Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 24, 1892, Page 10

HE OMAHA DAILY A NEBRASKA GIRL IN GREECE From Eparta to Mystra and What Happened by the Way. DISTURBING SOUNDS OF REVELRY BY NIGHT A Drunken Innkeeper Spolls the Plan of Topping Taygotus—A Wild Midnight In & Mountain Khan—Colorfal Scenes on Hillside and In Arcadian Valle; ATtnzxs, July 1.—[Correspondence of Tns Bae.]—Day broke again in toars. Great Jove ’till sulked and old Taygetus hid his snowy head in mists as 1f to say ‘“‘hands oft.” To- fleed, his aspect was altogether forbidding. But wo were astir betimes and drank our Turkish coffoe drowned in hot goat's milk, pach trying to choer the other and sure that ‘we should soon seo the silver lining, Sparta ‘had but one word for our foolish venture— “4mpossible” —and the good demarch lod the chorus, But overnight he had himself found us an agogiat with four sure-footed mules. We would show ourselves more Spartan than the Spartans. Determined to be fortified in one direction, at least, we started out in search of provender. It was Saturday and market day in Sparta. From far and near came the picturesque peasants driving in their patient little aonkeys laden with fruit and vegetables, and the agora—a large open square inclosed on four sides by shops with pillared porticos something like the ancient stoas—prosanted a lively scene. ‘There were the sea of heads, the bright colors of fantastic costumes, the musical bray of the donkeys mingled with the voices of the ven- dors 'ms thoy cried their wares and of the buyers beating them down: and added to articulate speech was that eloquent language of shrug and gesture, in ‘which tho Greek excels the world. When Greek meets Greek in tho market place it's o merry war indeed, and it's & marvel if both are not cheated out of their eyes. We purchase a largo string of figs, several pounds, for 7 cents, and a great basket of golden oranges with the orchard dew still on them. Ve find on our return that the gen- tlemen are holding a levee in the ordinary of the 100, and our host is on the run to keep the coffee going. The noble Argites 1s there as diguified as ever, with his picture of ason. There is tho demarch, 0o, and half the Spartan gentry, each and every one vrodigal of advice about our journey and re- beursing cheerful tales of yawning pracipices and deep suows and tragic fates; in fact, most of them agreed that passing Taygetus at this season and in such weather was 1m- ssibe. hat word hardly found in the lex- con of the old Spartan has come into very ensy use with the modern. 1If the old Spar- tans had been as much afraid of wetting their feet as the moderns, I fear their fame would not have been what it is. _On Toward Taygetus. We refused toscare, and when the resinato made its last round they all drank to our health, ana with many a kalo taxeidion (bon voyage) we mounted the mules provided by the demarch and were off. All of us—thatis to say, all except the jurist, who had put on his dignity and his seven-ieagued boots and ‘was already out of signt. 1he calvacude fol- lowed slowly, escorted by a fair sharo of the Spartan populace, past the gymnasium and cathedral and down into the plain. It was a relief to get into the open flelds and out of the public guze for, strange to say, one does not feel at his best perched up sideways on these awful wooden saddies. Our retinue was quite impressive. First the agogiat, a flery Hercules in fustinella and fez and a muleteer to each individual beast, who could read the mule mind and so charm the mule heel. This magnetism was occasionally sec- onded with a stick, 1 kept my cavalier busy gathering tho sweet red anemones by the way, but not feeling entirely at ease I sonn slipped down from wy high station. It was «a lovely lane through olive gtoves—not muo) the worse for the woather, as’ it is a sandy soil—and our jurist &till bad a long lead. We only overtook him In the parrow lanes of the modern village of Mystra. From thence we pushed up tho narrow, rocky path over a quaiut old curved one bridge to old Mystra, a silent and de- sertod city, with its ‘many-domed mosques and ruined palaces, and above, crowning & high, rocky eminence, an old Frankish castlo overcrowned with lvy, whence we can imag- ino the plumod knights of old sallying forth to battle. We wandered through one of the old monasteries, beautiful with wall paint- ln’fl nd mosaics, its great court open on one slde and looking over the plain of Eurotas, while above on three sides u portico ran around, nJ)cmng into large, pieasant rooms once used iby the monks. Our agogintes took advantage of this visit to go in and de- voutly set his taper burning to the Virgin. Mystra was the Turkish capital, and in its strange preservation and unbroken solitude it seems an enchanted cjty. We would fain have ponetrated through the half-ruined arches and into the mysterious lofty halls, where one might expect to tind the sleeping beauty with her court around her. it would be delicious to spend a summer fortnight here in this doad city at the footof Tayge- tus, with its snowcapped peaks shining abovo and the lovely vordant plains below. Quartered inthe Kahu of Trypl, If it bad been n scramble to getup to Mystra it was hardly less 80 getting down and over the rugged bridle path to the open- dog of the pa: ‘We wound through the one muddy lane—siogle file, perforce—and at 6 o'clock drew up at the wretched khan of Trypl, where we wero promised & *shako- down” for the night. The rain poured tor- ronts, as usual, aud we were pretty well soaked and so hungry that before you could say ‘‘Jack Roviuson’ we had our lunch set out. Our ugozint proved an udmirable walter, slicing our black bread with his brigandish dirk, which he always carried in his leather pelt, and emerging after some minutes from the tavern below (from which we were to hear further) with some de- liclous krasl (wice) and fresh white cheose. ‘We fell to with a vim worthy of a better cause and were all perfectly’ agreed that there nover was such @ dinner, and Dol- mobico’s was nowhere. When we had eaten and were full wo adjourned to the hving room, whose stoue floor and bare walls were made wonderfully cheerful by the blaze of the great open fire, Over the knotted sticks of olivewcod a kettle was swung, in which the family’s evening meal was cook- ing.. Ioto the boillug water we wvatched the housewife stir an arm- ful of weeds that correspond to our greens. They will eat them with a little salt d olive oil. Two hungry-eyed youngsters watch with greatest intorest crouched in one corner of the hearth, while the pot boils and wé dry our clothos and bask in the delicious warmth quite content with our present sur- roundings and not at all concerned for the morrow. At length we reluctantly leave our benches to give the poor folk a chanco at their frugal supper and compose ourselves tn slumber as best we may—tho jurist and the consul stretehed on a wooden shelf along the wall and the ladies on the tHoor. But here .f.ln the good wife's dowry has proved a blessing, and she has lavistly viled up the blankets and pillows until we are likely to smother with 1t all. We were a little sur- prised at tne freedom with which difterent mewbers of tho family came in from time to time, ou errands to the chinm cupboard, as it ved aftorwards. But we were confident they never thought of iu as an intrusion axon our privacy; on the contrary, we felt ttered at beiug Lreatod so saus’ formalite, quite like one of thewselves, A Rousing Kevelry by Night, Somowhero in the wee sma’ hours there was & great commotion outside. Our host bad come howe from Sparta, whither he d gone obviously for the pur- poses of trade, with his boon comrades. But they had bad & social time, Lo; bad, in truth, imbibed very frecly, aud there was brisk clroulation between the kitchen and the wineroom undernvath us. All night were heard the sounds of revelry, aud there wus musie in the air. © got & dose of Greek siuglug that I think we shall never forget. It 1s unlike uaything in the heaveus above or the earth beueath, n & minor key, and al- tnost conflned Lo one note, and the same tune repeated over and over and over agaln, for Bever seem Lo weary of it,uatil you think 'here seomed you will go insane, 10 be v principal vocalists amone them, and if n’n: weakened or relaxed o forvor, the oter ook up rafrain with even wore zest. And G have actually been oredited with inventing the scale! Christos, the host, same o from tme to time to iuguire how we sajoyed our serenade, and Lo our appuals for mercy swaggered out that he didn’t care a fig whether we hiked it or not. And when endurance had reached its limit, and we de- manded & rest, it was oaly to be roundly in- sultod by this ruffian, armed to the teoth and darunk as alora. Wo saw we bad a tough customer to deal with, and could only wait for the day to bring justice and rotribution, 1 think the concert must have ceasea at last from the sheer exhaunstion of the performers, for 1 know we all lost ourselves in sweet oblivion for a few precious moments, until with the coming of rosy-fingerad dawn we wore awakened to recall the dark night's horrors. But we were disposed to 100k upon it as part of the experience and novelty that we had como in search of, and drank our coffee won- dering what next’ would happen. It proved 1o bo & struggle with our gvide, who carries a very weak little soul in his bulky body. He points to the ifist and gentle sprivkle outdoors and says we can never climb Tay- gotus in such weather, that 'twould be sim- ply courting death to expose ourselves to the fury of sucha tempest on the bleak moun- tain sid To all his deprecations and con- tortions we shut our ears and eyes and order the mules to be brought round at once. But the tug-of-war was yet to come. Wo were to reckon for our night's entertain- ment, sorenade Included. We did not pro- pose to be mean about it, either. So our Kur:ehumr tendored the full amount we ad paid at tho first hotel of Sparta, with a #ood backshesh thrown in. Yat we reckonad without our host,who had just emerged from his own inferno, a besotted shockheaded brute to behold. o flung the bills on the floor with astorm of Gireck oaths and actunaily tramped on them and then seating himseif proceeded to make out his bill, giving us meanwhile a very good lesson in Greok invectivos, I haa not dreamed that the Iankuage was 8o rich in naugaty words. Ho scratehed his hoad and racked his brains (fertile cnough they were for this) to lengthen out that bill until at last 1t seemed to stana for princely entortainment at a first class Athenian hot —and we had had a shakedown with a va- riety of insects and the provender from our own lunch basket! When Greck Meets Yank, Now our jurist is sn American to the mar- row, and “millions for defense, not a penny for tribute’ is the legend on his shield. He stood likoe a roci, while Christos raged and *raved, The cousul, as & man of peace, con- sulted the village priest and the other pub- lican (there being neither police nor soldier in the place) and found we wero in the right. Still he thought it wise to offer stili more. It was refused, and the rascal seized and locked up our friona’s overcoat and wraps. This was just a little too much, and we counter- marched on Sparta. Our arrival was a sen- sation and we had a taste of Spartan justice. A detachment of soldiers was dispatched to Trypi and within two hours Christos was dragged in bound and laid at our feet, as it were, while all Sparta was spitting on bim and oven the Spartan judge was buffeting him. It was a scene to make one shudder and the details I cannot relate. We were told he was asort of public terror and all Sparta seemed to have it in for him, and to be thankful to us for smoking him out. But we could not help pitying the brute and commeoding him to mercy. He had caused . us @ night of horror had insulted and throatened us with an arsenal in his belt, and had balked us in our pet project of crossing Taygetus. But all this we could take in: good part if we had broken up his dén and secured future trav- alers against his qutrages and extortions. In the afternoon (Sunday though it was) the mayor and a friend of his—a candidate for pariiament—took the ladies of the purty to drive. We were quite willing to have a change of sceae, and as tho surn was now shining we soon got back our good spirits and enjoyed to the fullest the varied land- scape and the bright and lively chat; for the Spartans of today are anything bu; laconie. Our destination was Hagios Joannes, or Saint John, a sort of oluster of orange plantations. And we alighted in a little squars shaded by a magui nt old elm. Seating us at a table and providing us with refreshments, our friends left us to ourselves and moved among the simple peass ant folk (most of them in uational cosiume) with & hearty handshake for each ana in- quiries after all the sisters and cousins and aunts, and winding up with a glass of resinato. It gradually dawned upon us that this was an electioneering tour and we were asortof drawing card. We posed there n the public gaze and were mtroduced now and again to one or another of their constituents. There was no stump- speakling and all was very quiet and orderly, only & mild half-glass of wine for each, A Wild Night Among the Hills, It was an unlooked for treat to be let loose in an orago grove, free to help ourseives to our favorite fruit. And how much sweeter the flavor when our own hauds gatherod them! There fs & wonderful contrast be- tween dry, dusty, barren Attica ana the lux- uriant, ainost tropical, verdure of soutbern Peloponnesus. And to usit was infinitely refreshing, Wo repeated this experience at soveral other small villages and then they told us as we drove toward Sparta that most of these wero staunch 'Iricoupists and conse- quently didn’t need much canvassing, The young aeputy (for he was triumphantly elected) is o thorough diplomat, very clever, and knows the art of luvishing his smiles. But we can sce that_it 1s wearisome to him, and all business. He would much prefer goIng to the theater in gay Athens or, better still, Paris, the modern Greek’s notion of paradise. The honest sturdy mayor, on the other hand, reatly loves his people,and kisses all the babies and inquires for tho sick as nnxiously as if they wero his own, But he 13 quite homebred and has seen little of the big world outside of Sparta, It is with mingled foelings of regret and relief that we say farewell to Sparta and start back over the bills to Tripolis at 11 o'clock o Monday moruing. Itis a heavy, uphill putl, and fourteen hours of it. The heavens aro open and fato seems to have marked this out forus as a wet trip. But we are snugly shut 1n and do not getso much as o drop. The poor horses flounder hope- lessly along at A snail's pace, and we settle ourselves for a night of it. In the middie of the night we see the welcome light of a soll- tary khan and decide to alight and stretch our legs. A wierd and curious scene is ligbted up by the fitful tlames of the great brush tire, around 1t in layers, stretched out at full longth and snoring @way under tho peaceful influence of resinato, There seems to be lit- tle show for us; but the iukecper tumbles thenl over with little ceremony 10 make way for these rarer customers. There is some grunting and growling at this disturb- ance, but they soon subside, either to slumber again or in silent inspection of the invaders. There is a huge bundle of som thing in one corner, between two soldiers It proves to bo & human being and one of the soldiers casually remarks that he is a mur- derer whom they aro taking down for trial to Sparta. His countenance just now is more sleepily stupid than murderous and he is not my idea of a deep-dyed villain. But it gives e a creepy sensation and 1 try to beliove the tale. Icvseems in keeping with the wild- ness of the night. The geunerous jurist thinks it only fair to treat our strange compauions all round. Aud ali wax jovial under the mellowing influence of the wine. That health d\‘lu\nxr with Arcadian shepherds in the mountain khan at midnight was a subject for Teniers' brush rather than for wy awkward nen. Where Epaminondas Fell, Tho last stage of our journey was the pleasantor for it and when at 1 o'elock in the morning we drew up at the hotel of Ares (Mars [un) in Tripolis we had forgotten all our vexations, We have clean beds and sound sleep though brief, for we have ordered & carriage for Mantineia at 6 o'clock and have tifteen miles to drive before our 0 o'clock train to Argos. Overnight we have anuounced our arrival to our old host of the Crown, and so bave an early call, ‘I'hero is no time to talk, 50 wo settle his core, handing him first & bunch of bills with *Hore's you due,” aud thon another with Hore's & present; now get out!” and out he got in short order, It costs & struggle to give up our morning uap, but vwo felt & bundredfold repald as our horses trotted us briskly over the smooth road and through the broad, beautiful Man- tineian plain to the fleld of the battien which l:.r:lnhlonflu fell, And what a charmiag site bad the cily of Mantineia itself! The lower courses of the walls are wellnigh ua- broken, and we arove right through frow one tans; and how real it makeés the hustory to us, which was so vague,comparatively, as we memorized it line for line at school. The once bloody plain of Mantinela is uow de- voted to the peaceful culuvation of the vine, and we were most iuterested in the old wine prossos scatiered along the route. 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It is wiser, if one wishes ta enjoy bis wine, to leave that to tho 1magination, On our return drive we stopped at a small khan to try the native vintage,and the jurist deciared tho Mantineian wine to be unexcelled. But as he always likes the last wine best he is nou to be regarded ns a connoisseur, 1 might say here that we have each and all of us become enamoured of tho resinato that we made such wry faces over at first. Mr. M. is so deeply touched that we shall forward him s large quantity to New York., He insists it’s the best wine in the world. 1t certainly will not break him up, for it cosis less than champagne—about 10 cents a gallon here at Mantineis, As we reach the station, just in good time for our train, we agree that we wouldn’t for worlds have missed this romautic and memorable morning drive. Again we steam across the Arcadian plain and over the mountain of Pan, lunch av Lerna, and alight at Argos. WINIFRED A. MANATT, HOUR. Henry W: Longfellow. Between the dark and the daylight, Wilien the night Is boginnin< to lower, Comes » pause in the diy's occupations That Is known as the Children’s Hour. I hear in the chambor above me The patter of littlo fect. The sound of door that {s opened, And voices soft and sweet. A whisper, and then a silenc Yet I know by thelr merry 0 They ure plotting und planning s, tozether To take me by surprise, ¥ A sudden rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from tho halls By three doors left un tuarded They enter my castle-wall. to my turret, ck of my chales surround me; rywhere. O'er tho i I try to They sc They climb up o They elmost devour me with kissos, Tlieir arms about mo entwine. Till | think of the bishop of Binzen In his mouse-tower on the Rhine! Do you think, O biued-eyed banalttl, Because you have scalod the wall, Such an old mustache.us i am Is not enough fur you all? I have you fast in my fortress, And [ wili not let you depart, But put you down ia the dungeon In the round tower of my heart. And there 1 will keep you forevor, Yes. forever and a duy, Till the walls shall crumble to ruin, And molder in dust away. gl To tho Public, I have no hesitatancy in recommendiog Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrbcea remedy to the public, as I do to my friends and patrons, Iused it myself after other well known remedies had failed and it curad me in a few minutes. Irecommend it cun- didly and oheorfully upon its merits, not from a finaucial standpoint, because I have others in stock on which I make a largor profit, but because Chamberlain’s is the best romedy [ know of for bowel complaints. There is no doubt about it, it does the work. James Foray, Druggist, McVeytown, Fenu. — CONNUBIALITLES. An engagement ring on tae finger does not make it certain that a wedding is on hand. Talkative Wife—After all, there’s no place like home! Long-Suffering Husband—No, thank the Lord, there isn’t. Biggs—How came F'french ever to marry that girii Diggs—That’s what F'french him- self has been wondering ever since. All is sald to be fairin love, although some- times the girl in the case does not seem to be particularly fair, excefilhnz in the eyos of the young man who loves her. The matrimonial market is extremely dull Offerings are numerous, but takers few. Engagements promise lively business in the September and October options. It does not speak well for the prospects of a young mau's bappivess when a girl evi- uently notices the quality of the engagement Ying ho hos just slipped upon hor finger. 1t is generally safe for tho young man to marry the sweet mirl graduate who cheer- fully spends o forenoon every week through the summer helping her mother to do the iroulag. Why 8 pretty young schoolmarm of 18 should elope with an elderly farmer 60 years of uge, who has 8 wife and two sons living, is one of those insoluble mysteries. Yet this was the case with Miss Rose Kile and Farmer Samuel Desheimer, who liyed near Wilkes- barre. A mis lonary among the Indians 1n Mani- toba d in s weathering of Christians the other day tbhat he knew a chief whose name was ‘‘Man-A fraid-of-Nobody.” He married a dusky Xantippe and before the honeymoon ended called the tribe together and asked to bave his name changed. Mrs, J. Harkins, who iives In Frankfort, Philadelpia, astonished her frionds recently by giving birth to four children at the house o{a friend in the city of Philadelphia proper. It is no wonder that her busband, who was oeating his breskfast when he heard the nows, hignly excited condition. he four babies are all girls, Harry wanted to give Lucy a birthday resent but couldn’t make up his mind what t should be, so the next time he called ho frankly told her the diiculty under which ho was laboring, “Want to make me a present, Hurry?" exclaimed Lucy, in well- counterfeitod astonishment, Wby, Harry, you forget yourself!” Hurry took the hinv and offered himself on the spot. The favors at 8 receut Newark, N, J., tin wedding were rather unique. Kach of the twenty ludy guests received & tin jelly van, on the reverse side of whnich the host, who is a talented amateur artist, had painted i oil a protty landscape or marine view. The edges of tho tin were punctured to hold in plice a handsome silken cord, thus making a gmuuo worthy an houored place as & hous old ornament.. Among the New York weddings erranged to take place early in October is that of Miss Mary Titsworth, daughter ot Dr. A, S, Tits- worth of Dunellen, N, J., and #rof. J. D. Green of Wisconsin university. Another early in that month will be that of Miss Mary nng‘-rx. daughter of Mrs, Henry A, Bogert of Flushing, L. L, and Mr. Horace Porter of New York, who is a nephow of Mrs. Walden Peoll, The marriage of Miss Marguerite Humbert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Plerre Humbert, and Mr. Chiurchill Satteriee will be celebratea about the Thanksgiving period. e Redommendation, Mr. J. A, Lsnder, 8 prominent cluzen of Clarksburg, and widely kuown 1o tho state, says of Chamberla Collg, Cholera aud Disrhosa Remedy: “I have seen it 800d cosulls and can recommend IL" Ko sale by druggists, SECRET SOCLETY DO Bhriners Getting Ready for a Big Demon- stration in August. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR GOING TO DENVER Activity in Pythian Clroles--Black Engle Division of the Uniform Rank De- cides to Go to Denver—Other Mat- ters of Fraternal Interest, Tangier temple of the Arabic Order of tho Nobles of the Mystic Shrine held an en- thusiastic meeting I'riday night, the reports 1hadoe by the several committees having in charge the proparations for the meeting of the imperial council showing that the ar- rangements for the recsption of tho dis- tinguished visitors ‘were well advanced. Nobie John T. Clarke, svho is at the head of the ways and means committes, stated that coutributions from.the eitizens were highly encouraging and-bod no doubt there would be sufficient of a'fund raised to entertain the riners and Knights Templar properly. 'Not a single refusal have we met with in our solicitations,” 8aid Mr. Clarke, ‘“‘and everybody is showing the liveliest possible interest in the visikof the Shriners to our . We are I"smll in need of about $2,000, but 1 have not the least fear that we will tive any difficulty in rais- ing the amount fieeded. Omaha has a repu- tation abroad for genuine hospitality and we cannot afford nowto let that standing die out. We may be a candidate in six yvears for the trennial corclaye and now is the time to commence the work of evangelization,” The commttee on parade madoau extended report and already the members are predict- ing that there will' be 2,000 Shriners in line, with camels ana’cleptiants gnd_other fea- tures which will' gt/to make this“parade the most_remarkablg eyér seen in this country Ringling . Brothars, tho .well kuown show- men, who will be.irOmaha August 1, are all members: of ~ the - Shrine 'and they have votunteered to ibring- their entiro herd of camels and ‘dromedaries to this city on August 15if they are within 300 miles of Omaha. Ye gods!adrove of camels led by uovle of the Shrine, with the trappings oi the orient to add borilliancy to the scene, There will be bands inoumerable ana the people of this goodly city will truly imagine that Omaha has beon "transplanted to an oasis in the Sahara where caravans in legion have stopped to make merry before resuming their onward march. The souvenir for the visit of the Snriners promise to excead ayythiug of a similar kind ever gotten out in this country. It will con- tain halt tone pictures of the members of tho executive committee, of prominent buildings and pietures of the bold riders of the desert. Mr. Frank Willlams, chairman of the committee on souvenirs,is now in Chi- cago giving his personai attention to the printing and lithographing and wiil stand right over the workmen until the programs are completed. So many applications have come 1n for the Shrine degree from eligible men throughout the state that it is now almost decided to hold another meoting for work on August 13, the Saturday evening preceding the meeting of the imperial council. Potentate Akin, while fmpressed with the heat of the dog days, says he is willing to do anything for tho boys who are anxious to bs Shriners yhen ihe imperial council mests August Knights Templar. The committee of arrangements at Denver have issued the following circular: Eminent Sirand Sir Koights—Yon are hereby in- formed that a competitive prize drill will be beld on August 11. Tte smolters of the state of Colorado have donated the funds for the prizes. First prize, a pure solid silver brick, elogantly embellished with Knights Templar emblems and 1nscriptious, to cost $600, Sec- ond prize, a pure solid silver cup or bowl, elogantly engravad, to cost $00. Third prizo, a rich and beautiful silk Knights T'em- plar banner, to cost§250. Competent judges will be selected to award theso prizes. Com- manderies competing must not have less than soventy-four wnen in rank, all of their own membership. A stipulated time, not exceed- ine forty-tive minutes, will be allowed eacn commandery to perform such movements as they choose. Any tactics under which com- manderies have been drilling will be auly recognized. The judges will select their own method of scoring, And the order of drilling will be established by lot. Commanderies desiring to entor for these prizes will notify William R, Harp, chairman. Mount Calvary commaudery of this city will go to Denver with an excellent rostor of mewbers, nlthoug “for a time 1t looked as if the brothren Yo only the most passive interést’’ in the triennial conclave, the, ;. recoraer of the commandery, Epen K. Long, not even gewung a dozen replips to the circular letter sent oul king if the recipient intendea to 0, how many peopte would accompany him and other questfonsvf a like nature. Itis now definitely knewo that the following knights, accompgnted by their wives and lady friends, will’make the pilgrimage to thi Mouutain eity: L. K. Suaborough, W. G. H. Sievers, Hugh, (3. Clark, I. R. Androws, (George W. Liningex John A. Wiley, H. Chubbuck, W. R. Bawen, Braa D. Slaughte, W. I. Hawkes, ¥ictor White, Eben K. Long, W. T. Ro n, W. N. Nason, S. W. Croy, Eugene I/ Sdver, Perry A, Lyons, J. P. Lawta, W. A7 (aueduer, J. A. Hake, C. E. Bavcoek, L. H. ty, Havry P. Deuel, M. 0, Maul, D. C." thusphen. preee — Kunights ol £ythias, Mars lodge No, 180, Knights of Pythias, beld their regular. meeting on the evening of the 20th, with Vige Chavcellor Wood in the chair. Considoring the superfluity of beat, there was & medium attendance of members, The first and third rauks were conferred an two candidates. Mr. Close from Florence reccived bis first degree and Mr, Milier of Central park his tuird in the amolified worik, and it was worked to perfoction. Mars lodge was favored with a visit paid to them by the membera of Nebrask 1 tended in @ body--C. E. Curi w. Fyte, J. W. Malons, E.M. Wrigl P, A, Porry, A Frankllo, Be- P H t, M. . Deau, Myr- tle No. 9, Des Moines, Iu; Thomus Beydan, Blue Valley No, 164, Kansas City; A. M. Russell, Valiey fails Loyal No. 177, Win- chester, Kan.; A, J. Hartwig, Omaba No, 20; F. H. Frauklio, Delevaa No. 819, Dele- van, LUl Mars loage reception commitiee performed their duty in the usual manner of receiving their visiting brothers, by serving ico cream aud other cooling things. The second de- gree will bo worked next Weanesday evon- ng. Black Eagle division of the uniform rank at 4 largely attended meeting IFriday evon- Ing unanimously decided to go to Kansas City as adivision to attend the meeting of the supreme lodge and grana Pythian on- campment at Kansas City, August 21, In- dications point to & very large number of kuights attending the encampmont n the city by the Kaw, pregarnuuus being well ad- vanced in many of the lodges to participate in the exercises of the week. Last Thursday eveuning a lodge of Kuights of Pythias was organized at Harbine with thirty-two charter members. The officors elected for the ensuing term are as follows: Past chancellor commander, Dr. H. M, Hep- perlen: chancollor commander, F. T.; McMahan; ~prelate, F. G, Endel- man; koepor of racords and seal, W. H. Ferris; mastor of finance, T. L. Ewing; master of exchequer, J. M. Wildhaber; mas- teratarms, M, . Wolfe; inside guard, A. W. Hunt; outside euard, C. Copp. Repre- sentatives from Diller, Steele City and i“air- bury lodges were in attendance and assisted Deputy Grand Chancellor Commander Will L. Seism and his officers in the ceremonies of the institution, ChancellorCommander Bixby, accompanied by a robust specimen of the ge- nus goat created considerable merriment and struck terror to the hearts of the candidntes who were soon to solve the mysteries of Pythianism. A bountiful supper was served .3t the aining hall of the Smith hotel to the grand oMcers, visiting knichts and their friends to which all did ample justice. After all had partaken of the xood things provided for their entortainment, a reception wus given to the grand officors at the Congrega- tional church. Prof. W. H. Ferris in an aporopriate sveech welcomed the grand offi- cers and visiting knights and tendered them the freedom of the little city. A F &AM The first Americau lodge to appear on the records of the grand lodge of England is No. 129 atv Boston, siill in existence as St. John’s Lodge, which was constituted in 1733, The next American lodge, so far as tno English rocords show, was Soiomon lodge at Savan- nah, Ga., and constitnted as No. 130, The English grand lodge was at that time the source of Masonic authority. A. H. Morris, W. C. Bentley, Joe Brown, W, S. Allison, George Thomas, Mark Lee, Frank McCreary and Marshall Morse of Shelton went to Wood River Tuasday morn- ing una that evening assisted in organizing a Masonic lodge. ‘They report a new lodge of twenty-one members, The Square and Compass lodge No. 218, A. F. and A. M., of Miller1s no longer a probationer, sbut an institution, chartered, officered and fully equipped for work. On Thursday _evening, July 14, Samuel P. Davidson, E. P. Glllette, officers of tho grand lodge of tho state, installed the fol- lowing ofticers: Erie W. Northop, master; William M. Craven, S. W.: I, D, W.; H: C. Green, 'treasurer; H ecretary; D. B. Jones, S, I).; I, L. son, J. D, and George Roach, tiler. The eoncluding feature of the evening’s pro- gram, a banguet, was necossarily omitted on account of the storm. The regular meetings of the lodge will be held on tho first Friday evening after the full moon in _each month. Square and Compass lodge has a bright futuro before it, and bids fair to become an average among the lodges of the state. Order of stors, Court Omaha, No. 1091, Independent Order of Foresters, at their somi-annual election officers, Tuesday night, electod the following ofticers for the ensuing term: C. R., Charles Watts; R. S, L. L. Richards; Treasurer, T. B. Barnes; B, C. R., T. A. K. Gray; J. W., W'red Gray; J. B., J. G. Neale; V. C. R., B. Van Strand; F. S,, George d. Fraser; Chap- lain, F. N, Perkin: W., W. D). Hamilton; 8. B, S. Patrick; C. D. S. C. R, T. L. Comps. Other important business was trans- acted in which the meating night was changed from the second and fourth Tues- days to the sccond and fourth Iridays of euch moutli, The court will weet in Koyal Arcanum hall, Bee building. Although Court Omaha was orgavized but a month ago, it is already in the condition to warrant prosper- ity to Forestry in Omaba. The oraer is very popular wheréver known, and justly doserves 1ts bigh standing as a fraternal and benefl- ciary order. -~ Disease never successfully attacks the sys tem with pure blood. DeWitt's Sarsapariila makes pure, now blood and onriches blood. e THE THEATERS, A good deal has been said for ‘A Night at the Circus” claims as the first of the new brand of farce comedy, and everywheroe in the oast it has boen a decided success. The atmosphore of the circus is in the play. The ringmaster cracks his whip, the band plays and the horses kick up thoir heels, Suchis the flavor of the circo-comedy, “A Nignt at the Circus,” which will be seen for the first time in this city at Boyd's theater tonight with Neliile McHenry in tho chief role. The story upon which the play is built centers upon Mile. Electra, a circus performer, and her sister, Mile. Madeline Milan, a governess in the family of Nicholas F'riske, a lawyer in partnership with Archibald Banger. The latter are husbands of the ‘‘heanpecked’ order, but are inclined to be men about town, The queen cf the arena quurrels with her manager, who, in order to koep her,up to her contract, wants to have ber arrested. Sno engages Banger to defend ber, Both luwvers promptly fall in love with ber, Banger for the moment carry- ing ber off, Then tho twin sister comes in, aud while Friske is tryiug to fascinato hor tho wives of both wen entor. The business of explaining matters is extremely ludicrous, Mile. Electra decided to take her siste lace us governoss, in order first 1o esce 0o ior manager, And noxt to punish tho lawyer for thelr would-be perfidy, As a gover ness sho teains the voung lidl s to be meek as lansbs 1o olie, but in private they all dance ana sing everyibing, from “Com- rades” to *Maggie Murphy’s Hom By letters signad “Birdie” and sent to all tho coaracters sho foally arranges to meet them all in the dressing room of the *‘Greates Show on E rth,” and a3 tho governoss she finds disguises for ail. The wives aro fixed upin tights, Kach husband is in the belief | that “Birdio” is “BElactra” and takes his wife to the circus tent, and it is in that scene the fun reaches its hoigh “The Homestend Strike, or Bullets vs | Bread,” a drama portraving in a realistio | mannor the late troubles of the strikers, will be tho bill at Wonderland duriug the first | half of the week. The last nalf of the week | the popular “iip Van Winkie” will be seen. 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