8 THE OMAHA DAILY 3IEE ; MONDAY , DECEMBER 19 , 18J)8. ) DOORGANACGEPTSTHECALL Invitation to Atsntno the Pastorate of the First Baptist Churcb , HIS NOTION OF THE PREACHER'S ' DUTY Hunt Sucrcil of All Cull I nun nnil the One Which DcninnilN the Munt of Tliiinv Who AKHUIIIC , UN FiinulloiiN. Dr. Vyrnwy Morgan preached yisterdny morning at the First Baptist church upon the relation of a pastor to his people , anil It was a prelude to his answer to the call extended him to become the pastor of this church. In the sermon he gave his Idea o ( ( ho duty and work devolving upon the pas tor and ot the loyalty and faithfulness ex pected from the people. Ho chose as his text Kzeklel xll. 6 : "For I have act thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. " "Tho Christian ministry , " he said , "sUuds In the same relation to the people of this age as that occupied by the old Hebrew prophets In their generation. It Is the Klgn of what Christ represents. Of all the sacred callings , none Is so sacred as this. Preaching the word and administer ing the sacrament stand above all other vocations In the world. For a preacher to exchange his preaching for any other callIng - Ing la to make a descent In his position In life's alignment. When the standard of morals In the pulpit retrogrades , history hews that the morality of the people be comes In the eamo measure demoralized. A minister's morals , hU life and character , influence 'the faith of his people In his teachings. "A minister should know how to use his library and his library Is his bible. It Is Dot the letter of the bible , but Its spirit which should be studied. A man may have a good deal of religion In hie head and have very little gospel In his heart. Some teach salvation through a creed rather than through the gospel as laid down In the bible. A minister Is not the hired advocate of a creed , no matter by whom It Is drawn up , nor Is he the paid mouthpiece for any denomination. Ho must not waste time de fending truth for It will defend Itself , but ho should devote his efforts to saving souls. Truth Is llko a torch : The more you shake It the moro It blazes. Salvation means a change In the man himself and In his en vironment , social , educational and political. It means freedom from the domination of sin the. naked are to be clothed , the hungry are to be fed and the Ignorant are to bo taught. "Pastors must cultivate contact with their people. Too many of them conduct their pulpits like a man-of-war. They , flro at long range , and while they accomplish results when they hit the mark , It Is seldom they hit It. Yet a pastor cannot be a great student and a great visitor. If he prepares a sermon showing thought and atudy be must have time , but the sermon Is not balf so valuable as the heart that writes It. The tailing masses especially need a word of sympathy and encouragement more than they need sermonizing. "The church Is not essential to a Chris tian life. It Is but a means to an end. Many men live a Christian life outside the church , but It Is better for them to bo In the church. To be a churchman means that you swear to God you will try to bring sun- ahtne Into the hearts ot others. " At the conclusion of his discourse lr. Morgan announced he had decided to accept the call of the church to become Us pastor and read a abort address asking the congre gation to unite with him ID an effort to make his ministry a success. The decision was a welcome one to the members and to show ther | gratification they-roue and sang "Praise Qed from Whom All Blessings Flow. " 'dOD'S CONSTANT G'AHE FOB MAN. Rev. Dr. l.ec Paint * the Le on Con tained In the Sparrow. God's regard for the despised sparrow a > being Indicative of His care as a father for His children was the subject chosen yes terday morning by Rev. John Lloyd Lee of East Liverpool , O. , at the First Presbyterian church. His text was Matthew x.29 : "Arn not two sparrows Bold for a farthing , and not one ot them shall fall to the ground without your father's knowledge ? " Speaking ot the general prejudice against the sparrow In this country , where It Is looked as a pest Imported from England , and the public antipathy toward It shown. In the latter country , where It Is declared nuisance brought from the Orient , he re marked that so small was the value set upon the bird In the Orient that It took two ot them to exchange for a farthing. But In God's thought for the sparrow he law a chance to contrast divine and human nature. "You look at a man , " eald he , "and you find , that he has sold two sparrows for a farthing and he will sell you If you give him an opportunity. But God will care for even the little sparrow. Surely you con count upon His caring for you. "What le worth one thing to man Is worth Infinitely more to God. We call many things debris and worthless , but God takes them up and puts new life In them. So with this body of ours. It Is cast off and burled out of Bight , but God raises It up again In the glorious resurrection. " Thus he found In the sparrow lessons of faith , hope , resurrection and care. An other sldu to his theme ho saw In the phil osophy that misfortunes generally lead ta possibilities better than those enjoyed be fore. On this he observed : "When Peter fell Into the jail he also fell Into the hands of the angel who led him out of the jail ; and the man that went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves , he also fell Into the hands of the good Samaritan. " No one Is ever alone , he reasoned , save that Christ , for purposes of vicarious atonement , was alone In the garden of Gethsemane and forsaken on Calvary's cross. To Illustrate the fundamental Idcn of his eermon he related a story of a letter writ ten to Mark Twain , It had been addressed Burlington The Right St. Louis Train li the St. Luuls Flyer , Burlington Koute. Newest , fastest , finest , best equipped. Carries Sleeping , Chair and Smoking Cars. Makes 463 mile run to St. Louis Inlets lots than 14M. bous. Lea\T > Omaha 4:55 : p. m. Arrlwc. St. Joseph . .9:16 : p. m. Arrives St , Louis . . .7:19 : a. m. NO chanse of cara of ANY KIND. TICKET OFFICEl 1B02 JTtrnam St. Telephone 250 , KEW DEPOTl 10th and Mason Sts. Telephone 128. 1 Imply with the cognomen of the humorist and Instead of any postofllce there were the \Nords , "God knows where. " Nevertheless , It found Mr. Clemens In the heart of populous London. So , the preacher argued , God knows the character and whereabouts of everything In the unUcrsc. SI'r.riAI , SKHVICHN FOH ADVENT. Mimic mill Mormon nt Klmt MvttimllHt . \ ) > | > roirlntc to the I Jay. The services at the First Methodist church last night were peculiarly appioprl- at to Advent Sunday and nearly every sent In the largo auditorium was occupied. The feature of the service was the Initial ap pearance , of the enlarged choir which has been Increased to the full capacity of the choir left In anticipation of thp Christmas music and the special Advent music waa rendered with exceptional success. The aiithcin "And the Glory of the Lord" from "Messiah" and the was especially deserving the Inspiring music was sung with a spirit and accuracy that adequately expressed the message that It was designed to convey. For the offertory Mr. Kelly played one of Schumann's nocturnes with admirable deli cacy and the less pretentious numbers were rendered with equal success. Rev. John McQuold delivered a short but eloquent discourse on the theme , "The World Awaiting Its Redeemer. " Ills text consisted of the words , "And the desire to all nations should come" and from this he spoke forcibly of the Advent and Its les sons. In beginning ho spoke of the Influence that the promise ot Christ's coming had exerted In the earlier times and asked what , If this had been so full of Interest to man kind , should be our emotions , now that the promise has been fulfilled ? We have done well to date from that event a new era. All that Is north having today , either In our civilization or In our times , dates from the coming of the Redeemer. H stands by Itself In unique and solitary grandeur. Before proceeding further the speaker discussed the view that has been advanced In some quarters that the Incarnation of the Saviour In the llesh was unworthy of our conception of the divinity. Looked at from the scholastic standpoint It might seem In credible , but when we look at It from the standpoint of human want and contemplate what God must do to save humanity It be comes perfectly natural. To emphasize this point he compared our conception of the divinity with our con ception of woman as representing all that Is pure and elevating. But In the rebellion , when a million men were marching south ward and a million more were marching northward there was no place where there was more that was brutal and vulgar and shocking toidcllcate sensibilities than In the hospitals. But even there woman moved among the horrible scenes and ministered ' to the maimed and dying and still 'their names will ever be held In sacred remem brance. He compared the coming ot Christ to earth with the presence of refined wo manhood In the hospitals , and contended that one conception Is no more unworthy than the other. Ho then spoke of the times preceding the Advent when the event was the engrossing tbcmo of piety and the fond expectation of Hebrew hearts. He empha sized the fact that of all the religions that have ever been offered to humanity that of Christ was the only one that was fully adapted to the want of man. What the world needs Is the cross of Calvary and Christ alone can satisfy the human heart. He urged his hearers In this season to ac cept Christ as the most precious gift that they could receive. IT IS MOIIE HLESSKD TO GIVE. Hev. Dr. Moore on the Dnty of ClirU- tlniiM at ChrlHtmn * Time. At the Westminster Presbyterian church yesterday morning the pastor. Rev. T V. Moore , preached on.the text from Acts xx : 35 : "Ye ought to help the weak , and re member the words of our Lord Jesus , how He Himself said , It Is more blessed to give than to receive. " The sermon was A plea for the church at Chrtetmas time to remember the needy. The preacher showed how God had always manifested a special care ( or and tender ness toward the dependent , the weak and the poor ; how the rights ot person and prop erty of the widow , the orphan , the foreigner and the laborer were taken care of In spe cial enactments of the Mosaic law , and how Christ < n Hlo life and In His teachings manifested His own Interest In the poor and the weak In a special way. He then said : "God has laid this duty also upon His people to help the weak , not merely the poor In outward circumstances , but all who need help or sympathy. We ought to help them with our love and ym- pathy. Ths church should be a haven ol refuge ( or the tempted and a place ol restoration ( or the ( alien. The church also should be the champion of the weak against the strong , and not atand aloof ( rom the contests between strength and dependence. In the , great social questions of today the church should not be silent. " He apoke of the ( act that the body ol laboring men as represented In their labor organisations Is generally alienated from , It not hostile to , Ihe church , and said that this was due In part , no doubt , to the fact that the church bad lost sight to some extent of the mission which her Lord gave her and In which He set her an example ot championing the cause of the weak against the strong In all just claims. He also urged that we ought to help the weak with our money and gifts and call upon the people at this Christmas time as the fitting way to celebrate the birthday ol Jesus Christ , to seek out those homes where poverty and suffering banished the possibility of Christmas Joy and to bring relief thus to learn the truth of the words , "It Is more blessed to give than to receive. " WHY TIIUOSOI'IIV is RATIONAI , . Dr. Mary WrekN llurnctt Dliicour eii > i the Illmln Idea. An exhaustive argument to show why theosophy Is a rational plan ot evolution was presented to the Theosophlcal society In Royal Arcanum hall In The Bee building last evening by Dr. Mary Weeks Burnett ol Chicago. There was quite a largo audience gathered to hear so well known an exponent of the doctrines ot Blavatsky. Her great postulate was that the universe Is the manifestation of dlvlno Ideation and evolution an active unfolding of latent po tentialities after a positively Intelligent plan. Intelligence , motion and space , there fore , constitute the great trinity of all present being , all that has been and all that Is to come. Referring to India as the cradle of the Aryan , or fifth , race of mankind , she con sidered It the trcasurehouae of the occult science and wisdom known by the term "thcosophy. " The Hindu sages taught that motion Is the "great breath ; " that the "logos" came forth as one of the earliest aspects of Ufa and that progressive devel opment Is a constant unfolding from-within outward fiom the atoms and lowest order ] of organized life up to man , and thence tu what are known as Chrlsts , masters , Budd- has , saviors of humanity In short , from atom tc man and from man to goilliooJ. One of her statements was that the Idea of a biblical period of n few thousand years as a limited time of crentlon must elve way to an Infinitude of time. It has been perhaps 25,000,000 years since the upheaval of the continents of Asia and Europe , An other was that there Is no such thing ae "dead matter , " All atoms are tbrobbluj with life. Biologists have discovered polar ity In the metals. On the subject of the "logo * " she com pared the Christian and Hindu writings The Christian scripture cays : "In the be- was the word , and the \\ord wai vlth God , and the wbrd was God. " The Hindu writings say , "The word was sent forth. " So on this Idea of all phenomena being a general manifestation ot the dlvlno word or "logos , " the reasoned out her scheme of evolution from the lowest to the highest life nttcr the arguinent of Madame Blavatsky's "Secret Doctrine. " The mrstlc number , seven , was utilized. There are seven grades oftsubstance ether , air , fire , water and earth belns five of them ; there are seven stages of life , the atomic , the organized Into forms , the think ing , etc. , man representing the third or mental plane. Man has three bodies , she said , the mental , astral and physical. Through the mental he farms the types ot being he Is yet to become by his construc tion ot mental Images. By means' of these mental Images he corrects the astral or "desire" body and subordinates the physical body. The lines of evolution are through the physical , psychical , mental and spiritual. "Whatsoever a man sows that shall he reap , " she quoted from the Christian re ligion. "What a man thinks that shall he become , " declared the Hindu sage. Ac cordingly , governed by the eternal law , Karma , man Constantly builds himself anew as he stores up experiences and wisdom In one life for use In the next. The old Idea ot a heaven with nothing for the soul to do but "sit on a cloud and play a harp , " and ot a hell where the soul Is to be con stantly burned , " she remarked , was prac tically discarded fifty years ago. She drew a rational scheme of successive reincarna tions from plane to plane , Inferring that the future manifestation ot being Is al ways where the last ended. Would one bf in that family and nation where the high est Ideals prevail , he must devote the pres ent life to the highest Ideals , and vice versa. Special IlnptlNinal Service. A special baptismal service was held at the Zlon Baptist church yesterday afternoon , when two colored members of the congrega tion were Immersed. Nearly 100 fellow members of the church were present to see the ceremony and the elder , Thomas Jeffery , preacTied a sermon on the "Philosophy of Baptism , " which was listened to with in terest. The service waa commenced by special music by the choir , then taking for a text , Matthew xxvlll , 20 , "Teaching Them to Ob serve All Things , " the elder described tne first baptisms -that were performed by John and explained the significance ot the cere mony In biblical days. He defended the doctrines ot his church that have been as sailed by other denominations and concluded by telling how baptism serves to make men better Christians. The congregation then went downstairs and gathered about the font. The elder read the baptismal service and taking the men one at a time , Immersed them. It was a good deal llko an old-time baptism In the country , for the font was nearly as deep as many small rivers and when the divine and the converts stepped Into the water It was up to their waists. There was a good deal of sputtering and a good deal of shivering , for the water was taken directly from tne well without being heated , but after a prayer for divine guidance In the future and a change of dry clothing. , those baptized went out ot the church stimulated morally and physically for the battle with lite. One of the men was Levl B , Bradley , who was discharged last October from the United States army after a service of thirty years In Troop E , Tentjj ca.valry _ . t Everybody skates on the MAGNIFICEST..TRAIN9. Omaha to Chicago. i The Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul rail way has just placed In service two mag nificent electric lighted trains between Omaha and Chicago , leaving , Omaha d | ly at 6:45 : p. m. . arriving Chicago at 8:25 : a. m. and leaving Chicago 6:15 : o. m. and arriving Omaha 8:2u : a. m. Each train Is lighted throughout by electricity , has buffet smoking can , drawing room sleeping cars , dining cara and reclining chair cars and runs Over the shortest line and smoothest roadbed between ' " ' - ' ' " > tween the two cities. Ticket office. 1604 Farnam street , 'and at Union depot. ASSOCIATED CIIARITIE * . Urgent Demand * Upon the Aaioclmtlon for Coal. The trustees , on. account , of.jui empty treasury , are compelled to appeal to our benevolent dtlicns for funds , to purchase ZOO tons of coal to distribute this cod ! sea son amongit the aged , nick , and "worthy poor of our city. The applications are numerous and press ing and require immediate. attention. The board , therefore , hopes to have a liberal and arly response to their neceisltoui appeal. Checks payable to tha "Asioolated Chari ties" will be thankfully received nt 1310 81 Mary' * avenue. JOHN LAUGHLAND. Secret/ . THO3. L. KIMBALL. President. , HOMK8EEKEB8- EXCURSIONS , Via the Waba h R. R. , On December 6 to 20 the Wabash will sell tickets to nearly all points south at one ( are plus $2. Tourist tickets to Hot Springs , Ark. , and all the winter resents of the south now on sale. For routes , tickets and fur ther Information call on or write 0. N. Clayton. N. W. P. agent , room 302 Kar- bach block , Omaha , Neb. The Cudahy Packing company of South Omaha ere sending free , to any address , their new premium catalogue , containing all sorts of suitable and seasonable holiday gifts , given away to purchasers of Diamond "C" soap ; or It may be obtained at your grocer's. Sam'l Burns , 1318 Farnam , just received a delayed shipment of handpalnted china cups and saucers which were to have been sold at 25c and 35c , but will go at 12c and 16c while they last. Her Giouil European hotel now open. Ele gant rooms , ladles' and gents' cafe and grill room. Cor. 16th and Howard. Everybody skates on the lagoon. Chas. D. Thompson , newspaper and Maga zine advertising agent , 314-315 Karbach block , Omaha. Advertisements , and write- ups prepared and placed In 'any newspaper or magazine in the world. Write or Tel. 1240. Two Trains Dallj. , via UNION PACIFIC , for Denver and Colorado points. "Colorado Fast Mall " Leave Omaha 4:35 : p. m. today. Arrive Denver 7:35 : a. m. tomorrow. "Colorado Special. " Leave Omaha 11:55 : p. m. today. Arrive Denver 2:65 : p. m. tomorrow. City ticket office. 1302 Farnam street. To Motliem. Call at the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul railway city ticket ofilce , 1504 Farnam street , for set of Baby Rhymes for the children. Another Cane of Smallpox. Another case of smallpox was reported to the Board of Health last evening by the physician who has been attending the little McCoy girl during her Illiiecs with the dis ease at her home , 5111 Boulevard avenue. The child's mother Is the last victim of the epidemic and she was taken ill yesterday morning. When the physician discovered the nature of the ailment precautionary measures were promptly taken to check the spiead of the disease. When you ask 'for Do Witt's Witch Hazel Balve don't accept a counterfeit or Imitation. There are more cases of piles cured by this than all others combined. Good ekatlnc ; on the lagoon. DIED. BNOWDKN-Mrs. Rachnel. wife of W. P. Snowden , Saturday night at 10:45. : aged 67. Funeral from resilience , 712 South Twenty-fifth avenue , Wednesday , Decem ber 21 , ot 2 p. m. HOONEY Patrick , at St. Louis. Mo. , Bat- urday , December 17 , aged CO. Funeral Tuesday , December 20 , at 9:30 : a. m. , from residence , 517 Bouth Twcnty-Hfth avenue , Canadian papers please copy. OMAHA'S ' WINTER WEATHER Remarkable Gold Bnap Through Which the Residents Hare Just Passed , NEW RECORD FOR CONTINUITY IS MADE Condition * Whlrh Ilnrc Obtained Here far Four W rk Are Unprece dented , 80 Far nil the tiuv- eriunent ItccurdN Show. A foot of snow In November that remains banked In the street and scattered over the vacant loin for a month without material diminution , an atmosphere that persistently remains below the freezing point and suffi cient Ice and snow to make winter sports enjoyable through several successive weeks Is a decided novelty In Nebraska , where the winter season teldom reaches Its climax ot severity until well Into the new year and la then constantly broken by rapid thaws thai convert the snow Into slush and menace the health of the people by sudden atmospheric changes. It has been nearly a decade since Omaha has enjoyed such a virile suggestion of the real New England winter as that which came to give zest to our Thanksgiving dinner and which has almost remained for Christmas cheer. It Is Just four weeks thlB morning since the first severe storm of the season heaped the streets with snow and drovc the street railway company to despair and still enough of the original deposit re mains to afford magnificent sport for thou sands of youngsters , and until the last day or two the bright sunlight has been unable to make progress toward clearing the pave ments of their Icy covering. The storm began with n tempest of sleet at 3 o'clock on the morning of November 21 and soon after the slumbering population of the city came to life It changed to a heavy , blinding snow , which rapidly transformed all out-of-doors Into an unbroken expanse of drifting white. It continued all day and through the following night and when the clouds were finally broken nearly a foot ot the winter covering remained all over east ern Nebraska. Some additional snow fell during the next few days and In the period from November 21 to December 15 , Inclusive , the total sriowfall wns 13.3 inches. Unprecedented Cold Weather. The lowest temperature recorded by the government thermometer during this time was G degrees below zero on December 9. In many other places the mercury Indi cated several additional degrees of cold and for several days It hovered around the zero point with a persistence unusual nt this time of the year. On nineteen days out o ! twenty-five the maximum temperature was below the freezlng'polnt and on sixteen days It went below 10 degrees. Although there were only three days on which It went be low zero , the cold was unusual and the mean temperature during the twenty-flvc days was 35 degrees. The records oft the weather bureau show but few cases In which these conditions have been equaled at ibis .season. . In November , 1891 , the mean temperature was 34 degrees and theilowpst was 2 decrees be low zero.1 But there were only six days during 'the month , on whlchi the thermom eter did not rise above the freezlne point and there was only a i trace of snowfall. In November , 1890the mean temperature was 42 degrees and On the 20th the mercury rose to 70 degrees. The lowest temperature recorded was-20'degE irsi.and there were only IWo'Uayg'ofaJwhlcli'Utwent.belowithe/frcer- Ing point. n November , 1887 , displayed a remarkable range in weather condition * . On the first day of the month the thermometer. , regis tered 80 degrees , and on the 27th It went to 25 degrees below zero , put -the .mean temperature was 40idegiees-and there were about three- and one-halt Inches of snow. In 1879 there was also a seveiely cold period early In the season. But In this cast the froit wai not la , evidence until well Into December , when some terrific cold was experienced * perienced : On the day before Christmas the weather'bureau quoted the temperature at 17 degrees below zero and out on the bottoms and in exppsed localities the mer cury simply dropped out of sight and left the freezing population to think what It pleased. Aside from this tremendous freeze. , however , the month ! was not uncomfortable , ai there were onlytslx days on which the mercury did not rise at least 32 degrees. Good skating on the lagoon. Murray Hotel , Omaha. Rates , | 2-$2.60. Nat Brown , Prop. A 10-word want aa costs you but 85 rants for 7 days in the Morning and Evening Bee. $142 buys fine upright piano. $6 mon. pay ments. Schmoller & Mueller , 1313 Farnam. Fur rugs , swords , lace curtains , draperies , fancy furnVture this week only at your own price. Shafer-Dundy stock. 1212 Douglas. Homeneekcr * ' E car lon Via Mls * > url Pacific railway , at very low rates , to points south and southeast , on Tuesday , December 20. For information , rates , etc. , call at company's new offices , S. E. Corner d4th and Douglas , or Depot , 15th and Webster Sts. Latin Find'n. Pocketuook. Three little urchins who earn their living selling newspapers and shining oboes around town found a pocketbook full of money yes terday and were lavishly bestowing Christ mas presents upon themselves when the en joyment of their gcod fortune was Inter rupted by the police and all three were placed under arrest pending the discovery of the source of their wealth. The names of the lads are Martin Mortl- son , Andrew Mortlson and Fred Strupplth. The oldest Is 14. The two .youngest , Andy and Fred , were regaling themselves with gloves , pocketknlves. falsefoces and other knlcknacks that gladden the hearts of small boys , when the merchant of whom they bought the goods , seeing the number of ' banknotes they had'became suspicious and reported the matter to the police. When ar rested the little fellows said the bigger boy had given them $7 to spend for what they wished. Morllson had $50 In his pocket and the whole amount , J57 , the lads found In a pocketbook In the Burlington station. The purse belonged to < G. W. Hlggtns , a fireman on the Kansas City .railroad . , who left last night on his run out of the city and will not retuin for two days. TrooHiT Gu Uaxt. DENVER , Dec. 18. Four carloads of troops of the FlretlNew York regiment re turning from Honolulu arrived In Denver to day over the Union Pacific and left for the east via the Burlington at 5:40 : this after noon. noon.CASTOR CASTOR IA For Infant * and Children. Tne Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Be nthe Bigutun of Bein tt _ / * KM Vi" Ha > 8 Always Bought Blgutut tf ' B * ntU y The Kin J You Ha 8 Always Bouglil BJguattuo f WELL PLEASEDWITH TEXAS _ Ni-lirnnkn IHpnn r ( n ( tip KnriiierH1 nt Fort Worth Hcuort Knjn > nttle The last of the Nebraska delegation to the Farmer' National Congress at Fort Worth , Tex. , returned home Sunday morning. Ne braska was represented at the meeting by twenty-nine delegates. There wns a tour- day session , beginning Tuesday , December 6 , followed by a six days' excursion through Texas. This was the eighteenth annual session ot the Farmers' National congress and was at tended by about 1,000 delegates from twenty-five states and territories , Including Venezuela , Mexico and Canada , besides n local attendance ot some 600 from Texas. The roster of the Nebraska delegation as commissioned by Governor Holcomb Is as follows : Hon. W. Q. Whltmorc , Valley ; Elijah Fllley , Fllley , chairman of the Ne braska delegation ; 13. H. Stouffcr , South Omaha , secretary ; H. E. Heath , Omaha , publisher of the Nebraska Farmer and a member of the executive committee of the Farmers' National Congress ; F. 8. Isham , Irvlngton ; M. M. A. Scuter , Bancroft ; E. D. Currier and J. E. Green , Albion ; P. M. Morac , Bralnard ; T. J. Cummlngs , Howe ; H. C. Lydlck , Tekamah ; H. A. Talcot , Crete ; J. S. Gcodban , Cortlantl ; W. H. Bookwalter and wife , I3ook waiter ; L. L. Young , Oakland ; C. B. Grant , Elgin ; D. Y. Clark , Central City ; J. a. Knvse , Crelghton ; Peter O'Brien , Kearney ; J. H. Curse , Omaha ; Ira T. Bcldln , Harblno ; G. R. Mathews - ews and Charles Humble , Lincoln ; 3. O. Mlntery , University Place ; James Knox , Hubbard , and Jacob Klncher , Guldcrock. Of thcso seventeen \\ere regular delegates and twelve associate. There were three women In the pnrty Mesdames Heath , Fll ley and Dookwnltcr , who accompanied their husbands. Nebraska was prominent at the congress , being represented on the program by W. G. Whltmore , who contributed a very valuable and Interesting paper on the "Sugar Beet Industry" and ho was also a member of the committee on resolutions ; B. It. Stouf fcr , member of the committee en creden tials , and H. E. Heath , chairman of the committee on location. Twenty of the Nebraska delegation got together on a Santa Fe train on the way down and organized by making Elijah Fllley chairman and B. H. Stauffcr secre tary , and at the opening of the congress this delegation went In In a body all wearIng - Ing an appropriate state badge , the only delegation so provided , though others quickly followed suit. At the meeting and during the excursion , though many badges were obtained , It was noticeable that the Nebraska delegation all made the Nebraska stnto badge prominent or wore It on the top of all other badges. There was lively competition for the next meeting between Denver , Des Molnes , Bos ton , Milwaukee and Fargo , but on the rec ommendation of the committee on location Boston was selected. The excursion covered over 1,100 miles and Included the following Interesting points ; Houston , Galveston , a boat ride on the Gulf "of Mexico , return through Houston and -atop at Sugarland to Inspect the great sugar4 refinery and paper mill of 'Colonel Cunningham , another stop at Pierce to see a celebrated cattle ranch , then at old Richmond mend town,1 where 'the Brazes river was crossed , on to Victoria Cucro , the old and famous city of San Antonio , to West Point , where" the Colorado river 'was crossed and on to Waco' and then . . to Fort Worth. The trip was a very enjoyable affair In which 350 delegate' ' participated , , of which sixty- one were women. The weather was un favorable "most of the time so that the snowr covered the ground over one third ot the > LOCAL BREVITIES. „ The Lorraine Dancing club will give a dancing party on Tuesday evening at the Thurston , Rifles' hall. _ The yearly reunion'social will be held at the First Baptist church tonight Addresses on several subjects pertaining to the work of the church willbe made by members of the congregation and refreshments will be served. OVER A MILLION Dr. Hilton's Spe Try cific No. 3 Is the fir's t""Remedy ever offered to the. Dr. Hilton's public to Cure a Cold , the Grip , and PREVENT PNEUMONIA , and it is the ONLY remedy to day that can do it. It vtas first adver tised January , ' 1891. Since then over a million bottle tle s have been sold. What bet ter testimonial as to the efficacy of The Grii this remedy could v > c have ? If your druggist doesn't and have it send 5octs. in P. O. stamps or money order to PREVENTS DR. HILTON , LowellMass.and receive a bottle by return mail. Pneumonia. We have a fresh stock of Hilton's No. 3. Order of us. SHKHMAN & M'CONNELL imua co. IF YOU SEE A GOOD THING It's your place to "grab" It , and If you learn of a good suggestion , It's your place to profit by it. Take the hint and order a case of , KRUG CABINET LAGER beer , 00 you will have it for Christmas. It's exceedingly proper and will be appre ciated by your guests at or before their Christmas dinner. It's a great appetizer your guests should have their appetites sharpened before the meal. It's telephone four-two-naught. Special Request" We shall feel specially obliged to our patrons If they will during this week leave , their prescriptions and orders for drugs at as early an hour each day as possible , as notwith standing our very large force of pharmacists , ( now equal to that of any two drug stores In Omaha ) , our order and prescription department Is taxed to Us utmost capacity. It 1513 Dodge St. , OMAIIA , WEU. Middle of Dlock. rbnrmncUti nud Perfumer * . Bee Dec. 19 ' 9S. , . , . unexpected Jffoney. 9S.X We want to put just a word in edgeways this morning about Home now suits and overcoats just arrived. They're worth a whole page. Wo want to sandwich 'em in between your thoughts of Christ inas things for theae may set you thinking of a Christmas gift worth while. Goods heavy , hand some , sterling ulsters , in black"frioze not genuine frieze , but the next best thing to it at three seventy- five. That's worth thinking about. We've sold some pretty good ulsters this season for the same price , but these are fully two pounds heavier and just a little better looking and you'll say when you see them they're just the best things you ever came across inside of the Nebraska walls. And hero's an other good thing. A bran now lot of men's double breasted , black or blue cheviot suits genuine cheviot at $6.50 a suit. Maybe you've seen as good suits as these sold at $9.07 in alleged mark down sales , and maybe you haven't and if there's any mark down sale in Omalia this season , that sells any- better suits for $7.50 or eight dollars or eight fifty , you can come back here and get a rebate on yours. Wo mention these two items simply because they are fairly representative of the great values in this re cent shipment of suits and overcoats a shipment made necessary by the unprecedented heavy trade of this season and having the benefits of unexpected money for the makers thrown in. OPEN EVENINGS. UJIlfltEil ' Grand Pre II AT HEN S Cut Price Clothing Sale To give people a chance to buy holiday gifts in clothing at low prices , we have marked our overcoats , ulsters and- suits at less than manufacturers' cost. We hold our pro- inventory clothing sale just in the right time for buyers. Men's $15 blue , black and brown , find kersey overcoats , lined with skinners' satin yoke and sleeve lining , < tO C\C\ fancy backs , on sale at . \ 7JJ Another lot of our celebrated $12.50 blue , black and brown kersey overcoats , skinners' satin sleeve dj T ELC\ lining , raw edge , go on sale at . * P JL * J\J $25.00 chinchilla and Metcalf beaver overcoats , fanc backs , in blues and blacks ; elegantly finished dl - | / } garments , on sale at . ip.J. % A $15 fine light colored covert overcoat , < t * 7 box style , on sale at . AJ ) . / . Our men's suits now on sale at $5 , $7.50 , $10 and $15 are positively sold elsewhere at $7.50 to $25. We're closing out all smoking jackets and bath robes at half price. Giving away free with every boys' knee pants suit or reefer , a fine pair of leggings or an extra pair of knee pants. Hats and Caps 100 dozen men's and boys' yacht caps made from good all wool material , at less than cost to make , 20c. 50 dozen. men's A No. 1 cloth caps , fancy silk and patin lined , one half real value , 45c. 20 dozen men's first class caps , plush , fancy lining , worth $1 to $2 , at 75c and 50c. Fancy light plush cap , yacht style , 45c. 25 dozen men's and boys' Fedoras in black , brown , and cedar , not one worth less than $1.50 on Bale at 75c. 10 dozen Derbies in new shapes , black brown , worth up to $2.50 , at 9X I Of * We have a full line of all leather suit cases at lowest prices. Our trunk line is complete. HAYDEN BROS , Selling the Most Clothing in Omaha. AUCTION SALE OF ORIENTAL GOODS Entire stock of Habib J. Farah , Direct Im porter of Oriental Goods. Commencing Tuesday Dec. 20th , at 2 o'clock and 7-30 o'clock p. m. , and continuing daily at same hours at their store No " mo * farnam Street. This is the largest collection of high class Syrian , Tuiw kish , Egyptian , Soudanese , Algerian and East Indian hand work ever brought to this city. The ladies are particularly invited to attend these sales which will bo conducted in a first class manner , and every article will be sold without re. serve or limit. These goods were on exhibition at the Trans. Mississippi Exposition. J. R. Maxcy 6c Co. , Auctioneers , Beware of Imitations JOHN DUNCAN'I iCNI , MIXTI , NtW YORK , Our Sweping Victory At the Trnnsmlsslsslppl _ | 8 cnlIHnK | Ou frlenda much anxlety-they are Jyn | awake at night wondering how we nan. pcncd to recelvo the only Highest Award on Beer We will relieve their troubled minds , tot the cause of our wonderful HUCCCI-B la na secret. Our Improved methodx in brewlnir our Pure Artesian Well Watnr itml the us ? of only the very finest quality of Import , eel hops arc responsible ) for the uxoluilva honors attained at the expoRltlon As to the number of Indues wlecUfl t judge the beers , wo are not certain , but apparently there were too many to suit some , not enough to null others , but just ' " " enourU to suit ua. If you wish to den tha Original and onlv DII'LOMA of HiailKBT AWAIID ON U1JBH Issued by the TransmlssUslnDl Bx- position , call nt our ofllco. Our QENulNtt V UOLD MKDAL la alee ready for Inspection , Omalia Brewing Association , Tclcvkuao o