Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 27, 1893, Page 11

A PARADISE FOR SPORTS Alaska Land and Sea Alive with Game of All Kinds and Siges, MEN JOME MIGHTY TALL FISH STORIES Soupled with AMdavits of Trathfalness— Progress of the Natives in Absorbing the Virtaes and Viees of the Whites— Business and Domestio Life. BrTka, Alaska, Aug. 15— [Correspondence of Tne Ber.|—With more than 300,000 square miles of dense forest land, full of biz game of every variety, and an finland sea with 11,000 mil of coast line swarming with whales, porpoises and more palatable nal- bat, salmon, rock cod and herring, with mil- lions of wild geese and ducks floating on every bay and channel, Alaska is the greatest sportsman’s preservo on the Ame ean continent, With tho ppearance of the buffale, elk and antelope from the groat plains and the gradual extermination of the grizzly. panther and mountain sheep in the Rockies and Sierras, Alaska will soon be the only region in the United States where big game awaits the hunter in unlimited quan- tities. But there are very fow visitors to the north who go purely for the sport, and the permanent inhabitants are there to make a fortune, not for pleasuro. “Lhere was one passcuger on the steamship Queen, however, who spends a month in Alaska nowand then gunningfor grizzly, but ho has great respect for bruinand goes after him with & gun which resembles a small cannon and is loaded with oxplosive shells. ‘I'his noble sportsman happened to be a veal Irish lord, who married a coul mine in Brit. ish Columbia, and expects to inherit sever, millions on the death of his mother-in- Sir Richard fully came up to the ideal of the young ladies on board, of what a British peer should be. His lordship wore a suit of liver-colored knicke two sizos too big for him,with c: , heavy woolen legeings, walked his hands in his pockets, smokeld’a pipe and spoke with a de- cided drawl, so it was really too bad he was married, The passengers often listening to some of his lordship's bear stories wore will- ing to content themselves with less ferocious game. A Fish Story, ‘The following bulletin posted one evening gave them the desired opportunit, Program Changed—As the skipper thinks that the prs: rs lave not done the “dark room” justice in expressing thoir opinions of 1ho wedther in the last twenty-four hours, ho hias concluded to go to Killlsnod, wher will go and try to cateh some lulibut DAsSCHECrS WIS 10 fivh MAE DO up i, 6 B, JAMES CAIROLL, Commander, A sleepy lot of fishermen and fisher maidens were on deck at the appointed hour, and after considerable delay put off in the ship's boats to hook the festive halibut. The fish bit like mosquitoe: ugust and the excitement began. But a halibut is not a vel my fish, and when he guips down your bait all you have to do is haul him up 10 the side of the boat and pull him in with a gafl. Those who tried to fish over the side of the steamer were quite successful, but it is a good deal like work to pull up a fish over the deck rail that weighs from twenty 10 120 pounds without u derrick. The steamship company is almost as ac- commodating us regards fishing as the rail- rond trains down south, whicn siop to let the passengers pick flowers. But one of the skipper's bulletins announcing a fishing e cursion was regarded by sample of Captain Carroll's goo alumor. It read something like this: “We will goon shore at 2 p. . for two houss, and all pagsengers wishing to catch sulmon can do 80, | All that you will require as fish- ing gear will be sharp tingernails, button- hooks and hairpins.” At 20'clock we were led to a little stream that rushed foaming through the pines and cedars to seo a sight that would make old Izank Walton turs in his grave. ‘Lhere were salmon by the thousands. In places, for twenty feot the fish were so thick not see the bottom of the shallow stream and where the water rushed over a small falls you could sco a line of black tails from shore to shore. This may sound very much like Sundy G fish stories, but I cau bring witnesses who will swear 10 it—a pair of wet trou: of u certuin, New York gentleman and photographs taken by our own artist on the spot us_ indis- putable ovidence.E§The passengers g d enough salmon to Tast the shiv for some time. Several sueceeded in eatching them with their hands. Others went at it Indin fushion .and’ speared them with a barb pointed spear. A net drawn at the mouth of the stream by the salmon cannery a duy or 50 before puiled in 20,000 pounds of salmon, ten tons of fish, There is a peculiar ind of fish found in Alaskan waters whi h is quite plentiful, called the candle fish. Itis about' tho size of a smelt, wnich it resembles in appear- ance, The candle fish is caught by the In- dians on bright moonlight nights with a kind of large rake somo six or y long, tho tecth being made of bone ot pointed nails. While the einoe is by ono Indinn close toa shoal of fish, an- other sweeps tho rake through the denso mass, gencrally bringing up threo or four sish on each tooeh. Tho candle fish are care- fully packed away and used for lighting pur- poses. Lo use them s candles u wick or piece of dvy pitch is passed through the Dbody of the fishawith o bodkin of hard wood, and the tail bemg placed in a cleft or bottle, the wick is lighted and the oily fish burns with a bright, clear flame. The Native Alasknn, ishing and hunting are the natural pur- suits of the Aluskan hidiun, but the native Alaskan of today is fast loarning the ways of the white mun, The Alaskan Indiau ex- hibits traits which aro not common to tho American aborigine of awarmer latitudos, While contact with civilization had de- veloped a cortnin laxity of morals, the Alus- kan has shown abili of adapting himsolf to oundings. ead of roaming about and shrinking from contact with the whites, like the Sioux or Apache, the nutives of southoustorn and western Alaska have for the most part a fixed habitation and mingle frecly with the white sottiey They possess thoe great es- sential o eiy ingness to work, coupled with habits of thrift and indusiry Whenever a cannery, saw mill or mine has been opencd you will tind an Judian village, | To those who understand Low to deal with the Indiaus, their lubor gives perfect satis, faetion.” The average native laborer or mill employo m =20 day, und there is sel- dom a seakelty of labor.” In some of tho mills there has been a strike. among the native operitors. so theve can be #o doubt as 10 theprogress af the Alaskan Indisu, At Tooglas Nuvrows 48 a saw mill owned “and operated entively by native Alaskans, In the early days blankets wero the - dium’of bx¢ u when the trader gave thew ir pelts aud fish they iuves n the regulation Hudson Bay blank Nome of the cliefs had as much anfive or six bales of blaukets stowed uway a8 their storo of wealth. But they have passed that stage and undorstand the value of a dollur u groat deal better ) majority of the Aluskan touri them Bave amassed very comfoitablo for- tunes, aud thero is ono of the churactors about Sitia known neess ‘Tom, who, with worldly goods wmounting to $0,- 000, is quito 4 prize in the matrimonial mar- kot ‘I'nore is no doubt that this fact is cclatod, for shobas had fivo or six hu nds alréady s 4 new onoubout overy | WO ¥ ever & husband becomes una The caso of the princoss 18 not a unique one, for both polygandry und lygaimy exish among the Aliskans. Fhe rincoss Tou I8 gshrowd businoss woman and conducts quite an establishyeut. She owns o large vessel and mukes o tip every now and then to distant pownts to barseg furs aud Ipdin warcs, which she Lows OVer ut 4 good profiv. Educstlonal Frogress, ‘The Alaskans - are rapidly becoming edu- cated and avail themselves of” the o tupities aMorded them, Theve are thi public scl in the territory and a number of mission sl At Sitki there is au i dustrial tealuiug school endo by the lute Eltiott F. Shepard of New York, where ca try, cabinet malkiug, boot aud shoe i ‘sténch which gre | the for thi , house ki , sewlig, knittiug, cooking Fo ) dmuu.flng‘are taught. The boys and girls do excellont work and the lnstitution is a decided success, The missionaries have a rather hard row to hoo, for the Thlingit language is very dificult to learn. and to tho uneducated ear sounds very much like a sories of grunts and groans. One missionary who succeeded in master- ing the jargon tried to arouse an interest in the hible among some of his Fskimo friends, and began by telling them biblical stories. Ihey thoaght tno story of Jonah and the whalo a rather large fish story, but swal- lowed it, and they were delighted with the story of the she-bears and tho small boys who called Elijah bald head, and corsidered ita gool joke on the small boys. But the missionary met his Waterloo when ho tried to tell them about Noah and the flood. That 1t should rain forty days and nights dia not surprise them in tho least, but when ho tried o mako them believe that tho earth was covored with water they shook their honds in disgust. “Why, it rains threc months here, without stobping,” the sed “and still the ground is at ator.” Alaskan weathor shows such a lack of versatility that the tourist docs not wonder at the in- credulity of the Iiskimos 0 average rain- fali is forty-eightinches, and while in Alaska ono is never troubled by y of con- versational matter, ‘Thera is one respect in which the Alaskan Indian resembles his whito brethren. They s at they have a blo weakness for owing um- for an indefinito peri Alasks The Indians hav places and the vill n Homes. permanent dwelling ges are usually buily quite near the beach in -the proximity of somo stream where fish is abundant. The houses are built of hewn logs, with ono door, o couplo of windows, but no chimney, in- stead of which a small aperture in the roof allows the smoke to escape. The intovior is of a very peculiar construction, being arranged with a pit in tho center about twelye feot square, around which are a series of four or five platforms, each about throo above tho other and five or six feot wida, 1 am told the uumber of families living in a house corresponds to the number of platforms and several geunerations live togethor under the same roof. The fire is built in the central pit, and the fact that there is no chimney has both its drawbacks and its advantages. However disagreeable the escaping smoke it has a certai in curiug the strings of fish whi are hung up about the room. The peculiar you at the doorway of find no comparison, Some of the houses in Nitka' and- Junciu are quite modern in construction, and 1 was 'in several whose rooms and occupants were unimpeach- avlo in that virtue which is next to godli- ness. Ono in particular, the house of a chicf, was supplied with a sewing machine, A cook stove and bedsteads, and was as clean asa Duteh kitchen, 10 Canine Community, N the carved totem poles, which stand liko scavecrows in front of the houses, the dogs are the most couspicuous feature of an Alaska village. The poorer the man tho more dogs he owns and the more uusociably are the dogs, both from temperament and nimal companions. ‘The totem's carvings on both and armaments are distinctivel They all represent something recording _an important g some Eskimo legend. Usually the family emblom is placed on top of tho totom pole, a beast, bird or fish, which entist would have s hard timo classifyin Ono of these poles s of special interost to tourists from New Jorsey. It represents most hideous, beast erouched the prostrate form of a man. Ouce upon the story goos, there was @ g spider whose sole oceupation to. the blood of men, and its' vietims numbered ands, Like the dragon of old, there 50 8 3 me to the res nd while the spidor asle chiof 1 to his boak a con ro. spide od up until it was very, very small, but did not die. He is now powerless to kill, but his sting leayes behind its coal of fire, and this 15 the Kskimo account of the origin of the mosquito. Thoe Tebaceo Hablt, Every Eskimo, men, women and children, use tobiceo, now-i-days. They use Ameri- degencrato days and the oxpensivo. But before the of the white n kit tobacco was i clo ro very caro- stoany. When all the enjoy- ment was oxtracted from a quid by chewing. the remnant was saved and dried for smok- ing. The pipes are curious_affairs, made of drift wood or bone, with a bowl no larger than a thimble. In the stem abouta half inch from the bowl is a small slide, so that if any tobacco should not be consumed it could beremoved and not be wasted, You can never tell whether an Eskimo Las to- bacco in his mouth or not, for ho doos mot chew it, neither does he waste any of the juice by expectora- tion. 1 presume that the Eskimo maiden is as bad off as tho Ameri irl as regards move her Xt to the poles quid c behind her ear as a bookkeeper does his pen. Most of the younger women in the larger towns have given up wearing the lip button, but the older women retain it as if to make themsel more ugly tk they are, incision is made in the lower lip and a sm picee of bone or silver, something like a col- lar button,is inserted. As the aperture grows the size of the button inzr and some of them are at least two inches wide. No doubt the uso of this hideous ornament ac counts for the Aluskin modo of kissing. They havo o peculiar styloof their own, which will probably never displace tho Imma Abbott fashion, for it consists simply in rubbing their noses tozethior, Quaint and Curious, Ono of the passengers, Prof. H. B. Adams of Johns Hopkins univorsity, succecded in purchasing one of theso lip buttons from the mouth of one of the old women. The Tn- dians are willing to sell almost anything own, and the tourists get a varied and i collection of souvenivs, Handmadoe baskets are the chibf stock of the Indian wowen, who display their wares in front of them a8 thoy sitarouad tho dock and main street. One Boston lady on the trip before ours gathered a collection of almost fifty They have all sorts of implements Al the hunt, and many s prefer those which huve been 55083 4 genuine Alaskun odor, Americans ure possessed of a diseaso called poonomania,” und have supplied the nd of the souveniv spoon flend. Furs and weaper than in the states, and gevahead of u native dealor, Many of the curio shops are 1n the hunds of natives it takes Counecticut Yankeo 1o boat them on o bargain, Totoms their quaint earvy 2 wado to order trade and tho ¢ they aro the more they are sought after, When the Queen started southward 1t Knd on boayd shecimens of everytiing Alaskan, from a black bear cub to a canoo puddle, including baskets, spoons, spears, halibut hooks, chil- cat b s, kutves, rings, minlaturceanoss, Dl ns, skins, avd o hundred othor things, ot to mention an Kskimo woman und & pappoose in Lho steerage. Ciam ROSEWATER, Mot with u Serious Fall, Now York Herald: ‘on arve very late this morning, Mr., Baldwin,” said a dry goods merchant recently to one of his clevks. “Don't let it huppen again.” “Very sorry,” said the clerk, humbly, mot with a serious fall,” “Indeed,” ropliod the merchant, re- ity Ave you huvt much " “Principaliy, sir, in your estimation,” answered the clerk respectfully, r mind that, winfnn- mer- “l am vory sorry, and had no intention to bo sever Weo arve all liablo w accidents, How did you get tho fali?” Well, you see, siv,” sald th inidgly, "I was called morning—oarlier, in ugad SAL ““Yos, sir: but somehow or other T fell usleop again.” “Go o your desk, sir,and don’t try that on again,” exclaimed the merchant, with an air of severity which was belied by the twinkle of his oye, which dencted that he enjoyed the joke. [ “Mrs. Avthur Stanuard) has been olected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literatu lerk uite early act, than SHOAT VHATXIZ=8e8! THE ASPA WITH CURIOUS RISTORY OMAH Ancient and Sunny Soarborough Peside the North Sea, MEDICINAL WATERS AND SPLENDID BEACH Where Both Toller and Rich and Titled Go for Rest and Health Rather Than Gayety ~One-Third of the 60,000 on the Beach Asieop in the Sands. [Copyrighted, 1893.1 Scannorovon, Eng., Aug. 12.—[Special to” Tue Br Scarborough, over here on the North sca, is the greatest sea- side resort on the eastorn coast of England. For vast crowds it is iike Southport on the west, aud Brighton on the south coast. It has boen & watering place for noarly 250 ars. Before that good fortuno it was tio olse than a dreary fishing port, with a cat, grim castlo dominating hamlet and yesight and other sonses, was primarily ro- sponsible for Scarborough's transformation from obscurity to opulence and renown: row, o sensible and intelligent 4y Who lived at Scarborough, about the ar 1050, sometimes walked along the shore, and observing the stones over which the waters (from a cliftside spring) passed to have received a russet color, and finding it to have an acid tasto different from common springs, and to receive a purple tincture from galls, thought it might have somo me- dicinal property. Having,therofore,made an experiment herself, and persuadoed others to do the same, it was found to be eficacious in some complaints, and became the usual physic of the inhabitants, It was after- wards in great reputation. with the citizens of York, and the gentry of the county, and at length was 8o generally recommended that persons of quality came from a great distance to drink it, preferring it before all s they had formerly frequented, even the Italian, French and German spaws."” Lost for n Time by Earthquake, Thus runs the ancient, ungrammatic but truthful chronicle. Dame Farrow has only a few lines in Scarborough local history and no monument. These are the only really mean things you will find about the winsome old town. Tho* w’ the good dame dis- covered is a spa which has a curious history of its own. Nearly fifty years arter its dis- covery the spa was provided with cisterns or wetls for collecting the waters. To pro- tect these from the encroachment of the sea, a stout staith of stone bound by timbers was erected around the wells. Forty ye later a great mass of the cliff above, containing neurly an ucre of pasture land, sunk per- vendicularly for several yards. As this huge mass of ¢liff went down the sand about the staith, some distance from the subsiding " Cliff, shot up into the air to a height of from thirty to fifty feet, an entive mass nearly 100 feet broad and 300 feet long. The wells as- cended with the staith and d, but the sa itself was lost.completely, and was only recovered after long and diligent search, and great expense upon the part or the inhab- Local folk-lore holds to the belief as just judgment for Scarbor- titude in forgetting its debt of obligation to Dame Farrow. Its Present Boneticenve Inevitable. Buv after knowing Scarborough, T beliove had there “been no-Dame - Farrow, and no “'spaw ;" no earthquakeand no: vediscovery; no grand Spa saloon in the Italian-Renais. sance style, acsbmmodating severat thousand people, opened by the lopd mayor of London; 10 8pacious promenades or grand Clift bridge across the shadowy ravine; no grand aqua- rium, $aid to b the finest in the world; no snlendid orchestra of 200 to 800 performers; no broad seawall promenade, and no coun: less sheltered walks, grottoes and bowers; and no high sounding names of North Chaly-. beate and South Salt-well, that the glorious face Scarborough sets to the German ocean, its fiuest beach in Burope, and all the magic: it takes from the mighty sea, would have mado the charming old town all that 1t now is to tke countless thousands who loiter hero rest or health. For back of ancient Scarborough town is Manchester and Keighley aad Bradford and Wakefield and York and Huddersfield and Leeds, hum- ming with spindles and clanging with sranes, and the coal pits of Lancashire and Yorkshire ana Notts, where there are hun- dreds of tliousands of strivers, white or grimy from endless toil. Often there are 50,000 of such as these at Scarborough. It is avsuch times that one may kaow, if he will use his cyes, how precious a thing is the glint of the waves, the cool touch of the golden sands, the whispered lullaby aud |emysteries of the sea, and all the beneficence of God’s blossed sunlight kissing through life-giving uirs the pallor "from out these cred faces, to unused, eager oyes and haunted, hungry hearts, Stmilarities of Scarborough and Naples, Scenically considered, Scarborough and harbor renund you instantly of Napies and its wondrous bay. wWere it not for the tholozie, historic and poetic associations th ull the beautiful environs of Nuples ure rife, a flavor of which cannot bug at some time and in some way touch the fancy of every traveler of sympathetic and recoptive mind, 1 believe old Scarborough und havbor, at least when viewed from the sea, would prove to the boholder a more beautiful scene. Like tho bay of Naples, Scarborough harbor bas a Imf;l ) crescent- shaped eep from cliff to headiand. It has not a mysterious and awful Vesuvius behind, but it has a second crescent of verdure-clad Lills, a circling thread of emerald above the checkored line of white and red where nes- tle its comfortable ancient homes. It has no Posilipo above whose vineyard heights were the Georgics and the Aneid composed and where still sleeps a gentle Virgil, but dread- ful und weird were its scourges and sieges from the time of Harold Hadrada to the first Charles. 1t had no Tasso, as had the olive and chestnut groves of Naples' Sorrento, But the splendid ruins of its once majestic headland castle preserve, in the fact of his year's imprisonment here, the memory of one who accomphshed as much for humanity a8 Virgil und Tusso together—the brave and gente founder of the Society of Friends, and somebow, o all the splendid scene, while youmay miss the half oriental color of the dazzling view beneath Italian skies, there comes to you a heartier, nobler sense of kin- ship with habitation and humankind, earth nd ocean, that win you completely to the brave old Saxon town which sets on Roman. walls peside the Northern sea. The View from Castle Hill, From Castle Hill the South Sands circle awuy nearly two miles Lo the south. The foreshoreis fully a fourth of a mile in width, with the gentlest possible declination into vhe soa, and each receding tide leaves it as smooth, hard and sweet asa newly rubbed pine floor. Down to this finest beach in Kurope the old ecity crowds in buildings, jumbles of roofs and aces, and the oldest and pleasantest of :ts from the outlying hills. If there vere no shore, no sea und no thousands of idlers and bath in bright medley to be seen, the lo leafy stair-like town i would still be a pieasant place to see. At l the highest places are fi; villas, great ho! nd splendid homes, rich 1n settings uple verdure, curious old walls, strange | und picturcsque’ guteways, and fanciful iron and stone oruaments of centuries ago. Cross streets, cireling with the harbor t, show odd high walls and glimoses and creeping vines through stone approaches, ke winsome embrasures on the oue hand, and on the other you can almost stop upon the red tilings of quaint old roofs below. But more picturesque than these are the thoroughfares, most of them narpow and shadowy, which tumble from the Mill to the shore. Ancient St. Ives, on tho Cornish western coast, is like Scarborough here. Many of these streets are both stair and thoroughfure. ¢I'he roofs of all the houses are like the terraces of Al- giors. Most curious architectural bits are found hulf hidden in tiny courts. Windows soom to huve sprung through roofs; balco- uies overhang succeeding roofs; lundings lead into strect doors and second-story eun- DAILY BEE: trances of the same hoyse: guerywhere are potted flowers and 'NQd.” 64 ipon trellises, roses trained across 83 and between the gables or across s, continual chang- ing glimpses of tho fereshore show a mass of kaleidoscopic color, like a huge bank of flowers set close to thihimmering blue of a rippling sea. Not only is all this—at-vour feot for con- templation if you a m‘fl“ on Castle hill, but the spars S’ ing smacks and other curious craft “hretike a reedy sedge beneath you to the souths Then comes the old harbor and its masgy pler; the bay filled with pleasure sa’ nmy ‘Ahhor and thither like fimz white birds_skimming low along the ripplizg sheen of blue; and 1’myum1. the stoely blue of the Norsh: sea, with fishing fleots at anchor in ting, patches, or merchant ships scudding to the Baitic and the north; with now and then trailing plumes of smoke from distant steamers closo and low u the far horizon rim. To the north another cove cuts into the high and lofty shore. Landward are moors, sand-dunes, ragged cliffs, hung with rank and tralling verdure, and coye and cliff and mogr, steetching far with higher and more precipitous shores to where the North soa thunders endiessly against the hoadlands of weird and droary Robin Hood's Bay. Why Honry 11. Spared the Castle. All about you are the ruins of the ancient and stupendous castlo which was once the glory of Scarborough. Vast indeed were the medimval strongholda of Britain, aud this one, well nigh imprognablo in its time, was one of the hugest fortresses of the ontire castern coast. 1t was built by Earl William Le Gros, who married Adeliza, daughter of William the Conquerer, and who ruled in the east with princely authority. When Henry IL endeavored to break the power of the nobles, which eclipsed the authority of the crown, and commanded the demolition of their castles, he came here in person to see this great pile razed, bur struck with its splendid ' proportions and . impregnability, increased its strength and magniticence in- stead. The tremendous mout on the land- ward side is well preserved. The statoly keep is still nearly 100 feet high, with walls twelve fect in thivckness, and in the castle yard can still be traced the splendid chapel which once was here, for no men wore more pious than were these mighty pillagers and murdorers of old. Rather a Place of Rest Than Gayety. The beauty and fashion to be seen at Scarborough are pronounced enough to give the place all the gayety of, Brighton. Lon- don sends thousauds here for the ‘“'season.’ which continues from May until October, and the great interior manufacturing cities, like Birmingham, Munchester and Leods, divide their fashionable summer patronage between Scarborough and. the Peak of Derbyshire, but the place is characteris- sically different from any other seaside re- sort I have found in England. The rich and titiod who visit Scarborough seem to be here for rest and health rather than for rounas of gayety and fashionable enjoyment. Whatever may be 1ts spell, you are no sooner within it than a spirit of idiing, loitering and a delightful dreamful laziness possesses you. At tho great balls, concerts and bromenades on the cliff, 'all_procedure is measured, quiet and stately, There are no blare and flare in Scarborough. The shops are shady, coo) and quiet. Go the whole length of ' Westborough, Newborough and Eastoorough stroots, from the high railway station to the gleaming sands, and, though vour stroll may have brought you in’ contact with from 20,000 to_30:000 /people, you will not have heard a sound thut would disturh the placid serenity of wsunay country church lane, Itisas though .the, breeze, tho sun, the sea and the gray,old fown of gray old stairs sonthed the f’;rna ility and even ordinary activity of ménintoa gentle com- Dlacence and peace. -+ ¢ Sleeping In the Sands. lnstead of Bathing. This peculiarity is still moro noticoable vpon the beach. In all'othgr seaside resorts I have ever visited tho sands always pre- sented a scene of rollicking ‘activity and life, Men, women and' eliildren were in a sort of wild intoxication land delirium of en- joyment. Ihave seesfrom. 50,000 to 60,000 people at ona time upen; Scarborough beach, und I am quite certain one-third of the num: ber were sound asleep,. This is most marked with folks from tho mills alid mines. While the’ hunareds ‘of bathing Smachines—those littlo covered wagons which are unknown in America, but which are in England used for robing and.disrobing, and are wheeled: out and in with the tide—are gonstantly in use, it is the middle class which thus disports. The operatives and miners who come to the seaside come for the change, the rest, the air. They almost seem to eat the latter, poor fellows!” They burrow in the sand and are savage if disturbed. Lwenty or thirty operatives from Leeds will be piled together with their families, half hidden in the sand pits they have dug. The men ore all dozing or sound asleep. One of a party of passing friends pokes one of the sleepers with his foot. He rouses him- self and regards the intruder with lazy, half ¢losed eyes. Tho latter asks: “Howsta du, lad?” “Haw, gaaly, gaalyl—gaaly emff fur v’ times.” “Sam (gather) oop thysal an’ goa an’ tak a rench (rinse) i’ ta sea,” “*Noa, ah (I) doa'nt goa hurpling abart fit to give a body dithers w'en ah coom t' sea. Ah get guri netting oot (cleaning up) t' Leeds, 1s't Lunnun foalk wor just slaaked o'er ! hoam, 'n’ maun be scrowin’ (scrub- bing) theirsals throo morn to neet!” Aud he turns in his sandpit witha con- temptuous snort for unwashed Londoners who are compelled to comeso far for “neting out,” and with his mouth wide open to the sea broeze which ho galps like drink, settles himself for another “*bitof dooven or doze. Early Preparations for Thelr Outing. Tn gotting about among these millmen miners and their familics i Scarborough, I found that many came hero during the sea- son not with the great excursions, which sometimes bring to such resorts as Southport and Scarborough upwards of 50,000 souls in single day, but. in littlo groups of dozens or scores, to remain for anentire week. This is accomplished by each workman paying weekly during the entiro year a stated sum of from1 to8 shillings, according to tho number of persons to bo provided for, into tho hands of & troasurer or agent, With this amount pooled, operatives and mincrs get long o journey as they like, comfortable housing and good food, and & week's rest and pleasure in almost any par: of England or Scotland. It is & surprising thing to find theso toilors so well informed upon British history and upon British shrines. The seloct in advance the place to be visited, and then assiduously read all that their village or town library may contain upon the place or region. These cooperative trips are taken to the lake district, to Ab- botsford, Melrose and Dryburgh, occasionall, to as faras Obanand tho Caledonian canal, to London and tothe seaside resorts of the east and west coasts. 01d Ladles Getting Power, Any one who has frequented Eoglish re- sorts must have been styucly with the number of benign old ladies being wheeled about by mournful faced servants ~who seemed ashamed of their calihg!’ Here at Scar- borough you will find moreef this class than at all other resorts of tha kingdom. No one can account for their gxtyaprdinary number here; but it is a pleasant sight to see them, with their crisp airs di r)m ind ways, rout- s the donkey upl; tiig the stalls and shuaking their sticks''ua® sunshades av touters and _mountebarks “with portentious threats and martial ‘pommands. Having counted over 600 taking their midday airing here, I asked & boatmuy how s0 many camo to be at Scarborough. ; “W'y, 8ir, they do sa, they be mostly mother'nlaws, 8 gettili’'power outn' the bracin’ sea hair fur'tHe’ reg'lar winter battles w'en they git#®'osime, sir. Leas! wise so I'm told by the-men wot pushes ‘en an’ they allus hadd: YW'st a blessed lark they do be ’'avin' w'at meantime bide at ‘oame!"" Epgar L. WAKEMAN, ———— The Wheeler & Wilson makes a perfect stitch with all kinds of thread on all ciasses of materials. It is always ready, Sold by Geo. W. Lancaster & 16th street, ? et In some English country towns there ave fire compunies composed of women. Recently the fifty nurses of the Homer- ton fever hospital organized a company and gave fire drills, [kl T — There are three things worth saving — time, trouble and money—and De Witv's Little Karly Risers will save them for you. These little pills will save you time, as they act promptly. They will save you trouble, as they cause no pals. They will SUVO yOU mouney, a8 they economize doc'or's ECHOES OF THE ANTE Roons[ Ancient Order of United Workmen Will Pio- nic at Oalhoun, ANNUAL OUTINGS OF OTHER ORDERS A New Suprems Master of the Exchequer Named for the Knights of Pyth Modern Woodmen Oamps on the Incroane. Arrangements for the picnic at Calhoun Wednesday of this week. given by tho Union Pacific lodge No. 17, Ancient Ordor of United Workmen, are now complote. This is the first annual outing-of the members of the lodge, and it promises to bo a grand suc- cess. The sale of tickots has beon unprece- dentodly large, and a large crowd is ex- pected to be prosent. A special excursion train will leave the Webster street depot at 8:30 o'clock in the morning, and returning in the evening will [eave Calhoun at 7:30. d For the occasion the membors have pro- vided the following excellent program: Potito gathering raco, hoys under 17—Two- pound box candy, Kopp, Dralbus & Co. Fifty-yard dash-—Pipe, Tracy. ing,hop stop und Juinp—Slippors,Drexel & Rosenzwolg. Married ladios' race, fitty yards—Slippors, A. W. Bowman, long Jump—Pipe, Onohundred-yard dash—Umbrells,Columbla Clothing company. Ludies' base Dall throwlng contest—Fan, Morse Dry Goods company. Running high jump—Inkstand,Omaha Print- Ing compiny. Irls' race, under 17, 100 yards—Throo- pound lmu‘:mll{, Kopp, Dreibus & Co. k Silk handkerchief, Contin Honry Lang- i ntal Clothing comy Tugof war, x Meyor. Sack raco, fitty Married iadios! Gatch & Lauman. Past master workmen race—Anclent Order United Workmen pin, Carson & B Singlo ludies’ raco™Toilet sot, MeConnell, Baso ball, No. 17 vs all comers—Cigars. A new lodage has been instituted in this city by Deputy Grand Master Workman Dr. Patten. The new lodge is known as America lodge No. 209, and meets at Thirteanth and Williams streets. The ceremonies of insti: tution were nearly carried out last Wednes- day ovening, The charter membership of the lodge will reach nearly seventy-tive, and it comes into existence under the most aus- picious circumstances. The following are the officers: Poter Rasmussen, P. M. W.; William D, Sherman, M. W.; Otto Olsen, %.; Peter Rosendall, O.; Charles A. Lind, .5 R. C, Young, I.; David McMurray, R.; James Wolson, G.; Charles Mclvor, I. W.; L. Jumes, ‘0. W.; trustees, J. K. Young, Charles M. Miller and L. James. The second annual convention of the De- greo of Honor, the women's auxiliary to the Workmen, will be held in Geneva this state, Octooer 8. The convention will be com- posed of delegates from the local Degree of Honor lodges in the state and a successful and enthusiastic gathering is looked fo A grand celebration and picnic was given at Shelton by the tocal lodge Wednesday of last weok. [t was a very successful affair. Large delegations from Koarney, Wood River n{xd Gipbon and other towns along the Union Pacific were present. A big union picnic of Workmen lodges of Richardson -county was held Friday at Hin- ton’s park in Falls City. A monster parade. in the morning was followed in the evening by an address by Grand Master Workman Tate of Hastings. Soveral thousand people were in attendance. the neighboring towns bringing in large delegations. The members of Patten lodge 173 of this city will picnic at Courtland beach Friday, September 15. An excellent program of entertainment is being prepared. Grand Master Workman J. G. Tate will be present. and deliver one of his characteristic and able addresses upon’ the order—its objects and aims and ‘its growth and prosperity. Sports of all kinds will be Indulged in. Dancing on the upper floor of tha pavilion in the ovening will furnish pleasure for those who enjoy that pastime. Tickets will be on sale by the members of the orde) Pawnee county Workmen will assemble at Armour Friday, September 22, and join in a union picnic, which will be addressed by Grand Master Workman Tate. Thayor county Workmen will picnic at Hebron in September. The members of North Omaha lodge No. 28, Degree of Honor, elected delegates last night to attend the state convention that meets in Geneva in October. 0.17 va all comers—Box cigars, ,nrd!——llnuknt fralt, Dalzell. race, fifty yards—Lamp, Knights of Pythias, Thomas G. Sample of Allegheny, Pa., has been appointed supreme mastorof ex- chequer to succeed S. J. Wiley, deposed. In speaking of the appointmeut a Pythian Jjournal of prominence says: “To the order at large the news of the ap- poiutment of Colonel ‘'homas G. Sample of Allegheny, Pa., as supreme master of ex- cheauer to succeed Stansbury J. Wiley will be received with unqualified satisfaction. Supreme Representative Sample needs no introducrion to the order—he has been a contral figure in its affairs for years, and has the confldence and respect of the best men of the order. The appointment will be an unanswerable reply to that element in the Keystone state that huve been persistent in the claim that Pennsylvania has no recogni- tion at the hands of the supremo lodge, and will prove to the loyal membership in that Jjurisdiction that Thowas G. Sambple is rec- ognized becauso he stands by the flag. Av the last session of the supremo lodge he nailed his colors to the mast, hence the se. lection at this time is a fitting acknowledg- ment. This is the second time that the ofice has been held by a representative from Pennsylvania, William A, Porter of Phila- delphia, being the first supreme *‘banker’ in 1868, holding that position vill 1874, when he ceeded by John B. Stumph of In- The members of Triangle lodge of this city wore royually entertained Wednesday evening by Nebraska lodge No. 1, in Pythian hallin the Puxton block. The members of Enterprise lodge of South Omaha are arranging for a picnic to be held at Courtland beach in September. The date will be announced latel Dolugs in Masonlo Cireles, The grand master of Pennsylvania, Michael Arnold, recently approved the ac: tion of a masterof a subordinate lodge who would not entertain a motion to permit the cremated remains of a brother to be placed in the lodge room. In commenting on the subject the grand master suid : *‘A lodge room 1s & place for lodge labor and refreshment. It is not & graveyard; neither is it & place of sepulchre, or & sub. stitute for one. Burning the body to ashes 1s considered with us a disgrace, a penalty. While we cannot prevent the brothren from resorting to the heathenish practice, we can show our disapproval of it; and we ure not to have it flaunted in our faces, and forced upon us for recoguition by putting vhew ashes under our noses. Rather let them be scattered, ete. 1 write this on the day when the greatést of mon was crucified and buried, Even His persecutors did not put upon him the indignity of burning His romuins to ashes. If any brother desires to have his body cremated after his death, he may do 80, but he shall not extort recognition and encouragement from Kree Masons. The practice is a relic of heathenism. Free Ma- sonry is divine.” Friday evening of last week the members of Vesta chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, gave a picnic at Courtland beach. The af- fair was enjoyable in the extreme and a complete success ‘The atteudance was large, the friends of the chapter respouding enerally to the invitations to be prosent. 'he evening was devoted to dancing in the pavilion, Leglon of Honor in Convention, After copsidering the question of chang- ing the law relative to the payment of sul- cide claims, the supreme council of the American Legion of Houor, in session at Milwaukee last week, decided to refuse to pay such claims wher the members conmit- ted suicide within three years after joining she order. After three years the claims will uot be cootested. An amendment was adopted perwitling members who have been suspended o year or more 0. come in sgain a8 new members instead of being reiustated. On motion of J. Fraukfort of New Jersey it was unanimously voted to incorporate the order under the goneral Incorporation act of Massachusotts, Undor the old incorporation the supreme council was restricted in its action and tho reincorporation is for the pur- pose of securing groater liberty. Modern Woodmen of Amerion. Omaha camp No. 120 is making arrasge- ments for a grand social and musical entor- tainment, which will be eiven soon, porhaps in the Exposition hall. ‘I'he presentation of the handsome bannor won by camp 199 for the greatest number of adoptions during the months of February, March and April will be tho feature. No. 120h always been an entorprising, loyal eamp, and very' popu- lar. It is now the largest camp in the jur diction, having over 500 members. Tho growth of this camp during the past yoar argely due to the good work of its membx to social entertainmonts, and to the efforts of Deputy Kastorly. At the last musical and literary entertainment at tho hall it was necossary to turn away some 800 people, tho hall not having the capacity for all those that sought admission. Tt is the intontion of the camp to wet a hall largo cnough, if it kes tho Colisoum, for tho next entertain- ment. ‘Tho city of Omaha has today four eamps, with a membership of about 1,200, consisting of businoss . men, lawyers. doctors, clerks, mechan . They have a good sum to their credit in the various banks and are all prosperou: good standing. Tho Ra Neighbors, auxiliar Modern Woodmen of Amer! benafit to the order been the means of making many pl acquaintances and of enjoyiag man of recreation, both bodily and mentally camp No. 2 will give a picnic Ceurtland boach Thursday of this week, afternoon and evening, and iuvites all its friends, neigh- bors and royal neighbors to participate and spend a few pleasant hours with them. They have prepared a splendid program. Races of all kinds will take place in the afternoon at 4o'clock. A prizo for overy race and dancing is on the program for the evening. A royal neighborly time is in store for you. The Modern Woodmen of Trumbull held a picnic at the grove near that place Saturday. An invitatation had been extended for the Hastings eamp to participate, but for somo reuson none attended from that city. Mrs. Hattie I3, Shidner, supreme manager of tho Royal Neighbors of Ame instituted two now camps, one at k and one at Gibbon. The Kearney camp is known as Marigold campand has the follow- ing ofMcor: sMary Lafontaine P. O. . Graves, O.; Mrs. M .5 Mrs. Hattio L. Pry Iraver, R.; 1da I, Coole, 5 Miss Cor: ' i M Rose A. Tallofrers, Mrs. Anna A. Knutyen, board of managers. The Gibbon camp was given the name of Primrose and the officers aro as follows: Mrs. Ida Drury, P. O.; Mrs. Carrie Marsh, C . Anna Morrow, O.; Miss Clara ; Miss Jennie Robb, . ; Mrs. Mary Miss Dollie Drury, M. S.; Miss Clara Robb, O. S.; Mrs. Fr ¥, Mrs. Martha Wooley, Mrs. Ida Drur, rd of managers. After the installation of ofticers the Woodmen fur- nished refroshments. Shidner also instituted a camp at rico on August 10, the evoning of the Nebraska Log Rolling association picnie. Owing to the ubsence of & number of the ladies the installation of ofticers was post- poned until Wednesday evening of this week. I WAS BIG. IWAS FAT. I FELT MEAN. 1 TOOK PILLS, I TOOK SALTS, I GOT LEAN. to tho a great Mrs. Mary . Jonkins, scott, R.; Mrs! Molissi A. Stern, Handsome Women CanLose Welgh Fast. Homely Men Look Bettar Thin. Try Dr. Edison’s 8ystem. No Dieting. Band worth Twice the Monay, Office of I1. M. Burton, Hardwars, Uary Sta- tion, 1L, Jan. 14, 130 Dr. Edison—Dear Sir: T am woll ploasod with your treatment of obesity. The band is worth twice the monoy it cost, for comfort. I hive reduced my woight ton ' pounds, 1 weizh 25 vow, und Ldid weigh 265, Yours truly, H. M. BuiToN. They Are Doing We Cood. Karlvilla, Loring & Co: Tnelosed in send mo tho other two bottle: of ity Pills. 1have used ons the work. 5 M, L, May 21, 190 plavey dotag L 0. Box 73 Talk So Much About Your Pill3, Peorta, 111, Juno 13, 1502, Dear Sirs: Aftor hearing ona'of iy frisnds tal 33 Euch about your Obasity Pills an 1 th) bansatnis deriving from thom [ Lwliliry thau myssle Plense send me 3 ot 0.1, and oblis, J. MOKLIS, 405 Porey Strat Feel Better andWeigh I3 Pounds Less n, Ina., Sopt ) i better and wolkh 13 pounds loss than wion [ beg. taking them. L will continu) Your Lrast uait MCIONY, Bouth Sixth Strost An individusl whose helghtls 5 foot 11 shiould wolgn 5 fest Inchos 4 o 6 feot 10 luchos v . 125 pounds e m o . many tronb) con, 82000, psoriusis, utlearla, ote., aro prim: wrlly causod by 0besily. snd ws tho fat and fash 1y ed by the pllly and Obesity Frait Salt and th) )f tho theso affostions have almost ally dlsa, od. 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