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Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-16
Old Grizzly Swears
Vengeance on Bears

Wandering over the mountains of north
ern California Old Grizzly has killed bear
for forty years Nearly half a century ago
he vowed never to eat any meat but bear
meat, never to live in house, never to
speak to a man and never to drink another
drop of spirits. When he must communi-
cate he does it by writing on a slate he
carries tied around his neck. Winter and
summer he wanders over the hills avoiding
the chaIce prospector and the miners and
the hunters. He has no vow against woman
kind and will gladly talk to the gentler
sex. He is an lrishman. Once year he
comes into Sonora, sells his bear hides,
buys his one suit of clothes which he allows
himself and his small supply of beans and
-four. Then he goes on to the next town,
Columbia, and stays all night at the grave
OF his wife in the quaint old miners bury
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-16
Merry Christmas.

Louis Slavin. proprietor Of the Omaha
Plating Co.. takes this opportunity OF ex-
tending to his many customers a "kindly
Christmas greeting" He fully appreciates
the liberal patronage OF the past and earn
estly solicits a continuance OF the same
The Omaha Plating Company has had a
very satisfactory business during its three
years existence, and Is here to stay. For
the benefit of Omaha people who are not
ccnversant with the methods OF electro plat
ing, an invitation Is rendered to inspect
the shop and its work. Mr.. Slavin has had
twenty years experience In this line, and
has been connected with some OF the lead
ing plating companies In the eastern cities.
He Is known as an expert in the art OF
electric plating. There are at least 1900
people in Omaha and surrounding country,
who have been patrons OF the Omaha Plat
ing Company within the past few months,
that can testify concerning Mr.. Slayins S
ability as a mechanic and the genuneness
OF the work he turns out. Gold. silver,
nickel, copper and brass plating are most
| in demand, however he Is equally as clever
at oxydizing and lacquering.
If you have any articles which you are
about to discard, that are in need Of being
replated, bring them to the Omaha Plating
Company. Bee Building, and a trial will
convince you that electro plating is eco
nOmical. 5s:x..
D
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-16

but big grizzly. lie growled low and
looked at me and kept his ugly head roll
ing and then he tried to sneak out be-
hind me, but he didn't make a go Of 1t.
for | got him. He was too heavy with
eating to run or fight and 1t was warm in
the room.
II picked my wife up and she just
opened her eyes and she smiled In my face
and said low-like, 'Tommie,' and then
she gave a shiver and shut her eyes and
she hasn't ever said anything since, not
anything at all. / knew there was no use
looking for the kid.
II have been killing bears ever since
and I'm going to kill them as long as ever
live. | have no call against anything
else in the world, but the bears and me
will never be quits. They know 1t. They
used to fight and they used to hide, but
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-16
The Santa Claus Trust
Mary r.. Turnbull.

Mary +. Turnbull.
In classic days. the business ways
Were somewhat crude and slow,
Each separate god a separate gift
Had power to bestow.
Now, typic of the times, 'tis quaint
\ gifts we beg of one good saint.
Who meets the duty on him thrust
BY forming an enormous Trust
And holding all the gods In tow
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-16

w A NTEn Reliable women or men
w 6A> LII to sell our goods to the
consumer in communities from 900 to 1O-
600 population; permanent employment at
good pay. Address THE GREAT EAST
ERN COFFEE AND TEA co, 8Ol South
10th street, ST. Louis, Mo.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
CONTRASTS IN NAPLES.
Only Step From Royal Magnificence to
Crowds of Half Naked Workers.

Only Step From Royal Magnificence to
Crowds of Half Naked Workers.
One of the strangest contrasts in Ma
pies is to walk from the royal palace,
with its fine marble staircase, up the
new Corse Re d'Italia and to climb in
to the steep streets around the Church
of San Soverino Sosio
These streets are the dwelling pieces
of the dyefs, and one steps from regal
magnificence into crowd of seminaked
people, who are busily dipping great
banks of cotton or wool into scething
caldrons. AS elsewhere, the work is car
ried on in the street, and little streams
0f water-red, yellow, brown and black
pour over the rough stones and gath
er in mnlticolored pools, while on low
benches against the walls women are
washing clothes, standing in the dirty,
soapy water that splashes over from
their tubs.
The passersby walk heedlessly through
the dye and soapsuds, while the chill
dren find pleasant occupation in throw
ing mud of every variety Of color at
anybody who chances to be wearing
light colored garments. 1t is a veritable
feast of color from the merely spectacu-
lar point of view, but visit to these
streets leaves bodily as we'll as a
mental impression.
Very often in the depths of these sor-
did alleys one comes across a forgotten
old palace, built when carriages were
unknown, its great court of honor
crowded with booths, its vast halls fill
ed with heterogeneous collection of
men, women and children, fowls, goats,
sheep. and occasionally donkey. all
living together in the happiest proxim-
ity. The massive old walls are hidden
beneath centuries of dirt; the wood
work has, for the most part. disappear
ed the rooms that once knew the revels
of Angevin mobiles now shelter the hap.
hazard existence of lazzaroni. -Lud.
gate.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.

rs Slippy good pay?"
well, if he is, YaDker. the dentist,
is the meanest man on EARTH
Flows that?"
II was in Tanker s office when Slippy
came to have tooth pulled. Jaw all
swollen out of shape. Awful looking
face. Fairly howled with pain. But
Yanker wouldn't pull the tooth with
out being paid in advance.
Pretty tough on Slippy, wasn't its"
"Oh, don't knowl He's a man Of
wonderful self command. Instead Of
kicking up row he pulled out check
for SO, received 81 in change and smil-
ingly ordered the doctor to proceed with
.he torture
But was the check worth anything?'
GOOD as gold when it was given,
but Slippy reached the bank first and
drew out his balance. Now he's telling
around that Tanker pulled the wrong
tooth and insinuates that there may be
suit for malpractice.
"Yanker will sue, of COURSE"
"Not him. The truth is that the
dentist in his excitement drew two
teeth at one haul, the extra one being
marked by big gold filling. Slippy
misses that one, but what puzzles him
Is that his jaw is getting we'll and that
he has no toothache. The dentist that
filed the tooth was never paid, and the
chances are that Slippy will drop the
case as being too complicated.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
Close Shaw For half Price.

A CIRCUS paid flying visit to small
English country town not long ago, and
the price Of admission was sixpence,
children under 10 years Of age hall
price. It was Edith's tenth birthday,
and her brother Tom, aged Is, took her
In the afternoon to see the sh low. Ar.
rived at the door, he put down nine
pence and asked for two front seats.
Elbow old is the little girlP" asked
the money taker doubtfully.
"Well," replied Master Tom, "this
ID her tenth birthday, but she was not
born until rather late in the afternoon. -
The money taker accepted the state.
ment and handed him the tickets, bui
IL was close shave.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
Doing His Part.

lyon have an elegant and spacious
home" said the pastor to the wealthy
member Of his congregation. "You have
books, piano, daughter who can sing
and play, and everything to make home
alluring. Why don't you throw your
Souse open some evening in the week
for the benefit of the homeless young
men: You might save many one.
young men?' said the wealthy
member. There's one of them who
comes to my house six evenings in the
week! What are you talking about.
dootor?"-Chicago Tribune.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
TIL OuehtfulDess

First Citizen-So Captain Zollercraft
has discovered an island where all va
rieties of the most delicious foods grow
spontaneous, and he says he has been
living on the fat of the land right along
We ought to do something in his honor.
Second Citizen-That's so. Let's
give him a dinner. Transcript
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
-s--- - - -
Lffe's Inequalities

Fond Mother-Th' papers is sayin as
how Mr.. De Star, tn great actor, is get
tin one hoondred dollars a night.
Scene Shifter-Yis, an wot does we
getLonly 80 cents night fer shiftin
all that heavy scenery fer him ter walk
an spout before. It's an anarchist I'll
soon be. New York Weekly.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
One Way of Looking mt II.

Spinster (of uncertain age)-Well,
must say that consider persistent
bachelorism as the incarnation Of selfish
ness.
Young Bachelor - Humph Well,
yes, l suppose the enjoyment of luxury
is always more or less selfish, but sure.
ly it is better to be selfish than foolish.
Ally Sloper.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
A Bold Hold Up.


While walking out the other day.
Now, who do you think I metz
The Greatest Rogue That Ever Was.
And The Biggest Rascal Yet.
The Greatest Rogue That Ever Wss
Said, Uncle. Helen and 1
Are going down to the candy store
An all day sucker to buy"
Tho Biggest Rascal Yet, she says:
IAN Tee got We money-see7
Vere's but one cent, an des wish
You'd dive anoxzer to me-"
There was I, on the street held UP
By that bold and rascally two.
] promptly passed the money Ger.
For what could q fellow do?
And then the robbers let me 80.
And on with skip and a hop.
The Rogue ard Rascal, hand in hand
Went on to the candy shop.
--Arthur j. Burdick
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
A safe Speculation

Hioks-You know Stakem, the cash
fer Of the Fleeting bank? Well, he made
500, 900 in corn broom deal in lesa
than six weeks. That's what man
gets by having courage.
Y Wicks-It's all very we'll, seeing that
was successful, but suppose there
been sudden drop in the marked
wiped out Stakem's marginss
Hioks--He wouldn't have lost any
ing. He used the banks money IN hi
culations. Boston Trapscript.
s'excuse s'accuse.
ubaY ,ey--You haven't worn the ring
gave ybu for two days.
KateyWell, you know, 1t hurts my
hand 20 when it's squeezed. and
charley 4 Squeezed - BY whom!-
4 -
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
FUN IN THE FOOTNOTE.

Popular Librettist Couldn't withhold Q
Joke on Prospective Bride.
W. S. Gilbe2t does not retain ST. of
his humor for use in his librettos.
In the early days of his success, when
Gilbert and Sullivan were considered
by managers as the "sure winners" in
the comic opera field, young womap
who was a member of one Ut the "Pina.
fore" companies wrote to Gilbert tell
ing him of her approaching marriage
with young man Of good position and
family.
Gilbert congratulated the young wo
man AID expressed the hope rhat her flu
ture might be prosperous ard happy.
Only little more than month pass
ed, and another letter from the samt
girl reached him, in which she stated
that her engagement with the young
man had been broken and that she had
accepted another sutton.
He replied that he had every conf
dence in her Judgment and again ex-
pressed his hearty wishes for her wei.
fare.
1t was almost two months after that
that Gilbert received third letter from
the same girl, who informed him that
young Lord - had proposed and that
she had accepted him after breaking
her engagement with No. 2.
Gilbert's humor could no longer
Withstand the temptation, and he wrote,
II desire to congratulate you OH your
approaching marriage With Here he
placed an asterisk aud in o footnote
added:
"Here insert the name of the happy
man.
This is probably as characteristic a
piece of humor as any that appears in
his Bah Ballads" or in his works for
the stage.--New York Press.
They Can't Freeze.
You can take healthy frog, Of good
constitution and regular habits, and al
low him to freeze in block of ice.
When inside, you may see him through
the substance, apparently asleep. Melt
the ice after a day or two, and as the
warm air thaws your frog be will arise
and hop off as If nothing had happened,
Freezing will not kill frogs unless they
are frozen up for more than week on
end.
Ants generally sleep throughout the
winter, but an ant eau be left "a hours
on block of ice and will merely slum.
Der heavily. II you introduce the ant to
a warm room after the ordeal, he will
revive like the frog and proceed to make
solid meal off any ant food you may
sec fit to offer him after his trial by ice.
The only thing ants really strongly OBJ
jeot to is rain. IL floods their homes
and browns them by thousands.
Among British birds wild geese do
not suffer from the hardest frosts
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
An Extreme Case.

clarendon Dawdler is the most
hopelessly lazy man ever knew"
Doesn't he do anything at alp
edo anything? He doesn't even
blame his parents for not bringing him
mp differently. '-Chicago Record.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
Quite New.

Tramp-Say, boss, won't ye help Q
poor fellerf
Dude-The old story, I suppose-sich
wife and two starving children.
Tramp-No, boss, new story-sich
child and two starvin wives. Brook
lYn Life.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
Sure Test.

She--They held mirror over her
face to see if she was alive. I don't
understand that.
He-Why, you see, if che was alive,
she'd open her eyes and look in it.-De-
sroit Journal.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
A Habit.

"Notice how Mile carries her head
on one side of later"
"Don't you know the reason? It got
set that way from leaning on fellows
shoulders last summer when out buggy
riding ''-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
Correction.

II want to say that you have treated
me rotten" the pugilist dictated.
Don't you mean rottenly?" bis press
agent ventured to ask.--Indianapolia
Journal.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25

Have your garbage removed and keep
the town clean and healthy. Lauridson,
the girbage man, is equipped for that kind
of work. Leave orders or telephone No.
4o. Laumeister's Meat Market. All Jobs
cleaned and disinfected DIN
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
The Dinereneo.

The JUDGE want you to under.
stand, sir, that justice in this court Ii
like love-it is blind.
Rebuked Attorney-It may be So
your hoEor, but the resemblance ends
right there. Love keeps on hitting the
mark occasionally. Chicago Newa
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25
A Lernl NecessifY,

She--Let me see. You were admitted
to the bar three months ago. suppose
that you arc practicing now?
He--Yes economy.-Detroit Free
Press.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25

From today A. Hose will deliver to any
part of the citv the best dry wood for 81
per rick. Office at the approach of the
Pacific Coast wharf. If
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-05-25

Keep-Puncturef

Bughouse Bill-The bicycle mail
rider Of Terror guloh had = mishAp last
night.
The Barkeep-Puncturei
.Bughouse Bill-Yep. Right behind
the left ear. - Philadelphia North
The sun., 1900-02-03
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
PublicE Interest Again Concen-
trated on Butler and the
Tugela | iver.
DESULTORY SHELL FIRING
Rumored in Oape Town That Gem
eral French Has Succeeded in
Capturing a Force Of Eight
Hundred Beers. Advice
From the Natives.

London, Feb. 2.-Tbepe is no official
news from General Bnller's headquaf-
ters, and the only information which has
reached London In any way supporting
the reports that he has recrossed the Tu-
gela river Is found in dispatch annOunc-
ing Lord Dnndonald's reconnaissance,
which is taken to indicate prelude to re-
newed activity: As the dispatch is three
lays old and Lord DundOnald found no
difficulty i'll crossing the river, it is not
impossible that General Butler may have
moved in the interim, and public anxiety
is again concentrated on the upper Tu-
gela.
Dispatches from elsewhere in South
Africa merely tell of desultory shell fir
ing and the movements of patrols,
though Cape Town mentions rumor
that General French has captured 800
Beers, where and when not being an
nounced
The Times issued a special extra to
publish dispatch from Sterkstroom,
Cape Colony, stating that Boer emissa-
ries are distributing leaflets and working
throughout Basutoland to incite the tribe
to rise against the British. One induce
ment used to tempt the Basutos to revolt
is promise to restore their territory to
them.
Basutoland lies northeast of Cape Col
ony, bordering on Natal and the Orange
Free State. The tribesrncn are fierce,
implacable warriors whose subjugatioA
cost the British many hard fought bat
Hes, with heavy losses. Head Chief Lee
rothodi recently warned the British agent
at Maseru that the younger warriors
were getting beyond his control.
The NIashona Affair.
A dispatch from Cape Town says the
supreme court has decided TO make no
order Of contiscatfon in the case of the
steamship Mashona at present in order
to give her owners time to show within
three weeks that she had no intention to
trade with the enemy.
dispatch from Gaberoncs, dated Jan.
23, describing reconnaissance of some
of Colonel Plumef's forces around the
Boer laager southward, seems to dispose
Of the story that Mafekins; has been re-
lieyed. On that date the Rhodesians
captured two Transyaal flags and drove
off the lioer outpost before returning TO
GaheronCs.
Sensational rnmor ire current that t,e
militia ballot net wiille put in force Feb.
II and that General Lord Roberts, the
commander in chief Of the British forces
in South Africa, has cabctl for 10000 adj
ditional men, which. it is added, the gov
crnment has promised to give him, send
ing 10000 militia and volunteers and 40,-
600 militia reserves.
1t is also said that the volunteers will
be modified forthwith. 1t is even as
serted today that the cabinet has spe-
cially dealt with these matters.
The militia ballot act makes every un-
married man between is and 30 years Of
age liable to serve for FIVE years.
The sun., 1900-02-03
Closing prices:
General Markets.

New York. Feb 2.
FLOUR-State and western UNCHANGED and
steady, with few buyers except at concessions;
Minnesota patents, $3g0a4.1s: winter straights
90. .4Oa3.50: winter extras. $280ae.S5; winter
patents, S3.50a8.S0.
WHEAT-opened steady and received later
impetus from advancing Paris markets and
crop damage reports from France, holding
firm all the forenoon; March, 75s4c.; May,
"a 1-l6a74 9-18c.s
RYE-Dull: state, &c.,. c. 1. f., New York.
car lots: No. 2 western, 6l16c., I. o. b. afioat.
CORN pened steady, afterward imlroy-
ing with wheat; May, 38s4ah856c.
OATS-Siow, but steady; track. white, state,
3la35c.; track, white. western 31a35c.
PORk-Firm; mess, S1O.5Oal1 family, Sl3a
LARD-Firmer; prime western steam, 6.25c
BUTrER-Firm; state dairy, 1ss25c.; state
creamery, 2la25c.
enthusiastically; fall made, fancy, large,
l234al3c.; fall made. fancy, small, l934al3c.
EGGS-Firm: state and PENNSYLVANIA, 19c;
western, ungraded at mark, 14a1SIhc
SUGAR-Raw strong: fair refining, 4c;
centrifugal, SO test 16c. bid: refined firm;
crushed, 5.60c.; powdered, 5.G0c.
TURPENTlNE-Stronga at 5ja5515c.
MOLASSES--Steady:N New Orleans. 44a55c.
RICE-Steady; domestic 4a61sc.: Japan. ~
a5e.
TALLow Steady; city, &c. bid; country,
51sa5ssc.
HAY-Quiet; shipping, 65a7oc.; good 10
choice. S0as5c.
The sun., 1900-02-03
"GR0UNDH0G'S OUT
AND SEED HIS SHADDER"
The Little Weather Prophet BIinked
In the Sun and Scampered
RanIr


"If Candlemas Day be fair and bright
Winter will have another flight;
But if it be dark, with clouds aud rain,
Winter is gone and will not come
again."
II Brer Groundhog ventured forth YES.
terday, as he was scheduled to do, to
take peep at the weather, he must have
observed his shadow. According to the
rules laid down to guide his conduct
upon this important occasion, lie, timid
animal that he is, must have been seized
with fright aud scampered ack into his
hurrow. This means. according to the
weather-wise, that there will be six
weeks more Of winter.
We probably owe our little supersti.
tion about the grounding to our early
German settlers, they, na doubt, having
brought it over with them from the
Fatherland. An old proverbial expires
sion in German has it that "the badger
peeps out OF his hole on Candlemas Day.
and when he finds snow walks abroad
If he sees the sun shining he draws back
into his hole" As the badger is com
paratively unknown with us east OF the
Mississippi the mantle fell upon the
woodchuck, or grounding. Farmers Of
the Middle States call Yesterday
grounding day" almost exclusively.
They watch to see if Mr.. Grounding can
sea his shadow-ihat is, if the sun is
shining-Candlemas Day, when he is
said to emerge from his hibernating
sumbers. and believe that if he does six
weeks more OF cold weather is to come,
but If it is gray and cloudy and he can
not see his shadow the winter is over.
The feast of the Publication, or, as it
is more usually known, Candemas Day,
falls on the I'd OF February, forty days
after Christmas.
1t is commemorative of the old Jewish
rite, as performed by the mother Of
Christ, whereby woman forty days
alter the birth of her son was to present
the child at the temple and make two
offerings, one as holocaust, the other
as sin Offering. A lamb and turtle.
dove were designated by the law for
those whose means were sufficient, but
Mary being poor offered the gift of the
poor--a pair of pigeons.
The least is known az Candlemas Day
on account OF the practice in the Church
of blessing wax candles before Mass and
distributing them, to be held lighted by
the congregation during part of the SER
vice. In early times procession was
formed by the taper bearing multitude,
which passed arnnnd the church, chant
ing psalms and prayers.
The sun., 1900-02-03
TACTICS AGAINST B0ERs.
Basuto Chief Writes to British Lend-
Through the Cane Argus.

Basuto Chief Writes to British Lend
ers Through the Cape Argus.
Cape Town, Feb "A Basuto chief
who is loyal TO the English writes the
following letter to the Cape Argus:
Il am grieved to hear Of the brave Eng
lishmen losing SO many lives unMecessari-
~. am only native, but | know the
Beers. You are able to consult tin, heads
Of departments, who may pass on what l
say | wish Were dead, then / would
fly TO the English chiefs and urge my
plans.
The Beers are intrenched in sehanzes
(breastworksl behind loopholes. Let
them starye there. Let General Gatacre
watch them at Stormberg, then march
another army toward Rloemfontein. The
Beers will say: What now? Are the
English getting behind us or marching
on Blocmfonteinf They will leave 10
defend their homes. Then General, CAT
acre will be free to march on and Join
the others.
''Fhe Boer in Natal will hcgin to shake
their one day camps. The Beers have
their wives and children and sheep ana
will 20 to their support
why do the English drive straight
against Roer Businesses? A wildcat in a
hole tears bulldogs noses. Watch the
hole and get in behind
Il feel burning in heat of mind. The
warriors desire to see the Beers smashed
They treat the natives badly. We have
peace and equal justice under the Eng
lish.
Il wish I could see the English chief
and tell what is in my heart.f
The sun., 1900-02-03
rempernnce Mnnement In nIeric..

City Of Mexico, Feb. 2.-The press con
tinues to denounce the growth Of the liq-
nor traffic in Mexico and ascribes to the
increasing consumption of ardent spirits
i'll various forms the augmented mortali-
~ and crime. The Methodists here,
headed by Bishop McCabe and Rev. Or.
Butler, have begun a campaign against
intrmperance, and the local Catholic
Journals are eXhorting their readers to
arouse themselves to prevent the conn
try from becoming a prey 10 alcoholism.
It is reported that the government will
endeavor by means Of public action to
aid the temperance movement.