Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 28, 1892, Page 17

168 E. HOUSTON, M. D, President, Surgeon Om. & SUL Wy o, ERASTUS A. BEN MM MARSIALL 0N, Vice President Secrefary JOHN L. McCAGUE, Treasurer, Prest Amer- ican National Bank. Houston Narcotic Cure Company, THE TOUSTON Bank. GRO. K. WRIGHT, Aftorney. J.B. CARMICHAEL, Broker. Cure for Liquor, Opium aud Tobacco Habit, Capital $500,000. CADLE ADDRE! HOUSTON, OMAHA. “Owaers of Al Territorial Rights. OMAHA, NEB. THE OMAHA SAMUEL COTNER,Viee Prest. Nebraska Savings C. R HANNAY, Cashier Citizens Sfate Baak. | . G CORTELYOU, Cashier Dime Sav. Bak. ( Cl EASD Under the immediate supervision of Dr. Houston, discoverer of this marvelous curo, and an able corps of assistants, B DURING THE PAST FOUR WEEKS. ) DANIEL HAYES, D. J, O'DONATHOL, Secretary, J. M. RICHARDS. A. E. BENSON, SU DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY £8. 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES. =t CURE FOR DRUNKENNES OVER FORTY PATIENTS e 1iouSTON CURE INSTITUTE Sheely Block, Omaha. Acting under Authori v of the HOUSTON NARGOTIC CURE GO, OFFIC President. IS AND DIRECTOR C. W, JOHN J. H. PARROTTE, Treasurer. H. B. CORYE R M. STRONG. BHESS ala Clire fof Patients may enter the Institute at any time they may desire, with=- out loss of time from business. | Nty N PR P R ST "R Morphifle Habit, Three visits to the Institute daily,for a few minutes only, is all that is required of pvatients. i 1) i ) Cure for ToEu:co Habi'tf May be taken at home. Costs only $8.00 for entire treatment. Cigar- ette smokers especially invited to call. Come in at any time. OmAmA, Neb.~Houston Cure Gentlemen: o fiftoen years provio you, that ater hav! he past three weoks, I h desire for Intoxicating liquor, ot any my appetite, You are at liberty torefor any oae desiring treatment, to me. There 13 D0 mist ment does all you claim it will. Wishing you success, I remain, yours truly, 'WALTER WALKER, No.712 N, 2ith street, Omaha, Neb, OvAnA, Neb., Feb. 8, 18 stituto - Gentlemen: 't From my observation at the Institute, ‘well for t! Reé{d these téstiinbh Tns titute— Having been a tolerable hard drinker for the past ten years, and a moderate Iwish to say to 1 taken your treatment for restly and firmiy be- lieve that you huve rooted out of my systom a nd. 1 feel ten years younger and nave recovered ing the fact, your treat- Houston Cure In- r the last twelve days 1 have been upder treatment at_the Houston Jnstitute for the liquor habit and the neryous Qebillty resulting therefrom; 1 can truly say I have tmproved very much i that short time, both In genoral health 8nd nervous strenzth. and have been rather & closo observer, this has been the general result of tho treatment, as He morphine as for the liquor hablt: in a fair way to permanent re E. D. KirTeS, 605 S, 17th str Gentlemen: ing your treatment to all who for alcohnlic stimulants, and have been a toxicating lianor of late much that m was rapidly stead; from being destroyed. ixth da sira for it, L do not again. treatment my general proved, my hoac sight botter day Ly day. OMA1mA, Neb—To the Tlouston Cure Tnstitute— 3 8 “graduate” from your insti- tute I take plefsure in_carnestly recommend- liave a craving Tam 4l years of age usor boyhood, v drank apability for businass or work After taking your trsatment four or tive days, 1 found that ing for liquor had left me, Wwhiskey was repugnant tome. [ havenot tasted liquor since and have no de- velievo 1 ever will have may add that from ths day 1began your condition greatly” im- became clearer and My natural enerzy d animal spirits have been” restored to me, ials; others can be seen by calling the patients are racovering as rapidly as could be expected or desired, soms, of courso, regali their normal condition'sooner than others, but 1 regard tuem all as doing remarkably well and very Omaha, Neb. know that I am cured of believe [ am safe from all appetite again. tute—Gentlemen: of in- and Seven days after ¢ and after 10 craving nights, and may head & confused condition, 1 deatness or at least a'l; my eye- my hearing is gone. snd in fact T feel like o young man again. I the liquor habit and temptation in that direction, for with all desire for liquor eradi- cated from my system, my past experience will be suflicient to prevent my cultivating the ALBERT MOLZA 801 Avenue H, Council Bluffs, Ia. OxAnA, Neb.—To_the Houston Cure Insti- Iam 81 years of have used liquor to an excess for fifteen years, for the past four years I have drank st and to an extent that finally rendersd fit for my position as inspector with the Coun- cil Blulls Water Works company. mmenclig yonr ment my desire for liquor left me. r alcoholic stimulants since, and believe could not drink liquor if I should try. Before taking your treatment I could not slee as almost constantly in as also troubled with of comprehension of what was said to me at times. difficulties have disappeared, 1 sleep well, my head has become cloar, and all trouble as to 1teel rested in mind and Cure Institute age and 1am thirt adily, T o a diseaso, e although the I have had nated witl of enterin three weeks' tr proof against t All of theso ot the least de e= - 1Information in regard to the cure of any of _THE HOUSTON CURE INSTITUTE. your friends whom stitute. you desire to be trented will be willingly given by calling at the in- body, and T am confident that 1 am thoroughly restored to my normal condition and capuble of again taking my en with feelings’ of ouston and Lis co-laborers, 136 Glenn Avenue, Council Bluffs, Ta. OAnA, Neb,, Feb. 18, 1802—To the Houston Gentlemen: timony to that of the many who ceived the ineatimable benefit of your cure, three yea r for eighteen years pon mo tht it amounted, as I believe, to 1have not been a steady “drinker,” put what is generally known as a “periodical,’ periods etiougl tozothier to, keep my system tmpreg- Icoholic stimulants, your institute 1 heavily, but two days treatment destroyed my dosire for quor, and from that time | have not drank anytning ‘intoxicating. atment and now believe 1 am periodical attacks, as 1have 1o for stimulants. has my desire for liquor disappeared, but I feel rested in every way—in mind ana body. ‘boen suffering from attacks of inflammatory yln(‘u among my fellow gratitude towards Dr. G EORGE PIEPT 1 wish to add my have re- Tnst gations to y patient sof age_and have used The habit became so were generally close At the time was arinking cants. 1 completed the Not only 1 have 1 have known for years, your treatment to all who are usin excess, and belleve having gone through the course of treatment OxAnA, Neb., Teb, ute-Gentlemen our in: Trom adding my testimonial to that of m. h low “graduates nood, and a yeritable slave to the liquor habit tor the last ten yesrs, 1began your trearment twenty-one days thereafter was a_cured ' man, having lost all desire and appetito for intox I never felt better in my hfe thaunow, and where e pect & month ago, all 1s now bright with hopo for the future. havit, 1 would say, take the Iouston Cure and besaved. Yours Kespechively, at the Institute, Slieeulfyr Block, 15th and Howard Sts. rheumatism but have suffered no reaccurance se sinee taking your treatment | more energy and ampition than heartily recommend Hquor to G no one will cver regret 1 (Staned) G. L. HALLE 216 8. 20th street, Omaha, Neb. To the Houston Cure 1feel under such obli- our kind treatment whilo a itue, that1 cannot refraim n for Riv 1 was u drinker from d- ing February and and crything in life wore a sombre Mo’ all victims of the liguor MURRAY, , Omaha, Neb. 212 Sheely Bloc ntlemen--T will sy At it ) a hard drinker for the the exception of two yoars, period 1 my strong cunibe 1 nunbridied sway LOXI0 at I had given up done by your Cure pecial men Ihave been under your treatment thre sy 10 ;:A\u" 3 or the good of my feliow vietins of the drink habit, I would refrain from mak ment. (8igned) OMANA, Neb., Feb. 22, 1802 HQn\ilmx Cure Tnstitute, Sheely Block,Omaha, in rogard toyour cure s completely cured me. 1 have heen t fifteen yours, with which > with Iy suc- ook to drink- ew yeurs | have 101y pisst 2 hiad the b 1ope of over roforin- ard of the good 1 resolved to try it, 1 take the tr rk nt the sume t we lostall iaste for 1 wish to ny man who drinks, 1l ure will way all desiro for lquor. Were it not d the fiercest kind of ¢ appetite for d {0 the temptatic n. During the nts, and <o str Meanwhile, T h s T round 1 ud pursue my w g this state- Yours respectfully. o Jonx No. 410 8, 10th stre SHEELY BLOCK, 15th and Howard Streets BEAUTY IN THE BALEARICS [Where Nature's Work so Much Enraptures and Decay of Man's Most Saddens. ADONNA-BROWED MAIDENS OF MAJORCA yakeman the Wanderer Rhapsodizes Over the Rachels by the Wells of Palmu— People Pagsing Rich on Twenty Cents a Day—Secen In the “Chueta.” Copyrighted 1692 by Edgar L. Wakeman.] Parna, Majorca, Feb, 2.—Tho three prin- ipal islands of the Balearic group are, in ize and importance respectively, Majorca, Minorca and Ivica. The first is but sixty niles from east to west, and fifty miles from horth to south. Cabera and other lesser slets bolong to the group, but these are rifling In sizo, almost uninhabited, and of jttlo general interest, The population of ho islands mnow exceed 800,000 souls, ajorca is by far the most beautiful of all he islands, and as ono at once falls in love with her capital city, Palma. and all her unny hearted folk, few who first land in alma’s sunlly bay will care to seok ad- enture here beyond Majorca’s glowing hores, One of my first enthrallments here was by he water-carriers of Palma. They are not 0 naive as those of the Azores, so bold as hose of Itulian cities, so voluptuous as those of Lisbon, nor so languorous-oyed and petite s those of Granada and Seville. But 1 ocould mnot help thinking that here an artist would flnd hun- dreds of perfect models for a Rachel at the Well. Tall, lithe, slender but shapely maldens are those, and their dress, carriage, features and ways coustantly increase one's aamiration and interest. Had they been simply animal 1n their saucy beauty, one study of one group atone fountain would bave answered even a sentimental traveler, Bewitching Water-Carrlers, But for days I found myselt, against all apparent reason, drawn to this fountain and that, and making all manner of mental ex- cuse for what my own judgment scourged me with as an _accusation of impropricty, At- tempt as I might to study all other lowly, be- come interosted ia the wajestic cathedral, or essay tramps 1nto the interior, back Icame tothe fountains to contemplate these fair maidens and endeavor to unravel the strange spell they had cast upon me. In the first place, I never saw but one woman whose un- rivaled art gave her the porfect carriage these women unconsciously own as nature's beritage, That woman was Sarah Berohardt, Added to this was a cousclous Qignity aud & not coyish but superb aud stately modesty which lent positive radiance Lo every movement, gesture or look. Their attiro ndded a rare charm to all else Thelr uny feet were encased in dainty shp- pers, A skirtof loosely woven dark stuff fell In close and graceful folds abouttheir long and shapely limbs. Over this lay a short napkin- like apron, spotlessly whito, A dark bodice low at the neck displayed exquisite shoulders wud breast, and its sleeves stoppiig at the elbow, where an edgiog of white was seen, showed the lower half of beautifully molded srms. The head is bare, covered by a wealth of hair coiled low and bheavily in'the neck, giving in the sunlight the blue black luster of the grape. Rhapsodizing Over the Rachels, The forchead is surangely wide for the Latin type; aud the eyebrows, which almost meet, have the low wide arch. The eves ure large, luminous, melting, sad; and never Were seen eyelashes of such length ana black- ness on other women. The nose is finely chiseled and the nostrils are thin and have a veeptible tremor. An oval chin, dazzling th, 8 mouth that suggests the hot blood of the south, chastened by endless repression, with lips of crimson, complete & face of Ma- donna-like depth and feeling. This faco looks out of & filmy white ierchief drawn closo beneath the chin, with points fastoned with a rose or a trifle of jewelry to tho hair at either side of tho head; while its longest point covers the neck and breast to the girdled wmst below. In processions of a dozen to & scoro wend- ing their way to and from, or when loitering boside, the fountains, they form groupings againsttho quaint old walls beneath the lonely palms, fit for Tadema’s master hand. Their pitchers aro nover carried upon their heads. The bottom of the empty or filled ewer always rosts upon tho right hip, the handlo against the carrier's breast, and her balf bared white arm is flung carclessly around the vessel just below 1ts mouth. Al inquiries regarding these beautiful water-carriers of Palma brought from the native population a shrug of the shoulder, a coutemptuous stuile and tho sneoriug words, “La Chueta ! In the “Chucta’ Quarter. That meant “A littlo long-eared owl.” I could not understand why these radiant maidens could have so offensive a name. I followed some of them about the city and then to their homes. It brought me to a strange quartor whero a strango people with kindly yet sad and smileless faces wrought in all'labor with that patience and d: which characterize but one race of men, This was in the “Chueta” quarter of Palma, and this is the story of the folik that live within it: “Death to the Jews,” was the brutal cry of all good Christians in southern Iurope toward the end of the fourteenth cen iry. In Palma they wero persecuted with relentless fury, beaten with crosses of wood they Lud been compelled to kiss, and their houses looted and sacked. During Pas- sion week of 1435 they were so desperately baited that some Jews attached a slave whom thoy named ‘Jesus” to @ cross and mocked nhim 1n secret revenge. Four of the Jows concerned in the affair were condemned to be burned to death, Their sentences wore then commuted to death by hanging on con- dition of becoming Christians, As the fury of the Christiaus seewed to promise the mur- dor of all the Jows in Palma, ot only did the four condemned men embrace Christianity, but within two days' time more than 200 were baptized, and eventually the entire Jew- ish pubulation followea their exawple. The descendants of these are the folk of the Chueta quarter, The Lowly are the Interesting, They profess Christianity, though living wholly apart from the Majorcans of Palma, Muny are rich; iost are artisans such as silversmiths, weavers of embroideries and tho like; all ave honest, cleanly and industri- ous. But their bearded, solewn mon and these faces by the fountains betray, if but faintly, the memory of those olden tragedie: which can never bé effaced from their lune lives and hearts. In Palma and throughout the fair Balearic isles studies of tho deepost interest are among the people themselves; and then among thelowliest of these. T'he city has few reat lions for sightseors who sre already amiliar with the southern cities of Kurope. If one has friends, or can secure them, it is true that there are no more beautiful and exquisite examples of the Moresque-Spanish wteriors than can be founa in Palma's homes, Indeed I have never seen in art, as representative of the patio or court of the Italian, Spanish or Moslem home, anything equaling the beauty of these open courts. The stone work, while never on so grand a scale, rivals in delicacy of texture and rich- noss of ornamentation anything to be found within the walls of toe Alhambra. The scenery of the vay, though vot so noble as that of Naples, is far more winsome and enchanting, Palma's Castle and Cathedral, Then there is the ancient fortress, the castle of Bellver, nising from one of the heights of the circling shore. It is 600 years old, and its dungeons, patio snd Gothic arched galleries are among the most inter- esting specimens of medieval architecture in Europe. Palma’s cathedral, one of the most majestic in the Latin countries, was built more than 700 years ago. While the Lonja, buiit as an exchange, in ratitication of & con- veution between the Balearic islands and the republic of Pisa, with its massi roof supported by but four slender fluted shafts, its ~ floor of polished black warble, and its wondorfully oarved open- work galleries, is @s unique and wpressive - structure “ the traveler can discover among the storied huunts of the two peninsulas. In pretty and comfortable diligences, upon the backs of mules or donkeys, or better still upon your own stout legs, the remotest por- tions of the island are reached, over roads that will rival England’s, in scarcely more than a single day’s jourzey. Ifyou are sim- ply a sightseer there is much to do and seo within the little sea-girt spot. The vine- yards of Binisalem and Felantix are as in- teresting as those about Oporto in Spain, The orange groves of that most transcendent of all Majorcan valleys, the Solier, are won- drously beautiful, ana their odors are some- times wafted over the entire island. The gardens of El RReal at La Grange rival those of the Cinque Conto at Seville, Nature Among the Balearics, Along the north coast 1s found some of the grandset sconery of the Mediterranean; and as I stood by the deserted atalyas or watch- towers of old, from which were flashed the signals of the approach of Berber pirates or Christian crusaders, the majestic round towers of the Irish coast seemed to reappear in all their mysticism and utter loneliness. The alquerias or country mansions near Albano, and at Bunola and Isporlas, with their splendid avenues, gardeus and rich ves- tizes of Moorish architectural remains, are far more interesting than similar establish- ments I haveat any time come upon in Spain, ‘Ihe wonderfu! roadway from Palma to Sol- ier is grander than any roadway in Italy, and half the distauce winds along and uvon masses of mountainside masonry ot tremen- dous thickness and heigbt, Over near the castern shore is Menacor, tho second largest city of the island. A little distance to the northeast is Arta, and here entered by a nat- ural archway 140 feet high are doubtless the most wonderful grottoes of the world; and at Alcudia is one of the most famous fisheries of the Mediterranean, But it none of theseare seen, a visit to Valdemusa and its once famous monastory is worth a special trip to the island, With as magnificont surroundings as thoso of Vallombrosa in Italy, a mountain chasm is bridged by the ancient pile in so extraor- dinary and picturesque a way as toscem at 8 distance like & gray old cloud-kissed nest that bas for ages detied decay and the battling of tho erial tempests there, George Sand and Chopln Were Here, But the gray of real decay isupcn all things at Valdémusa; in the gray old church and endless cells and cloistors; in the gray old houses that nestle alcng the mountain side beneath it; and in the gray old folk that hauny the spotlike wraiths of those who once were there. An indescribable sadness lingers about this splendid Majorcan relic of monkish times and days. The rich of Palma come here in summer and live a gay mock conventual life, George Sand half a century ago passed the most dolorous winter of ber life within these walls, With her was Chopin. Perhaps in these very cloisters was born the wild und expressible ‘melancholy of the melodic creations of the master's later life. The Valdewusa will remain more a memory of these two strange sad souls than merely a crumbling, deserted and majestic monastic relic upon the island mountains. But best of all in Majorca you will love the peasant folk of the island und thosunny setting in which you will everywhere find them. The three classes in Majorcan pro- vineial life are the titled landholders, the farmers who rent their Jand from the nobil- ity, and the common peasant laborers who toil 1n the fields, forests and vineyards. The houses of the nobility are very fine and besu- tiful, and @ large number of servants are retained. Where Farmers House. Many of the middle class farmers e control from 500 to 2,000 acres of land. Such as these possess farmsteadings spread over acres of ground, all surrounded by vine covered walls, and all possessing first the quaint court into which all the living rooms of the family enter, and behind this, the greater court, from which all the outbuild- ings and granaries ave reached. Many of these structures, which formerly boused the country aristocracy, contain private chapels, or rather chapels into which a latticea gallery extonds from the upper gallery of the court. ‘The structural semblance to the ancient Moorish form of hubitation is preserved even among the cabius of the peasantry, How- or bumble the household, all its” members d belongings, even to the donkeys, goats and fowls are fourd within or radiating from this sunny open court. To & stranger’s eye tue bigh, apertureless outer walls would present a checrless aspect, were they not covered with vines aand blossom, and if the pleasant and often picturesque interiors were mnot meanwhile n thought and mind. Theso cabins ara seldom isolated. Two, or three, and often a half dozen will nestle together in pleasant irregularity, and, with gnarled and ancient olive trees, clumps of fig trees, copses of al- mond, snd tiny groves of orange with which they are all” surrounded, form the most charming countryside pictures of any south- era land. No Idle Folk Around. In my trampings about theisland I secured entranco to many peasants’ and farmers’ homes. I'rom this T found that all methods of agriculture and homeside labor were of the most primitive sort, and that there wero no idle folk in Majorca. Outdoor labor of some kind is continuous the year round. All the women spin, kit or weave, and I bavenever entered a peasant’s cabin where mothers and daughters weve not in somesuch manner em- ployed, Hospitality is charming, naive and whole-hearted. The plate of figs, basin of almonds or basket or oranges with the wholesome wines of the country ure evor ready for the friend or stranger’s coming. 1 thought 1 had partaken of that drink of the gods, horchata, in Cuba. Itis simply the pulverized kerncls of the almonds to which water and sugar is added. Here whero the almond grows in the greatest per- fection every housewife preserves huge jars of the finest nuts for horchata. The old mortar and pestle are here for their grinding, The shells and brown husks are removed and quarts of the snowy powder aro literally “yeached,” the creamy liquid filtering slowly through,” Then senora or senorita adds a spice ot flavor, tamarind or pomegranate, or verhaps a aash of wine, with her own fair band. It is food and drink. Rich on Twenty Cents a Day, And it is no wonder that in Majorca the entire peasantry live sumptuously on daily wages averaging less thun 20 cents for men and 15 cents for women, the year through, when every manner of nature's most royal food is at every door for the taking, and in such bounteousness that where it ripens it i valueless and without price. Somehow there grows upon one the win- somo notion that you have known all these lowly folk before; that vou have seen tneir festas and known their songs in the suuny vales of Cuba, over in the glowing valley or Guines; that you have come upon their brightuess and cleanliness among the Alps of Switzerland; that their generosity and hos- pitality were met in Connomara and Done- gal; that their thrift and frugality have their congener among the Fenusylvania Dutch; ana that their love of home and simple vil- lage ways earry you to the pleasantmountain vales among the shining English lakes, Surely they arsan idyilic people in an idyllio land. Want is unkoown; crime is unheard of. There are uo politics in Mojorca, and but one religion. All this in time may change, But ms f koow it, and you can kuow it, now, little Majorca, fashioned 1in matchless beauty beneath a smiling sun, is the one land of plenty aund content. Euoan L, WAREMAN, s iness, The quickest courtship and marringo on record oceurred in Philadelphia last week, says the £’ress. One morning the following advertisement appeared in a local newspaper: ANTED—A: widower with two nd o smwll store wants u wif preferred, who eun take ¢ leon house and attend to the store p: time, At 11 a. m. the advertiser received an answer from a widow, delivered by a messenger boy. He sent a reply by the same boy, appointing an interview for 1 o’clock, "hcf’ met and exchanged ref- erences, which proved satisfactory. widower returned at 5 o’clock and sug- gested that the wedding take place at 8 that night. The widow blushed, but consented, Two witnesses were tound, and at 8 o'clock that night the cere- mony was performed in the study of a minister who lived near by. At9 o'clock the following |uurnin§ the bride had dressed her two stepchildren and sent them off to school, and had taken her place behind the counter in her husband’s store, and was waiting on customers us though nothing unusual had oceurred. children widow hildren, Lof the Dr, Cullimore, oculist, Bee building. PROPOSED PARK SITES. Something of the Location and Formation of the Lands Under Consideratiol “When people talk about parks and park lands there 1s one thing that should be thor- oughly unaerstood by the masses,” said & member of the board, ‘‘and that is that the park commissioners can’t take a piece of bare land, a corntield or a meadow for instance, and make a beautiful park of itina fow years. Money will not produce trees, Father Time and nature have to be consulted when it comes 1o growing the sylvan shades that form a necessary part of all fino parks.” A representative of Tue B visited the tracts of land selected by the park commis- s1oners, and recommended to the council tor purckase, a fow days ago and looked them over, with his mird oagzerly peering into' the future and endeavoring to paint in bis imagination the probable appear- ance of those grounds fifteen or twenty vears bence should the city council decide to authorizo the park commissioners to purchase the lands recommended. The Parker Tract, Stretching from what would be Twenty- fourth street if extended across to Thirty- second street and coming within a few rods of the northeast corner of the Kort Omaha reservation, lies the Parker tract. Thereare eighty acres in this piece of laud, und it has been offered at 5,000, It is a level piece of land, comparatively speaking. There is but one depression worth mentioning upon the entire tract. Thatis a ravine or ‘‘draw’ which enters the eighty about twenty rods from the west end on the south and runs in a zig-zag direction to the north side, It required no great stretch of imagination toseo this ravine transformed into a lagoon or lake, and tbe naked corn stalks that now lend to the place the aspect of wintery bleakness were transformed into shrubs and water lillies, The banks of the ravine and the hillsido were peopled with graceful eims and hard maples and oak trees, Phrough the branches came the melody of warbling birds. Yonder on the green a picaic party held high carnival and down the boulevard that wound through the park and away toward Florence cantered a merry company of equestrians followed by car- riages, buggies and fashionable turnouts, But a cbilling gust of wind came rustling through the corn stalks and shattered the anydream. It was a picture that time and nature alone can draw. The city council and the park commissiouors may furnish the frame. Naturo will have to put in the color- ing and iv will require years to do it The Distin Tract, Over the hill north and west of Druid Hill station on the Belt Line and half a mile north of the Iustitute for the Deaf there lies o tract of land owned by Colonel Distin of llinois, Thero is & full elghty acres, which is longest north and south, Then there is a twenty-acre piece joining the larger piece on the northeast. Thero is another ten-acre tract which joins this on the south, mak. ing in sl 1)0 acres. For this tho commissioners have agreed to pay 90,000, ‘The land is partly cultivated and partly un broken. It lies high at the south and slopes down to o valley at the north. There 1s nothing very remarkable about the land, It affords no very good views either of the city or count That time and toll could convert it into a fairly acceptable park noone will deny, but the lund bus no special advantages over other lands lying all around. There is no water aod uo timoer on the Distin land, A lake could be formed at the north end by Yuunig o dam across the valiey if watcr could then besupplied, But it would re- quire years 1o make the Distin tract u pleas- ure resort, Elmwood Park, At Elmwood park on West Leavenworth street, about balf a milo west of the Mis- souri Pacific railway, the conditions are | different. Here Tue Beg man found water, | clear as erystal and apparently in abundance. The work of nature and of time in growing trees in that locality has not been obliterated as it has in 50 many places about Omaha. There are grand old elms in this paric that must have seen the snows of ut east 100 winters. The work already doue at Elmwood by the park commissioners appears to be substautisl end woll planned. Threo haudsome Bad substantisl = bridges | “ewels' span tho creek filled with pel lucid water that gushes from Lhe banks in numerous spriogs. Back from the wooded land along the stream there isa vroad plateau whero a beautiful lawn is being prepared. Tho ground hLas been smoothed down and sceded for this purpose. South of Leavenwortt: stroet, adjoining the Iands alrendy owned by tho city, thero is a largo grove, planted years ago, aud large enough to furnish ampie shade for picnic and ploasure excursionists. This ana ad- joining lands the park commissioners desiro o purchase, making a park of avout 200 acres in all. Syndicato Park, Botween Omaha and South Omaha where the trees are thickest and the hills most pi turesquo lies Syndicate park. Here azain is water in abun co and it is the veritable ‘“wine of the rocks, as clear as ever came from the distilleries of the heavens and flowing in ample ard refreshing streams from hidden channels underneath the rock-ribbed river. Elmwood and Syndicate parks are parks mdeed. The other tracts mentioned are werely corn fields and meadows as yet, They will not become pleasure resorts for years to come, but Elmwood and Syndicate will soon become rivals in public favor with Hanscom park, and judging from the overcrowded con- dition of the latter last summer, it is safe to say that the public will bo well pleased to have more than one place to go for a breath of fresh air and to catch a glimpse of nature in her primitive and poetic woods. Cheaver transportation must first be supplied, how- ever, befors Elmwood park can becomo a pleasure resort for the masses, When tho street car line shall have been extended to that delightful spot Ilmwood park will rapidiy spring into public favor. Unul then Hanscom and Syndicate parks will doubtless catch the crowds, —_————— HONEY FOR THE LADIES, Some women never grow old; others try to make people think they never do, Tho modified poke bonnet has already proved quita a success across the water. Wife—What are you going to do aboutthat cloak I ordered! Husband—Swear about it A new sect has been organized where mem olieve that o great culamity is about to rtake the country. Tho married man who interrupts while his wife is glying nim o curtain lecture only de lays the time of bis going to sicen. Every man alivays has a tender feeling in t toward his first love—and he gen as it toward several different girls, Loyely woman has many interesting traits, but she will never icarn low to get on and off a horso car as long as this weary world wags on. India silks with asatin finish are im- ported, aud wool surah, a new dress fabric, is almost as light and delicate as the silken material, Wife—Shail T have my biack silk fixed over, dear, or would you geta new one! Husbavd—By all means get a new one, Iv's cheaper, Spanish blonde is in vogue again, a kind of delicate silk lace, v creamy in color and open in pattern, that was iun vogue twenty years ago. White and yellow are beautifully combined upon some of the spring bonnets and hats and the jonquil, daffodil and uarcissus are tavored flowers, An original bat from a Parisian modisto's is of black velvet with black plumes in the back, neld by & bow of black ribbon, Infront is placea a handsome golden brown bird with salmon colored wings, Combinations of green w quoise blue with doe color, v and moss green. and golden green with ecru, a seen in wany of tho inexpen- sive fabrics designed for sumple summer toilots, Charming belts are made for evening wear of gold and silver bullion, studded with dismonds, rubies and emeralds, T'hey area trifle vaudy, perbaps, but won- derfully effective when worn with a black gauze frock. Daioty little tables with triple shelves and tiny brass balustrades suggest tho days of Sheraton. They ure in oblong, curved, kid- v and oval form, and cost anywhere from upward. 'The same table with Lwo shelyes may be found at §12 or §15, A new model in negligo shirts, forthe sum- mer girl as well as beau, is called the *'vest sbirt,” and is wmade ol various soft cotion ith rose, tur- olet with sage goods with starched collars and cuffs, 1t s . broad revers or lappel stitched on tho front around the plastron, The French corsage without darts, save those in the very snug waist lining, will be very generally adapted for thin summer toi- lets. 1t has usually culy two seams visible — thoso under the arms—but when tho figure is stout, a eracefuily arched side seam is added m the vack, ‘Tho new sashes which are to be £o fashion- able next season are very wide, very elegant. and novso very expensive, cousidering thay quality and device. live yards are often useds, where the wearer is tall and clects for tha ™\ Louis Quinze sash, the ends of which reach quite to the foot of the dress skirt. Somo of the new Russian blouses young girls are made of the gay Persian sash ribbons, with a trimming of the ne at the hem of the dress skirt, or showing as n simu- lated petticoat between tho slashings of the outsido skirt with a sush of the same at tho back of tho blouse, or looped at one side if pref erred. ‘'here is great asnger that the chatelaine fancy willtun to & degrec of absurdity, Among tho latest additions are pin-cushion, ioilet mirror, postage stamp box, and similar nonsensical articies, To continué in the same lina, one mizht carry a conl scuttle and a dust pan, which would bo quite as ornawen- tal as somo of the trinkets in use, It is int sting to know that the black patch, or ‘*‘tuche de beaute” as the French term 1t, which is again becoming so fashion- able, was introduccd into Kurope by the crusaders on their rcturn from tho Holy Land, the custom having long been in vogue among the ladies of the oriont, who well un- derstood the captivating effect of the inno- cent little prece of blick court plaster, Folding screens of illuminated leather aro used in handsome aining rooms. They are imported from Vieuna, and are decorated in dull colors witt soize show of motal, The wood is completely covered with the leather and extends dowri to tho floor in the style of o Jupauese screen, A scrcon of this kiad, rding to decoration, costs from §b to for glish beeuty, Lady London- dorry, has a pecutiar aud successful system for ‘Keeping her youthful freshncss. Al- though she is perfectly well, suys tho New York Sun, she lies in ‘bed ono day i ten, sleeping in the morning of this day of rest until sho wakes naturally, After a Lot bath and a lignt broakfast she goes back to and rests quietly in a darkened room until o'clock, when she dresses in a peiguoir, i in ber room and sits about idly until o'clock, when sho goes to bed agatn. A very protty little costume for house wear is made'on the following lines: The skirt, with train of silver-gray cloth, trimmed at the bottom with buckles of gray velvet. T'he tablier is framed with Luckles of velvet. The corsage, molded and buttoned hehina, of silver-gray cloth. It is trimmed with a corse- let of gray velvet, embroidered with steel and trimmed with buckles of velvet. Braces tied over the shoulders of gray velvet, Buckles of gray velver trimming the collur and cuffs, 10 S Dr. Cullimore, oculist Bee building. 3 American ¢ J. Pierpont Morgan has just presented a collection of precious ‘stones 10 the American Museum of Natural History in New Yorlk, which will be placed on exhibition as soon us space I8 ussigned and mude ready. The gems ure the Tiftany ‘co!lection which was on ex- hibition at the Paris exposition, and it is considered the finest colleevion of Amer| can gems in thoworld. They have be characterized in the work of Geor Kunzon “Gems and Precious Stones of North America’ as the finest known col- lection, —e Notic . Unscrupulous dealers bave been dclm\ f selling spurious Bitters under the name ol India and Iudian Bitters ofour “ICen- nedg's East India Bitters,” We shall prosecute ull such persous to the full extent of the law, Our*'East Indiw’ Bitters aro never sold in bulk, Call for the gonuine, which are mavufactured aud bottled only by rszlves and under our trade mark lubel. Lis Co