THE OMATIA PAILT BEE: SUNDAY, JULT 27, 1002.
PEOPLE OF MODERN GREECE
EnUrprising and Thrifty DsscandanU of
the Ancient Hellenio Kace.
IP TO DATE IN ALL ESSENTIAL REGARDS
Catted atatea Milliliter Fraarla Talks
f te Coaatrr to Wale. Ha
1 Arrrrdttrl WhIU
1
la Omaha.
The first Anglo-Faxon who ever wrotii a
history of the world gave Greece nearly
the whole front of the book, then re
pented of his generosity and gave It not
even "honorable mention" thereafter. And
practically avery other writer after him
did the same. The High school pupil,
after spending the first half of Septem
ber In mutinous dread and the latter half
la old Egypt, la detained In Hellas through
October, led to Rome In November, spends
Christmas with Charlemagne, and catches
a glimpse of the land of myths and deities
again only in his April cruise homeward
psst the scene of the Armenian massacres.
At one time or another he may hear some
thing about "the glory that vfas Greece,
and the grandeur that was Rome;" or
somebody with a good memory and an
acquaintance with Byron may refer to
those Isles
'Where Phoebus dwelt snd Hellas sprung,
And burning Sappho loved and sung."
but that's all. The Isle-surrounded little
peninsula that Is neither so wide nor so
long as Nebraska, having ceased to war
or to polaon learned gentlemen with peb
bles In tbelr mouths, was relegated for the
younger actors and for long has dwelt
only in memory and the novels that con
cern themselves with romantic people who
can't love properly in the modern atmos
phere. .
New Life ia the Coaatrr.
Now, however, there Is hope anew.
Oreece may get back Into the book. Its
people have commenced to wear store
clothes and- to beat Tankees at their own
favorite game of making money.
Charles 8. Francis, who tor two years
past has been United States minister to
Oreece, Roumanla and flervla, and who
goes back there this week, was In Omaha
lat Wednesday and told of the interesting
changes be notes between the Oreece of
today and the Oreece of thirty years ago
when he was there as secretary to his
father, then minister. Because of his
diplomatic responsibilities he did not talk
of things political, but he spoke freely ot
manners and customs, saying:
"When I was first there nearly ovary
Greek wore the fustlnella, that garb of
loose blouse and short skirt and sandals
that has changed little since the time of
Pericles, nearly 600 years before Christ, but
now only the very old men or those natives
far inland cling to it. The rest dress much
as do Europeans and Americans and the
change I attribute to their mingling with
the latter. Greeks are traveling more than
formerly and are, I believe, more refined
and more engaging as a result of this and
of the Invasion of Athens each winter by
4,000 or 6,000 ot Americans and a lesser
number from 'various European nations.
Believe la Baths.
"Every summer many of the wealthier
Greeks go to the -continent usually to the
baths, for they are still sticklers tor
hygiene and firm believers In the efficacy
of water as a beautifying agent. Every
year, too, many ot those who went to
America in previous years return to Greece
to visit old friends and old haunts, though
rarely to remain. They stay by the country
ot their adoption. '
"The wealthy Greek Is not the product
of generations, but frequently of one
generation. Tbelr business ability Is ex
ceptional and some from small beginnings
amass fortunes In time to enjoy the benefits
In old age. It isn't much ot a place for
agriculture, .but the little shops where the
wines and grapes are accumulated tor ex
portatlon and the Imported manufactures
for sale are veritable hives of industry
Borne of the fortunes are home grown, but
more frequently raised on foreign soil.
"Yet with this commercial spirit so well
developed and business instinct so keen, the
Greek remains artistic in his Instincts and
passing fond of his antiquities. The ruins
of old grandeur are cherished as sealously
as they are guarded. New finds are being
made every little while, but a special law
has been enacted to prohibit any antiquity
being taken out of the country.
'Work of Asaertcaa Delvers.
"The excavating is done largely by the
visiting scientists and archaeologists. ' The
American school, supported as a sort of
post-graduate Institution by a dosen or
fifteen universities and colleges of the
United States, Is doing splendid and
effective work under Prof. Rufus B. Rich
ardson, formerly ot Yale, who Is now at
Corinth with discoveries in prospect that
will be of special Interest.
"Dr. Schllemann's discovery of the ruins
of Ilium or old Troy in 1869-71 has ceased
to be discounted anywhere and is proving
helpful In other work. It is an interesting
fact not generally known, I believe, that
Mme. Schliemann, bis wife, although a
native Greek, Is an American citizen by
reason of the doctor having taken out
QSRL VJOFJEn.
The general standard of measurement
lor womanhood ia "grown-up-nets."
When a girl is emancipated from school
and arrives at the dignity of trailing
skirts and elaborate hair dressing she la
looked upon as
i a young woman.
But nature
knows nothing
of such stand
ards. When the
womanly func
tion ia stabliah
ad womanhood
is attained ac
cording to ber
standards, and
there ia need of
womanly care
and caution. ' It
is girlish ignor
ance or neglect
at this critical
time which often
results in long
y ear a of aftci
misery.
Mothers who
perceive the evi
deuces of func
tional derantre-
tncut in young girls should promptly
have them begin the use of Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. It establishes reg
ularity, tranquiluea the serves and tone
up the whole system.
My trouble started during aiy girlhood.
writes Mim flora I. omr, oi voj hum street,
Akron, o . but did not prove kUj uutil ibyv
Frura that tilth 1 did uot see n well aav. I
suffered at every monthly period with terrible
eaat.De, Irnutton of inc aptne ana pains
my heel. I had urenaea through, say hiu and
ovaries all the time and constant backatrna.
On doctor would id I me one thin atied nu.
another would aay aontethis; ahcrr-feer
ut, but they only relieved sac. I then wrote
you and followed your advice. 1 took Ave bo lie
1 of !t Pirrce's Pavon! riaati iptloa, four of
T.olilen ticdKml lloovry' and fev vials of
'relict.' H art nad a angle symptom of
auy old trouble ao u.i. Can sleep good, worn
kmrd. and eat uIh1 sad ruuataulml loud wita-
ut dial re.
Dr. Pierce' Pleasant Pellets cleans tha
it
bowel aad tUuiuUu the aiuikU liver.
. .
Loafing Around Hotels
1 wish you would have some new pens
put on the writing table," said a well
dressed man to the clerk ot an uptown
hotel.
"Certainly. Front!" and a boy was called
nd Instructed to attend to the matter.
Now, wouldn't you think that he was
our star guest?" asked the clerk, quoted
by the New York Tribune. "If you did
hlnk you would be wrong, for he never
pent a cent In this house. He Uvea quite
distance from hero, but comes in as reg
ularly as the day, reads his papers here,
writes his letters at our desks and receives
his callers In our reception rooms. He Is
ot alone In his class. There are hundreds
cf men Just like him. They are respecta
ble and in no wsy offensive, but tbey enjoy
lot of hotel privileges for nothing so long
that they finally look upon them at vested
rights."
The clerk told about the various kinds of
'no pay guests" to be seen In all hotels
nd said that they were a source of expense
to the hotels, but that tbey helped to dis
tribute the hotel stationery and occasion
ally soma of their friends left a dollar
there. ' , i
The man with the long hair over there,"
said the clerk, pointing to a distinguished
looking man who lolled In an easy chair
with an air of proprietorship, "Is on ot
our 'regular' guests. His specialty la news-
Coffee Trade Secrets
It was the old coffee expert who spoke
a man of thirty year' experience in the
trade and he spoke with the fervor and
conviction of one who knowa.
The way In which the retatV consumer
is charged for coffee Is a veritable swindle,"
be said to a New York Pott reporter.
One. of the worst swindles, I should say,
that any trade can show. Coffee still bring
as much at retail aa It did when th green
berries coM twice a much a they do now.
It all comes, of course, from th habit' ot
grocer and the like to exact big profit on
tea aad coffee, while selling staple like
flour and sugar close at cost. For their
beat coffee for the commodity they always
call 'Java and Mocha' th corner grocer
charge 30 to 15 cent a pound. It cost
thorn at th outside, roasted, 16 to 20 cents
a pound'. Only lately have the department
tore and one or two ot th great gro
cery house cut loos from this practice.
They are selling Just as good an- article
frequently. Indeed, much better , a ' coffee
than the common run ot grocer keep for
20 to 25 cent a pound. Considering th
amount tbey dispose of, they are making
enormous profits at. that .
'Her, you understand, I am talking ot
the trade In the east, the better class of
trad. In the eastern state generally the
consumers demand a better grade 'of cot
fee than 1 drunk ia the south and west,
though the latter sections show a ' larger
consumption. In proportion tb population.
than -does the east. Her a mild coffee 1
preferred; there the taste run to the
stronger , grades. There, In other word.
Brazil coffee are the aorta chiefly in de
mand; they are th strongest, aa 'they are
the cheapest. Then cheapness, further
more," prompt the- use '' ot th Brazil
growth by those who prepare th so-called
'package coffees, which cost abpat SM,
cents" green, lose about 10 per cent' in
roasting and cost the proprietor of ,. the
brand , about 7 cent a pound ready for
the retail market. In which they sell for
about 10 cent a pound.
"Including all the grade sent. from that
countiy, the coffee of Braxll form about 75
per cent ot the total import ot th berry
Into the United States. The bulk ot the
trade In this growth, however, Is in coffee
somewhat better than that . used tor the
package', brands, coffees costing, say. 10 to 12
cents a pound, roasted, or a little lea
green, for when not glased or roasted In
large quantities th raw commodity auffers
a shrinkage of about It per. cent, more or
less, In preparation for th mill. Of Bra-
sil's, the Santo coffee form about 60 per
cent ot the total brought into this country.
the Rio 20 per cent, the Bahlaa 16 per cent
and th Victorias perhaps 6 per cent.
naturalisation papers In this country be
fore going te Greece, and she 1 Intensely
proud of the fact. Their son, now 23 year
old, has at his mother's urgent solicita
tion been in America to take out similar
paper. HI nam la Agamemnon, ug-,
gestlva of the old Ule ot Paris' theft of
Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta,
and th battle that ensued between the
king's brother, Agamemnon, and the
Hectorlan force, wherein Achillea ', and
Ulysses' bors later flgur at th gates of
Troy. V
Woman's Wonlrrfal Memory,
"Mme. Schliemann, It 1 a tact, realised
the doctor wlah for a wife who' could
repeat the Iliad word for word th most
remarkable feat ot memorising that I ever
heard of. The doctor would suggelt a line
or two ot Homer, selected at random, aud
ah could proceed to the end without re
ferring to the book. She live now In th
palace provided by the doctor, aad Is on
ot th wealthiest women In Greece. She
is, too, still beautiful. Beauty never cease
to be a principal object there ind comely
face and flgur are always preserved care
fully aad artfully not by women -alone, for
Alctblades, the ancient dandy la not with
out successors.
"There are, I learn, three' Greek lan
guages. First, that employed in - ordinary
conversation; second, that used 'by the
newspapers, snd, third, that used 'la the
tribune, or Chamber of Deputies. . There
are expressions in each that are never
used la the others, th last mentioned
being most like the Greek ot the ancient."
"And the first Is something ot a conces
sion to those of other tougue," was sug
gested by the interviewer. ' 1 . .
"Well, the Greek would hardly concede
that." replied Mr. Francis. "He considers
his language the best ot all ages,., past or
present. He is proud of It and ot all his
history, and cherishes every reminder ot
the past.
Interest 1st Ear. '.-
"Lively interest is taken )e European
affairs, partly, perhapa. becaut of th re
lationship existing between th royal taml-
liea. King Qeorge of Greece 1 th son ot
King Christian of Denmark, hi Sister la
Queen Alexandra of England, hi aon mar'
rled Emperor William' sister, his. sister
is the wife of the ctar and his Wife 1 th
daughter ot th dowager csarloa. ' Although
I wa not ia Greece at th time. I know
tb lllaese of King Edward must have been
n moat absorb! nc tonic.
"Th Ellen Ston Incident created much
comment, but a th brigand nsver got
into our territory we wer sot directly
involved.
Reaaaeal snd torvla. -
"la Roumanla th most Interesting tople
at present is th success of th' plaa at
Prime Minister Slurdza to wlp out the
Indebtedness to Germany and soma other
at loos. He has mads a systematic sut in
the salaries of all officials, from hlgheet
to lowest, on a per cent basis. I feared It
would arouse feeling against him, but th
taxpayer ar overjoyed, and'aa th tax
papers. He has his breakfast at a coffee
and cakes place near by and comes early
every morning. He sits about with hie eyes
half closed, apparently oblivious to all
around him, until some one lays down a
paper and walks awsy. Then he will Jump
for the pfer quick as a flash and begin to
read. While ha Is reading he keeps aa eye
on the others In tha room, and as papers
are cast aside he adds to his store, but
when he haa finished reading he leaves the
papers In the reading room and some of
his fellow 'regulars' tarry them away. At
the writing desks our expense for station
ery Is looked upon as legitimate, but there
Is one feature that goes a little beyond the
limit and Is rather exasperating. That la
the pilfering.
"Penholders, with pens and without
pens, pens new and old and blotters In all
stages, are carried away In great quan
tities. A man who Is known as "the pro
fessor" In the hotels In this neighborhood,
probably because he "was once a school
teacher, used to sit around a' writing table
for a long time every day, pretending to
read, but he really watched for an oppor
tunity fo conceal a new blotter In the folds
of his paper. When this had been accom
plished he folded up the paper and walked
out. What he wanted the paper for I
don't know, because he did all his writing
her. On day I call him aside and told
"Th mild coffee, coffees which have
mere or less body and the flnr flavor, a
distinguished from th Bratll coffee, ot
which th Chief characteristic Is strength,
are of various kinds. First, perhaps, on
must, cite th Java; then, with compara
tive indifference aa to order, the Maracal
bos Guatemalas, Costa Rlcos, Porto Rlcos,
Mexicans, Bogota and Mocha. Of Java not
nearly so much comes to this country a in
times past, while Bogota and Mexicans are
in growing demand. Porto Rico coffee is
ccmlug into wider favor, too, while the Im
port of Mocha show some falling off.
"The mere recital ot the qualities of these
coffees and the prices at which they sell at
wholesale green will be enough, probably,
t bear out the contention that the consumer
who buys at retail buy bt coffee much too
dear. Take Java, for ins tan c. Generally
peaking, the brew from that berry lack
body, though It has a delicate flavor. Java
must be mixed with Mocha to give the de
coction sufficient body. The two together
make a blend pleasing to the palate of the
dweller In th eastern states, ana hence,
from the time that much more Java was
brought than now, tbor ha survived tha
. tradition, hallowed for every grocery man's
heart, that the best coffee Is Java and
Mocha. What the ordinary grocer sells for
this, however, 1 tar more likely to be Mar
acalbo, a nice ordinary coffee from Vene
tuela, of fair flavor and body, which sell
green at t.tm ( to 10V cent a pound.
"If one Is to buy real Java, he must pay
for the - green berry between 15 and 29
cent a pound, the latter being the price
for fancy grade, ome of them from the
Dutch government plantation, or from
well-known private estate. New York
expert are Inclined to think the higher
value are 'all in the name;' that the
-coffee Itself . hasn't th merit to warrant
the price. .
. "The quantity of Mocha used here i also
mall. Little of the wild coffee ot Arabia
leave tha port ot Yemen for the United
State, and even auch importation as there
are made are being cut down by an in
creased use of Bourbon Santos coffee,
grown from Mocha seed planted In Santos,
and generally esteemed as good as Mocha,
while costing considerably less.
"Of the other mild coffees, the Bogotaa,
from the Magdalene river valley ot Colom
bia, and the Porto Rlcos, both have a flavor
which la fine, although positive, and at the
same time that body which coffee drinkers
In this section of the country require.
Each of these Is growing in favor at the
expense of Java coffee, although the Bo
gota, so far, have come Into wider use
than th Porto Rico. Ot Porto Rico coffee,
payer are In a majority the plan la work
ing out admirably.
"Servta ia the storm center of European
polities. I cannot enter Into a discussion
of all the condition, but I may say at least
that King Alexander Is possessed ot re
markable ability and stands successfully
against all dissenting or disaffected ele
ments." prattle: of the youngsters.
."Well, boy," said the Sunday school
teacher, . addressing . the . Juvenile class,
'what can, you tell me about Elijah T"
"He was the feller what turned his
horseless chariot Into an airship," replied
the small boy at the foot.
"Grandma," said little 6-year-old Tommy,
with slate and pencil in hand, "please
get down on your hands and knees.".
"What for, dear?" asked ths old lady.
" 'Cause I want to draw a elephant,"
replied the youthful artist.
"Were you ever baptised T" asked the
Sunday school teacher of a little girl pupil.
"Yea, ma'am," ahe replied, "two times."
"How did . that happen?" asked the
teacher.
" 'Cause It didn't take the first time,"
was th reply.
A school teacher in one of the charming
rural suburbs of Philadelphia, where fancy
gardening and th raising of "Philadelphia
fowl" are general among ths residents,
recited to the clsss the story of the land
ing of the Pilgrims, and, as ths children
had been taking up tb work, sb re
quested each scholar to try and draw from
the imagination a picture ot the Plymouth
Rock. Then it waa that th little fellow
got up and raised his hand:
"Well. Willie, what la itt" asked the
teacher. .
"Please, ma'am, do you want a hen or a
rooster drawn ?" cams the unexpected re
ply. Aa there were guests for dinner that
evening and a storm was rsging, Miss
Dorothy, aged 4. objected to being left
aloae upstairs la the nursery. She finally
succumbed, however, to the tempting bribe
ot a new doll that could "do stunts," and
all wsat well for th nrsr two courses.
But a vicious clap of thunder proved too
much tor Dorothy's endurance, and she
bounded into the dining room In terror.
Her mother, taking her gently aside, ex
plained that there waa nothing to tear,
alace God was with her iu the nursery, snd
shs should put her faith la Him. Dorothy
went upstairs ap.ua, but a tew minutes
later the house waa again shaken by a
volley of heavenly musketry. The panic
stricken child reappeared and ran up to
her mother'a chslr. With a tremble In her
Voice she pleaded:
"You go upstairs, mamma, and stay, with
God a little while."
They both stayed down.
No Pay Guests Who Make
Themselves at Home. N
him that he must stay away. He asked no
questlona, but he understood why. I am
sure, however, that hla place as a blotter
pilferer has been filled."
In the winter toese hotel loungers make
the public rooms their club, snd In warm
weather they cannot be distinguished from
the real guests In the fresh air parts ot
the hotels.
"Of course," said the clerk. "If we would
allow every one to make our house his
headquarters w would soon have no room
for our guests, but we do not. Our 'sit
ters' are reputable people, who have no
business to occupy their time; old men
whose day has passed or men who are wait
ing for something to turn up, and I am
sure that they are all honest people, , even
If they do occasionally take a few pens and
other articles of stationery or the dally
papers.
"This class belongs to a hotel as much
as that other class which consists of men
who stand around the ticker all day figuring
how much money could have been made if
a certain amount had been tnvested on a
certain stock. These people never spec
ulate, because they have no money, but
they haunt the hotel ticker, and live In
hopes some day to play the game again
which they understand so much better now
than they did when they played It be
fore," Exorbitant Prices
Maintained.
only th better sorts com to th United
States; th lower grade are sold to Cuba.
The kind America buy at 11 to 14ft.
cents a pound have an unusually heavy
body, x and on that account seem destined
to popularity.
"Another of the heavy-bodied coffee,
Costa Rico, is aold in larger quantltlea to
Oermany and to England than to this
country. Th low grade bring something
like 6Vi cents a pound green; the better
qualities up to 12 cents. By American
user they seem to be leas liked than the
Mexicans, and they fetch a lower price.
Even low-grade unwashed Mexican coffee
ell for 10 cent a pound, while the fine
aort command aa much as 14 and 14H
cents. Mexican coffee grower seem to
be gaining a better foothold in all markets,
their recent progres in the preparation
and curing ot the berry being especially
marked.
"Here In the east only small quantities
of the only other important Central Amer
ican coffee, the Guatemala growth, are
used. The bulk of .coffee imported from
that country is received at 8an Francisco,
Much of it is used at the port of entry:
little of what comes overland is sent 'be
yond Chicago or St. Louie. New York ex
pert do not esteem it much more highly
than they do the Costa Rloo product. It
has about the same characteristics and it
sells for much the same price 10 to 14
cent.
"Of the most expensive coffees this coun
try gets practically none. Take the Guade
loupe coffee, worth 40 to 60 centa a pound
green, for example. It is all sent to France.
Or, again, the fancy Blue mountain Ja
maica; that is all contracted for in London
at 85 to 40 cent a pound a year or two
before tt has been grown. I was down in
. Jamaica .not long ago and besought the
planters of this variety to let me have a
little. They ' would . not sell enough even
to fill me a barrel.
"The American consumption, It thus ap
pears, is supplied from coffees which fetch
in their unroasted condition not more than
14 or 15 cents a pound wholesale at best.
It is no far cry then to the conclusion that
retail prices at 30 to 35 cents a pound for
'best roasted coffees' are so excessive a to
warrant the most vehement demand tor re
form. Were much of the higher qualities
or the more expensive grades of Java
brought Into the country the apologists ot
such prices might cite these Importations
In defense. But, as a matter of fact, the
quantity ot which fancy Java Imported la
extremely small too small to make a
scant tenth of tha amount sold at retail
under that name."
OUT OF TUB ORDINARY.
Two hundred bonfires are to be lighted
on the hills and mountains of New Hump
shire on the opening night of Old Home
week in the middle of August.
Perry Rodgers of Bardstown, Ky., has
in his possession the bug'.o that called the
continental army to battle in many of the
principal engagements for American inde
pendence. The War-dwell family of Detroit com
prises a mother and sixteen brothers and
sisters, all resident in that city except a
brother, who Is in the Klondike, and a
sister. The oldest is 75, the youngest 45
years old. There has never been a death
among the brothers and sisters In the
family.
New York and Philadelphia are squab
bling Just now over which town possesses
"America's fastest author." Philadelphia
has a romancer who has turned out 433.500
words In seven months, whll? New York
brings forward a "lady novelist" with the
record of having "done" in the same period
680,000 words.
Reform school lads make good lighting
material, as England has discovered re
cently. Lord Leigh says that In the South
African war soldiers who graduated from
reform schools won three Victoria crosses,
ten distinguished service medals (D. 8. O ).
two promotions to commercial rank ana
four mentions in dispatches.
For nearly thirty-five years Senator Jacob
H. Gallinger of New Hampshire practiced
as a . physician in Concord.- Even after
going into politics he worked at his pro
fession for twelve years, only retiring
when he was first elected congressman In
1S84. Dr. Qalllnger has attained prominence
In several medical societies and numerous
valuable treatises from hid pen have been
added to medical literature.
Delaware courts have treated some cor
poration officials to a somewhat disagree
able surprise. About three years ago the
Thomas & Davis Wall Paper company .was
formed. John Thomas, the general man
ager, was voted a salary of 110,000 a year
dv ine directors, otner -omciais also aettlre
handsome figures. Dissatisfied stockholders
in tne concern cnmpialned against auch ex
travagant salaries, ami now the courts
have decided tint Mr. Thomas la to have
i ,f0 a year, other salaries being cut in
proportion.
As the Johnstown mining horror w'll
naturally set many persons asklna about
the Johnstown flood, and comparing the
two disasters, it Is timely to publish the
data of the calamity of May 31, IKs. In
that flood 2,141 persons perished, 124 wives
were mad widows and mi children were
rendered orphans er half orphans. The
Johnstown rell 'f fund sag-reamed 12.12,34,
of which tt.Mrt.Sfit was ds'rtbuted to the
sufferers In the Conemaugh valley alone,
th balano going to the relief of districts
immeuiatciy contiguous to It.
"In 1606," ssys the Four Track News,
"Henry Hudson urged his little Dutch boat
Haalve Maan. up the rivei that the Iro
quois had rhnntened th CohaUttea, but
which the English afterward rochrtstened
the 'Hudson.' He courted the favoring
mi until he anchored the 'Half Moon
off tlw bank, near ih-ri now -elands the
city of Albany. Others had discovered the
river be tore hla day. for French. Portu
gue and Dutch had pushed the prows of
their honr Into the lower tr-m .-ly
as 152-SO, but to Hudson belonsedi the honor
I of navtn-atlng the stream for any consider-
jsblc distance. And n it ia conceded that
me nBHi Ul ilia' wriy umTIIUJr fin DCCO
lustly b 'lowed upon "th Am-rlcan
Rhine.' Th movement to celt-brat th tel
centennial of the comlnc of Henry Hudson
la now taking tangible form, though the
Clued.-
rand
acting
The NEBRASKA
SPECIAL TRAIN
will leave Omaha at
11.30 p. m., August
10th, and will be ac
companied by the
famous United States
2 2d Infantry Regi
mental 'Band. The
train will carry the
members of Omaha,
Plattsmouth, Lincoln,
Beatrice, Hastings and
Grand Island and
Council Bluffs, Iowa,
and other prominent
lodges.
On
Elks and others wishing to take advantage of this low rate
should apply for tickets and reservations at
CITY TICKET OFFICE 1324 FARNAM ST., TEL. 316.
PLEADS FOR THE PIONEERS
Majtr John If. Barks Tilki of Thing! Now
Tut Disappearing. x
HISTORY DESERVES BETTER RECOGNITION
Hen Whs Made Nebraska , Habitable
Oaffht te ' Hsts a ' Larger
Plaee in Conslderatloa
of the Fablle.
"In the parks of every city of the west
there should be either a log or sod house,
whichever most accurately typifies the past
condition of that particular section, and
surrounding that house should be the
humble, crude possessions that were con
spicuous In the unboundaried back yard
ltd front yard primeval," is the declara
tion of Major John M. Burke.
Major Burke Is, as every newspaper man
and a great many other people know, the
John the Baptist of Nebraska's Buffalo
Bill, and In that capacity has circulated
pretty generally among the English speak
ing peoples. The rest of the globe he
has trotted In private capacity, taking
time to observe what the ages have done
for each nation, or rather what each na
tiSn has done for Itself in the ages, and
bs haa advanced to that point where a
man begins to spare time from observation
for contemplation to look once at a con
dition, but think twice of its significance.
"I am not talking shop," he aald In sn
Interview given The Bee during his visit
in Omaha last week, "when I say that if
Buffalo Bill didn't come to Omaha oc
casionally your younger generation here
wouldn't have any way of getting a clear
conception of the very things that were
part and whole ot their granddaddles' life.
I came up here from St. Louis by boat In
1165. 'Leavenworth was then the great
freighting point, Kansas City was a weakly
Infant, Council Bluffs had a prospect of a
railroad and a future that should make it
the rival of Chicago, London and Pekin.
The cub, Omaha, sprawled out from the
bank of the river with nothing In this
world t commerd It but Its spunk, and
buildings where your Fourteenth street
hotels now are would then have been as
far removed from the life center of the
community as Is ths modern seminary.
Nebraska Wan Wild West..
VThe territory of Nebraska Just those few
years ago was the wild west Today the
children In many towns of the state stand
In open-mouthed amasement at sight of a
real Indian and know ao little of sod houses
that they wonder how often the walls have
to be mowed. The reservations and the
newer aectlons ot the state, which are
really the older sections, still preserve
soma of the pioneer aspect, but children
are not sent to Indian reservations to spend
their vacations nor permitted to ramble
into tit unrallroaded sections. College
graduates, having learned from books every
thing that there is to know on this side of
the water, are sent over to Paris to study
art, or to Oermany to study music, or to
England to study manners, and, perhapa, a
few to Oreece and Roma to atudy the his
tory cf a. people who are now out ot the
running. How many of these young people
can tell when Nebraska was admitted to
the union ot states? How many know when
ths first permanent aettlement of whites
waa madeT How many know of the Incep
tion and history of the western railroads
a factor In ths nation's affairs sines the
very first f How many can name the tribes
that originally held tbla territory and tell
which were friendly, wnica ugly. How
many of those who ar. familiar with tha
mythical achievements of ancient Impos
sible gods are acquainted with the actual
deeds ot the men who made the habitation
ot Nebraska possible T How many can
master and ride a horse t How many have
Schooled themselves to hold directions
..Sall
OFFICIAL ROUTE.
The Union Pacific has, by reason of
its advantages as to time and distance,
(being 204 miles shorter and 12 hours
quicker than any other line,) been selected
as the Official Route by nearly all of the
prominent B. P. O. E. lodges throughout
the United States.
In a letter announcing this fact, CIIAS. E. PICK
ETT, Grand Exalted Ruler, ayt:
"The Board of Grand Trus
tee? of the B.P.0' Elks, at
a meeting recently held in
the City of Chicago, decided
to use the Union Pacifirf to
Salt Lake City for the Grand
Lodge Reunion in August.
"The action of the above
officers in thus recognizing
your road was prompted in
part by the position taken
by the Union Pacific in se
curing the reasonable rates
as now announced."
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ton-rue. Bad breath,
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No other remedy does so much to put the digestive organs,
liver snd bowels in good condition. People who liave wed H say
tliev can eat heartily without Inconvenience, where, before Uey
tried it the most healthful food seemed to get them out of fix.
Sold at Drug Stores.
without a compass T Isn't It true that from
those rugged pioneers who fought the In
dians at their own game just a generation
ago have sprung descendants that if sid
denly thrown Into battle today would have
to line up with golf clubs and employ tac
tics of MlltladesT
Not tke Youngsters' Fnnlt.
"And if the answers to all these ques
tions be disappointing, dare we blame the
young people? Isn't it the fault ot the
older heads that they have given no atten
tion to preserving, either in substance or
thought, the things that were? Our park
boards vote liberal sums for pavilions In
Imitation of Swiss el 1ft houses or English
hunting lodges, but never a dollar for log
cabins or sod dobes. They buy statues of
our old friends, the dismembered Venus,
defiant Ajaz and Winged Victory, but
where has anyone encountered in the west
ern pleasure' places the heroic figure of the
American pioneer or the Indian brave done
in marble or bronse? Men of grander pro
portions than these never were seen, nor
men with faces the lines of which told a
more wondrous story of daring and de
termination. Sosae Typical t'iuaeers.
"I knew John W. Mackay well, and, like
very other man "who knew him or who
knew soma one else who knew him, or even
who knew some one who knew soms one
else who knew him for his reputation
traveled aa the ripples on the aurface of a
deep, clear lake I loved him. When the
papers printed his eulogy tbey remarked
frequently upon his beginnings ia Cali
fornia gold fields. I, was pleased at the
meatlon mads, but I was emlnded that
before him were the pioneers the scouts
who blazed the way for him and for all
those others who Journeyed to the Oolden
Oats in ths humble -prairie schooner.
Wherever civilization has gone In this
country ths scout haa preceded It- Ths
Daniel Boooea, Davey Crockets, Kit Carsons
and BUI Codys havs sver shown Progress
lis line ot march aid kept to the front to
bear ths brunt of ths dangers that threat
ened at every hand. - Today Nebraska la ths
horns of more ot those historic plainsmen
than any other patch of Ood'a earth, but
so fast is the commercial spirit taking hold
that transformations absorb our whole at
tention and we forget to preserve, while It
Is still possible, the things that made our
history aa glorious and Inspiring as It wss
humbls and atrenuous. Cody, as ths origi
nal expansionist, took his exhibition not
his 'show.' please to Europe to teach them
over tnere tne things that liter ur could
havs learned from books. He has been
honored and feted In nearly every city of
any alza on two contlnenta and yet today
the proudest thought that ever enters his
proud head is that at home, hero in what
was ths Wild West, he Is loved and honored
tar ths deeds that were his and lbs geaer-
awasmi juiiisi I
1 sxzzn
iLado
. Gify,
Aug. 12-14
Allegheny, Pa., Bal
timore, Md., Chey
enne, Wyo., Cincin
nati, Ohio, Cleveland,
Ohio, Denver, Colo. ,
Detroit, Mich., and St.
Paul, Minn., are
among the leading
lodges which will send
large delegations to
the Salt Lake con
vention via the Union
Pacific Railroad.
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DUslness, Poor
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PRICE, $1.00.
S5.00. A MONTH
Specialist
la all DISEASES
and DISORDERS
of MEN.
13 years la Omaha.
SYPHILIS
cured by ths QUICK
ET, eaieet snd most
natural method thai
has yet been discovered.
Boon every sign and symptom dlsappeart
Completely and forever. No ' BREAK IN(J
OUT" of the disease on th skin or face,
A eure that is guaranteed to be permaaanl
tor in.
VARICOCELE
itntlon from
cured. Method new,
without outline:, calrt:
from work; itrmtuMt our
tuannlMl
WE1K MBI from Ksreeaana a Victim
to Nervous Debility or Exhaustion. WaeU
In Weak
wim Early Decay in Yeunsr
and Middle Aad
lack of vim, vigor and
sirens th, with organs impaired and weak.
STRICTURE eured with a new Uom
Treatment, No pain, no detention froai
bunln. Kidney and Bladder Troubles.
CaaaaitatlM I II. Traalaaat ly 1111.
CHaAOEI LOW. 1U . lata it.
Dr. Ssariss & S.srlei, Omaha, Neb.
oslty that he still shows. When ha leaves
Omaha the last of this month It will bs to
go along the Pacific coast, even to Yuma,
and close In Kentucky, to take ship to
Europe again, but wherever he ia he will
remain the simple plainsman, courteous
and considerate, but conceding nothing that
will tend to disparage bis own country and
his own people.
Cody's Work for CI vlllaatlea.
"And that's the snlrlt that I wish all
might always show.- His example In tbla,
as In many things else, Is admirable. When
he looks back and aees the daring rides bs
made for Gherldaa aa chief of scouts, the
protection be afforded the pony express at
a time when that humbls carrier was, aa
the knowing old Alexander Majors told them
hers at ths exposition on Cody's day, ths
thing that saved ths uninformed Paclfio
coast people to ths union; ths battles that
ha foug'ht with Miles and ths Innumerable
councils that he swayed for peace, he
thlnka not ot the deed but of Its resultant
effect on history aud of ths perfection that
It helped to bring out ot Imperfection; ths
homestead It provided for ths struggling
poor of all ths world.
"But ths civilisation that ha and othera
of hla type fed from ths hand and pro
tected iu its iulnucy luta had auch lusty
growth that in another half-century all
trace of Its glorious beginning will be gone
and with it the only men who can tell the
true etory. What pity then If, before It
becomes eternally too lata, better and more
lasting record be not mad of tha west's
glorious. Important and uaarallslsd paatl"
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