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THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20. 10077
ecloik with Father Hacrlngton rele
vant. Mgr. I'olsnerl, vlrar-general, dea
on end Father Lald. sub-deeeon. At flt.
Patrick's high mass n celebrated at 7: JO
o'clock.
At Mt. John a two high mniM were cele
brated In the morning, one at 7 o'clock
ind ana at 11. ' .
, ill LURK AltU ttl.D FOLK HAPfV
Cfcll4 , In Islte ami (Id
Peepl' ilene .-Olebrate.
' While the formal Christmas celebration
tt th Child 8avlng Institute did not ba-
,tln until 4 o'clock Christmas afternoon,
tii. children -were given th Jojr of -ilorinK
their Christmas stockings C'hrlet
mai morning.-.. Th stockings had been
tnundantly privldvl with Christmas re-
(' membrances In 'order t keep ttfe little
ne occupied until the Chrlatmaa tree
' entertainment of the afternoon.
- Two large' and ; handsomely '.decorated
Christmas treea were provided for. the
ifternoon e"xercls and the thlldren were
tnlieted In the cause'nf the decoration of
the tree with package and toya ult-
' ible to eacMi. An rxtreoicly liberal sup-
,ily of toya, booka, fruit and candles had
,been donated by friends of the Institute.
Dinner was served during the early after
noon with all the Rood thins of the
ChrlBtmaa time that rcoulV-delight th
nearts and appetites of the children.
rAftcr dinner oam the- Christmas tree
xerelses.
i At present there' are thirty-seven chil
dren at the institute, varying In agea from
13 years down. The afternoon exercises
weru confined exclusively to the children,
under the direction of the management
of the Institute and a few friends. The
program consisted of singing and' recita
tions by the children and a general good
time, such aa children only can enjoy.
Christmas was observed at the Old
.People's Hama In a. manner suitable to
the occupants and waa deeply enjoyed
by the venerable people living there. Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. McLean, members of the
board of directors, were present in the
tnorlty at breakfast and conducted the
Chrlatmaa morning devotional exercises.
,A number of friend visited the home
.during the day, bringing with them
Christmas remembrances for the occu-
. pants,
., A sumptuous Christmas dinner of tur
key and accessories was served at noon.
No apeclal exerclaes were observed dur
ing ilia day other than the visits of
friends and the exchange of Chrlatmaa
greetings.
CltECHR TOT" WEI, I. CARED FOR
Little Onee Are Made to Feel Joy of
Day.
The festivities at the Creche began
Tuesday evening with a Christmas tree
entertainment that was hugely enjoyed by
tha children. The parents of the chil
dren were present, which added further
pleasure to tha evening. A real Santa
Claus was there to distribute the pres
ents of toys and candy to the little ones.
Toya, candy and fruits were there In
great abundance and every one of the
thirty children was appropriately re
membered. The members of the board of
directors were present. Including Mrs. T.
I Kimball, president; Mrs. ' Arthur
' Brandeis, treasurer, and Mrs. McMahon,
secretary, Mrs. White, matron, and Miss
Hoffman, nurse of the Institute,' were
hare, thera and everywhere' to nee that
none of the little ones were slighted or
neglected, and withal the evening was a
most happy and enjoyable one.
Tha toys, fruits and candles were do
nated by various ..establishments of
Omaha and Were more liberal than any
preceding Christmas. The exercises were
Informal, no set program being observed.
Christmas morning tf.a youngsters were
given full play of the nursery and they
enjoyed It to the utmost with drums,
' rocking borses, horns," dolls, baby ' car
riages, candles and fruits. A fine dinner
was served at noon and the children
throughout the entire day were made to
feel that Christmas time was the real
thing. v
UIT CASE FOR MARSHAL WARMER
llepatle Make Handsome Gift to
Tfcelr Chief.
, There was a very general exchange of
Christmas presents among the officials and
mployes at the federal building Christmas
. 4ay. The deputy United States marshals
presented Marshal Warner with a hand
some $40 leather suit case. Exchanges of
presents were made at the army building
In all the departments.
The fire boys In engine house No. 3,
not being able to get bff to see a Sun
day school Christmas tree, chipped In and
bought One of their own. It waa a small
affair, but was beautifully decorated, and
waa aet Outside of tha engine house. It
Contained a present for all the boys. One
fireman hung his stocking on the tree, but
refuses to tell what he got In It. The
presents consisted of pipes, Teddy bears
and doll babies for the most part. Several
young women who were passing by ob
served the miniature tree and hung some
little presents on it.
HICKEN DINNER CENTER PIECE
Ivot of tha Santa Clans Exercises at
Connty Hospital.
The Chrlatmaa at the County hospital
revolved around a big chicken dinner
served at 2 o'clock by Superintendent Far
rar. Th menu contained mashed po
tatoea, aauca of varloua klnda and tha
feast ended with two kinds of pie, pump
kin aud mince. Each of tha more than
M Inmate of the hospital found at his
Ph "bC containing nuta, randy and
'fruit. A ,
It rgulr4 wenty-Ove fat gees to ap
pease the appetites of the prisoners at
th county Jail Wednesday afternoon. The
gevs were provided by Sheriff McDonald
as a part of th apeclal Christmas day
feast. Tha bill of far Included mashed
potatoes, celery and pie, with tha un
usual luxury of cream and sugar In the
coffta. The dinner was served at 2
o'clock in the afternoon.
CHILDREN AT DETENTION HOME
Little Family Starts In with, Tuesday
Evening. 1
Tha Christmas celebration began Tues
day evening for the nineteen children at
th Dutentlun school.! The evening whs
apent by the children In trinmng the
Christmas tre. which was thy center
piece of the fastivltles. By a special dis
pensation they wer allowed to "stay up"
until 9 SO to heUx ,"
Th Chrlatmaa day,, festivities started
early In tha morning. Tha Chrlatmaa
tree-stood la th canter of the dining
room, lighted with doaena of candlea, and
Tbcro Is Only Qno
f Ttist la
Laizatiivo Bra mo Quinine
l . msxa we wtmco ovrm to oaar a ooim im bug oat.
I Alwars rroucoaW tfc foil aazna.
tar U4 sljnafcurn mwerj W.
loaded with glfta for th children. Th
Women' Christian Temperance union
had provided a present for 'each child.
consisting of candy, nuts arid frnlt tiod
up in a handkerchief. J. L Brandeis eV
Bona sent out a number of toys, th chil
dren made mors candy and the rest waa
provided from cash contributions. Christ
mas songs by th llttl folks followed the
distribution of present. " .
. In tha afternoon tha tree , was . again
lighted and a short Informal Christmas
service waa ' held. Mrs. Heller - told
Henry Van Pk' atory f th ! "rat
Christmas tree and the children ' sang
Songs of Christmas cheer. The rooms
were elaborately decorated ' with aver
green and holly, provided y friends of
the Institution. v ,
The children were given a apeclal din
ner of duck and the usual '"trimmings."
GOOD CHEER FOR ALL
.(Continued from First Page.)
prison league. In addition to tha dinner
each member of each .family received a
Chrlstmaa present. More than. J2.000 has
been contributed In New fork, alone for
thla Christmas for tha families of those
who are behind the bar... Mrf. Beoth's
work among the prisoner and th -conviots
has been Very successful and to
them she is known- as "the llttl another."
O JIB MILLION LEAVE . LONDON
EaeAn frem Metrepell far Christ nUta
Holiday Laraest on Record. .
LONDON, Dec. S. A Chrlatmaa holiday
laatlng from today to Friday for averyon
engaged In bualneaa and extending to th
following Monday for many score of thou
sands of worker haa resulted In a record
distribution of Londoners to all parrb of
the United Kingdom and left tha streets of
the city more deserted In appearance than
eienthe average Sunday, pearly 1,000,000
persons are computed to nave taken trains
at the various terminal In tha city during
tha past thirty-six hours bound 'to tha
provinces and elsewhere on visits to rela
tives and friends. Tha weather yesterday
was ao foggy and resulted In so many
minor mishaps to traffic at sea and on land
that there was apprehension that it might
continue today. Thla morning, however,
dawned bright, with a bracing atmosphere,
thereby contributing toward the ChrlBtmas
cheer.
King Edward and the queen, with the
Prince and Princess of Wale and their
children aa usual spending the Chrlstmaa
holiday at Sandringhant palace. In Norfolk.
All the tenanta at Sandrlngham have been
remembered with gifts of all kinds, includ
ing huge Joints of beef, tons of coal and
supplies of groceries. The old women of
the estate were peraonally cared for by
Queen Alexandra, who herself visited and
distributed shawls and warm clothing to
them.
The rumors of shortness of money are be
lied by the reports that there has been a
brisk Christmas' trade, the only oomplalnts
coming from wine and cigar merchants and
dealers in turkeys, who have been hit by
the new "prevention of corruption" aet
which forbids gifts of any kind from, any
agent without the consent of the principal
with the object of influencing the agent to
do business with the giver. ' .
Many large firms of economical mind, as
well aa private lndlvlduala, whose gifts are
beyond suspicion of bribery, have taken: ad
vantage of the act to get rid of the irk
some annual tax on the plea that such
presents possibly would subject them to
penalties provided by the new law. ' "
TO PREVENT THE GRIP.
-LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine remove the
causer Ta get the genuine ball for full game
and look for algnature of E. IV. Qrove. J5a
CARRIED THEJ3AME TOO FAR
Inside Vtevr of the Wall Street
Collapse and tha Reasons
for It. '
In Everybody's Magaslne for January,
Edwin Lefevre." tha Wall atreet expert
and well-known writer of atorlea of
finance, gives, in "The Game Got Them,"
tha inside story of the recent , panic, aa
seen through the eyee of Wall atreet.
Mr. Lefevre aaya, In part;
"Who would have said that tha touring
car and the projected Europoan trip of
1908 had regretfully to be abandoned be
cause some yeara ago a few cold-eyod,
eagle-beaked gentlemen la London coveted
a few gold mines in the TranSvaal? And
that the reason why Santa Claus will
not bring the Russian sables- this Christ
mas Is that Russian graftera, dreaming
of vast Manchurlan plunder, also dreamed
that the Japs ware apesT Yet these
remote events are clearly cauaea of auch
disappointments. For the Boer war, so
far as concerned tha world of business,
which doe not troubl Itself with ethics,
meant the loss of about a thousand mil
Hons of liquid capital. Not rery long
after that atupendoua financial loaa came
the war between Russia and Japan, and
a stiy greater amount of capital disap
peared forever something like 11,250,
000,000. Then cam the San Francisco
disaster. The loss ther waa, let u say,
$600,000,000; that much wiped out at on
fell woop. Thu you have In . a few
yeara tha losa of over 2,00,0O0,000 of
this little world'a liquid . capital. Re
member, thla waa no atock market elump
loss, no mere disappearance of an elusive
paper proflf on a speculative line, no
shrinkage of bank accounts incidental to
the collapse of some abaurd boom, no
diversion from one channel of trade into
another; but the actual arid definite and
Irretrievable losa of that much of - tha
world capital, which It could hav used,
which It needed to do business with.
"And serlou though ao stupendou a
loss at any time would be, It proved much
more than usually serious because dur
tng the laat three or four yeara th Vn
tir world haa been . unuaually busy.
Aside from spasms of speculation in
atocka and ataplea and metals, there haa
been unpreoeedented activity and expan
alon In industries and manufacture not
only in th United States, but ala In
Germany and England and Franc. In
our country, becauae of th naUonal
optlmlam, the expansion has been ex
traordinary, the volume of bualneaa eirn
ply colossal; our Industries have grown
at such a rate that we have been un
able properly to finance that growth.
This state of affairs has been clear to
all for many months. W have had too
much proaperlty for tha money; more
than we could promptly pay fr. . Didn't
the rallroada pray for la's bualneaa ao
that they might ear mora per ton per
mil?" - , - .
Look
tta.
TEACHERS MEET AT LINCOLN
Firit Thing on Trogram a Concert by
Omaha First M. E. Church Choir.
KELLEY AJTD SINGERS 14AXE HIT
Omaha Send Bl Delegation of
Teachers la Contraat erlth Apathy
Shown by Those of th
Capital City.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Dec. 2S.-(8peclal.) With a
musical concert by Thomas J. Kelly and
Mrs. Kelly and Mr. Kelly's choir of th
First Methodist Episcopal church of
Omaha at St. Paula church tonight, th
Forty-aecond annual meeting of the Ne
braska State Teachers' association began
tonight. There was a magnificent out
pouring to hear Ma Kelly and hi splen
did choir, and lovers of delightful tnuslo
wer given a Chrlstmaa feast, pleasing and
satlsfy'ng, lnsplrtngly grand.
Duiina th afternoon at tha office ef
Superintendent McBrlen the normal train
ing 'round table held a session which waa
largely attended. The law providing for
normal training In high schools waa en
acted by th recent legislature and accord
ing to th statistic received by th state
super! ntendant it is proving a success.
Thla -wa tha report brought In by those
who attended the session.
During th day a large number of teach
er reached the city and enrolled. Presi
dent A. H. Waterhovse came In early and
began to predict that the meeting was
going to be a success. He was cordially
greeted by those already here when h
reached tha camping ground at tha Llndelt
hotel. Mr. Waterhousa I particularly
proud of hi horn city of Omaha today,
inasmuch aa the big city haa an advanced
enrollment of 230 teachers. Last year the
entire county of Douglaa enrolled only
fifty-two teachers. Among the other early
arrivals Were: Superintendent C. W. Mc
Mlchael of Holdrege, Superintendent E. E.
Hays of helton, Superintendent E. VL
Hussong of Franklin, Superintendent James
E. Delsell of Lexington, Prof. J. W. Sear
son of Peru. Miss Anna Caldwell of Kear
ney Normal school. Prof. George N. Porter
of the Kearney Normal school, upertn
tendent N. C. Abbott Of Tekamah, L. W.
Colcbank of Curtis, Miss Katharine Woods
of Peru, secretary of the association; R.
D. Overholt, treasurer, Minden; Superin
tendent J. D. French of Hastings, W. T.
Davis of Beaver City. ,
Concert by Charca Choir.
Beside Mr. and Mrs. Kelly the follow
ing composed the choir whicH opened the
meeting tonight: Misses Hoverck, Rense,
Austin, Coburn, Hlgby, 'Rohrbough,
Higby, Snyder, Prey, Walker. Beellttle,
Fuller, Walker, Bolln, Barnhart. Roberts,
Hutchln, Hornungi Wellar; Messrs. Jcs
sen, Lorlng, Jaynes, Snow, McCreary,
Jessen, Dernlck, Comstock, Wade, Duck,
Conklin, Pendray, Samuels, Mercer, Hor
ton, Mr. and Mm. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs.
Miller. The fqllowlng program was
given:
PART I.
Christmas Nowell-Noel Tuletlda.
(From the French) Old Carol, "Th
First Nowell," traditional: the choir.
(From the Austrian) Old Carol, "Rise,
Ye Shepherds," traditional: Mrs. Kelly.
(From the .Bohemian ?-Legend. "Good
King Wencesals," traditional; Mr. and
Mrs. Kelly and choir. v
(From the Tyrolese) Old Carol, "8lnt
Night," Frana Grutoer: the choir.
Old German "Eln Neue Andachtlge
Klndelwlegen," D. Corner.
"An Old Sscred Lullaby."
Legend "A Hunter Would a-Huntlrtg,"
Johannea Brahms; the choir.
Old . Irish TCmas Song '"Phe Holly and
TVy Olrl," Ancient air; Mrs. Kelly.
Ancient Chrlstmaa Carol "The Boar'
Head," Wynkn da Worde, "Caput aprt
defero reddens laudes Domino.
Wassail Song "A Sdmersotshlr Was
sail." Traditional; Mr. Kelly and th
Choir.
Old English Carol "God Beat Te Merry
Qntlemen," traditional; the choir.
PART II.
Chrlstmaa, The Nativity. (In the Cathe-f
dral.
Organ Pastorale "The Fields of Beth
lehem," Max Vogrleh.
Processional "O Come, All Ye Faith
ful," Old Latin Adeste Fldeles.
The Magnificat; or "Hymn of Mary" (In
chant form), Henry Smart.
Anthem "Now When Jesus Waa Born,"
W. A. C. Cruickshandk.
Solo "Lullaby of the Madonna In the
Palm Grove," Frederick Field Bullard.
(From the Spanish of Lopes de Vega.)
Mrs. Kelly.
Slumber Carol "Sleep, Holy Babe," Dr.
Dykes.
Anthem "Thero Were Shepherds Abid
ing," H. C. Warelng.
PART III.
Ood'a Gift to Man "God So Loved th
World," Sir John Stalner (Sung by the
choir, unaccompanied).
Finale-' Ring Out, Wild Bell" (Tenny
on), Charles Gounol (Arranged for 'full
choir, soprano, solo, chlmea and organ,
by Mr. Kelly).
Sentlmea of Lincoln.
The several parties in Lincoln who, at
the Invitation of the State Journal, threw
several kinds of fits because of the pro
test of an out-of-town teacher at the lack
of Interest shown by these certain par
ties In the state teachera' meeting had
been published, have been caught with the
good on them. It I general knowledge
among the teachera that Superintendent
Stephen said h would not ask th
teacher of Lincoln to enroll thl year,
Inasmuch a they had recently mad a
trip to Kansas City to visit t he school
there. Mr. Stephana not only made tha
oral declaration to this effect, but vari
ous achool teachera have aeen letter
which he aeht to the local teachera, say
ing In" them that ha did not advise them
to enroll aa member of th teachera' as
sociation. Since the publication of tha
fact that th proper parties in Lincoln
were not taking the proper interest, the
Commercial club ha been getting busy
and at this late day will try to mak up
for the heretofore lack of Interest. Mem
ber of th association, however, da not
blame the Commercial club aa much aa
they do Superintendent Stephen and the
Lincoln teachers.
These Lincoln parties are now telling It
around that Omaha I circulating rumor
that th teacher are not pleasad in order
to boost that city for tha next meeting of
the association. On teacher, however, who
haa alwaya favored Lincoln for a meeting
place, said: "This activity of tha Lincoln
Commercial club and the published state
ment of Superintendent Stephens does not
change' my mind that the next meeting
should go to Omaha. This year Omaha ha
sent down In advance an enrollment of DO
teachers. When the associatlona was held
there the last time every teacher In Doug
la county waa registered. I hav always
favored Lincoln for a meeting place, but
when a aupertntendent advlaea teachera not
to enroll I think It time to Chang the plac
of meeting. It I a good thing for th as
sociation to change the meeting place oc
casionally anyhow. It create mora In'er
eat." Th enrolment today, counting those ca
tered in advance, number mora than 1,000.
Nebraska Hewn Notes.
BEATPICE Aa art xhlblt will bo given
by th )aatiio achoola during the week
of January ft.
BLUE HILL Th annual farmera' In
stitute will be held her Thursday and
Friday, January and 10.
BEATRICE Mr. Forest Carpenter of
Rockford and Mis Cora Brown of Holmes
vlll wer married her yesterday by Judge
Spafford.
PLATTflMOt'TH The Burlington shop
her closed Friday evening until January 1.
About 0 person are given a holiday va
cation for the first time.
BEATRICE The Dempster company dis
tributed S03 turkey yesterday among It
employes. Thla eimtom haa been in vogue
by the company for years.
PLATTSMOUTH Tbe Ptirllngton Rail
way company has paid I0d Hrantner the
sum of t.OM.SS sn Oamsge for Injuries re
ceived while working as switchman In
ParlHo Junction.
RRATRICR It. C. Htoll of this city yes
terday received word from Omaha that
his son, F. J. Stoll. traveling freight agent
for the Nickel Plate road, Was in a hos
pital at that place seriously 111 of typhoid
fever.
BEATRICE Word wss received here yes
terday announcing the marriage of Frank
Means and Miss Zelma Dickinson, both of
this city, which occurred at Bt. lyouls
Monday. They will make their home In
Beatrice.
BEATRICE Announcement haa been re
ceived here of the marriage of Mis Beat
rice Wright, a former Beatrice girl, to a
Mr. Graves, which occurred at Des Moines.
I. Mr. snd Mrs. Grave will make their
nome at huio, Neb.
Burroughs, a man named Doneo, oas
struck on the heed with a piece of Scantl
ing and badly Injured. Both wie pilsoners
at the city Jail, and were at work on the
city s woodpile when the trouble occurred.
PLATTRMOlTTIfTn fh irit-.f i,i.
Episcopal church in this city Chrlstmaa
nvrmne; ai i:mi o nock Dr. A. A. Randall,
the pstor. united In marriage Frank A.
Rennle and Mlas Bessie Ethel, daughter ef
lr. ana Mr. James Seivers, .all of this
CHjr.
BEATRICE Last evening at o'clock at
in nnme or ma Brides mother waa
solemnised the marriage of John Ij. Davey
of Grand Island and Miss Dorria A. Green
nt .VIM 1. -.. . .
... nun v, j, riv-v. a. J, i miwb omciMiing.
Mr. Davey is connected with a telephone
vuinpany 11 tnai place.
BEATRICE The marriage of Dr. Samuel
Stewart of the feeble minded Institute at
thia place ahd Mlns Nell Frances Sawyer
occurred today at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Guy lisle. 30J Twenty-eighth street,
Lincoln. After a brief honeymoon the bride
and groom will return to Beatrice to make
ineir nome.
AINSWORTH This mnrnlnr tlnivnrlh
had three funerals Dennla Colllna. who
oieo at a. m. December 22. and was burled
In Alnsworth cemetery this morning, aged
74; Mrs. Joseph died at 9:30, December 23.
and was taken this morning to Bprlngvlew
ir iniermem, agea tn; ana Mrs. piranm.
died at 7 D. m. Inst nlrht. ami fR and will
be burled In the German cemetery north of
iown uecemner zo.
PIjATTSMOTTTH Conrad Sohlater was
assisted Chrlstmaa dav In relehratlna his
seventy-fifth birthday anniversary at the
home of his son, Frank E. Sclilater. who
Is county treasurer, by bis wife and their
mree cniiaren and their thirteen grand
children and many other friend. Mr. and
Mrs. Schlater have resided In this county
for fifty years snd for a number of year
ireigntea across the plains, then purchased
a farm near Louisville, where they resided
iweniy-nvo years.
. COLUMBUS-The funeral of the late Mr.
a. v. Miner was held here yesterday mom
Ing under the auspices of Lebsnon lodae
No. M. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. Miller lived hers In Cnlumhua a num
ber of years ago an1 went from here to
South Omaha and engaged In the live
slock business.- Six years sgo, he went
from flouth Omaha to Arizona and went
Into the mining business and prospered
well, in his mining ventures. The caune
or Mr. Miller's death was pneumonia. Mr.
Miller waa burled with the Masonic burial
service by the lodge here, on the request
or tne Masonic lodge at BOuth Omaha.
BATTLES OF REAPER KINGS
Patent Wara of the Enrly Day Helped
to Brine About Lincoln's
' Candidacy.
Among the different types of reapers, and
the numerous variations of each type, the
bitterest rlvslrles prevailed. There was no
pool, no "gentlemen's agreement," no "com'
munlty of Interest." Indeed, the "harvester
business" was not business. It waa a riot
ous game of "Farmer, farmer, who gets
the farmer?" The exejted player cared
less for the profits than .for the victories.
As fast as they made money, they Ihrew It
back Into tha game. Mechanics became
millionaires, and millionaires became me
chanic!:" The whole trade was tens with
risk and rivalry and excitement, as though
it were a search for gold along th high
plateau of the Rand. And thl In spite of
th fact that, with tlie exception of McCbr
mlck, Osborne and Whltejey, the men who
came .,ta . be known as ' reaper kings were
not naturally tighter." ? No business men
were ever gentler than' Deerlng, Glessner,
Warder, Adrtanc and Huntley. ' But th
making of reaper wa a new trade. It
wa ilk a vast, unfenoed prairie, wher
every settler owned as much ground as he
could defend.
Each step ahead meant a struggle for
patent. Whoever built a reaper had to
defend himself In the courts as well a ap
prov himself in tha harvest fields. Cyrus
H. MoCormlck, especially, a William Deer
lng soon learned, wielded th big stick
against every man who dared to makeJ
reaper. He was the grlsxled old veteran
of the trade, and he gave battle, to his
competitor aa though they were a horde
oJT trespassers. Ha was their common
enemy, and the reaper money that waa
aquandered on lawaulta brought a golden
ra of prosperity to the lawyers.
Borne of these patent wars shook the
country with tha crash of hostile forces.
Th tide of battle rolled up to the aupreme
court and even Into the hall of congress.
Once, In 1856, when McCormlck charged
full tilt upon John H. Manny, who wa
making reapers at Rockford. 111., a three
year struggle began that wa th most
noted legifl duel of th day.
McC'ormick, to make sure of hi victory,
went Into the fight with a battery of law
yer whom h thought Invlnclbl William
H. Seward. E. M. Dlckerson and Senator
Reverdy Johnson, Manny made a giant
effort at self-defense by hiring Abraham
Lincoln, Edwin M. Staunton, Stephen A.
Douglas, Peter H. Watson. George Hard
ing, and Congressman H. Winter Davis.
From first to last it was a lawyer' bat
tle, and McCormlck waa finally defeated
by Stanton, who made an unanswerably
eloquent speech. For thia speech Stanton
received tio.000, and Lincoln, who had mad
no apeech at all, wa given 11,000. Tet,
Ip th long run, th man who profited by
thla law suit wa Lincoln, for It was this
money that enabled him to carry on his
famous debate with Douglas, and thus
made him the Inevitable candidate of the
republican party. Herbert N. Casson In
Everybody's.
A Lit Sentence
of suffering with throat and lung troubl
1 quickly commuted by Dr. King' New
Discovery. 60c and tl.OO. For sal by
Beaton Drug Co.
Farmers la Fatal Qnarrel.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Dec. 2J.
Jesse Uptegrafe and Sam Williams, farm
ers living near Hlikury Hill, fourteen
miles from Jefferson City, became In
volved In a quarrel last night and I'pte
grafe killed Williams with a Shovel. Vpte
rrsf l no''-" e " Th coroner is
Investigating; the killing.
(Established isra.l
. Coras White Ytm .
Whoopln'f-Cotifh, Croup,
Bronchitis, Cought,
Diphtheria, Catarrh.
Coafldencm ran he t1ar-1 In a Mm.
edy, which (or a quarter of a century
haa earned unqualified praise. Restful
nigncs are assured at on.ee.
Cttioleao it m Boon to Atthmmtlca
Alt DruggtatM
Sm4 fital fr d IF
Throat Taislsi f u lba
Irritated throat, ef
roar drcggUtor from
is. iuo. u stamp.
Th Vh)i (mtm Co,
ISOKHMSL.N.T.
' ah-aaa-.
MUTE BUT HAPPY COMPANY
Students at Deaf and Dumb Institute
Hava Big Time.
TREE FOR HUNDRED AND NINETY
Novel Ideal Worked Oat la Con
trarilea of Thla A Pair
Day a Fmll of
M-o-r-r-v C-h-r-t-a-t-m-a-a.
Many thousand times these letter wer
made and many thousand time the
word spelled out yesterday at the Insti
tute for tha Deaf and Dumb, where
ehllftron iml valine twtnnle entoved
M
the
dav with tha same entertainment a. w
flth
-at martlM a blar frirtattna- tree. a. tur
key dinner and the songs and poem
which other children recite at t'nruum
time.
But all waa allent. The good wisho
were spelled out aa silently as th leave
- fall In the autumn. Smile lighted
th harpy face, but no gay laughter waa
heard about the big miimmgs, nor
echoes of children' voice add to
hannlness of the day.
did
tiie
Then dinner time arrived and the long
line of exneetant students marched into
th big dining room decorated with holly
and aMar branches. With eight siuaeni
at each table th room wa a happy
seen. But It waa silent except the rat-
tiin nt tha silver knives and toras.
More than thirty turkeya were required
to erve the atudenta, and "paa tne tur
key and cranberpe auc" wa en
all table many time.
All Know that Old Story.
at
No one could tell the etudent of the
Deaf and Dumb institute the story of the
Christ child, but all tf them had reaa u
and Christmas eve a large stereoptlcoi
w.a taken to the Institute and the pie
turea were ehown Illustrating the themes
of the festival. The story of Christ oirin
and life waa told In pictures and a silent
. in hA Wonderful sign
V-I1I IsH-lllorj
... rV.ea ,r.irfnt- & tTlUCn OI
Christmas feeling as though they could
v. their voices and sung the
- a. .r.A haard th melodies. But th
murlc of motion was inspiring and it waa
a happy evening. Before retiring iner
cited '"Twa the Night Before Chrlet
mas," all in the algn language.
rr.. ,h. tha Chrlatma mornlni
broke the tudents .looked upon the moat
ar.4 beautiful Chtlstma irne n
it I. certain that there wa no
..v..- .... nba it in the city. For It wa
built and did not growl yet for artistic
beauty th most careful training of the
arborculturlst could not nave wa
ture to mak a more beautiful tree.
Novel Plan of Btndenta.
- th. inatltnte conceived thi
.t r-hvi.tmaa trees were offered
... '-.I. t,ih would hold presents for
190 children and young people and the
numerou packagea given to
it a considered cruel to cul
down one of the large cedar tree for
... .... f . few hours. At first It was
m decorate one of . the beuutl
ful cedar treea in the yard, but there was
the danger of snow and rain.
n. ii.. - i.m walnut trunk was se
r iimn j -
curod. It wa twelve feet long and six
Inches in diameter above the box in which
It Was mounieu. -
... . a tha institute needed prun
. - irk. maiiv treea
lilt! I'u " - - . ,
. ,1 out off near tne
ing ana iimu -
ground. Hole were bored In the walnut
trunk and the ceaar iiram -It
Then tha ChrUtroaa tree wa
made ahapely by trimming and wa
m - .. vialtora were de-
BO penetl iv,
ceived and believed it to be one of the
etately tree which grow on the grounds
of the Institution.
rurnini nets a Present
From thia, tree every student ahook
down a present. Thoa who received
ware listed by the taach-
ers and a list kept of those who did not
receive Chrlstma package. i,n "
j. . -,uvw-..,t friends to send them thing
. m .i.n. imnnt tha ofAccra and
: . . ...1 nn one waa overlooked
ICUIMS1 .
Many of those who had no frierrea on
th ouUlde received more than those who
had packagea sent them from nome.
ih HtaHola waa th most surprised
.u. When John took l.lS
Q( Hid ..
package from th tree he found a fine
r.,icti. and Inside of It was wrapped
a fold watch with a card, "Merry ChrlU-
mas."
t,,.. whir .Tnhn was haDDV when he te
ceived the gold watoh wa explained by
Superintendent White. Just two weeks
ago someone stole the watch ffotn John
fleare.h waa made for It and the
matter was reported to the police, but
the watch was never found, un cnrisi
m.. n.nrnina- it came back front some
one on the outside, who ent It by mall,
and with it a necktie with th Merty
Christmas wish.
Children Mav a Party.
During the afternoon the children had
o n.n" and -slaved at game and
divided th good things from horn with
each other. The young people a pariy
waa haid durlna the evening. Game and
other amusements made the Chrlstmaa
Tuninr marrv. The Chrlstmaa festivities
wara In charae of a committee of teach
ers and attendants, consisting of C. .
Eldrldge, Mis Klrkpatrlck, Miss Saund
ers and Miss McClary.
But the "Christmas Belle" of th teach
era made them the happiest of all th
happy onea at the Deaf and Dumb In
atitiit Thev heard them at 6 o'clock
Christmas morning and looked out to
aee the atreet cara going by tn msti
tut Tha new line waa oDened Wednes
day morning and the first Walnut Hill
car passed by the very gat or tn
aehonl Tn tha rjaat tba teachera hav
walked almost a mile over mellow yellow
clay, overneaiea oy summer suns, maa
ankls deep by spring rains ana aitnosi
Impassable by the snow of a Nebraska
winter.
fllnoa Hnnta flaua eould not brine ua
all automobiles, wa ara thankful for tha
atreet cara," aaid a teacher aa tcara of
happlneas atreamed down ner race.
MORTON & SON CO. CELEBRATE
Tneaday Was th Twenty-Fifth Anni
versary of OI4 Hardware
Firm.
Members of tha firm of Jaa. Morton ft Son
Co. Tuesday celebrated tha twenty-fifth
anniversary of the day the Arm started In
business In a small way in Crelghton block,
near Fifteenth and Douglas streets.
Charles W. Morton loft the employ of
the a purchasing department of the Bur
lington twenty-five years ago Tueaday to
start the hardware business with his father
and the firm has grown and prospered
until at present It Is tha only exclusive
hardware firm which waa In business In
Qmaha at that time. Tha Arm grew faat
and prospered until Instead of the two
nu mbers of tha firm being able to do the
business as In the start a large force of
men Is employed and Instead of tha city
of Omaha for Its market the firm ships all
over tho western territory. It was a coin
cidence that on the twenty-fifth anniver
sary the Arm ahould be sending a larg
conalgnment of lc tool to th Pacifto
coaat.
Jamea Morton, died four yeara ago and
tha bualness Is now owned and conducted
by C. W. Morton and J. H. Morton at 1511
od. Just around the corner from where
It Was started a quarter of a century ago.
NEBRASKA FR0MDAY TO DAY
Qaala aaa Carlona Fr-a tares of Life
in a Rapidly Orowlna.
state.
Our young men should be very careful
on dark evenings so no mistakes are
made and they ask the wrong,prty If
they may accompany . them to their
homes. A ycung man made a sad mis
take In that he asked a married Indy.
He was promptly turned down and has
been very careful since. Plalnvlew Re
publican. Christmas Greet lngs-Boy$, there it a
$mnll matter to which wo would like to
call your attention. There IS a certain
thing which l often needed In running
our buSinett. That certain thing 1$ al
ways In evidence. We won't tpenk fur
ther on the Subject. PerhapS you hove al
ready gucSled tho thing we are Striking
at. May heaven bleSS you. Ragan Jour
nal. Columbus Item Tom McTaggert, the
baggage master of the V. P. and B. A M.
must have a charmed life or he would
have been aent to kingdom come the other
day by a Burlington freight train that
backed down on him. Tom Jumped ojt
of the Way, but the wagon was knocked
Into smithereens. Neither of the horse
was Injured, but Tom had a cracked rib
and a few bruise by having one of th
horses thrown against him by the train.
ii i V,
Tonic Emit Suchan says that cold water
baths at this sesson of the year are not
what they ara cracked up to bo by the
advocate of the cold water cure, and
Ernll Is In a position to know what he Is
talking about. He Waa on a hunt last
Sundsy afternoon when he came lncon
tact with more water than was agreeable
to him. In attempting to crosa Maple
creek on a fallen tree he slipped In and
got a thorough soaking. After he had
crawled out on the froxen bank of the
stream the gait with which he trecked
for home was not slow. Howells Journal.
Reminder of Olden Times Nelson Voor
h! 4s the champion trapper of Johnson.
He has been very lucky this season with
his traps and claims that his occupation
is one of profit to him. . He has had the
rare good fortune of having captured four
fine river mink. The last one that hd got,
which was captured last Saturday, was a
river mink. It was twenty-throe Inches In
length and was one of the finest speci
mens of the furs that hav been seen In
this locality for soma time. Mink pelts
are very much sought for and are get
ting rarer every year. The best pelt
easily bring 15 on the market. Mr. Voor
hles is putting In spare time In his trap
ping expeditions and I meeting with good
success In capturing other kinds of fur
bearing animals. Almaha Republican.
Me nand 'Women Editors When ths edi
tor leaves his wife to run the paper, edi
torial like the following are liable to ap
pear: If the wife I voluble of speech Is
her husband a sphinx T If a woman Is a
human phondgraph. Is a man a clam?
Not exactly not so that you could notice
it from the road through the binoculars.
Most of the husbands who like to Joke
about the wagging tongues of their wives
are living expounders of-hot air theory.
They are the chaps who have nothing to
say and devote most of their time to say
ing It; they are full of persiflage, verb
osity and prunes. When they open their
mouths their tongues run away with ,
them. Stand one of these tiresome ex
pounders of the obvious up beside a talk
ing machine and he will make it sound
like a whisper. Man, a he averages up,
Is full of bluff, brag - and bluster, but
that's worse than you can say of tha
average woman. Allen News.
The Diplomatic Maiden.
The tiresome young man was calling unon
tne weary young may.
Buddenly he looked at his watch.
"Goodness me, what time do you tupnose
it is? ne asKea.
Bh yawned, and her dainty hand could
not disguise the met.
" It must tie twelve at least, sne said.
"No." he observed: "It Is ten-thlrtv."
"Is that all?" she asked a she smothered
another yawn. -
question: Did tne young man call again?
Answer: He am not. Cleveland Flam
Dealer.
I.IEOIG CQMPAMY5
EXTRACT OF" DEEP
"IbsTsaaad year vslnabl ruimti sal flsS
sham p.rf.ot. Couldn't do without Ib.m. 1 hi
Ii.. tli.ta fwH tlm for lud!(Mlon and till
ou.n.sr) as am maw complete!? cured, ileoom
Bend thetn to erer-foue. Once tried, roe wilt
asvoi bo without Ibera In the t.inllj."
award A. Mux, Albssy, M.T.
Plettlent. Palatable, Potest, Taeto flood , Do Ansd,
HeTor Ulokeo, Weaken or Orlpe, KXs. . Hp. f.er
Sold la bulk. The genuine tablet eMor-ped G0 0.
Qaaxanteed to i.r. or four money beck.
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago er N.Y. So
AKXUAL SALE, TEN MILLION BOXES
It 13 presumption to say yon
haven't a mind of your own.
yet, that 1 what U practically
aaid to you when you ask for an
advertised article ami are offered
a aubstltute by a dealer. He
would give you wbat you made up
your mind you wanted, but for
the (act that a substitute pays
him a larger percentage of profit.
Such a dealer's Interest Ilea only
tn making aa much money out of
you aa possible. The first-class
dealer would have given you
what you salted for, by that
course admitting that you, had a
mind of your own and were capa
ble of exercising It. Show the
ubututor that you have a mind
Of your own by getting WHAT
VOU ASK FOR.
1 pA,l,LATAf.fL?i,.ie f"Uc.ud is ih E.t
iJ 11 C " Lf 4rniiitiiisery
. .. r. ana ee ior eire. irvioa-
w lJf' '" .,yrHr-.'.," u'a po other klbl
.K.d.ad tinuifAAi Jaw wth. 1 Mil KumUg I
I. AJI Uth Altlj Wt'.l. THIT1. fal'MfcygJ-f
Tht most eoncantraled form Sjf
X ol beef known goes lur-jCr
S. ther and gives more
X satisfaction than J&r
V substitutes.
lliess
""w. CAhsri CATrtajrno
l&a. Wtnalorc Boot'uto Byrcp
Ws been used for rrrr SrTTT-FTVBJ TEAM 1V
y mi E 'j lETpTsii. ih PfrFECT grcrkSd ft
SI
' 1 " " " 1 '" 1 1
...
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Gall Stones Removed
WITHOUT THE KNIFE ORPMU
f I will give you an absolute guar
antee to remove gall stones and th
elements In the system which produce
them within five dnys without the
use of a knife und free from pain.
If you are a sufferer from gall
stones you know thi I a broad
assertion to innke, for never before
until my new method was perfected,
were they successfully removed with
out the use of the knife. An opera
tion means much pnln and suffering,
and so often a repetition of the oper
ation. My new formulated method
not only removes the atones, but Tids
the system of the cause that produ
ces them.
In my regular fnmlly practice here
I have successfully treated all case
that have come to mi. If you are a
sufferer, write mo Jo. furthi-r Infor
mation and I will also bo pleated to
refer you to my former patients.
M. V. lU'ItRl'SS, M. 1.
Albion. Neb.
HAND
SAPOLIO
FOR TOILET AND BATH
' It makes tl e toilet something to be en.
joyed. It removes all Mains and roughness,
prevents prickly heat and chafing, and
leaves the skin white, soft, healthy. In the
bath it brings a glow and exhilaration which
no common soap can equal, Impsrtit g the
vigor and life sensation of a mild Turkish
bath- Grocers and Druggists.
PI
PAROURKE'S
8A.8B BILL HEADOUABTEJIB
AXA XiXADUTO 1SANCS
-CIGARS-
BOX T&AOB A SPECIALTY
316 8o. 15th Strsst.
AMUSEMENT.
Boyd's Theater
THIS AFTERNOON
CESIBTMA8 MATH-TUB TODAY
Charles Frohman Presents
WILLIAM COLLIER
In His New Comedy
CAUGHT IN THE RAIN
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
DEWOLF HOPPER
And Company of TJ People, -with
- MAJtauEBrrx cube
In the Opera
HAPPYLAND
Jan 1-9 Hw Year's Matines. '
TRIUMPHAL TABBWELL TOVM
Capacity Business Svsrywbsr
THE CLANSMAN
Company of 78 Troop of Korsss
ZTw Bcsnlo and Eleotrio Effect
CRBfGMTOH"
'Phon Douglas 494.
ADYANOBD VAUDEVILLE.
Matinee Dally 9:16 Every Night 8;1.1
TXI8 WEEK A Night With the Poets,
Charlene & t'harlene, Kooe le Haven Sex
tet, Uuo. Auatin Moore, Simon & Gard
ener, Uartholdl's Cockatoos, Christie Duo
and The Klnoilrome.
Prices 100, S5o, 60c.
Eeata for Xmas Mat. and Eve. on sale.
ft
THEATRE
MAT
INEB TO
DAY. U 15-25-50-75
TOglOHT
GEORGE SIDNEY
LV
svrr X2ZY, yxn mazuma mast.
Thursday I Ths Way of The Transgressor.
Mt-er"""
THIRD ANNUAL POULTRY
AHD
PET STOCK SHOW
OIVEIT BY THE
TrI-GIty Poultry Assertion
' AT THE
Omaha Auditorium
Sso. 30, '07, to Jan. 4, 'OS.
Greatest exhibition of Poaltry,
Pigeons, Wild PowL, Dogs and Oats
ever setn la the Missouri Valley.
Th show will b opa every dap
from t a. in. until 10:30 p. m.
AD1CIBSIOH
"Adults, 85c. Cblldrsn, ISo.
Special rsdneed rat ticket may b
secured by asking your local butcher
or grooer.
AUDITORIUM
ROLLERRINK
Thursday Will Be Ladies' Day
Grand Masquerade on-Friday
- Night. -