Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 27, 1892, Page 23

HOW THEY MADE THEIR START Rome Omaha Lawyers Who Were rot Al- ways Rleek and Prosperous. GEN, COWIN'S HABIT OF WORKING FOR FUN One of Charley ches That Falled of 1ts Parpose Tirst Ac sawed by the Supreme Greene's &pe Judge Thurston's exs and First Case—Whip= Court, The ambitious disciple of Blackstone, when he first enters upon the practice of Lis profession, has great dreams of the future. Genvrally his knowledge of men and things 1s quite limited, and hethinks that the world hes long ploed for tis efforts. He balieves that itis only necessary for him to put his ability upon the market and clients will stumblo over coch othier in their efforts to reach his ofice. He gencrally, tias some great cvil to remedy, some egregious wrongs to right. A friend or acquaintance bas veen dcirauded of his inheritance. or a nolghbor Las been injured by some act of vandalism, A system which, to him, seems mischievous, must be uprooted, and the gondition of mankind generally will ve Rmoliorated by his entrance into his choseu profession. mo time ago a number of voung lawyors and General Cowin were seatcd at a dinner table in a popular cafe and all wero discuss- ng the pleasant and unp nt features of their calling, Some wers deprecating the fngratitude of their clients, whilo othe wero, finding consolation in tho grati- tudo of theirs. *When [ started fu prac tice,” said General Cowin, 1 though. | had but' ono mission on earth, I belinved sin- cerely that 1 was put hero to righi evory ox isting wrong and Ilabored with that end in view for » time. Whether my client had money or not, if Icousidered that he had heen wronged, I latored with the same energy in either caso. 1 found out in time, however, that in many iustances those for whom 1 had worked the hardest and who phid mo the least wero the most salistied Wwith my efforts.” ‘The grenl advocate stopped thero, butr Lo might have added that the lawyer who is most respected by his clients 18 he who renders first clnss services and for them collects a first class feo. 1t isestimated that not more than 60 per cent of those admitted tothe barmake the practice of law their hfe work. Poveruy sappointments and dissatisfaction leaa 40 per cent into other flelds, but it is often asseried by laymen that this percentage is too small by one-half The ordinary law student meots with many difficulties in the two years ducing which he must apply bimself in the oftice of bis pre- ceptor. His struggle for bed ana board ts generally no smali one and he often lougs for the day wien ho will swing his sign to the breeze und lay in wait for nis first client, That time finally comes. Ile gets his first patron, and after untiring preparations the day of trial is 4t band. He fails to see how ho can lose his cause. M times, how ever, he ascertains before the trial is ended that his chient in relating the circumstances 1o him proviousiv has disturted or concealed the real fucts. 1t his client hus been truth- ful he may discover that in the anplication of the law ‘to the facts heand the court do not agree and his caso is lost. Only o lawyer can appreciate his feelings, for they ure experienced in no other walks ot 1ife. How some of the distinguished mem- bers of tho Douglas county uvar tried their first cises and the embarrassmonts pending re told below wn their own Jangua “My first cliant,” said Charles J. Greeno, “wis a coal black negro, with a soul us black s his skin. He was charged before a magistrate at Marengo, [il., with & criminal sseult upon a white servant girl of that pity. At that time1 was in the oftics of Amos B. Coon, one of tho ablest and most pecentrio lawyers in the state. He had a memory which in the heat of avcument pould ‘recall any case he had ever or heard of. His retention tes, numbers and priuciples as little short of the miraculous. At the Iproper time in the trial of a cause he would call up the volume, page, title and the Jan- gusge of any decision ho bad ever studiod d apply it t0 tho matter in hand. Ho ex- plaiced his positions by iliustrations, some- times not the most elegant, but alwavs apt and pointed. His language was not alway tho most refined and bis impetuosity often found vent in the utterance of an onth, I bad several days to prepare my case, and in- stead of looking into tho facts as I should I L cnergies in preparing my speech, To my youthful mind & speech was the thing peoded for tho occasion and 1 was prepared 0 make it, facts or no facts. Ira JCurtis, & ° bright voung fellow, osccuted the mnegro, and Mr Joon was ouoof the intorested spe ctaiors, o was prosent to hear my speech, Curtis ully realizea the embarrassmont under which 1 was laboring and did and said many things which disconcerted me. Pinaliy tho evidence was all in and the arguments would soon follow. Curlis was directed by the court to make his statement of facts and present bis sido of the case, but, o my un- utterable chagrin and disappointment, ho replied that be would waive his opening. [ bewged of him to say somethiug tnat I might got w deeper inspiration, but he de. clined with n smile. Mr. Coon, scoing my agitation, poked Curtis under the ribs, say- g at tho same tme: ‘Speak. Say some- toing, Give him a chance D-—-n it, give him a chance. But he kept his seat. Whben I got up my sails had no wind. A dead calm pre- vailed in the court room. I staggered through 8 few sontences and the examination closcd by the magisirate remandiug my client to ail to awalt. trial, 1 wis greatly mortitied ana to deliver that speech oven if 10 one heard ft. That evening ofter aarkness had set in [ stole over 10 the oftice aud locked tha door, I mounted tho wable and dolived my speech 0 an imaginary justice, Isplit the aie with my eloquence and thesound reached the street A pussing constable heard mo and stopped to listen, Ho knew my voico and started fter Mr. Coon. The two came over to the vd niy peroration and withdrew o their homes without my knowledge, They ftold me all the uext morting. Months after bat Mr. Coon had oceasion to refer to my peech. 1o had won a oivso and important cnso before u jury, and bis opposing counsel, mamed Luthrop, ‘made o much stronger and avler efiort on the motion for anow trial than e did on tho tral itseif. Tho comparison etween Lathroo and wyself wasat o evi- iout, and bo likened bim to ono who hag do his great speech after bis client had berouie to Jail.’ M vractice," said Gonoral Cowin, ‘‘began 1n 1568 in Omaba. My fiest client s 000 of Lhe noted men of earth, o journal an explorer and a would-be lawgiver, 1 efer to Henry M, Stauley anley was o eporter at thut time on oue of tho local papers. ‘Littlo Mack' was pubiishing a Jwbekly in Omaha and tho two journalists ere not on frinndly terms. Maclouough Toto ® screed in his sheet con- necting Stauley’s name with that of Anun - Wurd, " & then noled iwoman of the town, Stanley, & very nervous man, became deeply incensed at thoe publics- ton God swore vengeance on tho writer. Wheu the two wen met the unticioated {ook ice, Mack being the recivient of & furious Arubbing. Staoloy was Aar rant issucd oy Charloy I of tho aity. He v thie theory that ho was justitied by the scu pilous attack, The record was introduced in evidence, and after perusing it the court dis ieharged my elient. "be bonor of scoring mj Mirst viotory was all thero was in i for my feo is stll due wme from Swanley, a3 | 1 suppose,” said Jolin M. Thurston, “that Il distinguished lawyors won their first ases. Luying uside he matterof distine tion 1 amn frank to suy that 1 lost wine and | tell yeu it wasa aandy. Tlis great event | i wy life took placo nes Dy vears mgo in the litdle town of Beaver 1ais, \is, n that quiet village lived a fwnily pawed [Mulbiaren 8o just across the street anothoer wamed Murphy, The u family con \sted of & wother and four Loys, who were i«m ragged and saucy. The two housebolds | ad long before declured Lostilities and the Mulbaren boys did mauy \hings to irritate | the head of the Murphy family, At lengit forbearance ceased 10 be a Lue, aad one | of the Mulharen boys was given g well do- served thrasblug. The aviise of Murphy followed us u wstter of course. The county | attoruey was caled wway before tha trial, ana e asked we te reprosent the state in his stead. | very whilngly conseated. | spent many hours studying up the law of Susault sud’ battery, acd [ also became thor- 1 determined g I od by mysell | Godle oughly eonversant with the facts in the case, 1t vecame known that | was going to try my first case, and wheu I came down [ found the justico office filled with citizens, and a groat crowd was on the outsifle. It was tho groatost event taus far in my life. I nerved myself up nod the trial began. The opposing counsel was my old_school teacher and he berated me oivilly and considerateiy, Wo had little troublo as the trial procceaed. When the evidenco was all in 1 made my oovuing speech, but it did not amount to much. 1 was reserving my fire to silence my enemy’'s battories. My old preceptor made his argument and I felt that tmo had como 1 began my specoh slowly and ocarefully. In the course of my remarks 1 went back to the Emerald Isis, to the time when the mother of the beaten boy was the pride of the valloy in which she was reared. 1 re- lated how the now deal Mulbaren had be come smitten with her charms and how he had wooed and w I then followed thio counle across tho raging main, told how thoy had left behind thom their friends and their kindred, how they had encountered the perils of the decp and traveled thousands of milos through nge land and finally settled down in our thriving little town and becomo a port of our body politic. 1 then eute their household in Beaver Dam and expatiated upon the peaco and contentment that presided over the Mulharen hearthstone. [ related in & pathetic way now death had taken her husband and left her with three fatherless children to battle against this cold and un feoling world. | handled the defencant without gloves and | had made him out an and cowardly man when 1 had The crowd stayed to hear my of: I folt that my learers were with m henever I siid anything good b ed und applauded. In my zeal and tem porary indignation 1 overlooked tho justico and mistook their lits for - tory. | discovered v th 1 was wrong. I spoke over an hour and when I took my seat I felt sure I tad won iy case, The justico reviewed the facts, never said 4 Wora about my quent Torf, stated tho troublo was only a neigh bortiood row and dismissed the complaint. I walked out of the room disappointed, but I have since cowme to the conclusion the justico “I'ne beginning of my practics in Omaha was_in 180G, sald G, W. Ambros “and my first case has pa: ed into listory. It was entitled Bradsuaw vs Omaha and the dJecision upon tho questions involved by the ccurt of lnst resortn year orso afterwards till the first pages of the first volume of the Nebraska reports, A largo tract of aericultural lands owred by Bradshaw had been taken within the city limits over his protast. He cluimed that this property ought uot to be subjected to taxation for municipal purposes. Ho brought au injunction Lo restrain the colleo- tion of the taxes aud I was attorney for tho city, The cause finally ied the supreme court, wheres a decision adverse to the city was reacucd. Several years lutor, on ths strongth of the decisior in Bradshaw vs Owahn, I brougit a similar suit on a similur causo of action. It went o tho supremo court also, and Bragshow vs Omaba wes reversod, | In tho cular of the faro piayer I was whipsawed off the face of the earth."” e LAST LINES OF THE LATE Posthumously Publis 4 Poems of Tenny- son on Man, the Universe and God. “The Doath of (Knone, Akbar's Dream, and Other Pooms” is the title of ‘Tanuyson’s last volume of poetry, just published. Erom it tho following posms, the best of the book, are copied. They deal with tho subject of man and his rolation to the univorse and the plan of God, and man in evolution of civilization. Theso poems are pleasingly reminiscert of the charm and power of the enrlier Tennyson, which veadors of somo of the lator published volumes of his lifetime had come 10 mourn ns vinished, Tney will also bo found a source of strength to many, as tho con'ilent and cminently comforting thought-oxpressions of one who, when writ- ing them, was slready within l!\u deeper shadow of the 1vory gats and trod it without o tremor. LAUREATE. Doubt and I ‘Tho' 8n too oft, when smitten by Thy rod, Kail at “Blind Fate” with muny o _faint From sin thro' sorrow tato Thee we ‘).(i! Iy thiut same puth our true forefathers todr: And lotnot Rea e, nor the sod Draw from my de Thy living flower and rus: Before T learn that Love, which is. and w My Pather, and my Brother, and my God Steel mo with paticnce! soften me with zrief! Lot b'ow the trumpet stonzly while L pray, il this embattled wall of unbefof, My prison, not my fortross, tall away ! Then, i Thou willest, lot my day Lo brief, €0 Thou wiit strike Thy glofy thro' the duy. aith, Doubt no lonzer that the lilghest Is the wisest and the best, Tet nov wll that saddens Nature blisht thy hope or broak thy rect. Quail not at the fiery moautain, at the ship- wreek, or the rolling Thunder. or the rending eartiquake, or tho fauiine, or tho psst! {ther mourn IF humin ereeds be lower than the heart’s dosire Thro' the gates that bar the distance comes a cloam of what is hizher, Wait til death hus fling them open, when the man will muko the Maker Dark no inoro with human hatreds in the gluro of deathless fire! The Shont Voices, When tie dumb Hour, clothed § Brings the droans about iy bed, Cull me not so often back, Silont Voicos of the dead, Toward tho lowl ind ways hehind me, Aud the suniizht that i ! Call i Forward Lo the starry track Glimumering up the helghts beyond me On, und alwiys on' black, niverse, wholiy vanish God and t Wil my tiny spark of vour doeps and height Must iy day be dark by eiis, 0f your boundics Rush of suns, and roll of syste fiery ¢ nof meteoriwes? “Epint, neat on Aark portal at of thy human state, hotzh the hidden wurpose of that which alone is et Nor the n vorid, 118 shadow, shient Opencr of the Gate, Tho Making of Man, Where s one that, born of Womun, cin esvpe From the fower world tger, or of apu? Man a3 yeu i belng made, and, erv the crowning of nies, Shall not aon after won P iss 1o Shape? All about hini shadow still, but rioes fluwer und fade, Prophet-eyes may eateh o' glory slowly gains 1nzoi the shade, il tho peoplo all one, volees blond 1o chorle Hallelujuh to the Maker “1t 15 made! n, O yo Heav- and your the limit nor the altogether within him, moods of and touch him while the thelr Man and all 18 finish'd. “You ure but children.” —Eyup fan Priest (o Solon, Ited of the Dawn'! sereams 0f 8 babo du the red-hot palms of & Moloch of Tyre, Man with his protherless dinner on s the tropleal wooa, Priests in- the name of Souls thre' fire 1o the fire, Head-hunters and boats of Dahomey that Zoat upon human blood! the Lord passing Rad of the Dawn! s fury of peoples and Ch. Aud_tho bolt of war dashing down upon cities aud bluzing furms, Vor Babylon wis n chiud Aud loss frolie new-vorn, and Rome was 4 bibe ln ary udon and Paris and t bnt in o o g { the rest ure us Dawn not Pay! While Seandal I8 mouthing a bloodtess nawe | yion b uther cunnibal feast Aud rake-rined bodies' and souls go down f0 4 common wrock Aud the Pross of & thousand eitios fs prized for 1t suwois of tho hoast. Or easliy violites u ehiegue virgin Truth for a coln or Dawn net Day! 1s it Snanie, so few should Bive 8limbed from the delisia the level bolow, Mo, with o heart and & spul, no slaves of a four-footed wal? ButIf twenty wiilon of suniuers are stored 1 the sunlight st Wo are fur from the 6oon of wan, thero is viwo for the race togrow, . Red of the Dawn! Is 1t turning 4 falnter red? so be It but whan shall Wo lay The Ghost of the Brate that Is walkigg and haunting us yet, anl be { Lo a huudred, will o thousand winters? Ah, what . chlideen be, The men of 4 hundrod thousoud, & mililon suBLers 4w ay? THE | | i | | sensational developments, though miid, are | bsorbingly interesting. OMAHA DAILY BEE: DUTIES OF THE RATE m] Figures are His Beacon Lights and Com- mon Points His Windmills, REQUISITES OF A SUCCESSFUL RATE MAKER Something About Make Rates for the Railroads Cent In Omaha the Individanls Who ring the Rate Desk to the Passenger Department. Importance of To the passengar department of a vailrond the rate man 18 quite as necessary as the driving wheels to a locomotive, Uselass each witliont tho other. He is tho source of pleasing ea NRS to o railw corporation or the roverso, as bis ability and usefulness show in tne daily discharge of his business. In more senses than ouo he is a plodder, working early and late over the multifarious duties of his calling, which are those of figures rather than words, Whiie the evidences of hie careful judgment and wise experience aro coustantly uppermost in the miuds of tnose who, by arbitrary rules, abovo him, the rate man is by forco of ¢ umstances usknown to the world at large. kigures are his beacon hights and common points his windinills which wust constantly como within the poiut of his lauce, & la Cervantes, Ho'is usunily a quict munity, known only 1o his intimes as “good fellow with rather narrow ldeas government and that which lies boyond the poiut of bis poneil,” for it has long been a standing joko among rate wakers that rates made with a lead pencil, and not by the superabundunce of “*gray watter’” commonly atiributed to the men who creato rates for trunk lines ihie requisites for a gooa rate man are the samo aimost ns in_any profession or calling, unlimited experience, excellent judgment, profound memory and & good mathematician, With him figurcs are the sine qua non ot success, and hie dreams of them at night s wellos' usos thom in the day time. No dosk in the passenger department of a railroad is so important as tho rate desk and it 18 tho highost salaried part of tho de- partment usually. Many men have gradu- ated from it to positions of promiuence in the raiiroad world, as it is a steppingstone to chiof clerkships and not uuusually to hegds of departments in the passenger serv- ice. L. A. Stark has beon making rates for the Fremont, Iikhorn & Missouri Valley rail- road for several years, having como to the rate desk from tbe coastruction dopartment, after serving an avprenticeship in general office work and in the ticket stock room. He 13 a livtle, olufashionsd tman with deep fur- rowsin s brow aud does ot look unlike some of the characters described by Dickens. Ho knows his system like o book atid noeds no ide to tell nim where any point on his line 13 located. When asked what he thought wus the chief requisite toa succossful rate clerk be unhesitatingly replicd expertenc which is tho consensus of opinion of 1036 who occupy desks in tho railroad offices in Omaba. “The Burhngton rate man is J. E. Bucking- ham, a beardiess young man scarce turncd who has beon witn this road five years aud came up from a stenographer's position to his presoni responsiblo olace. In his judgment the chief requisito for a rate clerk is & gooa memory. *Not only is it neces- sary for the good rate man,” said Mr. Buck- ingham ns Le leaped through u tariff sheet, fixing the basing rates in his mind, ‘to know bis own rates, butalso the rates of competing lines. Ho must also know tho geography of ms system and be quick and at the same time accurate twarriving atrates. With the Burliugton a somewhat diffcrent svstem is pursued re- garding the rate desk than 1s usual with other Lnes. Ordinarily the rate and division desks are inseparable, but witn the Burlng- tou divisions are made in the ticket auditor's oftico under the supervision of the passenger department. Divisions nccording to Burhng- ton 1deas belong to the auditor’s oftice, and wo do noc come in contact with them as do other roads. Ixperience, I tnink, is one of tho chiof requisites to a £0oa rato man and a £00L memorv." Four men make the rates for the Union Pacific, Jack Durham, chiof rate clerk; James Thompson, (reorge K. Black and T. C. Wallace. In many rospects Mr. Durham, although a very young man, isoneof the best rate men in the transmissouri country. e i3 o product of the Union Pacific entirely, having started -with them as an’ ofico boy eight or nine vears ago. From that position he took a stenographer’s assignment and later went into the ticket stock room and from thers to the rate dosk. Ior the past year and o Lalt ho bas held the position of chief rate clerk. Ho has a wonderful memory and without referring to his map can tell approximately where every railtoad station in the United States is located and the rato to each point. He Kn0ws overy town on the Union Facifie sys- tem and 15 regarded us an authority upon vate questions by his superiors, James Thompson has been making rates for ten vears and belongs to the thorough steady zoing school of clerks who make up in ex- actuess what they may lack in rapidity. Ho has excellent judgmont and vast experience. George K. Black and L. C. Wallace are com- paratively untried men although botn show avility ulong the lines necessary for the suc- cessful maker of rates James N. Brown, the acting assistant general passonger and ticket agent,occupied tho rate desk under Mr. Tevbetts, and during tho carly days of Mr. Lomax's connection with the Union Pacific. Ho is said to have been an excellent rato man, and although the fatos have been kind to him he still regards tho rate desk as the most important in tho pussenzer dopartment, Mr. Brown came to the Union Pacilic a5 assistant rato clerk from tho Burlingion, Cedar Rapids & Northern five vears ago, Stortly after ho became the secona chief and latér the chief clerk 1 the passenger department, ana acting assistant general passengor agent, W. IL Murray, who is now assistant chiof clerk tofMr. (%, Mackenzie of the passen- ger department, was # mighty good rate clerk in other days, and now in adoition to nis other duties is the ofticial computer of the Montana and Utah rate sheet, themselves e placed force in the com and Island is tho see- ond largest association—in tho state, haying 135 shares iu force at the presenct he fifth semiannual r 1 in S temu shows assets ating $50,754, 03, Of this sum $33.000 represents loans made to stockbolders, The Iquituble reports a fair demaud for money, although very little building is being one, most of the money goiug Lo pay off mortgages held by eustern loaning companies, The Equitabio of ( 0E Daniel Sully, the Irish American comedian, who always succeeds 1n winning & warm place in popular approval, will appear at the Parnam Street theater commencing Thurs- duy, December 1, iu two of his orginal com- edics. Thursday and Friday evenings ‘ “The Miilionaire” will bo given. *The Million- aire is 1ot an frish drama, but has an Irish- map fur its hero, It 1s the story of one from the (ireen Isle, who is proud that he 1s a citizen of our great and glovious country, who believes 1u the heroism of labor and veing an houorable man. Mr. Sully's Jawes O'Brien 18 played with & real brogue. He is a seif-mado man. a rail- road contractor, who, in the end, makes rybody huppy, wud'the audience particu- larly so, It 1s @ different vein from any character Mr. Sully bus ever assumed, and nakes a new and suroly o sucsessful depart career. While the play is not a great one, itis sure to please, and is good uatured ail through. Saturday the lrish domestio comeay, “Daddy Nolau,” Saturday matinee *The Millionaire.” A famous play oy & famous author. “The Burglar,” by Mr." Augustus Thowas, also author of “Alabama,” will be seea at the Farnam Street theater four nigbts, com- wencing with today’s matinee, November 27. T'lis plav particularly appeals to the ladies aud children, as one of the priacipal roles is eugoted by @ cbild not vet 7 years of age and the costuming of tho ladies is very rioh and appropriate. A pretty love story is en- twined in the plot of **I'he Burxiar' and the _Three years ago ““Toe Burglar,” when produced at the Madi- son Sguure theater, was the most potent drawing attraction at suy of the theaters in New York, and it is produced in tone with 8li the attention to aetail that characterized | the produciion at the home thester, As SUNDAY protty and interosting a avor graced the boards of any theater is The Burglar." Usual Wednosday matineg,, There 1s moro interest in the appronching engago ment of Marparet Mather, which is listed for next Thursday Feiday and Satur- day at Buyd's new theater, than is usuaily found in the coming of & theatrical star Miss Matner . would, under any circum stances, be n we' come vivtar to the local stugo both because of her'§ble work and her boauty but coming, As sba. does, this year, when sho 13 80 8000 t0 sever the bonds that bind her to the amusement worl d, that com ing bocomes of all the greater \miportance, The oponing night, Thursday, will be ae- voted to tho_prosentation ‘of John Tobin's sprightly English comedy, “The Honey- moon,” in which Miss Mathbr1s given un- doubted opportunitios for clever, even groat work and in which she is by many of her ad- muirers said to bo seen at her best, Th's bill will alsy bo repeated at the Saturday neo performance. ‘I ho second night will be given over to the presontation of “The Lady of Lyons,” Bulwor's pleasing ro mance in which Miss Mather, as Pauline, is much admired ail over the couatry and in which she is ziven opportunity to wear that $10,000 wardrobs which is said to throw the fominine portion of her patrons into raptures of delight. The last uight will bo interest- ing from tho fact that Miss Mather is to pro- sent a curtain ralser in which she has a_ rolo of light comedy type and with ither new five- act tragedy, “The Kgvpiian,” o transiation of Vietor Hugo's story **T'he Hunchback of Notre Dame.”” Her comvany this year is said to bo very capable. In tho list of names are found those of Josenh K, Whiting, H. A, Lung, “rederick L. Power, Iirskine Lowis, George A, Daiton, Bartly’ Cushing, Emma Cushman Tuttlo, Mrs, Sol Smith, Vokes, Alms Auwerda, Hattio Vera, Robort I Leon, Thomas Rey- nolds, Roydon Brlynno and others. Lovors of tno Irish drama will have a treat tonight at Boyd’s opera houso when Katio Bmmett and hor motropolitan company will present for the firsttime in this eity the now play by Con T. Murphy, entitled “Kil- larnoy.” It 1s an Irish play of anow school, 50 10 Speak, having none of the conventional features of this class of play in its construc- tion, It is sumptuousiy mounted with a wealth of magnificent sconery and is given bya castof oxtraordinary strongth, The costuming is also_a foature of tho play and bas been designed for this production by one of the best New York artista, *Killarney is n protty love tale well told aud abounds in fine dramatic situations. The entire dialoguo sparkles with witand tho niece is lLightened with humorous incidents, nono of which, however, ao vulgar in the slightest degres. Tho company is composed of George C. Boniface, Frazer Coultor, Harry Leign- ton, Hubert Sackett, 'Thaddeus Shine* Rovert McNair, Grace Thorne, Annie Haines, Blixa Hudson, Iittie Kate Ben- uetean and othors. One<f the most oxcite- ing features of the piece will be tho intro- duction of a genuino curling match by ex- pert players. Monday afternoon, as is_customary at the popular Wonaorland and Bijou theater, will withess a thorough and complete change of attractions, ail of the usual excellenco. In the theater ‘‘Hazel Kirke,” without an excep- tion the most beautiful ' and pathetic p writton in n score of years, will bo the a traction. There will bs somo improvement in the regular stock caste,and special scener: and stagings, and all in all patrons will bave achance of seeing this favorite drama in better form than ever bofpre, Of course tho specialty card is a fino_one, including as it will, Behan and Dakin, the ever popular sketeh artists, Charles Sully, one of Haverly’s famous old minatrels, 1 *Nothing in Particular;” Plamondon; the matchless slaok wiro wonder, and Signor Garcia, the saterio soloist, and tho only oue in the world. Harry and Forry Lorrcst, the versatilo musicians, ana Davis and GGermaine,in a new Insh sketeh, The latter toam are all that remain of the previous program. Thoy proved such favorites that Manager Day wisely retained them for auother week. The ladies souvenir afterneons, always on I'riday, have taken the fair ones by storm, and on Saturdays the children fairly revel in the doliguts of the house. 'Lhe ourio halls are never ending sources of interest and attractiveness. BUILDING ASSGGIATION NOTES, Arkansas has organized a state leaguo of building associution: The Norfolk of Norfolk reports receipts amounting to §20,001 for the past ten months, "The Loup City association will close scries A, Decembor 5. No new series will be opened for the present. Chicago associations are suftering from a plethora of movey, and have, 1n consequence, made many rockless loans, The Mutual of Omaha elected}Mossrs. G. M. Nattinger and Adolph Meyer as delegates to'the stato league convention which nicets in Lancoln Decembor 13, The assets of the Ashland sssociution amounts tu §33,341.09. Seven sories of shares hiave been issued, on which $25,522 tas been paia. The net earnings amount o about 145 per cent per annuin, T BEE's support of building and loan associations is bighly aporeciated in the state. Seccretary Brininger of the Nevraska State league writes: “I am heartily 1n sympathy with tho movement of Tue B in its efforts to awaken a deeper interost in building and 1oan matters, and am. confident that much good can be accomplished in tnat way." The gathering of building association workors in connection with the worla’s con- gress auxiliary in Chicago next Juno prom- 1ses to be a notable one. ~Already a numoer of prominent men havs accepted 1nvitations to deliver addresses, and tho committee in charge of the work is preparing lists of about 5,000 persous in this and foreign coun- tries to whem invitations will be issued, A convention of representatives of na- tional building and loan associations doing business in Minnesota, lows, the Dakotas, Indiana and Missouri, was held in Minneap: olis last week. ‘I'wenty delogatos wero present. T'he purpose of the convention was to form a ieague to combat restrictive legis- lation in various states. Duving the past five years stringent | © Leop enacted, providing for stato inspection and regu- lation. The reckless methods of foreign associations provoked these measures, Some states requiie a cash deposit us o guarantoo to locul patr Other SLes require sworn statements and local responsible representa. tives on whom legal service can be had, 50as to afford ressonable protection to Stock- holders. But these just and resscnable re- strictions chafed the tionals, ana they are preparing to wago a campaign in the several stato capitals during the coming legislative sessions. ‘The Minneapolis meeting shows that the brottiren of 1oose method and lavish weans popose 1o do sowo labbying before the wiuter war _Pe ars’ Soap ‘Which would you rath- er have, if you cpuld have your choice, transparent skin or perfect features ? All the world would choose one way; and you can have it measurably. If you use Pears’ Soap and live wholesomely otherwise, you will have the best complexion Na- ture has for you. All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists; all sorts of people use it. NOVEMBER 27, 1892-TWENTY PAGES. URNITURE, (CARPETS, T DRAPERIES. Having recently bought a complete new stock at the very lowest prices, we are prepared to offer special induce- ments, particularly to persons furnishing houses throughout. Our new system of selling everything at a small mar of profit and making low prices to eve sone is proving a very successful policy. All goods marked in plain figures, Charles Shiverick & Co., Furniture, Carpets, Draperies. 1206, 1208, 1210 Farnam St