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COUNCIL BLUFFS
1 UIKICK NO 12 I'I.AUIj STltKirr
H J'clrurul by carrier In any part of the City
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H TKLEl'll02r.3i
H muht kiiitoii noi
B MlSoTrfliliNTlON
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H Council Uluffs Lumber Co , coal
B Thatcher coal , 114 Main street
H Carbon Coal Co wholesale , retail , 10 Vcnrl
H Him taken flvo premiums Angelina Hour
| Try n sack
H Jnmci Casey was yesterday sent to Jnll for
| ten days for boating bis board bill ,
H Knto Crnrv will lccu.ro lit , the Cuncrcgn-
H tlonal church Friday evening on The lirlt-
H lsh
H City Auditor Ilnmraor yesterday * lisucil
H M.5UU In cortlllcatos to Mcmrs Wlckham
H Hosloy and Miller for Intersection sewer
H
H Elder W. VV lilnir of Lamonl will
m preach at the Lnttnr Day Saints church , on
H l'icrcu street near Olcn avenue , at 7:45 : each
H evening this week
M Judge Avlpsworth has honrd argument on
M n motion for u now trial in the Moschcndorf
H mid Kcnrnn vs Nonl ot al case , and has taken
j the snmc under ndvlsnmcnt
1 Tlio firemen complain that several parties
H drove over the liosa at .vosterdny morning *
B fire It is some tlmo siuco nny fines wcro
H indicted for tills ofTunno , and It is evident
B that such action in it few ciisos at the present
IB time would provo bcncllclul ,
B The following Jurors have been drawn for
BB the next term of the superior court , com
BBB niencinir February 7 : M , Keating , .losluh
BB Djmfortli , L. 11. Williams , N. E. Tyson , M.
BBBj A. Moore , Jonn Mulnucon , , Ucorgo Dallon ,
BB O , J. Jncohs and W. 1' . Aylesworth
B William Lund , n farmer residing In the
BB Plumcr sottluiiicnt , while en routa tn this
BB city Monday nfternoon lost a pocketbook
BB It contained a First NiUlonul bank ccrtill-
BB cato of deposit for ? 7tM , a note for * 35 and
BB two money orders for $25 each ; also Buvoral
BB dollars in monny He reported it to the chlof
BB of police , to whom the Under can return the
BB lost package
j llnttln Arthur was arrested by Con
BB stable Coviilt on a warrant sworn out by
BB Kmma Woodward , chnrglng her with ltocu-
Iiir a house of ill-fnmo nt No 112(1 ( BUroad-
BB way She was taken before Justtco llar-
BB nott , who rclcnscd her on her own rccog-
BB mzanco to nppoar for trial tomorrow Sua
BB said she wan the mother of six children , aud
BB denied the chnrgo made against her
J Some timongo n darkey named Johnson , in
BB the employ of Ed llurko , was arrested for
BB the larceny of some laundry work from a
BB Cascade'laundry wagon Ho asscrtod his
BB innocence , claiming ho secured the goods
BB from a colored man named Jack Woodin
BB The latter was placed under arrest , but n
bciirlug tn the case wns postponed Just lea
BB Bcliurz heard Anally the testimony , resulting
BB In the discharge of Johnson , and Woodin ro-
BB cciving a Jail scntonco of thirty days
J Some of the alleys in the business portion
v ot the city have been allowed to remain in a
BB disgustingly lllthy condition for so long that
BB the adjoining property owners have do-
BB cided that forbcaranco has ceased to bo a
BB virtue The result is that the alley south of
BB Ilroadway , between Main and Pearl streets ,
BB is placarued at either end wltn largo cards
BB inscribed ; "Commlttco on streets and ol-
BB leys , Lacy , Kvorott , Weaver " That alloy
BB will bo cleaned up before many moons
H The city council held a short adjourned
BB meeting yesterday afternoon for the pur-
BB pose of pusslng the ordlnanco establishing
BB the grndo of Lincoln avenue As thcro
BBJ wcro several objectors to the grade as fixed
BBj by ilio ordlnanco , it wns deemed best to let
BBJ the matter go over until the next meeting ,
BBJ whHi will bo held next Monday evening
BJB Mrs Amy appeared before the council with
JBB reference to the doslrod reduction ot her
BJB assessment The council had promised to
JBB take snmc action in tbo matter whenovcr all
BJB the nldcrmcn were pi cscnt , and as Aider *
BJB man Uellinger was absent , they refused to
JBB consider It After tiansactlng a little busl-
JBB ness of minor importance , - council ad-
BBBJ Journed ,
BBJ W-r. HnnilHoiiin New Goods
H . The Council Bluffs Carpet company antic !
JBB " pate a very heavy trade this season , and
BJB have prepared for it Heavy consignments
JBJBJBJ of new goods wcro rccoived yesterday ,
JBB among thorn some very handsome novelties ,
JBB notably a now Chinuso muslin for curtains
JBB handsomely ornamented and rqual to silk in
BJB texture and llnish Also new turcomens ,
BJB derbys , chenilles and valours in noavy
BJB goods ana LSrussols , tambours , Swiss and
JBB nottlngbams in laces , xho now styles of
BJB carpets are very handsome ,
JBB *
BBJ City Steam Laundry 84 Main Tel 134.
BBJ
J The ( Siiarils' llnziinr
J Last evening witnessed the opening of the
J bazaar to bo held by the Dodge Light
B Guards this wcok at the armory In the Ma-
m sonio temple The principal feature of the
J evening was the minstrel performance given
M by members of the company , nssiBtod by
M Ualby's orchestra Consiuorlug the fact
M that all ot these who took part wcro uma-
M tcurs , and many of them had never before
M appeared on the stage , the performance was
M highly creditable , and it wns thoroughly on-
JBB Joyed by the largo audience present The
JBJBJI gags were now and were received with
re ut uppluuso The solos wcro well ron
§ cred , nnd encores were quite numerous
BBJ The singing of the quartette mlgnt
BBJ have been much better , the slug
JBJBJI era falling to do themselves Justice
JBJBJI This was probably owing to insufticlcnt ro-
JBJBJB lioarsais , which was apparent ull through
JBJBJBJ the perrormauco The banjo and guitar
JBJBJI duet by Keating nnd Mlchoner wns vocifer-
JBJBJ ously oncorcd , as wns the string quartette ,
JBJBJI consisting of Micheiior , Patterson , Keating
JBJBJI nnd lloss Their selections captured the
JBJBJI audience , and were the most enjoyed ot any
JBJBJI thing on tbo programme Tbo performance
JBJBJI closed with an aftorpioco entitled The
JBJBJBJ Crazy Tragedian , " by Huff , Johnson and
JBJBJBJ Uonnott All in all , the performance was a
BJflJflJflJflJ aurpriso to these who attended , and was
BJflJfl * equal to that afforded by some of the pro
BJBJfl fcssional troupes which have played hero at
regular prices
J It will bo repeated this ovonlng with a
BJB few changes , and Tommy Keating , the boy
BBJBJ phenomenon , will uppour in song mid dance
BJBJB At the close of the programmo tbo hall was
JBB cleared and the remainder of the evening do-
JBB voted to dancing The booths , which were
JBB numerous and very tastily urrangod , were
JBB well patronlzod There are several articles
JBB to bo disposed of to popular parties , among
JBB thorn a cane for the moat popular candidate
JBB for city marshal , which will bo qulto a bono
JBB of contention , The bazaar starts out In a
JBB most promising manner , nnd the boys will
JBB undoubtedly clear enough to tuko them on
JBB their western summer Jaunt in splendid
8tyl0 , _
H The Council Uluffa Insurance company * '
BBJ avorogo annual Incoino since organization
JBB has been (120,000.00. Disbursements
BBBJ slnco organization for losses and ether ox-
JBB ponditures now exceeds 11,000,000 00. Hlsks
JBB written slnco organization , H2.770.545.00
BJBJBJB Every property owner should patronize this
JBJBB homo institution , aud In that way encourage
JBJB and build up our city , J , 11 , Allen is the city
JBJBJ agent of this company , and n more honor
JBJB nolo , reliable and trustworthy man can not
JBJBJ bo found Tno directors of the company are
JBJBJ Hon \V. P. Supp , K. L. Shugart , P. M. Oault ,
JBJBJ John Konnors , M. C. Hruiuerd and J , Q.
BBBJ Anderson ,
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BJjlB J , U. Tipton , real estate , 527 Broadway
M liAWann 'i'nlki Uauk
M Mr , Lawton of the school board Is not in-
B clincd to submit In ailenco to the Intimations
B and insinuations which he deems dlrectod at
H him in , various interviews concerning tbo
M school board wrangle lie said : When
H the public understand tbo facts I am willing
H to leuva the matter to thu good sense of the
H people , These gontleinon seem to think I
H have somothlng to deny or defend My
M course on the board has been an open book ,
H and I am willing to stand on tbo record I
H have nothing to retract or rescind , If there
H is an/thing to bo ohurgod against me , why
H dent they como out squarely ana say what
H it is , aud not indulge in insinuations1' !
H Mr , Luwsou then procecdod to give the
H intcrvlewe ' r his history of the squabble la
H regard to the treasurorshlp ; Senator Orono-
H woe > U < 1 Mr Schooutgen huvo bottt
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mndo publio tholr versions , I want
the public to understand the former
course of thc o gentlemen Mr Schoent-
gen has repeatedly said to mo that when
Senator Oronowog was treasurer of the
school board the use of the money bolonglug
to the bonrd was worth thousands of dollars
Mr Srhocntgcu wanted mo to vote for a
man for treasurer whom they named , be-
couso they could again nave the u o of the
bnlanco on hand Mr Schoentgcn said this
was his mission on the board I told him it
should bo for the Intcrosts of education , at
which be scoffed I further stated that Mr
Perogoy had mndo a good treasurer , having
kept nil the funds In the bnnk , nnd I con
sidered It much hotter for the monny to bo
kept that way , where it would nlways bo
available Ho said If bo would keep the
mouoy In some other bank , or use It In his
business ho would not objoet so much
Ho objected to the bank in which the funds
wcro dopositcd , and It bocmo very evident
to mo whiit was the real niotlvo of Mr
Schoentecn nnd his partner Ho did not in
troduce the resolution to have the money de
posited for the boncilt of the county until
after ho know that Mr Keller would be de
feated for ttoasuror Mr Keller is recog
nized us n worthy man , and the only objec
tion to him wns the fear that ho would bo
inlluonccd bytheso men As to thu question
of depositing this money so that the district
would get the bonollt of the interest , wo
were ull very nnxlous to do It , and that
quo ton ! was discussed in the board , nnd the
decision of nn attorney secured long before
Mr Schoentgen's resolution Mr Stownrt ,
ns ntf attorney , declared that it could not bo
done legnlly , und relying lurguly on his
opinion the board decided I cant see how
Mr Orouowcg can construe It that politics
has anything to do with this money question
I for ono will vote at any tlmo to deposit the
inouoy In that way , If wo have tbo legal
right "
Hut what about the matter of toachersl"
Oil , ns to that , I um quito confluent that
every teacher now employed in our Hchools
in American born , unless it would bo some
of the four now employed In the high school ,
who , I am told , are nil Germans , nnd came
hero from abroad , being selected nnd recom
mended by Mr Schooutgen , chairman of tno
committee on toucliurs Now as to tno
schools being crowded with Irish Catholic
teachers , the following Is a list , which t bo-
llovo to bo correct , of the nationality of the
tcachors now employed in our schools : Qer-
uinns , tliirtv-four ; Americans , twonty-six ;
Irish Catholics , cloven ; Canadian , ono ; Eng
lish , one As to the religious beliefs
of the teachers I know noth
ing , neither would It change my de
sires for or against thum , if I did
I do not know that overv Irish teacher upon
our payroll was rccommonded anu voted for
by Mr Schoentgon , except Miss Delia
O'Hourkc , and of Her nationality I know
nothing She Is the adopted daughter of an
Irish family She Is not a graduate of the
Sisters school , as stated by Mr Schoentgon ,
but of tbo Western Iowa college She is
well quulillod and experienced Mr Scbnent-
gen stated that ho know nothing of the qual-
illcutions of Miss Knto Morris This is
strange , for she has filled a position in our
schools for a yenr , and Mr , Schoentgon
voted fur her election As to the statement
that Mr Stewart would resign should I bo
reelected the need fear this
- people not re
sult , for Mrs Stewart was a cnndldato for a
position as teacher before Mr Stewart came
on the board , and wns not elected I was in
formed that Mr Stewart was much offended ,
and stated that bo would bo a candidate for
membership himself Ho was , nnd was
elected , and immediately secured the de
sired position for his wife It seems to mo
that ho will not hasten under such circum
stances to resign from the board "
The popular wall paper and docoratlvo
establishment ot P. C. Miller has been re
opened with Mr Miller as manager The
entire stock has boon purchased by Jacob L.
Jensen , and largely increased by the addi
tion of all tbo latest styles and designs by
the best manufacturers The old establish
ment is roadv for business again , a fact tbo
publio will note yvlth interest
The water runs when Ulxby plumbs
Whnt the Exohnnica Wants
The Council Bluffs real estate exchtuge
has become a largo and ncUvo organization
and wants about everything that Is neces
sary to build up the commercial and mater
- lal interests of this western Iowa metropo
lis , it wanted the cooperation of the west
ern iowa branch of the Farmers alliance in
the effort to secure the next annual meeting
of the National Farmers congress , and at
the meeting yesterday took a very long Btep
towards getting It , when Mr E. P. Powers
of Neola secretary of thu Pottawattamie
county Farmers alliance , appcarod and
btatou that his organization bnd instructed
him to officially notify the exchange that the
association would cooperate und use ull Its
inllueuco in the effort to secure the mooting
The beard of trndo wants the intor6tato
commerce law repealed , and at the last sos
ston of tbo board passed a resolution In
structing our doloirates to congress to work
for the repeal ot the law This rcBOlutiqn
was presented to tbo real estate exchange
nnd concurred In and the secretary In
structed to send a copy to Congressman
Heed and the entlro Iowa delegation In
Washington , and assure them that it was the
dcslro of the business men of Council Bluffs
to have the law rcpoalod
L. A. Casper was elected as a member of
the exchange
Tbo Hess Investment and Trust company
Iowa lump coal , spot cash , (3.50 per ton
Council Bluffs Fuel Co
Travelers , Hotel Jameson is ilrst-class.
Full line ot Imported and ilomostlc cigars
Kelley & Younkcrman ,
Wo want you to list your rental property
with us and wo will secure you good , reliable
liable tenants , llents collected and special
attention glvou to care of property E. 11.
Stieafo & Co , Broadway and Main St , up
stulrs
Thu Manhattan aportlng hcadq'rs 413 B-way ,
Pprnonn.1 Paragraphs
Mr D. Hancbett , father of Dr A. P.
Ilunchett , is hero on a brief visit , being on
route to Dakota to look after some property
interests ttiero
A. L. Smith of the Wabash frolght ofllco
is confined to bis room by illness ,
Dr Gillette , superintendent of the Chau
tauqua assomblv session of last year , was in
the , city yesterday and mot with the execu
tive couimittoo , In consultation as to the pro
gramme for this yenr Ho lstt on tbo even
lng train for Do Funiak , Fla , where bo is
interested la Chautauqua work
Colonel Wells Cook leaves this morning
for Colfax , where no hopes to recover from
an aggravated attack of the grip "
Hov , B. P. MoMonumy returned yesterday
morning from Colfax Springs , whore he has
boon for some tune His boalth is greatly
improved by his trip
Hartram Zovoly loaves todiy for Des
Moines ,
Elmer and E. L. Qolso of Logan are visit
ing in the Bluffs
Hon , J. M. Palmer and wife left yesterday
morning for Little Hock , Ark ,
Miss Delia Dohauv has gene to Now Or
leans for u short visit ,
County Auditor Hendricks and Suporln-
tendont Graham loft last evening for Ilea
Moines , where they will attend u statu moat
ing ot county boards They were Joined at
Avoca by Supervisor Oslor ,
Miss Annie Hand of Burlington has re
moved to tbo Bluffs and will make her homo
with her sister , Mrs Charles Mautz Sbo
will attend the public schools In this city
Go to Dampsey Bros , for flno confection
cry , Boston chips , butter cups , etc , 105 Main ,
.
Dr II S. Woit , dental surgery , No 13
Pearl street , over Tub Hee ofllco
Full line ot houioopathio medicines at Ellis ,
S. M , Williamson sells the Standard and
Domcstia sowing machines , 100 Main St
An Old Land Murk Gene
Ono of tbo oldest buildings In the city
was destroyed by Ore yesterday The old
structure was located at OiO Broadway , adJoining -
Joining tbo Hotel Dnnruark , and occupied as
au adjunct to that hostelry , The lire caught
in the roof and before it wan extinguished
but little of the building except the frame
was loft standing The force of the water
ripped tbo ahlugo ) and weatherboarding
from tbolr ancient moorings and scattered
the debris In n lively manner The property
Is otvnod by W. F. Sapp , Jr , and ho Is ex
pected to build a line structure on the slto
during the year
The old building has some history Interest ,
for the reason that within Its nnclont walls
Mrs Fannlo Kollogg-Uachort first saw the
light and passed her happy childhood as a
romping , rosy-cheokod girl , unknown to the
audiences nil over the world that have slnco
been enraptured by her marvelous volcod
powers
Elegant sugar shakes at E. Burhorns
A good girl can secure a good situation to
do gcnoral housework by calling on Mrs , P.
M. Pryor , CIO Bluff st ,
C. U. stcatndyo works , 1013 Broadway
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A Knrmor'd Orlovanco
The Mueller Music company some tlmo
ago sold on organ to n Nebraska farmer ,
who paid part In cash nnd gayo a note for
the rcmaindor Uecontly tbo farmer wrote
for nn extension nnd closed his letter thus :
These i * never a rose without Its thorn ,
Our Joys have all their stings ;
But the trouble this year with Nebraska
corn
Is the beggarly prlco It brings
The crop was all right , the snnson Just hit ,
The yield was simply Immense ;
But what is the use of us raising it ,
When it fetchcj but fourteen cents !
S. B. Wndsworth & Co , 07 Pearl strr-ot ,
loan money lor Lombard Inv Co
The handsomest and clcanost mnrkot , bcit
meats and lowest prices at J. M. Scaiilans
Tlio Loaders
of Dncwatchos and jewelry in the city , nnd
the place to buy the best goods at the lowest
uricca Is the establishment without rivals ,
the most reliable firm of
C. B. Jacql'kmik & Co
,
Ofllcors < > r ilio Uii I Tor in Itank
At the mooting of Bluffs division , No 37 ,
Uniform Hank , Knlijhts of Pythias , held
last night , the following ofllcors were
chosen : Captain , .1 , M. Scanlnn ; first
lieutenant , C. A. Tibbots ; second lieutenant ,
Chnlmor Lyons ; recorder , F. W. KlzenholT ;
treasurer , L. Kost
Save SO per cent on tombstones and menu
ments Design sheet una prlco list f no L.
Kelley , "J03 Broadway , Council Bluffs
Desirable dwellings for rent at reduced
prices by E. H. Stieafo & Co , rental agents ,
Broadway und Main st , up stairs
Drs Woodbury have removed their denta
ofllco to 101 Pearl street , upstairs
linkers I'uro Cud Liver Oil
( Known over 40 years ) Also Bailers
Emulsion for throat and lung troubles All
druggists
LUCK FOR JACK TAR
A Sailor In the Mavy Falls Hair to a
Lariro Fortune
Probably no onli&toa man in the
United States navy is so well known as
plain John Browiij who , today holds the
position of coxswain aboard the training
ship Now Hampshire , Btutionod here ,
writes a Newport correspondent His
enlistment record shows his ago ns
thirty-nino. For thirteen consooutivo
years ho followed the fortunes of Ad
miral Stoohen D. Luco , and since the
admirals retirement ftom active ser
vice ho has been at the training station
at Newport Brown was born of
wealthy parents at Rio do Janeiro , and
early had an inclination to follow the
sea Ho ran away from a comfortable
homo , arriving in the United States at
the ago of sovcuteen Ilo worked his
way to Now Bedford , whore ho roughed
it for several years , mid ultiraatoly
fouiul his way into the navy Always a
sober , steady man , ho pus hod ahead ,
and today holds the conlidenco of Ad
miral Luco to a remarkable degree
For twonty-two long years Brown has
hold hardly any communication with
his relatives , and the news that hu
is now heir to a largo fortune takes
him completely by surpribo Ono sister
and brother are still alive , and owing
to their efforts bis present location was
discovered after a long search In an
interview Inst night Bi'own very mod
estly declined to make a very long
statement , as ho wished to avoid any
notoriety , saying ho hoped to mnke
good use ot his fortune Ho said his
grandfather , father and uncle , were all
dead , and it Boomed each had generously
remembered him , with his brother and
sister , so that each inherited $140,000 ,
and that after a long scarohfthoy had
discovered him at Newport , and all was
straight for him to como at once into
possession of the fortune , which , with
tbo interest , will make him a very rich
man Ho intends to apply for an itn-
mediate discharge from the Borvico , but
has not made no his mind as to his fu
ture homo
Brown is single , and lives in comfort
able apartmorts on Warton avenue ,
where his shiDumtos are calling with
hearty congratulations At the train
ing station his conduct ns a potty of
llco r in chnrgo of the launch running
between the station and the shore hns
given grnat satisfaction , and his always
courteous demeanor has made him a favorite -
vorito with all hands , from commnnd-
nntdownto the apprentice boy , all of
whom rojolco at his good fortune ,
which seems stranger than llction
No need to take these big cathartic
pills ; oho of Dr J. II McLean's Liver
andlCidnoy PillotH isqulto sufllciont und
moro ngrceablo ,
A WRONG TO OUR GIRLS
Tlio Oold-Itlooiled Way In Wlilob
Tholr Charms Are Hoc Knrlli
Ono of the most discouraging social
tendencies of the tlmo is that in the
direction of rhorconnry mnrriages , and
nno ot the most shocking and brutal
abuses of typo and paper is the flippant
and cold-blooded way in which cortnin
newspapers of wide circulation nnd
corresponding inlluoncoplnco the young
girls who , from time to time , appear in
society upon the block und rattle oil
tholr porsonul and material advantages
with the glibness of the auctioneer ,
says the Doiroit Free Press In no
ether city is this lamentable class of
imported snobbery so prevalent and so
offonsSvo as in Washington , which is
infested with a elnsj of correspondents
who respect nothing in their hungry
Eoarch fur news
Every girl who makes her social
debut lit the capital is duly catalogued
by these reporters , and her beauty , her
wit , her breeding most important of
all , her fortune spread before the pub
lie , accompanied by a portrait , if by any
moans , fair or foul , a photograph can bo
obtained , The vulgar coai'bonoss of
some , of tiloso newspaper artiplos is
enough to make the blood boil , and if
they do not bring the blush of anger to
the cheeks of these at whom they are
directed it will only provo that public
ity has already had the hardening ef
fect which 1b its inuvitablo result •
It these debutantes of toduy , the so
cial loaders of the year 1000 and tlio
mothers of the debutantes of 1010 , are
educated down to thu standard of snob
bery wliloh McAllister aud the Tuxedo
circles sot if they nro taught that re
sponsibility , thought , development nnd
growth in serious things are for the
common people while wealth may pur
chase plenary indulgence for the neg
lect of all the duties for the doing of
which God created Eve then heaven
help the society of the twentieth cen
tury
• Samples of Dr Miles Uouorativo Nervine
at Kuhu U Co 's , 15th aud Douglas , cures
' beadaobe , nervousness , sleeplesancss , nou-
ralfcrla , fits , etc
SOUrilOMAlfBMLY EVENTS
T'l '
Talks About Aunoxatlon With
Several Lending Gltlssons
SOME FOR , OTHERS , AGAINST IT
Alpha Ledge Will Olvo n Valentino
fcooinl A Family Qunrrol In the
Pollen rourt City Notes
mul Personals
"Thcro nro objections to annexation nnd
features in its favor , " said F. J. Persons ,
president or South Omaha's ' school board ,
but the benefits to bo gained by the move ,
I think , would offset its disadvantages If
South Omaha was a part of Omaha the big
ger and mora influential'city would , I think ,
locate her manufacturing Institutions along
the railroad tracks that run through our
city I know thcro would bo plenty of
eastern capital invested in South Omaha If
wo could only convince the money lenders
and Investment scckors that within our
midst there is ample security Omaha
property can secure loans readily whllo
South Omaha property often goes begging
There Is not tbo same fcolmg of security in
our stability The main objection to annex
ation , and a good ono , 1 think , is the fear
thnt wo would not got ns much In the way
of publio Improvements.but as 1 said before ,
the benefits would offset the disadvantages "
County Commissioner Peter Corrignn
owiib considerable property in South Omaha
Ho asked about annexation and duclarod
himself hoartl'y ' in favor of It "Iho miitn
objection seems to bo the fenr of increased
taxation , " said Mr Corrigan , but I fall to
see any ulfforcnco between a high valuation
and a low levy and a high levy and a low
valuation Units tbo dllleronco between
O in aha nnd South Omaha and under a con
solidated government It would bo equalized
Then wo South Omaha taxpayers would
save the oxpouso of a separate city govern
ment and bo benefited in various ether
ways , especially by Omaha's hotter 'llnuu-
clal standing , "
"I have looked the matter over thoroughly
and fairly , " said C. M , Hunt , assistant cash
ier of the Nebraska Savings bank , and 1
am of the opinion that South Omaha's inter
ests would bo best subserved by maintaining
a separate municipal government I am op
posed to it for the present at least and 1
think tbo majority of the people of South
Omaha agrco with mo , I dent think tbo
proposition will carry if submitted to a vote "
Social on Valentino Night
A merry evening is promised at Masonlo
hall on Friday night on the occasion of tbo
Valentino social to ho given by the ladies of
Alpha lodge , Daughters of Hobckah Each
lady will bring a lunch basnet with her card
in it and will lunch with the gentleman who
buys her basket D. F. Boyllss will deliver
the opening address
Following are the managers of the aitair :
Reception Mr and Mrs John J. Qorman
and Mr and Mrs William A. Andersen
To Hecoivo Baskets Mr and Mrs James
and Mrs , II Hoyman
Basliot Actioiieors Mr Claud L. Talbot
and Mrs G. W. GlVnn
Postmuster , C. WKJlynn ; assistant , Mrs
Claud L. Talbot ' '
Mail Deliverers Messrs Robert J. Pier
son nnd 10. J. Dauiel
Music Committee Messrs John J. Gor
man and David Anderson
The names of ullljidles drawn from the
baskets will bo reported to Messrs David
Audersoa and Andrew H. Miller
Just n Faintly Qunrrol
Frantt McAleer uti& his wife llvo in the
section of South Omaha religiously or irrev
erently termed Prohibition Hill " McAloor
is a butcher in lbo < qmploy of tbo Omaha
Packing company nnd his wife has been endeavoring -
doavoring „ b.o thinks ] , to swcl , the family
treasury by keeping boardorst MoAlocr
was of the opinion that be could provide all
the necessaries of the family larder without
the weekly stipend paid for bed and board ,
On this point ho and bis.wifo could nntagrco ,
Sbo had bim arrested oa a charge of.disturb
ing tno peace , the occasion being one of their
family tilts over the boarding house question ,
McAleer was rolcased on his own rccog-
mzanco to appear for trial on Friday morn
ing
City Notes ami Personals
The Uicbart building on N street will bo
replaced oy a better structure
Eunon Sbarron ' , accused of disorderly
conduct at tbo Harris household , was dis
charged yesterday morning His wife will
bo arrested und an effort made to convict
bor
bor.Ira
Ira Miller ot Genesca , 111. , is visiting J , D.
Jones
J. M. Wnugh Is in South Omaha visitiug
his son
The revival meetings In progress at the
Methodist church will continue ail this week
A flno ladies brown veil , found by Oillcor
Moso Kedmond oa N street , awaits an owner
at the police station
The South Omaha ofllco of Tun Beb Is located -
catod in the Nobr.islta Savings bank build
ing , ground floor , on Twenty-sixth street
just Bouth of N street Orders for delivery
of papers dvertljemcnts , notices of society
meeting , personals pr other news notes of
local interest left at the olllco will receive
prompt attention The ofllco is in charge
of Dan C , Shelley , lessee of the South Omaha
circulation
ST VALENTINES DAY
Interesting Old-Fnslilonoil French
Ceremonies Connected with It
The , good Bftint whoso day the
churches will celobrnto next Friday is
in no sense responsible for the custom
of vulontino sending that adds such in
terest to the modern celebration of his
fete day Good old St Valentino wbb
neither nddictod to marrying nor giv
ing in marriage , and the whole of his
amatory correspondence , if all put to
gether , would not cause a smile or raise
a laugh in ono of our modern breach-of-
promlso cases , says the Globo-Domo-
crat The true origin of the custom
observed on ttiis day is to bo found in
the relics of nuturo-roligion , a pagan
ism that prevailed in northwestern
Kuropo long before the ago of chivalry
was invented to poetize the too utterly
natural ways of some of our lovelorn
ancestors Thoj/fiustora / of Valentino
selecting in its original form
had nothing jh common with
the nineteenth century opera
tion of visiting a stationers
Bhop or fancy Btoiv for the tiurposo of
buying some prciJjf embossed cards , or
hand-painted card , as a love token ,
The lads and lassies of Mnlno and Lor-
raiuo in Fraiicoiw well as the people
generally unwedded of Scotland und
England , had a c.Qrtatn custom dating
back cortniuly to-itho seventh century ,
of holding lotteries of Bolectlons" of
young mates of 'Wach year Names of
young people of.both sexes wcro written
out nnd put into properrocoptaclus , and
drawings took plaju in which each sux
could secure a partner from the other ,
and it was customary for tlio senti
mental bond set upiby tbo selection bo
mudo to inure fop ono year and no
longer , unless , as a snrcastlo bachelor
observer , terminated by the marriage
or death of the parties 1' ' During the
year ouoli stood to the ether in the re
lation of chavalior and lady of beauty ,
the knight being bound to the honor
und defense of his fair ono , for which
slio repaid him in smiles and silk favors ,
when silk was obtainable , and too
much good-natured encouragement
was not Btrletly forbidden by the par
ents aud guardians
Both sexes were prlvllogod to draw
for sweethearts in these lotteries , bo
that a gentleman might bo sought by a
lady ho sought not , and a ludy draw a
gentleman wiiom she did not desire , In
relutlon to this feature of the pluy for
it was after ull but a pastime and in the
main a harmless and Innocent ono
Mission , a noted traveler und witty
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author , says : The man invariably
stuck faster to the Valentino that had
fallen to hi in than to her by whom ho
was chosen " At one time it was cus
tomary for both sexes to make each
other prcsonts , but latterly these obli
gations seem to have been restricted to
the men During the fifteenth century
this amusement vus very popular
among the upper classes and at many of
the Kuropoan courts , and during the
rolgn of Charles II many are reported
as having married ns well as they
chose " Later in England and Scotland
the festival ceased to possess the grace
ful symbolic moaning it formerly had
and be came somothlng of a nuisance
At the present day the Valentino is
merely a pretty epistolary method of
communicating the preferences of in
dividuals Some of the favors are vorf
handsome , but inoro often they consist
of the male or female figure with averse
verso of alleged poetry beneath
St Valentines day the 14th of Feb
ruary became the festival of early love
and youthful promise rather because
of the season than from any devotion of
the saint The connection of this cus
tom with St Valentine is purely acci
dental In the legends of the different
saints ot that name no practice peculiar
to that date is found Douuco in his
illustrations of Shakespeare suggestb
that the custom descended from thu an
cient Romans who , during the Lupor-
calia , celebrated in the month of Feb
ruary , were wont , among ether things ,
"to put the names of young women into
a box from which they were drawn by
the men as chance directed ; and that
the christian clergy , finding it difficult
or impossible to cxtirpato the pagan
practice , gnvo it at lonst a rnlieious as
pect by substituting the names of par
ticular saints for these of women , " and
it is now to a great extent , a usage ,
moro or less extended in the Roman
Catholic church , to select , either on St
Valentines day or some ether , a patron
saint for the your , who is termed a val
ontino
Valentines are now used to an enormous -
mous extent , and though a few years
they rarely exceeded in size a sheet of
common letter paper , they nro now
muchlarcror ' They are very handsome ,
and the best ones are ornate aiTairs of
plush cardboard , painted satin , embossed -
bossed work , illuminated lettering ,
coating as high as $25 apiece In the
trade many valuable naintings on silk ,
plush and satin have been especially
mounted as valentines to the order of
• wealthy people Many of thorn are
whims costing a hundred or moro dollars
lars , but these fancies are rarely in
dulged in Themiuiufacturorsof Christ
mas and Easter cards supply most of the
handsome valentines , many of the speci
mens being beautiful The commoner
varieties come from Germany , and in
Cincinnati is a factory that turns out
millions of the carionturo valontine3
that are sent broadcast over the land ,
and that retail from 1 cent to 5 cents
each Valentines mndo up with real
flowers are moro popular than the
painted scones , birds and angels The
( lowers are Imported and are nearly nil
Alpine plants , including'raro dwarf
ferns , tlio edelweiss , a lovely Biorlutcd
wax-like blossom , now very fashionable
Then there are dwarfed roses , daisies ,
immortelles and varieties of clover , ono
of which is identical with the Irish
shamrock , Handsome plush books are
given as valentine favors Rooms in
actual llowors , hand-painted panol-work
ecrcons , photographic gems , faced by
punslos , are now all tlio rage Like
Christmas and Easter cards , valentines
of merit are very expensive
m
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is only put up in larao two-ounee tin boxes ,
and is an absolute euro for all sores , bums ,
wounds , cbappod hands and nil skin erup
tions Will positively cure all Hinds of piles
Ask for the ORIGINAL AMETINE OINT-
MENT Sold by Goodman Dru company
at 85 cents per box by mall 30 cents
CHINESE WIT
Sample of the Jokes Printed In Tholr
Hook of Ijauitliior "
The Chinese have a largo volume
cnllod the Hook of Laughter , " which *
contains of full soluctlon of anecdotes
and joats current in the middle king
dom General Ghon-Ki-Tong , ohnrgo
d'affaires of China at Puns , has recent
ly published a translation of some of
these Chlneso jests Many of them are
vorv comicul , possessing , oven in trans
lation , n peculiarly dry humor , uud
some of them provo that jokes and anec
dotes well known in the west are also
classic in China
There is , for instance , the very famil
iar story of the nervous man who lived
between the two blacksmiths only in
this Chinese version one of the men is
a coppersmith , Tlio nervous man tries
to induce the two noisy artisans to
move , nnd ono day they nnnouneo thnt
they have made urrangomonts to do so
Overjoyed , the man treats him to a
magnificent dinner , and after they have
purtuken of it the blacksmith informs
him thut ho Ib going to move into the
coppersmiths shop and the coppersmith
into his
Loss familiar is tlio btory of a worthy
old gentleman who was unmorclfully
boatou , at regular intervals , by hio un-
dutifulBoii This cruel treatment did
not prevent the old man from lavishing
caresses upon hi ? little grundonbring
ing him presents and indulging all his
caprices , ,
Ono day the old man was asked why
ho wnB so very good to the cliild of the
undutiful eon who boat hlin so cruelly ,
"Shl'f said the old man , "I'm spoiling
him , so that hell boat his father when
ho grows up "
According to another story ft uiuor
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had three sons-in-law ; ono was a tailor ,
another a jeweler and the third a spend
tbrift , who did nothing at all Ono day
the miser called the third son-in-law in
und said to him :
See hero , your two brothers-in-law
nro thrifty mon , and are gradually add
ing to the family fortune , the tailor by
cabbaging a little of his customers'cloth
now and then , vou know bless youthoy
dent know itV and } ho jeweler by
well , by debasing the jowoloy just a
little , dent you see But you , " ox-
cahmod the miser , what do you do : " '
"Fathor-in-law , " Baid the no'or-do-
well , you say well Give mo a crowbar ;
I will go out , and watching my chance ,
I will brouk in merchants doors , open
their tills and bring you back thousands
of pieces of silver , where my brothers
in-law bring you only paltry gains "
"Whatl How ? " exclaimed the miser
in torrihlo anger , can it bo possible
that you would actually bo a thief V"
Whom I'limlco Siouo Unities Prom ,
Wo often hoar it remarked , and par
ticularly after an eruption of a volcano ,
that pumice stone ought to bo plenti
ful and cheap , as quantities must have
boon ejected during the volcanic dis
turbance Ad a matter of fact , however ,
none of the white stone 111 general use
is obtained from active1 volcanoes It
comes from deposits of the article dis
covered In 0110 or twoqunrtors of the
globe , the best of which is nt present to
bo found in the Island of Liphrl , eitu-
nted in the Tyrrhenian sea The island
is mountainous in character , and con
sists of tulTs nnd lavas and of highly 11-
licaous volvunic products The district
whore the stone is found is culled Campo
Blunco or Monte Potalo (1,500 ( foot above
the level of the sea )
After riding a considerable distance ,
partly along precipitous paths sulll-
ciontly daiigorous to bo interesting ,
nnd partly thronsrh vineyards nnd ever
grassy plains , ono almost suddenly
comes upon a seemingly snow-clad ,
narrow vnlloy inclosed by hills , also
quito white , and the whole glaringly
bright on a sunny day Into these hills
workmen are ceaselessly digging deep
burrows , working within by candle
light In their excavations they como
across many lumps of pumice stone ,
which are placed in baskets , subse
quently being conveyed along the valley -
loy to the seashore , where small boats
uro loaded aud gnilod to the seaport
nearby , where the stone Is sorted ,
packed and shipped to distant parts ,
either via Messina Leghorn
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stock of trrocerlei , boots ana shoes , or
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Council lllutfs or Omaha unimproved prop
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IJVJll 11,000 or JI.OK ) you ran buy a nice , new
? clean stocic or hardware , store and tlashop
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iiluirs
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all modern improvements Iot 100 by SIX ) feet
Also will sell or exchange for improved city
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block ; splendid location for dry Koods , boots
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beautiful homes In the city , will be sold at
great bargains , ou monthly payments , or terms
to suit :
Three new 8-room houses on Lincoln avenue
two blocks from electric motor tins
Two new 4-room houses four blocks from
oleetrlc motor line en North Seventh street
One new ft-room house four block ! , from olee
trlc motor Hue on North Se\cnlh street , ( m
Three new 5 anil U-room houses one block ; JM
from electric motor line corner Avenue A aud - * " * v
Twelfth hireet . . . . '
" llesldes the above I have houses nnd lots In
all parts of the city
Ono new Vroom house on Mill st
C. II , J udd , CPU llroartwny Councll-IlliilTs.
for secondhand furiilMiro , stoves and
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SALK or Pent Onrden land with bouses ,
IjiOK ? J. It Hlce 10 ! Main St . Council limits
Oil BAl.lMlxIM ) test onOlou ave , II V
F Olllcer , 13 Main fit _ _
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