Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 17, 1894, Page 3

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 1%, 1804 b M—M THE OMAHA DALY Bes. L COUNCIL BLUFFS, D.YHCE. . NO. 12 PEARL STREET. e w - Delivered by carrier o any part of the elty. v H. W. TILTON, Lessee. TELEPHONES-Business ofice, No. #3; night «ditor, No. 2. Grand hotel, Council Bluffs, réopened Oct. 1. Mayne Real Estate agency, 539 Broadway. The December term of the superior court will open this mornin The school board will hold monthly meeling this evening. The case of the state against Watson, on appeal from police court, fs booked for a trial in the district court this morning. Rey. Alfred Knoll, formerly pastor of Trin- ity Methodist church of this city, now at Modale, was in the city Saturday visiting friends, Regular meeting of St. Alban's lodge No. 17, Knights of Pythias, this evening. Work in the third degree. All members requested to meet at 7 o'clock sharp. The council will hold another adjourned meeting this evening, and will try conclu- sions once more with the Unfon avenue and Bouth Seventh street ordinances, George Johnson, the third of Deputy United States Marshal Wray's assailants at Albia last fall, is #aid to be in jail in Kentucky, awalting an officer to bring him here for trial. A meeting of the charitable people of the city will be held this evening at the parlors of the First Presbyterian church, for the purpose of devising ways and means of as- sisting the poor this winter, Chlef of Police Scanlan returned from Des Moines yesterday afternoon with Harry L. Palmer, ‘the Des Moines museum proprietor, in custody. The charge of enticing away a child appears on the books at the police ;lnl!nn, and he occupies a cell at the city ail. We are asked every few days whether we write fire insurance.” Of course we do, and in the strongest companies in the world, ‘We will not have any but the best in our office. Lougee & Towle, 235 Pearl street. BEANS its eegular DN BROS. Great Holidny Bargajns. CLOAKS AT COST. CLOAKS HALF PRICE. Monday, the biggest bargain day of all. Come early. Children’s $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 heavy win- ter jackets, age 4, 6 and § years, only Mon day, $1.25 each. Misses' $10.00 Jackets at $5.95 each. Our entire stock of ladies’ jackets at $3.98, $5.00, $6.50, $7.50, $9.00, $10.00 and $12.50 that formerly sold at $7.50 to $20.00. Misses' $6.00 jackets, age 12 to 18 years, $3.33 cach. Ladles’ $20.00 and $25. in small sizes, Monday, $5.00 each. Ladies' navy blue $5.00 and $6.00 cap mackintoshes, Monday, $3.98 each. Ladies' double tecture $7.50 and $10.00 mackintoshes, Monday, $5.50 and $6.98 each, in navy and b DOLLS! DOLLS! DOLLS! Closing out our catire stock of dolls at less than half price. 100 kid body and dressed dolls, that were 86c, 50c and Gc, go Monday at 25¢ each. All our finest kid body dolls, worth 50c and 75¢, go Monday at 39¢ each. Children's $4.00 white Angora fur sets, $2.49 set, Children's $2.00 lynx fur sets, 98c set. Terrific sacrifice of ladies’ fine fur muffs and boas. Finest quality of beaver, mink, marten and Peraslah fur muffs, Monday, $6.98 each; were $10.00 and $12.00 Beaver, mink, stone and brown marten, anlmal head, fur neck scarf, Monday, choice $4.98 each. DRESS GOODS AND SILKS. All our 76c and $1.00 82-inch figured drap- ery silks, Monday, 30c yard. More than a thousand yards of 24-inch plain China silks, every color, worth 50c and 66¢, Mcnday, 29¢ yard. BENNISON BROS,, Council Bluffs, 00 seal plush cloaks, triple Tremendous Drop In the Price of Coats. Commencing Saturday, December 15, we will sell ladies’ garments at prices never be- fore known In the history of Council Bluffs coat trade. To begin the agony we start Wwith a line of ladies’ Newmarkets worth from $12,00 to $17.00, also a line of ladies’ jackets worth from $5.00 to $10.00, all in one lot at 95c each. Only one to a customer. Lot 2 comprises a line of black, navy and tan ladies’ jackets, full length and large sleeves, worth from $12,00 to $19.00, to go now at $3.69 each. Lot 8 is an assortment of capes and the capes are fur trimmed, extra ength, and worth $25.00; the jackets are made from the best clay worsted, lined throughout with an elegant satin; the old é’se was $22.00, but they have dropped to .89, At $7.76 we show a beautiful chinchilla Jacket, latest sfyle, a very nobby garment and sold early in the season ai $19.00," 25 plush garments that woui? brng in sea- sonable weather from $25.00 to $40.00, to go at the mild weather price of $12,00 each. All guaranteed Walker & Sealette plushes, These five items only give you a small idea as to the prices we have made on coats. Call and see other bargains throughout the gtock. These bargains are only to be found at the BOSTON STORE, FOWLER, DICK & WALKER, Council Blufts, Ia. Sterling silver. The celebrated, Gorham company goods at reduced spoons at $3.50 per set, in the same proportion. ‘Engraving free. C. B. JACQUEMIN & CO., 27 Main St. The Encyclopedic Dictionary and all art folios. Brownle books, etc., bound at More- house & Co.'s. Manufacturing prices, Tea- All other goods Opera glasses, 65¢ a pair, at Wollman's, 409 Broadway. ‘Washerwomen use Domestic soap, Council Iluffs Still Invineible, At an early hour yestcrday morning the members of the Council Bluffs Whist club returned from Omaha, where they were the guests of the Omaha cluk, The scalp which has been 0 often torn from the Omaha club by its competitor on this side of the river again adorned the Hawkeyo belt, the score being 32 to 1. Shea and I M. Treynor beat Miekle and Hawks elght points, Dawson and V. I. Treynor beat Wilbur and’ Al points, Waterman and Atchison beat Wh and Small nine and one-half points, Wickham and Mayne beat Read and Rineheart one and one-half points, Bar:tow and Lauterwas- ser beat McCague and Heath three pofnts and Pusey and Hendricks were beaten by Weber and Funkhauser one point Extraordinary Offer. For a short time we offer cholce of our entire stock of exclusive styles of fine dress patterns and French robes at exactly half price. Cholce of our stock of French challle, all wool goods, at 19 @ yard. These goods aro very desirable for wrappers and well worth 60¢ a yard. BOSTON STORE, FOWLER, DICK & WALKER, Council Bluffs, ia, Big reduction in black dress goods, Shoridun Coal. This new coal from Wyoming for sale only by H. A. Cox, 37 Main street. Telephone 48" Ask for circulars. Gas cocking stoves for rent and for sals Gas Co.'s office. 4 Domestic soap outlasts cheap soap. Bourlelus’ music house has few expenses; gh grade plancs are sold reasonably. 116 Btutsman street. Quecr Feople, Bound at Morehouse & Co., Yolume only, Only beautiful presents at Crockwell's, Domestic soap breaks hard wate: Allowed Half the Clatm, The Board of Supgrvisors at their meet- ing Saturday had up for consideration the claim of the Women's Christian association for $43 for the care of a number of hoboes halonging .to Kelly's army when it visited fhly cliy last spring. After some discussion 65 cents per it was decided to allow half the bill and let the women look to the city for the other half. The board adjourncd until December 31, by which time it is thought the Council Bluffs & Lake Manawa RBlectric Railway company will have gotten its affairs Into shape o that definite action may be taken. What Vavea (s Doing. Just what he has been doing right along, selling dry goods at prices that can't be met by competitors. Hollday goods now divide the honors with all other bargains, and you 10! more for a dime or a dollar than you ever dreamed of before. How does this ke vous Y [N 8tory books, e, Games, 68 v, 1w Silver plated tablespoons, 9e. Silver plated teaspoons, 7c. Kid body dolls, bisque heads, 18¢. Dressed dolls, 36c. Celuloid frames, 10c. Celulold Christmas cards, 15¢. Halr ornamen 19¢. Table covers, smoking sets, rows, frames, vases, glove boxes, handker- chiefs, mufers, gloves, silk mitte, shawls, clonks, ladies' hats—all suitable for Xmas presents to friends or self, and all at less than you ean buy them at wholesale, VAVRA'S NEW DRY GOODS STORE, 142 Broadway. games, mir- of cut Elegant line t glass at Wollman's, 409 Broadway. The laundries use Domestic soap. Hollday Rates. The Rock Island will sell round trip tick- ets to stations within 200 miles at excursion rates December 22d to 25th, and on December 31 and January 1, good for return to and in- cluding January 2d. Remember the Drownles' entertainment at Dohany’s Thursday, Dec:mber 27, for the benefit of the Christian home. 20 per c:nt discount on all trimmed hats Mrs, Ragsdale's. Ground ofl cake $1.00 hhd. at Morgan & Co.'s drug store, 134 Broadway. at work. Tel. 157. Davis sel's drugs, paints and glass cheap. Typewriter supplies at Findley's, 337 B'Q'y. James & Q'Ke:fe, real estate and ir.surance. P A DASH OF THE CHEYENNE. Hlow Young Warrlors Plundered Wagons of a Frelghting Outfit, “Talking of bad Indians, the ones that make most trouble are not the old warriors,” said the veteran plains frefghter to the New York Sun. “These have made their reputa- tion and got wives and ponies, and have little to gain and much to lose by going on the warpath against the whites. With the young buck the case is different. He wants plunder for a start in life, and, more than that, he wishes to make a name for himself in his tribe. So he is always ready to start hostil- ities, and will take desperate risks to capture scalps or horses. ““This brings me to an attack by Indians upon a freighting train, made up of wagons drawn by six-mule teams, that was traveling in company with mine from Kansas City to Denver in the early 60s. It was done in such a way and was so unexpected as to be Imost laughable, although it cost the outfit eighteen geod mules, some frelght and a good deal of bother in repairing damages and get- ting straight again, “At that time the Indians were at peace with the whites, o no trouble was looked for frem them. We had come to a deep prairie ravine, with a good-sized stream flowing along the bottom of it. My train was in the lead and had got across the gulch to the high prairie bevond, while the last wagon of the other outfit was in the bottom, just pulling out of the stream. B “We hadn't seen an Indian or a sign of one for weeks, and, as they were supposed to be friendly, nobody was keeping very much of a lookout. There came a tremendous yel!- ing that made every man in the rear train jump, and rourd a bend in the bank, 150 yards up the creek, came about twenty-five young bucks in war paint, whooping and shaking blankets to stampede the mules as they rode their ponies on the dead run for the rear wagons. The rearmost teamsters jumped to the ground and ran for the head of the train. The Indians paid no attention to them, but went for the last three wagons. While an Indian jumped to the seat of each and caught the reins and whip, others seized tho mules’ bridles and helped turn them down the creck. Before the teamsters ahead could fairly realize what was going on the Indians had run the mules and wagons into the water a short distance below. While some of them unharnessed or cut loose the mules others overhauled the freight, taking whatever struck their fancy. “There was no escort along and but few extra men, so, of course, the first thing to do was to get the other wagons out of the ravine as soon as possible. By that time tne Indians had plundered the captured wagons, and, driving the mules ahead of them, were off, out of the gulch and across the prairie, safe from any pursuit that we could make. The teamsters sent a shot or two after them, but were too badly rattled to do any ex- ecution, “When I saw by signals that there was trouble in the rear 1 formed my wagons in a circle, and sent all my spare men to help the others out. All the help we could give, however, was to lend a hand in getting the wagons out of the creek—one of them was upset—and in pulling them out of the gulch, There they had to be abandoned, together with as much of their freight as the Indians had left, until we could get to a station where more mules could be bought to send back to haul them in. This delayed the train for a week, while I, kept on, and the Denver firm to which my goods were consigned held the market at their own prices during that time. ““‘We never got any trace of the robber Indians or their plunder. All that could be known about them was the report of the badiy scared teamsters who saw them. By that we knew that they were Cheyennes, and very young bucks, some of them being boys apparently not more than 15 years old.” e — RUINED PANAMA CANAL. A £cene of Dosolation and of Wasting and Vaurhing Wentth, It that often mentloned New Zealander of Macaulay's imagination fs tired waiting for the chance to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's from a broken arch of the London bridge, he might find diversion In a visit to ths Isthmus of Pavamg. He can see there th mask of wealth and the ruin of the worke of man to such an extent as may at least whet his appetite for the feast which the English historian suggested might be his. He will see there nature in the act of undoing the labors of man. The great scar on the isth- mus s rapidly healing. Piles of excavated material are washing back into the channel The wharves are falling into the water Acres of machinery are rusting into dissolu- tion. On the isthmus are nearly 1,000 miles of steel track with locomotives and thousands of dump carts, now bhalf hidden in the trop- ical growth. Seventy-six great steam shov e's stand side by side in the excavation, bur- fed in the luxuriant vegetation, so that only the gaunt arms stand up above the green. What a picture is that to emphasize the fm- potency of man in his struggles with ns ture! “Whatever he may appropriate for his own use, and whatever form he may give to what takes, nature will set 10 work to rev possess It some time. Her slow processes will reclaim It all unless man maintains a con stant warfare to keep it. Of all the unnum- bered millions of dollars which have been expended on the Panama canal, it is said 90 per cent s golng to waste, aud will be ut- terly lost unless the work on the vast enter- prise is resumed actively. Some of the ma- chinery has been housed and caled for. Most of it has been abandoned where last used, and where it Is now rotting or rusticg its usefulness away. Threo THE —e———— 4 Advaucement of Women. Mrs. Strongmind—Here I'm working night and day for the advancement ¢f woman, but I'd llke to know what use you are in the world. Mr, 8.—1'm working for the emancipation o ? How?" I'm trying to make cotton cheaper.” “The idea! What for?" ‘S0 that éven the pcorest man can afford nough to stop bis ears with," A CHRISTMAS IN THE ARCTIC Recollecticns of a Natal Day in the Ios Bound Regions, MRS, PEARY RELATES HER EXPERIENCE o8 H e A Christmas Box from Home Received Up Near the Pole-— Good Cheer Amia Arctic Darkness—The Christ mas Sports. (Copyrighted, 1801) T cannot say ‘“Christmas dawned"—as Christmas stories usually begin, for we had not seen the sun for two months, It was| the 24th day of October, at high noon, when we last looked upon old Sol's smiling face, and then he only bobbed up over South Point for a few moments, filled our little bay with his golden light, nodded a friendly good-night and went south for the winter. From that date the twilight of midday grew dimmer and dimmer, the hours of its duration less and until unchanging darkness enwrapped us during the entire twenty-four hours. On December 21 the sun had reached the southern limit of his wander- ings and was just on the point of coming north again, so that we were making our Christmas preparations at “the witching hour of midnight,” and that the midnight of the Arctic night. The bay had been frozen over for nearly two months, and numerous snowstorms had thrown over the dark rocks and new bay fco a fleccy covering, which reflected back the meager light of the stars or gave additional brilliancy to the Arctic moenlight. Every alternate fortnight the moon circled around the heavens gradually lengthening her stay in the sky until for cight or ten days she never went below the horizon at all, though regularly retiring behind the moun- tains which surrounded us on three sides. Then just as gradually she shortened our allowance of light until for eight or ten days she left us altogether and only the stars gave us_light, The December moon was with us at Christ- mas time, and as early as the 1Sth of the month Mr. Peary had taken advantage of the light, and had gone with Entrikin, Carr and Swain to Kongardluksoah, thirty-five miles away, for a load of dog food. He took & through train—two sledges and thirty-five dogs—and was lome again the next day. The day following Astrup and Lee went to Kamah, twenty-five miles distant, to bring in more material for the dogs' Christmas dinner, while on the 21st Entrikin and Carr went to Kongardluksoah to try the experiment of midwinter deer shooting by moonlight, By the 23d every one had returned from the various trips and given two days rest, 50 as to be in good condition for the athletic sports which were to come off on Christmas day. Our larders were now well fllled. In the covered passageway which ran entirely arouni the house hung a dozen reindeer and bunches of delicious salmon trout fresh from the mountain lake back of Kongardluksoah, where they had fallen victims to the persistent pa- tience and unerring skill of the Eskimoz, who speared them through holes cut in the fce. Some of the trout weighed between four and five pounds and were gladly welcomed to our larder as something that did not come out of a tin can. The cache or storehouse for dog food groaned—as did every one who had to enter it—under the welght of over 1,000 pounds of the meat of walrus which we had Killed the previous August. So, feeling as:ured that that most important part of Christmas festivities—a good dinner —could be provided, instinctively my thoughts turned toward decorations. How I longed for the holly branches with their red berries, for the festoons of crow foot and the aromatic boughs of pine, which are so suggestive of Christmas cheer. But out of doors was a wilderness of whiteness, only the bold pre- cipltous brow of Mount' Bartlett towered up black and threatening, and even that was lined with white where the clinging snow- flakes had found a resting place in the marks left, even on that rugged brow, by Father Time. 1 was confronted by a paradox—noth Ing green to be had in all Greenland. Turning from the window with a sigh of disapp-intment I overhauled my rathr scanty stock of finery and discovered some pretty ribbons, with which I decorated the photographs of our dear ones which hung against the wall. Next I took the stars and stripes which had flown at the Falcon’s masthead and draped them against the wall. The brilliant col:rs seemed to light up the room and give it a holiday appearance, which was highly encouraging to “the committee on decorations.” Then, from their secure resting place, 1 brought the veterans of the previous campaign—the flags that had made the long journey cver the Ice Cap with Mr. Peary two years before, and had flapped their silken folds in the breezes of Independence Bay. Their colors were dimmed and stained thelr folds wrinkled and creased, their edges frayed and torn, but they representcd what we love to have about us at all times, and especially at Christmas, that is, old friends, 1t would have been dusk if I had importzd my Christmas eve fr.m New York before I had finished the decorating of the room. I would have rung for lights at home, but the lights had been burning all day and every day for weeks, so that operation was unn: sary. The long evening passed quickly away in the genial company of our little daughter, now cver thres months old, who entertained us with songs (?) and laughter in alternate but unequal parts. Despite the fact that she had spent two-thirds of her life without the light of the sun, she was the roundest, rosiest, merriest baby in all Greenland, and, in fact, I was told by the natives, young and old, that she was the finest *kabloonah mickaninny” (white man’s baby) they had ever s:en. (They might have added, and the only one. 1 was 0 accust:med to having Mr. Peary jump up and rush out at all hcurs that 1 paid no particular attention to his departure when he suddenly glanced at the clock and dashed wildly out of the room. A few moments later, feeling a rush of cold air, 1 called out the usual warning about a draft cn the baby, and, not hearing the door close, looked up to sce the causs of the delay and beheld my husband struggling with a good sized box, which he finally succeeded in bringing into the middle of the room, Upon Inspecting this mystarious looking bundle more cl-zely I found that it bore the following legend: Mrs. and M.-? Peary, Anniversary Lodge, “HBowdoin Bay, “Greenland. less, “Per Santa Claus Express, ““To b2 delivered and opened Christmas eve at midnight,” Involuntarily I glanced at the clock and saw that it lacked only a minute of the specified time, and I understood at once Mr, Peary’s haste. The lid was half off when the ¢l ck began to strike and 1 heard the man on watch call out: “It's Christmas, boys! Get up and be merry! Christmas had indeed come, and before us were the remembrances of kind friends, packed months before and sent with words of love and good cheer over many a mile of stormy sea and frozen ocean. As we 1ifted out the Mttle presents one after another and read the kind messages that accompanied them the lump which somehow had risen in my throat grew larger and larger, the lights became mistier and mistier, until, when I unwrapped a little bowl and a tiny sp-on and read in my own mother's hand the heartfelt prayer for the welfare of her daughter and little grandchild, I could see no more, but made use of my woman's privilege and indulged in a good cry. Mr. Peary went out with his usual abrupt- ness, but must have entered very quietly, for he startled me when I at last looked up and saw him watching me. “Come, dear,” hp sald, holding out & glass of champagne and throwing a heavy shawl over my shoulders he took me by the arm and led me to the door which opened to the south. For a moment we st-od silently looking over the moonlit bay, trylng in vain to make our eyes ur thoughts, then he “Come, dear,” and to- | black ey gether we drank “‘a merry Christmas to those we lov . A ety gt g It was 10 o'clock before t breakfast dishes were cleared away, and the final prep- aratlons were immediately begun for great event of the day—! tests, During their trips to ths neighboring set- tlements the boys had Invied the natives (o come to the “Peary iglod” (Peary house) after so many tlesps, assuring them that there would be lots to see and more to eat. This lattef inducément prevailgd on mary forsak: Ir ow) shpoté "atid for several days VialtSrs had béeh arpiying. 3 The natives are much more presentabl, winter than in summer, for the fre fnow siorms tg which they ap exposed their futt and faces, and thby usually ar- rived with glowing cheeks and eparkling eyes. Their broad, squatty figures, much magnified by their huge deerskin kooletahs (fur sweaters with hoods attaghed) and their white bearskin trousers, made then look like strange animals, while the niatted strings of coarse black hair and partly e athletic con- hanging over their faces velling thelr small, gleaming added no little to their fierce ap- pearance. But their looks belie their natures, for they are mild, patient, intelligent and faithful, and their friendliness has won them a_warm place in the hearts of ali those who come in contact with them. With this wild escort we now went down to the bay, where the boys had cleared away the soft snow and had laid out the courses on tha smooth fce. The moon was still behind the eastern mountains, leaving the head of the bay in decp shadow, while down at the mouth, ten miles ‘away, we saw the fce of Inglefield gulf gleaming in the moonlight. The tors of the western cliffs were already silvere! by the advancing light, but all the eastern < ore was draped in the deepest black except where the moonbeams like truant children had out- stripped their sedate mother and were to- bogganing down the creviced surface of the eastern glacier and shooting far across the bay, leaving behind them a broad stream of light. There were cleven events on the program, including foot races, races on ki, races with sledges and dog teams, high jumping, broad Jumping and hurdle racing. The contestants stood about, muffied in furs, stamping their feet to keep warm until it was their turn to take part in an event, and then they would strip off their great deerskin “kooletalis,” step out of their enormous dogskin overboots and take their places on the scrateh, ciad in woolen shirts and trousers and sea'skin Kamiks or boots. The official starter would say *‘get ready then bang would go his pistol, and off would g0 the racers. 1t was a strange sight to look down upon, thero in the white light, on the icebound bay. The small group of fur-ciad mortals, the Caucasians, moving about with restless eagerness, peering ahead to catch a glimpse of the dim forms in the distance, whose rap- idly moving fect broke the silence with thelr rhythmical patter; the Eskimos, standing stolld silence or Afscussing in their deep guttura's the curious antics of that to them most curious animal, the white man, as he Jumped about on the ice, from time to time uttering wild, unearthly yells—to the right ot them the western cliffs gleaming now from base to summit in the white moonlight—to the left the steep slopes of the eastern shore, up which the shadows were rapidly stealing in their flight before the advancing moon, which even nOow was peering over the plateau to ascertain the cause of the commotioi—behind them, Mount Bartlett's rocky - front, and nestling at its bage the only house within a radius of 500 milesbe- fore them a great sheet of frosted silver, the bay fee with the moonlight on it. - To the Bskimos the most amusing event was the sledge race, for which there were two entrles. The natives laughed good- naturedly at the way the contestants handled their teams, evidently fully aware that therc was one thing at least at which they could beat the wonderful ‘*lkabloonah” ~ (white man). { - The hurdle race was closely contested, and proved a most interesting event. In its ar- rangement it was probably the most unique feature of the program. ' For hurdles we had a product of the tropics——bamboo poles—rest- ing on a product of the arclics—pillars of snow—the whole lighted; by the lurid rays of red signal lamps, which were placed as a warning to the runners where to jump. Clarke and Carr got away together on the start, and moved like two automatons oper- ated by the same machine. Side by side they sped away, side by side they took the hur- dles one after another until. it looked as it the race would end in a dead heat. There were only three more hurdles to leap, and still the contestants were' shoulder to shoul- der. At the first of these Clarke rose to jump a fraction of a second before Carr, a the next he was half over as Carr left the ground, and at the last one he was clear of the stick as Carr jumped, and With thi start in his favor reached the string a win- ner by three paces. 1 left the boys playing tag between events to keep warm. and went up to the house to look after the dinner, which was going to be a very swell affair. Mis. Cross had baked some n'ce wafers the day before, and we were going to serve them with ice cream—mads from condensed milk, of course—for dessert. Even now, in this land of plenty, I look over the menu with the feeling that we had a first-class dinner, and T know that every one of my guests, as he came up with his appetite sharpened by his exertions and the cold, bracing air, felt that no tonic was needed to make him do full justice to the meal. When we came to distribute the prizes it was found that Clarke won eight of the eleven events and was, therefore, awarded a narwhal horn, the prize for the best all- round athlete, besides scooping such minor rizes as a deerskin, boxes of nuts and can- dies, jars of jam, bottles of lime, grape and raspberry juice, plum pudding, with sauce, ote., ete., not the best training diet in the world, but the material for many a midnight feast. After the award of prizes it was timo to feed our menagerie—eighty Eskimo dogs— and for this purpose several hundred pounds of walrus meat, very anclent and very tough, wero cut into pleces welghing from one-half to one and a half pounds each. The dogs were already on (he alert, and it needed no cry of “huck! huck!” to bring the snarling, fighting, yelping pack about the heels of the feeders, Hector and Mike, the two St. Bernards brought from the States, towered above the pack stately and dignified, but this air was s0on laid aside when the pleces of meat were tcattered among the dogs, for then it was fight and win or go hungry. The dog who was fortunate enough to get hold of a piece of meat immediately bolted it whole for fear some other canine would capture it, and also to enable him to enter again without unneces- sary loss of time in the free-for-all fight for another tid-bit In honor of e day we gave them an extra large allowance of meat, and I hope they ap- preciated it, though I have my doubts, for an Eskimo dog 18 always hungry. Every one now went into the house and soon I heard such exclamations as ‘Say, have you got a collar?” *“Jove! look at this tie!” and the like, from which I judged that the boys were dressing for dinner and were discovering that civilized finery left to take care of itself during an Arctic winter does not improve in appearance, However, when at last the dinner bell rang there trooped Into the Ain‘mg room a dozen well-dressed gentlemen, with “‘store clothes' and “biled shirts” galore, as different from the fug-clad bipeds who had disported them- selves on the ice in the forenvon as the din- ing table, with its spow-white cloth and sparkling ' glasses, was from its every-day, ofleloth-covered self. A Red Cliff house cogklail was handed each gentleman @as he took his place, and, all standing, drank to “A merry Chrisimas." Then with many a joke and Jest we talked of home, of other Christmas days, of Christmas dinners in general, and of this one in par- ticular, which, thanks to the skill of Mat and Mrs. Cross, presented. the following well prepared dishes: MERU, Brolled 8almon Trout Potato Patties, with Tomato Sauce, Olives. Pickles, Roast S8addle of Venison with Cranbérry Sauce. Mashed Potatoes. Green Btring Beans, Ice Cream and Cake. Cheese. Peas, Oranges. Candy, Nuts, Ralsins, Champagne. Clgars, Cigarettes. Coffeo, Our spirits rose as the dinner progressed, and we were soon as jolly & party—as snug, as comfortable, as well fed—as any to be found, even as far south as the equator. We toasted the flag above us and wound up the merry evening with that old sallor toast, “Sweethearts and Wives," with the accent on the sweethearts, for with the exception of Mr. Peary none of the gentlemen was married. goasemen One of the new rifies somm1 sends & ball w g0 through fve inches istance of 4,000 feet, ed by the Italian & force gnough to solid oak at a NEXT GOVERNOR OF I0WA Jackwon's Sucoessor May Be Chosen from Among a Goodly Number, SEVERAL WHO WANT THE PLACE BADLY Willing to Take the Chances of jhe Salary Supplying the Necessitiesof Life in Des Moines It the Kepubll- cans Consent. DES MOINES, Dec. 16.—(Special.)—The letter of Governor Jackson withdrawing from the race for governor has thrown the politi- clans into a fever of excitement and opened up the political campaign much earlier than usual. The announcement was so entirely unexpected that the oldest politiclans have been literally swept their fect and a dozen prospective have been smashed to pieces. The certainty of election is a new factor that will bring into the arena the whole list of gubernatorial aspirants and fully a score of names for this important office may bo presented to the next repub- lican state convention. While this is true, it is altogether probable that the contest will bo fought out on well established lines and between the var/ous conflicting forces now striving for party controi. In the first place the prohibitionists will make an effort to unite either upon General F. M. Drake or Lieutenant Governor Dungan, and under good leadership would be able to practically solidify the southern and south- western parts of the etate on this issue. The young men, as well as the so-called liberal element, vould be satisfied wih Sec- retary McFarland, and tne fight will likely narrow down to these candidates. In the preliminary struggle, however, the issues are liable to be obscured and innumerable “dark horses” and “favorite sons” will be encour- aged to shy their castors into the ring. Drake's chief strength lles in his church connection, his extensive acquaintance and his large railroad interests. Dungan has a largo personal following among An poli- ticlans, and especial’y with former logislators, and will probably draw to his support a large share of the anti-monopoly contingent. His age, which is nearly 70, will be slightly against him. CHOICE OF THE YOUNG MEN. McFarland, who is now serving his third term as secretary of state, has had a phenom- enally successful career in politics, and will enter the race with the prestigo of success in every former political undzrtaking. He will be loyally supported by the young men’s league, unless a new candi- date is sprung from that section by the sclid delegations from the extreme north and cast. He has also elements of personal strength which will draw to him a heavy scattering vote. Polk county, with its nearly forty votes, will go solid to McFarland unle:s his supporters from the so-called river coun- ties become *‘too loud” and demonstative and thereby frighten the prohibitionists. Should a deadlock happen between thes: three léaders, the dark horses that would bo led into the ring are “too numerous to men- tion.” Mayor Itaac L. Hillis of Des Moines would be among the first. Ben. Clayton of Warren (formerly of Pottawattamiz) would not be averse to being considered in this list. Should Mr. McFarland drop out A. B. Cur- mins of Des Moines, Iowa's famous orator, would develop surprising_strength, although his nomination would hardly be acceptable to the extreme prohibitlonists. Talken all in all, the contest Is going to be the livellest political tussle that has taken place in this state for many a day. ROADS MAY BE BEATEN. While the Board of Railroad Commis- sloners have given no intimation as to what its decision will be in the case now pending, in which the railroads ask for an increase of local freight rates, it becomes daily more and more evident that the result wiil be a complete and overwhelming victory for the farming and jobbing interests. The railroads have been utterly unable to make the show- ing called for by the commissioners, and the recent order of the board requiring a more specific statement, duly itemized and verified, of their local business, has sounded the death knell of thelr hopes. The jobbers have been ably represented before the board by ex- Railroad Commissioner Frank T. Campbell, who has proven more than a match for the skillful jugglers at figures employed by the railroads, ) Mr. Campbell has conclusively shown that the railroads in many instances have volun- tarily made lower rates than those fixed by the commissioners, and which the railroads’ attorneys Insist are not paying. In the very beginning of this stubbornly contested case the railroad commission laid down the rule that they would not consent to an increase in rates unless they were fully convinced that the present rates were unremunerative, and the burden of proof was cast upon the corporations, The most ample opportunity has been given the corporations to make out their case, and on the other hand the jobbers, shippers and farmers have been as freely permitted to puncture the pretensions of the railroads and show up their fallacious rea- sonings. 1f the hearing had been ex parts or one- sided no one could predict what the result would be, but the case has been so well con- tested that there is little doubt of the final action of the board. Whatever their findings may be, the facts and figures brought forth will be a valuable contribution to railway litigation and ought to bo of considerable value to other states In fixing just and rea- sonable charges for transportation. ——————— Reckoning Time. To ascertain the time at night the Apache Indians employ a gourd on which the stars of the heavens are marked. As the constella- tions rise in the sky the Indian refers to his gourd and finds out the hour. By turning the gourd around he can tell the order in which the constellations may be expected to appear. The hill people of Assam reckon time and distance by the number of quids of betelnuts chewed. It will be remembered how, according to Washington Irving, Gov- ernor Wouter van Twiller dismissed the Duteh colonial assembly invariably at the last puft of his third pipe of tobacco. A Montagnis Indian of Cauada will set up a tall stick in the snow, when traveling ahead of friends who are to follow. He marks with his foot the line of thadow cast, and by the change in the angle of the shadow the oncoming party can tell, on arriving at the spot, how far ahead the leader is. —— Unalterably Opposed. “I'm against it, sah,"” £ald Colonel Cyahter of Virginia, to the Truth, “I'm against this idea of women's voting. “What's the objection?" “If they vote, iU's only logical to expect ‘em to run foh office, sah.” Well? “An’ the woman that's the most attractive is going to get the most votes in my district every time. The ldea, sah, of getting up in public, sah, and expressing the opinion that any one woman is mo' attractive than other women who have been mentioned by name, would be a breach of gallantry, sab, un. worthy of any but the most barbaric circles of society, sah."” ——— The Value of Among the floral pleces given to members of the house on M:nday, says the Washing- ton Post, was a mysterious device on Repre- SCROFULA » Miss Della Stevens, of Boston, Mass., writes: 1 have slways suffered from hereditary Scrofula, for which I tried va- rious remedics, and many reliablo physi clans, but none relleved we, After takl 81X bottles of 1 am now well as 1 feol that 4 t saved me from pleasure (o spewking only words of praise for the " 6 in recommending 1t 10 all. Treatlse oo Blood and BEis Discases Malied Froe. sm very fratotul to sou, @ life of untold agony, and shall take wonderful medicine, and SBWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlsuta, Ga. sentative Burrows' desk, which excited un- usual Interest. It conatsted of four panels, which some thought was Intended to repre- gent a senat-rial easy chair, in allusion to Mr. Burrows' boom for the senate, but op'n fon was divided, and one member sapiently remarked that the four panels represented four aces. “What are four aces good for?" the saplent member asked of Representative Dave Mercer ¢f Nebraska, “Well,” sald the Nebraskan, thoughtfully; “in_some parts of the country they ain't good for a blanked thing unless you have a gun.” —rn A Driental Sofa. An unused single white fron bed has been Pput to use and disguised in a very clever way by a friend of mine living In a very small | flat, sald a writer in an English magazine. In | one corner, against the old blue of the wall, | has been hung a width cf dull red cotton, | and into this corner hus been thrust the bed Across the mattress is thrown a curtain of | dull embroldery. Against the wall, about a third of the way from the head of the bed, has been fastened an iron crane of curlous | pattern, from the cnd which hangs a quaint _eastern lamp. Over the crane fs thr wn'a long plece of richly embroidered silken drapery, the cnds of the drapery fall- | ing over and concealing cither end of the | bed. Innumerable pillows of bright hues be- | strew this originally planned sofa, and no more desirable suggestion of the Orlent is to be found anywhere. — e The Whistle Language. A purely whistle language, used on Gom- era island, in the Canary Archipelago, is a ort of pendant to the drum language of Cameroon. The Gomera can carry on a conversation by means of whistling, and be understood by the person with whom ho is whistling a mile off. The whistling is quite articulate and is a kind of translation of common speech into whistling, cach syllable having its peculiar tone, so that even forelgn words can be whistled. We are acquiring the language In this country. When a man tells a “whopper’ we convey our sentiments by means of a whistle i 4 rado Mark, In the meat shops of towns in New Mexico and Arizona the visitor from the cast is apt to notice that the dressed carcasses of sheep have a tuft of weol «till attached to the head and tall. This is left by the butcher to as- sure the customer that it is mutton and not goat flesh they are buying, for in these territories many flovks of goats are reared and pastured by the small Mexican ranchmen to be killed for food fr the poorer natly Roast or stewed Kkid, with Chile pepper sauce, I8 an esteemed dinner dish at the tables of many well-to-do American and | ing Spanish-American citizens. — e WAVES YOU CANNOT = SEE. Nelther Can You Hear Them, Tat ¥ou Find the Wreoks They Vinke Everywhere, The gas exhaled from your lungs 18 much heavier than the ajr and, as you know, pers fectly colorless. If this gas had the least color you would ee it fall to the floor, 8be the figures on the carpet nnd risa coting At a rate dependihg upon the number of persons in the room., By the tim the waves A over the to wonder Why peos entilated houses ar particular! in col and windows are shut. ad taste in the mouth, exertion and falling, capris clous appetite are among the evidences that bad air has weakened the system. 8o far no el marked dise: has n|\[ma|'3 who in_ il ost alw slck, weather, when doors A dull headach fatigue after but the body is at t mercy of the firsi attack, as acrippled ship 18 helpless in storm A stimulant of frreproachable quality will set things right, as all who have used Dufty’s Pure Malt Whiskey kiow to thelr Joy.~ They find in it & means of quickening the torpid bl assieting digestion, allays any irritation, and o stirring es of the body as to turn aslde quences of chill and sudden exs th th posur Unceasing care Is ¢ tion of materlals and_nt every stage of manufacture. Duffy’s Malt is distinguishe from other whiskey by its medicinal virtues and by the purity that has sugeested a comparison between {t and the limid water of a mountain spring. ercised in the selecs GEOQ. P. SANFORD. President. A. W. RICKMAN. Cashter, First National Bank of COUNCIL BLUFFS, lowa. Capital, $100,000 Profits, « . . 12,000 One of the oldest banks In the state of lowa. We rolicit your business and collections. Ve pay 6 per cent on time deposits. We will Dleased to eee and serve you. — =mmSnecia) Notices Couneil Bluffs=mm VAUL . COMDL T GIRL FOR ¢ cral housework. Apply at 102 Fourth street. Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher’s prescription for Infants and Children. It contains ncither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is o harmless substitute for Parcgoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil/ It is Pleasant. Its guarantce is thirty ycars’ use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays feverishness. Castoria provents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhcea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves tecthing troubles, curcs constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates tho food, rcgulates tho stomach and Dbowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Case toria is the Children’s Panacea—tho Mother’s Friend, . Castoria * Castorla I3 an cxcellcnt medicine for chil- dren. Mothers havo repeatedly told me of its good effect upon thelr children," Da. @. C. Osaoon, Lowell, Mass. Castoria I3 tho best remedy for children of which I dta acquainted. Ihopo the day is not far distant when mothers willonsider the real interest of thelr children, and uso Castoria in- stead of the variousquack nostrums which are destroying their loved oncs, by foreing opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves." Dn. J. F. KINCHELOE, Conway, Ark. Castoria. “ Castoria {3 so well adapted to children tha$ 1 recommend it assuperior toany prescription known to me," . A. Ancner, M. D., 111 8o, Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. “Our physicians In the children's depart. ment have spokon highly of thelr experi- ence in their outside practice with Castoria, and although we only have among our medical supplies what is known as regular products, yet we aro free to confcss thas the meritz of Castoria has wor va ta look with favor upon it." b Usitep HosPiTAL 4re DISPENBARY, Toston, Mass. Arvex C. Switn, Pres., The Centaur Company, T7 Murray Stroet, New York Oity. He Sings! MAARAAARIARAA NN I SRARANRRNRL AR OF COURS! And his song is one of earnest exultationand joy. So would yours be if you knew what iE DOES he knows—that 919 Main strcet ig stocked with more bar Hats, Goods thi cil Bluffs and Omaha. few you bank S comfor Joing business at 919 arc le one of the ains in Shoes, and Furnishin| n any other store in Coun= He uses but you perceive, and need but fiw notes— or coins—to get pos- of stylish, ndsome and able things. Expense: 0 pe s than further uptown, and this is pany seerets of the ime Underwear notes, will notes s'on mense suceess of T.B2. HUGHES, The Leading Down Town Mercha n NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY STOVES AND KITCHEN FURNITURE My prices have always bean lower than any other storein the city, but now I am going to make you a Caristmas present., Look at some of my prices. $10.00 Cook Btovefor....... 12.00 ¢ ¢« 1600 ¢ ¢ ..$ 7.60 .. 9.60 12.80 A $30.00 Steel Range 88,00 ‘¢ (13 42.00 " for “ Radiant Novelty Base Burners and Elmhurst Surface Burners are ag fine stoves as can be made. Look at the prices, $44.00 Radiant Novelty. .. 40.00 8 " 32,00 88,00 Elmhurst. , .$85.20 80.40 ‘ $32.00 Elmhurst. 26,00 ¢ ... ;090,00 20,00 And all other stoves in proportion at CHAS. SWAINE'S, —COUNGIL SLUFF8— All kinds of Dyeing and Cleaning done in the highest style of art, Faded and stained fabrics mad to look as good new. Work promptly done ‘and delivered in all parts of the country.” Bend for price list, ©. A. MACHAN. Proprietos Broadway, near Northy western Depot, Coung Blufts, lows, Te e =