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'IHE DAILY BEE WEDNESDAY , DECEMJBEK 17 1884 COUNCILJLUFFS ADDITIONAL LOOAL NEWS. THE PEOPLE'S PROTEST. Iowa's ' RGBreseiitalivts to lie Urged to Opsc the Extension of tbe Union Pacific Charier. Tito Document to bo Circulated. The following in the protest prepared for circulation among the people of Iowa against the proposed extension of the charter of the Union Pacific ; To the Iowa Delegation in Congress fiENTLKME.v : Wo tlio undersigned resi dents of the state of Iowa do moot earnestly protest against the passage of A bill providing for nn extension of the chartered privilcgoa of the Union Pacific railroad for the period of sixty yoara , or for any ether period , for the following reasons : The management of the Union Pacific company is now and has always boon ' antagonistic to the intercuts of the public In general , and of the etato of lown in particular. This abuse the people of lown runontod many yearn ago by bring ing an action in the Federal court , ask ing for a writ of mandamus to compel the Union Pacific company to operate its " ' / road in the Interest of the public and iu compliance with the provision's of its charter. The cause waa triad on its merits and the writ of mandamus was issued and made perpetual. This order haa never boon fully com plied with. The Union Pacific company at great expense ao operates its Hues aa to build up Nebraska interests and retard the growth and development of Iowa in terests. This , in part , arises from a disposition on behalf of the Union Pacific to enter to the prejudice und pension dialing in Nebraska , and from a doalro to apponso the people of Omaha and to avert hostile legislation iu that atato. A renewal or oxtonalon of the charter privi leges of the Union Pacific would only re- unit in porpotuatlug this evil. It givca apocial rates to Omaha merchantn , nud thereby discriminates against rival and competing points , among which wo might enumerate St , .Louis , Kansas City , St. -Joseph , Dos Molncs , Council Blull'i , Lin- coin , Fremont , Columbus , Chicago and all intermediate points. It charges ex tortionate bridge-tolls under thu privi leges of the supplemental bridge act , und there ia ground for a suspicion that yard expenses -and the needless switching of trains between Council Bluffij and Omaha , at great expense is also charged to the "bridgo account in order to justify these excessive tolls. Permit Tie to suggest in this connection that this question might properly become a subject for future in vestigation by congress. The road waa built and ia being operated under authority of an act of congress , which was violated in Its construction and is disregarded in its operation. Is It not time for congress to ascertain whether the capital stock docs not exceed the actual coat of the roadj Is it not the duty of cougroes to relieve the burdens of the public by revising the tariff schedules of this road , and reducing theme v o a reasonable figure , ns cougrces reserv ed to itself the right to do ? Has not the bridge fund , by the excessive toll hereto : fore levied unon commerce , been snfli cient to have paid for the bridge L , twice over , if it had boon ' applied ? And , if this is true , ought not the bridge hereafter bo operated the | . simo as any ether portion of the Union § Pacific linof These are questions of fact I and ought to bo explained fully and sat- > lafactorily before the Union Pacific com- V panjr is granted the privilege of an ox- 'V tension of Ita charter. Wo hold that it is Ty > t operated in the interest of the pub lic and the government , " as the law spec ifies and requires , but is operated In the interest of speculators , stock-jobbors and plunderers of the public treasury. If this be true , it would bo a betrayal [ of the people and the government to renew or extend the charter of the Union Pacific , for'any period , short or long. Wo therefore most earnestly protest against such a measure , and most respect fully ask that thorough investigation bo made in order that the public may bo bettor served and the government treas ury better protected in the future. All ot' which is very respectfully oubrnittod. UPSE1 SALE AT MEDOALF BROS. B AGO A.GE BURGLARS , oAl Nortli-ivosfrn Depot Broken Open , It w.is discovered yesterday morning that sometime duriug the previous night t thieves had broken open the baggage room of the Chicago it Northwestern depot - pot and got away with three valises. Just what the grips hold Is of ooiirao unknown - known , they being the property of pas- 'aangora. The police wore yesterday working on the ciso with suspicion point' it ) ia a certain direction , but not very satisfactorily. Sioux county claims 12,000 population , Now ton will brighten up with oloc trlcity. .V soap man lathered the citizens o Maploton for oovernl dollars. The indebtodnes of Dubuqup county ii $00,000 , nud its bonds are gilt'edge. . Ice boats run a milo n ininuto ci Storm fake. Sports are naturally fait Sioux City's postolllco oUiolals wil receive in new and olocant quurtors Jan uary 1st. The Kookuk Steve company havomac'i a reduction in moldora * wages of from II to It. percent. The general fund of Dos Molnca city 1 overdrawn $17,000 , and the treasure nua shut down on warrants. The board of trustees of the Agrl cultural onllogo luvo signed a treaty o peace. They are now singing low in hat The records show that thfro wore 4L' marriages , 709 births and 317 deaths ii Dabuquo county iu the past oluve ; months , The state of Iowa has certified to th Dubunuo and Sioux City railroad a see tion of laud in Franklin county oontair ing 15,151 acrte. The number of hops slaughtered in th Kooknk picking house this season np t the present time a 22,000 , against 19,00 lor the same period last year , The merchants of Corning have oatal Itihed an exchange and take corn in trad for goods. Aa a result of scch enter prise they nro Corning money. An Investigation made by n Dos Mottles reporter shows forty-thrco saloons run ning in the strongest of prohibition towns. The town council of Independence haa passed an ordlnenco "aetting down" on street faklra and swindlers , and will hereafter - after refuse to grant the license. The Dubutiuo Trade-Journal has fig ured up that Dubuque has expended SflOH.COO in building Improvements this year , but the Telegraph says this ia un doubtedly on overestimate. A now town is to bo located in the Maple valley , Monann county , with a view of making It the fnturo county seat. The people of Onawa KO anxious about the outcome of the project. I. T , Gilbert , n member of the Y. M. 0. A. at Lomars , accused another mom- bcr , J. 0. Kelley , of dishonesty , at a recent mooting of the association , where upon Kelley tuod him for § 5,000 dam ages. Alia bnasts of leading all the ether towns of Buena Vista county In regard to the amount of shipments of grain and stock. She also claims the largest eleva tor and most extensive roller mills. Protessors of the "manly art" and gate money are congregating at Sioux City , and slugging matches are multiplying. The Journal thinks it la a melancholy re flection on the vaunted morals of the city. Ono of the amendments adopted at the election providing for the abolition of the grand jury , Is 'hi conflict with the constitution of the United States , hnd is therefore considered null and void. Some detestable villain entered the barn of Daunts Dixon , ten miles north of Hanson , sot fire to the hay and then wont out , closing and fastening the door , leaving a span of valuable horses to bo roosted in tbo flames. It appears that prohibition does not strictly prohibit oven in the moral town of Cherokee. The Enterprise saya it is pretty generally unaorstood that these who nro known to bo no tiiuoalors can got as strong a drink as they nant at the corner saloon. The Sioux City board of trodo hna fired n series of resolutions at congress in fa vor o the proposed Sioux City branch of the I'nlou Pacific. The pushing metrop olis of northwestern Towa is strongly in favor of the "oid flag and n railroad sub- aidy. " Creston young ladies are making a crnsado against young men who are in the habit of using "swear words , " and a local paper suggests that eternal sllonro will bo the prlco of a yoonc ; man's solid ity with the fair sex hereafter. At Oakaloosa there is a spring of water which will tan skins , either with the fur on or of , in from twenty-four to forty-eight hours , according to the size of the hides. The spring of a mother's arm can beat that record before break fast. Surveys have been made for an iron bridge across the Mississippi riror at Prairie du Chlon , to take the place of the pontoon structure. The latter has paid from § 35,000 to § 30,000 per annum. The now bridge will bo built by a stock company at a cost of $80,000 or moro and will bo nearly a milo in length. Tip. Orron , an old settler living some five miles north of Glonwood , about 3 o'clock Blanday morning last , wont to his sisters , about half a mile distant from his own homo , went in , and was told to turn the datnpor in the atovo and ho would soon have a firo. Ho did so , and im mediately blow the top of his head oft with a heavily charged shot-gun which ho carried. At Hose Hill , in Washington county , A. F. Hockott , aged tironty-throo , shot James Fowler for seducing his married sister and breaking up the family. The guilty couple had spent the previous night in an Oakalooaa hotel. Zlockett wont the next day to her house , and when Fowler came around shot him three times , after having first made him con fess his guilt. Jonathan Bunker and Marion Boilings- worth , of Henry county , have quarreled ever a piece of road for oomo tlmo. On Tuesday their quarrel came to a focus in the shape of a bloody encounter. Hoi- lingsworth used a clubbed gun on Bunk er , who took an ax and cut a fearful gash on Holllngsworth's head , literally sever ing ono of his oars. Bunker escaped with alight Injuries. The Burlington Hawkoyosays : "Mem bers of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers in this city has received a cir cular letter from Tom Mouaham , n few yearn ago a popular Q. engineer , who is at present confined In a miserable Mexi can jnll where ho is compelled to endure all the tortures of Mexican brutality. Mr. Monahan was arrested for an acci dent witn which ho is In no way con nected , and the letter requests the mom- bora of the brotherhood to bring about his release. " The tramp nuisance is getting to bo serious In Burlington and its suburbs , and the police are doing all in their pow er to keep the vagabonds from runninq thu town to suit themselves. A few evenings ago the town jail was filled with the lazy gents of leisure , but during the temporary absence of the officers the locks wore broken from the outside and the whole gang made good their 'osopc to prey upon the law-abiding , industrioue citizens of thu town , The town of Glenwood was recently in < vadcd by a , gang of eighteen tramps , who , armed with revolver * , coolly entered u number of stores and helped thomselvoi tn goodsjand money amounting to § 400 , The business men finally closed tholi stores , and about fifty armed thomsoivci nud proceeded after the enemy , who thor vacated the town , leaving a couple o , their number in the hands of the officers , after four shots had been exchanged or each side , without effect. There wai some talk of lynching the vagrants. Many Have llciison lor This year , but none more BO than thofortunat winners in the 171Ih Grand Monthly Druwloi of The lyouislaua State Lottery a New Orleans , on Tuoedny. ( ulwny on Tucwlay ) , November lltli. Ticke No. GS.'JSO drew thu Vint Capital 1'rlzo o 78,000. It was sold In fifths , at SI each ou of which was hold by Frank Crockett , Kngi ncer of No , Engine , in the FiroDopaitmen of San Francisco , and collected through th Bank of California another fifth waa held b John M. Moberley , Assistant Cashier of th Mercer National Lank of Harrodaburg , Ky. another by Mr. That , Mulhearn.llijunrdealei Xo. " 020i Washington Bt , Uoatou , Mass , am the biiUnco elsewhere , Nn. 13,0' ' ; ! drew Bee end Capital S-'S.COOs two-fif tha of which wer hold by LouU J. Wild , Donaldsrnville , La. another fifth by Master Frank K. IJuIfy , n eight year-old son of Mr , Thoj. Duffy , No1 at. . Hartford , Connanother b Mr. Itobert KithUr , at No. ' . ' 311 Cluiatinii at I'liila. , 1'a. No 6U,3Ua drew the Third Cap tal prize of $10,000 ; sold also In fifths , one t [ ) . L Orr , of Btephenvillf , WU , and the ba < wo elaewhera. Nos , \33 and 1)7.135 ) dre each one of the Foarth Capital 1'rizea < a,000 , vcattercd iu fractional parts In S f.out , MO.J Victoria , Texts ; ladianajioll j lad ; CmciuuattJO , THE FRONTIER TRAMP , How StranflefliGrailiiaiBS Lfts Phonl Money , "Oho Mo Two HltH1 * I'roKress I'ovorty Horace Urcclcj's M l Mexican Cheap liniior The Want o ( Cnpltal. 151 Paso ( Texas ) Correspondence of the St. Louis GloboJemocrat , "Bog your pardon , sir , can you lot mo have two bits ? 1 want to get B night's lodging. " It was ouUido the door of n brightly lit all-night saloon on San Antonio street that your correspondent was stopped by thla abrupt salutation. The moonlight olfalgeuco of the numerous oloctrlo lights would have inndo n pin on the sidewalk visible , andgavo him ample tlruo to take stock of the applicant. A slightly built man of about fiO , dressed in an old and glossy suit of black , that , to usn the com monplace , "had soon bettor lUvs. " A face that spoke of culture and refine ment , albeit brutalized by piggish bristles and rendered coarse by ovor-lndnlgonco in strong drink. The old black diago nal coat was buttoned cloao up to the chin , as though to hide the dirty linen beneath , and a worn slouch hat formed his hpadgoar. It was in such a Btato of dilapidation as to recall the ballad of Paddy McFaddon , who was greasy and fat , And the hair of his head It stuck nut through hla hat , Such was the ouscmblo of the man who carao woat to the boundary of two repub lics , to hold out his hand to the passing stranger and beg two bits for his night's lodging. Drowning mou , wdo have been rescued , tell us that in the few momenta that elapse between the surcease of pain and absolute oblivion , their whole lives seem to paso in review bcforo thorn , and aa my fingers sought the coveted 125 cents so seemed to pass through my mind sad thoughts of the increase of misery and poverty the wide world over. THI : rnun COSMOVOLITE. Poverty , I think , ia the greatest cos mopolito. I have seen it chased as a crlmo from the streets of our great cities in the United States ; I have soon it cell ing its miserable match boxes ( containing matches that never would or could ignite ) an an excuse to oecapo pollco persecution in the London streets ; I have aeon it picking up the gwbago around the Holies Central in Pans ; sunning its brass badge on the Piazzi do Spagua at Homo , and yet more recently blocking the entrance to the Cathedral of Chihuahua. But surely I thought this southwest that la always asking for Immigrants ought not to have healthy men standing round the streets of her towns asking for aim ? . In this con nection I should remark that this applica tion for "two bits" wan only ouo of a dozen to which the visitor to El Paso is subjected nightly , and that the only cure the authorities seem to have for the evil Is to round-up the poor devils like cattle and drive them out of town with a force of mounted officers. I thought I would interview the man who wanted two bits for a bed , and so dropping half a dollar into his out stretched palm I asked him to take a drink. Seated beside a warm steve and under the influence of a "hot Scotch , " my tramp became quito communicative and required little urging on the part of the interviewer to unllmbor his tongue. ' 1 suppose you're going to commence with the usual cant about why don't I go towork and the roat of it , " ho com menced. "To hoar you follows talk about industry and energy , ono would Imagine that all a fellow had to do was to go right Into the first stern and ask for a job to get It. Well , you just try It , and you'll find that your Industry is not wanted and your energy is wasted on the desert air. " "But Pd imagine , " broke in your cor respondent , "that a man of some culture turo , education and address would sooner or later drop into something good and keep it without much trouble. You seem to be that kind of a man.1' "Well , sir , if instead of being a college graduate I had been a graduate from carpenter's bench or a blacksmith's shop , I would not have boon begging to-night. The only man that has any solid guarantee too against starvation to-day is the mo chanic. The land is overcrowded with colleges and universities of all kinds grad uating young men who are absolutely worthless at best and precious little use anywhere. There are so many young men that can do nothing but clerk that there are 500 for every ono vacancy , and wages have stink to ntarvalion point. In mining districts the business of assayer used to be a good one. Now every state university is turning out things by the hundreds that paes us mining engineers and assayers , and their pay is leas than any good miner can earn. This holds true of the professions generally , all of which are full to over ( lowing. About two years ago I had a good oituation in a store at Tucson , but owing to dull times I got let out. I hadn't much money , but I started for Silver City , but found noth ing. I tried Doming with the aamo re sult , and then Lake Valley. My money had given out and 1 was glad of any job. I tried to got on as surfnca laborer at the Sierra Grindo mines , but there wore hundreds of strong , able laborers who , of course , cut mo out. Men who em ploy laborers always select the strongest men they can got , a fact that the follows who , parrot-like repeat Horace Grealey's cry 'Go West , young man , Go West,1 seem to entirely Ignore , From Lake Valley to hero I beat my way over the Santa Fo line , and I have norr been in 1 Paso about three weeks. " "How have you managed to live ! " CIIKAI' LIUNO. "Oh , it's wonderful how little a man can live on when he's forced to it , Look at these follows up Intho Arctic , how they got alonKonthoirsoalskinpants for months before they took to cannibalism. 1 don't ' suppose I eulfored aa badly as thoae men did , but I know what it la to bo without food for two days , But I'll tell you how I have nunagod to llvo. I peddle pencils around the saloons , and young fallows often give mo 10 cents and refuse to take a pencil , in which they are sensible , as they are the poorest and cheapest 1 can get in the town. Then they very often ask mo to have a drink. I eupposo I'm often asked to take a drink a dozen tunei in a day. It never s'ruck you , perhaps , but it has often struck mo as strange thai a dozen men will ask yon to have a drlnl and not one will ask you to have a iquan meal , though starvation looks out of voui very eyes. With the pencil racket a fol low rosy make two bits or perhaps IK cents a day , and this is how ho lives 01 it , lie buys a loaf of broad for o conti In the morning and oats naif of it. Hi then goes into one of those cheap oho | stands , of which there are three in E PASO , and gcU a b'jwl of chill con carne ) ( UUUCO.VCllt.SE ii a Mexican dtoh , a kind of meat stewe < with roil peppers , r.nd ia a great stltnul- nnt to the weak ttomach. The common- cst kind of meat is used in making it stuff trmt aslls in the butcher's stall for about 0 cents a pound. A bowl of Ihia stuff costs 10 conts. In the evening you can take another bowl for supper. Days when I make a little more money I take some Irish stow instead of the chill con carno. It costs 15 conts. 'Uow about beds ? " "Well , 1'vo got a blanket , and there are always empty box cars lying on the railroad track , into whloli 1 creep and sleep until morning. The last few nights , though , it has been so cold that I couldn't do it , and that's the reason I struck you to-night. " "i'ho American laborer has not much stow here ? " queried the writer , after a pause. "No. Ho was too close to old Mexico and Mexican cheap labor affects htm just us Chinuso cheap labor affected htm in California. No white man can work for Mexican wages , and as the supply of Mexican labor right at their doors is al most Inexhaustible , contractors naturally give it the preference ; hence the vast number of idle mou you sno hanging around the street corners. To glvo you an idea how cheap Mexican labor Is , the Mexican Central railroad found It actually more profiaablo to employ Mexicans by the thnusantis than to use labor saving machinery in making the road bed south of Chihuahua. Twenty cents a day was big pay for them , and they actually car ried the dirt in baskets on their heads to construct the dumps. First class Mexi can minors only got 75 cents a day and ordinary minors 50 cents. That is _ what the Corratltoa mining company which ia considered a liberal outfit , is paying , No , sir ; the southwest frontier Is no place for a poor man , and the republic of Mexico is still worse. Mexico Is one of the bpst countries in the world tolivo out of and don't jou forgot it. " TWELVE HUNnilEI ) MILES AWAY. "Another cnrso of that placa IB , " continued - tinuod the frontier tramp. "You're 1- 200 miles away from anywhere 1 moan from any largo city. It ia about that distance from St. Louis , Chicago , San Francisco or the City of Mexico. You are at the cxlran'ely small hub of a mighty big wheel , and you're forever crying , with Sterna's starling , " 1 can't got out ! I can't ' get out ! " Not that _ E1 Paso is a Dad place , if a man is a genuine bum , devoid of shame or the rouinant of self-reepoct. Such men can pick up their grub all the time and get some old corral to sloop in ; and the climate is splendid ; but men like myself , sir , who have seen hotter days and can hardly see worse , it is wo who aull'er. Drop into the all- night saloons on El Paso street and see the poor fellows who sloop on chairs , hugging the stove to keep their feeble blood in circulation , and if you won't think it must have been in a vein of Irony that old Grocloy exclaimed 'Go west , young man , go west , ' I shall bo greatly mistaken. " "What do you think is the reason that the woat and southwest is'gettlng as bad as the old worn-put east ? " "Railroads , air , railroads. They bring in 100 poor men for the ono man with capital. In the old days when it took a small fortune to cross the plains , though all were not rich , every man was com fortable. What the southwest wants , sir , is lean labor and more capital. " Hero an incursion on the part of a freight "crow" on the Y. and P. brought the interview to an abrupt close. C. A. M. PILES ! PILiES ! PILES ! A SURE CURE FOUND AT uASTI NO ONE NKKD BUFFER. A sure cure for Blind , Bleeding , Itching and 'Icoratod Files haa been discovered by Dr. Williams ( an Indian Remedy , ) called Dr. Vllliam's Indian Pile Ointment , A single ox hna cured the worst chronic cases of 25 or 0 years standing. No ono need Buffer five ilmikfl after applying this wonderful Booth- ng medicine. Lotions , instruments and eloa uarioa do more harm than good , William's ndian File Ointment absorbs the turners , al- ays the intense itching , ( particularly at night Eter getting warm in bed , ) acts as a poultice , ives instant relief , and is prepared only for 'lies , itching of the private parts , and for othlno olflo. Read what the Hon. J. SI. Opffinbbi'ry , of Cleveland , says about Dr. William's Indian lle Oointment : "I have used scores of File 'urea ' , and it affords me pleasure to say that I ave never found anything which gave such nmcdiato and permanent relief us Dr. Wil- ain's Indian Ointment. For sale by all drug- Icta and mailed on receipt of price , 50c and 1. Sold at retail by Kuhn & Co. 0. F. GOODMAN , Wholesale Ago CHRISTMAS PKESKNTS. onsonublc Hints on the QucMlon , ) orcaa Magazine , The annually recurring and torment- ng , tantalizing question what to buy or nako for Christmas , ia ono oaay of solu- ion to the holler of Fortunatus' purao , but the woman who muatby her own kill and labor , make up for the lack of means , has u moro difficult task. The ono may buy whatever her fancy die- atea , with oi\y \ the thought "there's ono moro oil'my list , " while the other re members not only her own moans , but ho state and condition of the recipient. Many give so little thought to their gifts hat whllo they may bo very handsome in homaclvos , they are entirely unsuited to ho person for whom they are Intended. Happy is she who has the faculty of inking , with her own deft fingers , use ; ul as well aa ornament * 1 gifts , weaving n with the soft wool ) and bright silks , oving thoughts and kind wishes ; such jjifts have a price far beyond the intrinsic value of them. A ploco of china or silver ia but a piece of china or silver ; any ono may buy it ; any ono may own it ; but a dainty gar ment , which ia never used without n thought of the fair worker , ia something > which all n ay not havo. HHKVICKAIILE LETTKK OASB. A pretty and serviceable letter-case , tc suspend over one's desk , may bo made by cutting two pieces of card board tntc squares , raoaauring six inches each way , Cover each side of both pieces with Bill or satin , taking care to finish the edgei very neatly. Paint or embroider anj convenient design on the outside piece , and then lay the two together and overhand hand two sides together , beginning a < ono corner and working half-way rounc to the opposite diagonal corner. Covei the edges with a card and suspend wltl loops of ribbon from the two points o : corners not fastened together. It shoult hang diamond-wiao , that the letters ma ; bo clipped in each aide of the ribbon b ; ' which it is hung. A handsome tassel o' ornament fastened to. the lower poin adds to the beauty and finish , J'OfKUT 1'I.V CUSHION. Novelties in the way of pocket pin cushions for gentlemen may bo inadu ii the shape of fans , round or oval , like th Japanese and palm-leaf , or like a sproai open or shut fan , Cut a patter of papo the slzo desired , like this , cut two piece of cardboard , each overlaid with prett tllk or aatiu ; overhand them togethc neatly and _ decorate with brush and colors or outline embroidery. Tiny cord mid tnssch may bo nddcd , by which to sutpond , If desired. The open fan may bo decorated with two colors of silk , to represent the foldings , and long stitches of the silk for the sticks. An ingenious person will , with the aid of a few places of eilk , satin , otc , bo able to add qulto a variety of those useful articles tor her Chrlstmasglfts. AN VMIllir.UA HOLIIEU. Another very useful and ornamental gift , for either lady or gentleman , Is an umbrella holder. Thcso may bo mode of heavy brown linen or any of the fancy cloths used for embroidery , if they have sufficient wolght. The back should bo ouo yard long , throe and a half Inches wide at the bottom nud five at the top This may bo lined with the same or any lighter material. Put a piece of heavy cardboard or pasteboard , same slzo , be tween the two If this la not done , the pockets will sag when filled with urn- brollaa and canes. The outsldo piece for pockets should bo twenty-six inches long , f ur Inches nido at the lower end , and ton and a half at the upper. Have stamped any pretty design or appropriate mottoes , and work them in outline stitch with scarlet , Mandonna cotton , or silk , or wool if desired - sired ; but the cotton stands the wear of the laundry and long ustgo : better than the more fancy colors. A design of folded umbrella or a cane rrill do for ono pocket , with another for a Buddon shower , with people hurrying and skurrying between the drops for the othor. "Sunshine cometh after rain. " "Fast bind , fast find , " and "Laid by for a rainy day" are upproiato sentiments with which to adorn the pockot. Having finished the design paste the two together , lengthwise , exactly in the middle ; ever thin stitch a strip of scarlet braid ; now fasten the ether edges to gether and bind neatly with the sauio braid ; stitch a loop of the braid across the top , to hang up by. If ono has not plenty of room , the inaido or the outside of a wardrobe or closet door may bo used for hanging. 11CTICULES. Now that a revival of the reticules of the days of our grandmothers seems to bo expected , thoao made in rich materials would bo very acceptable by and by as Christmas presents. The most conven ient shape la simply a square bag of vel vet , lined with colored silk. A running to hold a ribbon or cord , and tassels to draw it together with , must bo made about three inches from the top of the bag. This is the siropliat form and the easiest to make , but moro elaborate ones may bo made if preferred. The bottom corners may bo rounded , or the bag made envelope shape with a haudlo at the top. Ono of the prettiest is that made by tak ing a ploco of velvet or brocade ( and happy ore these who have old scraps of brocade laid by ) the size the bag ia to be , and by cutting the lower edge into largo Vandykes , which must bo sewn together , so that the bag ends in a point finished off with a tassel. I have seen some moro useful , but not such ornamental recepta cles in the shape of a Brobdignagianlong purao with largo rings and tassals. These cases made of brown holland trimmed with braid and closed with ivo ry rings , will prove very acceptable to travelers for holding boots and shoes , and many other etceteras. Night-dresa cases and comb-bags look very well made in cretonne or sateen with the outline of the pattern worked round in outline stitch , or if a largo design , In chain- stitch. IIAKUIXO MX CUSHION. Very elegant pin-cushlonn for hanging up at the side of a looking-glass are made just now in the shape of a slipper. They are made in three pieces. First , a piece of cardboard must bo cut in the form of the solo of a shoo , about six inches long , and then the toe which In those I saw was made in two pieces , but may be contrived In ono piece if preferred. These three pieces ot cardboard must bo first covered with satin , and a small spray embroidered on each of them at the heel end of the shoo and in the midJlo of the ether pieces. The back of the shoo should bo neatly lined. When the three pieces are all covered and sewn together , a littti pincushion cavored with the same satin and stufi'ed with bran must bo tightly wedged in the too of the shoe. When this is all done a cord should be run 8long to hide all the stitches made by joining the pieces , not forgetting the edge of the at la , and a twlat of three loops made at the hod to hang it up by. TOILET 1'IX-CUHIIIOX. Very useful toilet pin-cushions may be made of round cardboard collar boxes or of the round vrhito boxes that rolled tongues or brawn has been packed in. They munt , however , bo nlculy padded and lined and the lid atull'ud with bran to hold the pins. A frill of the material used must bo pieced around the bottom part of the box and , a niching of the same around the lid. These will bo found most useful if the lid la altogether rucva- bio , not fixed to the bottom a ) in the or- ainary piu-cvchlous , which have an awk ward habit of tilting up directly the lid is opened. A 1'rntccflvo TnrUr of His Own. Chicago Herald. Out on Milwaukee avenue , in Chicago , is n beer saloon and restaurant with a sign , "Fivo Cents Admission" on its door , After handing over hia nickel to the Teutonic gentleman who stood behind the door ready to receive it , the investigate ] inquired : "Is this a museum ; " "Now , It vos a lagerpoer saloon. " "Why do you charge five cents admla slon. slon."Veil , you see , I haf droubled sc mooch boon mit dom match-boddlora wafllo'boddlers , eandyich-poddlera , wienerwurst nor-wurst bcddlors and dom fellers dot 1 doan'd like it pooty much. Da sell don tini/s in hero to my guatomprs , und gi delr money und gomboto mit mine owr dradp. So I myselluf says to von da , Tn no high dnrifl republicans for noddlngs , I fix you fellers , So I put owit dot sign I m ko eforybody vet goonis into uij hgorpoor saloon pay mo funf cunts , al ready. Dot ia to brhii. ' mo in un refenui und be my brotectivo tariff against den foreign gompeditoro vet has no poealnosi Inhere. ForschtayC' "Yes , I see the scheme , But how doc it work ( " "Dot's do drubble dot's do dtubblo Noddinge seems to go tight in dis goon try except in do nowsbabors. I've drioi dot tariff for brotection a whole wue ! already , und you voa do only gujtoma I'vo had In all dot time. Vet you haf- tin pool I" I"A A Pluulcy Woman , n Ht'NTKii'rJ I'oiNT , December 10 - V ropoi from liuckvillu Center Btatoa that a tramp ei tered the house of Mia. .Seaby Sprague lai night and dtuuandud her money. She wet to the bureau and got a pocketbook in ot hand and a revolver in the other , and whi handing him tun poclcetbook shot him dowi - AT 1 1513 DOUGLAS ST : , OMAHA : Commencing Monday , November 24th Consisting of Picture Frame Mouldings , Picture Frames , Ecgraviugs.Paintings . , Water Colors , Photographs , Station ery , Pocket Books , Purses. Ladies' Shopping Bags , Scrap Books , Albums , Statuary , Ar tists' Materials , Goldjronzo , Plush and Velvet Cabinet Frames , Brackets , Comb and Biush Sets , Jewel Cases , Work Boxes , Glove and Handkerchief Boxes , Oder Sets , Birthday , Christinas and New Year Cards , and a Great Variety of Fancy Goods and "Novelties Adapt ed to the Holiday Trade , You Pictures to Frame I so , this ia an opportunity of a lif c-iimo to get them doiio iu the bust o stle , and at pricc.s < Myiug all competition. I have the hugest ami finest stock oE the abe e gouds , in the cily , having made my entire Holiday Purchases before deciding to retire from the business. Failing health coir pels me to make a change and in oulpr to close out my stock ab once , I offer without reserve , bargains m every line such as will insure a speedy sale. This is ttie Greatest Opportunity e\vr tf- fered to the citizens of Omaha and surrounding towns t > rehct their Ho'iday Goods. Come at once and oo convinced that every article of fered is a bargain. J 513 DOUGLAS STREET. IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURING Fine Diamonds , Eich Jewelry , French Clocks , Bronze Statuary , English Silver Plate , Antique Brass Ware , European Holiday Novelties , In the lest CAKUY IN STOCK ALL TH1J CELEBRATED MAKES -OF- JLotvcr Ii'icet * < ttid Serins this flfotith ever offered before. A visit to oitrirare solicited. WHOLESALE BY L , A. STEWART & CO. , 1013 Jones Street } ASK FOH KED cuosa. { OMAHA HEB THE BRUNSWICK , BALK ! : , COL- LENDER COMPANY , TO TI1K J. M. 1) ) , & B , CO. ) The matt extenilve manalictarerl IN TUE WOULD. John Hockitiuaor Ouneril Avon ! or Helr k tu Wt ! U > rn lawt. 50 8. Tenth Street OilAOA , KEH la BIHUrd tnd Pool T t > lm n < l icitdlt rltx * ALOHd TUB LINK OP TUB Chicago. . St , Paul , Minneapolis tnd OMAHA RAILWAY. Tat now exUncun ol tMi line ficin Wtkefitld np Ihi BEAUTIFUL VALLEY of the GAN through Concord tnd Coleridge nunclitt the bitt portion ci the KUU , Hi > ci l wulon rt 4 lor Unit tuokcri eve thla line i W jue , Norfolk und llMttaicton , ind rl llUlr tci prluoli l [ > olut9 oa the JIOUX 01TY & PACIFIC RAILROAD Tutni over tht 0. , St. I' . U. A 0. Hillwar to Cor ' " * < MOUI City , k-one * , AUrtlugton , W yoe nd notlolk , CfoxxKLoot tt Z3lMlzr Ji FIVUIUUI , o k < i. . , Kvllcb , tndlhtouib la Vt ) > enliae. irrttull o I miti. u > ii
