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BAD STREETS
Stories Printed by the Graphic Brings
 oil More Talk.

The publication in the Grapbic Fri day referring to the impossible condi- ton of certain streets of the city has called forth numerous other com pi"lnfs on the part of citzens in vari- ous parts of the city. A Graphic reader calls attention to the condition of South Main street in particular. and brings up the old discussion of relief for that portion of the city. Tn a personal letter to the editor of the Graphic, this gentleman states the ease concisely. He says:
 q have just had good concret sidewalk put down. and he street has been SO badly worked up during tn S wet Wea'he that it is on a level with and running over the sidewalk, which | can not drain on this account I have asked the alderman of this ward. and Dr. Jordan, while acting mayor, for relief; but SO far have got none. f the gutter was only opened up so that the water could run down, that would relieve the case, which have told the city officials What is the use of good walks, when the mud of the streets runs over them?"
 The gentleman in question makes pertinent inquiry, and one that should arouse, so the citizens out there state, the city officials to action of some kind It would seem from appearances that the city council and the elements have got cantrariwise: the water persists in running down. ward, while the council insits upon it's running upward
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Then he added: You might bring tho allowance in a dipper and then run. Before l had time to finish it you'd be safe
 lie was keenly aware of the awful pas&!on drink inspired ill him. and Elc"- he was honestly talking for my 0..'n god. At oNe 3..ar- i4c had been Il Mut..l@c" on the high scas, with the Mlaca eh@rs5r of l:1iss,:i, ;!s 3ii,s;tt him i.ld :1;.s a :s::..so.!er i. irons whom N.e ciEil v'.r ".>,.n nrt. IJc w.as rolcnsefi to join tne onfeherate army. descrteG and went on tine Elizabeth Hatch as seaman. His capture by tue Alabama put hiul into thc Ca1fc.!"rate servitv again
 ''Ih" sailors from the Eicheson go! the!r ratlons from d b;s pot, tine supi,zy being lat.ieu out is tne cook aa t men gathered ,>los..l.l viii, tiIc.r 5JW.s It was q busy t.4ie. and. rrete..4,.:: ::.4@ to prevent COW ing t,;e seailel wout ask dotlh,p ailovallcc of bread and hash for me and ny eh5lm.' Was young and small, and by the time got to the pot l generally found i. empty because of the double allow. ancc. Big Gus noticed my ill lU@l once or twice, and th Il something h&p pencd. When the crowd gathered around the cook and began filing their requests for me and my chum' he i:t in among ,cm. and before you could count six a dozen sailors were scatte.' eu around the decks like toy dolls.
 You just let mc hear some more of that me and my chum" business. wi;i you?' said Big Gus as he glanced around Nobody cared to argue With him, and from that time on I was in favor with the cook.
 "When Big Gus met with the in- evitable he was not with the Richeson, but we learned how it happened. lie rarely drew sober breath on shore. and one day some of his mates who had suffered from bis tyranny got a can of nitrogylcerin and labeled 1t Old Rye They bet Iim the price of the full can that hc couldn't kick II across a lot. Pig Gus threw off his cap, spit OF 'ti+ Eans's and took a shor prelimiller. FTP. The people of thr neighboflooA sai1 t!> fragments wors coming down ;ll ( V '4F't
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the city ofIic, IS for the purpose of de- llaNln2 the cXpenSes of the election: Mayor, Slo; police judge, $1o; city treasurer, SIC; city attorney. $15; city clerk, Sl5, each alderman, $3.
 The names of the candidates for the various offices must be filed with the secretary of the committee, D. c. Ball. te De placed on the ticket to Ee voted Ter not later than February l, l9eG.
 It was moved and seconded that inc aldermen from each ward select and submit five names of citizens suitable for judges to be submitted tc T meet Ing of the committee when if aeeem- Dies aSaln on February ?, from which 10 select judges of the election.
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toubtedly a physical one. He says Casa!e contided to him that the mur ,'n"ed man: ..ta4r had tormented him with physical persistence ever since t..c parpetration of the brutal deed.
 Already the professors allegations concerning the human eye as reveal CT of crimes have opened up columns of learned discussion in the Italian press. Professor Denesse of the University of Ghent is cited as testifying to the case of a woman who retained in the irises of both eyes images of certain num- bers: also Dr. Bourbon de Darney as having photographed in murdered ba by's eye the figure of dog and the shadow of q hand raised to strike.
 Professor Martini himself dschdms all novelty for his discovery. saying that recent experiments in the United States established the fact that freshly killed oxen sometimes preserve upon the retina snapshots of their human slaughterers.
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PUT 0N NEW TRAIN
! Belt to Inaugurate a New Through |ssenger Train From Joneshoro to Tex. lana, and Probably Go Into Effect Next |nday.

otion from what is consider b1e source states that the St.
 b,thvestern Railway company
 purate a new through passen-
 through here sometime dur
 Irosent month, probably with
 eok It is believed that the
 will be put on next Sunday,
 can be perfected by that
 me ago, the Graphic predict
 one or more rains would be
 ha Cotton Belt, but the par
 cf the proposed movement
 he ascertained with any de-
 certainy at that time. It is
 to be practically certain that Itrain will be put on, and that he present month. It will be Ia through train from Jones' |Texarkana, stopping only at t important points, and then |lopg as absolutely necessary. ect held most prominently in hl be that of shortening the br the line, and the schedule feduced to the quickest possi- long been conceded that the er traffic over the Cotton Is too heavy fer the present twice, and this fact was more brly emphasized during the |day season., when every train |wded to it's utmost, and the was forced, for several days. Is regular northbound trains in ree and even four sections. lays incident to such heavy have occasioned the greatest
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CAREER B|G GU5'' HE WAS NOT AFRAID OF ANY. THING LIVING OR
 DEAD. Lived a Wild and Adventerous Life as a Pirate and on
 Warship.

A man with tattooed anchors, stars and mermaids on the backs of his sinewy hands entered a hotel in Ma con, Mo-, registered as "A. D. Castle, British navy" and drew picture of a man-of-war in the space reserved for the call, says the Kansas City Star
 "No, I've killed no bears of my own,' said the sailor. Il never saved a ship just as it was going down with all
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MT. c. c. Watson of Midland, Tex, left last night for his home after short visit to his brother, Rev. w. c. Watson, pastor of Lakeside church. Mr. Watson is editor of the Live Stock Reporter and is a prominent attorney of Midland
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coLoREp RESCUE ASSOCIATION

The national board of the Rescue as, sociation is in session at the New Hope church on Twelfth and Georgia street, and will hold their servlces Sunday, conducted by pr. J. l.. Grlf- fin and Dr. Madison, ,and the ladies Of Dumas. Ark; Little Rock, Pine BluH and Texas will represent the Rescue association, a charitable institution An old fashion Holy Ghost meeting at ? D. m. and D. III.
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KING RESCURER
Saved From Drowning Wants to Reward Hero.

Ettle stc:sy is aimed directly ct
 acssa1t;i, ;".l if hc happens to
 ie land of tie living it will be
 HIS interest to step faHio-ard
 II ee known. A Wc.a.iir.',2!y wo- looking fo" h:m aad refuses to |ofted until slle has four him. Mrs. Dorothy, Keutler, and she an old mansion that stands out 'olnt m the sound just east of Pft Westchester county, N. Y. :
 was time about ten years Fn Mrs. Reutler had to live very
 indeed, for she was the sole
 or her seven children after the
 her husband. Mrs. Reutler
 ofood to the beach for an out
 udy.
 or the children remained on uiie Mrs. Reutler took two of
 s'aali boat for an hours fish
 eound. One of those with her
 ooy baby of the flock and tine
 l son Frederick. now A vm,np 'weaty-one years. A fine yacht .ha aucnor not far away and they tue boat over toward it, In (r (as the rowboat was capsized, aa instant Mrs Reutler and her Fsa ,a,en were in imminent peril of ]. uet Of the two boys was a good Es,, ana as the boat turned tur-
 ase sa his baby brother by the Re, sAu - held him as they fell in Fe., f.a., lie bravely kept his little Iso'll ss sinking until a line was o.a .sUm the yacht, and the two '. \ :. hauled aboard in safety.
 b,s aefe a' that the mysterious F. vus asaoe his first appearance so |haas ras' Reutler was concerned. |Sa'. a, eapsized she seized hold of |,n.,e s,e and chung to 1t while she na.eally ,asa. for some one to come em .r'Gue hs Of her two boys. She h,'. uauied to safety in a few mos. [ na' oy that time she herself
 ''' exhausted and ready to ea as '' a lone boatman came along !, an ue could pull the oars. Ii hasustus. ha He approached as tendes ns eould to the upturned boat hes an oar to Mrs. Reutler. 'aSo u1, to get hold of it and he anstol, s aer' But at that moment i ,ea the woman tainted, and her us Is lesne,p capsized boat was lost. ppht aped overheard in a second 1ae water. 'ne coula slhk
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Miss Willie Senyard has finished her business course at Maddox seminary and has accepted the position as pri- vate stenographer at the above place. She leaves Monday afternoon to take up her new position
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ASSESS CANDIDATES
sniounts Each Will Nave 10 Put Up For The Expense Of Holding The City Primary in February, and Have Only Until February to Raise The Dough-"

The eNcutive committee of the city Democratic central committee met in pursuance to the call of the chairman, W. B. Alexander at the city hall Fri day night at s o'clock Those pres. cnt were Chairman w. B Alexander: ;. II, Dellmon, first ward; Tom Sparks, second ward; D. c. Bell third ward; J. A Clements, fourth ward.
 It was moved and carried that the coming city primary election be con. cucted under the same rules that gov. orned the last county primary.
 It was also moved and carried that the following assessments be made against the various candidates and
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ON IN' EARNEST.

The big January redr ,tion sale of Raster and Bluthehnthal is now on in earnest. and they are having a fine run of patronage. Any suit or over- coat in the store for $15.
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AT ACTUAL COST.

Buggies, harness and mattings go at actual cost at the Knox x-Walker Fur niture company's sale, beginning next Wednesday. On their entire stock of furniture one-third off is given, ex- cept Globe-Wernecke bookcases. Re- member the date.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

Statement of the J. T. Lloyd con- rony filed showing resources and lia- bilities of s35,23221 each.
 Statement of the Gillespie and Brother company filed showing re- sources and liabilities of s139, ,310.96.
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CARD OF THANKS.

With a heart filled with gratitude l desire to express my sincere thanks 10 those who so generously gave me their support at the recent Democrat ic primary election. It shall be my earnest endeavor to prove worthy or the confidence reposed in me. Respect fully. C. M. fHIl1r V
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-14

Mir. A. Brewster has returned from , visit to Hot Springs.
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Up to Date Stylish Cloth,

Made by Eisenkramer, the gentle mems tailor, above Citizens bank, Second avenue and Pine street.
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Then he added: You might bring tho allowance in dipper and then run.
 Before bad time to finish it you'd be
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-23

80 good old-fashioned games, for we
are teIdFthat ct was a sim more pleas
ant thing TO see Mr.. Piekwick.A blinded
shortly afterwards with a silk hand
kerchief. falling up against the wall.
and serambling into corners. and going
through all the mysteries OF blind
mans buff When they Were all tired
of blind mans bur, there was a great
game at snap dragon. and when fingers
enough were ,burntsat that. and all the
raisins werev gone. they sat down by
the huge fire OF blazing logs to a sub
stantial supper. and a mighty bowl OF
wassail. something smaller than an or
binary wash-house copper. in which
the. hot apples were kissing and bub-
bling with a rich look and a Jolly
sound that We're perfectly Irresistible.
This" said Mr.. Pickwick. looking
round him-"this is indeed comfort"
And so the merry party went on. as
joviaL as English. and as innocent as
good cheer. good faith, and good fell
lowship could make it.
With us itsf is Christmas time again.
The Christmas things that Dickens
loved are present once more. The
shops are stuffed with turkeys and
geese; the florist is showing his holly
and mistletoe; the grocers windows are
filled with the candied lemons, and
raisins, and bon-bons. In many an
English homes the festivities which I
have described will have their place.
The turkey will come to the table:
there never was such goose" humble
Cfatchitts will be saying: the wassail
will be brewed. and the kisses will be
won under the wanton mistletoe. Just
in this season we shall remember hum
BILE. hearths and homes where good
cheer is seanty and good food scarce.
Out of that remembrance we shall give.
and. in giving. picture the little Grip
pied figure Dickens drew so tenGerly.
murmuring, as we give. for the sake OF
Tiny Tim Remembering that. and CIV
ing, because we remember. are the
debts We pay each year to the Christ
mas stories which Dickens left us. The
pen which wrote them has long been
stilled, but the words live on forever
and carry. their message Of classify to
generation after generation
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vited somewhere about five and forty
people to dine with him at the George
AID svulture the very first time they
came to London; which Mr.. Pickwicl<
rightly. considered a pretty certain in
dication of his having taken something
besides exercise on the previous night
notwithstanding that. Mr.. PickwicIS
was ready to participate in the Christ
mas festivities next day. which included
dinner and old-fashioned English games
inthe evening. in which everyone Joined,
including servants. 1t was during, these
after-dinner festivities that histori-
cal Nevent took piace-the kissing of
Mr.>Pickwick under the mistletoe Mr..
Pickwick was standing under the mis-
tletoe. looking with a very pleased
countenance. on all that was passing
around him, when the young lady with
the black eyes. after little whisper
ing with the; other young ladies, made
a sudden dart forward, and. putting her
arm round Mr.. Pickwicls neck, salut-
. ed him affectionately on the left cheek;
and before Mr.. Pickwick distinctly
knew what was the matter he was sur
rounded by. the whole body and kissed
by every one of them. 1t was u pleas
ant thing to see Mr.. Pickwick in the
center of the group, now pulled this
way and then that, and first kissed on
the chin. and then on the nose. and
thenSon the spectacles. and to hear the
peals of laughter which were raised on
every. side
The good .old-fashioned Christmas. as
observed by the Wardles. including all
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in the humble hoss:e of the Cratchitts
or the dear old mansion of old Wardle,
a very religion of good Fellowship.
Dickens. the man who warmed both
hands at the fire ofslife, and. knew nioHe
of human misery and Joy than any man
of his generation. believed in the eff
cacy of the dinner There is scarcely a
book of his which. doessnot give some
vivid picture of good cheer round the
dinner table; there is no writer who
made due recognition of substantial
creature comforts of such prime i'm
portance. The contempt which he
poured out on the skilly with which
Oliver Twist was fed the jocund de-
tails he gives. of the eating capacities
of the coachmen, the many pictures he
draws of the homely hospitality of
English inns. are all part and>parcel of
Dickens insistence on. the gospel of
good cheer
OF all the Christmas dinners Dickens
painted, the one most often quoted is
the humble dinner of the Cratchitts. in
"A Christmas Carol" It was the din
ner to which the Ghost of Christmas
Present took the grumbling scrooge.
It is a picture of the joys of simple,
needy people which has made many
heart. hardened by the world, feel
with a kindlier impulse, and has UNI
locked stream of Christian charity
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which appear in Pickwick, and have no
other other purpose than the sheer good
fellowship of the occasion. The chap
ter never flags from the time. the Pick
wickians stand waiting IN the cold
for the Muggleton coach. and 1t gins
with. one of those characteristics de-
scriptions of coach drive, of which
Dickens was so fond Mr.. Pickwfck
takes down with him a large goldfish
and a barrel of oysters as his contribu-
ton ito the house Jewels, which begin,
appropriately enougn.Awith the wedding
festivities of Mr. wardle's daughter.
followed next day by the homely cele-
brations observed by wardle each
Christmas Eve. In those days the
festive ones must have had excellent
constitutions, for on the day OF the
wedding Mr.. Pickwick not only had a
hearty dinner, but he filled in the even
Ing by dancing, with GLORIOUS sup
per downstairs, Notwithstanding. and
good long sitting after It." When
Mr. Pickwick woke late the next morn
ing he had confused recollection of
/ having severally and confidentially in
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smell like an eating house and a pas
try-cook's next door to each other, with
laundry next door to that! That was
the pudding, In half a minute Mrs.
Cratchitt entered-fiushed, but smiling
proudly-with the pudding, like a
speckled cannon ball, SO hard and firm,
blazing in half a quarternrof ignited
brandy and bedight with Christmas
holly stuck into the top 1t was not
much of a family; 1T was not much Of a
Christmas dinner 1t was only the din
ner of needy city clerk. ''and nobody
said or thoughtsit was small pudding
for large family" though 1t really
was. 1t was common, humble Christ
mas dinner, and yet there are few who
give with kindly spirit at Christmas
tide who have not. in thought, sat down
at that simple festival and echoed Tiny
Tins, toast: God bless US every
one
The Christmas dinner Of the Cratchitts
was one of several stories Dick
ems wrote with an avowed pur-
pose 1t is a relief to turn to the
Christmas festivities at Manor Farm
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which flows with Increasing strength
every year. Leaving the tenderness
and Ethe pathos of this very human
story, there is the wonderful humor
of it. The goose itself is a miracle.
. There never was such goose. Bob
said he didn't believe there was ever
such a goose cooked. It's tenderness
and flavor, size and cheapness. were the
/ themes of universal admiration" But
it is the pudding which lis the browning
humor of the Cratchitts' dinner. 1t is
. the subject of terrible misgiyings be-
fore it appears. Suppose it should not
/. be done enough!. Suppose it should
break in turning out! Suppose some
body should have got. over the wall of
the backyard and stolen it while they
were merry with the goose.-a suppo-
sition at which the two young Cratch-
tits became livid"
Fortunately, none of these terrible
suggestions was realized, but its APP
pearance was little drama in itself.
Halo! A great deal of steam! The
pudding was out of the copper.<A smell
like a washing day! That was cloth. A
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By George Edgar

=
RIO matter how often December
IN comes round and brings with it
! Y ohesthought. of Christmas festivi-
ties. ones thoughts must travel
TO Dickens, the writer who, more. than
any other. made Christmas. day breathe
a new gospel of good Fellowship. Di-
rectly the winter season sets in; di-
rectly holly. with its rudy berries
creeps into the florists shops; directly
the white berries of. mistletoe begin
to peep shyly from their green leaves.
limiting the merry license they give to
the season; directly the good hostess
piles the fire with the sparkling. crack
ling log instead of the more utilitarian
coal. the great novelist dominates the
season which he made his own The
roaring fire. the good fellowship of De-
cember days, the pleasant Inequalities
OF English homes would scarcely be
half so sweet or half so sincere, were
there not behind them the memoirs of
man and his work which made the
Joy bells OF an ancient Yuletide festival
ring out new song vibrating with a
kindly human, charity.
Dickens. despite the newer critics
who suggest that his work is old-fash-
ioned. is still the most widely read
writer at christmastide Christmas
writers and Christmas Numbers have
come and gone, but the Christmas sto-
ries Of Dickens have passed into the
magic list. of things immortal. Dick
ems. indeed. is the English Christmas.
he breathed on the Christmas fire and
made it burn brightly. He breathed
on our common selishness and made it
turn to a generous Christmas charity.
He, breathed on wassail. good cheer.
holly, the Christmas dance and the fire.
side story. and made them all joilier by
his inspiring touch. And, most of all.
ne made the Christmas dinner, whether
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-08
ORDINANCE FOR WORK HOUSE
Measure Drawn by Judge Crawford
VIII BE Presented to city
Council Tuesday.

At next Tuesday evenings meeting of
the city council Mayor Zimman will intro
duce an ordinance to provide for the sub
hitting to the voters at the city election,
May /, the question and proposition of
Issuing bonds of the city of Omaha in the
sum of $4,000 for the purchase of site
and the construction thereon of a house
Of correction and workhouse for the de
tention and correction of city prisoners.
A number of the councilmen have ex-
pressed themselves in favor of the work.
house project. which has been discussed
in The Bee for some months.
1t is believed the county commissioners
may agree 70 grant a portion of the poor
farm tract for the erection Of the work
house. in which event the cost of the
institution would be materially reduced.
Police Judge Crawford, who has been
active in the agitation of this matter, is
now confident the time is ripe for the
carrying through Of the project, which he
and others believe Is pressing need at this
time.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-08
ORDER AGAINST THE MAYOR
Injunction Issued to Prevent south
Omaha Chief Executive from
signing Ordinance.

To prevent the signing by Mayor Koutsky
of an ordinance passed by the South
Omaha city council at a special meeting
held yesterday and granting right-of-way
on X street to the Chicago, Rock Island G.
Pacific railroad, a restraining order was
issued yesterday afternoon by Judge Troup
The order was applied for by Charles
Fingerlos, George Stevens. John Kosisk
William Springer, Albert Heft, William
Smith and Samuel Baldrosch, and 1t runs
against Mayor Koutsky and the railroad
The objectionable ordinance gives the road
the right to build a track along the south
side of Y street from the right to
Twenty-seyenth street. The plaintiffs are
property owners along the street and they
assert the track, If laid, would prevent
access or egress to and from their lots
upon which are located dwelling houses,
and would make the property practically
worthless
Besides enjoining the mayor from signing
the ordinance the order will prevent the
railroad from occupying the street until
the hearing on the application for an in
junction, which will be held Tuesday