Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1888)
THE CBEAFIA DAILY BEK : MONDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1888. A Bureau of Agriculture and Llvo Stock Industries PROPOSED BY DR. BILLINGS. Another Attack on General Mcltrldo Tlio Nclirnnkn , Dakotn , Wyom ing anil I'nclflo Ualhvny Incorporated. BcnEAu orTnn O\fAtuTJBn , ) 1029 P STUIIKT , } LINCOLN , Uoc. 33. J The bill proposed by Dr. Hillings and pub- llilicd in the December number of the West ern Kosources , Is provoking considerable comment in Lincoln. It is generally con ceded to bo as practical as the general work of tTio directors of the patho-biological labratory of the state university. At this time Tin : HII : representative has not board n single word in Its favor. Many of his friends ndinlt that it Is a ripe piece of gall. Tlio crnnlty vislotmrian would have all laws and regulations appertaining to the state board of agriculture , or sanitary llvo stock commission , or for the suppression or pro- volition of contagious or Infectious diseases I In the live stock of the state , repealed and abolished , utid instead a buroiiu of agri culture and llvo stock Industries In the department of stuto. The ofilciul head of this bureau , the bill provides , shall bo the secretary of state , assisted by a veter inary counselor , state veterinarian , veterin ary inspectors and an extra assistant. The ofllciul head is to gott2WO per annum In ad dition to his regular salary , und the coun selor f500 additional to the salary ho re ceives us the director of the university ex periment station , The state veterinarian is to trot along on a salary of fl.OOO per year. Tbo inspectors nro to secure W per day for all time they are actually employed. The extra assistant Is to receive 31f > 00 per year for the privilege of helping the counselor kill hogs and other animals ntlliclcd with infec tious discuses. And , hesldcs , provision is uiudo for tlio employment of a countless number ol clerks , or as many as such vision ary frauds us Hillings may deem It necessary to employ. The bill will doubtless make the mouths of | > ctrifled olllco and position seekers water. It Is altogether probable that such cattle will become strong exponents of the bill. The public will bo otherwise disappointed. Hut it goes without savingthut every honest , intelligent , Justiro-loving law maker will op- IK > SO It to the bitter end "Hillings ought to bo punched out of the state , " t > alil iipiomi nent citi/en of Lincoln this morning. "His gull would put a Sioux Indian to shame. There is nothing practicable , reasonable or sensible in his proposed bill. It is a notori ous fact that ho is a disgrace to the institu tion lie represents. Ho is the most profane man I over mot. His oaths make the blood in the veins of n decent man curdle. Ho is u moral leper , a stench , a blinht , a disgrace to society and the university. " KNOCKKI > ' 1M OUT. General McBride has been attacked in a blood thirsty manner by a morning paper ngnin and bis friends think it forecasts con- sideral foir on the part of tlio railroad pangs that ho is a dangerous candidate for speaker. His reply to the attack , which appeared over his signature in this morning's Callwas a complete knock-out. In the meantime the H. it M. organ is devoting much space to pi nlsing Oily-Gammon Olinstead , their pnt candidate. Dowecsc , the B. & M. political manager , is for Watson , whilst their ponder ous daily is for Olmstcad. In case light ning should stnlto either of them the cry , "Wo did it , " would bo sufficiently strong so they rcuson to secure the appointment of n committee on railroads that would not bo very dangerous to the roads. A XKW UAII.HOAl ) COMPANY. Late yesterday aftei noon art Cics incorpor ating the Nebraska , Dakota , Wyoming & Pacific railway company were filed in the ofllco of tbo secretary of state. While yet a paper road , the stockholders are men whoso names give assurance that it may material ize , and become a feeder of the lending marts of the stuto. It is intended that the road shull tap Douglas , Dodge , Washington , Burt , Dakota , Dnon , Woyno , Cedar , Knox , Stanton - ton Madison 1'icrcc Boom Greo- , , , Antelope , , - loy. Wheeler , Holt , Kcya Pulia , Garllold , Vailoy , Brown , Loup , Custer , Hlaine , Thomas , Lincoln , Logan , McPherson , Keith , Arthur , Grant , Sheridan , Box Butte , Chey enne , Dawos and Sioux , with the eastern terminus fixed at the city of Omaha. The capital stock authorized is $10,000,000aml the following gentlemen are the corporators and principal stockholders ot tbo company : James V. Dillon , W. H. B , Stout , J. H. Har ley , J. R. Webster and C. L. Hall. Some of the leading citizens of Lincoln arc stock holders. Cm NliWS AND hOTKS. Governor Tlmyor expects to boablo to visit the Btato Jiouso to-morrow. Frank Childs , leading lumber dealer of Douglas , Otoo county , was in Lincoln to-day. Frank Beard , artist and humorist , delighted - lighted an audience at the Plymouth Congre gational church last night with ono of his popular lectures. Mike Quintan and wife , Katie , passed last night behind the bars. They wcro rearrested ed yesterday evening on a complaint of A. G. and T. H. Bcnton , and locked up in de fault of # 500 bail. Attorney General and Mrs. Lcoso returned from their sad visit to Parkersburg , Va , , this morning. They attended the remains of Mr. Locso's slstor to the grave on last Tuesday. ) The remains of H. C. Molono now lie at rest in tbo churchyard. TUo funeral services took placoto-day from his late residence and the cortege was ono of the largest ever known iu tlio city. Tlio Stolen ItonclH Cn o , CHICAGO , Dec. 23. In the matter of the stolen bonds case , with which Lawyer Cut ting has boon so prominently identified in court during the past week , four men are now under arrest- William F. Shaw , Henry Plossnor , C. D. Tnvlor and Otis Corbctt. Iho latter is father-in-law of Show , and was , until a short time ago , a dry goods merchant at Hock Island. Inspector Honllcld to-day secured $2,100 , In bonds stolen from Kellogg , Johnson & Bliss , April 23 , and expects to got $5,000 worth of Colin Wainfold&Co.'s stolen bonds to-morrow. lie thinks ho is on the trail of the robbers and ho expects to expose what ho behoves is ono ol tlio boldest and most cfllclt-ntly organized bands of burglars and crooks ever operating in Chicago. The exact connection of tbo ar rested men with the matter Is not yet made clear , and no positive charges are known against them , tisldo from attempting to ills- pose of tbo stolen securities. Inspector Bon- Hold , it Is said , Is satlsflod that Lawyer Cut ting Is not Implicated criminally in the matter - tor , and that lit : was innocently dragged Into the scrape thiough bis legal connection with Sliaw , who passed the stolen bonds. When Informed of the correct nature of the case ho wont before the grand Jury and told all ho know. Ills story led to the arrests as above. Taylor domes that ho had anything to do With the bond business , and says if I'lossnor and Shaw make such charges against film hu will inuko tiouio that "will close llieai up. " The "Hiiytieu Itcimullo , " HATANNA , loo. 23. Advices have been received from ilaytl to the effect that tno dispute over tlio seUnro of the American Btoamor , Haytlon Republic , has been settled and tUc btoumor has boon delivered to the American inon of war , and the latter have honored the Haytlon flag with a salute of twenty-one guns. Among the people the nc. tlon of the United States government is uon- mderod as an abuHO of power against a help less nation and this opinion is said to bn Blinrcd by some of the foreign diplomatic representatives. Gcnoral Lifetime has boon unamlmously clootod president of the republic and Is tak ing cnorBOtlo stops to suppress the revolu tion. Courtesy Crazed Him. ANX Anaoii , Mloh. , Doc , 2,1. Gustav Ilor- mini , a tailor , named hi * boy baby llonjamln Harrison , Ho wrote tlio president-elect of the fact and received a cordial reply. Tills piece of condescension , tltnt ho dl.l not dream pi gutting from a president-elect , has turued his bead. Ho began to Imagine tiint Harrison risen must think Gustav Herman ono of the biggest men in the world , anil he. commenced Immediately to fix up his homo to receive , as lie stilil , n visit from Harrison , expending $1,200 of his savings His friends huvo caused Herman to bo locked up in an lasano asylum. \o PnnflpiiKCM Hurt. AIL INT i , Ga. , Dec. 23. A passenger train on the Western Atlantic railroad was de railed fil Mclvcs station this morning. The mall agent was killed and the engineer , fireman - man and conductor injured. No passengers hurt. _ Stnhlinl In n Snloon. A Swcdo nnuicJ Chris Jensen , who Is an employe at the smelting works , got into a sa loon row on Seventh utroot near Leaven- worth and some oho In the crowd struck hint with n knife in the neck , Inflicting a severe- anil dangerous wound. No ono bos been ar rested. niirclnr.s Put to Flight. About 'J o'clock this morning , a clerk sleep ing In n prrtcery store nt J114 South Twentieth street found tlireo men III his room and oKneil | llro on thorn with his revolver when they boat a hasty retreat. Tlip Antlmr of "Holu-rt Klsniorc. " Pall Mall'Gazette : Novelists have boon so much talicod about and dis cussed. With "Hubert Klsmoro , " or pcrlmps , to be more oxm-t , with Mr. Gladstone's rovicw of it in the Nine teenth Century , Mrs. Ward sprang into notoriety. To those who had no knowl edge of her personally , her book mndo it clear that she was ono who not only know her Oxford well , but was intimate with Oxford life and Oxford people and Oxford traditions. It was , therefore , no surprise to learn that before slio be came Mrs. Ward sbo wag a Miss Arnold , and Unit she was a Rrand- dnuglitor of Dr Arnold , of Hu by , tbo niece of Matthew Arnold , and the daughter of Thomas Arnold , the editor of many old books , the writer of the " Britannica" "Uneyelopjuuia ar ticle on English literature , and the author of n well known "Manual of 'En glish Literature. " Mr. Thomas Arnold , it will bo remembered , became a Roman Catholic , and for a while was a professor ser in the Univcrsfty oi Dublin , and also at tbo Oratory school in Birming ham. Hut ho linally settled clown to literary life in Oxford. In 1871 ! Miss Arnold married Mr. Thomas Humphry Ward , an Oxford man , and at that time a tutor of Brasonoao college. Since then Mr. Ward lias given up bis tutor ship , and is now the art critic of tbo Times. His anthology of English verso , popularly known as Ward's "English Poets , " is perhaps tbo best in existence. Although many remedies are pushed into the market by spicy advertisements , Dr Bull's Cough Syrup takes tbo lead , and drug cists sell more than over bcforo. Price enl 25 cents. Mrs. Crow. "Chile , buy a bottle do Salva tlon Oil , it cure your rhcumatis sar'tiu. " 25 cents. An Antiol In n Car. New York World : A newsboy took the Sixth avenue elevated at Park Place yesterday , and , sliding into ono of the cross seats , fell asleep. At Grant street two young ladies got on and took the seats opposite the lad. Presently tbo younger girl leaned over and placed her mull' under tbo little fellow's dirty chock. An old gentle man in tlio next seat smiled at the act , and without saying anything held out a , quarter with a 'nod toward tbo boy. The girl hesitated a moment and then readied for it. The next man just as silently offered a dime , the woman across Iho aisle hold out some pennies , and before she know it tbo girl , with flaming cheeks , had taken money from every passenger at that end of the car. She quietly slid the amount into the sleeping lad's pocket , removed her mull gently from under bis head without rousing him , and got oil at Twenty-third street , including all tlio passengers in n pretty little inclination of the head that seemed full of thanks and a common secret. A Great French Art School. Baltimore ) American : Julion's art schools at Paris are ; as tboj' deserve to bo , increasingly popular. In tbo four schools there are about 600 students , many of them really fine professional artists , who foci the need and refresh ment of study in such a course , and un der the four great painters of tlio world. Of the four , Laurons and Lefobro are the most sought for , as they are the strong men of the Beaux Arts. The work done under them is truthful mid earnest. The models pose nt 8 o'clock in the morning , and study lasts from then with an hour , from 12 to 1 o'clock' , as intermission till 5 o'clock in the after noon. There are no holidays the year round , except Sunday and the 14th of July. In the men's schools the course is very much the same as at the Beaux Arts. The curriculum of the women's school is not quito so severe , but much the same , and the present year is coming much nearer it than hitherto. The American women of this year are reckoned among the stronger workers. It is a temptation for those who love art , for its own sake , to linger hero studying and working in this at- niosphor , full of the beautiful , gaining that strength , the lack of which is so often felt in America. ' VuIoroiiH , Knt TiisorfOt. Chicago Tribune : Angry woman ( stopping in front of building ) John , this is where the Yolnor is printed. That cditor'ill never call a reception at my house a shindig again the villain ! Have you the cowhide all right ? Como on. We'll go in I Husband ( bursting with rngo , but re taining hia presence of ; ulnd ) Maria , I'll stay out hero to see that no one enter - tor to interrupt you. Hero's the cow hide. Lay it on well the cowardly scoundrel ! If you Iiavo uudo up your inlml to buy Hood's S.irsnpai Ilia do not bo induced to take any other A lioston lady , whose example is worthy Imitation , tells her experience below : " In oac store where I went to buy Hood's S.iraaparllla tlio clcilc tried to liulucoino buy tbolr ott n Instead of Hood's ; he told mo thelr'a would last longer ; that I might take It on ten To Get days' trial ; that If I did not like it I need not p.ty anything , etc , lint lie could not prorall on me to change. I told 1dm I had taken Hood's Sarsapnrllla , knew what It was , was salMcd with It , and did not want any other. AVlien I began taking Hood's SaisaparllU I was fcrlliig real mlserablo with dyspepsia , and so v.cak that at times I could hardly HoocPs eland. I looked like a person in consump tion. Hooil's Samparllla did mo so much good that I wonder at inysult sometimes , and my friend * frequently speak of it. " tins. A. Gorr , 61 Terrace Street , Boston. Sarsapanlla Sold tif all drucEtiti. 81 ; > tx f or ? 5. Prepared only l > 7 C , I. UOOU A. CO. , Aotliccarlc | , I-Ortdl , Uais. 100 Dosoa Ono Dollar SOUTH OMAHA NUW'S. Ilcntnl ARcnts' Association , At the meeting of rani estate nnd ronta fluents hold in John F Ultchhsirt's ofllco Sat urday nlfilit , a porninnont orpini/nllon wnn mndo by electing .John V. IMtchlmrt prcsi dent , U'illlftin S. Cook vic6 president . U. Horry socrotnry rind David \Vnugh treas urer. Tlio Kentnl Agents1 Protective msn clntton of South Omaha was tbo name adopt ed. Moctlnps will bo bold In I'rcsldonl Uilclilinrt'i oftlco the first Friday ovcnluR ol ouch month. t Ulotldo I'rrpnrntlotn. The Presbyterian nnd Methodist Episco pal churches will bo gaily decorated for the Clirlitmns Stindny school entertainments this evening. At tbo Methodist Episcopal church , Mr. and Mrs. Santa Cluuso will bo present to nil the children , nnd an excellent literary nnd tnuslcnl programme Ims been prepared. Tn tlio Prosbytorlnn church a surprise awaits nil who imiy attend. A Now Snhnrlinn Knllrnnil. Mr. Perkins of SU Joe , Is in the city nrrang Ing to build a street car railroad or motor line from Oniuliu toPonniiigtou Heights. Mr. Porkms is receiving every encouragement , ono mini having pivcn a bonus of f5X ( ) , and now has no doubt but that Ins undertaking will bo n success. Fell Through n Chute. Thomus Mahoiioy , night agent of the Fro- niont , Klkliorn & Missouri Valley railroad company , Saturday slonpod off tlio plunk near the focd-mnster's oOioo and foil into n cattle chute , receiving sovcro nnd painful injuries about the tinkles , back nnd head. Notes About llio City. A little dance was held iu A. O. II. hall Saturday nicbt. Qeorgo Pfilmor has gene to Palmyra to spend Christinas , Iho city council will nioct in the Howly blook this evening. Mrs. Joseph O. Eastman left to-day to visit friends in Topeka , ICnn. Contractor John Murphy wont to Auburn Saturday to spend Christinas. Daniel Murphy is bedfast with malaria and a complication of ailments. The body of Miss Mary Fielder was shipped to Angola , N. Y. , yesterday. George F. Kusscll , of Swift & Co.'s cleri cal force , is quite 111 and confined to his home. Good Will Lodge" , ICniehts of Honor , bold nn interesting mooting Saturday night und installed the olllcor.s. Samuel Martin , of Mnrtlndalo , has gene to Albion to oat bis Christinas dinner , us ho has done during tbo last seven years. During the absence of Joseph Randall in Mnnitowoe.Vis. . , John Siniih is in the pre scription department of Arthur . Saxo's ill ug store. Daniel Sullivnn , of tbo ffrm of Brewer t Sullivan , loft yesterday for Chicago , and , rumor says , will return within two weeks with n bride. Simon S. Reemor has been dressing some holiday shcop at Swift & Co.'s and not , us has boon stated , been dressing the company's Christmas cattlo. U. Uruiier , of Sprlngviow , has purchased the furniture in tbo Hcod hotel , and about the middle of January will take possession of the establishment. Cojrt No. 1C8 , Independent Oruor of For esters , Wednesday cvctiiiig will hold its rcr- ularsoml-aiiuual meeting for the election of olllccrs. All members are requested to be present. Andrew Garllck , an employe at the Ar- mour-Cudahy packing houses , Saturday af ternoon sliced the end off the index linger of his loft hand. A surgeon was called an d dressed the member. Saturday 503 o.ittlo wore slaughtered at Swift & Co.'s ' hou the packing ! > o , largest number of cnttlo over slaughtered in ono day. Thcro were . > $ , ) liotrs and 187 sheep killed , making a total of 1,333 head. At 1 o'clock to-morrow afternoon the mar riage eeremoney. making Mr. Manluy W. Ha.vby and Miss Grace Ulassou man and wife , will bo performed at Miss Glassou's parents' homo , N mid Seventy fourth streets. Frank Kuliln and Lena Trippncr , Charles A. Hogeland and Emma Phiz , Isaac S. Van Sam and Surah M. Uomgartcur and Natbuii L. Dcmlck and Lois S. Hamilton , all of South Oaiaba , have taken out holiday marriage li censes. John A. Pierce , employed on the grading west of the stock yards , Saturday afternoon had the largo too of bis loft foot so badly mashed by a grader that amputation was necessary. While ho was at wo'-k beside the machine the horses backed , running it ou his foot. foot.1'ho 1'ho opening of tbo new Methodist Episco pal church Sunday morning called out a very largo congregation , complntoly llllmg the basement room. The llov. T. C. Clou- dcnmg , presiding elder of the Omaha dis trict , nrcachod the sermon. An elaborately prepared programme was curried out. Do ns vou please when you please to do right ; and you will always do the proper thing in taking Bigclow's Posi tive euro for coughs , colds , and all throat and lung troubles. Pleasant to take and euros speedy. 60 cents and $1. Goodman Drug Co. A .Standing Offer. "You say Mr. Ilankinson proposed to you last night , Irene ? Why , I've bad a standing oiler from him for the last two years. " "Likelyenough , Laura. He didn't make mo no standing offer , though. It was all ho could do to get up oil his knees when I refused him. Ho was in earnest this time , Laura. " YOUU OHISISTMAS TURKEY. Is it Ordered Vet ? If Not , "Walt n Moment. If the housekeepers of Omaha could all see what Tun CKI : man saw lavt evening greatly would they marvel , and if their Christmas orders were not already placed , they shortly would bo. Such fowll Such beef ! ! Such mut ton ! ! ! But for your bonolit a fuller de scription will bo given. In the Ilrst place , the beautiful fobtoons of ever green , tlio sprigs of holly , with their bright red berries , attractively speak of Christmas cheer from every part of the largo show room. The west wall is closely hung with the fattest , most ap- potl/.lng-looking quarters of young beef you over saw. liaised and fed by the 13ny State Cattle company , these three- year-old Hereford beauties dress to weigh over 1,000 pounds each. They were killed with especial care by Hammond mend & Co , , and it is worth anybody's time to make a special trip to see the quarters before they are cut. The Southdown mutton and lamb are fat and luscious enough to make one hun gry after a full meal , just to look nt them. The carcasses have boon deco rated in a masterly way by some adopt with artistic knife , for even u butcher's knife may bo made to do artistic work on the leafy white and pink covering of a woll-fod animal. Then there are young Chester white porkers , for roast ing whole , to delight nn epicure. In game there are venisonblack-tail deer , elk and antelope , with rabbits and hare us fat and plump as you could desire. Then the poultry ! Such n display of Turkeys. Goose , Chickens , DucksPrai- rlo Chickens and Quail as would be wilder 11 hotel steward to select from. There is nothing wanting that the BOII- Bon affords from pork tosatibiigo or plain beef to the most dellcato flesh n table over saw. Do not /ail / to see Adam Snydor's Christmas stock at 1,011 Far- nam-st. And do not wait until the handsome display if ) broken into , but go early to sou an unequaled eight. Hnwlpy'N Millinery nnd Art Store. Have you visited this fine store just opposite Hospo'sr1 They have the pret tiest specimens of art noodle work , drawn thread work , line millinery goods , paintings , embroidery work , just the thing for a Ohribtmas present , If you have not soon their selection of presents , do so tit once , for it is the mobt worthy in the city to-day. 1610 Doiig- lua. THEIR PECULIAR CHRISTMAS , The Sllout Colobmtlon of an Eccon- < II lH . , trlo Soot. " " " ( > NOT A TIME FOR REJOICING. ' " " " " " < ! t > Their IjlTo of Celibacy Preparation Air tlic SAlctlitt lny Tlio Slinkcr Unnce iticir Only Dinner VT li | Common. Chriatinnrf Ainonsr tlio Slinkcrs. M > p'he ( Omtibu Iter. HR1STMAS comes but once n year , anil in every part of the civilized nlobo the pp.v tiny which com- x'nioniorntcs the begin ning of the reign of pence : nul good will on earth is observed in someway. Thcro is probably no clnss of people in the whole domain of tlio wet-torn world who celebrate the tflnd Christmas holiday In a more peculiar manner thnii do tbo Shuk- ors thojjo strange yet industrious celibates who wore brought over from England , considerably more than a century a o , by the good old "Mother Ann Leo. " There are several colonies ofllioao strange people in the United States , and all enjoy the same pleasures if there can bo siny such thing in their livca and nil believe In the sumo doctrines. Their principal occupation seems to bo the radiation of purity. Yoaiy ago these honest but inisjjuiucd people discovered that the scriptures directed all men and women to live apart. They believe that be cause the Messiah di'd not marry , it is a sin for them to do so , and consequently there Is but one love in their lives their love of religion. Tlio Shakers have n manner and style peculiarly their own , and worship God in every breath. Believing ns they do in the Messiah , they think it u duty to sclobrato the birth of the Savior , and their service on Christmas is a most strange and peculiar one , and very beautiful in many respects , and im pressive from its ifovoutnotts. The remark , "Still as u Quaker meet ing , " is an old one , and thoio who have attended the divine services of these devout people know that not : i word is spoken until the "spirit moves , " and so it goes fromSundav to Sunday through out the year , until Christmas comes , which with them means a greater day of devotion. Tlio day to them does not bring the joys , 'pleasures and dissipa tions of the world. There is no giving and receiving of gifts among each other ; there is no belief in good.Saint Nicholas ; no > Christmas trees and no pleasures ; in fact , nothing but praying and hinging. No preparations arc made for the glad festival. The morning be fore Christmas''the ' celibates go to the little church in couples. The men go themselves and dress in the conven tional black , with broad-brimmed hats. They gaze straight before them and never smile , for to smile is a sin in their belief. The women follow the men in couples and wear Shaker bonnets of yellow straw , -gray gowns , and a largo handkerchief covers their chest in primitive simplicity. Quietness reigns throughout the 'day , in fact , never a word being spoken , as the spirit docs not move. The people stand there like btatuos for hours , never moving. At sundown they leave the church and go to tlio dormitories and retire. Christmas morning they go to the church again and pass the holiday in prayer , song and religious glorification. They stand perfectly quiet and mute until the "spirit moves , when cnchone gives his or her experience , for on this day they delight in testifying to their grout and complete happiness. A Shaker church is entirely dilToront from the "world's people's" church. There are no seats and pews for the Shakers , so they arrange themselves on the opposite side of the room , leaving a big open space in the center. One of the elders makes a short addressthen all Inpbo into quietness. After about a half-hour's time about n do/.en of the younger people , cither male or female , or both , enter the center of the open space and begin a solemn march. The Shakers sing beautifully , and their tunes are remarkably pretty , sprightly and quick in character , and linvo a wonderfully fascinating air. The rich , deep bass voices harmonize per fectly with the clear , sweet mid high tenors and sopranos. Almost irresist- ably the feet and hands of all commence foeping time with tlio rythmical beats. Soon the entire body of Shakers are moving around the binders. As the music increases the men and women cir cling around become so imbued with the joating of the notes that their bodies swing and rook , their foot dance and shulllo , their hands and arms swing and > eat the air , all in perfect keeping with , ho music. This grows more intoiibo intil the worshippers drop from bheer 'atigue. Quietness again reigns for icarly an hourwhen the same porform- inco is gone over with , and then over ignin and again until sundown , when ill repair to the dormitories to enjoy .he only menl during the your In each others company , for on every other day , the men and women eat by themselves. The Christmas dinner of the Shakers s not like the Christmas dinner of the vorld's people. There are no WHICH , rnits or delicacies , no laughing and iilking. Their dinner is sumptuous and mlntablo , and consists of roast turkey , luck and chicken , bread and buttnr , cream , and vegetables of every Icindg veil cooked and in the greatest abund , anco. The women occupy one side of ho table , the men the other. The elder sits at the head and invokes divine bless ng , then each mini and woman rises al- ernatoly , and lifting their right hand , says : "God is love ! " They then begin oa'ting , and during the meal lot a word is' ' fpolcon , each one lolplng himsoU or herself to what hey desire. Tha.v drink an enormous quantity ol milk during the meal. At the conclusion of the Christmas dinner ill rise and sing. The clear voiced of hocoltbatori make the banquet room ing with a soft and charming melody. L'ho hands and foetiof all keep time. After the song the.oldor raises nis eyes icavonwurd and chants a prayer in vhioh all join , after which they march rein the room in couples , the men to- gcthot and the women by themselves , and go to their domiciles. The remain der of tlio night , while the world out side in enjoying itself in every concoiv- iblo dissipation , is given up to song ind prayer , and all night long the voices of the Shaker sisters and broth ers are hoard through the halls. The Shakers are kind-hearted and generous. They are very hospitable , mil it Is one of their principles to en tertain and honor all who come into .heir little world. For days before Christinas they find great pleasure in Bonding qood things to the poor in the loighbornood , and no matter how poor am an may bo ho IB buro of a good Chr Istmtui dinner If ho lives in the iclghboi l o i of u colony of Slmkor i. "MARS'-Tiie Great Engllsft Complexion SOAP.-SoId . Evoryflliere. ! ' A niKiiiiY .joicuit AT KIKIIVY. How Poor Jtleliard'H Philosophy tflicoi'Gil HNDcolinliiK Vpnrs. Reviewing.Tolm Tlltjclow's edition of the complete works or ncnjnmin Franklin , Just puhllabotl by n Now York linn , n writer in llio Philadelphia licconl says : If It bo true that in a man's handwriting wo liiive often an index to his charaplor , much moro must it uo that his writings themselves not the fritlU of study ttml re search , lint the letters which are suggested by business or by frlomlshlp will show the man In his real light , disclose Ills weakness mid his faults , unconsciously display the noble side of his nntnro , ami furnish u bettor idon of the Impress which ho made uiwn his tliuo than could the most elaborate biography. Franklin's thrift ami shrewtl- ii"ss have often been commented upon. Uo had a nephew named Heiijainm Mncnn whom lie recommended to Ktriilmn. tlio London publisher , as being lionost iinti in- dustrjous. Hut the yonnic man did not prove successful in business , and Franklin accord ingly wrote the following letter to Stralmn : "Hcnjamin Mucom writes mo Mint ho has remitted yon i")0 ) , which I nm nlenscd to lic-nr ; anil nm glad you have not sent him the great parcel of books which yon men tion ho 1ms wrote for. Ho is a younu Ind , illlto ) unacquainted with the world , and , I fear , would bo much embarrassed if ho went suddenly Into dealings too deep for his stock. The people of these islands might buy bis books , but 1 know they are very dull pay and ho would llnd It impracticable to collect the money wliun it ought to bo sent you. Pray keep him within bounds ; lot him have good salable sorttncnts , but smalt , and do not suffer him to bo more than i'50 pounds in your debt , if so much ; it is bust for him to proceed gradually , and to dual more ns his stock ; md expurienco in crease. 1 am thankful to you for prudently delaying to send what ho Indiscreetly wrote for until you had ailvlsod mo of it. " Ono of the most dcllghtlnl letters in the volume on account of its unconscious ogot- isin , simplicity and quiet sarcasm is that which refers to an annoyance growing out of his narrow escape from drowning oil Stuten Island. He says : "Tho letter of yours Inclosed is from the widow of n Jew , who , happening to bo one of a number of passengers that were about forty years ago iu a stageboat going to Now York , and which , by the unskillful manage ment of the coalman , overset the canoe from whence I was endeavoring to get on board her near Staten Island , has ever binco wor ried me with demands of gratia for having , as no pretended , been instrumental in saving my life , though that was in no danger , as wo were near tlio shore , and you know what an expert swimmer I am , and ho was no moro of any service to me in stopping the bo.it to take me in than every other passen ger , to all whom I gave n liberal entcrlaiii- ment at the tavern wlicn ho arrived at Now York , to their general satisfac tion at the time ; but tint , Hayes never saw- mo afterward , at New York , or Uruaswick , or Philadelphia , that lie did not dim me far money on the pretense of his being poor and having been so happy as to bo instrumental in saving my life , which was really in no danger. In this way ho got of mo homotimcs a double Joannes , sometimes u Spanish doubloon , and never less ; liow much in the wliolo I do not know , having kept no account of it , but it must have boon a very consider able sum , and ns ho neither incurred any risk nor was nt any trouble in my behalf I have long since thought him well paid for any little expense of humanity ho might have felt on the occasion. Ho seems , however , to have left mo to the widow as part of her dowry. " Even in lii old ago his letters have the charm , the patience and the shrewd but cheerful philosophy which characterized nil that ho wrote in his younger days , when his mind was strongest and clearest. To George Washington ho writes : My malady renders my sitting up to write rather painful to me , but I cannot let my son-in-law , Mr. lincho , part for Now York without congratulating you by him on the recovery of your hoalili , so precious to us all , and on the growing strengtli of our now government under your ad ministration. For my own personal ease 1 should have died two years ago , but though these years have been spout in oxcrueiatintr pain , 1 um pleased that I have lived them" , since they have brought me to see our present situation. I am now finishing my eighty- fourth year , and probably with it my career in llfo ; but in whatever state of oxlstonco I am placed hereafter , if I retain any memory of what has passed hero , I shall with it re tain the csteum , i aspect and affection with which I have long been , my dear friend , yours most sincerely. Mrs. Catharine Greene , ono of his warm est friends , is written to after this fashion : "My friends here are numerous , and I enjoy as much of their conversation as I can reasonably wish ; and I have ns much health and cheerfulness ns can well bo exported at my ago , now eighty-three. Hitherto this lifo has been tolerably happy ; so that , if I were i allowed to live it over again 1 should make ; no objection , only wishing for luavo to do what authors do in the second edition of their I works , correct some of my errata , ! Among the felicities of life I reckon your , friendship , which I shall remember with pleasure as long as that lifo lasts , being over my dear friend , yours most affectionately. " And to his niccu , Mrs. Patridgo , ho says on the same subject : "You kindly Inquire after my health. I have not of late much reason to boast of It. People that will llvo a long lifo and drink to the bottom of the cup must expect to meet with some of the dregs , However , when I consider how ninny moro terrible maladies the human body is liable to , I think myself well off that I have only thrco iiicurablo ones the gout , the stone and old age and those , notwith standing I enjoy many comfortable Intervals , In which I forgot all my ills und aiuuso my self In rending or writing , or in conversa tion with friends , joking , laughing and t 1 - Ing mcrrv stories , as whoa you tirat knew me , a young man about llfty. IT AVON'T' ' llOlil ) . llyrou Itccd'H Opinion of ( lie St. Clnlm to Oiimlm Property. A telegram in TIIK Kuvmv HEK announced that a representative of the St. Louis llrm ot Holfoin.stcin , Gore & Co. had commenced suit to recover a largo amount of rout estate In tlio city of Oinalia , and thereby hangs a tale. It is told by Unroll S. Uccd , and dales back to the time that Omaha was a frontier town , thirty-two years ago. It tolls how f(15 ( then invested iu Omaha real cstntu is now worth millions. liobcrt Shields first smv Oinnlm in tS , " > il. Immediately after coming lioro ho engaged in a gor.cral luoiruntilo business. Ho pre empted a few acres of land north of the city , covering the ground now known as the Denise - niso , Paulson , R V. Smith , Idlowild , Foster and Hoed additions. At that Unio he lived at the spot whore Stoiv t Ilor now have their brewery , but move' down to Farnam street , where n built the ilrst warehouse on that thorough fare. Although allcrod and enlarged , it stil stands , ami at present is occupied by .lolii Canlllold , the stationor. Huslness , however , became dull , and in ISTrt the St. Louis tlrn sued him for ? 03 , which ho was unable ti pay , and the sheriff attached tlio lands n : question. They were sold for the amount and n sheriff's deed shows they were bought m by Helfoiistoin , Gore , t Co. , who were tin plaintiffs , but who , after that , paid no furtho attention to their mirrlmso until Saturday last , whan Mr. HoHonstotn sent MOSSM , Gutlmo & Young to look alter his Interests. . "Tho story as you have it , Is very niMfly true , " said Mr. IJeed to a Hms reporter , "and 1 can very well recollect the circum stances , but Mr. Holfensteln bus no clalii ; that can bo enforced. Any title ho inn\ \ have had in the lands has goao by lapse n" time , as can bo shown by the suit against th Patrick estate in the United States distrio court , and the verdict was against the defendants fondants , and although they talk uoou bringing it to the United States suprciiu court , ! doubt if they will. IlPlfcustoiii has not even ns good a claim as there was in that caso. When tlio sale took place thirty years ago , there was no money paid , but fin was endorsed on the claim ot Helfenstom , Gore & Co. against HobcrtShields. They received n sheriffs deou and put it on record , but there is nothing to show that Shields did not pay them the money wiuco then. It they did not receive it , they should have gjno on and taken potsossion of their properly , but they did not do it , and the laws of Nebraska bars any action for the recovery of real estate within ton years. However , the title had passed from Shields to outside parties before the suit was brought , and they have since di vided and subdivided it , until the present , To make their claim good , Helfenslein , Gore & Co. should have recovered U from them twenty years ago. ISosides that , Shield never received his patent until after the suit had been decided against him. " "How much is the laud in controversy worth ! " "It's worth millions that is more than 1 , 000,000 a good deal moro. It stretches oul to whcro tlio i-olossoum now stands You'll llnd cases like that coming un every day , and in every city , especially when they o\nerioiico a rapid growth like Omaha. As 1 remember Shields , ho was not a very good business man , and the St. Louis llrm that sued him were thoii in the wU.olc.sala gro cery business. 1 think Shields has n brother now living in Sarpy county , and I saw him a year or two ago. I don't know whether Uob- ort is alive or dead now , but I know ho loft lor California shortly af tor the sheriffs sale. " An Alisoliirn Cure. Tuo ORIGINAL ABIETIN13 OINTMENT is only put up in largo two ounce tin boxes , and is an absolute cure for old sores , burns , wounds , chapped hands , and all skin er'a | > - tions. Will positively care all kinds of piles. Ask for the OKIGINALA13IETINK OINT MENT. Sold by Goodman Dru Co. , at S3 cents per box by mail 30 cents. AVrsh 171 uton After tlio Iraugiirntton Maga/.ine of American History : lie stood six foot throe inches in his slip pers , was splendidly proportioned , evenly developed , and straight as an arrow , lie had a long , muscular arm , and probably tlio largest hand of any man in Now York. His uniform gravity and his marvellous will-power seem to have most attracted the attention of the world , which were , indeed , but the index to a manly self-poise founded upon the most perfect nolf-control. His enthusiastic welcome to the presiden tial chair , by the people of all classes without any division of interest , roads in this ago like a poem ; yet ho was able to moot it with unruflicd composure. Ho had come to the front when there was an ocean of problems to solve , of forms and ceremonies to be adjusted. But in dustry was ono of his cardinal virtues , and he did not st.ok to bo nflliotod with waste moments. Ilin personal inlluei co tied as u knot of steel the conflicting forces together. He was dignified even to a lofty reserve , while at the same time his irresistible magnetism dis proves the notion that ho was cold and un yupathetio. llin breeding wu& that of a gentleman , ho was fond of society , ' conversed well , enjoyed humor in a quiet way and was sensitive to the beauty and open to the'appeal of a good story. Acrced Upon u Verdict. Gr.sr.VA , 111 , , Dec. ) . The jury in tlio C.IHO of John A. Hauorclson , chief of the Aurora division of the Brotherhood of Loco motive ) l nginccrs , charged with dynamite conspiracy by the Burlington road , agreed upon a vordlut this afternoon , but Judge Wilson would not , rocclvo It on Sunday , and it will not bo uiudo known till morn lug. O&Y Jik ; * * . - * * & * * < ; - * * r5 * " " * > ' ' * ! JteMftW3S2Sfc 1 3 a EV9USTANG i = sS 35jBsg3& | Thus the ' Mustang" conquers pain , Makes MAN or BEAST well again I ATTOltXKVS icniLL if- Lawyers , llooms 403 ami 4" " Kirit Notional ll.ink , MUSIC. Teacher of the Spanish Mandoline , With Max Moycr A Co DR , EDWARD E , SLOMAN , O2O8 Fnrnnm Stroat. Hour * 8 to 0:10 : n. in , nnil 1 to ! 1 , nnd 7 to ) . in , Tcli'pliuno No. 27J. OlliBha , Not ) . .7. K. JEXK1XR , M. A , Physician - : - and - : - Surgeon , Special attention to < li * < mi > f of rlillilron. linicc nt roixr r > f Monvll H DniR Store , H 1 ! . Cov. liilh and Chicago SUX'Ots , omiinn MRSTOAVIES ! "and. EMM A ! DAVIES Homeopathic Physicians. nisp.isoi ofoniiMi nuil Cluliliou n nocli\Ity ] m Ninth Kith Stritt lVl < > | thono l 'A JAP. If. J'EAHOnVi M. . , Physician - : - and - : - Surgeon , IteMiU'iico , No. lX.l ! ) Cniiltol Avo. OlllcoItmioll lllk. Telephone. lo.thkMice , ] i' > ; olllro , 512. Physician - : - and - : - Surgeon , Oniro-Koomi .1 " " < ! 4 , CoiUlnontal Illock , N U. ror. tilth nml DmuUiiHSti. Itusliloni o I1H1 17lh St. onicolulophone.dOl ; residence tulcihonoKT ) ! 0. S. IIOFFMAX , M. I ) . , Physician - : - and - ; - Surgeon , Oilia' N.\V. Cor. nth nnil Don l.n Oillp phone , 4i i ; roMilomv telephone , II. IN Tin : ISSINTIAI. : : < n AI.ITIKS OP Durability , Evomiess oi Point , and Workmanship. Bainplcs for trial of 1 2 illlTerciit Mylei liy milt , nn rcculptof 1O crnls in Btami's. Ask for caril flo. 8. IYISON , DLAKEMAN & CO , , 7 Ucwnrc of Fraud , n < my mine and Ilic price are stamped on the bottom i , [ nil in ) ' ndvcrtiscil slioi-j before ! e'i\in the factory , \VULI ! ! protect Iliccarer4 ninmst liiith price * ami uif , nor cmul * If a ilcalct oners W. I * . Hniialim times .it A reduced price , or lays he Im them without my natmm anil price statupcv on Ihe bottom , put him doun its .1 fraud I FOR GENTLEMEN. Tlio only cnlf OnSHAIMI.KSH.Shoo smooth in- side. NOTACKSorVAXTIIKKAl > toliurtllio feet , easy as hand-sowed anO WILT , NOT 1111' . TO THE PUBLIC. capacity , tul liai been lormernycur. 1 employ bothlCnlgliti tf I.al > or mil tin Iiailrr'i Trotr'tlm Union inrn.midln cnlrr t < ) | > ro\e to tlie ntcinhfri of I ilur onginixatloni cr rrvrlier that tlio itotemenl ) made In BRM circular are fulao I oiler lo on r pcrion or ptnoni who will pro o all Ihc italrinrnli mnita hi rvilclrriilnr to be true. Till , oflrr Kill hold good uiilll January III , ISM ) . W. T , . UOUOT.AS. Ilrnrltlon , MOP * . For sale by Kclloy , Stipro.i & Co. and Goo. S. Miller , 012 North 10th St. LOMBARD lloston , Mass CMJtfo / , Capital a Surplus , This company 1ms opened nnOmalinofllconnd ispropiuoilto furnish money promptly ou 1m- pioveil city mid farm juoporty. No upiillcuiloi. ? sent nw.iv for ap ; "n-nl Loaiib closed nnd pulil fin without delay. JOHN W. OIHII. MniinRor , BWbouth liltli Stii'el rirst National Iliink STOVES. Garland Stoves ; Oak Stoves , MONITOR STEEL RANGES Largest Stockl Best Goods ! Lowest Prices ! Hilton Rogers & Sons , COR , I4TH AND FARNAM , OPPOSITE THE PAXTON.