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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: BUND AY, DECEMBER 3, 1903.
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COUNTRY SCHOOL'S DAY PAS1
A NoUbU Institution Griduallj Otiof
Out of Ix ittocs.
CENTRALIZED-SCHOOLS TAKE ITI PLACE
Better Inatrartloa a,a Better An.
eoianaodatlnna lor the Paplls
Marked Advaatage of
he Sew I'laa.
Before long- the dodo itself will not b
more extinct than the old-time country
school. As a people we have had a mania,
for multiplying- school houses. We doted
on a landBcape well suppled with them.
Times have changed. Country schools'
re being shut up by the score. But don't
get excited. The young- Idea Is not being
deprived of Its right to shoot. On the con
trary. It Is at last receiving Just as good
a chance along that line as used to be the
exclusive privilege of town children.
This is the way It Is done. Take any
where from two to a dozen spindling, tot
tering, half dead country schools. There
are thousands of them. Throughout the
east the rural school population has
dwindled to half what it used to be.
One reason is the movement toward the
cities. Another Is that the degree and kind
of learning handed out In these familiar
little old buildings wasn"t able to bring a
chili within less than long distance com
munication with an education.
It was nobody's fault, of course. Tou
can't expect Mamie Smith, aged 18, at tM
a month and her board, to be of the proper
caliber to teach an assortment of pupils
from a to 21 years of age. At any rate
Mamie -must be forgiven if the higher
brarches are rather slighted Such a school
Is apt to degenerate into a mere set-to be
tween teacher and pupils. In which all the
rules and most of the furniture get sadly
out of repair.
The ew System.
Under the new system all of these
scratch-scrabble nchools In a township are
closed. 'If there already exists a graded
school within the township, the country
pupils are takon back and forth' between
their homes and the school, the cost of
their transportation being paid out of the
school fund of the township.
The result is that the country children
have the same advantages as those In
town. And the cost to the township Is less.
The reports on the working of the new
system are Interesting. The change began
In New England, but now Is In use In
shout thirty states.
The south,, where the. school funds are
lamentably small and the country districts
re lucky to get three months poor teach
ing In the course of the year. Is behind the
procession. But In Florida. Virginia. North
Carolina and Georgia the system Is gradu
ally gaining ground.
In the north It is fairly revolutionizing
farnr life. Take one Instance that of
Green township. Trumbull county, Ohio.
This Is the real country. Not a city, not
a town, not even a sizable village In the
township. This Is a rural community If
ever there was one. It Is eleven miles from
one railroad and six miles from another.
The township Itself Is five miles square.
In 1900 the people of Oreen township
'mi't a modern brick school house at a cost
of 16,000. The building Is steam heated. It
contains six class rooms, with two addi
tional rooms, one for a library, the other
for office and reception room.
There is a basement under the entire
building. Part, of this Is for a laboratory
and gymnasium. The campus contains
three acres.
The building Is In the center of the town
ship and all the children of school age
are brought to It In the- morning and taken
home at the close of school In elaht wagons
regularly engaged for that purpose.
Improvements Noted.
During the first year after the closing
rf the small, scattered schools and the
.ipenlng of the central one, the enrollment
ncreased from ISO to 180 and the average
ittendance was more than proportionately
-ilgher. Tardiness, as in all these cen
tal I zed schools. Is unknown. The drivers
xre under contract to bring their loads of
'hlldren to school In time, and the children
oon learn to be ready for the wagon.
These wagons are generally long hacks
ir barges, with seats along the sides. The
aw requires that they be provided with
urtalns for stormy weather, with lap robes
nd hot soapstones.
Tt-e drivers must be responsible persons,
'.ach driver has a special route and though,
if course, some children may have a longer
ide than their souls really crave, this Is
id Bet by the fact that nobody haa to tramp
through rain, mud, slush or snow and then
sit In school with wet feet and clothing.
In townships like Oreen, where there Is
no vllluge or town life, this central school
life is an element of almost Incalculable
power. It brings about friendships which
unite the scattered families of the district.
It raises the standard of Intelligence.
It gives the boys a wholesome and hitherto
impossible knowledge of sport, for on the
campus base bull, foot ball and other ath
letlo games were played.
Even special teachers In music, nature
study and drawing make regular visits to
these centralised schools, whose pupils a
few years ago were wrestling rudely with
'Dier li to-day a crying heed of a re
formation In ths treatment of the body.
The basis of this reformation U to bi
found In the thesis of Dr. B. V. Pierce! '
Diseases which originate In the stomach
must be cured through the stomach."
In the forty odd years of Dr. Pleroe?
experience at chief
consulting physi
cian to the Inva
lids Hotel and
Surgical Instltuta
In Buffalo, N. Y..
be has treated mora
than half a million
people, with a re- .
eord of ninety-eight fL
cure in every nun-
held by Dr. Pierce f'.t 4
thafcths stomach is
the chief breeding LA
place of disease, is;'
abundantly borne
out by the success
of his treatment
which Is addressed
primarily to the
stomach and other
organs of digestion
and nutrition.
No other medi
cine sets so power
fully and as perfectly!
on the stomach and
other organs of digestion and nutrition.
mm ms iw w m uuiuvu junuuat tjtwwwt J
Men and women aQllcted with shortness
of breath, heart disease, suffocation, dla
tlness, spots before the syti, liver pains,
and similar ailments havs been promptly
and perfectly oared by the ass of CrolJen
Medical Discoverv.
Miss Lavtlla Bon Ins. Curator Natural Bls
tor? oclety. of 4 Levawea Street, Wat
Lansing. Mich., writes i suffered Vila
chroolc dyspapsia for nearly seven years,
and Uils rauwd sae to grow very thia and
pals, al the same time sny blood twrame pour
and I was sit nervvue and uniiruni thai t
was unit to attend to my dally duties. Bear
waseUo aerti ml guttered al the least
lciieiaant. I spent a lot of money doctor
ing and found Pp relief, until I took Dr.
Fierce s olden Vleaical Plscwvery. It cer
tainly Is a wotiderfui uedVlne. It toned os
or siomeca and I tweaa to bare a spleadia
eppetxei bad BO OvuUe with say dlaesUoa.
aud I began to pick np and set strong 1
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a.. rich b
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Bowed In ml veins.
ace Bur. fall It)
the beauty and Jor est lite. I
red perfect health for a reea
Puma's tValdea Madiasl ttf
have now enlore
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TOOTH TALK. No. 10
(jk The Indifference of
0 dentists generally to
the pain they Inflict Is
hard to explain. It Is many
times due to lack of sympa
thy, or, perhaps, comes from
Ignorance; colleges, strange
ly enough, teach little on this
subject, and It Is seldom dis
cussed In dental societies..
The causes of dental sensi
bility are numerous and can
rarely be treated by a single
remedy alone. I resort to a
wide range of remedies apd
bring about a painless con
dition, even though It takes
more time.
A nellable Dentist
at a Reasonable Fee.
Prmrte
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DR. rtCKE". nrcsTisT,
138 Bee Bldg.
Mamie Smith und a limited acquaintance
with the three It's.
Centralisation Growing.
In Massachusetts, with Its network of
trolleys, centralization has been growing
easier every year. Country children living
within a reasonable distance of a trolley
line and It la a comparatively small pro
portion which does not live near one nowa
daysreceive trolley tickets from the
school authorities and go back and forth
on the ubiquitous electric car.
These tickets are furnished the school
authorities at half rates, and each child
gets two a day. If the parents wish to
have a child come home for luncheon they
can have two extra tickets a day by pay
ing another five cents themselves; or the
children carry luncheon with them.
Almost Invariably the new method re
sults In a saving to the township. In New
Hampshire, out of 124 towns only one re
ported an Increased cost, while twenty-six
out of the number give the present cost,
Including conveyance of the children, as
only one-half what It used to be under the
cross roads school system.
TMn Is easy to understand when one
realizes that In New Tork state there are
about 3.000 school districts with an aver
age attendance of less than ten pupils.
There are some which report an average
attendance of three-quarters of a pupil.
The Old and the Kerr.
In an Ohio county, close to the Oreen
township paradise of centralized schools,
some inspecting visitors stopped at a dis
trict school house In a township which
still clings to the old method. They found
a small building, no shade trees, antiquated
furniture, primitive ventilation and sani
tary arrangements. In fact, the typical
country school of sentimental poetry.
And In this battered institution of learn
ing exactly four children were pursuing
knowledge. The teacher was getting $30
a month to teach four pupils.
If she was above the grade of ordinary
country school teacher, as the amount of
her salary would Indicate, It may have
been edifying for the lonesome quartet,
though not exactly an inspiring experi
ence. But It seems as If the tax payers
must have felt that those four children
were an expensive ornament to the dis
trict In Maine, where a total of one-thlrtleth
of all the school funds Is paid for trans
porting children, It Is the law that all
schools with an enrollment of less than
eight pupils shall consolidate with a neigh
boring school. As a result, even with the
cost of conveyance, some districts report
as high a saving as tt a pupil. This is
good.
but the best of it Is that the country
children thus have better teachers, better
courses of study and better mental, moral
and ' physical training. In Massachusetts
the number of children conveyed to and
from centralized schools has increased
from about 30,000 In 1S90 to about 150,000 at
present.
The Increase has been even more pro
nounced In some states of the middle
west. In New Tork the method has not
made much progress, but legislation is
helping It somewhat. Experience will do
the rest.
The country school house as It haa been
In the past will soon be a curiosity. New
York Sun.
ROUNDING UP THE ABSENTEES
Seats la Ceatral Labor I'nloa to lie
Declared Vacant Vnleas Mem
bers Attead.
Central LaDor union Friday night threw
considerable ginger into its meeting by
going after the absentees and promising to
notify their unions that their seats In the
central body would be declared vacant un
less the representatives reported at the
next meeting. This was" followed by the
adoption of motions to declare the law
committee and the committee on organisa
tion dissolved unless the chairman of each
made a report at the next meeting, show
ing that tbe committees were busy doing
things. A great effort will be made at
once to reorganise the meat cutters and tbo
retail clerks and everything possible will
be done to create more Interest In the
central union.
Little other business was transacted be
cause the absence of committee chairmen
made It Impossible to get committee re
ports and the delegates present had noth
ing to work upon.
A debate will occur at the meeting to
be held December IS, at which the Indus
trial form of organization will be pitted
against the plan of trade autonomy, with
the champions of either aide as the de
baters. This will be a public meeting and
all labor unions affiliated with the Central
Labor union will be requested to send
large delegations.
Rev. A. 8. C. Clarke, pastor of the Lows
Avenue Presbyterian church, and Rev.
Hubert C. Herring of the First Congrega
tional church were present from the Minis
terial union and made short talks. In which
they expressed themselves as being in sym
pathy with the unions and with the Union
Label league.
APPEALS FR0M THE COURT
That Is What K,elly Says laloa Pa
eioe's Attack oa Kansas
Commission Is.
Relative to the action of the Union Pa
cific Railroad company, which is reported
to have brought suit to test the constitu
tionality of the Kansas railroad commis
sion law, Oeneral Solicitor W. R. Kelly
said:
"Under the Kansas law the state board
Is authorised to bear complaints of ship
pers snd to pass upon them. A complaint
was made to the boare" and it was heard
and the decision rendered the latter part of
October. The Kansas law provides that
any one dissatisfied with a decision of tbe
board has a right to appeal to the courts
within thirty days, and If such appeal is
not taken the decision or the board becomes
operative. The company has appealed to
the courts from the decision of the board.
I am not familiar with the petition and
consequently do not know whether ths con
stitutionality of ths act Is to be tested. "
Texas Bank Hoboed.
DALLA8, Tex , Deo. I. The Bank of Car
rolllon. a small Institution located in the
town of Carrollton. was robbed last night
of several Utuusaud dollars, XL horalars
scaled. "
NAVAL ACADtMY TRACKD1ES
EeoollestioDs of Times Wken Pistols
Settled Affilrt of Honor.
"CODE" RESPONSIBLE THEN AS NOW
Melancholy, Tata of the Midshipman
Who Did the Shooting A Type
of the Ilraneh-Merl
wether Case,
There rests In a New Tork cemetery close
to the haunts of trade the dust of a young
man one of whose acts made his name Im
mortal In the navy, but who died an ob
ject of charity, though not of charity
grudgingly bestowed.
The young man cast off by his country
was Midshipman Charles O. Hunter of the
United States navy, who won the sobriquet
of "Alvarado" Hunter because he dared
capture an enemy's town and fortress with
out orders.
But the dishonor the government had
placed upon an officer whose brave act
official disnlty could not acknowledge was
not the Nemesis that followed the young
midshipman through an eventful but un
happy life.
That Nemesis consisted of the recollection
of a fateful Sunday many years before
March a. 1830-when Passed Midshipman
Charles Q. Hunter shot and killed William
Miller, Jr., in a duel on the bank of Naam's
creek, Delaware. He went through haunted,
sorrowing days, the victim of an unreason
able false code of honor that prevailed then
In the United States and tias apparently
survived In part to this day.
Victims of the "Code."
The pistol shots that rang out that Sun
day threw the two principal cities of the
country New York and Philadelphia Into
a ferment of excitement, stirred naval cir
cles, became a national Incident and re
sulted In executive action. Yet, strangely
enough, the two young men who faced each
other on the bank of the little stream
Just south of the Delaware circle that
March Sunday to settle an affair of honor
were not the original parties to the quar
rel which resulted so tragically, but were
drawn into it in an endeavor to effeot a
settlement of the difficulty.
Miller was a young lawyer of much prom
inence in the Quaker City and Hunter, then
only a year of age, bad won special com
mendation from his superior officers In the
navy and seemed destined for a notable
career.
The duel grew out of a trivial Incident
Henry Wharton Griffith and R. Dillon
Drake, two society men of Philadelphia, In
company with some friends, sauntered Into
a billiard parlor at Third and Chestnut
streets on the afternoon of Friday, Febru
ary 17, 1830. and Drake, angered by an
Implied Imputation upon his skill with the
cue, struck Griffith In the face. Before
friends could interfere Drake had severely
whipped his companion. That evening a
message was sent to New York to Passed
Midshipman Charles H. Duryee of the
United States navy, asking him to come
Immediately to Philadelphia. Duryee ar
rived on the following Tuesday and the
next day carried a challenge from Griffith
to Drake, who refused to entertain any
message.
"I will have no affair or Intercourse with
a person of his reputation," was Drake's
contemptuous retort. "Tell him he is be
neath the notice of a gentleman."
"Is that your answer?" demanded Duryee.
"It is," replied Dcake. "Take your letter
back to him."
Forcing m Fla-ht.
Burning with Indignation Duryee strode
out and at once sought Commander Philip
F. Voorhees of the navy, who sent him
back to Drake with insistence that satis
faction be given to Griffith for the Insult
"I refuse to accord a meeting to a man
who has placed himself beyond the pale of
recognition." retorted Drake haughtily.
"But you were the assailant," asserted
the officer with some warmth.
"Very true, but I hit him not because of
the billiard game, but because he wrote a
letter to my brother. Dr. Drake, that was
derogatory to his fiancee, and that on the
very day of his marriage."
Durye left In hot anger, declaring that
be would post Drake as a coward, and
that brought the young lawyer. Miller, Into
the quarrel. The following day the attor
ney carried a challenge from Drake to
Duryee, but Lieutenant Hampton Westoott.
of Duryee's vessel, refused to permit the
midshipman to accept until Drake had
given satisfaction to Griffith.
"I shall never put myself on a level with
that degraded Individual until he makes
apology for the wrong done my brother,
the doctor, and his bride," was Drake's
ultimatum.
News of the controversy had spread
among the naval officers at New York and
Philadelphia, and there was sharp criticism
of Duryee because he had not accepted
Drake's challenge, despite the hair-splitting
ruling of Lieutenant Hampton Westcott.
So, to clear Duryee of the Imputation of
cowardice, some friends In New Brunswick,
N. J., wrote to Miller, the attorney, asking
OMAHA MEN AND
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that the whole matter be referred to a
committee, whose decision should be final.
To this Miller responded that, as Duryee
had not accepted the challenge, he and
Drake looked upon the Incident as closed.
The affair would dnubtless have ended
there had It not been for the entrance of
Midshipman Hunter Into the dispute. On
March 10 he visited Miller, demanded the
letter written from New Brunswick and
went away In hot anger because of the
refusal of the lawyer to hand it over.
A few days Inter the New Brunswick
letter was printed, and Hunter demanded
Immediate satisfaction, Miller disclaimed
any responsibility for the publication of
the letter, but the explanation was not
accepted, and on March 17 Lieutenant
Westcott bore a cartel to Miller. The at
torney again Insisted that he had no con
nection with the publication, of private
correspondence and declined to accept the
challenge. ,
Three days later Hunter .posted Miller as
a coward, concluding his declaration with
the gratuitous assertion that the Philadel
phia lawyer was s liar as well as a pol
troon. This rapid fire oratorical bombast
stirred Duryee to action, and he sent an
acceptance of Drake's challenge, but that
scion of society retorted that an adversary
who had waited to screw his courage to
the sticking point would not be accorded
the honor of meeting with a gentleman.
Miller quickly took up Hunter's challenge
and sent his acceptance by Lieutenant Ed
mund Byrne, an intimate friend, and West
cott was deputised to arrange with Byrne
the time and place of the meeting. It was
agreed that the duel should take place In
Delaware a short distance below the boun
dary on the morning of the next day, and
that, besides the seconds, each duellist
should be represented by one friend. For
some reason tht. combatants did not leave
Philadelphia until nearly noon on Sunday.
A carriage containing Miller, Byrne, Craig
and a surgeon left a dwelling In Chestnut
street that stood on the present site of the
German Democrat office, while another car
riage. In which were seated Hunter, West
cott, Duryee and a friend, drove from a
hotel that stood opposite the customs house.
A rapid drive was made to Chester, four
teen miles south of Philadelphia, where
the suspicions of the townspeople were ex
cited by the number of men In the party
and their mysterious silence as to their
destination and reasons for traveling.
Tho Trasredy,
Fearing arrest, the party hastily left
Chester and drove at a rapid gait down the
post road, through Marcus Hook and halted
at the bridge over Naam's creek." The
meeting place, a short distance from the
road, but screened by a glen and clump of
trees, was soon selected. The paces were
marked off andThe positions of the duel
lists marked with stones, then the Instruc
tions as to the method of firing were given.
Not a word had passed between the princi
pals. "Gentlemen, are you ready?" came the
question.
Each duellist assented.
"Fire one two"
The last word of the count was lost In
the report of the pistols, which were fired
so nearly together that the separate re
ports could scarcely be distinguished.
Miller turned toward his seconds; his
face was' deadly pale; his pistol dropped
from bis hand; he placed one hand over
his breast, then fell heavily to the ground.
Hunter advanced toward the fallen man,
and In a loud voice that was filled with
emotion, cried: "Gentlemen, I assure you
that I had no enmity toward that man.
His blood must rest upon the hands of
others who have dragged him Into their
quarrels. Is .he badly woundd, doctor?"
he asked with evident trepidation.
"Ho will not live five minutes." was the
reply. "You put the bullet squarely Into
his breast." Kneeling about the dying man
the little group, filled with varying emo
tions, watched the life of the young law
yer quickly flow out.
"I- would give my life If I could restore
that man to life." cried Hunter, as he saw
the dying gasp of his victim.
Fleeing from the I.aw.
A consultation was held, and It was de
cided that Hunter, Westcott and Duryee
should leave the state before the result of
the duel was known, and a few minutes
later a carriage carrying the naval officers
rolled rapidly down the road toward Wil
mington, then his seconds boarded a vessel
bound for New York.
The duel sent a thrill of excitement
throughout the country, and so groat was
the Indignation that on Saturday, March
27, Mr. Moore of Beaver county, offered
a resolution In the house of representa
tives of the Pennsylvania legislature re
questing President ' Andrew Jackson to
strike the name of Passed Midshloman
Charles O. Hunter from the roll of the
navy. This was forwarded by the gov
ernor of the state, and on the day after
Its reception John Branch, secretary of the
navy, wrote to the president recommending
that not only Hunter, but Byrne, West
cott and Duryee be court-martialed. John
Branch of Virginia, was the ancestor of
Midshipman Branch, whose death In a
flstlo duel is now the subjeot of inquiry.
The father of Miller personally wrote to
President Jackson In the interest of Hun
THEIR HOBBIES
Raising Alfalfa.
J
ter, saying that he did not regard him
as guilty nf his son's death, but that bis
life had been sacrificed to the absurd cede
of honor which was then maintained in
the naval service. Hunter remained In the
service, but the death of the young lawyer
always haunted him, and it was alleged
that some of his reckless acta of bravery
were for the purpose of courting death.
The Capture of Alvarado.
During the Mexican war Hunter was
placed in command of some shore forces
from the squadron, and. without Instruc
tions, stormed the town of Alvarado and
the Mexican forts, capturing all of the
positions of ths enemy. For this act, bril
liant as It was, on the grounds that It dis
arranged the plan of the commander, he
was subsequently court-martialed and. In
ISSi. he was dismissed from the service.
Shorn of his laurels, stripped of his naval
Insignia, he found his way to New York
and finally was taken to St. Joseph's hos
pital, where, poor and broken In health
through dissipation, he died. He Is reported
to have said to one of the attendants:
"My life has been embittered, all my
happiness has been wrecked by the sight
of that man lying dead on the bank of
that little creek In Delaware killed by my
pistol shot and a man I had met only
twice before we stood facing each other
that Sunday morning. Had I missed him.
or had hs killed me, much sorrow would
have been saved."
But the fatal error of this young officer
could not altogether eclipse the- faot that
he was brave and honorable, and a man
who had watched his career, and whose
heart prompted him to do so, placed a
tombstone over his grave to attest this
truth. New York Herald.
NEW FEE FOR FILING SUITS
Five Dollars Will Be Charwed In Dis
trict Court Instead of
Two, Fifty.
Clerk of the District Court - Broudwell
has put In force a new rule which is not
at all popular with attorneys who liavo
suits to file. Heretofore the advance fee
for filing a suit haa b-en ;.rn. Hereafter
It will be $5, with a charge of $2.50 for
filing an answer.
Mr. Broad well explains thut the rule Is
necessary to protect the interests of the
county. The files are loaded with suits
which have never been carried on to a
conclusion. The clerk's ofllce force has
been compelled to do all the clerical work
necessary to comply with the law, carry
ing all the suits through a large number
of books, and finally the county has been
unable to collect the costs. The new rule.
It Is contemplated, will produce advance
costs to an amount sufliclent to rectify
this, the ack that has been found to exist.
PALMER GOES TO WASHINGTON
Will Attend Meeting of Managers of
Katlonal Homes for Disabled
Volunteers.
Captain Henry E. Palmer will leave
Sunday for Washington, D. C, to attend
the quarterly meeting of the board of man
agers of the National Homes for Dlabled
Volunteers, of which body he Is a member,
and which meets at the Arlington hotel
December . The president of ths United
States, Chief Justice Fuller and Secretary of
War Taft also are members of the board
and wll participate In the deliberations of
tbe meeting,
i The general purpose of the meeting Is to
j arrange for the necessary appropriations
I for the malntenace of the homes for the
coming year and the submission of the
reports of the work of the last year to
congress. Captain Palmer expects to se
cure an appropriation for the maintenance
of the Battle Mountain Sanitarium at Hot
Springs, B. D., amounting to (150,000 for
the coining year and $40,000 for new walks.
GOSSIP ON COMMISSION ROW
Array of Greea Vegetables oa Market
Suggests Good Old Sam
act Tim.
Oreen vegetables are hero from the sunny
south, and to make a visit to the produce
houses along Tenth and Howard streets
one might Imagine It were midsummer in
stead of the Beason of Ice and snow. Wax
and string beans, egg plant and green pep
pers have arrived from Florida, and Louis
iana has contributed young turnips, shal
lotts and head lettuce. Radishes, cucum
bers, leaf lettuce and mushrooms, hot house
grown, are also on the market. These are
the first new things of the winter season,
and of course they are high priced. Later
they will be rrj reasonable, though high
express charges will not allow them to be
sold very low. Cauliflower and California
tomatoes have been on the market some
tlrye.
DEPEW HAS NOT RESIGNED
New York Senator Says He Has
Not Given Thought to
Matter. '
AI.BANT. N. Y.. Dec. 2.-A persistent
rumor that Chauncey M. Depew had re
signed the United States senatorshlp was
denied by Governor Hlgglns today.
NEW TORK, Dec. J.-Senator Depew
was ssked today If he had resigned as a
senator. He said: "I have never given
the matter a thought. It is absurd. That
is as good as a denial. I am tired of mak
ing denials of unpleasant questions."
If you have anything to trade advertise
It In the For Exchange column on The Bee
Boosters.
RELIGIOIS NOTKS.
Rev. Edward Melville Parker of Concord,
tv H.. has been elected coadjutor bishop of
f" Hampshire Episcopal diocese.
John D. Rockefeller will furnish a large
share of the funds to build In Cleveland a
skyscraper church modeled after the Broad
way tabernacle in Kew York.
Tnevk?-. Vl K Harb"' of Fairmount.
Ind., has Invented a communion cup which
Is said to be excellent as far as sanitation
M,.f?nkcr7'di'nd 'I1 U8ed in number of
churches in his section.
The Universallst missionaries In Japan
deprecate statements as to the great suc
cess of their work. It Is not a great sue
cess and never will be a great success
until they are able to flood the Und with
Lnlversallst literature.
The Methodist church of Canada Is prose
cuting its missionary work with great
energy. The missionary number of the
Christian Guardian shows a most enoourag
Ing condition of that work in all pans of
the church's great held.
The organ of the Presbyterian church in
. ' - - vj w Airsijc;,
tu mi. i iiiMuou iiiai me creea or the
ferent from that of the American church.
It is neither Culvliilstlc nor Arminlan, but
apoHtollc.
It Is sixty years since Rev. Henry Fran,
els Lyle. who wrote the beautiful hymn,
"Abide with Me." died at Nice, and this
year a final effort is boing made In the far
distant little seaport In Devonshire. wh(-re
he lived and m mime red for twenty-five
years, to complete the rebuilding of the
little memorial church which haa taken tbe
fluliermen tnlrty years to build.
The scroll of the Uw that mas used dur
ing the recent holy day's services at Hono
lulu, 8. I., la the property of prince David,
who inherited It from Kalakaua, the last
king of the Sandwich Islands. Kalakaua
was something of a Hebrew soholsr and
took pride in reading part of the sarvlcs
in a synagogue when opportunity offered.
Rev. howland WlllUnn. arohdruld of
Walos. haa just died. Ha was chief of the
Walsh bard. and signed his verse "Hwfa
Moo" He begaa Ufa as a carpenter and
worked for some years at his trade in
Anglesey. He had a passion for poetry and
in a few years himself ecame one oX ths
.sM-saost U of ths nrlaolvalitA
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dressed to a an inhered letter In rnre
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check.
MISCELLANEOUS-
SPECIAL
Nebraska Business
College
(Incorporated.)
BOYD THEATRE BUILDING.
OMAHA,
has new management, new
methods, new terms and or
ganizes new classes each
Monday; guarantees Its in
structions and secures posi
tions for graduates.
WE WILL TAKE YOU
ON TRIAL.
SPECIAL RATES.
DAY AND NIGHT SESSION.
A SQUARE DEAL TO
EVERY PUPIL.
P. L. SMITHERS, President
K-
Established 1398.
PLATING!
Gold, Silver
and Nickel
Gas and electric light fix
tures, stoves, sad irons and
1 tableware. Brass beds and
tables polished and made to
look new.
All work receives prompt at
tention at reasonable prices.
Omaha Plating
Company
1?08 Harney Street.
Telephone 2? 38.
R
Gas & Electric Reading Lamps
Make Acceptable
CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
BURGESS -GRANDEN CO.,
Formerly
F. M. RUSSBLJj FIXTURE CO..
Telephone KtL 81s South 15th St.
R W2-J1
GAS & ELECTRIC FIXTURhS
Wholesale and Retail.
BURGhSa - GkAlNDtN CO,
Fur tunny I
F. M. RUaSt-i. riXTL'RE CO.
613 Boutu Ibiu bueut. Xoitpuuue CSL
it Hoo
Hi IIW PHl.TlIsU. DRAFT1MU AW1)
tv. a. oireeler, few faxiun feiocit. 'lei. l.Si.
R-Mo6i Ifi
STnVFS Replated. Omaha Plating Co.,
luua tuuney el. Xel. mmO.
v. at
CITY SAVINGS BANK pays 4 per cent.
R-W8
IKY KELLY'S TOWEL. SUPPLY. Tel. 363D.
ANTI-Monopoly Garbage Co., 621 N. lutti.
Tel. 17i8. R 20
LAUNDRY
CITY STEAM
Telephone 2ii.
211 a. Uth tit.
K-241
Omsha Safe and Iron Works make a spe-
lalty of 0r encapes, shutters, doors und
safes. Q. Andreen, Prop., 102 S. luth feu
R-242
WANTED For U. S. ARMY. ABLE
bodied, unmarried men. between ages of Zl
and 3d, citizens of United btaies, of good
character and temperate habita, who can
speak, read and write English. Fur in
formation apply to recruiting officer, lath
and Douglas ots., Omaha. Lincoln, Neb.,
or Sioux City, la. h M7a Vil
SIGN PAINTING. 8. IL Cole. 1312 Douglaa.
BAD IRON'S replated, 20c: threo for 60c
Omaha Plating Co., lion Ilaruey. Tel. iwi.
R-H
Ralf Tipq11- Rumhel & Bon,
uaic liCi., iu tou. ouiaha.
K-245 Jls
lk.h WINTER. Glaxler. 'Phone Douglas-
R-tiM D7
FURNACE and STOVE REPAIR. 617 8. 1J
K-Miio Jl
OUNaMlTH-Heflln. 217 8 14th.
it uu
GRADUATE OPTICIAN Will rave you
ntuney; glasses tmej properly, 'lei. 6414.
R ol Uk
BTEINWAY piano, upright, big bargain
Peineld Piano Co.. UU rnaiu Bu
. R-24
DF 1XU klnd signs. 1524 Dodge. Tel
W-3B, U Uii
BTaJNWAY pianos are sold exclusively by
fechraoller Mueller, ItuJ Harney St
K-OtfDeOl
GUTTERINC1. tlnwork, smoke stacks etc
'Iheo. binnold, loll Leaveu north. Tel l&oi
K411 Declo
TAXIDERMIST and fur dresser. Est 1891
J. E. Wallace, u a 1st a. R-Mttt
EMORYrSRPiIOT298TAL cards
u,"un,l for 26c. 206 N. lSih. upstairs
' R 046Decl7 '
ELBASSER ic PRICE, machinists: skates
sharp-ned While you wall. 17 So. 12th.
1st sUll. . ftr-ajttJatU
MISCELLANEOUS
COME AND BE CONVINCED
That we have on exhibition at 1117 Far
nam St. th only automatic railway Signal
In the world, wnlcb niii enow me ctlr.cilon
In which the train Is moving and will pre
trt the rear and head ends wnile en ths
main line at all times. You are all wel.
come to visit and inspect the worknn
n,o,l.l of the 8T01TS-LOU8DON HlONAu
at any time. R 1 I
LIIlC Ki-ded. repslred and remodeled,
l UIJ Thoinsen, 141J Farnam.
R-S4 D2J
rnMfRFTP Block machines for hoi.
VVJ1 v.l L. I C iuw Wml. Peterson
Bros., 1616 Kurt. R M43S Jl
CHAPMAN A M AH AN. Repairs promptly
done. Prices reasonable, til N. lth.
Tel. Red-6. R-U VU
CHICAGO LAUNDRY, St N. lth. Tel.
R-M434 Jl
SOMETHING new in health and accident
lnKurance; you can write it; district man-
. a kits wanted. Address Grrat Western
Accident association, Del Moines, Iowa.
GO TO MORA ND'B for private or claai
leswins; children or adults. Tel. 101.
ANY old body, can earn a dollar, but every
old body can't ssve lu How's this for a
money raver? Shirts, 6c; collars, tc; cuffs.
4c. CAP. AVE. LAUNDRY, 114 Can. Ant.
R M4sl D1S
IOWA 8ANITARX CLEANING CO.
Suction system. Lilt Farnam. Tel- V 13.
ft iat Da
WANTED MALE HELP
WANTED Young men to prepare for posi
tions as brakemen and firemen In the rail
way service; high wages', promotions
guaranteed; experience unnecessary! un
equalled opportunity; Instructions by maA
to your home; only a short Urns reaulredi
positions received ss soon as competent!
firemen get S100 a month, become engi
neers and get $176 to $200; brakemen get
176, beooms conductors and get PS te tlfiO
per month; write for full particulars at
once. National Railway Training BohceL
Inc., B 224 Boston Block. Minneapolis.
Minn., U. 8. A. Bewaret Ws havs no
branch schools. B 426 Drx
f : NKD Young men to earn from tea to
125 a month as firemen and r-'skemen ia
the railway service. Experience unneces
sary; quick prnmntlon; uneused oppor
tunity. Instructions ran be akn by
mail; positions secured as soon rant-r-etent.
Write or call for narttcuU re.
National Railway Training Association.
20 Paxton Block. Omaha. Neb.
B-7S frx
W A NTED For U. 8. ARMY. AI.H
bodled. unmarried men. between ages of 21
and SS. cltliens of United States, of good
character and temperate habits, who can
sneak, read and write English. For In
formation apply to recruiting efflror, 18th
and Douglaa Bts., Omaha. Llneoln. Neb.,
or Sioux City la. . R M7 Va
BOARD OF TRADB barber shen, IsflC Far
nam; best service) nine chairs; ae long
waiting; shaving. 10c; hair cuttlnv, 2e.
B M7t2 BlOx l
WANTED City eslesmen at one. C. F.
Adams Co., 1S19 Howard St. B-T.4
WANTED Gordon press feeders. A. L
Boou Inc.. 1210 Howard BU B 44t
DRt'G stores bought and sold. Drug clerks
wanted. F. V. Knleat. 24 N. Y. L
. sv-tll
BOYS wanted, steady work, good wages
for boys. Omaha Bex Factory. East
Omaha B MU7
WANTED Foreman to tske charge of
collar factory equipped with machinery.
Apply In writing with reference to O 17,
care Omaha Bee. B Matt D
WANTED First-class coachman, ons that
Is used to taking care of fine horses; extra,
large salary paid to right man; state posi
tions held. Address G II. Bee. B MC4 t
MEN and boys wanted te learn plumbing
trade, pays IS day after completing course
of practical Instruction at home or In our
schools; graduates admitted to union and
Master plumbers' association; positions
secured. Coyne Bros. Co. Plumbing
Schools, New York, St. LeulS, Me., Oltv
clnnati. O. Free catalogue. B-lbl
EARN FROM t7.60 TO Al HIGH Afl H68
PER MONTH.
WANTED 400 young and sound1 men of
good habits to become BRAKEMEN and
FIREMEN: BIO demand In Nahraaka-
y Kansas and Missouri; send for particu
lars, inclosing stamp. iMortnern nail way
Correspondence School, room M Bykea
block, Minneapolis, Minn. B M4U 2x
WANTED Men, everywhere, geed pay, to
distribute circulars, adv. matter, tack
tlonal Distributing Bureau, 104 Oakland y
Dana xjiug., wincagu nr. n nut lmix
FIREMEN and brakemen en Nebraska and
other railroads; experience unnecessary!
firemen 170, become engineers and sarn
1160; brakemen 166, become conductors and
earn $140; name position preferred; state
age; unequaled opportunity fer strong,
ambitious men. Address G S, Bee.
B 130 D7x
WANTED Men to learn barber trade;
scholarship Includes complete outfit of
tools, diplomas and positions; beard and
room provided If desired; few weeks com
pletes; special Inducements now; oall or
write. Moler Barber College. 1116 Fsmam
St. B M42 D7x
LEARN the barber trade; ws teach It In
the shortest possible time and at least ex
pense. American Barber College, 12th and
Douglas Bts. Writs today. B M437 4
MEN who need money can get It on any
kind of security of Bowen, 703 N. T. Life.
B
WANTED A man to take cars of furnace,
horse and cow, and do other chores at
residence: steady Job, J30 per month. Ap
ply or address J. C. Watson, Nebraska
City, Neb. B
DETECTIVES Reliable men desiring to
engage In detective work are wanted to
represent us in every community. Big
Profits Official rewards and full parUou
ars free. Write Webster's Deteotira
Agency. Dos Moines, la. B 4M Ix
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS will
be held in several plaoes In each state;
60.KS0 appointments last year; only a
common school education required.
Write Columbian Correspondence Col
lege, Washington, D. C, and get its free
announcement, containing dates, salaries
paid, and questions recently used by th
Civil Service commission. B 60 ix
MEN who need money can get It on any
kind of security of Bowen, 70S N. Y. Life,
B 4SS Ix
DETECTIVES Young men everywhere do
siring to become detectives, writs Inter
national Detective Co., Milwaukee. Wis.
41 tx
13 DAILY for man to distribute samples
and tack signs. American Distributing
Bureau, Milwaukee, Wis. B (41 ix
YOUNG MEN ENLISTED FOR THH
- uiii.il., .evi ii iq wo, waaea
116 to t'O per month, aooordlng to rat
ings; first outfit of clothing free; trans
portation furnished to place of enlist
ment upon expiration of enlistment; re
tirement with three-fourths of pay and
allowances after thirty years' service.
All applicants must be cltlsens of the
United States, of good physique, able to
read and write. For particulars visit or
address Navy Recruiting Station, Room
..i, Postottlce Building, Omaha, Neb.
t B
MEN To distribute samples. S3
steady, no canvassing. "Oliver." tS-'i
insane St., Chicago. B 611 Ix
WANTED-Men to distribute samples,
tack signs, S3 dally; no canvassing. Con
tinental Distributing Service, Chicago.
WANTED-By a Health and Accident In
surance conipany an active reliable agent
f' e Omaha. Address Uox 1466. IJncoln,
Neb. B M647 4
WANTED Young men to earn from SS0 to
S1J5 a month ss firemen and brakemsn in
the railway service. Experience unneces
sary; quirk promotion; unequaled oppor
tunity. Instructions csn be taken by
mull: positions secured as soon as com
petent. Write or call for particulars.
National Railway Training association
Cju Paxton block. Omaha, Neb.
B-G Dx
13) WEEKLY easily earned (posltloa per
manent) distributing ctrotiiars. sample,
etc. For partieulars. Commercial Advar
Uilxj Association, rklladslphla. Pa.
4ja .