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Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-17
Copyright, 1899, by s. S. Mcclure Coz
CHAPTER -


Once on a time. long, long ago, when
there were more kings and queens In Ire
land than o'DonnelPs old castle has win
dows. and when witches and enchantments
were as plentiful as blackthorn bushes,
there was a king and a queen, with three
sons, and to every one OF these sons the
queen had given a hound, a hawk and a Ally.
The Ally could overtake anything, the hound
could catch anything 1t pursued on dry land
aud the hawk could come up with anything
in the air or in the water. In the course
OF time, when these three lads had grown
no to be fine, able, strapping young men,
the oldest said one day that he would go
away to push his fortune. The king and
the queen we're vexed at this, and wrought
him high UP and low down to keep him
from going, but 1t was all no use, he
wouldn't be said by them, and so, asking
their blessing, he mounts the Ally, and, with
She hawk on his shoulder, and the hound
a. his heels. sets out. And he told them
as he was setting out, to observe, from day
&c day, the water that settled in the flly's
honf tracks outside the gate, for" says he,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-17
THE AMBITIOUS LITTLE Roy.
Boston Globe,

Boston Globe.
Some fellers like to play base ball,
An some likes foot ball, too,
An some thinks marbles better yet
(An' plays for k~eeps-they do).
But where's there any fun in them
Is more'n / kin see,
Fer Buff'lo Bill an cowboys
Is good 'nough fer me!
I'd ruther roam the prairies wide.
Am hunt the Injlns wild,
Thar have to monkey round in school
Jes' like some little child.
I don't see how my folks expect
To make much out o. me
Unless I'm round where Buff'lo Bill
An all his cowboys be!
If I could get a nice fast horse.
A gun an pistol, too,
You bet l wouldn't stay 'roun here
With SIGH prospects in view!
I'd start right fer the woolly west,
An mighty soon I'd be
With Buff'lo Bill an cowboys
They're good 'nough fer me!
I'm jes' about discouraged
When l think of what a name
I'd carve in letters big an bold,
Sides winnin' piles o. fame,
I'd call myself the Infant Scout
An soon my ma would see
That Buff'lo Bill an cowboys
Wuz jes' the men fer me!
I'd wear my hair way down my back,
An sport a bucksk.n Goa
With fringes runn!n' down the seams,
An open at the throat;
I'd wear a big sombrero,
An boots with spurs-O gee!
If ] could only live out west
Where all the cowboys be!
My mamma says I'm orful bad
Cause | don't like my school,
And SEE If / keep on I'll be
Jes' nothin' but a fool;
She SEE she jes' can't understan'
What hez got into me;
An what there Is bout Buff'lo Bill
That's good-she fails ter see.
But then, my ma she amt a boy,
So how is she to know,
Fer If she was bet she'd guess
The reason / think So;
She never read of Jess James,
Err Injuns shot out west,
Err else she'd see why Bufflo Bin
An cowboys is the best.
I guess they's time enough fer me
To go to school bime-by,
Jes' now l want to win a name
How can ! less | try?
If o like school, why, hat Is jes'
The place you'd orter be;
But Buff'lo Bill an cowboys
Is good 'nough fer me.
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little pupils the beauties Of heaven, and
concluded by asking: Now, who can tell
me what kind of little boys go to heaven? 2"
II cam" answere one small boy. Very
WELL" said the teacher, you may tell me-"
Dead ones" was the prompt but unexpected
reply. ..
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castle beyond was 30 be killed by a great
giant the next day unless there was a man
there able to beat the giant. and to any
mar that would fight . and
beat him the king was to give his
daughter In marriage and the weight OF
herself three times over in gold. "och,"
says he, I'm find something better to do.
III not go near It," So the next morning
early he was up betimes and pretending
he was going ava to hunt, doesn't he go
instead to the kings castle, and there he
saw no end of a crowd gathered together
from the four winds Of the world, some of
them thinking to fight the giant and win
the kings daughter. and more of them
come only out Of curiosity, Just to look On.
But. my gorras, sir, when the giant made
his appearance. and they saw the sight of
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-17
BucEIen,s ArnIen saIve.

The best sarve In the world for cuts.
sores, letter. cbapped hands, ehilbiains,
corns. and all skin eruptions. and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t Is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price rs cents per box. For SAID
by Kuhn e Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-17

my papa swears when he gets right
mad" said Johnny Upjohn.
my paw doesn't" said Tommy Tucker,
but when he cuts himself with his razor
he says 'Jumpin' Je-rusalem!' so you can
hear him a mile away"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-17
in reliable Observation-Disclosures

A BEAUTIFUL assortment Of Kiekilum
table covers and small cashmere rugs;
also large line of camel's hair, Box
hara, Shievan and Anatolian Rugs.
Lovers of the beautiful should not fail
to zee this great display of oriental
Rugs.
WE offer linoleum remnants, enough
TO cover a good size room, IL patterns
at one-third less thar regular.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-17

A bright little fellow, hearing a guest of
the family quote IAN honest mans the no
blest work of Cod came forward, and,
looking earnestly at the visitor, said: "Sir,
my mothers the noblest work of God, too.'
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-17

i've got a hatpin made out Of a nugget
from papa's copper mine"
That's nothin'. AN my paper dollies is
cut out of minin' stock"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-17
PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

What are you going to be when you are
a man, Tommy"
I'm goin' to work till I get enough
money to buy a candy store, an then I
won't do a thing!"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-17

under our own supervision and they
are made right. We have them at
all prices. but our extra Offering this
week is a couch 30 inches wide, 6 feet
G inches long. tuftod top, choice poll
iehed frame, spring edge and end,
pleated sides-made UP in best man
ner, cover to suit your taste, 4,
a $40 value for only ..........SIO
GENUINE leather couch, another X
ira value, best leather, best make,
polished imitation mahogany frame,
neat design, pleated tutted top and
for this choice full size ,~>
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-17

Small Tommy had the toothache one day
and his mother, after examining it, said 1t
was hollow and must be pulled. A few
days later the mother complained of a head
ache. II guess it's hollow" said Tommy.
You ought to get 1t pulled"
Tho teacher Of a juvenile Sunday school
class was picturing to the minds of her
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ALL SORTS OF SPORTS.

According to the New York state game,
fish and forestry commissioners, as recon-
mended to the governor in their annual
report, fishing should be prohibited in the
small streams tributary to the lakes and
larger streams of the Adirondacks, as the
trout therein seldom exceed five inches in
length.
Ned Hanlon will receive the same salary
as manager of the Brooklyn team next
season as he did for managing the Orioles.
1t is $4,000.
Umpire Warner, whose life was made
miserable last season by u great many
players who continually kicked with him
over trifling decisions he made, is in favor
of the filming system and claims that until
that rule is carried on again the umpires
will be forced to listen to the abuse from
the players.
According to the London Mirror of
Life, there is trouble in store for ''Pcdlar"
Palmer One of the promoters of his re-
cent match with Will Curley, which fell
through, has sued the English boxer for
breach of contract and the matter has
been taken to the courts. 1t is said that
Palmer deliberately backed out causing
tho complainant to lose large sum of
money. oHH 81.
President Hart of the Chicago Baseball
club observes: VERY few players read
their contracts. I do not know that Ryan
of our team has read his contract i'm years.
do not wish to criticise any one, but
do not think that formidable contract
has the tendency to make a man play bet
ter baseball. gA
1t is announced that part of the new
athletic policy of the Chicago Athletic as
ISOLATION will be the prohibition of white
fighters meeting colored men.
Old time baseballists are deploring the
tendency toward the same men having
financial interest in more than one League
club. The result eventually will be, they
say, detrimental to the game.
A suggestion for home practice has been
made recently by one of the professionals
who has had long experience in teaching
golf, and the idea may commend itself to
some of those who lack time for journey
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n been defeated and is the only tnan be
,ides myself who has defeated Sharkcy.
He has. besides, a victory over Peter Jack
son to his credit. He is the biggest glad
iator in the ring today, being 6 feet 2
inches in height and about 220 pounds in
weight in condition. He is stronger
man than Sharkey and u harder hitter.
He is fairly clever, having learned about
all that Corbett knows in the days he was
his sparring partner, and game to his
hearts core. He is little bit slow, how
eyer. and therein lies his weakness. l
will be able to hit him when and where
please and in time-and q short time, too,
although he is as rugged as a rockville
bring him down, just rs l did Herbert
Slade, the giant Maori, in Australia-tne
big fellow whom John i. Sullivan met in
the Madison Square Garden, New York,
some years ago-and the bulky Sharkey
in San Francisco later ON. All OF my
fights have been short ones, and SO will
this one be- expect to win inside Of ten
rounds, and Jeffries will pc veritablc
man of iron If don't. We will fight be-
fore the club Offering the best induce
ments and don't care where 1t is, but
bar o ROurke's Lenox club of New York.
How will fight him? Just as fought
Corbett, Maher, Hall and Sharkey-get to
him when feel like it. never fight any
two battles alike. Like Napoleon, the
Little Corporal, frequently shift the cut
and ''let circumstances pilot the event."
Twill probably fight one moro battle
after / am through with Jeffries. That
may be with Mccoy or with better man
should such one spring up. will retire
a champion, hope, and when do l will
gladly welcome my friends and wellwish-
ers to happy country home somewhere
in the neighborhood of New York, for l
love nature, and it is only in the country
one truly sees it in its entirety. l intend
to he healthy, strong man all my life, if
possible, and for that reason propose to
own q stock farm. There with my family
l will be the happicst of men, for am
highly domesticated and one of that num-
Der who seldom "carc to wander from
their own fireSide."
y RoBT. FITZSlMMONs,
Champion of Champions.
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take n lesson today and entlow onr simple
homes with honesty in construction, with
outlines of sensible beauty, and blend them
into fitting monuments of usefulness,
wherein the homely virtues may ever grow
stronger. rh.o'A
In no country have modern homes at
tanned 50 high state Of perfection as in
America. With forests Of timber to work
from, it wSs but natural for us to build of
wood And the wooden era has been a
long one, although it is safe to predict
that it is shortening. As timber becomes
scarce other materials come into play.
A wooden house is susceptible of the
greatest artistic treatment. and in the
hands of an experienced architect it can be
worked out with the most advantageous
results. This plan and exterior illustrate
what can he accomplished in this line.
This is country residence, a home that
has been well studied and thought over.
The first floor contains parlor, dining room
and kitchen. A large front hall can be
used as n sitting room. A piano can DO
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The kansas Hen.

We have read of Maud on a summer day,
Who raked, barefooted, the new mown hay:
We have read Of the ma id in the early morn
Who MIXED the COW with the crumpled horn.
And we've read the lays that the poets sing
or the rustling corn and the flowers OF spring.
But of all the lays Of tongue or pen
There's naught like the lay of the Kansas hen.
Long, long before Maud rakes her hay
The Kansas hen has begun to lay.
And ere the milkmaid stirs peg
The hen is up and has dropped her egg
The corn must rustic and the flowers spring
II they hold their own with the barnyard ring
II Maud is needing a hat and gown.
She doesn't hustle her hay to town.
But goes to the store and obtains her suit
With a bnsketful OF her fresh hen fruit.
II the milkmaid's beau makes Sunday CALL
She doesn't feed him on milk at all.
But works up eggs in custard pie
And stuffs him full of a chicken fry.
And when the old man wants horn,
Does he take the druggist load Of corn!
Not much! He simply robs nest,
Aud to town he goes-you know the rest
He hangs around with the cliques and rings
And talks Of politics and things,
While his poor wife stays at home and scowls'
But ia saved from want by those selfsame
fowls:
For while her husband fingers there
She watches the cackling hens with care
And gathers eggs. and the eggs she III hide
Till she saves enough to stem the tide.
Then hail, all hail, tho Kansas hen.
The greatest blessing of all to menl
Throw up your hats and emit a howl
For the persevering barnyard fowl.
Corn may be king, but it's plainly seen
The Kansas hen is the Kansas queen.
-Report of Kansas Board of Agriculture.
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Art aud Decoration.

new use for rugs in the house is to
form a wainscoting around the room with
them. In Turkey and Persia, where the
exquisite oriental rugs are used exclusive
ly for floor covering, they run the ends of
a rug too large for room up the sides of
the walls and tack them there The effect
is strikingly artistic and far less Injurious
to the rugs than to turn the ends under
In several of the large importing houses
in this country examples of this method
of decorating the sides as well as the floor
of the rooms with rugs are given. Long,
narrow rugs ofsyivid patterns arc even
made for this side decorations They take
therlace Of the ordinary waifscoting, and
when artisticallys arranged they produce
an exquisite finish to the room. One large
rug may be tackled up on either end, and
the other two sidks are filled in with spc-
cial rugs made ID fit the spaces A room
furnished in thisgway has warmer and
brighter effect than one carpetcd.
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Inequality.

All, yes. injustice tramples justice down, tits
true,
And fortune moves in many devious waysl
may have more. perhaps much less, than you
Of worsbiped wealth or love or public
praise.
And is it right, you ask, that men should be
Set over one anotherP Is it just
That should toll for you or you for me,
Since we have both been made Of common
dust?
Perhaps it is all wrong-perhaps mankind
Should form one great, undertaking whole;
All swayed to action by common mind,
All swept sercnely to a common goal
And yet the rivers rolling to the sea,
The great, the small, the rapid and the slow,
Are just as much Mt variance as we
All swelling. swallowing or swallowed as
they aow
The mountains. too. that rear their cleaning
peaks
Above the grassy plains that slope away
Confound the frowning socialist who speaks
Ut things as being formed of common clay.
$. E. Kiser in Cleveland Leader.
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to the links. Ills plaif is to stretch IL rope
across garden or yard, about nine feet
from the ground, and directly in front of
the spot upon which the player is to take
his stand, and to this rope attach a blanket
or sheet in such a way that the lower end
will sweep the ground Into this sheet
the player may drive without fear of do
ing injury to anybody or anything, for
the ball will be caught by the obstruction
and drop dead. OF course this will not
enable one to acquire any nice shades of
force, but it will give plenty of practice in
the various motions, which is all that it
pretends to do.
An interesting decision was recently
rendered in Dublin affecting the RESPONSE
bility of bicycle manufacturers for acct
dents resulting from imperfections in ma
chimes. W. ID. Williamson, u Dublin rider,
bought bicycle in 1897 and a year later
the head snapped off, throwing William
son, who was badly injured Action was
brought against the manufacturers for
81, 500 damages. The action was based
on the ground that the wheel was con-
structed OF poor material and unsafe to
ride. The case was referred to jury, which
awarded $500 damages to the plaintiff.
The defendants alleged nonresponsibility
and pointed to the circumstance that the
bicycle had been ridden for over year
and subjected to all conditions of usage
The manufacturers have expressed their
intention To appeal the decision.
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The Present.

Do not crouch today and worship
The old Past, whose life is fed:
Hush your voice to tender reverence;
Crown d he lies, but cold and dead,
For the Present reigns our monarch,
With an added weight of hours.
Honor her, for she is mighty
Honor her, for she is ours!
See the shadows of her heroes
Girt around her cloudy throne!
Every day the ranks are strengthened
BY great hearts to him unknown.
Noble things the great Past promised,
Holy dreams, both strange and new,
But the Present shall fulfill them;
What he promised she shall do.
She inherits all his treasures.
She is heir to all his fame.
And the light that lightens round her
Is the luster of his name.
She Is wise with all his wisdom,
Living on his grave she stands
On her brow she bears his laurels
And his harvest in her hands.
Adelaide A. Proctor
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Household Ecouony.

The art of true housekeeping is to mako
the home cheerful and attractive, to make
the meals tasty and palatable and to econ
omize IN details. The waste of the house
should be minimized as far as possible.
There should be some regular system OF
caring for food fragments Tin lined
boxes or baskets should be kept in some
convenient place in the kitchen, and after
each meal the food left over should be
sorted and put separately in them One
should be marked for meal, another for
bread and crumbs, a third for vegetables
and u fourth for fruit, etc. In the tin
lined boxes the food will keep wholesome
for several days. II possible, the boxes
should be hung near an open window
where they will keep cool.
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Painting a Bathtub.

Every particle of grease and CRIME
should be removed with soap and hot
water. The tub should then be thoroughly
sandpapercd to take off old particles Of
paint.
The first coat should be ordinary white
paint, and great care should be taken not
to get it on too thick. A second coat Of
the same paint is added after the first has
been allowed to dry for "a hours. When
this is dry, it should be carefully sand
papcred.
The tub is now ready for the white
china gloss, the last coat. The paint
should he thoroughly stirred in this and
in every case before use. The tub should
he let stand several days before water is
turned in, and the cold should always DO
run in Observation-Disclosures,
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ideas in one structure, one OF them surely
spoils the other and the strangest contra
dictions present themselves. In all things
a thorough understanding of the best prin'
ciples will lead to clear definition OF
them, and this knowledge will be the pow
er that will determine correctness, prevent
opposites and produce that fitness which is
so admired as the harbinger of the greatest
ideality put into practical form.
Man has grown to bc very luxurious
animal. He wants many comforts. He
lives in an age in which he sees other.
having these things and thinks he cannot
get along unless he, too, has them. HI
must have all the latest and best improve
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They talk of short lived pleasure. Be it SO.
Pain dies as quickly. Stern. hard featured
pain
Expires and lets her weary prisoners go.
The fiercest agopies have shortest reign,
And after dreams of horror comes again
Tho welcome morning with its rays Of pence.
Oblivion. softly wiping out the stain.
Makes tho strong secret pangs of shame 90
cease.
Kc"orse Is virtues root. Its fair increase
Are fruits of innocence and blessedness.
Thus joy. o'erborne and bound doth still re-
lease
His young limbs from the chains that round
him press.
Weep not that the world changes Did IL Leen
A stable, changeloss state 'twere cause indeed
to weep,
-Bryant
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Your Cross.

Seek not to drop the cross you wear
Or lay it down. for if you do
Another shall be built for you
More difficult and hard to bear.
The cross is always made to fit
The back which bears it. Be content;
Accept the burden which was sent
And strive to make the best of it.
Think not how heavy is your load;
Think not how rough the way or long.
Look up and say, Lord, am strong,
And love makes beautiful the road"
Who tolls in faith and knows not fear
Shall live to find his cross some day.
Supported all along the way
By angels who are walking near.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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merits and the correct style and be in the
height of the prevailing fashion. All this,
of course, means cost and larger incomes.
1t is perhaps safe prophecy that We art
just entering upon an era Of prosperity. a
time when the building of homes will he
general In this era we can build better
than before, can embellish, enlarge and
equip with generous hands, for when mon
ey is plentiful is the time to spend it; when
it is scarce, we must forbear. But let us
profit by the past. Let us not rejoice in
vainglories, but make the future bright
with the greatest degree of common sense.
Let fitness be our watchword, and suita-
bility will become our portion.
BY our homes we are justly measured,
and they should therefore be pleasing and
lasting.
What people really need nowadays for
the home are a handsome exterior and a
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A BOX For B.bx.

I saw a novelty in box the other day
1t was in the shape of a huge packing box,
covered outside and in with bright Gre
tonne. The inside was well padded, and
the broad side had hinges. At the top
there were two hooks. When baby was
placed inside, with all her toys, she was
supposed to hold sway for many long
hour while mother was busy with other
duties or perhaps the nurse had day OIL.
Cor. American Homes.
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nccipe For a Happy Day,

Take little dash of cold water.
A little leaven of prayer,
A little bit OF sunshine gold
Dissolved in morning air.
Add to your meal some merriment,
Add thought for kith and kin.
Add then rs prime ingredient
Aplenty of work thrown in.
Flavor it all with essence of love
And little dash of play;
Let nice old book and glance above
Complete the well spent day.
Good Health.
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convenient interior, when we have tried
to provide in this column. BY carefully
studying the plans we think they will say
we arc right and our Judgment is good
This house contains every improvement
and convenience known to modern home
builders 1t is a design that would be OH
titled to first prize in any competition.