Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 5, 1902, Page 7

MAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 35, 1902. NEW CIFT AND STORY BOOKS John Kendriok Bangs, Autbor of & New and Unique Juvenile Story. afford a suggestion as to ite climatic pecu- liarities and agricuitural possibiiities. which aids one to conclude what forelgn crops and varieties of frults will or will not be likely | to succeed in @ particular place. The blo- loglcal survey ls engaged in the preparation of maps showing the natural distribution of the fauna and flora areas and conse- quent courses for crop belts. Much impor- THE O N M [Q | quarters for the present, Measures were DISCUSS EXEMPTION LAWS | &RETe coieet selimqvent aues. Tve mat- ter of making all the arrangements for % the memorial banquet which is to be given Oonference Oalled by Retail Grooers Brings | at the Millard on the anniversary of the Out Divergent Views. | birth of President McKinley, was left to REPORTS ON AGRICULTURE Wilson Tells What Has Been Done for Farmers During Year. The Result of 25 Years We had 25 years of soap-making experience before we could make Jap plished In California and Te: and e Park, avitt, Foi urnstein. RRIGATION REQUIRES LEGISLATION | Mork has teen dane in Montana, e Ta: | COMPROMISE BILL HAS BEEN SUGGESTED | 'MAID SALLY," A GOOD STORY FOR GIRLS kotas, Nebraska. and New Mexico. Crop Reporting Kansas, Indlan Territury ENJOYABLE Dfll’leG PARTIES Crelghton Medics at Metropolitan Hall Much Has Been Done to Educate Has. bandmen, Largely Owing to Conre a statisties, |Committee from Grocers' Association “The Four Feathers” Has a Coward b teay of Government O elals In Egypt. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—The report of the secretary of agriculture, presented to congress today, opens with a reference to | the educational work of the department, which has grown in effectiveness. Ho | finds the demands of public institutions for men to conduct research and for ability to manage agricultural enterprises encourage young men to take advantage of the op- portnities afforded. The report continues afterds evidence of the value Veather bureau in Ample testimony ot property thus Saved amounts to many {imes the cost of maintaining the bureau. 1 urge the desira- bility of extending the aistritution of dally forecasts. _ Coextensively with the rural free delive Of the 10,000 rural free d.- livery routes sting August 1, 1902, it has been found possible to serve only 1,00. To make the distribution coexistive with the Sural free delivery would cost about $1u0.- Under the inspection service of the Bu- reau of Animal Industry ante mortem in- tions for the year aggregate nearly ,000,000 at & cost of a fraction over 1 cent each. The number of post mortem pections nearly 39,000,000, The meat pection stamp was affixed to 23,000,000 packages and the number of certificates of ordinary inspection issued for meat prod- ucts for export, exclusive of horseflesh ‘was 32.744. The quantity of pork examined microscopieally and cxported exceeded - 000,000 pounds. There were | Mexico over ected and admitted from cattie and fully 6000 sheep, lambs and goats. Imporations from Canada of cattle numbered only 27,716 We from that country 148315 sheep. rictest quarantine s maintained at | the ports of the seacoast In order to prevent the iIntroduction of animal plagues. Experimental exports of products | have been made to Japan fna, Cuba d _Porto Rico. The obstacles to the pid incresse in this trade are princi- pally inadequate transportation faciliti and’ climatic conditions. Prevention of An Diseases. The Bureau of Animal Industry hi con- tinued its investigations in contagious dis- eases with a view to their prevention or remedy. Over 150000 doses of blackleg | Yaccine were distributed during the year. Reports show that its use reduced the loss of cattle to 051 per cent of those vaccl- nated. A movement to secure improvement the methods of inspection in the in | large &rain markets is well begun as the result | of the organization of the chief inspectors. ‘The department is alding the movement as much as possible. The study of the merits of red clover of America as compared with that of European regions has been con- tinued, with the aid of a number of experi- ment stations. 1t seems evident that the European clover, unless it be some from the extreme north, Is not adapted to the clover growing sections of the United States, The losses to sheep owners from po'son- gus plants aggTegate annually 400K, The study of these polsonous plants has de- veloped an antidote for some of them, not only effective, but which can be rapidiy ap- plied. Grasses and Forage Plants. Investigation of grasses and forage crops are of vital import culture, and these have shown during the past year that the maintenance of soil fer ity ia Intimately associated with production of forage crops and their proper utilisation on the farm. The success at- tending the efforts of the department to introduce alfalfa in the clover regions is most encouraging, and 1t will be pushed vigorously the coming year. are now being made with the new and promising_variety of alfaifa from South America which resists the rust which so frequently attacks the common form. 1 urge the adoption of proper methods of range management and recommend that congress give to the president authority to zecure for the experimental needs of the department such tracts of public range Jand as may be necessary to continue its e"cflm.n!l on an adequately large scale. n the experimental garden, plans have been put in orl’luon to bring together the various collections of valuable plants on the unds and greenhouses, so labeled as to useful to vieitors and others who wish to study them. A speclal feature of this work will be the development on the grounds of gardens of economic plants. An effort will also be made to secure and dis- tribute seedling trees, which have more or less histor} the seedlings when srown to nt to schools throughout the country, each one accompanied by a concise statement setting forth the historic events conpected with it. Seeds and Plants Iatroduced. During the year the lines of work on in- troduction of forelgn seeds and plants have been pushed forward. The Introduction and tablishment of macaron! wheat In the ited States may be regarded as accom- plished. About 2,000,000 bushels of this wheat have been harvested the past season, but the demand fe still in excess of the supply. The winter wheats introduced and tested promise great value. Varleties ob- tained from east and south Russia are much more hardy than our own extend winter wheat several miles north and considerably farther west than now. A possible increase of five 10 ten bushels per acre over the standard spring wheats may be had. Extensive studies we: clal trees during the year, and studies of the forest and its Industrial relations were made In Michigan, Kentucky, Ohlo, Texa New Mexico, = Arizona, South Dukoi ‘yoming, Montana, California and lowa. Among the questions involved were t resent and future timber supply, forest lation of the forests to atream flow, tion ‘and grazing. The bureau ha discovered a less injurious method of tur- | Dentige orcharding than that hitherto em- | loyed. 1 V[ ‘iree planting the bureau has sought to | enlist the interest of the private land. owner. Up to the close of the last fiscal | gear 2 applications, for ' nce had n_received, nearly 200,000 acres examined | and 224 plans made. Reclamation of Alkall An investigation was begun during the | year as to the possibility of reclalming | #ofls In the arid regions injured by seep water and the accumulation of alkall. Im- | portant work on this line is being carried out on a tract of forly acres near Salt Lake Clity. Arrangements are belng made to carry on similar work at Fresno, Cal., and it is proposed to extend it to the (rop- ical area in Montana and possibly in Ari- zona, to demonsirate that these unfavor- able’ conditions can be controlled. rand located In the fmmediate vicinity of Salt Lake City can be increased in ieast §3,000.000, exclusive of t mation, ehould it prove successful. The native fauna and flors of a reglon Experiments made of commer- Rheumatism Neuralgia Backache Head: che Feetache All Bodily Aches CONQUERS PAIN. | tions in simil | state of | the 119th anniversary of the e Two additiona] field agents have been ap- | pointed in the division of statistics with a | view to further improving its crop reporting service, and the statistical expert, who for some years had charge of the crop statis- tica of forelgn countries competing with the United Etates, has now been atationed in iondon, England, so as _to be in close touch with the statistical officers of 10~ pean governments, whose reports, together with authoritative commercial Intelligence of interest to American farmers, he tran mits to Washington mail or cable. Statistics of attendance at the land grant colleges show over 42000 students enrolied —an increase over the previous year of 7 per cent. The attendance for the four- year course in agriculture increased more than 2 per cent. The marked success of gricultural high schools In Minnesota and ebraska is an indication that there is a emand for agricultural courses with those afforded in various manual arts in the city high schools. All over the country far- mers are sending their children to public high schools and paying for their tultion. Farmers institutes are now held in forty- four states and territories, _includini Hawall Over 2,300 institutes were hel inst year, the funds contributed by the dif- ferent states and territories amounted to neariy $200,00 and 7,000 persons attended these institutes. But while tne persons ac- tually engaged In agricultural pursuits numbered about 10,000,000 tne total number of persons reached by the institutes and the agricultural colleges is not much over 7 per cent of that number, while the pub- lications of the stations reach about 500,000 farmers. Talks of Irr The distribution and use of western rivers requires legislation on the irrigation indus- try, which, in turn, renders it necessary that there should be a better understandirg of the subject than now exists. The depart- ment s securing information as to the quantity of water used, where it le used, fon. how mich water is required in the matter of crops, how it can be distributed with the leas{ loss and applied to the best ad- vantage. Much has been done to educate farmers and ditch managers as to the direction in_which improvement in_the method of practice must come. They have made plans, have shown the need of bet- ter work in constructing and maintaining canals, and have shown that the loss of water through leakage in transit far reater than is generally supposed. The urge problems which the complete use of western rivers |s destined to create and the measure of public control which recent leg- islation renders inevitable, give added in- terest to the department's studies of the legal and economic phases of irrigation. Hhrough the courtesy of government offi- clals in Egypt the representative of the de; Acquainted with the administration of lawa governing the use of the Nile. Allowin for differences in conditions the lessua of one of the oldest irrigated countries in the world cannot fall value to one of the youngest, A number of the arid states co-operate with the depart- thent In ‘thess studies of sociological” and legal problems. The secretary concludes his report with some interesting figures illustrative of the magnitude of the agricultural industry. In 1000 the fixed capital of agriculture was about $20,000,000,000, or four times that in- vested in manufacture. In that year these wers nearly 5,000,740 farms in the country, covering 841,000,000 acres, 415,000,000 of which consisted of improved land. Accord- ing to the returns of the last census, about | 40,000,000 people, or more than half of the total population in 1900, resided on farms. Of the 29,000,000 persons reported as en- gaged in gaintul occupations, 10,000,000— more than a third—were employed in agri- cultural pursuits. The produce of American agriculture in 1899, including farm animals and other products, aggregated nearly $5,- 000,000,000 The most valuable crop was Indian corn, $828,000,000; then hay and for- age, $484,000,000; then cotton, $324,000,000; wheat returned $370,000,000, and oats $217,- 000,000. The animals s0ld and slaughtered during the year were valued at over 000,000, the products of the dairy gave $472, 000,000, while poultry and eggs returned $281,000,000. The concluding statement of the secretary is that resul‘s in the work of the government for agriculture are justity- ing expenditures, and “the future will still further show the value of science applied to the farm.” What Fellows Gri Paeumonia often, but never when Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption is used. It cures colds and grips. 50c, $1. rtment was enabled to become fully to be of interest and | | the laboring man, urged that suck legisl and Central Labor Unlon Will Try to Declde on Me e to Be Offered the Le e. At the invitation of the legislative com- mittee of the Omaha Retail Grocers' asso- clation there gathered in the rooms of the Commercial club last evening a representa- tive body composed of grocers, butchers, representatives-elect to the legislature from Douglas county, state senators, repre- sentatives of organized labor, members of the Real Estate exchange and a number of the general public. The object of the meeting, as stated by Chairman Smith, was to confer regarding measures to amend the present exemption laws of the state. It appealed strongly to the majority of the merchants present that the laws as they now stand afford the dis- honest too at an amount of freedom iIn escaping just bills, and in consequence they pleaded with the legislators present to use their influence toward securing from the coming session an amendment which would give them more of & hold upon their debtors. The representatives of labor, fearing that an amendment toward that end would work the greatest hardship with tion only be worked up with great care and in a way that would not place an un- desirable cudgel in the hands of the mer- chant. The lawmakers present were called upon and generally expressed themselves that some amendment was desirable to the exemption law and requested that both sides get together on a compromise to be submitted to the legislature. As a result a committee from the Retall Grocers' assoclation and one from the Cen- tral Labor union will be appointed to confer further on this subject, and if posdible to draft some bill that will be satistactory to both sides for presentation at the next | legislature. For sale by Kuhn & Co. The ideas of Lieutenant Governor Mc- Gilton, who perhaps had the least personal interest in the matter, appeared to meet with general approbation. He said: “The Iaw, as it stands now, is certainly unfair. Of the possible 11,000 laboring men there are eome 500, say, who do not pay their just bills. There ought to be some law to reach these people. It 18 my belfef that the largest number of deadbeats is in the class of men who receive good salaries— from $100 a month up. Now, it the law stated that a man should be exempt for thirty days’ salary, not excceding a certain amount, say $50, it would be a means of reaching this class.” The law acked by the jobbers, which will provide that in case of “bulk” sales of stocks of goods all creditors of the party making the sale be notified prior to the transactlon, discussed at some length. | The retailers decided it would be a gvod thing for them, too, end so decided to give it their support. MEETING OF MKINLEY CLUB New Members Elected a ° Vacancies the Executive Committee Filled. The McKinley Republican club held its regular monthly meeting last night in the Millard botel. H. P. Meyer and N. P. Dodge, ir., were proposed for active mem- bership and accepted, and Senator R. B. Howell and City Clerk W. H. Elbourn were recelved as honorary members. Sydney Smith and Dan Riley were elected mem- bers of the executive committee to Al the vacancies caused by the death of Charles Lamont Kennard and the resigna- tion of Charles E. Morgan. Resolutions of respect to the memory of Mr. Kennard were read and ordered spread on the minutes. Reports were heard from the committee on badges and headquarters and 1t was decided not to open any permanent and Young Ladies' Club at Chamber) The new Creighton Medical Daneing clubd opened its season with marked success last sixty couples, to good music, danced alternate night in Metropolitan club. At least waltzes and two steps until a late hqur and pronounced the in%tial function of the club a thoroughly enjoyable affair. Punch and re- treshments were served. students and faculty of the Creighton Med- ical college, and thelr ladies. The ciub. which is the first dancing organization to be inaugurated at the college, will give monthly dances at the Metropolitan, wind- ing up the season with a banquet dance A. E. Gadbios is president of the club; C. W. Hickey, secretary; G. F. Simanek. tre urer for the senfors; F. J. Schlefer for the juniors; C. E. Rooney, for the sophomores, and J. F. Spink, for the freshmen. The floor committee consists of L. P. Murohy. Monroe Jones and B. B. Baldwin. The third anniversary dance of the Young Ladies' Pleasure club in the hall of Cham- ber’s dancing academy last night was a very pleasant event. The hall was draped with red and white, the club colors, the bunting being wound about the pillars and festooned from the center to the corners of the room. About 200 dancers enjoyed the excellent floor. Punch and light refreshments were served. The arrangements and floor were under the direction of a committee con- sisting of the Misses Baumeister, Miss Rosenswelg, Miss Leider and the Misses Buckley. The party was of special interest, being the celebration of the completion of the club’s third yea TO DINE CONGRESSMEN-ELECT Commercial | Club Making Arrange- | ments to Entertain Representa- tives of Nebraska, The entertainment committee of the Commercial club is making preparation for a complimentary dinner to be given in honor of the members of congress elected from Nebraska at the last election. Tho committee desires to give the dinner Tues. absolutely fixed until the congressmen-elect have responded, €o that it can be known what time will be the most convenlent for them. The dinner will be one of the most ambitious efforts of the club, the commit- tee making special effort to secure speakers of high ablility and wide reputation. —_— General Manager Wallace Here, J. F. Wallace, general manager of the Illinots Central system, was in the city Jesterday, arriving tn his special car at 30 o'clock in the afternoon and departing for the east at7% p. m Mr. Wallace was in Sioux City Wednesday night and left here for Chicago. His visit has no signifi- cance in local railroad matters, he being merely on a tour of the road. The general manager says that the present snowstorm has caused some damage to the telegraph wires of his road thro ow Drunk w Big Roll. Charles Swanson came from Denver only day before yesterday and from Sweden several years ay Last night he covered that O a fire water has an effect very similar to that article in Sweden and Denver. The thing that puszied Charles, however, was why the police in- sisted on furnishing him with lodging when he had 32%.08 in his pocket to exercise the right of selection in the matte President of the Leh! PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4—At a_meetf of the directors of the Lehigh Valle; r:'ll' road, held this afternoon, E B. oma was ' elected president to Walter. Marriage Licen: (> marriage license was issued yesterday Name and Residence Age. Thomas J. Martin, Omaha... ' Inestelle Johnson, Creston, Ta L% © Woman’s Work in Club and Charity - There was a large meeting of the board of managers of the Creche on Thursday morning held in the reception room of the Creche. After the regular business the matron reported that thirty-one children are being cared for in the Institution this winter. “Firing” is the December subject for the ebraska Ceramic club. At the monthly meeting on Monday Mrs. J. C. Morrow ncted as leader, “Holly and Mistletoe” be- ing the subject. The executlye committee of the Wiscon- sin Federation of Women's Clubs has ap- pointed a committee to deviee ways and means for the support of a chair of domestic sclence in Milwaukee Downer college. The Wisconsin Federation has assumed the re- sponsibility of the professorship and the women are all keenly interested. The Woman's Athletic club of Chicago has devised a unique plan for securing new furnishings for its club house, that they may afford a suggestion for other organiza- need. A donation party h been planned, the women to bring or send furniture, rugs, bric-a-brac and lke articles. Mrs. P. D. Armour is the club's president. A large reception was given last week by the Daughters of the Revolution of the New York in commemoration of icuation of the city by the British troops. The recep- tion was held on November 25 in the east toom of the Waldorf Astoria. “What the Club Owes to the Federation™ and “What the Federation Can Do for the £lub” are two of the subjects to be especially treated at the council of club presidents of the Massachusetts Federation to be held December 11. The December meeting of the Omaha chapter, Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, will be entertained on Saturday even- ing at the home of Mrs. Edward Porter Peck at Eighteenth and Davenport streets, and in addition to & very interesting pro- gram the evening is to be of & social char- acter as well. The work of the chapter this winter is in the line of the history and development of Nebraska and the pro- gram includes a paper on “The Mormons,” by Mrs. W. G. Sioan, and a reading, “The California Gold Seekers,” by Mrs. J. W. Dakin, from the journal of her sister, Mrs. Harriet Ward. There will also be music and Mrs. M. B. Lowrie will preside. The second of the literary series planned by the educational committee of the Young Women's Christian association will be given on Tuesday eveniug, when Mrs. Byers, the aasociation secretary, will give her reading of “The Hirds' Christmas Carol.” There will be music by the Young Women's Chris- tian association quartet, and admission will be by ticket omly. All members desiring tickets are requested to get them for the serles, at the assoclation rooms, as soon as possible. An admission fee will be charged nonmembers. Over sixty new members came into the assoclation gymnasium during November. The girls of that department have organ- ized & club which s to be known as the “Frolic Hers.” Miss Tickner, physical di~ rector, will entertaln the children of the gymnpasium at a party on the afternoon of December 31, Miss Edith Tobitt's talk on Tuesday ovening on “The Merchant of Venice" be- fore the girls of South branch, accom- panied by the views from Venice and Strat- ford, was one of the most helpful and en- joyable features of the winter's work. The extension secretary of the assoclation was most cordially received at the Byrne- Hammer factory last week and wiil hold the first noon meeting there this week The Womans' auxiliary to the Assocla tion of Railway Postal Clerks of Omal South Omaha and Council Bluffs met on last Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. C. Rawson, 1014 North Thirty-third street, twenty members being present and one new member being addel to th> rs soclation. After a brief business sessionm, Mre. D. C. Dodds gave & most interesting paper on “Household Economics,” this sub- ject having been taken up this winter in addition to the study of civil service re- form. Mrs. C. C. Paxton was to have presented a paper on “Civil Service.” but was ab- sent and will give it at the next meeting. when Mrs. Dodds will again act as leader of the domestic sclence study. Mrs. W. C. Mullford, vice president of the auxil- fary, met with the women for the last time and resigned her office, as she leaves next week for Cheyenne to make her home. Next month's meeting will be held in Coun- cll Blufts at the home of Mrs. C. E. And- erson of 1410 Fairmount avenue. Among the red letter events in the his- tory of the local Young Women's Christian aseoclation was the membership tea given on Monday evening in the rooms at Six- teenth and Farnam streets. There weve about 200 present, 110 of which were new members. The supper was given by the women of the First Baptist church and members were privileged to attend upon condition that each brought one or more new members. The tables were arraneed out In the dining room, which was hung with red and white bunting and trimmed with red and white flowers. the assoclation colors. Betweed the courses an enfovable program was given. There was music by the Young Women's Christian sssociation quartet, a reading by Miss Florc Ticknor, physical director of the association: & talk on the mew building by Mrs. Delia 8. Ferguson and a talk by Mrs. Byers on “Assoclation Spirit.” Mrs. W. P. Harford president of the assoclation, presided. A social hour followed the tea. The twenty-second annual convention of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage assoclation in session at Tecumseh on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week, was the largest and most profitable meeting that has ever been held by that organiza- tion. Forty delegates arrived for the open- ing meeting on Tuesday evening and on Wednesday the number was swelled to 100. Men's evening, on Wednesday, was an in- novation, and an altogether profitable one, the program being given entirely by men, including Governor-elect J. H. Mickey, who spoke on “Character Bullding;” Mr. W. M. Maupin of Lincoln, “A History and a Prophecy;” Mr. A. L. Bixby of Lincoln, Hon. Richard O'Nelll, Hon. C. W. Besl of Broken Bow and others. Of the many matters brought to the at- tention of the meeting that of equal prop- erty rights for women was among the most fmportant. It was presented in a most comprehensive manner by Miss Laura A. Gregg of Omaha, and the: support of all women of the state urged for a bill to be presented to the legislature this winter. In speaking of the obstacles to the en- franchisement of women Miss Gregg sal “We are asked repeatedly what is the greatest barrier to the Immeatate enfran- chisement of woman. The temperance ad- vocate declares it is the saloon, with its mint of money, with its terrorizing influ- ence in politics, it is the greatest obstruc- tion—but it is not. “Another says it is the indifference of woman, but women are not as indifferent as may be supposed. Two years ago In Ne- braska a number of clubs made a canvass among the women of their respective towns, asking them to express their épinions for woman suffrage, against it or indifference. The returns showed that 50 per cent of the women are in favor of it. The canvassers reported, however, that it made a vast difference whether a woman were inter- viewed alone or in the presence of her household, which has led others to suggest that the strongest barrier {s the fear of ridicule—and this {s an overwhelming ob- stacle, but it is not the greatest. The ridi- cule of today is so mild compared with that which Miss Anthoney endured; that we can- not 50 magnify the weakness of woman- hood as to believe that it stands as the greatest hindrance to success, “Our most powerful enemy is within our own ranks; it is in every state, every town, every suffrage club, and indeed, in the heart of almost every suffragist. It is the “lack of faith. The hopelessness of our friends of overcoming these formidable en- emies, the fear of defeat, and its attendant disasters, are a greater hindrance than all the positive forces against us. 1f we could change the bellefs of suffragists in regard to the possibilities and probabilities of suc- e the victory would be won tomorrow. Nor would it be through any supernatural power that the transformation would be wrought. According to our faith, so is our activity. The half-hearted manner in which the rank and file of the suffrage constitu- ency work for the cause, or the refusal to work for it, is the greatest obstacle to be overcome.” The dancers were day, December 16, but the date cannot be | for Its Hero—A Book About Cooke ~College Tales. Kendrick Bangs, wbo occuples & recognized position in American literature, is the author of a new juvealle book, en- titled “Mollie and the Unwiseman.” Mollie had been romping In the bay all afternoon with ber French doll, Fiaxilocks, and Whistlebinble, a rubber boy, who had got the name from the fact that he bad & whistle in the top of his cap. Mollle gets tired and setties down in a comfortable place to “ponder,” and the book describes her experiences. Whistlebinble is some- thing of a naughty little rascal and teases Mollle considerable by whistling through his hat instead of talking through his mouth. They hear someone sobbing and Qiscover Bopeep crying because she lost her sheep. They start out to belp her find them when they meet the Unwiseman. The doings and yings of the Unwiseman and Whistlebinble are sure to interest the chil- dren. Published by Henry T. Coates & Co. “Maid Sally,” by Harriet A. Cheever, is a story for girls, fresh, diverting and wholesome. The scene is laid In the early Virginia days just preceding the American revolution, and the action extends into the riler years of the war. From the mo- ment when Sally Dukeen of Slipside Row first makes our acquaintance untll we say goodby to her as Miss Sara Duquesne of Ingleside, our hearts are lost to this sweet, plucky, red-cheeked, beautiful girl of the south. The story of her love for her fairy prince, of her bravely borme household slavery under Mistress Cory Amn, of her charming friendship with the cheery good wite Kendall and the noble parson, of her daring night ride to rescue Master Lionel and of her coming into her fortune—ali this is told in a maoner which makes the book fresh and interesting. Published by Dana, Estes & Co. A. E. W. Mason, author of “The Court- ship of Maurice Buehler,” has completed another new novel which has just been published, entitled “The Four Feathers.” Though it has a coward for a hero, it is a rovel of unusual merit, with interesting characters and vivid descriptions. The scene is the Soudan war. The hero, an imaginative young officer, disgraces him- self by resigning from his regimeat when it is on the point of being ordered to war, conceali: his advance knowledge of the order. Three fellow officers, hearing the truth, send him with their eards, three white feathers. The box is opened in the presence of his flancee, who adds a fourth. How he redeems himself and wins back the heroine makes this an entertaining novel. Published by the Macmillan Co. “With a Saucepan Over the Sea" Is a col- lection of “quaint and delicious recipes from the kitchens of foreign countries,” complled by Adelaide Keen. This volume contains over six hundred recipes of soups, fish, egge, sauces, meats, entrees, vegetables, salads, cakes, puddings, pastry, ices, preserves, confections and hot and cold drinks, as pre- pared in England, France, Germany, Aus- tria, Italy and other Buropean countries. In choosing the recipes care has been taken to imclude only those which require in- gredients procurable In American markets. It is fascinating to see what Henry of Na- varre, Mary Stuart, Louls XV and Napoleon ate. An interesting portion is the post- script in the last of the book with “‘Hints and Secrets.” Perhaps it will be news to the reader that brandy snaps have no brandy in them and barley sugar no barley, that Italy leads the world in fritters and confectionery, that France makes the best sauces and soups, Germany the best bread and cakes, and England the best cooked meats. Little, Brown & Co., publishers. Abble Farwell Brown's new book, “A Pocketful of Posies,” published by Hough- ton, Miffiin & Co., is & collection of rhymes | which makes a welcome addition to the playful books about children. The verse which are usually short, have the very air of children’s play; they are full of spright- lin bumor and grace, and present in a variety of simple verse-forms through the changing hours of the day and the varying seasons of the year. “The Candy Liom" “Jack in the Box" and “Naughty Tullp" are sure to interest the children. Following is & verse about the “Kitchen:™ The kitten purrs, ail in & heap: The kettle, too, purrs drowsily, And cook, beslde the fire asieep, 1s purring loudest of the three. L. J. Bridgman is the author of another conundrum book for children entitled “Guess Again.” The conundrums are writ- ten in verse, one conundrum on & page, the space around the verse being profusely il- lustrated. Each conundrum Is answered on the opposite side of the I The au- thor explains it thoroughly when he wri If_you can't guess the answer to Some riddle in this book. Just turn the page, and on its back You'll see it if you Jovk. Published by H. M. Caldwell company. “Kuloskop, the Master, and Other Al- gonquin Poems,” is a translation by C. G. Leland and J. D. Pring It is both an Indian and animal book. The legends re- late chiefly to a bero or demi-god, Kulos- kop by name, who is lord of men and beasts. Part krst is devoted entirely to this master, and his treatmebt of men and beasts. Part first ls devcted entirely to miscellaneous tales of witchoraft. Part third is devoted to lyrice and miscellany. These poems are translated from the fol- lowing tribes of North American Indians: Miemac, Passamoquoddy, Penebscot and Abenakl. Published by Funk & Wagnalls. Frederic Lawrence Knowles has prodaced a “Treasury of Humorous Poetry,” belng a compilation of witty, facetious and satir- jcal verse selected from the writines of British and American poets. It is dedicated to Mark Twain. It contains nearly all the humorous poems that bave been noted. is nicely bound and contains several full vage illustrations. Published by Dana. Estes & Co. In “The Boys of Waveney" Robert Lelgh- ton presents a story of life at an English educational institution, with its record of trolics, escapades and the more serious side of a college carcer. Ome of ihe most Interestiag and important charactirs is * & fellow from the states,” by the name of Winthrop, who took advantage of this opportunity to attend collexe while “mamma was going across to Paris for some frocks.” It is a vivid pleture of such & life and Is recommended to tovs and young men whose notions of that form of existence bave heen drawn chiefly from “Tom Brown.” G. P. Putnam's Sons. pub. Mshers. Harper & Brothers are the publishers of an original and pretty gift book titled o Old Country House,” by Ricbard Le Galllenne. This is the story of Perdita. bher husband and their friends. Thev had always sald that when they were married Rose. It represents the utmost that cost and skill can do. Jap Rose antiseptics. White Russian for vi Laun 1615 FARNUM STREET. oap + One-sixth of it is pure glycerin. All the oils are pure vegetable, treated with Has the perfume of nat- ural flowers; transparent. JAMES S. KIRK & COMPANY, CHICAGO dry Soap Wrapp exchanged aluable premiums, at our store, D they must have an old country house to live in, where they could realize their dreams and bave the kinds of flowers and trees thev liked. Shortly after their marriage tnhev moved into an old red brick house that bad formerly been occupied by a bachelor. And here we read of thelr happy, contented life, with gardens, a library In the trees. boarders, and entertaining friends. Iteis handsomely bound and fully illustrated. he Lilllan Bell Birthday Book™ is a neat and pretty gift book, edited by A. H. Bogue. Beginning with the month of Jan- uary and ending with December, every date s given, and underneath the date is some quotation of Lilllan Bell's. Every other page is blank with dates correspond- ing to the printed paj The quotations are mostly taken from ‘‘The Love Affairs of an Old Mald From a Girl's Point of Vie: ““The Instinct of Stepfatherhood and “Sir John and the American Girl." Published by L. C. Page & Co. Dr. Henry Van Dyke is the author of a new book of nine stories published by Charles Scribner's Sons. It is entitled “The Blue Flower.” The stories all teach spiritual lessons. Dr. Van Dyke says of these storfos that he has wished to bring them together because it seemed to him as if they were fragments of “the long story which will never be perfectly told until men learn a new language, the story of the search for happiness, which is life.” Two or three of them have been several years written; the rest are new. The titles are the 1. "“The Blue Flower;" . “The Bource TIL ““The Ml 1v. “Spy Roek;” V. “Wood Magic;” VI “The Other Wise Map;"” VIL “A Handful of Clay;” VIIL ““The Lost Word;" IX. “The First Christmas Tree.” A Struggle for a Fortune,” by Harry Castleman, is a boys' story. The hero is Nat Wood. By being kind to an old man whom rybody mistreats he recelves at the old man's death a fortune which he bad secreted in a large fleld. The story glves Nat's troubles in finding this money, for he was watched closely by others who surmised the miser had money and who knew Nat and he were friendly. After Nat finds the money and goes to St. Louls to get away from his tormentors and get advice as to what use to put his fortune to, a benevolent old gentleman becomes the boy's guardlan, deposits the fortune for him, and sends him off to school. The wretches who mistreated the hero in the days of his poverty are magnanimously let oft with one remorse-inspiring glimpse of the young man in his best clothes as he rides in his guardian's carriage. lished by Saalfield Publishing company. “The Red Box Clew,” by J. Brecken- ridge Ellis, tells the life of a girl who, when an infant, had been left on the door- steps of a home in St. Louis. When she 16 15 the owners of the home die and she goes into the home of a wealthy family as a companion to an unfortunate deaf child. While there she met with many surprising experiences, finally discovering the secret of her early childhood. Her parents, by the aid of a red box, find her after & long bunt and her struggles and hardships are happily ended in her own home. Published by Fleming H. Revell company. “Conquest of the Air,”" by John Alex- ander, is a treatise of the subject of aerial navigation that recelves a very strong en- dorsement from Sir Hiram Maxim. The book gives a complete history from the be- ginning of balloons to recent achievements, with adveotures, long-digtance records, helgh alr-currents, the use of the bal- loon in wai ete. In fact, it is & complete and authentic authority on serial navigation. Published by A. Wes- sels company. “Mind Power and Privileges by Al- of the mind); “Personal Power” (treat- ing of facial culture through the laws of the mind); “Hypnotism;' “Habit"" (ethical |in character, dealing more particularly with habits of thought), and “Christian The criticism of “Christian Sci- is based on sclentific grounds, and will be followed with keen interest. Each chapter has subheads, enabling the reader to follow the thought easily. closes with the following: “We would have men live in a thoughtful world of cheer, purity and confidence, ever shunning their antitheses as they expressions of extremest vice and crime. We would bave them know the powers and privileges of the mind; to grasp and wield those powers to their highest and purest profit; to come into the full realization that the mind is the bhigh heritage from God, that it is destined to survive the short years of this life and that its noblest ac- tivities in this sphere are those of serv- Thomes Y. Crowell & Co., by Stanley is & book with children that are d who are truly moral. The Pub- | The author | would outward | story embodies the doctrine of the useless nese of fear, anger and worry. It als alms to set the youngsters to keeping thel eyes open to the woaders and beauties o nature—the birds, the four-footed animals the insects, the trees and shrubs and flow- ers, the clouds and stars. The book hae many admirable qualitics, which will be appreciated chiefly by parents who belleve in Christian Science. Published by Coolldge & Waterloo. The above books are for eale by the Megeath Stationery Co., 1308 Farnam street. Pa e Al Nine-tenths of the diseases of the scalp and hair are caused by parasite germs. The importance of this discovery by Pro- fessor Unna of the Charity Hospital, Ham- burg, Germany, canmot be overestimated. It explains why Srdin: hair preparations, even of the most expensive character, fail to cure dandruff; because they do not, and they cannot, kill the dandruft germ. The only hair preparation in the world that positively destroys the dandruff parasites that burrow up the scalp into scales called scurf or dandruff, is Newbro's Herpicide. In addition to its destroying the dandruff germ Herpicide is also a delightful hair dressing, making the hair glossy and soft as silk. Hair Troubles. e C Edward P. Elllott Coming. Tuesday evening, December 9, at Boyd's theater, Edward P. Elliott, the Impersona- tor, will ‘present “David 'Harum.” This will be the second number of the assocla- tion course. Mr. Elliott glves original adaptations of the greatest succeeses in modern comedy. . The prominent characters are us familiar 1o the public as those d by the most famous artists of the day. In “David Harum” he impersonat ten characters, the play being given ‘n three acts, the lagt one David's sftting room on Christmas day. Mr. Elliott is not a stran to Omaha, having given “Captain Letta blair” on his last visit, some years ago. By a good many critics he fs thought to be in some respects even better than Leland T. Powere. Three hundred good reserved seats are on sale at the assoclation build- ing. LOCAL BREVITIES: Morris Stine of 211 South Thirtleth street was taken Into custody at the postoffice building vesterday afternoon, he being ap- parently ‘of unsound mind. 'After medical examination it was decided to hold him for the insanity commiesion. Fred Lawer of North Twenty. lenth street was vesterday afternoc rested on a charge of larceny from the per- son, the complaining witness being Jacob Glover of Holdrege, 8. D. \\'rdneldn{ | evening Glover was in the saloon at Tenth | and Farnam streets reading a German i book. A stranger, who he afterward iden- | tified as Lawer, and who was of German | parentage, made his acquaintance on the | strength of the book and afterward took him out for a walk. Glover was some- what under the influence of liquor. At Ninth and Jackson streets, it is said, Lawer made u grab at Glcver's pocketbook, tear- ing the pocket, but fafling in his purpose. “He then clutched the chain of the Di kotan's _watch and carried the timepicce away. The watch’ has not been recovered. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. A. M. Horgls of Grand Island is In the ety. F. M. Penny, a merchant of Wood River, will be an Omaha visitor for the next few days. Mrs. H. M. Dennis, J. D. Quigley and Rev. B. Hopkins are Lincoln visitors in Omah: Mrs. J. H. Gibbons of Elkhorn, Miss Ellzabeth Hickey and J H. Adams and wife of Hastings are Nebraska callers registered at the ller Grand. B. B. Herbert of New York, who is secre- tary of the National Editorial association, is in Omaha, making the preliminary afs rangements for the elghteenth annual con- vention of the association, which meets in Omaha next summer. What Shaill We Have for Dessert ? ‘This_question arises in the family every day. Let us answer it to-day, Try bert B, Olston, aims to reveal the possi- bilities of the mind and treats many of - the sublects of present nterest. It con- ! chapters—among others—on the 5 y'.)::y:a, Co:l:lnul and Bubjective;” “Mind | adelicious and healthful dessert, Pre- | and Body" (the influence of the one upon E:red in two minutes. No boiling! no | the other); “Practical Application;" “Phys- king! add boiling water and set to i jeal Culture” (from the creative standpoint | €ool. wvors:—Lemon, Orange, Rasp- berry and Strawberry. Get a package at your grocers to-day. 10 cts. The Holidays are fast approaching. Wise buyers make selections early. 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