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Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

as the third packing center in the
country. The shortage OF the hog crop
retarded the packing interests at west
crn points during the early winter
months more than at Cincinnati, st.
Louis and Indianapolis. The gains,
however, made by Omaha in the last
few weeks have not alone made up the
deficiency but have put our packing
record back to its former prominence.
Omaha is yet some five thousand
short of the output as compared with
the corresponding time last year.
There are strong indications, however,
that the difference will be made up and
a fair margin will be placed to our
credit at the end OF the season.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
The Champion Faster.

All the so-called fasting persons have
undoubtedly been knocked out by u
Harlem young man named Hiram Van
dusen, who concluded to-day his fifty
third day without food, and is still
strong and hearty, working twelve
hours ii day. If this is true his is one
of the most remarkable cases on record.
He said:
1T was December 20 that | first COM
mencod to fast. | had been suffering
with headaches, and WAS more or less
troubled by my stomach. After two or
three days of total alabstinencc from food
! felt SO much better that concluded to
keep on with the fast if it did not
weaken me. | continued my work as
usual, and soon became convinced that
| did not need any food whatever, and
so my stomach was given long rest"
The young mans friends say they
have often tempted him with choice
viands, but he declined to eat. Each
of them accused him of eating secretly,
but this he denies.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FRIDAY FEBRUARY % 1850

push my boy forward He is anxious to get
ahead" Employer "Indeedl Then hope
he will capture one very soon"
Cincinnati Enquirer; Now comes tho Phil.
adelphia Press with the announcement that
New York church is paying cash dividends
to its stockholders. Well, in the long run,
religion ought 10 pay.
Terre Haute Express: The agricultural dc.
partment has abandoned the practice Of dis.
tributing garden seeds through tue various
congressman. 'Tis we'll A congressman
with a lot of garden seeds distributed through
him is not a very inspiring spectacle any
way.
Chicago Herald; Collision between two
heavy truck wagons First teamster, -
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

THE formal opening OF the Creche
building to-day for the inspection o.
our citizens should receive the encour-
agement which this worthy enterprise
deserves. BY the cooperation of many
OF our philanthropio ladies in the face
OF difficulties, day nursery has been
built for the accommodation of working
women's children. The act has been {
most praiseworthy one, and adds an
other good deed to the works of philan-
throphy in which the women of Qmahs
have SO often been identified.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
Ouite Anofher Figure.

brakes Magazine: Miss Jewsberry-
"Your wife displays rare figure in her
tailor made dress. You are to be envied,
Mr.. Paulsby."
Mr.. Paulsby-''I was not to be enyied,
when the tailor displayed his figure this
morning"
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
MANDERsON'S VIEWS.
They Include an Expression Concern
ing Fort Omaha.

Senator Manderson arrived In Omaha from
Kearney at o'clock yesterday morning, and
was driven to the Millard where, even ut
that early hour, a number of men were wait
ing to see him.
The senator complained of feeling very un-
comfortable from loss of sleep and the eff
fects of severe cold contracted
AT Lincoln. He put in day and
night comforting with friends at the
capital, went thence to Hastings, thence
to Kcarney, where ne attended a Grand
Army cncampment in the evening. He got on
the train after midnight to reach Omaha.
In order to be back among his senatorial
colleagues next Monday, he left for Wash
ington at 3:45 yesterday afternoon. While
here, every minute Of his time was devoted
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

American people will cease to honor all
that Washington has left for their gnd-
ance. Certainly there is no such pros
cnt tendency, but there appears rather
to be reawokening OF interest in the
example aud precepts Of Washington,
and this is the direction which the pop
ular mind should be encouraged TO take.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

At least one modern Solomon is turn
ing in his mind the question as to
each other. The question is not a
grave one. Let them have every right
in the world and they would not be such
fools as to avail themselves of it.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

THE endorsement of the police relief
and pension fund bill now before the
legislature by members of the Omaha
police force will undoubtedly insure the
passage OF that measure. The officers
and men have certainly taken sensi-
BILE view in furthering the project. In
all metropolitan cities such relief and
benefit organization exists and has pro-
ven OF benefit to policemen.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

THE story comes from Minnesota of
the devouring of two children by timber
wolves. Certainly some carelessness is
involved in allowing children, unpro-
tected, to wander in q region where
these terrible animals roam.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

THE supreme court of Nebraska indi-
vidually and collectively stands too
high in the esteem and confidence of
the people of this state to require any
defense at our hands from the scurril-
Gus and indecent attack of newspaper
that has just passed out of the hands Of
a receiver into the tender care of the
funeral director
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

THERE ought to be considerable salts
faction in Nebraska and in the cattle
bought nearly four million dollars
worth Of American beef and bacon dur
ing the month of January. This is u
notable increase in the value Of our eX
port of meat products as compared with
a wear ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

81. pIltt Pioneer Press.
French radicals have agreed to and issued
a manifesto which is mainly devoted to the
denunciation of Boulanger. Denunciation
rolls off the hardened conscience of Flo
quet's mortal enemy as water runs off the
spinal column of canvas back duck.
From all appearances nothing less than
stuffed cluD will have any effect on
BOulanper
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

THERE is maniac at Ainsworth who
imagincs that he is being constantly
pursued. 1t is stated that the poor fell
low has been vigllante, but judging
from his symptoms he was more likely
at the other end of the chase when the
vigilantes were abroad.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
Modern Education Progress.

Philadelphia Record: Teacher (ge-
ography class good. Now
children, tomorrow you must all bring
small bottles of sweet oil with you"
Head Girl-"What are they for"
ITO lubl'icate your jaws, my dear.
We are to begin on the lakes of Maine
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
A Warning to Pug,Iists.

Kansas CHU Times.
AS long as pugilists stick to their line of
business they are perfectly safe, but when
they yield to temptation and go to riding
about in dog-carts they incur great risks.
Charley Mitchell is the latest victim of this
folly. In this case the horse and not Charley
did the running.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
The StOckhOlders Suffer.

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
directors have declared dividend of l per
cent This discount is the price stockholders
must pay for the experiment of trying to
break up the organization of the Lo
comotve Northumberland they didn't do
il at that.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

WITH the combined support of the
Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska railroad
commissioners to defend existing pack
ing house and live stock rates between
the Missouri river and Chicago, it is not
likely that the Chicago board of trade
viii make much headway with its pro-
test before the interstate commission.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

THE cold wave which struck this Sec
tion recently was SO abrupt as to be al
most discourteous. There are rules
which even cold wave may be reason
ably expected to observe. One of them
is to advance by degrees and not over
whelm people like snow slide on
Mount Blanc.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

TIE master plumbers OF the state pro-
pose TO hold a grand banquet at an early
day in Omaha. The dishes will not be
made of gold, nor will the bill of fare
include frog-leg soup and nightingale
tongues, as is customary, The reason
is not hard to find. Water pipes refused
TO freeze or burst all winter long.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
Now Try the TOlIivers.

hUHHUo VltU JUUTHut'
Perhaps the most remarkable revival work
accomplished of late years is that of the
evangelIsts, Hayden and McCluee, in Ken
lucky, who claim to have converted all the
Survivors of the French -Eversole feud. They
should now tackle the Tollivers.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

CORPORAL punishment in our public
schools has fallen into disrepute. Very
few cases arise when discipline de-
mands it. This is quite contrast with
the oldcn time when the country school
master welded the hickory club so
skillfully and methodically.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

OMAIA'S back yards and alleys will
be cleaned before long or many useful
citizens will go hence in the spring,
their last earthly impression the odor
of decaying garbage.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

THE Chicago man who willed his
housekeeper all his estate valued at five
millions evidently was of the opinion
that marriage is failure.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

For the first time since the opening
of the winter pork packing season, No
vember /, Omaha has passed her COM
petitors and has firmly fixed her place
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
An Example for Breckinridge.

The four democratic members of the Ar
kansas legislature who have resigned be-
cause of the suspicion that their offices were
obtained through fraud, have set good ex-
ample for Congressman G.. Il. Breoknridge
to follow.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
DANIEL LAMONT is to have six thou

DANIEL LAMONT is to have six thou
sand dollars extra pay. This is osten-
sibly because his successor is to draw a
larger salary than Mr.. Lamont re-
ceived, but really because Daniel has so
markedly the happy faculty of keeping
his mouth shut that people of every
party appreciate it.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

QUEEN VICToRIA's speech is cut
straight in the back and trimmed plain
in the skirt, with neither ruf1le nor
tlOunce.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
The Polk County Grand Jury.

That Iowa grand jury which has indicted
= the governor of the state for criminal libel
may be able to rake up charge against the
president of the United States or the car of
Russia. Its power appears to be unlimited
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

SENATOR KENNA has broken the
long extended deadlock in the West
Virginia Legislature by succeeding him
self
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

TODAY the young idea in our public
schools is being taught to shoot at the
traditional little hatchet of G.. Wash
ington.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

DURING these dying days of congress,
Grover Cleveland's veto pen is likely to
consume several bottles oil ink.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

THERE are three P's for citizens OF
Omaha to keep in mind nowadays.
They are: Push, Pluck and Persever-
auCe.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

MATTERS and things at the new
county hospital are getting to be in
terestinp,
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

THERE is JOY IN Dakota to-day. Well,
the prospect OF being put on an equal
footing of dignity with Nebraska is
legitimate cause for jubilation.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
NJ. ieline's Name Against Aim
lhicaUo } Mines

Meline gives it up, He can not form cab
met for Carnot. Meline' is not good name
to fire the cookies of the Partisan heart. 1t
isn't long enough and is suggestive of cat
serenade on back fence
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
Mr.. Harrington Wanted. AKIN

Hiram Harrington, young man who came
to this city few weeks ago and went into
the employ of w. j. Canon a tailor and de-
camped, after taking pair of opera glasses
and gold ring from the room of man
named Meyer, will probably be brought back
TO Omaha on requsition for trial The
stolen jewclry was pawned with Sonncnberg,
Douglas street broker, Harrington, it IS
claimed, securing IS on the property. MIR
Meyer and a policeman recovered the ring
and opera glass, after Meyer had followed
harrington TO his home in Michigan ana Sc
cured the pawn ticket.
The pawnbroker, it is said, will make an
effort TO get Harrington back to prosecute
HIM.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

THE candidate with his petition is
now abroad in the land.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
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Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
Dakota.

Mica is again being shipped from Custer
City.
A Canton man has three headed calf with
five legs.
The gamblers have been ordered out of
Aberdeen.
A cheese factory would be paying invest
ment at washington.
A lack of flax seed compels the Yankton
oil mill to close temporarily.
Minnehaha county farmers are holding
their wheat for 81 per bushel.
1t is rumored that company will be
formed to develop the coal find near Nank-
ton.
The o-story school building at Oelrichs
was destroyed by fire, entailng loss of
:25, 900.
The Dcadwood city hall will be three
stories high instead of two, as at first con-
templated.
The Watcrtown board of trade is making
arrangements to establish woolen mill in
that town.
rFifty Watertown young men have aban.
doncd the use of tobacco as the result of a
sermon on that subject.
Two hundred people are engaged in horse
breeding in the Black Hills and there are
fully 3O,O coo on the range.
The citizens of Ruby Basin have petitioned
the commissioners of Laramie county not to
grant liquor licenses in that county.
Speartish has a genuine Doodle alderman,
who is accused of drawing his yearly salary
of S24 dollars three months in advance of the
expiration of his term
Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22

Angostura Bitters are the best remedy
for removing indigestion. Ask your
druggist for the genuine, prepared by
Dir. j. @. B. Siegert q Sons.
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the other Christmas nights. The
blazing fire, the song, the dance, the
riddle, the jest, and many another
merry sport, are of it's spirits. Mis-
chief will be committed under the
mistletoe bough, and all the good
wishes of the season sent round I'M
der the sanction of the wassail-bowl.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
The particular form Ofthat practice
whose donations are known by the
title of Christmas-boxes land which
appear to differ from New years gifts
in this, that the former, passing from
the rich to the poor and from the
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year, from whence we have taken the
liberty of transcribing it. "Called
out" says Spooner (1s3N, by the
parish beadle, dustmen, and charity
boys. The postman, street-sweepers,
chimney-sweepers, lamp-lighters, and
waits will all be sure to wait upon
me. These fellows have cost me much
money this Christmas, and will do
more the next"
There is an amusing account, given
by writer of the querulous class, OF
a boxing-day in London, a century
ago. "3y the time was up," says
he, "my servants could do nothing
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mer brightens with the
beams of another world
the institution by which the
latter blesses this, those in
situations of mercy and of
instruction which cover the
land with monuments ofhu-
mainly that are nowhere TO
be found but among the
temples of our faith.
And now, when silent and
desOlate are even the high
places over which Augustus
ruled, fallen majestic Rome
with all her gods, the religion
proclaimed to the humble
shepherds, whose sound was
first heard by the moon
light streams and under the
green boughs, has erected on
the ruins Ofancient grandeur
asublimer dominion than all
those principalities of the
earth which refused it's hos
pitality. 1t came in gentle
ness and lOwliness and the
spirit of peace; and now it
grasps the power of the uni
verse, and yields the civil
lied energies of the greatest
of all nations to the benef-
cent extensions of it's au-
thority,-imperishable in it's
glory, and bloodless in it's
triumphsl
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boar 5 head crowned with bays upon
acharger; which" headds, has been
very judiciously changed into the en-.
tire animal"
THE MODERN CHRISTMAS DINNER.
The Christmas dinner of modern
days is, us most of our readers know.
a gathering together of generations,
an assembling of Israel by its tribes.
We have them Of the seven ages and
the several professions. Contrast
with this modern Christmas dinner,
as we'll as with the high festival of
yorc, the dreary picture ola Christmas
Day and dinner, under the stern pre-
scription of the Puritans, as given in
his Diary, by Pepys, the chatty Sc
cretary to the admiralty. "1GGS,
Christmas-day. To dinner" thus he
writes, 'alone with my wife; who,
poor wretch! sat undresspd all dav
till ten at night. altering and lacing
OF noble petticoat; while |, by her,
making the boy read to me the life of
Julius Caesar and Des Carries book of
Music"
But the best fthe day is yet to
come! and we should have no obiec-
ton to join the younger members of
that group in the merry sports that
await the evening We need not give
the programme. 1t is like that ofall
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from that of the sentiments and pure
affections of the Christian heart;
which, as it rises to heaven in sub
lime devotion, expands in charity
towards it's kind, until it compre-
hends all humanity in the bond of
universal benevolence To amelio-
rate the temporal, as well as elevate
the spiritual state of man, is it's dis
tinguishing excellence, the sublime
popularity gifts character as a reli-
gious dispensation. All the systems
of superstition were external and
gross, or mysterious and occult.
They either encouraged the follies
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CHRISTMAS BELLS.

o could we see the meaning,
The Thought that makes the
Day,
The precious Purpose shining
Along the wintry way.
IT'S more than gifts or garlands,
Or meats by bounty spread;
Though gifts are gracious tokens,
And the poor must need be fed.
Not the poor alone are longing,
And needs are wider, more
Than Charity can answer
From her o'erfowing store.
The wistful world is waiting
For the advent hour
Ofloving hearts and loyal
Gods mediums of power.
Christmas bells are ringing:
Their music seems to say
To give himself ransom,
Christ came on Christmas Day.
M. E. D.
s
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having a boar's spear in his hand, a
huntsman in green carrying the
naked and bloody sword belonging
to the head-bearer's scabbard, and
"two pages in tafatye sarcenet, :"
each with "mess of mustard" Up
on which occasion these verses were
sung:
"The boare is dead,
LOe, heare is his head
What man could have done more
Then his head of to strike,
Meleager like,
And bringe it as doe before?
ale livinge spoyled
Where good men toiled,
Which made kinde Ceres sorrye:
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ance as most tradesmen in the par
ish; to see him come a-boxing, alias,
a-begging, l thought was intolerable;
however | found it was the custom,
too; so l gave him half-a-crown, as
was likewise obliged to do the bell
man, for breaking my rest for many
nights together"
MORAL RETROSPECT.
Oh! how different were those reli-
gions of the passions and the senses
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But now, dead and drawnp,
Is very good hrawne,
And wee have brOtSht it for
We.
Then sett downe the swine
yard.
The foe to the vineyard,
Lett BHcchus crOwne his
fall,
Lett this hOure' S head and
mustard
Stand for pigg, goose, and
custard,
And so you are welcome
all.
40 important was the
office OF boar s-Eead bear
er considered to be, that,
in ITO, HOlinshed has
chrOnicled the circum-
stance of Sngland's king,
Henry H., bringingu up to
the table of his son, the
young prince, IL boar's
ad,with trumpetersg 60
ing: before him. From
this species of service it
is probable thatmany of
our heraldic bearings
have originated. "The
ancient crest of the fam
lily of Edgecumbe,' OBJ
serves Ritson, "was the
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ties upon this subject assert, the late
DR.. Kitchener and Mr.. Douce were
amongst the number, that plum
pudding, the renowned English plum
pudding, was a dish, comparatively
speaking, of modern invention; and
that plum pOrridge was its ancient
representative. Brand indeed de-
votes Il section of his observations
on popular antiquities to 'Yule-
dou@hS, minneapolis, Christmas-pies,
and plum porridge, emitting plum
pudding, which new Christmas dish,
or rather new name for an Old Christ
mas dish, appears to have been in
trOduced with the reign Of the 'mer-
ry monarch, Charles II. \ revolu-
ton always creates Il change inman-
ners, fashions, tastes, and names;
and our theory is that, among other
changes, the 'hackin' of our ances-
tors was then baptized plum-pud-
ding. In Poor Robins Almanack for
1916, it is observed Of Christmas
Good cheer doth so abound as if all
the world were made of minced-pies,
plum pudding, and furmity.' And
We might produce other quotations
to show that, as the name 'hackin'
fell into disuse about this period, it
was generally supplanted by that of
plum pudding"
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master to his dependents,
are not reciprocal in their
distribution, whereas the
latter are those gifts, for the
mutual expression of good
will and COngratulatiOn,
which are exchanged be-
tween friends and acquaint-
ances), was, perhaps, origin
ally one OF the Observances
of Christmas Day, and made
a portion of it's charities.
The multiplied business of
that festival, however, prob
ably caused it to be post
poned till the day following,
and thereby placed the
Christmas-bONes under the
patronage of st. Stephen.
The title itself has been de-
rived, by some, from the
box which was kept on board
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Ofevery vessel that sailed upon a dis
tant voyage, for the reception of do
nations to the priest who, in return,
was expected to offer masses for the
safety of the expedition, to the par
ticular saint having charge of the
ship,-and above all, of the box.
This box was not to be opened till
the return of the vessel; and we can
conceive that, in cases where the
mariners had had ii perilous time of
it, this casket would he found to en-
close a tOlerable Offering.
BOXING DAY.
BoNing-day, however, is still a
great day in London. Upon this an
nlVersarv, every street reSOunds with
the clang of the halI-dOOr knockers.
Rap follows rap, in rapid succession,
the harsh and discordant tones of
iron mingling with those of rich and
sonorous brass, and giving a degen-
crate imitation of the brazen clangor
OF the trumpet, which formed the
summons to the gate in days of old,
and which, together with the martial
music of the drum, appears to have
been adopted, at later period, by the
observation-disclosures, on st. Stephens
Day. Pepys, in his Diary (166S), re-
cords his having been "called up by
drums and trumpets; these things
and boxes" he adds, "have cost me
much money this Christmas, and will
do more Which passage seems to
have been in the memory of our face
tious publisher, when he made the
following entry in his journal of last