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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1900. 15 TEN BOOKS OF THE CENTURY A Bmposlum Compiled by Men Eminent in Literature and Education. DIVERSE OPINIONS OF LEADING MINDS An Inntrtictlre Itrvtoir of lloolii Will eh Have MnM I n lliipiiorit tlTe ThoilKlit Hinl Ai-tlvlllrn of the Century. At tho request of the editor of tho Out look, Now York, to namo tcu books of tho cmtury ending this month which havo most Influenced Its thought and activities, opinloiifl wcro prepared by ten men selected for their eminence In literature and edu cation, ntid aro published in thu current lshiip Of tho ten contributors to tho Bympoalum, tho opinions of flvo aro Riven below, uamoly: James llryce, M. I'., uuthor of "Tho American Commonwealth;" Kd uard Everett Hale, distinguished minister; Arthur T. Hadley, president of Yale uni versity; 0. Stanley Hall, president of Clark university; Thomas Wcntwortu Hlggln&on, author and critic. I'riitii .lumen llrycr. It Is dimcult to namo any ten books as liming been specially and conspicuously Influential In forming or guiding opinion during tho century now coming to Its end, nod dllllcult fur theBu two reasons: In tho first place, sorao of tho greatest thinkers and writers who havo dono most to mold tho minds of tflulr contemporaries havo deno bo by their writings ua a whole, and not by any ouo particular book which can bo singled out from tho rest. And, sec ondly, Is the criterion of selection to bo tho direct and Immedlato Inlluenco of u book upon thoso who read It within tho few years aftor Its nppcarancc, or nro wo to tako Into account ltu perhaps moro enduring though less prompt and palpablo effect upon the next or a subsequent generation? Dlfforont conclusions will havo to be reached, differ ent Judgments passed, according to whether the former or tho latter criterion Is adopted. In tho selection which I am going to nibko I Bhall try to strike a balance, or rather to arrango a compromise, between the jo criteria. The book which I put first, and which probably everybody would put at leaBt amoDB tho first. Is Dawln'a "Origin of Bpccles," a treatise which has dono moro to turn tho current of speculative thought In general, ns well as to cast light on tho most dllllcult problems of natural history, than any other within tho last hundred years. Tho next two writers who seem to have pountcd for most In forming men's minds and stimulating thought aro Ooetho and Hegel. It Is hard to select from among their writings the two books which havo gono furthest, and In the case of Hegel, oral teaching was almost as Important as published writings. However, ono mny name Goethe's "Faust" and Hegel's "History of Philosophy" as perhaps tho most widely known and widely Influential. Wordsworth's poetry has dono moro than any othor to Insplro tho growing lovo of naturo and appreciation of natural beauty which belong to this century, and out of his poems ono may tako "Tho Excursion" as pro-eminent In doing this work. In a different sphere, Mazzlnl's writings, and particularly his "Duties of Man," told powerfully on thought during tho forty years which followed tho beginning of his literary career. Itarl Marx's treatise called "Das Kapl tal" became, soon after Its publication, a ort of blblo for the socialists of continental Kuropo. Its "force Is not spent, nor can we tall as yet bow far its doctrines may con tinue to work. Tho Roman Catholic rovlval which suc ceeded tho revolutionary movement of tho end of last century found ono of Its ablest und most uncompromising theorists In De Malstro. His book "Lo I'apo" Is perhaps tho best embodiment of his doctrlnos. Now almost forgotton, It played an Important part In Its timo In propagating a set of lows which havo had much currency In Italy as well as In France, and have con tributed to tho Catholic reaction In Eng land also. "Toequovlllo'a Democracy In America" produced an Immense effect upon studonts of tho political and social sciences when It appeared, and that effect may bo traced In English writers like John Stuart Mill and Uagehot, as well as on Tocquevllle's own countryman. So much of it has passed Into our common thought that wo are apt to forget how much wo owe to It. Malthus (If 1 may Include a book pub lished In 1708, but one that In reality be longs to this century's history) appealed to an even smaller clrclo of readers than Tocquovlllo. But his book on "Population" marks an epoch In tho science of political economy, and had a mcmornblo Influence not only upon economic students every where, but upon legislation In England. Proso fiction has been more widely and powerfully employed as a means of enforc ing theories regarding man's naturo and octal relations' in this century than It ever was before; so perhaps somo book be longing to that class ought to bo Included In such a list ns Is asked for. Among tho groat vrltcrs of fiction tho first pface probably belongs either to Victor Hugo or to Count Lyof -Tolstoi, and If any ono book W to bo selected as specially conspicuous If the mail does not stop the coujjh the coukIi stops the manj stops his ap petite, Lis sleep, his pleasure and liia work. So called "cough remedies" sometimes relieve but they don't podeep enough to cure. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures coughs nnd diseases of the respiratory organs per fectly and permanently. It stops the cough. It heals the lungs, stops the hemorrhage, if the lungs arc bleeding, and by purifying the blood nnd increas ing the action of the blood-making glands enriches every organ with the good blood which alone will make a good body. "My hiiftaml had bten couching for years nd people frankly tolil ine lhat lie would co Into consumption," nntra Mrs. John Klilirmau, of No. a65 jjth Jince, Chicago, lit. " He had such terrible coWKWni spells, we not only grew much alarmed, but looked for the bitrxlngof a blood vessel or a hemorrhage at nlmot nuy time. After three days' couching he k-um too weak to cross the room. The doctor did him no good. I Mated tliecuv? to a riruxit, who handed me a bottle of Dr. Pierce' Uolilrn Medical Dlscov. ery. My kilobaud's recovery was lemaikable. In three day after he began usiug I)r. I'ierce's Golden .Medical Discovery he wan up and around, nnd In two more days he went to work. Two bottles cured lilui." Dr. Pierce's Heasant Pellets cure bili ousness. They produce jiermaueiit bene fit and do not re-act on the system. One la a gentle laxative, two a cathartic dose. for tho Influence It has had on men's thoughts and emotions Hugo's "Ies .Mis erable" would seem to havo the strongest claim, though ns respects fertility of In vention, cr exuberanco of humor, or fine ness of treatment, other writers, Including Dickens and Thackeray, may havo reached as high a level. It may seem strange that among the books just enumerated there should be none of Carlyle's, or Emerson's, or Hus kin's, Apart, however, from the dlfllculty of choosing a single work In tho case of writers who have been cffectlvo by quantity us well ns by quality, It Ib to bo observed that nono of these three exerted any potent Influence outsldu tho language In which he wrote. Thero nro other writers besides tho three famous ones I have named who seem to bo excluded by this consideration. I doubt whether any book In this century (exrppt "The Origin of Species") has ex ercised so great an Influence as was exer cised In tho eighteenth cntury by the "Es prit des Lois," the "Contrat Social," the "Wealth of Nations" and tho "Krltlk dcr rclncn Vernunft." From Kilnnnl Everett llnlr. For English and American roaders I think tho list of men authors Is quite easily made. So far as their names go, I should think that, tho ten writers who have most af fected tho thought and living of the last 100 years nro Goethe, Walter Scott, Victor Hugo, Italph Waldo Emerson, De Tocquo vlllo, Darwin, Hcnan and, with less cer tainty, I think I should add John Ituskln, Alfred Tennyson and James llryce. To come to special books Is moro difficult. 1. Probably (loetho's "Faust." "Wilhclm Melstor," "The Elective Affinities" and "Tho Morphology" havo affected his time more than his other publications, some of which ho thought moro serious. Tho man, for batter, for worse, has mado a mark on tho century. Ono is glad to soo that tho century is rubbing tho mark out, but, all tho same, the mark was thero. 2. 1 like to remember that I bought "Tho Origin, of Species," In tho first edition, In London, In 1S59. I knew ob well then as I know now that tho book ought to bo writ ten, and It has rightly achieved Us own reputation. 3. No ono In England would ncccpt Do Tocquevlllc's "Democracy In America" as ono of tho central books. All tho Bamo, I think It Is. I think It rovoaled us to our selves nnd I think the study of It has done no end of good In Europo. 4. llryco's "American Commonwealth" may be classed with It. This, however, Is still beforo us. Mr. llryce himself saya some whero In It that ho has never met any European writer except one Swiss school master who understood tho constitution of tho United States. I have never read the Swiss schoolmaster's book, so that I think Uryco Is tho only person, on tho othor sldo of tho water, who really understands and comprehends about America. Ho knows a great deal more about America than half our statesmen do. 5. John Ituskln undoubtedly outlived his reputation. I still think his book on tho "Modem Painters" sent young men and young women out from their houses Into tho open air and mado them read clouds, trees, vapors and mountains as they had not read them before. 6. Emerson, bo far as preaching goes, is the preacher to tho English and Ameri can world today. I do not claim for him that he Invented tho doctrine of the Im manent presence of God. This Is the cen tral doctrine of tho New Testament. But I do say that we owe to him an Immense advance In tho religion of our time. 7. Now, as to Scott and Victor Hugo. It 1b the faBhlon lust now to talk of Scott as If he were only a sceno painter or a stage mechanic. This is sheer nonsense. In an ngo which knew nothing of history Scott mado dead people live and move arid havo a being. In an age which cared -nothing for history he mado men work out tho traditions of four or flvo centuries. He wrote better poetry than most people of his timo, and tho literature and thought of England, France and Germany are today vastly largor because he wrote novels, 8. Of Victor Hugo, In a mitigated way, I might say the same thing. For myself, I do not read Victor Hugo, but people do read him In France and In Germany, and I think ho made a good many dead men take up their bed and walk. 0. The value of Alfred Tennyson's book, "In Memorlam," will be stated In different ways by different people. For me, I am very sorry that his Bon has over written his father's lire. I think bo has lifted him down two or throe Bteps on the pyramid on which ho had a right to stand. Fanny Kemble onco said to mo that she was glad she did not know more of the personal life of William Shakespeare, and I think she was right. At all events Hallam Tennyson has mado a' sad botch of It. Ho aceniB to havo said to himself: "I havo a thousand pages and my father lived eighty-two years. Eighty-two Into ono thousand goes twolvo and nlnoteen-hundrcdths times. Go to, I will write twelve and ntnetccn-hundredths pages about each year of his life." He has thus succeeded in making his father, I do not say vory human, but very earthly, for which I am sorry. All the same, the "In Memorlam" exists, a tribute, heart wrung, from a great poet on tho death too early of a dear friend. Wherever the book Is, and wherever anybody reads It, it lifts that somebody from the world and the things of the world, and I suppose that Is what poets aro meant to do. 10. As to Renan, I do not say that his "Life of Jesus"ls the most Important book In tho uplifting of the gospel study In this century. But It Is the book which haB awakened the most thought and Is moat widely known. From Arthur T. Hadlrr. Tho bookB chosen In answer to this ques tion must be selected for tholr results rather than for their merits. They should be the ones which havo had tho largest measurable effect on tho world's thought and civilization. A standard of this kind shutsiout a num ber of works which havo high artistic val ue, but whoso Influcnco has been eomewhat Intangible. Tho poems of Wordsworth and Browning, tho nools of Scott and Thack eray, of George Eliot, nnd perhars oven of Baliac, fall under this had. Few pooplo would deny that "Mlddlemarrh" was a grentor work of art than "Uncle Tom's Cabin," but "Uncle Tom's Cabin" had a historic, power which "Mlddlemarch" did not nnd could not possess. Our standard aUo shuts out those books whoso influence was fragmentary books which only contributed a small part In a lnrgcr general movement. The namo of Tyndall Is Identified with tho doctrine of tho conservation of energy, and the namo of Flaubert with tho development of mod ern realistic fiction, but there Is no ono work either of Tyndall or of Flaubert which accomplished enough In Itself nnd by Itself to claim a placo In our list. We aro compelled also to discriminate ugalnst thoso writers whoso Influence lay In a direction counter to tho general trend of tho century, and was neutralized by the logic of ovents. Neither Victor Hugo In flctloi, nor Newmnn In theology, nor Marx nnd Ocorgo In political economy, have had tho power which they might have obtained If they had been working on tho lines of progress Instead of athwart them. Finally, wo must excludn the books of men like d'Annunzln and even Tolatol, be causo their work Is too recent for us to ob tain a proper measure of Its Influcnco. My list, as thus restricted, would fall Into two groups, one of which belongs to tho period from 1S0I to lS2i, and tho othor to tho period from U19 to 1863. The first group consists of "Napoleon's Civil Code," Goethe's "Faust." Hegel's "Encyclopaedia of th Philosophical Sciences," Schopon haurer's "World as Will" and Frocbcl's "Ed ucntton of Man." The second group In- Admission to the Bar OMAHA, Dec. 1. To the Editor of Tho Uce: Your editorial In last Sunday's num ber on "Loopholes in Bar Admlsslcn," while very tomi llmentary to the commission and suggesting much food for thought, Is, as I think, In error with reference to the ad mission of graduates of the law school of the State university. Of course If that Institution Is being made tho means of admitting persons simply be cause they hnve attended upon Its course of study nnd use Its privileges for the sako of tuition, such prlvllcgo should be cut off. A prlvllego fraught with opportunities of unloading on tho people of the state and its overworked and poorly paid courts Ignorant and unqualified parties who desire the name and privilege of n lawyer, with out a proper knowledge of the principles of tho law or a proper sense of Its duties and responsibilities of a practitioner, should be canceled, nnd that Instantly. If the leg islature had not an almost unbounded right to say who should be ndraltted as attornoys and counselors of Its courts It might well be doubted whether the attempt to confer such special privilege upon ono particular rchool was not In plain violation of tin fundamental law against grants of special privileges In uny case. But In tho case of tho university, Ua teachers nro well known lawyers of tho Btate, men of established learning and character, who nro within tho Jurisdiction of tho HUpremo court and amenable to Its disciplinary powers If It bo ascertained that they nro abusing tho privilege grnntcd them. My observation has been that good nchools are less likely to pass unqualified persons than many of the courts. Except ns to persons who nro duly ad mitted and qualified practitioners In tho eludes Salnto-Bcuve's "Mondays," Mrs, Stowe's "Undo Tom's Cabin," Spencer's "Principles of Psychology," Darwin's "Ori gin of Species" und Kenan's "Life of Jesus." Tho absolutely sure names In this list are Goetho and Darwin; tho most doubtful ones seem to me to bo Salnte-Beuvo und Kenan, whoso Influence, though widely spread and profound, was essentially transitory. Much Is to bo said for tho substitution, In place of either, of Balzac's "Corned lo Humalnc." From 1. Stanley Hull. I am glad your request Is for "ten books which I think have been among tho rao3t Influential of tho century." 1. I should placo first Darwin's "Origin of Species," which In a way Implied his later "Descent of Man," because tho wholo evolu tionary movement took Us rlso from these moro than from any others. 2. Hegel's "Logic" deserves a placo, be cause In It culminated the thought of a mua who dominated all academic depart ments during tbo second quarter of tho century, and Its Influence Is still potent In England and America. 3. StrausB "Llfo of Jesus," bo far as It drew the conclusions of tho Tubingen Bchool nnd stirred religious and theological thought profoundly, should be Included In an Inventory of Influences, although the morlts of tho book Itself would not Justify a placo in this list. 4. Horace Mann's "Educational Reports" are the fountain-head of a reform that gavo us the graded school system, as It now exltis, although his views are now somowhat outgrown. G. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was another of the most effective books of the century. 6. As a specialist, who may be pardoned for what Is perhaps an overvaluation of things In his ken, I should place Helm holtz's work on "Auditory Sensation." This analyzed what had hitherto been thought to be an undecomposable clement of tho human soul, by methods tho logical perfection of which has rarely been equaled and Is worthy of a man to whom a col league, Klmself eminent, paid perhaps the greatest compliment which ono savant could rendor another in saying that during his best years almost his every serious thought was a new contribution to the sum of human knowledge 7. With somo hesitation I would add Car lylo's "French Revolution," which has not only bo stirred the soul of two generations of readers, but, taken in connection wit) his style and the subject, brought out the dynamic power that directs human history and makes It so different from the record of man's plans. 8. Goethe's "Faust" Is a work that looms up, as I read It year by year, as a monu mental landmark. 9. It Influential' books may be stretched to Include all a man's works, I should place Wagner In this list, because he ro-edlted tho myths which constitute tho best part of tho ethnic bible of his raco and brought them home to the heart by tho charm of a new musical method. 10. Lastly, I wculd add Ibsen as the dra matist of tho future who, I think, has dono more than any man now living to exalt the work of tfio artist, who creates, over that of tho professor, who merely knows, and whose Influence Is likely to silence those who expound the doctrine of art for art's sake In a way to exclude It from ethics, where man'B supremo Interests lie. I find many othor names, Niebuhr, Theo dore Parker, Humboldt's "Cosmos," Schlel- ermacher, Emerson, "Lycll's Qeology," "Les Mlserables," Dickens, Herbert Spencer and others, which have claims to which tho above are preferred only with tho greatest hesitancy. When, in the year 1819, the Comte do Ealnt-Slmon was tried and barely acquitted on the charge of having asserted In a pamphlet that tho deaths of authors, artists and artisans wcro more Important to tho community than those of kings and bishops, ho set an exaraplo which we must perhaps follow; and we must look In literature or art or science for tho leading figures of tho last hundred years. As a literary man, I naturally begin with literature. Setting aside Qoothe, who belongs rather to the previous century, I think that one must go back to Scott (1) as tho lending Influence of the first half of tho nineteenth century. If ono wero to suggest Byron, for Instance, there Is tho fact that Byron him self called Scott tho most wonderful writer of the day, and pointed to his novels as a new llteraturo In thomselves." Scott taught us the vast rango of fiction; thu bieadth, even If not the depth, of It; and that Ideal characters nro as substantial to tho Imagination as renl ones. He charmed all mnnklnd, and Coleridge, who was probably moro the antipodes of Scott than any man In England, found Scott's novels tho only books he could read In ill ness, S Yet when wo turn to Heine (2) wo come to tho man above all others who has Influ enced, moro than any English writer, tho modern stylo In literature. Ho alone proved It possible to bo French and Oerman In one, to mingle tho brilliancy of ono nation with tho penotratlng thought of tho other. One may grow tired of Scott, although never for n long period, hut ono may read Helno over and over Ip.-lsflnltely, whether in German or In tho admirable translations of Leland, and find unabated attraction In his mero style. In this work he shares with Scott the scepter of the flrst half century. Turning now to poetry, wo see that Wordsworth (3), whom Southey patronized and Byron ridiculed, was creative In tho best senBe, because ho created his own famo, IIJn rango was limited; he thought that Goethe's writings could not live bo causo they were "not holy," and he pro nounced Burns' "Scots Who Hae" to be "wash" nnd "stuff." Nevertheless, he led his age, and modified the standard of Eng lish poetry for all coming time. Next to him. were the list to bo larger, I should place Shelley, When wo turn to tho abstract philoso courts of other states the legislature has not only prescribed their qualifications for admission to tho bar of the supremo court, but alto tho manner in which their knowl edge of tho iitw must bo acquired, to-wlt: cither by two or more years of careful nnd nttenttvo study In tho office of some duly admitted practicing attorney of this sate, or by regular graduation from tho law school of tho stato university. The first of thceo two classes of students must pass tho examination of tho commission ap pointed by tho supremo court, and tho dlfll culty might ns to tho second-class well be obviated by requiring them to also bo ex amined by said commission, as has been suggested by you. A change Is needed In tho statutory pro vision, whereby parties who aro practi tioners In other states may on their re moval to this state bo admitted to prac tlco In our courts without an examination Into their knowledge of tho principles of tho common law, Persons who will not ilcvoto tho time required to bo spent In tho ofllco of ono of our lawyers or to go through tho university, go to other states whoro a specified timo or courso of study Is not required and nn examination eltlicr not required or made a farce of, and aro then entitled to admission hero simply on proof of their former admission and present good moral character. All BUch persons should be required to pass an original examination beforo being allowed to practice In this Btnto. A still better courso would bo to vacate all licenses to prnctlco law by a dato certain, und regiant them under certain well defined restrictions, and then only for a limited time. WINFIELD O. STIIAWN. phers wo must dismiss Kant, llko Goethe, na belonging rnther to the previous century, and namo by preference Hegel (1), tho last of tho great quartet of German metaphysi cians, and tho ono whoso leadership has nt nuy rnto been most influential over mtnds In ttati country. Turning finally to those who havo dealt with social questions, It seems to mo that Robert Owen (C), as tho direct sotirco of tho modern co-opcratlvo method, must bo named in preference to thoso who, llko Saint-Simon, first launched socialism Into tho air. Passing now into the second half of tho century, tho namo of Darwin (6) of course leads all others, and nearest to him comes Emerson (7), not meroly from depth of thought, but from tho oxtrnordlnnry way in which his Influence has permeated lit oraturo, bo that ono may pick up a book that seems wholly rcmoto from him In tone and theme and still find htm unexpectedly quoted. Neither Carlylc nor Ituskln Is in this respect now to te compared with him. Fiction has now largely taken possession of literature, and It the ultlmato aim of fiction Is, as It should be, to creato the characters which como closest to naturo, tho flrst rank must bo given to Tolstoi (8). In tho case, of other literary artists wo are grateful If wo find In a novel ono single character which seems alive, and even those who, like Jane Austen, aro especially gifted with this vitalizing power, too often lavish It on very commonplaco subjects, IwhercaB when Tolsol unlocks a human heart, the process, though often painful, is always profoundly Instructive. I should place Hawtborno (9) next to jhlm, or In ono respect above him, as work ing in a higher atmosphere through the construction of types and figures which, though never actually human, take an un equaled hold on the Imagination; and I should close with Browning (10), as sur passing all other poeta in wealth and In range,, and as equaling tho highest, some times, In roolody. In general, as to this last, Tennyson surpasses Browning, yet seems thin by comparison, and does not, so far as ray own cxpcrlenco goes, retain so Inexhaustibly his Interest for the reader. To sum up, my list of tho leading intel lectual Influences for tho last century would be ns follows: For tho flrst half of tho century, Scott, Heine, Wordsworth, Hegel and Owen; for the second half, Darwin, Emerson, Tolsol, Hawthorne and Brown ing. MINATUHKS IJf PEN AND INK. Germany Is rapidly becoming a nation of whisky drinkers, according to tho report of Commissioner of Internal Revenue Wilson. Moro distilled spirits aro exported from this country to Germany than to any other for eign country. Tho Germans, apparently, are partial to bourbon whisky In preference to rye. For the year ending June 30, 1000, 411,489 gallons of bourbon and 137,678 gal lons of rye whisky wero sent. When Minister Wu, suite and all. was last In New York ho visited, among other places, a nowspapcr office. At one of tho desks in tho city room sat a woman renortor hard at work upon a "hurry" story. She knew nothing of the intended visit of the Chinamen and her surprtBo may be Imagined at the patter of cushioned feet and the rustlo of silken skirts. She looked up and saw planted before her desk twelve Bmlllng ceiqstialB MlBister Wu at tho head, the others In Indian file behind him his every gesture and motion being faithfully copied by them, Just as the chorus copy tho prin cipal In a Chinese comic opera. Long and earnestly did Minister Wu smile Into the eyes of the woman reporter at her desk be fore him. Then he deliberately picked up the sheet of "copy" from under her fingers and read It through. Replacing tho sheet, he resumed gazing Into her eyes. Then, with a smile that showed he was paying her tho highest compliment In his repertory, and with a fascinating little halt between each word, Wu said: "I-do-not-bollevc-that-you-are-a- woman. You - aro - a - man - dressed - In - woman's clothes." J. D. Curry, a farmer living near Bololt, Wis., and his son Clark, aged 14, were held up In their stable by throe masked robbers, who, after tying them with straps, went Into tho house, whero Mrs. Curry was over como by beating her on tho head with the butts of their revolvers. Had It not been for tho family cat Mrs. Curry would un doubtedly havo been murdered. Tho ani mal tipped over somo plants In an adjoin ing room ns the robbers were attacking Mrs. Curry. Tho men rushed Into tho room and Mrs. Curry mado her escapu to a neighbor's. She got tho men to return with her, but tho robbers had fled. Tho dcrperadocs had threatened to burn Mrs. Curry alive If sho did not give them $100 they claimed was hidden In the house. An American art student lu Paris Bays: "Thero are more wrecks of young lives and young nmbttlnns In Montmartro than In any other quartor of the globe. Fellows who fancy they are destined to become great artists havo tho illusion knocked out of them, but thoy refuso to Ieavo. 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Morris Chairs Morris chair mado of solid oak frame, has ropu turned spludles, adjustable buck, ro verslblo cushions cov ered with best figured velours oholco of col ors, special - , at (j.iiit e 1,1 T I rlinlt l'WMa 1 y UUr ll 4.IUIIIO V...1... 1 ' 1 la extra value, frumo J Is mado of select qunr tersawed oak or birch mahogany, hand pol ished, very rich, heavy design. Cushions nro hair filled, upholstered In tho best fig- ureu vciuuih, i'iiuii;c ui tuiuio unmatchable at our price. JL1 JJ Massive design frame Morris chair made of best figured quartcrsawed oak or birch ma- hogany finish, Is highly polished, heavy well filled hair cushions, covered In tho highest grade or voiour, cnoice , of colors, extra value, at IJJ MM mm Orchard & Wilhelm Carpet Co., NERVITA PILLS Restore Vitality, Lost Vigor and Manhood Cure Impotency, Night Emissions, Loss of Memory, all wasting cure or refund the money paid. Send for circular and copy of our Bankable Guarantee Bond. Nervita Tablets Exm STRENGTH kl V llO ClUIWlO Immediate Results Positively guaranteed cure for Loss of Power, Varicocele, Un developed or Shrunken Organs, Paresis, Locomotor Ataxia, Nervous Prostration; Hysteria, Fits, Insanity, Paralysis and the Results of Excessive Use of Tobacco, Opium or Liquor. By mail in plain package, $1.00 a box, 6 for $5.00 with our Bank able Guarantee Bond to cure in 30 days or refund money paid. Nervita Medical Co., Clinton and Jackson sts., Chicago, III. For Hair by Kulin & Co., lfitli u ail Doiiiflaa St., Uiunbo, Neb. tieorvc S. Duvl, Cuuuoll III ullat, lotvu. HBMCIOUS. A road Is being constructed, pnspoulo for carriages, between Jerusalem and Nazareth by tho Turkish government. About 3,(00 ministers took part In tho con summation of tho union of tho Free and United I'resbytcrlun churches of Scotland a few days ago. Trinity college, Washington, D. C, tho first Catholic; Institution tor the lit idler education of women, was dedicated with Im posing ceremonies on November 21. Nikola Tenia has decided that tho true solution of tho problems of llfo to which ho hiiH devoted so mucn Hiuuy ami inougui must bo found In tho principles of tho Christian faith. Itev. Dr a, Campbell Morgan, tho re ported successor of Dwlght 1. Moody, Ih pastor of the Nw court Con KrcKntfonnl church, London Ho Is tho sou of a Baptist minister, and, nlthouKh only 37 years old, lias been preuchlnK stneo ho wua u boy of 13. The proRresslve party In tho Roman Catholic church Is rent' o under tho con tinued and dominant inlluenco of tho ltnllnns. With u population "f only 20.0iO.- M), It Is claimed that Italy has mow bishops and archbishops than nil tho rest of Europe with Its iso.iw.wu Jiomnn caiiioucs. Tho Independent states that ono of the most Hlunlncunt facts of tho timo Is tho nttentlon belni; kIvcii In Kuropo to tho iiues tlon of Sunday rest for employes. Three years ni?o un international couuiesa on tho subject was held at DrussclH, followed this year by another In connection with tho i'arls exposition. I .a GururchU Cattollca states that during tho potlilcato of I.eo XIII KS7S to ltn) no fewer than 1.14 of the cardinals have died, Only four still live who wero his fellow rardlnuls under his predeetHsur. lius IX. Tho normul number of tho coIIuko Is seventy, but thirteen of tho seats ure at present unoccupied. Tho pastor of an eastern church stnted re cently that certain teachers In his Hundiiy school wero paid for their services. Accord ing to the iMHtir the prima requisite of u capublo teacher Is tll ability tn tell stories. That Is tho form 111 which moral lessons can best be conveyed. And good story-tullers, ho concludes, ure alwuys worthy of their hire. Rev. A. J. Ilachmann of Schnefferstown. I'll., hns for twenty-two ycarB presided over seven country cuurciics. uurinK iub mm . lstrutlou ho lm murrled 1,174 people, "OU are cordially invited to call and view our immense and complete lines of dolls and toys of every sort, kind' and description, including the choicest productions of tho leading toy makers of America and abroad. This season we have put forth great efforts to make "Toy Headquarters" more interesting and attractive than. ever. Novelties from Germany, France, England and, in short, the toy centers of the world are here in great a bun t .v t?nT.m.V TltTYMUH. flirt- tin a Pi mniln stock s full of new llolldny novelties our rurnisnmg koto win mm unr miv luvuiiu tw. u..v . ...... Turkish Chairs nnd Rockers Over stuffed leather rocker, substan tially mado with best springs and upholstorlng Special 1mH m ibJ Vory protty Turkish leather Hockors, diamond tufted back, full roll edge pleated puff front, valuo at fi fj tJ O carved with claw foot, upholstering of best genuine leather, pleated tutted back and ruffled puff front Special aluo at " " " ' " golden, oak or birch curved, lorge drawer mirror top. JtiQJL either flnlnh.'-' I! Statuary and liric-a-Hrao Tho largest assortment of theso goods ever brought to tho city, Imported di rect by us, priced nt one third and ouo-half less than regular. Handsomo novelties in Austrlun pot tery, roso Jars, vases, and pitchers ut $1. 7Go und.... 3 OO Very pretty novol pieces In Egyptian art waro and "Austria Royal Sexo." TheBO goods are extremely nanusoino ana are very pretty in their shades of decoratlvo colors, Largo cxqulslto assortment of bronzes Imported Japaneso and Chinese vaBcs and art goods. Wrought iron and gold cnndlo sticks and ornaments, Theso goods nro wormy your inspection ana wo Invito an early call. 1414-1416-1418 Douglas Street. diseases, all effects of self-abuse or excess and indiscretion. A Nerve Tonic and Blood Builder. Brings the pink glow to pale cheeks and restores the fire of youth By mail 50c per box, 6 boxes for $2.50, with our Bankable Guarantee Bond to baptized I .H10 Infants and 00 adults, preached 3,742 sermons, lectured J.800 times, otllclnted at 977 Interments, pnld 23,110 pastoral calls, traveled 00,000 miles to meet his appointments, has contributed 5,312 for benevolent objects and $20,000 for coiiureyu tlonal purposes. IIIhIioii Kin of tho Roman Catholic dlonusn of Marquette has ordered tho priests of hjs uioccmo 10 preacn ai least two sermons a mouth In tho KtiKllsh language. The order Is a hardship on pomu of thu priests who speak only French, but the wisdom of tho order Is not questioned. Tho Idea of tho bishop is to reach as many of the people nn possible In tho laiuuiiKo which they beta understand, und the order will bo to thu grunt benellt of thu children and younger members of tho Parishes who eonernllv Hpeak uud understand English. TIIU OI,llTI.MKItH. Henjamln D, fitlllmun, the oldest llvln-i ale graduute. Is also probably the oldest practicing lawyer In tho country. Ho is i)o and lives in Urooklyn. Kx-Senator Ilonry Ii Dawes is now In Ills &5th year. His health Is good, ho Is out of doom overy day and his mind is as rleur, his Interest in events us keen and his talk uu brirht us when lit left tho senate. , Miss Knto Miller of Fredericksburg, I'll., Is probably tho oldost factory "girl" In the 1'nlted states. 8ho recently colebi uteri her Slst birthday, and for tho hint twenty vars lias worked In tho same establishment. Hho never mihsc.i a day, turns out a full ciuotu of woik, computing with girls sixty yearn her Junior. Twenty-one persons died In MnssuchusettH Inst year iiged 1W years or mart'. Sixteen of tho twenty-one wcro women three of tho sixteen trover having been married, Klgnt of tho twenty-one wcro born lit Ireland, threo In Canada nnd three In other fonlgn countries leuvi'ig eevrn nntlve born, six f whom wero of Massachusetts nativity. Tho olrie.H was two months over lot) years, John A. Johnson, a miinufnctuier of Mad Isrin, Wis., bus ufTered J 10,000 to I ho Hoard of Supervisors of Iinito county, Wlsroml'i, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining n homo for uged people. In addition to thu regular method of entering the home, by thu payment of not ltru than 200, Mr Johnson has conceived the Idea of Issuing admission policies snnilnr to Insurance poll, ties, which may be taken out by pophi In youth or middle ago, to provide for tholr support and comfort In old uge, or which unw t-ltt .111. ...... i . i . . regular baslnes goe on uninterrupted. lumgn u no uieir irnuiug with us aa wol 1 1UI ,ii tov.,uh extra 29- Largo Turkish Leather Rocker, mahocany finish frame, richly 37- Extra largo assortment of large, easy, comfortablo Turkish rock ers and chairs, mako your purchases whtlo tho Block Is com plete and goods will bo held tor Holiday delivery If desired, Hampers and Scrap Uaskets Large, elegant new stock on snlo Monday. Very pretty fancy shapo hamp er, decorative colors, extra valuo . at l.GO Very largo assortment of fancy shape decorated haim. t. i each, -v-v only tf,UJ Scrap Baskets at 19e, 2Gc nnd 35c. Fancy color nnd shnpe scrap baekcts, new novel designs ri"i ! Or (jQC, UOCf ipl, (j ?.00 and 2.50 60 PILLS 50 CENTS mny be taken out by any ono for tho sup port of a friend. t Elizabeth Cooper Mclntyre. daughter cl Francis Cooper, a sea captain, and widow of John H. Mclntyre, long Mnco denri, was burn November 21, Mi, ut Third and Ilrown strei'tH. Philadelphia. Tho centennial of her birth was celebrated on tho 21st Inst.. In her native city. Bho has been the mother of twelve children, t whom nuvcn iru living. She has twolvo grandchildren llvlim und twenty-two great-grandchildren, ( ovMiiii ai,itii:h. There are other things that Europe has to fear bcsldo trade competition. An Amorl. can ;irl employed In one of tho departments at the World's) fair, l'urls, received 117 pru poals of mnrrlagc from men of fourteen different nationalities. Tho Kentucky girls certulnly know how to bet. One of them won a man on th election, und she naturally oxpresses her self as particularly well pleased with her w'nnlnirH. llelng slnglo nnd of marriage able ago she Is not ut a loss to know whut to do with him. Rev. 1,. K. Ingram, a Protestant mis slonnry located at Ooxaco, southern Mexico, went to Laredo, Tox., to bo married to Mlsii Franc Rattluy of London, who came to this country to meet her tlunco. The ceremony was porformeil by Hev. Mr. Rommcns of Ixirnn, III. The bride traveled G.txiO miles, tho groom 1,200 miles nnd the clergyman l.fiOO miles to the placo of mi'otlng. Tho editor of tho Fulrfax (Mo.) Forum In serts this notice In his paper; "W. II. llumbaugh, J. P. All kinds of marrlagui performed while you wait. Magazines und old books bound In tho best manner. All long-standing uccouutBftXi-ept thoso uguinst this paper collected In rag time. Orders for good iirliitlnc executed promptly. I Information on legal inatttrs Imparted at cost. Subscriptions taken for tho best newspaper In the English language, Try our triple-knot murrlago ceremonies. Satis. I faction guaranteed." Tho vulmi of tho masculine heart is to be fstubllshfd by thu Sangamon county (III,) I court, flcorge Wcgcrsteder has asked dam ages In tho amount of I2.WJ from Miss Hetty Long for u broken heart and considerable sums expended lu railroad tickets, Mr, Wegorsteder doubtless oxplultiH that his tickets wero full prlco and unlimited and l that he did not buy commutation tickets ' because lui exported commutation at the other end of the route, That he was dls r ' ' 'n hl rnlr iatlnni serves only to emphasize the varying emotions und In- 'mammy uf the tumlnlno nature.