Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 24, 1889, Page 7

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24, 1880-SIXTEEN PAGES. KNICHIS OLD AND BOLD, Thoy Séll Live in the Noble Order of Templars. WHERE THEY ORIGINATED. A Snccinot History of the Rise and Progress of One of the Most Celobrated Confraternis ties 1n Ohristendom. Knights of the Temple. The Templars of old were first devoted to the diffusion of the Christian religion and the practice of the Cheistian virtues. The grand characteristics of the order wero oharity and hospitality, The founders were impelled by the desire to assist all those who wished to offer up their devotions at the shrine ecrectea over the spot where our Savior had been 1nid after his suffering and death. They were nothing more at first than & society of monks, but the dangers of the pilgrims increasing daily by the enmity and continual vexations of the Saracens, they soon found ‘themselves forced to take up the sword and fight man- fully to keep the enemies of the cross av bay. ‘Then by degrees they gave up the monastic life and became the valiant cbampions and indomitable bulwarks of Christendom of Palestine. This character they preserved until the jealousy and craft of arival order working on the minds of popes and potentates of Kurope raised against them & storm which ended in the almost en- tire extermmation of the Grder of Tomplars, after an existence of about two hundred yeors since thelr first establishment as a regular organization. The Templars took their name from tho Templum Salomonis, the palace of the Latin kings, where they had their quarters from the foundation of the order. ‘The origin of the Templars dates back to n o Burgundian knight, Hugh de or Payeas, bound himself and eight . first’ among whom was Godfrey Bt. Aleemar, by & vow to the vatriarch of Jerusalem 1 guard the publio roads and to fight for the King of Heaven in chastity, obediedce and self-denial. Baldwin Il grant- ed them quarters on Mount Moriah, and under his patronage statutes for the new order wero drawn up, and met with the ap- proval of Pope Honorius IT and the patriarch of Jerusalem. Within a few years the new order was established in almost every kingdom of Latin Christendom. According to Spanish historians Alphonso I, of Aragon and Navarre be. queathed them the third of his kinedom, and they received many other liberal grants from various personages. Louis XIL, in the latter years of his reign, gave them a piece ot marsh land outside Paris, which in later times became known asthe Temple, and was the headquarters of the order Europe. After the council of Proyes, Hugh de Pa- anis went to Eneland and induced a num- or of English knights to follow him to the holy land. Among these was Fulk, count of Anjou, who appears to have been a Templar before assuming the crown of Jerusalem mn 118L. Hugh de Paganis died in 1 and was suceeeded by Robert de Craon. erard de Barris, tho third waster, was conspicuous in = the second crusade. In the disastrous march from Laodiceato Attalia his troops alone keptup even the show of discipline, and their success prompted Louis VII, to rogulate his whole army after the model of the Tewplar Knights. They lent the French king large sums of money. Henceforward for 140 years the history of the Teniplars is the history of the comrades. In 1158 the new master, Bernard de Tremelai, and forty of his followers, bursting into As- cnlon, werg surrounded by tho Saracens and cut off to a single man. ~The scandal that their fate had -been met because of thewr eacorness to possess themselves of the - ity treasure Weot abroud, and the next year it was reported thar the Knights sold a noble half-converted Igyptian prince, who had fallen 1nto their hund, to chains ana certain death for a sum equaling over a quarter of & million of dollars, There were frequent charges of treachery made against the Knights, and in the twelfth century Ama- bric, the ‘latin king of Jerusalem, = hanged twelve Templars on a charge of betraywg a fortress beyond the Jordan to an emir of Theral-Din of Damasous, tI power being o standing menace to the Christian settlement, in the east. A Saracen invasion o1 Jerusa- 1¢m in 1179 led to adisastrous battie,in which Odode St, Amund, the grand master of the ‘Knights, was carried away, and never re- ‘turned. The story of the fall of the Latin kingdom I8 strangely connected with the knights. Gerard de Ridefort, of Bideford, coming to the cast in quest of & fortune, attached him- 8elf 1o the service of Raymona, of Tripols, looking for the hund of a wealthy window in rewurd, His first attempt was met with a refusal, and he enrolled himself among the Templars, biding his time for revenge, was shortly elected grand mastes, and did not fail to contrive a conflict which he hoped to be doadly tothe Saracens. His schemes met disaster, however, and one after another of the Christian fortresses fell into the hands of Saladin, the grand master finally ending bis carcer n a great battle, refusing to survive the slaughter of hisbrethren, After a series of intrigues the Knights built a fortress near the battle ground where their chief had died and they had wet such severe disaster, calling the fortress Cestle Pilgrim, near Acre, where in 1218, the fifth crusade started for the ex- pedition against Egypt. ‘The Templars wore the heroes of the siege of Damietta. “First to attack and last to retreat,” they saved the Christian army {rem anuihilation, yet it was largely owing to their objeations that Johu de Brienne re- fused the sultan's offer to restore Jerusalem and Palestine, The Latin Kingdom of the east received a blow in 1244 from which it never recovered, in a battle ;0 which the whole army of the Templars, 800 in number, took part. Despite the admirable valor of the Templars thoir poliey bad proved the ruin of the land. Je- rusulem wes lost to Christendom forever. The Templars had been weakenad, but were strong enough for intornal warfare. Ind277 they ospoused the quarrelof the bishop of Tripoll, formerly & member of the order, against his nepbew, prince of Antioch and Tripoll, and commenced a war which lasted three years. Io 1270 their conduct drove Hugh 1II,, kiogof Cyprus and Jerusalem, from Acre to Tyre. In the ensuing year, when Mary of An- tioch had sold her claim to the crown to Charles of Anjou, thoy welcomed this rince's licutenant to Aere and succoeded for be woment in forcing the Kuights of that wity to do homage to the new king, Thirteen Ll fell, and next year Acre, wook: Bea mustor, wos a) The fow surviving {uun elected a new master, and, forcing helr way to the seashore. sailed for Cyprus, which now became the headquarters of the er, For more than a hundred years the Tem- plars had been one of the wealthiest and most influential factors iv Euvopean volitics. But a small part of their enormous power ‘was shown in the east. Two Templars wero appolnted guardians of the disputed castles on the betrothal of Prince Henry of Eng- land and the French princess in 1161. Other 8, at the close of the and his po) ctow. b 1% nephew, | . {0 bo Gontinsot.] ville, Mo,, has a ', composed of twen Wwho are known by the name of, corps of Kumights -8lx you: Ladles K.T, Yney aro v tion 0f 1he Kulguts and also of f; movemen| ar, ive an exhibition drill be- "F“’a'" Missour: at its recent warnly commended for onga of thair wfiomnofi. of couyention of the Anoieu Rite Ilu'u:! h:.r hll:ét lo::hul orthern Ma- %’m ‘Who United States, fh&wuwuuu- dogrees of the co.ordinate bodies exomplified will be held at the Seottish’ Rite oathedral Decem- ber 0 and 10. Extensive arrangements are being made for a grand meeting. Solomon chapter, No. 83, R "A. M., of York, elected oficers at their last mecting. ‘The following is a list of such officers: F. C. Power, M. E. H. P. W. Small, M. B, K. M. A , M. E. S.; W. L. Whedon, seo- and C. L. Meissner, treasurer. D, o dgwick, W. H. Reader and Robert Armstrong, trustees, and W. K. Williams, J, H. Stewart and J. H, Chilcote, fluance com- tmittes. . of K, ' Further investigation into the circum- stances surrounding the Ladwes Guild re veals tho faot that the Guiid was organized under the direction ot one of the lodges of the Rebekah degree, being thereby virtually under the auspices of the 1. O. O. F\ although not legally so constituted. It was snnounced and understood that the society was conducted as an independent organiza- tion which had beon established by a number of benevolont ladies for the very worthy purpose of raising funds to bo donated towards the establishment of an Oddfellows’ home, The laws of the I. O. O. F\ are very string- ent upon the question of soliciting aid of any kind under the name of the order. Before any donations or subseription can be solicited i way, it is necessary to obtan the sion of the grand master. The laws forbid the holding of fairs where there are raffles or games of chance. After the Ladies' Guild was organized the grand master of Nebraska odd fellows was asked to give his permission to the holding of a bazaar or fair under the auspices of the order for the purpose of rasing funds for a home, To this he returned the following re- pl do not. soe how I can consistently grant any permission in the name of the order for the building of the ‘‘bazaar and social” for tho following roasons : 1. There has buen nothing presented to me to show that the request comes from an organization authcrized by the laws of the ordor. 2, Our grand lodge has not taken any definite action for the establishment of home for. indigent Oddfellows and widows and orphans of Odd fellows, 9, Before granting such permission the grand master should be satisfiea no part of the arrangements should conflict with sec- tion 1,189 of the digest or be in any way a violation of said section. . *I am 8Orry that this request has come be* foro any action was taken by our grand lodge to settle the question as to whecher we should have the home, for I am verv much afraid the position T am’ forced to take will cool the ardor of our fair und enthusiastic sisters of Omuha." Section 1,18 of the digest is the ono relat- ing to the holding of fairs where there are rafiles, ete. Tt will be seen by the above that there was Tittle latttude allowed the grand master in tho matter under consideration, but it is also apparent that the question is one which would Jjustify the moAt liberal construction of tho law. Ruth lodge, No. 1, will give oneof its characteristic entertainments on Saturday evening. A most entertaining programme nas been prepared, consisting of recitations, original and selected, and vocal and instru- mental wusic. A Rebekah sociable would not be complete without refreshments and they will also indulge iu & moderate amount of dancing. K. oof P The Lincoln, Neb., knights have $50,000 subscribed out of §100,000 waated to build a Pythian castle. Darius Wilson of Massachusetts, has changed the name of his new order from the Timproved Order of Knights of Pythias to Chevaliers of Pythias, A board of relief is being established in Louisville, Ky., the officers of each lodge in the city to constitute the organization. All worthy members who may become embar- rassed while visiting or passiug through Louisville will be assisted. It is rumored that early. in. January next Major General James R. Carnahan, possibly accompanied by General E. L. Brand of Cni- cago, Generai Jumes R. Ross of Indiana, and somo others prominent in the Uniform Rank, will visit the city of Milwaukee to “'spy out the land.” . ‘The Pythian Spur for November has made its appearance and 18 full of interesting reading. It contains a full account of the procoedings of the grand lodge as well as a large amount of local news. Its editorials are spicy and pointed, The November issue of the Pythian Spur proved to be one of the most interesting and valuable of that publication, Beside givin the complete proceedings of the recent gran lodge, it also contained a large selection of choieé Pythian Miscellaney. Its editorial was decidedly vigorous aud created some- thing of a sensation by the fearless manner in which the politics and errors of the grand lodge were shown up, The Spur made a lnt in this issue and, it is said, proposes to look sharp into the quality of the Pythian service rendared by those who come into the grand lodge und ask for the honors of the order. The new Pythian hall in the Paxton block has already proven quite a stimulus to the order in Omaha and & bonanza for those lodges fortunate enough to have s night in it for their meetings, On Thursday night when Oriole lodgo met, the hall was completely furnished and carpeted. It proved & dazlor to the large attendance present who gave expression to their surprise and delight in well deserved praise. This new Pythian home will be greatly beneflcial v all the lodges of the city and a stimulator to renewed Pythian ac- tivity In this city. Oriole lodge enjoyed a very pleasant litor- ary and musical entertainment at its meet- ing lust Thuraduy evening. Under *good of the order” this lodge proposes to have some- thing of this sort ut each of its meetings hereafter, On this occasion Dr. Merriam and E. B, Zimmerman read selections. Mr, Beahr gave a very fine recitation and also sang a comic song. Harry Merriam with the har- monica to Mr, Beahr's guitaraccompaniment immediately delighted tho lodge and by a prolonged and decided applause were obliged to repeat. A pumber of svlendid speeches were mado by visiting brethren and by the lodge's own membership. Thus a ploasant sveniog was spent and the new ball given a rousing starter for refined sociability and entertsinment for the wiater. Lily Division No. 8 will give avother of 1ts hops on Thauksgiving eve, next Wednesday night at Metropolitan hall, Grand Chancellor J. M, Macfarland and family bave removed from Columbus and taken up their residence in Owaha. The citizens of Columbus express great regret at losing Mr. Macfurlund, as he was one of the m‘l'nx Spirits in toe advancoment of the ‘I'he new lodge room of the order in the hall in the Paxton building is now completed, ond it is no oxuggeration to state that It is the handsomest lodge room in the city. The room is papered in very good taste with a light-colored paper, the spuce back of each station being covered with gilt. moulding. ‘The grand chancellor's stationis in an alcove ‘Which is also covered with a red ground. A handsome turcoman curtain, in arabesque do- sign, is draped across the top and side of tho archway, and at the back or the alcove is the trinngle In the colors of the order, outlined with gilt moulding. Tho duis at each station is covered with brussels carpet of a warm hue, the cage of the dais being finished with gilt. Extendiog all around tho edge of the floor is a strip of matting upon which the chairs are placed, while the rest of the floor is covered with @ very handsome brussels carpet. When the room is lighted at night the effect is rich in tho extreme, The para- phernalia rooms at the north end of ml’u rooms are fitted up and are used the six lodges oceupying the ball. The balance of tue rooms forming the Castle ball are car- veted , With the exception of the two pariors, which are uot yet completed. Tukon er, this hall is by far the band- ite, and tha members of the untold obligations to the five members to whose nnilrln{:lnm these ele- ©ant quarters are due,” T w ball will be SRR ok Ve e } n! 0. a Good itan, No, 07, - On Decamber 19 the “'Big Five,” who have done wb:: the oa:.fi.lim;:‘ l:\“d for that -flow rpose I namoly. vided a castle hall for the 3 Yo voncert aud dance at the hall for of l‘hlnl"d o aver was auy which + hearty support o every kul this entertalnment is that thwng. There s no doubt but that eyery member of the erder in the ofty will doall in his power to assist in swelling the receipts of this most worthy entor prise. A0 U W The grand lodgo of New York heads the list in point of membership having nearly thirty-one thousand membors on its rolls, The Missouri grand lodge follows, with 21, 000; Tilinois has about the same and Cali- fornia stands fourth, with over eighteen thousand. R. L. Last Monday evening at Central hall, 107 South Fourteenth street, a goodly company of our citizens assembled in response to an invitation from the supreme scribe of the Royal League, After a few introductory re- marks from Mr. Warren, in which he briefly outlined the alms and objects of this north- western order, he at once plunged into the work of organizing In & manner which at once convinced those present that tie \vas in his true element. With the air of one who heartily belioves in the cause in which he is engaged, he soon had every one electrifiod and ready for tho fray. The routine work dispatched the council decided to adopt the name of our progressive city, and the num- ber assigned was 65, The selection of the first staff of officers resulted in the following excellent choico: Robert 5. Wilcox, archon; ¥. M. Bowley, vico-archon; J. 1% scriber Alfred Thomas, collector; 3 J. K. Cook, as! oratory Dr W. H. Dorward, guide prolate; Trail, il eaubein, W. L. Shaw, Isaac Carpenter, D, O. McEwen, trustees. Aftor the execution of the bonds of the several financial ofMicers, Mr. Warren promotly qualified the new offi- cera for their auties by installing them into their several positions. after which be in the name of aud by the authority of the suprema council announced that they were legally qualiied and _authorized to do business 1in the state of Nebraska, whose chief city bad 80 rovally welcomed this fraternal and bene- volent order to its bospitable borders, The council will ve provided with a place of meeting soon by the board of trustecs, Any one who can qualify may become a charter member by paying charter rates if ho does 80 within thirty days. The local council bas now about fifty charter members, and it is hoped to ma this number one hundred before the council is chartered m full form. Order of the Golden Shore. During the past week a district lodge of this order was orgauizod iu this city with jurisdiction over Nebraska, Michigan, South Dakota and Wyowing. The Order of the Golden Shore took its ori- gin as its name implies, in the golden stato of California, and has, during the short space of one year, grown to such proportions that it has now sixty-eight lodyes in thirteen states, and a total membershp of over: two thousand active members. The reasons for this marvelous progress are apparent when one becomes acquainted with the workings and benefits of the order. Mutual life insurance organizations have long been 1n existence and have aided greatly in relieving the widowed and or- phaned remains of many a once happy fam- Dy "Tnall of thom, however, the member must die before his wife and family recewe any material assistance. The Order of the Golden Shore has taken a step in advance of these life insurance or- ganizations in that it supplics the means and material assistance durine the life time of its various members. By anmngenious, but very simple plan of assessment, tho mem- bers receive the amount of tneir insurance installments, one installment being paid every two to six vears. 'L'his plan has been proven to be practicable and the order is headed by the leading financiers of Califor- nia, 50 that no doubt need be entertained as to 1ts fulfilling its obligations, Past Supreme President Alexander Roth- enstein of San Francisco, has been spending afew weeks among us organizing s number of new lodges of the Order of the Golden Shore, and during the.past weel his organ- ized a istrict grand lodge, to be known as district grand loage, No. 7, 0. G. 8. Beside the ordinary supervising of the subordinate lodges this grand lodge has solo control of the sick benefit fund and pays 1o members of the order in its district, 1n the event of sickness or disability, sick benefits of from $5 to §15 & week. Starting out under such auspicious cir- cumstances the order will certainly grow and prosper, aud not enough credit can be given to Brother Rothenstein for the effi- ciency he has shown and the arduous and persevering efforts he has put forth. He goes forth’ crowned with succes and will always be able to look with pride to this dis- trict as one of his creation. ~ At tha_ close of the grand lodge sessiou last Thursday even- ing, he was made the recipient of an elegant gold-headed cane, the gift of the members of of district lodge, No. 7, a8 a token of appre- ciation of his services in organizing the grand lodge. Brother James Dounelly ac. companied the presentation by a fewappro- priste remarks. The following is & list of officers selected by this district grand lodge, all, except those specified, living in Omaha: G. P., Jacob Jaskulek of South Omaha; P. G. P., William Neve; G. V. P.."Chatles Olson; G. S., Henty Mathiesen; G. Treas., A. Norgard; G. 8., Charles Singer of South Omaha; G. Ch., James Donnelly; G. I G., Fred Wirt; G. 0. G., G. L. Swartz; G. M. B.. Dr.C. Rosewater; G. Trustees, H. Jacob. sen, 8. Trostler, and Dr. J. Ahmanson; rep- resentatives to the supreme lodge, H. Jacob- sen and William Neve. Before closing the session it was decided to hold the next district grand lodge session at South Omaha, At the last meeting of Banner lodge No. 6, 0. G, 8. the following officers were mstalled : Past presidents, Henry Enrenpfort, S, Trostler, W. J, Pickering, H. Mathiesen, Jens Maasen, James Donnelly, jr., Mrs. M. D. Ebrenpfort, John B, Schupp; president, James Donnelly, jr.; vico president, Mrs. M. D. Ehrenpfort; secretary, John B. Schupp; treasurer, Hons Falk; chaplain, W, Hax- thauser; conductor, Alf Sorensen; inside Suurdhu, Peter Kemmerling; outside guar- ian, Henry Broer; trustees, 5. Trostler, H. Ehrenpfort, S. Peterson. Royal Arcanum. Representatives of counsels in various parts of Iowa met in Couucil Blaffs Thurs- day night at the hall of Fidelity council for the purpose of taking action looking towards the organization of a grand council of the Royal Arcanum for the state of Jowa. A number of members from the Omaha coun- cils were also present. Thursday evening was devoted to the exemplification of the secret work of the order. Frnday evening a sovial meeting was held eand a banquet. ‘Those present from abroad were: C. Miller, supreme orator, Chicago; W. T. Kendall, dugul& supreme regent, Cleveland, O.; H. H. Tods upreme representative of Wisconsin: W, 8. Cox, D. D, 8, K., Burling- ton, Ia. . A. Eaton, regent of Iowa coun- cil No. 1197, Dos Moines; A. H. Miles, rep- resentative of Semi Om Sed, No. 1191, Dos Moines; E. L. Sargent, D. R, Cadar' Rap- ids, ta.; H. J. Hudson, regent, Columbus, Neb.; Williaw Burston, P, R., Cedur Rap- ids, Neb,, and L. L. Hamlin, Hawkeye coun- cil, No. bS53, Marshalltown, Is, Those present from Omaha were: From Union Pacitle council 1,000: Post Rogent John W. Maynard; L L. Richards, secretary; W. P. Dayis, L. M. Cheshir Poter mk’a" George Ker, Frank Colby, J. ¥, Loy Keudall, vice regent. From Pioneor 118; Julius Trutachke, C. W. Ingram, F'. R. Stral H. E. Lea Charles L. Feit- . L. Kennedy, D, \ M. Furtiscue, J, Daudy, J. Y. Pickett. E. Dogm.y Supreme nt George Ker of Omaha, was in Columbus last Monday to rejuvenate the order in that place, His mus- sion was most successful, and the outlook 18 fuvorable for the organizauonof a state council next spring. 8, of 8¢, G. Shakspeare lodge, Sons of St. George, will lold one of their very enjoyable sociables at Arcanum hall, 1314 Douglas street, next Sat- ul eveniog. The programme iugludes re- freshments and danci; time oy ey ng, and a pleasant ———— A dnsanity From the Olgarette Habit. The mother of William U, Hawke, who made the insane attack on Olerk Hilton at the Palmer, u{: that eigar- ettes caused the loss of herson's reas 6on, says 8 Richmond, Ind,, dispatch. While at Danver, where he went to sep bis sister, he becawe violontly orazy, , PURSES AND@ PRIE-DIEUX. Relation of One tothe Other In Oma-~ ha's Sanctuaries. PRINCE AND PAUPER PEWS, An Interesting Shifving of the Re- markable AdvdWoement of the Y. M. O. A.in the Past Ten Years. Before the Cross and Altar, A man's purse isan important factor in determining where he shall sit when ho goes 1o church. If his purse is a long one and his heart is liberal and his desire for promi- nence in the ascendant, ho may select a pow wheresoover he pleases, even though he uses it only on great occasions. | 1n this city there are pews provided for the prince aud pows provided for the pauper, and in the rules and prices which determine by whom they shall be ocoupied, there is an element of renson and good sense which is not often brought into question. As an illustration of the pew-ronting sys- tem in this city, ‘'me_Bre today publishoes the first chapter of the prices which rule in soveral of our more prominent temples of worship. In the beautiful and imposing Trinity cathedral the cost of a sitting per year rangos from 15 to $5, the intermediate prices being £20, $256.50 and In each pew, there are six sittings, ‘consequently tho highest-priced pow costs the holder £2i0 and the lowest 800 per anuum. The number of members who rout full pews is compuratively small. In fact they could bo counted on the fingers, and comprise families who are leadors in the society and have been long and favorably counected with the cathedral. Among these are Heury W. Yates, Lewis 8. Reed, Guy C. Harton, ‘0. M. Carter, Herman Kountze, Judge Wakeley and George Barker. Many families have sittings ranging from five down to two and have heid theat for many vears, paying the reut with the same regu- larity what thoy pay = their taxes, There are 150 sittings kept for the use of strangers. Some of these could bs ronted, but the disposition of the managemont is v retain them for the acoommodation of strangers, Of these, there are mahy present every Sunday, drawn thither by the beauty of the interior, the improssiveness of the service, the artistic work of the choir, and the eloquent expression of the liberal and practical view of tho pastor, Dean Garduer, ‘The income from the pew rant is $6,000, St. Philomena’s cathedral, on Ninth and Harney streots, bas » seating capacity of 520 persons. Seventy of the pews, or about 3 sittings, are rented, and the remainder aro free for strangers. Parishioners, however, who do not rent, pay for Suaday sittings 10 cents, The rented pews range in price from £50 to 850, and furnish an annual in- come of about $5,000. It costs money to hear the word preached in tho First Congregational church. There are 525 sittings there and all are practically tented, the lowest sittings both in price and situation are those just in front of the pulpit nd it costs §5 10 cloigia soat thore. Tn tho horseshoe curve, overy,sitting is valued at $30 and these sittngs.constitute about half the capacity of tho hquse. The highest sit- tings cost §35. The hizhest price paid for a pew is one of eight sittings which rents for $240. The highest bonjis 1s $70 for choice of seats, Frank Colpetzer ‘Buying that amount for a pew of seven sittirgs, the rent of which is $210 per year, making a total cost of $200. An income of $12,000°i8 derived from tho rent of the pews. If thero were twice the present number of sets it is believed that all could be rented. | ¢ In ot. John's Collewinte church, only the pews bordering on the central aisles are rented, there being tivéinty-five altogether, and tho remainder of’the 480 seats are free, ‘Lhe rented pews beiiig' from $40 to $50 an- nually, Nearly $1,2000°is raised annuaily {from pew rent. At the Templeof Israel/ on Harney near Tiwenty-fourth street, the psws are rented for ten years, ranging in price from $300 to £300. Ten per cent of this is payable annu- ally, and 1n" addition there are anaual dues of §24 from each member. 'There are sixty pews 1n the church and all are rented. An annual income of 84,000 is derived thereby, paying the entire church expenses of the congregation. The Holy Family church has a seating ca- paoity of 400 persons. Thors are elhty pows and sixty of them are reated, leaving twenty pews or 100 sittings free. The rented bews range in price from $30 to $60, bringing an incowe of $2,700. ‘The Kountze Memorial church, on the cor- ner of Sixteenth and Harney streets, de- rives an income of §3,800 per aunum from pew rent, Nearly all'the seats are rented. The lowest price is $5 a sitting. The highest price paid 18 $250 for a pew with four sit- tings. Dr. P. S. Leiseoring is the oldest pewholder in the church, having paid rent for twelye years, The following persons have heid the same pews continuously since the present church edifice was finished six years ago: Mrs. W. Bauman, Mrs, Clara Roeder, Mrs, Elliott, Mr. Wiliiam J., Stevens, Mr, C, B. Schmidt and Mrs, Broateh. Growth of the ¥. M. O, A, The annual report of the Young Men's Christian associations of the United States has just been 1ssued and shows a remarka- ble growth during the past year, There are now1,141 associations as agai ,102 last: year, and 195,456 members against 175.811 last year. Tnere are 869 gencral secretaries and otber paid oflcers, against 753 last year. Facts in regard to the condition of the association exhibited by a comparison of the statistics reported in 1879,and those reported the present. year, are most instructive, and are here inserted : 1879, 1889. 1,141 94,120 Associations reporting statistics...... . Total membership. Buildings , Value ot building: Value of furniture Valuo of librarie Volumes in libraries. ... Total net value of all PrOPEILY o.v......... . 82,380,724 $3,044,635 Aonual contribution for local work..... vieae. $817,032 $1,440,060 Annual contribution for international and state . $87,205 §182:285 201 618 X 201 Associations lectures.. . Associations sociables Association: porting weekly prayer meetw: ings... Associati porting, weekly gospel meet, ., R R R ssociations reporting. ekl bibio sy Assoclations reporting ;nkly bible training., usscs TR Associations in colleges ., in rail repouln.'u Fopaiaty o Secretaries s‘d':p.urt.menlzl.r.......,u i ates emplo; Secrotarias.s ., Number of "men oiay g'l:{:dl% :h:molzlmm, i tod £ o igious waptings or 1889 are thosa for men-only. Tmfifl ro- po.rt. 1ncluded -aeunxu for both sexes, ‘None reported. ‘L hese tigures show a remarkable advance, The increase in associations reporting has mm 'l'nhmn (‘:‘l"' only ‘wa, or about per inc X Tolle ki bt rease in aggregate mem what might have ex- pected from & fuithf, f e ey ul wj ronl’lonl of the and personal is somothiog Jiko £8,000,000. Ta bible classon thoro is an nerease of about 100 por cent, and the bible training class (nnd here arn now 830) is n oreation since 1870, while the practical valne and effect of bible teaching in the assovlation today is in every way far above the lovel of that existing ten yoars ago. A dotailed comparison of tho fia- ures presonted above will serve only to ex- hivit fa atronger light this extraordinary and substantial progress, OwAira, Neb,, Nov. 20.—To the Editor of Trir Ben: 1 was muca interested io roading the opinions of several of the clorgymen of the city upon the tobacoo habit, as exprossed by them in the Sunday Bre, but was great! surprised to learn from several of the mini ters of tho gospel that ‘“‘personal habits" have no effect upon a man's religion, es- pecially a ‘“rifling little habit hike that,” because 1 hiave always beon taugnt to believe that the bodvis the temple of the Hol} Ghost, and also that a Christian is supposed tobea follower of Christ,afid more especially is every Uhristian minister expected to stand before the people as a reprosentative of Christ. Will you pardon the seoming Irreverence when I'say that I cannot imagino Jesus of Nazareth walking theso streots with a cigar in his mouth. Neither can I fancy a cigar or a quid of tobacco in the mouth of that erand old apostie who declared: “Sut I keep undeér my body and bring it into sub- jection, lost that by any meaus, when I have preached to others, I myself should be castaway." 1 was amused to seo the pueilistic tenden- cies of the reverend gentleman from tho homo of Juhn L. 8., who, with the thought of an imaginary cigar being knocked out of his mouth by ehurch authority, was ready to s‘punch the head" of the Methodist church at the very idea of such a thing and when, in his closing remarks, he saw another im- aginary titagonist in the man who “does not brash “his teeth,” and seemed fired with righteous indignation, I was reminaed of the boy who dettied his oppotient with the words, “You're another, and your grandmother ‘was no gentleman.” As o Methodist, T caunot forbear the query ‘whether or no the reverend gontleman does not cherishi a lingering resentment against the Methodists who were 80 active in the war to prevent the exclusion of Swinton's history from the Boston schools at the time ho was giving his aid to the threo R's in their attempt-to force it out. SHAWMUT. New Shrine. The Christian church of Albright under the zealous tabors of the Rev. Mack C. Han- cocl, will buld a new house of worship on Armour and Twentieth strect, Albright. Thursday last the Albright land company gave the' congrogation lots 15 and 16, block 1, sub-division 30, providing that a church costing not less than $1,000, be built within six months. The pastor' and members have commenced at once the active work of or- ganizing to'secure funds for the new edifice, They are recoiving cncouragement snd liberal promises. Rehigious Notes. Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) corner Nineteenth and Lake strects, Rev. J. P. D, Lloyd, rector. Sunday, November 24, Sunday school at 10 a. m. Services with ser} mons by the rector at 11 _a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Wednesday. Noveaer 27, 7:30 p. m., induc. tion of the new rector and consecration of the church. Bishop Worthington will bo present and preach the sermon. Thanksgiv- ing day, November 28, services at 11 a. m. and sermon by the rector. Sems free, The public is cordially invited to all of these ser- vices, Rogular sorvices at Plymouth Congrega- tional church. Preaching both morning and ovening by the pastor, Dr. Thain, Sunday schoot at 12, Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:30. St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran church, corner of Twenty-first and Burdette streets. Morniog service, 10:30 a. m., evening service at 7:30, Sunday school 2:80 p. m. Rev. Brown of Sterling, 111, will preach morning and evening, Strungers and friends of the congregation are all cordially mvited to at- tend these services. ‘Irinity ‘cathedral, Capitol avenue and Bighteenth stroet, Very Rev: C. H. Gardner, dean, Rev. O. T, Brady, assistant. Holy communion at 88. m., morning prayer, litany and sermon 11 a. m., bible class 12:80'p. m,, Sunday school 8:15 p, m., children’s servico 8:45 p.m., evening prayer and sermon 7:30 p. m. Prof. J. W, Ware will preach in the New- man M. E. church in the morning and Rev. L. C. Clendenning will preach in the evening and hold the quarterly service, The Vedonta Theosophical society holds a public meeting every Sunday at 4 p. m. in room 205, Sheeley block. The subject before the meeting today is “Religion.” ‘The essay o be read is entitled ‘“The Genius of Christendom and the Law of Christ.”” Free library and reading room, at the same place, is open every Wednesday and Saturday even- | ing, Rev. Newton M. Mann will preach tlis morning at Unity church. Subject: **'brough Man to God. ey A PAINFUL DEATH. The Horrible Fate of a Doctor in a Hospital in Vienna, A most distressing cdse has,” writes the Vienna correspondent of the London Daily News, *‘caused a wing of the gen- eral hospital to be closed for a time and the nurses to be kept out of contact with any one not belonging to the hos- pital. In the month of August a man was brought to the hospital suffering from the verrible disease called gland- ers, which he had taken from a horse similarly afflicted. He goon died, and a military surgeon, Dr. Rowlaski, who has spent many years examioing bacilli of all kinds, undertook to subject the dead body to a close examination. This was in itself a most dangerous piece of work. *‘By the aid of the microscope he soon succeeded in finding the bacillus,which he reared, to watch the manner of its growth and its vitality, Ao ambitious young physician, Dr. Hoffmaan, ex- pressed his doubts as to whether the bacillus reared artificially had still in it the power of infection. Dr, Rowlski gave him one of his families, and Dr, Hoffmann soon saw that the poison still had the most deadly power. All the animals he injected with it died of the horrible malady. At the beginniug of October Dr. Hoffmana caught cold and felt acute pains in his side, The pain ingreased and Dr. Hoffmann tried to cure it bg injecting morphine. He did it with the syringe which he had used for injecting the glanders poison into the doomed animals, *‘Although it had been disinfected in glowing heat some particles of the ison must have still been in it, for Dr. Hoffman grew worse every day, and last Monday his friends took him to the hospital, His colleagues were horrified when they say him, the whole body being covered by terrible ulcers, which, when they were examined, proved to be filled with the glanders poison. The case Louches the whole medical profes- sion tothe heart; 200 doctors are busy- ing themselves with it, and all the gren professors visit the patient several imes a day. Until the 22d Dr, Hoff- man was in great pain, but he happily lost all consclousness, He knew per- fectly well what was the matter with him, and gave a cool account of what he had done and what the consequences were likely to be. Later in the niqht Dr. Hoffman died without regaining consciousness.” e A Tall Alabama Spook, A supernatural visitant, described as awhite figure in human shape of ui usual height, which stalks through the woods at night, bearing in its right hand a flamjug torch and in ite left s black banuer emblazoned skull and oross-bones, is been seen in Crenshaw county, Al His ghostship is said to wake his appearance every night at 10 o'clock, emerging from a cavern in s side hill at the eastern extremity of woods, sud traveling westerl unhl‘h' disappears in the dense pine rest. WHERE OMAHANS MAY EAT. Provender of All Sorts For All Kinds of People. HE CRIES OF THE HASH SLINGER A Mystorions Language—A Tour Throughont the Eating Housos— People Mot and RBills of Fare Encountered. Hash Hounee A When a well-to-do man of the world enters a restaucant for a meal if bis appetite be good he usually salutes the white-aproned flunkey who attends him with an order like this: ““A prairie chicken, broiled; some sliced tomatoes; o sprig or two of celery, and a bottle of St. Julian.” If there be two of them the order is generally more extensive, and the St. Julian is more likely to be Pommery But when the average youth, who slings tape in a dry goods store,or carts ig lend in the smelting works, dines, ho porches himself on a high stool and listens while the “‘hasher” relates “Roast beef, roast pork, corn beoef and cabbage, mutton stew, baked meat pie?” If the would-be eater is keen of perception he usually manages to select o certain portion of the sentence ex- pressed on first call, and should he murmur *“*Corned beef and cabbage,” his interlocutor lots a yell out of him- sell like a Comanche, ‘‘Corned beef and !” adding in the same breath, **Coffee?” If the reply is in the affirm- ative, the ocoffee comes first, accom- panied by a plate containing two kinds of bread and a little dish surmounted by about one-eighth of an ounce of oleo. From the remote recesses of the cook room he hours the cry, **Cornbeofandl’ and in & moment more he is looking at his meal, which consists of alarge dish of the items ordered, a plate of potatoes mashed, a dish of prunes, the coffee, bread and oleo aforesaid, and a check marked, ‘‘Please pay to the cashier 15 cents.” This is dinner—the ordinary Gianer. On Sunday an extra offort on’ the part of the proprietor may be noted and chicken may be included, but the st mentioned generally constitutes the Fish is always added Supper and breakfast are distinctive meals as much unlike dinner as day is from night, although an effort is made to make prices conform. For breakfast the hungry can order his choice of meats or oggs and on fast duy fish. He will hear his order for 2 shrieked, “Fry three sunny side up,” and his demand for poached eggs, *‘Three in the water.” Plain stes ders will be given, ‘‘midline,” while a single porterhouse will be shouted tothe cook as a ‘‘brown stone front.”’ Link sausage is designed as ‘‘cable line,” and other articles of diet in the same manver. A half stew is “*Six in the milk,” while a plain stew is a ‘‘ceme- i Oatmeunl and milk is branded summer time,” and beefsteak with a bone in it *‘moonlight.” There are three distinct kinds of res- taurants in Omaha, the strictly first- class, where n man can obtain almost anything in the line of edibles he calls for and where the prices make him think of the exemption clause in the re- vised stututes; there is the so-called ‘‘home” restaurant where the coffee is of the muddy and the biscuit of the soggy; & veritable anti-digestion foun- dry, reminding one of Dockstader’s songs: . “‘The beefsteak 18 of leather And the pies are made of tin, And the bread you couldn’t cut it with a sword; The butter wears side whiskers, The coffee's very thin, In the little one-horse hash house where I board.” And there is the chop house coffee house or lunch counter, 1t de- pends upon the taste of the proprietor. At present there are about sixty-five restaurants of all kinds in Omaha not over three of which can be considered ag strictly first class. There are about twenty-five restaurants of the second class, the remainder are lunch counters ~—chop houses if you please. The first class restaurants enjoy a libe al trade. None but those who can afford it will visit them and lucky in- deed is the man who can get away with- out paying at least a dollar for his modest lunch, assuming of course, that his ap- petite is moderately good. The price of meals is regulated by the bill in ev- ery respect. n the home restaurant the prices are fixed, a single. meal costing 25 cents, while twenty-one meal tickets sell for $4.. The class of customers that patronize them are mostly single young 1men and women, the majority being in favor of the former. Itisa custom for young men %o rent a room and board at a res-| taurant, and the rule is seldom violated, although a few board in private fam- ilies. With young women it is differ- ent. They usually prefer family life, although one restaurateur computes that there must be at lenst five hundred working girls who eat at his class o houses. The chop house patronage embraces but few women for the reason that no accommodations are provided for them, and the class of men who patronize the places is uot of a character that a woman would enjoy. The hungry old bum who has ~ ‘“‘panhandled” 15 cents to “chew” on; the drupken man who must ‘‘eat;” the young fellow who is nearly ‘“‘broke’” and in fact all classes congre- gate there. Sometimes the conversa- tion i# not altogether edifying, but as long us there are no ladies present the proprietors do not seem to object, The chop houses do an enormous busi- ness, some of them having fed as high as 1,800 people per day. The restau- rants ull seem to thrive and the first- class houses coin money. This city is a great town for enflnfi and like other large cities can, ne wi be seen, accommodate all classes of so- ciety. i A Sunday Menu, BREAKEAST, Grapes Suné- aod Cncnm aratoga ps &flu. Oatmeal Hamburg Steaks Milk Biscuit DINNER. Bouillon Cauliflower Cream Sauce Roast Beef (pin bone) Bwect Potato Croguettes Boiled Rice Peas Mayounaise of Celery Cheese fingers Rice Mevingue L{TH SUPPER, Broiled Sardines hin Bread and Butter Tea. S R PAXTON HOTEL, OMAHA—Special at- tention to commercial men. Finest and largest hotel in the west. Kittredge & Brainard, proprietors DEAE:SEHE T Preserves Cake “Such and so varfous are the tastes of mon' that to satisty afl one must carry an al- most unlimiced supnly. We have purcha- sed this fella 1ine of nockwear which for | ot design and or cannat be gurpasaed, Wo cspecially ask the' oppor- tunity of showing them to you. THE RALWAY TIME TABLE OMAHA, GTON ROU I & M ATTIve on &t [ Chicago Vestibule Chicago Mail., Chicago Local Denver Vosiibule Lincoln & Concordia Lo'l Golorado Matl,, | Ity Expr ty Expres Atlantic Express. Night Express Vestibuled UNION PACIFIO Depot luth and Marcy sts| *Overland ¥ Leayoe Omaha. Arrive Omaha K. E. & M. V. R it Loave Depot lithi V.RR. Arrive Webster ite.| Omaha. Omuha Black Hills Expross.. ... Hastmgs & Superior Ex.| Lincoln & W David City & York Pa Norfolk Pass SIOUX CITY & PACIFIC Depot 1oth & Webster sts, St. Paul Limted. Arrive C. & N. W. R. | Depotv 10th & Marcy sts. Omann, Chicago kxpre: Fast Limited, T Atlantic M WADASH WESTERN. Depot 10w & Marcy sts.| No. 8 Bt. L. Bx Uy, C. M. & ST, PAUL. Depot. 10th & Maroy sts. Artive Omaha, (125 pm Toave Omaha. 0:15 & m 9:00 p m| Leave C.ST. P, M.& O, Depot1oth & Webster sts.| Omaha. *8ioux City Express.... | Sloux City Ac'mmodat'n, 8t. Paul Limited. *Klorence Passer *Klorence Passener. *Bloux City Ac'om'daf'n #Sioux City Ac'om'dat'n *Daily Except Sunda; Daily Except Mond; SUBURBAN TRAINS. Westward. Running between Council Bluffs and Al bright, |1 addition to tho stations montioned, trains stop at Twentleth and Twenty-fourth strocts, and av the Summit in Omal Broad- Sonth 85 SEBEEEES E Eomasomasanin & 8388 Eastward, AL South | Shee- [Omaba | bright.Omaha! ley. | Depot. A M, 2 ] & SEREEIE S e 258 A . =1 tEcxacosessonm it 3 EEEEE SEEEEBREES i COUNCIL BLUFFS, — . CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PAOIFIO, 222 phm sop T 6148 BAUL, 4. CHICAGO, M 0, . T YA ANSAS CITY, B! & m 0. 8. 0. A m:upmlfi No: §oo: o, BIODX OITY & PACIPIO. OMAHA & ST, LOUIS, . 8. W@opmA No.T. 100 CHICAGO, BUIHN(JW! & QUINCY, fis =i aL: > >> b E>> zz