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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1889)
I J hb u I The Omaha . i Sunday Bee i M P 1 I NINETEENTH YEAROMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , DECEMBER 29 , 18S9-SIXTEEN PAGES NUMBElVloI ! S. P , MORSE & CO | S. P. MORSE & CO We expect to move early in the spring to our H new store , corner I6th and Farnam streets , and we shall institute a series of sales in our differ H ' ent departments , beginning Monday , at prices to close out the bulk of our stock now on hand H The importance of our doing this must be sufficient - ficient evidence of our good faith in making genuine reductions S. P. MORSE & CO * I ALL WOOL I DRESS GOODS , H 20 pieces Fancy Dress Goods , 40 inches B wide , all pure wool , at 25c a yard , worth 50c. I ALL WOOL I French Serges , B All good colors , 40 inches wide , pure wool , B reduced from 75c about 60 pieces at 50c a B'yard. . I. iTTKp Bt Mixed black and white neat checks , plaids , B stripes , &c , , 40 inches wide , regular goods , 75c. I S. P. MORSE & CO 1 S. P. MORSE & CO I THE LOCAL WORLD OF SPORT B - ALlvo * Blrd Sll00t of a Dozen H Tears Ago B' THE STILLWATER STOCK FARM K Griffin Again Comes lo Grlof Now K years Stiootlnu Tournament H llnslics Froiiilhoblniiiona nnd B Miscellaneous Gossip H AMcniornljloConto t. H Ono of tlio most moinornblo trap shooting H contests that over took pltico In this vicinity , Bj was the double bird match shot way back In 18T0 at Council Uluffs , botwocu the noted fl Wing shots , Fred Erb of St Louis and S. A. H Tuekor of Merldon , Conn , , on ono side and H Geprgo Mills and Al Patrick of this city on H the other In the early days of trap shoot H | In ) ; hora Messrs Mills and Patrick wore H among the top-notchors , ospcclally Mills , H < who was considered the equal of any man in B the country on double birds Patrick , too , H/i W0B a vPrl' bandy umu at doubles , and in the • ; ] Hold , uiUurpasscd B * i' Originally Erb and John Petty were to H shoot , but V.rb was afraid of Potty , aud do- H clared that Patrick was his mutton , and | after considerable discussion a team match m wus arranged as mentioned in the outset of , this article B The match was ton pair of llvo birds to > eaoh man , twenty-ouo yards rise , 100 yards [ boundary , for % W a corner The . birds were B a hard lot of ll.vers , but nevertheless souto B magnificent shooting was the result , as the BHV score amply attests : H Mills n u n u ii n u ii u n-2o m Patrick . . . .11 U 01 01 11 11 10 11 U 10-10 H Totnl 80 IH Elb U It 01 11 11 10 1L11 10 10 10 M Tucker 10 11 11 11 11 11 01 11 11 11-18 B Total 34 M The result of the match was a sere humill- V atlou to Erb aud Tuclior , who weut into the V shoot laboring umlor the idea that they had W a cinch Considerable money dumped Bv1 hands on tlio side and for months the event _ was the cno theme of couvcrsution in shoot K mg circles 1 SloCormiok's Htook Farm H Churllo Mccormick's Stillwater farm up B near Calhoun is deserving of more than HS casual mention Just now Mr McCormlck Is H dovotingill his energies toward the proauo- BH tion of an Axtoll or a Sunol Ills funu coin H crises liOO ucrrs , a largo area of H which is in the finest Kontuoky B blue grass , so famous for stock raising B | Tnoro Is running water on the farm und Ha plenty of luxuriant shade trees , In fact It is H a model stock ranch There is ono barn of H eighty feet by llfty This barn Is built In u i Dasturo Hold Ha has onothor , the finest . and bcbt unshed barn in the state % t'JOx-10 fcot with thirty box stalls .Arpund ' the barn is au eight H I'tcou-foot ' track enclosed , waking about ten laDs to thi mile , and where colts can bo worked lu all kiuds of weather On the out I side is found u wrsh rack , manure bins and a butn ltlv 'S foot , in which wore two nlco stalls , lS xlO , where the two stulllons are I kent , At the head of tilts cosy p' ace Is Chit wood B.215 , record at tbrto years , 2:40U : ; sired by Nutwood COO , 'J ; 185llrst ; dum Maggie Wiluca ( dam of Wilheswood , 2U-1 ; New comb , timed separately in u race , 3:25 : ) ; ' second dam Priucoss Clay by American Clay at ; third dam Carrlo Prlnco by Ulaok Prince ; fourth dam Old Qyp by Abdullah 1 : litth dam by Potoniau ; sixth dum by lai purled Uutzard ; seventh dum by Imported Ulomed Chitvvood is sixteen huuds high , a ark chestnut , weight 1,175 pounds , with good ouformation for speed and the best of legs and feet Hero is ono among a thousand Ho is expected to trot In 2:25 : or better the . coming season Ho was given the first pre mium at the Omaha fair last fall m the ring for stundurd-brcd stallions , and just before going into winter quarters Marvo Hearasloy , trainer at the farm , drove him an easy mlle in 2:31 : , the lust qujrtor In thitty-six seconds Oolong 7808 , foaled liiSO , by Hon McGregor 2G53 , by Itobcrt McGregor , 2:17jjf : ; ilrst usun Minnlo Wilkes by Young Wllltos Oil , record 2:2SJ , Is a remarkably good looker , lOJf hands high , welching 1JOO 1 pounds , with not a whltohalr on him ; dork bay , aua tail that drags the ground Osiris 2115 , a dapple gray stallion , slrod bv BonaPido 720 , by Hambletonian 10 ; Jlrs t dam Olnoy by Prlncops 530 ; second dam Dawn by Belmont Oi ; third dam Midnight by Pilot Jr 12 ; fourth dam Twilight by Lex ington Tins horse is good In every particu lar nnd bred'about right Among the brood mares are the following : Mlnnio It , trotting , 2:10 : ; pacing , 2:10W : ; with running mate , 2:03 : > She heads thorn all as a combined record , and is In foal to Ed Hosowator ( pacer ) , two-year-old record , 2:20 : . Lorono pacing , 2:15f : ; trotting , 2:30'by : ' ; Colonel West 2579 , dam Fanoy Downing by Joe Downing 710. Urod to Oolong Fnvotto , by Egbert 1130 , dam Ada by Nor man Mambrino : second dam Cricket by Al- caldo 103. Mollie Caffrov , by Charles Caffrey 1043 , dam Filly by Kentucky Whip ( thorough bred ) . Llghtfoot , sired by Saturn 2003 , dam Tbyrza by John Sherman 82S5. Sunset bv Darknlght 2S3S , three-year-old record 2:3b : # ; first dam by Brown Wilkoa 2010 ; second dam by Kentucky Clay ; thud dam by Independence sfMorry Traveler , by Hnppy Traveler 822 , dam Poarlio Uothschilu ; second duiu by Mambrino Patchen 53. Claire , sired by IJod Wilkes 1749 , dam by Joe Hooker , Jr ; second dam by Dclmonico 110. 110.Margie , sired by Star of the West COO , dam said to bo by Swlgort Miss McGregor , by nobort McGregor , 2:17Jaam Lizzio W. by Abdallah Mambrino 0715 ; second dam Funny Mills by Joe Down iug710. Bessie McGrogor , by Ben McGregor 2055 , dam Jesslo Logan by Wlueman'a Logan 031 , Edna B. . by Hob Hey 2054. dam same as Bessie McGregor Mnud B. , by Hod Wilkes 1749 , dam Sister Wilkes , 2:22 : > f , by George Wilkes , 2:23 : , Jessie Logaa , by Wlnemau's Logan 533 , record .2:28 : , dum Bessie II , 240) ) , by Ohio Ecllpso , Murtha , by Blacks Hambletonian 500dum suid to bo by Blackwood , Jr , 330 , 2:23Jjf. : Anna N , by Altorf 00) , ' dam Dolly Now land bv Colonel Ellsworth ( thoroughbred ) ; second dam Jennlo by Tom Hal Sophia Lakeman , by Foyotta Wilkes 2030 , dam Lizzio Abdallah , dam of King William , 3:20Jf. : Pomona , by Altorf 002 , dam Pralrlo Bella by Sample second dam Belle Hedmon by Abdullah 15. A half.uulo truck has Just been finished , and is much hotter than soma in the western country , where they ask you to trot for uionoy , and next year it should bo second to none Turfmen will certainly hear from the Stillwater farm in the stakes next season , Mr McCormlck Is rattier n bel lover In the pacing cross , but you will notice that ho has tiutio a llttlo thoroughbred distributed through his marcs Jimmy Gritlln's limit Luck Jimmy Grifiln , knocked out In ncouploot minutes by Jimmy Lindsay before the local athletic club , some six weeks ago , finally suc ceeded in getting on a go in California , ft was u finish light before tha Golden Gate club , with George Mutholland , the antipo dean , und Griflln lost the battle La' Blanche , the Marino , was th o referee , aud ho was soundly hissed by the spectators for awaidlng the light to Mulholland Just Why ho was hissed , however , the newspa per reports fall to state , yet they all agreed that Mulholland was the best man and hud the light , Following is the Examiners ac count or the lat > t touod ; The twolfthrouud , which was a bloody ono , both men tlghtiug so fait that they wera wcuk , QrlMn being the moro distressed Two moro such rounds would have settled him , as ho got all the force of bu clever opponents counters , but S. P. MORSE & CO BUCK VELVETS , $2.50. 27 ixcmis Yi't n. A special bargain Sultnblo for dresses or trimming ; worth $4.60. On silo iMoiiduy FANCY SILK Dross Patterns , S21.50. ANOTHER STYLE , VERY RICH , S23.50. AND ANOTHER , HANDSOME , S25.50. AU three of the above tire rloh Paris combinations ; only ono dross of a Btylo They are stylish , rich and leasonablo iu price Mill orders fllod Samploa sent , Express charges prepaid S. P. MORSE CO WE.LUI 1 ffli\ $ ) lOli InlUJn 20 pieces Colored Voluitina in Myrtle - tlo , Garnet , Brown , Olive , &c , worth 60o ; 18c a yard EVENING SILKS Gauzei , Nets , Soutncho , Embroideries etc , of which wo are the only direct im porters in the eilv Some choice styles just received from Lyons , Franco S. P. MORSE & CO , the majority of the spectators , whoso sympa thies are generally with the inferior pugi list , hissed und hooted La Blanch for decid ing Mulholland tbo winner A Six-Day Cycle Banc There will be a six-day blo ; > do race at the Coliseum , beginning Monday evening , Feb ruary 10 , four hours a night , for the thirty four championship of America Manager Prlnco says that it will bo the Qlncst six-day race ever run on wheels in America , as the Coliseum track Is tlio fastest indoor track in tlio world , and many of the best riders will take part So fur , ho has received the fol lowing entries : Fred T. Merrill , champion of Portland , Oregon ; William Kennedy , champion of Colorado ; Senator Morgan , champion of England ; W. F. Knapp , one of the fastest riders in the country ; Hobert Gorwln of Denver , Charlie Asblngor of Oklahoma - lahoma , Frank Dingloy of Minneapolis Frank Shill of Omaha , and Ned Beading , the soldier byker , aud ethers not yet reported f.oenl Wheel Gossip Frank Sccill and Bob Gcrwin both rode a mlle at the Coliseum yesterday In 2 minutes and 55 seconds Manager Prince , tvhllo taking his dally spin on tbo Coliseum track Friday took a header and rolled half way aroundtho course before ho could bo stqppod The cause of his fall wus a loose rubber on tbo front wheel nud although badly bruised the old tlmo champion did not complain much There will bo gold medals offered for an amateur wheel cuuso at the Coliseum this winter , und a number of the Lincoln nnd Pmttsmouth boys have slgmlied their Intention - tion of entering At a rough guess there are in the neighbor hood of seven hundred bicycle rideis in this city , including a numbur of ladies Nod Heading says ho can bent Senator Morgan any dlstanco frgm a yard to the Hocky mountains , There will be a dark horse entered In the coming six dav race who will muko nil the old champions hustle to get away from him , A number of the club novs have takou dally advantage of the recent pleasant weather for u ( julot run into the country A New Years Shoot Gwln & Dunmlro have madooxtensivopre parations for a big trap shooting tournament to be hold on their grounds ucross the river Now Yours Day They have secured COO or 800 hvo pigeons , nnd there will be several special bird races Jn addition to these sets of blue rock traps will bo running all day , and thcro will bo no lack of opportunities for all these wishing to try tholr skill to do bo , Flashes From the Diamond Denver has signed Billy Kennedy , who ever Billy Kennedy is , George Shook , Milwaukee's captain , la wintering in Washington City Jack Sneed , ono of the old Union Paclflcs , has again signed with Toledo J. II Freeman , a promising young twlrlor , is still la the cltli disengaged George Washington Brudley Is an appli- caut for a Western association umpircshlp Outfielder George Procsor , who can also pitch in emergencies , is iu Cincinnati dis engaged , Sioux City has at last secured splendid now grounds and expect to double their re ceipts next season , Joe "Vlsncr , of tbo Brooklyn * , formerly of tbo Union Paclllcs of this city , is running u cafe in ltuchester Outfielder Burns , of the Kansas City club , claims to have three offers from Players Laguo clubs , but prefers to wait The signing of Joe Walsh completes Omaha'B team for next season , with the slu- glo exception of another catctior The Swrtiau I.ifo's flop from the support of the old Nutlonal league to tbo piratical brotherhood niaka do monk sick First Baseman Cartvvrlght , lute of St Joseph , is likely to bo found ut the Cleveland League clubs ( list base next season Mike Ulncs , who will play centre Held for S. P. MORSE & CO -AMD- FOR THIS WEEK CommonLinR tomorrow , wo sbnll ofTor Boino oxcoptiomvl bnrpuins in every de partment preparatory to taking inven tory of our stock February 1st. LADIES Merino Underwear , Tomorrow wo shall ofTor 1 case of Vests and Drawers , a ro/julnr / 60c qual ity for 2 ( o Wo lmvo ull sizes ALL WOOL Jersey Vests , Wu have 10 dozen vary flno Cushmoro Jersey Vests colors ; Pink , Blue , Car dinal nnd white u qiiality wo have al- wayssold at $1.75 , reduced for this sale to 39c. ODD LOT CHILDREN UNDERWEAR , lie Wo have n Sow dozen of odd sizes in Children ' s VcstB and drawers , sold fiom 50c to 8c , wo offer them in ono lot at 15c a garment \ S. P. MORSE & CO . j Omahn , ought to add'greatly to the batting strcngtii of that team Sporting Times Manager Seleo of Boston has signed Pit cher John Tabor of New Beafoad Tabor bus a flno record , and will bo wuy up next . ' season „ • Orator Shafer , who has been posing in a Baltimore dime museum as the oldest man In the world , Is waiting for the brotherhood to swoop down and kidnap lam , Billy Klusman will bo first baseman on the Cleveland lcaguo team next year Its dollars to doughnuts that ho will bat twlco as hard as did Jay (1) ( ) Fuatz last season Long Jim Duryca demands the modest salary of $5,000 from Cincinnati next season Hell never get He's about a class "C" pitcher a minor lcaguo man nothing moro Tbo Milwaukee club is'tanking ' the poorest showing of any of tlio Western association teams in the matter of signing players So far they huvo signcdlbut ouo of lust seasons ' players If Jupiter Pluvius gets In his work in tbo spring , the brotherhood will wish it was dead If the llrst months salary necessities doesn't break their bank , it will leave it badly bent , anyway Davy Force , another relic of the Old French aud Indian war ; bus quit playing ball and Is working In an olovntor fuctory After a few years quiet be will emerge from his obscurity us a young blood probably Jack Crookswithin the past four weeks has demonstrated that ho is us good'a catcher as there is in the country In last Sundays gatno at Waco , Tex.uho had 10 putouts , 4 as sists , 2 runs and a three-baggor to his credit Manager Cushmaq of the Mllwaukeos has signed l'otor Flanagan , the crack twirler of Sioux City last season Flanagan opened the season with Cleveland and then was sold to Sioux City Ho struck out 200 batsman with only seven errors Frank Pears , Kansas Cltv's now and fresh young pitcher , says ho will prove a regular cyclone in the Western association tbo com ing season It is about four to ouo tbat Pears will bo poaches before a single month of tbo season goes by If the rest of the Western association teams ninlto It hot for Omutia in the rnco next season patrons will roalizn that last years standard of playing has not deterto- atcd Omuba hus scoured a corklntr coed team Some of the minor league munagors are considerably disgruntled over tbo efforts of the league to sign all the young players throughout the country , They claim the conti uct Nick Young has sent out holds the players , but does not bind the magnates , Stuff > y The Minneapolis team fa now practically completed The last acquisition was Harry O'Day of San Francisco , The team will ba made up thuslv : Hudsbn , Dndo and Mitch ell , pitcbors ; Dugdatohnd' ' ( Jlirlsnian , catch * ors : Hyn , llrst base ; Hon gle , second base ; Mlllor , short ; O'Day'third base ; Carroll , right Held ; Foster , center and.Minnehau , left field Quito uu aggregation , is it noti The National lcaguojast season embraced the following Western association grad uates ; Tehuau , McAleer , - Beckley Stuloy , Sowders , Qulnn , Hoy.Hutchinson , Wlhnot , und ethers who did not play a whole scaso n hero In the American association there was Shunnon , Burns , Lovott , Swartzol , Sowders , Pickett , Manning , Stearns , Hoover , Gunson , Conway , Long Duryea , Holuday , Earle , Reynolds , McCarthy , Johnson , Crooks and Hlley Mificrllancous Local Sportn There will be another grand carnival of dog , man aud chicken scraps at the Island this uf ternoou , Police I Dealers report that more quail huvo been killed in this state during the present season than in tbo past half dozen seasons put to gether P. J. Falbn has presented lho Gatf City Athletic club with a Urge full length photo graph of Jim Lindsay , the champion light weight of the west , The game of polo put up by tbo Coiitlaont- als Friday night was the finest exhibition of skilled Playing that has been sceu thus far in the championship race , Albert Shock announces that be Intends to start on Juno 1 , 'ueit , from Hew York City to Sau Francisco , a-whcoh Ho will mane 1 , S. P. MORSE & CO SPECIAL FOR MONDAY 1ND TUESDAY At a cleaning up Palo in Now York , a few days ro , wo secured two lots of Cream nnd Blenched Satin Damiisks , nt fully 25 per cent under regular price Wo give you the bon6IH to-moriow and next day Cream Satin Damask , 50c. * 25 pieces , 04 inches wide , Cream Satin Damask , a regular 7oc quality , only 60c a yard Bleached Satiu Damask , 65c 20 pieces , 04 inches wide , Bleached Satin Damask ; choice patterns ; a qual ity never sold under $1 , only 05c. Crochet BedSpreads , Tomorrow wo offer 1 case 11-4 Crochet Bed Sprouds , Mni'bcilles pat terns , at $1.25 ; worth $2.00. S. P. MORSE & CO the trip In the Intesest of a bicycle manufac turing company and a Now York newspaper Shock has the nerve and will come pretty nearly doing what ho says Questions ) anil Answers Will you plcaso stated who Vocquolln ii , who is booked to fight Jake Kllrain ut Now Orleans ! What Is his ring record } Ante , city city.Answor. Answer Fohx Vacquolin IsNowOileans' pet heavy wolght Ho is a Mexican and comparatively an arauturo His fighting record is the fact that ho knocked out Lcm McGregor , the St Joe Kid , in four rounds , a week or so ago Will you kiudly Inform mo through the query columns of your most valuublo Sun dav edition how it Is tbat the dreadful dis ease sometimes called kleptomania invaria bly hovers around our Bo-callod most highly rcspcctablo and sealskln-clnd ladles of so ciety , while the dlsoaso was never known to exist among and oftimos moro honorable ladies of the mlddlo and poorer classes ! Is the dlsoaso contagious , through the bundling of money , or otherwise , llko the Russian influenzal Pair Play , City Ana , It Is Just as common among the mlddlo and poorer classes , only it goca by a different name , and that is , thieving m A Dnwngor Countess Bolls Kittens Year by year fancy fairs in London have grown moro aristocratic until , during the past season , it was the exception - coption to find , a commoner holding a stall , unless it was some much-sought- after American beauty Porhups the smartest of the many fairs hold this your , and probably the most successful , was thns at the old Irish market plaeo at Olyraplu , with the object of promot ing Irish cottage industries , most of the articles for sale having been made by Irish peasants Hero Lady Salisbury and Mrs Glad stone , attired in a gown and shawl of Irish manufacture , sold side by side , while HtR H. the duchess of' Tcck , with her son and daughter , found pur chasers for innumerable baskets of strawberries , The countess of Kll- morcv and the down cor countess of Mayo did a thriving trade in fans nnd kittens , a strange combination , while Mrs "Tay Pay O'Connor , Mrs Oscar Wilde and Miss Justin McCarthy made no end of money at the homo rule stall by the sale of exquisite lace hand kerchiefs , carved bog-oalc "dhudoons" and photographs of Mr Puruoll and other Irish patriots A Dlt or I'Athoi at Christ inns Xlilc There is a little girl of 0 years of ago , belonging to a fumily on Sixth street , says the Detroit Free Press , who has proved herself ouo of the ' ministering children not iu name only A few weeks ugo the biby of the family died , Tlio ehildron , ns well na the mother , had looked forward to hanging up the baby's stocking at Christmas with a great deal of pleasure But the loss of the baby brought such anguish to the mother that she decided to lmvo no ClirUtmns colobratlon of any kind Last Sunday ovoulng , as tlio family sat in partial darknesst recounting their loss with all its sau circumstances , a tender little voice pierced the gloom : Mamma , isn't there any Christinas in heavenV" Yes , darling , " answered the weep ing mother ; "it is always Christmas thoio " Then why dent you keep it hereV" persisted the little girl "Jus * make b'llovo baby isn't dead , an' hang up her little stock in' , mamma , an' los ull lmvo Ch'is'mas jus' the tame , an' be happy , like she is , ' ' The child's wisdom provuiled against the unreasoning sorrow of the mother , and the little ones are happy nnd busy lllling the stocking of the baby who will keep Christmas lu hcavou , S. P. MORSE & CO Corset Dept FAST BLACK Sateen CORSETS Tomorrow wo plnco on sale n. genuine fast blnck corset , war ranted not to crock or discolor the clothing Price for this snlo $1. FRENCH ' Woven . Corsets , SWUm This Isn bargain worthy of your attention , wo have sold them al ways at $1.2Q. Price Tor this sale , 75c. French Woven Sanitary Corsets Tomorrow , Tuesday and Wed nesday , we shall offer CO dozen finest French Woven Sanitary Corsets , spoon busk : a regular $2 BO quality Price for this sale SIBO ODD LOTS Ladies Corsets , We have a number of odd sUes arid makes or corsets , such as we have sold Tor $1 to $1.2B ; to clear the lot we offer them all at BOc * S. P. MORSE & CO WAYS OF MEPfllSTOPHKLES How the Aroh-Fiond Regards Christmas and Its Presents CHARITABLE ONLY AT TIMES What Ills Flmncship Thinks of the Sunday Nowxpnpors ami the Part lie Took In the Lnst OaiupaiKn , A. Kiipernaturnl Visitor I had been dozing in my chair after a das . work Midway on the journey to droamlaud , I became conscious of a presence In tbo room , an Indcscrlblblo presence that I felt rattier than saw The flro in the gralo bad burned low , the light was turned down , leaving the room in a fit condition to bo peopled pled by an active imagination ly au effort I partly aroused myself and turned in my chair to find innsclf facing the Rrotosquo figure made familiar in the sketches of the grand avorBrry of man My visitor was the devil Ho was leaning against a bookcase in n dark corner of the room surveying bis surroundings and grcotlng mo with that Bumo sardomo biiiIIo with which no Is always pictured His long , lithe limbs were apparently oncascd incloso fitting garments of the hose variety and sombre colored , while a bright rod cloak was thrown over his shoulders , Ills bond was covered with a cowl , through which there was vlslulu a chilling suggestion of horns An I turned to face the urch-liend I was greeted by him with a pleasant "Ah , good ovonlng " Too surprised to think of anything oIbo , I sprung the reportorlal What do you know ! " at my visitor , Very little , very little Indeed , " replied his satanio majesty , "I am Just making a llttlo trip in the interest of my holiday trade and of course could not neglect u city of the im portance of Omahu " How is business with you , anyway ! " I caked , not with an idea of being facetious at all , but simply for wout of anything bettor to ofTor "O , very fair , " replied the archfiend , sit ting himself on the edge of the hed and al lowing bis tall to nang ever "Wo have had , a very open winter nnd business has dragged a llttlo , but I really expect tilings to pick up during tbo holidays " "llow cun you expect to leap a harvest , " I asked , during Christmas season wlFen the Bplrlt of good will tules the world , the season of giving , of homo coining aud Joy ! " "Ah , my joung man you are sadly Inex perienced if you do not boo my work in a great deal of those festivities , " replied tbo prlnco of darkness Your work , " I asked in astonishment Howl "lho selfish clement , " ho replied , "in nil giving Uinsplied by mo Your city Is full of young men who look with fear aud tremb ling upon Christmas , l'hoy are young under paid clerks in banks and stores who are re quired to muko presents to tholr lady friends tnut are far beyond their means , I lmvo means of convincing thorn that nothing short of expensive gifts of jewelry will satisfy the longlugs of their lovcu ones The love of display , ono of my most effective agents , has In the aeanliiuo so filled the mind of the object of the joung man'sutTectlon that noth ing short of a uiagmtlccut gift will please her , and the young man hus ijulot bints dropped to blm that lead him to overdraw his account and bring him to ruin and dis grace all on account of showing the proper spirit of giving on Christmas " I didn't feel llko differing on any material point from my visitor , and to admitted that thcro might bo something in his position , nut said t You certaiuly cant find that element of selfishness in tbo glftB of the neoplo who contribute to Christmas charities " The devil luugbod , ono of those cold grat ing laughs peculiar to villains and tuelo- - . S. P. MORSE & CO , Odd Window Shades * j , yob ; 00u9 yyy . t - - X Odd p.Utorns in Dado Shades , ioiiiq * slightly mussed and soiled The prlco ! o ( the perfect goods was $1.23 ami Jl.GO , ' tlioso lmvo boon shown ns samples and * will bo closed out for 88e each , ' SCOTCH . HOLLAND | Window Shades ! Ready to hnng up at the window , fop 60c onch i _ Solo agents for Buttorlck's ptvpor patterns January patterns now in S. P. MORSE & CO SHORT ' LENGTH CARPETS , The season has loft on our hnnds numerous - ; morous short lengths of Wiltons lints- • < sole , Ingrains , Moqnotto and other ear s pets suitnblo for - H Medium Sized Rooms • , That wo shall olTor very cheap ; try to bring the measure of your rooms and wo , { can save you money . r % Dress styles only , Monday a enso of now plaid Ginghams ocynrd ; worth lOo s S. P. MORSE & COT f \j \ * dramas , and said : Wrong ng in , younir man , vou see , I get my work in again there * 1 am glad to see the little follows treated < well , and dent ; care to commoiico on tliuin , yet ; but I've u hold on n good ninny of the v dor.ors to tlioso funds Yoitbco , I lot them -4 go along all your grinding down s . tlio poor people with whom thov 5 deal , cheating each other , neglecting -J suffering nud want nil around them : nnd • then , along about Christmas , when tholi ; I conscience begins to trouble them a llttlo I 4 send around n subscription lo some Christ " > mns fund for the poor 'Ihoy contribute a few dollars and check it up against a venr's t cussodiiess and imaglno the page bnlances ? liut III have a hand In squaring that uocount myaolf Thov are not the hind of poonlo I i have trouble with Its the man who goes nlong during the year und givoB as much to tbo needy poor in July ns ho does In Docom s ) her that I uui nfraid of 'i hose follows who , ease their conscience but once a voar ni o on I my list nil right " i ! "lho churches mnklng n special tight i agatnstyou ut this tlino of the year too " i 1 x observed , ' ' | Yes , " ho roplled , and much to mv dis I comfort , no rang In that laugh on mo uealn t And , " ho contmuod , they seem to bo maicl 3 ing a spec al fight against each other , I sea ? two church pastors are having a controversy pn creeds , while another pastor und an organ * izntion of young men are disputing na to tha * beat method of evangelizing the world They waMo tholr time nnd onorglos In tills I sort of warofaro while my agents Vice and ? Crime , are handled by them with glot-es. $ The poor are unrelieved and the sick are un 1 attended I prollt by such dissensions " ' The ministers nro making war on tha 4 Sunday nowsnapers , " I ventuicd to remark it Yes nnd I hope they will succeed , " to- % lloo ' h tt flona , h expression of 4 I somewhat nervously Inquired why his 1 Satanio Majesty desired the ' suppression of I' the o oi Sunday newspaper "Uecauso , " ho explained , "my rhiof sue $ cess Is among men who lmvo nothing to do ' I 'I ako the Sunday newspapers 1H $ away from the people of Omaha , giving mo an onunl shn.2 I H then with the ministers : andU Td some ! fl thing for the people to ao that wl prosne * JH uaVwe rs " ° r0 " " " ' lh ° muXla" ot * * & , 'IB tioZ" ffi ± * & 2J * "e- M joct " - * > fiuiuging 1110 SUU JVJ confidential V , thPr' " 5 ° wHod nd assumed a ' nnd attitude that was anv * H thing but comfortublo to mo You see 'ti ' ! wus this jvoy I had had things eoningmy 4M way pretty we I nnd had laid some wage IH with some of the boys tnat my plans would JlH carry again This was early hi the fight I U fi51 ? ! ' " " ! rotttllatei1 ' eroat Bll"l' vhon the real flght ! , It " ' ° " 1 was on tvas o vorv IH sons hlo stroke for mo , however , us I am ' not on IH § lThersdo | . " 0VVWlthnyfOrnl0r ton MM . .rA..V' ' ° . UKllt ° , ccurr0(110 mo and Iaskod him • H iou give mo n tip us to any of the • IH chuncos to bo made in the city of , " | H There was nn oxploslvo Hah " JH , a rush of cool air and I was alone , 'iho Uevi lud IH English Deer IyliiK of Aouto Itablei , | Allow rae to call the nttontion of the HH SufTolk county authorities to the ernn"iH aalous state of things prevailing nt IckJH worth park , the mnrriuls of Bristol's H property For porno time past tlio door 18H in this park have been sgiroring from a -H | disouso which was supposed to bo unIJH thrux , but which now appears , on the j $ | authority of the British Medical JourJH nul , to bo ucuto rabies , says l ubou- jIH ohoro in London Truth Over four ijjUfJ hundred and fifty animals out of u herd * H of loba than seven hupdrod have actu- / " H ally died of thiadisouso , which bus boon 9H raging for a mouth Iokworth park , I ' > : lH niiderstand , is open to the nubile , und u , jH parish chuioh is situated within it 4fH Yet no stops of any hind huvo boon 9H taken to protect the neighborhood " jH against this terrible danger "Sleouv IH Bullolk/'liideod ' , nlSM