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Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17
CHRiST'S BIRTH NIGHT.

BY Margaret C. Bsand.
You soon,
o Golden Moon!
To tell us that tale you know;
How years agone,
A babe born
In manger and low.
Were you, young or old
Silver gold,
or IA crescent vapor pearled?
When Christ appeared,
Or had steered
TO the other side of the world?
o, diamond star,
In realms afar
DID you shine on that blessed face?
And within it
Gods divinity.
From the light of your great high place =?
Ye hills embossed
With white hoar frost,
Did you hear those angels sing?
While crclng round,
All halo-cTOWned,
GLORY to God KingY'
Was there withdrawn
In that early dawn
\ something no tongue may tell:
Or If You had speech,
You mute things each
Could you prate of what there befell2
1t such boon
o benehcent Moon!
TO tell there you swing,
OF that you do know,
In the long
Concerning this Christ our King!
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17

tation to all devotees of the gun, but for
some unaccountabe reason Omaha sports
men have not responded in numbers war
ranted by the charming conditions. But
even the eportsmen are busy in these active
ante Christmas days and this is perhaps the
only reason why there has not been more
activity in sporting circles. January ! the
quail will give way to the rabbit, and his
majesty with the cotton coudal appendage
will reign supreme for the remainder of the
winter
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17
Fur COlIdretteS

All Kinds, qualities and prices, from
sl'2S up. We guarantee to give you
bargain ~ any collarette you buy Of U.s.
All we asa is that you look at ours before
buying.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17
Beautiful Fans

From SOC up
Silk mittens, lined, from SOC up.
Ladies' kid mittens, 5Sc, 75c to $3.50.
Elegant line of Aprons, from 25c up.
Hand Embroidered Pieces-a large as
sortment at very low prices.
Ladies' Fancy or Plain Hose, cotton or
silk, from 25c to $2.75 pair
Ice Wool Scarfs and Real Lace Scarfs
for wrapping head and neck.
Beautiful Dresser Sets, Pillow Shams,
Table Spreads, Sofa Pillows, Scarfs,
Drapes, Mexican Drawn Work, Batten-
berg, etc.
Pin Cushions.
HANDSOME SILK UMBRELLAS.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17

Acetylene lamps leaped into popular use so
quickly that 1t is hardly surprising that a
great amount of ignorance exists concerning
the principles on which they work and the
proper care of them. The limit of ignorance
though would seem to be that of a native
New Yorker who went to the coleern that
made his lamp and complained that 1t would
not burn. Upon examination 1t appeared to
be full of fresh carbide but devoid of water
When chided for not having water In the
reservoir the rider was surprised TO learn
that ii was necessary. He said he thought
the water was to keep it cool" and that it
ought to be all right IL he wanted to take
a chance and burn 1t without water" The
wator was pat in. but still the lamp re-
fused to burn, On closer inspection the
investigator discovered that the material in
the carbide chamber was not carbide 1t
looked like 1t. but was heavier and lacked
the pungent odor that Identifies calcium
carbide.
What is this?" queried the investigator.
That's the stuff that makes 1t burn" re-
sponded the ignorant owner, sullenly.
Where did you get it?"
"At coal store of course. l saw 1t in the
window and went in and bought a pound
had the lamp with me and they must have
known what ! wanted II for, 50 | supposed
IL was the right kind
The material substituted for carbide was
what is known as "buckwheat" coal aud the
coal dealer had probably thought ii fun to
let the ignoramus buy ID for his lamp
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17

In England the free" bicycle is all the
rage, and makers are enjoying a revival OF
prosperity by providing wheels with pedals
30 arranged that the rider can free" his
pedals from the sprocket wheel and ride |
down hill with his feet on the pedals and !
the pedals at rest. There is a goed deal 1
OF comfort derived on down grades from /
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17

The cycle reporter of the New York
Tribune who is pretty close to the manag-
ers of the League of American Wheelmen.
has this to say concerning the League
presidency and race control:
Conway w. Sans of Maryland is man
who has done splendid work for the
league for years, and his friends are
anxious to have him hold the rens OF gov
ernment. Mr. Sans himself has ambition
in that direction. but he is on record as
saying that Colonel Keenan, has done good
work this year. and that the Pennsylvania
man is entitled TO a reelection II he desires
It. and that he tSams) will not oppose
Keenan, under any condition. Isaac b.
Potter of this state will hardly consider the
proposal to get into wheeling harness
again, and Sterling Elliott of Massachu-
setts says that he is not a candidate this
year. To a veteran league man who has
watched the political pot boil for years 1t
looks as II Colonel keenan, will place him
self at the mercy of the assembly, and it is
generally believed that he will be asked to
succeed himself for another term, That he
will make no fight for the Office seems as
sured.
There has been much discussion in GER
tain quarters to the effect that continued
control of racing has injured the league.
1t has done nothing of the sort in the
opinion of the conservative members who
can see beyond their own prejudiees. What
has injured the organization more than
anything else has been the internal dis
senslons, With the various state divisions
working In harmony with the national off,
cias and all trying to carry out the will
of the National assembly, which always
voices the sentiments of the majority, the
,,ttII Nnlxr oil ,f L.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17

w. D. Townsend and his father have not
returned from their hunting trip to the sand
hills near Atkinson. The only word that
has been received came from Townsend, jr,
shortly after his arrival at the scene of OPP
erations and he had succeeded in bagging
fifty quail then. During the interim be-
tween that time and now it is presumed that
he has shattered all records for the amount
Of game secured.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17

Local shooters are putting in their spare
time now practicing for the return inter-
city shoot to be held in this city with rep
resentatives OF the Kansas City Gun club
some time during January. The date for the
shoot has not yet been definitely decided
upon, but it is likely to come off between
January Is and 20. Every effort will lie
made by the members of the Omaha and Du-
pont Gun clubs to give the visiting shooters
from Kansas City a royal visit in this city.
The best that can be provided will be no
better than that which was furnished the
Omaha men when they were the guests o.,
the Kansas City sportsmen. With a rare
vein of humor distinguishable in his utter
ance Kansas City shooter writes that he
thinks it was hardly fair for the Omahans
to partake of such unbounded hospitality as
was afforded them and then carry off the
laurels in the contest. But the same privi
lege will be given the men from the city on
the Kaw and 1t is well that the Omaha team
indulge in extensive practice in preparation
for the return shoot, because the Kansas
Cityians are doing the very same thing. AL
ready they boastfully declare that they will
win the second shoot, and just to show them
that the first victory was not an accident
the Omaha team intends to walk away with
the honors once more.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17

On next Decoration day the League OF
American Wheelmen will celebrate its
twentieth anniversary. There are quite a
number Of founders who are still members
of the organization and It is proposed hat
they be given some Identifying insignia on
the anniversary. They are already entitled
10 wear Veteran" bars, having been In The
organization for ten consecutive years, and
the suggestion has been made that Found
ers" bar be attached TO this. There Will
urobably be a general celebration cf the
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03
TUESDAY,
JUNE 9th, 1899.
at go O'Clock p. m.


all the right, title, interest and estate of
all the parties to the above entitled
cause i'll and to all that lot of land with
the improvements thereon erected. sit
uate on the South side of the county
road leading from Ironshirc to Ocean
City, in the Third Election District of
said County called "Bowen's Discovery
and containing three acres of land more
or less, of which the said Mary J. Lane
died, seized and possessed, and which
was conveyed TO the said Mary J. Lane
by Egbert u. Smack by deed dated June
23d. 1859, and recorded among the land
records of Worcester County aforesaid
in Libcr w +. I. No. l. folio 50S.
TERMS Fifty dollars in cash requir-
ed on day of sale, the balance OF the
purchase money To be paid in one year
from the day of sale, To bc secured by
the bond of purchaser with surety To be
approved by Trustee, or all cash at OPP
ton of purchaser.
And the creditors of the said Mary ]
Lane are directed to file their claims
with the vouchers thereof i'll the office
the Clerk of Circuit Court for said Coun-
ty within four months from the date of
said sale
WILLIAM +. JOHNSON.
Trustee.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03
MADMAN OWNS A MINE
Heirs Two MiIliOn-DollarG Gold
Producing Property.

TOPEKA. KAN, May 3l.-Wm.
j. Wood, Jr., an inmate of
an insane asylum here, has ust
been legally declared the right
full owner of the famous Emma
gold mine, at Aspen, Col.
valued ut Il .000, 900. The mine
for the past ten years has been
owned and operated by the
Aspen Mining and Smelling
Company, of which Jerome b.
Wheeler, of New York, is pres
ident.
Since its discovery on April
II, 1878, the Emma mine has
caused nearly a dozen persons
To commit suicide. Ii was i'm a
large degree responsible for the
downfall of Robert c. Schenck
who was charged with promot-
ing its stock while Minister to
Great Britain.
The mine was discovered by
William Wood, John Anderson
and Frank Harris. They could
not make ii pay and abandoned
it, but they did not dispose of
their ownership In 1880 j. b.
Wheeler * Co, of New York
sent ont a prospector, who
found pay dirt in large quaint
ties. The firm Immediately
began a search for the original
owners.
Detectives discovered that
Wood and his companions had
bean killed by Indians in New
Mexico that Mrs. Wood had
died of grief in Montreal. Can
ada, and that six of the Wood
children were i'm Kansas. -Four
of the boys sold their interest
in the mine for $500 apiece, but
Emma and William refused tc
sell. This did not deter Wheel.
or * Co. from operating tn,
mine, which paid more than
$1,000 a month.
When Emma and William
Wood learned this they went
to Aspen. Emma was gooo
looking, and an employee of tn,
Emma mine fell in love and
eloped with her, he having frs
stolen $50, 0OO of the company,
money. Both died in poverty
with the yellow fever 81,
months later in Mexico.
William fell down a precipic,
and fractured his skull. which
caused him to lose his mind
and the other boys died in pow.
crty.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03

LAST week the advices from
Washington tempted us 10
announce that the war was
over. The daily papers said
nothing was left to be done
but the shouting, but somebody
at Washington or Manila is
fooling the American people
and are evidently becoming as
proficient in lying as were the
Spanish when they used to lick
us Tin their minds) every morn
ing before breakfast. In the
same fashion we have cleaned
out the Filipinos several times,
but when our soldiers start
back toward Manila they find
the territory they once rid of
Aguinaldo's warriors, swarming
with them again. The rainy
season is now on and our brave
soldiers are enduring many
hardships. How much longer
is it going to last The Lord
only knows.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03

SEE HERE. You democratic
editors don't want to have any
duties that will keep you from
coming to Snow Hill on the 18th.
We are going to give you IA good
time free of all cost TO you. We
want you to come to Worcester.
SO don't fail to get your work
all up and take "A good holiday.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03
Free of Charge.

ANY adult suffering from cold settled
on the breast, bronchitis. throat or lung
troubles of any nature. who will call AT
=. ID. Cottingham 4 Co. Snow Hill, or
DIR $. X Marshall. Berlin, Md. will he
presented with sample bottle of Bos-
chee's German Syrup. free Of charge.
Only one bottle given 10 one person. and
none To children without order from
parents.
No threat or lung remedy ever had
such sale as Boschee's German Syrup
in all parts of the civilized world Tween
ty years ago million Of bottles were given
away. and your druggist will tell You
its success was marvellous. II is really
the only Threat aud Lung Remedy gen.
orally endorsed by physicians. a One IS
cent bottle will cure or prove its value.
Sold by dealers in all civilized countries
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03
PROGRESS ON THE PEN
lNSuLA.

Reports from various parts
of the Eastern Shore reveal the
wonderful improvements which
have marked that section
during the past eighteen
months. An industrial awaken
ing seems To have seized upon
the Peninsula. and business is
taking a bound forward. Cap
italists from various parts of
this state, and other states, too,
have discovered that il is Il
favored place for certain invest
ments 4 fertile soil, FORUM
ate location, salubrious cline
and excellent transportation
facilities have offered new
avenues of profit, which local
and distant investors are rapidly
entering. AS "A result, the
entire section has started on a
new march of progress.
The old attachment To agri-
cultural development alone is
being broken by the introduce
ton of diversity of enter
prises. The towns are building
factories and assuming a new
life Of thrift, and the surround
ing country is catching the
benefits of the change. Hence
the increasing Importance of
the Peninsula trade. That is
growing in bulk and growing
i'm value, and the next few years
are likely to see still further
Announcements made. For that
reason Baltimore must play her
part so as To retain what trade
she has, as well as cultivate
more. American.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03

when leading Democratic newspapers like
the sun sit on its party for condemning trust.
II is time for party leaders 20 look up some
thing else vote-catcher. '-Deuton Union
We are willing to believe the
Denton Union did not intend to
deliberately deceive its readers
by citing the New York SIN as
a Democratic paper, and the
editors probably did not know
that since the old man Dana
died the Sun has changed hands
and is now the property of j,
Pierpont Morgan, Tom Plat
and other Trustful Republicans
You can depend upon that
paper upholding anything the
Republicans are i'm favor of
from Alger embalmed beef to the
greediest Trust ever conceived
II is the defender of the peoples
worst enemies, ore of which i,
now making us pay over twenty
cents a gallon for gasoline thai
was worth only seven cents {
year ago.
To further add to its wealth
the daily press informs us, thi,
monopoly is arranging to dis
charge the married men in it,
employ and replace them Will
unmarried men at far less sal
airy.
This is the one concern tina
has swallowed up all its com
petitors and can now levy sucl
tribute upon the consumers al
il desires. and this is the objecl
aimed at by all Trusts-to hav,
absolute CONTROL of the product
and after it gets what il wants
then the reduction of wages be
gins. About one year before q
Presidential election the purse.
strings are Embossed for "A sea
son by those concerns who have
not got things just as they want
them. Such is the condition to
day. Wait a little while and al
low this Trust-making to con.
tfnue and you will see where
the wage-earner, the small
manufacturer and the shop
keepers are.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03
PRESIDENTS DILEMMA.

4 Washington dispatch states
that the demand for the 900
offices which President McKin-
lev has removed from the pro
lection of the civil-service rules
is SO great that already appli
cations for several times as
many as are now open To the
spoilSmen have been filed. The
President has made a grievous
mistake if he thinks that he
will help himself or his party
by his surrender to the spoils-
men. -Four thousand offices
properly distributed may secure
the votes of as many office
holders for the republican party,
but the fifty thousand unsuc-
cessful applicants must be
reckoned with, and il is not TO
be assumed that they will
bear their disappointment with
meekness. The history of the
spoils system proves that il was
dcmoralizing to both parties.
and that the Offices were ac
tually a source of weakness
and disruption rather than an
element of strength. 1t is true
that there is an important
election in Ohio this fall, and
that Ohio politicians have been
raising a mighty clamor for the
spoils. But when the faithful
Mckinleyites have been re-
warded, the other faction will
raise a howl and the discomfort
which will be created i'm Ohio
will be reflected in other States
where elections are to be held
So, viewing the President
action from the standpoint of
practical politics, it is impos-
sible To escape the conclusion
that he has blundered. n Baito.
Sun.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03

THE friends of Mr.. Isaac Lobe
Straus are sorry To learn from
him that he has not yet reach
ed the age to make him elegIble
To the Attorney Generalship-
ii years. Mr.. Straus is one of
the brightest young men in the
State and is a lawyer of ac-
knowlcdged ability. In Balti-
more City, where he is best
known he is considered an
honorable, conscientious gentle
man, who would be credit to
any city.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03

A BALTIC. CORRESPONDENT of
the Philadelphia Record speaks
complimentary of Congressman
Smith and fears if he should be
nominated and elected Cover
nor the Democrats might fail
to elect his successor in Con
gress. This is certainly con
siderate i'm the esteemed cor
respondent, but we assure him
that the First Congressional
District has been rescued and
safely moored i'm the Demo
cratic harbor for another cen
fury. Eastern Shoremen are
only caught mapping once in a
life time, and with the Hon.
John Walter Smith as their
honored and trusted leader they
are not afraid but what victory
is theirs next year as well as
this. We are just going to do
il, that's all there is about it.
We've got the leader who never
goes into a contest with any
other idea than that of sue
cess, and never stops till he
gets there. So our Baltimore
correspondent is kindly re-
quested to cheer up and not
allow Republican influences to
close his eyes to facts. So far
as the Gubernatorial nomina-
ton for Mr. Smith is concerned
there is not the slightest doubt
but what he can have it; but
we believe we know him well
enough to say that he does not
want a nomination that does
not come spontaneously from
the people. He does not want,
nor would he have, a machine
made nomination. He could
have had the nomination when
there was no doubt of an cleo
ton, had he been willing TO
accept it, but he was not and is
not the kind of man who can
be swerved from a fixed pur-
pose. If the people of Maryland
the plain people of the Demo
cratic party, want him for their
candidate, we believe he would
make the fight and win. But
he will not be a machine made
candidate.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03

THE Smyrna Times comes to
us this week in enlarged form
and change of makeup. The
paper was an S col. folio and is
now q col. quarto. 1t is neat
in appearance and full of good
live, local news. The Times has
all along been one of the best
papers printed on the Peninsula.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03

BALTIMORE, Mn, May 3l.-A
hitch has occurred in the efforts
to form an alliance between
the city organization of the
Republicans, controlled by May.
or Malster, and the State organ
ization, controlled by Senator
Wellington and Gov. Lowndes.
Eastern Shore Republicans.
who heretofore have fought
Wellington. are interested. The
Malster men have tried To find
a candidate for Governor to
oppose Lowndes. They have
failed on Senator Wescott, the
Eastern Shore leader, and on
Major Alexander Shaw. Neither
would make the fight. They
now demand the retention of
Police Commissioner johnson.
They will leave it with Cover
nor Lowndes to choose whether
it shall be by refusing to enter
tain police reorganization or
support reorganization and re-
appointing the Commissioners.
They want full control of the
State patronage in the city and
they want to be allowed to
retain the city organization
absolutely and name the Legis-
lative candidates.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03

Mr. Levi ID. Goriy. a we'll known
resident of Dennis district, died last
week, aged 30 years. He leaves a wife
and one son. Mr. Wade Gordy His
death resulted from appendicitis, after
about a weeks Illness Mr.. Gordy was
tax collector for 1925 3 for the Fifth
Collection District. embracing Pittsburg
and Dennis districts. Hjconico NeWS.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03

\ SPANISH paper at Manila
reports the death of Aguinaldo,
either by suicide or assassina-
ton. If he is dead the chances
are that the cause was over
exercise, as IA man can't run
always without disastrous
results. Balo. World.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03
Peremptory Notice

The Board Of County Commissioners
Of Worcester County will meet on April
25th to complete the changes of real and
personal property ON the books of said
county preparatory to making out the
levy for 1899 and no change will be
made after above date. All persons
having claims against the county must
file them itemized with proper vouchers
on or before the both day Of May next,
otherwise they will not appear in the
le'.,ss. 1899. w T.. BosToN,
President of the Board.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03

4 For Sale Double house corner
Hill street near Ebenezer NJ r. Church
Will he sold cheap for cash. or on time
Has rented for 800 month by the
year till recently. Apply TO o. NJ.
purnalI
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03
WOmen's
Separate
ashable
Skirts

To be sure, it means an economy in
dress that we, as sellers, shouldn I
advocate-if this was an ordinary
sort of a store. But it isn't. We
find out the best from all stand
points-and advocate il, be it a
boom or boomerang to immediate
sales. To supply best what is really
best will bring US plenty of business
in the aggregate-and serve you
most faithfully.
A half dozen or dozen separate
skirts, with few pretty waists-both
items inexpensive. if you please,
give pleasant variety TO summer dress
and an air of freshness in the most
willing weather.
Wel-shsred. well-made White Duck SIX IT'S
ats.
Well-made and liberal White Pique Skirts
at$l.2S.
White Pique Skirts, with touch of braid
mark of cmbellshmcnt-$2. so TO $40
mostly toward the lower prices
Plain Pique Skirts, ST.. so TO $275.
Linen Skirts, ST.. so to $l07s
Novelty Skirts-white with color, or color
with white or some other weave than
the usual. $ll and various rices under.
Porch and There's a splen-
u Cit. did g. thering of
Lawn Sna'rs this cool. com
Portable and substantial summer Fur
niture on the fourth floor. The best
furniture of the SOFT. that IS made. is
here; and there are also prces that
are quite unusual. These hints
High back, wood fl me Rockers. with
back and eeat woven with c, n,:nuous
reeds. at sl20.
Reed Stool; a, sec, worth double
Chinese Hou'-gllsi Reed Chars; roomy
and comfortable; two sizes. 81. so and IS
These hints of the very best and
strongest outdoor Furniture of its
kind: frames are of highly polished
maple and oak; seats and backs are
woven of double cane.
Chairs, ST. to So 20
Rockers, 81. so TO S.
Se,tees, S. and S. SO; with rockers q
dollar more.
Couches. 50 and ST.
John Wanamaker.