Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 11, 1889, Page 10

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY; AUGUST 11, 1889.~SIXTEEN - PAGES. RETAKING THE HOLY CITY, The Jows Are Again Hstablishing Themselves in Jerusalem. SORROW AT SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. The Walling Place and the Pathetio COhants Heard There— Queer Dress and Oustoms — A Gaining Their Own. Covyrighted 1689 by Frank 6. Carpenter.] JERUSALEM, July 17, 1850.—[Special to Tan Brs.|—Thirty thousand out of the forty thousand people in Jerusalem are Jows, and the Israelites bid fair to again become the predominant peop'e in Palestine. The Turk- ish government which has for a pro- hibited them from living longer than threo weeks at a time in the holy land, is nnder the influence of the foreign govornment, re- laxing its restrictions, and at present vho Jews wre coming here by the hundreds. They are engaging in business and they now control a great part of the trade of Jer- usalom. Some of them feel that the day ‘when the prophecy of the Bible that they shall again inhabit their land shall bo ful- filled is at hand, and one curious tribe from southern Arabia claims to have received a revelation that they must desert thoir desert country and COME DACK TO PALBSTINE. These Jews have lived in Yemen Arabia for the past twemty-five hundred years. They arc of the tribe of Gad, and they left Palestine seven handred yoars before Christ was born. They are bringing with them many valuable old documents which prove their origin, and not a fewof them are en- gaged In agriculture ncar Jerusalem. The persecution of the Jews in Russia and Aus- tria is driving many of them here, and there are large numbers of Polish and Spanish Jows in Jerusalem. Our American cousul, Mr. Gilman, tells me that there are about two hundred American Jews in Jerusalem, and he says that the great number of Jewish immigrants is the wonder of the people of this part of the east. He says that the re- moval of the restrictions on Jewish immi- mration has taken place during the past three or four years, and that whon he came here it was the policy of the foreign govern- ments represented at Jorusalem to aiil the ‘Turks in expelling the Jews. He wus ad- vised shortly after his arrival thatsome American Jews were overstaying their three weels time in Palestine and was re- quested to direct them to leave, He replied that such action was entirely contrary to the #pirit.of our government which is founded on religious and race freedom, and after some negotintion the American Jews were allowed to remain. Shortly after tius the British cousul under instructions from the British minister at Constantinople took the same grounds, and 1 am told the German and the French governments have followed suit. The time of Jews remaining in Pales- tine has been extended and the restrictions upon their residence in Jorusalom have been practically removed. A half century ago there werc only thirty-two Jewish families im all Jerusalem and the number in Pales- tine was only 3,000. Now there are NEARLY FIFTY THOUSAND in the holy land and three-fourths of the population of Jerusalem: is made up of them. A curious people they are! Like no ather Jews on the . face of the carth. They ave nearer the type which existed here in the past and they have a prescribed dressand | their appearance is like that-of.no other people of the, .orvient. ' The - boys and men wear long cnt-like. gowns which reach ‘without belts from the neck to the feet, and whick show other gowns. beueath them at the front. Their heads are covered with eloth or velvet caps, bordered with long brown fur which stands straight out, form- ing & wide fringe avout the head. None shave: ana all who can wear beards. Fach face is framed in two long curly locks of hair. which come out just in frontot theears, and in some cases reach down to the breasts, in accovdance with an injunction of the scriptures stating that “‘thou must not mar fthe corners of thy beard.” The Jews here never cut thew hair in front of the ears, and I have seen boys with the whole of the rest of the head shaved and these two locks left. ‘These Jerusalem Jews have fine faces with fthe olive complexion, which 18 commor to their ruce the world over. ‘fhey have har of all colors, from black and white to a flery red, and there are many smong them 'with beards of silver whiteness. Jerusalem is to the elderiy Jew of Europe what Benares is to the Hindoo. He hopes to COME HERE TO DIE. snd Iam told that many of the Jews heve have a bolief that if they dio in other lands they will be dragged under the earth through the globe from whence they are lad until they come out upon the Mount of Olives. The sude of this mountain is covered with Jewish tombstones and soil from it is sent to Jews in many parts of the world in order that it may be put into their cofins at burial. Quite u number of the Americun Jews here are old men., Few of them, however, ars of American birth and very few speak Enalish. 'They have acquired in some way a citizen- ship in America. But they are not of the class of their race in our country. Among. them are someold men who have rn out of business, or have given their jusiness over to their sons and who live here upon an allowance from tiem. One of those men came fo our consul the other duy and ssked if there was not some way in which Be could leave the property which be had in Jerusalem to found a synagogue. He was u very dirty, ragged looking old maan, and the consul was surprised at the question. Upon inquiry he said that he owned six good houses in Jerusalem, and that he haa saved enough to buy these out of an allowance of a_thousand dollars a year, which his sons in New York hud been sending him. The Jews of Jerusalem have mahy pau- pers among them, and their eondition. is worse t han that of any of their race the world over. The number who have been forced here by persecution are supported almost eutirely by the different Jewish churches over the world and thoe numbers of different denominations of Jows and christians who are so supported has made Jerusalem A CITY OF MENDICANTS. At certain hours of the duy bread is givon sway at cartaiu places, and tho people come to these in crowds. The Jews themselves in the fewest oasos change their religiom, but tho different denominations of begging christians move sbout from church to ehurch as the supplies rise or fall, just as the bad boy chauges his Sunday sehool ac- cording to the prospects of presents at time of Christmas. Such giving has made Jeru- @ hot-bod for the propazicien of beg- and this is true of Gier people than the irder of wlms takers mwmong them has made the Jerusalem Jews, as & class, regardless of their personal appearance snd fhey livo in dirt and squalor. I have visited a great number of their houses; ‘whole families live in one cave like a room of the size of a ball bedroom, with no wandois, and lighted only by the door at the front; ‘both walls and araof stoue. There is furniture to speak of. Thereis only & or two for the grown people and the estof the family must buok on the floor. kitchen is in most cases & little box just enough for the woman of the house to upright in and not more than three wide and four_ feet deep. back mh there is a rude stove of stone for the ing of charceal and somewhere in the oatacombs which makos up the tenements of Sacore of families, there is a well, which is She comuon. property of all. On the door 90sts of each dwelling, whetlior it be of only one Foom or wore, there s tacked a rolled up ml" ‘white parchment six inches long on is written the nawe of Jehovah and fen commoudments, und everyone of these Philistine Jews wears the command- ments tied upon his arms under his coat. | hour's ride from here yesterday, and l&:nd They have in some cases PHILACTRRIES FOR THEIR FOREREADS at time of worship, and most of them very devout. They do not approve of wear- ins any other than the Jewish dress, and most Jews who come hare adopt the ‘which I have describod. Our consul says there are 150 Jewish syn- agogues in Jerusalom, but these as a rule are small os 80 as the other churches of the city. The service s differ- ent from that which is observel in America, and the women worship ia a different room from the men. I was in Jerusalem at the time of the celebration of the Passover and 1 was told that the feast is now colebrated much the same as % was in the days of the past, save that a piece of burnt bone now takes the place of the lamb, At this timo the Jows turned out in holiday attire and I was surprised to see rich gowns of velvet and silk, of blue, Yallnw and green on some of the men whom had soen before In little more than rags. I uttendod the sinnmm and found them all full. The rabbis wore gorgeously olad and I have seldom seen more devout congrega- tions. Tho men were all reading Hebrew ont loud and in the rooms adjoining I found women taiking over the scriptures or listen- ing to tho older women among them who wero reading. The rabbis of Jerusalem are not engaged in business. Some of them act as judges and in quarrels among the Jows the suits are always settied by them. The chief rabbi is now mora than mnety years old and ho has, T am told, lately taken a new wife aged twenty-five, He is a very intelli- gont and bright old man and is highly re- spected in Jerusalem. One of the great sights of Jerusalem is THR JBW'S WAILING PLACE where every Friday certain sects meet on the outside of the waldis of the Mosque of Omar which occupies the site of Solomon’s temple, and with their heads against the stones sorrow over the loss of Jerusalem and pray God to give the land back to his chosen le. This custom has beem ob- served since the days of the middle ages and it 18 one of the suddest sights, 1 visited it last week. Ina naraow alley surrounded by miserable houses—on stone flags which have been worn with the bare feet of thousands of Jews—againsta wall of groat blocks of marbie which reached for fifty or more feet above them, a long line of men in long gowns and of women with shawls over their heads stood with their heads bowed praying and weeping. Many of the men had white beards and tho long curly locks which fell dowix in front of their ears were of silver. Othors were just :n their prime, and I could not but wonder when I saw the forms of these at times almost convulsed with emo- tion. Each had a well thumbed Hebrew bible in hand, and from time to time the prayer broke into a kind of a chant, an old gray-heuded man acting as ieader and the rest coming in om the refasin. The chant was in a strange tongue, but as translated it isas follows: Leader—For the palace that lies desolate. Response—We sit in solitude and mourn. —For the walls that are destroyed. Response—We sit i solitude and mourn, Leader—For our majesty that is departed. Response—~We sit in solitude and mourn. Leader-~For our great men who lie dead. Response—We sit in solituda and mourn. yguder—Fr our priosts who have stu- ed. Response—We sit in solitude and mourn. leader—For our Kings wito have despised im. Response—We sit in solitude and mourn, The effect of this chant can not be appre- ciated without hearing | ‘The old men, the weeping women who kiss the stones of the wall that separate them from what was once the site of Solomon’s temple, and which is even now THE HOLIEST SPOT ON EARTH TO TITI JEW, the genuine feeling expressed by all and the faith that they show in thus coming here week after weelk and year after year 18 wonderfully impressive. It is indeed one of the strange signts of this strangest of citics. A pation is mourned for, and other chants which they utter con- tain such expressions as the following? “We pray thee have merey- on. Ziows gather the ldron: of Jerusulom together; may the kingdom seon return to Zion: comfort those who mourn over Jerusslem; may peace and joy abide with Zion and the branch of Jesse spring up at Jorusalem.’” The Jewish charitable institutions at Jeru- salem arc many. I have visited several, among which are the schools which have been established here by the Rothschiids. Theseare very large and they teach the young Jews the mdustrial arts as well as give them good educations in other ways, I visited the curpenter shops and saw PPaies- tine Jews working away quite as skillfully as our American carpenters, I saw bright-eyed boys working in the tin shops and founduies making models which are to go the expos tion at_ Paris, and I was takon through art schools and drafting rooms, where these boys were sketching and modelling fizures out of clay into very fuir pieces.of seulpture. There is also a girl's school connected with the Rothschild fund and this countains more than one hundred girls. The establishments are lnown as those of the Israelitisb alliance, and they are supported by Jewish churches over the world as well as by the Rothschilds, Among the curious features of thisalliance are a number of agricuisural colonies in dif- fevent. purts of Palestine. There is.an agri- cultural school near Jaffa, which has more than soven hundved pupils, and there ure eight of these agricultural colonies. One of their farmus near Jaffa has 25,000 acres. Itis situated ON THE PLAINS OF SHARON where the Philistines lived, sud it has tens of thousandsof viues and olivetrees. The ‘Turks are very much averse to selling land to rhe Jews, but the latter show themselves to be as good farmers as they are business men and the terraced condition of the hills about Jorusalem shows that the holy land was far bettar cultivated under them thua it Bias been under their conquerors. A large amount of land just outside of the city of Jorusalem is now either in the hands of the Jews or of their churitable in- stitutions. Mr. Behar, the head of the Roths- child schools, tells me they have just hought the Jerusalem hotel. snd wilt add it to thew school. Sir Moses de Montetiore, who man- aged the fund left by a.vich New Orleans Is- raclite, bullt many good houses for Jews om the road batween Bethlehem and Jorusalem, and there are a number of Jewish hospitals. Among the people who confidently believe that tho Jews will soon azain own Palestine, is a colony of fifteen persons who live in a fine house built on the very walls of Jerusa- lem, and who are known as ‘‘the Ameri- cans.” These people are not Jews at all. They are christians who have come here from different parts of the United States,and more especiuily from Chicugo, to await the fulfillment of the prophecy that God will regenerats the world beginning at Jerusalem, "They believe that this day is close at hand, and they say that it hus begun in the Jews co ing back to Palestine. They seoc its fulfill- ment in the improyements that are goiug on in Jerusalem, and cito the new roads that have beer built over the country as one of the evidences of it. Thay are evidently people of means ag well as of refinement oud culture. When I visited themn the other day I talked with ssyeral of them and found them intelligent and well-educated, I asked one as to their belief and was told that they took the bible as their guide and that they had come to Jerusalem to endeavor to follow its precepts while living upon its walls. ‘They have no particulue erced, and one of them said when asked as to this that ther is too much proaching ana too little good liv- ing. They do no missionary work, und say thoey have not yot folt called upon to preach. They spemd much of their time in bible atudy and singing and are much respected among the foreigners who reside in Jeru- salem, TUERE 15 ¥O DOULT, HOWEVER, THAT Jerusalom 18 improving, The most of its streets are now well paved and the sanitary condition of the city has been greatly im- proved, There is still room, however, for further advance in thus direction and the side streets are filled with luhwd slops and you now and then dog_or cat ina state of putrnid decomposition. The Jerusalem outside the walls is now almost as large as the eity within, and I am told that land has arisen to such an extent that the holy eity may ve said to have a real estate boom. In the Memiterranean hotel, where I am stopping, there is a advertising a fine furm for saie botween Bothiehem and Jerusalem, and I learn that along the Jaffa road, just outside of the gate, rty has RONO Up Within & year or so several hundred per cent. One piece which belongs to a chavitable institution was bought a short time ago for It is worth $50,000, and canuot be bought for that amount. A tele- graph line now runs from here to the sca const, and o ratlroad company has been or- fanized to build a line from Jaffa to Jeru- salem. 1drove out to Bethlehew, which lks an i i i | succe: les planted on the E“n ore d fought the Philistines, and g the hills where the shepherds thoir flocks when they saw the On the same ground to- telegraph King Da runnin watch wonderful star. day the TURBANNED BETHLENEM SHEPHERDS of the mineteenth century are mind i their meT and as 1 look at their rou! forms clad in sheep’s skin costs I wondered whether the bright star of the electric Iight might not somewhere appear in thelr own little town, and on tower of David which looks down upon them from the Jeru- salem of to-day. Bethlehem has many new houses. Thero is & good road now to Hebron and the day will_probably soon be when you can travel over the holy land in & carriage. Jerusalem for the first tima fn nistory has a police force, and its ordor is now as good as that of New York. It has fairly good hotels and the town is awakenod every morning by the bugle call of the modern Turkish band. The American flag floats from the roof of the lar builaing on the top of Mont Zion, and you find on its strects travelers from all partsof tho world, IRANK G. CARPENTER. - Modern Love. Mrs. 8. M. Riley in Detroit Free Press. "Twas only a week ago to-night, You said “good-by” at the garden gate. The wind breathed a laugh to the poplar loaves, And a nightingale sang of love to 1ts mato. The fireflies gloamed througn tho moadow dark, Whero tho river ran g And every word was @ & Ere_you said “good night” at tho gate to me. You spoke of life “‘as o problom dread,” And breathed a sigh for your lonely lot: Then boggod a pnsy from my hairy And a sprig of blno forget-me-not. You said, 'twas so sad to live unloved— That love was love, forever and aye! And implied, you never could love but ones Your heart would creak if 1saul you nay. You spole 80 long of men and books, That mine eyes graw dim, and brain did reel As you quoted of Tennyson many a page, And asked “if Ididn’t dote on ‘Lucile) " | "T'was only & weel, and yet to-night, 1 sit alone in the shadows drear, As the moon creeps over the poplar trees, And list for a stepwhich I seldom hoar, But 5001 a voice—and two shadows pa When 1 hear once more an old refrain— He is quoting “Luctie” and ““Locksley Hall, To my protty neighbor aown in the lanc. LITTUE ENGLISA TRAMPS, Noisy Sparrows and the Groat Nuise ance They Have Become. For a purely gratuitous and unneces- sary nuisance, unredecmed bv asingle good quality,the Enghisn spavrow ranks first and foremost, says the Chicage Tribune. This ugly little dirty-brown object was introduced into this country some years ago. when a sentimental fad prevailed in some’of the eastern cities, t was solemnly advanced by the advo- cates of this noise and dirt muking nuisance that be possessed all the vir- tues which pertain to birds. The cheerful twitter of the sparrow was to enliven the parks and open spnces of os, while he would earn his own and confining Rims to a inimal giet, would rid the gar- and trees of countless myrinds of worms and insects. The introduction of the sparrow into the United States was about as briiliant an B as the importation of the s bit into stralin. or of the 0t~ tish thistle into Canada. Thousands of pounds ave spent yearly by the governor of Australin as bounties for the destruction of the four-footed l)cst. aud thousands of miles of feneing have been built at great expense tokeep them off the farms. Even the resources of science have been called into vlay, und M. Pasteur has tri with Iittle s to abolish the r the dissemiunation of microbes. Of the million of dollars worth of farm land whiely hay beem ruined by the Seotch thistle any farmer can tell. But it, like the sparvow, has come to stay, and the plague is con- | stantly on. the inereuse. The sgparrow in no way justifies the claims of his advoeates. He1s a noisy and dirty bird, and instend of living on worms and inseets, he delizhts in ruin- ing gardens by (lip;'.,fmgullv seed of a most pugnacious and disposition, a perfect bivds, with his beak agai bird. Two or three years . ago Douglas park was vocal with the ¢weet notes of hundreds of native American robins. and to-dt arcely one can be seen or heard. This unnaturalized foreigner hus driven away the birds to the mun- nor born, and lords it triumphantly over all the smaller featheved songsters. When first introduced in the eastern cities—for it was by Boston anglowman- iacs that the interloper was firss wel- comed to these shores—the sparrow became the fashion, and a lot of senti- mentai slush was written and printed about his reported good qualities. Boxes for nests were provided in the trees in the public parks. But with the native meanness which is his prin- eipal eharactevistic the sparrow de- clined to occupy these homes. Instexd of vhat he stacks up half a bushel of chips and straw in a waterspout or under the eaves of a house, where his litter is most unpleasant in evidence. With a persistence worthy of a hetter cause the sparvow devotes himself when not fighting with other birds or ruining | garden crops to the propugation of his species. Rearing from two to four broods per annum, the sparrow is en- gaged in nidification from April until August, and as each brood usually numbers five, the multiplication of this persistent pest is becoming alavming. In various stutes legislation has been had and measures taken to prevent tho spread of the sparvow. A few days ago General Cassius M. Clay declared that “the English sparrow must go.” He says that legislation, private bounties for the heads of the vagrant bird, traps, poisons, and tue shotgun must be em- loyed to exterminate the pest. His iden is that vhe sparrow will, if per- mitted to go on his evil way, cost the United States many millions of dollars, and so he hoists the black flag and pro- claims a war a la. outrance against the noxious bird. The truth is that the sparrow is a fraud snd a nuisance to be suppressed. In_ his native land he istireated as a gublic eneiny, and no Englishman eould e made to believe that any people not originully pestered by his presence should deliberately invite him. In Eng- land he is exempted from the law whic| forbids the plundering of the nests of other birds, as the thrush, blackbird, starling, and other songsters. [f these, or the English lark,all of which live upon worms and insects solely—the black bird’s weakness for cherries excepted— could be imported and acclimatized here the northern states would gain some beautiful songbirds as well as useful in- sect destroyers. But the predatory sparrow should be exterminated, and it might be a good thing to encourage his annihilation by putting a priee upon his head. In the black catalogue of his of- fenses the sparrow must be credited with one exception, Although noisy, dirty and useless whea alive he is good for food after his neck is wrung, and sparrow pie is a frequent article of food in England. Considering that reed birds on toast cost a quarter per mouth- ful the sparrow might in the shape of pie make some amends for having pre- sumed to exist. If you suffer frou: fooseness of bowels or fever and ague, Angostura Bitters will cure you. Dr. J, G. Siegert & Sons, sole manufacturers. Ask your druggist, MISFITS OF THE METROPOLIS 1 e Points in Which Nebraska's Big Town Excells New Yorlk. s NAnnow.cndpnso AND ROUGH, IR Its Streets Dun't Compare With Omaha's and Alléys are Conspion- Men With & Pall. i Tid Bits Froth Boodleville. Nrw York, Adgust 8.—{Special to THe BEE.]—A New York lady was re- cently introduced to one, who formerlv made Omaha her home, and upon be- ing informed of the fact, acknowledged the introduction by making this re- mark: *“Ah, from Omaha, did you say? Do you know that that place s always associuted in my mind with cowboys and Indians and people of that sort? Are there really so many there?” While this idea of Omaha is still en- tortained by a few in the ea: itisn pleasing fact to notice that, as a gen- eral rule, New Yorkers are begining to realize that the western cities, such as Omaha, Denver and Kansas City, are no longer the homes of desperadoes and border ruffans, bnt that they are the seats of a civilization as advanced us that to be found in their own cities, In fact a careful compurison malkes 1t clear that Omaha is ahead of Now York in many particutars, The narrow and crooked stroets in the lower part of the citv ave 1n strik- ing contrast to Omaha’s broad high- ways. Of course this is owing to the fret that Omaha was lafd out to bea city, while New York, like Topsy, “just growed.” But the fact remains as a serious drawback to New York's convenience. The total absence of al- leys in the business vortion of the city makes it necessary to handle all the heavy tratlic of the large wholesale and commission houses at their front doors instend of at the alley entrances as is done in Omaha. This renders a btrip through any of the streets lead- ing to the river a very dangerous un- dertaking during the busy hours of the day. Imorder to walk up Cortland, ay or Chambors street, which lead toana from the principal railroad fer- ries, one must climb over or go around a dozen or move *skids,” platforms and trucks, and is lucky if he escapes with- out being KNOCKE or a bar to truck. Srondway is certainly o fine stveet, but I well remember of Omaha people who complained of thre unsightly ap- peaq of small one and two-story structures on FRrnan street, suying s werd notl scen on Broad- i There ave, however, on !Broadway where the ke in & row of buildings with ¢ mixtdre b good and bad structures as Om¥aha's business street present. and somde’ of - the old houses look fully as bad:as the worst shanties on: Farnwam strees. In faet, I think it is safe o say that inia.vepy few years more Farnam street will:puesent a more uni- formly fine architeetural appearance than does Brondneary. The pavements here ave wretehed. I doubt whether thereis another city in the union that bas such a miserable coilection of uneven roadways as this, d it is not from a lack of expenditure | that t! ate of affairs exists Most of the paving is of granite blocks, and was | originally level. and made a good road- | way,but the constant digging up for the | purpose of ropuir laying gas pipes. water pipes and subways, and the 1reless aying of the blocks has 2d a condition of affaivs which the | city government seems to be unable to | ramedy. Sections of pavemont are con- | stantly heing velaid, only to be ripped | up in a few days by some of the num- erous companies who have pipes laid need repairving. Of course | Fifth: avenue, and other ara excaptions to uptown _resi- dence streets are in better condition than the lower husiness streets, but the city pavements asa whole ave in very poor condition. . Everybody has heard of New York's police as the ‘‘greatest. in the world,” and to glanee at the stalwart frames and soldierly appearance of the foree when on their annual parnde, one cannot but sckmowledge that they are a magnifi- cent body of men puysically, and the manzer in whieh the vast thousands of the vicious element ave kept in control well for the organization of the police department. But unfortunately | there is ANOTHER SIDE TO THIS STORY. A man with apolitieal pull in this city, if it is of a suffciently strong | eharacter, can commit almost any of | the minor offenscs and escape arrest, | and even free himself from the grasp of justice when his erime is of a greater | | nnture. The daily history of crime im New Yorlk shows this to be so beyond dispute. Possibly it is 8o in every lurge city, but there isa difference between New York and Omaha that here public sentiment seems to acknowledge the existence of this evil, and whiie con- ceding its baleful effect does nothing to remedy 1t, while in Omaha when such a case is brought to light the public and the press express themselves in no uncertain terms against it. This city is at present straining every nerve to secure the world’s fair in 1892, The only comuetifor ,in the field from which there seems to exist any danger that the prize will fall to is Chicago, and it is evident thai Chicago is pre- paring for a strong effort in that direc- tion. It is to be deubted if New Yorkers really appreciate what an effort Chicago is making and what a power the city by the lake can bring to bear to attain her desive. New York, however, is fully organizing her forces, and is preparing to go ahead with or without congres- sional aid, so that in case congress should decide ppon Chicago as the proper place for the exhibition, the country may witnesg two world’s fairs in 1892, in the rivab,cities. It is to be hoped that such ‘& state of affairs will not come to passy as; both exhibitions would probably be far from complete, and mgum would result. As is usual to this season, the theatri- cal world is very quiet. , ly four of the theatres are openy and three of those are presenting comic opera. Col- onel Mc&ull'u company still have a successful run with *“Clover;” “The Brigands” is the Casino’s attraction, and Francis Wilson with the “‘Oclan™ at the Broadway continues {o attract. This is the last weelz 5f the ‘‘Burglar” at the Madisoa Squave. It will be fol- lowed by ‘‘Baotle’s Baby” next week. Manager Abbey has- returned from Europe. He denies the story that Mary Anderson is mentally dis- eased, in the most positive terms, While in Europe he engaged several prominent attractions for the coming season. His Italian opera company, DOWN.BY A CRATE OF FRUIT el of flodr i trausit from store | FRENCH MAIL which opens in Chieago, December will lnch'x)fl’: ¢ b PATTI, ALBANT, AND OTHER ARTISTS, among them Signor Tamagno, who he claams is the finest robust tenor in the world. He has also olosed a contract with Otto Hegner, said to be a danger- ous rival of Josef Hofmann. He will be accompanied by the Boston Mendels- #ohn quintet. The London Gaiety company will appear at the Broadway theater, December 9. It will not be the same one that was here last season, but the reserve that was left at home. The Saturday half-holiday is quite a feature here, and is generally observed by the principal manufacturing and wholesale houses, but unfortunately rain has fallen nearly every Saturday since May, so that the working people have lost much of the benefit they may have derived from this opportu- nity. That it is & great boon to those who work, is evident, however, to those who observe how the day is enjoyed when it chances to be pleasant. How they enjoy it is a subject worthy of treatment in a separate lettor., CHARLES T. BUNCE. - There are many accidents and dis- eases which affect stock and cause se- rious inconvenience and loss to the farmer in his work, which may be quirckly remedied in the use of Dr. J. H. McLean’s Voleanic Oil Liniment. il PEPPERMINT DROPS. A prizo-fighter buys his victory by the pound. In Chicago ladies’ stockings will be worn large this year. Now it's a theator trust, This is the latest stago of the game. ‘These timed suit the scissors grinder. He likes to ind things dull, Few men are ever so tired in thess hot days that they cannot lift a schooner. These be the days when even sober men may be seen clutching at straws. It {s meet that the Sandwich isiands should be populated by the descendants of Ham. Mrs. Harrison would like a little more of ‘“Home, Swecet Home"” in the white house, The king of the Cannibal islands used to have many domestic broils when he ecooked his servants, Even Wall street cannot defy natural laws. When the “short" is “‘squeezed” he is shorter —very much so. ‘The pedagogue keeps school until the heated term comes on, and then he keeps cool somewhere else. Jokes about the icoman do not go in Greenland; the ice there is 6,000 feet thick— delivered at the door free. When Shakespearo remarked, “All the world's a stage,” the world was rather slower than it 1s nowadays. The proper name of the bumble bee 18 humblo bee. Buthumble as he is he won't allow bimself to be sat upon. Kor sale, a larze assortment of duplicate wedding presents a¥good as new. Mr. Duff, Mar Lodge, Scotland. Ring right-hand bell. No agents. A Minncapolis mun claims to have in- vented u motar which will do all kinds of kitchen work. It is understood to have no cousins. . The numerous failures of the leather firms in Boston indicate that thesinhabitants of New Englund ars gamboling barefoot on the suuds of the seashore. The annual convention of the United States Hay-Fever association at Bethlehem, N. H., is a very dignified assembly, and by no menns to be sneezed at. A store in Atlanta, 8o we are tola, has heen built entirely of paper. Men have tried o run stores entirely on paper for many years, with no very good results. Mrs. Cleveland has been aeting as post- inistress at a church fair im Marion, Mass. Thus far no charges of offensive purtisan- ship have been brought againss her. ‘The Johnstown sufferer is the latest vari- ety of tramp in Kunsas. He bears a close resemblance to all the rest in the particular that he looks as if he had never seen water. A chiropodist will henceforth be attached o every German regiment. Heretofore it has not been considered necessary to employ a corn dactor to put the Germau soldier on a war fooung. Dr. Brown-Scquard rejuvenates people ‘with extractof guinea pi?; Dr. W. A, Ham- mond with the extract of lamb. There is a grave suspicion that Dr. William Muldoon prescribes extract of mule, ““Young man,” said the long-haired passen- ger 10 the occupant of the seat nhead, ‘‘do you know that I never spent a dollar for lig- uor n my lite?’ *‘Really?” responded the young man, turning half round, with a look of great interest on his face. * How do you work it COMPAEHE GENERAL ETRANSATLANTIQUE Paris Universal Bxpostion I8 now open. Parties dosiring good accommodatio On the new lare oxnress stsimers of the Kamous LINE, Which are noted for their regularity, oqual to rafl- rond tratns, in making the trip to Huvre-Paris in ono weok, are ndyised to Make Early Application for Berths. ‘This Is also necossary on. aceount of tho heavy travel during the spring snd summer months. McCAGUE BROS., 105 South 15th St., HARRY E. MOORIES, 1502 Farnam St., H. L. HALL, 3 Farnam St., | J. H. GREEN, 1501 Farnam St., Agents, Omaha, Neb, MAURICE W. KOZMINSKL, MorgunFa i is Weallh . B, C. Wesr's NERVE AND BRAIN Priam- Aguaranteed specifc for Hy=teria, Diszh vulsions, ¥ita, Nervous Neuralgis, he, Nervous Prosiration caused by the use of lcohol or toonceo, Wakefulness, Mental Depression, Softening of the Bra.n, resulting iy And leading ddeath. re Old Age, Harre in elther sex, Inva'hmuu ssed aud Sperinas orrha caused by over-exertion of the brain, self- 56 or overindulgence. Each DOX coutwini one month’s treatment. §1.00 or six e for #.00,sent by mail prepald onreceiptof price, WE GUARANTEH SIX BOXES Ta cuve auy case. With each order received b stx boxes, accompanied with 86.00, we wil send the purchaser our Written guaranteo tund the luu?f R, MENT, ™ faspeal Gesealtrpad ; b Drug Co., b le A 10 Farnam strest, Giaba Nebr 0 28 OMAHA Medical and Surgical Instituts, N. W. Cor. 13th and Dodge Sts, Omaha, Neb. THE LARCEST MEDICAL INSTITUTE IN THE WEST FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALL Chronic and Surgical Diseases and Diseases of tha Eye and Ear, S0k e g PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO DEFORMITIES, DISEASES OF WOMEN OF THE URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS, PRIVATE DISEASES, DISEAS OF THE NERVOUS LUNG AND THROAT DISEASES, SURGICAL OPERATIONS, EPILEPSY gR FITS, PILES, CANCERS, TUMORS, Efc. J. W. McMENAMY, M. D., President, And Consulting Physician and Surgeon. Organized with a full stam of Skilled Physicians, Surgeons aud Trained Narses. This establishment is a permanent medical institution, eondueted by thoron&yly gducated gieians and surgeons of acknowledged skill and experience. 'he Institute buidings, situated on the northwast corner of Thirteenth and Dodge streets, is composed of two la thnntmrv brick buidings of over ninety rooms, eonmminguur%flnd.lm Surgical and Consultation Rooms, i)mg!tondll‘:‘bmn ufsotory of Surgioal Appli d b d the Boart e;@ gg)fi:'fi?f flfim qn cha 000' m})lg{»:":aunet' ;'grsorl::o %n:uufl.ng't‘ll;e lnwm and the most thoroughly u}uip d Medical and Surgical Establishment in the West, one of the three largest in the United States, and second to none. ‘We have superior advantages and facilities for cremun’; disenses, performing surgical operations, boarding and numin% ratianu, which, combined with our acknowledged ability, experience, msgomui ility and reputndon. should make the Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute the first choice. You can come direct to the Institute, day or night, as we have hotel accommo- ! od and as cheap as any in the city, dnwyma:k?this oxylauungn for tio benefit nyf persons who may feel inclined to o further east for medical or surgical treatment and do not appreciate the fact ghat. Omaha possesses the largest and most complete Medical and Surgical Insti- tute west of New York, with a capital of over $100,000. DISEASES ES DEEORMITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY. APPLIANCES FOR DEFORMI- TIES AND TRUSSES, Best Facilities, Apparatus and Remedies for Successful Treatment of every form of Disease m;r rin lfhll gnlm or SURGICAL In This department we are especlally successrui. our ¢laims of superfority over all others are based. uton the fact that this is the only medical establishment mans ufacturing surgical braces and appliances for each individual case. We have three skilled instrument makers in our employ, with improved machinery, and have all the latest inventions, as well as our own patents and improvements, the result of twenty years’ experience. BELECOTRICAIL:. TRBEATMENT. The treatment of diseases by electricity has undergone great changes within the past few years, and eleetricity is nowmlmawledged by all schools of medicine as the great remedy in all chronic, special and nerve diseuses, for nervous debility, par- alysis, rheumatism, diseases of women, etc., and in many eye and ear diseases it is the most valuable of all remedies. In order to obtain its full virtues, it is ahsolntal{hmmsny 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 apparatus and the common, cheap batteries, in use by many physicians. Over 8,000 dollars invested in electrical apparatus. PRIVATE, SPECIAL, NERVOUS AND BLOOD DISEASES. We claim to be the only reliable, responsible establishment in the west making a specialty of this elass of diseases. Dr. McMenamy was one of the first therou Iy educated physicians to make a special study of this class of diseases, and his methods and inventions have bean adopted by specialists in Europe and America. He is the inventor of the Clamp Compress Suspensory, acknowledged the hest 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 Eglsn up a8 incurable by medical treatment. (. our book to men, sent free to any ress., DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR. We have had wonderful suecess in this department in the past year, and have made many improvements in our faeili- ties for treatment, operations, artificial eyes, ete. ‘We have greatly improved our facilities and methods of § tmxxtinfi cases by correspondence, and are having better success in this department than ever before. ‘We are fully up to the times in all the latest inventions in medical and surgical operations, appliances and instruments. Our institution is open for investiga- tion to any persons, patients or physicians. Wa invite all to correspond with or visit us before taking treatment elsewhere, believing that a visit or eonsultation. will convince any intelligent person that 1t is to their advantage to place them- lves under our care. i Since this advertisement first appeared, many boasting pretenders and frauds have came and gone and many mare will come arui go, rmumbemg only by their unfortunate "/ W4 o man, isetigaia st and dcides fterwards, A4 decides first, then investigates.’ The Omaha Medical and Institute is indorsrd by the peopls and the More capital invested, more skilled physicians employed, more modern appliances, instru- ments and apparatus in use, more cases treated and curcd, more successful surgical operations pers ormed, than in all other medical establishments in the West combined, 144 PAGE BOOK (Illustrated) SENT FREEZ TO ANY ADDRESS (ssamso). COXTTEINTS: e Advan! f the Omaha Medical and SBurgical Institnta. B o Draknaiie oF ths L ais Bromach, Liver, Kidneys. Bkin, biod, Canos WDA &lmy. nruum!llm. Inhalation, Tape Worm, Ehwlrll.‘l!{s ow Lo medles, A Part Third— uizins, Carva yoof the Bpine, Club Feet, Hip Discases, Pary 8 onrih-DiseAnus 07 Ti Ky b B an Disoasos of the Nerves, Catarnot, Strablsmus of E%I‘L_ Prerygium, Granulated By Lids, Inversion of tho Lids, Artificlal Eycs, eta. Part amASwS OF WOMEN, Leucorrhax, Uloeration, Dis Prolapsus, ¥iex- T eV orsinin, Tusiors, Lacerations wd Gineor of ihie Womb. art - s O Sy Drivate, Speolal a Nervous Disoasos, Spormatorrhesa (Sominal L wflWunu,, Emah. Sirkotare, "Glest, Syphilis and all discases Of the Gealto rlasry A Beroianry. W Have Lavsur ADDED A LYINGNN DEPAUTMEND. U e e e e e RISEASES OF WOMEN ¥OK WOMEN DURING Only Reliable Medical Institute Making a Speclalty of PRIVATE DISEASES, isenses successfully treated. Syphilitic Polson removed from the system without o it rtive Aroatiment for Lows of Vital Power. Patients uable lalt wa at home by correspondence. All communications confident odicines or fusirds 'seourely picked, no murks to lndicate contents or seuder, One @er tarviow proferre Al and conault us ar send history of your case, and we will sond lov lain wrapper, our BOOK TO MEN, FREL: Upon Private or Nervous Diseases, Impo- Rouu!. Bypl Gleet and Varicocole, with question list. A OMAHA MEDICAL & S8URGICAL INSTITUTE All B Betrontea ments sent by mull or express 131b sud Dodge Stroots, Omaha, Nobe