Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 25, 1901, Page 7

HOW YANKEE TRADERS FAIL Fouth Amorioa the Burying Greund of North Amerioan Projeota, FATAL LACK OF BANKING FACILITIES German Trade Expanding, Englan At a Standstill= How Ame Worked Off Some Hot Alr Farnaces, Dr. Willlam P. Wilson, director of the Philadelphia Commercial museum and dele- &nte of the United States to the Pan-Ameri- can congress In Mexico, discussed our trade rolations with South America, as follows The average American who has pictured the United States in control of the world's ‘eommerce and waiting only for inter-planet eommunication {n order to monopolize the #xports o Mars, will probably suffer a '®hook when brought face to face with the act that in our own continent the countries from ovor the seas are surpassing us in trado relations. North American enter- prises fall fn South American countries, and, though we have hedged that hemis phere around with political barriers which Bo forelgn country has dared to assall, there 18 scarcely a Buropean power of import- | ance which has not established a closer commercfal afnity with the South Ameri- «©an republics than has the United States, The United States lacks, in commerce with South Americn, what European coun- tries leck In politics. The link between Bouth Amertcan trade and the Industries | of the world 1s to be found in direct bank- ng facilfties sods, he does not extend credit for the 6111, and yet the purchaser erodit. 1in merely takes his invoice across the street 10 anyone of half a dozen South Ameriean banks, guarantees the transaction, and re- colves his cash. The banks finance the operation at elther end, and earn a logiti- mate profit. Throughout the entire conti- nont of South America there are to be found English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese banks—and not one Ameri- can concern Our manufacturers are, therefore, handi- capped from the start, They must either break their rule of recelving cash before the goods leave this country, or compel the purchaser in Soutk America to break Lis rule of having his goods In hand before bo makes payment. The chances of errors Aro too great on either side, and the result is no business at all. Whatever trade doss oxlst has been bullt up by those few firms fhat were fn a position to finance thelr own operations, and the results are shown in the figures which have been gone over #0 froquently in connection with tho Pan- Amerloan congress at Mexico. Last year tho United States made purchases from South America amounting to $102,706,638 00 it sold onl§ $41,247,500.00. There aro no indopendant lines of steamers plying regu- larly botween the ports of the republics of the two continents and we must awaft the construction of the canal—Nicaraguan or lsthmian—to make the favorable change, Many Things secures meking, The American, hampered by the lack of banks, by the lack of knowledge of the Janguage and above all by the lack of pre- Vious inquiry, jumps into Buenos Ayres s he would jump fnto Des Moines and ex pecte his good luck and his good nature o carry him through in a round of joyous Yleasure. He becomes stranded after a dttle while, drifts to he consulate, re- celves some help and speeds home again With no word in his mouth too vigorous for denunciation of South Ameriea, its works and {ts ways. There was one man from Indlana who declded—in Indiana—that Uruguay was suffering for the lack of Cor- 1es engines. He shoved some photographs in his pocket and sped by rail and steamer to Montevideo. When ho reached the city he walked nto the leading store and re- marked ow, gentlemen, what part of thls coun- try needs Corliss engines At the outset they were only half cer- tain that he was crazy. Before the day was over they were sure. So, one after another, they took him out into the main street and told him to go and explore Uruguay and to discover that the entire country did nothing but raise cattle and revolutions A Michigan bullder of ranges and fur- naces, stirred by the impulse to capture South American trade, sent hls son to Bahla, In Brazil, with a couple of hot air furnaces and several huge kitchen ranges. When the young man landed the Brazil- lans inquired solicitously into the nature of the dark and awful mysterles he put ashore. “Hot alr furnaces,” sald he. “Another Yaukee lunatie,” reflected the Brazillans; then, with gentle frony, “They aro not wanted here. You had better go to Pernambuco; it Is nearer.” Tho visitor did not stop to Inquire what Pernambuco was nearer to; he had the furnaces and the ranges promptly trans- ferred to a waiting steamer and was off for auother voyage. The weather seemed a 800d deal warmer at Pernambuco than at Dahla. He discussed it with fresh Brazil- fans, while the furnaces and ranges wore being transterrcd to a lighter “They told me,” he remarked, “up in Bahla that Pernambuco was nearer to something or other. Say, what I8 it nearer The oquator,” That young waw is home in Michigan The furnaces and rauges are among the Pernambuco reefs. How the Germans Operate. The German salesman, within a day after ho embarks on tho steamer at Panama, knows every passenger on board, and has not missed a glass of beer with one of them. Within two weeks after he has landed in any South American country he speaks the language. There never was a German yet who dld not escape from the German lan- guage at the first opportunity. He does not enter a business house unless he makes It @ rule to'fnvite the clerks to lunch, and to entertain the proprietor at a formal din- ner. While the Englishman is at the Eng- lsh club, spending his money with the English middlemen, the German s the guest and Intimate friend of the South American merchant, who has the money to buy the material both are trylug to sell. The Ger- man salesmen accomplish miracles where the English succeed only in drinking brandy and sod It has not been so long ago that & young German, named Gisbert Dauber, arrived in was the repl The housekeeper or the cook who does or doesn't | keep a jar of the LIEBIG &= Extract OF BEEF always at hand both for fla- voring soups and sauces as well as for making that handy cup of hot beef tea, will oblige by sending her address to Dauchy & Co., P. . Box 718, New York, N. Y." She will receive free, a useful o0k book. If a German manufacturer | #ella a purchaser in Buenos Ayres a bill of | the | The German manufacturer in Bor- | Caracas and began to cut a swath so wide in the society of Venezuela that Crespo, who then in office, at he v A proper guest for ofMclal re- eptions. Gisbert Dauber did nothing but wear good clothes and spend very good money. He never attempted to sell any. thing; he never asked anyone for a favor he merely spent his money lavishly and was agreeable the official wsociety of Caracas. He devoted himself to the women to whom Crespo and the chiet justice of the supreme court were known to be ea- peclally attentive. Some years earlier it happened that a Belglan firm had sold Crespo $50,000 worth of rifies and ammunition on a government contract. He needed them In Venezuela at the time very urgently. The cabinets changlng every two months or so, it | decided by a later minletry that the rifles and ammunition had not been purchased according to the constitution and the debt | was repudiated. The manufacturers sued | and the case was up for deciston in the su preme court After Gisbert Dauber been In Caraca for two months the su even was to | | of the manufacturers and the young Oer- | man, his taste for South America, as well a8 for lavish expenditure, suddenly ex- tingulshed, vanished from the capital with the money In his trunk Methods of the English the Englishman America to mell an#™class of goods his dominant thought {s that the natives are all savages, unworthy of his attention. He Koes stralght to the English bank and Araws on his Tetter of credit. He goes next to the English club and makes the ac- quaintance of the men of the English com- misefon houses. He tells every one of the commission men of the goods he has to sell—and he never goes near the natives He never visits their clubs; he never has anything at all to do with them. That is the commission man's business. Those of his goods that sell, sell themselves, usually | When goes to South | | importation make the tomers’ tomers not. One of the owners of the greatest ranches !in Chill—Juan Martinez—decided recently | that he was golng to stock his entire estate with machinery, from plows and harrows to a little raflroad. His order was worth $60,000. Martinez, living up country, had been fmpressed with the reputation of Eng- lish machinery, and he went to Valparaiso to place his trlal purchase, guaranteed, | with an English commission house and | selling agency. He gave the firm a small, | tentative order for some farm implements and some iron to be used in construction work; and he specified certain changes which ho belleved essential to make the material suit his purposes. The commission house, knowing fully the importance of the tentative order, transmitted it to an Eng lish manufacturing firm and awaited r sults. Out came the agent with a consign- meént of the old goods, and a stern de- termination to make the ignorant Chilian take them, whethbr he ltked them or not Goods and salesman went to Martiner's | ranch, and found there a suave and court- cous South American who listened for an impatient five minutes, while the visitor told him the plans he had laid were non- sensical. When Martinez realized the tull measure of the affront that had been put upon his judgment, he rose from his chair and remarked to the visitor: “Senor, 1 am a practical engincer and a practical planter. You are a salesman who comes from England to teach me my busi- ness. 1 know it very well. The door is opén. Adlos."” After that the Germans, the Belglans and some Americans descended on Senor Mar- tinez' ranch like a flock of pigeons; the $60,000 he had to spend went to other parts of the Industrial world. Native Characterl, It is the English fashion goods and ram them down throats. Sometimes tho swallow them and to the ous- again they do The South Amerlcan, for his part, Is firat a gentleman and next a trader. The most Successful foreign trader, in any South American country, ls the man who com- bines most agreeably the shrewdness of the tradesman and the tact of the gentloman. When an American goes to South America to do business he starts first and thinks about it afterward. When an Englishman goes there he does not think about it at all. Whem a German goes he thinks about It a long time beforehand and all the time he 18 on the way and all the time he is in the country. England and Germany, however, have the advantage of banking facilities. The United States, because of its lack of these faclli- ties, 1s practically in the same commercinl relation to South America as that which England bears politically toward Bolivia The story of England and Bolivia date back to Lord Palmerston's tim Belzu decided that Bolivia neede ator—and that he was the dictato needed. Great Britain sent Mr. new minister, to the republic. When the British minister arrived he received a po- litely worded invitation to attend a recep- tion at the president's house, which was signed by the lady who was popularly known as Mme. Belzu. As it happened the minlster was aware that Mme. Belzu wa not married to the president of the repub- lic and he took pains to let the fact be known that he would attend no receptions at the presidential mansion so long as he must be recefved by a woman of that de- seription. The president of Bolivia rose up in all the awful wrath of his dictatorship and sent the British minister his passports Having recelved his passports the president of Bollvla rated him as nothing more than a British subject, and he concluded to over- look the small provision of treatles that even a British subject, who has been a min thter, must be given safe conduct beyond the borders of the country to which he has been accredited. The passports had scarcely arrived when a file of soldiers and a mule followed. The minister of Great Britain was hauled from his official residence, put astride the mule, face backwards and so in- glortously ridden beyond the borders cf the republic for whose officlal receptions he bad shown so much distaste. When the minister reached London and told of the outrage Lerd Palmerston called for a meeting of the cabinet and for a map of South America. He dipped a pen into his iokwell and marked “X, as an un Kknown quantity, across the territory of tha republic of Bolivia “Gentlemen,” sald “henceforth Bolivia Great Britain.” And he dispatched a fleet of the British navy to exact reparation; but Bolivia oper was so far inside the continent of South America that neither the guns nor the marines of the British navy could reach President Belzu. The fleet sailed away agaln with the honors of war In due time Belzu heard of Lord Palmer- ston's performance with the map of South America. He, on his part, summoned a meeting ot his cabinet, and called for a map of Euroe. AGentiemen,” he began, and he emptied hi# ‘nk bottle over Great Britain, “hence- forth there is for Bolivia no Great Britain." Since that time Bolivia bas recelved some small share of English capital, for Belsu vanished in one of the country's hasty revo- lutions four years afterward and subse- quent rulers were willing enough to culti vate the friendship of the great traders of the old world. But, to this day, there is no British minister in the small republic, Bolivia Lioyd, a Lord does mot Palmerston, exist for Publish your legal notice: Bee. Telophone 238, 1o the Weekly dectded | was | had | premo court gave a quiet decision tu favor | because they are cheaper than any other | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE | FOOD SUPPLY IN THE ARCTIC Necesnarien of Life Taken Aleng by the Baldwin Expedition. | SOME DEPENDENCE ON WILD GAME Diversion, Recreation and Excltement for the Pole Seekers—Lively Chase of a Herd of Fifty Walruses, (Copyright, 191, by E. B. Baldwin) Only those who have ventured beyond the eightieth parallel of latitude can have any idea of the complete ieolation of a polar ex- pedition during tho long winter night. Yol who may be sitting beside a merry grate fire when read this, have no fear of cold or hunger, or any other need of man, because you are within reach of all of na- ture's great storehouses of food, heat comfort. But once you pass above the Arc tie circle and neglect to return to civiliza ton before the fce pack closes in, the truth Is erushed upon you-—heavily it you are not possessed of sufficient supplies to fight a six mgnths' night through to the dawn serfously even if you have everything an abundant foresight could have provided for a struggle which s too of:on fatal because of its terrible monotouy of sgvere hardship For a night in the polar regions is not an idle thing, neither is an attempt to reach this “‘end of the earth” a simple voyage, a camping and a steady march over a smooth fleld of fce. The stoutest hearts are chilled by the long desolate night, through all of which & world of ice groans and crackles And when the dawn comes there ig only an encireling whiteness of snow about to dazzle the eyes and the breaking up of the vast expanse Into chasms and plonacles of glis- tening fce mountains It is & harsh pieture which you at home | may see—something Iike that of the break short of Norman's Woe on which beats an ey shrouded ship with the two occupants frozen stiff to the mast. But Longfellow never lived beyond the Arctie circle, and those who may try to conjure up the terrora of the north forget that the polar reglons, grim and terrible as they aro, have no hard- ships too great to be endured by those im- | pelled by such motives as are the members | of my party and backed by such stores ot supplios as guarantee our lives and a con- siderable degres of comfort during our stay In the frozen north, For the Baldwin-Zleg- ler polar expedition prepared well—we ha tons of food for ourselves, the dogs and the ponies, and our guns will add much to this store. No expedition has ever gone out with 80 complete an equipment Sources of Supply. you There are only two sources of supply for an Arctic party after navigation closes— the cargo it has brought along and the wild game to be found in the ico pack. So an expedition in search for ‘the North Polo needs to search for little else. The food which s brought along must be the main- stay of life The game, of course, 1s supplemental, but, because fresh meat {8 necessary to prevent scurvy among the members of the party and also because the hunting ftself offers a means of diversion and recreation. this source of food supply becomes an important factor. On my previous trips to Franz Josef Land 1 had decided that the western ast of Alger fsland was a favorite feeding ground of the walrus. Here there {8 plenty of mollusks and such other food as the wal- rus Is accustomed o dig up with his huge tusks. 1 considered it very fortunate, therefore, that our first Arctlc camp was pitched on the southwest coast of Alger island, and we had not been located there, long before the truth of my former surmise was proven. Large herds of walrus were in the near neighborhood and every man who could shoot & gun or hurl a harpoon had plenty of sport during the days follow- ing our arrival there. When we were mak- Ing our way up through the fslands of Frane Josef group one day we had a sight that made our hearts glad. Right ahead of us was a herd of walrus, forty or fifty all told, diving and plunging thelr great black bodies alternately in and out of the water. Then they caught sight of us, but, though the sight of greater sea monsters may have been strange to them, our ships did not frighten them. We, on our part, were wary of venturing against them except In large force, for the walrus is a fighter. I have soen him tear a hole through the oak bot- tom of a whalebont with little apparent effort. We manned thres large boats and, with good men at the oars and our best harpoons and rifles in hand we started out. That was a chase to remember. The great bulls made no at- tempt to escape until twenty of the herd were slaughtered. Meantime they charged our boats with their tusks and roared loudly as they fought. Then the remainder of the herd gave up tho unequal contest and, iving and swimming for a long time under the surface, got away. One of our boats followed against wind and tide for nearly three miles until, reaching the ice pack, the herd made & stand. They had taken refuge behind the shore lce and the whole lot glared out deflantly at us from a water hole. Two men worked thelr way over the e and drove the entire herd out from behind the fragment of an iceberg and then began a gamo of hide and seek which lasted for an hour before we secured another prize. The walruses dove and struggled out of one hole into another and were so skillful in avold- ing us that we had no chance to hurl a harpoon or fire a rifle with any effect. Finally the herd separated and we were able to get four good sized animals. One morning’s hunt had netted us twenty-four walruses and increased our supply of dog food by several tons. Hunting the Polar Rear. In nine cases out of ten hunting the polar blar is about as much sport as shooting the family cow, but if you happen to ven- ture on & tenth caso beware. The mother bear will fight hard for her cubs and it sho gets within striking distance of her foe he hag little chance of escape. With our modern guns there is often a’danger of over-confidence. On one of our hunting trips there were three of us together when we sighted four bears, & mother and three cubs, coming toward us together and a sin- gle member of the tribe. perhaps the pa- ternal ancestor, was not far away. We chanced to be on the lee side of them and they did not scent us until we were quite close to them. We opened fire upon the group, but only one bullet took effect in the mother bear. For some reason Lefingwell's rifie missed fire and had it not been for the guick work of all of us we could not have gotten out of the diffi- culty unbarmed The choice parts of the tear meat we keep for our own table; the gall, spiked with a bit of cognac, makes an excellent tonic, and the rest of the carcass is put away for the use of the dogs. Besides bear and walrus we have captured a few seal and some of the members of the Frithjof party have had some good duck shooting. The few other kinds of game are unim- portant and of lttle value as food. To be sure, there are eider ducks and some small birds, as well as a variety of smaller ani- mals, mollusks, etc., but most of these are to the south of our present winter camp. The two practical articles of food to be ob- tained outside of our own supplies are polar bear and walrus. Before the Frithjof re- turned from Camp Zlegler on Alger island we had already stored away several tuns of and | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25 NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES walrus and bear meat from the hunting done on the way up and this store will be in- creased as fast as may be. Stoek on Hand, | Colleoti i When our expedition salled we took wity | COl4eHem of Bessys Favering a Reform in us 2 supply of food larg h to keep our Eoglish Spelling. party of forty-two men alive for three years. | —— e For the seven Siberian ponies we have | enough hay and oats to keep them in good [ PROFESSOR MAX MUELLER'S POSITION eng condition until we reach the northernmost camp, when they will be killed, each one yielding 800 pounds for dog tood. In addl- tion over 100 tons of dog food were taken aboard at Tromsee, Norway, to.sustain our pack of canines. Now all this supply will of itself be sufcient, we feol sure, to carry us to the pole and over the other side of | - | the world down to the east coast of Green land, where we sbail find a further supply | of food left by the Belgia for our use. But in case we shall not accomplish our firs' dash to the pole, let us see how we shall be fixed. 1In the first place, we shall not have taken all our supplies the march tons of food will be stored at dif | terent stations along the way as far Jackson's old camp at Cape Flora Then, it need be, the dog food, which includes pemmican, dried fish and dog bis cuit, is good enough for the human members of our party to eat. We shall not be SHTvR 10 SN Strmity of maMieg the Gop | ooy comparative philology, Lafayette col- pack selt-sustaining through a process of eating itself, nor shall Come to the| 16% Pa. aud othors. The writings of theas limit of cating Arctic sausage ourselves. | 7. ¢speclally of Max Mueller, the fore- We have a large stock of what would have | MOt Authority of the world in matters been impossible luxuries to any previous | PHII0IORIcal, answer most effectually the expedition of the kind. ALl of thes. how, | ODctions o spolling reform. Prof. Muelle ever, as well as the regular staple foos, | ALOF Stating the fact that the crude and " | ancient speliing in other languages, such as are specially adapted to Arctie require- ‘hey " German, has been reformed, asks this per- ments and they have been put u o . i AL “ls_every English child, {nent quostion most modern condensed fashion. A full | ' A meal may be carrled In a watch pocket and :x:‘u"‘_"".""""lz"‘l“:':’r "':":‘m' :::‘rdl":r‘ h‘; "‘;‘: 1t will include meats, bread and coffee. | % . The principle of beef axtsacts, tabiots l"l""' | In order to learn 1t Are the lower classes has been carried to soups, exgs, coffeo and | 10 8O tbrough school without being able many other forms of food and drink. A :"“;"':"”‘;_‘f" ‘,‘\:’:"l:“‘;;’fl“:':’n‘a”y‘“"""“ ‘::, good portion of pork and be bo | tellimel ¢ o BN 15 % sult, ceit “shaped tabjer_ x| Willlons every year for this utter faflure ¢up of coftea may be prepared from a bit o "rnmlllllf;:nl,;d”2:,‘,:::;‘.,. '.,;O:)r::::nlr:urd:-h';: ado or the kado may be eaten with the | COBIde 4 . same cheering effeet. 1, durfg the Inn:‘u;mmnx reform, that it would destroy the night, it becomes necessary to make a| Lietorical or etymological character of the aledge trips between stations or to gy put | FORISH language and proves beyond ques- for extended observations, we shall carry | 1O '}"""‘fl‘; Tw""ml"'I;:“‘u":::r":m‘:";d':::: several meals in a coat pock A teel | O e e L 5 s sure of satisfactory results. . Time nug|in-chief of the Chicago Tribune, in the 0ods, but as one other ftem let b h s 4 - % tion our stock of 75,000 eggs "r")_”’;”l",‘""":n‘ volume, calls attention to the master that they are contained in 1500 tins. Heew | CFUCIY of porpetuating the tyranny of ab- slone are wucient breaktata (o Tuat ane | Sopes®s 430, IFKulariion ihat il oue party three yoars. s - sery oep e To my mind one great reason for the | 1088 of English speaking people in lite-long iany et Biilires to sekclrthe: Poly TGRS, BF L8 Gnabilieed L prag AL N e o DUETRSLIY BAVIFRL: PRBOE U [ ot R S e L Y attempting oo great a task with too little | ”';" '"h “:"':;'f":'“" y ““;‘:“ b "'l‘”" & supply of food, The problem of how | = ' °0e CCOVIRt e aok ‘;fl S a0 arouls etouliton (A feed taalt waittia | TS OUEI0, 5 bar G “’j"‘y:r‘_'::" most fmportant. I belleve that we have | ¢ 8 4 3 : solved that problem. Our tons of food n [Pt 10781 and Pl oy condensed form must be multiplied many | !!!08 nimbly and aptly into their times Lefore it Is compared with that of | P!40°% Without the help of a search war- former expeditions and o this we have | TNt Tho Ereatest obstaclo to any reform Utles. Tamtend of loadiog our dogs dowa | L0 CRED € €A B POOR biltts ¢ 0 with seventy-five to 100 pounds each, s | 1A7E6lY lmited to tho ablity to epe bus been he rule horetotare, we stail ailow | ©FTCUY & o bundred Eaglish words 1n not more than twenty-five o 9 LA " 60 The ke Mariaites. m”";‘;”l':; about | oPinions of such eminent scholars as Max seventy-fiva pounds each, will yield, j¢ | Mueller and Prof. Whitney ought to have Killed, half thelr weight In go0d dog food. | 1o TrI6R, In such o matter. Published It could be shown that my pack of dogs, | »¥ B O- Vaile, Oak Park, Il 422 {0 number, would be self-sustaining on a steady advance towards the pole and that, estimating 100 days for the march of some 600 miles between our winter quar- ters and the northermost point of earth, we should havo plenty of dogs left to bear us down to the Greenland coast. This, how- ever, will not be necessary. The faithtul animals, without which our best efforts would be futile, will be well cared for— they shall deserve all we can do for them it they carry us where we wish to go. EVELYN B. BALDWIN. BACHELOR'S CHRISTM. Love Story from the Pen of a Sei Wrlter—Notes and Brief tle Mention | Books and of Recent Magasines. Our Accursed Spelling; What to Do With 1t," Is the title of a little paper-cov- ered volume edited and published by E. O. Vaile of Oak Park, 111 It {s a collection of essays and selections from the writinge of scholars of world-wide reputation bearing on the subject of the reformation of Eng- lish spelling. Among the authorities quoted are such men as Max Mueller, late profes- sor of comparative philology, Oxford uni- versity; Willlam . Whitney, late profe 80r of sanscrit and comparative philology Yale university and editor Century diction- ary; 8 8. Haldeman, professor of English we “Will Be More Letters; S Sunny South,” is the title of a well-bound volume bearing the imprint of the Mafl Publishing company of Seattle. It fs an undisguised love story of a most interest- ing type and contaius many flights of fancy. Honor L. Wilhem, author and pub- lisher, 410 Mutual Life bullding, Seattle. Liter enes in the ¥ Noten. “Christmas 8. Bliss Carman's most ambitieus contribu- tion to the holiday season’s list of books. 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If you will read this book, then you will know what & real novel ta If you cannot get Ohickens OCome Home to Roost, the publishers will send It postpald for $1.60, beautifully bound, gilt top, gold stamped, deckel edge paper, ten half- tone pictires. powertul Scarlet THE MUTUAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 28 East 20th St., Near Broadway, New York. Automoblle,” by lienrl ture-Contrasts fn A oric by Prof. James W1, s Thwing, and “Si L bers Need Fresh ol Ford y Mr. H. G. Wells, wh First Men in the Moon, pralsed, s fncreasing lis popularity both n England and America. He has beer the subject of many editorlals and maga zine articles, on account of his belefs, and especially If regard to the sclentific ex actness of hix unrestrained imagination He has the happy facully 1 this is one of the many charms oi his stories, of explaining away with plausible logie and seeming kefentific exactness, the Impos- sible eituations and miraculous inventions of his characters. “Sceing is belleving but in Mr. Wels' storles reading is be- lleving, while you read at least, and a fewling’ of amazement follows ihe last chapter—a censation of having = drawn away the vell and having looked into golden future. Published by the Bow Kierril company One of the most attractive booklets scen in o long time Is a “Sketch of Robert Neilson Stephons, Together with Some Ac count of His Books,” published by L. ¢ Co. of Boston. It ix handsomely d fn iwo colors and i3 in every re- spect worthy the publishers, who have dor o much to Introduce Mr. Stephens’ book the public. The books described are An Enemy to the Kiug nental Dragoon The R Player,” “PI ay Ravenshaw books by Stephens les, “Phillp Winwood being in its seventieth thousand w_ striking resemblance in the of Mr. Stephens, whigh forms the plece to the booklet in hand, known photograph of Robert Louls Stev son, the one taken at his home In Samon Fournter; and Eng and Dr. Charles noldering 1m by Jumes L. The widely o Intest hook has been prin have had large leading, that book There 18 portrait The above books are for sale by the Megeath Stationary Co., 1308 Farnam st, THE OLD WOOLEN STOCKING. How dear to my heart was my old woolen stocking— "Twas sister's, In fa but she gave it to ne. 1 pulled 1t and stretched it fn o m most shocking Til the heel of it reached nearly my knee. nner up to bloody ground' that at’t request of the editor of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, Mr. E. Carl Litsey, a painstaking and accurate observer of soclal conditions, made a lelsurely journey through the most notorfous districts of the state, carefully noting what he saw and heard, and rely- ing solely upon first-hand information. The tory of this journey, together with i very curate and dramatle account of Kentucky feuds and thelr causes, ls the opening article in Frank Leslle's Popular M unlhr‘,\' for January, In the January number of Success some of the notable articles and poems are ness and the Larger Life,” by B Why 1 Am ertain of orth Pol yn B. “In the West Roose- Health and St uousness,” by F. Cody: “Premler Laurler Won by Personal Merit,” by Cy Warman; “How _to Develop Personal Power,” by Elln Wheeler Wileox; “Mar- quis Tto's Cournge by Hajime Hoshl; ** He walks through tho streets and sees wreaths that are green, He hears happy volces, and knows what they mean, Poor old bachelor! rch bells are ringing—'Rejolce, ye!' they say; The choirs are singing—he trudges away And sits down alone, at the close of the day— Poor old bachelo The hair that falls over his temples Is white, Poor old bachelor! long he looks out at the gloom of the ight, it Poor old bachelor! v On a table beside him an old picture iles That he took from some place near his heart, and he n\rl\t And something like tears seem to gleam in his eyes Poor old bachelor! The Tide of Sweets— Flows strongest at Christmas time—no- where in Omaha will one find such a tempting array of sweets or such a fine assortment of beautiful baskets and boxes to hold the sugary morsels us at Balduf’s—a Christmas gift is made com plete by some fine chocolates and bon bons, temptingly arranged In a fancy basket or pretty painted box—these pretty packages, with thelr sweet contents, are not Ligh in price. See that you have one of these elegant boxes m in your home for Christmas, « W. S. Balduff. 1520 Farnem St Chy Long: Theador: Made a Great Nation," e Possibllities of the Drex L. Shooman — Hopes all of his friends are happy this Christmas day—he Is well pleased with everything and everybody—we've' had o good business and we believe we havy pleased everybody that Las been to our store—we know there was an unusual amount of value went with every pair of shoes and slippers bought by Christ- mas shoppers. By the way—have you heard of our women's $8.50 shoe? A special that has all the style and com- fort of the higher priced shoes and a wearlng quality unknown before in a 3.60 shoe, Drexel Shoe Co., New Fall Catal Omaha's Up- 1410 FARNAM STREET, the chimney Awailing, Joys: And i morning's first blush with delight T would hail it Filied to the top with nuts, candles and toys, night befora Christmas I'a nall it, tmpatient, And to the the Yuletide's glad . . . . . . The years have _slipped mem'ry yet tarries, And Christmas may come and Christmas may go, Yot not oo may pass but that 1t still car- rles My thoughts to those stockings hung up n & Fow, by, 'tho' the And dearer by far than fabulous treasures; Aye, sweeter, moreover, than sweets that er grew, ‘Would be the' Indulgence once more in the pleasure That came from the stocking my infanoy Knew. L. A, EWING. Columbus, Neb. 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American hame, iterpean Quartet” Chicago at A copy of this should be in every Sent anywhere on r celpt of 25¢ In stamps. » Do not over look the fine songs by our local com posers, “Do You Ask What the Birds Say? and “Love Song," Joseph Gahu and “While Madge and T Are Swing ing,” by 8. Landsberg., They are A. HOSPE, Musie and Art. (513-1515 Deuglas s, See us for above book. Mail orders receive prompt atten. 1808 Farnam Telephone 234. Alwanys So.ething | New to Show You. 1) N Each One a Work of Art. We have the most artistio display of calendars ever shown In Omaha. ATIONERY @ Boclety Stationers. 138 Farnam Bt. 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