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Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-25

The special Christmas service at the First
Congregational church will be conducted at
o'clock in the afternoon and the following
will be the musical program:
Organ-Gothic March .Salome
Solo, Recitative and Aria-Thus Saith
the Lord" and But Who May
Abide" Observation-Disclosures. Handel
Mr. T. C. Hadley.
Organ Communion .....................De .Devred
Chorus-O, Zion that Tellest. ........... Buck
Solo-O, Holy Niglt............ Van de Water
Mrs. G. w Johnston
Chorus-And the Glory of the Lord .....
........................... Handel
Hallelujah Chorus ...................,.H Handel
Mrs Il. F. Ford, Organist
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-25

lively interest and large attendance char
acteTistic of the occasion will be in evil
dence again this year. Following is the pro-
gram:
Proeessiona Hymn-1t Came Upon the
Midnight Clear. r.........................W Wills
lntroit Behold, l Bring You Good
. iuiutS '.'''''.s''''.'s.s.'''.. vaughn
kyric OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Crulckshank
f'oTla llOi. ......,................. Cruickshank
bIdll lDl' ,....'....'.....,.... NTulCkSndnk
Credo-Plain Song ng.......................
Hymn Before Sermon)--Adeste Fidslis..
1tlnCk
Offert0ry-The Birthday of the King.
Sursum Corda-Cantus Solemnis ,..........,.
oHllCtuS NTNtChSudHlN
AgnuS DELI. CTulCkSnank
Communion Hymn-O Salutaris. ...... Mason
Nunc Dimittis.. is.......................... Barnby
Recessional Hymn-Hark, the Herald
Angels sing nB.............-..-.. .NenuelSSOnn
Other services: Low celebration at 80
n. M; mathis, 9:30 a. m; high celebration,
| 10 a. m; evensorg, p. m.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-25
ninner for the Poor.

Following the usual custom, the Salvation
Army will give free dinner to the poor on
Christmas day. The dinner will be served at
the barracks on Davenport street, where Ia
bles will be spread. Captain Ensign of the
army has delivered fifty tickets to the Asso-
clated Charities. fifty to the county poor
agent, fifty to the captains of the police force
and $50 among the homes of the poor in the
city. The army has a fair supply OF pro-
visions, but is still In need OF apples
pickles butter and jellies.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-25

Unity Church SerViccs.
Unity Church Seventeenth and Cass
Streets. Rev. Newton M. Mann, Minister
Morning service at 10:45; subject of sermon,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-25
Flrs, Methodist Churcb

Christmas services will be held at the First
Methodist church today, the order being as
follows
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-25
At Kountze Memorial.

At Kountze Memorial church the Christ
mas exercises will be held at 1880 o'clock
this evening. The program will be as
follows:
Grand Chorus. .Theo Dubois
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-25
English Divorce Laws,

The children of the marriage are the
husbands if he chooses to have them,
but if he does not care to perform ia
theirs duty the wife must support them.
If he is unfaithful to her, she cannot d.
vorce him Gin England) unless he has
also committed the ungentlemanly sin
Of personal cruelty, and in all cases of
divorce and separation it is a mans
reading Of the man made laws that en-
tirely decides not only the case, but the
consequences, as to the custody of the
children and the amount of alimony.
And if, despairing of justice, the faith
full wife endures patiently through life
for, the sake of her chiidren's future,
the English law. permits an unfaithful
husband and father at death to will
away every penny of his property from
his wife and children to charity, a
stranger or mistress, possibly leaving
those whom the law made his depend
ents dependent on the ratepayers Of his
parish. This is not possible in Scotland,
nor was it formerly possible in England.
The law Of dover protected the widow
until this century, when men tinkered
the laws so as to gain larger latitude
for themselves. The operation of this
masculine privilege often gives oppor-
tunity for cruel oppression not dreamed
of by right minded men. In fact, it is
only because the large majority of men
are better than the laws allow them to
be that society is possible. -Humanita-
rian. 60. ~ -
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-25
Millions of Frogs Rain Down.

One of the most curious phenomena
of nature is the precipitation of frogs,
fish, crabs, angleworms, etc.: with
rain from the clouds. The story is told
in the annals Of the French academy
and may be found in the August num-
Der, 1904. The narrative is by one Pro-
fessor Pontus. In it he gives an account
of an instance Of millions Of frogs which
fell in a shower near Toulouse. He
states that he himself saw numerous
young frogs on thecoats of two gentle
men who were ont ia the shower. Pro-
lessor Pontus says that he forthwith
repaired to the spot where the storm
had burst and found the roads and
fields literally alive with young frogs
and tadpoles.' . In some places. = says
the professor, "they were three or four
deep all over the ground, and the hoofs
of the horses and the carriage wheels
killed thousands Of them. .
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-25
The Blackguards of Malaga.

Besides my man Mohammed there
we're several other Arab passengers
aboard, and the appearance Of these, as
they leaned over the bulwarks of the
steamer, was the signal for a shout of
derisive laughter, curses and stone
throwing on the part Of the crowd of ill
fed and i'll conditioned boys who throng-
ed the quay. For downright black
guardism nothing can beat the type of
the youth Of Malaga, whose expression,
like their morals, is Of as debased type
as could we'll be imagined. sHowls of
filthy language greeted the appearance
of the Moors, who, had they disem-
barked. would have run great risk of
being torn to pieces, SO great is the an
tipathy of the Spaniards to their former
conquerors. The captain of the steamer
appealed to the police, but the two rep
resentatives of this noble body were
busily employed in stealing figs from
the cargo and paid little or no attention
to the fact that an Infatuated crowd of
the worst characters of Malaga-that is
to say, the worst in the world-were
pelting the steamer with stones and
mud. Affairs, however, reached a eli
max when one Of the Moors, who spoke
Spanish, asked after the health of Gen.
eral Margallo, the general who had been
killed before Melilla, and then the cap
tain was obliged to order them below,
though the i'll conditioned crowd hooted
and jeered until at sunset the steamer
left Harris "From Batum to Bag
dad - %. '' II VI -
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-25
Constitution and Guerrie !. 3,

: The Constitution 8, guns were double
shotted with round and grape. The
broadside was as one single explosion,
and the destruction was terrific. The
enemy 8 decks we're flooded, and tie
blood ran ont OF the scuppers- her cock
pit filed with the wounded. For few
minutes, ahrouded in smoke, they fought
at the distance Of half pistol shot. In
that short time the Englishman was lit
orally torn to pieces in hull, spars, sails
and rigging. Az her mizzenmast gave
way the Englishman brought up to the
wind, and the Constitution slowly forged
ahead, fired again, luffed short round
the others bows and. owing TO q heavy
sea, fell foul Of her antagonist, with her
bowsprit across her larboard quarter.
While in this position Hull's cabin was
set on fire By the enemy q forward bat
terry, and part Of the crew were called
away from the guns to extinguish the
threatening blaze Barnes Naval
Actions Of the War of 1919. .
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-25
SUPPOSE.

Suppose, my dear, that you were I,
And by your side your sweetheart safe.
Suppose you noticed by and by
The distance 'twixt you was too great
Now tell me, dear, what would you dot
know, and SO do you'll
And then, so comfortably placed,
Suppose you only grew aware
That that dear, dainty little waist
Of hers looked very, lonely there. E.
Pray tell me, sooth, what would you do?
know, and so do you!
Then, having done what just did,
With not a frown to check or chill, p,
Suppose her red lips seemed to bid
Defiance to- your lordly will?
Oh, tell me, sweet, what would you dor
know, and so do you'll
Parsons Weekly.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-25
Getting Married.


In Ellis Quest Of the Golden Grip
Richard LIE Galliene, in one of his open
ing chapters says: ,.s.l.. 49,.
Undoubtedly the incest way to get
married is on the sly, and indeed it is
at present becoming quite fashionable.
Many young couples Of my acquaint-
ance. who have had no other reason for
concealing the fact beyond their own
whim, have thus slipped off without
saying word to anybody and returned
full blown housekeepers. with at home
days Of their own and everything else
like real married people-for, as the
old lady said to me, You can never be
cure Of married people nowadays unless
you have been at the wedding.'''
The author then further philosophers
as follows: ~ ,,s {
II don't know myself what getting
married feels like, but it cannot be
much more exciting than watching
other people getting married. Indeed,
Il always get something like palpitation
Of the heart just before the priest utters
the final fateful words, Il declare you
man and wife Half second before
you were still free. Half a second after
you were bound for the term Of your
natural life. Half second before you
had only to dash the book from the
priests hands and put your hands over
his mouth, and though thus giddily
swinging on to the brink Of the preci-
pice you are saved. Half q second after
"An the kings horses and all the kings men
Cannot make you a bachelor again.
B. st is the knife edge moment betwixt
time and eternity" IS.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-25
THE NOSE AND THE TOES.
A Physical Culturist Says Pigeontoed Peo-
pie Have Crooked Noses.

A Physical Culturist Says Pieeontoed Peo-
pie Have Crooked Noses.
A professor Of physical culture am
nounces that he has discovered an in
innate connection between deformities
Of the nose and the position Of the feet
His name is 81. Z. Piner, and he COM
municates his observations to the New
York Journal:
"You can tell pigeontoed person
without looking at his feet or seeing
him walk. The discovery was made by
me in 1891 while teaching physical
culture. I found stubborn awkward
ness in the movements Of my pupils
feet. Looking for the cause, I found
that many of them were pigeontoed
In others one foot was correct and the
other turned in.
In teaching correct breathing I had
to Investigate the condition Of the nasal
passages. Then l found that wherever
the person was pigeontoed in the right
foot the right nostril was stopped up or
otherwise deformed. It was the same
with the left foot or nostril. IF both
nostrils were defective, both feet were
pigeontoed. #
At one time examined 26 persons,
and every one Of them was pigeontoed
in the left foot, with a corresponding
defect in the left nostril. At another
time I examined over 40 with view to
testing my discovery. Some Of them had
we'll developed nostrils and were not at
all pigeontoed. Some had overwide
nostrils, with overwide angles at the
feet to correspond.
"Girls I found more generally and
worse pigeontoed than boys. The per-
son who has whining or snufaing
voice is usually pigeontoed. So :.
"Another discovery is that with the
defective nostrils were found invariably
stopped shoulders and hollow chests, the
stoop and hollow always bearing q
direct ratio with the defect. In extreme
cases there was an ugly protrusion OF
the abdomen, tendency to draw back
and upward the upper lip, exposing the
teeth, that have also an unsightly pro-
truding tendency.
ACA4 yOuA 4AAOAu W walk fyOus
Watch his feet. If the left turns in, tell
him that his left nostril is smaller than
the right. That is, that he can take
more air atany given inspiration through
the right than through the left nostril
alone. If the right foot turns in, tell
him his right nostril is the smaller. i
conversely, tell him to place the
end Of the thumb under and against the
nostrils alternately, breathing through
the open one each time, and ask him
which nostrh admits the greater amount
Of air. If it is the left, tell him be il
pigeontoed in the right foot and vice
versa. Demonstrate by having him walk
naturally.
Remember that the proper angle il
80 degrees on either side of the median
line, or so degrees with both feet. Dc
not close the nostril from the side, but
gently from underneath. THIN
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-25
SCOTS Marrow Escape.

& The world had a narrow escape Of
never having known Sir Walter Scott.
When tiny babe, he was left in charge
Of maid. but the girls heart was in
Edinburgh, whittier she wanted to "a
to rejoin her lover. She was, however,
compelled to stay and look after the
infant at Sandy Knowe. The girl re-
garded her charge 40 an Obstacle to be
removed, and aftarward confessed that
she carried yopng Scott up to the Otaigl
under strong temptation Of the devil,
Is she expressed it,, fully intending "a
ont his throat with her scissors and
bury him under the mosa
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-25
A TOOTHBRUSH FOR kOkO
Costly Toilet Articles Purchased by Rich
Girls For Their Pet Dogs.

Costly Toilet Articles Purchased by Rich
Girls For Their Pet Dogs.
A score or more of dainty toilet arti-
cles, gold mounted and jeweled, were
scattered over the glass counter, and
the obliging clerk in the fashionable
shop was vainly endeavoring to satisfy
the whims Of daughter of wealth,
who had every appearance of having
been spoiled by overindulgence. She had
a costly toothbrush in her hand and
was poking the other articles with it
in dissatisfied way. ''This is not
small enough she said, land the hair
is not fine enough
cit is our very best grade of goods -
suggested the clerk half apologetioally.
"Then you ought to get something
better. Yes, really, you ought" ex-
claimed the willful customer. II can't
take such a clumsy toothbrush as that
home to my Koko.'' - So i go " .
"Ah!' murmured the clerk, with q
scarcely perceptible air of impatience.
"Then you want toothbrush for your
dog"
Eyes, of course I do, and I want
something very soft and very dainty, u
replied the young woman. And, after a
pause, she added, with an affectionate
purr, "There isn't anything too nice
for my Koko."
"Certainly not, " responded the clerk,
with cordial smile. "Here are some
brushes of rare quality. I had over
looked them. Here is one with hair as
soft as silk and handle of solid gold. -
The girl fondled the expensive trinket
for moment, and, without asking the
price, said, ''That will do. Have it sent
with the other things, please" When
this spoiled maiden's father gets a bill
from the fashionable jeweler, he will
doubtless be moved to emotion by the
entry, Zone toothbrush for dog, $40. SO. -
It is no uncommon thing for shop
keepers in New York to be called upon
to supply toilet articles for dogs, mon
keys, birds and other domestic pets.
Some stores maintain special lines of
combs and brushes for pet dogs, and as
a special concession to the enthusiasm
of the fair owners Of these pets the
prices of dog combs and brushes are
kept aristocratically ,high.-New York
Times
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-25
wise Animal.

Dear little Dumpsy i'' said Mrs.
Torker. T believe he has almost sense
enough to talk. =
Mrs Torker's husbands looked at the
dog thoughtfully. AZ any rate.'e' he
said. t.the brute has sense enough not
70. Chicago Port. ss3ss
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-25
NOT The WAY IT WAS.
Things Had Not Changed ct All Since He
~. Was Young.

Things Had Not Changed ct All Since He
Was Young.
Three young mon were sitting to-.
gether in the rotunda Of one Of. the big
hotels. They were discussing the prog
ress Of invention.
"It's strange, said one, how COM
pletely old ways Of doing things have
been superseded. You may talk about
it's being hard to introduce inventions,
but if scheme is any good it'll be uni
versally adopted nowadays in no time.
Why, you'll find even middle aged men
who remember when everything in use
was different. There's hardly thing
now that's done the same way or by
the same appliances as it was when
they were young Why, my uncle can
remember the time when every kind Of
goods was made by hand, and he isn't
very old either It's laughable to hear
him tell how they used to get along.
Everything, it seems, was done about
the slowest and hardest way on earth.
People used to think that they were in
the world to work, and it didn't make
much difference what they were at. I
tell you, boys, you don't appreciate
what it is to live in these days. .
At this juncture man with entirely
gray hair folded his paper preparatory
to departing and looked at the crowd
near him. One OF. them, observing him,
ventured to ask what he thought about
it, 4 S: s.. y
pretty nearly right, 1 guess" he
said. | 49,. H. IL
Now, suppose" began another,
"you can remember when the horse car
was the only known method of metro
politan conveyance, when bicycles were
thing to come, when telephones were
an experiment, when they didn't make
any ice in July, when most Of the steel
in buildings was in the door locks,
when newspapers printed two sheets
and thought them heavy, when fountain
pens were an undisturbed dream, when
aluminium was theory and when
harvesters were beginning to be talked
about" $500.
NO." returned the person addressed.
STD like to agree with you, but can't
do it. The facts are otherwise. When
was young man, business Rlen used
typewriters A good many were think
ing about putting in photograph.
People who didn't own any bicycles or
feel like paying for cab usually trav-
eled around town in a cable or electric
Car. Telephones cost 10 cents a try just
as they do now, unless you knew some
body you could sponge on. Airships
would go up and come down pretty
much as they do now. The Sunday pa
pers were SO full Of ads. that it took
till Monday to find anything to read.
Smoke consumers were making Chicago
beautiful place to live in.' -..
The gathering was now looking in
credulous Things seemed to need an
explanation. So he concluded: "You
see, got this gray hair trying to make
soda water mandatory pay in Kan
sas. Then a beard will add a few years..
I was ~ last March. Chicago Times
Herald - (, ..n.. A.. - r.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-25
Ths Discovsry OF Irou.

According to the traditions 81 the
Greeks, the first discovery of iron By
the human race was made on Mount
Ida, by q tribe called Dactyles It il
said that the forest was set On fire 81
lightning. and 90 intense was the heat
sof the great masses OF fallen trees that
the bed Of iron beneath was melted and
trickled ii small streams down into the
valley.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-25
Gone Over to bacon

81 believe. 2 said the funny boarder..
/ that the landlady has been won over
to the anti Shakespeare crowd. 3 ss
will yen please elucidate?'' asked
the long armed. 355
Well, she gives us bacon for break
fast every morning now, you will note. =
Philadelphia North American.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-25
IRON IN Architoct,,ra

The use sof iron ia architectu Is not
80 new az people are aOcus stoned @
think. At Delhi IS . forged iron column
80 feet high. e is 16 inches Ia diameter
at the base and 10 inches at the top
Its weight Is estimated at shout ~
tons From records extant IS 4 REASON
ably oertain that i 49, allsaddy Is &.
sistenoe 300 years 3. g.
The record-union., 1897-09-05
OUR FRUITS.
Yesterdays Shipments - Distribu-
tion in the East.

Of the II carloads of fruit shipped
for the East yesterday 121a were of
peaches, 81 of plums, IA of pears, and
11M of grapes.
Some weeks since the Record
Union" published the offer by the Por-
ter Bros. Company of prizes to firms
in widely scattered cities and towns
Of the East that sold the largest guam
tity of California fruit. In this con-
nection the following from the New
York "Fruitmen's Guide" will be OF
interest:
Fruit displays and reproductions Of
auction rooms during sales have fire.
quently appeared in The Guide but
we have never yet given to our readers
a reproduction from photographs TAX
en- at the Fitchberg Terminal Two
excellent views showing the busy at
mosphere of that place during the
present rush in California fruits will
be printed in the issue of August 2Sth
There is no doubt but that the distri-
button of California summer fruits has
been largely augmented by the gener-
Gus offer of Porter Bros Company, and
this wide distribution once established
and the demand created, the grower of
small fruits can congratulate himself
upon an easier market in the future"
The record-union., 1897-09-05
TO-DAY'S STRUGGLE.
Gilt Edges and Reliances at Snow
flake Park

The baseball game at Snowflake Park
to-day will be the one the people have
been waiting for Like the followers of
Mahomet they are used to saying,
There is but one Gilt Edge team, and
that is Gilt Edge" Then, too. they
have sat on the bIeachers when it was
hot ami sizzling and watched the home
team wipe up the chalk marks with
dripping people from San Francisco and
elsew mere, and they have halted in their
roofing" only when one name was
spoken, and that name was Reliance .
Twice already have the Gilt Edge and
the Reliance of Oakland teams got into
the ring and each won a victory. So it
happens that each nine claim that it
will hang the scalp of the other at its
Iodge-pole to-day. and each has
grounds on which to base the claim.
That there will be hot time in the
old town goes without saying. and as
both teams have spliced new timber on
weak joints, an old-time game, with
few errors and phenomenal fielding
may be looked for.
Hughes for the Gilt Edges and Mil
vain for the Reliance team. will fight
out the battle in the box, and if there
can be such a thing as a pitchers bat
tie with the plate sixty feet from the
box, there will be one to-day. It is
safe II say that at the old-time dis
tance-ffty feet-either Hughes or Mil
vain would play with the batsmen and
retire them as easy as shooting fish.
With the enlarged seating capacity at
the park the management is satisfied
The record-union., 1897-09-05
NOVEL WEDDINGS.
Henry Starr Recalls One That Took
Place in 1855.

Henry Starr, the veteran lawyer,
writes to the Record Union" as fol-
lows:
I'm your paper of to-day I saw an
article headed, A Novel Wedding In
1885 in this city, / witnessed a we'd
ding that lays it out in the cold.
I'm the forenoon of one day in that
year, before Judge Munson of our Dis
trict Court, [ obtained a divorce for a
merchant of this city from his wife In
the evening of the same day that same
ex-husband brought to my office his
ex-wife, that day divorced, and her in
tended groom, and introduced them to
me- and he had a marriage license from
the Clerk for them to wed.
THE eX-husband went out and got a
Justice of the Peace, who married them
in the presence of the ex-husband and
myself. The ex-husband wished them
much joy and happiness. He then in
vited us all to go to the theater at his
expense, and we went"