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    iTHE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 26 , 1803-TWENTY PAGES. 19
APPOMATTOX , mEN A8D HOW
The House Where Leo Surrendered Sold for
Relic Speculation ,
[ A SERIES OF HISTORIC TABLETS PLACED
Work of the Clorernmrnt Prevents
tlio Obliteration ot fnmous Land
marks A Srmllcatn'fl Uniuo-
cctiful Hellenic.
Timely steps have been Inkon to preserve
I the local accuracy of the sccno of I/co's sur-
Ircndor , writes the Washington correspond-
lontof the St. Louts Globe-Democrat. To a
licuiocratlf secretary of Avar nnd to the ex-
confederate general who led loco's ndvanco
III duo much of the credit. A few weeks ace
I Mr. Klrkicy and Captain Cowles of the war
I records ofllco were on their way back from
( North Carolina. They bad been down to
I verify .somo data for the records. They
I stopped off at Appomattot nnd when they
reached Washington they had n story to
< toll.
Appomnttox Court House , the ancient seat
L of Justlcu for the county , stood fifty years
almost to a day. It was creeled In 1842 ; it
[ burned last year. The McLean house , In
| which Grant and Lee concluded the terms of
I the surrender and In which centers much of
I the historical , has bcon sold to one of these
I speculative persons who thinks such struc-
I turcs can bo moved hundred * of miles fronl
I their surroundings and retain interest
enough to draw the nimble quarter from the
pockets of relic lovors. It lias boon taken
down. But for the financial stringency It
I would have bcon moved to Washington and
restored behind a high board fence
for a show. The material lies In heaps near
where the house stood , and n watchm.m
i guards It night nnd day to sco that none of
, the bricks and shingles are carried away.
Much of the straggling town which stood
there In the spring of 18(53 ( has disappeared.
Appornattox station Is three miles away and
1 most of tlio business which was formerly
done at the county scat Is done there.
Qroeil'B drip.
But this isn't nil. A year or two ago n
syndicate conceived the idea that there was
big money In the sentiment which covers
thcso ncres. It bought up tract after tract
until U owned about all of the laud around
AuponmUox Court Houso. People who had
lived thorp long before the llttlo town
gained world-wldo fame , who were hero at
the tlmo of the surrender , and wlio remem
bered the Interesting incidents of those
memorable days , sold their homesteads at
the tempting figures of the syndicate. Of
those who wcro residents of Appornattox
nnd vicinity hi April , 1805. only ouo remains.
When Mr. Kirkloy and Captain Cowles
visited the place nn elderly Gentleman , a
Mr. Peers , alone remained of tfioso who
could of personal knowledge locate tlio
points of chief interest. The Iden of the
oyndlcato In buying up nil of tills Innd waste
to parcel It out nnd sell it in small plots to
organizations ot veterans. It wasexpcotcd
that those organizations would erect cot-
tages-und nuiKo pilgrimages to Appomattox ,
and hold reunions where the war ended.
The proposition was Ill-considered. Thu
Hyndicato , found no such market for Us
holdings. Tlio small farms are deserted.
Buildings and fences are going to ruin.
Landmarks are disappearing.
Upon their return to Washington Mr. Kirk
loy and Captain Cowles promptly laid the
condition of things nt Appomattox before
Major Gcorgo B. Davis , tlio head ol the
War Record board. That gentleman realized
the importance of some action to locate
permanently the chief points of interest be
fore tuoy.woro lostorcloudcd by tlio changes
taking place. Ho wont to Secretary Lament
with u plan. Genor.il Gordon , now a United
States senator from Georgia , was in com
mand nf Leo's advance on the approach to
Appomattox. Ho became very much in
earnest when ho , learned what was
on foot , and made repeated visits
to the War department to urge
speedy action. For the marking of the
Chlckamauga , Lookout mountain nnd fcMls-
elonary Hidgo battlefields numbers of
tablets with raised inscriptions nro being
cast in n Chattanooga foundrv. Taking ad
vantage of this contract , the War depart
ment has had cast a series of tablets for
Appomattox. Major Davis prepared the in
scriptions , sticking closely to the historical
text. Helped by the recollections of Mr.
Peers , the surviving resident of the ojd
town , Captain Cowlos has Just finished put
ting the tablets In place. And now the
lover of accurate history can visit Appomat-
tov with Iho certainty of finding the spot
where grow "the famous apple tree. "
v A. VlHli to tlio Scene.
It is an out of the way place , as moans o
communication go now , that tho'decree o
history made famous" . Twenty miles by rai
almost due cast of. X < ynchburg is Appo
mattox station. Near the station nonniiif ,
up a country road in n northerly direction I ;
the first of the tablets-of solid Iron , witl
the raised letters painted :
TO
OI.P Al'l'OMATTOX COUIIT HOUSE
3 MILES.
Old Appomattox Court House was located
before the dayn of railroads. The site so-
loctcd for the town was the main road run
ning southwesterly from Richmond to Lynchburg -
burg , a distance of about 100 miles. Richmond
mend bad fallen. lice , with his army , was
pushing southwesterly. Grunt was pressing
his rear , and there was fighting daily ,
Sheridan nnd the cavalry had gotten away
to thu houthund Meudo was trying to throw
his army to the westward of Leo. And so ,
on thu 8th day of April , Gordon , advancing
westward over tlio hills , came within sight
of Appomattox Court House to find the pocket
cloBod. As the confederates were about to
march down the hill and over the little
creek which runs through the town , long
lines of federal Infantry moved out of the
woods on the summit of tho. slope beyond
tuo creolc and formed In line of battle
nquaruly across the road. Tlio corps had
got around to the front of Leo's army.
Grant was behind. Sheridan was to the
southward on the railroad at Appomattox
station holding the trains of supplies cap
tured.
lIVClRFll III.
Gordon stopped. Commanding the ad.
vnneo of Leo , his orders wcro to push ahead
as long as only cavalry disputed his progress ,
but to wait further instructions if ho en
countered any largo body of infantry. Both
sides got ready for battle. Tnero was some
shooting. Up to this tlmo Appomattox tmd
escaped the war. It seemed now that it waste
to bo the very center of u great battle. It
lay between Gordon on the east nnd Gibbon
on the west. Lee moved up , and ouo of tlio
largo tablets , a llttlo south of the road nnd
eotim distance cast of the town , bears this
inscription :
On this spot were established the hoad-
qimiter.snf ( ionural Robert K. l.oo , 0. H. A , ,
on the .iflornoon ol Aurll B. 1BU5.
i
Communications had passed between
Gr.mt and Lee on thu 7th. Tlio former had
called for surrender , desiring to may the
further "needless effusion of blood. " But
J-eo wanted to talk about terms and notlu
ing came of the negotiations. But on the
"afternoon of Iho 8th Leo , approaching Ap-
pomuttox , discovered that the end had
come. Ho sent a uiessago to Grant on the
morning of the Uth asking for n meeting to
arrnngu terms of surrender. Grant , how
ever , had started southward to go around
Appomnttox and loco's army ami to reach
the now Eccno ot operations to the westward
of the town , While the message was belnu-
convoyed to Grunt , Leo asked for a two
hours'tr'ieo , und there the armies stood at
tiuou of the Dili , awaiting tlio coming of
Grant from the rear of Lee to the front of
.Leo by this roundabout way. The detour
was completed and a tablet shows where
Grant located west ot Appomattox ;
On this , spot were established tlio
huiuliiiurtorsof | Lloutoituntliunerul
t'lyfcbus S. drum , U. H. A. , on the
ufU'liieon ot April 0 , IbtiO ,
for Murrendor.
Whllo Grant wna going around film
Ixio wns arranging for the surren
der , Before ho hud heard from
Grunt that ho would meet him ,
Leo had uovod forward from his head
quarters to nn orchard on the siao nut north
of the roart and overlooking the town. Ono
of the apple trees had a larao branch which
cnmo out near the ground. Upon thU branch
sotno soldier had laid rails , making a reclin
ing place which kept him tout of tlio wot.
Upon these rails General Ixo ; rested on the
morning of the Oth whllo waiting for a reply
from Grant. This wns the famous npnlo
tree of which Conkllng quoted nt the be
ginning of his speech In nominating Grant
nt Chicago In 18SOi
When nskoil what state ho hath from ,
Uiirsnlo reply shall bo ,
lie Imlls frnni Appomnttox
Anil the famous apple tree.
It Is the truth about Appomnttox that the
npplo tree out no figure In the surrender
st vo as the place wlicro Leo rested. Yet
every twig and chip , nnd tlio roots for many
foot underground , were carried away by the
rcllo hunters. The Inrpo tablet , three feet
square , which tells all there was to the
apple tree stury , aayst
! Near this.spotntoodtho applotruo :
: under which General Hubert K. l.oo :
: rested while await Ins tlio return of :
: a HUB ( n truce sent liy him to ( len- :
: crnl U. f. Grant on the morning of :
: April o , 1805. :
: < '
KvonU Crowding Closely.
April 9 was Sunday. Events crowded
themselves pretty closely together that day.
And the tablets Just erected are not fur
ipart. Just cast of the lltttlo creek Is ono
which says :
i otrrrosw
OS SUMHY .MOIt.StJCO ,
Al'HII. 0 , 1805.
The federal line , which was the aggressive
one , had moved forward down the slope and ,
nto the llttlo town. A tablet stands not far
'rom the site of the court house , which was
burned last year :
UNIOX OUTl'OST3
ON SUNDAY MOIlSDiO ,
Al'nit. 0. 18GD.
T lese tablets of the outposts are only 200
yards apart. Tlio federal troops were pressIng -
Ing forward. It was with the greatest dllU-
oul y that they could bo restrained. South
Of 110 road ia u garden is tills tablet :
From this spot wns fired the lust
shot from tlu > artillery ot the Army
of Northern Virginia , on the mornIng -
Ing of April 'J , IbGD.
When Leo had received his mossngo by
the hands of General Babcock that Grant
would meet him , ho went down through the
outposts Into the town. The time wns a llt
tlo after noon. General Leo had put on a
full dress uniform and were a Handsome
sword. One ot the first persons ho met was
Mr. Wilmor McLean , with whom ho had an
acquaintance.
The Alplm unil
It was Mr. McLean's peculiar fortune to
see the beginning and the ending of the war
in Virginia. Ho was living on tlio field of
Bull Run when thu armies came together in
iho first real battle of the war. The light
ing raged nil about him. His house Was
taken tor headquarters and ho saw so much
of carnage that ho was sickened. After the
battle ho moved his family to Appomattox ,
thinking that there ho would certainly scene
no more ol bloodshed. Things were qulot
enough for anybody during four years at
Appomattox , but here , on this April Sab
bath morning , Mr. McLean found himself
once moro living in the very center of what
promised to bo a terrible battle. Ho greeted
General Lee , and the latter said to him :
"McLean , I nm looking for a place to do
scmo writing. I expect to moot General
Grant this afternoon , and wo shall probably
need conveniences of that sort. "
Mr. McLean led the way to the vicinity of
the court house , where there were several
llttlo 8xiO buildings used by lawyers for tem
porary ofilces on court day. General Leo
went into one of them and looked around.
"I nrn afraid this will not do , " ho said.
"General Grant will probably have sovcra !
officers with him , and wo could hardly ul
got in hero. "
"Why not come to my house ? " asked Me
Lean.
Ho led the way westward still further
within the tiiiicn lines and made Genera
LQO comfortable until the arrival of General
Grant and 5taiT. This is thu house that has
been taken down. A tablet tolls its fate.
This tablet marks the site of the
boiiM ) owned nnd occunlud'by Wil
mor McLean , In which General U. S.
Grant , U. S. A. , and General Jtobert
K. Lee , U. B. A. , met und agreed upon
the terms of surrender of the Army
ot Northern Virginia , on the afternoon -
, noon bf Sunday , April 'J , lbB3. The
house was tukun down and lemoved
to Washington , U. U. , In 1803.
The tablet is not strictly accurate in that
the material has not , yet been moved. But
It will probably bo moved In a few weeks.
At'tho World's fair' the old-fashioned sofa
on which Grant and Leo sat and the table
on which Grant wrote the terms of surren
der , brought from ttio McLean house , Were
shown In the West Virginia building.
Settling tlio Terms.
4'hcro was very llttlo negotiation about
the surrender. General Leo's whole demeanor
meaner showed that he had como prepared
to accept whatever General Grant offered.
Tlio concession allowing the oflleors to re
tain their side urm& nml private property
nnd the soldiers to ride away with their
horses was so much moro favorable than
General Leo expected that ho expressed bis
thanks with emotion. The business of the
surrender w.vs a matter of a few moments ,
but the generals remained in the McLean
house some time talking over old timed.
There was only perfunctory cu.ird duty
done that night. The next day the first
division of thu Fifth Army corps got into
position to receive iho arms of the confed
erates , but the day passed without the per
formance of the llmil act. In the morning
of that day , the 10th , Grant und Leo rode
from their respective headquarters to a
point north ot Appomattox and hud a con
ference. Grant wanted Leo to advlso the
surrender of the other armies In the south ;
but Lee thought that would bo exceeding
Ills power. The tablet says :
On this spot Llnutounnt General
Ulysses S. Grunt , U , H. A. , and Gen
eral Robert K. Luc , U , .S. A. , mot on
Iho morning of April 10 ,
Leo returned to his headquarters and then
coming forward to a place on the south 'side
of the road , between his Headquarters and
the town , he read his farewell address to
his soldiers :
This tablet marks the snot uuon
which Goner.U ICobort K. live , U. H.
A. , stood \vhllo reading his fiuuwuli
order to the Army of Northern Vir
ginia on April IU , 1HO& .
The Last Act.
T lero remained but ono moro act. A tab
let on the roadside points toward a field ;
TO THIS
LINES 01' bUUHCNDCn.
This field lies south of the road nnd behind
the court huuso site and the other houses.
There was a heavy coatlncr of dry dead grass
on it the inorniui ; of the 11th , Two tablets ,
a considerable distance apart , stand in this
field. Ono bears tbo following inscription ;
N'cnr this point wan established
the rlulit llniik of thu First dlvUlou
ot thu Kltthcorpj , Armyof the I'olo-
iniio. on the morning of April 11 ,
IbOCi , tu ri'colru thu snrremk'r of Iho
Army of Northern Virginia.
Down the field can bo soon the companion
tablet ;
Near this point was established
the left Hunk of thu First division
of the Kittii corps. Army of tlio
rptonme , on the morning of April
11,1HOO , to receive tbo surrender
of the arms of the Infantry of iho
Army of Northern Virginia ,
The ilnal act of the surrender was to have
taken place on the road near the town , bu
ho mud wns sticky. So , with duo ropard
o comfort , the lies wcro formed on the dried
jrass. The confederates thcrowere2SrViO
of thorn marched up and stacked arms , ono
command after another. Then they marched
away unarmed , nnd the surrender was con
summated ,
A Curious Incident.
Thcro occurred a curious Incldentof which
10 mention Is made In the books which have
.rented of the dosing scones at Appomattox.
The muskets of the confederates were nl-
owed to remain stacked on the Hold. The
? rass caught flro In some way , and wns nl-
owed to burn. So suddenly had the fight
ing ceased nn tbo morning of the Dth that
thousands of tbo pieces wcro left loaded. As
the flames of the grass crept along the line
of stacked musUots the guns were heated to
thcflringhc.it , and soon there was laces-
smit popping. The balls went up Into the
air almost straight until the force of the dis
charge wns spent , nnd then dropped down.
To this day tlio field of surrender is strewn
with these bullets , nnd so llttlo has Appomattox -
mattox been visited that the balls are easily
found.
This firing of the muskets by the burning
grass wns the only snluto that accompanied
the surrender. When Leo had received
Grant's terms and accepted them the firing
of 100 guns in toitcn of victory wns begun ,
but Grant quickly stopped it.
There Is ono moro tablet at Appomattox.
It was placed there recently , but the govern
ment had nothing to do with it. It stands
in n little board fence inclosuro near tbo
road and not far from the 1'cors house. It
is as follows :
KKST IN n\ci3 :
The remains of nineteen confodor-
ale soldiers killed In action near
this pliico Apill H , 1HOD. The cause
for which they fouuht Is lost. The
confederacy which they solved so
well hns ceased to be. Their vorv
names have perished from the mlmb
of men , The memory of their tin-
holdall doxotlon alone remains n
priceless heritage to auceoedlnif
generations of their countrymen.
And so the history of Appomattox Is pre
served upon the spot where It was mndo.
The records of Galcsburg , III. , show ono
dlvorco for every seven marriages.
Tlio more ardent love Is the loss It is In
clined to stop to count how much coal , and
pork nnd beans , and kerosene Jor two are
going to cost ,
A curious fashion which Is growing in
popular favor in Now Ynrk Is for the young
married pcoplo to dine at some restaurant
Sunday evening.
"I can't marry you , Mr. Oldboy. You arose
so much older than I. " "But consider , Miss
Hicks. Consider how r.ipldly you women
ago after 30. Why , you'll bo up to mo In a
very short while. "
The wedding of Walter Donogro of New
Orleans to Mrs. William Armour of Chicago
is announced to take place in the early part
of December and will bo celebrated from the
residence of the prospective bride. -
The marrlageiof Miss Nettle Crosby , nicco
of Mrs. Samuel M. Nlckcrsonto Mr. Richard
son of Boston , which will bo celebrated
December 0 , will bo ono of the fashionable
weddings of the season In Chicago.
Two youngsters of spanlcfng ngo entered
into n marriage contract for ono year in
San Francisco. Their parents refused to
ratify the compact , took the kids to their
respective homes and applied the family
shingle.
Robert Swan , aged 72 , Mexico. Mo. , was
married October 14 to Mrs. Adeline Lisen-
bury aged 57 , whom ho had known only ono
day. The bride and her husband's mother ,
aged 103 , quarreled and a separation fol
lowed. November 7 Sxvan sued for divorce.
One of the most notable social events
among people of distinction this season was
the marriage of Vice President Steven
son's only son , Lewis Green Stevenson-and
Miss" Helen Lotiiso lavs , which occurred
at Bloomlngton _ , 111. The wedding was sol
emnized at the Second Presbyterian church.
Rev. John Frouud. formerly pastor of a
Lutheran church In llobokcn , N. J. , gave up
his charge two years ngo. when he was
elected a Justice of the peace , and devoted
himself from that time until ho died , on
Monday , exclusively to marriages aud
funerals. It was his boast that ho married
moro pcoplo than all the ministers of the
city combined.
He is 45 years old , of stalwart Ir.uno , and
a prohibitionist ; bis bank account is volumi
nous us Is his talk ; he has offered to settle
30,000 on his wife when ho gets her : ho
lees not stipulate whether she shall bo
niald or widow ; ho has enlisted the church
upon his sldo ; yet is Joseph Thomas un-
wedded. Ho is a bachelor in Rochester ,
N. Y.
o
UELUllOUS.
Moravian missionaries have been main
lined In Labrador since 1709.
In the Soudan there are 00,000,000 , people
who are icnorant of Christianity.
It Is said that Cornelius Vaudcrbllt has
given SliOOO,000 to religious works In the last
two years.
Rev. Dr. Clmrlea F. Deems , the venerable
; > nstnr of the Church of the Strangers , Now
York city , died on the 18th lust. , at the ago
of TA ,
Out of 818 Congregational ministers In
Massachusetts ! ! 42 , or 40 per cent , uro with
out charges. Many of them are in health
and possess moro than moderate ability.
The will nf the late Jane Holmes of Pitts-
burp , Pa. , gives $20.000 to the trustees of
the general assembly of the Presbyterian
church of the United States , and $5,000 for
the relief of disabled ministers.
Dr. Philip S. Moxom , ono of the most
prominent clergymen in the Baptist denom
ination nnd author of the beautiful song ,
"When the Mists Have Rolled Away , " has
resigned the pastorate of the First Baptist
church of Boston because for years a narrow
minority has nacgcd at him because of his
broad Christianity.
A clereymnn In Philadelphia who has been
crowded out of the Baptist denomination
has hired a theater in which ho proposes to
hold Sunday services with unique spectacu
lar effects. The stage Is to bo sot to repre
sent the River Jordan , nnd the rite of bap
tism is to bo administered Iu n "Dark
Secret" tank. Ho will bo reinforced 'jy u
choir of ISO trained voices.
Perhaps the most famous distributor of
bibles In tlio world was Deacon William
Brown of Now Hampshire. Ho bocr.in thn
work in 1840.and kept it up until his death
this year at the ago of 70. During that time
no less than liiO.OOO copies of the scriptures
were given out by him , and , despite his ago ,
in two years preceding his death ho can
vassed ! i3'J ' towns and visited over 80,000
families.
From Constantinople comes word that the
sultan of Turkey has purchased two manu
scripts containing two epistles ascribed to
Mnbomet , the prophet , M , Barbhnnn , a
Frenchman , the owner of the manuscripts ,
received $ .20,030 for his property. The manu
scripts were submitted to the first author- !
t'es ' before tlio sale and were pronounced by
all of them to bo genuine. The contents of
the epistles. It Is said , may have great In
fluence on the Mohammedan world.
A Bultlmora Christian Endeavor society
has organized a "Surprise Committee , "
whose uuty It Is to play what mltrht be
termed 'Christian practical Jokes. They do
the little things that nobody would think of
but that pleasoMnd astonish everybody when
they are done. They make pleasant surprise
calls on old ladles. They unexpectedly get
out un edition of their pastor's last sermon.
They nstonlsh the church prayer meeting
with n sudden flood < of young faces , aud are
surely an agrocaolo and ingenious com
mittee.
„
The American Missionary society supports
in the south 0 chartered Institutions , yj nor
mal nnd graded schools , 43 common schools ,
in which there are USD instructors and I'J.GO'J
pupils. It also oversees 153 churches , with a
membership of about ' .1,000 and a Sunday
school membership of over 15,000. Among
the Indians it has 1'J churches , with TG'j
members ; 12schools , with 803 attendance ,
and 1 , ! X ) pupils iu the Sunday school , all
served by 00 teachers und ministers. Among
the Chinese there are ! U schools , with 1,210
pupils aud 40 teachers.
According to census figures the silk manu
facturing Industry In this country has grown
wonderfully In ten years. In 180U goods to
the value of f09,000,0K ( ) were turned out , as
against $34.500,000 in 1830. The number of
hands employed increased from about U 1,000
toM.OOO and the number of spindles from
oOS.W to 1,551,703.
DeWitt's Llttlo KarTy Risers. Small pUU ,
afo pills , best pills.
OMAHA'S ' MEMKOYED POOR
t ,
Doming Winter Will Find Many People
Without tlio Necessaries of Life ,
POINTERS FOR THE CHARITABLY DISPOSED
Heictic llnllnnil tlio Noble Work It I * Doing
for tlio Ocstltilte ThoAMonatetl Clint-
itlOK Fooil ntul Clotjilnc Must
ne rnrnlihml.
True , inJeetl , Is tUo old saylnf ? that one-
half ot Iho world Knows nothing nboub how
the other half lives , and true It Is. also , that
one-half ol the world doesn't ' scorn to care n
aolltury continental how the other half lives ,
or whether It lives at all or not. Dividing
the world Into t < to equal parts , the
well-clothed and well-fed forming ono
part and the Illy-clad and half-starved
the other part. It is quite an easy matter to
determine which half it is that Is indifferent
to the welfare of the other. The rich and
the luxuriant arc averse to any knowledge
that rovenls the mode of existence of Iho In
digent and the poor , that Is In a very largo
mo.isuro. They have no time or Inclination
for such a revelation ; It is productive of bad
dreams and indigestion. They nro content
to feast on the good tilings of the land , to
clothe in the softest aud warmest raiment
and bask In the sunshine of the clystmn
of MiXinmon. The less the favored know of
the squalor and misery with which the
world Is filled , the less the cmmco of being
called uponito extend a helping hand. On
tlio other hand , the other half are equally
ignorant , but they have greater facilities for
suspecting what manner of thing h Hfo to
those of tho.othcrjurt. . Thofalr.y land of shop
windows , Just now tilling up with the scin
tillating riches ana gow-guws of Ghiistmas-
tide , the magnificent cqutppatjes , the marts
of provisions , Ith their mountains of fruits
and vegetables , fish and game , delicacle * of
land and ocean , and the culin.u-y and the con
fectionery arts ; the well dressed men , be-
furred and bofcathcrcd women , rosy-faced ,
richly-clad , buoyant childhood ; palatial
homes , that glow with the warmth ana light
of plenty and comfort , nro the evidences
which give the starving , the free/ing and
sick an idea of the holy land of the
upper linlf of the world. But all moralizing
goes for naught in this matter-of-fact life of
ours. From the beginning of time , 1 wen ,
the air has been just as moist with human
tears , and will continue so , on nnd on , down
through thocoutitlcss ages that nro to come-
on , on to the dawning of that blessed millen
nium wo have all heard so much about and
which so many , alas , take so little stock in.
Cold nntl Choaclosi Co ilrast.
There will bo milk and tionoy for one-half
the world today and for all time to come ,
and tears and hunger , cold ana heartaches
for the other. Now antl forever more will
poverty bo despised and , gold adored the
weeds , rank and noxious , that choke the
hotbed of cur artificial existence. Thy wall
ing winds , oh earth ! nroj-.but the echoes of
our human sighs , thy , very throes the
emblems of our agonies. '
Happy indeed should uo , 'tho man , woman
.or child , these times. thatias , | ample cloth
ing for prelection from unfavorable winds ,
and plenty to eat and a pillow
at night to lay their l pzds upon. To bo
convinced of this assertion it is but necessary
to make the briefest investigation into the
condition of a largo portion of thu citizens of
this fair and prosperous" _ town. But few
have any conception of tlys jtvant and misery
that is broadcast throughout the city of the
vast number whoso stoma chg"Cravo the com
monest sustenances 01 lifq jiud whose forms
shiver and quake and wflsto away for laclt
of sufficient covering to protect them from
the pitiless blasts of winter , '
There are a few , however , good shepherds
that they are. who are pognizaut of the
true status of Affairs , and , while there is
much being done to alleviate suffering and
sickness , it is but a drop to an ocean of
necessity.
Noble Work by Itescno Hall.
t
Rescue Hall , on lower Douglas street , Is
doing its full measure ot good , but this is
but little compared with the calls that are
made upon it. Hourly throughout the day
tnero are applicants for aid at t'ao door , and
while all are heard it is impossible to respond
spend to each and every ono of the suppli
cations that are made. Many of the vis
itors at the hall are the heads of families ,
who have come here from distant towns in
quest of work , leaving their little ones be
hind until iho goal Is reached. The applica
tions with which the hall is flooded today
are principally from men from abroad ,
but in ninety-nine cases out of
every hundred the man applying
is ono who has never learned a trade or lias
no regular business at which ho can turn
his band. Thcro are students who are unable -
blo to continue their studies , occasionally ,
and oven lawyers and dootors and clergy
men , but few skilled mechanics liavo place
in the endless procession that flies in and
out Its doors.
A very largo majority of this indigent
manhood is , as has been stated , unprofes
sional , without a tr.ide of any kind to which
they could turn iu an extremity , and .yet ,
notwithstanding this fact , there is but u
paucity of technical tramps who have the
effrontery to appear here. Moat of the ap
plicants uro really needy persons , \\ho at
this stage in Hfo have found themselves oust
rudderless adrltt , and dependent on the
charity and alms of the more fortunate.
The chai'ccs of obtaining permanent em
ployment through these sources are very
small , and generally the aid that is extended
is but temporary , Just sufllciently lone to on-
able the victim to look about for something
batter and moie stable.
A ( llooiny Outlook.
At Rescue hall the outlook is gloomy , as
the workers in the hive are fast running out
of means to oven supply the hungry with n
mouthful to oat , as their financial support
from the well-to-do portion of the commu
nity is far boluw what , It ought to bo. What
was promised is not forthcoming , ana the
bright future of glorious work as predicted
lit the late Mills meetings , seems slow in
maturing. Owing possibly to the unprece
dented financial pressure subscribers have
not been able to fulfill their pledges , and the
hall's exchequer U next to depletion Itself ,
So far the hall has been able , on an aver
age , to supply permanent employment to
about fourteen applicants a week , and uvon
at this ratio has uccomplldhod an incalcula-
bla amount of good. Of those fortvnates
the females outnumber fho males about
four to ono. The average of the unemployed
in Omaha , according to tlio.lull's Htulistlcs ,
is not nearly so largo as { t was ono or two
weeks ago , when the Itinerant class fairly
swarmed in hero. Applicants from abroad
are less Dy 75 per cent , anil Jhogood workers
at the hall can advanca no theory as to the
cause of this docidcd decrease , unless it is
that the approach of severe cold weather
has deterred them from leaving the hovels
they call homo. When Superintendent
Clarice and his capable assistants fall to
find oven temporary employment for any of
their applicants they are sent down to
the Associated Charities at the foot of
Ho ward street , where a mammoth woodyard
furnishes work for hundreds. Hero they
are put to sawing and splitting wood Into
kindling , which is piled almost mountain
high on nil aides. The attention of citizens
is particularly called to this industry , and by
patronizing the Associated Charities you
will bo directly assisting 1)10 ) poor of ttio city
by increasing the demand for this special
kino of labor. Kindling , , and chmpor and
bolter than can bo purchased elsewhere , Is
delivered to all parts of tlio city from this
yard.
There is also a big laundry connected with
this institution , where woniuti are employed
at regular salaries , alternating with the de
mands of each week. Mr. Muf/aughluu , the
superintenuout , has the good work well in
hand nnd finds much spiritual comfort iu his
noble mission.
Caaci ttiut Strongly Appeal to Churlt/ .
While the number of applications to the
different charitable institutions of the city
is much smaller than it was a few weeks
since , the wants of those who do apply are
ol a moro aggravated character. It is the
want of food , uutinoro particularly clothing ,
and iu this lluo these institutions uro but
poorly qualified to respond. Mou , women
and children , with hardly rags enough to
coyer their nakedness , are on hand Ually ,
and when they pan bo assisted in any way It
is demo , bnt many nro turned away for n
sheer lack of material to supply their wants.
Uut few garments have boon sent Into these
institutions thus far this winter , nnd nil
these who can spare an article of wearing
npparol , old coats , dresses , hats , shoes or
what not , would bo helping the good cause
by bundling them uo and sending thorn in
Immediately.
It is quite evident to the busv llttlo army
at Rescue hall that If the bencvolently-dls *
posed people do not soon come to their aid
there Is but llttlo possibility of the institu
tion being sustained much longer. Rev. Dr.
Ryan of Massachusetts , who has been aiding
in the work with the superintendent for
months , makes an urgent call Uuon nil charit
able cltbcns to do what they can in the way
of contributions.
At the Associated Charities some ton or
twelve men were found busily working
away In the woodyard. Many of the county
poor nro sent hero nnd put Into the wood-
yard ns a test ot the genuineness of their do-
slro to got work. If they pan out satisfac
torily they are remunerated with orders for
provisions nnd clothing , and nn extra en-
do.ivor mndo to find themporiiiancntemploy-
mcnt. A preference to married men nnd
women Is always shown it this Institution.
They keep on an average , ten men at work
dally in tlio woodyard and from six to eight
women and girls In the laundry.
Many Applicant * for Work.
At the Union Pacific yards the reporter
had a talk with Ynrdmastcr McNeil's chief
clerk , Mr. Miller , who said they were having
many applications for work , mostly .skilled
men , ns it would be useless for Inexperienced
men to apply. The Union Paclllo force was
reduced this fall fully one-half , or to n
lower minimum thtin for ten years. From
twenty-four engines In the yards they fell to
fourteen , and this reduction reduced many
capable rrcws to Idleness. Whenever nn
opening occurs one of those old men is
again called Into service , nnd It Is ttio gen
eral hope that ere another six months rolls
round all these thrown out of employment
by the cutting of the forces , will bo bade in
their old places again. The sanio condition
of things was found nt the other yards
although there has been no such a wholesale
reduction iu the various forces of the differ
ent linos. A rough estimate puts the num
ber of ildlo engineers , firemen , switchmen ,
swltchtcndurs nnd flagmen In the city at
about S23.
County Poor Agent Burr said that where
ttio county'j poor two months ago was coat
ing the county $1,000. S-tOO was now meeting
the demand. This , however , ho attributed
moro to un Improved sjstcin of handling the
poor , which ho has adopted , than to any
material decrease in the number of Indigent
people. Tlio improved system is that
instead of givlnc applicants store orders
they now supply thorn with provisions , nnd-
in extreme cases , clothing. The list of pro ,
visions with which thcso people nro sup
plied Includes flour , sugar , coffee , lea , beans ,
rice , oatmeal , hominy , bacon and
soap. Applicants are largely people
with no means of earning a living
other than by the * roughest and
commonest sortol manual labor. A skilled
mechanic , carpenter , bricklayer , stouo
mason , bookkeeper , or other educated labor
er , is n rarity indeed. The bulk of tlio city's '
poor are Just now getting along simply from
hand to mouth nnd with the first hard
fivezoup the agent expects to be literally
inundated with applications for aid. Just
now the llttlo bpasin of buililinir and street
work is furnlbhing employment for many
and applications are scarcer than they will
bo after the change that is to come. The
'agent has lind quite a number of applica
tions from women who arc willing and eager
to go into any family and no any sort of
work merely for their board and clothes
during the winter , and ho advises those
who wish help on these terms to leave their
addresses at his oflice , ISIi'J St. Mary's
avenue , nnt' ' he will see that they are
supplied.
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Properly adjusted spectacles and eye
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IK ) K. Uth street. Now York , has appointed
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spoctaclcs and oyo-glusbos should avail them
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Sent with mall onlors also.
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Price $1.00 per bottle ; G for $ C.
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FRECKLES REMOVED.
IiA PKKOKLA will i-cmovp nnv case of PrccklcH.
It mntturfl not If thov have boon from elilldliood to
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Price $1.00 ner bottle.
WRINKLES REMOVED.
"nxCET.SIOR SKIN FOOD , " Ktwrantcud to re
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Two sizes , price $1.50 and $3.
SUPERFLUOUS HAIR REMOVED.
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RECEIVED : NEW
A laree Importation of
Japanese Faatail Goldflsl
At 75o and $ l Each ,
Tills lot Is tlio finest wo over
had. Thn ono dollar fantalls
: iru Iho most beautiful upecl-
munii over aeon ,
GEISLEll'S ' BIRD STORL
406 North 16th St.
OMAHA , KEll.
THE OF
20 PER CENT
SAVING OF
FU E
by the use of
tills steve is
worth o o H -
s i d. o r I n g
when luii'il
coal coats 811
per ton. Inv -
v o B 1 i g a t o
this.
GAS TIGHT
OAK STOVES
AND
SOFT COAL
BASE BURNERS
1403
DOUGLHS ST.
Results
Show
Who
Sells
Very
Cheap ,
We
Have
Sold
More
Rugs .
The
Past
Three
Months
Than
Any
House
In
Omaha
Has
Ever
Sold
In
The
Same
Time.
December
Will
Be
Our
Greatest
Month.
Nothing
Nicer
For
Christmas.
Orchard
And
Wilhelm
Carpet
Co. ,
1414 ,
1416
And
1418
Douglas
Street.