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\ r PART III. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEEHE * 17 TO 2O. 1 I * * * * < ESTAULISI1ED JUNE 1J ) , 1871. OMA1IA , SUNDAY MOUNJLNG , MAY 5 , 1895-TWENTY PAGES. SINGLE COL'Y PIVE CENT'S. W. Cor. 16th/ / Douglas , OMAHA. Spot Cash Purchase HIGH GRADE , NEW $1BO Silks at In thin tfi-cat pnrchnsn from tlu rail road company wore two solid case * lilKliest urn ilu Imported Silks , consisting of iKMncli Kliifc sllUn , new shadow Hilhs , ninv Dri'sdcn pntti'in silk * , ni-w two-toned fancy strlpi-d silks lor dresser or fancy waists , HO ilHTcii'iit shades of plain Klnoo tallVta silks , also i ! . " > plows new broche effects ; all new colorings. This Is the finest lot of silks ever shown In Omaha , and they jo at lllc yard. They aio worth $1.50. $1.OO Silks at Thousands of yards of high grade t'liL'cked , TilaId and striped fancy waist silks , all shades and plain colored Kal- KalIdc fanci' now pattern Japanese silks , elegant China silks-In fact , all grades of silks which would lie worth § 1.00 In the regular way. go tomorrow on our bargain stinaie at "ie ! ) a yard. Fancy Waist Taffetas , An Immense lot entirely new swell two-toned checks and fancy striped Taf futas and .lacumud ; and I ! ( ! Inch llnest quality cream and black Japan silk , Lyons' dye ; and 117-Inch pure .silk black skirting Taf fetas , all go at ( ic ! ) yard. $2 Silks go at UlMneh and 21-inch black liniin-t Ljon silk , Sll.OO quality ; HI ! Inch bhu-k satin Luxor for sUhts or ill esses ; _ > - inch heavy Corded silks , for capes and separate dress skirts ; ; > _ > inch elegant (5ios de Londres , with neat , small ti - ures or the e\.ti'cme ad\anee style In large Moral designs ; 22-inch heavy all silk Molro for separate skirts. ALL WOOL CIIALL1S SATIX (3LOU1A In iliult and light grounds , 25c Something new Just out r-i r now , choice patents , worth for skirts , 12 liu i-hes w Ide , / k / * HOc pure silk and wu oregnlar , _ [ J price $1.0 , Monday ALL WOOL IIiNUir.TTA- : Arnold's Oerman Ilemletta In blael ; nnd nil colois , lii Inches wide , sold every 69c Imported goods , worth where For $1.00 , on sale Mon go at day at ( > it ) ; a yard ALL WOOL siiuis : : ; Trench and Oerman Novel 12 and II Imhes wide , m < 39c ties In all new shades and 75c = , woith . designs colors wool serges , in black and Monday at V.'c.yaid 51.25 , go on Xavy bine I'ravenette Serge . absolutely watei proof , something r.lnek Crepons , Series , line for ladles' bi- thing very - Satin Iteibcrs nnd French Novelties OSc cjtlo Milts or traveling , regular price , dresses , worth ? 2.00 , tomorrow go on sale tomonow nt row S'Jc THE SOCIAL EVIL IN OircnmEoribcd by Narrow Limits nnd Con trolled by Law. FEATURES OF THE DETECTIVE SERVICE riio Yoslilwurn iind Ita ThoimimU of lu- inutcii How the WoiniMi Are Caged unit Oilier 1'iicts About This Strange Institution , ( CopyriRhted , 1S03 , liy Trnnk O. Carpenter. ) The now treaty with Japan will bring all foreigners under the Jurisdiction ot the Japa nese courts. Heretofore Americans guilty ot offenses of any kind have been tried before our American consul , and we have had our own marshals connected with our consulates. All Americans will now bo under the Japa nese police , and the laws and courts ot the empire will be extended to all foreigners. I spent some time In looking Into Japanese Justice during my stay In Toklo. I called upon the supreme justices and went through the common pleas and appellate courts. I looked Into all matters connected with the pollc ? , and I spent some time In Investigat ing the great Yoshlwara and the systoTv by which the Japanese manage the social evil , which Is now creating so much Interest In Now York and the other cities of the coun try. I will talk of this at length. CUIMC IN JAPAN. First , one word about Jnpansso crime. The sentences inflicted are now as lenient as ours. In the police court there1 Is ono branch which deals with faults ranging In fines from f > cents to $2. Capital punishment la only Inflicted ( for crimes against the- state or Im perial family , and for murder. Crucifixion , which was common years ago. Is now entirely done away with. I bought a. photograph ot a crucifixion In Toklo. The executions ot today , however , are as hun-vane as our own , and the lentcncp for capital crimes Is hanging. There Is a closed place Inside of the great peniten tiary where criminals are so killed. Next to this punishment Is deportation with or with out hard labor , and criminals ar * sent for this purpose to the Island of Yezzo , where they work In the mines. In addition to these there Is Imprisonment with or without labor in the prisons and penitentiaries ot the em pire. All arreits except for crimes seen by the police are by warrant , and the criminals are examined before a Judge , who asks all sorts of questions and Judges for himself whether they are guilty. I spent sometime In one of the police courts anil watched the judge examine a man , charged with stealing. He asked him all sorts of questions , and made lilm iry on some clothes In his pres ence , which were supposed to have been used In connection with the crlrro , Ills law yers were not allowed to speak , and the questions put by the counsel were through the Judge. The Japanese have the same laws as to husbands and wives appearing against each other as we have , but a child cannot bs a witness against Its father , nor a servant gainst his master. They can be brought In , however , In a kind of a subordinate way , but such testimony as they give Is not considered c ( much weight. 17 > ItTHtt P6UCE nECOHDS. I spent some time In the rogues' gallery and In the detective departments of the police organization at Toklo. It Is wonderful low they have adopted all modern conven iences In keeping track ot their criminals They liave records of nearly 200,000 men who have either b en in Jill or , In the opinion of ttu polk * , ire decidedly liable to get 4liatn * i.-iy Jcjttt1n - " " IhMr . rHm < * stg HV we catalogue a library , putting them In sec- Ions and having cards containing their names in alphabetical order. One division of this irancli was devoted to foreigners , and I found tint they Know evarjthlng connected with every European and American In the coun try. You cannot sleep in a Japanese hotel without your name being sent to the police , and your passport Is llnblo to be called for when you buy your railroad ticket at the station. The order kept In the cities Is wonderfully good , nnd you are perfectly safe almost anywhere at any hour of the night. I don't mean to say that there are not many thieves and criminals , but the govern- m ° nt keeps them In check , and the policemen are ns brave as any you will find In the world. They nre wonderfully well trained In the use of the sword. They have a regu lar fencing drill , which they practice dally In fencing halls , which are connected with every one of the stations. During my visit to ono of the stations the superintendent had his policemen go through a fencing bout to show me what they could do with the foils. The men put on Iron-masks nnd heavy breast plates and fought like demons , fencing and parrs Ing nfter the/most approved rules of Japanese art. There are 5,000 policemen In Tokio , and there nre about 28,000 policemen In all Japan. The detective force Is very large , and one of the chief centers of Japanese crime In every city Is the Yoshlwara. CUUIOUS FCATl'Hi ' : OF JAPANESG LIFH. I have hesitated some time before writing about this curious , feature of Japanese life , but the Interest In such matters is such a vital ono at the present time In the United States and Cngland , and the Japanese meth ods of controlling them are to different from those ot other countries , that , In response to n number ot letters requesting It , I have decided to do so. I neither praise nor con demn their s > stem. I merely descrlbn It as well as I can and as delicately as I can. I wlfh to say , however , that my Information came directly from the police and through the police , and that It Is absolutely authentic Thi Voshtwara Is that part of every Japanese city which U devoted to women of question able character. * Such Institutions are kept entirely under the police , and the establish ments are required to keep an exact account ot every one who comes Into them. They must register the names and addresses of all people connected with them , and any ex travagances committed In the way of cx- peiitcs or otherwise are at once reported to the police. If a young man of good family leads a very dissipated life his parents are notified. Similar reports are given to employers as to their clerks , and Japanese bank cashiers can not carry on a continued life of dissipation without being suspected ot something wrong. I looked over tha records of ono of the sta tions In company with the police. It was that connected with the great Yoahlwara at Toklo. The names entered on Its books dur ing ono month amounted to 60,000 , nnd the receipts ot the establishments were , I was told , about { 78,000 per mouth , or nearly 11,000,000 per jear. TUG TOKIO YOSimVAUA. Tew travelers get to Know much about the Inside workings of things In Japan , My letters , however , to the chief of police gave me the asilstance of private policemen , with whom I went through the great Yoshlwara at Tuklo , which contains 3,500 maidens. It Is the largest establishment ot the kind In Japan , and Its bouses are among the finest of Toklo. It embraces , In addition to the professional houses , hundreds of halr-dre'sers. singers and dancers'and It Is shut off en tirely from the rest of the city. It has wide streets , through the middle ot which are ( trips of tlowers , and the streets are deco rated with fountains , stone lanterns , bits of wax work , and all kino's ot quaint things , to draw the sightseer. Nearly every other house Is a tea house or restaurant , Tte houses In which the girls live are of Im mense size , and are all ot much the same nature and shape. The scene Is , In fact , very like the animal show at a .circus. The flrst story ot each ot these houses consists of cage-like parlors , faring the street and running on each slue of a hall , which leads Into tie house. At 'each side of this hall , in a little cage like that of a ticket office , a .min * Uq nnil plrpa Information tfi all who MOST EXTRAORDINARY SALE ilk Mitts , Corsets , Kid Gloves , Hosiery Underwear. Ladies' Silk Mitts All the ladles' , misses' and chil dren's pure silk jers"y 'ISC ' Mitts , in Macks , tans and creams , K < > at ( a pair ) . . . All the ladies' highest xr " puie Milan silk JCIM'.V llt- 25c tiiif : Mitts , In Macks , tans creams and whites. . . . All the highest Ki'ade vlliovv 49c and shoulder length Mitts worth $ l.r.o . a pair , go at LADIES' KID GLOVES. \V will s ° ll tomorrow the eM lot of liilIeH fine high Kltl Glows c\or seen In Uin.ihii. Tlu > nre the genuine "Jnu- viti ' iimk"nil Mtntnp"d vntli the maker's name "Jouvln" ami inaile p daily for the nil st piomlntnt < lry gooiH h ti"e In Chlia o. The.iiit . - In bli < UP and nil coloi * and ai d s-hndo" , fiom the ptatelv " he uliler length to the nudest 5-hnuk ami tlio e \\ltli \-ry l.irjje chic ptnil luittun < * , Pienrh sUltf ' . . . And they are \\orth 5 5) ) n pilr , but til y to tomonow at i'o ' a pair. All the hlRhest Riade ladles' KK1 UloM-s , every pair \\ar- ratited , In LI tcK . tan" , Sc. 1iru\\ir > , Riay , cream white and blufi , touiul and per- . Ktt. i'o at ( a pair ) rwear. Ladles' J iey llttlnjj ribbed Un- deiwtar , in tan and en tin c. Ladles' derby libbod Underwear , silk tailed aims anil ntck , wortli J.'o Ladles' hlRh Krade lisle thread full fashlon'U ilbbed Vtsts 19c. All the Misses' , CliilJroiiS ami Hoys' 200 do/on Samples UNDERWEAR hU'li triaile. silk oinbi'iiido' edflF1 n In Riiu/o , billirU in and nitnial gray vests , p i iti a'i d ilt.iLi % Lisle tin end J * \i ( uo at Underwear fi.U pass by. Each of these cages Is about 100 feet long nnd twenty feet deep , and Its door Is about as high as your waist. This Hocr Is cc\cred with carpet or matting , and at tlis back of the nom there Is a Hue of glrU langlng all the way from twenty to fifty , squatting on the door , with the little boxes of charcoal before them. They hinoke nnd they chat , and they make eyes at the men who pass along the street. Some of them may ha\o samlsens or the Japanese guitar' , and now anil then one will get up and waddle out to the bars of the cage and chat with the people outside. In tome of the cages they sit upon cushions and chairs , and in others you will find perhaps fifty glrU dressed nil the same way nnd looking like Haters. Some Ime dozens of pins In their hair , each of which is as long as a crochet needle , and which stand out about their waterfalls like the quills of a porcupine. They are all highly powdered Some of many of the establishments are lighted by the electric lights , Just as > ou would light up a shop window in which you had beautiful goods exposed for sale. Some have plate- glaa ; windows between them and the streets The girls all have their obis or belts tied with a bow In front Instead of behind , as other Japanese women do. This , I think , Is provided for by law , and this finest part of the Japanese woman's dress known as the obi Is the badge of the bad and the good. AT Tlin COUNTS. ' I spent some time In the police courts or examination rooms , where all g.rU who wish to enter the Yoshlwara must first get their licenses. They are practically sold by their larents or guardians , who must come with them , nnd who , Iu company with the proprie tors of thehoutcs. . then make a contract wlt'i the girl for tbreo jears. The Judge care fully examined the girls , and they were a-ked as to whether they entered Into con tract of their own frea will. They hung their heads down when they were questioned , but they replied almost automatically , and evidently uttered the words which their pa rents had put Into their mouths. Some , I doubt not , are forced to this by their parents , and It Is considered a good deed among some Japanese for a girl to go Into a house of this kind In order to make money to pay her father's debtb or to support her family. The girls have to be of a certain age , and every precaution Is taken to protect them. They Tire usually gold to the keepers for irom { 200 upward. This cash Is ghen to the parents , and the usual contract Is for three years. The girl Is also charged with the tlothes which the proprietor of the house gives her , and ho tries as much as possible to get her In his debt , ns she will not bo per mitted to leave until everything Is paid , though If a friend or her parent comes In and puts up all the money that &he owes him he must let her go. Kacli girl has a book of her own which Is kept at the police olilce nnd which gives a full description of her. This book la about the shape of a magazine and about thirty or forty pages. U Is much like a passport , and It contains a full de scription of the maiden. The dress allowed the young woman Is according to the price paid for her. A (200 girl Is usually charged (30 for her dress , and sometimes beautiful glrla have given as much as (200 for a dress. This Is all put down In the book. Two pages of the book are given up to the laws and rules of the house , which must be s'gncd ' by the girls. Each girl has a seal of her own , and with this she signs everything. At the end of six years the government usually de clares the contract at an end and the girl Is free. "ALL HOPE ABANDON YE WHO ENTER HERE. " The girl who once goes < nto the Yoshl wara , however. Is like her sister who falls on this side of the world. She seldom comes out , and over the street which leads Into ihls city of sin should be written the words which were over the gate to Dante's hell "All hope abandon ye who enter here. " You will hear now and then well-informed travel- era say that a life of this kind does not hurt the reputation of a Japanese woman , and that she may co from such placei Into the most refined society and be highly re- gnpffpiV TM * Is not trtiE. Thprp urt * In- Ladies' CORSETS. 3 rni-os InOIcK1 oxlra 1 mn Hummer Vi'titllutme Corn 2 wo lad en' Sateen CiMSdi , I1 | p In M irk , illal > nml white I nff anil r\tm lonK wnlstoiih SI i . KU at i-nf of Mine. Wirrcn's Prom l"iim i * rsrtH , nolil tin \\uiUl or lit )1 ) i'j , | * o nt anil C'hlMroV * . H"5 ' nml I'oinet VVnIMH will | intO I , _ < nt buttons , bept quality * n IC CORALINE HMllcil COLD WAVE ADTO H AN KEH CHIEFS. DUO liulich1 linliotteil Sv\Ks Ladle- ' fine < | iiilltv : Irlili tnatiuT n'tiiK1 Imported ll.ind- II n UU-'M'liU'N M'IV da nt Ih inibinidc - oil and ken lileNoith ? .V , go tlitriid hi'tn-'til'M oil , a * ( tNii h ) \ \ ctil \ 3V , 0 lit I'ilCMl All the men's Jlne Irish linen lienistltchi'd h.iiul fiOO mire linen wide and n mow In ni'-tltohed nibriiUleri'd Initial lioytii-s , woiin He o icli , ll.indUerchlufs nuw go at \\oitli uic cauli go at l Ladles' and Children's Hosiery. All s'/cs fhlldrcn's heavy ribbed 'I in Cnlotud Hose , l' r i ) ilr i"-c , ' ami Children's line iju illty , Inn ) rt" < l , full leniilnr nude , ii.uinw ilLitn-tl , black and ( anUoloiud Ilo-u , pr nj ' -nil Girls' hna > y illibed , iluubk' soli-s nml liucN , Ilioyclo lloio , a p ilr . 1 idles' full icjniHr made It..11 U Tan and lit own I ast I o urtMl llo-i' , per pair 1-idli's' tn-j-aiK-e Tast ItlacU , silk I'liilili llnse , double soles ami e\ti > IviMtli , \ > uith 05e ap.tli.t'o stances of men In Japin marrying \\oincn of < | iiestlonable rpputatlon , but it is no more icspectable there than here Such nurrlafrs bometlmes take place between the Geisha plrls and \vell-to-do men but these are of a different cljss , and many of them are virtu ous. TI'c majority of the girls who enter the Yoshluara stay there. Many of them KO In unw llhiRly ; I mubt say the ma.orlty. Hut once In they get Into debt to their keepers , and their debts Increase , and they fctay. Sometimes they commit suicide on account of their lovers , anil the Japanese Ftorlcs arc full of the quarrels -\\hlc'i take place In these places on some account or other. Once In the Yoshluara , the girl cannot go outside of the city of sin without permlss on. The po lice know all the girls \\\\o \ \ are In , and they must lime passports to go to other parts ) of the to\\n. They nre practically In sla\ery , and most horrible sa\ery ! at that. THEY LOOK MODEST. I was surpr sed at the modesty of such Japanese women. They ha\c nothing of the boldness and brazen effrontery of their class In other countries , and there are some ad vantages In the Japanese method of treat ing the social evil. The \vlcked of the city are confined to one part of It , and those \\lio wish temptation must E ° In search of It. The London streets are full of vlca every night. Some parts of New York are not much better , nnd there are no dancing halls ami empire theaters to tempt the young Japanese. It Is not true that It Is respecta ble for joung men to frequent such places , and the Japanese whom I saw on their way to and from the Yoshluara had In most cases handkerchiefs wrapped around their heads and over their faces , In order to keep the people from knowing who they were. Till : JAI'ANHSi : OOVEKNMnXT AXUTHE WOMEN. The laws concerning this matter have grown more strict In Japan from year to year , and there has recently sprung up a muvein nt for the doing away entirely of the sjstem. The Japanese government , In fact , Is doing everything It can to protect Its people and their reputation In respect to such matters During the pest few years numbers of girls have been carried out of the country , sometimes almost against their will , and taken to the different seaports of the Pacific for Improper purposes. A law- has been recently pasted pre\entlng this , and no Japanese woman can now leave the country unless she can show exactly where she Is going and why. A foreign lady taking out a Japanese ma d has to give Information to the government as to just where she Is going , and sign such passports and bonds as Mill Insure the girl being properly cared for , and It Is con trary to law for girls to leave the country alone. Systematic attempts linve been made to o\ade the rules In this regard , and during my stay In Japan the authorities caught parties who were smuggling out girls In trunks. Two girls were put In tight boxes and were shipped on one of the steamers as baggage , but before the boat left there was a cry from one of the boxes , and upon Us being opened a plump Japaneze elrl was found doubled up w'ltbln It. She could scarcely breathe and her htavy clothes had gotten o\er the air holes. The other trunk contained another Japnncto maiden , anil U nas found that this business had been going on for some time. Tha people concerned were arrested and the girls were taken back to Toklo. CurK1 It. Between Salford and Manchester. N H. , Is a glue factory. A lady , obliged to take the ride between those two points quite often , alwa > s carried with her a bottle of lavender salt * . One morning an old farmer took the seat directly opposite her. Aa the train ncared the factory the lady opeacd her bottle of saltv , Soon the whole carriage was filled with the horrible'odor of the glue. The old farmer stood It ts'Iong as he could , then leaned forward and shouted. "Madam , would ye mind puttla' the cork In that 'ere bottlet" THE SLOGAN FOR PIONEERS Get Together , O.-ganiz ; , ami Pcipstuato Fritn'Jsliips of Other Days. TIMELY SUGGESTIONS OF A LINCOLN MAN Demand fur tlio OrKnnlrntlon of an As n- chitlou uf Nclirailci IMimrer * What OtlKT StlltlB llHVO 1)0110 III tllllt MIIC IlimU of .Vlcinber.lilp. LINCOLN. April 27. ( Special. ) "Gentle men , the time has arrived for organizing a Nebraska Pioneer's association , nnd Lincoln Is the city In which to organize It. " The speaker was a small , elderly man , smooth shaven , nnd wore gold-rimmed glasses and white duck spats. He was a cheerful , energetic little man , evidently with a good side outward toward all the world. Ills signature on the hotel register was , 'nowever , unfamiliar to each guest who occasionally glanced nt It curloiibly. It began , like so nuny other E'gnatures , encountered In dally business , with a firm , large Initial M , followed by a smaller V , and this by a loosely formed II , after which trailed the rest of the name deprecating ! ) " . It might have been Hutchlns , or Hewson or Hutch- Inson. Neither hotel clerk nor proprl&tor' could throw any light on 'nls Identity. Ono gentleman glanced at the while duck t-pats over the brilliantly polished shoes and whlipered "New York. " Another pointed tea a toft wool plaid over the stranger's arm and said : "San Francisco. They all carry rugs In that city , tiie climate changes so often In the course of twenty-four hours. " As the elderly incog carefully cut the tip from a cigar with a minute pair of pocket scissors Charley Illgg solved the mystery In his own mind by muttering "dress goods and notions samples , " and walked away mutter ing. ing."It "It Is true , this Is Lincoln , " continued the stranger , "but It Is not the Lincoln of twenty years ago. " Austin Humphrey heard this and became languidly Interested. "Do not misunderstand me. Some towns have deteriorated In a bcore of years , others have appreciated. Lincoln Is trotting In I'ae latter class. The fame of Lincoln as a resi dence capital city Is not limited by the boundary lines of the state ; no , not even by the one recently surveyed between us and South Dakota. But carpers carp to the dole ful strain that Lincoln has no manufactories. Hot. NeUher has St. Paul , Minn. , with 150- 000 touli and 25,000 real estate agents. Even the Weed Harvester works went to smash there and left her manufacturing enterprises nil. The capltol building In that city could be bought today with a tax levy of CO cents a head on each Inhabitant. "Dut , gentlemen , Minnesota has a Pioneer association which Is the pride of the state , and a parennlal welUprlng of pleasure to Its members. It embraces all creeds , all fchades of political belief , all social distinc tions. The late General Henry H. Slbley was one of the charter members. Ignatius Don nelly another. There are two extremes for you by way of illustration , Ilut not only that , the parent organization has given life to an other which will perpetuate the older Insti tution as the years fall Into the dim , dusty vista ot the past , It Is the Junior Ploneen. It Is comprised of the eons of members of the Minnesota Pioneer association. The head quarters of boih of these state Institutions are at St. Paul. They are separate and dis tinct societies , blended together only by the ties of Individual relationship. Their period- ! cal reunions have recently achieved great They are. In fact , to St. Paul , what 60,000 Yards White Goods , Wash Goods and Printed Cotton Goods , Bought at one-fourth thoiv actual value , g-o on sale tomorrow in the At worth Sic aya.rd All the plain Mack Indiii L.nuis , Shining Prints , 'A\V- - IiHlliro Mine Pilnts , Ni-\v Dress 1'rlnts , Worth Si/jc , go ntj li At worth 12ic a yard All the fine Staple Glntham , Sateen Itemnants , All the Molic Unlnns , Double Fold Cot set .leans , . And thousands of > aids of line grade WASH < ! ( > OIS and IMtlVl'IM ) COTTON COOPS. Worth lii'jo ' jiml. KO at oc yaid. Pair , Worth $3.99 At $1M a p-Hi \\e \ \ 11 e I nil the mi ill lotu ff Line I'vnt in in unr Rtotk 'tii'li an tliie e have l > u . , ! , I or Ti | iilrof a Kind. They .iu in white and com i.nd tlm .e oft lai e Hiii'li ifd.ct , and \\oith up to J.Sb ) a pair , all e at ? 1 US u p-iii. Worth $6.00 At $2.10 a pair welll sell a n line of line Imported NottliiKh.ini Lace Cur- tarii , In Ilni ueN and ciilpme elf-'cts nnd lil li point , orth up to 'fa.'JO a Jali , > oui choice , SJ.OO a pair , Worth $8.5O At ? 30S a pair all the beautiful InMi p dnt and Tambi ur Swiss Curt lins. > n all the latist design" , flippant K"ods that me iHuallj. i-old up to $8 M a pall , all ill oi.c lot nt $ .1 OS a pair. the meetings of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery nre to lloston. "Ilut we have the Stnto Historical society now , " Interpolated N. S. Harwood , who had been charmed Into the circle by the stranger's discourse. "True. So has Minnesota. So have forty other states. Hut thf members of historical societies are not bound together by such cohesive bonds as knit the hearts of old set tlers. It Is this one clement of congeniality that endears the grand army comrades each to each. An Ideal pioneer society Is nonsectarian - sectarian , non-political and non-combatant. Those who make history understand each other better than these who merely meet once a month to read It. Now , Nebraska has been making a good deal of history during the past twenty-five years. lly far the greater portion of U has been manufactured right here In Lincoln. Ilut wo have no distinc tively popular socloty to perpetuate It , to dis cuss It and to compile It for the benefit of our children's children's children. "Do you doubt that a pioneer association would fill a long felt want ? There Is a let ter I recently received from a citizen nt Illalr. Hero Is his business card In the left hand corner , and over here to the right , what do wo read ? 'Resident since 1SGS of Wash ington county.1 The old gentleman Is proud of It. He would make an enthusiastic working member of a Nebraska pioneer asso ciation. And tlio state has hundreds of them. The society need not be large , nor expensive. The smaller the more aristo cratic , like the Sons of the Revolution. Hut as the state Is among the joungcr of the sisterhood. It might bo well hot to place the limit of eligibility too remote. "I said Nebraska had made con ldc-rable history during the past two and a half dpcades. Much cf It I cpn recall , for much of It I saw and a part of It I was We need only go back to the period when the Mormon hcglra from Illinois scattered recalcitrant Mormons along the banks of thcl'latte , from Council Illuffs to Sidney. lly far the greater portion of them made good citizens and suc cessful ranchers. I can remember w on Ilu'- falo Hill was In the legislature. He was followed by Lone Tree Ned from Mcrrlck county , In a buckskin suit and hair hanging b ° low his waist , ono of the moat picturesque figures that ever walked the streets of Lin coln. He was the first man In the state to suggest the golden rod as a floral emblem , and your last legislature consummated his wish by patalnc a law adopting It. I can well remember when the Capitol hotel , then the Commercial , was spick , span new , and when Itnhoff ran It. When John M. Thurs- ton , jiint breaking Into politics , bareheaded and affable , stood on the tessalatcd floor and welcomed the coming , sped the parting guest whenever a state convention or the legislature wai In session. Not necosearlly an old man Is he who remembers the time the legislature went over to the old Kunke opera house to elect Van Wyck United States senator. Can't you all remember how the mouth-filling name of A. S. Paddock rang out at each vote from the big-lunged gentleman from Douglas county ? And who deserted him and who died with him ? 1 have them all down pat. And who docs not remember when Frank Welch won the congressional nomination from General Cowln , and Cowln's dramatic speech from the Mage , and Q M LambertBon's splendid , spontaneous effort , when he stoo'l on a chair and made the ring ing speech which broke up a combination against us and seated the Lancaster delega tion ? I do , Dut I am going astray and drifting Into politics , which will never be come the nucleus of a pioneer association. "There Is a troop of tragic recollections , which , llko Uanrjuc/a ghost , arlte unbidden. It was along about till * time that the horrible details of the work , of the Olive gang up In Ouster county came to the turface. I gazed upon the charred remains of the old Lone Tree man and his son-in-law , laid to have been burned alive , when they were brought home to their ttrlcken families. Then there was the Dohannan mutiny In the peniten tiary , a email history In Itself. It wa thought that Loulilana wai making national hUtory In 1873 , when he bad two live governor ! and two separata * legislature * at tha- same At Worth 15c a yard All the Scotch ( lliiKlunis , Kiptich MulN. I'laln and Striped Xavy nine , . All the Crinkled and Crcpon Sateen , all Coulcd hulia Dimities , go at O'io ' yard. . At worth 25c a yard All kinds of plaid , checked and strlpcil White G < ioils. very line plain white In dia Mnens , line Pteiieh S.iteens , Jn lltfht and daik grounds ; -10-IiiPh French lawns , lies ) French percales , all wortlil li.'ic , HO at JjVic. T kTTS" " " T&.T L INEN COIiuli cxtio. hen\y quality s oU h Table Uaiii.i" ! ; , vuim 35e Mi , goes at 33c 200 pieces GO-lneli Imported Tur- kry icd , good vuluc nt 35o , goes at I5c jaid All the Imported iiiKll h Mni lll"3 ned- spread' , larKcst size inaileoith Hfiu'arlyj 9 , $1 o'J nnd Jl ! > S , go at 1125 i\tia Inrjfc and heavy Turkish ' J and I5c. 18-Inch nil pure IliiPn G'ars ' Toweling" , fast dyt-H , nil sizes , 8C checks and colois , win Hi inc. . time , and when General Sheridan was callciS on to depose one of the opposing branches. Hut 3 on and I have lived to see two Ne braska governors carr > ing on state buslnesa of high and mighty Inport In the same capital ! building at the f-amo time , nml to the grim music of ringing musketry as HIP national guard grounded nrms on the stone flagglne- of the cnpltol walks. "I doubt If any of us will forget the mel ancnoly ro-ults of the April blizzard of 1873 , when people and rattio from the north wero-l blown Into the I'latto river to lo o theln lives In the merciless storm. Nebraska has- ! had no serious Indian troubles of her own. but she has contributed troops to the alej of other states to the northward , as can bo- graphically attested by General Colby and Uovcrnor Thnver , Yes , there nr3 remlnls * . conces enough to provldo food for thought and talk nmong a dozen pioneer jocletleli and each year Is adding to the general funur ' "Now , gentlemen , you have seen Lincoln. expand from a hamlet on the banks of Salii creek to the magnificent capital city that' ' she Is ; yearly extending in state Importance and educational advantages , steadily Increas * Ing In wealth , population nnd nrchltecturaL beauty , reinforced by ono of the leading unl ? versltles of the country , the State Historical society , nnd the State library , In the veryv , midst of the archives of the Btato's history ! and traditions , within telephone call of ex-1 Governor Kurnas , J. Sterling Morton anal rare old Marl Dunham of Omaha , who would ] be king pin In a Nehrn ka Pioneer society. You are the ones to whom , naturally. Is dele gated the task of organizing this association. Now is the time and hero Is the pbre. You lm\c heard that b fore , but Its significance * Is none the less Impressive. In the Auxiliary Society of Juniors joti can fed that your work will be augmented In the present anct supplemented and p rpetuated In the future/t Somdetch I'hra I'aramundlr Malm Phulalon. kern I'hra Chula Chem IClao , king of Slam. has presented to the Cornell unlveri'ty library ! a Siamese edition of the Trlpitaka. the tacreA writings of the southern liudlhlsts Tlio edi tion Is In thlrty-nlnu handkomoly bound vol umes , and Is presented on the twenty fifth an niversary of the king's reign. Only a partt of the IluddhUitlc writings have be n trans * lated , If the entlro text were translated Inta English It would make a book three or foun times as largo as the bible. The library of the University of California now numbers over CO.OOO volumes. Including a recent Invo ce of nrg ish < n I Cc in n books. It Is fortunate In the receipt of a e Jinplcto sot of six volumes of the "Opinions ana Papers" of Stephen J. I'eld | , Junlee of thtt United States supreme court and honorary ) professor of law In the University of CalU fornla. ' One of the largest of the Now York gram1 ! nar schools , as It Is also one of the beat , and most popular , has an attendance o& about 3,000 pupils , under charge ef Uanlol. 13 Guddls , tinea 1879. Five full companies. of the American guard have been organized- In this school , of which two are composed ot glrlu , who go through the manual with must kota , with all the precision of veterans" , This Bchcjl Is away up town , on One Huni dred and Fourth street and AnibterUam a\V enu . v The library of the State University ot California has just received as a gift frornj Mr. IM II. Coffcy ot San Diego photography of a Guatemala document dated 1557 , wblol ) contains the dccre-u of abdication of Chariot V and of the atsumptlon of the throne ot Spain by Philip II. It U signed by Denial Diaz , del Cabtlllo and others. f The Cornell Law school , which was catab\ Ilihe-d In 1E87 , has grown BO rap dly thai , the trustees of the university have decided tb lengthen th" course In law to time yeartv to take effect In 1807. The school posness&a one of the finest and most complete law ) buildings In America , erected at a coat ot (110,000 , and Iti library facilities are leo end to noneIn the country. It dr.vvi etu denti from tb mott dUUut elite * In thj union. . . _ .