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Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21
LOCAL RREVlTlES.


The members of the rhurstOn Rifle club
will give an informal dance in the armory
Tuesday evening. December 26.
Murat Halstead IS billed for lecture a
Lincoln Friday night and 1t is expected that
he will stop in Omaha enroute TO visit rela-
tives.
The Jacksonian club has removed to its
new quarters i'm the Gcrmania hall build
ing and will indulge i'm a housc-warmiug
saturday evening
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Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21
PROTEST ADVANCE IN RATES
New York transportation Board VIII
Bring Matter Before Interstate
Commerce Commission.

NEW YORK Dec. 2O.-The railroad COM
mittee Of the New York Board OF Trade and
Transportation will send to the Interstate
Commerce Commission in Washington a
formal protest against the advance in
freight rates agreed on by the Trunk Line
Freight committee. This protest will be
directed primarily against the arbitrary in
crease in rates brought about under the
guise of a desire to secure uniformity in
classification. Secondarily, the protestants
will make point as to the illegality of the
discrimination between car lots and less
than car lots.
Under the provisions of the new freight
classification an advance of 3 cents per 100
pounds is made in the carrying rate OF GER
tain commodities when hauled in carload
lots and an advance OF 15 cents per 100
pounds is made on the same commodities
when hauled in less than carload lots.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21
ADVANCE The CATTLE RATE
Marked Increase in Rates for Shipping Stock
Cattle in Western Territory
RAILROADS CONTINUE TO ELEVATE TARIFFS
Commodity Rates ON Certain Articles
Abolished and Glass Rates sub
stItutcd - Extra Charge Tor
shipping Lumber In Transit.

At the meeting Of the Western Trunk Line
committee held in Chicago this month, te-
ginning the 18th inst, the most important
matter decided upon has relation to one OF
Nebraskas leading industres-the cattle
business. The officials Of the western rail-
roads agree that on January 10 existing car
load rates on stock cattle between poin s
west Of the Mississippi river and east OF the
Mississippi river, will be cancelled. Instead,
tho regular fat cattle rate will be applied.
Heretofore stock cattle have been shipped
at a rate of IS per cent of the fat cattle
tariff The abolishment of the present 1ate
and the substitution OF the fat cattle rate
means an advance OF % per cent This ad-
ded burden to the cattle shippers, coming di-
rectly upon the heels of the recent change
from dollars per-car to cents-per- hundred
rate, will, II is expected, arouse the cattle
men Of Nebraska and Kansas TO a greater
extent even than at the present, and the ar
bitrary action of the railroads is likely TO
meet with pronounced opposition.
At a recent meeting of the committee the
question arose as to the new schedule agreed
upon for minimum weights on lumber con-
cerning the measurements Of cars, whether
they applied to inside or outside measure
ments The committee has issued new
which apply TO inside measurements For
all cars thirty feet and under the minimum
weight will be. $1,000 pounds; over thirty
feet and under thirtyfour feet, $4,000
pounds; thirty-fo -FOUR feet and over. 10000
pounds
Beginning with January 10 the commodity
rate on alcohol, cologne, spirits, high
wines, whisky, domestic gin, rum and brandy
will be cancelled and class rates substituted
between Omaha and St. Paul, Minneapolis,
Superior, West Superior and Duluth, The
present rate to st. Paul and Minneapolis is
36 cents. The application of class rates will
raise the shipping charges per 100 pounds to
40 cents, an increase of . cents. Chairs,
chair material. wooden mattresses and
spring bed material will also be removed
from the commodity list and raised to class
rates, between Chicago, Mississippi river and
Missouri river points.
1t was decided that after January 10 ship
ments Of lumber, cedar posts and poles from
certain Wisconsin and Minnesota points
which are stopped in transit for the pur-
pose of dressing, saving or to finish loading.
shall be assessed an additional charge of .
cents per 100 on the total weight of the
shipment.
In all Western Trunk Line committee ter
ritory the weight of apples per barrel has
been established at $50 pounds, instead of
125 as at present. This new rule becomes
effective January 10. After that date the rate
on candy from Omaha to Memphis will be 81
cents per 100 pounds. An advance OF cents
per 100 pounds on candy in carloads and
less will be made between Missouri river
points and New Orleans, and all points TAX
ing the New Orleans rate.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21
com,etItor of PnciGc ,,,u.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2O,--The Examiner
says that the Santa Fe people have trafic
arrangement with the Kosmos Steamship
company, a German organization. with
San Diego as the point Of transfer between
car and ship.
The steamship company is to deliver to
the Santa Fe at San Diego products of Mex
leo. Central America and South Americ 1
destined to places in this country, especially
to points west of Chicago and St. Louis.
In turn the Santa Fe will deliver to IL
under an agreed through rate the American
products destined to the Pacific ports Of the
various countries affected.
This arrangement strengthens the Kosmos
company as a competitor of the Pacific Mail.
1t also means the entrance Of the Santa Fe
into Mexican, Central American and South
American fields of trade, as a competitor
OF the Southern Pacific and Pacific Nal
companies.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21

Burlington Is now laying steel south from
Alliance and has the road in operation as
far as Angora, distance OF twenty-five
miles Bridgeport. on the Platte river, will
be reached in a few days and from this
point the steel gangs will lay the rails on
across the Wyoming Nebraska line as rap
idly az tho grade is made ready Several
hundred graders are now at work in the
vicinity OF Fairbanks and Fort Laramie
and the force will be maintained through
out the winter. weather permitting. 4
large number Of ties are being cut in the
mountains near sheridan
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21

CHICAGO Dec. 2O.-The Record to-
morrow will say:
George Charlton will occupy the Office OF
general passenger agent of the Chicago &
Alton railroad the first of the new year in
place OF his father, James Charlton. whose
services with that line will end with the
present year. Young Charlton is at present
assistant general passenger agent. Clarence
Price a Cincinnati business man. will be
the roads purchasing agent after January
|, in place of A. V. Hartwell, whose serv-
ices with the line will end with 1899.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21
HILAND TO NE VICE PRESIDENT.
General Freight Agent of the MIL
MnnISee Rond 10 lie AdXnnced.

MILWAUKEE,, Dec. 20.-A report is cur
rent in railroad circles and generally cred
tied that j. ]. Hiland. general freight agent
Of the Chicago, Milwaukee G. st, Paul rail-
way, will be made vice president of the
company on or Immediately after January
/. Mr. Hiland will succeed according to
the report, Frank s. Bond OF New York
City.
Mr.. Bond retires because OF old age and
feeble health, 1t is understood that Ros-
well Miller, chairman of the board, will re-
move to New York City and Mr. Hiland, as
vice president will continue his residence
in Chicago, in close touch with President
Earling.
Mr.. Hiland has been at the head OF the
freight department of the St. Paul railway
for the last ten years and is well known
throughout the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21

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from bursting headache. Do not fail to
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insomnia after everything else has failed
You will find Gesslers Magic Headache
Waters on sale at all drug stores st 10
cents a box.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21
work ON RnrIington Extensinns

CHEYENNE, Wyo, Dec. 2O.-(Special >
j. II. Mcshane of firm of grazing con
tractors OF Omaha arrived today from the
line of the Burlington's Alliance HartviIle
road, where his firm has the contract r
constructing several miles of grade He says
that work on the grade is progressing rap
idly, but owing to the necessity OF running
the line through solid rock in many places
tho grading to Hartyille will not be com
pleted before next March or April. The
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21

Zone Minute Cough Cure is the best rem
edy l ever used for coughs and colds 1t Is
unequaled for whooping cough. Children all
like it," writes H. N. Williams, Gentryvlle,
Ind. Never fails. 1t is the only harmless
remedy that gives immediate results. Cures
coughs, colds, hoarseness, Group, pneumonia,
bronchitis and all throat and lung troubles.
It's early use prevents consumption.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21

"l was nearly dead with dyspepsia, tried
doctors, visited mineral springs and grew
worse I used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, That
cured me" it discsts what You eat. Cures
Indigestion. sour stomach, heartburn and all
forms of hNsnonSIn.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21

lie desires TO let
everybody try 1t at his
expense i'm order that
its remarkable action
may be known to
everyone. Ii is abso-
lutely devoid of mar
cotics in any form and
the chemist stakes his
reputation upon the
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Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21
I,lxc Sbore Diy;d.,5

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-The directors of
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail-
road have declared the regular semi annual
dividend OF 3la per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.W. Webster Webb
was today elected a director of the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern to fill the va
caucy caused by the death of Cornelius
Vanderbilt.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21
Invest I'm Missouri Land,

Henry r. Gerng of Plattsmouth was in
Omaha Wednesday. enroute to his home
from southern Missouri. He was accompa-
MED on his trip to Missouri by a party of
investors composed of Il. A. Oliver, II. S.
Clifford w. Bookmeyer, Antoine Chontek,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21
Ncw York Central dividend.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-The New York
Central Railway company has declared
quarterly dividend of IA per cent, an in
crease of a per cent over the last quarter.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21
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A Remarkable Remedy that Immedi-
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A we'll known chemist has discovered a
safe and harmless remedy that cures any
kind of a headache and does so almost in
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Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21

Mrs. r. Churchill Berlin, VT. says: "Our
baby was covered with running sores. De
Wits witch Hazel Salve cured her"
specific for piles and skin diseases. Beware
Of worthless Counterfcits.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21

Have you tried Old Quaker Rye'
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21
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return this coupon and three one-cent
stamps to the ]. c. Aver Co, Lowell,
Mass, you will receive in return copy
of the goth Century Yearbook.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21
Travelling Auditor Loses n Keepsake.

souri, Pacific. L am railroad man. said
he expecting that the robbers would let
him off easy One of the robbers had just
grabbed his gold watch. 1t was keepsake
and the auditor pleaded hard for it, No
railroad man travels around in Pullman
car was the reply. The auditor later was
sent back from Leavenworth on a special
train to assist in hunting up and identifying
the robbers.
Having concluded their business the rob
bers prepared to leave the train. The por-
ter was ordered to pull the cord. He got
The age-herald., 1899-10-08

Birmingham, Ala, September 26 1S99
 Editor Children's Department, Age-Herald.
 In summer everybody takes trip. Mine was to Marion and I will tell you about 1t. We had a variety of sports. Swings, jump ing-ropes and all sorts of nice games were played. We had lovely rides in the even inps and ate watermelons and grapes all morning. We had lot of fun coming home with our little white dog. The con. ductor teased me all the way, saying that he didn't allow dogs in the passenger coacn. and that he would be compelled to put me arst T helieyed it and was much worried, but soon found out that he was joking, then he was our best friend and took great interest in us and told me to call him Uncle Rob- I will say goodbye for this tune.
 Your friend. MAMIE LAWSON.
The age-herald., 1899-10-08

He was crying right easy to himself and wanting to see his mamma frog so bad. Bye and bye the horrid old cows went on up the road to his pond home, but he was afraid to follow and again journeyed on toward the river. He had not gone much further when some bad boys on their way to school saw him and he heard Tom call to Dick and Harry Come quick, boys here is a frog" They took sticks and punched him and turned him on his back and covered him with dirt till poor little froggie thought he would surely die of fright. If he could, how gladly he would have hopped into mammals arms and cried out his trouble while she would wash his poor little ditry green coat and white vest and pet him till he was happy again. The boys tormented and worried him for long time till the school bell rang and they left him. On he went. I could not tell you all that happened to poor little Doodledog He cried till he was most sick, and his nice little green coat was so dirty that you would not have known poor little froggie. The worst was that he did not know which was the way back home and he was afraid he would never see his dear mamma any more
 After a while he came to the river A great lot of water it was, but it was so deep that he did not see how he would dare go in for fear he would never find his way out, and while he was standing or hopping along the bank trying to find @ shallow place to go in and cool and rest, he heard another terrible noise. He saw down the river puffing and snort ing a great steamboat. Now Doodle dog had never so much as heard of g steamboat and he was just frightened that his little body was trembling all over. He thought if he could get in the water he would hide, but as he was about to go in he saw some frogs hopping away as fast as they could because the water was boiling and foaming and the ripples were getting to be waves. He was dreadfuly scared but was going to hop off when a shrill, loud, long whistle was sounded from the boat. This was more than poor Doodle dog could stand and he fainted dead away. After awhile the other frogs found poor Doodledog lying there in the dust and they took him into the water and he was soon over his faint, but he wanted to see his mamma so bad that he could not do any thing but cry
 As soon as Mother Frog walked up she croaked and called Pollywog and Doodle dog, but when no Doodledog came she was so anxious and uneasy that she walked MT. Bullfrog and they looked all over the d but no Doodledog could be found. Bye and bye the cousin froggie told them where he had gone and the poor Mother Frog cried and cried. She was terribly afraid he would never reach home alive, but Father Frog told her he would go at once and find him and if he wanted to come back he would let him come. and he did go and found his poor little boy frog, who was so glad to see him that he said If Papa Frog would only take him home he never, never, never would leave hi sdear, darling Mamma Frog again.
The age-herald., 1899-10-08
POLLYWOG AND DOODLEDOG
Two Froggies and the Adventures of
 the Latter

In nice, shady woods, down at the foot of the hill, near the summer home of two little folks we know, there is nice, slimy, pool of water where Mir. and Mrs. Bullfrog live with their little ones, Polly wog and Doodledog; and uncles and aunts and cousins froggies by the dozen have their home in this pond
 MT. and Mrs. Bullfrog have been very careful to teach their children to be we'll behaved and polite and always to be kind to one another.
 The little girl froggie, who was named Pollywog, could repeat-in og-language- the golden rule, and the boy froggie, who was called Doodledog, could say many proverbs in frog language.
 Mamma Bullfrog would call her children to say their lessons, and this Is what Polly wog would say: q must always treat other froggies as I would have other froggies treat me-" and Doodledog would then say his lesson, which was, "When other frog gies are cross to me I must be kind to them" You would say a soft answer turneth away wrath" but you know Mamma Frog had to use very simple words when talking to such tiny frogs, so that they would understand.
 Now, Doodledog was getting to be a right big boy frog. He thought he was nearly as large as Papa Frog. One day he asked his mamma if he was not almost grown up
The age-herald., 1899-10-08

now, and she said "Yes, indeed; you are a froggie tadpole,' which meant the same that your mamma means when she says you are a manly boy. He could leap and dive nearly as well as Papa Frog, and could ctoh flies nearly well enough to earn his own living, and above everything he was such a well behaved froggie that he was a man frog in everything but size.
 Doodledog was so pleased to hear this that he strutted about and tried to be grown up as fast as he could and MT. and Mrs. Frog were very proud of their little son.
 But one day a cousin froggie, who had been on a visit, was telling Doodledog about the many wonders he saw while he was away. He told him about great sights down at a wonderful river, and boasted so much of his travels that Doodledog grew so green with envy till you would scarcely have known him from his cousin Treefrog. He really began to think he would have to change his clothes and paid visit to his cousin Toad, that he might watch him as he took off an old suit and crammed the whole thing down his throat.
 His cousin froggie said to him, "The river Is water sure enough not just little old frogpond like this" and Doodledog was so awed by the contempt and scorn which his cousin showed for the frogpond he had always thought the incest place in the whole wide world, that he felt very small and longed to see this remarkable place large enough to hold their frogpond in a little corner of it. He became very quiet, and was so cross and ill-humored that Pollywog wondered what could be the mat ter. He was only thinking how he could
The age-herald., 1899-10-08
 @ FOR . LITTLE 2 FOLKS. B 2 Q5 ~

get his mother to consent for him to go to the river. When he told his cousin that ne wanted very much to go, but he knew his mother would not be willing, the cousin frog laughed at him and said.
 Why, Thought you were such a big frog that you could do as you pleased" They talked a long while and finally cousin frog convinced Doodledog that mothers were not the wisest frogs in the world and do not always know what is best for their little boys; so Doodledog concluded he would slip off and not let his mother know till he was far away. His cousin would then tell her that Doodledog had gone away to see the big world.
 That night when mother Frog was tell ing Polywog and himself some pretty stories and singing them some nice frog songs, his poor little frog heart ached to tell her that he was going away, but when he remembered how cousin frog would laugh at him and say he had ''backed out !" he would decide again not to say anything about running away. Other nights he and Pollywog always told their mother at bedtime about all the things seen and done during the day but tonight when Polly wog was telling her things he kept very quiet and when his turn came he pretendxd to be asleep and Mother Frog hoped over to his nice, cool water bed kissed him goodnight and croaked Poor little fel- low; he has hopped and played leap-frog so much today that he Is tired out" She felt his head and croaked again, MT. Bull frog, I am afraid little Doodledog is not very we'll" "Croak. croak, ate too many mats today, maybe" he replied.
 Early next morning Doodledog was up before light and off without kissing his poor Mother Frog good bye. In thinking of the marvellous sights he would see at the river he soon forgot about 1t, and how lonely his little sister Pollywog, would be and hopped on, feeling as well as one can feel when dis obeying mother.
 He hopped on and on, long way, till by the time the sunw as up he was sure they could not overtake him, and stopped by the side of the dusty road to rest when he heard such terrible noise that he thought surely the world was about to come to an end He was so frightened that he wanted to run home to his mother, but he did not know which way to run. He hopped out into the road to hide some where, but it was too late. There just be fore him the poor, scared, trembling little frog saw five or six great big cows lowing and tingling their bells and making a big chatter. He had seen cows come down to their pond to drink and it was easy to dive out of sight and hide from them there but here he did not know what to do. He hoped first one way then the other, but a great big COW almost mashed him beneath her big hoof and just missed mashing all the breath out of his scared little body.
The age-herald., 1899-10-08

sent her to play again, and in a short time the little lady with her arms full Of dolls, was in the dressing room, which she call ed Baltimo', riding on trunk street car to see the sights of that big city. For many days poor Jack tossed about on his bed and spent much time wishing he could go out of doors with Julia. A crisis came at last and when the doctor told them that he would lose only one eye the Teller over the restoration of even one was so great the horror of losing the other was consid- erably lessened, and just one month from his birthday he was allowed to celebrate 1t by Julia and her little friends bringing all the doll dishes and the table and having such a splendid birthday party as you can imagine. They did not have to play like they had cakes and good things, but really had them.
 The birthday cake was too big for the doll table, so it was set a stand, and Julia placed another which she baked in her pan in the center of the table. There were the nine tiny candles, though, and everything was like a sure enough birthday feast.
 The tiny little sandwiches made up In number for their small size, and a reserve basket of fruit was near at hand with which to replenish the rapidly emptied stand.
 Julia. please tell us how you made everything" Jack begged.
 Well I will, and you can write em uOWlit HufSt III lIIS Dldilh DOpi-s tifu ot4a play that's my doll's cook book Put on the back Mrs Browns Cook Book" Now, the first thing, I cooked biscuits. It was 1 cup of four; 1 teaspoonful of lard and butter mixed; fl teaspoonful of salt; F tea spoonful baking powder; sweet milk to roll stiff; cut them out with cooks snuff box that I washed clean. Then I made the meat by getting every spec of cold ham that was left from breakfast and cook gave me a little piece of roast and l ground and mixed 1t up with little salt en pepper
 "I made the cake this way: One spoonful of butter; 1 spoonful of raisens; spoonsful of Sugar; spoonsful of flour; + teaspoonful of baking powder. Then l put on in a sause pan two big spoonsful of sugar and 1 spoonful of milk to cook to- gether. When twas mos done put in a It, tie spec of butter en some burnt sugar for my caramel filling. Nurse helped me do that So you see now can cook, can't I?'
 "Yes you can, and I want you to cook an- other party dinner" replied Jack, hearti- ly
 Often after this Julia brought in her work basket and sewed her doll clothes in Jacks room and talked to him. They spent many pleasant hours together, in this way, which years afterward Jack remembered as among the happiest days of his life.