Nebraska Newspapers

    WONDER WORKING MEDIUM
Said to Bob Cholera and Consumption o
Their Terrors.
REMARKABLE EXPERIMENTS MADE ABROAt
iil TuflfH of Antl-Cliolcri
Scrum Six llii.iulrrcl CIINI-H of
CoiiMimiidoii Cnri-il wltli
Crottc'n Korinoli
If wo can believe halt wo hear , humanlt ;
Is on the verge of triumph , over some ot th <
worst Ills that flesh Is heir to , writes tin
London correspondent of the New York Sun
There comes this week from India a rcpor
of most hopful results from the extensive
experiments made during the last two jean
with the Haffklno method of cholera Inocil' '
latlon. From Paris comes the almost hi'
credible announcement that COO cases ol
tuberculosis have been cured by a new
treatment out of a total of SOO cases ex-
IiertmcnXrd upon. There ha > o been BO man )
premature announcements of great discover
ies In the medical world that both physi
cians and laymen arc rightly Increduloui
of such tidings as I have quoted , lloth thes
startling Btatemcnts , however , are backed
wp by authentic facts which arc entitled tc
respect and certainly demand world-wide
consideration.
The cholera cure cholera prophylactic Is
moro correct , for I do not understand thai
any curative power Is claimed for the In
oculation treatment Is no new thing. II
was put forward more than thrcu > ears ago
os most persons will remember , and It was
received with more or less suspicion Ir
medical circles. The treatment Is slmplj
nntl-cliolera vaccination which Is supposed tt
render the subject cholera-proof Dr Haft-
kino assumes that the microbe known us
the comma bacillus Is the true cholera gern :
n point by thtj way which Is still disputed
by some medical men Ho Inoculates encli
person twice with n serum , containing the
flrst time a milder typo of microbe , and
the second time , ( Ho days later , with living
specimens ot the comma bacillus The pa
tient suffers some discomfort for about Ilvi
clays as the result of the second Inocula
tion. Ho has pain In the loins and somt
fever , which eventually pass away with
out any unpleasant sequelae.
FORTY THOUSAND INOCULATED
During the last three ycais Dr Haffklnc
nnd his assistants have Inoculated about
40,000 persons with the antl cholera serum
4,000 of whom were Europeans In India. Dr
Simpson , the health officer of Calcutta , ob
tallied municipal authority to maUe an In
vestigation thlTO years ago , and his report ,
Just Issued , deals with 7,690 cases In which
lid used the Haffklne treatment , or rather
with such of those cases as It Is known
were subjected to cholera Infection , When
ever cases of cholera occurred the medical
officer was directed to ascertain whether
the patient had been Inoculated , and also
liow many of the household had or had not
been Inoculated These Interesting facts
were ascertained :
Cholera appeared In seventy-five house
holds wherein one or more Inmates hail been
Inoculated within five dajs of the advent ol
the disease. In these cases the plague at
tacked both classes of Inmates , but the In
oculated ones cnjojcd greater Immunity
This class of cabes Is sot aside on the ground
that the treatment hod not taken full ef
fect. Then come the cai.es occuiring In
households where one or moro members
had been Inoculated within the period of
from five days to one year previous to the
, appearance of the disease. Out of 502 In
mates who had not been Inoculated fortv-
eovcn were attacked and forty-two died.
Among the 26' ) Inmates who had not been
Inoculated only one died. The number of
the Inoculated who were attacked Is not
stated. Choleia also appeared In houses ,
ninety-six of whose Inmates had been In
oculated more than a year previous. Of
thefco six died , while of 238 unlnoculnted per
sons twenty-three died. It Is explained re-
Kardlng the six deaths just mentioned that
they weio of persons who had been Inoculated -
_ oculated soon after the treatment was In-
' troduccd , and that the virus used was too
weak.
SUMMING UP THE RESULTS
Dr. Simpson sums up those results by say
ing that among 634 unlnoculated persons
there were seventy-one deaths ( about 11 pet
cent ) , whllo among 402 Inoculated pel son :
in the same household there were bul
twelve deaths , less than 3 per cent. Sim
ilar results are reported from other parts
of India. Among 5,000 coolies working Ii :
the tea gardens In Cachar 2,000 have been
Inoculated. Fifteen ot there neie attackul
by cholera and four died , but among the
other 3,000 , 154 were attacked and sixty
died.
died.Tho
The test of the svstem among European !
is perhaps more Important , although It U
less decisive. The latter point is explainer
by the fact that In the cases mentioned
thei Inoculations were of the earlier and
weaker kind The Diltlsh East Lancashire
regiment , stationed at Lucknow , buffered
terribly by choleia a jear ago. Some 135
of its mombeis had been Inoculated fourteen
months previous. Of these eighteen were
attacked and thirteen died. Of the C4 (
other membois , 120 were attacked and sev
enty-nine died.
' Public opinion In Calcutta , It is said , if
in favor of going on with the experiments
but some medical authorities there arc op
posed to It. It Is apparently- impossible te :
claim for Dr Haffklne's treatment that n
single application will insure lifelong Im
munity from cholera. It may be an exceed
ingly valuable emergency weapon to bo re
sorted to In the presence of danger. Few
persons , except In a permanent hotbed ol
cholera , will bo willing to submit thcmsclvct
annually to antl-choleia Inoculation.
TREATMENT OF CONSUMPTIVES.
The French Academy of Science has just
appointed a conunltteo of eminent experts
to examine and report upon Dr Franclsquc
Crotto'i treatment for consumptives with
which lemaikablo results have been ob
tained Thu treatment Is simple , and there
Is nothing radical ! } now about It. It con
sists merely In the ut > o of a strong anti
septic , which Is assisted In Its
action by a mild form of electricity The
agent Dr. Ciatto employs Is formaldehyde ,
hotter ki.owii BN formol , This Is admin
istered in gaseous foim by inhalation , and
ordlnaiy static electilclty Is passed through
the chest.
The treatment wits suggested to Dr. Crottu
\ \ by the fact that post-mot terns have many
times shown that natuio Itself sometimes
cures tuberculosis In its early stages The
toll-lnlo scars In the lung tissue have been
found in poisons who nt some time in their
liven had Buffeted from incipient consumption
without knowing It. Di. ( 'ratio therefore
nltempted to find some agent which would
fitslat uatuio In the process of cure. Ho
tried formol because It was first used very
( successfully for the preservation of meat.
It is now largely employed In therapeutics
Dr , Orotto has been testing for homu
months his cure among the poor ot 1'arls ,
whom ho has treated gratuitous ! ) at his
laboratory. He has administered his remedy
in more than EOO cases of phthisis , nearly
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair ,
MOST PERFECT MADE.
A pure Grape Cream ofTartai Powder. Free
0111 Ammonia , Alum or any other adulterant
40 Years the Standard.
all , he says , ca cs which have been give :
up by other physicians. He does not prc
tend to restore tissue which has been al
ready destroyed by tuberculosis ; but in CO
cases he affirms that the advance of th
disease has not only been stopped , but
practical cure has been effected ,
i.'irTun.rirTKHN not OI.AS sriir.ty
linn llcpn ClumuInK l-'nint nnil Hccelv
tl\K 'Nl'U MllM'N III , ( > MlHlH-H ,
ALL THIS WEEK.
Our east window will contain for tomorrow
some of the novelties as well as some of th
bargains In shoes bought for the fall trade
In men's ealf shoes we show In this win
dow tomorrow n great line of men's nev
Coin too bals with half double soles , to
$3.00 a pair , all widths and all sizes Sonn
very elegant new shapes in ladles' shoe :
will also be shown
A line of misses' new extension sole eprlni
heels will bo offered for Jl 50 , sizes 12 to 2 ,
Wo show both ladles' and gentlemen' )
shoes In the fcame window this time , be
cnuso the other window Is not yet finished
The newest and largest stock ot shoo
In the city
LAIHD , SCHOIIEHT A CO , IMS Douglas st
FllANK WILCOX. Mgr.
A un.vrrcicv CAVUIIN.
DrncrliXltm of I In"oloinnl I.lltolj
I'ouinl In tin. lnml df CIIK-M.
The announcement ot a new Kcntuckj
cavern should not cause surprise. Th <
Diamond Cave , and Dhon's , White's , Proc
tor's , Salts and Grand avenue caves , atn :
many others that are found In the vlclnltj
of the Mammoth Cave , would be regardec
as wonderful v.ero It not for their moii
famous neighbor. There are literally thou
sands of caves and grottoes In the Ohle
valley , few of which have been thorough ! )
explored. Eacli has Its own peculiarities
nnd the time will come , says Horace C
Hovey in an ortlclei in the Scientific Amer
ican , when , what the French call the
science * ot "speleologlo" will not only have
its Isolated devotees , but Its organized an < '
endowed societies Why not have an Amer
ican Cavern club as well as an Alpine club
asks Mr. Hovcy.
This newest Kentucky cavern was discov
ered on July 1C , 1S05 , by Pike Chapman , and
has been named "The Colossal Cavern '
Its wonders hive been only partly opened
up as yet , and great disclosures ore ex
pected ftom the Judicious use of dynamite
Mr. Hovcy tells something of the wonders
of the cave. In order to reach It the tourlsl
stops at Proctor's station on the Mammotli
Cave short line railway , where he finds n
hotel with the usual display of stalagmite ;
nnd other fantastic cave ornaments piled Ir
profusion in the door yard and elsewhere
A fairly good load has been constructed
leading for three * miles to the foot of the
hill In which the cave dpscrlbe-d Is situated
The entrance is halt way up the hillside ,
and It Is unique In that access Is gaineil
through the tip of a subterranean dome , laid
open by the washing down of the eminence
nnd that the caveIs made accessible by o
seiles ot steep ladders whereby we cllml
down for stxty-slt feet to the lloor of the
dome , which at the bottom is fifteen feel
In diameter.
A winding path from the north side of this
dome continues for several hundred feet and
is made picturesque by numerous curious
niches and small pits. This passage finally
brings us abruptly against the perpendicu
lar wall of Qulnquc Dome , the floor ot which
Is visible about thirty-six feet below where
wo stand. Two ladders lead down to the
lloor , and on descending them we note the ;
five locky projections that have suggested
the peculiar name of this dome. The walla
between these the sections are very thin
nnd have been carved by the water Into
strange nnd fantastic shapes. Standing on
the lloor of Qulnque Dome , we are moie than
100 feet lower than the entrance to the cav
ern , and moht of this descent , as has been
remarked , Is made by the use of ladders.
The exit from Qulnque Dome is by a low
passage enlarged by blasting so as to obviate
the necessity of crawling. After going along
for about 200 yards the greatest feature of
the cavern Is reached , namely , the Colossal
Dome. Our path leads directly across the
very tip of the dome , planks being laid for
the purpose for fully fifty feet ; by lifting
one of which we may peer down Into thu
dark abyss that measures by the plumb line
137 feet.
Following the passageway for 150 feet
further , we are confronted by an opening
Into the "main cave , " which Is about forty
feet high and sixty feet wide. Again availIng -
Ing ourselves of the nld of a ladder , we
reached the floor and then turn to the right
and descend a steep slope to a great gate
way , twenty feet wide and sixty feet high ,
flanked by enormous pillars formed by
erosion , and springing aloft In majestic
proportions The slope of debris continues
beyond the gateway , while the walls around
us tower to an Immense height , and pres
ently the fact dawns upon us that we arc
now within the vast dome , of which wo had
obtained a glimpse by lifting the plank in
the bridge overhead. At every step , as we
advance , the subterranean scenery glows
moic and more wild and Imposing. At
length v\e find 0111 selves on the edge of an
Inner pit , like a cistern , whoso bottom la
the true floor of the dome. Descending Into
It by n ladder , wo stand at the veiy lowest
level of the cavern , which Is really below the
entrance. It will also bo noticed that in
order to reach this wo have descended suc
cessively into three pits or domes. Large
drops fall like shot from the apex of the
dometo the floor , adding by their music to
the majestic Impression made on the mind ;
and we try to Imagine how It would seem
to have a winter cascade fall thundering
down for 137 feet on the rocks where we
stand , as it Is said to do In the rainy sea
son.
son.Tho visitor returns by the ascending patli
by means of which ho had previously de
scended. In doing so he has a better op
portunity to examine the peculiar forma
tions that offer their attractions to his gaze.
A digression is made through what Is
termed "tho short route , " In order to In
spect a fine group ot stalactites , which dc
not clscwhcic abound In this cavern. Aftci
passing the mouth of a broad pit thai
nearly fills the pathway , and that Is eighty-
six feet deep , we > come to a small body ol
water called the "Pearly Pool. " This Is a
depression lined with tufts and sprigs ol
alabaster crystals , and the edge Is crcaleil
with the same material. The water belnp
etqulsltcly clear , the general effect Is very
flue. Around the pool nre stallctltes and
stalagmites uniting to foim pillars twenty
feet high. The roof for many yards Is hunt ;
with countless stalactites.
The main cave continues to the north for
several "cave miles , " to explore which takee
two full hours of continuous walking , some
times over rough rocks and again over u
sandy floor cr somci bank of clay. The ave
nue varies from forty to eighty feet In width
and from twenty to forty feet In height.
The special objects of Interest hero are the
gypsum crusts and flowers ( oulooholltes ) ,
which being fresh and uninjured by the
smoke1 , of lamps and flrc-ballti , sparkle with
dazzling whiteness. Sections a yard squaie
often hang down for six Inches from thereof
roof , ready to drop en the floor when jaried
Here and there largu clusters of cave flow
ers may bo been. This crystal gallery Is
several hundred feet long. Interspersed
amid extremely delicate Uee-llUii forma
tions are- enormous rosettes ot gypsum , and
beyond the no for a long distance the roof
Is covered by broad crystals of selenltc
Iheru arc aUo patches of fibrous gypsum ,
the single spikes often being many Inches
long. What Is called the "Dear's Hobo" U
of these fibrous crystals , aoftly tinted with
gray Instead of pure white. Stag-like
branches of crystals occasionally stand out
from the wall for a foot without any sup
port.Hero
Hero the cave divides Into two branches
around on ' "aland , " and at the faithcr cud
a broad passageway Is piled with cnormouii
rucks , one of which IB six feet thick , twenty
feet wide and sixty feet long. Some dU
tanco on wo pass by two very deep and
symnuHrlcal pits Into which the water
Incessantly drops. From hero on the cavern
la wild and highly diversified in Its appear
ance , until at thu farthest point of explora
tion we find a recently discovered dome
that is entered from the side by climbing
do\vn a mass of debris to the bottom. 1U
symmetry is surpassingly beautiful , the
wavy walls rising to the height of perhaps
120 feet , as If cut from a seamless mass
of stone. This U really one of the finest
things In the cato.
On returning to the entrance our atten
tion is directed to an opening to the left ,
said to lead four miles to a considerable
underground rhcr. Dut this region has
not yet been opened for visitors. Indeed ,
there seems to bo a good deal of mystery
about certain explorations , the conjecture
H'ing that the Caloegal cavern is connected
with two others that have long been known ,
namely , the "Bed-quilt cave" ud the
"Salts "
cave ,
YELLOff COIN HCKLED III1
Sixteen to One Stories Gathered Along th
Railroads ,
AN OMAHA MAN AS AN EXAMPLI
How u SliriMMl , Thrifty rnriurr Con
> erl < * il n Di-luiti-il Workman
The CamiinlKU of.
Indication.
"Look here , boys ! " exclaimed a rallwa ;
official to the Chicago Post man. "I've had i
seiles of IG to 1 experiences on the trli
from which I have Just returned , and I be
llcvo they're worth telling and hearing.
"In Omaha 1 have an old friends whom :
have known for many jears. He la tin
typical German tradesman , frugal , hon.'st
sturdy and shrewd. When he landed It
Ameilca he ImU an extra pair of stocking ;
and I guess that was about all. Now he has
n fortune which he has made In legitimate
llnea ot trade and there are few men ii
Omaha whose Judgment In business inatten
Is sounder than his.
'Whenever I go to Omaha I always spend
an hour or Uvo with Herman and my last
visit was no exception to this rule. He likes
to tell me all his affairs and Is nn Interest
ing philosopher. This time I found him
greatly stirred up over the financial ques-
tlon and he related several experiences with
Ills customers and his employes.
' 'Last week , ' said Herman , 'an old farmer
came Into my warehouse to settle up out
accounts and I found that there was ? 2fl
to his credit. Accordingly I wrote out a
check for the amount and explained to him
that ho could get the money by presenting
the check to the cashier of the bank , just
across the way.
" 'Ho turned the check over and over In
his lian.l and seemed to bo very suspicious ol
It , but when I again explained that theie
would be no trouble about It and that his
monay would be paid the minute the. check
was presented , ho was assured and walked
slowly over to the bank , still closely tuu-
tlnblng the check There was a tremend
ously serious expression on his face when
he reached the cashier's window and handed
In the llttlo slip of paper. The cashier
spindled the check and began to count of !
the amount from a bundle of currency. Sud
denly the farmer's face lighted up with a
glow of hope and he Interrupted the cashier
by asking If the latter would give him the
amount In gold. Ills answer was the ring
of n $20 goldplcc.e upon the counter. You
never saw a more delighted person than
that old man as he turned away from the
window with the gold In his hand. A bioad
giin overspread his whole face and he
chuckled aloud several times on his way to
the door.
" 'This time it was the chaster who Inter
rupted the proceedings. His curiosity re
garding the old man's joy was thoroughly
aioused and ho called the farmer back to
the window and asked htm for an explana
tion. And what do jou think the old fellow
slid ? Well , I'll tell you ! He actually In
sisted that the election of Bryan would
make that $20 goldpiecc- worth ? 320 , or Just
slUcen times Its present value ! And he
had no more iloubt of the certainty of
Ilrjan's election than of the s.unrlse tomor
row morning. '
EXPECT TO MAKE MONEY FAST.
"Th ° t Is the story of my friend's actual
expeltenre , related as nearly in his own
words as I can give it Ihit you should
have heard him tell It. The way In which
lie described how the old farmer chuckled
over the gold doublc-eaglo on which he waste
to realize , in his opinion , $320 after the
election was magnificent. We see plenty of
thcsu IC-to-l jokes of this order In the
papers , but this Is the only actual Instance ]
that I have encountered of a man who
re.illy expected to get sixteen silver dollars
'or every gold dollar In his possession aftoi
election If Urynn gets It.
"Hut this was not the only Interesting
financial experience which my thrifty Ger
man frlond related. One day when he sut- !
dpply entered the warehouse at a moment
when the woikmcn were not expecting him
lie saw them all gathered In a group about
John , one of the oldest of his employes.
The latter was considerably excited and was
delivering a regulation pavement harangue
to his followers. Herman made a few In
quiries among his workmen and learned
John had been delivering a very effective
free siher oration.
"The following day John was called Into
his employer's office.
" 'How many jears have you worked for
me , John ? '
" 'Just twenty-eight years this fall , sir , '
replied John.
" 'How much did I pay you when jou
drat started in ? '
" 'Two dollars a day. '
" 'And what wages are you now getting ? '
" 'Just the same $2 a day. '
" 'How much money did > ou have when 1
first hired > ou ? '
" 'Not n cent , ' answered Jonn. 'Nothing
but the clothes on my back and an oxtia
pair of cowhide boots. '
" 'Well , are you any better off today ? '
" 'Oh , jes , sir I'vti got a wife and three
little ones and I've paid for u little house uuj
lot out in the edge of town'
" 'Did you find It hard \\oik to keep evrn
before you were married and had no one but
yourself to support ? '
" 'Yes , sir ; it was mighty harl clodding
for a long time. Hut things came caster
after a while. '
" "Hut how could that be. John , when 3011
received no more wages than vou did dur
Ing the hard days when you had but one
mouth to feed Instead of four ? In nil the
time that you have work ° d for sno you Icve
been paid the same number of dollars for
each day's walk and still you Insist that you
have not onlv supported n wlfa .ind three
children and nuvo paid foi n home , but have
done so with greater ease and comfort tl'an
when you were single and haJ exactlv : he
same wages How can vou explain that ? '
JOHN SEES nn : POINT.
"It was some time before John answered
this question put by his employer. Finally
ho suid *
" 'It was because the prlco of everything
was so high befoie. I got the same numb ref
of dollars for a day's work that I did later ,
but a dollar would not buy anything like
the same quantity of meat , sugar or any
thing else that I needed. Today I can take
a dollar and bilng home four times as much
food or clothing of the same quality that a
dollar brought when I began working for
you , That's why I rave been able to buy a
home , raise u family and at the same time
Ilvo more comfortably on the earao wages
than In those days.1
"There was a significant pause before the
employer propounded his next question
Finally ho asked :
" 'Sity , John , do you happen to remember
what they called the kind of money that
was In circulation In those days when jou
could get so little for a dollar ? '
"John began to see the point of the Inter
view , and his countenance fell as he an
swered :
" 'I guess they called it cheap money , all
right. '
" 'Didn't I hear you telling the boys that
cheap money Is what we want , and urging
[ hem to vote for Ilrjan and free silver , so
that we'll get cheap money again ? '
" "Yes , elr , ' answered John. 'I guess you
did. Hut I didn't see it the way you put
t H looks different to me now and I see
ny mistake. '
"That's the way a thoughtful employer
can knock the silver nonsense out of the
nlnds of his workmen , and they are doing
ust that thing all over the country. " con-
Inued the railway olllclal. "Hut employers
are not thu only men who are pushing the
nlsslonary work. The intelligent worklng-
nen are also taking a hand In It themselves
'he- only trouble with them , however , is
bat they are much more radical In their
nethodB. They urn in no danger of being
censed of trying to oppress and coerce the
\oikliiKinan , and they are liable to carry
heir arguments to an extreme.
WOULD CUT TIIEIH WAGES.
"While welting for a train , on a station
> latform In thu west , I heard a conductor
living a well dressed man the most teirifle
ocal chastisement to which I ever listened
. crowd of train hands had gathered about
lie two , and the sentiment of the aBsem-
ilago was plainly with the conductor.
" 'You'd better take euro how you show
oursell ou the trains in this neck of tlie
vooi'j/ exclaimed tug conductor , 'or the
boys'll throw jr > u > hliin out of the doof
They won't wait fojMjciji to walk out. '
"On the train , a > How minutes later ,
asked the trainman * htt reason he had ( o
abusing e , passengcnih such an outrageou
manner.
" 'That fellow , ' annvqcrcd the conductor
'Is ono of the physicians of this company
and he's been spending shls time electioneer
ing for Dryan and free .diver. If he docsn'
know that the election iOf llryan will mpai
a straight and a deep cyt In wages of ever ;
employe of the ro d the rcst ° ' " 8 knov
it , and the boya won't stand It. Oh , thi
boys won't do a thing ) U ) that fellow ! '
"I followed that easO'tip , just out of per
sonal curiosity , and foynd that practical ! }
all the employes ot th * road felt that the
phjslclnn vas going out of his way to tnki
the bread from their mouths. Consequent ! !
they were very bitter and they made llf (
n burden to that man In such a thorougl
manner that he has practically relinquished
all travel on the road in pursuit of hi :
duties. Ot course I don't uphold abuse 01
persecution , but thnt incident showed m <
the strength ot the sound money scntlmcnl
in the west , and particularly among rall <
road classes. It tells Its own story. Mj
trip has convinced me thnt free silver it
losing ground with every passing day anil
that the election of McKlnloy Is becoming
more and more assured.
The nettling grocery stock , Fourteenth
and Douglas , Is being sold in small lots at
greatly reduced prices. You can save 25
cents on the dollar.
Whllo 11 Omaha , stop at the Fireproof
Hotel Dellono , opened August 10th by W. W.
Coatcs , cor. 14th and Capitol Ave.
a
Slii-11 O.iNtcrn , ClniiiN ami Sli.-ll KlNli
Uccelvcd dally nt MAUHKH'S UKSTAU-
KANT ; also speckled brook trout every Fri
day. _ _
unnucnn HATSS KOU nvnii\mmv.
Via - InViil.iixli It. It.
Homeseckcrs' Excursion to all points
Bouth , September 15th and 29th ; October Cth
and 20th.
St. Louis Exposition , round trip tickets
on sale , commencing September 8 , and every
Tuesday and Thursday thereafter until Oc
tober 22.
St. Louis fair tlckits on sale October
5th to 10th. For rates , homcseeker's guides
or further Information , call at Wobash ticket
otnce , 1415 rarnam street ( I'axtuii Hotel
block ) , or wilte
G. N. CLAYTON , N. W. P. A. ,
Omaha , Neb.
Mir 11 OjxIcrM , ClniiiN mill Slu-ll KlHli
Uecelved dally at MMJIIER'S IlKSTAU-
HANT ; also speckled brook trout every Fri
day.
All the old trade Is Invited back to Hotel
Dcllonc , which Is being operated under new
management.
KljiTM Hint I'My.
; ho Burlington's 5.00 p. m. train for Chicago.
: hc Hurllngton's 4:35 : p. m. train for Denver.
the Burlington's 9 05 a , m. train lor Kansas
City.
Tickets at 1502 Farnam street.
INSCItl ! TIO.V HOCK.
> OM Mi'xIi'iiN lion * tiitoresttiiK Histor
ical Monument.
For nearly three centuries the cliff has
jeen known ns El Morro , the castle , the
Cbs poetic fiontienmian nowadays calls It
'Inscription Kock. " In htbtatlc Interest It
s paralleled by no other rock , says the
Land of Sunshine , ami for beauty it has
none too many peers. It is 215 feet hlgn
and .a few thousand Feet long ; sheer ,
dominant , lying like a lion , head up , among
.ho bold mesas Which Hank the ancient
dug's highway fiom the Seven Cities of
Clbola to the Rio Grande. Again the apt
ness of the Spanish christenings is Indi
cated ; from a distance the rock looks In
deed like a castle such as man nev.- .
dreamed of building since the Tower u'
Uubcl sprawled In ruin.
Hut neither Its beauty nor Its size Is what
makes the MeTro the most precious of cllfff.
It owes Its unique worth to ihc fact thai
no'vhrre else have BO many men of historic
weight carved their names and dates lu
stone. In a word , it Is the most Imposing
autograph album in existence. Fray Mar
cos ot Ntzza , the discoverer of New Mexico
nr 3' ' > ) , did not get thus far by forty miles ,
and Coronado , the first explorer (1340) ) ,
though he had dlscovcied the Grand canyon
of the Colorado , the Indian Territory , Col
orado and Kansas , marched a few miles
south of this cliff. Hut soon after Coronado
every pioneer who came to New Mexico
came by the Moire , and camped there. There
la reason to believe that Chamuscado himself
passed here In 15SO In his wondeiful march ;
for one of his men s > cems to have left a
lecord thereof.
The sandstone cliff Is tall and smooth ; and
being obliged to camp there , for the only
water In a day's Journey , the conqulsladorcs
who were hemmed by an unknown wilder
ness and never expected to get b.uk to Mexico
ice alive fell into the way of leaving their
names. If any one else should ever pierce
that lone , far land , here at least would be
found the- record that they had come I hub
far.
far.So
So the southeastern and northern walls
of the Morro contain scores of autographs
and longer Inscriptions that date , some of
them , from a generation befoie an English-
speaking person dwelt anywhere In the New
World. Many of these names arc of deep
hltorlc Interest , the names of men who
cut a large figure in the foundation of Amer
ica ; and all are valuable. Among them , too ,
Is evidence of the curious fact that a great
proportion of the Spanish explores ! v\erc
college-bred men ; and a characteristic study
ot the beautiful chlrographles ot the six
teenth and seventeenth centuries. Probably
the oldest autograph on the Morro Is that
of I'odro Romero , If we conectly read the
date , 1580 , ho was one of Chamuscado's little
Land of heroes.
The most Important autograph is that of
Juan de Onate , the unspoiled millionaire
whoso father discovered the first great sil
ver mines In North America and the great
est ever found yet on this continent the
bonanzas of Xacatecas. Juan WOB the
founder of New Mexico , In 1595 he organ-
veil an expedition which cost him Jl,000,000 ,
jeforo It .marched a step , and which was de-
a > ed by political entanglements Hut In
IS5S he founded the first town In New Mexico
and the second In the United States , and
named It San Gabriel do los Kspanoles In
1605 ho founded the city of Santa Fc
which , thanks to a recent guessing governor ,
often claims to have been built In 1530 by
a man who never saw Now Mexico , In 1G04
Inn to , who had the dauntless Spanish legs ,
Tiulged with a handful of men from north
ern Now Mexico to the Gulf of California ,
and on his \vav barld in 1G05 carved on th-
Morro the inscription )
"Hero passed the commander , Don Juan
de Onate , to the dUcovtry of the South bca ,
on the 10th of Aprir. 1805 , "
The date looks like 1COC. and only ono
familiar with Sjwiiltli documents of the
time would notice ( that the last figure Is
an old-tlmo 5.
Nc\t In importancu to the autograph of
ho founder ot New /Mexico is that of it
rcconqucror , the gallant General Diego de
Vargas , the hero w'lwwo yeais of fighting
after the red Pueblo .icbclllon In 1CSO con
alned some of then most remarkable mill-
ary feats In all JVmerlcau history. Ho
vroto thus with bin dagger in thu lofty
iage of the Morro during his first dash
nlo New Mexico
"Hero was the Qenoral Don Diego do Var
gas , who conquered'for our holy faith and
or the royal crowncof Spain all New Mex-
co , at his own cost.vycar of 1C02. "
Not far from his autograph Is the In-
crlptlon of Captain Juan de Arecruleta
and his llttlo band , sent by the governor in
C3G to quell the troubles In Kunl Here ,
oo , is the flrma of the private soldier Fc-
Ipe de Arellano , who was one of the garrl-
on of three men whom the Kunls inafna-
red in the year 170ft ; and that of Captain
nan do Urrlbarrl , leader of the six men
\ho tramped 300 miles In 1701 to avenge
hat mats.icre. Two hamUoimi Inscriptions
n the Morro are those of Dan Francisco
tanuel de Sllva Nleto , governor of the prov-
tico of New .Mexico In 1629. In that > ear
le made the 300-mile march to found the
nlsslon at Kunl. A facsimile of ono of these
s given.
It reads , translated :
"Tho most illustrious governor and cap-
aln general of the provinces of the New
lexlco. for our lord , the king , passed by
lero returning from the- Pueblos of Xunl on
be 20th day ot July of the > tar 1G29 Ho
ut them in peace , at their request , they
sklng his favor as vassals of his majesty
nd they gave their submission anew. All
t i\hlch ho did with the wlidora , zeal and
Hoc , Sept 18 ] ) . ni.
HARD TIMESHoc
What makes 'cm ? Overproduction the gold bucjs will
tell you. Underconsumption the silverbugs will tell
you , Contraction of the currency another fellow will
tell you , and some other fellow will tell you its simply
Supply and Demand We don't know what makes
'em. We sometimes think if people were more par
ticular what they buy and where they buy it and what
they pay for things the times wouldn't be quite so hard
because people wouldn't have to buy so often as they
do now. There isn't a clothing store in Omiha tint
hasn't 6 50 men's suits to sell. If you go by the
papers these suits are "worth" all the way from $12.00
to $ ' 3 75kut if you go by the \vcir they give they are
worth all the way from nothing to $5.75. We are
showing a $6 50 suit. It is a genuine all wool cassi-
mcre suit , hand finish , bruit for hard wear , and is the
same quality exactly as our $7 50 suit suit of last fall.
This suit will wear. It will wear well. It will wear
better than any $6. 50 suit in Omaha , and as well as
some that sell irom 8 to 10 dollars or more. It is a
good looking suit. It is a good wearing suit. It is a
mighty good suit for a man to buy these hard times.
Come and see it. It may do you some good. It nuiy
show you the difference between buying a cheap suit ,
and buying a good suit cheap.
Get a coal oil heater instead it
will knock the chill off your reemit
it will save you an immense expense
and in the coldest weather these
little stoves will do wonders towards
warming a house We have the
"Star" "Earlcr" "Ideal" "Blue
Flame" "Reliable" and others.
Some as low as $4.95.
Sole selling agents -14th and Farriam *
For Monitor and Michigan Steel Ranges.
prudence as such a most Chiistlan , scru
pulous and gallant soldier. "
The first missionary to Zunl was Fray
Francisco Letrado , v.ho did noble work
among the tatoocd Indians of the plains
and then settled among the sa\ages of
Ztinl. In Pebiuary , 1C2U , they butchered
him. One ot the most dllllcult Inscriptions
to bo read on the Morro Is that of the sol
dier Lujan , who was one of the Colonel
Tomns de Alblzu's handful of men , of whom
the Inscription says In characteristic Span
ish :
"They passed me on the 23d of March
1632 , to the avenging of the death of Father
Letrado. "
This "vengeance" consisted In coaxing the
Zunis down from the ellffs where they had
hidden and reading them a severe lecture.
There was no bloodshed Another governor
of New Mexico , Don Fellz Martinez , passed
here in 1716 on an expedition In which lie
alined to convert the Moquls , who had mur
dered their missionary ; but ho failed. The
first bishop who ever visited the United
States was Dr. Don .Martin Ellzaecoehea of
Durango , who passed the Mono September
28. 1737 , and left record of the event on the
lock. Juan Paez Hurtado , the famous gen
eral and once governor , wrote on the auto-
giaph cliff In one of his westward expedi
tions from Santa Fe. His Inscription reudu
"The 14th day of July , of 1730 , passed by
hero the General Juan I'aez Hurtado , official
visitor. And in hlb company the- Corporal
Joseph Truxlllo. "
Hamon Vaez Hurtado was a son of Gen
eral Hurtado Ills autograph says :
"On the 5th of the month of June of the
jear 1709 , passed by hero , bound for Zunl
Hamon Pacz Hurtndo. "
Space forbids that I should catalogue here
all the historically precious autographs
which arc still legible on the
Morro. There art ) many other Span
ish signatured of the old days ;
and the Inscription of Lieutenant ( af
terward general ) Simpson , In 1819 the first
"American" to write In this noble Mono
page , and one of the most Important ex
plorers wo ever had In the west. Dut enough
Is bald to Indicate the preclousncss of the
Morro such n leaf of history as no other
land has , In any civilized country such a
treasuio would be protected. Let us hope
that even the congress of the IViltod States
may find time between Us meddlings with
foreign affairs to preserve this matchless
clIfT from the weather and the vandal.
Many a day's wont it , lost oy dele head *
ache , caused by Indigestion and stomach
tumbles. Dewltt's Llttlu Early Ittsera arei
the mobt effectual pill for overcoming such
difficulties.
>
Comfort ( o Ciillfnrnlit.
Yea and economy , too , if you patronise
the Burlington's Personally Conducted once-
a-wcek excursions which leave Omaha every
Thursday morning.
No change of cars Omaha to San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles ,
Second class tickets accepted
Call at ticket office. IDOL' Farnam street ,
and get full Information or write to J.
rranels , G I' . A. , Omaha , Neb ,
II Tnlccx Tuo J.lmlH'il TriiliiH
Every day to accommodate eastern travel
" . " "Overland"
\la "NorthweJtoin Line. The
at 4:45 : p in. Into Chicago 7 45 next moui-
Ing , and the "Omaha-Chicago Special" 6,30
Into Chicago 9.30 next morning.
City office , 1401 Farnam street.
M > jriiv rvriL .U * TJII II/ICTIU.\ .
JmlK-CH of tinntxtrU't Court Mud mill
Knlrr mi Order.
The judges of the district court held a
meeting yesterday mornlnj to consult regardIng -
Ing the c&lllng of a Jury before election , all
the Judges being present. After consultation
the following order was drawn and signed
by all of the judges and ordered spread
upon the records :
"H Is hereby ordered that the September ,
1896 , term of the district court of Douglas
county. Nebraska , be opened September 28.
1S96 , and remain open ( or the transaction
of exparto business and business by agree
ment only ; that the first panel of the Jury
ot the term bo discharged and that the
clerk Immediately notify them not to appear
In response to their summons , and that the
second panel of the Jury be Instructed by
the clerk to appear for service on Novem
ber P , 1S9G , at 9:30 : a. m. "
LADIES See tluit
lituo
no duuuycd
your breath tolls the
story.
Examination and E t
free.
PAXTON HLK.
MICITI.or : svvnmsii iiAi'Ti.vrs.
Wurlc of tinCoiifcrcinc Is Nou AVell
I'nil ' ITVn > .
Eighty delegates responded to
roll call at the Swedish Bap
tist general conference yesterday
morning. The delegates had all arrived anil
got down to the work of the session at once.
Hev. 13. A. HusseM delivered an address
upon the Sunday school missionary work.
Ho spoke upon the extensive work that or
ganization was performing throughout the
tenltory covered by the conference , and also
made suggestions for the future. 'I ho ad
dress was of an encouraging charattei ,
Reports from the various departments of
the conference were received , Hev. C. L
Lagergren offered one on the endowment
rank , which was of a favorable natuic. He
albo reported concerning the Swedish Theo
logical seminary at Chicago , of which hu Is
a professor. A report regarding the garni
Institution w.is received from the Hoard
of Visitors. Doth were to the effect that
the seminary was In a prosperous condition
Key. C. W , Anderson presented a report
from the Northwestern Educational boclely ,
which was adopted. A report of a commit
tee on the plan to celebrate the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the founding of 'he seminary
was next presented , but thu mat'cr was not
yet disposed of when an adjournment was
taken.
The conference reconvened at 2 o'clock
this afternoon and pursued the program that
had been mapped out. There was a paper
on "How to Most Successfully Organize
Swedish Missionary Work In America , " by
Hev P HJolm , and another on "Mltmloim In
the Mountain States" by Itev. C. H. John-
bon.
bon.Tho session Thursday afternoon was
opened with the usual prayer and fang
service , and was folio nod by thu prelimi
nary work of the conference , llcports were
received from Homo of the officers , all being
of a satisfactory nature The secretaries of
the various state conferences nlbo reported
on the condition of the work In the states
The regular commuters were also selected ,
the list being as follows
Nominations O 'Jlodlcn , Minnesota ; C ,
X. Smith. Illinois , A P. Kkman , Now Vtrk ,
C. T. Alimiulst , P. Loin en. Ni'braBka
Ways and Means C. Sllone , South Da
kota ; L. Johnson. Nebraska ; A A. Ham-
mar , Kansas : L W. Llnder , Iowa , D. Lot-
strain. Wisconsin
Devotions Hev. P. Swartz , C Hlng , C i :
Edllng , P. Loin en , A. Noren , Sophie John
son.
Auditing A. Nelson , Illinois ; W. Hy-
laniler , Illinois ; A , Palmqulst , Nebraska.
Hcsolutlons A P Kkman , New York ; O
1' . Peterson , Minnesota ; L , Arlander , Mich
igan ; A. A. Hammar , Kansas ; 0. W. Ander
son. Illinois
The night meeting was entirely of a
devotional character. It was opened with
a song service under the direction of Kev
J. Olandcr Sermons were preached by Hev
A. A. Hammar of Kansas City and H < > v
Axel Wester of Mollne. Ill Ilranch meetIngs -
Ings were held also at South Omaha and
Council Bluffs. The former was addressed
by Hev L. W. Llnder of Den Mollies and
Itev. ( } A. Osbrlnk of Clinton , la , and the
latter by Hev. V. Saadell of Wilmington ,
Del.
Meeting of the same character were held
last night. Hev 15. I' . Kosrn and Hev
12 , J Norlander. both of Chicago , preached
at the church , Hev L. Ailander of Mlrhlgan
delivered tha sermon at South Omaha mid
O , W , Andnaoa j > r nclie < l at Council liluff .
Saturday will be
noted for some special
offerings in every de
partment . You will
find it pays to come to
PI ay den's Big Store.
We sell the Butter *
ick Patterns.
Pocket Crushers.
Gentlemen : We bell crushers that you
caa roll up to put In your pocket , then un
fold them and they retain their former
shape.
Tlioso wo sell for 40c ; hat store's ask 7Go
and $1 00. You can get them In all colors.
Our 75c hat gives you your choice of any
style hat you want , cither stiff or soft.
Wo will give you a hat at 05c , selling elsewhere -
where at Jl.30.
Come lu and see our hats.
A Tremendous Sale.
Never before In the history of Omaha
were such low pi Ices quoted on new Jackets ,
new capes and new suits as wo will nnmo
Saturday
500 ladles' medium weight Jackets , In
colors and black , at ? 2.25
250 Jackets , In black , blue and tan ,
Keisey nnd Covert Cloth , at 3.75
Heaver Jackets , box front , high but
ton collar , new sleeve , new back , at. D.OO
Now Capes , single and double , military
cut , full sweep , % length , at -1.98
Now Plush Capes , embroidered with Jet
and beads , lined tluoughout with fan
cy silk , a very handsome garment. . . 10.50
New Walking Suits , English box front ,
lined throughout with farmer's satin ,
full gored skirt In navy and black
and mixtures , at 4.48
New Ilrllllantlno Sklrti , 4Vi jards
wide , velvet bound , llucd tluoughout
with rustle pcrcallne. at 1.75
Figured Mohair Skirts , the most styl
ish and attiactixe ptttcrns , 5Vi yards
wide , iiistle taffeta lined , vehct
bound , at the very low price ot 2.75
Ladies' Fine
Furnishings.
Ladles' kid gloves , worth $1.00 , go at EOc.
Ladles' kid gloxes. worht $1.25 , go at 75c.
Ladles' dog s.kln gloves , worth $1.10 , ,50 at
$1 00
Ladles' fleeced and cotton hose , worth
19c , go at 12Vic.
Chlldicn's hose , double toe , solo and heel ,
worth 1'Jc , go at 12'/ic. '
Men's Furnishings.
Men's handkerchiefs , worth Iflc , go at PC.
Men's all linen handkerchiefs , wortli 20c ,
go at 12'/jc. '
Men's black silk handkerchiefs , worth S5c.
go at 12'/jc.
Unliuindered shirts , linen bosoms , re-rn-
forcnd back and front , north 50c , go at 20c.
Blankets
and Comforters.
A visit to our immense blanket depart
ment wo feel convinced will make you a
purchaser. The prices are the lowest , the *
qualities the best , and the assortment the *
most complete ever iihown In any.
Wo have uleo an Immcuso stock of coui-
foitcrn ,
Jllankets from 75c per pair up , .
Comfoits from 75c each , up. f
Transmississippi
Headquarters.
To the front with cye-opcneM for Sulu
lay.
OUIl CHEAT nmTJW JlEPAlVrMliN'T.
Good country butter 7c and ! 'c. '
Deal country butter lie and l- ' . c.
Very fancy eofiaintor but'er lie.
Our unsurpassed Waterloo creameiy , 17c.
Homomber no plute on csrih i nri tell you
Iner butter than wo can und lor less money
.ban otheia chuige for poor stuff.
HEAD THOSE MEAT
Callfoinla , f > upar cured hams , GV c.
Jloston long tut hams , Cc ,
Fine wide bacon , 7c
Salt pork , 3c
Plcklo pig poil ; , Cc ,
Pickled pigs hotkt cooked , they aie flno 8a
I'lKs feet , He , and bologna , 5c ,
Headcheese fie ; cooked luin , 9c.
Every Item u gnat bargain , don't foiget
ind put In n uupply ( if lard and be sure nuJ.
set It wheic jou know its cheapest.
UUAD THESE I'ltlCHS ON CHEESJ3. 1
Tancy Swiss cheese , ] 0o ; Ilrlck cheese. Put
Llmbcrgcr cheese , 9c ; Fine cie > am checee ,
% ; Fancy young Aineilcn cheese , IVtV Sup *
ingo cheese , a for 2&i. Ncufchotcl , 3ti ! S
Hear in mind there U only ono place la
3inaha wheiei all Minis of first class rhccsu
s to IH > found , that 1s the Cheat Trans-
headquururg