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
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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
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-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
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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-
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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 , '
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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 •
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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
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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
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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
