OMAHA DAILY KEE ; SUNlAY/ClTOUER ( { ) , l802 S1XTEENr PAGER. MARVELOUS MOSCOW Old-Timo Onjiital Still the Center of J Russia's Political and Commercial Life. SUMPTUOUS CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOR ( * ? _ J¨reds of Millions of Dollars Expended on Exterior and Interior Adornment .ORIENTAL . EXTRAVAGANCE OF ORNAMENT fleligion the Life of the Russian Peasant , Influencing His Every Act , AMUSEMENTS OF THE MERRY MOSCOVIANS n livening nt tlio J'cojilp' * I'nrk nml the Ermltngo Onrilcni Tlio lunvttiililo Vii- rlnty Theater At tlio It.trcs Itni- ftlniii Imclcratn ( ininlilcm. Moscow , Sept , 23. [ Special Corrcspond- / nee of Tin : Ben. ] Moscow Is still the capi tal of Hussli. Tbo czar lives Rt St , Pfctora- burg during a part of the year , but the con- tar of Russian political und religious thought U Moscow , and It \ \ now the center of com mercial Russia as well. The greatest rail- toads of the emplro como to it , the biggest ot tbo Russian factories send their smoke into the blue sky nbovo It and Its business blocks ro among the largest In the world. It has the finest churches of Russia , nnd the pnoplo consider It 10 holy that they make pllgnm- 203 oven from the borders ot the Black sea Vnd from the edges of Siberia to pray at Its Ifhrincs. The mightiest citadel In the world is the ICrcmlin , which stands in its center , and the Iroajuroi uf Its churches ore unsurpassed by ( the cathedrals of Homo or the mosques of Constantinople. Wo hoar but little of the Greek Catholic church , out It has ono of the | Attest lively rollclons In the world today , nnd , the holy synod of Russia has a capital of jt25,000,000 which It can lisa us It pleases , and 'its ' Income is something like t < > ,000,000 a year. I I visited this morning the Church ot Our JSavior which was completed onlv a few years 'oEO and which surpasses In beauty any | ipuurch of modern times. It was built to jfcommotnorato the deliverance of Moscow ilrom the French andbas co ? t about $40,000 ,000 , , or tbroo times as much all told as wo mnvo spent on the cupltol at Washington. .This church stands on the banks of the Mos- 'pow ' river Just outside the Kiemlln and Its great gold dome may bo scon blazing out 'Under the sun from any part of Moscow. Jt covers almost two acres and it is built of a Clear , white stone ic tbo shape of a Greek Cross. It bus golden cupolas nt its corners ' nd n Russian dome in Us center , and these Cupolas and this dome are covered with copper and plated with polished gold. It took UOO pounds ot gold to plato this dome Ana thcro is moro than f 1,000XX ( ) worth of ( Old upon it. This dome is in tbo shape of An inverted Bermuda onion atid if you can imagine an onion of gold the top of which is Just 100 fnut in diameter you may get some Idea of tbls million-dollar gulden onion which crowns this temple of the Savior. The cupolas cost tSOU.OOO to gild and there are bolls within this church which have cost nearly 11,000,000. The biggest ono hero Dost 100,000 und It weighs just thirteen tons. Trcuiurus J.iilil Up I" Clnirchen. I have visited tbo temples of India and the Interior of this now Russian church reminds Hie of the wonderful architecture which you find at Del lit. It is llnishcd llko a Jowotand It is a b autlful mosaic of marble , gold nud Wonderful frescoes. Its altar is as delicate In. Its combination ot precious stones and marble carvings as a lady's breastpin and this altar , before it wns enriched by its golden icons , silver ornaments nnd sacred pictures , cost nearly f500UOO. Tbo marble Jn the building cost almost ,000,000 and the floor and walls are of wonderful marbles of malachite and ot lapis lazuli. From the lloor , running around the entire church , tbero is first a dude of Jasper. Above this runs a panel of white alabaster and marbles of dif ferent colon succeed ono another until they lose themselves lu a great frle/o of carvings Hid frescoes by the most noted of tbo Russian painters. Every where there is gold and gold carving. CJolden pictures hang upon the Trails. Twelve hundred golden candelabra bold ns munv candles under the cupolas , and ftll the vessels used by the priests are of solid gold. Unon the walls are golden texts from the scriptures shining out of tbo white marble and the church is lighted bv thirty-six windows of stained glass , each Of which is ninety feet high. This church will accommodate 10,000 people Bnd when 1 entered It this Sunday morning it was cackcd to bill-stint ; . Upon Its stops wore the usual number of dirty beggars , and 1 round tbut of the 10.000 worshipers 9,000 were peasants. Tbo priests who conducted the service were clothes of gold and sllvoi cloth and tbo chlof priest had on u tiara sot with diamonds. The service was very im- prcbslvo and nearly every ono in the church participated In It , The uricsi droned out sentence and those 10,000 beads oowod in unison. He uttered another nud the thou- ands Unel upon the floor and pressed their heads against the marble. As tin service went on 10,000 hands crossed 10u . breasts ut the Humii limn and of the 10,000 faces I did not see one that was not kober and reverent. JJurlnc It tlio music at a great choir of men and boys swelled up through the vaulted ftrohcs , nud I could not but fool the Iinpros- iveuess of the ceremony nor wonder why its gorguousncss so appeals to tboso people. Uollglon Is the Ufa of tbo Russian peasant. It enters Into his nvery uct , and though it jniy bo to a larira cxtout a matter of form be devotes the gieauir part ot liU life to It , nnd It cannot but have an influence upon bis Character. the ( li-eiu'n r.tliirn. Russia is moro a land of tlio orient than of the Occident , Thcso people lira as fond or gold und precious stonoj us uro Iho r.ijahs of India or the priests of fcjl m. There are 400 churches In Moscow , and nearly every ono of them has u golden dome , Tlio holy buildings of the Kremlin mo crowned \vith Bold , and there Is enough gold plating In liuksla to curpet Broadway or to plld the nubile building * ! of Washington. The c/ar has a palnro just outslilo1 of hi. Petersburg known as Tsarskoe-Solo , which win built by Catherine the Great. It is of vnst extent and It was nlatod with nold. It took nearly a million dollars worth ot bullion to do the work , aud when owing to the dummies of the climatu it begun to peel off Cathorlno ordered it to bo pamtod over. Some Run- elan speculators wanted to t > ciupo off the old gold and mell it over uguln , und they offered Catherine ; VKiCOO for the jou. She sent them to pn on for insulting her with the proposition , and covered the piluco with yellow paint , This paluco lius rooms walled with amber. U has n parlor covered with lapis luzull , anil tbo walls uud ceilings of ono drawing room uro of the Illicit. tortoUesbnll. There are 5UO apartments lu the paluco , und tno ball room covers nearly half an aero. IU lloor is ofoodon mosaic , nnd there are otber rooms in which the finishing is in ivory , bamboo und in brouze. Tlio palace must have cost millions , and it Is only ono Of a doieii which belong to the ciar. 1 hare written you of the wonderful catho- flrals of St. Petersburg und of the riches Stored awnv wltnin them. bt. Isaac's cathedral coil $1(1,000,000 ( , and there is $300 , . ( XX ) worth ot cold upon it * dome. Single columns within it cost iilO.OOO , und tlio cheitp- sl candlesticks lu the cuUiedral of Kif tii are of koild silver , The rlctiosi cburchoD , howoMjr. uro thosi ) of .Moscow , and I liuvu wandered about through golden ornaments bore auring Ihu pan week until my eves are urod of the yellow inatai , uud I long for a hange. Mntfini' anil Its Hurruumlliii'i. 2 find Moscow oue of tbo most iuteretUug cities 1 Imvo over visited. U Is built upon hill nnd hollow alone ; the winding Moscow river and It U almost circular In shnno. It Is twonty-fivo miles around It , nnd the shortest street car line from ono part of It to the ether tokes you n distance of nine miles. In the very center of U I * the grout fortress known ns thu Kremlin , which has n vast wall ( X ) fcot high running nround It and In which are the oM palace of tbo czar , n halt dozen churches , the cathedral nnd the tnll tower built by Ivan the Terrible. Thl tower Is five stories high and Us iroldon dome rests In thn air JUKI feet nbovo the trround. I climbed to the ton this morning nnd took a look over the city , A vast ocean of green trees nud green houses seemed to move up nnd down in blllowv waves below mo , and out of this sea rose tbo golden iplrcs of hun dreds of churches. Thcro wcro thousands upon thousands of trees nnd the roofs of all the houses wcro painted grenn , I could sea the vast dome of tbo Chnrchof Our Savior near the rlvor , and the Moscow dragged Its sluggish course llko a black snuk ( > In the form of the letters through the city below Beyond the city I could sco the smoke stacks of the factories in the suburbs and justundor mo wns the triangular walled space known as the Kremlin. ' 1 his contains about ' , ' 00 acres. It is paved with cobble stones , nnd Its massive wall Is entered by live gales. I'.ach of ihcio gates has a his tory , nnd ono is known ns the gate of the Redeemer , or the sacred Bate. It has a famous picture of the Savior above It , and over ono , from tbo czar to the peasant , takes off his hat before passing through It , Uvory inch ot land about tbls tower Is historic And acred. In that church there oil the czars of Russia nvo been crowned , and In the treasury to .ho loft are the thrones ot nit iho emperors > f Iho past and the historic jewels and the holcoit plato now owned by the Russian rown. There nro tOOO.000,000 worth of gold , nd silver nnd precious utones In that roasury and thcro are basins of gold there ivhicharaas big as n baby's liath tub , and two ard tables of solid silver which nro worth > king's ransom. 'Ibcro are in Ihis lower wo bells ot solid silver and the bells of this ewer of Ivan the Croat nro among the moat .voudcrful of the world. Sumo lllc Hulls. Russia Is tbo land of bells. Every vll- aito church has Its sacred bell and there ire more than S.OOO bells In the city of Mos cow. The biggest boll In the world lies nt the foot ot this lower , and. though It Is acalnst the laws. I took a photocrapb of It llus morntug while the guards were not booking. I posed a young Russian noon it while I snapped my camera and 1 had another photograph taKen with myself landing bcsido it. This boll was cast In the fourteenth con .ury , but tbo tower in which it was hung wns burned again and again , and when it fell about two hundred years ago It was broken into pieces. It wa's caslln alarger size nnd it is said that the ladles of Mos cow In a frenzy of religious enthusiasm threw their jewels into the metal and this rendered it so imperfect that when It was rung a great piece broke out of its side. It fell to the ground during a flro which occurred about "n hundred and fifty years ago , and it bus never been restored. It now stands on a granite podoDtnl aud It Is a > big as a good sl/ed two story house. It Is fifty- live feet In circumference , is two feet thick and the piece which has been broken out of Its side is taller than a man aud you can walk into the hole where the piece was and you IInd yourself In a sort of a bronze tout. Tuo ploco Uos on the ground beside the po- destul nnd though the bell itsjlf is of dark green , this piece has been so polished by the people leaning acalust it that its edges are ns bright as a brass breastpin. This boll weighs moro than ' . ' 00 tons , and It would take IOJ good horses to pull it If U could be loaded on a wagon , Thu biggest bellthatstrlk-os is In the tower of St. Ivan. It is only half as largo In size as iho boll at the foot of the tower , and It is , 1 Judge , about twenty feet high and llfteen feet in diameter. You could hardly DUt it in the average cottage parlor , and it has a tongue which weighs hundreds upon hun dreds of pounds. It takes about six men to make this tongue strike the bell , and I tried lo push it from ono side of the bell lo tbo other , bul I found that i was not all-one enough to move it. In tlio I'eoplo'a Park * The city of Moscow has about 800,000 people. It is a growing city and it will bo the biggest city In Russia in the futuro. St. Petersburg relies entirely upon Its oHlclal classes to keep It ulivo , nnd if the capital should over be changed it will RO back to the marshy waste that It was before ljotor iho Great founded it. The Muscovites uro among the most en terprising people in Russia , and they have many Institutions here worth notice. They have Sunday schools for Ibo teaching of tbo worKing classes and there are night schools for the saino purpose. The Mpscow uuiversiiv is ono of the largest in Russia , and It has from time to time bcou the hotbed of nihilism. It was founded by ljoter the Great , uud it has 2,700 students , which Is more. I think , than any college iu the United States. Muny of iho merchants of Russia are very wealthy and some of them have very curious tastes. One of the merchant princes hero has a palace wblub is painted dead black , und ills the most funeral looking bouso I Imvo over soon. It Uos within a stone's throw of the Kremlin , lu Ibc heart of the cltv. I went out ono night to Ihe People's park to see how the Russians amused themselves in the evening 1 found , perhaps , 10,000 pcoplo movluffauoat under the trees iu couples or In groups , and u quieter crowd I hnvo never seen. There \vera all sorts of amusements going on , from the ' 'American Hill , " us the teller coaster is called heru , to the dance under the tiecs and tbo shooting gallery , bul there was no nolso and no loud talking. Young girls , as well dressed us our plrls ot America , moved about without their hats on , in lU'ht summer costumes , chatting together , and tbcro wcro family parties and parlies of frlonus enjoying iho evening. There were thousands ot children , nnd n curious feature of thclllo was Ibo leu parlies which were given iu little bowers of green. These bowers were cut out of a bubhy thicket nnd in each bower there were n table and seats. l > ach parly paid u few coppeis for iho use of ibis a teapot and n bamovar of hot water. Many families brought their tea with them and made it themselves , and , by buying u roll or u piuco of cake of the numer ous vendors of these articles about tbo grounds , ihoy could hnvo usuppor in Ibo open ulr for a very small price. Aimi'M'iiiPiitH of tlio Moicuvmus. Leaving Ibo People's park I drove to tbo KrmlUs0 gardens. This is ono of Ihu in stitutions which you find connected with every largo city of Russia. It is u sort of open air concert and garden combined. You pay n certain amount for the privlloze of thu garden nud thu concerl Is frea There U a restaurant connected with tbo garden und bilwecn the acts you may got vour dinner , a cup ot lea or coffee or a bottle of wino. A curious Ihliig about the concert U that It Is ; i sort of a mixed variety show , und Ibe young ladies who take p.irl in tbo perform- aiico * nro by no moans of the highest churac- ter ami they are known not to bo so. Thov dress very modestly in black , nud the night thai I was nl tbo Enullugo gardens ttiero were nt least lirty or luoao girls runglng in ngo from 10 to - ' . " > , and of all the various shades of Russian bjaulv. They were all dressed ntlku and they snug from tinio to tlmoon this open air stage to 11 crowd of about TOO mon und woman. Hot\\eon the nets they moved aboul among Iho people , talking lo every ono und ready to tuko u glass of wino or a CUD of coffee from any comer without an introduction. There was nothing Immodest about their uu'.lons , and ihoy worj apparently well treated by all claasoi. I found n similar garden nl Nijnl-Novgoroa and thov exist everywhere in Russia. Thu Russians are fond ot amusements and thuv have excellent theaters , Ono of Ibo largest theaters In tno world U hero ut Mos cow. It is beautifully lint&hcd and It will scat 7,000 people. Ils six galleries urodrapcd In scarlet velvet and Its stage machinery is of Iho bust. St. I'etnrsburg baa a theater that will seal il.UOO , and 1 beard Matornaslng ut the Aquarium there to ut least 4,000 pee ple. There are live regular locators in St. Peterjbunr , and during the summer tboro are a number of onan air theaters and tUu parks are tilled wltn people every night. detain Moscow I bave speul somfl very uloasaal days at the races , und Iho Russians run good borios and bet high. Pools are sold just as they uro ut o < ir rauiis and both men und women bet Ircely. There scorned to bo no restriction ! ui lo belting at tba race course , and thesn people luke very naturally to gambling. Kvery ono plays cards , aud oven ut Iho family games no ono thlalti of nlayiu without stakes. Lotteries are pro hibited by the government , and the only ones which have been permitted for years \\ere those for the bonetlt of iho famine suf ferers through which millions of dollara were raised. FIUNU CJ. CAHI-ENIBH. ROYAL HEW AND ITS GARDENS What May Bo Seen From Ilia Uppar Dtok of n London Omnibus. WORLD'S GREATEST BOTANIC WORKSHOP MnrroU nl Itaynl Knnr'A Miiiruini HciK llrfrrpiire nml Advisory llnrrait on Itiititnlct for nil the Nation * An I n vii tun bin Scientific Alii. LONDON , SopL 'JO. | Corrcspoiidrnco of TUB BGK.J ' 'Hus Is downttod , the Lord knows , but bus 'as our rcs'lar hontlncs , cbcap cnoufjh to not * , o , and wurlouscr than can bo named In a JIITy. " Thusspoico a hearty London itoner , bo sat bosldo mo on top of a fourponny Hum- mcrimltu 'bus. Aloof ; with blnvcrc bis buxom wlfo and four rod cboakcd children. It was early of n Saturday afternoon , and thcro was not a bapptcr family , "downtrod" or otherwise , In all London. ' .My missus 'ore , " proudly clapping hU upo hand on his wife's abundant knee , , 'an * 111 an * the voting uns bo goln' o'orto ow. ' Missus loikcs w'oro slio can plunk orsolf nat t' grass , tho' 111 nllus savs , 'Poll , ra an1 rhoamatlz grows t'gothor , ' an' the ounp uns romps an1 gallops like mad. HI ays , 'Poll , them younR uns'll waste thalr- el's to bono from 'oppln' un1 steamtn' round [ vow. But Poll says back to mo , 'Scat , Han- drew , hit makes 'om sloop llko haldonnon an' heat llko paupers , ' an * so Kow bit Is If It , akos my last bob for hour boutlng. Been to ivew , sir ? " No , I had not , but I should bo glad to sco .ho cordons , I told him. "W'y , Lord bless bus I coma right 'long ivl bus. Hlt'll do ye Rood , nlrl" And so It did , for I keot In tbo delightful company of the "downtrod" all the way out on the pleasant journey , returned to the city with tbom , and never lost sight of thorn until tie blazing ovonlng lights of the winding Slrmid shone on the tired family safely en- sconscod on tno deck of a Whltoohapol 'bus , , vhloh whirled them away to their" lowly homo In that world's foulest slavcpoa the east end of rahbty London. Knroute to Itojul Kmr. Ills an Intorcstln ? little Journey by under ground railway , by nvor or by road to roynl Kow. Interesting below ground for the glitspsos of the folk who live down there In tbo bowels of Ihu onrtti station mastora , porters , news clerics ana barmaids out of wnose faces , llko the Cornish minors , the light mill color hnvo { one. and who move about In a desolate , discouraged way , as though bopcloss prisoners thero. You road pathos and hoait- nctio all along these foul under ground ways ; breathe a prayer that our cities shall nuvor know thorn ; and wisb you could whisk all thcso white-faced tellers with "liandrew" and t&o "young uns" for a lomp about the lovely gardens uf Kow. A thousand historic places and lordly structures are passed should you go by boat upon tbo Tuames. It is not only tlie o and the vast throng of craft you see from your steamer's side , but you recall tbo royal pro cessions of boat and tjargo of ether day.s passing and repassmc from London to won drous Hampton Court , and these boar you wrallhful company. The whole stream' is sounded with music. German bands , Italian bauds , Swiss band * , Hungarian bands and Gynsy bands crowd those boats and givoeood music , too. Swift are tbo steamers , and a mighty wash Is loft behind them , wbllo all the tiny boats afloat seem to dance and cur vet in your walto to tlio endless musio ot the Thames. Seen from a Mini Itoof. From tbo roof ot n 'bus you see rallos upon miles of thu wealthiest part of West London. Hero is 1'icoadilly , with its aristocratic club- lund on the right ; Green Park and lordly Buckingham Palace are on tbocorner , Knightsbridgo , Albert Memorial , Kensing ton gardens , Kensington , Holland Park , Olympia and Hammersmith follow , and then you como to wncro the hedges , axonuos und villas hint of the rrstful rural scenes of Eng land. Bright Indeed is this road to Kow , through buiy Hammersmith and drowsy Cbiswick , with its nursery Grounds and glass houses by the wayside and line market gar dens crowded close by now houses , and dreamful Gunnorsbury , where tbo ancient forests show in dark masses against the horizon. There are lush orchards , toowhero the rich ftuit dapples tbo fadinc loaves , and mcadow.s wavy and rich , where the lata but tercups ana daisies star the tender green. And then tbo mossy bridges , with steep old fashioned pitch and broad , crumbling parapets , where rosy cheeked lasses still linger and marvel as your 'bus goes rum bling by ; gray turnstiles leading to brown deep footpaths that wind througn gardens and fields , whore some ono , as In the nla days , always tarries and turns to trazo at passers , cozing In tuoir turn , as though the two were the only ones soon in a whole day's journov ; the gay out Btolld-looking barges lying bore ard tbero in the backwater against the shore , and tin ally , quaint old Kew Green , wberu the years bring no change und where cvurvthing Is so littio , oud and antiquated that you could leul no surprise if Farmer George and Queen Charlotte with lumbering calocho and six horses came dash ing through the gates of royal Kow. Olil mill .Now Kow. About 200 years ago Lord Capel laid out tbn garden which has since become not only ono of London's most beautiful pleasure grounds , but a sclentllic Institution whoso influence und benollts roach to all quaiters of the globo. On tbo death of L < ord Capol in JI590 , the estate passed into the hands of his son iu-law , who made the place still more famous as the headquarters of English astronomers. Under the ad vice ot the carl of Buto tbo dowagrr Princess Augusta madu It a scienttllc establishment , and It was called tbo "Physio Garden. " As early as 1703 Sir John Hill published n catalogue of the plants of Kow. Them were then lltty feriu. ( MO trees and shrub * aim several thousand herbaceous plants. In 17sl ) the oqtaio was bought by George 111. Ho devoted much money and attention to its Improve ment. "Farmer George" he was called , in praise uy scientists und in derision by tax payers , for his pains. Porn long tlmo'after this moimrcn'b death thogatdens sank into negloct. It was then proposed to disestab lish and disendow tbom. A protest was raised und tbo wliolo kingdom opposed , wbtroupou the gardens were surrendered by the crown and became a national estab lishment lu IblO. Then royul Kow In name became royal Kew in fact under the directorships of KirV. . J. Hooker , who remained in charge until bis duatti in I ! > < M , mm his sou , Sir .Tosepb Hooker , the renowned traveler and botanist , who succeeded him Tbo latter is ln xvn to every student of botany In the world from his "Flora Antarctica , " "Himalayan Jour nal * " und bis great work , "Genera Plant- arum , " and the tremendous importance of Kow us un intornutionul sulontlllc educator hat been aliuoil wholly duo to his genius for compelling Its work to cover u vast and prac tically llinttlesk Uold. Suli'iitllUi Kevr. To faintly illustrate this extraordinary comprehensiveness it may bo truly said that wherever in thu world oiussllicatlon of new plants is required ICow stands ready to at tend to the matter. Wherever now plants are wanted for cultivation these roval gurdcua will supply them , ncd this readiness of supply is not nt all limited to British subjects op colonies. Wuera plant disease threatens or peals approach , Kow will consult and advise , For eign Institutions co-operato in all those bine- ticial relations. Lists of now plants are con stantly being published. Lists of seeds ma tured hero are also printed , and the institu tion wiselv goes so far as to exchange these seeds with regulurcorrospondeutsalloverthu world. This magazine of seeds Is nominally col. locled for the bonctlt ot similar associations which may sometime in pun return Jlku favors. But any one in any part of theglobii applying with a serious puriKua for seeds or plauta is uot refused. Atthotlmeof my visit applications lay upon tbo curator's dosKfrom Oregon , Texas und BiilUh Columbia 4n America ; from Knulisb shires , Irom South Africa , Ceylon , India and Guatemala. Alt woru to be served with equal attention. This chnructorlitlcot Kow RlvMlho whoto world nn Intnroit in It * rosotinjOi. , proficiency anil lnc"cn * > eil powers for In'erafljnngo of botnnlo knowledge und ntd How the rapidly Incrflfainp population ot thn glebe nmy bo provldftt with food nnd clothing Is regarded rts a. problem falling wlthio the province of ivew'.s authorities. The splendid success of tlio cinchona plantix * lions In India also llluilr.ftes ' .ha scope of the work nt the royal gardens. The 1'oruvlan supply was showing exhaustion , ( julnlna was becoming Rlr > rmlngjA ) expensive. Cin chona seeds and voung turLtJworo socurea in i'cru , brought here to KtAvimd nur cil , nnd finally given successful culture In Jamaica , Co.vIon and Bengal , until the annual output from these sources amounts to nearly 100- 000 poundi. That was a 'direct bonollt to nil mankind , llntrtnlo Workshop ofthriV rlil. It will thus bo scon that royal Kcw is not only n fnvorlto resort for holidav visitors , but It Is the great central botanic workshop of the world ; not n ( lower show nor n pretty park n.oroly , for serious and vast work is accomplished hero every voar. And nothing is too trilling to receive ( vow's candid atten tion. It is a matter of record that "debate has been gravely held , opinions even Imvo icon formed nnd reported upon such mattrtrs s a South African enno , which some gen- omen in those , distant parts thought daptod to fishing rods ; upon the values of Vest Africa palm kernels ns material for oat buttons , and upon a pithy stem which Bo government of n West Indies Island bo- ievcd suitable for razor strop * . " Kow I ? now training young mon to fill otanlc situations in Iho colonies. In- tructlon Is given in principles of selen itic botany , and the general conditions ovorulng horticulture under differing ondltlons and circumstances. In tbo nd Kew is rop.Md. Nearly all these men , becoming emigrants , remain enthusiastic 'orrespondents ' wltti nnd contributors to ho stores of iho royal gardens. Mr. ilselton Dyer , who Dscaino director ot Cow in 185(5 ( , Is only the tifth lu n period if IHO years , nud Is broadening ruthcr than ostrlctlng Iho Hold of scieullllc Invostlgn- Ion so nouly opened nud developed by Sir William Hooker nnd his son , Sir Joseph. Arhornt nml Hrrlial Treasure * . The gardens and grounds are extensive. Chose portions known as the Botanic gar dens comprise noarlv thirty acres , nnd the Pleasure grounds and arboretum have nn area of "TO acres. Beyond , stretching lo Richmond mend , Is Iho old Doer park of about , -100 acres , though only n small portion of the latter is accessible to tbo public. In ( rent of the gar- Ions stretches a broad smooth walk , and doled ed about the lawns nro noble specimens of Italian , Spanish and Corslcan pines. At thu end of these ono noes the old rod brick house n which Queen Charlotte died. To iho left s Iho principal uvcuuo , wlthllowor parterres on either side. In Iho distance tbo mag- nltlccnt palm house rlsos like n fairy palace , and bcsida It are liny lakes wuh Hocks of aquatic birds The herbarium al Kow is undoubtedly Ibo finest in existence. The number of speci mens now exceeds 1,500,000 , duplicates not included. The ? 1111 a larce structure In the northwest corner of the green , including a great hall added in 1370 , tilted with two Li era of lighl Iron callcrios. Beginning with the rununculaccic on tbo ground lloor they conclude with the grasses up aloft. There is no red tape hero lo oppose iho student. A table slunds In each uornor for his con venience. All specimens nro arranged after the system or Sir Joseph Hooker's great work , the "Genera Plantarum , " so thai the visitor only has to glvo the. ' number attached to a particular conus nnd , the portfolio con taining tno corrojpandlug specimen is befono him In an instant. Ko 'a Iinalitalin | Museums. In tbo garden proper the smaller plauls are found in almost endless variety. Alto gether there are nearly 1)0,000 ) species. Small as is this proportion to the total sum of nature's wealth , the knowledge , patience nnd labor in forming sucu a vast collection are in themselves alraptt inconceivable. Think of 3,000 species nl trees and shrubs. 3,000 greenhouse plants , 2,500 "stove plants , " 1'JJO ferns , 1,000 succuUnts and 1,500 orchids among Ibis bewildering collection in ono compact garden 1 ' The Museum of Economic Botany was cs- lablished In 1S4T. Its influence upon Irado has undoubtedly since been increasingly felt , in the Iwo hemispheres. Every tree nnd plant known lo servo a useful purpose is represented here , < with illustrations of the manner of its employment und most valuable use ; while Ihe Museum of Timoer is a per manent world's exposition of woods. The showing in this from Ihe Iwo Americas and Ibo \Vest Indies exceeds that of the rest of Iho world in extent nnd variety ; and every great American oily should duplicate Ibis Urn- bar oxhioit. The economic suggestiveness and hints to woodworkers , from the most ordinarv necessities of oulldiiig timbers to the higbost possibilities in art woods and woodworking art , would provo invaluable. To the casual visitor the show places of royal Kew are Iho grcal palmbouso and Iho structure bousing the bugo water maize of Central America , named Victoria rosina by ils discoverers in compliment to Queen Vic toria. Itotnnlc Marvels. The palmhouso is a veritable crystal pal- nco. It is 3(52 ( feet long and 100 feet wide. It stands near the cenler of Iho gardens , with a broad terrace and the lakes with their aquatic Hocks in front. Nearly 23,000 font of bet water piping nro required for ils healing. Though sixty-six teat iu height , ils most pi- pantlo habitat the ilnost specimen In Europe ot the pandauncca.- continually being lopped aim pruned to keep it within Bounds. Thcro are besides magnificent specimens of the betel , the wax palm , the bread tree , the orange , the coral plant , the coffee shrub , the cocoauut and the tamarind. A few yards distant Is tbo homo of the tremendous water lily , tno Victoria regiua. Ils gignnlio loaves and flowers spread com pletely over iti allotted water space of 15,000 squani feet in Ibo summer mouths , while ut Ibis season of the year its wide oval loaves , yards la surface dlumoter , with beautifully ourlod edges , suggest the fabled shell * in which Aphrodite is wafted upon obcdlenl soas. soas.Ono never tires of these matchless roval gardens. If I should confess to my abiding- , overwhelming fooling while within them , it would bo that they or their double were ours. As tbo setting sun warned mo with all ether visitors away , and "hearty Han- drew , Poll and tbo young 'uns" joined mo for tbo rolurn journey on Ibo roof ot tbo Hammersmllh'bus , my stoker friend brought mo to a clump of American oaks. "Thorn oro'll do your furrln heyes good , " ho remarked with a roar that had'a gentle ana kindly undertone ringing through it. How foolish for a wanderer hero to embrace - brace these hard old trees IHco suddenly met friends from homo across the sea ! But I did. And then we returned qnilo comforta ble and cheery lo Ibo great city. Bixuit L. WAUKJUN. Ton .Much ot u It 1 snot unusual for col contriictodln the fall tobung on all wliuer.ivlu such casu * catarrh or chronic broictiitlo uro utmost .sura to result. A 11 fly-cent _ Dotllo of Chamber- Iain's Cougu Uemedy xyJH euro any cold. Can vou aiTord to risit so .much for bo .small an aniountl This roinouj' Is Intended es pecially for bad colds Mid croup and can always bo depended upon ? For sole by drug gists , u j BOYS AND GSRLS Voitr 18 ) n of s BICYCLE FREE ! YIIUI need not par ono cont.ii.Wo w 111 Bend Jt to ' ' - . J'roryfolcycio d , and equal to ( -old -wLcront Any txiy or Klrl under IS j cure of ago , wuo vaiita u Unt-clnei tlrjclo can net ono free. We mil giro any boy or nirlnbl. eclo un very c y cuiidltloni. WtiecH nro 25 IncliPD. wllli rrcwent eltul rims nnd oiulded rubber llrei.unj run oa Imr- drnnl Bled oono IicarlriRS , edjnstabla to wear ; gea red to 4ii iuclibi ) delaitmblo craiikii 4 to & Indies throw ) frame Unol/ enameled , vrltb nick , cl trimmings. Kucli maclituo U oupplltx * rltlitoolbae.Hn. ndi end oiler. U o tiaro tlll-.iT l.oyi'or Klrla * oljle. Ifyounant5 odr , out and vend to . uato-Oay. AddrvM f A. Curtis ACu. MlnnoapollsMlim Mention Omaha Deo. Soap /A / What is ? wanted of soap for the skin is to wash it clean and not hurt it. Pure soap docs that. This is why we want pure soap ; and , when we say pure , we mean without alkali. Pears' is pure ; no al kali in it ; no free alkali. There are a thousand virtues of soap ; this one is enough. You can trust a soap that has no biting alkali in it. All sorts of stores sell t , especially druggists ; ill sorts of people use it The only uniformly successful SPECIALISTS IN AMERICA. IN THE TREATMENT AND CURE OF SYPHILIS. GONOR. RHOEA , GLEET , SPER- MATORRHOEA , SEMINAL WEA.K- JMESS. LOST MANHOOD. EF FECTS OF EAR LY VICE OR EXCESSI V E INDULGENCES IN MATURER YEARS. FEMALE WEAKNESS , SEX UAL DISORDERS , HYDROCBLE , VARICO- CEI E. FILES , FlSTULA , RECTAL , ULCERS. Consultation free. Ccill upon or adclross with , stamp. cor , 14th and Douglas. YOUR EYE ; ARE TROUBLING YOU ! Well , como ami limp thriii cxainlnuil l > r our opti cian Tree of Clinrji- , unit If m'l'i'uMiry , Httoil nltli u pair nf our "rKliriirTION bl'KCTAChKSj ur KV13 Ul-ASfHS-tliobculntlie world If } ou do not npeil ulu iC3 wo nlll loll you anil iilvl itnu "lint to ilo. GOLD SI'ELTAC'I'K- UVK tl.AS < KH KKOM II t'l' , TKii. : 81'iTACIKH OK KVK ( iliAStii : * KUOM II I I' 1'liiln , Brooke. Line or while Rlns cs , for luutccUni : tlio cjri-s , from MJc n lialrup. Max Meyer & Bro. Co. , Jewelers and Opticians. Farnam and 15th Streets , Omaha FitEDKuuoBiti\v : OMAHA Bun\\i * a ma Co. AfiSOCIATIO.V , Our bottled cabinet Der OuiranteBil to equal out > delivered to anjr pitit Ida braudi Vleniit of thoeltjr , Kxporl buHlul tie- , lWJ ck oa Strest. dallrorol ft faiullle : . BOXES. OMAHA EOXFAC TOKY. NallM nnd dOTDtallal baitff. Capaoltr f'.UJJ dar. f.rxsl umalia Tel 41 j , I' U box 611. OVERALLS. PRINTERS. * Jou PuiNr KArra-IsKvm.s Co. I NO CO. , 202-1 Uouxlai Streitt De llulldtai STAKE 01 CLAIM Against what others may say that we are selling the Best and Handsomest Clothing and at lowest prices ever offered in this market. Come in and see us and we will demon strate to you what we mean and that we are able to make our claim good. Our Garments arc the Finest , the Best Made , ' * the Neatest Trimmed , the Best Fitting , and The Most Ropular in Styles to be found in the city. We prefer that these goods speak for themselves SPECIAL SALE OF KNEE PANTS SUITS AND CHILD'S CAPE OVERCOATS. We will offer for this week a limited quantity of Child's Suits , strong and durable , at 650. Child's Cape Overcoats from $ i up. J. BAMBERGER. Proprietor. Bo sure of the street nnd number Mail orders are solicited 1317 and 1319 Douglas St. , and will receive prompt Omaha. Neb. attention. INTERNATIONAL SANITARIUM 16th and Howard Streets , 00 Itooms for railptitn. OMAHA , NEB , Tor tbo treatment of Chronic , Private l Nervous Diseases , MALI : AND TEMALK. Piles , Fistula , Fissure nnd Stric ture of the liectum pprinanoiit- ly cured without the use of Knife , Ligature or Caustic. Enclose 4c. in stamps nnd our 107 puze HOOK oil DISKASr.S und Question Illunks , will te MAILED ntin. INTKKXATIO.YAr , SAMTAltIlI.il , IGtli nnd Howard ? l.s. , Onmlm , Neb , W. C. MA.iiJ , , 51 I ) . , Pll'.s. Slmllo. Ilili poptr. OFFJCE "SOPPUES Cotton Mops , Line 11 Mops , Floor Brooms , Sponges , Chamois Skills , Etc. , Etc. Jas- Morton $ Son Go , 1511 Dcdge Street. DR , W , BAILEY iTWT4"S i § oiit' I'nln oy" lJLrrVY-V VT the Latest iu ontluii. EXTKACTni ) WITHOUT I'AIV Olt DANGER A rcijLHrroi' TKHTH ON UUUHEU VOR Perfect ( It guaranteed. TVetli cttr.ictod In the inoriiliiu' . Now ones Inserted In evening of ( .iiino day. Pee spci'lmunsof IJeinov.iblo Hrlnpo. See apoelinrtiH of Kluxlblo Clnslle 1'lnto All work warranted us reprof-enteu. Ollice , ' 1 bird 1'loor , I'.ixtoni Illoac. TclcplioiiB 108. ) . Kllll an I Tannm Sti. Take Klovator or sHnlrw.iy from lOlb Street T ntrancc. FREE A line Ilk tcold | ilat Svratd ) to every reader of thlsptprr. CutlhlBoutniKltenUlt tu Ul Ith > our full naino and ad * dn-fes , and we willgcnd you one of thcfto elccant , rlclitjr cwtledod ] tlnljiti dwatcle4 ) ? > } upruia for oinmlnntlon , ftndlf jou tlilnUltls equal In appearance to any l& DO ( fold vrntrh.poT our tampla price. I3VS.unJItlJloiirn. Wosrnd \vtthtboTratcnoarfmaranto0 that yon rnn return It nt any time vrlthlu one yrnr If noC pAtltfuftriry , nnd If yon icll or rnuxo ttio * Mn of elr wo nt once na vr thai I > cndout camriln for nlny dnjn only. THE NATIOIIftL r.l'F'O & IMPORTINO CO.- , 334 Dearborn Streetf . „ , CHICAGO , ILL. Artistic CHICAGO WAVING at Low Prices. Stock and Design The Latest and Best. Send us 81.2O and we'llscml jou ice cnjravefl caids from a new copper plate. Sent ! us ! > O cts. anil j our present plate ( to be held and rcgiotered ) anil we'll send you 100 co- gra\cJ c.uils. We pay express chorees. STATIONERY OOMPAOTT , ( Lute CotiU'i Library Co ) 136 Wnbasli Ave. , Chicago. nrn HOME INDUSTRIES I3y Purchasing Goods Made at the Following Nebraska Factories. If you cannot find what you want , communicate with the mainfacturars ai to what dealers handle their goods. MAT TBESSE8. . WHITE LEAD. I'm : OMAHA MAT- CAUTKII WIIITK runts Go. Mattroiici , fottliar pit. Ion a uud rumforlun Corro lo And Button. To Undo unljr. Mrlct ( i uro wliHn latl Knit Omaha , EUHHEIl GOODS. SADDLERY. OifAHA Kumii'.uC'o MAitics Bitos' CO. Manufacturlfix aiul Job- UT § of nil kItull of Block iscldlej uml rubuur "H U HMUII" huriiexHipucla r. IMF Hoods. ] 5JK rnoiuHl. llarnor tlreoL svnup. SOAP. FAUltKLh&CO. PA an SOAICo. . . lllai. I'reiervoi. Mlnej Manufactureri of Unloa Meal and Ajiplo llutter , houp. hfrupi. Jklolanut. 217 Hi Illckorjr "treat boutubavvutU HI , STOVE REPAIUS. TKUNKS. All Undiof ttoro repair * II. H. MAIUIOKK. on uaod , ( jMollne lore * rupalrfid and UT > trunkt , IOTA9 BtOrUll. 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