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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1899)
THE OMAHA BATLT F.73E : TUESDAY. DECISMttKK 4J . ' i . COUNCIL BLUFFS. M1.XHI Mr > 'TIO.\ . Davis Fine A. It. C. br-cr , Xeumnycr's hotel. 'U'olsbiich burners at Hlxby's. Tel. 101. Hudwo4 or boor. L. Hosenfeldt , agent. OraVcl roofing. A. H. Head. 541 U'way. AV , H. Parsons wt-nt to Philadelphia Inst evening. Ur. W. A. Oorvnls , osteopath , Zt > l Mer- rlnm block. Council Illuffs. The plnco to have your framing done , Alexander's Art emporium. C. V. Jamison ha. " as his guest John Slod- Uard of Ann Arbor eollogi- . CJot your work done nt ihe popular Knglo laundry , 72 ! Hrondwny. 'Phone 157. H. T. Albro of Aurora , Neb. , Is visiting his brother , Chlof of Pollen Sam Albro. W. C. Kftlop , undertaker , 23 Pearl slrcel. Telophoiifs : Olllco , 07 ; residence , S3. Jolin T. Stewart , so"ond. le-ft last evening on a visit to friends In Kansas City. Miss Shirley Moon- has gone to .Minne apolis to i-ntt-r as a rludi-nt In Stanley hull. Miss Ni-lllc Jacob and ' .Mrs. Hohert Mo- Konzle. left lust evening on a visit to St. I.oiils. Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Baldwin und fam ily of Omaha j-iont ; Christinas with rela tives In Counr-ll Bluffs. Sheridan coal makes a largo Ilamo and rleur llro but no Hmoke , soot or cllnkurs. 1'Y-nlon > * c Koley , sole agents. The regular ronclave of Ivnnlloe conl- jiintulorv No. 17. Knights Templar , will ho liold this evening- , when Iho nuwly elected I olllcors will biinstalled. . 1110 rlly council will meet In adjourned Kesslon tonight , when the special rommlt- | tco , i-onslsting of Aldermen Johnson , At- kltin and Caspi-i , will .submit n form r f contract - i tract to hi' onU-rVd Into between tinvlty nnd Thomas llowman , the sikrossful lilddor on the rlty electric lighting. Chester Hubert wits arreslo.il late Sunday night for raising a disturbance in a Broad way ffiloun. Kgbort and a. companion be came Involved In a dispute and It Is charged that Kgberl drew a revolver to bark up his Hldo of Hit1 controversy. As a consenuence he ate his Christmas dinner with Ihn other Inmates of the oily Jail. The poljou- recovered yesterday the Iml- nnco of the Mlvorwansto'.un by Fred Hun t-on Saturday nlsht from Albln 1 luster's rosldcnro. The only thlnu now missing of the stolen urojiorty 1s n si-alskln can which WIIB In tin- Docket of the hunting suit. The Hull was fniind In a barn whonllunson hnd lilddon It , but thoeup was not in the pocket , j i Jlanson Is only ? 2 years of ago and has spent six years .u the reform school. Kriuilt Un1is n and Kred Illrkett , rniployed ns cooks In a. Hrondwny ro.statirant , oole- brated ' 'hrlxtmas together yestonlay afu-r- noon. Hl ( ki'tts fell ly ) t'he ' wayside after In- tnrviowlng "Tom < t Jerry" too frijiiently. | Dobson tried to take blm homo , an atten tion which Hlcketts resented by hitting his friend over the eye with a brl < k and cutting an ugly gush. This slnrted trouble ami the liollce Intcrfenil nnd both -were landiyl In the city Jail. Dolison was released shortly after on ball. The loenl lodge of Klkswill 1 > o organized tonight and permanent olllci-rs elcctod. Following Iho meeting' the members will ii-liMmito the event with an rlnbornto ban- iineit n t the < lr.iml hotel , at which It Is promised the fun will bo both fast and furious. The lodge starts out with about 2)0 members , this being , It , Is said , the larg est list that any lodge , over opened wllh. The lodge promises to take a. prominent lilace In the wn-lnl llfo of this city. Perma nent quarters will bi > established. Hver since , llov. U. VPiitlnj ? ot the First Baptist church ope.mil the mission at Twen ty-ninth street some person or persons liavi- repeatedly 'broken ' into the. building and damaged the property. The vandals- broke Into the building again Saturday night nnd tor * ' up t'ho ' blules and hymn books and made a llro of them on the lloor. Not con tent with this they covered the walls with obscene Itiirx-rlptloiis. The congregation of thu Bnjitlst i-huix'li has offert-d a reward of jl'i for Information that will load to the nr- roHt of the culprits. N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. 230. MYSTISltlOI.'S 11I3ATII AT A 1IOTI3I. Krniilc S. \ \ > l > r. < iT Fiuinil Dcnil In Ilcd Slinrlly Aflcr > lil 11 lull I. Frank S. Webster , a traveling man In the employ of Meyer & Itaapko ot 110. ) llarney Ktrcct , Omaha , was found dead In hod at the Neumayer hotel shortly after midnight Christmas night. Ho wont to the hotel at I o'clock Sunday afternoon , registered and said as ho was not feeling well ho wanted a quiet room for use two or three hours. No person belonging to the hotel went near the room until about midnight Monday night , when It was wanted for another guest. T'he door wiis locked and had to be forced open. Webster was found lying In bed dead. The body was cold and ho had evidently been dead several hours. In a notebook found on I ho body was written the following : "My name Is K. S , Webster. In case of ' Occident or serious illness notify Mrs. V. f { . Webster , 1023 Third avenue , Council lliulTs , la. " In connection with the case the following facts suggest that some further Information niny yet be disclosed. At 1 o'clock Monday nflernoon a young man entered Thp Dee ofllco hurriedly and asked permission to use the telephone to call a physician for Mrs. F. S. Webster , 1023 Third avenue. Dr. Macrae was called up and asked to go at once to the Webster residence. Upon ar riving there the doctor found Mrs. Webster In an excited and extremely nervous con dition. She talked somewhat Incoherently und among other things said : "Ho has left mo and I do not think ho will ever come hack again , " referring to her husband. An examination of the body disclosed no evidences of suicide. Coroner Treynor has taken charge of the body and will hold an Imiuest today. IIiicUlpn'H Aiiilcu nnlvc. The best salvo In thr world for cuts , bruises , sores , ulcers , salt rheum , fever iorcs ; , tetter , chopped hands , chilblains , corns nnd all skin eruptions , and positively turcs piles , or no pay required. It In guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction or moner ! refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For ssla by Kuhn & Co. Davis sells pnlnts. Howcll's Antl-"Knwf" cures coughs , colds. Snntit C'liuiN Cnnliiln. A very pretty cantata entitled "Santa Clans , Jr. . " was given last night at the First Ilaptlst church by the children of the Sunday school. At the close of the enter tainment each of the pupils was presented with a cap with the Inscription , "U. S. S. Olympla" and u sack of candy and nuls , The characters won- taken by the following : Old Santa Clnus. 11. A. IlalleiiKcr ; Santa t'sa Clans. Jr. , J. 1) . Stevenson ; Xcro ( Santa's driver ) , U. O. Williams ; Fairy Queen , Fannie - nio Klascll ; Old Santa's Nieces. Mabel Anderson IIn derson , Florence Anderson , Hello Hoblnson , Helen Herllue. Maine Chrlstensen , ( irace Steveneon ; fairies. Inez Denny , Helen lUggs. May LannliiR. Clara Ovcracker , Laura Mil ler. Sunday school glrU , Helen llollenbcck. Kihol HollenbecK. Illaiu-ho Sweet , Maud Ford , IVarl Mllli-r , Nellie Sweet , lllancha Hcott. Miss Jcnnio ( iultiar played the ac companiments. V For Dyspepsia. Horsford's ' Acid Phosphate Imports otrongtli , and makes Ihe processortiigoetlon natural nnd oaay , Genuine bears name Hertford1 ! , on wrapper. FARM LOAWSvi NfKotlnted In Kaaterti Nebraska and luv\u. Jame N. Cnsady. Jr. , J2a Main Ut. , Council Uluffs. FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT \ l < ur Ciiiti ur Louuril tlu. 12. II. SlinAKfi * CO. . A 1'curl Slrcct , Council Uluff , lorra. CHRISTMASDOLYCELEBRATED Beautiful Seivices Held in tha Episcopal and Catholic Churches , ELABORATE MUSICAL PROGRAMS GIVEN Itcclor ( iooruc KdMnrd AVnlU of S < . I'll ill's iiNcoial : | | Di-llvprH H Sermon Ai > i > roirlnlc to the Oei'iixliin , Christmas day was observed In the Kpls- ccpal and Catholic churches of Council IJluffs with beautiful services yesterday morning , at which elnboralc programs of special music nnd anthems , typical of the day of general rejoicing , were prominent feature * . The Inlerlors of Iho churches were tnslefully dccoralcd and the services atlractcd largo congregations. At St. Paul's Kplscopal church an excced- liiRly line program of Christmas music was rendered , features of which wore the solos of K. Rutherford nnd I. M. Treynor. The lector , Hev. George Kdward Walk , preached a forceful sermon appropriate lo Ihe festive season. Ito selected for his subject "Rod's Christ- inns ( lift ; nnd the Lessons Which It Tenches , " with his text taken from Join ill , 1C , "God so loved Iho world that ho gave bis only hegotlon son ; " nnd St. Luke II , II Glory to God In the highest and on eartl peace , good will toward men. " He said : In part : "Onco more In thn providence of God we hnve entered upon the joyous Christmas sea son. With mirth , nnd cheerfulness ; with strong nnd stout ; with ringing of bells nnd nnthems of praise , with nets ot solemn devo tion nnd doedn of benevolence we hall the dny of our Savior's birth. It Is a time for gladness. All care should he banished and I wo should 1111 up the measure of our hap piness nnd cnuso the pulse to beat with quick end joyous thrills. "It Is the season for nil to be happy ; for the rich to rojolco In Ihelr abundance , for Iho poor lo bless God for Ills mercy , for the widow's heart to , forgot Its sorrow , and 1 the orphan's llfo Its dreariness. As the Christmas season approaches the remem brance of God's blessed gift to us should make us all brclhrdn. At such a time as this all pride nnd covctouness and bigotry should glvo place to humility , liberality and love. God collects in his house plenty of tlowcrs nnd dews of spring , the bright ness and llfo of summer , the ripening harv est and sober glory of autumn , the treas ures ot snow nnd hall of winter , and 1 pours them all Into our laps at Christmas. "Let us thank God for all the precious , hallowed remembrances of the glorious Christmas time. L.ct us weave our wreaths ot laurel and hang them upon the brow of charity. Let us bring our chaplcts of Ivy and holly emblems ot immortality and throw them upon the tomb of all dead hnpcs and bitter disappointments. Today the dead past must bury Its dead ; while we hope that from the ashes of that dead past shall spring the fruit of higher , nobler and ' 1 better lives. li.-M iinN to Ilc Iicnrnoil. "And shall we permit these hours to pass < and fall to profit by the lessons which they teach ? With the sounds .ot joy and the pleasures of happy homes let us not put toj.j sllenco the voices of chanting angels as they speak to us from the hill-country of Judca lorra."S learn the lesson God would teach us all this day. First Is a lesson of benevolence. Lit erally the word means 'to will or wish well , ' and Includes In its meaning the disposition to be good ; good will ; the love of mankind. Ilenevolenco Is an attribute of God that moral attribute which delights In the , 'happiness ' of Intelligent beings. The . ' Apostle John says : 'God Is love. ' This Is the nature of God. It Is to love Ills creature man and provide for his comfort and happi I-I ness. It was a grand exhibition of the love of God to make such n being as man. The faculties with which he has endowed man stand as a perpetual monument of Ills lovo. The many sources and means of happiness and rational enjoyment which God has placed within the reach and nt the dis posal of man all attest the benevolence of "On account of these facts we are taught a lesson of transcendent Importance ; namely , benevolence Is not a principle to be. smothered to death within the narrow limits of the heart ; It must nnd will vent ; It must and will have roccn for expansion and de- velopment. Hence the regeneration 'and salvation of the world was not an Idle the ory , left to rust and decay In the mind of God , but it leaped out from. His mind nnd asserted Itself as one of the grand facts of Ills government. 'Now God would have us Imitate Him , having given us an example of his own deep , undying love. Ho would have us. In turn , glvo examples of our lovo. As Ho hns loved us so ought wo to love one another. The best possible , nnothod by which wo can show our love for God Is to act lovingly toward our followmen. 1,1'NHOII < > f I Second Another lesson , brought homo to our hearts by the joy and festivity of this occasion Is the lesson of unselfishness. In unsclllsh lives and deeds wo must learn to Imitate Ood. Our Lord did not stop to consider the pain , the anguish , the blood that lay before Him. Ho did not wait until In a fruitless effort to make ourselves better wo sunk Into the abyss of utter despair. No ; while we were yet sinners , Christ died for us. In this Is the love of God man ifested , magnified , Intensified ; that while wo were ungodly , unlovely , devoted to sin and death Ho laid help upon one who was mighty to save , In all the conduct of the angels there is an utter absence of anything like selfish ness , Christ was not born for them , but they rejoice. Christ was not to suf fer for them , but they rejoice. Christ was not to die for them , hut they rejoice. Christ w.ia not their Savior , but they rejoice. It was not their iiaturo that lay Incarnated upon the bosom of Mary , the virgin mother , but they re joice. It was not to purchase crowns for them that Christ's head was bowed upon ihe rrofH. but still they rejoice. I shall always love the angelB because of the pure nnd unselfish Interest they manifested when the Savior was born. They set the world an example of Christmas rejoicing and well j may the world Imitate their example. When , therefore , In a benevolent and unselfish spirit we celebrate the day of our Lord's nativity , wo but follow In the footsteps of the angels. Let us see to It. however , that our festlvl- lies are not marred by thu earthly , the belisual , the devilish. Too often the eacrcd memories of this day are outraged and profaned by the thoughtless , the frivolous and the wayward.Vo should endeavor to pass these suggestive hours In a manner and spirit worthy of an enlightened , refilled and Christian people. "Oh. may not the lesson of this day sent unheeded. Lei It not pass as an evanescent dream , as a dim aud shadowy vision , that leaves no clear and uell-defluod impression upon the mind. Rather let Us lessaus ionof benevolence and iinBclfiahncFS sink deep Into our heartH. and mar we , henceforth , In closely Imitating the life ot Him who to redeem us , find our highest and purest ! Joy. Amen. " MnMcnl Pronrnin. The following music was rendered : Ortrnn Volun'nrv ' "Christmas Pastoral , " "S Morkcl. \ > nltf Woodward. 'To Doum Laudnmus , " "Jubilate Dee , " ; dforil In II Hat. "The Hlrthday of n King , " solo by K. JutliPrford , and rhorus. "Kyrle. " "Gloria Tlbl , " Tours In C. Mormon by thn rector. Hymn 51 Mendlessohn. Offertory Anthem "Tho Hallowed Day , " Stnlm-r. solo , I. M. Treynor , nnd chorus. "Sanctus , " Tours In C. "Gloria In Hxeel ls. " Simper In 0. Hex-wslonal oS Harnby. Postl'ide ' "Postludlum , " Whiting. At St. Francis Xavler's Catholic church .here was solemn high mass and preaching ni 10:30 : o'clock. The beautiful service was enhanced by n specially arranged program of enn nuslc and anthems. Rev. Father Smythe was assisted by Rev. Fathers Feelcy and.Olecsou. . The music rendered was ns follows : "Kyrle 1 , " ( from Marzo OIL 19) ) Choir Duet "Chrlsta Klclson" Miss Hetbiand Miss Tholl. "Gloria" I ( from Murzn Op. 10 Choir Trio "Qul Tollls Miss Kmmn Moore. J. P. Mulaueen and K. , A. Ingoldsbv. "Credo ( , " ( from Mlllnrd's Mass In O..Choir Soprano Solo "Kt In Carnntus list" Sic Miss . Contralto Solo "Oeultltim Xon Fnctum" .Miss Moore. Hass Solo "Kt t'niim Sanctum" James Muhiueon. Christmas Anlhem "Hehold I Bilng Good Tidings" North Choir. Uass Solo. James Mulo.ueon. "Sanetus" ( from Mlllard's Mass In O.Choir ) Soprano Solo "I'lenl Sum Coell" -Mls.s Soluirz. "Agnus Del" ( from Mnrzo Op. 1S1 Choir Ccntrallo Solo Miss Moore Soprano Solo Miss Schurz Diiot Miss Sehurz and Miss Moore "Adeste FIdells" Xovollo Choir. The ni-w Methodist church at Charlton Is now almost completed. U cost $2.1,000. Frank Fay , the Charles City tralnwreckei\ \vas sentenced to twenty years In the peni tentiary. Algona Is getting about f& a month from water and light rentals. Its plants arc al- leady on a paying basis. Sac City exports to bo a division point , temporarily nt least , onthe new line of the Mlwaukr ! railroad .into that town , now about to be put In operation. Charles Stanley , a 11-year-old boy of Shcf Held , has been arrested on the. charge o I burglary. j : Ho entered the cchool house b > means of skeleton key * nnd took a Binnl" amount of property. Binnl"n On the 2f > th the people of Oshaloosn arr to voti' on a schemi' for the. Binnl"P the mun'.clpal water works , tlie < 'lty o ar quire the works after twenty-live years A lively time Is expected at the. election. | I W. W. Glaze , night operator of the Iowa Central at Now Sharon , Is under nrrest on ( ' the charge of stealing } 5ml worth of rail i road tickets from the castIn the otlk-e. I Is i charged that he took the tickets to Kan sns City ami sold them. Prisoner. * In the Ccrro Oordo county jnl came near escaping. When the plan wa ; discovered the Inmates had bored and sawei twenty-nine , holi.'s In the steel corridor o j the Jail and it was Intended to make tin break the following1 night. The machinery of the Muscatlne rolling mill , purchnrod and clostxl by the big- Federal oral Steel company , Is being shipped tc Voungstown , O. , to bo used in a mlllloi dollar mill being erected by tbo trust there Museatlne people grieve over the loss o this plant. An Amos Horn says the Hoard of Contro ha.H finished Its InvewtlRations of the book | | of the treasurer's olIVe of the Iowa Stat I college. J The members WITO pleased wltl 11 I the condition of things and compllmcntei ' the. authorities by saying that the system of \ bookkeeping Is the best use < l at any o j I the educational liiHtltutlons In the slat under their Jurisdiction , At Davenport Mont , l.owre was capture Frld.iy j 'by ' two Chicago detectives and wa i ] taken lincU to Chlciigo to iinswer the ! I ohnrgo of sle-allng $500 from a Chicago si- i loon ] keejier. I..owre. came to Daveiiixirt early In the week , announced his Intentions of spending the winter nnd lerture occa sionally on "Our New Possessions. " Ho looked quite swell , dressed well and fash ionably , but that made no difference. The j | detectives found him and now ho Is lodged ' In j Jail , l owro is snpjKised to have been a I criminalfor ) some time and Is credited with | 'having . done lime in Texas. He Is about 21 Y | , years ; old. " * * " ' mill M liNourlrni i. IJathrop will have a monthly stock sale. Stanberry hns Invested In a now lire boll. Clinton county has paid off $2,500 of Its In debtedness. A third free rural mall delivery route has boon established from Cameron. The convicts In the Missouri penitentiary I drink 300 gallons of coffee at each meal. The Smlthton bnnk has boon running | eighteen years and. according to the Sun- beam , has never lost a dollar on a bad loan. A Shi-rldnn justice of the peace has ad- verllsed to take farm produce In payment I for his senIcesIn performing marriage ceremonies. I.ulu Gllmore of Carthage died a few days ago from a wound Indicted with a pair of -sclssois which an S-yenr-old brother play fully throw al her. 'Milan ' , Sullivan county , has called In $11,000 of Milan ( Mo. ) school bonds. Notice Is given thai these bonds will be paid at Iho First National bank , Chicago. The Hock Island Is figuring on building I a line from FJorls , la. , to Cameron , wltn | a view to lediKlnir the distance thirty-two pmiles. ! ' . A HIHJ may also be built from Plattn- je.burg'li to Kansas City. j Arohlo Williams of Tojiekn has drmon- | ' strated 'to ' hl own satisfaction that tin- Mlssourlnns nro the "lost tribes of Israel. " ' lie baws his onm'luslon on "The Hook of , Toblt , " one of the apocryphal books of the bible. Toblt was of the tribe of Naphtall and a oaptlvo in Nlnovah. lie font his son to n distant land to I'ollcet some money for him. but before doing so ho advertised for ! a guide and to the Ilrst applicant he put the following question : "Hrother , of what I tribe and of what family art thou ? Show I " me. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Fair TurMilny nuil I'rohiilily Colder lit Wt'Mti'rii I'orllon of .NeliriiNlin \orlh to KilNt Wlildn. WASHINGTON. Dec. 25. Forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday : | I For Nebraska Fair Tuesday ; probably i colder In western portion ; Wednesday fair ; north to east wlndfi. For Iowa and Missouri Fair ; continued cold Tuesday and Wednesday ; fresh west to north winds. For South Dakota Generally fair Tues day nnd Wednesday ; north to east winds. For Kansas Fair Tuesday ; , colder In western portion ; Wednesday fair ; winds mostly northerly. IjOt-nl Iloi-oril. OFFICE OF TII15 WKAT1U2R HL'RKAU. OMAHA , Dec. S3. Omaha locord of tern- puratiiit' and precipitation compared with -corrof-pondliig day of the last three. ' I 1SM > . 1S9S. U97. 1SOT. Maximum temperature 17 ; U "I 42 Minimum tomi'oralurn. ' . . . II 20 25 22 Average temporaluro 1H 2 > ! > , ' (2 ( Prffipit.ition 03 T . ) ,0 < ) Ilitord of tempcrnturo and nrcelpltntiun al Omaha for this day and slnco March 1 , ISM : j i Normal for Iho day 20 UMli-li-ncy for the day 4 Ac-cumulated - HXC-PSW slnro March 1 10.1 Normal rainfall for the day 03 Inch Kxr-ess for the day OJ Inch Total rainfall since Mnrch 1 : ' 5.96 lin-hes Deflcli'iiey slnr-e March 1 4.07fm-hi'H ' Oi-licit-nvy for cor. period , IMS. . . , ' 1.54 Inches Detlelent-y for cor. jiorlod , ISirr.,10.21 inches - ' ' - o y 8TATIONB AND STATB OF WEATHER. Omaha , snowing I 1SI IS .01 North Plutta , clear S.V & > , .1 } Salt l ike , t'loudy I C 3' ' ! . "i Choyenne. . clear \ 4i 52 | Rapid City , cloudy . ] 24 .02 Huron , clear jlil .11) Wllliston. i-Ioudy 12 | 10 , .01 ( * hk-aio. clear 22 ! . . . . . ' < ) St. I.ouls. xnowln r. SI1 .OJ j St. Paul , clear s l > avenport , clear . . Ill 16 , .00 Helena , cloudy II 00 ; . 'U ' ICnns.i.s i'it > . cloudy 22 21 T Hu\rt. ranlne ' 3112 W Hlsinnr-'k. " cloudy II 14 > S 55 00 T indl-ates true of precipitation. ut'cirs A WKLSH. Local Forecast OllHaL OVKH IV S | Mxi > . i Slnvrry nnd l'ol > Kitmy ( nn Onlj ( irndiuillv lie nilniliinti'd. Slavery , as It exists In the Sulus. works little or no hardship to the nntlve * . writes John F. Hass In Harper's Weekly. It Is far removed from the conventional Idea f slat cry and really resembles only In ame the status of our North American ejjroes before the rebellion. Moreover , ny radical Interference on our part with he existing Institutions of the Mo rent vould unite them against us. The method mrsued by ( lenernl Hates In his nations wn the English one of playing | off the local Jealoueles of different chiefs j against tnch other , not treating only i with the sultan , but wllh nil the lenders. This method was possible because the In- | erests Involved In the sultan's case were elfish ones. The Uatos knew this and slde.l vllh us , knowing thai they would receive i regular , If small , allowance from the \merlcnn government. j The question of slavery Is different. To j touch more than lightly upon national In stitutions would be to fill Ike at the very root of social llfo. General Hairs showed exceeding greai tact in the clause of the reaty concerning slavery. SlavfB may iiurchase their freedom for J20 , Mexican money. Only slowly cnn slavery ho erad icated from a country without doing great wrong to property owners , and It Is to bo hoped than congress , when 11 comes to act , will see the advisability of letting the present trenly stand as U Is at least for the present. Polygamy In nn Insti tution so connected with the Moham medan religion that the clnuso of the treaty protecting the religion of the- coun try practically protects polygamy. The Mores have generally hcveral wives. They are of course limited by the koran to four , nnd but few have the full number. Hesides these wives they have Innumerable concu bines. If one of the concubines of the sultan hears him a child she Immediately becomes his wife , provided , of course , that the num ber of his wives Is not already complete. Divorce Is common and simple. If a man no longer desires his wife he dln vorces her nnd she returns to her family. It Is not considered n disgrace to be di vorced. In Kplte of all these Inequalities tho'Sulu women are Independent by nature and well treated. The following Is a very characteristic Instance of the sort of thing that happens i In the matrimonial market of Sululaml. A , , Chinaman bought a girl and took her In marriage. After several years of happy married life , along came a Moro , apparently possessing etrcng fascinations for the wife of the unfortunnlo "Chlno. " The woman i loft her husband and went to live with her new-found lord. Very naturally the China man complained and sought redress in the nA American mllllnry court. It was a i embarrassing - rassing question , but the court , with un suspecting courage , tackled It. Considering that Iho Chinaman had bought Ihe girl , married - ried her and lived with her , she was his lawful wife , nc.-ording to the customs of the country. The decree cf the court , there fore , wan that the woman was to live with her husband. Hut man proposes and woman 1 disposes ; the wife absolutely refused to live with the Chlno. The court was In a quan- dary ; It could not keep a file of soldiers In the hcnno of the Chino to ECO that the wife remained there ; It did not wish to con- slder the matter a a criminal offense ; It did the otily thing It could with safety It main- lalncd a dignified silence. The Chlno brought n new complaint and mu-h lo Iho disgust of the court , evidence showed' that ho was perfectly willing to bo rid of : his wife provided the Moro paid the price ho asked. The whole difference tjicn lurned out lo be a monetary one , and Iho judge , In just anger , ordered the plaintiff and defendant to settle the mailer out of court. These two questions apply not only lo Iho Mohammedans of the Sulu Rroup , but also to those of Mindana'd. ' They nro , therefore - : fore , of the first Importance among Phil- ipl'.Ino questions and should bo approachotl with the utmosl caulion. When asked what would bo the effect of Immediately abolish ing slavery In the Stilus , Mr. Shuck the ono white man who knows the Mores an swered : "It would mean ruin to the Islands , and every Moro would fight against it. " Slavery as It exists among the Mores can only he abolished gradually , by a Judicious series of moves , such as the ont > made by General Hates In Ihe treaty just signed. Polygamy Is even more deeply rooted In a Moro , and will disappear only when Islam has lost Its hold over him. If the land of the Sulu group nnd Min danao prove Iho land of promise that some ] hope If American enterprise and capital gradually change the country from a jungle to a paradise of tobacco , hemp and coffee planlalions then Ihe Moro airl his Instltu- tlons Ji J will gradually be shoved out , succumb- I ing i , as our North American Indian sin- j climbed ( , to the superior race. Until ilnt' time ti t comes , by all means lol the Moro live | in i peace ; let his children chant the Koran and his wives weave rough clcth. Of growth be may be capable , but If you force him too hard ho will struggle and fight against progress and adopt our worst rather than our best qualities. Our civilization , goo.l and bad as It is , Is n process of gradual evolution ( and you cannot expect a. wild race j to ' , change too suddenly. Our unwillingness to i take the other man's view has wrought i trouble for us In Luzon , nnd the wise ones say : 'Hownre how you meddle with the Inslltu- | tlons of the Mores of Sulu and Mindanao. " i ' nvii. ioits THAI-PI : ! ) uv M-ITTKHS. Tilt' ] Arc All AII\OIIN | ( o Ili-itr from IlitV < IMIMI Tlii-v Invc. "It Is queer what risks some men will take to get a letter from a woman they love , " said John Edmunds of the general delivery department of the postodlce lo n reporter for Iho Indianapolis News. "Criminals wh' ) can be found in no other way are ofien arrrelcd when they call fcr mall at the general delivery window. Generally the men call for letlers wrlllen by some woman. "Along clrne to the holidays last year a Plnkerton deteetlvo came to the nlllce and walled for three days und nights for a min wanted In the east , who was supposed to ho In this city. The detective know that befoiv the murder ho was accused of committing the man had corresponded with n woman In the east. The delecllvo had been waiting j three days , when ho received word to go to j Columbus , 0. , ns there was a letter lit that | ofllco for the man. Ho went , and had ii" ' been there long when Ihe man made his up- j pcaranco. The deteetlvo arrested blm at MKO j and proceeded to Cleveland , where ( he "I bnvo liccn mini : 'A OAKf.TSnniJua n mild ami cffecUva laxative they arc simply on- ilt'rful. My daughter unit I nero bothered vrlth kirk stouiucli and our lircalb was vurjr bad. After laUnx a fenHi > w ut C'atcaraU no have linprovcil 01"I TIIPT are a cieat help In tbo faiullr. " WIUIKI.UI.VA NAnei. 1L7 lUUenlioiue t. . Cincinnati , Otila. Fleatant , ralattbl * . Potent , Tntte Oood Io Good , Never fclricn. Weaken , or Gripe lOc. Kt UK- . . . CURE CONSTIPATION. Ktmtii ( V.piir , IkltiK , Koilirtl , HKI Tork , ili HCl.Tfl.Rflf ! 8oM anil guaranteed bj nil drug- gimto CUKE Tobacco Habit prisoner wn tried and sentenced lo death. | " \nothpr Instance was whore not long ago ' the ! authorities were IroklnR for n man acK'1 ousod ! of commuting some big crime and had no clue at nil .is to where he1 wav ? o every I office ] In the country was fenl word to loot out for a letter for that man. Some time | 1 1 after one came to our olllre and we nt oneo , notlfleil the authorities. A deteetlvo came on i i ImmciUalely mid when the man asked for his ' Imma mall ho was at oure arrested. " | ! 1'uro I Juli-e of the grapes , naturally fer- | ; inented. Is the Ingredient used in Cook's j j Imperial Champagne Kxtra liry. i 1.MIMIK > < IO > .S Ol1 TUP. IMtllltS. PniiUnc.v HlwHiMv Hi-sct'llii1 * nn Hth lii-rloni'i- O I'll nur l'r ' Slc.tis Potillney Hlgdow , author ot "White Man's . . Africa , " eotttrlbutes to The Outlook an nrtl- cle on "Tho Hoer Who Took Me In. " Much has been said and written about I In' Inhos- pltallly | of the Doors , but Mr. Hlgelow presents - sents the other slile of the picture. Ills ex- perlenco dates to n time shortly afler the Jameson ' raid , when suspicion of all Kngllsh speaking visitors might well be looked for. Ho was graveling with an KiiRliohmaM and had dlillculty In crossing the Caledon river , which separates Hasutoland from the Orange Free State. A long-bearded Hoer helped them out of their iroublo and look them to his home. As ho opened the door of his cabin we wore greeted by his stolid nnd buxom wife and nnxon-halrod and very prutly daughter ahoiil ' IS years old. They did not smile or tell the conventional lie that they were dc- lighted to see us , but each shook hands with ns by way of letting us know that they Intended - tended , for that night at least , to spanus the discomfort ot sleeping out on the prairie. Nothing was said on either side and wo sat on chairs which were hacked up against the wall while mother and daughter laid the cloth a nice clean one and prepared sup per. Several rlllcs wore on pegs above the door ; some pictures taken from Christ inns numbers of Illustrated weeklies brlghtemd the * ' walls ; there was a vast , llorld , old-fash ioned Dutch cloc-k and In one corner of the room an American parlor organ of very small size. Among the few books wore a j Dutch Hlble , Longfellow's poems and n | Shakespeare , besides n few books on cattle ] diseases , horse breaking and one or two re ligious hooks whoso names I forget. Dutch was the language of the family , hut all were familiar with Kngllsh as well. Two or three ! young Hoers joined the parly and Ihosc also j i sal sllenlly nbout the room , much as though ! . It was a corpse we were expecting Instead of a very welcome supper. Slowly the Hoer mind was absorbing us ; for the Afrikander gives his confidence to few , and whore he gives tl there It re mains. I know them well enough to know j ! that this process of mental digestion ought | not i to he disturbed , so 1 played ( Junker meeting In a manner designed to crtnte thr- Impression Ihat Ibis was exactly the sort oC social hilarity to which I was accustomed at homo. j The supper was delicious ; there was plenty . of : milk and bread , moat and stowed fruit. j ' i I drank about a bucket ot milk , and this seemed to reassure my host , whose Idea or I ' the oullamlcr was ot one who required "flro- i water" with his food. Of course there was ' coffee , which , however , I did not touch. As j the meal progressed the fiinifly waxed com- i municatlve i and the old woman's heart snf- toned I when my friend Informed her that I , had I not merely sung In the choir of my college , but had actually experimented onre _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ' " j | | I : ' ( ' Not Only in Omaha , m in ! I i Every City and Town in Hie Union , If the render took the time and trouble to ask his follow residents of Omaha the sim ple ] qiiesitlon given below , ho would obtain the t ono answer. If he would read the state- , incuts now holng published in Omaha , which j ' refer i to this answer. It would surprise him to note that they number so many. As many more could be , or may bo , published , but in the meantime ask the first person you meet what cures backache. The answer * will be , Doan's Kidney Pills. Hero is a citizen who endorses our claim : Mr. Joseph Donner , of 1107 S. 13th street , I says : " 1 can give Doan's Kidney Pills the ! best | recommend of any medicine 1 ever j used , , lleforo getting them at Kuhn K Co.'s I drug , store I could not bend my back , and sometimw had to lay off work two or three days. , My kidneys were weak and their action was much too frcnnent , jjrcatly dl.-i- turbing j my rest nights. 1 tried a good many medicines , but none helped mo until 1 tie- Ban to use Doan's Kidney Pills. They cured " * me. Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all deal ers. Price SO cents. Mailed on receipt of prlre by Fostcr-Mllburn C. ) . , Huffulo , X. Y. , sole agents for the U. y. Remember the name Donn's nnd take no substitute. , A Skin of IIi'uiil.v IM u , loy INii'i-vor. UK. T. I IJIilt ( JOl It ll/lf.s / ( UtllOVr.M , on ai.u.irti. in : u TiriKit. Remove * Tnn. Plmplni , ! , Moth I'.itchos > , I i : i-h nnd Skin dl - uses , and very I i * ' mfMi on , im | denes detec tion. It Iw ntootl i hi' test of fl year * wo taste It to be sure It ID pioj.Tly mail ? . Ai > * pi rio 'iunli rri It of ilml. IP n.iiii" . L > r. I , , . \ Snvre raid lo ( 'lady of Inn him-ton : m paiu-nl ) : "A you 1a < Ui > ( i will u llicm I r iimici ilecl Gonraud'n Crpiiin an the leant hnnnfnl "f nil thn Skin jin partition ! ) . " Kur Kiln tiy nil DniffplHlH uuil l.iiiry-Guoiln Ic- ) lora In Iho tinned mal'-ii. C.ln.-irta ami Kiiroin- . VKUD. T. HuI'EIHS. rTopTST Great Joncn fit N. Y. JOHN G.WOODWARD 8c CO , ' WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTERS I ) COVNCIL BLUFFS.IOWA . , I with l Sunday school tr.v-htnu. Krom dial 1 moment t felt that the profllK.il SMI could give ' me no further pnltite. 1 felt as though 1 I owned the place , nnd tht > daughter grew beautiful ni * he became tineonsolous of her- I self and Joined In the chuff and laughter. With the old man I talked politics , Inrlud- ln' ' thn Jameson raid , nnd with the daughter 1 sans simple songs florman Yolkaleldei and negro melodies. At about it o'clock the long bearded Hoer pulled hi < great blblo from Us shelf and with n deep , earnest voice rend some vevsoa from the Old Testament. It was about Joshua Hunting Ihp mtlandors of 1'iilestltie 1 and nphting savagely for the preservation of In : peculiar tellglon. I do not know whether ' my ; host sole.it'd this pnrlleular chapter for ; the benefit of his guests or whether It Just j I happened that Wo came In for n text whMi _ appeared to have stranfct- significance at that moment for had t not hern but a iv i days before with the leaders of Hie out lander movement nil of them jailed up 'U 1'felorla ? After the blhlo reading a hymn w.is SMI s mid then the wholefMnlly knelt In p.vf following the strong words of this sriuil old npostlp ns he ftppiwled to the throne of Ocd for guidance In the perplexities of life. This Is the lloer. thought I , that people In KnRlMul do not sro much of. He does nof flay nt polities ; he dot's not butt.inho'n ' newspaper men ; ho Is rarely heard In the tulds-l of his famil.x. He owns no gold minis and Is happy to grow up and dlo in iiu > peaceful enjo.uuent of the little whMi 1'rovldenco has allowed him to have. Such ! men love pence but when they fight they . Keep nt It n long time. " ! | | | ' j For Infants and Children. j j I llhe Kind You Have t | ' Always Bought I AYcRclablcPrcparattoiuor As ' similating UicroodaiulRegula- i ' IliiAtlicStomaclisnntlDcnvclsor Bears tlie j Signature | Promotes Digesfion.CtocerfuI- ncss andHest.Contains neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. I ' m Setil' j Anitt Strtl * JlJh Jh ] Jhflfrjfftd flfrjfftd 193 ? . t&ijy/vn'naitr. Apcrfcct Remedy forConslipa- lion , SourSloitiach.Diarrtioca Worms .Convulsions .Rjvcrish- ucss and LOSS OF SLEEP. Tnc Simile Signature oj ! ! NTDWYORK. . 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