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OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER lo, 190G. " NOVEMBER Thanksgiving at Brook Farm ..Jlfc .. NJ-S-ee.eW. By Emily Grant Hutchings HINOS had gone from hurt to woikc t Brook farm. First It was the drouth that ruined the ito of a whole av-nson, thru th. froM that caught the fine young nch orchard. Th following year Dan re volved to circumvent fate by staking; nil hla hope on "hog and hominy." and what waa the result? The chulcra took the hags and the brook, awollen from a cloud buret In the hllla. (mp-rl and almost wholly destroyed the corn crop. It began to look as If old Mm. Hastings waa right abut Kitty murrylmj Can. The predicted disaster were alf there, with the beat prospects In the World of more dlaaatera to come. Dun could have atood It. yea, and all that waa to como, on hla own account; but It galled him to watch hla brave little wire gradually droop and grow pale under the burden ef hard work and disappointment. She hud the same atrong fibre, the aamc gilt and patience that he dlaplayed In the face of hardship. It waa the taunting of her rich relatlvea, particularly or her mother, that plucked the roaeg from her cheek. In one reaped, at least, the family pre diction had failed utterly. Kverybody In the countryatde had told her that Dun Kill waa wild, that he had been known to get roaring drunk, that ho wet dan geroualy lucky with tarda, possessed of the born gambler'a Instinct, and that when a horse race waa on, he could eaally forget lie had a wife waiting for him at home. "If ever a man waa discouraged In tryln' to do hla duty, I'm that man," he com plained to Kitty wlun this fresh trouble came upon him. lie rarely complained, no matter how dark the outlook; but to have seven prlxc chlckena po In a single! night, and that loss followed up by tho carrying off of four turkeys! It surely did look aa if , the long lane of trials wa without the proverbial turn. "I know it, Danny, dear." Kitty put a brave arm around his nec k and petted hla tanned cheek. "We ll juat have to round 'em up at night and put 'em In the hen house." "lien house won't do no good unless we line it with tin." For once In his lire, Dan vpok harshly. Kluy winced at the aud don rebuke. Ile'waa usually no tender with her,' feeling all the while as If he owed her a boundleee debt of affection In pay ment for the comforts or her fathcr'a house, that she had cheerfully foregone lor hi aake. Now ahe looked at him half angrily.. He need not be so hapty, eveu if her suggestion were worthless. ?"You don't seem to understand what's get tin- 'em," he went on. "That's what uaes me up ao. I counted on niakln' a big atake with Thankaglvin' turkeys, and as for them Cornish Indian game capons, they're worth more In the New York mar ket than turkeya any days In the yeur. We kin deduct tlS from the Thanksglvln' money right now, and no tellln' what the pesky crlttera will lug oft" tonight and every night fur the next two weeks." "What's atakln' 'em, Danny?" Kitty's arm was around hla nrrk u&aln. She had rorglvcn the one haaty speech. He was so manifestly not angry with her, but with the fate that pursued him. "Mink!" There waa no need for further comment. What could n mere farmer, an awkward, two-legged man do when his hennery waa the center of attraction lor a "perfect swarm" of mink? To hla aston ishment, hla wlfe'a eyea grew suddenly bright. "Mink? The funny little crlttera that they make furs of? That'a what tna'a new set made of and, Danny, she paid 175 fur junta nei;k piece and a muff. Who'd ever think anything so common aa chicken thlevea would cost so much?" "There It Is again. The minks comes In and eteale my turkeya and your ma takes tholr hides to dreas herself up In." It seemed like the Irony of fate that Kitty's mother should profit by all bis losses, Kltty'a mother, who gloried In every dl. aater that came to him. Kilty' shallow, purse-proud mother, who took Intense de light In the Insulting "I told you so" when each new mishap befell him. "Danny, I've got an Idee. We can't make no money farniln". Wo can't do nothln' with hogs ant" poultry. Suppose we try mink." "I've got all the mink I want, right now." Dan apoke sharply again. What business bad a woman to offer advice, foolish ad vice t that? It was the woman's place to keep within her household jephere, to be snspiwd. her ees biasing with sudden anger. "It s all from llvln' with that low down Dan Kills that's made you so eaaay. You used to be the innet lady-Ilk" girl In Mlssnttrah. It jest as I alius said. Evil communications corrupt good manners.' it h exactly what I alius eeeiri you'd come to, a suiy, poverty-stricken drudge. And now hi. n gone off to the city to have a aprae and leave you here stone on the farm!" "To have a what!" Kitty's eyes were a match for her mother's now, the fire of indignation biasing within their blue depths. "Spree, a-p-r-doub-e, that the way you spell It," and the thin voice was vibrant with sarcasm. "You kin keep your troubles from some folks, but you can't fool your mother. C'nn't I ee how you look? 1 know It's worrying over the way Dan'a been acting that'a tisln' ou up ao. But you'd starve before you'd come down off-en your high horae an' go back home, which 'ud serve him right." Kitty was too angry to speak. 8he only clutched her baby to hr bosom and gritted her teeth. Her silence goaded her mother to further tunt. "An' to think of poor Henry Hargls. lovin' you to this day, an' ownln' his farm clear of debt, and a share of the bank In town." "As for farm clear of debt, he ain't got 'none the beet of Dan on that head. We've lost a lot of money, the three years we've been married, but we ain't gone In debt fur things we couldn't afford." Kitty's head waa In the air and her voice quivered with righteous Indignation. It stirred all the antagonism In her nature to have her rejected suitor thrust In her face. "All very well to talk; but I know two people couldn't live on nothln", and the baby and all! That takea money, and the Lord knowa, Dan Kllla ain't got nono to spare except what he blowa in fur gam bling and whisky." "That'a a downright atory. ma, and you know It is. Dan haan't never touched a drop since we've been married, and he hasn't never handled a card nor gone o a horse race." "Good reason why," there waa poaitfvaj triumph in the mother's tone. "He had hla nose to the grind-atone ao hard he couldn't git away. And whisky and carda takes money, and aa I waa aayin', the Iord knows, Dan Ellis ain't got none." "Then thank the Lord for the grind atone. It'a made a man of my Danny, as all the prosperity In the world wouldn't ha' done. I been tellln' him It waa aent on us fur some good purpose. Only the other night he said , he'd got ao clean weaned away from the boya that lie couldn't atand their foolishness. By-tho- gambler, nJ Henry' a rich man and a banker, and everybody's he a fool tht ouldn't aid with " Kitty took th word out of her mouth, "With the man that' got the cash!" "Well, all I'r got to aay la. when you're) ready to git down ofTen your high horse and enme home and git a divorce. Henryil be wattln' at the church door with a ker rldge for you. I thoueht a Thanksgiving waa romln' on. I Je' mlaht out and tell vou the good news. I know mighty well you ain't got nothln' else to be thankful fur. He told Jane Peter last night that he'd never marry no one else as long aa you was on top of sod." "That waa hla way to let poor Jane down eaay. He didn't want me no wotsc'n I want him. and ef he did, I wouldn't give Dun's little finger fur nil hla money and him thrown Into the bargain." The disagreeable visit over. Kitty busied herself with her household duties. Some thing told her that the turn In the long lane of trials and dlsr.ppnlritments was nt hand. Phc waa not afraid to stay alone with hr baby and her faithful watch dug: but she did so want to sieve the turkeys and chickens. There m a big atecl t-sip down in the cellar, that waa In the hen house when he and Dan were married. It was a relic of Dan's father, who wet known to have queer notions about thing. In the box with the trap waa a bottle that bore the label, "Mink Halt." Kvl dently thla waa not the first isltminn of mink In that section of the country. Kitty atudled the directions for setting the trap and applying the be.lt. The:; she selected the most suitable place for the trap, not far from the roosting place or the turkeys and only a little way from the chicken house. When Dan got home, late the following night, she had something to how. It waa a dead mink thirty Inches In length. It waa an omen of good luck for the traveler. Dan had put all hia ready cash In traps, trapa for mink, raccoon, oppnseum and to hla wife's astonishment and disgust skunk! Kitty Ellla never dreamed of auch a thing aa that there were people who would pay $2 for a pelt of a polecat, nor that women would wear furs male of the horrid little feline's hide. Bhc had yet to learn that If the skunk la treated with proper deference and respect in the catch ing, he la no worse than a Common limine cat, and alao that all the "black marten" fur that Is sold In the atore Is kunk fur. Dan oould not wait until the following day to try hla trap. He wan a man of boundless enthusiasm and energy, the sort or a rellow who la likely to go to the bad If he has not the proper outlet for her super abundant vitality. At the tinie of his mar riage, he had formed ties and associations that, with too much prosperity, might have led him to fulfill the worst of his niother-ln-law'a prediction. Th grindstone, aa the disagreeable lady had put It, was Just the proper medicine for him. But he waa not the man to en- way, ma," there waa a sudden ohango dure disappointment and loss forever. He Every gar ment person ally selected by our own buyers in Paris. S; m - J 3 .1 rii This apparel is all imported direct from Paris styles absolutely correct We announco beginning Monday remarkable reduction sale All our exquisite Imported Ladies' Costumes, Gowns, Wraps, Feather and Marabout at Less Than Half Price oas m w fiP? mk it - As we approach fnid-season for evening costumes and wraps we find wc have too many high-class imported gar- h Irients on hand, and we offer them at a tremendous sacrifice Monday. Those Gowns, Wraps and Boas were all selected by our own buyers in Europe. A distinct air of chic Parisian fashion in each article. It is a rare event from every standpoint, jt ELEGANT IMPORTED GOWNS AND COSTUMES from the note of gratitude to one of keen change aarcaam In her voice, "It was your angel of a Henry Hargls that Invited Dan to go over to Taylor'a saloon and Join In a game of poker for the drinks. Dan didn't stop but about ten minutes, and the only reason he went In there waa to see old man Taylor about that par tition fence; but he did help to put Henry In hi wagon, dead drunk, when he wa on hla way home that night." "Tea, that'a Dan'a way of tellln the Ur:. Henry aay It waa him that put Dan In the wagon, and I'd believe Henry nny day again Dan Ellla" word, and ao would everybody In the county. Dan ha got th reputation of a drunkard and a had broken his old habits, waa a man or aober sense and sound principle now, and thing simply had to take a turn. That the kindly Providence waa on hla aide was evidenced by the first night's catch. The product on the traps was enough to pay for all th turkeys and capons he had lout. And the best of It was, no more poultry disappeared. "Why, Kitty, It'a great, ahnply great!" he cried when the second fchipment was ready to be aent to fit. Louis. "A for var. mint of that kind, the woods la full of them. We'll make a fortune out-en the very tilings that waa robbln' us, and all because I listened to my little girl, thank th Lord for her!" The New Southwest. Sandy's Crossing Delaware By Louise R. Rhodes A j:ir,0 Worth gown of aatln and silk net. pearl and brilliant trimming, at A 1.175 Worth sown of black and white, ailk lace, with cut brilliant ornamentation, at, A $B0 Worth gown of Bordeau colored chiffon and chiffon velvet, at $135 $150 $103 A $2S0 Felice Foret gown of spangled and Iridescent net, over pink, at A $200 Paquln gown of reseda chiffon-velvet and baby Irish lace over silk, ut A $125 silk mull and la e lingerie Princess, at $109 $75 $50 II vp Gowns, worth up to $125 each. at i Twelve Gowns, worth up to $100. at. each Twenty-three Gowns, worth up to $05. at, each $39 $35 $25 THE STUNNING EVENING and OPERA COATS A $3."0 Perdeau brocade ailk, with wide all Bilk band- made lace coat, at 9135 A $2f0 Ignnce coat of white chiffon broadcloth and heavy Imnd-niade lace, at .. .9100 A $LI0 Kolchenberg coat of white broadcloth and heavy braid lace, at 98 A $150 Krancia Bordeau velvet coat, white ailk lace, at with heavy . . . 959 A $16B Hcotlund coat of chiffon velvet and llk brniil. Renalaaanc trimming 950 A tls.', rrecoll cont of ullnver Rennt.fmince lace, with Duchess lining, at 98 Kleven white Unuidc-loth 'ra fonts, worth up to 7.r.. at - . .93 Nineteen white Ilroadcloth Opera Coats, worth up to $U0, at 938 FINE MARABOUT AND FEATHER BOAS OX SALE IX OI H CLOAK DKPARTMKNT KKCOXl) FLOOU. A alx-strand 100-inch brown and white Marabout and Ostrich Hoa, former price. $32.50. at $!. A large, full shape Pellerlne Marabout and Os trich Boa. former price, $32.60. at $19. A five-atrand loo-Inch brown and white Marabout Uoa. former price. $1$, at $.. A brown and white Pellarlne, with three at rands and full cope collar, form"" (- " " -- A four-strand 85-Inch Marabout Boa, with black and white ends, former price, $12.5,0, at JS.60. A four-atrand T2-lnrh all brown Marabout Hoa, j An M-lnclt all white Ostrich former price, $9. US. ut $.D0. A three-atrand all white (10-inch Marabout, fornicr prlce, $12.60. at $8.50. A three-atrand brown 60-inch Marabout Uoa, with white tlpa. former price. $8.50. at $5.00. Oatrich am triavahnut large curled Rueh, velvet ribbon trimmed, all white and black und white, former price, $25, at $16.50. large large. full Stoll. full Bhape, full shape. former t.rlcc. $42.50. at $i".l.00. A 76-inch all white Oat rich, former price. $22.60. at $15.00. A 72-inch all black Ostrich, large, price. $16.60. a H.u0. Black or white Oatrich Tippet, ailk velvet Btream era, former price, $19.60. at $U.fl0. A black or white Oatrich Tippet, ailk velvet streamers, former price, $13.60, at $9.9$. HB program of songs and essayarjmarka and drifted Into groups of their prepared for Washington's blrth-Jjown, drew near the wood hoof marks were his uncle run the ferry until the old man button or clothing buninrsa would hardly ground, whence they are gathered for comr plainly visible and the boya unconsciously had refused him the privilege on account Imagine that It Is a purely vegetable prod- mcrce. . day failed to lntereat the pupils of the Weston school aa the new teacher had hoped It would. A spirit of restlcsaneaa possessed tho older boya. It wa not until Sandy Adama described the crossing of the Delaware that the school settled down to real attention. Handy waa a boy of many euthuHlasma. His deacription wa full of vivid detail and ao completely waa lie carried away by hla own eloquence that he shivered and groaned as If actually sharing the discomfort of lh soldiers. The teacher concluded the exercise . . . t-A ..!. I.U mln nft him lovea aim IK.-IA..U. - , ' "" abruptly In order that nothing might mir toll and hi. trouble., to provide .good din- th mff f d . masterploce. iiut 1 . j r an1 ha Ihit alt n a Vi I naa r nera ior mo ...... - ,lle wug mlatakcn If ahe thought Sandy'a of hla life. Dan was willing to work, to work early and late for her. He would gladly have clothed her In eatlns and fura; but the ntaaciiline In him resented her Interference In. the business aide of hla life. Beatdea, how could a man go Into the mink raising business? Kitty puahed him resolutely into a chair and plumped herself down on hia knee. Her "Idee" wa not to be put away so lightly. In that position she could have her say. Dan knew when he waa ".at upon" by hla wife. It waa a little way ahe had when ahe wanted to petsuade hint against hla will. "I wa up rto Saint Ixioey, the fall berore we wa married, and I heerd about them buyln' all kinds or pelta and aellln' them to the men that makea up the fura. I heerd 'em say that a flne mink akin would fetch i eaay. They have the traps and the bait to eell, and you don't have nothln" to do but take In the hide and go 'round and collect your money." "Who told you all that? I never heard uch a thing." Dan w alive with Interest, t'ould this new visitation of Providence be an argel In dt.sgulie? At least the thing would bear Investigation. "Cousin Tom took me down to see the place. I see furs piled up like little moun tains, $40,000 worth or rura In one pile. Silver essay would remain long In the mlndj of the children for aomethlng quite hi atartllng us the Burprls of the Heasia.is had occurred In their own village tho night before nd wa still the topic' up permost In the minds of the children as well as of the older poople. Some one had stolen rorty head of chi tle from Himon Douglas' farm on the edge of the village and although all tho men In the neighborhood had turned out in searching parties, no trace of the mleslng animals had been found. Aa aoon aa the pupils of the village school were released they Joined the groups of excited farmers scattered about the afreets dlaiusaing the robbery. Uut the farmers, instead pf dtscusxinK tll'i probable Identity of the thieves, were busy with speculation as to the road ovr which the cattle had been driven. Tho hoy isoon tired of their elders' wise re- While tha other boya sat about the feny landing, Sandy Adams, not yet wholly re covered from th effect of hi eaaay, wan dered about by himself, mentally com paring the rude, fretful, shifting Missouri before him to the peaceful Delaware, which he had never seen. All at once hla attention waa arrested by Indistinct hoof marka in the sand of the river bank. "HI, Larry," he called excitedly to the largeat boy In the group, "come a-run-nlng!" Larry aaunlered indifferently toward Handy, bvit hla Indifference vanished a Sandy pointed to the hoof marks. "Come on, fellows" he called, "and th? reat of the group speedily joined htm. The boya listened eagerly when 8undy proposed that they cross the river and hunt for trace of the thieves. "Old John would never run the ferry with the Ice going out like this," suld Fred. 'Of course not," agreed I.ee. "So It la no use." "We could tik" the nwlKrin .iiul dod'?e the Ice cakea aa Washington did on the Delaware," urged Sandy. "I'll pole ice on the front end." The other agreed and the boat put off. Sandy waa quick to see the big blocks of Ice that must te avoided and equally cju!ek to pole off tha inatler cakes, ro the iNiaaase wi soon aecompllst-ed. There waa a Hinnll grove cr poplars n quarter or a mile from their landing place, jnd the boy silently mide their way to ward It. Randy walked with elaborate cau tion and plctmed a score ir drunken Het--bIhii In camp within '.he grove. As they slackened their pace, "There's a camper' shack In there some where." whlsjiered Lee. The older boys cut. stout aaplinga for their weapons and Sandy staggered under a club neatly hla own height. "What If they have guns?" whispered Larry. "Shut up," said Fred. "It's a long chance they are not here now. but we wnn? to see If there's any likelihood of getting back the cattle." Circling the whack aa carefully :ia possi ble, the boys drew near It from the rear and peered through the cracks, which were plentiful enough In the rude log walla. After a haaty aurvey they drew off aa cautiously ' aa they had iipproached. Two men lay asleep In the hut. The cattle were herded In a bunch further In the grove. "We'll have to hurry to cross the river before dnrk." said !.arry. "I hate to leave those fellows and the cattl?, but they enn't ti t fur before we can get some one after them." "We can make it hard for the men to get out of the shack," said l-ee. "I'll slip a sapling through the door latch and make a bar of It." Swiftly and silently he accomplished hia purpose and the boya re-embarked. It wn not until they were aafe on the other side of the river that they dared wonder aloud how th thieve got the cu'tle across the river. The hut was found a the Ikivs had left It and the men within proved to bo In n drunken alumber. They were secured and the mystery or the abduction or the cattle was easily explained. One of the men waa old John's nephew, who bad orien helped of hla Intemperate habits. They were not alone In their wonder, for the men wondered, too, when they heard the atory. However, they all hastened to the ferry and with many protests .that the boys must be fooling and that the juk would cost him the boat, If not hla life, old John got hla ferry under way. Three times old John ran the ferry that night to return tho rescued cuttlf. praying Aa In the caae of the horse-chestnut, th. outer thin brown shell Is', at the time th. nuts are groen, In very close adhesion 'J the Inner white meat. In the case of the- horse-chestnut, however. It la possible to cut thla thin brown shell. In our nut It l 2 ao hard that It reslfts steel and blunts af These nuts are known In their native saw immediately. Our first atep, therefore land ns Tagua or Corozo, and are a prod- Ih to shrink the moat or kernel on the lu;J uct of the northern part of South Amer- side to such an extent that It rattles In thv uct; In fact, the nut of a tree, which within the lust twenty-five years has come to lie or very great Importance to the civilized world. The nut la known the world over as vege table Ivory, and the title Is meat appropriate. at every turn or the windlaaa thnt he and k.a an(J ,he Iltthmuil of Punama. The sclen- shell. Then the shell can be broken by a. hla Knot wt'o-lif. m .1 rul n nn .-. .1 , I . . .... hl8 boat might be apared to make good the wrong done by hlc dissolute nephew. Little Sandy waa the hero of the town for discovering the fate of the rattle, and he felt almost as proud as If he had really and truly caught a lot of Heasian. "Who's Got the Button?" title name of the nlant or tree ohvtcle- blow and the Inner kernel become available! phas, and the tree Itself closely resembles for manuiHcture. This material varies la the palm, with magnificent wide, leave grain very much aa doea wood. The spreading out from the top of the trunk. pouraeHt grained nuta grow on the Atlantic i . The young plants are among the most aat. As we go westward we find the nutai' beautiful products of nature, and are much anialler and the grain finer. The best inj,- closest grained nuia are inoae ooiainea from Ecuador. sought arter by palm eollretors. The flow ers are of very showy colorF. nnd grow in The United Statea Cenaus Bureau Bays the large pendular duster five to six feet that last year there were t29.7!l3,04S but- long, and are very tragrant. the odor being tons made In the Tnlted States. And there somewhat similar to that or almcnc's. Thec will be J.OOO.OfO.OOO button made this vsar. flowers finally wither away, and In their and about U.WJO.OiiO.fHO next year, according places grow th" hurrs which contain the one or the brethren concluded hi ten II-- "Take Hold of the Roots'1 - In an old-fashioned Methodist lovefeuat to the rate of Increase for the luat dec.ir'e. seeds or the plant, und this seed la the nut Thla aeema almost incredible, aaya Ait from which the buttons are' made. The In Buttons, when one considers that this burrs which contain the nut or aeeds grow la atmply the output In the United fltatee on the trie Just at that point where tlu- and takea no account of the butlona of palm-like leave spread themselves from special kind that nre Imported every ye.vr. the trunk, nlmtl.tr to the cocoanut. which. The average man buttona and unhiuton" of course, grow on a different kind of a thirty or forty buttons on hla apparel twice pnlni. Thexe burrs and nuts resemble In a a day. treat many ways our common North Amer- According to the cenaus report New lefln horc-clietnut. except that the burrs York holda the first place in value of but- are very much larr und heavier, and con- mo out!" ton producta, having dlapiuced MuSHUchu- tain, Instead of one or two nuts, like the "Take hold o' the roota, then, brother!" ctta, which waa first In 1900. Connecticut horse-cheatnut. anywhere from eight or ten the "amen" corner answered, "Take hold, la aecond, New Jersey third. To look nt a to thirty or more. These burr-, or ca"". o' the roota! An' ef the devil pulla the roolg nicely turned button on a auit cr clothes, open when the fruit Is ripe, nnd In bu'athig up, Jump Into the hole an' holler hallelula!" a person not Intimately acquainted with the release the seeds (nutsi, which drop to the Atlanta Constitution. mnny by saying. "I feel that the Iird, culls pie, but th uevll U up early, and ufter me every day. ; It's about all I can do to keep out Of'.? arorchln' distance of him." "Why don't you climb tho tree of aalva tlnn, brother?" came rrom the "amen" cor ner. "I've climbed that tree," waa the answer, "but the old sinner set fire to It, an' smoked Why Omaha Should Be Thinkful tOontlnued from Page Thre ) chapter Captain Chittenden asks these uuca tlona: "What of the future! Ia the useful pur- fox skins that fetched $I.n apiece In the pQt 0f the Missouri river In the upbuilding of atle, and aea otter sklna that sold for twUte that much. I don't know how I came to tlrglt all about It.'' "And you aay a feller kin git the trap and the bait that Is hound to letch 'em?" Pin was all excitement t.ow. He waa on hia feet, the clinging arms Mill around hi peck. "Kitty, ef It don't do no good, ellln' "em, w kin at least git rid of the pant that' eatln' the turkey and capons." An hour later Dan Kills was on hla way to St. Louia. He waa an Impatient man when the big things of l.fe were about to happen, and correspondence waa too alow. He wanted to get at the facts, to vee for himself. He had been putting off a trip to the city for a long time, because he felt that he could ao 111 afford th exiwnae. Now he meant to make the trip py for itself. The fact that Dun had gone on the after noon train did not escape Mrs. Huntings' notice. It was the time to v another unwelcome visit to tier daughter. Kitty had little Tot tie. her I-year-oid daughter, la the weat already fulfilled? 1 ita great his tory a closed hook? Huch, It must be ad mitted. U the General view." Answering buck, I ray. navigation of the Missouri liver Is alroady resumed to hjauj City. The atoajubuat la coiuhis buck to it iu all It original glory. A grout convention ut notable men recently assembled at Kt-nsaa City, who are tu unite powerful atatea, to In duce congress to spend million to redeem till great Mlaaourl valley from the. blight thut testa upon it, no matter at what coat In money. Captain Chittenden discern Willi vague lalou the possibilities of the Miasourl val ley, which, be sas. would support 2$. 000,000 of people, "If only It waated walera could be cattered upon th neighboring lands for Irri gation." I do not quit understand Captain Cliiltenileu'a idea of Irrigating the lands j of the great valley. I aee no necesilty for it.' o far as the lower Missouri is concerned. It la a great catch baaln for rainfall and has large capacity for retaining moiaiure. Ita soila arc deep, and Ita fertility for corn growing her arm alien the nervoua figure of her practically Inexhauatihle. Chittenden probably mother appeared in the doniwsy. "Whar'e Dan?" Her koen black eyes sermed to be aeurchlng the celling, th Mreplaea and the area un ler the lied "He'd HiOt likely be i-cilin' on u chair ur lndln' In the middle of th room If bo waa at home. He ain't likely to run and hide when h aee you a-t-oniin'." It a not a respectful apet-ch. but Mrs. Hasting had broutfht her daughter' dlsreepect on her own head. It was nothing lea than she deserved "Tou need n t to get jKmrl,'' th wsuiau applied hi Idea of Irrigation to that part (if the great valley where Ita trend to the west ward marka the arid reglona. It cannot rea sonably apply to tountlesa millions of aires In tic lower valley, where the rainfall I ample. All that Is needed for It dena population ia protection from tnvualon and overflow, and th rit?ralloit of light draught boata to transport Ita aurplua foodstuffs through to th gulf to the market of th world. Mlllieu of people will dwell In thla great valley sorae day, lit an swer tu th demand recenty voiced y Jaine J. Hill fur more farm iu this great country of our foi the hungry and home-seeking mil lion. Speaking of Henry T. Clarke remind me of hi old battle to drag the Union Pacific railroad to Bellevue ma blartlng point, before It c on atructlon had jot fairly under way. All Omaha should Mingle their thunka thut hia dangerous conduct. In trlns to get Jum.s V. Joy, tiie bi railroad magnate of Detroit, l.i those days, to get an under hold on tho Huston nnd New York rontrol of the Union Pacific, did i nt quite auc ceed. That v aa about the time thru Augustus Kountse and myself were In the 1'irker liouvi In lloston. rcfiuc'iir? to writlni U:i:-' ieh i con tract between Oliver Ame Din-elm p lh.hncl1. Atkinson and otlvr. und onmhu, win !i was ratified and com-Jcded at a special livcllng of the hoard of director a few duys ufterwjrd In New York. Tom Scott presiding. wlier"by the Union Pacific headquarters, shops, a id all the little Incidental frlzxles and furbelows were won for Omaha forever. The wuni'.ug of that contract. In part, remalna as it was written In the Par k or house memor-.un:i:m. ulthmmh I feet Ilk growing red In tne face when I ;e call the fact that ome of- the provisions or that contract, which waa the salvation of Omaha' greatest Interest, were openly repudi ated by aonie of ur cilixcna. I d not rcccni mend anybody lo thunk od lor t'.i it p. iTnriii ance on Thanksgiving or at any other time. It may nut be disturbing or lrcLcnihln In li.-ivo to have it said no', that uu uccount of diftleul tle of an engineering ui.d finaiu lal c haracter when Durant waa fighting to get the Hue Into the Platte valley, distrust of him. beieuHe he in aeeklug to get a cheaper line-, than thut which ! now under construction its the Lane Cut-off. he urn nl.uHec! like a convicted burglar by the cltlisus f Ouidlut. Thin came within an ae of driving hint to l ll.tvuc. bg and baggage, with the great road, and 1 know if. It may be alao aald, that a great muny Omaha i Hi ten bought options on property, aa I hive publicity aald before, under fictitious names. In the belief that he waa to build fron. that point, for Which President Andrew Johnson had given him th horrible privilege. Thomas C. Durant la entitled to a whole volume of thank from the teople or Omaha for building the "oxbow line." and also becauae. when the latter rrisl cme. he, and he alone, when the bridge was located at Child's mill, made It possible for Omaha to re-locate it at Omaha. What thla re-locatlon meant to Omaha was Ita very existence a a city, and the concentration of trunk llnea' of railroads at thla point aa a controlling center for distribution nnd for lndutrll development which find us at thia day, atrong In our great parking, siivr, und other Industrie., which ore t lie buckbore of our retail' trade, and of that w holesale- ti dc which rem he out Into tii" mountain rcitea uu.l territories through tie enterprise cf our merchants. Their Increasing establishments for conducting both retail and wholesale trudo are rising on every hand In fine and costly proportions, to give to Omahu . a character and a promise aa a commercial and Industrial city which la attracting the ui tenlloii nnd winning the conlldence of the wlioli country. The Union Pacific, under the genius of Haniman, tin- Burlington, under that of Hill, and u dozen other road, are pukhlng their lin--s Into the Interior for the occupation of this waste places and Increased population; pro duction and trade Will follow, and It is as plain as cause and effect ever can be thnt Omaha muHt advance In every Interest leading It to weullh and power. Kor all tlise and other bless hi;p, the people should be thankrui, for the Union Pacific, especially, as the crowning fclory of the railroad epoch. The vaat Increase of Ita shops, th impend ing headquarter building, the uutluy of muny millions lu Improvement, and the large' iu erc.i In the volume of skilled and well p. ml labor, are not the lean of the c-ausea ut our pi'-rent rusx-rlty and growth. No leaa th.iu $2,000,000 a year ia pouird out or the colTtra of this mighty corporation directly Into the lap of Omaha every year In cash for thu pay ment of labor and th purchase of auppliea, ecarrely a dnlar of which com from our own peopl. and yet what la that w hear from the hoare cry of dlaeoutent about these man eating corporations, which have, in truth, niau the people of Nebruaka and Omaha, the most prosperous, the richest, and the hc.ppieit people of their number who ever lived on earth In any age or time? Omaha and Sout'n Omaha lung since became educational renters of Influence, hut they have rapidly developed upon broad line of advance ment to a position which enables our people to count them, next to the churches and re ligioua Institution, among their richest posics slnn. Want of space forbids n review of the religion work of OniHiia In the last tlfty year. The foundations were laid, aa has" I n nlrciidv muted, by i young men from the old mutes, who etlil not forget lie! need of oruniilzed i-cIIkIouh und moral forces In our civilization, and the result bus heeu a rich harvest of fcood to tin-e-lty and stute. For thi-au blessings of chunh and cheo), our people should be forever thank ful . A few salient fuct In respect to Omaha a schools and colleges will be, I am sure, of sur passing lntereat to ull thoughtful nun and women. Their number and chiirac tcr, the unc anny of teachers, und the tens or iliouaunde of student who are being educated in them, may be given upon reliable authority, as follows: No. Instructors. Students. Public acinic' fl 20.h.,l e'HthclIc parochial ach'ls 14 L 2.-hi e'relghtuti v..i j .. .. o't nit ciirls school .". 7;; i-s iimal.a. university Ti! Ill ItimhicKK rollfige.s .... I SI l.nM School for deaf la 2"'i The public chuoln of the two Omuiiua (In cluded 111 the figure- above) represent an In vestment of $2. 372. 71a. lend the operating ex penses f6r )9'5 amounted to ITT.l.TlH. a verv rci-f ec table num. The eluia arc not at hand for determining Ihe value of private sehued prope rly lu Omaha, but 'rclght on university ih qcite w.ilthy. and, wltli Its rec'-nt i;iueriius endow ment baai.i fur all time; tin- line medical, dental and law schools arc a part of thla great liiBtiti. tlon of learning. Krowncll Hall, the tlieoloKlcal seminary; Mount St. Marys and tin- Academy of the Visitation, and others, which have hand aem homes; Boybs and Hohrbough'a busiuts -ollege buildings must be conaidi-rcd, u'tu, Ihe. Catholic parochial acliool contain an Important money value, which cannot be accurately dated. ' These facts Indicate the educational growth of.. Omaha In the paat fifty years, and evidence! Its power for good citizenship which word cannot measure. Five hundred and' sixty-one teacliera are In our public schools. In charge of the moral and book education of more than 20,000 children. All but a very few of theae teacliera are women, aa they ought to be. How much our people owe to the high character, refinement and capacity of the educational guardians of tic children of Oinnlia, who are to constitute-. In a large degree, Ita future man hood ami womanhood, can only bo appreciated by the futlie-r. und mclhers, und other who have cluscly observed their adaptation to their . great responsibilities and lubora, aa I have had rare opportunities for doing for many year. Some of them have gone out from among us Tn recent yeara Anna Fooa. for Instance, deeply regretted by the entire community. But ll.ei schoola contain maliy who survive her who hava a atrong hold ppon Ihe entet-m, confidence and affection of the people of Omaha. Let us never forget to bo thankful for the bulwarks of se curity which belong to our educational lustltu llona. We ouht lo he grateful for the work of those- whence- live and labors are or no iiiucli Milne to tii'- home, to sue lety, and to the state. Ami now. In vie w or ull thee blcumtjn which we hiiMe rie-e-lved, let uu unite thla clay in Joy ful thanksgiving for tho rlcln-at of all poHae-x-sions, the worthy when and mother and I ha fair cluiighti-ra of our city, compared tu whom ull else is mere dross In the comparinoii "liol hh-sn them, every one." Never rnlnd the soun. The; dun': e-ouiil fortmiu h In the minis of thi home ove i w hich only quee ns an 1 prim jusc .a, Ke-utle nintlicrs and loving rlstcts. hu-.c any riyht or reason lo cither rule or i-e-ign, GlilWlOE L. M1LLKIL Z
