NOTABLE PIONEER CROUP
Recollections of a Nebraska Thanksgiving
at BolleTua in ' 54 ,
HOSPITABLE HOME OF PETER A , SARPY
Cnrprr of tinPmnoiin Trinlor unit III
I'lirtncr , Slciilu-n Ilpciiltir llroin
Chief .liiHtlev I'VrRUitun
Of the many pioneers of Nebraska no other
Is better fitted than J. Sterling Morton to
depict scents and Incidents of early life
In which ho was an active participant.Io <
was one of the earliest of the pioneers now
living , has been a potent factor In Nebras
ka's development and lives to enjoy the frui
tion of labors which transformed the proph
ecies of Mio fifties Into the realities of today.
To most 'Nebraskans of today pioneer life Is
n < hcar say atopy ; to many of the participants
a fast fading memory. Every contribution to
the history of that pcrloJ Is to be welcomed ,
especially so when It comes from a partici
pant In the events recorded. Such Is the
following reminiscence of a Nebraska
Thanksgiving In 1854 , from the pen of J.
Sterling Mortem :
HelloMic , Neb. , was , In the autumn , of
185-1 , the oldest and best known settlement
In ( ha territory. It had been the homo of
the Presbyterian mission and the central
depot and prlnclrdl storehouse of the Ameri
can Fur company for many years prior to
that date. 'I he geographical location of
Uel'jvuo ' and' ' the topography of ltd alto ren
dered It one of the most cllgfclo and at
tractive paints for the centralization of com
merce cad manufactures In the whole terri
tory. The M'ssourl river flowed along Its
eastern edge , the Paplllton fringed It on the
west , antl the- great 1'Mtto was only a few
miles distant to the south. Tlio valleys of
the Missouri , Platte and t'apllllon wore all
fusel In one va&t pUtcau lying to the south.
east. At the date mentioned the entire tribe
of Omaha InJIoois had their village , ol tepees ,
on the bottom lands of the M'ssourl , Imme
diately cast of the old mission bouse and
dotitheast of the trading post ot the American
Kur company. At that time the trlbo num
bered between 1,200 antl 1,300 men , women
and children. During the beautiful Indian
eurnmcr , which preva'Jed late Into Decem
ber , 1854 , the Oinahas enjoyed themselves
limiting , horse racing und cutting Platte
liver rushes and other forage and bringing
It Into tlio village for the subsistence of
their ponies. The atmosphere was dry ,
crisp and saturated troin morning until
night with the brightest sunshine. The
white Inhabitants ot the townalte uumbercd
rot moro than thirty. Their relations , how
ever , with their aboriginal neighbors were
vcaccful ted agreeable. There was then so
much of tranquillity and silence all over Ne
braska , cud so Ilttlo of 'the noise and bustle
cf modern clvlll/atlon In western Iowa , that
'tho solitude and quiet which pervaded the
Missouri valley was almost opprosulve. It
"was thun moro than 300 miles to any rail
road station , end after too June rlae In the
Missouri river had subsided there was no puff
of any kind of a atcam cciglno 'to be heard
unywhero between St. Joseph , Mo. , and Coun.
ell muffs. la.
And now ou Thanksgiving day , 1897 , the
mental Imago of that Thanksgiving at Ilellc-
vuo In 1831 , Jui't forty-three years ago , ma
terializes vividly , and again the little log
cabin , standing on a hlqh bluff and overlookIng -
Ing the Omihi village and 'the ' Platte and
Paplllton and Missouri valleys , opens Its door
to me. Entering I see seated at the table ,
v.iMch stands upon a puncheon floor , the- host ,
lioatess and guests ot this New England
annual festival. I
Kenner Ferguson , chief Justice of the ter
ritory of Nebraska , appolntedi by President
Franklin Pierce , Is seated nt the right of the
host , and cti his left Is Colonel Peter A.
Sarpy , the agent of 'the ' American Fur com
pany. Heldo Justice Ferguson la hla wife ,
mid opposite her Stephen Dc > : atur , and these
constitute the partakers Ofour , first Thanks
giving dinner en the west bank of the Mly-
uourl river. The menu was not elaborate ;
a siJdlo of venison covered with a jockel of
dough skillfully rcasted , together with a
doron and a half ot quail , constituted the
principal nutriments.
FAITH IN NEBRASKA'S FUTURE.
The chief Justice conversed oxhllaratlogly
upon the possibilities and probabilities of tbo
agricultural and commercial devolcnment of
the unknown acid untried prairies which
( stretched out about us In every direction.
Judge Ferguson was an cptlmlat of the most
positive character. Ho plainly siw In the
ifutirro all the enchantry of development
which has since como to Nebraska. Ho even
then heard the \\lilstlo of the Pacific railroad's
locomotives and the roar and rumble of vast
shipments of Oriental freights crossing the
Allssourl river railroad bridge enroute to the
Atlantic ncaboard. He had not the slightest
misgiving as to the greatness In agriculture
and commerce which Nebraska was speedily
to achieve and his wife believed with him , for
ohe had t'.ie utmost confidence ) n his Judg
ment of law and all other things , Including
the future.
Colonel Sarpy , however , wan cynical as to
the future and enthusiastic only os to the
past of the cntlro transmls.sourl country.
With a sort of Idolatrous zeal he deicrlbed
the myriads of buffaloes , elk and deer which
lie had seen , fattening upon the fertile
failures stretching from the Missouri to the
foothills of the Hocky mountains. Ho re
garded all this section of country as a natural
park and great preserve of fiamo Instituted
( by the Almighty for the pleasure and maln-
tcnanco of his red children , "Who , Sarpy de
clared , could never bo civilized and could bo
lia < ipy only In a state of ulimplo savagery.
Desldes lin : pronounced views AS to the Inutility -
utility ot Intellectual and scholastic training
for Indians , he hold an unconcealed con
tempt for the possibilities of agricultural de
velopmcnt on the plains. He really had no
fnKli In profitable plowing and planting upon
thcso prairies. Ho had lived1 upon their un
oroken sod and followed the Indian trail
thereon for so many years , without thinking
of flolds and cultivation , that ho could not
i for n moment believe It ( possible for mentality
, and muscle to evolve farms , homes , orchards ,
liodgo rowvi and beautiful groves from these
fcolls. Ills hartilest conversation was of-the
wild and tumultuous yesterdays , which ho
i and Decatur , In company with their Indian
ihraUiers , had enjoyed tu the chase ot the
( buffalo aiid the elk. Nobiaska grldlrcned with
railroads and dotted with cities and villages
And Its farms producing vast surplus crops of
corrals and fruits for market was "a mere
dlgmont of the Imagination" to him. He
talked of such developed state as children
epeak ot fairylands and brownies Incredu-
Jously , but with a pleased vivacity and
felicity. Ho dreamed , but lip never expected
liU dreams to bo realized , verified and ma
terialized In this or' any comUig century.
CHAUACTnU OF FETISH SAUPY.
Peter A. Sarpy had , so the traditions o
( hat day asserted , been thoroughly educated
at a Catholic academy with a view of being
cent to Franco to acquire at the Colic-go o :
the fiorbcnne. In Paris , a complete classlca ,
oducatlou , after wtilch bo wan to have been
graduated as a doctor of medicine. Uut hla
Moot Torturing , Dloflgurlng ,
Humiliating
f m 4
I / | $ ' Itching , burning , bleeding , scaly skin
| l/.il scalp Immora is instantly rolfovod
_ _ _ _ _ ' a warm bath with CUTJCUUA. SOAP ,
t a ulnglo application of CUTICURA ( olnt-
! . incut ) , the great skin euro , and a full dose
" - otCuricuiu RESOLVENT , greatest of blooU
jmtlUers and liumor cures.
( Tilicura
Bpeedlly , permanently , and
economically cure , when all else falls.
foTtu Diva A D Cutw. Coir. . Bolt PropL , Bcuton.
* -"iMw U Cut. tittj KHa > oa Iloo4 Uum , * ItM.
PIMfLY FAOEJf A&tl'ffi b'
I ' . , .IV.-rt.i . . Yniftl'l.H I
parents and his older brother , John D. Sirgy {
. ) t St. Loud , permitted i&o young man to
Qficcxid ( he MlMourl river with one ot the
fur company's trading bat somewhere about
1820 , and that pleasure trip , which wan to
liavo been merely a vacation from Mudy ,
changed his character and his whole life.
Ho wus thoroughly a Frenchman ; he woi
quick , alert , witty , overflowing with vitality ,
and therefore speedily enamored of the wild ,
frco life of the traders a .id trappers among
the Indians ot the norUiwrot. Instead of be *
com In K a learned and skillful doctor of medi
cine , ho became a shrewd , koen-oycd Ind'an '
trailer , nhoao cntlro life was a continued and
very anlmtted vacation , except when his
mind was Intermittently Intent upon business
affairs. These wcro KMiorally , however , at
tended to with great skill and precision. HU
knowledge of bookkeeping and accounts nas
superior. He exalted the most perfect obedi
ence from all of his cirplojcs , and they were
very numerous , ranging from trapycra , herds
men , cooks , salesmen anJ haifbroed errand
boys up to the best and most skillful ac
countants and bookkeepers. His treatment
of those who served him was , as a rule ,
generous and Just , though at times hov.a
very overbearing , arbitrary and Imperative ,
demanding the most pccullir nervlces and the
carrying out of most grotesque orders. Ho
cculd transmute lilnisclt from a rough
frontiersman to the compiclo gcatlctnan of
the drawing room the momrmt a woman ap
peared In his trading house , and In the prc.5-
cnco of the gentler sex ho wns always polite ,
graceful , witty and entertaining In tils con
versation. Many who knew Sarpy thought
him an labltually Inteiuierate man , but In
this they were somewhat mistaken. He had
the knack of artiearlug drunk when bo was
perfectly sober , If a trade or bargain was
about to bo made between him iind nome
person whom ho susposled of an endeavor to
cheat him. Ho was of that pecullary nervous
mako-up and of such Pno fiber , always seem
ingly at Its utmost tension , that tie could
really get drunker on on Idea than ordinary
mortals can on a pint of hlsky. His man
agement of the trade between the Indians of
the northwest end the American Fur com
pany was adroit , successMl and profitable ,
but ho never In serious conversation evinced
any faith In the agricultural possibilities of
Interior and western Nebraska , though he did
admit that the river tier of counties might
possibly be made very attractive and beautiful
by imper husbandry.
His life wns a rough romance. Ho ( Kissed
away In the early 'GOs , leaving an estate of
between $100,000 acid $200.000 , wWch was In
herited by his relatives In St. Louis.
SAVANT ON THE FRONTIER.
The man who sat uext to Sarpy at that
table was known as Stephen Decatur. Uy
nature ho had been endowed with a strong
brnln. Hut for thirteen yearn prior to 1S51
ho had been a recluse , living altogether
among the Onnii'ias und odtlng as a sort of
Intermediary between them and Sarpy ,
though constantly under salary from tlio
latter. Decatur dressed himself exclusively
In buckskin , after the manner of the
frontiersmen of that day , and never wore
anything else but moecaalns on his feet. His
full beard wan of ui light broftci and hla hair ,
of the same hue , descended to his sboulders.
Ho baa a very prominent forehead. His
eyes were of a steel blue tint and were deeply
set under most markedly Jicavy and bushy
eyebrows. During the repast Decatur turned
to mo and said : "You are recently out of
college ; did you read the Odes of Horace In
your course ? " Being answeied In the af-
flrmiJtlvo , ho said that he 'thought ' that the
first ode > to Maecenas , wulch contained a rcf-
er ice to tint man "who dellghtoth In culti
vating hla paternal estate with the plow , "
and also to the merchant "who extolle'h the
happiness of a retired Hfo when his ships
are endangered by the southwest wind blowIng -
Ing against the Icarlcin waves , jet by and , by
( when the danger is over ) ho repairs his
chattered ships , unable to endure poverty , "
aa ono of the most oharmlne and philosophic
of all the odes , though ho liked very much
ti'io ninth ode , which says :
"You ace how the mountain Soracte stands
whitened with deep enow , nor can the laborIng -
Ing woods any longer support ithe weight , cod
the rivers stagnate with the sharpness of
the frost. Dissolve the cold , liberally piling
up billets oo the hearth ; and draw forth , 0
T'jalKirchus , the moro generous wine , four
years old , out of the sablne jar. "
These quotations from Horace , repeated In
the original Latla , with the most perfect
Intonation and Inflection , so s to give the
precise shade of meaning to euch word , com
ing from one who seemed merely a back
woodsman , were like coaU of flro found blaz
ing hot Imbedded In sclld Ice. There prob
ably never came to a young man juat out of
college a greater linguistic surprise than De
catur gave mo at that memorlil dinner.
The chief Justice , his 'wife andi fie host and
hostess were equally surprised , though
Colanel Sarpy evinced no astonishment , as ho
had for some years Became used to bearing
the Odes of Horace In their original tongue
repeated by Decatur. It turned out later ou ,
In 1855 , wlien I came to meet Deacon William
Dross of the Chicago Tribune that this strange
character was his own brother , Stephen
Decatur Brcsa ; tbat ho had been educated nt
Williams college ; that ho had been principal
of an academy which prepared young men for
college , and that In teaching Latin to others
ho had himself become perfectly familiar
with all of these authors whoso works were
used for text books In the schools of that
day. Soon after the territory of Colorado
was opened to settlement Decatur became one
of Its plonccra. He represented that newly
eettled section of the union at the Centennial
exposition at Philadelphia In tbo year 1876
and had charge of a very beautiful and won
derfully arranged collection of the ores and
mineral products of that state. Dut nothing
could Induce him to return to his relatives
In the east and become ono of the family In
habits and life. Ho refused the most tempt
ing offers from his brothers , , and finally , some
years ago , died In Colorado , and Is burled
somewhere In the Ildcky mountains , which h ?
so long explored and so glorlngly depicted
.is the grandest range In all the world.
The foregoing Is written en this Thanks
giving day , 1897 , because memories of' that
one , and recollections of the beautiful and
competent hostess , and reminiscences of those
friends who enjoyed It with me , came Into ray
mind Just as naturally and unblddenly as
the shadow ot one's person precedes him
when he walks eastward from the setting sun.
At 65" years of ago the conclusion comes that
lucre Is no today In any human life In youth
It Is all tomorrows ; In ago It Is all yester-
lays. The Ideals of yesterday are the realities
of today and the Ideals of today will bo
realities of tomorrow. Our present will soon
bo lookej back upon as a distant past and
tbat which Is now now will then be old.
J. STERLING MORTON.
Arbor Lodge , Nebraska City , Otoo County ,
Neb.
Thanksgiving Dr.y , November 25 , 1897.
TinSiiriirlm - if All.
Mr. James Jones of the drug firm of Jones
& Son. Cowdcn , III. , In speaking of Dr. King's
Now Discovery , says that last winter his
wife was attacked with La Grippe , and her
cas grew so serious that physicians at Cow-
Jen and 1'ann could do nothing for her. It
seemed to develop Into Hasty Consumption.
Having Dr. King's New Discovery In store ,
and selling lots ot It , ho took a bottle homo ,
and to the surprise of all she began to get
better from first dose , and half dozen dollar
bottles cured her sound and well. Dr. King's
Now Discovery for Consumption , Coughs and
Colds Is guaranteed to do this good work.
Try It. Free trial bottles at Kuhn . & Co.'s
drug store ,
: II.UK I < MUM
Aclliin ! ' 'ulouM ! Attiu-limcnt from ( lit *
Sii | > rt > iiiv Court.
NEW YORK , Dec. 25. Iho World thU
morning saja :
The banking and brokerage house of T. K ,
Ward & Co. , 31 and 33 Broadway , was clcc-cj
by Rio sheriff yesterday afternoon on an
attachment of the supreme court Issued1 on
the complaint of H , K. Morse , rsq , , of Au
burn , N. Y. , on a cl-ilm for Jl.OT.SG , ai.
leged to to deposited with the linn. Tin
flnu did a general brokerage biiBlnw in
stocks , bonds and other securities , and. whe > \
Deputy Sheriff Levy nude the seizure tin
customers who were lu the office at the
time asked for their money , but It wag tea
late
An attachment vta alto served * on. ( ho
Western Natlcnal bank , Sixth National bank
and \VelU Fargo & Co.'a tank for moneys
deposited there to the credit of the firm ,
and al&o agalnit the firm's tip-town branch
ottico at 1270 Broadway , Mr , Ward , who
lives at 251 West Ninety-third street , said
the concern would resume business la a few
oViyi.
T. 13. Ward & Co. failed a few mooths ago
for $400,000 but settled with their creditors.
Arnold's Jlromo Celcrr curei neadacbe ) ,
lOc , 25o * ud 60c , All druesUtl.
THE ACHIEVE IS OF ' 97
A Sjmoosicm of Ocin'on on t'je 0 ; o Thing
\Vhch 1.V.3 losti Worth Doing.
TREND CF TH TIMiS MilttO.UD
,
t of tlio Vi-nr In Soli-i
ItcllKtoii , I.ltrrnlurr. liuliiHtrlnl
I'uriullirt nuil Siu < li > t > -
llrlclly Iti-vlcncil.
The follow Ing sympcslum of opinion ccn-
dcrnlng the leading pursuits at life Is made
up of the Ideas of the foremost men In each
department. Individually thes opinions are
worth noting , and the consensus Is valu
able because It la a conclso statement of our
matorh ! progress :
IllSHOP POTTHR.
Bishop Henry C. Potter , speaking os the
representative of the Episcopal church In
America , considered ! the great conference ot
bishops held In Lambeth palace , L-.ndon ,
lost June , the most significant religious
event of the year.
"Tho Lambeth conference was a great
event , " oald Utshop Potter , "not because It
was a now thing , for similar gatherings had
been held before , but because of the spirit
of Its deliberations and utterance ] which nro
naturally looked upon as of considerable
w eight , nlnco the assemblage was made up
of aomo 200 bishops from every part of the
Cngllsh-speaklng world. The deliberations
of the conference brought out the sincere
desire of Its church members for the only
kind of church unity that Is nt present pos
sible or desirable. That Is , not absolute
uniformity of ( ceremonial , but Unity of pur-
11040 and essential beliefs which shall en
able all the various members ot the Chris
tian church to work together In harmony
and for a common end. There was the same
feeling among the representatives from
every quarter of the globe , which Indicates
as well as anything could that the old spirit
of Intolerant opposition ' . .between different
members of the Christian faith has practi
cally disappeared. The debates ot the con
ference on the Interpolation of the scrip
tures wera also full of Interest for church
men.
"A matter which bears upon the subject ot
church unon In a somewhat different way
was the response of the two orchblshtps ot
the English church to the letter ot the pope
denying the validity of the Anglican orders
The significance ot this affair lay In the fact
that It Interposed an Insurmountable bar tea
a union of tbo followers of the Roman and
ttio Anglican churches such as had been
earnestly hoped for In certain quarters. The
difference , arising from different conceptions
ot the priesthood In the two churches , had ot
course existed before , but It had not before
received any such complete and logical asser
tion as was contained In the pope's letter and
the response of the archbishops. The decision
of the p-oo. having for his followers the force
of Infallibility , cannot easily bo retracted , and
may be looked upon as Interposing a real
bar to any union eucti as had been proposed.
Thp difference was technically one of dls-
Ipllno and not of faith and morals , yet It
jears so closely upon the matter of talth and
morals , since It affects the position of the
irlesthood In the churches , that it brings lute
jromlnent attention a line of demarcation bs-
, ween the two which It will not be easy for
jlther to 3tp across. At the same time It Is
well known that the pope himself Is not cp-
pcsed to bringing the work of all the churches
as completely as possible into harmony ; In-
dcei that has always been ono of his pet
projects , ao this Incident cannot bo looked
upon as opposed to that wider church unity
' .o which reference was heretofore made. "
REV. LY.MAN ABBOTT.
Rev. Lyman Abbott , speaking on the same
lubject , eald :
"The church congress held In London last
March was Imposing to Its greatness. It In
cluded all flio Protestant organizations In the
United Kingdom except the establishment and
represented some 7,000,000 church members.
Th < 5 leaders of the congress were entertained
during their stay by some of the canons of
the state church and by the bishop of London- ,
an act significant as showing the hearty
friendliness of the members of the Anglican
church toward ttiolr brethren la ether Colds.
The discussions of the assembly , covering the
widest range of religious subjects , were car
ried on without the slightest disagreement
between the representatives ot different
creeds , and served to show In the most ad
mirable manner the accord Into which the
churches have come on the essential put poses
ot Christian effort. Altogether , It has been
a great year for the cause of church unity ,
which Is steadily advancing. "
S. V. BURR.
From hla position as merchanlcal editor of
the Iron Ago. S. V. Burr keeps watch of the
weekly progress ot the world In the whole
Deld ot mechanical and Industrial advance.
Ho is , therefore , well qualified to give an
opinion as to the most Important industrial
achievement of the year.
"There Is no doubt , " said Mr. Burr , "that
Thomas A. Edison has shown us the greatest
Industrial achievement In the great ore con
centrating plant which he has put In opera
tion at Edison , N. J. It Is clearly the great
est happening of the year In the field of
metallurgy. I think , too. that the enthusiasm
and wonderful ingenuity that Mr. Edison has
brought to bear on the task before him is
bound to make his project a commercial , as
well as a scientific success. Certainly Mr
Edison has the courage of his convictions , for
he has spent his own money without stint on
the scheme and has built up a great plant In
the Jersey hills.
"A matter of great popular and scientific
Importance was Prof. Langley's work In the
development of a successful flying machine.
While ho has not yet reached the goal of
his ambition , he has made Important ad
vances toward it during the last twelve
months. Another Important event In the
mechanical World IB the arrival of the chain-
less bicycle , which Is now with us In a va
riety of forms. This will probably bo a mat
ter of live Interest to a good many thousands
of the American people as soon as spring
comes. "
MRS. JOHN SHERWOOD.
When Mrs. John Sherwood , the well known
writer and authority on social affairs , was
questioned as to the greatest social triumph
of the last year she said :
"It ono musfpolnt out a slnglo social event
and say thit It was the most Important Of the
whole year , I think there Is very Ilttlo doubt
that the costume ball given at the Hotel Wal
dorf In February last by Mr. and Mrs. Brad
ley-Martin must bo the ono selected. That
was certainly tno most discussed , the most
written about , the most praised , and the
most abused of any social affair cf the decade ,
If not ot all time. But that Is not its only
claim to lasting remembrance , for It may
accurately bo looked upon an opening the
door to on era of moro extenolvj , more elab
orate and moro costly entertainments than
any wo have seen heretofore. On Its merits
as a social event the Bradley-Martin ball
Is entitled to a place of pre-eminence that
shall cause It to bo looked back upon and re
ferred to for many a year to come. It was a
unique Idea , carried out with a perfection In
every detail of Ita appointments that loft lit
tlo or nothing to be desired. The historical
accuracy of the costumes , the appropriate
ness of most of them and of the setting made
the affair a great artistic success as lun *
denlably as It was a great social event.
CHAUNCEV DEPEW.
" 'The most Important event of the year1 "
repeated Dr Chauncey Depew , as he liurrlml
from his office In the Grand Centr.il station
to catch the train that wea to take him to
eomo point on the great railway sjstern over
which he presides , "That's ' a rather largo
order to fill offhcnd. A I think of It now no
slnglo occurrence seemn to Etand out In such
prominence as to overshadow all othero. Still
1S9T has been u jear that the future historian
whom we are trying to antlc'pate ' cannot Ig
nore * ttfi > I faEcyi that ho will be able to fill
several Interesting pages with the things tbat
have happened * during the lust twelve
months. I think , too , that the answer to tr.e
quratloa depends largely on the point of
'
"If ono were to Judfeo the Importance of an
event by the amount of space devoted to U
In ( ho newspapers wo'd have to award Klon.
dike first place , but In eplle of Its great
promise of treicrure It will probably biro lesj
teal Influence on they progress of the worlii
thrn Bonmother eve-ts le > s widely heralded ,
To Now Yorkera the completion cl the con-
so" 1.1 ill on scheme wulch make * them citizens
of the eecond largest c'ty In the world was an
Important occuirraco , and 110 doubt ( o the
Divx L. Shuoinnn ehVt sweep nil the
no\v from t' ' e striWi lint In1 c.in lu > li >
lli in ssv. out with a vet weather xhoe
mnile. of genuine Jujj-syhlilo with tip. *
) f same went , ' llUtt-Jion no leather
'
until" tlntt lt ns lilfn'lijp ainl dnr.tblo as
this stock a ml It' * iiiyifly water proof-
has 1ti'ivy ! cxteiiNlo lfolc -coln toes-
till wo ask U for .vott to try thN shoe
wo know then thaCi'iiii will never buy
tiny other school sl ( < mfor yo rehlUUeit ,
Misses sixes 11 % tii U-jUre ? 1. " > 0 child's
sixes SVt to 11 $1.fpwe have always
ulveii hltf vnltii'-i-btftj , In this we give
hlsKer than ever mid , ty > o\v that yon will
with its. , t
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1410 FA UN AM STKEOT.
Sny hut wux'eut my dad full of hlz-
ness last week never did he sell so
many Stoeckor live cent cigar * as den
Monday do stow will lie full of deal
ers fur such prices as dose draw like a
mustard plaster
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1404 DOUGLAS.
Christinas Is past you have received
nd given present now lots get down
o the real facts of life teeth without
oed tooth half the pleasures arc jono
t'b just as easy In these times to have
[ ) erfeet teeth as poor ones first conies
he examination you wouldn't expect
: o ju > t eye jjln ses until your eyes were
'xatnlueil ' why expect more ot a dentist
we make tiie examination free sonic-
lines a little llllltif ; is nil that is neces
sary our lUIiiKS arc the best to ho had
sometimes teeth must come out we ex-
raot without pain or gas then- comes
he artllieial our thin elastic plates arc
he perfection of dental art when you
call for the examination you can get one
of our are c.ilanders wo give them
away Lady attendant.
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Experience. 10th liiiil Karunra.
e vi
Tammany polltlclanstwhe.are- looking for of
fice the recent electionIn this city was the
biggest thing that has 'happened In the past
few years. As I saUl-toeforo , It all depeudn
on. the point ot view. The world ia so large
nowadays , and cacb..part of it Is so much
taken up with Its ow'n affairs , that It takes a
mighty big event to .attract any lasting at
tention from all pavta jpt.lt.
"When I attended Hie celebration ot the
queen's Jubllecr lastf'-'sumhfer ' that seemed by
all odds the biggest thlngjtn sight , and I think
that perhaps both troaifjlts spectacular inter
est and Its material Im'pbrtanco It may ba
reckoned the m&st "significant " event of
the twelvemonth. It served not only to dis
play the greatcrea to which England has
risen , 'a ' this her most prosperous reign , but
It was a sort of condensed exposition of the
wonderful achievements of the Anglo-Saxon
race In the past sixty years , during which
they have become the world's leaders In
eve-ry field of human activity.
"After all I don't know that there has been
anything more Important to the seventy-odd
million Americans who occupy no small slice
ot the world today than the return ot mate
rial prosperity that has como about with
abundatt harvests , the settlement of the
tariff questlcn and the beginning ot a new-
era of national greatness under the adminis
tration , ot President McKInlcy. "
EDISON'S IDEA.
Thomas A. Edison , when asked concernIng -
Ing the scientific achievements ot the year ,
said :
"Thero has not teen anything of broad
Invention this year , aa far as I know. The
discovery of an entirely new gas , In addition
to argon , helium , Is quite Important. It Is
In the atmosphere ; that Is , It Is supposed to
bo. They don't know for certain , but every
thing Indicates 'that ' It la a now element In
the atmosphere. There have been many
results from the X-r ys , but the rays them
selves were the product of 1S9C. The dis
coveries of 'the ' past year Jiavo been on
strictly technical lines. "
S. S. M'CLUIIE.
The editor of MeClure'a Magazine was
asked what ho thought was the. most Im
portant literary event ot 1897. Mr. McClure -
Cluro Eald :
"J regard the most Important literary
ovcnt of the year the publication of
Kipling's 'necesslonal. ' And ono of the
most remarkable things about that poem
was Ita universal and sudden acceptance 'ay
the world at large as being a great poem.
This might bo considered aj something
against Its permanence , as It usually Is tbo
case that a masterpiece Is not recognized at
once. The choice of language and phraseology
elegy made this mescage. to the world In
stantly tand universally comprehensible.
Some of the moH Important phrases of the
poem are universally familiar to the people
on account of their use In the Psalms of
David.
"I 'think ' , of all the publications/ have
been made this year , this Is the ono that will
ottduro > the longest In literature , "
CHA/RIJH3 / iHEINmy HA'RT. '
"In my opinion the greatest artistic
achievement of the year 1897 ticlongs , as It
appropriately should ibeiong , 'to ' the domain
of the mother of all art-architecture , and
Ha great significance and augury are that It
belongs not to the old world but to the now.
It Is hardly necessary ilb/c&y , after thU , that
I consider the comnlcUfln and opening of
the building , In the 'capljal of the country ,
erected for the library of congress , as the
crowning art event df tithe year. It la not
only a monument to American art , but It is
a .monument . to the \ylsdom of our legis
lators of .which they'have Just right to bo
proud , evidencing , afc It does their self-
denial In sacrificing r/thjjlr Immutable taste
and abstract knowledge of apt to a master
mind and leaving tlio work , as It should
always be left , to onei.tvho know how to
do what came to his hand ; to do.
"For aplenjlor and .magnificence It elands
alone In thla liemlspller'i and will not suffer
In comparison with Jllko 'buildings ' In the
other half of the g\ctbor \ < The ono quality
It seems most to Ia9k U one depending
wholly upon Individual crplnlon and the point
of view. Dofs It In form , construction and
embellishment reveal "j.s meaning and
purpose ? For -architecture Is a living
language anil muat srieaff for Itself. It tells
us as much of Oreese as Homer 'tells and
of the nulldle ages more 'than has been ex-
preajod In literature. The sunrptuousncsa
of the 'building ' and brilliancy of Us color
ing seem hardly In unison with the repose
and gravity ofiho lore It IB destined to
conserve. But apart frpm this Ita directness
an 1 homogeneity In utructuro and In decora
tion mark It as ono o ! the great arclil-
tcotunl monuments of the -world , whllo the
method of Its accomplishment U a teaching
to the whole people Go thou and do like
wise. "
JAMES L , . vonn.
James L. Ford , whoso opinion of the dra
matic Btuition ! Is well worth recordlag , has
this to say of tlio greatest achievement In
st'pelaml during 1S97 *
"There have been a few -dramatic successes
during the year that has Just como to art
end , and one or two notable triumphs , the
most conspicuous of which In my opinion Is
that achieved by Mrs. Mlnnlo Madderri Flake
In the tltlo role of "Tesa. "
"This triumph Is all the moro noteworthy
and the success that It has brought all the
more enduring because It has been preceded
by a long and patient struggle which began
In her childhood -and - continued , almost with
out Intermission , until last .March , when she
blazed across the theatrical firmament as a
star * ot the very first1 magnitude.
"Mrs. Flhke was born of theatrical parents
and made her debut In Llttlo Rock , Ark. , at
the ago of 3 , as the duke ot York In "Richard
the Third , " and for ten years thereafter
traveled about the country enacting a great
variety of parts. Thousands of people who
have applauded her touching and artistic portrayal
trayal of the tragedy of Tees' life have un
knowingly seen her years before , when she
was accounted ono ot the cleverest child-
actresses In the country.
"About sixteen years ago Minnie Maddern
appeared as a star at the Park theater In
New York , playing a soubrette- part In' ' n
bucolic , pleco called "Fogg's Ferry. " I well
remember the occasion , for It seemed to me
then that no young actress could expect amore
moro flattering reception than was accorded
to her or give more brilliant promise than
she did in her performance. I remember
icr as a winsome , light-footed young woman ,
whose octlng suggested artistic resources of
xlmost any kind , except that which has mido
icr famous within the last year.
"So much has been written aboiit Mrs.
Flsko'a Impersonation of the rustic heroine
that It seems unnecessary to dwell upon M
now : I may say , however , tbat amateur
critics who say that they don't like her be
cause slid docs not look like their Ideal of the
original are utterly at fault , as Mrs. Flsko
enacts the chief role In Lorlmer Stoddard's
play rather than that ot the novel from
which It was drawn. It Is her art that wo are
.o measure , and judged In that way she Is not
to bo found 'wanting. "
GOSSII' AIIOUT XOTEIJ MRS.
VA friend says that Cecil1 Rhodes has never
beca * known to he late for an appointment.
As a boy ho always lived "by time" being
In the habit of continually consulting a
watch , which \\aa hla most cherished pos
session. Mr , Rhoics keeps a diary or used
to keep one written In an Intricate cipher
knowncaly / to himself.
At a New England society dinner some
years ago Mark Twain bid Just finished a
piquant address when Mr , Evarts arose ,
shoved 'both ot hla handu * down In his trous
ers pookots , an was Ills habit , and laughingly
remarked : "Doesu't It strike this company
as a little unusual that a professional bunion
lat should , fco funny ? " Mark Twain waited
until the laughter excited by thla sally had
subsided and then drawled out : "Doesn't
It strike this company as a little unusual
that a lawyer should have his heads In his
own pockets ? "
On ono occasion when Mr. Huxley had
lectured on the nervous system a womac
came up to him and t'ald : "I am so much
obliged for jour charming lecture ; so very
Interesting and so clear. Hut there Is one
po'at I did not quite understand. " "Thank
you , madam , I shall be very p'.eased If I
ca& oxp'alo to jou any point I may have :
Insufficiently expressed. " "Well , Prof. Hux.
Icy , what I want to ask Is about what jou
calloj the cerebellum. I did not quite gather
whether It Is Ireldo the skull or outside. "
"Hllnd Tom , " tbo phenomenal negro plan-
tot , now over 50 years of age. Is living In
poverty at Rochester , N. Y. , though he
preserves his cheerfulness and docs what ho
can to eupport himself Tom enriched hla
o'.d roaster , a Georgia planter , and albo thq
planter' * ) sons , for hU fenao of attachment
to the family was very strong. A tenth of
hi * carnnlgs would have been a compe
tency. Hut , unfortunately for himself , no
permanent provision was rr.'ide for his future.
The IJoston Transcript says that the monument
ment In hcoor of Christian Frledrlch Samuel
Ilahnemann , founder of the homeopathic sys
tem of medicine , yrojected by tlio American
Institute of Homernathy In 1892 , promises
to be one of the noblest and most artistic
works of the kUid ever produced In America.
It In to be erected In Washington , The ac
cented dcilgn , toe of the twenty-four sub
mitted. Is by an American sculptor , Charles
H. Nlehaus. It comprise * a bronze utatuo of
Hu'.HieiMiin. The statue Is completed , also
the granlto foundation , and the whole monumental
mental work fchould be ready for dedication
next spring. Uoforo tbat tlmo the sum of
$50,000 must be paid In to the committee , tbo
cost of the whole memorial being | 7S,000 ,
Prof. St. George Mlvart , the eminent Eng
lish scientist , who Is a Roman Catholic , paja
1 this tribute to the late Prof. Huxley In the
( current Nineteenth Century : "Though I at-
f tended iil lectures for years , never cnce did I
AVnnteMl everybody to know that wo
have .sold more Christmas ptnno * than
we crer have hi the same length of tlmo
and to know that we've the nicest and
: iwst assortment of rellaMo nlanos
ht now you've seen In a long time
vlmt's more wo're < : ut lnK cutting Hint
s we are continuing our cut price piano
ale must vacate tTio extra store room
anuary tlrst we've no room for these
istrnmonts In our own stoic If you see
he situation .we're In you'll ' know at
uce that there are piano bargain * hero
he like of which have jiovor been offer-
> d before by coining In early .Monday
on will be assured of llrat choice wo
lorsonally guarantee every piano In this
; ale i
A. HOSPE ,
Music and Arl. 1513 Douglas
Whenever you see this face you can bo
ure of llndlng a bargain now Its
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10D secured Saturday morning only 25
eft for Monday Come early It you want
one This week AVO will begin a stove-
ilearlng sale It will bo a sale of bar
gains for we're going to cut the life out
of our stoves just to get rid of them all
ty Now Year's If you have been here
rind priced our stoves come now and see
the difference AVe arc agents for the
Detroit Jewel stoves and that's the kind
of a stove wo're offering you ut this De
cember clearance sale.
A. C. RAYMER ,
Builders' Hardware IIcix ,
1514 Farnam St.
The choice bits of jewelry that can bo
picked up here now i at after
holiday prices show the- Immensi
ty of our stock Monday every
thing will bo in place so that It will
bo easy for you to make your selections
wo wish to say to those who may have
been disappointed that our engraving
department can till all orders piomptly
from now on 100 engraved calling cards
with the copper engraved plate for $1.50
wedding invitations equal to any from
the east $10 for the tlrst 100-.5t ! : ! ) per
hundred after that on these we solicit
mall orders guaranteeing satisfaction
every time no place In tlio entire west
is as well equipped for doing llrst-class
work as we are by leaving your orders
now you can bo assured of having them
for New Years calls
C. S. Raymond Co. ,
Jewelers ,
15th and Douglas Streets.
Some people are never satisfied how
can they expect to bo when they buy
ready made spectacles at bargain sales-
Many an eye has boon permanently
ruined by these cheap window glass
spectacles no necessity for It you can
como to our optical rooms and have our
Mr. A. I. Agnew make a practical and
scientific examination of the eyes ab
solutely free you < lon't have to buy the
glasses he will , make for you if you can't
see you're going to bo bonellttod we
manufacture all our spectacles no mid
dle man' * profit besides you know
you're getting just what your eyes need
our prices well in all our business ex
perience we've never heard anyone say
we charged more than the work is worth
wo guarantee entire satisfaction.
Columbian Optical Co
ARTISTIC. SCIENTIFIC AND PRAC-
TIAJj OPCTICIANS ,
DENVnn , OMAHA , ICA.VSAS CITY ,
IMS Champa. 211 S. 16th 8L 915 Main.
hear hlin make use of his position as a
teacher to Inculcate or oven hint at his own
theological views , or to depreciate or assail
what might bo supiposed to be the religion of
his hearers. No one could have behaved moro
lojally in that respect , and a proof that J
thought so Is that I subsequently sent my
son to be his pupil at South Kensington ,
where his experience confirmed what had
previously been my own. Aa to science , J
learned more from him In two years than I
had acquired In any previous decade of blo-
loslcal study. "
Count Bertrand , who recceitly died at an
advanced agq In Paris , vas a very ec
centric man and to ono of his eccentricities
ho ascribes his long life. Regularly once a1
year ho would leave his home , go to a quiet
hotel , betake himself to bed and stay tbero
for three months. On tlirso occasions he
would sco no ono but his servant , who brought
his meals , and even him ho forbade to Apeak.
Just before the Germans began the siege of
Paris the count went to bed and the servant ,
proving true to his Injunctions , said nothing
of the great events going on around him.
One day the bread proved so bad the count
demanded en explanation , whereby , ot course ,
ho learned tiiat Paris was encompassed by
the cnmy. Bringing out ot bed the count
l > accd the floor , repeating : "What should a
Dertrand do under such circumstances ? "
Suddenly ho stepped , exclaiming ; "We
should go to bed ! " and to bed ho went , and
stayed there until the slego was over.
Patrick H. Oarey , a noted newspaper man
of ante-bellum days , and a famous stenog
rapher , died at his homo In Brooklyn
rcsontly. Ho first came prominently Into
notice through Ills letters to the New York
Times concerning "bleeding Kansas , " which
ho composed whllo secretary to Governor
Robert J. Walker. Ileforo his connection
with the Times ho was employed on the
New York ( Evening Express under Erastus
Brooks and gained a wide acqualnanco among
well known lawyers and newspaper raon.
For a tlmo after his Kansas experience Mr <
Hnymond , editor of the Times , had Carey
In Washington as correspondent of that
paper. It was 'through Carey's work as a
stenographer In the trial of Daniel E.
Sickles for the shooting of Philip Barton Key
that Messrs , iBrady , Kleld and O'Connor
secured tlio passage of a law providing for
Iho appointment of court stenographers.
Among the most famous cases reported by
Cnroy were the Goodyear rubber case and the
Inquisition Into the sanity of George Francis
Train. In 1859 , when a colonization sclicmo
was on foot to sell lots In Dakota to tbo
pcor at $1 per acre , Mr. "Oarcy performed a
remarkable feat In sTiopthand. A i > ubllo
meeting was being held In .Mozart hall to
boom the scheme. In the audience was
Archbishop iHughes. The archbishop , In-
splred with the cleslro to save the poor from
becoming victims ot the eclicmo , made an
Impassioned speech against It. Mr. Oarey
was there only as a listener , but lie took
down the speech on scraps of paper , envelopes
and any ether material at hand , even using :
his cuffs and shirt sleeves. H wan printed
In the next morning's papers , and the
colonization scheme was killed. -1
It Is eaoy to eaten a cold and Just aa easy
to get rid of It If yoir commence early to
use Ono Mlnuto Cough Cure. It curea
coughs , colds , bronchitis , pneumonia and all
throat and lung troubles. It Is pleasaut to
tulp , afo to ueo and turn to curb.
MI-M. .MoKlnlij'KVllI ,
CANTON , O. . Dec , 25 , President McKln-
loy and his brother , Abner , arc named as
executors of tbo last ulll of Nnncy Allison
MoKinley. The will "was Hied In probate
court yesterday. It bears date of May 20 ,
Ib95. All the property , H.IVO a Ilttlo gift to
u faithful family Hcrvnnt. ia bequeathed
to > MlK Hclim McKInlcy , the daughter what
lived 'with Jlro. McKInlcy at the o'.d home-
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