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v EDITORIAL SHEET , HE OMAHA SUNDAY PAGES 9 TO 18.
ESTABLISHED JTJXE 'IS ) , OMAHA , SUNDAY MCXKNJNGr , DECEMKER 24 , 1S1M ) . SIXGM3 COPY" FIVE CENTS ,
ALL REPORT HEAVY SALES I
Omaha Merchants Experience- Season of
More Than Uf ual Prosperity ,
PRESENT MONTH IS A RECORD-BREAKER
1'coiile lln o .More Mnnpy T linn Ilrrr-
toforc , liny .Mtu'li .More I'rci-ly
iiiul Seldom ( lullililu
t . < Mer
These who have watched the trcnd'of htislpi
ness affairs In Omaha during the last twclvo
months have frequently and freely expressed
the opinion that the jenr 1819 would mark
nn Important epoch In the commercial InterKr i
osla of the city. All along they have con |
tended that this year was to bo n recordic i
breaker and that upon the closing of the
hooks all the morchanls would be able to j
how good balances on the right sldo ot the
ledger , j
During the early fall business In all lines j
TIBS good nnd ns winter drew on It Increased
rapidly In volume , scores of the houses being
compelled to double their forces In order to
handle the trade. The Hood lido of Ihe
hus'nrta ' , however , wns reached during the
last tvcuk when the holiday shopping was at
Its height. Cold weather came on Juet nt the
right tioio and during the last ten deys not )
only downtown stores , but the streets ns
well , have been crowded with people from I
early morning until Into at night. I
In order to ascertain what the merchants
have been doing a large number of Ihcni
have been Interviewed , nnd the best Idea of
i
their prosperity and the general prosperity i
now prevailing over the country can be j j
gained by the statements that follow : i
C. C Bclden of Thompson , Bclden & Co , | | '
Dry Goods The last year has been Iho best
ivo have experienced elnco wo located In >
Omaha. People uro nil atwork earning
money , and spending It freely , not only In
htiylug holiday goods , but more bcrvtceable
nrtlcles to wear. People have bought better'
goods thnn over before and moro of them. Wo
nro well satisfied with the buhlness ot the
year
Mrs. J. Benson , Dry Goods I figure that
our trade during the last year has been much I
hotter than over before. During the holiday j
season it has been 31 1-3 per cent better
than during the corresponding se.ipon of last
jcar. Then , this year people have wanted
only the best , nnd frequently I have had j j
difficulty soiling cheap goods.
H Hardy of the 99-Cent Store I figure on a '
33 1-3 per cent Increase In trade as compared ,
ivlth 1S9S , nnd I thought that the big year.
Trade started efl-rly and kept right on growIng -
Ing until the last few days , when wo were ,
j
nearly swamped. This year the best goods
sold flrst , contrary to the usual custom. In
our wholesale department MO had moro busl-
liCEH thnn wo could handle. Everything Is
cleaned out , which means that there will bo
a big demand for goods next holiday season.t
S Gamble. . Manager of the Continental
Clothing House Buslncfcs has been far ahead
of last year , and that comes pretty close to j I
telling the whole story. Wo have had all i
the business we cared to handle. Wo sold
better goods than over before , and there you
have It. i
A. B. McConncll of Sherman & McConnell ,
Druggists The holiday season has been a
record-breaker. Wo sold 20 per cent moro
Bf.ods than over before. Of course wo are
outside of the drug trust , and I fancy this
had bomethlng lo do with It. Wo have had
nil wo could attend to , employing tvventy-
ono clerks , working night nnd clay.
IVonlr liny tl e lU-Hl.
Joseph P Trenzer , Jeweler Trade has
hcon far ahead ot last year. People have
bought only the fine&t goods. I make a
specialty of diamonds nnd this jear I have
sold moro stones than during any two pre
vious seasons some of them the finest I
could buy. There is plenty ot money In
town nnd It Is well distributed.
H J. Penford of the Aloe & Penford Co.
Trade has been the beat In many years ,
In fact slnco I have been In business. Wo
have sold an Immense quantity of photo
graphic supplies and Ihen in Ihe fancy goods
line wo have also done un Immense busi
ness Not only during the holiday season ,
hut thioughout the entire year wo have had
nil Iho Undo wo could handle , both whole
sale and retail.
Kelly , Stigcr & Co. , Dry Goods Wo have
cold a better grade of goods than over be
fore , nnd more of them. In silks the trade
hns exceeded anything wo ever predicted.
The holiday season has been n continuous
Jam , Ihe store being crowded from morn
ing until night. Take Iho year as a whole
It has been the most prosperous In our rec
ord ,
,
H S. Wllccx , Manager for Browning , King
g. Co. Clothing Undo hns been 20 per cent i | i
heller limn last year , which wo consldeiod '
the big year. This year people want only
the best goods , whllo In the past many ' ! I
would put up with cheaper aiticles. Now 'I i
with money plonly , you can't sell cheap ' I '
clothing Omaha Is a good lown , nnd Ibis has '
been Iho best year since our company has .
boon In buslneffl hero. I j
William Hiiydon of Hayden Bros , General
Merchandise I cannot say what per cent our I
huslwttH has Increased during the past yen- , I
hut It has been better than over. The
holiday season has broken all previous records - ! '
ords nnd , during the past week , there have I
been times when U was almost Impossible | i
to push through our etoio. All the people
have had money and they have not hesitated j ,
to bpend It , buying luxuries ns well as no- ! ,
CCHSltlcB. I '
\ Hospe , Pianos and Music Biggest t' '
trade In the history of cur bublneeo. u i
nold moro pianos and music than during j (
any two jeara before A little cold weather
vould 'be ' acceptable , but I am eatlHlled. In
the factoiy the men are working night and 1
day lo get the woik out Uist weuk my men :
put In KUlllclcnt'extia time sa that It netted 1 1 i
them 11:110 : nnd one-half d.ivs | i
ItiiNliiMl III lleiidi. j
J L Brandcls & Sons Wo have been j |
nibbed to death and hnvo bold moro g oils
during the last ten dajs than during any
previous pcilod of the tame length of llniu
Hlnco wo have been In buelncbs. Elegant
good * nro being told and seldom do the
people hunt for .nothing cheap. Wo feel 1
untlHlltxi Omaha U In the most proi > pe oils
condition und that the poiple all hnvo
money The onlv trouble has been that , i
wo huvti not hail ihe room or the help o'
take proper e'ate of our trade r !
0V \ .Morton , of Morton & Sons Hardi
nalo trade w u little klow In starting , hut
It Is In KOO I stupe nov , and has been for
several weoKn. Whllo we do not carry a
big line of holiday good * , we have bad onor-
mnus nalcu In all lines wo lumlla. What Is
more , we don't oxpwt an > letdown for a
Jong time h
0 II Hlinefor. tbo DniKKl t-IliiiimwH | wan j I '
never l < enier than right at tlvli Him1. I
rxpc i It to oontlmiti w > right alone y '
p'ore/n CIIH oultldo of thu trust mil con i-
frr ' " till ) I do n big biwIUHui , baHiiiyn or no
lr < 'i\s True tbti lirtliJa ) tuHkoa glvoi bu * i
I -ea : i sj urt. bu < tbU It I * * ! M thr
( t. ami u k been during lb * HhuU yi r
\ \ It Itcnniii K/vr > tblUK li rntbl'iK und
! ' i i i t all MMI we i in do to k < i >
t > " \ ' < \\i liavi turn > cm .11 I o
put v'i i ° a I rks anJ evra inw i . .n LarJIy
tnko care of the trade People nro buying
as they never boiiRht before , and ut tl.e
snmo tlmo they seem to have money left.
saVc
Vorlly , this Is a season of praiperlty , not
only In Omaha , but In the whole country
tributary to the city.
Albert Edholm , Jeweler 1 never saw anything -
thing like It before. My store IB constantly
crowded with customers and frequently I
can't wall on the people. Gold watches aic
sold \ almost by the dozen , and the sale of
precious clones and flno Jewelry has been
beyond precedent. With a year of euch
bu I could rctlro with enough to lait
n lifetime.
Manager Shank of the Dowcy & Stone
Kiirnlluro Company The whole situation
may be sized up In ono word , "Good. " No
mimi
merchant In Omaha has any right to compi
plain. : Not only the city , but the country
trade ns well , has been the beat In join , i
Wo nil feel an Increased demand for batter
goods than during the past and all notice a
great Improvement In nil lines of tiado.
Henry Copley , Jewelry Business Is much
better than last > enr , especially In solid
goods hast year many customers seemed
jo bo looking for cheap articles but this
jenr. to satisfy them. I must sell them
bolld or the heaviest plate
Manager Stall of the Mogeath Stitloiury
Company We notice a great Improvement I ,
over the trade of former ycarc. This jcir
trade started In much earlier and hah con- ] i (
tinned to Increase steadily. Again , as n
rule , people buy moro expensive goods. On
the whole , business has been first class,0' ,
much bettor than wo anticipated. ,
A. Huymur , Huidwuru It N safe to say
that business has been GO per cent better
thnn last year. Take It with stoves , skates
and numerous other articles , 1 have been
unnblo , to keep a supply on hand. All my
customers have plenty of money and nro
buying much moro freely than before.
A. Maudlebcrg , Jewelry I ha\o no cause
'for complaint. Last vcar I did a big husl-
ness , but this > ear It has been better. People -
plo seem to want only the best jewelry ,
whereas In other years they have bought a
great deal of the cheaper grades The
watch trade has been unusually large , whllo
many diamonds and other stones have been
sold.
Colder AVi-nUicr Ile lrcil.
Robert Uosenzwelg of the Drcxcl Shoe
Company Our trade has been fully up to
expectations , but a little snow Just now
would stimulate the shoe business , not only
in shoo lines , but In all others. The holi
day trade hns been the best In years and
with cold weather the boom would be sur-
prising.
T. J. Ilogers of Milton Hogers & Sons ,
Hardware Our business hns been all wo
could ) desire. Of course there has been no
boom , but during the entire jenr there has
been a btcady and healthy Increase , as comr
pared ' ' with 1898. For the holidays people
have bought liberally and better goods than
usual.
Holllday & Mawblnncy , Jewelers Wo have
had a line trade , not only during the holiday
season , but throughout the entire fall. The i
trade from the city has icen unusually ,
heavy and good from the countiy and snru
rounding towns. Wo laid In a heavy stock i
it anticipation of the holldajs and did well. ,
The sale of diamonds nnd bolld Jewelry j
has been something surprising , Indicating j
that there Is plenty of money In the country |
and that the people are willing to lot go
of it.
C. SI. Wllhelm of the Orchard & Wll-
helm Company , Furnjturo and Carpets }
With us wo have done the best business In ,
jenrs. It started In a month ago and has I
been steadily Increasing. From morning | I
until night the store Is crowded with buyers j
and , generally speaking , they take the best | I
goods that wo have to offer. Last summer I
wo expected Just such a trade- and have- not I
been disappointed. At that tlmo wo laid I
in aji enormous holiday stock , the bulk of I
which will bo sold off before the tlrst of j
the year. |
S. W. Lindsay , Jeweler This je.ir people | I
are seeking bettor goods than ever and
i
paying llttlo attention to cheap articles. i
One hiirprislng thing la the quantity of
I
goods bought to bo sent away as presents
Of courfao the Omaha people are buying
much for their friends here , yet scarcely n
day passes that largo numbers do not buy-
costly articles to send to these In other
states ,
J , C Huteson , Optical Goods My grodn
are not particularly fitted for holiday trade ,
as people usually look to the care of their
eyes after they have made their other pur
chases , still , I have no reason to com
plain. Sales of photographic goods have ,
been laige and I am satisfied with the busl- j |
ncsa transacted.
% tMp Hurt a Ilcttrr Triule.
O K. Scofleld , Cloaks nnd Ladles' Film
Ishjng Goods Wo never had a better trade i
than during the last fall. Slnco the first of' i '
the month we have had all wo could handle.
Wo have bold moro sealskins during the last
thirty davs t'Jin ' during any previous three
mouths since locating In Omaha In other
lines j tbo trade hns been equally heavy and i
when we como to balance our books at the
end ol the year they will show up to our I
entire satisfaction. ,
Nebraska Clothing Compunv Trade
startc-d In much earlier than last > ear and
. l
hns held right up. Even with tbo expostM I
tlon of last jcar wo have don0 a much
.
better business this season Our mall order I I
business hns nearly doubled and the house I
pales have Increased nearly ns much. The
only trouble experienced has been in securing -
curing help , It being Impossible to secure
enough competent clerks to handle the busl-
neos. '
II. Hoscnthal of the People's Store The
situation can be &lzed up In a very few ;
words. People have confidence In existing
conditions and are spending money freely
They lire buying largely for themselves
and they are ale buying many costly prcs-
ents for these at home nnd abroad. In nil
lines 1 trade has been enormous nnd indlca-
lions 1 are It will continue. I estimate our
holiday 1 trade this season to be fully one-
third t greater than lasl year.
p i | Frederick , Halter So far as my
business ) Is concerned it Is the best In
years : During this holiday season I have
sold an Immennu number of hats nnd the
feature j about the whole matter has been
tbat i people have nearly always asked for
the | best In the house. I am not only per-
fcctly | fatlsftul. but am predicting a big
trade i for next year '
( ir ' l SnnirUe.
rred Paffeniath. Manager for Nlcoll ihe
Tailor Not only the holiday trade , but that
of i the entire jear , has been surprisingly
good | On the whole , business has been 2U
per ] cent bwter than last year. There was a
llttlo ] lull during October , but slnco ihen
wo have la-en on the Jump. December has
been | the bf t mouth I have over teen. Men
are buying bolter sultd than ever before
Jand fiw bafiRla over price * .
ItoUtrt ! ) nip tcr. Photographic Goods
llu lo * In both d iKtrtmtmu , wholesale
jud retail. ha bo n nil that could be dp-
iHtrinl During Iho la t year wo have dona
more butliip * ! limn during the fame period
of uy forutw ) ar , while the holiday trade
b bMW wbat uilKhl b coon Id o red plie-
nowcnul The i-nuiera people bav bought
HtHTnll * I > 'I'll ' nH-m to have roufldeme
lu l > u lu < * . oii.linonii and arc short ing their
finti l > - ' ! ( i.ioni v freely
T II " > 8h5 bhoo fompan ) Durini
'
the jcar the business has been the best our
house has over had. Last year was a big
year , but the one Jnet closing will exceed
u. Our holiday trade has bopn excellent ,
hut It would bavo been better had there
] been more cold and sloppy weather. Still ,
wo nro pcrfeclly satisfied.
I Schmollcr & Mueller , Pianos and Musical
Instruments Last year was most prosper
ous , but this ono has been ever so much
betler. Trade has kept right up with the
times and nt no period has there been a
slump. ] Holiday trade lias been far better
than over before since we have been In
business.
Howe Shoo Company During the last
year a tendency to buy better goods than
ever before has heen manifested. City people
ple , have been good buyers and the country
trade has been the hcst wo have over had.
Wo did a big business during the year ot
the Transmlssltslppl Exposition , but this
icnr will show 25 per cent better.
w M.I.civs yrtinio.
A lleniillfnl HlK Woi-lvMiop.
In Oriental Mjlc.
The most beautiful author's studio In the
world ) has Just been completed by General
. . .
Wallace , author of "Ben Hur , " nt Craw-
fordsvllle , Ind. , reports the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat. For the past three
years Genet at Wallace has found
his recreation In superintending the
erection of his palatial workshop. Its style
of architecture Is a combination. The por-
tlca ' , pure Greek , the body of the building ,
Byzantine , with copper roof , the towers , of
Homancsquo design. Rosecoloredltrlficd
brick and stone are the materials from which
the walls are built. The structure etands
In | the center of the wooded groiuids sur
rounding ( the author's home at Craw fords
vllle.
It Is nearly surrounded by a moat and
suggests simultaneously a mediaeval castle
and nn Oriental mosque. The lulerlor Is ono
great room , with the exception cf an en
trance corridor and a mechanical apartment
In | t the rear. The Immense etudy .00111 Is
flooded by day with mellow light , which
enters ; only at the dome ; at night is bril
liant with a ccorc ot electric lamps of many
varieties. The celling of the dome Is frescoed -
coed in Immitatlon of ivory , the walls down
to , Ihe bookcases tire finished in a silver
green , or , ns General Wallace expresses
II , the color of the under eldo of an olive
leaf. On the book shelves , tilled with the
author's working library , sit busts of Ben
Hur , his sister , the Princess of India and
Princess Irene , the heroine of the writer's
last j , romance. Numerous engravings , paint-
Inge , bits of statuary and Oriental relics in- i
ciease tbo artistic flavor of the room. Sev- '
oral of the paintings are'tho product of his
own brush. In the center ot the room stands
a big mahogany table littered with letters , '
books and manuscript. Largo nnd small
rugs partially cover the cement floor.
The building Is heated by a furnace In the
basement j , which is kept going day and
night In winter The basement comprises
several cemented damp proof looms , In-
eluding wine cellar and a kitchen with a
steve for preparing hot collations to visit- j
Ing | friends.
In this structure sits General Wallace day
after day , bard at work on a now novel ,
which ho hopes will duplicate the success of
"Ben Hur. "
The other morning I called upon the gen-
cral. I found him in the studio sitting In ,
un armchair. In which ho docs nil his literc
ary work , near the hugo open fireplace ,
and ho welcomed me In his hearty fashion. '
Ho I was clad In a sack coal , with n belt
hanging 1 loose. Ho Is ruddy and .straight , a
plclure Ic I of robust health , and yet la 72 years
of age. I
In reply to questions , the general told the
(
stery of his working day as follows' |
"I begin lo wrilo at about 9 a. m. Keep
at work till noon. Resume about 1:30 : p. m
and leave my studio about 4 o'clock. I then
c\orclso for two hours. I walk or ride
J
horseback , according to the weather. When
It | rains I put en a pair of heavy boots und
trudge five lo seven miles across the counv
J
try I usually ride a dozen miles. To this
habit of taking regular exciclse I attribute
tny good health. I cat Just what IKant , |
and as much as I want. When night comes ;
M I Ho down nnd sleep llko a child , never once ' i
waking till morning I usually retire nt 9 30 ' '
and rlso at 7 30 , aiming to bocuro nine hours'
bleep I smoke nt pleasure , a pipe or cigar , '
but j never a clgaretle. \i \ I
"Tho amount of work I produce In n day
varies greatly. Sometimes I write 400 and |
tometlmcB 1,200 words. What I write today
In ( the rough tomorrow rooming I will re-
vitp , perhaps reducing It to twenty words ,
perhaps striking out all the , diy's work and
beginning j ut the same point once more That
constitutes my second copy. When the
proofs como from the publisher another re- J I I
vision takes place. It consists chiefly of con-
dcnsntlon and expurgallcn " i
He never writes sitting at n table. Instead
ho hlt In a reclining chair and writes on a
lapboard that rests on Its urmb. The stir-
face of lha 'apboard Is covered with chamois
skin , which keeps Ihu paper from slipping.
In this manner General Wallace Is always ,
comfortable i' '
On the wall of the Mudlo I noticed a htrlkI I
Ing painting. On Inquiry I learned It was a
portrait of the sultan of Turkey , palntol
by (5-mer.il ( Wallace hln.nelt after returning E
from his frequent visits to "His Most Wora
ehlpful Majesty" while ambassador of the
United States at Constantinople. It Is iho s
only accurate poi trait ot the sultan extant , o
for he has forbidden the- making and taking
of rlkene sea of his sacred person With
great Interest I studied the face , which was
sad , > t powerful and fascinating. The sul
tan conceived an unparalleled regard for
General Wallace during the latter's four j
I
years' slay In Constantinople He would I
g
sometimes send far the American author to |
' [ fi
come' to YlldU palace lu the mlddlo of th * I.
night to secure his opinion on some im i
portant question Sometimes he would have '
the general remain at the palace for a week
at n time Thus Mr. Walloco Is probably
more Intimately acquainted with Ihe up
holder ot Ihe crescent than any foreigner
living.
When rlolng to leave I asked the general
wbat. lu a word , he contldertHl Ihe secret of
till SUCCUMB In answer ho K.I Id a
'Work1 und as an author the doing It my-
Felf with my own band not by means of a
typewriter or aiiianueimji cr stenographer
To work I would add universal reading , "
WHERE COM DOYLE LIVES
Homo and Workshop of the Creator of
"Sherlock Holmes. "
STORIES OF HIS PROWESS IN ATHLETICS
AVIiere HIP Aotril Writer Olitnlned Mln
! Inn * nnil I.ltirnrjMi : -
tcrllil A ( iront Itellevcr
In Pair I'lii ) .
( Copyright. ISM. )
The presentation of "Sherlock llolmea" as ; !
a play has rcvl\cil the Intel eat In Lr. ) Conan
Doyle to a rcmarKablo degree. Sherlock
Holmes Is , unquestionably , the grcatcut dc-
lectlvo In fiction , ami hU Impersonation by
Mr. Glllctt has set the critics to IhlnkliiR
again about Dr. Dojle's newer work nud his
work ways. 1 had thu phasuro of visiting
Dr. Doyle recently In his nngllsh homo
Ho Is as far removed from cjslllzallon as Is
Kipling in his homo at llottlngdean. He
ll\cs fully four miles from the nearest rail j
road at illndhcad. It Is one of the charmIng - J
Ing nngllsh residence ton us frco from most 1
ot the unpleasant features of city life , jet
with urban advantages. A person of means
and tastes who desires both country and
tlty existence should feel satisfied In th a
part of the queen's domain unless o\cr fna-
tldious. Along the range of hills can be found
the homes of some of England's moat noted
writers and scientists , past and present.
Tennyson lived here. Prof. Tyndnll was
also ono of Ihe Haselcmere colony , llv ng
next ' door to Dr. Doyle. The natural beau
ties of the surroundings Impress themselves
on the mind at once , l-'rom his rear or |
perhaps front -veranda for the house ssems
tc hn\o a front where the rear should be
the owner can look directly down the valley
lc Its foot five miles awax. Doth sides con
tain thickly wooded groves divided by wide
patches ! of hether with heie and there a cul- ,
tlvated field or a strip of pasture land. S'x '
:
hundred feet above the sea , it Is high enough
to get the Invigorating air of such altitudes ,
while from the English channel , but twenty
miles away , comes the pleasant sea breeze.
A glance at Doyle Indicates how well thli' '
country ! Is suited to his lasles and habjts. i
He might be 4S he might be 40. H Is hard
:
to ' say , as he stands over si\ feet , a fine
specimen ' of the vigorous , hardy manhooj i
native to Great Britain" Ills strong , reo- j
lute features are tanned by exposure In the
cricket field , on the tennis court and by s ° .i-
(
ton ' after season of bird and rabbit shooting i
It ( can , bo seen at once that he needs no
'
tonics for nervousness or dyspepsia. Apparn
ently ho has no nerves , for whether hando | [
ling a cricket bat In a decisive play or sightn
Ing his gun In a supreme moment , one canfi !
lin
not tiaeo a tremor of the muscles or a | j
quiver of the e ; lldB. Indoor and outdoor j I
exercise , have given him muscles of sto 1 nnd
the suppleness and agility of a youth in bis i i
teens. I
YlK'iroiiN ( 'liiirnutern. I I
As one turns the pages ot such bsoks as , i
"Tho White Company , " "Mlcah Clark ' an 1
"Brigadier Gerard" he Is struck with Ihe
rugged manllne.s'of the prlnclpil characters ,
whllo throughout each work a tone of vigor
and vlrlllly prevails which is original with
the wrllcr. Talk with him oven for a half
hour and you realize that they are the prod1'
net of a mind not enfeebled by over-exor- j ' I
tlon , but nourished nnd etrcngthenel from
a superb system In a vvnid , ho has not do- j I 1
v eloped his mental faculties nt the expensj
of Ihe others , but has kepi both well balanced - | I
ancod with Iho result lhat ted iy he seenw l
as capable of accomplishing ns much in tiie j I
lilerary ] | field as ho has already accomplished | I
_ and perhaps moro.
Ho has built up his constitution so lhat
today he Is capable of enduring any amount
of fatigue without being the wo-so for It I
The four miles from Hlndhead to HaKsmcrc
Is | a short walk" for him and many Units a
year does he cover U. Piobably everyone
for len miles around knows him by Bight , for ,
his figure la familiar to iho country folk.
|
Nalurally of a peaceful disposition the '
author . Is not to be trilled with any moro
than | some of the characters In his writings.
Ho j Is a great believer In fair play , and on j
more- . than ono occasion has ( . .toeup ! for 11 j
iho weaker man In trouble to the cost of hid !
assailant. They toll a btory about HaMe-
mcro of a little adventure in which ho took
part at Southsen , near Portsmouth , Ills
former ' homo. Many of the cart drivers al
Soulhsca have boys to help deliver Ihelr
loads Ono morning ns Iho doelor was get
ting n Iltlle exercise lo whet his .appetite
for breakfast , oneof these curls came nlonjj
The driver , a heavily built man , had been
drinking until ho was in an ugly mood Tor
some reason ho became augty with the boy
and , ( Hopping his harbo , began beating iho
lad wllh the handle of his whip , Ho wan
so busily engaged that ho did not know any
one elfce was Inicraatcd until a hand grasped
him by the shoulder and pulled him headlong
Into the street. "I think you've done about
enough of this , my man. "
"It's no business of such gentry as you
to Interfere when tbo young rascal needs u
,
beating. " and the enraged driver , who had
struggled lo h'fi feet , drew back bis vvj.lp to
strike the newcomer. The doctor's right list
landed on his fnco and he went down llko
a ! log. When ho arose It was to apologbe
Thu ' light had been , to use a slang phratc ,
"knocked out of him "
They tall him "Kcnn'n Doyle" In the
neighborhood. The word "Conan" ttcems to
bo dllllcult to use and is so commonly mUi-
pronounced and misspelled , as the writer bag
Indicated , that at the time of his visit ho saw
box from London directed to "Mr. Canon
Doyle Hlndhead , and probabiy no one rel
Uhed the joke conveyed In thai rrliglrus tale
tiioro than the author himself
But little blgn ot literary work Is to bo
found about the house. Even his library
Ut made the receptacle for erlcket and tennH
kits , and gum and trout tackle are spread nil
over the place ; for while the family nt Hind-
head is small , excluding the sK servants ,
friends from London or nnirby are generally
being entertained. The doctor Is a monitor of
ono of the best amateur cricket teams In the
country , and during the week of pH } every
year as host Haslcmcro Is an open house to
nil lovers of the sport. Nothing Is reserved
from them. The players generally have , a
content dally rfnd nro driven to It In the
brake , a \ elilcloery essential to Engll-h
country life , which will carry the on-
tlro eleven with room to spare.
On the return to evening tci tha
tnblo Is Illuminated by n banquet lnm ; >
shaded by a design In salmon silk. This Is
called the Victory shade , us It Is considered
n sign ot good luck mid Is nlwnys brought
out by Mis. Doyle during "Cricket Week. "
Through Its Inlluenco several trophies me
supposed to have been won. The hostess Is
as enthusiastic us her husband over the
sport , and If necessary to afford tcom , will
"bundle" the children oft to some lclntlve'
to ictnaln until the guests have departed. As
the cricket season occupies nearly two
mouths. It may be surmised that very little
lltcraiy work is done about "Undeishuw"
until Its close or between spring and autumn.
In addition to cricket , however , a apt Ing
trap and the fragments of numerous clay
pigeons scattered about the grounds nttest
his fondness for shooting. The slIIOISCH
In the stable Include two line saddle marcs ,
ono of which has a record ns a jumper. At
the sldo of the house Is a grass tennis court
hcnrjng the Indications of frequent usage ,
whllo onu of the hirgcst rooms In fact
that apartment opposite the drawing room
Is ghen up to billiard and pool tables for
Indoor sport In Inclement weather , although
the rain must fall fast or the snow be deep
to keep the author-sportsman from enjoy
ing some outdoor pastime If he feels Ihus
Inclined.
A Modern Home.
"Uudershavv" Is very much of today
llko Its hcst. It cannot boast of anything
historical , ns It was built two years ago.
-
'llio osteiior is that of the modem villa so
popular ' in Surrey. All of the decorations
P'n
nro : In light tints. The drawing room and
chambers ! are also furnished in light de
sign , and with the numerous windows it may
very properly be called a sunny hoaia. The
front door opens into a squaie hall larga
enough to accommodate a eofa and numer
ous chairs. A generous flieplace as to size
suggests to the attractiveness of this part
of the home during the long cold evenings
ot winter and as a gathering place for the
,
family and friends. Opening into It are the
billiard room , drawing room , library and
dining ( ] room. Probably the good wife welected
for ( the author the location of the library ,
which Is ono of the plcasantest In the house.
From ; it ho can look away down the \allev
with Its ever varying hues upon a picture
which nothing enters to mar Its peaceful
beauty. j Near at hand he can see his own
grounds paitly level and partly hillside , the
latter covered with gniso and heather and
alive with rabbits. The long writing tahlo
of oak , upholstered In leather , contains the
necfbsary room for wilting material , also
for a box of tobacco and an assortment of
pipes , , .is well as a dictionary and one or two
other reference books. Each of the two
tabes ngalnst the wall holds perhaps a hun-
dred books of poetry , history , travel , blog-
raphy nnd fiction , including several of his
nwn works , also an elaborate edition of
Scott Uut the detection laery mlhcellano-
oiis and Is principally for family leading.
Perhaps the most notable feature of Dr.
Doyle's i : library is a bust of Sh'erlozk Holmes ,
the : detective whoso marvelous performances
ns depleted by the author have been the
wonder of Iho English reading world. It
has ' been questioned whether Holmes was a
true personage or whether he was n myth
conjured up to play his part In the novelist's
several dramas , such as "Tho Sign of th- >
Four ' ' , " etc H was well known that
Holmes' * friend , "Dr Wntbon. " was none
other than the author , but the identity of
Holmes hlmhelf was questioned The writer
eon positively htalo that he did exist , al
though ' the name of Holmes was naturally
flctlllous. . The man , whose ripfht name was
, Dr. Bclden , was a Scotchman residing In
Edinburgh. His study of human nature led iB
him to play the part of detective nnd hemet
mot with success In hunting down several 1
noted criminals who had eluded the pron
fessloniil detective force of the kingdom. Dr. io |
Doyle j chanced lo make his acquaintance and 1 I
nn Intimacy sprang up between the two men i j
which resulted In the production of the ,
"detective stories" vvhleh have been ? o Intert |
ruling because the reader was forced by the .
narration to believe thai Ihoy wore line 1
The fan-ons character was a man of medium 'ft i '
height , nnd though delicate In apponranco
very wiry nnd nuibcular Ho was what
Americans would call a "dead ' shot with a
lovolvcr. und the knowledge of his skill
among the criminal classes undoubtedly
saved his llfo on several occasions when
tracing out the perpetrators of clinics
Idi'iKM'H of WOIIIHII'N ,
Through jut the homo the evidences of
woman's presence aio numerous In the
dainty rosettes and other ornnmcnta on the i
furnltuie , In the tastnful arrangement of the ; ,
draperies In the apartments , In the touches i '
hero and there to convert the commonplace I i
Into the ornamental nil Indications of a I
woman's pildo In her home And the misI' I
tress of L'ndcrshaw Is truly what one Im- !
aglneb after seeing her handiwork. 8ho U j
decidedly petlto In contrast to her big atht '
Idle husband , nnd her dcllcato appearance
an indication of her health. For jcarn
hho has buffered from weak lungs The ell-
mate nf the greater | > art of Urllaln ] H not
helpful to pulmonary troubles , and the doc
tor has taken Ills wlfo to various places on
the continent rccomnicnjcd by specialists j
The south of Franco has boon ua
beneficial as elsewhere , but has not ' i
entirely relieved her Through friends the
author beard of the Haslemero valley , with *
Its combination of oa and mountain ar. ! ,
with tl-o result that h | vvlfr has found at' t j '
last a place which affords her permanent re
lief , whllo It U ospeclull ) suited to hls.taato j i
and mode of life Her Illness has net In
(
any way affected iho uriirlts of the IjJ ) In t
qucbtlon who has the rare faruli > of making t
thojio who cross Its threshold fed ttut u1
least for the time they arc a part of the '
1
household There are no trnlts whlc-h prom
inently distinguish .MM Dovlo from other
women In her rnnk of life. She Is , nittirnlly ,
proud of her husband and as interested In
his woik as though she herself were pcr-
foimlng it She ha * hern hl.s companion
both at homo nnd on his travels e\cept
when he visited I lie States In ISM The
lectures ho delivered tit lint llmo she was
obliged to rend nj a distance , as the | > h > -
tilclans deemed It unwise1 for her to cro s the
Atlantic on account of her healthWhllo
the cares of the homo nnd the entertain
ment of the numerous visitors occupy much
of her time , she has some leisure In which
to employ herself In fancy work. I.lko her
husband , hho Isery fond of music , espe
cially light composition.1 ! , such ns selections
of Gilbert & Sullivan's and the popular
concert-hall fcongs. In addition to lha
plnnaforte n grnphophonc also entertains
the family , , and such melodies as " ' \\'ay
Down Upon the Suwatice Hlvcr" nnd
Sousn's marches arc among the airs which
are received with greatest applause so
much for the Anglo-American feeling at
L'ndershiivv.
One of the author's more faithful friends
and an Impoitnnt pcisonage at his home Is
How. Ho cnly exhibits his appreciation of
what I done for him bv Knowing his teeth
or wagging his tall , but visitors piefer the
latter , as How Is n bull dog ot high degree.
He l.s ns ucly as any similar niembci of the 1
enntno race vvhn ever wore u blue ribbon
nnd ono of the largest species In Groil
Britain , llo Is of n very aftecllonato dlb-
position nnd Li a great pel wllh the chllw
drcn.
iTlINt l.llvO II Mllll.
Dr. Doyle's workshop Is always ready with
an abundance of paper , pens and pencils ,
whllo the box of smoking niKturevi nlw.iy.s
contains a good supply for the favorite
stumpy black pipe. How many thrllliiu ;
descriptions have been written with that pipe
clenched between the nuthor'n lecth will
prolnbly never be'known , but Its appearance
Indicates that It has done yeoman service.
Considering his experience It Is not
strange that the doctor has secured mate-
rial for btieh a variety of fiction It It can
be called fiction which he has prepared. H
scarcely seems credible that the same hind
which detailed the career of an adventurer
|
of the HIchcllcu regime , could with equal ,
faithfulness , portiay the llve.s of the mlseilv i
London me.chant nnd his villainous son |
In "Iho Finn of Glrdlestono" but he' has vit > - j
I ted the mcht hlstoilc scctlors of Tranc-e
nnd no detail ot scene which would nsslst
In forming the plot of a story has escaped
1 Ifnotice. . Ho Is ns familiar with the Ina
and outs ot tbo woild's greatest city as
though a lifelong resident , and hns tiaverscd
about every part of England offering matter !
for his line of work. The tlmo spent ns n
medical practitioner at Southsca and cloe-
where gave him an additional fund to draw |
from , which Iho great majority of writers |
lave nciver posset-fred He can detail the I
work In hospitals nnd ue casualties and j
crimes that came under his ubbcrvatlon lo
htrcnglhcu his descriptions. Everyone at
nl ! familiar with the routine of a surgeon
appreciate the opportunities he hns had
u observe life from a point ot vien hidden
to t the layman. This hnb been the good '
fcrluno of Dr Doyle , but he has abandoned i
Ibo Ufeo of Iho scalpel and pl-inl except ns
emergencies require his skill in his own
hcuschold nnd Intends lo devote hlme > elf en-
tliely to literary work. He has practically
followed Ibis plan for several years. '
Just wbat wo may next expect from the
library In Haslemero valley , cannot bo an
swered in this article , as on lhat point the
author's lips are sealed , The success ot his
play , "Haves , " In London theaters may de
cide him to hoon complete another or ho may
picduco a new ci cation In fiction.
fit'VINT KIJ VTI'HUS ' OF 1,1 PH.
In Japan there Is a proverb among the
medical fraternity that "when the twin en
emies , disease and poverty. Invade a home ,
that ho who takes aught from that home ,
even though It bo given him , Is a lobber. "
Accordingly no doctor ever thinks of abklng
a poor patient for a fee.
"By a misplaced comma , " says the Kan
sas City Journal , "a papei in Greeley
county raised a dickens ot a row. It sild.
'Two jnung men from Leoll weiil with
Ihoir gills lo Tribune lo allend the teach
ers' Institute' , and as soon ns they left , the
gills got drunk. ' Tbo comma belonged aftei
the girls. "
A young lady from Interior Kansas , who
vvah taking the examination foi the position
of teacher , answered the question"What
Is your position upon whipping children' ' "
us follows. "My usual position Is on n
chair with Iho school child held firmly
across my knees , face down " She lost Iho
school but was man led lust week.
One of Ihe grounds on which Miss Lillian
r. Morris of Plttsfield , Mass. , brings bull
for JnO.OOO daimgcn ngalnst the Wincl.estci
Arms ' company foi the loss of two Ilngois
of her left hand whllo upcrntlng one of thu
company's machines , is that 'before ' the ac
cident she was an accomplished plain plnyer
nnd thus met many people bocially and that
now being debaned from such oppoi Utilities
her chances of meeting any ono suitable for
a husband will bo very much less.
Miss Saber House of Cherokee county ,
Kansas , was run over by n railroad train
fifteen years ago , when she was only 2 ycaru
old , and thereby lost a leg. Now her father
has JtiBt hi ought bull for $30,000. H may
bo 1 : that the plaintiff Is at lust convinced
that Ihe leg will not grow again , but the
turillncbs in bringing action would seem to
.circumvent the iccent ruling of a couit lhat
damages In any laigo amount for injury lo
n child of lender years are not collectible
because of the uncertainty attending the maturing -
turing of the Injured.
John Halle , n leccnt airlval In Now York
fiom Eurrpe , comes with hln mother-in-law ,
with whom ho eloped after quickly tiring of
hid H-ycar-old wife. Mr. Balle has thus
furnisned a filiation as yet untiled by the
dramatists ' , besides confounding thn hiimor-
lets , nnd still ho Is not happy. When the
mother-in-law ' was put In the detention
pen ' for women Immigrants , and thus sepa-
intcd ' from Dillc , she said , with an omlnaua
wagging of the head "Wall till I get nt
him. ' " Hallo Is , " > r > years old and the woman
SO , nnd they will be ECIH back lo Posen ,
where they will have to light It out with
the ) chllil wlfo and daughter.
A curious lawsuit which grew nut of thn
purchabu of a piano has Just been adjudl
cated In Providence , H 1. The buyer of
the Instrument ordered It delivered at her ,
residence , but when It arrived there it could
not bo can lad through the door. The wln
dow bashro weio then taken out , but In
. and It was next docldeed to remove
the window frame- The piano dealers were
unwilling lo bear the oxpcnbo of that opera-
tlon , and a wni thu purchaser , and UK n
ictiult iho iiuirutnent was taken back to
tin ) piano rooms , ami the woman demanded
the itJturu of her money Upon the refounal
of the dealt ru to comply with IICT request
BI entered ua and the i.iie liaa bec'ii do-
ude'd against hi > r
-
Drink Old Quaker Hye Soft and
ROTIIERY UNBOSOMS HIMSELF
President of the Q M , HHohcoek Olub is
Deeply Disappointed.
FEELS ALSO KEEN STING OF INGRATITUDE
Him Trained Kv rr > ililnn from n
lli-av j MoltiM JJruNor lo 11 Hull
luii amilvvn > * IH ' ( iiuni1
AVIdiout llolterliitt.
Xext to G. M. Hitchcock himself , the
"confusionlst ' most disappointed and who
feels most keenly the Htlng ot Ingrntltudo
by the appointment of Senator Allen Is 1M
Hothei.v of this clt > . who prides himself
with tlie honor of being the prt'sldenl ot
the G. M. Hitchcock club. Itothcry , who
hart trained and prepared over } thing tor a
prlro light fiom n heavyweight pugilist down
to u ten-pound bullterrier , has not } ct fully
lei-overed fiom the Jar ho experienced from
thu bui.sllng of thu senatorial boom ot his
favoilte , whoso detonation shook the etsl-
whllo gladlatot of the matic ; circle fairly
off his pedals.
'I was nt the ilngslde when Corbolt low
ered : the pltnno of John L. Sulllvnn. " suld
' President Hothery the other day , tiylng to
drown his borrow with n number of con
vivial null Its In bin h.ilcon In the Ihlid
ward. "I 'had ' my money on Hulllvan , and
n big lump of II. too , nnd whi'ii I saw hlai
go ' down In defeat I was all hioke up. Thu
big | > fellow was n tlugger and n lighter from
'way hack , nnd 1 felt as If 1 had been
| km ' eked out iioself when his colors were
lowered. Hut Hitchcock's defeat hit mo Just
as hard , ot exactly In pocket , but It nudn
i ;
j mo feel as If I was In the ling and mme
one had Kbit one Into mj own solai plcAUf > .
"Our man should have got the declaim.
,
'causo Allen fouled him in entering the
ring. | Ho should have staved back nnd let
.1 democrat have a show. I thought we had
j It all framed tip to win. nnd had wo thought
it j ( ciccc'SRao we might have done a good deal
more plugging up rooters and packing the
.
bleachers Ab picsldent of the Hitchcock
,
club I trained our man for a twenty-round
go , but had to give some time to my silooti
just to keep the constituency properly lu
bricated. . I thought It was all one way ,
just ( llko a prl/o bulltcriler fighting an
tight-ounce rat.
All the Ilo > M for IIKeliciifU.
"Tho bo > s who ciimc Into my place at
any rate all shouted for Hitchcock ; every
ccie of them was for Hitchcock , and It
looked ' ' as If ho couldn't lo e. You don't
think they wcro giving It to mo Htialght ?
Oh , sine they were" " A few drinks loosens
n man's tongue nnd he'll tell his real senti
ments then much caslei than when ho
thinks some ono'b trj Ing to pump him , r. d
J
they ' were all for Hitchcock , first , last and
all the time.
"Uut it is all over nnd I suppose"
use ciylng We've got to take our medicine
game. Hut I tell you wo pretty neir woie
gtl
that governor out with lettein. telegrams
and messengers ; \\'e thought we had hl'ii
several times. It was only a chance blon
an > how that knocked us out at" the critical
moment. It was like n thunderbolt , and
between that nnd the osclllatlifg . . . . .uenoe
of lock and ijo many of the boys shcok
hands with their equilibrium nnd didn't turn
up for sci'ernlyda > B. I'm only pelting my
own form now.
"Hitchcock oughtn't to have holleird.
though No daad game sport would do that
only these trouthy biulscrs that bavii
more wind than sand After jou'io counted
out the only way to do is to pick jourbC-lf
up mid shake hands with 1ho other feller , no
matter how haid jou'd like to paste him.
"But I am still president of the G. iM.
Hitchcock club anil don'tou forgcit It.
And the next tlnm wo put our man In the
ring ho'll be able to go to a finish nt catch
weights nnd baio knuckles If ho don't It
won't bo my fault , nuinuse dining my caicor
In 'the ' ring and my experience with prl/o
fighters , two-footed and four-feotcd , I've
nlwnvs kervt grooming them until they won
, , , , - ,1 i r n't i-r whv I should throw i"p
the sponge this time. J'm no quitter nii'l
If tin io uio any mole 'stings of Ingiatltudo'
running around we'll rnuh 'em and cut
their claws r-eforu Mine's called "
MJW I\II011 \TISTICh. .
1'rcxent roiiillllon of Orurunlred I.iilnir
In tlif Kni'ilrisiittf. .
The December bulletin IsMicd by the
bureau of labor statistics of New York slate ,
compilslng retuins for the months of Julyr
August and September , hhow n marked In
crease in membership of labor organization
nnd a reduced percentage of Idleness. There
vvoio 1,320 trade unions In the state on Sep
tember 30 , 1899 , as compared with 1,087 on
the ? nmo day of IS'JS , and the membership
Increased j from 171,067 to 209,11:0. : which H
the t largest number yet lecorder by the
bureau. During Iho quaitor the number of
mainbors Idle w.it > 1,788 , or 2 3 per cent of the
jnimbershlp. compared with H.74 : ! , or .1.7
per cent in lb'S ) , and fi 5 per cent In 1S'J7.
A still larger dccrcuM ) was manifdst In the
number unemployed nt the end of the quar
ter , the aggiegato number being only Ui&0 ! ,
or 4 7 per cent of the membership , ns eoin-
pared with 103 per cent nt the end of Sep
tember In 1S' > 8 , and K'.S poi cent nt the end
of September in 1S97. Even ho Into ns Juno
30 of the present > car the precentogo of
Idleness was 10.7. The diminished Idleness
Is accompanied with Increased earnings In
most of Iho trades.
The movement foi shortening the hours of
labor In that Btato has of late made consid
erable pi ogress The effect of the eight-
hour law of ISUfl upon public omploymcnt ,
cither direct or through the medium of the
contract system , was described In the Sep
tember bulletin. In iho prevent lss.no ap
pears nn articleon the movcmient for
Saturday half-holiday In Now Yoik City ,
wheio nearly 20,000 incmbcrB of labor organ
izations have obtained the half holiday slnco
lust spring without a reduction of the eokly
wages. The tradeb thua successful weio prin
cipally the carpenters nnd allied trades pee
ple. Ht.ilr builders , lablnet workers. Ilia lay-
eis , etc The federal olght-hnni law , on-
actcd In 1S9.J , has remained more or k-sj of
a dead letter , so far PS contract work was
( oneuined. until < hu | > car. On the 21et of
November In the United States district toiirt
at Hnltlmoro a firm of < ontrnftors on the
now naval academy buildings nt Annapolis
was fined $500 for permitting ono of their
employes to work muio than the statutory
eight hours on July 3. 1899. The same firm
WOH fined the nominal uutn of $10 for a
technical t violation of the law on another
occasion. The precedent established In the
decision of the Ilaltlmoro court premises to
be of hnch Importance us to warrant the
publication of the federal eight-hour law
In tho'Iiullutln , along with a nummary nt
the court's proceedings In the Cailln cage.
The Bulletin also contains an account of
the nmv movement initiated In Hrooine
county to bring the farmorn within the ranViH
of iradu unionism Ten local unions had
been formed up to the 10th of December , with
nc aggregate membership of about 300 , a
union label adopted and an Intcrnatl'inal
union organized , which wnt delegates to thu
Detroit tonvenliun of the Ameruan Fc > i
nratlon of Labor to geek nfllltailou ultti that
body.