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MERRY
CHRISTMAS
Salome.
With the coming of Salome at the
North Theatre on Saturday Deo. 26
mrsat not only the Danee of the Seven
Veils or that John the Baptist known
in the play as Jokanaan, the prophet,
who scorned Salome and who has been
kept in an old cistern for many months,
and who loses his head for not looking
with favor upon Salome. The critics
are of one opinion that Salome as writ
tern by Oscar Wilde holds the first place
in dramatio literature. There isaSal
oaae in the play, the Holy City. It is
a email part bnt in no way does it re
semble the play of Mr. Wilde's. Bessie
Stewart Bacon, who will be seen here, is
the first America actress to assume this
dimonlt role. Mr. James Crawford of
The San Francisco Gall says. "With
such a great play as Salome and when
smch a charming aotrees as Bessie Ste
wart Baoon, explains why the Colonial
Theatre are playing to standing room
lately!" The World-Hearld, Omaha,
says, "The play is beautifully staged,
aaprisingly so. The Dance of Salome
and her slave girls is lovely in its color
effects, in fact the entire production in
its wealth of color is like a rich old
painting. Omaha may congratulate it
self that it is given an opportunity to
see aad hear such a masterpiece of dra
matio art." Prioee 25, 50, 75, 91.00.
Aarartlsad Letter.
Following is a list of unclaimed mail
titer remaining in the post office at
Colambns, Nebraska, for the period end
ing December 23, 1908:
Letters Alioe Hsyford, Michael Ha
ley, J W Pitchford. John Roach.
Cards Miss Johanna Cannon, J D
Calkins, Lee D Harlan, John Thur,
Bobert S Turner.
Parties calling for any of the above
will please say advertised.
Oarl Kramer, P. M.
Baptist Church
Sunday school 10 a. m., preaching 11
a. a, Jmnior 3 p. m., B. Y. P. U. 7 p. m.
preaching 7:45 p. m.; prayer meeting
Thursday 7:45. Subject Sunday morn
ing, "Turning Leaves." Subject Sunday
evening, "The Wonderful Works of God."
Bit. B. W. Rkdjiiart, Pastor.
For Sale.
One yearling Polled Shorthorn bull
and two Polled Shorthorn bull calves.
Will be large enough for service next
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GREISEN BROS.
Walks.
August Dahlberg and family visited at
A. P. Johnson's Sunday.
Andrew Nelson shipped a car load of
fat hogs to South Omaha Thursday.
Mrs. August Dahlberg, who has been
quite sick for the past week or two, is
now some better.
The roads are now very good again and
farmers are making good use of them, to
market their wheat and corn.
A new way has been discovered to
take up collections in the Swedish M. E.
ohurch on the Looking Glass.
Oliver Swanson, who is a student at
the state university, came home Satur
day for a two weeks' vacation.
Xeute Be. 5.
Mrs. L. P. Hahn was visiting relatives
at York.
Carrier No. 5 spent Saturday and Sun
day at Albert Hummer's.
Kate and Claude Kinsman, who are
attending the state university at Lincoln
came home last Friday for the holiday
vacation.
COAL.
We have all the leading grades of
soft coal. Also Penna. hard coal and
Seinianthracite furnace coaL
Newman & Welch.
Sea Air Generator.
The latest wonder is the installation
at the London hippodrome of a series
of tiny machines that silently generate
sea air into the auditorium.
Many Feathers Used.
Twenty million feathers are sent
from Germany to England every year
for millinery purposes.
Railroads In United 'States.
There is a little more than 2f
miles of railroad in the United States
for every 10,000 Inhabitants.
Leading Paper Making States,
la the matter of paper protection.
New York, Maine and Wisconsin rank
first, second and third, respectively.
A Valuable Forest.
After investigating recently, a Brit
ish official reported the Kenis forest
in East Africa to be 287 miles long by
eight miles wide, and to contain stand
ing Umber worth $115,000,000.
Mr. SHImky Satieties with Return en
Smalf.lnveetment.
"I confess," said Mr. Glimby, "that
I never can tell whether a beggar la
what yon can worthy or not I am
likely to give, becaase I don't like to
take even a ehance of missing some
body that Is really hungry. It la not
exactly a comic situation for one to be
in, being hungry
"So, when a rather stocMly built
man, with clothes originally not ex
pensive, and with a pretty wholesome
sort of countenance, ranged along
side of me the other afternoon, and
started oft with Gcd bless you,' I was
inclines: to listen, and when he went
en to say that he was hungry and
would I give him something to get to
at, I gave aim a nickel; which
wonldnt get him much in a lobster
palace, bnt would get him considerable
food la some places that he and I
knew -further down town.
"And he didnt look at this coin the
Instant I gave it to him, to throw off
the mask, when he had got the money.
In fact, he didn't look at It at all, and
that impressed me favorably; he
simply closed his hand over it so that
It wouldn't get away, and he smiled
a Uttle and said thank you, meaning
it, as it seemed, and then as I moved
on I heard him coming after me an
other 'God bless you!' which may
have been Just surplusage, or the
artistic finish of a beggar with some
pride in his profession or which may
have meant what it said.
"Really, I don't know, but anyhow,
I got two God bless yous for a nickel."
THE LITTLE BOY THAT DIED.
Pathetic Memories in a Small Seg
ment of Coral.
The two men had not met for years.
The man from out of town looked the
other man over.
"Same old Jim," he said. "Awfully
glad to see you again. Strange how
such old friends will drift apart. So
you're married?"
The other man nodded.
"Three years ago."
"Well, well. And I never heard of
It until I met Jack Ransim last week.
What's thatr
He was still studying the other
man's appearance and his -eye caught
sight of a segment of coral that dan
gled from his friend's watch fob. He
lifted it and looked at it more closely.
The surface of the coral was rough
ened by slight indentions.
"Some sort of token, eh?" he rattled
on. "Ton always was a great chap for
picking up worthless trifles. That's a
queer charm." He looked up and
caught sight of the other man's face.
"Why, I beg your pardon, Jim," he
cried.
"That's all right," said the other
man, a little unsteadily. "Only, you
see, the boy whose teeth made those
marks he was nearly two died
last summer." Rose In Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Some Uses of Hot Water.
Hot water is far more of a medicinal
property than many believe or know.
The uses of hot water are many.
There is nothing that so promptly
cuts short congestion of the lungs,
sore throat or rheumatism as hot
water when applied promptly aad
thoroughly. Headache almost always
yields to the simultaneous application
of hot water to the feet and back of
the neck. A atrip of flannel or napkin
folded lengthwise and dipped In hot
water, wrung out and then applied
round the neck of a child that has the
croup, will bring relief sometimes in
ten minutes. Hot water taken freely
half an hour before bedtime Is help
ful In the case of constipation, while
it haaA most soothing effect upon the
stomach and bowels. A goblet of hot
water taken Just after rising, before
breakfast, has cured many of indiges
tion, and Is widely recommended by
.physicians to dyspeptics.
Thought They Were Spooks.
When the southern lady left town
and moved to the old manor house of
her ancestors she was accompanied
by her maid.
"And now, Luclnda," remarked the
mistress, aa she showed the maid
through the gloomy old mansion,
"here are the haunts of my great
grandparents." The next day Luclnda packed her
trunk and started for the station.
"But what in the world is the mat
ter?" demanded her mistress, in sur
prise. "Haven't we treated you
right?"
"Oh, yes." assured Luclnda, keeping
an eye on the dark, wide hallways.
"Then why in the world are you
leaving without notice?"
"Ah can't help it, missus; Ah can't
help it Ah couldn't think ob workin
any place where der was ha'nts."
Expected Some Cussing.
A West Philadelphia husband had
Just comfortably seated himself for
his after-dinner cigar the other eve
ning, when his good wife arose and
took the parrot from the room. This
done, she picked up a couple of
envelopes and approached the old
man, all. of which occasioned that gent
considerable surprise.
"Mary." said he, "what In the world
did yon take that parrot out of the
room for?"
"I was afraid that you might set
him a bad example," anawered wifey.
"What do yon mean?" demanded
the wondering husband.
"I mean," answered wifey, handing
father the envelope, "that I have Just
received my dressmaking and mil
Mnerr Mlls
The Thoughtful Girt.
"Can't yon take a little care of that
card of -mine?" implored the impe
cunious girl to the office boy who was
rapidly rolling it Into a wad, "and
bring it back to me so I can send It
In somewhere else? Cards cost me a
cent apiece.
Stamp far the Religleua.
Belgium has a Sunday postage
stamp, fanned for those who do not
wish to have their mail delivered on
Sunday. AH mall bearing the Senday
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HIS PREFERENCE DULY STATED.
All Things Considered, It Waa Up to
the Committee.
Many years ago Mr. Hill, one of the
pioneer shoe manufacturers, had a
shop in Stoneham, where he employed
as boss in his stitching room one Dan
Lowe, who, being a genial, convivial
man and a master of his trade, was
liked and respected by all.
One fall the stitchers conspired to
make Dan a birthday present, but,
being unable to agree as to the nature
of the gift, they called on Mr. Hill to
advise them. Mr. Hill, after solemn
thought, located Dan on the top floor,
and thus addressed him:
"Mr. Lowe, the ladles of the stitch
ing room, being desirous of making
you a birthday gift as a small token of
their esteem, have subscribed $40 or
more, and are unable to decide be
tween an easy chair, a chain and seal
and several other articles. They ap
pealed to me for advice, and I thought
the wisest plan to ask you to express
your preference and thus satisfy all."
"Mr. Hill," aald Mr. Lowe, after due
reflection, "I have a good chain and
padlock, strong enough to hold a ten
gallon keg. A ten-gallon keg of good
whisky could be bought for $40, and
if I had a ten-gallon teg of good whis
ky well chained' down in my cellar any
old chair would -seem easy."
Mr. Hill retired for further delibera
tion. LOOKED FAR WITH KEEN SIGHT.
Illustrations of Thoroughness of Frank
lin's Thrift and Ability.
Two Incidents recall the keenness
and the thoroughness the great twin
abilities, to see and to utilize of Ben
jamin Franklin.
One day he chanced to observe a
lady in the possession of an imported
whisk broom. With his usual interest
and careful consideration he examined
it as a novelty. He discovered on the
brush of the broom a seed, which he
carefully removed. Presently he
planted ft, and the growth from this
seed was the Irat crop of broom corn
In this country.
Again, one day when Dr. Franklin
was walking by Dock ereek he saw
stuck in the mud a wickerwork basket,
which had sprouted. Carefully he
fished out the basket, and carefully
took it apart He gave cuttings to his
friend, Mr. Charles Norris, who plant
ed the twigs in his garden, where they
grew to great size. They turned out to
be yellow willows, and, as Franklin
had foreseen, proved of great commer
cial value.
Rural Canniness.
Once a denizen of the up-state re
gions, where whiskers grow in plenty
and umbrellas bulge at will, decided
to visit New York. But he decided to
visit the bewildering metropolis quite
as a man of the world not to be
taken In by the wicked men who, as
he understood, made a business of de
ceiving the guileless up-stater.
Hence he arrived at the Grand Cen
tral looking very, very wise, and pro
ceeded, first of all, to visit the collec
tion of wax flgurea at the Eden Mu
see. He was engaged In looking critically
at one of the most lifelike groups on
exhibition there, when a policeman
suddenly plucked him by the sleeve.
The up-stater turned.
"Ton mustn't smoke in here," said
the policeman, severely.
A look of wisdom beyond the pow
er of words to describe came over that
up-stater'a face. Continuing brazenly
to smoke, he remarked:
'Tut, tut Go away. Don't yon
think I know, that you're made ef
wax?"
Women Smoke in Restaurants.
Smoking by women In restauranta
Is said to be very largely on the In
crease In London.
Polishing with Corn Husks.
Perhaps the most curious of polish
ing wheels is that made of corn husks
for finishing shell or bone combs.
Longest Telegraph Wire Span.
An Indian stream, the River Kist
nan. 09 feet wide, has the longest
span of telegraph wire in the world.
Camel vs. Heme.
A camel is able to carry a load three
His Lordship Found Out What the
Servants Thought ef Him.
A certain peer, aa important figure
In the upper chamber by reason of a
very long and very bushy beard, had
dismissed hla valet for the night.
Shortly afterward, however, he waa
much annoyed to hear peals of laugh
ter' from below, and called back the
man to explain.
The valet anawered that it was just
a little joke, but his lordship would
have none of it, and demanded details,
angrily.
"Well," admitted the man with re
luctance, "It was really a little game
we were having, my lord."
"What kind of a game?"
"Well, my lord, a kind of guessing
game."
"Don be a fool, Walters; I rang for
yon In order to get an explanation.
What guessing game were yon play
ing? Guessing what?"
"We blindfolded the cook, to teU yon
the truth, my lord, and then one of us
kissed her aad she had to guess who It
was. The footman held the mop up
and she kissed it, and then cried out:
'O, your lordship; how dare your"
Dundee Advertiser.
HONEST NAME IN ANY TONGUE.
Various Renderings of the Good Old
Appellation, "John Smith."
John Smith plain John Smith is
not very high sounding; it does not
suggest aristocracy; it Is not the name
of any hero in die-away novels; and
yet it is good, strong and honest
Transferred to other languages, it
seems to climb the ladder of respecta
bility. Thus, In Latin, it la Johannes
Smithus; the Italian smooths It off
Into Giovanni Smlthl; the Spaniards
render it Juan, Smithua; the Dutch
man adopts It aa Hans Schmidt; the
French flatten it out Into Jean Smeet,
and the Russian sneezes and barks
Jonloff Smithtowski. When John
Smith gets into the tea trade in Can
ton he becomes Jo van Shimmit; if he
clambers above Mount Hecla the Ice
landers say he la Jahne Smlthson; if
he trades among the Tuscaroraa he
becomes Ton Qa Smittia; in Poland
he is known aa Ivan Schmittlweiski;
should he wander among the Welsh
mountains they talk of Jihon Schmldd;
when he goes to Mexico he is hooked
aa Jontll FSmitti; if of clasaic turn he
lingers among Greek ruins he turns
to Ion Smikton, and in Turkey he la
utterly disguised as Toe Seef.
Friends ef Sparrow
Rider Haggard classes sparrows
with rata as "vermin" aad recom
mends a campaign against them. How
ever, sparrows have had plenty of
friends in past ages. Catullus' poem
about his Lesbia's pet sparrow la one.
of the prettiest things In Latin liter
ature and in a paasage of Plautns
"sparrow," "dove" and "hare" occur
together aa terms of endearment
Pepys, too, writes of a pet sparrow:
'To dinner with my father and sister
and family, mighty pleasant all of ua;
and, among other things, with a spar
row that our Mercer hath brought up
new for three weeks, which is so tame
that It files up and down and upon the
table, and eata and pecks, aad does
everything so pleasantly that we are
mightily pleased with It"
Sheep Beasts ef Burden,
la the northern part of India sheep
are put to a use vnthought of in Eu
ropean or American countries. They
are made to serve aa beasts of bur
den, because they are more sure-footed
than larger beasts, and the moun
tain paths along the foothills of the
Himalayas are steep and difficult The
load for each sheep is from 1C to 20
pounds. The sheep are driven from
the village to village, with the wool
still growing, and in each town the
farmer shears aa much wool as he can
sell there and loads the sheep with
the, grain which he receives In ex
change. After hla flock has been
sheared he turns it homeward, each
sheep having on lta back a small bag
containing the purchased grain.
Oldest Dated Decoration.
Probably the oldest dated decoration
in the world has recently been
brought to light by the discovery of
the funerary temple of King Sahara,
who lived 2,600 B. C. It Ilea betweea
the pyramids of Giseh and Saggarah,
and has been unearthed by Dr. Br
charts, director ef the German Insti
tute of Archaeology at Cairo. Sculp
tured has reliefs Illustrate Pharaoh
conversing with the gods, conquering
the Lybians and receiving an embas
sy. Besides this there are hunting and
fishing scenes, and most Interesting
of all. a fleet of ships of the period.
London Globe.
Found Out Her Mistake.
'la that you. Frank r asked Mrs.
Tippins, In a nervous voice, as she
heard some one moving about la the
darkness.
"It is." replied Mr. Tippins.
"Ton gave me such a shock. I
thought at first there was a man la
the house." Stray 8tories.
Take It as Verb er Noun.
Ethel The count pronounces tore
"loaf."
Jack That's natural enough. If he
succeeds in capturing that heiress,
"loaf" is precisely what it will mean
to him.
A Terrible Diaaaaelntment.
"Sir, your daughter has eloped with,
the chauffeur.'
"Good heavens! And he was the:
only one I ever had that could get
away every time from the noUce!"
Increasing Population ef Gotham.
There has been a large Increase In
the number of emigrants from the port
of New York during the last year,
but the net result is that the city Is
growing at the rate of about 32,000 a
month through immigration.
Peculiar Shifting ef Sands.
French scientists are studying a pe
culiar movement of the sands along
the northern coasts of France, Bel
gium aad Holland. A fine sand orig
inating on the coast of Normandy has
The Better Groceries
The Better BoBine.
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THAT'S WHY WE KEEP THE BEST
BRUNKEN & HAHEY
Xrnas Groceries, Vegetables, Fruits,
' Candy, Nuts, Xmas Trees
ONCE A CRIME TO GIVE ALMS.
Anelent Cede ef European Law Pro
vided Severe Punishment
The secretary of the London Men
dicity society reports that street beg
ging is on the increase. He has sta
tistics to prove his words, of course.
But surely every man who has a pen
ny to spare must have read or heard
by thia time that he really does a
fellow-creature an 111-servtce when he
gives It to him for the asking, says
the Pail Mall Gaxette.
It Is Interesting to recall that a
code of European law in force for
centuries did actnaUy make almsgiv
ing a crime, always punished severely
with death in certain cases. But
this was 1.000 years ago. before the
dawn of our happy civilization. It
must be confessed, however, that
there was an appearance of common
sense about the famous Grajas code,
which ruled Norway, Iceland and
much of England, doubtless, in its
time.
It began by laying down strict rules
to make each family support Its own
Indigent members, or to show suffi
cient cause for the failure. This is the
essential principle of a sound system
of poor relief, which we have suffered
to lapse under the direction of prog
ress. Having thus provided for the
respectable class of paupers, aa it may
be put briefly, the legislator could
deal firmly with roving mendicants
and their abettors. And he did..
It Is worth while to observe, how
ever, that the family pauper had a
guardian or trustee, appointed by the
district ooancH, who waa responsible
for bis decent subsistence; If this man
did not fulfill his duty or tried to es
cape it he ineurred the terrible pen
alty called exclusion confinement in
his house for three years; anyone who
found him eutaide waa free to kill
him.
They stood no nonsense In those
days. An able-bodied person who
begged was outlawed equivalent to a
sentence of death. Anyone proved to
have been wandering for IS days with
out visible means of subsistence waa
held to be a beggar, "within the mean
ing of the act" and treated according
ly. But the clause which most inter
ested us was that which decreed that
any man, whatever hla station, who
gave money, or money's worth, to a
vagrant at the district assembly, or
on his way thither, ahould be punished
with exclusion. The crime of almsgiv
ing waa well understood in those
daya. Perhaps I should add that the
Grajas code waa officially promulgated
in 1116. But It had been In force, as
the premable declares, for centuries.
The Ideal Diet
Too much food is as bad as too lit
tle and occasions a waste of energy
and strength in the body as well as a
waste of nutritive material, aays a
writer In "What to Eat." While in
the caae of some foods as purchased.
YOU'LL make no overcoat
mistakes in this store; and
overcoat mistakes are not un
common. Many a man gets
what looks good when he buys
it; seems like money's-worth;
and proves to be part cotton,
cheap, unreliable.
Hart, Schafther & Marx
use only all-wool fabrics; and we sell these
fine goods because they're absolutely depen
dable. It's our way of insuring your sat
isfaction in clothes.
We have a fine range of new models in
these superior garments; long or medium,
box back or form fitting; button high under
the chin; raincoats and auto coats; button
through or fly front. The smartest lot of
overcoats you ever saw.
Tou ought to see them; well sell you
one if you do. Overcoats $18 to $50.
This store is the home of
Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes
Hart's One Price dothing Stare
Thirteenth Street
I
notably meats, some waste w unavoie
able, the pecuniary lose can be dimin
ished, both by buying those kinds In
which there Is the least waste, aad by
utilizing more carefully than in or
dinarily done, portions of. what le
usually classed aa refuse. Much of the
waste may be avoided by careful plan
ning so as to provide a comfortable
and nppetizlng meal la sufficient
amount, but without excess. If strict
economy la necessary, the dearer cats
of meata and the more expensive
traits and vegetables should be avoid
ed. With reasonable care in cooking
and serving, a pleasing aad varied diet
can be furnished at moderate cost It
should not be forgotten that dearaeea
of a food material depends not only
on Its market price, bnt also on the
cost of ita digestible nutrients. . It
should always be remembered that
"the Ideal diet la that combtnatMa ef
foods which, while ampoelug the leant
burden on the body, anpplies it with
exactly sufficient material to meet lta
wants."
Animals at New York Zee.
la the total number of
birds, reptiles and amphibians (4.034),
on exhibition, the New York Zoolog
ical park stands to-day at the head of
all the zoological parks aad gardens
of the world. Berlin eomea neat, with
a total of 3.141. The area of the
New Tork Zoological park la land and
water embraces 24 acres. Of walks
aad roads there are about eight miles,
and of fences 10 miles. The main
tenance force of the park, constantly
on duty, embraces 141 persona The
number of viators in IttT waa 1.173.
04 nearly one-third ef the entire
population of the metropolis of the
American continent Of thia number
It la estimated that a quarter of a mil
lion visitors were from outside of New
Tork city.
Origin ef the "Slack Hand."
There was a historical foundation
for the name "black hand." according
to Everybody's. Back in Inquisition
days ,in "Spain there was La Mano
Xera, a secret society which fought
the government and the church. It
passed, and the ' secret societies of
southern Italy were Its heirs. Twenty
years or more ago a false report was
raised in Spain that La Mano Nera
had been revived. The story lingered
in the brain of n Herald reporter, and
one fine day he attempted to rejuve
nate waning interest In n puzzling
Italian murder caae by speculating aa
to the coming to life of the "black
hand" among Latin Immigrants in
America. The other newspapers seized
on the idea eagerly and kept It going.
To Discover Fish Shoala.
Experiments are being made in Eu
rope with a microphone for the discov
ery of the presence of shoals of flsh.
The instrument is sunk into the water
and the constant tapping of the flsh
against it as they pass warns the fishermen.
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