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Til 13 ( TMA1IA DAILY 111313 : WON DAY , 1)130 IOM IS I3K 28 , 1800. EDUCATION FOR THE DEAF Sketch TJf The Beginning in Europe and United States , GROWTH OF ABOUT TWO CENTURIES rirnt I'popi . I liy Jiilin Ilullf-r , nn IJnullxliiiiitii , Who \VIIM A \Vimili-r * Ai't-oin pi lulu-it ] > y Miiilurn Jlt-llnnli. "Speech ninl Speech Heading for the Deaf" It tha tltlo of a pnpir by John Button WrlRht In Iho current Century. The vv liter treats of the hlilory , progress anil present development of this branch of education as follow * : The earliest recorded attempt to found n BPhool whorj the deaf could be educated was made In tha ccrly part of the- seventeenth century by the learned John Hutler , a con temporary of Mlltoni and llacon. Ho. how- over. a > s of the project. "I soon poicelvrj , by falling Into discourse with tome rational men about fcUch n , design , that the attempt Defined BO paradoxical , prodigious and Hy- porbollcall lint It did rather amuse than satlsno their understandings. " Indeed , It was not until moro than a century later , when Do rnpcc. HelnlcUo and llraldwood founded nchoola In Trance , Germany and Orrat llrllaln , respectively , that any per- inanout Instilntlons wore established for the education of the deaf. It Is a very rare occurrence when a dear person Is mute for any other reason F.-UO the lack of Instruction which a. heirlm ; child rcrclvps throush hli ears H ropnlrltii ; this fart , and that e.ctch Is the most distinctive f Ift of man , Helnlehn and Ilraldwood devoted tVm olvrs to ll'o ' IralnliiK of the vocal or- KffA ? of their pupils , and to teaching them tn read the upeerhes of others by noting the movements of the lips and toi sue. On tno other hand , the good Abbe do I'Kpoo based his method of Instruction upon the- fact that nil human beings , when dcpilvcd of speech , cither through deafnrsfl or Ignorance of the language spoken nbont them , report to signs to malto Itnoun their wants All sawio ( races have a code of signs by whlc'i they can rommunlcatc with ono another and with the mil rounding tribes. He , therefore , con ventionalized and systematized signs and In vttiled nc\\ ones v/hen natural geaturcs fallid to convey the Idea. I'lKST SCHOOL , IN AMKRIfA. With thl Idea of conventionalized signs , brought to this country by Dr. Thomas II. ( lallaudrt , n school was opened In Hartford , Conn , In the > ear 1817. It had been found , however , that the sign language did not solve the problem of giving the deaf a means of communication with the world In general. Viry few people understood this language , while Its conslrui'llon , so far as there was nn > , and Its cnnrlscncss a single Gesture friMiuently rpMi-seiitlng n complete Bcntcnce of HiinluMi vernacular rendered It unfit for ropresc'inini ; gramnmttcally const ! ncted Ian linage The nuthod of spelling the vvonls with the flngcrB by means of a linger alpha bet was thin pressed Intosorvlc ? In conjunc tion with signs This Is the name as writ ing In foreign characters on the blackboard or upon paper , except that It Is moro rapid and more convenient. In this way the read ing and willing of grammatical nngllah could bo laught and both the manual alpha bet and the sign language are cmplojcd in ccrtuln schools today. 1'or many > car after the founding of the Hartford sehool no speech was laughl Ihere , though today the teaching of articulation Is an Important factor In their work. In 1SR7. largely through the efforts of Horace Mann , who some jeara previously had vis ited the schools of Curope , tuo Institutions wcro established in this counlry where Iho draf could not only bo taughl lo speik , but be taught bj speech without the UNO of the manual alpbnbcl or the sign lan guage. One of ihcso was In New York fiiy and Iho other In Northampton , Mass. , and they are today largo and flourishing Institutions. After the establishment of these Instltu- tlon there cprang up In this country , In the ranks of the teachers of Ihe deaf , a division which nlready cxlsled In Hurope On the ono sldo wcro the urdent advocates of the sign language as a me ins of Instruc tion and explanation , while on the other wcro the opponents of signs who cmplo > cd Iho manual alphabet , wilting , and apt-cell only. The controversy has been waged with moro or Icsa energy ever since ; but like all the Ideas of a ciudcr and less advanced age , the sign language has been gradually crowded out , until now It Is entirely c\ > eluded from many acools and need but spar ingly In others. f A single argument brought forward by the son of a distinguished advocate of the ancient method In support of this language Is enough to Indicate Its ultimate fate , though It has served n noble purpose In Its day. He sa > s "It la a fact worth noting that the algiiH used by the Indians of North America are Identical In many Instances with Ihoso cmplojed by the deaf mutes of today. " No ono will question the truth of tliU observation , nor deny that II Is worth noting ; butvo have reached a stage In the world's history when we can lay aside the tools of savagery. Through progress In enlightenment wo ate fortunately able now to give our deaf children a better means of communication with men than thai cmplojed by the American Indian or the African savage. It Is n friendly struggle. In which the old-school advocates of the filgn language- are tjie defensive party and Hie orallsts the aggressors. Iloth are- , how ever , engaged In Hie greal work of ameli orating Iho condition of an unfortunate- class , and have much lhat Is common ground wliero they can clasp hands with hearty ap proval In the schools of the deaf In the United Slates today three sjstcms of Instruction ore- Uhcd The methods emplojed are , In the first sjstem , signs and the manual alpha bet ; second sjstem. speech and the man ual alphabet ; third system , speech only Writing is of course cmplojed In all the sj steins. oMitiMtoiu : CTIOV or TIciiniif. . BonnHIMIIIIKM on ( In- IVi-iilclitiis . IK ll.i of TIMK-IK-I- KlH-torlt-M. The president of the Indiana State Nor mal school sajs In his annual leport lo the governor that the state la Eiiffciltig from a "Mirplus of teachers " ' "ho observation furnishes the Chicago Test occasion for lemarklng that the suf- feilng Is not confined to Indiana "It Is also pertinent to e > bscrvo that the suffering entalle-d by the vast overproduction of the pedagogic factoilcs Is not felt by the schools alone , hut bj Iho members of Iho ic.ichlng profession. 'Tho facl of Iho matter Is the schools are menaced by an o\ciproduction Of peda gogues rather than teachcis Tor the last twenty jears normal schools of e > vcry de- pcrlpllon have- had a mushroom growth all over the west The sons and daughters of farmers have been dazzelcd by the tempt ing advcrtUments and ' ' alluring 'annuals' of 'normal' and 'buslines' colleges lo forsake HID bucolic solitudes ntuf Iho rural domestic drudge'ry and allow lhi-60 pedagogic ma chines to convert them Into full-fledged In- Etiuctors capable of commanding n largo salary In tlm public school * . Some of lhc c concerns boisl of their ability lo lake a raw and callow maiden from Iho village or HIP farm and trani.form her Into a finished fechool teacher In six or elghl months "Tho normal schools have been turning out tlila product In large and Increasing num- tiurs for twenty > eam or more , until lliero are In each state etncril thousand so-called 'teachers' who are unable to eccuropeti tions. Tor every vacancy lhat occurs from fifty to a hundred applications are filed. Among these are doubtless many teachers who have rocoUcd training In addition lo moro advanced preparation In high schools and ncndt'mlfs. Hut their opportunities lor cmplojmcnt are curtailed by Ihe repre-- hcnnlulo tendency of school boards lo jlcdd to the prcfsuio of over-production and em ploy a cheaper grade of ( cachet i * . "Tho remedy for all this is the Insistence upon a higher and broader scholarship on the part of teachers who seek positions In the public schools Such Insiltuilons ap elate normal schools thai are supported by the state should confer diplomas only upon Ihoxo who have detnonntrnted marked nalur.ll aptitude for the work , whoio at tainment * represent wide culture nnd who Intend lo make leaching a life profession Instead of a stepping Btono lo eotno other calling. "As for the 'normal noliools' that nro run purely for commercial purposes nnd which draw their sup | > ort from those who arc led to bcllcvo lhat teaching affords alluring opportunities for leisure nnd enrichment , they should bo placed under state regula tion and made to conform to certain fixed standards before I'snlng diplomas. " .S In it ill n u ; ut tinrronliine11. . The following freshmen of the Omaha High school made an average scholarship of over 00 per cent for No vember : Courlno Armstrong , Hllen Anlhes , Vera Allen , Ilcsslo Andresa , Grace Blgelow , Juno Dennett. Maud Ilrooks , Carrie llarbc-r , John Ujrno , Nora Illnsval , Mildred Clark , Cljde Coy , Uuth Cullra , Helen Crltm , Ocorgo Canflcld , Rather Curry , Martha Car son , Mary Dietrich. Hdllh P.wcrs , Helen IMwards. Allle nilsworlh. IJcrnard Killers , Mary Hlholm. Lucy I'mirer. Dorothy Fred- crlekson. Stella I'lanaRan , Agnes Hughes , Clara Hervey , Agnes Herbert , Mabel Hull , Cairlo Goldsmith , Mary Grlfllth , Stella Green , Iva Hart , IMIib Isackson , Arthur Jessan , Anna Keith , Marie Koch , Hay Knodc , Pannle Kracht , Helen Keller , Lester Klrechbraun , Nina KlnKead , Katlo L > on , Augusta Lehman , Rmma Ixjrcnzon , Julia Lanp , llachel Lav. Ion , RIllo Lcvoy , Rdlth Lounslmry , Agnes McIJlrov , llobert Morto , Itobert Morseman. Kogi'iio Mu.isell , Maggie McL'achron. Nelflo Morrison , Mnrlha Mar- lensen , Ilrlgie MeArdle , Taullno Mads.u , nilzabeth McConnell , May Naudatn , Jeanettc New lean , Nclllo OcanderHcrt'ia I'ampe-l , Rthcl J'nrtrldite , Ida I'cterson. Charles I'rltehard. llcrtha I'hllllppl , I'lorcnco I'arm"- lec , Dwlght I'lcrce , Taul Uoblnson , Helen Ufdlnglon , Simucl Hces , Lillian Uoblnson Henrietta Hees , Hmma Smith , Kntherliii. Sharrock , rnnnlo Snooner , Rdna Sandetson Adolphus Shank , Margaret Sharck , Arthur Smith , Kay 'lajlor , Lula Tlllo'iion ' , Alfred 'lajlor , Lucy Warluy , Ilclh Williams , Mirj Wood , Georeo Wnlteis , Huth Wilson. Law- roico Whllly , Isabcllo Williams , Rll/abclli Yodcr. I iliiiiilliiniiloUH. . Galvcston has a Trench night school. Haltlmoreans want negro teachers ex clusively In negro schools. Piof. Henri Molssan , the distinguished chemist , who came to this country to lec ture at Iho Princeton celcnrallon , sajs Iho thing which has struck him most , apart from Iho superb equipment for teaching , was the feeling of affection between the students and the profesiors. A gift lo Iho library of Prlncclon unl- vcrslly which will be especially prized was announced recently. It Is the valuable col lection of early editions of Virgil belonging lo Jnnlus S. Morgan of NewYork. . It will bo deposited with the university as soon as the now library building Is finished. Washington Duke gave $ S3,000 five jears ago to secure the location of Trinity col' lego , a Methodist institution at Durham N. C. Last \vcck ho gave $10.000 toward the endowment of the same Institution , on con dition , that It should open Its doors to girls. It ia generally believed that Ihe condition will be accepted. Princeton university has decided to de velop the department of graduate work as far as possible , worl.lng on lines somewhat similar to those of Johns Hopkins univer sity. Its work will bo more In the field ol pure learning than In professional training. An endowment fund of nubout ? t,500,000 has been subscribed for this new develop incut. The free lectures Inaugurated by the New York Hoard of Rducatton wcro at- Icndcd by100.000 people this year. Through the excellent corps of lecturers , scientific , historical nnd literary facts arc- brought to the , knowledge of thousands of the poorer Inhabitants of .tho city , to whom , other wise , they would remain clorcd books , so lo speak. Dr. Frederick Hancrofl , who Is lo lake the place of Dr von Hoist , the famous hla- lorlan. at the University of Chicago this v Inter , Is a joung man of unusual atlaln ments In his line. He Is well known In eastern college circles Ihrough his connec tion with Columbia and Johns Hopkins universities. Dr. Bancroft was born In Galcsburg , III , In 1SCO , and Is a graduate of Amhcrst college and the School of Po litical Science of Columbia , The present senior nlumnus of Harvard Is Samuel AVard Chandler , of the class of ' 2J. The following members of classes graduated slnco 1800 have been successively the senior aUimnl : 1SO-I , Joeeph Head , died 1SS2 , 1S07 , William Thomas , died 1S ! > 2 , 1811. William Perry , died 18S7 ; 1S11. William It Saver , died 1SS7 ; 1815 , William Goddard , died ISSS , 1817 , George Dancioft. died 1S01. 1818 , Frederick Augustus Farley , died 1892 , 1820 , William Henry 1'urncss , died January 30 , 1SOC. Another "fad" Is about to get Its hooks on the school treasury of Now York City It Is a medical "fad " The New York Health board has asked the Uoird of Kdu- callon lo appoint medical Inspectors lo visit Iho schools and Inspect Ihe scholars In order lo delect and prevent the spread of contagious diseases. The scheme con- lemplalcs the appointment of 150 Inspcc tors at a salary of $300 each for ten months of the jcar and a chief inspector at a sal ary of $2,500. Angered al Ihe altcndance of Ihe joung women school Icachors of Iho place al the meetings of a dancing club , the school board of Osagc City , Kan , passed n resolu tion forbidding further Indulgence In E-uch gajcty , on the ground that the influence npcn Ihe pupils would not be good. The lown arose and asserted Itself. The Knights of I' } thins stood up for the teachers , and a business men's meeting was held , at which a resolution was passed that the members of Ihe school board be ilnstruclcd lo re frain from Iho use of tobacco as good re sults to Iho pupils could not be accom- plUhcd whllo such a practice was In dulged In. No useto deny the fact that Salvation Oil Is fast taking Ihe place of all other liniments r < MV I'fiiil | < - at the IIotHx. Hotel people stnto llml they hnvo never known irnvel lo bo so llghl during- holiday week ns II Is nt present Tbero Is nrnrccly nny one nt the botcls , nnd the few who nio thorn complain nl liclng nwny from homo and i > peml niosl of their tlmo wishing1 Ihey were there. What makes It appear .so much moro lonesome Is the fact Unit for ttio last month ot nix wrtkx business lias been better tluin nt nny tlmo during the je-ur mid n half preceding , or for two > enrs for Hint mntlor There is every In- dlcnllon Hint travel will pick up again IIH soon as lhe > bolidnjH arc over and that Die coirldors will resume Ihclr wonted np- pearance. The Omaha Clly mission will give Its annual Chrlslmas dinner lo Iho children of Us Industrial and Sabbath schools at Ma- sonlo hall Wednesday noon. December 30 , lb9C. Contributions ! of provisions may bo oenl lo Masonic hall , Sixteenth and Capllol avenue , on Wednesday morning , or will bo called for It notice Is sent to Mrs. J. U. Jardlne , Tlilrtj-third anil Dodgu strccls. A I'lihl Train lor .Mniitiiim. and Iho 1'acltlc Northwest leaves Omaha via the Ilurllngton Houto nt 4 35 p. in. dally. It U vcfltlbulcd. carries sleeping nnd re clining chair caia and Is nearly n whole half day quicker than pny other train from Omaha to Helena , Hullo , Spokane , Seattle and Tacoma. Tlckels and Umo tables nl 1602 Faruam St A -rjili-xliuf I'rulilciu. Whether to trl.o "Northwestern Lino" No. 2 at 1 ib p. m or No 0 at 0 JO p m , Chicago- ward. "No. 2" arrives at Chicago at 7-15 a. m. and "No. C" at 9 30 a. m. Iloth trains are models of modern ait , cklll and luxury. NO RXTUA CHAIIOU ON RITHCH ONI3. Call at the City Olllce , HOI Farnaiu street , and talk U over. J. A KUIIN. General Acear. G. P. WRST. C. P T. A. blx-Thlri ) I' . .M. Trnln. of Iho CHICAGO. MIUVAUKRU & ST. PAUL HV. DoKt fccrvlcp. RLRCM'UIC LIGHTS , Dining car. City oilier : 1501 Karnam. Hiit'llnutoil Itiiulillollilii ) Hale * December 21 , 25 and 31 and Januaiy 1 bcUu-cn stations not more than 200 miles apart return limit , January . Call at ticket oiilce , 1002 Fariiant street. END OF A LONG PASTORATE Eev , Frank Foster Preaches Hia Farewell Sermon at Iinmnnucl Baptist Ohurcb. ORGANIZED AND BUILT UP THE SOCIETY lint SPPII II Grow from n Allfmlcin T\lll KlKlit Member * nnil No Alilillnir I'lucito n MroiiK Cliure-li vvltli UN ( lit ii IMIIluo. Hev. Frank W. Foster , who has been HIP pastor o the Itnmanuel Baptist church eve slnco Its birth , preached his farewell sermoi jestcrday morning. On January 1 ho wll renso to be Its minister , his resignation tak Ing effect on the last day of Hie year. The congregation has not > et accepted the res Ignatlon , although It has been In Us hand for months. Once Ihey positively refused lo accept It , but the preacher Insisted thai ho must sever his connection with the churcl nnd ho will conscquenlly vacate the pulp ! on December 31. Ilcv. Mr. Fester Is one of the oldest minis ters In Iho city. He came lo Omaha abou len jcais ago , being then n Hold mlsslonarj In the employ of the Haptlst church. Ho organized a little mission , which years ago use 1 to most in n vacant storeroom at'Joln ' Ing the present church edifice. About elgh jears ago the church organl7cd and later It Its history erected the building which I now occupies al Tvvonly-fourth nnd Hlnncj streets The conjugation has Increaiei from an original membership of eight to 225 All thiongh Its hlstoty Ilcv. Mr Foster has been the pastor of the church. Recently ho decided that a change would bff boneflcla both to himself nnd his congregallon and consequenlly ho offered his reslgnallon. The minister has been 111 for some tlmo nnd at the services jcsterdav ho ohowci the effects of his condltlin. Ho. neverthe less , picachcd a vigorous sermon , througl which n llnead of sorrow at his coming de parture * was plainly lo bo discerned. Ho seemed lo give seine hint ns to ono of Ihe causes of his severance from the church li his remarks. Ho stated In opening that Ii was not only philosophical but also scrip tural to look upon nllHctlon and censorious criticism with Indifference. Iho flist refer ence was to his own phjslcal condition. The preacher explained the oilier moro fully. He. stated that ho was moro Indebted to his critics and enemies than to his friends , be cause being conscious of his shortcomings to some degree ho was grateful Ihal Ihej wcro uolnted out more fully. None but a fool would consider that a criticism did not contain n largo amount of Judgment. Yet dcspllo the largo amount of criticism to which he had been subjected , ho did nol fee' that he should bo looked upon as n sacrifice or as a hero and ho did nol foci In need o ! sympathy. CRITICS DO GOOD SRUV1CI7. Critics , he continued , were as useful ns turkoj bU7zards , the scavengers of the south They looked for the rough places nnd cor ners of people and weio continually run ning against them. Yet Ihoy wcro doing a greal service every time they knocked ono off these rough corners , thus making the criticized moro perfect. Dcspllo this fact , however , Ihe preacher maintained that there should not be too many critics In the world. Then ho turned his attcnllon lo Iho pessi mists and critics who bcllevo that there Is nothing but fraud and falsehood In the world and attempted to show that there was much that was pure and beautiful and virtuous In existence. He said that ho was convinced of the existence of truth through his experiences with the members of his congregation. Jus tice was also a fact , for although there was btlll Injusllco he showed lhat Iho pco plo were now living In an ago of compara- llvely pure Justice when past centuries arc viewed As evidence he cited the gradual substitution of nrbltrallon for war In In- tcrnatlonal disputes. He believed lhat there was enough proof to cause a belief In the complete reign of Jusllco In lime lo come He also found much of pnrlly and chasllly In Iho world Ho said lint Omaha was not next door to heaven , but he rebuked charges that vice was -predominant hero Ho said that since his residence In the city he has seen much purity and chastity and nobility even In wicked men. maintained lhat In the outside -world Iho work of virtue was going on and he cited as examples the endeavors to reform Instead of to punish criminals , the cslab- lishment of university jrclUemcnls and other movements In similar waja ho depicted other features of the brighter ? ide of the world. The prcnchor In conclusion ref rr ' to the memories he would carry awiv with him. Ho paid ho would rcin'mlc" the glorious organization of the chuich nnd the labor and love which held Iho lltlle congro- galion logelhcr during the first months. Ho would remember the sympathy and affcc- llon ho had received since. Ho would re member Die visits of thoFe who came in sorrow or sin or nflllcllon , Iho deaths , the baptisms , the weddings , Ihe birthday cele- brallons nnd the hospitality of the members of Iho congregallon. The congregallon has not > el decided upon the successor of Ihe vvilh'drawlng paslor nnd will not do BO for some tlmo jet , allhough Ihey have several applicants Services , however , will be held regularj ! every Sunday The resignation of the pastor will be acted upon at a buslncbs meeting on next Wednesday night and a special pulpit committee will bo placed In charge of the slluatlon. . - ClIVNCinS IV SOCIAL CONIHTIO.tS. Situation In HH- Hurl } Ci-iilurlos Com- | iiiri-il rtllli < I'ri-Ki-nl. . President McClelland of the University of the Pacific , located In Oregon , occupied Ihe pulpit of the Westminster Presbyterian church jestcrday morning. He chose for his text Romans I , 14 : "I am debtor both to the Greeks and to Iho barbarians ; bolh lo Ihe wlso nnd lo Ihe unwise. " In opening Iho speaker described Ihe condition of society In the early jears of Iho first ccnlury , in Iho lime of Christ and prior thereto , when the classes were nr rajcd against each other and Ihe upper grades of soclcly had no compassion for Ihose beneath them In the social scale Ho then spoke of the coming of Jesus Christ , teaching Iho doctrine of brotherlj love , and said that the cffejt ; of this doc- Irlno In revolullonl/Ing soclcly might bo learned by studying the history of the past eighteen centuries. Referring to the picsent condition of so ciety , the speaker said that the terms pop ulism and socialism were suggestive of the leaven which Is at work and betoken Ihal Ihe masses are becoming cnnseloiiB , not only of their rights but of their power , and kings and potentates must recognize Ibis growing power. The speaker further asserted Ihal Iho voice of flic public Is more disposed lo favor rlghleousncas now than ever before. In thU growth which has tal.cn place In Iho Improving of so clely the reverend speaker declared thai Ihe pulpit had taken a prominent part and ho hald that the power of the pulpit IH an over mastering force when raUed In the support of Iho broad doelilno of humanity The province of Iho pulpit was declared lo bo the uprooting of sin In eoclety and great stress was laid upon Iho moral cour age ) icqulred In being ouUpoltcn In exposing sin In high places The speaker ald Ihe organliratlon of society was not the cause of mlbcry so much as wan Individual wrong-doing , and he asserted lhat no mere humanitarian motcmcnt would sufllco to rc- llrvo the condition of eoclety , but lhat fill- vation muet eomo through the gospel from a new life ; It must come from wllhln and not from HOIUO power applied from without In closing Prof. McClelland sold ho was In sjmpathy with all good legislation , but back of this must bo consecrated men and women who have been regenerated and have allied Ihcniselvcs lo God In Ills pur pose to gave the vvoiId. , I'uiiernl of .loliii M. ICIlKi-iiiion , The funeral of John M. Ktlkcnon , who committed suicide ChrlstmnH eve , nfte-r se riously woundlnc rils wife , will inko plncn fiom the POIOIIPI'S olllco Tuenday at 2 o'clock The funeral services will be i preached by Rev. Mr B.ivldgp , wlih Inlcr- ncni at Forest Lawn ccmctciy. j IIOOMIMl ( ! ( ) ( ) ! ) iHOADS .MOM'.MKVI * . Srerofnry Proi-inim .Toliiinoit llunll } KiiKiiUPiliiln tinHnnl , Chnrlcfl Freeman ( Johnson of California , secretary of Iho National League of Good Heads , who rcccntlr slopped off hero on his way easl , Is doing'Rood work In behalf rf his pel enterprise , and also advertising Iho Tranflmtmlwdppl Imposition wherever he goes. To the editor of The Heo he writes thai ho has been micccflsful In forming a combination between the league ho repre sents nnd the United States department of road Inqulrj , of which ho has been appointed an Inspeclor. Ho nlso wrllca that he hopes to sco the good roads movement represented at the exposition. Concerning the > movement for road Im provement and the exposition , ho talked as follows to a reporter for the Hartford , Conn , Com ant"There Is a wonderful awaken ing throughout the middle west on Ihe < mb- Jed , and Iho pe-ople of Omaha have a move ment on foot which will be ono ot fho most far-reaching eventa that has jet occurred In the good roads work. They are organiz ing a Transmlsdlsslppl International R\po- slllon , lo bo held In 1S9S. Congrcra has pawed a bill appropriating $200,000 for this exposition , nnd HIP people have subscribed over $400.000 In ndldtlon , so that they have over $ flOO.OO ( > already In eight , out of $1,000- 000 which they proposed to ratee. The man agers of the exposition have sent titllclal communications requesting us to aid In se curing for them the National Good Roads congioss for ISIS , nnd the national meet of Ihe League ot American Wheelmen for Iho same jear at about that time. This would bring an enormous body of good roods people together at a central point , nnd If the gov ernment would make n good roads exhibit ns It did nt the Atlanta i\posltlon. It would serve as a tremendous object lesson to the whole western cotmtrj- . " The Now- York Telegram hid the following losaj concerning Mr. Johnson : Mr. Jnbnuon last night showed n Tele- jjiain niiorter n letler of Invitation from tliero ( Itiilng the- progress of llie expo/lllon Mr Johnson e.ild IIP thought It very Ilke-ly thai the ponxe-nllon would go to Omaha nl- ' - ' ' ' tboupli that in.ifter liiid'iiot be-en do'eTdc-d'n's \lt. lltlllVntllif tint Itn fnt. antitn .Int. ] . .1 least , llo was In Onulm n week , i-o ; tod.iy nnd was muc i Imploded bv vvh.it lie s uv In Iho way of rrepur.illons for Ihe e\po l- The people of Onnln nnd the surrounding lerrllory hnvo nlrendy raised $ ! Ou.OCO toward making the exposition n Biiec-ei * , and ns L-ongrp's. has appropriated f.'OO OCO townid the enterprise It ! thought the Omaha people ple will have llttlo dlllli-uliv In r.iHInc the lemnlndor of the $1,00(1,000 ( which it Is thought should be on band before the big Miovv starts Mr Johnson snj s the people of Om iha nnd of the Trnnsmlssltslppl coun lry aio quite as much Interested In the sub ject of good road as are those of the east. Thousands sink Into nn early grave for want of a botllo of Dr Hull's Cough Syrup. This greal remedy would have saved them. AMUSEMENTS. The fame of the Howard Afhencum com- rnny , which was remembered from former visits as being among the best of the vaude ville attractions , was suniclent to ntlract two largo audiences to the Crclghton jcs- lerday , where Iho organlzallon , as at present constituted , opened a short engagement. The afternoon nerformance was far from salls- factory and did not Indicate that the old standard of excellence had been kept up The first "turn" on ( ho bill was omitted without explanation , Iho mologrnrdi was rc- fraclory and utterly ailed to work and Del- more nnd Leo weie unable to appear by rea son of Iho lale arrival of Iho company In town and the Impossibility of gelling their apparatus In order. The manager. In n speech before the curtain , made such e\ctiso ns was possible under the circumstances nnd In the evening a more complete- and cnlovablo ex hibition was given. .Tho company. Contains some fairly clover people , chief among Ihoso appearing al Iho mallnoc being Junnlo Gro- > lnl awl Kdjth Murray , gjmnastlc dancerb , lien Ilarney In imitations of negro nongs , .viorion nnil .viacn tn irisn . . comedy and the l.ovlnos in their craj on-drawing spec-laity. The cngagcmct closes with a performance tonight. Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. T. Taber gave an organ recital nt the first Congregational church In the presence of a large and at- lenllve n idlcnee. Mr. Taber Is an organlsl of grc&v natural ability. Ills Ideas of reg istration are original and consistent Hv- crjlhlng he does shows a thorough knowl edge of the Instrument. The building of a tone picture by means of combinations of stops Is no easy mailer , as Is so often demonstrated by Iho many organists who iry It and fall Mr. Taber's program was varied and Inlcrcsllng and selected from the works of Oullmani. Theme , Wagner , Mendelssohn. Dallslc and Gounod. A fealuro of Ihe recital was Ihe remark able singing of Mis. C. K. Squires. Her selection was a very dramatic sacred song by Ilandcggcr , entitled "Savo Mc , Oh God. " and her rendering of It fulfilled every de mand. Especially notcworlhy was Iho way In which she developed Iho climax near Iho end and Ihe volume of tone produced. Mrs Squires Is surely one of Omaha's fore most bopranos. llobert P'tzslmmons , Iho heavy eight pu gilist , Is en route from San Kranclsco lo Now York , whcro he will arrange Iho de tails for his fight with Jim Corbclt on the 17th of March next for the championship of Iho world He 'will ' nrrlvo In this city at 4 45 o'clock this afternoon , accompanied bj bis vvlfo and child , his span Ing partner Jack Hlckey , and his manager , Martin Ju lian. This Is the first visit of Fit/slmmons lo Omaha and Iho most lively Interest Is shown concerning his stopover hero nnd his appearance at Iho lioyd this evening in con nection with William Culder's scenic drama , "Saved from the Sea , " bj the largo sale of scats that has alieady taken place The report was current yesterday around tov.n lhat "Iho house was told out. " but that statement will not bo verified until this ovenln : ; . when the big thealer will bo l > acked from orchestra to the last scat in Iho gallery. There are many deslrnblo seats jet unfold , but they will all bo gone before i-vcnlng. iithcr Iho pugilist or the drama Is Btilllclcntly Etiong lo stand alone , but when the Iwo are combined there Is certain lo bo no lack of duo appreciation and palron- Many lovers of comic opera will bo pleased at the announcement that the Delia Kox Comli Opcia company will be at the Orclgh- ton Wednesday , Thursday and Trlday even ings The company numbers over sl\ty peo- j plo nnd prominent among the principals are Riich artists ns Harry Macdonogh , Hugh Cltllvcr * . Trank Illalr. Charles J Campbell Charles ttungan , William Dudley and the MlKjcs Nelly llragglns , Trtxlo Krlganra riorlno Murray , Nathalie Alllon , Knlhrrlno Ray and Pranklo Wotene. Tor each of Ihe operas In the Fox repertory Iho complete scenery nnd stage settings arc carried Noth ing U eliminated or cut down , whether Iho company plnjn two weeks or one night In a city. "Tho Llttlo Trooper" will be sung Wednesday outline and at the New Year s matlnco nnd 'Tleur do I.ls" will be pre onted Thursday nnd rrlday ( N'evv Year's ) nights The Chicago University Oleo nnd Mandolin club will glvo n concerl at Iho Crolghlon Monday , January 4. Itni-Kiiipii I'orni n t'ulon. The Omaha haeknion held a meeting nt 1415 rnrtmni street , last Tue d.\y night for the purpose of forming a union J l..ir- prn was olpeted president ; .1 M Oirnov vloo president , A llusiell , seorctniv. nnd rinrloa White , tiensiirer The now bodv I" eillnl Ihe Omaha Hac-kinen's Protective a siii la tlon , and Its object Is to establish n HI ale of rates and form n moie filendly dNposl- llon belwie-ii the men nnd their pitrnii" than has formerlj1 exl lcd The association slails In vvllh about tvv only-live incmborx Prevent sickness and save doctors' bills at this boaeon by Keeping jour blood rich nnd pure with Hood's Sareaparllla. Cormier to tnveHllunte ( In Coioner Ilurket will bold nn Inqiii t th moinlng nl 10 o'clock over Iho remilnx of n 11 MclJIrath , Ihe tiavillng mnn who pommlllcd suicide nl hi * resldcMioe 1MJ Chicago .street , S.ituidny night A I UK' ' number of witnesses line IK en siiinmonid In older to thoroughly Investigate- tin case. Cnmlm-Ieil I.cavo Omaha every rrlday via the Union I'nclflc. No change of cats to Ocden , Pan Ftanclscn or I.os Angeles. Tourist sleepers dally to Pan Tranclsco. Special atlcnlluu paid to ladles traveling alonn. A C DL'N.V. City Pass , and Tkt.genl 130J 1'arnain St. , t-IK-c-lnl llollilny Itnlen. The Chicago , St. Paul , MInncipolls and Omaha Hy , will sell expulsion UrketH Dee 24lh , 23th and 31st , IS'JC , amf January Isl 1S97 , good for return until January 1th 1S97 , for ono and one-third fares for the round Irlp. _ _ IMUSO > AIr.vu ICIIAI'II * . Dr. J. I. I < "ia of Chadron vvcs nn Omaha Sunday visitor. J. W. Megcalh has gone lo Denver , where ho will visit friends. Church Howe camp up from Auburn lo spend Sunday in Omaha. S. J. Weeks and John Sklrvlng of O'Neill were in tlio city jcslcrdaj' . W. 12 Alexander of Kdgemont , S. D , vvat among the anlvals jcstcidaj' . lion Joseph Oberfelder of.Sidney Is in Ihe city. He Is enroute lo Lincoln. C 12 Ilurnham , n banker from Tlldcn , was among Iho airivals jcstcidaj. G A. IZcklcs , one of Chadron's leading law j era , w.is in the city j'cfitcrdaj. J C. Spencer left last night for New castle , Wjo. , lo remain n few dajs. C II. Cornell , n Valentine Innkcr , wa. ) r6gltcred nl one of Iho hotels jeeletdiy Sherman Canfield of Sheridan , Wjo , is In tlie city on a short visit with friends H. A. Holdrego left last nlglil for I hi cage , whore l.e goes on a short biiBinrs" trip. Ilcunan Kountrc left lasl night for YnU college , after spending Christmas with bin patents S 11 Smllh of the Union Pacific legal department returned home from Chicago lasl night. ( T. C Hozelctt , clerk of Iho courts at O'Neill , accompanied by his wife , wad an Omaha v Isltor j cetcrday. W. II. Hunter returned to Denver hst night , to resume his woik there.after ar ranging his nfialrs In Omaha. Lester Urldaham , formerly connected with the Mlllard hotel , now living In Denver , was In the city last nlghl while on his waj cast. cast.Mr. Mr. J. A. Goodman and wife , Mr. Pain Jones , Joe Mason and H. 12. 12arl are Kan- can Clly , Mo , urilvnla blopplni ; at the Darker. D. V. Sholcs , for many jears a prominent reil estate man of this city , now n mine owner of Cripple Creek , has been in the city for heveral dajs. Ho returned home- last nlghl. Ncbraslnns at the hotels : n. C Calkins , Kearney ; A. 12 Upton , Lincoln ; r. Tloinej and J. A Harris. Broken lion , W. II Shel don , Hastings , W Jenkins , Kullcrton , DV Schaff , Columbus , J. 11. Jones , \Vjmoie , L 11 Kenner , Hcmmlngford ; II. J. Nighten gale , Loup City. Mr. and Mn DolpH Lavlno , Mr. and Mrs Sam Merion , Miss Molllo Thompson , Ml E Jennie Gioxlnl. Miss I2djth Murray , Charles Mack. Hen Harvey. George Delmore , Ollle Lee , I2ddle O Dell James Hughes and Krunk Townsend. comprising the Boston llouard Athenaeum Star Specialty company , arc stop ping at the Darker PERFECT UN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY. Used l > y people of refinement for over a quarter o si century. Look out for your breath by watching your tooth , ono de cayed tooth will taint tlio breath. Gold crowns , 22k So to S8. Potcolnin crowns , $5. Artificial teeth , Sf > ; best $7.5a BAILEY , Dentist , Has ? " 3d floor , lady attendant. Ti-otli uxtrnctod ulllioiit ii.iln The English philosopher tells us that who ° o lias sixpence is sovereign ever all the world to the extent of that bKpenoo. In tlio hume wav the on nor of this Chamber Set is Bovorcijrn ever Comfort to the extent of ono Chamber Set. There are three pieces in the set. The wood is the darkest shmlo of San Domingo Ma- hoffnny , and lookn two hundred joars old. This idea of atro is hoi luhciicd by the design itself. The tail tinted PUKK are the head marks of an at eh- itcetuio that v\as old-fashioned n eonlury njfo. These some tapering posts are on tiic headboard and footboard of the bed , and on the buck of the watihbland. There IdaUo a llute-d BCC- tlon in the front jmrits of the bureau. The gfreat popularity of this design has led us to ropioduco a few ol tlicoo setn in untl.juo oak at tlio very low pi-ico of Ji3 : , $ . " > 0 and ? OJ. . CHAS. SHIVERICK & CO. , Lowest Prices on Furniture. 12tll and Boilglas. "A GOOD TALE WILL BEAR TELLING TWICE.1 USESAPOLIO ! USE ] i | im/manm m * Hee > , December 21 * , IVfl , Not many of them , thank Good ness. Whatever there is you will f d M ° enough and cheap enough * to buy , even if you have to save il until next Christmas to give somebody. There are some fjnekid gloves for men at 75c , instead of the usual $1.25. Some fine fancy silk neckwear at 75c | ought to be $1.0O. Some fancy , web suspenders at $1.00 , and & some satin ones at 50c , and a few , of the choice Jigavy silk handkerchiefs - , ' kerchiefs at rfalf'sTdollar. Lots of chances for shrewd bargain hunt &s > ers in our Men's Furnishing de partment between now and New f5 > Year's. ' ) id you get a Camera for Christmas ? if not , hero's your chain o to got one by NEW YEARS. Any boy or girl , manor woman sending subscriptions to the Omaha Daily Bee under the conditions as given below will deceive one of these beautiful and perfect cameras free. , ameras given away A COMCT CAMERA. Made ot stiong material , covered In blucK Iciitlurelto nnd IB very simple In opi ra- Uon. I'ai IB can bo easily duplicated If lost never gets out of order takes pictures one Inch Hiumre or round , IIH f how n below tUo of Comet Ciiiiu ra lli'.ini\2 Inches and n ounces a child can vvoik It. A CRESCENT CAMERV , A HIGH grade camera , " takes photograph 3x3 inches Crescent Camera is 6\4x4 | in size and is equal to any $ JO camera It's the latest thing out and is im proved up to date , YOU BRING OH SEND US Four new Mibrc-i ilers for thrco vvcoks each Three now bitbseribei- four vvcoks encli Two now subac-riberb for si.wcokh each TTn < fir , n mlti Kf f nrctinid . nl . tbo rate of r renti n v\celf , paper to ill lilt V Illclllcl KJOU , iL. , ii ) | \.rcil In Oiniili.'i. loiinull " - Oinubu by cuiiler , or sent cUcwbcio lij mull Wu will gl\o 3011 u > OMET YOU BRING OR SEND US i Kight new subsoribci i for three weeks eacii Six now btibai'i-ibpi-B for four weeks cacli Fcur now biih'ciibora for six wpcks each Thrco new fatib-.cribois for eitfht vvcoks oarh Two now aiibjCribcM for twelve weeks ciioh Prcpakl at the rate of l"i cents a week , papar to bo dolivorcd in Oinalia , Council HlulTh " or South Omaha by carrier or s nt elsewhere by mail wo will ghoiou"a DESCENT CAMERA > fea < in all subscrip tions to the business ofllco of The Boo , Boom 100 , Boo Building , Omaha , or No. 10 Main Street , Council Blulls , Town , or address 1 lSrl ff > ji\ ifi " > . V. 5M'vl \ ' v -k 4-\ ' v N. B. A now Bub- x ecribor under this oircr Stlllk \ \ : is ono v ho has not boon taldnthoBco | through our ofllco or its regular ngonta later than No vember S5 , 1800. Ci.iMill fiiintia Jdl.il llilnlltf , Grand Chance to Earn a B _ Count t < il > "i Ihlnl'.n. tuinet t ll.cs tlit.i ilic , Address al ! communications to Camera Department , Omaha Bee , Omaha