough for their husbands to follow thorn Into exile to iho wilds of Slbaiiu every year shows that mar ried love is vorir .strong in Russia. Tno c/ar himself Is said to bo ono oc the best hus bands In tbo world , and tbo conduct of the empress is above reproach. U , A rlncing speech the proposal. Mrs. Frank Leslie thinks that "marrying nmiin is not always Iho bast plan to reform a man. " "A very remarkable thing has como out concerning Klllo's engairumont. " "What's that I" "Ker betrothed is going to marry her. " Tbo girl who marries lor moiioy usually' has a look nn bar raca after mnrrlago that In dicates she Is having trouble CEilectlni : her salary. The wadding of Miss Shrn-ly , daughter of the famous Dr. Shrady of New York , and Mr. Edward Gould will bo celebrated in the la to autumn. Two girls p.nd a toy cro born to Mrs. Calvin Miller of Murion , Ind. , recently. The combined weight Is seventeen pounds , and everybody concerned is doiug well. Edna Do you believe that the throwing of old fhooi nftor u nouly-marrlod couple btlngs them luck ? Mrs. Ricbwidow Indeed I do ; my husband was struck by a hying shoo nnd died JuU a month nftor wo were married. Florence I3lvthe , the heiress of old Tom niytho'B M,000,000 , ana the horolno of ono of Iho moil sonsullmial law cases Known in re cent years , was married in San Francisco to Flu \V. Hlnukloy the son of onu of tbo part ners in tbo great Union Iron works , A pretty love story , whara love stories are least oxpoctcd. Is rovnaled In tlio announce ment of lha engagement of Miss North , tbo uitrato Uinc's daughter. Miss North is joung , very handsome and has been un un questioned success in the treat world. Miss North has bean regarded bo widely to bo the hridoultlmatolvof certainly a duke that the announcement of her engagement to Ucorgo Crocker who u not only without a title , but U u Liverpool business man , bus been u ulna davs wonder. Tbo Indescribable meanness of a | British fortune huntini : husband was never b'Htur exhibited than in tno cuso of tbo infamous Colonel Francis Charles Huirhes-IIallott. From some urgumonis hoard In the csurt of common pleas In Philadelphia list wuok , It up Dears that ono clause In iho marriatro set tlement was that If Mrs , Hughes Hnllott should separate from her husband without reuso-iablo cause during their man If d Ufa shu should pay over to him ono-third p-irt of the Income of miy "probenily acquired prop , orty. " Why should nny American woma'i ntoop to mate with a man who grossly his prlco In this manner ) Tno marriage of Miss Gwendolyn Uavison. daughter of Mr. and Mr * . Charles Davlson of Now York , with Richard rrothlnirham nf Boston wiik celebrated In the Oavlsons1 couniry homo nt Pigeon Cove , Mass. , Sop. tomber''i There were man ; S.MOS.IS present from Now York nnd Boston. MUs Davlson , who Is verv prntiy , Is a granddaughter of K'iv. li II , Chapln of New York , ilor wed- dine gown was of ivorv sailn with chlffno rulllos. Sbo wore a tulle veil with oraago lloworj. In tbo early day of Kngland woddln ? rlncs were mudo of rushes , but In this ago even more curious materials are sometimes prosed Into service when emergency da. mands It. Many cases nro on record where rings of brass or Iron , nnd curtain rlims and door keys bavo taken tbo place of the bands of gold which nervous grooms bavo mislaid , Ono bride is bald to have been married with a leather ring , cut from the linger of ono of her glovnj. and another embarrassed couple were relieved by u suggestion from ibo minister that the wedding ring bo cut from u visiting card. Quakers and Swus protest- ills do not use rings at tnuir niarrluge cere , monies. ' The Irish bavo a strong objection to any but gold wedding rings. In St. Kilda wedding ring * are made of worsted , IT SMELLS TO HIGH HEAVEN Omabi's Qarbago Dtlrni ) and What n Visit to it Boyealg. ODORS THAT CANNOT BE DESCRIBED On tlio Scrapings Iroiii th HrliMn Nriirly Onu Hundred lumllli > s I.Uo und ijouui tn Iliijiiy 'it Illch l.llo In Sl'i'iintytou n. There Is probably no Jocnlltv within walk ing dibtiinco of Omaha about which the average - ago citizen has loss practical knowledge than tbo region immediately adjoining the Inter section of .lones street nnd the Missouri river , commonly known the ' - . " As as thodump. a mnaa- Viro resort tbe pluco Is not n drawing card. It looks badly and smells n good deal wo MO. It Is ns nasty as uclav bank on a rainv morning , and Is fortltled from outslao Intor'aronco by nn odor In which nil foul und noisome snnlls nro reproduced and intonsitled nnd which is only bcarablo after a Ion ; ; nnd Ultimata ac quaintance. It is the ulllnuto destination ot ull tbo foul suiclllni : garbage wagnns which may be encountered at night by the belated pedestrian , and iho receptacle Into which Is dumped nil the refuse and roUacucss of a oat city. Itnsy Dny ut Ilio Dump. But tbero are some very curious things to bo seen at the dump on Its busy days , which It Is tar pluasiinter to read about than it Is to Inspect In person. Early in the morning when the rising sun ts just beginning lotitigo tbo turbid tide of tba"blg mudd > " with n clew of crimson It U n sccno of bustling activity. It Is at that time that Iho wagons come in from Ihelr nipblly round-up of Iho cily nnd deposit tbo twenty-four hours' accumulation of tilth and rubbish. A railroad track runs along lha bank of tbo river and hides from view tbo unsightly garbage beaus beyond. But thu sickening Binoll that rises from the putrefying mass duties concealment and on Uie impulse of the trcsli morning broczo bui-alda the proximity of tha dumping grounds to a distance of several blocks. Crossing the track Ibo observer is face to fuco with a spectacle which is strik ing enough lo occusiou Iho query whether such a scene can exist within the limits of a great cltv. The dump .oxtauds perhaps 10J leol frou. Ibo track * out lulo Iho river. At this early hour it apprars n lively Industiy. livery fuw minutes a cart loaded with gn-- baco jolts over the crossing sjudiiig out in creased volumes of fetid smulls , dumps its odoriferous burden and rattles back again utter another load. Somu of Iho vehicles are piled high wild rubbish gathered from the alloys and bade yards , old shoes , cast oil clothes , broken barrels , hoops and bits of nuttihg. Others nro tilled with the re fuse of the earbago barrels nud occasionally a load of decayed fruit or meat which nas been condemned by the inspector * , is dcpo > i'.od in tbo common receptacle. A S.ltiu-jmllu til Smell * . As the visitor passes on toward tbo end of the dump his feet sink anisic-deep in tha yielding but face. Swinns of Ilios ute from their revolting feast and boat against hlsr face llko hail. On every hand uro heaps of rottenness equally offensive to the eye und tbo nostrils. Here is a mounu of decayed vegetables that soitm grocer has unwillingly charged up to pro lit , and lots , foul smelling cucumbers , tomatons und melons in couipinv with parcels of moldy codtlsh und oysters thut have outlived their usefulness.Theresa heap of old rags that cxu'nlo a sour , sickening odor nnd again a pile of spoiled fruit so offun- sivo that oven tno swrfnnlnp Hies give it tbo cold snoulilir. But In the midst ot thlH horrid mass of pu- trolymg Illth do/.ens pf : persons are swarm ing like Ilios , uiimindfill' the pestilential smells nnd searching ! industriously for u breakfast. ' It is literally true thljt , there are poonlo In " Omaha , and a good mqny of them , loo" , who live upon their gleanings from tan dump. Ravelling ai it uuy appear , uny- who cares , to pay early morning vis it to tlio place can easily BubsUititiato Iho statement. Their subsistence consists of the rotten rem nants which they tlv from the garbage buloro it is linal'y i uinpca aver thu bank Inlo iho river. Their blotbos arc ( jathoroJ from lha same source. ' Almost any morning they may ba seen at tboir disgusting tusk. There nro big , grotwy , Klovenlv attirc.l woinc-i poking ever the hotoKvcnoous mass ot moist and iil-smujling odds and onds.in Ibu search for HOinulhliii , ; lo oat of wear or burn. Tboy are dressed in faded remnants uf garments that have' been hooked out from the garbage , dried In lha tun and partlallv cleansed of their tiltliiness. So.no of thorn nro barefoot. Others' wear on their stock- lugloas fuel u bortof sandal consla Ing of thu solo of a shoo with all the upper cut. off ex cept a slip over the too to bold It on the foot. Tboso bavo also brieu appropriated from the dump , and on one foot is tbu roinnnnt ot a patent leathorslioo whllo tbo other is encased in the discarded footvvcar of a street laborer. tVli.it ii Nursery It This. Some of tba woman are accompanied by children lo whom ibo fetid atmosphere o'f the dump has bccomo a second nature und they inhulo it as gratefully as tno tlrod traveler breathes tho.exhilarating ozone of tbe mountain top. It is said that yorrs aio there was a ros- uuinint In the Latin quarter of Paris which was liberally putroniied by Hie poverty stricken walls of the revolution. In ono corner there was a big seething caldron UnnUod uy a tow uf Immense three-lined forks. Tno luckless customer paid his sou and was then allowed to plunge u fork once liito the bubbling pot. What ho succeeded in withdrawing with it constituted bis din ner. Perhaps it was a turnip. H might bo un old shoo or an omuclatod kitten , and oc casionally u particularly fortunate Individ ual succeeded in impaling a bone with shreds of moro or loss palatable meat clinging to it. Whether tbls story bo true or noi It has u parallel on the Omaha dump. There the fallout \\orkera uro ruklng ovur iho freshly discharged loads nnd selecting fragments which they put carefully n.vay in tholr aprons or in baskets. A woman bends ever u disuniting heap of decayed vegetables und oblivious of tbo sickening stench picks up half-decayed turnips ana potatoes mid carries tioni homo to feed to bur children. Another is sorting over a pile of moist , ill-sinelllnh' rags In search ot an addition to her ward robe. A wagon has just deposited n load of condemned fruit so rotten that yel lowish streams trickle from It over Ibo underlying layers of back yard rubbish. It exhales nn odor that is borrl- blo , but swarms of half-iinued gamins gather around and attempt tn seize some of the rattan oranges , Ull urivou away by iho driver , A I''iU8t fur Dump Ditfllcrx. "Now you'll 900 some fun , " remarks the driver , as ho points , to another carl which Is jui > l crossing tbn track. Tbo hordes ol buz- zurdllko humanity si-urn lo know what Is coming unu ilioy-luavo their disgusting occu pation to gather arou/id tbo now arrival. It is u load ot condemned incut , moro or leas de cayed , wnlch exhales a little lha worst smell that bus yet assitllnd lee nostrils of the visi tor. But it U cvluen\ly a eobond lo the human buzzaids. No sooner has u benn do- no/med on the ground , than they scramble over it llko a picKotJ.huiigry , howling wolves , They light like cats pwr a particularly well pro.erved Jolut and iho ttrongor carries It off In triumph , wlUl { lho vanquished turn again to the digusllagpilo and seek consola tion among tbo tidwta that remain. Tbo heap Is rakud ovor'uud ever , and when nothing Is loft lo WUisfy tbo grovd of Ibo searchers tUoy gatbor up ibelr spoils and tile , labjrlously back across the trucks to the jfilijiy sbantlea in which thov live uod props uo largo families of children to j > ucceodU , > ibelr revolting llfo. Tmtritio on Jl yic , S\ii'ut lluino. It was io tbesa trayestio * upon the Ameri can borne that a Bise icportcr followed tbem. Tboy constitute B little colony by ihtmielve * . Thrjy urn situated on u triangular piece of land lying In u hollow between Lcavonworih street nnd the Union Pacillo tracKs , nnd bounded on the cast by the river. The main sewer runs through the center of the colony and Iho i-ausal vlsl or could ensile imaglno that it had discharged Its unwbo'oiomo con- touts in tha tnldit ol the narrow nnd Irregu lar alloys which separate iho rows of rough board shanties. A trip through Iho peslllrnco-bMedlnct snot would convince the citlron who Im * nglncs that the sanitary olnclnls have no Held for effort that iboro nro things within Iho conlitiojof the Gate Cltv of which ho hns never dreamed. As nearly as could bo estimated there nro over 100 dwellings crowded together on this tr.iet winch is not nn aero tn extent , 'lo every shantv is an- noxcd n barnyard and so closely contiguous that the cow can stick Us head Into the parlor window and tbo oo ? > ! of the barnynrd sends Us postllcnllnl exhalations up through tbe cracks in the floor. J'ho population of the colony represents the lowest types of the foroigu pauper ele ment. Thoiu are representatives of n doon nationalities , among which the Hungarians and Scandinavians t > cem to bo in the ma jority. There are n few Bohemians nud n sprinkling of Russians , the whole enveloped In n common garment ot tilth and foul odors. As a rule , the Inhabitants ot the district are vagrants. They do not pretend to work , but are content to exist upon their callings from the t refuse of tbo dump. A few ot the men work nt the smelter , but thov were never known II I to buy anything and llvo tn tbe sams II manner I as Ihoir less Industrious neighbors , rcsnrvin I ? their accumulated wages to Uko back I to the old country. Tno shanties uro very similar in size nnd const ruutlon. None of tbom nro larger than the tt t kitchen of nn ordinary residence and they t are uniformly built of rough , unpalntcu boards. In many of Ihcso sheds uio families of a do/on persons. Tboy swarm with dirty children , ot nil sues nnd degiees of Illtblnoss , whu \ sturod nt tbo visitor as though a strange face I was nu unknown incident in bbunty- luwn. ' Still They Scorn Healthy. But desulto tboir rags nnd unwbole- sonu surtoutidlng * both tbe children i ami tbolr ciders scomod uniformly I hoalvhy. The reporter traversal ! the entire i length and breadth of the densely populated alloys v. illiout seeing a sickly fuuo and corpulency seemed to bo tbu prevailing | characteristic of iho inhabitants. Onobbnn'y i indlc-ted that in tbo aiidst , of this I tin wholesome ntmosphorj its occupints had not cntiroly separated themselves from the human aspiration toward the beautiful. The narrow windows wore screened by Irag- meiits oflaco curtains which bad evidently been culled from the general storehouse ov ine river bank. Over the door n morning glory was twined , Its rainbow linted blos soms forming a striking contrast to tno moist repulsive soil IM winch It had tukun root. It was only after considerable dilllculty und several uiibuccoaatul attempts that tbo reporter succeeded in gaining nn entrance into ono of the most pretentious of the hov els. The frowsy looking female in chnreo could only speak u few woras of English and was not disposed to exhibit , bar linguistic accomplishments , The lloor of tha cabin was loosely paved with strips ot board of various widths and thickness. Tbo furnish ing * were extremely meager nnd where tbo half dtv n children who were peering curi ously in ut tbo opan door ale and slept was an enigma that debed solution. There wua not on article in Iho room Ihnt could not have been scheduled as a product of the dump. A cupboard of three rough shelves lidded up in ono corner hclu n few dishes of various doscriotioni , scarcely any tivo of which had originally belonged to the same sot. In another corner a dirty mattioss and some blankets seamed to con stitute tbo sloopluf accommodations of the family , and , as the reporter uccidcntnllv .struck bis foot against ouo corner of tbe muttross , it disclosed the presence of some .uiimals not ullogethir unknown in civil 1/ed boclety. No Demand lir Tullnt Siipplia * . Ono thing was aspsclally noticeable nnd that was Iho entire absence of any ulonslls for bathing purposes. Not a particle of soup nor a washbasin of any description could bo seen. "Don't you over wash your face ! " in quired the visitor , by way of keeping up iho conversation. The woman shook her head vaguely , ns though the term was some thing foreign lo her vocaoulary. The walls and lloor of Iho apartment were passably clean , but tn Ui , ) uninitiated nostrils of ibo vhiior the exhalations of the adjacent yard , uf which a moolly cow and n pig hud joint possession , nnd of iho previously mentioned chamber iurnlsbings were offensively np parent. But the people wore evidently not a bit moro favorably impressed with their gnust tlmn bo uas with their surroundings and ho departed without n'lompting tn presmno upon tlii'Ir hospitality by remaining to par- tuko ol their morning meal. \Vollosleycollogoopeiiswlth 7JH s.udoats on its list. Vide has equipped a throe-story building with apparatus und furniture for psychologi cal investigation. There nro 'MO students enrolled at the Har vard annex this year. If this rate of growtl ; continues some' day the L Is likely to be big gcr than the house. Tbo fall term of Ainhorst college opened with Iho largest attendance for many years , the freshman class numbering l , tbo larg est in the history of Iho college. The applications of students for admission to thu Women's collage at Baltimore have been unequalcd in tbo history ot the col lego , und tbu capicity of iho iwo large boarding balls will bo luxcd lo their utmost. The University of Mlchman will open this vonr with a larger attendance ttia.n ever bo fote. The lotnl onrollinonl last > oar , exclusive - sivo of the summer students , whoso names do not go In the calendar , was -,701. Tbo now Chicago university will open its doors October 1 , and it is promised that A Aloi/o Stagir , formerly of Yale , genera alhluto und dli color ol athletics , will bavo i llrst class foot ball lenin orgauUod within toi ; days uftor tno term opens. In a certain Georgia school when n glr inubpolls a word the boy who spells it cor rcctly N allowed to kiss her. And iho ques tion Is , Does Ibis arruncoment Improve the spoiling of Iho boys or iho girls In t tie school Tbo Teachers Annuity and Aid Associa tlon of I'niludelpllla has Issued n ciruulai which reports a mcinne-rahii ) of 515 on August ] , Ih'.U ' , with u nut capital of ? 3l.VU ) invested at 5 per cent to fi I 10 percent. ThU does not Include the alumuio trust fund of ? . > ,000 , wl'h SIOS,7 accrued Interest , received bv the association on July'J , Ib'JJ. The annual in come from duoj and interest on investments now exceeds $1'J.UJO. An iniorcsiiiK ; paper has boon put forth by Prof , Kdward C. I'lckonng , dlroctorof liar vard college observatory , pointing out iho grcai advantages of erecting n telescope at Iho Harvard observatory in Peru. There uro but very few , if any , of tbo worm's great teloscopoj located in a cholcs spot , whcro tbo atmosphere Is nust favorable fur obscrva- lions. 'Those telescopes bavo boon eroutou , " suvs Prof , Pickering , "near the capitals of countries or near Iho ui.lvorsitles instead of lu pluco-i where iho raoteoroloulcal conditions would permit the best results to bo ob tained , " Massachusetts pcoplo bavo linn faith In iho American public schools , They have bit upon a new plan of showing their anxiety to bring tbem wlibln the roach of every child in the state in u peculiar fashion , If tbo children cannot walk the distance lint ween their homes und tbo nearest school building the trustee * liuvi' undertaken lo furnish tbem vehicles In which to drive to the school bouse und back to their homos again utter school hours. In ono township provUion has boon ran do for convoying from 110 to 300 children to school daily , tbo UJQ of four two-horse wsgoim having been provided for the pur- po-u. The cost ol ibis extra accommodation to ibo to.vnsbip referred to U t , Md pur ua- num. The laws ot Ohio don't permit tbo mnrrl. ago ol first cousins , uul iho lawt. of Ken tucky do. and so wlion cousliu in Ohio get foolish tboy just uo ever the river to eel married , Love may ba bllt.d , but bo generally - ally manages to got around tbo neighborhood without a guldo. BILLINGSGATE FISH MARKET In and About tbo Greatest Wholesale Pisb Mnit in tba World , OLDER THAN AUTHENTIC BRITISH HISTORY of Its Dcpirtoil lllnry nnd Its I'ri'si-nt Appc trillion I'ho I'lsli Purler mid 1IU 1'i't'iilliirlilcs - - Interesting .Mil rounding * lUidOdUCIuiritclvrs. ICopyrlshtpd , IW7.1 Lovnov , Saul. Ill [ ( Jorrospondonca of Tin : IJr.i : . ] You can fairly smell Uilllngs- gate market , tbo greatest wholesale H h market of London mid thu most importnct llab market In iho world , long hsforo you can sco It. it la not an unbleasnut odor. . It has n hint of the sea atr' In IU Ti\r nnd oakum are suggested. It carries tbo fancy pleasantly nlong past London's grim water- stdo structures and the web < of spars mid rlgglnir , down tbo widening Thnmos and on past pretty Margate to the wide free reaches of tbo North soa. In olden days , indeed not moro than n quarter oC a century mo , the llshlng Meets sent their "catches" direct to the London market. And u pretty sight It must then bavo been when Iho boats came up here to tboolJ Uilllngs ate wharf Just under the shadows of historic Londo. brldio iho Dutch millt col boats with their bulg ing polished oaken bides half hidden in Iho ri.'or mist ; punts packed with floundersand small , closuly-crotvded baskets ranged along Ihn seats ; scores ol oyster punts nilod with gray masses of sand and shell ; woalhcr- uuatcn luggers paclt 0 with herring , cod nnu ling ; and nil about the wharf und swarming llko Ilios aboard all manner of eloicly an- chorud llshing craft , sailors , lisber.non , cos- tors , Hilllngsgalu ilbtiwlvos , artd Una ladle * , too , engaged in chartering und bantering of eager selling nnd buving. Hut thatday is past. The olden color and brightness nro KOIIO. Hard marcniulio tLrift and modern methods have banished the line ladles who , In guntlo "slumming" mood , made their own purchases at Ulllingsgaio , and took back Into cholco London society thu wondrous sayings of thu Uillingsgatu women whojo tongues were tbo readiest and wickedest - edost m all the world. bicam vessels scurry about Iho Norlh sea grounds , secure the ilsh wl.ero they are taken , and bring them to the mouth of the Thames. liciu other larger last salllns steam craft nro laden , and those duilv brine the vast tish supply of London , landing It at the very doors ot milingsira'o , much ns the Ilsh supply of Now York city Is sot down In tha ICast Ulvcr nt tbo back doors of ram shackle old Fulton market. Antiquity ot millnpsgnto market still stands just where it bus stood for centuries. How many cen turies no man knows. Iconoclasts , without rovereuco for oven tha antiquities of ilsh , say a follow by the numo of IMlling owned a wharf upon the same spot In Queen Eliza beth's reigc , nnd bonco its numo. Hut I have seen the preamble to an act of parliament ( in 10 and It ! \\'illiitm III. ) to nmlto Blll- inirsgnto a Ireo market for the sale of Hah , in which , among ether "whcroasof , " Is onu ro- citlng that "iiillingsgatc has limo out ol minu Doon a Iroo market for all manner of lobsters and shelllish. " Tradition , which U good his tory when authorities differ , lends the place its'moro titling antiquity , nnd insists that it ewes its origin to Delhi , nn ancient kini ; of iho Britons , who nourished 100 years B. ( J. , nud who , observing an op portunity for gain , llku a true Bnton , erected a gate hero through which tbo lisb- ormen of his day , after lloatintr upon ibo Tnumos with tbo lido inlbo hide-bottomed currnghs , were mudo to pass nnd pav loll before - fore they could sell tbolr llah ; und honcu the nnmo Belln's guto , finally corrupted to 1311- lingsgatc. However this may be , Billingsgalo is the oldust wharf on the Tbamos , nnd that Is saying much for it on the line of ngo. Thu murbct building and the ground it stands upon Is owned by Iho London municipal authorities. Its river froutngo is UOU feet , and lt& superficial area is 4D.UOU square fact , uflorcling sites for boventaun shops and two largo public houses. It is located in tbo densest part , of what may BO termed water side London on the north bank of tba Thames. Justnbovo it to tbo west , ls old London bridge ; n bridge probably better known In tbo lltoruturo of llcliou and travel than any other similar structure in tbo world. Juot below it to the east is iho now Tower bridge , in process of construolion for tbo past six years. Immediately adjomini ; to tl.o west , are the great Levant und Span ish Iruit markets , and on the other side , sun ward , stands the hugo Doric fronted London custom hotuo. Immediately opposite , across the Thames on tbo Surrey side , is tno tremendous reach of the Surrev commercial docks , vast , urim , black and half In mist , and the Thames at this point be tween London and Tower bridges Is called "tbo Upper Pool. " It Is said to carry bore moro Moating Irnfllo than any other reach of water approaching it in slzo upon the lace of the globo. I'utllo Itlvnlrlr * . Owing to tbo dense massing of river trafllc at this point and the inconceivably congested nature of Ibo population , narrowness of streets and scorning Inoxtricabllity of slrcot irafllo banking up against nnd humming in Billingsgate from all directions It would al most soura that London would bavo long slnco found some moro accessible and con vuuiont depot for the disposal of her cuor mous Ilsh supply. Yet ull attempts to aban don Bllltngsgiito or divert its trade have proven futile , "Conservatism , " tradition and oven superstition balk all efforts of this character. Dealers tell mo they woula go out of the business if tboy had to leave Ilil- llncsealo. Fishermen would not tool easy about their coi'slgnmeuU to any now market. Costers have rcpcAlodly tcld mu that their best customers among the poor of the cast and woulu not buv or oat Ilsh thai bad not the llmo-bonorod soul of Billin sualo Inspoc lion upon it. Tim popular feeling undoubtedly had moro than ull oho to do with two ruinous failures to locuto this vast trade clsowhoro In London. A great market was iot long ago ostnbllshod nt Hungerford Stairs , lioing too far up the river und too tar from the dense masses of the east jOiid It had but n brief existence. A lino.drawj north and south tbrougli the cantor of London bridge laavui a population of about l(100.CMll ( to iho cast , or down tno river , and about U , lui'.OOU ' to iho wost. Hungorford market was too fur from tbo coster sellers und lowly buyers of tbo east and , who , It will ba seem really control , rattier than the woll-to-do classes' the locality of London's Ilsh market. An other powerful attempt , under the gulso n. philanthropy , was made under lha patron" uiro of Lady lltirdott-Coutu , Sbo caused a superb building lo bo oracled in Kast Lon don , U was undoubtedly the mo > t perfect and coinplulo structure of tbls kind In the world , It was called tbo ( 'oliiiiium Fish Market , and was opened under tbo patron IIL'U of royalty ilsolf. But the costers backed tholr carls up to old nilllugsgalo and chuck led. Columbia Fish Market was closed moro speedily than that of Hungcrford Stuirs Einco which the ancient tyrant has nourished with greater vliroraban ovor. I'luh round un Ilia London Miirlii'l. The varieties of ttsh wnicti are In their ro spoctlvo seasons delivered at lillllngsgalo ma rum number nearly 100. During this month I have noticed perch , periwinkles pine , anchovies , roach , bolmon , purnott , had do kit , hcrrlngn , llonnderj , turbot , sprats , ] > ick , ling , pi JI co , aory , prawns , cuillsh mulleU , whelks , coallith , trout , soles , mlcharus , eels and conger cols , dog ( lab , cod , bream , brill , bake lmd , weavers , skate , ninolts , whitebait tench , Htufgcon und perhaps u dozen ottiei rariotlrs ; and tbu total wotgnl U from 1- , 0 > ) U lo 1H.OOO tous per uontb or 15J,000 ton per vear. Uf this vast quantity fully two-third roaches London by railway. All the lisa from Ireland are neat across St. Uoorgu'i channel in fast steamers and thcnco by rail , Salmon ana trout ail como b { rail ; nnu much of the northern North tea ylold , taken off cost Scottish i here , and oven icmoof tbo catches from about Varmouth nn d Sear- borough are , for the sake of tlino paving , thus transferred. Small-wheeled , load- lined vans nro provided bv the railways. Tboso are drugged by horses from Ibhlng stations or quays to railway stations , wheel- cd into the railway vans , nnd thus brought to London without breaking bulk. On ar rival here they nro wheeled lo the street and iiriiBccil by horses through tbo streets from various stations to Uilllnifsgato. fully 100- 000 ( i tons of Ilsh annually roach the market In i this manner ; nnd from fi o'clock of nny wcoit-dny morning , hundreds upon hundreds of those vans choke up ovorv nut-row nvenuo of approach , waiting thrlr turn to unload. Over thrco-fourthi of nil the tlsh consumed by London passes Inspection nt Hllllngtgato. As tbo market Is city property iho oftlclals for this p irpose , four In"nuinbor , nvo np- pointed by the court of thu Flshmongors company , one of the ancient but still thoroughly active guilds or trades companies of London. It has n line Fishmongers hall near London bridto , nnd expends many thousands yearly In provontlng the Aitlo of decayed ilsh. All llsb condemned by Its In. Mioctors are Immediately conv eyed to n wait Ing barge , treated with carbolic ncld nnd sent to Icrtlll/.lng works nt Kalnlmni , where nftor being baked drv thov are ground to powder nnd sold at about X'o pur ton to the strawbeir.v nnd hop farmers of Ivout for fer tilizing purposes. IIIUIiiKflgitlfl 1'iirtorg , The llsb stenmqrs arrive nloncslda the market nt nil hours of the nlirht nnd early mornini. . At precisely fi o'clock hi the morning the market opens. Long lines of plank nro laid from the mnrket quay over barges and pontoons to the steamers' decks , nnd every ounce of llsb Is brought ever these In baskets and bugs ou porters' heads and backs. At tbo same tlma tbo railway vans uro unlonalng on ibo landward side. But nix can bo cared for nt Iho same limo. Thu confusion and entanglement nro Inde- bcrlbiiblo. Ono who witnesses the scene for tba llrst tuna Is Illicit with nmaramcnt that thu largest nnd most civilized capital In the \orld will tolerate such antiquated methods. Jut tbo porters nro wonderfully dett , nlert nu carry indcscrlb.ibto loads. 1 have ecu many hulcn with from 'J03 to UOO omuls weight. They will positively frislt iidor n barrel ot herrings wnleh weighs 'JOO omuls , nnd lliaio Is no question that irmiiy f Ihcso fellows can easily gat nuout the mnr- ot with upwards of10 ! ) pounds properly dls- ributcil upon bond and back. Those Bllllncsgato porters uro regarded as ho strongest , quickest and most nthlolio men In London. Thuy live In every respect ike the water rats of tbo Thames nnd the Tistoeraey of \Vbltecbapol district. Their only nmbillons are to oat , drink , visit 'penny gnfis , " rnt nnd dog lights and excel n puirillsm. They lire big , brawny , hairy- : hcstud fellows ut apparent andlass good na il re , out nro brutes uy heredity , Instinct nnd deepest voiirning. Whatever Iboir want of character oulsldo tbo market , a more demure ind Inmbllko sot ot fellows wns never seen ban they are while ou duty bare. They nro Icunsod nnd the strictest rcgulationscxist re garding tboir conduct , even to tbo character if language. To lese their llcansa Is worst ) ban imprisonment ns a criminal. Tholr ron- utations among their fellows , the costers , and lha cast end slums are calnod by heir prowess and strcnglh hero. It Is tholr ivorld , their hichost , broadest outlook , and .hey uro really curioiillcs in social or literary study. NitrHurloH of Pn llUm. Tboy doligbt especially In odd-sounding nicknames. In my few visits to Billingsgatu I have already come to know and bo favor ably know by "Fishy Jim , " "Cocky Jim , " "Black Prince. " "Jack tbo Float , " "Happy Jack , " "Johnny blind-black. " "Jimmy Fin- cars , " the latter because of his tblovln ? pro pensities , "Bluso-Noso Alike , " CJross-oyod .loo" and "Four-alo Jim. " The latter IB never nulto at tils host unloas ho has drunk six or seven quarts of nlu before hreaklast. The oath of all Ihcso Billtngspato porters , UKO that of tha costers , lo which cla s they iavo markoj uOlnltlus , is "Gor bli inol" anil ts wickedness ib too abhoront for tniusla- .lon. They com prise two classes in tholr dally niu-kcl work , these who bring tha Ilsh from the steamers into the market , who are called Sborers , " and those wbo remove tha fish to tbo stnllmen's wagons or iho cosier * ' carts , wbo arc called "mobbers. " ' Tno pugilists of London chielly have tholr origin mnoni ; the Billingsgate porters. They have their regular champions at ' 'seven stone six , " "eight stone six" nud "eleven stone six , " and ofllcor 7'JU , Policeman K Wnae , In formed mo that there Is not a man among them who has not at some tlmn or onotbor appeared in n Whliochapcl ring. Bill Geode , who fought Slavin , is still a licensed porter horo. Among many curious characters la ono Cornelius Cnllahnu , known as "A'lito the Tipster , " Ho is a no'er-do-well and ft privileged person. Ho makes great os tentation of bis knowledge of tbo state of tbo market. Getting up at U o'clock in the mornIng - Ing ho pro .vis about tba ilshing steamers and then just before tbo market opens ho..smJi about among the buvor-i nnd sellers Mroft' whispers "Iho tip o' the day'Mn tholf odralf Tha ha'penny Is always forthcoming. * Oa Saturday afternoon just before tbo market 1 closed for tbo week they "havo a garao with Mike. " Ho roguiarly appears for his buffeting - ing und often in the rough game that ontuoa poor Mine is nearly killed. Then the bat U passed and from six to ton shillings Is alwuym paid tuo willing victim. . \\\v , Jluycri nnil Hnllorn , All Billingsgate fish are sold by auction , and a veritable Babel tbo place Is from 5 to 8 or 0 o'clook , There are two classes , of sellers. Ono comprises the regular commis sion men to whom tbo llsheruion conilgn tholr catches and iho ether Is a thoroughly hated , but moat prosperous , class knowato Blllingsnato from limo immemorial ns "bum- marcos , " I'lioso are really middlemen who practice all possible arts to combine and forca the regular coum.lsbion mou , who have but a short limit of time in which to self , to dispose o' lots at ruinous prices and through similar combination often compel retailers to purcbiua at , exorbitant rato.-i , But however Ininrosimg may bo the In terior of Billingsgate to tbo casual visitor the uiljauonl tnoroughfnrcs from midnight , when iho lint retail buyers begin coming , until the close of iho market ol U o'clocir , nroviuo Inr morn sirungo and curious pic tures and groupings. Upper and Lower Thames street , IJastchonp and Great Tower streets , Tower tllll , Fish Struct Hilt , St. Mary-at-IIlll , St. Dunsinc's Hill , King Will- lam street , Arthur streets , cast and west , Grace court and Love lane ura apparently Inextricably jammed with hundreds of rail way llsli vans , greengrocers1 wagons nnd costorb' donkey cart and hand burrows. I'hcra Is no ether place In London where such n vast and so odd a jumble of vehicles and folk may nt any ono time bo soon. Over 4,000 vehicles for tbo bringing or taking away of Ilsh are hero , \Vllh them are 10,001) coster men and women and an unnnmonblo , Indescribable host of potty street vendors und hnngers-on. If you can arrive bore on a fngy ; mornnur curly when tbo lint rays of thu sun nro filtering through the lleecy foldn of mist Happing up with the tide alonir the Thames you will then know old Billingsgate as Dickens and Thackeray know It , and will long for power nnd tpaco In wblob to palm with pen or pencil ono of the strangest , oddest itcenos tp bo found In this mighty Lon don town. UnoAii L. WAUBMAH. 1 ho Wrong Locality. Chicngo Triliuno : "I como now , " exclaimed - claimed the orator , warming to his work , "to tlio paramount IHSUO of this cainimit'ii ! On tlio hcnrta of this yroat ] iooilo | , boi-nn on the winds that swoop ever thceo in.rhty ( forests und pltiine , murinnrod softly by the r pplinp wutora of the 10,000 htruams thutmovo in coaso- luhB How to the nmjiiHllo ocoun , Ineurlbod in churautoru of Hvlnfr Ujjlit on tlio brow of every mountain that lifts its hoiid to the ijloudH , are these potent words , tlio utiibboloih of 11 free ponplo , 'No ( orcei hllll No noyro doinina ' ' " 'J'lio uhiilnnun of Die meeting Bul/.oil tlio ttpuukor's co it Ui ! und gixvo it iv convulsive ) jerk , K ' Jj-iy ! " ho whiapcroil hoareclvi "tlmt won't do down here ! This la Texas ! Wo'ro nltor the nlggor vote otireolvea tills year , you dunioU idjltl" Vustt of lace ( birred on daliy ribbon r * much liked by young woiccn.