Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 30, 1889, Page 10

L THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAYJIUNE 30, 1889~SIXTEEN PAGES. -~ 0N HIS WIFE'S SUFFERING The Pious Hindoo Bases His Hope of Heaven. INFERNO FOR WOMANKIND. How the Baby Bride of India is En- slaved By the Husband and His Family—The Ourse of Womankind. AN Farning Heaven By Proxy. \Conyrighted 1589 by Frank (. Carpenter.) Bosnay, India, June 8,—~[Special to Tur Ber.|—-The wedding season in Tndia is now at its height. Ilave seen wedding proces- slons by the dozen in every town I have vis- fted, and I have had a fair chance to noto some of the peculiarities of Hindoo mar- riages, India has the youngest brides and grooms in the world. The grooms I have soon havo in no case boen over fifteen, and some of the brides were apparantly only just weaned. By the Hindoo law a woman should ‘e married before she reaches the age of puberty, which hero is at twelve. Most girla are betrothed before they are six, and in a wedding procession at Agra I saw a little bridegroom of purhaps ton yoars gorgeously dresscd in cloth of gold and with hoavy gold bracelets on his wrists and ankics, sitting in a wedding chair with a lit- tlo baby girl of not over twn, who lay asleep at the other end of the chair while the pro- oessjon moved onward. Her slecp was hoavy and she had probably been drugged with opium. This was & marriage of two wealthy families and the wedding procession was very grand, At the head of it were two camels with trappings of gold riaden by baredegged men in red aud gold turbana, and wearing clothes of gold cloth. Behind them came an elephant with gorgeous trap- pings, and twelve Arabian horse fol- lowed. These horses had gold bracclets about their fore legs just above tho knee an@ there were great siver bells running from the saddle along the back to the érappor. Tho saddles were of silver cloth, the stirrups were of silver, and the bridle was decorated with gold. Between these horses came the wedding chair, and this was o sort of o litter porhaps six foet square containing a bed with cushions and pillows, and over it was stretched a canopy of red and gold. Within it was THE BRIDAL COUPLE, and the procession was accompaaied by a bavd which played during the warch, “We ‘Won't go Home Till Morning.” It was a native band, but it had probably had an English instructor, aud this tune served as the wedaing march. At Benares 1 saw a weddine procession of the poorest classes, and 1 had the vleasure of an introduction to tho groom. He waus a sullen boy of fifteen, who looked as though ho by no means enjoyed the occasion. He had & cap of red cloth with long ngs of flowers hanging from its rim to his neck, and with tawdry red clothes upon his body. He was riding a white pony, which had gaudy trappings, and walking with him was A crowd of bare-footed, bare-legged, tur- baned men and boys, one of whom led tho horse. ‘These were his relatives. Just back of them. and apparvently having no connection with the pony-riding groom was a party of men carrying what looked hke a store box shut up on all sides and covered with red cloth. A cheap cashmere shawl was thrown over its top, and I was told that the bride was inside. I asked her age and was told that she had lived justeight years, Bebind her came a number of women warrying her dowry upon their heads., One party bore the bride’s bed. It was a rack or frame work of wood about four feet long and three foet wide with four rade feet rais- ing it about cighteen inches from the ground, and instead of wire springs there was a rudo net-work of clothesline rope stretched within the framework. Another woman had a tray on her head containiug the cooking utensils* consisting of threo or four iron pots and ree jar. and the whole outfit would have been dear at a dollar and a half. 1 talked ‘with the father of the groom, He told me the bride would como snd stay two days with her mother-in-law and then go buck home until she was ten years of age, when ‘when sho would come to live with her hus- band and bo married for good. In the ocase of baby marriages, tho child is often brought up by her own parents, and she only comes to her mother-in-law’s house when she has gotten old enough to learn housekeeping, ‘which is at the age of ten _or eleven years. In some cases; however, she goes at once to the house of her mother-in-law and 18 brought up by her, often being made to do the drudgery of the louse and absolu- tely subjoct to her husband’s mother. Twas invited to a wedding feast at Agra, and the polite Hindoo who so honored me told me upon parting that my presence had Yglorified the occasion.” There wore five hundred Hindoos present and the entertain- ment consisted of Nautch dancing and act- ing. 'I'he Nautch girls, attired in gorgeous olothes, wont through tho most surprising of sensuous contortions to the music of two drums, which were played with the hands, and a curious Hindoo fiddle, These Nautch girls are the dancing girls of India. They are romarkable for their plump, round fig- ures and for the wonderful ease and grace which they throw into the movements of their bodies, A large part of the dancing consista in the movement of the frame with- out lifting the feet from the ground, and by them the whole story of LOVE 18 TOLD IN GESTURES which must be seen to be appreciated, They « mre tho samo as the dancos of the girls in Egypt and of the African nogroes, and scem 10 be u part of oriental life. Thoy are paid high prfucn, and some of the best dancing Rirls of India get as high as £25 a night. The colebration which I attended was in a tent outsido the house built for the occasion. A rich carpet covered the ground, and the flickering lights shown over a collection of curioys fizures, which would make another fortune for Barnum. I looked in vain for the bride, and whether she was a baby or not [ do not know. The groom WAS not more than six, He was a bright little follow in g red volvot cont, and ho brought me n bungn of flowors and some cardamum seeds, Which are givon to the guests on such ocoasions, Indian marriages aro managoed entiroly b y the parents. Courtship is unknown in Indig and tho parties married ofted remain for years without knowing each other. The ne- gotiations are often carrfed on by means 0f a match-maker, as in China, and India hus its profassional mateh-makers, both women mon, Kor arranging amiddle-class wed- ding a match-maker gets from $10 to 315, and in the marriages of the rich he receives twice this amount. The boy in the arrangement nas no moro to say than tho girl, though after the marriage is consummated and he bocomes the defacto husband of the girl, the advan- tage is aitogother on his side. Woman holds the lowest rank in Inaia. According to hor religion she can only find salvation through hlr“l aud, and if she is not born again as o man she will have 1 go tnrough eight mil- lion transmicrations. A man can do no Wrong to his wife and she is PRACTICALLY WIS ALAVE. She draws tho water, carries all the bur- dens and malkoes the fuel for the family. All over India you sce women carrying pots of water on their heads and the contrast be- tween the bracelets on their arms, both below aud above the elbow, the anklets on Aadi L £ Lo wivwd goid ve silver ornaments in their cars, and their menial “occupution is striking, 1seo women carry- dog water. on their heads with babies not more thau a few days old in their arms, ana Isaw yesterday & woman who had, by ac- tual count, thirty-six brass bracclets upon ouch of her forearms, & big plate of silver upon Ler biceps, heavy brass anklots about d two silver rings upon each one . is woman was sitting outside of & mud hut on the ground. mixin, @ud with cow manure with ber hands .nS f‘m" it into oakes 1o lay away aud dry for wel. Such fuel 18 tne w nd coal of and the women have the making of it. hey follow the carts along the streets and the g8 with their hands inte Buch & mixture of gorgeousaoss 1 have never seen. of jewelry, there are no women d 80 foud of ;nwelry as those of m of the rajah of Joy- of fiftown hun- dred different lhmn:h evary provinos I have traveled I find the women dressed differently, Among the hills of Tndia and on the slopes of the Himalayas a woman sometimes woars as high as (y'u: of Indian jowelry, and PIFTY POUNDS OF JEWELRY. This ia often brass, but not infrequently of silver and gold. 1 saw one woman in a tur- ban who had & nosé ring as big around as the top of a goblet fastened by a gold chain to a hole in ber ear. She had gold onrvrlm‘l with gold- chains attached to them, so made that they covered tho.ear, and around her neck Wome sf d% of coruls, of silver beads and silver coins. A great siiver chain hung from the bottom of hor ear.ri down to her watst and she had bracclets and anklots and Hags on toes wnd fagers. Thore are here in:Bombay thiree thousand jewelers, and at Delhi thegteat business of tho people 1s vhe muking of gold and silver ornamonts. Pundita Ramnabai, the nigh caste Hindoo woman who-has beon raising funds in Amer- ica for the Bstabifstiment of a college for the child widotws of India;, has just returned home. fs now at Poona, s delightful spot in th@Hills about one hundred from Bombay, construction of miles and sho will soon bogin tho her fostitution. The Amer. ican womon, who have formed Ramabai's circles ovor the United Statos, have wastod noither their pity nor their money: The con- dition of the chld widows is even wore than sho s painted it,and theso infant marrages which I have scen, together With mauny talks which I bave had with both natives and for- eigners, hive given me an insight into the of Hindoo marriages and Hindoo widowhoo! » Hindoo wife is in pi dise compared to the Hindoo widow. condition of the wife is bad enough. As the slave of hor husband sl eats after he is throurh, and she takes what is left. Sho has no education to speal of, and her only hope of salvation is in him. She stands while he sits in the houschold, and sho ean not, it she lives in the 'interior, go to the Ganges and bathe herself in the sacred water. Iam told that in many oases she considers it n privilege to bathe her hus- baud's feat aftor ho returns, and thinks that sho gets somo absplution from sin by dripk- ing the water. Such women as do bathe in the Ganges must bathe by themsolves. The Hindoo woman worships her husband, and the husband returns the worship by doing a8 Little as possiblo for his When he dies ho does not dare to pity his wife for fear that in tho next transmigration he may become a woman, and Lier only hope of hav. ingany chance to escape hell after his death is by entering into the torments of hell on this earth as a pious Hindoo widow. There are six million widows in India, and as the majority of the marriages take placo under ten, the greator part of these women became widows as children; A Hindoo widow cau mover murry again, even if her husband dies beforo the ceremony of mar- ringe. If she is betrothed, she is condemned to widowhood FOR THE REST OF HNER LIFE. As a widow she must give up all tho pleasures of this world, She must never wear any jewelry,never sleep on a bed, and for the rest of ner life she becomes the slave of her mother-in-luw's . fa She eats by herseif and cooks her own food. The ment her husband dics her ornaments torn from her. She is clad in the poorest of clothing, and at the funeral she is kept out of the main body of the mourners, und she looked upon_as though she had the | Most of the Hindoos cremate their dead b; river, and it used to be the custom for wido to throw themselves alive on tho funeral pyres of their husbands and allow themselve 10 bo burned to death. I'his was asuro pa port to heaven, and it would oxist to-day were it not that the English have prohibited it. At Benares I saw a half-dozen monu- ments, rude picces of stoue eighteen inches high znd a foot square, which had been put up in honor of women who hud so killed themselves, For a_year after the donth of the husband the widow il of mowning to perform, After the funeral she wmust not ehango No ono pays any attention to her or gives her a kind word. She must be content with one meal a day and at the end of thix time her head - is At certain inte throuzhout her hife she is expected to and these intervals include two days of fast- ing during every month of ner widowhood During these days she must touch nothing ing tho shape of liquid or solid food, and whethor she is sick or well it makes uo dif- ference. Che Hindoos say that the soul after his_death,” goes to he and pleasantly in’ pr sufferingss of his wife dur after his denth, Conscquently the mother- in-law and the rest of the relatives try to mako those Bufferings ne great as possible, ‘The widow can nevor take part in auy fos- tivity, and iv wouid be an ovil omen it she attended o marriage. She gets no words of pity from the women of the household, and sho is lower than the servants. Kven in death she has not tho funeral of other women. Her body is not burned in the clothes she had on, and only a coarse, whito cloth covers hor as she lies on the funcral pyre. Her husband, it ho would, could not help hor condition. Women c: herit Droperty, among the Hindoos, anything iy left by the husband it goes 1o tho children. P the northwest provinces ot Indis, whore ho ho TOLIEST OF THE UINDOOS ive, the treatment of the widows is evenl worse than that described inthe above statements. Here the woman is ofton dragged aloug with her husband’s corpse to the cremation. She is pushed into the water and made to scand there while the body is burning. She comes home in her wet clothe: and she dare not chango them. (t mattors not if she be sick or whether: the weather bo warm or cold. Sho slecps in these clothes for thirteen days and she is persocuted by all. 1 tound here at Bombay a statement of one of the Hindoo widows from this part of India. It was transiated by an English lady and appeared in an Indian newspaper. The following i: extract from it: “Thousat of us die, but more live. I saw & woman die, 008 Of my 0wn cousins, Sho had been 11l before her husband’s death, When he died she was too weak and ill to be dragged to tho river. She was in a burning fever, Her mother-in-law called a water carrier and had four large skins of water poured over her us she laid on the ground, where she had beon thrown from her bed wher her husband died. The chill of death camo upon her, and in eight hours she breathed her last. KEveryone praised her and sajd she died for the love of her husband.” “1 knew another woman who did not love her husband, for all their friends knew they quarreled 8o much they could not live to- gether. The husband died, and when the news was brought the widow threw hersolf from the roof and died. She could not bear the thought of the degradation that must follow. She ‘was praisad by all, The only difference for us '0 the English have pro- vented us from burning ourselyes upon our funeral pyres 1s that we then die quiekly, if cruelly, but now we die all our lives IN LINGERING PAIN, We are aghast at the number of widows— how is it that thore are ko many! It is be- oauso overy man who died leaves one and often more, and though thousands dio, more live on.” Notwithstanding all this, there is, I doubt not, somo love amoug the Hindoos and thero may bo some happy homes. As faras I can see, much homo lifo is impossible. Ninoty- nine hundrodths of the people live in wud buts, or iu tvo or three rooms, the walls of which are unplastored and unpapored,where it is dark almost in the daytime and where at night the oply light isu poor lawp, or a wick burning in a tumbler urull. The fur- niture {8 of the rvdost description aud the rooms aro so small that thoe beds are put out- sido the houso during the dayiime. Still in such Lomes woulen Iibflnd»lhnlr whole lives, ROing out only when it is necessary to draw water, Now and thon in tho country you se0 the women of ‘the lower caste at work, wut 10 highi-casts womtn Wover. Tho wo- men do the grinding of the corn for the fam- ily, and corn is ground here just as it was in tho days of the soriptures. One flat stone upon another is turned around and around ocrushing th erain boneath it whilg the wowen sauat close down to the stone and keep the will golog, - In some of the provinces women do work upon the roads and oo the farms. I ses them carrying beavy burdons upon their heads. 0y do not Jook unlapny, but you soe fow smiles uud thoy uro rathor atraid of strangors thau otherwiso. The contrast betwoen their condition and that of the women of Burmah is very striking and they show the effect of GENEMATIONS OF WOMEN'S WHONGS. Among she high-caste Hi 8 & sentiment s now growing up acainst infant marriages théro is one soclety, the members of ich will not Jarry tieir girls before their fourtoenth yoar. It must be nmmhrf however, that the Hindoo women do nob by w0y LOsDS linke Up the Wtal fewmale populn~ | | edge that it tion of India. India has more Mohammedans than Turkey, snd tha 350,800,000 of poople ‘who make up this Indian Wfl‘lh‘(ofl are of many classos of religions. The Parsaes who are 8o noted as merohants are Porsian fire worshipers, and _they do not _marry their ohildron under twelve. L. at- tended a Parseo marriage last night in which the bride and groom woro respectively twelye and thirtoon. The two were sitting in a Parseo_tomplo with their hands joined together. They had beon sitting in this po- sition for two hours whon I entéred, and tho father of tho bride, a tall Parses merchant in & black satin coal scuttle hatand black preacher-like olothes, tonderly rubbed the irl's arm to rest it from its tired position. ho Parsees do not load secluded lives, Their women dress gaily and they go about where they pl e irt was beautatully sed, and the groom had on & high hat, which looked for all the world like a stove- Dive hat with the rim cut off, but which was of red silk literally covered ‘with poarls and diamonds. As we entercd the room richly dressed boys rushed up to us and put into our hands bouquets of orange flowers nnd roses, while servants sprayea over ys, frow silver bottles two fect long, a shower of rose water. Aftor watehing the coromony for somo time woe rose to depart, and were then given oach two cocoanuts and littlo bunchos of betel for chewing as wedding presonts and [ noted that such presents were givo to all the guests. FRANK G UARPANTER. —— i A WAR SONG. ng Ballad Suggested By Gen- rman and Sheridan. The fact has been widely dnd truth- fully printed that William T, Sherman dislikes to hear the tune of *“Marching Through Georgia,” New York special. It is not th: is unmindful of the fame which s G ian march made for him, but that on every oc- casion when a band of music knowingly in his heari ¢ feel in duty bound to rende hing Through Georgia,” and he has heard it S0 many, muny times that it has be- listened atten- tively, however evening to war song with the making of which he had had something to do. There was once A dinner at the Ohio club in fifth avenue, and Generals, Sherman, Sheri- dun and Cure wore there. Stories of curiously wounded men were told, aud one of the nurratives was by General Carr, and it related to a soidier in the Socond New York voluuteers, of which arr wascolonel at the outset. In a battle a piece of an exploded shell struck “the mun on the head and gave to him what would ovdinarily have proved a fatal wound. ' He lay in- sensible among the dead for several hours, nobody supposing that he was alive. Those wwho went to nim found gripped in one hand a small portion of a letter from his wile, Lu this she spoke of a furlough which had beep granted 1o him, and which he was going to 1 w visit to his home, hishealth beiug | She wrote affectionately of theiv bad done sowme told him that on she would meet In the hurry and confusion he was left lying with this paper still in his grasp. Night fell upon the bat- tlefiold with the dend unburied and the living busy with defenses of themselves and care for the wounded. fn the morn- ing the bodies of thu slain were hastily buried in a trench. It wassuppo that our soldier was among them, he was not. During the night and wandered away. v ut to his home that he was de and this was re led as beyond doubt, but us a matter of fact he wandered off to a distant hospital, remaiy there unidentified until hi wounds Lad nealed and Wi discharged, utterly without memory of the pu i hat h tained the merest s¢rap of I fe’s letier, but without name or place 1ift on it. his he retained, and with a vague knowl- from his wite, who was waiting for him somewhers, he wan dered here aud there over the countr, for four years, Then mere chance or shadowy recollection of his home led his teamp to the very spot 'where his wife had promrised to meet him, Tt was the willow tree close to his old home, and there he actually found he: shock of joy and recoguition n uot quite Gene Curr told the touchingly, and it made a pression tipon his heavers. One of them ¢ stor, and, wirning 1o him, u d: “You ought to rses out of that,”” ‘It should have music, too,” Gene Sherman sugirested. *It ought to ma nsplendid son The rhymester promised to under- 1 to get a friend to com- pose &n air, with the proviso that the three generals mentioned should get to- gother to heur it sung. The words that resulted were sung: WIHERE THE WILLOWS MAKE A SHADE, Tho last flash of the battle, the last glint of sun, Lit lurid a blood-trampled plain; But m;m,,vm. was Wwalting, whon curnage was done, To throw a pall o'ar the slain, 'Midst thom lay a soldier nigh to death, ony bravely borne; inting and bieediug, and gasping for broath, For a sholl his head had torn, A letter he drew yith strongth all sped, And to read i an eff ade. stor, Though his wmind was blarred, und memory dead, Those words fade : 1 will wait," his wife in tho lettor “Where tho willow makes o shade from his heart could not aid, On the day and the hour when the soldier held His fond distant wi letter fast, Sho stood at the tryst troe, nor feared ho was folled, Tl his thue for coming pussed. He lived, but to wandaer far and long, In his head a ceascless piin, A sonse of quost ana of going Wrong— Half thoughts of & wounded brain. Ho knew that he sought u home aud mate By hor call that his love vboyed— No namo and no place—ouly *I will waiv here the willow makes o shade.'" Though his wind was blurred ana memory dead, El'hn}wdwordl from his heart could not ade ‘I wwill wait,” his wife in the letter said, Where the willow makes n shade," ‘When the willow was drooping its leaves of Lears Sat & woman as at a grave; Despairiug Liad followed the hopiag of yeurs, 1ut this hour to trst she gave. A vetoran came Lramping along the lane, And he walked as in & daze; An ipstant--then in a flash he was saue, And Joy was his only craze, “My wife!" ho oried, with a quick embrace, B And with kisses of love delayed ‘ou have waited here,” he said, “at the Where the willow makes a shade.” ‘Though his mind was blurred, und memory dead, 'rhu;nflwardl from his heart could not ade: i1l wait,"" his wife 1n the lotter sald, uero the willow makes & shade.,” #.General Sheridan died before vheso verses were inusically arranged. Gon- eral Carr underwent a severe surgical operation three weeks ago for the re- moval of a eancer and is still confined to his hotel room. It was in his avart- ment that a hatf-dozen frisnds, includ- ing General Sherman assombled to hear the song. The singer wasa profession- al vocallst, who gave effective expres- sion to the story of the tramp vetéran, and it was & sight to see the two gener- als listening raptly to the melodious strains of the war story which one of them had told, plays | | for fun.’ of | 1 | punish, bt fellors (superintondents). You don’t seom to get scared at us, Why ain't you afeatd like dey was?’ 1 1y ““That would be giving away my se- The Bootblack Brotherhood Which vrntvi‘ If 1 told .\'lf“ll how 1 manage, you would get on and do me up.’ Once Hlofirished in Omahs. “The hoys wera & Tittle superstitious e on that point, and I took advantage of RARE YOUNG TOUGHS WERE THEY | it. There wore some bright youngsters v among them, and one incident is strongly impressed on me, because it was wholly unexpected, One night there came a knock at the door, and an old man came in. He said he was on his way across the continent, and, hav- ing heard n groat deal of the home, he wanted to talk to tho boys. He was one of those good men who have the salvation of the whole world upon thoir souls, He gave the boys a talk that would have passed in a woll-regulatad 1day school, but it was out of place among the young toughs. He told them bible stories, among others that of Jonah and tho whale. ‘“*Dat’s dead true,old man,’ rupted oue of the smaliest of A BAND :0F BABY BRAVOES. All Oarrled Royolvers or Bowio Knives and Fired Buildings For Fan— Mr. nnné‘ Ingenious Method of Ryforming Them, Bad With a Great Big B. Among the recent visitors to Omaha is & Mr. Cofltin, who came out of the west to leurn the fate of n son who was con- sulting engineer at the Cambria Iron works, Johnstown, Pa. Mr. Coffin nad a variod experience, and two years of it noquired in Omaha hasa peculiar interest to the people of this city, the great majority of whom have come here since that time. Ten years ago Omaha was overrun by a horde of boys from all parts of the country, many of them tough and fu'l of misch Partly out of benevolence, and largely tection, the good people of the ganized the Omaha Bootblacks® brother- hood. A home s established on Har- | ney street, and asaperintendent wasen- | gaged to gather the young hoodlums to | its sheltering care. Thoe boys were wild and vicious Within weeks four suverintendents were “run out” of the home, mostiy through fear of the young roughs. When Mr, Coffin succeded to the superintenency he had ently come from the Indian school at Genoa, | | inter- tho s, *What do you mean, my son?’ asked the speaker in surprise. ““Why, dey caught de whale on de t of Massachusotts last summer, and cut him open dey fouad s initials cut on de insido. It turned & laugh on the old man and hoe left in disgust. The little fellow who made the remark is n vising young awyer in the northern part of the state. I might tell you of a nuimber of my boys who are now filling places of honor and trust in Omaha, and 1 meet others all paris of the country. Most of them have grown out of my L'am frequently stopped unexpectealy by some young man who i imself with the statement t longed to the Omaha brotherhiood. While in ‘g6 of the home [ had many from s mor for 1 calls of whieb ho nadhis wife had had chavge clerks for many y Mr. Coffin tells a ver) interesting story of his experiences ut the head of the bl'(llh«‘flhk)k;. which took into its home all street arabs, whether bootblaeks or not. “Instend ol teying to curb them at the outset,” said Mr. Coffin, narrati some of his experiences, I tried,ns much as a man could, to be one of them, I pretended to be tongh, too,and in that wiy gained their confidence. All were wild, and some wevre little devils. Most of them carried revolvers or how knives, or both. Oune of their pr tices was to sot five to buildings There is something ve ctive in o fire company to the att rious the worst hoy, plained what was the man- ner of getting along. 1 told him that my honor and the reputation of the brotherhood would “be at stake if T recommended him, [ urged him to take the place, telling him I knew he would fill the bl if he would try, but I would expect him to stand by me and the home and act on the square. That gonerally touchod the boys’ pride, and many of them in that way began use- ful, orderly lives. Of course some of boye had ™ bud wickedness born and bred in them, and the over- come the taint of he sutisfied that many who came from re- spectable parents were saved to become good and aseful men.” slves unoffici ud each one s ho had There were $o many i time as to reign of terror. and I be that my boys w fire occured on om theip actions 1 talk I fixed on wvo of the youngsters as guilty of setting it. cullea them aside one day aund snic “Boys, that buildi S HEN purchasing a fine Shoe it is natural to se- lect that which is pleasing to the eye in style and finish; the material must be of the finest ime sat- rnam stree texture, and when on the foot the shoe must combine beauty and comfort. 1 The Ludlow Shoe Possesses this Feature, IF YOU TRY ONE PAIR why, did you want to burn rnam street?’ ming that I knew of their them by surprise. They tried to lia out of it, of course, but T wouldn’t takg their Itrie to pive them the imp t 1 was to _know their reasons » of them said: 2us wway? 10w me to giv I vespouded. and they told me cold or threaten, nd professed might ne They re- guilt toc any any of th s iway “No. they had not all about it. I.didu’t but reasoned with the at fear that the pol they did uot quit. nd, took my ad- nd in a short time we had all the erted to the new doctrine. After I had the confidence of the setup a enso of pigeon hol < them to leave their knives and revoly- ors. T know you don’t intend to misuse them,” I d. ‘but I'm afraid that when you're fooling with each other, ou may get hurt accidentally. bigeon hole for each, of you. You can got your things w er'you want to, but to please me and prevent 0 you would leave them Sold by over 100 declars in 70, And the bost trade thrighout the United States. See That Th heve. **All but one did as T ask. he would be d—a if . was stubborn, but the | at him and finally mld not put hisarms | . he told another | them at a certain y. Ho was a stro 1 took that way of where to go and get hi wenpons in order to avoid the appear- ance of having survendered, “We established a sort of employ- ment and messenger bureau, furnishing boys to run errands and do chore There was a systom of cheeks to show how long th worked and nhow much thoy were paid. The boys were never creaited with ¢ earnings, and if the luttor exceeded thoir board the surplus wis put into w snyings anccount. Among other things we s wood and usual sent two s for compauionship. O day asaw was missing. My wile sus- pected one of the boys of She spoke to him quietly to bring b the saw, giving him to understand by her manner that she knew he had it, He wanted to know what made her think he did it. She told him not to mind how she found 1 2. O, WEST'S NERVE AND BRRAIN IREAT- ranteed specifl: for Hyste he Convulsions, Neuralgln, g nsed by e us, Mental n, resiiting i y and death 4 L0383 of Power Tnvolunt and Spermat- by over- the brain.solf- indulgence. Fach box ins rostment. 31.00 A box, or six boyes 1t by mall prepaid onreceipt of price, ‘Wi GUARANTEE SBIX BOXES Mo cure any case With each order recelved IY us for KX hoxes, accompunted with 83,00, we wil send the purchassr our Writt-n guarantes to re fund the money if the trentment does not effec o cure. Guarantees issu-d ouly by Goodinan Drug Co.. Drnggists, Bole Agents, 1110 Farnam street, Umaha, Neb. oftening of the I na pli willed fellow ting me kno COMPAGNIE GEXERAL ETRANSATLANTIQUE. Paris Universal Bxposttion tsnow & desirin podu pen. Partios K@ OXPrOs AL ace ot the new iy S 0f the Fan PRENCH MALL LINE, Which are noted for (helr regulurity ot tr n maklng tho trip 40 JIave weok, ) Make Early Application for Berths, This I8 WI80 nocessary on u travel durng th Spring and su ual to rall- aris 1 ono veme awa, sured on that turned the saw with the confes he intended to sneak it out of th and sell it. The boys were sharp and generally knew if nnything had gono wrong. They wanted to know who had given up the saw, My wife answered: “40h, boys are not good at finding things. I found it up staivs, Some- body left it there and Mrgot it “You seo thess boys were proud- spirited. They: prided themsolves on being too cleyer to be caught at their wickedness and were more afraid of the ridicule and egntymnt of their comrades than of the polég. We respected their prid We talkdd to them alone, never hefore others, and never ‘gave ’‘em away.’ They gesonted ‘bossism’ or any show of uuihg#ily. We invited their confidence, n hetray or threaten or w in a friendly, solic- b:,l]mluerl‘hc,\' were run- % w:flvgkdu progress with all i They were un- manageable nntil I 'hit on this plan. Knowipg that they were into all sorts of deviltry and trained with a tough element, L arrangad with the po- lice to use them. I ealled tnem dotec- tives, which tickled their pride, and they really did rvender the police valu- able sorviee in several ocases. One of them was recenuy killed in a brawl in Omaha and the other drifted west as a cowboy. While their pride was ap- pealed to they did tolerably well, but wickedness was in their bloo1 and reas- ;‘:";,':‘L,I‘.:ovl,{“:gi:“":“ restratning Influ- In the Treatment of All Chronle, Nervous “I was in charge of the home two and Private Discases. ears untl the business men supporting rEstorbog. Lnpoteuer and P 1etho Vale Di M- 3 ught it no longer necessary, or at - e - i ’ N g g8 Braaarss, i i X .a.m . sonnt of the hoavy HIOF IONLIS. MeCAGUR BROS., 105 South 15th 8¢, HARRY E. MOORES, 1502 Farnam St.,, H. L. HALL, 1223 Farnam St., J. H. GREEN, 1501 Farnam St., Agents, Omaha, Neb, MAURICE W, KOZMINSKL Dr. J. E. McGREW itous munnor! ning. h I think bo; but ONE OF THE MOST EUOORSSFUL 127~ SPECIALISTS &) least until they withdrew their support. I had no seriocus difficulty in gattin along with the boys, and it puzzles them they I was not intimidated by their bluff and swagger. After I had been in charge thoy said: ‘*SBomehow you ain’t like thewm other in ecollection, but | OMAHA Medical and Surgical Institute, N. W. Cor. 13th and Dodge Sts, Omaha, Neb. THE LARCEST MEDICAL INSTITUTE IN THE WEST FOR THE TRREATMENT OF ALL Chronic and Surglcal Diseases and Diseases of the Eye and Ear, ST DISEASES T0 S, DISEASES OF WOMEN i lgussuéis ] OF THE URINARY AND SEXI%A ORGANS, PRIVATE DISEASES, OF RV&US SYSTEM, LUNG AND THROAT DISEAS SURGICAL OPERATIONS, EPILEPSY OR FITS, PILES, CANCERS, TUMORS, Etc. J. W.McMENAMY, M. D, President, And Consulting Physiclan and Surgoon. Organized with a full staf of Skilled Physicians, Surgeous and Trained Nursee, This establishment is a permanentmedical institution, conducted by (lmmuglhly sducated physicians and surgeons of acknowledged skill and experience. 'The Institute buidings, wsituated on the northwest corner of Thirteenth and Dodga streets, is composed of two large three-story brick buidings of over ninety rooms, eontaining our Medical, 8urgical and Consultation Rooms, Drug 8tore, Laborato: Offices, Manufactory of Surgical Appliances and braces, and the Boarding Depart: ment for Patients, in charge of t‘mnrcteut persons, constituting the largest and the most thoroughly equipped Med and Surgical Establishment in the West, one of the three largest in the United States, and sccond to none. % We have superior advantages and fa s for treating diseases, performing surgical operations, boarding and nursing patients, which, combined with our acknowledged ability, experience, responsibility and reputation, should muke the Omaha Medieal and Surgical Institute the first choice. You can come direct to the Institute, day or night, as we have hotel accommo- dations as good and as cheap as nnf in the city. ‘We make this explanation for the benefit of persons who may feel inclined to o further east for medical or surgical treatment and do not appreciate the fact hat Omaha possesses the largest and most complete Medical and Surgical Insti- tute west of New York, with a capital of over $100,000. APPLIANCES FOR DI TIES AND TRUSSE = Best Facilities, Apparatus and Remedies for Successful Treatment ot every form of Disease requiring MEDICAL or SURGICAL TREATMEN! Tn this dePAItMENt We Are eSpeClally Bucoess ©Our elaims of superfority over all others are based upon the fact that this is the only medical establishment man- ufacturing surgical braces and applia individual case. We have three skilled instrument makers in our employ, with improved machinery, and have all the latest inventions, well as our own patents and improvements, the result of twenty years’ experience. HELECTRICAI, TREATMENT. The treatment of diseases by electricity has undergone great chunges within the past few yonrs, and electricity isnow acknowledged by all schools of medicine as the great remedy in all chronie, special and nerve diseases, for nervous debility alysis, rhenmatism, diseases of women, ete,, and in many eye and ear diseases it is’the most valuable of all remedies. In order to obtain its full virtues, itis absolutely necessary to have the proper apparatus. We have lately purchased three of the largest and most complete batteries manufactured, so constructed as to give the most gentle as well as the most powerful current. Persons treated at this Institute by electricity recognize at once the difference between our expensive and complete electrical (;wpm'utua and the common, cheap batteries, in use by many physicians. Over 8,000 dollurs juvested in electrical apparatus. - PRIVATE, SPECIAL, NERVOUS AND BLOOD DISEASES. . We claim to bo the only reliable, responsible establishment in the west making a specialty of this elass of diseases. Dr. McMenamy was one of the first thorough- 1y educated physicians to make a special study of this class of diseases, and his methods and inventions have been adopted by specialists in Hllm’l 1d Ameriea. He is the inventor of the Clamp Compr Suspensory, acknowledged the best in use. All others are copied after his invention. By means of a simple operation, painless and safe, recently brought into use, we cure many cases that have been given up 48 incurable by medical treatment. (Kead our book to men, sent free to any ud«lrus.l) DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR. ave had wonderful success in this department in the ar, and have made many improvements in our facili- ies for treatment, operations, artificial eyes, ete. We have greatly improved our lities and methods of trmtlnfi cases by correspondence, and are having better success in this department than ever before. . 3 We are fully up to the times in all the latest inventions in medical and su lcal operations, appliances and instruments. Our institution is open for investiga- tion to any persons, patients or physicians, ~ We invite all to correspond with or visit us before taking treatment elsewhere, believing that a visit or consultation will convinee any intelligent person that it is to their advantage to place them- nder our care. 'Blv?;h::w this advertisement first appeared, many b«ulr’nwflmrun and frauds have eome and ;/mw and many more will come aiui go, remembe only by their unfortunate ish victima, sind /ool A wise man investigates first and decides afterwards, A fool decides flrst, then investigates The Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute is indoysed by the people and the press. More capital invested, more skilled physicians employed, more rodern applionces, instru- ments and apparatus in use, more cases treated and cured, more successful surgical operations performed, than in all other medical establishments in the West combined, 144 PAGE BOOK (Illustrated) SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS (ssaLsp). COLITEINTS: Part First—History, Buceds and Advantagos of the Omah: wart CiroxNio DIsRASES of the Lung, Stom Catarrh, Epilopsy, Rtheumatian, Inhalation, Tapo Worm, Bloctsicity, New Hemedios, efe, Part Third-DeroryMities, Curvaturo of tho Bpioe, Club Foot, Hip Tisoases, Paralyels, W) Neck, Bow AP, Burgiesl Oporations. 0l vr:w,l!:‘m‘;n.l. e M i Yo LAds, Tuver , Arti o3, 0 Fare Fmmn "W oMEN, Lotcorrhts, Dlooration, Displicoments, Prolspsas, Fle: ions snd Verslons, Tumors, Lacerations and Gancor of the Womh, Part Sixth—DisEAsEs oF Man, Privato, Bpocial aud Norvons Disenscs, Bpormatorr Weakiess), Impotenocy, Varicovele, Btricture, Gleet, Byphilis, and afl dise Urinary Orgaus, DISEASES OF WOME ¥Oi WOMEN DURING CONFINEMENT, (Biricily Private). Only Reliable Medical Institute Making a Specialty of esstull PRIVATE DISEASES, [ Di treated, Syphilitie Polson removod from the aystem withont 2 o et e vt ot o 1058 of Vital, ¥ ‘a Lo troated at bome by corres Pwer. lonts unable £o Vilt ys iay ments sent by mall o ol coerss e fomi, Ot OMAHA MEDICAL & SURGICAL INCTITUTs.‘pz; Modlcines or Tnstru- sqoul atasvidw preq o reryl i rvous iscuses, [Lipo- 15(b and Dodue Stresie, 00 7% Wo I past y onl Enstitnte kin, Pllos, Canoer, Medical and Sury Liver, Kiduoys, A Sreorarry. We HAve Lateoy AvpED A LYINGIN DEPARTMENT lcations €0 1 Al‘('\)‘t’::l“:]‘z‘:rk: 1o Indl contents or sender. One 9er T o O W0 TN, FitkTE: U por Panis) MERER ot it v aricocoie, 'With qucetion fat. - Addboss,