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predicted n snowlccs Christmas and
Oniiiliu has it.
' " WHAT iw the trouble with French
politicsThere has not been a change of
the cabinet for u week. Where is Cleni-
oncoauV
OMAUA may confidently expect a
(1,500,000 postoillco in ono stocking and a
$1,000,000 hotel in the other from Santa
Claus by next Christmas.
PUOVIIIKXCK cannot bo always de
pended on to Bwcep the streets of
Omaha with a nor'wester. The board
Cf public works and city council should
bo apprised of this fact.
THIS state board of transportation is
not all tig it should bo to insure
proper railroad regulation. It is 011-
titled , however , to iv meed of credit for
some of its recent efllciont work.
KANSAS CITY is becoming a rival of
Chicago in ono respect , but not ono to
which sheaspires. Forty divorces have
boon granted there In three days. This
way help to boom the town , but Omaha
docs not depend on the inollicioncy of
her divorce courts for her growth.
A NKW YOIIK reporter has been in
vestigating the bogus divorce business
in that city. lie found no dilllculty in
obtaining divorces from suppositions
wives in three days after application. It
la evident that the law relating to
divorces is like the tariff it needs re
vision.
IN passing an opinion as to whether
Mr. Lamar will bo confirmed by the
senate as justice of the supreme court ,
it will bo well to weigh that curious and
indefinable quantity known as "sena
torial courtesy. " Mr. Lamur was a
member of the senate two terms and has
many ties of friendship still existing in
that body.
WE have a whole community of aris
tocrats in this country. Tholr uncos-
tors wore hero when the pilgrims
landed at Plymouth Rock. They are
'the ' Osage Indians , who own their reser
vation and have seven million dollars
bearing flvo per cent interest in the
hands of the government. As there are
only about sixteen hundred of these
&boriginecs they nro the richest com
munity in the country. Lo , the poor
Indian , is not applicable in their case.
TllK Panama canal seems to be in a
'bad way. The engineers give notice
that owing to unforscen difllcultics in
piercing the mountains the date of com
pleting the canal must bo postponed at
least n year longer than at first calcu-
lutcd. M do Lossups has , however ,
Bangulnoly fixed on February ! ! , 1890 , as
the precise date of opening the canal
for trntllc. Financial difllcultics are
tftlso pressing on all sides. In the Ilrst
.place the cost of labor nnd machinery ,
and the delays incident to the stupend
ous undertaking in such a backward
country as Panama , have far exceeded
the estimates. Then , too , the last loan
'was secured on terms so burdensome to
M. do Lesseps that borrowing at such
onerous rates of intorcbt show the
dcB | > crate straits of the company.
It is only the absolute conthlcncojii
! M. do Lessops' ability as a canal builder
'and tlnnncior that 1ms so far
ecured the money for his
project from the French mid
dle classes. Should M. do Lcssops
die within the next two years , an event
highly probable since ho is over eighty
years of ago , the Panama * , canal will go
down ns the groatc.it failure of modern
times. But M. do Lcssops is a man not
discouraged cither by advancing age or
by financial dillleulties. As the projector
Of the Suez canal he has ) > ccomo accus
tomed to dilllcultics of every kind. It
Is not strange that when he must devise
ways and iiK'ans to keep thu work alloat ,
Shat lie has petitioned the French gov
ernment for the privilege of u lottery
Joan. What action the government will
take in granting hisappoal remains to bo
4 eon. In thu menu time tlie project does
ot meet the approval of economists who
charge M.do Lossops of. grave misstate-
Rents understating the present liu-
frilltica of his company , and of. making
rose-colored ropcrts of .deplorable
tate-of things in.Ptinamii. . . i '
The ChrlMtinhB Holiday.
Merry Christinas is again with us ,
rich in all Its perennial joy , Its wealth
nf anticipation and of realization , ilsox-
ubernnco of good cheer , Its compliments
and well wishes. Moro than any other
day of the year Christmas is the chil
dren's day , but it is given welcome by
all , and it has its value for all. Apart
from the personal event that gives it an
especial claim to the respect and ob
servance of the Christian world , it is
worthily honored as peculiarly the oc
casion that inspires these kindly ofllces
and generous ministrations which call
into activity all that is best in human
nature. Tin'wo to whom it is at all times
n pleasure to contribute to the bene
fit nnd happiness of others find in
this occasion the largest and the most
fitting opportunity for this means
of nelf gratification , while these whoso
chords of kindness and sympathy are
untouched by any appeal during all the
rettt of the year respond to the gentle
and genial influences that attend the
Christniastldo and keep it over fresh to
the ohlo.it of Us observers.
There is perhaps nothing to bo said
of Christmns that has not boon repeated
thousands of times , yet the lesson can
never grow old that teaches the obliga
tions of affection and of charity. If
there are any to * whom this annually re
newed counsel seems stale and flat , they
are the class most in need of it. The
man or woman who can feel no sympa
thy with the nearly universal happiness
of to-day , with all the boundless
wealth of kindness and good will ,
of affection and benevolence it
implies , is in need of rad
ical reformation. It is agreeable to
believe that the number of such is an in
significant majority , and that the great
multitude are in full accord with the
spirit and the domaniis of this merry
Benson.
It is a duty wo owe ourselves and
others to look on the bright side of.
things to-day. There will bo time
enough in the days to follow to dwell
upon the unhappy conditions that make
up the dark side of this life's picture.
Wo. shall bo bettor in all respects for
ono day of complete relief from every
thought and emotion that would cast a
shadow on the proper and salutary
pleasures of Ibis occasion. In this spirit
wo extend to every reader of the BEK
the cordial wish of ' 'A Merry Christ
mas. "
A Sound Ilusin.
Senator Stewart's speech in favor of
the suspension of the coinage of silver ,
amounting to $2,000,000 , a month , and
the substitution of silver certificates
based on bar bullion purchased by the
treasury , has struck a responsive chord
throughout the west. It is substan
tially the policy advocated for years by
the editor of this paper as the ultimate
solution of the silver problem , and the
answer to the question of how we shall
secure a stuplo and flexible currency
with a secure basis of circulation.
As great silver producing country the
United States can not afford to discredit
its precious metal. As a gold and lead
producing nation it can as little afford
to strike a blow at the silver industry
which returns as a result thirty per cent
of all the gold mined and a large pro
portion of all the lead smelted. The
history of the past flvo years has proved
that silver can not bo discarded. Its in
tegrity as a purchasing power has not
been shaken by the assault roado upon
it in the house of its friends. Increasing
use in the arts and a steadily
growing demand for it as
a circulating medium has main
tained its value in spite of theories
and adverse legislation. The silver cer
tificate , based on silver dollars , , will to
day purchase precisely as many commod
ities as the gold certificate based on an
equal number of gold dollars. The only
value of each over the weight of metal
which they represent is the decrease in
bulk. The same value would obtain
over bar bullion hold in the treasury as
security for the circulating notes. It
would be a solid pledge of governmental
faith and governmental power to pay
dollar for dollar the obligations which
its certificates represented.
There is another phase of
the subject which is equally
timely. The rapid retirement of the
government bonds is causing anxious
inquiry for a new basis for national
bank circulation. Financiers are forced
to face the certainty of their institu
tions being deprived in the near future
of their present basis of circulation and
are already casting about for some new
class of securities to take its place.
State bonds and municipal securities
are suggested , but the history of pri
vate and government banking in the
country affords a poor argument foi
such a basis of circulation. The banks ,
which at the outbreak of the war were
loaded up with southern bonds , dis
covered at an immense cost thai
state credit is not a sullieient security in
times of stress for a generally circulat
ing currency. Even the currency ol
the government , with the full faith of
the nation behind it , fell to thirty-seven
cents on the dollar.
All experience has proved that gold
and bilver alone are the proper basis of
circulation. They have an intrinsic
value which panics , financial disturb
ances , commercial commotions and even
the strain of great wars can only tem
porarily threaten but never destroy.
For this reason silver ingots are al
ready being discussed , by a num
ber of eastern bankers , as a pos
sible security for future nation a
bank circulation. To bo sure the inter
est now gained by the banks on thoii
bonds would bo lost , but that could bo
remedied by permitting the banks , as
well ns the government , to issue notes
for the full amount of silver they de
posit , and abolishing the federal tax on
national bank note circulation.
the Pulpit.
The recent national conference of the
Evangelical Alliance attracted general
attention for two reasons. First of all
it was a gathering of the most influen
tial clergymen and laymen connected
with church work throughout the coun
try. The names borne on its roster
represented fairly well the intelligence
the bruicsund the experience of the
American pulpit , regardless of. sect.
They represented equally well tUo busi
ness push und financial stability of the
> cw. .But more interesting than this
net , to those who followed the fully ro-
> orted.proceedings of the conference
vhlch the dully press laid before
hreo millions renders , was the
.imely and broad topics of public
ntcrcst which wore discussed by the
gathering1. Polemics gave place to
> ractlcal subjects. The attitude of the
church to society in ameliorating con
ditions which menaced the moral devel
opment of status and municipalities , the
) hico of religion In education , and the
ncuiiH to be taken to bring thinking
Christian people into closer nympathy
vlth the labor problem these and
dndred topics wore treated with a can-
lor , an intclllgenco and an evident de-
si fo to secure information by an inter
change of opinions , which mark an
epoch in church history in this
country. It was noticeable that
he pew took u more prominent
> art than the pulpit , and that the sub-
ects which were heard and discussed
vlth most interest were these in which
ho secular side was most prominent ,
'rof. ' able
Boyosen's paper advocating
the restriction of immigration was a
case in point.
Lack of active sympathy with every
day life , ovory-day problems , ovcry-dtiy
arrows and trials , and ovory-duy men
IBS been one of the charges often
> rought against the pulpit. Whether
rue or false , it has obtained and greatly
mpalred the admitted usefulness of the
church as an educating intluonco. The
> opular , and most useful because
ho most popular , preachers arc
those who soar little in the
empyrean of ' doctrinal discussions
uid devote their pulpit energies to-
vard the more homely but more help-
ul topics of daily interest and indivld-
tal experience. This is becoming more
ind more recognized , and the Alliance ,
> y the range which its discussions took ,
vill do much to assist in broadening the
functions of the pulpit.
Where Onr Public Sphoola Are Weak.
At the last meeting of the board of
education attention was called to the
'act that the history in use in our pub-
.ic schools contains little or no reference -
once to the period between 1801 and the
close of General Grant's second
term as president. This period
embraces the most moment
ous epoch in the history of
America. To construct a history of the
United States with the war of the re
bellion and a history of the reconstruc
tion period loft out would bo like the
play of "Ilamlot" without" the melan
choly Dane.
The proposition to revise our toxt-
booka on history , which is pending be
fore the committee on teachers and
text books , is within itself eminently
proper. The only question is how this
is to bo done with the least friction and
outlay. To supplement the history in
use by another book dealing
exclusively with the civil war , and the
political results that sprang from it ,
would , it seems to us , be more practical
and economical than to revise the ex
isting edition or drop it altogether and
purchase a different text-book. Promoters
meters of abrupt changes of text-books
are always looked upon with suspicion.
Incidentally it may bo timely to call
attention to the admission inado by
Superintendent .lames that United
States history is taught only during one
year of the entire school course. Now
what can bo expected of our graduates
if they give only a small fraction of their
time during a single school year to the
reading and study of American history ?
This is a revelation which brings home
the fact that our public school system is
lamentably weak at the base , and
awfully inflated at the top. Wo teach
everything in the schools except plain
English , and our graduates know every
thing under the sun except
what happened in America and
what concerns the American
people. They know all about geology ,
meteorology , astronomy , and the Greek
root , out half of them cannot write a
sentence without misspelling , and they
scarcely know the merest outline of
what has transpir&d on this continent
since the landing of Columbus.
Proilt Sharing.
The plan of prollt sharing has been
tried to some extent in the United
States , and generally with satisfactory
results. Within the present year sev
eral largo firms have adopted the sys
tem , and wo shall probably learn soon
after the January settlements arc made
with what success. But the most grati
fying experience from the operation of
profit-sharing is supplied by France ,
where the plan has been moro largely
adopted and moro successfully carried
out than in any other country. The
honor of having conceived and intro
duced this innovation belongs to M.
Lcclairo , a house painter and decorator
of Paris , who forty-live years ago aston
ished his workmen with the announce
ment that after paying interest on his
capital the prollts would bo di
vided. The plan was not at first re
ceived with favor , and there was some
incredulity regarding the sincerity of
the master painter , but ho went on and
at the end of the first year distributed
a handsome sum among his journeymen.
The next year the dividend was in
creased , and from year to year the
business grow , and the employes of the
sagacious master painter found their
returns gradually increasing , giving
them an incentive to greater interest
and industry in the performance of their
work. After the merits of the plan had
been fully demonstrated by Lcclairo ,
other employers adopted it , and to-day
profit-sharing establishments in France
are numerous , and in every instance
where the system has been adopted it
has given the most satisfactory results
both to employers and the employed.
The attested merits of profit-sharing
are that it creates and maintains a bond
of mutual interest between employer
and employed , stimulates the zeal and
industry of workmen , does away with
contentious and conflicts , commands
the best talent , gets the very best work
from every mr.n , and in giving to
every one employed in the busi
ness u feeling of common interest stimu
lates all to work for the general wel
fare. Thus the experience- all the
establishments in. .Franco that , have
.adopted 'tali' , plan' has , bccn.oiio
of steady progreap , { It is raid that
the house established by Loci ill re
has never passed a dividend , while an
other great profit-sharing establish
ment , that of M. 'Gcxlirf ' at Guise , has
achieved a most 'remarkable ' progress ,
which its founder attributes in no small
measure to the advantages of the plan
which makes every man connected with
it practically a partner in the business.
Tlie adoption of this system may not be
practicable in all , departments of in
dustry and in all classes of business , but
there-are very many to which it can bo
applied , and employers who desire to
avoid contention 'and insure a steady
and zealous interest on the part of em
ployes would do well to study the his
tory of the profit-sharing plan in France.
Bundles.
The seven days ending with Christ
mas might fitly bo called "bundle
week. " Bundles everywhere. Bundles
in the hands of every pedestrian. Bun
dles in the stores , in the express olllco ,
in the postoillco , till Bundles become a
terror by day and a nightmare during
sleeping hours _ to the employes. It is
"correct form" to carry bundles just
before the holidays. The awfully dig
nified person , not quite sure of his
standing in society , can then encumber
his hands with parcels without fear. It
is not necessary to hire a hack to con
voy homo a paper of pins. Even a dude
may carry bundles. Everybody docs so
except "Scrooge. "
And what an eruption from them last
nightl The city , the whole country
flooded with their contents. Young , mid
dle-aged and old hearts made happy this
morning. There is much potency for
happiness in a bundle , whether it con
tains a jumping jack or a young miss
just in from the blizzard country. It
ought to bo made the ofllcial emblem of
hope , peace and charity. Bundles have
made moro eyes glisten with antici
pated joy than any other known form
of matter. They are everywhere wel
come except in royal households where
bundles are at present regarded with
suspicion. Who would want to bo a
king if ho could not take delight in a
bundle ?
"What did you get ? " Well , it does
not mat tor so much what it was. It is
the fact that you are remembered that
stirs the heart and moistens the eye.
In a world where the fighting individual
is most likely to survive , it is pleasant
to feel that there are people who wish
to add to one's slender store of pleasure.
There are thosowho , , attack Santa
Glaus. If ho must , go. lot us put the
bundle in his place. 1
POLITIOAIi POINTS.
General H. K. Juclfsoiiox-iuinlster to Mexico
ice , is said to be after Sbnutor Coliiuitt's
scut. '
Senator Sherman is rpxjrtcd | assaying that
the administration of , President Cleveland
"merely swims along.V , j
The republican platforms of Minnesota ,
lown and Nebraska cull for u revision and
reduction of the tariff. .
S. S. Marble , president of the Mnlao sen
ate , who succeeds tho.Into Governor Bodwell ,
is an antl-Blaino republican.
It is expected that John' G. Carlisle and
Samuel S. Cox will bo invited to discuss the
tariff question in IJostoa at au early day.
Congressman Dibble ntrain socks to have a
constitutional amendment osubmitted providing
for the election of second
viding a vice-presi
dent.
dent.Up
Up to the present time Judge Holman
hasn't objected to anything since the session
begun. It is feared that the judge is out of
voice.
The congressman who still wants to "go
slow" about revising the tariff must have
boca a messenger boy in his early and tender
boyhood.
Governor Oglosby snys ho is not n candi
date for rcnomlnutioti. Ho could probably
bo pcrsuaued to make the race for the vice-
presidency.
The Boston Advertiser considers the recent
elections to have practically settled that there
will bo no national labor candidate in the
Hold next year.
The Blalno partisans scorn to regard the
club convention an a sort of stuffed club
wherewith to whack the noddles of his nu
merous enemies.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press undertakes to
show from the record that tariff reform is
moro distinctively a republican than a demo
cratic measure.
To neglect to revise the tariff in a wise and
prudent manner now is to invite its total de
struction In a very unwise and imprudent
manner hereafter.
Ex-Governor Curtin of Pcnnsylvanahopos
for a rcnomlimtion to congress , but a faction
light In his district makes it impossible to say
how the canvass will end.
A Washington correspondent says Mr.
Blaine contributed a good share of his fortune
to the last convention nnd campaign , , but ,
though his book has restored his ihniuucs , 110
will not bo so liberal again ,
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat continues to
flght against the Blaine business , declaring
in out ) of its latest issues that "Mr. Blamo's
rcnomlnation would innko two mugwumps
where there is now but one"
Mr. Samuel .T. Unmlull has introduced n
bill for thoreductlon of the revenue , probably
with the same intention with which Napoleon
used to send Talleyrand to negotiate , to pre
vent anything being doio. )
Atlanta Constitution : While wo do not
altogether agrco with the policy outlined by
the president in the matter of the tariff , wo
do not think that it will cduso his defeat
elthur for re-nomination or ro-election.
At the annual meeting , of . .the Boston Civil
Service Koform association "President Ware
said that in reviewing tlw work of the past
year ho could not say thit the causa of civil
service reform had advanced farther than to
ho support of present legislation.
There is little doub that in the present
state of things a tariff reforp platform will
carry all before it. It presents an issue be
tween the masses and thp privileged classes
almost as clear cut ns thq issue of political re
form in England Jlfty-flvo yenrs ago.
Congressman Randall bnd"exSenator Wal
lace want to bo the delegates at largo from
Pennsylvania to the national democratic con
vention. The two mun have been political
enemies of lute , and a report that they uro
now pulling together creates considerable
tcomment.
Preserving the Equilibrium.
.rllfd C.ilt/ur/ifmi :
After all , gentleman , ours Is a land of
equality. The man who cats plo with a knlfo
is eligible to congress.
Vuluahlo nnd Interesting.
Omaha ErrtMor.
How much moro valuable and Interesting
is the reading matter contained in the James
Gordon HeniiottcaUojrauii which the BK'K
publishes than the ordinary runof press dls-
' Last Sunday , 'in thti now .dross
which that successful paper donned , th'o
cablegrams hud an especially attractive look ;
A resume of English iwlitics , word from Ber
lin on the continental outlook , ami Germany's
Christina * , the arrival of Dr. PnrltiT In Lon
don , etc. , etc ,
Hcnil Mini to ICiuiHiiH to
Says n correspondent of the Lnkosldo ( N.
Y. ) Press : "The Icy breath of winter kissed
the calm bosom of LakeOnelda u * she peace
fully slept Wednesday night , and the palo ,
cool moon looked down upon the daring oscu
lation and sighed deeply.
Wouldn't Know KtioiiKh Thru.
Mamn Telcuniiti ) ,
An English editor says ho U disappointed
In John Sullivan. The only way to
appreciate Sullivan is to stand up In front of
him.
a Grout Deal.
Air ir Uitfitti * I'lcaiinnt :
A health Journnl is tolling people "how to
llo when iiilcop. " If it could persuudo
tbem to tell the truth when awake it would
do good.
Wo Have Noticed It.
/tonMii Transcript ;
If you will notice it , the grandest oppor
tunities for making money are alwnys open
to the man who never hud a cent ho could
call his own.
And the Whole Crnniiiiu.
miatlclptita I'rtt * .
Fashion papers state that the dude's collar
is steadily getting higher. Good for the col
lar 1 Let it continue to rise until it hides the
dude's cars.
Wlicro the DaiiKOiIlew. .
San Franetsen Alta.
The greater amount of money locked up in
a needless surplus , the greater the oppor
tunity for trusts and corners In the neces
saries of life and articles of commerce.
A liauhclor'H Itevcrlo.
XMAS , isor. XMA , 183" .
i.
The mistletoe bung on her father" wall ,
( 'Tis twenty years sin sync )
The music's .soft rytlnn ros < > up in tlielmll ,
And stirred in my blood like wine.
She was fair , she was younghho was slender
and sweet ,
( That was twice ten years ago , )
She vowed that she loved me , and I as was
meet
Believed , when she told me so.
n.
As I sit here and smoke I can hear , even
now ,
The harpers playing in tune ,
I drew her aside , 'neath the mistletoe bough ;
( Hho was fresh us a rose In .Tune , )
I kissed the twin cherries dull men named
her lips ,
She trembled , she blushed , she was mine.
Ah , happier I than immortal who sips
In Elysium , ncctur divine.
in.
But fathers are stony , and polil : t great
lord :
And my bank account was nil ,
Old Jones was past sixty , but think of his
hoard ,
He'd a million sot down in bis will.
She bade mo farewell , with a sob nnd n sigh
She sent back my twor little ring.
She swore she'd bo true that she'd wither
and die ;
But - she married old Jones in the
spring I
IV.
Well well ! I can smllo when I thinls of it
now ;
( 'Ti.H n score of years since tlu'n. )
My sad heart was broken I thought so , I
vow ,
And no'cr could I love again.
But Maud's eyes wore hazel , nnd Susie's
*
eyes grey ,
While Jennie's were black ns the stoe ;
And youth couldn't pine for over and aye ,
Even twenty years ago.
v.
I met her to-night at the Pnrvcnuo's rout ;
They'd a German , n crush , and all that ,
She had three bouncing girls who were just
'coming out , "
And Lord ! but mamma had grown fat !
Did wo murmur of kisses , of passion , of love ,
As wo sat 'neuth the mistletoe bough ?
Uniph ! "Sho felt n cold draught , perhaps
we'd best move ,
Sho'd the rheumatics dreadfully now. "
VI.
So I'll light a fresh pipe , nnd I'll mix n fresh
bowl ,
As I sit hero , henrtwholo nnd alone ;
A bacchanal ditty unchecked I may troll ,
And cry to dull euro : "Come , begone ! "
Hero's a toast to bright eyes , bo they blue ,
brown or grey ;
Hero's long life to Maud , Susie nnd Chloe ;
The matrons and dowagers proud , of to-duy ,
My sweethearts of long ago !
FRANCES FIEI.U.
Xmas , 1837.
The Apcnt Meant Business.
Pittsburg Dispatch : There is a book
agent in this city at the present time
who is a genius , a man utterly unlike
the rest of his class , a fisher of men
equipped with imagination as well as
audacity. If his turn for mendacity
holds out it will land him in a scat at
about the right hand of his Satanic
Majesty. Yesterday this strongly
marked individual walked into ono of
largest wholesale grocery houses in this
city with a couple of .books under his
arm , neatly wrapped up in brown paper.
lie was handsomely dressed in a style
which was baggy enough to lie termed
"quite English , yo know , " and , seri
ously speaking , there was a decorous
suavity in his gait which was
almost clerical. Do traversed the
big ofllco and stopped at the
desk of ono of the principal members of
the linn. The latter looked up as the
stranger approached , and , being a mun
of keen perception , diagnosed the case
correctly. lie said : "Another book
'
agent ; 'I don't want any books ; I'm
busy. "
"I am no book agent , " said the
stranger , calmly , ns he pulled a chair
up close to the mcrchant' desk. "I am
the representative of the London pub
lishing firm of Blank & Son , 1 was
sent hero to introduce their publications
to the leading citizens of the United
States. I was told by Mr. Wcstinghouso
that you wore a lea'ding citixon , and "
"I don't want any books , I tell you , "
broke in the merchant.
"I don't want to sell any books. I
want you and others to know who Blank
& Son aro. I communicate the results
of my tour by cable to my employers ;
they telegraph mo my salary as I go ,
week by weelc ; oven my hotel bills are
settled by cable. Now , you are a lead
ing citi/on nnd your time is valuable ;
very well , I will pay you W for
five minutes of your time , " and the
speaker put his hand in his pocket 'and
drew out a wallet , from which ho took a
greenback. The merchant caught hold
of the chair and simply gasped. Then
his captor went on : "I have hero a
' 'Lcs Miserables. '
copy of Victor Hugo's
ono of a sot of the great French author's
works , and will show you "
"No you won't ! .Tust toll me what the
set's worth ? " said the victim.
"Just W2. "
The merchant wrote a check for the
amount , handed it to the agent and said :
"Now go. "
The agent wont , and the man whom
ho had conquered fell back in his chair
murmuring : "Salary by cable , oxnoiibes
by cable , $5 for five minutes well , I'll
bo "
- .
Aiitouliio JlroiiKht In.
Antonlno Burudu , n brother of the man now
in Jail awaiting Hontenco for murder , was
brought in yesterday from the Sao and Fox
reservation by Deputy Marshal Hepllngcr on
nclmrgoof her o stealing. This particular
Bnrudu is a hard case and has been repeat
edly arreste.d mid mulcted ' for mulcfuctioua
the luwn of tliq ovcmuicnu '
THK CHl'ItCIIKS.
Jlow They Will Observe ChrUtiuflR
Day The Slnulm ! Feature * .
In many of the chureliiM of the city OlirUt-
inns will bo obtorvod by services especially
appropriate to the occasion. During the past
two weeks pastor , ehorUtor nnd eongri'jfiitlon
have IxtMi zealously at work In thi > endeavor
to nrrnngo a programme which will bo np-
procmted. In their eflorH they have certain
ly been successful and on tills Sabhuth
Christmas morn saint and slnnur will mlngln
nt the different houses of worship nnd enjoy
n service ut once beautiful and Instructive.
No city I better prepared to present excellent
musical programmes than' ! Omaha , and
upon this occasion In every clurcli of the city
especial attention has boon paid to this fea
ture and the result will bo fully appreciated
by all who attend.
Tiu.NiTV t'mmniiu , .
The preparations at Trinity arrt oli'.borato ,
nnd tlio following programme will bo 11111-
dered nt the morning service , 10W : ! o'clock :
Processional Hymn Heading
Vcnlto- chant Klvey
Gloria Patrl ( .Turner
To Doum Fcatlvul In K Hut Buck
Jublluto Dee Holilcn
Hymn Arisen
Kyrlo , Gounod
Siinctus El v
Gloria In Exeelsis Old cliiin't
ItcceSBlonnl Hymn Mendelssohn
In the evening the following will bo the
programme : '
ProccHHlnnul Hymn Rending
Gloria Patu Klvoy
Gloria In Exeelsis ( ' 'd mass ) Mozart
Cuntito ; Domino ( quartette ) Corbin
O1UTOHIOOF MK.4SIAII.
Hecit. For behold , darkness shall cover the
earth
Air , The people that walked in darkness
Chorus , For unto us a child is born
Hecit. And thcru wore shepherds abiding
in tiic Hold
Heclt , And lot the Angel of the Lord came
upon them
Hecit , And the Anirel snld unto them
Hecit , And suddenly there was with the
Angel
Chorus , Glory to God.
Air. Hejoice greatly O Daughter ofAnn. .
Hymn. "It cnino UJKIII the midnight clear. . .
. > Sullivan
AM. SAINTS.
The Christmas services at All Snlnts' will
be unusuully excellent. At riO : ! and 11:80 :
a. in. holy communion. At the U o'clock ser
vices Sutidliy morning the choir will Mng ,
Stuincr'x anthems for nntiphomil choir ,
"Tho Morning Stars Sung Together. " Ap-
propriatu carols will bo sung ut both services.
Take Farnum and Park avenue cars to
Twenty-sixth street , or St. Miiry's nvcnno
cnr.s to Full-view street.
COXOIIKIUTIOXAI. .
There will be spociul Christmas service * at
the First Congregutionul church , corner
Nineteenth and Davenport , morning , noon
and night. Christmas gifts distributed in
Sunday school.
The following musical programme will bo
given at the Hillside church , Omaha View :
Opening " Praise Yo the Father " . .Gounod
Anthem "Behold , I Bring You Good
Tidings" Lascot
OfTcrtoire "In Dreams I've Heard the
Seraphs' * Hnuso
Gloria "Tours"
Solo "O Holy Night" Adam
Mrs. Dr. Biildrlgc.
The Eighth Congregational church will bo
orgnni/ed by council on Tuesday night at the
chapel on California and Thirtieth streets.
The Third church will hold its regular ser
vice Sunday morning nnd evening. The
evening service will bo under the conduct of
the children. Christmas music , recitations ,
and gift curds uro provided. Ilev. A. B.
Pennimnn will have for the subject of morn
ing sermon , "The Unspeakable Gift. "
Christinas services will bo held in the St.
Mury's avenue congregational church in the
morning with special music and u sermon by
Rev. Willurd Scott. In the evening the choir ,
young people's choir and the Sunday school
will render W. Howard Donne's Christmas
cantata "Immanucl. " Sunday school at
noon. Chupcl schools at 3 o'clock. The en
tertainment of the homo school will bo on
Monday evening , of the ParkduleJ school on
( Christmas ) eve ; and of the Bethlehem
chnpel on Saturday ( Now 1'cars ) cvc. The
homo school will mulct ! n special offering on
Sunday evening for the Bethlehem chapel
work.
Bctblohoui Chapel , Sixteenth and Hickory
streets Hov. M. J. P. Thing , pastor. Sun
day school at : t o'clock. Sowing school on
Saturday , 10 a. m.
Purkvalo Chapel , Twenty-ninth and Mar
tha streets Mr. T. H. Taylor , suporiutcnt
dent. Sunday school at II o'clock.
Free'Evangelical Gorman , Twelfth nnd
Dorcas streets Rev. F. H.V. . Brucchurt ,
pastor. Services ut 10:30 : and 7:30 : o'clock.
Sunday school nt a : ! tO o'clock. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening.
Cherry Hill , Central park addition Rov.
J. A. Mllllgan , pastor. Services at 11 nnd 7
o'clock. Sunday school nt noon. Young
people's meeting at (1 ( o'clock.
Saratoga Ames avenue and Twenty-fifth
street , Rov. J. A. Mllligun , pastor. Sunday
school nt 3 : UO o'clock. Preaching service in
the evening ut 7 o'clock.
Park- Place , California nnd Thirtieth
streets Hov. M. L. Holt , pastor. Services
at 10:30 : und v7 o'clock. Sunday school nt
noon.
Rev. Wm. U. Henderson's subject nt North
Presbyterinn church Sunday evening will
be , "Blunder and Related Evils. " The
rented pow system 1ms been abandoned
by the North Presbyterian church. The
IKJWS uro nil free. The envelope system of
weekly giving for the support of the church
lias been adopted.
First United , 512 North Eighteenth street-
Rev. 13. H. Graham , pnstor. Public worship
nt 10(0 : ! ( a. m. und 7(0 : ! ( p. m. Sabbath school
at noon. Young people's mooting 0:43. :
Park Avcnuo United , corner of Parlc nve.
nnd Grant streets Hev. J. A. Henderson ,
pastor. Preaching by the pastoral llhltOti.
m. and 7 : < ' ( ( ) p. m. Sabbath school at noon.
You are invited.
Southwestern Presbyterian , corner of
Twentieth and Leuvonwnrty streets Uev.
D. K. Iverr , pastor. Morning service at 11 a.
in. ; evening service , 70 : ! ! p. in. Sabbath
school at noon. Yon are invited.
First Gorman , on Eighteenth nnd Cumlng
streets Huv. .1. G. Selmiblo , pastor. Divine
service at 100 : ! a. in. nnd 7:30 : p. m. At n p.
m. on Fourth and Center streets at the res-
idcnco of Max Hodmoko. Sabbath school at
12 in. Uiblo and prayer meeting every Wed
nesday evening at 750. : Germans arc in
vited. Strangers are welcome.
North , Sannders street Hov. William H.
Henderson , pnstor. Kurvicos at 10:30 : and
7:1(0 : ( o'clock. Sabbath Bi'hool at noon.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30 :
p. m.
Castcllar Street , Sixteenth and Ciistollnr
streets Preaching at U n. m. nnd 7:1(0 : p. m.
by tlio pastor , Hcv. J. M. Wilson. Sunday
school at 3 p. in. Young people's union at
Westminster , Twenty-ninth and Mason
streets Preaching by the pastor , Hov.
John Gordon , at 10:30 : a. in. and 7:30 : p.m.
Sunday school at 12 m.
Hamilton Street Hamilton street near
Lowe avcnno. Hov. William.I. Palm , pastor.
Sabbath school at 10:30 : u. m. nnd 70 : ! ! p. m.
Sabbath school at 12 in. Wednesday prayer
meeting at 7:30. :
Ambler Place Hov. G. N. Lodge , pastor.
Services at 2:30 : p. m. Sunday school at 3IJO :
p. m.
Central United , 113 North Seventeenth
street Hov. John Williamson , pastor. Ser
vices at 10:30 : a. m. and TtiiOp. m. Young
people's prayer meeting nt 0:45 : on Sabbath
evenings. All are Invited.
South Omaha , corner Twonty-llfth and Q
streets Hcv. G. N. Lodge , pastor. Services
at 10:45 : n. m. Sunday school at 12 m.
Presbyterian church , No. I'.HO Lake street.
Sabbath school at 2:30 : and preaching service
ut 4 p. m.
WKLSH.
Service * will bo held at tholr rooms , No.
101S Cumlng street. Sunday school at 2:1(0 : ( n.
in. Pastor , Hov. W. Holaml Williams * Sub
ject : "Tho Glory of Christ. " These being
the first meetings held at the hall , n largo at
tendance is cxi > ccted.
, MITIIOI : > IST.
Trinity church 1ms been organized alwut
six weeks and will celebrate Its first Christ-
with u membership of sixty. Kxcollont
music has been secured for the Sunday' '
services'und In the morning Hcv. Alfred H.
Hcnrv will take for his text "Tho King's
Uirthday. ! ' . Christinas' services at this
church to-night.
. Danish and Norwegian , . 1131 fiaundors.
treet. , " - iar service * 10:30 : am. . , uud 7:30 :
n. ut. Sunday school 12 m. Prnyot iriwstlna
\\ednesday , 7.30 p. in.- Henry D nlolsooJ
pti.itor.
At the Sewnrd Street M. E. church Ilor.
Charles W. Suvtdgo , pnstor , will tnko fo ?
his subject In the morning , "Our Duties nt
t'lirlstlnustlmo. " In the evening there will
bo a Christmas concert , with gifts of books to
the children.
First , on Daveniwt street between Sov
entccntb and Eighteenth Rov. T. M. House ,
pastor. Prenchinir ut 10:30 : u. in. and 7IW : p.
m. Sunday school ut 2:30 : p. in. Seats freo.
All welcome.
H unicorn Pnrk Corner Georgia and Woolworth -
worth avenues. Preaching nt 10:30 : n. m.
utid7(0by : ! ( thn pastor , Huv. G. M. Brown.
Sunday school nt 2HO : p. m. Young people's
meeting ntlli-l.'iy. tu. Cnutntta and Christ-
mils tree In the evening.
South Tenth Street Corner of Tenth nod
I'lurec streets. Services nt 10:3) : a. in. uiul
7'h : ) p. m. Sunday school ut 2:30 : p. in.
Prayer un'titlng WetlnwJny evening at 7:30 : ,
T. ( . ' . Clcndcmitng , pnstor.
Cnstollnr Street M. E. Corner Nineteenth
und Castellnr streets. Sunduy school at 10
n. m. . Prenchlnjr ut 11 n. in , and 7:80 : p. m.
Prnver meeting on Thursday evening nt 7:80. :
W. F. Lowe , pastor.
South OmnhnM. E. J. H. Eddlobudt , pas
tor. Prencblng servlco every Sunday morn
ing nnd evening. All nro cordlully wel
comed.
Crelgbton Avenue M. E. Mission Corner
Creighton uvenuo und Twenty-seventh street.
Preuehlng service uvory Sunday nt 4 p. m.
Sunday school nt 10 u. m. J. M. Chambers ,
superintendent.
I.UT11KIIAN.
ICountzo Memorial , Corner of Sixteenth and
Harney Rtrcots. Rev. J. S. Dctwoller , pas
tor. Services appropriate to Christmns nt
10:30 : a. m. nnd 7:30 : p.m. Sunday School
Christmas festival at 7 o'clock Monday even
ing.
German , 1005 South Twentieth utroot E.
J. Frcse , pastor. Service every Sunduy at
10 u. m. Sunday schoolut 2 p. in.
St. Murk's Evnngellcnl , corner North
Twecnty-tli'st and Burdetto streets Rov.
George H. Schnur , pnstor. Church service
nnd preaching by the pastor ut 10:30a.m. :
and 7:30 : p. m ,
ST. ritll.OMKXA.
The programme nt St. Phllomonn Cathe
dral is us follows : Masses nt n , 0 7 ,
! > , und pontltlciul high muss nt 10tO : : , Rev.
Bishop O'Connor oniciatlng assisted by
Archdeacon Rev. Father Kelly ; deacon of
mass , Rev. P. F. McCarthy , who will deliver
the sermon : Sub-doncon , Rov. HugliMcMnn-
nis : D. D. deacons of honor. Rev. A. Coin-
nor ! , nnd Huv. J. O'Menrn. Muster of cero-
inonics , Hov. S. F. Carroll.
A tmucinl musical programme has been nr-
rnngod and will bu superintended by Prof.
Hofinun.
SWKDIftll MISSION.
DTho Swedish Mission congregntion will
hold its tlrst services in the basement of its
now church N. E. corner Davenport uml
Kkl streets , Christmas dny ( Sunday , ) 5
o'clock in the morning , U u. m. , nnd 8 p. m.
All Scandinavians cordially invited. J. A ,
Hultman , Pustor.
11A1-TIST.
North Omaha Baptist , 2409 Snunders
street nenr Locust F. W. Foster , City Mis
sionary pastor. Services regulurly Sunduy
ut 10:30 : a. m. nnd 7:30 : p. m. Sunday school
nt 12 in. Theme , Sunday n. in. , "Tho Christ
Child , Then nnd Now , " Evening , "Tho Lnst
Time. " Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening nt 7:30. : The Chritmsns tree und enter
tuiniuunt of the Sunduy school will bo on
Monday evening.
Beth-Edrn Baptist. Park nvcnuo and
Lcvonwortu street Ilev. H. L. House ,
pastor. Morning service at 10:30. : Evening
services nt 7:30. : Sabbath school at the close
of morning service. Prayer meeting Wed
nesday evening nt 7:30 : , in the church parlors.
First. Strangers' Sabbath homo , comer
Fifteenth nnd Davenport streets Rov. A. W.
Lamur , pastor. Preaching nt 10:30n. : m. , and
7:30 : p. m. Young people's meeting nt (1:45p. ( : in.
Subbutb school ut 12 m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening at 7:30. : All are cor
dially invited. Scuts freo.
South Omaha Baptist , moots for Sunday
school at 8 o'clock , nnd for preaching nt 4
o'clock , every Sunday afternoon , In South
Omaha public school house , Rov. F. W. Fos
ter pastor. The South Omaha public cor
dially invited to our services.
Calvary , Snunders street nenr Cuming.
Preaching by the pastor , Rov. A. W. Clark ,
ut 10:30 : n. in. and 7:30 : p. m. Sunday school
ut 11:45 : a. m.
ST. MAltK'fl KVANOr.t.ICAI. I.UT1IKHAN.
At this church there will bo n spucinl order
of morning service commemorative of Christ
inas. Rev. George H. Schnur , the pastor ,
will preach in the morning on "Tho Coming
Saviour , " in the evening. "Why wo Cele
brate Christmas. " Monday at 7 p. in. , the
Sunday school will eolcbrnto the festival
with appropriate concert exercises in connec
tion with their Christmas' tree.
UNITY ciitwcir.
Rev. W. E. Copolund , the pastor will glva
n Christinas address to young nnd old in the
morning. Subject of evening conversation
"Jesus the Christ of .Tiideu. "
ST. 1UUVAI1A ! ) .
Matins nnd high celebration nt 11 a. m ,
Owing to sickness in the family of the rector ,
thcso will bo the only services nt St. Barna
bas on Christmas duy. The Rov. Canon
Doherty will oilleiatc. The programme of
the music will bo ns follows :
Processional hymn No. 20
Special Psalms , ID , 45 and 85 cnants ,
, Greene nnd Hays.
To Deum , I
Jubilate Deo. ( Gurrett's service 1 ?
Anthem."Unto you is born this dny in
the city of David , u Saviour , which Is
Christ , the Lord. " Hopkins
Siirsu'm Cordin I From Cobb's Second Com-
Sancus. ' ) ' n.union Service.
Bcnedictusqulvcnit , ' )
O Suluturis Hostlu , I
Agnus Dui , Froui Cobb's First
Gloria in Excclsis , j Service.
Nuno Dimittis , j
Recessional hymn No. 10
Whnt Will They Do About It ?
Bankers nro in n quandary ns to what they
should do with notes fulling duo on Monday
next , ns the wording of the stututo governing
the cano is somewhat ambiguous. The
present state law Is that notes fulling duo on
Sunduy becomes payable on the Saturday
previous , und that those falling duo on public
holidays shall bo treated as though they fell
duo on Sunday. No provision however Is
mudo to cover a ease llko the present. The
only clause in any way relating to it snys :
Provided , That when any one of thee du.M
( Christmas or Now Year's day ) nhull occur
on Monday , uny bill of exchange , bank checlc
or promissory note made utter the passage of
this act , which but for this net would fall dim
and DO nuyablo on such Monday , shall beconm
duo and payublo on the day thereafter.
This year Christmas does not como on a
Monday , nnd yet the bunks generally will bu
closed , so that if n person having a note to
meet on that duy presents himself in readi
ness to pay it ho cannot do so. Uuluss the
note bo protested on thu day It Is duo und
unpaid the endorser would have n chance to
cscnpo all resMiiHibllity ] [ , HO that the hunkers
generally will lllo protests ugulnst nil notes
due on Monday und not paid to-duy. If it
hapiM.'iis that u man is willing to pay on Mon
day and cannot do soon account of the banks
being closed und finds that his note hai gene
to protest two days before becoming payable ,
It is thought ho will have good grounds for
dnmnges against the bunk so Injuring his
credit.
*
Varied lhoIally Grind.
The editorial und rcitortoriul employes of
the Uii : : united last evening In presenting to
Mr , Alfred Sorcnson , the managing editor , u
beautiful smoking set , comprising meerschaum -
schaum pipe , cigar und cigarette holders , and
other uppliunccs , not forgetting to "throw
In" enough of the weed to keep the mnoka
ascending through thu holidays. Mr. Sorensen -
son wus decoyed from his "sanctum" to
glunce nt u "complicated stutoof ufTnlrs" loni ;
enough to permit the Introduction of tbo
present , und then ho was allowed to return
und In sllcnwi nnd seclusion recover from his
surprise. There wuro no presentation
speeches , no resiwnscs , but only "smoke , "
followed ny n deserted odlce long enough to
glvo the boys u "snifTof fresh air. "
Two Bhoiillltcrs
Two moro shoplifters , Lottio Andrews and
Mury Williams , were caught plying their
trade in Falconer's yesterday afternoon.
On being taken to the poltco station und
searched , it was discovered that they had
stolen three silk handkerchiefs , ono imlr kid
.gloves , ono pair silk hose , a tlno hood and M .
ornamented nann- . . . * .